lucid

Finally got time to type this up. Great news, a couple days ago I was telling my friend S how to have a lucid dream, and that very night they had their first one! I feel so accomplished

Night 3

Dream #1 (Fragments, Non-Lucid):
Frag1: Taking something similar to IB tests, but all of them combined.

Frag2: Screenshotting A's (illegible) vdeo a bunch of times. Laughing really hard.

Woke at 3:10 and WBTB.


Dream #2 (Non-Lucid):
Incredibly stressful dream. I was doing the SAT again, but it was online at home and I couldn't log in. I was very distressed over this for some reason, screaming and crying and hitting myself, but no one cared. In fact, my parental units scornfully dismissed and perhaps even blamed me.

I continued crying until 8:00 pm when time was up. The distribution of my time spent on each section popped up on the screen, even though I had been stuck on the sign-in screen the whole time. I screamed that my parents didn't care about or understand me and my mom was like, "Oh, you think you have misunderstood problems? Do you wanna hear my problems?"

I said yes and she grabbed Nile's ear and stabbed her fingernail into it [I actually saw a mark there IWL the day before]. I shouted in shock, grabbing her wrist to stop her.

Later I posted online about my "panda" in Japanese and someone was confused; I explained that Nile vaguely resembled a panda. 4:20 WBTB.


Dream #3 (Non-Lucid):
I was telling people about my SAT dream, in an apocalyptic world with J and some random guy and eventually my ex. The random guy kept messing with my Chromebook, saying it was "cruel" of me not to charge it for him. He was annoying but manageable, so we didn't get rid of him. At some point we went out to find something and left a note so he wouldn't freak out.

Later texted a Japanese friend on LINE, who said he would show me his "last place" in volleyball. 7:35 WBTB.


Dream #4 (Fragments, Non-Lucid):
Frag1: Post-apocalyptic world where I was worried about my dreams. Grades were involved somehow. Talking about someone's mom and the difference between two things.

Frag2: Got an ad claiming Wattpad caused hair growth, tiredness, blurry eyes, poor posture, et cetera. Drugs "more prone to coffee-vomit," according to Wiki. Searched something up on YouTube. This dream was so unhinged. 8:10 WBTB.


Night 4

Dream #1 (Fragments, Non-Lucid):
Frag1: Someone hated bubbles, tried to be eco-friendly by discovering them online(?), but got mocked instead. Pre-K teacher with 76 students tried to defend them, and the one doing the mocking said "Scary." (She was kind of a Karen).

Frag2: I was sifting through worn-out books from my dad's generation to find the meaning of life. 4:00 WBTB.


Dream #2 (Fragment):
Person was trying to share their interests but kept getting shut down. 5:00 WBTB.


Dream #3 (Non-Lucid):
Dramatic story about a kid who was separated from his mom at a very young age and never grew taller. He made friends on a snowy mountain by grabbing their sled and hopping on. Later he found out his mom was alive (I, as the NEO, was unimpressed with this development). They exchanged souls for a short time; hers resided in a horse tail, and his in a candle.

A day passed and I became him. I'd grown taller, but she couldn't even tell! Z also invited me to play Minecraft to grind for something, as it was the last day of an event. 5:30 WBTB.

After that I kept drifting off and waking up again every 10 minutes. Had multiple dreams about alarms (there were none) and false awakenings. In one of them Z forced N to get up and come downstairs with him, but when I woke up N was in bed and Z wasn't even home. It was incredibly realistic, so I was surprised. Had to get up for school at 6:15.


Night 5

Dream #1 (Fragments, Non-Lucid):
Frag1: Featured a celebrity named Awami, whom people were absolutely obsessed with.

Frag2: Left my my books in a classroom.

Frag3: I was in a class doing activities, one of which was to make new friends. I joined a group of three, and another person came over to ask questions. When they left I said, "Sayonara and congrats, you now have three friends." 4:20 WBTB.


Dream #2 (Fragments, Non-Lucid):
Frag1: A girl was writing a positive energy book.

Frag2: In my house but more apocalyptic. There was a strange dog on the steps, and I encouraged it to sniff me. This dream was really long but I couldn't quite remember it Woke at 6:15.


Night 6

Dream #1 (Fragments, Non-Lucid):
Frag1: A and I had different (illegible). I tried to show how the traits we shared should mean we shared that too but (illegible).

Frag2: At some point we were sitting in class, and at another point J and I were in a car, and there was some BL plot, then it was my (illegible) and I was like "I don't needa park I'm a safe driver" or something and J called me an idiot.


Dream #2 (Lucid):
Plot1: Was in something similar to a program I did over the summer. Some girl put makeup on me, much to my discomfort, and for some reason there were clothes on the table. When I got home, two nerds were in the process of leaving when my mom asked them about signing up for colleges not listed on Common App. In response they gave her a HUGE booklet, like the size of It by Stephen King.

Plot2: L sent a pic of me floating upside down in the air on my bike. I assumed she edited it and responded with something vaguely depressing.

Plot3: There was a tick on my stomach. I asked my mom to get it off for me, but it crawled off, apparently not having bitten yet. (Though it was engorged and there was a dark spot on my skin). I chased it in the dark, asking, "Should I kill it?!"

She said yes, so I raised a fist, but then she shouted for me to stop because it would run away (it was surprisingly fast). The whole time I had been wondering why she was acting so weird, and right before the dream dissolved from stress, I thought, "Oh, I see. This is a dream." Unknown time WBTB.


Dream #3 (Fragments, Non-Lucid):
Frag1: Was looking at a painting of a girl about to punch another girl, but deciding not to because she didn't want to bloody her fists.

Frag2: The world was ending. That's all I remember. Woke at 6:15.


Night 7:

Dream #1 (Fragment, Non-Lucid):
When I woke from this dream, it felt like I had been asleep for years. Doctors were murdering part-time workers, lighting their hats on fire. One seemed particularly without empathy, and I liked her.


Dream #2 (Non-Lucid):
Possible side plot about boy and girl riding a train.

Main plot: I was doing SAT work. My mom said I had to finish it in one day; she kept nagging me. Walking home from school, I saw a bunch of Ramune marbles and picked them up. My car passed by, my familial unit going on a trip without me, so I had to run after them by foot.

When I finally caught up and found them in a cave-like area, I yelled, "Why do you always drive away without me?! I had to run to catch up!"

Z just made fun of me, so I turned around and left without saying a word. I hopped some stones across a river and climbed a short rock wall, my mom chasing me from behind.

"You need to do your work," she said when she reached me. "What you're doing right now doesn't look like work. If you score in the top 10, you can go to a good college. Why is a passing score so low… 3.5 GPA is acceptable in this country!!!" With a manic smile on her face, she started banging her head against the wall.

"Stop! Stop!" I yelled. "There are 330 million people, of course the average isn't going to be that high! Stop banging your head!"

She turned around and started talking about work again, and I sobbed, "Why do you hate me?!" trying desperately to control her with the NEO, but it wasn't working. It's only with this tyrant version of her that it is completely ineffective.

She grinned sweetly. "Because you inspire me [to hate you]."

Woke at an unknown time. After that I had another dream, but I don't remember it at all.


Night 8:

Dream #1 (Non-Lucid):
I don't know how, but I went to sleep at 12:00 a.m. and woke up at 12:20 a.m. with a dream. I would think it's REM rebound, but it's not like I'm sleep deprived. Well, I guess I am compared to the amount I was getting over the summer. I don't know.

I was in the basement with Z, and he mentioned something that made me want to watch a horror movie. With a grin hiding his fear, he said, "Leave, then!"

"You leave!" I shot back. Woke at unknown time and WBTB.


Dream #2 (Non-Lucid):
Plot1: I was with K and J. Something they said upset me, so I went quiet. They were trying to (illegible), so I went to S's house, perhaps planning to do work. I stood there not intending to go in or even knock, but I was spotted and they opened the door. Nile ran out for some reason, but I caught him.

In the parking lot a little girl was being bullied by an older boy—I think he had stolen her basketball/football. Nile was barking at them so I let him go. (Actually, it was only implied I let him go; this scene instantly changed from one to the next.) He barked at the boy and freed the ball, then lay down all cute for the little girl.

Plot2: I was a writer for some weird publishing team. S was in a different one and I found their book online. It featured me committing suicide and was rated "the least printed book of the year."


Dream #3 (Non-Lucid):
Not apocalyptic, but there was some "vegetable disease" going around. We also had another dog who looked exactly like the beanie baby Spunky (which J gave to me a couple days ago); it was really attached to me. I think there was a third dog as well.

At some point my mom came home and got a scratch on her finger which I could feel (it hurt), but she didn't seem to be infected.

Somehow our room caught on fire so I ran in to grab my valuables, then came back downstairs to get Spunky. My mom picked it up by the nose, which I yelled at her for. I wasn't allowed to go to S's house but I think I went anyway. On the way there I heard a radio show about covid and illness myths, that it's not your fault and that washing your hands isn't counterproductive.

It was about 8:00 now, and until 9:30 I would keep waking up every 5 to 15 minutes.


Dream #4 (Fragment, Non-Lucid):
I attended a meeting for aromantics.


Dream #5 (Non-Lucid):
Searched up information about the veggie virus, apparently it was a specific plant from India that could only kill you if you touched it. So, if I wanted to, I could safely walk around outside. (Was asleep for 15 minutes.)


Dream #6 (Non-Lucid):
Apocalyptic world, we were in a strange house watching an enormous floating keyboard blot out the sun. Went inside when it got dark, I sang a song to "fill" the room.

Someone started knocking on the door and I knew it was a killer (vaguely lucid?). He was trying to stab through the door, so I stabbed through it as well, impaling him multiple times, but he kept recovering. I NEO-summoned Omori and the killer "accidentally" hurt him and, devastated over it, left.

Suddenly I woke up (FA) inside another strange place, wondering if it was a double illusion and I had hurt someone on my side as well. Then I woke up for real. (10 minutes.)


Dream #7 (Fragment, Non-Lucid):
Searching the library for books on the veggie virus. [I don't know why the veggie virus was in so many of this night's dreams.] (7 minutes.)


Dream #8 (Fragment, Non-Lucid):
Someone invented a device that improved circulation, with numerous other health benefits. (5 minutes.)


(Another fragment, but it's completely illegible so I won't count it.)


Dream #9 (Non-Lucid):
False awakening. Rooted through my bed, which was cluttered with boxes for some reason. I found three missing headphones and a bunch of Nerds candy, among other things.


Dream #10 (Non-Lucid):
J and I went to our old teacher Ms. B for advice; something about our birthdays. I only remember her saying that parents should use both punishment and reinforcement techniques on their children.



Points:
Night 3:
WBTB - 2 points
Remember a Non-Lucid Dream (x4) - 4 points
Previous sum: 43 points
Sum: 49 points

Night 4:
2+1+.5+1
WBTB - 2 points
Remember a Non-Lucid Fragment - .5 points
Remember a Non-Lucid Dream (x2) - 2 points
Previous sum: 49 points
Sum: 53.5 points

Night 5:
WBTB - 2 points
Remember a Non-Lucid Dream (x2) - 2 points
Previous sum: 53.5 points
Sum: 57.5 points

Night 6:
WBTB - 2 points
Remember a Non-Lucid Dream (x2) - 2 points
DILD - 10 points
Previous sum: 57.5 points
Sum: 71.5 points

Night 7:
WBTB - 2 points
Remember a Non-Lucid Dream - 1 point
Remember a Non-Lucid Fragment - .5 points
Previous sum: 71.5 points
Sum: 75 points

Night 8:
WBTB - 2 points
Remember a Non-Lucid Dream (x7) - 7 points
Remember a Non-Lucid Fragment (x3) - 1.5 points
Library Theme - 5 points
Sum: 15.5 points
Previous sum: 75 points
Comp total: 90.5 points

Pre-WBTB

Fragment
Frieza from Dragonball Z is at a Home Depot store.
Recorded at 5AM, at the beginning of sleep cycle 5.

WBTB

During my 10 minutes of wake-time, I planned what I would do if I had a false awakening at my home. After taking the 8mg Galantamine and using the bathroom, I walked down the hall doing my series of reality checks. Then I rubbed my hands together. I also decided I should interact with the environment in some way, so I licked the wall. Yep. Gotta commit man. I wander around the house a bit, and decided I should find ways to teleport to the forest (step one of "The Plan"). I decide that I will summon an image of a forest on the living room TV and then step through it. Path forward established and my 10 minutes spent, I was content to lay down in bed. I tossed around for awhile and thought about just about every current life problem I have. Maybe I was too awake. After what felt like forever, I finally drifted off. No WILD though unfortunately.

Post-WBTB

Seeking The Elusive Fantasy Forest™
I'm waking up in my bed, and I immediately think to check for a false awakening.
I can breathe through my plugged nose.
I'm dreaming!
I decided to cycle through some more RCs just in case.
I look at my hands, and I have far more than five fingers on each hand. Yep. Dream.
I tried to see my nose on the left and right sides and I can. So according to that check I am awake.
To be fair I've never done that RC before so I didn't really know what to expect.
I default back to another nose-plug RC and I can still breathe. Definitely dreaming.
I recalled my plan from the WBTB prep, so I rubbed my hands and licked the wall. Yep.
It tasted like the real wall. Like paint.
I then find myself back in bed. Another false awakening.
I repeat the RCs, but this time my vision isn't quite coming to me.
I try to will my eyes to work. Nope.
I say "Heal my eyes!" It works a little bit. I say "HEAL MY EYES TIMES 1000!" It works a bit more.
This goes on for some time, and I'm getting annoyed.
I recall another technique where I "take off glasses I didn't know I was wearing".
I do this and clarity improves a lot.
Eventually my vision stabilizes to the point where I can focus on other things. Like my goals.
I can recall "The Plan" in it's entirety. Step one is to teleport to the fantasy forest.
I wander over to my living room, which now resembles a mixture of my actual living room and my friend M's.
My girlfriend S is there on the couch. I decide to play it cool and not tell her this is a dream.
Instead I say "Oh hello! How are you? I'm going into the TV now!"
I don't recall actually going through the TV, so I may have wandered away.
...
I find myself lucid in the garage later. I'm looking around for the Elusive Fantasy Forest™.
I look down, and hope that when I look up, the forest will be on the other side of the open garage door.
Nope.
Vivid green grass and neighborhood. At least that is consistent. It looks similar to how it did in my previous lucids.
I checked around the garage some more, looking for a door or something else I can use to teleport.
I find a storage cabinet and try to teleport Narnia-style, but no luck.
I lose my focus for a bit, and I end up walking out of the garage door and preparing to fly.
I kick off the ground hard and take flight. I specifically notice that my right leg doesn't hurt as I jump (In waking life I am recovering from surgery so jumping is normally out of the question).
I zoom around and enjoy the view. The grass looks even more vivid from up here. It takes on a pastel-like painting aesthetic.
As I take in the view I come to a realization.
There is nothing other than vivid green grass and dots of homes that look like legos from this high up, for as far as my eyes can see.
Maybe the reason I can't find my forest is because this entire goddamn dream-plane is a neighborhood.
I zoom around some more, and find myself using air-swimming to control finer turns. Haven't tried that before.
Also unusual, I land without losing lucidity. I remember that I still need to try this stupid teleporting thing.
I'm back at my garage now and I remember reading a tutorial somewhere on DV about "scrolling the world".
So I raised my hand as if I was about to swipe the world like an image in my phone pictures gallery, not really expecting this to work.
Except, against dream-rules, it does work despite my negative expectation. The entire world, my current view of it anyway, swipes to the left, and a new image slides in from the right, teleporting me somewhere new.
But of course, not the elusive Fantasy Forest™.
I see a big, vivid, blue ocean in front of me. The waves are almost caramel-like. They move too slowly. In other words, their viscosity is higher than it should be. They crash down lazily.
My family may have been there too, I can recall my Dad being present for sure.
I briefly consider exploring the bottom of the ocean because who knows what my brain would put there!
But I ignore the ocean and my family: I am on a mission dammit!
I turn to walk away from the ocean and I notice it is raining behind me, and there is a forest in the distance.
But then a car drives by in front of it. IT ISN'T A FANTASY FOREST! IT'S A REGULAR PRESENT DAY FOREST!
I start to think about other ways to reach the forest. In particular, I imagined it might be easier to seek out a campfire and go from there.
But despite my best efforts, before I reach the Elusive Fantasy Forest™ I find myself waking up, thinking I should try to record before I lose memory of this dream.
I wake.
Recorded at 7:45AM.

Autumn Competition 2023 - Night 8

1. Frog (LD)
I’m aware as I’m in bed, looking at a door at the end a small hallway at the end of a room.
I have to be careful sliding into this scene; I don’t want to lose it.
I cautiously begin to encourage my dream body to slide out of bed and into the scene. I stand up and begin moving forward. I head down the corridor, and think of full transformation. I begin to imagine Djinn transformation and see a turban in the shadow on the floor in front of me. I’ve been doing that too much lately…how about a cat? I begin to shrink down to a very small size. I feel my front limbs in front of me. I want to check the image in the mirror to my left, so I hop up. Instead of a cat, I see….a frog in the reflection! I walk a bit farther forward and check my reflection once again in the full body mirror to my right. This time I see a creepy zombie figure, with grayish streaks on the skin, blackened teeth, and a mouth that is ‘hissing’ gazing back at me – essentially a zombie me with only the front half of the body. It actually doesn’t bother me or creep me out one bit – I simply find it amusing and move on. I move into the next room and the scene gets brighter. I’m on the first floor of a house with a kitchen to my right, a sliding glass door in front of me, and a hallway to my left leading to another room. I can basic summon a cocoa machine and earn come points! Two appliances, one appearing to be an espresso machine, is within view. I can’t use that - I need to imagine one nearby. I imagine that as I turn to my right, another appliance will be there. I turn and see a small black appliance which looks like a small K-cup coffee machine. I click the button and it turns on. I search for a mug in the wooden cabinet above and place it under. Vivid black liquid begins coming out, but it looks more like coffee. I mentally encourage it to become more like cocoa and it starts emitting a very dark brown, frothy liquid which appears to be steaming slightly. I begin walking and take a sip. It tastes pretty good – like a mocha which is more on the chocolate side; there’s barely any hints of coffee. I continue toward the central area and begin consider some dream goals. I imagine pulling out the Dark Woods Wand. I see a faint image of it in my periphery, yet it fades as I draw it up. I try once again, yet the image fades. I see some items strewn about the room and go for telekinesis, yet they don’t budge. I then turn my attention toward phasing and teleporting. I phase through the glass, into the yard in the back of the home. I look for some brick nearby. I phase in, yet simply pop out on the other side. I begin looking for corners to phase into, where the brick would essentially be thicker. The same issue happens again. Instead of phasing, it’s almost as though the interior is revealed, like a glitch in a video game. I try a third time before heading a bit farther into the yard. I wake up.

2. The Metropolis (LD)
I’m looking into a mirror and see the reflection of a sage-type character. I have asian features, am shorter in stature, and appear elderly. I get the attention of a teacher figure in the room.
I continue to look at my reflection in the mirror.
“It appears that this would be real”. I show my hands counting five finger.
“But if you look more closely…” My head turns into a horse head.
I turn to the right and notice the ‘dream glow’. This is a dream! I turn back to the dream character.
“Now we need to score some points. I need to teleport”.
I phase through the mirror, yet end up in a similar looking room. I try to phase into the next mirror, but once again end up in a similar looking room. I need to try the wall. I phase into the wall and the scene goes black. I begin visualizing the druid sanctuary, but nothing materializes for quite a while. I hold, maintaining awareness in the void. I then decide to imagine a simple, barren setting: the desert. I lay down and imagine myself standing up in a sand-swept scene. All of a sudden, as I rise, I see small pockets of sand dunes to my left. I then see a large truck further to the left and a train in front of me. I look further and see a massive metropolis spreading in all directions. A brown brick building ahead and to the left reminds me slight of the structure from my elementary school. I look around further to see a mix of absolutely enormous temple structures – possibly one hundred to one hundred fifty stories or so tall with massively wide foundations – fixed in with more futuristic, steel structures. The scene is within he middle of a sunny day with few clouds.
“Oh my God!” I’m swept away by how vivid the scene is. It looks as vivid as real life, yet has more of a glowing sheen to it. I wonder if this will become a persistent realm… I think as I continue to take in all the buildings stretching as far as the eye can see. I see one very interesting steel, cube shaped building with a massive orb on the top. I gaze into a section with massive buildings of various sizes and attempt mass telekinesis on a large square building built of brown brick. It doesn’t budge after two attempts .I turn around and begin flying to explore the metropolis and soar upward. I enter into the first building and weave my way forward and back to a back room. It appears to be a warehouse. I should basic summon and get some cocoa!...I’ve been doing that too much…a chocolate bar?....I’ve been doing that too much too. I see many stacks of boxes which look like cereal. I’ll go for some Fruit Loops! I imagine that as I make my way around the corner in the dim room I”ll find a Fruit Loop box. Nope…those are just cheerios I think as I see a white box with the cheerios logo. I look around the corner a bit further and see a colored box with Tucan Sam. I don’t want to waste any time, so I pick up the box, shove my hand directly ithrough the top and the bag and begin eating them. They taste pretty good! Just a bit muted. My mouth begins to feel extremely full. This always happens in dreams…I’ll just ignore it. I decide to continue exploring with the box, munching to ground the dream. I see two tall figures in the warehouse near a window. One turns to look at me. I should use invisibility – that’ll earn some points. I snap my fingers and the massie dream character looks right through me. I walk to the window, but his foot bumps into mine as he begins moving. He begins to notice I’m there. I should use some super strength. I grab the seven foot figure by the wrist with one arm and begin to swing him wildly from one extreme of a swing to the other, pounding him into the ground. He become immobilized. The other worker comes to check on him. I then head to the window, but feel I’ve been a bit rough. I realize he’s just a part of my mind, but I feel I shouldn’t be so violent toward these aspects of myself. I walk over to the immobilized figure, place my right hand on his back, and begin channeling a healing energy into him. I wonder if healing will earn point as ‘other dream control’ in competition. The figure begins to stir. He looks up on the ground in front of him, where his previously dislodged cell phone now lays. I look up and begin heading toward the window. I wake up.

NLD
I’m in a room that resembles a college classroom with several rows of long white tables lined up, students seated at each. I have a Brandon Sanderson book in my hands which I’m reading. I see all the other students pull out the same book. I’m surprised by it, yet get excited and begin talking to the student to my left about how good the book is as she opens to chapter one. The teacher begins lecturing about the book.

I'm in my room and somehow, I know that I'm dreaming. I think that it's a little dark and I also think that DJ is here. I appear to have a ring on my left index finger that is orange. switching the colors of the ring and the light that it is emitting to find which one is appropriate. DJ is telling me that I should choose green. So, I'm switching to green and I'm staying there for a bit.

Autumn Competition 2023 - Night 6

1. Tree Roots (LD)
I’m standing in a road as my awareness begins to raise. My right hand comes out in front of me. This feels dreamlike…I look at my fingers and begin counting. It seems as though there are five, but it still feels dreamlike…I’m dreaming! It appears to be the middle of the night and it seems as though I’m in Meadow. I see a dream character in front of me and slightly to the left. I don’t get a good view of the face, but I get the strong sense that it’s…me… I give the character a hug with my right arm, filled with appreciative joy.
“Congratulations on your five hundredth LD man. I’m proud of you”
The dream character doesn’t respond, but I sense a bit of appreciation for the kind words. I then begin to speak to him about dream goals.
“Let’s go earn some points. First we’re going to do some basic summoning.”
I walk over to the front yard which contains a plant surrounded by a circle of rocks, similar to the one in the meadow.
“Let’s just imagine there’s some hot cocoa around these plants, and then we can drink it.”
I search around the plant area, but don’t find anything. I ignore it and fly further toward the entrance to the house, however I notice that it’s not Meadow. I see a light switch and decide to ‘use an electronic device’. I hit the first switch to my left, but nothing happens. I continue toward the switch to the right of the door with determination to make something happen, although I realize it doesn’t quite matter whether it’s successful or not in competition for points. I hit the switch…and it works! The lights turn on. I then turn around and decide on using super strength. I see a two to three foot shrub to my left. Too small. I then see a much larger pine tree, roughly ten to twelve feet tall, and grab with trunk with a firm clamp grip. I tear the entire tree out of the ground. I then decide to use my strength to shove the tree back in. I shove into the same area, and the tree returns, roots sinking into the earth. I then decide to use mass telekinesis and head toward the road to lift up the house. The ‘me’ DC follows me. As I reach the street, I look into the far distance, to my right, and notice in the nigh time scene and nightmarish figure of a tall, lanky, naked creature rolling along on a massive wheel. I find It strange and creepy, but ignore it. I turn toward the hoes with concentration. I extend my arm and lift the house rapidly, and it hits against the roof of what appears to be a tunnel which it is inside of, yet I didn’t notice earlier.
“Did you see it hit the top?”
The dream ‘me’ agrees by nodding yes.
I then place the house back down and fly toward it to enter.
I enter the house and notice that it has three stories, all connected via a central reception area. The central area connects to the other levels in an open concept. There seems to be a light, honey colored lighting spread throughout the interior of the house, lending it a very cozy feel. I hear a middle aged female character on the phone and think it best to avoid her. I get the sense that engaging her will lead to massive distractions. I briefly scope out the rooms from the central area, then head to a room in the back left. I see a black vent and consider phasing into the backyard through it and pursing earning points, yet decide against it. I turn around and begin exploring the house once again. I fly down and slightly to the right, yet the dream fades.

2. Bookshelves and Whirlpools (LD)
I continue riding down the road in a vehicle without a roof in the middle of the night.
This place feels dreamlike…My hand comes out in front of me. I’m dreaming! I turn to my right and glide into a large room which appears to have no ceiling. It is adorned with a great deal of wooden shelves, light in color, containing a wide variety of items throughout each of the shelves. It seems like a gift shop of sorts, with many stuffed animals and boxes of interesting toys. I’m interested in exploring and make my way around a few of the shelves, and checking out some of the items on the ends. I then decide to work on earning some points. I think of dream character interaction, and tap a female on the DC to get her attention, she turns and I smile at her playfully. I see a group of males and females and decide to use invisibility. I snap and go invisible. I’ not sure if one is in fact looking at me, so I head to another group and snap again. I walk right past the group and the simply look straight through me, oblivious. I’m fascinated by all of the dream characters milling around, and begin to people watch for a moment. The dream begins to feel like it’s fading slightly, so I begin rubbing some shelves to restabilize it. I make way a bit further into the room, then hang a left. This section of the shop is filled with a long row of shelves containing shelves of books that extends the length of the left side. I think of facing and slowly walk into a bookshelf with my eyes open, watching as the visuals slowly change into darkness, then emerge into the scene beyond. I see that the scene extends toward a balcony area which curves left. I head in the direction of the balcony and notice what appears to be a clothing rack on the far end with some dream characters near me. I try out some super speed, and imagine myself zooming toward the clothing rack. I try visually imagining the rack drawing closer several times, yet the super speed doesn’t work. I flry down this corridor, then hang a right and descend a corridor into a large circular room at the bottom with a circular pool of water. One dream character begins to antagonize me, saying that I’m there to bother them, so I simply ignore and fly through the open section in the wall to an area beyond. An even larger circular body of water sits beyond. I enter the water and begin to feel a bit of suction. A whirlpool is pulling me strongly toward the center. I swim hard against he current and float out, into the dream scene, noticing the darkness of the night. I’m feeling as though my dream body is wet. I begin to wake up.

3. Meadow Lucid (LD)
I’m standing in the front of the main house in meadow. As I’m overlooking the front yard from the front patio I become lucid as my right hands comes out in front of me. I glide over the dirt to my left and fly into the center of the front lawn. I notice a large white pickup truck coming down the road, and a male driver turning his head to look at me. I begin to consider mass telekinesis. The dream fades.

- I'm in my bedroom and I know I'm dreaming. I'm seeing my white and orange wristband on my left hand and a light Frosty blue and white wristband on my right hand.

10:45pm-1:45am
-I'm in my room on my bed and I somehow just sense that this is a dream. I'm looking at my left wrist and I am seeing what looks like a Fox Cave it would be a lot closer and I'm looking at my right and I'm seeing what feels like an owl cave. It looks much further it also feels a little more daunting but also more exciting. The name "Saizaphod" is coming to my mind and I'm thinking of summoning him. But, I don't. The dream ends.

Side notes:
This lucid was very short and foggy in terms of details, yet the last dream of the morning wasn't lucid, but much clearer and longer. I wonder why that is

Autumn Competition 2023 - Night 4

1. Giant Djinn (LD)
I find myself in center of the first floor of the main house in Meadow. Why are there so many people over this late? Who are these people actually? This is strange...Nose plug...breathe...I'm dreaming! I'm excited and lift up to begin flying. I fly into the family room area where my parents are reclining on the couch. I fly over the center and say:
"Check out what I'm doing guys!" finding it amusing. I feel that showing them is a waste of time, so I return to the kitchen area as I begin to think about scoring points. I'll get something to eat from the fridge before I go adventure! I go into the freezer deciding I'll find ice-cream to get some points but decide on chocolate bars instead. I open the freezer, pull out a top shelf, and finally pull out three large Hershey's chocolate bars. I put two away and hold onto one as I make my way to the front of the house. Oh...I should take a bite for the 'eat/drink something' points. I take a bit, out of the corner, and it tastes pretty good! It's almost like real chocolate. I decide to go to the front and head toward the doors, then slightly to the right, phasing through the wall with little thought. I find myself in the front yard, on the patio, in a quite vivid dreamscape. I head a few steps down the walkway and think about earning more points. I imagine myself becoming a Djinn, and suddenly begin to enlarge to an enormous size. I hear a primal roar as my body enlarges to roughly eleven feet tall, my head towering above the shrubbery. I feel my shoulders getting massive. I check my reflection in the shadows on the grass and notice a turban as well as my lower body tapering to wisps of mist, my dream body levitating. I continue to head a bit farther into the front yard and think of element manipulation. I go to cast a tornado, yet nothing happens to my surprise. I walk a bit farther down the front yard and consider heading toward the Greek Temple area, yet decide this would be too far for now. I see a small black car head down the street to my right, and go for mass telekinesis, yet the car doesn't lift off the ground and I feel a slight mixture of frustration and confusion about the dream's resistance. I then consider element manipulation via creating quakes with an earth stomp. I imagine my dream body having a leg and foot and stomp then ground, yet the quake doesn't ensue. I feel that I'm waking up.

*False Awakening

2. Black Cat Reflection (LD)
I'm in the basement of the main house in Meadow. I attempt to record the "Giant Djinn" lucid on a mobile app, yet the app keeps guiding me through setup screens. I then get a text from H saying: "What are you up to?" Why is H texting me in the middle of night? This doesn't make sense. Nose plug...breathe...I'm dreaming!! I take in the view of the basement which closely resembles the waking life basement. I set my mind to stabilizing the dream. I shout:
"Clarity Now! Stabilize!"
I take a few more steps and job my memory for dream goals and consider how to earn points. I'll do some levitation meditation for my 'Old Personal Goal'! I focus my mind, cross my legs in meditation posture, and levitate up about four to five feet, holding this pose in the air for a few seconds. I lower back down and consider additional goals. I decide on 'Full Transformation' and begin to shrink down to very small size and feel my dream body becoming a mouse. I then reflect: I keep doing mouse and Djinn...let me try something new. I feel that my front limbs are still in front of my dream body as I shrink down, attempting to become a cat. I have a view of a Final Fantasy VIII figurine front childhood - Zell Dincht - laying on the floor right in front of me. I turn to my left to a black object on the floor. I catch my reflection and notice a vivid black cat staring back at me. I look at my dream body and take in the features, along with the two different color eyes gazing back at me. It reminds me of a cat I had years ago. I then hear a cat screech and notice the figure in the reflection is making different movements then me. I start to feel vibrations and wake up.

3. The Scorpion Dreamer (LD)
I continue to practice yoga inversions in the opposite corner of the large room. I go into a scorpion pose, and male dream character is to my right. I say:
"This is a dream"
My awareness begins to rise. This really is a dream! I stand up and begin to consider dream goals and earning points. I find myself in a large, dim square room with several pieces of furniture strewn about. It feels slightly like a warehouse of sorts. I look around the room and notice a few tan candles in the center of the room, situated at various levels on top of different pieces of furniture. I reach my arm out for telekinesis, yet the candles don't budge. I walk a bit farther into the room and go to pull out the Dark Woods wand. I see my arm raise up, yet there's no wand there. I continue to float into the next room with intent to basic summon a machine to make some cocoa to drink. I enter the room, look around some desks to my left, yet don't find
a drink dispenser. I do find a computer, however, and hear some music that sounds like lofi playing. I click the mouse a couple of times and the screen changes. I then crank up what appears to be a volume knob and the music starts getting loud! It sounds great! I turn around and head to an area with several brand new offices in a hallway. I see very thick glass on the outside of the office in front of me. I fly up and phase through it. I find myself in a pristine office with light tinges of sage and gray. I feel this was too easy, so I look for a thicker wall. I approach the desk to the left of the vivid room which has something resembling a lava lamp on it. I phase through the wall and into the next room. I approach the next desk and see a picture which has my boss on it. I fly up a bit, yet the dream resists me getting to the top. I pull the entire desk down, climb up, and phase into the wall. The dream goes into a black void. I maintain my awareness for nearly a minute, visualizing a druid sanctuary. I maintain the imagery, relaxing into it. I start feeling some sensations from what I believe to be my waking body. I continue to try to relax, focusing on the imagery, but I feel stronger vibrations and wake up.

I was running from an intruder at an underground bunker. As I was running I looked down and realized I had no shoes on. I decided to turn back around to the previous area I was in to retrieve them. Once I got back there I noticed a kid who was running as well and came to the conclusion that he was the intruder son. He was very young no older than 5 years old. I skipped past him knowing that the intruder was close behind me.

That's when I began to hear a few gun shots. I was almost at the exit after going up a few stairs. As I'm about to reach the last exit he somehow just glitched himself right behind me as if he teleported here. We then struggle against one another in a grapple as he tries to reach for his gun. I thought it was bizarre that he caught up to me like that. I was certain there was no way he would reach me.

I then said this has to be a dream because it's just too convenient that he would show up like that. He knocks me to the ground and now has the advantage. But now that I have lucidity and know it's a dream I told him it's over. I raise my hand and use telekinesis to zap him out of existence. I look around my environment and slowly lost my lucidity as the dream continue to a non-lucid dream.

9:30pm-12:35am
-I appear to be in my bedroom and everything is dark as if all the lights are turned off. I am remembering that while I'm looking at my watch that this is a dream. Now, I'm seeing my watch change from Orange to a bluish purple and I'm seeing a picture of the dream views owl on my watch. I am remembering thinking to myself, "That's a few points.". I'm now looking that's my right foot and I'm seeing that it's having some sort of orange or about it and I'm seeing a picture of a fox. Towards the wall of my bedroom furthest from me it seems I could continue that is very dark. It's sort of like a cave but, I'm not really sure if it is.

I found myself at my workplace. I was going through the department till I saw a familiar person with his back facing towards me. I looked at his hair and the way he was behaving as I got closer and realized I knew him. It was a co-worker I knew from my last job and this was one of my biggest fears. He then turned around and greeted me saying "Hey it's me, it's good to see you again"

I was shocked, couldn't believe it and it didn't make sense to me at all. I immediately began thinking about who gave him the opportunity to work here. I looked at him and said "No screw this". "This has to be a dream, I can't believe this is happening and I don't even remember driving here and why is it in the afternoon already?"

I must be dreaming as I gain lucidity for a brief moment. That's when all the other co-workers came to celebrate his new position as my captain. They all started acting like they were going to throw a party for his honor. As he approached me saying "It looks like we'll be working again" I lost my lucidity as the dream scene changed right after.

I'm back in MeiSEKAI for the first time in a while, with an LD to show off for comp! Unfortunately I don't have time to add much detail to non-lucids >_<

NIGHT 1

Dream #1 (Fragments, Non-Lucid):
Frag1: S was still in Morocco, and J and I seriously shipped Ms. T with a new (false) assistant English teacher. I put their (illegible) together.

Frag2: Checking out colleges but not really? Kind of a blur. Later saw S and mom, she snapped at S to not "act different." Then I (illegible).

Woke at 2:50 and WBTB.


Dream #2 (Fragments, Non-Lucid):
Frag1: Ms. T and another teacher kept writing on a board that English and Art were not useless.

Frag2: Dude had a lot of money but was saving it to go on a trip to/with/for the person he likes. He thought it was funny and didn't seem to know why he liked her, but said that she was "relaxing." 5:30 WBTB.


Dream #3 (Fragment, Non-Lucid):
Featured an expert on "letter analysis." 6:50 WBTB.


Dream #4 (Non-Lucid):
Plot1: MC ran away from home... actually, he flew away from home, which set off alarm bells in the back of my NEO mind. He stole J & L's dad's car and drove off with their (false) dogs. Ended up in a hotel and kept getting notifications from his 3DS, but didn't wanna respond in case it could be tracked. So he searched it up on his phone, not knowing that phones are trackable.

At some point he looked out the window of his hotel room and saw his classmates(?) on a field trip. One kid spotted him and, for some reason, MC didn't break eye contact. The kid told the group and ran into the hotel, bursting into MC's room, but by that point he'd already flown out the window. He was pursued, and they had a conversation I can't remember.

Plot2: An assassin on the job decided to kill another guy on the side. But when said guy turned the corner, he made eye contact and flashed the revolver at his hip. MC was a bit startled. He pressed himself against the wall so he couldn't be seen from a ledge above, a good thing because moments later revolver guy was standing on it, mimicking a seductive woman's voice to try and lure MC into the open.

Ironically MC's interest was piqued not because he was fooled, but because that was also his method of killing. If the dream had continued, it would've turned into a gay assassin x assassin romance.

Plot3: An evil man was on trial, and a woman stood up to testify. In an NEO-moderated speech she said that even worse than the things he was on trial for, was the fact that he had groomed her teenage son. Everyone clapped and when she went into the back room, she received a bunch of Project Sekai rewards. One of them was a song so obscure it surprised me to the point of being impressed. Woke at 8:29 and had to get up.


NIGHT 2

Dream #1 (Fragment, Non-Lucid):
I was "getting a story" from out of a trash can, both manipulating each other. [I have no idea what I meant.] The videos were mostly ads and extremely generic. I was thinking about cognitive abilities and lucid dreams, hoping they would mention them. 4:00 WBTB.


Dream #2 (Non-Lucid)
Plot1: A journalist was jumping around trying to capture interesting moments between [stopped writing for some reason].

Plot2: I told my mom I didn't know how to do something, and she started screaming, calling me a pathetic waste of space and an effing idiot and et cetera. I just stood there waiting for her to stop.

Plot3: This was the largest part of the dream but I couldn't quite remember it. A bunch of people were fighting about something on a reality TV show… at some point I told my mom I was recording them to placate her. 5:30 WBTB.


Dream #3 (Non-Lucid):
Very brief yuri plot, teacher x teacher. One of them had the asexual flag tattooed on her palm and was upset about something. Her partner suggested they move out because Japan was too (illegible, but something similar to conservative?). 7:00 WBTB.


Dream #4 (Fragment, Non-Lucid):
(Illegible, something about people not taking my advice.) S had to give advice instead, which is ironic. 7:30 WBTB.


Dream #5 (Fragment, Non-Lucid):
Someone was trying to understand someone else's culture. 8:00 WBTB.


Dream #6 (Lucid):
Plot1: There was a lesbian TV show being played somewhere, and I found one of the actresses in my basement. I told her that I thought the show had been made in the 60s or 70s, but actually it was released in 2022. She told me that the other main lead found a husband and they were no longer in contact, but it was clear she missed her and implied that she wanted us to go find her.

Plot2: I was in the basement talking to my dad, when I saw my dog Nile sitting outside the sliding glass doors. I told Z and he went out to get him, but walked right past, even as he went from puppy- to normal-size. To prank him I brought Nile inside and shut the doors, but he came back with a nearly identical dog in his arms!

"Um, Z, that's not Nile," I said, but they looked so similar I doubted myself. Then another dog appeared and suddenly we were outside in our neighborhood. A glass dome surrounded it, and the grassy part in the middle had become a jungle. We were searching for the dogs that weren't Nile, to return them to their owners. I think I examined floating screenshots to find out that one's name was Riddick.

Other animals were in the jungle as well, and they all had "file names" you could view by focusing in on them. Some were just the name of the animal ("parakeet") but others were more personal ("the weird one"). There was also a gigantic moose walking around.

"I didn't know moose were that big," my dad said.

"I know right? It's scary." I pulled out my phone to take a picture, but paused when it turned in my direction. "Uh, is it…?"

I slowly started drifting away (we'd been flying the whole time), but when it stepped closer, I turned tail and accelerated so quickly it worried me. I could hear its footsteps thundering behind me, so I flew higher and higher, trying to reach a tall tree for cover. But then I saw the glass dome and decided to phase through it like I do in my dreams, which got me lucid!

I kept going, flying as fast as a jet (now that I think about it, this is Advanced Flying, isn't it?), and there were clouds and green fields below me as far as the eye could see, zipping past in a blur. My fear of heights seemed to have disappeared, and I was enjoying it so much that I pushed myself to go faster and faster. At some point I tried to shoot fireballs out of my hands, but it didn't work.

Okay, okay, I gotta think, what should I do for comp? The first thing that popped into my head was three-step tasks, and with some difficulty I remembered "Fly" as my first. Check!

I incorrectly remembered DC Manipulation/Mind Control as my second, so I flew down to the first DC I spotted. She was a young woman in a crop jacket and loose jeans, nose buried in her phone.

I whispered under my breath for her to get on her stomach and crawl, not loud enough to hear. But it was only when I made her want to do it, when I imagined her doing it, that she flopped onto her stomach. Still, she didn't crawl, and I started to worry that it wouldn't count for the competition if she didn't fully follow through. I had the sense that I was short on time.

"Crawl!" I yelled, but she just lay there with an expression of lazy smugness. Again I made her want to do it, imagined her doing it, and she did! She crawled forward! I was ecstatic, but before I could even think about my third task, I woke at 8:30 and had to get up. Pretty successful dream, though, even if it was short and I messed up the task order!

I actually have two or three more LDs to add from my period of inactivity, but I'll deal with them later. Oh yeah, and I filled up another DJ, though my handwriting has gotten much worse since then

Points:
Night 1:
WBTB - 2 points
Remember a Non-Lucid Fragment - ½ point
Remember a Full Non-Lucid Dream (x3) - 3 points
Sum: 5.5 points

Night 2:
WBTB - 2 points
Remember a Non-Lucid Fragment (x3) - 1.5 points
Remember a Full Non-Lucid Dream (x2) - 2 points
DILD - 10 points
Fly + First Chosen Task - 10 5 points
Advanced Flying - 10 points
Interact with a Dream Character - 2 points
DC Manipulation / Mind Control - 5 points
Sum: 42.5 37.5
Previous sum: 5.5 points
Comp total: 48 points 43 points

Lil sketch:

6:29am-7:19am
- I appear to be in my room and Mom is coming to me and asking me if I can take care of a cat and I'm freaking out and saying something like, "Why do I have to take care of this cat?! It's going to scratch me!". I'm acting dramatic and I really don't want to take care of the cat.

I'm now, suddenly outside on a sidewalk. It's bright and I'm on a black blanket. Someone in the distance on the block is asking me if I want to take care of a gerbil. The gerbil is a very round and very big. It's about the size of my head and it runs up to me and at first I'm hesitant about it. But, I quickly fall in love with it and I'm very happy and eager to take care of this thing. I'm holding it to my face and lying down with it.

All of a sudden, some person out of nowhere comes and snatches the gerbil from me, takes it in the car and then drives off. I'm appalled and heartbroken and run after it.

I think the dreamscape changes and now I'm in a car on a highway with DJ and Willy while there's someone else being the chauffeur. The car is chasing the car that stole my gerbil.

I'm still very determined to get my gerbil back. I'm seeing that the car that the thief is in is coming to a sort of gate that has a black bar in it and now I'm kind of happy because I believe that the car will stop and we'll catch him. However, the car does not stop at all and in fact, it phases through the gate. I'm wondering to myself how on Earth that happened and within a few seconds, the car that I'm in is approaching that same gate and it's not showing any signs of stopping. I am getting a little scared because I think that we're going to crash. But, instead, we phase through the gate just like the thief car did. I'm wondering to myself how we manage to phase through that. And before I know it, within a few seconds, we're approaching another gate and we Face through it as well. I'm wondering to myself, "How on Earth did we phase through the gate?". Then I realize and say out loud, "Ooh. This is a dream!... Wait... If this is a dream, then...", I make a huge leap that makes me phase through the hood of the car, several feet in the air, and then land far ahead in front of the car that I was just in.

As I'm hitting the ground, I am going into a full-on sprint at a crazy speed that is having me run past other cars on the highway. As I'm starting to run, I'm hearing the invincibility soundtrack from Sonic Adventure 2 battle play in the background. I'm catching up to the car that stole the gerbil. The windows are pure black. I'm now by its right side and as I'm running next to it, I'm looking at the car and shouting, "Hey! Give me back my gerbil!". The car doesn't acknowledge me and just pulls off.

I'm appalled again and pick up my speed and I'm running after it. As I'm catching up to it, I'm noticing that DJ is also running at super speed and catching up to me. Now, DJ is fully caught up to me and is on my left side and I'm just wondering where Willie is. DJ is speaking in a really calm sort of monotone monotonous voice:

DJ: Willy's holding us back.
Me: Why?
DJ: He still doesn't realize that this is a dream, yet.
Me: Seriously?!
DJ: Yeah
Willy on DJ's literal hand phone 🤙🏾: Bro, where ARE y'all?!
DJ: Willy, this is a dream.
Willy: WHAT?!
Me: I can't deal with this right now.
(I take off and run up ahead)

I'm now in a super busy place that looks like Manhattan. There's cobblestone all over the ground, it has an incline, and there are many shops in the sidewalks.

I'm done with the hamster situation and now, I'm trying to teleport by closing my eyes doing an arm swimming motion. I'm trying to do that to teletype to a store with a yellow awning with vintage black writing. But, the teleportation attempt is not working.

So, I'm deciding that I'm going to ask Lysander how to teleport. So, I ask a security guard on top of the stairs in front of a store where Lysander is and he's pointing to some guy inside of the store behind a desk who is wearing a coral colored Polo t-shirt and it's clearly not Lysander, it at least not the Lysander that I'm talking about. I'm telling the person who was pointed to that he's not Lysander. But, the person who was pointed to is telling me that he is Lysander. I'm now asking him we're Lysander is and he is pointing me to someone behind me and I'm seeing that that person is also not Lysander because he looks black and Lysander (or the one that I'm looking for) looks Puerto Rican. This happens about three more times and I am getting exhausted and tired of this. So, I'm asking the guy and the coral shirt how do I teleport. He's telling me they're just close your eyes and the vividly visualize where you want to be. I'm covering my eyes and closing my eyes and trying to visualize a cloud and sky area. But, when I open my eyes and I'll cover them, I see when I'm still back in the store. This goes on for two more times and now I'm trying a fourth time and the coral shirt character is telling me to just visualize anywhere else and another dream character in the store is also saying, " yes literally anywhere else", in an annoyed tone as if he just wants me to leave them alone. In my head I'm thinking, "Well, frick you.". I'm opening my eyes again and I'm still in the store. So, I'm deciding to just stop trying for now and I'm going to towards my right where there seems to be a lot of bookshelves and is kind of dark, the further you go into it.

Still stuck in this semi lucidity rut.

I am on a mission to the center of the galaxy. When I get there I learn that I have been transported to a hell dimension. The universe around me was twisted. Red stars, black holes and continent sized chunks of land covered in screaming damned souls in rivers of lava being tortured by demons. An alien race like the borg (at least in that they used cube shaped ships and were cyborgs, but seemed like good guys past that) decided to assist me as I am being sent to kill a high level dream demon.

Their cube shaped ships assemble into a 12x12x12 cube formation that is hollow on the inside consisting of 728 ships. They explain that the demon we are hunting is very powerful and he can teleport, slip back into the fabric of reality, or so on and they can project a field which restricts his ability to do so and puts him in a weakened state. But only if their ships physically interlock like this and form a shield. The good borg also explain that the hell universe outside will be very draining on their shields and that they can only do this for a limited time so I have to be quick.

They assemble the formation around one of the continents. As the ships lock together the rivers of lava and tormented souls fade away and the continent changes to this “flat earth” style landmass with oceans, grasslands, beaches, and forests. I look down and see the demon standing on the beach. I land on the beach and he spawns minions, some kind of alien spider-like creatures (kind of like the bugs from starship troopers) that I never get a good look at. I spawn my own minions, powerful robots carrying large gatling guns firing some kind of smart bullets.

I remember very distinctly looking back over my shoulder. Seeing the sky made out of the assembled cube spaceships and and my robot minions coming up out of some kind of higgs boat type landing craft. I then remember that a lot of good borg are risking themselves to trap this demon in a weakened form and I should not be distracted.

I spawn my bow and kill the demon without much fanfare. The formation of ships disassembles immediately after, with the good borg stating that doing that was putting more strain on their starships than they would have liked. They explain that them killing that demon caused time ripples because the demon existed in multiple time periods at once. The effects on earth are negligible but they show me a map of michigan with different counties. The eastern side of the state looks more normal but the western side of the state is divided up into hundreds of thin horizontal counties. They explain that this was the layout the citizens and governing officials in michigan originally wanted but the demon manipulated how the borders were drawn to gerrymander the state and get corrupt politicians into office. Now that the demon had been killed the damage had been retroactively undone. The good borg explain that these types of missions are responsible for creating the mandela effect in people and that many people will remember the old boundaries and think its weird.

I bid the good borg well and fly down. I am at a lodge restaurant with my father in michigan now, but it is still the same dream. Semi lucid, I say I don’t want to have more dreams about my father. The dream scene changes to my high school and I say “no, no! No school dream either!” but the dream scene doesnt change. I feel false memories come in telling me I need to go to my 9th grade english class but I push past them.

I find Manei in the hall and say hi. We begin walking together and I notice she has a piece of computer paper with a color picture of uranus taped to her bottom. I rip it off and show it to her asking her if someone stuck it on without her knowing. She says no, that she just put it on there as a joke and people need to have a sense of humor about themselves. She then points out that the calk around the window we are walking by is new. That is because the last time someone touched her butt without her consent she threw them out the window and therefore it had to be replaced, and no boys harass her after heaving about that story because they are scared of her.

Autumn Competition 2023 - Night 2

1. Conjuring Flame (LD)
I enter into a dim room and I'm standing on a slightly elevated platform overlooking a lower central area. My awareness rises and I say "I'm lucid in this place". As I say the words, I become lucid.
"Yes!"
A boy and his father, who appear of Indian decent, leave the central area and into a room to my left. I ignore them, thinking of scoring some points for competition. I'll focus on teleporting. I turn to my right, raise a few feet into the air, and fly into the wall.
I enter into darkness as expected. I begin to visualize a forest, intending to go to a forest sanctuary. I continue to hold a visualzation of trees, yet nothing forms. I continue to sit in blackness. After some time, it begins to feel unsettling for a brief moment. I then remind myself of a previous lucid where I could have improved upon that area. I think of Andrew Holocek's advice to me as well. I continue to simply maintain awareness. I find myself in a dim square room. My arms appears to be pinned up at right angles. I continue to walk around a couple of times, then notice an open doorway. I walk down a dim corridor, make a left, and then notice I'm in...Meadow!
I see the two double doors in the front and the glass window above. I decide to phase again. I go partially into the wall, yet it gives some resistance. I partially enter, close my eyes for a brief moment, then find myself phasing out the other end in front of the main house. The scene is very vivid in the night sky. I think back to a recent lucid in which I explored and found Joraggu's lair. I decide not to head down there and rather focus on points. I focus on Djinn transformation, but it doesn't feel as though I'm getting the full size; my shoulders and height don't seem to be enlarging like usual. I then think of mouse transformation. I head to the end of the walkway, near an area with plants, and shrink down instantly to roughly the size of...well a mouse. I hear faint mouse squeaks, and feel as though my head is situated in front of my dream body, as in a mouse's body. I explore the edge of the plant area for a moment, yet decide on my next goal: dilating time with an hourglass. I begin to revert as I wind my way around to find a circle of rocks enclosing a large shrub. The scene is very vivid with a dim blue hue to the rock circle. I continue to expect to find behind a section of rocks, but continue not to find anything on several attempts. I leave this goal and head toward the driveway. As I approach the mailbox, I snap my finger to go invisible. I see a group of about seven girls approaching as I near the mailbox. One head turns toward me and I worry that they may have detected me. I want to test the invisibility, so I walk directly in front of the group, roughly a foot and a half away. They gaze directly through me, oblivious to the fact that I'm right there. I feel as though I cleared the group, yet one of the girls on the end clips the end of the back of my shoe with her step. The group becomes angry and begins swinging frantically, trying to sense where I am and grab me. I scamper backward as an angry dream character continue to grab at where she believes I am. The dream becomes a bit unstable and I consider how to deter her. I think of element manipulation. The scene begins to fade to white and I visualize a fireball. A rolling mass of quite vivid white flame, with some black accents, erupts as the scene transitions to white, in the direction of the dream character. There is a slight blur to the edges as if where you'd see a blur due to intense heat. I have a false awakening in which I'm recollecting the lucid.


2. Oburu Migu (LD)
I get out of the shower and notice a door propped open, giving view to a staircase.That's strange...this place feels...dreamlike...This is a dream! I'm lucid and begin making my way to the door. I see a large bottle of something on the edge of the desk and begin thinking of scoring points. I can drink this! Oh man...I hope this isn't soy sauce! I pick the bottle up, notice the red lable, and figure it's probably coke. I begin drinking and it taste similar to Coke or Pepsi. I drop the bottle, then begin thinking of earning more points. I'll try some telekinesis! I look at the bottle, extend my hand, and raise it a bit. It drops back down and I go another couple times before maintaining it statically in the air. I decide to head toward the stairwell and let it drop. The dream feels as though it's becoming unstbale, but I'm determined to maintain it. I shout:
"Clarity now! Stabilize! Stabilize! This is MY dream! I decide when it ends!"
The dream restabilizes and becomes more vivid. I turn around and head towards the staircase.
I walk up the stairs and decide to transform into a mouse and rapidly shrink my body. I once again hear a couple of mouse squeaks as I explore the upper level of the stairs for a moment. I revert my dream body ands begin to transform into a Djinn. I feel my size increase to roughly nine to ten feet and my shoulder become massive. I feel lower body disappear into wisps of smoke and I begin floating across the scene. I head toward a window on the far edge of the right side of the next room. I see my reflection faintly and notice that I'm wearing some type of turban in the form. I see that my lower body is essentially tapering mist. I float through the glass and down to the grass area on the ground level. I see my shadow in distorted proprotions along with the Djinn's turban. I turn to my right and see an beatiful Japanese structure that resembles a monastery or a ...temple! The Mountain Temple! I'm excited to be back in the realm. I gaze ahead and the scene is absolutely beautiful a cyan/teal aura hangs over a structure of wood in the far distance, seemingly where they create bonfires. Another elongated monastery structure is to the right of the bonfire area, yet a bit closer, and another taller one is situated to the left. I need to get the name of the Mountain Temple! I approach the far side of the temple structure, turn and faintly, through the window and blinds, see a monk inside a room with long table set up in several rows. He appears to be of southeast asian decent and roughly five foot six or so. The room appears to be a dining hall of sorts at first glance. I phase through the window and blinds and approach the monk eagerly. He is sitting at the table with what appear to be several rolled up scrolls strewn in front of him, working on something.
Excuse me, monk" I say with respect and reverence. "What is the name of the mountain temple?"
He looks at me with only the slightest bit of surprise, yet answer with respect in turn. He says a name.
"I'm sorry, can you repeat that?"
Monk: "Oburu Migu"
"Thank you"
I bow to the monk and then head to my left to leave the temple room, back out into the temple ground in the night. I make a right and soon find myself at a street with a shop to my immediate right and several more across. There are many people milling around and someone drops a jacket in front of me, but I ignore it. I need to start thinking of some more dream goals - what can I do?I make my way across the asphalt street/walkway and notice a woman scooping ice-cream at an ice-cream shop. Quite a few people are gathered outside getting cones. I can't believe how vivid the scene is; it's as if I'm there in waking life. I'm intensely enjoying the feeling of being part of the realm, like this is a place I can come back to. I decide that I'll come back to this place. I approach the lady as she's scooping some chocolate ice-cream into the cone. I consider telling her I'm dreaming, but then think: That's so cliché; everyone tells dream characters they're dreaming in lucids. Why does that even matter? I instead decide to be...creative, persuasive, and enigmatic all at once. I say:
"Excuse me ma'am. I'm from another world. Do you mind if I have some?" insinuating that I'd like it for free if possible.
She smiles at me in agreement
Ice-cream lady: "Of course!" she goes to scoop the last scoop.
"Can I have some Rocky Road? I haven't had it since I was a kid."
She agrees and begins to scoop ice-cream.
I decide I should ground the dream a bit as I wait for her to scoop the ice cream. I begin rubbing some of the items on top of the counter, which appears to be napkin holders.
She hands a cone of ice cream with the scoop of vivid rocky road on the top. I can see the chunks of chocolate in the scoop. She hands me the cone and I taste a bit. It's great! I try to knock off a little bit of vanilla that made it's way to the side. I turn to the tall male working to her left.
"What's the name of this town?"
Man: "It depends. It goes through several stages depending on how it's doing." He seems to be referring to some type of status of the town; it appears to change ranks depending on how the town is performing in several domains.
Man: "It's either Garyn or Sharyn"
He then explains that currently it's somewhere in-between, yet there's also a third ranking.
Okay I'll call it Garyn-Sharyn
"I'm going to use this as my dream hub!" I say with wonder as I look around. I look down the right side of the shop and notice that a very long walkway extends down into an area which resembles a mall of sorts. The mall area is lit up with bright lights and appears well maintained.
"In what direction is the temple?"
The main points diagonally to his right, toward a wall in front of the shop, yet in the general direction of where I remember coming from. I make a mental note of it, deciding to return.
I begin to wake up.

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