With every step I take in life... I leave something important behind. My journey started off simple enough... A simple craving to learn more about the outside world.
This simple desire that plagues most youth took me away from the save haven that was my parents castle... to the distant shore of Nippon. There... I would lose something that most women consider their greatest gift, their purity. Once, on the verge of finding love... a deep seated fear of being trapped over came me.. I fled...
Stormy waters took me to the Kingdom of the Sands... Ireem... While I had the chance to explore, my adventure did not truly start into I entered the harem. It was due to my past experience as an Oiran that I was able to enter as a Concubine. In turn... I gave up my personal time to offer pleasure to members of the court... to train new girls... My main goal of the time was to help the now former Valide.
I slowly began to take more comfort in my art, and sought to move on. My reason? I no longer felt needed... I felt greater joy in putting art on canvas then my normal duties as a concubine... So, I moved on... and became a court artist.
In retrospect... I cannot help but wonder if any of it was really worth it? I am still young, so at this point I cannot say. Regardless, my mind is still as fickle as a story sea. There are still so many paths I can take... how I long to settle for the stable rode
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