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===Man overboard===
===Man overboard===
Boone’s arrives, looking for Graeber but he is gone. On his desk, an address scratched in the blotter. Leclerc leclerc, avenue J F Kennedy.
Boone’s arrives, looking for Graeber but he is gone. On his desk, an address scratched in the blotter: Leclerc, Leclerc et Cie, Ave. J F Kennedy.


Realising the scope for disaster, Boone makes a beeline for the quarter, where eventually following powers of deduction, he finds Graeber, shaking down a poor Belgian netting attorney, bruised and bloody, babbling mindlessly about aleatory contracts (Graeber shouts “YES OR NO, GODDAMMIT”) and the avocat has just launched into a lengthy, sobbing description of what a Belgian corporation is not when Boone arrives, hauls Graeber out and remonstrates with him on the street by the ''Manneken Pis''.  
Realising the scope for disaster, Boone makes a beeline for the quarter, where eventually following powers of deduction, he finds Graeber, shaking down a poor Belgian netting attorney, bruised and bloody, babbling mindlessly about aleatory contracts (Graeber shouts “YES OR NO, GODDAMMIT”) and the avocat has just launched into a lengthy, sobbing description of what a Belgian corporation is not when Boone arrives, hauls Graeber out and remonstrates with him on the street by the ''Manneken Pis''.  


At just that moment Wickliffe’s silver sedan rolls by, catching Graeber’s attention. Wickliffe tells him to forget it and focus on the netting, but then sees the ''the child from the alpha den'', dressed immaculately and bejeweled, emerge from the sedan in the company of — ''Julian Wickliffe himself''. Both Boone and Graeber say, “there is that kid!”
At just that moment Wickliffe’s silver sedan rolls by, catching Graeber’s attention. Wickliffe tells him to forget it and focus on the netting, but then sees the ''the child from the alpha den'', dressed immaculately and bejewelled, emerge from the sedan in the company of — ''Julian Wickliffe himself''. Both Boone and Graeber say, “there is that kid!”


In his pocket the walkie-talkie screeches Graeber! Boone! If you don’t get back here! [The point of no return to normality]
In his pocket the walkie-talkie screeches Graeber! Boone! If you don’t get back here! [The point of no return to normality]
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==[[The business day convention]]==
==[[The business day convention]]==


Boone and Graeber follow the pair into the L’Hôtel, where they lose them in the hubbub — there follows a surreal sequence of hallucinogenic images, like a ghost train of different sessions, plenary sessions, break out sessions, tea breaks and so on until Boone suddenly finds the child, propped up against a bar, looking anxious. [multiple identical clone children]
Boone and Graeber follow the pair into the L’Hôtel, where they lose them in the hubbub — there follows a surreal sequence of hallucinogenic images, like a ghost train of different sessions, plenary sessions, break out sessions, tea breaks and so on until Boone suddenly finds the child, propped up against a bar, looking anxious. In his swoon, Boone sees —or thinks he sees — multiple identical clone children, each being chaperoned by adults in dark glasses.


Boone accosts the child but she — or he? it is oddly hard to tell — does not recognise him. Boone says “for a young person you find yourself in some grown up places. Do your parents know you’re here?”
Boone accosts the child but she — or he? it is oddly hard to tell — does not recognise him. Boone says “for a young person you find yourself in some grown up places. Do your parents know you’re here?”


“If I had parents I guess they would tell me not to talk to strange men in seedy bars.” She regarded him confidently: big, brown eyes. “I guess it’s your lucky day.”  
“If I had parents, I guess they would tell me not to talk to strange men in seedy bars.” She regarded him confidently: big, brown eyes. “So I guess it’s your lucky day.”  


“Oh yeah, how come?”
“Oh? How come?”


“I don’t.” She sucked on a drink. Comič & Tonic.
“Because I don’t.” She slaps a glass on the bar and looked at the barman. “Teddy, I’m running low. Lemme have another ''Comiš & Tonic.''”


Boone reminds her of their meeting at the Vega Den, but she feigns ignorance, claiming not to recognise him.   
Boone reminds her of their meeting at the Vega Den, but she claims not to recognise him.   


“Vega den? what kind of child do you think I am?”
“Vega den? What kind of child do you think I am, mister?”


Barman pops a drink on the bar. Boone snatches it.
Barman pops a drink on the bar.  . Boone snatches it.
 
“You’re too young for that.”


“Sir, wait —”
“Sir, wait —”


She says, “well someone is in for a fun ride”.
Boone quaffs it.


“Huh?” Boone starts to feel good.
She says, “well, someone is in for a fun ride”.


Suddenly she turns frosty, like that first breath of winter.  
“Huh?” Boone starts to feel ''good''.
 
Suddenly she turns frosty, like that first breath of winter. She sees something over Boone’s shoulder. She looks nervous, is scanning the room. 


Says she has to leave.  
Says she has to leave.  


They are watching you, Mr Boone.
“Wait, I —” Boone lurched around, trying to see what she was looking at. 
 
She pressed a card into Boone’s hand. “They are watching you, Mr. Boone.”
 
“Who?”
 
“I can’t be seen here. Nor can you. It wouldn’t be —good for you.”


She presses a card into Boone’s hand. She sees something over Boone’s shoulder. She looks nervous, is scanning the room. “I can’t be seen here. Nor can you. It wouldn’t be —good for you.”
Boone felt woozy. “What do you mean good? Who? Where?” He turned back to the kid but she was not there.  


Boone sways around trying to see what she is looking at. He is feeling woozy “What do you mean good?” He turns back to her but she is not there.
“Hey, where — uh —”


Barman gives him a knowing look. “What?”  
“Are you all right, sir?”  


Murkily bone seeds her sequinned dress sparkling as she melted into the crowd. It looked like a man was manhandling her out. Boone drooped. 
The room closed in. The view went murky. Boone saw the sparkling outline of her dress sequins blurring into soft focus flares as she melted into the crowd. It looked like a man, dark lenses, was manhandling her out.  


“id be, ah, Careful with that one, sir. She is an agent.” He taps his nose and skies an eyebrow. “Strictly professional, if you know what I mean.”
“H — hey —” Boone drooped.


Boone feels the uneasy sensation of Vega and passes out. Boone face-plants the carpet.  
“I’d be, ah, be careful with that one, sir. She’s an agent.” He taps his nose and skies an eyebrow. “Strictly professional, if you know what I mean.”


meanwhile Graeber tries unsuccessfully to liberate the Barman and gets thrown out.  
Boone face-planted the carpet.  


==[[Hacienda]]==
==[[Hacienda]]==
The second time do Boone wakes from a Vega-induced Stupor. He is in a GFS suite at the Hacienda, a luxury hotel room next to is sleeping form of the kid. He does not know how he got there but reaches out to touch the child’s form to find that she is quite cold. At the same time he notices a small hole in the window and a trickle of blood between the kids shoulder-blades. and there is a knock on the door.
The second time do Boone wakes from a Vega-induced Stupor. He is in a luxury GFS suite at the Hacienda. Satin is rumpled and next to him a still, sleeping, alien form. It is the kid. He does not know how he got there but reaches out to touch its form to find it is quite cold. At the same time he notices a small hole in the window, billowing the sheer curtains, and a trickle of blood between the youth’s shoulder-blades.


A window cleaning unit abseils past the window. Did he see someone in a suit? Boone gives chase but he is still woozy from the Vega. By the time he gets to the ground the man has gone. He races back up to the room, but to his horror find the cleaning staff are in the room and there is no sign of the body.
The cables from an exterior window cleaning unit run outside the window. Did he see someone in a suit? Boone gives chase but he is still woozy from the Vega. By the time he gets to the ground the man has gone. He races back up to the room, but to his horror find the cleaning staff are in the room and there is no sign of the body.


The child is dead. Liquidated. The regulator is already there, standing over the body. Very weird. There are no creditors. No parents. No records. No police file. No-one recognises her. Only record ties her back to a boarding house for orphans. In the Cayman Islands. Boone picks up her wallet. There is a card saying only “[[Ugland House]], 121 South Church Street, George Town.”
The child is dead. Liquidated. The regulator is already there, standing over the body. Very weird. There are no creditors. No parents. No records. No police file. No-one recognises her. Only record ties her back to a boarding house for orphans. In the Cayman Islands. Boone picks up her wallet. There is a card saying only “[[Ugland House]], 121 South Church Street, George Town.”
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Days later Enron blows.
Days later Enron blows.


Meanwhile E tries to act as whistle-blower and is pooed by higher-ups who are enjoying the easy revenue. Far from being suspended, Palmer reassigns him and funds him.
Meanwhile E tries to act as whistle-blower and is pooed by higher-ups who are enjoying the easy revenue. Far from being suspended, Palmer-Jenkins reassigns him and funds him.
Palmer quote “it seems this short selling business is not terribly difficult.”
PJ quote “it seems this short selling business is not terribly difficult.”


Make it look that he was lured into a trap in.
Make it look that he was lured into a trap in.


Melvin moves on - his next mission he stumbles into the GameStop arcade.
Melvin moves on - his next mission he stumbles into the GameStop arcade.
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