Resubmitted article after a substantial rewrite of the latter half of the article.
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I don't know what it is but something about this SCP makes my skin crawl. I've been kind of missing pure horror SCPs so I really enjoyed this one.
So… do you have an explanation or is it meant to be a mystery?
I don't really feel much horror when reading this, but I like the concept and the idea that this SCP has given the foundation trouble with resources.
I personally didn't feel particularly scared by this. It's quite short, to the point where I feel like it's hard for the reader to understand why they should care/not care about Reggie. The reveal that it's not anomalous followed by immediate backtracking felt a little strange to me. I understand why, it's just overall it didn't provoke anything in me.
Edit: One note, however. I really enjoyed the header with the whole "Reggie is fine". It immediately made me think that there was way more to be unpacked.
I think this has a strong hook, but then a lackluster follow through.
The individual details we get in the first addendum didn't come together for me to actually piece together an image or a theory from the negative space. We get a few details about the actual signal itself, but I didn't feel like there was enough in the first collapsible to build up much about the signal that the original message paired with "Reggie is OK" does not already accomplish.
While I understand that the explanation is meant to act as a false herring, I feel like too much time is spent detailing logistics to create such an explanation. This time might be better spent trying to add to the atmosphere or give more meat to the mystery of "what is wrong with Reggie"?
The ending has a nice twist in concept (namely the idea it is a live feed), but I feel like there's not enough significance attributed to that for me to feel the shock and awe from such a revelation. I think that, this could work really well if the ending gives the reader more hints about what Reggie is, and what is wrong with them. Not concrete answers mind you, but enough information to make the reader start asking questions.
I think the idea of people amnestizing themselves and re-opening the file is also clever, but I wish it was built up to more. The realization we've done this before did not hit me very hard because I didn't get a sense of stakes. Since I don't have anything concrete to latch onto regarding Reggie, or the implications of Reggie's call for help, I don't feel the significance of having reopened the file.
Overall, I think this article has a nice concept, and a really solid hook. I just want the mystery to feel more full. I want to have more questions about reggie other than "who is he?" and "what is wrong?", because right now there's not enough here for me to feel super invested in those answers.
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love it. keep up the work CityToast i got to say this one and scp-y are my favorite new ones so far.
it's the fucked ends that get me.
This is one of the creepiest SCPs I've read in a while. The audio file makes my skin crawl, and I am actually genuinely concerned for Reggie. +1
This was weird, it gave me a little chill down my spine, but not enough for me to be terrified.
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