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Originally posted by coquette
214. The one thing that fritz could not do, however, was notify the authorities. That was just one solution that was not doable, mainly because it would be a circumstantial accusation. Proof, real proof, was impossible. An amazing combination, no matter how deep, does not prove engine use, fritz realized. Still he played it over and over again and stared at ...[text shortened]... ealized that latitsia, L, was lost. there was no way to pull her to safety . . . unless . . . .?
215. He'd heard, through the grapevine, that there was someone out there who could reverse just one move without any of the players realizing what had happened.Who had told him? Was it Moose? Or maybe Org? He'd try Moose. He dailed up Mooses number and got a message saying that he'd be "away" and didn't know when he'd be back but if it were an emergency to contact Sylvestre. That was it siad Fritz, to one one in particular, it was Sylvestre, the little Italian. He called Syl. He answered on the second ring. "Yo what's up Fritz. Been a long time". Syl do you remember a few years ago you'd found way to reverse "a move" without anyone realizing? Ya that was de..ah man I forgot what I called it, wait it was "Oooooops". Anyways I still got it. Could I borrow it for just one move? Sure comeon over. You know where I'm at. Got some serious coin though 'cause it ain't cheap. I'll be right there.

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216. Syl checked the apartment thoroughly before saying a word. He unscrewed lightbulbs and lampfixtures and dissassembled the microwave and unpluged every outlet and computer connection and the WiFI and then he toasted a bagel and preheated the oven to 410 for a pizza and ran the dishwasher. What are you doing, Syl?

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217. I'm making sure that any bugs are foiled. Shut up until I'm done.

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218. But . . . we could just go somewhere else to talk . . .

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219. Syl gave a quick startled glance and whispered, "oh yeah, that's right. Let's go somewhere else."

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220. They walked down to 31st and Vine and stood on the corner and Syl held a newspaper up in front of his face so that his lips couldn't be read by a lipreader. It's $200 G's for a one time reversal. Nothing is remembered. It's retrograde amnesia. Any memories seem like they were just dream or a nightmare. It's hard to pull off, but it's foolproof.

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Originally posted by coquette
220. They walked down to 31st and Vine and stood on the corner and Syl held a newspaper up in front of his face so that his lips couldn't be read by a lipreader. It's $200 G's for a one time reversal. Nothing is remembered. It's retrograde amnesia. Any memories seem like they were just dream or a nightmare. It's hard to pull off, but it's foolproof.
221. Fritz said," That's chumpchange in comparrison to what we have the potential to make by reversing the move. I'm in. When can we do it?" Syl said, "Tomorrow night, 10 o'clock out by the old bakery on 49th and Irvine, you remember Quido's?" "Ya I know it, now do you want cash or will a bankers draft work?" "What do you take me for Fritz, a fool? Cash is all I'll accept and if there are any tricks, It'll be the last thing you do". Fritz remembered what had happened to his previous partner who made the mistake of "fooling" with Syl and didn't want that to be his fate.

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222. Syl and Sheil and L were laughing and hugging and dancing and singing. They had not only assured a solid winning combination, they were taking the fools for $200 G's on top of it. The plan was exuisitely simple, Sheila and Latitisia "L" "tits" would go along with the pretense, as would all the others. They would set their positions back, just as they were, as if that would make any difference. Fritz "Doyle" thought that would create a zugzwang for the hapless fools. But who, really, will be the fools in the end? 10 p.m., all will be in place. They, mother and daughter, shared a square of exquisite 90% dark chocolate Lindt and Spungli. Let the fun begin!

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223. The take-back "device" was an EASY Red Button from Staples. All Fritz had to do was push the button and the position would reset. It's that simple, really, said Syl.

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224. No one on planet earth would have believed such a preposterous notion. Could it be more idiotic? Well, of course, no one except the millions of daily consumers that ordered their business office supplies from Staples each day. Yes, of course, it was that "easy." Fritz handed over the counterfeit notes and pushed the easy button.

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Originally posted by coquette
224. No one on planet earth would have believed such a preposterous notion. Could it be more idiotic? Well, of course, no one except the millions of daily consumers that ordered their business office supplies from Staples each day. Yes, of course, it was that "easy." Fritz handed over the counterfeit notes and pushed the easy button.
225. Syl noted that the bills were bogus, pulled out his glock emptied the nine shot clip into Fritz, spat and dialed up Sheila.

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226. Fritz shot dead? ARE YOU INSANE? Now we're toast, screamed Shelia. All is lost!

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227. The very dense Syl furrowed his eyebrow and tried to figure out why all was lost when all he did was waste a piece of waste.

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228. Look, you didn't actually KILL Fritz, said Sheila, trying to keep her cool and make some sense of it for Syl. That was just an agent of Fritz. The REAL Fritz can't actually be shot. The Real Fritz lives in Doyle's head, and in the mainframe. Got it?

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229. Oh, yeah, the mainframe, through Syl. Yeah, the house is very nicely constructed. I remember working on it, along with moose, when we poured the foundation. Yeah, they can forget about ever finding Jimmy H so long as that foundation holds up, he says to himself and smiles. So, Fritz ain't really dead. That ain't so bad then, right?

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