Messy notes for my new idea \o/
The emotion I want to evoke: to make the reader laugh and have a "what the heck is this" moment.
Definitely a Safe object.
The gist of it: it's a regular bag that's seemingly empty. When you try grabbing something out of it, a rubber duck comes out. The duck is randomized in appearance, quality, and material.
These ducks can't be destroyed by normal means. However, they can be placed back into the bag, where they will disappear forever.
Living organisms cannot be made into duck material. Dead or non-organic material, however, can. If a non-duck item is placed into the bag, it will disappear and eventually resurface as a duck (usually within 1-5 ducks). There is only one exception to this.
No, you can't pour ducks out of the bag. You have to reach your hand into it. Feet apparently count as hands too.
Wondertainment item? Look into that GoI more.
Use your eraser duck if you want to use an image.
Some ducks can be covered in mold! This mold ranges from simple bread mold to deadly black mold. Moldy ducks are fairly uncommon, but are usually held back for mold testing. Moldy ducks generated from this skip are the only exception when placing a living material into the bag, as they will disappear as usual (mold and all).
Rubber ducks placed into the bag that weren't generated by the bag are generally accepted by the bag, unless they have mold growing on them. Then the rubber duck will not disappear.
One test that was performed on the bag: scientists placed a go-pro camera with Bluetooth into the bag. The following recording had completely dark footage, followed by the grinding sound of metal and shattering glass. The video tape ended there.
Suggestions by others
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Notes to self
Figure out where the bag even came from. Was it a rubber duck claw machine?
Do the ducks have anomalous effects? If so, what?
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The (incredibly) messy notes that I jotted down to get most of my concepts down. This idea is now scrapped, but I'm leaving this here in case I want to repurpose some of the ideas in here.
Zweihander sword, blade glows red and is vaguely transparent. It is 13ft long (3.96 meters)
The sword itself is not sentient. However, it does possess its current wielder. The sword has to find you worthy in order to wield it, and there cannot be more than one wielder at a time. To become a wielder, you simply have to pick up the sword (whether or not you are wearing gloves is irrelevant. If you want to transport the sword without becoming a wielder, you have to either use a machine to pick it up or carry it in its case.
If you are found unworthy, you will instantly become paralyzed and die from unknown causes that look similar to internal bleeding. A dark substance is found inside of subjects that are rejected by the sword. Occasionally, this substance leaks out of the body usually via the mouth. This substance has a similar composition to blood with no DNA sequences.
If you are found worthy, you will be able to hold the sword with no issue. You will suddenly feel the urge to seek out “The Corrupted Gods”. It’s unknown who “The Corrupted Gods” are, just that you will obtain the urge to seek them out and kill them. The longer you are exposed to the sword, the stronger this urge becomes to seek and you will become more uncontrollable. This would create an instance of SCP-XXXX-2
Depending on how much a subject has been exposed to the sword determines how long they can be separated from the sword. When a subject is separated from the sword too long, they will inevitably die from various causes of organ failure (Recorded cases range from digestive shut down to strokes). Subjects cannot be saved from organ failure caused by the SCP.
During the time a wielder is separated from the SCP, they will feel incredibly anxious about separation. They will express a strong desire to reunite with the sword. These demands will get louder the closer the subject is to death
The sword was originally confiscated from a man named C[redacted blocks here]. He claimed to be the Slayer of The Gods, a blight to the world. The foundation took an interest in him after discovering a small farm town destroyed in [REDACTED], Idaho, USA. C was taken into custody with great effort, but didn't seem more capable than the average person. C was then interviewed, before he died 3 days later after separation from the sword. Subject appeared to have suffered a stroke.
Exact origins of the sword are speculated to be from Germany, taken to the Americas by an immigrant. The sword's material is unknown, even after material testing.
Testing with the SCP will require at least level 4 clearance. I want to write at least 3 test subjects, 5 at the most. Most of these tests will end in failure, causing testing to be very limited.
The sword can only damage things based off of intent. For example, if you had the sword on its own, and you tried to cut a cucumber with it. No matter the amount of force placed on the sword with the cucumber, it will not be cut. On the flip side if a wielder wanted to play fruit ninja with the cucumber, they could easily obliterate that thing into a million pieces if they so desired.
More notes to come??
Wonderful suggestions by others:
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- "However, what is the sword trying to accomplish? What are "The Corrupted Gods"? And why is the sword trying to kill them? You should at least give some idea in the article about how these are related."
- "Also as a general note, stating that the sword can cut through anything, and that the composition is unknown, is a quick way to get your article down voted very quickly, as that can be seen as low effort writing. Might I suggest that the sword can only cut through material that the wielder see's as something related to "The Corrupt Gods", which can be further influenced by the sword itself? As for the composition, why not have it simply as durable steel that regrows when a new wielder takes up the sword?"
DrDomeus from the IRC chat:
<DrDromeus> dransnake: yeah sure gimme a link and I’ll tell you what I think
<dransnake> DrDromeus: http://www.scp-wiki.net/forum/t-13155828/scp-idea-slayer-of-gods
<DrDromeus> Sorry dran but I’m really not feeling this concept
<DrDromeus> It’s a possessed sword that makes you really strong?
<JakiboyOmega> there is an SCP similar to that
<dransnake> It's more of the sword that does the work, it just needs someone to use it
<JakiboyOmega> the sword that gives the wielder disadvantage
<DrDromeus> It’s just…not original enough, kinda edgy, and lacking enough of a story or content
<dransnake> That is fair enough! Thank you for your insight
<DrDromeus> Sorry if that was a little harsh
<dransnake> It's okay! I don't mind
<DrDromeus> There’s way to repurpose the idea, but in its current state it’s a no-go
<dransnake> Oh? Do you have a suggestion?
<dransnake> It's alright if you don't have the time
<DrDromeus> Not specifically, but I think if you really wanna make a possessed sword work, you can go many different routes and still make something interesting
<DrDromeus> First just try to think of an emotion - how are you going to tell a story that invoked that emotion?
(end chat)
What this gives me an idea on: Try making the story have a sense of self justice to it, that this is a task that needs to be done. Make it more than just "well it can destroy things"
Important notes to remember:
Try not making the article sound like SCP-572, SCP-2200, and SCP-3499. These have similar concepts, although different effects than your sword. Just something to keep in mind while you're writing.
Questions to answer:
Who are the Corrupted Gods? Why does the sword want to destroy them? Why is it only destructive towards this group? Are they possibly connected to The Church of the Broken God (do more research on that group)
Forum link so I don't lose it:
http://www.scp-wiki.net/forum/t-13155828/scp-idea-slayer-of-gods