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      Task of the Month for September 2012

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      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:
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      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.

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      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..

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      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.

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      The ocean one sounds fun!

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      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?

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      The Cretaceous oceans were badass!

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      These sound like AWESOME tasks, definitely gonna do them!

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      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!

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      Quote Originally Posted by sketchy21 View Post
      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!
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      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

      Maybe it's a dream and if I scream, it will burst at the seams.

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      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.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Ctharlhie View Post
      The Cretaceous oceans were badass!
      There's always a bigger fish:





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      Quote Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue View Post
      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.
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      Quote Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue View Post
      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
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      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...

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      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.
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      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.

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      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!
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      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
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      more inspiration

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      I find prehistoric marine life scary so I'll pass.

      Good set of tasks though.
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      Quote Originally Posted by LightofHeaven View Post
      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.
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      i will give this a go...wish me luck
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      holy crap, Nigel is a badass! "The one thing you should never do is go in the water" *splash* lol

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      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.

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