LMB Quote Game

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

purely by erratic memory :

Book ? Passage
XXX ? Dag
yyy ? lakewalkers
Whom does XXX speak to ? Whit
aaa ? eat
bbb ? sleep

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Oooops
I mistakenly edited this post rather than quoting it, to give a longer quote and more hints. But because of that the date of the page was not changed, and it did not appear as "new".
So I quoted it and repeated it wit a new date, below. And there is no point trying to remember how this post was, before I edited it. It contained more info than the previous one, but less than the next one, so, dear players, just concentrate on the last version below.

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[KarenHunt]

Can I play? I'm new here, but I know most of the answer to the newest quote (if I look it up I can get zzz right, if I go by memory I can get the rest of it and make a good stab at zzz.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

[KarenHunt]

Ok, I think I know how to play...

Book = Brothers in Arms (the last few sentences of the book)
XXX = Elli Quinn
YYY = Miles Vorkosigan
zzz = military (I'd have to peek to be sure that's the adjective, but it should be pretty close)

The pairs of relatives are:
1. Miles Vorkosigan and his clone-brother Mark
2. Duv Galeni and his father Ser Galen

Connecting Miles to Duv goes thusly: Mark semi-married to Kareen Koudelka, sister of Delia Koudelka, who marries Duv Galeni. (Plus the fact that Ser Galeni is foster-father to Mark, thus making Mark a step-brother to Duv and therefore Miles, who is genetically identical, is sort of a brother to him as well.

That's from memory. I could improve the last paragraph by looking things up in A Civil Campaign.

[voralfred]

So sorry, Karenhunt ! I've been very busy and forgot to check !

Yes, you have everything right !

So 2 and a half points !
And hte next question is yours !

And most important :



You can also try your chance on my previous (before or after posting your own question). It is cold in the sense that it won't give the right to post (you already have it) but it stills carries a full point and the two bonuses are also valid for 1/2 each. So you can reach 4 and 1/2 points in all !

Ooops !
I made a mistake, sorry.
In fact, I just realized that I forgot what my own intention was, concerning the third bonus.

You safely have the next quote, plus first and second bonus. I give you a 24 hours exclusivity on the third bonus (you and only you can answer) and after 24 hours as long as noone else answers it , you can still answer it anytime you want.

The "loose family connection" I meant involved four male characters, Mark and Duv indeed but also two more. I'm not removing your third bonus yet, since I am sure you'll find it !


BTW, what is your avatar ? The Zangre ?

[KarenHunt]

Two parts here:

1. For the previous question, and again entirely from memory:
"XXX slipped within, and closed the door gently. "You know," she murmured, "good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do, before the next chance."

"I'm not hungry." ZZZ too had a folded-in look, as if caught in some trap within herself.

"Want to talk about it?"

She grimaced uncertainly, and moved away from the bed to a settee in the far corner of the room. XXX sat beside her. "Tonight," she said lowly, "was the first time I (see bonus 1)"

XXX = Cordelia Vorkosigan
ZZZ = Drou
Bonus 1: fought in a real fight / used weapon for real
Bonus 2: Drou is feeling bad about having actually killed somebody
Bonus 3: Bothari is not a soldier any more because he was given a medical discharge. However, he is a Vorkosigan Armsman, which is pretty close.


2. What are the limits for this challenge?
a. Material: I assume Lois's book _Sidelines and Essays_ is out, but what about the various short stories? Or the very newest Penric tales, such as Orphans of Raspay? I think I saw at least one question from The Spirit Ring, so I'm guessing it is in...
b. Difficulty/obscurity/famousness: I'm guessing something very short might not be a good pick, though there's a moderately favorite line of mine that might work otherwise. (It's only 4 words long...)
c. Repeating older quotes: I haven't seen all 150 pages, so I can't be sure I won't repeat one of them. Is that ok, or would you prefer I look them over more closely? (I am willing, but it will add some time before I can respond.)

3. Yes, my picture is the Zangre/Alcazar!

[KarenHunt]

That was 3 parts. For symmetry I will add a guess as to the answer to the bonus.

4 men are married or semi-married to Koudelkas and are therefore brothers-in-law:
1. Mark Vorkosigan
2. Duv Galeni
3. Enrique Borgos
4. Dono Vorrutyer

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[KarenHunt]

All right, then I'll try the quote (and no it isn't from Orphans or Knife Children or the very old short stories, so it is safe):

XXX said nothing, yyy.

yyy is an adverb: what is it?
Who is XXX?
To whom is XXX not speaking?

Bonus 1: What is the reason XXX has responded in this way?
Bonus 2: Who did XXX learn to converse in this manner from?

[KarenHunt]

And 2nd try for why Drou is not hungry: She thinks she's a bad-guard because she hesitated to kill and she thinks that's why Padma Vorpatril ended up dead.

And: I'm fine with including Flowers of Vashnoi and Knife Children and The Orphans of Raspay.

(As a note, for the older short stories: There is an alternate source for them for anyone so inclined: Proto Zoa, an ebook published by Spectrum. I'm not particularly advocating for inclusion of them in this game, just thought it was worth mentioning.)

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Re: Bonus 2
No, your second try is still around Bonus 1. Whether because she killed or because she missed, it is stil this first real battle.
The other reason is totally different. And it is in fact the main reason.

Re: Proto Zoa
I just asked again JCKade, Caroline and EPS about the stories in that non-print edition.
I personally am in favor, but I son't want to make a decison alone


Note that there is still one piece of fiction in the (paper) collection "Dreamweaver Dilemma" that is absent from "Proto Zoa", a Sherlock Homes pastiche "The Adventure of the Lady on the Embankment", whose main character is a redhaired very energetic woman called.... Cordelia Naismith, though the action is in victorian London. So that one should stay out, right ?

I am eager to see your 4 words question

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[JKCade]

I'm in favor of adding the stories, they have been out long enough I think.

[voralfred]

OK, so let's see what Caroline will answer. If by the time KarenHunt's quote is found, Caroline has not objected, then "Qui ne dit mot consent" (Who says nothing is supposed to agree) the next quote can use any fiction, except the Sherlock pastiche. Too bad it is only in "Dreamweaver Dilemma", this other Cordelia Naismith is real fun !

[KarenHunt]

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