A NEW SYMBOL[]
At the beginning of this story are two symbols: Addition and subtraction. For the longest time, that's the only thing numbers knew. I'm not exactly sure how the numeral species took so long to discover anything outside of those two symbols. Maybe they were content youth what they had discovered already-Maybe they were just stupid. Anyway, back to the story at hand Actually, no. We need to go a bit deeper here. I think. First graders learn about multiplication and division. How were they just unable to figure this out? It's really not that hard. I'm just being honest here. Why should anyone be interested in this "tale" when it's predicated on such an unbelievable premise? An entire population of sentient, powerful beings and not a single one of them could come up with an array! They're literally numbers, for crying out loud! I just feel like they could've figured this out earlier, I guess. Whatever, quick recap, the hum bers only knew about addition and subtraction for a long while. They had a lot of fun adding into each other and all that. They really liked it. Multiplication, which is really just doing addition multiple times in a row, (Think about it, four multiplied by three is just adding four together three times. Isn't that cool), was discovered shortly after. There were some problems with it, and there still are some problems with it. A lot of numbers don't really mess with multiplication anymore. Every single time they try to, something ends up going wrong. It's not fun! Addition is fun. Well, I find it quite boring, but they find it fun
THE POWER[]
TBA (probably never finishing this btw)
THE LOSS[]
Those who ruled the numeric realm at the time were not pleased with the existence of the division symbol. You know how people say when you're alone you're weak, and when you're united you stand. Well, yeah, extrapolate that concept to this. Do you think those who enjoy power over a population of numbers like the idea of them split-ting themselves into a million little equally-powerful pieces? No! So those in power really did not like the division symbol at all. Like, they really, really did not like it. Like when you walk by a group in public and they start reciting jokes you swear you saw online six years ago to each other, Like, are you that unoriginal? You think you can impress your friends by stealing other people's jokes? They aren't even that good of jokes! It's just sad, honestly, Just show them the joke on your phone, or something like that. It just really grinds my gears, honestly. So I can really imagine how it feels to be whoever ruled the land the numbers felt. I don't really think it was justified, in fact, it was kind of evil, honestly. But, like, if I happened to have dominion over those idiots? Yeah, I probably would want to get rid of the self-destruct button they randomly found and learned how to use. Especially if there are 2 other self destruct buttons out there for them to use. I say 2 because subtraction is kind of useless. Like... It doesn't really help anyone. Multiplication and addition are pretty cool though! So, yeah, one night the numbers were having fun, parrying, and just generally enjoying themselves- as numbers are known to do. They generally liked to hang out around the division symbol, actually. Thes really liked it! It was probably one of their favorite things in the world of course, everyone had their own personal favorite thing, 9’s favorite thing was his sunglasses. His old ones, the real retro ones. They had a rainbow gradient instead of a desert gradient. Doesn't that sound cool? Meh. I don't need your approval anyway, Who cares, 8’s favorite thing is when all of the other numbers are quiet. What a weirdo. So the numbers parted all night. They sang songs and danced around, Blah blah blah. At the dead of night, the last number finally decided to go to bed. Numbers sleep by the way, I don't think they really need to? I’ll be honest I know almost nothing about these things. They’re kind of useless? They’re also annoying While they were asleep, however, the evil ruler of the realm took the division symbol and removed it from its place! It’s a pretty heavy symbol, So I'm actually kind of amazed that a group of people were able to just pick it up like that. As you’ll see later, 2 is also able to just pick it up on their own, isn’t that insane? Like 2. let me know your workout regimen or something, I could use a tip or Two, Haha two 2 Ok, back on track for real, now. BFDI season 1 is the best season. Like, by a mile! It's just so whimsical and fun and awesome. My favorite episode is episode 6, The Power of Three. What's up with 3 anyway? Why aren't they in these things? We're all thinking it, right? This is meta, lol For real this time, let's get back on track. The numbers woke up the next morning to find their precious division symbol gone! All that remained was the discolored patch of grass that laid under the symbol for so many years. The numbers were shocked and horrified by the division symbol being taken, 9 cried for like, three days straight, I think it would've been cute if it wasn't so pathetic. Like, you're an adult, man. Either way, it was still a tragedy, though. The symbol meant a lot to these freaks! And now it was gone! The fun was over! They got over it quite quickly though, Like, I’m not kidding, they all forgot about it the literal next day. It was like it never existed, isn't that just crazy? These things are so weird, man. Like, Gosh Just crazy. Leading spots where experts think the division symbol might be hidden. It's not clear why they think these spots have the most potential. But they're the experts! So listen to 'em. Also, look, map! Go obsess over what this map means or something if that's what you're interested in. Go wild!
THE SEARCH[]
TBA