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 Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:41 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 are firm like the ground they walk upon, but their beauty never hardens. Instead, it is as if the earth is their eternal beauty and vitality. The women of this okiya are like Roses from the Earth. As you enter the Tsuchinobara 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 11:09 am
Mother:
1. (You may pretend you have a mother here until one is ordained. She'll be an NPC character that may be played by all. Refer to her as "Okaa-san" at all times.)
Head Geisha:
1. Nitta-san - played by Nitta
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Supporting Geisha:
1.Momoko Chiba - played by tehamanda (taken test)
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Maiko:
1. Ai Shiteru - played by PsychoLeCemu13 (taken test)
2. Keiko Suguyo - played by Kyuketsuki06 (taken test)
3. ? - played by Aeris Seraphim (taken test...need to add profile)
4.Murasaki Sayomi- played by Aoi Shinu (taken test)
5.Ookami- played by Ookami_sama
Maids:
1. ? - played by Raynemew (taken test...need to add profile)
2. Saiyuki- played by Idiosyncratic Bagel (taken test)
3. Naomi Takashi- played by Tocal_Byrne (taken test)
4. Haru Sasha- played by Darkness_Haru (taken test)
5. Setsuna- played by AngelDust_lili (taken test)
6. Koyuki Sakuya - played by Netsuke (taken test)
7. Shuri Hitaio- played by Sakuto-kun (test taken)
8. Saori Annako- played by 502Otaku_Kiram (taken test)
9. Michiyo Ma-San- played by Miss_Michiyo (taken test)
10. Kirei- played by Angel Yuna-chan (test taken)
11. Hanaya Kinjo- played by Milaria (test taken)
12. Yaki- played by sunset_maiden (test taken)
13. Nagai Fusae- played by Shoujo-no-Anime (test taken)
14. Nakazaki- played by Goth-Girl666_5 (test taken)
15. Nikita Sakiyama- played by xAmarante (test taken)
16. Kioku Ueki- played by Rogue-dono (test taken)
17. Shuro Hagata- played by ~Shuro_Tsukasa~ (test taken)
18. Shiori Ookachi- played by Artemis_R (test taken)
19. Kaname Nakaura- played by Take-me-as-i-am (test taken)
20. Momiji Fujimiya- played by 9Momiji_Fujimiya9 (test taken)
21. Yumiko- played by Suke_Kawamoto (test taken)
22. Miaki- played by rabbit sushi (test taken)
23. Chihiro- played by foxxy_love_sugar (test taken)
24. Nakamura Ai- played by ChibiAiChan (test taken)
25. Noshimori, Midori- played by Nileregwen DoUrden (test taken)
26. Karasu- played by KitsunekoChan (test taken)
27. Natsumi- played by MaikoChopstix
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:11 pm
Mother Profile:
(When someone wants to play the mother of this okiya, her profile will be placed here. For now, though, anyone is allowed to play the mother for various tasks around the household. Especially the geisha.)
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:12 pm
Head Geisha Profile: -Character Name: Nitta-san
-Your Screen Name: Nitta
-Geisha/Maiko/Danna/Patron : Geisha
-Birthday : October 15
-Character Description/Personality: Her long black hair, traditonal of that of a geisha, contrasts with her bright green eyes, not standard for a geisha. She is quiet much of the time, but willfully voices her opinion when she feels the need. Nitta tries to be kind and fair to all those around her (even though that is sometimes difficult). She is not sure whether in the future she wishes to marry or own an okiya of her own.
-Character Background : Born to a geisha, Nitta has been raised to be a geisha her entire life. Her mother died several years ago in a fire and she never knew her father because he was a foreign dignitary who never knew of her birth. She is now trying to find a danna in order to further advance her dancingg career.
-Character Picture : 
-Okiya/District Location :
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal): Water
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:13 pm
Geisha Profiles: -Character Name: Momoko Chiba
-Your Screen Name: tehamanda
-Birthday (year optional): 06/25/????
-Character Description/Personality: pink hair, blue eyes. Shy and quiet, eager to please. Loves music. 4'10"
-Character Background: Momoko's mother was a geisha and she always wanted to follow in her mother's foot steps. From the age of 2, her mother was teaching her the ways of the maiko, but she died before she was able to finish her lessons.
-Character picture: http://www.swiss-japan.org/guide_jp/gallery/photo/maiko.jpg
-Favorite/Preferable element: Water
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:14 pm
Maiko Profiles: -Character Name: Ai(Love in japanese) Shiteru
-Your Screen Name: PsychoLeCemu13
-Geisha/Maiko/Danna/Patron (please choose only 1):Maiko
-Birthday (year optional): October 31
-Character Description: Ai has long black hair, which is usually put up in elaborate styles. People rarely see her wearing her hair down. She has a couple fans that she carries with her at all time. Both are black and have the Kanji for 'Love' written on them. She wears an odd assortment of kimonos.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): There isn't much to know about her really. She will tell you about things when she feels like it. Nothing in her past was too eventful to be honest anyways.
-Character Picture (SMALL picture or put a picture link. If it is an image here, though, its size must be approved by Nitta or preferably Mahika b/c Nitta knows nothing about pic sizes): AI
-Okiya/District Location (Will be told to you...not needed for patron/danna): Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal): Air-Anything else: she keeps a pet snake named Mao.
-Character Name: Keiko Suguyo
-Your Screen Name: Kyuketsuki06
-Geisha/Maiko/Danna/Patron: Maiko
-Birthday (year optional): May 24th
-Character Description/Personality: Quiet, Reserved, not good with other people, likes animals, wants to have her own life. White hair and red eyes.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): Keiko was abandoned as a baby at an Okiya. She is said to be the child of another Geisha who had to get rid of her on the danna's orders. Geisha usually looked down on her for her strange appearence
-Character Picture: http://growhair2.web.infoseek.co.jp/Photos/Ooedo0404/Fubuki04040404.jpg
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal): Fire
-Character Name: Murasaki Sayomi (Murasaki being the surname)
-Your Screen Name: Aoi Shinu
-Birthday (year optional): June 18
-Character Description/Personality: Sayomi is a shy, quiet girl who rarely speaks out of term. She tends to keep to the shadows and is quite obedient. One of her favorite pasttimes is wandering out into the gardens at night, simply to bask in the glow of the moon.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): Sayomi never knew her parents. It is believed that her mother probably had her at a very young age and left her at the geisha house. Sayomi has never known any world but that of the geishas, and is content in staying that way.
-Character Picture (Not required. SMALL picture or put a picture link. If it is an image here, though, its size must be approved by a crew member): http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/danelia/Maikos.jpg
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal): earth
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Anything else: Sayomi is something of a dreamer, and this is usually the only reason that she would be scolded for not paying attention.
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:15 pm
Maid Profiles: Username: Idiosyncratic Bagel
Character Name: Saiyuki
DOB: May 3, 1985
Personality: Clever, sneaky, graceful, independent, seductive, and dignified.
Background: Saiyuki was born into a poor family and had always wanted to do something with her life.
Picture: Click
Favorite Element: Air
Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
Maid Profile Submission Form:
-Character Name: Naomi Takashi
-Your Screen Name: Tocal_Byrne
-Birthday (year optional): November 9,1987
-Character Description/Personality: Hyper, Romantic, Gullible, Nice, Caring, Random, Unique, Childish and Cute
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!):
Once a poor girl, was sold to a slave trader at the age of 3 in exchange for food, having grownup with daily beatings and rape, finally escaped when she was 15, not having anywhere to go, began to live in the Street pickpocketing, pickpocketed a Geisha in trading once but was caught, taken to the Geishas Training home, was then taken in to be taugh the way of the Geisha.
-Character Picture (Not required. SMALL picture or put a picture link. If it is an image here, though, its size must be approved by a crew member):
http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/300W/images2.deviantart.com/i/2003
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal): Earth
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Anything else: Loves to Dance
-Character Name: Murasaki Sayomi (Murasaki being the surname)
-Your Screen Name: Aoi Shinu
-Birthday (year optional): June 18
-Character Description/Personality: Sayomi is a shy, quiet girl who rarely speaks out of term. She tends to keep to the shadows and is quite obedient. One of her favorite pasttimes is wandering out into the gardens at night, simply to bask in the glow of the moon.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): Sayomi never knew her parents. It is believed that her mother probably had her at a very young age and left her at the geisha house. Sayomi has never known any world but that of the geishas, and is content in staying that way.
-Character Picture (Not required. SMALL picture or put a picture link. If it is an image here, though, its size must be approved by a crew member): http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/danelia/Maikos.jpg
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal): earth
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Anything else: Sayomi is something of a dreamer, and this is usually the only reason that she would be scolded for not paying attention.
-Character Name: Haru Sasha
-Your Screen Name: Darkness_Haru
-Birthday (year optional): May 18th
-Character Description/Personality: Sasha is a young maiden who is kind, quiet, and shy. Her hair is long and black, and her eyes are a steely grey.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): She had lost her parents to a fire and live with her aunt for her remaining childhood years.
-Character Picture (Not required. SMALL picture or put a picture link. If it is an image here, though, its size must be approved by a crew member): N/A
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal): Earth
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara okiya
-Anything else: Nothing. Only that I hope I did this the right way. ::Bows::
-Character Name: Mei Mei Kaahi
-Your Screen Name: Gyirzj
-Birthday: March 18th
-Character Description/Personality:
Appearance
Hair: Coagulated Red
Eyes: Grey
Skin: Pale
Build: Slender but firm
Height: 5'3
Personality:
She is very wise and can be deceptive if she must, but prefers to be gentle because she is naturally kind hearted.. maybe overly much. The term "beware the patient man's anger" applies itself well with her, for she can hold a grudge forever. Her voice has a lilting sound to it, like a lute playing in the breeze of a summer's noon. she also has cat like attributes the result makes her graceful and prim
-Character Background:
She was sold by her parents to a trader who sold her and so on.. she was lucky to be unspoiled.. most likey because of her eyes
-Character Picture:
-Favorite/Preferable element: Fire
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Anything else: animals adore her and somehow communicate (its because she reads their mood nothing magical here sorry)
-Character Name:Setsuna
-Your Screen Name: AngelDust_lili
-Birthday (year optional): March 22
-Character Description/Personality: Long Black/Brown hair ((all the way down to her butt)). Doesn't like confrontation. Do as she is told most of the time.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): Born in a small village in the country. Her parents died when she was 9, ever since she lived with her grandmother. After her grandmother's death she moved to the city to make a living.
-Character Picture (Not required. SMALL picture or put a picture link. If it is an image here, though, its size must be approved by a crew member): http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a182/thaohuynh/Nghia/untitled.jpg
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal): Water
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Anything else:She is very affectionate and does everthing with all her will. She is Passionate to be the best because only then can life be better for her.
-Character Name: Koyuki Sakuya
-Your Screen Name: Netsuke
-Birthday (year optional): October 31st
-Character Description/Personality:Koyuki is a short skinny young woman with beautiful extra long black hair that drags on the ground when she walks. She as bright light brown/honey colored eyes and fair skin, unusually fair for a Japanese woman. Her personality is: she?s naﶥ and blushes easily she?s very polite. She?s deep, secretive and reclusive yet open and honest, strangely aloof but at the same time intensely loyal, brooding and mysterious yet straightforward and unusually direct, humorous yet serious, vengeful yet forgiving, who, in short, seems to be a bundle of opposites all bound up in a deeply perplexing and intriguing personality.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): She was born in Kyoto, the middle child of 5 kids (three boys and two girls). Her father was an omniyouji in Kyoto and took her with him, training her and getting her ready for becoming one herself. She was very focused and built up her skills very well. One day after an assignment she saw a geisha and saw how beauitful and graceful she was she decided to become a geisha though her father was not pleased he supported her in her endeavour.
-Character Picture (Not required. SMALL picture or put a picture link. If it is an image here, though, its size must be approved by a crew member):
1:Koyuki One
2:Koyuki Two
3:Koyuki Three
-Favorite/Preferable element: Ice (that would fall under water wouldn?t it? ^^?)
-Okiya/District Location: (this will be available to you, once you've taken the test)
-Anything else: has a tattoo of angel wings on her back where her shoulder blades are, trying to break the habit of drawing on herself, saving up for a Kimono, loves to help people, needs training in speech (she studders when nervous), expresses herself in her drawings and hand movements
-Character Name: Shuri (Shoo-ree) Hitaio (Hee-tie-ow)
-Your Screen Name: Sakuto-kun.
-Birthday (year optional): July 12.
-Character Description/Personality: Quite anti-social, but will speak when it's nesesary which normally it would be in the life of a soon to be Geisha.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): Shuri Hitaio was once taken from her family and raised with other people who cleary did not respect her at any level. Now she begs for a new home in a good respectful Okiya.
-Character Picture: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/Kiori2004/kimono05.jpg
-Favorite/Preferable element: Fire.
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Anything else: Very shy, often stumbles over her words in embarassment.
-Character Name: Saori Annako
-Your Screen Name: 502Otaku_Kiram
-Birthday (year optional): Jan 8
-Character Description/Personality: Saori has shoulder-length dark brown hair (one of the few traits left by her European father), expressive chocolatey-brown eyes, and a relatively slender build. Her features are only slightly above average, but her personality more than makes up for it. Saori is open, makes new friends quickly and does her best to please, but has a disappointing tendency to be clumsy. She picks up on new ideas quickly and is always respectful to her elders and those around her.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): Saori came from a relatively normal family, with one younger brother, and was fostered off to become a geisha after her mother died. Admittedly, she's starting rather late, but she really wants to learn to become part of the willow world.
-Character Picture (Not required. SMALL picture or put a picture link. If it is an image here, though, its size must be approved by a crew member): http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs7/i/2005/156/4/8/Geisha_by_Hanesihiko.jpg
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal): earth
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Character Name: Michiyo Ma-San
-Your Screen Name: Miss_Michiyo
-Birthday (year optional): January 1st, 16 years old
-Character Description/Personality: Michiyo is very quite despite her shyness she wants to become a geisha. She has long black hair and bright green eyes. She is very loyal and hard working.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): Her parents were killed when their house burnt down. Because of Michiyo's beautiful green eyes and striking features she was taken in by one of the Okiya Mothers. Now she lives to become a beautiful geisha.
-Character Picture: http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/1363/tek051231fc3a901sm.png
her clothes will change when her rank goes up.
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal): Air
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Anything else:
-Character Name: Kirei
-Your Screen Name: Angel Yuna-chan
-Birthday (year optional): December 10th
-Character Description/Personality: Humble, attenitive, careing, respectful, kind. Her skin is fair, her eyes are a soft green. she has auburn hair, which is wavy when not up. she wears a light pink kimono with white blossoms on it.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): She was a good little girl, the youngest in a large family. the only female child of the family. Her parents were killed in war. Her older brothers had gone off to fight in the war, and so she and her younger borthers who were not old enough for war were left to hide. Kirei wondered off from her brothers one day, and was left alone.
-Character Picture (Not required. SMALL picture or put a picture link. If it is an image here, though, its size must be approved by a crew member): I'll try to get one drawn soon.
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal): Air
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Anything else:
Character Name: Hanaya Kinjo; "Silk flower"
Your Screen Name: Milaria
Birthday: Feb. 16; Dragon
Character Description/Personality:
It was rare that an ugly child came to Gion. Only the most beautiful would become geisha and okiyas looked for the best in Japan. Thus, Izukmi came to Gion. Even as a child she ranked among some of the prettiest, although it would be years before anyone noticed.
Her facial features worked well with each other, each piece complimenting the other. Her eyes were a simple brown with flecks of green spattered in the iris. The flecks were nearly impossible to see and would only be visible through close observation. Her eyes were evenly spaced beside a thin, less prominent nose. Not too big or too small, it blended in unobtrusively. High cheekbones, thin brow and face all worked collectively in her favor.
Her height continued to increase with age. Seven years old, she was a healthy 4'5". It wouldn?t be long before she broke five feet.
Life as a maid kept her in shape, and her frame remained thin as the months passed.
For now, her personality remained innocent and childlike. As she aged she would become more cold and difficult. Confidence in herself would eventually lead to a cruel disposition, but for the time being she remained humble and friendly.
Character Background: Born in Okinawa, Izumi was practically born for the life of a geisha. Her parents were simple people. With the help of her father's successful cloth company her parents sent her to the better life she deserved. She was sent to Gion at the age of six to begin life in an okiya.
Character Picture: I was too lazy to find a maid or maiko picture, so here is my geisha picture. Behold!
Favorite/Preferable element: Chi (Earth); strongly ruled by stubbornness, confidence and resistance to change.
Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
Anything else: Um, let's see, this isn't character related, but I would like to get it out in the open. I would really appreciate it if no one used my geisha picture. I searched through the entire guild applications to see if anyone else had it and was so relieved to see that no one else had claimed it. So please don't take it. I am not so much demanding as I am begging. I mean, technically it isn?t stealing because I don?t own rights to the image, but it does seem a bit unethical.
Your Screen Name: sunset_maiden
-Birthday : October 11
-Character Description/Personality: She is trying to become a kinder gentler person. Is fairly softspoken but that doesn?t mean she doesn?t have specific ideas
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): Not able to remember many things of her past but a few things do stand out. One thing in particular, a man with long red hair and kind eyes. Having no where else to go she is trying to become a geisha.
-Character Picture : http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/6293/yaki0db.th.png
-Favorite/Preferable element: Water
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Anything else: She likes purple, cherry blossoms, and sunsets
Maid Profile Submission Form:
-Character Name: Ookami-san
-Screen Name: awayuki05
-Birthday: Aug. 24
-Character Description/Personality: She appears calm and somewhat dim but inside she is always trying to find a way to relize her dream.She can easily blend into the shadows and can be very dangerouse (sp?) in any situation. Hince the name ookami meaning wolf. Day dreams almost constantly. Wishes to be an animal and be free. Loves to write musically
talented.
-Character Background: Father died at sea and mother died giving birth. Ookami was taken in by her neighbor who forced her to cut her hair and pretend to be a boy. While her neighbor was out fishing his eldest son brought a women here who he sold Ookami to. He later told his father that she ran away. Ookami is disgusted that a mere boy has made her one step further from her true dream of freedom.
-Character picture:
-Favorite/preferable element: Earth
anything else: loves animals prefers to be in an okiya that excepts atleast a cat or dog.
-Character Name: Nagai Fusae
-Your Screen Name: Shoujo-no-Anime
-Birthday: June 27th
-Character Description/Personality: She has long, silken black hair (usually tied in a single ponytail which rests over her shoulder) and deep ebony eyes. Her skin is the color of creamy honey and has little, if any, flaws upon it. She's an affectionate soul and can often be quite outspoken and forth-right.
-Character Background: Fusae was born to a rice farmer and his wife in the year of the Rooster. Her family was not small though, for she was born third in a line of seven children. As she grew older, she realized that it was hard for her family to keep up with expenses. When she reached the age of 16, she left home in order to help her family as well as support herself.
-Character Picture: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/Shoujo-no-Anime/Gaia Things/geisha.jpg
-Favorite/Preferable element: Mizu (water)
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Anything else: A true lover of sake, being born to a rice farmer. She also enjoys mochi during the moon gazing festival.
-Character Name: Nakazaki
-Your Screen Name: Goth-Girl666_5
-Birthday (year optional): 6/6
-Character Description/Personality: Very quiet, and nice. Depressed alot. Enjoys being japanese.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): Family killed
-Character Picture (Not required. SMALL picture or put a picture link. If it is an image here, though, its size must be approved by a crew member): http://www.anime-extreme.net/imagegallery/albums/anime/girls/kimono/girlkimono_10.jpg
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal): fire
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Anything else:
-Character Name: Nikita Sakiyama
-Your Screen Name: xAmarante
-Birthday: March 21
-Character Description/Personality: Said to have an excessive amount of fire in her personality, Nikita is a rather fiesty girl, witty and has a natural ability to charm others. Her quick temper and mouth have gotten her many a place, as well as removed from places.
-Character Background: Nikita was born in Nara Otsu, a town not too far from Tokyo. Her mother died in childbirth, leaving a greiving widower. Her family had been a modest one, extravagantly weathly or poor, but when the war hit, her father had very few choices, and decided to sell her off as a maid, one less mouth to feed.
-Character Picture : http://animevisions.net/Pictures/kimono/Kimono30.jpg
-Favorite/Preferable element: fire
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Anything else:
Character Name: Kioku Ueki
-Your Screen Name: Rogue-dono
-Birthday (year optional): February 15
-Character Description/Personality: shy, outgoing, funny, generous, sneaky, sly, easily amused, secretive, enjoys life in general, very traditionally Japanese. Has long baby blue hair and crystal blue eyes. 4 foot 9.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): Was born in England but grew up in Japan after being separated from her twin brother and sister. has a very violent past. prefers to keep to herself about her past but will tell when she knows she can trust someone. (skipped grades)
-Character Picture (Not required. SMALL picture or put a picture link. If it is an image here, though, its size must be approved by a crew member): (I dont have a picture yet...I dont have someone to draw for me!)
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal): Water
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Anything else: enjoys music and realxing and practicing kendo
(would also like to help with ninja/samurai missions)
-Character Name: Shuro Hagata
-Your Screen Name: ~Shuro_Tsukasa~
-Birthday (year optional): July 25
-Character Description/Personality: Shuro is a brightl happy-go-lucky girl. She is generous and will do anything for the ones that she calls "friends." She tends to speek her mind, but she can control her mouth when in the presents of a Okiya-mother, Geisha or a Maiko. She has exelent manners. Shuro tends to make mistakes once in a while, but quickly corrects them. She looks at life as the cup is half full, and even in hard times, she thinks positive.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): She came from a fairly basic family, but was treated badly for speeking her mind. She had been separated from her family, bye being sent to her mothers sisters and her sister had been sent to a Okiya. Shuro had never seen her sister after that. Now, after a few years, she was sent to an Okiya to make a living for herself. Now she's working in her Okiya, as a maid and hopefully a geisha.
-Character Picture (Not required. SMALL picture or put a picture link. If it is an image here, though, its size must be approved by a crew member):~Shuro Hagata~ (( She has blue eyes insted of amber))
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal): earth
-Okiya/District Location:Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Anything else: When her family became unable to support their home life, Her sister was sent to an Okiya and Shuro was sent to live with her mothers sister. She was givin a small madalion, a gold circle with a blue gem in the center that has a gold dragon in it.
Maid Profile Submission Form:
-Character Name: Artemis_R
-Your Screen Name: Shiori Ookachi
-Birthday (year optional): December 25
-Character Description/Personality: shy/funny/curious about alot of things-long,
straight black hair and blue eyes.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): casted out by her father
after her mother was killed by the landlord for being behind in taxes. To pay back
her fathers debt she was forced to work as a geisha.
Element: metal-Character Name: Kaname Nakaura
-Your Screen Name:Take-me-as-i-am
-Birthday (year optional): January 27th
-Character Description/Personality:
Shes a sweet girl, pleasant with a cute smile. Kaname has Long black hair, and Hazel eyes. She can be quite a fighter though, if she is provoked (but she trys to be very lady like). Shes has a meduim size frame, not to tall, but not short. She is funny and laid back ( when she needs to be, she's more enforced)
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!):
Born in california, moved to Japan when she was 3. Mother and father passed away when she was two. (thats why shes in japan). Lived with her grandparents.
-Character Picture: http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e256/Subito2/geisha3.jpg
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal):
Earth-Character Name: Momiji Fujimiya
-Your Screen Name: 9Momiji_Fujimiya9
-Birthday: January 7, 1986
-Character Description/Personality: Momiji has long brown hair and emerald green eyes. Unlike most japanese women, Momiji has a natural tan. Born under Capricorn, an earth sign, Momiji is down to earth, easy going, understanding, and very sweet. She loves spending time outside.
-Character Background: Momiji came from a poor family and was sold into geisha-hood by her father. She has the utmost respect for them, even though they did that to her. She understood what was going on, even at the tender age of five.
-Character Picture:
-Favorite/Preferable element: Earth
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Anything else: Momiji has the biggest heart anyone could ever have. You can't help but fall in love with her child like wonderment and thirst for knowledge.-Character Name: Yumiko
-Your Screen Name: Suke_Kawamoto
-Birthday (year optional): March 23,1988
-Character Description/Personality: slightly tom-boyish, though can be feminine when needed.
-Character Background : was orphaned at a young age. Was raised in an orphange and often fought with the other children. Discovered she was the illegitmate child of a powerful shinobi.
-Character Picture: none
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal): metal
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Anything else:thank you for allowing me to join this guild. -Character Name: Miaki
-Your Screen Name: rabbit sushi
-Birthday (year optional): 11/14
-Character Description/Personality (no more than 5 sentences, please!): Quiet, caring and kind. Likes dancing and cooking.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): Grew up in Chiba, daughter of a poor family. Loved caring for her sisters. Decided to go to train as a maiko.
-Character Picture:
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal): Water
-Okiya/District Location: (this will be available to you, once you've taken the test) I don't know wether I shouls fill this in.
-Anything else: Not really, just that I hope someone is online!-Character Name: Chihiro
-Your Screen Name: foxxy_love_sugar
-Birthday (year optional): June 7th
-Character Description/Personality (no more than 5 sentences, please!): Chihiro can be a bit of a loud mouth when talking to those she is comfortable around, but she is shy and quiet around everyone else.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): Chihiro is the middle child out of 3 children. Her older brother is a Samurai, she is an aspiring Geisha, and her sister still lives with the parents, since she is only 11. Her family is middle class, not poor, not rich, but can afford the things needed in life and a little more.
-Character Picture (Not required. SMALL picture or put a picture link. If it is an image here, though, its size must be approved by a crew member):
http://www.animegalleries.net/img/159044
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal): water
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Anything else: Secretly loves to swim.
Usually walks around with her hair in a low ponytail.
Loves flowers.-Character Name: Nakamura Ai
-Your Screen Name:ChibiAiChan
-Birthday (year optional): june 14
-Character Description/Personality (no more than 5 sentences, please!): She is very shy. She does not overstep her bounds and does as she is told. Her eyes are brown with a small hint of green. Her hair falls down her back to her bottom. Her age is 14.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!): Since Ai was five she has been part of an okiya. Her mother had been all she had prior. Unfortunatly her mother passed away.She had no other realative and lived in a poor neighborhood. A neighbor found her wandering on her own and figured he could use a little cash.
-Character Picture (Not required. SMALL picture or put a picture link. If it is an image here, though, its size must be approved by a crew member):http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/31548974/
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal): earth
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara okiya
-Anything else: n/a-Character Name: Noshimori, Midori
-Your Screen Name: Nileregwen DoUrden
-Birthday: June 10th
-Character Description/Personality: Midori has a fondness for nature, but she also has a passion for the arts. Calligraphy, Poetry, and Music are her loves. She can be quite at first, shy and closed, but once you get to know her, Midori is quite the talker.
-Character Background: Midori came from a family who, after many long years, allowed her to follow her dream of Geisha. Her mother, Noriko, had once dreamt of Geisha, but was never presented the chance. Now, thanks to her father, Toshihiro, Midori has been given that chance.
-Character Picture: http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8910/hama191cs.jpg
(it's actually an image of Hama, Chisaki who played Mizuno, Ami in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon)
-Favorite/Preferable element: Earth/Wood
-Okiya/District Location: Tsuchinobara Okiya
-Anything else: I do hope you do not mind a frequent use of Japanese. I will, however, always provide translations in an OOC at the end of my posts when it's used however. Unless of course it's "Hai" or "Iie" because I think those are just usually common knowledge.
Maid Profile Submission Form:
-Character Name: Karasu
-Your Screen Name: KitsunekoChan
-Birthday (year optional): June 23rd (Charaster is currently eleven)
-Character Description/Personality (no more than 5 sentences, please!):
Always humble and kind outside, Karasu avoids open conflict. She is a curious girl and prefers knowing everything that's going on about her. Her ambition is subtle rather than agressive and she's a bit of a perfectionist.
-Character Background (no more than 5 sentences, please!):
Karasu was born to a family with relations to geisha world, so becoming a maid in an okiya was more than a natural solution. She had little skill with what his father crafted, shamisen, and certainly some knowledge of geisha as she started. At the present, she certainly is trying to make her way deeper into the world she grew up beside.
-Character Picture (Not required. SMALL picture or put a picture link. If it is an image here, though, its size must be approved by a crew member):
-Favorite/Preferable element (Water, earth, wood, air, fire, metal):
Water.
-Okiya/District Location: (this will be available to you, once you've taken the test)
-Anything else:
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:16 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 8:40 pm
Ai was seated on her futon(bed). She was fully dressed in her usual clothing. (Look in the profiles) Her eyes slid over the empty room. She hoped things would not continue to be this boring every day. Being a Geisha was an exciting idea to her. She wished for another geish to come soon to be her onee chan. That would please her. To be taken under the wing of an experienced Geisha. A bloomed flower. Right now Ai was a blossom. A very small blossom she figured. And when she became a full-flegded Geisha she would be a flly bloomed flower.
Ai sighed at the thought. She was a dreamed. A definate dreamer.
She ran her fingers through her lengthy black hair. Ai hadn't put it up yet. She was feeling lazy this morning. Nor was she wearing any make up. "Hmm..."
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:22 am
PsychoLeCemu13 Ai was seated on her futon(bed). She was fully dressed in her usual clothing. (Look in the profiles) Her eyes slid over the empty room. She hoped things would not continue to be this boring every day. Being a Geisha was an exciting idea to her. She wished for another geish to come soon to be her onee chan. That would please her. To be taken under the wing of an experienced Geisha. A bloomed flower. Right now Ai was a blossom. A very small blossom she figured. And when she became a full-flegded Geisha she would be a flly bloomed flower.
Ai sighed at the thought. She was a dreamed. A definate dreamer.
She ran her fingers through her lengthy black hair. Ai hadn't put it up yet. She was feeling lazy this morning. Nor was she wearing any make up. "Hmm..." Nitta knocked at the door to Ai's room. "Excuse me, Ai. I'm Nitta. We haven't met and I just thought I'd introduce myself since we will be living in the same okiya."
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:40 pm
Keiko folded her futon up and set it in the corner. She took a seat before a mirror and looked longingly at the bottles and brushes lain down in front of her. She was dressed plainly not liking to draw much more attention than she already got with her white hair and red eyes. She brushed a hand over her face thinking and let out a sigh. Being new she wasn't sure what to expect especially since the last Okiya she came from wanted her gone so badly even when she was just a baby.
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:39 pm
Kyuketsuki06 Keiko folded her futon up and set it in the corner. She took a seat before a mirror and looked longingly at the bottles and brushes lain down in front of her. She was dressed plainly not liking to draw much more attention than she already got with her white hair and red eyes. She brushed a hand over her face thinking and let out a sigh. Being new she wasn't sure what to expect especially since the last Okiya she came from wanted her gone so badly even when she was just a baby. Nitta crossed the hall to the next room and knocked on the door. "Hello? Keiko? Might I speak with you?" Nitta waited outside the closed door for an answer.
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:45 pm
Keiko jumped and knocked over a bottle and quickly put it upright again. She flushed red and called out. "Yes Ma'am?"
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:48 pm
Kyuketsuki06 Keiko jumped and knocked over a bottle and quickly put it upright again. She flushed red and called out. "Yes Ma'am?" "Oops! Sorry for startling you! And you don't have to call me 'ma'am'. My name is Nitta! I just wanted to introduce myself and welcome you to the okiya!" Nitta smiled at the girl only a couple years younger than herself. "If need any help, just ask me!"
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:52 pm
nitta Kyuketsuki06 Keiko jumped and knocked over a bottle and quickly put it upright again. She flushed red and called out. "Yes Ma'am?" "Oops! Sorry for startling you! And you don't have to call me 'ma'am'. My name is Nitta! I just wanted to introduce myself and welcome you to the okiya!" Nitta smiled at the girl only a couple years younger than herself. "If need any help, just ask me!"
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