[color=fff79a]"A-ah?"[/color] Marise frowned. Well, she would loathe some innocent person to get in trouble simply because of some silly laws the ruling class here uses to keep themselves in power. [color=fff79a]"Mhm. I'll handle it, then."[/color] Marise said, taking a final bite of her food and standing. [color=fff79a]"Livia, be a dear and handle the payment, would you?"[/color]

[b]"Ah, no need miss Fiore...those two from earlier have paid for your meal."[/b] Gerald said, walking over. [b]"It seems the young miss left quite the impression on them." [/b]

[color=fff79a]"Oh? Well...we'll have to give them our thanks then."[/color] She glanced a look over to Livia.

[color=bc8dbf]"Fine, fine,"[/color] She grumbled, setting her teacup on the table.[color=bc8dbf] "We'll go 'help' them then."[/color]

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[b]"Thank you for your cooperation, miss."[/b] The guard replied, going through the purse a few seconds. After a minute or so of a thorough look, he handed her the purse back. [b]"Keep those under watch, miss. Pickpockets are rampant these days."[/b] He chuckled.[b] "Though if you're any good with that odd blade of yours I wouldn't expect you to have much trouble with that."[/b] He turned to Charlotte, giving her a quick look over. They seemed compliant enough, and likely wanted this to be over with just as much as they did, judging from the fact they didn't look too deeply at Himeko's belongings.

She didn't really have anything she could give to placate, them though. Her cloak? Its where she kept her valuables. She had it specially made to not only have dozens of pockets and compartments in it so she could keep her potions in, there was also the fact it was treated to be fire resistant.

[color=a187be]"Hm, very well..."[/color] She sighed, removing a few pouches of items from her belt. First rule as an alchemist, you should always have ingredients and potions on you in case you needed to make something on the fly. [color=a187be]"I think you'll find everything in order. Just a few plants and materials for study."[/color]

The guard went through the pouches, frowning a bit. No doubt he was finding things that weren't from the area. Preserved snowgrass, snowhawk feathers, and rock-ice from the caves beneath Astril. It was lucky she didn't have any particularly...macabre, items with her. Animal hearts. Rabbits feet. Frog eyes. All useful in potion making to some extent. That was definitely something she'd get in trouble for having here, likely.

[b]"Hmm...you've come from a long way, then."[/b] He finally commented. Likely he didn't recognize most of the items, but he didn't seem like he was done just yet. It likely raised a few more questions than answers. [b]"Where'd you say you were from, miss?"[/b]

"From the north." She replied with a stern tone

[b]"Hm...very well, I'll need to inspect that cloak of yours too."[/b]

Well shit.

Charlotte frowned. She'd need to see their reaction before doing anything drastic.