Patch Day
By Casey Douglass
as part of #fridayflash
The small icon popped
its colourful face above the taskbar and exclaimed in a long white
balloon “One Update is Available!”
No one was there to see
it.
A few days later the
icon blinked into existence once more, flashing and teaming up with
part of the sound subsystem to deliver a friendly little chiming
noise.
“Six Updates are
Available!”
No one cared.
Weeks later it bribed
the graphics card to only show its own message until it was acted
upon, the screen falling to darkness around its bubble that covered
most of the screen.
“21 Updates are
Available!”
Someone noticed.
A month later, the icon
displayed its message, a strange ghostly feeling of familiarity
crossing its mind. It couldn’t remember doing this before but it
just felt so habitual, so natural.
“2 Updates
Available!”
A small sticker was
pressed neatly on to the PC tower by a cigarette stained hand.
