A Long Strange Trip... into Ashraen's Twisted Psyche

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I hadn't had a LD in almost a week, which is a bit of a slump for me. This one was a bit lacking in lucidity (not great awareness or control), but it'll do for a slumpbuster!

I was in my old bedroom at my parent's house when I heard moaning sex sounds coming from outside. I look out and see a lady I know unloading her car with computer stuff. I look around for the origin of the moaning, but I never find it. I hear the lady enter the living room and discussion with my dad about fixing her computer. My grandfather comes into my room and starts moving things around to clear space for the "software" that she had brought. I go into the living room and see computers set up by the door, my dad stocking the refrigerator, and a couple of people milling about the living room.

I notice that the house doesn't look right, and in my dream I seem to realize that this is a new house that my parents are thinking of buying. I think "why am I here now though?" Suddenly, I realize it must be a dream. I make a chair levitate with my mind (my usual RC) and loudly proclaim "This is a dream!"

I start talking to one of the DC's - a family friend - telling him that it's a dream and asking him what he is up to. This is one of my current dream goals- to interact more thoroughly with my DCs. He is inspecting some things on a desk but he says "Just hanging out, what are you up to?" I feel like I am not going to get much out of him, so I go outside and fly around a bit, talking to some random DCs, getting pretty much nonsense replies.

Sadly, I do not remember to go to the Dream World Academy, but I DO remember that I wanted to work on fighting in LDs, so I start with some punches and kicks to DCs near me. The punches actually hurt my hand, and I am lucid enough to find this odd, but not quite lucid enough to make the pain completely disappear. My contact also makes funny sounds- like badly done special effects, overly loud and crunchy, like I am breaking bones with each hit.

I decide to try some matrix-style fighting, and do some spinning kicks, propelling myself with each spin to the next DC. I get bored with this, so I decide to try running really fast. I am having a little trouble flying in this LD, which is unusual for me, as I am normally very adept. I think this explains my trouble with running fast- I wasn't really very lucid. My first attempt at running fast causes me to run out of my shoes and trip and almost fall. My dog Kobe, however, is running around superfast in front of me, as if to show me how to do it.

I try a few more times, but my legs seem heavy and unworkable, much like a non-lucid dream when I am trying to flee and can't run. I go over to my pool and try to walk on the water, but can't seem to do it. Each time I fall, I am able lift myself up out of the water and on top, but then my next step plunges me back down into the water.

I give up on this, and walk over to where my Mom and Dad are talking about being out of "Trailmix," even though the "Trailmix" was clearly dog food in dog food bags. My sister's basset hound runs up to me. Mom yells at him, calling him a "drunk" (which I thought was very odd), and I decide to have some fun with him. I toss him across the yard (with super-strength, which was another dream goal I wanted to achieve) with his ears straight out like wings and he goes flying, but before I see him smash into the house, I wake up.

Pretty weak lucid dream overall, but I did get in some fighting practice, was able to do some matrix-style stuff. Also made first attempts at running fast and walking on water, but clearly failed at them. I feel like most of this was due to my weak lucidity to begin with (like I said, flying took some real effort in this LD, and normally I'm a pro at it). Plus, I didn't do enough periodic RCs and didn't remind myself enough that I was in a dream world. Hopefully next time will be better