My New Cyberpunk Aesthetic

The genesis of today's adventuring rises from the ashes of yesterday's unexpected sudden endings. Just before RL intervened, I was hitting if off with Ms. M., and she had just given me a new outfit. Presumably, she wanted to see me in it, but I never had the chance. So today, given that she was offline and figuring that I owed her at least some snapshots of me in the outfit she sent, I put them on and took some pictures of myself. (During that process I encountered a strange and amusing pony girl sub, but I don't think I'll tell that story today, other than to say I got to ride on her back while we trotted around Perilous Pleasures.)

I had a revelation as I put on the outfit: I was limiting myself unnecessarily to elegant clothes. The batsuit was a hit the day before, and here I was in a luscious purple + see-through gown. I decided I need to spice up my look.

Right around that time, my friend mCall logged in, and she told me she was looking for some exotic new hairstyle. Clearly, this was a call for a visit to Curious Kitties, in Bizarre. Though that store can be frustrating to move around in, it is generally worth the effort, stocked with punky-urban-Japanese themed outfits (some of the gothic lolitas look like they come right out of Fruits magazine, though I didn't get one).

For her part, mCall, who had never visited Curious Kitties before, was transfixed. I think she discovered her aesthetic. She's often complained that clothing in SL is either boring or slutty, with very little outside of these categories. Actually, there is a third category, I think, and that is fashion fetish, which is some theme gone wild: goth, robot, furry (when your avatar becomes an animal). So Curious Kitties has the Bladerunner fashion fetish (just imagine how good we'll look at the Bladerunner-themed Desert Moon!), and mCall was ready to phone home. She ran around from floor to floor declaring that she was going to buy these boots, that hair, that shirt, and the other skirt. She looked at arm bands, parasols, trailing particle bubbles (always a good choice, IMO), jackets, stockings, belts, geisha hairdos.

I don't have any totals, but I'm pretty sure a lot of Linden dollars went to Curious Kitties yesterday.

Nonetheless, mCall was a different person when she was done. Her hair was inspiring: big, teased, punk, and a nice mix of blue and black. Her outfits were modern and even a little dangerous. (She wasn't packing any guns or knives, though; something for her to work on.)

I got punked up, too. I have pink spikey hair, a dead bunny t-shirt, XXX jeans, and Hello Kitty boots (the latter were found at Perilous Pleasures). I added some spikey armbands and jewelry for good measure. Finally, I hopped on my free Desert Moon hoverboard and zoomed all over the sim, while mCall, as far as I could tell, bought damn near every thing in Curious Kitties.

Afterwards, I joined SC in Midnight City, on the frozen pond in the snow. Lovely place. We went on a magic carpet ride, drove some NASCAR cars around the city, and SC released a platoon of "mousies" into the city, I tried to follow the mousies, but they disappeared. (It should come as no surprise to anyone that someone took the time to model, animate, and script rats in SL.) We sat on a bridge in the city and talked. SC became pensive, and we had an unusually intimate conversation, which was thrilling to me. It's not appropriate for me to say more here, except that I was really honored that she was willing to share her personal thoughts with me. Yayy SC!