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Page Type: SCP Article (preferred), Tale
Genre: (Lovecraftian) Horror, Body Horror - Sarkicism
Page Layout: Traditional article format
Elevator Pitch: A neo-sarkic cult uses blood rituals and anomalous amber to perform taumaturgy. Their goal is to awaken and subsequently use a powerful being buried beneath the Baltic Sea. However the Foundation intervenes and tries to stop them.
Central Narrative: A previously undiscovered neo-sarkic sect in Kaliningrad, Russia is performing rituals. Their goals is to awaken and control a massive biological structure burried beneath the Baltic Sea. As the effects of these rituals have caused serious damage to the surrounding area and population centres, the Foundation is called upon to investigate. Soon they discover the cult and the conflict escalates. The Foundation needs to find out what is going on, what is causing these events and how to prevent the sarkites from fulfilling their plan.
Hook/Attention-Grabber: Amber as a resource in rituals opens room for interesting descriptions/ body horror in combination with the usual sarkic blood/disease magic.
Additional Notes: I want to make use of exploration and discovery logs to tell the main part of the story - reminiscent of some of the great classic Sarkicism SCPs.
Also I believe that I've been way to brief in this proposal. (I'm new to this way of idea-presentation, so please excuse me) If any questions regarding this proposal appear feel free to ask :D
Thank you for your critique and attention
Hi there :D
Thank you for taking the time to evaluate my concept. It has become obvious that I was to unfocused in my post, cutting things short that need to be laid out in detail. So let me do this here:
MalyceGraves's In Memoria, Adytum
I wasn't aware of this project but it sounds pretty interesting. In terms of timeline or Foundation-Threat-Level this story probably takes place in Act One or onwards. The Foundation would need to know what Sarkites are, what they can do and why they need to stopped immediately, meaning stories like SCP-2095, SCP-2480 or SCP-610 (if it can be considered a sarkic SCP) have to have taken place.
Though I don't know if it would be a good idea to try and write for this cannon. I'd definitely need to do a lot more reading in regards to the sarkic lore and history.
John Teach is dying.
This tale is about John Teach, a - in his own words - very ordinary, unremarkable and average man, not worth paying much attention to.
John Teach also isn’t a particularly interesting man by his own admission. He graduated from Highschool a couple of years ago and now works as a rather average office person in a rather average office. Back during his school time, he had a couple of friends but he kind of stopped seeing them. John didn’t feel like he had something to contribute to their lives.
As you can tell John Teach probably isn’t happy, fulfilled, popular or any of that sort but he keeps moving on, even though sometimes he himself doesn’t know why.
One night John is driving down a rural Forest road when suddenly a deer crosses in front of him. He panics, crashes the car and gets thrown through his windshield.
Now there he is … slumped against a tree with something lunged into his side, … his time is running out and he knows it.
In this situation John starts reminiscing about his life as he thinks and talks to himself. His train of thought is tainted though by self-doubt and regrets. Regrets over opportunities not taken, over what could have been but never was, over never having left an impact on another’s life.
As John starts being harder and harder on himself, SCP-4999 enters the scene and starts working its magic. (Sitting next to John, the cigarette, the calming atmosphere) John falls silent as the live fades from his body. Suddenly a single last thought - or rather - a single word breaks into his mind: “Jenny”.
With this, John smiles one last time and closes his eyes.
It is revealed that this “Jenny” was one of John’s classmates and friends. Jenny didn’t have many friends and was a pretty problematic kid at that time. John helped her pull through this difficult period in her life but they were separated years ago. He seemed to either have forgotten about that time or played it down in his mind as his mental state was degrading. Jenny – on the other hand - manage to pull her life around afterwards (in no small part due to John’s help in getting her through school time).
Conclusion: Jenny returns to her home town to attend John’s funeral. She finds herself strangely calm and collected as she is in the vague but certain knowledge that now there is “someone to watch over her”.
(Yes, I felt very clever when I thought of that.)
What do you think of my idea? Anything I should add or mention?
Do you have questions about the proposal? Should I elaborate on/explain certain things?
To enhance the story and make it feel more realistic, I want to include some personal, autobiographic experiences. Does that sound like a good idea?
I am aware that a number of works in relation to SCP-4999 have been created (rather recently). I want to assure that I thought of this myself and I am sorry if my idea is too close to another one’s. I am also aware that the quality and success of this concept will come down to execution.
Anyways Thank you for the feedback ;D
This SCP is a bio-organism with a small (up to 1cm), worm-like build and sharp claws along its outer membrane as well as impressive array of sharp teeth. Inspiration for these things are the Carnictis from Skull Island (yes, they are hideous).
SCP-instances propel themselves using small, leg-like structures and skin membranes to manuver in fluids as well as on solid surfaces.
When in vicinity of a human, instances will try to infest their "prey". To that end instances will approach targets in groups or alone. They seek out exposed spot of skin like wrists, ankles, the neck area etc. Once arrived instances will start burrowing/eating their way through the top skin layers and enter the tissues beneath. There they start eating out cavaties and lay eggs inside. Next these "motherworms" eat towards the next major blood vessal and are transported to another area of the body. The infestation spreads throughout the body and new worms hatch to grow, eat, lay new eggs and infest the host even further.
After some time has passed and whole body parts are now ripe with hundreds and thousands of worms, their behavior will shift.
Suddenly and violently all worms will rip and tear their way out of the host's body. A substanstial amount of instances will burrow to the surface and consume a large portion of the victim's tissue on the way up.
Infestations are usually not noticed until later stages when the victim's skin starts bloating because of the increasing amount of worms in an area. Instances can release a potent chemical cocktail consisting of painkillers, transquilizers and others. Basically the host is unaware as he loses feeling and conscience. They are getting locked inside their own body as something spreads and it is only getting worse with every limb they lose control over.
This part might add another aspect of horror but ultimately could be replaced or left out.
Here is the Narrative I want to incorporate here.
This SCP is discovered during a hostage situation after Foundation operatives infiltrate a GOI base. At the location a Foundation VIP was imprisoned and infected with the organisms.
My intent is to describe (in an action report) how the rescue team enters, fights their way in and grabs the hostage. During exfiltration when they're all cramped up in a tight space (like an elavator or something) a behavior shift takes place. Suddenly the hostage cries out and worms start to erupt from his skin. The Operative team watch in shock and horror as the VIP dies.
Here is the hook to the story:
Suddenly nerve gas is pumped into the room and the Operatives lose consciousness. The videofeed cuts as Soldiers are swarmed and infested themselves.
When the Foundations arrives to look for their lost rescue team and VIP, all they find is the abandoned building, the worm-infested, half-devoured corpses of their predeccesors.
At this point I want to shift from the horror of the worms to the institution of this nefarious GoI. They also find leftover-documents and report from GoI-researcher talking about "the product" and its testformances. It is revealed the worms are biological and genetically engineered species. And the GoI is looking to improve it and make it more deadly.
What do you think? Is ths concept workable?
Is it to close to another SCP? Did I forget something or do you have any question about the concept?
What GoI could I incorporate into this piece? Or should I make one up myself?
Thank you for your feedback :)
Hi there :D This SCP idea is based on one of my earliest ideas - back when I first started posting. Admittedly it wasn't a great concept, the usual monster manual entry. But I learned alot since and thought I might bring it back to see if I could put a new spin on it - if it could work out this time around.
The SCP is a number of artifacts, art-objects and pieces of furniture made from amber which possess anomalous properties. When the artifacts are viewed and a part of them is subsequently digested by a individual as a part of a ritual, the artifacts possess the power to change the human's physiology. Involved subjects will first cry molten amber, covering parts of the face. Than the substance will start oozing from the subject's skin and quickly harden. The ritual will cease when a significant amount of skin has been covered by the amber. Changed subject exhibit heightened biological features (strength, stamina) but have lost higher brain functions.
This SCP is located beneath a great estate in New England built in Victorian Era style. The manor encompasses multiple squarekilometers over numerous floors, halls, small towers as well as underground vaults and catacombs.
Similar to the setting I want to incorporate lovecraftian elements into the anomalies' story.
The Foundation got notice of the SCP when a lot of people started to go missing near the mansion and all traces lead to the house. A MTF is send in to investigate and they soon notice abnormalities. The house appears to conform to non-euclidian geometry; corridors wind on for far longer than they should, the manor has more rooms and floors than is physically possible for its outside measurements and the further you go in, the more resin and amber cover parts of the rooms. (The presence of the SCP becomes more noticable)
Then they encounter a group changed individuals. Some operatives are killed, some are dragged down into the deepest tunnels and brought to the anomalies' chamber.
It is revealed that a cult has been operating from within the estate and has been abducting visitors and surrounding townsfolk. The prisoners are brought down and changed through rituals to serve the cult.
To spice up the cosmic horror aspect I could add that the cult, through their ritual, is trying to manifest something like a part of their deity into this reality. This causes our reality to buckle and bend meaning geometry shifts to the unnatural and amber appears everywhere as the corrution spreads.
The surviving agents are brought the ritual chamber but manage to activate their handheld grenades. The explosion causes first the cellar and then the whole building to collapse in on itself, burying the cult.
Here I could add a little twist. Maybe after some time hast passed, the Foundation find some small globbs of amber amidst the rubble. And they don't know if they're just leftovers or the anomaly is still active.
So that's it. What do you think? All feedback is appreciated.
If there are any questions you may have, feel to ask them. I have a pretty detailed picture in my head and I had to leave some things out for sake of brevity.
In any case thanks for your time and attention! :D
Hi there :D
Thanks for your and fieldstone's feedback. You both have given me valuable points concerning my concept. I'm glad you liked certain parts of it, like the possible visual imagery and body horror.
But of course there are some critical flaws which I have to address. Both reviewers have identified the cult storyline as the weakest part of my proposal. Because of this I'm ditching that part and replacing it with an updated backstory. This version will show the mansion to be owned and inhabited by an eccentric artist with a dark secret.
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