Ember's Cauldron: Undertow

I keep getting caught up and pulled under.

Genre: No Heros

Pedestals self-destruct.

Genre: Out of Place

Sometimes, question marks find you.

I Was Never a Joiner Until Now

LEA 10: Hunting the Oracle

I'm a stranger in an even stranger land!

La Petite Morte

O! never say that I was false of heart,
Though absence seemed my flame to qualify,
As easy might I from my self depart
As from my soul which in thy breast doth lie:
That is my home of love: if I have ranged,
Like him that travels, I return again;
Just to the time, not with the time exchanged,
So that myself bring water for my stain.
Never believe though in my nature reigned,
All frailties that besiege all kinds of blood,
That it could so preposterously be stained,
To leave for nothing all thy sum of good;
   For nothing this wide universe I call,
   Save thou, my rose, in it thou art my all.

--William Shakespeare

Whimsical Wishes

Life is made up of the little moments in which we make choices. We build ourselves, our worlds, and our relationships through those little moments which seem so insignificant until they are writ large on the soul. In a few days, I'll be celebrating my tenth birthday - it's time to take some stock.

The Last Unicorn: Death

"What is plucked will grow again,
What is slain lives on,
What is stolen will remain —
What is gone is gone."


"What is sea-born dies on land,
Soft is trod upon.
What is given burns the hand —
What is gone is gone."

 ― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

The Last Unicorn: Immortality

"Unicorns are immortal. It is their nature to live alone in one place: usually a forest where there is a pool clear enough for them to see themselves-for they are a little vain, knowing themselves to be the most beautiful creatures in all the world, and magic besides. They mate very rarely, and no place is more enchanted than one where a unicorn has been born. The last time she had seen another unicorn the young virgins who still came seeking her now and then had called to her in a different tongue; but then, she had no idea of months and years and centuries, or even of seasons. It was always spring in her forest, because she lived there, and she wandered all day among the great beech trees, keeping watch over the animals that lived in the ground and under bushes, in nests and caves, earths and treetops. Generation after generation, wolves and rabbits alike, they hunted and loved and had children and died, and as the unicorn did none of these things, she never grew tired of watching them."

― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

What the Tortoise Taught Us

You're in a desert, walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look down and see a tortoise. It's crawling toward you...

You reach down and flip the tortoise over on its back.

The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over. But it can't. Not with out your help. But you're not helping.

Why aren't you helping?

                            --paraphrased from the Blade Runner interrogation scene.

Snowy Secrets

There are so many events going on that it's a challenge to keep up, but I'm having fun pulling together pretty outfits, finding pretty places, and taking pretty pictures!

In the Pink

It all starts with a smile is back!!

For all the Lolita's out there - I found bloomers that work under puffed skirts. Check out Goji for them in a few different color packs and never worry about flashing your scants again!

White on White

Look to the Sky

Angels and demons circle above my head

cleaving through thorns and Milky Ways

He who does not perceive his calling,

does not know true happiness...

Watch in awe! Watch in awe!

Heavenly glory! Heavenly glory!

Watch in awe! Watch in awe!

Heavenly glory! Heavenly glory!

I am Calling Calling out!

Spirits, I am calling!!!

To remain myself longer...

Calling Calling, in the depths of longing!

To remain myself longer!

Ghost in the Shell "Inner Universe"

Caught Unawares

I didn't expect exactly what an effect moving would have on my spare time, but apparently it swallows it whole in a combination of boxes and anxiety! It's been almost a month since I posted and I've missed a ton of things - so sorry to everyone for evaporating without word - and I have another week or so before I can start settling into my new place. I feel rather like the would is falling in on me; at least in Second Life, that world can be made up of gorgeous shoes!

See you on the other side!

Flower in the Carribean

It's been a hectic month already, but I pulled this outfit together towards the end of the Fashiontropic event and I loved the effect - as did a handful of people in the dance and activity sim I found myself in. You can't tell due to my angle, but the Caribbean Resort has dance clubs, boats and helicopters to travel around in, and is clearly one of the destination places of a bunch of new avatars. There are a ton of couples dance balls floating around all over, and also some cuddle spots. You can also, with some judicious angling and a touch of derendering, snap some clean pictures. One feature the ism has which I wish more seaside ones did - the land slopes gently under the water so there is a wide area one can stand in before it bottoms out. This makes using reflections a breeze - one can use the hover to fine tune it and catch some lovely shots. I'm a big believer in using Second Life's natural water to augment pictures - the effect can be really amazing and add a lot of life to your pictures. The trick is a windlight that isn't too misty, and the right reflection on the water and you, too, can look like your avatar is melting into swirls of brilliant color.

Time Flies on Broken Wings

'Your hopes have become my burden. I will find my own liberation...'
- RWBY Black

Hearts are Irreplaceable

Everyone is entitled to their own sorrow. 

Hearts are not comparable, nor metric, with 

no form of measure because all of it is irreplaceable.

- RWBY White -

Unconquerable

Close your eyes now time for dreams,

Death is never what it seems.

Did the things you thought you should,

All the things they said were good.

All your faith in ancient ways,

Leaves you trapped inside a maze.

Take the lives of those you need,

Sow the death then reap the seed.

Reap the seed.

Born an angel, heaven sent,

Falls from grace are never elegant.

Stars will drop out of the sky,

The moon will sadly watch the roses die.

In vain,

Lost, no gain,

But you're not taking me.

You can't have my life,

I'm not your sacrifice.

You can try, but I'm free,

And you won't conquer me.

Sacrifice - RWBY Volume 2

Reset Button

That audible snap you heard was the universe returning to it's natural state now that I'm back in a pretty dress. Hope it didn't give you a headache!