Lucidity Challenge 37: Winner - Scipio Xaos! Congrats!

Two short LD’s

I had 2 LDs :happy:. First one I count as short 2min cos I can’t remember it clearly…went back to sleep without recording hehe. Second one at least 5 minutes. I accomplished the task of finding my parallel self, spent the first bit trying to find you but it was difficult.

[spoiler]The first LD I got lucid somehow can’t recall now, but I spent a good bit trying to find you, that’s what I remember. The key points I remember is flying on top of a building, called the empire building or something. It was really high. I was trying to find you “in the clouds” haha. thought it’d be a good place to look :razz:. Sadly that’s all I remember. It felt like a long ld too, but since I can’t recall enough, I’d count it short.

The second LD I was going back to sleep and just telling myself I will RC. I was also attempting WILD. I was thinking a lot and started to lose focus seeing HI. Eventually I fall asleep and enter a dream. I wake up in the dream on my bed and a habit of mine, I performed a hand RC to 4 fingers.

I remember the dream was very dark, night time and hazy. I stabilized a lot by rubbing my hands together. I flew out my window to the sky to look for you in the clouds, because that’s where I expected you to be. But whenever I get like 2m away from my window I get pulled back into my room. This went on for quite a while. I kept getting pulled back. Frustrated I thought maybe it wasn’t stable enough, so I rubbed my hands on my computer chair, feeling the fabric. That really brought a sense of wholeness to the dream. But still… kept getting pulled back. At one point I just stood at the window and looked around the sky to look for the moon because I was planning to find you and bring you to the moon :razz:. But there was no moon…at all. Which would explain why it was so dark.

I decided I was wasting my time and switched to finding my parallel self. I made my way downstairs and noticed desktop at where my living room would be, didn’t look anything like my living room. The computer was on and on the webpage ld4all. I was sure to stabilize here. I looked over the webpage to see if it was messed up or anything. It was just the welcoming page, nothing was out of the ordinary. There was a mirror icon at the top right corner of the page I thought it was always there in the dream. I clicked on it and it appeared on the center of the screen growing larger. Then I asked it, “who is my parallel self?” In the center of the grey mirror a circular loading symbol appears lol. I did a time RC by looking at the time on the computer bar. It changes by 5 minutes. I do the time rc a couple more times and noticed it kept changing by 5 minutes. So dream time 5min/irl time second pretty much. It was fascinating.

I grow impatient with the loading mirror icon and leave, I was actually thinking of going on irc in the dream to see how it would be but didn’t wanna waste time. The dream scene swaps. I’m in my basement now and remember to stabilize, rubbed my hands together. In my basement I see a girl crying while lying on my soccer table… I wave my hand over her and with a thought, commanded waves of positivity into her. She stops crying and asks what I was doing. I told her I was just sending positive energy into her. She keeps thinking I’m saying “positive inertia” I repeat “energy”. I asked her then if she was my parallel self. She says no. Afterwards a group of people come downstairs. I see another girl and ask her if she’s my parallel self in which she replied no. I asked her if she knew where my parallel self is, she says she is right beside me. I turned to my right and see this girl a lot taller than me. She had brown hair tied up in a very high bun, she was a lot chubbierr than me, but a good healthy weight. She gave off a very welcoming feel, along with the rest of the people. I felt very welcomed. I asked the girl right away what her name is, she replies, “Nicole”. (Not my name irl) then I asked her to tell me about herself. She says that she is a “soft athlete”, a drinker, and caring person. She elaborated on “caring” by pointing to a little cute baby strapped into his seat thing. She says it is her friend’s baby that she is helping to take care of. I poked the little baby’s chubby cheeks while she spoke… he was soo adorable ! Every time he would try to bite my finger but he had no teeth. Nicole introduces everyone there, I didn’t care to remember everyone’s name. I only focused on remembering hers and Gavin, the little baby. She continues talking and at a point offers me a drink, but I refused. Mid way in the conversation I wake up. :c It was pretty vivid and an Interesting lucid. Those DCs actually kind of feel… real. :razz:

Interesting character, not exactly the opposite or similar. Not sure what soft athletes are, but I’m no athlete irl. I love sports and play fairly well compared to a lot of girls…but no athlete. Drinking, I’m actually against alcoholic beverages. Caring… I would like to think I am. :razz: I try my best to help people in need. I am pretty empathetic.[/spoiler]

It’s okay, thanks! No, didn’t find the parallel version.

Short lucid moment today. I had another disturbing dream and went lucid for two seconds. I was like, “so it’s this kind of dream again…” the dream didn’t last long at that point, I woke up in the middle of escaping.

Had repeated changes of perspective again in my last dream where I would go back and forth from being in the story, to someone else having been in my place.

For the fourth part, Foretold War, I was this other girl, not myself, so I wrote it in third person.

For the last part with the Simpsons, I was a DO, where it transitioned that it had been them and Homer in place of me and my dad in the earlier part.

I had an ND this morning in which I took the perspective of a young adult doing some mountain climbing (posted here, in the first dream). This was the first time that I really felt as if I’d only taken the perspective of something instead of becoming it, as I can’t really say I was the one controlling things.

Had an ND here which started off with me as a DO eventually being able to possess a Yautja from the Predator films. This was also the first NDs where I’ve woken up from one, remembered it only to re-enter it upon going back to sleep again.

One short and one long LD, and I felt sunlight. I felt sunburned, but it wasn’t painful.

I have a question about your dream. When you saw the mirror on the computer, was it like an animated mirror or did it act like a real mirror, even though it was on your computer screen? If it looked and acted like a real mirror, then you are eligible for extra points from Task 3, if you honestly feel like it was a real mirror on your computer screen. Let me know :smile:

The mirror in the computer was animated. I believe there’s one designed by Q, on the guide page. It looked exactly like that one.

Had a short lucid, about 1-2min. Had sudden lucidity from mirror. I made a habit of rcing whenever I see mirrors irl. :razz: My plan was to find you again but then I remembered I haven’t attempted the rain task in a lucid dream. So I did that instead. Afterwards my lucidity dropped.

[spoiler]Starting from ND, I was outside of a movie theatre with my friend Alex. In the dream I had two ice cream cones that were empty. I squished them together and ice cream began to form but it was so hot that it started melting all over my hands. Me and Alex go look for a washroom so I could clean up, the movie theatre oddly did not have any. We walked over to a grocery store instead.

In the grocery store there were many levels. Each level represented a school grade. I was trying to find a higher grade, because the washrooms for the lower grades were made specifically for the young students according to avg height. Lol. I managed to find the level for gr.10s. (I’ve graduated HS) I was desperate for the washroom, and being small I fitted.

After I cleaned up at the sink I suddenly became lucid. But low level. I run out of the grocery store with my goal to find you and head to space. I lifted off into the sky and the dream scene changes. I’m standing at my houses ledge high up, my family taunts me saying I’ll fall if I jump. I’m still lucid, so I jumped off and soared in the sky and the view I had of the sky was breathtaking. I could see bits of space and stars in the daylight. It’s difficult to explain but it was pretty. I recall the rain task and with a wave of my hand I made rain clouds appear overhead as I floated. Then it rained. I don’t recall the feeling as much since I wasn’t focusing so heavily. I just felt drops hitting my skin lightly.

Afterwards a woman dressed in purple appears and flies with me. My lucidity drops as I watched her. She was very powerful and with a wave of her hand buildings sprouted out from the ground. I see a random scene of her kissing a rabbit. Then I see her being drained of power from a man. She laid helplessly on a sort of couch. She apparently had the ability to bring dream creations into waking life. The buildings she created were all destroyed. She apologizes saying she is too weak to make them appear irl. I "wake"up and realized she was wrong, she says apparently her powers were just enough. Then I really wake up.:razz:[/spoiler]

Hey! I tried to find you, HeadInTheClouds, and had very little success… Still I managed to walk and fly in the rain! :happy: I do wonder, though, if my flight with you near the end may have counted as a Task, but it wasn’t any new flight method so I’m not sure…

Kyle

((Kyle - Medium Lucid Dream - Task 5 Part III (Lucid-E)))

Current Stats:

[spoiler]Fragments: 6
Non-Lucid Dreams: 23
False Lucid Dreams: 2
Short Lucid Dreams: 8
Medium Lucid Dreams: 3
Long Lucid Dreams: 1

Task 1: Part I (Lucid-E), Part II (Lucid), and Part III (Lucid-E)
Task 2: Part I (Lucid-E), Part II (Lucid-E), and 2 Part 4’s
Task 3: Part I (Lucid-E), Part II (Lucid-E), Part III (Lucid-E), 2 Part 4’s (Lucid-E), and the Bonus (Lucid-E)
Task 4: Part I (Lucid), and Part II (Lucid)
Task 5: Part III (Lucid-E), and Part IV (Lucid-E)

Personal Task One Accomplished : Find a Certain DC
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Makes sense what happened when you found me. I have the issue of losing my sight in my LDs. It happens in virtually every LD I have, often multiple times per LD.

Ultimately, if you feel the flight with me accomplished the bonus task, then I will award you those points. From your DJ entry, it seemed like it could go either way, so I leave it up to you to decide whether it counted for the bonus task or not.

Not that any of you need it, but here is my own personal tip for anyone dealing with dream blindness: Keep moving! As long as I keep physically moving through the dreamscape, my vision will come back within a few seconds.

Task 6 shall be posted tomorrow night, so make sure to find me in your dreams by then. :cool:

HeadInTheClouds

[center]Task 6 – Sing[/center]

Alright, welcome to Task 6! We’re almost finished. This week’s task shall be interesting and something that some people may never think to do. I have read that it is also a good stabilization technique, although I haven’t done it that much myself. In order to gain points this week, you must sing in your dream. It’s that simple. Of course, you will gain additional points for singing in unique situations. Here is the breakdown of points for this task:

1. Sing – +40 pts
2. Become a Famous Singer and Sing – +30 pts
3. Sing in the Rain – +20 pts
4. Sing in the Shower – +10 pts
5. Any Other Time You Sing – +5 pts per tick

Whoever I feel has the funniest or most interesting completion of the task will be awarded the +5 pts creative bonus. As an example, DCs uncontrollably laughing when you sing would possibly be funny enough to win the +5 pts for creativity.

For part 2, make sure that you specify it is a famous singer from real life otherwise you won’t get points. Also, I may not know the person you are talking about, so you must specify that the person is a famous singer. Additionally, part 3 can be completed along with Task 5 part 3 (I hope you get the irony of part 3 :cool_raz: ).

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I should make it clear that each part of Task 6 requires you to sing a different song. Basically, you have to sing a separate song for each part.
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The bonus task and points are officially over. Sadly, it seems only one person was able to find me. Should anyone else endeavor to try to find me, I may be found flying somewhere in dark storm clouds full of thunder and lightning, or perhaps in a mirror. If you should have issues with mirrors, perhaps I will be able to help you within your LD.

Current scores, as well as task 5’s creativity points, will hopefully be posted soon.

HeadInTheClouds

Continuing my trend of LDing right after tasks are posted and then not again for the rest of the week, I had a medium-length LD this morning (posted here) that accomplished Task 6 Part 1, Task 6 Part 3, and Task 5 Part 3.

I love this task! Singing is one of my favourite things to do in lucid dreams, I really look forward to this!

Alright everyone, here are the creative bonus awards for Task 5 and the current standings. Before I reveal that, I should make it clear that each part of Task 6 requires you to sing a different song. Basically, you have to sing a separate song for each part. I will also add this to the Task 6 posting.

Congratulations to Thorn for winning the creative bonus [color=green]+10 pts [/color]for transforming a DC! Additionally, congrats to argon for winning the [color=green]+5 pts[/color] for having the most creative solution to finding her parallel self!

Also, Scipio Xaos, as I haven’t heard back from you yet, your current score does not reflect the bonus task if you feel that you have completed it.

[size=150]Scroll all the way down to see the current scores.[/size]

I’m glad you look forward to it! :happy:

Thorn, as I didn’t specify the need to sing different songs for each part of Task 6, I have awarded you the points for both Task 6 Part 1 & Task 6 Part 3. However, for anyone else, the need to sing a separate song for each part applies from here on out.

[size=150]Current Scores:[/size]
Thorn: 1615
Lucidis: 0
James_uk2008: 250
Masonc1: 130
Omnisomnia: 0
MrLucidZombie: 0
argon: 420
Scipio Xaos: 1450
Rhewin: 340
Cyclonic: 50
MagykKatte: 20
Siiw: 520
StarryGwee: 1490
Jessica: 155
GigaByte: 0
squoak: 70
mr_Block: 0
demented: 145

Sorry, I was just working off of precedent.

:tongue:

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Medium Length lucid dream where I complete parts of the Parallel Selves task.

I had a medium-length LD here that did not accomplish any tasks.

I had a bunch of NDs today. Haven’t been in the lucid dreaming mood lately :razz:

In one of them I sang a little. My older brother and his friend found a bird dowstairs in our basement. They were poking it around and scaring it. I went downstairs and told my brother’s friend to stop bothering it. The bird is a medium sized green parrot. He attempts to hop onto my right shoulder but kinda falls still grasping my shirt. I bring it upstairs and put it in an old cage I have from irl. (Had canaries). I say to the parrot, “Your name is Para” The parrot just stares at me. I point at myself and say my name and point at him saying, “Para”. He’s not responsive. I place my pointer finger at it’s feet and nudge them, he hops onto my finger. Suddenly the parrot bursts out saying, “You named me after para para paradise”. I told him yes and sang a bit of it, “dream of a para para paradise, para para paradise. Every time she closed her eyes…” (Paradise-Coldplay)

Not sure if this counts, but I kinda casted a spell in an ND. I recall biking home at night and losing control almost scraping my neighbor’s silver car, but I took control last minute. I got to my garage and shut the garage door while it went down I casted the “Protego Maxima” spell over my house. I didn’t chant it or use a wand though, I commanded it with a thought. (Watched the last HP movie last night again lol) I watched as a light blue wave of light touched ground then I shut the door. Afterwards someone or something breaks into my house setting fire to kids…