#numberland

[aliengee]

let's all stand up

[itsjustrighttobeordinarygegery]

"It would have helped if you didn't look like a fucking deity"

-Draco, preventing himself not to do things to Hermione.

[ranmagender]

A Visit to Numberland

I had another dream of a place so strange that i question my own state of mind even putting the experience of it onto paper.

As I relaxed and slowly succumbed to my slumber and fell into a state of dreaming i noticed something peculiar about my surroundings, the comforting edges of my house were gone, instead of the familiarity of my neighbors i noticed strange shapes. the first one i noticed was irregular, or at least it was my impression.

I saw an edge then what appeared to be a large dip that left but a small dip of grey and then another edge. Part of me thought my eyes were failing me and i was seeing multiple people perhaps, two women and a female child but the more they moved it became apparent that this was a singular being.

"Who are you?" I asked.

The being came closer and the edges of it were of grave concern, not only was this being tall but it appeared as if parts of it were round and others straight. this vulgar amalgamation of parts to me suggested some kind of weird abstractions monster, an irregular rectangle with square sections, likely the result of some form of awful breeding mishap.

"What do you want?"

"I don't want anything. im minding my own business. What pray tell are you doing in my garden?"

"Your garden?"

"Yes, i just planted some pluses, please do not step on them"

"Answer me please, who are you?" I asked.

"I'm Duo" this being said. "I'm a two as you should've been able to derive from my smell"

"Your smell? two?" I felt like i was out of my depths, i wanted to just shoo this likely criminal away but his talk of pluses and smells intrigued me enough to refrain from trying to find the nearest policeman to report this being.

Every fiber of my being wanted this being immediately destroyed but my curiosity was even greater than my revulsion.

"Yes, I'm a number 2" the being said. "the smell of two is a pleasant lavender aroma, don't you smell it?"

I didn't say anything because this didn't really tell me anything. While I could smell the lavender scent, it told me nothing about it.

"What shape are you?"

"I'm no shape, I'm a number. The number 2. A small number but at least I'm a whole number. What number are you? you smell like nothing. Are you perhaps a fractal? Not judging, but you smell strange"

"No, I'm a square"

"A square? that's nonesense. I'm far more willing to believe you are a fractal, standing and trampling over my pluses than I am willing to believe that a table has suddenly gained the ability to talk"

"No, I'm from Flatland, is this not Flatland?"

"You say silly things talking table, but no this is Numberland"

with that i was bolted awake in terror. That creature was hideous and said such strange things. I was back in my room.

[ID: image of a large bold number 2 drawn as a shape to the left. to the right is a simplistic drawing of a square on their sides like a diamond with the left corner acting as an eye. From the eye a line is drawn from the eye to the top of the number 2 and another from the eye drawn to the bottom of the number 2 in the middle of this is a dotted line that goes straight forward to the middle of the 2 END ID]

[ranmagender]

"The residents of Numberland, particularly the young variables would spend hours in the town square debating the important topics of the day. These topics included highlights such as whether fractions should be allowed in common areas, whether imaginary numbers pose a threat to society or whether or not books have too much pro-realist agenda.

Realism was the belief, popular among some fractals and variables that all numbers in Numberland being real numbers there should be a sense of unity and equality to how society is structured, no one type of number more important than the other.

These positives and infinities would sneer and often even muster up a giggle at the uproar this caused on an almost daily basis. If anything this was merely a source of amusement for them as they sipped on their expensive wines and gorged themselves on the finest of cheeses."

-Excerpt from Numberland: A Romance of Numerous Dimensions

[ranmagender]

[ID: a stylized line character with a large circular eye near the top. Her eye lid is purple and she looks like she's in thought. near her head to the left is a thought bubble with the symbol for pi, a heart and a line followed by a question mark, underneath is a small gay pride flag followed by a question mark END ID]

This is the main character of Numberland, Funis. She's deep in thought after meeting Pi, a librarian who helps her out and lets her stay at her place for a while.

[itsjustrighttobeordinarygegery]

H: A day without you was long.

D: An hour will be even longer.

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[ranmagender]

[ID: light blue background with scribbles in somewhat of a badge shape. smaller shape in slightly darker blue. an infinity symbol thats gray-blueish with lighter blue insides and gray wings and brown claws is in the center. Beneath him is the pi symbol which is colored red with light red insides and a small notch on the upper right side of it with alert lines around it. Above the infinity symbol are the words "What doth the lowly FRACTAL want from an INFINITE with the words fractal in red and the word infinite in blue END ID]

Pi approaches Infinity.

I had this vision in my head of INFINITES are like the circles in Flatland and had this idea of a scene where Pi goes to ask one for a favor. they are treated like gods as they are like somewhat multidimensional, at least their wings can be.

Idk im having fun just drawing pictures for the story as i write it.

[ranmagender]

I feel like flatlanders would be horrified at numberlandians, such irregular shapes. Funis describes herself as open minded but even she recoils at times, because its the culture she was brought up in and its going to take time to unlearn it.