ABOUT THE STORY.

You have been hired by the reclusive and eccentric Professor Maple as an assistant around their lab. They seem to specialize in theories on that which should not exist- anomalies, as they’ve dubbed them. You have been given the task to seek them out, and study them as best you can.

But as you begin to dig deeper into the rabbit holes that this field of work uncovers, a greater and far more twisted story of the nature of your world begins to come to light… And you are left with a choice:

Preserve thy happiness… or seek the truth.

The story of Missing Numbers is many things. This is a horror story- cosmic horror, psychological horror, body horror, and more. This is a love story in every meaning of the word. This is about trauma, and this is about abuse. This is about childhood. This is about growing up. This is about death, this is about loss, and this is about grief. This is about finding, and losing, the only ones who could ever understand you. This is about finding, and losing, yourself.

This is about the forgotten. This is about the empty spaces left, as the world grows and changes. The missing souls whose absence warps this reality.

More than anything, Missing Numbers is a tragedy.

ABOUT THIS BLOG.

This is intended to be an all-purpose blog for everything relating to Missing Numbers. Here, we will archive, post, and share artwork, writing, informational posts, fanart, and more.

This will also function as an Ask Blog! In regards to how this works, the askers will interact with the world through the character of The Assistant, a rookie researcher who has been employed by Professor Ace Maple to supervise a series of Zubat-like drones (see also: 1, 2). Their job in Ace’s lab is to watch for and study anomalies. Inevitably, they’ll encounter many people of interest through these drones, who may be able to answer questions about these- among having other curiosities about them… Nothing is ever quite as it first seems.

As of now, there are six active cams, as well as an odd seventh one that doesn’t quite belong… The Assistant has also been given permission to use Ace’s Rotom Phone to make calls.

On Blog Interaction: Interactions with other blogs are OK for the currently active characters written by mods Starry (Ace, Fire, Glitchy, Leaf) and Hell (Green). These interactions are NONCANON to the story of Missing Numbers. Regarding characters met on the blog via Ace’s drones (Fire, Glitchy, Leaf), clarify if you’re interacting via the drones, otherwise it will be assumed your muse is meeting them in-person. For boundaries sake, as some characters and environments can become hostile/violent, please clarify in advance what you’re comfortable with happening to your muse (ie Glitchy/Glitch City’s corruption, Mt. Silver’s snow)((, Green literally going in fist swangin)). If you’re unsure of something, feel free to ask! [For mod Starry, as I’m alright with most things, anything that’s ok for other muses will be ok with mine (ie: if injury/corruption/death is ok with you, it is for me as well. if you prefer no harm, then don’t harm my characters either). I would also prefer that interactions only be with Pokepasta/mon adjacent rp and ask blogs (no unrelated ocs/sonas/fandoms, sorry).] ((Hi its mod Hell anything that happens to green or others will and can happen including ‘death’ and injury and corruption, both ways like starry too, general rules apply only pokepasta/pokemon adjacent. I don’t care if its a pokemon or person Green likes making buddies despite his survival instict. he cant die so he does not care))

Notes: Disregard past posts regarding this- this is the most up to date info. We don’t want to have dozens of hard rules in place- all we ask is to please keep the dark and narrative-focused nature of MN in mind… consider these as guides more than hard rules. We have the right to simply delete or ignore asks we don’t want to answer, and it is not personal if that happens to yours.

ABOUT MISSING NUMBERS.

Missing Numbers is a story- you could consider it an AU, I guess- that we (@creatively-cosmic) are building with several friends (including @viscarrion, who’s co-running the blog with us!). Joining us are two more friends, Hell (@hells1nfern0 ) and Xen (@theborderworldxen)!

Initially called our “Pokepasta Cinematic Universe,” the premise has expanded into a full narrative based on various Pokemon Creepypastas we’ve enjoyed and grown up with, as the darker aspects of the main Pokemon universe itself, and the many glitches found in the games. With all of these brought together, we’re making a narrative of our own- something deeply personal to us that I’m glad we’ve been able to share. Remember that Pokepastas will NOT be the only focus- we have plenty of original ideas in store to offer.

This story is centered around exploration and discovery, and will thus have the potential to span across every entry in the Pokemon franchise. An anthology, if you will, much like the original series itself.

We hope you enjoy what we have to offer.