for some reason, either an enemy or environmental considerations, cities were under big enclosures, not domes but some other rounded shape. I was moving through the air, flying or riding on some transport device, and arriving at one of these cities. we came down among the buildings, and where we were landing was like the twin towers in New York.

this struck me as odd - well first because of 9/11, and second because the towers looked more like a CGI-rendering of them, not like the Real Thing, and third because we were still inside the enclosure, we were coming down to these buildings, which meant the enclosed volume was huge! and these towers were not the biggest buildings either.

the buildings were surrounded by a big grassy area. we landed to the east of them. I guess it was New York as I think it was Manhattan Island. however the island edge did not demarcate the enclosure, that was way far off. becuase of the enclosure, there was a diffuse quality to the daylight and shadows.

a little while later I found myself attached to this sort of funky maybe military like group. I say "maybe" because they called themselves an army (and navy) but weren't attached to any government. I don't think they were private either, maybe they were attached to the city enclosure? this ambivalence was present in the dream, it's not just my after-dream specualtion.

this group patrolled the grassy area around the island - I guess basically just providing physical security. I think there are echoes of the 9/11 events in the reasoning too. the patrols were based out of these like park pavilion places - sort of open air, concreted areas here and there in the grass, with the dark-brown-stained big-beamed wood things providing the shade. very early-80's-californian suburb in architectural feel.

anyhow the army uniform associated with this group was like a brown gi except trimmed with orange. I was not wearing one and they told me I had to go get one from the stores right quick before I started patrol.

I asked did I really have to; I was not in this army. I was associated with the navy part of the same group and they wore dark blue gis trimmed with white, not these brown ones. wouldn't it be more proper to wear the gi associated with the outfit to which I belonged? associated with this interchange was a sense of desparation on my part, I really did *not* want to wear the brown gi.

I was told yes, I could wear the blue gi as long as one was in the stores. this provided both relief and tension for me, as I went off to check for one.