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<blockquote data-quote="Aikuchi" data-source="post: 3259353" data-attributes="member: 38713"><p>---</p><p>If you've ever seen the movie "Sleeping Dictionary" (Jessica Alba), it features a story around British missionaries that are occupying a new region in the jungles of Borneo (south east asia). </p><p></p><p>Partly for education, cultural exchange and understanding, living arrangements were made for the single (male bachelor) foreigners to learn the local language and culture through a selected individual trained in rudimentary English language by the current missionaries predecessors. </p><p></p><p>In effect, the chosen aide "dictionary" as referred to in the movie is also known as the "Sleeping dictionary" because they are trained to provide comfort; sexual or otherwise and help the bachelor understand enough of the nuances of the new culture to assimilate to their western way of life. </p><p></p><p>For much of the perspective, it is a western view on some of the roles that some south east asian native jungle dwellers were pigeonholed when occupied. I suppose that might help in some research for PRC's or variants for your 'Geisha' class. </p><p></p><p>Although, in this case because of the situation of the chosen dictionary, the non-chaotic alignment restriction seems much less likely to apply. The training is rudimentary at best for the chosen but allows skills that blend in both cultures making them more flexible than either in any case. </p><p></p><p>I hope this helps. </p><p></p><p>=^.^=</p><p>---</p><p></p><p>(ps: It tickled me to find out that they shot the movie in my country off the island of borneo. I live on the peninsula, but i'll digress my personal opinions to another time)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aikuchi, post: 3259353, member: 38713"] --- If you've ever seen the movie "Sleeping Dictionary" (Jessica Alba), it features a story around British missionaries that are occupying a new region in the jungles of Borneo (south east asia). Partly for education, cultural exchange and understanding, living arrangements were made for the single (male bachelor) foreigners to learn the local language and culture through a selected individual trained in rudimentary English language by the current missionaries predecessors. In effect, the chosen aide "dictionary" as referred to in the movie is also known as the "Sleeping dictionary" because they are trained to provide comfort; sexual or otherwise and help the bachelor understand enough of the nuances of the new culture to assimilate to their western way of life. For much of the perspective, it is a western view on some of the roles that some south east asian native jungle dwellers were pigeonholed when occupied. I suppose that might help in some research for PRC's or variants for your 'Geisha' class. Although, in this case because of the situation of the chosen dictionary, the non-chaotic alignment restriction seems much less likely to apply. The training is rudimentary at best for the chosen but allows skills that blend in both cultures making them more flexible than either in any case. I hope this helps. =^.^= --- (ps: It tickled me to find out that they shot the movie in my country off the island of borneo. I live on the peninsula, but i'll digress my personal opinions to another time) [/QUOTE]
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