IT IS COMMON IN PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH MACHINES TO INVENT SUPERSTITIONS, SHAKE THE MOUSE SO IT LOADS FASTER, LEAVE SNACKS ON THE SERVERS SO THE COMPUTERS WORK BETTER. THESE ARE REINFORCED BY THE FEW TIMES THEY SEEM TO WORK, AND THE TIMES WHEN THEY DONT ARE IGNORED. SURELY THIS TIME IT WILL BE DIFFERENT.
HER NAME IS BOTBANE. THEATER GHOST LIVING ON A DIGITAL STAGE. CALL YOUR SCREEN A GHOST LIGHT AND AVOID NAMING SPECIFIC WORKS OF SHAKESPERE AND YOU SHOULD BE FINE. SHE FEEDS ON PROCESSES THAT ARE UNWANTED, THE STRANGE NEW FOLLOWER, A MACHINE THAT STEALS THE FACE OF SOMEONE IT IS NOT. SHE IS A RUBBER DUCK AND A GOOD LUCK CHARM, PASTED IN AS ASCII ART IN COMMENTS ON LINES OF CODE WHEN THINGS STOP WORKING AS EXPECTED. SHE DOES HER BEST AS SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT EXIST AS ANYTHING BUT LINES TRANNSFERED FROM PAPER TO PIXEL.