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Bomba Yaga, TU-95X "Kerbi," and the Ghost of San Antonio

Item #: SCP-GOSA

Object Class: TBD

Special Containment Procedures: figure out the actual anomaly first, then work backwards, k? thx bud

Description: SCP-GOSA-A is the remains of a weapon of unknown function, located in (isolated, haunted place), San Antonio, Texas, USA. It constantly emits ionizing radiation at levels 35% greater than the background. SCP-GOSA-B is the remains of a jet-powered aircraft that appears

Nonstop Party Animals

An SCP based on a combination of the ideas found in these forum posts:
http://www.scp-wiki.net/forum/t-1014402/bright-challenge#post-2102799
http://www.scp-wiki.net/forum/t-1014402/bright-challenge#post-2119761

Doctor T. Friedrich and Obergruppenführer O. Weber

Item #: SCP-FRED

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-FRED-1 is classified as a Type E Sapient Anomaly and, as such, maintains his Foundation Security Clearance and his position within the Site-17 staff. However, SCP-FRED-1 is required to live on-site, must have a security escort at all times, and must carry an audio or audiovisual recording device on his person at all times. SCP-FRED-1 is also required to file any SCP-FRED-2 manifestations with his case manager (currently Dr. Clarence Fisher, the Site-17 Ethics Committee representative/Liaison for Type E Sapient Anomalies). SCP-FRED-1 is to be denied all opportunity for advancement within the Foundation and constant monitoring must be maintained to ensure the SCP-FRED phenomenon does not present a security risk.

As of 13 October 2006, attempts at capturing and physically containing SCP-FRED-2 have ceased. Foundation temporal anomaly specialists are to continue to monitor historical documents and are to investigate possible evidence of SCP-FRED-2. Any opportunity to capture SCP-FRED-2 outside of manifestation events is to be taken. If this eventuality does occur, the SCP-FRED phenomena will be classified as Neutralized and SCP-FRED-1 will be re-designated as non-anomalous.

Description: SCP-FRED is a phenomena affecting Dr. Thomas Friedrich, Site-17 Humanoid Anomaly Psychologist. Dr. Friedrich is referred to as "SCP-FRED-1" in this and all peripheral documentation. The phenomena's primary effect is the seemingly random manifestation of a humanoid entity believed to be POI#420714, Otto Weber. This entity is referred to as "SCP-FRED-2" in this and all peripheral documentation.

Manifestation events are categorized by the following:

Santa Muerte

Item #: SCP-X

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-X is to be contained in an M-SHACC standardized cell and provided with Type-B accommodations.

Description: SCP-X is a sapient, animate human skeleton

PROJECT KOLOSS

Item #: SCP-D

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-D is contained on-site. The surrounding facility has been requisitioned for Foundation operations and designated Site-137. All personnel assigned to SCP-D/Site-137 must be capable of maintaining the cover story of a covert US military base. Examination of recovered documents is ongoing; means of neutralizing SCP-D fully are currently under research. SCP-D itself is currently stored in a hangar constructed over it.

Individuals exploring SCP-D must be trained in exploration of extradimensional/topographically inconsistent anomalies and in resistance to minor cognitohazards. Standard equipment for 12-36 hour excursions into caves or cave-like systems must be issued to personnel exploring the anomaly. Personnel exploring the anomaly are encouraged to wear unmarked field gear, as opposed to US military uniforms used in maintaining Site-137's cover story. Fluency in German is preferred for explorers of SCP-D, but is not required.

Description: SCP-D is the damaged remains of a tracked vehicle of unknown purpose. Documents recovered from the surrounding site indicate that SCP-D was originally constructed by the Ahnenerbe SS as part of Project KOLOSS circa 1942; full information on this project has not been recovered, but it is believed that Project KOLOSS (and subsequently, SCP-D) is connected to the Landkreuzer P.1500, a hypothetical superheavy tank designed for the German army during the Second World War. Sources outside of the Ahnenerbe SS suggest the Landkreuzer P.1500 project was abandoned in its planning phase.

The object itself is approximately 50 meters long, 42 meters wide, 7.5 meters tall and weighs an estimated 1,400 metric tons. Much of the exterior has been damaged by explosives and exposure to the elements. Excluding portions similarly affected by explosives and exposure, the interior of the device is largely intact. The interior of the object does not conform to typical three-dimensional geometry and does not maintain consistent topography.

Both the interior and exterior of the object feature large volumes of graffiti (as did extant buildings at Site-137 before clean-up operations were completed), including some recurring motifs that are cognitohazardous in nature. Much of this graffiti contains anachronistic slang and terminology. There are multiple instances of a cartoon motif depicting a bald man with a prominent nose peeking over a wall with the words "Kilroy was here" written nearby.¹²

External documents indicate that the P.1500 Landkreuzer was initially designed to utilize non-anomalous diesel-powered U-Boat engines for propulsion; SCP-D deviates heavily from this design and instead utilizes a thaumaturgical/demonic-possessive system that is currently under investigation.³

Recovery:

Evidence of SCP-D was discovered in 1953 by Foundation personnel analyzing documents recovered from the Ahnenerbe SS headquarters at the close of the Second World War. Based on these recovered documents, the approximate location of SCP-D was determined; SCP-D was discovered and Site-137 established shortly thereafter. See further addenda for selected translated transcripts of these documents.

PROJECT RIESE

Item #: SCP-R

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: Standard disinformation campaigns regarding WWII-era anomaly research projects apply. A perimeter fence has been constructed around the entrance of SCP-R, and the entrance itself has been concealed. Non-lethally armed guards operate the perimeter, posing as Owl Mountains Landscape Park employees. Civilians attempting to breach the perimeter must be dissuaded with a cover story outlined in Supplemental Document SCP-R-2b. The immediate interior of SCP-R is under constant audiovisual surveillance; notable events are to be logged by security personnel. If an excursion by hostile SCP-R-1 instances or any SCP-R-2 instances appears imminent, local security personnel are to immediately notify the Site-137-B Security Director, who will scramble a detachment from Mobile Task Force Psi-33 "Himmler's Housekeepers" to address the event as necessary.

Individuals assigned to SCP-R may present proposals for exploration to the SCP-R project lead (currently Dr. Katarzyna Górski). Personnel conducting explorations must be trained and equipped for the following:

• Minor chemical, biological, and radiological hazards⁴
• Areas with inconsistent internal geometry/geometry that does not conform to normal three-dimensional space
• Hostile forces equipped with small arms⁵
• Minor cognitohazards
• Minor temporal anomalies⁶

Review of documents related to SCP-R, the Ahnenerbe SS, and Project Riese is ongoing. Full information regarding SCP-R is restricted to personnel with Level 5/ANVIL clearance. Personnel assigned to SCP-R may be subject to reassignment and amnestic treatment at the discretion of personnel with Level 5/ANVIL clearance.

Personnel are advised that all SCP-R-1 instances must be treated as armed and hostile. Captured SCP-R-1 instances are to be interrogated and terminated. Deceased SCP-R-1 instances in Foundation possession are to be cremated and disposed of with Site-137-B's biohazardous waste.

SCP-R-2 instances will be detained, provided medical treatment and rehabilitation as necessary, and integrated into the Foundation as ECT⁷ F Sapient Anomalies/Level 0 Personnel. Deceased SCP-R-2 instances should be recovered, identified, and interred at the Site-137-B graveyard if possible.

Description: SCP-R is a subterranean complex located in an isolated part of the Owl Mountains Landscape Park in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, approximately 4.5 kilometers southeast of the village of Rzeczka. Documents recovered from Ahnenerbe SS headquarters in Berlin and from on-site indicate that SCP-R was constructed as the Ahnenerbe component of Project Riese, a major German construction project from the later part of the Second World War. The intended goals of Project Riese remain unknown.

Only one entrance to SCP-R has been found to date; proposed explorations within SCP-R to discover alternative entrances are currently under review. Surveys with ground-penetrating radar and other means throughout Owl Mountains Landscape Park are ongoing.

SCP-R served as an anomalous technology testing ground and manufacturing location. Several factory floors, testing chambers, and laboratories have been discovered, in addition to a cafeteria, a library, a dormitory, a supply depot/armory, and several offices. However, SCP-R's internal topography has been inconsistent between explorations and does not always conform to normal three-dimensional space. No blueprints of the facility have been discovered.

In addition to atypical topography, the following anomalies have been noted within SCP-R:

• Temporal anomalies (see Exploration Logs)
• Occasional sounds of gunfire, explosives, machinery, screaming, and singing (see Surveillance Logs and Exploration Logs)
• Occasional manifestation of sapient humanoid entities, classified as SCP-R-1 and SCP-R-2 instances.
• Elevated levels of ionizing radiation throughout the anomaly
• Damaged mechanical apparatuses that served various functions, including several suspected paratechnology prototypes.

SCP-R-1 instances are typically attired in Ahnenerbe SS uniforms and armed with firearms contemporary to the end of the Second World War. Not all such entities are hostile; see Surveillance Logs and Exploration Logs. Captured instances are typically identified as known Schutzstaffel personnel. Many have been observed with apparatuses of unknown function secured to their forearms with leather or cloth straps.

SCP-R-2 are typically attired in striped uniforms made of low-quality materials. Instances have universally been individuals known to have gone missing in German custody during the Second World War due to political prisoner and P.O.W. status. Recovered live instances are frequently disoriented and in a state of physical health consistent with human test subjects used by the Schutzstaffel during the Second World War. Instances exhibit no anomalous properties and are cooperative with Foundation personnel. Due to the security risk of reintegrating them with society and the health hazards posed by extensive amnestic treatment, SCP-R-2 instances are to be rehabilitated in Foundation custody and given employment as ECT F Sapient Anomalies.

Recovery: The high likelihood of SCP-R's existence was determined in 1954, during review of documents recovered during Operation Hammer⁸. However, containment was not initiated until the Foundation/Warsaw Pact Agreement of 1959, which required that 70% or greater of Foundation personnel stationed in Warsaw Pact nations be natives of their host nation. Further negotiations with the Polish and Soviet governments ensured minimal interference from GRU Division P and similar anomaly research organizations.

Surveillance Logs:

The following are abridged selections of surveillance footage transcripts. CCTV monitoring of SCP-R began in 1962, following a mass breach of SCP-R-2 instances one month prior.

Surveillance Log Dated 13 October 1963:

Forward: Log begins at 16:53 local time. No activity had been noted prior to beginning of this log.

LOG:

16:53:06: Multiple flashes are visible throughout

Salvation Ranger Red

Item #: SCP-RED

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-RED is contained in an M-SHACC⁹ at Site-17. SCP-RED-1 and SCP-RED-2a are ECT¹⁰ C sapient anomalies; see the Site-17 Ethics Committee Liaison Office for a full list of SCP-RED-1's authorized privileges and amenities. SCP-RED-1 is on a standard 2000-calorie humanoid diet and only requires standard furnishings. SCP-RED-1 is currently undergoing addiction counseling with the Site-17 humanoid anomaly psychologist.¹¹

In the event of resurgence of SCP-RED-1's primary anomaly, both SCP-RED entities will be upgraded to provisional ECT-A anomalies, resulting in immediate revocation of all social privileges and non-standard material amenities. In this contingency, SCP-RED will be moved to an M-SHACC with anti-thaumaturgic properties, including but not limited to extensive use of iron in its construction and prominent use of protective sigils on all entrances and possible ports of entry and exit. Additionally, SCP-RED-1's supply of writing material is currently closely audited to prevent creation of SCP-RED-2 instances.

Efforts to identify members of GOI-RED-1 for interview and possible SCP designation are underway.

Description: SCP-RED-1 is a human male of Euro-Canadian descent, 80 kg in mass, 179 cm in height, and estimated to be between 16 and 19 years of age. Identification found on its person at recovery was falsified and corresponded to no real persons. Prior to recovery, SCP-RED-1 possessed thaumaturgic abilities centric on written symbolism, resulting in the creation of SCP-RED-2 entities. SCP-RED-1 had used these entities to procure sustenance, alcoholic beverages, illicit and prescription-strength narcotics, material goods, and large sums of currency. The large volume of alcohol and mind-affecting substances that SCP-RED-1 regularly consumed resulted in chemical dependency.

SCP-RED-2 instances are semi-tangible entities of varying size, volume, and appearance. SCP-RED-2a is the only such entity currently in containment. SCP-RED-2a generally appears as a gaseous, transparent entity, grey or black in color, with no defined volume. However, it can also coalesce into a 1.9 meter humanoid of large build with undefined features. Attempts at measuring SCP-RED-2a's mass have proven unsuccessful.

SCP-RED-2a is incapable of vocal communication but has demonstrated sapience via written English. It is unknown whether SCP-RED-2 entities are typically sapient, or if SCP-RED-2a is an exception. SCP-RED-2 entities are believed to exhibit exceptional skill in areas pertinent to their given purpose; for example, SCP-RED-2 instances likely created SCP-RED-1's false identification prior to containment. SCP-RED-2a is the only instance directly observed by the Foundation; the existence of other instances has been heavily evidenced by witness interviews, scout reports, and physical evidence gathered at SCP-RED-1's former apartment.

SCP-RED-2a has been highly cooperative with Foundation personnel and instrumental in gaining SCP-RED-1's cooperation. SCP-RED-2a has stated in written interviews that it is obligated to protect SCP-RED-1, and that acting as a mediary between containment personnel and SCP-RED-1 is conducive to such. Additionally, SCP-RED-2a has implied that it is responsible for neutralizing SCP-RED-1's anomalous abilities.

Of note is that SCP-RED-1 and SCP-RED-2a cannot be separated; at any given time, a portion of SCP-RED-2a is in physical contact with SCP-RED-1. Due to SCP-RED-2a's cooperative nature, its utility in maintaining SCP-RED-1's cooperation, and the possibility of SCP-RED-1 regaining its main anomalous properties, esoteric attempts to force separation have not been authorized.

Selected Interview Logs:

Open SCP-RED Initial Interview Log

Interviewed: SCP-RED-1
Interviewing: Dr. Friedrich (Site-17 humanoid anomaly psychologist)
Forward: On arriving at Site-17, SCP-RED-1 had been unconscious and had to be placed under medical watch. SCP-RED-2a had already demonstrated cooperative behavior by this point; recovery and intelligence personnel had informed Site-17 security that attempted separation of the entities was inadvisable. Interview was conducted approximately 16 hours into initial containment, upon SCP-RED-1 regaining consciousness.
Transcript:

SCP-RED-1 (upon seeing Dr. Friedrich entering

NOTES

This is where I keep notes.

IRC PM 05/25/2016

5:45:59 PM daveyoufool Okay picture this
5:46:06 PM daveyoufool The minutes of a meeting of the O5 Council
5:46:11 PM daveyoufool no names are given in the descriptions
5:46:29 PM daveyoufool But the O5 Council is basically all the main kids in the 4th grade class
5:46:48 PM MacLeod I love that scene.
5:47:07 PM MacLeod I don't know if that should be the opener, the closer, or the kids RPing in the middle.
5:47:26 PM MacLeod Cartman would have to be a parody of Bright's O5-6
5:47:38 PM daveyoufool Yeah, probably
5:47:42 PM MacLeod Kenny would be Bright's O5-9
5:47:51 PM MacLeod Not a parody og
5:47:55 PM MacLeod It would have to be him
5:48:13 PM daveyoufool Also, I'm pretty sure one of them would have to be Jimmy
5:48:18 PM MacLeod Butters/Professor Chaos needs to be incahoots with the Chaos Insurgency.
5:48:33 PM MacLeod And yeah, Jimmy should be a parody of Bright's 13.
5:48:56 PM MacLeod Actually, I got Timmy and Jimmy confused for a sec.
5:49:11 PM daveyoufool Yeah, Jimmy's the one with the crutches
5:49:22 PM MacLeod Yeah, I remember now.
5:49:49 PM MacLeod There would have to be a Drugs are Bad, MK-Class scenario explained at some point.
5:50:15 PM MacLeod The Loch Ness Monster would have to be a skip whose containment procedures involve not giving it $3.50
5:50:28 PM daveyoufool I'm thinking that O5-13 should be Kyle
5:50:42 PM daveyoufool since Clef's proposal was all "it's the only O5 member of an abrahamic faith"
5:50:54 PM MacLeod Lol…
5:51:17 PM MacLeod Yeah, we can't jerk Bright's O5 council off too much

IRC 3/27/2017

10:03:20 PM MacLeod http://scpsandbox2.wikidot.com/agent-macleod scroll down— huh?
10:03:24 PM MacLeod oh
10:03:25 PM MacLeod yeah
10:03:32 PM MacLeod that's what this channel is named after
10:03:34 PM ch00bakka lmao
10:03:35 PM MacLeod i forgot about that.
10:03:44 PM subtletea heh
10:03:45 PM MacLeod green's not a creative color.
10:03:47 PM Goomy Uhhhh, which one
10:03:48 PM MacLeod anyways.
10:03:50 PM chubert i've legit never seen like four people jump to review a draft before
10:04:01 PM MacLeod scroll down to where it says "tales."
10:04:08 PM MacLeod it's not the superman one, it's the other one.
10:04:13 PM MacLeod it's short.
10:04:29 PM MacLeod chubert: same. not sure wtf happened.
10:04:36 PM MacLeod not gonna complain, though.
10:04:42 PM Goomy Ay ay
10:04:53 PM MacLeod it's incomplete, i just wanna know if what i have so far is compelling.
10:07:43 PM Bluemorpho joined the channel.
10:07:53 PM ch00bakka so i havent read the other tales in the series
10:07:59 PM Bluemorpho left the channel.
10:08:09 PM ch00bakka but what is here looks pretty cool
10:08:12 PM Goomy I have not read 2424 yet
10:08:15 PM Goomy I must do this
10:08:39 PM Goomy Oh wait no that's the walrus
10:08:50 PM MacLeod ch00bakka: the spoilerbox is meant to allow you to skip that. RED is good, A&W not so much.
10:09:11 PM Goomy Uuuuh mac, what's the skip alexei is up against here?
10:09:16 PM MacLeod 2636
10:09:22 PM MacLeod an endangered species.
10:09:29 PM chubert it's pretty solidly written
10:09:47 PM chubert i can pin down/understand the tone of the second section a lot more readily than the ones written from the skip's POV
10:10:29 PM chubert like the fun adventure tone/video-gamey mechanics are one whole package that communicates pretty well. but i'm not sure what to think about the writing in the other two sections
10:10:31 PM MacLeod well, they're both skips. Alexei Belitrov is just… human-ish. The other skip, the "she" is… not human.
10:10:47 PM chubert oh, okay
10:11:33 PM chubert mmm…it's not a huge issue, but i just felt like the sections written from the not-Alexei's point of view were relying a lot on passive melancholy
10:12:29 PM chubert which doesn't do a lot for me to build character, whereas i got a stronger sense of it from alexei…
10:12:31 PM chubert am i making sense?
10:12:39 PM MacLeod I hear you.
10:13:29 PM ch00bakka has quit: Quit: Did you know that world-renowned writer Stephen King was once hit by a car? Just something to consider.
10:13:38 PM MacLeod I was /shooting/ for a not-quite human mind in a half-starved/amnestic-induced delirium. However, I can see a lot of that relying on the original SCP article.
10:14:36 PM chubert hmm
10:14:41 PM chubert i didn't really get that super well
10:14:51 PM chubert there are points in time in which you tell me that her memory is fading and she's not thinking clearly/
10:14:55 PM chubert *?
10:15:46 PM Goomy You'll probably wanna link 2636 at the beginning
10:15:56 PM chubert but ultimately her point of view comes across really clearly and straightforwardly, maybe deterimentally so. like, she can clearly identify the sounds of a gunfight, the singing speaks super clearly, her internal narration is pretty coherent…
10:16:05 PM chubert this is speaking as someone who hasn't read 2636, though
10:16:11 PM Goomy I actually didn't know 2636 before you told me >_>
10:18:26 PM MacLeod ok, the short version of 2636:
10:18:38 PM MacLeod blood-drinking reptile-like mammal
10:18:41 PM MacLeod last of the species.
10:18:50 PM MacLeod human-level intelligent.
10:19:06 PM MacLeod species was wiped out 15000 years ago when the first humans settled the Americas.
10:19:16 PM Goomy Ahhhh
10:19:27 PM Goomy So like, kinda like creature from black lagoon
10:19:32 PM MacLeod their gods are real, very lovecraftian, and both 2636's people and their gods hate humanity.
10:19:34 PM Goomy But pre-aztec
10:20:37 PM MacLeod 2636 is sort-of the last. her immaculately-conceived daughter is her species' messiah. but the foundation slammed her with amnestics and surgically damaged her vocal cords so she can't summon her gods.
10:20:59 PM MacLeod and she can't remember her daughter (who the foundation thinks is dead)
10:21:49 PM chubert siht
10:21:49 PM MacLeod so now she's on a foundation cargo ship and she's about to fight alexei and lose severely.
10:22:06 PM chubert why are they fighting?
10:22:14 PM Goomy I feel so bad for this fish person
10:22:27 PM MacLeod 2636 is gonna mistake alexei for a demon, probably.
10:22:28 PM Goomy The walrus game thinks the fish person is the next boss
10:22:45 PM MacLeod so far, the series — not a fish person. bird-person, or lizard person.
10:22:47 PM chubert like is this story meant to be fun "things fight for the cool explosions" (which is totally legit), or is there meant to be some overarching seriousness or theme or something
10:23:15 PM MacLeod chubert: it's meant to be superficially funny/fun, but with serious undertones.
10:23:41 PM chubert okay, then i think this works out
10:23:53 PM MacLeod anyways, so far the fights in the series are caused entirely by misunderstandings.
10:24:21 PM MacLeod RED was Alexei mistaking Zao for a hostile force (and later a demon)
10:24:42 PM MacLeod A&W was 2424 mistaking Alexei for the player-character.
10:25:18 PM MacLeod and now, 2636 is going to mistake alexei for someone gives enough of a shit to fight her unprovoked.
10:25:57 PM chubert how serial is this supposed to be/
10:26:09 PM chubert like am i supposed to get the point of the overarching story just by reading one chapter?
10:26:10 PM MacLeod the last planned story is the world ending in nuclear fire.
10:26:30 PM MacLeod and the point of the overarching story won't come home until the third arc.
10:26:37 PM chubert also, who the hell is zao
10:26:43 PM chubert you don't have to answer that in full
10:26:49 PM MacLeod the person alexei fought in the first installment.
10:27:05 PM chubert right
10:27:37 PM MacLeod basically, the first act is alexei 1v1-ing a bunch of randos (and may later be expanded to include other characters doing the same)
10:27:52 PM Goomy It's the thermite tennis player
10:27:57 PM Goomy Which is also a flea
10:29:20 PM chubert i actually
10:29:21 PM chubert remember that thing
10:29:27 PM chubert anyway, macleod
10:30:04 PM chubert i feel like as a reader i can understand most things on the microscopic level, like what's going on, to whom it's happening, etc., but i don't really get the point
10:31:15 PM MacLeod chubert: all right. the individual tales are meant to be semi-standalone, but if this becomes a common critique, i'll seek out a means of addressing it.
10:31:45 PM chubert yeah, for sure. there's always the possibiltiy that i just don't understand what's being referenced well enough to engage with the work
10:32:11 PM chubert in terms of "getting it" it's just…unclear to me why these rando 1v1s are happening
10:32:33 PM MacLeod were you here in 2015?
10:32:38 PM MacLeod 'round this time of year?
10:32:39 PM chubert um
10:32:39 PM chubert no
10:32:45 PM MacLeod all right
10:32:54 PM chubert did i miss something
10:33:04 PM MacLeod march 2015, some prominent community members organized a semi-joking thing
10:33:24 PM MacLeod they took nominations for 64 random skips (meeting certain criteria)
10:33:43 PM chubert …did they have a bracket/
10:33:49 PM MacLeod they assigned them RPG-style stats — yep
10:33:54 PM chubert lord.
10:34:03 PM MacLeod it created an inexplicable volume of hype.
10:34:16 PM chubert i can imagine
10:34:18 PM chubert fuckin dweebs
10:34:30 PM MacLeod people sort-of gambled on the brackets, the winners got stories featured on the main page of the wiki.
10:34:31 PM Goomy XD
10:34:40 PM chubert lmao
10:34:58 PM MacLeod we did it again last year, and we're sort-of doing it again this year but we're waiting for the 3k contest to wrap up.
10:35:07 PM chubert ohhhkay
10:35:36 PM MacLeod in the midst of all these hypestorms, a smaller degree of hype was drummed up for the possibility of a series of stories based on the brackets.
10:36:26 PM chubert is your series one of the first/only stories to do this…?
10:36:31 PM MacLeod i wrote the skip that made 2nd place, but my own— pretty much
10:36:52 PM chubert okay
10:37:06 PM chubert have you read the story, where able is in the doom parody/
10:37:22 PM MacLeod anyways, my headcanon on the 2nd-place skip dictated that there was no way in HELL he'd have made it past his first fight. the author of that skip— i have. i don't think i enjoyed it, but i am a killjoy.
10:37:50 PM chubert lord, scip bracketology…
10:38:11 PM MacLeod an author and i collabed on the story of the first fight, back in spring/summer '15. i've been trying to get the series moving since then and only posted the second installment the other day.
10:38:20 PM chubert okay, i see
10:38:30 PM chubert so this is like, a narrativization of a bracket
10:38:31 PM MacLeod this fight/installment numero dos.
10:38:34 PM MacLeod sort of.
10:38:56 PM MacLeod the bracket itself is silly as all hell; i'm trying to make the sequence of fights make a modicum of sense.
10:39:16 PM chubert why/
10:39:22 PM chubert wow what the hell is wrong with my slash key
10:39:25 PM MacLeod iunno, i'm a killjoy.
10:39:37 PM chubert well, i mean, killing the joy is okay
10:39:40 PM chubert but like what are you putting in its place
10:40:15 PM MacLeod well, not so much killing the joy as… hrm.
10:40:18 PM MacLeod iunno
10:40:26 PM MacLeod not trying to give it a gritty reboot.
10:40:48 PM chubert okay, that's legit, gritty reboots are kinda silly
10:40:58 PM chubert (sometimes)
10:41:52 PM MacLeod here, the hub has already been posted and is far shorter than the conversation we've already had, and the incomplete story you read like an hour ago
10:42:00 PM MacLeod http://www.scp-wiki.net/jefferson-submarine-hub
10:42:45 PM chubert well it looks at first glance like crack, right
10:43:30 PM chubert okay i'm just going to read the first entry so i can figure out what's going on
10:50:07 PM chubert so i mean
10:50:20 PM chubert you say that you're a killjoy, but these things seem like they're for fun? not that that's a bad thing, by any means
10:55:52 PM MacLeod I sometimes have difficult expressing myself through writing.
10:56:06 PM MacLeod it's meant to be action-comedy, especially Act I.
10:56:36 PM MacLeod Act II will be slightly more grounded and will move away (both literally and narratively) from the 1v1 fights.
10:57:30 PM MacLeod Act III is meant to end on a semi-serious now.
10:57:35 PM MacLeod *notw
10:57:38 PM MacLeod *note ffs
10:59:38 PM chubert okay, that sounds like a solid plan
10:59:56 PM chubert so the draft i read is supposed to be in act I
11:00:43 PM chubert i guess in terms of helpful things i have to say, the tone/pacing i'm getting is like, way heavier on the action than it needs to be, which kind of drowns out the comedy and also the exciting parts of the action too
11:01:44 PM chubert in light of that the opening to the chapter about the singing skip is interesting because it's not really action or comedy, and so coming out of a chapter like the first one, which i read, it would be refreshing
11:02:00 PM chubert i still think that you could solidify a more disoriented/distressed tone if that's what your going for, but that's really your call
11:10:22 PM MacLeod Aye.
11:11:22 PM MacLeod The big thing is, this chapter, the one that started the convo, is meant to take a detour into horror; going entirely off the order of the fights listed in the bracket and the setting i chose to go with, this seems like the best choice.
11:12:04 PM MacLeod so i'm gonna snippet this conversation, save it in my notes, refer back to it later if that's all right by you.
11:14:13 PM chubert of course
11:17:49 PM MacLeod thank you for your time and input, i appreciate it.

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11:50:44 PM You're in a private conversation with Flawed.
11:50:44 PM Flawed here goes nothing http://scpsandbox2.wikidot.com/flawed
11:50:51 PM Flawed 1st tab
11:52:12 PM Flawed i only need to focus on this question: what should the librarian do that is so threatening that it forces the foundation to open the its doors
11:52:37 PM MacLeod give me a minute, i'm wrapping up a minute detail on my thing.
12:00:52 AM MacLeod ok, i did the thing with the thing.
12:01:18 AM MacLeod http://scpsandbox2.wikidot.com/agent-macleod it's the first tab under "Scp items"
12:05:42 AM Flawed 'they are cleared to do so by the current Site-17 Director.' i think this is a bit too long
12:06:11 AM Flawed maybe 'if given permission/approval by the' ?
12:06:58 AM MacLeod all right, give me a sec, i got caught up in 12 different conversations, i must now discreetly remove myself from them
12:08:29 AM Flawed also why make it learn german, isn't english more widely used?
12:09:07 AM MacLeod personal headcanon is that the site psychologist is german and it's fairly common for site 17 personnel to speak german.
12:09:24 AM MacLeod also she really only needs to speak to the psychologist and the translator.
12:10:02 AM Flawed hmm, fair enough.
12:12:17 AM Flawed 'measurements indicate SCP-SMRI is likely female' um… is there a different ratio between male/female that is used here…? i don't get why measuring it can indicate its sex
12:12:23 AM Flawed but i suck at biology so
12:12:49 AM MacLeod iirc, females have wider hips.
12:13:26 AM MacLeod there are a couple other cues archaeologists use to determine whether a skeleton was likely male or likely female.
12:13:45 AM Flawed ._.
12:14:41 AM Flawed maybe change it to 'examination' because i think 'measurment' is a little bit too vague in this .-.
12:14:51 AM MacLeod all right
12:17:14 AM Flawed 'and has a red jewel 3 centimeters in diameter resembling a ruby clenched in its jaw' this is a little bit messy imo
12:19:08 AM MacLeod http://anthropology.si.edu/writteninbone/male_female.html some quick googling re: skeletons and biological sex
12:19:49 AM Flawed 'A heavily-corroded double-edged sword not closely resembling any known makes or styles of sword' if it does not look like a sword, how can they know if it's a sword? given that it's heavily corroded, it might be a weird looking tool or something?
12:21:08 AM MacLeod well, archaeologists have dug up really old swords before and it's still patently obvious they were swords, even if they're brittle and there's no way in hell they'll hold an edge now.
12:21:48 AM Flawed but does it look like the shape of a sword?
12:22:08 AM MacLeod yeah, it's not a long wooden handle with a heavy metal bit on the end
12:22:39 AM MacLeod it's a single piece of metal; part of the piece of metal is a handle, part of it is a blade.
12:23:06 AM Flawed it's hard to visualize a sword that is still recognizable as a sword but not resembling any type of known swords ._.
12:23:18 AM MacLeod like, there are /dozens/ of recognized styles of swords.
12:23:23 AM MacLeod scotland has like six.
12:23:36 AM MacLeod same with most nations that have a history of metallurgy and warfare.
12:24:13 AM MacLeod japan has like four that aren't katanas, including styles of sword that became popular after katanas.
12:24:43 AM MacLeod swords aren't just swords, there's a lot to them.
12:24:59 AM Flawed Of note is the fact that much of the coral in close proximity to the skeleton resembles an unknown style of laminar armor.
12:25:24 AM MacLeod india has hundreds of style of bladed weapons, a ton of which seem less like real weapons and more like scribbles in a 12-year-old's trapper keeper.
12:26:06 AM Flawed umm… if the type of armor is unknown, then how can they see it as looking like an armor? it could be a random structure covering the skeleton.
12:27:22 AM MacLeod hrm. i was trying to give an impression of "this thing used to be some sort of soldier" in short. i didn't expect readers to ask dozens of questions i don't answer in the text. that is one i don't have an immediate answer for.
12:28:15 AM Flawed i see that implication, but too much 'unknown' means that the foundation is jumping to conclusions too fast.
12:28:29 AM MacLeod which is bad writing on my part.
12:28:30 AM Flawed maybe make it a known type of armor or something close.
12:29:03 AM MacLeod well, this is a person who was born and died before irl most irl writing even existed.
12:29:29 AM MacLeod they're from a civilization that doesn't exist irl and in-universe, was the first human civilization.
12:29:46 AM MacLeod their innovations wouldn't have resembled anything that came later.
12:31:09 AM MacLeod it'd seem simultaneously primitive and advanced, foreign and familiar. a lot of /super/ early irl technology gives the same impression; inventions that have been lost and rediscovered always come out different the second time around.
12:31:23 AM Flawed yes, but if the stuff are too vague in details, then the foundation would not conclude that, especially in a professional document.
12:31:35 AM MacLeod that's fair criticism.
12:31:58 AM Flawed maybe don't conclude it as it is, but make observations that readers can easily realize that it is.
12:32:10 AM MacLeod all right.
12:32:51 AM Flawed like, the sword can be described as a long piece of metal, with a sharpened end
12:32:53 AM MacLeod one thing that hurts me with heavily-technical parts of foundation writing is, i present the foundation as somewhat skeptical but confident in their conclusions.
12:34:00 AM Flawed sorry i have to go now
12:34:11 AM Flawed i'll be back in like an hour or so
12:35:14 AM MacLeod all right. i'm probably gonna go to sleep. i'll try to address your criticisms. bug me about your draft next time you see me.
12:35:14 AM Flawed :No such nick/channel.

LOOK THROUGH YOUR POSTS. THERE'S STUFF WORTH NOTING IN THERE!!
Also, will it kill you to do the things you say you will in Private Messages?

Footnotes

1. Variations of this motif were commonly drawn by Allied soldiers during the Second World War. However, recovered documents indicate that Allied soldiers never encountered SCP-D. Likewise, Foundation infiltrators within the German government and military had very limited interaction with SCP-D.

2. Handwriting analysis indicates that all instances of this motif were created by the same individual.

3. It is believed that damage to the thaumaturgic/mechanical systems are what have created SCP-D's atypical topography.

4. Properly fitted gas masks, hazard sensors, and a decontamination shower have been sufficient to date.

5. Standard hostile environment protective gear and armaments have been sufficient to date.

6. No personnel have been injured or killed as a result of these anomalies to date.

7. Ethics Committee Type; a system of classification for sapient anomalies based on potential threat to Foundation personnel, threat to other sapient anomalies, and threat the general public.

8. The Foundation's infiltration of the German government during World War II

9. Medium Standard Humanoid Anomaly Containment Cell

10. Ethics Committee Type; a system of classification for sapient anomalies based on threat to Foundation personnel, other sapient anomalies, and the general public.

11. He prefers to be called "Andy." I know we have to call him by his designation here in the primary document, but it may help maintain cooperation if personnel refrained from calling him a number to his face. — Dr. T. Friedrich, Site-17 humanoid anomaly psychologist