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    Manatee Costume

    by , 10-12-2014 at 10:42 PM (942 Views)
    #370 - DILD - 5:53AM

    I am in some church that looks a lot like the last one my father preached at in Texas. I am standing in the back leaning on the back rest of a pew while someone drones on up front. I come to awareness as I am staring off into space being introspective. I decide this is probably a dream and wonder into a back room.

    I remember the costume task for the task of the month and look for my manatee outfit. There is a white toy chest behind a stack of chairs. There seems to be a bunch of stuffed animals and puppets in there. This is perfect for what I need. I reach in and pull out a grey hoodie with a plush manatee head for the hood. I decided before hand that I didn't want a complicated costume but this unexpected item is genius. I find a full length door mirror so that I would have a visual ground as I slip the costume over my head. My reflection doesn't cooperate and is making funny faces at me. It's not even doing the same movements I am. I decide this DC is annoying and move to another mirror. My reflection is still making faces but at least it's cooperating. I carefully slip the hoodie on while I keep a visual on the mirror. Once I have it one with the hood up, I turn around and imagine being in the water.

    The hallway behind me quickly fills with water to the roof and I start swimming. Air bubbles swirl around me as I level out and make swimming motions. The dream fades here a bit but I focus on memories of snorkeling and quickly find myself in something similar to King's Bay. I even act the part and pretend that I have fins for elbows as I 'walk' the bottom among the vegetation. after a few seconds, my vision fades to black again but I decide that I have done the task so I let myself wake up.

    I go ahead and nose plug but blow through. I set up and find myself outside next to my wife. I have the Manatee hoodie in my hands. I say to my wife, "Look, it's a Manatee hoodie! I just made it up on the fly but you would really love to have this. I wonder if it exists." My wife doesn't say anything but just smiles. I decide that I should do a web search when I wake up. This thought sends me into another FA.

    I nose plug and am upset that I can't wake up. I am really worried that I will forget doing the task. I try really hard to wake up but just have some SP feelings instead. I quickly recall the costume dream and feel I have a good memory of it so I go ahead and allow myself to have some more lucid dream time. I sit up and feel slightly bored not knowing what to do next. I see my wife lying next to me and get some ideas. I'll skip the details, but I enjoy some rough anal sex with her stopping just before I reach completion not wanting to have a wet dream.

    I have another FA and I nose plug. What the hell? I see my wife fully clothed looking into the mirror on the closet door. I am not at satisfied from before so I enjoy some oral sex. I feel that I am being ridiculously rough with her but decide that it's ok in a dream. I have an intensely satisfying release at the end and feel that I have now had a wet dream. Annoyed, I decide should wake up and change.

    I have another FA and nose plug. I shout out, "Goddammit mother fucker!" my voice is vivid and loud. I spend a few seconds trying really hard to wake up, but I just can't. I decide to let go the worry of forgetting the dream and needing to change and decide to be thankful for such a strong LD. I open my dream eyes to look around and instead of a ceiling, I see a vivid, clear deep space view of a bright blue planet nestled next to a golden nebula. I am in awe of this sight and spend a few seconds taking it all in. I want to fly to the planet and explore so I reach my arms up to it as I lay in bed. I try to fly up to it but can't seem to move or float up. I don't want to try to stand up or do much of anything because I don't want to ruin such a beautiful sight. Fixated on the view, I relax hoping to float up but I have another FA.

    This time I can hear the box fan humming and I try to move to get up. The effort jerks my physical body and I wake up for real.


    10:25AM - Non Lucid - CanisLucidus At The Event

    My wife and I are with CanisLucidus and his wife in a limo. CL is talking to his wife about getting tickets to some Glenn Beck event. His wife told him not to worry about it because she order early and got an awesome deal on some first class seating and there were going to meet Glenn Beck. I am a little disappointed that we didn't think of this. We had to order cheap tickets last minute.

    We separate and I am with my wife in a crowded street like it's New Year's Eve in Times Square. There seems to be a million people here. I am talking to my wife about random stuff and I tell here that all it will take is just one person to turn into a zombie and then everyone will quickly be infected and wiped out. I somehow know this is really about to happen so I keep a watchful eye on the people around me. My wife seems to think I am nuts but I am ready to fight the zombie hoard.

    Now I am watching CL with his wife like it's a movie. CL is narrating and I feel like I am reading one of his DJ entries. I see everything as from CL's point of view. He is next to his wife. She is in a fancy evening gown and CL is wearing a gray suit. They are high up in some balcony like in an Opera House. There is some conversation. I say to myself that I like how this is playing out like a movie with a plot. It's also skipping back and forth between characters like a movie. Seeing from CL's eyes, I look down at the jewel encrusted wine glass in his hand as he takes a sip. It looks like a moscato or some other white wine. There is some fine cursive lettering etched on the base of the glass. Now I am not looking from CL's eyes, but like I am there. I take the glass from CL and look closer. It is part of CL's DJ entry. It's hard to read and I don't remember it all but it says something about how he likes how he knows were are the DC's are in this part of the dream. This is just before 'it' all happens. He uses actual names rather than DV nicknames, but he tells where He and his wife are, where my wife and I are, as well as Dreamer and OpheliaBlue. There is something about how he's disappointed that I had to join the crowd down below but I had volunteered to help out with the event. I thought this was totally wrong and I begin to wonder what's going on. I try to read more of the small print to get some understanding but can't seem to see what the words are anymore. I am suddenly woken up by my wife getting out of bed.

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    Comments

    1. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Congratulations, man, wow! You had an incredible night! Nice job on knocking out two Tasks of the Month in the same night.

      This lucid just went on and on. That's great! You seemed really frustrated by it at the time, but from the waking perspective I think it's super cool how much stability you had that you couldn't even make the dream end.

      Do you have any advice for those of us who might want to be afflicted with this kind of stability?

      I'll skip the details, but I enjoy some rough anal sex with her stopping just before I reach completion not wanting to have a wet dream.
      LOL @ your definition of "skipping the details"

      BTW, really cool nebula at the end!

      And dude, that NLD w/ me at the event is really cool! Lots of great concepts in there. You were almost certainly verging on full lucidity there. You had accepted that this was a dream and were even enjoying things like the perspective switch that would only be possible in a dream. Just hadn't fully crossed over.

      What a night, man, congrats!
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    2. Xanous's Avatar
      Do you have any advice for those of us who might want to be afflicted with this kind of stability?
      I wish I did! I don't know why I wanted it to end so badly other than being worried that I'll forget it all. It's really rare that I can feel so locked in like that.

      LOL @ your definition of "skipping the details"
      Well there was a lot more that I could have said. It was very high level and vivid.

      And dude, that NLD w/ me at the event is really cool! Lots of great concepts in there. You were almost certainly verging on full lucidity there. You had accepted that this was a dream and were even enjoying things like the perspective switch that would only be possible in a dream. Just hadn't fully crossed over.
      Yeah I was almost there I think. I wonder if I would have figured it out eventually if my wife hadn't woken me up. That could have been a super cool scenario.

      These are the type of dreams that keep me coming back for more!
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    3. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      These are the type of dreams that keep me coming back for more!
      For sure, man, congratulations! I'm really happy that you had such a great night!

      To many more!
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    4. NyxCC's Avatar
      Man, that was one of the best advanced task completions (for all times) that I have read! Everything was in the right place, some funny moments as well with the faces in the mirror and a perfect scene change. Even the loss of vision at the end looked as part of the scenario - maybe you just muddied the waters.

      And thanks for sparing us all those details.
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    5. Xanous's Avatar
      Yeah I wish I could know what makes dream control easy. Sometimes everything comes with a hard fight. Other times its super easy. Maybe ots all about confidence? Doubt will always kill it.

      And youre welcome. Lol.
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