Dunno what the deal is. Sometimes a panel in the background will start turning white before glitching back to normal, where it starts again. Linden Labs knows about it, I'm sure. Actually, I haven't seen it do that for a while, so maybe it's been fixed.
Anyway, the three of us eventually went to a theater, this specific one I understand being a popular place sometimes. There, we made use of one of the few three-person poseball groups found in Second Life. Being surrounded by a skunk and a huskie with a massive tail? I'm all for that!