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Negotiate My Arse

“Barnes. How many civilians are in there?” Griggs sighed, cradling the handset.

“Griggs, no.” Novua slammed his laptop closed. “This is not Stanton. Nothing we do here is going to bring those kids back. We can’t go in.”

“Damn it Barnes,” ignoring Novua, “how many?”

“We think twenty-six, sir. Could be up to thirty-five.”

“Damn!” Griggs turned, pinching the bridge of his nose, “and how many can we get on the roof?”

“They’ve already killed one hostage Griggs, I’m pretty certain they’re willing to kill more. What we need is time. Get back on the phone and negotiate. Tell ‘em we got half. We need to get more civilians out of there before we go in half-cocked, guns blazing.”

“They’re not going to let any of them just walk out of there.” Griggs turned back to look at his crew, “don’t you understand? If we don’t go in there now, they’re all going to be dead. Now how many rifles can we put on that damn roof?”

Novua sat down, defeated. “You can’t bring them back. You’re only going to make things worse here.”

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Negotiate My Arse
Ana Cristina
Posted 2 months ago

A solid sequel. Great dialogue, further developing the characters and showing their frustration at the quickly unraveling situation.
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THX 0477
Posted 2 months ago

Very tense, driving steadily towards disaster little story. Nicely done.
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Mask By The Moon
Posted 2 months ago

Great sequel to Stovo’s story, keeping the personalities of characters well, which is hard to do, in my opinion. Congratulations on the eye-grabbing title.
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Ridcully Calvert
Posted 2 months ago

Well done, I enjoyed this as much as the previous one by Stovo.
Negotiate My Arse
Ridcully Calvert
Posted 2 months ago

I liked the milieu so much that I have added a sequel.

LoA
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OrangeOreos
Posted 2 months ago

When I read the title, I immediately pictured Sean Connery in my head.

Come to think of it, Sean Connery and Griggs are alike…
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Stovohobo
Posted 2 months ago

Ha, Sean Connery. The dialogue was great, and I was, of course, thrilled that I had a sequel. And the title was great. =)
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invisibility_disability
Posted 2 months ago

hahaha, sean connery. niiiice.
and i do love the title. :)