134 SWF Gathering 1 February 2025

[12:00 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Welcome to Safe Waters Foundation weekly aquatic support gathering. My name is Miranda. I will be leading today’s meeting.

Welcome new and old aquatics and friends!
[12:00 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): I am so happy to see so many!
[12:00 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Safe waters foundation (SWF) is a not-for-profit group supporting the development of harmony and safety for merfolk and aquatics of second life, we bring together designers, retailers, sims, merrow, mermen, mermaids, siren, aquatics and lovers of same.
[12:01 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: People seem to arrive late and depart early. Please don’t be offended but as leader I will try to keep the meeting going. We don’t repeat things for latecomers – a log is posted on our blog after the meeting. This is not a place for public debate – this is a helpful place. we all help each other slive an aquatic lifestyle.
[12:02 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Because we usually have good attendance – please take a moment to remove all extra attachments and huds. We’d like you to dress low lag. Big poofy hair and jewelry are big culprits, as are bubbles, script things, huds, and such. If we all cooperate, more merfolk can participate with less crashing. Thank you for your help with this.
[12:02 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so, how was yer seafolk?
[12:03 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): My week was filled with temptation and longing.
[12:03 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): Raises her hand
[12:03 PM] Tigermeat Aphrodite: Rough waters near the end but smooth currents after that ?
[12:03 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yeah tirea?
[12:03 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): Hello Kitty Island Adventure came out on Steam but I can’t justify the price tag. 🙁
[12:03 PM] Jaxxe Atheria: aww
[12:03 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh kinda high?
[12:03 PM] Tigermeat Aphrodite updating Steam
[12:04 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: tirea?
[12:04 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): Not super high, but I am not in a position to spend much money on frivolous things. Aka anything but rent and food.
[12:04 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: you ok?
[12:04 PM] Tigermeat Aphrodite: Gah 40USD
[12:05 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: same
[12:05 PM] Lily Lewellen: Added more land mostly water to my parcel at Hippocampus reef. Now to redecorate…
[12:05 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: congrats Lily
[12:05 PM] Lily Lewellen: I’m thinking about adding mer homes so people can live there too
[12:05 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): Tirea is lagging quite bad @Miranda. sorry about that
[12:06 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: that wou;d be great.
[12:06 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh okay she can im me if she needs me,
[12:06 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: lets move on ?
[12:06 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Our priority today is support – we’re all here to help each other, cause we’re awesome like that.
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay so the order is my introduction-done, introduce the new folks, sharing questions, ideas, and support to help each other-ie; tails, hair, bodies, AOs, requests, etc, then PSAs and promotion of events, sales or what ever else needs to be shared, then I close us out with our goals, maybe a group hug and picture.

So here we go!!
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Introductions
If you have brought someone new to this gathering, please introduce them now. If you are new and wish to introduce yourself please do so now.
just click on the podium to sit on it or sit were you are if thats just easier.
[12:07 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: A very short sentence is all that is needed – for example: hi, I am (your name) and I discovered aquatics (brief description of how you found us) and what I love about being aquatic is (explain here).
[12:08 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so anyone new today?
[12:08 PM] Alicia Alexandre: Hello, my name’s Alicia and I’m addicted to fish sticks… wait, wrong meeting!
[12:08 PM] Claire Edgeworth: Tala! I am Claire, and this is my first week exploring Mer Culture and practices.
[12:08 PM] Lily Lewellen giggles.
[12:08 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: lol
[12:08 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail) definitely needs more mer practice.
[12:08 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: welcome Claire, great to have you
[12:08 PM] Philantis Texan: ?*•.? YAYY ?.•*´? [12:08 PM] Philantis Texan: welcome! [12:08 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): yayyyy [12:08 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): Welcome! :-) [12:08 PM] Claire Edgeworth: I watched a YouTube video called: So you want to be a SL Mermaid... [12:09 PM] Lily Lewellen: Welcome new mers! [12:09 PM] Claire Edgeworth: thank you very much. [12:09 PM] Peaches2U Camino: oooh [12:09 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thats awesome ? [12:09 PM] Peaches2U Camino: yaaay [12:09 PM] Claire Edgeworth: and I bought a Riptiede tail, and am trying to figure out the Tala AO. [12:09 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: the videos work [12:09 PM] Alicia Alexandre: The new Riptide needs the Tala Bento AO [12:09 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: well some might be abler to help [12:10 PM] Peaches2U Camino: may we have that vid link, please? [12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: any more new folk then we can help Alica? [12:10 PM] Runyánar (Runyanar Resident): The Cove also has a nice AO if you need something less expensive [12:10 PM] Saiyge Lotus-Fairelander (Saiyge Lotus): Just found it!~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4L_ouMQ8Zg [12:10 PM] Claire Edgeworth: Sure! Let me find it... [12:10 PM] Claire Edgeworth: Oh, great. [12:10 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: nice [12:10 PM] Lily Lewellen: Make sure that you turn off the AO in the Riptide. When you log on it turns on so click to get the menu to turn off [12:11 PM] Claire Edgeworth: Thank you. [12:11 PM] Alicia Alexandre: I've found you have to turn it on then off again [12:11 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay so probably no more new folk I'll switch us over so we can help Alicia [12:11 PM] Lily Lewellen: Yep yep! [12:11 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: welcome and here we go [12:11 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Questions and support requests Now - what general questions can we discuss here today? Where do our aquatics need help? If you wish to share here - please im me so that I can call on you. [12:11 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): mrreoww~ [12:11 PM] Alicia Alexandre: The only question I have is how do I get the Mermaid tag in the group? [12:11 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: if you have any pressing questions about merfolking in sl now is a great time to ask. [12:11 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): MISSED THE FIRST PART BUT HAPPY LUNAR MEW YEAR EVERYMER [12:12 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: i think I can look into that for you [12:12 PM] Alicia Alexandre: Thank you :-) [12:12 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: hey Cat ? [12:12 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): happy lunar new year! XD <3 [12:12 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): ??°?°?????????????????????????????????????°?°?? [12:12 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): puRrrRrRrrrrRrr [12:12 PM] Lily Lewellen: ? [12:12 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ok Alicia what you need to the group again and I'll work on your tag [12:13 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): lagtastic here [12:13 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): I would love to have the mermaid tag, too. [12:13 PM] Alicia Alexandre: Mermaid tags allround, even for the men [12:14 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): yessssss [12:14 PM] Lily Lewellen: Wait... there is a mermaid tag in the group?! Huh... never knew that [12:14 PM] Lily Lewellen: XD [12:14 PM] Alicia Alexandre: :-) [12:14 PM] Lily Lewellen: May I have that tag as well please? [12:15 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay you two should be able to use it [12:16 PM] Lily Lewellen: Yay! Thank you! [12:16 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: alright can anyone help her with the AO? [12:16 PM] Alicia Alexandre: It wasn't me who needed the help [12:16 PM] Asteria Maxima (Asteria0Maxima Resident): Who needed help again? I crashed [12:17 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): which ao? [12:17 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh! who neededf the help with the ao? [12:17 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): ~????~ [12:17 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): bento ao: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Mermaid-AO-Tala-AO-Bento/21618017 [12:17 PM] Claire Edgeworth: I think it might have been me... [12:17 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ok lol sorry about that [12:17 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): thats the only one i saw mentioned earlier lol [12:17 PM] Claire Edgeworth: Today I had the Tala AO on, and the Riptide one off, and, I got stuck on the surface and couldn't go underwater. [12:17 PM] Eisenwald Easterwood (Eisenwald Resident): check Flying [12:17 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oof [12:18 PM] Claire Edgeworth: That is the one I have, the Tala Bento AO, and I just got it yesterday. [12:18 PM] Eisenwald Easterwood (Eisenwald Resident): if you was in Fly mode, yo uwas stuck at surface [12:18 PM] Claire Edgeworth: Okay, I will check flying. [12:18 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: even flying you can usually go underwater [12:18 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): did u take out all the riptide ao animations and script? [12:18 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): from the tail [12:18 PM] Lily Lewellen: Might of been stuck on a prim. You can turn off the physics by pressing P [12:19 PM] Saiyge Lotus-Fairelander (Saiyge Lotus): When I get stuck like that I turn the physics off, or you can use the mini tala [12:19 PM] Alicia Alexandre: You just need to turn ON then OFF again the Riptide AO by clicking your tail. [12:19 PM] Lily Lewellen: then turn back on physics after getting lose [12:19 PM] Claire Edgeworth: Thank you. Tigermeat has offered to helpfully show me how to remove the AO from the Riptide [12:19 PM] Alicia Alexandre: Also make sure you don't have any other AO on. [12:19 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: wow [12:20 PM] Miranda Barrowstone pets the cat [12:20 PM] Eisenwald Easterwood (Eisenwald Resident) Greets you [12:20 PM] Eisenwald Easterwood (Eisenwald Resident): ?.•:*... <*)))X ... *:•.? [12:20 PM] Eisenwald Easterwood (Eisenwald Resident): ~~Tala~~ [12:20 PM] Eisenwald Easterwood (Eisenwald Resident): as last resort, you can re-deliver the TALA AO and unpack fresh [12:20 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): need a place to sit without falling through the floor [12:20 PM] Claire Edgeworth: I am also confused by the fourth square from the left on the Tala AO HUD. [12:20 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): puRrrRrRrrrrRrr [12:20 PM] SWF Donation Chest: Thank you TsioSan Ruby, for your awesome donation [12:20 PM] Lily Lewellen: Oh the surface? [12:20 PM] Claire Edgeworth: Sometimes it shows Dive, and sometimes like a picture with sky and water below it/ How do you toggle between the two? [12:20 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): shows if u are at the surface or below it [12:20 PM] Lily Lewellen: click that to change surface animations [12:21 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I did try to fix it Cat. [12:21 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): puRrrRrRrrrrRrr [12:22 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: at 12:30 I need to move us on [12:22 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we gotta bit of time just a heads up [12:22 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: any of this helping you Claire? [12:22 PM] Philantis Texan: so bacchanalia for 8 min? [12:22 PM] Claire Edgeworth: I also am confused about the fourth square fromOh, yes, thank you so much! [12:23 PM] Lily Lewellen: There is also a Discord if you want to see more about AO's and other mer things. ^^ https://discord.gg/5paKuJZS [12:23 PM] Claire Edgeworth: Sorry, chat got mixed. [12:23 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: no prob. [12:23 PM] Claire Edgeworth: This has been very very helpful. [12:23 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: it happens. ..a lot [12:23 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): I was having serious lag issues...but I wanted to tell everyone that the CA beaches and water are in bad shape. All the burned houses and stuff are flowing down. Bad for the Merfolk. Sad [12:23 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh rl [12:23 PM] Lily Lewellen: I know... I live in SOCal too [12:23 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): :( [12:23 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yeah its awful. [12:24 PM] Jaxxe Atheria: :( [12:24 PM] Philantis Texan: :( [12:24 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: there are charities we can donate too to try and help. [12:24 PM] Lily Lewellen: I always avoid the beaches now because of the run offs from the streets and sewage from baja comes up the coast [12:24 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): THat's GREAT...we're trying to help, too. [12:25 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: any questions about sl merfolking? [12:25 PM] Philantis Texan: whats a good remedy for flukes? /blinks [12:25 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): dip them in formandehyde [12:25 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: a marine biologist? [12:26 PM] Philantis Texan: ?•.? YAYY ?.•´?
[12:26 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): formaldehyde
[12:26 PM] Philantis Texan: tyvm
[12:26 PM] Peaches2U Camino: lolol
[12:26 PM] Philantis Texan: 4 min left
[12:26 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: just saying they know stuff
[12:26 PM] Philantis Texan: how about pesky Lampreys?
[12:26 PM] Jaxxe Atheria: shudders
[12:26 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: lol well since there are no more tech questions I’ll move us on
[12:27 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: moving on
[12:27 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): copper sulphate. keep invertebrates away though
[12:27 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Thank you for your questions.

Quick reminders/announcements

Ad boards are awesome because they can help newer merfolk and aquatics find places to swim. If you need mer traffic, please consider renting an ad board.
[12:27 PM] Philantis Texan snickers
[12:27 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Perks include helping the group and being allowed to post ads in the group chat twice per week. Add in the fact that anyone can ask for the stick and that is great exposure.
[12:27 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): Just, please, get them setup so we can pay for longer times.
[12:28 PM] Lily Lewellen nods
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh I’ll make a note and send it
[12:28 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): Yay!
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: You might also consider being a hang out.

Be sure to visit the safe waters foundation web site and event calendar at https://swfsl.com/
[12:28 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: and now…
Public service announcements
Now we allow a limited time for publicity. Who has something fun to share? A store, new sim, event, or news? If you wish to share here – please im me so that I can call on you.
[12:29 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: When you are called on (and given our invisible talking stick) please swim up to this podium (so people can see you to im if needed) and share (very briefly and preferable in two or three sentences typed in advance as our meeting time is limited)
[12:29 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: if you need the stick light up my ims so I can keep you all in order
[12:30 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: our first speaker in Kraken
[12:30 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: the stick is yours mate
[12:30 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): on my way
[12:30 PM] Peaches2U Camino: Yesah
[12:30 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): Tala Everyone. This is a slightly long set of messages
[12:31 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): First of all, I would like to extend my thanks to all the new mentors and volunteers at SWF we have had over the past couple of months. We do need all the people and help we can get.
[12:31 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): Oops. I cant see the stick.. lol
[12:31 PM] Lily Lewellen giggles.
[12:31 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: well it’s invisible
[12:31 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): We are all a diverse group and communities spread across various locations. Yet we still struggle to get new people joining or even exploring all of the aquatic worlds. There just enough promotions of our underwater world and I suspect, 90% of people don’t even know it exists and the remaining 8% have forgotten about it.
[12:32 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): Yes!!!
[12:32 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): Doh! slaps my head with a tentacle
[12:32 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: -=giggles=-
[12:32 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): So we at Haven group of sims and Aquatic Council of SL are trying a very drastic experiment. We are renting an advertisement board right across the landing spot of the second busiest Destinations in SL: LONDON CITY – Soho & Regent’s Park https://londoncitysl.com. This is not just a small tiny board but a pretty big one on the entrance of the “Freebie’s Store” on that sim with a traffic of 46k+
[12:32 PM] Pão Pão (Bread Bae): ^w^
[12:32 PM] Lily Lewellen: yep, I shop as a mer and many people ask about if merfolks have events. I always send the LM to them
[12:33 PM] Runyánar (Runyanar Resident): I have also been trying to spread the word ^^
[12:33 PM] Lily Lewellen: ~YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY~
[12:33 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): The idea is to introduce the aquatic world to land walkers
[12:33 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): Does the SWF have a primfeed account?
[12:33 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): I dont know if this will be a success or a failure but I believe it might be worth a try. This may bring a higher influx of traffic onto the landing spots that we will advertise, for the moment: Haven of Sirens, SWF and any other places you can recommend that would be good for people to be introduced into this world. We may also may need help of some volunteers in these places to help out people who really want to be a part of our community and explore the SL Oceans.
[12:34 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): Whats a Primfeed account?
[12:34 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: (I dunno what primfeed is so I can’t answer that)
[12:34 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): yes ???
[12:34 PM] Lily Lewellen: It’s like Flickr
[12:34 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh
[12:34 PM] AengusDubh Resident: ((sls bersion of Flickr))
[12:34 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I dunno
[12:34 PM] Runyánar (Runyanar Resident): I always see people asking where to buy Nemissa. It’s pretty popular and most people don’t know to go to the IW Mermade shop.
[12:34 PM] Tigermeat Aphrodite: But hosted specifically for secondlife
[12:34 PM] Lily Lewellen: Made just for SL
[12:34 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): As part of the above, I also have planned something for Mer tail creators
[12:34 PM] Lily Lewellen: It’s free and you can post images and other links on there
[12:34 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): Primfeed is a pretty popular mix of twitter and flickr specifically for SL
[12:35 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): sounds nice
[12:35 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Drakos does have the stick and I’m getting lost
[12:35 PM] Runyánar (Runyanar Resident): Sorryyy
[12:35 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: it’s cool
[12:35 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): well.. I am typing in between too
[12:35 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ah
[12:36 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): so far I hope everyone got the message I sent about advertising in the London Sim about our aquatic world?
[12:36 PM] Lily Lewellen nods
[12:36 PM] Runyánar (Runyanar Resident): yes!
[12:36 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): yes
[12:36 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): no
[12:36 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): the advert will be on for 2 months maybe more
[12:36 PM] Philantis Texan: y
[12:36 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): Something for Tail Creators here:

I am also open to offering serious people some decent mermaid tails and not just the free ones. I have an idea where everyone benefits from this. I will personally invest 100k – 150k Lindens to purchase some gift vouchers or tails from various makers (Ideally tails with built-in AO) to be handed over to the above interested people by our volunteers. The decision who should be given one will be left to the volunteers or mentors who will control these tails.
[12:37 PM] Tigermeat Aphrodite: 😮
[12:37 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): I am not sure how this can work but happy to liaise with creators.. maybe a limited quantity Caspervend that allows a specific group member to gift the tail to a potential person or give them a custom gift card for that Caspervend system so they can select the tail they want? Open to ideas.
[12:38 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): Yes. well free premium tails for new comers if it helps our community get recognition and expansion
[12:38 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ('•.¸¸(‘•.¸ ? ¸.•’´)¸.•’´)
[12:38 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ?('•.¸:•.•:*¨*??*¨*:•.•:¸.•'´)? [12:38 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ,.´:* APPLAUSE !!!! *:´., [12:38 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ? (¸.•'´:•.•:*¨*??*¨*:•.•:‘•.¸) ?
[12:38 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): (¸.•’´(¸.•’´ ? ´'•.¸)‘•.¸)
[12:38 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): wooow
[12:38 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): nice!!!
[12:38 PM] Philantis Texan: app
[12:38 PM] Philantis Texan: ? ? ? ? ? ???L???? ? ? ? ? ?
[12:38 PM] Philantis Texan: ? ? ? ? ? ???L???? ? ? ? ? ?
[12:38 PM] Lily Lewellen: I know that there is the open tail on the MP, not sure how much that can be used.
[12:38 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): I will be pinging various creators about this project and will need help from everyone once this goes live. hopefully in a week
[12:38 PM] Lily Lewellen: *.¸.*´ APPLAUSE.¸.´APPLAUSE *.¸.*´ [12:38 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: cool [12:39 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): How about combining it with a cruise? [12:39 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): so if anyone has any idea to make this a success, please do ping me [12:39 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I'll try to think up ideas [12:39 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): good idea Evelyn. we can talk about it after the meeting? [12:39 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): Like.....inviting people on a yacht and gift them the tails there? [12:39 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): Oh yes. [12:39 PM] [Theatre] :: Fluffy Petter 1.07: the cat has gained total fluffiness level ~ 31810! [12:39 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): Drako, can i IM you about an idea later? [12:39 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): puRrrRrRrrrrRrr [12:40 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: I do have other speakers [12:40 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): Yes please Kei. Happy to discuss all options and possibilities :) [12:40 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): Hands the stick over to Mirands [12:40 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): (‘•.¸¸('•.¸ ? ¸.•'´)¸.•'´) [12:40 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ?(‘•.¸:•.•:¨??¨:•.•:¸.•’´)?
[12:40 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ,.´:* APPLAUSE !!!! :´., [12:40 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ? (¸.•’´:•.•:¨??¨:•.•:'•.¸) ? [12:40 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): (¸.•'´(¸.•'´ ? ´‘•.¸)'•.¸) [12:40 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thank you ? [12:40 PM] Philantis Texan: ? ? ? ? ? ???L???? ? ? ? ? ? [12:40 PM] Philantis Texan: ? ? ? ? ? ???L???? ? ? ? ? ? [12:40 PM] Philantis Texan: ? ? ? ? ? ???L???? ? ? ? ? ? [12:40 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Rhodan you are up ? [12:41 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): Hi peeps. I'm here today to reveal a brand new establishment that has opened up in (or should I say under) Kelpwick! [12:42 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): My lovely friends Tiger and Tarrah, present here today, have spent a lot of time and effort in building a lovely merfolk Speakeasy under the town's harbor called the Saucy Catfish! [12:42 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): oooooh :D [12:42 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): oh sweeet [12:42 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): nice! [12:42 PM] Philantis Texan: oh? [12:42 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): Nice [12:42 PM] Alicia Alexandre: LM please? [12:42 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): yes please [12:42 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): I invite you all to come check it out with us after the meeting. Or before the meeting if you're a time traveller. [12:42 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): lol [12:42 PM] Peaches2U Camino: lolol [12:42 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): Before! [12:43 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): We're hoping to host fun events there, and the venue is open to all to host their own events if they would like to! My IMs are always open for questions and inquiries and free kidney donations. [12:44 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: if you drop an lm in the chat I can copy the slurl so it shows up in the logs later [12:44 PM] Tigermeat Aphrodite: You can find the Saucy Catfish here [12:44 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): Here's a cute little SLURL directly to the speakeasy http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Ethereal%20Element/113/81/44 [12:44 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: nice Tiger ? [12:44 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): Two of 'em! Now you can visit twice. [12:44 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thanks Rhodan [12:45 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): Before and after the meeting. [12:45 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): lol [12:45 PM] Lily Lewellen: ? [12:45 PM] Jaxxe Atheria: <3 [12:45 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): (‘•.¸¸('•.¸ ? ¸.•'´)¸.•'´) [12:45 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ?(‘•.¸:•.•:¨??¨:•.•:¸.•’´)? [12:45 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ,.´: APPLAUSE !!!! :´., [12:45 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ? (¸.•’´:•.•:¨??¨*:•.•:'•.¸) ? [12:45 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): (¸.•'´(¸.•'´ ? ´‘•.¸)`’•.¸)
[12:45 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): That’s about it! For the uninitiated, Kelpwick is SL best and only Victorian merfolk town, with lots of secrets and mysteries to uncover.
[12:45 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): And places to hang out, explore and take pictures
[12:45 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ?
[12:46 PM] Lily Lewellen: 😀
[12:46 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): We have a kelp forest, a city and even some of the deepest waters in SL! With a big crab.
[12:46 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): Can recommend!
[12:46 PM] Lily Lewellen: yep! Great place to swim and have a cup at the underwater cafe.
[12:46 PM] Rhodan Fishbottoms (Rhodan Fishtail): That’s about it! Back to my bench before it gets cold.
[12:47 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): tysm 😀
[12:47 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ~Persu Em~
[12:47 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Thank you
[12:47 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: you very much
[12:47 PM] cat (Sapphira Franizzi): puRrrRrRrrrrRrr
[12:47 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay my next speaker isn’t here but they gave me a note which something you can do so here does.
[12:47 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Creature Comforts has released a new tail for the mers of SL; The Orca Bento Mermaid!

With this tail, you will be able to make custom textures with the included devkit. And with it being a BOM tail, you’ll be able to effortlessly swap your looks!
[12:48 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Speaking of looks, the current texture is a beautiful design by ((Krature))– there is even another texture that will be released in a future update!
[12:48 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): That tail looks very nice!
[12:48 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: As for the BENTO part, the tail works fantastically with both the Tala Bento AO, and the Merman Bento AO by the same creator.
[12:48 PM] Lily Lewellen: Just bought it to make textures for it
[12:48 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): I can say its an swesome tail. Already have it. looks very natural like an orca
[12:48 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: This tail is available for the Anatomy, CZslim, eBody, Jake, Kario FIT, Khara, Lara, LaraX, Legacy F, Legacy Athletic, and Legacy M.
[12:48 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: You can find them here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Haven%20of%20Rogues/166/231/15
[12:49 PM] Peaches2U Camino: cool
[12:49 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so if you need to share but can’t be here, you can send me an nc and I will help you out
[12:49 PM] Lily Lewellen: Good to know 😀
[12:50 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): 🙂
[12:50 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): Thank you Miranda
[12:50 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: i try to help everyone ?
[12:50 PM] Alicia Alexandre: Thank you Miranda and Ray
[12:50 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: Tala I’m Miranda and I come from Antiquity.
we have 16 sims to swim through, homes available, shopping spaces, mer spots, and active groups.
[12:50 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ?
[12:50 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: We are totally inclusive, kids, mers, furs, landers all welcome and as always, we’re LGBT+ friendly.
[12:51 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we even allow for mertoplessness but only under water… otherwise sailors will fall off their ships
[12:51 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): We pull them down anyway.
[12:52 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: shark attacks means paperwork for dad..
[12:52 PM] Alicia Alexandre: I take them back up
[12:52 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thats a different department.
[12:52 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thank you Alicia
[12:52 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: We are a light rp place but this also means you can im someone and ask if they wanna rp and you might get favorable results. We don’t have set stories each week so everyone is welcome to work out their own.
[12:52 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we have a system called TCS. its a craft/trade/rp system that allows you to trade goods with other mers or landers. You can harvest and create things.
[12:53 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: we also have shops and houses to rent here,
Antiquity Bexar (178,107,2)
So if you have any questions, or need lms please shoot me an im. Persu em ?
[12:53 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: so any more share today?
[12:54 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: okay I can let us go
[12:54 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): Aengus I think wanted to make an announcement
[12:54 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): He and his RP people are new here too
[12:55 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: oh! yer right. sorry Aengus the stick is yours
[12:55 PM] AengusDubh Resident: thank you May i offer it from here I believe my tentacles are stuck ita a few crevices
[12:55 PM] Alicia Alexandre: ooo
[12:55 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: yes
[12:55 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ( I hate when that happens)
[12:55 PM] AengusDubh Resident: nothing personal if im grabbind some one by accident thank you
[12:56 PM] drákos (Kraken Darkheart): mmm. thats not my tentacled
[12:56 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): aquatic peoples problems lol
[12:56 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: but it happens a lot but go ahead
[12:56 PM] AengusDubh Resident: Tala, and Thank you for your time and attention, …
[12:57 PM] AengusDubh Resident: i have had a small piece of land with Blake sea Access for about 5 years so i do have a love of the sea, though i don’t know anyone of you personally yet
[12:58 PM] AengusDubh Resident: Due to one of my girls and one of my friends, who is actually here today, Claire having developed an insane interest in Mer Culture…
[12:58 PM] Alicia Alexandre: Insane?
[12:58 PM] AengusDubh Resident: we are throwing an all out party on Feb 22… which we will advert here
[12:58 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: no more than the rest of us
[12:58 PM] Claire Edgeworth smiles…maybe just a little…certainly intense!
[12:58 PM] Lily Lewellen giggles.
[12:59 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): Yay PARTY!!!
[12:59 PM] AengusDubh Resident: its a land based BDSM club, .. im sure many of you gentle folk have never heard of BDSM…
[12:59 PM] Lily Lewellen: XD
[12:59 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): NEVER
[12:59 PM] Alicia Alexandre: Nope
[12:59 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): ^^
[12:59 PM] Jaxxe Atheria: never
[12:59 PM] AengusDubh Resident: but you would all be welcome to attend
[01:00 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ….What’s it mean Daddy ?….
[01:00 PM] Tigermeat Aphrodite: Business Development Staffing Management
[01:00 PM] Lily Lewellen: lol
[01:00 PM] AengusDubh Resident: we will flood the club and see what happens
[01:00 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): sweet
[01:00 PM] Evelyn Lancaster (In86a Resident): hides her collar
[01:00 PM] Tigermeat Aphrodite: Of course I have, Im a professional
[01:00 PM] Jaxxe Atheria: giggles
[01:00 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: welp have fun grown ups
[01:00 PM] Claire Edgeworth: Aco has made a lovely underwater environment for the Mermaid Party.
[01:00 PM] AengusDubh Resident: Drakos has kindly offered to help me with our advert here
[01:01 PM] AengusDubh Resident: if you want an advert to land based club goers in perpetuity at the club I would be honored
[01:01 PM] AengusDubh Resident: and thats about it
[01:02 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: thank you for shareing and welcome ?
[01:02 PM] Cuge Lacnala (Cuge Causten) gently pats their horse, asking them to turn around.
[01:02 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ('•.¸¸(‘•.¸ ? ¸.•’´)¸.•’´)
[01:02 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ?('•.¸:•.•:*¨*??*¨*:•.•:¸.•'´)? [01:02 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ,.´:* APPLAUSE !!!! *:´., [01:02 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): ? (¸.•'´:•.•:*¨*??*¨*:•.•:‘•.¸) ?
[01:02 PM] Tirea Darkheart Naring (TsioSan Ruby): (¸.•’´(¸.•’´ ? ´'•.¸)‘•.¸)
[01:02 PM] Cuge Lacnala (Cuge Causten): oops sorry meant applauds lol
[01:02 PM] AengusDubh Resident: to land based people even thank you
[01:02 PM] ?????? (Kei Kawanishi): hehehe
[01:02 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: ok time to wrap this up
[01:02 PM] Miranda Barrowstone: This meeting is now adjourned. Remember our SWF goals:

  • to assist those considering an underwater life
  • to increase awareness in the general public that there is an underwater option
  • to make mer resources (events, projects, groups, retailers, sims, designers) visible and easily accessible
  • to assist, as possible, with the viability of mer resources so they may continue to be available to the community
  • to promote the conservation of rl oceans, lakes and waterways and the nature that relies on them

Now go mingle and explore! Thanks for joining us this day!!