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Sayuri folded and re-folded her kimono sleeves during the helicopter journey; through nerves and to stop herself from chewing on her nails. She could hear her heart in her ears, the noise of the blades and the engine adding to her general panic. Oh and the fact that the pilot was a man, and not Japanese, and so was the other passenger! Onesan had mentioned nothing about her flying with men as she went to start her new life with her Danna. But she would be brave, she would keep smiling..and she would try not to fall on her face when she left the helicopter when they arrived. She ventured a swift sidelong gaze at the other passenger before looking steadily ahead again, waiting for when they landed.

He had spoken to her! So now what was she to do? She looked at him properly for the first time, noting the colour of his hair and his oddly wide eyes. What did he mean by working? Well yes, she would probably entertain friends and working colleagues of her Danna-san, that would be work of a kind. She offered a small nod, pointing to herself.
'Satoharu Sayuri,' she looked at him once more then turned her head.
'Please not speak, sankyu.' and that was all she would say. They had to be almost there...

Some birthday.

None of the staff had noticed. Well, unless you counted Davidson, one of his new, 'junior' labtechs who had been sucking up since he was assigned into Sabin's team. And Sabin didn't count him.

His plan had failed.... or at least experienced some serious setbacks. Billy had not been nearly persuasive enough to lure Aubrey to his side. He had been so certain that it would have worked. But drughead Billy had managed to, instead of pulling her in closer, in pushing her further away - showing Aubrey just how much of a skeeze he was, and how little options she really had with him and a future.

Moreau's meddling hadn't helped.

Sabin had wanted to speak Personally with Moreau - whisper suspicion into his ears during Aubrey's.... "punishment". And build his suspicions. But like any time when Moreau was entrenched in anger... he locked himself away from everyone.

And then, of course, Aubrey had to go and get herself hurt. So she was back. HE didn't yet know to what effect, but it was likely going to be a full reinstatement knowing Moreau. He'd seen neither hide nor hair from either of them since Aubrey had returned.

So, of course, there had not been any mention of his birthday from him. Just.... likely shoved back to number three.

And here he was, doing the welcome routine. Forgotten.

Sabin had glanced over the paperwork. At least they might prove to be interesting... if nothing else.

As the helicopter crested over the island and sunk down to the landing Pad, Sabin adjusted the tophat perched on his head, holding it steady in the face of the whipping winds of the landing chopper.

Straightening his tie, and brushing the stirred dirt off of his dark, antiquated suit, Sabin strode forward to greet the newcomers - an amusement-part architect, and supposedly an honest-to-God modern Geisha.

Sabin tipped the brim of his hat with a smile to the passengers, and extended his hand to the woman. "Welcome to the Island."

Gaius set down his hefty luggage behind Sayuri to offer the strangely dressed man a smile and handshake in turn. He definitely had to be one of the park staff, judging from the ridiculous tophat and the whitened hair. "It's a pleasure and honor to be here!"

Sayuri paled at this doctor's words, not that it was noticeable under her face makeup. Was he, could he be the Danna-san that her onesan had said was so rich, important and handsome? She panicked, an uncertain smile on her face.
'Sankyu,' she finally managed to say, as she followed him. She wavered a little, but still managed to keep her balance.
'Diseases?' she asked, slipping back into her native tongue.

Sabin gave a dismissing wave of his hand to the concerned note echoed in both their voices - one understandable, and other he assumed.

"Dengue fever to be precise. It's not lethal... usually. But you might wish it were with the hemmhorag..." He trailed off. "I'm sure you don't want me to go into the details. But lucky for us, there's a vaccination. I can drive you down to the labs for that before I get the two of you settled into your residencies."

After seeing them and their things into the jeep, Sabin took his own seat behind the wheel, starting the engine, and setting off down a dirt road through thick jungles. The road was barely wide enough for the jeep to slip between low branches. The leaves brushed the side of the open-topped jeep frequently, though the white-haired man seemed unphased.

"Satoharu-san, as... I believe you have been told... your education will be completed here before you will be expected to... fullfill your duties. But I have heard many a splended word from your Okiya." He let a smile spread across his face and glanced quickly back to her before directing his attention to Gaius.

"And Mr. Harper, I'm quite enthusiastic about your imaginative designwork! We've got quite the project underway, and I trust your skills to really give it the grandoise presentation that it deserves. Did... the hiring agent tell you much? I tried to emphasize the importence of secrecy of our project."

The jungle scenery was a wonder to the man who'd lived most of his life in the urban sprawl. It was even better than anything he could pick up on the Discovery Channel!

He nodded to Sabin's explanation of the fever, probably something local. Best not to go into the details for the lady's sake. He listened with interest as Sabin talked with the foreign girl. The park had to be quite well funded to be able to provide homeschooling for the younger actors! At the mention of his own work, Gaius's smile broadened into a positively boyish grin. "You really like it? I'm hoping to be able to get to work on some rough blueprints once I get a look at what you have already." He chuckled, eyes darting up at the bit of blue sky between the fronds. "Your agency definitely kept a tight lip on everything; I'm not even sure what the theme of the park is!"

Sayuri wasnt sure about that, but she wasnt going to bring up her mishaps to the person that was possibly her Danna. She merely nodded her head, the hair ornaments jangling a little as she listened to him talking to the other man in the vehicle. At the end of his words he pulled the jeep up and parked. She looked around, curious as to the design of the buildings.
This was an odd place to continue her lessons, she wondered how many more Geisha were here. She waited to be let out of the jeep.