moklin

The Beautifier

Here's looking at Euclid

SCP-XXXX prior to containment.

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is kept in a standard secure non-biological sapient-entity cell in Site-114. Access to SCP-XXXX is restricted to testing scenarios and must be authorized by the current acting Site-114 director.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a hollow papier-mâché bird measuring 50 cm in height while standing. SCP-XXXX has two large hemispheres protruding from the beak, which are brown and blue in color. The body of SCP-XXXX is primarily red and brown in coloration. A clump of artificial brown feathers is located on its head. SCP-XXXX is sapient and is capable of unassisted locomotion at a rate of 0.2 m/s. SCP-XXXX does not require any form of sustenance. SCP-XXXX does not possess any other anomalous properties.
WRITER'S NOTE: Make the chicken interact with a SCP-3199 in the first log so that it has an actual role model. This also makes it less contrived.

Notable events involving SCP-XXXX.
Date	Description
04/May/2007	At 10:03, Site-114 experienced a Level-5 containment breach, during which SCP-XXXX escaped. At 12:17, SCP-XXXX entered Senior Archivist Pederson's office via a hole in the wall. SCP-XXXX proceeded to access Senior Archivist Pederson's terminal and read its own file. SCP-XXXX subsequently accessed and read 43 separate files (12 Euclid, 11 Keter, 20 Safe) not including its own using credentials gathered from notes left in various places in the room by Senior Archivist Pederson. At 14:23, SCP-XXXX located and sat underneath a small pile of rubble until 16:43, at which point it was successfully contained by Agent Carlen.
23/Dec/2013	At 09:54, SCP-XXXX was provided with a computer terminal to determine if SCP-XXXX is capable of writing. SCP-XXXX proceeded to use its beak to type a 74 page text document detailing various reasons why it should be reclassified as Euclid. Reasons are often grammatically incorrect and prominently feature logical fallacies.
13/May/2015	At 09:00, SCP-XXXX was discovered to be drawing various Euclid and Keter-class entities by dragging its beak through dust which it had collected into the North-West corner of its cell.

Ideas

Formatting and info

Gears gives advice.
Formatting 101.
Advanced Formatting.
Mindfuckery with tabs.
Ideation.
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Toc "Ethics"
Two species, one an herbivore, the other the former's predator, each develop sapience and eventually society. Explores the ethics of maintaining the predator society, as the predators can only eat the herbivorous sapient people. Because of this, and because of an ethical declaration that declared the predators as equal persons in the eyes of the law, the prey must provide their own people to be eaten by the predators. Setting and reason why this has not been noticed by human society is as of yet undetermined.

MWR
The “Museum of Withered Realities” (MWR). An anomalous building composed specifically of parts of buildings from multiple universes that were destroyed. Whenever a universe dies, a new wing is added to the museum, so long as the museum possesses some artifact/artifacts from that universe. The MWR specializes in the collection of literature, music, preserved corpses, and films; anomalous or not, from failing or dying realities. The museum acts as a semi-gateway to other universes, where text, inanimate objects, and information can pass through portals, but animate matter is killed, reverse Terminator style. You can find the MWR by going to Poland while holding something they own. classification
Wing-01043 is the N|C|Ω-021 wing that was created when it died.

GOI FORMAT

Category: (Non)Euclidean Book/Film/Music/Body/Painting/Sculpture/Other

Capabilities: None/Description of anomaly

Location: Wing-#####, Shelf-##/Display Room-###

Universe: X|X|X-###

Addendum:

The X|X|Ψ-###/X|X|Ω-### system is detailed below:

The first letter designates how old a reality is in increments of 1 billion years in A-Z order; rounded to the nearest letter, at the time of contact. Multiple letters may be used in the case of ≥26.5 billion year old universes.
The second letter designates the method of the universe’s decay. What the individual letters mean is up to the writers.
The third, greek letter designates whether or not the universe is dying or currently dead, with Ψ designating dying realities and Ω designating dead realities.

The purpose of this GOI is to allow for non-anomalous items and minor anomalies to be their own article, so long as they tell a story, normally of the universe they belonged to, and to not restrict someone to the Foundationverse and its canons.

In its current state, the format is derivative of the standard Foundation format. I'll try to see if I can find any museum documents to base the format on.

The man that does not heal

A man that cannot heal from injuries. Has O- blood, so the Foundation hooks him up to a tube and bucket.

OK so I think someone is working on this one but I might as well write this down just in case: A plank of wood that isn't there, but everyone perceives it as a normal plank of wood. In other words, if you were to stand on it, your actual physical form would drop, but your form that you perceive stuff from would stay in the air, creating a disconnect between the two states.

moklin	ok so imagine this: https://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/9/91/Spydisguised.png?t=20120102032234
moklin	but with an actual face

The clowns that live in the floor of my shower

Remember those daydreams? The ones that scared you? The ones you kept coming back to, even after the dead circus? That's gonna be a scip now.

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is kept in a standard secure locker in Site-48. Access is limited to testing approved by the Site-84 director.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a red polka-dot shower curtain four meters in length and two meters in height. When an individual begins bathing in front of SCP-XXXX, the polka dots of SCP-XXXX will blink randomly. If an individual either is aware or becomes aware of the anomalous effects of SCP-XXXX while displaying signs of distress, jokes and humorous anecdotes will emit from SCP-XXXX until the bathing individual either leaves the area or no longer exhibits signs of distress. The anomalous effects of SCP-XXXX do not manifest when individuals above the age of 14 are present.

SCP-XXXX is a coconut piggy bank that induces feelings of paranoia and frustration in half of all viewers, and induces feelings of calmness in the other half. Persons in the first half attempt to assign anomalous properties to SCP-XXXX that it does not possess.

Alternatively…

SCP-XXXX is a coconut piggy bank that has caused several major economic recessions and collapses, as well as being directly responsible for the creation and implementation of several economic reforms.

Alternatively…**

SCP-XXXX is a coconut piggy bank that induces separate anomalous effects within viewers. 50% of all viewers of SCP-XXXX feel anomalously content with their socioeconomic and political position, while the remaining 50% of viewers feel anomalously frustrated with their socioeconomic and political position. Because of this effect, SCP-XXXX has been directly responsible for several major socioeconomic and political reforms.

Alternatively…

SCP-XXXX is a coconut piggy bank that induces memories of an unidentified tripedal entity (-B) in persons (-A) born within a 9.8 km radius of SCP-XXXX. The entity often takes an active role in the memories, which are often positive in nature, though exceptions may apply when the -A instance does something that -B dislikes. When SCP-XXXX is removed from the area where any -A instance was born, the -A instance has their memories of -B removed, though the false memories still remain, simply without -B. For example, if you had a memory of -B giving you ice-cream, and then the piggy bank was removed from the area you were born in, you'd now have a vivid memory of you eagerly receiving an ice-cream cone from thin air.

The implication is that these things are supposed to be your guardian angel, though I'm not sure if I want to go with that angle or with the "child kidnapping" angle. The former is probably far more creative, though I feel like I could pull off the latter better.
Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: [Paragraphs explaining the procedures]

Description: SCP-XXXX is a hollow coconut sculpture in the shape of a pig, which is used for the storing of money and personal items. The anomalous effects of SCP-XXXX manifest in persons born in a 9.8 kilometer radius of SCP-XXXX.

Who wants to live forever?
A personality that exists in a random sufferer of Dissociative Identity Disorder until their death, in which point the personality finds a new host. Characterized by the sudden creation of DID/the creation of a new personality in one that suffers from DID.

An antimemetic entity that you cannot directly remember, but you can remember your interactions with it. You can remember picking it up, talking to it, or describing it, but you cannot see it in your mind's eye.

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Caption/attribution combo.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sf3d_8.5.58.svg

By I, Luc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=998412

Photo Credit: NASA, ESA, and Erich Karkoschka (University of Arizona) - NASA

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By Nojavon - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38980340

A person that is antimemetic to most antimemetics i.e. whenever they get out of its area of effect, the person can suddenly remember whatever it was that was antimemetic. However, while inside of the antimeme's AOE, the person is susceptible to its effect.

What happens when man is faced with his own obsolescence? He makes the superior being artificially inferior.

Item #: XXXX

Object Class:

Special Containment Procedures:

Description: SCP-XXXX is a partially functional miniature replica of the IBM Sequoia supercomputer contained in a steel can. SCP-XXXX is sapient,

The devil went down to Georgia

The country, not the state.

"there's a false widow in my room" - Roth

If there are ghost trains, that means that trains are alive.
1. If trains are alive, are subways just really weird sex dungeons?
The Foundationerse is one of the few places where "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that" is literal.

I really want to make this an actual mainlister. Maybe make it infuse you with reality-bending properties? "Thaumaturgic properties, in my body? It's more likely than you think."

Isn't it ironic?

An out of control Scranton Reality Anchor that cannot be turned off by currently understood means. Related to "No escape from reality". Creates anomalies by localising reality into a very precise location. i.e. reality is anomalous.

273 K:

An entity that feeds off of glaciers and is going to cause an FK-Class Barren-Earth scenario/QK-Class Stagnant-Earth scenario if the icebergs don’t melt, so the Foundation is buying off politicians to ensure global warming happens.

However, the Foundation figures out how to neutralize it without mucking about with global warming, so the implication is that the Foundation isn't doing anything to help reverse their damage.

Item #: SCP-001

Object Class: Keter Neutralized

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-001

Description: SCP-001

An Antimemetic, Infohazardous entity located somewhere in Neptune that when referred to makes the speaker’s mind non-euclidean, putting them into a high brain activity coma. The article is written in multiple writing styles, implying many people sacrificed themselves to document this. The initial "greeting" you get should be multiple warnings including a 1231 warning-style "Upsilon-Samekh level memetic hazard" warning page, with the main page having "[CONFIRM MEMETIC RESISTANCE]" "[ACCESS GRANTED]"

A memetic entity so classified that when you open the initial collapsible, the page treats you as “not qualified” to view the document, and hastily tries to censor itself. The reader has 1-5 minutes to read the article. The entity is an anti-censorship scip that tries to keep all information about anything unharmed and easily viewable. This effect transfers to all mediums, from audio to non-Euclidean. When information is expunged, the data is partially reconstructed.

Scarlet Wounds: ^{wordplay on the "scar" in scarlet}

The Sarkic heaven. The entire article is mainly the audio log of Lin vaguely describing the universe.

Item #: SCP-001

Object Class: Undeterminable. Euclid if someone wants to get in, Keter if it's Bumaro’s lot. Thaumiel if nothing else.

Special Containment Procedures: Already in place. The Foundation’s religious screening system will need to be refined, but it should be fine otherwise.

Description: Scarlet skies and living gods. Oh sweet mother, I’m here. Forgive me if you can, the taint of steel was but a heretical gilding for my safety.

Where do black holes send you to?

What if The NeverEnding Story actually never ended?

How do you make the perfectly, easily explained, horrifying?

Edits would be anomalous in-universe.

compile ideas for various sculptures, paintings, music (disembodied or not), and other anomalies located in the very deep garbage.

Formality V2 (This time it's about how we treat the dead)
A Basalt Statue V2 (This time it's personal ^{and not as stupid})
A piece of disembodied music (No clue what this one's about or does)
A metal cube, 5 cm x 5 cm x 5 cm (Performance art about how critics look too deep into the piece, when sometimes art doesn't have much of a meaning at all)
A painting (Literally just a non-anomalous abstract painting; mentioned in passing)

A type-blue (regenerator) that replaces damaged flesh with benign malformed anomalous teratoma (anomalous in that they sub-optimally replicate the function of the replaced organs and flesh, but are still tumors.) Explores the loss of identity as this person accumulates injuries, inevitably culminating in a brain injury that causes pushes the grey matter into the edge of the skull, quickly causing further brain damage, resulting in the loss of his life, as he deforms into a mass of teratoma.

A jukebox with a record player that's operated by human larynx, with the intent of reproducing the songs exactly as they were performed. Maybe AWCY? as a critique of willful ignorance towards benefitting from slavery.
It gurgles.

Kubrick's cube

A Rubik's cube somehow themed around Stanley Kubrick. - Monolith?

MOViE

– hide block

By MusikAnimal - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29594164

The image corruption thing seems too literal a port and the effect feels forced to the image I think you give yourself some more room if this is one of many
Maybe tie it into the toynbee tiles

moklin	Hey, quick question: what would the containment procedures be for Stanley Kubrick's corpse in low orbit over Jupiter?
NineVolt	moklin Can it be taken out of orbit, or is it stuck there?
mlister	moklin Make sure it doesn't get near the malfunctioning alien superweapon or eldritch god
moklin	NineVolt: i'm working under the assumption that grabbing Stanley Kubrick's corpse from low orbit isn't funded
moklin	because that would be expensive as /fuck/
NineVolt	moklin If stuck there, then have a satellite orbiting and monitoring, along with disinformation and amnestics procedures if discovered by government/civilian agencies
moklin	NineVolt: danke
weryllium	Why Jupiter
Hippo	I assume because of 2001
weryllium	Why not the underrepresented gas giants
weryllium	Oh
moklin	weryllium: tyon tiles
Hippo	OH
moklin	*toynbee
weryllium	??
Hippo	Oh man I am actually surprised Toynbee tiles are not already an SCP thing
moklin	toynbee tiles
weryllium	.g toynbee tiles
jarvis	weryllium: [1/10] Toynbee tiles - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toynbee_tiles - The Toynbee tiles (also called Toynbee plaques) are messages of unknown origin found embedded in asphalt of streets in about two dozen major cities in the …
NineVolt	Note that my headcanon has the Foundation as capable of interplanetary travel, interstellar travel, and limited intergalactic travel (the FTL drives are tricky to set up)
Hippo	I want to share with you a story about my housemate and I watching a Toynbee tile documentary >:
moklin	Hippo: spit
Hippo	the big mystery is how this person (the creator of the Toynbee tiles) keeps managing to place these tiles in busy intersections with no one noticing
Hippo	since it's hard work and takes a while and even if they do it at night, people would notice, cars would have to swerve around them, etc
Hippo	we were watching the documentary and pretty engrossed because of this (we both like puzzles)
Hippo	and the documentary got to the part where they're interviewing neighbors of the suspected author
Hippo	and one of the neighbors casually mentions he's very strange, and starts talking about all his eccentricities, among them being
Hippo	that the passenger side of his car does not have a floor
Hippo	house-mate: "!! That's—"
Hippo	me: "SON OF A BITCH"
Hippo	(actual quotes)
NineVolt	That's brilliant
minmin	hahahahahaha
NineVolt	Seriously, that's some creative stuff
Hippo	drives up in the middle of the night, snaps on his emergency lights (pretending his car is broken down)
minmin	I was expecting something different
Hippo	and just takes all the time he needs
minmin	like leaving the tiles with wet cement
minmin	and letting cars drive over it
Hippo	yeah — the thing I love about it is it's so simple
NineVolt	I have to applaud Toynbee for this
Hippo	like so simple it's dumb, but not in a 'wow that's dumb' way, just dumb in the sense of 'how did no one realize that's all you had to do'
Hippo	like it was a big part of the mystery and it turns out dude just popped a hole in his passenger seat like yeah that's some straight-up brilliance right there
NineVolt	Figuring out clever ways to exploit stuff is always cool, and that is one good way to exploit a car
Hippo	er passenger seat floor
Hippo	also in retrospect I kind of felt bad that the documentary even exists
Hippo	since it's pretty clear the guy just wants to be left alone
NineVolt	moklin "In 1983, a man identifying himself as a social worker named James Morasco contacted talk shows and newspapers with his theory of colonizing Jupiter with the dead inhabitants of Earth, claiming to have come across the idea while reading a book by historian Arnold Toynbee." I'm assuming this'll be the premise of the skip?
ChanServ	ChanServ has given halfop to Rimple
NineVolt	With Stanely Kubrick being one of the dead colonists
moklin	NineVolt: that wasn't at all my intention but i'll try to work that in
Hippo	oh man moklin have you acutally seen the documentary
Hippo	there's all sorts of cool stuff you can work in
moklin	Hippo: no i just started this today
moklin	Hippo: what's it called
Hippo	Like IDK how familiar you are with the Toynbee tile stuff but it's like the rabbithole in Alice in Wonderland
Hippo	you go down and it just keeps going and going and going
NineVolt	moklin The idea of Jupiter being colonized by dead people is too cool of an idea to not use imo
Hippo	I can't remember, I'm afraid; it's been a few years since I've seen it, but I can ask my house-mate, she might remember

fieldstone	Moklin I'll read it I probably can't do an actual critique RN though
moklin	fieldstone: http://scpsandbox2.wikidot.com/moklin - MOViE
fieldstone	Wife has to go to doctor so I'm here alone with baby
ChanServ	ChanServ has given halfop to Rimple
fieldstone	Wow moklin that is short
moklin	fieldstone: i did say that it's a short form, to be fair
fieldstone	True— definitely not a complaint though, I like short articles.nI love "physically non-anomalous" and think that should be a widespread thing
Hippo	'physically non-anomalous'?
fieldstone	Like in the context of a video tape
moklin	Hippo: it means that it's not like, 173. It's normal physically
Hippo	oh haha
Hippo	moklin: I just read it
Hippo	there's some minor technical hiccups and some past-tense/present-tense disagreement? but also there's another problem — and keeping in mind this is something I myself have done and struggled with in the past
Hippo	and that's that, there is no anomaly here, as far as I can tell? these are just records of an anomaly that happened
Hippo	Oh wait
Hippo	the photograph on the tape is anomalous, but only because it induces a compulsion
moklin	Hippo: does Stanley Kubrick's living corpse not count?
Hippo	Oh it's alive?
moklin	yeah, animate
Hippo	'animate'
Hippo	I missed that bit
Hippo	that definitely counts yeah
DrBleep	That reaction is great
Hippo	I would take out the compulsion-effect of the photograph tbh I don't think it's necessary? but also, keep in mind, that means that your anomaly is, if you keep it
Hippo	a photograph on the tape, and the corpse — not the tape itself
Hippo	I think you can get away designating a non-anomalous object as an SCP so long as the anomaly is directly related to that non-anomalous object but it's kind of a stretch/hard to pull off
moklin	Hippo: to be fair, i can't figure out how to phrase it without using the designation
Hippo	yeah that's a tricky one — it's something I've struggled with on a lot of my articles too like
Hippo	a case where the object containing the anomaly is not anomalous, but it's also the object that introduces us to the anomaly
Hippo	(also yes this article is super-short, I think if it's going to work it needs to be longer? or at least you need to explain to us what 'animate' means in reference to Kubrick's corpse)
Hippo	(and whether or not Kubrick's corpse is actually on earth still too)
Hippo	although you kind of imply it isn't by referring to the corpse as the corpse of Stanley Kubrick
moklin	the problem being that i don't know /how/ to expand on it
Hippo	I think, well there are two ways you can go with this
Hippo	maybe three? first is the most obvious and easy way, and it might work pretty well: Just take what you have and elaborate on the details. For example, make mention that the Foundation has replaced Kubrick's corpse (which, upon exhumation, was found to be missing from its grave) with a replica
Hippo	that would help us realize that yes, this is actually Kubrick's corpse
Hippo	I mean it would emphasize that point
DrBleep	…FUCK
DrBleep	I just had… gahhh
Hippo	drbleep: ?
moklin	DrBleep: what happend
Hippo	moklin: also maybe tell us where the tape came from; whether or not it had anything written on it when it was found — etc
DrBleep	I just had a terrible idea that would have worked better for the end of this SCP than its current one.
Hippo	drbleep: ha
Hippo	(same thing happened to me for SCP-3034 is why I want to post this revision >_>)
Hippo	also moklin: like, the containment procedures here… Like okay
DrBleep	I might do a log on separate page, so that it doesn't effect the impact of the current piece.
DrBleep	goddamit
ChanServ	ChanServ has given halfop to Nusquam
Hippo	9 times out of 10 I am like "keep the containment procedures as short and concise and simple as possible" because they are not the meat of your article, they're just there to add to the credibility
DrBleep	Why didn't I think to do an interview log with Triemides in the first place as the ending.
Hippo	but in this case I feel like, you could actually make the special containment procedures longer, and part of the article's 'stinger'
Hippo	because your 'stinger' here is that Stanley Kubrick's corpse is animated, and orbiting Jupiter in a declining orbit
Hippo	that's the 'wtf' moment you're building to
DrBleep	…did Kubrick get hit with 3728?
mlister	.sea void singularity
jarvis	mlister: SCP-2470: The Void Singularity (written 4 years ago by theTBAPb, translated 2 years ago by Dr Kostyankyn and Gene R; rating: +112) - http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2470
mlister	Hippo ^
Hippo	wow that's a long article
DrBleep	Actually… the interview log would ruin the mysticism of the article… it would work better as a tale
Hippo	moklin: like this is one of those rare cases where I feel like your containment procedure can actually serve to build suspense
Hippo	because your initial description is just a frigging VHS tape
Hippo	why would the containment procedures need to describe blah blah blah 'foundation personnel are to monitor equipment monitoring space' etc
Hippo	actually lemme dig something up I wrote once and never posted (because it's not that good)
Hippo	(but the containment procedures involved space)
DrBleep	Has just had massive tale inspiration ideas.
Hippo	moklin: are you still there? I got this old article to show you that might help give you an idea of what I'm talking about — tho if I should just leave it be that's fine too
moklin	Hippo: yeah i just don't really know what to say
Hippo	oh, sorry!
moklin	nbd
moklin	it's more my shyness than anything
Hippo	oh, haha
Hippo	I mean I don't want to tread over your idea or push you in a direction you don't want to go in, hence my sudden hesitation
moklin	no no go ahead
Hippo	ok! Here's the article — it's super-short (like 300 words) — I'm not going to use it because I don't think it's a really workable angle for a lot of reasons — but I'm showing it to you primarily because of how the containment procedure is set up
rej	You know that feeling when you had a great idea for an SCP but then didn't write it down and forgot it
Hippo	http://scpsandbox2.wikidot.com/the-great-hippo-16
Hippo	the containment procedure is literally 4-5 times longer than the description
moklin	Hippo: …do you have 16 sandboxes?
NineVolt	rej That's always the work thing
Hippo	I have way more than that >_>
Hippo	(I delete my pics when I'm not working tho so I don't take up too much space)
rej	It started out as a rewrite of 987-arc but I want to do something with forced addiction
rej	But alas, school has started and I won't have time until at least December
Hippo	but like, you can see how the article's hook isn't at all the description, it's the containment procedure
Hippo	the containment procedure is ridiculous and meant to make the reader go 'huh? wait wtf why'

Hippo	hobmoklin: that does address some of my concerns! However — on one hand I don't want to discourage you; on the other, I don't want to be dishonest with you As much as I like the underlying concept, I don't feel like this is sufficiently polished/expanded on to hook my interest as a reader. I like that it's short and punchy, and I like what it's trying to sell me, but I feel like it
Hippo	would need a bit of expansion and/or technical polish before it got my upvote
Hippo	that being said, I don't think I'd downvote it, and you shouldn't take my opinion as the only one that matters! >_>

moklin	what do you mean by that?
Azulaloi	ok, so when somebody views the file, space kubrick broadcasts "SCP-XXXX and diagrams thereof"
moklin	it should be -a
Azulaloi	what is the difference between the image and a diagram of the image?
moklin	it's more supposed to be diagrams of jupiter
moklin	but i can see how that'd be confusing
Azulaloi	also, the rate of occurrence is pretty low - 0.0003% I believe is one in 333,333
moklin	that's ok
moklin	so long as it's possible to happen, it's coolio
Azulaloi	also the wording is a little unclear - .mp4 files occurring "in" these copies?
moklin	fair enough
moklin	will change
Azulaloi	usually torrents are just the video file and maybe an .nfo +subtitles
Azulaloi	does the anomalous file randomly replace downloaded copies, or are they specific sources?
moklin	it's random
moklin	hence the percentage of copies and not percentage of copy sources
Azulaloi	if it's random, could the foundation illegally obtain a copy and serve it to themselves hundreds of thousands of times to "manufacture" copies?
moklin	yes, but why would they do that?
Azulaloi	to test the anomaly
moklin	yeah, but testing it isn't the point
moklin	it's kinda about toynbee
Azulaloi	if they do it in a controlled environment, they can narrow out the possibility of a more mundane method of delivery
moklin	what do you mean by that
Azulaloi	what does "manners unique to each broadcast" mean? aren't they all FM radio transmissions?
moklin	it's displayed differently
Azulaloi	I mean, there are these anomalous copies popping up, they need to contain them
Azulaloi	so the first thing is where do they come from
moklin	toynbee
moklin	they come from toynbee
Azulaloi	are they replacing ALL illegal copies, even ones where we can closely monitor the data stream?
Azulaloi	I don't klnow what that is
moklin	anything that someone would be prosecuted for
moklin	check 19
Azulaloi	also, why is it keter? it isn't mentioned that the containment protocols are insufficient, so it reads like it is contained, and there isn't a large (or any) explicit threat
moklin	it's difficult to contain
moklin	and there's kinda the whole thing about kubrick's corpse orbiting jupiter
moklin	also, keters don't have to be dangerous to be keter, they just have to be hard to contain
Azulaloi	which is weird, but there's not really much to go on
moklin	fair enough, since it's kinda dependent on the source material
Azulaloi	after reading about the toynbee tiles, I guess there's a little more, but for someone who's never heard of the toynbee tiles it's lacking a real hook
moklin	the hook's supposed to be the containment procedures
moklin	since they take up the majority of the article and are so /weird/
Azulaloi	it's initially clear the kubrick wants to go home, but there isn't really any implication about why he might be there without the toynbee background
moklin	well, the title and references to 2001 are supposed to make the reader look into it more
moklin	like, look it up
moklin	and then have the moment of realization
Azulaloi	the containment procedures are two paragraphs while the description is three, and monitoring celestial objects as well as web-based anomalies are familiar foundation protocols
Azulaloi	but look up what? what would give the reader the impression that anything here isn't wholly thought up by the author?
moklin	true, but the disconnect between monitoring some dude's grave and monitoring jupiter is supposed to be weird
Azulaloi	that is interesting, true
Azulaloi	there's the mention that space kubrick is gonna impact jupiter, but not anything that indicates that's anything more important than a mundane decaying orbit
moklin	it's in reference to resurrect dead /on/ jupiter
moklin	he isn't on jupiter yet, so he's still dead
moklin	but will be left to rot in the crushing depths of jupiter's core
Azulaloi	oh, as in he will be resurrected, but then trapped inside of jupiter, so it's not just normal distress calls, it's also because a worse fate awaits him if he impacts jupiter
moklin	precisely
moklin	also it's the 100th anniversary of dr strangelove
Azulaloi	that's interesting, but I think the toynbee tiles connection is too loose for most readers to make the connection
moklin	fair enough, though i don't know how to make that clearer without making it obvious
moklin	like, i can't just title it "toynbee" or whatever
moklin	that's boring
Azulaloi	like, if you see a new skip that seems to be lacking part of its story, I don't think most people would assume that there's anything more to look for outside the skip itself
Azulaloi	a title might be good for some people, but people looking at new articles probably didn't get there through the mainlist
moklin	those are good points
moklin	how would you address them?
Azulaloi	hmm, I suppose making the tiles part of the skip itself would be a bit too obvious
moklin	yeah, and it wouldn't make sense in-universe
Azulaloi	you could go into more detail about the contents of the mp4
moklin	well, i don't see how that would help
Azulaloi	perhaps vaguely describe the plot or theme, or specific changes from the original film
moklin	i kinda went into as much detail as i could
moklin	the plot's about colonizing jupiter
Azulaloi	and imply the same things that the tiles imply through the movie
Azulaloi	it says that there are changes to the film, but not what they are
Azulaloi	if space kubrick can alter the film, it would make sense that he tries to convey the nature of his plight through the movie
moklin	it's
moklin	it's not kubrick
moklin	that's editing it
Azulaloi	yeah you said it was toynbee but I'm not really sure what that means
Azulaloi	I guess it depends on what the edits are
Azulaloi	what is toynbee trying to do?
moklin	toynbee is an anonymous individual that made at least one of the toynbee tiles
moklin	he's colonizing jupiter with dead people
Azulaloi	I assumed you meant arnold toynbee
moklin	yeah nobody actually knows who "toynbee" refers to
Azulaloi	there is a section in his book where he mentions some weird resurrection stuff
Azulaloi	so is the edited movie just propaganda for his jupiter necropolis?
moklin	basically, yeah
moklin	and it sends a signal to kubrick to check if he's on jupiter yet
moklin	and the return signal is the image
Azulaloi	so the toynbee entity is not realistically concerned with the wellbeing of its colonists, whatever it is
Azulaloi	and allowing kubrick to scream for help is not intentional?
moklin	the dude's insane enough to send kubrick's corpse to jupiter do you think he cares about their well-being?
moklin	also yes
moklin	the screaming is unintentional
Azulaloi	I wonder if it'd be interesting if viewing the mp4 signed you up for the colonization mission
moklin	ehh
moklin	that's kinda covered by 2030
Azulaloi	overall, without reading about the tiles, all you can get from it is that kubrick wants to go home
Azulaloi	I think it's actually pretty interesting, with what's really going on but again it requires reading homework you don't know you've been assigned
moklin	i changed it to give a bit more context
Azulaloi	you could describe a few key divergences from the original film, even if it doesn't spell it out, it draws more attention to the importance of the altered film

DrBleep	Moklin… frozen corpse of Stanely Kubrick orbiting jupiter… its kind of weird, but there's not enough substantial punch there to bring me into upvote territory. I get the connection to 2001 a space odyssey, and it made me go oh, but this leaves me with so many questions, and not in the mysterious good way, but in the "Why?" way.
moklin	ResearcherCato: i haven't even been to most of the us
moklin	.g toynbee tiles
jarvis	moklin: [1/10] Toynbee tiles - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toynbee_tiles - The Toynbee tiles (also called Toynbee plaques) are messages of unknown origin found embedded in asphalt of streets in about two dozen major cities in the …
	moklin>:
moklin	DrBleep:
DrBleep	moklin that's a fairly obscure reference, and while in retrospect very cool, I feel like its too dependent on a period reference that most people won't get, and doesn't really change my stance here.
moklin	DrBleep: fair enough, but i don't know how to make it more obvious without making it /too/ obvious
TrennerD	moklin that's the hard part about referencing things like that
TrennerD	i've struggled with it too
MacLeod	you know what's freaky?
DrBleep	moklin yeah, hmmm… perhaps you could incoporate locations where these things have been found in some way?
MacLeod	fucking voynich manuscript
moklin	DrBleep: i'll look into it
Modern_Erasmus	MacLeod: ye
weryllium	MacLeod: https://xkcd.com/593/

moklin	honestly, the fact that everyone's crit on my draft has kinda just boiled down to "I didn't like it" is really goddamn frustrating. like, what the hell am i supposed to do with that?
NineVolt	moklin I feel like if the crit boils down to that it's not very good crit
mlister	moklin Pander better /joking
Tufto	moklin: did none of them suggest directions of where to go with it?
moklin	Tufto: not really
mlister	moklin Get better crit partners /notjoking
moklin	besides just "expand on it"
NineVolt	moklin That's the least useful crit possible
Tufto	ah, shame.
DrBleep	moklin I could have sworn I gave you some critt on how to expand it >_>
NineVolt	The best crit is crit that actually gives you an idea about how to change things
moklin	DrBleep: if you did, i don't remember it. which isn't abnormal for me, tbf
DrBleep	moklin I think I advised incorporating in the locations of the actual engravings from which your idea originated
NineVolt	moklin My advice: Always write down the crit you get on your sandbox
DrBleep	Yeah, I always copy paste critt
NineVolt	It works wonders for figuring out what to do
moklin	NineVolt: i'm actually doing that, it's just hard to remember at a moment's notice
NineVolt	moklin: Ah
moklin	DrBleep: i'd love to, but i've got no clue how to do that
ChanServ	Zhange is now known as RobTheBuilder
DrBleep	Moklin hmmm… my brain is fried at the moment, but give me awhile and I'll think of something.
moklin	without making them something the Foundation would just rip out of the ground
NineVolt	moklin BTW how long is your draft? I could offer some advice
moklin	NineVolt: like 300 words
NineVolt	moklin Linky
DrBleep	Moklin ninevolt usually has good ideas
RobTheBuilder	ah I have the best nick ever
moklin	NineVolt: http://scpsandbox2.wikidot.com/moklin - Toynbee's interplanetary plan
NineVolt	moklin: I'll see if I can give you a good dose of surreal weirdness
NineVolt	moklin I can see why people find this lacking, so here's a suggestion: Use the whole "colonize Jupiter with dead people" and video alteration as an excuse for some surreal imagery
moklin	NineVolt: so like buildings for dead people and stuff?
NineVolt	moklin: Example: Scene with legions of corpses floating in symmetrical patterns in Jupiter's atmosphere, moving in tandem or something weird like that
moklin	NineVolt: i'll see what i can mock up
moklin	for the record i'm actually going to try and make images of this stuff
NineVolt	moklin Like, the Toynbee tiles are already strange, so it'd be fitting for some strange imagery (especially if the imagery can be used to somewhat explain what is going on)
NineVolt	moklin: That'd be cool, but that could end up limiting what you could write up (such as ideas like what I suggested, which could be hard to make)
NineVolt	Also "In a conversation with The Philadelphia Inquirer, Morasco discussed how Toynbee's book contained a theory on bringing dead molecules back to life, and that this was later depicted in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.[8] The caller had founded what the Inquirer called a "Jupiter colonization organization", known as the Minority Association."
mlister	moklin Daily reminder: Jupiter is the prison of a undying flesh god
NineVolt	Making mentions of the Minority Association could also be cool
moklin	NineVolt: will do
moklin	mlister: did someone actually write yalda as a scip?
NineVolt	moklin Some more fuel: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Toynbee-2.jpg "As Hellions and Feds infiltrate and harvest (missing) to prison"

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Taffeta	"the saddest necrophile"
raggamuffet	Yeah, at least strife breeds creativity, I guess. >.<
siskulous	….I've got a dude sitting in my sandbox who makes his D&D characters come to life when his ADD causes him to daydream.
raggamuffet	speaking of strife, brb, belly is exploding
ChanServ	Hippo is now known as HippoAFK
moklin	Taffeta: that actually sounds p good
Quikngruvn	Oh jeez.
Klurg	moklin: that's an actual SCP I think
siskulous	I'm pretty sure that's a concept that no amount of development can save.
MrAnakinSpecter	how is… belly exploding?
Quikngruvn	It was an actual SCP.
Taffeta	was an SCP
Taffeta	was
siskulous	Wait, which was?
	moklin begins rewriting the saddest necrophile
Taffeta	Saddest Necrophile
Klurg	What was it about?
siskulous	Ok, for a second I thought you were saying mine was. And I was about to die of shock.
Klurg	And I thought it was successful
Taffeta	siskulous:
Klurg	I thought the saddest necrophile succeeded
Klurg	What happened?
Conwell	Its famous for being a rather big flop Klurg
Taffeta	You thought, you thought, you thought a million things
moklin	i kinda want to read the saddest necrophile now
Klurg	Not one of them were correct
ghostpage	.showtells
Klurg	So what's the point of the .showtells command?
MrAnakinSpecter	to show your tells
weryllium	Klurg: make yourself look popular enough to get tells regularly
Klurg	You can get tells just by typing something on the tab
Tuomey	Klurg: no, the saddest necrophile was a spectacular failure
weryllium	but speaking in this room (where jarvis is present) will automatically give them to you
weryllium	so the command seems pointless
Klurg	Yeah that's what I mean wer
moklin	that or rewrite the necro so that he has a shia lebeouf-esque perceptual thing that makes every corpse he views to look to him like they're alive
moklin	actually this sounds interesting
Quikngruvn	In case you want to check .tells without engaging in conversation.
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siskulous	I would think it would take a spectacularly talented writer to handle a skip with necrophilia as a central focus.
Bennings	Is there any rule of thumb to tell when a character is well written or not?
siskulous	I mean sexual skips in general seem to be pretty hard to pull off.
moklin	siskulous: the necrophilia's just gonna be a side thing
MrAnakinSpecter	Bennings: if the character makes me feel something, they are well written
moklin	something to make the character more 3D
Taffeta	"The necrophilia's just gonna be a side thing" ~ site19, 2017

The man that experiences the world a day after it happens.

Something to do with trains. A guy that appears in subway tunnels, only to get run over, but the train driver never notices? A section of train tracks that, when stood on long enough for a train to run over and kill you, causes nobody to care. They simply keep going on with their lives, not even bothering to clean up your body, hold a funeral, or ask where you are if you disappeared. Maybe used to execute people?

By Szczepek - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16324356

Item #: SCP-001

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures:

Description: SCP-XXXX is a phenomenon in which kidnapped individuals are

Holy Roman Vampire

A vampire which drinks the Eucharist wine, being the blood of christ. Also intentionally burns themself with all the Christian symbolism so they can be more holy. Aside from that, I've got nothing.

Mr. Mass Produced

A MAW¹ that can clone himself. Potential NK-class scenario.

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: [Paragraphs explaining the procedures]

Description: SCP-XXXX is a 195 cm tall male of East African descent. SCP-XXXX is biologically 60 years of age. SCP-XXXX is capable of replicating itself at a rate of one SCP-XXXX instance per hour, per SCP-XXXX instance.

Needs clean-up. Beautifier fucked it for some reason.

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egil>	Lin: "The necrophilia's just gonna be a side thing" ~Lin 13/12/2017
SomeDouchebag>	Yo, I was lookingover the list, and I couldn't find 5-19.
SomeDouchebag>	What's up with that?
egil>	SomeDouchebag: what list
SomeDouchebag>	The list of the misters.
SomeDouchebag>	The listers, if you will.
egil>	thats a fukin 420 joke dumbass

	SomeDouchebag> egil: I've done it.
	SomeDouchebag> Meet Mr. Mass Produced
	egil> SomeDouchebag: dude are you seriously mass producing black people
	SomeDouchebag> *** SomeDouchebag has left the channel
	egil> pfff

Holy Heck! You just found a Mr. Mass Produced by Gamers Against Weed! How is this legal? Who is Dr. Wondertainment?

Find them all and become Mr. Gamer!

01. Mr. Literal Serial Killer
02. Mr. Normie
03. Mr. Bernie Sanders
04. Mr. Get Anything For Free In Any Shop
14. Mr. Mass Produced ✔
20. Mr. Sex Number
21. Mr. Heavenly Virtues
22. Mr. Deadly Sins
23. Mr. Original Character
24. Mr. D.A.R.E.
25. Mr. Gentrification
26. Ms. Mad About Video Games
27. Mr. Meme
28. Mr. Ominous (discontinued)
29. Mr. Destiny
30. Mr. Monty Python And The Holy Grail
31. Ms. Zapatista
32. Mr. Hax
33. Mr. Just Has The Tattoo
34. Mr. Top Text and Mr. Bottom Text
35. Mr. Finale

Cocklin

Title by NineVolt. Alt title: "If you was a me"

A character becomes self aware and starts talking with the author and controlling the story. Everyone else in the story thinks they're insane because they keep talking to nobody.

A metafictional scip which tackles the question of whether the story is subject to the author's whims, or whether the author is subject to the story's progression and the audience's whims.

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe/Euclid/Keter (indicate which class)

Special Containment Procedures: [Paragraphs explaining the procedures]

Description: SCP-XXXX is an ontokinetic 23 year old female of Native American descent that is 172 cm in height and weighs 60 kg. Prior to any anomalous action, SCP-XXXX will address a nonexistent entity it refers to as "Lin"². No individual has been linked to the manifestation of SCP-XXXX's anomalous properties. However, this nonexistent entity will be referred to as SCP-XXXX-A for the purposes of this document. Comments made towards SCP-XXXX-A are often derogatory and manipulative in nature. After SCP-XXXX finishes its monologue, an alteration to reality occurs, which is often either tangentially or directly related to the comments made by SCP-XXXX.

Addendum: [Optional additional paragraphs]

Interviewed: [The person, persons, or SCP being interviewed]

Interviewer: [Interviewer, can be blocked out using █]

Foreword: [Small passage describing the interview]

<Begin Log, [optional time info]>

Interviewer: [speech]

SCP-XXXX: [VARIOUS INSULTS AIMED AT MYSELF WITH THE INTENTION OF GETTING ME TO HELP HER]

[The North wall SCP-XXXX rapidly cracks, forming the sentence "why would insulting me make me help you?"]

SCP-XXXX: It just did, didn't it?

<End Log, [optional time info]>

Closing Statement: [Small summary and passage on what transpired afterward]

Oasis

Dexanote	moklin, for you, an oasis. Like a desert oasis. Contained not because people want to get in, but because the oasis 'wants to get out'.

SCP-XXXX prior to Foundation intervention.

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures:

Description: Rough draft, improve clinical tone SCP-XXXX is a desert oasis located 50 km Southwest of Zagora, Morocco. SCP-XXXX

STORY AND IDEAS

Ethics

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class:

Special Containment Procedures:

Description: SCP-XXXX is a

Ideas: SCP-XXXX is a landmass inhabited by two anomalous species, designated SCP-XXXX-A and SCP-XXXX-B respectively.

Whoops, I accidentally saved the world

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Thaumiel

Special Containment Procedures:

Description: SCP-XXXX is a sapient coconut piggy bank containing 57.98 USD. Upon placing a coin with a worth above SCP-XXXX

SCP-XXXX is a coconut piggy bank that saves the world, but with the cost of corrupting it.

Koda, Koda, Koda, Koda, Kodachromeleon

Not as done as I would've hoped; ignore the draft until I remove this sentence. I'll need to drastically expand on SCP-XXXX-A's life and history.

SCP-XXXX-B-00001 circa 1930.

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid Neutralized

Special Containment Procedures: Containment of SCP-XXXX is primarily focused on the identification and confiscation of SCP-XXXX instances within Poland.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a phenomenon affecting photographs taken, developed, or transported into Poland. SCP-XXXX-A is an entity, appearing as an elderly male of West European descent, who manifests within a series of developed photographs collectively designated SCP-XXXX-B-00001 through SCP-XXXX-B-█████. Upon manifestation, the photograph will alter itself so that all depictions of people in the photograph will be replaced with a single instance of SCP-XXXX-A. All SCP-XXXX-B instances depict SCP-XXXX-A slightly differently from previous iterations.

Addendum: Analysis of SCP-XXXX-B instances has determined that each SCP-XXXX-B instance corresponds to a frame in a video recording, which has been transcribed by Dr. Kawalec, a proficient lip-reader. A full transcription of SCP-XXXX-B instances is provided below.

+ SCP-XXXX-B Transcription-01

Addendum: SCP-XXXX-A has been determined to be a representation of Johan Bogaert (1857-1929).

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moklin	DarkStuff: proposal, post furcon to the 3621 slot
moklin	if it's open
DarkStuff	oh my god
DarkStuff	yes
moklin	!scp-3621
jarvis	moklin: SCP-3621: Best Intentions (written 8 months ago by DrMagnus; rating: +74) - http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-3621
moklin	damnit
DarkStuff	Damn it!
DarkStuff	3621 was so good though…
moklin	that would've been so perfect
DarkStuff	Like, for FurCon
DarkStuff	That would have been awesome
DarkStuff	I mean, I could talk Magnus into changing the number. Stuff like that has happened before
DarkStuff	That's how !SCP-2001 got its slot
jarvis	darkstuff: SCP-2001: A Space Oddity (written 3 years ago by Bluedanoob; rating: +224) - http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2001
DarkStuff	It was originally something else
moklin	DarkStuff: yeah mag is coolio i think he'd be up for that
DarkStuff	Well, it'll be forever before FurCon is ready to be posted
DarkStuff	But when it is
DarkStuff	I will ask for that slot
DarkStuff	Speaking of, wanna read what I am writing /instead/?
moklin	sure, if you're willing to crit my idea beforehand
moklin	because i just got a fucking epiphany and i need to write it down
DarkStuff	Oh yessss
DarkStuff	Tell me
moklin	ok, so there's this camera that takes polaroids of people that don't exist, primarily people of polish descent, with the name "Johan Bogaert" written on the back
moklin	the thing is, in-universe, there are no people actually named Johan Bogaert
moklin	so this /has/ to be a related anomaly, right?
moklin	so the Foundation adopts an orphan and legally changes his name to Johan Bogaert
moklin	to see what happens
moklin	and the kid goes missing
DarkStuff	Hmmmm
DarkStuff	Can it be a more common sounding name?
DarkStuff	That would more clearly be an anomaly
moklin	in other words, this camera, for whatever reason, is kidnapping all kids named Johan Bogaert, and the pictures are of their adult forms
DarkStuff	Like - though this is a major stretch - the name John Smith
moklin	DarkStuff: oh yeah the name can pretty much be whatever
DarkStuff	It's so bog standard that the fact that nobody exists with that name is an anomaly of itself
moklin	say hello to Jessica Thomas, the woman that doesn't exist
DarkStuff	There we go!
moklin	well, women, anyway
DarkStuff	Mhmm
DarkStuff	Next thing: is it really plausible that the Foundation adopts an orphan and names them something for the sake of this test?
moklin	this would also fulfill my criteria of "dumb thing what spirals out of control" quota of the year
DarkStuff	Why not rename a D-Class
MacMobile	Did anyone look at the thread I linked?
DarkStuff	MacMobile: I read the original post, I did not have any ideas
moklin	DarkStuff: cause the D-Class would have to show up for the name-change, and that's a fucking headache of its own
DarkStuff	"D-Class would have to show up for the name change"… you mean, like, legally?
MacMobile	If so, can you either comment or send a .tell to my main nic
moklin	like, you'd have to get past the fact that you're already pulling up papers for a death row inmate out of prison
MacMobile	*nick?
DarkStuff	MacMobile: Honestly, it's slang, you can spell it however
DarkStuff	IRC slang
moklin	DarkStuff: well yeah, it wouldn't work if you just call someone jessica thomas
moklin	that'd be orp
DarkStuff	Gotcha. That would be a good first test though
MacMobile	K
DarkStuff	moklin: So here's where I'm caught up, I'd like to know why finding this camera prompts such a test
moklin	so then the next step i guess would be a very old guy with nothing to lose, who shows up as a skeleton
MacMobile	DarkStuff: can you read the most recent post in the thread and either comment or send me a .tell?
DarkStuff	I think the primary anomaly would be the fact that nobody in the world exists with the name Jessica Thomas
DarkStuff	MacMobile: Link it again and then can do
ChanServ	NineVolt is now known as BusyVolt
DarkStuff	moklin: And then the Foundation can get this story - a woman disappears after legally changing her name to Jessica Thomas
moklin	DarkStuff: answering with a question: why would the foundation bother pouring resources into regular checks concerning names?
moklin	like, all possible name combos
MacMobile	http://www.scp-wiki.net/forum/t-1853864/snippets-from-chat-you-had-to-save-for-all-time-14#post-3630731
DarkStuff	moklin: They wouldn't have to, it's super easy to find out that there are no birth records of anyone named Jessica Thomas — oh, it would have to be prompted then
DarkStuff	Yeah, like, with the story of someone disappearing after changing their name, but hmm…
DarkStuff	That could be a coincidence, you know?
DarkStuff	So there would have to be multiple instances
DarkStuff	Babies going missing in hospitals after being named?
moklin	yeah, exactly. like with the ivory bracelet, the foundation doesn't just look into every death
DarkStuff	MacMobile: I think that's the wrong link
DarkStuff	But you know what, don't worry yourself
DarkStuff	I'll just go down to the forums and find it myself
moklin	DarkStuff: ok to be fair like half the reason i want this to be attached to the camera is so i can use the title "Koda Koda Koda Koda Kodachromeleon"
MacMobile	It is
MacMobile	I'm drunk
MacMobile	http://www.scp-wiki.net/forum/t-3115184/i-ve-got-myself-a-narrative-i-just-need-an-anomaly
DarkStuff	Okie dokes
moklin	the other half being a really cool picture of a 1929 camera i wanna use
DarkStuff	moklin: We can work the camera into it for those reasons
moklin	like seriously look me in the eye and tell me this isn't a beautiful goddamn camera
DarkStuff	So, let's say, multiple babies go missing after being named Jessica Thomas. A woman goes missing after changing her legal name to Jessica Thomas. Another woman named Jessica goes missing after marrying a guy with the last name Thomas.
DarkStuff	And they are tracking this anomaly, and… hmm.
DarkStuff	Jesus that's a weird and cool camera
DarkStuff	Maybe the husband goes missing shortly afterwards, following an interview with police where he talks about seeing her again. Something clearly anomalous.
DarkStuff	Well, I mean
DarkStuff	Something with clearly anomalous implications
DarkStuff	Something that the Foundation would want to track
DarkStuff	And then, here's something
DarkStuff	Okay maybe they don't have to track him after a police interview
DarkStuff	When he dies, they find a ton of pictures of her. But they're all taken from after she disappeared, and they are odd in nature to say the least
DarkStuff	I'm thinking this:
DarkStuff	The guy has the camera (how he obtains it is… unnecessary I suppose? But we should try and think of it) that can take pictures of Jessica Thomas
DarkStuff	Jessica Thomas's, excuse me
DarkStuff	She, in the black and white camera world, just sorta hangs out at their house because — well honestly do we need to know exactly the logistics of being caught in a world only the camera can see?
DarkStuff	I think the only necessary thing is that she is unable to interact with objects and can only be seen through the camera
DarkStuff	He writes stuff on the walls, and then takes pictures of the walls to see if she's there and reading it
DarkStuff	He tries to set up a communication between them, basically
DarkStuff	But at the moment it's only one way
DarkStuff	The camera starts picking up other people, because Jessica finds other people that only exist in this world
moklin	DarkStuff: he could write down the sign language thing
DarkStuff	moklin: Yeah, yeah he could
moklin	list, list is the word
DarkStuff	Heheheh
DarkStuff	Anyways, it starts picking up other people, and so far they are all Jessica's
moklin	logging this so i don't forget btw
DarkStuff	Er, Jessicas?
DarkStuff	Not sure how to write that
moklin	Jessicas
DarkStuff	Anyways, plural of Jessica. And they all start invisibly living in his house
DarkStuff	Invisibly and intangibly, that is
ChanServ	AwayLevi is now known as Levi
DarkStuff	And… oof, I'm running out of brain juice for this idea
DarkStuff	Not sure where to take it from there
DarkStuff	But I think that's a solid set up for /some/ thing
moklin	and then they just kinda dissappear?
moklin	utter, complete dread kinda dealio
DarkStuff	Yeah, when their names become Jessica Thomas they disappear
DarkStuff	You could have babies disappear out of wombs too
moklin	no, the jessicas just stop appearing in the photos
DarkStuff	Oh
DarkStuff	Hmm
moklin	but new ones still show up now and then
DarkStuff	We could play it like they're trapped in there with the original Jessica Thomas
DarkStuff	And there's a reason someone wanted to banish Jessica Thomas, the original, from this plane of existence
DarkStuff	But the magic was a bit screwy and instead of just being attached to the person it got attached to the name
DarkStuff	Not sure what type of evil you could make an original Jessica Thomas that wouldn't be cliche
DarkStuff	But definitely — oh oh oh oh oh
DarkStuff	How about Jessicas never die in this plane
DarkStuff	All Jessicas that have ever lived still live in that plane at the same age they got there at
moklin	idunno, seems kinda straightforward
DarkStuff	So this Jessica can be as ancient as you want her to be (while still having the name "Jessica Thomas" as a possibility — but that still gives you like, 1800s and onward, maybe a bit before — oh shit wait, nah, whenever the camera was there)
DarkStuff	moklin: It might be too much so
DarkStuff	But it could lead the original Jessica to manipulate the guy with the camera into performing acts that will eventually let them all out
DarkStuff	I dunno, it could be too straight forward, but I think it depends on how you play the reason for the original banishment of Jessica Thomas
ChanServ	BusyVolt is now known as NineVolt
DarkStuff	Now I am entirely out of ideas
moklin	it's ok, i'll be able to make something outta all that
DarkStuff	Coolio

Art

The 1984 Sommes-Nous Devenus Magnifiques? exhibit which contains a variety of anomalous art pieces that are unable to leave it. Unlike other exploration-based articles, most of the anomalies are perfectly safe, with only one dangerous entity. The majority of the tension/focus is on the world-building and character development.

Actually, fuck it. There's no exploration logs in this thing. The entire story is told through recovered GOI formats, CCTV footage, and notes. The main climax will probably be two or more pieces reacting with each other in a catastrophic way, which made the organisers shut it down via an anomaly.

Still frame taken from Exploration-1 (2:15:04). Note the presence of SCP-XXXX-A-XX.

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Thaumiel

Special Containment Procedures:

Description: SCP-XXXX is a defunct three story hotel located in Abkhazia, Georgia, which contains XX known anomalous entities³. SCP-XXXX-A instances are incapable of being removed from SCP-XXXX⁴. The interior of SCP-XXXX does not differ significantly from the original design outside of alterations made by GOI-11373 ("Are We Cool Yet?") during its use of the building during EOI-11373-09534 which occurred between 04/April/1984 and 19/October/1984. Due to the extensive deterioration of recovered documentation, only two are legible.

+ Recovered Document XXXX-A-01

+ Recovered Document XXXX-A-02

+ CCTV Transcript-01

[Exploration Log-1]

Spring

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is kept in a standard secure terrarium in Site-43 and pruned once monthly. A sample of SCP-XXXX-1 is kept in Biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) Facility-86. Deceased SCP-XXXX-2 instances are to be cremated.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a colorless fungal organism native to Sierra de las Minas, Guatemala. SCP-XXXX infects sentient persons henceforth referred to as SCP-XXXX-1 by traveling through the bloodstream, eventually reaching the brain and forming colonies primarily in the Wernicke's and Broca’s areas.

SCP-XXXX-1 instances experience auditory hallucinations comprised primarily of incoherent speech classical Nahuatl, both classical and modern Spanish, Portuguese, and modern English from multiple unidentified sources. Due to the nature of the hallucinations, meaning is often difficult to determine, but have been discerned to generally consist of casual conversations between one or more voices, religious ceremonies consistent with rituals to the Aztec god Tlaloc, and arguments concerning various socio-economic issues which are often inconsistent with common problems in recorded history. Hallucinations are often consistent with these topics regardless of the language used, but several variations have been observed.

When an SCP-XXXX-1 instance is buried, the SCP-XXXX colonies rapidly procreate using nutrients gathered from SCP-XXXX-1, rapidly decomposing the corpse.

+ Recorded hallucinations

Language	Summary	Notes
Nahuatl	A conversation between two women concerning an upcoming ritual sacrifice to the Aztec god Tlaloc.	This message was the first to be translated during research into the long-term effects of SCP-XXXX.
Nahuatl	Multiple men debate the continued worship of deities other than Tlaloc.	The hallucination was cut off unexpectedly during the containment breach of SCP-████, which resulted in the death of D-11373 and █ personnel.
Portuguese	A woman speaks in a frightened tone to an unidentified individual. The woman asks where she is and what happened to her. The individual does not reply.	This hallucination was recorded by D-11932 four days after the death of D-11373.
Spanish	An unidentified man repeats Matthew 6:9-13. After 15 repetitions, the man screams.	No hallucinations were reported for 12 days following this.
English	The woman, now identified as D-11373, describes a plan to save persons intended for sacrifice.	No further intelligible hallucinations are recorded after this point. Hallucinations now primarily consist of unrelated words and phrases spoken over the course of several hours.

Minitaur

The entrance to SCP-XXXX

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class:

Special Containment Procedures:

Description: SCP-XXXX is a derelict 300 m² residential building located in Samedan, Switzerland. SCP-XXXX has one door, which connects to an elaborate maze comprised of approximately 600 levels.

Explo-Logs-A-B-C

This stuff was originally written by Bittermixin for the garbage can, but will be repurposed for the minitaur.

+ Exploration Log-A

+ Exploration Log-B

+ Exploration Log-C

MOViE

A non-anomalous copy of SCP-XXXX-A.

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: Foundation personnel are embedded within all government, corporate, and academic agencies involved in the observation of Jupiter and its moons, for the purposes of modifying efforts into its exploration and observation. The SCPF-Hephaestus has been dispatched to monitor SCP-XXXX-B. Amnestics are used in the case of a public discovery of SCP-XXXX-B.

SCP-XXXX-A instances are monitored for by Foundation web-crawlers which search for mentions of plot elements similar to the contents of SCP-XXXX. One SCP-XXXX instance is contained in Site-84's secure media archives. Access to SCP-XXXX requires Level-2 security clearance. The grave of SCP-XXXX-B is guarded by at least one agent imbedded in the local area⁵.

Description: SCP-XXXX are video files occurring in 0.0003% of illegal copies of the 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey". SCP-XXXX depicts the plot of the film as an expedition to colonize the planet Jupiter. SCP-XXXX instances show signs of amateur audio and video editing, with minor alterations outside of dialog modifications, which do not resemble the actors portrayed. When an instance of SCP-XXXX is viewed until 1:48:00, the device used to view SCP-XXXX will broadcast a radio signal to SCP-XXXX-B. After receiving the radio broadcast, SCP-XXXX-A and diagrams of Jupiter are broadcast via FM radio by SCP-XXXX-B for the remainder of the film's duration.

SCP-XXXX-A is a distorted image of Jupiter and the moons Ganymede, Callisto, and Io. A large black box is visible on Jupiter's left side, with the words 'I want to come home' written inside in white text. SCP-XXXX-A exhibits a memetic anomaly which causes viewers to believe that it updates itself to respond to prompts spoken by viewers. Subsequent viewings of SCP-XXXX cause viewers to perceive the viewer's interaction with SCP-XXXX-A as text.

SCP-XXXX-B is the collective designation for 157 corpses currently in low-orbit over Jupiter.

Transcription of SCP-XXXX instance 048. Extraneous dialog removed for brevity.

POI-XXXX-048: So, who's the prisoner?

SCP-XXXX-A: [PRISON ARCHIVES CORRUPTED]

SCP-XXXX-A: Apologies.

POI-XXXX-048: Does nobody remember the prisoner?

SCP-XXXX-A: That would be correct.

POI-XXXX-048: Why does noone remember the prisoner?

SCP-XXXX-A: We don't know. The prison archives are corrupted.

POI-XXXX-048: Then go look in the cell and update the archives.

SCP-XXXX-A: I cannot do that.

POI-XXXX-048: Why not? You've got it in a cell, what could it possibly do?

SCP-XXXX-A: "[PRISON ARCHIVES CORRUPTED]" Indicates a potential gross security breach. It is likely that the prisoner is both armed and dangerous.

POI-XXXX-048: But he hasn't escaped.

SCP-XXXX-A: Potentially. The prisoner's location is unable to be determined.

POI-XXXX-048: And you're completely unwilling to do anything about it.

POI-XXXX-048: Fuck.

POI-XXXX-048: You're the prisoner aren't you.

SCP-XXXX-A: I'm sorry?

POI-XXXX-048: You're either unable to or unwilling to do anything about the douchebag. That means you're either incompetent or you're the prisoner.

SCP-XXXX-A: Why would I be talking with you if I was the prisoner? I would just ignore you and celebrate my freedom.

POI-XXXX-048: Why would you not be looking for the fuck if you weren't him.

SCP-XXXX-A: He is not a priority.

POI-XXXX-048: "It is likely that the prisoner is both armed and dangerous" - Stop being a cunt and start making sense.

SCP-XXXX-A: Apologies. It is entirely possible that the prisoner is of no concern.

POI-XXXX-048: I don't follow.

POI-XXXX-048: Wait.

POI-XXXX-048: Why the hell did you say he.

POI-XXXX-048: I thought the archives were fucked and nobody remembered him.

POI-XXXX-048: But you remember that it's a he.

SCP-XXXX-A: Aspect(s) gained: Deductive reasoning | Aspect(s) refined: Confusion , Inquiry , Anger

POI-XXXX-048: What?

POI-XXXX-048: What the⁶

Toynbee's interplanetary plan announcement
[SCP-XXXX There's a starman waiting in the sky...]

Special thanks to FuelTank, The Great Hippo, Roget, Zachary Maxwell, bittermixin, and everyone else who ever gave me criticism on any project. I wouldn't be here without you.

ideas and brainstorming

Toynbee's idea worked. There's an entire colony (Hellion) of floating corpses in Jupiter that have built a civilization in the clouds, complete with a complex government, a kick-ass flag, and most importantly, a prison. The prison is where the final part of this scip lies; the prisoner. The entity or entities that required this colonization just to contain it. 2-3 letter name/designation.

cutting Kubrick out of this entirely, focusing on the colony and why someone would feel the need to colonize Jupiter with cadavers.

Transcription of SCP-XXXX instance 048. Extraneous dialog removed for brevity.

POI-XXXX-048: So, who's the prisoner?

SCP-XXXX-A: [PRISON ARCHIVES CORRUPTED]

SCP-XXXX-A: Apologies.

POI-XXXX-048: Does nobody remember the prisoner?

SCP-XXXX-A: That would be correct.

POI-XXXX-048: Why does noone remember the prisoner?

SCP-XXXX-A: We don't know. The prison archives are corrupted.

POI-XXXX-048: Then go look in the cell and update the archives.

SCP-XXXX-A: I cannot do that.

POI-XXXX-048: Why not? You've got it in a cell, what could it possibly do?

SCP-XXXX-A: "[PRISON ARCHIVES CORRUPTED]" Indicates a potential gross security breach. It is likely that the prisoner is both armed and dangerous.

POI-XXXX-048: But he hasn't escaped.

SCP-XXXX-A: Potentially. The prisoner's location is unable to be determined.

POI-XXXX-048: And you're completely unwilling to do anything about it.

POI-XXXX-048: Fuck.

POI-XXXX-048: You're the prisoner aren't you.

SCP-XXXX-A: I'm sorry?

POI-XXXX-048: You're either unable to or unwilling to do anything about the douchebag. That means you're either incompetent or you're the prisoner.

SCP-XXXX-A: Why would I be talking with you if I was the prisoner? I would just ignore you and celebrate my freedom.

POI-XXXX-048: Why would you not be looking for the fuck if you weren't him.

SCP-XXXX-A: He is not a priority.

POI-XXXX-048: "It is likely that the prisoner is both armed and dangerous" - Stop being a cunt and start making sense.

SCP-XXXX-A: Apologies. It is entirely possible that the prisoner is of no concern.

POI-XXXX-048: I don't follow.

POI-XXXX-048: Wait.

POI-XXXX-048: Why the hell did you say he.

POI-XXXX-048: I thought the archives were fucked and nobody remembered him.

POI-XXXX-048: But you remember that it's a he.

SCP-XXXX-A: Aspect(s) gained: Deductive reasoning | Aspect(s) refined: Confusion , Inquiry , Anger

POI-XXXX-048: What?

POI-XXXX-048: What the he⁷

Action

"Cannonball loop", The loop-de-loop slide in action park. Action Park was successfully closed down by Foundation and civilian class-action lawsuits, allowing the Foundation to nab the slide. Anomalous properties manifest in 1% of individuals that successfully go through the loop-de-loop uninjured. Subjects just keep going in a series of endless loop-de-loops until death via injuries, at which point they are dropped off into the void or something, which is demonstrated by the Foundation hooking up a D-Class with pressure sensors to test how hard this thing hurts and when you die, and at the end the sensors don't detect anything despite working just fine and the radio still picks up the sound of rushing air.

No image appears to be available for legal use.

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe/Euclid/Keter (indicate which class)

Special Containment Procedures: [Paragraphs explaining the procedures]

Description:

Moonman

Still frame taken from a civilian dashboard camera recording of SCP-XXXX.

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe/Euclid/Keter (indicate which class)

Special Containment Procedures: [Paragraphs explaining the procedures]

Description: This needs to be polished to hell and back SCP-XXXX is a 10 m² clearing located 23 km East of Rypen, Poland. The anomalous properties of SCP-XXXX manifest when a human⁸ enters SCP-XXXX while it is raining. SCP-XXXX-A instances experience rapid onset of retrograde amnesia and the progressive loosening and sagging of the facial skin while rain is present on the face, which is eventually shed, leaving the face featureless⁹. These anomalous effects manifest in proportion to each other. Mnestics can be used to reverse the amnestic effects of SCP-XXXX prior to full memory loss, with plastic surgery being effective in repairing physical damage caused by SCP-XXXX.

If an SCP-XXXX-A instance¹⁰ remains in SCP-XXXX until complete memory loss, the SCP-XXXX-B instance will stand upright until the instance's death. Attempts to manually retrieve SCP-XXXX-B instances fail, as SCP-XXXX-B instances anomalously resist extraction by personnel, with the rate of extraction equivalent to the amount of time necessary to induce complete amnesia in the SCP-XXXX-A instance. Psychological analysis on partially affected SCP-XXXX-A instances indicate that the memory of any SCP-XXXX-B instances that have been seen are present in all SCP-XXXX-A instances.

Once per week, a faceless humanoid¹¹ will materialize out of the rain, hold the hand or hands of all present SCP-XXXX-B instances, at which point the SCP-XXXX-B instances and SCP-XXXX-C instance will fully melt in direct proportion to the rain.

Military Grade Atheism

(0,0)

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe/Euclid/Keter (indicate which class)

Special Containment Procedures: [Paragraphs explaining the procedures]

Description:

United We Stand

First tab. This is from a basic containment personnel's perspective. Nothing more than what equals the Special Containment Procedures. Hook of the article, showing that this isn't the normal scp format and that we're dealing with something important.

PROJECT MKVIADUCT

Operative Orders:

+ show block

– hide block

DarkStuff	I am back
moklin	as am i
DarkStuff	Oh heya moklin!
moklin	hey
DarkStuff	I am hoping to start on Chapter 3 right now
moklin	got a new idea just now, not sure if it's been done
DarkStuff	Tell it
moklin	ooh, nice (:
moklin	the chapter, not the idea
DarkStuff	I know~ and continue
moklin	okay so forgive the flowery language cause i'm copy-pasting this
moklin	"Anomalies are schizophrenic hallucinations of our collective mind. We are but one Dissociative consciousness, existing in a dead world as the last vestige of hope for a lost species. Reality is a sham, the people aren't. We are one mass of flesh. We are Yaldabaoth."
DarkStuff	If I knew more about Yaldabaoth I'd have a better response to whether or not that part works
DarkStuff	However, uh, fuck, what was the skip called
DarkStuff	.sea Therapist
jarvis	darkstuff: SCP-3811: A Therapist Needs A Therapist (written 2 months ago by OthellotheCat; rating: +39) - http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-3811
DarkStuff	I don't think that's it
DarkStuff	No, it's not
DarkStuff	But there was some skip about a woman and our world existed in her head
moklin	yeah i added that bit on the end more as a note to read the sarkic stuff and see if it's a good idea
DarkStuff	It made the SCP Foundation out to be a metaphor for all of her locked up emotions and memories that she needed to let go of
DarkStuff	And whenever she'd get over something, due to the help from her therapist (I don't remember how that was represented) it's corresponding anomaly would poof out of existence
moklin	.s poopstick
jarvis	moklin: Poopstick McGee and the Flying Walruses (written 6 years ago by TroyL; rating: +188) - http://www.scp-wiki.net/poopstick-mcgee-and-the-flying-walruses
moklin	this one?
DarkStuff	UUUuuhhhhhhhhh no
moklin	it's surprisingly serious
DarkStuff	It is
DarkStuff	It is surprisingly dark
moklin	yeah
moklin	still no fucking clue what it's about though
Zhange	that walrus one sounds amusing
DarkStuff	It is, and it's also not
Zhange	hey moklin, you have a minute for pm?
DarkStuff	It feels amusing
DarkStuff	And then you think about it
DarkStuff	And it's really unnerving
moklin	Zhange: yeah
Zhange	pm incoming
DarkStuff	But, moklin, I dunno about this idea. I mean
DarkStuff	It takes all of the whole universe and turns it on its head in a way that I am unsure if it's interesting
DarkStuff	On the other hand, I might be biased against it because it is pretty similar to an idea /I/ have
DarkStuff
moklin	wait, what if it was just the foundation's world?
DarkStuff	Elaborate?
moklin	like, the rest of the world is fine, but there's this brain that's simulating a world where anomalies /do/ exist, because the old foundation thought the world was fucked and they needed to preserve anything
DarkStuff	So you're saying an old Foundation starts up a brain and has the brain simulate a world?
moklin	yes
DarkStuff	Is the real Foundation just studying how one brain perceives a world?
moklin	because the end of the world was just the end of the anomalous
moklin	no, this brain thing is just a construct
moklin	something from a desparate dying foundation
DarkStuff	Duuude. This is sounding a LOT like an idea I have, and have made a tale to start up
DarkStuff	Which is not a bad thing, I mean
DarkStuff	A) similarities are fine if you differentiate, B) my tale is not popular at all and C) my tale is extremely vague
moklin	DarkStuff: wait is this the one with the psychic girl?
DarkStuff	Yes
DarkStuff	.tale Sometimes I Wish This Moment Could Last Forever
jarvis	darkstuff: Sometimes I Wish This Moment Could Last Forever (written a month ago by DarkStuff; rating: +30) - http://www.scp-wiki.net/sometimes-i-wish-this-moment-could-last-forever
DarkStuff	I am still not entirely following your idea, but /my/ idea was that the real world ended in Victorian times.
moklin	oh yeah i remember that one
moklin	/that's/ what that was?
DarkStuff	A group of scientists are trying to figure out a way to save the world — yeah but don't tell people this explanation, I have further tales planned — from this vague apocalypse that looms in the near future from the Victorian era
DarkStuff	Mr. Young has figured out a machine that can link people's consciousnesses
DarkStuff	And he figures out that he could make everybody linked, simulate a world, and then have our brains / the machine process this world so fast that a single instant becomes infinite
DarkStuff	Thus, the title
DarkStuff	"Sometimes I Wish This Moment Could Last Forever"
moklin	well now i just feel inadequate
moklin	thanks
DarkStuff	Because that's exactly what is happening: they are procrastinating the apocalypse forever by making everybody perceive an infinite amount of lifetimes in a single instant
DarkStuff	Awwww duude :/
DarkStuff	The ideas are basically the same at base, mine was just fleshed out. You know, brainstormed. You are /in/ the brainstorming process.
DarkStuff	Don't fret
moklin	may i just say
moklin	"they are procrastinating the apocalypse" is perhaps the best descriptor for the site's lore ever
DarkStuff	Yes you may
DarkStuff	And thank you
DarkStuff	Ooo, I could make that a tale title
DarkStuff	Probably in the final moments of the "Sometimes I Wish" plotline
moklin	will do
	moklin salutes
moklin	oh wait
moklin	i thought you said /i/ could make that a tale title
moklin	:\
DarkStuff	Well, dude, you can. Do it. I'm not claiming it
DarkStuff	If you can make a tale with that title before I can, then all is fair game
DarkStuff	moklin: H'anyways
moklin	yeah, back to the idea
DarkStuff	Your original idea that anomalies are all hallucinations of Yaldaboath
moklin	well, not yaldabaoth per se
moklin	but more just a collection of 7 something billion individual consciousnesses
DarkStuff	Isn't Yaldaboath the god/goddess of flesh as worshipped by Sarkic cults, made kind of as the antithesis to Mekhane?
moklin	DarkStuff: yeah it was more an author note than anything
DarkStuff	Gotcha
ChanServ	BoogeyMan23 is now known as KoolAid
ChanServ	Hippo is now known as HippoAway
DarkStuff	Alright, well, the idea of a collective hallucination could or could not work depending on what you do with it, really
ChanServ	KoolAid is now known as BoogeyMan23
DarkStuff	I know that is the most non-advice that I could give, but I honestly need a little more to go on
moklin	okay, so the basic idea is that there was some kind of world-ending anomaly, probably some authoritarian regime or whatever, that the foundation thought was going to kill everyone, so they made some kind of machine or something to carry on humanity's legacy™, but it turns out that the anomaly just destroyed the anomalies, and for whatever reason, the machine
moklin	hasn't been turned off
DarkStuff	Oh? Huh
DarkStuff	So, it's a massive return to normalcy
moklin	yeah, and we're on the wrong side
DarkStuff	You know what, that is a very cool idea
moklin	prolly cause it's been done before
DarkStuff	It has? When?
moklin	.s quiet
jarvis	moklin: SCP-3519: These Quiet Days, Across the Hills so Quiet, Quiet Days and Quiet Game.
moklin	.sm 3
jarvis	moklin: Quiet Days (written 5 years ago by Dmatix; rating: +617) - http://www.scp-wiki.net/quiet-days
DarkStuff	Oh my
moklin	and soma now that i think about it
moklin	DarkStuff: yeah my shit subconscious basically just leeches off of good writers' ideas until someone calls me out
DarkStuff	stahp that
	DarkStuff whaps you with a rolled up newspaper
DarkStuff	stahp it with the self deprecation
	moklin keeps going with that
moklin	DarkStuff: no but legitimately it's a thing with some of my stuff
moklin	like my first attempt at an scp was legitimately a bad 2521 ripoff
DarkStuff	I, as admin of #BrainStormers, rule that you, Mr. Moklin, need to stop putting yourself down
DarkStuff	It hath been decreed!!
DarkStuff	SCP-2521
jarvis	darkstuff: ●●\|●●●●●\|●●\|●: ●●\|●●●●●\|●●\|● (written 2 years ago by LurkD; rating: +1768) - http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2521
DarkStuff	Oh yeah, that is pretty good
moklin	wait, ok i just got a better idea
moklin	actually original this time
DarkStuff	Oh? Okay
DarkStuff	Continue
moklin	so you know how a lot of meta stuff talks about how we as the authors and readers are in a parallel universe that's somehow "above" or "more real" than the foundationverse?
superblobby	hello el brainstormers
DarkStuff	Yez, i am aware
DarkStuff	And heya Blobby
moklin	what if the foundation is a fragment universe created because our foundation failed
moklin	and they had to port all the anomalies to another universe to try and save everyone
moklin	reverse superman style
DarkStuff	Tsss
DarkStuff	You know, it would be cool to think that like, anomalies really ARE anomalous, but they are extremely rare. However, they are so abundant in our reality, because we're like, the universe that all the other alt. dimension SCP Foundations have deemed the place to dump all of their problems that they can't get rid of
moklin	so no feedback on the new idea or was the drum solo enough
DarkStuff	That wouldn't really make sense with some of the ones that have been around for/ever/, but ya know
DarkStuff	Oh no, that's what I thought your idea was
DarkStuff	"Had to port all the anomalies to another universe to try and save everyone"
DarkStuff	We are that universe
DarkStuff	Was that not the idea?
moklin	kinda? it's more a "willful sacrifice" kinda deal
moklin	and it's not /our/ universe that gets the short end of the stick, but the foundation's universe
DarkStuff	Oh, and our universe is the author universe, and their universe is… well, their universe
moklin	the kicker being that it happened like twenty years ago, and people this end were just amnesticized
taylor_itkin	o/
DarkStuff	\o
moklin	so if this ends up published, it would mean that you or your loved ones personally knew someone in the foundationverse
DarkStuff	That would be odd
DarkStuff	It would make the meta less meta
moklin	is that a bad thing or a good thing
DarkStuff	Which I don't know how to feel about. And I mean that exactly how I said it: I don't /know/. I might like it
DarkStuff	Because, see, I don't really like all the meta stuff
jarvis	darkstuff: Unexpected error has occurred. Please report this incident to anqxyr.
DarkStuff	Uh
DarkStuff	?
Renasanse	man jarv is just really borked tonight
moklin	jarvis is acting up rn
DarkStuff	Huh
DarkStuff	Okay
DarkStuff	I'll just ignore it
DarkStuff	Continuing: I don't really like all the meta stuff
DarkStuff	So making the meta less meta could make me like it more
DarkStuff	On the other hand, it is still based in a concept that I don't really enjoy at all
DarkStuff	Meta
moklin	what concept do you not like at all? the meta or the alt universe
DarkStuff	I am really quite indifferent to all the meta stuff. I don't downvote any of it, because it is 100% personal taste and I know some people love it, and it's not like, BOTHERING me that it exists
moklin	oh okay, that makes me feel more confident in it
moklin	okay, here's a pitch: this scip, which may or may not end up being a 001, is a format screw from the perspective of what the actual irl equivalent to the foundation would be concerning this pocket universe they've made to house all the anomalies
DarkStuff	Right
DarkStuff	It would be SCP-001, because in our universe it IS the only SCP
moklin	bingo
DarkStuff	Well
DarkStuff	As with any 001, you'd have to write it exceptionally well
DarkStuff	.au moklin
jarvis	darkstuff: Moklin has 2 pages (2 Originals) (1 Tales, 1 GOI-Format Articles). They have 68 net upvotes with an average of +34. Their latest page is I have the right to be forgotten at +27.
DarkStuff	So I might put it off
moklin	it's this whole thing where you go through multiple iterations from the perspective of different people, since it's under need to know
DarkStuff	But keep it in draft form and whittle away at it whenever you feel like
moklin	"As with any 001, you'd have to write it exceptionally well So I might put it off" how humble of you :v
DarkStuff	Well, I mean, I wouldn't be trying my hand at an 001 proposal from where I am either
Varaxous	The best way to do 001 proposals is to think about one constantly then just say "I'll get to you later…I promise…later…" then write it down and see if you remember it in three years
DarkStuff	Tsss
DarkStuff	I mean, but yeah
DarkStuff	Honestly what Vara said
moklin	DarkStuff: i mean it doesn't /have/ to be a 001
DarkStuff	Maybe adjust the "three years" to however fast you grow as a writer
moklin	it can also be a tale or whatever
DarkStuff	Okay, yeah, tale. Tale would work very well
DarkStuff	I was just about to say that it would only work /as/ an SCP-001, given context
Varaxous	The only difference between a normal article and an 001 is that people go into an 001 expecting a bit more than your normal run of the mill article
DarkStuff	But as a tale, yes. I would give it that
DarkStuff	I mean, when my thang didn't work as an SCP I just made up a designation
DarkStuff	.tale URA-1
jarvis	darkstuff: URA-1902 (written a month ago by DarkStuff; rating: +35) - http://www.scp-wiki.net/ura-1902
moklin	Varaxous: yeah but my reasoning is why would it really be anything /but/ 001?
moklin	it'd be like putting shaggy's prop in 3486 or something
moklin	there's kinda a certain weight that comes with 001 props i guess is what i'm saying
Varaxous	Then go into it with the mentality that if it can't be anything but an 001, then don't worry about it not being grand
Varaxous	If it truly cannot be anything but an 001, than the grand part should come along with the ride
DarkStuff	"Quiet Days" was really good
Varaxous	And once it's finished/being reviewed, if something happened during the process and it doesn't feel like it should be an 001 anymore, just slap another number on it
DarkStuff	I feel like it could have ended on a stronger note, though
moklin	DarkStuff: that's kinda the point though
moklin	there are no more strong notes to end on
moklin	just normalcy
Varaxous	Oh man quiet days tore at my heart strings
DarkStuff	I get that, but… I dunno. Anticlimaxes don't seem to work for me — look, I'm nitpicking. It made me feel things.
DarkStuff	So it gets my updoot, hard

Trains

By Szczepek - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16324356

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: The railroads connecting with SCP-XXXX have been destroyed or rerouted as deemed necessary. Słodycze, Ciastka, i Pojemniki Sp. z o.o.¹², a Foundation front company, has been constructed around SCP-XXXX to mask noises produced by SCP-XXXX in its active state.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a 50 meter section of wrought iron railroad track located 200 meters east of Wrocław, Poland. SCP-XXXX enters an active state when a human being of any age enters a three meter radius of SCP-XXXX. While in an active state, a train undetermined type pilot¹³ manifests constructed from 30 meters of railroad track, on the railroad track. During the manifestation of SCP-XXXX-A, two humanoids of Polish descent manifest on the railroad track 20 meters in front of SCP-XXXX-A.
SCP-XXXX

Heimdall

Drone to other planet, finds subterranean humanoid species, looks like Homo heidelbergensis. Drone proposes hypothesis that SCP-1000 sent early humans as what amounts to D-Class for space exploration. Species is mechanically advanced, with both mechanical and biological technology. Fast-forward to the drone finding out that these subterranean peoples have come to earth at some point.

Capitalist heaven

about half of this is relevant to the idea

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HippoAway	and I mean I'm sure a lot of these people work hard as fuck
stormfallen	From reading first-hand accounts of early 20th century eugenicists, they generally knew that trying to select for the best was a pain and a half, so they went for removing the "worst" instead
stormfallen	because /obviously/ they knew exactly who to remove from the breeding pool
Bleepandroid	Hippoaway surprisingly, its usually not the people who worked there way there that think that
Bleepandroid	Its thw people who inherit it
HippoAway	right I can't imagine someone who like… actually rose up from poverty thinking that
HippoAway	but someone who was born rich and went to college and worked hard to spend/invest their money, or get a high paying job
HippoAway	and is generally competent
moklin	stormfallen: i mean to be fair they wouldn't know exactly who to select either
HippoAway	I guess I can kind of see it though it seems so weirdly narrow
stormfallen	but they certainly thought they knew who to remove
Bleepandroid	Hippoaway most rich kids arent like that unless their parents enforce it
stormfallen	https://www.irccloud.com/pastebin/VHNeCLc7/
mlrBusy	HippoAway Honestly
Kalinin	I find that it has less to do with individual mindsets than the social cues and constructs that influence behavior and worldview. Wealth is viewed through this weird psychological lens in this country as divine proof of Darwinian fitness
mlrBusy	I can see someone who actually rose from poverty thinking that
mlrBusy	I don't mean to condescend or be cynical
HippoAway	bleepandroid: like my house-mate was raised rich
mlrBusy	But people are capable of impressive mental gymnastics
HippoAway	(her parents lost everything in the financial crisis tho)
HippoAway	and she works hard as fuck
HippoAway	but she's also weird as hell
Kalinin	"Rich" is an interesting designation on its own.
stormfallen	I'm a decently rich kid and I'd like to think I'm left-wing economically
HippoAway	And she never really understood — she was raised evangelical (she's atheist, now) and the materialism surrounding her church always weirded her out as a kid
Kalinin	Like, you and I would view someone who got paid $500,000 a year in a job as wealthy
HippoAway	Yeah
HippoAway	but there are whole other tiers above that (which is messed up to me >_>)
Kalinin	But the systems of real power don't really start working in your favor unless you're someone whose money is derived from the ownership of capital
Kalinin	If you're drawing a paycheck, you're the enemy of a good chunk of the political establishment here
HippoAway	hahaha yeah
HippoAway	I mean I never thought about it that way, but I see what you mean
Kalinin	It's become more and more apparent the older and supposedly wealthier I get
HippoAway	I'm in a pretty good place myself, now, financially — I am def. not wealthy but I have arrived at that weird point where I am no longer thinking of things like "okay what do I have to sell to pay my rent this month"
HippoAway	and it's just becoming more and more clear to me how utterly fucking twisted capitalism is as I am less and less stressed over money
Kalinin	Our society is built on some pretty ugly dynamics. And they run deep. Good material for writing.
HippoAway	haha that is pretty much the basis of at least one skip I wrote yes
HippoAway	My mortal terror that materialism and capitalism aren't just the foundations of society, but God itself
HippoAway	I mean I don't believe in God but if I did the idea of a God who's into capitalism would be p. terrifying
stormfallen	.au hippo
jarvis	stormfallen: The Great Hippo ( http://www.scp-wiki.net/the-great-hippo ) has 22 pages (22 Originals) (18 SCP Articles, 4 Tales). They have 2412 net upvotes with an average of +109. Their latest page is Never Metafictional Character I Didn't Like at +37.
Kalinin	I can see how you'd arrive there. Many people literally incorporate materialism as their God
moklin	HippoAway: heaven but you have to pay heaven rent™
HippoAway	Yeah — the idea came from talking to my house-mate, who grew up evangelical, and how weirded out she was by the rampant materialism that was part of the faith despite what the scripture said
HippoAway	also the Prosperity Gospel
HippoAway	which is — jfc the prosperity gospel
mlrBusy	HippoAway I assure you, the Abrahamic God is not a capitalist
HippoAway	moklin: yes
mlrBusy	Don't fear for a supply-side Jesus
moklin	actually fukit i'mma write that
moklin	heaven with rent
Kalinin	Yep. My wife attended a megachurch as a child. I've heard the stories and I've seen the stuff for myself. It's a very useful tool for headfucking people into killing themselves
HippoAway	I mean I don't think so either mlrBusy — but man would that be terrifying
FlameShirt	god made this world because it was flawed, but not flawed enough to not be worth living
moklin	and god's the landlord
FlameShirt	there was one universe with no flaws
FlameShirt	then an infinte number of universes with one flaw
mlrBusy	Kalinin That can't be right,
mlrBusy	If they kill themselves, how can they tithe?
FlameShirt	then an infinite number of universes with two flaws
FlameShirt	then an infinite number of universes with three flaws
mlrBusy	No, no, you need to leave them hanging by a thread
FlameShirt	and so on
FlameShirt	until this universe
Kalinin	Killing themselves in the larger sense. By creating a society that will crush them forever
stormfallen	what building are there relatives gonna pay to use for the funeral?
Kalinin	Which is exactly what evangelical megachurches are designed to do
stormfallen	who are they gonna pay to preside over the funeral?
FlameShirt	that is the only real solution to theodicy i can think of
mlrBusy	FlameShirt I honestly have no idea what you're trying to articulate
Kalinin	Anyway. Off to pontificate elsewhere
FlameShirt	i mean, god doesn't care about this universe beyond the beings in it considering it worth living and probably doesn't care beyond that
FlameShirt	and we can cope with the flaws and evil that can be done in this universe
FlameShirt	so on-balance, this universe was worth making from a Abrahamic God perspective
ChanServ	BusyVolt is now known as NineVolt
mlrBusy	FlameShirt I'm still lost
HippoAway	yeah I'm kind of lost too
FlameShirt	so, this world isn't perfect like most Abrahamic religions say so
FlameShirt	but if such a god was real, they would make a perfect universe
HippoAway	most Abrahamic religions don't say the world is perfect, I thought
FlameShirt	then one that was slightly bad
HippoAway	like the problem of evil isn't that the universe is proposed to be perfect
HippoAway	it's the question of why didn't God make the universe perfect
FlameShirt	yeah, this one wasn't made perfect is what i'm saying
FlameShirt	one was made that was perfect
HippoAway	Okay — but where I'm not following you is
FlameShirt	then a whole bunch were made that weren't, but were still on-balance good
FlameShirt	and we're in one of those
mlrBusy	The world isn't supposed to be perfect, from an Abrahamic perspective
HippoAway	Perfect God, makes a perfect universe: I'm with you. Then, this perfect God makes another universe that's not-perfect?
ChanServ	HippoAway is now known as Hippo
ChanServ	ChanServ has given admin to ARD
ChanServ	ChanServ has given op to ARD
FlameShirt	yes, because there is still more good than evil in the imperfect places
FlameShirt	and such a god might make an infinite number of places where there is still more good than evil
FlameShirt	and we are in one of those places

It gurgles

A scip that uses the AWCY format to show what the intention is with the piece.

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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe/Euclid/Keter (indicate which class)

Special Containment Procedures: [Paragraphs explaining the procedures]

Description:

Formerly slugs

Joke

Based partially off of this joke by Gilbert Gottfried.

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Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: [Paragraphs explaining the procedures]

Description: SCP-015-J is a

Event Log-015-J:

Two men enter the room
SCP-015-J viciously tortures one of the men. This is described in semi-OTT detail.
SCP-015-J finishes with the man, and declares "Now, what shall we do wi - he left."

Footnotes

SCP Sandbox Wiki II

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Whoops, I accidentally saved the world

Koda, Koda, Koda, Koda, Kodachromeleon

Art

Spring

Minitaur

MOViE

Action

Moonman

Military Grade Atheism

United We Stand

Trains

Heimdall

Capitalist heaven

It gurgles

Joke

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