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Summary:

A new insight onto a classic anomaly

●●|●●●●●|●●|● After All These Years

BoomerTheStar47_2 17 Mar 2020 00:42

Seeking Greenlights: No

Page Type: Tale

Page Layout: A few lines of dialogue between S.R. (Senior Researcher) Lance and J.R. Mason, then the rest in pictures with doodles in black pen and comments in red/blue pen.

Elevator Pitch: So how the hell did they discover ●●|●●●●●|●●|●, let alone get a picture? Also, how would've the Foundation's knowledge of it change after so many years?

Central Narrative: S.R. Lance has been approved to give some training sessions involving ●●|●●●●●|●●|● for how to deal with more unusual Keter class anomalies. Approved since the clearance level has been lowered to 3 after finally understanding how it works. The following is a recording of that session. Somewhat early on, J.R. slips up by saying "2521," and S.R. has to demonstrate how the Foundation's discovered how to repel it. Near the end, J.R. asks how they discovered it. The rest is doodling between the two trying to explain the answer to J.R.'s question.

Hook/Attention-Grabber: It's a new insight onto a classic anomaly. Would also be interesting to see the researchers trying to talk to one another using pens and doodling.

Additional Notes: This is mostly just an idea I'm trying to write while my other one is on standby.¹ I'm also hoping to expand my style of writing by creating a tale instead of another article. If this is a bad idea, go ahead and shoot it down.

Edit 3: Advice from Dr Sage Evergreen

Footnotes

1. Thx Mew-ltiverse

Last edited on 17 Mar 2020 01:27 by BoomerTheStar47_2 Show more

Re: ●●|●●●●●|●●|● After All These Years

Dr Sage Evergreen 17 Mar 2020 01:04

So, this sounds like a decent idea overall.
Thoughts:

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I like the concept of revisiting ●●|●●●●●|●●|●, after such a long time without much content on it. Although, I do have a couple of questions about how the entire thing works. Is part of the focus of the tale to demonstrate how the SCP is repelled? I can't recall ●●|●●●●●|●●|● having any sort of method to detering it, aside from just letting it take the person or object with the information. What would the method itself be? If it's a new addition to ●●|●●●●●|●●|●'s lore, it would be interesting to see what the said method entails!

A side note: I think it would be a bit more realistic/humorous to see the J.R. slip up and say "2521", and needing S.R. to come to their rescue.

On top of that, it would be interesting to see how ●●|●●●●●|●●|● was "discovered" in the first place. I don't know what you have in mind for it, but what if ●●|●●●●●|●●|●'s actual name was ●●|●●●●●|●●|●? Maybe the researches cataloging the current SCP-2522 were about to call it ●●|●●●●●|●●|●, only for the SCP in question to show up and snatch a researcher away? Sort of naming itself in the process, like a self-fullfilling prophecy?

Those are some of my thoughts/suggestions. I'm not the best critiquer around, but hopefully that gave you a couple of ideas or concepts you might be interested in incorporating. I can't wait to see how this tale turns out!

Re: ●●|●●●●●|●●|● After All These Years

BoomerTheStar47_2 17 Mar 2020 01:25

Thx m8!

Really, all I needed was a little "hey this is cool" to get me going. The repel method is just based on a teeny tiny detail in the test logs: They all happen in dark environments. That means a perpetual light source could hold this thing back long enough for it to not care.

The idea is that the J.R. would start back-talking after having to use his hands to signal 2521 over and over, annoying the S.R. into saying it out loud. That said, your idea is probably better. I'll go with it!

Say, learning that ●●|●●●●●|●●|● is a name would be an interesting idea to play with! Obviously, it'd have to be a smaller detail for this to work, but it's still worth using.