Pearls, Sheep and a Party

“This is the year of Baroque!” one of the squirrel brothers declared.

Bunlings had been waiting and waiting and waiiiiting to hear the news on what the next Fallen year would be, and since they knew it was announced somewhere within the colourful tree season, there had been many impatient nose wiggles lately. Now a chorus of cheers erupted on the meadow until the inevitable silence followed with the question hanging in the air.

“What’s baarokki?”

The squirrel sighed. “Baroque. It’s fancy hooman style of shiny gold and squiggles and fluffy hairs and singing very high.” He wasn’t quite sure of the details himself, but knew it was definitely more accurate than-

“Maybe it’s a sheep party?”

The squirrel’s paws met his tiny face.

“Yas! Sheep party! Rokki like hooman hopsi music and bää like sheep say!”

“It. is. not. a. sheep. party.” The squirrel sighed. “If it was a sheep party, do you think Matshan would use it as his name?”

“Matshan’s name is a sheep party?” The in-depth ponderings of mixing these two ideas together was clearly causing giant headache for the tiny bunlings. Heads were tilted, ears were drooped, round balls of fluff fellededs over.

“No. Matshan is not a sheep party, he’s hooman arts of pearls and fluffy hair and-“

“Nuu. His hair is always very straight. ‘n Ladybun has the pearls.”

“Maybe Ladybun is a sheep party, ‘n Matshan just joins in?”

“No one’s a sheep party!”

“But you said it’s about fluffy hair, that’s sheep!”

“…fine. It’s a sheep party. Surely makes sense. Why not.”

Another chorus of cheers sounded. Bunlings did not understand much about arts, but sheep parties were right up their small alley. 

“Maybe the hair is fluffy because there’s a sheep there!”

“Ooooooo.”

“We must help Ladybun with the Fallen Wall of Fanciness, and bring sheep!”

“A quest!”

“We are hiirous! Sheep party hiirous!”

So they were off to find sheep, and fluffy hair, and parties, and possibly even one day deeper understanding of bäärokki.

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The picture is for Fallen God & Goddess Contest 2022, or as bunlings call it: Fallen Wall of Fanciness. The deadline to deliver pictures is on Friday, October 7th, 11 PM SLT. More info and details here: Fallen God & Goddess Contest 2022

My picture might be on that wall, but it is not competing. Bunlings just want to join in every year for the joy of joining.

The contest is a part of Fallen Gods Inc. 15th Anniversary Festival which features hunts, market, fortune teller, parties and much more. More details here: Fallen Gods Inc. 15th Anniversary

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Skin: Fallen Gods Inc. – Pure [xx]+FGInc.+ Pearl

Face Tattoo & Forehead Pearl: Fallen Gods Inc. – Gloria Bright Gold, full & Gloria, barroco original hue (Seeker of Memories Hunt through October 2022)

Body Tattoos: Fallen Gods Inc. – Elegance Gold Relief & Sovereign Gold Filigree

Hair: Exile:: Versailles
Eyes: IKON Mortal Eyes – Parchment
Headdress: :MoonAmore: SwanLake / Feather Tiara (Pure)
Jewelry: [MANDALA] Pearl Rain Set
Dress: Belle Epoque { La Comtesse } White

Mesh:
Maitreya Lara Body
Slink Hands Dynamic (Bento)
LOGO Alexis Bento Head

Bunling: !Ohmai: Mochi Bunny 
+Half-Deer+ Kerfluffle Sheep – Marshmallow
Gloria, barroco sunlight +Fallen Gods Inc.+ 
Bliensen + MaiTai – Liaison Dangereuse – White with Roses
~Fallen Gods Inc. 15th~ Gloria Hunt / Flawed pearl display

Preparing for the Year of Squiggles

“Ladybun says this year Matshan will celebrate fancy squiggle writing and poking-top houses and desert,” one of the squirrel brothers informed the rest of the critters.

“We’re verigud at squiggle writing!” Bunlings got immediately excited.

“Finally, the Year of Desserts!” declared Addler, waving his too-short-arms in the air.

“The hot-sand and sun type of desert, not the ice cream one,” the squirrel corrected and observed the otter deflate like a sad balloon.

“Apparently there’s also snakes involved,” continued the other squirrel brother.

“Sneks!” Bunlings hopped around a little, then decided to double-check. “Nais sneks? Like Imhotep?”

“Not-at-all-dangerous-to-critters kind of sneks?”

“All kind of snakes! Also a very doomy one called…” the squirrel did a little drum roll on a pine cone, “Apophis!”

“A poppis!” Bunlings gasped, then reconsidered. “He sounds nais.” “He sounds like he’s gud at disko.” “Not duumi at all.”

The squirrel sighed. “…fine. Very good at disco. But how do you want to celebrate? Besides ice cream in the desert.” He raised a paw to stop Addler before he managed to bring it up.

“We must pose with Ladybun for the Great Fallen Wall of Fanciness!”

“Yas! We can play cleobun!”

“I have a black crayon for a perfect a poppis look!”

“I wanna pose, I’ve practised my profile nose twitch!”

“Fallen profile nose twitch a poppis cleobun picturing plan go!”

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The picture is taken for Fallen God & Goddess Contest 2021. The deadline to deliver pictures is on Saturday, October 9th, at 11 PM SLT. Info and rules can be found here: Fallen God & Goddess Contest 2021.

The contest is a part of Fallen Gods Inc. 14th Anniversary, which includes hunts, market, events and much more! Read details here: Fallen Gods Inc. 14th Anniversary

Skin: Fallen Gods Inc. – Blessed Silver PG

Body Tattoo: Fallen Gods Inc. – Damned Black/Silver

Face Tattoo: The Gaze of Apophis Black&Silver
(currently available in Seeker of Memories hunt)

Hair: !lamb. Bang Bang Ink
Eyes: A.D.D.Andel! Sunstone Eyes: White
Maitreya Lara Body
Slink Hands
LOGO Alexis Head
Bunling: !Ohmai Mochi Bunny
Bunling’s A Poppis liner result of photoshop crayoning

Fortunate Bunlings

“Hoomans say it’s been a bad year.” The smallest bunling nodded and twitched her whiskers nervously.

“What’s a year?” Another bunling was busy cleaning his ear, frowning slightly.

“Is the season circle,” knew one of the Squirrel Brothers, always up to date with Hooman Info.

“Ahaa.” Many fuzzy heads nodnodded, pondering.

“But we brought them Gud Njuus in the winter!”

“What can we do if even Gud Njuus don’t help?”

“Next year has to be better!”

Another squirrel dropped down from the nearby nut storage and hopped closer with a conspiratorial look.

“We can give them a sign.”

A moment of spontaneous cheering later the bunlings paused. “Like… ‘here’s gud noms, please take’ sign?”

“Or ‘vroomythings on road, be careful!’ sign?”

“Or ‘no going upstairs except on parti bisnes’ sign?”

The squirrel sighed. “No, a mysterious sign! A symbol of Good Things to Come.”

“Oooooooo.” Bunlings liked mysterious things. They were usually sparkly-glowy and tickled.

The squirrel tilted his head back and forth a bit and then nodded. “You. You’re a symbol of good things to come.” He pointed at the smallest bunling, who tried to look behind herself and tumbled over. She blinked.

“You shall infiltrate the Fortune Telling Pool of This Is Not Really For Swimming, Get Out of Here!” He nodded. “And when the Sparkly Lady of Future Things comes to look into the pool, tadaaa! You shall hop up! ‘n be a Sign.”

The smallest bunling inspected herself, looking confused. “But there’s no hooman scribble marks on me. How do they know what the sign… what I say? I don’t speak hooman!”

“You’re a Symbol! Symbols don’t need to talk. They’re mysteeeeerious. They just are, and hoomans write on them in their miiiinds. ‘s allgud! Brilliant plan! Onwards!”

And that is how the Lady of Future and Fortune found a small bunling peeking up at her, as a Sign and Symbol that surely the times will eventually provide something comforting and delightful.

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The picture is taken for Fallen God & Goddess Contest 2020. The deadline to deliver pictures is on Saturday, October 10th, at 11 PM SLT. Info and rules can be found here: Fallen God & Goddess Contest 2020.

The contest is a part of Fallen Gods Inc. 13th Anniversary, which includes hunts, market, events and much more! Read details here: Fallen Gods Inc. 13th Anniversary

The sparkly-glowy Lady of Future Things consists of:

Skin, PG Covering & Star Clusters:
Fallen Gods Inc. – Expanding Universe Psychic Opals

Face Tattoo:
Fallen Gods Inc. – Allseeing, face + Glitch Filigree
(Available in Seeker of Memories hunt for October 2020)

Magika – Empty Gold Hair
Izzie’s Demon Eyes
Head: LOGO Alexis
Body: Maitreya Lara
Hands: Slink
Pose: Astalianda – Oracle (available at Fallen Gods Inc. Anniversary Festival Market)

Bunling: !Ohmai – Mochi Bunny

Pool of Definitely Not For Swimming:
Oracle Pool, available in the Prophecy Hunt as a part of the Fallen Gods Inc. 13th Mementos prize

Bunling in the Moon

“There’s a bun in the moon!” The smallest bunling hopped up and down excitedly. “I can see her!”

Addler shook his round head slowly. “Nope. Moon is a prittiful star lady, like Ladybun! All glowing and radiant and gentle and kind toward critters and generous with noms and-“

Bunlings pondered this claim carefully, peering at the moon in the sky, washed in its light.

“It’s so big that if there’s a bun there, surely it’s a whole nest! Many nests. Burrow!”

“‘n if there’s a leidi in there, she must be giant! Like Ceri!”

“‘s both.” Said the more talkative of the squirrel brothers. “Obviously. There’s a star lady in the sky, ‘n you can’t see her because she’s all kah-moh-flaaazed, ‘n you see just stars on her skin. But she wears moon on her head, like Ladybun always wears all the things ever.”

Critters listened eagerly, eyes growing larger, ears perking, occasional excited thump of a paw on the soft grass the only sound.

“AND. And. On that moon on her head there’s a bun. Just like Ladybun carries critters with her, the great giant star lady carries moon bun on her head, too.”

“Oooooooooo.” Critters sighed in unison, peering back in the sky. Reverent silence fell, broken after a moment by Addler’s dreamy voice.

“…so, do you think she has moon cakes?”

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It’s time for the annual Fallen God & Goddess Contest! Simply take a picture of yourself wearing a Fallen Gods Inc. skin and send it full perms to me (Sonya Marmurek) to participate. Picture ratio 4:3, more details and rules here. Every participant gets an exclusive skin!

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Skin: Fallen Gods Inc. – Sidera Starborn
Eyes: [Cubic Cherry] {Nebula} eyes
Hair: Exile – Fall
Headdress: {Acios} Gaia Crown ~Claire de Lune~
Bunling: !Ohmai: Mochi Bunny
Sparkles: Cole’s Corner – Glitterati (at Uber)
Pose: Astalianda – Moon (hunt prize in ~Zodiac~ Hunt, opens October 5th)

The Night When the Abyss Glows

It is the night of colours breaking through the darkness. The night when even the Abyss glows. The night when the Lost, the Exiled, the Banished can find their way again.

They have waited, oh, how they have waited. Each night a thousand more, wrapped in the dark, their sense of self eroding until they are one with the Abyss, one dark being forever waiting. Until the Night arrives, until the glow separates them once more, gifts them separation, an identity. Shows them the way out.

For this is the night when the Abyss glows, the night when all the doors are open.

Skin: Fallen Gods Inc. – Pure Ebony*
Tattoo: Fallen Gods Inc. – Runeflare Mystic* at Gachaland (October)
Face Tattoo: Fallen Gods Inc. – Dead Man’s Grin*
Mesh: Maitreya Lara Body | LOGO Alexis Head | Slink Hands & Feet
Hair: (fd) Swept Away
Eyes: Izzie’s – Demon Eyes
Wings: DRD – Devine wings/glow – toxic veins
Poses: (PM) Dance of the Dead 5 | +yb mer Pose14 | Musa Fantasy pose 035

The Silence of Stones

They can speak, the stones. They could tell stories of the world before green growth, before soft organic beings wandering around. They could talk of veins of magma, hearts of fire, spirit of magic so old that it needs no name.
They remember sensing the movement on their surface, the new shapes, the curiosity. They remember the Plan, the creation of forms that could communicate with these strange, soft things. They remember how they were cut loose, these drops of old stone and energy, separated from the whole; now mobile, individual, alone.
They know some day the Children of the Stone will return to them and teach them about the lights and sounds, soft creatures and fast-living beings. Fast-dying beings. Until then the Stones stay silent in their vigil, silent in their long wait and slumber.

Fallen Gods Inc. 11th Anniversary Festival is almost over, although there’s still activities and events such as the Ice Olympics and Noobcon left. One of the things leaving Selidor at the end of October is the Fortune Teller, where you still can win a complete avatar Opus for free, by simply finding your match and sitting with them to listen to Teller’s ultimate wisdoms. A red ruby version of the avatar is for sale in the market on the store’s rooftop, and an amethyst version of the skin is a reward in the Quasar Hunt (also ending on the last of October). All this to say that if you haven’t visited Selidor and the various Anniversary activities and events yet, now’s the time!

More information and previews about Opus.

Teleport to Selidor.

Skin, hair, eyes, outfit: Fallen Gods Inc. OPUS Complete Avatar, Fortune Edition*
Mesh: LOGO – Alexis Bento Head | Maitreya – Lara Body | Slink Hands & Feet
Poses: flowey. a twinge in your heart | Kirin – Burlesque Poses / Cane Pose 2 | Musa – Gown Pose 016

Fallen White Bunlings

“But are you SURE the matsikal fotoshop will give me tattoo? Maybe we should try crayons instead?”

“Yes, I’m sure. …and the result might still look like crayons, but I promise, you will have a Fallen tattoo and can participate in the contest.”

“Yeytattoo!”

“Exactly that. Now just pose well, wiggle your nose… aaaand there!”

“Where where?”

“Just a saying. Means we’re done. All good!”

“Allgud!”

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I can’t help it, the critters always want to participate! So this year there’ll be two white bunnies with the golden tattoos in the contest. What contest, you might ask. Fallen God & Goddess Contest, of course! All the participants get an exclusive participation skin for their efforts, and in addition there’s a huge hoard of Fallen gift cards for various categories, and naturally the title itself, Fallen God 2018 and Fallen Goddess 2018 for the winners of the year!

In a nutshell: take a picture of yourself wearing a Fallen Gods Inc. skin of your choice, send it to me (Sonya Marmurek) with full permissions before October 13th, 11 PM SLT. The details and rules and details about the rules can be found here: Fallen God & Goddess Contest 2018.

The contest is always the first step toward the Fallen Gods Inc. Anniversary, heralding an October full of various events, Fortune Teller with a full avatar prize, parties, dance theater, live music, war bugs, general insanity and of course the market on top of the store and the gridwide hunt! More information can be found here: Fallen Gods Inc. 11th Anniversary Schedule.

Skin: Fallen Gods Inc. – Pure Pearl*
Tattoo: Fallen Gods Inc. – Elegance*
Eyes: Banana Banshee – Erin
Hair: !lamb. Bernice (Milk)
Bunny Ears: Aii – Cotton Usagi Ears
Head: LOGO – Alexis
Body: Maitreya Lara
Bunling: !Ohmai – Mochi Bunny
Bunling Tattoo: scribbled with photoshop

Flower Fae

They’re called by many names: flower fae, lily spirits, petal pixies, frippery fronds… figments of your imagination, or ‘I definitely had too much to drink’ among the most popular ones. They awaken with the sun, wiggle out of the protective petals of the flower and get to work.
What is it they do, you might wonder. The answer is obvious, for they are flowers. They soak in the warm rays and daylight and look beautiful. It’s not easy, they tell me. So much sun to catch, so much beauty to show off!
For the rarest of them, those growing on distant planets, they might even have to catch several suns, and a couple of moons before they can rest. It isn’t easy being beautiful, but definitely worth every indulgently spent moment lazing in the warm sun.

Scene: Cerridwen’s Cauldron – Aztec Lily Set*
Skin: Fallen Gods Inc. – Pure Amethyst*
Tattoo: Fallen Gods Inc. – Skychylde Laguna*
Eyes: .ID. Essentials Inhumans
Hair: Exile – After the Rain
Mesh: LOGO Alexis Bento Head, Maitreya Body, Slink Hands & Feet
Poses: Eternal Dream – Adina

The Between is Breached

“Tell me, minions mine, what news from the Border, what word from the Threshold, what whispers from the Between?”

“O Mistress Most Magnificent, tonight is the Night: the Border opens, the Threshold is crossed, the Between breached. The cards so pronounce, the runes declare, the moons of nether shine upon the Door.”

“Witness then, my vicious vouboos, witness and rejoice: it is time to summon spirits to wander the waking world. Upon my call they shall come, my words they shall heed, my will they shall follow. The mortal world shall feel their presence as they walk its streets: truths among lies, surreal realities amongst disguises, hidden in plain sight. 

Each step they take draws shadows from human hearts, each inhale of stolen breath drains courage, each bastion of rationale besieged by doubt, assaulted by belief older than this newly-found love of facts.”

“Their hearts fill with dark whispers and undeniable certainty that there is something near them: behind them in the room, in the dark corner of the street, under the bed, just out of sight but so certainly there they can hear the breath that is not drawn. Their hearts become ours. This night, this night when the Between is breached.

This night they know that underneath the fairest of Ariels lies Caliban awaiting. This night the nether realms are empty, for their creatures all walk amongst you.”

Magnificent masquerade this Halloween: keep your eyes open, pay attention to the corner of your eyes. Who knows what you might see.

Many events have their last day today, so take a moment in your trick-and-treating to make sure you have all you wanted! If you missed the events, check out the main stores later.

Scene:
The Looking Glass – The Hounfor Set Gacha at The Secret Affair (last day today)
Schadenfreude – Vouboo Aries* at The Decennial Market (last day today)
~Libertine~ “A Heart Expo” Collectable Egg

The Summoner:
Skin: Fallen Gods Inc. – Amethyst Pure
Tattoo: Fallen Gods Inc. – Widow Black at The Nightmare (last day today)
Nails: PUMBY* Noir Gold Collection
Eyes: .ID. Essentials Omega HUD / Inhumans
Mesh: LOGO Alexis Bento Head, Maitreya Body
Hair: Wasabi Pills – Raven Dreamscapes at The Decennial Market (last day today)
Horns: !dM deviousMind – Talaitha DruidHair RARE
Headdress: LOVE – Midnight Lotus Headdress

The Summoned:
Skin: Fallen Gods Inc. – Silver Pure NB at We Love RP (last day today)
Blood: Fallen Gods Inc. – Blood Gaze, Blood Step, Blood Touch at Trick or Treat Lane (last day Nov. 3rd)
Eyes: .ID. Essentials Omega HUD / Inhumans
Eyes: E.V.E {MICROPHONE} Eyes Gold at The Decennial Market (last day today)
Face Glitter: E.V.E {KOI} Glitter Face Makeup Gold at The Decennial Market (last day today)
Mesh: LOGO Alexis Bento Head, Maitreya Body
Hair: Exile – Laugh at You
Dress: Dead Dollz – Praha Dress Bloody Pearl

Poses: Included in the The Looking Glass furniture.

Red Confession

“I don’t normally reveal my secrets to mortals, nor confess to one thing or another. I’m usually what people confess about, not the one whispering my own thoughts and considered discretions. This time, however, I must admit one thing: red colour wraps me in delightfully crimson moods.”

“I might slumber in my monochrome silvery skin, relaxed and restful, but the moment I wiggle into something red I feel my horns gleaming brighter, something slow and primal awakening within me. All for this delicious colour that calls to me, promising me things mortals only dream of.”

Skin: Fallen Gods Inc. – Scales Silver at We Love RP
Hair: Exile – Lazy Summer Days
Eyes: [Cubic Cherry] {Alia} eyes at Decennial Market
Mesh: Maitreya Lara body, LOGO Alexis bento head, Slink hands
Horns: [Cubic Cherry] {Ram} horns Decennial hunt prize at ~Timeless~ Hunt
Dress: lassitude & ennui – Confession dress red damask at Decennial Market
Diadem: OXIDE Chandra Diadem at Decennial Market
Closeup Jewelry: OXIDE Ilisia Necklace & Earrings hunt prize at ~Timeless~ Hunt
Back Jewelry (normal necklace, I turned it around): .Arcadia. Sparta Gems Ruby hunt prize at ~Timeless~ Hunt
Grand Divan: ~Libertine~ Justine
Standing Pose: aDORKable Poses 17 of 25 2012