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laurus_nobilis) wrote2006-02-13 09:41 am
laurus_nobilis) wrote2006-02-13 09:41 am
An Act of Creation [XXXHOLiC; English]
Title: An Act of Creation
Rating: G
Genre: Genfic / humour
Characters: Clow, Yuuko and the Mokonas
Summary: Clow teaches one of the most important lessons in life.
Notes: Written for Insert Phrase.
"A beginning is a very delicate time," Clow said, pacing across the room. "This is when everything takes shape, when we set the bases for what we will obtain in the end. Even the tiniest detail is of great importance now. Before we start, you must understand that what we are about to do is an act of creation – and, as such, it must be an act of love. We must make our best efforts now, and let that love shine through our creation."
He paused for breath and stopped walking at last.
"So, are we ready, then?" he asked. The answer came almost before he had finished speaking.
"Yaa-ay! Cake!"
Once everyone had put on an apron – red for Soel, blue for Larg, and a plain white one for Clow – they looked for all the necessary ingredients. Even under the magician's direction, the Mokonas managed to make a mess of his kitchen as they opened and emptied all the cabinets. Soon, everything they needed was on the counter: flour, sugar, butter, cream, cocoa…
Clow gave his approval and began to explain what they had to do. The recipe he had chosen was relatively easy to follow, so the Mokonas wouldn't make any mistakes that couldn't be fixed, even if they were a little overenthusiastic as usual.
"The first thing we do," he said, "is mix the ingredients to make the batter. The flour goes in this bowl – careful, not so much – and we add the butter and sugar, and all the dry ingredients… very well. Now, in this other bowl, we – wait!"
Larg stopped in midair and fell sitting on the counter, still grabbing one of the wooden spoons.
"Mokona wants to stir!"
"Just wait a minute, all right? We haven't reached that part yet," Clow explained. "We must combine the wet ingredients first, in the other – ah, thank you."
"But Clow can use magic to bake, right?" Soel asked as he passed him the bowl.
"Yes," he replied, nodding, "but it's more fun this way, don't you think?"
He grinned at the tiny creatures as he wiped his hands on his apron, and then he poured the wet mix into the other one.
"So, now you stir."
"Yaaay!"
Clow let them do that as he prepared the mix of sugar and cocoa for the next step. When they were done, he helped them pour it into a baking pan.
"Wow," Larg exclaimed, "this cake is going to be really big!"
"Of course. It must be enough for Cerberus and Yuuko."
"Yuuko really eats a lot!"
"I heard that," came her voice from the next room. Clow chuckled, but didn't deign to answer. Instead, he gave the sugar and cocoa mix to the Mokonas, who sprinkled it more than generously over the batter.
"Well, now we are almost ready to put it in the oven," he told them. "But first, the most important ingredient of all…"
"Brandy!" Soel and Larg cheered in unison.
"Exactly! I see you are learning," he said, as he poured the drink into the baking pan. Then he finally put it in the oven.
"And now we wait?" asked Soel.
"No," Clow answered. "Now we clean up."
"Awww…"
* * *
"Ah, finally!" Yuuko exclaimed when Clow entered the room with two slices of cake.
"Finally?" he asked. "Well, I suppose time seems to go slower when you are lounging in someone else's living room instead of doing the actual work."
"Don't be silly and just give me that," she replied, taking one of the pieces. "Mmm, it's delicious! How much chocolate does it have?"
"That is entirely their doing," Clow admitted. She must have noticed his growing amusement, because she suddenly gave him a suspicious look.
"All right, what's the trick?"
"There is nothing in the cake that shouldn't be there, I promise."
"But…"
"But," he continued her sentence, "you sounded so offended when they said you ate a lot that I thought we should prove them wrong. So I gave the rest of the cake to them and Cerberus."
Yuuko swallowed. She looked down at her almost empty plate and took a deep breath.
"So this is all I get," she said, with perfect calm. Clow nodded innocently.
"You're going to be punished for this," she warned him in a sing-song voice.
"Really?" he asked. But, for once, Yuuko's grin looked even more dangerous than his own.
"Next time, I get to choose your apron."
Rating: G
Genre: Genfic / humour
Characters: Clow, Yuuko and the Mokonas
Summary: Clow teaches one of the most important lessons in life.
Notes: Written for Insert Phrase.
"A beginning is a very delicate time," Clow said, pacing across the room. "This is when everything takes shape, when we set the bases for what we will obtain in the end. Even the tiniest detail is of great importance now. Before we start, you must understand that what we are about to do is an act of creation – and, as such, it must be an act of love. We must make our best efforts now, and let that love shine through our creation."
He paused for breath and stopped walking at last.
"So, are we ready, then?" he asked. The answer came almost before he had finished speaking.
"Yaa-ay! Cake!"
Once everyone had put on an apron – red for Soel, blue for Larg, and a plain white one for Clow – they looked for all the necessary ingredients. Even under the magician's direction, the Mokonas managed to make a mess of his kitchen as they opened and emptied all the cabinets. Soon, everything they needed was on the counter: flour, sugar, butter, cream, cocoa…
Clow gave his approval and began to explain what they had to do. The recipe he had chosen was relatively easy to follow, so the Mokonas wouldn't make any mistakes that couldn't be fixed, even if they were a little overenthusiastic as usual.
"The first thing we do," he said, "is mix the ingredients to make the batter. The flour goes in this bowl – careful, not so much – and we add the butter and sugar, and all the dry ingredients… very well. Now, in this other bowl, we – wait!"
Larg stopped in midair and fell sitting on the counter, still grabbing one of the wooden spoons.
"Mokona wants to stir!"
"Just wait a minute, all right? We haven't reached that part yet," Clow explained. "We must combine the wet ingredients first, in the other – ah, thank you."
"But Clow can use magic to bake, right?" Soel asked as he passed him the bowl.
"Yes," he replied, nodding, "but it's more fun this way, don't you think?"
He grinned at the tiny creatures as he wiped his hands on his apron, and then he poured the wet mix into the other one.
"So, now you stir."
"Yaaay!"
Clow let them do that as he prepared the mix of sugar and cocoa for the next step. When they were done, he helped them pour it into a baking pan.
"Wow," Larg exclaimed, "this cake is going to be really big!"
"Of course. It must be enough for Cerberus and Yuuko."
"Yuuko really eats a lot!"
"I heard that," came her voice from the next room. Clow chuckled, but didn't deign to answer. Instead, he gave the sugar and cocoa mix to the Mokonas, who sprinkled it more than generously over the batter.
"Well, now we are almost ready to put it in the oven," he told them. "But first, the most important ingredient of all…"
"Brandy!" Soel and Larg cheered in unison.
"Exactly! I see you are learning," he said, as he poured the drink into the baking pan. Then he finally put it in the oven.
"And now we wait?" asked Soel.
"No," Clow answered. "Now we clean up."
"Awww…"
"Ah, finally!" Yuuko exclaimed when Clow entered the room with two slices of cake.
"Finally?" he asked. "Well, I suppose time seems to go slower when you are lounging in someone else's living room instead of doing the actual work."
"Don't be silly and just give me that," she replied, taking one of the pieces. "Mmm, it's delicious! How much chocolate does it have?"
"That is entirely their doing," Clow admitted. She must have noticed his growing amusement, because she suddenly gave him a suspicious look.
"All right, what's the trick?"
"There is nothing in the cake that shouldn't be there, I promise."
"But…"
"But," he continued her sentence, "you sounded so offended when they said you ate a lot that I thought we should prove them wrong. So I gave the rest of the cake to them and Cerberus."
Yuuko swallowed. She looked down at her almost empty plate and took a deep breath.
"So this is all I get," she said, with perfect calm. Clow nodded innocently.
"You're going to be punished for this," she warned him in a sing-song voice.
"Really?" he asked. But, for once, Yuuko's grin looked even more dangerous than his own.
"Next time, I get to choose your apron."