Well written but
But for real, I loved this article in chat and I still love it. As I said there, it reminds me of the best of ritual creepypasta with a wonderfully wistful tone that pulls at my heartstrings. +1
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I didn't get any heartstring whatevers, but it held my interest. Not anything super special, but it's a neat little thing, and I rather like neat little things.
Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!
Seems like it could be good tale fodder, so I'll upvote it, even if it's not outstanding in terms of interestingness.
if your reading this your gay
Why does the foundation accept that the ritual does what the letter claims?
So far as anyone knows, it's all a scheme by something demonic to get people to sacrifice themselves to it…because it needs to eat them to survive.
What tests could be performed? Maybe put a D-Class on a plane, loaded with monitoring and tracking equipment, and try to trace where they go.
I, too, feel like there could be a bit more to this - at the very least the Foundation should try it out with a D-class to see what happens.
On a side note, with that much tea tree and assorted medicines, that potion is going to taste horrible…
On the one hand, I'm sure that the Foundation would have tested this - especially since the ritual is rather conveniently broken down into testable segments (IE what happens when you say - ingest the potion but don't do any/some of the other stuff).
On the other hand, I think actual test results would intrude on the point of the article where you don't really know what's happening to these people.
Just a thought, but it might add a little spice if you upped the volume of water required by the potion to >100ml (the max fluid volume passengers are permitted to carryon by current TSA regulations) and worked into the containment procedures the implication that the 100ml TSA regulation was put into effect precisely because of SCP-360.
I intentionally left out any implication that might arise from that. Tying a skip to 9/11 is not only distasteful, it's almost always a great way to shoot yourself in the foot.
Before I made my suggestion, I had the same concern, so I looked it up.
Turns out the "3-1-1" fluid volume regulation came after 9/11 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_transatlantic_aircraft_plot_security_reaction) and, though it was part of the upward trend in TSA restrictions that followed 9/11, was not implemented in response to, nor as a direct result of 9/11.
I'm aware, but it's part of the culture of paranoia that resulted from 9/11, and people will tie it in anyways. Again, I think it works well as it is, with a sort of subtle implication that it might be related without any direct calling out.
(Kudos to you for doing the homework, though, and thank you for your feedback! :))
Fair enough and you're welcome.
I will say though that the culture of paranoia that has arisen since 9/11 probably would make the SCP Foundation's job a lot easier. Nobody questions random, invasive security measures any more.
I'd be interested to see some of the more ridiculous TSA prohibitions explained in terms of SCPs ("The Nail Clippers of DOOM!" "The Gameboy from HELL!"). If nothing else it might make for a good J-designation.
Short but simple, and a very unique one. Instead of relying on fear and horror, this SCP instead relies on religious beliefs and salvation. Well done, and good job! +1
But simultaneously needed. I felt like this article was of course going to be here, yet it needs to be. It's almost cliche but also feels like a necessary part of a collection. Anyway, gave it a +1 for simplicity and wonder.
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