Thread: Task of the Month for September 2012

holy crap, Nigel is a badass! "The one thing you should never do is go in the water" *splash* lol

Failed attempt last night after work, I walked into a teleporter looking machine and emerged in a cloud of smoke but really small and the grass was huge. I didn't walk far before a scorpion crawled out of the tall grass and went to attack me, for some reason when it struck its stinger I was all geared up like Indiana Jones and sliced the tip of its stinger off and it looked just like a bulls horn so I carved it into a trumpet in a few seconds and the scorpion became submissive. The whole time this was going on I could see wasps and bugs flying in the distance but when I focused on them they'd blur like I wasn't close enough to see them so I decided to try ride the scorpion, I climbed on and then woke up, must have been too tired and passed out, was pretty wrecked from work.
I'll try again tonight at the exploring part and see what happens, decided I'd listen to OpheliaBlue's comment and attempt the tasks separately to better enjoy them I think.

I'm usually pretty good about breathing under water in dreams and feeling comfortable (I had myself fully convinced that I could fly and breathe under water when i was young lol) but this might freak me out a little bit. I'll try to do it if I can remember, I get a little engulfed in the current plot or desire of my lucid dreams so I don't often try random things that I think about in waking life...

The closest I came to doing this was becoming semi-lucid where I shrank myself down to a rat and ran through piping under the streets. XD

Do both at once? I think so, I need wings.

I'll be doing both tasks this month. Thanks for the visuals! My only problem is I DEILD... A LOT. I always start from getting out of bed in those LDs so I need to think of an easy was to teleport from my house to the ocean. mmmhhhh. Suggestions?

Originally Posted by Xanous

I'll be doing both tasks this month. Thanks for the visuals! My only problem is I DEILD... A LOT. I always start from getting out of bed in those LDs so I need to think of an easy was to teleport from my house to the ocean. mmmhhhh. Suggestions?

Have you ever tried portals? Ask oreo, he has alot of experience with this. I use mirrors, or open doors to change scenes. That can work in DEILDs, DILDs, WILDs, doesn't matter.

Also, am I the only one who noticed that the plesiosaur on the first page is giving birth? lol

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

Have you ever tried portals? Ask oreo, he has alot of experience with this. I use mirrors, or open doors to change scenes. That can work in DEILDs, DILDs, WILDs, doesn't matter.

It's hit and miss for me but I guess it's my best choice. I'll see what I can come up with. I'm thinking mirror or front door to Nigel's boat.

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

Also, am I the only one who noticed that the plesiosaur on the first page is giving birth? lol

Eeeewwwwwww! I missed that.

Originally Posted by Xanous

It's hit and miss for me but I guess it's my best choice. I'll see what I can come up with. I'm thinking mirror or front door to Nigel's boat.

I was thinking of Nigel's boat too! At least to use it as a time machine, and maybe borrow that spherical cage and the zapper probe lol. I'm such a chicken.

Eeeewwwwwww! I missed that.

Haha I did too at first

Completed the advanced task this afternoon:

Lucid #76: Advanced ToTM - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

I jumped in. I was underwater, a few feet from the surface. It was very dark, but I could see that there were dolphins around me. They looked so cute, just a bit larger than me. There were about 5 or 6 of them, swimming playfully. Then I remembered my last unfinished personal monthly goal, which was to turn into a mermaid (thanks NoDaniel for the idea ). I was initially planning to turn into a mermaid while doing the advanced ToTM, so I'd hit two birds with one stone. Plus, it'd be easier to travel underwater and there won't be any breathing problems.

I closed my eyes and imagined turning into a mermaid. I tried moving my legs but it felt like they were glued together. They felt very light too. I looked down at myself and saw that I had a shimmery silver fin, which was about twice as long as my normal legs. It was really cool. I decided to swim down, thinking that the deeper I go, the further into the past I'd end up in. (Perfect logic seems legit ) After about 20 meters or so, I started seeing huge aquatic thingies moving past me. They moved really fast so I couldn't see what they were. I shifted upright, and stayed still. Then this ginormous crocodile-looking creature moved beside me. It was quite different though; it didn't have reptile scales, but a fish-type skin. I could see there were about 3-4 of them in the distance. There were also a lot of squid-looking creatures that were as big as me, floating around. There were seaweeds too -- I had to push some of them away from me.

I decided to swim back up to the surface. I must've lost lucidity sometime in between, because I don't remember ever reaching the top.

P.S. So I was looking up pics of the cretaceous period animals and found this, and I remember seeing it about 2 weeks ago. Good job brain, for remembering

Originally Posted by paigeyemps

After about 20 meters or so, I started seeing huge aquatic thingies moving past me. They moved really fast so I couldn't see what they were. I shifted upright, and stayed still. Then this ginormous crocodile-looking creature moved beside me. It was quite different though; it didn't have reptile scales, but a fish-type skin. I could see there were about 3-4 of them in the distance. There were also a lot of squid-looking creatures that were as big as me, floating around. There were seaweeds too -- I had to push some of them away from me.

I just want to say that this severely freaks me out. For some reason, the only real big fear I have that I've ever been able to think of is fear of being underwater with big unknown sea creatures. Video game sequences with monsters in water always freaked me the hell out as a child (think the Icythyosaur from Half-Life). I don't know what it is, something about them being so obscured and being mostly helpless... Trying to imagine actually experiencing what you describe in a lucid dream, there's no way I could handle it haha I'd be freaked out and destabilize.

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

Also, am I the only one who noticed that the plesiosaur on the first page is giving birth? lol

Are you not inspired?

The portal idea is something I need to try. Trying to control a new scene seems to fail...

LOVE THESE TASK, especially the ocean one! the sad thing is, after seeing all these images, I'll get eaten after just a few seconds

Anyways, going to try the advanced one, that's for sure!

I've been too busy to focus on lucid dreaming, but I did have a non-lucid dream earlier this week where I was a tiny piece of cheese (kind of like shrinking myself). I was on the floor of the kitchen with a piece of bread. We (the piece of bread and I) were trying to stay hidden near the base of the cupboards since we knew if the guy in the kitchen saw us, he'd pick us up and eat us. We made it to the dining room at which point we were no longer tiny and then proceeded to play poker with the people in there. It was a really odd dream.

^^ Some people like scary movies...

Congratulations Xanous, and yeah you're the first this month!! (god damnit you suck)

Seriously awesome dream, you deserve the victory sex. I love how you saw different creatures from different prehistoric eras. I wish there had been a way for you to video the dream, I would love to have seen all that rich sea life. And lmao at your little song

LMAO Thanks! I wish I could draw well that would make a sweet scene!

I am duly impressed, Xanous! (Jealous, too.) Really nice work.

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

Seriously awesome dream, you deserve the victory sex. I love how you saw different creatures from different prehistoric eras.

LOL. When I read these sentences and saw "victory sex" followed by "different creatures from different prehistoric eras", I had to really brace myself before reading Xanous' "spoiler" subsection.

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

I am duly impressed, Xanous! (Jealous, too.) Really nice work.



LOL. When I read these sentences and saw "victory sex" followed by "different creatures from different prehistoric eras", I had to really brace myself before reading Xanous' "spoiler" subsection.

Well you know different strokes for different folks. Ha!

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

I'm glad I watched that Nigel show, because it gave me the idea to have a plan first. In this case it was to go underwater with something around me to protect me. And to conjure a weapon (though I forgot in the dream). Anyway, I completed the advanced task! It was no where near as cool as yours Xanous, I was still pretty chicken lol. Anyway, it was a true DEILD this time, and here's the task bit:

Edit: I didn't wing myself because I didn't technically swim at any point in time like the task stated. If I attempt it again this month, I'll do the same thing, but I'll scrap the sub and conjure one of those special underwater electrocutie sticks like Nigel had. Maybe two! Committing this to memory now.

That's a really cool dream. The canoe/sub was a good idea... Nigel is the shit. I wish I had actually found him in mine.

That was a really awesome dream, I'm jealous! The 9th and the first to complete the task, people seem to be struggling again this month, haha.

I'm glad I watched that Nigel show, because it gave me the idea to have a plan first. In this case it was to go underwater with something around me to protect me. And to conjure a weapon (though I forgot in the dream). Anyway, I completed the advanced task! It was no where near as cool as yours Xanous, I was still pretty chicken lol. Anyway, it was a true DEILD this time, and here's the task bit:

Then I think of the advanced TOTM and I bet I can manipulate this river into a cretaceous ocean once I'm underwater. Ever since I chickened out in my last attempt, I formed a plan: find water again, have a cage or some kind of underwater enclosure that lets me see but not get hurt, and one of those electrocutey things. It's a tall order I admit, but I'm really determined! Anyway, I flew up to the river bank, and I noticed a partially sunken inflatable blue canoe, big enough for one. I landed next to it, pulled it out and it immediately popped into shape. I sat down inside it, and it shoved itself on down the river. I willed it to form a glass shell over the top, which it did (but it didn't close properly, which I will discover later). I forgot about the weapon, oops. To my right in my new "sub" is a little control panel with a few unmarked buttons. I pretend I'm punching a combination for "The Cretaceous Period" and I say it aloud as I'm pushing the buttons. The submarine sinks to the ocean floor, and it's brown and murky and a bit hard to see (a little visual snowish). But I squint and pay close attention and move forward across the prehistoric ocean floor, looking for life. Sure enough, I see something that looks like an alligator at first, but as it got closer I noticed it was a young pliosaur. It was weaving left and right along the ocean floor, then it saw me. It paused for a moment and looked at me and I froze. It looked angry, like it wanted to get to me but didn't bother trying because I was protected. Then it swam off. A whole school of pliosaurs came next, weaving back an forth like the first, all in unison. They all swam past my little nautilus, and each and every one looked at me all pissed in the same way as the first, then continued on. I was so scared, I thought I would wake up. Then they were gone, and I decided that was good enough for the task and I willed the sub to resurface. As it was moving up, it started filling with water. I just hoped it would make it up before I drowned. It didn't. But I was able to breath, I just wasn't breathing water. It felt like there was always a mask of air in front of my face, and water never came inside (which is actually normal for even my nonlucid underwater dreams, there's always a bit of air there). I could see the glimmer of the water's surface just above me when I woke up.

Edit: I didn't wing myself because I didn't technically swim at any point in time like the task stated. If I attempt it again this month, I'll do the same thing, but I'll scrap the sub and conjure one of those special underwater electrocutie sticks like Nigel had. Maybe two! Committing this to memory now.

Grr. I was FISHIE last night and I just now Realised why. Stupid stupid

Completed beginner task shrink to the size of an insect and explore.

Spoiler for beginner task:

I was running from my brother and came to a dead end that looked like a car wreck. Remembering task of the month I willed myself to be the size of a fairy. This was esspecially difficult for me. I managed to fit under the wreckage but my hands and feet were still to big so I willed myself to be smaller. Staying calm helped though I was still afraid of my brother. I traveled under this big car wreck to find a kind of structure of parts. A man and lady owned the wreck and my brother bargained with them to capture me. I climbed up high and seeing a door way to a garden I ran outside. There I saw a beautiful chinese like garden with a small pond and tiny fish about the size of me. I jumped into the pond and a filtering system caught me and dragged me into the ocean. It was strange flying through such a small pipe. Theres not much else to report here.

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

Edit: I didn't wing myself because I didn't technically swim at any point in time like the task stated. If I attempt it again this month, I'll do the same thing, but I'll scrap the sub and conjure one of those special underwater electrocutie sticks like Nigel had. Maybe two! Committing this to memory now.

really? so if i swim in a random river with dinosaurs that doesnt count? Give yourself some credit, come ooon

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

I pretend I'm punching a combination for "The Cretaceous Period" and I say it aloud as I'm pushing the buttons. The submarine sinks to the ocean floor, and it's brown and murky and a bit hard to see (a little visual snowish).

How is that not wing status?

Failure! I found a river that I imagined flowed into the Cretaceous ocean. The dream had nice clarity and everything was looking good for me. I flew high into the air and actually saw the (hopefully Cretaceous) ocean about a mile away. Unfortunately, the wind started blowing me around like an old sheet of newspaper. I got no closer before frustration crumpled the dream.

This is the Dream Journal entry with a more complete description of my fail.