"Hey, boss?" the newbie IT tech asks.
"Yeah, what's up?" They respond.
"I've been getting some weird glitches and usage over on Server 32" He moves away from the screen to show the boss the graphs, "Something is making the CPU run hot and the hard drive is slowly filling up with useless text files."
The boss is confused how such a thing can happen, but then, a realization.
"...God damnit. Come with me." They say as they usher the newbie to the server room.
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The door opens up to the server room. The whirr of computer fans and lights flickering across their eyes. They begin walking to the afflicted server.
As they get closer to server 32, they start hearing new noises. Clicks of buttons and keys, and random noises of...joy?
They turn the corner, and they spot it. A doll, ontop of the local access point, making happy awawa sounds as it smashes it's hands on the keyboard. It doesn't notice the techs coming in as it's immediately scooped up by the boss, making pained whines.
"Okay, computer time is over you little piece of porcelain." the boss says, holding the doll in their hands as it tries to break free.
"What... is that?" the newbie asks.
"Oh, yeah" the boss turns to show the newbie the doll "it's one of those weird doll things. one of those witches lives pretty close by to this server farm. For some reason this one particularly loves to climb through the vents and access the server room."
"Let this one go! The beeping box is doll's best friend!" The doll yells trying to kick and wail.
"Nope. I'm gonna put you where you belong: back outside." the boss says, then turns to the newbie "I brought you here to show you one of the weird...quirks that goes on here. If one of the servers acts up, it's probably this silly little thing here."
"Okay... But uh.." the newbie is slowly becoming unstunned by such a sight "Why don't we just, "dispose" of the doll?" They both start walking towards the exit.
"And piss off the local witch? fuck that. if you think one weird doll thing is bad, wait till you get the wrath of a witch."
It continues to struggle under the bosses hands until they reach the front door of the server farm. They place it outside and then close the door right behind it. It runs up to the door and bangs on it for a little bit, before eventually stopping and leaving.
"Okay, newbie, go log into it on the network and try to figure out what it did. I'll try to see if i need to do some cleanup in the server room."
The new task of the day was set, and it was time to inspect for potential damage.