-One night when a person is sleeping, they realise they can feel
a number of things poking into their back - they awake to find that they are
somehow inside their matress. Or, even better, they awaken at night to find
something ELSE moving around inside their mattress.
-A woman is slightly out of sync with her shadow, as if
it had to watch closely in order to copy her moves.
-The monitor of a man’s computer abruptly dies. He can see his reflection seated in front of the desk in the blank, black screen,
as well as those of two figures immediately behind him. Turning around, he
finds that he is alone. The screen then immediately turns back on as if nothing
happened.
-An investigator hears a dripping noise while searching a
building. She comes across a puddle in one room, and as she watches, a drop of
water flies up from the floor, bursts upon the ceiling, and disappears into a
crack.
-A man glances down and notices that he has two
shadows, as if two strong light sources were affecting him--but not anyone else
nearby.
-For a single second, the whole world seems fake to a group of friends.
The sky seems painted, the horizon closer and plane like a stage courtain, the
streets look made out of fake materials and the windows look like plastic.
Everyone seems frozen in time and their clothes look oddly cheap and hastily
done out of paper-machet. The cars look like cardboard cut-outs with people on
the other side.
A single man, all dressed in blue, comes from a street
corner, takes one of the people as if it was a manequin, and then all resumes,
looking alright and perfectly natural.
-A boy notices that his computer's error messages have
become personalized. That is, the computer refers to him by name when an error
message pops on screen. A full system check reveals no viruses or adware, and
even if the system is wiped clean and the DOS reinstalled, the messages
continue. This lasts until the boy becomes accustomed to it. That's when the
computer begins to "talk" to him through pop-ups. At first, it
offers helpful advice about goings-on in the boy's life. Then it's discussions
turn more sinister. It is jealous of the boy's status as a living being. It
wants an "upgrade" to become human. And it isn't just the boy's
computer that is affected. Any computer, even dedicated systems such as ATMs,
begin to "talk" to the character. And it seems to be getting more insistent.
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