Entertainer Archive

Told from the perspective of Miss A. Yaso, Twi'lek Novice Entertainer

Okay, so there I was, just waiting for the shuttle to Mos Espa so I could finish my deliveries (thanks to certain war-mongering government leaders, the economy here is so bad a girl has to hold down two jobs to make ends meet, but I digress), when this little Rodian guy runs up. Says his name is elf-somthing-or-other. Whatever. I could tell this guy hadn't been on Tatooine too long from the way he was dressed. Fancy clothes, probably from the core. What he was doing in a place like Mos Eisley I'll never know, but running around asking if anyone was an "entertainer" is a good way to get pegged as a mark by the swoop gangs. I'm a charitable girl, so I go up to the guy and say "Yeah, I'm an entertainer", 'cause while I may moonlight as a delivery girl, dancing is where the heart is, if you know what I mean. So he runs up to me real eager-like, and starts asking me if I have any instruments. It took me a second, but I finally realized that he wasn't looking for an impromptu concert, but wanted to buy an instrument. Immediately, he starts making with the kissy-face. Three pecks on the lips, and let me tell you...I don't consider myself a racist, but if there's anything worse than a big wet kiss from a stranger, it's a big wet kiss from a Rodian. Those lips are HUGE! Don't get me wrong...some of the nicest people in a cantina are Rodians...well behaved people, usually. But you gotta have some warning for something like that. So anyway, getting back to the story, I tell the guy that he needs to find an artisan, a craftsman, you know? 'Cause 'entertainers' are the ones who play the instruments, not make them. I also tell him to keep his thank-you kisses on the cheek. So then my shuttle arrives, and I gotta go, but he's still following me, asking me to get him some kind of instrument. Trying to get rid of him before the pilot knocks him out for delaying the shuttle, I give him my comm number.

Big. Mistake.

Actually, I gave the guy a short call after I arrived in Mos Espa just to make sure he was okay. Yeah, he seemed like kind of a jerk, but Eisley can be rough on first-time arrivals. Hell, it's rough on anyone. I can't walk outside of the cantina there without seeing a couple of the local roughnecks duking it out or blasting each other. That's actually part of the reason I took the delivery job to Mos Espa...I need to get away from that place. So anyway, I check in on him, and give him directions to the bazaar so he can buy and instrument. It's a little tough, as he didn't quite hear me the first time when I told him to go to the banking district to find the bazaar (**edit** cellular comms get horrible reception...the techies tell me it's the sandstorms), but he finally got the idea, I think. Then, right out of the blue, and after I just helped him out, he starts asking about when I'll be back in Eisley, and telling me to hurry up so we can hop into bed. Can you imagine? Now, I'm not like some of those other girls you run into, all stuck up and stuff. Nah, to be honest, I'm not totally above a little hanky-panky. But with some off-worlder that I just met? And barely know? Jabba knows what kind of stuff he could have caught on the flight over here, especially with an attitude like that. Call me old-fashioned, but I like to get to know a guy, get the feeling he appreciates me, and vice-versa. This guy barely even managed a thank-you. So I tell him I'm not that kind of Twi'lek (sadly, we're getting a reputation on this dustball) and hang up. Haven't heard from him since, and to be fair, the next guy I met was a handsome Wookiee fellow who really liked my dancing. No tips, but he gave me some refreshments that really kept my energy up. I couldn't have danced that long otherwise. No hanky-panky there either though. See guys? THAT is what a gentleman acts like. Strong, handsome, helpful, and most of all, honorable. Hmm...maybe I should look up that Wookiee when I get back to work...


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Sometimes i hate that too, All your doing is being nice dancing for someone, smiling at them, perhaps blowing a kiss if they tip you and all of a sudden it's a kissfest, sometimes i thnk the Cantina should be renamed the Bordello. No long story but i once was asked by some random guy in the Cantina that i hadn't even noticed yet if i wanted to go "Do it in the cornfield" Are there even any cornfields IN Coronet?

Me and another dancer were in the cantina, ya know, dancing, try to talk with the customers to increase likelyhood of tips, when this guy comes up and starts offering to pay me to go visit him "in his room". i say no. Then i told him if he's gonna be vulgar and rude that he better tip well.

After a while of putting up with his vulgarity, he starts emote kissing me. Then he goes up and punches my friend/fellow entertainer. I slap him and he keeps on being vulgar. I send a tell to the bouncer we had hired a little earlier to come take care of the fellow. When he gets there he challenges the rude person, lets just call him Danilious on the Intrepid server in Mos Espa, to a duel.

Unfortunately our bouncer had been playing his slitherhorn for a while beforehand so his action was close to nothing, so after taking this "danilious" down to about half his health he is killed. Danilious starts gloating and being vulgar and kissing me and punching my friend, so we sit down and refuse to dance until he leaves.

Eventually he does leave, but we decided not to perform because everyone else there had just been standing around watching and not helping us at all. Until one of them tipped me 150, then i started to dance.

Danilious on the intrepid server in mos espa came back later complaining that he was just roleplaying a scoundrel. I tried to tell him that if he wanted to roleplay a scoundrel he would accept that this is how scoundrels are treated.


The lesson in this is to try to hire one of your nice fighter customers to be temporary bouncers and to avoid a jerk named Danilious on the intrepid server in Mos Espa.

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If a watched pot never boils but we're not supposed to leave the stove unattended, HOW AM I GOING TO MAKE MY MAC AND CHEESE?
-Ri'oc Pato, Intrepid server, Mos Espa, Entertainer/Scout/Marksman

I wasn't all really all that annoyed at the guy...it just seemed funny. There we are, in the middle of the street, and he starts kissing me right after he asks for directions. Especially with the animation for kissing, it looked really funny, like he was trying to beg for help. Most of these situations are just too funny for me to take seriously enough to get mad, but I can see how it could get abusive. Then again, every job has the potential for player to player abuse. In cases like these though, I find it's better to find the humor in it.