obfusc8, with respect to the part of your journal that says I required the attire, I did challenge you to do so, but it’s ultimately up to you as to what constitutes your character. If the tattoo is the key part, feel free to tell me that you feel as if you’ve completed the task. In any case, congrats on 200 LDs! Is that really all you’ve had? Given the rate at which you have LDs, it feels like you should’ve had way more than I have.
Koharo, yes you can! EDIT: I originally gave points here, but didn’t realize that Koharo hadn’t actually had the dream yet and was just asking a question.
En’enra, I was smiling seeing how happy it made you to drive that bus… and laughing that you had a collision.
The scores are updated. Thinking about the entire “be a character” thing, I’ve decided to make one last concession: You may change your character once before the end of Week 1. If you made something that just doesn’t sit right with you or that is too hard to become, you have one chance to make something that works for you. Part of the reason that I originally requested anthropomorphic creatures for characters is that I find radical, surreal changes much easier to envision than more subtle, realistic ones. After all, the uncanny valley effect is much more noticeable in humans than in animal people because we see humans every day, so imperfections can be much more bothersome. If you find yourself struggling to incubate/visualize/become your chosen character, I suggest you try something crazier, paradoxical as it seems. Of course, if you’re perfectly comfortable, then keep on keeping on!
Thanks everyone. My LD rate has only recently reached this current level, and I’ve been practicing for less time than some… but I’m catching you up, Thorn!
Re the task completion: No I can do better. This is supposed to be a challenge and while my competitive streak wants to claim every possible point so I’ll beat drd this time , there’s a voice in my head reminding me the challenge is ultimately against myself. Plus, there’s seven weeks to perfect this transformation…
[color=orange]@LC Participants: [com](Already discussed it with the TM)[/com] To clear things up I didn’t have the dream, I was asking about the conditions before incubating it. So no points for me just yet.
Added a bit more to my description, I believe it was a bit brief beforehand.[/color]
I’d like to change my character. I’ll think about it some more and update the description (and the pictures, if I manage to create them).
Transformation is really, really difficult for me. Even a simple one, like changing what I wear. I had the most luck with a changing my hairstyle, but that’s probably because I change it often irl.
So… here’s some surprise success for the first night of the LC! Not as much as Letaali, but still. I’m grouping any kind of “wondering if I were dreaming” under the category “Lucid Moments” even though they’re not actually lucid. If they were to continue under that level of thinking they would have led to lucidity and so the name I give them is as such.
Meaner than you dreaming me up to be the evilest dragon around that attacked you and made you kill your family? Meaner than shrinking me and putting me in a pillowcase prison? I HAVEN’T FORGOTTEN!
Non-lucid dream in which I’m in a battle scene in a modern city. It had something of the look of 1950’s sci-fi comic about it. (Also apocalyptic anime like Akira or Neon Genesis Evangelion … and in parts a bit like the Israeli war documentary Waltz with Bashir).
Does this count for the “Wander round a city” subtask? (Even though people were shooting at the time).
I bet Thorn totally wants to see Anna from Frozen replacing Asuka as a mecha pilot in Neon Genesis Evangelion, but I wasn’t Anna in this dream.
I’m wondering if this task is one of the ones deliberately picked to be difficult to do as Anna… a Disney-style corset could a bit uncomfortable after eating too much
@Susan_Y: You tell me if it counts as wandering through a city. From what I saw in your DJ, you didn’t so much “wander” as leave one building and run across the street. Was there actual movement through the city for the sake of moving around the city?
Short lucid dream during a nap. I was in a city, started hearing music and wanted to run. I noticed that running didn’t feel normal. I became lucid and kept running. I heard a woman laughing behind me. She had long blond hair and was running too. Dream faded.
En’enra, I’m sorry you had an unpleasant night. Try to look at the bright side, though. That “heavy” feeling you had? Try to apply it to a certain subtask for Week 1.
Letaali, yep, you’ve got the lucid bonus now.
The scores are updated. I’d like to point out that Letaali is leading the first leg with only one lucid dream by virtue of the tasks and bonuses he’s acquired. Focusing on the tasks is important!
CHALLENGER APPROACHES! (That may have been used already, but chat was talking about Smash Bros so oh well.)
LC “OMG” 50 Signups! [Name — Personal Goal]1. Scipio Xaos — A Flight with Cardia
Zaibatsu — Full LD on will
Letaali — Revisit a dream that had a cool planet
En’enra — Use water magic properly
James_UK2008 - Visit another planet
Coasty — Meet a specific Dream Person, god damn it, just happen already
Mew151 - Play DDR Dream Mix
Susan_Y - See the sky
obfusc8 - I AM GROOT! (Treant transformation + growing branches and stuff.)
drd - Summon and ride Smokey
Koharo - Pull off 3 reality/death defying stunts
Siiw - Successfully summon a big creature
Eilatan - Looking for a good man.
Name: (Doesn’t have one yet)
Species: Half-Elf
Gender: Male
Appearance: Humonoid except for the pointed ears. Emerald eyes. Shoulder length brown hair, most often tied in a pony-tail. Usually wearing boots, an elbow-length, leather glove on left hand and wielding a collapsible metal staff. Has a tattoo on right inner bicep.
Height: Roughly 170cms. (Because I want to be tall )
Mindset: Tall, dark and quiet type. Just 'cause
Non-lucid dream in which I am almost lucid – I could partly remember the tasks. I wasn’t lucid enough for me to count it as a lucid dream. I wasn’t transformed as Anna (I could remember an appearance transformation was required, but couldn’t remember what). I visited a library, and read a book which had something about a competition (the LC, I think…) and an illustration of Thorn in a pilot’s suit.
I think this counts for “Find a library and read a book”.