Here's To You Jessicabelle Dayafter

 

 As thoughts look back over the past year and a half, yours truly thinks about the good times. But, there were also some sad times. Among them was when a longtime friend and virtual neighbor passed away, Jessicabelle Dayafter. She was someone I knew since 2008 and my days at Woodlin, who went on to become a crack combat RP/pilot, as well as someone who frequently appeared in Nydia Tungsten's videos and calendars. In this article, I look back at the times I knew her.

Read Bixyl Shuftan's story in People. 

SL Video: "Angelic Farewell"

 

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From Nydia Tungsten on December 5, "We have lost two Angels this year, it is with heavy hearts we bid them farewell. They were loved by many and will be missed by all. Farewell Jessica and Alleara. We should not mourn their loss, but celebrate what they shared with us."
 

Remembering Alleara, and Jessicabelle

 

As word gets around about the passing of Alleara Snoodle, people have made many prayers in her behalf. in Sunweaver Eclipse, a memorial flame was set up for her. It is next to fellow Sunweaver Jessicabelle Dayafter's, who passed in late September. In front of both, people have left flowers, candles, and other items.
 
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Jessicabelle Dayafter's Memorial Service

 

It was last week that news of Jessicabelle Dayafter passing away reached Second Life. She had been part of many places and groups, including the New Bastogne WW2 combat roleplay. On the night of September 26, the people of New Bastogne held an inworld memorial service for her, inviting some friends of her from the Sunweavers to attend. There was ceremony, and remembrance, and a salute to a friend and comrade.

Read the story in Events.
 

Reader Submitted: Portrait of Jessicabelle Dayafter

 

From Kitacelia Resident, a portrait of Jessicabelle Dayafter, whose passing was announced last week.
 

Memorial to Jessicabelle Dayafter

 

The reaction to the news of Jessicabelle Dayafter's passing among the Sunweavers has been sadness, often preceded by shock. She was popular with many, and people couldn't believe she was gone. In Sunweaver Eclipse, Shockwave Yareach had a Memorial Garden for Sunweavers and friends of the community whom had passed away, such as Akea Grommet and Lacy Musketeer. And now, Jessicabelle's name has been added to it, with a flame in her honor.

Stopping by, flowers had been dropped off, as well as a card with her picture: "Always and Forever Jessicabelle." The lively skunkette of the Sunweavers will never be forgotten.

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Bixyl Shuftan
 

Jessicabelle Dayafter Has Died

 

The Sunweaver/Angels community has lost a longtime member. It was announced last night that Jessicabelle Dayafter had passed away.

Some sad news. We received word that our loveable skunkette, Jessicabelle Dayafter, has passed away. The news came from an SL resident whom told us she knew her in RL. Jessica did post on Discord about a month ago she had come down with Covid.

Jessicabelle had been active in Second Life since 2007, and has been with a number of communities and groups. This includes the Sunweavers, Nydia's Angels, and the New Bastogne WW2 RP. She was noted for her anthro skunk avatar, and liked posing for pictures in outfits, such as seasonal ones for Christmas and Halloween, and appeared in many of Nydia Tungsten's calendars. She would also appear in a number of Nydia Tungsten's music videos. She also had skill as a builder, and would design and build some combat capable WW2-era aircraft for Second Life.

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Of her real-life family, it is known she had a sibling who died years ago, and her mother passed on a number of months ago.
 

SL Video: "Maroon 5 Animals"

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From Nydia Tungsten on November 13, "A special Thank you to Jessica, Mato, and Skylark for dancing with me, we hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed making it. As always this video is not monetized we do this for fun. This was shot in Second life, come check it out."

SL Video: "Jessica Rabbit Tribute 'Why Don't You Do Right' "

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From Nydia Tungsten, with the help of Jessicabelle Dayafter and others on March 10, "This tribute to Jessica Rabbit, it's creators and owners,and in no way are we making any money or infringing on copyrights. this was done for fun and our enjoyment."

Reader Submitted: "Love Is In The Air"

From Jessicabelle Dayafter, "I saw someone wearing this shirt awhile back, and had to have it, as how fitting for it to be worn on a skunk. (big grin) I am pleased with the pics for a super quicky shoot."

Reader Submitted: "St. Valentines Day Massacre Revisited"

From Jessicabelle Dayafter. Jessicabelle was trying to do a an animation that was a playful tribute to the St. Valentines Day Massacre done by Al Capone's men in 1929. But it didn't quite come off right. So for now, she settled for a screenshot, with a pink "tommy" gun that shoots hearts, not bullets.

Happy Rezzday to Jessicabelle Dayafter

It's not every day someone has their tenth rezzday. So when Jessicabelle Dayafter had hers, her friends threw her a party. The celebration took place on the evening of Sunday July 30.

A number of the skunkgirl's friend showed up, some I hadn't seen in quite some time, with the rezzday girl herself swinging on a dancepole. Over the years, Jessicabelle's gotten a number of people admiring her for her beauty and talent, including a character based on her in a furry comic. She's also developed a line of aircraft, called Skunkette Aviation.

Happy Rezzday Jessicabelle.

Cartoon of the Day

Picture from Jessicabelle Dayafter for "Shark Week," "The poor thing saw ... he was biting a skunk. ... and the poor thing froze in place and died like that. Anyone have a crowbar?"

By Bixyl Shuftan

Angels Calendar Auction at the Happy Vixen

Every year, Nydia Tungsten's Angels group releases a calendar to raise money to help keep it's sims going. For the second year in a row, Nydia is offering up chances to pose with the models in a "calendar auction." But there's something else up for bid as well.

This year we have  14 spots up for auction and 18 models. How this will work is the top 13 models with the highest bids will make it into the Calendar with their bidder. One lucky bidder will get to model with all 13 models in a custom Youtube video that is also being auctioned off.

Come see the reveal of which models will be up for bid this year and make your choice on who you would like to appear with in this years "Angels Calendar"

Half of the winning bids go to the models. The other half goes to help maintain the sims. Things started off with a party on Sunday July 12 with a party at the Happy Vixen club in Purrfection Estates, the location of the calendar auction, and people began the bids on the various models, each whom has a portrait there which one can click on and then place a bid. The models include Nydia and her partner Brandi Streusel, Primal Passions owner Rayven Tentigo (rayven.avalira), Ranchan Weidman, the builder of the SL Newser office, Jessicabelle Dayafter of JessicaBelle Aeronautic Projects, and others. Not all of the bids are for spots in the calendar. There's also a chance to bid on a spot in one of Nydia's videos with all of the models.

So for your chance to pose with a "calendar girl," come on over and place a bid.

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Bixyl Shuftan

Anzac Day 100th Anniversary Rememberance

Last Saturday, the 100th Anniversary of the battle of Gallipoli took place. Today the event is known as Anzac Day, a military day of rememberance in Australia and New Zealand. In Second Life, a ceremony was held in honor of those who served, the fallen and the survivors. Jessicabelle Dayafter took some notes and pictures so the event could later be written down for public record.

Read the story in Events.

The Puddle Jumper Mall Introduces a Local Builder and More

The Puddle Jumper Mall has opened a new vendor line consisting of aircraft and airport equipment manufactures. One aircraft manufacturer is our own local Jessicabelle Dayafter owner of Skunkette Aviation. Her product line consist of vintage World War II planes that was present during this years Relay for Life Air show where a rezzer was used for visitors to be allowed to fly. The rezzer has been inactive until now! You can rezz a plane and try it before you buy and is located in front of the store in the corner of taxiway and runway 34. The other aircraft manufacturer is Cloud Dancer Aviation with a wide assortment of aircraft type too numerous to list here. Flywalker Aviation Outfitters brings in a very large assortment of airport buildings, and ground equipment.

In an effort to make your shopping easier The Puddle Jumper Mall has connected with Podex Exchange and has installed an ATM. So now no need to have to leave to get money from the inworld exchange located at the Coda sim (45, 218, 61) and run the risk of running into a naturally masked ring-tailed bandit named Clumsy Cooper. Though this criminal seems to operate as well as Wild E. Coyote and the only harm he has cause is busted guts from laughter. Still the Podex Exchange system is considered one of the safest in Second Life. A telephone hotline to Cynthia Farshore the owner is installed located next to the Podex ATM by the stairs. The phone will leave messages if she is not on-line.

Speaking of stairs, it’s Halloween and the second floor has many items usable for this holiday. This includes witches hats, spell books, portals, and typing overrides that can give you that extra level above the rest.

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Reader Submitted: D-Day Reenactment Blake Sea Flyover

On Saturday June 7, a D-Day reenactment took place in Second Life. Among the parts of the event was a number of C-47s flying over to drop zones in the action area.

Jessicabelle Dayafter was among those taking part, and took a few pictures.

Those planes that weren't damaged and making crash landings, after dropping their paratroopers, flew to Foliage.

SL Video: "Focke Wulf Fw 190 'Butcher Bird' in SL" by JessicaBelle Aeronautic Projects

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JessicaBelle Aeronautic Projects recently finished the development of the new version of it's FW-190 fighter-bomber, now with three paint jobs that can be changed at the owner's command.

"The iconic German fighter in some action/dogfights/close air support:
FW-190 Butcher Bird-v.2.0 in SL made by JessicaBelle Dayafter."

Ceremony at New Bastogne

Earlier this week, the pilots of the German air group in the New Bastogne WW2 combat area, JG-52, held a ceremony to reward pilots shown to have performed well in recent flying. While the place hasn't been entirely free of problems, the pilots continue to scrap in the air, and have fun.

Read more in Events.

New Bastogne: WW2 in Second Life

It's been about a couple years since Bixyl Shuftan wrote on the WW2 Combat Roleplay. Two years later, the sims have gone through triumphs and troubles, but are still around. Recently, Grease Coakes took a look at the place to give his own observations.

Read Grease's story in Places.