I keep on having this dream inside the static

Heard from a lass I work with about a place.

[14:58] Mxxxx Axxxx: Hi Emilly, You would not believe where I ended up at and I really thought I was going crazy.
[14:58] Emilly Orr: Really?
[14:58] Emilly Orr: I've seen you on and off the sim today, do you mean in SL or RL?
[14:58] Mxxxx Axxxx: SL, Rl thats another story.
[14:59] Mxxxx Axxxx: Rl. I already think I'm going crazy.
[15:00] Emilly Orr: Aww. So what happened?
[15:00] Mxxxx Axxxx: I ended up what I thought was a Mirror world of Sakura.
[15:00] Emilly Orr: Really?
[15:00] Mxxxx Axxxx: Almost the same setup
[15:01] Mxxxx Axxxx: The landing is the same as ours.
[15:01] Emilly Orr: Where was it?

She gave me the landmark. So I went to go look.

PARTNERS, the landmark said. "Singles, couples, swingers adult orientated meeting place, cougar cuckold wife swapping, Bulls and cucks adult dating and more. No Escorts. Mama Allpa. Hedonistic, Swingers, Hedonism, Roman spa, wife swap, threesome". Huh.

So, swingers, trios, cuckolding (NSFW link, but some good information), casual dressed or naked dating, and...pregnancy? Ooookay...Let's go see.



Well, well. That's...disturbing. I mean, it's not exact, because we've done some work on the standard Abiss Living Room prefab to make it distinctive to us, but it is instantly recognizable as that build.



That's kind of...blatant, but I guess if people aren't reading a rules notecard...



Here's the first place that our layout shifts from theirs. The room to the right of our 'living room/lounge' space is where our burlesque stage is. Their room to the right is a sort of sybaritic spa zone, with pillows, and a huge, tiled square soaking tub. It's well decorated, don't mistake anything I'm saying, I'm just pointing out the differences.



To the left of their spa room is the Abiss Spa build. We used to have both the Spa and the Dark Spa from Abiss at Sakura, but we ditched the Spa in the rebuild--so few people used it, it just wasn't viable.

There's one more side room.



We don't have this room, and this, I think, speaks to the whole public-sex, wife-swapping, cuckolding lifestyle their club is designed for.



And they're not bad. I didn't test the animations--I wasn't there to join a new social group, and I'm not part of a couple who would want to be involved in cuckolding or pregnancy--but just as a visual, it's well laid out, well decorated, not at all sleazy or terrifying to look over.

I'd say, if you're into the things Partners advertises, it's a great place to join and investigate, and see how things go. But as someone who might be 'copying' Sakura's style? No, not really. I understand why the Blossom in question was thrown, but nearly all of that is because the Abiss prefabs are so distinctive, even when decorated--they're just obviously Abiss work, and nothing we, or Partners, or the various other stores and social groups that use Abiss pieces, can do will change that.