Word Help Please

[PariahSolo]

Greetings all,

I am working on chapter 26 of XSFGC (Chapter 24 is done and I need to look over some suggestions a non-Beta made for it and Chapter 25 is with the non-Beta right now) and I need some help with a name of two monastery's that I am having one of the characters be sent to. The first monastery is a place were females are sent to learn all about pleasure (ie the ultimate prostitute school) while the second school is a secret sub-school of the first where they teach females to kill their target with sex).

Since they are in China, i want the school to have an artsy fartsy style of name like Fallen Lotus Petals (instead of getting a color belt to show their skill, they get a petal of various flowers tattoo'd on their body). Currently the secret sexual assassin school is called Fleeting Blossom which if you are like me can agree that both names blow chunks.

So, can anyone suggest something better?

Thanks,

Albert - PariahSolo - eastwoodaen

[Gryffindor_Slytherin]

Greetings all,

I am working on chapter 26 of XSFGC (Chapter 24 is done and I need to look over some suggestions a non-Beta made for it and Chapter 25 is with the non-Beta right now) and I need some help with a name of two monastery's that I am having one of the characters be sent to. The first monastery is a place were females are sent to learn all about pleasure (ie the ultimate prostitute school) while the second school is a secret sub-school of the first where they teach females to kill their target with sex).

Since they are in China, i want the school to have an artsy fartsy style of name like Fallen Lotus Petals (instead of getting a color belt to show their skill, they get a petal of various flowers tattoo'd on their body). Currently the secret sexual assassin school is called Fleeting Blossom which if you are like me can agree that both names blow chunks.

So, can anyone suggest something better?

Thanks,

Albert - PariahSolo - eastwoodaen

Hi Albert,

I understand the need to have an artsy name, but both names, especially "Fallen Lotus Petals" sound incredibly fake. Alas, these types of names would be acceptable in a fantasy world, though not be realistic. Such artsy names are common in cartoons, anime, movies, etc. Realistically, monasteries wouldn't condone what you're suggesting they be used for...they're like churches in a sense... China has a lot of mountains and quite a few of them are named after said mountains. Most Chinese (Buddhist) monasteries are not translated into English, but rather uses Pinyin instead. The exception would be the Badachu 八大處 "The Eight Extraordinary Places" in Beijing and the norm, Hanshansi 寒山寺 in Jiangsu Province.

A list of important Buddhist monasteries in China can be found here at the bottom of the page:

http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Art/Pagodas/pagodas.html

Good luck,

Gryffindor_Slytherin