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Post by Kitty on Nov 25, 2007 16:08:27 GMT -5
Bellatrix dragged him to the front door. "Crap, forgot to say backyard!" She said in a harsh whisper, looking around. "Good thing it's late, or we'd be dead." She smiled, grabbing her key from her purse, and unlocking the door. She opened the door, and closed it in his face. After mumbling a few cleaning spells, she opened the door to reveal a small house. "Okay, Kitchen is this way. Ummm, we have to.....have you ever made brownies bofore?"
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Post by Daniel on Nov 25, 2007 16:12:26 GMT -5
Shane blinked as the door was slammed in his face. He waited patiently for the door to re-open, and then walked in, following Bellatrix to the kitchen. "No, never..." He said, looking around and sizing up the place. He found himself noticing escape routes and tried to force the thoughts from his mind. No one was going to come after him here...they had stopped looking by now.
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Post by Kitty on Nov 25, 2007 16:17:13 GMT -5
She looked back at him to see him looking around the house. "If I didn't know any better I would say you were trying to find a valuble or something." She was half joking. "Too bad I'm almost dirt-poor. Okay, then. We take out the Betty Crocker baking box, and read directions...." She opened the pantry to reveal almost nothing. Some goldfish, pretzels, and jello mix along with cake mix, and some brownie mix. "Not much, but I'm almost never home except to sleep. And I rarely do that."
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Post by Daniel on Nov 25, 2007 16:26:43 GMT -5
Shane faked a smile. "No, just wondering if I could steal the house," he joked, rolling his eyes. He looked at the brownie mix. "Er...how exactly does powder turn into brownies? I thought Muggles didn't even use magic for baking..." he trailed off, looking back up at Bella.
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Post by Kitty on Nov 25, 2007 16:41:58 GMT -5
"Well....you heat it in an oven. You did take Muggle Studies, right?" She joked. "I have one. I think it still works..." She looked back at it. It was really dusty... "Okay. It says; 'PreHeat oven to 350 degrees.' Simple enough. Shane, can you turn that little handle thingy to the 350 setting?" She looked back at the box, and started to get out the bowl, and other stuff.
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Post by Daniel on Nov 25, 2007 16:43:50 GMT -5
Shane shifted his weight uncomfortably. "Er, no, I never took Muggle Studies..." he said. He looked at the oven. "Do you want to use a cleaning spell on it first? It looks pretty dusty...unless it's supposed to be like that?" he rambled, having no idea what to do.
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Post by Kitty on Nov 25, 2007 16:49:40 GMT -5
"oh yeah. That would be bad if we like, cooked a disease into the brownies or something." She laughed, throwing a couple cleaning spells at the oven. "Okay, now, see this," She pointed at the degrees re-out, "this is a degrees read-out. It tells you how hot the oven is, but you have to turn this, "She pointed at the turny thingy, "to make the oven hot. So I want to turn it to 350 degrees." She turned it to the 350 marker. "Now, it will take about thirty minute to heat up, so now we actually make it! Okay. I know you mix stuff together, I mean, I have read a muggle cook book before." She smiled, glancing at the box for directions.
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Post by Daniel on Nov 25, 2007 16:53:05 GMT -5
Shane blinked. "OK...I guess I follow..." he said, following her and looking at the instructions. "So...we mix it together and put it in the oven...and that's it?" he asked incredulously, amazed that Muggles could come up with something so easy and effective. "No magic at all?"
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Post by Kitty on Nov 25, 2007 16:57:45 GMT -5
"Nope, not magic at all." She smiled, seeing he was amazed by muggle's effective-ness. "But, I do think we should add magic, just to speed up the process. It still takes about half an hour for muggles." She said, waving her wand, and the milk coming out of the fridge. She sniffed it, then looked at the experation date. Not for another week. " Okay, so while you mix a 2 cups of milk, and the mix, I'm going to speed up the oven."
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Post by Daniel on Nov 25, 2007 16:59:53 GMT -5
Shane sent her a smile and pretended to know what he was doing. Having no idea that a cup was a measurement, he found a regular cup and filled it with milk, then put it in the bowl. He filled it again and put that it too. "Isn't that a lot of milk for some brownies?..." he asked, confused, as the large bowl was now almost full with milk.
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Post by Kitty on Nov 25, 2007 17:18:29 GMT -5
"Huh?" She asked, turning around. "Oh my God!" She grabbed the bowl, and dumped about the the milk out. "Okay, what did you use?" She asked, setting the bowl down. She opened a cabinet, and pulled out a real cup. "This is a cup."
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Post by Daniel on Nov 25, 2007 17:20:14 GMT -5
"Oh...then what is this?" Shane asked, indicating the non-measuring cup. "A spoon?" he guessed, only half-joking. He had no idea what Muggles called anything, and he didn't plan on learning. This would probably be his last attempt at cooking non-magically ever...or at all if he could help it.
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Post by Kitty on Nov 25, 2007 17:28:05 GMT -5
"That is a drinking cup." She said, as the oven ding-ed. "Okay, we have to pour this mix into a brownie pan." She grabbed a brownie pan, "Okay, now we get to wait." She said as she placed the pan into the oven to cook. She wandered off into the living room, plopping down, not really knowing what to do. "Want to play a game?"
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Post by Daniel on Nov 25, 2007 17:43:28 GMT -5
Shane blinked a few times as she rapidly finished everything but taking them out of the oven. He followed her into the other room. "Sure," he said hesitantly. "It's not some complicated Muggle game, is it?" he added, only half-joking. He had tried playing one once...he couldn't even remember the name.
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Post by Kitty on Nov 25, 2007 17:47:26 GMT -5
"No. It's called, 'Word Asociation.' I will say something like 'bed' and whatever comes first to your mind, you say, then I say what comes first in my mind to what you said. Get it?"
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Post by Daniel on Nov 25, 2007 17:49:14 GMT -5
"Sure..." Shane said after a second, sitting down across from her and sitting back in a chair. He tried to clear his mind and just focus on what she was about to say. When he was ready, he nodded for her to begin.
//Sorry it's short...I can't think.//
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Post by Kitty on Nov 25, 2007 17:52:29 GMT -5
She crossed her legs, and set them on the chair Shane was sitting on. "Ummm....Christen." She said, lounging on the counch, making herself really comfy.
//Have you been reading mine? They are two lines at best.....I love that game..//
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Post by Daniel on Nov 25, 2007 17:55:45 GMT -5
//lol...I'm trying to make mine 3-4 at least. *shrug*//
"Religion," Shane said immediately, thinking along the lines of Catholic...He gave a small smile as he thought about it. Maybe this game would be fun after all. "OK, so do I ask you one now, or do you keep going?" he asked after a second.
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Post by Kitty on Nov 25, 2007 18:02:37 GMT -5
"We just keep going, not stopping. Religion- Midevil times." She said, starting the game once again.
//1 line! YES!!!//
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Post by Daniel on Nov 25, 2007 20:32:38 GMT -5
"OK..." Shane said, and then after she said her word, he added, "Castle," he said instantly, and then getting ready for her answer so that he could respond to that.
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Post by Kitty on Nov 25, 2007 21:30:19 GMT -5
"Maiden." She said, picturing a pretty person, sitting on a window, looking out a old castle window. Her eyes were trying to cut through his brain, see if he was saying what she thought he was going to say. The game was getting a bit dull, she much prefered 20 Questions, she wanted to know more about him.
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Post by Daniel on Nov 25, 2007 21:32:33 GMT -5
"House-Elf," Shane said with a smile, having gone from maiden to maid to House-Elf. He looked into Bellatrix's eyes, wondering what she was thinking. He glanced at the kitchen, trying to guess when the brownies would be done baking in the oven.
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Post by Kitty on Nov 25, 2007 21:35:36 GMT -5
She followed his glance into the kitchen. "They still have about 15 minutes." She was starting to second guess herself about Shane. She didn't even know him, and she was inviting him into her house. "Switching the game to 20 questions. I will ask 20 question that you have to answer truefully, and it has to be kinda fast. Ready?"
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Post by Daniel on Nov 25, 2007 21:46:42 GMT -5
"Sure, I guess..." Shane said hesitantly. He prepared himself for the questions, trying to think of good answers for certain things she might ask...not lies, really, just not the whole truth. He looked up and met Bella's eyes, then nodded.
//Brain dead.//
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Post by Kitty on Nov 25, 2007 21:51:54 GMT -5
//I know. The whole '4 lines' thing is killing me. Half the time I don't follow it, but right now I'm not braindead!//
"Okay. First question: Why did you really talk to be tonight? Second Question: Why did the werewolf not really like you? Third Question: What really made you talk to me? anf Fourth Question: Why do you trust me?" She said four questions at a time to make it go faster. She really hoped he answered truefully.
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