Dream Sketches: Cat Mummies
I didn’t expect to draw another one of these so soon, but I had to share it!
Anyway, last night’s dream was set in Dracula’s Castle, an enormous gothic megastructure that was impressive in size, but looked like a low-poly 3D model out of a Nintendo 64 game. Dracula himself was hosting the world’s biggest costume party, where monsters and humans like could come together in peace, dress up, and have a good time.
The two cats here were one of a dozen cats- all of whom were zombies wrapped up in duct tape and wearing cheap, plastic pseudo-Egyptian jewelry. The male cat on the left was “my” character (that is to say, the one my dream focused on- it would switch between first-person and third-person on a regular basis) while the female cat on the right was his love interest. Our job was to work these huge cranks to pull up the portcullis at the castle’s main gate. He was stuck at the very top of the main gate, on a platform overlooking the entrance. As we/they opened up the main gate, he heard the female cat ask one of the others “who is that handsome cat at the top there? I’d love to dance with him.” He tried to call to her, but she was too far away and the music and crowds were too loud.
That’s when the giant bat appeared behind him, and struck up a conversation:
“Well dang, if you like her so much, why not go down there and ask her?”
“That’s a great idea! But wait... how do I get down?” He looked over the edge of his platform. “There are no ladders or stairs here... I’m stuck! Oooh, I’m getting vertigo...”
“Oi, don’t lose your lunch just yet!”
“Wait. I’m a cat. Cats always land on their feet! And even if I don’t, I’m undead- I can easily patch myself up again with some tape.”
And with that the male cat leapt from his platform and landed as gracefully as a fragile zombie-cat held together with duct tape could, and ran off into the crowds. There were loads of other costumed people, but he couldn’t find the female cat. Unfortunately I woke up before he could find her.
