A faerycat on Mars, part 1

A long time ago, before there was a Second Life, or a faerycat, a girl read Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury.  She loved it, and one would have thought she'd have read more of his works [she doesn't get this either, honestly], and it wasn't until this round of A Tattered Page that she got around to reading Martian Chronicles [Which she also loved and is kicking herself for not reading earlier].  Understand, as a girl, her school created an award just because of her and her reading habits; she went through 6 cards a year and the next closest was 3 cards.  Major bookworm and that was only the school library, not including parents books [serious Sci Fi and Fantasy geeks] or the county library.  The only reason to have -not- read more Bradbury would have been it not being available.

Anyway, forward to today, when A Tattered Page begins.  This is my first time being on the blog end of things; usually I'm the one sending out things to be blogged, if liked by the bloggers.  I can't tell you all how excited I am, and as the pretty things come out, oh, I'm even more excited.  I've stories running all through my head, and I'm going to sort of follow a similar pattern to the stories of Mars by Mr. Bradbury.

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Dreams

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Dreams...  they haunt my sleep, dreams of pale skinned men, with blue eyes.  Songs come to my lips that I've never heard before, that no one has, and words are spoken in my sleep that brings anger to others.

Wonders I see in my dreams, so real, yet impossible.  Science shows that there is too much oxygen for life to exist on the third planet, after all.  But, still, I dream of men from the third planet, and wonder at their existence.

Perhaps I should wear a mask for now.  My emotions are a turmoil, and I know that my dreams are upsetting another.  He's impatient with me, and acting strangely himself.  Perhaps he has dreams as well, but he tells me mine are foolish.

 For now though, I'll wait here, wait to see if my dreams are real...

Or simply just dreams...

A Tattered Page is an event celebrating books, which is just up my alley.  Its a four times a year event, that takes place both in the main stores of those participating and a central location aptly called the Library.  There are so many things to work with this round, the book being the Martian Chronicles; lending itself to martian, earth spacemen, and some rather tragic other things [its a really good read].

This blog-story is inspired by one of the earliest parts of the book, Ylla.  I won't say more, I tried to keep from spoilers while trying to catch the feel for it.

Credits
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Skin: Sunspot [unreleased]
Hands and Feet: Slink
Hair: Magika Dreamy
Eyes: FCD Mesh Eyes: Vivid, White Scelera - in gold
Horns: 8f8 Renaissance Horns: Glass [Previous round of The Fantasy Collective]
Wings: Atomic Faery - Bayou Dragonfly Wings [Previous round of The Fantasy Collective]
Tail: NV Fluffy Tail

Outfit
Pants and Shirt: Avatar Bizarre - Ylla White [A Tattered Page - Martian Chronicles]
Pauldrons: Luminary - Peregrine Pauldrons [A Tattered Page - Martian Chronicles]
                  note: Slightly modified to make match with clothing better
Shoes: Pale Empress - Severina Sandals Teal

Decor
Rug and Couch: Faerycat Designs
Mars and Moons: ATP
Fireflowers: @->~ISD - Martian Fire Flower in Bowl in Canal Blue, Mountain Red and Polar White
        [A Tattered Page - Martian Chronicles]
 Mask Shelf: Black Tulip -  'Choose Your Emotion' Shelf [A Tattered Page - Martian Chronicles]

More to come!