By Bixyl Shuftan
From April 23 to May 10, the Fantasy Faire took place in Second Life. A fundraising event for the Relay for Life in Second Life, only the Relay Weekend is larger in terms of people attending or sims involved.
There was a lot to see, and a lot to shop for. Yours truly took more pictures of more scenes than I have time to post, so I'm going to try and concentrate mostly on what I did in the past few days.
I had fun exploring the sims. One guy commented of what I thought was the "Mistakes Were Made" area, "Good lord, this sim is like a bad trip through Willy Wonka's nightmares."
On Wednesday May 6, there was a centaur parade in Heliodor.
Okay, so it was before the weekend. But how often do you see centaurs in large numbers?
And in such a variety?
A common sight was various DJs playing somewhere on the map. On Friday May 8, it was the tune of Team Sunbamers' DJ Matt to play at Auxentios' Pass.
Matt had modified his Spirit Fennec avie to look like "Carbuncle" of Final Fantasy.
A variety of avatars showed up
From the tiny,
To the large and the winged,
To the equine,
To the gigantic. Yes, Ceri Quixote was wearing undies. She was also wearing a facial mask, a nod to 2020 reality.
Sunbeamer team captain Rita Mariner and her friend Gil Otaared were among those cheering Matt on.
At the end of her two hour set, Matt had raised 60,000 Linden dollars. While these had gone into general donations and not part of the Team Sunbeamer total, an anonymous donor gave about that much to the team sometime that day. So everyone came out ahead.
And there was the Fairelands Quest. This was more relaxed than the previous two I was in, one year looking for the Bard Queen's father, the next helping out a wizard whom had been turned into an owl. This year, the objective was planting a garden for the Bard Queen.
One needed to items at the start, the backpack that was magically enchanted to carry all the sacks of seeds.
And there was the almanac, which gave you a little info about the plants and how to plant them. Much of the time, Matt and I teamed up to search.
Some of the sacks of seeds were easier to find than others, such as the rose seeds in Zodiac found next to a large rosebush.
Zodiac was pretty, with those sparkling globes all around.
And this one was more ore less out in the open, though easily overlooked.
X marks the spot.
One was in a cemetary.
Other times, I had a little help from Skylark "Snowbuns" Lefavre.
After getting all the seeds, it was off to Queensgarden.
Where I had to look for various pots of water.
And various pots of soil.
After getting them all, it was off to the garden area.
Players, once they had all the soils and waters, were transported to a garden skybox, where they would mix soils, waters, and seeds to get right combinations.
Succeed, and the player was rewarded with the sight of a beautiful garden.
The Bard Queen herself appears, explaining why such a fuss over a garden.
And for helping out, the player would be awarded. There were so many prizes, my screen was temporarily flooded. I had to copy-paste the list to keep track, though this website helps.
Saturday May 9 was the last day of the roleplay in Kuruk. The plot was that the bear chief had been found dead, and it was suspected a number of the cubs were the cause.
No doubt the whole story would be worth an article of it's own right. The short version was that the cubs did end up killing the chief, but from an exorcism. The Unweaver, the lasting villain of the Fantasy Faire over the years, had possessed the chief, and the cubs had finally freed him of it's grasp, but at a terrible cost: his life. Not Guilty.
Sunday May 10 was the last day of the Faire, and "The Final Ravedown" party.
From 11AM to 11PM, the party took place at various sims. When I was able to visit, I was needed elsewhere, so I sent an alt, which made things a bit laggy. But I did catch some things, such as DJ Madonna wearing something other than her trademark suit.
The flyer for the party commented, "No glowsticks allowed after The Incident." I never did get a straight answer as to what "The Incident" was.
In the Faire's last few hours, I never could get into the Ravedown as it was packed, so I explored a few places with friends.
Nothing like spending the last hour of a great event with friends.
Thank you everyone for your wonderful company and support not only for the Faire but for Relay for Life. We have had a wonderful 2 weeks and you have raised over 73,000usd! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We will be back next year
It was a great event, but like all good things, the Fantasy Faire would end. After Midnight, the sims were closed to anyone trying to get in. Many in the group expressed their sadness. But for some Relayers, the sadness would only be temporary. The next month promises many events, such as the Relaystock, the Sunbeamers Under the Sea party and Moon Dance, and of course the Relay weekend.
For those wanting to check out more pictures, head to the Flicker page:
https://www.flickr.com/groups/fantasyfairesl/pool/
Wildstar Beaumont's pictures: https://www.flickr.com/groups/fantasyfairesl/pool/wildstar_b
Ishtar Kiss's pictures: https://www.flickr.com/groups/fantasyfairesl/pool/ishtarskiss
Bixyl Shuftan
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