Just Squeaking By

I spent some time today teaching the rats in Master V's dungeon how to squeak.

Technical notes: What that really means is that I found some .WAV sound files of rat squeaks on the Net, used a sound-editing program called Goldwave (highly recommended) to convert them to the format that SL will accept (44.1 kHz sampling, 16-bit mono), and then loaded them into SL.

I added a simple little squeak script and the sound files to the rat object. The script sits in an endless loop and does random-length llSleep calls and then plays one of the squeak sounds (also picked at random).

Just another element added to the dungeon ambience. Maybe dripping water next...

Grendel's Children

It's been a while since I visited Grendel's Children, so I went there to browse, and discovered that they have been expanding. There are now 3 sims where there used to be one, and the store is much larger now (I'm sure that everyone but me knew this already).

Rats!

The dungeon is now infested with rats. They're scampering quite nicely.

Homesteading, BDSM Style

Master V has been staying in a free apartment, because the owner was trying to sell the land, and let people stay in her apartments for nothing pending the sale. But she finally decided to start charging rent, so Master decided it was time to buy his own land. He had me look for a likely place.


I found a 1024 m2 lot for less than L$10K in the northern part of the new NorthEast Continent. It looked like a quiet area, although there is always the danger that someone will eventually put up a casino next door. And it was near the top of a hillside, so there is a good view. Master looked it over and liked it, so he bought it and told me to start construction. Well, I'm the one who has building and scripting experience. I put in a grassy terrace temporarily and dropped a pink flamingo on it for laughs while I planned the real landscaping.

I made a simple rectangular 20 x 10 m house out of 4 basic prims, and found some Tudor and Gothic textures to give it the proper look for a BDSM master's domicile.

Of course the dungeon was the most important element. I put in an annex to the house, and a ramp leading down. Master V gave me land modification rights, and I dropped the ground as far as it would go to see what I had to work with. Fortunately, there was plenty of available depth.

Per Master V's requirements, I put in three isolation cells at the bottom of the ramp, and a door leading to a sizable dungeon. I sank a pit in the deepest corner for recalcitrant slaves, and put up the proper gloomy textures on the walls and floor. I laid terraces overhead for respectable public landscaping which served as the dungeon ceilings. I killed the flamingo as he was taking up 14 prims.

The past couple of days, I've been rolling my own lockable cell doors (the same scripts also work for the grating over the Pit). The doors have an option to allow someone on the outside to spy on the prisoner in the cell, while remaining unchanged on the inside (isn't SL texturing fun?). I still need to figure out how to detect if a prisoner TP's out, so she can be reported to the Master.

Oh, and I've started working on rats. Really.

The Wide World of SL Sports

Tiny sumo wrestling!

Court of Atlantis

Attended a meeting of the Secrets of Atlantis group yesterday afternoon, Queen Luna Misfit presiding. It was definitely an experience being among so many merfolk at the same time!



One thing that was discussed was the role of "evil" merpersons as part of the Clan roleplay. Nearly everyone immediately volunteered to go to the dark side; which says something about merfolk nature, I suppose. But if Caledon can have a war, why can't we merfolk cause a bit of mischief of our own?

Of course it's all in good fun, and Queen Luna warned everyone about taking things too seriously.

Princess Ikioi Tiramisu (left) and Queen Luna Misfit

There is a rumor that a sea area may be created in the elven lands, and if so, we might be able to occupy it from time to time. I certainly hope so -- it would harmonize with my own combined mer/elven heritage.

The meeting finally closed and an impromptu game of beach ball soccer broke out. I was experiencing so much lag, though, that I couldn't manage to fin-kick the ball when it flew by me.