Time for the Unusual

[CAMERON CLARKE]

In Beka Cameron knew he had a challenge at all times when it came to be not boring. In this he had several things he had run across he thought were good to keep quiet about in case he ever found a need to blow her mind. In this case he had something that was double; two different things entirely around the corner from each other so if she had done one he had the other as a back up. Upon finding them he had actually patted himself on the back as a double plan had to be better then just a single any day. And besides broomsticks (since carpets were banned and illegal in the UK shame that it was), there was only one wizard known to have ever flown on their own power, the Dark Lord himself.

While Cameron had a couple of possible leads on how that had been done, it was darker paths then he was ready for for sure! He had no real interests in some of the things required to explore that sort of danger and decay. The very fact no one else had been known for it showed most people did not consider it a reasonable risk either so he didn't feel deprived. That made the first thing he wanted to show her far more...attractive to wizarding kind then probably anything else the muggle world had to offer. And while pricey in the muggle realm, Cameron had found that the wizarding exchange rate was really good a few years ago and had stashed money for that very purpose.

That Beka had not yet learned much detail about credit cards he thanked his lucky stars.

Knowing what he was up for, he had grabbed a bag from home after his appointment and gone straight to the activity to get the tickets and pay up front. It was better not to show her the cards again anytime soon and after her recent larceny of his person, he choose to use a locker and make sure there was nothing else she could get access too he might regret. "Probably should just do this anytime I see her" he muttered, locking it both with a lock and a spell trap. Rolling his eyes he went to the restroom and then appirated to a nearby place in the park in question he wanted to use. Postman's Park was a little morbid if you knew it's history which is why it was an excellent meeting space.

Not too many people hung around.

Coming around into the entrance he scanned around as he walked towards the Heroic boards, figuring that was the best place to wait for her to arrive...



REBEKA KOSTELAC

[REBEKA KOSTELAC]

Away from Cameron, Beka almost forgot about him. Almost. She was still disappointed in the piece of paper she snagged from him and not properly investigate what he was doing there, but the distance helped keep it off her mind. It was probably just a regular, boring, grumpy client of his and didn't want her involve since it was his work. There was nothing interested to it. The paper was just him scribbling down the address to get the right one. She even tossed it away, having no use of it. Absolutely uninteresting. His job was boring. He did claim it was just a mean to work his way to something really big, and she wondered what, but she couldn't see yet. She would have to wait. Not being all that good at that, she did the next best thing she could do, push it far away in her memory.

At least he also promised her excitement, and in a near future this time. An hour or so could be an eternity for her, especially if she was asked to gently wait during that time. Luckily, she didn't have to just sit still. He gave her errands as well, and a meeting spot. Not being too familiar with muggles, although she would argue a lot better than many other wizards she knew, her first stop was for her family. Her aunt knew a lot about muggles and could help not only locate the shop she needed to go to, but deal with the currency as well.

She wondered what he had in store for her. He promised her thrills and she hoped he would deliver.

Beka left her aunt after the shopping to find her way to that Park he mentioned. She wondered what would be so interesting about it. At first glance, she didn't think much of it, but told herself it was just a meeting spot. Maybe she should then look around instead to try and figure out what he had in mind. But that would spoil the fun. She walked into the park, looking around absent-mindedly for a moment. She thought she might have found the spot he wanted her to see around here when she saw the tiles on a wall. After noticing there were words on them, she read a few as she passed by.

When she noticed Cameron, she couldn't tell if he had just arrived or had been there for a while. "Hey, you're actually here. The old grumpy guy left you off the hook quickly," she told him once she got at his side. He told her not to doubt him, that he wouldn't play a trick on her of sending her away without any intention of joining her. He was right. That was one good point. Now, she wanted to see what cool muggle activities he had in mind. She smiled, her small frame barely able to contain her enthusiasm.

[CAMERON CLARKE]

Feeling better for stashing his stuff first, Cameron walked into the park and got found pretty quickly. Who ever had decided on the theme of the park had certainly made it easier for wizards and witches to meet up. People rarely lingered here. He'd found it by accident, but it did explain how boring some muggles could be to make an entire place like this. Waving as she came closer, he heard her words for what they really meant "You didn't stand me up" which he let slide for the time being. In his mind though he thought "Oh ye of little faith."

"Yep, I was able to finish up stuff pretty decently. I told you I'd be here pretty soon, I just wasn't entirely sure how fast." He shrugged. "It worked out for sure. So tell me, both of the activities I have in mind are muggle things though I doubt many wizarding folk have discovered either of them. Do you want to learn how to balance on water as well as rush or would you rather learn to fly without a broom? Both come with an instructor to show you how to make the first moves, but it's good to have one. Which sounds more interesting at the moment?"

Both of them had been suggested to him by a real thrill seeker who he'd bedded out of boredom and his follow up and been surprisingly useful. Of the two he preferred the air, but the water had more possibilities in the same building. The fact you could get appointments and cancel them in short spans of time were the real advantage when surprising someone. "And yes before you ask I have done them both, but getting a few tips from the instructors is worth playing muggle for a bit at the start. Then both can be free form after." Personally he was betting she would find the air one the most interesting since he was sure she had heard about the Dark Lord's flying abilities as well.

[REBEKA KOSTELAC]

It might surprised people, but Beka was aware of the impression she may give people. She heard them call her an oddball, and other things less polite even. She knew some people would rather avoid her. She only chose to ignore that and focus on other things instead. She didn't see the point in lingering on such negative parts of life when it was full of wonders. That did mean that, when told do go someplace else, she was able to understand to a degree that she was not welcomed here and that the person might simply be trying to dispose of her. Luckily, this time, Cameron did not only mean that but joined her later on. It was a good thing that he did, for she knew where to find him otherwise and nag him further for this. She might have been thinking that, but she didn't believe he came only because he didn't want any retaliation from her. She thought he truly meant to spend time with her. It definitely lifted her mood, and her impression of him.

She nodded as he explained how he intended to finish things fast yet paid so little attention to his words that she may not be able to repeat any of them. When he started explaining the activities he had in mind though, she listened, despite the fact she was almost jumping out of excitement. Two choices, and she would be the one deciding in the end. She was tempted to complain that she didn't want to choose and do both but he listened to him first as he explained them. Balancing on water sounded intriguing. Did he mean some form of wlaking on it? Her brain was already trying to find out how one was supposed to achieve that when he mentioned the flying. Her eyes grew wide. "Wait, muggles can fly, and without brooms!?" She had heard of things like planes, although she had never seen one up close. She doubted he meant that though. Planes, from what she heard, didn't douns like anything close to a broom. So he had to mean something where muggles managed to fly or float above ground without the use of any form of magic. Cameron was right in his guess, it greatly interested her.

"I would ike to do both too, of course, but I suppose it's all a matter of time and money constraint, right?" She seemed to be debating which one she wanted, but her mind was set without her even being aware of it yet. She didn't care about the instructor. She'd follow Cameron and might have to try and calm her enthusiasm a bit, but she was certain to do well. She never worried one second about how she may come across to those muggles. "Let's go for the air thing this time. I want to know how they can do that. But I might end up asking you about the water thing as well." Oh, she would ask, if the whole flying experience did not end up taking all of her attention, even afterwards. She was right to bet on him, the guy knew a lot of wild things she would get to experience around him.

[CAMERON CLARKE]

While she didn't show it, he had been around her enough to feel her excitement about something that sounded interesting. He felt it not long after he started to tell her about a choice and had to stop himself from grinning. He had told her once he was the most interesting person she knew without any question and she had doubted him, but that was because he wouldn't spill on his big secret. Honestly, if he had ever spilled what he was doing to her in just the right way he might have been able to get her into his bed, but the idea of dealing with the aftermath had him both cringing inside as well as amused.

Beka was very fun to be around, but he doubted he had the energy to keep coming up with exciting things constantly for the rest of his days. She just wasn't the type to enjoy being still and Cameron definitely felt enjoying being alive meant being counterbalanced with still time like in a hammock. If she was required to be still he felt she would end up talking a lot. Meditation might drive her crazy! "I know, I know I'm a cruel man. I was a Slytherin remember..." he said about her desire to do both. Temptation for another day then which was his preferred manner. "In a way and no I'm not talking about their transportation things though those two are pretty interesting. And a hell of a lot more comfortable."

Yeah, he knew what she was going to pick.

"I sort of thought you might like the sound of that one. It could take weeks to do all the stuff it involves but we can at least try the basic out today. Come on," and he lead the way out and down to the left downhill on the sidewalk. "It's not far at all. This is their training center and they go through a lot of classes in how to master the basics. Skydiving, as they call it, means they take one of their planes way up above where brooms often go and you jump out of it with these skills they teach and ride the wind. It's pretty cool, but just like class you have to learn the basics first off."

Cameron explained some basic things to start and then mentioned they had a lot of other ways to do partial flying across big distances as well. They arrived at the center soon after.

[REBEKA KOSTELAC]

Beka didn't think of keeping her tone down as she expressed her surprise at muggles flying. They created all sorts of things to fly in the sky. Beka couldn't understand how such large metal contraptions could soar into the sky and was willing to believe there was actual magic behind it, without those poor muggles' knowledge. But Cameron was not talking of those machines. He was implying something else, something she couldn't grasp without adding magic to it. Something exciting.

She brushed off his quip about slytherin. Truth be told, she often wondered if the Sorting Hat had not been malfunctioning when sorting her, and no doubt a bunch of ravens thought that too when dealing with her, but she supposed it made sense, somehow.

She picked up another piece of information about Cameron. "You have? Was it really the fastest way to go where you needed to be?" There was a bit of doubt in her voice. She thought the wizards had mastered travels, even in long distance, but maybe she was mistaken. Under different circumstances, she might have left him to go find out more about it and the different means of transportation, but she was still able to remember there was soemthing else they were meant to do right now. She would have to try and not forget about it later.

He was talking of weeks and she was wondering about it. Training? Was that what he meant? "Do you intend to throw us off from really high up in the air?" She didn't think she had a fear of height, but she never flew as high as the planes seemed to be going. Would she have time to properly apparate out of this situation if that happened? And would she land on her face if she did so? Again, it was as though she intended to distract her when he promised her a good time already.

She followed him without problem. She wasn't even able to think about the things he had her buy that would be useless right now. As she thought, it was a training thing. That didn't sound as fun, but it was just the word, because another one he said not long after that one recaptured her interest. "Skydiving..." She liked the sound of that, even if she was not fully grasping the concept yet. And then he talked of jumping off really high up in the air. "But if it's close from here, we're not doing that, I suppose. We're learning the basics first, is that it?" She couldn't see a problem in flying high as a wizard, but she didn't know if there was the place for them to do that. She was doing her best to listen to what he was saying as she let him take them there. She looked at the center when they arrived. "They don't fly high in the sky from there." Her interest was still there but she was starting to understand a little better what they were about to do. Well, she thought so, because it was all so foreign to her.

[CAMERON CLARKE]

Even his face showed his amusement. "Beka, Beka, Beka, did I not tell you that I am the most interesting person you know? Why must you doubt me so much? Yes I've done it and it was wonderful, but not as convenient as a broom or a motorbike. Those have different advantages. But for long distances, like to other countries? I'd pick a plane every time." Or a train, both had a certain comfort level to them which was far better than a broom in his mind, but letting someone else do all the work was what really attracted him to either of those. Besides, napping in a comfortable chair or watching the scenery fly by was a wonderful way to travel, not even having to deal with weather."But then again I like sitting still and relaxing, I hardly think you would enjoy that long a nap."

No. He wasn't going there. Not for half the money of China.

She asked the logical like any raven would; his smirk grew larger. "You are on the right track in a way, but not today. That would be after taking a full course in instruction. Sure, there are ways to shortcut stuff using magic in it, but you really like with most things you ought to learn the way the food tastes before you fiddle with the recipe, if you get what I mean." Though the way she tackled food when she made things left one wondering if she ever did that in life. Beka was a shortcutter he would imagine first and foremost. "In this case while a lot of magic would enable us to avoid the training of some parts of this, the muggles ability to figure out how to do these things is both fascinating and inventive. Learn their way first and it makes the entire experience later much more entertaining." There was much truth in that statement.

A nod as she kept working through her thinking; there had never been a doubt in his mind she was intelligent, but there was a difference in being intelligent and being smart. Cameron knew he was smart for sure, smart was like being street smart or clever thinking about a particular subject. Most ravens fit the intelligence kind of thinking rather then smart to his mind, not that that was always bad. "Let's put it this way. Without any magic at all and very little technology as they call it, muggles have figured out how air works better than our kind have. Once you've had a lesson, trust me, you will look at the world a little differently. THEN you will understand what skydiving is more so." Inside, he motioned for her to let him lead and got them signed into the appointment so they could go get outfitted. As they went to the lockers area (which was mixed since no one was taking off anything indecent) he whispered to her "Part of the reason for these outfits is because you wear the same thing when you jump out of a plane. You don't want anything loose getting free up there."

In the locker area he pulled out the suit they had her sized for at a gestimate and motioned at the bathroom for ladies over to the side. Showing her how it opened in the back he informed her "Step into it, then put your arms in and then come back out here. It gets warm inside them if you leave on much besides underwear so definitely take your stuff off and we'll put it in this locker together." Taking his into the bathroom he changed much faster having done this before and had his clothes & stuff in the locker with his wand before she came back out. Two helmets and goggles lay on the bench beside him though he was paying far more attention to her figure in the slightly tighter suits than anything else. Since they were mixed genders in their appointment he was looking forward to either zipping her up or down after the lesson for the peek, unless she got friendly with someone in the bathroom.