SCP-444 / Discussion

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DrArmstrong 04 Apr 2010 15:14

I like this a lot. The experiment log added a great touch to it.

+1

Foweraker 04 Apr 2010 16:11

Thanks, here's hoping others agree…

bleggs 04 Apr 2010 17:10

You know, I was going to try to put together an SCP about some evil chemical the\ government puts in all our food to make us docile, but you've done a similar thing much more subtly. Well done.

Foweraker 16 Apr 2010 11:52

To be honest the ultimate inspiration for this, where the core idealet came from, is New Speak from 1984.

Sorts 04 Apr 2010 20:49

This is a good one. I like that the Foundation has reached the conclusion that 444's purpose was an invasion tool as well. It's equal parts paranoid and probably true. The log did a good job of rounding out the concept.

SpoonOfEvil 04 Apr 2010 23:00

Instances of SCP-444 identified outside Foundation custody are to be isolated or destroyed with extreme prejudice.

You might want to change that, as it sounds very unprofessional.

Foweraker 04 Apr 2010 23:03

Hmm. I used the term because it originates in military jargon (to mean "regardless of losses or collateral damage") but I admit it does sound a bit action-movie-y. Will see what I can think up…

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tunedtoadeadchannel 04 Apr 2010 23:20

It doesn't bother me. However, if you really must change it, try "The destruction of uncontained instances of SCP-444 infection is of the utmost priority."

MisterBibs 05 Apr 2010 18:33

I don't get this one. It makes people speak another language. It, despite being a virus, has no understanding of Anger/Rage (???). But people exposed to it fight. Huh?

tunedtoadeadchannel 05 Apr 2010 18:38

…wut.

Foweraker 05 Apr 2010 18:39

Um, I think you have got a bit confused. It is a memetic virus, one that takes the form of a language. It cannot express Anger, Rebellion etc as in there is no way to use the language to express those thoughts. I have no idea where you got that last bit from.

MisterBibs 05 Apr 2010 18:43

Oh. Ohhh… the blending of the Test and Control groups (rather than keeping them separate) in the Experiment Log threw me off considerably.

Foweraker 05 Apr 2010 18:47

Blending? Anyway I will reformat that to try and make it clearer.

Quikngruvn 11 Aug 2010 01:32

I can't believe no one's noticed till just now, Foweraker, but there was already an Omicron-9 (the Hot Zone Dancers) when you added Burke's Boys to the MTF list.

G Fox 15 Aug 2010 20:29

You managed to create something like what I was going to try here (a memetic viral language that eliminated the ability to speak other languages) and mixed it with something else to make it genuinely scary, instead of the cop-out method I was planning. (My inspiration was more Snow Crash than 1984.) I like what you've written, Foweraker. I hope this has a long life here.

pauli133 21 May 2012 13:40

SCP-444's written form has a unique alphabet of geometric shapes read in a radiating pattern from the centre.

this is tie-dye. it's tie-dye, isn't it.

DrFred 03 Jul 2012 14:12

Wow, apparently language is SCP fuel on its own. I just read this afetr posting my first SCP which is language based, and I see G Fox almost did the same.

I'm glad I posted mine first, as counterintuitive as that is….I think they are different enough, but if I had seenthis I would have second guessed myself too much.

Anyway, I love the counterpoint of this being capable of causing a utopia or a hell, depending on the circumstances. Upvoted.

daioni 17 Jul 2012 20:30

This is genuinely frightening. The idea in the test log that the foundation is interested in using it to breed docile D-class for experiments is chilling.

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