Before anyone raises the question, no, this it not a nail from the cross. =/
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I think the tone of this article is too conversational.
EDIT: Better.
You're right. A few edits for clinicality would boost this tremendously. Still, it's quite a solid showing for a new contributor. I found the concept interesting and original, and the circumstances surrounding its discovery fire my curiousity nicely.
That said, what happens to the effects of someone already trapped by this SCP once it gets dark, or at other times when there are no shadows? As noon approaches, I suppose the subject would be forced to move closer and closer to the SCP, standing over it untill the shadows lengthened once more, but come nightfall can they just walk away?
I agree, a clinical tone edit would go a long way, but that's something that comes in time. I also wonder what happens if they walk away from the nail at night…what happens if there is no way to return to your nailed-in shadow before daybreak?
Will do, command!
(With slight irritation at having typed a lengthy reply only to have it fail to post…)
Regarding its effects at night:
At night you can wander as far as you want, but the instant your shadow becomes visible, you will be dragged back to the nail…
Through any intervening terrain and obsticles; regardless of passibility and bodily harm that may result.
These effects can only be replicated by sunlight or a light of equal intensity ie. sun lamps.
And, well, there may be other effects the nail has but these will be observed through experiments.
FYI, I had an idea for an experiment involving a fine mesh screen… x]
For a first timer, this is excellent. Well done, upvoted.
Idea for possible elaboration: In the experiment where it was attempted to "nail" two people at the same time, one person was free to go and the other was held in place. How did the nail "decide" which of them to affect..?
Indeed there is the potential there. And in fact, I am working on it.
But really? 'Decide' is little strong of a word; in my books to decide something involves the weighing of several factors, the precise calculation of outcomes etc.
It has a very… Very simple mechanism for choosing it's… Victim.
And I am quite pleased with the reception this has garnered.
I hope my plans for future experiments with mesh screens don't throw you off too much. x]
Okay, so it chooses the youngest. Why?
What about animals? Robots?
What happens if we try this on SCP-347?
Well, I've added a few more experiments.
And if you though text C was narsty, read test J-3.
;~;
Poor, poor Mr. [DATA EXPUNGED], AKA D-272-10…
I'd drop that last addendum. It kills the tone a bit.
From a cave near the discovery site, translated from [REDACTED]:
I am a simple iron nail
Born of earth and fire
Crafted by hands not of man
A punishment for the younger fool
Who drank from my oasis and ate my fruit
As punishment, you are bound to this spot
Oasis and fruit trees cast 99 leagues afar
Just beyond your reach, to the west and to the east
You are the fool who ate from the demons land
But blame me not
For I am a simple iron nail
For something so easily contained, they sure did run some exhaustive tests. Interesting tests, sure, but still… Anyway, this is good. Upvoted.
I'm all for exhaustive testing in the name of SCIENCE!
… Well, no, that's not true, but I can understand the viewpoint.
Piffy is an SCP Foundation Moderator, Lv. 9001 Squishy Wizard, and Knight of the Red Pen.
I'm not so sure about the chicken wire test. It's obvious what would happen and going through with it just seems sadistic. Maybe substitute a test that was less obviously expected to slice the target apart and keep the outcome the same? That might actually be scarier.
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