InnerWorld Magazine # 17 in English

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Editor’s Words

By Ananda Valeeva

I

confess that I loved telling you

that we had to change our way of creating the magazine. Once we set for more flexibility to publish each issue, it feels like renewing the air we breathe. Now we feel the freshness and freedom to create, and yet, we will never low the quality of what we offer.

This

issue covers a very

actual and fascinating theme; Role

playing

and

living

fantasies and dreams. We can dream, choose characters and live

our

pure

or

hottest

fantasies; since we do not lose the connection with reality.

That is what I am talking about.

The “Opinion” column shows AmabileSciavo Olivieri and Kallikrates Stenvaag, who provide us with a fantastic text and their wise analysis of the roles we serve.

The “Interview” shows a couple that realized their fairy tale dream into reality and also share their love and home, Avilion. Serenity Sieyes and Malakh Giles enchant with their passion for fantasy and RPG.

Agnes Finney and her store My Precious got the “Stamp Award” for her beautiful creations.

Dream and imagine yourself as one of the characters of our gorgeous “Fashion Editorial”. The “Zoom in” is amazing and we closed this issue with the most beautiful masks in the “Top 5”.

This issue is full of art, fantasy, sensuality, thoughts and beauty.

I hope you experience the same pleasure we had in creating this historic issue, while you read each page! ★ Kisses, Ananda Valeeva CEO / Editor in Chief / Senior Writer INNERWORLD MAGAZINE

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Cover’s Challenge

By Thereaver Barrymore

It was one of the fastest themes that Ananda and I chose. Role playing within Second Life and choosing

the

characters

is

interesting and fun, since it does not hurt who commands the other avatars with whom you relate; after all there are real people behind the 'dolls'.

I envisioned a beautiful face mask or masks that would be breaking and falling, but it is so clichĂŠ... Hence, as the main theme is about playing roles,

RPG

and

Gor,

I

remembered the culture of this world in Second Life, and then I researched the matter and discovered that Gor is the largest community of RPG inside Second Life, followed by vampires and then other types of RPG.

Gor is a planet dominated by men, where this was given the gift of mastering and women to serve. The base of the main companies in Gor has been Masters Men and Women and their properties, in order to serve them in whatever they need. Some women are chosen to be trained to become Kajiras; they wear a collar and have all the care of their Master; it is a privilege and that gives them value. Source of research on the topic: http://bit.ly/9f5Hax.

This inspired me for a new idea for the cover. A half face, only to emphasize the (sexy) mouth and a very well highlighted collar. The final result was interesting. I hope you like the whole issue; it is FANTASTIC! ★ Kisses, Thereaver Barrymore Art Director / Designer / Photographer INNERWORLD MAGAZINE

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To be or not to be ‌

fantasies can be bad, some people

That is the question !!!

decided to deeply explore all options,

It

which can be mostly positive or is fascinating to find a way of

beneficial. The unconscious feelings we

interpreting social interactions either in

can share and express when playing

real and virtual lives. There are a series

characters are simply wonderful and

of "games" in which people interact

they can be played in real or virtual

through a patterned behavior since

lives.

society exists. "Human gaming" is a peculiar path of our society and the way we use this can be very positive or a

willing to play it even as a different

complete disaster. It all depends on the

"actor".

script we decide to follow in life. We

childhood, it had many moments you

can choose any character, which pleases

played characters. You could play

our wishes.

doctor, cops and robbers, fireman,

It is known that our adult patterns of

house, hide-and-seek and with dolls. So

life are originated in childhood and we

continue to re-play childhood behavior on and on. People decide their story, which is not all the time a reflection of here-and-now life. We have ego states and the option of learning new choices to make our lives richer and happier.

Rather

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People who are used to a game are

than

believing

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living

If

you

remember

your

many cute girls dreamed of being princess and played it in their castle.

Dreaming feeds our imagination and creativity and makes life colorful. It is natural to play characters since you wakeup. Just remember that you are a son/daughter, f a t h e r / m o t h e r , husband/wife, uncle/aunt, etc at home,

just to start. Society has expectations

games were just a fiction, we had our

and many “rules”. Then, when you leave

dreams and expressed anything that

home, you need to prepare yourself to

way,

“play another character”. Sometimes, it

daydreaming or during sleeping time.

is not possible even to be natural and

We could fly, travel instantaneity to

spontaneous, as that would not be

another country or to meet a friend. We

accepted per society. So, you wear a

could be a princess, a vampire, a

mask to protect yourself and fit to the

warrior, a fairy or even a striper and

society’s

patterns

and

go

to

work/school/club, etc.

You will play its role to the social unit

to which you belong primarily to be accepted. And many times, it can be frustrating, because you need to express yourself freely, but some of your wishes are unacceptable or strange. Deep inside, you built another world where you can do everything, you can be anyone and there is no judgment, limits or the concept of right and wrong, widespread especially by some religions.

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in

our

minds.

It

could

be

make anything… Nobody would condemn us. Of course we still dream a lot, and will always do it, but since Virtual Worlds exist, this experience became a fantastic way to live fantasies and play characters in a much more realistic, interactive and pleasant way.

Second Life is dream come true…. We

can teleport to anywhere… Ohh, I wish I

could do it in real. We can fly or even jump of a skyscraper and fall slowly, enjoying the view and sensation, and just touch the ground… Imagine this in real life! – “I would not be here to write this article.” LOL

Virtual Worlds can be our wonderland

and Second Life is an amazing way to

simulate life. Dreaming and fantasying

immersion? The sensation is very real.

simulate what we can’t do or are shy to

The experience of a Virtual World

express in real life. Simulating and

immersion as the state we change our

playing characters can enrich a lot a

perception

personality and a way of life.

surrounded in an engrossing total 3D

can be a healthy way to relax and

Just remember the Avatar film and

how

wonderful

was

the

freedom

such

as

Second of

Life

reality

offers by

the

being

environment. You put a complete presence disconnect

within from

that

space

exterior

and

physical

sensation the main character felt, as he

space. It is fascinating, but can be very

couldn’t walk anymore, but he did it

dangerous for some people who don’t

when became the Avatar. So many

enjoy much their real lives. A thin line

people can make their lives better this

between the healthy use of virtual

way. They can dream and live anything

environments and the loss of sense of

again, and Second Life can enable

time and space can be very subtle.

residents to act out fantasies, which roleplaying due to physical or social

When Second Life was created the

limitations. Many people find ways to

very clear is that it is a “Life Simulator”

free their minds, since they are in a

and not a game. And after a while he

hospital or can’t leave home. Brain is

decided to come back to SL and it shows

the protagonist and anything is possible

that he believes Second Life has long

inside our mind. So, imagine when you

life and will improve much more. There

they would not be able in RL through

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first point Philip Linden wanted to make

“

Second Life. There are so many options

When Second

Life was created the

first point Philip Linden wanted to make very

clear is that it is a “Life Simulator” and not a game.

”

and the main games are RPG (Role Playing Games), which have different approaches, such as Medieval fantasy roleplay, Vampires, Warriors, elf and fairies

and

the

sexual

roleplay,

represented by some Bondage groups and the biggest community of Gor. There are taboo subjects and fetishes everybody can “live and explore” in the SL environment, especially in the Gorean RPG.

are some “dreams” he has regarding the

So, the fascinating Virtual World is full

graphic and sensorial experience, which

fantasy and play characters. Some

will

people explore and create a different

bring

unbelievable

new

of options for the ones whom love

experiences.

gender than their RL and there are many

So, you can use the metaverse to

reasons for that. Some just want to feel

simulate fantasies, dreams, a model of

man; some can’t live this in real life and

family, to explore and literally simulate

feel this frustration and there are many

how a new business could be; you can

more reasons.

play many characters and, of course, you also can play games INSIDE the

the “other side” of being a woman or

Juria Yoshikawa, for example, is one

of the most talented artists of SL and He

only to act as Furriers, which are usually

never hide that He is a man in RL, but

very cute and look like stuffed animals.

decided to be a woman in SL, just as an

They are really so nice and a pause to a

immersive

pure fantasy.

experience

through

the

feminine world. If some men understood should express them freely, many

Another kind of furry is the Kurii.

relationships would be wonderful. There

conquer both worlds, Earth and Gor. In

is no shame in dealing with our opposite

the Gorean language Kurii means

energy and it will never put in doubt our

"beasts”. They are furriers and act their

gender. It is one sillier “rule” that

characters in this planet Gor, as beasts.

that we all have both energies and

society created. By the way, you should behave freely always, either in real or virtual lives.

So,

Maybe you prefer the classic plays of William

Shakespeare

and

always

dreamed of playing the Macbeth, Romeo Second Life can be a great

and Juliet or Hamlet. This is just an

platform to experience this kind of

example of so many playwrights you can

character. People should not hide or

perform in SL. What about an Opera or

fear their choices. Avatars are not walls

ballet show? There are endless options

where we hide behind to feel safe. If

for you to play characters and be

people used it as an experience and

whoever you dream.

simulation, it would bring amazing improvement to real life.

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Second Life has many people who take

this seriously and are even professional artists in RL, who login to show their

art, but of course, anybody can play

You can be a player character and the

characters there, as the metaverse is

protagonist of the story told in the rpg

perfect to perform any dream.

also. In a Medieval RPG you can be an elegant lady or a charming knight.

It is fantastic the perfection found in

These are the fantasies you can even

some Japanese Sims, for example,

share with children and show the pink

where some residents play Kabuki

world of dreams. However, the fantasies

Theater or fight as handsome ninja

can also follow very intense and sensual

warriors. They wear amazing costumes,

paths, which some people do not feel or

act and dance to enchant the audience.

have the freedom to perform in real

The stage and arena are a door way to

life.

their fantasies. you dreamed of being a

Maybe you always wanted to be a go-

magician or a rock star? You can act

even try some hot and secret hardcore

these characters in your second Life too.

experience. So, Second Life can be a

Just imagine, use your creativity and

perfect “place” to simulate these

you certainly will find the character you

untold fantasies. There are places

want to play. Maybe you want to be a

where

character of an animated cartoon such

“forbidden” fantasies. Some people like

as the Looney Tunes. Hum… What about

bondage and much more, but don’t feel

being Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety or

comfortable to realize this in real. So,

Taz? Or maybe you can try the

once again, a virtual simulator can be

Simpsons… It just depends on your

safe and an experience you can enjoy

mood.

and have fun, and there are roleplaying

Have

go boy or a stripper, belly dancer and

you

can

fulfill

the

most

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games inside SL, you can join and decide

Builders, Physicians and Warriors) and

what character you want to act. Maybe

many

your personality likes to be more

craftsmen, artisans, merchants, slavers,

dominant or you like to obey or fight. It

Metal Workers, Assassins, artists, etc.).

is up to you and one RPG you can

These castes are represented by colors

experience in Second Life is Gor, which

and a dress code.

includes many situations of a Medieval RPG environment, but also the sexual

lower

castes

(tradesmen,

There are also the free women, slaves

and outlaws who perform different roles

subject.

Gor is an alternate world. It is shown

and behavior, under certain laws. Most cities have their own laws, which must

in a series of twenty-eight novels

be respected. It is a very fascinating

written by John Norman, the pseudonym

parallel world that has grown inside

of Dr. John Lange, a professor of

Second Life as one more option for

Philosophy and a classical scholar that

residents that enjoy RPG, but with an

combine philosophy, erotica and science

addition of spicy and hot roleplay.

fiction and found a rich soil in Second Life.

This

alternate-world

has

a

You can choose your character from

subculture and a very different way of

many options of Goream Life and

life, which conquered many residents to

perform as a High caste, a Lower Caste

roleplay and choose their characters

or even as a slave (kajirae-women or

according to their “life scripts� and

kajiru-men)

fantasies. There is a rigid Gorean Castes

(Panther/Taluna) character. Maybe you

System and a social structure. There are

always dreamed of being served by a

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very sensual and pretty woman. So, you

high

castes

(Initiates,

Scribes,

or

as

an

outlaw

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can be a Master and have your Kajirae

Second Life, where Goreams speak

(slave). Gor is a “men’s” world and it is

different languages, such as English,

more usual to find Masters than

German,

Mistress, but in SL, many people mixed

Portuguese.

Bondage with Goream Life Style and we

“Goream Language”.

also can find some kajirus (Slave men).

They

Spanish also

speak

and the

wonderful clothes and environment are

So, maybe you can imagine, fantasize

really fascinating, peculiar, very well

to fulfill your untold fantasies; and who

built and difficult to resist.

could say it is not a good way to relax,

The costumes, architecture of cities,

Sometimes, some Sims and decoration remind

us

of

the

1001

Nights

Scheherazade’s Tale. Some outfits are made of silk and richly embroidered;

and dream of playing a character or rpg

to have some sexy fun and have a break of the stressed and busy real life sometimes? Why not?

Playing characters can improve your

jewelry is simply amazing and even the

life somehow and bring new horizons

Free women long dresses take the

and joy. Doesn’t matter if your fantasy

breath away. The wild look of the out

is hardcore or something pure like being

laws is very sexy and this whole

a cartoon, fairy, and a furry or even if

mysterious and sensual world is an

you dream of being the prince charming

invitation for many kinds of fantasies.

in a Medieval roleplay.

Men also are very handsome and wonderfully too. Anybody can play this

Dreaming is a very important fuel for

rpg and you will find many Sims in

create new business, to change your

masculine. They are strong and dress

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life and fantasies can inspire you to

real life, body, relationships and bring an amazing improvement and evolution to your inner dreams and soul. Fantasies are very welcome and make life colorful, give us more courage to follow some paths and next steps. Life is simply

work and relationships.

Fantasies make life better‌ There is no doubt!

However, lately, some people have

an amusement park of dreams and

claimed that many of them play

fantasies, if you use it with balance,

multiple roles and loose themselves.

respect and responsibility. Because

Compulsive behaviors can lead some

everything you do will affect your

people to live excess of fantasies and

environment, which includes, family,

even to almost forget they have a real

life to deal with. Imagine if you stay

away from real life and that too much

many hours a day or for some people,

fantasy is very dangerous. If you are

the whole day in front a computer, TV,

leaving your RL behind and staying too

video game, etc, just living these

much time in your dreaming world, it is

“colored and addictive” fantasies…

time to think and observe more what is

There is this thin subtle line we should

never

forget

or

the

real

life,

interactions and productive behavior

forget reality.

So,

this article is just a call, a

will be lost and miserable. Many people

meditation on how important and

lost their jobs, families, sense of reality

beneficial is dreaming and fantasizing to

and themselves because they became

have fun, to relax and live our wishes.

addicted to live in their pink fantasy

But, it is also a call to think and use it

world, where they are kings, princess,

with balance.

masters, warriors, magnates, etc, etc, on and NEEDS their attention or who will

You have to look for guidance from

pay for the bills, bring food home and

guide; you have to awaken the idea that

take

and

your life and you are unique and deserve

relationships? If something is not good

all the best… in both, real and virtual

in real life, why don’t you solve that

lives. You certainly can perform any

situation instead of dreaming too much

character and play the games of life. If

to run away? Some people prefer the

you are clever and take the best of your

chemical drugs, but some don’t even

fantasies in both ways and worlds and

realize that there are more ways to run

don’t be a slave of some addictions,

etc. They try to forget that real life goes

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care

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life

deep inside; you have to find the inner

“

If you are clever and take the best of your fantasies in both ways and worlds and don’t be a slave of some addictions,

”

your life will become so radiant, more

have difficult to listen to this call, but

than you can possibly conceive.

if you pay attention to the message, this

It is almost like light for some people.

Your room is dark; you are this room, so

beam of light and joy will take you exactly where you need to go.

will do, and the whole darkness

It

disappears. The truth of your own

Living is a gift and the best way to enjoy

deepest being is real. So, have fun, play,

it is flying through thousands of dreams,

run, dance, love, make love, laugh and

fantasies and desires we can bring also

always trust the inner guidance you are

from the virtual to reality. ★

just bring light in. Even a small candle

being given.

It speaks in whispers, and some people

is perfectly natural and very

pleasant to lose yourself sometimes.

OPINION - Roles

By AmabileSciavo Olivieri and Kallikrates Stenvaag

W

e have been impressed by

analyzing and reflecting on the "roles" that some users of the virtual world Second Life are proposed to "stage".

A

s Second Life offers so much

freedom, restrictions

where

physical

and

distance

limitations caused by various commitments and responsibilities of real life do not exist, some more experienced users, suffering from certain deficiencies or lack of references in their daily lives, who used to express reasonably and balanced behavior, "lost" themselves amid the charms of the virtual world through their

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experiences. They became "avatars"

the human need to live other roles. We

long ago, whether they are connected

see every day in our experience in the

or not. They no longer have clear

virtual world, people who assume roles

benchmarks of what separates the

that will drive until the end of their

virtual universe from their experiences

existence. Yes, until the end, because

outside the grid in the real world. They

death is certain in both lives. If it is an

are lured by the chance to regain lost

organic inevitable occurrence in RL, at

youth, or acting in a daring context, and

the

disdain toward the conventions and

frustrations directly related to the

rules of conduct that crush them in their

choices and experiences of certain roles

reality.

are equally lethal in SL.

P

W

and their deviations will bring more

productive experience as builders,

questions than answers. Anyway, the

content creators, owners or managers of

main

than

innovators and entrepreneurs of cultural

evidenced. Observe and try to discern in

projects, other will live opposite and

each

inner

harmful experiences to their "real self".

motivation to decide to live a “bold”

Many experience the role of sex slaves

and unconventional virtual life. Perhaps

oddly proud of having been "collared";

many believe that there is no serious

they are people in search of endless

reason for this rise, or at least not as

“built”

designed. Even if they can not identify

consumed in conflicts, frictions and

clearly the reasons to create an avatar,

humiliation in various formats; and

we see, and don’t need many lenses,

molesters, mischief and other aberrant

robably these reflections on behavior

point

is

less

"person-avatar"

defined the

same

time,

disinterest

and

hile some will live rich and

relationships,

which

are

creatures looking to indulge vices and deficiencies that clearly call for treatment.

R

egarding the experiences related to sexuality within the metaverse, it is worth

noting that to explore the sensuality of the grid in a "bold" way is obviously a valid possibility, since it does not impose suffering, disrespect or commit any embarrassment to the other person.

W

e all live roles, and the properly and even therapeutic way of experiencing

them in the simulator, is necessarily linked to cognitive, social, affective and emotional development. Happiness within the virtual world seems to be a state that can be achieved through processes of creation and learning, the greatest potential of the metaverse. The creation act masks the human face and it exposes the holy face. The choice of a role must be motivated by the need to experience something new and bring development. If in real life we can not risk it, then‌ welcome to paradise, where we can’t miss anything. It seems that the path to a worthwhile productive and happy experience in Second Life will be shorter and less rugged to the spontaneous people, who can dare to reveal their true identities within the virtual world. In general, the spontaneity is the key feature of seeking individual to be better. The concept of being spontaneous meets characteristic of flexibility, lightness and ease of modifying itself according to the needs of each moment. Being spontaneous means using personal choices to favor you. A spontaneous person is mature and tends to grow more by the consciousness of itself. There is no prejudice to the spontaneous and their illusions are diminished by the emotional balance; so their level of pain is lower and lasts shorter than to the person in the opposite

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situation. It is an adult able to discern

virtual or real ★

and work towards its needs.

Kallikrates Stenvaag – Joined SL in

M

June/2007; he offers exchange in the

ay we all reach this state of

metaverse. In RL he is an expert in Intel

greater balance and, aware of whom we

products and x86 platform and serves as

are and what we are looking for, we can

a lecturer and instructor by teaching

make something happier of our life

training throughout Brazil.

experiences, whether that plan is,

AmabileSciavo Olivieri - Joined SL in January/2009; she is a stylist and, along Kallikrates Stenvaag, she is the owner of the brand name "Magnifique" in the metaverse. In RL she is a Psychologist and works in the education area.

Both write regularly on the Blog http://multiversovirtual.wordpress.com

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SL STORIES: When are you going to tell her?

By Betwixt Epsilon I smiled into her eyes, my body stretched on hers, and reached for the scarves that bound her wrists to the bed.

"Maybe I should not release you," I whispered into her ears, and kissed the strands of hair clinging to the sweat on her face. "Maybe I should keep you bound until you confess your love for me." She laughed giddily, "and what if I never fall in love with you?"

"Oh you will love me," I said as I undid the scarves and released her from under me, "you will love me more than you have ever loved anyone."

She stood and dressed quietly before turning back and sitting next to me on the edge of the bed. "Is this what you told her too? Does she love you more than she ever loved anyone?" I took her hand in mine and looked into her eyes.

"Babe, you know that I don't love her. That you are the one for me." She turned her face away avoiding looking at my eyes and my naked body and murmured, "but, when are you going to tell her that?"

I reached out and with a hand under her chin gently forced her to look back at me. "She will be hurt love, and I am

trying to break from her as gently as I

will hurt. Hurt for a long long time." She

can. You know this."

rested her head on my shoulder, "and yet this isn't right. Your making an alt to

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see me. It isn't what the man I would

you half as much as I do, I know that she

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We sat at the edge of the bed, my hands caressing her hair. "I don't know how it is so different from what you are doing. You have a lover too. What about him? You and he have been together for even longer than I with her."

She sighed and sat up straight. "It is different. We have an open relationship." I laughed softly, shaking my head. "And yet he does not know about us. You meet me in secret too."

"I never loved him. You loved her. That is the difference." She leaned forward to kiss me quickly and got up from the bed. "I know the real person behind this alt and the avie I met first is one and the same, but somehow it feels dirty for you to be using an alt." *********** "Sorry I am so late love. The wireless connection is so flaky", she said laughing apologetically, "and you know there is no one I can complain to since I am stealing it from a neighbor." She sat down next to him on the couch, leaning into him to embrace him, kissing his face. "It is good that you are going through a busy phase at work. I don't feel so guilty about being online so little." He sits quietly while she kisses him. "What is the matter love? You are quiet."

"There is something difficult I have to tell you," he said, turning towards her. ★

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STAMP AWARD Agnes Finney- "My Precious”

She is very creative and interesting and has amazing good taste, which we can see in her Store "My Precious". A whole world of elegance, dream and fantasy is waiting for you and, if you are a dreamer or not, it doesn’t matter, as you certainly will love her creations.

Check this interview and know better one more amazing designer of our Second Life.

Agnes Finney believes that SL is a dream station for her ideas and creativity and that it’s allowed dreaming and daring a lot there. "People can look as they want and live the way they pursue. It enhances interaction among people and allows a lot of learning experience here. It's a great spiritual complement of RL, honestly."

Regarding her skills on design, she said - "I don’t have a design background in rl.

(Smiles). Instead, I work in an educational institute in Hong Kong, where I am from."

She talks about her unique and elegant fashion - "Many of my designs come out of imagination. I loved watching animations when I was still in school and used to feel amazed by those outfits, which can only be worn in a fantasy world. This is why I have been so addicted to SL, which gives me the chance to make something

imaginative. I do get inspirations from RL designers sometimes. Their senses of beauty and fashion have been great inputs of my works. SL offers a great deal of space for us to work on the graphic creation, which could inspire RL designer with their RL work."

Agnes would like her Second Life experience could be better and easier regarding some editing tools - "I wish I could paint and edit directly on the avatars, which could optimize the quality of the designs."

Thank you for your attention and creations, dear Agnes.

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SPECIAL INTERVIEW

2005 to see what it was all about.

Serenity Sieyes and Malakh Giles

Someone I knew was spending a lot of

Avilion Estates

time here and spoke highly of it. What attracted me to SL was the idea that

They live a complete fantasy. This

you can build a world that you wanted.

couple is simply the best example of

You were given the tools and you only

how we can explore fantasy and magic

had to have an imagination.

moments in a virtual world, how to build a dreamland and not think in money;

I first got my free lot, then bought an

how generous they are by offering their

addition on the mainland, and before

home for us to enjoy that. They show

you knew it I had outgrown what I had.

how we can play wonderful characters

I needed more room to build. I moved

and make it balanced between both

to Dreamland and stated to build there.

lives. They live a REAL and beautiful fairytale.

I knew Malakh from WoW where we were Guildmates and we often talked

The gift they offer to the residents for

about what I was doing, and he came to

free is priceless and we all thank

see me. I was glad because he was such

Serenity and Malakh per their Avilion

a nice person. He never left.

Estates.

Malakh Giles: In November of 2005 InnerWorld: You both have lived this

Serenity introduced me to Second Life

Second Life for long time. What

as a place where we could both be

attracted you to a virtual world?

together.

Second Life was a place

where we could create our own place to Serenity Sieyes: I came to SL in October

spend time together and has been that

way ever since.

when I say no, they are very rude. That makes me think that the spirit of the old

InnerWorld: What are the differences

SL is long gone.

you find in-world now days that you can’t find anymore?

We’ve lost so many great builds because of this. Great builders, great places for

Serenity Sieyes: When I first came to SL

people to spend time on, to escape. I

there weren’t a whole lot of private

wish that someone would have taken

sims with grand builds, and the builds

the opportunity to save those builds,

that

archived them at least.

there

Everyone

were,

built

were

things

unique.

that

were

different, and their own ideas. Back

Malakh Giles: There have been so many

then it was more of a “What can I build

changes to Second Life since we first

that someone hasn’t built yet”… I don’t

started that; it’s hard to elaborate upon

feel like that spirit exists in SL anymore.

them all.

However, there are a few

which really stand out. One major

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SL has become more of a cutthroat “Oh

difference I have noticed has been in

look, they made something that brings

the way people approach and play

in a lot of people. People = $$$ so lets

within Second Life. People joining and

make the same thing” mentality. It’s

playing in Second Life, when we started,

sad.

I get IM’d constantly from people

did so with the majority being builders

who state “Money is no object can you

and creators first and players second.

build me what you have here on my sim”

Many (or I should say most) of the

not realizing that what I built on my

“social areas/structures” that exist in

sims is from my heart, not for sale. Not

Second Life today (such as role play

everyone does this for the money. Then,

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scenic SIMs for exploration, etc.) were

than when Serenity and I first started.

just being built and developed. These

There are so many special places filled

social areas/structures were really in

with exciting and wonderful creations

their infancy, and very few existed. As

just waiting to be explored, and there

a result, many people set forth to

are also many, many more people

learning how to create in Second Life in

actively

order to both further develop and build

Unfortunately, simply due to the size of

the social elements we see today

SL, it has become more and more

(Serenity and myself are an example).

difficult to find these special places.

However, this has changed over the

Many of the places we once visited have

years we have been here in Second Life.

also unfortunately closed over the years

playing

Second

Life.

or have been changed so drastically that While there are still many people who

they really aren’t the same.

come to Second Life to build and create,

there are many new exciting places,

they are no longer in what I would

they cannot replace those that once

consider to be the majority. Most of the

were.

While

social structures in Second Life have become well established over the years,

Overall Second Life “feels” much

and, as a result, we see more people

different than it once was. This can be

shifting their focus to being a player

attributed to policies changes from the

first and creator/builder second. It is

Lab, the changing ways people choose

much easier to simply jump into Second

to play in Second Life, and SL´s

Life and find something you want to do,

expansion in size.

or be involved with, today than it was

which is the largest difference I find in-

when Serenity and I joined. The sheer

world.

size of Second Life is dramatically larger

It is this feeling,

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InnerWorld: Your love is real and not

Love with this man way before we met

something of avatars only. How it feels

face to face, and finally seeing his

to live a real fairytale?

wonderful smile with my own eye…

There are no words to describe the

Serenity Sieyes: Malakh and my story is

feeling.

a real life fairytale. I have been very

We were lucky, we were able to get to

lucky to have found such a wonderful,

know, and fall in love with each other,

loving, caring man. But, to have found

in a different way, before meeting each

him in the fashion that I did? No one

other face to face. How can 2 people

would believe.

get to know, and fall in love with each other without any physical contact?

Malakh and I met in a MMORPG (WoW),

Really fall in love? It’s magic, what else

we were Guildmates, nothing more.

can it be? A Fairytale come true. I think

When I started to log into SL I shared

what makes us different than any other

what I was doing there, and Malakh

couple in SL, we never EXPECTED

seemed interested, and came to visit

anything, we were grateful for what we

me there. From that day until now, we

had. We are always honest with each

have been together ever night either

other, and respect each other. And most

Real Life or Online. Now one may seem

of all, we are together because we both

to think that’s not much of a big deal

want to be.

until you know… this wonderful journey started almost 5 years ago. He came to

Malakh Giles: It is hard to explain in

Visit me in November 2005, the first

words how I feel about Serenity. We’ve

time we met face to face was January

been through so much together, done so

2009.

We are physically 1000 miles

many things, and throughout all of that

apart. I know I have been hopeless in

time we have really lived a fairytale

together. But, it is more than that, it

everybody can enjoy dreams and

isn’t just a fairytale, it is real. I believe

wonderful fantasy. How did this idea

it is difficult for people to understand,

of a so beautiful State start?

but my feelings for Serenity are beyond that of what I would call the physical

Serenity Sieyes: Oh my gosh! I just

world. Yes, we have met together in

started building and that’s what it

real life many times over the past

ended up! Actually… how it started is

couple years, but in the first years of

that Malakh and I were always looking

our relationship we were separated by

for a romantic place to dance. All we

hundreds of miles. We were not

could ever find is over crowded clubs,

physically together, had never seen each

and strip clubs, places just trying to

other’s face through our own eyes, yet I

make some money. There were very

believe the love we shared was greater

few classy romantic spots. So we always

than what most people will experience

ended up going home and just dancing

in their life time. How can this be?

around our own little place.

I have always been a fan of Medieval

I fell in love with who she was inside,

Fantasy.

her soul.

I share a connection with

thought to what I wanted to build. As

Serenity on a level that can’t be

our store started to become more

described in just words. The love I feel

popular, we were able to afford to

for her exists in all worlds, physical and

support a sim, so we moved. And on this

everything else.

I had wanted to make this Medieval

There was never a second

“Cinderella” ballroom for Mal and I to

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InnerWorld: You have your magic

dance in and a romantic garden where

home of Avilion, which is a medieval

we can walk and spend time together in.

fantasy

It was supposed to be our home. It took

role-playing

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me 3+ months to build this place, and

Where do we get our Ideas? Honestly I

when I got it done with the first version,

don’t know. When we decide to build

we invited some friends to come dance

something we just start, and it just

in it.One thing led to another and we

comes to us.

ended up opening up Avilion Grove to

shapes, with some Ideas… then, before

the public.

Avilion Grove is really

you know it we have half the sim done.

Malakh and My home. I think people

Sometimes it takes us 3 days to build a

who visit it forget, or don’t realize.

sim, sometimes it takes us 24 hours.

While building Avilion Grove, someone

Malakh Giles: It’s all Serenity’s fault

we knew needed to sell their sim, so we

<laughs>! In seriousness, it began as a

bought it and decided to build a RP

place where Serenity and I could create

area. We had some Elf Clan friends who

our perfect place to spend time

had told us they needed a place to go.

together. It did not begin as a role play

It took us almost 3.5 years, but we

SIM but, rather as Serenity and my

finally have the build that we originally

home.

We start playing with

wanted on that sim, Avilion Heart, The Tree of Life (to match the Avilion Logo).

For the first six or so months we were together in Second Life, we had a

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Avilion Nexus is Malakh’s Masterpiece.

modest home on a rental SIM. It was a

We needed a way to make a battle sim

place filled with magic and fantasy,

that was not only beautiful, but allowed

nearly entirely created by Serenity, as a

our community to fight (as a sport) with

dream where we could both spend time

low lag. Avilion Nexus is one of the most

together. This place was the original

beautiful Fantasy modeled sims in SL, in

Avilion Grove.

my honest Opinion.

majority of our time there, we also

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While we spent the

explored many places in Second Life.

doing so in Second Life certainly was.

More specifically, to find a place where

Our favorite role play genre was

we could dance and have a romantic

medieval fantasy. Due to the creativity

evening together.

freedom in Second Life, we were quite excited to see what we could find.

Each night we would go exploring, trying

There were very little medieval/fantasy

to find a special place to spend

places or communities within Second

together. While we did find a handful of

Life at the time, so we decided to try

places to go, none of them were really

our hand at role playing within Gor. We

what we were looking for, and we

did this for a number of months, but

usually would end back at home and

what we really wanted was to find a

spend our evening together there. It

great

seemed that almost everywhere we

community where we could role play.

went the places would be dance clubs,

So, we decided to leave Gor and join

and typically we would only show up to

the most popular medieval fantasy

medieval/fantasy or formal occasions.

community at the time; Elf Clan. We

We couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find a place where we could

were members of Elf Clan for almost

go anytime we liked.

half a year, but again, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly

medieval

fantasy

SIM

or

what we were looking for.

We also decided to try out role playing.

Both Serenity and myself had previously

So once again we found ourselves back

come from playing other role playing

home. Our home was a nice size, but we

games (such as World of WarCraft) as

were very limited to what we could do.

well as traditional table-top games like

Since we spent the majority of our time

Dungeons & Dragons. Role playing was

there, we wanted to continue making it

not something new to both of us, but

a special place for the both of us. But,

the simple capacity of our lot prevented us from doing much more.

During the summer of 2006 our business, Avilion Mist, was also becoming quite popular, and we found ourselves in need of expanding it as well. So, we decided to see if we could find a SIM for sale. Not many people had full private estates, but we were able to find one and decided to buy it. We could now further expand our dream, and had much more freedom to do so.

The Avilion Grove was reborn upon this sim, and the ballroom was created and the areas surrounding it. It was our home, our place to spend our romantic nights together. Also, we decided to dedicate the surrounding areas to being a role play area. However, not long before we were going to open the SIM to the public, a friend of ours offered to sell us another SIM. We decided to take it and built the role play community on it, and leave the original SIM for the ballroom and a romantic place people could visit.

But, in the end, we wanted to create a place where we could dance, have wonderful romantic nights, and call home. That is what Avilion is and how it came to be.

InnerWorld: As Avilion is so big and offers amazing options of fantasy, romance, a Castle Grand Ballroom, where couples enjoy lovely music, etc... How do you manage such amazing Estate and dream?

Serenity Sieyes: We have amazing people… Friends… helping us. If you come to Avilion you will see AV’s with “Ancients of the Mist” over their heads. They are our Friends, our Administrators. Without them Malakh and I would have given up long

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ago. We have over 30 Administrator that are from all over the globe. They are the wonderful giving people. Next would be the Community… those of the Avilion Order.

They are the ones that have found their home in Avilion and with that the pride of being a community member.

Malakh Giles: Avilion wouldn’t be the place it is today without the people who call it home. We have a wonderful community called the Avilion Order, filled with people from around the world, who have joined and have made Avilion into such an incredible place. We also have an outstanding administration team, which handles every aspect of both the role play community as well as the Avilion Grove ballroom.

Everyone works together in harmony because we all call each other family.

InnerWorld: Your Magical World and Medieval Fantasy is an invitation to dream.

I’ve met fairies, elf, knights, ladies, magicians and much more there. What is the secret to maintain your success and the people enjoying Avilion for so long time?

Serenity Sieyes: Malakh and I only built the set, the people are the players in this world. The secret of Avilion is the people; people who truly understand the heart of Avilion. Avilion is not about titles, or power, or food chains to climb… Avilion has no self proclaimed royalty. Avilion is about friendship, family, belonging to something.

It’s about escaping the stresses and drama of Real life for a short time of your day, and play. It’s about finding your “sister”, your “brother” living in another part of the real world. It’s about learning that, though we’re all different, we’re all the same. Avilion … is summed up in my mind by the John Lennon song “Imagine”: Imagine no possessions / I wonder if you can / No need for greed or hunger / A

brotherhood of man / Imagine all the

the activities and events being run in

people / Sharing all the world ... / You

Avilion are done so by people in the

may say I'm a dreamer / But I'm not the

community. They enjoy this place so

only one / I hope someday you'll join us

much, that they have decided to use

/ And the world will live as one.

some of their free time to run these events. I cannot stress more the success

Avilion is just that, a world for

of Avilion is due to the work, dedication,

Dreamers.

and love of those within the Avilion community.

Malakh Giles: The secret is in the people here in Avilion. Everyone who

InnerWorld: What do you think about

visits here (whether they role play or

playing characters? Tell us how good it

not) adds something to it, and it is the

can be to perform like in a Theater?

souls and dreams of those here which give Avilion life. Avilion is successful not

Serenity Sieyes: I think we learn to play

because of one person, nor the work of

characters when we are very young.

Serenity or myself, it is successful

How well we do and how long we do it

because of the people here. One thing

is

we (as a community) have taught people

encouragement. You have to make your

is that how much enjoyment and fun

character you, it has to feel comfortable

they get from Avilion depends on them.

and natural. And the best way to do

What a person decides to put into the

that is to write a story about your

community will directly relate to their

character, make the character real for

enjoyment. As a result we have many

you.

people running events and being very

character. Where did your character

active in the community. In fact, all of

come from, what did you character go

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controlled

Make

a

by

our

history

parent´s

about

your

through in his/her life. What obstacles

Role playing allows people to fully take

did your character have to go through to

advantage of their imagination. While a

get where they are now. The more you

good

can tell about your character, the more

character is like performing on a stage,

you can put into your character as for

it is much different. When you are role

Role Play.

playing, there is no set stage. The stage

example

of

role

playing

a

is everywhere around you. There is no Malakh

Giles:

One

of

the

most

set script for you to follow, as there are

important aspects of role play is the

so many different possible things you

development of your “character” or

can do. How you “act” or play your

persona. I have been role playing for

character is up to you and your

many, many years and in many different

imagination.

places and mediums (such as games other than Second Life). I have always

Some people take years to finally

enjoyed creating back stories for

develop a character they wish to role

characters and then playing them out. I

play, others spend mere moments and

find the most exciting part about role

develop their character as they go.

playing is what happens to your

There

character

Your

developing and/or creating a character

character will meet others, and you will

you wish to role play. However, the two

experience many things. What happens

main “rules” to follow are making sure

to your character over time is up to you

your character fits the place you are

and the journeys you make with them.

role playing and to have fun doing so.

once

you

begin.

is

no

definite

method

to

The evolution of your character is the most exciting and memorable part of

InnerWorld: Do you feel some people

the role playing experience.

loose themselves in the path between

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reality and dream? Does the reality of

InnerWorld: Resume in one sentence

some make them flee to the fantasy

your second life.

and RP? Serenity Serenity Sieyes: I have met many

Sieyes:

Believe

in

your

Dreams.

people who loose themselves in their Role Play, but those people needed it to

Malakh Giles: A place where I have

escape unhappiness in their real life. If

learned that dreams can come true.

this makes them happy is it a bad thing?

Is it any different than loosing oneself in

Thank you so much for your

a book, or a movie?

lovely interview and Avilion. ★

Malakh Giles: Throughout the years I’ve met many people who have had hardships in their real life. Some have even told me that Second Life is their “escape” from reality. However, I do not believe this to be a bad thing. We all need the ability to relax and allow our imagination to run free. Also, I do not believe any of them have “lost” themselves here, but rather are here by choice

and

definitely

know

the

difference between fantasy (Second Life) and reality.

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