Thread: Lucid Task For The Month Of March 2007

Originally Posted by Gez

Im gunna try and make the snake dream alot more interesting, for instance fight one HUGE snake thats taken over an island maybe i could get the leprechaun to help.
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I expected that I'd have a 'mother snake' that protects it's offspring, but I'm quite grateful that I didn't. The dream might have lasted too long, or woken me up before doing the task.

ThisGuy - Your leprechaun blew it's brains out? Woah. You're a sick puppy

Yeah, I read about the leprechaun suicide. See I told you guys. These lucid tasks might seem boring and lame, but ALWAYS something unexpected happens.

Now, ThisGuy, why do you think your subconcious came up with that?

Woohoo. I just did the leprechaun task and threw in 2 more old tasks at the same time.
That must be a record or something - 3 tasks at once..
It's an unfair advantage to use a low-level nap WILD though. Muuch easier than getting a DILD, but not nearly as exciting.

More details soon..

Originally Posted by Seeker

ThisGuy, why do you think your subconcious came up with that?
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Beacuse before I slept I prayed to complete a lucid task (that's real, my subconcious thought my prayer was working)

Okay, here's a few snippets from my journal.

The bit about the leprechaun:

I reckon this is a neat trick, and decide to use it to get myself a leprechaun (other lucid task for the month).
I 'zoom out' and transform into green hair and clothes and hat. My hair turns black despite my attempts though.
As I spin around into my body, a leprechaun, as intended, is next to me.

But he shrinks quickly until he's the size of my small finger. I pick him up and ask him for money, but he squeals and refuses.
I squeeze him and it looks really amusing, like a dog toy. I think some money comes out, but I soon forget about the money and just enjoy squishing him - cos it looks so wierd.

I feel a bit guilty after a few squeezes and I apologize and put him down.
He doesn't look impressed.
He breathes in a few times, and he grows in size. His proportions change though, and his chest fills out making him look a bit scary.
And he gets this wierd little mustache and butler coat.[/b]

The bit about bobbing for apples (old task):

So I walk a bit inland, looking for water before thinking 'what the hell - just summon it, twit'
So I walk to a nearby tree, look away, and look back on a quaint half barrel of water. A few fruits drop into it from the tree above.
Most are green, but 2 are red. I throw out the green ones.

I start bobbing, and almost get it when a little crocodile creature tries to take my face off - just like the shark did.
I grab it by the tail and fling it out.

This time I 'corner' the apple against the side of the barrel and manage to pick it up. Happy with myself, the apple disappears and I start thinking about what to do next.[/b]

And finally, the bit about going into the sun (which I *think* is a very old task):

So I jump into the air and spin around - turning into a ball of fire.
I head towards the sun as fast as I can. It takes a few seconds before the sun is in sight.

But when I hit the damn thing, I bounce back!
I examine this and realize that my fire and it's fire has different patterns (although both very pretty)
So I put a veneer of the sun's pattern around me, and slip into the sun.

In side are about 6 little dark-skinned men pulling levers.
And for some reason I keep turning into 'Jak' (from the game). I struggle to keep my form.
The little men say 'you're not meant to be here!' with some shock in their voices, and after a second or two they yell 'let's get out of here'
They head for the far end of the sun where I see there's a set of big double doors.

I walk towards it, and hesitate, wondering what will happen if the sun is left unattended.
I figure 'screw that' and look at the open door. Beyond it is total darkness - like it's sucking in all light.

I walk into it, and .. wake up. Not even a chance to stop it. darn.
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I see now that the sun task was 'go to the sun and bring back a piece'
I didn't bring back a piece ... so bleh :~
But I see one of the old tasks was 'stop traffic any way you like'. I've done that in one of my lucids - so I'll stick that in my sig too.

Wait a sec, I think Seeker ment the brain-blow.
Well...
Dunno.

This is what I managed to do (excerpt from http://meidi.dreamjournal.net):

"I realize that the task at DW is to meet a leprechaun. I try to create one but I end up with what
looks like a garden gnome/leprechaun. I try to make it come to life and it does, but only briefly.
It says something I can't remember."

Not that great

Does the advanced one count if there was only one snake on my island? I felt kind of dissapointed because I wanted there to be more.

In my opinion, yes. You still got rid of all the snakes right ? Not your fault there's only one !

Ok then, here's my dream:
I woke up in my bed at my old house. I did a nose RC and could breathe, so I figured I was dreaming. Everything looked so real, though, so I did another nose RC and then a clock RC. By now I was sure I was dreaming. I walked down the stairs, and looked for things that were different. It was really messy; there were stuffed animals everywhere. I walked outside. (I skip some here because it has nothing to do with the task.) We lived right by the water, so I jumped forward and flew, skimming across it's surface. I rose to the sky and suddenly remembered that the task was to chase the snakes off an island. I thought of an island while looking to the right, and then I looked to the left. There was my island, complete with palm trees. It was very small, only about the size of a sandbar. I flew over there and landed. I noticed a small snake curled up next to the water's edge. I made sure not to disturb it. I looked around for more snakes but there were none. "There is only one," I thought, "that's kind of stupid. I expected this island to be overrun by snakes. Oh well." I picked a palm frond off the ground and its leaves unfurled like a sword. I shooed the snake into the water with it, and turned around. My friend Joey was there and he said, "Lucion!" (Which I realize is not a word.) "What are you doing?" I asked. "Naming swords," he said. "It's Falchion, not Lucion," I said. Then my dad walked past my room IRL while talking on his cell phone, (he talks really loud) and woke me up. I figure shooing the snake was so easy because I'm actually not afraid of them at all.

I just had a Advanced Lucid Task&#33;</span>


It started off in an elementary school. I went outdoors with another teacher and a group of kids to get something. We went out across the street and I noticed a big storm coming in. It hit us with a sudden fury. I thought that that was very unusual. I looked up at the clouds and noticed that I could see a funnel cloud starting to form.

Again that hit me as strange since we don&#39;t normally get tornados where I live. Then I thought, "Could this be a dream." It actually took a few seconds before I was totally convinced. I decided to try to fly. I almost was doubting that I could becuase this dream felt very real-life. But I jumped a couple of times and then took off into the sky.

<span style="color:#CC0000">I immediately remembered what I was supposed to be doing. I flew into some clouds, and when I flew out I could see the ocean ahead. I flew out over the ocean and came to the closest thing to an island. It was a long string of rocks and boulders sticking up out of the ocean. I looked around. I really wanted to have CoLd BlooDed, Ranma, and Oneironaut show up and help me with this since we had been talking about it. But I could see no people.

The boulders were covered with an abundance of animal life. I was in a hurry to get started because when I had the dream last night I woke up before I even got a chance to land on the island.

I swooped down and grabbed the closest animal--a sea turtle--and flung it as far as I could into the ocean. Then I moved on and grabbed some otters and also flung them out into the ocean. I moved along as quickly as I could flinging all manner of sea animals back out into the ocean.

Then I suddenly stopped and thought, "Wait, something&#39;s not right here. Snakes....I need to be getting rid of the snakes, not otters and marine iguanas."


I looked around again and saw a couple of cobras in the rocks. I grabbed them by their tails and swung them out into the ocean.

I flew along the rocks until I was sure that there were no more. And I was confident that I had rid this small chain of rocky islands from all snakes.

I had totally forgotten in my haste that I had planned ahead of time to use my "mind powers" to get them off the island. But I seemed to get the job done regardless.

I did it &#33; I havent had an LD in almost a month and i had 3 or 4 last night. Most were like 2 mins long, but i found a leprecaun in the one good one. I was looking out my window at night and became aware i was dreaming, and thought of the tasks. I looked down and saw a little leprecaun running through the grass. I followed him for a bit, into a big camp. It was like LOTR or something, but it was filled with leprecauns and Santa Claus was their leader. They relized i was there and starting chasing me. I ducked into a little tent and there was a pot o&#39; gold under the bed and a gun on a table. I jumped out and shot a couple leprecauns, but i couldnt figure out how to reload, so there were like 20 leprecauns running at me and i woke up. T&#39;was a good wee dream, but far too short. I woulda been cool to take over the camp and become master of the leprecauns.

Originally Posted by GeetarGod

I did it &#33; I havent had an LD in almost a month and i had 3 or 4 last night. Most were like 2 mins long, but i found a leprecaun in the one good one. I was looking out my window at night and became aware i was dreaming, and thought of the tasks. I looked down and saw a little leprecaun running through the grass. I followed him for a bit, into a big camp. It was like LOTR or something, but it was filled with leprecauns and Santa Claus was their leader. They relized i was there and starting chasing me. I ducked into a little tent and there was a pot o&#39; gold under the bed and a gun on a table. I jumped out and shot a couple leprecauns, but i couldnt figure out how to reload, so there were like 20 leprecauns running at me and i woke up. T&#39;was a good wee dream, but far too short. I woulda been cool to take over the camp and become master of the leprecauns.
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Hmmm...those sound more like elves than leprachauns to me....

Haha&#33; LOTL (Lord of the Leprechauns)
Don&#39;t give up, Moonbeam. Before going to sleep say to yourself: "I&#39;m going to find a leprechaun, I&#39;m going to find a leprechaun..."
If you get Lucid, the first thing you MUST do is to get a Leprechaun, just like I did.
I just hope it doesn&#39;t suicide like mine. Poor &#39;chaun. I&#39;ll try to ressurect it on my next lucid.

I don&#39;t mean to take away from your creative freedoms or anything "Seeker", I had an idea I figured I&#39;d share. Perhaps taking suggestions for Tasks of the Months a little before the next month starts? Not that I have a problem with the ones already, just a thought.

Umm, that already happens?

Yeah. In the Lucid Task Club subforum, there&#39;s usually a thread made to decide what the next task will be. The making and going into a tornado task from February was the one that I suggested and it was used.

Question: I&#39;ve never completed a task before, so to get the little medal dow e just post what we did here?

Originally Posted by Lunalight

Question: I&#39;ve never completed a task before, so to get the little medal dow e just post what we did here?[/b]

Yep, congrats&#33;

Lunalight, you must be really lucky to have your first lucid task done an Advanced Lucid Task.
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Four sleeps left.. Recon theres still enough time for me to attempt this one?

Originally Posted by that

Four sleeps left.. Recon theres still enough time for me to attempt this one?[/b]

Of course, as long as you don&#39;t get too worked up about it and mess up your sleep cycle.

How big of an island does this have to be?

Also, is there a specific number of snakes (100, 1000, 10000, exc) that I have to get rid of for this to be considered valid?

Originally Posted by gguru1

How big of an island does this have to be?

Also, is there a specific number of snakes (100, 1000, 10000, exc) that I have to get rid of for this to be considered valid?[/b]

You don&#39;t have to get technical.