SCP-4278 / Discussion

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Tanhony 13 Aug 2019 22:43

Thanks to Laneous, Cregan_Stark and Gamesofmax for their feedback!

PLEASE DON’T SUE TANHONY

"Island near Big Drop Off Reef, Palau" by mattk1979
https://search.creativecommons.org/photos/fbde9c84-d0d2-4f72-b236-69a0f8cafae1 (CC BY-SA 2.0)

“At Petite Cayes beach" by christinejwarner https://search.creativecommons.org/photos/1a4c31eb-d458-40ba-a241-678dbd276fb2 (CC BY 2.0)

"Massai hut" by Jonas B https://search.creativecommons.org/photos/24ef4f2f-e82b-4205-b830-0104a7dc0986 (CC BY 2.0)

(account deleted) 14 Aug 2019 02:59

The incident report and interview logs are absolutely stellar.

Someone stop him he's making too many skips

Cerastes 14 Aug 2019 05:27

+1. Creepy yet satisfying.

ModernMajorGeneral 14 Aug 2019 10:59

Pedantry incoming - if it appears outside the tropics how is it a tropical island? If it has the climate and flora of one, ok, but that could be made more clear (I know the flora was mentioned).

Anyway, I enjoyed this. Part of it is my own self-absorption (I like to think that this is the evil twin to a happy paradise compulsion tropical island I wrote) but it's good to see that a classical spooky story (riddled with cliches that could have become eye-rolling if handled poorly) can still work on the site and stay fresh in the hands of a good writer.

Genshed 14 Aug 2019 17:41

I was reminded of the Tralfamadorians (sp?). They know how the universe ends. But it can't be stopped, because it always *has* happened. Hello, goodbye.

Iuvenalis 15 Aug 2019 03:47

Wasn't expecting the bit where he walked on water. 1+, creepy and clever.

Porrima 02 Sep 2019 12:22

+1
So chilling, despite having elements of many similar things on this site (and outside of it). I value classical things that are written well enough to transcend/overcome the cliches/familiarity highly.

Nota bene: the victim is called "Lawcroft" in the interviews and "Lawton" in the event logs. Didn't change 'cause didn't know which you'd prefer.

Aceofmoxes 03 Sep 2019 17:06

DNA testing has shown the majority of these remains to be a match for a significant number of individuals on missing persons lists around the world.

This is awkward. How about "DNA testing of the remains has found matches for 18% in missing persons databases around the world."

SevenSidedSquare 20 Sep 2019 06:52

Cool SCP. I think it'd improve it slightly (and I am no genius, just a guess) if the 'undeniably anomalous/magic' was saved for that final part where he walks across the water. That was a very cool moment by the way, the "Wish it were true, doc, but neither of us've got a choice in the matter. Watch." makes it even better.

AwareWeb 10 Oct 2019 13:11

It's been a while i've felt terror.

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Not actually that well aware.

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