Kinky Dragon Kaboodles?

You know, sometimes I wonder what it is about SL that gets me to play it. It’s buggy, laggy, and unstable. It’s hard to find people on and things to do. A pack of monkeys could design a better interface. Seriously, what is it about SL that’s so compelling?

This, friends, is why I play SL.

 

Tinkerer’s Guide: The MD Pony Boots

Hey all! I’ve been doing some thinking, and I’d like to pick up blogging again, so if you’ve missed me, good things are in store. If you haven’t missed me, well, it’s not like I’m forcing you to read this.

Here in the near future, I’d like to review the relatively new pony kit from Mesmerize Dungeon. However, before I do that, I thought I’d share a little guide to my fellow SL tinkerers.

The new MD boots are really great. They’re some of the tallest boots I’ve ever seen in SL, and they’re reeeeeeally freaking sexy. Shu got me a pair of the knee highs, and I think they’re my new favorite boots.

However, when putting together a pony ensemble, you run into a bit of a problem. The pony boots only come in mid thigh calf (actually more ankle boots when I take a good look at them…) versions. While I have nothing against mid thigh calf, knee-high is, in my perhaps not quite humble opinion, so much sexier. However, the pony boots have some things that the knee-high fetish boots don’t; namely, the training scripts (like the MD ballet boots), and some pony walk animations that I think are practically worth the L$750 all on their own.

This got me thinking: is it possible to move the scripts around? These are both from the same designer, after all. I put down the L$750 for a pair of pony boots and began tinkering, and it so turns out, ladies and gentlemen, that it is, and it’s not all that hard either.

It’s basically just a straight inventory swap: rez a copy of one of the right-foot pony boots, copy its inventory to your inventory, then rez a copy of the fetish boots and clear it’s inventory, then drop the contents of the pony boot into the fetish boot.

HOWEVER, there are a couple scripts you will want to be careful of:

plugo-color: This is the script that handles the coloring of all the various parts of the boot. Due to structural differences in the boot, I’m assuming that the pony boot version of this script will not work on the fetish boot. You will want to keep the fetish boot’s copy of this script, and not move the pony boot’s version.

kinky boot r: As far as I can tell, this script controls communication between the two boots, the left boot having a script called “kinky boot l.” The pony boots have an equivalent script called “pony boot r” that will not work with the kinky boot, even with the pony boot scripts. Again, you will want to keep the “kinky boot r” script and not copy “pony boot r.”

Once you’ve gotten everything set up, you have a pair of ultra-sexy knee high boots with the added treat of the training scripts and AO from the pony boots. No, you don’t have the ultra-cute horseshoe sole the pony boots have, but this will have to do until we can get Latexina to give us a pair of knee-high pony boots. Personally, I’d also like the pony boots to not only be knee-high, but have MD-cuffs compatible cuffs on them like the ballet boots have.

Anyway, talk to you all again soon! Hopefully I’ll have a full review of the MD pony gear put together here soon!

Love,

- Vel

 

Thank You Rheta

Hey all. I know it’s been forever since I’ve posted. I’d almost given up on blogging; personal issues seem to eclipse anything I might want to blog about. However, I feel like I need to write something. This place is as good as any.

It’s a nightmare scenario. Every time there’s a hiatus, every time there’s a long period of time where you don’t see someone in SL, or any virtual world really. It’s the one thing you dare not allow yourself to consider. The very thought of it is almost too much to handle.

Last month, the unthinkable happened.

It’s taken us over a month to find out. We are lucky for it; too often, those of us involved in secret virtual lives never find out; the personalities we have come to love simply disappear. A million thanks to Martin for bringing us this unpleasant news.

I cannot say I was a close friend to Rheta; I knew her best for her writing. The World Philip Made, in particular, introducecd me to the idea of virtual personhood, which I found inspiring. However, I do count myself a close friend to her partner and lover, Thdast Schwarzman. I can only hope I’ve been as good a friend as she’s deserved this past hard month. This news has shaken me greatly, and I can only imagine how Thaddy must feel. Thaddy, if you read this, please know I am always here for you.

There is one story I would like to share. My one real in world experience with her, I don’t think it is something I shall ever forget.

I don’t know how many of you remember Veyron’s SL bloggers auction. In short, Veyron Supercharge thought it would be fun to get a number of SL bloggers to put themselves up for auction, essentially as submissives to the purchaser for a certain amount of time. A portion of the proceeds would go toward charity, the rest would go toward the blogger in question, although many chose to give a larger portion to charity. The event was a blast, and everyone involved had a great time.

I signed up almost last minute, and ended up going up fairly late in the auction. Despite this there was fairly vigorous bidding. I did my part to tart things up a bit, showing off my collection of “toys.”

In the end, Rheta won me, paying well over 5000L (I forget the exact amount, but for me it was a small fortune). By the terms of the auction, she had a right to use me as a submissive, for I think a grand total of 24 hours.

As it turns out, she really just wanted a chance to talk to me. She’d apparently wanted to approach me for some time, but stated that she’d been too shy to do so. And talk we did, finding lots of common ground in terms of personal experiences, even though her kinks were a little different than mine. In the end, I was happy to have a new friend.

This had another effect, however. I don’t generally get into real life issues here, so suffice it to say I’ve had many issues in regards to anxiety, self esteem, and depression. Add to that things weren’t going so well in my Second Life as well as my first. The thought of anyone being willing to spend that much money just for the chance to talk to me floored me. Few things have given me as much of a self esteem boost.

Goodbye, Rheta. Thank you so much.

 

No, I don’t think I will, thank you very much.

[11:32]  Princess PeePee: hi honey
[11:32]  Velicia Llewellyn: Hello
[11:32]  Princess PeePee: have u drank your own piss yet rl for a misstress ?
[11:33]  Velicia Llewellyn: Nope. Not into that sort of play, honestly.
[11:33]  Princess PeePee: you will do it
[11:33]  Princess PeePee: and like it
[11:34]  Velicia Llewellyn: Uhm, no, I won’t. That’s not my kink hon.
[11:35]  Princess PeePee: it wasnt mine too til i did it
[11:35]  Velicia Llewellyn: Mhm?
[11:36]  Princess PeePee: we all submit to it
[11:37]  Princess PeePee: thats what makes us sub
[11:38]  Velicia Llewellyn: There are many aspects of submission. That’s just one facet of a diverse spectrum.
[11:39]  Princess PeePee: i can almost guarentee that u’ll meet a misstress that makes u drink ur own piss rl
[11:40]  Velicia Llewellyn: Oh really?
[11:42]  Princess PeePee: yes
[11:43]  Princess PeePee: does it shock you that you will do it ?
[11:45]  Velicia Llewellyn: Should it shock me?
[11:45]  Princess PeePee: it may shock you that u will love it
[11:46]  Velicia Llewellyn: It might. If it happens.
[11:46]  Princess PeePee: u mean when
[11:46]  Velicia Llewellyn: I’m pretty sure I mean if, but if you insist…
[11:48]  Princess PeePee: you should pick out a glass so ur ready that has no chips so it is suitable to piss in
[11:48]  Velicia Llewellyn: lol

Ok, seriously, when will people get over the fact that their particular kink isn’t the end all-be all of BDSM? Unless she was just fucking with me.

Name changed to protect the dignity of a certain individual.

 

So, just who is Lily, anyway?

Lily contemplates her existance next to the beach fire.

Ever since I logged onto both Vel and Lily at once, I’ve been wondering where Lily fits into my online persona which, until this point, has mostly focused on Vel. Vel, as you all have come to know and love, is a snarky, sexy, rather silly Neko, with a heavy penchant for bondage. She can domme pretty well in a session, but after having a few D/s relationships where she was the D fall apart, she’s decided that really isn’t for her. She’s generally intersted in heavy bondage, ponyplay, loves gags and armbinders, as well as leather and steel (not to the exlusion of rope, though), and loves really being stuck in bondage. (thus a real love for the Restrained Life viewer.) She loves the friends she’s made in SL, and considers them some of the most precious thing she has, real life included.

Who is Lily? What does she like?

Well, Vel’s general interests really mirror those of her human, so it would pretty well follow that Lily’s intersts would be very similar to Vel’s. However, Lily finds herself in an intersting spot; while Vel is often stuck in bondage somewhere, Lily isn’t, allowing her to run off and play when Vel can’t. Lily can also get herself stuck without worrying about keeping Vel from getting to Master. There have been a lot of things Vel has wanted to try that she hasn’t been able to, since she doesn’t want to be kept away from Master for too long. Thus, Lily’s intersts mirror Vel’s for a large degree, with the addition that she’s generally free to get herself stuck in situations Vel would be hesitant to get into.

What about personality though? While I’ve always thought of Lily as being a bit more “serious” than Vel, I’ve found that I really can’t quite pull that off. I enjoy banter, and snarking off, and Lily inherits that. Lily does feel a little more serious, but that might be because she doesn’t know as many people as Vel does. Both tend to need to get to know a group before they can open up properly, and Lily is generally around different people than Vel is.

So, I guess that really leads me to the conclusion that Lily is my play avatar. She allows Master to have a hectic, busy schedule and not worry about Vel going nuts in bondage. She’s also an outlet to experience things that are rather off limits for Vel.

One last note: If she’s not so different from Vel, why make her look so different?

Well, for one, being a Neko as somewhat of a curse within a blessing. I wouldn’t change that part of Vel’s identity for the world, but it is aweful nice to be able to wear earrings and belly pearcings again. Also, how many brunettes do you really see in SL? There are plenty of blonde bombshells, red-headed vixens, and raven-haired beauttes in Second Life, but not near enough representatives of a perfectly pretty hair color.

There’s another thing she inherited from Vel… ever seen Vel with anything other than red hair? Well, besides those wild pink hair styles she has? It’s just easier to settle on one color. I don’t have the money to buy every color of all the hairs I like. Lily does do one thing different than Vel though. Her hair tends to be shorter.

Thoughts?

=^.^= Velicia Llewellyn

 

Sister? Twin?

No, it's not next to the fire. Kicking myself for not taking a picture of that.

I sit by the campfire, snuggling a skinny, long-legged brunette elf. My arms are trapped behind me in a singlesleeve, so it feels good to have someone to cuddle with. We’ve only just met, but I feel like I already know her…

In another window of the same computer, a skinny, female form with long elfin ears snuggles with a long-haired red headed neko, whom she has only just met but known for a while.

Yup… you’ve probably guessed it… using multiple instances of Second Life, I have now managed to cuddle with myself

 

Thankful for people who don’t listen to me. Oh, and Zebrasil Island.

I discovered something last night, something that’s making me kick myself for any and every instance of trying to get Master to move.

You see, I normally hate mainland. It’s a noobridden, griefer infested, often laggy, ad-saturated mess most of the time. We have had two neighbors now that have given us trouble, and I always wanted out.

Until, that is, I discovered we’re on the shoreline to a good 30 open-sea “protected land” sims.

I own a sailboat.

 

Random I’m not dead post

Hey all, just thought I should say that I haven’t left the blog to die… and yeah, that’s all I have for now…

Hmmm, how about a teaser for my next blog post?

Volcanoe on Zebrasil Island

 

French Neko

• Shirt: Sexy Sheer Half Shirt from Style Starts Here
• Bra: O-Ring Halter VBra Top from Style Starts Here
• Skirt: Mini01 from Drawmachine
• Panties: White Lace French Thong from BabyDoll
• Shoes: Classics from Shiny Things
• Stockings: X2 Sheer Fishnet from X2
• Beret: Oh So French Beret from Decollage
• Glasses: Celeste from PrimOptic
• Hair: Lillian from Here Comes Trouble
• Skin: Venus, sage makeup from Adam n Eve
• Ears: Diamonds Ears from Hybrid
• Tail: Neko Bow Tail from Hybrid

 

Second Life advertising… in Facebook! (and, lets hear it for layers…)

A while back, I was invited to a Facebook group. It wasn’t one of your run of the mill Facebook activist-ey types of groups, or those that you join because you support the message or think it’s funny. No, this group was promoting and supporting Acetone Urban Tank Tops, a tank top maker in Second Life.

Now, I don’t suppose it’s all that strange when you think about it. There are a myriad of SL content creators with blogs and the like advertising their products and letting customers know about new product releases, as well as allowing customers to easily provide feedback. As we’ll see, the latter is just as important as the former.

Anyway, I decided to give the shop a look, and I was really impressed! These aren’t your average tank tops; the texture quality is great, with a lot of very unique and memorable designs.

Left to right: Pelican, Elementary my dear Watson, Crusade, Telepathy, Wingbeat, Tied, Crush.

However, I did spot one problem; her tanktops were only available in the shirt layer! when you like to wear a tattoo on the bra layer like I do, then it’s nice to have bras in the shirt layer and tops in the jacket layer. However, I could live without it for most of these… I mean, it’s nice to be able to wear a bikini top underneath a tank, but I don’t have to. ^.^

However, there was one I absolutely had to have in the jacket layer: a sheer tank with a cross pattern on it called Crosshair. This top just begged to be worn over a bra, and being sheer, would be great for showing off my tattoo! Yes, I could just wear it without the bra, but I find going around everywhere with my nipples showing kinda tasteless.

So, taking advantage of Facebook’s group messaging capabilities (each group essentially gets it’s own message board), and wrote that I liked the tanks, but it would be really nice to have them in the jacket layer.

Well, boy did I get a treat! Not only did she send me a copy of the tank I had previously bought (Wingbeat) in the jacket layer, she also sent me Crosshair in the jacket layer, which I hadn’t bought because of it wasn’t in that layer. These are now available for purchase in her main store in Achlya, if any of my readers are interested. ^.^

Anyway, more on the tanktops. Most are available for a very reasonable 55L, and some are available for only 35L, making them quite affordable as well as being good looking! Crosshair is 110L and comes in three colors; black, white, and red. All her tanks are mod/copy/no transfer, which is excellent if you want to recolor (Like, say, the white crosstop ^.^), but not so good if you want to gift them. I haven’t asked if she’s willing to sell no copy/transfer versions, but as nice as she was with me, it can’t hurt to ask.

Anyway, I suppose the lesson here is that open and obvious lines of communication help keep customers happy! Oh, and Acetone has great tank tops. ^.^

In the tradition of fashion blogs, here’s a rundown of all the items shown in the pictures:

In the first picture, we have tanktops from, of course, Acetone; short jean hotpants from Drawmachine, wood wedge platforms from Shiny Things, tropical bangles from JK Jewelry, and Jenny hair and “warm” bracelets from Here Comes Trouble.

In the second, the Crosshair tank from Acetone, black leather teaser skirt from Ravenwear, black satin lingerie from Style Starts Here, Kit boots in onyx from Jaywalk, Caged V collar in silver from Ephemeral Creations, and buckled arm cuffs from Hexed.

My skin is Venus from Adam n Eve, and my Neko parts are all from Hybrid.

=^.^=