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Boone held out a flat-palm that said “quiet ops”. He unholstered his Z10 commlink and jacked up a secure connection back to control. | Boone held out a flat-palm that said “quiet ops”. He unholstered his Z10 commlink and jacked up a secure connection back to control. | ||
“This is Boone to Control Room: | “This is Boone to Control Room: [[Lecteur]], do you copy?” | ||
A static-crackled ''Roger'' said she did. | A static-crackled ''Roger'' said she did. | ||
“We’ve got a damaged squidboy with pitch books and a red herring. We’re gonna need a wall thrown up around this unit pronto.” | “We’ve got a damaged squidboy boobytrapped with pitch books and a red herring. We’re gonna need a wall thrown up around this unit pronto.” | ||
Static crackle. “On it, Boone. Have your unit affirm confidentiality. [[OneNDA]] Protocol, over.” | Static crackle. “On it, Boone. Have your unit affirm confidentiality. [[OneNDA]] Protocol, over.” | ||
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“OneNDA terms affirmed, over.” | “OneNDA terms affirmed, over.” | ||
“You all okay over?” | “You all okay over?” ABL had shi-shi French accent. She knew it and played to it like a boss. | ||
“Yeah, it’s fine. Precautionary measure only at this time, | “Yeah, it’s fine. Precautionary measure only at this time, Annabelle. Kid’s a di-Alpha-head gabbling with a draft [[Offering circular|OM]]. Most likely stale or public-side but some risk of [[MNPI]] infection.” | ||
[[ABL|Lecteur]] said, “[[Unpublished price-sensitive information|Oopsie]].” she said it coquettish. | |||
Boone yukked. The squad yukked. “That’s solid A grade material, | Boone yukked. The squad yukked. “That’s solid A grade material, Abster. Love your work.” | ||
“Zis bores me, Opco”. That little “sh” at the end. It drove Boone wild. The Abster clicked off. | |||
The Squidboy wore a lapel badge. It said “{{Caps|Renfield}}” [[A.J.]] nudged him with his boot. All the signs. Tell-tale blue/red track-change marks running up his arm. Tossed-out [[rider]]s and [[mark-up]] littered the splintered cubicle. A half-done [[CBT]] module cycled lazily on his screen. | The Squidboy wore a lapel badge. It said “{{Caps|Renfield}}” [[A.J.]] nudged him with his boot. All the signs. Tell-tale blue/red track-change marks running up his arm. Tossed-out [[rider]]s and [[mark-up]] littered the splintered cubicle. A half-done [[CBT]] module cycled lazily on his screen. | ||
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“AJ! withdraw soldier!” Aggie slapped his chops. AJ lolled left and lolled right. He be ''goneburger''. | “AJ! withdraw soldier!” Aggie slapped his chops. AJ lolled left and lolled right. He be ''goneburger''. | ||
The infinitesimal ASCII points bloomed into multicoloured kaliedoscope of mark-up. Each one its own universe of semantic depth — | The infinitesimal ASCII points bloomed into multicoloured kaliedoscope of [[mark-up]]. Each one, its own universe of semantic depth — | ||
“Jesus! We are ''losing'' him, Boone. | “Jesus! We are ''losing'' him, Boone. He’s not ''ready'' for this.” | ||
Punchface said, “He’ll cope.” | Punchface said, “He’ll cope.” | ||
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Boone was suddenly present. “Aggie initiate intervention. ''NOW''. I’M GOING IN.” | Boone was suddenly present. “Aggie initiate intervention. ''NOW''. I’M GOING IN.” | ||
The air was thick. Boone grabbed the Squidboy. “And you, my friend: you’re coming with me.” | |||
Algy snapped his other arm. | |||
Squidster tensed. | |||
JBM pressed his GMSLA to the boy’s temple. “it’s loaded, son. I wouldn’t want you to become ''collateral damage''. | |||
Squidster relaxed: “Okay, okay, my dudes.” His knee buckled. He planted on a wooden chair. Boone took the knee and clapped shoulders. | |||
Aggie cracked the [[red herring]] and aimed it at them. It showered other-worldly light across the room. She held it up straight. Boone shut his eyes tight and gripped it hard, two handed. “Call it, aggie.” | |||
The OM threw out ghoulish radiation. | |||
Aggie said, “NOW.” | |||
Boone cracked open his eyes and drank it all in. | |||