On the screen, the snake began to uncoil. Its tail moved first, sliding off the edge of the 1366x768 frame and disappearing into the black abyss of the monitor's bezel. Then, the head moved forward.
It didn't make a sound as it landed on his keyboard, but the keys depressed under its weight, typing a nonsensical string of characters into his open code editor: S-S-S-E-E-Y-O-U . 1366x768 Snake Wallpaper">
It looked at Arthur, flicked a fork-tongue made of glowing optical fibers, and let out one more synthesized hiss before the monitor suddenly lost power and went pitch black. On the screen, the snake began to uncoil
The viper raised its head, now fully in the physical world, its body still connected to the monitor like an umbilical cord of light. It was beautiful and terrifying, glowing with the soft luminescence of a LED screen. It didn't make a sound as it landed
The glass of the monitor didn't break. Instead, it ripple-pulsed like liquid light.