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The unit spritzed. Swart ''whoooed''. She shucked her [[CSA]] and reloaded. | The unit spritzed. Swart ''whoooed''. She shucked her [[CSA]] and reloaded. | ||
Biffer yeehaared. He banged in a clip of | Biffer yeehaared. He banged in a clip of [[Credit-linked note|self-referencing CLNs]]. | ||
Tucker blammed out out some shells from the Liquidator. | Tucker blammed out out some shells from the Liquidator. He had a mind to disorient the advancing machine and throw an indeterminacy curtain around the theatre. But the [[SIV]]s kept coming. | ||
Frenchie flip-cocked his piece and hollered, | Frenchie flip-cocked his piece and hollered, “Oh-ho-ho, c’est la feeding time at ze zoo, ''mon cher''.” | ||
Bundie sniffed the air. “Something’s — not — ''right''. They’re — it’s just — ” | “''Wait''.” Bundie sniffed the air. “Something’s — not — ''right''. They’re — it’s just — ” | ||
But the boys weren’t listening. They smelled a firefight. They fanned out and pressed, | But the boys didn’t wait. They weren’t listening. They smelled a firefight. They fanned out and pressed. In a co-ordinated sequence, they drew their ISDAs and banged in margin clips. | ||
Tucker and Frenchie went left. Biffer went right. Swart kicked off her vol damper and went charging in on foot with a sawn-off repo. | Tucker and Frenchie went left. Biffer went right. Swart kicked off her vol damper and went charging in on foot with a sawn-off repo. | ||
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Bundie jammed a second-to-default EM sovereign basket into the magazine of the only piece he had to hand — a rusty old semi-automatic EMTA — and lit up the theatre. It flamed into life. | Bundie jammed a second-to-default EM sovereign basket into the magazine of the only piece he had to hand — a rusty old semi-automatic EMTA — and lit up the theatre. It flamed into life. | ||
It was dirty, noisy and hot — he shucked out burnt up [[Risk-weighted assets|RWA]]<nowiki/>s and kept reloading — and at last it holed the [[Structured investment vehicle|SIV]]. It stumbled. Its rollers uncoiled and it stoved into the sand on one knee. It was crippled but still shooting — eventually it crapped out but not before it had annihilated three quarters of Bundie’s unit. | It was dirty, noisy and hot — he shucked out burnt up [[Risk-weighted assets|RWA]]<nowiki/>s and kept reloading — and at last it holed the [[Structured investment vehicle|SIV]]. It stumbled. Its rollers uncoiled and it stoved into the sand on one knee. It was crippled but still shooting — eventually it crapped out but not before it had annihilated three quarters of Bundie’s unit. | ||
Tucker was already goneski. Chipper was dead. Biffer was in a bad way. Blood gouted from his mouth. He wouldn’t last long. | Tucker was already goneski. Chipper was dead. Biffer was in a bad way. Blood gouted from his mouth. He wouldn’t last long. |