Dancer Archive

If you are an attractive female character in skimpy clothing most people are going to automatically be in the mood for /flirty emotes or the hope for cyber in the future... It's really up to you to make the conversation move off that kind of topic and on to something else. Try saying something funny or asking them questions, probe for what kind of chat they feel comfortable sharing with you. If they won't get off the cyber/flirty stuff just go into silent mode Nothing says you have to try to talk everyone even the people that just think you are there for adult conversation.

hrm, I've never had a problem with that... but I do dress more conservatively than the rest of the cantina. I greet folks as they come in, or make comments about things ("wow, you have a lot of wounds, rough day?", or eyebrow them when they get too close). start up casual conversations, and if they try something naughty feel free to slap them and say you're not that kind of guy/girl. ignore folks when necessary, and just have fun

This is always a tricky one. For me I greet everyone as they come in, and comment on the state of their health. If someone comes in with a massive bar of wounds sympathise and say something like "You look like you went face first through a gorse bush" or something similar. They'll almost certainly tell you what actually happened and that will get your chatting about work.
With reguards to the cyber guys, get a dagger and start dancing with it. If they make an obvious comeon make comments to another dancer about how this rude guy in Coronet tried to make advances at you, and got his b*lls sliced off in the process (alter as you wish for personal taste). Or reply to any snogs or kisses with a slap and "I'm not that kind of girl".

This is slightly biased by the fact I'm a roleplayer, and always at least semi-ic while dancing.

If you think it's getting out of hand, send them a tell to stop. if they persist it's sexual harasment, and you can log a complaint with the CSR's.

(Note that I've never had the last happen to me, a slap and the dagger comments has always been enough to get them to behave. My personal responce if it did happen would be a tell asking him politely to stop, then a tell saying I really ment it, and if he continued I'd be forced to report him for harassment.)

Best way I got overly pushy guys to leave me alone is to have one of the male entertainers to pretend to be in IC boyfriend. I'm married ICly, but if the hubby isn't around it's very much out of sight out of mind.

As I percieve it, being a cantina dancer implies a certain amount of flirting and playing around. So I don't mind that too much, but it is not alright if that makes people believe they can't fiddle around with you. No matter wether wether Twi'lek, Rhodian or Wookie, wether male or female, for must of us it is important to be found attractive...
I do flirt (Even use emotes like /wink, /batlashes, /innocent and sometimes even /blowkiss myself) with people who seem to know the limits, if they don't I make them clear.
If someone is right next to me I always talk in spatial even in reply to tells. When someone gets to close, I use /eyebrow or /frown at them, or even do "/neutral I would appreciate you keeping your distance, you know?". For some people, espacially the kind that you describe, not saying a word that doesn't help. Then you got no other way to make perfectly clear that this kind of appreciated isn't welcome at all. "/cool Keep your fingers to yourself and get gone. I am not your doll!".
I admit I am not above using my titles (such as alliance ace pilot, lieutenant or master fencer), may social connection (like the Jedi I was just chatting with or something like this) or even my stun baton to further make clear my point, even though that isn't actually wise.
Helpful to actually onverse with people is trying to find out what adventures lay passed them, how they got there wounds (for example someone with BF and health wounds, but no other wounds on Tatooine has quite likely just visited the rift of sarlac), their guild, their choice of outfit, bios, name, titles... If all that doesn't help it sometimes helps to talk about yourself and try to make a bridge to the patron. For example if the patron won't talk but bears the mark of intellect (*sigh*) talk about when you were in the squill cave and ask him/her innocently if (s)he ever was there. Or if someone displays a faction title talking 'bout the war might be helpful (espacially if it is a member of the opposite faction and you believe you might lure hints to their bases locations or plans out of him/her, but I wouldn't push that, just let it flow).
It ain't always easy to get people talking, sometimes it even seems as an art. But after all we are entertainer and at least I percieve it as part of the profession to make people enjoy themselves and share their stories.
What I believe is helpful is hanging around with entertainer friends. If you feel not that sure people find that out quickly. If you have friends around you'll feel much saver and can deal with more difficult situations smoothly.

I usually start with "Hi". If the person comes in regularly, I usually greet them by name, and ask about something they mentioned last time they were in (if I can remember anything). I've had a few flirts, and some guy on Tuesday was asking me for a "Private Dance" (I don't know why, I don't want to know why), but it hasn't happened too often. Interestingly, the number of people flirting with me actually increased when I started to wear more clothing (Imp uniform pants + Imp uniform boots + white trim lined shirt = very nice Jareth-esque costume). My guess on that is that people assume that most dancers in very skimpy clothing are played by guys, so when I started to dress in more covering outfits it must have kicked some sort of subconcious guy-brain thingy and made them say "Hey, she's actually a girl!". Or something, I don't know. I have enough trouble understanding how I think, much less guys.

Attempting to get back on topic, just talk to them. If they flirt too much, ignore them. Or point them at a dance-bot. The dance-bot in my cantina usually gets all the /licks and such. Maybe that's why they don't bother me. They're too busy licking her.