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Ehhhh… I see where you're going with this. (1650-1-C is a reference to the Hannukah legend, yes?)
And yet, it doesn't really grip me, and the interview section at the end doesn't work for me. If the Horizon Initiative is as familiar with the Foundation as they appear to be, then they should know that the Foundation isn't going to agree to their terms, and that a low-level agent functioning as an interrogator has no say over the decision anyway.
Reluctant downvote.
This seemed weird to me too. The Agent is not going to have the authority to trade away SCPs (no one short of the O5's could do that, and they probably wouldn't) and the HI should know that if they understand the Foundation at all.
Also, could a hostile prisoner of the Foundation really sneak in an explosive? Seems like kind of lax security there.
I like the object itself though, so +1.
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SCP-1650-1-D will lose it's anomalous properties within thirty (30) seconds of being poured from SCP-1650
SCP-1650-1-D seemingly erases any trace of blood it comes into contact with. Because of this, ingestion or injection of SCP-1650-1-D is instantly fatal.
For it to work like that, even the tiniest amount would have to instantly erase the entire volume of blood with which it comes into contact (for instance, as soon as a speck of it touches a gallon pot of blood the entire gallon instantly vanished). Otherwise, ingesting it would result in the subject gradually losing blood as the oil was gradually absorbed through the intestines (and after a delay for digestion), leading to eventual death, and injection would destroy blood as it flowed into the injection site, leading to a quick but not instant death.
Honestly, I think you're just delving into semantics. If you consider 'instantly fatal' to just mean fatal within exactly 0 seconds of the act occurring, then a lot of things that I personally would consider 'instantly fatal' wouldn't be, and that's not going into the prickly thornbush that is a unambiguous definition of death.
Actually modeling what happens in the veins if a tiny amount of this stuff got into your bloodstream is complicated because it destroys matter, which doesn't really happen in the real world. If my understanding of fluid dynamics is correct, though, it should look something like this. The oil is injected into the bloodstream. The heart pumps, pushing blood down the veins. A pipe system like the circulatory system works because each molecule is pushing the molecule in front of it, which causes the entire system to circulate. However, there isn't any way for the blood to move the oil, because as soon as the blood touches the oil, it disappears, so it can't impart energy/motion. Your blood won't be able to circulate at all, just get sent into the blob of oil and disappear.
On the other side, ahead of the blob of oil, the blood is getting sucked slightly backwards, trying to fill the vacuum created when the blood touches the oil. Long story short, your blood can't circulate. Also, floods are generally incompressible, so your blood can't expand to fill the vacuum, so you get little pockets of vacuum in your veins. Your blood vessels around the oil start popping, and you start bleeding internally, but that's cool because your blood isn't gonna stick around long. It's gonna start boiling off, unless you get a break in your blood vessels to let air in to fill in the gaps.
You would certainly be dead in under a minute, and the instant that oil touches your blood, you're a goner. This might not be 'instant death', but it's horrible and quick and irreversible, which is semantically good enough for me.
There's no need to italicize the name of a chemical compound (oleandrin), even if its name is derived from an italicized species name.
Upvoted, with one nitpick. Why is a relatively ancient SCP capable of producing exactly 2 liters of oil? Shouldn't it be some unit of measurement contemporary with its creation, and hence not an exact metric figure?
Just something that bothers me, how do they pour the liquid WITHOUT it coming into contact with something inorganic or organic? Otherwise I think its OK.
So, an ancient liquid multitool? Nourishment, light, and potential assassination equipment all in one jug! Upvoted, but a couple of nitpicks:
-I agree with Khym Chanur above. SCP-1650-1-D would be rapidly fatal, not instantly (unless it magically eradicates all blood). Also, consider adding a line about how much blood can 1 cc of oil destroy-that would be something the Foundation would test.
-Also, you say what SCP-1650-1-D does to living organic tissue. What about dead tissue?
Alright, I'll change that, and add a line about the oil-blood ratio.
E: fixed. Hopefully this makes more sense now. Also added a note about dead tissue, which can safely interact with the oil.
Issues:
The degree measurements are in relation to what? The floor? Exact vertical? The earth's axial tilt?
Given that the pot can't be instantly jerked from "off" position to whatever the user is after (you know, pesky laws of physics and all that), how do you get unmixed samples of anything but -1?
Good point, but easy to fix: Say that the pot has to be held for 30 seconds at the appropriate angle before anything happens.
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There are some problems with this that make it impossible for me to upvote this. Mostly, these are the various logical inconsistencies involved in the object's properties, but I can't get over the interrogation log - the sudden swerve in the HI operative's behaviour and attitude is just bizarre, especially if the guy in question believed the deal was legit, and the idea that the Foundation captured an agent from another GOI and then allowed him to smuggle an explosive device into the interrogation room is laughably stupid from the Foundation's point of view.
It is implied the explosive was in his stomach, not strapped on his body. The Foundation's normal scans would have picked that as well, but this explosive managed to somehow slip by.
As for the other point, that's a failure on my part. The log is supposed to imply the priest is a plaything in the hands of his superiors, who never intended to make any sort of deal and wanted the priest to die in case he was captured, hence they convinced him the Foundation would attempt to deceive him. It wasn't made clear, and that's my fault.
You got across that he was being manipulated by his superiors. That's my problem.
Simply put, the priest's sudden mood swing seems completely insane from the perspective of someone who genuinely believes he has been asked to broker a deal. At the first slight hiccup in the plan (something which any sane individual might be able to predict, outside of the Foundation's lying ways), he decides everyone in the room has to die, ruining an agreement that could ensure lasting peace and progress between his own side and an extremely important and powerful potential ally. The sheer stupidity of that decision, and the bizarre mood swing involved, simply doesn't seem realistic to me, and as a result it sinks the log and the entire article in my eyes.
Why does where the bomb is matter? The fate of the world sort of hinges on the Foundation being able to identify threats to itself. They should be able to detect a room-destroying bomb.
