My idea for an SCP is a radioactive fossil that wishes to be resurrected and/or reassembled. The fossil is not made of traditional materials. The fossil has the ability to alter it's radioactive decay showing 0:s and 1:s on a Geiger counter, communicating in Morse code, it however does this rarely. When communicating the SCP mostly relays locations, it has however sometimes relayed words instead. Carbon dating, potassium-argon dating and other types of dating all show the fossil to be -136 years old. Different parts of the fossil have been found in different parts of the world, all except the first discovery being locations the SCP has relayed through Morse code. The fossil does not belong to any known species.
So this is sort of an interesting take on the whole "assemble the pieces scattered around the world to awaken the [monster/god/demon/etc]" trope. I like it, you've got a unique take and I think it's workable. That said, right now you're leaning pretty hard into the whole "radioactive decay" angle, which is a science-based hook. Those can work great, but require the writer to actually be familiar with and understand the subject well enough to not trip up others.
Carbon dating, potassium-argon dating and other types of dating all show the fossil to be -136 years old
As in it shouldn't actually exist for another 136 years? I don't know too much about dating methods but I'd be shocked if they're able to go negative like that.
If you do understand it really well, great, make sure you explain all that stuff well enough in the article. If you don't, either read up on it (there's some great resources on the site to help) or tweak it to focus less on the science.
Greenlight from me.
Sounds really intriguing to me! I enjoy all the small details, I think they're a great selling point.
I do wonder if the radioactivity is perhaps a little redundant? But this is of course just an outline of the idea and if it's something you'd work into the piece more then feel free to ignore this! That being said, I may be misinterpreting but if the object's carbon dating claimed it was -136 years old as it were, I believe the object would have to be at least partially radioactive (I believe beta negative) as it would need to have higher nuclide molecules of carbon which would be radioactive; however if you keep spinning the science angle you'd have to explain why it doesn't just instantly decay to regular carbon 14, 13 or 12.
Is there going to be much in the way of narrative? I'm interested in why the letter sent in 1976 didn't arrive til 2004 and little details like that really draw me in! I'd love to see what it becomes.
One includes the SCP telling the doctor through morse code about a location, but upon arriving they find an ancient carved stone. The stone is written in a language I haven't decided yet. The stone is poetic in nature, and is clearly written by the organism before it died. The writing describes the organism studying humanity, and being fascinated by their concept of life and death. I plan on having a cheesy line along the lines of "They are fascinating, and they do influence me. I can feel it in my bones." It references how humanity literally influences his bones.
I'd go with this, I like the more poignant take better. Just making things more powerful/dangerous doesn't necessarily help the story and I think this version will be better. Though that's just my opinion.
I think this sounds like a fun idea, but you may be going into too much detail. There's a lot of information in this and not all of it is probably necessary for the story. I'd go over this and take out any extraneous details leaving only what's absolutely necessary for the story that you're trying to tell.
I'm going to greenlight this. Good luck.










