Unresponsive

“Start.” Nick commanded.

Nothing happened. Normally it would take not a second, but not today.

His eyebrows tightened and tried again. “Start.”

Still.

“God damn it, start!” Nothing came to life.

“Start, start, start, start, start.” He felt the dryness in his mouth and stopped yelling. “Damn machine.”

After inspecting the cable and powercord and found nothing, he was frustrated.

He tried the typical unplugging and reconnecting, which yielded no result. While shaking his head, he noticed a orange light blinking in the background. “What in the-” He approached the giant case and saw a device plugged in to one of the port, which didn’t seem familiar to him.

The light blinked briefly in a long interval, no wonder he missed it the first time.

A closer look at the device coated in dark purple revealed the name of the manufacturer engraved in silver. ‘Voix.’ He said softly and grinned.

He removed the device from the port with haste and returned to the central stage. “Start.” He said.

And the machine hummed to life.