#change encounter

[rodolphus-b-lestrange]

Chance Encounter | Sirus & Rodolphus

Rodolphus read through The Daily Prophet's detailing of the new minister. For some reason, Rod had thought the ministry would continue to be incompetent, even if they couldn't be ignorant now. But he'd forgotten about the rest of the wizarding world. Outside of the order and death eater's, of course people would be scared. Now that they couldn't deny Voldemort was real, they were out to see him gone. Any sympathy and ignorance were swiftly taken out together by the giant attacks.

It was hardly crippling to Voldemort. The Death Eaters operated outside of Knockturn Alley and the middle of the night. It was an inconvenience, but it could also be a first step. Linton was playing his cards close, there was no telling what he was going to do next, except that it probably wouldn't be something to celebrate. 

Rod pushed The Prophet away, having gotten his fill of the news for the day. It'd exploded after the giant attack, not just with the event itself, but with little things that were surely the work of Voldemort. Just the day before, he'd read about how a muggleborn who died of food poisoning has definitely been murdered. Like they cared enough for that.

He was just about to get up for a refill of his coffee, when he paused, catching sight of someone who looked familiar. "Sirius?" He said hesitantly; it could easily be someone else who looked similar. Although it wasn't as if he had much reason to talk to the man anyway.

[beskylike]

Random encounter: Rabbit

Yesterday, I had the chance to participate in the 2014 Commencement at my alma mater. The Commencement speech was unexpectedly very good (no offense meant), and I enjoyed my time celebrating my friends' and mentees' graduation.

However, it's not the graduation that I would like to speak about... it's about my 20-30 minute encounter after the whole program while I was waiting for my train ride back home.

I was sitting on a bench adjoined to another one also with a young woman on it. After briefly speaking with her about how inbound and outbound tracks switch during a certain time of the day, I was quietly relaxing when I noticed a wild rabbit in the corner of my eye. Surprised, I slowly turned my head to check that it was indeed a rabbit (I checked, more likely a rabbit than a hare). A bit excited, I told the young woman sitting to my side that was away from the creature what I found. She was more excited than me, got up, and carefully tried to get close to it. The rabbit ran away though, of course.

From there started a fun and creative conversation. I am usually very open to conversations with strangers, especially having read Tina Seelig's book, What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World, (it's a excellent read on innovation and entrepreneurship). and I enjoyed this small chat.

The young woman started off by mentioning that she wanted to learn to get closer to rabbits, because she was thinking of writing a screenplay on a rabbit whisperer. A bit strange, but I have learned to go with anything since starting my venture with creativity. I asked whether it will be contemporary, in urban settings, and she said yes. But then she wondered whether a nomadic character would be better than a city dweller. That led to thinking of the story being about two characters, two whisperers, one nomadic and one from the city meeting in a chance encounter much like ours.

Now, I don't want to start on whether the plot we came up with is good or bad. She might use it, she might not. I was and am just excited at how we were able to exchange ideas to develop a potential storyline. It was stimulating and engaging.

You never know what a chance encounter will lead to. You never know when an activity that you might do everyday, such as waiting for a train, might be more than you expected. Here's to fun and creativity-stimulating encounters!