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Color legend: Non-dream Dream Lucid Lucid #180: The Dome of Stars I have a false awakening in my house where I am trying to do something as quickly as possible. What is it? Oh right -- I am trying to get out because I am having a lucid dream. I move through the rooms as quickly as I can. The layout is similar, but just different enough to throw me off. I wind up in the garage and there is a new hallway off of the south wall that was not there before. I follow the hallway into what appears to be a bordello. Five or six women who look like Victorian-era prostitutes are standing or sitting near a set of mirrors. One of the seated women is reading a magazine, a couple of them are applying make-up, and some are just standing around not doing much of anything. I feel like this is one of those LD scenarios where you are supposed to be thinking sexy thoughts but the women mostly just seem like they are relaxing on break. I really do not feel like bothering them. I start asking them something about why they are running the bordello in my house, but they start moving around and the scene feels a little confusing. I go ahead and phase out through the wall to clear my head. Now I am out on the street. Across the street I see a man standing under the branches of an oak. He looks Hawaiian, heavy-set with a salt-and-pepper hair and a neatly trimmed mustache. I remember the Task of the Month, and approach him asking, "What is your New Year's Resolution?" He is incredibly eager to answer, and a smile spreads across his face. "To make the most of things, <something something>, and..." He grabs one of my hands in both of his and finished triumphantly: "To cook with more cinnamon!" His enthusiasm is contagious and I joyously shout, "Thank you for that great answer!" I pause for a moment. "But could you repeat that part in the middle?" He does not seem interested in doing this, though, and wanders away. Task done, now I just feel like exploring. I fly up past the top of the tree, reminding myself that "The world is yours..." I move up past the treetops and look out at the stars. It is a beautiful night and I take a moment to enjoy the unfamiliar constellations. I notice one set of stars is exactly the same as a set in a different part of the sky. I laugh at my brain taking this "shortcut". But then I wonder... did it only do this because I expect it to? I fly up higher and higher until I can see that the sky is curving above me. In fact, there is no limitless sky but rather just a huge dome that I can reach the top of if I just fly high enough. And I do! When I reach the very top of the dome, I see a small, glowing control panel! There is a single flashing green button sitting there at the top of this dome of stars. But as I reach for it, I start losing altitude. I tell myself that "this is all mine" but I cannot shake the notion that I am just not going to be able to reach that button to find out what it does. I reach up and up, trying to reach it, but the dream fades.