Tyki said
your female is a waitress isn't she? then intro her relaxing on the island or working on the ship or something *forgot what your male char was*
Nope, she has a male char only.
Here's what you need to know (because I have an attention to detail and I'm trying to fix any gaps in plots/chars)
To evenly distribute characters and such, I suggest Azure not be one of the friends, and instead become a person who got a free paid vacation (due to injury (like your original first post), or not). Then, Vilo (FoxFire's char), is moved to the friends category, which would therefore make your character arrive on the ship in the intro.