LMB Quote Game

Blackwing · Post by **Blackwing** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:07 am

Correct, James. Your turn!

JKCade · Post by **JKCade** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:57 pm

..Who should have been publicly executed XX years ago for the self crime!

Book?
Who is speaking?
Who are they speaking to?
How many years ago is XX?

James

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:02 am

Barrayar
Aral is speaking to Cordelia, both are discussing Carl Vorhalas duelling. (Did you mean who is he speaking to, or whom are they speaking about?)
XX is really XXII

I immediately recognized the "crime" was

Spoiler: show

; but it is a good thing I checked before answering, I thought XX was exactly 20!

Order of magnitude correct, but not quite.

GHOST: added spoiler tags.

JKCade · Post by **JKCade** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:04 pm

Correct! Gotta watch them XX's, especially when they show up in groups of three <eg>.

Your turn!

James

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:19 pm

"Mine is not a theology of the elect. I intend to preach to the masses. Even," he was definitely getting into the swing of this, "the sinners.(...)"

Book?
Who is talking?
To whom?

Bonus: name a sinner.

SPetty · Post by **SPetty** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:18 pm

"Mine is not a theology of the elect. I intend to preach to the masses. Even," he was definitely getting into the swing of this, "the sinners.(...)"

Book?Borders of Infinity (the short story within the book of the same name)
Who is talking? Brother Miles
To whom?Oliver, future commander (with Tris, of course) of the Marlacan resistance

Bonus: name a sinner: Suegar, Beatrice, Tris, Oliver (I'd add Pitt, but he didn't make it that far)

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:14 am

The next quote is yours, Suzette!

By "sinner" I did mean Pitt and his gang: "Brother Miles" intended to preach to them, too, he says so in many places. He wants unity, not revenge or even justice.

Spoiler: show

Well, you did mention him, too. So one and a half sherlock.

SPetty · Post by **SPetty** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:06 am

I included everyone else because, by that time, rather a lot of them had committed atrocities as a result of their poor conditions. It was definitely not a happy place.

Anyway...

I cannot bear another night of not knowing. Before the light failed. Before my heart fails.

What book?
Who is thinking this?
Not knowing what?

Caroline Tredez · Post by **Caroline Tredez** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:24 pm

Can't check, I don't have my books at hand, but I'll try Ista in "Paladin of Souls", when she's about to ask her god for the gift of second sight to see what exactly happens to Illvin ?

I'm pretty sure it's in one of the first two books of Chalion, anyway. But growing less sure by the moment...

SPetty · Post by **SPetty** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:14 pm

In fact, it's not Ista in Paladin of Souls. But it is a pretty good guess.

JKCade · Post by **JKCade** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:29 pm

Quote:
I cannot bear another night of not knowing. Before the light failed. Before my heart fails.

What book? The Curse of Chalion.
Who is thinking this? Cazaril.
Not knowing what? If the Dowager Provincara will see him after his long walk and grant him refuge.

I had thought it was Ista as well when I first read it.

James

SPetty · Post by **SPetty** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:19 pm

Correct! You're up James!

JKCade · Post by **JKCade** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:54 am

"Excellant! That was fast. Uh...how?"

Book?
Who is speaking?
Who is being spoken to?
What are they discussing?

James

SPetty · Post by **SPetty** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:15 pm

It's... familiar. I'm just not placing it (which is probably good, since I have the 5 day limit before I can post anyway).

JKCade · Post by **JKCade** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:12 pm

Heh heh heh...

JKCade · Post by **JKCade** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:18 pm

A little more.

[/quote]"It's important." Her blue eyes seemed to blaze. "I know which XXX YYY is the ZZZ now!"
"Excellant! That was fast. Uh...how?"

Book?
Who is speaking?
Who is being spoken to?
What are they discussing?

Sorry about the whole XYZ thing, but that would have made it too obvious.

James

SPetty · Post by **SPetty** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:29 pm

Are XXX, YYY, and ZZZ proper nouns, or is the upper case lettering not indicative of anything in particular?

Or is that information only available in the next hint?

JKCade · Post by **JKCade** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:16 pm

Oh crud. Proper noun? Uhm, let me ask my daughter who is in her junior year of college, studying to be an English teacher. Ok, yep, they are proper nouns, LOL! And I don't know why I capitalized each letter, fingers were faster than normal.

James

JKCade · Post by **JKCade** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 12:58 pm

Ok, a little more.

"I trust this is important. And brief. Or I'm going to emerge to find AAA-BBB CCC waiting for an exit interview."
"It's important." Her blue eyes seemed to blaze. "I know which XXX YYY is the ZZZ now!"
"Excellant! That was fast. Uh...how?"

AAA and BBB are terms, not people names.
CCC is a persons name.
XXX, YYY, and ZZZ are terms, not people names.

Book?
Who is speaking?
Who is being spoken to?
What are they discussing?

James

Caroline Tredez · Post by **Caroline Tredez** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 3:45 pm

Way easier with these details.

From "Cetaganda" :

Miles : "I trust this is important. And brief. Or I'm going to emerge to find ghem-Colonel Benin waiting for an exit interview."
Rian Degtiar : "It's important." Her blue eyes seemed to blaze. "I know which Satrap Lord is the traitor now!"
Miles :"Excellant! That was fast. Uh...how?"

Discussing which Cetagandan lord was ready to go a little further than the other in betraying their imperium by stealing the key to their genome.

JKCade · Post by **JKCade** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 4:31 pm

99% correct! It was "satrap governor", not lord, but as this one has been up a while, I'm sure no one is going to complain!

Congratulations! And your up!

James

Caroline Tredez · Post by **Caroline Tredez** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 4:44 pm

My apologies, but I only have the book in french... Did what I can

Next one tomorrow, then.

JKCade · Post by **JKCade** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:54 pm

Hey, you can read French, no apologies required!

James

JKCade · Post by **JKCade** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:57 pm

While we are on the subject (and I apologize for going off the main quote topic) I was wondering something: we have players in this game from several different countries. Are you all bi-lingual, and can speak and read English in addition to your native tounge, or is this website automatically translated into your launguage by some computer server on the Web? Probably a silly question, but still.

James

Caroline Tredez · Post by **Caroline Tredez** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 2:21 am

On topic :

Has it occurred to anyone yet that we're tackling this problem from the wrong end?

Which book ?
Who is speaking ?
What is the problem ?

Bonus : What is the solution ?

Off topic : this forum isn't translated, and I for one (and I suspect all presents) can read and write in English in addition to my native tongue. Now, speaking is another problem ^^.