are you happy in this modern world?

These days, when she was so close to graduating from the Auror training program, Ophelia rarely found herself with down time. And when she did, she would normally spend it wondering if she should be doing something useful, such as studying more, or actually doing something more fun for herself, like she so wanted to.

For some reason today the latter desire had won over, and she found herself at Lake Louise, a place she hadn't visited for over a year-- it had been her favorite destination when she was younger, and it just showed the toll work was taking over her life. The blonde sighed as she strolled around a pond by herself, listening to the background noise of people and animals. It had been a while since she'd noticed any of that stuff.

A ways down the trail she found a flat rock by the lakeshore, hidden well by the branches of the trees surrounding the path. Carefully, she made her way down and settled on the seat, gazing out at the open water. Her fingers were drumming on her knees as she hummed tunelessly, her mind rolling. This didn't feel right. Unless she had some sort of friend with her that distracted her from work, she was just going to keep thinking about it, and how she should be getting back to it.

With a frustrated sigh, she disapparated on the spot, and found herself face-to-face with someone who was about to head down the trail, almost colliding with them as she appeared with a loud crack right in front of them. "Bloody hell! I'm sorry!" she gasped.

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