Elder Elle in Eyr

I thought Eyr was really lovely and I like RPing. I'm a writer in RL and new to para RPing and could still use the practice at it! I had an elderly elf character I had created months ago and never used. I tweaked her costuming and hair and voila! Jungle elf elder Elle! I've decided to name her "Nasirah," which means "support" or "helper." I've got a whole back story worked out and everything.

I'm looking forward to participating in Eyr. As I said before, I had visited when the sims were the Realm of Mystara. They closed in March (the RP was that they were reclaimed by the mysts), but one sim was saved and the community kept intact with the creation of Eyr (look for the Mysts of Eyr when it comes up in search). Coming from what I just experienced with Steelhead, I appreciate that. Although the sim owner is a former Mystaran community leader, it still has the input of the original creator, which I think helps with continuity.

The story here is that the Mystarans, fleeing their land's reclamation, have made their way to this jungle island to eke out a new existence. Only thing is that the island was not empty and its indigenous inhabitants (the Moei Aising) aren't too thrilled about it. Everything is still new, so the stories are still being created and explored. Exciting!

New Steelhead Sim

Steelhead's latest sim, St Helen's landed. Lunar and Tensai are hard at work on it, but it is already shaping up to be a really pretty rustic sim. I'd say that it is the most rugged looking of the six so far...Lots are still open in it, so if you are interested, please contact TotalLunar Eclipse...And of course I explored it as a ferret and chased after the deer...

Lunar's "Experiment"

Lunar thought he would try being a human, which means no ears or moon marking, average height, and *gasp* dark hair. "Uncomfortable" is how he described it. I'm a shapeshifter, so I constantly change and it's no big deal for me. I believe he is trying to prove a point of sorts. For him, it is a bit radical to look as he does.

No wonder he has that look on his face...

Going Into a New Year...

Going into this new year full of possibilities, these words from Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" came to mind:

I exist as I am, that is enough.

If no other in the world be aware as I sit content,

And if each and all be aware I sit content...

One world is aware, and by far the largest to me,

and that is myself...

And whether I come to my own today or in ten thousand

or ten million years,

I can cheerfully take it now, or with equal cheerfulness,

I can wait.

A very happy New Year's to you and yours...

Exploring Terabithia

It's nice to get away and explore sometimes, so Lunar suggested we visit the Realm of Terabithia the other day as he was interested in a new fantasy RP sim. He had on a set of some of the most stunning elven armor I've seen. One of the first things that we did was to take a canoe around its waterways. We both couldn't stop laughing hard at one point as he ran it aground and kept on going--over land! We then hopped out and went on foot throughout its various sections that we had access to...
We had on our observer tags, which meant that we we were not to interfere with the ongoing RP, but its residents didn't seem to mind interacting with us anyway. Usually it involved a well-deserving suspicion of my intent as a drow on their lands. I suppose a dark elf travelling through surface lands with a moon elf is an unusual sight. We stood on the bluff near the underdark entrance that overlooked the lands and I teased him that I look forward to being his adversary. Now if only I can learn how to use Spellfire...

Dark Elf in Realm of Terabithia

I decided to check out a space in the Realm of Terabithia's market for my dark elf/drow and fantasy pieces, which I'll also be sharing with Lunar, who makes nice cloaks. As it turned out, the sim owner is a drowess as well and the Ilharess of her house, Agaden...
She took me on a guided tour of the sims (4 total), which are still a work in progress, and showed me areas such as the humans' keep, a sprawling build perfect for riders...Here I am in the tree grove in the lands of the elf clan there. The drow are currently at war with them, but then again when aren't we at war with someone?I crossed the bridge which leads to the orc area and the drow underdark... I truly felt like I was making quite the journey as we wound through the landscape, but when I stepped through to the underdark there, she said "Welcome home." This picture doesn't do it justice. It is a fantastic place, multileveled and complex and one of the best underdarks I've seen so far. It is also the location of one of the three main temples of Lloth. I know Lunar would love to see this area, but being a moon elf, he'd probably end up on a rack in the torture rooms there or something. Trust me, that happened to an elf during my visit...If you would like to see other places to enjoy being a dark elf/drow you can refer to my list HERE.

Death Rays, Tiny Nuns and a New Project

My evening started off in Winterfell Absinthe at the Jager Poetry Slam. Death rays, fire, explosions and nuns with guns are my idea of a good time. Oh yeah...and poetry too!
My evening ended with Lunar showing me the location of an upcoming project I'll be helping him out on. For those of you who don't know, he's a helluva builder, but I'm the one with the helluva knack for textures and texture tweaking...which leads to lots of notecards from him that make me say "You want what?!" (for instance, a sculptie conch shell. Yes, I did create it.) Ooo elf...be glad you're my friend! No really, I truly enjoy working on textures though and maybe when things slow down again a bit for me, I might even make a texture pack. I love the creative aspects of this world...

Giant Cookies

The white hair, the treehome living, the ears. He can deny his Keebler relatives all he wants to, but I could not resist leaving this "little" present for Lunar in front of his home...

New Drow/Dark Elf Armor

Okay, I find being a dark elf/drow too much fun and perfect for a weapons-wielding gal with a strong personality like myself. Since I got the skin months ago it has always been one of my faves to wear. Inspired by Lunar's armor that I made for him, I thought I'd make some for myself and voila...Yes guys, there's a version for you too...

Congrats Dia! And a Touch of Elven Payback...

Dia tp'd me over to Suffugium (I wish I had a pic of Gomi's von Trapp Family Victorian urchin look) where she told me "Ohmigod! I partnered Dewitt!" Yes, "ohmigod!" is right! I am happy for them both, as he's a good match for her and wish them both much happiness in their inworld future! I would also like to congratulate Eds upon her recent partnering with Zen, and I wish them much happiness as well. And um...my "Come a little closer moon elf, I won't hit you over the head with my sword hilt" trashtalking came back to haunt me when Lunar beat me twice tonight back to back. Arrgh. Here, he is just demonstrating to me what one of his Spellfire system staffs can do...

Moon Elf vs Dark Elf Sparring

As most of you know, I love to fight...particularly with swords. When I recently upgraded my graphics card, #2 on my list of SL things to do was "Fight Lunar". Okay, so it said "Whup Lunar"...that's besides the point. My Vista plat is perfect for sparring and we both really needed practice. I put on my new dark elf armor that I started making and we went at it using DCS2. I found it very convenient that he had to leave when I was beating him. Until next time...

Little SL Happinesses

I have little things that make me very happy while inworld. One of them is watching and listening to the waves crash at my home in Steelhead...Another is doing so while dancing with a handsome elf on my roof...*sighs dreamily*

Of Blue Skin & Moon Elves...

Anyone who truly knows me knows that when I'm not my steampunk kitty self, I shapeshift. Phin has said that he never knows which Elle he is coming inworld to. I love different skins and avatars and thanks to fellow Plurker Peter Stindberg, I am finally blue. I have always wanted a really pretty blue skin like this and I am tremendously happy with it. Even has freckles! Yay! Thank you Peter!Lunar is wonderful to me and I thought I'd repay that kindness by making a surprise for him. He had been talking about wanting elven armor. I've never made any before, but armed with RL references of Chinese, Russian, Japanese armor and medieval platemail, I decided to make a go at it. He, like I, was pretty amazed at how it turned out. It is named "Lunar Yugao" after Yoshitoshi's "100 Aspects of the Moon" woodblock engraving inspired by the Tale of Genji. A part of the engraving is embossed on the metal. I think it is one of the most beautiful things I have made in SL so far...

A Visit to Aglarond

I love when others show me their favorite places inworld. Tonight, Lunar gave me a tour of one of his, Aglarond, a medieval fantasy sim. He was in his demon-like blood elf form, which is pretty spectacular with the armor and silver horns and the wings and *sighs*.

Me? Just my human self tonight, and at one point while exploring he told me to look up and see something I might like. He was right...