LMB Quote Game

E Pericoloso Sporgersi · Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:09 am

Caroline Tredez wrote:Cryoburn, Miles to Roic ? Who answer with "saying nothing, firmly" to the suggestion of freezing the two thugs (Okita and Hans) who came to kidnapp Dr. Leiber, to neutralize them ? I seem to recall Miles suggesting it as a Kibou-daini problem-solving method - since their boss choose to freeze Sato-san to solve his problems.

Hey, that sounds right!

Now that you give context, the "saying nothing, firmly" reminds me of the equally vague "plausible deniability" of CIA lore.

But the "saying nothing, firmly" might also be Cazaril's reaction to a sly taunt by Betriz or Iselle, both wearing a clinging wet shift when swimming in the river.

I think I prefer the latter. Oh well, I can dream, can't I?

SPetty · Post by **SPetty** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 1:58 pm

Caroline is correct!

It wasn't plausible deniability, really. Roic was a former policeman, and Miles was suggesting something highly illegal (by Barrayaran police standards, or for Kibou-danai standards, for that matter). Roic's silence was more of a "I'm not going to dignify that suggestion with a response." Fortunately, Miles backed down. I'm not sure how Roic would have reacted if Miles had insisted. I think it would have been a very different scene.

Anyway, congratulations to Caroline, and you have the next quote!

Caroline Tredez · Post by **Caroline Tredez** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 3:05 pm

How about that one ?

"[...]You might look into it, when you can spare a little leisure from...drinking tea."

Who's talking, who's listening, in what circumstances ?

orchestrali · Post by **orchestrali** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 10:59 pm

I just listened to that one!! Now, which book was it?? argh.......got it!

Speaker: General Metzov
Listener: Miles Vorkosigan

It's in THE VOR GAME, of course. I believe it's after Miles has sunk the scat-cat and Metzov is reaming him out. Metzov asks whether Miles has read the Lazkowski Base regulations, and when the answer is no, offers the quoted suggestion.

Caroline Tredez · Post by **Caroline Tredez** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 6:52 am

That was fast, and correct !

The floor is yours, orchestrali.

orchestrali · Post by **orchestrali** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 12:21 pm

Hooray! I seem to recognize quotes either immediately or not at all. ::sings:: "With me, it's all er nuthin'..."

XXX hadn't actually said, On me, it looks good, but YYY thought it was implied.

Book?
XXX?
YYY?
What looks good?

E Pericoloso Sporgersi · Sun Sep 14, 2014 1:16 pm

orchestrali wrote:... "With me, it's all er nuthin'..."

Is that Sportin' Life in "Porgy and Bess" or Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl"?

orchestrali wrote:
XXX hadn't actually said, On me, it looks good, but YYY thought it was implied.
XXX?
YYY?
What looks good?

Book -- A Civil Campaign, the garden party at the imperial wedding
XXX -- Ma Kosti
YYY -- Kareen
What looks good -- the staff badge on Ma Kosti's lace apron

orchestrali · Post by **orchestrali** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 2:34 pm

I am sorry to say, EPS, that you are wrong on all counts. Try again! Shall I tell you the musical or do you want to keep guessing on that one too?

No hints on the LMB quote yet, as it's only been a few hours.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 9:37 pm

orchestrali wrote:Hooray! I seem to recognize quotes either immediately or not at all. ::sings:: "With me, it's all er nuthin'..."

XXX hadn't actually said, On me, it looks good, but YYY thought it was implied.
Book?
XXX?
YYY?
What looks good?

Book = the novella "The Borders of Infinity"
XXX = Miles
YYY= Sergeant Beatrice
What looks good = the imaginary hat (Miles is in fact stark naked, of course)

orchestrali · Post by **orchestrali** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 4:07 pm

Nope, not "The Borders of Infinity" either. You will recall that it's all from Miles's point of view and we never see inside Beatrice's head.

I find that the scarcity of viewpoint characters in all these books makes it tricky to pick quotes sometimes—quoting a thought automatically narrows the field of possible thinkers.

SPetty · Post by **SPetty** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:56 pm

That is one of the more interesting things about the newer books. We used to just have Miles and Cordelia. Now we have Miles, Cordelia, Leo, Silver, Mark, Ekaterin, Roic, Jin, Ivan, Tej, Cazeril, Ista, Ingrey, Dag and Fawn. I find it's a long enough list to muddy the waters, so to speak. Can't wait for the next one... unless someone else gets killed off. Then I might be able to wait a little bit.

As to the quote, I have nothing at the moment. Ivan is my closest guess, but still a shot in the dark, as I don't recognize it at all. Good choice!

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 4:07 am

SPetty wrote:That is one of the more interesting things about the newer books. We used to just have Miles and Cordelia. Now we have Miles, Cordelia, Leo, Silver, (…)

Leo and Silver are hardly in a "newer book"…

No fresh idea for the quote either, alas…

E Pericoloso Sporgersi · Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:44 am

orchestrali wrote:
XXX hadn't actually said, On me, it looks good, but YYY thought it was implied.
Book?
XXX?
YYY?
What looks good?

(again without checking)
Book -- Memory
XXX -- Miles
YYY -- Ivan
What looks good -- the neckchain with the Imperial Auditor's seal (Miles is positively ecstatic with the authority and power it bestows)

orchestrali wrote:Shall I tell you the musical or do you want to keep guessing on that one too?

No. One guessing game is enough, thank you.
I googled for it.
And then I noticed that by pure coincidence, I happen to have the full Oklahoma musical (the movie) on DVD, but I haven't watched it yet.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:57 pm

EPS's answer doesn't look right to me, so I suggest this instead:
Book : Horizon
XXX : Whit Bluefield
YYY : Fawn
What looks good : whatever Whit put around his head as "anti-malice shield" (I can't find a copy of my book right now, my library is in utter disorder, but I do think to remember Dag had invented some trick to reduce the chance of both detection and influence by malices by wearing some kind of shield around the head)

orchestrali · Post by **orchestrali** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:31 pm

Voralfred is on the right track now! It's not Whit and it's not the malice-shields. Dag did come up with a way of braiding a cord with a walnut on it that would veil farmer grounds, in a sense. I could see Fawn thinking Whit would think it looked good on him! But that's not what the quote is...

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:50 am

On the right track maybe, if you say so, but bogged down in a quagmire....
No fresh idea yet..
A fresh hint, maybe ?

Caroline Tredez · Post by **Caroline Tredez** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 9:12 am

I think my five days are nearly up, voralfred, you won't get much more time...

orchestrali · Post by **orchestrali** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 4:38 pm

I have been hesitating over whether to provide a hint, because voralfred had some correct answers in his last guess, and those narrow down the possibilities considerably. So I think I will just be clearer about what the "right track" is:

The book is Horizon.
YYY is Fawn.

Who is XXX and what looks good on them?
Why is it worth noting that whatever it is looks good on that person?

Here's the quote again:

XXX hadn't actually said, On me, it looks good, but YYY thought it was implied.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 1:10 am

Caroline Tredez wrote:I think my five days are nearly up, voralfred, you won't get much more time...

Your five days are definitely up. Do post the answer if you know it. My request for a hint was to keep the game from being stalled, not to be able to answer myself (which I still cannot....)

Caroline Tredez · Post by **Caroline Tredez** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 3:49 pm

XXX is Arkady

What looks good on him is "dirty ground", farmer ground. It's at the end of Horizon, when Fawn is thinking that Arkady is getting quite used, these days, to swapping grounds with farmers, something he so frowned upon at the beginning, when he learned Dag had "contaminated" himself with so many strange grounds.

Like orchestrali, I seem to recognize most quotes either right away or not at all...

orchestrali · Post by **orchestrali** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:56 pm

That's it! I was trying to find a quote in the Sharing Knife books that wouldn't obviously be from Sharing Knife! It's rather difficult.

So Caroline is up for the next quote. I will go update the Sherlocks...

Caroline Tredez · Post by **Caroline Tredez** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 3:59 am

Ok, then I'm trying for this one :

"[...] The trouble with you, my dear, is that you have too honest a mind. I've no idea how you came by it. [...]"

Who's saying that to who ?

E Pericoloso Sporgersi · Thu Sep 25, 2014 5:57 am

Caroline Tredez wrote:
"[...] The trouble with you, my dear, is that you have too honest a mind. I've no idea how you came by it. [...]"
Who's saying that to who ?

In Komarr, Ekaterin's answers and statements during her fast-penta interrogation by Captain Tuomonen are remarkably congruent with her normal fully aware and consciously controlled replies and accounts.

So I'd venture to guess that Miles says this quote to Ekaterin.

E Pericoloso Sporgersi · Sat Sep 27, 2014 6:57 am

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http://youtu.be/Hs_nNiNmNZg?t=30s

http://youtu.be/1vhFnTjia_I?t=59s

http://youtu.be/PjELabiPItw?t=10s

Caroline? What more can I say?

Caroline Tredez · Post by **Caroline Tredez** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 2:25 pm

Sorry, it's wrong

Since it's, I'll admit, a hard one, I'll reward your try with a small hint : there's a clue in the phrasing of the question.

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