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 Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:38 am
All women are thought of as delicate and beautiful creatures. These women of the geisha culture are said to be some of the most beautiful flowers that are present. They blows past like the winds of a gentle spring breeze, but their beauty never withers away. Instead, it is as if the wind they blow from is bringing them eternal beauty and vitality. The women of this okiya are like Dandelions of the Wind. As you enter the Kazenotanpopo Okiya, the layout seems quite similar to most. You take off your shoes and slide into the slippers provided. The downstairs contains the kitchen, the maids' quarters, as well as where the maiko sleep. There is the room where geisha can choose to take their tea and dine in, as well as two extra entertaining rooms for the purposes of honored guests that come over. As you walk up the stairs, you see five bedrooms where different geisha sleep, as well as the last one to the left where Mother sleeps. The head geisha sleeps in her own room, the room across from Mother's resting place. The other geisha are content to share the other four bedrooms provided. If you choose to walk outside, you will see a wooden pathway that leads to the telephone house. A receptionist is always there to take down the appointments of the geisha, as well as keep tabs on whether they are trying to sneak out inappropriately. Please don't post in okiya other than your own, unless you are granted a special invite from a geisha at that okiya. No maiko may invite another maiko to an okiya. Geisha may invite whomever they please. Keep all cybering and things PG-13+ out of this guild. Thank you!
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:12 am
Mother:
1. Okaa-san- Miss_Feline_Tenticle
Head Geisha:
1. Tora Sohma- played by Lady Tora
Supporting Geisha:
1. Hara- played by Meldisse
2. Serena- played by Dea and #Teddy#
Maiko:
1. Yuri- played by -.HinataAoi.-
2. Akime-chan- played by aki-mizu
3. Airi- played by sillypumpkingirl
4. Daisuke- played by Cuite_little_devil
Maids:
1. Rikku- played by 19-aerith-91
2. Misaki- played by CRAZY-ALLIE-KAT
3. Hikari- played by [[CandiedxMisfit]]
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:52 pm
Mother Profile:
-Character Name: Umemi Endoh
-Your Screen Name: Miss_Feline_Tenticle
-Birthday: 06/10
-Character Description/Personality: Kind. loyal, friendly yet strict and professional
-Character Background: Umemi has studied alot and has read alot so she is well informed and has majored in history
-Character Picture: Umemi has long black hair, green eyes, fair complexion, petite and curvy build
-Favorite/Preferable element: Water
-Okiya/District Location: Kazenotanpopo Okiya
-Anything else:
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:54 pm
Head Geisha Profiles:
-Character Name: Tora
-Your Screen Name: Lady Tora
-Birthday: June 7th
-Character Description/Personality: Tora is shy, sweet, kind, artistic, gentile and scared: her biggest fear is dissapointment. She has long, silky black hair, ocean blue eyes, and is short and kind of rounded. Tora can always be found wearing a pink kimono.
-Character Background: Since the age of five Tora has been raised to be a Geisha. Her mother and her grandmother were Geishas, so Tora is expected to follow the tradition. Because of her personality and how she was raised, she doesn't know how to rebel; but, in fact, she loves this life!
-Character Picture: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/Tora-chan/geishatora.jpg
-Favorite/Preferable element: Water
-Okiya/District Location: Kazenotanpopo Okiya
-Anything else: Did I metion Tora loves this life? She loves the finer things in life and studying the arts all day!
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:55 pm
Geisha Profiles: - Character Name: Hara ~ Chiaki - Your Screen Name: Meldisse - Birthday: 10/27/85 - Character Description/Personality:Redish Brown hair, Green/Gold eyes, ht. 5'8, Milky White skin She has a kind & Gentel nature...But a little bit of a wild child in her as well... - Character Background: Her Mother is a seamstress, Father a fruit stand owner at the local village market... She would watch her mother work on Kimonos for Geisha in the other villages.... and as she got older her father would tell her stories of a poor young man and a Beautiful Geisha...(these stories he told where about him and his frist love...she would not learn that part until years later) Because of her fathers stories this is what gave her the passion to want to become a Geisha... - Character Picture: http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a129/jezzebeller0cks/__Geisha_by_Selenys.jpg- Favorite/Preferable element: Wood - Okiya/District Location: Kazenotanpopo Okiya - Character Name: Serena Cherryblossom - Your Screen Name: Dea and #Teddy# - Birthday: April 4th - Character Description: black hair in pig-tails going down to her butt, blue eyes, and in a pink kimono. - Character Background: Serena and Sayuri grew up together. Serena is the middle child of three girls. She lives iwth her parents who have trouble making ends-meat, so she works to help threm. - Character picture: ((as soon as I can find someone to draw one for me)) - Okiya/District Location: Kazenotanpopo Okiya - Favorite/Preferable element: air - Anything else:
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:56 pm
Maiko Profiles:
-Character Name: Yuri Aoi
-Your Screen Name:-.HinataAoi.-
-Birthday: January 25th
-Character Description/Personality: Blue eyes, brown hair, wears glasses, quiet and knows her place but will get upset when forced into a tough situation.
-Character Background: Born from a mixture of and Kitsune. Came from a well to do family on mother's side, Her mother being one of the heads of her kitsune clan. Father was murdered after the town found out he was married to a kitsune demon. Family had always disliked the delicate child and so sold her off to a young priest who happened upon the village. Priest held a great fondness for her as he raised her. They traveled across Japanas a loving father and his daughter for years always ariving back in Osaka where she loved to play with her friend Hatsuharu for long periods of time, Be fore the priest gave her to the Tsuchinobara Okiya believing it was the best he could do for her.
-Character Picture: Yuri
-Favorite/Preferable element: Water
-Okiya/District Location: Kazenotanpopo Okiya
-Anything else:
-Character Name: Katyasha
-Your Screen Name: Katyasha_Jack
-Birthday: 12-2-77
-Character Description/Personality: She is smart, strong, brave, gentle, and nice to all. Also she looks like Inuyasha but she has a tail and her hair is lighter.
-Character Background: She is the daughter of the great white demon dog of the west. She has two brothers and a sister. Also she has a crush on a samurai.
-Character Picture: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/55626075/
-Favorite/Preferable element: Air
-Okiya/District Location: Kazenotanpopo Okiya
-Anything else: hates to be called a mutt and has a sword.
-Character Name: Airi
-Screen Name: sillypumpkingirl
-Birthday: March 18
-Character Description/Personality: A shy and sensitive girl at first, Airi quickly warms up to everyone while minding her own business and minding her station. Pretty quickly she will open up and acts like a child among her closest friends. She hates people talking down to her friends, and will most likely stand up for them.
-Character Background: She never speaks about her past, but from secrecy or not remembering nobody knows.
-Character Picture:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/sillypumpkingirl/1097868802_quizzesred.jpg
-Favorite/Preferable Element: Flame
-Okiya/District Location: Kazenotanpopo Okiya
-Anything else:
-Character Name: Daisuke
-Your Screen Name: Cuite_little_devil
-Birthday: 7-8 -91 (just turned 16)
-Character Description/Personality: Quite, loveing, but very insucure
-Character Background: Back home Daisuke was the butt of everyone's joke she has a very bad stutter and a boys name.
-Character Picture: Daisuke
-Favorite/Preferable element: Earth
-Okiya/District Location: Kazenotanpopo Okiya
-Anything else: Don't make fun of her name, she loves the fact she has a boys name and will tell you...Even if she stutters.
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:56 pm
Maid Profiles:
-Character Name: Rikku
-Your Screen Name: 19-aerith-91
-Birthday: December 10th
-Character Description/Personality: quite clever and a good listener and is quiet around people she has just met but likes to laugh and joke with thoses she knows. Is a very good singer and musician
-Character Background: Nothing very intresting, grow up in a small village and wanted to see what life was like else where and when she came to a geisha district she stayed to become one.
-Character Picture:
http://photobucket.com/mediadetail/?media=http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n152/dolphinknight13/Geisha/Musical.jpg&searchTerm=geisha&pageOffset=17
-Favorite/Preferable element: Earth
-Okiya/District Location: Kazenotanpopo Okiya
-Anything else:
-Character Name: Misaki
-Your Screen Name: CRAZY-ALLIE-KAT
-Birthday: March 5
-Character Description/Personality: She is kind and gracefull. She loves music and also loves to dance. She can be shy and quite. She is a strong person but will only stand up for herself when nessary. Lastly she
loves animals.
-Character Background: She grew up in a small town. Misaki lives with her mother and little sister. She's not close with her family but does help her mom with getting money and food. One day while she went out to sell things from her mothers garden and she saw a woman , she had a beautiful kimona on one like she had never seen before. A woman from the town spotted Misaki staring at her in wonder, she had told her who she was and what she does, she told her that she was an artist, then Misaki knew that she wanted to become a Geisha.
-Character Picture: http://s193.photobucket.com/albums/z10/xXAllieKatXx/?action=view¤t=lotus_by_anaRasha-1.jpg
-Favorite/Preferable element: Water
-Okiya/District Location: Kazenotanpopo Okiya
-Anything else: I am much gratefull and happy that you let me join. Thank you!
-Character Name: Hikari
-Your Screen Name: [[CandiedxMisfit]]
-Birthday: February 9th
-Character Description/Personality: Hikari is 5'5" with naturally pale skin, gold-blue eyes and long jet black hair. She has a gentle disposition and will help out anyone who is in need with no questions asked. She is not easily fooled with mind games and will stand strong for what she knows is not right.
-Character Background: At a young age Hikari was taken from her family in order to pay for their debts. She was sold to her Okiya and was only meant to be a maid. But once she caught a glimpse of the gorgeous and graceful Geisha's she wanted to become a beautiful Geisha one day just like them.
-Character Picture: Click Me <3
-Favorite/Preferable element: Fire
-Okiya/District Location: Kazenotanpopo Okiya
-Anything else: No
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:57 pm
Definitions of the Okiya Mother, Geisha, Maiko, and Maids:
1.Okiya Mother: The Okiya Mother, or Okaa-san as you are REQUIRED to call her, is the head of the okiya. She paid for each maid, maiko, and geisha in this okiya. She is the head accountant and has the last word on everything that goes on in the okiya. Anyone who goes against her wishes may be thrown out of the okiya at a moment's notice. Don't disappoint her.
2. Geisha: Geisha are not prostitutes! In Japanese, "Gei" means "arts" and "sha" amounts to the "ist" of a profession (ex. Dentist, artist) which therefore makes a geisha an artist. What arts? A geisha is trained in the arts of dancing, singing, musical instruments, a variety of ceremonies, and conversation. They are expected to entertain at high-class parties as well as at public recitals. Geisha only have to answer to the Okiya Mother.
3. Maiko: Maiko are apprentice geisha. The word "maiko" translates closely to the term "dancing girls" and indeed they do dance, but their primary duty is to watch and learn from their elder "sister" geisha on how to behave and perform their arts. Maiko must do as the Okiya Mother and Geisha request. You are also expected to attend the Maiko Training School and take TWO classes
4. Maids: Maids are on the lowest end of the totem pole here. That means, you must do any request that the Okiya Mother, the Geisha, or the Maiko request. Of course, the maiko would be more sympathetic with you, since they themselves were maids first. So, you may even still be friends with some of them. Do your work and you will be rewarded.
Duties/Rules of Okiya Mother, Geisha, Maiko, and Maids:
Okiya Mother Duties:
Accounting: You must do the accounting for the okiya. That means, keep up with the treasury. Most of your posts in the okiya should deal with encouraging the geisha, making sure the maiko are on track, and working the maids to the bone. After all, they are all here to make you money. From time to time, you may be asked by a crew member to tell a maid she has proven herself and is now ready to turn into a maiko. These are your duties.
Geisha Duties:
Studies: Everything from shamisen to flower arranging, a geisha is expected to always be learning. They are artists, so be sure to show this throughout all of their actions.
Housework: No geisha is too proper for cooking and cleaning. They will help out in their okiya.
Entertainment: All customers are to be welcomed and made to feel at home. Discussion, humor, singing, dancing, and helping to serve food are all proper ways for a geisha to entertain a patron. Geisha are not expected to bring the tray in, but to call for the maids to get the food. Men are not allowed to pour their own drinks, so a geisha must pour it for them.
Okiya Etiquette: Just as you would not enter another person's home without permission, no geisha may enter an okiya that is not their own without a special invite. If this happens, the geisha will be put on probation and will not receive payments or patron points for that week she is on probation. If a geisha's maiko enters another's okiya, the geisha will be punished as well. So please, keep your maiko in line. Her actions reflect upon you.
Maiko Duties:
Apprenticeship: A maiko is expected to call her sister Onee-chan, which means Older Sister. You must watch your geisha carefully. If you misbehave, your geisha will be punished as well. She may decide to drop you at any time, if this happens. Dropped maiko will have to start from scratch with patron counts.
Studies: Everything from shamisen to flower arranging, a geisha is expected to always be learning, so a maiko is in training for this. You are also expected to attend the Maiko Training School and take TWO classes
Housework: No maiko is too proper for cooking and cleaning. They will help out in their okiya. You are more like maids, who are training to become geisha. Though your studies are tough, you are expected to do all that is in your power for the geisha in your okiya. You will be the ones to help clean up after them. They are very messy and you are expected to learn their ways, as well as clean them up.
Entertainment: All customers are to be welcomed and made to feel at home. Discussion, humor, singing, dancing, and helping to serve food are all proper ways for a geisha to entertain a patron. Maiko are expected to help out, even if it means bringing over trays of food to the patron. Men are not allowed to pour their own drinks, so a maiko must help pour it for them.
Okiya Etiquette: Just as you would not enter another person's home without permission, no maiko may enter an okiya that is not their own without a special invite...from a geisha only. If this happens, the maiko will be put on probation and will not receive payments or patron points for that week she is on probation. Your Onee-chan will be put on probation, as well. If you don't want to be dropped from apprenticeship, I would expect you to behave.
Encouragement: You will be assigned a maiko, to whom you will be responsible pm'ing when she does not post. If the maiko resigns her position in a pm to you, alert a crew member immediately through a pm. We need to keep the profiles up to date and, if a maiko resigns, then we need to take that profile down.
Maid Duties:
Posts: Number your posts, so that we can see how many you have
Cleaning and Errands: Clean your okiya. This is what the majority of your posts should pertain to. When the Okiya Mother, a Geisha or a Maiko asks you to do something, ask no questions and do as you are told. You are a lowly maid who has just joined the okiya. Respect them, because all three positions are over you. Though, report any abuse that happens to your Okiya Mother or Head Geisha.
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:02 pm
Serena came in and slipped into her slippers. She was very hungry so she headed for the kitchen.
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:23 pm
Serena got to the kitchen and wondered why it was sooo quiet today. It always made her a little sad when it was this quiet.
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:48 am
((OOC: If the geisha who gets into this okiya has no maiko or wouldn't mind taking on another maiko, I'd be glad to help you get apprenticed Dea. wink ))
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:03 pm
((thanks Ang, much appreciated))
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:17 am
Serena took an apple from one of the bowls of fruit in the kitchen and bit into the side of it.
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:23 pm
Then Serena walked to the front of her okiya and looked outside. She sighed because she was really bored.
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 9:47 pm
"It's finaly happened," Tora whispered to herself. "I'm on my way." She smiled secretly, knowing she'd just honored her mother and grandmother. She sliped her shoes off at the door and instantly a maid came a fetched them. She was very tired, but, the sight of another Maiko jared her. Her upbringing told her look at the floor as to not offend anyone. She did, but she found her eyes drifting back up. She smiled. "Konnichiwa," she said shyly and bowed.
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