a couple of dreams

i had a dream about attempting to scale my way out of a well of sorts, behind a selfish older man. the well was used to dump corpses. somehow i and the other man had been dumped to the bottom alive, and had to "swim" our way up through bodies in varying states of decay. the older man then preceded me in painstakingly using hands and feet against the circular walls of the well to slowly scale upwards. somehow, there were corpses "stuck" up above in the well, awkwardly lodged. in any case, at one point, as the older man neared the top, he thoughtlessly (or perhaps on purpose) dislodged a full-bodied corpse, such that it fell a distance onto me, deep in the darkness. i warned him not to do it. but all of a sudden, i was slammed full on by a falling body, and this caused me to in turn fall all the way back into the pool of corpses below...

i also had a dream about following a magical shoreline, accompanied (sort of) by some older woman tourist. i pointed out the rich sealife that i could see: colorful fish and anemones. it was beautiful and peaceful. somehow, as the waters grew deeper, we entered an indoor place with smooth square tiles at shifting angles over the floors. the slope of the tiles rose and sank in waves. we scaled each wave with difficulty, and then slid down, only to face the next wave. it was difficult, and at times even precarious, but the old woman seemed generally encouraging. we eventually reached a dead end wall, and realized we had to go back...