Thread: Shared Dreams: See you on the Moon!

Excerpt from Raven's DJ

"… I was in bed. A comfortable bed. At first I thought it was my own bed. Then I heard someone playing a didjeridoo. I opened my eyes. I saw Spike, Selene, Nomad, and Altaïr. There was another man there. He was dressed as an Assassin. He handed me a glass of something. He said it was a potion that would help. I sat up and took the potion. It was sweet. It was really good. I drank it all. I got a warm feeling inside. I looked around at the people standing around me. They were all there because they wanted me to feel better. It felt good to be surrounded by friends. I lied down on the bed and fell asleep… which is when I woke."

excerpted from Nomad's DJ

Excerpt #1
"We need to go to the Glen of Healing, for her," I said. We were instantly in a beautiful forest glen in a northern clime. The blue-green grass lifted Raven's body off of the forest floor. She was still unconscious. Yellow energy moved toward her, and flowed into her. I knew my healing skill was too weak to help her at this point. Spike, Selene and I silently watched the scene.
The frost giant appeared bending trees apart. He benignly said, "She is resting. She'll be safe here with me." I felt like crying.
I stroked her hair, and kissed her forehead. "Sleep well, dream warrior," I whispered, and then I was back on the moon, alone...

Excerpt #2
I was instantly in the cave of the Frost Giant. I saw a golden glow coming from the back of the cave. Little Joseph was there. He looked like green crystal energy. The frost giant was in the rear of the cave with Joseph, and I saw the source of the glow. Raven was sleeping, a slightly pained expression on her face. Golden light was pouring out of her.

I pulled out my didjeridoo, to try to aid in healing. I blew it, and the whole world twisted for a second. It was very disorienting. I stopped. "Whoah! Whoah there!" laughed the Frost Giant. "You are bending reality!"
"Oh!" I felt at once confused, pleasantly surprised, and embarrassed.
"Do not be concerned," said the Frost Giant. "She is only resting."

Originally Posted by WakingNomad

You could just try standing up, and walking out your front door. Then do an RC.

Eventually I did try to move, but my physical head moved. The experience ended. However, I was trying to get it to end... do you think I could control my actual head from a dream state if I was intent on it? Maybe the dream wasn't stable?

Also, to Raven; how did you suddenly become depressed (if you don't mind my asking)? Are you alright? Did you feel normal in your dreams until Altair said you looked tired?

Originally Posted by Royalpeach

Eventually I did try to move, but my physical head moved. The experience ended. However, I was trying to get it to end... do you think I could control my actual head from a dream state if I was intent on it? Maybe the dream wasn't stable?

Hmm. I suggest simply visualizing your bed floating up through the roof of your house. You are in the sky. Different techniques work for different people.

I love reading these

Originally Posted by Raven Knight

I fell asleep with my light/sound machine on and managed to WILD my way to the moon… For some reason I only managed to maintain semi-lucidity…

I was on the moon. I looked around. There was no one there. I thought there should be someone there. I started walking around to see if I could find anything. It was cold. I didn't remember the moon being so cold. I thought it did make sense… no atmosphere to hold the heat. Space is a cold place. I tried to ignore the cold as I walked along. I saw a portal open. Someone came through. That someone was followed by a trio of creatures. A giant bird, a giant squid, and a… uh… a something else. I couldn't identify the something else. There wasn't much time to look at them. The man who came through first must have been Alex Mercer… he consumed all three of the creatures before landing on the moon surface. I got close to the man. It wasn't Alex Mercer. It was Nomad. I approached him. He didn't look cold. I wondered why I was so f**king cold. Someone behind me put his arms around me. That felt warm. I could feel his warmth spreading through me. He was singing softly in my ear. I turned and looked. Basara (lead singer of the band Fire Bomber from the anime series Macross 7) had his arms around me and was singing softly in my ear. Selene appeared from nowhere. She went over and hugged Nomad. Basara pulled me closer. His song was comforting. Selene and Nomad came over to us. Nomad said hello to me and Spike. I looked at Basara and wondered where Spike was. Basara shook his head to let it go. I looked back at Nomad. I asked where he wanted to go. He said he wanted to meet the king of Hollow Earth. I wasn't sure what he was talking about. But I could try…

I focused on using Through the Never by Metallica to open a portal. Nothing was happening. Basara kissed my cheek and resumed singing softly. A portal opened. We went through the portal. I had to move out of Basara's arms but he stayed close. On the other side I looked around. We were in a massive underground chamber of some kind. The sun was black. That was really odd. The plants were glowing. The light was being produced by the plants. That seemed backwards. Blackness from the sun and light from the surface. It was a beautiful effect. All of the glowing plants in various pastel shades looked magical. I was looking around at the plants. I saw a luminescent humming bird. It was flitting through the trees. It was glowing with a faint blue glow. It came over and hovered in front of me as if trying to decide what I was. It decided I wasn't very interesting after all and flew away. I heard Nomad yelling about wanting to see the king of the Hollow Earth. I looked back just in time to see him disappear. I didn't know where he had gone. Maybe he had gone to the king, maybe he had awakened… Selene disappeared shortly after he did.

Note: I got distracted by the beauty of the landscape and I lost lucidity...

Basara and I looked around the beautiful landscape for a bit longer. Basara resumed singing. He was singing a bit louder now. He got a guitar from somewhere. He was playing it now. I sat down on a rock near a luminescent stream. There were brightly colored fish in the stream. Everything here seemed to glow. Basara continued playing and singing. A few of the humming bird gathered around him. They seemed attracted by his song. He also got the attention of a couple of small fluffy animals. They were brightly colored and looked like really fluffy bunnies. Very cute. And a couple of luminescent butterflies. He had quite a gathering of the cute and the beautiful now. He didn't pay his audience any attention, though. He kept his attention focused on me and he continued playing and singing. I loved the song. It was a nice relaxing song. The music felt good. It didn't just sound good, it felt good. I lost track of how long I sat there listening to Basara's music. It seemed like forever and still it didn't seem long enough. Finally I felt the dream slipping. Everything faded to black as I woke.

Originally Posted by WakingNomad

05.10.2009

In which We Visit Hollow Earth (WILD)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

I told Raven Knight in a PM that I wanted to ask the riddle of the Sphinx and gain access to Hollow Earth.

As I fell asleep, I focused on the moon. I felt no resistance between the Moon and I. Good. "Tooth" no longer existed. There was only the boy Joseph. I tumbled out of a purple vortex portal on to the Moon, and my three 'aumakua tumbled out after me. One, two, three, he'e, pueo, pua'a. As they fell on me, I absorbed them into myself. I inhaled their power.
"Hey, Nomad," Raven greeted me casually. I saw Spike and Selene in the distance.
"So, where do you to go?" she asked with a wry smile, as she began creating a portal.
"You know where. I want to see the King of Hollow Earth!"
She created the portal, and the four of us went through.

We were standing in front of the Egyptian Sphinx. I heard it in my head, asking the question in the myth. "Man, mankind!" I said. I was surprised it asked the riddle that I already knew the answer to.

The sphinx opened its mouth until its jaw was on the ground. There were stairs going down. We walked in. As I pondered the riddle, I realized the real riddle is figuring out how to truly answer the question.

Suddenly, we were in Hollow Earth. The light was bright. Everything was beautiful. In the sky was a great black sun, that you could stare right at. The plants and lovely translucent shimmery pastels reminded me of the Dream Warrior planet. We walked down a path, taking in all the beauty.

"I have to see the King of Hollow Earth!" I said.

Instantly, I was inside the Black Sun. I was alone with the King of Hollow Earth. He looked exactly like stone god Hades I saw in my previous dream. He stood up from his throne, and looked at me. We began walking. All around me looked like the same Hades I had seen before, after I went into the ziggurat, and passed Cerberus. Everything was dark and grey.

Then, everything changed. I saw the beautiful colorful landscape I had seen before with the same shape of the underworld. I looked at the King of Hollow earth. He now appeared as a strong ancient man, with a short thick white beard, and a golden crown on his head instead of stone. His eyes were blue and I felt he was staring into my very soul.

Then, everything changed back, and the two scenes began strobing. It was very disorienting. What is going on? I asked the King. "You are seeing both worlds, at the same time, child."

"Are they both the same? I don't understand. What is the difference?"

"Perception. People that feel they must be punished for their deeds when they walked upon the crust, will only see darkness and fire. Those who loved greatly, and love still, will perceive only beauty and life."

"Who are you? Are you Pan? Are you the Dream Warrior Master?"

"No," he said. "That man is my brother."

"So, all these people, are they real? What I mean is, is this world a physical place? Are we in the same dimension as the physical world on the Crust."

He looked at me directly, and simply said, "Yes."

"What is going to happen in 2012?" I asked anxiously.

"Do not fear a number," he said answering my anxiety. Then he answered my question directly: We are coming.

"Thank you, O King," I said as I knelt to bow.

"Stand up, human Dream Warrior!" he commanded. "I am no King. I am a man just like you. Do not bow to me. The only difference between you and I is my immortality resides here eternally."

I was suddenly back on the Moon, I looked around for the others, but the dream faded, and I awoke.

Note: I was highlighting similarities, but you must, O reader, see them for yourself. It's so interesting how we diverge, and sometimes even come back together in dreams.

This was one of my favorite dreams so far. Raven's description of Hollow Earth... I love it. You put into words, what I could not, Raven.

Originally Posted by WakingNomad

Note: I was highlighting similarities, but you must, O reader, see them for yourself. It's so interesting how we diverge, and sometimes even come back together in dreams.

This was one of my favorite dreams so far. Raven's description of Hollow Earth... I love it. You put into words, what I could not, Raven.

oh WakingNomad... did you see this being race? was it very similar to a human or reptilian or sorts o.o?

Originally Posted by mowglycdb

oh WakingNomad... did you see this being race? was it very similar to a human or reptilian or sorts o.o?

I didn't see any people, though I felt that people live there.

Originally Posted by Raven Knight

I found myself on the moon in front of Nomad. I didn't immediately realize there was anything odd about that. I started to wander off. Nomad stopped me.

"Just in case you haven't noticed," Nomad said, "You're dreaming, Raven."

I looked around at the moon landscape. I jumped into the air and flew a bit. I was definitely dreaming. I landed back in front of Nomad. Selene appeared out of nowhere and hugged Nomad. She kissed him quickly before letting go. She looked like she was in a good mood. I noticed that I was feeling a little cold, but I was thinking it wasn't too bad considering a couple of recent nights. I was watching Nomad and Selene when someone put his arms around me. I looked back and saw it was Basara. Basara was looking at Nomad with some interest.

"Raven says you want to jam with me," Basara said casually. He looked at Nomad a bit more then nodded. "We should be able to get some good energy going. Let's try it."

"In the biodome," Nomad said.

Note: I got lost in the beauty of the biodome and went to partial lucidity.

We teleported. Now we were in the biodome in a beautiful meadow. I followed Basara to a nice area of grass. I wanted to tell Basara that I was feeling ok right now. I was about to say something when he indicated I should remain silent by placing one finger over my mouth. He said I spend a lot of my time helping and healing others, I should be willing to accept the same in return. I didn't argue with him. I sat down in the grass. Basara briefly spoke to Nomad and then he summoned a guitar and began playing and singing. Nomad joined in on a didgeridoo. The result was a very relaxing song. It made me feel like falling asleep right there in a bed of soft grass. Had the grass grown just since I'd sat down? I wasn't sure. But it made a very inviting bed. I was hoping I wouldn't offend anyone when I lied down. The music sounded… actually it's hard to describe how the music sounded. It felt amazing. I drifted off into sleep near the end of the song and I woke in my own bed.

Healing in the Biodome
I opened a purple vortex portal right above my bed. I looked at it. It was a spiral, a tornado of fluffy purple clouds, with little lightning sparks moving back and forth. I went through. I tumbled out of it, landed on my pua'a (wild boar) 'aumakua (totem), and I absorbed his red energy into me.
Selene ran up and kissed me on the cheek. Raven Knight smiled at me weakly. Basara was there. He gazed at me benignly. He led her to a patch of soft grass. The grass was the same type as in the Glen of Healing. Basara started singing softly. I played my didjeridoo, matching his gentle intensity. The vibrations of my music made flowers and plants spring up from the ground underneath it.

Basara began singing louder. It was like Raven's music. It wasn't coming out of his mouth, but out of the center of his being. As he sang, golden energy flowed from the ground and into Raven Knight. She looked very relaxed. I couldn't tell if she was asleep or just resting. I played my didjeridoo, pointing at the grass underneath her, and it grew to about four feet in height, lifting her off the ground as it grew.

I looked at Basara. He had a skin color that I can't really describe well, a dream color. It was kind of pink, and also purple, but I don't really have a frame of reference. His hair was light, almost white, but again, it was a dream color also. He was tall and long-limbed with long fingers. He was serious, caring, and seemed to carry an ancient sorrow, like the last person of a dying race would feel.

He wore a long sleeved tunic with a v-shape on his chest, and the tunic had pointy shoulders that paralleled the ground. His long thin pants swooped out at the bottom, like bell bottoms sort of. His clothes were also dream colors. Red, gold, but, ah... I give up.

He had a simple pure mental focus on Raven Knight.

Originally Posted by Raven Knight

I fell back asleep focusing on the biodome this time. I knew I had been there previously and I wanted to continue there…

I was in the biodome. I was standing next to Basara. Basara asked how I was feeling. I said I was feeling ok. Everything actually seemed quite peaceful. The biodome was a beautiful place. Nomad asked if I wanted to try to find Mowgly. I interrupted and told him that Mowgly's first name is Pablo. He asked if I wanted to find Pablo again… since I had lost him in the portal on my first try. I said if he wanted to… but if he would prefer not to, that was ok, too. He said he would do it with me. I focused on Through the Never to open a portal back to Pablo. At first nothing was happening. I wondered if Pablo might not be dreaming. Nomad suggested we combine our portals. He opened a portal and the two of them merged… and became a vortex portal!

Note: When I refer to a normal portal I just call it a portal even though it may appear as a vortex. When I refer to a vortex portal it is a portal that sucks everything around it into itself like a miniature black hole.

I got pulled into the vortex portal. Selene and Nomad got pulled in right behind me. I felt them grab my legs so we wouldn't be separated. Basara showed off. He flew along beside us. I gave him a raspberry (Thbbbbb!). He laughed. On the other side we came out in another beautiful location. A forest glen. There was a small pond nearby. I noted we had almost ended up wet! There was a young man near us. The man looked like he was about 20 years old and he had dark hair that was just long enough to cover his ears. He was crouched in the grass and watching something with child-like delight. He seemed really excited about something. He sprang into the grass. A bunny came hopping out. He came out chasing the bunny. When he came out he saw us. He asked who we were. Nomad said we had come to find him. I told him he was dreaming. He looked at me strangely. Nomad asked if he was Pablo. He seemed to hesitate a bit. Then he finally said yes. I told him that since we got separated last time I had come back. And Nomad had come with me. I introduced Basara and Nomad introduced Selene.

I used Through the Never to open a portal back to the biodome. I was hoping we wouldn't lose Pablo this time. All of us went through the portal. On the other side we were back in the biodome. Pablo immediately took off to explore. I noted that he seemed to be acting like a child this time. I thought I remembered him being much calmer. Now he seemed very excited by everything he saw. He was saying something in Spanish. I caught a few words… increíble, bonita, and maravilloso. Most of what he was saying I had no idea what it meant. All I knew was that he sure looked happy. He said a couple of things to Nomad and then took off again. I went over to Nomad. Something fell from his ear. I was going to squish it. It looked like a parasite. Nomad picked it up. He said it was a babelfish. I looked at it. It was a strange little neon fish. It didn't seem to mind being out of the water. He handed me the fish and said to try it. I didn't really want to stuff a fish in my ear. I finally put it in my ear. I didn't like the way it felt. It tickled and was slimy at the same time…

Pablo was running around and looking at things. He was still speaking Spanish. I could understand him. He was saying something about a bird that was absolutely amazing. And a butterfly that was glowing. The colorful fish in the water. Nomad asked him if he wanted to go somewhere else or if he just wanted to keep exploring here. He said he wanted to go somewhere new. I used Through the Never and focused on getting to a good spot. I just let the energy I was using guide me. A portal opened. We all went through it. On the other side we were in another forest. This one looked more like a tropical rainforest. I noted that we were all wearing animal skins… and my stomach churned. It might be fitting with the time, but I didn't want to be wearing the skin of a dead animal. I consciously focused on changing. The next outfit I found myself in was that of an Assassin. It seemed odd that the next choice was an Assassin, but I decided to let it be.

Something was coming. Something big. A huge kitty came crashing through the trees. It was a giant saber-toothed tiger. The big cat had been hurt! It had what looked like a spear in its foot. The cat stopped and growled at us. It was in pain and it was pissed. Basara responded as he usually responds to aggression. He sang. He had a guitar and he was singing a soothing song. The cat calmed down. It lied down on the ground. There were other wounds on the cat. I went over to the big cat and focused on Voices from the Macross 7 soundtrack to heal the injuries. I saw Nomad pull the spear from the cat's foot and apply herbs to it. Selene was tending to a wound on the cat's rear leg. I saw Pablo stroking the cat's neck. Finally the cat sat up. The cat rubbed its face on me and then Nomad, knocking both of us down. Selene laughed at that. The cat was purring… and what a purr! The cat picked me up by my robes and tossed me onto its back. I landed in soft silky fur. Sooooo soft. I snuggled down in the fur. Basara was behind me now. Snuggling with the kitty was so nice I lost part of my lucidity…

"Snuggling with a giant kitty," Basara said, "Your dream wish is fulfilled!" He laughed.

The cat carried the five of us through the forest at high speeds. The speed was exhilarating. The cat came to a stop at the top of a huge cliff. There was a waterfall plunging into the depths. A thick mist hung over the land down below. Pterodactyls swooped through the sky. One of them came down to the cliff and landed. It eyed us momentarily. It motioned to its back. I thought that was strange. I climbed onto its back. And it took off into the sky. I looked back and saw that the others were on other Pterodactyls. We swooped down over the forest and out over the ocean. The ride was breathtaking. The Pterodactyl I was on did a barrel roll. I fell off of the Pterodactyl and into the ocean. I used Of Wolf and Man to change into a mermaid. I used the song on the others to turn them into merpeople as well. We swam down into the depths of the ocean. We were surrounded by an array of colorful fish and some other larger creatures that I couldn't identify. They might have been some kind of dinosaurs. I was looking at a particularly colorful school of fish when everything around me faded to black and I woke.

Finding the Wild boy
[/COLOR]Raven Knight and I were standing up in the Biodome. She seemed a lot more relaxed, and peaceful. We smiled at each other. "So," she said, "you want to find Mowgly?"
"Sure, let's try it." She began creating a portal that looked like a tear in the fabric of time and space.
"Hey, let me create one on top of yours, maybe it will help us find him easier," I said.
"Okay," Raven said, "go for it." I created a purple vortex portal, and the two merged. "Whoah!" said Raven as she got sucked in. I grabbed her left ankle, and Selene grabbed her right, then Basara jumped in and it closed behind us.
I saw us flying through it for a second. We formed a funny "A" shape, the three of us, with Basara flying nearby. There were purple clouds floating and spinning around us among a background of stars. Lightning flashed silently among the clouds.
We were spat out in a forest glen, but we landed on our feet. It reminded me of the Glen of Healing. I wondered if that was it. A wiry boy about the age of 13 or 14 was hiding in some tall grass from a small unseen animal in front of him. He playfully leapt forward to pounce on it. A rabbit hopped away. He laughed with delight.
He noticed our presence an turned around.
"Huh? Who are you?" He seemed a little frightened.
"You wanted us to come meet you, remember?" I asked.
"You are dreaming," said Raven Knight.
"Oh right!" he said and smacked his forehead.
"You are Mowgly," I said.
"Yes, Mowgly from the forum, the site, the website, I mean. That is my name. On that thing, the website. Yeah!"
Raven began creating a portal. Mowgly watched transfixed. When the portal opened his eyes widened, and his jaw dropped. "We are going in!" I said, grinning.
"Okay," he whispered, slowly nodding his head. Raven, Selene, and Basara went in. Mowgly slowly walked toward the portal. I grabbed his wrist, and went in.

Babelfish in the Biodome
We were now in the Biodome on the Moon. Mowgly slowly walked around, taking everything in. "Wow. Whoah. Wowie." Then, he started going off, talking very excitedly in Spanish. I couldn't understand what he said. I summoned a little Babelfish, and stuck it in my ear.
"Wow, this is amazing! So I am here? What is all this stuff? The plants... did you guys create them with- How are there animals here? We are on the Moon? Where are we? What is this place? What's going on? Am I dreaming still? I think I am! I must be, for this is too fantastic to be real! But, it is real! Am I going to remember this?" he said in Spanish.
"Am I going to remember this?" he said in English to me.
"I don't know. Are you?"
"Yes! Well, I don't know." He looked down, seemingly a little frustrated. He looked back up at me, brightly. "I hope I am! How could I forget?"
"I don't know!" Mowgly laughed and ran after a translucent butterfly. I felt the Babelfish squirm around in my ear. I slapped the side of my head, and it fell on the ground, wriggling around.
"Ugh! You had a parasite in your head, Nomad!" said Raven with her hand on the hilt of her dagger.
"No, no, don't kill it! It's not a parasite. It's a Babelfish."
I scooped up the funny little yellow fish with the big mouth. It liked being in my hand. "It feeds off the energy of desiring to understand one another, and it translates any language into any language!"
"What?" said Raven, eyeing it suspiciously. The Babelfish looked at Raven, and it wiggled its eyebrows like Groucho Marx and smiled. "Oh," she laughed. "A Babelfish, like in the Douglas Adams books! I love those books! That's hilarious!" she said. "Let me try!" She opened her hands, and I gently placed it in.
She stuck it in her ear. "It tickles!" she said. She seemed to get scared for a second, then she took a deep breath. "Okay, this thing is not going to hurt me, it's not a parasite, it's not going to eat my brain," she said half to herself.
"No, it's not," I laughed. "It just sits in your ear."
Raven ran over to Mowgly who was excitedly speaking in Spanish to again, this time to the butterfly. He was looking at the butterfly that was resting on a flower drinking nectar. Mowgly was so absorbed in the butterfly, he didn't notice Raven standing next to him.
"Oh, crazy!" she said. "I hear him in Spanish in one ear, and in English in the other, but I understand! That is so funny!"
"Hey, Mowgly," she said, "do you want to go on an adventure?"
He stood up. "Huh? Andventure? Andventure! Si! Yes! Okay, let's do it!"

Ancient Adventure
Raven smiled at me and winked, and opened a portal to a random somewhere, and the five of us went in.
We landed is some deciduous forest. It was warm, like the summer. There were huge trees about, like redwoods. We were in grass that was about four feet tall. Large insects flitted about. We were dressed in animal skins, and had large animal bones for weapons in our hands. A prehistoric adventure? Cool!
I heard a large animal crashing through the forest. Oh no! What if it attacks us? We just have bones to protect ourselves? I instinctively reached down, and pushed the button on my energy belt that Selene gave me, and a blue transparent force field formed around me. Okay! I still have everything!

The animal was bounding toward us. It was howling in pain. A great cat, the size of two elephants, with the appearance of a bobcat crashed through the trees. We readied our bone weapons, bracing for attack, all except Basara. He just stood there and calmly blinked.
The great cat didn't seem to notice us much. It fell over on its left side, yowling in pain. Its voice was so loud, it made my ribcage vibrate. The cat had a large spike in its front right paw. Basara began singing softly. The cat's breathing slowed, and it began to calm down. Raven floated toward its paw, now dressed in white as usual, holding a staff, and she also began singing. The cat mewed and whimpered.
I walked to its great paw. "Okay, kitty, this is going to hurt you more than its going to hurt me," I said. I placed both my feet on its paw, and grabbed the spike with both hands, and yanked it out, tumbling to the ground.
"Mrow!" the cat yelped. The wound didn't bleed. The cat stayed laying on its side. Its breathing and heart rate increased for a second, then slowed back down again. I started doing Tuvan throat singing, and herbs from the forest floated up in a little stream in the air, and went into the wound.
Mowgly was watching, eyes wide, transfixed.
The cat sat up halfway and licked its paw. Then, it licked Raven Knight and I.
"Aw," said Selene, "it likes you!" She clapped her hands with delight.
It lied down on its stomach. I ran to its neck, and gave it hug, burying my face in its fur. What does this remind me of? Oh, that vision I had so many years ago, when I buried my face in the mane of the lion in the jungle! Wow! What does it mean?
We climbed up on top of it, and it stood up, and walked slowly through the forest. I had a feeling the cat was smiling. I felt its great muscles moving underneath me.

The cat stopped near a great cliff. A river was on our left, a lovely waterfall tumbled down, to a great tropical plain below, stretching out toward the horizon. What is this, the Lion King? Haha. I half expected the cat to say, "One day, this will all be yours."
Pterodactyls swooped down from the sky and plucked us off the cat. I thought they were going to eat us. I was so scared for a second, I almost lost lucidity. No, it's okay, they can't hurt us, this is just a dream.

The pterodactyls glided over the landscape. It reminded me of the movie, The Hobbit, when they get rescued by the Great Eagles. It was exhilarating. I felt wind in my hair. The pterodactyls called to each other with delight. They had brown leathery skin, and big beautiful eyes. They were wild, free, dangerous, and wise like ancient trees. The pterodactyls soared over the ocean gently carrying us with their feet, then dropped us in the water.
We sunk down about fifteen feet. We had bubbles over our heads to breathe. I saw marine dinosaurs in the water. Pleiosaurs, and another kind, a carnivore with a long jaw and a big eye, with lots of teeth like a crocodile. I was afraid again. This is just a dream. Just look around. Then I feared that the carnivore one was going to attack the pleiosaurs, but I guessed the pleiosaurs were too big. Wow! I love dinosaurs!


Back Home
Then, were were suddenly back on in the Biodome.
"Wow," whispered Mowgly. "Amazing." Raven smiled at him the way a big sister smiles at a little brother. I wondered why he looked like a child to me. Then I realized, Of course, it's the Jungle Book archetype! I laughed at myself.

Selene ran up to me. "Hey, you're waking up!" She threw her arms around me. "Give me a kiss first!" She kissed me full on the mouth unabashedly, and I embraced her around her small waist.

I wanted to stay in the dream, but I knew if I did any longer I would forget some because so much happened. I was fading away, but everyone else seemed to be staying. "Remember to write everything down!" I heard Selene say as I disappeared. She waved at me as my vision faded. "I love you!"

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This was one of the most beautiful dreams of my entire life.

For some strange reason, I didn't publish this earlier. I probably forgot to hit save or something.

06.10.2009

Nomad vs. Walms (WILD)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

Mission: Tickle Walms
I fell back to sleep, focusing on the Moon. I tumbled out of a portal, and my 'aumakua tumbled out after me, and fell into me. I absorbed them as before. I wondered why this kept happening. I saw Selene, Raven, and the singer guy from the night before in there. I wondered why I always got there last. I thought maybe it's because I go to sleep later. I wondered where Spike was, and who this new guy was.
Selene ran up to me, and kissed me. I felt like a jerk for being so absorbed in my own thoughts, I hadn't been paying much attention to her. That man reminded me of Raven's energy, he is also a Bard, someone who uses music for magic. He stared at me intently, and I looked back at him. His eyes were light blue, and his pupils were spirals. He seemed very serious, and at the same time, he seemed like he was about to laugh. I felt like he was burning his face into my mind, as Selene had done to MoSh.

"I want to find Walms, and tickle him," I told Raven.
"What? Tickle him?" she said, as she created a portal.
"Yeah, because he always is fighting in dreams. I think we may have fought him, but only he remembers. Anyway, fighting him won't make us stand out in his dream. That's why I want to do something odd, like tickle him."
"Okay, that makes sense," she laughed.

Walmsy Baby
We went through the portal. We were in a large room that looked like my high school cafeteria, though I knew that was only my perception. There was no one in there but a young man with straight black hair sitting at a table, looking down. He appeared to be thinking about something intently.
"Huh," I thought, "I thought he'd be fighting some crazy monsters or something."
I approached him. "Walms," I said. He didn't seem to notice. I thought maybe it's because I used his online username instead of his real name.
"Hey, Walms, Walmsy baby, hey, look up!"
"Huh? What?" He looked up. "Aha!" he said for some reason. He stood up, then flew backwards a few feet, facing me, hovering. He had a fist cocked back.
"Heh heh heh!" he laughed. "I have got you now!" He sounded cheesy, like a cartoon character.
"No, wait, I don't want to fight...yet!" I laughed. His fists grew really large. I stopped looking at his fists, and I turned on my force field and sat down. "Now, how am I going to tickle him?" I thought. He banged on my force field with his fists.
"Lame! Wow, that is so lame. Cheater!" he teased.
I turned on my energy gloves. They glowed yellow. I stretched them out of my force field slowly.
"What are you doing, weirdo?" he laughed.
"I am trying to tickle you?"
"What? Tickle me? That doesn't make any sense! You are ridiculous. Who are you?"
"It's Nomad, from the forums, Walmsy baby!" I said. (I kept calling him that, because I wanted to say something odd to make him remember me.)
"Oh! Oh, right! Nomad! Wow, you are a silly person!" he laughed.
"Thanks," I said, "Now, let's go to the Moon!"
"Okay!" he said excitedly.

On the Moon with Walmsy Baby
Raven laughed at us, and created a portal. We went through. We tumbled out and landed on top of each other. I wondered what was up with this tumbling out of portals, when I used to always just step through.

Walms looked around. "Hey, cool!" he said. "We're on the Moon! What is that?" He teleported into the Biodome, and the four of us were suddenly their with him. We walked down a path together. He looked around at the plants and animals, and at the tower. "Wow cool! You guys built this? You built it, you made it with your minds!"
"Yes!" I said.
"Wow, cool! Can I plant a flower?" he asked, planting a flower that looked like a pink daisy.
"Yes, of course," I laughed because he wasn't really asking permission, but of course no one cared.
A small blue bird with a long tail flew toward him. He put out his arm, and it landed on his hand.
"Hello, bird, hello, little fella," he said, and patted its head. "Wow, cool!"
"So, do you want to fight me?" I asked.
"Okay!" he said, adopting a fighting stance.
"No, not here," I laughed. "We might hurt the landscape. We are going to a colloseum!"
"Okay, cool! Let's do it!" he said.

"Q?" I asked the sky.

I saw Raven look up and to the side. I knew she was talking to Q.

Walms vs. Nomad

Instantly we were in the colloseum. Walms and I were on the floor. I got the distinct impression that some of the people watching were eating popcorn, candy, and loudly slurping soda.

"Round 1, fight!" said Q.
Walms floated in the air, and adopted a fighting stance. I slowly grew in size. "Haha, what is that supposed to do?" he laughed and punched me in the jaw.
"Ow!" I rubbed my chin. "Doh!" I thought, "I automatically lose for feeling pain."
"Round 1, Walms!" said Q, and we were back in starting positions.

"Round 2, fight!" said Q.
I ran at him in slow motion, trying to make him think that time was slowing down. He ran at me slower. I ran at him slower still. He ran slower again. I ran slower still. We smacked into each other in the center of the colloseum with a loud echoing KRACK-K-K-K-K! and a flash of light.
"Round 2, Draw!" said Q.

"Round 3, begin!"
Walms and I were both laughing at how ridiculous Round 2 was. I multiplied myself. He yawned at me, which I found mildy annoying. I shrank myself to the size of a bug, and multiplied myself to a few thousand tiny Nomads.
"What is that supposed to do?" he laughed.
I swarmed my copies over him, laughing in tiny voices, and poking him with thousands of tiny swords. He was covered in a swarm of little white Nomads.
"That doesn't hurt. This is a dream," he laughed, and spun around.
My copies flew off, and we smacked against the colloseum walls. I heard someone watching laugh.
"Round 3, Walms!" said Q.
"Dammit!" I thought. "That was dumb!"

"Round 4, begin!" said Q.
I turned into a giant greenish black rubber ball, trying to think of something really strange to do.
"What?" said Walms. He looked confused.
"Aha! I have him!" I said to myself.
"No, you don't!" he said, snapping out of it.
"Doh! Did I say that out loud?"
"Yes, and that too," he laughed.
Not knowing what else to do, I slowly rolled at him. "Okay, what is that supposed to do," he said laughing at me. He picked me up, and started dribbling me like a basketball.
"Hey! Stop that!" I said. He laughed at me. Someone was singing the Harlem Globe Trotters theme song. Walms bounced me off the walls, and kicked me around like a soccer ball.(futbol)
He kicked me really hard against the colloseum wall, and shouted, "Goal!"
"Round 4! Walms!" said Q.

"Round 5, begin."
I began running in circles, along the wall of the colloseum, faster and faster, while I tried to think of my next attack. Walms sat down in the center, and yawned at me again. I ignored his little bait. "You aren't even doing anything," he said.
"And neither are you!" said Q. "Round 5: Draw!"

We were back in starting positions. "Hey!" said Walms.
"Match: Walms." Everyone clapped, and there was a sound of a large crowd cheering. Walms put his fists together, and waved. People threw flowers at him.

Selene threw a bunch of roses at me. She didn't care that I lost. She was laughing really hard. Everyone thought the match was ridiculously funny.
Suddenly, we were all in the center of the colloseum. Selene ran up, and kissed me on the cheek. "You make me laugh!" she said, her face flushed. She had a tear on her cheek she had been laughing so hard.
"That was so ridiculous!" said Raven, and we all laughed like Saturday morning cartoon characters.

Watching Walms' False Awakening
"Whoah! Whoah! I feel myself waking up!" said Walms.
"It's probably going to be a false awakening. You know how you always have those."
"Whoah! Whoah!" Walms put his arms out as if he was losing his balance. He looked kind of blurry. It was really strange.
"See if you can stay here with us," I said.
Suddenly Walms was sitting on an invisible bed yawning and stretching. "Whoah! Strange dream," he mumbled to himself. He looked up at us.
"Hey, what are you guys doing in my bedroom?" he said.
"You are still dreaming!" I laughed.
"Oh!" he said. "But, did you teleport into my room... or what? What happened? This is so weird!"
"You are in the same place, you just perceive it as your room, because of your false awakening."
"Oh, weird!" he said looking around. "It still looks like my room, though. I think I am going to wake up for real this time guys."
"Okay, wait!" I rushed over to him, and whispered my birth name into his ear. He slowly nodded.
"Uh, what? I don't know if I heard you right. What are you telling me? Oh, I am about to wake up."
"Um, speak Spanish!" I said without really knowing why.
"Okay," he laughed, and said something to Raven in Spanish with the word senora or senorita in the sentence. She seemed to understand a little.

Walms disappeared.
"Well, that was really odd," said Raven.
"What he told you?"
"No, the whole dream," said Raven.
"Who was eating popcorn?" I asked.
"Me!" waved Selene. She kissed me full on the mouth, and pushed a gummi bear into my mouth with her tongue.

I tried to stay in the dream, but I awoke.

Originally Posted by Raven Knight

I fell asleep in my room and used my meditation to induce a WILD. I hadn't heard anything from Nomad, so I was just focusing on keeping my awareness into the dream state. I found myself on the moon.

I was on the moon looking around. It was a dark and barren landscape. I seemed more aware of that than I usually am. I was also more aware of the cold than normal. I remembered being depressed when I fell asleep. I thought that probably had something to do with the cold now. I wondered if there was anyone else on the moon with me tonight. I didn't know if I would be meeting Nomad or not. I didn't remember making any plans. I was still standing there when someone put his arms around me. I looked and it was Basara (lead singer from the group Fire Bomber on the Macross 7 anime series). He started signing in my ear. It was a nice song. It seemed to make the cold go away. I turned around in his arms and then we were dancing on the moon. It no longer seemed cold. He was singing a slow song and we were slow dancing under the stars. It was nice. I felt at peace.

Basara had just finished his song when a portal opened. Nomad came through it. He was being followed by three creatures again. I noted he always seems to arrive with an entourage of monsters. He absorbed the monsters before landing in front of me. He was looking at Basara strangely. I wondered if he saw Basara or Spike. I figured it didn't really matter… unless he expected Basara to fight something… I thought it might look odd to Nomad when Spike refused to kill… which Basara would refuse to kill. Selene showed up shortly later and went over to Nomad. They embraced and kissed.

Nomad said he wanted to find Walms… I wasn't sure who Walms was… I was about to ask Nomad who Walms is when he added that he wanted to tickle Walms. Tickle him? Nomad said that would stand out more than a fight. I focused on Through the Never and opening a portal. I wasn't sure if it would work since I don't know who Walms is. I focused on the goal and a portal opened. We all went through it. On the other side I thought I caught a glimpse of a school. Then I felt I was losing the dream. I heard a yowling cat. I woke up to my cats fighting. I shot both of them… with a water pistol. They split in opposite directions. Stupid cats!

Note: I am a cat lover, but they can be annoying sometimes!

Originally Posted by Raven Knight

I fell back asleep after the cat incident. I wanted to pick up where I had left off in the last dream…

I was in school. I looked around. Everyone was eating. There was nowhere to sit. I felt left out. Just like I always did in high school. I didn't want to be there. I was about to walk away when someone noticed me. He was laughing. They were laughing at me. I wanted to disappear. I felt someone's arms around me. I tried to pull away but he held on. What did they want? Hadn't they teased me enough in high school? I closed my eyes and focused. This is a dream… I can do whatever I want now… they can't hurt me here. I opened my eyes. Everyone but a few people were gone. Nomad was there. He was laughing. But he wasn't laughing at me. He was laughing with another person I didn't recognize. Selene was there. She was smiling, but not laughing. I looked at the man holding me. It was Basara. He smiled at me. He asked if I was ok. I said I guessed I had not been lucid…

Nomad wanted to go to the moon. I opened a portal and we went through. We emerged near the tower. The man we had brought with us seemed impressed. We teleported into a biodome. There were plants and animals all around. It was a beautiful place. The person we had brought with us was gardening. He was planting flowers. The animals were friendly. I was petting a cat-like animal that was the size of a Great Dane. It was silky soft and purring. Our visitor now seemed to want to fight. Nomad didn't want to do it in the biodome. He said we could go to a coliseum. He called to Q. I telepathically contacted Q. Q appeared near us. I told him they wanted to use the coliseum. He said no problem. The next instant we were there.

I still didn't feel well. I saw Nomad and the visitor engage in a competition. I wasn't seeing much of it. I heard some laughter. I looked up as a ball zipped past my head and slammed into the outer wall of the coliseum. When the ball hit the wall it turned into Nomad. I heard someone behind me announce a goal. Nomad disappeared. I heard more laughter. I still felt out of it. Basara was holding me. That helped again. I turned to the others. They were all laughing. The laughter was contagious. I couldn't help but laugh. Laughing felt good. I noticed our visitor was behaving strangely. He was sitting on something I couldn't see. He was talking about dreams. Nomad said he was still dreaming. He seemed disoriented. I watched him for a bit longer. He finally came over to me.

"Te veré en tus sueños, señorita," he spoke in Spanish. I didn't know what he had said. I don't speak Spanish. All I understood was señorita. He disappeared. Then everything around me faded to black and I woke.

Note: I don't know if I got that Spanish sentence correct since I didn't understand it when he said it…

Can we get a translation?

EDIT:
Cross posted from Walms' DJ. This may have been his FA in the colloseum:

Again, what... was that?

FA... “What was that?” something had happened, but I don’t remember what, just know it made me wonder, there was someone in the room with me, too, and I don’t even know them... “Who are you?” then started to wonder a lot of things, “Who are them, why are they here, and why am I thinking in English... oh and why does gravity feel....” then yelled “Oh, yay!”, I was asleep! And about to wake up... the DC asked something, don’t know what it was, but I answered “Uh?” They asked again, and I answered something else, can’t remember what though, and was waking up so wasn’t paying much attention...

Can we get a translation?

I'll see you in your dreams, miss.

Originally Posted by mowglycdb

I'll see you in your dreams, miss.

Wow, cool! Too bad you don't remember the dream about you!

Did Walms remember the dream about you two yet? Or was he on yet?

Hehehe... also, I think I might've stolen Raven's technique. I found myself creating a volcano in one of my NL dreams, with Dragonforce's Through The Fire and the Flames. Sowwy!

Originally Posted by Royalpeach

Did Walms remember the dream about you two yet? Or was he on yet?

Hehehe... also, I think I might've stolen Raven's technique. I found myself creating a volcano in one of my NL dreams, with Dragonforce's Through The Fire and the Flames. Sowwy!

No, he did not. I looked up his DJ, and there was a part he said he didn't remember, and he was speaking in English. (He's from Mexico.) This is why I don't really care to try and "make people lucid" which involves so much more than that.

I mean, if Walms can't remember the dream, and he has excellent recall and LD's every night, man...

People need to have good dream recall. Then we have to locate them, and hopefully they are dreaming, then they have to recognize us, and we have to recognize them. That's asking us to do a lot. I wanted to do this with Walms because he LD's every night.

Raven wanted to try with mowglycdb because he asked her. Unfortunately, he doesn't remember the dream either. I really wish he did! It was a beautiful dream.

I really appreciate everyone's enthusiasm for shared lucid dreaming and a desire to try it. First learn to WILD wherever you want. The other details are in the tutorial.

I am getting about one PM a day from someone asking me to make them lucid, most recently from one person who doesn't have a DJ. I wish people would actually read the whole tutorial before PM'ing things like that because I clearly state in there you should have a DJ. How am I going to recognize you if I know nothing about you?

I also want to know that you have good dream recall, not just for my satisfaction, but I want you to remember these kickass dreams!

I don't want to sound like a prick, but the next time I get one of those make me lucid requests, I am just going to tell them to read the tutorial, and the first page of this DJ. If people actually read that, I wouldn't be getting those requests.

Everyone wants shortcuts in this instant gratification society.

I am not saying this to brag, but I spent a year practicing Astral Projection and Remote Viewing obsessively for about 30 hours a week, with minimal results.

I am sure I can speak for Man of Shred (who has definitely shared dreams) and Raven Knight that all three of us have gone through a lot of personal pain to be able to share dreams. I don't know why that is. I think it's just a principle of life. You have to go through pain to get what you want.

I am still going through pain. I am having some of the most terrifying dreams of my life, even if I am lucid. I still push forward. I still am driven by an insatiable obsessive curiosity.

I am constantly humbled. Every time my ego rises, it is smashed into bits. Humility comes through tears and embarrassment. Humility comes through pain.

On another note, you don't need to apologize for anything, Royalpeach. Stoppit!

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I learned skills from Raven Knight by watching her.

I think it's great that you are a natural Bard like her! Is that dream in your DJ?

If someone becomes a shapeshifter like me from reading my DJ's that would kick ass! I hope they become better than me.

We have no patent or copyright on dream skills or shared lucid dreaming. I want to share lucid dreams with the entire world, that's why I wrote the tutorial and began this DJ. I want everyone to know that shared dreaming is real, and shared lucid dreams is amazing. I want everyone to be able to do it. I don't want it to be a secret.

We could've kept it a secret, but why? So no one would call us crazy? I don't care if people call me crazy. I have been called crazy my entire life. You know only about ten people that show up to your funeral will cry? And about half of the people won't even go to the burial if it's raining.

When I heard that, I was pissed. Why should I give a shit about what these random ass people think about me, when they don't give a shit about me in the first place?

Ya feel me, dog? Anyway, I need to calm down and quit ranting, change my sig...

Peace bro,
Thanks for the comments

:O

Originally Posted by Raven Knight

I was in a beautiful place. I looked around and saw it looked like a garden of some kind. There was a dog sniffing my butt. I looked at the dog. The dog sat down and sat up. It was cute. The dog took off playfully chasing a bunny. That was also cute. It looked like the bunny was not really trying to escape. The bunny was playing with the dog. Very cute. I wandered through the forest a bit. I saw a pink bunny with wings. A bunny with wings? The pink part didn't seem odd, but the wings did. The entire place seemed surreal. I did a reality check by trying to fly. I found I could fly. I became lucid…

I looked around a bit more and soon realized I was in the biodome on the moon. It was very peaceful and beautiful. A colorful bird flew down from the trees and landed on my shoulder. It sang a brief beautiful song before flying off. I wondered where Nomad was. As if on cue he appeared. I said hi to him but he didn't seem to hear me. He acted very disoriented. I asked him if he was ok. He didn't respond. I thought maybe he wasn't lucid. I told him he was dreaming. He still didn't answer me. I told him to do a reality check. A vortex portal opened behind him and pulled him through. I grabbed for his hands as he went through but he slipped away.

I looked at the spot where I had seen Nomad. Something had been very wrong there. I focused on Through the Never and on following him. It took more effort to open the portal than it usually does. I focused more energy on locating Nomad. Finally a portal opened. Before I could go through it, however, Nomad came falling out. There were things on him. Disgusting black things. Four of them. I formed Witchblade into a dagger to cut them off. Nomad said he was going to absorb them. I said I didn't think that was a very good idea. Before I had even finished my sentence, however, Nomad had absorbed them. He stood up and briefly looked ok… then he looked like he was going to puke. He puked a blob of black gunk. He said he was going to be sick. I looked at the black ooze he had puked. I told him he should be in the Glen of Healing. He was stumbling off in an abstract direction. I went over to him and caught him as he was falling over. I told him I would take him to the Glen of Healing and also use a healing spell on him. With Nomad leaning on me I used Through the Never and focused on getting to the Glen of Healing. We went through the resultant portal.

On the other side the crystal golem seemed to sense something was wrong. He met us at the portal. He asked what had happened. I told him Nomad had absorbed some disgusting stuff… possibly dark energy. He took Nomad off of me and carried him to the back of the cave where he lied Nomad on the soft grass bed. Joseph came running from outside. He had an eagle perched on his arm. Normally I would have admired the eagle but I was a bit distracted now. Joseph asked what was wrong with Nomad. I said he had absorbed some dark energy. Joseph asked if it was a dream demon. I said I didn't know the source of the energy right now, just that it had to be eliminated. I used the song Touch My Heart off of the Devil Hunter Yohko soundtrack to purge the dark energy out of Nomad. The song played through. It had more of a visible effect than usual. It was almost as if reality was warping around the golden energy it produced. I didn't let myself get distracted. I hadn't even finished the song when a portal opened behind Nomad and he was sucked through. I let loose an expletive. The crystal golem looked puzzled. Joseph looked alarmed. I was annoyed at whoever had opened that portal.

I focused on Through the Never again and on following Nomad. I had to use extra energy again to make it work. Finally the portal opened. I went through it. On the other side I was back in the biodome. There was a woman there. I was going to ask her who she was when I thought her energy looked familiar. I went over to her and looked in her eyes. It was Nomad… as a woman? "Uh… Nomad? Why are you dressed as a woman?"

Nomad was looking at his (her) reflection in a pond. He (she) looked at me and asked me if I was gay or bi. I did a double take. I asked him what he was talking about. I told him he needed healing. I asked what had taken him from the Glen of Healing. I figured it didn't matter. I needed a safe location. Nomad tried to walk but he still looked sick. I caught him as he almost fell over. He said he was hiding from IB's. I asked what an IB is. He said he wanted to sleep. I told him I would take him somewhere safe for healing. I teleported us to the sick bay room in the tower. I told the computer to let no one in or out of the tower for now. The computer said the tower was sealed. I helped Nomad to one of the beds and then I used Full Moon Light from the Devil Hunter Yohko soundtrack. I focused the healing energy on him. Golden energy flowed through him. It seemed to be cleansing out something disgusting. There was soon a pile of sludge at the foot of the bed. I repeated the song until there didn't seem to be any more sludge to remove. I told the computer to remove the barrier so Nomad could go home. The computer complied. As if he had been waiting for the chance to leave Nomad disappeared. I asked the computer to trace his path. The computer said he had returned to his body. I said that was good. I gathered a sample of sludge and incinerated the rest with a fireball. I inserted the sludge sample into the computer for analysis. Everything around me faded to black as I woke.

[INDENT]

08.10.2009

Damn IB's (WILD)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

As I fell asleep, I focused on the moon.

I was in the Biodome. The dream was very unstable, but it was more like I was unstable. I didn't feel like the dream could fade, but just that everything was shifting and smearing. What the hell? When did we get sheep bouncing around in the Biodome? Was that Little Bo Peep?

Sucked into Brightness
I vaguely heard Raven say, "Nomad, are you okay?" I felt a portal open behind me. I ignored it. It didn't matter, I got sucked into it.

I was staring at a bright light, like the sun. Was I in The Void? No, I couldn't be, because there was no source of light in The Void. I felt like the Sun, or whatever it was, was speaking to me, but I couldn't understand what it was saying. It sounded like an earthquake or thunder rumbling. As it spoke, it pulsed. "Sojourner, do you seek the truth?" I felt it ask. I was too confused to reply. The brightness of the light was overwhelming. The light made me feel good, and it also frightened me. Where the hell was I? Was this the sun god? What was going on? I looked around. There were bright balls of light hopping about. Were these the sheep-things I was seeing?

Four balls of light the size of medium sized dogs leapt upon me, and bit me, clamping down on my four limbs. I felt tiny sharp teeth penetrating my flesh. I tried to spin them off me. It didn't work.



I tumbled through a portal, and fell into the Biodome. "Ack! What are these things?" I tried again to spin them off of me, then shake them off.

"Nomad?" said Raven, worried, with her hand on the hilt of her dagger. "No, wait, I am going to absorb these bastards."

I fell over on all fours, and I absorbed the light balls into me. I immediately felt sick. I stood up for a second, felt naseous, and vomited out a dead light ball creature. Jo, my big black dog, was running around gobbling up light balls bouncing around in the Biodome. How did these little bastards get past our Tower defenses?

"Ugh, I feel sick," I told Raven. I tried to stumble over to the little grassy area that reminded me of the Glen of Healing, but I couldn't make it. I couldn't see straight. "You need to wake up. Now!" I heard someone say.

"No, this is only a dream! I am going to fight these little bastards."

I felt someone pick me up. I was in the Glen of Healing. I felt like I was going crazy. The Frost Giant appeared. I tried to speak to him, but I couldn't think straight. I forced myself to stand. He said something about hiding myself within myself. I felt a portal open up behind me.

Sucked into Darkness
Suddenly I was in pure darkness. I felt safe. The darkness was inviting and peaceful. I inhaled deeply, slowing my breath. CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP



CHOMP! No! What the hell are these things? Black Isz!

I turned into The Maxx.



I roared at the creatures, and ripped them off my limbs with my bare hands, stomping them into the unseen ground, and ripping them apart with my great claws. More attacked me.



I ran through the darkness, fighting by feel, then suddenly I had an idea. I changed into a woman. The Isz stopped biting me.

Another Girl in the Biodome
Damn IB's! I focused on the moon in my mind, not wanting create a portal, and I was able to teleport back to the Biodome. I was a girl still, dressed like Raven and Selene. "Uh... Nomad?" said Raven. I stumbled over to a little koi fish pond. The koi were cute, all different colors, swimming around in funny lemniscates. I looked at my reflection. I was a pretty girl with shoulder length wavy brown hair. I looked like my sister. This is weird. I had to look away.

Raven walked close to me. She looked at me closely, trying figure out if I really was Nomad, and what was wrong with me. I am sure she was also wondering why I changed into a woman. She was standing so close staring at me, I thought she wanted to kiss me for a second. "Uh... Raven, are you bi, or something?"

"What are you talking about? Nomad is that you? What happened? Where did you go?"

"I had to hide from those goddamn IB's!" I whispered in her ear.

"What? IB's? What are you talking about? You're not making any sense."

"I just..." I fell, leaning on her. I felt someone carry me, and set me down somewhere. I think it was the grassy area like the Glen of Healing. I had my eyes closed. I was exhausted, I just wanted to go to sleep.

Notes:
Iz (Plural: Isz) Isz are creatures from the comic by Sam Keith, The Maxx. In the Outback (Dreamtime), the Isz are white, in the real world they are black. They are each as strong as a man, but small, and all teeth.

Koi is what we call carp in Hawai'i.

IB: Inorganic Being. They are attracted to male energy.

Lemniscate: The figure eight and infinity symbol.

My dream continues in my personal DJ. -Nomad

How dare you make me break down this huge lump of text!

Originally Posted by WakingNomad

I am saying this to brag, but I spent a year practicing Astral Projection and Remote Viewing obsessively for about 30 hours a week, with minimal results.

I've heard about this before, but what exactly is it?

Originally Posted by WakingNomad

On another note, you don't need to apologize for anything, Royalpeach. Stoppit! .

I should know that by now! Sorry!

Originally Posted by WakingNomad

I think it's great that you are a natural Bard like her! Is that dream in your DJ?

In response to Statement A, though I love music and definitely could manipulate it in my dreams, I'm not really a "natural bard". I got scared *bleep*less by a zombie horde popping out of nowhere, randomly thought of the forum (and somehow didn't bother to realize I was in a dream -.-) and remembered Raven's magic style. I'm personally more of a elemental magic user; I mainly use fire, lightning, and telekinesis for my attacks, among others.

Second, I don't have a DJ. Though I definitely remember enough dreams to start one, for the most part I only remember fragments of dreams anyway and they wouldn't make for a very interesting journal. (Maybe if I start one I'll have better recall...?)

By the way, "thanks for the comments"? Thanks for responding!
RP

Originally Posted by Royalpeach

How dare you make me break down this huge lump of text!

I've heard about this before, but what exactly is it?

Astral Projection is inducing an OBE or just having an OBE. I had one recently. It was kickass! Remote Viewing is something the government created to spy on other governments. You use your second sight with your eyes open, awake. Some people believe that you are going out-of-body when you do it.

In response to Statement A, though I love music and definitely could manipulate it in my dreams, I'm not really a "natural bard". I got scared *bleep*less by a zombie horde popping out of nowhere, randomly thought of the forum (and somehow didn't bother to realize I was in a dream -.-) and remembered Raven's magic style. I'm personally more of a elemental magic user; I mainly use fire, lightning, and telekinesis for my attacks, among others.

Kickass! That is awesome that you did that. I also use elemental magic, and shapeshift. I use music for healing and to create portals, but not for other spells. You have multiple gifts hidden within you.

Second, I don't have a DJ. Though I definitely remember enough dreams to start one, for the most part I only remember fragments of dreams anyway and they wouldn't make for a very interesting journal. (Maybe if I start one I'll have better recall...?)

Uh... YES! Don't worry about if it's interesting or not. Just do it.

By the way, "thanks for the comments"? Thanks for responding!
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Originally Posted by WakingNomad

10.10.2009

Epic Dream Chain (WILD)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

Selene's Rest
I was on the Moon. Raven was waiting there for me. "Are you ready to go?" she asked, creating a portal. "I'm ready!"
"Are you sure you're ready?"
"Let's do it!"
"Okay!" she said, and went through. I followed her. Everything was a blur for a second on the other side.
"Shit. Where is Selene?"
"I don't know."
"Okay, I am going back. I'll be right back."
"I'll be fine."
"I know." I went back through.

"Where is Selene?" I wondered.
"Nomad," she spoke to me telepathically, "I am in the sick bay of the Tower."
I teleported to her. She was half asleep on the hospital bed. I stroked her hair. A medical droid rolled out of the room carrying a tray of something.
"What's wrong?" I asked quietly.
"Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. I am safe here now," she said. "Go fight with Raven," she needs your help.
"But-" she interrupted me by reaching up and weakly caressing my cheek.
"Just go." She fell asleep. I kissed her hand, and set it down. I bent over and kissed her cheek.

The dream faded. I woke up hours later, and continued the dream.

Assassin's Creed Dimension
I was on the moon. I was supposed to do something here... What was it? No, time. Raven needs my help. I hoped I could find her. I created a purple vortex portal, and focused on going to her. I went through. I fell out of the portal about ten feet above the ground in a forest.
Raven and Altair were thundering toward me on horses. Raven's horse was black with a bright red mane, tail and fetlocks. Altair's was brown, with a white mane, tail, and fetlocks. Raven scooped me up, and I was on the back of her horse. We were being pursued by Templars on horseback. I fired white arrows out from a small white bow at the enemies hitting quite a few marks.
"The witch has created an ally!" one of the Templars shouted. I thought it was funny they thought Raven Knight created me.

"Take the reigns!" she shouted over the thundering of hooves. She turned and faced the Templars. Music came out of her, roaring drumbeats, and she summoned lightning from the sky, killing the remaining Templars, but the horses were unscathed.

We got off the horses at the edge of the forest. A great walled city was before us. "Who is your ally?" said Altair to Raven. He looked at me, as if he somehow knew me and was trying to remember. I looked at him. He reminded me of someone....

"No time for that," said Raven. "We are still being pursued. We must melt into the crowd of the city."

We walked into the city. We were in an open market. It was noisy and crowded. We tread upon a cobblestone road. People were selling all kinds of food that I had never seen before. All the merchants were yelling so loudly, you had to shout to the person next to you to be heard over the din.

"I can feel them coming closer," said Raven. "Stop looking around like a foreigner! We have to keep going."

"AHA!" said a loud voice above the din. The crowd quieted. A Templar was behind us. He pointed his sword at us. "There is the assassin, and his witch friend." He looked at me confused, for a second. "Another assassin! Kill them all!" Templars behind him rushed at us. I was concerned for the civilians. I turned on my energy shield and kneeled, which simultaneously created a hemisphere of protection around the three of us, and pushed the civilians back.
The Templars rushed at us. I turned off my shield, and absorbed the nearest one. I felt dark energy flow into me. I stood up and coughed, and wiped my mouth, grinnly menacingly at the Templars. As I coughed, tendrils of dark energy protruded from my skin for a second then disappeared back into me.

"A demon! The witch hath summoned forth a demon ally!" they shouted.
"What the hell did you do that for?" said Raven.
"I wanted to see what would happen. I wanted to see if these were real entities."

"You're nuts. We have to get out of here. It's too crowded to fight," said Raven. Raven put her hands on the shoulder of Altair and I, and teleported us to another part of the forest.

Fight in the Forest
We were without enemies. "Those bastards are going to show up soon," said Raven.

I grew in size, to a giant Nomad. "That is not very stealthy," said Raven.
"Oh right." I changed into a hill.
"What is that going to do?"
"Um..."
I changed into a great tree with dark grey brown bark. "Good!" Raven laughed. Altair was staring at me quizzically.

"Here they come!" said Raven hoarsely. Raven and Altair took cover, and I couldn't see them. I closed my mouth and my eyes to hide my face in my tree body.

The Templars were on foot. I heard the leader say, "Hmm... They are close. I can smell 'em." He sniffed the air. Raven stood up from the bushes. "AH-GGHKK!" He was about to point at Raven, but Altair appeared behind him and slit his throat, then disappeared.

"Ah the assassin is among us!" one of the Templars shouted in fear. I opened one eye. There were quite a good number, about forty. We were definitely outnumbered. The Templars eyes were like two tiny black holes.

Raven summoned lightning again. She killed some in front. One Templar shouted, "Charge!" and they rushed at Raven, running within my reach. I reached down and grabbed two of them with my great tree arms, crushing them to death. The assault was misdirected as they became confused and panicked. I rumbled at them, and it sounded like an earthquake.

"The witch has summoned a demon! Attack the demon!" The Templars regrouped and rushed at me, with their swords. I scooped them up, crushing them in my hands, and tossing them against trees. Others came closer, and tried to hack at me, but I trampled them under my great wooden feet. "I love being an Ent!" I thought. "This is so badass!" They shot arrows at me. It felt like being stuck with little needles. The Templars closer to me began to run away. "Attack! Attack! Attack!" shouted the second in command.

Raven summoned lightning again, and Altair was running among them, a white blur, slitting their throats from behind. "Kill the witch! The demon will disappear! Focus on the witch!" The Templars that were left all charged Raven Knight. Altair and Raven drew their swords. Two bolts of lightning came down from the sky again, and crackled on the swords of Raven and Altair. Raven and Altair became separated in the battle. Templars surrounded Raven. She did a spin attack, and Altair used the distraction, to stab one in the back.

All the Templars were gone. There were no bodies. Just empty armor with a putrid smoke rising from it.

I changed back into Nomad form. Raven opened a portal. She looked at Altair. "You can come with us, if you want to," she said to him. We stepped through.

Healing Raven Knight
We were back in the biodome on the moon. Raven looked ill. She began losing balance. She fell into Altair's arms. "I know where we have to go," I said. I created a portal. "Follow me," I told Altair.

We were in the Glen of Healing. Altair got a strange expression on his face. He looked down at Raven. He ripped something off of her back that looked like a cross between a crab and a stingray, and threw it on the grass, then he leapt upon it, and stabbed it with a dagger. It dissipated. Raven had two wounds on her upper back where the parasite had bitten her.

He laid Raven down in the grass. I turned into Pan. I summoned a conch shell and blew it. Instantly the Frost Giant appeared. "You don't need to do that to call me, cousin!" he said to me. "I already knew you were here. Save that for battle."

"I wanted to see what would happen," I said sheepishly, and turned back into my Nomad self. He laughed merrily, and looked at Raven. "Hmm. Another parasite attack." He looked at me. "You lie down in the grass, too."

I lied down in the grass and closed my eyes. Altair was looking at the Frost Giant curiously. He blew herbs from his hands which flew into Raven's wounds. A bunch of tiny little black astral ticks scampered off me, and were gobbled up by little frogs.

The Frost Giant picked up Raven like she was a small child and said to Altair and I, "Follow me."

We were in the cave of the Frost Giant. "Hi!" said Joseph, and ran to me and gave me a hug. I tousled his hair. The frost giant laid Raven down on a bed of hay in the rear of the cave. He withdrew a flask of red glowing liquid from a bag, lifted her head, and tilted it to her lips. "Drink this," he gently spoke to her.

From Raven Knight's Dream:

I fell asleep with my light/sound machine and did a WILD to the moon…

I was on the moon. I looked around. I saw the tower in the distance. I figured I would go there. That would be a good place to find Nomad. I teleported into the biodome. I petted a Rottweiler / Shepherd mix that came over to meet me. There were some other dogs playing around. I heard a dog whimpering. I followed the sound. I found Selene. She was sitting by the pond gazing blankly out over it. There was a black Pit Bull licking her face and whimpering in a concerned manner. Selene wasn't responding to the dog. I went over to them.

"Selene?" I asked. She didn't respond. "Selene? Are you ok?" I asked. Still no response. I looked around but I didn't see Nomad. I tried to telepathically contact Nomad. I got no response. I touched Selene on the shoulder. She looked up at me. She had a blank look in her eyes. They seemed darker than normal. I had the idea she needed healing. I took her hand and tried to get her to stand up. She stood easily enough. I led her through the biodome to the bed of grass brought from the healing glen. Selene lied down on the grass and looked quite relaxed. I focused on the song Full Moonlight. I instinctively felt that was the right song to use. White energy flowed through Selene as the song played. When the song was over Selene focused on me for the first time.

"Raven?" she asked as if a bit disoriented.

"How do you feel?" I asked her.

"Tired," she said.

"Then maybe you should rest," I said.

Selene closed her eyes and seemed to fall asleep. I stayed there and watched her sleep for a couple of minutes to be sure everything looked ok. I was about to walk away when she disappeared. I wondered where she had gone. I didn't sense that she was in any danger. I thought maybe I should check on her to see where she had gone. I was going to but I was awakened by my cats getting into an argument…

I was in a strange place. I looked around to see where I was. It was a town like one I would see in an RPG. It wasn't a big city. It was a small village. There were people walking around and talking. There were only a few merchant booths with merchants talking to the people who were walking by. It was a peaceful setting. I walked over to one of the merchant booths. He was selling a wide variety of crap. Or at least it looked like crap to me. I had the idea I needed to find my mother a birthday present. I didn't want to buy her crap. I went to the next booth. There were some nice things there. I looked at a couple of them. I saw a couple of price tags. I wondered if I had any money. I reached into a bag strapped to my waist (I was wearing white robes). I didn’t find any money. I pulled a Homer Simpson (D'Oh!). How could I buy my mom a present without money? I was frustrated. I walked away from the merchant booth. I was trying to think how I could get some money when the silence was broken. There was a thundering coming. It sounded like a herd of horses. All of the people ran for shelter. I noticed the merchant stand where I had spotted possible presents for my mom was unwatched now. Maybe I could just go over and snag something…

A horse came past the stand at full gallop. It was a dark brown horse with a lighter mane and tail. An arrow hit the horse in the ass. The horse threw off its rider and bolted with the arrow still sticking out of its rear. I wondered what a$$hole had shot the horse, I looked and saw more horses approaching at a gallop. I looked at the man who had been thrown from his horse. Those others were after him. I went to him to see if he was ok. He was not hurt. He got up and looked at me. It was Altaïr. If I was looking at Altaïr then I must be dreaming…

"Raven!" Altaïr said, "Hurry! They're coming!"

I looked at the approaching horses. I could see them well enough now to see there were Templars riding those horses. I focused on the song Battery and lightning struck at all of the Templars. Many of them were caught by surprise and got consumed by white lightning. As for the others, the horses were spooked and threw their riders before bolting off into a nearby forest. The remaining Templars were on foot. I used another bolt of lightning to charge Altaïr's and my swords with a bolt of lightning. The remaining Templars, there were seven of them left, arrived and attacked us. We fought them off using our electrically charged swords. The final Templar was coming at me when Altaïr got him from behind. He fell to the ground and was consumed by white lightning. I saw Altaïr's hidden blade was sparking. Apparently he had charged it with the energy on his sword.

"There's more coming," Altaïr said, "I saw them from the crest of that mountain."

I looked around and spotted Altaïr's horse. The arrow was still protruding from its rear. There was some blood, but the wound didn't look serious. I went over to the horse and pulled the arrow out as quickly as I could. The horse whinnied in pain and kicked out. I pet the horse to calm it and used Voices from the Macross Plus soundtrack to heal the wound. I told Altaïr his horse was fine now. A horse nuzzled me. It was a white horse with a red mane and tail. The horse was familiar to me. I climbed on the horse as Altaïr got on his horse. I could hear more horses coming. Altaïr and I took off and headed for a forest near the town. We could lose them there.

We entered the forest and kept going as quickly as we could. I could hear the Templars coming from behind. They were getting closer. Something felt strange. It felt like someone was trying to find me. I instinctively wanted that connection to be successful. I focused on Through the Never to make the connection work more easily. A portal opened up ahead of Altaïr and me. Nomad fell out and managed to land on his feet. I held my hand out to him as we rode past and helped him get onto my horse behind me with a jump. He started firing white arrows at the Templars that were emerging behind us. There were too many of them. I looked back. I focused on the song Battery. I didn't know if the Templars would be expecting that so I tried to use more power than usual. The lightning crashed down and broke right through their shields. The Templars were consumed by white lightning leaving behind some confused and spooked horses.

"Your friend came back, too, I see," Altaïr said, "Or at least one of them did. We need all the help we can get. They're not holding back this time."

Note: Somewhere in here during the ride to the city I slipped into semi-lucidity...

I figured if he was saying that then there must be more Templars. I tried to sense where their dark energy was. There were more of them. They were coming. It seemed like so many. Maybe we would be best to avoid them for now. We rode up to a walled city. We left our horses in a stable there and entered the city on foot. It was a big place with many people going about their business and endless vendors hawking their wares. It was hard to hear myself think. I checked on the position of the Templars again. They were getting closer. They were still on our trail. I told the others that the Templars were coming, we should blend in with the locals so maybe they wouldn't find us. I looked and saw Altaïr was already gone. I could sense he was still close, but I couldn't spot him. Nomad was looking excitedly around at all of the action around us. I thought he could've been wearing a sign that said 'TOURIST' on his robes. I told him to blend in with the locals, just act like he belonged there. Too late…

"There!" came a voice from the gate, "It's the witch! And she's with an assassin! Kill them!"

The Templars started coming towards Nomad and me. One of them dropped dead and was consumed by white lightning. Altaïr had just stabbed him from behind with his still sparking hidden blade.

"Kill all of the assassins!" yelled a Templar. Now they came in full force. Altaïr came and joined us. Nomad formed a force field around the three of us. It pushed the civilians away. The civilians were realizing that a fight was about to break out and they were trying to run for cover. But there were so many of them they were having trouble getting out of the way. Nomad reached out and pulled a single Templar into the shield with us. I was about to ask why when he made like Alex Mercer off the video game Prototype and consumed the Templar.

"That's dark energy!" I said, "Don't consume that!" There was briefly a dark aura around Nomad and then he absorbed that as well. He glared at the other Templars as if daring them to get close enough for him to consume them as well.

"A demon!" one of the Templars yelled, "The witch has summoned a demon! Stop it or it will consume your soul!"

"We can't fight them here," Altaïr said, "Too many innocent people will get hurt…"

I focused on teleporting us to the forest. The next instant we were there. In a small clear area. The town wasn't far away. I could sense the Templars gathering together and heading straight for us. Damn! They must be able to track us somehow. I told Nomad and Altaïr that maybe we could ambush them. Nomad transformed to be 50 feet tall.

"Well…" I said, "If the Templars didn't know where we were before, they sure know now…" Altaïr was just staring at the 50 foot Nomad. Nomad shrunk back down and transformed into a big rock. I told him they would probably still sense us even if we blend in perfectly. They seem to be able to do that. Nomad transformed into an Ent like on Lord of the Rings. A big sentient tree that can move. "Cool! An Ent!"

Altaïr and I hid. Templars entered the clearing. One of them said he knew we were somewhere close… he could smell us. Without thinking I sniffed my armpits… no stink. It wasn't me they smelled. I felt a bit dumb for doing that. I had stood up. One of the Templars spotted me. He didn't get a chance to raise an alarm. He dropped dead and was consumed by white lightning. I caught a glimpse of Altaïr. Other Templars came at me. They ran too close to Nomad. He grabbed them in huge tree-hands and crushed them. Apparently their dark energy could not repair being crushed… The Templars were yelling about the demon now and shooting arrows at the tree that was Nomad. As in Lord of the Rings, arrows proved woefully ineffective against an Ent. He crushed some more of them. I used Battery. Lightning struck numerous Templars and also recharged Altaïr's and my swords and his hidden blade. The Templars seemed to be focusing on me. Someone said that if they killed the witch the demon would disappear. I was surrounded. I did a spin attack like on the Legend of Zelda. I cut down the Templars around me. When they were consumed by white lightning I saw Nomad crush a couple of Templars and Altaïr pulled his sword out of a Templar. That was the last of them.

Nomad transformed back to his normal form. I could still sense dark energy in him from the Templar he had consumed. I used Full Moonlight to purge that dark energy out. I felt a bit strange. I figured I had been doing too much. We should get somewhere safe. I focused on Through the Never to open a portal to the moon. A portal opened. Nomad stepped through it. I told Altaïr he could come if he wanted to. He followed me through the portal. It closed behind us.

We were now in the biodome. I was standing next to Altaïr. Nomad was looking at me strangely. Altaïr was looking around at his new surroundings. I heard him ask where we were. His voice was coming from a distance. I thought maybe I was going to wake up. I felt dizzy and everything faded to black. Just as everything went black I thought I felt myself in Altaïr's arms…

Hmm... dark energy from Templars? I thought these were just harmless DC's, but now they're seeming more like NightStalkers... odd. It seems like they're adapting to your fighting styles, like they're real, intelligent beings. If I were you, I'd try to trace them to their HQ, encampment, whatever it is that they spawn from and find their leader. You might be able to interrogate one. Though I doubt it, these seem like they're all being controlled by something... or someone?

Hmm... dark energy from Templars? I thought these were just harmless DC's, but now they're seeming more like NightStalkers... odd. It seems like they're adapting to your fighting styles, like they're real, intelligent beings. If I were you, I'd try to trace them to their HQ, encampment, whatever it is that they spawn from and find their leader. You might be able to interrogate one. Though I doubt it, these seem like they're all being controlled by something... or someone?

I agree Royalpeach, sounds like a great idea

Originally Posted by Royalpeach

Hmm... dark energy from Templars? I thought these were just harmless DC's, but now they're seeming more like NightStalkers... odd. It seems like they're adapting to your fighting styles, like they're real, intelligent beings. If I were you, I'd try to trace them to their HQ, encampment, whatever it is that they spawn from and find their leader. You might be able to interrogate one. Though I doubt it, these seem like they're all being controlled by something... or someone?

That is a great idea. They are separate entities, but not Nightstalkers. They do not invade our dreams. They are confined to their own world. I really don't have much of an idea of what's going on there, as I have only been there two or three times that I can recall. I am sure Raven Knight has a better idea.

Originally Posted by WakingNomad

That is a great idea. They are separate entities, but not Nightstalkers. They do not invade our dreams. They are confined to their own world. I really don't have much of an idea of what's going on there, as I have only been there two or three times that I can recall. I am sure Raven Knight has a better idea.

I have a feeling that sometimes you might just percieve them differently than Raven. She only sees them because of Assassin's Creed, so you probably associate them with something that pisses you off in your life.

Originally Posted by Raven Knight

I did a WBTB this time… combined with a WILD I think… I don't think I quite woke up completely. I just kind of slipped from on dream into the next. I was able to keep my lucidity.

I was on the moon in the biodome. I looked around to see where I was. I was wondering how Selene was doing. I teleported to the sick bay area of the tower. Selene was in bed sleeping. I went over to her and looked at her closely. There were readings on her displays. I don't know how to read them well, but they all looked stable and strong. She was going to be ok. I teleported back to the biodome so I wouldn't disturb her.

I was back in the biodome. I petted a pit bull that came over to see me. I got a tail wag in response. Basara appeared next to me. I hadn't even had a chance to say hello to him before a portal opened and Nomad tumbled out. He landed on his knees and started puking. He puked a pile of black ooze. It was disgusting. I asked him what he had been consuming this time. I told him he should probably try absorbing and returning a safe energy before doing it with something dangerous like dark energy. He said he was getting use to it. I said you can't get used to dark energy. I helped Nomad over to the patch of grass that is like the Glen of Healing. He lied down in it. I focused on the song Full Moonlight. Basara played his guitar along with me. Golden energy flowed through Nomad and it seemed to be washing a lot of dark crap out of him. Some insects came out to clean up the dark energy. Nomad stood up and thanked me. He said he wanted to check on Selene before we went anywhere. I said ok and he disappeared.

Basara took advantage of that time to start singing to me. I sat down on a small rock and listened to the calming song. I was getting carried away by his music. The song seemed to somehow go on forever and yet it ended too soon.

Nomad was back. He said he wanted to go see the Colossus. I used Through the Never and focused on getting there. A portal opened up. The three of us went through the portal. On the other side we were standing on a boat. I wondered where the boat had come from. The boat had a really cool dragon head carved at the bow. Very detailed. Basara was rowing the boat from the back seat. Nomad stood up and walked to the front of the boat and stood there with one foot on the side of the boat.

"I'm going to laugh when you fall off," I said.

Nomad stuck his tongue out at me. He almost lost his balance before he stepped down into the boat. I asked Basara if he needed help. Basara said it was fine. He said the current was doing most of the work. He was just steering mostly. We approached the harbor. The Colossus was a huge golden statue that towered over the harbor on the left side. It was not straddling the harbor as many images show it. It was standing on a large pedestal on the left side of the harbor holding a torch out over the water with his right hand. I was thinking it probably doubled as a lighthouse beacon for approaching ships. The sheer size of the statue was amazing. It sparkled in the sunlight so that it looked like it was on fire. Beautiful. I wanted a closer look. I took to flight and headed for a closer look at the statue's face. I stopped when a bolt of lightning struck the statue. I jumped backwards in mid air. WTF? The statue came to life. I looked down at Nomad. Basara was staring at the live statue, clearly surprised. Nomad seemed amused.

Note: This got me distracted from the fact it was a dream... I went to semi-lucidity.

I turned back towards the statue. There were two huge figures now. The golden statue and another huge man in a toga with a crown who I instinctively knew was Zeus. I flew down to the boat and landed as the two giants broke into a fight. They wrestled on the ground, exchanged lightning bolt for fire ball. They fought in a massive way, clashing with the sound of thunder. Finally the golden statue threw Zeus into the sky and out of sight before returning to his pedestal and turning back into a normal statue. I was still staring at that. "Ok… that was weird…" I said to myself. Everything faded to black and I woke.

(excerpt from the DJ of Nomad)

[INDENT]

11.10.2009

Task of the Year- Collosus at Rhodes (WILD)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

Mushroom Soup on the Moon
I arrived on the Moon in the biodome, falling out of a portal, on all fours, coughing up dark energy. Raven was talking with Basara. Raven walked over to me. "Nomad," she scolded gently, "stop eating that stuff! It's making you sick!"
I stood up. "I know, but I'm getting used to it," I smiled weakly.
"Come here," she said as she led me to our little healing glen. I sat down in the grass and in lotus and closed my eyes. Raven and Basara started singing, as golden energy flowed into me, and dark enery came out of my pores and was exhaled out of my nose. I felt rejuvenated. Little shiny beetles crawled on me, eating up the dark energy, then crawled back into the grass and disappeared.
"Thank you!" I said standing up. "I am going to go check on Selene now."
"Okay," said Raven, "we will be here."
I teleported into the sick bay of the Tower. A medical droid was helping Selene with physical therapy. She was using a walker. I felt upset. I didn't know she was so sick. She looked up from the floor at me. "Hi," she smiled. "don't worry about me. I'll be back to normal soon."
The female voice of the Tower's computer said to me: Selene was poisoned in the other plane. She is being detoxified. Selene is 85% full health.
"Thank you, Computer. Selene, I have to go now. Do you want anything?"
"Yes. Mushroom soup!"
"Okay," I laughed. I teleported out of the tower, and found some mushrooms under a rotten log in the biodome. I rinsed off the mushrooms with magic, and a bowl of steaming mushroom soup appeared in my hands. I teleported back to Selene. She was half-reclining in bed.
"Thank you, dear," she smiled at me. "You can just set it on the table there. I'm kind of tired still." She passed out. I stroked her jet black hair, and kissed her forehead. I teleported out to Raven and Basara.
"Are you ready?" said Raven creating a portal.
"To the Collosus!" I said giddily. Basara smiled at me, amused.
"To the Collosus!" said Raven, and we went through.

To the Collosus!
We were in a small wooden boat with the head of a dragon, about 18 feet long. Basara was pushing us along with a pole. We were entering a harbor. There were many different types of vessels moored in the harbor an all kinds of traffic going in and out. There were two towers, about thirty feet high, on each side of the entrance to the harbor. Men on megaphones were giving people directions. Raven was sitting in the middle of the boat looking around at everything, with a little smile on her face.

I walked to the bow of the boat, and put one foot up on the foremost plank. "Oh, stop acting like George Washington, and help out here!" Raven teased. "Hey, I don't see you doing anything." THBBTP! I raspberried at her. "It's okay, this is easy!" Basara laughed.

We poled our way into the harbor. The statue of Collossus was on the left side, a huge golden man, shading his eyes from the sun, looking out to sea, standing on a cube of marble.
A lightning bolt struck the Collosus. He looked up at the sky and growled. "Hmph. Why don't you come down here, and fight me, O mighty Zeus?" he taunted.
The Collosus stepped off the marble, and walked around the edge of the harbor inland into a forest. Zeus flew down from the sky straight at the Collosus with his left fist in front of him wielding a thunderbolt. "Helio-o-o-o-o-os!" he shouted as he flew.
Zeus tackled Helios to the ground, and trees broke under them. Zeus stood up. "Now, stand and fight me, O sun god!" Zeus was in the form of a giant man, the same size as Helios, wearing a toga, leather sandals, and laurels on his head. He crouched down, and lightning crackled over his body.
Helios stood up. "Is that your best O lord of thunder?" he grinned menacingly, as flames rippled over his golden skin.
The two gods charged at each other roaring exultantly like lions hunting. They smashed together, and it sounded like thunderclaps. BOOM! They tossed each other over the landscape, and wrestled rolling over mountains. Helios changed his body into what looked like molten steel, and his flames increased.
Lightning crackled over Zues, and his eyes glowed hot white. They slammed together again. KRAKK! Helios grabbed Zeus, by the arms, and swung him around, then tossed him into the sky like a hammer throw. "Helio-o-o-o-o-os!" shouted Zeus as he flew into a gathering of dark clouds in the sky which was already shrinking.
"There will be no storms in Rhodes today, brother!" called Helios up to the sky, and laughed heartily.

Basara, Raven and I were staring in amazement, and we couldn't help but laugh with the god.
"Now where are we going?" said Raven.
"You know where," I grinned.
"Oh right!" she said, remembering, then created a portal, and we went through. (continued in my personal DJ)

WOOHOO!

A shared lucid Task of the Year! KICKASS!!!