Agree, interesting task indeed 
I also find the transformation really challenging, didn’t tackle it yet !
Here it is ! 
It closes to a black egg… 
Here’s a long LD! 
I’m gonna claim a couple train tasks… I did drive it, but it was… manually operated? I don’t recall an engine… odd dream. 
Also… I accidentally played a prank on a DC and did a task. Yay me?
Prank Fragment - Non-Lucid Dream - Play a Prank on a DC EARLY
Cornelia Goes Along with the Plot - Long Lucid Dream - Ride a Train, Drive a Train
Stats so far:
[spoiler]NLDs: 5
Short LDs: 6
Medium LDs: 1
Long LDs: 2
Task 1:-E Ride in a Flying Vehicle, Pilot the Vehicle | Hold a Traditional Weapon, Use/Fire the Weapon | Ride in a Flying Vehicle (Lucid Bonus)
Task 2:-E Explore a Castle, Explore Below Ground, & Cast a Spell | Encounter a Mythical Creature | Witness or Get Into a Fight | Transform your Appearance | Ride a Train, Drive a Train
Task 3:-E Fly in/on Something that Shouldn’t, See a Chase / Race, Participate in the Chase, & Escape from Trap/Cell/Restraints
Task 4:-E Play a Prank on a DC
Side Quest: Super Hero Genre | Science Fiction Genre
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@Susan_Y - Yes I will accept spacesuit or enivronment suit as it’s the sort of thing you’d wear while exploring another planet. You’re on to the medical side mission.
@GenghisKhan - Hehe that is a weird toy!
EDIT: @Cornelia - Gah! Sneaky ninja post! I’ll have the scores fixed in a mo…
Short LD (LINK TO DJ) in which I participate in illegal car races in a city during the night, and also engage in a fight with a shadow-man, both of us are wielding huge dual-edged war axes.
I guess the first could count for Crime side-quest, but I am not so sure tbh…
@GenghisKhan - Illegal street racing definitely counts as criminal activity. You’re on to the Action genre, easy for you, right?
End of week 4 scores:
- GenghisKhan - 2270
- Susan_Y 860
- Cornelia Xaos - 800
- Koal44 - 520
- En’enra - 460
- James_uk2008 - 450
- Jer - 380
- Thorn - 280
- Pedro Sponchiado - 270
- Lumessence - 170
- Mew151 - 150
- Oleg - 140
- Drd - 30
Special mentions this week to both Koal44 and Jer, who both jumped up quite a few places, and the battle for second place between Cornelia Xaos and Susan_Y continues to be close and entertaining…
Week 5: Laughter and Love
[spoiler]The children have been playing happily in the playground, but now some kind of squabble has broken out. Sides are being taken, the name-calling has begun. You consider stepping in to keep the peace.
Behind you, someone yells “Cut!” The children stop, frozen in time.
You turn to see several people holding professional video cameras, aiming lights at the scene, and one guy holding a big fuzzy microphone on a stick. Lounging in a director’s chair, waving a megaphone, is a familiar looking figure: Obfusc8.
He gestures for you and the other lucid challengers to gather around.
“Right, it’s the final week. Even those of you at the top of the score board still have tasks left to attempt, so have a good look through and make sure you pick up any easy points you can.”
Obfusc8 pulls out a piece of paper and prepares to read the new set of tasks… and then screws it up and throws it aside. Instead he pulls out a beer mat with some hastily scribbled notes on it.
“So it was brought to my attention that certain things were missing from the side missions, so here’s where I pretend that was my plan all along… and finish the lucid challenge on the topics of Romance and Comedy. After all, what’s life without laughter, and love?”[/spoiler]
Romance: Make a romantic gesture to a DC. (I hope there’s no need to explain the massive difference between romance and ‘snip’ ) 10 points
-Give or receive flowers from a DC. +10 points
-Give a DC a box of chocolates. (make sure the gift is wrapped if you want to claim the monthly task too) +10 points
-Ask a DC out on a date. +10 points
-Recite a romantic poem or similar song lyrics to a DC. +20 points
Comedy: See something humorous in a dream 10 points
-Tell a joke to a DC. +10 points
-Ask a DC to tell you a joke. +10 points
-Make a DC laugh. +10 points
-Perform a comedy sketch to some DCs +20 points
And some generic film/movie themed tasks…
Visit a theatre, concert hall or cinema. (Stadiums are also fine but no sports events, some kind of arts performance.) 20 points
-Watch a film/movie, concert or theatrical performance. +20 points
See a camera crew or film/movie/tv set. 20 points
-Become the star of the show by getting them to film you. +20 points
Attempt to take a picture/video using a camera. 20 points
Meet a famous actor/actress. (Movie star, TV show or Theatrical show) 20 points
-Get their autograph. +20 points
Watch a sunset. (A nice, easy task, and a classic film ending.) 20 points
Make the last week count! Sweet dreams everyone! 
This wasn’t in one of my dreams, but when I was thinking about how to do the skipping task I remembered that there are songs you’re supposed to sing with the skipping game: “eemy meeny macker racker … om pom push” etc. (I don’t know how international that one is, so it might not mean anything to some forum readers).
reads new task giggle-snort 
Anyways… I ALMOST did my personal goal… but I forgot to fly. 
Oh well. Tonight!
In Search of Cardia - Long Lucid Dream
Lucid Residue - Medium Lucid Dream
Stats so far:
[spoiler]NLDs: 5
Short LDs: 6
Medium LDs: 2
Long LDs: 3
Task 1:-E Ride in a Flying Vehicle, Pilot the Vehicle | Hold a Traditional Weapon, Use/Fire the Weapon | Ride in a Flying Vehicle (Lucid Bonus)
Task 2:-E Explore a Castle, Explore Below Ground, & Cast a Spell | Encounter a Mythical Creature | Witness or Get Into a Fight | Transform your Appearance | Ride a Train, Drive a Train
Task 3:-E Fly in/on Something that Shouldn’t, See a Chase / Race, Participate in the Chase, & Escape from Trap/Cell/Restraints
Task 4:-E Play a Prank on a DC
Task 5: ~ none ~
Side Quest: Super Hero Genre | Science Fiction Genre
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Here’s this morning’s dream. Does the “something humorous” need to be a deliberate joke, or can it simply be funny to the dreamer? After checking the tasks this morning and returning to sleep—something that’s worked well with most of the new tasks—I dreamed of monkeys being blown down a hill by a strong wind. I quickly snapped a picture with my camera phone; I assume you want an actual camera for this task. I had other near misses with tasks as well: I was to be on stage somewhere for a televised event, but it was not for an arts performance and I did not see the camera crew.
Some tasks this morning + probably doesn t count here but I invented a freaking card game!!! 
(Normal Dream)
LC Tasks:
While Lucid:
·explore a bedroom
·Hold a traditional weapon (bazooka)
·and fire it
·Slide
·use a water slide
·See Mystical creature (the small dog which looked like a disney dog (didn’t seem real).
·Jump from a tree while catching a rope and scream like Tarzan (?)
·Cast a spell
·use a wand
·ingredio Leviosa (adapted from Harry potter: Levitation? )
·wear a (flashy pink disney) cocktail dress…
·Climb using a rope (I was climbing on a tree so probably doesn t count)
Not Lucid:
·Play a card game. (was an additional task: not part of a casino)
·See people in Military Uniform
·Transform into another form (Dinosaur: Additional Task: not first person dream)
·ride a train
·modern train
·explore a place below the ground (additional task: not part of a castle)
Side Mission:
·Children
@Cornelia - Damn… so close on your personal goal… 
You’ve just edged past Susan_Y again… but Koal44 has overtaken you both!
@Thorn - If it was something you found funny in the dream, it counts. Also, smartphones count as cameras. (Judging from my last holiday where I was probably the only person with a ‘regular’ camera, and everyone else was waving their phones and tablets around, trying to take selfies with landmarks of Rome in the background… )
@Koal44 - Wow that’s a whole lotta lucid… You have made it to second place! There are a couple of issues with the tasks you claimed though - the subtasks like play a card game need to be done in the specified location (casino). So there’s a few things I need to clarify -
-Tarzan impression: was this done in a forest/jungle setting?
-Bazooka is not a traditional weapon! No firearms or modern weapons. But you did have a sword fight with some orcs, which is perfect, so you got the points anyway.
-Mystical creature. I can’t accept a coyote/dog, unless it looked radically different from normal? Or it had some kind of spiritual/mystical powers?
-Wear a pink disney princess dress - 
I gave you +10 creativity points for making me choke on my cup of tea, in the office, in front of all my co-workers, when I read that this morning! (My picture of that task was super-smooth James Bond chatting up some sexy femme-fatale in a slinky cocktail dress suddenly mushed together with the children genre… yeah. )
-Transform into dinosaur: needs to be ‘you’ doing or experiencing the transformation, not watching others do it.
-Play a card game: needs to be in a casino so not counted, but for the highly creative description of making your own game, I gave you +10 creativity points.
-Explore below ground: needs to be part of a castle, not counted.
-I did however give you points for participating in a race/chase due to you being pursued by Gollum.
You are on to the Superhero side mission!
Phew, much typing…
Haha imagining the situation also made me laugh in the office in front of all my colleagues
I totally agree with everything and no the Tarzan impression wasn’t in a forest but in my garden where there are 2 big trees (not enough for a forest right? 
)
THose are my first creativity points, I m so glad!! I definitely want to try my card game in the next week(s)
And yes I also had to type for 1h20 this morning which made me come 1hour late at work haha
obfusc8: And now that you’ve said that I probably won’t get any more lucids or tasks before the end of the competition.
Anyways… I’m sure the intro-comment in my DJ says it all.
(oh… I was doing my usual "read through task list and see if anything I did slipped by me… UNEXPECTED TASK POINTS FTW…)
Also… gonna claim points for exploring a bedroom and looking under a bed… I’m not really sure I can do it any better than what I did. I could also probably claim points for talking to the ghost children, though I can’t be sure they were under 11… probably closer to 13 so I won’t.
EDIT: Daaaang. I did a preliminary score count… 870 + 80 = 950… I tied Koal!!
A Hunger Games-Like Dream - Non-Lucid Dream - Explore a Forest or Jungle, & Forest Parkour
Interrupted Lucid - Medium Lucid Dream - Explore a Bedroom, & Check Under the Bed
Stats so far:
[spoiler]NLDs: 6
Short LDs: 6
Medium LDs: 3
Long LDs: 3
Task 1:-E Ride in a Flying Vehicle, Pilot the Vehicle | Hold a Traditional Weapon, Use/Fire the Weapon | Ride in a Flying Vehicle (Lucid Bonus) | Explore a Forest or Jungle, & Forest Parkour
Task 2:-E Explore a Castle, Explore Below Ground, & Cast a Spell | Encounter a Mythical Creature | Witness or Get Into a Fight | Transform your Appearance | Ride a Train, Drive a Train
Task 3:-E Fly in/on Something that Shouldn’t, See a Chase / Race, Participate in the Chase, & Escape from Trap/Cell/Restraints
Task 4:-E Play a Prank on a DC | Explore a Bedroom, & Check Under the Bed
Task 5: ~ none ~
Side Quest: Super Hero Genre | Science Fiction Genre
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@Cornelia - Don’t want to jinx it but you missed a few points there… since you’re on 970 and back in second place! 
Also, that grass demon fight sounded wicked!
Long LD (LINK TO DJ), in which I do a lot of stuff, including:
- Paint self portrait in impressionist style
- A long action scene in which I drive a bus, my stunt double destroys an helicopter, I hijack a train, escape from guards and blow up a tunnel
- I romance a girl in Paris, also playing with her
- Have dinner with Jennifer Aniston
- See a colleague transform into a dolphin toy
- Become Optimus Prime
I can claim points for:
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Ask a DC out
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Romance DC
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Give flowers
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Give chocolate
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See camera crew
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They are filming me - maybe, I don’t actually see them doing it, only before the scene starts
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Meet actress
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Get autograph
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Watch susnet
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Make a DC laugh
~ Something humourus - maybe; not sure at all what we can include here… -
Ride a modern train
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Drive it
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Tag/it
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Statues - I guess so, even if roles are inverted
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Action side-quest
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Children side-quest - I guess, I talk to children, play like a child, and see toys…
EDIT: also
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Stunt double
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transform DC into your st.dbl
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have the st.dbl do some actual stunt
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transform into a toy
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have plastic skin
Claiming Point for one ND.
Unfortunately it s quite blurry.
I can just say that at some point I was hugging a DC (romantic way) And she was pregnant.
Youhou with the early combo I still should be back ahead of Cornelia
@GenghisKhan - Yeah! Someone did the toy tf task! 
(And it was Optimus Prime, so it doubly rocks!) You also drove a train, and I sniggered at the hitting-a-cow part. (Although in my head, when reading that, it made a comedy “Mooooooo” sound and flew into the air. ) You are on to the Superhero genre.
@Koal44 / Cornelia - You two are just getting a kick out of making me have to keep switching the columns around, aren’t you?!
No “Mooo” sound, but it actually flew into the air (Carmageddon II style )
I’ve been a little busy these days, sleeping late, etc. 
Had 2 ND’s that I don’t remember very well… The first, I talked to my younger brother, who is seven years old, but I can’t remember what he said… The second, I played soccer, surprising well. I can’t recall anymore. So claiming points to talking to child and playing a sport with balls.
obfusc8: I see you put points in there for witnessing a fight… I don’t recall witnessing a fight… XD Though I suppose this morning’s NLD would count for that.