The 173 bit seems a bit forced to me, but I like the rest. +1
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The 173 bit can be removed without affecting the article too much, but I kept it to subtly highlight one of the issues with this SCP: it's potentially useful, if you don't mind infecting someone with an aggressive and transmissible cancer.
Would you feel more comfortable if it were a second memo between higher-ups? I know that the default position at the Foundation would be most definitely no, don't do it. That's why I left it in the interview—just a side note, fleeting thought.
I like it too. Unlikely that a D class would KNOW about an SCP he's not assigned to, but I think it's an acceptable tidbit of lolfoundation.
Since 173 duty isn't research, but simple upkeep, it is probably a better known piece among D-Classes and other staff. And since -7 was an active D-Class before infection, it could have been at 173 before.
Anyway, I liked this bit precisely because it was a supposition about cross-testing made by the people that can wonder such things without any real power of making this happen. The comments among higher-ups in end text is severely out o character on most cases.
Nice necroposting there, but it's confirmed that the D-Class is the previous Hector from this story:
http://www.scp-wiki.net/you-can-see-it-coming
Hector was originally brought on as a Janitor since the agent couldn't administer amnestics.
To give my take on the SCP-173 reference, it's fairly subtle. I personally don't feel it adds on that much to the article, however. It just made me giggle a bit.
However, the greater question is (Warning for headcanon): Given that SCP projects run on a need-to basis, does this suggest that SCP-173 is common knowledge to all Foundation personnel (Even a D-Class knows what it is)?
My interpretation was that this D-class had been on 173 duty at least once before being reassigned to this SCP.
Giving bearhugs to the unsuspecting since 1872.
I thought of that. Still seems a bit forced to me. But whatever, I like it enough for other things that I can ignore it.
Actually, I would imagine that D-Class personnel are given amnestics whenever they are transferred out of a project in general (Exceptions exist on a case-by-case basis).
Granted, I believe there are SCPs out there that are common knowledge to Foundation personnel (SCP-2950, but that is part of its containment).
That's actually my main reason for downvoting. I just can't get behind the fact that everybody and their mother are going to know about certain SCPs. I would think that all of them are on a need-to-know basis, considering the potential danger of all of these SCPs.
LilyFlower is cute and amazing <3
As for me, I dislike the way amnestics are thrown about and feel like they're probably only used when absolutely needed. Cleaning out the knowledge of a relatively tame skip like 173 is probably not needed.
That, or everybody knows about 173.
I don't think that knowledge of SCPs is so controlled inside the Foundation. It would be far more trouble than it is worth.
Amnestics probably aren't the most cheap things at their disposal, and most D-Class work is probably like 173 duty: there is no new experiments, they are just cleaning the place, but with a system to reduce the inherent danger of the statue.
My headcanon is that D-Classes usually survive their tasks and are reassigned frequently, and wiping their minds would serve only to reduce their ability to serve.
Well, I was thinking that SCP-2289-7 did in fact do a cleaning of 173 at one point. He did a lot of latrine-duty type tasks, and was infected when cleaning the SCP-2289 containment chamber.
If this wasn't so new I'd thought it was a oldie, which is to say it was really good. Premise was interesting to draw me in, an the interiew secured my upvote. The log just felt really realistic, really human. I gotta say I enjoyed the 173 reference, sure it aint exactly strictly canon, but its possible and made me laugh. Good article
I was going to say pretty much the same thing about the interview. It seems like real human interaction. +1
Some people think a crosslink or cross-reference to 173 here is a bad idea, but I don't. See, in my headcanon, most skips have recontainment procedures, in addition to their special containment procedures. If everyone on-site knows what to do when the poopy, bloody, deadly fetus statue busts out, fewer people will die. Likewise with the gigantic, omnicidal bug lizard, the pissed-off Sumerian war god, or anything else the Foundation has that isn't memetic or cognitohazardous. I'm not saying everyone knows everything, but everyone does know what to do when the green goo hits the fan (and proceeds to land on a couple dead bodies).
Plus, this gives us, the readers, a bit of comedy while also giving our plucky hero more character: even if he's guaranteed to survive an encounter with 173, he's still terrified of the thing and doesn't want to try it, which tells us a lot about both the author's headcanon and the protagonist's history.
Tl;dr: +1
plucky hero
Great, now I'm picturing a cannon detailing the adventures of Captain Blinky and his Tasmanian Devil/ parrot sidekicks.
Great, I didn't plan this at the start, but now I see Captain Blinky dressed as a pirate, macaw on his shoulder, with a crew of Tasmanian devils.
Also, an ironic eyepatch. Maybe a few.
Captain Blinky of the SCPS Oculus, with his loyal parrot and crew of scurvy sea-devils.
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I'll see myself out.
…and now I have Queen's "Seven Seas of Rhye" stuck in my head.
There has to be some way to get this into the Stealing Solidarity canon.
The 173 reference was actively funny, so I don't mind it. The main SCP is nothing special, but I really really liked the interview. The D-class felt natural, and their perspective realistic and not overdone.
if your reading this your gay
An original idea, a funny reference at the end, and a refreshing interview unlike most others on the site, where as most interviewees are violent and/or aggressive, this one felt natural and was actually cooperative.
+1
I kind of like the idea of the 173 crosslink being an internal memo. Having this guy know about it stretched my disbelief a bit. I also feel like the "you're treating me well" paragraph went on a bit long, or maybe it was just the subject matter, as the long paragraph about them being family was more effective.
Otherwise, good body horror, and it's nice to see creepy cancer mostly affecting a non-human for once.
The idea behind the 173 bit is funny, but in its current state, along with my general "meh" feelings on the interview, lead me to no-vote it. I like everything else. The interview falls apart for me when the faux-Spanish guy is talking. It sounds very silly past the first few lines.
Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!
Try reading that in a southwestern Spanglish accent- I know people who talk like that here in Texas, and there's a certain self-deprecating sense of humor that tends to go with it. Literally used to know a guy named Juan with a brother nicknamed Two, for instance.
If it helps allay your suspicions, I, the author, am myself Mexican-American, grew up in the Southwest, and even had a pet sheep growing up named Cinco.
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