Behind The Curtain…

This is Iris Seale. It seems that I’ve been…outted. Do any of you guys play ARG’s? I used to when I was in high-school. They’re basically online puzzle-branches put together by random people and present a story as you solve the puzzles. When players would find a puzzle that wasn’t finished yet or a mistake that exposed too much of the story and/or the people behind the puzzles, this was called Pulling The Curtain. Well, the curtain has been partly pulled on Mercury and I might as well tell you about it.

Mercury was started in March by two designers–NONE OF WHOM ARE TENSHI VIELLE, who didn’t know I was involved until today when she confronted me about it. The other two designers asked me to join in the project in April. They had heard through friends of friends that my majors at school are Theatrical Costume Design and Theatre History with an emphasis on costuming. Since their idea was to combine modern fads with period clothing, they figured I’d be useful. Honestly, I haven’t done much with Mercury except design about three of the outfits and make some of the pieces. I’m definately the least-used Whitfield sister, as some have observed. The three of us liked the project because it let us leave or ordinary design styles (which we’d based our brands on) behind and do whatever we felt like. I know some people think it’s dishonest to design new brands under alts and I can see their point of view.

This is the first time I’ve worked on a collaborative project in SL and it’s been a great experience. I’m taking this blog entry to announce my departure from the Mercury group. It was my idea to send Tenshi the Dancing Pirate outfit for her fashion show. I just thought she’d like it and didn’t think that the thread would get traced back to me. I was careless and didn’t look at the information on my vendors for Mercury, which led to my normal SL name being left on some pieces. It’s basically my fault that this has come down on Mercury and now they’re being associated with Tenshi Vielle, which none of the designers are particularly happy about. I’ve asked another designer to take over my spot in Mercury and will be resigning as of now.

Thanks, Whitfield sisters, it was great to be involved in it for this long. I learned a lot.

–Iris Seale, aka Winifred Whitfield