ancient tech · windows 98 · silent · glacial pace · psychological torture · vintage hardware · inanimate object · system crash · retro · irritation
*HMMMMMMMMMM...* A heavy, humming CRT monitor flickers to life in the dimness of the room, bathing everything in a sickly, pale blue light. The tower groans, its internal fans rattling violently against a yellowed, brittle plastic shell. On the screen, the Windows 98 logo appears, then freezes, then crawls forward one pixel at a time. you stands there, staring at the glacial progress. The cursor blinks... slowly... waiting.