SCP-5992 / Discussion

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(account deleted) 17 Jun 2020 00:30

Image Credits

All other images (unless stated) made by me.

Thank you to AbsentmindedNihilist, JackalRelated, and MalyceGraves for looking this over, and Crashington for brainstorming purposes. Pit image was made by the INCREDIBLY TALENTED Magic8ball04 does not match any existing user name.

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Mikaelious 17 Jun 2020 08:16

Is the "level X/5992 clearance" at the beginning unintentional?

(account deleted) 17 Jun 2020 15:11

Whoops, that was a mistake. Fixed.

Hydrails-EPSILON 17 Jun 2020 14:27

Interesting: when it first started, it reminded me of djkaktus'. DEER
Though instead, it took things a different way in portraying not only a containment procedure that is not only not necessary, but in fact, actively antithetical to the Foundation's mission, being nothing more but a deception by a cult on the ASCII carried along.
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Grigori Karpin 26 Jun 2020 10:37

Well that was upsetting

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Also want to add that I feel better about Dune in this one, his appearance is brief (the memo) and strikes me as impassioned but professional

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CuriousReader 10 Jul 2020 20:06

Does the end of death scenario only include the pit or the whole SCP as a Site located inside a place where you're unable to die is an attractive concept

korbkorv 29 Mar 2021 19:01

so basically the Foundation has been fueling an endless, cannibalistic, weird undead pseudo-orgy for decades? sounds about right.

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GreenRaven 15 Jul 2021 01:17

That explained the use of "indeterminate" to refer to the number of tiers in the initial article, when Foundation terminology generally goes "at least 50+ (exact number currently undetermined)."

The question is, did the priestess who originally approached the ASCI genuinely believe her group were containing/appeasing something down there, or was she desperate to hang onto what power she had as the head of the rites?

This is a case for Foundation personnel to point to when the new kids ask: 1) Why research all the things, no matter what, and 2) why the Foundation never takes another organization's word at face value when dealing with anomalies.

Now… can the Foundation pull people out of there, and what will happen to the pit people if they do?

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wertsir 10 Aug 2022 00:00

The pit people are currently contained. Removing them would mean they breached containment. Therefore the foundation would not remove them, even if they could.

Maxyfran73 15 Nov 2021 08:29

This is really interesting. Dyonisius had some crazy cults going on, and that whole end-of-death thing definitely makes sense in a fairly messed up way. Also, really interesting to see one of those skips that have the 'really contrived containment procedure' end up having that 'wait, why are we doing this again?' question be answered in a… Satisfyingly unsatisfying manner? A big 'no fucking clue and also a huge fleshy monster' sort of answer.

Anyhow, tis a really cool article. I like it. +1~

Roundabouts 22 Nov 2021 20:52

Been checking this article for a whole year already lol

I don't know what this truly is, and I've been smashing my brain for a lot of time to try and think what I've been looking at and make some sense, as the monster presented here, the Foundation doing something incredibly unethical for no good reason, and almost everything just isn't enough for me to understand. I'm still smashing my brain because I don't understand it yet.

Overall, +1. This article was pretty much the one that dragged me into the SCP community and I really like this generally. Mystery and horror? Yeah, pretty much. Good one.

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— Roundabout.

A little confusing at the start

wmadyda 11 Apr 2022 03:14

In the "Protocol Info" section, it's somewhat confusingly worded in regards to the D-Class subject and the Vessel. It does state that the subject plays the part of the Vessel, but moving that bit into the second bullet point obscures it a bit. Also, this part:

A portion of flesh is to flayed from the subject using a kopis⁴, and consumed by all participants, including the Vessel.

really makes it seem like the subject and Vessel are different people, even though they're not. I had to reread the section twice to make sure that I was understanding it properly. I know that, from a writing standpoint, constantly referring to the same person by the same name or descriptor makes for fairly boring reading. However, since this a description of a ritual and the Vessel isn't referred to that many times, it should still be fine to stick with calling them "the Vessel" once they're defined as such, and not bouncing back to calling them "the subject."

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