Ah.

Maybe.

She shouldn't have insulted the flying demon-bird-lady, yes that would have been the smart thing to do. Soon, through some sort of trickery she found something knocking into the back of her knees, and another into the top of her head and forcing her into a kneeling position. Being a bit unprepared, she found herself falling forward a bit, with her face a few inches of the ground as the so called Tengu laughed from above. Well this was embarrassing, but at least she had a great view - brain stop that already.

[color=a187be]"Urf what in the name of the havens...!"[/color] She was a little upset. More than a little upset as she stood back up. Just what and the world was up with this Tengu!? Not only was she haughty, completely unashamed about showing off her powers to bully someone, but she had some sort of magic and great legs as well!

...wait a minute one of those thoughts were completely irrelevant.

[color=a187be]"Well excuuuuuse me princess,"[/color] Charlotte grumbled, dusting off her cloak. This Himeko better be glad her potions were securely fastened inside of her cloak in strong, treated glass that woudln't break so easily. [color=a187be]"For not knowing of the likely exaggerated tales of people I've never heard of."[/color] She grumbled, fixing Himeko with a small frown and a glare. [color=a187be]"That aside..."[/color] Charlotte replaced the notebook in her hands back in her cloak. [color=a187be]"Stolen? Hmm...I can't say I can really help with that."[/color] She sighed. How troubling. She had hoped this woman would share her scholarly interest, but no. She was just some haughty noble kid or something from some magical race of bird-brains or something. [color=a187be]"But if you are searching for Harena I suppose our destinations are the same, at least in theory. It will be a bit of a trek though, as I don't even know where it is or what to even really look for."[/color]