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{{a| | {{a|opcoboone|}}Having been called out Boone and his new partner Graeber hasten to a strip mall on the outskirts of the city where their ex-colleague Melvin is holed up, barricaded in the GameStop premises. It’s in the old Blockbuster building. Melvin’s flagship fund vehicle — a twin-class 2/20 clipper out of Georgetown — is badly holed and leaking liquidity. He’s shipping fire from all sides but — weird — the conventional combatants’ artillery depots are all silent. Third Point, Icahn and Pershing Missile have actually sent down a peace-keeping detachment. Ackman is crying. | ||
Boone: This must be some new kind of FWMD. A distributed denial of shortage attack. | Boone: This must be some new kind of FWMD. A distributed denial of shortage attack. | ||
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Graeber: “Go on, jump!” | Graeber: “Go on, jump!” | ||
Palmer | Palmer: “Graeberrrr! Get back here!” | ||
But Graeber has gone. He is running feverishly across the plain towards the hordes of barbarians shouting and weaving his arms. | But Graeber has gone. He is running feverishly across the plain towards the hordes of barbarians shouting and weaving his arms. | ||
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Boone says, “what the hell is he doing!? They’ll kill him!” | Boone says, “what the hell is he doing!? They’ll kill him!” | ||
“Only if I don’t get to him first,” muttered Palmer | “Only if I don’t get to him first,” muttered Palmer, and started firing on him. | ||
Boone says, wait. There are unusual things happening here. This could be | Boone says, wait. There are unusual things happening here. This could be | ||