How to Become Involved in Aristasia
A guide to taking your first steps.
Welcome to Aristasia.You may be very new, or you may have been browsing for a few weeks - or even longer. Pettes move at different paces.
However that may be, you are now ready to make the next move. You want to meet some real live Aristasians, ask some questions perhaps, see what kind of maidens we are and have a taste of Aristasian life on-line.
The first thing to understand is that Aristasian life on-line is Aristasian life. It is not a role-play or a digital game. You will be meeting real maidens who are, to varying degrees, involved in and committed to Aristasia. Some will live in Aristasian households outside Elektraspace. Some will participate only through electronic media - and some of these may be among the most committed.
Whether participation is through physical contact or electronic "virtuality" is a matter of no importance whatever. These are simply different means of a) meeting and communicating, b) creating and defining our reality, and c) serving the Motherland. Whether we use houses or ordinator screens as meeting-places is of as little import as whether we use houses or cafés. And in all cases the same standards of courtesy, honour and morality apply.
Before you continue, we advise that you read our guide to comportment in Aristasia-in-Elektra.
The White Rose Room
The White Rose Room is the first and easiest place to meet Aristasians. You may go in at any time without registering a profile. Aristasians may be there at any time, but you will find someone there during Weekend Meeting times (announced at the fora) and very often during the American late-morning/afternoon / European evening.Pettes are friendly and welcoming and happy to answer your questions, and this is by far the easiest place to meet Aristasians in person and in what is termed "real time". Becoming a regular at the White Rose Room is the usual way to establish yourself, get to know Aristasia, and build your credibility as a serious potential entrant.
You may regard the Rosary (as it is affectionately known) as a sort of club where Aristasians and friends of Aristasia gather to get to know each other.
The Aristasia Forums
The Aristasia Forums are the main discussion fora and notice-boards of Aristasia in Elektraspace. They are not "real time" and you need to register in order to participate, though you may read freely (in all non-restricted fora) without becoming a member. This is one of the places you will go in your daily keeping-up-with-Aristasia.Once you have registered an account, you may post comments and questions of your own. This is a very good place to raise questions as they will often start a discussion, giving a variety of Aristasian points of view.
It is also a very good place to make your earliest contributions and establish your identity as part of the community.
Sai Thamë College
Sai Thamë College is not simply an educational institution. It is a Lay College, which means that it is a home and a community to its scholars. Its academic requirements are minimal unless you wish them to be greater in your case.The College is currently the primary community for Aristasians in Elektraspace. Once you have moved beyond the "initial enquiry" stage and wish to become part of the community you must take the "Aristasia 101" course which will instruct you in the fundamental knowledge and etiquette required for participation in Aristasian Life.
This course will prepare you for the College Entrance Examination, and if you pass this and are accepted at interview, you will become a scholar of the college and a junior-level member of the Aristasian elektra-community.
Aristasia in Virtualia
Virtual Reality is an increasing area of Aristasian deployment. Currently we are using the popular Second Life grid for this purpose. Again the difference between "Virtual Life" and "Real Life", much touted by the "official" Tellurian Voice and its endless echoes (because it wishes to maintain its monopoly over reality-definition), is meaningless.We have a College in Virtualia, which is a real College where real maidens learn real things and live and work together in a variety of ways. Evenings are sometimes spent together in the College Common Room with voice enabled, telling stories and singing songs. This is a real community using electronic means to bridge its global separation.
The main Aristasian area is closed to Outlanders and can be entered by invitation only. Invitations are issued to those who have already established their Aristasian credibility, usually through the White Rose Room and the Fora. Once you have been accepted as a scholar of the College you will have free access to the College area.
We do maintain an Embassy in Virtualia which is open to visitors. However, it is often unstaffed and meetings there are normally by arrangement. Your early contacts will normally be made through the White Rose Room, but if you have an avatar in Second Life, you may send an IM to Sushuri Madonna (the Embassy Hostess) requesting an interview.
To understand more about the "look and feel" of Aristasian life in Virtualia, we recommend that you browse the Aristasia Galleries. To discover Aristasia in Virtualia for yourself, click here.
The White Rose Family
The White Rose Family is not open to applications for membership. Members are invited from among the community in the White Rose Room and in Virtualia. We mention it here as it is a part of the structure of Aristasia in Elektra.The Family is headed by its Elder Sister, Fräulein Cecile Landgrebe, who is also Headmistress of Sai Thamë College. It forms a central group within Aristasia-in-Elektraspace, although not all Elders of Aristasia in Elektra are Family members.
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