Prelude: Primae Formae / Discussion

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Author's Post

Decibelles 11 Jun 2016 01:18

Here's my first serious tale that's been written to completion in over a year. I'm writing some stuff where I'm very much challenging myself to write outside of my comfort zone and in ways and headspaces I never would otherwise. I'll be posting more stuff that's been a challenge for me to write very soon.

This is for the On Mount Golgotha canon. You should check it out. This was originally a Christmas exchange gift for Vanson who has given me permission to post it. This is also my second horror-esque thing that I've written for the site. So nice!

Thank you to WrongJohnSilver and psul for looking it over.

+ Trivia.

• This is the earliest tale set in the OMG canon (thus far), and is meant to show a whole other setting and time period for use in the canon.
• The lyre here is a very early version of SCP-2458.
• The score is also a very early version of SCP-012.

Last edited on 11 Jun 2016 01:31 by Decibelles Show more

Translations

Decibelles 06 Jun 2017 04:40

To promote translations of my work and thank all the authors for their hard work, I am linking to them here in addition to my author page.

• French by Aloices
• Japanese by kidonoi

Thank you all!

Last edited on 04 May 2018 00:21 by Decibelles Show more

Kakroom 11 Jun 2016 03:03

I thought about it for a while, and I couldn't find a reason not to support this.

+1. Great job.

Decibelles 11 Jun 2016 03:10

psst, you didnt actually upvote

Kakroom 11 Jun 2016 05:00

Forgive me. It's the end of test week and I wrote that shortly after waking up from a 7-hour hibernation.

WrongJohnSilver 11 Jun 2016 17:36

Incidentally, the Number of the Beast is a reference to Nero.

Just in case someone needs Golgotha fuel.

Decibelles 12 Jun 2016 19:49

Huh, I didn't even consider that myself. That would be an interesting story tactic to take.

thedeadlymoose 16 Jun 2016 01:04

Upvoted for the writing, which is beautiful.

I was kinda 'eh' on choosing Nero, though. Seemed a bit obvious. (Dunno if it ties into the canon, or not — I may be more amenable once I get around to reading the rest.)

(And yeah, 616/666 just means "Nero". Numerical code, with different numbers for different spellings of Nero.)

Vanson 29 Aug 2016 22:00

This story is very well-written. The imagery is great.

+50

Decibelles 06 Dec 2017 01:18

Hell yeah! This now makes it the 5th-highest rated tale in the canon; not bad for something set real early on.