I like this one, but I have a few issues with it:
1. I'm still crusading against SCP Slash. Pick either Safe or Euclid, but not both. (I would go with Euclid.)
2. The images of the Euclid symbol and Sentient icon at the top detract from the effectiveness of the article. The first thing I'd want people to notice would be that freaky picture, not the information icons.
3. Regarding non-verbal communication, does 264 know three different versions of sign language? If so, that should be cleared up. Right now it seems like Japanese and Taiwanese are considered non-verbal communication.
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Where is that picture from? I found a very similar one on the Creepypasta wiki a little bit ago, but seeing the two side-by-side they are not the same.
I saw another one like it too, but it also wasn't the same. It was like this but… fairy tale-ish. Not happy, mind you, just different.
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I think this is cool, even if it could use a little cleanup. I don't know if I'm talking through nostalgia goggles, but all of the [DATA EXPUNGED] tags interested me more. It certainly does a good job of creating mystery.
E: goggles, not bottles. The fuck was I thinking?
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SCP-264 refused to elaborate on what it meant. However, it can be assumed that through some force unknown, SCP-264 is able to view the path a person may take through the course of their life.
Ugh. This sort of leap to conclusion without evidence, coupled with a 16x16 room for something immobile and not all that big is why I'm forced to downvote.
I'm generally lenient with oldies, but this doesn't do much for me, and that, plus this sort of thing points to a downvote.
This SCP has not aged well and I don't really care for it. Lots of weird assumptions on the part of the Foundation, bad expungement, odd phrasing… It really does read like exactly what it is: a SCP-i-fication of a creepy pic.
Giving bearhugs to the unsuspecting since 1872.
There are also a few phrases that just don't make much sense.
Two guards are to be stationed outside of this room at all times, circulated every twenty-four hours.
Damn. 24 hours is a serious shift. And what do they do that a locked door couldn't accomplish?
SCP-264 is sentient, communicating through several non-verbal forms, including Japanese, Taiwanese, Korean sign language, and Morse code.
Maybe I'm being dense, but what about the Japanese and Taiwanese languages makes them nonverbal? I thought maybe the author meant that it writes in those languages, but then the next sentence talks about it writing in every language known. Or are they meant to be Japanese, Taiwanese, and Korean sign languages? In that case the phrasing is merely ambiguous.
Either way, Morse code isn't a language, it's a code for individual Roman alphabet letters and numbers. You still need to arrange them in some sort of language to communicate with it.
This is currently classified as Safe/Euclid. Unless I'm missing something, this seems like a pretty straight-forward Safe. Staff input on changing to just Safe?
Giving bearhugs to the unsuspecting since 1872.
Go ahead.
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The size of the containment area seems way too big for something that's only a meter in diameter.
…as they were part of the team that originally discovered [DATA EXPUNGED]. In addition, both Agents ████ ███████ and █████ ██████ were on location during [DATA EXPUNGED].
This part really did it for me as it implies an unseen connection to other Foundation activities (it would be pointless to expunge the data if it were about SCP-264).
That and the censored mystery language and the odd… were they gifts? I liked that bit very much. It's cool that it regards the smaller figures as separate entities and their relationship with one another is interesting, but shouldn't they be considered instances of SCP-264-1 or something? 'Salt Armor' was pretty evocative and mysterious too, but isn't it covered in writing?
This is just a matter of personal taste, but I'd like to rewrite the description a bit, as the procession of information just didn't feel right. I'd probably start with the hemisphere which is it's main body, then the guardian's face and limbs and then the temple complex (and don't mention the knee's, that's just adding a weak detail).
Giving it the power of precognition also seemed unnecessary. In fact, the whole Interview 264a part really turned me off.
Mixed feelings overall, withholding any down-vote, mainly because of [DATA EXPUNGED].
I agree. I feel like the part you quoted should just be:
… as they were part of the team that originally discovered SCP-264.
Seemed like expungement for the sake of expungement. Didn't add anything.
I thought "Salt Armor" was written inside the little door? Like, that was the only thing they were able to pick up when they put a camera in there. I think it was muddled by poor/unclear writing.
This is one of the reasons I like to read the comments before voting when I like an entry but feel something isn't quite right. Many times, people will have already put to words what was bothering me, though I hadn't pinned it down yet.
I really want to upvote this, but can't with the current version. It just needs a little cleanup. Get rid of the "fate" crap, get rid of unnecessary [DATA EXPUNGED], want to say get rid of it giving another SCP to someone (though I do like the general notion that it has a sort of fondness for the Agent and Doctor and gave them little presents), and clear up some of the odd wording that makes certain parts unclear or not make sense (such as the languages it knows). So a minor rewrite. I think the core idea is really good.
Yeah, the idea is cool. I saw the title and looked forward to reading this because skeletons. Gorgeous image. Love living statues. But the execution is just 'ehhh.'
It kind of just goes all over the place. Cool, it levitates! Cool, it knows (and is inscribed with. okay???) a lot of languages! Cool, it has precognition! Cool, it created living statues! But, putting all this together is a little sloppy. The fact that there's so much EXPUNGED makes it worse. It doesn't really GO anywhere.
This is such a waste of a cool picture. Everything that actually happens is hidden behind [DATA EXPUNGED] tags, if it was ever properly conceived at all (not that authors need to know what's behind every expungement, but here it would help). It can apparently see people's fates but nothing ever happens with that?? Like c'mon.
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