Announcement: Vampire Ball At New Toulhouse

 

The Vampire Ball
With DJ Hollocluck Henley
October 26 at 12 Noon
At the Green-Eyed Fairy

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/62/206/24

I Pink I Can Annoucement: "Count Hopula Boopie"

 

 

Did you get your Boopie?

Please meet the exclusive Count Hopula!

He is an exclusive from Linden Lab! He can be displayed or your bestie companion! He leaves a trail of sparkles...and is simply adorable ♥

He will be here for I Pink I Can...and then he will be gone!

Dont miss out on this deal. 200 lindens and every lindens goes to help fight breast cancer!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/American%20Cancer%20Society2/169/121/21

 

Cartoon of The Day: A Date With Some Bite

 

 

Sometimes blind dates can work really well. And sometimes, they can leave a guy feeling slightly drained.

By Bixyl Shuftan

Clumsy Cooper's Halloween Tale

 

We interrupt our news reporting with a Halloween story. Clumsy Cooper is back. Somehow, he ended up in Montecity Bay after his trip to the Deathlands. Life is better, with food every day and a soft bed every night. But he still wishes for more, such as cute girls. With rumors floating around, someone asks him for a favor, right on Halloween night. Will our ex-burglar get himself a decent amount of cash? Will he finally find love? The only thing one can be sure of on Halloween is to expect the unexpected.

Read our Halloween SL fiction in Extra.

 

Announcement: New Toulouse Vampire Ball

 

 

 Saturday October 22

12 Noon to 2PM SL time

Music by DJ Holocluck Henley

Preferred attire is formal or Halloweeny.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/206/205/23

Vampire Bat Sighted at Montecito Bay

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Montecito Bay has seen some strange things in it's past from flying saucers to slime monsters. This Halloween season, something odd has been spotted flying around at night, a human-sized vampire bat.

The bat, which is humanoid with arms and legs along with two huge wings, has been seen several times at night or dusk, either flying through the air or standing on top of a building or in a dark area. About the only time it's been spotted inside a brightly lit building was when it was seen checking out the new arcade. 

There are no reports of the bat having harmed anyone, though a few eyewitnesses describe it as chasing away a robber.  There are also reports it's been flirting at a few of the women walking the streets at night. A local clinic has treated a couple women found with two fang marks on their necks and having mild blood loss. When asked how they got the marks, they just smiled. 

Talking to leading Montecito Bay citizen Moffett Mephit, he felt there was no reason for alarm as there were no reports of him hurting anyone. In fact, he thought it was cool it was around, commenting at one point he wouldn't mind being one himself, "Skunk teeth are cool, vampire teeth even cooler."  

So if you're walking the streets of Montecito Bay at night following a night at Studio 86 or the Roller Rink, or the new video arcade, keep your eyes out for a dark winged shape in the air. 

Note: the preceeding was a tale of fiction for this time of year. 

Bixyl Shuftan
 

Cartoon of the Day

 

Taken at Montecito Bay. Looks like the vampire bat wants to do a little necking. But the woman isn't panicking.

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

Vampire Bat Spotted At Deathlands

 

As a post-apocalyptic wasteland slowly recovering from the collapse of civilization, the Deathlands have seen a number of scary beings and scary tales of such over time. But this October, something new has appeared, or at least that's what some claim. Lately there have been a number of sightings and tales of a human-sized vampire bat.

In a place where mutant monsters and raiders are threats, a vampire might not seem quite so scary. And indeed with a few of the sightings, the bat is described as helpful. In one case, a band traveling at night found themselves under attack by raiders when they saw a shape of some kind from above dropping an object. Then a magnesium flare lit up in the middle of the attacking raiders. Blinded, they could only stumble while the travelers got away. When they returned in the day to recover some lost items, they found the bodies of a few of the raiders, drained of blood.

In another case, a tavern owner late at night had a knock at the door, and answering found only a crudely written note, saying someone was hurt near the intersection of two nearby roads. Concerned, he and a few others in town went over, and found the bodies of two mutants, drained of blood, and an injured man with a crudely-made neck brace. When the man recovered, he claimed the mutants had broken his neck, then were attacked by some dark shape before he passed out. When they got the man to a doctor to examine his neck, the physician wondered if whomever had set it had access to x-rays, or sonar.

Not all of the stories involve tales of rescue. One was from someone whom checking on his sister found she needed supplies, notably food. When he returned, he found someone else had delivered a few fruits and meat of some kind. Curiously, she had what looked like two half-healed puncture marks on her neck. When he asked who was here, where the food came from, and how did she get the marks, she just smiled whistfully. 

The Baron, Rebel Wolf, could neither confirm of deny the existence of the vampire bat, saying stranger mutations have happened. But even in the Deathlands, people tend to tell tall tales around Halloween.

Note: the preceeding was a tale of fiction for this time of year.

Bixyl Shuftan
 

Cartoon of the Day

From Club Cutlass. Yes, "Dracula Disco" is an actual song. 

By Bixyl Shuftan

SL Video: "Sucker"

(Click here if the video fails to play)

From Nitwacket in March 2008, "Three residents of the Virtual World, Second Life - located in Japan, Germany and the USA. Song by Vampira Kanno - recorded with Apple Garageband. Machinima by NITWACKET - Pyewacket Bellman & Niten Altamura captured in Second Life - edited in Apple iMovie0,"

Cartoon of the Day

Taken at Club Zero Gravity

By Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day

Taken at the Relay Wrap-Up. One of the ladies was sporting a pair of fangs. One wonders how she could have ended up with them.

By Bixyl Shuftan

Transylvania Celebrates Twelfth Anniversary

Friday August 12 was the twelfth anniversary of the Transylvania sim. Parties had been going on all week, but Friday was the big day, or rather the big night. Residents or all sorts came by, vampires, weres, and normal humans in both dark outfits and regular clothes. Hopefully the latter brought plenty of garlic.

There was a birthday cake in the own square, as well as a number of fang emblem balloons for the anniversary, or the "fangsgiving" as someone called it. While there were plenty of vampires, there were no sightings of vampire bats, this time. Not one tried to give this fox reporter a hickey.

Vampire fans have been a part of Second Life for most of it's history. They do have an iffy reputation among some due to the "Bloodlines" game, but the vampires themselves look down on those who abuse it, calling them "leeches." While Transylvania is not the only vamp area, it is the oldest and best known one.

The real Transylvania had no vampires of course, though it is noted for Gothic architecture. It should be noted that Vlad Tepes, the inspiration for the character Count Dracula, was not from Transylvania, but what is now southern Romania. Perhaps Transylvania sounded spookier than Wallachia. But the name of the place has become so linked to vampires, no one is trying to "suck" the fun from fans of the undead.

Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day

By Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day

Taken at Seagull Island Park, this vampire bat isn't going to find his next meal in a bottle soon.

by Bixyl Shuftan

SLife and Times: When Exploring Becomes a Pain in the Neck

After his review of Insilico (which was a fantastic review in the editor's opinion), Ozymandius set his sights on Madpea. With years of experience of making games in Second Life, surely they would have something interesting to write about. As it turned out, Ozymandius did find something, but not quite what he expected.

Read about Ozymandius' adventure in People.

Club Infinity

Wesley Regenbogen is back on the club circuit. This time, he takes a look at Club Infinity. Opened in 2013, the club plays a variety of music, including raves. But what got Wesley's attention is that the club has events listed through the Bloodlines vampire group and is Bloodlines friendly, even though its not a vampire club.

Read more in Places.

Cartoon of the Day

And of course, she would find no bird in the morning. She would be feeling a little "drained," though.

By Bixyl Shuftan

Interview With Talia Sunsong, Author of "Twilight of the Star Vampires"

Bixyl Shuftan met up recently with Second Life resident Talia Sunsong. Talia, whom had some experience with journalism in real life, had recently tried her hand at satire, writing a science fiction parody, "Twilight of the Star Vampires." Between book readings, she sat down for an interview.

Read the story in People.

Classic SLN Cartoons: Happy Halloween

From Second Life Newspaper in Oct 2009. 

Sometimes Halloween can be such a "pain in the neck." ;-)