Cities in the Astral

02/22/15 Later in the night I get lucid again. Eventually I remember the challenge a voice gave me, "open a portal to the temple. Bonus points if you do so by ringing a bell."

I look around from way up in the sky and decide I will see a bell tower. A shape forms that is tall and narrow. "Ah see, that is the bell tower" "looks like a fire tower" "no, a bell tower. Don't argue. Even if it currently looks like a fire tower, it IS a bell tower" I try to shift it into a bell tower. I am there and it still is a fire tower. "Fine, it was a fire tower, but it has been converted into a bell tower. So there." I find a rope hanging over what looks like a roasting spit. I yank the rope knowing it is attached to a bell below. I pull it three times, but just here a clank. It comes loose and has a padlock on the end. "No, it is still attached and ringing a bell" It is still a padlock . Then a beautiful crisp sound of a cathedral bell chimes 3 times.

I jump off the side knowing a portal is opening below me. I hit the ground with a jarring feeling. Everything is now other worldly and dark. People are walking around and looking at me curiously. They seem to be in another dimension and are hard to make out. I wake.