First Contact: Ylla K

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STORYLINE: Mrs K was what they called, "First Contact" between the people of Earth and Mars. From the mind of the spaceman flying to her world, she saw images of the blue tinted beauty of Earth. She saw how the people of Earth lived. They were so different. She longed for the freedom they enjoyed. Her life could be so much more than it was. Why should she remain imprisoned in the home of a man who didn't love her when she could become famous on Earth? She wanted to be talked about and admired. She wanted to dress in the finest Earth fashions. But most importantly, she just wanted to be loved.

This round of a Tattered Page is the The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. I was not familiar with the novel, so I got a copy and read it. It's a very different from what I expected. It's more like the Twilight Zone than a novel. Each chapter is a mini story and there's a very loose overall structure to it. It's very much from another time period. Our science, knowledge, and technology has advanced a lot since the 1950s. But I think the best way to view the novel is a series of metaphors about what happened in the past (such as when Europeans invaded the Americas, and Manifest Destiny) to scary realities of Nuclear War and what the mind set of the people was back in the 1950s. For my blog posts, I want to focus on an early chapter and expand on the story, the telepathic meeting of the minds between Mrs. K and Nathaniel York.

Mrs K above is wearing the skin by Fallen Gods. It comes with appliers for Slink hands, feet, nails, body and head as well as some others appliers. Nice! Her dress is the gorgeous design by Pale Empress. I love the raised surface of velvet bats on the skirt. Every goth girl in SL needs to RUN get this dress! It's awesome. The handheld mask is also by Pale Empress. It comes with a hud to change the colors, and it triggers a hold pose when worn. Her Martian eyes are by the Chop Shop. And her billowy hair is by Exile available at Collabor88. This weekend is the last for both events, so don't miss them if you haven't checked them out already!

On Her: Ylla K:

Skin, Slink All Appliers: Fallen Gods Mrs.K +FGInc. (A Tattered Page)(990L)

Dress, mask: Pale Empress Usher II Gown [mesh](A Tattered Page)(395L)
Dress, mask: Pale Empress Usher II Mask [mesh](A Tattered Page)(195L)

Eyes: Chop Shop CS! Martians [mesh](A Tattered Page)(150L)
Hair: Exile Windsong, naturals [mesh](Collabor88)(88L)

Choker: Silvery K Choker Lace, gacha [mesh](past, RMK Halloween)(80L)

Eyelashes: Gaeline Mesh Lashes Divina [mesh](180L)

Tattoo: Swanky Almost free freckles (1L)

Lip: Random Matters Chapstick - Crush (130L)

Hands: Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands - Casual, bag [mesh](450L)

Body: Slink Physique Mesh Body [mesh](1250L)

Pose: R.icielli Fashionista 01 (179L)

Location:

Insilico Mars

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STORYLINE: The Great Firebird came, and he would take her away to the stars!

This picture, a retro scifi/romance pulp magazine cover from the 1950s, is my original idea for The Tattered Page Martian Chronicles. The lovely Mrs K is wearing some more goodies from A Tattered Page: The Ylla dress by Senzafine. It comes with main dress and semi-transparent overskirt. She is wearing in her hair the golden spider hairbow by Aftershok. On her arms are the Peregrine masks by Luminary. The right arm is a male mask, and the left is female. For the stylecard on her love interest, see First Contact: Nathaniel York

On Her: Ylla K:

Dress: Senzafine "Ylla" Halter Overskirt, Sheath Skirt [mesh](A Tattered Page)(350L)
Hair Bow: Aftershok Gold spider toy head band (no band)[mesh](A Tattered Page)(50L)
Paldrones: Luminary Peregrine Pauldron  Gold[mesh](A Tattered Page)(150L)

Boots: Bliensen + MaiTai Kosmonaut Boots -Slink- gold[mesh](A Tattered Page)(329L)

Skin, Slink All Appliers: Fallen Gods Mrs.K +FGInc. (A Tattered Page)(990L)

Eyes: Chop Shop CS! Martians [mesh](A Tattered Page)(150L)
Hair: Exile Windsong, naturals [mesh](Collabor88)(88L)

Eyelashes: Gaeline Mesh Lashes Divina [mesh](180L)

Tattoo: Swanky Almost free freckles (1L)

Lip: Random Matters Chapstick - Crush (130L)

Hands: Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands - Casual, bag [mesh](450L)

Body: Slink Physique Mesh Body [mesh](1250L)

Pose: Del May Alley Catch (past group gift)

Enchantment: Sleeping Beauty 3

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STORYLINE: I do not know her name, nor how she looked, but she has been my only companion throughout the long years. The first time she came to me, she threw me from the tower into the river below. When I did not drown, she set me on fire. When the flames failed to destroy me, she buried me deep in the earth. However, I was not there for long. She dug me up, her silence somehow colder than the air around us. Then she finally spoke, "You are reborn. You are MY daughter now." After that she was much kinder to me. She delighted in dressing me up and brushing my hair while she hummed a lullaby. I was never able to talk to her, but I think she knew I was listening. Perhaps she liked it that I never spoke, never told her I thought she was cruel. She seemed to grow more and more attached to me. She even told me a sad tale of how she deeply loved a man, but he broke her heart and married someone else. When the day came that I felt change was near, she leaned down to me and whispered, "It was I who did this to you. Forgive me." She kissed me on the cheek and breathed, "forget." I opened my eyes as I heard the sound of a heavy wooden door breaking. I saw the blurry form of man in red charge charge at dark female figure. His sword sunk deep into her chest. She did not cry out, or resist. She turned into a shower of green ash and finally my long nightmare was over. The man lifted me up, for I was too weak to raise myself. "Are you alright, miss?" 

Hurry! There's still a little time left to shop and collect prizes in the Sleepy Beauty Round of Enchantment. I'm showing this post the Maleficent themed items. I LOVE the Kalopsia dragon throne, it's super cool. It comes a few female sits, cobwebs, and broken columns. In the background amoung the thrones is the Sleeping Beauty castle set decoration piece. The headress by  Kalopsia comes in white or black and it's the stamp prize! Wonderful! You can pick up this cool Thorn hairstyle at the Violent Seduction store. It comes is many colors, I used the teal. Violent Seduction's stamp prize is a lingerie outfit with mesh corset and system layers. It also comes with appliers for slink feet, phat/cuteazz, and wowmeh. This lovely shade of green skin is the stamp prize by The Sugar Garden and it comes every applier imaginable! Veil Horns Maleficent is wearing is by the Sugar Garden. The wild striped boots are by Aftershok and availible at World Goth Fair, as well as the Midnight Eyes by Snow. World Goth Fair ends June 1st, so there is still some time to shop up up some clothes your lovely Maleficent. It's been a hell of month.  See you guys in June. ^^/

On Her, Maleficent:
Hair: Violent Seduction Thorn Queen Hair - wild 2, teal [mesh](Enchantment) (100L)

Outfit: Violent Seduction Thorn Queen Lingerie [mesh] (Enchantment) Enchantment Stamp Prize
Cape: Peqe Frilly Evil vest [mesh] (Enchantment) Enchantment Stamp Prize
Headdress: Kalopsia Lady Dragon Black [mesh] (Enchantment) Enchantment Stamp Prize
Headress: The Sugar Garden Veil Horns Black [mesh] (Enchantment) (125L)

Skin, appliers: The Sugar Garden Heartless Witch Skin Stamp Prize (Enchantment) Enchantment Stamp Prize
Makeup: Lovely Disarray Haunted Souls (Dark Style Fair)(140L)
Boots: Aftershok AZ Spats B - Mono [mesh] (World Goth Fair, Port Seraphine) (125L)
Eyes: By Snow Midnight Eyes [mesh] (World Goth Fair, Cursed) (150L) 100% donation
Necklace: Chaos, Panic, Disorder Naga Abyssal Women (World Goth Fair, Sium)(99L)

Setting: 

Throne: Kalopsia Evil Throne [mesh] (Enchantment) (250L)
Castle: Kalopsia Princess Castle [mesh] (Enchantment) (200L)
Thorns: Anc Ironorbs and Thornbush [mesh] (Enchantment) Enchantment Stamp Prize

World Goth Fair: Officially Licensed Band Hoodies!

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Happy World Goth Day gang! There are news stories all over the net about it, parties are going on in major cities, and very close to the epicenter of this growing holiday is SecondLife. Yes, you read that right. Because one of the founders, DJ Cruel Britannia, also spins the tunes here in SL at Club Gothika. Something truly special is going on. The real and cyber have merged and compliment each other. People who love gothic music and fashion but don't have a local club to go to or a concert to attend, can meet up with like-minded folks from all over the world and celebrate together live in virtual space. Earlier in the day, goth celebrity Raziel Panic, of You Shriek, dropped by Club Gothika. Yesterday Jasyn Bangert, of God Module welcomed everyone to SL's World Goth Fair in a short Youtube clip. JP Shea, of the JesusClever, returns this year to celebrate with everyone on WGD. This morning CruxShadows gave a shoutout of the good things going on at WGF raise money for S.O.P.H.I.E. Last Friday, Jordon Reyne performed live at WGF and donated her tips to S.O.P.H.I.E. With all this excitement and everyone wanting to make a positive difference in the world, what better way to celebrate than get the officially licensed hoodies from 35 awesome gothic and industrial bands! 100% of the proceeds go to S.O.P.H.I.E, (Stamp Out Prejudice, Hatred, and Intolerance Everywhere).

35 Band Hoodies: Ad.Ver.Sary, Angels of Liberty, Angelspit, Antigen Shift, Assemblage 23, Bella Morte, BlakOpz, Calling All Astronauts, Carnival Star, Caustic, Covenant, Die Sektor, Everything Goes Cold, Faces of Sarah, FGFC820, God Module, Grooving in Green, iVardensphere, New Zero God, Panic Lift, Pretentious Moi?, Rhombus, Skeletal Family, Strap-On Halo, The Cruxshadows, The Eden House, The Gothsicles, The Last Cry, The Last Dance, The March Violets, The Mekano Set, Vendemmian, Voltaire, XP8, You Shriek.

The hoodies are created by Damien Fate (FATEwear). Sizes by Nephilaine Protaganist (PixelDolls, House of Rain, GALLACTIC, The Muses, Leto, Volstead, Pale Empress and Geometry). Textures by Lokii Violet (MV, Club Gothika). Licensing by Axi Kurmin (House of Rain, Beautiful Freaks, Pale Empress, GALLACTIC, Club Gothika) & DJ  Cruel Britannia (Club Gothika). There are 35 bands, and 35 hoodies for male or female. The gacha machines are located on all 3 sims. Each hoodie comes with an informational notecard that tells you about the band you won. (Who knows, maybe you will discover a great new band this way!) This year the organizers have introduced a collector's pack that contains all shirts, non-transfer, for 5KL. But if you want to take a chance on the gacha, you might win a secret prize there.  Even if you don't know all the bands, I recommend picking up this hoodie because it's nicely made, is limited to this event only which ends June 1st, it's officially licensed by each and every band, it cost only 40L a spin, and all the money goes straight to a good cause!

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What better to celebrate World Goth Day than meeting with your Goth friends from all around the world, listening to music, and opening up all those cool band hoodie bags? -^

In the top image I am wearing the band hoodie with the S.O.P.H.I.E logo on upper right side. The wonderful Urban Voodoo necklace by Scrubs is available at Dark Style Fair, and you can get it in silver, bronze or gold. It comes with a x,y,z resize script. The cheek piercing by HV are one part of a set for men. When you touch the stone, you can change it to several different jewel tones, I used crystal. The headphone and blindfold are from a Fantasy Gacha by {anc}. The blindfold was a perfect fit. I tinted it darker, and then hid the more feminine upper part of the headphone set. The war paints and second set of piercings are by Haus of Darcy. You can pick them up for 45L at We <3 Role Play. Hairstore Scars is back inworld. I was able to scoop up a few style I was missing such as this one, Last. In the lower image, you can see the cargo shorts I am wearing by Kio. They fit on both girls and guys, come in standard sizes, and one with a deformer for female rear and hip size. My undershirt is by K!ng, my favorite fishnet/skull stocking are by Erratic. On my head is Stella, the limited edition plushie bat from HorrorFest, but you can pick up the normal colors at silentsparrow's main store. My nails are by Dark Passion's Greyscale Koffin Nails you can pick up World Goth Fair. For Bat Blogger Aarya's style card, you can find it on her blog: Dark Phantom. In the center of the picture is a wonderfully dark cake by Aftershok. It's a 100% donation to S.O.P.H.I.E and you find it on World Goth Fair Port Seraphine sim. At the foot of the purple chair is an adorable Bat plushie by Chaos, Panic, and Disorder. There are several theme plushie bat you can pick up such is winter, steampunk, and robot at WGF. The fun coffin holder for my Vampire Vintage wine is by Aphrodite. When you touch the lid, it slides all horror movie-like and then in local chat it makes a boast about its superb quality. Too fun. Touch the bottle and you get these great skeleton hand wine goblets. This was part of a set at HorrorFest that I lost my mind over and had to have it all. lol I don't know if the gacha is still available, but I gave a link the main store in the credits below. The giant cartoony bat and the two cute Bunnicula are by the power duo Beetlebones and OhMai. They were prizes from of the brilliant Nuville inworld theme park. Chairs by Trompe Loeil, one of them is tinted purple. This gorgeous skybox has become my new home. I love it! It was part of a Facebook Like gift offer from Trompe Loeil, but if you missed it, don't worry. You can these wonderful all mesh skyboxes at the mainstore for 250L in light or dark. They come with materials, projector lights, and it has a low land impact.

On Him, Dev:
Shirt: WGF 2014  mens band hoodie. Assemblage 23 RARE, gacha [mesh] (World Goth Fair, Cursed)(40L) 100% donation
Nails: Dark Passions Koffin Nails Shades of Grey (World Goth Fair, Cursed)(99L) 50% donation
Necklace: Scrub Urban Voodoo Silver [mesh](DarkStyle Fair)(225L)

Shorts: Kio Adventure Cargo - Burlap [mesh](DarkStyle Fair) (150L)
Cheek piercings: HV Singles: Jewel Cheeks [mesh](DarkStyle Fair)(230L)
Tattoo, Piercings: Haus of Darcy Deardriu Face, Piercing Male Fit [mesh](We <3 Role Play) (45L) Sale
Blindfold: {anc}  tuner. / headphone / vitaminblue, gacha [mesh](Fantasy Gacha)(50L)
Headphones: {anc} tuner. / speareye / blue, gacha [mesh](Fantasy Gacha)(50L)
Hair: Scars Last - Gray (100L)
Ears: Trap Vamp ears [mesh](200L)
Pet: silentsparrow Stella -limited edition Batty Plush [mesh](99L)

Stocks: Erratic patterned stockings skulls - black (150L)

Shirt: K!NG Adamo Gothic Shirt (274L)

Gloves: A:S:S Slink glove appliers -  Skull black & white (115L)

Hands: Slink Male Hands Relax [mesh](450L)
Eyeliner: CL-NINE CL9v2l_HeadEyeline01C(bk)(free)
Shoes: Super Kingdom Low Tops: Black [mesh] (199L)

Eyes: S0NG Winter Violet Eye (50L)
Skin: Tableau Vivant Nathan - tone 1 - blond (990L)

On Her, Aarya:
See style card at the Dark Phantom blog.
Bat shoulder pet: [UNIQ] Bats

Setting:
Cake: Aftershok aZ 3 tier goth bird skull cake (World Goth Fair, Port Seraphine) (200L)100% donation
Bat plushie: Chaos Panic Disorder Plushie Bat Grey & Scarlet (World Goth Fair, Sium) (99L)

Wine: Aphrodite Animated Sarcophagus Wine casket, gacha (past, Horrorfest)

Bunny shoulder pet: Nuville // Bunnicula (Zombie), (Purple) [mesh] (past, Nuville)

Bat toon: Nuville // Batkins Avatar (Gray Pelt) [mesh] (past, Nuville)

Chairs: Trompe Loeil Cobble Hill Chair/Pillow Linen [mesh] 

Skybox: Trompe Loeil The Chatham Loft Skybox Light [mesh] (250L)

Band hoodies bags shown from left to right:

WGF 2014 Mens Band Hoodie - Voltaire, gacha [mesh](40L)

WGF 2014 Mens Band Hoodie - Covenant - RARE [mesh](40L)

WGF 2014 Mens Band Hoodie - Ad.Ver. Sary [mesh](40L)

WGF 2014 Mens Band Hoodie - Bella Morte [mesh](40L)

WGF 2014 Mens Band Hoodie - Die Sektor [mesh](40L)

WGF 2014 Mens Band Hoodie - God Module [mesh](40L)

WGF 2014 Mens Band Hoodie - Assemblage 23 - RARE [mesh](40L)

WGF 2014 Mens Band Hoodie - Strap On Halo [mesh](40L)

WGF 2014 Mens Band Hoodie - The Gothsicles [mesh](40L)