Last Day

Originally posted on MSPA by Stickmeister.

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Sudden change of heart? Spill thy secrets!

"Of course, of course." he begins to tell his tale. "It was just about a half hour ago. I was speaking with the Janitor on the behalf of my missing pet duck, Buttercup. He had suggested that we both make use of his hidden surveillance system (I had known about it in the past) in order to find her.



"However, nothing had prepared us for what we were about to see.



"A computer."

"A computer?" you ask.

"Yes. Not very out of the ordinary were it on a desk and plugged in, correct? That was not this computer. For some reason, this computer was in the middle of the room, with no cables or wires going through it. We were baffled. Did someone move it there? We began to question every question we could...

"...when it began to move.



"And it began to bite. And snap. And hiss." He pauses for a second and turns to you.



"Ted."



"Yes?"



"Your occupation here is a coder, correct?"



"Yessir."



"Have you had any idea what you've been coding for 8 months?"





"Well, uh...I'm just assigned to code certain stuff. I just get assigned a task and I do it. I don't really pay attention. My mind just sort of wanders off and the rest of it is automatic, like driving a car, y'know? Why do you ask?"



"Two weeks ago I had discovered something about this company. A deep, dark secret, hidden within the depths. I had managed my way into the BOSS' email and discovered something terrifying. Something even I had not believed at first.



"Ted!" he shouts "For eight months you have been coding the greatest computer virus known to mankind!





"But do not panic, for I will explain."



"The virus is known as 'CUTE.EXE', more aptly named 'EXECUTE.' It's a virus even I'm not sure how exactly it works, but from what I have gathered, it could threaten the lives of millions whence distributed."



"EXECUTE turns your computer into a monster, quite literally. There's no other explanation. It suddenly has teeth and can snap your very head off. But that is hardly the bad news.



"When the virus snaps your head, as it usually targets, you become a sort of...computer zombie, if you will. You are under the command of the BOSS, whether he wants you to continue spreading the virus (as the computer head can multiply in two and attach itself to others) or if he wants you to become an absolute workaholic.



"You become a walking computer. You can only work under the tasks given to you by the BOSS himself, and I can only suspect he will have us all be drones, working for him without pay or complaints. You type endlessly on a keyboard hooked up to your very head, for as long as he needs to."

"Once the virus is released, it will spread. First here, infecting every computer within the vicinity, then to whatever computers the drones spread to. Soon, it will infect every computer in America, and possibly the world if we do nothing to stop it.



"When I had discovered this information, the BOSS knew that if he had fired me, I would tell everyone I possible could of his plans. So he bribed me. With power and wealth. He tripled my pay, even gave me three ducks. I believe he expected me to cook them rather than keep them as pets around the office, but I fell in love with them. I did not even have to do my work and just parade around the offices in a crown and cape if I wanted to, as long as I had kept my mouth shut.

"I had been seduced by wealth instead of possibly saving millions of lives, and now it is too late. He had tricked me by initiating his plans early. I am a fool. And I must stop this from happening were it to be the last thing I do with my pitiful life."



"There is one more thing. The new secretary. When I saw her, I knew the BOSS had begun his plans, but I did not expect him to be so quick. The reason he needs a secretary is simple: Nobody must find out he is spreading the virus. This is the purpose of the secretary, to show the company is not the source of the virus, nor there is nothing going on within. She will be brainwashed with a modified version of the virus that is less obvious and fits her needs as a secretary to take calls rather than to type."

"Manny." You interrupt him.

>Ted: Mention Jennifer

"Hmm?"

"Her name is Jennifer."

"Oh?" Do you know her?"

"Manny, that's her. That's Jennifer Hazely!"

"...Damn. What a day today is turning out to be. Then I can only assume you will be working with us."



"MANFREDDIE and THE JANITOR join your PARTY!"

"Well then," Manfreddie says, "I suppose we're a team now."

"I suppose we are." you say. "Should we strike a pose?"

"...No, let's save that for later. We need to conceive a plan."

>So, what are we doing? What is the plan?

"I say," the Janitor replies "we find that lass you've been hounding and get her to join us once you tell her what's goin' on! Then we head off to my surveillance system and see if anyone else is infected yet. Then we take down that scumbag we've been working for together!"

"Sounds like a plan" you would say, but you're still taking in the details. What should you do now?

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JESUS CHRIST you guys it feels fucking FANTASTIC to get this gigantic-ass plot twist out of the way holy shit. I have been planning the outline for this since page fucking two and the events leading up to it just sort of fell into place. let's see where this can go now.