I Dreamt Of A Hostage Situation In California

This dream was about

I was playing this game that was set in California. It started with you walking into a hotel, there were lots of scorpions and wildcats outside. I did a few rounds before I realized the only way to win was not to get out of the hostage situation and to play through it. It had something to do with the drug trade. There was a guy who was a super dynamic actor, he kind of looked like Barry Pepper. But his name was something weird, like Glumor. I looked him up online and saw that he was only a couple years older than me, homeless, a traveler and known for being a little weird. But he also was in the same town I was staying in, so I decided to go look for him. He was trying to get work at this old lady’s house. She said no so he started walking away. I followed him and started asking him questions. He finally turned around and asked if I want to be with him. I hesitantly said yes. I assured him that I wasn’t trying to get him and that I would be nice to him. He was still cute but somewhat jealous and intimidating. Eventually he turned downright cruel, stole my favorite stuffed animal and buried it under water, mud and eventually tons of goose feathers. I managed to dig it up but I knew I couldn’t take it to the airport. So I brought it to a lawyer I trust, and she agreed to keep it safe. There was a battle on the water, he apparently had water superpowers. He died but I felt conflicted about the whole thing, I still kind of liked him. They wrote a bunch of news articles about it but they also were weirdly nonchalant about the abuse and water powers, because they apparently were huge fans of the stuffed animal company who wanted to downplay it. Mom wouldn’t quit bothering me about the details, I started trying to write things down, and I told her she was making things worse. They asked if I had cheated with Sterling even emotionally. I explained that he’s dead.