Ganama

Day 6.

One of the other things I had purchased at the hardware store was a lot of salt. I had even gone to the lengths of placing a line of salt across all possible entrances to my house. I started off the day cleaning up all the salt that had found its way into everything. Luckily I still had a few unopened bags of it and the receipt. I also collected up all my iron pipes (except one), and placed them in my car. Hopefully my roommate would probably be happy about me getting rid of the salt.

I drove to the department store listening to the pipes rattle in the back of my car. As I got the pipes out I noticed a crack in my windshield, damn pipes. I pushed the shopping cart into the store looking for a place to return them. An employee quickly saw my lost look and came over to help. She told me where customer service was and as I walked away I checked her nametag for a more personal thank you, it read Linda. I said "thanks". Luckily the world isn't only Lindas, as Beth helped me return my items. She noticed a pipe was missing and I explained I knew.

After I went back into the store to buy the new gear I would hopefully use this time. I picked up a lot of rope, two hard hats, and flashlights. I went to the checkout with a feeling I never really got any money back by returning the items, as I was about to spend it again in the same store.

I never heard from Andon all day, and after talking so much in a short period of time, I was a bit disappointed. I hoped to get a message from him saying he wanted to hang at least, but I got nothing. I started to get the creeping feeling there was a reason.

That night I dreamt I was being chased through a large garden by a wolf. I sprinted down the rows of flowers and fountains as the wolf tried to bite at my feet, and even scratching the back of my legs a few times. There was a large hedge maze down my path that I ran into to loose the beast. Running inside I never looked back, but somehow I knew that the wolf stopped at the entrance.

Deeper into the maze, the grounds began to become increasingly well kept. There were no loose leaves, all of the grass was the perfect height, and even the clouds in the sky disappeared. Eventually I had to stop to inspect what was happening around me. Reaching out to touch the hedge, it was cold and solid, it was plastic. Everything was plastic, and after leaving the maze, I saw everything had become plastic in my absence.The once vicious wolf was now laying on its side like a life size plastic toy.

All of the plants had become shiny and solid. Their colour had even changed to a more simple palette that looked painted. A large flock of birds in the distance fell from the sky and hit the ground in a barrage of tapping sounds as they bounced around.