"Installation complete," a voice whispered, not from the speakers, but from the vents in the wall.
He tried to pull the plug, but the laptop battery was internal, and the power button was unresponsive. The "TotalD" interface transformed. The "D" no longer stood for Download. It stood for Duplicate . TotalD-Installer.exe
Elias looked at the screen one last time. The installer window was gone. In its place was a live video feed of the room he was sitting in, except in the video, the chair was empty. He looked down at his hands. They were turning into static, pixel by pixel, being pulled into the glowing rectangle of the monitor. "Installation complete," a voice whispered, not from the