Task of the Month for September 2014

[OpheliaBlue]

Introduction: This topic is for the Lucid Tasks that are assigned by the Lucid Task Club and the On-Topic Administrator. Please attempt any or all 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: either a basic or an advanced or both (specify in the description field if it was the bonus task). Of course you still need to post the dream here because we check. Whoever completes any of these tasks gets the following goodies until the end of the month: Your name will be displayed in ORANGE in the online members list at the bottom of the main forum page. You will receive a special title and badge. You will receive access to the "Lucid Task Club" which is a limited access forum for people that complete a lucid task each month. Members of this club can submit suggestions for the next month's tasks. Tasks for this month: Basic Task i - Find a fortune cookie and tell us what it said. - StephL Basic Task ii - Find and put on a pair of shoes, any kind (bonus wings if you can tie both.) - NyxCC Advanced Task i - Flush yourself down a toilet, and describe the experience (try to find a clean one). - ThreeCat Advanced Task ii - Cast the Expecto Patronum spell (from Harry Potter) and report what your patronus was. - QueenZukin BONUS TASK!! - Meet Robin Williams as himself, or any character he's ever played, and ask him your question of choice. Report his answer/reaction. - KestralKat/Sensei/OpheliaBlue

[KestrelKat]

Can't wait to get lucid and try these!

[Schmaven]

Wow, this month's tasks are pretty awesome! The eye ball one scared me last month

[kilham]

I forgot to vote but there they are... my two favorites, the cookie and patronus task!

[anderj101]

Nice tasks! I'll have to improve my brain food intake a bit and try for a lucid.

[Schmaven]

I want my patronus to be comically lame. Like an inch worm or something. Nice tasks! I'll have to improve my brain food intake a bit and try for a lucid. Have you noticed certain brain foods help with your lucidity?

[OpheliaBlue]

I want my patronus to be a dragon.

[OpheliaBlue]

Yeah! OOOOO, or cool creepy things, like a scorpion patronus, or a leech. Or a vampire bat!!! O_O

[Schmaven]

That would be really scary - a giant leech! That reminds me of the Bobbit worm. That would actually be a cool patronus, if it shot out of the wand and gobbled up whatever it was. I'd probably drop the wand and leave it behind afterward though...

[Verre]

Advanced Task i - Flush yourself down a toilet, and describe the experience (try to find a clean one). - ThreeCat Ugh, it's bad enough that I have a tendency to dream about dirty bathrooms... I am so NOT going there. The eyeball was trivial compared to this!

[ThreeCat]

Ugh, it's bad enough that I have a tendency to dream about dirty bathrooms... I am so NOT going there. The eyeball was trivial compared to this! Aww, c'mon Verre! You can do it! You could use your bathroom at home if you want ...

[Phantox]

Well I tried it, but not while I was lucid lol so I'm pretty sure it doesn't count. I haven't caught up my DJ so here is a rough sketch of what happened: I was in a game that was the combination of counter strike and dishonored. I was knifing the enemy team while using my blink ability when this girl told me it was time to go. She was a bit rude so I was being a smart-ass with her but eventually complied. As we were leaving, I saw a man folding a large towel or blanket and asked him about my fortune cookie. He said he'd get me one and I told him to open it for me and tell me what it said. He did, and he said it said "This bitch" and I knew it was referring to the girl I was with. That's that. Later on in the dream I became lucid and flew out a window and fought some demon dog that turned into my cat when I asked it what it represented.

[Irreo]

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.

[OpheliaBlue]

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

[starletdreamer]

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!

[starletdreamer]

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

[Maxis]

Almost forgot to post here, I successfully did Basic I last night. I know it's nearly the end of the month, but shhhh, it was unplanned. It was a DEILD, early morning hours (4~5am?). It started off in my bedroom, so I quickly RCed and flew out the window. I was extremely conscious and aware and I was quite happy with the fact; first quality lucid in a while. The dream was also vivid; I was in my neighborhood, but I vividly remember the area being quiet, the sky being a light pink as if it were dawn, and the large trees and buildings darkened in front of it as a silhouette. There was a slight, audible breeze as well. I landed on the road (there were no cars) and started walking as I stabilized. I was really happy with how vivid the dream was, so I began trying to recall some of my big dream goals. Despite not planning to do it, I immediately remembered just one of the ToTMs: Find a fortune cookie and read what it says. It wasn't what I was planning to do, but I seem to do well with summoning small objects (I hope it still counts that I didn't exactly "find" it, oops) and figured it wouldn't take long, so I was like "Hey, what the heck?" I focused for a moment, then reached into my pocket. Voila, fortune cookie. I ate it immediately. The taste, texture and appearance were all nearly identical to Nilla wafers (awesome stuff, by the way). On my first bite though I felt a strip of paper in my mouth. I pulled it out and stretched it out--it magically was not crumpled or wet or damaged in any way--as I swallowed the rest of the cookie. It read, quite clearly: Have yourself a fortune cookie, then read what it says. And for some odd reason, I actually burst out laughing at this; I was laughing so hard I nearly woke myself up. I have no idea why I was laughing so much now that I'm awake, but in the dream I remember thinking it was the funniest thing that the result I got from the task were the task instructions themselves. I'm pretty sure I spent a good 30 seconds standing in the middle of the road on the brink of dawn laughing at this fortune cookie. Eventually I calmed down, continuing on with my lucid as I ever occasionally wondered throughout the dream why that's what the fortune cookie said. Like I said, no idea why I found it so funny, but if there's one thing I learned from lucid dreaming, it's that people do weird things in their sleep. Ah, well.

[starletdreamer]

Okay so last night I had a lucid dream. It was really fuzzy. I was with hubby and showing him perks of lucidity. I started off by inserting myself within a painting as one of the characters in the painting. I could see myself from a third person view while also being the one in the painting. It was strange. Then I remembered the toilet task. Before I knew it I was standing inside a toilet. I have to say it was really uncomfortable because I think there was stuff in the toilet if ya know what I mean Then I also remember the water being yellowish :disgusted: so all of a sudden I feel myself spinning and the spinning grows faster and faster until I'm going under. The rest is a mystery. All I remember is blackness. This lucid dream was really fuzzy. I don't think I'll try flushing down the toilet in any more lucids lol I do remember thinking about the shoe task but I didn't get around it. 3 more days until the end of the month. Hope I can make those two happen (Robin Williams and shoe task). Good Morning Vietnam is great.

[~Dreamer~]

Wooo, I completed the shoe task in a nap just now! I may sleep a bit longer and see if I can get some more tasks done. I'll post DJ later, just wanted to brag while I'm all excited!

[FryingMan]

Wooo, I completed the shoe task in a nap just now! I may sleep a bit longer and see if I can get some more tasks done. I'll post DJ later, just wanted to brag while I'm all excited! As Sensei writes, "You're a beast!" A weekend overnight trip and back to school has broken my sleep schedule and while recall is holding steady awareness seems far away in dreams...

[Box77]

Perhaps I can find my over sized shoes that once I tried to unsuccessfully tie in a lucid and threw away because of it was so damn annoying when I realized what I was trying to do!! Those bonus wings will be worth to get for anybody I think...

[Schmaven]

Okay, here are the basic tasks in a dream I just had. Spoiler for Fortune Cookie: I'm standing in a strange room, not really sure where, and realize I'm dreaming. I feel a bit mentally tired for some reason, so I decide to mostly just go with the flow of the dream rather than change it a lot. There is an army general looking guy in front of me, like the Russian guy from November Man. At least that's the role he's playing in my dream. Since I'm dreaming, I hit him across the face a few times to teach him not to be so evil. He just sits there and doesn't do anything, then gets up and motions for me to follow him. He walks over to a door, and opens it to a black void and steps through, disappearing out of the room. I tell him to, "wait, I just need to find a fortune cookie" as I remember one of the Tasks. I reach into my right pocket expectantly, but its empty. I try my left pocket - empty. I reach into my back pockets, and they are empty too. I notice a shelf on the wall, full of bags of chips. "There's always fortune cookies stashed away on the back of shelves like this" I tell myself as I reach far back. I have to stand on my tip toes to reach back to the end, and I push all the chips over to the right as I feel around back there. Then I feel it - "A'ha!" I'm excited to see what it has to say. Before I open it, I wish that whatever wisdom I receive from this cookie, that it is beneficial for everyone and helps me as well in profound ways. I unwrap it, break it open, and scarf down half of it as I pull the tiny paper out. I notice that it tastes just like a regular fortune cookie. I look at the fortune, and everything starts to get really blurry and the room starts to spin, everything starts fading as well. It seems like I'm about to wake up. I tell myself that, "I'm in control here, I can do what I want!" and remind myself that I'm dreaming, I have a dream body, and I'm standing in this dream room, about to read a fortune cookie. I'm holding the fortune upside down, so I rotate it right side up. As I do so, the lettering all changes to become very cryptic. I remember from looking at it upside down that it said something to the effect of, "It's godly to have no delusions, but look in your garden" I want to get a more accurate impression of the punctuation, spelling and so forth, but the more I look at the fortune, the more cryptic it becomes until it's just dots and commas, maybe a y and a j on there, but the message has completely changed. I look away and look back, but it is still losing clarity - mark by mark on the tiny paper. Spoiler for Shoes: I decide that I've milked that task for all I can so far, and remember the shoe task. I sit down at the table in the same room, and put a shoe on each foot. They just spontaneously appeared in front of me as I sat down, and my feet were just wearing socks, so it was really smooth. They even fit! Just regular running shoes. The room spins a little, and I'm now standing in a hallway, walking through a dorm building to my room. I really have to go to the bathroom, but I again remind myself that I'm dreaming, focus on my body, and my environment, and some sort of plan. That's it, a plan! What was I doing? I remember the shoes task again, but am not really sure I ever tied my shoes. I walk into my room, the middle of which is a shower, surrounded by bunk beds. I don't see anyone else in the room. The lighting is rather dim, and I'm dressed like I'm about to take a shower (well, not dressed at all it turns out). The water turns on by itself, and the whole room seems to have become a shower. As the water pours down on me, I enjoy how warm and relaxing it feels. Now for the shoes. I normally wouldn't put shoes on in this situation, but I'm not satisfied with how it went earlier. Bending over, shoes again appear next to my feet. Some sort of running shoes again. I put them on, and tie a granny knot on each shoe - now soaked through and through from the shower. Having to go pee really bad, I question just going in the dream, but don't want to wet myself IRL, so I hold it. Holy crap it burns I have to go so bad though. I remember drinking a 1/2 gallon of water just before bed, so it's probably an accurate signal. I decide to get up, but manage to transition into a non-lucid dream before waking up, and not having to pee that bad after all, but definitely too much to try to go back to bed.

[woblybil]

Shoe task fail #1 Something must have crept thru to my dreaming sub-c and I put on and laced up a pair of high leather work boots and tried pick my way thru a fresh planted flower garden w/o any kind words from the owner, The trouble was I never became lucid..even though I never wear shoes in dreams. Dang ! And cut with the automatic wing thing already

[PercyLucid]

I like them! Interesting the fortune cookie one Btw Ophelia, get your butt to the Dares thread, you got work to do I am skipping Robin's one though... I can't just feel more sorry for a celebrity's passing that some random guy in the street... I am a weirdo, I know... but I care nothing for celebrities (all of them) and barely even know the name of five of them... just can't find that drive within, but the other tasks are pretty awesome, I love the Harry Potter's one too (sorry, I do not know the name of the guy who plays Harry's paper!)

[Box77]

I just hope I won't have to shape shift into poop to travel the sanitary sewer