Simploring 2017 (47) – LICK and Crystal Bay

Thursday, June 15th, we had a holiday in parts of Germany, Corpus Christi. I had a time for some simploring and decided to check some landmarks that I collected over time when standing or sitting in one of our clubs from profiles I read. First I visited LICK , accordinding to the description “an exclusive and private Fem Fashion & Style community, founded in the Fall of 2016 in New York City and a beautiful, safe space for fems to hangout, chat and meet.”

LICK is a huge spacious skybox club, with bar, sofa and chairs, dance floor, spotlights. Yes, it looks exclusive and luxurious. Through the windows you see the skyline of New York City. You can walk outside and sit on a large terrace that offers again enough space to sit. Unfortunately you look up into the blue sky and not at New York City skyline, something I would change. What differs LICK from any other club I saw so far is another large room adjacent to the club that is intented for fashion shows with a catwalk and tribunes for the guests. During my visit, I was all alone, most probably because in New York it was early morning. The board at the entrance invited to a party on Monday, June 12th, starting at 2 PM SL time (11 PM in central Europe).
From the impressions I got I assume that LICK is not a club, you go to to hang around (and read profiles for example *winks*), it’s more a club you visit for a fashion show or for a party. The group for the club has close to 200 members. LICK was founded by Yes Mode, thank you for providing the place.

Landmark to LICK
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Casa%20Blanca/190/53/1022

The second place I visited on my holiday tour was Crystal Bay , Lesbian D/s and RP Touring Resort, a women only sim. Crystal Bay was founded by Crystal Jestyr, who I saw at The Secret House and from her profile I had the landmark.

We offer a D/s and RP themed destination to relax and enjoy your Second Life experience. Crystal Bay is an adult D/s and RP themed sim for women only. We feature over 700 meters high of winding, scenic endless mesh roads for you to ride and plenty of places to stop and explore, relax and play along your travels through Crystal Bay. We offer a sim wide MSM restraint system for Dommes and subs to enhance your D/s and RP experience.”
I landed at the large social area on the ground level. There’s a big board with the teleport destination, which makes traveling around easy. Right next to the landing lies a motor yacht at the starting point of a water race track. I took the motor yacht and drove once around the sim. It is the first time that I saw a racing track for motor boats in Second Life.
After my boat trip, I zoomed out to get an overview of Crystal Bay and I saw that it consists of several levels all connected by streets. The sim is a huge race track (700 meters high of winding, scenic endless mesh roads for you to ride). Quite close to the landing point you can rezz a free old Porsche and use it to further explore the sim. That’s what I did.

It is great fun as you can drive and drive and drive ….. and while you drive you see some of the sims attractions that you can also reach by the teleporter board. If you like driving or racing in Second Life, this is the place to visit! I’m pretty sure, that our Kitty will soon drive some rounds there. On the most upper level, I found another rezzer, this time for a bike and I exchanged “my” Porsche to a chopper bike. Unfortunately, I couldn’t unlock it (maybe because I didn’t join the group) and hence I could not adjust my seating position and more restricting, I could not change gears and stay in gear 1, which is really slow.
I had a great hour cruising around Crystal Bay. Thank you Crystal Jestyr.

Landmark to Crystal Bay
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Crystal%20Bay/35/71/29

Diary 2017 (95) June 13th – Jenny and Diomita as equals

Tuesday, June 13th, was Jenny’s last day on vacation. She came inworld at night. After ending my green light we are at eye level as a domme couple. Our slavin C was online. She is our pet now and lives in a cell at “the Keep”, the old chapel that Danii built on our sim and that we use as a small private prison. Her cell has feeding bowls and a rug. We took her out to Domme a Domme, where we met Fin Saphir with her dolls Tyra and Virgo. It is nice to see them develop. Jenny and I had a relaxing night and Jenny can recover from being at my feet and I can get used to the thought that she will soon take back her position (no rush, my love! *winks*).

Simploring 2017 (46) – Le Sixième Sens

Tuesday, June 13th, I made another simploring tour. Inara Peys’ blog “A sixth sense in Second Life” caught my attention as I was in the mood something just naturally peaceful.
Le Sixième Sens is French and means “The sixth sense”. The sim is designed by Yeiyaiel and Natacha Haroldsen, they are partnered in Second Life. Le Sixième Sens is the home of the Knicks Knacks mainstore, which is owned by Natacha Haroldsen. The shop offers design buliding elements and other stuff for interior and exterior decoration. You land exactly in front of the main entrance of this shop. I had a quick look around and yes, there’s some stuff that really looks nice.

The Knicks Knacks mainstore is the biggest building of the Tuscan village and dominating the market court. There are some other smaller store at the court, smaller stores, like boutiques that you would expect there, so the village is also a place to shop.

Le Sixième Sens consists of three islands, the village is on the main island. The seccond largest island is farmland. On it’s one end is a ruin with same nice places to sit and cuddle. And there’s the broken lighthouse that I saw on another sim already. That fits well to the ruin. Besides the farm there’s wine and a lovely house on the top of the vineyard. The smallest island is more or less just a rock with a little house on it’s top, that is used as an artist’s workshop.

Le Sixième Sens is beautiful and pitoresque. The pictures i took look like watercolour, amazing. It is as if you were walking and sitting in a picture. I can’t express is any better than Inara did in her blog entry “Le Sixième Sens retains a wonderfully relaxed feel, offering the kind of setting you hope to find whilst travelling on vacation; a place that calls on you to stop, explore, run your fingers lightly over the delicate curl of flower petals and watch the water slip slowly under bridge and bough.”

Thank you Natacha Haroldsen and Yeiyaiel for providing this spot of Mediterrean peace to all of us.

Landmark to Le Sixième Sens
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Le%20Sixieme%20Sens/216/108/27
Inara Pey’s blog about Le Sixième Sens
https://modemworld.me/2017/06/07/a-sixth-sense-in-second-life/

Diary 2017 (94) June 12th – Stop at the top

More than three weeks ago, on Sunday, May 21st, I took back what is mine, my property, Jenny, Mine (read here). We celebreated Jenny’s 9th collaring day, Monday, June 5th (read here and here). During the last three weeks I was in control and had my property at my feet. It felt good and right and I admit that I was very tempted to keep her there, in sub space. I knew it would cause some struggling eventually after some more weeks, but I could get over it and keep her. A really tempting thought!

“Stop at the top, quite while you’re ahead”.
Today I enjoyed my property again in a very personal way, then I unlocked her restraints and replaced her original collar with her thin jewelery collar. I ended my green light willingly. Thank you for your love, dedication and submission, Jenny.
We will stay a few days at eye level so that Jenny can recover and so that I can get familiar with my submission to her again. And I look forward to my next green light already *winks*

Simploring 2017 (45) MetaLes ..O.. ArT Virtual Space

Looking for a place to explore I came across MetaLes in the Second Life Destination guide. MetaLes promotes culture and art in the Metaverse. Artists and creators of Second Life expose each for 2 months in the sim MetaLes. Curators (owners?) are Ux Hax and Romy Nayar. I looked up “Metaverse” and found a definition at wikipedia “The Metaverse is a collective virtual shared space, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space, including the sum of all virtual worlds, augmented reality, and the internet.”
(source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse)

Actually I visited 3 different installations at MetaLes starting with Empty Minds, which was mentioned in the destination guide. The information or better the thought that you get on your way visiting “Empty Minds” is “It is made known that if an idea is born in your empty mind, you must come to disregard it. Nobody knows why. The origin of that idea was lost. Maybe you’ll be the first to have the idea to not to discard your ideas. :))

MetaLES ..O.. ArT Virtual Space –  exhibitions in June 2017

Empty Minds by Roma Nayar is surreal. It is dark and grey, not scary though. The beings in this installation look like humans on the first glance. But they have no feet, they have one wheel instead, some have two wheels. Their head is an empty light bulb and the arms are very long. They are dressed and some dressed provide a little bit of colour to the scenery. You can get a free avatar for more immersion (I didn’t do that). What you see and interpret into this art installation, well I leave that up to you. I noticed at flashing light bulb in one ot the light bulb like heads on one being (is there an idea just born). I saw the row of beings waiting in line to get into a machine, that looks like a washing machine, a shower, a machine to clean your mind? I of coruse noticed the 4 beings standing at the top of the hill in the middle of the installatiom wearing a bin umbrella each. They look like talking, like exchaning ideas? I saw the fence that looks like the fence of a graveyard and the being opening and closing the front door again and again and on the other side of the fence lies a book worm being and around the head of another being is a flock of bugs. I got some surreal pictures, I have some ideas what is expressed with this art installation “Empty Minds”. To make up your mind yourself, you’ll have to visit it. As far as I understood the concept of MetaLes it should be open until End of June.

Empty Minds by Romy Nayar
Exhibtion at MetaLES ..O.. ArT Virtual Space

From the landing point of MetaLes you can not only visit Empty Minds but also an exhibtion called Melancholy by Ini (in.inaka). This exhibition is already running since End of March, so I don’t know how long it will be on anymore. At least the above mentioned 2 months are already over. You may like or dislike the art of Ini. The way it is presented is unique as it is not a normal gallery. You have to walk long ways to see her pictures, you have to dive into her spaces and some pictures just appear when you are in the right position. This adds another dimension to the art, which I found quite interesting, although I only liked a few of her pictures itself.

Melancholy by Ini (in.inaka)
Exhibtion at MetaLES ..O.. ArT Virtual Space

The third exhibition that runs currently at MetaLes is “Mental Levels” by Sina Souza (sinalein). Sina has quite a long list of exhibtions in Second Life and was shown at many galleries. She also had exhibitions in RL. “Sina Souza is a young digital artist from Germany. She works since 2012 with the presentation of images and uses the name (Sina Souza) as a pseudonym. Her works are surreal, moody, dark, thought provoking and unique in style.” (source http://sinadesouza.wixsite.com/mindfactory). There’s a notecard available with the bio of Sina Souza at the starting point of “Mental Levels”. “Mental Levels” in again a particular concept of presenting art and it involves different levels. The art objects are in boxes, that are opened just on one side. You start on a platform and walk down stairs that lead you to the next level, you have to walk around the box to see what is inside. Each art installation is something that you have to look at in detail and it might cause that you think about it and stay a bit longer looking at it before you continue to the next level.

Mental Levels by Sina Souza
Exhibtion at MetaLES ..O.. ArT Virtual Space

With MetaLes, I discovered another art sim in Second Life which changing exhibitions for myself. They run an own website, which is not up to date unfortunately (last entry is from March 2017).

Landmark to MetaLes
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MetaLES/128/128/18
MetaLes website
https://metalesmetaverse.wordpress.com/

Diary 2017 (93) June 5th – 11th: with my property

While Jenny is on vacation and our slaves are not often present due to various reasons (read also here) our Second Life was quiet and there’s not that much to report and to save for our diary. I spent my nights with my property, with shopping, playing chess inworld, with simploring and with a bit of roaming around. I was absent myself due to RL obligations between Friday, June 9th and Sunday, June 11th. When Jenny was online, we spent most of our time chatting and catching up and I enjoyed having her at my feet. I admit, that I get used to be in control again and I enjoy it to the fullest. I am and will always be very possessive about Jenny, about my property, Mine. And that is what I want to save for the diary.

June 7th: Precious moments – Mistress Diomita and her very owned property Jenny

Something inbetween: Claven, Albatraz and Betina Sands

We know Claven Albratos since 2008, since our very first months in Second Life and ever since we know her, Claven owns and operates a private prison – Albatraz. For several months Claven had her prison up in the sky close to our home and one day a prisoner of hers fell on our plot. That is how qt (aka. Maurer’s It) came to us and stayed our permanent prisoner for four years (she left SL after loosing her account due to hacking). Claven is a passionate builder and scripter. Her prison is really huge and has really many cells. It is impressive what structures Claven can build with just a few prims. Her cells are unique, she wrote the scripts for them. I often asked to get one of her cell rows or to purchase them, but as she’s constantly improving them, she doesn’t bring them to the market – so don’t ask.

Claven is a regular guest at our Friday Night party. Sometimes she’s in a generous mood and takes one or two of her slaves with her to the party. Lately she brought Lexi (lexijored) and Betina Sands several times with her to the party and they were even allowed to talk (which is even more generous). Betina Sands told me that she’s a reader of this blog and as we talked about it, I asked her to write a bit about herself, something to be published here. (read also here). To my surprise a few weeks ago I really got her story. It is about her Second Life as Claven’s prisoner and slave. What was missing were some pictures which I got now. So here is Betina’s story about herself in Second Life and about the life of a prisoner and slave at Albatraz:

I was surprised and delighted to see myself mentioned in a story your wonderful blog. I’ve attended your dance with Mistress probably four times now, and it took me that long to figure out who you were because I can’t see names or places. I figure the least I can do is tell you a little about me like you asked. So here’s my story about becoming Mistress Claven’s:

I’ve been around SL on and off for a long time now. Over the years, every once in a while, I would hear stories about a private prison named Albatraz, and about the strict and intimidating owner Claven Albatros. One night I’d found a landmark to Albatraz in someone’s profile. Of course, my curiosity got the best of me. I visited to find a girl locked inside what I now know as the holding cells at the top of the prison. She said the “evil” prison owner had locked her inside. We talked a while (including some teasing from me about her predicament) and I promised to come back soon to talk more.

The next time I visited, I had a short talk with the same girl in the cage. Suddenly, I found myself turned upside-down and held suspended by a silver robot. The robot quickly deposited me inside another cage next to the girl. I tried to get out, but the locks held tight and I was prevented from teleporting. A short while later, Claven Albatros herself showed up. I figured I could explain this was all a mistake and I’d be able to go free. I had done nothing wrong after all. I got as far as “Hello Miss Claven…” before she entered the cell, gagged me, cuffed me, tore of my dress, and started leading me down to the lower levels of the prison for ‘processing’.

I will spare you every detail of what transpired, but it included being searched, having a proprietary ‘Lense’ installed, and being fitted with a tight metal chastity belt. My IMs were taken completely. I was no longer allowed to see names or places. The longest list or RLV restrictions I’ve ever seen was added. I was then led into a small cell and pushed into a hanging metal cage just big enough to fit me. I was stunned. But! I had been in other SL prisons already. So I figured if I behaved, I’d be out in a few days! A few weeks, tops. Right?… Right?

I’ve now been owned by Mistress and been kept at Albatraz for well over a year. There is no sign that I will ever be released (not that I’d want to be). *wink Through my time here, I have found Claven Albatros to be captivating, confident, cruel, controlling, creative, and clever. Make no mistake, being kept in Albatraz Prison is not easy. I am truly a prisoner with no rights. I can be thrown, blindfolded and gagged, into that hanging cage in the depths of the prison just as easily as I can attend your fun Friday party on her leash. My chastity belt is rarely if ever unlocked, and prisoners are only fed what (for legal reasons) is called ‘food-like’ paste. My entire life is now decided entirely by my owner and warden.

However, it’s not all doom and gloom. Mistress can be very affectionate, warm, and caring with those she likes; friends and prisoners alike. She can also craft puns or engage in wordplay with the best of them. And whether prisoners have been held isolated and blindfolded in a tiny cell all week, have been able to see the sun and spend time on the exercise course (spiked floor and whips included), or have spent time relaxing at Mistress’ feet, we can always count on the Sunday night dance at the Twisted Nipple club. A very similar atmosphere to your Friday dances. Along with Mistress’ close group of friends and other visitors, there is also a select group of long term prisoners that I like to think of as the ‘keepers’ held inside the prison.

Betina Sands (in the foreground) at Claven’s regular party – Sunday nights CST

Alright, my mouth is cramping from writing all of this. Oh, I probably should have told you. My arms have never been released from behind my back since I was captured more than a year ago. Having ‘Touch’ is overrated anyway. I will leave anyone curious about Albatraz Prison with the same warning I give to everyone; ‘Be careful what you wish for.’ And also with one of Mistress Claven’s favorite sayings, “It could be worse. It can always be worse.”

Thank you Betina for providing your story. I really appreciate it and it adds very well to the variety of this blog. Thank you Claven, for allowing it and for sending the link to Betina’s pictures.

Simploring 2017 (44) – Light Thoughts 3

I had a look at the Second Life Destination guide again to select where to go this time. I decided to visit Light Thoughts 3, a combined art installation by Jo Williams and Mario2 Helstein within the Linden Endowment for the Arts (LEA) program. The two installations are adjacent and have one shared landing point and flow smoothly into each other. The Light Thoughts 3 installation of Jo Williams is on LEA 20 and the installation of Mario2 Helstein is on LEA 21. Looking at Jo’s and Mairo2’s profiles I learned that they are partnered and are both creative minds, hence the combined realisation of their art.

Both art installations work with mesh forms, fantasy plants and animals, with light and light effects, particles and colours. I started with LEA 20 by Jo Williams. It is described as “a dark sim, expressing the feminine experience and principles -flow, darkness, power, wisdom, beauty, abundance, romance, seduction, love and destruction using shapes and lights with mythical and spiritual symbology…and pose balls (ha!).
The setting of LEA 20 is more on the ground and doesn’t go up into the sky like LEA 21. You walk over water or fluids in different colours in which geometric forms and fountains of particles and flowers are embedded like flowerbeds. Some flowers are recognisable like roses and mushrooms, others are jsut fantasy. A little brigde from one bed to another give the impression to be in a garden. In the dark sky there’re spheres looking like planets. Most impressive are the colours and the lights. It is like being in an explosion of colours. Just wonderful and a paradise for those who like to catch the impressions in pictures like I do.
Poseballs? I only found a pair of poseballs for dancing, but perhaps I wasn’t attentive enough as my attention was caught by the colours.

June 6th – Impressions of Leicht Thoughts 3 (LEA 20)

LEA 21 by Mario2 Helstein is described as “an exhibition of mesh and prim forms, lights, effects and innovative scripting. This LEA sim is a stimulating example of artistic creation and technical scripting and innovation in Second Life“. Although both art installations mrege into each other it is clearly different. LEA 21 is has higher forms that reach far up into the sky. There’s also a ceiling buildt of geometrical forms. You can recognize statues, big sculpture of large animals, an octupussy like animal with long tentacles flaots through the room. There’re two ballons with invite to take a ride (for me just one worked and the tour was just a short hop from one spot to another, not what I expected). LEA 21 is coined by these artful sculptures. Some of them are embedded in large grids or surrounded by light effects and particles. There’s also a control panel at one of these sculptures where you can selected about 20 different particle effects. Every viewing angle at LEA 21 provides another experience of light, beams, scupltures and effects.

June 6th – Impressions of Leicht Thoughts 3 (LEA 21)

And why is it Light Thoughts 3? Because Light Thoughts was an art installation back in 2015 and Light Thoughts 2 in 2016 – I didn’t see them unfortunately. That’s the downside of virtual art, it is temporary. You can capture some impressions with pictures like I do but the three dimensional experience can’t be reproduced.

I don’t know how long Light Thoughts 3 will stay open. So it you want to see it, you shouldn’t wait until next year. There are events held at LEA 20 / 21. To get more information you have to join the M2D creations group to find out when awesome Events, Light Shows & parties are on.
Mario2 Helstein also has a store inworld (M2D) where you can purchase particles and light effects, if you want to create your own colourful light show.

Thank you Jo Williams and Mario2 Helstein for this art installion. I enjoyed a colourful hour at LEA 20 / LEA 21

Landmark to LEA 20 / LEA 21
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA21/144/9/23
Mario2 Helstein’s shop inworld
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Dark%20Heaven/33/133/21

Diary 2017 (92) June 5th – Jenny’s 9th (!) collaring day

I had an entry in this blog already about Jenny’s 9th collaring day (read here). But what happened that day? Not that much as Jenny is on vacation. She came inworld for an hour at late night (well for her it was later afternoon where she is now). We first met with slave Flo, who was happy and eager waiting to deliver some collarind day smacks. I allowed slave Flo giving her three spanks and I delivered the other six collaring day spanks myself. Then I took Jenny shortly to Domme a Domme, and we caught up there with our news of RL and SL. Kitty came inworld as well, just to congratulate. And that’s about it. The hour with my property Jenny, with Mine, flew by quickly. But I am very thankful that we could spend some time together on the occasion of this day.

Simploring 2017 (43) Chek Chau – Daisy’s playground

In my last diary entry “Diary 2017 (91) June 1st – June 4th: Quiet Relaxing Moments” I reported that I met Kitty and Aimee Riptide at Daisy’s Playground, to be more precisely at Chek Chau – Daisy’s playground. Even after more than 9 years in world and in the BDSM scene you sometimes get to places that are well known, just I never heard of it before or was there before. Chek Chau – Daisy’s playground is owned by Daisy Rimbaud, who is also the creator of Evil Kitten, a brand for cells, cages, scripts and other BDSM stuff. I personally know Evil Kitten since my frist days in Second Life. Very popular is the Evil Kitten titeler, a toy that I used a lot during my first years. I adds a locked titeler to an avatar, everyone can change the titeler, just the victim itself can’t. You ight imagine the fun behind it.
The Evil Kitten tube cage accompanied me also for my whole Second Life, a simply tube cell with a transparent door shield. Up until today, if we want to collar a new slave, they usually have to spend some time inside of this tube cell as a trial for us – and during this time the rest of the family and we ourself get to know better a new potential family member.

I asked Kitty, who told me that she’s been there quite often, to write a little bit about Chek Chau – Daisy’s playground and here’s what she wrote:

Evil Kitten Chek Chau is a BDSM D/s and kidnap play area. When arriving at the landing zone, do yourself a favor and veer right into the Evil Kitten shopping area. It’s not your usual mall but a best-of-breed collection of Daisy’s wonderfully wicked creations. And yes, there are freebies, too.

Crossing the water over a narrow bridge will bring you to an abandoned industrial site which begs to be explored. Rusting metal, paint peeling off walls, heavy concrete structures, graffiti, barbwire fences, hazmat drums, re-bar and spilled buckets set the scene for a multi-level slave storage, a power plant, a pit, factory buildings, warehouses and a well-appointed home with an adjacent ‘garage’. And cells. Did Kitty mention cells?

Make sure to explore the Sky Dungeon (Kitty thinks it has some of the best lockable pits in SL) and also the Garage Roof. Be curious. Not only does the sim set a wonderful atmosphere for some grungy RP, you will also find lots of unique cells, cages, traps and many other contraptions to experiment and play with. The sim also has a small RLV controlled prison area.

So, what is missing? You. Go and explore and then bring a friend and play. Or do both. Or bring more friends. The sim is usually not overly busy, which is another great plus for some unfettered fun and games. Once you’ve completed a hard day’s work and safely stored your victims, you can head for the beach to relax with cocktails and deckchairs, celebrating your accomplishments and the fun you’ve had.

Thank you Kitty, for your description!

I visited Chek Chau – Daisy’s playground myself again Monday, June 5th, mainly to take some pictures for this simploring entry. The sim consists of 3 main parts: The Evil Kitten Store, The public playground and a private area, most probably Daisy’s private home. There’s a teleporter network for the public area and the store. The public area consists of a social area, the industrial complex with the garage and the Beach. With the teleporter network you can also visit the Sky Dungeon and the prison, that Kitty mentioned.

Another premiere for me waited at the social area. There’s a chess board with mesh chessmen and it is fully working. I played my frist game of chess in Second Life game against the computer (at Level 2, I have no idea how many levels it offers nor if it is an easy level). I won :-).

Landmark to Chek Chau – Daisy’s playground
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chek%20Chau/151/58/24

 

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