Okay, let’s get this show on the road! Know that the hosts are each contributing to the tasks, so if you see sudden shifts in writing style, that’s why. For this task, I came up with the concept and wrote the description and generic subtasks while the other hosts each wrote their own team subtasks. Likewise, over the next two weeks, you’ll get tasks from drd and Scipio, so there’ll be several “flavors” of tasks.
Task 1: Fly!
The first time I encountered a LC Task about the simple act of lucid flight, I scoffed a bit. I felt that it was something of which everybody was capable and thus shouldn’t have been a Task. I still think flying a simple thing that everybody can do, but I was certainly wrong about not having it as a Task; in every LC in which I’ve competed since, I’ve been desperate to get into the air, but I always kept myself grounded because a long flight would distract me from getting points. I often prayed for the LC to end so that I could stretch my wings once more. I’m not going to subject this LC’s participants to the same need to be grounded that I would feel, so let’s open this LC by taking to the skies!
Post a setting in the LC topic and fly in it—30 points: My most memorable flights are so not only because of how I flew, but also because of the sights I saw. I have fond memories of flights over a large body of water, through a archipelago of floating islands among a pink sky, and over a city alit with neon. Where will you fly? If you don’t describe or share a picture of the setting here first, you don’t get the points! Choose a setting that you truly want to fly in—don’t just say “I always dream at my house, so I’ll fly there for easy points”—and know that once you state a setting, you can’t change it!
Ride a living thing for flight—30 points: Go ahead, ride anything you want (except for Thorn—no overlapping with that host subtask!) as long as it’s alive. Do it the drd way, just hop on and fly away!
Take a DC on a flight—40 points: Sometimes I like to take a DC with me when I fly. I usually grab them by the hand, or just teach them how to fly. Do whatever is best for you, just make sure they stick around during the flight.
Ride a non-living thing for flight—30 points: Catch a ride in an airplane, pilot a giant mech through the air, stand atop a rocket or missile, or whatever you like.
Fly with style—40 points: The first thing I did when stretching my wings was stylize them. Clearly flying alone wasn’t enough. For this task you need to trick out how you fly! You could go the route I did and colorize your wings to a specific shade of plumage or you could do something like add oversized boosters to your jetpack. Maybe extra large tassels for your magic carpet? Whatever you choose you have to make a change to how you currently are flying in the dream to gain points.
Fly using sprouted wings—30 points: Anybody who knows me (or has seen all of my LD4all avatars) is aware of the pride I take in my dream wings. Think of the wings you want, whether leathery, feathered, insect-like, or something else entirely, then put them to proper use! This cannot be combined with the following subtask.
Transform into something that can fly and do just that—40 points: I’m personally pretty good at transforming into a dragon in dreams, and my flights with that amount of mass have been quite the experiences. You could be that, or you could be a bird, a flying robot, a jet, an insect, a bat… the possibilities are many.
As sign-ups took much longer than usual for this LC, the hosts want to see who is actually still around before we have any Team Dreams. Therefore, this week will have host subtasks instead, and Team Dreams will begin next week.
Note: drd’s host subtask was typed by Thorn, not drd. It shouldn’t actually affect anything, but if Team drd’s members want to yell at somebody if the subtask goes horribly wrong, I need to take responsibility for my actions.
Have drd make you fly—40 points: drd’s all about getting powers in dreams, and he’s certainly willing to provide such powers to the LC participants. Have him get you into the air via his willpower or via a given power. He may just psychically move you through the air, or he could have a potion or injection prepared that’ll grant you the power of flight or make you sprout wings.
Have Scipio gift you technology for flight—40 points: “Scipio’s the technology guy…” Apparently so! So… LucidTech is open! Step right up, one and all and take a look at what we have in our Flight wing! Everything’s free to try, just come to me and ask for technology to get you off the ground! Jetpacks? Boba Fett would be jealous! Hoverboards? We had them BEFORE 2015! Flying mechs? Better than anything you’ll find in today’s games and anime! And, if you act quickly (and ask nicely ) I’ll even let you try out my Scales armor! (Think Iron Man, but currently with less gadgets.)
Transform Thorn into a living flying ride—40 points: As previously stated, I take pride in my dream wings, and I’d love to give you a ride. That said, I can’t really flap well if you’re on my back, and I don’t think I could hold you beneath me either… if you want the points, you need to alter me somehow to make a more comfortable flight and then catch a ride. Make me a bigger creature or simply enlarge me, or perhaps turn me into a balloon you could ride; any alteration will do if it gets us into the skies!