Help
Sign In
second life
August 2009 
Finding A Home and Being Accepted
Posted on Aug 12th, 2009
by 
asecondlifediary
asecondlifediary
THIS TIME, we meet our wise little bat, Vek. From the moment he arrived in our community, he has held a special place in my heart. Not only because he's our youngest member, but because he's the sweetest!
Here is Vek's experience:
"I never expected to stay long on the island. I never expected it to be my SL home, but sometimes things surprise us, just like our community did. It has surprised me a lot.
When I first came to the island, I had just bought a little do-dad to hop me around random sims. Which unfortunately led to a bad day. I had several times that day been kicked out, yelled at, and generaly harrased for not having a human avatar. When I hit the button again, with that fateful jump to the island I was in a foul mood.
First thing I noticed when I got there was that I had landed in a stone circle, on it where candles with people's prayers on them, which was a good sign. I had thought it was going to be another one of those sims cut into little squares.
I explored for a bit, spotting several people gathered together and chatting. I tried my best to hide near enough to hear what they were talking about. I can't remember what they were talking about, but I was spotted. They were friendly, so I showed myself.
I sat and talked to them for a long time, forgetting that I had to sleep for work. I made a friend that day, and kept coming back to the island.
I spent my time hopping around random sims for a week or so, but every time I would have enough of that, I would come back to the island and talk about things ranging from sustainablilty to philosophy, even music. I hadn't noticed, then but I was spending more and more time there.
Soon I was there everyday, most of my time taken up by the island. I soon made friends with other people on the island. Little did I know, but I was one of the community now!
The biggest surprise of this paradise was that they accepted me."
Vek has since taken on responsibility for the security of the island. He welcome visitors and shows them around if they would like a tour. He also keeps an eye on visitors and lets them know what our philosophy is and how we like everyone to be treated with respect and consideration.
Access: Public
