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Taking Control of the Pen: Utilizing Pataphysical Theory To Create A Murder WeaponA Better World
By Dr. Katherine Sinclair, Dr. Jack Bright, et al.
(Abridged)
Abstract:
But we found out that there is a God, and it is SCP-001.
And it’s a bunch of horror writers.
Those are the words that close out the infamous S. Andrew Swann Proposal— at least, the portion It's hard for you out there to grasp, but on this side of the fourth wall, we don't have all the information. Well I do.available to the larger Foundation. God is real. But if what's being said is true, then God is, at the very least, capable of writing, of thought. As it turns out, a lot of them are near-sighted.And perhaps, capable of sight.
Utilizing knowledge Astral Projection Theory pioneered by the Department of Occult Studies and the Global Occult Coalition's Sunspotting Program, as well as advances made during Operation WALLBREAK was an attempt to cross over the fourth wall, using Site-19 as a launching-off point. It nearly killed everyone involved, and the survivors were driven mad, but recovered with counseling.Operation WALLBREAK in 2023, Project We never actually figured out what this stood for— Bright suggested it, said we'd figure out a backronym later.S.W.A.N.N. aims to utilize Foundation resources in order to directly observe, and possibly control, the so-called "Horror Author" entities.
Utilization:
To be blunt: the S.W.A.N.N. Engine How we didn't lose funding at this first line, I will never knowtemporarily kills its user. Through the cessation of all vital signs for at least two minutes, the soul is allowed to leave the body. Utilizing a Metaphysical Upwards Funnel, the S.W.A.N.N. Engine siphons the soul to a higher plane of existence.
In several cases, this higher plane would mean a place in a Nibbanic or Heavenly state. However, the S.W.A.N.N. engine allows for temporary egress of consciousness from the Known Foundation Multiverse (KFM) entirely, into a reality occupied by the 'horror author' entities proposed in S. Andrew Swann's proposal, with the consciousness of the individual in the S.W.A.N.N. engine temporarily riding along with the consciousness of one of these entities, able to observe but unable to communicate or interact— at least, in the first iteration.
The next iteration of the S.W.A.N.N. Engine is in development, with the goal of allowing us to communicate with the Author-Entities, giving suggestions on how We wanted happy endings. We don't know if they puppet us, or if we're just being observed. Bright thought the former, West the latter. All these years later, and I'm still on the fence.to mold Narrative Forces to benefit the Foundation.
Testing Log:
The first test of the S.W.A.N.N. Engine was conducted using Dr. Katherine Sinclair as a test subject. The following is a transcript of events as observed by Dr. Sinclair's colleagues at the time.
Dr. Sinclair: I am within the Engine’s compartment. Ready for liftoff.
Dr. West: Introducing gaseous agent. Time is 15:32 on April 1st, 2024.
Researcher Reynolds: You had better be able to get her back, John.
Dr. Sinclair: I’m going to be fine, Monty. I promise.
Dr. Bright: Gaseous agent should take effect in three… two… now.
Dr. West: Vital signs negative. She’s gone.
Dr. Bright: Starting the clock. Will activate revival at three minutes. Brain scan on?
Reynolds: There’s activity all over the place. Pain receptors are going haywire.
Dr. Bright: Get the readout.
PRINTOUT:
SENSATION: PAIN detected in RIGHT HAND
SENSATION: IRRITATION and IMPATIENCE
SENSATION: SIGHT: SMALL ROOM. TWO CHAIRS. DESK.
SENSATION: SIGHT: ONE HUMANOID INDIVIDUAL. ERROR
SENSATION: ERROR. HYPERREALITY.
ERROR: HYPERREALITY
ERROR: MENTAL FAILURE IMMINENT
ERROR: SENSATION: MIGRAINEERROR: SENSATION: INTERNAL MONOLOGUE
Reynolds: Get her out. Now.
Dr. Bright: Flushing agent. Oxygenating room. Adrenaline incoming.VITAL SIGNS RETURNING
IRREGULAR BRAINWAVES DETECTED
COGNITOHAZARDOUS VOCAL PATTERNS DETECTED. DO NOT OPEN COMPARTMENT.REPEAT: DO NOT OPEN COMPARTMENT
Dr. West: I— I can feel— fuck why can I feel it?!
Reynolds: My head, my head’s splitting open—Dr. Bright: What the fuck is going on here? I— I’m not feeling anything, but my colleagues— hold on.
FLUSHING METAPHYSICAL FUNNEL
BRAIN ACTIVITY RETURNING TO NORMAL
Reynolds: Jesus, her hair’s gone white. Katherine?
Dr. Sinclair: I.. saw it, Monty. I saw… God. They had a cast on their arm. I—
Reynolds: Jesus, her throat is hemorrhaging. What was that?
Dr. Bright: If I had to guess? A hyperreal entity transposing itself onto one of us. I… fuck, this is… fuck.