Episode #391: An Overture

[Episode 391]
Episode #391: An Overture
Volume V / Wednesday, 4 April 2012

Episode Notes

Phantom of the Operating System. An idea I've wanted to use for such a long time, but couldn't figure out how.

Transcript

Panel 1: Felicia is sitting at her computer in her office. The clock on the wall shows it's nearly half-past nine in the evening.
Felicia:
Ok, my code has compiled!
It's time to go home…
SFX:
PING!
Felicia:
Oh a chat request.
Who can it be, everybody else has gone home?
Panels 2-3: A close-up of Felicia's computer screen. where a single chat screen is open.
VFX:
{{Screen Title}} Chandelier Project Chat
{{Screen Content}}
…System has entered the chat room.
…Felicia has entered the chat room.
System: Hello Felicia, how are you enjoying your job?
System: I've been watching you code, it is very elegant and beautiful.
Felicia: Guys, is that you?
Felicia: How did you get access to the system, it's protected.
Felicia: Who ARE you?
System: I'm the system.
Felicia: In the Chandelier Project?
System: I AM THE CHANDELIER PROJECT.
Felicia: Ok, whatever. Alison is not going to believe this!
System: Alison won't have to. You are going to be Project Leader soon, I shall make sure of it. You are an excellent coder, but there is more to learn, and I shall teach you!
System: You can call me Eric.
Panel 4: We're looking at Felicia at her computer again, she looks concerned.
Felicia:
Either, I'm going crazy or there really is a ghost…
…Some sort of Phantom of the Operating System!