LMB Quote Game

[voralfred]

Exactly!
Your turn!
Your argument "the more the merrier" is why I had considered forbidding "three-persons-frisbee" if it were to become a problem, but lately, it has not been. Though the number of active players is rather small, this is due to the disappearance of some old friends, risi for instance. But not because a barrage of fast answers has barred less rapid would-be players to find a chance to answer.

[SPetty]

If anything, I know I try to pick more difficult quotes to find, because I think it makes the game more interesting.

I do miss seeing risi, though.

[Caroline Tredez]

There was a time I tried to pick difficult ones, or ones without a name to strike out, or meaningful ones, but lately I found that just opening a random book at a random page can also give funny and hard-to-find quotes, so I pick faster (which is good, 'cause I haven't as much time lately as when I began the game - I went from study to work, so I'm sure you all understand). So, next one :

" [...], you may be sure it means they still want something from you. Something they haven't got yet."

Which book, who is "you", who are "they", who's speaking ?

Bonus : What's "Something" ?

[SPetty]

I thought had it there, but no. Same concept, but different wording. Interesting quote!

[voralfred]

A little hint, maybe?
I could not even guess where Suzette found the same idea.

[Caroline Tredez]

A leetle more :

"If they still lash and drive you, you may be sure it means they still want something from you. Something they haven't got yet."

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

A leetle more :

"If they still lash and drive you, you may be sure it means they still want something from you. Something they haven't got yet."

I suppose each quizzee may ask a question (1 per post), is then under an obligation to wait for an answer to her/his/its query before posting a next question, and the quizzor is bound to respond to each question, though that response may be cryptic.
If I assume wrongly, then please correct me.
If I'm right then I'll lead off.

Question: May we disregard all books about the Nexus?

[Caroline Tredez]

Yes, we can ^^.

[voralfred]

Well, it is now obvious to me what world this is in (not TSK either).
But I'm leaving to Japan for one month. I'll have access to my mail, but not as regularly, so even if I could pinpoint what book, exactly, and more details, I wouldn't want to answer lest I stall the game: I won't have my books for a new quote! Of course, I coukd quote from memory... but not until the second fortnight, the first one my acccess would really be too irregular.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

... I wouldn't want to answer lest I stall the game: I won't have my books for a new quote! ...

Does it have to be a literal quote?

Why not a question about a situation or event, like in my very first participation with my question about a technical aspect of the Madame Minchenko Auditorium on Graff Station?

As a few examples, hors concours:
"The Vorkosigan groundcar had a little fender bender. What was the occasion, what was the damage and who was driving?"
or
"Ma Kosti had a stroke of genius. What was it, where was it first publicly applied and what was her reward?"
or
"Does the lake at Vorkosigan Surleau have any fish? How was it proven either way? Who witnessed it?"

So, Voralfred, if you have the solution to the current question, please go ahead.
And while you're at it, answer the example questions above.

[voralfred]

There is also the qustio nof my access being irregular. That would also stall the game.
I would guess that those who "lash and drive" are the gods in Chalion's world. But that still leaves 3 books to look in, and I don't have them with me.

Since your questions are "hors concours"

- the driver was Ma Kosti's younger (youngest?) son, not the one who was already guard ar V-house at the beginning of Memory. That happens in _CC_ I believe, he was driving Miels but I don't remember where (to the Imperial Palace? to Uncle Vorhortis place to see Ekaterin?) and I don't remember the exact extent of the damage

- Ma Kosti had many many strokes of genius for using bugbutter. Which one are you referring to? One was scrumptious ice-cream at the famous dinner party
One other was the Maple Mead Ambrosy at Gregor a,d Lisa's wedding. What she got for that were shares in the ButterBug company (I.O.U.'s, Kou would call them)

- oh ,yes, lots of fish. They wouldn't bite a bait but just bomb them (hand grenades are even better than dynamite) and yo uget them floating belly up, as Miles demonstrated to Illyan.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

Since your questions are "hors concours"

- the driver was Ma Kosti's younger (youngest?) son, not the one who was already guard ar V-house at the beginning of Memory. That happens in _CC_ I believe, he was driving Miels but I don't remember where (to the Imperial Palace? to Uncle Vorhortis place to see Ekaterin?) and I don't remember the exact extent of the damage

- Ma Kosti had many many strokes of genius for using bugbutter. Which one are you referring to? One was scrumptious ice-cream at the famous dinner party
One other was the Maple Mead Ambrosy at Gregor a,d Lisa's wedding. What she got for that were shares in the ButterBug company (I.O.U.'s, Kou would call them)

- oh ,yes, lots of fish. They wouldn't bite a bait but just bomb them (hand grenades are even better than dynamite) and yo uget them floating belly up, as Miles demonstrated to Illyan.

1. You have it partially right. In Memory Martin drives Miles to the Imperial Residence. While navigating inside, the groundcar hits and bends the wrought-iron portico. The car itself is undamaged. Miles tells Martin to make a few laps around the neighbourhood to practice handling the car. When Miles departs after seeing Gregor, the portico is already fixed by Impsec minions.

2. No, there was no particular reward for Ma Kosti after the embarrassing dinner. And yes, I meant the Ambrosia at Gregor's wedding party. Proles normally not being invited to an Emperor's wedding, Ma Kosti considered her attendance to be her highly prized reward.

3. Miles used a short-circuited stunner's power pack. Besides Miles and Illyan there was a third witness, the Impsec guard on the shore, who was alarmed at the muffled sound of the explosion.

I think questions in the format I proposed are more interesting. But that's my personal opinion, of course.

And then - plain curiosity - were you using a japanese keyboard?
Either that or you just attended a cocktail party with too many distracting geishas.
"the qustio nof my access being irregular" indeed ...

[SPetty]

Actually, Kareen mentioned that they paid Ma Kosti in shares, when they were asking Ekaterin to design the new butterbugs.

As to the original quote, I'm pretty sure I know where it is (though I remember the quote slightly differently, so it's possible it's located in a slightly different place).

The alternative quote I looked at was Miles and Duv Galeni in the cell in Brothers in Arms (there are several discussions about Galen thinking he has a reason to keep Galeni and Miles alive).

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

Actually, Kareen mentioned that they paid Ma Kosti in shares, when they were asking Ekaterin to design the new butterbugs.

Yes, but that's just a payment, in the form of shares, no different from Kareen's and Martya's wages and Ekaterin's consultant's fee.
Ma Kosti considers her attendance at the wedding to be her personal honorary reward, like a medal which is not money but a token of honour.

As to the original quote, I'm pretty sure I know where it is (though I remember the quote slightly differently, so it's possible it's located in a slightly different place).

So give! Your cease-fire is long past.

[JKCade]

Did we ever answer the last quote, or did we get sidetracked, or.......?

Just finished CyroBurn.

James

[SPetty]

Sidetracked, I'm afraid. I finished Cryoburn last Monday (The last line! How could she dangle that red herring, then hit us with that last line??)

I haven't had time to check my resources for the quote.

At a guess, it's in Curse of Chalion, "they" referring to the Gods, with one of the saints speaking, possibly Umegat, or Clara, to Cazeril.

There's another quote by Cazeril about saints being valued by the Gods as they value a mule as They whip them over the passes.

I confess to being a big boggled that "They" isn't capitalized in the quote. I didn't want to guess, as once you know who "they" are, the quote is more obvious.

[JKCade]

Yeah, I'm afraid I said a few (well, quite a lot, actually) bad words myself at that last line!

A good read tho.

James

[SPetty]

Indeed, it was good. If only she'd left off the last line. Or left out the red herring. Without the red herring, the last line wouldn't have been quite so bad.

Anyway, having skimmed all of the conversations between Cazeril and another saint in CoC, I'm thinking it's sardonic enough to be Ista in Paladin of Souls, possibly to Dy Cabon. The "they" is still the Gods. But it's late enough that I can't look it up to see what the "Something" is right now.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

Indeed, it was good. If only she'd left off the last line. Or left out the red herring. Without the red herring, the last line wouldn't have been quite so bad.

Tread carefully, please. I'm still waiting for my pre-ordered Cryoburn hard copy. And I want to read it while I myself am in a virginal condition, so to speak.

[E Pericoloso Sporgersi]

In the absence of Voralfred - to whom, I suppose, we must bow and grovel - I'm taking the liberty of repeating the current sleuthing quote set by Caroline.

Her last post stated:

A leetle more :

"If they still lash and drive you, you may be sure it means they still want something from you. Something they haven't got yet."

[Caroline Tredez]

Spetty has it, it's Ista to dy Cabon in Paladin of Souls, about the gods. Sardonic indeed. Your turn.

[SPetty]

I won't say another word about Cryoburn, and I was truly trying to be careful to vent without giving it away. I'm sure you'll enjoy it when you read it.

Anyway, next quote:

"It's me, don't shoot," he called in a strangled tone meant to be a whisper.

What book?
Who is speaking?
Whom is he talking to?

[voralfred]

I think questions in the format I proposed are more interesting. But that's my personal opinion, of course.

And then - plain curiosity - were you using a japanese keyboard?
Either that or you just attended a cocktail party with too many distracting geishas.
"the qustio nof my access being irregular" indeed ...

To the second question: no, I took my own laptop to Japan, but I left it safely at Tokyo U while visiting Kyoto and its area. Now I am in Tokyo again so I can come online again.
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As to the first one, I have no personal objections to extending the game from pure quotes to questions, but one has to be precise as to how to formulate them. I suggest you start a new thread, where you explain clearly what kind of questions are allowed, and make that thread a poll (the "poll creation" is just below the window that opens when you click on "new topic" in the "Lois McMaster Bujold" subforum). Then we vote, and the majority decides.

I have a few hunches as to the next quote, but without my books.... I'll try and guess. I order not to sidetrack, here is the last quote:

"It's me, don't shoot," he called in a strangled tone meant to be a whisper.

What book?
Who is speaking?
Whom is he talking to?

[voralfred]

I was thinking maybe Whit, at the beginning of _Passage_, when he takes shooting practice at a target just when Dag and Fawn are arriving and almost shoots one of them, when seeing Dag prepared to respond in kind. But this does not make sense, why should he whisper? He should make himself as conspicuous as possible.

[SPetty]

Good thinking, but it's not Whit. I could further expand to say it's not Passage, either.

Well, I could further expand a lot, but that's enough.