Happy New Year!

I'm a little late on saying anything about this- Katakana Shrine is welcoming people for the New Year, as it does.  I've already been on my first shrine visit of the year, as well as traveling the entire Goshuin Project for New Year 2025 (see my travels on tumblr) to prepare for this Year of the Snake.  But, as I do, I've also set out a few free gifts at Katakana Shrine to go alongside the gifts and lucky boards that feature in the new year celebrations.

X kimono: !HONENOKE! Furisode (f) SHOUCHIKUBAI (RLFandNAMINOKE, chiki.vita & taiko.mccaw)

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Lucky Okobo Geta, with snakes and Daruma, with 4 strap colors,

and snake daruma dolls in 2 colors.  There is also a snake kokeshi doll, using the HBS kokeshi base, which is also a gift there, with templates to make your own!

And don't forget to get your Goshuin stamp and hamaya to commemorate your shrine visit at Katakana Shrine.

Happy New Year!

I love visiting shrines in SL, my Hatsumode, first shrine visit of the year, is always to Katakana Shrine.  After lurking around for a few years, they invited me to join in, so now I also offer some of the free gifts for visitors- until mid January there are free gifts and lucky boards at the shrine, for the festival to celebrate the new year!

X kimono: !HONENOKE! KIMONO (f) Tako (RLFandNAMINOKE, chiki.vita & taiko.mccaw)

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Lucky Okobo Geta, with dragons and the lucky mallet, with 4 strap colors,

and dragon daruma dolls in 2 colors.  There is also a dragon kokeshi doll, using the HBS kokeshi base, which is also a gift there, with templates to make your own!

This year, there is a Goshuin Project run by sakka Flow, where you can get the special red stamps to commemorate your shrine visits.  It has introduced me to some beautiful new places!  You can get a stamp and a bonus set of books as well as the original set, at Katakana Shrine.

Schadenfreude Haunted Polidori Oxford Shoes

Salem has flown in on dark wings a bit early this year, so you can start your spooky shopping early!  The Polidori Oxfords are named after Dr. John Polidori, one of the less well known guests at Lord Byron's extended house party during the Year without a Summer of 1809, that inspired Mary Shelley to create Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus.  Polidori wrote one of the early works of vampire fiction, "The Vampyre", from other ghost stories told during their stay.  "The Vampyre" was often accredited to Lord Byron, but Dr. Polidori was the actual author- and, well, the titular vampyre Lord Ruthven was probably based on Byron (also a bit of a womanizing asshole from all accounts).

Single Polidori oxfords are one colour for the shoe shell, but include HUDs for the bones, stitches (two sections to mix or match), and soles.  They can be joined by another single colour, or all on its own with the pack, to allow you to also mix the two outer sides and tongue, and change left and right shoes differently if you so choose.

Rigged for men and women: for men they are rigged for Slink Physique Male and Belleza Jake bodies, for women they are rigged for Slink, Maitreya, and Belleza female flat feet.  Plus there are unrigged modify (resizable) pairs to fit Classic System Avatars, as well as shaped more for feet-feet to perhaps wear with other bodies.  Belleza Jake and Maitreya Lara rigged shoes can be adjusted in size with the foot size slider, as those feet will change size.

At Salem, September 24- October 22!

Schadenfreude Star Filled Japonica

A summery Japonica, filled with stars!

X hair: KMH - Hair F127 (kumibou.mayo)

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Kazashi 簪 hair sticks- a "round" Tama Kanzashi with a star instead, and Dangling Star Kanzashi with each charm editable to rotate if necessary to fit.  Both have star stones, each texture change with 14 stone colours to choose from, and 3 metal options for the hardware (gold, silver, and blackened iron).

A bottle of Celestial Sake and wooden masu cups to drink from, filled with the stars of Tanabata 七夕: Orihime 織姫 also known as Vega in the Lyra constellation, and Hikoboshi 彦星 also known as Altair in the Aquila constellation, separated by the river of the Milky Way.  The bottle comes in open and closed versions, including givers for your guests to hold masu cups, the masu cups also come separate for you in rez and hold versions.

X yukata by tomoto (tomo.wachter)

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X yukata by [Blossom_MeshObjectShop] (blossom.adamski)

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Plus starry platform geta 下駄 okobo おこぼ (also called pokkuri or bokkuri 木履).  Hoshi Okobo Geta feature 16 color options of bold large stars, with 24 solid strap options and 16 colors of large double stars straps.  Celestial Okobo Geta feature 12 colors of the Tanabata constellations- Orihime is the largest star on the right side of each geta, and Hikoboshi is the largest star on the left side of each geta- with 24 solid strap options and 16 colors of small scattered star pattern straps.  Unrigged and modify to adjust to your body and poses.

At Japonica, open June 30 at 8am SLT - July 24 at 8am SLT.

Happy New Year!

One of my SL traditions is hatsumode, the first shrine visit of the year.  I really started it after 2016 when I was fortunate enough to be in Japan physically for the new year, and spent that midnight at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, so it's partly a nostalgia thing of a very enjoyable trip.  We made a lot of shrine (and temple- shrines are Shinto, temples are Buddhist) visits across the country that year as I went on a bit of a pilgrimage with a friend, and brought home a few hamaya and other lucky items (you are not supposed to keep them forever, but to return them to shrines to "release" their luck and get new ones the next year- I fear we do not keep to that tradition as we do not have such access to replace them every year, and they serve also as reminders of a wonderful time.  And the challenge of carrying them on the train as we traveled across the country!).  Shinto is beautiful- a rich mythology, with respect for the world around you and the impermanence of things.  I struggle with that last bit sometimes, and it's a good reminder to appreciate it for its own fleeting beauty.

My hatsumode is always at Katakana Shrine, an outpost on mainland.  This year I was honored to be invited to celebrate with them as well, and you can find a couple of free gifts from me by the lucky boards.  There are a number of free and lucky board items at the base of the shrine- and if you walk up the stairs, there is also a hamaya from Katakana Shrine that you can carry around.

Two gifts from me: the platform okobo おこぼ geta 下駄 with tigers and lucky red sea bream designs come with 4 solid strap colors, and you can also use other geta strap HUDs to add more options if you desire.

X kimono: *catNap.*neko kimono (chocolawka)
socks: :::classical*Cute*clothing:::TabiSocks (kamo)

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And tiger daruma だるま!  I love daruma dolls, designed around a story about a Buddhist monk, they generally come without eyes, and you fill in one eye when you decide on a goal, and the second eye is filled in once you achieve it.  White and yellow tigers are in the box at Katakana Shrine, you can also find a red clad zodiac tiger daruma as a free gift at Japonica.  Anyone can touch the eyes to fill or clear them- touch and hold for 5 seconds for a menu to lock the goals on your daruma so no one else can change them on you.

Katakana Shrine will be celebrating the new year for the month of January.

Since I can't goshuin in SL (yet at least- collecting stamps and signatures from shrines and temples in a special book- it's a record of places you've visited and if they were open, we got them!), I collect hamaya, ceremonial "demon breaking arrow", from shrines at the new year.  Other shrines you can find things at include:

tonarino has a hamaya at their shrine, check out the rest of the sim, and find the way up to cat town!

kingyo jingu, an ethereal shrine on the water (use shared environment!)

hanpu jinja at japan canvas has a shrine for the new year, with a hamaya.  For the fireworks, you might wish to set the environment to night.

Japonica has a shrine, at the back of the center building, with a hamaya.  I really enjoy the builds each event at Japonica, aside from the shopping section, they have unique photo and landscaped areas.  The larger buildings the stores are in this time can be walked into and through, and have hidden vignettes inside of them.

SHIKI Shinto has a trio of hamaya for a small donation to the shrine.

nekoma shrine has a number of hamaya and other lucky new year items to buy for a small donation to the shrine.

And if you join the group [[RH]] & [MB], you can get a few new year group gifts including hamaya between their stores (both of which are worth a look around, they do beautiful work).  They come with a stand for displaying.

Okinawa's shrine has an ema board, the wooden prayer board that are often a bonus attached to a hamaya (I collected a few of those too- they are available year round, and you're supposed to write your prayers on them and leave them at the shrine, but again, souvenirs!), as well as a pair of tiger lanterns.

Schadenfreude Haunted Shelley Heels

X dress: Stories&smp;Co. Esther Dress - Bloody (flutter.memel)
skins: Genesis Lab Fluture Body Skins, retired (freezea)

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Salem is here for Halloween month!  The Shelley Heels are, of course, named after Mary, the author of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.  She developed the idea during the Year without a Summer of 1816, when a major volcanic eruption disrupted the weather and they were bored and coming up with ghost stories.

Single Shelley heels are one colour for the shoe shell, but include HUDs for the bones, stitches, and soles.  They can be joined by another single colour, or all on its own with the pack, to allow you to also mix the two outer sides, and change left and right shoes differently if you so choose.

Rigged versions for Slink, Maitreya, and Belleza female high feet, plus an unrigged pair to perhaps fit to other bodies.

At Salem, this October!

p.s. Also find a free treat bucket variant at the event!

Schadenfreude Dicax Ankle Boots

X tattoos: Schadenfreude Lennox Rose Tattoos (allegory.malaprop)
lace edging: Schadenfreude Miami Fishnet Leggings (allegory.malaprop)
leggings: Schadenfreude The Skinny Leggings (allegory.malaprop)

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Strappy Ankle boots for Collabor88!  Spikes are optional.  For feet completely hidden, these will fit most standard sized ankle bodies, for both men and women (Belleza users may need to use the "Slink fit" feet version of their bodies to switch to standard ankle, though depends on your shape as to whether you will need it).

20 colours to choose from, singles allow you to change buckles, spikes, and zippers- packs and multiple singles also let you mix and match leather sections: boot outer, toe, sole, and each strap.

At this Collabor88, until October 6!

Schadenfreude Belle Ribbon Heels

X dress: -Pixicat- Karma.Dress nr1 - Red (areve)
skins: Genesis Lab Fluture Body Skins, retired (freezea)

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High heels wrapped with ribbons to wear for a night on the town at La Riviera for Collabor88!  These shoes require third party mesh feet to wear- System feet cannot go this high!  Rigged for the highest of high heeled feet for Slink, Maitreya, and Belleza female mesh feet.

Each single colour comes with a HUD to change the sole between 10 options (5 neutrals and 5 colours), and if you have multiple singles or the uberpack, you can also change the main base of the shoe and the ribbon to be the same colours or mixed, as well as change the left and right shoes independently.

At this Collabor88, until August 5!

Schadenfreude Serpent Geta

More snakes at KAGAMI- the game is also open!  Go get cursed and die!  Expect to play the game over and over- you need to explore to figure out what to do to actually survive, and you're highly unlikely to stumble across just the right things the first time around.  Experiment with how you spend your time- it's limited, so you'll need to budget it well.

X kimono: *:..Silvery K..:* Kimono Gown (gin.fhang)
skin: [PF] Morgana <Porcelain< (mochi.milena)
pose: Kirin - Yuka Pose 2(carolina.sautereau)

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The new snakes have replaced your geta straps, helpfully securing your feet so you can still walk.  4 geta woods (light wood, dark wood, grey, and black), 12 colours of fabric toe strap that holds your snakes in place, and the same 20 snake options as on the dragon horns and the wrapped serpents.

KAGAMI: The Godless Night II is open until April 24@8am SLT.

Schadenfreude Bifrost Boots

Iridescent boots for stomping around viewing the Northern Lights at Collabor88, the Bifrost boots are design cousins to the Antigrav boots, sharing some of the same design DNA- shorter, a touch clunkier, but similar in general structure.  The Bifrost boots come in a bunch of weird colours to choose from, and with more than one of them or the pack, you can also mix and match outer/tongue/each strap to different colour choices.  All boots including singles come with 6 options of platform colour, 8 options of buckle colour, and a few back zippers (black, white, a few metals).

All sizes have size adjusting feet- just change your foot size in your shape.  Size 25 is the default, but you can tweak a little larger or smaller if that fits better.  Fitted for women and men: for the ladies these boots are rigged to fit Slink Physique Original and Hourglass, Maitreya Lara, Belleza Freya/Isis/Venus, and Standard Sizes in XS, S, and M.  For the menfolk, they are fitted for Slink Male, Belleza Jake, and Standard Sizes in S, M, and L.  They are sized with a somewhat generous top opening, so you may find that sometimes you can wear other sizes for a different fit.

At this Collabor88, until April 6!

Schadenfreude Metanoia Boots

X all clothing by Stories&Co. (flutter.memel)

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Sky high thigh high leather boots with a curved wedge heel, the Metanoia boots will keep you staying warm for this Collabor88, even if you won't give up on your miniskirts!

The Metanoia boots come in 12 colours, each single also lets you change the soles to any of the colours.  The pack lets you mix and match left and right boots and soles in any of the options.  Fitted for Slink Physique Original and Hourglass, Maitreya Lara (experimental), and Belleza Freya.  (Isis and Venus are planned for some point, as well as maybe some more bodies,I'm still hoping some day boys, but the rigging on those wasn't working out quite right, so requires more another battle).

An add on of a furry top cuff with 8 colours of fur is also available, to give them another possible look.

At this Collabor88, until January 6!

Schadenfreude Harbinger Heels

X dress: Stories&Co. Midnight Stories - Dress02 (flutter.memel)
tattoos: ~silentsparrow~ Alchyme Tattoos (hyasynth.tiramisu)

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High heeled shoes with skulls molded in the heel, in a variety of colours to choose from, at Aenigma's Waltz of the Daemons!  These shoes require third party mesh feet to wear- System feet cannot go this high!  Rigged for the highest of high heeled feet for Slink, Maitreya, and Belleza female mesh feet, as well as unrigged versions.

Each single colour comes with a HUD to change the sole between 21 options, and if you have multiple singles or the uberpack, you can also change the main base of the shoe and the heel to be the same colours or mixed, as well as change the left and right shoes independently.

X skirt: Stories&Co. Midnight Stories - Skirt01 (flutter.memel)
anklet: Schadenfreude Lumi Anklet (allegory.malaprop)
tattoos: Schadenfreude Lennox Rose Tattoos (allegory.malaprop)
skin: -tres blah- {Light} Blessa (julliette.westerburg, note: long retired, sorry)
pose: AZK gothic Amy02 (layra.bulmer)

taken at Black Rose Metal Club

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At Aenigma from November 19@noon to December 17!

Schadenfreude Pattern Okobo Geta

Japonica is open for the summer!  New for it, platform geta 下駄 okobo おこぼ (also called pokkuri or bokkuri 木履) featuring bold traditional patterns (and a few less traditional options thrown in!).

X yukata by *AGATA mode* (sora.tatham)

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Patterns are sold separately, or there's a big pack of everything.  Each pattern comes with a HUD of 16 colour options for the design (white, grey, silver, gold, copper, tan, brown, red, pink, orange, yellow, bright and muted green, light and dark blue, and violet), and pack and singles all come with a strap HUD with....lots of options.  Solid straps to match the colours, and a selection of patterns, use the sections on the HUD to change just the parts you want to mix them further!

X kimono by:
tomoto (tomo.wachter), tomoto (tomo.wachter), ::GABRIEL:: (takuya.jinn)

tomoto (tomo.wachter),*Frangipani Garden* (frangipani.flow), *AGATA mode* (sora.tatham)

*katat0nik* (katat0nik.pidgeon) all three in row

Sakka's Studio (sakka.flow), *:.Silvery K.:* (gin.fhang), [Blossom_MeshObjectShop] (blossom.adamski)

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These shoes are unrigged and modify- as such, they can be worn on any feet, moved and stretched as necessary to fit. (Want to wear them as a dude? You can! A CHIBIT with the add on feet? Go for it!)

Japonica is open July 1-20 JPT, June 30@8am SLT to July 20@8am SLT.

Schadenfreude Lennox Rose Heels

X chair: Trompe Loeil - Arboreal Accent Chair Gaston (cory.edo)

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High heeled shoes with an original hand drawn rose pattern for SaNaRae! The Lennox Heels fit high female feet for Slink, Belleza, and Maitreya- and will require third party feet to wear. There are also unrigged versions included, if you wish to attempt to adjust for any other bodies, but they are too high for System feet!

Each single includes 2 shoe options, the drawing in a colour with either a black or white background, and the reverse with the colour background with black or white ink.  Mix and match heels to the base shoe, and all include a bunch of different options for the soles.

At SaNaRae from February 26 at 11pm SLT to March 16. 

Schadenfreude Maintenon Heel

It's a Formal Affair, and a prom, at Collabor88- I brought Luxuria as my date, she made some stockings to wear with these heels.

The Maintenon Heels feature a Rococo-esque carved heel, with gold or silver gilded edging.  Each single includes heels in the colour with gold and silver, as well as solid unadorned white, solid gold, silver, and rose gold, and silver and gold edging on two shades of wood, controlled by the HUD- plus an assortment of colours of soles to choose from.  Rigged for mesh feet from Slink, Maitreya, and Belleza.

Find them at Collabor88 until March 7!

Schadenfreude Dulzura Boots

X skins by Akeruka and GenesisLab
dress by pixicat

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Cozy over the knee boots to warm up your legs for this Autumn Comfort Collabor88.  The Dulzura boots come in 12 soft velvets, or a pack of all of them together.  The pack also lets you mix toes and heels to the same or different options, as you prefer.

Fits for:
Slink Physique Original and Hourglass
Maitreya Lara (experimental)
Belleza Freya, Isis, and Venus
Female Standard Sizes xs, s, and m

Alpha layer included for Standard Sizes and BoM.

This November at Collabor88 until December 6th!

Schadenfreude Haunted Arrhythmic Heels

To Dance with Death this Collabor88, high heeled platform shoes with skeletal hands for the heels.  The Haunted Arrhythmic Heels fit high female feet for Slink, Belleza, and Maitreya- and will require third party feet to wear.  There are also unrigged versions included, if you wish to attempt to adjust for any other bodies, but they are too high for System feet!

X tattoos: ~silentsparrow~ Fierce Flora Tattoos (hyasynth.tiramisu)
anklet: !The Little Bat - Goddess Anklets (drusilla.dethly)

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There are 14 options for the shoes, 7 dark solids and 7 patterns.  (Yes with the side toes and top toes, Bones have 7 toes in the feet.  but it looked too stark one way or the other without, and three tops on top just looked wrong!  So, 7 toes, it's just a touch of polydactyly.)  All include a HUD to change the textures of the skeletal hands- to assorted bone, metal, and black plastic options.

This October at Collabor88 until November 6th! 

Schadenfreude Sweet Dreams Heels

X Stockings are by my date, Luxuria- though they are an older release, not at Collabor88- she brought a sexy bodysuit.

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For this romantic round of Collabor88, a pair of soft high heeled shoes, tied with ribbons.  There are 18 colours of shoes to choose from, all include a HUD to choose between 18 colours of soles, and 38 colours of ribbons.

These shoes require mesh feet (the system foot doesn't go this high) and are rigged for Slink female High feet, Belleza female high feet, and Maitreya Lara tiptoe feet.  There is also a pair of unrigged heels included, which MAY be able to be modified to fit other mesh feet, but no guarantees!

X Collabor88 (February 8 - March 6)
bodysuit: {Luxuria} Sasha Bodysuit (roslin.petion)
shoes: Schadenfreude Sweet Dreams Heels (allegory.malaprop)
food: DISORDERLY. x .r.M / Hearty Snacks (rogue.falconer&nikohl.hax)
room: MINIMAL - Opera Hall (minimalgroup)

hair: Clawtooth: Tootsie - Valentine (bubbles.clawtooth)
stockings: {Luxuria} Delicate OTK Stockings (roslin.petion)
jewelry: Schadenfreude Lumi Jewelry (allegory.malaprop)
eyes: {S0NG} :: Andi~ Eyes (funeral.plutonian)
head: LAQ Bento - Motion Capture - Neve (mallroy.cowen)
skin: LAQ ~ Valentine skin (mallory.cowen)
body: Slink Physique Original&Dynamic Hands (siddean.munro)
bed: Scarlet Creative - Anastasia (charlotte.bartlett)
champagne: Schadenfreude 1977 L'Elephant d'Or Champagne (allegory.malaprop, currently unavailable)

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This February at Collabor88 until March 6th!

Schadenfreude Dance of the Sugarpunk Fairy

An outfit at the Okinawa Winter Festival, the Sugarpunk Fairy comes in gacha and uberpack format (so you can play for a little or take it all home with you right away).  It is fitted for Slink Physique and Hourglass, and Maitreya Lara bodies- the tops will switch between the Petite chests for the Slink bodies and the V-Tech chest and regular chests with the included HUDs.  The dresses consist of 3 pieces- top, with texture change plaid side panels with 11 options with the HUD; skirt, with texture change plaid over piece, texture change ribbons, and texture change underskirt; and undies.  The rare corset changes to all 11 colours of both the corset and included undies, and be be worn with the common skirts.  The shoes texture change with HUD with 11 colours of ribbons, toe, and tongue; an optional ankle lock; and optional platform to turn from ballet dance to ballet fetish shoes.  The rare boots and slippers have all the options of the shoes in one.  The slippers REQUIRE Slink Pointe feet, as no other feet go up on pointe like that!

If this set was designed for a real ballet, the corset would have a flesh toned leotard under it to prevent wardrobe malfunction, and the shoes and boots would be made out of a stretchy material that only looked satiny.

There is also a free gift at the festival, a punk nutcracker with a few texture options.

At the Okinawa Winter Festival until January 7 @ 6am SLT

Schadenfreude Vaasa Boots and Mourir Coffin Jewelry

Okinawa has another Panic of Pumpkin!  New release from me there, boots with moon and star cutouts.

X skirt: -Pixicat- Dusk.Skirt (areve)
leggings: Schadenfreude Miami Fishnet Leggings (allegory.malaprop)

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There are 21 colours of Vaasa boots to choose from- each comes with a HUD to choose from 5 options for heels, options for moon and star inset colours, and a variety of ribbon colours.  Rigged for boys and girls, they will fit most standard ankle bodies, mesh and System.  Unrigged versions as also included.

And there's also a gift!  Panic of Pumpkin has a daily gift event running (note: on Japan time, so the gift is available 8:00 am SLT to 7:59 am SLT the following day)- each day there will be 2 or 3 gifts only available that day.  My gift of coffin jewelry will be available October 29 Japan time- so October 28 8:00 am SLT to October 29 7:59 am SLT.  After that, it can be purchased at the event for 50L.

X mask: Schadenfreude Mask of the Demon Death (allegory.malaprop)
hair: Wasabi Pills Maiko (missallsunday.lemon)
tattoos: *katat0nik* (Slink & Maitreya) Cherry Panda V3 Tattoo Sleeves (katat0nik.pidgeon)
body blushing: The White Crow Rainbow Blush (jareth.cygnet)
skin: [Luv:Ya] SARANG skin (banilacoco.francois)
eyes: {S0NG} :: Vampy~ Demon Eye/Andi~ Dark Brown Eye (funeral.plutonian)
head: *6DOO* Human mesh head HUCI-01 (ondo.mode)
body: Slink Physique Mesh Body Original (siddean.munro)

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The Mourir Coffin Jewelry is a necklace and earrings- 5 metal options for the hardware (the fittings include teeeny tiny bones gripping the coffin gemstones) and a bundle of gemstone options.

At the Panic of Pumpkin, which is open until November 1 at 7:59 am SLT.