Thread: Task of the Month for September 2014

For Box77:

At the end of the month:

At the end of the year (to get you ready for 2015)

Originally Posted by PercyLucid

At the end of the year (to get you ready for 2015)

Is it me or they look like walking fortune cookies?

I'm guessing all those chicken wings are signifying TOTM wings..? Okay, I really need to get on these tasks and get me some wings! I started incubating/day practices for asking Robin some important questions for my personal development (two goals in one) but I also really want to see what patronus my dreaming mind comes up with! I am also refocusing on putting DEILDs back into my practice which I have really gotten away from. I inched my way in that direction last night...so wish me luck! I saw Ophelia's Unicorn in her DJ! Have there been others?

That chicken farm brought back some childhood memories of visiting one. Kind of magical.

Originally Posted by fogelbise

I'm guessing all those chicken wings are signifying TOTM wings..? Okay, I really need to get on these tasks and get me some wings! I started incubating/day practices for asking Robin some important questions for my personal development (two goals in one) but I also really want to see what patronus my dreaming mind comes up with! I am also refocusing on putting DEILDs back into my practice which I have really gotten away from. I inched my way in that direction last night...so wish me luck! I saw Ophelia's Unicorn in her DJ! Have there been others?

That chicken farm brought back some childhood memories of visiting one. Kind of magical.

Yeah.. but half winged tasks I think... at this point it seems to me that the shoes task will be harder to do than the sanctus patronus spell ... Talking about eggs and incubation, perhaps I may use a wing bone to build my magic wand after I eat it. Or the whole chicken! something like how Thulsa Doom turned the serpent into an arrow in Conan the Barbarian if you watched that 80's movie...

Good luck with your tasks by the way!!

Originally Posted by Box77

Is it me or they look like walking fortune cookies?

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe.... Try to open one and see... if you find blood all around you, then.... opppps... it was a chicken.... if you get a message.... then is a fortune cookie.

Are you dreaming? Am I dreaming? Better check...

Originally Posted by Box77

Yeah.. but half winged tasks I think... at this point it seems to me that the shoes task will be harder to do than the sanctus patronus spell ... Talking about eggs and incubation, perhaps I may use a wing bone to build my magic wand after I eat it. Or the whole chicken! something like how Thulsa Doom turned the serpent into an arrow in Conan the Barbarian if you watched that 80's movie...

Good luck with your tasks by the way!!

Since you can't seem to put a pair of shoes, you might as well dismantle the shoes down to threads and sew them back to make a wand, then cast your patronus spell with it

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

For Box77:

From Walmart Deli too...

Originally Posted by PercyLucid

Since you can't seem to put a pair of shoes, you might as well dismantle the shoes down to threads and sew them back to make a wand, then cast your patronus spell with it

perhaps I could use just the shoelaces like this guy here:

Hi there,

So, I managed to complete the Advanced Task 1, the one about the toilet. I slept around 7 hours, drank some water, and on my last cycle I got lucid at a point I can't quite remember.

Some things happened on a dream about family, friends... strange and bizarre things, that ended with me at some kind of medieval tavern. I play a medieval PC game called Skyrim (for those that know it) and I asked for lights, crowd, and music. Music started playing, and I would rub my hands from time to time to try keeping the dream stable, as it looked a bit blurry, but OK.

Then I remembered the TOTM and went to the bathroom. It was small, with ceramic white tiles, and a small wooden window (painted white) semi-opened. I could see an exterior that I don't remember now. I felt a bit un-stable because having that exterior image far there and the interior here and to avoid waking up I closed the window a bit. I looked down the toilet, and at the flush. It was one of those old ones with a chain hanging from a deposit. I just jumped to the toiled while holding the chain and flushed.

I went straight down, felt nothing special, but everything went dark. First I felt as if I was falling. Then I just felt there still, in the dark. I could feel my arms raised up, as if to fit on the toilet. I tried to relax and create an scenario or even open my eyes but couldn't.... and I just woke up.

Well, it was a fun experience in any case, so thanks for the task! Anyway I want to try it again and see if something different happens

Regards.

Originally Posted by Box77

perhaps I could use just the shoelaces like this guy here:

Beware though, or this might happen:

Originally Posted by Irreo

It was one of those old ones with a chain hanging from a deposit.

Congrats for the success!! That description reminded me there was one of those in my grandparents house. When I was a little kid, I was so scared of its noise that I used to flush it and run away of the bathroom before the thing turned into apocalypse

Originally Posted by PercyLucid

Beware though, or this might happen:

That way I could easily perform the Advanced Task i!

Another toilet task fail from the 9th: Full dream

Spoiler for Toilet fail:

I tried to visualise an indoor scene with a toilet so I could do Advanced Task i - Flush yourself down a toilet, and describe the experience.
I had a clear picture in my head, but a scene wasn't forming yet.
I could feel myself in bed now, and I questioned whether I was still dreaming or if I'd really woken up. I rolled out of bed and did another nose plug RC which confirmed that I was dreaming, but for some reason, I wasn't totally convinced.
I assume my lucidity faded at this point because I only remember non-lucid fragments after that.

And 2 successes from the 11th: Full dream

Spoiler for Bonus shoes:

I was standing in a city street. I had been there for a while, and I know that I had just completed another dream goal, because I remember thinking, "Now that I have spent time on my personal goal, I can move on to Task of the Month!"
I remembered Basic Task ii - Find and put on a pair of shoes, any kind (bonus wings if you can tie both.) I hadn't completed the bonus part last time, so I wanted to try again. I looked towards the nearby sidewalk and saw a pile of assorted shoes. They were all mens' again, and most of them didn't have laces. I focused on creating some shoes with laces, and 2 appeared, but they were an odd pair. I decided to put them on anyway - the left was a men's sneaker like in the previous dream, and the right was a heavy work boot. I spent a while trying to tie them because my fingers felt strangely numb, and the laces weren't quite long enough so I needed to modify my knot a bit. I eventually got them both tied and was satisfied that I had completed the task.

Spoiler for Patronus:

I decided to move on to Advanced Task ii - Cast the Expecto Patronum spell (from Harry Potter) and report what your patronus was.
I looked around and saw a stick lying on the footpath, so I decided to use that as my wand.
I waved the stick and exclaimed, "Expecto Patronum!"
Some tiny purple sparks and smoke came out, but no patronus.
I thought maybe it would be easier for me to create this scene if I was in the middle of the woods, like in the scene from Harry Potter. It was day time in the city, but I ran around the corner with the expectation that I would find a forest, and sure enough, I found myself in the middle of a moonlit forest.
I tried casting the spell again: "Expecto Patronum!"
The same thing happened with just some sparks and smoke coming out of the wand.
I remembered that I had to think of a happy memory for the charm to work. I had talked with CanisLucidus on Skype IWL about what I should think about for this, and we discussed how happy we both felt about how our relationship has developed. I focused on those feelings of bonding and a bright light started forming in front of me. I felt like I was ready to cast the spell now.
"Expecto Patronum!"
Suddenly, bright lights filled my whole field of vision.
I had been trying not to incubate any particular animal so I could let the dream surprise me, but no patronus was appearing. I thought I might need to put a bit of expectation into this, so I tried to vaguely imagine the creature that I feel best represents me, a phoenix, flying from the lights before me.
A purple shape began forming from the light, but it wasn't a phoenix... To my complete surprise, it was a zebra! It had strips of purple light all down its body, and had a kind of cubic appearance like a videogame:

I found this really amusing in the dream... Why a zebra!? Oh dreamworld, you so random!
The zebra ran across the sky in front of me. I watched it bound gracefully into the distance, and I felt myself fading from the dream.

I had a false awakening where I tried to write the patronus dream in my phone. The notes app kept autocorrecting me to 'zebrah', like the DV member.

I totally missed both dream signs - electronics malfunctioning and a clear DV reference - and kept dreaming non-lucidly for a while after that.

I would like a meatless variety of wings please!

From previous experiences I found it to be very useful in both waking life and dream world:

This is so sweet!!

Originally Posted by ~Dreamer~

The zebra ran across the sky in front of me. I watched it bound gracefully into the distance, and I felt myself fading from the dream.

I have a bad streak of dry patches - I really need to get going with actually doing something else than "verbally hoping" for it, when I wake up in the night.
Guess some journalling wouldn't hurt for starters.
I tried the play darts and drink a lot tactic again yesterday, which had ended with four little LDs during the comp in one night - nope.
Just a slight headache...

I just completed the basic tasks

Basic task i

False awakening... took me a while to convince myself I was dreaming, I couldn't even go through the door. But then started flying and went to the fridge to look for a fortune cookie. Found one, opened it and it said in bold in a huge paper, "this is your fortune" and then a series of mathematical equations and geometric patterns. weird

Basic task ii fail

DILD... weird arena type place, I remembered the task and stole some guy's shoes. put them on and started to tie the shoelaces.. started chill but then started messing up, then a dream figure told me, "You will never be able to do that, man" and it turned into something really hard and the dream faded.

Basic task ii

Got out of my body "OBE style" after another LD... put on some shoes... started tying shoelaces and did a really messed up knot and someone called my name and I thought it was from W.Reality... But ignored, tried one more time and succeeded!

Originally Posted by Irreo

I went straight down, felt nothing special, but everything went dark. First I felt as if I was falling. Then I just felt there still, in the dark. I could feel my arms raised up, as if to fit on the toilet. I tried to relax and create an scenario or even open my eyes but couldn't.... and I just woke up.

Well, I guess now you know what a poop feels like when it gets stuck.

And dreamer, I love that your patronus is a lego zebra

This was a fail but OMG was it great:

Spoiler for "TOTM FAIL: Patronus":

I don't remember much about the dream before I got lucid, but I was in a room with lots of drawers. The room had no doors and no windows and was really tall. I realized this was weird and looked down at my hands, to find that I was dreaming!

I looked around, and remembered the TOTM for the patronus. I've been so excited to try this one! I think. First I need to find a magic wand!

I go to one of the drawers in the walls, and hold the handle, thinking about how I wanted a magic wand and there was probably one in this drawer. I opened it, and pulled out a blue-and-purple dildo. I was laughing so hard I lost all control and woke up.

Originally Posted by KestrelKat

This was a fail but OMG was it great:

Spoiler for "TOTM FAIL: Patronus":

I don't remember much about the dream before I got lucid, but I was in a room with lots of drawers. The room had no doors and no windows and was really tall. I realized this was weird and looked down at my hands, to find that I was dreaming!

I looked around, and remembered the TOTM for the patronus. I've been so excited to try this one! I think. First I need to find a magic wand!

I go to one of the drawers in the walls, and hold the handle, thinking about how I wanted a magic wand and there was probably one in this drawer. I opened it, and pulled out a blue-and-purple dildo. I was laughing so hard I lost all control and woke up.

Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Haha oh my god!!

+1 You are officially beyond awesome :heart:

It's better than the sequence in the movie Me, Myself & Irene...

Originally Posted by KestrelKat

This was a fail but OMG was it great:

Spoiler for "TOTM FAIL: Patronus":

I don't remember much about the dream before I got lucid, but I was in a room with lots of drawers. The room had no doors and no windows and was really tall. I realized this was weird and looked down at my hands, to find that I was dreaming!

I looked around, and remembered the TOTM for the patronus. I've been so excited to try this one! I think. First I need to find a magic wand!

I go to one of the drawers in the walls, and hold the handle, thinking about how I wanted a magic wand and there was probably one in this drawer. I opened it, and pulled out a blue-and-purple dildo. I was laughing so hard I lost all control and woke up.

Awesome, and just as well you woke up, I don't think you'd have wanted to be anywhere near the "white mist" that would shoot out of that thing...

I did the Expecto Patronum spell! Last night I got lucid! It started with me thinking that I'm late to work and freaking out. Then I decide to look at my hand to do a rc and I became lucid and relieved I wasn't late to work. lol So I immediately got to thinking, okay, what should I do? The first thing I thought about was the spell. I started to spin the wand that just seems to have appeared out of nowhere as soon as I thought about doing the spell. My happy thought was the first time I fell in love. The wand was spinning and creating circles of light blue in the air. Then out of nowhere what I believe was my patronus appears. Marvin the Martian! LOL! I couldn't believe that this could possibly be my patronus so I yell out, "Show yourself!" Then Marvin the Martian turned into a little mouse that scurried away. lol So that's the end of that. Honestly I prefer my patronus to be Marvin the Martian than a little mouse. lol But I feel guilty for underestimating that little mouse. After this ordeal I thought about the shoe tying task, but I postponed it to try again the fortune cookie task since last time I completed it I couldn't really make out what the words on the paper with the fortune said. I figured there would be time to complete the shoe tying task after trying the fortune cookie task. I even pictured the types of shoes I wanted to tie and everything. I dug into my pocket and there were two fortune cookies in my pocket this time. I only opened one of them and Iw as able to read some of the text but then it would gradually disappeared the more I tried to focus. Almost as though the less I tried to read it the less likely it would disappear. I can't remember what I WAS able to read. Before I could do the shoe tying task I woke up. Ah!!! Anyway, what was cool is that after this lucid dream I had another one but I did not perform any other tasks. I am happy that I at least got to perform and complete the Expecto Patronum spell, even if my patronus was a scared little mouse. lol

Congrats!!

I agree, Marvin the Martian would have been hysterical. Maybe your patronus is also an animangus.....

haha, that's funny the way you raised your arms up to fit in...lol. COngratulations! I hope I will complete this task soon too. Sounds fun!