The Geisha and the Gaijin (Rheastar and Cpt Corto Maltese)
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				Title: <strong>The Geisha and the Gaijin (Rheastar and Cpt Corto Maltese)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chou chou rheastar</strong> on <strong>11-09-2009, 15:57:53</strong>
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				Kukiko had been sold into one of the many geisha houses when she was only four years old, starting out a simple servant girl she quickly grew into a beautiful woman and Geisha. Learning the ways of the Geisha was hard and trying, especially for one not liked as Kukiko, who was considered too pretty by the other Geisha and especially to the Oiran to be safe from their scorn. <br><br>She was seldom visited by men of good stature and had become to be known as the Geisha who was only seen by the gaijin who tended to come and stare at the Geisha as if they were fancy birds in a cage. She did not mind the way those gaijin looked but they never spoke to her, simply stared and whispered in their odd language. She had tried learning a little in secret, for the others would laugh if they knew she wished to know English. Kukiko longed for an adventure of her own, and a man who would come to her and give her the purpose that her life had lacked since she was a child. <br><br>She longed for a life with meaning beyond endless ceremony and loneliness, but the only way for that to happen for Kukiko was to actually get a man who wished to visit her more than one night like she was some exhibit in an art gallery. But for all her longing she was still naïve to the world and lived fairly sheltered since the gaijin who visited her seemed only to wish to stare and whisper in awe at her from a far.<br><br>Late in the middle of Autumn, the fires lit in the lanterns and people were starting to line the streets of the Geisha’s district. As the screens were rolled up and the Geisha’s of her house were revealed to the men waiting on the street, Kukiko occupied herself by trying to guess who would be the first to leave with their patrons. She wore a dark maroon kimono over a layer of white and a layer of pink, the heavy brocade kept her warm and was tied with a white and gold Obi, tightly around her slender waist. Her hair done up with silver picks that had silver bangles hanging down the side of her face she also wore a vibrant orange maple leaf in her hair which contrasted against the stark white makeup&nbsp; of her face and neck.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Geisha and the Gaijin (Rheastar and Cpt Corto Maltese)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Captain Maltese</strong> on <strong>13-09-2009, 17:40:27</strong>
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				Captain Richard Hewitt had been restless, on yet another late night of being holed up in a ratty boarding house in the foreigner's district near the quays of Osaka. His ship the SS Leicester was in a dry dock undergoing extensive repairs after an unfortunately accident in the river mist with a korean junk; the damage after the collision required practically dismantling half the ship, but the builders had deemed the hull salvageable and the insurers were paying less for hard local work than they would have to for a replacement british ship and the captain suspected his company's local agent of pocketing a bit of the money saved... but he wasn't going to moan too loud provided the ship he got back was as good as it had been before the collision.<br><br>But he had been restless, and the otherwise very amiable company agent had taken him on an evening tour of the pleasures available in the foreigner's district. Agent Senju had immediately noted the captain's look at one of the first women they had passed on the street and Richard had politely declined offers to hit one of the streetside brothels... after seeing the quality of the women hanging around the entrance. He had been on the sea for two months and was not unknown with such port city establishments neither in England nor on other coasts...but he wasn't a base sailor either and had certain minimum requests. Such as cleanliness. After Senju had shared a dinner with him and attempted to interest him in a kabuki theatre that was going to last 'at least four hours, Captain-san!' the man had eventually steered him to a house of geishas and explained in a few words that those girls were the best female company that Osaka had to offer a reasonably well off man on the move... and then taken his leave with a smile and a wink. <br><br>The girls that Richard had found himself staring at in uncomfortable solitude were not so much exotic as alien in a beautiful way, like butterflies in their silk kimonos and with painted faces. He tried to see the women or guess their age behind the makeup and costumes and sheer racial exoticness that made them even more alike, and after a while he simply gave up... but there was one girl in a maroon kimono that caught his eyes, mainly because of the look in her own. It was strangely innocent considering what he expected of her trade, and nowhere as jaded as some of the others. The curve of her lips seemed sweeter too - he had decided.<br><br>Now he was sitting on his knees in front of the mama-san, unsure of how to proceed. The captain was no veteran of this coast but he knew enough of this culture to bow slightly to her first. "Ummm. I would like to rent... the girl in the maroon dress?" He could only hope she spoke english.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Geisha and the Gaijin (Rheastar and Cpt Corto Maltese)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chou chou rheastar</strong> on <strong>13-09-2009, 17:51:00</strong>
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				The mama-san stared at the foreigner with the slightly glazed look of someone who is wondering what to say to someone she knows she cannot communicate with. She was a fierce old woman with hair starting to turn grey, she sat on a cushion with a low laqured table next to her and a long pipe in her hand that held a cigarete smoking at the end. She stared at the man for a long time after he spoke and then shook her head, standing up with a creak and steps down into the doorway, stepping into a pair of sandals. She grabbed the captain's sleeve and pulls at it to indicate he follow her and she stands in front of the open wall where the onlookers can see and beg to talk with the Geisha gathered there.<br><br>"Dare?" she waved her hand at the girls as if to say, which one. And then she took her own hand and point a pointing gesture at a few of the girls and then raised her eyebrows. Some of the male servants could speak English and one had been sent for when the captain walked in but he had not arrived yet so Mama-san would make do with lots of gesturing and faces until he got there. Kukiko noticed the foreigner with interest and unfolded her fan to hide her face behind as she looked at him.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Geisha and the Gaijin (Rheastar and Cpt Corto Maltese)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Captain Maltese</strong> on <strong>13-09-2009, 18:08:25</strong>
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				Inwardly, the captain sagged as he was face to face with the girls once more. While her word made no sense to him the arm movement did. It was as if he was renting a horse for a ride... which in a way was the case. Gritting his teeth and resolute on making this as short as possible, he pointed with a finger at the girl in maroon. "That one." He was upholding british manners by carrying a stern look, but gave the girl a brief smile none the less before turning back to the mama-san.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Geisha and the Gaijin (Rheastar and Cpt Corto Maltese)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chou chou rheastar</strong> on <strong>13-09-2009, 18:11:18</strong>
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				As the man pointed Kukiko could hear the other Geisha's start to laugh at her and she ducked her head behind her fan farther, missing the man's smile at her. She didn't care what they thought but felt more ashamed at their laughter for his sake than her sake. Mama-san narrowed her eyes at the foreigner just as the servant who actually spoke some English came trotting up and bowed low to Mama-san and the man.<br><br>"You want only entertain? Or want all night?" The man took over for Mama-san, the old lady simply standing and watching, saying sharp things in Japanese every once in awhile. "Cost more for spend night."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Geisha and the Gaijin (Rheastar and Cpt Corto Maltese)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Captain Maltese</strong> on <strong>13-09-2009, 18:19:56</strong>
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				This kind of haggling was more familiar to the captain, either it had been for a whore or a horse or supplies - direct and clear. He automatically assumed the man was asking if he wanted just a short ride or to spend the whole night in bed with her. What other kind of entertainment was there? Considering how blue his balls was he wasn't sure he really needed more than a quickie, but then again he wasn't particularly looking forward to returning to the boarding house yet, why not? He nodded to the man. "All night." He paused, giving her a second look. She sure was small compared to him. "If she can take it."<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Geisha and the Gaijin (Rheastar and Cpt Corto Maltese)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chou chou rheastar</strong> on <strong>13-09-2009, 18:24:01</strong>
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				And this of course is where translation error tends to foul things up, the man meant it would cost more to have sex with the girl and spend the night and entertainment was being served dinner, conversation, and music, not sex. He nodded rapidly, which meant he had no clue what the captain meant by her being able to take it but was to polite to say he didn't understand and mama-san barked out something to Kukiko in Japanese. The girl gracefully stood, looking at the captain over her fan before turning and walking slowly out to get ready to meet him in the room assigned to them.<br><br>"2,0000 yen for one night, 1,030 yen include dinner and bath." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Geisha and the Gaijin (Rheastar and Cpt Corto Maltese)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Captain Maltese</strong> on <strong>13-09-2009, 18:36:55</strong>
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				Richard was slightly taken back for a moment. 20.000 yen for a ride? Sure, dinner and bath was a pleasant surprise as addons, but the prices that had been shouted at him back at that streetside brothel had been a tenth of this. His eyes narrowed. Of course. Mama-san was going to skin him because he was a foreigner. Plus, this was just another market... which meant haggle. shaking his head firmly, he waved the price aside with a hand and then lifted all fingers. "Ten thousand. She doesn't look THAT pretty." 
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				Post by: <strong>Chou chou rheastar</strong> on <strong>13-09-2009, 18:41:04</strong>
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				The other girls broke out into peals of laughter again, understanding the word pretty and not and waiting to tease Kukiko with it when she comes back. Mama-san narrowed her eyes and snapped something at the man before tilting her head. The man looked at the captain and then pointed at one of the older more jaded looking girls before speaking.<br><br>"She 10,000 yen, more experience. Other is pure, price more for all night." With his limited english he tried to convey that the price was large because Kukiko was a virgin. Mama-san simply shook her head, on this she would not haggle. You could go down to the docks and get a port whore if you wanted to haggle, that was not what Geisha were for.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Geisha and the Gaijin (Rheastar and Cpt Corto Maltese)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Captain Maltese</strong> on <strong>13-09-2009, 18:54:43</strong>
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				The captain gave the other girl a look. He could barely tell her apart from the first except for the color of her kimono, and her smile was pretty too. The eyes, though... he looked back to the first as the man mentioned she was pure. Did he mean she had no illnesses? No, they'd hardly let their customers know if any of their other whores were carriers of something nasty. A new thought made him blink. Could she actually be a virgin? That would explain the price, and her eyes too... and it also meant she'd be even tighter than asian girls in general. Yes, he had had a taste earlier, in Korea. On the other hand, a virgin wouldn't carry anything virulent either - and wouldn't it be nice to be the first one for once? He nodded to the man. "Very well. 20.000."<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Geisha and the Gaijin (Rheastar and Cpt Corto Maltese)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chou chou rheastar</strong> on <strong>13-09-2009, 19:02:35</strong>
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				The man nodded and quickly money was exchanged before Mama-san lead the Captain to a japanese style room (after having him remove his shoes at the front door and place them in a shelf by the door). She knelt and opened the sliding door that was made of wood and paper and ushered him in, closing the door behind him on an empty room with a table laid out on a floor of tatami, a cushion in front of the table where he was to sit, and a huge spread of traditional japanese food laid out for him.<br><br>As soon as the door closed it was opened again and Kukiko stepped into the room with a low bow, kneeling inside the door and closing it before facing the man who she would be sharing the night with. She did not know if he knew she was supposed to serve him his meal and his drink, or if he knew anything at all about Geisha but was not going to speak first until she knew if he could speak Japanese. 
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				Post by: <strong>Captain Maltese</strong> on <strong>13-09-2009, 20:02:06</strong>
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				The experience of attempting to communicate with the owner of this place made the captain fatalistic about his chances of being able to talk with the girl he had just rented. He looked at the selection and nodded, more to give a show of approval than anything else as he could not recognise most of the items offered. Sitting down somewhat clumsily on the cushion - hadn't they heard about chairs in this country yet? - he took his time to look around first at the exotic food, then at the room and then on the girl he had paid to open before the night was over. She looked like a doll... for a moment he wondered how old she was. He couldn't read her face at at all. Still, he was going to chat with her as if it would make sense to her, more for his own comfort's sake than for anything else. Looking over the dishes he saw a bowl with something that could be meat, and picked it up and ladled a bit over on his own platter. "This looks good. I guess it goes with rice." With a tiny sigh he took the rice bowl and put some of that on his platter as well... the boarding house was serving rice at every meal and he was missing potatoes on the menu. Wise from other encounters he was wary of helping himself to any of the sauces. Richard smiled to his companion. If she needed to be put at ease, he couldn't tell. "I guess the cook knows what he is doing, right? ...What is there to drink?" Then he held the two sticks together like a plank, scooped up a small amount and took a taste.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Geisha and the Gaijin (Rheastar and Cpt Corto Maltese)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chou chou rheastar</strong> on <strong>13-09-2009, 22:40:31</strong>
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				Kukiko's eyes widdened when he started to serve himself and forgetting herself for a moment she stood and reached out a hand to stop him from eating. Settling on her knees next to him and placing a hand on his wrist she smiled slightly up at him with a hesitant and apologetic look.<br><br>"I am meant to serve you, your dinner. It is part of the service." She smiled again apologetic and hoped he would not take offense to her touching him without his permission. She smoothed her kimono around her knees and then settled more easily on the side of the table. "Many of these things are meant to be ate in a certain order." Her English was soft and a little hesitant, the only other person she ever spoke to being her mirror. Her slender, white hands were deft as she served him a selection of the fresh fish and a heavy curry along with the rice and some tempura. <br><br>"Do you drink sake, sir?" She looked up at him with wide, sweet eyes, and held the cup and bottle up to show him what she meant.
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