Thread: Lucid Task for the Month of June 2007

Nice job to everyone who's gotten one so far! I love reading 'em, especially the ones that don't quite do the job since they're usually rather amusing in themselves. I tried for this last night-- and didn't quite succeed, but I almost came close!

I was with my family in a parking lot, but I didn't have any shoes on. The asphalt was hot, and I couldn't walk across it because I burned my feet. Instead I jumped across it, but my feet never actually hit the ground. I realized that it was an odd way to be traveling in my dream, so I tried to jump even higher and turn it into flying-- it worked, and I became lucid.

I did remember about the lucid task, and I could tell that I wasn't going to stay lucid (or even asleep, for that matter) for very long, so I wanted to try to get it done quick. There was no fire anywhere, but there were cars all around-- and the first thing that came to mind was to blow one up, because no doubt that would start a fire. It exploded, alright, and there was definitely a raging fire in front of me, but I didn't walk through it. For some reason I couldn't figure out to climb ontop of the car in the dream, and I just kept putting my hands and arms into it, thinking, "I don't know how to get the rest of my body into the flames." So it failed... but at least it's a start. :-)

Originally Posted by SurvivorKylie

It exploded, alright, and there was definitely a raging fire in front of me, but I didn't walk through it. For some reason I couldn't figure out to climb ontop of the car in the dream, and I just kept putting my hands and arms into it, thinking, "I don't know how to get the rest of my body into the flames." So it failed... but at least it's a start. :-)

LOL.. It's like your mind forgot that you were flying a minute ago! Why not just FLY ontop of the car!!

You know I really thought that the "fire" task would be the easy one.. yet it seems to be the one that's giving folks the most trouble.

But we'll do it Kylie.. I know we will!
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Taken directly from my DJ; almost there. I will get this down lol

Right so I was in my car and driving to work with my mate, whi I always drive in with, and I get to this junction in the road, now it looks really familiar like I have driven here in a dream before, because it ertainly was not the way to work, it just was in my dream, I guess here is dream sign 1 missed. And then I take the wrong turning so I have to skip lanes and it seems I keep going on the wrong side of the road and always end up driving into traffic. We eventually stop, but I don't see myself get to work I just am in this office, but rather than sitting at desks we are all in beds, should have piced up on this too, so were all talking about work and stuff when I decided I needed to go to the toilet, Toilet was awesome, it had this special thing attached which converted it into a toilet for someone disabled! Cant remember exactly what it was though but I remember thinking it was cool. So anyway I walked out the bathroom, then notice I'm not wearing any clothes, WTF, so I think never mind, I will just go back to the room I'm sure everyone else is naked. Then it hits me, stop being so stupid, your dreaming!!! Awesome I thought. Then I remembered that I needed some work on stabilising my dreams because all my techniques were failing, I tried staring at things and rubbing my hands together, but it didnt work so I though never mind I will ust carry on. Was walking back to the room to find the others, then thought I needed to try the task of the month, but I couldn't remember them. Then it came to me about walking through fire, so I looked into the doorway and there was this big towel in the way, and rather than using a lighter or something I though I would will it to catch on fire and walk through, but it wouldnt start, so I went into the room to find out if someone had a lighter, but the girl said "You shouldn't play with fire, its bad for you" then proceeded to take her clothes off, and then then I just suddenly woke up!!!
I was gutted and angry at her for this!! I was about to do my first task and she wouldn't let me and woke me up!!

Originally Posted by AdamA

so I went into the room to find out if someone had a lighter, but the girl said "You shouldn't play with fire, its bad for you" then proceeded to take her clothes off, and then then I just suddenly woke up!!![/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
I was gutted and angry at her for this!! I was about to do my first task and she wouldn't let me and woke me up!!

LOL! Taking off her clothes might have been a hint that she wanted you to play with a different "kind" of fire!

You were so close.. I bet you'll do it before the month is up!
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Originally Posted by Clairity

LOL! Taking off her clothes might have been a hint that she wanted you to play with a different "kind" of fire!

You were so close.. I bet you'll do it before the month is up!
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I believe it was! She was a hottie too! But I really wanted to walk through the fire lol

I'm unsure if this counts, as it wasn't a pet, but it was still pretty weird regardless.

I remembered the Advanced Task, so went looking for a cat. I couldn't find one. But someone pointed out there was a mouse in the corner I could talk to. I had to be quiet though, as he was a creature of the shadows. I ducked under a table, and found the mouse. It was pretty much just a dark unfilled outline, though still undoubtedly a mouse. I asked it what it thought of me. It replied "I don't care about your forum posts!" Then I had to poke it in the back for some reason. It turned into this weird thing, which was then in a portable game on the floor. I played it for a minute - it wasn't bad - then went back to the shopping center.

It was pretty much just a dark unfilled outline, though still undoubtedly a mouse. I asked it what it thought of me. It replied "I don't care about your forum posts!" Then I had to poke it in the back for some reason. It turned into this weird thing, which was then in a portable game on the floor. I played it for a minute - it wasn't bad - then went back to the shopping center.

I think it counts.. you asked the question and it answered you (and it was pretty blunt in it's reply)!

How crazy was it that it turned into a game that you played?!
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I think it counts too - "pet" was a suggestion... the task is to ask an animal and have it respond.

Anyway, The Judge himself has returned. We should have some wing action in here soon!

I did the basic one a few days ago.

It wasn't exactly dramatic like I had planned, but none the less fun. Basicly I started the dream (it was a WILD) in a black void. I remembered The task before hand, when I was in SP (I couldn't remember the second, only that it involved pets). I knew that this dream most likely wouldn't last, because it was during a nap. So, without leaving the void, I made a solid floor, still black so my mind would be as strained, and I made a cheap fire that resembled cheap movie effects. I just walked into it and tried to concentrate on feeling the heat. I did, a little bit. I let the void and the fire slip away as I awoke.

Seriously, where's our badges?
Where has the Club gone to?

Originally Posted by i_speel_good

Seriously, where's our badges?
Where has the Club gone to?

Patience. The Overlord of the Lucid Tasks has been taking a little break. He'll be back in the saddle very soon now.

I completed the task for May last night, but I can see it's too late. I will try the talking animal one tonight.

Thanks everyone for being so understanding. I've been on vacation this past week.

Congrats on all the cool tasks! lseadragon, your mouse came totally out of left field, that's what I like about this kind of task, they can be so RANDOM!

I'm still waiting for a lucid so I can try to talk to my beardy

Darn it! I almost had it...

I had two goals in mind for my lucid dream:
1. Fly
2. Do the fire task

I thought I had figured out how to combine them both into one, but I failed at both, unfortunately. My idea was to use rocket boots to fly for a while, and then light some stuff on fire with my boots, and walk through the fire.

I equipped the boots pretty easily, and tried to fly first. This worked for a few seconds, then I ran out of fuel, and fell to the ground. I then tried to light some bushes on fire, but I couldn't get a flame to shoot out of my boots anymore. I tried to find some more boots/fuel, and yelled things like, "EQUIP ROCKET BOOTS!", but nothing worked. I woke up after a little while.

Okay! Time to tell you about my failed attempt at the fire task:

(This WILD was a few days ago by the way)

Well I woke up in the night with a sore stomach, got up, went to the bathroom then hopped back into bed feeling tired but alert. A perfect time to attempt a WILD!

So I lay on my back and tried to get 'inside my head' as such, by imagining walking through a park. I got into SP after maybe 20min, then without knowing sort of slipped into the dream about walking in a forest. As soon as I realised I came back to reality

I kept lying there and after maybe 10minutes realised that I was seeing my window upside down! As soon as I realised this I was laying on my back upside down I 'slipped' off my bed and floated to the floor!

I knew instantly I was dreaming, and stood there for a moment focusing on the objects in my room to increase clarity. I was trying to decide whether to visit the dream 'headquarters' that I've been spending the past few weeks designing in my head or to do the lucid tasks. I decided to do the tasks.

I wanted to try the fire one, so I ran towards my window and morphed myself through it. I looked at the sky again hoping it to be pretty after that post about skies in lucids being pretty but it was just normal except for a few cool shaped clouds. I felt the wind, but it was warm and pleasant. I ran onto the gravel path and it hurt my bare feet like it does in real life. I ran behind my house to the paddock, and tried to work out a way to light a fire.

As we are in a drought I knew that the grass would be dry enough to light, but we needed some firewood! I looked over to the nearest gum tree and it conveniently had a few large branches that I knew I could pile up. I floated over to the branches and tried to hover them sort of telekinesisishly. They hovered but twitched? uncontrollably. I then reached into my pyjama pocket and pulled out a Harry Potter wand.

I shouted 'wingardium leviosa'! at the branches and they sprung up under my control. I piled them up in a sort of large tee-pee style. I then tried to make the fire light by using my 'laser' vision. A red light shot from my eyes to the grass underneath the wood and although it smoked (green smoke? by the way) no fire would appear. So I used my Harry Potter wand and made up a spell on the spot which went something like
Fire fire burn so bright
Spark the fire to light the night

At the time it sounded really cool but now I'm slightly embarrased to post it! The fire sprang to life and although I was standing a few metres away I could already see the flames licking around the sides of the pile. The bon-fire quickly grew until it was a few metres high.

I decided that I would try to walk through now, so I put down my wand and walked towards the fire. I kept walking even though it was really hot, trying to convince myself that the fire wouldn't hurt me.

As I got closer I could feel a sort of tugging sensation which I assumed was just the fire 'pulling' me closer, beckoning me on!

Unfortunately at that point I woke up back in my bed, and after lying there in my bed trying to re-enter my dream... I did a reality check but alas I was awake. I got up feeling rather sick. So I went and ate an apple.


Just to let you know, I actually was sick later that night because of food poisoning... So I hope that the reason I woke up from my dream was actually because I felt sick. Oh and I had a fever, and sometimes I dream better when I do, so hopefully now that I'm better I can try and WILD and do the tasks again!

Good luck guys,
Ellie

Naikou, rocket boots sound fun! Maybe next time...

Aww, 2fruits, you were so close! I think the Harry Potter thing was cool-- a good way to get the job done, that's for sure! And to keep walking even though it's hot; that's saying something. I couldn't do that.

I had two lucids in quick succession last night... and tried the task in both of them... and still failed miserably.

Here's a bit from the first one:

He starts yelling, so I ignore him and try to find something else to do—why not go for the lucid task again? There’s a big tree nearby, so I grab a box of matches (which conveniently appeared in my pocket), light one, and drop it against the tree, then blow on it because I think it will help. Needless to say it doesn’t work. I try for a few more minutes, then give it up as hopeless and start flying around again.

And the second one:

This dream came right after the previous lucid, but it was really unclear at the start. I spin around and rub my hands at the same time, which worked enough to give me a dream-scene. I start to walk down my street (I appeared in the same place I left off last time), and yell “Increase clarity” (I might add that while I said that I thought of Clairity, ‘cause I had just read that old thread the day before about why people chose their screennames, and her comment about people always calling her into their dreams). Anyway, I chuckle a bit at that, but it actually worked really well—it’s like that commercial for Claritin where the screen goes from grey-ish to bright and colorful—I actually notice the trees change, and they very nearly sparkled!

I knew from my last attempt I wasn’t going to have luck creating it myself, so I decide to ask someone else. There’s a woman walking towards me with this huge plant, so I go over to her and ask if she’ll make a big magical fire all over my front lawn. I explain that the flames need to be high and that it needs to keep going for a couple of minutes. She says something about it being difficult but she’ll give it a shot. I turn around a pace back and forth looking at a field across from my house, then turn back when she says she’s ready.

It’s not nearly as dramatic as I had planned; only a few places of the lawn are actually on fire, but where the flames are is pretty cool. They’re about seven or eight feet high, and in these huge flat sheets in random spots on the grass. I yell thank you to her as I run over to the one nearest the front door. I slow down before I reach it and shove my hand through the flame—but it’s hot! I yelp and pull out my burned hand, looking at the fire and thanking my lucky stars I didn’t run head on, ‘else my face would have been melted off. I try for a few minutes to make the flames cooler, but instead of fixing things the fire just disappears. So much for that.

2Fruits, I rather liked your poem.. I mean it rhymed and everything!

Originally Posted by SurvivorKylie

I start to walk down my street (I appeared in the same place I left off last time), and yell “Increase clarity” (I might add that while I said that I thought of Clairity, ‘cause I had just read that old thread the day before about why people chose their screennames, and her comment about people always calling her into their dreams). Anyway, I chuckle a bit at that, but it actually worked really well—it’s like that commercial for Claritin where the screen goes from grey-ish to bright and colorful—I actually notice the trees change, and they very nearly sparkled!

YAY, I helped.. and even made things "sparkly"!

Originally Posted by SurvivorKylie

I slow down before I reach it and shove my hand through the flame—but it’s hot! I yelp and pull out my burned hand, looking at the fire and thanking my lucky stars I didn’t run head on, ‘else my face would have been melted off.

My fire was too hot too. I guess our minds expected it to burn us so it did. (stupid fire)
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I really expected the fire one to be easy. This is interesting. Is it just so ingrained into us?

I haven't tried the fire one yet. Soon, hopefully.

Originally Posted by SurvivorKylie

Naikou, rocket boots sound fun! Maybe next time...

Just make sure to find some that hold more fuel than mine did.

Originally Posted by SurvivorKylie

There’s a woman walking towards me with this huge plant, so I go over to her and ask if she’ll make a big magical fire all over my front lawn. I explain that the flames need to be high and that it needs to keep going for a couple of minutes.

ROFL

Hey, at least your DC's are smart enough to get the job done. Mine are usually dumber than rocks. >.<

Gah, almost!

Last night I called for my dog, and she didn't come. I think I asked anyway, "Lucy, what do you think of me?" but no reply. And no dog.

DANGIT!

I failed

I remembered only Advanced task and it's more interesting too.

I asked my dog (actually it wasn't my dog) what he thinks of me and he didn't say a word. I spend pretty long time asking about me but no reply. I guess I should ask my cat next time cause he looks smarter than my dog.

Originally Posted by Fluffysilver

Gah, almost!

Last night I called for my dog, and she didn't come. I think I asked anyway, "Lucy, what do you think of me?" but no reply. And no dog.

DANGIT!

Hey at least you remembered the task!

Originally Posted by rustboy

I failed

I remembered only Advanced task and it's more interesting too.

I asked my dog (actually it wasn't my dog) what he thinks of me and he didn't say a word. I spend pretty long time asking about me but no reply. I guess I should ask my cat next time cause he looks smarter than my dog.

You didn't fail.. you just haven't succeeded yet!

Ok.. so I'm the Task of the Month "cheerleader"!

"READY..OK!" "You can do it.. yes you can.. something, something.."
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This is turning into an epic month, perhaps we may continue it into July.....?

No complaint from me! More time to immolate myself.