When life isn't black and white

Add more color to your world with these exciting tattoos from Aii & Ego. 

Give yourself a new perspective for the New Year with bright colors and even black. The stripes come in 19 colors to combine with your skin. And since it's a tattoo, you can add straps, silks, bikinis or whatever you like to define your look.

I added the Ancient Horns and the Lily Devil Tail along with the Demonic Step feet and Eclipse Hair, all to be found @ Aii & Ego.

Hair ~ Aii & Ego Hair Hell Eclipse
Head ~ LeLutka EvoX Noel 3.1
Body ~ Maitreya Lara 5.3
Skin ~ Glam Affair Winnie
Outfit ~ Aii & Ego Netherbind EvoX (ink / orchid / rose)

Feet ~ Aii & Ego Demonic Step
Nails ~ [QE] Designs Tapered Square Nails Mix & Match Base Set with Holiday 002 stripes in red, black & white
Other ~ Aii & Ego Ancient Horns / Lily Devil Tail

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Dickens Project 2023

The Dickens Project takes place in Second Life from December 7 - January 7 *

In a nutshell, The Dickens Project is a themed experience featuring Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and the world of the story:
~ Two scenic regions to explore and enjoy.
~ Live music, DJ sets, spoken word, dance events and performances.
~ Dozens of performers, presenters.
~ Both Invitational and Open Art Shows
~ Educational and interpretive content featuring different aspects of Victorian life.
~ Horse rambler tour, a hot air balloon ride, and more entertainments. [This info was shamelessly cut and pasted from the official Event NC]

Costumes are NOT required but are always welcome. Click the sign in the Welcome Area for Victorian clothing sources.

If Dickens' ghosts aren't enough to give you chills, there's a special house down by the mud flats just for H.P.Lovecraft fans. Inspired by Innsmouth and decorated with a tentacle tree, you might even run into Arik and Fuzzbut there. They were at the skating party, but were scared to come onto the ice. Go figure... they deal with Cthulhu and Yog-Sothoth all the time, but they were nervous about a little ice! Must be PTSD from the trip to Antarctica...

There's a direct TP from the Welcome Area to the Innsmouth house.

Pictures: Street Scene with Bay Rum Royal the beloved rambler, The View from Scrooge's House, Skating/Dance Party, The Harbor, Innsmouth House, Innsmouth House Interior

* Learn more at www.seanchailibrary.com

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Photos ~ The Dickens Project

[QE] Does Gothmas

If bright lights and garish colors aren't exactly your thing, [QE] Designs and [QE Home] have you covered! Everything in today's blog comes from [QE].

Head over to The Darkness Chamber Fair * for this EXCLUSIVE Familiar Magick Gothmas Arm Chair, Side Table and Cat Candle Holder in holiday textures Gothmas style. Be sure to grab the box of free wall art as well! I didn't see the Gift box till after I had already taken these pictures, but the frame and canvases are beautiful!

Dark Holiday Throw Rugs and Cushion Stack can be found @ the Darkness Chamber or @ Shop & Hop. 

The Haven Plant Set is upstairs in the [QE] Main Store. 

Holiday Chalk Art is a FREE gift @ Shop & Hop, where you'll also find the Emme Sweater Dress. ***

Finish off your look with the long and lovely Gothmas Nails available in two collections @ the Gothmas Market by Juniper Events. The [QE] Booth is in the NW corner of the outer ring. **

 

Hair ~ Truth Radiance
Head ~ LeLutka EvoX Avalon 3.1
Body ~ Maitreya Lara 5.3
Skin ~ 7 Deadly S[k]ins Viool
Outfit ~ [QE] Designs Emme Sweater Dress ***
Nails ~ [QE] Designs Tapered Square Nails Gothmas 002 **

* The Darkness Chamber Fair till January 1

** The Gothmas Market by Juniper Events till December 18

*** Shop & Hop till January 1

✨[QE] Designs and [QE Home]

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Siren's Song

• Today's blog features two of my long-time sponsors: Aii & Ego and [QE] Designs. [QE] is participating in the Enchanted Siren's Song Event, Nov 10 - Dec 2. While I was making my way through the event to find the [QE] booth, I realized that several of the booths featured items specifically made to modify or coordinate with the Riptide Tail from Aii & Ego, so it seemed natural to combine the two. 

• So... before you set off for Enchanted, visit the Aii & Ego Main Store and try a DEMO of Riptide! You're going to want it!  

• The Riptide Tail, a beautiful Mertail with sizes to fit a variety of mesh bodies both male and female, comes with an internal AO and a full hud to customize colors and accents. 
• The Aii Tidepool mod (sold separately), provides even more variety. I'm showing one of the color schemes available in the Tidepool hud.
• You can purchase the Riptide Tail and the Tidepool retexture hud in the Aii & Ego Main Store.

• Meanwhile, back at Enchanted... [QE]'s Siren Nails are available for male and female mesh hands. 4 color + black versions allow you to choose the design for each nail individually. Each set is sold separately or all together in a Fatpack at a huge discount.

• Ursula's Cauldron swirls with magic as Ursula's tentacles hover above. [5 magic potion colors / 3 cauldron colors / with or without drips and twinkles] From [QE Home] in the same booth with the nails. * 

Hair ~ no.match No_Depth (special price and 2 styles) *
Head ~ Catwa Lona 4.5
Body ~ Maitreya Lara 5.3
Outfit ~ Aii & Ego Riptide Tail w Tidepool Retexture Hud
Jewelry ~ !dM Devious Mind Thetis Shellkini
Nails ~ [QE] Designs Leviathan Female Claws Siren *
Other ~ Even~Tide Mer scales 

* Available @ Enchanted Siren's Song till December 2

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Photos ~ Ursula's Cauldron pictures taken in the Mermaid Tank from Dirty Rat *

Hallowe'en @ Innsmouth

Hallowe'en activities in a region that is cabalistic year-round. What could be more appropriate? All are welcome; just be aware that there's something a bit different about the residents.

We're celebrating Eldritch Hallows in Innsmouth!

Schedule (all times SLT):

October 27 7-9 pm DJ Chopper Gurbux @ the Opera House
                9-10:30 pm Lovecraft Time Live -Readings with
                        Arik Metzger @ the Opera House

October 28 7-9 DJ / Tales Host Crixus @ the Opera House

October 29 6-9 pm DJ Shinobi/Valdemarie @ the Opera House

October 30 7-10 pm DJ Henning Heinkel @ the Railway Warehouse

October 31 2-4 pm DJ Beatrix @ the Arkham Disco Chapel
                 6-8 pm DJ Cerydwen Hax at the Opera House
                 8:30-10 pm Lovecraft Time Live - Readings with                                 Arik Metzger@ the Opera House

At any time, you can....

Take the trolley ride, find the old manor and site of "The Terror of Feybranche Manor" 

 ...our horror mystery/experience!

Click the posters throughout the region to receive NCs with the scheduled activities and to read the Feybranche Manor backstory.

Innsmouth is a moderate RP tribute to the works of H.P. Lovecraft in the virtual world of Second Life. 

Modern horror writers borrow freely from Lovecraft. The good ones acknowledge the inspiration he provided. One of the reasons that movies made from his stories tend to fall flat is that visual representation cannot convey the feeling of dread inspired by the original stories. It's an internal process and impossible to replicate or represent on film.

Yes, he overused certain words, but he was creating an atmosphere and he managed to get inside our heads no matter how many times we may groan when we read about that spectral gibbous moon. 

Thank you, Arik Metzger and all the other crazies of Innsmouth for yet another accursed amorphous affair!

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Trick or Treat Lane ~ One More Trip

Today's blog has moved inside to take a look at some of the home decor and other items featured @ Trick or Treat Lane. 

Trick or Treat Lane goes till October 31, so you have one more week to shop and collect Tricks and Treats from the merchants. Be sure to check out the merchandise for sale. Many of them offer EXCLUSIVE and discounted items.

Each shop has either a FREE Trick or a Treat in front of it. Some have both. Many thanks to all of the content creators for their creativity and generosity!

We're upstairs in my little medieval garret.  Lists organized with items in the pictures from left to right and top to bottom.

• Broom Hanging Clothes Hover ~ Moon Phase
• Gothic Repose Dressing Screen, Side Tables, Bed, Standing Mirror ~ Tirrany Designs
• Samhain Blessings Floor Pentacle used as wall decor ~ Moon Phase
• Pumpkin Rose Kitty Vase ~ Kitty Moon
• Pumpkin Candles ~ Tirrany Designs
• Spooky Stacked Books ~ Candle and Cauldron
• Moon Garden Rug ~ Dragon Magic Wares
• Pumpkin Poof Squash ~ Roawen Wood
• Globa Decor Celestial Globe ~ Petrichor
• Vintage Halloween Wall Art ~ [QE Home]
• Trio Rugs Walachia Collection ~ Libertine

• Broom Hanging Clothes Hover ~ Moon Phase
• Yvaine Skin Kiss of Death ~ Moth & Moon
• Grip Earrings ~ Sigma
• Daphne Mini Dress ~ [QE] Design
• Spooky Sleeves and Stockings ~ Quills & Curiosities

• Maeven Dress and Hat ~ Ari-Pari
• Lua Novus Rings ~ Seance
• Moon Kitty Nails ~ Eventya
• Cosmos Rocker Succubus Boots ~ Mesh Entity

Hair ~ Truth Rain
Head ~ LeLutka EvoX Lilly 3.1
Body ~ Maitreya Lara 5.3
Skin ~ Moth & Moon Yvaine Kiss of Death (matches Velour Dracula body skin)
Outfit ~ Ari Pari Maeven Dress and Hat
Shoes ~ Mesh Entity Cosmos Rocker Succubus Boots
Nails ~ Eventyra Kitty Moon

Hair ~ Barber YumYum T08ghost

Outfit ~ [QE] Designs Daphne Mini Dress

Quills and Curiosities Spooky Sleeves and Spooky Socks

Other items in the pictures ~ Pumpkin Collection with Kittens from Jian 

Medieval House from Moonsha

*Featured items @ Trick or Treat Lane October 7 ~ 31

Merchant and Gift Gallery HERE

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Abandoned Asylum and Necromancy Hunt @ Deception

As you make your way through the various events centered on Hallowe'en this year, be sure you don't miss the Sales and Hunts @ Deception. 

Two hunts are running simultaneously: the Ghost Pirate has dropped coins all over the place, which you can collect to trade for unique merchandise and there are lots of free gifts hidden around the Abandoned Asylum for the Necromancer Hunt. Watch the local chat to follow the story and for occasional hints.

 

My editor assigned me a story about the Abandoned Asylum just to get me out of his hair for a while. It was to be a fluff piece to fit the season. I was supposed to document the presence of the child spirits that were rumored to be haunting the place. 

I dressed in a cropped Halloween tee from RR that I had purchased in the marketplace just outside the boundary of the Asylum property. I tried to call my editor to tell him I was headed in, but my phone was dead. I could have sworn I charged it. Good thing I had my trusty back up camera!

As soon as I passed the property line, a heavy fog enveloped the land. It was strange and unsettling, but not particularly frightening. An agitated voice in local chat seemed to be looking for somebody. Well, I was looking for someone as well.  I might run into these Beck brothers along the way. I took a flashlight from the box provided and started toward the Asylum.

I found what I was looking for: there were at least 3 child spirits in various part of the Asylum, as well as several other ghosts and various other unhealthy-looking characters in some of the cells. 

The children were the ghosts of childhood abuse. One responded to sibling rivalry by repeatedly taking a butcher knife to a baby in a pram. I was a little surprised when she turned the knife on me, but she didn't hurt me badly. 

Another spirit child sat alone in one of the cells humming to herself and rocking. Her response to neglect had been to become totally locked inside her own head, so I left her to her sad solitude. 

In one of the dayrooms, I heard giggling. A little prankster was playing peek-a-boo behind the cell door. The most disturbing thing about her, besides the strange Raggedy Anne makeup she was wearing, was that I couldn't catch sight of her directly. I could only see her from the corner of my eye or when I turned quickly. I did get one picture of her and surprisingly, she cast a shadow. Not a ghost after all.

I left the Asylum and started to make my way through the woods but discovered that no matter how far I walked or which direction I turned, I kept returning to the Asylum. 

Frustrated and craving some diversion, I rested in the Asylum lobby and exchanged the pirate's treasure I had accumulated for a nice tank top from The Moonstone Studio. I changed into the tank hoping maybe the bright leaf print would trick the Asylum into releasing me and headed outside to try again. Hours later I was still wandering the woods and arriving back at the Asylum. Finally, exhausted, I laid down in one of the cells and fell asleep.

I awoke to discover that someone or something had maneuvered me into a strait jacket while I slept. I've been here 13 days now. I've been eating these mushrooms that are growing in one of the cells. The blue ones make me forget all about being here. 

I don't feel lonely. The girls keep me company and a sweet spider shares the mushrooms with me. 

I hope someone comes to find me soon. My arms are stiff and I can't move them at all. It's going to be really hard to type my story.

*Deception is a tribute to the Deception TV series. This M region welcomes folks of all species and orientations. Visit with a sense of humor and an open attitude and you'll feel right at home. There are frequent dances and Hunts as well as seasonal activities. No nudity or lewd behavior, please. The Ghosts don't approve of it and neither do the living residents.

Whether you want to become actively involved in the RP to continue the story of Deception, or you just want to shop and do the Hunts, you'll have fun.

Hair ~ No.Match No_Chat
Head ~ Lelutka EvoX Avalon 3.1
Body ~ Maitreya Lara 5.3
Skin ~ Gloom Riley 03
Outfits ~ RR Halloween Tree Tee #17 / The Moonstone Studio Haunted Halloween and Autumn Top / Hilly Haalan Feme Bell Bottom Jeans

Nails ~ [QE] Designs Tapered Square Nails Halloween 001
Jewelry ~ Chouko Rosa Boochi Pumpkin Ghost Earrings

Straight Jacket ~ Gothik Asylum Jacket and Pants

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Photos ~ Abandoned Asylum for the Necromancer Hunt

Leshy @ Trick or Treat Lane

Sometimes we just need to let our wild side take over. 

This EXCLUSIVE Unisex set from Forest Fantasy Store, available @ Trick or Treat Lane, will certainly make that easy. 

• Set includes the Wood Skin, Moss Tattoo, Leaf and Flower Attachments [8 varieties of each], Pasties, Pelvis covering, Wreath and amazing Stag Head Mask to transform you into a Leshy, a forest creature from Slavic mythology that possesses the ability to adopt the guise of any appearance and can change in size and height.

• If you choose not to wear the Skull Head, the skin itself is nicely textured and makes a very impressive dryad. 
• The Leshy set is the FFS offering at Trick or Treat Lane. For the center shot I included a little more PG coverage with The Fleurs Autumn Tattoo from Fallen Gods (find it @ the FG Main Store).

Hair ~ Analog Dog Sassafras

Head ~ LeLutka EvoX Avalon 3.1

Body ~ Maitreya Lara 5.3

Skin ~ Forest Fantasy Store Leshy set

Outfit ~ Forest Fantasy Store Leshy *

*Featured items @ Trick or Treat Lane October 7 ~ 31

Merchant and Gift Gallery HERE

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Autumn Beauty @ Trick or Treat Lane

Trick or Treat Lane offers a wealth of styles, colors and fashion possibilities for your mystical and magic Second Life. Your favorite Fantasy, Witchy and Gothic creators offer their latest and most fantastic works of all sorts. Lots of FREE Tricks and Treats as well.

• Elegance is yours in this Gown* from Dark Intentions. You'll find this wearable tribute to the rich colors of Autumn as well as more casual outfits and Autumn decor in the DI shop @ ToTL.
• Rings are Luna Novus from Seance *

Hair ~ Truth Collective Dreamer
Head ~ LeLutka EvoX Avalon 3.1
Body ~ Maitreya Lara 5.3
Skin ~ 7 Deadly S{k}ins Halloween Fall Leaves
Outfit ~ Dark Intentions Beauty of Autumn Gown EXCLUSIVE *
Jewelry ~ Seance Luna Novus Rings *

Nails ~ [QE] Designs Almond Nails Autumn 001. You'll find 6 Halloween collections in the shop at ToTL, but the nails I'm wearing in these pictures are in the [QE] shop at Shop & Hop.

*Featured items @ Trick or Treat Lane October 7 ~ 31

Merchant and Hunt Gallery HERE

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Photos ~ Trick or Treat Lane