Thread: Task of the Month for January 2011

Awesome tasks

I hope it doesn't hurt... lol

Yay

That was an easy suggestion.

I will get working on it.

On time! Took me four nights! The longest I needed to complete one of these!!!

30.12.2010

My subconscious strikes me with a lighting and I trample some houses. (WILD)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

I have been a big while without recording dreams here. I do have in fact a big pile of dreams, but I do not have time to write them down. Some good changes in my professional life are happening, and finally I will be able to work on a schedule.

I completed the ToTM for January, it took me four days this time! The longest I needed to complete one of these. Even on this one a little assistance from my subconscious helped me.

Here it goes:

- I woke up at 7am and I had a little more time to sleep, so I did. I woke up again and I told myself that is was going to be the 5th night without success. I closed my eyes and I started to see some mild hynogogic imaginary, so I tried to WILD, my least successful technique. The hypnogogic grew and I allowed it to happen. I saw some flashes and then I heard some noises. The dream formed on my head, but I could not open my eyes. I had no vision, just hearing and feeling.

I finally found myself into a dream. It was raining, there was a heavy storm and some people riding brooms fighting some aliens. I tried to fly with a little difficulty. There was an u.f.o. that pushed me down, but it got destroyed and I could fly better. Other of those u.f.os. made some sort of energy wave and pushed me to the clouds. A lighting bolt fell into the ground, very close to me. I avoided it because I thought I would wake up. A few lighting bolts tried to hit me without success. I finally got hit by one, realizing I did not wake up. On that moment I remember that I completed some old task of the month that was suggested...

I decided to land and remembered my advanced task of the month. Grow and trample all over. I placed my hand in the pocket with the intention of pull one of those pixelated stars from super paper Mario for Wii. Instead I pulled a mega-mushroom, however, it was small an fit in my hand






I ate the mushroom and I started to grow in no time. I could hear the music from Mega Pixelated Mario from Super Paper Mario and I saw all the buildings tiny, in addition of some random Mario graphics such as blocks. I trampled over everything while I heard the music. The music ended after a while, but I did not loose my giant form. I felt it was funny that my subconsciousness skipped to shrink me back to my regular size.

Suddenly, I saw a building even bigger than me. I could not trample it, but I damaged the wall, so after a few seconds, I was able to make a hole in the wall. I saw three dream characters eating something on a table. I remembered I had to freeze them for the basic task, however, I was worried the clock was going to ring, I knew it was time to wake up. I said, "Frozen!" and I would release some white stuff from my hand into the man, but he defrosted at the very moment.
After a few attempts, I tried with, "Freeze" to the mom instead. He face turned blue, darker every time I said, "Freeze" The kid was crying saying, "Mommy is getting hurt." I continued saying, "Freeze" until the mom was frozen solid. Right after that I completed the task, I woke up.

During my very first minutes from waking, I was assured that Freezing someone was the basic task and getting struck by a lighting bolt was just a suggestion from older months. It took me a while to notice it was the opposite! Oh well, I completed both plus the advanced, so I am good

It wasn't January when you posted that!

Anyway, cool tasks. They should be a bit easier since you don't have to raid an entire city.

Just a general apology. I tagged two of my DJ posts with "task of the month" because I thought that meant that I completed a personal goal- not an organized task here in the forums. Sorry if that confused anyone. I'm still a newbie and I'm surfing this website today and realized my mistake.

I like these.

going in for a try at this,how will you know if i did it right? i wont lie about it but...how can you tell if did it or not. be back in the morning,kENy

Originally Posted by Warchief2048

going in for a try at this,how will you know if i did it right? i wont lie about it but...how can you tell if did it or not. be back in the morning,kENy

It would be pretty pointless to lie about, don't you think?

I'll probably do the tasks either tonight or the next day.

I forgot, does it count if you do one of these accidently (during a lucid of course) so if i were to trample a town and get struck by lightning while doing so, would i get both?

Electric Bolt/Destroyed Town/Village
by Warchief2048
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So i tried the task of the month-"stand next to a thunderstorm and get hit wth an electric bolt" i dont know if i did it right because i created my own thunderstorm, i was standing on the side of a mountain with my hands raised looking towards the sky,as i began to make the clouds twirl and the wind gust,the whole sky became a green blue grey mess of clouds and down below i could see a small town(the 2nd task at hand) so i beagan o make the electricity crack across the sky and light up the heavens,it was so loud and scary but i didnt feel vulnerable at all,as i stood there watching the rain poor more and more this big flood came from the otherside of the mountain and washed out the little town. everything was pretty much all gone but i had no control of the water,so i'm sorry to the villagers/town people who lived there. any way as soon as i seen the town being flooded i felt this electric vibe all around me,kinda like when i begin to charge my hands to shoot electricity, i just didnt try and control it and then BAM!! i got hit with a jolt of lightning and this happened 3 times,everytime i was hit with the bolt of lightning my vision would go to black and white instead of our normal colors,it waas so cool,i didnt know i could do that,i never dream in black and white. and when i began to wake up i would calm my excitement down and then i could stabilize the storm. the weird thing to me was the B/W color and the fact that everytime i would almost wake up i could feel my left middle finger burning and then when i was fully awake my finger felt like it was on fire for about 10 minutes after waking. so i didnt get to trample the town but i did flood it out,guess i will try and trample the town tonight. thanks for the suggestions. i've been a giant before but i've never tried being ten times my size,sounds like fun. so sleep well and stay awake in your dreams. Talk to you tomorrow to let you know how it went.
kENY

thats not the point iwas trying to make numb nuts

Originally Posted by Warchief2048

thats not the point iwas trying to make numb nuts

Now now...

And damn I had a WILD this morning but wasn't able to succeed. It's hard to get struck by lightning indoors

I have managed to fulfill the Basic Task this month, albeit inadvertently. Below, I have copy-pasted the details from my dream log. I have highlighted the lucid portion of the dream in blue.

Spoiler for Dream:

Dream Log Entry
Dream Type: DILD
Date: 1/5-6/2011

Walking Through the Rainy City


I was once again back in my hometown, on my old street. It was late afternoon, and the sky was ablaze by the setting sun. I was in the front yard of the house belonging to an old acquaintance, which resided just at the end of the block. Though I recognized the area immediately, there were a few objects missing--namely the long, age-worn, baby-blue van, the small white trailer with the red, blue, and yellow balloons painted on it, and the fence that should have surrounded the yard. And one side of the house was now a wall of tinted glass windows. The area was otherwise the same as it had been; the grass was dead, and the surrounding trees were withered and lifeless.
I was apparently helping the neighbor with various tasks, accompanied by a person I recognized as an old classmate from middle school, the name of whom I have forgotten. He still had that pudgy baby-face, and that same puffy, curly chestnut hair, and had not aged a day since last I saw him, which was a long, long time ago. He wore a baggy white shirt bearing orange text written in a circle which surrounded a strange, orange emblem, and also wore a pair of baggy jeans that sagged far below his waist.
At some point, uttering some form of profane dialogue I cannot remember clearly, the boy walked over to an old, grey car, lifted its hood, and proceeded to observe the interior. While doing so, he lit a cigarette to his mouth, and upon seeing that, I immediately began running from him and the car. Very soon after, the car exploded with a hollow boom.
In his frustration, the boy, apparently unscathed by the blast, suddenly pulled out a machine gun and began to fire at various objects. He started with the wall of tinted glass windows, shattering them one by one, then began moving on to other objects. I remember speaking to him, perhaps trying to tell him to stop. Then he turned the fire arm on me.
I raised my left forearm in front of my face defensively, the back of my hand facing outward, and projected a force field which deflected the bullets soaring towards me. The instant the firing stopped, I thrusted my right hand, palm open, in the direction of the boy and hurled a surge of unseen force, sending him flying through the windows he had shattered. I went in after him, and suddenly found myself in what seemed to be an office building. I searched hallway after hallway for the boy, but to no avail.
After giving up my search, I eventually found myself inside one of the offices in the building, along with three other individuals, two male and one female, judging by the voices; I did not take the time to get a clear look at them. It was in this moment I suddenly realized I was dreaming.
I stood over a wooden desk inside the blue-carpeted office, looking at a trio of blue pamphlets (I cannot remember what was written on them) while the three people in the room conversed. Shortly afterwards, I exited the office to find myself inside a compact, somewhat cluttered bedroom, which also bore a blue carpet. As I walked into the bedroom, observing the long, short television set, the shelves of which bore various disorganized objects and electronics, I notice a dirty-blonde, pale-skinned woman rise from under the blue covers of the bed that stood across the television set.
Ignoring primal instincts, I quickly turned away from the alluring sight and walked toward the only window in the room to look outside. The first thing I noticed was that it was raining, the second that someone outside seemed to be in trouble.
Below, near the foot of the building I was currently in, was a young couple, both of whom seemed to be of Asian descent. They were both wearing black leather suits. The female of the couple seemed to have hurt herself (or, perhaps, something or someone hurt her), as she was lying face down on the ground. I watched as the male rose from his knees to his feet and run inside the building, presumably to find help.
Wanting to see what the matter was, I opened the window, wriggled myself through it, leapt outward, and with my Wings of the Heart, slowed my descent. As I landed feet first onto the pavement, the woman slowly rose to her feat. I asked her, “Are you alright?” She nodded in the affirmative, and I, seeing that nothing was wrong, simply walked past her.
I continued to walk down the sidewalk until I reached a clearing among the buildings. At this point, the sky began to slowly clear, though the rain seemed to persist. Within the clearing was an orange gas station, at the center of the clearing was a cylindrical, cartoon-like skyscraper, towards which I immediately began to journey.
Before I could go any further, as I put on my sunglasses (since when the blazes do I wear sunglasses?), I was suddenly struck by a bolt of lighting. Despite the blinding flash that accompanied the lighting bolt, however, there was no ear-rending pop which usually accompanies a nearby lightning bolt. Nevertheless, the jolt it sent throughout my body was far from enjoyable. As I lay motionless on the ground, the last thing I see before waking up is the setting sun.
Wanting to reenter the dream, I closed my eyes once more without moving an inch. As I entered the WILD, however, a pair of eerie blue-indigo eyes--not quite cat, not quite human-shaped--took form and, for an unknown time period, stared back at me. The unnerving chill the eyes gave me, coupled with the usual discomfort of entering sleep paralysis and REM was enough for me to break off the attempt.
Annnnd so my morning in the waking world began.

With most of my dreams I have at least partial control, but am not always lucid (I'll think things should happen a certain way and they do, and I only realize I was dreaming when I wake up). If I complete the task while doing that does it count?

Originally Posted by gl431

With most of my dreams I have at least partial control, but am not always lucid (I'll think things should happen a certain way and they do, and I only realize I was dreaming when I wake up). If I complete the task while doing that does it count?

"This topic is for the Lucid Tasks that are assigned by me[ninja9578] or voted on by experienced dreamers. Please attempt one or both of these tasks throughout the month."

I hope I could LD tonight and do these.

I did the advanced task tonight.

I had set the alarm to ring at 6. I had planned to do a WILD, but I just fell asleep again. Still, I became lucid when I found myself in a room in my old school. My friend was there. I asked him if he knew he was a DC. I don't remember his reply, but I wanted him to join me through my dream. I told him to get on one of the two swings that were in the room. We got on each our swing and started swinging very fast. As we were swinging, we wouldn't collide with the roof or the floor. Then, the swings detached and we were launched through the wall to and into the sky above vast, green fields. Ahead was a perfect square of big city. My friend wasn't there anymore, I forgot about him or didn't really care as I remembered the task of the month. I landed with my feet on the ground while my head was still very far above the ground, so I had grown in mid air. There were little fireworks coming from the city. I stepped right into it and started crushing buildings with my feet. There were no sounds from the city. I felt that it was too easy and that I wanted to be smaller. I closed my eyes, and when I opened them, all the buildings were repaired and I was smaller. I could push buildings over with my hands, and I did. I started running buildings over as if I was playing rugby. I gradually grew again. The city never ended and there was little change to the buildings. When I was big enough to step on buildings again, giant rats (but small compared to be) started running through the streets. I ignored them. I tried to remember the other task, but I woke up from a "don't think about waking up".

hah, this is cool. I am going to try this.

I've been struck by lightning once lucid. I could do it again! I'll give it a shot as well as the complex task.

Dang! I was lucid in a building, so I got out of the building and stood in the middle of this street in a small city, and looked down at the ground. I imagined myself getting bigger and seeing the ground around me getting smaller, but instead I started to wake up. I was close! =\

Originally Posted by Warchief2048

going in for a try at this,how will you know if i did it right? i wont lie about it but...how can you tell if did it or not. be back in the morning,kENy

I'm pretty sure they use the "trust" system..

I want to do the advanced one!

Good job guys!
I will deliver your wings in a couple hours! (Just saw this before leaving)