Nocturnal Endeavors Horde

I’m a new Second Life vampire, and barely a clan member – just an advisor. But still, because my minions are anxious to go on hunts with me, I fret over biting etiquette. So I’ve given this some thought.

When I was fooling around in Gor a few years ago as a physician (and for a couple weeks as a slave), I learned there are ways and means to engage people into “playing with you” which is really all about negotiating a few rules before jumping into the game. On the Laura sim (gone now, sad to say), because we had few rules and focused more on having fun together, it was not uncommon for hunters to spear unsuspecting girls on the shipyard docks and “claim” them as slaves. Ditto in the forests and shops – well, we had such a laugh over this practice and there were plenty of wars, raids, rescues, and general melee over it too — but never did anyone EVER lose their sense of humor or fair play, simply because it was lighthearted and not bogged down in a rat’s nest of rules.

But that was one sim, very well known for incredible hilarity where the unexpected was the norm. The rest of Second Life did not exist for us nor did we try to bring our flavor of RP anywhere else in SL.

Vampires however, hunt out and away from the luxury of shared sim RP culture, and need to abide by clan behaviours, and good SL practices.

First and foremost, just attempting to bite someone without permission is very rude, and an affront to them. This is an excellent way to be Abuse Reported to the Lindens. So just don’t do it or you may lose your SL account! Consentual biting (lol) is much more fun anyway.

In more practical terms: if you want to RP a bite, like you are a fabulous vampire on the hunt and need victims and blood, and you see this incredibly delicious fresh meat a few meters away just “dying” to become yours…….. well! Time to have a private IM about how much fun it is to role play a vampire attack, and what happens to them when bitten, etc. etc. etc. Engagement into the game is fun for the victim, if you make it that way.

Don’t badger your victim. If they say no, move on. If they say maybe… worlds of possibilities open up and they are all fun. Do you want a minion, someone lieged to you? Do you want a blood doll? Do you want a one-night stand? Or a lover, a friend, someone to hunt with? What about the other person — does any of this sound interesting to him/her? If your “victim” has even the slightest interest, turn that interest into positive thinking about the Bloodlines game. But if your “victim” is just saying nonononono….. do him or her a favor, and explain the use of the garlic necklace. Maybe even buy one for him or her. Be cool and help him out so he doesn’t get victimized by vampires who have no manners………..

My friend StoneCoal tells me he HATES bloodlines because some guy insisted over and over that he would die unless he bit him. Worse: Stone’s gf agreed with the guy, putting Stone into a really nasty corner. Now you can’t even mention the word “bite” without Stone going into a hell of a diatribe… and now he’s even more furious because I explained about the Forever Protection Amulet! I’m gonna get him a garlic necklace this week just so he calms down a little LOL

Anyway, back to biting etiquette: If somebody declines your bite, you probably didn’t tell them everything they need to know about the Bloodlines game. So make a list of all the positive qualities of the game, and what you enjoy about it. Read up on all the information so you know what to say when they ask a question like: will I die if I don’t bite anyone? Armed with that info and list, you are a walking, talking, vampire with an awesome charisma, utterly irresistible!! and just like a real vampire

Yours in bitemarks,
Apollonia

Last night at a meeting of the Elders, someone asked the question, “What is the best way to roleplay?” Well I have some experience with this so — bear with me, I’m gonna write some more LOL

Roleplay is a serious performance medium. It’s acting! There is only one minor difference between RPing and method acting, and that is that for RPing, the actor is responsible for the story line. This means you, as an actor, carry the full weight of making it interesting RP – or boring RP.

• You are given a stage and for us, it’s Second Life…
• There are other players to interact with in RP.
• You must make or abide by a few basic rules (generally speaking, they are about (1) RP etiquette, and (2) maintaining a specific theme).

Other than that — it’s all up to you.

How to RP:

1. Create your character - and make it richly detailed:

• Make your character believable (a few flaws, a quirk or two, a hobby, etc)
• Give your character some history and a past.
• Bring your character to life using favorites such as favorite color, beer, writer, movie… in other words, give your character some likes and dislikes – in sum, build a rounded character that you can mine for interesting RP later on.

2. Reveal your character in RP. Don’t read from your character description, or expect people to read your profile in order to understand your character. Talk and walk like him, play him out, reveal him over time. You do this using:

• Dialogue (type full sentences)
• Voice (when using voice in SL – use a dialect or accent)
• Expressions (emotes can be useful!)
• Sentences that tell what you are doing, thinking, and being.

/me mumbles, “I am feeling a deep thirst, one I may not be able to control.”
Raidon, bent over and tying his boot, grins, Apollo! I am thinking of going on a hunt, do you want to come with me?
/me glides to her feet and smiles, “Just in the nick of time. Let’s Goooooooooo!”

(What is that “/me” you are thinking… in Second life, when you type /me, it is replaced by your name! This is for RP purposes. Try it!)

The richer your description, the better the RP. It is that simple. People love to envision stories.. you want to feed them visual imagery. What are you doing, what are you wearing, where are you going, what does it look like, what did it sound like, how did you sound, taste, smell, look…. get really SENSUAL about your senses and the RP will be awesome.

How do I go out of character for a minute? Use parentheses (like this), or use IM’s. But never EVER just jump out of character and spill your real self into a RP situation.

3. Create story. This is as easy or challenging as you choose. You can “ride the RP’ and be a bystander, listening and going about your business, or you can jump in and get messy LOL

When you create story, you are giving your character something to chew… give him a quest, a challenge, a magical ability – and share it with the RP group. For example, you – a vampire – have always yearned for a trip to your homeland in old Russia, and to this end, you have obtained notice of a vessel that is leaving for the homeland in six days’s time. Unfortunately, vampires are not allowed aboard Royal Merchant Ships and so you are busy devising some way to stow aboard. Wow that’s a lot of storyline!! What are you making/plotting, and is it magic? does it involve biting anyone? Reveal your story by telling it in RP as you act it out. Others will jump in and twist and turn your story for you — and that is what RP is all about.

4. Make GOOD RP. What is good RP? It is filled with story, enriched by others, interesting to play and to listen to, and takes the group into the next story — that is, it is memorable enough to be a reference or jumping off point for sub-plots and future RP.

It is not unusual for people to thank you for “good RP” when a scene has finished. When that happens, everyone wants more, and your friends you RP with become forever woven into your Second Life.

Yours in bitemarks,
Apollonia Corleone

Raidon, my beloved minion from Isreal, loves to hunt. We travel around SL together, him working the ladies and me working the men, having fun being vampires. My new minion Nadia wants to join us and I’m betting she winds up with more men *and* women chasing her to be bitten, than her chasing them. She’s just sooo sexah.

King Holes of the Nocturnal Endeavors Horde is probably the best vampire instructor in SL. But because I love to write, I will babble a bit about what Raidon and I do on our hunts:

1. We go to clubs, and dance and participate with everyone in the club, spilling our personalities into the mix of people already enjoying themselves there. We pave the way for communications in IMs and in open chat because as people become comfortable with who we are, and that we are funloving vampires, friendly, enjoying ourselves and others — they begin to experience interest in vampirism. It is also an ideal environment to let all negativity out into open chat, so we can dispell these evil ghosts of vampires past — letting people know that not all vampires are assholes! LOL When you do this, people will IM you, complaining bitterly about vampires who wanted to bite without asking them first, or asking questions about you personally or about Bloodlines. Go with the flow!! You are making a friend who will probably be a future minion.

2. Remember that avatars must be 30 days or older in order to be bitten — so, welcome centers and telehubs are not going to work out very well. With that in mind, Raidon and I frequent the freebie/noob stores, where avis can get boxes of clothing and toys free or for very few lindens. I have found that avis who frequent noobie/freebie stores do tend to be open minded: open to new inventory and new ideas. Here is where you meet many avis who are 30 days+ but new enough to SL to be adventurous, playful, and not already engaged in Gor or some other RP situations. In other words, they’re ripe

So think about it, what is the best way to make a friend at a freebie store? Offer to show them a better freebie store! Or, give them a few lindens or a toy, and be sure to ask them about what they enjojy most in SL. Pretty soon, you are describing the Bloodlines game and how much fun it is to be a vampire, and showing them the Liquid Designs sim. Be sure to talk about all the options, from becoming a blood doll, to being a full vampire, and what constitutes the game itself. (I remember talking to Raidon about the three ways to “win” at Bloodlines and before I could finish my sentence about rank, he was on the site looking up Generational Rank and asking me how to get to Level 6. LOL)

3. Your friends are your best minions. It’s good to find fresh victims but don’t forget your long suffering friends who nursed you through your Gorean phase, your mafia wounds, and your Toxian dramas. Tell them you’re into being a vampire now, and want them to come with you. (My close RL friend Marcus, who is also in SL, asked me if he had to leave Gor! I said “No you can be a vampire *and* gorean master and bite all your slaves!” — he said YIPPEE and how much owning his slaves’ souls meant to him!) So go get your friends and let them have some fun too. Marcus literally swooned when I bit him because we’re such good friends — and it was very cool and meaningful for both of us. I can just imagine how he’s going to RP biting his slaves, who he truly loves RL and SL. It’s going to be wonderful for all of them.

4. Shopaholics are interesting victims but beware of the gothic shops. If you go into the goth/vampire stores and scan, you’ll find everyone there is already bitten or somehow involved. But try scanning Halloween and landscaping/gardeneng stores – this being October! Everyone is interested in vampirism, but not necessarily already a vampire. This is a great month to go hunting for victims to RP with wherever there is some “October-ish” fun. Hunt the search key/events for Halloween parties, autumn festivals, and ghost stories. Here is where you’ll find more fun-loving people who might be willing to join the game — and big big bonus: if you RP the bite to co-incide with the location, people will watch and want to play — and you may just get more than one victim.

Have fun!! If you think of more Where and How ideas — please reply in a comment!! Let’s get some ideas rolling here……….

Yours in bitemarks,
Apollonia

Meet Me On the Equinox
(by Death Cab for Cutie)

Meet me on the Equinox
Meet me half way
When the sun is perched at it’s highest peek
In the middle of the day

Let me give my love to you
Let me take your hand
As we walk in the dimming light
Or darling understand

That everything, everything ends
That everything, everything ends

Meet me on your best behavior
Meet me at your worst
For there will be no stone unturned
Or bubble left to burst

Let me lay beside you, Darling
Let me be your man
And let our bodies intertwine
But always understand

That everything, everything ends
That everything, everything ends
That everything, everything, everything ends

A window
An opened tomb
The sun crawls
Across your bedroom
A halo
A waiting room
Your last breaths
Moving through you

As everything, everything ends
As everything, everything ends
As everything, everything, everything
Everything, everything, everything ends

Meet me on the Equinox
Meet me half way
When the sun is perched at it’s highest peek
In the middle of the day

Let me give my love to you
Let me take your hand
As we walk in the dimming light
Or darling understand

That everything, everything ends

Vampire Cupcakes
2 cups cake flour
1 1/3 cups sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
2 large egg whites
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp almond extract

Preheat oven to 350F. Line muffin tins (you will need 18 cups total) with paper liners and set aside.
Sift together cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into the bowl of an electric mixer. Add sugar and blend, using the paddle attachment (You can use a hand mixer, too).
Cut butter into 4 or 5 chunks and drop into the bowl with the flour mixture.Blend on low speed until mixture looks sandy and no large chunks of butter remain, 1-2 minutes.
In a large measuring cup, combine eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and almond extracts. Beat lightly with a fork until combined. With the mixer on low, pour 1 cup of the buttermilk mixture into the bowl. Turn speed up to medium and beat for 1 1/2 minutes. Reduce speed back to low and pour in the rest of the buttermilk mixture. Continue to beat at low speed for an additional 30 seconds, until liquid is fully incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and beat for a few more seconds, if necessary.
Divide evenly into prepared muffin tins, filling 18 cups as equally as possible.
Bake for 16-20 minutes, until cupcakes are light golden and a toothpick inserted into their centers comes out clean. The cake should spring back when lightly pressed.
Turn cupcakes out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Makes 18 cupcakes.

Filling
1 can cherry pie filling

Puree cherry pie filling – a syrupy mix of sugar and cherries, usually – in a food processor until fairly smooth. Very small pieces of cherries are ok.
Take a cooled cupcake and, using a small pairing knife, cut a cone of cake (1-inch across by 1-inch deep) out of the top. Trim off the pointy end of the cone, leaving a flat circle of cake. Set aside and repeat this process for all the cupcakes. (You can see pictures and detailed description on how to fill cupcakes here.)
Take the cherry filling and spoon about tablespoon or so into each cupcake cavity, filling it almost to the top with filling. Top off with the flat circle of cake you just removed to seal the hole and hold the “blood” filling in place.

Marshmallow Frosting
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 large egg whites, room temperature
1/3 cup water
2 tsp light corn syrup
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp vanilla extract

Whisk sugar, egg whites, 1/3 cup water, light corn syrup, and cream of tartar in large metal bowl to blend. Set bowl over saucepan of barely simmering water (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch simmering water). Using handheld electric mixer, beat on medium speed until mixture resembles soft marshmallow fluff, about 5-7 minutes.
Increase mixer speed to high and beat until mixture is very smooth and thick, about 3 minutes longer. Remove bowl from over simmering water. Add vanilla extract and continue beating until marshmallow frosting is completely cool, about 5-7 minutes longer.

Assembly
Using a butter knife or a small offset spatula, frost each cupcake with a layer of the cooled marshmallow frosting by placing a dollop of icing in the center of the cupcake (on top of the cut out circle of cake) and spreading from the center to the sides of the cupcake.
Dip a wooden toothpick or skewer into some leftover cherry pie filling and poke two fang-holes, about 3/4 inch apart, in the frosting on one side of the cupcake. Dribble a little extra filling from the holes for effect.
Repeat until all cupcakes are frosted and decorated. You will probably have frosting leftover for another batch if you are baking more.

Makes 18 vampire cupcakes.

Hello loves. I chatted with King Holes Sporg a a few days ago about vices, and we agree, drinking rates up there with bloodbaths and sex. Typical vampire behaviour involves a LOT of drinking (and sex when we can get it LOL). So here are a few drink suggestions for our vampire colleagues. May you drink safely but merrily, and hangovers be rare:

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The Vampire
Ingredients:
1 oz Chambord raspberry liqueur
1 oz Vodka
1 oz Cranberry juice

Mixing instructions:
Combine ingredients in a shaker over ice. Serve as shots in a highball (rocks) glass.

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Vampire’s Kiss
Ingredients:
2 oz Vodka
1/2 oz dry Gin
1/2 oz Dry Vermouth
1 tblsp Tequila
1 pinch Salt
2 oz Tomato juice

Mixing instructions:
Shake with ice. Strain over ice in an old fashined glass.

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The Screaming Vampire
Ingredients:
a frosted glass
1 can of Sparks malt beverage
1 shot of Skyy vodka
a shot of orange juice
1 drop of liquid food coloring

Mixing instructions:
Measure out a full shot of Skyy vodka and a full shot of orange juice. Pour into the frosted glass. Drop in one drop of red food coloring. Fill glass the rest of the way with Sparks malt beverage. Stir and serve

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Vampire’s Dream
Ingredients:
Scale ingredients to servings
2 oz Bacardi® Select rum
7 oz cranberry juice
5 oz pineapple juice
1 oz Rose’s® grenadine syrup

Mixing instructions:
Combine ingredients in a mixer and either shake or stir. Mix well. Serve over chipped ice in a highball glass. If mixed right it should be about the color of blood.

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Bloody Vampire
Ingredients:
3 oz Captain Morgan® Original spiced rum
3 oz Kool-Aid® Cherry mix

Mixing instructions:
Pour the spiced rum and Kool-Aid into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well, pour into a highball glass (incl. ice) and serve.

Yours in bitemarks,
Apollonia Corleone

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Vampire romance books are one of a kind. They are smitten in mystery and their wild side manages to capture the imagination of many a fan. Stories about vampires have been told for a long time. Vampires are beings which are supernatural and feed on the blood of humans. They are imaginary creatures which have managed to create a name for themselves as the creatures of the night. Many love the thrills and the chills that vampires’ stories come with. Vampire romance books come with an added advantage because of the aspect of love. There is nothing more exciting like reading about how the emotion of love defies all barriers and manages to conquer all. It is vital for you to go through all the major books available about romance and vampires. The following is just an example of what you will find in this regard. The books are night after night, let the night begin, taken by the night, night of the huntress, be mine tonight, weddings from hell and the list goes on. If you are an avid reader of such books, you will definitely have the some favorite writers. Kathryn Smith is one of the writers who has certainly made her mark when it comes to writing vampire romance books. All of the books mentioned above are hers and, she continues to bring that wicked dark entertainment to you. Vampires are creatures of the night and this is the reason why most settings of the stories are dark or happen at night. Their evil side shines through when it is dark. Have fun going through the romance books. One thing that you are certainly going to notice is the relationship between humans and vampires. Theirs is a weird relationship sometimes governed by fear and love. A human can easily become a vampire with a single bite. Therefore, they are still human in many senses and this is the reason why humans and vampires have a very special relationships. In many romance books, the humans will fall in love with people just to realize that they are not human. The vampire romance books are thrillers which will take you on a journey that will explore the depths of your imagination.Vampire romance books will also explore elements like fire. This is because there is a huge association of fire with vampires. It is perfectly alright for you to enjoy these fiction books which are bound to give you a different perspective on life and love. Getting the vampire romance books is pretty easy and all you have to do is visit a local book store and find the books available. However, you can do this the easy way. You simply need to go online and search for all the suitable books of romance for you. You have the opportunity to read the reviews. Reviews will enable you make the right choice when you are choosing from the many choices that are available. You are guaranteed to have a lot of fun while reading the vampire love stories.

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Paranormal romance books are books which bring out love stories in a way that can be described as above normal or beyond normal. It is a very interesting going through some of the stories and, if you have gone through several paranormal books of romance, you will definitely find them especially intriguing. There are very many such books and, for those who love the thrill and adventure in the paranormal; you will definitely find them pretty exciting. Paranormal romance books will take you through an interesting journey that is of a beyond life experience. They are set in a back drop of love and affection, making for a perfect read that is bound to affect you in a very positive light. Most of their books will have alluring characters that will certainly draw you to the plot of the story. The romance books have a huge fan base and, this base continues to grow as more and more people seek the solace of the paranormal to provide that much need entertainment.The following is an example of one of the leading paranormal romance books which will give you not just pleasure but, intrigue and anticipation as the story unfolds. The romance book is called ‘full moon fever’. This is a very interesting and exciting tale about a reporter investigating about werewolves for a magazine. The reporter comes face to face with a rogue wolf and, it is up to a guardian called Ray Mcshaw to shelter her from the lurking danger. The tension in the book is bound to leave you yearning for more. The guardian is torn between two things which are to fall in love with the pretty reporter or reveal the true identity of the wolf. You can get some gist from the above overview and, to enter into the world of biting werewolves, you need to get reading. This is one of the highly rated paranormal romance books that you can come across. The book is written by Sabrina Luna who has certainly outdone herself in this book.There are so many other paranormal romance books which are bound to keep you on your toes as you read. There are people who find certain books scary and this is the essence of the paranormal. The imagination of the author goes wild and, you are bound to partake of all the new and wonderful ideas they present in their books. Thinking about the paranormal will open up your mind and make sure that you look ahead with different forms of imagination. This way, you can be in a position to appreciate the things you do not know and, also open your mind to things you do not even understand. The paranormal world is fictional and, you do not have to believe that the stuff exists. Let the books entertain you as you read from cover to cover. The Internet will provide you with lots of information about the books. You will also see what is on display and choose the best book. You can also visit your local store to see what they have for you.