Task of the Month for October 2014

**PercyLucid** · 10-07-2014 08:34 AM

And here it goes... it is a long read!!

I ended up not doing any advanced, but I did the bonus task, so wing me for that when you have a chance (I think I cannot request to join Bonus task done)

Spoiler for Carving pumpkins, playing made up instruments, fighting a dragon, visiting the zoo and finding Dreamer after several secret theaters:

07.10.2014

Carving pumpkins, playing made up instruments, fighting a dragon, visiting the zoo and finding Dreamer after several secret theaters (DILD)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

This is probably one of the longest lucids in my life (well, I cannot remember when I was a children, but as a grown up probably it is, plus I made so many challenges tonight that I can feel them vanishing from my memories, so I got into my PC, giving up my last hour to sleep to write this whole thing down. I have been through a minor dry spell of lucids and good recall as I had some very busy days. Yesyterday, Monday the 6th of October 2014 I had the day starting pretty bad, but it had a great ending and I felt today was gonna be a good day, so I wanted to start the day awesomely with a nice lucid. I woke up at 5am and I had memories of a dream (now, with this mega-dream is totally forgotten) and I felt too tired to write it down. I went to the bathroom and then it was very hard for me to fall back asleep (this is not normal, I usually fall asleep fast.) I layed on my back to meditate (since I could not sleep) and I ended up falling asleep. I believe this lucid might have lasted about 1h 30 minutes, as I woke up from it at 7am.

I do not even recall very well the non lucid part with this dream. I have vague memories of being with a friend, who was male and I believe we either were going to meditate or we were going to look for our wives. It was afternoon and it was sunny. We were in a park somewhere and we were about to go to an apartment and have a couple drinks, I believe until our wives met with us. As we were talking, I told him that I felt weird like if I was in a dream, like I did not feel awake. He started to laugh and I rose my hands.

I had six fingers on each hand and no thumbs. Where the thumb was supposed to be I had a very long finger (over than one feet long) and told him, "See! I am dreaming!" I right away started to fly away from him. The dream quality was very high and I realized I was in the suburbs of some town. It was day and the air felt very clean. There was not a single cloud on the sky and I felt happy to have broken the dry spell I had. I immediately recalled I needed to get the ToTM done and so I would collect my wings, and then, I planned to get as many dares as I could also, I wanted to break my record.

I recalled the first one opening a pumpkin and finding what was inside (which ended up being one of the tasks) so I saw a big house with a massive backyard (it was about 30 yards wide) and a lot of pumpkins (also pretty big.) So I floated and landed in the garden. I glided towards the pumpkins and pulled a carving knife out from my pocket (lucky me!)

The pumpkin looked better than this, pretty much perfect and it was standing. As I approached it and carved the top of it, it was loaded with sour strips, different sour candy, some chewing gum and I believe I saw a mithrill vest from the lord of the rings. Even though I saw that, I felt that opening the pumpkin was good enough and wanted to get done other tasks (I did not remember that trying on a costume was another ToTM.) I heard some voices approaching at me and I figured I could do another ToTM, which it was doing trick or treat to the people living in that house (which ended up not being one of the ToTM.) So, I glided silently behind one old woman that was looking where the noise came from and I roared like a vampire. I believe I might had even vamp teeth as she freaked out for a few seconds, but then I announced "Trick or treat!" as I landed again on the ground. The lady started to laugh and to look at me with a smile and she started walking to her house. I followed her, now walking, to collect my treat. There was also an old man at the house asking what was going on.

As she collected the treats (some similar candies as I found inside the pumpkin earlier) I was able to spot a goblet sitting on an altar with two candles:

I figured it would have blood and I would accomplish one of the Advanced tasks of the month (which ended up being another basic task.) I found funny that my dream put that inside this house and if I would not be lucid, I would find these old couple to be very weird, lol. So I just entered the house, and I believe that this old couple was outside, they were okay with me entering the house. I approached at the Goblet and looked inside. Yep, it was blood indeed and I found also some blood over the altar. I just took a sip and it tasted pretty much like blood taste. I did not feel any effects and I was glad about it, but since it was another ToTM I went ahead and celebrated I succeeded at it.

From here, I recalled that I needed to confront my greatest fear through summoning a boggart. I did not feel like doing this, for some reason I felt this could threaten my dream and provide premature awakening, so I passed on this. Since I felt I did accomplish already one advanced task, I was happy (lucky me I completed the bonus, or I would be wearing only one pair of wings...) and I focused on the last ToTM. I recalled it was a bonus tasks to play a made up instrument that does not exist in waking life. I saw laying on the ground like a large semi-transparent stick, made out of plastic. I grabbed it and pretended it was a flute, but the noise it made it was like when you try to blow air through a stick! I figured that was way too lame for a bonus task and I could do better, so I went ahead to the old man and asking him, "Can you please show me an instrument that does not exist in waking life, please?" He smiled and said, sure thing!

He walked me towards the front deck of the house where he had a small portable kitchen. He turned on the fire and placed a brass bowl on the fire, filling it up with water. From here, he got some of these lab tubs and placed them inside the bowl.

All the tubes were standing (despite they were placed in a bowl) and the tubes had different heights. Suddenly, after a small while, vapor started to come out from the tubes, but some tubes would release a denser vapor than others and all these had different tones of white and gray. The old man told me to start blowing through one of the handles on the brass bowl. I figured I would not burn myself. As I started blowing, I could hear some music, but it was a mix of the noises that a boat makes (just not as loud) plus the noise from a harmonica and then I believe from a bag pipe. It was some instrument alright, weird indeed but I was able to pull it off!!

I still had a huge quality of the dream, so I wanted to get some dares also and hit the jackpot. First of all, I wanted to get an easy one done, since I did it on the past, so I went ahead and laid down in bed to WILD within a lucid dream in order to accomplish (Induce a dream within a dream, Inception style (Maxis) ) As I laid down, I felt the dream fading fast, but I focused in just going into a deeper layer of a lucid dream, which I successfully did. I heard some nature sounds but I had no vision, so I demanded for vision. After a while, it came back successfully completing one dare. With this dare done, I recalled that I wanted to look for the blue room that I visited back in 2011 with Dreamer. (Revisit the blue room where you first met me in your dream (early 2011.) Get me to show you how I draw portals with my finger, then jump through with me and see where it takes us! (Dreamer) ) So I started to look for a way to do this, I noticed I was with my wife and she was acting like hypnotized, she was pretty much motionless and not talking. So I told her to wake up and give me some conversation. We were now in downtown, probably appeared there after from inducing a dream within a dream, so I started to look for a portal or maybe attempt to make one and see where it took me. I heard people crying and screaming and I saw a huge red dragon:

I also recalled that I had to defeat a dragon for one of the anyone lucid dares (which ended up not being one neither) so I glided to the dragon and landed in front of me. He appeared to call down for some reason. I had no clue how was I going to defeat the dragon, so I hopped I had kinetic powers in my dream. I just pointed at him with the palm of my hands and he crashed in another building, roaring in pain and falling to the ground. From there, I believe it either vanished or turned into ashes... some dragon that was... what a disappointment!

I told my wife that the dragon was lame and that I wanted to visit the zoo (Visit a zoo and describe the kinds of animals you come across. (That should be easy but I'm hoping you stumble across interesting or new species ~ NyxCC) I started to walk around downtown and got inside a shopping mall, as for some reason, I felt that I could find a zoo in there. The shopping mall was deserted and there were no people around. I saw a small white building that had a big panel on the top of it that was decorated like if it was a rainforest and I hopped for it to be a zoo. Tough luck, it was not. It was a pet food store that had the appearance of a zoo in order to attract customers. So big bum!

I floated high as I figured I could see the zoo from the high and just fly to it. I found no zoo and I realize this whole downtown was just an island. I also saw that the waves were extremely strong, hitting the beaches entirely and creating small Tsunamis. I felt that something was very wrong with this island and felt I was loosing control of my dream. I saw the waves getting bigger until a massive wave covered my head to the point of seeing the light of the sun to vanish. A few seconds later, I saw all darkness and I could hear some noises of people, but did not see a thing. I also felt my body in bed and I knew I was on the verge of waking up. I started to focus on the dream itself and focus on the sound that people was making in order to anchor back in the dream. I then tried very hard to open my eyes, monitoring if the sounds vanished or got louder (waking vs going deeper in the dream) and I started to see day light, so I was happy as I was still dreaming.

I was standing in the middle of the road and right behind me, there was a white bus, which was parked. I had a good feeling and I walked behind the bus to find this:

I was like, "Awesomeness." That tile wave ported me there. I entered the zoo and recalled I would have no problems at all since it was free (it is the Chicago one that is free, I mixed both) I saw some people monitoring the entrance and we needed to walk through a small machine with a ton of LED lights and a small monochrome screen. I could see a lot of data being stored in there, including my weight and psychic gifts. I figured that since it was free, we were going to get spammed big time on our e-mails at a later time.

The zoo here was indoors and I found mainly lizards. But these lizards looked weird, as they were purple and they had several legs. I also noticed some hens walking around where other people was and I could spot feathers and poop on the floor. There were a lot of people selling stuff and trying to get my attention, but I just keep focusing on the zoo to finish my task properly. I also saw a sheep, but instead of its white fuzzy appearance, it had the skin of an elephant. What a twisted blend my mind was making. I felt that was good enough of a zoo visit (I am not a huge fan of zoos in waking life, but this dream was fun and worth it, thanks for the dare!) so I really wanted to get to meet dreamer and that would accomplish all my current personal dares also.

I wanted to teleport but I was not successful, so I figured I would look for some aid to be able to do this. I started to look for the color blue, and to find a blue room. I found a somewhat blue room so I entered it hopping it would be the room. But it was not, it was a movie theater. They were showing a movie, I believe it was the Fantastic Four, but I did not get distracted. I heard a noise coming from one of the walls. On the walls, I could see different pictures, all art and I found a huge Mona Lisa:

But it was a bit distorted and the vividness of the paint was way more vivid than the real thing. I recalled this was another dare (Jump inside a picture of your choice, what happens? (Hukif) ) So I got excited as I was accomplishing another dare more. I just jump into it and hopped to find the blue world behind this paint. But instead, I have found another theater. I saw a small board that said, "A Secret Theater." I found that mysterious and funny. There were some people watching a different movie. I believe it was either a classic black and white movie or a documentary. But I did not want to focus on that so I kept exploring this room.

On the same corner where the Mona Lisa was on the previous room I saw a small hole on the wall and like someone crossing it. You had to crawl to go through. I started to get more excited and I crossed this hole. I saw some stairs, but these were broken and it was impossible to cross, but since I was dreaming, I just glided through the stairs and walked through a door to reach... yes, you guessed, another theater... and another board that said, "An even more secret theater." There were also people inside, but the people here looked in pretty bad shape, like if they were sitting there for hours or even days, as they were dirty also. I was already getting tired of this theaters, but once again, I saw an even more tiny hole on the whole, and I somehow shrunk myself to go throught it.

I got into a futuristic room, said room had like futuristic tubes that were elevators. I wondered what was going on and that I really wanted to find dreamer. I also found another board here that said, "Magic proof elevators." I was a bit worried that my dream control would not work here for some reason and I figured I could not go further. But a voice said, "You are in the elevator and you will be trapped here." I tried to break free without being successful and the voice announced me that I was going to be tossed in the huge can pools and I had to stay there. I saw four cans on the ground, but these cans were each like a 20 story building, they were massive as I could see hundreds of people swimming on each of them.

Also, the entire room was blue, including the cans and there were blue crystals on the walls and there was a blue mist around. I was tossed in a can with only four-five people. I tried to fly away to look for dreamer but I was not able to do so. I felt bummed as I figured that on the can right in front of us, I would find her because it was loaded with people. While I was looking around, I heard a sweet voice saying, "Percy?" As I looked back, I realized it was Dreamer however, she did not look at all like she is on waking life, she had brown here, blue eyes and two pony tails. She also had very cheeky chicks and was smiling. She wore a brown and green swimsuit. She had a lot of curves and she approached at me. Dreamer told me, "I am glad you finally came." She looked into my eyes and hugged me, giving me a sweet kiss. I felt happy I finally accomplished this one, but my subconscious ended the task for me because Dreamer said, let's open a portal now. I figured it would not work as we were in a magic-proof place (my lucidity was fading fast) Dreamer rose her hand and a small vortex appeared on the edge of the can we were swimming at:

She grabbed my hand and said, "Lets go together through it." As we traveled through it, I reached the crystal cave where I first met with her and she gave me another hug and said she was very happy. I started to look around the cave but suddenly, it became very bright until I woke up.

**~Dreamer~** · 10-07-2014 03:27 PM

I've had a couple of non-lucid dreams where these task themes have bled through.
In one, my friend was somehow playing a guitar solo on a piano.
In another, I was in a strange underground world full of supernatural beings and people in Halloween costumes, and then a bunch of zombies crowded around me.
Next time, I will be lucid!

**Box77** · 10-07-2014 06:57 PM

It's time for me to hit the mattress and see if I can harvest something better than a nightmare of the month. Yep, got sick, some fever, the kids drove me nuts, birthday coming soon, no money, no luck... I'm ready for a Halloween party

**starletdreamer** · 10-07-2014 08:30 PM

[QUOTE=PercyLucid;2127489]And here it goes... it is a long read!!

One word: WOW!

Thanks for your sharing!

**Verre** · 10-07-2014 08:42 PM

I think I completed one of the advanced tasks. I put on a witch costume and the environment changed into a beautiful forest. The setting was probably partly determined by the fact that I was also thinking about my lucid dare, but even in the dream I found myself contemplating how witches are often conceived to be women who live alone in the wilderness and have a strong connection with the natural world, so it felt appropriate for the costume as well.

Full DJ entry: October 7, 2014: "Indecisive Witch, Invisible Song"

Spoiler for Witch costume:

By this time I felt immersed enough to start working on tasks. One of the TOTMs is to dress in a costume, and I had decided in advance that I wanted to dress like a witch, so I went to the "costume closet" where I keep my clothes that are too dressy or impractical for everyday use. At first I was surprised to see (so I thought) nothing but the clothes that are there in waking life. I must have been a bit confused, because although in WL the closet contains plenty of gothy-looking wraps and dresses entirely suitable for a witch costume, the only thing I thought to grab at the time was a small halter top of some colorful iridescent material. I didn't put it on yet, since my priority was to find a mask.

The closet actually contains a box of masks on the upper shelf, but in the dream I "remembered" that I had a brown paper bag of them on the floor, so I went through it until I found a witch mask... or was it? Looking at it again, I thought it actually looked more like a Darth Vader mask that someone had clumsily tried to convert into a witch face with dabs of green paint. But then I "remembered" using it as a witch mask before, so I figured it would be adequate.

Next I needed the pointy hat. I must have one around here somewhere... I dug through the closet, but couldn't find one of the right shape. Nevermind, I can make one! I pulled out a fedora made of black leather, and started trying to pull the top to make it longer and more pointy. At first the material was resistant but I put some focus into the act and soon was able to mold the hat into a proper Halloween-style witch hat, and put it on my head. The fact that it was made of black leather made me feel extra stylish. I paused at the door of the room and wondered if I needed to change my clothes as well, but when I looked down I saw that I was wearing a long black dress that already looked witchy enough, so I never had to put on that stupid halter top!

After walking back out to the kitchen, I remembered to check my reflection in the mirror (in a spot where there is no mirror in WL). It wasn't bad! I looked like that classic witch from the Wizard of Oz: green face, hooked nose, tall hat. The mask was looking much less Vader-like now, and at this point I noticed that there was even an inscription on it (entirely legible in the mirror rather than inverted by the reflection) that gave the title "Witch," and was signed either "Robert" or "Richard." I assumed the name must be that of the local artist who made the mask, and was reassured by the title that it had been intended as a witch mask after all.

When people were contributing suggestions for the October TOTMs, I had really liked the one about flying on a broomstick to a witches' gathering, so this was something I had planned to do once I got in costume. But now I wasn't sure. Maybe it would be fun to work on my lucid dare instead, and go startle some elves with my witch costume! I felt indecisive. And in either case I'll have to leave the house, so which door should I use? I've let myself get into the bad habit of being paranoid that leaving the house might destabilize the dream, so I wondered if leaving by a door I don't often use would help bypass this impression. I know that this worry is a wholly self-imposed obstacle—and moreover that it is not supported by the evidence—yet I also know that even letting myself worry about destabilization can have a destabilizing effect!

While I'm standing there trying to make up my mind, I notice that the scenery outside the kitchen door has already begun to change. Replacing the back patio is now a beautiful summer forest, with green leaves, mossy trunks and a clear limpid pool of water on the ground, like a natural spring. The water is only a few inches deep and appears completely transparent and pure. The scene is so lovely that I immediately let go of my pointless worries and go outside to enjoy it, kneeling in the water and running my hands through it, lifting it in my palms and letting it splash back into the pool. I find myself wondering if these surroundings will transform my costume from that of an ugly old green witch into a young beautiful forest witch. And what do we mean by "witch," anyway? I start pondering the question: aren't those two archetypes (ugly old witch and young beautiful witch) from the same tradition? Don't they both imply a woman with an unusually strong connection to the natural world?

I still haven't decided if I want to look for a witch gathering or an elven gathering in this forest, as I think both could conceivably be taking place here. Would the elves resent my presence if I'm still a Halloween-style witch? But if this pool has transformed me into a beautiful forest witch, maybe I would blend right in. (I regret now that it never occurred to me to check my reflection again in the pool! Though I still had the impression that I was wearing the same black dress.)

**Sivason** · 10-08-2014 06:32 AM

So I gave it a try last night and had a good lucid but wasted to much time on details, and had a snooze alarm set that ended up interrupting me mid task.
Here it is, Good Start, Failed Pumpkin TOTM - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

**Marce** · 10-08-2014 10:39 PM

Hi everyone

So, this is my first post at dream views. I've been lucid dreaming for quite a few years but I've been having a rotten dry spell so I decided to up my game. I've been listening to the podcasts and reading a lot more about lucid dreaming. Boy did I break that dry spell last night.

So I discovered the monthly/yearly tasks yesterday (truly awesome concept) and I thought I'd give it a try. Here's how it went:

I was in a regular dream talking to a friend about lucid dreaming. I told my other friend beside us that she'd probably end up having a lucid dream just by hanging out with us. Anyway, in that moment I did a standing in dream WILD into a lucid dream in my bedroom. Finally, was my first thought. Then I remembered the monthly task and I walked over to my kitchen where a sheet was on the ground. I thought "I'll just check out my pumpkin under the sheet" when I pulled back the sheet a big old pumpkin was there. I pulled off the top which appeared to be already cut and found the usual pumpkin entrails inside as well as my car keys. So I figured I'd go for a drive. I grabbed my keys and went to my car and reversed down my drive way, trying to remember the other tasks as the dream seemed pretty stable.
I passed my shed and stopped the car, remembering the blood challenge. I went inside and found a tin tool box and thought "this is where I keep my blood" so I opened it and found a yellow plastic cup filled with blood. I picked it up and drank it. It tasted like blood always does in my dreams, it was thick and warm and the only way to describe it is "sickly". I'm not a huge fan haha. Anyway, I drank it and decided to turn into a werewolf. I chucked the cup away, felt the moon on my skin and watched my hands as my fingernails grew into claws. I attempted a howl and then went swinging through the trees with my new found strength. The dream was still really stable which was awesome. So I went into my neighbours house and found their closet. I then thought about a halloween costume being in there and opened the doors. Inside were Hermione's robes. I put them on and looked in the mirror and saw that my hair had grown all Hermione like as well. Then I heard people in the other room so I went in and decided they were Hermione's mother and cousin. I cast a Leviosa spell and said to my mother "look how clever I am" then I cast the killing spell and killed her and my cousin. Hahaha sort of an adventure I guess!
After that my awareness moved back to my own house, to a room that doesn't exist. I remembered the worst fear challenge and a large wardrobe appeared. Very much like in the Harry Potter movie. The doors opened and a sort swirling entity emerged representing a boggart. I asked my worst fear to appeared and it transformed into this strange wooden gnome. I was truly frightened of it and had some false dream memories of this thing haunting me. So I grabbed it and broke it into little pieces, my sister came in and asked why I was so afraid and I said "it builds itself again! it can't be broken!" I think the fear was to do with a sort of uncontrollable and creepy break from reality that sets my nerves on edge. Hahaha, anyway I asked for another fear and it turned into a type writer which said "lazy" on it. I'm a writer so that is quite terrifying.
After that I decided to wake up and write it all down.

I'm super stoked about this dream! I've never really used expectation that much but it seems to be highly effective. I would've like to spend a bit more time with each challenge but clearly I was feeling a bit over eager haha.
I'm so happy to be a part of this community, I can't wait to get to know you all!

(Sorry I'm not sure how to create those read more sections of a post)

**starletdreamer** · 10-08-2014 10:54 PM

Congratulations! That's one awesome lucid dream you had there! Thanks for sharing it and glad you broke your dry spell! I hate those too.

**LDleader** · 10-08-2014 11:29 PM

I really want to do this but I'm still a newbie with lding so right now I can't even get a ld. Close though

**ThreeCat** · 10-09-2014 12:02 AM

Hey guys, here is my beheading. Sorry it's taken me so long to post:

I spend most of the dream wandering around at my job. Someone has a black chow off of a leash, and the dog is following me. I ask the owner if it is friendly, and he replies, "Well you know, he does have some pit bull in him . . . ." I walk past a co-worker. She asks me why I am back at work when it's the weekend. I respond that "it's complicated" and walk into the main building. I'm looking for a bathroom so I can wash my hands. I realize I am wearing my sleep mask and am in my underwear, but don't think much of it. I walk into the restroom, and look at myself in the mirror. I'm naked.

And I have a vagina.

This shocks the hell out of me, but I instantly realize I'm dreaming. I then reason that I will wash my hands before continuing the dream. I then shake my head at this foolishness and just walk out of the restroom. In the main lobby, there is a high glass wall with glass doors. I decided to phase through the glass wall, T-1000 style:

I phase my head through the glass, and press my arms to the side. However, my arms are not melting the way they should be, and I start to lose confidence. The window then bounces the rest of my body back, but keeps a lock on my head. The window then proceeds to toss me about the room.

The rest of what happens is a bit vague (because I don't think there are real words to describe it--I get in a fight with a window? The window wins?) but the window at one point is yanking me towards the ceiling. I realize I'm going to hit the steel edge of the glass above, and that this is going to decapitate me. I start to feel afraid, but then remember that I'm dreaming, and that I'm supposed to be hurting myself in a dream anyway. I just relax and wait for it to happen.

I hit the metal beam above, and then fall to the ground. My head still seems to be on my shoulders, and my vision is not distorted in any way. I wake up.

I'm not claiming wings for this one, as I was not even trying to complete the task. Feels kind of cheap to me! But I am happy I was able to face a fear

**FryingMan** · 10-09-2014 09:03 AM

@ThreeCat: Wait, you're naked in front of a mirror with a vagina, and you...just walked out? haha different dream goals I suppose.
BTW love love love your sig quote, so much wisdom there. I feel we should quote it or an adaptation of it to every newbie who posts "WAH! I've been trying to lucid dream for THREE WHOLE DAYS and I can't get lucid! WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME!?"

Anyway, on to the main attraction: vivid dreams, and a LUCID! Woohoo, did basic pumpkin. There, now I do not fear October TOTM any longer.

I'm now standing outside in daytime on a fairly steep sloping path between houses but still thinking about that odd tube descending out of the refrigerator I was just observing, I've never seen anything like it before. Wait, odd thing I've never seen before? DREAM! Nose pinch confirms. I walk up the hill towards the street, immediately think of TOTM/pumpkin task [I love when goal memory comes easily]. I turn to the left at the sidewalk and go up onto the porch of a house, thinking "It is Halloween, there will be a pumpkin here." Sure enough I find a pale white/green typical jack-o-lanter-sized gourde on the porch. I reach down and imagine that it's top is already cut. I pinch the dry stem at the top with the fingers of my left hand, noticing the sensation of touching it is entirely waking-like. It lifts off easily. Oops! Below it there is another pumpkin top, this one traditional orange. Is this going to be a trick dream pumpkin trolling me with endless series of tops? No, I lift the orange one away and see the interior: no pumpkin goop, it's packed with colorful transparent packages of goodies (cookies?) I'm closely looking to be able to describe very clearly the contents, the package on top is drawn with an illustration that I think looks a lot like Charles Shultz style (peanuts), then the dream fades (either wake up or non-lucid transition, I had 2 more quite vivid non-lucid dreams after that).

I'm looking forwards to the non-waking instrument one -- I'll pass on the blood, I may try costume though.

full DJ: http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/fryi...moments-61289/

I wondered where that green/white pumpkin image came from. I just now noticed THis in my kitchen:

Attachment 7744!!!

RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC !!!

**StephL** · 10-09-2014 02:02 PM

Beautiful dream Verre! *heart-smiley* (which doesn't work?)

I'm a bit concerned, if I might not end up with lucid throwings up from the blood, if it's going to be realistic. Surely something rather unusual, if...*hurl-smiley* (also out of order?)
First I need a lucid, though!

Originally Posted by Schmaven

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.

Wow - you've got great "normal" dreams, you do!

Originally Posted by sivason

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.

Now that I call devotion!! Good luck - looking forward to the next attempt - I esp. like the lightning bolt idea (I'm getting obsessed with these things...

)!

Originally Posted by Box77

It's time for me to hit the mattress and see if I can harvest something better than a nightmare of the month. Yep, got sick, some fever, the kids drove me nuts, birthday coming soon, no money, no luck... I'm ready for a Halloween party

Doesn't sound nice - I hope it's going to get better for ya soon!

Originally Posted by Marce

(Sorry I'm not sure how to create those read more sections of a post)

Warm welcome to the board!
What you are looking for is the spoiler function, it's in the bar directly over the text field, bit to the right of the middle, and looks like two rectangles!

Happy dreaming!

**ThreeCat** · 10-09-2014 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by FryingMan

@ThreeCat: Wait, you're naked in front of a mirror with a vagina, and you...just walked out? haha different dream goals I suppose.
BTW love love love your sig quote, so much wisdom there. I feel we should quote it or an adaptation of it to every newbie who posts "WAH! I've been trying to lucid dream for THREE WHOLE DAYS and I can't get lucid! WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME!?"

Anyway, on to the main attraction: vivid dreams, and a LUCID! Woohoo, did basic pumpkin. There, now I do not fear October TOTM any longer.

I'm looking forwards to the non-waking instrument one -- I'll pass on the blood, I may try costume though.

full DJ: 00:00 Thursday 2014-10-09 LD #68, lots of dreams again, a number of vivid "I'm there" moments - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

I wondered where that green/white pumpkin image came from. I just now noticed THis in my kitchen:

Attachment 7744!!!

RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC RC !!!

Thanks, FM. Concerning goals: not exactly sure what you would have done in my place, but maybe I shouldn't ask? Lol

**FryingMan** · 10-09-2014 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by ThreeCat

Thanks, FM. Concerning goals: not exactly sure what you would have done in my place, but maybe I shouldn't ask? Lol

Woblybil knows ...

**FryingMan** · 10-10-2014 10:45 AM

Wings wings, wherefore art thou?

Helloooooo

.... did the permission group thing as well as posted here...

**woblybil** · 10-10-2014 10:50 AM

Hmmph, This thing hates me.......Now I not only can not post attachments but I don't get email notifications since Oct 1st either. Dang junk !

Originally Posted by FryingMan

Woblybil knows ...

........Yeah,I know...... I just went to the mirror to play faces and I was a "Them" (which I just love)..
I guess I got a task but it was a messy one and I gotta write it up yet :BRB.

**woblybil** · 10-10-2014 11:38 AM

Basic Task #1
10/10 ..Pumpkin's and other things..
5:30am I didn't sleep much before and was up at 2:00am stuffing my face as usual and went here to DV to read awhile and went back asleep at about 4:00..

I lay there awhile thinking about the Pumpkin task but as usual it turned to girls and I was getting mad about not sleeping and got back up but I saw myself get up in sort of stop frame and said "Yahoo" and as always the fist place is to the bathroom and skip the toilet to play faces in the mirror but saw I was a pretty nicely developed girl with boy junk too but after playing only a little while I managed to think of the Pumpkin task before time ran out.....I just went on thru the mirror and wall to 219 and raced down the road in my best motorcycle crouch to Walmart where I knew there was a huge box of Pumpkins just waiting to be vandalized by me over by the Deli counter, I went in thru the open doors and stuck my hand in the first pumpkin on top and pulled out a handful of seeds and pumpkin glop and shook it off on the floor but the seeds turned into the shiny metallic replicant spiders I used to see on "Lexx" or "Star Trek" or somewhere and they came crawling out of the hole in the Pumpkin after me. I pee'd on them and flew away toward a woman standing outside the womens room wearing something like a tank top and naked below that

Spoiler for Nasty:

I love happy endings

**JadeGreen** · 10-10-2014 03:56 PM

I will probably give this another go tonight, assuming I become lucid. This was my first attempt at the 'face your fear' advanced TOTM.

...I then think of the advanced TOTM; I need to face my biggest fear.
"I want to face my biggest fear right now!"
All of the sudden, the sky darkens, it starts raining and the art fair distorts and takes me back to an outdoor location in my own subdivision. I am then there for a few moments. I see a huge storm cloud in the sky, bubbling and churning. I am happy because I know this means my fear is coming...
Then that fades to seeing images people's faces. All of the faces are drawn in shades of red with a blue background and have all-white eyes. I recall one of the faces being that of Professor Penguinstein, a DC I dreamed about two nights ago. They begin to cycle through faster and faster until they become unrecognizable and eventually blend together into a skull with white eyes. Normally, I would have been scared, but knowing that I was dreaming, I stood in the face of the fear. To be honest, I was actually quite confused about what the dream was telling me. Why was it going through all these faces and making a skull? What is fear is this? This isn't really that scary. I could feel myself waking up, and tried to hang on to see what would happen next.
I woke up.
I tried to WBTB, but the dream it yielded wasn't lucid...

Here's the full DJ entry:

TOTM attempts (LD #119) - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

**OpheliaBlue** · 10-10-2014 04:46 PM

Punkin Task!!

I thought "What was one of the TOTMs? Oh yeah, look inside a pumpkin!" I was already wandering around outside, so I thought to myself how I was able to summon things better with this new trick: instead of begging or hoping or wishing for a pumpkin to appear, I just said to myself, "I'm going to go check out that pumpkin that's behind that rock". Sure enough, there was a pumpkin. But it was cubic, and it rotted away when I touched it. (Funny, at Trios Grill where I had dinner last night, they had a few pumpkins and gords outside in the front, and I remember thinking one was rotten at first because it was one of those super bumpy ones.) "Ok, I'll try the one behind that other rock." It was a normal, large round pumpkin, which felt a little soft but not rotten. It was soft enough that I was able to pry off the top. It was filled with normal pumpkin guts and seeds. I was a little crestfallen, and I recall wishing there had been more to it.

Then suddenly, under the pumpkin guts in the center, a chunk of guts started vibrating, and making a rattlesnake tail noise. I pushed the guts to one side, and there was a bug there. Then I said in a Gollum voice "Oh! A BEASTY!!!" (I swear I'll record that, just how I said it in the dream lol.) It was a bug thata looked just like the one OmKAR linked to in irc the other day. It looked like a cricket with a super long butt thorn, and it crawled in this guy's ear. They had to use tweezers to pull it out of the guy's ear, and when they did, the critter tried to hold on to the guy's earlobe because ti didn't want to leave it's home.

http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/ophe...uh-dild-61320/

I'll catch up on wings but I got a few errands first.

**FryingMan** · 10-10-2014 05:26 PM

^^ Unfortunately, I saw that ear bug video thing on another site and wish I could unwatch it.

p.s. fake memories are the best way to summon, well done! "It's Halloween, there's a pumpkin up on that porch" worked for me, heh heh !

**faxonboy** · 10-11-2014 03:07 AM

October's Task of the Month, Dream fragment. - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

I did easy task 1. I would have tried the others but I wasn't able to stay lucid for very long. Just long enough to open up a pumpkin and be disappointed that it was basically empty.

**FryingMan** · 10-11-2014 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

I'll catch up on wings but I got a few errands first.

Still out on errands

? 3rd day now, still wingless...

**OpheliaBlue** · 10-11-2014 03:27 PM

Sorrehhhhhh. I'm actually on vacation now aha! But I had to work 8 days in a row prior to. On the bright side, I got to wing you lovely folks while consuming a resplendent breakfast at the Hyatt

Congrats y'all!!

**FryingMan** · 10-11-2014 03:39 PM

Ah, thanks, feel properly dressed now. "Wing me, baybeh!"

Awesooome about vay-kay. I hope prodigious piles of bacon were involved in breakfast. I thought about waffles in my lucid last night, I should have included bacon!

Oh, I should just put it here now: TOTM bonus fail in bitchin' LD:

I'm lucid as the dream forms. I guess this means it's a WILD, don't care so much about the category. The image appears and solidifies. It's as if I'm standing in the closet of my childhood bedroom looking out to a a portion of my bedroom, I see one of the twin beds. It is as if the scene is partially in a black frame. I can't detach from where I am, feel a bit unstable, start rubbing hands and don't stop until I can enter. I call to my mother whom I "know" is just behind the area blocked by the blackness to come out and sit on the bed.

After enough hand rubbing I can detach from my starting point and enter the dream, there is a brief disorientation and them I'm walking out of my bedroom the dream is now "full screen", I enter the upstairs hallway, I reach the top of the stairs, turn, descend, I'm thinking a little bit that it's sort of weird just to walk around when you're lucid but I'm really enjoying it, I don't care, it's stable and solid. I reach the bottom of the stairs and enter the living room. There are many many objects, I'm amazed at the detail, it feel really waking-life. There are lots of small digital clocks with bright colors showing the time, I don't look at them but notice them shining in the dim light (green some of them). The lighting is dim but everything is clearly seen. The room is full of objects, unlike previous dreams where it's been empty or just a few things. I notice the old B&W TV on a stand near the entrance to the dining room, think it's interesting that I see the old TV. Walking further into the room I turn to my right and glance at the piano area, I see it is filled with discarded crumpled up Christmas wrapping paper. I want to do some lucid eating so I head for the kitchen, I'm in the dining room almost to the kitchen and think "no, do the TOTM non-waking instrument task." I turn around and head back to the living room, I open a buffet sliding door and pull open a drawer with the intention of finding a musical instrument that doesn't exist in waking life. The drawer is full of random small junk, no instrument. I then think to ask the "dream guides" for it, I hold out my arms as if carrying an invisible pile of firewood and say "give me an instrument that does not exist in waking life" but nothing appears. I give up and go outside on the deck to admire the view. The view is amazing, I see all the way to The City and the sparking lights. Some lights are pure blue. Some lights are little square blobs on top of straight sticks and I recognize these as indicators from a space-sim game I've been playing a lot of (Oolite) and chuckle out loud as I recognize the residue and know where it's from. I reach the main corner of the deck and decide to fly up in to the air, I jump lightly and effortless reach up into the sky.

I'm twisting around and think I should go raiding neighbor homes for girls, but I find my flight movement control is broken, I try flapping once or twice but can't move at all, then the dream goes dark, I see only blackness. I try opening my eyes once or twice and think that I'm moving my waking eyes so I relax and stop moving.

Full DJ:
http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/fryi...ce-kiss-61336/

Ah man forgot my childhood home has tons of mirrors. I should have reached into one to pull out the instrument. Next time!

**woblybil** · 10-11-2014 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

Sorrehhhhhh. I'm actually on vacation now aha! But I had to work 8 days in a row prior to. On the bright side, I got to wing you lovely folks while consuming a resplendent breakfast at the Hyatt

Congrats y'all!!

In that case have a nice lunch too...Maybe Pizza and Beer?.. You have likely seen enough wings for while