Beyond the Wind, and Island of Rhodes (Island of Rhoads). The SWF also lists the following 16 groups as being of interest to anyone wishing to learn about merfolk in SL: Aglarond Aluaerae Antiquity Ladies Guild of Mer-folk Mermaids of Elounda Merge Citizens of Aquaria Independent Mermaids Lost City of Angel’s Popolo del Mare di Horan Mermaids of Elounda
Safe Waters Foundation http://slurl.com/secondlife/Corinaldo/135/35/8
Mermaids and Mermen Family
As mentioned, the SWF serves as the Merfolk Association for SL, a small underwater building with click and save resources for the Toolkit and various notecards. When I visited, they were running a Black Pearl Hunt for mer-related gifts in various sims. I also was treated to some wonderful synchronized dancing, which is a wonderful specialty of merpeople. To see the colorful tails and fins gliding in the water is perhaps the strongest lure to living under the sea. (Somewhat confusingly, a Safe Waters foundation store also exists with great offerings for merfolk. I will have it on a list of other stores not mentioned in this article on the ROLE blog after we publish the magazine.)
Mers of New Merlantis Safe Waters Foundation Second Life Mermaids and Mermen Secrets of Atlantis The Merseum & Oceanic Gardens OK … so there you have the fundamentals to explore the merfolk community on your own. I went through a whirlwind tour of several sims and took the usual pictures. I have to admit that the pictures lose some of the dimensionality due to the limited color palette, although some of the fish and plants are very colorful. The motions of your mer-AO and the bubbles coming from your mouth, add so much to the experience that pictures don’t do it justice. It’s also a limitation of the viewer, perhaps, that water just isn’t done as well as it could be in SL. Nonetheless, here are some of my impressions:
Pacific Sunrise on Corallina Isle 69 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Corallina%20Isle/69/133/4 This underwater store was my first stop after SWF and I managed to win a sienna-colored Mystique Mermaid outfit. A great selection of mermaid accessories can be found here along with pose balls. The presence of a dance floor indicates to me that they hold social 83