jan 13

i've been doing research online. i find a job that i absolutely want, not because it's as a dishwasher but because of the facility/things i find on the website that indicates what happens there. i have never been there, nor do i remember those specific things that interest me about the job.

i am with people (two?), someone who drives us and someone who're we're dropping off. the drive is for an hour and conversation is slightly strained. we're dropping a friend off for their first day at this new job.

boss man #1 is slightly shifty, reminds me of  he talks very fast - too fast. he has a plan for the extra people (me & driver), without telling us about said plan.

i am casually interested in what's happening there, and even start feeling like i should be working there too. he's talking me into it. i finally say 'oh i have a job intervie-" "oh yeah? you need to work here?" "no, i'm just-"" "what is it? i've got a job for you right here, as this- "NO, i have an interview somewhere else."

he can tell he's losing me. he tries again, as i'm looking at where my actual interview is at. i'm googling the place. i know the interview is supposed to be at 330 (we left with just enough time) so when i look down to see it's 3:32, i'm suddenly reminded about what time the interview is at. he finally lets us leave.

GPS says the place is five minutes away but the actual distance is so far that i wonder if we'll get there that quick. it says 5 minute walk but we're in a weird countryside that is way more than a 5 minute walk. we ride scooters (future type, silent, kind of hovering) on an almost overgrown sidewalk that soon morphs into some parkour shit.

the trek has more obstacles, until finally reaching  a huge red metal fence jutting out of the ground, in the middle of a flight of stairs that lead down. we have to keep jumping over the fence, with the drop getting longer and longer and i do so with ease, though i was complaining a lot about not being able to walk that fast and not trusting the scooter.

we finally get there and i meet boss man #2 and his assistant. there are genetically engineered dogs, h u g e german shepherds in cages and i start looking around. there's a screen in the front lobby, showing a commercial for what they do there.

since i've forgotten what place i'm applying for, i stop to watch the video. the video shows computer generated people (anime style) working in an office before the screen changes and shows them flying and changing shapes into superhumans (?).

i start looking around the facility. the dogs are quiet, and in cages, so i want to see what else is there. there are more screens spread out, but i don't see anymore cages. the screens show creatures that have been created. i see regular animals that have been crossed with super animal breeding results. i see a screen that shows tiny green & red animals, the offspring of impossibear and a regular tiny bear. called the bear menagerie or something.

i return to the dog room and start to get the lowdown from boss #2. while we're talking, we're standing in the doorway of the dog room but i'm standing so i'm the only one looking in the room. boss 2 and assistant are explaining things with vigor. i am very interested - MY HAIR IS BEAUTIFULLY TEAL (i remember this vividly from the walk over) - but i am becoming distracted.

while talking, i see a man (shiny glasses so you can't really see his eyes, longish strawberry blone hair, rain jacket) come in the dog room and start looking around. i'm the only one who can see him because the angle that i'm standing in the doorway. boss 2 is still explaining but my attention is on the guy who's wandering around.

he's pretending to leave the room and starts growling at one of the dogs. the dog looks at him curiously but doesn't move. they're all just standing in their huge cages, none are laying down. his girlfriend (?) is there but she adds nothing to the scene. i think it's strange for him to growl at the dogs and he gets closer to the cage.

the dog is watching him, but not moving. boss 2 is talking about how they've tirelessly engineered the dogs to show absolutely no aggression because of how big they are. as he says this, the dogs ears go back. the guy is in the dog's face now, he shakes the cage and starts pulling it out, growling the whole time.

"HEY NOW, i think that's QUITE enough." i raise my voice, new boss forgotten, as i approach the dude. the dog has begun growling now. boss 2 snaps to attention and comes into the room fully now. the guy looks amused with himself. i get in the guy's face and start talking shit. he says he used to work here and i think boss 2 will back me up as skinny dude gets in my face.

he shoves me and i smirk. 'oh, i won't get in trouble but you're on camera for pushing me first, buddy." i'm holding back my anger but i want to punch this dude in the mouth so bad. while we argue, boss 2 and assistant have pulled dog out of the cage and are trying to get it to stop growling.

guy shoves me again. boss man is in tears are he tries to get the dog to relax. dog is standing in place, his eyes won't leave the dude and his lip is pulled back over his teeth as he won't stop growling. boss man is crying now, trying to push the lip back down on the dog's mouth but the dog won't stop growling. boss man is trying to soothe the dog, whispering things. the dog won't stop growling.

i wake.