SynapticBoomstick

Weird Random Thoughts, Dreams, and General Brainstorming


"Cemetery Feeder" - What if the practice of ritual burial by humans was a response to some subterranean organism reaching above ground to feed? What sort of unusual things might occur in a cemetery that would require disinformation on the part of the Foundation? What would happen in parts of the world where burials aren't practiced? Examples: Tibetan Sky Burials, funerary cremations along the Ganges, cliff caskets, mummifications.

Inspiration: Did elaborate mummifications (such as drying and wrapping, jade or mail suits of armor, etc.) and tombs such as mausoleums or pyramids served as early attempts to protect the bodies of nobles from being consumed? Does this even fit in with the whole idea of keeping the whatever-it-is from eating people above the ground? Work at it some more.


Dental Everything - A carton of dental floss that produces anything that might be conceded "string-like" such as snakes, barbed or razor wire, instrumental strings, intestines, copper wire, electrical wiring (live), the trunk of an elephant, shoe laces, explosive tripwires, jellyfish tentacles, spider silk, and pipe cleaners.

Consider: would anyone actually want to read about that? Can it be made interesting? Ask around and tinker with some ideas.

Ideas from the Forums:

  • possible subtle sentient hints for a few cartons? Relevant "strings" produced according to tester, researcher, or environment?
  • Include a page for Test Logs
  • Consider gimmick and black humor (but avoid lolFoundation!)

"Internal Disarticulation Syndrome" - will need a lot of research into both medical and biomechanical laws. What is the maximum pull/push strength of human muscle fibers? What is the failure point of long bone connections. What are the accurate medical terms for what you want to communicate?

Stage 1 - Weakness in joints, feeling of weakness in muscles, mild difficulties with coordination

Stage 2 - Moderate to severe muscle spasms, joints crack almost constantly with unusually frequent dislocation, advanced difficulty with coordination

Stage 3 - Constant severe spasms of muscles, joints dislocate at the slightest provocation, coordination becomes impossible. Subject requires increased care and attention.

Stage 4 - joints have reached a critical point of fragility. The muscles go into violent spasms, separating the ends of all long bones. Ligaments and tendons are not damaged by this but the stretching that ensues causes extreme pain.

Final Stage - The muscles contract with such force as to pull away from the bones.

Although coordinated movement is impossible at this time, the muscles still retain connection to the central nervous system and will respond to both willful and external stimuli. Such movement causes the subject's limbs to jerk and twist about in a completely random fashion and is reported to cause moderate to severe nerve pain.

Advanced IDS

In advanced IDS, all bone joints are affected. This causes especially serious complications in the spine, pelvis, and skull, and without proper support there is risk to the subject's internal organs, most specifically the brain and spinal cord.