Thread: Task of the Month for May 2009

Cool, the May tasks are up .

I'll be trying the basic one first...I need more time to figure out which mythical creature I'll become.

Ok, here is my dream from last night.

Basic Lucid task completed

There was a lot of weird stuff that eventually led up to me being in this house with some family that I don't know in real life. I was helping them to cook a big meal. I didn't really know what to do to help, though. And I felt more like I was getting in the way than helping. At some point I randomly look at my watch, not really intending to RC. But when I look at it all the numbers are messed up. They are half formed and changing very chaotically. The teenage boy of the family is sitting near by. I say, "Hey look at my watch, that's so weird. It's like it could look in a dream." But I honestly thought it was just doing that because the battery was dying. But I decide to do another RC to make sure. I pinch my nose closed and I can breath through it easily.

"Hey, this is a dream." I say to the boy. The dream is so real that it seems kind of strange to believe it's a dream just because I can breath through a pinched nose. But I accept the truth of it anyway. The boy and I are near the top of a stairway. I leap off the top of the stairs, easily missing them all, and landing softly on the ground floor.

I walk down a hall and into the kitchen, where the mother is still preparing food. I tell her that we are dreaming an d she believes me. there is a little bit of stuff here that I don't remember very well. I was talking to the mom a little bit, and then we were getting ready to go outside and find something fun to do. Just before we go outside I say to her, " I have not decided what I'm going to do with you people yet." As I say that I realize it may sound kind of sinister. But I have no harmful intentions towards these people. I feel like they are friends, and I just meant that I wanted to involve them in whatever I do in this dream.

"Oh, I know. Lets do the DV Lucid task of the month!" I walk outside into the yard, and the mother follows me. I somehow know there is a garden out there without even consciously trying to summon one. I find the garden right away. The first thing I see is something that looks like yellow Dandelions. I pick one and hold it out to the mother. "A flower for you." She takes it. Confident that I completed the task, I'm still not quite satisfied, though. Technically a Dandelion is not a flower, it's a weed.

So, I look around some more, and I find what looks similar to Tulips, I think. ( I don't really know my flowers well.) Only they have long stalks. They stand about waist high. The pedals are bright yellow. "Perfect!"

Just then the womans daughter comes walking up a trail, and into the yard. We are on kind of a hill. The daughter is more my age, and I decide that I will give her the flower.
So I pick one of the tall tulip looking things. Hand it to the daughter and say, " A flower for you." She takes it, and at the same time ends up dropping some stuff she was carrying. It looks like she had a bunch of rolled up posters or something, I don't know.

"Cool, I just completed the Lucid task." I say to her. "Do you know what that means?" "Yeah, we are dreaming." She says. I start to help her pick up the things she dropped, and then remembered it's pointless to do that in a dream. And I say so.
The daughter tells me that she knows, that's why she didn't pick them up.

I then, notice a white garage, and leap up onto the roof. Intending to do some fun acrobatics off it. But once I get up there I'm struck by the view. We are up on a hill like I said before, but from my vantage point on the roof, I can really see the surrounding area. A little ways off in the distance is a large body of water. Like a very big lake. Along much of the shore is a thick green forest. There is a yacht on the lake. And there are a couple of white birds that look like seagulls flying across the surface of the water. It's a very beautiful scene, and I just stand there enjoying the sight for a few moments before I wake up.

What if you hand someone a flower as a mythological creature?
2x points, plz!
Jokes, jokes.

& Caradon, the last part of that entry made me smile. I love views in dreams... technically speaking, I guess I like Dream Views ^^

Dream 1 - Flowers!?!
I was laying in bed for about 3 hours, waiting for SP. It seemed like forever. It eventually came though

I jump out of my bedroom window and landed in my front garden. I instantly remembered the task of the month, so I decided to steal some flowers from my garden.
I came across a small group of purple flowers at the very corner of my garden. I grabbed one and attempted to pull it out. Instead of it breaking out, it began to stretch.
I pulled it down to the end of my street until it eventually snapped.

Flower in hand, I ran down a few roads looking for some DC. I came across a group of them walking to school, I knew them all. I gave the first girl my flower, she said thanks and gave me a hug.
One of the guys then said 'If you give me a flower, I will let you go out with my ex'
I ran to the nearest garden, found a beautiful white rose and handed it to him.

Once that was over, I followed the group of students to class. On the journey I remembered what Shift said to me about taking in the dream, so I ran my fingers down the walls and fences as I walked past them.
Every time i did this my Lucidity would restore itself, I was really impressed of how real everything felt.

I stole one of the students phone and tried to find Hazel. I didn't even have to dial to number, it just rang. She answered and I asked her where she was. She told me she was on the other side of the school.

I arrived at the school with the group of students, they all left their separate ways. I continued through the school to try and get to the other side. As I walked down the corridors, I traced my fingers on the smooth wall.
I reached a small eating area and saw my eldest cousin. She told me how to get out of the school, I was glad I found her because I was lost. I turned around to find my dog stood in the line for food, this made me stop completely.
This dog has been dead for years, yet he was stood right in front of me alive and well. I was so confused by him, i woke up.

I will attempt the advanced task next

I am going to sleep now I am going to try and pull a flower out of my sleeve like a magician. My mythical creature I pick is the hydra.

Damn! I came so close to completing the basic task last night but couldn't find any flower!

Aw, the 'give a DC a flower' one is so sweet!

I sorta have this thing that if I ever meet more dream characters in a lucid, I will try to be nice to them. Unless they are mean or malicious, in which case I will pwn them with my lucid skillz.

I know what to do! My plan: Stabilise the dream with a flower, and then find a DC to give it to. Then hopefully I will transform into a centaur and they can ride on me! Weeee. I hope it works. good night DreamViews!

last night i failed horribly but tonight we will see.

YES! I gave a DC a flower!
I was on a subway platform at night in my dream. There were these tall, humanoid creatures with bodies made out of twisted metal stuff with patches of blue plastic sticking out. I remembered the dream task and, hoping that these creatures counted as DCs, I walked up to the one farthest away from the group, took out a blue carnation, and handed it to him/it. It accepted the gift, though it didn't seem to know what to do with it. Another creature saw me giving it's friend a flower and seemed rather annoyed. It started walking up quite menacingly, so I woke myself up.

Well, this task seems simple enough!

I'll try to do the basic task tonight, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to do the advanced

:c

I was close

I started off with a MILD/WILD, which every one would work. The mild worked. ------ I was supposed to go to a gameshow for my 18th birthday, but I am not even 17 and it's not my birthday. Then I thought my cat got outside, but I looked and it was right next to me. There was a bearlike thing on the hill. It was a pokemon called Grotile. It had a bunch of pine needles in it's stomach. It then attacked my mom and almost killed her. I jumped on it and my MOM said "Oh wait I am dreaming". I then became lucid. I got off the turtle thing and tried the task. Everything was all hazy and I couldn't stabilize. I felt my outside body but I was in the dream I think. I only really got partial vision of a girl I wanted to give a flower too. ( I didn't have anyone specific. ) It was a very pretty girl. I imagined a flower in my hand, a rose appeared. I went to give it to her and she almost took it before she disappeared.


I then became lucid again next to a girl. I tried to give her a flower but she refused. She didn't want the rose. I begged her and begged her. She said " Well only if you weiner is bigger then mine" and she turned into an asian guy. I didn't know what the heck just happened but I wanted to turn her back into a girl, I tried pointing my finger, verbal commands .. Nothing. I guess I could of gave it to him anyways but I wanted to give it to the prettiest girl my mind could think of... Then I saw some friends, chit chat and I lost lucidity.

I ended up in a classroom and had to do work or something.

I just completed both tasks in one dream! I didn't think I was going to be able to accomplish the advanced one. I had the same doubt last month though and I pulled it off so maybe I shouldn't doubt myself so much. I've had a few lucid dreams over the last couple days but most of them were really short and unstable. I've been sick and I've been constantly waking up at night and taking naps during the day which I think triggered many of the dreams, but I think being sick affected the quality of them.

Here's what happened last night. I was dreaming that I was in this old two-story farm house in Kansas that I used to live in, but it was really dark and I couldn't see anything. There was some creepy presence or something also, like a ghost or something (the house kind of creeped me out in real life). At one point I was in a room with some candles or something and I could barely see and I looked at my hands and then I realized I was dreaming. It got really unstable though and I started whirling around and eventually I woke up.

Not long after waking up I experienced sleep paralysis. I eventually entered a lucid dream. I started in my room and went outside and my brother Scott and a friend that lives with us named Sean were outside too. I started flying and they chased after me in amazement, but I lost control and started flying backwards with no control and crashed into a pine tree. I remember I had these little bits of pine needles stuck in my arm and I thought that I felt genuine pain which surprised me. I figure it must have been because I was sick or something. I started walking towards this building, but it was difficult. I kept drifting in the opposite direction. Then Scott and Sean came up and I remembered the flower thing so I handed Sean a flower, which was weird. I wanted to give it to some female, preferably one that I know in real life, and I wanted it to be more eventful, but I figured the dream was really unstable so I might not get the chance. After that I made it to the building which turned out to be this rustic style restaurant. I started thinking that if I remembered to do the flower task that I could maybe turn into a mythical creature. I started thinking about it and my hands turned into these hoof things, but I thought that was lame and not good enough so I kept trying to think of some creature. Suddenly I remembered this creature from one of my favorite Magic cards from when I used to play Magic. It's called masticore and this is what the card looks like: http://sales.starcitygames.com/cardd...p?product=7474. I looked at my hands and I had those same claws. I also saw my reflection in a window and I looked just like that creature. Then I felt like being destructive so I went into the restaurant and started breaking things with my claws and scorpion tail. It was a lot of fun. I eventually crashed through a window and fell down this little ravine and then I had a false awakening.

I thought I woke up on the side of a road in the middle of the country and I was all beaten up and felt terrible. I had bits of bark and leaves all over and I was all scratched up. I figure being sick made me feel like that. My friend Zach drove up and said he had been looking for me. He said I was sleep walking. I was stunned and said that I'm not going to lucid dream anymore if this is what happens. So he helped me up and said he was here to take me home. Then we saw all these newt looking things crawling out of this hole. Their skin was blue and a whole bunch started crawling towards us. I thought they were poisonous so I freaked out and woke up.

Anyway, I was happy to have completed both tasks. I might try to do the flower one again if I get the chance just to make it more meaningful and eventful. It was fun turning into the creature though and breaking stuff.

Just an FYI, my internet is really flaky right now. I'll try to keep this as up to date as possible, but it may be a few days before anyone gets wings

Sounds good, i'll give it ago.

D= This sounds like something that even I can do with my limited experience.
If I have LDs this month I'll try my hardest to remember =D

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Just an FYI, my internet is really flaky right now. I'll try to keep this as up to date as possible, but it may be a few days before anyone gets wings

At least there is an explanation for me not having last months wings... I hope you get your internet back soon, I know I hate it when it happens to me. (Still no luck on this months task)

I head towards the living room, and my pops is on the phone...he's telling the person on the other end "and my son is finally awake". I have a feeling this is going to be a short one, so I head outside and think about the tasks of the month. There's a brown dog that looks like a big greyhound near me...he's sort of annoying, but I still manage to remember the basic one. I head to our flower bed, and pick the first flower I see, and I walk around towards the back door and when I open it, the dog shoots into the house and starts barking. I look to the left and see my pops sitting there, and toss the flowers on his lap, and he doesn't say anything.

I try to think of the advance task...I knew it was something cool, but that dog wont shut up.....and everything starts fading.

ah well this tast is interesting.. i havnt been properly lucid in a while hopefully ill be able to do this task.. this will be my first attempt at a task. youre probably thinking why i even bothered to post this reply.. just so its on my mind. it helps

Very awesome tasks. Looking forward to them - and I will be sure to post my mystical adventures as soon as they happen

Basic Task complete here is the entry...

May 5, 2009
Lucid Dream 45: A Gift
DEILD

Category - Action


I was entering a dream through DEILD from my previous dream. My living room began to slowly appear. I was laying on the couch and Olivia Munn was sitting at my feet. My dad walked over and told me to scoot over some, so he could sit down for a minute. I wasn't stabilized yet, so I ignored his request. Olivia got up and sat on my waist and dad sat down to fix his fishing pole. I now sat up and did a quick nose pinch RC and, of course, I was dreaming. Dad jokingly said, "Boy, you better listen to me until your strong enough to whip Mike Tallon's ass." He then pointed toward the doorway. A black male who was more or less a mass of muscle walked through the doorway. I replied, "Ok!" I jumped up and was prepared to fight him. Dad chuckled and said, "I knew you were crazy enough to attempt it." I told him I was going to win easily. He replied, "Hell, you may do it!" Me and Mike Tallon (who is fictional, btw) began circling each other and then a bell rang.

He took a quick step toward me and attempted a jab, but I cut hard right and swung across my body with a powerful uppercut and connected! Mike Tallon fell to the floor and I went in for the finish. He whipped his body around and got into full guard position. I leaned up hard and connected with a shot to his jaw. I then quickly threw his leg from around me while he was stunned and entered side control. I threw hammershot after hammershot and a ref appeared out of nowhere and stopped the fight. I jumped up and cheered. I noticed there were like 30 people standing around the living room watching. My dad said, "Holy sh** he whipped his a**!" He then picked up the remote and pushed rewind. I then tried to move backwards in the correct order. He hit play and I did the exact same thing over again, lol.

After the replay, people began throwing roses toward me and cheering. I heard some champagne bottles pop in the background. The roses reminded me of the lucid task, so I picked one up and walked into the kitchen. I gave the plastic rose to my mom and said, "Happy Mothers Day!" she said, "What is this for?" I then said, "Umm, Mothers Day." She told me thanks and she put it in water even though it was fake, lol. I then walked back into the living room and was trying to transform into a werewolf. During my struggle I accidentally woke myself up.

Well, took a little evening nap and I completed the advanced task. Here is my entry...


May 6, 2009
Lucid Dream 46: Danger on the Beach
around 6:00pm
DILD

Category - Action


I was driving to a hotel at myrtle beach where apparently, me and Cliff were renting like an apartment for 100$ a month. Lol. I called Cliff and he said he was there, so I came up and walked in. It was a very nice two bedroom w/ den hotel room. I walked in and Jessica was also there along with Meg F. We were laying there on the bed watching t.v. and I asked Meg if she smoked ganj, but she said she only drank. We were talking about getting drunk later when the dream skipped ahead.

I was now in the hotel room and my cousins Meg and Ian were there as well. We were all drinking a little and I passed out on the bed. I awoke in the floor and felt strange. I did a nose pinch RC and discovered I was dreaming.

I ran out onto the balcony and did a front flip off of it. I landed on my feet down on the sand below. I was walking down the beach when I saw a hot female in a bikini bent over in front of me. I walked up to her and began having sex with her. I noticed in front of us was my leather chair that I have in real life. It was about 10 feet taller than normal however. One of the DCs walking on the beach said, "Wow that chair is monsterous!" That reminded me of the lucid task. I looked out over the ocean and I saw a large full moon being slowly revealed from behind a cloud. I spread my arms wide and let out a yell that turned into a roar.

I looked down at my hands and noticed I had long claw-like fingernails. I got down and began running on all fours chasing DCs around the beach. I leapt on one and sunk my claws into him. I then bit a chunk out of his arm and took off after a different DC. There was a large window to my left that I could see my reflection in.

My face was kind of the same , but my nostrils were flared and larger than usual, my eyes were yellow, my hair was longer and grew backward in what I would imagine an anime werewolf would have. I snarled my teeth and noticed I had large sharp canine teeth. My body was extremely muscular, as if I had done steroids, but I didn't have excessive body hair. I was indeed a werewolf. I growled and chased several more DCs, I awoke shortly after.

I woke up in the same hotel, so I knew I was still dreaming. I did a quick nose pinch Rc to confirm my suspicions. I walked over toward the mirror, but I was normal again. I heard someone walk into my room and I turned to see a very hot female. I proceeded to have sex with her and awoke sometime during.

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after a long break I have a look this morning (3:00 o'clock) here in the forum and see there I do the basic task in the afterwards WBTB.


I am in a cellar. Seats on sand, covers with my blanket. In the sand I see numerous insects (Spining, mosquitoes...).

The dream scene is so unusual (blanket, seat position, insects in the cellar, sand...) that I notice, finally, when I make way to a jumping spider, with the rising that I dream.

I remember the dreamtask to give flowers a dream character. Leave the cellar, the stair runs up and says me that in the bushes to the lefts flowers are. When I run at the front bushes end I see in the bushes an orange orchid hides. With the orchid concerned I see that the flower has wilted, just as the rose which is very near.

I consider that I have the flowers, now I needed one more dream character which I can give them. Schwupps an old friend on his motorbike is there. I pick fast the wilted rose and turn back myself to him. Meanwhile he also has flowers in the hand. I ask him, for how his flowers are. He answers that these are for his mother, she has birthday. I give him my rose and say him: "For your mother, please straightens to her my heartiest congratulation".

Okay, so I normally don't do these, but I ran out of personal tasks last month so I figured I attempt these during my nap today.

I had two separate lucids, in the first I completed the basic task. In the second I kinda sorta complete the advanced one. A synopsis follows:

I fail at my WILD attempt, drifting into unconsciousness, with nothing but my firmly set intentions to aid me on my journey. Nothing spectacular happened, in fact, nothing at all happened, I was back in my bed. I didn't recognize the FA for what it was and tried to WILD again. Still nothing. This goes on for longer than I would have liked, eventually I give up and head out. The next moments are blur, and, before I know it, I find myself, with a floormate, in a building on academic row. He's sitting on a bench. I don't recognize which brick lined building this is. Something seems off. More than that, I never see this guy during the day. I must be dreaming. An RC confirms it.

I'm Lucid. Everything isn't as clear as I'd like it to be. I don't pay it much attention, though. I walk to the nearest window. There is a table in front of it. I'm about to jump through the glass, but the ToTM and my intentions to complete them come to mind. I figure I'll do the basic task first. I turn around, my friend is on a bench around the corner. I expect there to be a vase with a flower on the table. turning back around I find a vase with a stem in it. I do the exercise again, this time expecting there to be a fully formed rose. It's a stem with a bud on the end. Slightly frustrated, I take the flour out of the vase and start to make my way back to my friend. As I walk I use my "pinch" technique to grow out the bud little by little. I get a few yellow, purple lined petals to form. As I approach, I continue the technique, giving the flower head more and more petals and a definitive shape. By the time I reach him, the flower is fully formed. I hand it to him. He takes it and looks at it, twirling it in his fingers. He smiles and chuckles a bit. Still smiling at the flower he states, "It's sticky." First Task Compete, I think to myself excitedly, heading back toward the window. As I start to plan how I'll go about the advanced task, the world starts to fade. I plan for a DEILD.

I wake up, and try to WILD again. . . ((I'll continue this later, I need to practice some Halo 3 right now.))