Just a drabble. I'm not planning on using this as a villain.
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The voice that came across Rocky's cellphone was flat and digitally distorted, but there was no mistaking the tone. "I've reviewed the business ventures from the last cycle, Rocky. The profits on the trafficking of modified servants is slipping. You were down 7.632%. This is unacceptable."
Rocky was sweating. Messing with the profits was something that irritated the Boss, and it didn't pay to irritate the Boss. "Yessir. I'm aware of the discrepancy, sir. We believe it was the result of interference by the Banzai Institute in our operations in Haiti. Their disaster relief teams there have been keeping a closer tally of the refugees than we expected.
The voice responded, its tone strangely booming, even out of the small cellphone speaker. "There's a 93.82% chance that you're right. Start looking for other sources. Haiti is no longer a profitable source of income in that market."
"Yessir. Where do you think we should look?"
"Sociopolitical analysis shows that the areas around Libya and Syria will be suitable. Revolutions are chaotic; people who are missing will be assumed to have died in the conflict or disappeared by the regimes."
"What about the social media sites? Won't disappearances spark communications there?"
"The social media sites are easily manipulated. I will deal with them." The voice sounded supremely confident in its assertion.
"Yessir. I'll start directing our bugout from Haiti. What about the Blazers."
"Ignore them for the time being. Let them be the philanthropists that they wish to be. Do this quickly, Rocky, but carefully. Remember, I replaced Dillinger, and I can replace you."
"Yessir. I won't fail."
"See that you don't. End of Line."
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."
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The voice that came across Rocky's cellphone was flat and digitally distorted, but there was no mistaking the tone. "I've reviewed the business ventures from the last cycle, Rocky. The profits on the trafficking of modified servants is slipping. You were down 7.632%. This is unacceptable."
Rocky was sweating. Messing with the profits was something that irritated the Boss, and it didn't pay to irritate the Boss. "Yessir. I'm aware of the discrepancy, sir. We believe it was the result of interference by the Banzai Institute in our operations in Haiti. Their disaster relief teams there have been keeping a closer tally of the refugees than we expected.
The voice responded, its tone strangely booming, even out of the small cellphone speaker. "There's a 93.82% chance that you're right. Start looking for other sources. Haiti is no longer a profitable source of income in that market."
"Yessir. Where do you think we should look?"
"Sociopolitical analysis shows that the areas around Libya and Syria will be suitable. Revolutions are chaotic; people who are missing will be assumed to have died in the conflict or disappeared by the regimes."
"What about the social media sites? Won't disappearances spark communications there?"
"The social media sites are easily manipulated. I will deal with them." The voice sounded supremely confident in its assertion.
"Yessir. I'll start directing our bugout from Haiti. What about the Blazers."
"Ignore them for the time being. Let them be the philanthropists that they wish to be. Do this quickly, Rocky, but carefully. Remember, I replaced Dillinger, and I can replace you."
"Yessir. I won't fail."
"See that you don't. End of Line."
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."