As dave pushed through the jungle, he whistled happily, not aware of the danger he could attract. Convinced that the world he saw wasn't real, he continued through the trees and wandered aimlessly through the jungle.
He found the world fascinating, as it had many plants and animals that he had never seen, some of which were stranger than anything on earth. The trees were absolutely enormous, with trunks possibly wider than a giant sequoia; some were so large that he couldn't even see the top. The one that interested him the most was a tree that possessed fruit that seemed to be pulsating, sometimes even beating like a human heart. The area was dotted with odd white flowers that seemed to thrive in the moonlight, and unlike most flowers, they remained open even in darkness. The flowers made him feel odd, he felt as though he was losing a part of himself, but he couldn't tell what it was.
He continued to wander as he looked at the wonders that the jungle held. After a minute, however, he stopped dead in his tracks. After traveling through the moonlit thicket of dense vegetation, he saw something strange. He had reached a clearing, where the vegetation thinned, and the sun appeared to be rising beyond it. Dave looked at his watch. It was 3:00 AM, and the sun should not have been rising at this time. It was like he was in a completely different time zone. Even stranger, the vegetation behind him was unaffected by the sunrise, and it even seemed that it was at a perpetual midnight compared to the clearing!
As he crawled into the clearing, he tripped over a vine at the edge of the vegetation. As he fell to the ground, he felt a moderate pain in his knee. He had scraped himself, leaving a a visible blood and grass stain on his boxer shorts, which he wore without pants.
"Ow, geez!" he thought, clutching his leg. It was right then that he came to a realization.
"Wait a minute, since when can you feel pain in a dream?" he thought to himself.
"Is this real? Did I
actually wander into a jungle in my apartment?"
"No, that's ridiculous, there's no way this could be real. It has to be a dream. Either that, or I'm going crazy."
He decided not to think about it, and continued wandering into the clearing. He kept walking for about a minute until something caught his attention. Dave stopped dead in his tracks. He thought he saw something moving in the corner of his eye, but he couldn't see what it was...
He started walking again, but it wasn't long before he saw another movement.
Turning around, he yelled "Hey, is there someone there?" There was no answer.
There was a long silence. Dave, slightly on edge, decided to continue walking. He knew someone was following him this time, and he was prepared to defend himself, even if it was just a dream.
After another minute, he heard something moving. It sounded like dragonfly wings, and the sound seemed to be getting closer.
The sound was interrupted shortly after by a "GLOMP" noise. Dave heard someone screaming.
"Gaaaaah! Get it off me! Get it off! Getitoffgetitoffgetitoff!"As he turned around again, Dave saw a tiny humanoid figure being engulfed by the bud of a strange carnivorous plant...