Some time ago, there was this demon by the name of Daemagog. Due to it's being anchored in normal space by a computer system, it's manner was defined by technology. Being one of the most senior demons, a demon lord, not only did it define itself, but all of it's subject demons and imps were forced into standard 'templates' all with relevant abilities and appearances.
Daemagog was beaten, but thanks to the law of averages, some of it's subjects retained their technological basis.
And being demons, there's this tendency to distort the rules to be considered. Their powers are not due to magic, or even technology, but from the fact that they are not real. Perhaps more than real. They are from outside reality, and reality is just another multi-dimensional toy to be played with.
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The modem imp, in the shape of a viper with three blinking red eyes, slips through the datastream. It marks the protected systems for future exploration, but it's mission is the more easily conquered. The demons' domain must be expanded at all costs. Their survival depends on solid reality anchors.
The Nexus' version of the Internet is difficult to navigate with the shifts in paradigm, optical to copper to magicaldata, with bizarre routers placed between them. As the imp and it's brethren pass, the routers are attacked, the realities around them distorting as the demons impose their will.
One would-be hacker taps into the imp's passing stream. This gains it's attention.
That's a mistake right there.
The image of the imp appears on the hacker's screen. All attempts at breaking the connection fails. The computer refuses to be reset. It can no longer be turned off. A familiar logo appears as the computer's operating system is destroyed.
++We are NexusSoft. Your cultural and technological distinctiveness will be overwritten by our own. Reality is irrelevant.++
The hacker screams as the imp leaps from the screen for his throat.
++You will run Windows.++
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