>Glance to Momiji: "Well that sounds weird."
>Now let's head Alice-ward. The faeries can follow if they wanna.
>"Unless she means a larger number of bird youkai?" the wolf suggests.
>"Or any number of other winged youkai." Celes adds. "For all we know, this could be an era in which harpies have conquered Gensokyo."
>"Harpies?"
>"A western monster." Celes explains as you take off into the air, heading for, where you hope, Alice's house still is.
>"Bye-bye!" Luna calls after you, waving friendily.
>Sunny, however, yells a warning, "And watch out for zombies!"
>While Flying.What about Momohime?Any distinctive rumours about those kind of association that stands out as helpful to retrieve Aya and perphaps others entrapped,such as an habit,quirk an identificative?
>To ourself,in our mind:"The argument we and Ranka have had...."Begin to ponder the possibility of a more open-minded,wind-disposed and journalistic inclined Tengu society.
>You don't really know that much about the Yamabushi princess, so she has been called, at least not personally. As a Yamabushi, she handles the magical and spiritual aspect of tengu life, and she is known to be friendly towards non-tengu. If anyone of your people would have cause to visit Marisa or any other non-tengu magician, she'd be the one. She's also known to be helpful, overly so, in fact. You don't know if she has any unique skills that would help her track down Aya, or anyone else, but it's a safe bet she'd be willing to try.
>Tengu society has been largely unchanged for centuries. Imagining your people having a different way of life than they do now requires a bit of a stretch of the imagination. But being the youthful, imaginative tengu that you are, It's not impossible. The Dai-tengu would probably have to be the first to change. They're the stodgiest bunch of them all, that's true whether or not Ranka was right about what she was saying or not.
>Ponder similarities between Momohime and the Hinanawi's eldest daughter.
>Well, they both have long hair, you know that much. Different colors, though, Tenshi has blue hair, while Momihime, the last time she was photographed, was a blonde. They're both skilled with a sword, though one prefers a jian, the other a saber. Rumors associated with both indicate they have an affinity with peaches, though the full extent of this has yet to be proven for either.
>"You seem to know a lot about that book, Celes." Momiji says to her as you travel. "What was it that hit us?"
>"I don't know enough yet. But I do know what it was, now. And I apologize to you both." she says, inclining her head. "But it was dormant until we saw that light. My ring didn't give me any signs of what it really was. His traps never do."
