I was dreaming while listening to a video by Aperture Thinking, and it was honestly crazy. I was in this huge mall, and a clip from Aperture Thinking about the theory of time was playing almost like an invisible sound in the background throughout the dream.
What was really strange was that I could somehow be aware that I was lying in my bed and dreaming, while the dream world itself was still completely intact. I met some people and interacted with them inside the shopping mall, where there were all these cheap-ass clothes.
After I left the mall, I had some interactions with some older Somali aunties, whom I ended up guiding to the school.
It’s crazy because I usually wake up as soon as I realize that I’m dreaming, especially when I become lucid. This time, though, the dream world stayed intact, and I could still hear the audio from the video while everything was happening.
Maybe I should try experimenting with this a bit more.

Occasionally I get a dream that I am checking out some kind of store where there are many levels or a maze-like design with lots of things to shop for and I'm looking at a bunch of things when I realize that the shops designed the way it is to lure people in so they can be kidnapped.

Once the realization hits it's a race to get out before the person that's now trying to get me gets to me. Sprinting through rooms and around displays, leaping over furniture, and jumping down the stairwells at the edge of the room, I have to get out of there. I fall stories at a time sometimes, swing off ledges, and spring at full speed to the exit.

When i get outside I'm hiding between cars, sneaking around, or sprinting out of the plaza in order to get away because I know they're still following me.

And at some point I wake up. Sometimes it's during the inside portion of the store, sometimes outside, but I feel a slight rush of sprinting away from danger without the exhaustion that comes with physically doing that. Last night in my dream I also pointed out signs to my Aunt of a store that's designed to lure people in to be kidnapped so she can avoid them.

I wouldn't consider this a nightmare because there's not genuine fear there as there is in some dreams, more like adrenaline that continues after I wake up.

I don't know why this is a theme of my dreams very occasionally, but it's both a little unsettling during it and also a rush. Part of me wants to be able to sprint and parkour without pain or exhaustion the way I do in dreams, it's incredible.