It is still a warm sunny September day when I find myself riding my motorcycle heading to the island of Austin. Having read the editorial of Lis about this sim, I felt the need to have a look at it, walk around and explore it. The meeting has already been set by Lis and Cooline, our magazine photographer was already there waiting for me to arrive.
Having the draft editorial still in my hand, I walk around the streets of Austin accompanied by Cooline and our beautiful and stunning hostess Marion Fadlan, who was kind enough to makes us a tour and explain us of all the activities, someone can do in Austin. Seen almost everything Lis describes on her editorial, I was enjoying the tour Marion was offering us, asking her continuously questions about the BDSM lifestyle in Austin and getting her immediate, detailed responses. I was really amazed by the patience Marion had during this tour, soon to realize that not only she is a kind and wonderful person to be but also loves her lifestyle in SL and the chance she had to introduce it to us.
While waiting Cooline to make some photos of the sim we could use for the presentation of Austin to the magazine, I tried to explain Marion the aim of Virtual You Magazine and to express my desire to interview an RL Dom and an RL Sub who enjoy this virtual reality and practice this certain lifestyle both in SL and RL. The reply of Marion came to me as a bombshell, when she told me that her SL Dom and she personally, do practice BDSM in Real Life as well and an immediate interview could be set with her RL Dom here in Austin.
After the necessary introductions, we all made ourselves comfortable and ready to begin the interview with RL Master Sir Alvise Cliassi, Marion’s Dom, and Marion.
Alcyan: Hello all and thank you for giving us the chance to interview you on behalf of Virtual You Magazine
Alvise Cliassi: pleasure is mine; please ask me all what you want :-)
Alcyan: tell us just few things about where we are and what you do here
Alvise Cliassi: this Sim, and the group linked to it, were created seven years ago for recreate here in Austin, ad D/s environment, created as homage to a french novel of the '50s, Story of O, are you familiar witht he novel?
Alcyan: not so well am afraid
Alvise Cliassi: ok, so I will try to make a fast synthesis: the novel, talks about the story of a french young woman (whose name is not known, only her initial "O") who accepts to follow her boyfriend in a chateau near the town of Roissy. In this chateau, this woman faces many treatments, that are mostly related with a sado-masochist practice, and a Dominant/submissive lifestyle.
After her first period in this chateau, she returns in Paris, where she continue her personal journey in her submission
These are the basics and this is the "idea" that evoked the birth of this place