Thread: Task of the Month for May 2013

I got the egg one last night and came a hair from the advanced. I found myself behind a glass wall overlooking a gymnasium. There was a TV set on the floor below me with the CBS sports logo, one of those remote setups like they will do at football games on the sidelines. I recognized Jim Nantz down there and he was talking about football and he said something negative about the Bengals and that ticked me off. Then I went lucid because I realized it's not football season. I thought about the egg task and the adventure one and decided I would try those. I went through the glass wall and came out the other side flying, reached my hand behind me in mid flight, and caught the egg as it fell out, and then threw it at Jim Nantz. I missed him and hit the ground right in front of his feet, which was still quite comical. I flew out of the building thinking about the adventure and since I was already flying, I was joined by Superman, but all we did was fly a few blocks across the city before I woke up about a minute later. I'll leave that to your discretion whether or not that actually counts.

Nice tasks! Can't wait to get back into these again. My first thoughts on the egg laying was, "Shit the bed!" lol

Originally Posted by KingYoshi

My first thoughts on the egg laying was, "Shit the bed!" lol

Maaaaan, you're not the only one! Also welcome back

I kept in mind to show myself to DC but forgot to make me fire

Spoiler for for the dream:

There was big black dog. It was mine, but i couldn't remember its name. I thought that it can't be so, count fingers -six. I wanted to transform myself in live coals, like bad guys in iron man . I did it and went to my son - look! i'm like in iron man! I' m too!!! he said and i saw many red sports on it. His eyes was absolutely black, like in horror films. I said - Look! and spited with a fire. He came to me and touched me. In fact i was afraid a bit at first, but i felt no pain. I spited once again and there appeared a lot of DCs and i went to the garden through the wall.... With open eyes. I went about 2-3 seconds. In the yard i met kids- they were advertising something. I said - you know - you are dreaming....i felt that they attached me, fought with them a bit and went to real.

So I attempted the fire task this morning. I don't really remember too much about it now, but I'll try to explain it best as I can.
I had just woken up after about 8 1/2 hours of sleep, so I was not really tired at this point. I rolled over and was able to get into a dream quite easily. I saw things in kind of a fairytale kind of fashion. I saw a somewhat tall tower surrounded by trees and such. There was 3 people on top, and people surrounding the tower. I started flying around the tower to just kinda see everything. I couldn't control my flying very well, as I felt I was watching the lucid more than actually being in it. I tried landing on the tower, but I kept overshooting it. I ended up on top eventually and lit my right arm on fire. Nobody seemed to care, they were too busy with what was going on below. I then turned my hands to lava, with black rock covering it slightly to keep its form. I rubbed my hands together, and watched as the rock crumbled a bit. It was pretty neat looking. I woke up as I heard some trumpet sounds as if a party was about to begin.

I did it! I completed the two basic tasks during a wonderful DEILD chain this morning. This was my second attempt at task 1 and first attempt at task 2. Here's what happened:

Spoiler for laying an egg (that wasn't an egg):

Struggled to roll out of bed (must find a better way to do this) and got up, determined to do a TOTM. The kids would want me to lay an egg, so I looked at the floor and found a play mat. I decided this would be an adequate surface. Confident that this was a dream, I went for a number 2 with gusto. I even made loud chicken noises just for fun. Something small dropped out, and I felt disappointed. I also still had to go, but never mind. Let's see what we have here. Oh, a crystal! A small, colourless crystal, about 2 by 1 centimeters. Well, that's a bit boring compared to everyone at DV, isn't it? Must do better next time.

Stood up. Got annoyed with lack of light. Vocal command for more light failed. Attempt to paint the ceiling with light failed. Never mind. The urge to lay another egg persisted, so I searched the floor and found a pretty black-white-purple scarf with silver threads lying on the floor. I had this when I was 13. Wore it out within a year, but here it was, good as new and looking very nest-y. I crouched down and went for it. More chicken noises, and I was having a great time! The result this time was much better. Another crystal, but this one 5 by 5 cm in the purple colour of the scarf, and shaped like an Aztec or Mayan temple. I was able to manipulate it into other shapes, still angular but very pretty. I was very content and sure this would be an adequate result for DV.

Spoiler for telling a DC it's not real:

Again, back in bed, looking at vase. Oh, I can't be bothered with these flags, let's just get up. Something was holding me back, and this time I sensed an ominous presence. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a dark shadow looming too close for comfort. A succubus, excellent! I had been worried about the result I might get from an unsuspecting DC from an attempt at TOTM basic task #2, but here was someone I had to get rid of anyway. "You! You are not real! You are in my dream!" The creature let go of me and faded away. Granted, an string of obscenities or at least a pathetic "I'm melting!" would have been more fun, but this would do.[COLOR="#FF0000"]

Full DJ entry here.

Next: SWF seeking unattached mythological creature. May or may not put out on first date.

It's been a while since I have had a good LD like this, so I'm very happy about all that I accomplished.

Lucid Dream/Tasks of the Month

I was in the jeep with Marsha. We were driving to where this guy lived so I could either pick something up or drop it off. As we were driving I suddenly realized we had gone up the Little Cut. I was surprised. I hadn't realized we were going this far. I hadn't even remembered passing Horseshoe Bend. Right after getting up the Little Cut, we turned right onto a dirt road. The road entered a little canyon, and I remember thinking how pretty this was. I was a little jealous that this man lived in such a pretty place.

All of a sudden I was out of the jeep. I saw the jeep zip on up the road without me. I had no idea how I had slipped out. I started running after the jeep wondering when Marsha would realize I was gone. And what she would think. I ran through this narrow tunnel area that was really cool and kept on running up the road. Marsha wasn't stopping. How could she not have noticed.

Somewhere in here lucidity started creeping in. I don't remember a big "blam" moment. But I started doing flips as I was running. I knew I had the ability to do flips. I also knew that I wasn't getting as high in my flips as I often do. I was going so fast...no hovering.

I finally got to a point where I had full lucidity. And at that point I immediately decided I needed to do some tasks of the month. I had looked at them once at the beginning of the month. I remembered they seemed really cool and right up my alley.

I looked over and saw that I was at this park. I saw a few guys sitting on benches or standing nearby. I boldly walked right up to one guy and started talking to him. He was about 20 and looked at least part Indian (India), but he had blue eyes. I wish I remembered what I said, but his reaction was really rude. I decided that he would be a good one to do the basic ii task on (Telling a DC they are not real).

So I looked right at him and said, "Whatever...but guess what....none of this is real....you're not real...this is a lucid dream."

He wasn't phased. He kept up his rude comments and said something like, "Well you can take your lucid dream and shove it right up your ----."

I said, "Okay fine then". And I stepped a few feet away from him. This would be the perfect chance to try out another task (Light myself on Fire). I held my arms out in front of me and concentrated. Within seconds I could see flames start to rise from my arms. Since I was in bright sunshine I worried that it wasn't enough to be that noticeable. So I concentrated harder and soon I could see flames all over my body. They were still a little dim, but they would be noticeable. So I then looked over to where the rude guy was sitting so I could get his reaction. He had a surprised look on his face. I then noticed that I had set him on fire as well. I looked around again and saw that his friends were also on fire.

"Take that." I said to the rude guy. I was hoping the fire would scare the crap out of him and humble him a little.

The fire wasn't hot. I couldn't feel it at all.

The friends started laughing at this whole thing. I could tell they thought I was amazing and clever for setting the fires with my mind. The rude guy, on the other hand, wasn't laughing. He was freaking out. He acted like his fire was actually hot and was trying to put it out on his head. Finally I put all the fires out and decided to do another task since I was still fully lucid.

I remembered I wanted to try the Lay an Egg Task. I knew that would be simple to do, yet had that fun unknown factor. I squatted on the ground and squeezed a little. Nothing happened so I squeezed and pushed a little harder. Suddenly I was worried that all I would manage to do would be to go poop. I didn't want that. I stood up again. I realized that I had my clothes on. I decided to reach down in my pants to see if I maybe laid an egg and hadn't realized it.

Sure enough, I could feel something down there. I pulled it out. It was a clear plastic ball about 2 inches in diameter. On it were some wiggly eyes. There were a few loose wiggly eyes beside it. Okay, that was interesting. I set them down on the ground and reached down to see if there was anything more in my pants.

This time I pulled out a handful of those little plastic letters with the magnets that people put on the fridge (or at least used to when I was young).

I tried again. This time it was a handful of plastic blue things that I wasn't sure what they were. And there was also a dice.

I was going to do it again, but I noticed the rude guy walking by. I went up to him and put my arm around him and started walking with him. He didn't seem to notice at all. Then a guy that was supposedly a friend of mine went up to him and told him that I was interested in him and that I would like his phone number. The rude guy acted surprised and asked, "Are you sure she would go out with me." My friend said, "Of course." And the rude guy got a little excited at that point and fumbled in his pockets to find a piece of paper on which to write his phone number on.

But at that point I could feel the dream fading from me. I was a little sad, but knew it was alright since I had done three tasks and I need to write them down before I forgot.


The next thing I knew I was standing next to Marie who was sitting on a corner couch/chair. I looked at corner of it and saw what looked like cream colored black widow. It didn't have an hourglass, but everything about it looked like a black widow. As I got closer I could see that it was a very big spider....bigger than any black widow I had seen. Suddenly I was afraid. Marie had short shorts on and her exposed leg was just inches away. I told her we had to kill this spider--that it could be every bit as poisonous as a normal black widow. I got a book and tired to smash it against the wall, but something got in the way and I couldn't squish it all the way. And suddenly it was two spiders and they were both huge.

And at that point I woke up with my heart beating a little fast.

WOW, you are such a lucid goddess, Twoshadows. And entertaining, I laughed through that whoooole dream man. And a triple-hitter, congrats!!!

So weird too because I was just thinking of you earlier today.

Thanks Ophelia!

Yeah, I had to thank my subconscious for all the stuff with that guy. Hahaha....Justice!

You just never know what DC's will do. And isn't that the best. It would be pretty boring if we controlled what all the Dc's did or said. My favorite tasks and things to do in LD's usually involve some sort of unknown factor. And the fire and the egg tasks this month were perfect for that. And I totally want to do the body part one too. Also my thing. One of my past personal tasks was to build a fire with my mind, burn off my hand or arm, then grow it back. This one has some similar elements.

Oh, and thanks for thinking about me.

I got basic II in an afternoon nap

5:30pm An afternoon nap..
Several of us in a group were on a bus from Detroit Michigan and the bus was loaded with other people but I was sitting on a red cushion and had a seat all to myself and as the bus went thru the city it discharged passengers out of town until all that was left was our group going to a special training mission at an Army Depot and as we turned in the gate the driver flipped a switch that inverted our world and we were now riding on an upside down bus on a street in the sky and I recognized the red brick street as Fort Leanard Wood Missouri that if possible was in worse repair than the last time I saw it and became lucid and laughed and turned the world back right side up for myself only then thought about a task for fun and walked up the aisle to creep the driver by telling him he was not real and he said WTF and I told him I'm into lucid dreaming and astral projection and that was likely the reason I was selected for this mission and he said he had never seen anyone do that before but he was interested and was going to look into it and then I was waking up and tried for more recall but no good..

My brother, Callum, was in my dream. I looked at my hands and saw that i had six fingers, and was now lucid. I usually get excited and try to zoom off into the sky. But (because my brother and I had been talking about trying to have better control over our dreams, and agreed to not suddenly attempt flying), instead I decided to just explore my surroundings.
We then had this conversation.
Me: "Oh cool! I'm lucid! I'm gonna go for a walk, ok? You don't have to come..."
He looked kind of upset/confused.
Callum: "What? Why?"
Me: "You know. Because I'm dreaming. You don't, uh, you don't exist." I didn't want to hurt his feelings because he looked really cut.
He looked up from the ground and shrugged.
Callum: "Well... I'm just gonna come anyway..."
We then explored some nice Australian bushland, I don't know if this counts as Advanced Task i, but a managed to stop a giant grizzly bear from attacking me and convinced him to let me ride on his back. We then explored the forest a bit more and, though I had lost control by this point, fought against some earth benders from Avatar. ^_^
I really want to meet the big guy again, I feel like we could be dream buddies.

I waited long enough but I finally did the advanced one with fire. Well it was more circumstantial than anything but I though, sure there's fire why not burn myself in front of a family member

I am in the yard at the old house in Luling, TX with my bro. There was something going on at the church but I can't remember now. Some man walks up talking to me. I suspect he is drunk so I smell his breath as he talks. He purposely talks heavy so that his breath is available for smelling. He has halitosis up no trace of alcohol. There is some conversation.

I go inside to look at something and close the door. There was a lot of panel glass on the exterior wall and door that should not be there. I turn around and really look at the old house. It has crappy siding but I remember brick. My brother is next to me again and I point and say, "That should be brick. I remember brick." Then gradually realize I am dreaming and remember that last time I wanted to burn the house down. I yell at my brother, "Quick! Light a match!" He instantly produces a lit match and it put it to the house. It goes out for a second but I concentrate on what a lit match looks like and it re-lights. I find a quart of motor oil and pour it on the fire. Then I think what I really need is gas. i look down and see a red plastic gas can. I pour the oil on it and the fire trails. I visualize the fire melting the plastic and watch. Jets of fire come spewing out and spread all over the house. The flames looks strange like some kind of firey water.

Satisfied, I remember the TOTM. I feel like I am going to wake so I hurry. I look at my bro and quickly step into the fire. I feel the warm like an electric blanket is over me and I watch the fire spread from my legs up to my arms and hands. My brother is just standing there, looking at me dumbly. The dream fades but I don't wake up. I have some FA.

I am in a house shortly after going to sleep. The house is a massive fair as well as reunion from high school. I become lucidly aware, spontaneously, and I grabbed a candle, recalling my advanced dream task, and watched my hand smolder as a Dream Figure worked with boxes. I was on fire, and I told him to look what I was doing. He said he was busy. I believe I told him he didn't exist, but he scoffed, as I sat with my hand on fire. The clarity of the dream was oddly brilliant.

This sounded interesting so I wanted to give it a shot. But I failed.

I was in a park, a fancy one with fountains and trees placed meticulously around, and it was bright and sunny. For some reason the only task I could remember was the date/adventure with a mythological creature. So I asked if there were any that would like to show up. I didn't have to wait long when Pyramid Head showed up (for anyone who knows him from Silent Hill But he's not a mythological character. ) I was like, "OMGWTF!" and then he starts swinging his great knife around. Thankfully since I was lucid and nimble, I was able to dodge him, but still!
He was supposed to take me out to a romantic dinner. Or compliment me on my hair. Not try to hack me into pieces.

L'anyhoodle, I will give this another shot. Hopefully I'll have better luck the second time around.

I'm not sure if this counts as Basic Task II, because I didn't exactly tell the DC that they weren't real. I just told them that the situation isn't real, that they're in my dream. You can find it here. I'm not sure if this counts though, since doesn't exactly fit the task description, but I suppose it would make an interesting read anyway.

I read the dream, and you told them this was all a dream so it counts! Congrats This is your first TOTM success you say? Well done man.

My failed Advanced TOTM:

The WILD was less interesting. WBTB, then I woke up, rolled over, felt some vibrations. Instead of opening my dream eyes, I just tried to see through my eyelids, and it worked. I could see my room slowly form in front of me, as if my eyelids were becoming transparent. Maybe the 2nd or 3rd time I was able to do this. Really cool. Anyway, I got out of bed, feeling like I really was getting up in real life. I was happy when I left the room and saw the livingroom empty of all furniture, with Chris on the floor playing with toys. I tried to think of the TOTM I wanted to do, and I remember wanting to summon Kevin Durand as the archangel Gabriel from Legion I said "Hey Chris, want to go outside with me and see if we can summon Gabriel?" So he followed me outside. I called to the clouds a few times, but no success. I woke up shortly after.

Whole Dream.

I can't believe I actually got dem wings!

Set your alarm clocks chickens, June TOTMs are coming!!

Tasks of the Month for June 2013