lucid

I was walking through a long hall and soon went to the sea. I remembered in dream that once i had awareness on that place. (IRL i don't remember it) i looked at palms and count fingers - on the right hand i had 8 and 18 on the left. I made a step, thinking about TOTM and awoke.

LUCID
*I become lucid while standing in a hall way claiming I can fly to all these strange people. Before I attempted to show them I became lucid. I thought YES!!! this is going to be good. I took off my first try and failed I said, wait give me one more shot. Then I actually started to fly. I came to them and said you know the secret to that is, realizing that this is a dream! I then thought of the task of the month and wanting to complete it.

So I found a candy shop of some sort and ate a piece of candy. The candy got stunk to my and felt very uncomfortable. I got afraid that I was actually hurting my real teeth. At one point I became super lucid! I noticed how every thing was so stable and real just like waking life. I remember staring at this fish bowl filled with exotic fish, it was beautiful. I believe this is the end of that dream.

*I became lucid starting from the bedroom of my house. I walked outside at night to chant affirmations to gain supreme power over the dream. I yelled out this is my dream!! This is all a manifestation of my mind and anything is possible if I believe! After I did this I felt I sense of power jumping straight into the sky. Then this bright light appeared also like a star. I had the thought could this be real.

*I know that I am dreaming while walking down this city street. This homeless comes up to me and asking for some change. I give her some and then point to the ground saying look at all this change for you. It seemed to be a endless amount. Lost lucidity.

*I became lucid again and decided to work on my teleporting. I came up with idea of using that men and black device were they shine light in your face to make forget events. Instead of forgetting you would transport to a different location. It actually worked by changing the place I was in. I lost lucidity before trying again.

Key:
Green = Dream
Blue = Lucid

The furthest back I can remember I was on my way to meet a recently deceased friend for lunch. I hadn't seen her in a while so I was kind of looking forward to it. I remember driving around and being rather confused as to where I was going. Then I started having a conversation with someone about how they had just lost the place they were living because the landlord found a small tent which was half full of "paraphernalia". He didn't go into what that entailed but the dream shifted to his memory at this point.

Apparently a handful of college kids were renting some this guy's garage/shed and had managed to make a big mess of things. There he was, screaming at them because it had been totally trashed but none of them actually knew why it had been so messed up. As he stormed off, one of the kids decided that they might as well clean up before they leave, and started to do so but somehow a fire started. The landlord came back screaming again, but didn't even notice the fire. One of the kids actually had to bust through a door with a fire extinguisher, almost hitting the landlord in the process, in order to get to the fire.

The fire had exposed a small hole that ran underneath part of the floor. A quick look inside revealed a ton of huge rats. But these weren't ordinary rats, they were sentient. They were also all sorts of different colors and sizes, as well as capable of speech. I remember playing with them and asking about their social hierarchy, they had no idea what I was talking about.

Then one of the kids got bit, and another told him he was going to get rabies. Understandably, he was freaking out, so I had to calm him down. I told him that rabies can infect any mammal, but not rodents such as rats, mice, squirrels, or rabbits. He insisted that he felt ill, and I explained to him that it was likely anxiety. I began to explain how I mitigate anxiety when I realized I was dreaming.

I immediately remembered that I needed to find some kids at halloween. I walked out of the garage and turned the corner expecting to find some. There I was walking down the hallway of a school. Kids were dressed up in costume and had apparently stuffed their backpacks with all sorts of treats and things they had gotten from each class.

I first summoned my connection to venom. Six sickly green glowing orbs appeared behind me, chained to my back. I focused the energy from them into my right hand and then concentrated on the concept of "candy" while an orb of venom energy formed in my palm. I then snapped my fingers and streams of energy lept from my hand and to the various backpacks and bags of the surrounding kids.

"Your candy is now all poisoned!" I yelled, followed by maniacal super-villain laughter. "I wouldn't eat that if I were you." I said to a passing young girl, who defiantly popped a piece in her mouth before immediately blanching, and falling over stone cold dead.

"I'm the only one who can consume the candy now!" I exclaimed, before outstretching my left hand, which I have engineered to absorb. Candy began flying through the air, at me, and flowing into the void vortex in the left palm. I often refer to this process as "eating" as it is consumption followed by becoming. Oddly, this wasn't going very fast, perhaps I'm just used to absorbing energy or one or two small things through my hand, because candy began to back up my throat, which caused me to pause and re-swallow said pieces. All the time, the kids are watching me with an odd fascination. They don't like that I've poisoned their candy, but the fact that it's all flying out of their bags and towards me is kind of cool to watch.

That wasn't working well enough, so I moved to tactic two, which I normally reserve for when I want to eat something large like an entire person. I grab my chest, dig my fingers into my sternum before tearing my chest open. I am now split open from my nose to my stomach as if I had a vertical mouth which extends that far. Indeed, the edges are lined with sharp teeth. Inside is nothing but the darkness of the void. Black tendrils spew forth from this void and physically grab the candy from the kids. This is a bit much, it freaks them all out, and they begin to run around in a panic.

After I've "eaten" all of the candy, I realized that I feel very strange. At first I'm confused because I'm immune to the effects of my own venom. As I stumble away, thinking, "I need to go home and lay down" a little kid who apparently wasn't scared by my antics says "you know! you shouldn't eat that much sugar at once."

Odd random fragment follows. I was being chased by a car with no front wheels. I also woke up way early and decided to stay in bed and rehearse the dream so that I could remember it. Woke up several times and had to remind myself that I wasn't allowed to modify my memory of it. Had other little fragments during their period, including a fight against another chimera but also alongside a few as well.

yes now I finally got a lucid dream me of variant Dild I was at home with a couple of buddies o asleep when their cat woke us up at 7 in the morning. then we fell asleep again I smiled in their couch and fell asleep. then I began to dream that I took a taxi but once I felt something was not right so I told myself that I was dreaming so I joked to the o asked the taxi driver to drive faster and turn right haha but after that I knew I dreamed, I was so happy that I slowly began to wake. typical!

Monday 10.7.13

Last night I went to bed at 11pm. That seems to be a sweet-spot for my good recall. I also had water before bed and when I woke up first time. But didn't remember the dream when I woke up at night.

My cat decided she wants to snuggle with me all night. When I was laying on my left side, she snuggled there, when I turned to the other, she stepped on me to get to the other side. I couldn't move without worrying about me rolling over her, se each time I wanted to change position, I completely woke up, sat up, looked where she is and tried to find a comfy position in a small space she allocated to me.
I guess that's why I got a DILD. And also why I felt vibrations again, after a long time, when not WILDing.

I didn't remember dreams at night, but did remember them in the morning. Didn't write them down, instead, re-told them with words each time I woke up in the morning. Now I remember 3 long, although not so detailed dreams.

DR 1 - I'm walking down a street with 1-2 others. Houses are villige type, single family, with yards between them. Someone said there was a monster chasing them. I look back to the end of the street and a black shape is starting to emerge. I say "oh, that's just a T-Rex".

We duck into one house. It's rather long with lots of rooms in single row. We are looking out the windows, but being careful, so they don't see us.

Somehow I'm holding a cat in my arms and there is a Nazi someone there as well. Now we are outside and I'm about to be kidnapped by this Nazi.

DR 2 - Im in my home town. Showing our garage to some friends from US, because they didn't see one like this yet. I'm telling them they should get some posters of the country, before going back home.

DR 3 + DILD I'm at my grammas house. She is shooting at a paper target on her wall with a smallish BB gun. (watched Anthony B. episode with him shooting guns) She points out a pretty bird outside a window. Size of a phasant. She wants my little brother to see it. But he can't, until the bird moves.

Now there is a large wolf about to get the bird. They are just watching, letting the nature do it's thing. But I take her gun and go outside to shoot the wolf. I shoot a few times, with no effect. I shoot him point blank, and nothing. I'm standing now at arms length to the wolf. He is growling and showing his teeth. I'm a little bit scared, but not enough to leave.

Now I'm inside again and there are lots of family members there. I look at my toes and start counting them. 1...2...3...4...5...6! Omg, I tell myself, how come I didn't notice this before. I'm a POLYDACTYL! But I think I say PTERODACTYL and I realize, that's how that dinosaurus got it's name. I also remember that some cats are like that.

I count again and not there is 10 of them, and there would be even more, if I kept on counting. I realize I'm dreaming. I walk outside and start flying. My dad comes out and jokingly tells me to come back. But I feel he is serious and if I was any lower, he would pull me down and I'm a bit scared.

I'm above some low trees now and I remember, that last time I was not able to fly fast. So I try a few techniques a remember reading about. I do the superman, and also I put my legs and arms together. Doesn't work. I wake up soon after.

07.10.2013

Dreaming within a dream and failing to visit the Colosseum. (DILD)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

I was with a group of people in a big room. It seems that we were in some sort of meeting group in order to lucid dream. But we were actually got together to be able to sleep. The room was big, but it had no furniture, and we would bring our own matresses. All the DC except my wife were make up here.

They turned off the lights and then we started to focus on lucid dreaming and we went to sleep.

I was with my wife in a very tiny airport and we got inside a plane. It was very dark and the plane was very wide. I was surprised because no flight attendant was there to greet us and the curtains were closed. I was wondering what was going on until a flight attendant came out, welcomed us and directed us to our seats.

While I was waiting for the plane to take off, I did not see many people and the lights were very dark (Since i was a kid, I traveled by plane hundreds of times) and not the usual stuff that happens in a plane was occurring. I started to think, "What the heck is up with this plane? What is going on?" I realized I was dreaming right away, as the plane was too dark and it was very odd the way things were happening, so I walked away from my sit and exited the plane. I went through the room that connected the plane and I left outside.

I was in the middle of nowhere and it was very sunny. There were no buildings around and I told to my self, "When I turn in the next street, I will teleport to the Colosseum to fight a Gladiator for the task of the year. As I turned the corner I was able to hear the screams and excitements of the people, but the dream vanished.

I was back at the room with other oneironauts, and I was a bit upset I did not finish the dream, oh well, failed task, I will soon induce another lucid dream.

I had various attempts, but as I was falling asleep and felt a dream forming, I would open my eyes and "wake up" from the dream. At some point, I could not sleep so I took a walk around the building. I could see all the people around me sleeping.

I was outside like at some sort of shopping mall, but I did not feel like it and went back to the room. It was hard to find the actual room, as there were many more rooms and the aisles were very dark.

As I went back to the room when I finally found it, someone else was sleeping in my mattress, so I just sat in another random mattress and then got comfortable to sleep again, but the leader of the meetup group told us it was time to wake up.

I realized this meeting group made no sense and that I was dreaming still and I just had a dream within a dream. As I left the room, I was setting the intent to find the Colosseum as I left the shopping mall.

My wife (real waking wife) woke me up as it was time to wake up.

Dream recall from today's WBTB/naps.

Dream 1(fragment):

Something about weapon collection.

Dream 2(fragments):

I wake up and i feel that i am dreaming, i get up from bed straight into quadruped stance and go for balcony. It's closed, i attempt to phase through door but curtain gets in the way and dream destabilizes.

I try to DEILD but lose awareness.

Dream 3:

I wake up and get distracted by family watching something on monitor, but i also get the feeling of dreaming, i look outside and there's big red building, so definitely dreaming. I go to balcony, or rather, the exit because it's apparently first floor somehow, and now i am outside. There are a lot of green trees and a road with a bunch of parked cars. As i explore around i see one car driving around, but without a driver, haha. Shortly dream fades out.
I wake up still feeling dream, i go to balcony, which is open again and on proper floor now and take off using my wings. It's night and i fly rather high, i notice a faint transparent blue rectangle frame on the ground in the distance, i fly towards but suddenly i am back in the room again before i can reach it, then dream fades out again.
I wake up and family member calls me, then i wake up again.

Date: 28 Sept

WBTB: Gingko

LD: I walk towards a tram station, few classmates are here as well. I am looking for some items, there seems to be an open air store with products piled all around. I think about my plans to ld. Mom is also here. As I look straight ahead, I realize that I am already dreaming. I remember my goal AF and quickly head in an unknown direction, but then remind myself to stop rushing and take some time to look around.

It is early in the evening and there is a full moon, normal size. As I pass the corner, thinking about AF a fountain structure appears, it has something Greek/classical to it, I think "Poseidon"? There are some statues (don't pay attention of what) and water is randomly sprinkling from them. I want to build AF here and now, using whatever water material is available, so I go closer to the structure. I am wearing sport pants that are sliding down my feet, making it hard to move. I wonder if I should take them off, but remember this is a bad idea and do my best to make them disappear by ignoring them, then continue moving forward without problems. The nearby fountain has a small section with very attractive water and ice surrounding it. I have the strong desire to get in the ice cold water and enjoy the feel of it. It's an amazing feeling but the dream fades and I wake up.

Mini-ld: I appear in a store and recognize this is a dream. I shortly stare at some prices and erase the ink with my hand. There are tons of winter clothes on me and I feel very uncomfortable. Of course, I start taking them off until I am wearing a T-shirt and feel much better.

I go out and notice a guy sitting in this street cafe. The dream starts to destabilize, so I join him and tell him I need his help with stabilization. I hold his small child-like hands and examine them. I quickly think of AF and look at a nearby building and there is building waterfall (i.e. water falling from the building instead of rocks). That looks reassuring and I want to go there, but the dream fades.

I wake up, somewhat later and without much involvement on my part I DEILD to the same dream.

Mini-deild: I am looking at the face of the same DC and wonder about the whole dream resuming like this. I caress his face and kiss him on the cheeks as a stabilization tech, but the dream doesn't last long and I wake up.

NON-DREAM
DREAM
LUCID

My mom and I are under the dinner table, and there is a wading pool that comes up to my thighs. Further "underground", there is another pool, only this one is deeper. My mom is trying to coax me into going into the deeper one, but I'm too afraid. I breifly recall another dream that was similar to this, but I don't go fully lucid.


This is an example of a dream that is somewhat common for me: remembering dreams that never were. I will be in a dream, and then I'll be like "Hey! I remember this!" despite the fact that this is the first I've ever dreamed of it.

My family was visiting my dad and step mother, but we were staying next door in some sort of rental. I did not notice that neither their home nor neighborhood were anything like they actually are.

My husband and sons and dad and step mother were going to go somewhere in a car, but I was not going. I was helping them to the car, carrying a booster seat for my almost 5 year old. I did not notice that the booster seat was a way more elaborate contraption than in reality. But suddenly they were gone, and I did not remember them having left, and I was left with the booster seat.

i did the finger through palm reality check, but it failed. Instead of seriously questioning reality or following up with another reality check, I started rationalizing that something must be mentally wrong with me, that I must not have long to live. I tried calling my dad on my cell phone, but he did not answer. I rationalized further that they must have had another booster seat in the car, and maybe the one I was carrying was not needed. I did not notice that the booster seat then disappeared.

I then tried finding the place where we were staying, but could not. The neighborhood was nothing like what I "remembered" it being - both not matching reality and not matching false memories. It in fact became a more and more elaborate neighborhood, the longer I walked. It was like a small tourist town with shops. I heard some tourist comment, how quaint it was, that they had no clue this charming town was there, that they needed to explore it more. I heard someone laugh.

I meanwhile was panicking more and more, and doubting my sanity. i did more reality checking. Again just the finger through palm attempt, but again without serious questioning, and again it failed. However, by then I was too panicked to stop and think. I tried calling my dad again and my husband in vain. I was crying, and thinking that this can't be happening to me.

And that's when I woke up, and realized that it was not happening to me. And that I checked reality repeatedly in this dream, but did not seriously question it, even though the reason I checked was because stuff was happening that should not be happening! Soooo close, and yet sooo far.

Saturday, 10/5/13

Last night bed around 1am - 9am

DR
Long house right on the edge of the ocean, so it was right under the windows. I was there on some kind of a retreat.

I'm asking them to show me my bedroom. They take me through many rooms to my room. Very next room to mine is dark. It feel different, older than rest of the modern building. Like couple hundred years older. Walls are black, almost as in a coal mine. There is only on light source, a bare lightboulb on the ceiling, giving out yellow light. There is a door in the wall, also black.

I don't like the feel of this room. I learn, that that's the place for mentally ill.

I'm talking to someone. I'm saying "if I knew this is that type of a retreat, where they don't let you have cookies, I would have never come" "It's ok to not have cookies all the time, byt if I feel like having one, it's really damaging not to have it". Then I comment, that I have seen my name on the list on the bathroom door, that "im on duty from 00:00 to 00:45. I guess it meant I'm on cleaning duty.

I took a nap at 10:48. I fell asleep with yoga nidra. I was fine and ready for a WILD after just a few minutes, but didn't wanna move to shut it down. So I just fell asleep.

Second nap after 8pm.
DR - I'm being followed by assasins. I get to the river and throw all my close in it. I thought they were following me with a bug in my clothes. So I made a mental note of allways getting naked when being followed.

I made my way back to the house, through some parking lot or indistrial lot. I think I blew up their car by blowing up some nearby crates. (playing Killzone IWL)

Now I'm in my house. It's already dark outside and I'm peeking through the blinds and I think I see two shadows of these assasins. But I'm not worried anymore.

WILD - I law down for a nap on a sofa same way I'm in WL at that moment. I wake up and I think I hear some sound. I put my hand down and pet my cat. Then I'm trying to stand up. I can lift my legs and arms, but not the body. So I stick them out straight in the air in hopes of my body following. ( I think this was all HH, not for real)

I finally get out of my body. I can't see. I try to wipe my eyes, but it's not working. I can't open them either. So I start telling myself "I can see". I start seeing some ligher grey. I move to the window while telling myself "It's nice and sunny outside and I can see that". Then the corner of a window got really bright with sunlight and I could see outside throught that opening. Rest of it was still fogged up.

I got out and it was a beautiful sunny day. I was hovering maybe 15 feet off the ground and I was convinced that I'm a ghost. Because I saw the streets the same way as they are in WL. At least that's what I thought. Because It was some completely strange place. It had a feel of a small town. So to prove myself that I'm a ghost in RTZ - real time zone, astral projecting, I read the sign on a restaurant I passed by earlier. Yup, it matches, I'm APing.

I figuered a scare someone. I see a grey minivan turning the corner on the street, coming towards me. There is a chef sitting there. I could tell by his tall, white chef's hat. But I called him "baker". I flew after his van, wanted to get in and scare him. But he was too fast. (I have no clue why I would wanna do that, since IWL, I would never wanna scare somebody)

I'm flying back towards the town center, looking for DCs. Here I lose it,

DEILD - I'm back on my dream sofa, waiting for sensations again to WILD. They come and now I'm flying through space. I wish I would see something beautiful and some structures do show up, and they are gorgeous. And some more, and more. I almost cry, it's so pretty.

DEILD - I lose it again, and I'm back on my dream sofa. I wait for sensations and help by pushing my head backwards. I get out, and now I'm flying over the ocean, but the shore comes up and I wish there was more water. So I'm over ocean again and 'm thinking of diving into it. There are some huge storms gathering and I'm thinking if it's a good idea. Then I see a huge shark jumping up of the water alongside the boat I'm on. He continues flying higher and he is a greenish motorboat. Another shark comes by and weather is turning really bad.

I'm just outside the front gate in front of my home. I'm going inside one of the families' cars and going to be waiting for the rest of my family to get inside. It's going to take them a while for all of them to get in.

I waited a bit longer but they still didn't show up. I then decided to start the car up making it easier for us to ride on the road already. Suddenly, something happens. A few seconds after I turn the car on, the car began moving. It moved in reverse for a few seconds and the mirrors on the front seat passenger's side was torn apart by a nearby wall. I was in trouble.

I immediately took control of the wheel to try and get the car to stop. Unfortunately for me I have a tendency to afraid of being insides cars in dreams. The car begins to take off by itself. I begin to worry, but still, I must make sure I do not crash as bad as I did before.

The car begins to ride itself down the road and I begin to panic. I have always been afraid of being left alone in a car in dreams. While inside this moving car, its speed begins to increase. There were a few cars coming my way but I tried my best to get out of their way. I hit a few other obstacles on the way such as trashcans.

I eventually found out this wasn't real but I was not fully lucid. I then began to think. There's a good chance that I may die now and if that's a possibility, I'm going to make sure I crash in to Trinh's home.

The car begins to go as fast as it can and eventually I knew I was going to die soon. I felt a sense of adrenaline and excitement, almost as if I wasn't afraid to die. I was soon able to see Trinh's house. Before the car could reach the home, I closed my eyes and began to think it was a mistake. I wanted to wake up, and so I did.

#235 - DEILD - 7:38AM

I woke from some dream and went to DEILD. As if almost by will I hit very strong vibes and began "movements" to transition. Part way into it my son yells out and my wife rolls over. I fell like I am free from SP but the vibes are still mildly there. I try to relax but feel way too awake now. The vibes stay with me until I get up to pee. I didn't check the time but it was still dark out. Now that I think about it, it must have been earlier than I first thought.

I lay back down to WILD and wake into that odd indescribable feeling. There were no vibes this time up the other signs were there. My memory is bad here but I think I was in some unfamiliar house. I look at my hands to increase vividness. Once satisfied, I step to the left and purposefully fall into the void. I wanted to perform one of the TOTM's (scare a kid) at the place I spent my day yesterday, Silver Dollar City. I reach out and feel the wooden fences and railing that are all over the park. I begin walking and feeling the impact of the hard asphalt on my feet. No for some reason I begin doubting myself and think that I can't hold this teleport together. It feels difficult to concentrate and I relax, letting awareness slip away.


I have a long a vivid non lucid where my girls where letting the sheep in the house. long story short, we lived out of town in what looked like a double wide. There were large windows, green carpet and a kitchen on the other side. I was on the couch watching TV when I feel one of the cats jump on my lap. I look and see that is it a gray baby sheep. I freak out and yell at the kids. There is pee and poo on the carpet. I step in wet carpet with my socks on and get even madder. I let the sheep in the back yard but notice they are getting out of the fence. I decide to go fix it. I wake up to WILD again or I just enter the next dream I am not sure.

I am someplace outside with people around. There is a rock wall (Silver Dollar City?) next to me. I don't think about where I am but I have to pee really bad and I don't want anyone to see me. I decide this is a dream and realize it doesn't matter. I go ahead a pee hoping that I am not really peeing the bed

Now I am sitting on the toilet at home. Not only am I going number one but I am doing number two as well. This may sound contradictory but I feel like I am fully self aware but I think that I woke up like this. I conclude that I must have sleep walked while lucid. (a fear of mine) and some how acted part of the dream out. I laugh when I remember what CL said in the last podcast. (my memory maybe wrong here CL if you read this let me know) "Some of us can just LD while sitting on the toilet but the rest of us have to really work at this." I decide that must have been what I did. I realize I still feel really odd and really sleepy like I do in SP. I think I must be half way there now. I close my eye for a bit and feel like I am floating then quickly reopen my eyes. I look down and see there is dirt on my toes. I think it was because I was wearing flip flops in my dream. I decide I better get up and go lay down. As I walk back to bed I get a super HD image of a man talking to a woman. Again I remember the podcast were CL talked about how dreams can be more vivid than waking life. The image vanishes.

As soon as I lay down I enter an in dream WILD. I get out of bed with difficulty and blindly walk back into the bathroom and then my sons room. I look at my hands for vividness and suddenly I can see fine. The room is lit up with sunshine but it is completely empty. I walk circles a few times waiting for vividness to increase. I am a little afraid to leave the room because I think the dream will fade if I do. But I realize the only way to get a TOTM is to just go for it. I think about how my house should look and open the door.

There is a bright light and with some concentration I find myself standing in the living room. I look around for a witch but only see my black cat lying under the dinning table. Realizing animals are DCs too, I decide that this is the witch in disguise. I dive head first toward her and end up gliding on my stomach a long way. When I get to my cat she is now on the mat in front of the kitchen sink. She is lying there like some cat goddess and somehow looking very regal and highly intelligent. I say, "Witch. Hey, witch. Cast a spell on me... please." I put left hand out to her. She replies by putting a paw on top of it. As soon as she touches me, I begin to convulse uncontrollably and my skin turns a multitude of colors and patterns. First it's black and gray stripes, then yellow and orange stripes with yellow polka dots on the orange, then yellow and red stripes, a paisley pattern and so on. I laugh out loud and let out a goofy sounding "wow". The colors and patterns become more and more complex and I become lost in it like I am on some sort of psychedelic high. I hear a sound like a vacuum cleaner in the next room. After a moment every thing around me fades away and I am consumed by the colors and patterns. I enjoy the show for a moment longer until I finally wake up.

this is a lucid dream within a dream. it confuses me too. anyway:

i'm on my bed with this chubby chick. she's telling me about her violent past. then i become lucid, and in a moment of clarity, i realize i dont have to listen to this. and then i realize that a dream is the perfect place to play out your sexual fantasies

i start kissing the girl, and i can feel that i'm losing awareness. then there is a flash of someone eating me out, and then i completely lose lucidity

because i 'wake up' and go to school, think about my dream and what it means, and get on my laptop

and then i really wake up on my couch, feeling a bit of 'wtf'

Got a Task of the Month on this one and tried to use it (unsuccessfully) for Task of the Year. Didn't manage to get them both but I'm glad I gave it a try though!

Color legend: Non-dream Dream Lucid

Lucid #152: The Witch

I'm riding in a car (driven by my friend "Leroy"), along with two other unknown passengers who are in the back seat. We're all out together on a road trip, heading down a clear highway during what looks like mid-morning. The road is steeply banked like a race track and we pass by a speed limit sign that reads "50".

Up ahead there's a section of the road that's pitted with giant potholes. In front of us, a pick-up truck is working its way gingerly around a huge pothole that's torn up most of our side of the highway. "Be careful here," I say, pointing ahead at the pothole. But as I say this, I realize that I'm sitting on the left side of the car, Leroy on the right. Yet he's got the steering wheel over on his side, as if we're driving around in the United Kingdom or New Zealand or someplace. I realize that I'm dreaming, even wondering whether it happened this way because I've been playing Dead Island lately.

I decide that if this is a dream, phasing out through the car should be no problem. I look down at my lap and focus on moving my body left through the door and out onto the road. It takes a couple of seconds, but once the phase takes hold, I feel myself lurch to the left and I move through the door as if it wasn't there. My vision quickly dims and I find myself in a semi-void. I reach out for the road surface and grasp onto it. While I still can't see anything I feel like I'm physically still out on the roadway.

I crawl forward for a bit until I feel confident enough with where I am. My vision is still very dark, but I decide not to worry about it until the next scene unfolds. I get to my feet and start walking forward, rubbing my hands together the whole way. I narrate to myself the fact that "I'm having a lucid dream" and keep moving forward until things clear up.

The dimness lifts and I find myself in something that looks sort of like a college gymnasium. A lady in her mid-50s with a long gray ponytail is chatting with another woman that's sitting at a desk behind a window. I remember the task to have a witch cast a spell on you and I decide that this lady will be my witch.

I interrupt them by announcing to the woman that "Okay, you can do that teleportation spell to the Colosseum on me now." She doesn't answer at first, seeming to want to finish up what she's saying.

Once she gets the last of what she wanted to say out, she turns to me and matter-of-factly says, "Okay, teleportation spell... where was that to?"

"The Colosseum," I repeat. As soon as I say that, the "witch" shoves me in the chest and I go tumbling through the air down the hallway, right toward a wall. I think that I sure hope I phase through that and sure enough, I pass right through the wall, kind of floating on my back. My vision rather crudely recenters itself and now I'm standing in a tall hallway with cinderblock walls. I can hear the noise of the crowd... this has to be the Colosseum! The cinderblock walls aren't historical but I think that I can make it work.

I move to the end of the hallway, turn, and find myself in another hallway, this one with a much higher ceiling. I jump/fly up to find that the wall doesn't stretch all the way to the ceiling and I perch on top of the wall to survey the area. Below me I see a twisted, mazelike series of halls where male DCs that look like athletes or possibly gladiators are wandering around. Just past this maze stands a tall gate that I think must be the entrance to the Colosseum.

As I'm planning to fly over the maze to the gate, I briefly wonder whether this dream will remain stable long enough for me to complete Europe Task of the Year item. In response to this thought, the dream almost immediately collapses and I'm awake.