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Wow! I had my very first lucid dream last night! It was brief, and I did not have as much control over it as I would have liked, but I will take this small victory for now and keep on working at it. Three Fingered Hands (LD) I was in a large classroom after hours with a few of my co-workers, specifically <PERSON>, <PERSON>, and another female who I cannot remember. I was goofing off with <PERSON>, I believe making paper airplanes. I remember looking down at my hands, and seeing my ring and middle finger disappear, leaving behind nothing but stubs when I would focus on them. I looked at them for awhile, not realizing I was in a dream, until it finally dawned on me. "Holy S***, I am dreaming," was the first thing I said as I felt the dreamworld immediately begin to fade. It started to blur at the edges, almost like a water color painting that had too much water. More like washed out. I remembered reading that rubbing your hands together was one of the best ways to get the dream stabilized, so I rubbed my three-fingered hands together, and felt this smooth, cool, electric like feeling under my skin. The room became crisp again, and I ran up to <PERSON> and said "Dude! You will never believe it, I am actually dreaming right now and I can control it!" Surprisingly, for my first conversation with a DC, his response was pretty true to his character. "No s***," he said, "that is awesome." I tried to get <PERSON>'s conversation, but she was wrapped up in her conversation with the other girl and kept telling me off. could it be that I do not remember this other girl since I did not interact with her at all before or after lucidity? I remember that the other two characters at this point were well known to me from the beginning, but their identities were crisper once I achieved lucidity. I picked up one of the paper airplanes and threw it, not making it very far. <PERSON> came up to me and said, "Have you tried looking in the mirror yet?" and I thought, you know what, no I have not. Thanks <PERSON>. Looking around the room, I could not find any mirrors, as two walls were covered in windows showing dark night sky outside, and another wall was covered in an oversized green chalkboard, still dirty with white chalk dust. So I walked out of the classroom, and entered a dim hallway. I saw a mirror at the far end, but ignored it as it was dark there. Instead, I entered a doorway that led into a large bathroom. Inside were two other gentleman, but I cannot remember who they were. The back of the bathroom almost seemed to turn into a large maze of a locker room, with many showers and lockers just out of sight. In retrospect, this room is something I have dreamed about before, except it has always been empty. I know it is like a maze, because even though I did not explore it this time, in the past I have in a non-lucid dream. I remember that there are doors further back that lead to more showers/lockers, and more doors, etc. I walked up to the mirror and looked at myself, not finding anything peculiar about my appearance is this normal? The dream started to fade yet again, and I tried to focus myself on something. Once it stabilized, I tried to let the other gentlemen in the room know what was going on, but the dream began to fade yet again, and this time I could not control it.