Task of the Month for September 2012

[OpheliaBlue]

Introduction: This topic is for the Lucid Tasks that are assigned by the Dream Guide Team or voted on by experienced dreamers. Please attempt one or both of these tasks throughout the month. Report back in this thread, even if you didn't successfully accomplish the task, your efforts should make interesting reading! This is required in order to get credit, it is no longer sufficient just to say that you did it. When you complete a task: go to your control panel, then to permission groups, and request to be in the group that applies to the task that you've done. Of course you still need to post the dream here because we check. Whoever completes either of these tasks gets the following goodies until the end of the month: Your name will be displayed in ORANGE in the online members list at the bottom of the main forum page. You will receive a special title and badge. You will receive access to the "Lucid Task Club" which is a limited access forum for people that complete the lucid task each month. Tasks for this month: Basic Task - Shrink yourself down to the size of an insect and explore the world. Advanced Task - Swim in an ocean during the Cretaceous Era, and describe the marine life you come across.

[XaldiN]

It's 3 September here so about time??? okay of course i'm joking :D I'll try this month's task for sure, the shrinking idea seems interesting. If I succeeded in the basic I'll start searching what's that Cretaceous Era..

[Mancon]

The ocean one sounds fun!

[anderj101]

I did the basic a some time ago LINK (paragraph 5). Hopefully I can do this again for the ToTM and hold it for a bit longer than I did before. The advanced sounds interesting. ...perhaps I'll summon a flying Delorean with a flux capacitor, then jump into the ocean once I get back that far in time.

[sketchy21]

Can I do both in one dream like walk around through 60ft grass with the bugs then dive into the water of the cretaceous and ride around on an ammonite's tentacle?

[OpheliaBlue]

Can I do both in one dream like walk around through 60ft grass with the bugs then dive into the water of the cretaceous and ride around on an ammonite's tentacle? Yeah, the rules about doing the tasks in separate dreams is for the task of the year, but I don't see any reason to complete both TOTMs in one dream. Also, great job folks on doing your research! When I picked the cretaceous era, I was totally thinking of that beast you posted Ctharlie. This one is going to be tough as nails for me particularly, because I'm scared shitless of water in lucid dreams. So I'm hoping to get over that fear this month! And the bug one was oreoboy's idea, so thanks for that man!

[bindibadgi]

I'm scared shitless of water in lucid dreams. Mate, you and me both. Not just in dreams for me; the ocean makes my skin crawl. I can't even watch TV shows about it without having a panic attack! Nevertheless, I'm going to try it. I believe it could be my first non-demonic lucid nightmare, so I guess that's something.

[incendrio]

if you always have demonic scary nightmares why are you trying to have them :/

[Ctharlhie]

The Cretaceous oceans were badass!

[OpheliaBlue]

The Cretaceous oceans were badass! There's always a bigger fish:

[Ctharlhie]

There's always a bigger fish: Unfortunately, sharks didn't get that big in the Cretaceous. That looks to be a megalodon, which lived around 40m years after the extinction of the dinosaurs. I'm pretty sure the mosasaur was the apex predator of the Cretaceous sea, so the sea monster one up Phantom Menace reference breaks down

[Aristaeus]

Hmm...finally, an interesting monthly task. I will definitely try those two out, assuming I will finally be able to break this unrelenting dry spell that has been plaguing me all year long. I still need to finish the Task of the Year before time runs out...

[VictoReverie]

These sound like AWESOME tasks, definitely gonna do them!

[Komisoft]

Ophelia SMASHES the TotM's this month. Really good tasks. I have always been interested in exploring oceans, so I'm defiantly trying this one. The insect one also seems very awesome. Great tasks!

[paigeyemps]

Awwwwyea these are awesome! And i hope i remember to do them, especially the ocean one, since oceans are my most prominent dream signs! Yessss super excited

[Thena]

I definitely want to give these a try! Though I wish I had paid more attention when I was at the natural history museum last week. There were quite a few marine fossils from the age of dinosaurs.

[Xanous]

OMG I had a huge lucid breakthrough. Not only did I successfully WILD and have a epic LD but I did the Advanced Task for the first time ever! And Holy Shit I had to fight hard to get there! I had to swallow fear and fight confusion and use the force to get out of my house... nothing wanted to work and DCs didn't cooperate but I was so determined that I found a way. LOL. The dream is really long but here is the TOTM part. Plus a link The Deep Blue Sea Edit:Oh and there will be typos. You'll have to excuse that. I'll have to fix it later today. fixed... I think. Wait.. Am I the first this time? Spoiler for The Deep Blue Sea excerpt: I walk to the next room and see a black pod of some sort. It looks like a SCI-FI deep sleep chamber. That has to be it! I get in and lie down. The lid closes and the light dims. Nothing happens. I look by my right hand and see a control panel. I punch a few buttons and say, "Cretaceous Period!" I hear a chiming sound and a swooshing noise. Then a chiming sound and the lid opens. I AM AT THE BOTTOM OF AN OCEAN FLOOR! I see all the fish from the Sea Monsters show. Thousands of fish swimming all over the place. I am so happy. This is way better than Nigel and his ship! I am right in it. I see a Mosasaur right off the bat. I dont see sharks. I see something like Ichthyosaurs. I see a few Xiphactinus. I also see hundreds of other things that don't belong. Like little cartoony worm like things on the floor. And cartoony looking turtles. There was so much activy and so many different things swimming around that I have hard time seeing it all. I feel like sensory over load. I hear some silly music and a dopey voice singing. "...Here I am swimming in the deep blue sea. The deep blue see. The deep blue sea...." I laugh my ass off at this. I laughingly repeat "The deep blue sea hahaha!" I notice and am not surprised that I can breath underwater. I remember that every underwater dream I could always breath like no big deal. I begin to swim. I notice the coral life in the floor and white sand. I see a deep ocean floor valley not far away. The water is so clear and everything is amazingly beautiful. But the ocean life is so thick! None of the fish seem to notice me and I am not afraid. Even when the big fish with large teeth swim by I feel calm and they ignore me. The fish don't even bother to eat each other. This Cretaceous Ocean is tame. I am surprised at this because I thought for sure I would be eaten if I pulled this off. I get kind of bored just swimming. I feel content that I completed my task and am happy with myself. I see woman in a bright red one piece. She is just floating like she is dead. But I see her head turn and one eye look at me. Her reddish hair flows in the water. I come to her from behind. At first I act like I am a fish and lightly bite her arm. Then I get really horny again the dream turns into the best lucid sex ever. I feel really guilty because I don't like wasting a dream on sex. I didn't care at that point. I'll leave the rest to the imagination... Afterwards. I notice we are on a white sandy beach and I see a rock cliff. For some reason I think there is a road up there but I don't care. I really just want to wake up now and record my dream. At that thought the world fades to black.

[OpheliaBlue]

Failed attempt at the advanced task, although it was a successful WILD and I got somewhat close to accomplishment: I found myself in an oyster dive, overlooking the ocean. It looked like a delta in the everglades, that stretched out to the gulf. Only thing between me and the water was the front door of the dive and a parking lot and some sand. I went out the screen door, and stepped into the parking lot. I could see the bright orange sun getting close to setting, so I knew I needed to work fast. A little dude dressed in a white suit, who looked like that little guy from Fantasy Island, was there to greet me in his car. He said he would drive me to the shore. I said no thanks, I didn't want to drive or walk because I'm running out of time and the scene tends to change on me when I do that. So I remembered my mistake from my last lucid, and that I should have flown to my destination. So I did a little running start, and managed to fly/hop like a wounded bird and quickly made it to the shore. The little dude met me there in his car anyway. It was still light out, but the sun had just set. And the water now looked black, arrrghhhh. I think of the task and don't want to blow it, so I bravely step into the water and start walking to the deeper part, preparing to dive in. I don't know how I'm going to see down there, and I'm not even in the Cretaceous Era. So I'm about shin deep now, and as I'm pondering how I can make time travel and light happen, I see two somethings under the water, racing straight for me, creating huge wakes. I turned around and ran straight out of the water, and angled right. I looked over my shoulder, and the little dude was still on the beach. Two gigantic animatronic pliosaurs shot out of the water, and one of them ate the little dude! I just kept running along the beach. I was having a hard time running AWAY from the beach, more like I just kept running along the shore line. I lost my sight again and either went nonlucid or woke up briefly, I can't remember.

[Chimpertainment]

Failed attempt here as well. Bit off a little more than my lucid skills can chew. I am standing on a hill. There is brownish grass with some lighter green patches scattered here and there. The sky is a bright blue with some wispy clouds floating about. I become aware that I am dreaming. This lucid is extremely vivid and clear. There is a town at the bottom of the hill. The buildings seem kind of run down yet still modern looking. They are made of plaster, something you might see in the desert. However this place resembles the high desert. This cluster of buildings in surrounded by hills one of which I am standing upon. There is a tree behind me and I can see the shadow of the tree splattering the brownish grass at my feet. This feels amazing. I have a very clear memory of the day before I went to sleep and I remember that I want to try the advanced TOTM. I say out loud.."go to the cretaceous era and swim in the water to see what marine life is there"...I wonder how I am going to get there since this is apparently a time when man is alive. I decide that I will close my eyes and produce a new scene. When I close my eyes, I see some shapes and faded colors. I cannot focus however, and it seems like I am trying to hard to control the content of this new dream. I realize I am losing my lucidity and attempt to open my eye; however the old dream is gone. I feel a weight pulling down my lucidity and I struggle to retain control. It is too difficult and I wake up. Funny part is, my next dream was a non lucid where i go underwater. Unfortunately there were no dinosaurs, just the alien ships from Battleship 2012. DJ Entry Im gonna go for the basic instead tonight. I remember doing this one before so hopefully my skills are up to the task. And yeah, especially good tasks this month!

[RareCola]

I've been watching Planet Dinosaur to try and get inspiration for the Advanced Task. This underwater episode is really great if anyone's looking for some inspiration: Planet Dinosaur S01E04 Fight For Life HDTV Part 1/2 - YouTube

[Chimpertainment]

more inspiration

[Marm]

I find prehistoric marine life scary so I'll pass. Good set of tasks though.

[RareCola]

I find prehistoric marine life scary so I'll pass. Good set of tasks though. That's the whole point! The awesome part of lucid dreaming is that you can confront these fears, do things in the dreams that you never would have the courage (or ability, in this case) to do in waking life.

[dreamscaper22]

i will give this a go...wish me luck

[OpheliaBlue]

Here's a gem for inspiration: Sea Monsters - A Walking with Dinosaurs Trilogy (I think it also helps with the time travel aspect of it a bit too): Sea Monsters - A Walking with Dinosaurs Trilogy (HD Quality) [Ep. 1] - YouTube Sea Monsters - A Walking with Dinosaurs Trilogy (HD Quality) [Ep. 2] - YouTube Sea Monsters - A Walking with Dinosaurs Trilogy (HD Quality) [Ep. 3] - YouTube