Cities in the Astral

09-1-13 I had just awoken from one LD and had been very pleased to be done with the first bad dream I have had in a very long time. I used the restroom and drifted back to sleep. I did not try to WILD but it happened anyways. I began having the same anxiety feeling telling me I had cancer (I do not) but I was still fully aware. OK, well here I am in a dream. Stop thinking such stupid BS brain! I looked around and was in a cluttered office or storage space. It looked maybe like storage for a hospital with tables covered with various junk. As it was a WILD I was still very cognitive, so I quickly remembered TOTM. Ok, what was it? Walk up the walls and across the ceiling, plus sing the ABC song. I at this point had forgotten about the locker room idea. Too bad as combining all 3 would be cool. I normally spider climb walls and ceilings, but wanted to experience something new. Perhaps that is more crawling than walking? How about clinging like a bat? I went over to a wall and pictured my feet were bare and had hooks like a bat, and that my arms were long like bat wings, minus the actual wings, with little claw hooks.
I was able to climb up in a more or less upright walking position using the bat idea. The ceiling was oone of those hanging office ceiling, with a metal grid that has fiber board panels suspended. I just hooked my claws on the back feet onto the metal bars and walked out onto the ceiling. Good enough. I reached the middle of the room and was standing on the ceiling (or hanging by my feet just for kicks).
What now? Oh, the ABC song. I started singing it while maintaining the dream about standing on the ceiling, but as soon as I got to Q I could not think of what comes next. I started over and still only got to Q. As I attempted to think a bit too hard, I was suffering the dream collapsing. It had not collapsed yet, but I could feel the start of the process. I reduced my focus down to just my clawed feet holding onto the bar. By reducing the needed processing power I managed to stabilize the dream. When I was sure the danger had passed I expanded the scene back to the full version. There I was, bat like on the ceiling. I told myself to relax and just let the song flow, as I must truly know it by heart. This time it worked and I got the entire song out. I forget the details about how I got down. I probably just appeared suddenly down. The dream faded and I woke up after less than 1 more minute.