Thursday, January 17, 2008

Tonight I played as both Petunia and Bailey in the same places
  • Pier
  • Philosophy House
  • Neva Naughty
I think of Pier as a "neutral" zone. It's a heavily trafficked, very diverse atmosphere. The most popular are of the place is the dance floor where a wide variety of music is played and the people are very friendly. It is heavily staffed with DJs and bouncers and very respectful. Tonight, both Petunia and Bailey were greeted by staff. Petunia received a compliment on her name. Bailey danced "in sync" with a friend named Mette. The two didn't communicate.

Philosophy House is a location frequented by the more unique avatars. There is a fox avatar that is a regular guest as well as a man dressed as Robin Hood and a tall pink alien with angel wings. Petunia was greeted by two of the guests and maintained small talk with one. Bailey was greeted by one guest and was not spoken to after that. She was not the most scantily clad avatar, though. There was one more conventionally "hot" avatar in the Philosophy House tonight. She was not active in the discussion, though.

The biggest difference between the two avatars' experiences tonight was at Neva Naughty. This is a very adult location that encourages sexual activity with strangers. There are different pose balls all over with various sex acts labeled. I am very very uncomfortable in this room, especially as Bailey. Petunia was IMed privately by two male avatars. One asked if she was latina, the other said, "Wanna f***, pixie?" I didn't respond to either. Bailey, on the other hand, was propositioned by a number of male avatars. After initially running into someone while resing, he responded with objectifying language: "Nice tat" and "Nice ass." Another asked me to a threesome. Another used the age-old line, "Come here often?" which amused me but ended the conversation with "If you get horny, call me." In 15 minutes, Bailey was IMed privately by four different male avatars.

As Bailey, I feel compelled to giggle in my private IMs. I use the phrase "hehe" a lot more than I do in regular conversation. I feel as though Petunia's speech is more similar to my own.
I am very shy as Petunia. When propositioned in Neva Naughty, I did not respond. However, with Bailey, I would always respond with something generic because I don't want to encourage graphic behavior, but I want to see how the other avatar goes about initiating it. It's much easier research when playing as Bailey, but I HATE the attention she gets. I can only play as Bailey for so long before I get anxious and upset.

Lastly, I'm pondering what to do about chat transcripts. I've started saving them but I hate to post them as they use the characters name. I suppose I'll compile a folder on my harddrive.

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