A large group consisting of myself, friends, and classmates have a short walk up a small green hill. At the base of the hill is a picnic table with a covering and at the top is a metal fence that squares off a clean swimming pool. There is nothing surrounding the pool save for a wall to the left.
Everyone in the group is wearing a backpack. I sit down at the picnic table for a few seconds and realise I don't have a backpack. One of my friends says it doesn't matter. I don't have a change of clothes so i wont be able to swim.
Once we get through a gate in the black fence most of the group place their belongings on one of the plastic chairs that surround the pool and all race to jump in. I don't get in on account of me not having any bathers.
The friend from before jumps out of the pool, grabs me, and tries to pull me into the water. I resist by pulling away and attempting to spin them off of me but in the end I slip in and get dragged into the pool.
After swimming for some time an organiser enters the pool area with a clear plastic bag filled with an assortment of random things. From the few things I see in the bag there are pieces of chicken, orbs that hatch into familiars or pets, and even some sort of geodes that boost physical abilities.
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Everyone races to get these things before anyone else does as there are only a limited number of items. The items are not free though and we have to pay currency for something. The lowest cost I see is only one and the highest is three.
The currency we use is a featureless wooden coin and I just so happened to have two of them in my pocket. Since everyone else needs to grab their bags to get their money I am first to purchase something.
I don't have enough for one of the three cost items so I have to settle for a two cost one. All the rest of my money is in my bag that I forgot to bring. I purchase one of the orbs before moving to the side to inspect it.
The orb has a mirror consciousness of mine and the mirror me inside warps the orb to take the form of whatever I think of. Looking up I feel lucky as a line has formed up that wraps halfway around the pool.
My friend is at the very front of the line and bought a piece of chicken. They stand there for a few seconds eating it and only move out of the way of the others after I call out to them and ask how long they plan to stand there. They seemed surprised they held up the line and sheepishly slid out of the line to join my side.