So this was actually the very first SCP idea I had, and I wrote the original version of this like 4 years ago. I decided to fix it up and get it posted, so here it is!
Thanks to jishwa, weryllium, Hippo, Blese, Lex1nat0r, bitter, and DrBleep for reading the draft! Hope I didn't forget anyone.
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It would be interesting to see what happens to the one civilisation which realises that it is observed, or why it sends 'Help', or how will it deal with it ending inevitably.
I could probably do that as a tale, which could be quite interesting. Stories of a people who know they are doomed from the start. Ultimately though, what happens to them is the same as what happens to all the other instances - they are destroyed during the Flash event.
Definitely, but it's the process that gives the greatest meaning, even in the face of certain finality.
I think Mortos kinda did that with that last entry in the experiment log.
Maybe this civilisation developed an organisaton similar to the Foundation, trying to contain the Flashlight to prevent an XK-Class scenario happening to their world.
I thought the Morse code flashes were gonna be the civilizations attempt to counteract the reset flash!
Great scip and I'm a fan of your work, you have great talent.
This goes on for far too long, with a few mildly interesting events that never coalesce into anything meaningful, important, memorable, or entertaining.
ETA: biggest offender is the experiment log - I feel that you could streamline this section and cut down on cruft.
"Note: Following are notable excepts from the observation log." Think you mean excerpts?
Also, Experiment 06 references Experiment 07, which doesn't exist.
I like the concept, definitely makes me curious about what's going on here.
the idea of it is nice and its executed very well, lots of pieces of informations that makes it smooth.
I really like this one. The core anomaly is not dreadfully interesting by itself, and as I was reading I knew it would stand or fall on its experiment log. Thankfully, it absolutely stands! My only criticism is that it is too anthrocentric for me. I would have preferred no human-like entities. It seems something like this is perfect for ideas exploring diversity of potential life rather than humans cropping up relatively often. That aside, this is well written and fun.
I rather enjoyed that. I'm always a sucker for alien environments and species. Only complaint I'd have is the flash event leaves little in ways to learn. Sure fear of the unknown and all but I feel you need to give enough info for the fear to properly manifest. Otherwise it just leaves a feeling like the story teller stopped talking after describing the setting but not the actual plot
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