Thread: Task of the Month for April 2015

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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 vote for submitted suggestions for the next month's tasks. Access to the Lucid Task Club will also grant you early access to the next month's tasks, giving you a 2-3 day window to keep your wings for the following month.

Tasks for this month:

Basic Task i - Take a shower/bath (OpheliaBlue)
Basic Task ii - Jog as far as you can. Observe the changing scenery. (ThreeCat)

Advanced Task i - Visit an advanced civilization and describe some of their fancy technology. (AnotherDreamer)
Advanced Task ii - Pull a cartoon portable hole out of your pocket, throw it on the ground, and jump in. (spellbee2)

BONUS TASK!! - Using any means go to the ISS (International Space Station) and watch the sunrise over our beautiful planet. (NyxCC)

This is the first month I want to do literally all the tasks!

Do we have to wait until April 1st for our attempts to count?

Originally Posted by Ctharlhie

This is the first month I want to do literally all the tasks!

Do we have to wait until April 1st for our attempts to count?

Of course not! This is the very purpose of releasing earlier, for you to have 2-3 night window to earn your April's wings. Otherwise... clippy, clippy wing-wingy :p

Had a WILD and some great (thought short) DEILDs during my nap. Got both Basics done and almost got inside the ISS!
~DJ Entry~

Spoiler for First Attempt At Jogging:

I think of the jogging TOTM and turn left. I attempt to jog but I'm going sooooo slow. My vision has improved at least. It's a bright sunny day and the neighborhood seems pretty accurate except there are large vine-covered wooden things in many of the yards up ahead. I pull my feet up off the ground and try to fly to see if that's faster. Still super slow and the lack of contact with the environment destabilizes the dream, so I touch back down. Things are still really unstable, so I try rubbing my arms and pinching myself. I read about that in CanisLucidus' DJ, so props to him! I continue down the road, going slightly faster now, and decide I'll take my jog through someone's house. I go in the front door, following a short lady with very long grey hair. She's talking to someone and I realize it's Curtis' Dad Mike. He's standing in the entrance room which seems like a dining room and he's looking down at something in his hands. I quickly leave that room, not wanting to get caught up in a conversation. I go through a kitchen, then into a hallway. I quickly look into each of the rooms, noting that the back door is at the end of the hall and that I'll leave through there. The bedrooms remind me of Mema's house in Sunrise Beach. The bathroom is huge and has light mauve tile just like the color of paint and carpet in the rest of the house. There is a panel of weird jets at the front of the shallow tub which look like air vents in the dashboard of a car. I say, "Woah.." aloud and stand there staring at this for a few seconds before moving on. I look in one last bedroom before I go and as I'm leaving it the dream fades to void.

Spoiler for Shower Attempt and Success:

I DEILD back in and conditions are basically the same. I head towards the front door again, then suddenly think of the shower TOTM. I figure it'll be easier since I don't have to go far. I go into my bathroom and take off my shirt. The bottom of the tub is partially filled with a goopy blue liquid and there's a pecan-sized cluster of teeny tiny spiders near the faucet. I think, "I don't wanna step in that crap.." so I make pushing motions with my hands and will the blue stuff to go down the drain. This happens slowly, but I get it to all go down. I lean down and blow at the spider clump, trying to disperse them. It slowly works, but I fade out before I can get into the shower.

^ ^ ^

I DEILD back in and go to the bathroom again. There's nothing in the tub this time so I quickly strip and get in. I turn the water on and step into the spray. It feels really good and I run my hands through my hair, letting the water saturate it. I lean my head back and the dream fades out again.

Spoiler for Jogging Success and ISS Attempt:

It's bright and sunny just like before and I head to the right this time. I start jogging and I can feel the nice warm air flowing over my skin, very nice. I go to the end of the block and instead of turning either way along the road, I jog right into someone's back yard. The grass is beautiful green and perfectly mowed. It's a pretty big backyard and there are tables and chairs of black metal.

There are a few long benches as well. On top of the table and on the back parts of the benches are a bunch of little pink flower heads placed close together over the entire surface. This is really beautiful and I stare at it as I go by. I turn ahead again and there's a weird monolith-like formation that seems to be made of processed straw packed together. It gleams golden in the sun. There are some tall palm-like trees to my right as well.

The yard slopes down to a sandy beach. There is some seaweed floating around in the surf and strewn about the edge of the sand. I think about just jogging straight into the water, but that scares me so I turn left when I reach the sand. Up ahead there are rows of identical boxy buildings on either side of the beach. The ones on the water side are weirdly see-through, like clear jello, and some of the ones on the land side begin to turn into that as well. This makes me feel like the world is breaking down, falling apart, and I no longer feel attached to the ground.

Things slowly go black. I become afraid and cover my face with my hands, but try to stay calm. I think, "Maybe I'll use the blackness to go to the ISS." I remove my hands and the ISS is floating there in front of me. I fly close and move towards a round window, but the ship suddenly lunges down to the right and I hear a guy inside saying something. There are bubbles all around the ship now and I realize we're not in space, but at the very depths of the ocean. This causes my fear to peak and I cover my face again, hoping to wake. I eventually fade out again.

Yayyyy!! Had no idea I'd get this much done this quickly! Now to do an advanced.. I think I'll try the portable hole first.

Portable hole sounds great. Jogging? Meh. But who knows maybe I can hold the dream a long time that way. I've had a lucid shower before it's interesting. Never been in space lucid so that may be a good try for either a flight or a teleport attempt.

Glad we've gone back to releasing the tasks early.

Anyhow, all the tasks seem fairly interesting, but I think I'll do the second basic task and the first advanced task.

Originally Posted by Aristaeus

Glad we've gone back to releasing the tasks early.

Anyhow, all the tasks seem fairly interesting, but I think I'll do the second basic task and the first advanced task.

you didn't [SHRUGS]

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE REAL ARISTAEUS!!!! Where is he god damn youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu imposter

I'm going for broke...I have not been able to summon or make something appear...ever.

Looney Tunes, here I come! I'm going for the portable hole! "What's up Doc?"

Advanced Task i - Visit an advanced civilization and describe some of their fancy technology.

Does that mean like the future or another planet/dimension?

Originally Posted by SuckerPunch

Does that mean like the future or another planet/dimension?

I thought about this and I figure it could be either, but I guess it's up to whoever suggested it

Originally Posted by blobularwindmil

I thought about this and I figure it could be either, but I guess it's up to whoever suggested it

I agree. I'll wait for anotherdreamer to weigh in and see what he had in mind. That sounds like the best one for me personally but it will be really challenging with my limited lucid skills

Originally Posted by SuckerPunch

Does that mean like the future or another planet/dimension?

Could be either!

Originally Posted by AnotherDreamer

Could be either!

Thanks

I'll give it my best shot and if I can't I'll start desperately trying to jog or take a shower towards the end of the month!

ok i really hope to get one done soon!
(ps my first post in the secret forum for the people that completed the last task bc i finally had done my 1st one lol)

Going for the advanced civilization! Perhaps through a cartoon hole I jump through :3

*GASP* Oh sweet sweet tiny baby Jesus. I'm so excited for every one of these tasks. Great job this month.
I'll be completing all them. Watch.

Failed attempt at the portable hole advanced task:

I dug around in my pocket for a while but nothing was there. I tried looking behind me to summon the hole instead, and I saw a big dirty mat in a heap on the ground. I shook it off and arranged it in a circular shape on the floor, and it transformed into a neat black mat. I dove in head first, but as I did, I started thinking about what would happen if the mat was still solid... Sure enough, I psyched myself out and landed on my head in a crunched up position.

Originally Posted by ~Dreamer~

Failed attempt at the portable hole advanced task:

I dug around in my pocket for a while but nothing was there. I tried looking behind me to summon the hole instead, and I saw a big dirty mat in a heap on the ground. I shook it off and arranged it in a circular shape on the floor, and it transformed into a neat black mat. I dove in head first, but as I did, I started thinking about what would happen if the mat was still solid... Sure enough, I psyched myself out and landed on my head in a crunched up position.

"There is no mat…there is no mat…"

I used to be better at holes : P

Next thing I remember I'm trowing cartoon holes on the ground from my pocket. One is not dark enough, another is not deep, and something else. But I ignore that and jump into every one of them. I get stuck in one, another one is solid, and I think I move on to other things.

http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/gab/april-totm-1-65193/

But I had a non-lucid beer, so all is good.

Showers, showers, everywhere (literally, the entire house was like a giant shower room with channels of water running everywhere on the floor). But non-lucid :/

First try at the portable hole task:
~DJ Entry~

Spoiler for Two Tries:

I go right back to the deck, thinking about the portable hole TOTM. I know I'm in just my undies and a t-shirt, but I decide to pretend my undies have a pocket. I feel for one and there isn't one, so I just stick my hand inside and feel around. Nothing. So I pretend there's something in between my fingers and I "pull it out". Still nothing visible. I pretend to throw something down and nothing happens again. I feel like an idiot. I try this a couple more times with the same results. I walk inside and lose myself for a moment. After a period of approximately 5 minutes, I find myself in the kitchen wearing pants and a hoodie. My dark-skinned girl partner is next to me. I think about the task again and reach into my pants pocket. My partner watches with curiosity. I feel something like a very thin plastic coin in between my finger tips. I pull it out. I don't see anything in my hand, but I have confidence this time. I open my fingers and kind of jerk my hand downwards and a tiny black particle comes off. When it hits the floor it becomes a tiny quarter-sized blot of black ink. My partner says something and I don't pay attention. I stare at the spot and use willpower to make it grow. The ink spreads out as if there's air blowing on it from my direction. I make it expand to about the size of one of those small work-out trampolines. There are streaks across it from the invisible air. My partner walks off, dismissing this whole thing. I stare down into the ink, trying to make it seem like there's something on the other side. Nothing. I close my eyes, try to believe, and just jump on it. My feet slip right out from under me and I land flat on my back on the tile floor. I lie there, still with my eyes closed, hoping I'll still be transported somewhere. I open my eyes and I'm still on the floor in the kitchen. So lame. I oil-slicked myself.. pretty cartoonish lol.

Bonus task done!!

It was an EXTREMELY chaotic dream... I believe I am a skilled oneironaut and yet I lost all awareness in all planes, including waking. I got lost in the waking plane, I could not even trust positive reality checks and could not prove at all if I was awake or asleep.

Spoiler for ULTRA-INCEPTION: ToTM Done ~ Over 15 FAs, 10 lucids and non lucids in one single dream and dreams within dreams:

31.03.2015

ULTRA-INCEPTION: ToTM Done ~ Over 15 FAs, 10 lucids and non lucids in one single dream (DILD)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

I have a long load of dreams to upload, but since this is a ToTM I must now. Been busy and I am behind in writing everything down. This was a very strange dream, a mix of astral projection, lucids, non-lucids and waking... I ended up very confused when I woke up for real.

I had a FA in a big hotel room, I believe I was in Australia. This was a very long dream and I lost some of what happened, but a weird wasp stung me and layed some eggs under my skin. Said eggs hatched almost right away and I started to feel very sick. I went to the ER and I was told that surgery was needed. They needed total anesthesia and I was worried because I just ate. I figured I was going to get sick big time once the procedure ended. I realized that I was probably going to astral project due the anesthesia. When they administred it, I passed out and suddenly, found myself floating above my body.

I was dreaming of an Astral Projection, but non lucidly. I was flying around and I passed out again.

I had a series of FAs and falling asleep several times, like a big loop.

At some point I did a RC and realized I was dreaming. Despite being lucid, I was still buying that my physical body was receiving surgery. I was in a big house and I took a flight to make my dream stable. The sky was clear and I could see a very bright light. It reminded me of the Bonus task of the month, to visit the ISS and watch a sunrise over our planet.

Flying to space was pretty easy for me and soon, I got to the ISS. As I was approachng at it, it looked like the real thing, but then, suddenly it morphed into something like this:







I was standing on the edge of this station and I could see our planet and a very bright light on the very edge. I saw the Sun rising right behind the Earth and the beams of light from the sun had a few different shades of yellow, white and red. I was happy to accomplish the ToTM Bonus so I decided to complete some dares, however, I passed out again.

I had another FA, I was in a room and I realized it was not the hospital. I turned lucid and double checked checking my hands. I could hear a lot of noises, like hospital noises despite I was outdoors in another dream. I started to worry about the surgery and lost lucidity.

I had another few chains of FAs small lucids passing out and more non lucid dreamlets, all with brief real awakenings (in my real bed) and installing back to dreaming.

I had another layer in the same dream where I was projecting myself and I saw my body, almost wrapped up with the surgery. I had x-ray vision and I could see how they removed all the parasite eggs from my body. I also saw my stomatch, still full with food and I knew i was going to puke everything and feel horrible once I woke up from the surgery. I could touch other people while in this ghost form and they would feel me, but not see me, I was fooling for a while.

I FAed in the hospital bed, and I was feeling pretty bad. I passed out.

I had another FA in vegas. I had a short lucid and I quickly passed out once again to find me in another false awakening.

I had then again another FA in my car. I was parked in front of a Wallgreens and my wife was in the passenger sit (I was driving asleep? lol) I turned lucid out of all the non-sense, but my wife told me that I was not dreaming and prevented me to do a reality check. I knew this was not my wife because we encourage each other to do a RC.

Other FA in a room.

Another FA in a different room, outside a building at night. There was a car parked and they asked me if I enjoyed my trip. Apparently, they caused all of these dream to happen, it was a company called, "9 clairvoyants dreamer"

I woke up for real.

I did over 15 different RCs where all gave positives (I was awake...) but still I felt afraid I would be fooled again. I went to pee and wanted to go back to bed, I knew eventually I would be 100% back in the waking plane.

Originally Posted by PercyLucid

Bonus task done!!

Wow....I sure wish MY parents had made me watch "A Nightmare On Elm Street" repeatedly as a child...

Originally Posted by FryingMan

Wow....I sure wish MY parents had made me watch "A Nightmare On Elm Street" repeatedly as a child...

Hahahah... Maybe the Nightmare series had also to do with this with the chaotic FAs... but usually I normally just "benefit" from those movies when I have a lucid without dream control nightmare to summon Freddy for help hehehe.

Originally Posted by PercyLucid

Bonus task done!!

It was an EXTREMELY chaotic dream... I believe I am a skilled oneironaut and yet I lost all awareness in all planes, including waking. I got lost in the waking plane, I could not even trust positive reality checks and could not prove at all if I was awake or asleep.

Spoiler for ULTRA-INCEPTION: ToTM Done ~ Over 15 FAs, 10 lucids and non lucids in one single dream and dreams within dreams:

31.03.2015

ULTRA-INCEPTION: ToTM Done ~ Over 15 FAs, 10 lucids and non lucids in one single dream (DILD)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

I have a long load of dreams to upload, but since this is a ToTM I must now. Been busy and I am behind in writing everything down. This was a very strange dream, a mix of astral projection, lucids, non-lucids and waking... I ended up very confused when I woke up for real.

I had a FA in a big hotel room, I believe I was in Australia. This was a very long dream and I lost some of what happened, but a weird wasp stung me and layed some eggs under my skin. Said eggs hatched almost right away and I started to feel very sick. I went to the ER and I was told that surgery was needed. They needed total anesthesia and I was worried because I just ate. I figured I was going to get sick big time once the procedure ended. I realized that I was probably going to astral project due the anesthesia. When they administred it, I passed out and suddenly, found myself floating above my body.

I was dreaming of an Astral Projection, but non lucidly. I was flying around and I passed out again.

I had a series of FAs and falling asleep several times, like a big loop.

At some point I did a RC and realized I was dreaming. Despite being lucid, I was still buying that my physical body was receiving surgery. I was in a big house and I took a flight to make my dream stable. The sky was clear and I could see a very bright light. It reminded me of the Bonus task of the month, to visit the ISS and watch a sunrise over our planet.

Flying to space was pretty easy for me and soon, I got to the ISS. As I was approachng at it, it looked like the real thing, but then, suddenly it morphed into something like this:







I was standing on the edge of this station and I could see our planet and a very bright light on the very edge. I saw the Sun rising right behind the Earth and the beams of light from the sun had a few different shades of yellow, white and red. I was happy to accomplish the ToTM Bonus so I decided to complete some dares, however, I passed out again.

I had another FA, I was in a room and I realized it was not the hospital. I turned lucid and double checked checking my hands. I could hear a lot of noises, like hospital noises despite I was outdoors in another dream. I started to worry about the surgery and lost lucidity.

I had another few chains of FAs small lucids passing out and more non lucid dreamlets, all with brief real awakenings (in my real bed) and installing back to dreaming.

I had another layer in the same dream where I was projecting myself and I saw my body, almost wrapped up with the surgery. I had x-ray vision and I could see how they removed all the parasite eggs from my body. I also saw my stomatch, still full with food and I knew i was going to puke everything and feel horrible once I woke up from the surgery. I could touch other people while in this ghost form and they would feel me, but not see me, I was fooling for a while.

I FAed in the hospital bed, and I was feeling pretty bad. I passed out.

I had another FA in vegas. I had a short lucid and I quickly passed out once again to find me in another false awakening.

I had then again another FA in my car. I was parked in front of a Wallgreens and my wife was in the passenger sit (I was driving asleep? lol) I turned lucid out of all the non-sense, but my wife told me that I was not dreaming and prevented me to do a reality check. I knew this was not my wife because we encourage each other to do a RC.

Other FA in a room.

Another FA in a different room, outside a building at night. There was a car parked and they asked me if I enjoyed my trip. Apparently, they caused all of these dream to happen, it was a company called, "9 clairvoyants dreamer"

I woke up for real.

I did over 15 different RCs where all gave positives (I was awake...) but still I felt afraid I would be fooled again. I went to pee and wanted to go back to bed, I knew eventually I would be 100% back in the waking plane.

Sounds like quite an ordeal!