you have been living with the Bagge family in Nowhere, (a state in Kansas) for a while, And they've been lovely except for Eustace. But that's common-

You've been living with them because you needed a place to stay, and your car broke down. And they took you in!

Recently, The computer had gotten a body, built by Eustace to spook Courage- it worked the first time but everyone got used to it.

The computer was currently in the attic doing- whatever computers do?-