Mommy, where do babies come from?

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Get rid of the links in the final version, they're there for reference & attribution. She just wants to sit down and have a conversation, right? Nope. She's what I'll refer to as a stork. All the others in her region have "flown away" (meaning death or abandonment of their duties), which directly correlates to the lowering birth rates in the surrounding areas. As she is implied to be the final remaining stork of the area, she's resorted to kidnapping people and making them babies to make up for the kids the baby factory's unable to make.

Should probably make it a form of explo-log thing, where 1 unfortunate D-Class is instructed to follow her orders. This allows for characterization of -B and buildup to the end song.

Author's notes/symbolism:

• The water tower itself is both a phallic sculpture and representative of the vagina/womb, with the reservoir being the womb itself.
• The staircase ascent represents impregnation and gestation, and the ability for -A to leave at any time is symbolic of abortion.
• The ceiling is painted with a fresco of Jesus Christ's nativity, which represents the birth itself. There are feathers surrounding the fresco, which the reader initially interprets as a representation of Christ's holiness/divine origin, but in reality symbolizes the storks who have since left. In the painting, only one stork remains, being -B.
• Storks probably don't look like actual storks.
• The Type-ROM event, particularly the water flooding from the roof, is symbolic of the water breaking in the first stages of childbirth.
• The water removes the memories of -A, in style of the river Lethe, which reduces -A to a crying infant.
• The main implication is that the Foundation, by keeping this thing locked up, is contributing to the lowering birth rates.
• The lullaby goes roughly as follows, and should only rhyme in the mother tongue, that being whatever it is that I can find a reliable translation for.
  • Hush little baby, mother is here, come for her darling child so near.
  • Hush my child, do not fret, mother's getting you a darling pet.
  • Many little faces come and gone, so you'll never have to be alone.
  • And though all the storks have flown away, mama's going to find you a crib to stay.
• This lullaby should come at the end and be the main zinger of the piece.

Lullaby taken from here. Final version is slightly modified.

SCP-XXXX exterior.

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: A Foundation front company has purchased the land surrounding SCP-XXXX and maintains it as private property in order to prevent civilian access. If SCP-XXXX undergoes a type-ROM event, Class A amnestics are to be administered to all civilians that have become aware of the anomalous nature of SCP-XXXX and a cover story is to be provided for the disappearance of the SCP-XXXX-A instance.

SCP-XXXX-C instances are not to be released from SCP-XXXX. SCP-XXXX-C instances are to be contained in standard moderate-climate avian containment cells until gestation is complete, at which point the SCP-XXXX-C instance is to be terminated and the offspring are to be diffused into the civilian populace.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a cylindrical unmarked two-story red brick water tower located five km East of Elva, Estonia. The interior of SCP-XXXX is accessed through an unlocked wooden door located on the north side of the building. A fresco painting in the Netherlandic style is present on the ceiling. The painting depicts the Christian Nativity currently bordered by 280 white feathers.

The anomalous properties of SCP-XXXX manifest when a human being that is fluent in Estonian¹ enters SCP-XXXX while no persons are within SCP-XXXX or within a five meter radius of SCP-XXXX-A. When the above conditions are met, a humanoid entity² will manifest approximately one meter behind SCP-XXXX-A. SCP-XXXX-B will then proceed to lock the door unless outside forces prevent this action.

SCP-XXXX-B circa 1880. Image recovered from the third stair platform.

SCP-XXXX-B is a humanoid female of advanced age, currently believed to be supercentarian in nature. SCP-XXXX-B is of eastern European descent, is fluent in Estonian, and has shown no signs of aging during Foundation containment. After attempting to lock the door to SCP-XXXX, SCP-XXXX-B will address SCP-XXXX-A by name, and invite SCP-XXXX-A to an unspecified room at the top of SCP-XXXX³. SCP-XXXX-B will generally offer conversation along with small amenities to SCP-XXXX-A if it complies in its request.

If SCP-XXXX-A states that it no longer wants to enter the unspecified room and instead wants to exit SCP-XXXX, SCP-XXXX-B will ask why the SCP-XXXX-A instance wishes to leave. If provided a reason, SCP-XXXX-B will de-manifest, and the door will open autonomously. If no reason is provided within one minute, SCP-XXXX-B will attempt to coax the SCP-XXXX-A instance into accepting the original offer. If this is not successful, SCP-XXXX-B will de-manifest in the manner previously specified.

Upon reaching the top of the staircase, SCP-XXXX-B will address SCP-XXXX-A, asking it several questions in an attempt to begin a conversation. At this point, SCP-XXXX will undergo a type-ROM event.

SCP-XXXX interior.

Type-ROM Event: A Type-ROM event designates the de-manifestation of both SCP-XXXX-A and SCP-XXXX-B via anomalous means and the subsequent creation of an SCP-XXXX-C instance. The first recorded Type-ROM event is translated and recorded below.

Flooding the water tower.

[Footage begins. SCP-XXXX-A enters SCP-XXXX, causing SCP-XXXX-B to manifest and lock the door. SCP-XXXX-A turns around and, seeing that the door is locked, physically assaults SCP-XXXX-B.]

SCP-XXXX-A:

SCP-XXXX-B: So few of us above, so many cities below. We are giving signs to cities, that children must go to sleep! Oh sleep my dear… If you want a bird from the sky - you’ll get it. What do you want? Just let me know - I can give you anything! So why don’t you want to sleep? Oh sleep, because in the night, when we are shining in the sky, your parents are asleep, and only you aren’t.

Hush…Hush… There were five little storks… Hush… Four flew away.

Oh sleep, because the moon just yawned, and will fall asleep in a moment, and in the morning, when dawn will come, the moon is going to feel ashamed that it was him, not you, who went to bed. Hush…Hush…

[SCP-XXXX-A and SCP-XXXX-B are completely submerged.]

After SCP-XXXX-B finishes this song, both instances de-manifest, and an instance of SCP-XXXX-C manifests from the water created by the Type-ROM event. No SCP-XXXX-A instances have been recovered after de-manifestation at the time of writing. The clothes, jewelry, and other non-biological objects carried by SCP-XXXX-A instances do not de-manifest.

SCP-XXXX-C instances are specimens of Ciconia ciconia (White stork) which posses a biological anomaly manifesting in the stomach. SCP-XXXX-C instances naturally produce amniotic fluid instead of gastric acid. The stomachs of SCP-XXXX-C instances contain between one to four non-anomalous human embryos, which are regurgitated by the SCP-XXXX-C instance after a gestatory period of nine months. The resulting infants are genetically identical to the SCP-XXXX-A instance that most recently underwent a Type-ROM event.

Chatlog [For the author to reference, not actually a part of this scip]

DarkStuff	Oh, and you!
DarkStuff	Your skip!
moklin	yes
moklin	http://scpsandbox2.wikidot.com/moklin#toc18
DarkStuff	I read it, and I am confused
DarkStuff	Heavily confuzzled really
DarkStuff	Whaaaat iiss it?
DarkStuff	Is it a finished product, or?
moklin	confused in a good way or a bad way
DarkStuff	I think a bad way. It seems to have no arc right now
moklin	darkstuff: very much a work in progress
DarkStuff	The ending set of images seem to come out of nowhere
DarkStuff	Okie
DarkStuff	Also, no clue why it's called Moonman
moklin	shit why do i keep pinging in a pm
DarkStuff	No clue
moklin	it's called moonman because of tally hall
moklin	it's just a working title
moklin	"The ending set of images seem to come out of nowhere" - what do you mean by this
DarkStuff	Gotchoo
DarkStuff	Speaking of, let me put on some Tally Hall…
DarkStuff	Oh, uh
moklin	okay, so to explain what i was going for here
DarkStuff	The one where they start flooding and disintegrating
DarkStuff	Yes please do
moklin	the woman just wants kids, but being a ghost/dead/cursed/whatever, she can't have one, so she lures people up to the top so they can't escape in time
moklin	and the water takes away their memories river lethe style
moklin	so they become functionally babies
moklin	and she can take them away
DarkStuff	Hhhuh. That has some cool fuel behind it
DarkStuff	But I really don't see much of any of that coming through in the article
moklin	yeah, that's a problem i think i'll always have with scips
DarkStuff	Like, I couldn't even tell if she was being mean or not. Her behavior is apparently so predictable that they had it all written out, which made me think that she might not even really be a person…?
moklin	i was more trying to imply that this is very planned by her
DarkStuff	"Who do we think we are? Everything plays a part, there are some things we are never meant to know…"
moklin	because there is variation
DarkStuff	Fuck man, Tally Hall is so good
moklin	not much, but there is variation, which was meant to imply she was a person, just that she's done this a lot
DarkStuff	If you had some more characterization of her, the planned part could come through more. Also, the water taking away their memories and turning them into babies really didn't come across. It seemed like she just lured them up there and killed them in a creepy watery way
moklin	okay, i'll cut the dehydration/disintegration
moklin	i'll just make her de-manifest with them
DarkStuff	Yeah. Make it feel more reverty and baby-y
moklin	i'd put in baby/womb imagery and metaphors but i don't know if that'd be obvious
moklin	like the water breaking at the top of the tower
DarkStuff	Eugh, eeeueugh, the idea of the water representing water breaking in a birth now makes it icky and dusturbing
moklin	should i have a mural on the ceiling or something?
DarkStuff	Well, lemme ask a couple questions
DarkStuff	Why is this woman stuck here in the water tower?
moklin	honestly hadn't given that any thought
DarkStuff	I feel like you could put a lot more subtlety and oddness into this, and I think that would naturally come from having a more developed idea of why this exists
DarkStuff	And some soft touches that might come from that might give it all the revision that it needs
moklin	i just went from clearing in poland to water tower in poland
DarkStuff	Hmm. Well, can I do a small brain barf?
moklin	go ahead
moklin	like 1048, i'm all ears
DarkStuff	Tssss
DarkStuff	Alright, so
DarkStuff	The very first thing that comes to mind (which usually isn't the best idea) is that she is making babies and kinda… hrrg, this is an odd idea, gimme a sec
DarkStuff	Some sort of hint that there's a shortage at the baby factory, so she is doing her part to help where she can? In a weirder cryptic way, it's kind of like, wherever storks get their children is having like — wow this would take it in a different direction. But they're having a worker strike.
DarkStuff	So they're having a crisis of not knowing where to get babies
DarkStuff	And so she — whatever ancient type of being she is — is luring people up and trying to curb the baby shortage
DarkStuff	Wow. I shouldn't brainstorm while sick
	DarkStuff is sick and probably makes no sense
moklin	no no, this is good
moklin	go ahead man
DarkStuff	It would take this in sort of a goofy direction
DarkStuff	But of course, goofy often contrasts well with horrific
DarkStuff	So you expect this big disturbing reveal for why she is turning people into babies in this weird water tower ritual
DarkStuff	And instead of some dark secret, she's like "fuck man, those damn crows have been on strike at the baby factory!"
DarkStuff	"wut"
DarkStuff	"uh"
moklin	you know, i honestly do kinda want to make a stub inteview to top it off
DarkStuff	*storks fly in and take away a gross of babies*
moklin	hello, what are you doing this for? - Stork's're on strike
DarkStuff	Mhmm :P
DarkStuff	And make the ritual at the top of the water tower creepier
DarkStuff	When you connect the water flooding the room with water breaking for a birth, it's creepy and gross
moklin	yeah i think i'll make the ceiling have some kinda mural?
DarkStuff	That would be cool
moklin	like the birth of christ maybe
DarkStuff	Some weird imagery
moklin	nativity
moklin	that's the word
DarkStuff	Oh yeah
DarkStuff	That would be cool
DarkStuff	I would NOT have the mural have storks, that might make the reveal be not as intriguing
DarkStuff	But maybe, like, some nondescript white feathery things? What might be *called* storks by her, but ultimately weirder and more disturbing
moklin	so you're totally telling me to go for the stork strike angle?
DarkStuff	Well you didn't immediately say no
DarkStuff	So why the fuck not?
moklin	yeah fukit
DarkStuff	There are other ways to take this, tell me to hit the reset button at any time my man :P
DarkStuff	I would also shorten the description
DarkStuff	It was detailed, but overly so
moklin	where does it drag on
DarkStuff	It doesn't brb
moklin	cause i tried to make it so that each section went past its respective image
DarkStuff	whoops
DarkStuff	brb
moklin	see ya
DarkStuff	Okay I am back
DarkStuff	Sorry, was just talking to my mom
DarkStuff	And soon-ish I will be doubletasking with homework, but for now I am all yours
DarkStuff	And "where does it drag on" is a bit hard to pin down
DarkStuff	Ty
moklin	np
DarkStuff	Rereading it with the intent of spotting what I think is superfluous
moklin	danke
DarkStuff	"After attempting to lock the door to SCP-XXXX,"
DarkStuff	What, does she fail sometimes? xD
moklin	yes actually
DarkStuff	"attempting"
moklin	"SCP-XXXX-B will then proceed to lock the door unless outside forces prevent this action."
DarkStuff	Ah, okay
DarkStuff	Whoops
moklin	don't worry bout it
DarkStuff	huh
DarkStuff	I read over it, and there was not one line that I would remove, and yet…
DarkStuff	It feels quite long for what all it is saying
moklin	wonderful
moklin	so the idea's shit
DarkStuff	I mean, she is just trying to get people to come upstairs for tea and snacks (kinda)
DarkStuff	No it isn't dude, lemme 'splain
moklin	that's kinda what you're sayin here
DarkStuff	Duuude ):< just gimme a sec
	moklin gives you two secs
DarkStuff	I would rewrite the desc (past the second paragraph) and try and not worry about specifics. You know? Don't worry about how she reacts every single step of the way
DarkStuff	Something about "she operates with the intent of getting the guest to come upstairs under the pretense for conversation along with small amenities. If the guest at any point resists her for over a minute, she will demanifest and the door will open autonomously"
DarkStuff	Looking at it, you have four paragraphs dedicated to getting the person in the top room
DarkStuff	I think this could easily be like, two
DarkStuff	'Lo? Mokky?
moklin	ye
moklin	sorry just made a gaffe in 17
	DarkStuff looks up gaffe
DarkStuff	Ah
DarkStuff	No problem
DarkStuff	I hate those >_<
DarkStuff	D:
moklin	don't worry i'll be writing
DarkStuff	May I ask what happened? No judgement?
moklin	it's just i won't be here
DarkStuff	Like actually?!
moklin	yes actually
DarkStuff	duude…
DarkStuff	Awwww shite, man, sorry. Must have been bad.
DarkStuff	You're a cool duder — a super cool duder, so I will introduce you to my private channel (don't get on there right now because Procy ghosts):
DarkStuff	#FurCon20XX <— Ignore the odd name. Or don't. It was made with a specific purpose (that you'd see in the topic), but has since just become the hangout for all the peeps I find cool
DarkStuff	Dr0Shadow, Varaxous, ihpkmn, ProcyonLotor (in general), and taylor_itkin knows of it and I should really get thebillith to be a regular. My bros.
moklin	nice, i'll set that as an auto at some point

Footnotes

1. Henceforth referred to as SCP-XXXX-A.

2. Henceforth referred to as SCP-XXXX-B.

3. It should be noted that the staircase leads to the reservoir, which has no method of accessing it.