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You have to develop a system

Sian acquired a stack of things from sYs over the last year, but has never really featured them. This is the first of five or six posts featuring outfits from sYs Sian has planned for the next couple weeks.

If you're going to survive,
You have to develop a system,
Because you want to stay alive.
If you're going to survive
You mustn't let them drive
You mad, though you'll miss them.
If you're going to survive,
You have to develop a system.

The sYs stuff is exquisite and idiosyncratic, but is really quite scripty, thanks to the (admittedly uniform easy-to-use) HUD-controlled resizer system that all of Systi Cisse's designs use. Some of the outfits Sian and Sion will wear in the coming few posts have well over 3MB of scripts in them. This may not be a problem for you, but it could prevent you from visiting well-frequented sims.

Sian wears:
[sYs] Sentinelle outfit; PULSAR - boots; Black Legbag; Cyber Tattoo - Digital (Upper - Grey); HOLOTATTOO - navel piercing white (former group gift); STYX - earrings and necklace; Sunglasses - Evangelia

[RAW HOUSE] Razored Hairbase
[Nuuna] Zion 2 Blue tat. (F)
[Miss Shippe's Studio] Brows-B-Gone[MANDALA]Milky Way Nails/GAGA black
[Negaposi] ELFIN EYES - White Out
[E.S] USB/Plug Piercing Female
[the body co] chocolata  (golden ebony)

It isn't what they put into your head

Sian's Tattoo Layering Hints: Sian took one of Nuuna's awesome face tats, and put on top of it one of her home-made barcode tattoos, tinted to be the colour of her skin... so it looks up close like the barcode is actually stencilled out.

When they program you, when they link you to the net
It isn't what they put into your head that will hurt,
It's what they erase, what they make you forget
When they program you, when they link you to the net,
It's what they erase - have I said that yet?
They say it's necessary for the job, to convert, 
When they program you, when they link you to the net
It isn't what they put into your head that will hurt.

The Ponka Predatory Latex suit is pretty good, although the detail fails ever so slightly on that tricky join between the top and bottom layers, as you can see.

Sian wears: 
[sYs] PUMP - shoes (black); Mx - soundglasses
[PONKA] Predatory suit semitransparent
[RAW HOUSE] Razored Hairbase
[Nuuna] Zion 2 Black tat.
[ELIXIR] Latex Bodysuit 2.0 (gloves only)

[Miss Shippe's Studio] Brows-B-Gone
[E.S] USB/Plug Piercing Female
[the body co] chocolata (golden ebony)
[negaposi] ELFIN EYES - White Out

Eat Me

It's not that the Boingo Bikini is terribly skimpy (although it is) - but the Chocolata skin really does have very large aureoles, so if you're not careful a bit of nipply edge peeks out at times. If that's the effect you wan, though, as it is here, that's OK. We're just saying.

The currently running Macabre Hunt is, this time round, Alice-themed. Sian took the opportunity to indulge her vicious side and do some truly appalling things to the Mad Hatter...


Sian wears (Macabre Hunt gifts in red): 
[BOINGO] Special Edition Bikini - Dinoskin; Dinoskin Pants - black
[ContraptioN] Mercurious Nightmare hat and eyes
[Rasetsukoku] - White Rabbit's Confinement Collar
[Nuuna] Nuuna's Playing Cards Tattoos Spades Female
[Glamorize] Flyshadow - Charcoal
[NA] EAT ME Tattoo
[Amorous] Conquistador (Earrings); You (Bracelets)
[Black Cat Bones] Ace of Spades arm band only, worn on leg
[L and B] Gothic Platforms - Wood

[AVM Tattoo] Sleeve tattoo - TCC1-11
[the body co] chocolata with full cleavage (golden ebony)
[Miss Shippe's Studio] Brows-B-Gone; Potatoes Grow Out Your Ears, Love
[Miamai] NoAlpha Lashes No.2

Also seen: 
[Del's Odd Shop] Queen of Hearts's Tea Set

Morning Wood

The Contraption Mister Perplex arms are rigged mesh, very well done, and very, very creepy.

Sion understands the humiliation and embarrassment of getting up with what the kids are wont to call "morning wood" but this isn't quite what he thought the phrase meant. Maybe it had something to do with that poison oak burn he got on his hand while out walking yesterday.

Who knows? Anyway, right now, Sion has an uncontrollable urge to chase nubile teenagers around dark woods yelling "graaaaaar." He hopes you understand.

The Gos Triumph boots set also includes versions that are unlaced and folded down. They're an amazing piece of work.

Sion wears:
[Avatar Bizarre] Black Snakeskin Pants
[Gos] Triumph Boot - Male - Black
[ContraptioN] Mister Perplex (group gift - only available for another week)

[Tableau Vivant] Vincent August
[negaposi] ELFIN EYES - White Out

Imaginary

The LostHaven armour sets are ridiculously over the top, but very easy to modify.

Azaiya Aeon, much like Laverne Unit, is a small-scale creator making completely original and beautiful things from mesh. Like Laverne, Azaiya eschews drawing inspiration from movies, video games, or comic books, instead creating her own, original imaginary world. Azaiya's artefacts from Cynefin are beautifully, elegantly made.

Had Azaiya made enough things, Sian would have been able to make a whole outfit out of them; as it stands, she has so far made only a mask, a breastplate and a dagger, all of them exquisite. Sian looks forward to being able to construct something more complete from Azaiya's work soon.

Nuuna's lovely Zion makeups have made a showing here before. They are very nice. That is all.

Sian wears:
[Nixie/Cynefin] Basic Draka Armour Red; Lumina Dagger; Mask of the Kalissk
[LostHaven] Midnight Sorceress; (pieces from) Revenant Armour
[Glamorize] Poetic Combo - Lips
[Nuuna] Zion 2 Red tat. (F)

[Miss Shippe's Studio] Brows-B-Gone
[Plastik] Tribal Tattoo Dark
[Wasabi Pills] Antiope Hair - Ash
[Amorous] Sieben (Earrings)
[negaposi] ELFIN EYES - Darkmatter
[Zaara] Nizam mughal nosering *white* (nose)
[the body co] chocolata (golden ebony)

The Bodyguard

Sian managed to go to the opening party of that art show, but only for a few minutes. This is what she wore.

The emissary's bodyguard is engineered to offer protection; is programmed to be emotionless and efficient. But why does she offer her charge such sad, longing glances?

Kitti went too. This is what she wore. Sian likes having Kitti as her entourage.

Kitti wears:
[NeurolaB Inc.] Hi-Boots Runner Combat
[Graves] G325 Paradox; G331 Jinx
[Glam Affair] Layla lipstick - azure
[mock] Mizu Chrome Lip Gloss
[a.e.meth] Wet Mascara (extra long lash); Daughter of North (Eye Powder)

[Plastik] Aleria Surf-Bare
[TRUTH] Annie - carrot
[negaposi] ELFIN EYES - White Out

Sian wears: [Miamai] Rapt; Isis Nails; NoAlpha Lashes No.18
[Plastik] Demon Fades - Noir
[Hello Spacegirl] Ilia Corset (black); Ilia Collar (black)
[Glam Affair] Intima - Niu
[Nuuna] makeups v10 5

[Tableau Vivant]  Light&Shadows ~ Electric Geisha
[Miss Shippe's Studio] Brows-B-Gone
[BG] Voluptuous Lips Eccentric-Metal Blue
[VvB] MAID 15" Platform Ankle Boots BLACK
[E.S] USB/Plug Piercing Female V.2; USB/& Plug Piercing Female V.1
[NeurolaB Inc.] Sensiva Ears v1.1
[the body co] chocolata (golden ebony)
[negaposi] ELFIN EYES - White Out

Exhibitionist

Suggestive Gigeresque sculptures not pictured.

Sian was asked a couple of months ago to be part of the Fetish Art Exhibition which is to be held at Darkadia and which begins tomorrow.

Although not actually any sort of fetishist, Sian has often worn and photographed fetishy things, and said, hey, OK.

Honestly, Sian does not feel that her pictures are of a piece with the other exhibitors -- they have all tried harder than she has to make something artistic, and much of their material is far more explicitly adult -- and wants the reader to be made aware that while her work is easily PG rated, the rest of the exhibition is not for kids or those offended by explicitly presented depictions of specialist sexual practices. Darkadia is an adult sim, and the exhibition is themed "Fetish" for a reason; its subject matter largely reflects that.

So here we are. Five pictures, put up in the same spot where Sian made that comic a while back. You can buy framed copies of them, because they're set up as vendors. One of the pictures comes with the "Look Don't Touch" tattoos, if that's an incentive. And yes, while you could grab most of them off of Sian's Flickr stream, upload them for L$10 each and stick them on prims, think of the not-that-extortionate cost of buying a framed version to put in your skybox as a tip, if you will.

Sian is nothing if not mercenary.

From the event preview:

*May 12 (Preview showing) Noon SLT
*May 13 Opening ball - which will be an Haute Fetiche event. Dress to impress! Noon SLT


Confirmed exhibitors:
Aesthetic Demon
Ainsworth Gastel
Corphaelia Ninetails
CS Ghost
DeNovo Broome
Domino (Sophia Shilton)
Effie Beverly
Jessica Belmer
Kim Dench
Mai Nijan (mariko.demonia)
SєVєη (seven.sharpesworth)
Sacha (sacha.audeburgh)
Sian Pearl
Missy (eddie01nz.florio)

Want a programme or a teleporter thing? Contact Sian or organiser DeNovo Broome inworld.

Bon Voyage

Sian is really not sure about the lighting here.

Sian has managed an unbroken daily run of posts now for about a month now, which is some sort of a record, but she's sort of in danger of getting burned out on this.

Maybe it's time to take a little break?

Sian wears:
[Leezu!] Bon Voyage
[Ladies Who Lunch] Escarpa boots Necromancer
[mock] Darkest Merlot Lipstain
[a.e.meth] Tribal Face Paint (Teal)
[Tokugawa] CX Throat Mic

[Dead Apples] Menace 5
[MANDALA] Milky Way Nails/GAGA black
[Miamai] NoAlpha Lashes No.18
[E.S] USB/Plug Piercing Female V.2
[the body co] chocolata (golden ebony)
[negaposi] ELFIN EYES - White Out
[Miss Shippe's Studio] Brows-B-Gone; Potatoes Grow Out Your Ears, Love

Taped

The Handverk Bauhaus furniture is really quite exquisite.

Oh no! Sian finally finds the perfect mesh jacket she's been looking for since mesh first arrived on the grid and she's got nothing to wear underneath it! Seriously, would you believe how hard it is to find a nicely designed shiny black bikini bottom?

Plan B, then. Here's a roll of gaffer tape. A few quick rrrrips and voilà! Instant underwear.

Classy.

Sian, of course, wouldn't do this were she real. Can you imagine how much that'd hurt coming off? (The internet says, not a vast amount actually, but frankly, who trusts the internet?) Anyway, we're talking about an avatar who makes frequent use of jack sockets in her head (and just think for one moment -- isn't that the most impractical thing ever? How could you ever shower again? Or bathe? What if it got dirty? What if it got infected? What if a bug crawled in there?) so honestly, a couple of virtual tape burns aren't that terrifying.


Sian wears (items from Culture Shock fair in blue):
[Baiastice] Evange jacket black
[la petite morte] diffused makeup white
[League] Duct Tape black
[SLink] Tall Leather Thigh Boots Curvy Black; Vixen Catsuit Black (Gloves only)

[Miss Shippe's Studio] Brows-B-Gone; Potatoes Grow Out Your Ears, Love
[sP] Shymr in Metal
[Amorous] Audiopunk Headphones; Locked choker; You bracelets

[the body co] chocolata (golden ebony)
[negaposi] ELFIN EYES - White Out

Also seen: 
[Handverk] Bauhaus lamp, table, tea diffuser