The Garden of Exiles

Okay... it's been a while since my last post.

I blame it on the Jolly Old Fat Man. You know how it is... feeling you need to compete with his gift-giving.... you spend the entire holiday season shopping, and stressing about shopping. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Despite the shopping rush, I know I did.

The last couple days, I've been working on something new.

It started when I looked from the deck of my skybox, and saw... nothing! Nothing, where Alysa's home should have been. All sorts of things passed through my mind, as to what sort of holiday tragedy could have claimed her home... perhaps a holiday fire started in the Christmas tree? It happens all the time, you know.

I looked on the map and saw a green dot below. I thought, perhaps, she was strolling through the charred remains of her tiny skybox, ashes floating down on her like dirty snowflakes. I jumped over my railing in a single bound, and floated down to the ground. There was no smoke, no ash. Alysa was not looking, teary-eyed at the burned ruins of a skybox.

No...

She was planting trees.

I asked her, surprised, where her skybox was. She said, matter-of-factly, "I deleted it, of course, to make room for the garden!"

So I started to help, a bit. Before long, we had filled her 512 parcel, and she bought the adjoining parcel - which also filled quickly. I bought a third parcel, and we joined them into group-owned land, so we could use all the prims for the garden.

It started from a small garden and it grew... it has two sides, light and cheery, and dark and dreary. Cuddle-spots are all around. There is a waterfall, a pond, a cave.... and the most comfortable hammock in all of Second Life.

Since we are both involved with Blacklist, and since this is on adjoining land in Shaitan, we decided to call it, "The Garden of Exiles."

We'll be installing teleports in Blacklist soon.

Come check out The Garden of Exiles. But please, don't feed the squirrel.

Unscheduled Maintenance

Catching up with old friends

I logged in yesterday, and saw my old friend Livie on radar, in Blacklist. I so rarely get to some of my old hangouts, that I sometimes forget about the friends I used to see there. Livie was out of Second Life for a while, and I've not found the time to track her down and tie her up for a chat, recently - though she's been back for a while, now! ^.~

It was nice to chat at Blacklist, for a bit... then we ported to Misp for a quick ride on some quads. It was only an hour... I'll have to work on the tying her down part, if I want more ;)

Since she hates pouncing so much, I found an alternative... which she doesn't seem to mind.

/nuzzle Livie


:D

Silent Noir

I just came across this new sim: Silent.

It's a "noir" sim. Done almost completely in black and white. I haven't had a chance to explore it, fully. I only had a half hour before real life took me away.

I invited Hyang to come have a look with me, knowing she likes to explore interesting places - and this place has such a unique look. Amazingly, amateur Second Life explorer that I am, I found this place before she did.

The pic above is un-retouched. It is the raw capture from Second Life, only resized. It seems eerie to wander around this sim, all in black and white.

Check it out. It's very cool.

Dirty Snowmen

Ok... it's bad enough that the snowmen of Blacklist have taken over in Shaitan, but now they've been seen cavorting with a snowman at the Palace. And from the looks of it, we may have some kind of dangerous hybrid on our hands before long.

So, watch out, citizens of Shaitan, and citizens of Digeut... there could be more cold trouble headed your way.

Snowball Fights

The city is under siege.

These snowmen... I never would have thought that the simple purchase of a weather machine for our fair city would result in this! The snowmen have become animated... and angry. They seem to be breeding, too.

And they don't like each other very much.

My advice: Stay out of the line of fire. These guys mean business!
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This was so simple and so much fun to make. Thanks to Alysa for her help. She encouraged simplicity, and it worked.

Come check out the snowmen of Blacklist. Wear a hat and gloves, and join in the fun!

/me mrows

-Shye

Surrounded by Snowmen!

What have I got myself into? I'm surrounded by an army of snowmen, all armed with snowballs!

Alysa and I decided the season was right for a snowball fight. But we wanted it to be different. Sure, we have snowballs available for anyone to throw at Blacklist.. but we wanted snowmen! We built an army. Ok... a small army, but of big snowmen.

These guys were fun to build... all with different faces and different poses. All we have to do now is place them about the town and make some snowballs.

You can see how we like to build. The second picture is of us building, relaxing on the couch in the Blacklist bar as we do so. Sometimes, the work doesn't go as fast that way... but it's fun!

Look for the snowball fight in Blacklist, Shaitan... coming soon.

We also have plans for the land down below the city. Keep an eye out for an announcement soon.

/me purrs
-Shye

I love cuddles!

I love cuddles.

Here you see lovable neko Alysa, me, and Sindy... relaxing at the Palace.

For a while, there were four of us. Jo made a threesome of purple kitties, with Sindy cuddling up with us all. Some Second Life glitch made Alysa's tongue stick out during the time Jo was snuggling... so I got not good pictures of the four of us. Her tongue kept getting in the way. I asked her to put it away until later... =^.~=

/me purrs

The Sewers

The sewer tunnels are complete at Blacklist. Alysa and I have moved on from construction of the tunnels, to "decorating" some of the rooms in the labyrinth.

We started with a room for the hobos. Usual hobo stuff, there... old mattresses, beds, burning barrels, etc. We then moved on to a neko cuddle room. I love the way it turned out. There is a cuddle basket for up to 6 kitties, a big, intimate, pink cuddle pillow for two, and a couple of other sexy things for the kitten in you. Lately, we moved on to a dungeon... small, dark, some Luis Royo artwork on the walls, and a complement of Deviant furniture for your deviant nature.

A word of warning: These rooms are in a maze of old, abandoned tunnels under Blacklist. The tunnel system is oriented in three dimensions. It's easy to get lost. Bring a pack with some food and water, as it may be days before you find the surface again!

Neko Shopping

Nekos are ubiquitous in Second Life. They're everywhere! Those damned kitties breed like nobody's business, and now you can't swing a dead cat without knocking over at least three of them!

So, there are so many nekos now, it's no longer special to be one. It's no more special than being human or demon. I don't know what the preferred minority in Second Life would be, at the moment. What do you become to be different?

Rather than puzzle over that, I switch between the forms I am comfortable with. Human and Neko. And occasionally drow or dragon. I was neko, consistently, for so long, that I can't stop emoting like one... and I miss my tail when it isn't attached. I've found so many interesting uses for it... =^.^=

Though nekos are a dime a dozen now, there is something nice about their numbers: There are so many places to shop for neko gear now! One of the older shops is Deviant Kitties. They just opened up a beautiful new sim... wonderful to explore (but hard to shop). They have wonderful hair at DK, some designed for nekos and some appropriate for human use.

Alysa and I went to DK to shop for hair. She made a new punky neko winter outfit, and needed hair to go with it. While wandering through the hills, we came across some snowmonsters... I ran and hid from them, rather than taking pictures! As my running came to an end, I looked to my left, and there was Rufus. Rufus was giving out freebies (little stuffed Rufuses, of course). Gotta love him for that. So Alysa and I stopped to have our picture taken with him, before scampering away on our next neko adventure... or shopping spree...

Holiday Bear

A huge holiday teddy bear has taken up residence in our basketball court.

I think, most likely, nobody is going to play ball with him. He has a bit of a height advantage.

Here you see Joni, Alysa and myself climbing around on the bear.

Stray Nekos

I've been neko for most of my Second Life, but have taken a bit of a break from it, until lately. I've dived right back into it for the moment, getting all nekoed up again.

Alysa and I strayed on over to Straylight to capture this pic.