I'm unraveled by the truth I finally see

Okay, here we go...



I've visited The Haunted in years prior, but I think this is my first visit this year.



Oh, okay, I don't need to bother with this one. When you start out with four game rips in the opening space? Yeah, zero out of five, moving on.

How about Savira City Halloween?



Ultimate dissonance--finding these two at a side table, saying this:

[21:44] ixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: oh goodness
[21:44] ixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: are you feeling okay?
[21:44] kxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx:: im ok just aall the blood here
[21:45] kxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx:: i dont want it to make me sick
[21:45] ixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: well sis we dont have to stay for long
[21:45] ixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: we can always go back home and chill in our pjs
[21:45] kxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hmm yea that sounds good right now lol

All the blood is disturbing her? When her rear is shaking like it's made out of not-entirely-set aspic? Elsewise she has two deeply buried motors just jiggling away...Like, that butt is mechanized, not just relying on physics, is what I'm saying.?

But sure. Whatever. I grabbed an apple cider from the cart next to them, and set off towards a random building.



Which...turned out to have phantom stairs. Why?



The skeletaur was neat. (As an aside, Beefburgers, owner of Aquatica FP Mesh, helped me find the skeletaur, because he made it--if you click this and follow the beacon, it's in the Limited Edition vendor on the upper right side of the back wall for L$99!)

There seemed to be no way to get into the rest of the haunt, so...I hopped over a hedge. And found a b'ar.



Big phantom b'ar, too. Didn't seem inclined to eat me.



And I wound up here. Seemingly no way out, nothing but a huge donation sign...so I just left.

I won't say there's not some decent ideas here, but...my gods, people, you had two whole sims, at least test things out first to make sure one of them doesn't have glitchy weirdness! Two out of five skulls, and that second skull only because I was able to track down the skeletaur. Sheesh.

tell the mirror what you know she's heard before

This was weirdly amusing.

[14:48] Axxx Dxxxxx: {{VERY NSFW Flickr link redacted}}?
[14:48] Axxx Dxxxxx: Crap! So wrong window
[14:49] axxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hot gallery
[14:49] Axxx Dxxxxx: Sorry folks.
[14:49] mxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: or guerrilla marketing? :P
[14:49] axxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ANNE
[14:49] axxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: you perv
[14:50] Axxx Dxxxxx: I am trying to prove someone else is and needs to be dumped

And this was where, Constant Reader, your Editrix looked up from arranging furniture in a gothic manor and read back.

[14:50] lxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: .... regardless of the content, those are some REALLY nice photos like dang
[14:50] axxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: oooo
[14:50] axxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: gimmme the tea
[14:51] xxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx noms popcorn
[15:04] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I mean, she says, getting to this late, he definitely has a good eye for composition. But one must ask, since it came up--why is taking artistic nudes a sign that someone should sever a relationship?

Because I thought the question should be asked.

[15:04] axxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: idk maybe didnt ask partner to take such naughty photos with people?

And, at least to me--I know I didn't include the original link, but--his main female model for the intimate shots is the same elf girl, so perhaps this is an ex now? I have no way of knowing.

[15:05] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Well, unless they've been dating for some time, these pictures have been around? The first one posted to his Flickr is dated 2020.
[15:06] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Unless we're simply talking 'ew sex icky', in which case, [Axxx], I guess you're welcome to your opinion, and I don't agree.
[15:07] xxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Depends on how long they've been dating.
[15:07] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): It does.
[15:08] xxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: And when the pics were posted to be honest.

Also true, but as said, the first one was posted way back in 2020, so...

[15:08] Axxx Dxxxxx: Long story involved
[15:08] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Ah.
[15:08] xxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx shuts up and goes back to her popcorn now.
[15:08] Vxxxx Cxxxxx: Is there something I'm missing about these photos?
[15:09] Axxx Dxxxxx: No, just me being tired and hitting the wrong IM box
[15:10] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I mean, we can make an educated guess that [Axxx]'s trying to warn her friend in some fashion, but beyond that? No, nothing there to miss, [Vxxxx].
[15:10] txxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Jesus, what is this conversation O_O
[15:10] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Amusing?

I mean, am I wrong? This was just a strange conversation all around for this group.

[15:11] Axxx Dxxxxx: A big mistake on my part. An accident gone wrong.
[15:12] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Ah, so your friend did not agree.
[15:17] lxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: we all make copy/paste mistakes when we aren't really paying attention, it's okay
[15:17] lxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: but really, kudos to the well made photos on that flickr
[15:17] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Mmhmm.

And the chat fell silent at this point. I shrugged and went back to arranging furniture, until:

[16:01] Mxxxxxx Mxxxxxxxxxx: Anyone know any good mesh NPC figures
[16:09] Axxxxxx Wxxxxxxx: Studio Dire
[16:09] Axxxxxx Wxxxxxxx: They have a lot of neat stuff
[16:10] Mxxxxxx Mxxxxxxxxxx: They have an inworld store or MP?
[16:12] Axxxxxx Wxxxxxxx: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/29387 Idk if their mp is up to date or not. You can find all their stuff in world too
[16:14] Axxx Dxxxxx: I know I am the last person whos should say this today, but no links in chat. Please share them in IM.
[16:14] Axxxxxx Wxxxxxxx: ah sorry!

And I fell down laughing, as chat went dead for the second time. I mean, thanks for the caution, Ms. A, but yes, you're right, you are absolutely the last one who should say this today, considering you linked a Flickr page with full-on penetration.

I'm still terribly amused.

you think I only think about you when we're both in the same room

Names anonymized to protect the guilty (grins), but name of the store left in:

[10:15] ixxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Hey Debauchery. Would you ever consider making an Adult Yoga mat with th inclusion of Yoda animations?
[10:15] ixxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: *Yoga
[10:16] Cxxxxxx Fxxx: Yoda positions!!! That totally put all kinds of crazy images in my head.
[10:16] ixxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: It was a typo
[10:16] Cxxxxxx Mxxxxxxx: Sex you will :)
[10:16] Cxxxxxx Fxxx: ha!
[10:17] Cxxxxxx Fxxx: Yes, it was obviously a typo, but it was an amazing typo!
[10:17] cxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[10:21] Jxxxxxxxx Wxxxxxxxxx: the kamasutra you still have to learn young sexling

How'ver, I wanted to talk about something else. The gyrocopter.



I took these pics months ago--anyone who's been to Gearhaven in the intervening time knows the terrain's changed a bit, and we've gone to non-mesh surround fragments. But Dejah built the gyrocopter.



They also built New Alexandria from the ground up. And did a stellar job. It's phenomenal.



But this is neat, too. They actually put a winged angel hood ornament on the front of it! (Sadly, yes, the only pick that came out of the ornament head-on, when the building was unrezzed. Rats.)



We'd circled around the entire city by this point. (I'm the one with blue hair in the back, btw--Dejah's the one in the pilot seat.)



And landing.

I honestly don't know if Dejah plans to sell this one anywhere, but if you're curious, the legacy name is Deebrane String. It's just...perfect.

double-crossed, glossed over in my pathos

So, this is going to be another one of those store-name-preserved/other names anonymized, because there were just too many references to the actual owner of BRII Underground Wear to edit out.

[10:54] Txxxxx Yxxx: I bought 3 underground gift cards for prizes but can't transfer them to the winners?????
[10:56] Txxxxx Yxxx: I guess I just lost my money sigh

Meet today's hapless protagonist, Ms. T. This was how she opened up her question--by already deciding she'd been cheated.

[10:57] bxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: you need to buy the cards as a gift foir each of the winners,
[10:57] Nxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: send a note card to Brianna , she will help you
[10:57] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: right
[10:57] Mxxxx Exxxxxxx: what happened?
[10:58] Mxxxx Exxxxxxx: just logged on
[10:58] Txxxxx Yxxx: that makes no sense

Why not? If there was only one single maker of all gift cards on the grid, then you'd expect them to behave the same way, always, but there are several manufacturers of gift cards, and they all have their own rules.

[10:58] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Drop a notecard to Brianna, yeah. She'll sort it.
[10:58] Txxxxx Yxxx: I don't know now the winners before hand

That's why you buy the cards after the winners are announced.

[10:58] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: well if you buy it for gift you have to send it to the person it is for not you
[10:58] Txxxxx Yxxx: I didn't buy as a gift

And there's your problem.

[10:59] bxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: so you dont buy the cards until after you know who the winners are..
[10:59] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: right and that is why you cannot give them to the other peoople
[10:59] Txxxxx Yxxx: I don't buy gift cards for myself
[10:59] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): But that's why you buy them once you know
[10:59] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ok but when you buy them for another person they get it not you
[10:59] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Right
[10:59] Txxxxx Yxxx: its a contest how do I know

I want to think she's kidding, she can't be this dim, but considering the rest of this conversation...

[10:59] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no transfer on it
[11:00] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): You have to specify the person you're gifting the card to
[11:00] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: you wait until they win
[11:00] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): That
[11:00] Txxxxx Yxxx: well I have 3 gift cards I will never use so lost money

What is so difficult about "send a notecard to Brianna, she'll fix it"? Why can't she just calm down and wait a bit?

[11:00] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Drop a notecard to Brianna
[11:00] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: jot the names down when you know them and then get it for them

Yes. Exactly. THAT.

[11:00] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: you don't wear Brii clothing ?
[11:01] Txxxxx Yxxx: if you were in a contest and won would you want to wait?
[11:01] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: so, do you know who won ?
[11:01] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Yes, if it meant getting a card. Every contest I've ever entered that gives a gift card gives it after the winner's announced
[11:01] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: exactly
[11:01] Txxxxx Yxxx: no I do not know who won

Then WHY ARE YOU BUYING GIFT CARDS?!?

[11:01] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Example: I won a minor prize in the Fallen Gods and Goddesses contest. I got it about a week after the contest closed.

(And let me just say, I have never won even a runners-up prize for Fallen, but this year...And that will tickle me completely for a good two or three years to come.)

[11:01] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i agree send a note
[11:02] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): That was *fine*, because that's one guy sending out all the gifts.
[11:02] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): People will understand.
[11:02] Txxxxx Yxxx: but I get gift cards other place with no restrictions This also helps the owner

Where? Where do you buy these no-restriction gift cards? Citation needed.

[11:02] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ?
[11:02] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Well, not every place that sells gift cards is the same
[11:02] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): This is how Brianna runs hers. Contact her.
[11:02] txxxxxxxxx Rxxxdxxxx: what we talking about? Is there a GC contest?
[11:03] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Not as far as I know through the store
[11:03] Txxxxx Yxxx: I just found that out won't be back here at all

Again, don't assume you have no eggs for breakfast until you actually go out to the henhouse. Honestly.

[11:03] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) sighs
[11:03] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: oh dear
[11:03] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Okay, so you bought three gift cards, and, because you have to wait a few hours, you're not going to let the designer fix things?
[11:04] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Are your winners haranguing you in IMs?
[11:04] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: it is your error Miss Traxx but if you contact Brii she may help you
[11:04] Txxxxx Yxxx: no

Then what IS the problem??

[11:04] Txxxxx Yxxx: I will contact her and yes it is my erroer
[11:04] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): So, if they're not giving you grief, breathe, realize it will likely easily be solved, *if you contact Brianna Passiflora*.

I mean, how much more obvious do we have to make it?

[11:04] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: she is great just explain
[11:05] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): That's all you need to do.
[11:05] Txxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Sorry, I just read this all ... a gift card is pretty much bey definition "no copy" and "no modify" ... so I would also expect that it is "transfer" ... it makes no sense to me when it isn't ...

Outside of very specific instances, like gacha vouchers for fur mods? I've never seen a transferable gift card from go. Where are these people shopping?

Then I got an IM from another group member.

[11:05] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: do you think she understand it ?
[11:05] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I'm honestly not sure
[11:05] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: perhaps she is just upset
[11:05] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I don't know how much more clear we can be
[11:05] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Oh, we know she's upset
[11:05] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: we do
[11:05] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: we can't so getting Brii to explain is the best option
[11:06] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) nods
[11:06] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: poor thing

And back to main:

[11:06] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: you do not buy a gift card for yourself why would you so the person you want to have it must use their name to gift it
[11:06] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: simple as that

For the most part, correct.

IMs again:

[11:06] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I'm just trying to figure out where she shops that gives transferable gift cards. There are places that make the cards transferable *once* you rez them from inventory, but not until then?
[11:06] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): So...lots of huh
[11:07] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no where

Yeah.

And main chat:

[11:08] Txxxxx Yxxx: I agree [Txxx]
[11:08] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): [Txxxx]: Some gift cards are. Some aren't. There's a lot of vouchers for furry avatars, for instance, that are no-trans in the box, but if you rez them out to unpack them, you get a no-copy/trans version from the box, and then that box is empty.
[11:08] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ok [Txxx] and who would you "transfer" it to ?
[11:08] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: remember it is a gift ...card
[11:09] Txxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: because I buy a gift card in rl also myself and then at the right moment and location I present it?
[11:09] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: sure especially if you were GIVEN IT
[11:09] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Because even if you got a no-copy/trans version, if you wanted to give it away for a prize, or a gift, or something, you would still lose that object.
[11:10] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Not every system offers easily transferable cards.
[11:10] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: correct Emily
[11:10] Txxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: okay, so it is more a technical problem?
[11:10] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: pretty much yes [Txxx]
[11:10] Txxxxx Yxxx: giving gift cards helps the merchat
[11:10] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): No, not really. BRII cards work in the system they're from.
[11:11] Txxxxx Yxxx: Brings other people to the store
[11:11] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): It's just a misunderstanding as to how that works.
[11:11] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: the technical part is that they were not sent to the person she wanted to get it , she got it
[11:11] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): The technical part is, she didn't specify a person to give the card to, she just bought it for herself

And from IMs again:

[11:12] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ok......wow
[11:12] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: omg she has been in SL for 12 years !!!!
[11:12] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): This is baffling
[11:13] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: she is mad at herself but doesn't own it
[11:13] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: we told her how it is used so that is all we can do
[11:13] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i send gifts from there all the time
[11:13] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) nods

And back to main, part trois:

[11:16] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ok so that is the tricky part

It really is.

And the last bit from IMs:

[11:20] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: oh wow she has been in SL for 10 years
[11:20] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no 12
[11:21] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): You'd think she would have picked up something in that amount of time.
[11:27] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: still no she continues to argue it so looks like Brii is her best bet

Yeah. No clue if she'll actually contact Brii. I hope she does. It sounds like a very silly thing to get that upset over.

But, big wide world, takes all kinds, maybe someone kicked her puppy before she logged in this morning. Who knows?

and passive scenes so pathetic

I present to you in its entirety, the new form of Kevin:

[12:51] llandsberg (nasya002): Hey hey

I need help, I need money for my studies, my relatives do not have it, so I have to somehow get out of it.

I need $1600 on this, but not just like that, on loan
I don't know who to turn to anymore, so I ask you
if you need to give something as a pledge-no problem

I'm asking very much, please
[12:52] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
[12:52] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Go away, Kevin.

This scammer's been on the grid for seven years, OR hacked the account of the actual nasya, but either way, it's worth the warning. Block and report if seen.

Some people. Sheesh.

I reported her for fraud and blocked her. If you see her pop up, I suggest you do the same.

you can't play this game, you've lost all the pieces (part two)

So, picking up where we left off:

[16:41] Bxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I went to a sale and 5/8 ulls were the same navy blue pumps! good thing it ws only 10L a pull lol. I mean it was fun, in a way to see how silly that was
[16:41] Kxxxx Jxxx: plus the CEO of secolnd life died a few weeks ago
[16:41] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: june
[16:41] mxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hmm
[16:41] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: they gotta memorial sim for him
[16:41] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: There are things I want that I can't afford, so I don't buy them... like a helicopter in RL.. that'd be neat. But I don't want to ban all helicopters just because I can't afford one. I have that same view on things in SL. I don't spend more than I intend. I don't play all gachas I'd want things from. If I don't think the least valuable items in the gacha are worth the pull price, I just do not play it, no matter how much I want the rares.
[16:41] mxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: more people moaning
[16:41] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: with a statue
[16:42] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: It's just one of many ways to entertain ourselves while shopping. It's fine though. Life goes on, there'll still be shopping to be done.
[16:42] Kxxxx Jxxx: you can buy a helicopter for 2 people, they only cost 28'000
[16:42] Kxxxx Jxxx: made of plastic though
[16:42] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: I don't have 28,000 I wish to use on that

Now, I don't think this is at all unreasonable. Doesn't really matter what your income bracket is--if you have 28,000 dollars you may have much better plans than simple toys, flat out.

[16:42] Bxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I got 3 rare homes though! I'd rather blow my lindens on gachas then lose my real home in a casino
[16:43] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: yep
[16:43] Kxxxx Jxxx: if you do not have 28k you should not be playing second life at your age, you should get a 2 year degree and make 60 to 90k a year

And most of us went..."Excuse me, what?"

[16:43] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: the casino are a waste of lindens
[16:43] Bxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ok I gots a question. Does LL make any money from gacha pulls? Is that the issue?
[16:43] oxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: suddenly feels guilty about going over to the casino rl
[16:44] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: rl casino is fun
[16:44] Gxxxxx Cxxx: It's your monies, don't feel guilty.
[16:44] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: sl casino sucks
[16:44] Kxxxx Jxxx: no ll does not
[16:44] Bxx Mxx: in florida the sl gambling sims are banned
[16:44] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lucky u
[16:44] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: im in ny
[16:44] Bxx Mxx: so i cant even see one
[16:45] Kxxxx Jxxx: they own all the lins they sell you and rent the land that is viral,

Land is not viral. I'm not sure what KJ meant here.

[16:45] oxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol..im kidding, i do play now and then rl, never made it to an sl casino before, did not even know they existed
[16:45] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: [Kxxxx].... lol.. whatever
[16:45] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i play the 10 l machines
[16:45] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: for fun
[16:45] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: You have no idea how much I make, how old I am or anything, so judging me for not wanting to spend 28,000 USD on a helicopter is kind of ... yeah... whatever
[16:45] Kxxxx Jxxx: yo can try reading the ToS if you wish [qxxx] , reading fun been around for 5000 year you should try it

And this burst of hostility was out of nowhere.

[16:46] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: oop
[16:46] oxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Reading Rainbow
[16:47] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: [Kxxxx]... Are you always this way, or are you just having a really bad week in RL, and feel an urge to nehave this way to people you do not know online? :)

It's a really good question.

[16:47] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): When I have 28K, I'm certainly not spending it on a helicopter.
[16:47] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i remembrr that show
[16:47] Kxxxx Jxxx: you smoke dope and live with you 80 year old mother if you do not have 28k at 40

She sounds so confident about this. It's one of the dumbest assessments I've ever heard, but she does seem very confident that she's right.

[16:47] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: now i feel old
[16:47] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Wrong on both, [Kxxxx], but thanks for playing
[16:47] Kxxxx Jxxx: then your a totalloser if you do not have 28k laying around at 40

So it's really all about money for you, then? There's nothing else in life that's worthwhile? Art, relationships, education, music? Just cash up-front?

And some guys say I'm a gold-digger for what I do for a living, here.

[16:48] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: To not toss money on something is not the same as not having money. You do understand that right?

I don't think she does.

[16:48] Bxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: anyhow it will be interesting if Salt and Pepper can fight the gacha thing. Til then me and my 5 pair of gacha navy pumps keep on keeping on!
[16:48] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Yes, I am completely savaged by what an utter stranger thinks of me. I shall now go collapse in shame and weep at my utter ineptitude to impress you.
[16:48] axxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: #stopfeedingthetroll

It's good advice that we were sort of ignoring at this point?

[16:48] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: this just git alil personal
[16:48] Kxxxx Jxxx: no time for a loser thanks pass

Then...why are you still talking, if we're all so far beneath you?

[16:48] gxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Mrs [Kxxxx] the rich,you might need some friends to chat in IM and stop bragging about what and how ppl should be,are you that lonely?
[16:48] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: pooffs
[16:48] Kxxxx Jxxx: rich 28k? you must be insane

All depends on what qualifies as rich, I guess. Everyone's at different income points. But considering she was saying if you weren't making 40K a year you were a waste of space, that still makes me wonder about the 28K helicopter thing. People do not normally spend half their yearly income on a vehicle, do they?

[16:49] gxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: and you too lonely
[16:49] axxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Just block them.. it's much better :)
[16:49] gxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: talking to much here really
[16:49] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx anyone want some popcorn? giggles
[16:49] gxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ya she needs to chill
[16:49] gxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[16:49] Kxxxx Jxxx: 28k is poor mans back up funds for a taxi driver at 40

Whatever, KJ. Move your judgy self on, no one's on your side.

[16:49] Kxxxx Jxxx: pathetic comes to mind
[16:49] oxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: sits with [Uxxxx] and watches
[16:50] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Ooh, utterly. Four sims to be pathetic on, too. You're cute.

I know. I don't normally flex. And, point of fact, no, they aren't mine *directly*, but my partner says they're mine as much as his, I'm the one terraforming them, Justine and I are the sim managers for all four--I mean, the only estate power we don't have is the ability to sell the sims back to the Lindens, and that's because we asked to NOT have that one. So...yeah. Back off, KJ.

[16:50] Kxxxx Jxxx: i bet
[16:50] Kxxxx Jxxx: you credit cards are maxed and you can not get a car loan at 50

Don't have credit cards. And I don't drive, 'cos I live in a town with pretty good public transit, so--who needs a car loan?

[16:50] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Bored now.
[16:50] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Your*

Good point. Thank you, Ms. U.

[16:50] Kxxxx Jxxx: lol pathetic

That's the second time you've used that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

[16:52] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: The things you say in here say so much about you. :)
[16:52] gxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: typical RL frustrated with issues
[16:52] Pxxxx Hxxxxxxxxxx: Wait are we playing a game or just being ugly to each other?
[16:52] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): No, that's just [Kxxxx].
[16:52] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: yep
[16:53] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: the rest of us are just eating popcorn :)
[16:53] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yups
[16:53] Kxxxx Jxxx: i have way more money then you could hope too, living at your parent's flat smoked dope

And I just love all these assumptions. We drive cabs, we have our credit cards maxed out, we smoke dope....I mean, that's all three strikes for me, I do none of those things.

[16:53] Kxxxx Jxxx: good bye
[16:53] Kxxxx Jxxx: waste of time
[16:54] gxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: then what you doing here?

Also a very good question.

[16:54] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[16:54] gxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no business to run?no money stack to count?
[16:54] Pxxxx Hxxxxxxxxxx: we are all going to be broke when we die
[16:54] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: giggles
[16:54] Bxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: let's all go pull some cheap gachas yeahhhh!
[16:54] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: this is a person that does not know a single bit of anything about me :)
[16:54] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: let Karen leave plase :p
[16:54] vxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: has to say to someone that has money
[16:54] vxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: smh
[16:54] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: Most people that have to flaunt, have nothing to actually flaunt :)
[16:55] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: usually someone who says they have lots has nothing
[16:55] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: exactly
[16:56] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: only time ppl boast on that.. is they are alone... and empty inside or they say lies to cover up their failures
[16:56] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: all imma say
[16:56] gxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: or are mentally ill shhhh
[16:56] gxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: XD
[16:57] Sxxxx Mxxxx: WOW Beautiful plane!

She linked a picture of a plane. Google image search turned up it's a prop jet from an aviation company. Standard catalog photo. She said it was hers, but...it's essentially a stock photo, so--who knows?

[16:58] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: [Uxxxx].. yup
[16:58] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: I am not gonna click that link... lol
[16:58] Dxxx Pxxxxxx makes notes
[16:59] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[16:59] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ok yall i just looked at her profile
[16:59] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: she is [bat sh*t] crazy
[17:00] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: she attacked the owner of VAW
[17:00] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: js
[17:00] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): She seems very obsessed with getting high. Is there something we should know?

Generally, the things people bring up that often, well...

[17:00] Dxxx Pxxxxxx: Well when your profile asks other people to buy you stuff kinda hard to play the "I'm so rich" card

Also true.

[17:00] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: lolol
[17:00] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: wasnt gunna say that :p
[17:00] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: but i agree
[17:00] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: yep
[17:01] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: her profile is just hate...
[17:01] Dxxx Pxxxxxx: SL is just a little fantasy world for some people
[17:01] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lots of racist stuff etc

She's not wrong. This from KJ's SL bio:

i play a futa

i like men too and i love gifts, it makes me happy. Feel free to talk to me and be happy

millinials have beards not because they are men, because they are too poor to buy a razor. (joke)

She hates the people behind Builders' Brewery:

the Female Co-owner of BB called me up and stated she was going to mute and ban me, Because i copypasted once a link some one wanted in chat.

I said this was not true i typed it twice, she wanted me to beg to Mod of the chat channel that reported me. I told her no because they guy was a liar and before he told me he was going to get a stupid "[ni**er]" banned.

He, the Mod, Had Copypaste Sexually harasment on his profile and his profile is full of sexual content for a G zone avi. I told he i do not use my main to visit their sim and i would not be donating 1500 per class again.

She told me there where allowed to "break TOS" if they felt it was for the better good. That I would have to give her 2500 lins or be banned

I told her , you full crap, you copypasted my logs and you yourself have copypaste in your profiley

After that she banned and muted me, after all, i was just a [Ni**er] pointing out her lies and Unethical TOS acts. She wanted to get rid of a [ni**er], It is amazing white people act this way

Now, I'm not saying Builder's has never charged for a class, but I severely doubt they would demand 2500 to un-ban someone? And I cannot imagine someone would openly use racial slurs, because so many people would land on them, both feet first.

She hates the owner of VAW: after titling her pick for him "owner of VAW harssment for leaving a review of his Trash":

[09:21] Rxxxxxxx Gxxx: if you cannot show appreciation to all the hardwork I put into creating this stuff, and only focus on hurting my sales and defaming me you do not need to be buying from me
[09:23] Kxxxx Jxxx: i think that would be you, random person calling me without telling me who you are
[09:23] Rxxxxxxx Gxxx: and I will forward your review to my lawyer
[09:22] Rxxxxxxx Gxxx: you are a psycho
[09:24] Kxxxx Jxxx: and you are? it a big world. i buy many things
[09:25] Rxxxxxxx Gxxx: stupid [b*tch] wait to hear from my lawyer in a few days
[09:29] Mrs. Kamui Jinx (kamui.jinx): and your troll harassment against TOS is going to be reported, do not think FOR one second I am not reporting your actions this day
[09:29] Rxxxxxxx Gxxx: contact "Stylus nightfire" if you have any further issues, he will contact you within 5 business days
[09:29] Rxxxxxxx Gxxx: remove the review
[09:30] Kxxxx Jxxx: evil one, you are muted. no more abuse thank you

So, now we have self-delusion, aggression, anyone who's even slightly against her is apparently racist, and she's a drama poppet. Great.

[17:01] Zxxx Oxx: also has a lot of drama pasted in her picks, miserable person
[17:01] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yush
[17:01] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: a true Karen :p
[17:01] Zxxx Oxx: yep
[17:01] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: I am just really entertained at the label the person put on me, for saying I would want a helicopter, but won't spend 28,000USD to get one.. ahahahaha

It's more baffling than funny to me, but yeah, it's kind of funny, too.

[17:02] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ROFL
[17:02] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: meebe is here that wants one
[17:02] Dxxx Pxxxxxx: All the cool people have helicopters for... some reason
[17:03] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ROFL just 1 moar thing and imma drop it... her profile says NO payment info on file
[17:03] Zxxx Oxx: lol
[17:03] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: just... sayin
[17:05] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaha
[17:05] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: ok, that just kills me... my poor ribs... laughing too hard is a thing.. ahahahahahaha
[17:05] Dxxx Pxxxxxx: Wish people wouldn't RP in non RP groups
[17:05] oxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I want to know how one gets a 28,000 helecopter, I would have thought they were way more expensive then that
[17:05] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: right? lol
[17:06] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: all plastic she said.. ahahah

Yeah...what's the status value of an all-plastic helicopter, anyway? I did some idle Googling, and turns out the cheapest helicopter on the market right now is the Robinson R-22, which retails for $250,000--significantly over her quoted figure. So now she can't do math, either, apparently.

[17:07] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: my point was that there will always be things people want, that they won't buy... like for me, a helicopter... I can't justify to myself spending money on something I can't use.. ahahahah
[17:07] Dxxx Pxxxxxx: You wont put a helicopter on your black card? THE SHAME!
[17:08] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: the shamessssssss
[17:08] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[17:08] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: total shameeee
[17:08] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I have 6
[17:08] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: ahahahahaha
[17:09] Dxxx Pxxxxxx: One for each house you own, of course
[17:09] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: you need 15 then!
[17:09] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yesh

All I can think is, she must have been very grumpy about something in RL to lash out like this, or she's about as shallow as three drops of water in a hot skillet. Or both.

Least she eventually went away. Guess that's something.

you can't play this game, you've lost all the pieces (part one)

Technically part of the gacha coverage, but this...went places.

[16:32] Nxxxxxxx Exx: ive heard that after sept 1, no more gatchas will be allowed in sl. anyone hear this?
[16:32] sxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yep!

Yep.

[16:32] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yes
[16:32] hxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: it's true
[16:32] pxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yeppers
[16:32] kxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yes this is true
[16:32] Cxxx Exxxxxxxxx: Yeah, LL is doing away with gachas.
[16:32] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: 100% facts
[16:32] bxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: really?
[16:32] Nxxxxxxx Exx: wow anyone know why?
[16:32] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: they says its a form of gambling

Pretty much, and the regulatory changes driving that push to regulate online gaming.

[16:32] Wxx Dxxxxxxx: That would be correct, no RNG based selling methods will be allowed
[16:32] kxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yeah i have the article
[16:32] Nxxxxxxx Exx: nods
[16:33] Mxxxxxxxxxx Dxxxxxxx: its considered gambling
[16:33] Nxxxxxxx Exx: gambling ok
[16:33] Nxxxxxxx Exx: wow
[16:33] Gxxxx Hxxxxxxxx: due to advice of atrorneys
[16:33] Nxxxxxxx Exx: nodss
[16:33] kxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: so sad
[16:33] Axxxx Kxxxxxxx: https://community.secondlife.com/blogs/entry/8586-policy-change-regarding-gacha/ or https://modemworld.me/2021/08/02/lab-announces-the-ending-of-gacha-machines-in-second-life/
[16:33] Nxxxxxxx Exx: wow

Yeah, it's gonna be a huge change, for everybody.

[16:33] Nxxxxxxx Exx: some very good stuff too
[16:33] kxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: was one of my favorite activites
[16:33] Bxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: anytime you hire an escort that's a gamble too lol I mean....

??

Deal with a better class of escort, then. Frankly.

[16:33] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: its deeper then that
[16:33] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: sameeeee
[16:33] Nxxxxxxx Exx: nods
[16:33] Axxxx Kxxxxxxx: SOme parts of the world have been cracking down on lootboxes in games, and LL is worried gachas will come under the same rules
[16:33] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: there gotta be more they not tellinh us
[16:33] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: they have ppl who are sueing cause tehy lost their home etc in other places...
[16:33] Nxxxxxxx Exx: nods
[16:33] Dxxx Txxxx: but we have casinos lol

Ish? We have structures that are built like casinos, named like casinos, stocked with machines that look like casino games, but they're now classifed as "skill-based games". It's a razor-thin line.

[16:33] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: telling us-
[16:34] hxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Nope, it's because it's gambling, there really isn't any reason to think there's anything nefarious going on
[16:34] Bxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: the Store Salt and Pepper is seeking legal counsel against the gacha restrictions

Really? I hadn't heard this. I'll look into it.

[16:34] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: well might was cancel that
[16:34] Bxx Mxx: they are loot boxes
[16:34] Axxxx Kxxxxxxx: Details: https://community.secondlife.com/blogs/entry/8586-policy-change-regarding-gacha/ (for the official LL post) or https://modemworld.me/2021/08/02/lab-announces-the-ending-of-gacha-machines-in-second-life/ (for Inara Pey's take)
[16:35] Nxxxxxxx Exx: ty
[16:35] Nxxxxxxx Exx: wow such good stuff and such quality can be found with those too sighs
[16:35] Bxx Mxx: loot boxs are banned in usa
[16:35] Axxxx Kxxxxxxx: Wel lthe items aren't going away, just the random vendors
[16:35] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: it has its pros n cons
[16:35] hxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Then they can just make those items able to be brought outright [16:35] sxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: some countries are strict and forbid gambling in any form, some of our states too, sl wants everyone to play and spend their real money here, so gachas are gonna go away or be morphed to another form of machine
[16:36] Bxx Mxx: so gachs fall under that ban

Gachas and lootboxen both.

[16:36] Nxxxxxxx Exx: damn
[16:36] ucccccc Rxxxxxxx: is just like the Zyngo games tooo
[16:36] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: well u gotta pay to get a prize
[16:36] sxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: true and any other games of chance,
[16:36] hxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: If I wanna buy an item of clothing I wanna buy that item of clothing, I DON'T wanna have to stand there pouring money into the machine for items I don't want until I finally get what I do want having spent way more than I should have

Several people have complained about this exact thing for years.

[16:37] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: is also why they remove prize ability from the greedy greedy tables etc
[16:37] sxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: exactly!
[16:37] Nxxxxxxx Exx: wow
[16:37] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: I love gachas... I'll miss them
[16:37] Dxxx Txxxx: then dont noone makes u play
[16:37] hxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I could go into how gacha preys on people with fucked up brain chemistry who are already prone to spending unhealthy amounts on these things to begin with but I digress
[16:37] uxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: can go to MP to get that item.. some times a bloated price some times not [16:37] Nxxxxxxx Exx: i just like the quality you find in some of those
[16:37] hxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: It's called gambling addiction [Dxxx]
[16:37] sxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Q they will be changed to another script to give stuff,
[16:38] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: here the other side of the arguement the mp will more populated with over priced gachas u paid 50 - 25 to play to get
[16:38] qxxx Rxxxxxxx: There is an account setting where people can limit how much they are able to upload into SL.
[16:38] Bxx Mxx: give it time there will be a new system
[16:38] oxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Im surprised it took them this long to do this
[16:39] Bxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I am a sex addict, will I get banned from SL? I mean, we are responsible for our behavior

Well, if you assume everyone's an adult...But the thing with most of these laws is they're meant to regulate online games. While SL is tacitly an online game, it's not an online MMORPG or FPS with microtransactions and lootboxen. What they're trying to guard against with these rulings is the 13-18 set falling prey to predatory business practices.

[16:39] sxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I love the gacha resale places, gachas don't usually tell u how many prim or LI a thing has, so sometimes we cn't use the item even after we win it
[16:39] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxxx: they was too busy worryin about other stuff
[16:39] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxxx: lol
[16:39] oxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: laughs
[16:39] hxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no one is banning gacha users [Sxxxx]. Just gacha itself.
[16:39] oxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: like moving all of SL onto the cloud, yeah, see how that went

Well, some of it went well, some went poorly. Lag went up nearly everywhere, but sim crossings are far, far easier than they used to be, sooo...?

[16:39] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: but being a gacha reseller sucks
[16:39] Bxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: that was frustracting about gachas, the land impact were a guess
[16:40] sxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: sl has new owners and they have to work things to their way
[16:40] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: u stuck with stuff people dont want it dont sell
[16:40] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: theres the question what have i spent my money on lol
[16:40] Kxxxx Jxxx: march or something of 2020 seclond life was sold to investor bankers

While she's not wrong, this is our main offender. To be referred to as KJ from here on in, because I can't even summon up the respect to call her Ms. K.

And this is getting on the longish side, so--this will be part one, part two to follow.

I'm aggressive, regressive, the past is over

Yeah, it's gonna go there eventually, warning you now.

But it started with a conversation about dreams while we were dancing on the back lawn of the Chelsea Hotel.

[15:03] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): Guys, I once dreamt of my mitochondria protesting to break free from my organelles , claiming that nature has enslaved them !

Yes, I am leaving him un-anonymized. Why? Because of what he says later.

[15:03] axxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hi [mxxxx]! howzit?
[15:03] Exxxxxxxxx Vxxxxxx: hes a good entzertainer
[15:03] txxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Hey [Mxxxx]
[15:03] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: You mean the first of a million woodstocks

Because ostensibly, this was the Chelsea Hotel's anniversary tribute to Woodstock.

[15:03] kxxxxx Rxxxxxxx shouts: Hey [Mxxxx]! woot!
[15:04] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: youre on time for this woodstock
[15:04] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ha
[15:04] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: HI [Mxxxx]
[15:04] Ex Exxxxxx: THE MAN WITHOUT WHOM NONE OF THIS WOULD EXIST... [Mxxxx] SKALL EVERYONE!
[15:04] Ex Exxxxxx: .-'`'-. APPLAUSE APPLAUSE .-'`'-.
[15:04] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): On another night of a full moon, I dreamt of Professor Noam Chomsky eating books and regurgitating the field of Modern Linguistics!

Most of us were just ignoring him for the most part, concentrating on the music.

[15:04] Ex Exxxxxx: Hiya [Sxxxx]!.. mwah!
[15:05] Rxxxx Mxxxxx: hi [Sxxxx], hugss mwahh
[15:05] Rxxxx Mxxxxx: sorry I stepped on your head
[15:05] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): The funniest dream I ever had, was when I had a vision of a Neanderthal swallowing a whole apple, and it played ping-pong with his heart while passing down his oesophagus!
[15:05] kxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: that is a great dream!
[15:06] Cxxxxxxxxx Hxxxxxxx: yikes
[15:06] Cxxxxxxxxx Hxxxxxxx: lol
[15:06] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): [Sxxxx], the most disgusting dream I ever had, was of a female's menstruation blood turning into jelly and been marketed by an Oompa Loompa as Halloween treats!

And...dude. You have issues.

[15:06] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: wow, man.
[15:06] kxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: If that first one was an animated short I bet you'd be up for an Academy.
[15:06] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: isnt dream therapy night on Thursday at el quijote
[15:06] Cxxxxxxxxx Hxxxxxxx: yikes
[15:06] kxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: But not the second, no, not the second one...
[15:07] kxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no, no, just no...
[15:07] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): Do you guys think my dreams have any philosophical implications at all?
[15:07] Cxxxxxxxxx Hxxxxxxx: no none

Psychological implications, sure. Philosophical ones? Not usually.

[15:07] kxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hahaha
[15:07] kxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: that was quick...
[15:07] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): [Cxxxxxxxxx], I'm just a little concerned that I'm having a neurological malfunction!

From later conversation, no, seems like he's like this all the time.

[15:08] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: welcome to SL huh?
[15:08] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: join the club , sir
[15:08] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): Given that I've heard my neurons conspiring to abandon the dwelling of my skull, things don't seem to be heading in the right direction, ever-since!

My advice: let them escape. Might make for less abhorrent conversation.

[15:08] bxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yes, women's anything should treated like candy
[15:09] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): Not that disgusting blood though!

You're really tipping your hand here, Knight. So is it a phobia? A religious spasm? You just haven't dated any girls yet?

[15:09] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Remember! Your not officially crazy untill you go...
[15:09] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: BLITALITALITALITALITALITA!!!!!!!!!
[15:09] bxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: sacred!
[15:09] Ex Exxxxxx: Arabian, does that horse dance?
[15:09] Ex Exxxxxx feeds a brownie to the horse
[15:09] sxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: *Chuckles like a chipmunk* [Jxxx]
[15:09] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): You guys seem very interesting, do you all mind if I peek into your profiles to conduct my psychoanalytical rituals?

"Psychoanalytical rituals"? So not just weirdly phobic about womens' anatomy, but also delusions of grandeur?

[15:10] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: (the draggon is a hallucination, she tells herself. but I didnt eat the acid yet, she thinks again)
[15:10] Ex Exxxxxx: me thinks the lady doth thinknn too much... lol
[15:10] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx:
[15:10] axxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ya gota know who you doin...
[15:10] kxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hi [Axxxxx] - Welcome!!!
[15:11] Ex Exxxxxx: [Jxxx], thanks for coming!
[15:11] Axxxxx Jxxxxx: Hey [Sxxxx]!
[15:11] Ex Exxxxxx: .-'`'-. APPLAUSE APPLAUSE .-'`'-.
[15:11] axxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: \o\ A P P L A U S E /o/
[15:11] kxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Oº°‘¨APLAUSE 🎸 🎶 º°"˜`˜
[15:11] kxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: dang!!!

There's going to be more bursts of applause--this was when the live performer on stage during this finished a song. So I'm editing out most of them when it happens.

[15:11] kxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: WOOT!!!
[15:11] Rxxxxxx Axxxxx: trippy
[15:12] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hooo
[15:12] sxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ♪♫♥ Applauds!!! ♥♫♪
[15:12] kxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: sweet!!!! woot!!!
[15:12] kxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [Bxxxx]! Glad you're here!!!
[15:13] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): Profile checks done, analysis completed successfully.
[15:13] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): Are you all ready for my verdict on you?

Is that a trick question?

[15:14] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): You're going to judge us?
[15:14] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): Well, as an esteemed "myrmecologist of ants", I can see that none of you shares the characteristics of one that is plagued by "socio-repellent pheromones".

Redundant. Knight's essentially saying here he's an ant scientist of ants. He could have just said "myrmecologist" and stopped.

Also, on reading this over again to post, I'm fairly sure he's saying he's the advanced life form, and we're just lowly insects scrabbling blindly at his feet.

[15:14] Wxxxxx Cxxxx: Everyone is judging everybody all the time, so why not do it out loud?
[15:14] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) grins
[15:15] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): No, I do not seem to possess social-repellent pheromones
[15:15] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): Emilly, you all seem to be well-rounded and approachable individuals. That is what I was trying to convey.
[15:15] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Woo!
[15:15] Ex Exxxxxx decides this is waaaaay too heavy.. takes another long toke...
[15:15] Dxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yay!
[15:15] Wxxxxx Cxxxx: My pheromones seem to actually attract certain male members of the population
[15:15] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: LOLOLOL
[15:15] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Hey, [Exxxx], sometimes, y'know, things just get heavy. It's cool.
[15:15] bxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: chillin' and thrillin', dancin' too
[15:16] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yes were the pinnnacle of sl sanity the Hotel Chelsea wwweee woo waaaa
[15:16] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: LOL
[15:16] Ex Exxxxxx sooooooaaars
[15:16] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): Guys, for your info: I run a virtual school, teaching "psychological manipulation". All my slaves / students testify to the quality of the content I deliver. If you'd like to be part of my following, please submit a formal request.

And there was the sales pitch: "Hey, baby, wanna come over to my place and I'll teach you Scientology? But on your knees, natch. 'Cos that's more fun."

[15:16] Rhi Milena (rhian.milena): laughs, always being judge, to tall, shapeless and #1 BIIATCH
[15:16] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[15:16] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: That is so new york uptown
[15:16] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) giggles. "All my slaves/students", there's an SL description for you

It really is.

[15:16] Wxxxxx Cxxxx: Do you have a course on discourse manipulation, Mr. Knight? I would attend that!
[15:17] Wxxxxx Cxxxx: horses [a**]?
[15:17] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: application for mind[f**k]? ya
[15:17] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: welcome to trump tower
[15:17] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hehe
[15:17] Ex Exxxxxx: hehehe.. high fives [Cxxxxxxxxx]
[15:17] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): Yes, [Lxxxxx], and there are no prerequisites for signing up, I just demand that you have a good grasp of the art of linguistics and be acquainted with the workings of the pre-frontal cortex.

Gotta have standards, I guess.

[15:17] sxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: *Chuckles like a chipmunk*
[15:17] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Working brains are important
[15:17] sxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ***** APPPPPPPLLLLAAAUUUSSSSEEEEEEE***********
[15:17] Ex Exxxxxx: rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy
[15:17] kxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ♫♫♫♫ APPLAUSE ♫♫ APPLAUSE ♫♫♫♫

Another skip of applauding.

[15:17] bxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: woot! woot! you be killin'
[15:18] sxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ♪♫♥ Applauds!!! ♥♫♪
[15:18] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I'd Rather Have a Bottle in Front of Me (Than a Frontal Lobotomy)
[15:18] Ex Exxxxxx feeds the horse another brownie

More applause, then...

[15:18] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: what about that dragon [exxx]
[15:18] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): Guys, forget music, I make use of telepathy, based on my own self-constructed Quantum Entanglement methodologies, to read the minds of the feeble-ones. You are going to be taught quite a lot of skills!

You're saying this at a live concert, you realize. Not a lot of sympathy for that opinion in the current crowd.

[15:18] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Getting the horse high? Oh, dear.
[15:18] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Okay then
[15:18] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: high as a horse
[15:18] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ya
[15:19] bxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol Emily
[15:19] Wxxxxx Cxxxx sings "I can read your mind..."
[15:19] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): I'm here to extend the wisdom of the otherworldly realms unto you. If you wish to be enlightened by the metaphysical forces, be my disciple.

No thanks. I'll skip it.

[15:19] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Eh, it's not that hard to read my mind
[15:19] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): [Sxxx]!
[15:19] Ex Exxxxxx: What a tail my thoughts could tell...
[15:19] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Hi!
[15:19] Ex Exxxxxx: er... tale.. tale.. not tail..
[15:19] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: heres my craziest friend for your "experiments" Arabian

I wouldn't even recommend his 'classes' to enemies.

[15:19] Dxxxxxv Rxxxxxxx: Welcome [Jxxxxxxx] - and everyone I might have missed - welcome to WOODSTOCK!!!
[15:20] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [jxxxxx] meet Arabian

Why?

[15:20] Wxxxxx Cxxxx looks up "Wait, how did we get from quantum physics to metaphysics???"

Who knows?

[15:20] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): I have grown up on the mountains of the land of Queen Sheba, the ancient land of Yemen, where the tigers roam. I am well-equipped to deal with the philosophies of all times, past and present. You're guaranteed to be in safe hands!

This is obviously some radically new definition of "safe" that actually means the reverse.

[15:20] Ex Exxxxxx: lol.. [Jxxx] that be one kuwazy mofo
[15:21] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): Greetings menstruating-creature ([Jxxxxx]), you're in the presence of the manipulative Knight!

So, swelled ego and an obsession with menstruation, got it.

Also "menstruating-creature" is such a weird way to speak to a woman.

[15:22] Nxxxxx Wxxx wonders if Arabian Knight grew from the horse or Vica Versa

Beginning to wonder that myself. Or if the horse part is in front and Arabian's the rear section.

[15:22] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): [Dxxxx], I think you are attempting an intellectual rebellion in my presence! I will not tolerate this!
[15:23] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): I intend to destroy all forms of delusion, and obliterate all oligarchical structures!

Sure you do.

At this point, Ms. E turned on the rain system--directly over Arabian.

[15:23] axxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx giggles
[15:23] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: OH No Rain?
[15:23] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ohno already
[15:24] kxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: there it is!!!
[15:24] Ex Exxxxxx: ooooNooooooo!!!!
[15:24] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): Alright, it is now time for the "admissions questions", if you all answer correctly, you shall be granted free access to my "School of Psychological Manipulation".

No thanks.

[15:24] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): Be ready please, pens on paper!
[15:24] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) snerks

He's not serious...right?

[15:24] bxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: splish splash!!!!!
[15:25] Rxxxxxx Axxxxx: rain is me [exxxx]
[15:25] Ex Exxxxxx: you're all wet, Knight.. :)

Another patch of applause for the singer...

[15:25] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): Question NO.1 : why is it that we never see people suffering from "severe mental retardation" claiming to be gay? Is "sexual identity" just a by-product of social conditioning? Perhaps it is nothing more than a psychological phenomenon?

Have you all been brainwashed (without soap) and socially conditioned to adopt a “sexual identity”?

Yeah. That was his first question.

[15:25] kxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hi [Oxxxxx] - Welcome!!!
[15:25] Rxxxx Mxxxxx: hey [O], hugss hon
[15:25] bxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx sheds a feather...
[15:25] Rxxxx Mxxxxx: brb
[15:26] Exxxxxxxxx Vxxxxxx: woot
[15:26] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): So the first question is rigged, because we do...

Because "severe mental retardation" has no effect on attraction. We're attracted to who we're attracted to, that's just simple human nature.

[15:26] Oxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hello everyoneeeeeeeee
[15:26] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: sea of endless avis
[15:26] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): But gender is a social construct, yes.

Because again, it is. This was supposed to be a hard question?

[15:26] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: circular arguement! spins in a circle O
[15:26] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): So you are all brainwashed (without soap)?

What does that mean, anyway? Brainwashed without soap?

[15:27] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i use PSYCHE soap. myself
[15:27] txxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hi [Txxxx] - Welcome and [Cxxxxx]!
[15:27] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Well, I prefer to think of it as generally washed
[15:27] Cxxxxx Axxxx: Hey Emily
[15:27] Cxxxxx Axxxx: Hi [Sxxxx].
[15:27] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Hello [Cxxxxx]!
[15:27] Cxxxxx Axxxx: Hey [Exxxx]
[15:27] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): Question NO.2 : do you know that males can breastfeed using their breasts with little modification at all? All it takes is a raise in a hormone called "Prolactin" which can occur naturally without medical intervention!

So why do men find women's breasts arousing when they technically have the same feature?
[15:28] Cxxxxxxxxx Hxxxxxxx: [f**k] off

So say we all.

[15:28] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: oh boy
[15:28] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no rain no rain
[15:28] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): Question NO.3 did you know that we all start as females in the womb, for the first 2 weeks during development the fetus is nothing more than a female body-shell without hormones. It is only after the appearance of hormones that the fetus changes gender to male (if it has the YX Chromosome present), and that is why men have what looks like a "stitching" on their genitals, this is due to the infusion of the female parts they once had!

This is not a question, it's a statement.

[15:28] Nxxxxx Wxxx: yep... he grew from the saddle.... the horse rules
[15:28] Cxxxxx Axxxx: Hey [Dxxxx]
[15:29] Nxxxxx Wxxx: Hi [Cxxxxx]

More applause, then--

[15:29] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Question 2, the first answer is yes, obviously, and the second answer is just very obvious in cultures that oversexualize based on gender. Not so much in cultures that don't.

More applause.

[15:29] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Are you going to ask any actual questions, Knight, or is this some sort of mental masturbation exercise?
[15:29] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: oh crap
[15:30] jxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: wheres my umbrella dang
[15:30] axxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx giggles
[15:31] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Question number 3 is not a question. Also duh.
[15:31] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Come on now. Step up your game.

Then he IMed me.

[15:32] Arabian Knight (arabianknight01): I have a theory in regards to the psychology of women; basically, in my view, the whole psychology of women is governed by the menstrual cycle (i.e. period). All women's feelings, thoughts, and patterns of behavior are first and foremost nothing but a byproduct of a subconscious psycho-physiological "struggle" ; for example(s), women think that blood is a substance that is unclean and unattractive, and so they try to "make-up" and beautify themselves to attract the opposite gender to mate with them. Also, women think that blood (in its essence) is a substance that embodies harsh concepts (such as death), and that is why they tend to act "soft and loving" to offset such an apparent contradiction between their "supposed beauty" and the otherwise gruesome concepts relating to blood. Moreover, women think that bleeding reflects a deficiency, and that is why they are generally insecure, and as a result, don't see themselves as capable beings worthy of engaging in societal affairs, so they tend to be submissive!

There is just so much to unpack here, all of it demonstrating a deeply flawed understanding of women, biology, culture, society, and submission.

[15:33] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) cackles
[15:33] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Cute theory. Wrong, but cute.
[15:36] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Do you always talk condescendingly to women, or is it just me?

Because, wau. Way to make me both very amused and homicidal all at once, congratulations.

Thankfully, he stopped responding, and disappeared soon after, so with any luck, one of the Chelsea staff bounced him to the curb. It is devoutly to be hoped, at any rate.

But, considering the man's looking for "slaves/students", openly admits to misogynistic ideas about women, seems to have some sort of phobic response to natural body processes, and claims to be a master of psychological manipulation? This to me says "dangerous", so...consider this blog entry my warning to the women of SL. Don't go near him.

cruel tricks of romance degraded by their spite

This one's a doozy.

So I was hugging a very close friend at the Chelsea Hotel, when a stranger walked up and IMed me.

[13:48] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lookin good
[13:48] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Thank you.
[13:49] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: my pleasure

I didn't see a real need to respond to that, especially as said close friend was leading me upstairs to his apartment, so we could sit, and cuddle for a bit, and talk out the issues of the day. But seven minutes later:

[13:56] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: emily is it
[13:57] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Emilly, yes.
[13:59] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: pretty name to compliment the face

I'm not stupid. I knew he was coming on to me. I also knew I wasn't exactly giving "Yes, take me now!" answers. Plus, I'd pulled his profile in the intervening time.



All the pages are like this. No bio. No picture. No groups. No picks. No FL bio. No FL image.

Nothing. Man's a completely blank.

[13:59] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: im [cxxx]

Of course you are.

[13:59] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Hi, [Cxxx].
[14:00] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: (takes one of your hands, kissing lightly)
[14:00] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: a bit better acquainted right
[14:01] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): A bit, yes.
[14:01] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) smiles.

I'm still waiting for the play...

[14:03] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: pretty smile too i see
[14:03] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: seems were both enjoying the hotel
[14:04] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Well, they do a lot of poetry readings here.
[14:05] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: the artistic type eh
[14:05] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I dabble, but there are some really good poets here.
[14:07] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ya dont say
[14:07] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): You just missed a big gathering, actually. They were reading in voice.

They were. I missed most of it, sadly, but I was glad to hear what I did. There's some really phenomenal poets on the grid.

[14:10] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: were they
[14:11] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i enjoy the arts myself
[14:11] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: including poetry
[14:11] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: seems we have something in common

...Good? I mean, I'm still looking for the angle...I know it's coming.

[14:11] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Then you're in the right place.
[14:12] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: what is your favorite poetic style to use
[14:14] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Well, I personally write prose, but I love blank verse and villanelles.
[14:18] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i like both, tho i have to admit I prefer poetry
[14:18] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: something about it
[14:18] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: stirs the emotions ya know
[14:18] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) nods
[14:18] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Many do.

In fact, the friend I was, at this point, hanging out on a couch with upstairs, has had this debate with me--is free verse poetry, or is it just rearrangement? As a largely prose writer who employs free verse, I'm on the side of, it is another school of poetry. (He is not. It's a fun thing to discuss now and again.)

[14:27] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: one of my favorite authors has always been c.s. lewis
[14:27] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: tho for more than he's famous for
[14:28] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: if you havent read some of his poetry you should check it out
[14:28] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): C.S. Lewis is decent, yes.

Which is all I felt comfortable saying...Tell me someone's a fan of the Narnia books, I'll nod, but tell me they're a fan of C.S. Lewis' poetry, or essays--both largely religious--well, I will get a specific impression in my head, and it's usually tied to 'smile and back away slowly'.

This is likely unjust, but it's the first thing that comes to mind.

Much later:

[14:42] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: a girl's got good taste
[14:42] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) smiles
[14:42] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: who's your favorite poet
[14:43] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Walt Whitman

Hands down, that will always be my answer.

[14:43] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: another genius
[14:43] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: he has some good quotes too
[14:43] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): He does
[14:44] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: like his thoughts on god are really interesting
[14:44] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i dont think they were judao christian tbh
[14:44] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): They are, yes.
[14:44] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: he saw god as cruel

Well...I mean, if you read the book...

[14:44] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Who, Whitman? He wasn't.
[14:44] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: and it reflects in his poems
[14:47] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: didnt think so
[14:54] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: on the darker side, i think poe and lovecraft have some good stuff too
[14:54] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: while we're still on whats classic
[14:54] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ive dabbled in alot of different genres so im inspired by alot
[14:54] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: and ongoing
[14:54] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: with newer writers
[15:03] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) nods
[15:03] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I adore Poe and Lovecraft
[15:03] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): And Wilson

Turns out I meant to say "Chambers", the author of the King in Yellow, and somehow crossed wires with Robert Anton Wilson, the cartoonist....but okay.

[15:17] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: a good old time poet as well
[15:17] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: let me grow lovelys a favorite

I could not then, and cannot now, remember a single poem Robert Anton Wilson was famous for. Certainly not something called "Let Me Grow Lovelys". But there is a Karle Wilson Baker, who wrote a poem called "Let Me Grow Lovely", so...maybe her?

[17:45] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: was heading out to enjoy the evening beach weather awhile
[17:45] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: we might share poetry together
[17:45] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) smiles
[17:45] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Perhaps!

And I moved on with things. I thought the conversation was clearly over.

[17:52] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: tending to something else in the meantime actually, why dont we try meeting there around 7 o clock SL time
[17:52] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: gorgeous spot
[17:53] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: maybe even share a few drinks with our poems

And there it is.

[17:53] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Ah, well.
[17:53] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): That may be an issue. I'm gone from SL usually from five pm SLT to 8 to 8:30 pm SLT, all nights.
[17:53] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Though tonight the shoppers are still out shopping, so dinner hasn't been called yet :D
[17:55] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ah, i c

"See".

[17:56] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): And, if you're thinking drinks and poetry, then you should know in advance, my dance card's kind of full
[17:56] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Friends are fine, dates are--there's not enough time in the day at this point
[18:02] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: that popular huh
[18:03] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Well, I wouldn't put it in those terms. But one partner, one owner, one mate, two girlfriends, three boyfriends--it adds up.

Now, this is not me bragging. I'm not carving notches in any of the bedposts in the beds I happen to sleep in. This was more--I'm booked. I don't have time to get involved with anyone else. Sort of a heads up before things go further.

Was that the wrong thing to say? Should we have started going on coffee dates, going to wine bars, reading each other poems, before I said anything? In my mind, that's even more cruel.

[18:09] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: never was one to contribute to a bitches power. rather take it away from her
[18:09] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [f**k] you
[18:09] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Excuse me?
[18:10] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Where, in anything I've said since you said hello, have I indicated any attempt to seize power?

I'm dead serious. Where in the whole of this conversation, to this point, have I said I want to wrest male power away from men at all, in any way? I do believe the boy is projecting.

[18:13] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Enjoy the rest of your SL, I suppose.
[18:34] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: congratulations, you've won the hypergamy award.

I had to look this one up. Turns out he's using it wrong, though weirdly, it's accurate for me--hypergamy refers to the practice of marrying someone of higher social status or position than oneself. And I am clearly aware of this--the only reason I'm a Duchess now is I married a Duke. So fair cop there, but--I don't think that's what he meant.

[18:34] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i keep my eyes open for women that i at the end of the day deem to be pure [dog sh*t]

Was that necessary?

[18:34] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: now keep your eyes open, i got a little gift coming for you today.

Haven't seen it yet.

[18:34] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: revenge is sweet bitch.

If you say so.

[18:34] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: oh and here's a little something else since you like poetry:

[18:34] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: a blank stare
[18:34] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [p***y] wet
[18:34] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: entitlement
[18:34] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: watch her twitch
[18:34] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: dont be caught in
[18:34] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: the facade she emits
[18:34] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: that how you tell
[18:34] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: she's a witch

I mean, I've read better, but it has a slight catch to it, especially the last three lines.

[18:34] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: now burn in hell
[18:34] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): You seem upset.

I had to leave soon after, for RL, but...wau, this man spun on a dime. There is a term for that, which I'm not going to employ here, but it is coming to mind.

{Late insert from the Editrix: It came to my attention that the blurred-out profile still contained the username on top, and there was one visible instance of his username in the quoted chat, and that has been changed. The profile I'll change if I have time, frankly. Consider it a warning to the women in SL not to associate, because anyone who ramps up this quickly into spewing hate from "I am seeing other people, I don't want any more romantic relationships" is someone who doesn't like women anyway. So best to avoid.}

the feelings start to rot, one wink at a time

There's one in every crowd.

[15:39] mxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hey Emily
[15:39] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Hi!
[15:39] mxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: you are so sexy

Occupational hazard. Seriously, 70% of the way I look is due to look restrictions at work, followed by dominant instructions on how he wanted me to look. I've made small adjustments here and there--the face is largely my work, the height is definitely my work, but the figure? I'm glad people appreciate it, but--I just did what they told me.

[15:39] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Oh, thank you.
[15:39] mxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: how are you dear
[15:39] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I'm good.
[15:39] mxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: nice to listen that
[15:40] mxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i want kiss you later

Oh, here we go.

[15:40] mxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: can i add you dear ?

And, while I was pondering how best to politely demur--

[15:41] mxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i think it is better way to say yes
[15:41] mxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: and accept my friendship

That's vaguely threatening.

[15:41] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Well, that may be slightly tricky. So. What is allowable for the Mate, or the partner, goes into business for others.

Translation: "I am not about to freely jump into the arms of someone who wants to friend me just for unpaid sex without a darned good reason, thanks ever so".

[15:41] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): But I can send you my rate card, absolutely willing to do that.

And then he sent a Gyazo snap. That's...creepy.

[15:42] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Yes, that's [Mxxxxx], I'm here with him.

You'd think "I'm here with someone", and him sending clear proof of same, would be enough, but...

[15:42] mxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i send you my rate card so i dont thing you want send and to other half of you
[15:42] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) tries to parse that
[15:43] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): So, you just want me to buy your services for half of me, not the whole person?

Thankfully, he either couldn't come up with a snappy rejoinder, or just gave up, but--weird conversation. So much yikes.

aren't you the bright one? aren't you the trooper?

Contraption chat, because Basil, the clerk at Contraption, is mentioned, though still anonymizing individuals? This...went places:

[14:22] Bxxxx Bxxxx: Omg Basil is not here
[14:22] txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: youre right!! omg..wait who is Basil?

So for anyone who doesn't know, Basil is Contraption's overworked clerk. Being a bot, he pretty much just sits in the store constantly. I believe you can IM him and the messages will be delivered to the designers. I think you can also click him for store information.

[14:22] nxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: he sim restart crashed?
[14:22] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): This...is a problem
[14:22] pxxxxxxxxxxxx: thats what i was trying to figure out earlier and jsut didnt want to panic
[14:22] Gxxxxxxxx Sxxxxxxxxxxx: Noooo! Basil!
[14:22] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Don't panic
[14:22] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): NOBODY PANIC

I mean, I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation.

[14:23] Bxxxx Bxxxx: [Txxxxxx] how come you don't know Basil ffs ?
[14:23] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I'm sure there's an explanation

See? Even past me thought there was.

[14:23] lxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: houston, we have a problem
[14:23] pxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: im panicing!!!
[14:23] txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I knew Basil..even though jhe was a drunk he was a good guy
[14:23] axxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Coffee break?
[14:23] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Oh, see, explanation.
[14:23] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): He's out for coffee. Of course.
[14:23] Gxxxxxxxx Sxxxxxxxxxxx: I have been trying to chat him up for years
[14:23] Bxxxx Bxxxx: Same here
[14:23] Bxxxx Bxxxx: but he left his book so probably not leaving for long
[14:23] sxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I actually heard the on-sim Basil is a clone, and the REAL Basil goes out to cause havoc

Havoc? That doesn't seem very Basil-like.

[14:24] Rxxxxxx Cxxxx: everyone deserves a break...even useless elves like me~ c: ♥
[14:24] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Any time now, he'll come back in, caffeinated to the gills, and sit down and vibrate for four hours.
[14:24] oxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: wait you guys can see Basil?
[14:24] Bxxxx Bxxxx: God damn leaf lovers.

Meet Mr. B, our main antagonist. Very hostile rodent.

[14:24] Rxxxxxx Cxxxx:
[14:24] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): We usually can, yes. Just not today, apparently.
[14:24] Mxxxxx Wxxxxxxxx: Only seen him once
[14:24] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) is also a fan of tea leaves, if it helps. And basil leaves. And lemon leaves...
[14:25] Walton F. Wainwright (faust.steamer): Region restarts likely took him down, he'll be up eventually.
[14:25] Cxxx Cxxxxxxxx: Perhaps [Sxxxx] has scolded him again.
[14:26] Bxxxx Bxxxx: BASIIIIILL!!!
[14:26] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Oh, I see. Region restart made him depressed.

Even bots have bad days.

[14:26] Walton F. Wainwright (faust.steamer): Basil is on 24/7 in the mainstore, so you'll see him every day unless something like thishappens
[14:26] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): So give him time, people.
[14:26] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I'm sure he'll be back to his normal standoffish self in no time.
[14:26] sxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: does he need therapy?
[14:26] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Don't we all?
[14:26] Bxxxx Bxxxx: I was afraid of my best friend. I was visiting him for our tea party.
[14:27] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): "Of" is ominous there...

It really is.

[14:27] Bxxxx Bxxxx: I don't need therapy, I need money
[14:27] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): OH, well, I'd like that too, yes.
[14:27] Bxxxx Bxxxx: Monthly 1000$ without working will do for me.
[14:27] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I don't mind working for it.
[14:27] Bxxxx Bxxxx: I can even raise a child.
[14:27] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Woo! Life skills!
[14:27] Pxxxxx Cxxxx: honestly alot of problesm could be fixed if people were given more money
[14:28] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Also true.
[14:28] Gxxxxxxxx Sxxxxxxxxxxx: Yes, yes. But... Basil!

True, let's focus on the problem at hand.

[14:29] Bxxxx Bxxxx: Still not here :(
[14:31] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Breathe. In and out. It will be okay.
[14:32] Gxxxxxxxx Sxxxxxxxxxxx: I am making posters
[14:33] Bxxxx Bxxxx: We should form a search team
[14:34] Rxxxxxx Cxxxx: +
[14:35] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Where would we search? There's only so much store.

I mean, unless Mr. Wainright has been experimenting with alternate dimensions...

[14:35] axxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Anyone look under the desk yet?
[14:35] Bxxxx Bxxxx: Is there any event release Books ?
[14:36] Rxxxxxx Cxxxx: Sorry [bxxxx] i would like to participate in the search team thing..but my vision is pooorly done
[14:36] Bxxxx Bxxxxn: poorly ?
[14:37] Rxxxxxx Cxxxx: Yah my vision is bad i can only see the nothingness
[14:38] Bxxxx Bxxxx: how is that work ?
[14:39] Rxxxxxx Cxxxx: I'm curious. If you only see the void does it see you?
[14:39] Rxxxxxx Cxxxx: yessss!
[14:39] axxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Depends, are you looking at a black cat?
[14:40] Rxxxxxx Cxxxx: ahhhh i see some outfits that i'm loving already...

Yeah, that happens just entering the store.

[14:41] Rxxxxxx Cxxxx: Vote poll more outfits please!
[14:42] Bxxxx Bxxxx: First time here ?
[14:42] Rxxxxxx Cxxxx: second time yess
[14:42] Bxxxx Bxxxx: Shame
[14:43] Rxxxxxx Cxxxx Is not the smartest elf and would fall for almost any trap !
[14:43] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Well, THAT'S a blatant advertisement.
[14:43] Bxxxx Bxxxx: First of all, I hate leaf lovers.
[14:44] Bxxxx Bxxxx: Secondly I hate 1 demon

Remember what I said? Hostile.

[14:44] Bxxxx Bxxxx: and thirdly, WHERE IS BASIL!
[14:44] Gxxxxxxxx Sxxxxxxxxxxx: They say the first 24 hours are crucial
[14:45] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Which demon? I want to make sure I'm not that demon, because apparently you already hate me for the leaf thing. :p
[14:46] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Also....wait. Now Em haz a confuse. Coffee beans are not leaves??

I mean, I'm right on that, yes? Coffee beans are berry seeds and tea is flower leaves...right?

[14:46] Bxxxx Bxxxx: You are an elf and a demon ?
[14:46] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Eh, more generally shapeshifting fae?
[14:47] Bxxxx Bxxxx: Thats worst than elf

What did I do to Mr. B? I think it boiled down to existing. And then:

[14:47] Walton F. Wainwright (faust.steamer): Group Notice Sent by: Faust Steamer

NEW RELEASE @The Men's Dept!
Dear Contraptioneers,

We have two brand new bags out for you to grab, with male and female bento holds, that can be worn on LEFT or RIGHT hands! Hurray!

We've got a gladstone bag here

And a totally not suspicious violin case here

Grab these today and try not to be too suspicious. Landmark attached to this notice!

Best regards,
Walton

[14:47] Pxxxxxxxxx Sxxxxxxx mumbles in tiefling
[14:47] Bxxxx Bxxxx: oh those bags looks really good

They do. I have very little use for the Gladstone bag, but...I kind of want it anyway.

[14:47] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): But I have some demonic aspects, with the horns, and the tails, and the....Wau. [Bxxxx]. Judgy l'il mouse, aren'tcha?
[14:48] Bxxxx Bxxxx: What are you ?

Truly, a question for the ages. Even I don't really know. Cross-drawn and not quartered, cursed and squandered, parents two species that generally can't interbreed...I mean, who really knows?

[14:48] Bxxxx Bxxxx: Also we don't trust Tieflings here

Mm, I think it's more that you don't trust Tieflings, Mr. B.

[14:48] Pxxxxxxxxx Sxxxxxxx: its ok, most don't
[14:48] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Leanán Sídhe Unseelie fae Duchess of Gearhaven, and you?

I mean...I married into the Duchy, but the Leanán Sídhe, that's mine.

[14:48] Mxxxxxxxxxx Axxx: ... Guys.
[14:48] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): (I'm not arguing, I'm laughing. But if he's arguing, I'll drop it.)

And this much is true. I was not upset, more bemused and baffled, by Mr. B's extreme antipathy.

[14:49] Mxxxxxxxxxx Axxx:



[14:49] Pxxxxxxxxx Sxxxxxx: lol wat
[14:49] axxxxxx Rxxxxxxx snorts into sip of coffee
[14:49] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): NUUUUUUUUUU! Basil's been botnapped!
[14:49] Walton F. Wainwright (faust.steamer): Oh, guess I better hire his brother, Oregano now
[14:50] Bxxxx Bxxxx: He got a brother ?
[14:50] Pxxxxxxxxx Sxxxxxxx: Mint is kinda fun
[14:50] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Just not Catnip. She's a troublemaker.
[14:50] lxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: His sister Rosemary is quite nice
[14:51] Mxxxxxxxxxx Axxx:



[14:51] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): NUUUUUUUU
[14:51] Mxxxxxxxxxx Axxx: The kidnapper also said they want more V-tech stuff. I dunno, they seemed pretty serious.

Those dastards.

[14:52] Mxxxxxxxxxx Axxx: I'd give me--Er, them, what they want.
[14:52] Pxxxxxxxxxx Sxxxxxxx: so we just get someone big and mean to wait under the bridge with the 25L
[14:52] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): What is this world coming to?
[14:52] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Oh! Solution! Send [Bxxxx].

I mean, he may not qualify as big, but he likely qualifies as mean.

[14:53] Bxxxx Bxxxx: OHHHH
[14:53] Bxxxx Bxxxx: Got it now
[14:53] Bxxxx Bxxxx: Its a new marketing strategy. Mr.Wainwright make Basil disappear so we have to get the new bag for the ransom money.
[14:54] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): GENIUS
[14:54] Rxxxxxx Cxxxx: money? ;o
[14:54] Bxxxx Bxxxx: Well we don't have letter yet but probably kidnapped for ransom

*points up* Letter. Right up there.

[14:55] Mxxxxxxxxxx Axxx:



[14:56] Pxxxxxxxxx Sxxxxxxx: wonder what the kidnappers taste like

Anxiety and desperation, probably.

[14:56] Bxxxx Bxxxx: This handwriting same with your [Sxxxxxx]
[14:56] Bxxxx Bxxxx: Lads and Laddies, we got him.
[14:56] Mxxxxxxxxxx Axxx: Nonsense, I don't have handwriting.
[14:56] Rxxxxxx Cxxxx: XD
[14:56] Mxxxxxxxxxx Axxx: I went to school for compsci.
[14:57] Bxxxx Bxxxx: [Sxxxxxx] release Basil immedietly or I will hunt you down.
[14:57] Sxxxxx Fxx: does Basil not get a vacation?
[14:57] Mxxxxxxxxxx Axxx: I have no arms, how could I hold him captive?

Well...I mean, that is a good point...but I seem to remember Contraption making more than one prosthetic arm...

[14:58] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Shame on you, [Sxxxxxx].
[14:59] Mxxxxxxxxxx Axxx: Look, I'm just saying, we should probably give the kidnapper what he wants.
[14:59] Mxxxxxxxxxx Axxx: Cane swords. And more V-tech clothes.
[14:59] Rxxxxxx Cxxxx: magic.
[14:59] mxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: more horror esgue items?
[15:00] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Well, that's bound to happen. It's Contraption. There will be horror and wonder.

Soon after, Basil was restorted to the store, so...we may never know who the botnapper was.