Thread: 12 Days of Christmas - Lucid Challenge

havent had a lucid dream yet hopefully ill have one by the next 2 weeks

I invite my 9yo son to participate

Tonight he managed to become aware he was dreaming and played the drums !

I did the drum task!

12 Days of Christmas | Drummers Drumming

I snared a drum but couldn't snare a pipe

Spoiler for Can't Snare a Pipe:

Non-Lucid Lucid
I was in my house walking past bird cage, then I see and hear finches flying about, I catch one and then look around for a cage to put it in planning to catch another, then I see a dead relative I tell the relative they aren't alive and try to convince them for a bit, then I think must drum, luckily there is a snare drum in the house, So I run to this place and pick it up and bang away on it for a bit, then I think I must find a pipe so I begin to run to the front, but I end up in the void, I rub and rub but a long time passes, so I begin to just sort of rotate my palms past each other focusing on the feel and sound of the rubbing I false awaken (not fooled) into my room I run down the hall I see a weird cellophane flower effect in the living room that quickly corrects itself, then I look thru the front door (that has windows for some reason) and see this same effect outside, it quickly corrects, I jump off the front porch and fly past some kid I smack him in the back of the head for fun so he'll turn to look who did it and see me flying around. I try to summon pipe, I try to find pipe, I try to think of likely place to go and find pipe I woke up

I should have gone down the middle of the street looking for a manhole and then yanked out and without looking in jump in feet first expecting water slide/snow scape/beach scape. More likely I would have ended up stuck in the pipe surrounded by angry mutant ninja turtles

Lucid Time about 3+ minutes but about 1+ minutes in the void

My son is taking this seriously !

This morning he realizes he's dreaming and does this:

I am in a big city, I open a manhole, a slide takes me down
I walk inside a big pipe, which ends in a giant machinery
I explore this machine, it has huge pistons, gears and chains

Curiously enough, in my LDs I often open trapdoors in the floor to go somewhere else...

Ooook, still my son !

He knows he's dreaming

I am walking in a city. A portal opens next to me, I fall into it, I reach Paperopoli (Duckburg), which looks partially cartoon-ish
I go to Archimede (Gyro Gearloose) workshop, which provides me with spring boots
I wear them and use them to jump over Deposito di Paperone (Scrooge Money Bin)
The dream goes on with further visit of the city

Cool challenges everywhere on the forums right now! Well, let's put what I learned to test I guess. Looking forward to the dance move task. My DCs come up with the strangest solutions when I ask them for something.

Ack how did I miss this? Now that I have December TOTM taken care of, here I come!

This morning my son knows he's dreaming:

It's snowing. I feel lonely, I go outside and build a snowman.
I touch it with my warm hands, and it becomes alive. We play snowballs together.
I fear it can melt down, so I take it inside and close it in the refrigerator. It works, although it eats all our food.
Then I switch off house heating, so it can stay inside. However my dog unfortunately feels cold.
So I end up playing with the snowman until spring, when it melts.

Originally Posted by GenghisKhan

This morning my son knows he's dreaming:

I wish someone had told me about lucid dreaming when I was 9 years old. That kid's going to have an awesome life...

For piper's piping: can it be a musical pipe or must it be a construction pipe?

Originally Posted by FryingMan

I wish someone had told me about lucid dreaming when I was 9 years old. That kid's going to have an awesome life...

Considering that you learn the most effective when you are a child I am fairly sure that he will become exceptional at it. Well, but we are doing well, too, aren't we?^^

Originally Posted by ExothermReacton

Considering that you learn the most effective when you are a child I am fairly sure that he will become exceptional at it. Well, but we are doing well, too, aren't we?^^

Can't complain. Nights full of dreams now and for the foreseeable future is pretty awesome. Lucidity pops up when it does, often enough to keep interest.

Originally Posted by FryingMan

I wish someone had told me about lucid dreaming when I was 9 years old. That kid's going to have an awesome life...

You're very right there

I had some LDs when I was a child - of course no idea how they were called
Mostly to escape nightmares, or flying dreams

I wish someone had told me to keep going at it at that time...


Anyway, he's doing much better than I initially expected - this morning he manages to complete the next task:

I notice I am dreaming because I am a Playmobil figure
I am in a house made of plastic. I want to milk a cow, so I go to a farm
The guy that should milk the cows is not there, so I milk them at his place
I collect the milk from about 5 cows in a bucket
When the guys comes back, he congratulates with me for my job and I go to work there in the following days

I did the drumming task! But then had problems remembering what was next, and attempted leaping. Didn't even get that right. Silly brain.

Spoiler for Drumming:

There are a group of people hanging around in the kitchen. They seem to be trying to cook, but are not very good at it. I mock them for their crap skills. I attempt to photograph a group of people using a tablet, but the image on the screen looks different to the scene in front of the camera.

At the side of the kitchen is a counter top filled with various dishes that the others have made. I notice a large silver cone shaped thing with small collander like holes in it. Green beans are sticking through the holes. Bit weird. This must be a dream. I remember the TOTM. Most of the food on the counter looks unappetising, but I try one of the beans. It is chewy.

I phase through the front door. There is a wide driveway with a monster truck sitting on it. Wait, I need to find a drumkit. Phasing back into the house I start searching. Stairs lead up to a hallway. The rooms have full length mirrors as doors. The reflections in them are blurry and distorted. Looks like a portal.

The mirror-portal leads to the void - unformed darkness that they swirls with blotches of colour similar to hypnagogic imagery. A white glowing portal appears in front of me. Dark shadowy hands reach out from it. I calmly walk through the portal and end up in a bar filled with small tables. No sign of a drumkit. Guess I'll have to make one.

Pulling two tables together and a few small pots, I assemble them in front of me and sit on a little stall. The tables have a central column supporting them, then ornate feet stretching out. Looks like a pedal for a cymbal to me. Conjurnig two sticks I start to beat out a rhythym and tap my foot until the collection of items becomes a full drumkit.

For some reason I think the leaping task is next. Outside the bar is a large grassy lawn. I start to run and do a few leaps. They are small. I try repeatedly to jump higher and further, eventually leaping the entire lawn in one bound. (Not over a building though, so wouldn't have been success even if it was the right task!)

After this I struggle to recall the Christmas rhyme hoping that would give me a hint for the next task. Maids-a-milking? I wake up.

EDIT: wow Genghis, talented son you got there! Tell him nice work.

Thank you obfusc8 !

My son does the next task this morning:

I am at the swimming pool, I notice some scared people. I see why: there are small fires burning around
There are some small Ghasts (Minecraft mobs) flying around and throwing fireballs
As I see them, I know it's a dream
So I dive from the board into the pool, and I position at the bottom a "splash amplifier"
I dive five more times, splashing lots of water around; this extinguishes the small fires
The Ghasts run away
The coach awards me three medals: 1. diving 2. extinguishing the fires 3. drive out the monsters

Dang, we're getting all our butts kicked right now. Closest I've gotten so far was drumming in a non-lucid.

Originally Posted by FryingMan

I wish someone had told me about lucid dreaming when I was 9 years old. That kid's going to have an awesome life...

For piper's piping: can it be a musical pipe or must it be a construction pipe?

"Pipe" is open to interpretation, so whatever's fine. Optimally though, you probably want one that's big and green and takes you right to level 4-1.

My son yesterday morning

I am in a farm, there are many animals
There is a duck in a pen, without any egg in it
The next day I return to the farm, this time in the pen I see a small golden egg, at this time I know it's a dream
I go to the farmer to let him know
I return the next day, the duck is now laying many golden eggs
When the farmer sells them at the market, he shares the money with me

I ran out of bubble gum... had to kick arse instead

Fri Night -

Spoiler for Pipe:

While in the kitchen trying to make a cuppa (oh how British!), notice weird boxes of tea bags and become lucid. I phase outside and find a small pipe poking up through the grass. It is small, so first I shrink down then step inside. After many seconds walking in darkness, the air around becomes covered in eyes! I keep walking and find the bottom of the pipe is now filled with water. The water level gradually rises until it is not possible to reach the bottom anymore. I swim for a while. A ship flies overhead so I grab hold of the open cargo bay door and start to water-ski along behind it. It eventually exits the pipe into a city, dragging me into the air.

Spoiler for Leap:

(After trying to bounce trampoline style, which didn't work.) ...I decide to try plan B: HULK SMASH! Unleashing a roar of rage I transform into Hulk and remembering the TOTM grab a car and lift it overhead. Then I walk down the street looking for something to throw it at, but end up throwing it into a building which smashes it in a satisfying way. I see a bridge between two skyscrapers and try to leap over it. Another bridge appears above it and messes up the jump. So I roar again, using the anger to fuel my hulk tf. Behind the street is a cliff with a building halfway up it. Easily tall enough to count, so I crouch and then do a super jump to leap over the building and land in a tree lined path behind it.

Sat Night-

Spoiler for New dance move:

(WILD entry) Lying in bed I finally realise I can see the wall with my eyes closed. Staggering upright I make it through the door. Beyond are an unfamiliar set of rooms. After searching through many junk-filled rooms, finally there is a person. A guy holding a set of folders and papers.
"Can you show me a new dance move?"
My request is replied to with a shake of the head.
"What aspect of my subconscious are you?"
"Envy." He replies.
The papers slide to the floor. They are school work. Envy because my friends got better grades? Never cared about that. Was never driven to get the best grades, just did the minimum to not fail... Didn't like school much.

I leave envy and find a table with three people sitting at it.
"Yo, guys, show me a new dance move!"
One of them gets up and starts dancing. Music starts playing in the background. They start doing a slow motion routine - raising arms either side of the head and then shaking one arm, then face the other way shake the other arm. Looks cool.
"Sick moves, bro!" I tell him, starting to copy the dance. The other two join in as well.

Spoiler for Milking!:

(Another WILD entry) I phase out of the window and end up in a country lane with a stone wall opposite. It is covered in thick ivy. Behind the wall are tall trees. My first thought is to go to the village where my parents' live. There are at least three farms near them, two fruit ones and one that has sheep. As I lift into the air, an easy option appears: Behind the trees is a field of cows.

Landing in the field I see an old guy in a green macintosh and big rubber boots. Must be a farmer.
"Is it okay to milk a cow?"
"Yes. I have eggs for breakfast."
"...very healthy." I reply.
"..and kippers!" He announces.
"Ah yes, brain food. Very good."
He nods and I leave. There are now families around petting and pointing at the cows. Beyond this there are some sheds. I pick one and find a cow inside. It instantly moves next to the wall. I grab a metal bucket, placing it underneath, and start milking the cow. Milk is shooting out at an extreme rate. It quickly fills the bucket. This must be the weirdest thing I've ever done while lucid...?!

The bucket overflows and I take a messy sip, spilling most of it down me. The cow and me are now in a large metal bathtub that is still filling with milk. This makes me laugh uncontrollably, and wake up.

Oh and the new wings!!! Awesome!

Good job obfusc8

My son:

I am at the beach, using a metal detector, so I understand it's a dream
I find a silver ring, I wear it, it teleports me downtown
A manhole opens below me, I fall into an underground passage
The ring opens a door, it's a big room full of treasures

I did the pipe challenge last night, though the lucid was unfortunately short.

I couldn't remember where I was before being in the store, no matter how hard I tried. It hit me to do a reality check, and my finger passed through my palm (though it left a gaping hole in my palm).

Lucid, I walked up to a woman in the store and asked her to build a pipe that will go to "Mario Land." She agreed and quickly built one within 10 seconds. It was like watching her in fast forward. She put together green and white parts in a blur. While she worked, I brushed my hand against the wall to try and get a feel for it so I could make the dream feel more real.

The pipe was finished and I dove in head first, and it went straight down, down, down to an underground circus, not Mario Land like I told the woman. The area was dark and it was lit in oranges and yellows. Lots of theme park rides were glowing in the darkness.

12 Days of Christmas | Pipers Piping

Had a close miss on the Swan Dive task -

Spoiler for Swan Dive Attempt:

It is time to leave. I grab my keys and wallet, shoving them in the leg pockets of the black combat trousers I'm wearing. Just a quick trip to the loo before heading out... oh. The toilet is covered in small square boxes with plants growing out of them. I start moving and stacking the boxes to one side, trying not to squish any of the plants.

Wait... what is this? Must be a dream. The fingers on my hands seem to be pulsing - growing and shrinking in wave patterns. Yeah this is a dream. Next Christmas task is the swans-a-swimming one. Looks like this is the second floor of a building. Without hesitation I run and jump out the window, executing a perfect swan dive, and trusting my subconscious to put a pool underneath the window.

It all works out perfectly, I hit the water gracefully and surface, treading water in a swimming pool filled with clear water. Nice. But wait, didn't the task say it had to be off a high board? Damn. I look around for a board but there isn't one. After climbing out and trying to summon a board by turning my attention away and then back, instead I notice the pond in the garden next to this one. It is shallow and overgrown with rushes. I wake.

...then completed it here -

Spoiler for Swan Dive:

(First part is NSFW, so cut to the important bit ...) ...I decide there is a pool at the end of the (sleeper train) carriage and, widening the corridor, sprint along it. There is a pool with a small diving board and a high chute. I run along the chute to the end, and realise this probably doesn't count as a board either.

Looking at the far end of the pool there is now a high diving board. It has no ladder. I run over and start climbing up one of the support beams. The top is about 15m above the pool. I run to the end and throw my arms wide, before swinging them in front of my head. The sensation of hitting the water feels a bit odd, and the speed of the dive drags me far under. I try to surface, but there no longer is a surface, just slightly murky water in all directions.

The dream destabilises before I can get out of the water.

Then a failed attempt at finding the goose -

Spoiler for That's not a goose!:

Find myself running along a path next to a forest. A red Land Rover drives past, kicking up dust. I become lucid. I try calling out for a goose. An extremely odd animal runs out of the tree line. It looks more like a two-legged miniature bear than a bird. Maybe there will be a goose in the forest. I try to walk between the trees but find the entire forest has turned to stone. A petrified forest. How cool. Before I can explore it further, a noise from RL wakes me up.

Did drumming (12), pipe-transport (11), and made a leap (10). Failed/out of order at maids milking (8).

Spoiler for dream details:

LD#225 I see too-high waters from out my childhood home living room window [DS] and know I'm probably dreaming, nose pinch confirms. I think of Christmas tasks. Look around for a drum for a while but don't see one so I just start "air drumming". I soon feel drumsticks in my hands and hear the rat-a-tat-tat of a snare drum sound. Dream fades to black/void and I confirm I'm still dreaming with a nose pinch so I decided to "throw off the blankets and get up out of bed" and it works, I'm upstairs in my CH bedroom. I take my recorder (pipe) off of my shelf and go downstairs and out the sliding glass door and launch myself into the air and will the pipe to pull me to the city across the water, it pulls me at very high speed I feel the acceleration. My dad follows me and is talking to me and I generally ignore him but he says "now just because they've stopped talking about liver damage doesn't mean it's not important so don't overheat!" hah. I arrive in the city (the view of the bridge is lovely) and am around buildings and now mom is with dad and me and she's saying she wants to co-sign on the papers, I say I'll bring them by later. There are buildings tall enough for leaping so I run down the hill to build up some speed and do a hulk-jump over one, and my momentum carries me over an even taller building. I land and can only think of "maids a'-milking" and in FryingMan style I can only think of one way to get that milk and so walk up to some girls, size up their "production ability" and ask them to lift up their shirts and produce milk, and the dream fades, nose pinch says I'm awake now.

My son attempts the bird task
I am unsure if it counts

I am on the beach, I know it's a dream
A fish drops on my shoulder
A seagull, attracted by the smell, lands on my shoulder

My son:

I am in hen-house. I notice a brown hen has laid a strange egg
The egg breaks, inside there is a red button, I understand it's a dream
I press it and I become an hen. ( from a 3rd person view ) I see myself laying many many eggs very quickly
This makes me tired, so I find the egg with the red button again, press it and become normal again