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    Someone they always remember

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    NyxCC
    , 01-07-2014 at 08:53 PM (768 Views)
    Date: 05 Jan

    Noisy neighbors and dehydration = wbtb

    I drift in and out of sleep. There's a short non-ld where I observe and discuss a huge dog, two other large dogs and their owners. We take pictures.

    DILD: This one started right after the non-ld as separate dream. I was looking forward to an ld after the neighbor induced wbtb.

    I begin to feel the surroundings and hear a gentle tune as if coming from a toy or a music box. I am aware. This time things happen much slower and I notice that indeed, it was dark around me and then suddenly I open my eyes and see. The room is bright and vivid and dream-like liquid. This is supposed to be our kitchen. I'm happy I noticed the opening of the eyes. In this official dream entry/realization moment the melody makes a concluding sound, it then starts again. I find one of those kid toys that produce similar effects and make it play. I still hear the gentle tune plus there is a second layer of slower modern music (like a techno beat) in the background. I enjoy this for a while, having the feeling that I left the tablet on and the music is seeping in the dream.

    For my disappointment, I ascertain that there is no one here and I wanted to do the resolution task again. I approach the window and see that the neighbor's place is just below, there is a bed and his entire room is accessible. Without hesitating, I get down and end up in his bed, but then have second thoughts. Things look kind of real, what if this is rl and I am trespassing? I decide to do a nose plug, it fails, but I notice the feeling is somewhat different from rl. I'm kind of annoyed and can't remember any other RCs to confirm. Finally, I conclude that I probably wouldn't be that crazy to do this normally and resume my activities.

    My hope was to find the neighbor in his room, but there's no one there so I go around. It's a huge apartment complex in an unknown place. I pass by the windows of a closed store, some really nice sweaters inside and I almost lose lucidity thinking about the brand and design. I continue on my way to see another store, also closed. It's dark on the streets, like the city in early morning with no people in sight, apart for a guy that goes in the direction where I came from. I think he is another neighbor and then the realization hits me that I can ask him. I go back and follow him to his place. He soon comes down being a completely different DC (tribal dots on his face) with two other DCs accompanying him. He claims they are neighbors. I also introduce myself as a his neighbor and ask him about his NY resolutions. He replies he doesn't have time now, because he just met the other neighbors and it's one per weekend thing.

    I insist on getting my answer, "don't worry I am not going to bother you, just tell me what your New Year's resolution is". He starts talking but I can't catch the words, the sound is muffled. He mentions something about a woman and then after repeated questioning from my side finally replies "I want to be someone they always remember, always want to know". Oh, that is beautiful, I exclaim and repeat his sentence a few more times to commit to memory. Two other DCs come in. I try to remember my other tasks but before I do, the dream fades.

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    lucid , non-lucid , memorable , task of the month

    Comments

    1. Highlander's Avatar
      Congrats on TOTM! It was a really good answer.

      Sounds like you have noisy neighbours too.
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    2. NyxCC's Avatar
      Thanks!

      Sounds like you have noisy neighbours too.
      Yep, those pesky neighbors!
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    3. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Wow, congratulations not only on the Task of the Month but on getting such a great answer too! I'm very impressed! Good call committing A+ DC dialogue to memory verbatim because I'm so glad you remembered it.

      The part about the nose plug failing was pretty crazy. That happened to Xanous not too long ago as well. Always kind of disturbing isn't it? I very much rely on that one and it's only failed on me once, so I'd be super confused if it malfunctioned. I'm glad you were able to maintain lucidity and get to that ending. And sounds like some seriously convincing shopping opportunities too.

      Great stuff, Nyx!
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    4. NyxCC's Avatar
      Thanks CL!

      The part about the nose plug failing was pretty crazy. That happened to Xanous not too long ago as well. Always kind of disturbing isn't it? I very much rely on that one and it's only failed on me once, so I'd be super confused if it malfunctioned
      It was. I guess I should have a good look at the RCs thread sometime soon and start performing double and triple RCs to minimize chances of confusion.

      And sounds like some seriously convincing shopping opportunities too.
      Indeed! It was really hard to resist those nice sweaters. Good thing they didn't have a price tag on them, I probably would have totally lost it then.
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    5. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      It was. I guess I should have a good look at the RCs thread sometime soon and start performing double and triple RCs to minimize chances of confusion.
      The trouble for me is that I don't even have a close second favorite RC! I used to push my finger through my palm, but I found that one to be a good bit less reliable and early on went almost completely for the nose pinch.

      Actually I take that back... remembering what I was doing in the last five minutes and trying to make sense of it is a superb RC and one that's never let me down! Now the tough part is remembering to do it.
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    6. NyxCC's Avatar
      At some point I relied on studying the features of my hands as an RC, but then they either looked very life-like or I would convince myself that they looked exactly the same. This led to a few lost opportunities and now I either nose plug or tk. But tk has failed a couple of times too, so I have to find something else that works better. I was thinking maybe the sound of my footsteps or something similar might do it.

      Actually I take that back... remembering what I was doing in the last five minutes and trying to make sense of it is a superb RC and one that's never let me down! Now the tough part is remembering to do it.
      Very good point here. Mental RCs can be as effective as physical RCs and even more so. Of course, as you said, if we could only remember to do them!

      Sweet lucid dreams CL! Let's hope that after this conversation, we will perform an RC or two tonight!
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    7. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Ah yes, right, studying the hands is a classic! It's failed on me as well, but I do have a lot of respect for it just because of the simplicity and the fact that it puts you into such a great LD mindset. Plus it is one of the very first RCs I tried... gosh, probably the first, honestly! I'd have to check my early entries to be sure, but I know I did it in my 2nd LD and my hands were super weird looking.

      Thanks, Nyx, sweet dreams to you as well! Reality checks tonight, I like that plan! I just haven't been able to focus on lucid dreaming... it's been over a week and a half since I even had the chance to do a WBTB! But tonight I plan to change that. Good luck to us both!!
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