All Tomorrow's Parties

A truly underground party. In some sort of cavernous mine. I started out wandering, taking it in, talking to some of those that I came across.

When I happened upon somebody walking through a crowd of hanger-abouts, spouting some memebombs. Walking up to him, I mentioned how glad I was that somebody was doing what he was doing. Turns out, that I knew the guy. And surprised about seeing him in such a place, I decided to follow him for a while.

We ended up on the very top floor of this party zone. Never did find out how many floors were below us, but I did notice the roof high above our heads. He was manipulating pieces on a board game. I felt that it was important, that somehow, he was manipulating reality with the pieces he was moving around.

We continued chatting until I noticed the couple sitting on a railing. What caught my eye was, him leaning backwards too far and falling off! The gal next to him wasn't fazed in the slightest. I overhead somebody nearby say, "He didn't really fall down, did he?", and a tiny shard of dread crept up, wondering if he was okay. It passed after a few moments.

Noticing my friend had walked off, I did the same.

I came across another crowd sitting about. They seemed to all be watching something which I didn't manage to see. I sat down next to a girl and chatted her up.

Then, I started feeling dizzy. I got a little disoriented and found myself leaning against her. Thankfully, she didn't seem to mind. I told her that I needed to walk around.

She walked with me, and eventually, we found an exit which led to ground level. We didn't walk through it, as I felt there was more to this party that I had to see. I knew there was even more going on above ground, and eventually, I wanted to check that out. The exit looked like that of a mine shaft. It winded around a corner so I couldn't really gauge how far underground we were.

At some point, I walked down a narrow (and potentially dangerous) walkway of grey blobby material that was a bit springy. There was somebody bouncing up and down a giant balloon/trampoline thing.


Everybody seemed to be having fun, actively engaged in various levels. A current I could feel all around, this excitement, bubbling from the sheer novelty of it all...