Divine Blues

She used to be a member of the Sapphire Tribe, she remembered that very well. Many, many aeons before her world had been vivid, happy and busy… she could hear the voices of men and women and children every evening she climbed up on top of the Tower, in order to taste a bit of everyday life before she had to commence night service, as usual. She had been taken from her family in order to serve the Goddess at the tender age of a hundred and fifty years… oh yes, she still remembered the excruciating pain. Her mother and siblings had been inconsolable… or so she thought, as she hadn’t talked to them any more. Rubbing shoulders with „ordinary” folk wasn’t permitted to the Selected One. 

She was carefully educated by the Elders, and after five hundred years of apprenticeship she was allowed to raise the Moon all alone for the first time. She still got goosebumps at the memory of that very special night. Then… something went wrong. Slowly, yet without any doubt whatsoever. At first, she noticed that the evening buzz and humming and chattering of the city became weaker day by day. People just disappeared from the streets, the murmuring sounds seemed to grow dimmer, and dimmer yet. Then, one evening… all she could hear from the Tower was silence. 

She was shocked… but she remembered she had taken a solemn oath to serve the Goddess and raise the Moon each and every night, until Death decided to come for her. She was alone, her only company were the memories and the ghosts of the past, yet she climbed up on top of the Tower, and silently whispered an ancient prayer before she touched the chilly globe. „Raise, Moon, and spread your rays... I shall always be here to welcome you when your duty is done.”

Dress: MysticHope „Bellanya Blue & Aqua” - Lucky Chair prize (0 L$). You need to be a member of the MysticHope group, but it’s free to join and Kira Lavendel is very generous indeed with the gifts. There are several chairs in the shop, both for men and women, and there are many prizes on each chair, so go and try your luck.

Boots: FJ Design Foxy Boots – it is a formal hunt gift, currently available in the shop for 499 L$.

Necklace: Talevin’s Designs „Beaded Blue Triple Moon” Necklace - Lucky Chair prize (0 L$).

Skin: PixyStix „Her Beauty”- The Beauty & The Freak Hunt gift (0 L$). The hunt is on until March 24th.

Eyes: Tribal Soul „Magnus” Eyes in Black (35 L$).

Ears: InSpired Designs „Celestial Elf” Ears - Take Back The Night Hunt gift (0 L$). The hunt is on until March 31st.

Hair: $Ganked$ „Lovely Hair” in Charcoal – fatpack of 5 shades, available on the Marketplace (200 L$).

Wings: Destiny’s Designs „Spring Fae Wings” - Depraved Spring Madness 2 Hunt gift (0 L$). The hunt is on until April 15th. 

Nails: Sterling Artistry „Raindrops Light” (it’s a former monthly freebie, the currently available „French Cloud” manicure is very similar - 10 L$). 

Poses: Magnifique Poses Model Pose No. 1 in the first picture (it is a formal hunt gift, and I’m sorry but I can’t tell if it makes part of any currently available model pose pack); Del May „Virgo” in the second picture, it’s a Twisted Arcane Hunt extra gift (0 L$). The hunt is on until March 31st. 

The pictures were taken at Pteron.

Fester

The light in the castle was green. There had been humans who became sick only because of the light. Not that any of those who lived in the castle cared about this. More suffering made the things even more intresting. Ages ago Fester had been an elf. Now only some ancient trees remembered the time when he walked frolicing through the forest. Everything could have been perfect. He was the young lord of an old elf clan and supposed to marry the one he loved soon. But then she disappeared. There were rumors that she had been kidnapped by drow and Fester tried to find her. After spending ages in the woods following traces only he could see he had to find out that she had not been kidnapped. She had left by free will with the drow. When Fester found the two she started to beg him to take her back but having been worried about her for so long and finding her with somebody else and not even willing to stand to her desicion made him so angry that he lost his selfcontroll. It wasn't hate what he felt. He despised her. The drow wasn't an opponent for him. Fester fought him down quickly. There was no reason to let the man suffer. But her he wanted to see in pain.

Of course he had known about the castle and he told her that he would let her rest there. If he would have been completly honst he would have added the word final but there was no more reason for him to be honest to her. She was scared, there were rumors about the castle. It was said that it would influence the beings inside of it. But she knew that she had made a mistake so she did not want to doubt his desicions and followed him. Maybe it was the castle, maybe his rage which made him torture her on the most horrible ways. As he always took care only to hurt her in a way which would be really painful and not kill her the torture took weeks. And he changed in this time. His pointy ears became like the ears of humans and he grew antlers while his eyes turned red. Fester did not only torture her he also cut into his own skin but his scars healed imediatly, which made him more angry. He hated to fail in expressing how much she had hurt his heart. Not careing if he would stay alive he used his knife to open his chest and to cut his heart out. A smirk was resting on his lips while he forced her to eat it. After this moment he had been completly turned. A black heart grew inside of his chst and finally he killed her. It wasn't a death by mercy he had become bored of her and lusted for a new victim.

The owner of Miamai and A:S:S are friends so its not surprising that their items fit well together. For example this coat for men from the Miamai Blacklabel with the feastring from A:S:S deluxe. The coat comes with sculpted sleeves, a great collar and shoulderpads which look like having been made of elegantly formed stones decorated with gems. The set includes pants and also a band to wear around the hips and lower stomach. The coat could either be worn with plain black or with white black fur in the inside. The feast ring from A:S:S deluxe could be described best with "the beauty of decay". It is big and extravagant and as beautiful it is there are maggots on it. The ring has a resizescript which makes it very comfy to adjust it perfectly. The antlers come from material squirell they have the option to tint them in several colours. They are made of nonrigged mesh which explains why they look so smooth. The skin is the angelus skin from Fallen Gods Inc. which also works for pale more evil roleplay characters and the hair comes from Wasabi Pills and is also made of mesh. The boots from DragansVarg are for females but they are mod so it was possible to make them bigger to use them with a male avatar.

Outfit:
Skin: ANGELICUS Raphael +Fallen Gods Inc.+ Corruption (990 L$ one makeup 2200 L$ four makeup and 5600 L$ Fatpack with 12 skins)
Hair: /Wasabi Pills/ Nicole Mesh Hair (250 L$ colourpack 1500 L$ Fatpack)
Eyes: Sterling Artistry DragonEyes_FieryVision (65 Linden)
Ring: A:S:S deLuxe - Feast ring (138 L$)
Antlers: Hartley Antlers by Material Squirrel (150 L$)
Coat, Trousers, Waisteband: Miamai_[BlackLabel]_Lulu (600 L$)Boots: DragansVarg : *imrae* boots (490 L$)

The pictures have been taken at No Salvation.

On the hunt

The direction of the wind was perfect. Zoraster curled his lips to a grin, it would be a good hunt. He had caught the woman a day ago. She was perfect, so willing to fight and so unwilling to be a victim. And now she had managed to escape. It would be an other jolly night. Zoraster felt how his heart started to beat faster. Good toys were so rare and he loved hunting a lot. Sometimes hunting was more fun than the things he hunted the humans for. He hoped that this one would manage to escape more often. It was always so lovely to see the fear in their eyes when he managed to catch them again and he always managed to get them.

There are not only items for females sold at ZombiePopcorn Brand. The shirt from Razorblade Jacket is one of those. Its black with a mothprint. The shirt comes on all layers and the prim part has a resizescript. If its needed its also possible to edit the primpart with the normal edit menu. The wristbands are an other Zombiepopcorn brand item. They come from [bubble] the set also contains bands for the upper arms and a little backpack. The backpack looks better on a female avatar but the leatherbands fit also to males and as they have a resizescript its quite comfy to make them fit. The riding boots come from hoorenbeek. The set contains the boots for males and females. The jeans come from Culto. They are available in several colours.

Outfit:
Shirt: =Razorblade Jacket= Sepultus Shirt (39 L$ sold at ZombiePopcorn Brand)
Wristlets: [ bubble ] Survivor Bag & Straps (195 L$ sold at ZombiePopcorn Brand)
Jeans: *CULTO* Nile Jeans Black (69 L$)
Boots: [ hoorenbeek ] Riding Boots - Black (520 L$)
Tattoo: +Fallen Gods Inc.+ CATACLYSM (550 L$)
Hair: Magika // Veruka II (199L$ for colour pack or 499 L$ for all colours)
Shape: Zero Shape modded (0 L$ Eclectic Equations Headquater)
Skin: ~Tableau Vivant~ Zero Halloween Gift bald (0 L$)
Eyes: Sterling Artistry : sa_DragonEyes_LemonLime (65 L$)

Poses: Pulling Strings Poses & Animations

Zero II

It has been a while since the switch your gender for 0 Linden challenge started. So I thought it would be nice to put again a male avatar for 0 Linden together. This time he looks a bit darker. The skin is the Halloween gift from Tableau Vivant. It was a groupgift and ist still available inside the store but of course it is needed to be a member of the group to be able to receive it. The skins from Tableau Vivant are very good so its a great chance to get a first impression of the quality of their work. Dura moved and because of this they also put out a gift. As Dura is a store for hair its of course also hair. The gift contains three colours of the hair. The one on the picture is the black one. Sterling Artistry gives out a gift every month. The eyes are their current one. It is amazing which depth the designer reaches in the texturing of the eyes. At the moment the menstuff hunt is going on. Of course 22769 takes part in that hunt. Their gift is are trousers with a fitting top and scarf. I really like the colours of the items. The trousers are bellybutton ones with very nicely sculpted primparts. The scarf is wrapped tight around the neck while some of frings lay on the shoulder and on the chest. The top comes on all layers and the trousers on the normal trousers layer. The tattoo is an other gift from the menstuff hunt. It comes from V3 and is contained in three tones. The sneakers from ordinary have been blogged in the zero post. The shape is a modded version of the zero shape. The base version of it is available in the Eclectic Equations headquarter.
The "switch your gender for 0 Linden" flickr group still exists, so if you like to take part in this challenge post the avatars you put together, for 0 Linden, there.

Outfit:
Skin: ~Tableau Vivant~ Zero Halloween Gift bald (0 L$)
Hair: Dura celebration Gift(Black) (0 L$)
Eyes: Sterling Artistry : sa_eyes_NovemberShadow (0 L$)
Tattoo: v3 Tattoo - BioMech - Menstuff Hunt 2011 Exclusive - FADED (0 L$)
Clothes: 22769 ~ [homme] Menstuff 3 Huntgift (0 L$)
Shoes: *ordinary* Pickgiftsneaker (0 L$)
Shape: Zero Shape modded (0 L$ Eclectic Equations Headquater)

Pose: Purple Poses