Orca Rescue and Captain's Dark Past
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joewcarson
@joewcarson ยท May 3, 2022
10/10 dream- I went on this trip, a mostly men's fishing or diving expedition with a bunch of people, including Ging and
sally from boston. We left out of like Saudi Arabia on this old diesel
fishing/netting boat and travelled south not even very far to these
tropical waters where maybe we fished or maybe not. Then came a point
where the trio was ending and we could go in the water for a swim if we
wanted. There were sharks in the water but they seemed nice and calm and
like that was the point, to swim with them. So, why not, quietly jumped
off this stand up paddleboard I was on, trying not to make a lot of
splashing noise to disturb the sharks. There were already others in the
water, so seemed safe. The sharks swam around and under us but no
issues. Was a nice time and then as I was planning on getting back on
this paddleboard, an orca swam right up to me and nudged me a bit. At
first I was scared but then it just seemed like she wanted to play or
wanted a pet. So I pat and rubbed her head which she seemed to like.
Dunno how I knew she was a girl or how I could hear her say "please help
me with this" in a very sad way but I could hear her clear as English.
She opened her mouth and she had a piece of fishing line wrapped around
a big tooth of hers that seemed to go deeper into her belly. So I
started pulling on the line, by having to reach into her mouth which
sounds scary but wasn't and started slowly pulling the line out. It was
tough to get loose and didn't know if there was a hook or something on
the other end so didn't want to hurt her. Sally swam over to see what I
was doing and helped. Sally actually got the line ajar and off her big
tooth and the orca thanked us both profusely by excited swimming around
us. She then came back up slowly and I asked if we could take a picture,
because apparently I still had my iPhone in my pocket, really testing
its waterproof-ability. Luckily it still worked and I first got a shot
of her and sally with this beautiful sunset right on the water as we
undulated up and down during twilight. I flipped the phone and tried to
get one of the 3 of us but the lightning was tough from that angle so
didn't Come out nearly as good. We were called back on the big boat to
head home so we said a sad goodbye to the orca, as if we'd been friends
forever and she seemed to be eternally grateful, maybe saving her life,
and we swam back down into the water and under the boat to this water
enTerance in the hull of the boat. We got back on and the old scallywag
captain and crew were barking orders and preparing for departure. I went
to one area where I could see my orca friend waiting for me to say
goodbye with her whole family, was maybe 8 orcas of different sizes. The
captain was talking to them, in a kind of mean voice, like he'd known
them and spoken before and then said that area is off limits and we must
be going. He had everyone down in this loading area and asked if we had
any mechanics on board..silence, any "gasmen" or some other occupation
that had to deal with gas..silence/no hands, any "Joseph's on
board"..raised my hand, "here sir, but you'll have to show me what to
do". Sure, showed me how to simply add oil to the old engine of the boat
and that was now my job, fine and good. Then the captain started giving
the route to the second mate who would be navigating the ship. The mate
didn't seem to like or agree with the route laid out for him by the
captain and suggested the way quicker route, but the captain didn't
budge, giving the mate a handful of reasons about political strife, no
families after dark in that area, etc etc. so we'd be taking the 5x
longer route. Fine. Then we departed without getting to say goodbye to
my orca friend. Once going we were allowed to wander the boat a little
and me and Ging sat down along a porthole and watched this movie that
was on where this little kid, presumably the captain, or the captain's
son, appeared on the same ship as us and in a very Wes Anderson-Esque
film, where the 2 boys who were in the film who sat exactly where we
were sitting, as if they were us, we're forced to sit down to lunch with
this child. In the film the child was preparing a fake lunch for the
other two, essentially narrirators of the movie, and then got mad and
just stared at one of them because he thought there would only be one,
not two, others to lunch. He just stared and the person sitting where
Ging was tried to explain its fine and he's sorry and it's okay if he
didn't have enough fake food for us both or something and got up and
walked over to the boy who swiftly took out his chefs knife, that
apparently was very real, unlike the food he was preparing, and with one
movement lunged at the man and slit his throat, who's body then hit the
deck of the boat and a big gush of water leaked out of the man and onto
the deck(which I thought was a nice cinematic touch, vs using blood
which it represented). There was actually way more water covering the
deck than there would have been blood, but it was okay cause was clear
water in the blood's place. The rest of the movie sort of fast forwarded
thru the rest of the boy, and the other person at lunch that days life
and got to the end where it showed the boy was/is in fact the captain of
the boat and the other person is now the chef of the boat, which is
true. And somehow they're friends still to this day. Woke up
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๐ค Ging๐ค Sally๐ค captain๐ค second mate๐ค mate๐ค Joseph๐ค chef๐ค boys๐ค child๐ค man๐ค person๐ค son๐ค others๐ค narrators
๐ porthole๐ hull๐ boat๐ ship๐ area๐ Boston๐ Saudi Arabia๐ tropical waters๐ water๐ deck๐ loading area
๐ nice๐ calm๐ scared๐ sad๐ excited๐ grateful๐ mean๐ sorry๐ fine๐ okay๐ mad
โก swimโก jumpedโก tryingโก disturbโก swamโก planningโก gettingโก nudgedโก wantedโก playโก hurtโก helpedโก gotโก thankedโก cameโก askedโก takeโก testingโก workedโก flippedโก goingโก raisedโก showโก addโก givingโก navigatingโก likeโก agreeโก suggestedโก budgeโก explainโก walkedโก tookโก lungedโก slitโก hitโก leakedโก coveringโก wentโก leftโก travelledโก fishedโก patโก rubbedโก seemedโก knewโก hearโก sayโก openedโก pullingโก reachโก startedโก triedโก calledโก saidโก goodbyeโก savingโก preparingโก departureโก waitingโก talkingโก spokenโก departedโก allowedโก wanderโก satโก watchedโก appearedโก forcedโก sitโก staredโก thoughtโก showedโก wokeโก representedโก forwarded
โฆ expeditionโฆ travelโฆ natureโฆ marine lifeโฆ rescueโฆ friendshipโฆ gratitudeโฆ communicationโฆ survivalโฆ adventureโฆ kindnessโฆ helpingโฆ goodbyeโฆ authorityโฆ navigationโฆ filmโฆ violenceโฆ loyaltyโฆ leadership
๐ฎ boat๐ฎ diesel๐ฎ fishing๐ฎ netting๐ฎ stand up paddleboard๐ฎ paddleboard๐ฎ fishing line๐ฎ line๐ฎ tooth๐ฎ oil๐ฎ route๐ฎ porthole๐ฎ movie๐ฎ film๐ฎ lunch๐ฎ fake lunch๐ฎ fake food๐ฎ food๐ฎ chefs knife๐ฎ hook๐ฎ iPhone๐ฎ phone๐ฎ picture๐ฎ shot๐ฎ sunset๐ฎ lightning๐ฎ hull๐ฎ entrance๐ฎ engine๐ฎ knife๐ฎ body๐ฎ throat๐ฎ blood๐ฎ water๐ฎ deck
๐พ family๐พ sharks๐พ orca๐พ orca friend๐พ orcas
๐ฏ fishing๐ฏ diving๐ฏ expedition๐ฏ trip๐ฏ swimming๐ฏ swimming with sharks๐ฏ petting๐ฏ helping๐ฏ taking pictures๐ฏ watching movie๐ฏ navigation๐ฏ engine maintenance๐ฏ lunch preparation๐ฏ filmmaking
โง AI Analysis: You experienced an extraordinary dream of connection and compassion, rescuing an orca from fishing line entanglement during what began as a routine expedition. The dream shifts dramatically from this beautiful marine encounter to watching a dark film about the boat's captain, suggesting themes of hidden violence beneath seemingly peaceful adventures and the complex nature of human relationships over time.
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