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 Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:38 pm
It had rained a few hours earlier, a fantastic rainstorm of biblical proportions. It was clear and sunny now, though, and Uziri was out playing, learning the art of mud pies. She was about to jump into a deliciously dirty puddle, ready to craft the finest pats of mud, rocks and the occasional earthworm. It was then she realized this sort of artistry needed company, and she hesitated.
"Someone come make pie with me," she shrieked. "I will share with you!"
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:44 pm
"ICK! RAIN! I HATE RAIN!!" exclaimed Ashe, trying to take out all the wet-ness and leaves from beautiful hair, but it proved to be very difficult. "UGH!" she exclaimed as she was on her way home.
"I hate when it gets all rainy when I'm ready to play!" she whined as she passed a very strange sight. She looked over her shoulder and saw a strange looking girl playing in the mud. It was all over her and you couldn't even see her probably-not-so-great skin! "What is she doing? That's so gross! Who would want to play in MUD?" she though, trying to hid her face from the very disturbing sight. "Please don't see me, please don't see me..." she whispered under her breath.
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:47 pm
Unfortunately for Ashe, Uziri spotted her.
"YOU!" she called, pointing blatantly. "Come here! I will make pies and be friends with you. We can play in mud!"
And with that, Uziri jumped into the air and landed in the puddled with a showering splash, delighting in the squelch of mud under her bare feet.
"I am Uziri," she said, every word carefully enunciated so she wouldn't speak too fast and get her language jumbled. "Who are you and why do you have a tail."
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:03 pm
"ME?! WHY?" she exclaimed, still distrubed at the though of playing in the mud with a strange strange girl. "Why'd she choose me?!" she thought to herself, strangly staring at the girl who almost got mud on her. "HEY WATCH IT!" she snapped back.
"WELL, I'm....Ashe. And why do I have a tail?" she liked to add emphasis on some of her words, trying to make this Uziri, or whatever her name was, to get the fact that she didn't want to play. "IT'S ONLY BECAUSE I'M SPECIAL! IT'S ALSO CUZ I HAVE POWERS!" Once again, Ashe began to brag about herself, ruining another friendship that could have happened.
But eventually, Ashe settled down and just decided to play with the girl, but would do something, she didn't know what yet, if any of the mud got in her hair. "OKAY, I'll play with you. What do you want to do?"
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:14 pm
"Because you are here!" Uziri said, rolling her eyes. She shifted in the puddle, enjoying the suction sounds she made. At the girl's explanation, Uziri nodded in interest.
"I have ten-ta-cles," she said, waving to Ashe with four of them at once. "I am special too. And I like your name. It starts with A, thass my fav-rite letter."
At Ashe's question, Zee's face brightened and she smiled widely. She bent down, scooped up a handful of mud and puddle water, and showed it off.
"I was going to make pie," she said, letting the mud dribble through her fingers, "But I don't wanna do tha' anymore. Let's play Lake Monsters from the Black Swamp behind the Lagoon."
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 8:04 am
"..MONSTERS..?! I hate monsters....and mud! I don't want to play anymore! GROSS!" Ashe whined as she started to back away from Uziri.
She did appreciate the compliments that she received from the strange...tentacle-girl!
"I'd much rather bake a REAL pie. Want to come to my house instead of playing in this icky mud? We can bake a apple pie...no PEACH pie there! I'm sure Mommy would let you!" she said with a weary smile.
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:21 am
"Gross?" Uziri asked, face falling. What did Ashe mean, gross? Mud was the best thing in the history of forever. At the girl's invitation, Uziri thought it over. Her dad wouldn't know where she was, she'd be going off with a total stranger to a house who-knew-where, to make and eat possibly poisonous food.
Hmm. Sounded fun.
"I would like that," she said, nodding hard. "I do not know what peach is, but I bet it is good in pie."
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:52 pm
"Okay then! LET'S GO!" Ashe exclaimed, tugging on Uziri's jacket, leading the way to her house.
When they got there, she immediately started to wipe her shoes off on the rug, and commanded Uziri to do so too. There wasn't anything in the world that was worse than...DIRT!
So when Ashe got home, she yelled to her mom, "MOM! I brought a friend over! We're gonna bake a pie! Can you get out all the ingredients pleaseee?!" Soon after, Ruth rushed in and smiled at the girl, "Hello there! I'm Ashe's mom. Who might you be?"
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:16 pm
Uziri copied Ashe for the lark of it, bare feet scraped half-way clean on the rug. She watched the other girl with pure fascination, like a scientist observing an interesting new species of acid-spewing spider. She blinked, and looked up at Ashe's mother-creature.
"I am muddy," she said clearly. "And Uziri. Hi."
She inclined her head gravely, the glowing necklace of skulls clinking cheerfully as she moved.
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:39 pm
Ruth smiled at the young girl and said, "Oh! Very pretty name!" But as she said that, she quickly glanced at the skull necklace and thought to herself, "Interesting...just who is Ashe making friends with these days?"
Ruth caught herself deep in thought when the two children were staring blankly at her. "OH! I'm sorry! Yes, I will get out the ingredients! Peach or Apple?"
"Peach! No...strawberry!" Ashe yelled!
"Okay." Her mom replied "Go get cleaned up, you two, before baking! Also Ashe, sweetie, can you call Noah down?"
"Sure! NOAH!" she yelled, pulling Uziri up the stairs and walking into the bathroom. As they entered the room, she thought of a great idea, "LET'S GIVE YOU A MAKEOVER!"
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:49 pm
"My Da named me," Uziri said seriously. "He said a voice in his head said to...said to name me my name. So he did."
Allowing herself to be pulled, Uziri waved to Ashe's mom-creature before blinking in confusion.
"A make-over?" she asked. "Do you mean, make me un-alive? And then restarted?"
She blinked again then, belatedly curious.
"What is a noah?"
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:00 pm
"A makeover! It's when I fix you up! Like your hair and clothes and stuff! It's always fun!" Ashe said with a wide smile on her face. "Here! Let me start!" she said as she started to pull off Uziri's hood.
She started to take strands of hair and split them apart, forming two pigtails, and from there she made them into braids. As she was fixing up her hair, she said, "Oh Noah? He's my stinky older brother."
And Noah, who just happened to pass right in front of the bathroom snapped back, "Hey! I heard that!"
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:10 pm
Uziri sat quietly, shedding her hoodie and submitting to Ashe's care with her eyes wide and watchful sidelong. The eyes of the skulls pulsed gently, red light sending small spots of coloring dancing on the walls.
"I am sorry your noah is stinky," she said, glancing at the new creature. "Hello, Ashe's noah."
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:13 pm
"Who are you7?" questioned Noah. "You're scary." He said as he slowly walked away.
"Gah, don't mind him Uziri. He's just jeallouss!" Ashe teased.
Minutes passed and Ashe was almost done. She had to run to her room multiple times since most of her clothes didn't fit the girl, so she had to try different things, but she found the perfect outfit for Uziri!
"You look soooo cute!" Ashe exclaimed, forcefully turning her torwards the mirror. "SEE?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 8:45 am
Uziri preened a bit, smiling. She was scary?
"Thank you," she said to the noah-creature. "You're very nice."
She glanced at Ashe then, expression questioning.
"He is made of jelly?" she asked, awestruck. "Does he taste like peach?"
She bit back a surprised yelp as Ashe forcibly changed her clothes, and stumbled a bit on her way to the mirror. She stared at her reflection in astonishment, skulls glowing erratically. She looked....poofy. And frilly. And prissy, and not at all like herself. She hesitated, knowing she should say something for fear of offending Ashe after all her hard work. She tugged on a pigtail meditatively.
"I look like you," she said finally. There, that was a compliment if she'd ever heard one, wasn't it?
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