It doesn't grab me in any way.
Edit; now people far more senior than I who are known for harsh critique are upvoting and I feel stupid.
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As I said in chat, I really like it.
Piffy is an SCP Foundation Moderator, Lv. 9001 Squishy Wizard, and Knight of the Red Pen.
You have two Focus point #4s in the Inky section.
Now, let me calmly read this article while drinking a cup of tea, and come across absolutely no shocking statements!
Focus Point #1 ("Genesis") The unnumbered compartment above compartment #1. Instills a vision of a boardroom, containing a long wooden table and thirteen leather armchairs. Voices speaking in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish can be heard, but are too unclear to decipher. Feelings of worry, determination and secrecy are also instilled.
SCP-921-2's comment: "The gardeners assemble to discuss their greatest creation; they seek to trap with it Typhoon and Jörmungandr, the Griffin and the Hounds of Hell. But they are no gods."
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Well played. I see a couple of other references here that I'll keep to myself, and just give it an upvote.
Explain? I'm certain that's a reference to an SCP, but I can't put my finger on it.
yes, Im afraid the references are lost on me as well….could someone provide a gloss?
I saw it as a reference to the overseers and the founder, with the following one being when the chaos insurgency splintered off and was made. I could well be completely wrong there.
Edit: Reading down a bit lower, that does indeed appear to be what it was.
Well-written, nicely textured and you don't go overboard with the melodrama in the curators speeches. On several of the exhibits I felt like I was flailing in the dark, trying to find a wall or piece of furniture so I could get my bearings, but I suspect that may be me not thinking hard enough rather than you not giving enough detail.
I want to like this one. Its a great idea to have a museum of sensations. The descriptions remind me of the quatrains of Nostradamus, but I can't for the life of me identify what they're supposed to be…I'm a just being thick? Is it obvious to everyone else what the 'rooms' are meant to refer to?
Yours, in bewilderment…
(account deleted)Focus Point #13 seems like a reference to someone about to get guillotined during the French Revolution, and Focus Point #585 seems to be referencing the Horizon Initiative getting Muslims, Christians and Jews together to set aside their differences. Don't really know what the others are referring to, but I liked all of this nonetheless.
Yeah, I picked up the awsome reference to the HI to. And by awsome, I mean I like that people are using it (I wasn't sure about it at first, but now I like it).
About the containment procedures: why not simply physically block off the portions of the cave system which contain anomalies, and put up notices saying that the blocked-off areas can't be visited because of the danger of cave-in, or because they're the habitat for an endangered species, or something like that?
Alright, I'm going to give a full list of the exhibits and what they were referring to:
Note: the first two wings are general history, while the last two are Foundation related.
-Summer Peak: this is a failed expedition to climb K2.
- The Trail: the excommunication of Baruch de Spinoza
- Lead Tidebreaker: the battle of Omdurman, from a British perspective
- A Moment of Peace: a scence from Churchill's war room.
-Autumn: the life and death of John Keats.
-Regret: the Death of Louie XVI (his blood betyring him is the Duke of Orléans).
- Genesis: the beginning of the Foundation.
- In the Desert: the rise of the Chaos Insurgency.
-Saint George and the Dragon: the fight between 682 and 76-2.
-Serrated Baptism: a new member joining the CotBG.
-Rare Unity: a look into a joint prayer session in the Horizon Initiative.
These references were done really, really well. You gave them just the right amount of ambiguity to make the references decipherable while still being fun to figure out. +1
That being said, I'm still curious as to why these particular events are recorded within the cave. Is it just a matter of preference (on the cave's part?), or do these events have some subtle connection with one another?
A combination of both, in a way. SCP-921 records emotions and sensations which it deems worth saving- some wings (like the first two) are simply powerful emotions and memories, while others (the last two) are also of great importance to it in particular. There is a reason it dedicated at least two whole wings to the Foundation and the GoIs.
Called it on Spinoza! So called it! He's great, really.
Summer Peak sounded familiar, but I couldn't quite place it. Autumn sounded familiar; and at first I wanted to say Lord Byron, but he died in the spring.
I did get A Moment of Peace and Regret right.
Not sufficiently up on my lore to get any of the last set.
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