Thread: Task of the Month for October 2014

I did the bonus task a couple of nights ago!
I tried to go in without any expectations for the instrument, and I got a really interesting result!

Excerpt:

Spoiler for bonus task:

I tried to remember the task again, but I had already forgotten.
CanisLucidus said, "Would you like me to play you a song?"
Nice work, CL! I was very excited by this reminder!
"YES!" I exclaimed. "Wait, no! We have to get an instrument... Come with me!"
I grabbed his hand and led him out of my room. I didn't want the size of the instrument to be limited by what Canis had on his person, so I decided we'd find it in another room. I had intentionally tried not to think about what the instrument might be in advance, hoping that the dream might surprise me!
Canis and I walked out to the hallway. The house appeared to be a cross between my current house and my old house.
I affirmed that there would be an instrument behind the door as we entered a room... but it was empty.
I led Canis to a few more rooms, but none of them even contained furniture, let alone exotic instruments.
We finally walked into the spare room from my old house. I was disappointed to find another empty room, but I decided to try using a different technique this time. I affirmed that there would be an instrument behind me, and I turned around. There was just a pile of boxes, seemingly filled with junk, but I figured the instrument must be inside! I put my hand into a box and felt something rubbery inside. I pulled out something that looked like a hollow windscreen wiper blade, bent in the middle. I blew on it and it made a sound kind of like a recorder, but then an extension fell out from the bottom and I realised there was more to the instrument! I had to attach the extension properly, which made the instrument really long. It was made of three distinct parts and seemed pretty flimsy, so I asked Canis to hold one end and help me carry it to a room with more space.
We stood in the middle of a large room, both holding the instrument. I thought it'd be cool if we could play it together, so I asked him to blow into the other end while I blew on my end. We both held a long, steady note at our natural speaking pitch. The instrument vibrated, and I could feel the air pressure starting to build inside it. It became harder to blow, but the air slowly moved towards the centre of the instrument. When our breath collided, the middle of the instrument came apart... we broke it! I figured this instrument was not meant to be played by two people...
The middle looked like it had originally been stuck together with masking tape. I reattached the parts and asked Canis to hold the other end again. This time, I just blew into it myself. It made a low pitched warbling noise, kind of like the Australian magpie, but with a higher pitched vibration at the same time, like Khoomei style Tuvan throat singing. There was also a flanging effect creating a sweeping sound that made each note dance. I only got to play a few notes before I felt myself waking up.

Full dream here