[A Game] Lucid Dreaming [Daylight]

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"A lucid dream is a dream in which the sleeper is aware that she or he is dreaming."

" When the dreamer is lucid, she or he can actively participate in and often manipulate the imaginary experiences in the dream environment."

"Lucid dreams can seem extremely real and vivid depending on a person's level of self-awareness during the lucid dream."


Welcome To Lucid Dreaming



Lucid Dreaming is a "Choose-Your-Own-Adventure" game.
Much like The Endless Forest: It has no goal.

If you choose to participate, then you are Lucid Dreaming.
Every night you choose to Lucid Dream you will wake up in a dream.
The setting may be familiar, or completely foreign.

You know that you are dreaming.
Throughout your journey you will be presented with certain scenarios.
I am your guide to these scenarios and will inform you of the consequences of your choices and actions.


Guidelines of Lucid Dreaming:



-At Any time you may wake up. You know how to do this. It might be pinching yourself, or realizing it is a dream, or jumping from something tall. It is personal.

-If you willingly wake up you will have the choice to continue from a specific point from a previous night of your choosing.

-You enter the dream world with a certain level of stress from One to Twenty.
What number you enter with is based on your actual level of stress when you join.
Be honest.
Lying to give yourself more courage will not improve the game for you.

With each reaction to a scenario or action taken you will evaluate how you are feeling.
If you are nervous, scared, or stressed out enough to reach 20, you must leave the dream.

If you are forced out by stress, you will not remember anything from the dream that night.

You may be forced out by "dying" in the dream.

-You may only enter the dream once per night.

-You may be presented with very personal, unnerving, scary, or disturbing settings or situations.

-Some times you will be prompted to provide information.

For example: "This room contains the animal you fear the most. What is it?"
"A pet you loved dearly that passed away is in front of you-describe them"
"A deer has come to join your side, who is it?"

You can choose to answer, or leave the dream.

-Each night will vary in it's length.

An approximate time of each Night will be given when the game is posted.
You have until that time to enter the dream and voluntarily wake up before the night ends.
If you do not voluntarily wake up in the time period you will not retain any information from that night.
You may still participate the next night.

-Everyone speaks the same language in dreams

Everyone in a dream, regardless of what language they are speaking, are speaking a language that you under stand. They may clearly be a foreign individual speaking a foreign tongue, but you will know what they are saying.

-You can manipulate the dream.
You may be as grand or as minute as you wish to be. If you need something you can get it. This is a dream.

however...
-You are yourself.

You only have the skills, abilities, and information that you do at the exact moment you enter the dream that night.
Entering the dream world will not magically give you the ability to play the violin.
You might be able to do something absurd as flying, but you cannot suddenly become a good basketball player.
You are limited in this regard.

-You have two hands.
You can pick up items you might find in the dream. You can retain these items for that night, but have no where to store them. You may carry two small items, or one large item. These items may or may not come in handy.

-You are alone.
You may be in the same setting as another player, but you are alone. You cannot see or communicate with them at this point in time.

Depending on the actions of the players a setting where mutual dreaming may become available. For now: Focus on surviving on your own.

-Your Guide can be slow at times
Depending on what I am doing in real life OR the amount of participants it might take some time to get to your situation or reactions.

Be patient.

-Each night you start in the same default setting unless you have requested one.
You may then explore from the default setting. It is just the 'base point' for all new dreamers.

- At times you may be required to fulfill an obligation or perform a task before you may move on.




Guidelines of The Mansion:



-When you enter the mansion you will be assigned to a team.

Your team will be your savior if you happen to die in the mansion.

-Your mission is to explore the mansion
How you do this is up to you. You may go off on your own or stick close to your team-mates.

-If you die you will become a poltergeist
You cannot manifest your old form or speak.
You must rely on your ability to levitate and manipulate objects to lead your team mates to retrieve your body.

When your body is placed in the main hall you will be revived.

-The mansion is only available until between 10:30 pm EST and 11:00 pm EST unless otherwise noted.
click the above for the fixed clock.


Sweet Dreamers
phantomhelsing
L
Rainflower
Tally
Whyss
Tera
Spyrre
Meadow
Ocean
It is Currently Daytime.

Are you feeling sleepy?


If so, pick a unique colour (make sure to post the hex colour!).

Then Answer the following question in that colour:

Are You Dreaming?
[s]Are You Ready to enter the nightmare?


Returning players, please also answer the following question:

How Are you Feeling? (1-20) [/s]
Whyss's picture

Oops. Darn. I take the

Oops. Darn.

I take the camera.

I wave as I walk over to Meadow, a little dazed. "So. Haunted mansion."
Tally's picture

Ouch.. I spy Ocean and watch

Ouch.. I spy Ocean and watch jealously as she takes the knife. I hold my camera gingerly and walk over to her.

Meadows's picture

I sleep to the familiar

I sleep to the familiar surroundings, and again my attention is drawn to the table which has reappeared. I clutch my bat tighter, reassured, and make no move to exchange it for something else.
ocean's picture

Surprised, I turn to Tally

Surprised, I turn to Tally and Rain, returning the handshake and carefully placing the knife in the other hand. "Hey guys! Didn't expect to see you here...heh." I smile and join my teammates, very, very glad that somebody else is with me here.

Course I'm ready, bring it on

Course I'm ready, bring it on nightmare!
I happen to be wearing old faded blue jeans.
Alecsander's picture

(peru pertains to


(peru pertains to Ocean/Tally/Rain)

Rain welcomes Ocean to the group.
Tally and rain have decided to keep their respective items.

They are aware that there are doors up on the second balcony.
They are aware there is a man mowing the lawn outside.
They are aware there are ghost curtains upstairs.
They know there is something in the library.

Spyrre left the discarded door five doorknob on the balcony.

They can decide where to go from here.



(Whyss/meadow/Tera are with salmon)

Whyss spotted the digital camera the duck has been stealthily sitting on the whole time.
It hops off with an indigent quack and takes off for a side hallway.
This camera seems fine enough other than being slightly scratched.


Meadow is aware of everything the other teammates shared with her.

Tera quickly joins the fray also and brings her rope and the journal of the ghost girl with her.

You are free to greet your team and decide where to go from here.
ocean's picture

Alright then. "So, guys.

Alright then. "So, guys. Where should we go from here?" I look around, starting to get a bit unnerved about the surroundings. It's just a dream, right?
I look back to my teammates for help, seeing as I don't know much about the mansion-and I have a feeling that they do.
Whyss's picture

Sorry guys. No go tonight.

Sorry guys. No go tonight. Watchin a movie. D:
ocean's picture

Bye Whyss!

Bye Whyss! <3
See you later.
Alecsander's picture

-thumbs up- No problem

-thumbs up-
No problem Whyss.

Enjoy your moovie

Rainflower's picture

We can go ANYWHERE but the

We can go ANYWHERE but the Balcony and the Library.
"The cruelest prison is one we make for ourselves out of fear and regret."
Tally's picture

The nagging urge to pursue

The nagging urge to pursue those curtains made me grit my teeth to stop the thoughts. Anywhere but there Ocean. I motion to the stairway.

Well Meadow, looks like it's

Well Meadow, looks like it's just you and me! Feeling up to poking around this place a bit?
Alecsander's picture

The stairway is just as



The stairway is just as decrepit and crumbling as their last visit. It is, however, now decorated with a nice red carpet to disguise this fact.

Someone has been doing house cleaning.
The sound of the lawnmower can no longer be heard.
Meadows's picture

I blinked a little, nodding

I blinked a little, nodding hesitantly. I was still wondering where the duck had gone, and if it would be alright.
ocean's picture

"Point taken." I look

"Point taken." I look nervously up the stairs and nod. "Maybe not the kitchen either...Not totally fond of seeing what's in there." I shudder, thinking of kitchen knives. Uh-uh.
"Maybe...there's a conservatory or something? A greenhouse?" I unconsciously think of Clue. Ocean in the conservatory with a knife? Heh. No thank you. Not one for murder, myself.

Well, last time I was here, L

Well, last time I was here, L and I explored the room with the little girl's ghost. She came here with a group of other kids who..well they didn't make it. But more importantly we learned there is something nasty in both the kitchen and the library. I'm fine with exploring anywhere but those two places. Is there anywhere you'd like to check out?
Rainflower's picture

I'd rather not go up anywhere

I'd rather not go up anywhere high, or anywhere underground.Those are the worst places to be in a horror movie, and this dream is a lot like one.And we shouldn't go outside, there was someone out there, and this place is abandoned.
"The cruelest prison is one we make for ourselves out of fear and regret."
Alecsander's picture

There is a highly good chance



There is a highly good chance that the mansion contains a conservatory.
They were in style for quite a long time.
As to where it is located, well, you will have to find that out for yourself.
Common sense would lead you to the location of the greenhouse.
Tally's picture

Well, I don't hear the ghost

Well, I don't hear the ghost anymore..Maybe it would be safer to explore where we've aready been..?
ocean's picture

"Rain, I trust you on that.

"Rain, I trust you on that. I'm not really for going into a basement either...
Wait. Someone there? Okay. Outside may not be the best choice, then...Though, if whoever it is is friendly..."
I look over to Tally. "We could always start there! Besides...I probably need to catch up.
Though...you did say it was dangerous...right?
"
Meadows's picture

I stared at Terabetha for a

I stared at Terabetha for a second, it wasn't a reassuring thought. The kitchen and the library? I felt slightly disappointed, probably two of my favorite places. Oh well. I wondered how ridiculous I would sound if I suggested we went into the side passage where the duck had gone before Whyss disappeared. 'We could... Follow the duck?'
Alecsander's picture

Upon hearing it's name a loud



Upon hearing it's name a loud echoy quack comes from the side hallway.
It seems the duck is still within earshot.

"The...Duck?" I think it

"The...Duck?" I think it over for a minute. I can't help but picture the evil duck toy from The Nightmare Before Christmas. "Dude, sounds fine with me! But the second it sprouts teeth I'm borrowing your bat and flattening it." I join Meadow in following the duck down the side hallway.
Rainflower's picture

Oh fine fine, I guess I have

Oh fine fine, I guess I have no choice.We're safer in a group than separated.
"The cruelest prison is one we make for ourselves out of fear and regret."
Tally's picture

'Well,..just one danger. We

'Well,..just one danger. We could just go right past it.' I secretly wished she would stop me. But those curtains..ah those beautiful curtains. The equally beautiful rug made it even more alluring.
Rainflower's picture

We are NOT going anywhere

We are NOT going anywhere near the curtains, you know what happened last time.
"The cruelest prison is one we make for ourselves out of fear and regret."
Alecsander's picture

The duck is sitting down in



The duck is sitting down in the middle of the hall. There are three doors in this hallway. One is at the end down some stairs. It seems to lead to a basement of some kind.

The left door is marked 'employees only'

the right door has a draft coming from the bottom. The air around it is rather chilly.



The consensus has been decided.
Against their better judgement they head back up stairs towards the balcony.
The curtains, however, have been replaced.
They are now a heavy fabric fetching red and stretched over the balcony to keep out the wind.
It seems to be raining heavily outside.
ocean's picture

[editing]

[editing]
Rainflower's picture

I don't trust these new

I don't trust these new curtains any more than the last, so we should stay away from those too.
"The cruelest prison is one we make for ourselves out of fear and regret."

Ok, chilly air either means

Ok, chilly air either means ghost OR cold storage room, and I've got an issue with meat hooks. I avoid that door like the plague. The duck however, has my attention for the moment. "Hello little...duckie?" I glance at Meadow. "Well, there's your duck."
ocean's picture

"Rain...I love rain. But

"Rain...I love rain. But it's...sorta scary with the whole horror movie thing." I sigh and look towards the group, careful not to touch the curtains. "Where should we go?" I ask. Outside doesn't look so appealing anymore.
Tally's picture

Oh..no curtains. How

Oh..no curtains. How dissapointing. I walk up to the red fabric and place my ear near to it. I think it's raining guys, I don't think that guy would be mowing now. Why don't we move this?
Meadows's picture

I looked at the duck,

I looked at the duck, contemplating briefly if it would me pet it. I turn my attention to the doors, instantly crossing off the one that looked like it was going to a basement. I certainly wasn't going down there. I look back at the duck, and try not to ask it where we should go. But I whisper it anyway, before Tera looks at me.
Alecsander's picture

The duck seems to recognize

The duck seems to recognize it's name and loudly quawks before waddling through a small flap in the 'employee's only' door.

A lively conversation can be heard from behind the door along with the sound of cards shuffling.
Alecsander's picture

The curtains make no attempt



The curtains make no attempt to attack this time.
The exterior lights are illuminated and everything seems eeriely calm other than the occasional thump from the library door.

Hearing the voices from

Hearing the voices from behind the door, I quickly put my finger to my lips, signaling silence to Meadow. I carefully put an ear to the door and listen.
Meadows's picture

Huh. It seems to have worked.

Huh. It seems to have worked. Maybe. I get a sudden silly idea of the duck being our guide, leading us through the right rooms. I look at my teammate, about to ask if we should go in, when I see Tera motion for silence. I hold my bat in ready striking position, listening as well.
Alecsander's picture

A lively game of cards seems



A lively game of cards seems to be going on inside.

"FULL HOUSE READ EM AND WEEP"
"GO FISH!"
"Hey, hey, will you tell it to me again? that thing you heard?"
"QUAWK"

...As to what game they're playing, well, who really knows?

I'm interested to hear this

I'm interested to hear this 'thing you heard' so I keep listening, confident that should anything try to come through the door, Meadow will bean it with the bat.
ocean's picture

"Well, guys...I'd rather not

"Well, guys...I'd rather not go into the library." I glance nervously at the door to the library. "Glad everything is calm, though. I wonder...where do all those doors lead?" I glance at the other doors.
Tally's picture

I carefully tap on the

I carefully tap on the curtain and flinch slightly at one the thumps on the door. I take a picture with my camera of the curtain and this time gently shake the polaroid. I know that my camera sees ghosts. I belive it can see danger. Perhaps I rely too much on it.

edit: fixed.
Alecsander's picture

There is a loud groan from




There is a loud groan from the party and the sound of shuffling feet.

One of the players leans over to the other and quickly whispers ""Don't get mad just because I used the corner of your eraser."

One of the other players who requested immediately breaks out into obnoxious laughter. "The eraser's corner you say...?~"


What nonsense is this?
You seem to be missing an inside joke.



The photo slowly develops and other than a few specks of dust it is completely mundane.
No danger here it seems.
Rainflower's picture

I sit in silence, waiting for

I sit in silence, waiting for Tally's picture to develop.I then get the oddest notion that maybe the thing in the Library likes candy...
"The cruelest prison is one we make for ourselves out of fear and regret."
Tally's picture

I show the picture to Ocean

I show the picture to Ocean and Rain. See guys, no danger at all. Want to help me move it?
Rainflower's picture

Well, alright, but if there's

Well, alright, but if there's something behind it, I'm borrowing Ocean's knife.
"The cruelest prison is one we make for ourselves out of fear and regret."

I raise an eyebrow and lean

I raise an eyebrow and lean away from the door. I shrug at Meadow. I move away from the door and whisper to Meadow. "I couldn't hear anything important, but I'd rather they not know about us until we're ready for them. We shouldn't talk too loudly when we're in this hallway. We can try one of the other doors if you'd like, but I'm not fond of going into a room with more than one person. One man we could take, what with you and the bat...but more than that and I'm not so sure."
ocean's picture

"Alright...But I don't like

"Alright...But I don't like those thumps." I sigh and start helping Tally move what she wants to move.
" And Rain...Heh. You can throw candy at it?" I smile, but grip the knife a bit tighter.
Alecsander's picture

The curtain is move aside and



The curtain is move aside and the way to the balcony is clear.
It is night out and raining steadily.

The outside balcony lies ahead.

There is an umbrealla stand in the doorway to the balcony with a cane and an umbrella.
Atleast someone is considerate.


Meadow is left with a choice between the basement door, the drafty door, or heading back to another hall.
ocean's picture

"Umbrellas and...a cane? How

"Umbrellas and...a cane? How odd. Maybe an older person lives...lived here?" I murmur, looking up at where I hope I'd find stars. "So it's night, and raining. Great setup..." I look back at the group again.
"Do you guys really want to go out there...?"