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[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
Comrade Baryshev, if I may have you?
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
Of course, Comrade... I don't seem to have caught your name.
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
That is how it is supposed to be. Follow me.
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
As you wish, comrade.
(Silence, followed by footsteps)
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
For how long have you been in the party, Vyacheslav Vasilyevich?
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
I've been a member since before the war. 1913.
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
You seem young.
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
I am twenty three years old, comrade. How come I have never seen you before?
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
The simple way to explain is that I have not joined at least until after the February Revolution.
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
I see. For what did you bring me out here to talk, comrade?
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
Tell me more about yourself.
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
Is this interest you are showing me?
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
Perhaps, but not the one you are thinking of.
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
That's... interesting.
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
You have a good face, Vyacheslav Vasilyevich, but I do not view you any more than that.
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
Alright, then. I—
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
You are only doing this because you believe that I am someone close to Comrade Lenin, do you not?
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
You wouldn't be wrong.
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
Hm, then do not say anything unless you wish to do so of your own accord.
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
I don't mind telling you of my unimportant past.
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
Yes, what is important is the present and the future. (Pause) Say, do you have a pen name?
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
No, why do you ask?
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
You have an interesting name. Do you know what it means?
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
What, 'Vyacheslav'? I don't think it's anything special.
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
Greater glory. That is what your name means.
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
It seems that my parents had high hopes for me. It's a pity they died before seeing me achieve such a thing.
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
So you believe you will do so one day?
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
For the good of all workers, yes. My parents did nothing under feudal rule, and I won't let any of our enemies put the people of Russia under the same system once more.
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
You dream to work to a good future. (Pause) The rest of your name is an interesting one when compared to that goal of yours.
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
And what's that supposed to mean?
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
Son of Vasily, descended from the Baryshev family.
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
I know my surname sounds funny.
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
Profit. It really is only an ironic one when you are within the Communist Party. The world has its ways on making its heroes' irony.
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
Me, a hero?
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
You believe and would dedicate yourself to the future of the state you believe in, no?
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
That hardly makes me a hero.
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
Ah, yes, the burden your shoulders hold would still be heavy despite that. (Pause) Vasily is also ironic, to a degree.
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
Something class-related I guess?
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
Heed your sarcasm, Vyacheslav Vasilyevich. As much as I find it endearing, many may not think the same as I do.
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
I'll think about it.
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
You are not wrong though. Vasily comes from the Greek title Basileús.
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
A title. Another irony in my name, then.
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
It means king, in its general broad use.
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
Is that why you asked if I had a pen name?
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
My associates might find your name funny, I am simply saying that because I have found a liking to you, you would be encountering them some time soon.
[H — VYACHESLAV VASILYEVICH BARYSHEV]
That's just lovely. (Pause) What did you just say?
[P — RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC | NŌMEN NESCIŌ]
Let us meet again, Vyacheslav Vasilyevich. Perhaps by then you would figure out a party name for yourself.