Internal Meeting in Progress - The Daydream That Felt Too Real - Part 10

 Time: 3:14 PM

Location: Office Desk
Status: Physically Present, Mentally Somewhere Else Entirely

Laptop open. Meeting going on. Words floating.

Manager: “Let’s circle back on the deliverables…”

Brain: Focus. Listen. Important points.
Body: I hear words… I don’t understand them.
Heart: I feel like… they would understand us.

Brain: NOT THIS AGAIN.
Heart: Just… one thought.

Time: 3:18 PM
Screen blurring slightly. Mind drifting fully.

Heart: Imagine… we finally talk to them.
Brain: No imagination during work hours.
Body: I am already gone. Continue.

Scene shifts (mentally):

You are sitting somewhere quiet. Not office. Not home. Just… calm.

Imaginary Them: “You almost messaged yesterday.”
You: “I didn’t know if I should.”
Imaginary Them (soft smile): “You think too much.”

Heart (warm): See… they get it.
Brain: You wrote this entire script.
Body: This place feels better than office.

Imaginary Them: “You read everything I post… don’t you?”
You (hesitating): “…maybe.”
Imaginary Them: “I don’t mind.”

Heart: …
Brain: This is getting dangerous.
Body: I don’t want to come back.

Imaginary Them: “You don’t have to say anything. I already know.”

Heart (almost whispering): Stay here…
Brain: This is not real.
Body: Reality is overrated.

Time: 3:26 PM
Sudden voice cuts through

Manager: “Can you share your screen?”

System Crash. Immediate Return to Reality.

Brain: WE ARE BACK. PANIC.
Body: I forgot where we are.
Heart: …they disappeared.

Screen shared. File opened randomly.

Brain: Act normal.
Body: Typing… anything…
Heart: That felt real.

Manager: “Can you explain this?”

Brain: Explain WHAT??
Body: I don’t even recognize this file.
Heart: I was somewhere else…

You: “Yeah… so this is… uh… in progress…”

Brain: Same line again. Amazing.
Body: Consistency matters.
Heart: I wish we were still there.

Time: 3:40 PM
Meeting continues. You don’t.

Brain: This is affecting work badly.
Heart: This is affecting feelings deeply.
Body: This is affecting my will to stay awake.

Time: 4:05 PM
Meeting ends. Silence at desk.

Heart (quietly): That felt more real than this.
Brain: Because you made it perfect.
Heart: Maybe that’s what real should feel like.
Body: Real feels tiring.

Brain: You’re escaping.
Heart: I’m surviving.
Body: I’m suffering.

Time: 4:18 PM
Staring at screen. Not working. Not scrolling. Just… thinking.

Heart: Do you think… they exist somewhere like this?
Brain: Not like this.
Heart: But somewhere?
Body: Somewhere I can lie down?

Brain: This is not sustainable.
Heart: This is not stoppable.
Body: This is not healthy.

System Status:

  • Work Done: Bare Minimum ⚠️

  • Daydream Intensity: Maximum 🔥

  • Reality Connection: Weak

  • Imaginary World: Preferred 🌙

  • Emotional State: Confused

To be continued…

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