Post by scarlettdrawlxx on Aug 3, 2008 3:35:00 GMT
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The geisha world is slowly dying. People are no longer interested in traditional arts. They prefer electric guitar to shamisen, skanking to traditional dance, miniskirts and tank-tops to kimono. We have tried everything; from newspaper ads to blimps. If something isn't done soon, the flower-and-willow world will be no more.
After you post your character profile, you'll be sorted into one of three okiya: Ishimoto, Mizuno, or Sasaki, which are in the fictional hanamachi of Hashi-moto.
Stages:
Shikomi
- 0-200 posts.
- Grow out your hair.
- Learn shamisen, dance, tea ceremony, calligraphy, and flower arranging.
- Wear traditional clothing (yukata, zori, etc.)
Minarai
- 200-300 posts.
- Follow your older sister around; observe how she interacts with her customers.
- Continue taking lessons.
Maiko
- 300-450 posts.
- Wears elaborate kimono with long sleeves and a dangling, dramamtic obi with five-inch high okobo.
- Red collar.
- Continue taking lessons.
Geiko
- 450+ posts
- Wears more subdued, mature kimono and a wig instead of using their natural hair.
- White collar.
- Continue taking lessons.
Retirement
- Once you reach 700 posts, you have the option of retiring to run an okiya or open your own teahouse, or continuing on as a geiko.
Needed:
- Heads of the okiya (if you are a leader of an okiya you do not go through any of the stages; you are automatically a retired geiko/geisha).
- Customers (for now I will role-play two or three customers. These do not count as one of your three characters and it isn't mandatory to post a character profile).
**Now with a money system and shops!
