With the advent of the computer age we humans became more dependent than ever on digitally stored information, it of course led to many interesting theories when odd glitches were discovered. Some people went as far as to proclaim a separate plane of existence existed within the computers.
A world wherein information from our world stored inside computers had been given new life, a world created of the data we stored inside computers. It is an odd thought to have, a world of weird creatures created and based on information stored inside computers. But none the less it is a train of thought some people have.
Others use the vague details of this so called digitally created world to explain when something odd happens with technology, blaming it on whatever these monsters would be. When a digital clock stops for a few minutes before resuming thus falling behind and no longer being accurate or when your computer freezes for such a brief moment that your music or video would distort slightly. Humans will always try to blame an external existence for something going wrong, it has been seen throughout history before, always something outside the scope of humanity itself, as if we can do nothing wrong and something going wrong is not of our fault.
But could it be real?
A world where dinosaurs and dragons and knights based on compiled information from the history of humanity now stored inside computers. A world where these odd creatures would interact with each other, fight with each other, live in harmony together. Could something like this actually happen inside computers and furthermore could something like that take place without humanity actually knowing it was happening and not just have it be wild guesswork by various people wanting to believe in this other world being a real thing and not just something within their imagination?
Could new life really exist based on this information from our own past and present, and even our possible future with more and more academic information in the form of papers being posted online and existing in a readily available format for people to read it in. It could lead one to wonder about these monsters. Could they be real or are they just a spin created by a few eccentric personalities wanting to legitimize something?
"I totally saw it happen downtown, lights were going crazy. It was one of those digital creature thingies doing it!" a post on the image board read.
"That's just some urban crap!" another post further down read.
"People just made that stuff up!" a second poster agreed.
"Just because lights flash doesn't mean monsters are real! That would mean every time one of my lights had to be replaced it was because a monster went by lol" a third poster stated.
The girl in front of the screen smirked. Her room was dimly lit, just the light of her laptop monitor lighting the otherwise average room, it had a bed positioned behind her with a few stuffed animals posed in one end, a large window and door leading to a tiny balcony to the right of her and a half open closet on the right with some clothes on the floor in a pile. The girl herself was mostly average looking, in her teens, perhaps a little busty for her age some would argue. Her purple hair was tied back into a pony tail and she was dressed in grey sweatpants and a pink shirt.
"Come on, monsters aren't real y'all didn't ya leave those bedtime stories behind years ago?" She typed into the comment field. She frowned a little at her post and deleted it disgruntled before her fingers moved to type again "Monsters aren't real, grow up and leave the bedtime stories for kids!" She then typed into the comment field. Satisfied she pushed the comment button on the screen and her comment showed up.
"Monsters aren't real, grow up and leave the bedtime stories for kids!" "Posted 01:31 am" Appeared on the screen. She looked at it for a few minutes.
"I seriously saw it with my own eyes!" appeared next.
"Argh why do I bother!" the girl burst out. "People just won't stop believing in it" she grunted under her breath.
"Quiet down in there! Why are you even still awake!?" She could hear her mother yell from a different room.
"Sorry mom!" She called back. She glanced back to her laptop still annoyed.
"I saw something like it as well" a new poster stated.
"Could be real couldn't it? This stuff's got mentions all over the net after all" a new poster chimed in with.
The girl simply stood up quietly, her face grimaced a little, annoyance painted all over. The grimace changed to a pout as she slammed the laptop screen shut and stomped over to- and threw herself on top of her bed. She threw one last look over at her desk and focused specifically on the small odd-looking device to the right of her laptop.