FAKE Double Drabble: Cause And Effect
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badly_knittedTitle: Cause And Effect
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Dee, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Setting: Vol. 4 Act 11.
Summary: Dee just knows he and Ryo will get the blame for this mishap.
Written Using: The dw100 prompt ‘Feathered’.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble and a half, 250 words.
“The Chief’s gonna have us tarred and feathered over this, I just know it,” Dee said with a groan. How had the situation gone so spectacularly wrong? They’d taken the tip-off seriously, started evacuation proceedings, done everything they were supposed to, making sure the two-seven’s station house was clear before preparing to leave. How could they have known that the bomber had placed a trigger device in Dee’s desk drawer?
“Surely he wouldn’t punish us for something outside our control.” Ryo frowned at his partner. “We followed procedure! He should be glad we cleared the building and made it out alive ourselves! Even if the bomb hadn’t gone off a few minutes earlier because you were getting your wallet from your drawer, there wouldn’t have been time for the bomb squad to get inside, find the bombs, and disable them.”
“Yeah, I know that and you know that, but the Chief’s still gonna be pissed. Lotta equipment got destroyed in there, files, even evidence in a few trials.”
“The bomber couldn’t have gotten explosives into the basement, gotta have an authorisation card to go down there, and it’s constructed like a bunker,” Ryo pointed out. “Everything sent to the server should be safe too, and no one died.”
“That’s kinda not the point, bud. Our precinct is a heap of rubble, and since we were the last ones out, the blame’s gonna fall on us. ‘Specially since I’m the one accidentally set the bombs off early. Face it, we’re doomed.”
The End
“Surely he wouldn’t punish us for something outside our control.” Ryo frowned at his partner. “We followed procedure! He should be glad we cleared the building and made it out alive ourselves! Even if the bomb hadn’t gone off a few minutes earlier because you were getting your wallet from your drawer, there wouldn’t have been time for the bomb squad to get inside, find the bombs, and disable them.”
“Yeah, I know that and you know that, but the Chief’s still gonna be pissed. Lotta equipment got destroyed in there, files, even evidence in a few trials.”
“The bomber couldn’t have gotten explosives into the basement, gotta have an authorisation card to go down there, and it’s constructed like a bunker,” Ryo pointed out. “Everything sent to the server should be safe too, and no one died.”
“That’s kinda not the point, bud. Our precinct is a heap of rubble, and since we were the last ones out, the blame’s gonna fall on us. ‘Specially since I’m the one accidentally set the bombs off early. Face it, we’re doomed.”
The End
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Date: 2026-07-06 08:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2026-07-06 09:54 pm (UTC)Thank you.