Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be stored in a standard secure locker, within a standard humanoid containment cell in Site-XX's secure medical wing. SCP-XXXX-1 is to be kept in the same cell, and provided with nursing care that is typical for a human in a vegetative state.
SCP-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-1 should not be farther than 2m apart for longer than one minute, unless SCP-XXXX-1 is put on life support. Under no circumstances should SCP-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-1 come into physical contact.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a "██████" automotive GPS navigation device with a slightly cracked screen. SCP-XXXX cannot be powered by any source unless it is within a 2m radius of SCP-XXXX-1.
SCP-XXXX-1 is a 92-year-old Caucasian female, 1.5m in height and 43kg in weight, who has been identified as Namey McNameface, formerly of Somewhere, US. If SCP-XXXX-1 is separated from SCP-XXXX by more than 2 meters, it will spontaneously cease all brain function, which cannot be restored by any normal means - technically suffering brain death. However, this can be reversed by moving the two objects back into proximity. Since SCP-X-1 displays no other anomalous healing abilities, invulnerability, or immortality - apart from a moderately decelerated aging process - it must be put on life support to prevent permanent damage to other body systems if the objects are kept apart for an extended time.
Even when not "brain dead", SCP-XXXX-1 appears to be in a persistent vegetative state with minimal brain activity, although analysis finds no signs of brain damage. Despite being unresponsive to stimuli and otherwise immobile, every 30 seconds SCP-XXXX-1 will utter the word "recalculating" in a voice that seems to belong to a much younger woman.
When SCP-XXXX is connected to a power source while within 2m of SCP-XXXX-1, the device will turn on and begin to continuously emit the voice of an elderly woman at high volume. If an address is entered into the GPS, no route will be displayed on the map, but the voice will provide turn-by-turn navigation directions and driving advice in addition to its ongoing commentary. The directions will unerringly lead to the requested address by the fastest possible route, regardless of whether the address or any roads along the fastest possible route still exist.
(note to self - fix for consistency with tense)
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-X is to be stored in a standard secure locker, within a standard humanoid containment cell in Site-XX's secure medical wing [[would it make more sense to be some kind of specialized medical treatment cell instead of "standard"?]]. SCP-X-1 is to be kept in the same cell, and be provided with nursing care that is typical for an [[elderly?]] individual[[human?]] in a vegetative state [[too "non-special-procedures" to include? Or good for a hook?]].
SCP-X and SCP-X-1 must not be moved further than 2m apart for longer than one minute without administering advanced life support [[intensive care/intensive care life support?]] to SCP-X-1. Under no circumstances should SCP-X and SCP-X-1 come into physical contact.
Description: SCP-X is a "██████" portable automotive GPS[should maybe do full "Global Positioning System"?] navigation device with a slightly cracked screen. SCP-X cannot be powered by any source unless it is within a 2m radius of SCP-X-1, and appears to only function properly when connected to an automobile (see Addendum X1 [ transcript snippets for boat/plane/pedestrian tests]). [something about "outwardly non-anomalous appearance but attempted disassembly resulted in DATA REDACTED and was halted to preserve the device's functionality"? better in different place?] [would this be best place to put "can only put in a destination" stuff?]
SCP-X-1 is a 92-year-old Caucasian female, 1.5m in height and 43kg in weight, who has been identified as [[formerly known as?]] [[MAKE A NAME]] [[of "semi-redacted location and/or birth date"?]] [[have 1920's birth date instead of explicit age?]]. If SCP-X-1 is separated from SCP-X by more than 2 meters, it will spontaneously cease all brain function, which cannot be restored by any normal means - technically suffering brain death. However, this can be reversed by moving the two objects back into proximity. Since SCP-X-1 displays no other anomalous healing abilities, invulnerability, or immortality - apart from a moderately decelerated aging process - it must be put on life support to prevent permanent damage to other body systems if the objects are kept apart for an extended time. [[should I put this "dies if separate" stuff at end of description, to get to "old lady inside GPS" stuff sooner?]]
Even when not "brain dead", SCP-X-1 appears to be in a persistent vegetative state with minimal brain activity[[too redundant?]], although analysis finds no signs of brain damage. Despite being unresponsive to stimuli and otherwise immobile, every 30 seconds SCP-X-1 will utter the word "recalculating" in a voice that seems to belong to a much younger woman. [[voice description too subjective? if so how to word better? maybe put in footnote?]]
When SCP-x is connected to a power source while within 2m of SCP-X-1, the device will turn on [save scp-x-1 "dying" for later?] and begin to continuously emit the voice of an elderly woman at high volume[include "believed to belong to scp-x-1?"] [Describe start-of-convo, etc thru logs] [mention how it doesn't search for satellites?]. Most menu options cannot be accessed [or should they? if so which], apart from entering a destination address [or establishment name? How to phrase "point of interest", should it even do these or only addresses/road names?] When a destination is entered, no route will be displayed on the map, but the voice will provide turn-by-turn navigation directions and driving advice in addition to its ongoing commentary [monologue? Dont mention - maybe say "will start to also provide/include…"?]. The directions unerringly lead to the destination by the fastest possible route, [better to footnote or say inline that it's a legal route?], [anomalously/by an unknown mechanism?] apparently anticipating traffic and road obstacles [footnote: despite the [GPS model] not possessing those capabilities], but with no regard to whether any part of that route (including the destination) still exists at the present time.
Upon reaching a road(path?) or destination which no longer exists, scp-x will express confusion and begin to provide apparently random directions. Following these directions will cause the connected vehicle/travelers(written just like that with slash) to vanish (fade away?) (should still show up on gps tracking?). Travelers will perceive time in the outside world flowing in reverse, at a rate of (some years) per km/m (should be something that lines up better with miles); vehicles and living creatures will be incorporeal and appear as a faint blur blur (or just disappear entirely?), but collisions with static objects are still possible ("and will cause REDACTED"?). SCP-X's directions invariably lead back to the road or destination at a point in time briefly before it ceased to exist in a functional capacity (say something about having business names will make it be before they closed business, etc). Continuing past the location will cause scp-x to express consternation, but time will continue to reverse at the same rate, so long as travel stays in a (mile or half-mile in km) radius of the location. Traveling farther will cause time to revert to the present at a rate of (much faster).
[TIME TRAVEL DESTINATION STUFF]
SCP-X will frequently [declare a memory error/lapse and?] prompt the user to re-enter their destination, and will provide apparently[not clinical?] random directions until this is done. Under average ["non-appeasement"?] conditions this occurs approximately every ten minutes[too quick? Quicker - 5 min? Research dementia memory problems?], but it can fluctuate from as little as two minutes to over an hour, depending on a variety of factors including vehicle quality and condition, adherence to traffic law, [throw in a DATA REDACTED maybe?], and fulfillment of requests made by SCP-X (see [non-existent document name] for specific appeasement[?] recommendations based on testing).
(Seeking opinions:)
- label as SCP-X & SCP-X-1, or SCP-X-1 & -2?
- would it be too cliche to have something like "the GPS has the ██████ logo but they never made a model that looked like this"?
- i was thinking "not-dead mode" could keep trying to get up and move around but was unresponsive, like extreme dementia instead of vegetative; that seems too complex for a GPS's "mind" to figure out, but would it be more-interesting enough to trump the unrealistic factor?
- for the SCP name - would simply "Geriatric Positioning System" be "too obvious", or would something like "Geriatric Passenger S-word(maybe stiff/shell)" be "too cleverly obscure"? Or maybe something totally different like "In 0.1 Mile, Turn Yesterday"
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