Dreamlog Entry - #002

  Title: Drift: Signals Unread

  Subtitle: 404: Mission Unknown

  Date of Dream: November 3, 2025

  Clarity: Fragmented but vivid

  Tags: Space, Signal Interference, Press Conference, Entity Encounter, Amnesia

  Status: Dream ended with memory loss. Ending unresolved.

  Note: This story was written exactly as it appeared in a dream. Nothing was added. Nothing was removed.

  [LOG BEGINS]

  We were in space, assigned to investigate strange signals. We’d been getting unknown reads and measurements everywhere around us for a while now. No one could pinpoint where they were coming from — or if they were getting closer to Earth. Or if they were dangerous.

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  We communicated the findings. The response: fall back.

  While prepping the ship to leave, turbulence hit. The ship rocked violently, crew scrambling to stabilize it. Suddenly, the door flew open. I was thrown into space — and I wasn’t floating, I was falling.

  The gravitational pressure was low, but I was still dropping. My partner saw me fall and dove after me, trying to stop me from dying. He caught me mid-fall. But now we were both going down.

  That’s when it happened.

  A humongous, glowing white being descended from above and caught us. I saw everything. It was terrifying. We were being lifted… then everything went black.

  When I opened my eyes, I was on Earth.

  We were back. Just like that. Getting prepped to speak at a press conference about our mission. I was staring blankly around the room, lost in thought, when my partner leaned over and asked what was wrong.

  “I don’t remember,” I said. “But I feel like something important happened. Something I should remember.”

  After the conference, I asked him:

  “How did we get back into the ship? After I fell out and you came after me… how did we survive that?”

  He stared at me like I had three heads.

  “What are you talking about? That never happened. After the turbulence, we took our time and came back to Earth. You must have imagined that.”

  I froze.

  Because I could’ve sworn it was real. I could still feel it. Still see the light. Still hear the silence of space. And yet…

  I still don’t remember what happened after it went black.

  [LOG ENDS]