Schadenfreude Oni Skulls

In Japan, the summer is the time for chilling ghost stories, to try to cool off in the hot (and humid!) weather.  In my personal opinion, year round is the time for chilling ghost stories, and I read short horror stories (short because I'm REALLY BAD at putting books down and tend to just read all night and not sleep...) before bed, because that's just the sort of person I am (I got started early, my grandmother loved watching horror movies with me when I was a baby, this probably explains a lot about me).  In Second Life, the region of Hakoniwa has undergone a transformation into a spooky night time wonderland, for Hyakki Yakou, the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons.

There are events, there is music, there will be a parade!  Dressing up for the occasion is encouraged, come as your favourite ghost, demon, or monster!  There is also a market at the entrance, with a few shops featuring spooky goods and freebies- including this horned demon skull, from me.  One, two, or three horns; without jaw, with attached closed jaw, or with jaw as a separate linked part you can edit yourself; use the HUD to choose between bone, metal, or coloured textures all with PBR with fallback and Blinn-Phong options; 1 Land Impact each skull from human skull size to a bit larger.  Unrigged, but hey, I've been wearing it on my head anyway (with my favourite skeleton body).  An update to the Chopsticks with Eyeball is also there as a free gift- more eye colours, PBR and Blinn-Phong texture options.

Hyakki Yakou is open August 1 - August 23, but it's on Japan time! So treat those dates as 8AM the previous morning instead.  The parade will be on August 22, the website has a schedule for events!  (Google translate does a decent job of presenting the information in English.  Read the story on the last tab of the menu, especially!)

Schadenfreude Daruma Chouchin

X kimono: [Adeyakko] NINJA APPARE2026SUMMER (yakko.lemon)
shoes: *katat0nik* Ninja Platforms (katat0nik.pidgeon)
hair: *barberyumyum*T32 (toraji.voom)
horns: A.MIRROR - Yokai Horns (attoJMirror)
eye patch: *:..Silvery K..:*Lace Eyepatch (gin.fhang)
hand: *katat0nik* (sick girl3) Prosthetic Hand (katat0nik.pidgeon)
tattoos: *katat0nik* Very Cherry Panda Tattoo Sleeve (katat0nik.pidgeon)
skin: [Luv:Ya] SARANG skin (banilacoco.francois)
eyebrows: .ARISE. Kano Brows/Black (lonlysoule)
eyes: {S0NG} :: Andi Eyes (funeral.plutonian)
head: *6DOO* Human mesh head HUCI-01 (ondo.mode)
pose: UZME_Lady07 (kazusa.yoshikawa)
ceiling background: MAke a MArk [Furumachi no Tsuji] Japanese Shopping Street (marcusbluesky.whitfield)
wall background: [SHIFUKU]SAKE STAND (n0rik0) with Schadenfreude Daruma Sake (allegory.malaprop)

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A Daruma doll lantern at 天晴 APPARE! which ends soon!  Carry it or rez it a few different ways.  Eyes, half eyes, no eyes; lucky, matsuri, izakaya, and sake faces; 10 colours.  Touch to turn them on or off, hold to set access (just you, everyone, only group members) of who can turn them on and off, also includes always on versions.  Light settings remember so you can tweak amounts.

APPARE! is open June 30 at 8AM SLT to July 20 at 8AM SLT.  (This event is on Japan time.)

Schadenfreude Kurum Side Table

Indulge in Nomadic Opulence with a hexagonal table with an inset mother of pearl design with swirling vines, for Collabor88.  Light wood, dark wood, or black wood, make your choice with the HUD- PBR textures with fallback or Blinn-Phong textures for all.  You know the drill: PBR reacts to light more dramatically (though with a reflection probe on both, they are more similar!), which is a good thing when light is just right...and a bad thing when it's not.  So, love it or hate it, depends on where you put it.  1 Land Impact each table.

At Collabor88 July 8 - August 6.

Schadenfreude Longboard Surfboards

X hair: [monso] Abyss Hair (morphine.janick)
outfit: *katat0nik* Tropical Halter Top and Tropical Shorts (katat0nik.pidgeon)
tattoos: ~silentsparrow~ Fierce Flora Tattoos (hyasynth.tiramisu)
eyes: {S0NG} :: Cindi~ Purple Eye (funeral.plutonian)
skin: ives. Noelle Skin (eden.nova)
head: .[AKERUKA ADVX] Emma Head (kaoz.koba)
pose: SEmodeling-37 (marie.sims)
taken at Konaloa Surf Beach

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The beautiful beach of Summerfest is open!  Find some surfboards here- longboards, lonnnnnng and skinny boards, in a variety of colours, or a selection of wood patterns.

1 LI each board, alone or in a vertical stand.  You can balance a board on your head and carry it around, touch to choose whether to hold it up there with your left arm, your right arm, or both, each arm with 2 options for arm lengths/hair height.

At Summerfest July 1 at noon SLT - July 21.

Schadenfreude Katoritanuki

天晴 APPARE! is a beautiful event devoted to Japanese culture.  Aside from the shopping, there are live events and a lot of beautiful vignettes to take photos at.

Katoributa (蚊取り豚) are little ceramic incense holders that look a little like pigs, with big mouths for air flow and eye holes for the incense to waft through.  Tanuki are racoon dogs- like kitsune, they can get crafty and pick up tricks, and like transforming into other things, there's a famous story about one who turns into a teapot.  This tanuki has taken the form of a katoributa instead.

Touch to light or extinguish the incense inside.  Pick the coil incense color with the HUD.  PBR with fallback textures and Blinn-Phong textures, 1 LI each katoritanuki.

APPARE! is open June 30 at 8AM SLT to July 20 at 8AM SLT.  (This event is on Japan time.)