All sounds good to me.  I'll start working on the introductory sequence, which as I mentioned before will be played out a little more rigidly than will be later, for the sake of putting the group together.  The short and long being:<br/><br/>Gentatsu and his retinue, arrive at the brothel where the women are working (they're pretty much common harlots at this point, but eventually blossom into geisha once out).  In his initial selection process he scrutinises Eliza's character with some interest, but then chooses the house recommendation, being Kaera.  He hires the entire establishment to keep it free of stragglers and pretty much given all the girls some free time on their hands.  At some point before he consummates his transaction, he meets up with Eliza's character and some conversation ensues (I'm thinking a little for her softer personality, or something that makes him sympathetic to her plight), and some point later he invites her into privacy.  In the morning with some surprise to all parties concerned, the Uesugi buys the contracts of both girls, making them part of his retinue and taking them to Edo castle where the story can start in earnest.<br/><br/>In figuring that this intro sequence will be a good opportunity to flesh out a few background and personality details, and get used to each other's style of writing, so it's okay for it to be a little haphazard at this point.  If there are any further details or concerns, we can sort it out here or by PM.<br/><br/>I should let the both of you know from the beginning that I'm fine with other players playing out my character for me in their posts if they need him to do something (as long as its something in character with what he does, but most importantly leaving the characters thoughts and motivations to me - in short tell me what he does, and I'll decide why he does  ;))<br/><br/>Happy RP everybody!  ;D