Halloweentown and Creation's Halloween Festival

By Gemma Cleanslate

Landing and finding myself surrounded by bones at Halloweentown was a little disconcerting, and then to have little pumpkin spiders crawling  around did not help! This sim is mostly great fall scenes and Halloween decor that will fit any venue.I recommend it for shopping for sights and scenes for your autumn and scary sims.

I took a delightful carriage ride around the woody sim and saw lots of fun things along the way.At the top of the hill I jumped out to tour a Mystery Mansion. A walk through was an experience.  Who did what to whom here was my thought all the way along and no one there was able to tell me. Walking back through the misty woods was frightening since strange creatures were all along the way. I passed a witches cove filled with potions .

My last stop there was at spooky carnival populated by eerie clowns. If you need decor for your sims make a stop here.

Lots to see and buy! For those who like gachas too. 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Blood%20Stone/106/206/33

 

After Halloweentown I went shopping.

Creations Park is all about Parkinson’s disease and the Fox Foundation as you know. Right now there is a huge Season's Festival  going on  with a 10L pumpkin hunt in the shops. Visiting this pleasant sim is always fun. This time after I took a TP over to the shopping area from the well marked teleport map I went on up the the magnificent castle on the hill. 

The grounds are deceptively beautiful because inside it is a nightmare. Wisps of ghosts floating and skeletons occupy the many rooms you visit.

Each room has its own personality with or without occupants. Watch carefully for entrances to secret places as you go .

Also keep an eye for the 13 black cats in rooms . They contain a prize. At the roof sits a dragon waiting to take you on a ride! He has ulterior motives! When you have time visit the other wonderful sights on this delightful sim.Near the teleport map there is a group invite board and the calendar if you would like to know more about the region and its events and its ongoing mission.

  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Creations%20Park/92/165/36

Gemma Cleanslate

Addition: the wrong SURL was given for Halloweentown, it's been corrected.

The Furry Fashion Halloween Hunt for 2016

By Bixyl Shuftan

Like may of her customers, Amethyst Crystal, the owner of Furry Fashion, has a great love for Halloween. So for weeks she and her staff have been working on a special Halloween area: The 2016 Furry Fashion Halloween Hunt: The Drageth School of Magic."

"Our take on our own version of a magic school," Amethyst called the place, "I'm a big fan of fantasy and magic. I have the Harry Potter books on audio, I listen to (them) quite often."

Just the look of the place is enough to bring people, the overall spookiness, the erie-looking woods, the creepy creatures, the tentacled horrors, the tombstones, "R.I.P Skyler Glasswing: Lost in Teleport," and the haunted castle where the School of Magic is. The castle has numerous hallways, passages, and rooms. And you never really can know what's behind those spooky-looking doors until you open them.

But of course there's more. This being Furry Fashion, there's a number of stalls and vendors offering a variety of outfits and avatars. There's witch, convict, bat, spider, and more.  The majority are fitting for a Halloween event.  There are also textures for modders and builders.

And of course there is the hunt. Placed throughout the area are thirty magic books. Each contains a prize, such as shorts, dresses, jewelry, and more. To give those looking around an idea what to look for, there's a sample spellbook on the fireplace next to the arrival point. While they have the same shape, they do come in different colors and some are better hidden than others. They are both in and outside the castle.

Besides the Halloween area, Furry Fashion still has it's everyday avatars and outfits at ground level, as well as the Furry Fashion Lounge which has events every day except most Mondays. No doubt many of these parties will give shoppers a chance to wear their outfits before and after Halloween.

As for next year, "I've already got staff giving me suggestions to what to do for next year," Amethyst told me, "One of the staff is obsessed with skeletons so wants a undead ballroom. She loves anything to do with skeletons, bone mods,dancing skeletons, etc. Another suggested Alice in Wonderland."

To get to the Halloween area, those at ground level at Furry Fashion can teleport up there via a fireplace, "on the ground level of the sim between FF Main store and the Gacha Resell Shop. ... people can click the flames and it turns into a teleporter." Furry Fashion is also taking part in the "Quest Fur Cover" shopping hunt, so it's hunters will also receive the landmark to it. Or one can just head to Furry (198/167/2480).

Bixyl Shuftan