Cubic

By this point, you’ve probably realized that our digital world is filled not only with wonders, heroes, and ridiculous glitches, but with very real monsters as well. The Bug, before his encounter with Pixelman, was the dominant force in the deepest layers of the Simulation’s code. Kitty still keeps the Backrooms firmly in her claws. And Cubic… well, Cubic is a bit more complicated.

As far as I can tell, the Simulation is constantly expanding and evolving. It’s only logical to assume that at some point a part of it managed to reach the Internet — and changed dramatically after coming into contact with the Net.

The boundary between the Internet and the Simulation, by my calculations, must be an extremely chaotic, unstable, yet incredibly malleable space. A place where rules are constantly rewritten and reality itself behaves like a poorly debugged level editor. In such an environment, any sufficiently aware entity — one with intelligence, will, and imagination — could become something very close to a god.

Allow me to introduce: Cubic.

A mad demiurge ruling the border between the Simulation and the Internet, wielding nearly limitless power. Motivation? Goals? A grand mission? Cubic doesn’t bother with such abstractions. His greatest enemy is mortal boredom. And within his chaotic domain, he seeks only one thing: entertainment.

Within his territory, Cubic can create and destroy miniature worlds, pocket dimensions, and even fully independent personalities in the blink of an eye — all just to stage some dramatic little story for his own amusement.

Data leaking in from the Internet serves as an endless source of inspiration. In a sense, the entirety of human culture feeds this entity, making it both immortal and perpetually hungry for new experiences. And if you think about it, that same proximity to the source of those ideas might be the very thing preventing Cubic from wandering deeper into the more stable layers of the Simulation… you know, in search of new entertainment.

If some unfortunate soul ever gets trapped inside Cubic’s domain, I sincerely pity them. For a being drunk on its own omnipotence, acquiring a “toy” that it did not create itself is quite the trophy.

I can only imagine what Cubic considers entertainment. Tempting a victim with the hope of escape, forcing them through a grand “adventure” of his own design, only to roll everything back at the end and trap them inside a time loop? Fighting the same “toy” again and again in the role of the final boss, just to maintain the illusion of progress? Honestly, the thought alone gives me chills.

But there is one curious detail. Only an exceptionally stubborn and determined individual could endure Cubic’s domain long enough for even a perpetually bored god to grow tired of the game.

And if such a person proves persistent enough… Well. Perhaps one day Cubic will simply get bored of pressing the “restart” button.