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[i] Cotion 2-1-1 [message #235552] Sa, 11 März 2006 01:58
aqusenet  
I descended a little while later, deposited in a suit so far above my
payscale that I could feel it looking down its sleaves at me, and
entered the main hall.

Now, this is a little difficult, so I'm going to start simply. Imagine
your kitchen at home, or wherever you eat dinner. Now, imagine it with
flagstone floors. Don't worry, I'll still be here while you go put some
socks on.

Now, replace your dining room table with a very large, round, wooden
table. At the end of your kitchin is a fireplace with a nice roaring
fire in it. Now, imagine it at about a hundred times the size.

The room was the size of a football pitch, the table the size of a
ferris wheel placed on its side, the roaring fire contained whole trees
and was the size of my entire flat. I stood looking lost for a moment
before a helpful servant of some kind pointed me towards the fire, where
Art, Jenny and my new aquaintance Emily were waving at me. I sat down.
Over the next few hours we ate and drank and talked of many things. I
danced with Emily - I can't dance, and she guided me though every step -
and drank wine that would cost my entire retirement fund. As the evening
wore on and people came up to make their excuses and walk away, the
table shrank and we drew closer together. The music (did I mention the
music? There was music) faded away and the shadows drew in.
"You may wonder" said Art, "Why you are here." and I realised that I had
wondered, once, but it had been swepted away in an evening of words,
dancing and Emily with whom - I was beginning to realise though a mist
of very good wine - I had been exceedingly comfortable with for a little
while now and could see no reason why it shouldn't remain as such, and
all this had obscured - as well as the wine (and it was very, very good
wine. Did I mention that? I'm sorry, I may have mentioned that the wine
was nice, but it was nice wine. I'm sorry) - that I had once questioned
my position within the company and Art was begining to speak again.
"Well, it was partly to introduce to you some other people, partly to
see you enjoy yourself, and partly for this. You see, we have a
tradition in this hall of storytelling."
The mist of wine, which was probably more like a fog, cleared up like a
icecube under a blowtorch. Stories were my life. Are, really, my life.
Art knows this.
"The best story of the night wins the night" he said. "And since this is
your first time, I think you should start. Tell us a story."
And Emily shifted closer, and I suddenly felt a great need for this to
be a big, impressive story. I looked around the hall, grasping for
inspiration. A place to start from, my very own Keiser's Corkboard.
There was a web above one of the pictures on the wall.

"Once upon a time...."
Re: [I] Cotion 2-1-1 [message #237139 ] Di, 14 März 2006 11:31
Orjan Westin  
Aquarion wrote:

> "The best story of the night wins the night" he said. "And since this
> is your first time, I think you should start. Tell us a story."

Ah. Okay, so the whole fantastic setup was just an introduction to a
story-telling session?

It's a traditional structure, with roots older than Decamerone and
Canterbury Tales, but I hope that's not all there is.

I hope the stories told reflect the strange world of Art, and that they
have a common thread - a theme, or setting, or greater arc - so there is
a reason for this framing story.

Thinking about it, if you plan it well, you could layer it, making the
storytelling recursive. That would be cool and interesting, and I'm
sure you can pull it off. A bit like "Heart of Darkness", in wich a
person tells a story of a storytelling session in which another person
tells a story, the heart of which is a story told by yet another,
IYSWIM.

I liked the narrative voice here (although the asides to the reader
could get annoying if overused), and I want to find out more about these
people, especially Art.

It would be neat if... Ah, maybe I shouldn't speculate and kill it off?

> "Once upon a time...."

Please, do continue.

Orjan
--
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Fiction, Thoughts and Software
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Re: [i] Cotion 2-1-1 [message #237145 ] Di, 14 März 2006 13:02
naomi  
Aquarion wrote:
..
>
> "Once upon a time...."

I like this, but I really like the gingerbread one. I thought it would
be an excellent kids book.

naomi
Re: [I] Cotion 2-1-1 [message #237199 ] Di, 14 März 2006 18:23
aqusenet  
Orjan Westin <nospam [at] cunobaros.com> wrote:

> Aquarion wrote:
>
> > "The best story of the night wins the night" he said. "And since this
> > is your first time, I think you should start. Tell us a story."
>
> Ah. Okay, so the whole fantastic setup was just an introduction to a
> story-telling session?
>
> It's a traditional structure, with roots older than Decamerone and
> Canterbury Tales, but I hope that's not all there is.
>
> I hope the stories told reflect the strange world of Art, and that they
> have a common thread - a theme, or setting, or greater arc - so there is
> a reason for this framing story.

There is a reason for this framing story.

There is a reason for Emily.

There is even a reason for Art & Jen, in case anyone hasn't worked it
out yet. I didn't *quite* hit people over the head with it, but it was
close.
Re: [i] Cotion 2-1-1 [message #237200 ] Di, 14 März 2006 18:23
aqusenet  
naomi <kittenkat [at] dodo.com.au> wrote:

> Aquarion wrote:
> .
> >
> > "Once upon a time...."
>
> I like this, but I really like the gingerbread one. I thought it would
> be an excellent kids book.

Thank you. I intend at some point to edit it, string out the middle a
bit more and do something with it.

Eventually.
Re: [I] Cotion 2-1-1 [message #237211 ] Di, 14 März 2006 19:58
Orjan Westin  
Aquarion wrote:
> Orjan Westin <nospam [at] cunobaros.com> wrote:
>
>> I hope the stories told reflect the strange world of Art, and that
>> they have a common thread - a theme, or setting, or greater arc - so
>> there is a reason for this framing story.
>
> There is a reason for this framing story.
>
> There is a reason for Emily.
>
> There is even a reason for Art & Jen, in case anyone hasn't worked it
> out yet. I didn't *quite* hit people over the head with it, but it was
> close.

You mean Art's story, once he tells it, could start "Future upon a time"
just as well as "Once upon"?

Yes, I got that one. The reason for the framing story will, I trust,
become apparent later. Is Emily obvious already, or should I wait?

Emily... Emrys? Bit of a departure from tradition in terms of gender
and age, then. Nah.

I'm eagerly waiting for the next installment.

Orjan
--
The Tale of Westala and Villtin
http://tale.cunobaros.com/
Fiction, Thoughts and Software
http://www.cunobaros.com/
Re: [I] Cotion 2-1-1 [message #237270 ] Mi, 15 März 2006 00:40
aqusenet  
Orjan Westin <nospam [at] cunobaros.com> wrote:

> Aquarion wrote:
> > Orjan Westin <nospam [at] cunobaros.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I hope the stories told reflect the strange world of Art, and that
> >> they have a common thread - a theme, or setting, or greater arc - so
> >> there is a reason for this framing story.
> >
> > There is a reason for this framing story.
> >
> > There is a reason for Emily.
> >
> > There is even a reason for Art & Jen, in case anyone hasn't worked it
> > out yet. I didn't *quite* hit people over the head with it, but it was
> > close.
>
> You mean Art's story, once he tells it, could start "Future upon a time"
> just as well as "Once upon"?
>
> Yes, I got that one. The reason for the framing story will, I trust,
> become apparent later. Is Emily obvious already, or should I wait?
>
> Emily... Emrys? Bit of a departure from tradition in terms of gender
> and age, then. Nah.

Have I ever mentioned what my favourite Shakespeare play is?

No, I don't think I have. The reason for this is because at times like
this it would be nice to use a carefully placed one line follow up like
"By the way, my favourite play is x" which carefully references exactly
what it is I'm about to do. Unfortunately, the number of places "As you
like it" comes in handy as an oblique reference have so far numbered
zero. My favourite physical Shakespeare play, on the other hand, has to
be King Lear. By physical, I mean the copy of the play that I own.

I bought this copy of King Lear a very long time ago as I was going into
the Globe to watch a magnificent performance of Henry V by the RSC,
where I attempted to follow the plot of Henry V in this copy of King
Lear which some maurading malicious machine had carefully bound in a
cover clearly labeled "Henry V". Having worked this out - I was a poor
student of Shakespeare (And still am, really) and it took me a while - I
started to follow the play instead of the words, and finally worked out
exactly why people seemed to enjoy this over-verbose anarchic pomp.

There is a point to this story, but it isn't a very sharp one, and so
I'd advise you to ignore it even if anyone realises what it is.
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