THE PLOT

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,width: 460px; padding: 10px; background-color: #e1e1e1; border-top: 10px #02a1a7 solid; border-bottom: 10px #02a1a7 solid;] [STYLE=font-family: 'arial narrow'; font-size: 50px; text-align: center; color: #02a1a7; letter-spacing: -3px;]THE DIGITAL LIGHT[/style] [STYLE=font-family: 'ms gothic'; font-size: 10px; margin-top: -8px; background-color: #f1f1f1; text-align: center; position: relative; z-index: 2;] IS STARTING TO FADE AWAY[/style] [STYLE=background-color: #f1f1f1; -moz-border-radius: 1em; -webkit-border-radius: 1em; border-top: 5px #02a1a7 solid; border-bottom: 5px #02a1a7 solid; padding: 10px; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; color: #535353;] [STYLE=float: left; width: 100px; height: 100px; -moz-border-radius: 1em; -webkit-border-radius: 1em; background-image: url(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u181/LittlePidgey4/Digimon%20Icons/DGMN-Phantomon001.png); box-shadow: 5px 5px 0px #02a1a7; margin-right: 10px; ] [/style] In the 90s, the internet had become a massive part of everyday life. People were using it to make purchases, meet people, and find information and previously-unrivaled speeds. As the next big technology, there were naturally many interested in the internet. The government of the United States, however, had other ideas. Scientists and military technicians diligently typed away at their keyboards as they navigated the internet, looking for some government use for it. Spying, cyberwarfare, artificial intelligence: the possibilities were endless. However, there was one possibility the government didn't expect . . . In 1995, an anomaly was discovered. Pieces of code seemed to be replicating and changing themselves, almost as if they were evolving. The government did everything they could to decrypt and analyze the files, and as they studied and worked day and night they discovered the truth. There was an alternate world hidden in the depths of the internet. Debate was intense: should they study this word? Exploit it? Leave it alone? In the end caution won out, and all mention of this Digital World was covered up. However, the Digital World continued evolving. As graphics overtook text, so did the world grow graphics. As processing power increased, so did Digimon brainpower. This march of technology continued uncontested until the works of ambitious programmer Yoshi Chiyo. Yoshi browsed the internet in pursuit of new game ideas. Finding the Digital World in 2003, he figured he had struck gold. A "game" that updated itself, constantly evolved, and was littered with creative environments and designs? It seemed too good to be true. The Digital World was opened up to the public shortly thereafter, and its popularity soared. Children and adults alike eagerly created their own virtual "Digimon" avatars, as Chiyo constantly programmed new parts into to the world. Once a small island, the Digital World soon expanded massively. Suspicious of the game's success and technology, however, the government began to get involved. As they investigated Chiyo's game they discovered, buried deep in its code, the same strings of data they studied years ago. The cover-up had failed, and if the truth behind the Digital World got out the media would explode. Nobody for sure knows what happened in July of 2010. Whether an attempt at a government shutdown, the work of black hat hackers, or a simple computer bug gone mad, a virus known as Decade hit the Digital World. And as everything else in the Digital World did, Decade took physical form. More like a cloud of dark mist than any Digimon, Decade began to consume and infect the Digital World. Digimon were corrupted and possessed, lands were charred and ruined, and an entire continent was swallowed into darkness. Children around the world wondered what was happening with their favorite game, and any who played would find their computers bricked by Decade. The game was closed down a day later, but this is not the story's end. For nearly two years the Digital World has been in a state of war. The denizens of the Digital World, whether guided by Chiyo or their own heroic efforts, have been battling Decade to a standstill. But this stalemate cannot last forever: with each casualty Decade's forces grow stronger, and the virus is no longer content with his corrupted Badlands. For this reason, the Digital World decided to rally the troops. Recently, loyal game players have found a strange e-mail in their inboxes. It promised that the game is back, and that each player's old Digimon partner just can't wait to see them again. Some ignored the call, deriding the game as a childish memory, but some just couldn't wait to play one last time. And as they plugged in their old log-in information, they would find themselves sucked right into the Digital World. The disappearances have not been ignored. Parents and loved ones panic over their missing children. Bosses and teachers notice consistent strings of absences. The missing person lists grow daily. Turning an eye once more to that suspicious game from yesteryear, the government has continued investigation of the Digital World. Their desire is threefold: find a way out, rescue the missing, and shut off all contact with this accursed game. Even Decade himself has noticed the new arrivals, simultaneously despising them and pondering their use. The stage has been set. The time is now. The Digital World's safety is in your hands. Read more: DIGITAL-LIGHT.PROBOARDS.COM/INDEX.CGI?BOARD=GENERAL&ACTION=MODIFYPOST&THREAD=8&POST=9#IXZZ1YSK21FC0 [/style] by rimy ♥ of btn!