GW.37.i | V86: Dry Veins

Ch.10: The Other Self

Memory Lane
Oct. 13th

- Audio Transcript -

I awoke at home from a strange dream. I dragged myself off the bed, recorder still strapped to my thigh from the night prior. Finishing a half-full can of Lemon Spritz, I gave Daisy a call.

Daisy:
Dryce! How are you?

Dryce:
Not bad. Do you remember mom's house?

Daisy:
How could I forget? It was a mansion.

Dryce:
I had a weird dream. It started out like... we were on the second or third floor, and there was a balcony. From there I could see this immaculate backyard, with walkways and stone gardens and a big fountain. Me and some other kids were playing with instruments, some string like a guitar, and some brass. But some of the brass ones were missing a mouthpiece. I tried to make the sound by going BRRR BRRR into it, one of them was too loud and the others didn't work at all.

Daisy:
Mhmm... yeah, that was the band room. You used to hang out there a lot cause you liked how everything sounded. Our cousins would come over and play for you.

Dryce:
Well, after that, the room was flooded with more family. People I barely recognized, and scores of them. They were going through the attic, looking for lost "treasures"... belongings they'd left or that nobody wanted anymore. I felt awkward around them, so I tried to leave, but they wanted me to stay.

Daisy:
We have a LOT of relatives, on both sides. Nearly all of them were just as wealthy as our parents, or at least they wanted to be. I remember trying to escape family time myself, they never wanted anyone to leave cause it "insulted" them if you weren't interested in hanging out.

Dryce:
Well, then I sort of looked for a friend and I found Darryll on the front lawn, but he wasn't really himself. He was smashing an old TV with a baseball bat, and nobody was saying anything.

Daisy:
Okay, weird.

Dryce:
So I left the place. It had a massive front lawn with trees and another fountain, and walkway. Around the block, I met these girls-

Daisy:
(Teasing.) Oh yeah.

Dryce:
A-and... one of them was really pretty, with brown hair and blue eyes...

Daisy:
Blue eyes, eh?

Dryce:
Shut up!!

[Daisy laughs]

Daisy:
So she's ALMOST as hot as me. Go on.

Dryce:
Well I kind of just stopped walking and she smiled at me and I smiled at her... and the next thing I know we were kissing on a bed in the basement.

Daisy:
Ooooooooohhhh!

Dryce:
Yeah, well, it was nice! It was awesome. She was amazing and it felt like love.

Daisy:
Ah, you're gonna melt my heart. My little one, finding dream love with his dream girl.

Dryce:
OKAY, well anyway, there was another bed next to us and this other guy and his blond girlfriend were just kind of... laying there.

Daisy:
That is so kinky!

Dryce:
No, it wasn't like that!

I frowned at her (through the phone, if I could manage it) and waited to be able to continue my story. I knew she was just kidding around, though.