Thread: Task of the Year for 2013

If no one disagrees, then it's perhaps acceptable to not kill or be killed. BUT... someone has to lose an appendage, at the very least.

Finished the Africa one with quite a few creative solutions

Now I had to undo what I just did. I was a little annoyed at it but hey, I want to get this done! I floated back to the ground and picked up the nose. Even though my arms couldn't reach all the way around it I was still able to somehow lift it. I flew back up to its face and set the nose in place. I then pushed it into the face and the whole thing fit like a key. Apparently this was indeed some sort of key, for the sphinx immediately began to move. Slowly but surely the whole thing stood up, looked around, and gave a long stretch and yawn. It then proceeded to lick itself, damn cat....

...The sphinx stuttered on a few steps as blocks fell out from under it but it continued to climb up the top. I pointed the light right at the very peak and, right as we got close to the top, the sphinx jumped again, this time overestimating the height and clearing the entire pyramid. We both fell down for a few hundred feet and when the sphinx finally landed it began to slide down the side of the pyramid. The ride was quite bumpy...

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When I arrived the sphinx still had its nose so I had to break it, and then to get the damn thing to move I used a laser pointer . One down, six to go. I hope the rest are as fun as this one was!

I have completed the Africa one! At first none of them really interested me that much because over the past two years my teachers has made me hate everything to do with History but hey, only 6 left, might as well give them a go. :')

TofY Part 1 - Africa - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Finished the South America one and then, after a successful DEILD, also did the Australia one.

I reached the top and landed on a small, rocky outcropping just alongside the falls. I looked over the edge and started to plan out which route I would take. I looked at the pool below to find a good landing spot, one that would be deep enough but also big enough to hit. I picked a spot in the pool that was darker and looked deeper than the rest. I took a few steps back, took a deep breath, and then leaped off the edge. I curled up into a ball and yelled, "Cannonball!!!" There were a couple seconds of awkwardness as I kept falling after I yelled that. The second I thought, "Hmm, I probably should have hit the wat-" I slammed into the water, right on my butt. That was uncomfortable.

A couple of them looked up and over at me and began to make their way to the water. It took them a while just to move the 15 feet to the water but once they got in, they zipped right on to me. I grabbed one by its "shoulders" as it came by me and just hung on for the ride. It swam all throughout the reef, from various blue-green coral to pink colored sand at the bottom. There were countless amounts of fish, from rainbow striped to orange clown fish hiding in anemone. I rode around on the turtle for a few minutes but then remembered that I had to bite a great white shark. I looked around and all I could see were gray reef sharks circling down on the floor of the reef. They weren't doing anything interesting and I knew it had to be a great white so I let go of the turtle and headed out to see....

Sure, I could go up and bite it plain and easy, but what fun would that be? I pictured an orca whale, the only creature I could think of that would hunt sharks, or at least attack them. I felt weird and, when I opened my eyes, I had transformed into an Orca Whale! It felt odd not having arms or anything, and my vision was quite different, given that my eyes were now towards the side of my head, but it was definitely more interesting than being myself and going up and biting a shark. I spotted the great white and headed over to it. I picked up a lot of speed, opened my mouth, and bit right down on its tail, slamming into it with full force. The shark was obviously caught off guard and, being alone, tried its best to right back. I dodged its attempts to bite me back and continued to hit it. After about 30 seconds of me biting him in various places and dodging all its attacks, it swam off into the distance. Take that, Jaws!

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I gave biting the great white a bit of a twist, and it was my first time really spending a lot of time underwater so that was fun . 3 down, 4 to go

01/17/13

I did vandalize the Great Wall of China, but the authorities never showed up... just some Templars. Does this still count?

Spoiler for Full Dream:

Great Wall Graffiti
I fly to the moon in my Fire Valkyrie as described in my hypnosis program. I land and wait for the dream to stabilize before focusing on what I want to do. I remember I had been planning on doing one of the tasks of the year from DV. The task, "China (Asia) - Vandalize the Great Wall of China. Defend yourself against authorities using Kung Fu." I have decided to graffiti the Great Wall of China. This is the only plan that comes to mind at this time, so I focus on a portal to get to some part of the Great Wall of China. The portal opens and I go through. On the other side I find I am standing near the base of the Great Wall.

It is an impressive structure, and there is plenty of room for my graffiti. So I think about what I want to leave there… I decide that since multiple dreamers will be trying to get to the Great Wall, maybe I can leave a message… something simple. I get some spray paint out and create some rather decorative graffiti that reads, "YOU ARE DREAMING!" It takes a surprisingly short time, and I remember the other part of the challenge… to fight off the authorities using martial arts. But no authorities have arrived. I decide to take some more time to wait for them, so I add another message a short distance along the wall. This one reads, "QUESTION REALITY!" in big block letters. Where are the authorities? Isn't someone going to tell me to stop? Bored, I spray the symbol of the Assassins from Assassin's Creed.

No one comes. I add the words, "NOTHING IS TRUE, EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED." beside the symbol. No one comes. I am now thinking of all the other ways I could be using this lucid dream. Will this even count without the authorities showing up? Maybe I should get a phone, call, and report myself… Then I see there is someone watching me! Yay! Someone to beat up! But they don't look like authorities… and I don't think they really care that I'm putting graffiti all over the Great Wall of China. When I get closer I see they are Templars. Great. Will it count if I beat up a bunch of Templars using martial arts? One of them says I have something they want back, and unless I want to lose something I care about I will return it immediately. I can't remember stealing anything from the Templars, but I want to trigger a fight. So I tell them to come take it from me. They attack me. I find I can fight with the skill of Ziva David off of NCIS, kicking each of their asses as they close in on me to attack.

One of them is shooting at me, but I remember that I am supposed to use only martial arts… so I go for cover behind a rock and then suddenly jump from behind it to attack the shooter as he gets closer. I kick the gun from his hand and then kick him in the groin, which is clearly very painful. Others are shooting at me, too. But one of them says no shooting, they might hit the device. I don't know what device they mean, but it results in them not using their guns any more. So I kick the rest of their asses in typical Ziva David style, walking away from them as they are on the ground either in pain or unconscious. I don't think I killed anyone, but that is ok… as long as they're hurt… I look back at the graffiti on the Great Wall of China. Still no authorities have arrived. Just Templars. If it counts, great, if not, I'll do it again later. I wake up.

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Well the point of the task was get to the wall, vandalize, and use kung fu. I don't care if it was the Chinese police, Templars, or my mom.. as long as you kicked their ass. So it totally counts, good job!

It was another failure but really really close!

Spoiler for Gladiator Rome Task:

That was unpleasant so I try something else. I go back to "ooooooohm". It quieting my internal chatter. I begin to visualize my own right hand holding a Gladius. Soon it becomes very vivid. I repeat a sideway slash over and over. Soon it becomes more natural to swing up and down in a tomahawk chopping action. I am in the dark void and I can vividly see the hilt of the sword with a brass ball at the end. It is not shiny and smooth but pock marked and dull from heavy use. I can't see the blade because it is more above my head.



I begin to hear things. A solider shouts something in another language. It sounds like he is gruffly barking orders. Then I hear a pounding noise. It sounds a deep drum beat and people stomping all in unison to my over-head-chopping. Each downward slice is a beat. Boom... Boom... Boom... I remain calm and relax more.

Again I vividly hear the solider shouting orders. I am reminded of soldiers in formation for battle but I think, "No. I am in a Colosseum. I am fighting one man." I think maybe those in charge are just getting things ready and that's who I hear.

Now, along with the drum beat and foot stopping, I hear a very large crowd get excited and cheer. It sounds like thousands of people.

I don't over think things here but I just expect to see a Colosseum now. I had prepared before hand how I was going to visualize this. I thought of a simple geometric shape as a building block for the dream scene. I visualize this now. It was a simple curved line to form a wall in front of me like a half circle. Like looking across to the other end of a stadium.

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The darkness parts in the middle of my vision like a curtain. My vision is very blurry but I can see enough. The sun is high in mid day. There ground is brown dirt and scattered gravel. Still the crowd is in an uproar. The booming may have stopped I am not sure. I continue my chopping action.

Soon a a figure materializes before me. Still blurry but I see a man that looks a lot like The Prince of Persia.



He wastes no time. He jumps in the air does a downward diagonal slash with his Scimitar. I reflexively put my Gladius up and deftly parry the blow. The impact sends a shock up my arm and startles me. I feel my entire physical body jerk and the scene colapses.

A little inspiration for the Rome task. I watched it on Netflix today. Sometimes it helps.

*SIGH* another Rome failure.

You can check out the full thing in my DJ. Basically, I had a DEILD and went outside. I just couldn't pull off teleporting so I decided to fly there. I used the Robert Waggoner technique of flying and it became a type of short range teleporting. I kept focusing on distant trees and would fly point to point a warp speed. At one point I saw a distant mountain and teleported there. I decided it was far enough and dropped into the middle of the Colosseum. It became dark and a spot light lit up behind me. I drew my sword and waited for the battle while the invisible crown cheered and chanted. I could only see my shadow on the ground. I was very muscular and standing in a battle ready stance with a drawn Gladius. I guess I waited around too much because the dream collapsed after that and I went on to other things in my next DEILDs.

Originally Posted by Xanous

I drew my sword and waited for the battle while the invisible crown cheered and chanted. I could only see my shadow on the ground. I was very muscular and standing in a battle ready stance with a drawn Gladius.

That shadow part is sooooo cool!

I don't think I'd even want to wake up if my shadow was all super sexy

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

That shadow part is sooooo cool!

I don't think I'd even want to wake up if my shadow was all super sexy

I just wanted to kill something. But yeah it was pretty cool.

You're so going to get this by the way. Your determination for this particular task is amazing Xanous

"Bite a great white shark and don't die"

Hey Ophelia... Long time

Tasks Look Fun
But why single out China for all the vandalisation?
Maybe see if that Wall wants to come alive and fly?
or... vandalise each location: colored soap in the Falls etc.

Anyways - good luck to y'all!!!

Finished another task! Completed the Australia task the other morning.

TotY Part 2 - Australia - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

I failed on the Africa task, but man I thought I had it! Still had myself a superb LD regardless.

It's nighttime when I land. I look to my right, and there's the Pyramid, illuminated by artificial light! I'm no more than twenty feet from it. The sphinx lies directly at the base of the Pyramid. I note that in the physical world she'd be further east toward Cairo, but the inconsistency doesn't bother me. Instead it reminds me even more strongly that this is my world.

The sphinx's stony skin is white like alabaster and she has Asian characters tattooed along all four legs and in a single stripe along each side of her body. She's far smaller than I'd expected, no more than thirty feet long. Her entire face has crumbled away (not just her nose.) I'm overcome with this urge to help her. Even setting aside Task of the Year, this is now something I badly want to do.

I press my palms against her face and say, "I'm going to fix you." I feel the stone first roiling then smoothing out against my hands. In a few seconds her face is repaired and her head starts to move. Her face looks mostly feline but there's still a vaguely humanoid quality to it. She licks my hand once and her tongue is the fleshy, rough tongue of a cat. Her head turns vaguely toward my face but her eyes are pupil-less, blank alabaster so I can't tell whether she's looking straight at me.

I swing my leg across her back and ask her to "Take me to the top of the Pyramid." She gets to her feet and starts walking around to the other side of the Pyramid.

Of course, I then get distracted by music and sexy dancers and lose my concentration. Next time!!

On the Back of the Sphinx - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

3 tasks down, 4 to go!

Completed the Antartica one the other morning. Here's the entry.

TotY Part 3 - Antartica - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

My short-term goal is to do at least 3 of the 7 tasks, since I have never done any tasks of the year. Hopefully, I can get this going though.

And I'm over half way there! 4th task completed last night/early this morning.

TotY Part 4 - Angel Falls - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

I completed the gladiator task, which was the one I wanted to do the most. I also completed a personal goal of mine which was to create a crystal crossbow. It helped me out with the task.

Crystal Crossbow (February 12, 2013) - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

I think I'll attempt the China one next.

Oh..well all the challenges sound really adventurous..but i guess I'll need some practice to start one cuz' i have never tried of doing a task..but still lets see

I completed the China and Australia tasks last night.

Vandalizing the Great Wall of China; Penguin Alliance (February 13, 2012) - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Only two more to go. I completed the Antarctica one.

South Pole to North Pole (February 15, 2013) - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

I drank a potion to transform into King Kong last night. That means the only one left for me to complete is the Africa task.

Gorilla's Curse (February 16, 2013) - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views