Engine Room: The Great Race of the Clockwork Kingdom, 2

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STORYLINE: The Clockwork Queen proposed a contest to see who can complete the designated race course first. Naturally the winner would get a valuable prize, but what it was she kept to herself. Not only that, but all contestants get a valuable prize just for entering, -- a day with her esteemed team of engineers, known as the Cog Works, to create the ideal vehicle perfectly suited for each participant. The race course goes over land, air, and sea. The start begins in 1 week!

On her, The Clockwork Queen:
Staff, magic: Artemista Roots of Time - Staff, Body Effects [mesh](Engine Room)(320L)

Glasses: Air Unnr Glasses gold_CM [mesh](Engine Room)(400L)
Gloves: RabbitHouse LaceHalfGlove  [mesh](Engine Room)(375L)
Dress: RabbitHouse NEO VICTORIA green[mesh](Engine Room)(380L)
Clock earring: PANIQ Lachesis Earrings [mesh](Engine Room)(169L)
Earrings: Rise Design [ rD ] Manchester Earring [mesh](Engine Room)(199L)
Hair: KMH Hair F191 Rigged, naturals [mesh](Engine Room)(325L)
Collar: Insomnia Angel gear collar [mesh](700L)
Crown1: Nutmeg. Chaise lounge and Crown [mesh](350L)

Crown2: deviousMind !dM VictorianGothic - Little Decorated Fur Crown, gacha [mesh](75L)

Head: LeLUTKA lel EvoX KAYA 3.1 [mesh](3990L)
Body: Maitreya Mesh Body Lara [BOM] [mesh](2750L)
Pose: Shisei-Do GothLoli Pose09 (10L)

Setting:
Office set: Eclectica Curiosities Steampunk office desk, chairs, props  [mesh](Engine Room)(350L)
Decor: random.Matter The Haunting - EMF Reader [mesh](Engine Room)(120L)
Decor: random.Matter The Haunting - Ghost Box [mesh](Engine Room)(100L)

Clock: Rhyme Nor Reason [RnR] Chronometer [mesh](Engine Room)(gift)
Decor: Rhyme Nor Reason [RnR] Stereoscope Decor [mesh](Engine Room)(300L)
Drafting set: SAYO Edison Drafting Schematics, Table, Scrolls, Lamp [mesh](Engine Room)(850L)

Desk lamp: Jane&Finch Outer Satellite [mesh](Engine Room)(300L)
Walls: Le Boheme Steam Goth Walls 27, 15 (20L each)

Engine Room: The Society for the Prevention of Aging

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STORYLINE: Like most bad ideas, “The Society for the Prevention of Aging” sounded like a noble cause at first. It began as a rich and powerful secret society's pet project. They threw an extravagant fund raiser. And not long after, a gifted inventor and powerful witch were commissioned. With the combined forces of science and magic, a time portal was created. However it could not stop aging, it could merely freeze time for anyone who dared to enter. Obviously, it was dangerous. A few limbs were lost before they realized they needed to bring their own oxygen supply, (frozen time has no chemical reactions). However with practice, they grew more bold. At first, it was innocent pranks like removing the chair from under a frozen person who was about to sit down. The prank played out flawlessly. The culprit never discovered. Since there was no law governing each and every moment in time, abuse of the society's newfound power escalated quickly to all manner of ghastly atrocities.  Is it any wonder, the sky itself cracked?

Aarya and I, (Team Blogger Bat!), joined forces once more for this image. We have been collaborating with Discord for awhile now; coming up with ideas, storylines, feedback on outfits, camera angles, lighting and EEPs. Its been wonderful. This image started as an idea for her dress, and quickly grew into Time Villains!   Many interactive scripted items on this one from the current round of The Engine Room. Ex Machina's Prof Baltazar's Astounding Portal is a site to site teleporter. It uses a cool special effect you can see in Advanced lighting. From Celeste is the Nixie clock that keeps SL time for you. From Whats Lost Spirits is a Steampunk greeter and Enforcer Orb. The lvl.9 Masks come with a hud that lets you retexture its many parts. (I loved the animated flames on the lenses.) I'm wearing the Tempus Shirt by AsteroidBox. It comes in male and female fits, and its mod. I opted to hide the corset part. On the shoulder is a fun SpiderBulb prop by White Crow. In set, you can see the fun Pipework Lamps by Dictatorshop. Touch them to turn on and off, and in distance is the underside of the D-Lab Capsule Sky Island. For more details on Aarya's Time Witch, head over to Dark Phantom Blog.

On him, Dark Inventor:
Top: AsteroidBox Tempus Shirt, Legacy [mesh](Engine Room)(289L)

Pants: Somnium Mage Trouser & Boot, Legacy [mesh](Engine Room)(450L)

Mask: lvl.9 Ninth Life Mask [mesh](Engine Room)(500L)

Pet: The White Crow Spiderbulb [mesh](Engine Room)(220L)

Arms: Contraption SP1NDL Prosthetic arm *AETH* [mesh](500L)

Cane: Deadwool Goat cane - v1 [mesh](group gift)
Hair: Wasabi Pills Hawk Male - Night shadow [mesh](250L)

Pose: pose maniacs {pm} Male & Female 27

On Her, Time Witch:

To see Aarya Phantomhive's complete stylecard and story, go to: Dark Phantom Blog

Collar: Silvery K Steam Libera [mesh](Engine Room)(280L)

Dress jewelry: Kosmii Bedelia Chatelaine, gold [mesh](Engine Room)(399L)

Hair: KMH F175 hair [mesh](Engine Room)(325L)

Setting:
Set: Ex Machina Prof Baltazar's Astounding Portal [mesh](Engine Room)(587L)

Clock: Celeste Steampunk Nixie [mesh](Engine Room)(187L)

Robot, orb: Whats Lost Spirits Steampunk Greeter [mesh](Engine Room)(888L)

Fans: D-Lab Capsule Sky Island [mesh](Engine Room)(150L)

Light: Dictatorshop Pipework Lamps Brass [mesh](Engine Room)(395L)

Thanks for your help, Aarya! 

Mainframe: RAB8 and the Crystal Palace

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STORYLINE: The crowd was cheering at the Crystal Palace. RAB8 was preparing to take the stage when gravity on the space station suddenly failed. Darkness. Emergency bots flicked on and buzzed around him. He heard gunshots. An explosion. People shouting... Alarms blaring. What the hell? Was the Space Station was under attack?

This image is inspired by a combination of things: the endings of the video game CyperPunk 2077 and their Kitsch style, my past post for RAB8, and from the Mainframe event items like the Omise CyberRabiEars and Black Cat anti-gravity poses. Speaking of Mainframe, have you checked out all the awesome loot at the event this round? Its ending soon. Don't miss it!

On him, RAB8:

Ears: Omise CyberRabiEar [mesh](Mainframe)(350L)

Corset: Fika Chassis Augmentation Maitreya [mesh](Mainframe)(700L)

Boots: Eudora3D Road Boots (Maitreya)[mesh](Midnight Order)(499L)

Hair: KMH Hair CP006 (Male) Unrigged[mesh](Mainframe)(325L)

Armbands: krankhaus Cross Straps Maitreya [mesh](Midnight Order)(250L)

Jacket: krankhaus Mahou Shonen V-Tech Jacket [mesh](500L)

Collar: A&Y Helix Cyber collar Maitreya multicolor [mesh](MF gift)

Shorts: Cubura Arcangel Shorts Maitreya [mesh](399L)

Guitar: Mug Punk Rocker #17 Electric Guitar Black, gacha [mesh]

Eyes: By Snow Citadel Eyes - Carbon Cyan [mesh] (200L)

Makeup: Lovely Disarray Dead of Night [Complete](150L)

Bodysuit: Graves G242 Mainframe - White - male (460L)

Tattoo: Apocalyptic Tattoo Circuited body M&B tattoo (500L)

Skin, Boi layer: Pink Fuel [PF] Doll V2 Vamp [BOM](2500L)

Mesh head: Raven Bell  BJD Bento Head James // OMEGA-UV [mesh] (2000L)

Body: Maitreya Mesh Body Lara [BOM] [mesh](2750L)

Pose, helmet: Black Cat Poses BCp Cyber Helmet Pose 3 [mesh](Mainframe)(150L)

Setting:

Pet: Solares Zap-01 Blue Dron, gacha [mesh](Mainframe)(99L)

Skybox: PALETO Backdrop Blueshift purple version [mesh](199L)

Gothical: Chibit Halloween Party

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STORYLINE: Little Bunny was thirsty. Not wanting to disturb the party's host, she quietly made her way to the kitchen when the strangest thing happened, -- a tiny ghost with a bottle of wine flew up to her and filled her glass. But thats not all, she discovered all of Castle Hart's servant staff were tiny magical beings! She rubbed her eyes.... Surely someone had slipped an hallucinogen into her meal. It couldn't be real, could it?


Introducing the Chibit avatar by Guaran-Dou. Its a cute little avatar that debuted back in June, and has a lot of support by the Japanese designers. Several current events have items for it. From Gothical is the SteamPunk gacha by Guaran-Dou, Rose Princess gacha by Frangipani Garden, and the Antique Outfits gacha by Sakka's Studio.

Other events with more Chibit gachas, store locations, and even a game I have listed in my links below. 

(Bonus:  You can see a gallery of Chibit images and products here: https://www.flickr.com/groups/chibit/)

On Him, Steampumpkin Butler:
Outfit: GUARAN-DOU CHIBIT Steam Gacha suit(black) [mesh](Gothical)(30L)
Top, mask: GUARAN-DOU CHIBIT Steam Gacha top and mask(green) [mesh](Gothical)(30L)
Clock: GUARAN-DOU CHIBIT Steam Gacha clock(gold) [mesh](Gothical)(30L)
Key: GUARAN-DOU CHIBIT Steam Gacha Key stick(silver) [mesh](Gothical)(30L)
Hair: RavenBell Evan Hair, gradients [mesh](350L)
Eyebrow: [peche] CHIBIT Eyebrow2 (50L)
Eyes: [peche] CHIBIT EyesApplier COSMIC HUD (100L)
Skin:  [peche] CHIBIT SANAE skin HUD (180L)
Body, Head: GUARAN-DOU CHIBIT Body Head v2.0 [mesh](Gothical)(500L)
Pose: yzk menspose6 -1

On her, Pumpkin Maid:
Outfit: Frangipani Garden *FG* CHIBIT Rose Princess [mesh](Gothical)(150L, 300L fatpack)
Hair: KMH Hair F121(Halloween Ver) Unrigged (Panic Pumpkin)(gift)
Sickle: LaFranG (Frangipani / Silvery K) Jester [mesh](Pumpkin Festival)(gift)
Earrings: Zombieno Halloween Set Gift [mesh](gift)
Glasses: creamSH Da.te. Megane -Black- <CHIBIT>[mesh](Panic Pumpkin)(gift)
Eyes: [peche] CHIBIT EyesApplier COSMIC HUD (100L)
Skin: [peche] CHIBIT SANAE skin HUD (180L)
Body, Head: GUARAN-DOU CHIBIT Body Head v2.0 [mesh](Gothical)(500L)
Pose: VON Valentine female 1

On Her, Vampire Bride:
Dress: Sakka's Studio 6.Ss-CB AntiqueOutfit Puff sleeve dress purple, gacha[mesh](Gothical)(80L)
Bloomers: Sakka's Studio14.Ss-CB AntiqueOutfit.Gacha drawers black, gacha[mesh](Gothical)(80L)
Boots: Sakka's Studio 17.Ss-CB AntiqueOutfit.Gacha - boots - ivory, gacha[mesh](Gothical)(80L)
Headdress: Rabbit house VAMPBRIDE HEADDRESS Black, gacha [mesh](Panic Pumpkin)(45L)
Necklace: Amikko 6. bat, nightmare gacha [mesh](Caderu)(30L)
Hair: Olive the Chelo Hair {Non-Rigged} // Streaks [mesh](200L)
Skin: Zombieno CHIBIT Applier Dhampir Skin - UME (100L)
Eyes: [peche] CHIBIT EyesApplier COSMIC HUD (100L)
Eyelash:  [peche] CHIBIT SANAE skin HUD (180L)
Body, Head: GUARAN-DOU CHIBIT Body Head v2.0 [mesh](Gothical)(500L)
Pose: momomuller / 3M :=-3M-=: standing1_m_004_2

On him, Pumpkin Vampire:
Outfit: Rabbit House Chibit Pumpkin Vampire RARE, gacha [mesh](Caderu)(40L)
Staff, Wings: Zombieno Halloween Set Gift [mesh](gift)
Hair: Raven Bell Hellion Hair and Clips Gradients [mesh](350L)
Eyes: [peche] CHIBIT EyesApplier COSMIC HUD (100L)
Eyebrow: [peche] CHIBIT Eyebrow2 (50L)
Skin: Zombieno CHIBIT Applier Dhampir Skin - UME (100L)
Fangs: Venexia Venetian Vampire Fangs (no longer available)
Body, Head: GUARAN-DOU CHIBIT Body Head v2.0 [mesh](Gothical)(500L)
Pose: Del May DM - Pushed male

Setting:
Soup: Frangipani Garden #14_Pumpkin Soup x3 Halloween Party, gacha [mesh](50L)
Cupcake: Frangipani Garden #09_Cupcake (Chocolate) Halloween Party, gacha [mesh](50L)
Wine tower: Frangipani Garden #06_Wine Tower Halloween Party, gacha [mesh](50L)
Coffee: Frangipani Garden #18_Coffee (Purple) Halloween Party, gacha [mesh](50L)
Coffee: Frangipani Garden #16_Coffee (Green) Halloween Party, gacha [mesh](50L)
Bottles: Frangipani Garden #03_Wine Bottles Halloween Party, gacha [mesh](50L)
Pie slice: Frangipani Garden #12_Pumpkin Pie (Piece) Halloween Party, gacha [mesh](50L)
Pie: Frangipani Garden #11_Pumpkin Pie (Cutted) Halloween Party, gacha [mesh](50L)
Cupcake: Frangipani Garden #08_Cupcake (Pumpkin) Halloween Party, gacha [mesh](50L)
Coffee: Frangipani Garden #17_Coffee (Orange) Halloween Party, gacha [mesh](50L)
Soup: Frangipani Garden #15_Pumpkin Soup x1 Halloween Party, gacha [mesh](50L)
Soup bowl: Frangipani Garden #13_Pumpkin Soup Bowl Halloween Party, gacha [mesh](50L)
Wine tower: Frangipani Garden #05_Wine Tower (Butler) Halloween Party, gacha [mesh](50L)

Location:
Caderu