How It All Goes Down
- Sayuri feels awkward returning to Kyoto from the Baron's. Being stripped by a perv will do that to anyone, even a geisha.
- Her strange mood is lifted slightly by a poster for Dances of the Old Capital. The dance she'll be in.
- Not only is she in the dance, she's on the poster. That's why the artist Uchida has been drawing her.
- The dance festival begins a few weeks later.
- The first piece is called "The Morning Sun on the Waves." Geisha portray wind, sunlight, and water. (Sayuri plays the role of Captain Planet.)
- Nobu and the Chairman are in the audience, and Sayuri performs her role perfectly.
- During the final week, Nobu brings Sayuri a gift: a luscious red ruby to give to Mother to settle some of her debts.
- Mother is shocked the ruby was for Sayuri, not Mameha.
- A few days later, the bidding for Sayuri's mizuage begins.
- Mother calls a doctor to verify that Sayuri is intact. She is.
- That's no surprise to us, but what happens next is: Mother says she will not adopt Pumpkin; she will adopt Sayuri. Whoa.
- Hatsumomo is furious at the news.
- Sayuri feels bad for Pumpkin, though, and she asks if Mother can adopt them both.
- Short answer: nope.