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Location: Caledon
Emboldened by the report of the Contessa, your intrepid reporter decided it was high time to see the clockwork park and other marvels of the Steampunk community in Second Life.
There is an amazing variety of creative work being done in this region and the linked areas (one tantalizing me with the name “Clockwork”).
I rode a cable car through the region, debarking at the “clockwork park” where through transparent panels set in the ground, I could see gears of arcane devices beneath my feet. That said, I was unable to get to these devices. Kandr Newall, a resident of the area, contacted me and welcomed me to Solarya. When, however, I asked about access to the subterranean areas, he remarked, casually, that “In this setting, those colorful crystals you see are a form of currency. So a vast fortune is being burned in the furnaces. . . . Easy access would run contrary to the value of the fuel.”
Given my limited schedule for exploration, and the ominous sign I came across in a basement, I have alerted the adventurous Miss Tempest Homewood, whose mission in Second Life is adventure, to explore the hidden secrets of this recreation of a 19th century that never was.
That said, I could not resist a brief excursion into the unknown beyond the sign. I found myself in a maze of Victorian Sewers, and thereupon forwarded a landmark to Miss Homewood by Linden Post.
She will write a dispatch for these pages presently. My conversation with Mr. Newall closed amicably, if a bit ominously…
Ignatius Onomatopoeia: Miss Homewood tends to ask forgiveness, not permission, in such cases.
Kandr Newall chuckles.
Kandr Newall: I would appreciate her restraint, then. The furnaces of Clockworx are the heart of our infrastructure. Our ‘lectric wires and gas network depend on a steady flow of passion crystals.
Ignatius Onomatopoeia: Quite so. Sadly, it will only be a matter of time before individuals risk all for such riches….
For my part, on to the neighboring area, called Clockwork…
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