Sunday, June 29, 2008

Final school field trip

I tried various lucidity-inducing techniques before this too, but this one wasn't lucid.

Our class, and other classes from school are on a field trip. We are at an island which belongs to the Finnish archipelago, but is also near Iceland (Don't ask how that's possible). There is a science expo of some kind, about Finnish and Icelandic nature. People are moving with their friends in groups of various sizes, and examining the booths, some more interested than others. Our class is called together, and we are supposed to have a final picture taken of our class. In addition to our teacher S-R, my friend V's dad R is with us. He's supposedly arranged this trip for us. The photographer arrives, he's a local. He leads us to a spot with a magnificent view. We sit on a cliff and behind us is the sea, the silhouette of Iceland and two volcanic geysers near the shore. They continuously spout an giant pillar of ash and water vapour, which is pulled by the wind to the sea as it rises higher in the sky. The photographer warns us about a yellow moss that grows on the cliff. It burns and irritates for hours if it comes in contact with the skin. He's to late and some people have already accidentally touched some. he takes a handheld pressure washer, and proceeds to clear the rock of the moss with the jet. He is also able to help some people's pain by washing the part of skin which had touched the moss. Many others get their clothes soaked too in this process, including me. But nobody seems to mind, it's summer and warm, even though the wind at sea it pretty chilly. We take the picture and it's time to go home.

I don't remember how I got to this next part. It may have been an "instantaneous transition" once again.

I enter a taxi with R and someone from my class (can't remember who). It starts moving and I notice that it has a steering wheel and other controlling equipment in the front and in the back, but no one's driving! I ask R about this and he explains this is new technology to cut costs. "This taxi is automated. It follows and mimics the movements of the other cab in front of us." (presumably driven by a human) I start to get worried since I know GPS and other technologies like it are sometimes inaccurate. And what if the lights change red? Does it wait (and possibly get lost) or drive through endangering us?

And I wake up. I tried various LD-techniques again, but I had already slept for ten hours so I wasn't tired enough. Well, one Lucid Dream per night is certainly enough! (For now ;D)

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