There were other avatars in the mammoth hall where the walls were plastered with all the free products right up to the wall. Everything from clothes, shoes, accessories and even skins and hair, it’s all in there for major improvement works which is really handy for the dowdy, virtual me. It’s time to get ride of that dull grey suit, slouchy shoes and that free exhibition t-shirt!
I was like a kid in the candy store. Suddenly, I wanted to be a part of this virtual reality. I wanted to be different because being different is the way to “fit in”. Although there was no direct pressure from the existing SL citizens (so far) to morph into their likeliness, but it was tempting because I was standing out like a very sore thumb in my dowdy suit and dull face devoid of any form of make-up.
And I gave in to my inner monsters, by living up one of my by now retired alter ego, the conservative party babe, who’s cool and sexy as hell, like an angel-gone-bad. After many hours twiddling and fiddling on my mouse, ladies and gentlemen, I present, the NEW Paige Quihoxil!
Not sure if this has got anything to do with my new rack, maybe it’s the wings, but I met Sayuri Reikaz (she’s got a neat pair of wings too) immediately after my transformation, and she became my very first SL friend.
Perhaps, another real life fact that is applicable in virtual reality is that people are naturally drawn to people who are attractive or like themselves. Interesting.
And while I am writing about my adventures, Paige is meditating on a beach by the crackling fire where coconuts fall of the trees periodically.
I am not sure if I will continue living out my alter ego in SL after this, the thought that I may not be seeing Paige Quihoxil again for a while makes me a little sad.
Bye Paige Quihoxil, it’s been a wonderful and inspiring journey.
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