243 Touring around London

After the two had finished most of their clothing shopping Reima decided to take her around the tourist spots. Funnily enough the thing that most surprised her was the London underground, the hustle and bustle of so many people and the confusing layout almost caused Reima, an British born person trouble. On the train they didn't encounter any trouble, only a busker her was swiftly thrown off of the train by guard, the man's guitar shattering only rubbing salt in the wound, Reima didn't bat an eye due to this being the way it had always been but Ciri was very confused by it all.

Once they'd ridden the underground once the subsequent journeys became much easier, Ciri seems to enjoy the sights, more so for the technological innovation than anything else. When asked what was the most impressive she said Big Ben was a masterpiece, he didn't disagree as it was quite unique from her perspective.

Buckingham palace wasn't very exciting as they'd both seen bigger and better palaces than that, Ciri would even eventually inherit one... The crowd was huge however which made it difficult to get around places without getting into fights. Madam Tussauds turned out to be pretty fun, the wax sculptures of various celebrities weren't as realistic as the ones they had in the future but they still bore a striking resemblance, he had quite a lot of fun telling Ciri about the various famous people of this world. Afterwards she'd even requested to listen to Freddie Mercury's music, that'd proven to be rather difficult actually... That was until he'd found a store selling \"Sony Walkman's\", the devide was like a small metal block with an opening where you'd put a Cassette tape... It had a thing flexible headset included, he'd immediately bought two and went to the nearest HMV store to check out the Cassette tapes.

They'd browsed the store and bought a wide selection of music to see what she'd actually like, rap, rock, country, folk, opera and many others were included. Ciri was incredibly intrigued at this and walked to the HMV register with a pile of boxed Cassette tapes in her arms, after paying for them the duo travelled to Hyde park and took a seat in the sun on the grass.

They opened all the packaging for the Walkman's and Reima helped Ciri set it all up, despite not really knowing what he was doing himself, after all Cassette players weren't really around when he was.

The first song they tried was an instrumental which resembles orchestra music, Ciri immediately switched it off while commenting \"It reminds me of the balls my Grand-Mother forced me to attend.\"

Reima \"Alright, That's a strike out... Next is... Straight outta Compton? Did this even come out in Britain?\" His contemplation is interrupted by the click of the Cassette player, he can hear the music from her headphones an can see she isn't really enjoying it...

Ciri \"I don't know what they're saying... It isn't all that great to listen to either.\"

Reima nods, \"Alright, two down... I think you'll like this one, personally one of Freddy Mercuries best.\" he hands her bohemian rhapsody. Immediately he can see the difference when compared to her listening to the other tracks. Reima lays back and watches the various people enjoying themselves in the large park as Ciri enjoys the music.

He idly thinks about his worst past, the things he liked and the things he disliked... It's currently 1994 and there isn't really much to change, most horrific events had either already happened or would happen so far in the future that he'd already be out of this world... Thinking to next year he realises there was one person he liked who was killed, 2Pac? He shakes his head, no that would happen later on in the year... Maybe he could prevent it though? He's brought out from his thoughts when Ciri speaks up beside him, \"That was interesting, much better than anything I'd heard back home.\"

Reima \"Ah, so Rock music?\"

Ciri shrugs, \"If it sounds anything like what I've just heard then definitely.\"

As the day eventually drew to a close the duo were already back in their Inn room practising magic. Ciri seems to easily pick up many different Charms while Reima mainly focuses on Transfiguration, by the time night rolls around they are each in their separate rooms meditating and enforcing their Occlumency.

Ciri finally ends her hour of meditation and jumps into bed, thinking of the day she'd just had. For the first time in a while she thinks she had actually enjoyed herself, she'd been on the run for so long that she had almost forgotten what it feels like to relax. She runs her hand over the Walkman that Reima had bought her and decides to listen to a couple more Cassette tapes she hadn't heard before, almost everything is a new experience for her and this is by far the best she'd come across.

She was also gaining confidence over her magic, Reima had said he had his own style of magic and may teach her some if she proved she had the aptitude for magic via learning this worlds unique spells and techniques. She didn't actually know how strong Reima was but the feeling he projected in the morning scared her slightly, it resembled her experience fighting against hungry beasts... Hopefully it isn't symbolic for anything, she'd been betrayed before and dreaded thinking that her new acquaintance would do such a thing.