Secrets Revealed

Tensions rose to a new record on the island today as Mauve and Mahem rammed heads in a power struggle: two strong personalities that are competing to get their own space amongst the tribe; however Mauve seems to get more support from the other women, especially from LuCoronet and Elisea.

Maybe because of those tensions Mauve seemed to be, for the first time since her arival on teh island, less verbose than usual.

Details about survivors' Real Lives are coming, little by little, and strangely enough, Lucita, who had previously been very guarded and secretive, appeared more willing than the others to share telling details about both her lives.

A big debate arose in which the Islanders questioned the consequences of a Second Life: Is it an alienation from reality or something that makes Real Life better? Elisa and Lucita discussed with Irulan and Evalola.

All the survivors eventually seemed to agree that SL is something that might expand social opportunities, and that can have a positive influence on your real life. Lucita stressed the fact that everybody in SL seemed to be very kind and compassionate. To prove this, she opened up for the first time and shared with the group about her experience in the Gorean world. Being curious about how being a hunter would be, she visited a place but after a short time she found herself in the role of the prey! However once captured she was immediately released without harm, being recognized as just as a visitor...

Trying to release today's tension the survivors arranged some sort of free performing contest. Lucita took advantage of her multilingual skills telling the group a poem by Federico Garcia Lorca in Spanish. This also gave her a chance to tell the group about her own story: her family had run away from Spain after the Civil War and she grew up in a melting pot of french and italian cultures, away from the country and the language that still has a special place in her heart.