Circus of Cats

The cold and dreary days and nights of this circus were done. The humans, with their whips, cages and silly clown cars were gone, perhaps dragging some different mountain of canvas to other unloved patches of ground on the outskirts of towns that never quite made it onto maps. 

Now the Circus of Cats went only where suited its performers, namely anywhere warm. The crowds would turn up wherever they decided to perform.

Jinx had taken the ringmaster's jacket from its former owner, along with the canvas from which he had fashioned his trousers, in lieu of cash money owed from a final hand of poker on the night they had won the whole enterprise. The whip he had thrown away, no need for it now they were working for themselves.

Sasha had kept hold of her costumes from their lives before. No matter what the situation, she would never have worn anything she hadn't liked. Besides, most of them were sparkly. No good for the workout before the show, that demanded comfort every bit as much as she demanded style. Favouring pink, which contrasted so nicely with her own colouring, the heart motifs pleased her, the sweetheart of the show.
Now the cats of the circus had become the Circus of Cats, in charge, and doing as they liked, as cats of all kinds are apt to do. Feline grace made the most difficult tricks and moves look easy, and yet still they would practice. Sasha trying out new routines, settling spins, twists and turns into muscle memory as Jinx worked on speeches to whip the coming crowds into a frenzy. This tom was a born showman. Mimicry of the blustering performance of his predecessor made her laugh, and would bring cheers from the crowd once they filled the old bench seats. For now, they would enjoy the atmosphere in the tent, in the brief moments while the other cats were carrying out their own preparations, the baited breath silence made their time alone together all the more special.

Sasha :
Hair:   Magika - Clumsy [03] L$ 250
Beautiful hair, with hood complete with kitty ears. Hair and hood are colour change via included HUDs
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Magika%20Land/128/128/2
Skin : : S u g a r :  -C- :3: Fireball {High Voltage} - Former hunt gift.
Eyes : ~*By Snow*~ Hybrid Eyes II (Sky) L$ 15
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lionheart%20Nuka/82/237/28
Stripes : =SiDe= Tiger Stripes Tattoo II   L$ 199
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/SiDe-Neko-Tiger-Stripes-Tattoo-B-Color-Changeable-XSmall-Bikini-Special-Edition-Included/936602
Whiskers :  *Cobrahive* Bunny I am [black] L$ 130
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Cobrahive-Bunny-I-am-Black/3403763
Whiskers are from this bunneh set, which is fantastic all by itself!
Top :  :Sugar: Cropped Top  - Valentines group gift
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Magic%20Moment/194/41/1751
I'm told this comfy looking crop top is a sneaky peak to what may be coming for the Whore Couture 2 event in March. Mainstore grand opening March 1st. but you can sneak in now to shop!
Pants :  Eyelure Capri Sweats in Grape- Mesh - L$ 90
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Eyelure-Capri-Sweats-Grape/4390010
Mesh capri sweatpants come in in sizes S, M, L, XL, and Wide Waist for when you have been eating too many fish.
Shoes  :  : S u g a r : Dangerous Heels L$ 499
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Magic%20Moment/194/41/1751 
Still my favourite favourite shoes. So many colour combinations possible for upper and sole, and a skinmatch HUD to boot. 
Tail : Sadly no longer available - many are though!

Jinx : 
Hat : VooDoo MoJo Top Hat  - Freebie
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/VooDoo-MoJo-Top-Hat-Wear-me-15-prims/4275275 
Fantastic freebie hat - complete with bones and feathers! 
Hair :   *Dura-Boys&Girls* 20 (Black) L$ 360https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Dura-BoysGirls20-Dark-6color-Fat/2574278
Eyes :   o.O No longer available!
Tattoo : +REDRUM+ Leopard Tattoo - From the Jack or Jill Hunt
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Death%20Row/196/83/56
Jacket :  [Lazybum] Ringmaster Jacket Red L$ 250
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/BOYSTOWN/87/72/23
So... I forgot to add the cuffs on the sleeves. Still looks great. These come in a great array of colours, to suit all your circus needs. 
Pants :  +REDRUM+ Carnivale Jeans Scuffed (MESH)  L$ 89
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Death%20Row/196/83/56
Yum yum yum. Don't know what it is, but I have a startling amount of circus stripes in my invent. These are a fantastic set, available as shown here all scuffed and stained, or in a clean for sunday matinee best!
Ears and Tail :  TKA Neko - Species Neko Tail Ears Red Black L$ 1
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/TKA-NEKO-SPECIES-NEKO-TAIL-EARS-RED-BLACK-FREEBIE/871974 
Twitchy tail and ears all for one Linden. Can't say fairer than that. Not with a mouthful of marbles anyway. 

Also shown 
[Virtual Props] Psycho Circus Photography Prop; it costs L$900, and the permissions are COPY, MOD, NO TRANS.. There is no notecard associated with this product, just rez and pose! It has 30 Unique poses in 3 pose sets, adjustable with memory for up to 100 avatars, photographer controlled and can be placed into any photo studio prop rezzer. 42 Prims. Sasha's single poses are from the set.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Endless%20Death/27/107/24 

"Cry, Wolf!" The Story of Little Red Riding Hood Retold

Little Red Riding Hood couldn’t remember when she had been called “little” for the last time. Actually, she couldn’t remember when she had been riding for the last time, either. She was a big girl now, and she preferred four-wheelers to horses. What remained, though, was the red hood. Wolves were colour blind, luckily, and their blood didn’t stand out against the thick burgundy fabric. Little Red Riding Hood - Red Hood, or just Reddie, for her friends - caressed the wolf tails attached to the hem of her cloak. It was a wise move to leave the basket at Granny’s years ago, she thought.

The semi-automatic rifle she carried these days couldn’t hold any freshly baked cake, not mentioning the bottle of wine, but wolves were afraid of her now. “That silly old huntsman... what an idea, playing with scissors and stones, when you can resolve the problem with a ‘bang’, and the bad bad wolfie is gone for good!” – Red Hood let out a nasty little cackle. In the woods, the last wolf cowered and started whining. He knew he couldn’t win.

“Little Red Riding Hood – The Other Side of the Story” is a new exhibition at The Companion, a sim owned by Mimesis Monday/Heidi Dahlsveen, a "storyteller in both worlds". She invited some excellent SL/RL artists to collaborate on a joint project... and there we go. Alpho Fullstop (one of the alter egos of the genial visual anarchist, Elif Ayiter, mother to the entire Alpha Tribe), Cherry Manga and Soror Nishi together, until April 15^th. The avatar is a gift at the installation. Three fantastic creators, and one free Alpha Tribe avie. Do you need more bait?

... and please, please root for the wolf.

Touch me...

I love Tainted. I love Soft Cell. I love doing the Tainted Love hunt while listening to Soft Cell. You can try it too! All the way to the end of February. A gridwide hunt, taking in close to 80 stores, where the prizes you can find celebrate the antithesis of all those cute mass produced Valentine cards with overpriced chocolates and wilting roses. Love as obsession, love as pain, loving someone to death...

Here are some of my highlights...

:Little Pricks:, The Little Bat, Bliensen + MaiTai, Corvus, Aeva//Heartsick

Nomine, [ bubble ], :Little Pricks:, Boudoir, :::insanya:::, Bliensen + MaiTai, ezura,  Aeva//Heartsick

 

+REDRUM+,  [Exiled Inc.], Love Zombie, Bliensen + MaiTai, Pure Poison, *~{Frick}, Heartsick

+REDRUM+, Kita's Sideshow, Bliensen + MaiTai, Impish, Pure Poison, Heartsick, *~{Frick}, Senzafine, The Elegant Goth

Each prize is L$ 1 to buy. If that puts you off, you gotta be nuts. No way round that. Nearly EIGHTY items for under L$80. The mind boggles! Skins, shape, eyes, clothes and stuff!!! You can find all the details, SLurls and hints on the website here...

http://www.woefulwednesday.com/the-tainted-love-hunt/tainted-designers/

Love Hurts

As the day of the Saint rolled closer and closer, love was in the air. Valentine had never set foot here, few would by choice. Few, but some. The darker alleyways are sometimes the best places for some lovers to meet, after all, who would look to find them both there?

The demon and the angel had met there once by chance, many years before. The alleyway had grown no cleaner over time, though at least the body of the one whose soul each had come to claim that fateful night had gone. Food no doubt for the rats which scurried ceaselessly between crates and trashcans. Love like this was not something that could be explained, too close to hate as it was. They should loathe each other, and certainly, each felt nothing but repulsion for all the other stood for. Despite all of this, love was what it was.

Whenever good and evil came together, there was bound to be violence. Angels would do all they could to be good and fair, and Demons likewise to be destructive and evil. Violent passion drew them back there each time, despite the inevitable pain that would follow.  Far from these opposites of feeling, emotion and nature cancelling each other out to some even keel, sparks would fly, and blood would flow.

Each time they met, there would be love. At each meeting; pain. The cycle continuing on and on throughout the ages.  As they loved each other, the Angel would give up his heart, and the Demon, she would eat it...

Oh Valentines... Death as love. How fitting for these latest releases!

Shown above, we have +REDRUM+ Love Thief - Stolen Heart - which is a two person set, the prize at +REDRUM+ in the current Tainted Love Hunt (which when I get round to hunting out all the prizes, there should be another post about).  Its L$1 until the end of the month, and comprises in its two sets - which are transferable for you and your love - blood for the arms, blood for the face, a chest wound, sticky out tongues, and a heart to bite on! You can find all the details about the ultimate anti-twee hunt here...

http://www.woefulwednesday.com/the-tainted-love-hunt/

Here is also the latest release from S U G A R! That's right, after so many of us crying, complaining and whinging because she wanted to have an enjoyable life, she came back! *grins*  This is a reload of perhaps my all time favourite skin - Cry My Heart Out - and it's a Group Gift!  There are five skintones, each with standard, with teeth, and a total of three cleavage options. If you were lucky enough to get the previous Cry My Heart Out skin - you might just love this lipglossey do-over!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Magic%20Moment/195/41/1751


Also shown:

On the Demon:
Hair : Magika - Early (03)
Top : [ SAKIDE ] Insanely Cute Dress White
Skirt : ..:::C&M DEsignS:::.. Emanuelle*Pure White Feather*Skirt
Pasties : [Plastik]-Bandaids - Cirrus
Wings : Material Squirrel  - Ezriel
Nails : +ROZOREGALIA+- Gemma

On the Angel:
Skin :  Akeruka  - Antonio
Hair :  *Dura-Boys&Girls*20 (black)
Tattoo :  +REDRUM+ Leopard Tattoo
Horns :  [][]Trap[][] Obsidian Crown
Vest : +REDRUM+ - 'Punk' Denim Vest
Jeans : +REDRUM+ Grandpa's Jeans Grey

Drip Drip Drip – MadPea „Love Potion 9.9” Hunt

She was a nameless water fairy... better to say, she was Waterdrop No. 451900564778, assigned to service in the tiny well of a small village. Her work was boring. People came to the well, they filled their buckets and jugs, the women were chatting for a minute or two, then everyone went to do whatever they were supposed to do. Waterdrop No. 451900564778 remained there, in the bottom of the well, all alone. Until, one day, she got an idea.

The next morning the inhabitants of the village gathered around the well that dried out overnight. The women were crying, and the men were loudly discussing ideas about what to do. “We should dig another well!” – someone said. Then someone else suggested they should clean the well they already had, and a third someone came up with the idea that they should appoint a permanent guardian to it... at which they suddenly heard a tiny “glug”. The water was back. Waterdrop No. 451900564778 let the villagers know, in no unequivocal terms, that she preferred company.

I think that the current MadPea hunt, “Love Potion 9.9”, is the best one ever organised until now. The storyline is entertaining, the clues are excellent (a big thank you and many, many compliments go to Elizabeth Tinsley, the mastermind behind the hunt!), the objects you have to collect are different in each shop, the endgame is anything but boring, and the gifts are... wow. So there’s only one thing that remains, you running to the starting point and buying the HUD for 50 L$, then just enjoy the trip! You have time until March 14^th.

As to the gifts... where to start? This time I’m showing you the „Water Fae” outfit by Fantavatar & Moonstruck, which is amazing. The hairpiece and the shoulder pad textures are animated so water actually circulates around your limbs and you do look like a walking rivulet! The pretty necklace by *Amaranthus* also holds a surprise, just click on the locket and you’ll see. :)

Outfit: Fantavatar & Moonstruck „Water Fae Female” – MadPea Hunt prize.

Necklace: *Amaranthus* „Tied Locket” - MadPea Hunt prize.

Skin: Niekra’s Dreams “Frost Elf Skin” – Fantasy Hunt prize (1 L$). The hunt is on until February 21^st.

Eyes: IKON Lucid Eyes “Optimism” – February group gift (0 L$). It’s free to join the group.

Poses: HelaMiyo “Dandy” - 50 L$ for one pose, the 10-pose pack costs 400 L$.

Jack and Jill Part 2

As promised - here comes Jack...

. : VyC : ., .Pekka, KracKer, B*FLY, Latreia-, .:ellabella:. ,*Birth*, PM Poses

. : VyC : . , 22769, .:ellabella:., *Birth*, PM Poses

Endless Pain, ::GB:: , SuPerBia, .:ellabella:. , Heartless:, *Birth*, PM Poses

And finally together again... Jack and Jill

Jack :  Endless Pain , :::insanya::: , SuPerBia, .:ellabella:. , *Birth*, Wet Cat

Jill :  +REDRUM+, Intrepid::, ::mar::CS. , [SHOCK], { dollle* }, Wet Cat

Here again for ya - the SLurls, and all those clues! Happy Hunting!

http://depravednation.com/jack-or-jill-2-0

Jack or Jill - Part 1

Ooh yeah!  It's back again, the dual strand gender bending hunt from Depraved Nation. Fifty stores for the Jills - all you lovely ladies, and fifty for the Jacks - all you beautiful boys! Of course, you can hunt them all, and see what you can find - some things just look great on everyone! Here you can take a look at some of the items - a far from exhaustive list - from both tracks.

Please remember - should you choose to take on the challenge - that hunting has an ettiquete all of its own. Don't go shouting out locations of prizes, or TP people directly to them. Don't moan that you have to spend some time actually hunting for your prize. It's not a pile of goodies ready and waiting under your Xmas tree. Bad mouthing the people giving high quality items away for free is utterly counterproductive. It stops hunt happening. Problems will always occur - prizes may get moved by owners after someone has given away a location - the hint may become out of date. Be polite. Ask for help. Ask for a hint. And - being a two way street - the businesses should be giving a reasonable hint where it's in the ethos of the hunt to provide them.

Rant over... enjoy the beautiful stuffs!!!

Just the Jills tonight - it's 2am... Boys and both together will follow tomorrow (later today)

 

[bubble] , ::Para Designs::, ...:::Scrub:::... , :Hebenon Vial: , .:BTS:. , [MC]

{alterego} , =krautuve= , ::Para Designs:: , .HW. , MiWardrobe , ::mar::CS.

{alterego},Wunderland ,+REDRUM+,[VIRTUAL/INSANITY],.::CENSORED::.,::mar::CS., *Epic Eyes*

{alterego}, DuckNipple, +REDRUM+ , Intrepid::, ::mar::CS., *Epic Eyes*

{W&R}, Pink Acid, +REDRUM+, Intrepid::, ::mar::CS., .::CENSORED::., *Epic Eyes*

You can find all the SLurls, and of course the hints, on the Depraved Nation website.

http://depravednation.com/jack-or-jill-2-0