thattimeofthemonth | Open RP Post

"Lucky is Lucky - not the brightest but a good dog." He took the teasing for his pup in stride, knowing that Lucky always meant well with his large goofy self. However, Tonks' question made him start to not only worry the Lupins would be displeased he hadn't made up his mind yet, but all over again thinking that Draco would be leaving soon enough, most likely... what would that mean? Still, he couldn't let it affect this too much and leaned back slightly, keeping himself relaxed.

"I didn't want to go to school for the sake of going to school," he explained. "I wanted to go because there was something I wanted to learn. Jenn, my sister, went all the way across the pond because it was the best place she could go for her line of study... I want to go where I need to go instead of just picking something. Draco actually had a good idea about journalism recently that I think would be interesting to get into. I really like meeting new people, traveling, adventure... could be a great line to go into."

"Journalism is a good path to go through. You still have time to decide and who knows you could still end up changing once you start taking the classes," Tonks replied. There had been a few career paths she had wanted to take, but her natural talent was greatly desired for an Aurora and this was where she felt she could help the most.

"It's still in debate about going to the States. My folks still want to see the place. Visiting the school will give me an idea if I'm ready to go to school far from home," Draco interjected.

"I still think it would be a good move, if you chose that school," Remus said to Draco, teacup paused halfway to a sip. "It would give you a chance to see a side of the world you've never seen, experience a new culture, meet new people. It's the kind of thing people grow with."

Jake gave an agreeing nod. "Jenn really loved it. It's not for everyone, but if I had the chance, I'm not sure I'd give it up for anything."

Remus gave the Muggle an appraising look for that statement. Was that a subtle hint to push Draco away, or making sure that Draco wouldn't stay because of him? "But if you chose to stay closer to home, there's no fault in that, either."

Which made Jake look to Mr. Lupin, wondering if he'd said the wrong thing. "Of course not. I just think Draco would be great wherever he chooses to go."

Draco held up his hands finding himself a little pressured with where the conversation was going. Granted, he knew that none of them were trying to pressure him. "Let's just worry about that when we go to visit," Draco nervously replied.

"I still think that journalism would be the way to go. It would get you to travel everywhere and see places as well." He pointed out, he gave a small grin trying to ease up the tension.

"I'd say you should go and see Jenn as she'd be able to show you around and the like but..." Jake hesitated, then laughed a little. "I guess you blokes all have your way of going about things." He assumed, quite right, that wizards would do thing a little differently. "She said America was quite the culture change, though." A flash of a smile, bright to Draco. "I would love to be able to travel. See everywhere, meet all sorts of different people."

Remus thought about it and an idea passed through his mind, and a person to match, as he thought on that possibility. For right now, he would keep it to himself but Weasley would most certainly take someone like Jake under his wing-- "It sounds more like you'd want to work for a magazine than say, the local news?"

Jake, who so far had only known Draco's complete lack of interaction with the rest of the world of technology, was surprised to hear that. "I'd rather work for say, National Trust than the local broadcast."

"Depending on where the school is located and where Jenn attends school, we can probably arrange to meet her," Draco suggested. How could he not try to meet her, when she meant a lot to Jake and that she seemed like a fun person in general.

This bit of information simply flew over Draco's head as he was clueless of what he was talking about. This was something that Remus seemed to understand more since he grew up living in both worlds.

...."What are those?" he awkwardly asked.

"Oh," Jake and Remus said it together, then Jake grinned. "The National Trust is a huge publication, talking about the history and beauty of places all around the country and sometimes other countries." His brows came up, grinning more. "It's incredible, probably one of the biggest in the country."

"The local news is on the telly," Remus added, pointing over to the television tucked into the family room. "Muggle news instead of the Daily Prophet."

"Daily Prophet?" Jake murmured, curious. If they didn't use televisions, how did they get their daily news? He didn't know the whole thing about owls quite yet.

"Oh..." Draco replied a little surprised and gave a nod of understanding. He had remembered seeing some of the news on the telly one morning with Remus. He had found it very strange.

As they explained the muggle version to Draco, Tonks got up and handed Jake an older news paper from the Daily Prophet.

"A lot of our community is more prone to understanding your world and trying to blend in. Draco is from a more traditional family. I believe you are already aware of that. Traditionally this is where we usually get our news."

Remus liked to stay up to date on the news, wizarding and Muggle. After all, in his opinion, both sides affected his world. He knew some wizards liked to pretend the Muggles didn't exist, but he knew better and thought it was silly. Jake didn't seem to be reacting poorly to any of this and he believed most Muggles would be similar. Like wizards, there would be bad apples undoubtedly, but... well. It would take a miracle to bring the two worlds together at this point.

Jake took the newspaper in hand and almost immediately his eyes went wide, studying the moving picture on the front page. His fingers brushed over it, awed. It was definitely paper. How could they manage this but not know how to work a phone or a television? Well, from what he was hearing, that wasn't true for all of them but still! "It's incredible," he said quietly. "Blimey..." He flashed a smile of thanks to Tonks, wonderment in his eyes. "I suppose I assumed a little too much given how... ah, foreign all technology seemed to Draco." His smile held embarrassment, knowing he was guilty, but it wouldn't knock his enjoyment of all of this.

His gaze went to Draco, his smile warmer. "He picks up quick, though." Knowing he had already gotten Draco to the point of texting though a computer, he imagined, would take... longer. A lot longer. They hadn't even properly gotten onto the interview. The idea of YouTube would certainly be something! Even Remus didn't touch the internet, though he knew about it at least.

"Oh some of us do try to keep up to date on things....especially if we marry someone whose not a witch or wizard." Tonks replied. "It's the only way our people were able to survive. Concerning technology-- I think in other countries like across the pond, they don't shy away from technology. It does tend to very."

Draco merely shook his head. "Only because someone kept being persistent about it. You don't want to know how long it takes me to try to send you a text. It's still weird."

"I had no idea it varied so much." Jake flashed her a wide smile, clearly excited about the discussion and enjoying himself. Who wouldn't? A young man who had a love of fantasy even as he was grounded in the real world around him by circumstance... this might have been a dream come true if the situation wasn't so possibly explosive since he wasn't supposed to know.

His smile turned softer, warmer, when he looked to Draco. "I'm proud you're managing to do it, though."

Remus' brows shot up and he looked to Draco. "...you have a phone?" he glanced to his wife, wondering if she had any idea. How was Draco-- was Jake paying for it?

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