SCP-2549 / Discussion

This is the discussion related to the wiki page SCP-2549.

TheShrike 07 Oct 2016 00:16

Thank you Otatoh for the image.

Thanks to everyone who helped review and offer suggestions for improvement, particularly Rimple and Lex1nat0r and Ovalusc and I'm sure others.

The last collapsible may not stick around (assuming the article itself does), depends if people can understand the story before reading it, and whether they dislike it.

Also...

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Endebros 07 Oct 2016 00:19

Pretty good job, I liked the idea.

(some pointers coming soon though… I gotta sleep)

+1

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Jack Manganese 07 Oct 2016 04:58

"Carnivora" should not be italicised. Only genus and species are italicized.
Source: ICZN (Appendix B.6)

TheShrike 07 Oct 2016 06:20

Fixed. I think. Thanks.

Pata H 07 Oct 2016 09:20

So it's some thing which promises power and success in life in return for being murdered by an animal in the future, and a lot of people in the Foundation have used it, up to an O5.

Also it has some sense of humor.

TheShrike 07 Oct 2016 14:13

Not 100% accurate but that's the gist of it.
Important to note, it was never "used by an O5."

tapnek 07 Oct 2016 16:18

You cannot be aware of the extent to which O5-█'s actions benefitted your site and you personally, prior to their demise.

It looks like multiple people that held the same Overseer number died to this anomaly. Or is that a typo?

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TheShrike 07 Oct 2016 16:41

The 's is possessive not plural, and it's not a typo. So, one O5 was murdered by an animal.

But, the object was never used by an O5.

Scorpion451 07 Oct 2016 17:29

+ I think I get it:

Pata H 07 Oct 2016 16:41

Any hints on what I'm getting wrong then?

Other then apparently it somehow leading to an O5's death without them having used it.

DrArmstrong 07 Oct 2016 16:45

So what I'm getting from this is that using the sphere alters the timeline so that those affected have incredible fortune and happiness, but the price is being eaten by an animal at some point.

The gambler used it as a lucky charm, but when Bradley S. Thompson (or perhaps it was CDR Fleminng?) found the object for the Foundation, it was used and it altered the lives of several Foundatio personnel for the better. For some it had them never join in the first place, others including the O5 that was killed had great success from within the Foundation.

Ultimately, changing the timeline results in losing the object itsef and forgeting it exists, causing it to eventually be rediscovered, repeating the cycle.

Am I far off?

Anyway, I really enjoyed reading this, so an enthusiastic +1

TheShrike 07 Oct 2016 17:06

Close. Behind this is a full spoiler.

It only affects one person at a time. But it doesn't care about success or power specifically. It just changes the one choice they made that would've made them the happiest. For some (like Bradley) this comes out to less power. The price is, a painful death when time rolls back around. It makes the decisions of what to change, so not useful as a thaumiel, but it sticks to the deal.

But it also goes back in time with them, and erases itself from history and memories. The foundation found it and used it on multiple occasions, sometimes testing on D class, sometimes researchers using it. Bradley, through a combination of luck and dedication, is the first one to remember it long enough to get it back to the foundation and contained. And it was pissed at him, so made him suffer a little longer, but it doesn't have the power to escape.

The O5 was just a researcher when he used it, and doesn't even remember he used it. And, it continued to kill people while it was in a box and will continue to do so, because it has hopped all around time (mostly moving backwards) and those people already will have used it.

Plilt 08 Oct 2016 14:08

+ show block

Ah, that makes sense. I'd figured they *were* the animal, and they used it to become human. The creature is their old life, returning to reclaim them.

Genshed 07 Oct 2016 18:10

Retrocausality *and* death by anomalous wolverine?!

This is the stuff that keeps me coming back.

TL333s 07 Oct 2016 22:37

I got it more or less figured out, and that spoiler above fills in the last few details. So things came across well, and it's overall a quirky and interesting piece. :) I particularly like the animals all having the same last name.

Well, that and, having just recently seen Zootopia for the first time, pondering the possibilities of an otter, to say nothing of a meerkat, devouring a human being.

Dr Shard 13 May 2017 17:14

So this SCP is a Cursed Artifact that rolls forward 1 Lucky, backwards 1 Devour. May fit in D&D, but mostly OK.

Image source

Voct 22 Feb 2019 15:25

The face of the wolverine on the wonderful ID card is from a photo of a wolverine in snow, taken by Anna Yu and licensed by Getty Images. It is not available under a Creative Commons license.

https://www.pbase.com/annayu - "Please don't use any of my images without my permission. You can download my stock images from Getty Images or ALAMY. "

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Mod Post - Open

LilyFlower 22 Feb 2019 15:53

Image removed. If anyone wants to replace the ID card image with a compatible wolverine image post it here or message me.

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Re: Mod Post - Open

Leveritas 22 Feb 2019 16:04

I can't edit the image right now, but here is a forward facing wolverine from Wikimedia commons. Hope that helps!

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Voct 22 Feb 2019 17:25

New image supplied, based on this picture of a Wolverine at the Helsinki Zoo. Photo was taken by "Uusijani", who released it under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication: "You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission."