Thread: Task of the Month for July 2012

I'm sad to see the lack of advanced task attempts. Not one person has achieved golden wings yet!

I've had about 3 tries I think, each time I fail at the scene transition.

I struggle with scene changes, too.

In fact, when I was attempting the mirror teleportation TotM I whacked my head against many unsuccessful attempts (sometimes literally!) including on lucid where I tried to pass my hand through the mirror first and instead the mirror smashed, dropping massive shards in my hand and my feet. It bloody hurt as well.

Originally Posted by Ctharlhie

I struggle with scene changes, too.

In fact, when I was attempting the mirror teleportation TotM I whacked my head against many unsuccessful attempts (sometimes literally!) including on lucid where I tried to pass my hand through the mirror first and instead the mirror smashed, dropping massive shards in my hand and my feet. It bloody hurt as well.

Ah I've had similar struggles with scene changes, from running into walls to slamming face-first into the ground.

The advanced task would be amazing, but I'm gonna keep trying at the basic one for the rest of the month!

Originally Posted by RareCola

I'm sad to see the lack of advanced task attempts. Not one person has achieved golden wings yet!

I've had about 3 tries I think, each time I fail at the scene transition.

I achieved golden wings.

Then again, by person you probably meant anyone but me.

Did the basic. The potion just made me become weightless like Charlie in the Chocolate Factory. Not very exciting.

YES! I did it! I had an extremely long lucid, and in the middle of the dream I remembered the Basic Task. I found a bottle in a bathroom, which contained a color changing liquid smelling like candy. The problem is that the dream was so long that I can't remember what happened next Oh, well

Ah that sucks WDr, I'm sorry. You really don't remember anything specifically after you smelled the potion? Were you able to drink it at all? I had an almost experience myself this morning.

The man in the dream was the Polish composer, Chopin:

I put my hands on his shoulders and set him down gently on an incredibly opulent Victorian style sofa, and said "Please forgive me, but I have to remember the TOTM, it's very important." He looked at me quizzically, and then jolted as I yelled out "Drink a potion!!! You have to help me find a potion so I can drink it and describe it's effects!!" He looked extremely confused, and possibly worried from his mistress's sudden onset of insanity, then everything went vertigo. I was pulled backwards by an invisible force, and I watched the beautiful man on the beautiful sofa in the beautiful room, fade into the back of my eyelids, and I woke up.

Oh no, I'm running out of time...

You can do it! Go now sleep dream!

I don't know what happened here, but:

Spoiler for :

Basic Task

During a nap, I become lucidly aware. I made a mistake and remembered the potion as the advanced one and forgot the basic. I summon a bottle in my pocket and it is blue. I pop the lid and down it quickly. My stomach starts to hurt and I am losing lucidity quickly. I have a false awakening at this point, and my throat fills like I had some very strong alcohol (think Everclear). I try to sleep it off, and every time I go to sleep, it ends in a very strong pain response.

I believe I poisoned myself in my dream. When I finally woke up, I had phantom pains.

Well done Oneireus!

Came upon this thread late, thoroughly enjoyed reading all attempts listed. It's been a week of fragments but I am determined to do at least one of these before the month is up!

My goal for next month is to get both early on. I always wait way too late.

I finallyyyy got the basic task after 3 damn tries this month.

Spoiler for just the TOTM part:

I looked around quickly, and on the end table next to the bed was what looked like my entire collection of nail polish bottles. I picked one up, willing it to turn into a potion bottle or something, but nothing happened. I thought to myself, "There's no way I'm drinking a bottle of nail polish, even in a dream." I wanted something better, so I was rummaging through the bottles, knocking some over, when I noticed one of the bottles was somewhat bigger than the normal nail polish sized. I picked it up and it was half-full of a liquid that looked just like listerine. Oh well, better than nail polish haha. I went to the mirror and looked at myself, I didn't look like myself at all, more like an extra tan version of a Kardashian sister. I took the lid off the bottle, and hoped my subconscious would make the contents into a potion, and not mouth wash, though I was doubtful. I took a swig, and the flavor was amazing! It tasted like minty white chocolate, and really smooth and creamy. More like, a melted white chocolate ganache. By far the best dream flavor I ever had, it seemed even more intense than a real life flavor, and that's never happened to me before with anything other than visions and sounds. I was hopeful, but still doubtful that it would do anything. Funny how I can be doubtful and it doesn't matter. I stared at my reflection, and I noticed a wound appear on the side of my nose, on my cheek, and on my chin, all on the left side of my face. They looked like little spots that had gotten really chapped and red, with flaky skin. Then something came out of them, and the best way I can describe this, is that it was kind of like an anti-tattoo. Instead of an ink-colored pattern, it was white, and it began to spread from each of the wounds, decorating my entire face. The design looked like tiny little white thorny vines, coiling around every square inch of my face, with little white roses, and white leaves, until my face was half tanned skin and half thorny vine tattoo.

I won't bother winging myself since there's only one damn day left anyway. It's the satisfaction from accomplishment

Probably a good thing I tackled the basic task early because the rest of my month has been crazy. And I really was looking forward to trying the advanced task… At the moment, I'll settle for actually getting some sleep.

Went lucid and completely forgot the advanced task. I think for next month I will create journal entries on the tasks just so I don't forget.

TOTM for august coming soon! On my lunch break!!

Task of the Month is such a brilliant idea. I know that I want to lucid dream but I can't ever come up with nifty things to try, but thanks to task of the month! I need not fear. Thanks! I will definitely use the months as an archive for ideas!