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 Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:24 am
"I'm not sure...I never tasted him before...and I don't think I want to! GROSS!" Ashe exclaimed, cringing at the though.
After Uziri looked at her own reflection, her expression told Ashe that she didn't like it, but what she said made her feel better, even though it was a lie. Ashe didn't care. She just cared for the compliment.
"I KNOW! Isn't that the best part?! We could be twins...but I would be the better looking one of course!" Ashe let out a evil-mastermind-like laugh, but it ended up sounding like a dying cat.
Ashe continued to add clips in her hair, but soon after Ashe's mom called the kids, "Ashe! Uziri! The kitchen's ready to bake a strawberry pie!"
"OKAY~!" Ashe yelled back tugging on Uziri's dress. "Let's go!"
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:59 am
"No," Uziri said reasonably. "I s'pose not. If I had a noah I would not like to taste him either. Maybe he would bite."
Glad Ashe hadn't been offended - really, Uziri would rather have preferred to keep her non-frilly clothes on, but what were you gonna do - she smiled at the 'twin' comment.
"I have a sister," she said. "She looks just like me, but she has spots. You would be...um....our twin too? And prettier?"
It sounded reasonable enough. She brightened at the mention of pie, and allowed herself to be tugged around again.
"Coming!"
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:09 am
At the statement of Uziri having another twin, Ashe got ever more excited that she already was, "SO WE COULD BE TRIPLETS THEN! I could also makeover your other sister too! And it must be horrible to have spots! Is she a animal?" By the time Ashe was done talking, they were already in the kitchen. Everything was laid out on the counter and the pie was just waiting to be made! "OKAY, mom, what do we do first?" Ashe asked, pulling on her mom's dress. "First, you need to combine the sugar with the strawberries..." Ruth said, showing the recipe to her daughter. Strawberry Pie Recipe Fresh Strawberry Pie 1 cup sugar
1 pound strawberries, washed, hulled, and sliced
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon cornstarch Combine sugar and strawberries; let stand for a few hours, until juicy. Drain juices off; transfer to saucepan, and bring to a boil. Mix together the water, butter, and cornstarch. Add to the strawberry juice mixture; continue cooking, covered, over low heat for 2 minutes. Cool slightly and stir in strawberries. Pour into baked pie shell; chill thoroughly. Top with whipped cream topping or purchased whipped topping. Keep leftovers covered, in refrigerator. "Sounds easy!" exclaimed Ashe as she tried to follow the directions as best as she could. "Okay, here Uziri. You smash the strawberries!" Ashe said as she handed the container filled with strawberries to her new friend.
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:43 am
"I like her spots," Uziri said rather defensively. "She's not a amimal. She's a Irizu. I bet she would like dresses and things, though..."
She trailed of, peering in awe at the assembled ingredients and reading over Ashe's shoulder to see the recipe.
"I can't read," she said proudly. "But it looks yummy. And also good."
She took the strawberries obligingly, and her face brightened.
"I will make them into goo," she told Ashe importantly. She took the nearest tool at hand - a tablespoon - and began a campaign of strawberry-crushing. She sang tunelessly while she worked, a splatter of strawberry spitting out of the bowl and striking her on the face. She giggled and licked it off, humming.
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:43 pm
"You're doing a great job Uziri!" complimented both Ruth and Ashe.
About an hour later, they were all done. The pie was put together and it was ready to be baked!
"OKAY! WE'RE DONE! Let's go play while we're waiting!" Ashe suggested as she started to run up stairs to get some dolls.
She quickly came back with her hands full of toys. She walked to the living room and put all the toys down.
"Let's play!" she exclaimed.
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 3:05 pm
Uziri grinned widely, deeply pleased with herself as another splatter of strawberry went flying.
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Following Ashe willingly, Uziri leaped up into the air, crossed her legs, and fell to the floor with a satisfying thump. She looked at the dolls uncertainly, but then sucked it up and picked one up.
"I am Princess Yorgoth," she intoned, "Queen of the evil city Fuu-a-Boo...zah. Fuuaboozah! Gimme souls so I may liiiiive beyond th' graaaaave...."
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:34 pm
"Heyyy! That's not how you're supposed to play! They're supposed to have pretty names! Why not name it Uziri, after you?!" Ashe said.
But a few minutes passed and she realized that it was really boring playing with dolls so she suggested, "Let's play hide-n-seek! I'll count first!"
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:26 pm
Uziri tilted her head to one side.
"But I am not a doll," she said reasonably. Hmm. Ashe was a strange one, that was for sure. At the new suggestion, she nodded hard.
"Okee. I will hide," she said, jumping up and skittering off. Where to hide, where to hide...tendrils of her shadow-aura poked out from under the dress and through the sleeves and collar and she grinned, looking up. Hmm. No chandeliers to hang off of...drat. There went that idea.
"Hmm..."
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:31 pm
Ashe ran into the kitchen and closed her eyes, covering them with her hands to resist the urge to peek. "Ima count to 30!" she said as she started to count
"1...2...3...4..."
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:37 pm
Resisting the urge to ask if thirty came before or after seven, Uziri raced around, eyes peeled for a decent hiding spot. The closet? No, too obvious. Garbage can? Hmm....perfectly stinky and most likely filled with slimy, delightful things, but she was wearing Ashe's clothes...
Argh, where to go?
She ran in circles before coming to a skidding stop, eyes wide. Ah HA. Perfect. Backing up a couple steps, Uziri dove and went across the floor like a baseball player sliding home, and gracefully slid under the couch.
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:00 pm
Ashe continued, "27...28...29...30!" she exclaimed, adding, "READY OR NOT, HERE I COME!"
Ashe raced around the house, looking under everything that was able to be looked under. She would also say to herself, "Not there!'
She looked in the closet. Nope
In the garbage can. Ew, nope
She looked in the garage. Nope
She looked everywhere she could think of, even in the fish tank. Nope
"WHERE IS SHE?!" she exclaimed. But there was one hiding spot that came to mind, but she just couldn't think of what it was. But she knew that Uziri was hiding there. "What was that place called again? It's really dirty...and gross...and brown...the MUD!" she exclaimed as she ran out of the front door and ran to park across the street. It was extra muddy and filled with gross, brown goo.
"UZIRI! I found you!" she exclaimed, cannon-balling into the mud puddle, the mud splattering anywhere and everywhere, especially on Ashe. She continued to search in the mud for any thing hard. And when she finally touched something that felt like a arm, she exclaimed to the world, "AH-HA! GOTCHA!" she exclamed, bringing her hand up, but to her suprise, it was only her favorite princess doll. "ALICE! How'd you get there?! I thought you were Uziri!" she said as she had a crushed expression on her face. "Now I'm all muddy. I hate this game!" she said, walking into the house and putting Alice on the stairs.
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:08 pm
By the time Ashe came back from her venture in the mud puddle, Uziri had dozed off, only to inhale a dust bunny and sneeze herself awake again.
"Ah-WHOOOOF," she said, rolling out from under the couch and wiping her nose on a shadow-aura tendril. She caught sight of Ashe covered head to toe in mud and gave a delighted shriek, scrambling over and grabbing hold of the other girl's hands, bouncing in exuberance.
"You went in th' mud!" she said, beaming. "Wasn't it nice? It's all slimy an' gooey, it's like choc-late syr....syr-up, 'cept you can't eat it, 'cause thass kinda gross!"
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:25 pm
"MUD?! WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! I WAS NOT IN THE MU--" Ashe exclaimed, only to look down and find herself covered in mud. "AHHH!" she screamed, running to the bathroom. She was covered in it. From head to toe.
"EWWW!!" she exclaimed. "I'M ALL...MUDDY NOW!"
But the 'Bing,' from the oven, stopped her from all of her yelling.
"OH! The pies done!" she said happily, running to the kitchen, waiting until Ruth took it out.
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:32 pm
Uziri raced after, laughing.
"Innit tha' the point?" she asked, grinning. At the sound of the 'bing!', she jolted, startled, and looked around. What the heck had that been?
"Pies go 'bing' when they're done?" she asked Ashe, running closely behind her again.
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:50 pm
"Yup! The strawberries in the pie make the 'ping' noise because of all the electrical waves the sugary goodness sends to the oven thing! It's all purely scientific fact. Well, that's what Noah says at least." she explained while waiting for Ruth to take out the pie.
Ruth opened the oven and the sweet scent filled Ashe's nose. "MMMM~ YUM!" she said.
And right then, Noah came sprinting down, also excited for pie. "I WANT SOME TOO MOMMY!" he yelled as Ruth started to add whip cream on top.
"We need to wait before it cools." Ashe's mom said, pushing the kids back so they wouldn't get burned. She continued, "Let's get you washed up before you eat, Ashe sweetie. You're a mess!"
"Yeaaa! Dirty and gross! Yuck!" teased Noah, sticking out his tounge and pointing his fingers at Ashe.
"Okay! Sounds good. I can't enjoy a yummy pie all dirty! C'mon Uziri, lets go change!"
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