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3/19/12

DILD

The dream started outside around these old Greek ruins (like Assassins Creed). They were large marble white structures. I was battling this man that was my military space superior in a previous dream. He had taught me about space travel and using various weapons on the ship. We each had mortars and were fighting close range. I would hide, spot him, quickly fire, and move again. Eventually I reached the top of the ruin and leapt off. I tried to deploy my hang glider but it didn't work.

Once I was floating through the air I became lucid. I propelled myself upward and flew over some more ruins. Suddenly, ahead of me, there were these white dots shrouded in small fuzzy clouds. They looked like stars at a distance but were just 30 or so feet above the ground. I flew in the middle of them and it was beautiful. I was completely surrounded. I floated for a second and just took in the moment.

Eventually I landed and decided to sit and stabilize the dream. I sat cross-legged with my back on part of a ruin. Ahead of me, was this wall. I tried to meditate for awhile. At first, I had my eyes closed, but then I got worried that I would lose the dream. The wall had an interesting design. The center of it kept swirling on itself. I thought that I should try to make a jet pack so I could fly at super speeds. I imagined the weight of it on my shoulders. I put my hands up as if they were holding some straps. After holding this position for a few seconds I could feel it. I stood up and walked a few feet. I saw a mirror and thought, if I could see the jet pack also, it would help my mind believe it. This backfired. In the mirror I had a little battery taped to my back, despite it feeling quite heavy.

I decided to fly anyway so I took off. About a second later I spotted a hot girl from my school walking below me. I decided to go for that instead so I landed and we started making out. Then I spotted Heather down the way a bit. Sweet. I brought the girls together and eventually a third joined and we fooled around for a bit before I woke up.

1: I was tucking myself in, getting to bed. And I think I fell asleep as well, thus having a dream inside a dream.
In the dream-dream, I didn't know I was actually asleep :twice: and I dreamed that a boy came up to me and asked me on a date.
I answered him yes, I think, even though I really shouldn't have.

I awake within the familiar village constructed by my mind through previous lucid encounters. everything is so vivid, too vivid... i become lucid. calm but aware i slowly rise from the wooden bed and approach the door. as i walk i feel the dream slipping so i quickly spin around to keep it going. I open the door and the take in the villiage that i havent seen in awhile. i marvel at the landscape and endless terrain before me thinking in awe of how my mind can conjure this so easily i continue walking through the village completely at peace with the lucid. at this point i remember that my friend had suggested i try and create a poem and submit it for qualification at the lit mag in school, i decided this so as to try something within my lucid when awareness would permit. i pick a door in the village that is a house and decide that when i enter it, there will be a magnificent poem of love waiting for me to remember inside. I approach the door and declare with my forceful intention that if i can create this village, i can create this poem that is awaiting for me on the other side. this took all my lucid experience and focus. i felt the energy pulsating from my chakra points as if materializing every one of my desires.

the door opens, i step inside to see a regularly wooden home, at the desk i see a chair with a candle lit, and on the table is an ink pen with a parchment attached to it, i approach to witness this remarkable feat, and in my handwriting is a poem titled "us forever" I couldnt believe it was myn but my name was written at teh bottom. i did it, i created a poem to manifest simply by intending it.. i gasp as i read the beautiful lines and attempt to memorize slowly every word. this takes place for some time until i feel the dream start to ripple and my higher-self tells me the time has come to awake.

i wake up and Jot down the lines of the poem immediately but slowly so as not to falter the tempo at which i did so in my dream. i did this to the best of my degree and to my surprise the poem deemed itself worthy of the school magazine.

Courtesy of a Lucid dream it went something like this

Us forever:

The silence watching patiently
Two lovers creep into the hollow
This space entangles energy
And breaks away their sorrow

Desperately, she warms the ember
And cries the tears of rigid truths
He holds her close, they’ll both remember,
Fireflies, and endless youths

The darkness darts down like quicksand
She looks to him for time
And reaches through to hold his hand,
As he softly says your mine
Come her kiss, his somber sigh
Brings forth the reaper too
Last chance for her to touch goodbye, while
He’s already holding true

The endless vigor that she shares,
He’ll die to never miss
She’ll put to bed, all his nightmares
As he stops hers with a kiss

Fragile feelings heal her strong
His touch is not to far
She holds to him however long
As they both grip the same star

He now withholds tremendous force
She pulls the final lever
He changes stride, she alters course
And whisper, Us Forever

Field Trip!

I was standing outside a fairly large church with my sister, Sam. Staying fairly close together (even though there was no one around us), we walked up to the front doors and entered. There was no lobby, only a large room. The lighting was dim, and at the far end of the room you could see a stage. We walked closer and noticed that a ton of people were around us now. I saw my friend, E, walking towards me. She said that she was happy that we were here.

Before we walked towards the stage, we turned around and faced some stairs. They were stock white and led up somewhere. There we found my other friends standing by the stairs.

We turned back around to head back to the stage. But before we moved, a loud voice could be heard over the microphone:
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome this man right here!" He pointed to the now spotlighted stage. The spotlight was pointing to some man, but I don't remember his name.

"And then later, John Cooper is here to sing for all of you!"

Everyone screamed and applauded. John Cooper is the lead singer for the band Skillet.

The music started. We ran to the stage and saw the man from before start to sing. As soon as a guitar solo came on, E jumped right on the stage and started playing some weird guitar fret thing (she was playing it wrong). She stood up there for a couple of seconds. I was thinking, "Is she allowed up there?"

Sam and I walked out before John Cooper could play. Darn. We went to "register", like we should have before. We walked down a road and realized, that we were going the wrong way.

"Where are you going?" I asked Sam.

"I was following you!" Sam replied.

I facepalmed, and then turned around. We found our way back and entered the registering lobby. We were put in line with these other 2 girls. We were supposed to walk out in that order.

Somehow we found our way out, and started walking up those white stairs. We found D, and M, playing ball on the stairs. D walked up to the wall, and just as he did, M threw the ball and it nearly missed him. D screamed, and it was hilarious.

Who wants some hot chocolate?

A man peeked his head in the door.
I noticed I was in a small white room, and it almost felt like I was on a ship. I was on the floor messing with something.
The man asked me, "Do you know what tastes better? The hot chocolate powder from the flying birds or the birds on the ground?"
(Wdf?)
He meant, what tastes better, this hot chocolate powder from this company, or this powder from this company.
"Well," I said. "The bird in the air's powder tastes not like chocolate at all. It's just disgusting. I tried it, and my hot chocolate still tasted like milk.
"The bird on the ground's hot chocolate, however, is the way to go. It's perfect."
The man nodded, and closed the door.

This one lasted for a considerably long time and yet stayed consistent the entire time. I enjoy looking back at it too.

The Secret Society
It begins, or rather, I can recall as far back as being outside caverns that led into a mountain. There was a secret society that occupied the mine, and to get in, you had to take an oath to them and follow their evil ways. There was a man that stood, dressed in ancient black robes, in front of a group of average looking people. All of them were initiates that looked a little confused as to what they were joining.

Standing next to the man was a few of his assistants to help in the initiations. The society had moderate numbers, but was seeking to increase it's membership. The organization had a few targets of people that they were seeking out to kill. One of them happened to be in the group of initiates, oblivious to that they were being hunted by them. I can't recall who it was, and whether it was a boy or girl, just that they were right there under there noses.

The Hotel
The scene soon changes. I am with the group of "good" people who are on the run from the secret society. We are all at some sort of hotel complex set into the future. We were near the top floor on an extremely tall building that had smoothed edges sort of like a Syd Mead painting. It was clearly daytime, and as we were leaving the buildings, I looked across and down at an expansive green courtyard that was at ground level. It was an open-air corridor that allowed me to look down at it. As I looked straight across and from left to right, I saw more buildings similar to the one I was on.

The Final Attack
My gazing was cut short because the evil organization sent large birds after us, and we had to run away as quick as possible. We soon find ourselves at a large castle that has been fortified to protect the person sought after by the evil society. I, and a group of people, find the need to head back to the mines to stop something. A party of people gets assembled, myself included, and embark on the journey towards the mines. Surprisingly, it's close by, but we soon find a gate that won't budge because we haven't met it's requirements. We needed to bring "hellstone" or "demonstone" or something like that for it to open. But we didn't have any.

As we return, we find the castle under attack by a dragon sent by the evil secret society. A mysterious song is played with intricate and dramatic chords, but whether or not the song was real or not, I'm can't say. The castle is in terrible condition, as we all try to fend the dragon off. I wake up, not too shortly after, and just as how I was unsure of the song, I am unsure on how the dream actually ended.

Conclusion
This was certainly an action-packed dream. I could probably write a story on this if I truly wanted. I hope tonight's dreams will be just as interesting. Happy dreaming!

This one was really short, but really weird and creepy.

I recall being in some ancient city that resembles the Mayan and Aztec architecture. There is a man clad in armor from an out of place era and is being sacrificed for some unknown reason. I think it had something to do with reviving the city, but I'm not certain. The people around the area who are cheering look very modern. As the man is dangled in this cage over a fiery pit, the chief/orchestrator of all this pulls out a knife and grabs the man's hand. He then begins to slice a finger off, cutting through the metal with ease. The man in the armor gives out loud muffled cries as he does so. He finally gets the finger off and holds it up resulting in the crowd cheering. Everything gets fuzzy after that.

What exactly was it all about? I'm not sure. Certainly don't want dreams like that though.

I had written these in my real life dream journal, but I figured that I should just type it onto here for good keeping.

Hide and Seek
I am exploring a small town. It's the afternoon and a few shadows cast slightly to the sides of small, two story buildings. There aren't any roads, for the buildings are too cramped together to allow any cars through. Exploring soon turns to running away. There is something chasing me, and there are other people running away from it too, but what or why is beyond me. It doesn't strike fear in me, in fact, it feels like a game of hide and seek. The path I'm running on however, feels linear. It's as if the road is forcing me into one direction. There are a few people to my side who are running with me, but I stop and decide to head in the reverse direction I was heading in. I think I can outwit whatever it is that's chasing me.

I find a familiar entrance that was gated off earlier, but now is opened up. As I run inside, I find a glass window after turning left. As I peer through it, I find that it's a store without an entryway that some how has people shopping in it. Sensing the person/thing close by, I grab a rock and smash the window to get in. I leap inside and curl up in a ball near a clothing rack and begin to hide. The dream ends here, or at least my recall does.

Pirate Ship
I know that there was some connection from that dream to this dream, I just don't know what. In this one, it was night, and there is a party going on. I think I might have been running around talking with people and helping solve problems. One thing that sticks out is that someone was complaining about a sink strainer that was causing issues with the drain and asked me to fix it. After I fixed it, I began running around again to do other things and realize I am looking for something, or someone.

All of this was taking place on some pirate ship of some sorts. The attire of the people around me ranged from old Victorian styles, to casual clothing. One girl approached me and asked me if I could help her pick out a dress for her. Internally, I was baffled because she was already wearing a dress, a big, poofy, black Victorian dress with a white bodice over it. Despite all that, I agreed and began to follower her.

We went up some stairs and into a crowed corridor that had a window showing the outside of wherever we were at. But at this moment, I realize I found what I was looking for. Rather, who. I leap out the window after spotting someone and begin to chase them on the deck of the ship. This moment was the most memorable one, because after I tackled the person, they tell me that I need to search for some robot thing named, "Engima". At that very same moment, I look up and find that the ship is at a dock that's parallel to a concrete shore. Sort of like a shipping dock.

The person disappears on me and hear explosions around me and the ship. A few bombers fly by blowing parts of the dock into smithereens and some distant buildings. The bombings are short, and I see large towers off in the opposite shore of the dock that logically make up the larger part of the city. The city has a forcefield around it that keeps it protected, but disables a large hole in it to allow high-powered hoses to douse the fires from afar without risking any firemen. As I begin to start on my way to search for "Enigma", I wake up.

Conclusion
Pretty cool dreams. Certainly started off pretty good for the end of the week and the beginning of my Spring Break. Probably one of my current favorite dreams too.

I only remember being at a conference. I know the dream had some sort of a story, but cannot remember it. It's possible it wasn't very logical. Something to do with the work I'm doing.

I was recruited into the army as a blue (In the halo world of red vs blue...duh) All i remember is going on some crazy mission to fight the reds, the leader of which turned out to be a class mate of mine. He was probably the only smart one but even so there were far to many idiot reds and blues for him to handle. I ended up just saying screw it, i have know idea whats going on, and just doing what ever Church said to do. All i remember after that id explosions and running and Caboose yelling, who in my dream is like my best friend (Even though Church is his Best friend...whom which we stalk together at one point...idk) This does not surprise me because Caboose is my favorite character. Anyway it was fun.

yesterday i dreamed about you, yeah ...again but this time I was at the farm, claudias farm
Im not sure of why you appeared over there, but i was really really happy that i saw you.
So i was visiting your house, idk what neighbourhood was it, but it was enar the metro.
I went with my mom,aunt and sister, in a white van. your mom opened the door, and i saw your sister, she looked a lot like you but not as perfect. you didn't come to say hi, you just stayed inside the house, we made eye contact from a distance and i was feeling angry with you. So i decided to play the part where it was me the one who ignored you.

It felt good, to be the one that was being chased, to be the one that didnt care, to be the one that faked his feelings, and i noticed that you were trying to win my attention, by looking at me and playing with that lovely hair of yours. But sisnce you didnt bother to come over to me i left and went for something to eat at a restaurant near by. it was really selfish of me...i should have spent this time with you, i know it was only in my dreams, but one thing is for sure, anything you feel in a dream, it feels for real.

i ordered a slice of pizza, you passed by me like asking for some but i ignored you, and it killed me.
just know that i really love you and i wouldnt act like this in real life.

1. I am in a store. It looks futuristic like. It is a video game shop. I look around and notice the gameboy color. I've always wanted one but never got around to buying one. I looked at the price. It said 17.50. It was pink and a little more rounded with it's corner. I go to buy it and my mom and dad come in. I tell them I'm going to buy it and mom waits in line with me and pays for it.

2: Pirate Ship, Boxes

LD 33 as of 02-17-12. Awesome WILD with Shape Change, Advanced Flight, Teleport, Sex with Movie Stars, and more. Worth glancing at. This was my 6th WILD attempt and the second successful one for the night. I spent 11.5 hours in bed all totalled. I already had 10 hours in bed trying WILDs and had 1 LD, so I almost gave up. Man, one last try. I went back to bed and chanted the mantra "flying snake" to myself. I hit SP in only 3-4 minutes and instantly could feel my dream body. All sort of HIs appeared like swirling clouds of smoke. I examined my body using my hands but could not see it. I needed to wait for this all to develop. I kept scratching my fore arms to stay stable and casually watched HIs. After another 2 minutes or so I decided to try blind transformation. I had wanted to be an Aztec Flying Serpent. I could not see a body, but felt it very clearly. I felt myself change and before long was experimenting with my new flying snake body. I really felt my long tail and could cold and slither. I actually tried flying and could feel motion and inertia.
I transformed back to human and the visuals had begun to develop but were vauge. I spent a couple minutes feeling myself and watching my hands while climbiing a ladder and a rope. I came to a platform blocking my way and it felt very real. I had to climb around it. I decided that, that was real dream stuff so I may as well get the fun moving along. I now had normal dream visuals. This dream went on for about 45 minutes total, not including all the intro warm up stuff I just mentioned.. I was in bed for 1 and 1/2 hours. So, I will just hit the high points.
I transformed into the flying snake and flew around exploring above a forest for a few minutes. I felt exactly like a snake and nothing like a human. I got up real high and dove, but the body would kind of flap behind me and I had to spiral down. I tried this about 3 times and was not satisfied. I was getting tired of fying way back up there, so I started looking up at a cloud and then teleport my snake self to the top of it and reapet that again. This let me get crazy high, like many thousand feet. This dive was awesome. I had figured out how to move and do stunts. It took forever to actually reach ground. I would be diving and then flex and do a loop and rolls. I was going very fast and the ground approached. I tried to pull gracefully out of the dive, but ended up slamming into the peaty forest floor! What the heck? Grrrr.
I get up and brush myself off. Ok, the flying serpant thing is pretty complete. What now? The challenge thread had 'interact with a DC as a task. I walked around a hill side and run into a woman. I think sexing it up with a movie star would count, I start talking to the woman and getting cozie, kissing her neck and playing with her hair. I caused her to become a famous singer (Britney) and we fooled around for a good 3 minutes or so. I stopped that because if I did not stablize I was going to loose lucidity. I went through another stablizing sequence.
What now? I tried to think about the challenge thread, and remember what else was on it, but it was a total blur. I remembered that there is a challenge of the year thread. I could only come up with the Sputnick challenge. I decided to get launched into space with Sputnick. I flew up above the hills and circled looking for some sort of base or rocket pad. I did not see anything. There was a building on a hill side and I decided it must be a Russian guard house. I would have a DC take me to the launch site. I walk up to the building and a male guard is there. We talk and he gives me no real help. I decide that a different guard has replaced him. This one is a woman. I hate to be so much of a male here, but I decided Sputnix could wait. I would suduce the woman and then she would want to take me there. I also decided that the gaurd was a famous actress (Jen) and she became that person. I also change her into another actress for awhile, but went back to Jen. I quickly noticed she was more like a doll than a DC, so I told her 'I release all control over you, please act naturally.' She did, she developed a personality and made suggestions and was a very active partner.
I materialized cloths for her and then for me. Finally I had a plan. jen is not really a gaurd, she is a Russian scientist who wants to let her new boyfriend she the Sputnic launch. I materialized lab coats for both of us. We go through a back door and come out on a launch site. I fly over to the rocket. I grab some fins near the nose of the rocket, but then think fins don't make sense here. I transform the fins into metal hand grips near a service hatch. The count down happens and I ride the rocket. I end up way up in the sky when the thing comes apart and the satalite is released. I had to levitate over to it. I decided that those anteni things would be how you stear it. I sit on the satalite and picture it kind of like a Sputnick Harley. Wow, it was great fun! I could see the earth below and saw Africa and Europe. I flew around very fast and it was like a rocket scooter. I decided to visit a space station. I could see one and drove Sputnick to it and left it with a valet. The space station was basically a casinoe. I spend some time at the buffet. i try a glazed bannanna and it tastes kind of bland. I try to smell it, but can't. I pour a shot of whiskey and try to smell it, it smells barely. I drink it. I practiced Super Speed by moving across parts of the station lightning fast. I did this until I ended up going up the side of the station in a Super Speed Spider climb.
I decided to dive from space back to earth, but had not found the snake a very good body for that. I transformed into a hawk. I dove and banked and had a blast until I reached the ground. What now? Summoning, I made a giant water trough appear. Elemental I pulled water from out of the air and filled the tub. Telekinisis, I summoned a piture and fancy goblet and manipulated them with TK so that a glass full of water ended up floating over to me. I drank it and decided to take a bath. I enjoy interacting with water in LDs. I finally laid back in the tub and watched the sky. I was hoping to get a real clear view of the moon, but the sky was just pshycodelic clouds and sunsets. At that point I woke up. Dur~45 minutes

Non-Lucid:
Oh, wow... I really wish I remembered all the details of the non-lucid part of this dream. I can only remember the part when I was with this boy and his grandfather in Egypt, and we kind of broke into one of the tombs. I can't remember anything else. T_T

Lucid:
Then, I "woke" up on my uncle's couch and glanced at the television.
"Hey, wait...I never fall asleep at my uncle's!"
After deciding to do an RC for once, I walked up to the television and tried putting my hand through it, then my fingers through my hand. Didn't work.
"See? This is why I almost never reality check."
I refused to believe I was awake.
Sadly, I woke up for real after that.

This means normal dream
This means lucid dream
This means I'm loosing my lucidity
This means non-dream notes

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One non-lucid dreamlet that I can not recall.

It started as a false awakening from the no-recall dreamlet. I swear to God it felt like just any other time I wake up at night, i had no susspisions that it could be a dream. But, I decided that would do a few RCs. I did a finger-through-hand RC under my covers, which was a mistake, and it 'checked out'. But, I remembered that nose-plug is the most reliable RC, so I did one. I thought that I had done it wrong, because I could breath. So, I reajusted my fingers and tried again... I could breathe! It was a dream and I was lucid as all get-go! Let me tell you, I was happy. Very happy. To double check I watched myself take my finger and push it through my hand, a successful finger-through-hand RC, which I had never done.

I got out of bed and went to the steps to walk to the ground level of my house where the dream was taking place. The dream was fuzzy and unclear, but the more I walked the better it became. Half-way down I was confronted by a middle-aged black man whom I felt was of some relation to my mother. It shocked me for a second, but I remembered it was a dream and that as far as the NPCs were concerned I was meant to be in bed asleep. "I forgot to wash my gym clothes." I told the man, as excuse to why I was up. This was true in real life, so it felt like the best excuse.

The man accepted this wordlessly and left me alone. I continued to descend into the dining room and cross into the living room so I could leave through the front door. I really didn't want to command a location change, so just going into my yard to do some practice stunts felt logical. I went outside and saw two NPC men in a car buzzing by my house. The driver stared at me, dumbfounded, almost as if he knew I was lucid and that it was a big deal, then sped off like a criminal from a crime scene. I shrugged it off. NPCs and their crazy antics, and all.

I crept to the side of my house that faces the back yard of two other homes, trying to think of what to try and do that would have a minimum risk of breaking the dream. Last time I lucid dreamed had tried to fly from a running start and only managed to get three inhuman jumps in before face-planting and bursting the dream. I ended up settling on shapeshifting into a wolf, something I love to do in nonlucid dreams that I figured would be even better with lucid control.

I got onto my hands and knees, in the wet grass and the dark night, and thought "I will be a wolf now." It was only semi successful, in the fact that I was now slowly and unnoticeable trading myself for my wolf self, a still disappointing result. I suddenly felt so bare, so watched by the closeness of the houses around me, I couldn't even focus on trying to fully shift again. I control was slipping away, though I was ignorant to that fact at the time. I was becoming more instinctual and less logical from both lack of dream control and my slow, seeping transformation.

I crawled to the back of my house between the heater and the shed, the only spot in the entire yard with three walls of privacy. Settled, and more sheltered, I tried to fully shift again and as I did I saw a flash. I was losing my lucidity, but my curiosity took over and I forgot to try and regain it as I scanned the area for the flash's source. Another flash. Another. And yet another. They were blinding.

I located the source of them quite quickly; a motion sensor, still mounted camera pointed at me. I was not sure how wolf I was, or how clothed I was for that matter, but, I did not want it on film! I grabbed the camera, ludidity and logic gone, and began gnawing on the lens to no avail. I threw the camera on the ground, smashing it over and over. I ripped the roll of loose film from the camera's smashed hull and looked around as the people in the houses stirred to life. Film in hand (claw?) I started to run away in a fluid four-legged lope, scared of being caught.

I was full wolf now, and had lost my grasp on the film, leaving it behind. It didn't matter. They were after me.

I felt so fast, but never nearly fast enough. I hid under the portable classrooms in the school yard, every time I saw a pair of feet passing by my hiding spot I would bolt from under and be running again. Somewhere along the lines I switched from wolf to cougar. Some older man, I could almost smell the faulty small-town political status on him, was having some people push together two stone slabs together in front of the school. A place to put my body after he killed me, he boasted.

I grew panickier, and raced into a basketball court full of students. I felt as if I knew one of the boys there, and he seemed to know me too. Still, in this form it failed to matter. I lept over the chain-link fences, using my hind legs to springboard from the top. The boy pursued me as I raced into the woods, a wolf again.

Free. Not free enough. I ran through the forest, past a van full of more people I thought I knew and that knew me too. I felt my humanism tugging at my wolf skin, ripping it away. I dove into a ditch, claw hands pulling a thatched mat over me. I was safe, warm, human. And stark naked.

There was a scrap of paper, covered in doodles, in the ditch that I clutched to myself. I was human now and I was safe in my thatch. That was all the mattered.

LD32 as of 02-17-12, Four failed WILDs before this one. I reach SP and this time as I try to feel a dream body I can feel myself move. I do a stabilization blind. I can only see HIs but I manage to solidify a great dream body. I just start walking through the swirling colors. I screw around doing all sorts of motions like dancing around and running. I finally come to a formed scene. It is like a English village where you may see Little Bo Peep. I spider climb up a lerge stone chimney.
What had I planned on doing? I remember the challenge thread on Dream Views, probably something to do with that. I am tripping out on the tectures of the stones of the chimney. The are moving and changing. One stone comes off in my hand. Super Strength, that was one of the things I was going to do. I started tearing large stones out of the chimney. I pulled the whole front off the chimney. I climbed on top of the building. There was construction stuff around, so I saw a box of stone tiles and lifted it easily with one hand. I lifted it high with just finger strength and then casually threw it way out into the village. Not good enough; I looked for anything heavier. A pallet full of bricks or tiles was there. I picked it up withone hand and flung it off the roof.
I went too long without stablizing, and something woke me up. Dur~8 minutes