I don't remember my dreams often, but the ones that are vivid enough to remember are usually very strange, very convoluted, and actually believable. There was this one time that I dreamed I was a rookie diplomat in a fantasy/sci-fi country with a really interesting political structure: the administative/legislative government was a psionic intelligence that lived as an essence in a city-sized cave. It was a benevolent dictator, perfectly concerned with only the well-being of the people of the country, their prosperity, and peace. It was invisible and insubstantial, but it was able to communicate telepathically to everyone in the country, though it could not read their minds, control their thoughts, or limit their freedom in a weird psionic way. Nearly every citizen of the country was very pleased with this state of affairs. As I recall, this country was also enormously rich in resources and precious metals, so a lot of other countries had their eyes on us.
I started my dream by waking up in my office in the capitol city, located in the cave of the essence-thing. I was a very junior diplomat, and my office was rather small. There were some papers on my desk, so I read through some of them (Really! In a dream, no less!) and learned basically what I wrote up above. The papers were analyses and polls, so it made sense that they would say what they did. I also learned that there would be a diplomat's ball in an hour or so, and I was to attend to pass out gifts to the various dignitaries.
The ball was alright, I suppose. I spent most of the time checking with security and helping clear up a technical problem in the kitchen of the reception building (I forget what it was, but I needed a screwdriver). Dinner was served buffet-style, and I helped myself to a few samples (they were really, really good. Yes, I can taste in my dreams... I've met other's who can't). After dinner had ended (seemed to be a little fast, actually), I stood by the gift table and passed out diplomatic token gifts by the name tag. While doing so, I noticed one of the assistants of a really austere, old, stuck-up looking lady ambassador. The assistant, however, was a stunningly good-looking young woman looking ~22. I don't recall what she looked like, but I know that the dream me was instantly smitten. As the ball resumed, I found her near a wall enjoying some sort of red drink and waiting patiently for the ambassador she was assistant to (junior diplomats never get to do anything fun on these events). I started up a conversation a little ham-fistedly, but soon we were chatting merrily, mainly about our jobs, political conditions around the world (I forget what the planet was called), and a lot of other things. As I recall, she had a trace of some really interesting accent that I've never heard anywhere on Earth. After a while the ball ended, and I offered to walk her to the subway station that led to her apartment (and only that far, for those of you who doubt my sterling character!). She graciously accepted, and we left. On the way to the station I think we talked about the crystals in the cave, and how they scattered sunlight and moonlight. It was a somewhat technical conversation, and I doubt any of it was real science. The crystals were very beautiful in the moonlight filtering down from the holes in the cave's roof (maybe 400 feet above).
The subway station was deserted except for us. It was like a typical London station, but very clean and and well-maintained, like a non-public government building. the first half was above-ground, and some escalators led down to the platform. We were walking to the escalators when there was a shot and a bullet hit the wall to our left. I immediately ducked behind a piece of furniture (a padded bench/sofa thing) and pulled her along. I could hear a few more shots hit the sofa, and I knew we were pinned down. I reached out with a thought (It felt weird) and asked the essence to help me out. It's voice in my mind was about to tell me what to do when I woke up.
Probably the coolest dream I've ever had. I wonder what Freud would say...
Made you stare at "Hoff-notic!" [/spoiler] 
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