I had a dream that I was inside some type of story or game that seemed to be a horror story. It would repeat over and over with variations in what events occureed, depending on what actions were taken prior to restarting the game. It took place in a school. There were four recurring students and one teacher in the cast of characters. At some point in each playthrough, some kind of supernatural plague or disaster would start spreading across the school, causing the students to mutate. On the first playthrough, me, the teacher and the other students managed to get out of the school healthy, only learning later about the plague spreading at all. In the second playthorugh, two of the four students succumbed to the plague and mutated, but the rest of us got safely out of the school. In the third playthrough, the teacher and one of the male students mutated and were using their mutated forms to attack me, when one of the female students countered their attacks with her own mutated form, allowing me to escape. In the last playthrough, I went into an area you weren't 'supposed' to access that early into the game, and it immediately triggered the plague - causing the mutations to spread very quickly throughout the characters. By the end, the teacher was ushering me out of the school while we ran as fast as we could past the rest of the characters, who had already grotesquely mutated and were clearly suffering in their new mutated forms.
This dream may represent feelings of being stuck in a repetitive cycle or situation that has dangerous consequences. The school setting may symbolize a learning experience or a place of growth and knowledge. The recurring cast of characters may represent different aspects of yourself or people in your life who are part of this cycle. The plague or disaster that spreads may symbolize a problem or issue that creates a negative and destructive impact on your life. Each playthrough highlights different outcomes and consequences depending on actions taken, suggesting that you may have some degree of control over the direction your life takes. The final playthrough where you trigger the plague could signify a fear of making mistakes or taking risks that have negative outcomes. The mutated characters symbolize the consequences of those actions and the teacher ushering you out of the school may indicate a need for guidance or protection when dealing with difficult situations.