File: The.thing.zip ... -

I didn't click "Yes." I didn't have to. I heard the click come from underneath my floorboards.

I opened it. Inside was a single image file: Live_Feed.jpg . I double-clicked. The image that filled the screen was grainy, bathed in the sickly green glow of night vision. It showed a desk, a cluttered shelf of books, and the back of a person’s head sitting in a black mesh chair. The person in the photo was wearing my blue flannel shirt. File: The.Thing.zip ...

A notification popped up in the bottom right corner of my screen: “Installation complete.Thing now?” I didn't click "Yes

It didn't have eyes. It had progress bars where the sockets should be. Both were stuck at 99%. a cluttered shelf of books