Day 109: Bad Neighborhood

You know, ever since I went to that masquerade ball at Transylvania a few weeks ago, Ive been feeling...um... thirsty. So my friend told me to go visit City of Lost Angel's, where I could probably find a good place to drink.



Well, seems like a nice enough place. A little dirty perhaps. Must be all the smoke coming from the factories. Where's the environmental people when you need them?

Lost Angel's is certainly a busy place! Full of pale people walking around. I guess there arent any beaches nearby...



Heehee, these people care about their teeth and eyes! They even have versions for their dentures...:P



You know, this place has an awful lot of alleys! Dont these people drive around?



Ouch! They ought to watch those manhole covers. I fell into the sewers again!

Oooh...look that that pretty red ball...



Hey, I didnt do anything...honest! I barely touched that pretty red ball, and I ended up here! What are those danglely thingies? OMG, its the new hair from Gurl6!



Thank goodness I finally got out of that creepy place.

Ah good, a hospital. Finally a clean place where I can wash my hands!

Eeeewww...this hospital is worse than the sewers!



Yes, Im in Lost Angel's. Can I get a taxi please? Um...hello? Helloooo? Is anyone there?

Welcome to the City of Lost Angel's, where vampires, demons, werewolves, fallen angels, and other Goths roam the streets and alleyways. The City was built by a talented fashion/accessory design who specializes in Goth clothing and, according to the signs: "the best vampire fangs in SL" :)

City of Lost Angel's is a role-playing sim. The theme is dark, focused on all the action and things you typically see in modern vampire movies. There is a fair amount of violence (gunfire being the most noticeable), bloodsucking, and...um...other things (the latter being mostly behind the scenes). But the main focus is role-playing.

Admittedly, I was nervous at first when I arrived, with one eye on the button to TP me Home. But the sim rules were reassuring. If you do not wish to role-play, you dont have to. The sim has a policy of "open role-play", so you can be who you want, as long as you respect others. You are quite free to roam around the streets, explore, and watch the vampires run after demons :P I was there for nearly 2 hours striking weird poses and taking pix, and no one bothered me (didnt even get a "Hey Sexy" :P). And they cant shoot you if you are not wearing a combat meter (and you dont have to wear one).

Lost Angel's supports a wide number of races and character types (not mermaids, unfortunately :P). When you first come here, I would recommend that you come as a human or Goth dressed in modern attire, just out of respect for the environment. You can come wearing freebie jeans and T-shirt, just dont run around naked or they WILL shoot at you :)

Please be sensitive and not interrupt other people role-playing. Its really bad to be in the middle of an intense dialog and have someone walk up and ask, "So what do you guys do here?" If you are new to SL role-playing, particularly in a Goth sim, spend some time and watch the people there first. If you have questions, ask people via IM. If you wish to comment in open Chat, put the comment in double parenthesis: ((just like this)). This indicates the remark is out-of-character, and should be ignored in role-play.

Of all the major Goth role-playing sims, I found City of Lost Angel's and Transylvania with the most open policy to visitors. So if you want to take a walk on the wild side, check out City of Lost Angel's. Click on Search at the bottom of your screen, select the Places tab, and enter "lost angel" (no "s") as the keyword. The SLURL is Satellite (12,178,333).



Warning: This outfit is not intended for use in Caledon. May cause others to faint, be nauseous, get dizzy, or run away screaming :P

I saw a pix in a magazine recently that had an outfit with lots of buckles. So I thought it might be kinda cool to do one. I borrowed the buckle from the Trendy Outfit and cloned the heck out of it :)

Then I went to work on the top. Ive seen a few Goth tops with that swirly tribal pattern, so I thought I might try making one. After experimenting with Paths in Photoshop, I got addicted and went nuts :P The original version of this outfit had cool lighting effects and patterns all over the place, including stuff down the arms. But it didnt look good after I uploaded it (because it looked "painted-on" and the elbow bends). I had to scale it back a bit.

Oh, and I used dark lace on the slip because it is a texture map skirt. You can use all the transparency you want on texture map clothing without encountering display problems. The display problems only happen in prim clothing (like prim skirts). So its lots of lacy slips from now on :)



Heehee heres my favorite ride in the whole City :) Giddy up! Take me home, you little devil! :P