Taskbar Texture -

Miles looked at his mouse cursor. It was no longer an arrow. It was a tiny, wooden finger. A marionette's digit, complete with a carved fingernail. It hovered over the "Shut Down" button.

But Miles noticed something else. The texture was spreading. It had started on the taskbar, but now, when he minimized a window, the top bar of the window itself had a faint, brushed-aluminum feel. The scrollbar on his browser was acquiring the ribbed texture of a vinyl car seat. taskbar texture

And from the speaker grilles of every PC on the floor, a warm, dusty breeze began to blow. Miles looked at his mouse cursor

"Don't click it," Miles whispered.