A sharp exit

 From what I remember of this dream, it started with me at some kind of party  I was sitting on a bed with a girl who seemed like she fancied me.  She was sitting beside me and kept on inching ever closer.  There were also other people in the room with us along with a TV that was showing a movie.

As the girl moved closer, a guy across the room said something to me that I can't remember and I responded by joking about letting the girl fall off the bed which she didn't appreciate at all and then did  a complete 180 on me.  I tried to reassure her that it was joking to no avail, and then she left the room and eventually the party.

Later, her friends convinced me to continue pursuing her and that she was bound to calm down sooner or later, so I left the part to go and look for her only to return unsuccessful.  Some time after that and towards the end of the party, two guys showed up (one black an one white guy) saying they wanted to speak to me.  They said they were friends with this girl and she'd told them I'd stalked and assaulted her.   They also told me that "it is in all the papers and everybody knows what you did".  They refused to listen when I told them she was making false accusations and insisted that if I had to come outside with them now, so I told them I would, but needed to do something first.

I then put my hands in the air and made a circular motion that rewound time back to when I was on the bed with the girl.  This time, instead of sitting with her, I immediately got up and went to the other room to get away from her, knowing what she would later do.  I then noticed her following me to get my attention but I wanted nothing more to do with her and eventually ran out of the party.  As she pursued, I turned into vapour and floated away until I found myself in another dimension.

This new dimension resembled a steampunk setting from a video game (think Dishonored), where everything was muted, foggy and dark, with lots of greys and gunmetal blues.  I continued floating in vapour form until I reached a steampunk styled train station and asked the conductor for the next train to "the city".  He pointed me in the right direction and I got on the train which then started to move.  The dream ended here.

This is one of many dreams where I've rewound time to get out of a sticky situation, but I have no idea why I dreamt of this particular scenario as it bares absolutely no resemblance to anything that's happened recently.

"The Gateway"

 This was an odd one.

It started with me standing in a field attempting to take a photograph.  There was some abandoned furniture lying in the field and the way the sunlight shone across it at a particular angle (and contrasted by the shadows) compelled me to want to get a picture of it.  Unfortunately some people in the background were making noise and throwing large balls around, one of which disrupted my shot.  They also disturbed some animals that were grazing in the field, including an unusually large cow and a moose.  After the disturbance, the people ran off, leaving me to deal with the angry animals which now started chasing me.

I usually have a measure of control in my dreams, but in this one, it felt as if things were happening around me and I was more of a passive observer.  As such, I tried to run but found it difficult.  It felt as if I was running on the spot with iron boots.  Even so, the animals didn't seem to be catching up to me either so that was one good thing.  I then tried to take off and jump out of the field, but then the branches from the trees in the background started twisting into the air to block my escape.  

The dream then switched to me being in a house with several other people.  We were going away on a long trip, but waiting for some other people to arrive, but I don't know what for.  After some time, there was a knock on the door and someone answered and then announced to the house that "The Gateway are here", and at the door were the group we were waiting for who turned up in a black and yellow van.  Amongst them was a bald black woman who appeared in a previous dream.  As soon as I spotted her, the dream ended and I woke up.

Lost car

I was at a Tool gig happily watching the show when I suddenly remembered that my car was parked in a limited parking zone and that I'd get a ticket if I didn't move it.  As a result, I quickly left the show (giving up my place at the front) to go and move my car.  When I was outside, it was broad daylight for some reason but worst of all, I couldn't find my car anywhere.  I started to panic and started looking for it.  I found some people who lived neaby and asked for help and they advised that I go to renew the ticket first.  They directed me to a ticket machine that was inside a shopping arcade but I got lost so I came back and insisted that I wanted to find my car first but didn't know where it was.  I was getting very frustrated at this and also because I was missing the gig.  I woke up with the matter unresolved.

I've heard that dreaming of a missing car is a sign that one lacks control in their life, but that doesn't really apply to me at the moment so I'm not quite sure what this dream was alluding to.  I also can't think of anything from the previous day that related to it, but I will give it more thought and might post an update if anything comes to mind.