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Linyabel Miriat ⍟ "Linya" ([personal profile] isthisart) wrote2014-08-21 06:29 pm

symphony

The day of the party approaches. Linya learns a Barrayaran-original solo piano symphony, adds some flourishes of her own where the composer has marked that it may be played "freely", memorizes the whole thing, and arranges to be playing it on the grand piano when party guests file in on the day of. She smiles and nods at them and takes note of how they arrange themselves in the room; there are thirteen minutes in the piece unless she decides she needs an extra three (if there seem to be a lot of stragglers; if there isn't a good path to the people she wants to meet and around the people she wants to avoid) and takes the repeat at the end to prolong it.

She doesn't wind up taking the repeat; the end of the symphony without it has her playing the final chord when Lord Auditor Vorthys is nearer than anyone she's hoping to evade. She counts out the beats, holds for a moment longer, and then lifts her hands from the keyboard. She has decided that given her choice of titles she's going to address this particular guest as -

"Professor Vorthys."
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[personal profile] first_loyalty 2014-08-26 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh - not too far from the capital. Just a few hours by groundcar, and much less by air. We moved recently, for Tien's new job."
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[personal profile] first_loyalty 2014-08-26 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
"I can't imagine needing a bodyguard."
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[personal profile] first_loyalty 2014-08-26 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
"I hope no one does that," she murmurs.
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[personal profile] first_loyalty 2014-08-26 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
"I imagine they must be... but I suppose a bored bodyguard is better than the alternative...?"
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[personal profile] first_loyalty 2014-08-26 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Embubbled?" She smiles.
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[personal profile] first_loyalty 2014-08-26 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
"That sounds cute."
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[personal profile] first_loyalty 2014-08-26 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Ekaterin giggles.
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[personal profile] first_loyalty 2014-08-26 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
"It seems like the guards themselves might object, and it would be hard to arrange without their cooperation."
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[personal profile] first_loyalty 2014-08-26 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm sure the guards are happy about that," giggles Ekaterin.
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[personal profile] first_loyalty 2014-08-26 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh. Hmm. Yes, I can see how that might be - like you said, obscuring."
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[personal profile] first_loyalty 2014-08-26 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't know what one of those is," confesses Ekaterin.

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