Day: March 31, 2025

In June 2023 I dropped in to Tripty’s (triptychlysl’s) Reality Escape. At the time, it celebrated some of my favourite things: coffee, a good book, somewhere to curl up and appreciate both, and a pleasant setting in which to enjoy all three (see: Books, Coffee and Chairs in Second Life, oh my!). Chance recently caused me to make a return to see what might have changed – and it made for an enjoyable visit.

Remaining as a full region a Full region, Reality Escape still offers those three comforts – coffee, chairs and books – all wrapped within a photogenic environments caught under a custom EEP sky (although I’ve opted to use one of my own in the images herein so that you might enjoy Tripty’s).

Comprising four islands (with a couple of little outcrop islets), with two clearly separated one from the other and the remaining two hugging the coast of the largest, it is a serene place where gulls circle lazily and, if you use the Shared Environment, contrail-like ribbons divide the sky, seemingly left by airliners passing high overhead in silence and with little interest in the haven below.

The largest of the islands is home to the setting’s Landing Point, located on a deck raised over the land and bordered on three sides by wooden buildings. One of these forms a coffee house and another a reading room-come-music lounge, and the third a greenhouse. Part of this deck extends over the water to form a landing stage for a ferry – suggesting more land might not be too far away.

A narrow brook runs under the main deck, north-to-sea, technically making the island not one but two. As it passes under the deck, so it feeds a vibrant little garden visible from the tables set out on the deck, whilst steps lead down to the boulder-and-shingle shoreline.

A second deck extends to the south, in turn providing access to the rest of the island as it offers a series of walks and trails across itself.

Which of these paths you follow is up to you – but make your way far enough eastwards, and you’ll find further decks providing seating and access to the two small littoral islands, themselves connected by both decking and two imaginative little bridges.

Another bridge spans the water north to the second of the large islands.

Long and low, this island is largely given over to grassland and shrubs – and a few trees.  It is here, among the supports holding up the region’s name, that a memory of Books, Coffee and Chairs can be found in the form of artistically arranged and suspended chairs. The view back towards the main island, when seen under the Shared Environment is almost dream-like, and can be appreciated from some of the chairs.

The beauty of this setting is in the serenity I mentioned earlier; wherever you wander, there is a sense of peace and natural beauty. From little camp sites to bubbling brook and flashes of flower blooms among the grass and rock, to the pools of bright wildflowers and Sakura in bloom, everything just feels right.  And throughout it all lay a plethora of detail which further brings the setting to life.

With multiple places to sit, indoors and out, its multiple trails to follow and little touches to be discover – even the the donation taker in the greenhouse is likely to bring a smile to the faces of visitors, this is a setting to be savoured. A perfect escape from the realities of life.

But don’t just take my word for it – go and see for yourself.

SLurl Details

• Reality Escape, rated Adult