Welcome to Gaia! ::

The knot slipped apart. "Hah, got it!" Corabell cheered. She unfolded the cloth, revealing a several layered box. "Father owns Kiremono Shipping, a mostly-muggle shipping company. They're starting to expand into the magical market, but most of the magical expansion so far has been in the Asian markets," Corabell told Rowan.

Pulling the lid off of the top layered box, she grinned. "Looks like Turkey this time," she said happily. "This is Börek, a type of savory pastry with thin layers of pastry and fillings. This over here is Su böreği, it has just feta cheese and parsley and a little olive oil. These cylinders are Sigara böreği, they have feta cheese, potato, parsley and it looks like minced meat. The puffy squares are Talaş böreği, they have lamb and peas. These little spiral ones here are Gül böreği, they're spicy," Corabell said, pointing out the different types of food in the topmost dish.

Corabell grinned and ate one of the Gül böreği, spices stinging her tongue. "The Gül böreği might be a bit much, but if the Su wasn't too bad, you might like the Sigara, they are very similar, just with potato and minced meat," Corabell encouraged Rowan. "If you don't like lamb, you won't like the Talaş, but if you like lamb, you might like them."

Corabell picked up one of the squares of the Talaş böreği, nibbling at the treat. "And to answer your earlier question, yes, Father and Mother travel around to inspect the various shipping centers, to make sure that things are actually running like the local managers say they are. Sometimes they travel separately, to cover more ground, and before Hogwarts, we children often used to travel with Mother and Father as well. I traveled most often with Mother, when the family split up," Corabell said.

The air was chilly but the castle made it seem warmer than it probably was. The large stone structure often seemed to have some manner of presence about it. Standing out in the clock tower courtyard Ronyo found himself enjoying the bit of nostalgia he was getting from the return trip. Even with it being purely business the trip was worth it just for the memories. Spotting Ada on a bench Ronyo thought of how best to approach the girl, after all he was a graduated adult now, the fact he was there already would provoke questions. Not wanting to alarm the girl Ronyo made his steps audible and moved just into the girl's peripheral vision.

"Nice weather isn't it? Makes me really miss being at the school anymore," Ronyo turned and smiled as he walked over to sit on the same bench as Ada but still a good distance away, "I'm not sure if you might remember me, I'm Ronyo Storm," A hand moved out should she wish to shake it, "I was a student here about two years ago. You're Adalaide Blythe correct? I know this may sound really odd but I was wondering if you would be so kind as to help me out with something? You see I'm a private detective now and I'm working on a case I think I'm about ready to solve. However a few pieces elude me and you might be able to help."

The young girl's innocents and appearance was such a drastic difference to Michelle. Ronyo knew there was an interesting story about how they became friends but that was for another time. Seeing the puzzled expression follow Ronyo could tell the girl had no idea about the situation Chris was possibly in or rather that Chris had not informed her about any of his past. With a smile Ronyo adjusted his hat so Ada could see his eyes better.

"Let's start simple for now. At the Circus masquerade ball you were with a young man, who you danced with yes? Could you tell me that young man's name by chance please?"