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Cup 004: Iroh [In person]
[Anyone in the cafeteria that night may happen upon Iroh, sitting by himself at the edge of a table. Tonight's dinner is "Japanese" food. He has chopsticks in his hands, the cheap, wooden kind one would get at an Asian restaurant.
He unenthusiastically pokes his meal with them.]
I suppose this is supposed to be rice...and sushi...and fish. But I've never seen anything less like them in my life!
He unenthusiastically pokes his meal with them.]
I suppose this is supposed to be rice...and sushi...and fish. But I've never seen anything less like them in my life!
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I'm eating the rice.
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[Shrugs and starts eating the rice.]
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I didn't even bother with the miso. It smelled wrong.
Ah, but I do not wish to bore you with an old man's complaints about food. Please, tell me, how have you been in this place?
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Well, considering that I've encountered a really creepy girl in biology, not too bad, I suppose. It's been pretty quiet around here for me. How about you?
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All has been well for me. I have been doing my best with the prescribed exams. I am not sure why I bother, other than to avoid the punishments I have seen others endure.
[He mutters something about the principal being crazy into his teacup.]
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I fear that there is no one here to attend the dance with me, but if there is music, and food, I will gladly go.
[Of course, he has no notion of the kind of music that will be played.]
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It's generally stuff that's popular to the kids and the stuff that parents hate. If I hear Stayin' Alive by the Beegee's I'll hang myself. I hated that song then and I still hate it now.
[And Gene has no idea what's going to be playing so he's thinking the worst.]
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Well, perhaps we will be able to suggest some songs. I just so happen to still have my Tsungi horn with me.
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It, ah, is an instrument that requires the breath. It has a reed, and its pitch is controlled entirely by breath and hands. [He indicates its general shape with hand motions.] I will show it to you. At the prom. Bring your guitar too.
(and this is what is sounds like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjObRm9e81Y )
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[Gene smiles then realizes that the other may not be familiar with the foods that he mentioned and kicks himself mentally.]
You know, I just realized something and I shouldn't have said what I did earlier. I...uh...made an ass out of myself and I shouldn't have assumed anything.
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Think nothing of it. We are all having difficulty adapting to the cultures of each others worlds.
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[Then an idea struck him.]
How about before the Prom, we exchange cultural music over drinks?
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Before the prom, then. I look forward to it.
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[enthusiastically] Great!