In a dark room, lit only by the glow of computer monitors, a man code-named "Blue" sat at his desk. A lit cigarette dangled from his lips, and a cup of cooling coffee sat on his desk, amid scattered papers.
He typed the last code phrase, and his secure chat client connected to their secure chat server.
"White: So good of you to join us, Blue."
Blue snorted in disgust. White always got snippy when things didn't go well.
"Blue: Why thank you, White. It always feels wonderful to receive such a warm greeting. Especially when I'm early."
Blue's daddy always said, "Kill'm with kindness." Then his mom would add, "Yes. Choke them to death with a barrel of syrup."
"White: Green, what happened? You said Radius wasn't going to disrupt our plans because they too needed BallSoft and Yoctoly's GPU services."
"Green: Radius migrated to their own data centers! And they didn't buy GPUs from Blit Blaster or any of the other players."
