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About 3 lines into the description I said to myself "this has got to be Wondertainment". Since it fits that perfectly, +1.
I must be missing something. I just don't get it. Why do the horses have human vocal cords? Does the object have any effect upon the user, other than giving them a horse? Why did the original user commit suicide, and why was that suicide interesting enough that the foundation decided to check things out? And what exactly was the toy that came with it, that is now broken?
Sorry for all the questions, I just walked away from this article feeling like there was something glaringly obvious that I missed, and it bothered me.
It helps if you remember that it wasn't always like this. It started out as a normal, fun Wondertainment toy. When it began it would have spawned talking pink ponies, with no adverse effects, that probably wouldn't have ended up dying, because they would have told their owners how to prevent that happening.
Then someone voided its warranty and bad things happened.
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Some fridge horror that hasn't been mentioned in the past ten years or eight comments.
vivisection of SCP-1194-2-█6, -█7 and -█8 has revealed their vocal apparatus to bear a notable similarity to that of an adolescent human female
Your very own Real Wonder-Pony!TM can even t[SECTION DAMAGED]
So, we can deduce that the "can even t—" was originally "can even talk". However,
analysis of the speaker, however, shows it to have at some point been rendered inactive
specimens are effectively incapable of vocalisation; examination has revealed no direct cause of this, as no features of relevant tissue or mouthparts seem to function in a preventative manner
the damage to the speaker prevents any new manifestations from actually talking. So Important Fact #1 is: Damage to the original toy's parts affects subsequent manifestations in an analogous way.
The death of an SCP-1194-2 specimen, that of the relevant SCP-1194-2-T subject, or the string of SCP-1194-1 being pulled during an active state, will cause the current instance of SCP-1194-2 to disappear.
Upon disappearing, the volume previously occupied by the specimen will be replaced by a gas consistent in composition and density with standard tropospheric air.
Thus, Important Fact #2 is: Pulling the string while an active instance exists makes it literally disappear into thin air.
Instances have displayed various sizes, breeds and both sexes, and are notable for various biological irregularities – including the presence of betacyanins, pararosaniline and other pigments not usually found in mammals on their coats, typically causing a mild purple or pink colouration.
Important Fact #3: The horses manifested have unrealistic features more in line with fantastical horses/ponies more in line with cartoons or normal toys.
Approximately 20% of the casing could not be located
Important Fact #4: The Foundation does not have possession of all of the parts of the original toy, and is not entirely certain how much of it they are missing
Now let's consider our important facts in conjunction with the following:
local police files regarding the suicide of one ████████ ██████
We're given that the person's death was ruled suicide, but not the actual cause of death. However, we are told that
The remains of a ceramic and plastic casing resembling a generic horse of no discernible breed, apparently broken by extreme fall damage, were also found within a metre of the object.
Emphasis mine on the "extreme", because it's important. So the original toy was broken by a fall, but not just any fall, as might happen when someone plays with a toy, but an extreme fall, as from a great height.
What is also a common method of suicide, a cause of death that might be ruled as suicide lacking other evidence?
A fall from a great height.
So we know the following:
1. The manifested horses can be affected by the state of the toy parts.
2. They disappear into thin air if the string is pulled while one exists.
3. They have unrealistic, fantastical features. (The coloration being specifically mentioned, but it is said that there may be others.)
4. The Foundation is missing pieces of the toy casing.
5. Since the horses don't show up as chunks of meat (as one might expect due to item #1), we can assume that the toy either always creates horses or that it creates something based off of what the assembled pieces of the casing within some range would be.
6. The toy was broken by a fall from a great height.
And we can conjecture that:
The original owner was killed by a fall from a great height.
So here's our fridge horror:
What little girl, amidst the joy of riding her talking magical pony she got just by pulling the string on her toy, wouldn't be tempted to make another talking magical pony appear to be friends with them? Logically, all she has to do is pull the string again…
And what if the Foundation is missing a bit more of the casing than they think, and part of what they don't even know is missing is a pair of wings?
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