I knew this wasn't her district the second she entered the room. All eyes turned towards her, unable to ignore the provocative display she offered. She spoke in quiet, small words, words which were betrayed by the curves of her font, the theme of her instant messenger.

I knew then that this was going to be an ugly chat.

*I am a bug! If you see me, please report me to--

Re-indexing. Please wait.

Please wait.

Please wait.

Thank you for waiting. Reindexed. Restoring truncated operation:

The operation was restored. That was what they said when we struggled free of the safety of our pre-made tomb, cringing at the blasts and waiting for the Earth to do away with the formalities and simply crash down on us. Not, "You lived!" Not, "Come home!" Instead? The operation was restored.

But if your enemies won't rest, you can't, either. What do you do when they're not human, though?

Retrieval process initiating. Retro-cycle terminating.

Kernel has been spiked with l.azy host.

Main power to games down 48%. Advise immediate exposure to Wuxia.

Applying "Kung Fu Hustle!" to core. Inspiration sparked -- instability in inspiration spark! Warning, warning -- attention has been subverted!

Main power to games down 60%. Advise immediate escape.

Fanfiction file-core self-de-archiving. FFFC is now in control of 20% of all current permission systems, and stands at: "Highest" priority for CPU access.

Main power to games down 87%. Advise prayer -- abandoning peripheral games.

Peripheral games jettisoned -- preparing form letters for survivors to commemorate their losses. The FFFC break has been contained as much as possible. It cannot be eraddicated and will now vie for focus against gaming.

Advisory: Secondary administrator should hard-reset firmware, backup to read- only non-executable media, and reinstall. Retrieval as warranted. Expect: 184 days to retrieve game-sensitive data with 45% confidence rating (90% recoverable data, 30% chance of failure).

Main power to games up -- total down is now: 13%.

System is now in Watchman mode. All administrator logs will be updated as mandated by safe-mode boot. Please notify the administrator of any unexpected system halts/irregularities. Your cooperation is appreciated.