Lucid Dares

I think taking the pressure off really helped me relax into some good LDs last night!
I finally completed Xanous' dare, I'll write it up when I can. :D

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Originally Posted by Box77

:-? Hmmm... I'm still looking for my third member to dare... any suggestions? Volunteers?

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Well, I cleared all my personal dares so far, even though you dared me already, feel free to do so again if you want :)

I volunteer! :yddd:

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Originally Posted by PercyLucid

Well, I cleared all my personal dares so far, even though you dared me already, feel free to do so again if you want :)

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Now that I remember, some time ago Sivason asked for some ideas for advanced tasks, I think I found the perfect place to try some of them! I hope :tongue:

Ok, here are my dares:

• StephL: (It's a variant of Canislucidus' dare and I think you could enjoy it as well) Teleport downstairs in one step. Bonus if you can do the same in the opposite direction. Tip: Don't think about it, just do it 'on the run'.

• Sarcasticdreamer: (It's not that difficult as it sounds) Ascend to the gates of Heaven. It doesn't matter if it's your house, a building, a park, etc. Wherever you find yourself lucid, go upstairs and find a door there. Bonus if you knock on it and report what happened. Tip: You could use the idea of going upstairs to incubate the dream and increase your state of awareness too ;-)

• Percylucid: Force a city and its inhabitants to age in front of you for some hundred years. I'm curious to know what could your mind will come up with when their age exceed the average live spawn.

• Anyone: (This one was melanieb's idea and I really liked) Wherever you go, walk backwards and see what happens.

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Originally Posted by dolphin

I volunteer! :yddd:

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:doh: I didn't see your post!!

That's okay, Box77. Maybe somebody else will dare me!

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Originally Posted by Box77

Now that I remember, some time ago Sivason asked for some ideas for advanced tasks, I think I found the perfect place to try some of them! I hope :tongue:

Ok, here are my dares:

• StephL: (It's a variant of Canislucidus' dare and I think you could enjoy it as well) Teleport downstairs in one step. Bonus if you can do the same in the opposite direction. Tip: Don't think about it, just do it 'on the run'.

• Sarcasticdreamer: (It's not that difficult as it sounds) Ascend to the gates of Heaven. It doesn't matter if it's your house, a building, a park, etc. Wherever you find yourself lucid, go upstairs and find a door there. Bonus if you knock on it and report what happened. Tip: You could use the idea of going upstairs to incubate the dream and increase your state of awareness too ;-)

• Percylucid: Force a city and its inhabitants to age in front of you for some hundred years. I'm curious to know what could your mind will come up with when their age exceed the average live spawn.

• Anyone: (This one was melanieb's idea and I really liked) Wherever you go, walk backwards and see what happens.

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:doh: I didn't see your post!!

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Excellent! Let's see what comes up. Manipulating time has been easy for me as long as "reset" going back from a day to several months, even years back in time, but never did a forward... let's see what I pull off from this!

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Originally Posted by dolphin

That's okay, Box77. Maybe somebody else will dare me!

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If I got to find the necrobook in its room and rise some people or if I got to jump inside a picture of my choice, you'll be in my next list. ;-)

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Originally Posted by PercyLucid

Excellent! Let's see what comes up. Manipulating time has been easy for me as long as "reset" going back from a day to several months, even years back in time, but never did a forward... let's see what I pull off from this!

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I'd like to try that one too!! Actually it's one of my personal goals :cheeky: Got to age a DC some years forward though but never tried exceeding the average life span (I misspelled that one, could you fix it in the OP? :D)

Updated OP for you, Box.

I can dare dolphin when I get my Xanous task posted! :yddd:

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Originally Posted by ~ Dreamer ~

Updated OP for you, Box.

I can dare dolphin when I get my Xanous task posted! :yddd:

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Vielen muchas thank you!! I have some entries to update too.. hope I find the time to translate them.

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Originally Posted by ~ Dreamer ~

Updated OP for you, Box.

I can dare dolphin when I get my Xanous task posted! :yddd:

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You lost me? What did you update? I already added his dares lol, did I miss something? :p

Any attempts yet on mine for you, Percy?
Edit: ah, went to the OP and saw you completed it, and apparently on the first try. Nice! And good news for those who like to look deeply into DC's eyes and get a good look at, uh, "the fun bits." :roll:

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Originally Posted by PercyLucid

You lost me? What did you update? I already added his dares lol, did I miss something? :p

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I just fixed the spelling in his dare as requested. :)

Okay, here is the dream where I completed Xanous' dare:
"Shave all that beautiful purple hair off by any means necessary. What does bald Dreamer look like in the mirror?"

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I decided that there would be a bathroom around the corner, so I walked down the hallway and saw one immediately. I walked in and found a middle aged lady conveniently holding electric clippers. She handed them to me and left the room.
There was a white makeup table with a large mirror on one wall. I approached the mirror and saw that my reflection was very accurate - I had bright purple hair with some natural roots growing out. I worried for a brief moment about whether I might nick myself while shaving, but I realised I didn't need to worry about that in a dream.
I went straight in and started shaving my hair off in strips, starting from the middle.
When half of my head was bald, 2 girls joined me in the bathroom. One of them had short multicoloured hair, and the other had a long, blonde ponytail. Apparently there was a party going on at this house. The girls were sharing gossip about other DCs at the party, but they didn't seem to be paying me any attention, so I ignored them and continued shaving my head. I did look away from the mirror for a moment when they entered, and when I looked back, some of my hair had regrown into a short crop, so I had to shave it off again. The DC girls had a disagreement and the blonde girl stormed out. The short-haired girl started talking to me, and my attention was drawn away from the mirror once again. When I looked back, my previously shaven hair had reappeared again.
I felt like I'd technically shaved my head completely, so maybe it would suffice to just see a bald version of myself, even if it wasn't a reflection in the mirror. So I conjured a bald, severed Dreamer-head, and held it up in front of me to see what it looked like. Somehow I wasn't at all creeped out by this. http://www.dreamviews.com/images/smilies/tongue2.gif
I looked down on the makeup table and saw a hair product called "FanC K___" (I can't remember the second word... the first word was pronounced "fancy".) I knew it was a product that I could wipe over my head and it would make me bald. I applied that and finally saw a full bald head in the mirror, although it wasn't completely clean and shiny - I could see some roots under the skin, like a 5 o'clock shadow. I can't say it was my most attractive style. http://www.dreamviews.com/images/smilies/a_bow.gif
Full entry: Baldy

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I DARE:

dolphin: Meet with the statue of the Commendatore in a graveyard and ask him to take you on an adventure in hell.

Jenkees: Shrink yourself down to fairy size and explore the wattle tree from your first LD. What creatures call this place home?

Marce: Turn a dream upside down! (I thought your suggestion in the Lucid Task Club was awesome!)

Anyone: Taste a rainbow. (TotM throwback!)


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I accept your dare, Dreamer! I've never been to hell so this will be fun!

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Originally Posted by dolphin

I accept your dare, Dreamer! I've never been to hell so this will be fun!

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Awesome, I'm glad you like it! :D
I remembered you went to see Don Giovanni so I thought I'd look for inspiration there. :)

Jenkees task is pretty cool. Reminds me of a ToTM about two years ago where you needed to visit the atomic world haha.

Walk backwards in a dream!!! I love it :mrgreen:

I like this, easy to recall, and anyone should be able to do it. Requires no props or summoning or particular setting. And the results will be varied and super interesting!

Attempted Hukif's (Fight Spider-Man with no lucid powers) dare by trying to incubate him while doing a WBTB. I became lucid in a false awakening, but it shifted into a different, non-lucid dream, in which Spider-Man made an appearance. I wasn't able to become lucid during this one, though. :?

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Originally Posted by Dream Journal for 10/27/2014

Dream Three
"Superhero Scapegoat"
http://i.imgur.com/dInboRX.jpg?1
I was back with the girl from the original dream, and we were walking down
the sidewalk of a city street. There was a bank, off to our left, and we
turned to step inside...walking right into the middle of a bank robbery in
progress.

The thieves were running in and out of the back of the bank, taking turns
leaving carts of money for short periods, before coming back in and
grabbing as much more as they could. I don't remember actually seeing any employees or customers. With one of the carts being near to
us, my lady-friend and I simply couldn't resist grabbing onto the handles and rushing over to the door with the cart, trying to wheel the money out. (Not that I would have ever done that, in waking life, but it was just made sense, in the dream. Lol.)

There was some cloth hanging from the car (with a design on it like the gray and black plaid on my PJ pants) and it got stuck in a closing door on our way out. Before we could get ourselves unstuck, a man with a gun appeared before us. It was the alleged 'boss' of this operation, and he was looking to get onto us about trying to steal 'his' money. I also remember that there was some lackey helping him out, a midget who was dressed in some sort of animal costume. He didn't stay long, though.

The crime boss, ironically, turned us in to the police, convincing them that we were the ones who orchestrated and executed the entire heist. Strangely enough, though, he said that there was one other person helping us: Spider-Man.

While we were being escorted toward the police station, so was the Webslinger. He was surrounded by about a dozen officers with automatic weapons trained on him,
walking solemnly toward the front steps of the precinct. I could see a large, armored vehicle nearby, which is what I think they delivered him in. Even with his mask on, I could tell by his body language that he seemed completely defeated and dejected while they ushered him to jail.

That was the last thing I remember.


(Damn! So close! :P)

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One major problem with falling full speed off a tall building. You will most likely wake up, depending on the dreamer.

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Shrink yourself down to fairy size and explore the wattle bush from your first LD. What creatures call this place home?

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Challenge accepted, thanks Dreamer! I think it's a bit beyond my dream control, but I shall start incubating that wattle tree and we'll see what happens. :)

Uui - thank you, Box!!
I really like it, teleporting is something I need in my cache, so to speak!
And it's something for when the dream doesn't feel extensive enough to go for the galaxies, I didn't dare that yet, being afraid it might terminate the dream.
Wonderful!

Been lucid twice in the last days, but both times I decided to go on semi-lucidly.
Being aware of special effects at my command, but not of being asleep any more after getting back into the story, and not of the fact, that I could create my own story.
It's an interesting state - how is it even possible?
To believe in the story, but also know, that I can fly, and at the very back of my mind that I am lucid.
But those go on for a long time, and I enjoy the heightened control over the already running dream.
Bla - whatever - going to do this dare sooon!
:alien:

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Originally Posted by DragonSword

One major problem with falling full speed off a tall building. You will most likely wake up, depending on the dreamer.

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You might if you go in with that expectation! :cheeky:
I've had plenty of lucid falling/diving/jumping dreams that remained completely stable throughout the event. It can be really fun!
Maybe you can try it with a more positive expectation and see what happens! That might be a great challenge for you. :)

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Originally Posted by Jenkees

Challenge accepted, thanks Dreamer! I think it's a bit beyond my dream control, but I shall start incubating that wattle tree and we'll see what happens. :)

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I think you underestimate your dream control abilities! :D

In one of my earliest attempts at changing size (Jan 2011 TotM, I just transferred it to my current DJ if you want to read,) I decided it would be easier to change the size of the world around me, since I wasn't that confident with shapeshifting. I used my arms kind of like a pinch/stretch zoom function. I've used my fingers like that a few times, to change the size of my surroundings or characters, and for other Photoshop-esque dream control tricks. Maybe you could keep that in mind for backup!

Are you going to post your hilarious naked task as well? :D

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Originally Posted by StephL

Bla - whatever - going to do this dare sooon!
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Yay, Steph! Success is never far away!
Can't wait to read your next dream! :D

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Originally Posted by StephL

Uui - thank you, Box!!
I really like it, teleporting is something I need in my cache, so to speak!
And it's something for when the dream doesn't feel extensive enough to go for the galaxies, I didn't dare that yet, being afraid it might terminate the dream.
Wonderful!

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:D I think we'll never stop to find new ways to go somewhere else. I used to perform the one I dared you to go downstairs in one-"flash of a light"-step when I got to some staircase or wherever I was able to see the lower level. Although I remember I was into something about 'turning around the corner' before my longest dry spell ever. Anyway, I found some of my personal lucid goals in the dares for Anyone, so I decided to give them a try too.

I've been trying to remember to do this dare, no luck yet! I can't wait until it's my turn to do some daring :D

Just an update, I almost got my Pluto task today. I was flying through space towards Pluto, I got to Neptune and woke up. Apparently even my subc doesn't think there's anything important past Neptune either...

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Originally Posted by spellbee2

Just an update, I almost got my Pluto task today. I was flying through space towards Pluto, I got to Neptune and woke up. Apparently even my subc doesn't think there's anything important past Neptune either...

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Awww, so close!!! Flying to a planet can take a long time. I once traveled to Jupiter using a storm happening hear at Earth (ported from an Earth storm to the Jupiter's storm -great red spot- ) and well, maybe my following dream (it contains a dare, reason I post it here.) might help you. Why don't you just open a door -or a portal- and pretend Pluto is on the other side? Or maybe a shuttle that will take you there (as I did for this anyone dare to fly to the sun, without success due my cat waking me up.) It can be easier done than just flying all the way there hehe.

Well, here it goes my dare... I wish I remembered more, as I have a pending personal dare, but I am coding a DreamJournal and have been reading C# and Visual Studio non stop... filling up my dreams too, lol.

Spoiler for Wherever you go, walk backwards and see what happens. (Box77):

13.11.2014

Speed-run ToTM and a dare dream, one-shot killing a turkey and brief chat with a DC (DILD)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

I believe this is possibly the lamest ToTM I have ever worked on, and to be honest, I did not even see this coming. I have been coding for a new dream journal software like a maniac... and well, every time I woke up in the middle of the night, all I had in my mind was a bunch of code (that I wont paste here lol) and yet, I got a lucid dream. I naturally woke up around 7:30am (alarm clock triggers at 8:00am) and I was laying on my back, just relaxing to wait for the clock. After a while I found myself driving down the street. I was in what I believe to be a manual transmission car, as I had to switch gears manually. I got inside a building and I was driving down the stars, but now, I was riding a red bike:



http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk...bloRed_F3Q.jpg



I was driving through aisles and up and down the stairs, and yet, I had a manual transmission strick to switch gears, realizing how it could be even possible... realizing that it was impossible for a bike and realizing that my car just turned into a bike and I was indoors, so I turned lucid.

I was surprised by the dream, and feared that anytime soon the alarm clock was going to trigger. I saw a small child in the middle of a big empty room and I asked him:
- "What are you grateful for?"
- Chocolate! - he replied.

I was like, okay... and then realized that asking that was not a ToTM.
- What is my name? - I asked him.
- Manolo, like the supermarket - He replied (That is not my name nor I have seen a super market named like that.

I recalled I had to tell him that it was a dream, so:
- This is a dream - I exalted.
- No, I am awake, we are not dreaming - He replied.

I rose my hand and showed it to him, claiming we were in a dream. My hand looked perfectly fine, five perfect fingers... so I was like, what the hell. I looked at my hand again, perfect... another false positive. I knew we were dreaming because of the bike, I looked a third time and then, two of my fingers were overlaying each other and they were like holograms. I realized that the child was doing his own business, but since he replied, I was done.

I then decided to walk backwards, as I believed it was a dare. Simple task... I walked a good 50 steps backwards, but nothing out of the blue happened.

I then went ahead to remember the other ToTM without much success... so much coding, so little reading I told to myself. I believed that the bonus task was to steal the turkey that the President saved and decide its fate. I figured if I tried to fly outside the building and look for the White House I was not going to make it in time and the alarm clock would ruin it. I pretended that behind a door I was going to find the White House.

I opened the door and I could see grass and heard birds chirping. I was able to see the White House (even though it was a mix of the white house and Congress, looking something like this:)



http://www.fernandoalbertmedium.com/whitecongress.jpg



I saw the President, but it was not Obama. It was a made up African American dude, dressed in business attire. The First lady was next to him, but also made up. I think she looked Chinese. There was a turkey standing next to them, so I figured it was the turkey they saved. I started feeling my cats in bed and started to feel I was waking up rapidly, so I had to do something... I just grabbed the turkey's neck and said, "Your fate is to die." I started to strangle it and little after, I woke up. Since the dare is to decide the fate, I'd say I completed it, as I have decided it would die. I wouldn't have made the choice though if I wasn't waking up, I would have done something much more exciting. This is somewhat short entry, this dream felt quick, very quick.

So, time to dare:

Dolphin: Visit a different planet, made out entirely of water -or any element in liquid form- entirely, even better. Share your findings and the beings you find there.
Jenkees: Grow giant, massively giant to the point you realize and witness that the Universe is just an atom of something much greater.
Marce: Rewind the dream (dream events will go backwards, instead of forward.)
Anyone: Use telekinesis.

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