reserved
thanks to rounder and estrella
apologies to riemann
way more of a coldpost than I normally like to do
can I get some nice "no signatures on my forum"
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I upvoted, but hesitantly. I think the complete separation of Addendum B, which are core Description details, is off-putting. Can you think of other ways to at least briefly touch on the essence of what the entities are doing, nearer the top?
+1. This article is short, to the point, and delivers on its premise.
If I had one nitpick, it would be the linguistics at the end of the article - Proto-Afroasiatic is a hypothesized linguistic reconstruction, and as such, any directly attested language cannot, by definition, be Proto-Afroasiatic. This is still a nitpick, and definitely didn't spoil my positive experience.
The last paragraph pushed me from no-voting to upvoting. Some areas were worded confusingly and I wasn’t thrilled by the Hand’s prose, but the implications of the final line made up for all of my gripes.
I really like fantasy, but this doesn't do it for me. It's too short to have any lasting impact on me and the note combined with the last addendum was only a little interesting.
On the one hand, I like the imagery a lot. On the other, there are some pretty big questions that take away my immersion.
For example:
Although SCP-5661 can be detected through nonanomalous methods, it can only currently be reached through anomalous means.
Foundation agents were within SCP-5661 at the time, but located at a significant distance from the member of the Serpent's Hand.
If it can only be reached through anomalous means, how are the Foundation reaching it? Why were the agents down there? How did they know the SH agent was there?
Moreover, I’m a little confused on the mythology. While the poem plainly explains this these two are, their motivations, the story of their conflict, and any characterization is missing. Leaving me rather cold on the whole thing.
No-vote at this time.
If it can only be reached through anomalous means, how are the Foundation reaching it? Why were the agents down there? How did they know the SH agent was there?
They teleported. That's a thing the Foundation can do in my headcanon, or at least in the context of this article. The agents were down there for general monitoring of KORE and SATURN. There's nothing in the sphere on the ground, so visibility is almost complete: they just saw the Hand member teleport in, and due to the size of the chamber, it took them a while to walk over.
Fair points on the characterization, however.
can I get some nice "no signatures on my forum"
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I agree with the above post, while the imagery was great in this and the note added a nice bit of detail I was still wondering exactly how the Foundation came to find this SCP, how they managed to find a specific way to get into the SCP, and finally how did the Serpents Hand enter the SCP. I would like those things to be added but still an entertaining SCP, +1.
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