Last Day

Originally posted on MSPA by Stickmeister.

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SORRY FOR THE PAUSE I'M DUMB AUFUFHGDJKDL

i was playing hitman blood money. s'pretty good.

Next update shouldn't take so long I hope

> I don't know much about old monitors, but it kinda looks like there's a whole computer inside of this monitor. There's a cooling fan, what look like RAM slots, one of those thick strips of parallel cords...

"...Computer parts. This is...a whole computer."



"That's...stupid! What are the computer parts doing inside the back of an old monitor? Even my mother knows the parts are all in the case."

"Maybe the monitor came like that." Jennifer says, "Like, whoever bought the monitors bought these to save space. Or something."

"Couldn't be, we've got cases with the PC parts in them. These are really old, yellow monitors anyway. The BOSS hasn't upgraded from them in years."

>Surely between the two of you you've seen your fair share of Hollywood monster movies and realize it's inevitable that it's going to wake up at the worst possible moment. However, also between the two of you, you're wearing belts. And this washroom has plenty of anchor points.

"It doesn't bother you that there are people with monitors for heads with giant teeth running around," Jennifer says, "but it bothers when they've got PC parts inside them?"

"Yes! It does! It just doesn't make any sense! The whole zombie thing was actually happening, I don't have any reason to question it but wonder how it is. But this...this just doesn't make any sense. I'm looking at a contradiction here."

"I don't even know anything about computers aside from what you told me about them. You grew up with them, I didn't. Figure this out, I'll go fill up that bucket with water in case this thing springs back to life."



"Actually, I've got these balloons for this exact reason. You can fill these up with water."

She looks confused. "...Dude, where'd you get those?"

"Dorothy. The, uh, rainbow girl you just met."

"Haha! What a strange thing to have around. Does she even know why you needed them?"

"Nope."

> There on the right side is all your external connectors. Get a keyboard and mouse then jack in.

Jennifer goes to the sink and fills up some of the balloons with water.

"Looks like there's also some external connectors in this thing." you tell her, "Like, USB ports, for keyboards or flash drives whatever. We could probably find a keyboard and see what we can do if we plug it in."

"Like we'll have any trouble finding one of those."

>Inquire about the large space where a human head should be. Also, the sparking in the fan? Is that the electronics short circuiting because of the water?

>You're probably smart enough to know not to dismantle hardware when electricity is coursing through it.

You don't see any static or sparks. Just looks like the thing's off.

You're also probably smart enough to know that given the fans aren't running, there isn't any electricity coursing through it at all most likely, and you have very little risk of electrical shock or discharge if you touch something metal first. Even if there was some form of shock, it would be minimal, like a bee sting, and you'd probably damage the hardware more than yourself. It's not even connected to any power supply, so it looks like it uses something else for power. Something like...

HUUMAAAAANSSS!

Or human energy.

As for the head, you're not sure.

Rip the RAM out. Take out the cooling system. Unplug the power supply. And pry off the CPU.

The RAM goes first.

Actually, you'd rather remove the hard drive, because if we're taking the idea of a computer virus literally, this is where it is. And when you build computers, this is the last thing you install. Pulling off the fans, RAM or processor wouldn't do anything but fuck up the system.

All you've got to do is remove the SATA cable and detach it from the holders, and then pull it out. Easy.