action ♕ may 28

[excusing]

[ Never before had she thought she would ever be on horseback - on pegasusback. Heather has been in camp for nearly a year and during that time, she's developed a bond with one of the steeds in camp, a gray speckled horse named after a character from the Bond movies. Since it is Greek tradition that the children of Demeter or Aphrodite teach riding lessons, she is actually confident enough to lead a lesson for a few of the younger campers who are eager to take to the skies. Astonishingly (at least to herself), Heather is calm and collected, bubbly but firm in her instructions. If you're watching, there's almost a motherly air to her as she helps one of the girls off her horse.

She's just finishing up her teaching, so you're free to catch her on her way out. ]

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[annieisntokay]

[Annie had been needing some time away, and thusly, had come down to the stables to take one of the winged beauties out for a spin, to fly over and out across the water and simply take in the nothingness. But instead, she'd managed to catch the tail-end of a lesson Heather had been giving. So, instead of heading off into the great beyond, she stops, and waits until Heather dismisses the class. It's then that she approaches her.]

Heather! Hey, uhm, hi. You were- ah, really good. I just, uhm, caught the end of your lesson.

[excusing]

[ Heather's eyes light up at the praise and she bounces on her heels when she turns to face Annie. ] Hey! Oh gods, really? I didn't think I'd be, like. Effective. [ She slides her hands into the front pockets of her black shorts, shrugging a shoulder bashfully. She's been thinking a great deal about what Scott told her in the beginning of the month. ]

Thank you.

[pyrkagia]

[Regardless of how long she's been here, Daenerys still attends the pegasus-riding lessons. She loves the feel of flying, despite it being on a horse and not of her own accord - she feels stronger on the winged horses somehow, like it's right. She doesn't take her dragons to her lessons, since she's unsure of what their reaction will be to the winged horses, and though it's a little worrisome being without them she manages.

She hasn't gotten off her silvery horse yet - instead guides it to trot over to Heather, pushing some hair behind her ears as she speaks.]

You and your horse move together as if you're thinking with one mind. Have you worked with him long?

[excusing]

She's been my pal for, like, less than a year.

[ She smiles over to the horse now resting in the stable, before propping a foot up on a bale of hay to retie her Converse sneaker. ] I flew her outside of camp for the first time during the Florida stuff. Kinda freaked out by heights but I got through it.

[pyrkagia]

Still, that must have been thrilling. I haven't rode one outside of camp. I travelled with an Egyptian to Florida.

[She climbs down off her own Pegasus, very carefully, and the heel of her boots clop against the dirt as she goes to pull a little bit of hay out of one of the bales for her horse.]

This is Silver, [she says, gesturing to her own Pegasus.] does she have a name?

[excusing]

'Sup, Silver. [ Heather rights herself again, reaching up to stroke her horse's snout. ]

Moneypenny. I didn't name her but. I love it. [ She chuckles. ] She's pretty put together like a James Bond secretary, actually, like she knows what I want before I want it.

[pyrkagia]

[Silver almost looks jealous, trotting over closer to Heather. He wants pets, too. This helps Dany out, though, since now she doesn't have to go so far to bring him the hay.]

Is her name a James Bond reference, then? I'm afraid I've never seen the movies.

[excusing]

[ Alright, alright, he'll get some pets too. ]

Yeah, she's the secretary, [ she repeats shrugging. ] She's pretty cool.

[pyrkagia]

I'll put watching them on my to-do list, then. Leo might be able to put some on a video scroll for me.

[If he can find access to them, in any case. She should be able to figure them out, but really hasn't studied them well enough to do it herself quite yet. She doesn't want to touch any of Leo's inventions without asking him, in any case. They're not hers to take.]

Does she like sugar cubes?

[excusing]

They're fun! I kinda prefer the older stuff, but Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig are pretty hot Bonds.

[ Maybe she's not a movie buff, but Heather's enjoyed her fair share of popular franchises. ]

If she's my favorite horse, heck yeah, she totally loves sugarcubes. Almost as much as I like anything with sugar. Maybe more.

[thewindything]

[John thought pegasi were pretty cool, but he really didn't have a reason to fly on one. He was kind of his own air-based travel. He was walking by at the end of her lesson though, and figured he'd go bug her.]

[Have a friendly guys of wind from behind.]

[excusing]

[ Heather gasps as the wind gives her a little push and she turns around with a laugh, easily finding her footing. ]

Hey! Egbert! Should've known that was you.

[thewindything]

What? No way. I'm not the cause of all the wind based shenanigans, you know.

[Lies.]