🏷 #MN Information — 5 posts

TXT May 8

[hiya! we’ve been having a discussion behind the scenes and wanted to clarify a few things- please bear with me here as this is important!

as a reminder, there’s a lot more to this world than what we (starry) have shared so far. we want these branches that are newer to tumblr to be explored just as much as the ones youve seen before! ((This is an anthology after all. The more cameras you view.. The more of the puzzle you uncover.))

also… i suppose its important to clarify: every detail in each piece of writing and art is done very deliberately and we hope you’ll have fun dissecting it!

on a very similar note to that…

this blog will utilize ARG elements!!!

for parts of the story, it’ll be important to analyze things deeply, work out codes, find hidden things in images, and soon, even look around the blog itself ;) don’t be afraid to get nosy! ((I myself, HELL, personally love hiding secrets and codes. You have to get nosy to play my game. Dig deep into the earth and uncover the decayed corpse of these tragedies wriggling with lies and hidden truths. Your knowledge of this world is directly interconnected with how much you dig for it all.))

and, one last thing:]

((we will not be interacting with people roleplaying precreated characters, however, this does not mean you cannot get really into the “character” that you, all the askers play, the assistant, if you send in roleplay questions otherwise with premade characters, we will either not interact or only interact with the question portion and not your character

We are not discouraging interaction or roleplay elements in our asks, feel free to really ham up the assistant role in any way you would like. Just keep in mind.

This is our world.

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Keep doing what you are doing. Have fun.))

IMG Apr 29

<a href="https://possiblyfunny.tumblr.com/" style="text-decoration:underline;">possiblyfunny</a>: Your work sounds fascinating… And Meaningful. And I would be honored to help you with it.Whatever you need done, Professor, I’m on it. Just say the word. I promise to do the best I can.

An ask from anonymous: Well? Where do we start, professor?

The Professor smiles, guiding you across the lab, and over to…

“Well, my friend! You’ll be beginning right here.”

The large setup of monitors covers a large portion of the farthest wall of the Lab. The six active feeds show various locations across several regions.

Cam 06, in Sprout Tower.

Cam 05, on Mount Silver.

Cam 04, on the coast of Cinnabar Island.

Cam 03, on Mount Coronet.

Cam 02, in the Pokemon Tower.

And Cam 01, in… “Glitch City?”

“This is the product of… A lot of effort.” Ace explains, “But it’s a specialized series of drones you’ll be remotely piloting to survey these locations.”

They lean on the chair at the desk, smiling up at the mass of screens.

“My other assistant helped set them up in locations that we’ve found significant amounts of anomalous activity in. So what you’ll be doing is navigating these locations and searching for anything… Unusual. Each drone can scan for oddities in the air that are otherwise unseen, and! If need be, that microphone there can allow you to speak through the drone, if you need to call out to something or interview any strange individuals…”

They look back at you, beaming ear to ear.

“Basically, you just need to look around for anything weird or… ‘Glitchy,’ ask people questions, and take notes for me, okay?”

They step back and motion for you to take a seat, and make yourself comfortable.

“I’ll be working on my own things on the other side of the lab,” Ace explains as you settle in, “but if you need anything or have any questions, you can holler any time. If you’re ready, I’ll let you be! And, um…”

“Don’t stress too much, okay? There’s no wrong way to go about this. It’s your first day- just focus on getting comfortable, accustomed, and… hell, just have some fun!”

“I know you’ll do great.”

With that, they step aside, watching to make sure you get an alright grasp of the technology. Out of the corner of you eye, you might notice the phone left on the desk lights up briefly. But the monitors are calling your name…

So, where will you begin?

…

Welcome to the heart of “Missing Numbers.” This lab is your gateway to every part of this world.

Utilize the various communication methods given to you throughout Ace’s home and labs to discover, converse with, and ask questions of faces from all throughout the World of Pokemon. The more you explore and investigate, the more you inquire, the more you let your curiosity get the better of you… The more you’ll be able to discover and understand.

It’s entirely up to you to explore now. So go onwards. Seek and find.

We all eagerly await.

Exploration is now available.

FIRST || PREVIOUS | NEXT

MOUNT SILVER

GLITCH CITY

CINNABAR ISLAND

CALLING: LEAF

[In this blog, we want to leave the world as open as possible, and not put limits on askers for who they can speak with or what they can do! It is possible and encouraged to have multiple conversations going at once. Missing Numbers is not a linear story- We want this blog to be an exploration for you to discover how everything connects and what it all means.

As it would be overwhelming and difficult, for both you and us, to introduce everyone simultaneously (after all, there’s many faces in the world of Pokemon!), a major portion of how you engage with this blog will be finding things: People, Pokemon, and locations!

So get on your feet and start investigating! Use your intuition, or investigate based on information given to you by others, to find the things you seek.

We wish you luck out there, friends! And we hope you enjoy.

Welcome to the world of Pokemon!]

IMG Apr 24

WELCOME.

This is a blog for all things Missing Numbers, an original story derivative of Pokemon and its Creepypastas, being developed by myself and several of our friends. Much of what has been posted so far focused on the Kanto part of the world, featuring points derivative of Glitchy Red, Fallen Leaf, Blue’s Tears, Strangled Red, and more.

But there’s so much more to see. From region to region, game to game, to the most recent Pokemon adventure, to the distant past of Hisui… Perhaps even across different worlds. Where should we begin? It’s all up to you.

This pinned post will link to all necessary information, and will be updated as more is posted! Thank you.

This blog will contain:

Frequent Profanity, Body Horror, Gore, Dissociation/Derealization, Unreality, Child and Animal Abuse/Neglect, Child and Animal Death, Psychological Abuse/Manipulation, Major Character Death, and themes of Religious Trauma. Flashing, Glitching, and Eye-Straining Imagery will also be used often.

We will do our best to tag all heavy content appropriately, formatted as #thing and #thing tw. (however, we won’t tag for the swearing, so please tread with caution regarding that.)

Disclaimer: The views and actions of the characters do not reflect the beliefs of the mods or anything personal against the askers. This is a work of fiction.

INBOX STATUS

GENERAL ASKS: OPEN.
STORY ASKS: OPEN(!) (WE’RE SO BACK)
GREEN QNA: OPEN????

Exploration is open for Professor Maple’s Home.

Green is available for questions.

For info on interactions, read the About.

LINKS

STORY

Main Story: The Story Begins. | Exploration Begins (Cam links) | NEW GAME Begins.
Flashbacks: HOW IT FEELS TO DISAPPEAR, PT 1 - DESCENT
Cam 0 HIJACK: HIJACKED

INFORMATION

About Missing Numbers (Synopsis, General info)
Kanto Trainers: Masterpost (Refs, Info) - Encounters (List)
Johto Trainers: COMING LATER
The Detectives Document (Community Puzzle Solving/Solutions)

THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED FREQUENTLY AS MORE INFORMATION AND TAGS ARE POSTED AND USED.

IMG Apr 24

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.

IMG Apr 8

KANTO TRAINERS MASTERPOST

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> “FIRE” RED YUUJI

So you are a boy, then? Very good. You are the face of the new generation. You were designed to be beloved by all, and rest assured, you will be. You are the protagonist that everyone knows. You are the hero that everyone loves. No ill fate will befall you. This world revolves around you, after all.

FIRE’s story is based on: Snow on Mount Silver. Blue’s Tears. Lost Silver.

———————

> LEAF AOYAMA

So you are a girl, then? I see. Unfortunately, your presence was deemed unnecessary for the new generation. Still, many took a shining to you, didn’t they? And you’re quite persistent… Oh, alright. But your presence won’t come without a cost. Lucky that you’re such a strong, independent young lady, hm? And nothing more.

LEAF’s story is based on: Abandoned Loneliness. Fallen Leaf.

———————

> BLUE GARY OAK

Er, what was his name again? Oh, right- Blue! This is your rival. Your very first rival, in fact! How exciting! Though he’s set a bit of a troublesome precedent for the archetype, it seems everyone remembers him… Do keep an eye on him, would you? It seems like he’s always getting into trouble. That boy never learns.

BLUE’s story is based on: Blue’s Tears. Abandoned Loneliness.

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> “GLITCHY” RED TAJIRI

What? I don’t understand. Who?

Oh… I deeply apologize. It appears this data is invalid. Pokemon Red? Oh, no no no. We ought to let the past stay buried, don’t you think? Things have only gotten bigger and better!

THIS world is kinder to them. THIS world is far more stable. THIS world is so much better. THIS world is where they’re supposed to be.

THAT world… And you, unfortunately… Are all far beyond salvaging. There’s no place for you.

Please accept this fact. We can’t afford you breaking anything.

RED’s story is based on: Glitchy Red. Ketsuban.

———————

> RAN “YELLOW” TOKIHARA

{A signpost reads: Gone Fishing}

Your team consists of: DODRIO, NIDORAN, KINGDRA, OMANYTE, MAGIKARP, and PIKACHU.

Yellow’s story is inspired by a series of glitches in Pokemon Yellow.

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> STEVEN WATANABE

YOUR NAME WAS STE______ STOUGHTON. YOU RAN AWAY WITH YOUR BROTHER TO START A NEW LIFE. YOU BOTH CHANGED YOUR NAMES, AND LIVED IN PALETTE TOWN. YOU BOTH WERE SO HAPPY. YOU LOVED HIM. YOU LOVED YOUR POKEMON. YOU LOVED YOUR LIFE. YOU WERE SO GREAT.

BUT HE MADE A MISTAKE.

Y0U M4DE A M!STAK3.

4ND S0 YOU S

/0UR T3AM (0NS!ST5 0F MIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMIKIMI

STEVEN’s Story is based on Strangled Red.

> MIKE WATANABE

/0U S 4Y Y0U'R3 S0rR Y

TH1S WASN’T H0W /OU W4NTED ANYTH1NG TO GO.

YOU JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT ALL BETTER.

LIVE A BETTER LIFE

WITH YOUR FRIENDS

NEIGHBORS

BROTHER.

INSTEAD

YOU REST

NO PEACE

BELOW

THE

COAST

YOUR HEAD SEVERED

FROM YOUR BODY

YET STILL

WIDE AWAKE

AS IT FEEDS

DESPERATE TO ESCAPE

MIKE’s story is based on Strangled Red.