SCP-684 / Discussion

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MisterBibs 06 Aug 2011 08:11

Okay, so I'm not entirely sure how this will be recieved. This is a fairly dense SCP concept (in that it's not just An X That Does Y), and the last time I did one of these, it didn't go over well.

So yeah, as I typed this up, I realize it's becomming a wall of goddamn text. So I'll hide it. But please, do read it if you have the time. Like I said, this is an SCP that came together as a result of multiple vectors (which contributes to its complexity) in a way that I think works. If it doesn't, well, I won't be surprised.

Unleash the Kraken. Also, the Wall of Text.

The long-and-short of this SCP is based on a few bits and pieces I've seen in movies, mixed together in such a way that I don't think is a full-on copy of any of the inspirations.

The initial core of the idea came from the movie Moon. I'll try not to spoil the film, but ultimately a man learns that not only will he not be going home after his job's contract is up, but that he'll be doing said job forever… and he'll never realize that he's doing the job forever. The thought really appealed to me as one pretty damned creepy.

But I didn't want to just copy Moon, so I took a bit of inspiration from The Thing, in which nobody is really sure if they are who they say they are. That guy could literally turn into an alien monster next to you, and you would not know. In this SCP's case, I wanted to twist that around: that you might not be who you genuinely think you are. The entity that took you over sets things up so you're never exposed to that truth.

So, combined with seeing a film about ants / aphids, I came up with this SCP. People are sent down to this underwater creature that either evolved or was engineered to be taken care of. It's 'taken care of' by absorbing and assimilating a small amount of another species, which live and die (only to be regenerated) without knowing that it's really a copy.

TLDR: I thought the idea of a Foundation crew constantly repeating their lives, and generally not knowing it because all of their personal growth is wiped out when they 'repeat' interesting, and tried to turn that into an SCP.

Edit: Before anyone says it, I know we have some somewhat-large underwater SCPs already. I didn't really picture it as one, but it's really the only place I could fit something that big.

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thedeadlymoose 06 Aug 2011 08:19

I find this very intriguing. Upvoted

Trust 06 Aug 2011 09:18

Quick thing: Please change "surface of the Indian Ocean" to "seafloor of the Indian Ocean". I believe surface implies it is some kind of buoyant structure.

Also the footnotes kind of irritate me (not the content, just the structure).

MisterBibs 06 Aug 2011 17:28

I didn't want to put as many footnotes as I wound up putting, and might delete some of 'em. There was a lot of information that I simply couldn't find a place to put it.

SoullessSingularity 06 Aug 2011 11:19

Upvoted based on interest. I don't much understand it though, perhaps give a few more hints? I just see it as like a giant catepillar, the kind that secretes hormones to gain ants to serve and feed it, but in a different way.

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MisterBibs 06 Aug 2011 17:27

That's essentially what it is, but with a morphology completely alien to earth. I couldn't really fit it in the article itself, but the Foundation doesn't know if 684's current blob-o-whatever shape is its 'natural' state, or because it's on a planet/reality with higher gravity, or because it's under deep-ocean water pressure.

Baron Lister 06 Aug 2011 11:52

I like the concept that spawned this thing, however it gives me a niggling sensation that pokes me right in the science. I'll hold off on voting for now until I can suggest corrections or someone more knowledgeable than me can help out.

Communism will win 06 Aug 2011 13:48

Deaugh, creepy. Where would it learn to do that?

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Salman Corbette 06 Aug 2011 21:18

I lurv this

tunedtoadeadchannel 06 Aug 2011 22:09

Don't we already have two dormant giant undersea creature SCPs?

thedeadlymoose 06 Aug 2011 22:10

Don't we already have two dormant giant undersea creature SCPs?

I'd say this is different enough to stand on its own merits. Just my opinion, of course.

MisterBibs 06 Aug 2011 22:29

As I said in the first post, the location of the SCP there mostly because its a place where multi-mile sized things can be 'placed' without opening up questions about nobody finding it before now.

The size is also fairly immaterial, especially since its pretty much one of the smaller Big Things already on the site. I only now just realized that its size could be a hint that this SCP is definitely NOT built/grown to Homo Sapiens Scale. But other than that, its size is immaterial.

And dormant? Nope. Not sure how you got that. It's not dormant in the slightest.

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Darkorinth 07 Aug 2011 18:47

I like the concept, very interesting. One major complaint I have is the multiple instaliations that the Foundation sent pretty much just to see if they would die. It's a ridiculous waste of valuable researchers and agents. I could see them repeating the experiment once, MAYBE twice with only D-class personnel. Much more interesting would be if the creature had created multiple copies of the original outpost that all did not know about each other. That would give the Foundation cause to be worried about it creating an army.

Also it doesn't HAVE to be underwater. It seems to have few if any identifying characteristics beyond the lights and orifices. You could make the flesh appear more stone like, then have the creature be a (very) small mountain range. Place it in a remote and nearly uninhabited area. Reports eventually reached the Foundation about strange lights on the mountain, during the investigation they established a research base on the mountain, which is the one that was eventually enveloped.

Quikngruvn 24 Aug 2011 12:01

I rather like it. Now, nitpick time: first, are your co-ordinates supposed to be latitude and longitude? If so, they're inconsistent and formatted incorrectly (or at least clearly). Second, the fifth letter in the Greek alphabet is epsilon, not iota.

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