Face your Fears

It was a ritual that repeated itself regularly. He locked it in a trunk, he tried to hide the key. But the whispering only got louder and louder. No matter how much he tried to ignore it, it would torment him until he finally relented and retrieved the mask. He could hear it laughing at him. The only way to make it stop was to wear it.

It is almost as if a switch as been flicked. He had been nervous, slightly awkward before - a trait that endeared him to his prey. With the mask on, he strode with confidence and purpose - like a predator. He unravelled a cloth roll on the table, showing off the glint of steel - his instruments of art - and chose a blade.

He walked towards the bludgeoned body at the foot of the bed. His prey. How her pretty eyes widened when decided to shut up her banal chattering with a hammer. Her breaths were shallow as the puddle of blood spread beneath her. No matter how beautiful they were, they all sounded the same in the end. Full of blood and gurgle and spit.

He knelt at her feet and whispered to her like a lover. "Be brave," he said. "Face your fears...." Then he grimaced as the laughing started anew. Only blood would placate the voices...

For a larger version of these photos please look at: Flickr
Thank you to the following creators who helped create this scene:

DRD Motel
- murdertools table
- deerhead
- mirror broken
- vid camera
- hanging decorlight
- body

{vespertine} spine bone candles
{vespertine}sacred heart
{vespertine}trinket box
{vespertine}empty beauty RARE
{vespertine}potions

Kalopsia - In Loving Memory - Onyx RARE

RO - Hotel Paranoia - Tone Death
RO - Hotel Paranoia - Bed of Roses
RO - Hotel Paranoia - Face Your Fears - MYSTERY RARE

[n.i] turn.and.cough.stool

[ContraptioN] Decor: Alto's Death Mask *DISPLAY*
[ContraptioN] Decor: Baritone's Mask *DISPLAY*
[ContraptioN] Decor: Tenor's Death Mask *DISPLAY*

All these items are available in TAG! Gacha - open now until October 31st.

Scene was photographed in Kalopsia - Old Wood House - available for the October round of Shiny Shabby. Opens 20th October 2015.

The Collector

The collector sits in his basement admiring his latest prize. The sprite had been elusive but greed had got the better of it. A simple tar trap with a slightly rotten banana in the middle had been its undoing.
No one understood his work. He had been accused of gluing butterfly wings to lizard bodies before.
He muttered, "They have eyes but they do not see..." as he plunged a fine pin through the dorsum of the creature's left foot.

A shrill squeak emanated from the stricken creature. It wasn't dead. The collector looked upon it dispassionately and reached for the syringe. The most effective way he found to embalm these things was to inject the chemicals while the heart was still beating. "Now this won't hurt a bit..." he said, and slid the needle under the skin.

Many thanks to the following creators who made this scene possible:

{NANTRA} Sorcerer's Apprentice 1 ((pose rotated 90 degrees - but it worked!)
Sari-Sari - Abandoned Morgue - Old Table

*HEXtraordinary* Common House Gremlin Specimen - RARE
*HEXtraordinary* Common Green Pixie Specimen
*HEXtraordinary* Common Blue Garden Sprite Specimen
*HEXtraordinary* Common Violet Pixie Specimen
*HEXtraordinary* Common Purple Garden Sprite Specimen
*HEXtraordinary* Phooka Specimen - RARE
*HEXtraordinary* Winged Sluah Specimen - RARE

[Deadwool] 1. The Mother
[Deadwool] 5. Syringe-x
[Deadwool] 7. Corpse arm

[n.i] turn.and.cough.microscope
[n.i] turn.and.cough.syringe.tray
[n.i] turn.and.cough.goggles

[ContraptioN] Decor: Embalmer's Tools
[ContraptioN] Decor: Broken Sink

All items available soon at TAG! Gacha - The Haunted Mortuary. Opens 17th October 2015 at midnight. See you in Gachatopia!

Curbside

This years batch of DRD elves can be found at the Merry Crisis Gacha Fair. You might find yourself curbside with them however, as they are pretty offensive and have a hard time making friends. Nefarious has a gacha collection there of bows that are well worth a few pulls. This is a new brand but the few things they have done show tons of promise. The bows come for the neck or the head. Also shown here is a new hair by Spellbound. You can find it at this round of CarnEvil.

Gacha

Hair Bow - Nefarious - deadmans.bow RARE - Merry Crisis Gacha Fair

Elves - DRD - Assorted Commons, Rares and Ultra Rares - Merry Crisis Gacha Fair

Non Gacha

Hair - Spellbound - Witchery - Rainbow HUD - CarnEvil

Coat - Foxes - Faux Fur Coat - Black - Collabor88