Lucid Dreamer Meets Dreamer

Date: 10/1/2016

I woke up briefly. Not so much that I was completely awake, but enough that I left the dreams cape and realized what was happening. I was relaxed enough that I almost immediately started going back to sleep, experiencing something halfway between close-by visualizations and dreaming. I was falling through a night sky back first. There was orange light trailing in my wake, like fireworks. Not harsh or with sparks, but like molten energy was exploding from my face. After a short time of this, I entered dreamscape. I landed in a grassy area. It was like a b park, only in the middle of a compound surrounded by the building on all sides but open to the sky. A couple kids ran up to me as I lay there propped up on my arms, with their mom trailing behind. The boy said " Do you want to come play with us?!" At first I gave a silent affirmative, and began following them. As kind of the default behavior in dreams is to go along with the dream. But without words, I had a realization in myself along the lines of "Wait a minute, I'm lucid dreaming. I have things I want to do. I was hesitant because I didn't want to go back on what I had agreed to, but I politely said "Sorry, but I have something else I need to do." Briefly I attempted to will myself into the air. I remained firmly planted on the ground while they looked at me expectantly. Focusing my mind, I concentrated on making myself become airborne. I then shot into the air and began flying away. Behind me I heard the mom say "Yeah he's alright." In context, while I was in the dream I knew she meant " Yeah he's alright to navigate the dreamscape right now, he doesn't need our guidance." I'm pretty sure I flew to a different part of the building. It was a movie theatre. It felt familiar, almost as if I had been in that dreamscape before. In the lobby I saw someone I thought I knew sitting down, so I went over to say hi. They acted like they didn't hear me. I landed next to them and said hi. They turned toward me and said "Hey!" I got suspicious so I levitate myself and said hi to them again, nothing. I said "Can you see me?!" No answer. I landed on the ground and said "Can you see me?" Of course I can." I did this with someone else. I levitate and said "Can you see me?" Again, no answer. I thought this was highly interesting, but it also weirded me out a little bit. I flew off again. I was flying around and landed in a city road without cars. There were tons of bright lights around, almost like a festival. But I saw it from an above perspective. I kept flying around and I landed under the ocean. I encountered a girl there. She looked like she was drawn. Not crudely, but she wasn't live-action, so to speak. She was like a cartoon character. She was stout and had a funny nose, but cute. Without thinking I knew she was another dreamer. She had some of her dream things around, which expressed things about her. I told her "I like your art style, it's nice." It was as if she had crafted her avatar herself to represent herself to other people. She said "Thanks, I like yours too." This took me off guard, as I thought I was just myself. I hadn't considered the possibility I might appear as an avatar to other people. I woke up then.