Nice room!

I had a two-night session with Kata lately... the RP got out of hand. :)  We played in Midian City, which makes a good seedy city; Kata was a he, playing my creepy, violence-prone ex-boyfriend.  Not long into the second night I found myself here:

I'd like to say that that's a hell of a set.  It's a rez-on-demand thing; the best thing about it is the dark blacks.  For some reason SL is always completely over-lit... it saves designers worrying about lights, but if you want a scary or creepy atmosphere you're reduced to asking people to set local time to midnight, and even that may not be enough.  The room above is an exception.  Definitely looks like someplace bad things are going to happen, doesn't it?

And they did.  We actually had a bit of miscommunication; Mr. Kata thought I'd been sent to Midian City to find him, which I was under the impression it was unwelcome coincidence.  So he'd ask these questions about who sent me and I'd think it was paranoia.  However, it still worked as a story; in fact it made it a lot scarier.  Interrogations are scary enough, but when you don't know the answers and the person is going to get violent if he doesn't like what you say, it's pretty frightening.

Room in Rome

I recently saw Room in Rome, a film by Julio Medem and starring Elena Anaya and Natasha Yarovenko.  It's the story of a chance meeting that turns into a passionate love affair that takes all of one night.  It's a lovely film and I've been thinking about it for a couple of days.

Natasha is the blonde

It required a lot of bravery on the part of the two actresses-- they spent about three quarters of the film naked.  The film never leaves the hotel room and there's only one other, minor character, so the film depends on their work-- and the script.  They start by one attempting a seduction and the other fleeing, then coming back; they tell stories about themselves that turn out not to be true; they make love several times; they become increasingly honest as well as conflicted about the rest of their lives, which suddenly seeem to fall short.

It's erotic, but even more so, it's romantic.  After seeing it I wanted to cuddle wtih someone.

Natasha (the character) is straight, and begins by saying that nothing should leave the room; to which Elena (whose character is lesbian) reasonably asks how she can be sure it won't.  Much of the story is a set of moves and countermoves where the characters get closer and closer and then take half-steps back.  The structure of the movie more or less demands that they separate at the end  (a crossing-of-lives story is far different from a beginning-of-a-romance story), but one can imagine that perhaps they were unable to maintain that separation afterward. 

There's a little echo of b/d... at one point Elena carefully dresses Natasha after a bath, like a servant, and Natasha reciprocates.  At the end Elena points out that she kissed Natasha's feet, and Natashs didn't do the same.  It's a reminder that the submissive impulse starts in love, in a delight so deep that it finds joy in service and even humiliation.  (Not that this feeling is always there.  But there is a special thrill when it is.)

Anyway, if you're the sort of person who is reading this blog, you'd probably enjoy it.

Meeting Dori

All right, back in time again, to the wilds of late 2006.  I had seen Dori a few times at the Ranch.  She was something to see: very pale skin, extremely lovely features, black hair, usually dressed in purple, with lipstick to match.

Elf in Dori's lap

You want to get to know other girls in SL?  #1: Admire their clothes or their looks, or ask where they got them.  #2: Talk about the clueless guys who've been hitting on you.  I got into a conversation with Dori this way, and she took me to a quiet romantic spot and, well, we started touching each other, while talking about the last Truth or Dare game.  (She was a friend of Mado's and Susan's.)

Dori pulls your hand along the inside of your thigh
You: mmm...
Dori: So what would you choose, Truth or Dare?
Mavia snuggles closer, her face against your tummy
You: dare, i think
Dori: mmm ... What if I dared you to kiss me?
Mavia reaches up and kisses dori
You: not a hard dare at all :)
Dori smiles as we kiss, kissing you back softly, enjoying your lips
Mavia melts
Dori pulls back from the kiss just to nuzzle your cheek a bit
You: would you like to try the kiss balls there?
Dori: if you like, I"m game ;)
You: oh my... how lovely
Dori kisses you, slowly letting her tongue explore
Dori traces her nails above and below your collar
Mavia kisses back, holding you tightly
Dori: mmmm
Dori purrs softly into the kiss
You: you’re so beautiful...
Dori: Meh, not so much as you ;)
Dori pulls back from the kiss a little and rests her  against yours, looking into your eyes
Dori: Gentle but lively beauty
Mavia lets her forearm brush against your breast
Dori purrs, gaze dropping for a moment
Dori: And what if I dared you to let me handcuff you to me for an hour?
You: i don’t think i can resist dares from a pretty girl kissing me

Things continued to heat up.  This was my first extended experience with a really good writer, someone who used words like you'd use your hands in real life.  I was intoxicated.

Dori nuzzles up to your ear, whispering softly, "is it ok?”
Mavia kisses even harder, as an answer
Dori nibbles at your earlobe, letting her tongue gently stroke along your ear
Mavia moves a hand up and cups your breast
Dori tugs at the waistband of your panties slightly
Dori sighs happily as Mavia’s hand finds her slightly swollen breast
Mavia pulls your one of your hands onto her own breast
Dori purrs and kneads your breast gently, tracing the outline with her nail
Mavia is breathing harder now
Dori nuzzles behind your ear and licks at it softly. She traces her nail into your bra and around the nipple
Mavia kisses many different places... eyelids, nose, earlobes, neck...
Dori giggles as you kiss her face all over, the one hand slipping down into the back of your pants to rub your butt, pinching firmly at your nipple, tugging at it with her other hand
Mavia gasps with pleasure
Mavia reaches around with both hands to caress your butt, first outside the pants and then inside

Then Dori said she had a question.  This sounded serious, but it turned out she wanted to know if we should just have sex, or do something more bondagey.  I left it up to her, and she took us to a room with a bed and bondage machines.  She had me take off my clothes and get on a St Andrew's cross.  (Between her and Zoe, it's no wonder this is still my favorite bondage device.)  I asked if I should call her mistress or anything, but she said we should just talk normally.

Tied up for Dori

She ran her hands along my body...

...and disappeared.

Dayyum!

I waited for a long while, but she didn't show up again... and then SL crashed, not just my client but the whole damn grid.  Not untypical in those days...