He looked back at the monitor. The file was scrolling down on its own now, generating new lines of code in real-time.
The 2.ini file was still open. The cursor was blinking at the bottom of the page. [Current_Status] Visitor_At_Door=True Action=Open_The_Door
He tried to shut down the computer. The power button did nothing. He looked back at the monitor
He had been cleaning up his computer's directory, deleting old game caches and temp files, when he found it sitting directly in the root folder of his C drive. He had not created it.
[User_Data] Name=Leo_Vance Status=Awake Heart_Rate=72 Stress_Level=0.45 The cursor was blinking at the bottom of the page
[Environment] Ambient_Temp=68F Door_Locked=True Intruder_Alert=False Subject_Awareness=High
Then, exactly thirty seconds later, the monitor flared back to life. It was powered by something else now, glowing with a faint, sickly green hue that didn't match his screen's normal display. He had been cleaning up his computer's directory,
Leo swallowed hard. He reached for his mouse, his hand shaking. He clicked the 'X' in the top right corner of the window. The program refused to close. A small dialogue box popped up in the center of the screen: Override denied. Configuration file in use by SYSTEM. He tried to delete the file. Access Denied.