Thread: Task of the Month for October 2014

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

That's what I hope to find inside a pumpkin :-)

Originally Posted by Verre

so I grabbed his left arm (I was facing him, so it was the arm to my right), extended my fangs, bit him right in the crook of his elbow, and began to drink. Although he was tense and rigid, he didn't fight back, and I concluded that he must be experiencing that peculiar pleasure that the prey of vampires are often said to feel while being fed upon.
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I always thought drinking beer out of a bottle was better than using a glass

Sorry for being behind on the winging! Last night's storm wiped out alot of towers, and I had to work until 11pm tonight.

I will catch up tomorrow after work, and my apologies folks.

Hm - I also wonder about the blood acquisition business. If one wants to go for bonus and needs it from a supernatural being - how to realize that?
Bite a vampire and spit it in a cup - approach a dragon with a syringe and ask nicely?
I guess, just claiming such origin will not be enough - except it's transformative powers count as proof of supernatural origin?
Is transfer into a cup before consumption optional?

Well I had a wonderful lucid last night but all I could think of doing task-wise was an old outstanding dare (throw a fireball....ended up more like throwing a candle-ball ) I've been meaning to do for a while and to try the finger-through-palm RC which I had previously never tried (it went through! Like thick rubber). Both were fun! Then I admired the view out my parent's windows, and after "waking up" ( after grabbing a DC's tush) had a 2nd level WILD and woke up a bunch of times in the dream, so happy I had "WILD"ed! Not sure how many times I "fell" asleep and "dreamed" in that dream...

I just finished up the first task. I was at a pool party and I realized I was dreaming. I saw some pumpkins around, but the dream faded. I wasn't awake yet though, so I felt my way around my house. I moved my dining room table around until the dream visuals reappeared.

Then I went out my front door as I tried to picture a pumpkin patch. I didn't see a pumpkin patch, but there were a bunch of pumpkins scattered about. Most of them were very tiny. Like 3 inch diameter tiny. There was one near my door that was large though. It was about 1.5 feet diameter. I went up to it and realized I needed a knife. Luckily, the pumpkin was sitting on a pile of knives. I quickly hacked off the top of the pumpkin and looked inside. It was completely empty! I wasn't satisfied with that, so I went to look for another pumpkin.

I saw a decently sized on in my neighbor's yard across the street. As I started walking over there, I saw a cop car coming down the street. I thought he might notice my knife and come question me, but he ended up making a U-turn and leaving. So, I went up to the other pumpkin and I was going to cut it open, but it had already been cut into a jack-o-lantern. I lifted off the top and it was mostly empty save about five slices of honeydew melon. I figured that would have to do. I then went to try and jump through a window, but I just crashed into it like usual. Then the dream faded and I woke up.

I faced a fear last night--I allowed myself to be beheaded. Wasn't thinking of the task, but of dutchraptor's advice that I should hurt myself in a dream. I'll post DJ later, and I'll let you guys decide if it's wing-worthy

Originally Posted by StephL

Hm - I also wonder about the blood acquisition business. If one wants to go for bonus and needs it from a supernatural being - how to realize that?
Bite a vampire and spit it in a cup - approach a dragon with a syringe and ask nicely?
I guess, just claiming such origin will not be enough - except it's transformative powers count as proof of supernatural origin?
Is transfer into a cup before consumption optional?

I was wondering the same thing, would drinking from the source suffice or do we have to do it in a more civilized way?

^^Yep, me too. I didn't notice about it because of I was taking it metaphorically... bite a neck and have a long slurp of red wined blood.

I find it somehow challenging to get a supernatural being to subordinate though...

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

I remembered to face a fear in last night's lucid dream, so at least I'm remembering tasks. It wasn't my greatest fear, though, so I'm not claiming wings for it. I bravely faced the fear of... awkward silences.



Full dream: Silent Lucidity - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

haha awkward silences. I've been trying to deal with those myself. I even have those with close relatives and it's like visiting the Twilight Zone.

You guyzzz

Blood: acquiring it and swallowing at all should count, since it's basic.
Fear: any fear should count as a basic, GREATEST fear as advanced. Greatest fear in BOGGART form is bonus.

Whatch'all think?

I like.

I tried the costume task last night in one of my lds. After I summoned a costume closet the only choice I had was a wrapped up military costume which I couldn't get out of the package in time. I've had trouble with costumes in the past so hopefully I can improve. I think I have another try at Percy's dare though and then try the costume task again. Improve that dream control!

Originally Posted by dolphin

I like.

I tried the costume task last night in one of my lds. After I summoned a costume closet the only choice I had was a wrapped up military costume which I couldn't get out of the package in time. I've had trouble with costumes in the past so hopefully I can improve. I think I have another try at Percy's dare though and then try the costume task again. Improve that dream control!

In your next lucid, walk past a mirror while thinking "Look at my Spiderman [or whichever] Suit! Present tense in LDs helps alot with expectation. Saves time too.

I had a non-lucid dream that was fairly related to the tasks.

I wound up holding a spray bottle that would cause whoever got sprayed in the face to encounter their greatest fear, but I was interrupted before spraying it in my own face. But not before testing it on three different cats who for some reason enjoyed it, and then became my minions.

For the blood one, I found a room with a huge pool of blood, deep enough to just cover my little toes. Instead of drinking it though, I was attacked by a demon...

Non-lucid, but still fun.

I think I finished the basic tasks . I'm disappointed with what I found inside the pumpkin, but I guess it is what it is. Guess my imagination isn't super good when I don't know what to expect lol.

Spoiler for Failed basic task i:

I became lucid just when a dream was ending and induced some vibrations to get out of my body OBE style. I was in a triply version of my house everything was different (smaller or bigger, different colours) but very similar at the same time. Then I walked towards the fridge, it was also different, like a yellow old school fridge. When I opened the fridge a big pumpkin was waiting for me, the inside flesh was already scooped out but it wasn't a jack-o-lantern yet. I checked and there was nothing inside, I tried digging deeper, but nothing.... The dream faded.

Spoiler for Succesful basic task i:

After a dream (DEILD), I got out of my body OBE style again (this time my house was a very authentic version), walked to the kitchen and there were a bunch of trick or treat jack-o-lantern plastic baskets, I looked inside of one and I only found ice cubes, they felt cold, but I was like come on!!! Then I opened the fridge and I only saw very tiny pumpkins (like plum sized), and I was like "there's no way I'm using this ones!!" But I looked up and saw a very big pumping, I grabbed it and it was also very heavy! I placed it on the table and started looking inside. I found the most random stuff ever (I guess I didn't know what to expect, like with the fortune cookie I at least expected a note). I was kinda pissed and don't even remember most of the stuff but I remember I found a CD in a case with a photo of a pedophile looking dude, by the name of "Ah Bu Dabi" or something like that.

Spoiler for Successful basic task ii:

In the same dream I went to the fridge one more time and saw a glass with a red liquid, I consumed it and it tasted exactly like blood!! Salty and metal like. I thought this was so awesome because it has never occurred to me to drink or eat while lucid. I instantly got the urge to drink some more, looked in the fridge, saw a whole gallon of a red liquid. I spilled the whole gallon into the tiny glass, making a mess, and then drank it! (tasted a little lighter the second time). And then I compulsively threw the empty gallon and broke some stuff lol

I remembered I could turn into something and started shifting form into this small animal, but the dream faded and I don't know what it was. Then I had a false awakening with a dog in my bed (and I don't even own a dog)

Woo congrats on the lucids PR!

And excellent use of the refrigerator for both basic tasks. I like the idea of using one as a sort of portal for summoning objects. Don't like what you see inside? Just close the door and expect something else in there. That would make an interesting basic i task sometime: Open your fridge, report what's inside!

Thank you!

And yes I found it to be a very effective way of summoning objects, specially for beginners. But by reading some of the other members' experiences, I really like the idea of finding some stuff with the help of dream guides sometime, sounds very fun!

I need some motivation. A challenge should do. I want to create a creepy autumn meadow at night and plant a single pumpkin seed. I will the make it sprout and grow crazy big, then see what is inside. maybe I could open it by calling down a lightening strike.

10/06 (I keep doing the tasks non-lucid)
7:00am I may have to do something else besides MILD for awhile, It seems my sub-c is remembering the task's but not rememebring to become lucid...

Anyways, Heres the fail..
I had left my steel and amp at a church where I was going to play at some function, I told them it was alright to try it out while I was gone. and went off flying around touring the other side of a river and when I returned the trees were too thick to get back down and I heard awful noises coming from my guitar below playing something I never heard (or trying to), I was near a bunch of stubby dead branches and began playing them along with the noise below, They sounded like a "Didgeridoo drum" (So far so good)
The main trouble is, I never saw any reason even while flying to suspect I might be dreaming or that this was a task..Dang!

I got lucid on Saturday which was great, but did not remember any of the tasks. Instead I set off flying. I'm writing a list of all the tasks and taping them on the wall right next to my bed so I can look at the list before bed. I am sooooo eager to do this blood drinking task. lol I've always wanted to be a vampire.

I haven't gotten lucid yet this month.

I am watching everyone, not many wings out right now. I need inspiration from yall.

After those 3 sleep paralysis, I made it the fourth day:

I’m inside an airplane/helicopter looking at the ground where I see dinosaurs running, wait…dinosaurs?? This is a dream… so I jump to the ground and run where I see a building made of glass. I pass through the glass to get inside and protect myself from the dinosaurs:

It’s an empty big room, all the walls are made of glass so you can see all the jungle outside. Suddenly all becomes Jurassic park-like and everything begins to jump under the characteristic thud-thud of T-Rex coming!, all the other dinosaurs are running away, this dream is so cool that I think “fuck off ToTM, I’m staying here with T-Rex!!” Even though I do panic a little, I fly high enough to protect myself from the dinosaurs; I see that the building is now full of panicked Koreans running.
Sure enough, T-Rex appears, and many other people outside the building are running, but not exactly from T-Rex but from a giant, well, it’s not like the movie giants, but a modern-clothed giant person, bigger than the dinosaurs, weird…

Well, finally I decide to use some of that lucid time to accomplish one task, but I can’t remember any… oh yes, the pumpkin one. I find a medium sized-pumpkin (exactly the shape and color from the one I bought yesterday), smashed it on the ground and it opened in half, then I put my hand inside and found nothing but the slimy contents and the seeds, just like a normal pumpkin… I’m kind of disappointed, but when I look away and then again on the pumpkin, there’s now a cardboard rolled inside a plastic bag, I take it out and it has written the word “fourteen”, ok task done.
Finally a DC approached me and begins (very excitedly) to tell me that he’s a big fan and follower of my work on lucid dreaming, LOL!! … he looks like a scientist or something, hello ego-DC, it’s always nice to talk to my ego in dreams.

Here's some inspiration for the blood drinking task...

OMG... I am supposed to dream one more hour and I am sleepy... but my brain is going to explode with this dream and taking notes in the journal is not enough... so I am gonna start writing it now...

Probably the longest lucid in my entire life. Coming soon!