Tracing the Threads of History and Fantasy

Breaking a Sweat

November 19, 2025

I own a lot of things in Second Life hat I would never own IRL. However, Dutchie’s Luxury Gym collection has to be in the top 5 when it comes to which items are the most foreign to RL me. I am so not a gym person. Fortunately, my avatar is up for anything! And for this review, Ran joined me so we could put more pieces through their paces and show off a selection of the great animations in a short video. It does not feature all of the pieces and it does not feature the adult animations from the Exercise Bench. However, I have also added some photos below, including some to tease those adult animations.

The collection is essentially a full, modular gym environment, built around the usual high-quality animations, top-quality meshes and PBR-enhanced materials you’ve come to expect from Dutchie. You could easily setup a whole gym with this, not just a personal workout space.

To read about each piece in detail, visit the Specials page on Dutchie’s website, which links through to all of the gym items. For easy purchasing of the whole set, visit the Marketplace and pick up the Gym Set or the Adult Gym Set.

The cute hairstyle I am wearing is another Truth and Wasabi collaboration for the Truth Collective and the sporty top and pants is from Faida.

Through the Mirror Darkly

November 17, 2025

The light beyond the mirror was not of this world. It shimmered and fractured, cold and radiant all at once. She stood before it with her lantern raised, the faint gleam of its light reflected in the mirror.

The Faust’s Repose Mirror from Lunette is a hauntingly beautiful centerpiece. It comes in both PBR and non-PBR versions and offers five color themes— blue, black, silver/white, gold, and red—each with a distinct tone. The mirrored surface reacts to lighting and reflection probes, creating depth that feels almost alive. At only 2 LI, it’s impressively efficient for such visual impact.

For this scene, I paired it with dviousMind’s Selene gown and necklace as well as Cabal’s Halogen Lantern, all new releases for this round of We Love Role-Play. The Selene gown comes in sheer and opaque options, scattered with stars like fragments of night sky. The matching Selene Moon Necklace complements the gown’s motifs with suspended charms and metallic accents that catch even the faintest light.

The Halogen Lantern, available both as decor and wearable (left or right hand), provides the ideal finishing touch, providing an arcane light that works beautifully with reflective materials and PBR surfaces, as seen here.

A final new release, though not from WLRP, is the beautiful Truth Collective hairstyle from Truth and Wasabi called Angelic, which can be worn in four different ways, all very flattering.

After Hours at the Office

November 10, 2025

There’s a certain quiet that settles over an office after hours, when the lamplight pools across polished wood, and the world beyond the window feels very far away. It’s the kind of quiet that invites thought, reflection… or perhaps something more distracting.

The Heritage Executive Desk from DICTATORSHOP dominates this space with its confident presence. It’s a piece that commands attention, combining contemporary craftsmanship with that unmistakable English heritage aesthetic — solid wood, burnished metals, and leathers that look comfortably worn. The texture options are generous: ten woods, five metals, and ten leathers, all materials-enabled for PBR environments.

Behind it, the Heritage Modular Bookcases complete the setting. The three-piece system fits snugly against a wall, with nine rezzable decor options that can be used as-is or swapped out for personal touches. I found the selection of books in the “fantasy” option particularly good!

To the side sits the Heritage Design Storage Chest, a piece that adds both balance and realism to the room.

The desk itself, though, offers options far beyond decor. Available in PG, Adult Vanilla, and Adult Kink versions, it’s fully animated for one or two avatars, with over 300 animations in the most complete set. Whether your scene involves a late-night meeting, a bit of creative brainstorming, or something altogether more suggestive, you’ll find a pose that fits. As with all DICTATORSHOP releases, it’s powered by AVsitter, experience-enabled, and easy to adjust.

The hairstyle by No.Match is currently available at FaMESHed and the cute dress (with optional t-shirt under) is a gift from Riot for SeraPlus together with the matching boots.

Insula Aureliana

November 08, 2025

A mule waits on the outside the insulae, the early morning light slowly spreading across the street and waiting for the city to wake up.

Insula Aureliana is another entry in Del-ka Aedilis Rome Series. It is a thoughtful reconstruction of a multi-storey apartment house, the kind that once dominated the crowded quarters of Rome’s cities. It combines function and grace, with stucco walls washed in ochre tones, arched porticos at ground level, wooden balconies above. The mural work along the façade, inspired by surviving frescoes, lends the whole structure a sense of living antiquity. In the soft evening light of a PBR environment, the materials respond beautifully.

I have set it against the Roman streets by Fanatik and added some additional props from Del-kae Aedilis, such as the with devotional shrines and some amphorae. The mule is of course from Teegle.