[30 Days of Fic - Day 5] "A Hard Place"
Here is Today's Yesterday's (but at least I'm caught up) 30 Days of Fic Post, based on the following task: Write a scene entirely in dialog."
"Holy shit, we're fucked. Everything is fucked."
"Nothing is fucked, Joe."
"What do you mean, 'nothing is fucked, Joe?' Everything is fucked!"
"No, nothing is fucked, we just need to change plans a little bit."
"As of right now, if we duck our heads out, we're at even money odds of getting perforated by a rather large number of bullets."
"So we don't duck our heads out."
"Ahh yes, a combination of Ostrich syndrome and the hidey-hole defense. This isn't the fucking Western Front, and even at the Western Front, a shit ton of people got killed just sitting back."
"We'll be fine, Joe."
"Ugh, you're so smug and condescending, makes me want to shoot you and call it a day."
"Heh. You won't do that, because as pissed as you are right now, you know I'm going to get us out of this."
"I do? Well, that's a load off, Jack. So how, pray tell, are you going to get us out of this?"
"With this."
"What the hell is that!"
"It's exactly what you think it is."
"Motherfucker."
"Don't say that about our mother, you ingrate."
"You just bring out the worst in me sometimes, Jack."
"Usually the best though."
"Usually. Fuck. Where'd you get it."
"Long story, and one we really don't have time for."
"I'll say." A beat. "So... are you going to use it already?"
"In a minute."
"COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP AND NO ONE WILL BE HURT."
"Heh... that's such bullshit. Can you believe they think we'll believe that?"
"Well, that's the S.O.P., ain't it?"
"Yup. Ready to make a break for it?"
"Just about. Christ, we make it out of this-"
"I'll tell you where the fuck I got it when we're sunning on a beach in Aruba with all our fucking money."
"Christ Jack, you've got a filthy mouth."
"Heh. Shut up and get ready to go."
"Gotcha."
"Ready?"
"As ready as I'll ever be."
"Alright. Three. Two-"
"Wait a tick. Where are we running too."
"Out the back way."
"Won't they have it covered?"
"No, not the back door, the tunnel. The way we got in."
"Oh. OHHH. And hope they don't have the shop covered either?"
"I've got two. Now..."
"COME OUT NOW, OR WE WILL BE FORCED TO TAKE DRASTIC ACTION!!!"
"I'll give you drastic action."
"Damn right, brother."
"Three.
Two.
One."
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"Holy shit, we're fucked. Everything is fucked."
"Nothing is fucked, Joe."
"What do you mean, 'nothing is fucked, Joe?' Everything is fucked!"
"No, nothing is fucked, we just need to change plans a little bit."
"As of right now, if we duck our heads out, we're at even money odds of getting perforated by a rather large number of bullets."
"So we don't duck our heads out."
"Ahh yes, a combination of Ostrich syndrome and the hidey-hole defense. This isn't the fucking Western Front, and even at the Western Front, a shit ton of people got killed just sitting back."
"We'll be fine, Joe."
"Ugh, you're so smug and condescending, makes me want to shoot you and call it a day."
"Heh. You won't do that, because as pissed as you are right now, you know I'm going to get us out of this."
"I do? Well, that's a load off, Jack. So how, pray tell, are you going to get us out of this?"
"With this."
"What the hell is that!"
"It's exactly what you think it is."
"Motherfucker."
"Don't say that about our mother, you ingrate."
"You just bring out the worst in me sometimes, Jack."
"Usually the best though."
"Usually. Fuck. Where'd you get it."
"Long story, and one we really don't have time for."
"I'll say." A beat. "So... are you going to use it already?"
"In a minute."
"COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP AND NO ONE WILL BE HURT."
"Heh... that's such bullshit. Can you believe they think we'll believe that?"
"Well, that's the S.O.P., ain't it?"
"Yup. Ready to make a break for it?"
"Just about. Christ, we make it out of this-"
"I'll tell you where the fuck I got it when we're sunning on a beach in Aruba with all our fucking money."
"Christ Jack, you've got a filthy mouth."
"Heh. Shut up and get ready to go."
"Gotcha."
"Ready?"
"As ready as I'll ever be."
"Alright. Three. Two-"
"Wait a tick. Where are we running too."
"Out the back way."
"Won't they have it covered?"
"No, not the back door, the tunnel. The way we got in."
"Oh. OHHH. And hope they don't have the shop covered either?"
"I've got two. Now..."
"COME OUT NOW, OR WE WILL BE FORCED TO TAKE DRASTIC ACTION!!!"
"I'll give you drastic action."
"Damn right, brother."
"Three.
Two.
One."
Click Here for the full "30 Days of Fiction" list, including links to completed stories for the memetic challenge!