Tiktaalik

Summon the T.Rex!
23/07/20
Lucid #12 - DILD

I’m walking through my childhood neighbourhood at night, talking with a group of friends I used to have but haven’t spoken to in a long time. One of them playfully tackles another onto the grass and they start play fighting. I’m tackled as well and grab hold of my friends coat to wrestle with him. I suddenly realise the coat is weightless and as I lift it up I find it’s empty? He’s gone!? I look around and see now everyone’s gone!? Not only that, it’s now day light?! “I’m in a dream!” I realise!

I try to remain calm as things feel a little blurry and unstable. I quickly grab some kind of concrete post and feel it’s rough texture to ground myself and engage my senses. I then see some leaves on a tree and pluck one from a branch and inspect its veins. I’m then distracted by a car coming down the road and remember my goal to go along with the dream plot like an actor in a movie. I run in front of the car and yell “stop!” The car stops and I go and bang on the window. Not knowing what the plot is I decide to make up my own and say “there’s a T.Rex coming, let me in!” The couple in the car don’t react and remain eerily still, looking forward like emotionless A.I. characters. They then drive off down the road and I’m left disappointed by their lack of participation. Suddenly I hear screams and see people running around the corner and up the road toward me, followed by a giant T.Rex! I’m amazed that I managed to summon a realistic dinosaur but I’m also a little nervous as it stomps toward me roaring.

I either forget the next part or the dream jumps as I find myself hiding behind a wall and the T.Rex is stomping around and looking for me. I go in a large crate hoping to find a shot gun but it’s empty so I pretend I have a shot gun instead. The dinosaur finds me and I pretend to cock my imaginary gun and shoot it whilst making the sound effects with my mouth like I would have done as a kid. It doesn’t do anything so I run away as fast as I can up a tight spiral staircase with the T.rex hot on my heels. It’s become like a video game and each time it catches up I turn and shoot it with my imaginary gun hoping it will knock it back. The staircase seems to be going on forever and I’m a little scared the T.Rex will actually get me and hurt me even though it’s a dream. Thankfully I see I’m a few steps away from the top and going to make it but my relief is followed by blurred vision and a sudden wake up.

Quality: Medium
Trigger: Oddity
Reality check: None
Length: 2minutes (approx.)
Goals: Go along with the plot
Techniques: WBTB, MILD
Time: 6-7am
Lucid count: 12