October 16, 2007

E-Getting High

While collecting ideas to write about, I decided to meet a few friends. We talked for a while, and and reminisced about the good old days. Things soon changed, though, when one uncovered something sinister. He found a link to a virtual drug ring, a plague which has been spreading all too quickly. We went undercover to find out the details.


Right: Nobody will suspect a squirrel of exposing their crimes.


Innocuously outfitted in a Tardimals Brand Squirrel Avatar, provided by reputable business owner Kyro Kilian, I would blend in more readily with my motley crew. Kyro -with no blog of his own to put on the line- purchased our "white lady" from a third party, an online marketplace whose name I won't reveal due to journalistic integrity. It's a shame that even this respectable vendor network has sunk to drug muling. Upon rezzing the goods and trying to activate them, my colleagues and I noticed immediately that our drugs weren't getting us "high", and we messaged our dealer.


Left: Our dealer, his face blurred to protect his identity. His body is toned from dealing with competitors.


He greeted us with "high sry was afk," using the junkie code we so often see in the Welcome Areas. He seemed affluent and I can only attribute this to the growing number of cokeheads in SL. He quickly fixed our problem with a grin. Customer service for cocaine is surprisingly good.




Right: Controlled substance, no
t style.



Our drugs seemed to be lacking something: a third dimension. They must have altered our virtual brains' chemical makeup before we had even started snorting them. Oh well. It was time to see what these unassuming prims could do.


Left: Don't give horses drugs.


From our first snort, each of us was heavily affected. In fact, we began to hear a disembodied voice speaking to each of us:

[22:45] : You lean over slowly and take the line of blow. [22:45] : As you inhale deeply you can smell the rawness of the coke [22:46] : Your nose goes numb [22:46] : You feel an overwhelming rush that makes your blood flow

I was given no choice but to shout:

[22:49] Reginald Vollmar: This feeling is unbelievable [22:49] Reginald Vollmar: Oh My God, This is great!


Right: Clearly, something is amiss.


Strange things started to happen. My pulse quickened, my mouth dried, and I kept hearing voices talking about a "cool HUD effect", something I seemed to be immune to. The only real effect was that I was visited by a clown, who seemed to have less than honorable intentions.


Left: He will ask for bus fare but will spend it on face paint.


All told, my e-high lasted around 10 minutes. I give the experience 5/5 stars and highly recommend it.

-RV

October 15, 2007

First Post!

Hello, fellow Second Lifers. I'm Reginald Vollmar, your newest source on the latest news direct from Linden Labs and your favorite Second Life celebs! I've got some great inside sources, and I'll be bringing you stories you'll need to know as soon as they break, so keep watching!