The Puzzle Game (night of 27th April 2010)

19.
A hand-held puzzle game, rather like those found in the 1980s. This was in the form of a maze, in which you had to guide a metal ball somewhere. Manipulating this device caused a corresponding change in a curious reality, though, whether this reality was, or wasn't, a facet of the game is unclear.
A building, like some venerable university institution. Set in the old autumnal grounds of the city. This building was the base of an organisation dedicated to fighting demons (shades of Buffy the Vampire Slayer again). Demons were forever trying to penetrate the building.
Manipulating the device also controlled a demon. The purpose of the game / reality was to try and get into the headquarters of this anti-demonic agency. I could not get my demon past reception - the entry gates required some kind of ID that the demon did not have, and my manipulation of the maze game could not create.
The POV of view in the dream shifted between three perceptions. The first one was that of playing the maze-game, and noticing the corresponding changes in reality, the second was of watching the demon (who seemed to be nothing more that a slightly monstrous-looking human) trying to gain entrance to the building, rather like watching a film (or Buffy the Vampire Slayer...) and the last was of actually being the demon itself, feeling it's frustration at being unable to enter the building...

20.
A free standing bath and shower in a corridor of a building. Dark brick walls. I am reminded of Forres Academy - my secondary school in Scotland. I am taking a shower, or rather, waiting for the shower to warm up. Other people are waiting for the shower too. I begin to think is it normal to be naked in such a public place? It does not seem particularly abnormal. I am aware that the other people waiting for the shower are becoming impatient with me. They will become even more impatient when they realise I have to leave the shower while I go and retrieve something from another room.