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 Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:19 pm
Where I'm going to put things from the shop front to reduce the loading time.
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:20 pm
 Want to stay updated about upcomming events and sales here at
Through the Looking Glass?
Then sign up for our mailing list!
Just add our mascot/mule account,
DreamingThought
to your Friends List, and we'll Friend you back.
Whenever we send out announcements, we'll send a mass pm to everyone on our Friends list.
Mailing list:UPDATED 10/18Angel_eyes2004 Busty choucho Diamond_Gaze emme Fudgie Galazios Huni Pi K i a Kaioto_Katsuma Lucifer Force Mallonea
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:21 pm
DreamingThought   Flatsale
Basic Rules. Auction
Basic Rules. Raffle Basic Rules
CustomsEmme's Custom Slots.AUTOBUYCURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE Unless you'd like to bribe Emme with a Sash, Minis or DJs, or large sums of gold. Sorry guys, Emme has her hands MORE than full. BUT, first contact Emme, she may not have the time and reserves the right to refuse any offer. Only ask if you have the right amount in donation items/letters or pure gold. Harrass her for one, and get blacklisted!
Semi-Custom slots.
Costs : 15K
none planned in the near future
Full Custom slots.
Costs : 15K
none planned in the near future
Hyaokin's Customs.
AUTOBUY
Available, but only for a limited time.
80k.
Full or semi customs can be bought for 80k, without waiting for a spot below to open. (The slots below each cost the regular flatsale price.) BUT, first contact the artist you wish to buy from, she may not have the time and reserves the right to refuse any offer. Only ask if you have the right amount in donation items/letters or pure gold. Harrass her for one, and get blacklisted!
Hyaokin's customs are companion only for the time being.
Semi-Custom slots.
1- Closed
2- Closed
Full Custom slots.
1- Closed
2- Closed
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:23 pm
 Semi-Custom Form.Quote: Child's Prefered Name:What character will he/she be based off of? Avatar/Breedable/Character image/s:Must be a humanoid Character. It may be an original character, your avitar or another character of yours. You may even use a breedable charcter to base your child of off. However, you must have permission from the creator of the breedable to use it, we take no responsibility if you weren't permitted to use the breedable. Emme does not, however feel comfortable basing simulacrum off of copyrighted characters from games/movies/cartoons.Guardian's important physical details/markings:Eye color, hair color, build and other details are important.Guardian's short profile:Include personality traits that will help us in the development of your character. Background information and personal tastes help to influence your simulacrum as well. Guardian's family/friends/pets, ect :Anyone who might have a strong enough influence on the Guardian's life that the Simulacrum would pick up traits from them as well as their owners. Lovers, for example, will be a huge influence. They may even have detail on the result... and of course, it's always nice to hear about the family the child is going into. ^_^Extra things? Anything you'd rather not have, or any ideas you want to give us? We might not use them, but we might. wink
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:24 pm
Full Custom form.Quote: Child's Prefered Name:What character will he/she be based off of? Avatar/Breedable/Character image/s:Must be a humanoid Character. It may be an original character, your avitar or another character of yours. You may even use a breedable charcter to base your child of off. However, you must have permission from the creator of the breedable to use it, we take no responsibility if you weren't permitted to use the breedable. Emme does not, however feel comfortable basing simulacrum off of copyrighted characters from games/movies/cartoons.Guardian's important physical details/markings:Eye color, hair color, build and other details are important.Guardian's short profile:Include personality traits that will help us in the development of your character. Background information and personal tastes help to influence your simulacrum as well. Guardian's family/friends/pets, ect :Anyone who might have a strong enough influence on the Guardian's life that the Simulacrum would pick up traits from them as well as their owners. Lovers, for example, will be a huge influence. They may even have detail on the result... and of course, it's always nice to hear about the family the child is going into. ^_^Clothing Influence: No, not 'She has a sexy miniskirt in red and a black leather jacket'. We're thinking more rough ideas of what type of fabrics and colors he or she might prefer, or if there's a culture he or she leans towards in clothing.
His/Her physical details:
Keep in mind that he or she will mirror their guardian at first, please. But adding traits from the guardian's lover is fine, so is changing the skin color to a less natural shade. You might prefer for that to happen later in life, if the skin shade is more to do with the concept than the guardian. ^_^ And ears/tail/some fur should be all right, but Emme won't do full anthros... if there's a problem, she'll probably PM you.
Concept:
The amount of detail can be optional.
You might prefer to only tell us the basics, such as the origin, a vague bit about who they were and/or what they will be . That way, it's a surprise for everyone. Or maybe you only have a vague idea yourself, and like to plan over time?
Or you might be happy to tell us all your ideas. It might help us know what we can throw at you, plot wise.^_^ But remember, you MUST let your child remember all of this slowly, not just let them know it all instantly from day one. Although, they can know a bit? Up to you. But if you do it all at once, what's going to come later? razz
What age would you like him/her to start as?:
There's the toddler years, 1-3 years old... then the early childhood, 3-6, and then 7-10ish... so just tell us what age you'd find best to start with.
A few words to describe their personality:
To give Emme a clue to how they may look in their image, and to give us an idea of how they'd react to different things and characters.
Extra things?
Your boy/girl might always have an item with them, that's very important to their plot from day one... eye patch, walking stick, type of wand just for very rough examples. Or you might have some extra stuff you want us to know!
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:25 pm
Sparklers Limited Sparklers - limited number given out Date Given: Mon Sep 27, 2004 - ? Given to: (will fill in names shortly)  Flatsale Sparklers - only thirteen handed out to celebrate our first second flatsale event. Date Given: (cant remember!) Given to: (will fill in names shortly)
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:26 pm
Emme's Random Mini-Gifts!!emme's mini-gifts! UPDATED: 2/2 I'M BACK! To encourage thread bumpage and visits, I'd like offer random arts of our frequent visitors!
MINI-PORTRAIT KIRIBANS!
the next kiribans
will be the first post
on page 500!
Page 500 - YOUR NAME HERE?!! Page 200 - Xbear! page 100 - PATA! AUCTION KIRIBANS!Page 13 Page 10 Page 25 Page 35 Examles can be found here. http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/guilds/viewtopic.php?pt=1098384512&p=2513588#2513588all other gifts will be random or else announced by emme personally How to Get A Gift. 1. Do not ASK or BEG for art. Self explanitory
2. Chat, roleplay and keep the shop lively! Hanging out and making interesting conversation is a definate plus.
3. Dress well I love drawing those of you with some creativity to your outfits. ^^
4. Watch for when I offer mini-Kiribans. Sometimes I'll offer a drawing for the first person on random pages. I'll mention it a few pages before hand.
5. Have Fun I appreciate people hang out at my thread and have fun, and are interesting, and make my time at gaia more enjoyable. ^^
6. It is your repsonsibility to pick up your art. When I say random, I mean random, so check back on this page from time to time to see if I did an artwork of you. I won't go hunting you down to give you art. All gifts will be posted here.
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:27 pm
DreamingThought Gifts & Donations!
The shop that Neith, Yuu & Emme invested is in pretty bad shape. Though they are more than happy to put all their time into it, they'll need to purchase paint and supplies to create the shop of their dreams. Any type of donation is appreciated to help keep their shop going!
All donators will be listed here so we can keep track of them and properly thank and glomp. Gifts! 2/2/05 shop donation! Thank you Dream WhiteWitz for the generous 500g donation! ^__^ Quote: GIFT!! from choucho to emme! How sweet and unexpected! ^_____^ Quote: DonationSun Oct 03, 2004 Sarabi Adruenna Donation to the Guild! 100g! Thank you So much!
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:27 pm
M E M O R I E S3/14/05 The St Patrick's Day Pary is set up
and will be ready begin on March 17th.
Check your pm boxes for your Simulacra's Invite,
or if you didn't get one,
it's posted under shop events, just scroll down a bit.
Congratulations to Sayuri_Nitta for winning our
St. Patrick's Day Auction!
She will receive a Full custom simulacra companion
from our new Companion Artist, Black Duvet!
AND everyone welcome Rhys,
our newest addition to the Simulacrum Family! ^_^ 3/3/05 The Saint Patrick's Day Auction is all set up!
bidding will begin on March 6th
Aurora Grew! Please welcome our first Young Adult!
Emme's lineart auction
to benefit our upcoming Art Contest
ENDS THIS SATURDAY!
Hurry and get in your bids,
or just bump for a chance to win a free portrait! 3/1/05 Our 500th Page Event happened
in the early morning hours of March 1st!
Congratulations to Cinderfae for winning our
Free Semi Custom Simulacra!
and congratulations to our kiriban art winners!
2/26
The Page 500 Event is less than 40 pages away!
Here's your chance to win a free semi-custom simulacra!
Cruise Event!
The cruise event hosted by Neith has begun!
Didn't get a chance to sign up?
Don't worry, you can still get involved... but how is a surprise!
There has been a development in the
Saint Patricks Day Party Planning
There is also a new RP area in the guild,
discovered by Ray, Sarria, Aurora and Kami.
The Secret Glade
Contest Update:
Emme just finished re-totalling her funds,
and we're up to 770k+!
Emme would like to wait until we get 1,000k
before starting the contest, though.
2/20
Neith is setting up an RP event in the Guild,
go check it out!
And we've had a manifestation!
Congrats to Choucho, Poe is here!
2/19
Our table at the Gaian Ball!
Thanks for coming and visiting everyone!
You're welcome to continue the fun here at the Shop!
2/14
Happy Valentine's Day!
Shopfront re-organization in progress.
Kyoko appeared and Kami grew this weekend!
Possible Saint Patrick's day Auction
with a new simulacra companion artist
Possible Saint Patrick's day weekend party.
Jan 29th- Congrats to Merewen for winning the auction with a generous bid of 131.5k!
Jan 19th- Zanna is the first to join Aurora as a teen!
Nov 17th- ...Omg, a FLATSALE? A Companion one, none the less?
Nov 13th- choucho has won the auction for 208.5k!
Nov 9th-Urahara has shown himself!
Nov 5th-Say hello to our wonderful Hyaokin! She's come with another companion, this one that seems to remind all of autumn... ninja Finally, we've got our Autumn Auction!
Oct 31-Happy Halloween! IanYuy wins the auction for 74k!
Oct 20- Aurora grows into a teen, after going missing. And the Minishop & Links is being moved to the guild.
CONGRATS CHIRI! She won the companion auction for a massive 117k worth of things!
Oct 19- Sao and Lena win the contest! heart
Oct 16- Elijah came out, wings and all! And this is a friendly reminder that this shop doesn't cover medical costs from heart attacks, fainting spells or anything else related to seeing a child suddenly behind you...
Oct 13- Zanna comes, on the 13th of the month. Well, she is the daughter of X...
Oct 12- Congrats QS and X!
The Custom mirror contest is still being judged. Entrants, see the Guild for more info.
And....
THE EVIL HALLOWEEN AUCTION! =o =o =o
Oct 8- Custom boy contest ends tonight.
Oct 7- Girl flatsale ends today.
Oct 5- Story updated.
Oct 4- Boy flatsale ends, Girl flatsale starts!
Oct 3- Boy flatsale! And custom contest starts! See below post for finishing details.
Oct 1- Aww, Kami finally appears! Congrats Pata!
Oct 1- HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEITHY! And congrats to Morion and Smoke--Sophie has arrived!
Sep 26- The first details about the flatsale have been put up, as well as previews of two of the mirrors.
Sep 23- Ardre comes out of her box, congrats Hoshi and Kaekia!
Sep 23- Sarria arrives, congrats Xannyia!
Sep 18- Shop made! Guild is up as well! And the three custom slots have been snatched up under an hour by Xannyia, Kaekia and Pata! Congrats!
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:28 pm
-Shop Basics-
Do not steal these images. All Simulacrum art is copyright to their respecitive artists. Simulacra non-owners may enjoy the art for their own personal use, but may not copy, redistribute or claim it as their own. Simulacrum owners may place their Simulacrum art on their peronal webpage and edit their Simulacrum art for the purpose of placing it in a signature, reducing the size, ect. Please, always give credit when posting your Simulacra art on the internet.
Don't PM us for one. Seriously, it'll only make your chances waaay less than they'd start off as.
Pet trades? PM the shop account, and ask. ^_^ But we can't guarantee that we'd accept your offer.
Affinities? Like the question above, just ask! To cut down on images on the front page, we might only give a text link though.
Unless you have permission, only PM the shop account. If you're directing it to a certian person, just put 'To Emme/Yuu/Neith' in the subject.
Lurkers and Stalkers: You guys can also RP, so long as you remember that if you're RPing, the rules apply to you as well.
Don't nag about flatsales. Ask, if you must, but any info we'd know of would be on the front page.
Stick to the rules for the flatsales. We'll make sure there's a set for a flatsale, they won't all be the. There'll be writing prompts, but there will be other types of flatsales as well.
The prices! They'll be announced with the date of the first flatsale. If you find you cannot get that much, you can pay us through Gaian items (At sellback value), donation items/letters... or we could possibly figure out a payment plan with you. ^_^ It's understandable if you arn't rich, most people arn't, so we'll try and help out if you win.
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:30 pm
-Simulacrum Owners-
SIMULACRA MUST BE RPED & JOURNAL ACTIVITY IS NESSIARY
Update your journal AT LEAST once a month
If one month passes with out an update, you will receive a warning. The second time you will lose your child. Our artists do not put the tiem into drawing these characters to have them abandoned. If you MUST take a hiatus, YOU MUST annouce it IN your JOURNAL.
RECORD your Rp sessions in your Journal
This is the only way we know what your child is up to, and how they've developed. A simple link to the page an rp took place in will work as well. WE MUST see activity in order for your child to grow. Also, the more rp sessions the artists have access to, the more accurate their growth will be because we will be able to pick up on personality and tastes.
The RP challenges are necessary.
This means, that if you get a prompt in your journal, you MUST respond to them. Please try and do them within a week, if possible. But if you feel like it can't be done, for any reason, PM us and tell us. ^_^ We'll change it, or let you have a bit longer to fit it in.
Try to not nag about growing ups. It's understandable if you're annoyed if it's taking longer than we agreed to. And you can remind us, for sure, if it's been over a week! ^_^ But Emme has a life too, and paid commissions to do, so it's a good idea to let her do it in her time. She will get to it, we promise!
Serious RPing takes place in the guild, chatting in the thread. It's just so that important scenes, ect, won't be lost in the chatter, and the thread stays bumped enough. ^_^
When RPing, use (( )) for OOC chat, and please, use grammar and spell check? It just helps to make it clear what's apart of the RPing, and what's not... and the grammar/spell check makes it more readable. (This means you too, Neith!)
Don't god-mode! Seriously, it's just not fun for the rest of us. Your character has talents, true, but they'll also have problems... No one is perfect, or all beautiful, or all powerful. It might also cause resentment between you and the others, so it's a really good idea to avoid it. ^.^
You can RP in this thread! If you really want to, and don't mind the chatting around you.
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:45 pm
Shop artist rules and guidelines
Artists and Guest artists. You're quite allowed to ask if you can work here on the companion simu. ^_^ PM this account with samples. We might not be hiring at the time, or we might have enough... but once you've asked, we'll keep record of you. biggrin
Artist's payment.
To become an artist for our shop,
you are required to draw four stages of
2 fully original simulacra companions
An artist earnings are based on their Auction winnings.
Companion #1: We will run an auction for each new guest artist.
The shop retains 20% of the funds from the auction
(funds are put towards events, contests, ect)
Companion #2:The artist is then required to draw one Semi-custom
It will be sold as a flatsale, and you will recieve the full 20k for the flat sale
Then the artist MAY choose to set an autobuy option from 60-100k
25% of their earnings will be paid after the first stage
of their 2 required companions are completed.
They will recieve 25% after the 2nd stage is completed.
The third 25% will be paid after the 3rd stage is completed.
The final 25% will be paid after the 4th and final stage is completed.
Payments will be made in pure gold.
If the auction is won by a rare donation item,
other arrangements will can be made.
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:46 pm
SHOP BASICS
So, what does this shop sell?
Simulacrum, children manifested through a looking glass, or antiques. Confused? Please read through our introduction page to get a feel for what this shop is all about.
Who works here?
So far, Emme, Hyaokin, Neith-Kia and Yuu. See the 'Staff' post for details on each. We're also hiring a new artist, see this thread.
We have a brand new S.F.! X-Bear is the first to become apart of it.
So how can I be apart of it?
Well, there's going to be flatsales, customs, maybe a raffle or two, and auctions.
Is it RP based?
Yes. Or else the character just won't be able to do what the shop is all about. ^_^
Where's the RP and journals then?
The journals, shop front and upstairs are all located in our Guild. You are welcome to visit or join.
Can lurkers RP?
Of course, so long as you read the rules, and make sure you ask permission from the RPers- some RPs in the guild or here might have a purpose or a plot going on.
How did you come up with the idea?
Neith had been seeing a lot of people around Gaia, with unfulfilled character wishes. Often quests, or characters made up for flatsales for popular breedable stores, and she knew these people had a VERY small chance of getting what they'd become so attached to.
So she thought that perhaps if they had another chance, a way for them to have teh same character but through a different store idea (Without stepping on toes or concepts), would give them a chance to have the character they'd become so much addicted to getting. The characters may not have been through the concept of the original stores, but it seemed better that people got another chance at getting what they wanted so badly, rather than them trying for months without any hope.
So she contacted Emme, and talked with Yuu at the same time, and together, all three came up with the shop idea.
But isn't that stealing customors?
Honestly, not really. Some of the most popular stores have over twenty or thirty extra people with that type of breedable on their wishlists, and ideas for their dream version of that breedable's personality, story, and appearance. There's only so much one store can do, for only so many people. Maybe some of these people don't need another breedable that much, but some really do want them badly. If a store is already overwhelmed with questers, lurkers, etc, and can't give out as many as are in demand, what then? Do the questers have to go without, after spending so long on their ideas?
We don't ever plan on taking a shop's concept, and we won't accept someone's form if it appears that they're trying to make their character with every trait that's typical to another store's breedables. Besides, how can it be your character if you're trying to match feature for feature off another person's idea of a breedable?
And besides. If someone agrees to have their character through this store, they're also agreeing to follow this concept. Not any other store's concept.
What does simulacra mean?
Simulacra=singular, simulacrum=plural
(definition form dictionary.com)
1. An image or representation.
2. An unreal or vague semblance.
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:52 pm
Simulacrum FAQs
How can I get one?
What are they?
What kinds of Simulacrum are there?
How does the RP work?
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:53 pm
Simulacrum Companion FAQs
How can I get one?
What are they?
What kinds of Simulacrum Companion are there?
How does the RP work?
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