Chapter 2.01 In which "Fallout" is given a new definition
(thaddeus's turn)
"Please tell me this is not God," he said to his computer. Ansel was serious; he did not lol.
The computer didn't answer, but a steady, strangely familiar rasping noise began, coming from no discernable location. Ansel tore his eyes from the enigmatic screen and scanned the room. Nothing.
Oh smirf, he thought, is my hard drive about to die?
The noise became louder. Where had he heard it before? With trembling hands he hit the power button on his computer. "Keep trying," read the screen. Groping behind the monitor, he found the main power chord and yanked it out. The monitor went dead, but the sound continued. Without the distracting hum of the computer, Ansel realized that it was coming from right beneath him.
He twisted and looked down just in time to see the cartoonishly large saw blade stabbing up through the floor complete the circle it had been diligently cutting under his chair.
Black emptiness yawned below him. He fell.
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