themissingnumbers

[themissingnumbers]

I'm missing my numbers

{Me too, Anon, Me too}

{We've all been on kind of a bit of a hiatus because life has been incredibly chaotic for all of us (one of the mods computers broke down recently, and all four of us have been occupied by other projects and jobs admittedly- Me, Hell and Starry all stream on occasion now too!) BUT missing numbers has NOT been forgotton about, trust me.}

{Personally, I've been working on some backend blog page coding things, making hidden pages and writing up some world lore in collaboration with the other mods! There's also what ive been affectionatly referring to as The Secret Inbox, which so far only two people have contacted - I think one of you detectives cataloged where to find it in The Detectives Doc, under "Hidden Pages" or "Emails"?}

{ Response times are a little slower there just because of the nature of the format, But currently we only have One thing in that inbox that needs to be responded to- so if you're eager to sniff around, talk to things and maybe get some more information while the main story is in a lull, maybe give it a look}

[themissingnumbers]

had a lot of fun working on this with @creatively-cosmic as a little Johto teaser for @themissingnumbers :3 Please enjoy

[themissingnumbers]

Excuse me, Professor- Lemme just get past you real quick. I've gotta check something before I go...

[Okay, big computer time! Probably not gonna do anything, but I've gotta check... Is Fire still there? Please tell me he's still there...]

[ After that moment of... Stress, you decide to sit down for a moment. There's still some loose ends you haven't wrapped up, after all- it could be good to focus on something else again for just a moment, right...? ]

[ ... Fortunately, it looks like the cams are still running.]

"... Oh, you're back."

"Don't worry. I'll always be here."

"It was nice meeting you, too..."

"... There are so many things that could be dangerous."

"More than anything, just... Don't break anything. And please, just be wary of yourse-"

...

"FIRE" RED YUUJI is no longer available for questions.

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[themissingnumbers]

A boy named Red.

[themissingnumbers]

wait, question -

is that a real email ?

{I don't know what you found anon, but if something sticks out, why not give it a try?}

[themissingnumbers]

...

[...I'm sorry. I've probably annoyed the heck out of you, haven't I? Gosh- I never meant to force anyone to talk to me. I didn't know. I'm so sorry...]

[ ... ]

[ The "didn't mean to" part is understandable, but. This time, how about you answer a question. ]

[ When you come in here, look down at your screen, and go on to talk and ask things of people... ]

[ ... Don't you EXPECT them to answer? ]

[ There will never be ANY remorse for you, when YOU'RE the one who's-! ]

[ ... ]

[ ...... ]

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[themissingnumbers]

why can we see your eyes now

[ Huh? What, did you think someone just wouldn't have eyes? That'd be stupid. ]

[ You just can't usually see them under this shadow. Surely, you've seen that gimmick before? ]

[ The anonymity is preferable. But if you're curious, a peek couldn't hurt... Or maybe it could. ]

[ Let's find out. ]

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(IM COMING FOR UR FUCKING NUMBERS COSMIC /silly /lh)

{Once again the nefarious mod carrion escapes blame}

[themissingnumbers]

1/3

#0245

[themissingnumbers]

...

[Hey, Avatar... Can I even talk to one of them specifically? Guess I'm about to find out— The one who uses the blue pen. I don't you don't really like doing menial or... pointless tasks, but would you like to draw a Pokémon? You don't have to if you don't want to, there's no pressure at all... but everyone else has and I don't want you to feel ignored or left out.]

[ ... For the sake of humoring you, I guess. ]

[ You're real sweet, but don't worry about leaving anyone out. The only thing that's a bother is how... Comfortable you all are getting. ]

[ Talking like this is hard, so let's try to make something clear... Emphasis on "try." ]

[ Ugh... A game has to bend for its player, after all. ]

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(if you tamper around with the images lighting on Ibispaint, you can decipher and read it:

" Yes.... I miss him

[Sketch of Avatar gently cuddling Rocky]

I do very much.

Before [...] I studied -ology and -ology "

We can infer thats paleontology and geology.

HOWEVER I can't read what's in the previous space other than the last letter of the statement ends in -Y

Repeating the process for the previous drawing doesn't reveal much about Avatar themself. However what's curious is that the text with them is trying to instruct them about their pokemon. They also scribbled out two other faces they drew but aren't discernable.)

[themissingnumbers]

wait do the plusle and minun have swapped pallets? the minun colored one has a plusle tail shape!

Very quickly, the you grab another piece of paper, scribbling something down in response. The motion seems... excited!

[ Yes, they do! They're bonded! ]

The image vanishes from the screen for what seems like mere seconds, before popping back up;

[ He doesn't have an eyepatch. He's your cute, normal Bidoof! ]

Things seems to go quiet for a moment, before another textbox appears-

[ ... Y'know, you have a lot of other Pokemon. Hang on- do you want to see? ]

The hand starts moving, rather quickly, as more and more Pokemon are doodled onto the page. It just keeps going...

And going...

And going, until there's basically no more room on the page. The hand moves aside, letting you look at the lovely mural this artist has conjured up.

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oh!!! its rocky!!! from when the boxes flickered past!

Rather than any textboxes appearing, the screen silently shows more images of the paper, each with a written response. Although...

... The images shown aren't exactly helpful...

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An ekans? That's what I could make out from the drawing. Interesting.

[ . . . ]

The avatar shakes their head at you, holding up a finger to signal "one moment." They get right back to work at drawing something else...

A drawing of Archeops has been added to your inventory.

... Huh. Thorough!

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[themissingnumbers]

...

[Okay, cool PC. A couple of cool rocks and an incense- good taste. No potion, though. And whatever that item was supposed to be... Look, I couldn't care less about what's on this PC at the moment. First and foremost- Avatar, are you okay with being this close to the tank? You looked nervous around it earlier and didn't seem to like it. I just wanna make sure you're okay before I do any more digging.]

[ With no real reason to hesitate, you go on and check your PC boxes, not entirely sure what to expect. ]

[ ... The computer's screen falls black for an uncomfortably long amount of time. Long enough that you're almost certain it's crashed. Just as you're about to give up, though... ]

WARNING - FLASHING/GLITCHING IMAGE

[ . . . . . . . ]

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[themissingnumbers]

...

[Hey, Avatar. Could I get you to do something for me real quick? I know you said you aren't very good at it, but could you draw... yourself? It doesn't have to be anything extravagant, and you don't have to do it if you don't want to. I just figured I'd ask.]

[ ... That's a great idea! You'll just need a second... ]

You watch your avatar sit at the desk, and... for a few minutes, you can't control the game at all.

Finally, an exclamation point appears over the avatar's head, and an image pops up on-screen.

A... Drawing? Has been added to your inventory.

[ ... ]

[ You definitely didn't add all that black. Damn. ]

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[themissingnumbers]

...

[Hm... Could we pick up those letters off the floor? I don't wanna go through the Professor's mail or anything- I'm pretty sure doing that is a crime- but if they're important, I don't wanna risk them getting stepped on and ruined. Maybe we could just leave them on the edge of their desk?]

[ Attempting invalid commands is one way to keep things interesting, you guess. ]

[ That ERROR is the only reason you don't have ceramic stuck in your throat, though. That goddamn idiot... ]

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