A long time ago I considered writing a story titled "Agent Charlie and the Wondertainment Factory." You can probably guess what would happen from there. I'm pretty glad to see at least part of the idea has come to fruition. Good job Tanhony!
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I mean maybe The SCP Article was meant to be the advertisement of some tale regarding this SCP meant to tell a story that blurs the line between light-hearted and messed up to the point where you can't even tell what it is.
I figured that the point of the final document was that some sort of confrontation was coming between Wondertainment and the Foundation. Also, it sounds like the Wondertainment people are convinced they are going to take the O5 fucking Council to this park whether they liked it or not, which implies a certain confidence on their part as to their "persuasiveness."
Upvoted.
The fireworks bit sounds like something Aperture Science would cook up. I wouldn't be surprised if the next letter went something like "you will be baked, and then there will be cake!".
EDIT: Does the picture depict the amoosement park?
I like the idea, and it's probably best that the attractions aren't hostile or dangerous (We've already got 823), but at the same time it feels a little bland. I like the invitation because it succeeds in being ominous and creepy, but I think you could up-the-weird a little for some of the attractions. That's just me though. No vote for now.
Hm… I wouldn't mind seeing the weird factor (but not the hostile and dangerous factor) upped, myself. It doesn't seem as impressive as I'd expect an entire Wondertainment amusement park to be.
But the invitation actually rubbed me wrong a bit. It seems a bit too aggressive for the Wondertainment people/person to bait the O5s like that. Though if you replaced "the O5 council" with "our valued customers", it would probably work for me.
No vote for now, due to these issues.
edit: I ended up upvoting anyway
i've felt like there's been a bit *too* much wondertainment stuff recently, despite being a huge fan of it….
but reading through this it was very well done and i couldnt help but upvote :P
looking forward to a story based on that invitation……
I can just imagine the Foundation collectively going "oh, crap" when they find out that Doctor Wondertainment has an entire amusement park.
I think the article could be improved by having some non-attraction weirdness and creepiness (beyond that already provided by the SCP-949-1's). Some ideas:
- Occasionally terrified screams will be heard coming from somewhere else in the park. If any subject is in the park when this happens, the nearest SCP-949-1 will loudly ramble at the subject in an attempt to cover up the noise, and will appear extremely nervous while doing so.
- Some janitorial instances of SCP-949-1 will sometimes be seen dragging around a mop and wheeled bucket. The water in the bucket will always be tinted red, and the mop will always be stained red, as if it had been used to clean up blood. However, none of the janitors will ever be directly observed cleaning anything.
- Concession stands which sell hot-dogs will have large signs reading "Our hot-dogs contain absolutely NO human flesh".
- Any food eaten will scream/whimper/writhe when bitten into.
Oh, and an attraction idea: a teacup ride. When the ride starts up, any subject in a teacup will turn into a liquid which fills the cup, and then turn back into a normal human when the ride finishes. The process is harmless and painless, but extremely unsettling.
Several advertisements for SCP's currently in containment are present in the form of posters or souvenirs.
I think it would be better if some of the ads were for SCP's in containment, plus a bunch more the Foundation has never heard of before.
When subject succeeded in retrieving three animate duck toys, the maintaining SCP-949-1 rewarded them with a large teddy bear.
Hmmm, how about this: the teddy bear is itself animate, and either:
- The teddy bear is afraid of the subject and doesn't want to be given to him/her. The SCP-949-1 then cheerful threatens the bear with [DATA EXPUNGED] if it doesn't cooperate. Terrified, the bear cooperates and goes with the subject, spending the rest of time in the park constantly looking out for other SCP-949-1's and jumping at shadows. The bear is currently kept in a containment locker, huddled in a corner while shivering and shaking.
- The bear is overjoyed to go with the subject. Once out of the amusement park, it appears to try to talk, but doesn't make any sound. Examination of the front of the bear's neck shows that it was cut open and then stitched closed. Re-opening the cut reveals that some of the stuffing was removed from the front of the neck. That is, they removed it's "voice-box" to prevent it from telling anyone of the horror's it experienced.
Subject was not aware of these additions until they were brought to its attention. The human head attached appeared to give the subject information on rides as they explored the park.
This makes it sound like the subject didn't at all freak it or feel nervous about it.
I'm not really a fan of these suggestions. That's a fair bit nastier than most of the Wondertainment stuff we've seen so far is. Even the Little Misters don't seem to consider Wondertainment especially brutal or cruel.
Same. Dr. Wondertainment isn't so much "Muahahaha evil horror" as it is "Wait, you humans don't find this whimsical?".
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"Wait, you humans don't find this whimsical?"
Heh, I actually picture them (or him/her?) as humans themselves, but with the exact same attitude.
I would downvote this hard if these details were added.
Not because they're bad, but because… well, what Anax and Scantron said. Plus: You just described a "The Factory" amusement park, not something from Dr. Wondertainment. To me, at least.
Okay, now I'm envisioning a theme park run by each of the groups of interest.
The Foundation's park would have those standard unwinnable carnival games. If you do significantly better than should be possible, you aren't allowed to leave, and they study you to try to figure out how your probability manipulation works.
The MC&D version uses lots of spaghetti computers to model exactly how much to charge (down to the penny) to maximize profit. And everything is made out of diamonds. The diamonds are poison.
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Bit of a necro, but I would like to point out that, since one of the attractions adds limbs, the tea cup ride doesn't seem out of place. After all, it says that the process is painless and merely unsettling, and I could see some crazy guy going, "Don't you find that fun!? …What do you mean becoming tea freaked you out?"
Agreeing on that one, is the only possible addition I liked… now think of two persons on the cup. They come back whole and unharmed each, but remember being a single liquid for a while… that could be… awkward XD
I agree with everyone else that most of these ideas would make the article terrible, but I kind of like the teacup ride one.
I also rather like the teacup one. Not the others, though.
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Count me as a fourth supporter of the teacup ride, with [DATA EXPUNGED] happening if some liquid is retrieved from the teacup before it stops spinning (Because that's exactly what I would test if I saw it and was a cold researcher with a bare sense of morality).
I won't lie, the fact that this SCP took the last palindrome angers me a bit, but I don't mind too much. I like it. Upvoted.
Living the dream, or dreaming the life?
There are eight in the format SCP-1__1 (1001 and 1111 are taken, although 1001 might be taken down). I'll try to avoid those, although I already would because they're odd numbers.
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