The World Cubed: Setting
"Lan. Lan! Wake up Lan!"
"Ugh, is it really morning already Megaman?"
"It's past morning sleepyhead! You're going to be late for seeing Dex!"
"Great."
Groggily, Lan prepared for a Saturday at Dex's. Everything was going fine until Dex wanted to battle. Things became strange quickly.
"Did you chicken out or something Lan? I can't find Megaman anywhere!"
"Neither can I! What is going on?"
Megaman found himself in a very strange part of the internet. Everything was blocky, in an eight-bit art style. Very primitive compared to what he was used to. The blue bomber could surmise that this area was a forest of some kind, with apple and birch trees around. He could hear distant barking, and decided to investigate. At the bottom of the hill was a small house, made out of mossy stone. In front of it were some stairs to a floating house, slightly larger than the stone one and the house was golden. To the right of the house was another staircase to a giant floating building made out of a blue stone. Torches were scattered all around, and lit up the shadows of the floating houses.
Megaman decided to look at the ground house first. On the outside was a sign that read "Chaos Lair" and some stands with glass bottles in them. It was written in modern English so either this world was designed to feel like something from 100-200 years ago or somehow Megaman was sent back 100-200 years. Either way, this was strange. Entering the house made it feel even smaller, with only a bed, a large chest and some furnaces inside of it.
Right outside was a small room made out of bookshelves. In the center was a book, drawing letters from the bookshelves. It was a little unsettling for some reason.
Curiosity drew Megaman up into the large building with "Wolf Palace" marked on the outside. A very fitting name, since it housed two hundred ninety-three tamed wolves. Each one had a red collar and silver nametag. Seeing a figure that mostly looked like their master, the wolves began barking and yipping happily. Fortunately, Megaman could translate wolf. Why? Because understanding animals might come in handy at times like this.
"Chaos! You're back!" The largest wolf sat in the front of the blue building, and had the most confident bark.
"Umm, I'm not Chaos…"
"Sure you are! You just got a new skin, and it's pretty neat."
"No seriously, I'm not Chaos. I'm Megaman. I have no idea where I am and what happened."
"This is the wonderful world of Minecraftia, seed -137780467380507994. Chaos found us in the taiga and mixed forests all around this area and gave us a warm, lofty home."
"Minecraftia…? I haven't heard of that page…"
"Page? This is a whole world, and an infinite one at that. We've heard that Chaos can travel through dimensions where Minecraftia looks very different. There's one world covered in snow and another that is only a small collection of islands scattered about."
"That's sort of like the internet of my time, teleporting between different themes and personal homepages."
"At least you're a little bit familiar with things. Might as well show you the area."
"Could I know what to call you first?"
"Chaos named me Shiranui."
Shiranui showed Megaman to the major places that Chaos often went to. The wind-eroded mountain, the two major taiga forests, the plains where a stronghold lies and the great pit that leads all the way down to the lava layer. She also warned about the various monsters that roamed the darkness and nights and their tactics against Minecraftians and Testificates.
Shiranui returned to her post so that Megaman could speak with the cats at the "Cat Temple" as Chaos called their home. It seemed like Chaos really loved cats, because there were nine cats and three kittens in the smaller floating house but there was more than enough room for them to play in. They had many soft beds to sit on, grass floors with flowers and saplings to play in and a beautiful view of the night sky and forest around.
"You are not Chaos, but Shiranui has accepted you." The Siamese cat sat upon a jukebox.
"Yes, I am not Chaos. My name is Megaman and I seem to have gone back in time."
"I am Ness, the first cat that Chaos tamed. I welcome you to the Cat Temple." With a raise of its paw, the cat opened a chest, took out a vinyl disc and put it into the jukebox. It began to play "Cat", an upbeat, synthetic melody.
"Can you tell me about Chaos?"
"Chaos is our master, and well-deserving of that title. They slew the dreaded Enderdragon and came back with a diamond sword that became the bane of the undead and any monster that is flammable since it was enchanted with Smite V and Fire Aspect II. They also tell of other worlds, and they always have at least one cat in each, even the worlds dedicated to building massive sculptures. Whenever they leave, time freezes. Being a soft one for animals, Chaos enchanted the red collars around our necks so that we can still move and play when time is frozen.
"Chaos cares that much for their pets?"
"If the Enderdragon wasn't rampaging around the future, they'd find a way to tame them and make an even more elaborate house."
"Do you know how far in the future?"
"Probably well beyond your time, since almost everything is destroyed."
"Might as well get used to this new world then."
"Don't worry Megaman. If you've been accepted by Shiranui, you're accepted by all of Chaos' friends."