The Baron Samedi

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STORYLINE: The shaken schoolgirl was now cursed with the ability to see spirits. It was the price she paid for entering their realm. Still, she hoped the curse would end. She took a different route home to avoid the Possessed Doll. As she passed the outskirts of the US Air Force base, she saw a horrific plane crash. She was glad the pilot safely parachuted down. But something was not right about the strange man in a tuxedo and top hat who stood on the runway without a care. When the firetruck passed right through him, she knew for sure it was a ghost. No sooner had she thought that, then the dark man's head jerked in her direction. He waved his hand, she felt a swoosh of air, then she suddenly found herself in a swamp in some far away place. This ghost must be powerful, she thought. He spoke English, but she could understand him. "A child sees things not meant to be seen. The Baron can not allow this." He handed her a bottle with hot peppers decorating its label. "One drink from that, Cheri, and the walking nightmare will be at end."

I'm thrilled about the theme for this round of the Fantasy Collective, the Swamp! Finally a theme that's closer to home. I live in swampy area and often visit the New Orleans/Baton Rouge areas. Naturally, I am wild for Baron Samedi too, having done a lot of research him for a story. When I saw this badass Baron hat and hair by Tableau Vivant, I did a happy dance! It comes in a male and female version, each hat slightly different. The girl's has a rose and the guy's a cross. The hair is separate from the hat. Going with a witch doctor theme, Death Row has a stunningly cool witchdoctor mask that is perfect for a spooky swamp. It has a matching staff complete with little bottles and a voodoo doll. Over on the Coffin Shelf by Noctis, is the top hat on the skull by Sweet Lies gacha. I won the rare which comes with a texture change hud. Next to it is another gacha from Fantasy Collective, the Shrunken Head Potion Canteen by Eskimo Fashion. The bone necklace the Baron is wearing is part of the BOOM set that includes a Baron mask. The masks come in several colors. For today, the Baron wears his signature dark shades. The sunglasses by Kumaki are perfect for him, they even have skulls on the side. Holding his voodoo dolls or potions is the handy Hipster Bag by Remarkable Oblivion. It's on sale at FaMESHed and comes in 3 different colors. You can resize it with a menu on the x,y,z. From Totally Top Shelf is this awesome fitted mesh snake! YES! There are 4 styles, and each one comes with a texture hud to change your precious snakeypoo's colors. This picture was taken on the Madpea's Green Mire sim. If you do thier side hunt for Evil Bunny, you will score green bunny slippers and a green bunny shoulder pet. You until the 31st to do the hunt.

On Him, Baron Samedi:
Staff: Death Row Designs DRD witchdoctor staff [mesh](Fantasy Collective)(120L)
Hat, hair: Tableau Vivant Baron Hair, Samedy Hat [mesh](Fantasy Collective)(300L)
Necklace: BOOM Bonnwi Collier (his) bleached[mesh](Fantasy Collective)(225L)
Bag: Remarkable Oblivion Hipster Bag - Coffee [mesh](FaMESHed)(199L)
Pet: SWaGGa Elemental Snake Type 4 v2 [mesh](TotallyTop Shelf)(200L)
Shades: Kumaki K_gs Kasha_R2 [mesh](400L)
Necklace: Scrub Urban Voodoo Silver [mesh](225L)
Necklace: Mandala KOTOWARI Necklace_set_All colors [mesh](397L)
Tuxedo: Kauna Tuxedo handkerchief, jacket, cummerbund, trousers black [mesh] (896L)
Sweat: *eL* Wearable Sweat (150L)
Lip: Random Matters Chapstick - Mercury (130L)
Makeup: Pin Me Down Tili in black, Cheeks, Lips (no longer available)
Gloves: A:S:S Slink glove appliers -  Skull black & white (115L)
Hands: Slink Male Hands [mesh](450L)
Skin: Tableau Vivant Nathan - tone 9 (990L)
Cigar, Pose: Aphrodite Shop Dracula's living room, gacha (no longer available)

Setting:
Mask: Death Row Designs [mesh](Fantasy Collective)(120L)
Hat: Sweet Lies *SL* Voodoo Priest Hat, gacha RARE [mesh](Fantasy Collective)(50L)
Canteens: Eskimo Fashion Shrunken Head Potion Canteen, gacha [mesh](Fantasy Collective)(60L)
Bookshelf: Noctis Coffin Shelf [mesh](155L)

Location:
Madpeas: The Green Mire

The Pleasure Palace: The Cowboy Stable

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STORYLINE: "A cowboy, is this really necessary?" The Eavesdropping Maid nodded eagerly, her dark eyes sparkling with mischief. He sighed heavily and changed into the costume of the Stable Boys.  How did he end up here? Once the drugs had worn off, it was not too difficult for the Cursed A.N.G.E.L to break loose from his bonds in the Eden Garden. He offered to release the girl too if she would do him two favors: one show him where Kujo was, and two feed him. She was not an Eden but as luck would have it, she was Near-Eden. He didn’t know if was an elaborate plan, or just dumb luck, but he was not going pass up a gift neck. She told him the Pleasure Palace was the Underworld Boss' private playground. It was full of mini-theme sections. The Cowboy Stable was the closest to the Mansion. So his plan was to sneak inside, and confront the double-crossing jerk Kujo.

Can you believe FATEplay is one year old? To celebrate, FATEplay has released a fantastic new collection for girls and guys in a Fallout theme. Above I am showing the bullet belt and very cool tattered bottom Duster from the Dusty set. The bullet belt is rigged, so it works best with the pants made for it, but I got away with this more revealing version. lol The underwear is by Ap.Parel and on sale at ROMP. The chaps by ZED are gorgeous. You can wear them with the jeans option or be daring and go without! The Gunslinger hat is by Remarkable Oblivion is stylized cowboy hat with a Fleur De Lis on the front. It's on sale at The Men's Department. It comes in two color choices, and includes materials or no materials options as well as the xyz resize script. The bandit muffler from Contraption was at The Dark Style Fair, and sadly it appears to no longer be available. The Showdown cowboy boots are by Deco. They come with two options: full boot and 1/2 shown. The half shown is REALLY handy and makes the boots fit the chaps perfectly. The arm warmers are by Razor and they work with Slink hands or default hands. They come a with hud to mix and match styles. On the hip is the Kuro prop whip on sale at ROMP, and in the hand is the flexi-mesh prop whip given out the Dysfunctional Designs Lotus Tree. My grinning Pony friend here has a secret. He can give you a nice time. lol He comes with texture change options for the horse, harness, and rocker. In the background, is the "real" palomino and he's not too sure about that toy horse who's up to no good. lol He's by United InshCon. lol He also has color change options for body, mane and tail. The stable I picked up over a year ago on 35L weekend. It has poses for thje haystack on the 2nd floor. Reminder: The end of the month is coming soon. If you haven't picked the Tableau Vivant Echo skin yet, hurry hurry. It includes the appliers on tone 5!

On Him, Cursed A.N.G.E.L Cowboy:
Hat: Remarkable Oblivion Gunslinger Cowboy Hat - Stallion [mesh](The Mens Department)(199L)
Underwear: [AP.PAREL] Romp - Black Leather [mesh](ROMP)(99L)
Coat, Belt: FATEplay Dusty - Alternate [mesh](400L)
Pants: ZED Leather Chaps for Men [mesh](389L)
Boots: DECO His 1/2 Showdown Boots - coal [mesh](300L)
Whip, belt: Kuro - Declan whip decor [mesh](ROMP)(85L)
Whip, hand: Dysfunctional Designs Lotus Tree - Prop Whip [mesh](ROMP)(345L)
Arm Warmers: Razor Foe Gloves Fatal - Mens - Slink with hud [mesh](249L)
Muffler: Contraption Compass Tech Muffler mens [mesh](past, DarkStyle Fair)(250L)
Necklace: Mandala KOTOWARI Necklace_set_All colors [mesh](397L)
Hands: Slink Male Hands [mesh](450L)
Sweat: *eL* Wearable Sweat (150L)
Oil: NMJ Group NMJ BodyOil Male Tattoo Ver1 (150L)
Skin, appliers: Tableau Vivant Echo - Tone 5 - Smokey eyes (The Mens Department)(300L)
Pose: Diesel Works Drogo2 (90L)

Setting;
Rocking Horse: Stockholm&Lima The Rocking Horse [mesh](ROMP)(PG 750L. Adult 1000L)
Horse: United InshCon *UI* Brown Horses v [mesh] (259L)
Barn: Alehandrita Design Our Little Stable

2065: Battle Bots 1

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STORYLINE: He failed as a security guard, and flopped as a Rock Star. So what does a pissed off starving vampire gotta do to sip that sweet, sweet Eden nectar anyway? Fight to the death with a Battle Bot is what! The Underworld's kingpin, Kujo, made the Cursed A.N.G.E.L. an offer he couldn't refuse; Duke it out with the reigning Battle Bot champ and if he wins, be rewarded with his very own Eden to nibble on whenever the mood suits him, and if he fails they'll be sure to sweep his guts off the floor into a nice bucket to feed Kujo's dogs. No doubt the Lords of Mars would gamble on the fight like the obscenely rich bastards they are. He didn't have much of a choice. Besides, he was cocky enough to think he could actually win. Battle Bots had replaced humans in the brutal sport over a century ago, but in the underworld, humans still boxed. Lucky for him, he found a great trainer. 

Are you ready to get sweaty? Don't miss this wonderful animations in the The Workout mat by Happy Dispatch on sale over at Creation.Jp. (see image below) The basic version on sale for 100L, and Deluxe Edition for 300L. To get it on sale, you need to hurry. Creation.Jp ends the 15th! The Deluxe has poses for you and your trainer, and 2 people sitting on the sidelines. When you wear the included boxing gloves and mits it will automatically switch to transparent when you are not using them. The color of the gloves changes randomly each time you use them. And now a nice bonus you will love, if you take your picture working out on the matt and upload it to the Happy Dispatch Flickr group before August 1st, you will get a free Boxing Hud! I can't wait to replace Hugs and Kisses Hud with this baby. I got your kiss right here, POW! lol To read more about this  special offer, and watch movies of the animations go to: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hiko_hd/14571083163/in/pool-2446908@N20

Now let me tell you a little more about what I am wearing. The new Luc Hoodie by FATEwear has cool bold styling stripes on it. I love it! You can get the hoodie in other textures, patterns and colors too. It comes with 3 clothing styles, open, hood up and hood down.  If you are a FATEwear subscriber, you got a nice gift at the start of July of swim trunks and towl in Canada and USA colors. If you are not a subscriber, no worries. Just head over to FATEisland and touch the subscriber board, the gift swimwear will be delivered to you. Tableau Vivant has another sweet skin sale over at The Men's Department. You can pick up Echo tone 5 with appliers for only 300L. There are 5 different eye makeup styles to choose from, I'm sporting the Smokey eye above which looks grat like, sweaty smudged eyeliner. I love the new Insomnia option too! New hair Natume by Argrave has a very cool wet look and a hud to turn water droplets on or off. Because you never be too sweaty looking, I added *eL* Wearable sweat clothing layers along with NMJ body oil for men. The final look turned out great for a subtle sweaty look. Now all I need is a flushed tattoo....

On Him, Cursed A.N.G.E.L.:
Hoodie: FATEwear Jacket - Luc - TundraVoid [mesh](300L)
Hair: Argrave NATSUME - Whites [mesh](250L)
Necklace: Mandala KOTOWARI Necklace_set_All colors [mesh](397L)
Jeans: Ronsem Straight Jeans / jetblack male [mesh] (350L)
Boots: J's Men's Studded Long boots-M/L - black [mesh] (450L)
Earrings: ROZOREGALIA *NORNIR*Unisex PIERCE3 (400L)
Shoulder Towel: FATEwear Towel - Matt - London [mesh] (200L)
Sweat: *eL* Wearable Sweat (150L)
Oil: NMJ Group NMJ BodyOil Male Tattoo Ver1 (150L)
Eyes: S0NG Winter Snow Eye [mesh](50L)
Brow: Tableau Vivant Eyebrow 04 (Tintable) (80L)
Skin, appliers: Tableau Vivant Echo - Tone 5 - Smokey eyes (The Mens Department)(300L)
Pose: momomuller / 3M standing1_m_004_3 (40L)

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STORYLINE: Coach Tora was an ex-light weight female boxing champ once known as "Tora the Fierce" before retiring. She convinced the Cursed A.N.G.E.L there was a way to beat a Battle Bot using what she claimed was the "Android Blind Spot."

Joining me for the first time on Bishie Style SL is my good friend Kariritaisho. She was a great help and didn't mind at all when I took a few swipes at her. lol  She is wearing adorable Dino Dozer hoodie by Razor and the Regulator boots by Razor. Her system jeans are by Hot Stuff. These pictures were taken on the gorgeous Sky Tower by Fanatik. The chair in the back is Nova by Trompe Loeil from a past Collabor88. Sadly it's not available anymore, but the cute Lava Lamp by Intrigue still is. The desk is by Isil Designs and the tabletop is also a media player. Coming up in my next post is the Battle Bot!

On Her, Coach Tora:
Hoodie: Razor Dozer Hoodie - Fem - Dino [mesh](599L)
Pants: Hot Stuff Black Jeans [mesh](75L)
Boots: Razor Regulator Combat Boots Full Version [mesh](499L)

Setting:
Prop, animations: Happy Dispatch Workout mat Deluxe Edition (Creation.Jp) (300L) Sale
House: Fanatik Sky Tower [mesh] (3800L)
Desk: Isil Designs Europa Desk [mesh](400L)
Chair: Trompe Loeil Nova Chair Stardust [mesh](no longer available)
Lamp: Intrigue Co. Rocket Lava Lamp: Milky Way - Black [mesh](250L)
Thanks for your help, Kariritaisho!