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Post by jacobriley on Jul 20, 2006 13:23:32 GMT -5
Jake was interested in seeing how Hogwarts provided the food for all of their students. There must be alot of magic involved, Jake thought to himself as he tickled the pear and was allowed entry into the place. It wasn't really what he expected it to be, with house elves running about, cleaning up from the last meal. He wondered why they didn't just magic everything clean but then realized they were, in fact, not people at all. Small, wrinkled, bat like people, maybe. He had heard of house elves, but never seen them before in the flesh. Jake was just looking around as one rushed up to him and caught him around the shins.
He was taken by suprise as the house elf bowed and apologized. " No problem. " He told the elf who was now standing before him, wringing out a bit of cloth that looked like a hat of some sort... Or it could have very well been something else. Jake then rattled off a list of things he would like the elf to bring him, it included premade sugar cookies, the ocrrect ingeridents to make icing, and some decorational things. The elf nodded enthusiastically and went to go get four of it's friends to help retrieve the things.
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Post by taliasaphire on Jul 20, 2006 13:30:55 GMT -5
Talia had decided to help the house elves today, since her classes were all covered, and they seemed to take a liking to her, and she didn't mind. She didn't want to study anyways... She was a little caught off guard as one of the elves started screeching that they had guests. She smiled, and let out a small laugh, and as they gathered what seemed to be a plate piled high with cookies. She wondered if the house elve would collapse under the weight of the plate... She shook her head, and took it from the house elve. He... or she... nodded and thanked her and rushed to get something else. Talia took the plate to the "guest" and smiled, "Hey." She said, setting the plate down.
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Post by jacobriley on Jul 20, 2006 13:36:25 GMT -5
Jake had been busying himself with setting up the few ingredients that had been brought to him and didn't notice the girl at all until she spoke. He nearly dropped the eggs he had been cracking open into a bowl but caught them in time. Jake turned around and said, " Oh, hi. " With a sheepish grin. She probably thought he was crazy, but Jake didn't mind. Some of the people he met thought it odd that he liked to cook and bake but it was a hobby for him, to experiment with food.
" I'm Jake Riley, fifth year Hufflepuff. " He told her with a nod, he thought that covered the introductions pretty well. " I would shake your hand but as ya can see... " He trailed off with a laugh, noticing that his hands had a bit of egg white on them. He wiped them on a small towel an elf had just brought him.
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Post by taliasaphire on Jul 20, 2006 13:45:20 GMT -5
Talia held in a laugh as the boy almost dropped the eggs he was holding. She didn't really find it odd that he was... baking... she couldn't really say anything, she was helping the house elves, that was probably weirder than what he was up to.
She looked at his hand and grinned, and looked at her own hands, which were still a little red from her little, adventure, a couple days ago... She smiled, "Nice to meet you... I'm Talia Saphire, Fourth Year Hufflepuff." She said, since she wasn't wearing her robes. She was in the kitchen afterall. She could've been anyone without the logo draped on her. She smiled at the elf who brought the towel for Jake.
"What are you making?" She asked, inquiring about all the ingedients and what not he was working with. She could'nt recall ever seeing him before, but that didnt' stop her from asking questions.
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Post by jacobriley on Jul 20, 2006 13:56:39 GMT -5
Jake was curious abour what she had been doing in the kitchens, he usually found people liked to come into a kitchen to eat, and then dash. " Good to meet ya, too, Talia. " He said to her with a nod. So she was a fellow Hufflepuff? That was pretty cool. He'd only met one other Huffle, and that was a Mike. From what Lily said, he guessed he wasn't the best example to look at for what the house as a whole would be like. Just as Talia had asked Jake what he was making several more elves came in and unloaded their stash. " Thank you, all. " He said to them, and one replied, " If you need anything, sir and miss. " He nodded and smiled before answering Talia's question. " I think I'm decorating cookies... and maybe baking a cake? " Jake finished, deciding it for himself as he said it. " Would you like to help me? " He asked, now facing her instead of the table that the items were placed on.
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Post by taliasaphire on Jul 20, 2006 14:02:56 GMT -5
Talia shrugged, "Um, sure..." She said, not really sure how to make a cake, or cookies. She came from a pure-blood family, and her mother had always just used magic to make things... there was no time to make it by hand... from scratch. She grinned, "As long as you know what you're doing..." She said, wondering what they were going to do with all the things the house elves had brought. She was up for anything though, since the castle had become some what of a bore to her... and she was glad she was always meeting new people, and other Huffies were awesome to meet. They were all pretty random...
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Post by jacobriley on Jul 20, 2006 21:43:41 GMT -5
" Cool, " Jake said, pushing his hair out of his eyes with his forearm. Being a muggle born he had grown up making food. He nodded as she trailed off and he replied, " That I do. " He smiled crookedly and then set out a few things such as eggs, vegetable oil, flour and an assortment of baking items. All of which he would need to bake a cake. " What kind of cake would ya like to make? " He asked, thinking it would probably be a good idea to know what kind of cake they were to be making before beginning the mixing process.
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Post by taliasaphire on Jul 20, 2006 22:47:47 GMT -5
"What's the best kind?" She asked, wondering of all the different things they could do... She pulled her hair back into a pony tail, not wanting to get any more messy than she already was with helping around the kitched. She never really realized how long and hard the eleves worked to keep everyone fed around here. She wondered if he really did know what he was doing... she guessed by all the ingredients that he did know what he was doing, but one could never be sure...
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Post by jacobriley on Jul 20, 2006 23:13:29 GMT -5
Jake thought about this, turning to face Talia again, before answering. Tough decision. The flavor he preferred most was also hard to come to a decision on... But when he did reply, he said, " Personally I prefer german chocolate. " He usually liked to bake the cake and throw it in the freezer for half an hour, rather then cool for fifteen minutes. " Any preference, though? " He asked, wanting a bit of a challenge. Jake was used to making random things, his older brother once asked him to make a Mickey Mouse shaped pancake for his toddler. Needless to say, the little kid enjoyed it.
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Post by taliasaphire on Jul 20, 2006 23:17:16 GMT -5
"German chocolate eh?" She said, letting a bit of her Canadian drawl slip through. She had never really tried that before... and wouldn't mind to see what it was like... but she was in the mood for something else... "How about... ice cream cake?" She said, wondering if he knew how to make that. She guessed he would probably know how to make the cake he suggested, and decided to see whether or not he knew how to make what she suggested, and she wanted to see if he would even consider her idea... or just go along with his... She didn't really mind though, but she didn't mind seeing what others thought... afterall, he had asked her what her preferance was... she was just being honest.
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Post by jacobriley on Jul 22, 2006 17:15:54 GMT -5
" Eh. " Jake said to her with a smile, confirming with a nod. He leaned his head slightly to the right, looking at her as he thought of if he did know how to make Ice Cream Cake. He shook his head and said, " I haven't a clue how ta make that, but I might want to sometime. " He laughed then asked, " Do you want to try the German chocolate? " He didn't know if she had ever tried it before but he guessed not. He propped his arms on the counter, his back to it, and leaned up against it, looking at Talia.
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Post by taliasaphire on Jul 22, 2006 22:16:59 GMT -5
Talia smiled, "Sure, I've never even heard of it before... let alone try it." She said, and thought that maybe she'd go and have a look in the library another day and see if they had any cook books... something that was unlikely, but she got bored easily and would probably end up doing that anyways... Talia's head suddenly hurt, and it felt as if someone was pushing the sides in. She massaged her temples for an instant... feeling another headache coming on, but the pain quickly passed. "So, where do we start?" She asked, smiling once again.
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Post by jacobriley on Jul 22, 2006 22:54:31 GMT -5
" Alrigh', sounds good. " Jake said, already bringing out another bowl for the dry ingredients. He began to put a bit of salt at the bottom of the bowl, then add cocoa for the maximum chocolate effect. He turned back to her and saw her rubbing her temples for a moment, then stopping. " Ya alright? " He asked, peering at her through his bangs.
" Um, we should probably start by adding all of the dry ingredients in one bowl, the wet in another. " He said after she had asked him, a smile now on her face as well.
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Post by taliasaphire on Jul 22, 2006 22:59:59 GMT -5
Talia nodded, as the pain passed. "Ya, I'll be fine..." She said, not really knowing if she would be or not... but as of now she was. "Ok... I'll do the liquid ones then..." She said, looking over everything and shrugged, grabbing a container of something... Being the clumsy person she was, she ended up nudging the carton of eggs to the floor. She attempted to grab it before it fell, but only ended up flipping it in the air, and it crashed to the floor... all of the eggs broken.
"Great..." Talia said, as a house elve quickly cleaned it up, and another elve brought her another carton of eggs, thrusting it into her hands, the elves eyes almost glaring... "Sorry..." She said... knowing she probably wouldn't be helping very often here anymore...
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Post by jacobriley on Jul 22, 2006 23:15:09 GMT -5
" Ok, then, " Jake said, not quite knowing if she was as ok as she said but shrugged it off as she volunteered to put the liquid ingredients into the designated bowl. He watched as the carton of eggs fell but smiled as one of the house elves came by to clean it all up. " Thank ye. " Jake told the one retreating with a tea towel full of eggs and the other leaving with nothing in it's hands. " Tha's alright, I'm sure they just love eggs as much as the floor does. " He said with a smile, crouching down and wiping away the bit of egg left over still on the floor.
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