002 | Voice

[ivanyouidiot]

[Ivan strongly considers filtering this from Gregor, but he thinks the man can have input into his own party. If his input is the 'don't throw me a party' kind then Ivan can always ignore it. He's aware that his mother would be appalled at him for starting his planning so late, but Ivan's reasonably certain that he can still gather in one place all the essential ingredients: food, attractive women, alcohol, and Gregor. Still, he suspects that Gregor might want something more and what that something would be Ivan does not know.

So he turns to his journal, bringer of wisdom -- or at least other people's perspectives.]

What makes a party fun for you?

Me, I'm easy to please, I think. But some people are really sold on having tiny iced cakes that look like Earth, as an example.

[And for some people things that look like Earth are out of the question. Gregor might be more interested in that sort of difference than Ivan is. Actually...]

And if there's anything you do where you're from that you don't see done here, you might share that as well.

Comments

[want_take_have]

[did someone say party?]

...you partying with tree huggers or something?

[ivanyouidiot]

My cousin.

[Sometimes they're a little similar. Not that Earth is the planet of focus of Gregor's parties.]

[want_take_have]

Sounds like a bundle of fun.

[in a tone that says the exact opposite. But it turns matter-of-fact as she continues, checking off a mental list]

Food. Drinks. And something to dance to. Can't go wrong.

[herotypical]

...Those sound delicious.

[ the other slayer pipes up. and yes, she too is commenting on the cakes. ]

[ivanyouidiot]

Perhaps, but little iced cakes in general are delicious. The making them look like Earth is an aspect you won't appreciate once you've eaten them.

[herotypical]

Oh, I don't know. Could be kinda cool. Imagining yourself...eating a whole world. Powerful stuff, that. Only...

Wow. This already went to a weird place, didn't it?

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[keepsmehonest]

Good music, good drinks, and good friends always seemed like enough to me.

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[ivanyouidiot]

What if you don't have very many friends here yet?

[By you he means Gregor, but he doubts this man knows him.]

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[keepsmehonest]

[It's just as easily applicable to Geordie, having been here less than a week.]

Then good music and good drink. You're bound to make some new friends that way.

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[vor]

[So up there, when Ivan said to Faith that he's Gregor's cousin, he undid all the careful non-mentions of their relationship Gregor has been careful with establishing. He figures if his identity is known to the Malnosso--which it is--at least Ivan is one of many Ivan Vorpatrils on Barrayar. For all they knew, he was simply Ivan and not Lord Ivan. Gregor sighs.]

I suppose Barrayaran holidays are few and far between enough that it would be in poor taste for me to deny you this one.

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[ivanyouidiot]

[Protecting himself from that kind of understanding isn't the sort of thing that Ivan has been thinking he has to concern himself with. He's nowhere near the kind of paranoid Gregor is.]

You're kind enough, but I was hoping you would have fun with it.

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[vor]

My duty on Our birthday is to collect symbolic taxes, open the dancing with Cordelia, and remain sober enough to accept the well-wishes of every brown-noser who wants something. Since none of these are going to happen here, I was assuming I'd probably just get drunk.

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[thedicearecast]

Why would they need to look like the Earth?

And it depends on what the party's for.

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[ivanyouidiot]

They don't need to look the Earth. That's the whole point. Some people just prefer them that way, I suppose.

Someone's birthday.

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[thedicearecast]

Weird.

You should probably ask whoever it is what they like. [Which is practical advice in her mind, but probably not what the guy is looking for.]

A lot of people like to have food and alcohol at their parties. And if they're really into the cake thing, you can probably get the bakery to do it.

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[deceases]

[ .. ah, there's something a little familiar about this guy's voice.. someone he talked to before, huh? slowly natsuno realises that conversation, but it's mostly because he's bored that he's speaking up. ]

Do we really need to discuss parties of all things?

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[ivanyouidiot]

We certainly don't need to, but what if I learned that I'd been missing out on a whole category of party?

[deceases]

It doesn't exactly sound like such a life-ruining event to me. I mean, it's not like most parties are particularly interesting.

oops, sorry [voice]

[relictusdeus]

[The Forgemaster doesn't know a party to refer to an entertaining gathering, but obviously the use of the word is quite different here. Ah, the joys of learning something new every day!]

A party?

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[ivanyouidiot]

Right. Obviously there should be dancing, people, food, and drink, but beyond that...

I bet I need a place to hold the party.

[...That may or may not help.]

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[relictusdeus]

[Oh. So some sort of celebratory, raucous merrymaking, he thinks. He has never attended a gathering of this sort... unless storming a village late in the evening and having demonic creatures burst through a bustling tavern and set it on fire counted in the slightest.]

And what would be the occasion for such celebration? ...If any at all other than to drink oneself into brainless, glassy-eyed oblivion.

[talentsgirl]

[...tiny iced cakes that look like Earth?]

Depends on the type of party.

[ivanyouidiot]

[They're totally a thing Ivan could see his mother catering.]

One for someone's birthday. I just want to avoid...the stuffy kind of birthday.

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[gleamed]

I think parties are fun when everyone is just having a good time and getting to know each other!

[But wait, there's more.]

...But--! Cakes are nice, too!

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[ivanyouidiot]

I'll certainly have to somehow get a cake.

But sometimes having some games or that type of thing are a good idea.