Can I use this to send an SOS to the world?
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I wrote this one (before I registered, of course.) Im glad people like it.
…the life cycle of insects physically resembling coccinellidae (colloquially known as ladybugs), which at one point includes multiple larval members of the species gathering, spontaneously liquefying into a single mass, then reforming again as adults.
This wasn't conceivably inspired by the Codex Serafinianus, was it?
Why yes, it was. So were the migrating trees. I was wondering how long it would take for someone to regocnize the reference.
Neat. I've actually been trying to figure out how to incorporate some of it into an SCP for a while without success, so I like your approach.
But… in that case, how can we read Gedril's notes???
Also, I now kind of want to see a particular ship in the bottle:
The idea I had was that her replies are written in the same language the Codex is, and the letters are somehow automatically translated, but I couldn't come up with a way to work it into the report and have it feel natural- they're perfect English (at least they are when they're recovered), so nobody really has any reason to suspect that she composes them in anything but English. I imagined any odd words or expressions that came up (if they came up at all) would simply be thought of as slang, or a colloquialism, or part of the dialect from where she lives, and nobody would find them remarkable enough to add into the report. If you can think of a way to work that in that follows logically or feels natural, though, I wouldn't object to adding it.
I'd love to see experiments on whether the section of ocean is anomalous or if it's the bottle itself (unless I missed that in the article?), maybe via testing with other bottles. This has potential to lead to other fun times, possibly. Also, does the girl (the original message-sender) get her memory wiped, or is the bottle simply taken into "custody" for testing, or does the girl herself get the bottle now & then for these tests?
Long story short, I like the idea but it leaves me with a few questions!
It's a neat idea, but as it is I don't think it's quite interesting enough to earn an upvote from me. I see it is doing decently as far as overall votes, however I personally think two additional methods of tracking should be brushed upon in more detail: tracking it visually somehow, and physically accompanying it out into the sea.
I've got an idea for the transition to this alternate reality/dimension, but I'll reserve that for the author or anyone else that wants to give it a go.
I remember reading this a while back. Glad that I still remember the number. Anyway, seeing as this is one of those ancient SCPs that will probably never be rewritten (being over +30 and all), I don't care about the ''Item Number'' issue or anything like that.
Upvoted for the sweet feeling it gave me when I first read it.
This one is showing it's age badly. It's very non-clinical, and doesn't live up to its own potential, mostly on account of it being too short. Plus, it's contained in a researcher's office.
-1. Lame.
+1 I like this SCP. Nothing too complicated or anamalous, just a cute, heart-warming, interesting idea that intrigues the reader to know more about Gedril's strange world. I'm not sure how to describe this but it makes me feel… nostalgic? A heart-warming, innocent glow? Something about a message in a bottle answered by a curious little girl in a strange far away land just appeals to me, and the article is written very well and perfectly concise.
I like this one quite a bit actually. It's rather sweet and charming, with a simple, interesting idea. My only problem is that it's rather short and doesn't take advantage of any logs or written material from 389.
+0 No vote for now.
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