@Claire Ducasse

Date: Summer break, before camp begins.

Kazimir was strolling just outside of the London Quidditch Stadium enjoying some fresh air while his father conducted some business with the property manager. Well, stomping around was a more accurate description as the part-giant's feet slapped against the ground. It was the boy's first time to the England. He had accompanied his father outside of Russia before, but this time he would be out of the country for an extended time. The plan would have been for Kazi to spend the summer with his mother in their mountain village, but since Koldovstoretz had adopted the policy of allowing half-breeds to attend the school he now had been invited to the international summer camp in London. It had been quite the heated debate, but his parents had eventually agreed to let Kazimir spend most of the summer with his father. Kazi was part-human as well and his family thought it best to get to know the international community a bit more.

So, here the boy was, taking in the air outside of the magnificent stadium. For the most part Kazi's eyes stayed glued to the skies as he continued to look up at the outer wall. He had seen impressive stadiums before, but this one was truly massive, even for a part-giant like himself! What he wouldn't give for a chance to fly around the pitch and given his role on the Koldovstoretz quidditch team, he may very well get his chance. Just wait until they got their eyes on the boy who was already teetering over six feet tall and preferred to ride a bewitched tree over some dainty broom. Kazimir chuckled to himself at the thought of it. A deep, rumbling laugh escaped his lips as he could almost feel the beater's bat in his hand now. He hoped to be a terror!

Just then some passing clouds parted to let the summer sun shine again. Kazimir shielded his eyes from the light with his massive hands and looked away from the brightness, but as he did he noticed a bit of a sparkle on the ground. Curious...the boy wondered what it could be. A bit of treasure perhaps? His lips split into a wide and toothy grin as he approached and slowly lowered himself down into a squat. Large fingers handled the jewelry with a surprising gentleness. An earring by the looks of it! A pretty, shiny thing at that! But alas, only one. His gray-green eyes looked around him, but he saw no other. A mystery...

@Claire Ducasse

Given Kazimir's unique parentage, the boy was not only very tall, he was very strong. At only eleven years old he had the power of a full grown man if not a bit more. He'd never have the strength of a full blooded giant like his mother and half-sister, but when Claire bumped into him while he was squatting down it did little to affect his stance. Kazi looked over his shoulder to see what who had blundered into him and when he did the boy saw a blonde with a classic good looks. The girl looked like a fairy out of one of his bed time stories. She was a pretty, shiny thing too!

Kazimir rose from his squatting position to stand at his full height. If Claire wasn't too tall he would probably tower over her, but in between his large index finger and thumb he would still gently be holding the lost earring. However, in the excitement of meeting a new person, Kazi too forgot all about it for a moment. When she apologized she spoke in an accent that sounded French and he wondered if she was a witch from Beauxbatons! Kazimir had traveled with his father before, but that was mostly around Russia and Eastern Europe. What a joy it would be to see the chateau that was home to so many witches and wizards.

"It's...ok." Kazi answered back in his own heavily accented voice. It was clear that he was Russian, but there was also a gravely, deep rumbling to his voice that marked him as something else as well. "What are you doing here? Are you going to camp too? Are you French?" The boy had a tendency to ramble a bit when excited, but he talked at a slow pace.

@Claire Ducasse

The pair of them had something in common when it came to meeting new people. Kazimir had never been a shy boy and he was always happy to meet new people. Coming from such a close knit community was great because he had lots of family and friends to count on, but it did mean that his exposure to different people was rather limited. That had all changed when his parent had agreed to allow Kazi to accompany his father while traveling for business and it had really opened up his world quite a bit. Then came his acceptance to Koldovstoretz and he got to meet even more people! It had turned Kazi into quite the social butterfly, even if he was quite a bit different than most of the people he met.

Kazimir clapped his large hands together and let out another deep and rumbling chuckle when she confirmed that she was French and did go to Beauxbatons. "Wonderful!" The boy had read about the school and seen pictures of the beautiful chateau tucked away in the Pyrenees. "You're school is so pretty." The shimmering white stones of the building looked dazzling against the mountainous backdrop. Quite a bit different from the yurts and cottages that made up his own school. "Ah, my father is here too. Wants to put old art in there." Kazi pointed to the very obvious building next to them. It was a simple way to describe his father's work, but that was just the way he thought about things.

Kazimir would frown as the girl explained she needed to leave. They were just meeting each other and already it had come to an end. However, his spirits would lift again when she claimed to have lost something and needed to search for it. "I'm Kazimir!" His voice boomed with excitement. "Can I help you look?" The boy loved a good scavenger hunt and they could talk a bit more too. Hopefully she would agree as he followed after her! "What are you looking for?"

@Claire Ducasse

Kazimir's gray-green eyes flashed with excitement when Claire agreed to let him help in her search for this mysterious missing object. It reminded him of growing up in his village, high up in the Ural Mountains. There weren't very many modern accommodations, so play time was mostly made up of going outside and using his imagination. He remembered fondly having his family hide little trinkets throughout the village for him to chase down and find. No one tried harder than Kazi! The boy would spend hours searching high and low for them all and he'd do the same thing now for Claire.

"Don't worry. Kazimir is on the case!" He said with another rumbling chuckle as he stood back to his full height. Surely a few heads taller than Claire. The excitement of it all made him forget that he had just picked up a shiny little object, so when she said that an earring was lost it did not register right away. "It is very pretty." Kazimir responded when Claire held up the earring for him to see. The sapphire caught the light in just the right way to make it twinkle. It reminded him of some of the jewelry his family wore back home. They didn't have anything as sophisticated as the piece Claire had, but blue was a popular color among the tribe. Many of the giants used it to decorate their homes or even the face paint they wore for ceremonies. "Mother loves this color." The thought made him smile.

When Claire began to slowly pace the grounds, Kazi would follow suit. He took as small of steps as possible so that he didn't easily outpace her. His hands went to clasp each other behind his back as he turned his gaze back to the ground, but it was just then that he felt the small piece of metal in his hand! "OH!" His voice boomed with excitement as he remembered. "Pretty, shiny thing!" Kazi's giant hand opened to reveal the other earring in his massive palm. "Look, I find before! You believe that?!" He would kneel down so that Claire could clearly see it and retrieve it from his grasp.

@Claire Ducasse

Scavenger hunts and tracking down missing items did come with a risk. You very well may not find what you were looking for and it would become lost to you for good. However, that thrill of the chase is what made it so exciting for Kazimir and it’s what fueled him in trying to find lost items. If he ever stopped daydreaming of being a star quidditch player, perhaps he would make a decent detective. The boy certainly had the drive for it as he could become borderline obsessed in completing his tasks. One time his older brother had hidden an object so well from Kazi that it took the boy three days to track it down, but he persevered nonetheless!

Kazimir laughed with appreciation when Claire claimed blue as her favorite color too! His mother always said that blue often represented tranquility and peace, but he thought that was a bit odd coming from a giant considering her temper was legendary. However, others said it could represent honesty and loyalty too. That made much more sense to him in regards to his family. They would do anything for Kazimir! “Ah. Blue to match you eyes!” Claire had the most crystal blue eyes he had ever seen. “What do you like most about blue? What does it mean for you?” Colors could represent anything really, but he was curious to know her mind more.

Kazi couldn’t help himself from laughing more when Claire seemed so happy that he had found the earring! That was another thing he loved about finding lost things, it always made people overjoyed. “You’re welcome!” Kazi clapped his large hands together in celebration of the moment. “The sun was shining and a just saw a little sparkle on the ground. Picked it up!” He watched as she replaced the jewelry in her ears and he felt fulfilled having been able to help a new friend.

That did mean that they could carry on with their conversation, but what to ask about first! Kazimir had so many questions when it came to meeting new people. There was one that he simply couldn’t wait to ask though. “Can you tell me of Beauxbatons? Is it as pretty as the pictures?”