LC 65 - The Great Library! Books found: 38

opening day at the great library

you hurry down the hall to the great library, holding two finds that you hope will complete the collection in time for opening day. you burst through the door and then stop short, surprised to see the room milling with people in formal dress of various eras and cultures, socializing in low voices.

you head over to the great librarian, coming up behind her as you over hear her conversation with a small group of people. the man across from her is wearing the kind of ridiculous historical suit indicative of men who are accustomed to being seen as very important.

“i hope the position of great librarian is not causing you too much difficulty,” he says in an overly sympathetic tone bordering on condescension. he sweeps his gaze dramatically around the library and continues: “32 books is still a good effort even if it is not quite up to the standard. you musnt be too hard on yourself. not everyone can be expected to follow the path of greatness.”

you are about to interrupt and come to the librarians defense. after all, there were 35 books before, and you are bringing two new ones! but just before you get into her line of sight you are stopped short when she emits a shockingly musical laugh that rings through the low murmur of the library and cuts to your core. its the kind of laugh that holds your mind on the teetering knife edge of wondering whether the laugh is fake or if everything you thought you knew about this person is deeply wrong.

“why Thaddeus,” she says in a low voice with a smile. “32 books. i understand how one might come to that conclusion, if one were not a qualified scholar with access to the restricted section. alas, we cannot all follow the path of knowledge, and what would we do without our politicians?”

“how convenient it must be for you eminent scholars,” he replies, “to have this mysterious section where, i trust, you have access to all these wonderful books that the rest of us cannot see.”

“indeed,” says a third voice, a small woman who has the face of someone in her twenties and the terrifying bearing of someone in her third millennium. her face shows no particular expression, but in a way that is full rather than empty. “as a scholar myself, i am curious to see what the restricted section has to offer,” she says, gazing inscrutably at the librarian. “perhaps we two scholars can study together these mysterious books.”

the librarian blushes, presumably because there are only three books in the restricted section, bringing the total only up to 35. then she inhales sharply through her nose, and, you swear, scents the books you are holding. she whirls on you.

“great librarian,” you begin, “i have brought…”

“yes,” she interrupts, “you brought over some books from the restricted section to demonstrate for our colleagues, how thoughtful of you,” she says, trying to communicate her intentions to you while simultaneously devouring the new books with her eyes.

“actually…”

“yes i see, only one is from the restricted section,” she continues as she takes the book out of your hands and her eyes take in the papyrus scroll carefully balanced on top. “an ancient scroll that provides historical evidence for the existence of Christ,” her voice tightens as she tries to keep up the charade. “an incredibly rare and valuable book which you of course would never touch without gloves on, which is why you brought it over balanced on top of this three-fold bible from our metaphysical section,” she says.

“may i?” asks the possibly-young-possibly-immortal woman, holding out a hand and turning her inscrutable gaze full blast on the librarian. the librarians tightness suddenly dissolves. youve never seen her hand over a book so willingly.

“34 books ive seen, then,” the pompous man continues. “still a good effort. and of course a mere politician like myself could not be expected to account for restricted books that are reserved for such knowledgeable scholars. at least the scifi section looks decent, unfortunate for us crime solvers that the mystery section is looking a bit thin, but of course i wouldnt expect your average library to have a good murder mystery on hand.”

the librarian looks him straight in the eye, and without breaking eye contact she reaches into the aether, pulls out a book titled “show me a dream”, and hands it to him. the pompous man tries to hide his surprise as he takes the murder mystery without thinking.

“you are very impressive indeed”, the inscrutable woman comments. “i would love to see your restricted section, do be a dear and show me the way”. she takes the librarians arm and they go off together, leaving you without a word. the pompous man harrumphs and heads off in the other direction.

“hey!” you say to no one in particular. “good work, thanks for the books, couldnt have done it without you,” you say to yourself, and then shrug.

you look around properly for the first time since you arrived. the books do look very happy on their shelves. you decide to be proud of the work you did, whether or not anyone else sees it. it wasnt easy, but the effort you put in every day has made you a better dreamer. the library can have the books. the important things you get to keep for yourself.

Books in the Great Library:
:open_book::notebook_with_decorative_cover::closed_book::blue_book::blue_book::blue_book::blue_book::blue_book:
:blue_book::blue_book::notebook_with_decorative_cover::closed_book::closed_book::closed_book::open_book::closed_book:
:closed_book::lock::orange_book::orange_book::orange_book::blue_book::lock::blue_book:
:blue_book::green_book::green_book::orange_book::blue_book::orange_book::green_book::orange_book:
:blue_book::orange_book::closed_book::lock::closed_book::green_book:

Wait… we can still claim dreams? Can I claim my dream from this morning? (Had at September 8, 2019, before 0900 CDT ) It looks like others have claimed recent dreams… I thought the competition ended, though, yesterday.

sunday morning dreams count! a certain librarian would love to show off with an increasingly impressive opening day, im sure :wink:

technically this makes the challenge three weeks and a day rather than three weeks, i just didnt want people to have to worry about whether a dream was before or after midnight, and what time zone, and all that. so go ahead and submit your final dream journal including sunday morning!

the library grand opening party exists in a magic time bubble that will last until everyone submits their final accounts, in the next day or so :smile:

Rounding out the challenge with one more book

[spoiler]
Week 1
Sun: dj, personal rc, meditation
Mon: dj, personal rc, meditation
Tue: dj, personal rc, meditation
Wed: dj, personal rc, meditation
Thu: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Fri: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Sat: did, personal rc, personal goal, meditation

Week 2
Sun: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Mon: personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Tue: persnoal rc, personal goal, meditation
Wed: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Thu: personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Fri: personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Sat: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation, witness a crime

Week 3
Sun: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation, ask a question, do magic, +1 book
Mon: personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Tue: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation, find an alien
Wed: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation, be somewhere you shouldn’t
Thu: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation, +1 fantasy book, see a mythological creature
Fri: personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Sat: personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Sun: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation, +1 fantasy book[/spoiler]

Well… since Sunday morning dreams count… here’s my accidentally amazing Sunday morning dream in which I do the remaining tasks that I hadn’t done yet and the quest!!

General Points:

  • :writing_hand: dj entry

Various Shards

  • :zzz::zzz: short lucid dream
  • :stopwatch::stopwatch::stopwatch::stopwatch::stopwatch: current LD4All Quest
  • :crown::crown::crown: actively do magic
  • :medal_sports: see magic

[spoiler]Week 1: Science Fiction
August 18, Sun: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :blue_book: :crown::crown::crown:
August 19, Mon: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :medal_sports: :zzz::zzz: :blue_book: :medal_sports:
August 20, Tue: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :zzz::zzz: :thinking::thinking:
August 21, Wed: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :red_car:
August 22, Thu: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :star:
August 23, Fri: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :star:
August 24, Sat: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :star: :zzz::zzz::zzz: :thinking::thinking:

Week 2: Fantasy
August 25, Sun: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :red_car: :zzz::zzz::zzz:
August 26, Mon: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :star: :zzz::zzz:
August 27, Tue: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :star:
August 28, Wed: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed:
August 29, Thu: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed:
August 30, Fri: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :medal_sports: :blue_book: :medal_sports:
August 31, Sat: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :orange_book: :medal_sports: :zzz::zzz: :medal_sports:

Week 3: Mystery
September 1, Sun: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed:
September 2, Mon: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :star: :medal_sports: :thinking: :blue_book: :medal_sports: :crown::crown::crown: :medal_sports: :medal_sports:
September 3, Tue: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :star:
September 4, Wed: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :star: :medal_sports: :green_book:
September 5, Thu: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :star: :red_car:
September 6, Fri: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :green_book:
September 7, Sat: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed:

Epilogue
September 8, Sun: :writing_hand: :zzz::zzz: :stopwatch::stopwatch::stopwatch::stopwatch::stopwatch: :crown::crown::crown: :medal_sports:
[/spoiler]

I’ve uploaded another piece of dream art from a dream during this challenge. (This was from the superhero dream).

In my sketchbook, I have the following drawings from LC 65 dreams:

  • self portrait as Vajrayogini
  • driving on a highway
  • road bridge

I guess I don’t get art points unless I up’oad them before the end of the challenge, and unfortunately I’m too busy with other things to do that this week. I’ll will probably show them some other time.

I’m curious to see this one :smile:

Do you follow a Buddhist practice, if you don’t mind my asking? Do you practice anything related to dreaming?

* Cornelia wonders where the librarian went.

I’ve just uploaded another piece of dream art from this challenge.

I shall leave it to the host to determine if this submission is way too late to count for points…

We still need to add up the scores for this challenge and annouce a winner. Is Obliverum still around? Failing that, is here someone else who could do it?

(The curse of the LC strikes again…)

I can lend you mine, but she’s a loon as you know :mrgreen_hat:

I’ve gone back through the topic and tried to find the last self-reported post from everyone. Some people weren’t tracking though, so no idea. Apologies if I missed anyone.

Cornelia Xaos: (37+ 30+31+12 = 110)

[spoiler]Week 1: Science Fiction
August 18, Sun: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :blue_book: :crown::crown::crown:
August 19, Mon: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :medal_sports: :zzz::zzz: :blue_book: :medal_sports:
August 20, Tue: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :zzz::zzz: :thinking::thinking:
August 21, Wed: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :red_car:
August 22, Thu: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :star:
August 23, Fri: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :star:
August 24, Sat: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :star: :zzz::zzz::zzz: :thinking::thinking:

Week 2: Fantasy
August 25, Sun: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :red_car: :zzz::zzz::zzz:
August 26, Mon: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :star: :zzz::zzz:
August 27, Tue: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :star:
August 28, Wed: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed:
August 29, Thu: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed:
August 30, Fri: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :medal_sports: :blue_book: :medal_sports:
August 31, Sat: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :orange_book: :medal_sports: :zzz::zzz: :medal_sports:

Week 3: Mystery
September 1, Sun: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed:
September 2, Mon: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :star: :medal_sports: :thinking: :blue_book: :medal_sports: :crown::crown::crown: :medal_sports: :medal_sports:
September 3, Tue: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :star:
September 4, Wed: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :star: :medal_sports: :green_book:
September 5, Thu: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :star: :red_car:
September 6, Fri: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :green_book:
September 7, Sat: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed:

Epilogue
September 8, Sun: :writing_hand: :zzz::zzz: :stopwatch::stopwatch::stopwatch::stopwatch::stopwatch: :crown::crown::crown: :medal_sports:
[/spoiler]

PremiumOtter (24+25+37 = 86)

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Week 1
Sun: dj, personal rc, meditation
Mon: dj, personal rc, meditation
Tue: dj, personal rc, meditation
Wed: dj, personal rc, meditation
Thu: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Fri: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Sat: did, personal rc, personal goal, meditation

Week 2
Sun: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Mon: personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Tue: persnoal rc, personal goal, meditation
Wed: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Thu: personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Fri: personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Sat: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation, witness a crime

Week 3
Sun: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation, ask a question, do magic, +1 book
Mon: personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Tue: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation, find an alien
Wed: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation, be somewhere you shouldn’t
Thu: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation, +1 fantasy book, see a mythological creature
Fri: personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Sat: personal rc, personal goal, meditation
Sun: dj, personal rc, personal goal, meditation, +1 fantasy book[/spoiler]

Obfusc8 (95?)

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18-8-2019 - :alarm_clock: :star: 2
19-8-2019 - :writing_hand: :crown::crown::crown: :alarm_clock: :star: 6
20-8-2019 - :alarm_clock::red_car: :star: 3
21-8-2019 - :alarm_clock: :red_car: :star: 3
22-8-2019 - :writing_hand: :zzz::zzz::zzz: :closed_book: 5
23-8-2019 :writing_hand: :alarm_clock: :red_car::star: 4
24-8-2019 :writing_hand: :zzz::zzz::zzz: :orange_book: :medal_sports:6
25-8-2019 :writing_hand::alarm_clock: :star::medal_sports:4
26-8-2019 :writing_hand: :zzz::alarm_clock: :star:4
27-8-2019 :writing_hand::alarm_clock: :star:3
28-8-2019 :writing_hand::alarm_clock:2
29-8-2019​:writing_hand: :zzz::zzz::zzz: :orange_book: :crown::crown::crown: :medal_sports::alarm_clock: :star:11
30-8-2019 :writing_hand::alarm_clock: :star:3
31-8-2019 :writing_hand::alarm_clock: :orange_book:3
1-9-2019 :alarm_clock: :star:2
2-9-2019 :alarm_clock: :star:2
3-9-2019 :alarm_clock: :star:2
4-9-2019 :writing_hand: :medal_sports::green_book: :alarm_clock: :star:5
5-9-2019​:writing_hand::alarm_clock: :star:3
6-9-2019​:writing_hand::alarm_clock: :star:3
7-9-2019​:writing_hand::alarm_clock: :star::zzz::zzz::zzz::orange_book:7
8-9-2019​:writing_hand::medal_sports::zzz::zzz::zzz:&#12816 4;:zzz::zzz::zzz::zzz::zzz::medal_sports::closed_book:12

Le Bateleur (102?)

[spoiler]18 Aug: : dj, morning rc, personal rc, sf dream, book, meditation, personal goal (7)
19 Aug: : dj, morning rc, meditation, book, rc in a dream, short ld, personal goal (9)
20 Aug: : dj, meditation, personal rc, personal goal (4)
21 Aug: : dj, morning rc, dream RC, short lucid, personal rc, meditation, personal goal (9)
22 Aug: : dj, morning rc, book, longest lucid in 1yr, personal rc (9)
23 Aug: : dj, morning rc, book, personal rc (4)
24 Aug: : dj, morning rc, robot, medium LD (6)
25 Aug: dj, morning rc, book, personal rc, meditation, personal goal (6)
26 Aug: dj, morning rc, book?
27 Aug: dj, RC in a dream, short lucid, morning rc, meditation (siiw
28 Aug: dj, morning RC, meditation (3)
29 Aug: dj, meditation (2)
30 Aug: dj, book, meditation (3)
31 Aug: dj, meditation (2)
1 Sep: meditation (1)
2 Sep: dj, meditation, magic-themed dream (3)
3 Sep: dj, meditation, unusual dream environment (3)
4 Sep: meditation (1)
5 Sep: dj, morning RC, dream RC, medium LD, meditation (8 )
6 Sep: dj, something that shouldn’t be there, meditation (3)
7 Sep: dj, morning RC, dream RC, short LD, fantasy dream (labyrinth), meditation, personal goal (9)
8 Sep: dj, book, …[/spoiler]

James_uk2008 (14+2+8 = 24)

[spoiler]week 1

sun: :writing_hand:
mon: :writing_hand::sleeping_bed:
tue: :sleeping_bed:
wed: :writing_hand::sleeping_bed:
thur: :writing_hand::sleeping_bed:
fri: :writing_hand::sleeping_bed:
sat: :writing_hand::sleeping_bed::thinking::zzz:

Week 2
sat: :writing_hand::sleeping_bed:
sun:
mon:
tue:
wed:
thur:
fri:

Week 3
sat:
sun: :writing_hand::sleeping_bed::medal_sports:
mon: :writing_hand::sleeping_bed::medal_sports:
tues:
wed:
thur: :writing_hand:
fri:
sat:

Week 4
Sun::writing_hand:

GenghisKhan - nothing claimed?

Mew151 - nothing claimed?

Koal44 ???

Susan_Y ???

Letaali: (I could only find week 1) (20)

[spoiler]Week 1
Sun: :writing_hand::alarm_clock::sleeping_bed:
Mon: :writing_hand::alarm_clock::sleeping_bed: :star::blue_book::crown::crown::crown:
Tue: :writing_hand::alarm_clock::sleeping_bed::blue_book:
Wed: :writing_hand::alarm_clock::sleeping_bed:
Thu:
Fri: :writing_hand::closed_book:
[/spoiler]

Edit: Phone calculator cannot cope with adding more than 10 numbers in a row, and I am an idiot. :tongue:

Yea… we should probably wrap this up. I’ll make a sweep through the challenge like you did, obfusc8 and verify the numbers (because I’d feel guilty since it seems like I’m in first place if I didn’t :tongue: ). Should get to this in a day or two. Am busy writing for NaNoWriMo.

Gone through topic looking for posts by Susan_Y and Koal44:

Susan_Y (21+17+16+2 dream art = 56)

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Week 1
Sun 3
Mon 4
Tue 3
Wed 2
Thu 3
Fri 3
Sat 3

Week 2
Sun 2
Mon 1
Tue 3
Wed 3
Thu 2
Fri 3
Sat 2
+superhero dream

Week 3
Sun 2
Mon 2
Tue 2
Wed 2 + fantasy dream
Thu 3 + music?
Fri 2
Sat 1

+dream art x2

Koal44 (34?)

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short ld (2), robot (3), book
3 dj
1 med
3 rc on wake
dj med
dj med rc
dj med rc
mythological creature
fantasy genre
dj rc med short ld (2)
dj book short ld (2)
dj med

Hope your novel is going well, Cornelia. :smile:

I agree with Obfusc8’s tally of my score.
Tasks completed: superhero, fantasy.
Two pieces of dream art (ink drawings), one puece of music.

Well… I’ve been super busy with everything and have barely even had time to journal for here… So… I guess even if I were in first place I’d be passing it off because I just did one… so I suppose that means Le Bateleur would be the one to host if they would like.

If Le Bateleur has also vanished, I guess obfusc8 is next.

Sounds about right. :tongue:

I have sent Le Bateleur a PM. If we don’t hear anything in a week, then we will consider it as a decision not to host.