Vampire Ballet: Black Souls, Red Cello

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STORYLINE: In life, Kuro twins were child prodigies thrilling audiences with their skillful playing. But those happy times ended when a deranged fan tried to "steal" their talent one limb at a time. Their savior was a well-meaning vampire who fused their broken bodies to dolls. When the twins awoke, the shock was too much for them. Gone was their spirit. The sat mute, traumatized, as lifeless as the dolls they inhabited. But their savior never gave up. Their souls were music, and music would save them the way he never could. The years passed, then one day he heard a clumsy bow strike the strings of the cello. He was so happy. It was the break through he was hoping for. Slowly with much effort, the twins returned to the world. For their official coming out, they performed at the auditions for the Vampire Ballet. By the time they played their last note, there was not a dry eye, even among the stone cold hearts of the vampire. They got the standing ovation. This year, Kuro Twins would be the featured guests of the Vampire Ballet.

The excellent gothic lolita dress, Black Rose Witch by MelonBunny, I wanted to show you guys so much for RMK Halloween but time ran out on me. The good news is, you can pick it up now at the main store. For the doll, I am wearing the Kemono version but you can also get it in the default avatar size. It comes with dress, bow with skull collar, apron, petticoat, and bat wings. The cello by Souzou Eien is awesome! It comes with a hud to change the wood color, a version for decoration, and one you wear with bow and sit on the stool to trigger poses. It also comes with a badass coffin case that opens and closes and has the cello inside. The hat and cuffs are from the Remarkable Oblivion's Melancholy gacha which you can play at their main store. Shoes by G Field work perfectly with the doll body. The doll heads are Coco group gift, and the doll body is old past Coco group gift. Aarya of the Dark Phantom blog is helping me out on this post. Head over to her blog to read the horrifying first part of the story here: http://aaryaphantomhive.blogspot.com/2014/11/dark-souls-red-cello.html

On her, Belladonna Kuro (left):
Wings, dress, bow, apron, petticoat: Melonbunny Black Rose Witch Dress, Kemono [mesh](550L)
Cello, bow, stool, pose: Souzou Eien The Master's Cello [mesh](We <3 Role Play)
Hair: Curio Obscura Long Gothic Spirals Pigtails [mesh] (250L)
Hat: Remarkable Oblivion Melancholy - TopHat - Inferno, gacha [mesh](75L)
Cuffs: Remarkable Oblivion Melancholy - Bracer L - Inferno, gacha [mesh](75L)
Head: DollCoco *DC*_Head(Non-Rigged)_Anna [mesh](group gift, free)
Body: DollCoco DOLLCOCO*_Body snow [mesh](past group gift, free)
Shoes: G Field Gina - black [mesh] (280L)

On her, Rose Kuro (right):
Guest appearance: Aarya Phantomhive of the Dark Phantom blog
Part one of the storyline: http://aaryaphantomhive.blogspot.com/2014/11/dark-souls-red-cello.html

Location:
DollCoco Designs

Ghosts of August, 3

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STORYLINE: With her camera and photos confiscated, the schoolgirl left the spirit world empty-handed. Or so she thought. She began to see things: a shadow darted before her, a bright glowing orb in the corner of the room.... She was already on edge as she walked home. She looked up and saw a figure walking precariously along the edge of town's ancient tower wall. It appeared to be a woman who was ridged or maybe drunk. Then suddenly the lady slipped and fell. 

Nice things for Elegant Lolitas to enjoy this month! The new release from Rokumeikan, Attempted Suicide Doll, comes with shirt top, collar, bandages for the arms, skirt, underskirt, checkered stockings, hat, and a parasol with pose. The black and white textures with with stripes is really striking, and I love the nicely textured parasol. The creepy cool forked tongue by DownDownDown you can pick up at Kagami. Touch it and you can change the color to green, mint, blue, black, white, pink and red. It comes with materials for that extra slimly look. lol. DownDownDown also has a creepy super long tongue at Kagami. The tongues are unrigged mesh so you scale them and move them around, no problem. The Jinx hair is a current gift from Truth in pastel colors. It's a perfect Lolita hair. The face band is The Blues Hunt prize from Cubic Cherry. This beautiful doll head is one of several group gifts from DollCoco. These are the past mesh doll heads. The eyes come either fixed or closed.

On Her, the Broken Doll:
Dress, hat, bandages, parasol: RokumeikaN +RMK*Attempted suicide doll [mesh](700L)
DownDownDown Snake tongue [mesh](Kagami)(150L)
Faceband: Cubic Cherry The Void face band [mesh] (Blues Hunt)(5L)
Hair: Truth Hair Jinx pastels [mesh](free)
Head: DollCoco *DC*_Head(Non-Rigged)_Anna [mesh](group gift, free)

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STORYLINE: Horrified, the schoolgirl screamed and ran toward the lady only to discover it wasn’t a lady at all, -- it was a shattered doll. Its head rocked gently and a forked tongue flicked out of its mouth. Then the doll faded away as if nothing had been there at all. The cycle began again a few moments later when it reappeared to do its awkward waltz on the stone wall.

Trap makes it debut at We <3 Role Play this month. You can scoop up the Raven Wings on sale. They come in four poses and colors Silver/Bronze or White/Black. The DollCoco body was a past group gift from over a year ago. It worked perfectly with the retired doll heads. The old body is very thin and usually needs special clothes designed for it. In order for the doll to wear normal clothes, I removed the upper torso and created a simple prim neck. Wala!

On Her, the Broken Doll:
Wings: Trap Black Riven Wing [mesh](We <3 Role Play) (100L) Sale 50% off
Shoes: G Field Gina - black [mesh] (280L)
Body: DollCoco DOLLCOCO*_Body snow [mesh](past group gift, free)
Pose: momomuller / 3M 1209 (40L)

Location: RMK Gothic

We Love Role Play: A MidSummer's Dollmare

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"What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." - Sir Walter Scott

Many good things to talk about in this image. First is this is a truly beautiful male mesh Ball Joint Doll avatar by Coco. The figure uses default avatar's rigging, so you can edit the shape to suit your taste, or try to make it fit in normal mesh clothes like I did above. The rigged boots by Lassitude and Ennui are a perfect match for DollCoco's size. The elegant boot pant from Tableau Vivant also works perfectly. The rich cool red quilted tunic by the Muses is on sale over at We Love Role Play right now. For the waist, I combined two belts: the mesh kilt belt by A:S:S and one of my favorite belts by Sey. I get many compliments on this demon blindfold by BjD, it's just so badass. It comes with a color hud. The wings are by Illusions, they can texture change and come with spread wings too. Double the fun with Magika using two hairs to create romantic elfish style. The katana sword has materials and is free from BareRose. The surreal Donkeys are from Medieval Fantasy Hunt at United InshCon. And get this, they actually poop gold. That's right, you will be wanting to feed these babies a lot of hay, a better quality hay gives you better bullions. *makes jokes* lol  The skybox is in the Midsummer's Night Dream theme with paintings of the play. Its the new subscription gift by Isovii. Doll pose by Muschi, strings by Anara.

On Him, Doll Oberon:

Head: Coco DollCoco Male 2B [mesh] (350L)

Body: Coco DollCoco Male (shape edited) [mesh] (350L)

Tunic:  the Muses Vale coat (mens) Blood [mesh] (We <3 Role-Play!)(147L)

Blindfold: Belial Japan Development/Magdalena [mesh] [BjD] Rasetsu Ver.2012 [mesh] ( 680L)

Pants: Tableau Vivant Boots pants - Onyx [mesh] (255L)

Sweater top: FATEwear Coat Derrick Tundra [mesh] (300L)

Boots: Lassitude and Ennui Wanderlust boots male - black [mesh](280L)

Belt 1: A:S:S Long-kilt - Plain black (edited) [mesh](99L)

Belt: SEY :sey RJK2 Studded belt=black= (edited) (250L)

Hair 1:  Magika TwentyFour 02 mirror (250L)

Hair 2: Magika Veruka II B&W pack (199L)

Wings: Illusions Angel Wings (250L)

Donkey: United InshCon *UI* Gold Donkey MFH IX [mesh] (Medieval Fantasy Hunt) (free)

Sword: BareRose Materials Katana [mesh] (free)

Skybox, lantern: Isovii arbresb obscurs skybox Fussli I-III subscription gift (free)

Doll strings: Anara Marionette Doll Puppet Strings (90L) 

Pose: Muschi Puppet 1, 5 (20L)

World Goth Fair: A Storm is Coming....

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STORYLINE: As a Deathhead Scout, my only job is to radio in when I spot forbidden acts of darkness. It's the Deathhead Hunters that swoop in and take out the trash. They really enjoy their job too. There are hardly any Darks left among the human population in 2023. But despite this, the little dears are restless. The so-callled "Bats" have left the tower on their self-appointed holiday, World Goth Day. I better keep a sharp eye out for troublemakers!

It's time to get your Goth on! World Goth Fair has begun. Walking around the World Goth Fair, comments I get most often about this outfit I am wearing are: "Omg. Your skin, who is it?" "Cool headphones," and "LOL! Cloud!" First, let me say this new skin by Tableau Vivant is fantastic. I am wearing Nathan tone 14 which has a shiny metal look to it. Love!  The headphones are by Down Down Down and come with a color change hud so you wear them with all kinds of outfits, they are super cool and fun to experiment with different colors! The Wearable DOOM Cloud by Weather or Not is my new favorite pet. Giving some loves to men is LooLoo with a cool casual Goth outfit in mesh that includes hoodie, short, and boots. My jewelry is by Chaos, Panic, and Disorder. This necklace looks so great when you wear it, you will love it. And like all of CPD jewerly you can mod it and change colors like I did here to make a blue tint. Speaking of blue, how about the glow in the dark demon eyes by Rue, and glam rock blue eyeshadow from Marilyn Manson-ish Shock Rocker pack by Songbird?  Love!  The batwings are a free gift from Coco. I'm in Goth Heaven!  Run go have fun at the Fair gang! There are two sims of Gothic goodness. Many of the items I am showing from the Fair are exclusives with 100% of the sales being donated to the Sophie Lancaster Foundation. And on May 22 for World Goth Day, the Cursed sim Club Gothika will be rocking for 14 hours solid. More information here: http://worldgothfair.wordpress.com 

On him, Deathhead Thunder:

Shorts, Hoodie: LOoLOo Lost Boy Exclusive [mesh] (World Goth Fair, Port Seraphine)(249L)

Eye makeup: SongBird Shock Rocker Triple Pack Exclusive (World Goth Fair, Cursed)(100L)

Eyes: Rue Russian Blue Set [mesh] (World Goth Fair, Cursed)(75L)

Necklace: Chaos Panic and Disorder Bone Cross Choker Exclusive (World Goth Fair, Cursed)(99L)

Ring: Chaos Panic and Disorder Bat Signet Rings Gacha Carousel (World Goth Fair, Cursed)(10L)

Pet: Weather or not Wearable Doom Cloud Exclusive [mesh] (World Goth Fair, Cursed)(150L)

Headset: Down Down Down Electronically Headphone with color change hud [mesh](380L)

Skin: Tableau Vivant Nathan - tone 14 (990L)

Wings: DollCoco Free Gift Batwings (tint added) [mesh] (free)

Hair: Wasabi Pills Erik Mesh Hair - Ethereal [mesh] (250L)

Stocks: Erratic patterned stockings skulls - black (past F*Friday)(150L)

Shoe: [Gos] Triumph Boots - Male - skulls, Worn [mesh] (795L)

Pose: F*cking Ninjas *FN* Gangrel Pose (50L)

Location: Insilico Central

BONUS:

Check out these awesome WGF exclusives with a gothic weather theme. The Weather or Not Cloud I am crazy for! It rumbles, flashes, strikes, and rains on people's parades. Perfect accessory for every Goth. lol  The Arch swing is cool gothic style, great for every nightblooming garden. The storm cloud swing has a rain effect too. And there is a white cloud swing that wont get you all wet if you would rather stay dry. lol

Pet: Weather or not Wearable Doom Cloud Exclusive [mesh] (World Goth Fair, Cursed)(150L)

Swing: by Nacht Raincloud Swing, Exclusive (World Goth Fair, Port Seraphine)(200L)

Swing: by Nacht Cloud Swing, Exclusive (World Goth Fair, Port Seraphine)(200L)

Swing: by Nacht Arch Swing Ivy, Exclusive (World Goth Fair, Port Seraphine)(200L)

Swing: by Nacht Arch Swing Spider web, Exclusive (World Goth Fair, Port Seraphine)(200L)

News Report: Group Gifts and Freebies 7

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Gentlemen, Start Your Engines.... While the girls have been shopping for Christmas all month, maybe even as far back as October, we true sportsmen know when Christmas shopping is SUPPOSED to happen, the night before!  It's more fun that way. Like a game. A race to snatch stuff before time's up. We dont really believe in over-thinking things, just go with a gut instinct, (and whatever is available). Here in SecondLife, we can practice our fine craft without getting stuck in traffic or chased down by perfume snippers in the malls. The goodies are free. We teleport, click, and BOOM! Done. Merry Christmas to all!

*raises a glass of eggnog in salute to the Last Minute Shoppers*

So my fellow Racers, here's a quick guide for your mad yuletide smash-and-grab:

1: Chop Zuey - Advent 13. Group membership required. 350L to join. 4 non-member bonus gifts for guys too. (free)
2: KittycatS - Advent 24. No membership required. (free)
3: Yasum Design - Advent 24. Group membership required (free)
      Note: The Avents above have all days up to Dec 24th available
4: Alli&Alli Joseph Hair Snow, voting gift  (free)
5: Tableau Vivant Hybrid Skin (group gift, free) 50L to join, Lowrise sporty pants (free)
6: DOLLCOCO *DC*_Gift_AlbertLapin, Mesh rabbit avatar [mesh](free)
7: Energy Legal Insanity - Energy Club Bad Santa azure, Energie - FootWear Xmas Gift (group gift, free)
8: ROM 2012 Xmas GG, Rudolph nose and antlers (free)
9: Theater Chain Who are you? pose (RMK Gothic Frost Fair)(free)