Powerless

TUNES

Master of puppets, I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can’t see a thing
Just call my name ’cause I’ll hear you scream
Master!

[- Metallica -]

What a week… don’t you hate that, if things go like 180 degrees the other way as you planned it? I am one of those, who like to at least plan a week ahead, what I do have to do, what I want to do and what I am supposed to do. I usually hardly can focus on things and I keep forgetting things very quickly – my friends know that and thank god they are not too mad with me usually *snickers* – and that is why I usually at least make a rough draft on a piece of paper or my calendar for each week.

Corona and the closing of the schools already messes that up weekly and if something else comes across, it can instantly become a disaster. That is what happened the past week. Blessedly it did all calm down and I finally could manage to get all done.

That gives me the time to post today. I know the Puppet Show gacha isn’t a new release from Moon Amore, but sometimes things need time until the “kiss me” and I know what I want to do with them πŸ˜‰ I do enjoy the changeover from new releases, things I got because I liked them, but didn’t have the right inspiration and all time favorites. Many tried to tell me a blog always has to be up to date and you only can use things once – I completely disagree with that. My blog is my personal sandbox and I can play the way I like to play πŸ˜‰ Certainly I will have new releases which I found in stores and on events, or amazing designs I got from my incredible, awesome sponsors, but as well there are times where I just can fool around with things out of my inventory and create pictures just the way I feel in that very moment πŸ˜‰

Exactly that happened a few days ago with the Puppet Show gacha from Moon Amore and I really enjoyed playing with it as you can see β™₯

Clothing

Dress: :MoonAmore: – “Puppet Show /Puppet Master Dress” (Maitreya, Gacha, Rare)

Gloves: :MoonAmore: – “Puppet Show /Muse Gloves”( Maitreya, Gacha, Common)

Stockings: :MoonAmore: – “Puppet Show / Scene Stockings – Blood” (Maitreya, Gacha, Common)

Shoes: UTOPIA@Design – “Romina” (Maitreya)

Accessories

Headpiece: :MoonAmore: – “Puppet Show / Triada Tiara” (Gacha, Common)

Collar: AsteroidBox – “Crystal Collar”

Hair & Makeup

Face Scars: . The Rotting Lab . – “Waster – Scar – Pale” (BoM)

Eye Art: Nefekalum Tattoos – “Hunger // Tattoo” & “Hunger // Sclera Overlay”

Hair: MINA Hair – “Audrie”

Head, Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLUTKA – “Erin 2.0”

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”

Tattoo 1: .:Vegas:. – “Tattoo Dark Sweet Love” (BoM)

Tattoo 2: TF – “Veins With Eye Shading” (BoM)

Tattoo 3: TF – “Machinist (F) :: Without Sore – Light” (BoM)

Poses, Props & Tools

Poses: Poseidon – “Puppet Set”

Set:

DRD – “Antique Shoppe – Old Door Display”

DRD – “Antique Shoppe – Gramaphone Display”

DRD – “MS – Fortune Telling Chair”

:MoonAmore: – “Puppet Show / Puppeteer Hand – Gold”

CURELESS [+] – “BunnyDoll / Shoulder / BEIGE”

CURELESS [+] – “BunnyDoll / Hold / BEIGE”

CURELESS [+] – “BunnyDoll / Hanging / BEIGE”

:MoonAmore: – “Caged soul / Hojalata Bird – OpenWings (Fire)” (Gacha, Common)

:MoonAmore: – “Caged soul / Hojalata Bird – Stand (Fire)” (Gacha, Common)

:MoonAmore: – “Caged soul / Hojalata Bird – Flying (Fire)” (Gacha, Common)

Serenity Style – “Bella .-Broken Mirror”

Stylist, Model & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

Dead Inside

TUNES

You’re free to touch the sky
Whilst I am crushed and pulverized
Because you need control
Now I’m the one who’s letting go
You like to give an inch
Whilst I am giving infinity
But now I’ve got nothing left
You have no cares and I’m bereft
[- Muse -]

Clothing

Socks: [CX] – “Chiyou Legwraps Oil Spill” (Maitreya)

Outfit: .{PSYCHO:Byts}. – “Sil Lingerie Black” (Maitreya)

Accessories

Horns: [Cubic Cherry] – “{Tartarus} Horns”

Collar: [CX] – “XenoCircuit – Night” (Maitreya)

Wings: darkendStare. – “R’lyeh Wings [Oil]”

Right Leg: amias – “Leonie leg belt” (Maitreya)

Feet Claws: L’Emporio&PL – “Damned Claws – Flat Feet v.2” (Maitreya)

Rings & Nails: [CX] x BUENO – “Welded Eye – Silver” (Maitreya, Bento)

Hair & Makeup

Hair: Dura – “B98-Hair-Fat Pack A:right (diamond face line)”

Faceart: Nefekalum Tattoos – “My Anubis 2.0 (Gloom)” (Materials Enabled, LeLUTKA Evo. HD Materials)

Lashes: ~Shiny Stuffs~ – “Lash Parade” (LeLUTKA Evo. HD Appliers)

Head, Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLUTKA – “Erin 2.5”

Eyes: Madame Noir – “Enigma HD Eyes”Β  (LeLUTKA Evo. HD Applier) – NEW @ The Darkness Event // January 2021

Ears: L’Emporio&PL – “Athan”

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”

Tattoo 1: Nefekalum Tattoos – “Your Anubis (Gloom)” (Maitreya Applier, Materials Enabled)

Tattoo 2: TF – “Machinist (F) :: Chest – Light 75%” (BoM)

Poses, Props & Tools

Poses: Foxcity

Backdrop: Foxcity – “FOXCITY. Photo Booth – Ghostly I (Ghost Goo+Materials)”

Model, Stylist & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

Numb

TUNES

I’m tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface
Don’t know what you’re expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
Can’t you see that you’re smothering me
Holding too tightly, afraid to lose control?
‘Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take
And I know
I may end up failing too
But I know
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you
I’ve become so numb
I can’t feel you there
Become so tired
So much more aware
I’m becoming this
All I want to do
Is be more like me
And be less like you
I’ve become so numb
I can’t feel you there
(I’m tired of being what you want me to be)
I’ve become so numb
I can’t feel you there
(I’m tired of being what you want me to be)
[- Limp Bizkit -]
Clothing

Blanket: :: MOMOCHUU :: – “Holiday Blanket [dark]” (Maitreya) – NEW @ The Warehouse Sale // December 2020

Top: [Salem] – “Lilith Corset” (Maitreya) – NEW @ The Warehouse Sale // December 2020

Panties:

Legs: [CX] – “Chiyou Legwraps Black” (Maitreya)Β  – NEW @ Mainstore

Accessories

Mask: kosmii – “Victory Gag” – NEW @ The Warehouse Sale // December 2020

Collar: ::Static:: – “Bound Collar { Female } Black”

Feet Claws: L’Emporio&PL – “Damned Claws – Flat Feet V2” (Maitreya)

Hair & Makeup

Hair: Dura – “B98-Hair-Fat Pack A:right (diamond face line)”

Eyeliner: CAZIMI – “Basic B Eyeliners Bonus Liners” (LeLUTKA Evo. HD Applier)

Lashes: ~Shiny Stuffs~ – “Lash Parade” (LeLUTKA Applier)

Faceart & Sclera Overlay: Nefekalum Tattoos – “Hunger” – NEW @ Mainstore

Face Scars: . The Rotting Lab . – “Waster – Scar – Pale” (BoM)

Head, Body & Tattoo

Head & Piercings: LeLUTKA – “Erin 2.5”

Eyes: Madame Noir – “Vampyre Eyes” – NEW @ The Warehouse Sale // December 2020

Ears: [CX] – “Sceleratis Ears”

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”

Tattoo 1: TF – “Machinist (F) :: Without Sore – Light 50%” (BoM)”

Tattoo 2: TF – “Mort :: Veins :: With Eyeshading” (BoM)

Poses, Props & Tools

Poses: Poseidon

Face Animation Tool: LeLutka – β€œAxis HUD Face 1.1”

Backdrop: ANTINATURAL[+] – “Hospital for Souls / Hydrotherapy room”

Rat 1: JIAN – “Rascal Rats 2. Black Companion” (Gacha, Common)

Rat 2: JIAN – “Rascal Rats 6. Black Wanderer” (Gacha, Common)

Model, Stylist & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

Blessed Be

A new year has begun… 2021! Let’s see what it has for all of us πŸ˜‰

We are still in the dark season and I am enjoying doing the darker stuff anyway – but you know that already.

Today I am posting something which I planned to put into a magazine but apparently it wasn’t released in December as planned. I thought before it vanishes into the Nirvana, I will add some more pictures and make a blog post out of it πŸ˜‰

So here we go!

Most of the designs I found at the Saturnalia event (I really hope they will do more events as their team really does amazig work and something different) –Β  such a super amazing event, directed to the more traditional and naturally side of the Christmas time. To me it was such a relief to see that Christmas isn’t just all shiny gold & red, not just the Santa Claus, Cola Truck, modern, profit-oriented, video game console Christmas. There is people like me who can see the more traditional, mystical and nature-loving Christmas – or even remember what Yule means πŸ˜‰ For those who do not know, just lemme show, what Wikipedia has to say about it, as it might sound better than me trying to describe it with my limited English words *snickers*

“Yule or Yuletide (“Yule time” or “Yule season”) is a festival historically observed by the Germanic peoples. Scholars have connected the original celebrations of Yule to the Wild Hunt, the god Odin, and the pagan Anglo-Saxon Mōdraniht.

Later departing from its pagan roots, Yule underwent Christianised reformulation, resulting in the term Christmastide. Some present-day Christmas customs and traditions such as the Yule log, Yule goat, Yule boar, Yule singing, and others may have connections to older pagan Yule traditions. Terms with an etymological equivalent to Yule are still used in Nordic countries and Estonia to describe Christmas and other festivals occurring during the winter holiday season. Today, Yule is celebrated in Heathenry and other forms of Neopaganism, as well as in LaVeyan Satanism.”

[- Wikipedia -]

I am still at home while the state is fighting and debating weather to open up stores and schools again or just one of both or none… to me it slowly becomes a joke and the measures get more and more opaque and difficult to comprehend. People get more and more disaffected. And even if I hate to admit that, I start understanding them. They are not against any rules – I am not speaking of all those who deny the existence of Covid or those who spread weird conspiracy theories – the normal mainstream crowd, who just don’t understand all this back and forth politics. How you can say schools can be open with 20-30 people,Β  inadequate hygiene standards, while bars and restaurants who invested hundreds or thousands of Euros to exactly follow their given rules and as soon as they had everything installed and working, they get closed again while schools and kindergartens are still remain open… anyway, I am not the one to make changes or decisions, but I slowly can understand those how get annoyed and frustrated.

I just will stick at home as much as possible to not risk an infection because of my mother and partner as they are both counted as group at risk members. I will teach and give music lessons online and trying to keep creative in SL and make the best out of it πŸ˜‰

Happy new year and blessed be!

Clothing

Dress: ERSCH – “Saty” (Maitreya)

Accessories

Headpiece: [CX] – “Kronos’ Crown (Gold)”

Horns: ::Static:: – “Solstice Spiral Horns”

Nails & Rings: [CX] x BUENO – “Welded Eye (Gold) (Maitreya, Bento) – NEW @ Kustom9 // December 2020

Wings: Jinx – “Simple Bento Wings

Staff: Lux Aterna – “[Der Heilige Nikolaus] Staff”

Hair & Makeup

Hair: MINA Hair – “Emilia”

Eyeshadow: APOTHIC – “Venus . Eyeshadows” (LeLUTKA Evo. HD Applier)

Lipstick: APOTHIC – “Venus . Lips” (LeLUTKA Evo. HD Applier)

Fceshading 1: Skoll – “Tva Eyes2 Terra” (BoM)

Fadeshading 2: LuluB! – “Saturna – Conturing – Black” (BoM)

Face Marks: Skoll – “Tva marks TINT ME” (BoM)

Head, Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLUTKA – “Erin 2.5” (Boundless)

Eyes: Madame Noir – “Sarah Eyes”

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”

Tattoo: .:Vegas:. – “Tattoo ( Dark ) Memento Mori” (BoM) – NEW @ Men only Monthly // December 2020

Legs/Legtattoo: Astralia – “North Pole Faun Legs (dark/gold)” (Maitreya, Maitreya Applier, Gacha, Common)

Poses, Props & Tools

Poses: Foxcity

Pose Tool: Anypose – β€œBVN HUD v1.82”

Face Animation Tool: LeLutka – β€œAxis HUD Face 1.1”

LB – “GiantCedar{Animated}*Seasons 7Li”

[we’re CLOSED] – “shrub large bare”

DRD – “The Cemetery – Ground Roots”

DRD – “Forest Ritual Site – Tree Trunk”

DRD – “Forest Ritual Site – SpellBook”

DRD – Forest Ritual Site – Treestump

DRD – The Cemetery – Angel Statue – Those We Love

JIAN – “Fallow Fawn”

JIAN – “Gray Fox”

Model, Stylist & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

“Miss Nothing”

TUNES

“Miss Nothing”

I’m Miss Autonomy, Miss Nowhere
I’m at the bottom of me
Miss Androgyny, Miss Don’t-Care-What-I’ve-Done-To-Me
I am misused, I don’t wanna do
Be not your slave
Misguided, high-minded
I’m missin’ the train
And I don’t know where I’ve been
And I don’t know what I’m into
And I don’t know what I’ve done to me
And as I watch you disappear into the ground
My one mistake was that I never let you down
So I’ll waste my time and I’ll burn my mind
I’m Miss Nothing, I’m Miss Everything


I’m Miss Fortune, Miss So-Soon
Like a bottle of pain
Miss Matter, you had her
Now she’s goin’ away
I’m misused, miss-cunt-strued
I don’t need to be saved
Miss-slighted, high-minded
I’m stuck in the rain
And I don’t know where I am
And I don’t know what I’m into
And I don’t know what I’ve done to me

And as I watch you disappear into the ground
My one mistake was that I couldn’t let you down
So I’ll waste my time and I’ll burn my mind
I’m Miss Nothing, I’m Miss Everything
I’m Miss Everything
And as I watch you disappear into my head
Well, there’s a man who’s tellin’ me I might be dead
So I’ll waste my time and I’ll burn my mind
So I’ll waste my time and I’ll burn my mind
I’m Miss Nothing, I’m Miss Everything

[- Pretty Reckless -]
Clothing

Top: STOP – “Horror Costume” (Mairteya)

Arm Bandage (Right): .:E.A.Studio:. – “KnothArm CottonMilitary Maitreya ( R )” (Gacha, Common) – NEW @ Kinky // December 2020

Pants & Garter: Eliavah – “Vixen” (Maitreya)

Tights: .:Avanti:. – “Cozy Tights Applier HUD – Black (Toeless)” (Maitreya Applier)

Shoes: L’Emporio&PL – “Ravage”

Accessories

Glasses: ::OOPS:: – “Adriel Glasses”

Cigarette: NikotiN – “Cigarette-Dirty V.2”

Hand (Left): Wicca’s Originals – “Corsair Hand Maitreya L” (Maitreya)

Nails & Rings (Right): [CX] x BUENO – “Welded Eye – Silver ( Maitreya ) R”

Necklace: L’Emporio&PL – “Venom” (Gift)

Hair & Makeup

Cap: OPALE – “Bart Hat V.1”

Eyeliner: CAZIMI – “Desert Rose Eyeliner – 1 Dusty Brown” (BoM)

Eyeshadow: Immortuos – “Arena Shadows – HUD” (LeLUTKA HD Applier)

Lashes: Immortuos – “Arena Lashes” (LeLUTKA HD Applier)

Face Scar: The Rotting Lab – “Waster – Scar – Pale” (BoM)

Head, Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLUTKA – “Erin 2.5” (Boundless)

Ears: L’Emporio&PL – “Athan”

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”

Tattoo: .:Vegas:. – “Tattoo Dark Grim Weather”

Knees: Clemmm – “Messy Knees” (BoM)

Poses, Props & Tools

Backdrop: .PALETO. – “Backdrop:. Ed. Mohawk “

Deco 1: CHI – “Smoker Set”

Deco 2: Prestige Furniture – “Pillow black white 001”

Deco 3: DRD – “Powergaming Shed – Trashcan”

Animal: JIAN – “Boston Terrier :: Wanderer”

Model, Stylist & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

Voices in my Head

TUNES

They come creeping when it’s dark
(I see them)
Picking all my thoughts apart
(Once again)
So how am I supposed to sleep
When all I hear are the whispers in my ear?
Please turn down the voices in my head
Going on and on again
With that same old song and dance
Please turn down the noise inside my head
‘Cause I’m tryna go to bed
[- Skinny Days -]
It was time for some new freaky pictures with all the cool new releases from CerberusXing and L’Emporio&PL these days :p
Maybe it is the craziness of these days in the real world, or it is the Christmas time which I am not so much into it, or it is just the general fun I do have with dark posts and pictures… but I really had fun doing those.
The inspiration to this post gave me the “Kick It” finger bandages from L’Emporio&PL. They look so detailed and move so perfectly with your bento animations. I love that you can have a clean and a bloody version. As well I owed you a peek on those cool toe claws, which are included in the “Damned Claws” set as well made by L’Emporio&PL (you can find them on the last picture of this post).
The super cool earrings that I decided to put on my Kanji Ears from Eclipse Art Studio are made by L’Emporio&PL for the Man Cave Event this month. You get a wide range of 6 different designed earrings for each ear, plus a HUD where you can change the metal color between 6 different ones. Furthermore you can turn on and off the full bright mode, choose the glow intensity and resize your earrings with the HUD.
Today I read, that they found a mutation of the Covid virus in England and it already spread to other countries as well. I mean we all did know it was only about time before the first mutations would come, but it still was like a little shock. Even if the government tries to calm down the people by saying the vaccine still will work even for the mutation, who knows what the next step will be. I just hop you all are able to stay safe and healthy and survive this crazy year, ane even if the virus will reach with its long arm into 2021, I still hope we can stop the raising numbers and make them go down again.
Happy and hopefully safe Holidays!
Clothing
Harness: [CX] – “Ophanim Harness – Black” (Maitreya)
Bodysuit: GizzA – “Monique Latex Bodysuit [Black-Red] (Maitreya Applier)
Accessories
Horns (incl. Tattoo): [CX] – β€œMara Horns” – NEW @ Anthem // December 2020
Earring Right: L’Emporio&PL – “My K-Pop Style Earring 01-R” – NEW @ Man Cave Event // December 2020
Earring Left: L’Emporio&PL – “My K-Pop Style Earring 06-L” – NEW @ Man Cave Event // December 2020
Collar: ::GB:: – “Long Chain Collar”
Arms: ..:Gorgasm:.. – “Arm Bandages dirty & Bloody” (Maitreya)
Finger Bandages: L’Emporio&PL – “Kick It” (Maitreya, Bento)
Claws (Hands & Feet): L’Emporio&PL – “Damned Claws”
Legs: [CX] – “Leg Bandages – Bloody” (Maitreya, flat)
Hair & Makeup
Hair: .Shi – “Gavri’ela / Unisex”
Eyeshadow: CAZIMI – “Exiled HD Makeup” (LeLUTKA Evo. HD Applier)
Face Scars: . The Rotting Lab . – “Waster – Scar – Pale” (BoM)
Scar Nose 1: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Sigurd Gacha – Scar Nose ( LELEVO )” (BoM, Gacha, Common)
Scar Nose 2: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Sigurd Gacha – Scar Nose Plaster ( LELEVO )” (BoM, Gacha, Common)
Cheekbone Right:Β .:E.A.Studio:. – β€œSigurd Gacha – Scar Cheekbone Psycho ( LeEvo )” (BoM, Gacha, Common)
Head, Body & Tattoo
Head: LeLUTKA – “Erin 2.5”
Ears: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Kanji Ears” (Gacha, Rare)
Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”
Body Scars: :[ET]: – “Battle Scars” (Maitreya Applier)
Blood Tattoo: Izzie’s – “Blood and Wounds light (less)” (BoM)
Poses, Props & Tools
Poses: Foxcity
Backdrop: [CX] – “For a Good Time”
Pose Tool: Anypose – β€œBVN HUD v1.82”
Face Animation Tool: LeLutka – β€œAxis HUD Face 1.1”
Model, Stylist & Photographer

“Christmas time is buzzing in my Skull…”

TUNES

You know, I think this Christmas thing
It’s not as tricky as it seems
And why should they have all the fun?
It should belong to anyone

Not anyone, in fact, but me
Why, I could make a Christmas tree
And there’s no reason I can find
I couldn’t handle Christmas time

I bet I could improve it too
And that’s exactly what I’ll do
Hee,hee,hee
Eureka! I’ve got it!

[- Jack Skellington -]

Who says that freaks do not like Christmas… maybe no the typical, ribbon, red/green/white/gold one with candy sticks all over… but still.. Christmas :p What brought me to that idea for this post was the “Cozy Winter Collection”, which DRD released at FaMESHed and an older group gift – as well made by DRD – the awesome “DIY Christmas Tree” . I found it hilarious, when I saw that blank tree, a huge black sack with all the fir needles in it and three bottles of glue beside it – I simply love Jaimy’s sense of humor. With some parts of the “The Last Christmas Shop” as decoration and some more past group gifts, I tried to decorate my alternative Christmas room πŸ™‚

Certainly I had to have the matching look to my scenery and I could not pass the cool glasses with that scary eyes by Madame Noir… such a cool accessory, that really creates a different vibe *grins* With my love for heavy boots I as well could not leave the “Ravage Boots” on the shelf at L’Emporio&PL. They are so hell detailed! If you take a closer look you can see every stud, every lace, and the cute hole in the sole – made me think of my New Rocks in real love and I love them to death πŸ™‚ What as well caught my eyes were the awesome “Damned Claws” from L’Emporio&PL. They are made for hand and feet, but since the shoes cover my feet this time, I am wearing only the nail set. When I put on the HUD I was really positively surprised… beside different colors you as well can hide every single claw separate.

I have a few more scary Christmas ideas in mind and I am looking forward how they will turn out πŸ˜‰ For now… Happy Holidays everyone!

Clothing

Top: L’Emporio – “Old Jeans Corset” (Maitreya)

Pants: adorsy – “Rihanna Jeans Shorts” (Maitreya)

Tights: .:Avanti:. – “Cozy Tights” (Maitreya Applier)

Shoes: L’Emporio&PL – “Ravage” (Maitreya)

Accessories

Glasses & Eyes: Madame Noir – “Eye Collection Megapack” – NEW @ The Darkness Event // December 2020

Mask: [CX] – “Devourer Mask”

Scarf: TonkTastic – “Shemagh TT1” (female)

Arms: [CX] – “Arm Bandages – Brown” (Maitreya Applier)

Nails: L’Emporio&PL – “Damned Claws” (Maitreya, Bento)

Hair & Makeup

Hair: no.match – “No_Command” – NEW @ Cosmopolitan // December 2020

Eyeliner: Corvus – “Blood Tears”

Head, Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLUTKA – “Erin 2.5”

Ears: L’Emporio&PL – “Athan”

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”

Tattoo: .:Vegas:. – “Tattoo Dark Summoning” (BoM)

Poses, Props & Tools

Poses:

Picture 1:Β CHEZ MOI – “Cozy Christmas Wrap Station”

Picture 2 & 4: Foxcity

Set:

Building:Β DRD – “San Mora – Roadhouse – B”

Furniture: DRD – “Cozy Winter Collection” – NEW @ FaMESHed // December 2020

Deco: DRD – “The Last Christmas Shop”

Clock: DRD – “Silly Clocks – Coffee” (Group Gift)

Picture Frame: DRD – “Emergency Smokes – Cigarette” (Group Gift)

Shelf: DRD – “October Shelf” (Group Gift)

Tree (nice): DRD – “AE – Train Car – Holiday Tree” (Gacha, Reward)

Tree (used): DRD – “DIY Christmas Tree” (Group Gift)

Packing Station: CHEZ MOI – “Cozy Christmas Wrap Station”

Glue: .random.Matter. – “Art Studio – Glue Gun [Blue]” (Gacha, Common)

Glue & Glitter: Kei Spot – “Kei’s Xmas Village Crafts (glitter)” (Gacha, Rare)

Model, Stylist & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

Hide from the World Outside…

As I look out of my bedroom window
I see the chaos that’s calling me
So the wind blows wherever it will go
It’s all too much for me

[- Pretty Reckless -]

Lockdown, lockdown light, back to normal, all open , all closed… This pandemic really becomes a huge mess as no one dares to make decisions anymore. I am not one of those denying that the pandemic exists, I am not one of those who tries to cheat and avoid masks and I see the danger of that virus very clear – I lost people to damn Covid already. What makes me crazy is the way how our government handles certain things. Why conferences, which debate about school rules and changes, have to be on a Sunday (and being alive already on Monday – the next day), when parents need to be informed and need plans to take care of their children on Monday? Why kids may play soccer on the school yard but in the afternoon the clubs for free time activities (as well soccer) are closed? Why kids must sit shoulder on shoulder in school with a mask, while they are not allowed to play with more than one certain friend in the afternoons? More and more doctors speak up saying that it is the kids that transport the virus without having any symptoms and our minister of education still preaches “Kindergartens and schools have to stay open!” I can see that there is a need of having a place where kids can go, if their parents have systemically important jobs or if the only have one parent that takes care of them – but why keeping schools open like mad while it is more and more clear that a huge part of the spreading happens through the classes where 26 and more people share one room the whole morning from 8am to 2 pm? This lockdown “light” crap destroys more than it helps as the number still go up and more and more small stores, theaters, cinemas, bands, musicians and bars/restaurants cannot even plan when it will have an end. A harsh 3 or 4 weeks lockdown might have been better and we know since September (school started over here by then) that we are running into that problem, because number started to go up when school started after summer and autumn came… it just starts feeling idiotic and despotic at the moment. It only feels like reaction to whats happening, but not anymore like intelligent action.

I as well could vomit when I see people going out on the streets wearing no masks and denying the pandemic would exist… did we not have enough death, not enough suffering and loosing people we loved? They claim they go out on the street for their rights – what about the right ofΒ  those who want to be protected, those who wear masks and follow given rules to get this pandemic stemmed? While they shout on the streets, people who care and try to protect themselves as much as they can, are forced to pass that crowd of people without masks. Recently they even started to use kids for their idiotic speeches making them say they would feel like Sophie Scholl or Anne Frank – I was so shocked when I heard that and my first thought was, what people would think who had to go through the cruel time of that times… for me an inexcusable affront to all those people!

All of that went trhough my mind when I was setting up the “Neclected Bedroom” from DRD. The idea of a messy bedroom, which you can hide from the world and read some books that even help with that – dive in a fantasy world and just forget all that madness out there and if you are lucky you have a little company from your kitty or the pet you chose for your life πŸ˜‰ The kick ass cool boots I recently found at L’Emporio and could not pass them without getting my pair :p .

I hope you are well and afe and I wish you a wonderful pre Christmas time, even if it will be in a smaller circle than usual – it still can be nice and cozy β™₯

Clothing

Shirt: ORPHIC – Layered Shirts – !Crop Only!” (Maitreya)

Bra: -:zk:- – “Kim/Bra/Black” (Maitreya)

Pants: Mossu – “Samanthe.Shorts – Grunge” (Maitreya)

Gloves: {PSYCHO:Byts} – “Riot Kidz” (Maitreya) – NEW @ The Warehouse Sale // November 2020

Shoes: L’Emporio&PL – “Wattie” (Maitreya)

Accessories

Piercing: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Vertebrus Septum MOD B” (Gacha, Rare) – NEW @ Kinky // November 2020

Collar: *PH* – “Knit Choker”

Nails: [CX] – “Fallen Filth Claws” (Maitreya) – NEW @ Necrosis // December 2020

Knees: .:Avanti:. – “Knit Knee Warmers – Black” (Maitreya)

Hair & Makeup

Hair: no.match – “No_Freak”

Eyeshadow: CAZIMI – “Holiday Glitz – 1 Silver – 95%” (BoM) – NEW @ Saturday Sale Dec 11 – 13

Lipstick: CAZIMIΒ – “Delightful HD Lips HUD 03” (LeLUTKA Evo. HD Applier) – NEW @ Pretty // December 2020

Head, Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLUTKA – “Erin 2.5”

Ears: [CX] – “Ostium Impaler”

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”

Tattoo: .:Vegas:. – “Tattoo ( Dark ) Sweet as a Sin” (BoM) – NEW @ Kinky // November 2020

Poses, Props & Tools

Poses, Books & Cat: Le Poppycock – “Book Lovers” (Bento)

Furniture: DRD – “Neglected Bedroom”

Skybox: .:SkN:. – “Skybox Attic”

Model, Stylist & Photographer

Wicca Merlin

Virtual Insanity?

“… And now that things are changing for the worse
See, its a crazy world we’re living in
And I just can’t see that half of us immersed in sin
Is all we have to give these –

Future’s made of virtual insanity now
Always seem to, be governed by this love we have
For useless, twisting, our new technology
Oh, now there is no sound – for we all live underground

And I’m thinking what a mess we’re in
Hard to know where to begin…”

[- Jamiroquai -]

When you think about your life as a path, it never seems to be a straight and smooth one. You have junctions, where you have to decide which way to go. You will face bumpy and rocky sections. You might even dead-end streets, which first looked completely right and all of a sudden you realize it won’t let you go further than a certain point. You might find ways, that feel as they would go to nowhere – some really do some just take a long walk until you can see where they lead to. Some might request major changes and decisions and some just need next to nothing to decide the change.

I am at one of those junctions, maybe even one of the dead-end ones in RL and SL. While it is a little more complicated in RL, in SL I just need to get my mind straight and think about what I really want for my free time activity called Second Life. I – and I only can talk about myself and my personal feelings – do not need a Second Life that dictates my schedule, gives me pressure time wise, forces me to decide on things I do not feel I want to, or to follow something I am not 100% behind anymore. Certainly I feel responsible about schedules and appointments, I always tried to be accurate, on time and well prepared what ever it was, but sometimes the thought of “Do I really need that?” sneaked into my mind and I was more careful the next time I committed to something. But what about things that you thought they would totally suit you and you would enjoy them – what you maybe even did for a while – and then they change? Maybe the fun fades or they take direction to something completely different than what you expected or pictured? I have a hard time lettings things go I had fun with for along time, especially if friendship is involved. It is always harder – at least for me – to leave something, if you have built a friendship with some of the people. Sometimes friendships break as certain people will take your decisions personally, even if they are not meant to be like that. On the other hand if you go on with it, you might risk the friendship as well as you are constantly unhappy and even if you try to hide it, it most likely will be felt by other people, especially if it is friends. Often it is a tightrope walking and you have to think very carefully how you decide.

That sometimes can lead to a “Virtual Insanity”, which inspired me for todays post and pictures.

The damn cool straight jacket was made by CerberusXing for the Warehouse Sales event. It comes in a clean and bloody version and due the BoM Alpha layer you can wear it with different mesh bodies. The cute, pierced horns as well were made by CerberusXing for the Anthem event. My mega awesome piercing I found at Kinky made my .:E.A.Studio:. It is a huge gacha with many different parts, while the piercing is one of the rares you will find a lot of cool earrings as well. To snap my pictures with that kinda crazy, insane look, what could be better than the Rosewood Hills Asylum made by DRD. It is a huge gacha with 49 collectables items and they make in total over 150 separate decorative items!Β  The gacha set was parted into 2 machines, one focusing more on the medical interior and the other on the office interior. I just can say both totally worth to collect if you want an overall awesome Asylum! If you want a short and scary tour through the Rosewood Hills Asylum you can as well take a look HERE, where Eowyn and Jaimy made a short video to introduce it – watch at your own risk *grins wickedly* If you are even more brave you can take a taxi to Rosewood Hills (SURL below in credits) and look for yourself if you can survive the virtual insanity *winks*

Clothing

Top: [CX]Β – “Sealed Entitiy – Female (Clean) A” (Fitted Mesh) – NEW @ The Warehouse Sale // November 2020

Pants: [CX] – “Wild Hazard Shorts – B)” (Maitreya, Gacha, Common)

Socks: .:Avanti:. – “Knit Socks” (Omega Applier)

Shoes: L’Emporio&PL – “*Cryptor*”

Legs 1: [CX] – “Wild Hazard Leg Harness – Black (A)” (Maitreya, Gacha, Common)

Legs 2: [CX] – “Wild Hazard Leg Harness – Black (B)” (Maitreya, Gacha, Common)

Accessories

Horns (incl. Tattoo): [CX] – “Mara Horns” – NEW @ Anthem // December 2020

Piercing: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Vertebrus Septum MOD A” (Gacha, Rare) – NEW @ Kinky //November 2020

Hair & Makeup

Hair: Action Inkubator – “Neo”

Eyeshadow: CAZIMI – “Exiled HD Makeup” (LeLUTKA Evo.HD Applier)

Face Art: [CX] – “Plague” (BoM, Group Gift)

Head, Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLUTKA – “Lake 2.5”

Ears: [CX] – “Sceleratis Ears”

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”

Tattoo: .:Vegas:. – “Tattoo Dark Relevation” (BoM)

Poses, Props & Tools

Poses: Foxcity

Scenery: DRD – “Rosewood Asylum” (Gacha, Rares, Commons)

Location

Rosewood Hills

Model, Photographer & Stylist

Wicca Merlin

Pretty in Pink

Originally created for Eclipse Magazine – https://issuu.com/eclipsemagazinesl/docs/eclipse_magazine_october_2020

TUNES

Caroline laughs and it’s raining all day
She loves to be one of the girls
She lives in the place in the side of our lives
Where nothing is ever put straight
She turns her self round and she smiles and she says
“This is it that’s the end of the joke”
And loses herself in her dreaming and sleep
And her lovers walk through in their coaches

Pretty in pink, isn’t she?

[Psychedelic Furs]
Clothing

Outfit: cheezu – “Swan Outfit” (Maitreya)

Shoes & Socks: friday – “Suzy T-Straps” (Maitreya)

Accessories

Bow: ::c.A.:: – “Philine *Fat* [Headdress]”

Earrings:Β  [ bubble ] – “Haneul Earrings”

Glasses: EarthStones – “The Yesterday (S)”

Hair & Makeup

Hair: bonbon – “Mavis”

Eyeshadow: DAT4BASE x Tutti Belli – ‘Ice Cream’ 02 (LeLutka Evolution)”

Head, Body & Tattoo

Head: LeLUTKA – “Ryn 2.0”

Face Skin: Glam Affair – “Ryn Layer [LeLutka] 002 D” (BoM)

Body Skin: Glam Affair – “Body Normal [ Maitreya ] 002

Ears: .:E.A.Studio:. – “Kanji Ears” (Gacha, Rare)

Body: Maitreya – “Lara V5.3”

Poses, Props & Tools

Pose: Foxcity

Drink: Halo – “Kitten Tumbler . Pink”

Set:

KraftWork – “Pop Set . Dining Table”

KraftWork – “Pop Set . Dining Chairs”

Atelier Burgundy – “Finger Heart Wall Tapestry . grey”

Atelier Burgundy – “Finger Heart Wall Tapestry . pink”

Atelier Burgundy – “Finger Heart Wall Tapestry . white”

22769 – “Summer Hideaway – Snakeplant” (Gacha, Common)

22769 – “Summer Hideaway – Water Jar” (Gacha, Common)

22769 – “Summer Hideaway – Bowl Of Strawberries” (Gacha, Common)

22769 – “Summer Hideaway – Set of Bowls” (Gacha, Common)

22769 – “Cherry Blossom Chill Out – Cherry Blossom Vase” (Gacha, Common)

[Cinoe] – “Their nutritional source – Bibimbap (Dispencer)”

[KuddelMuddel] – “Mew-Mew Speaker / Neko / Picture Version”

Model, Stylist & Photographer

Wicca Merlin