DJKaktus's Proposal III

 

SCP-001-DJK3 - The Way It Ends

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"People play this great charade

And always miss the point

Never fall for prophecies"

- The Way It Ends by Prototype

This is the culmination of several years worth of effort, far more than I've ever invested into anything else on the wiki. It would not have been possible without considerable contributions and creative inspiration from Hippo and ARD, as well as a myriad of other persons who have looked at this over the last few months in preparation for today.

Including:

Conceptual Workshopping by Hippo1 & ARD,

Critique by Hippo, ARD, Conwell, Modulum, Yossi, Westrin, Vessel, Ratking, taylor, Adriatica, and a variety of others,

Formatting assistance by Croquembouche and ChaoSera

Images by SunnyClockwork (and me!)

The Way It Ends theme (nu-SCP variant) and all accompanying images were created by Woedenaz. Bless him.

This is the final part in a series that began with The Children and continued with The Broken God. I hope you enjoy it.

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Image Credits:

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13: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brashear_John.jpg
12: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:African_American_man_sitting_in_wicker_chair_(8436582244).jpg
11: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unidentified_Woman_(3077357090).jpg
10: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Idress_Head_-_%22Newly_selected_Librarian,_Missouri_Historical_Society.%22.jpg
9: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kay_McNulty_Mauchly_Antonelli.jpg
8: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_I.Oceanu_(1854-1920)-professor_of_veterinary_medicine.jpg
7: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_a_young_woman_-_Naples,_1939.jpg
6: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rufus_King_Civil_War_General_-_Brady-Handy.jpg
5: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KITLV_-_179669_-_Buwalda,_K._-_Soerabaya-Java_-_Portrait_of_a_European_man_in_Surabaya_-_circa_1865.tiff
4: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Wonder_Man_(1920)_-_Ad_1.jpg
3: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Korean_child.jpg
2: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peasant_woman.jpg
1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:African_American_man,_half-length_portrait,_facing_slightly_right_LCCN99472091.tif
warehouse - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_of_eastern_transit_shed,_West_Float_Dock.jpg
roughseas - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photograph_of_German_Submarine_in_Rough_Seas_-_NARA_-_512979.tif
office - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mr._Harding%27s_desk_in_the_Executive_Offices_LOC3c32075v.jpg
tokyo - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Night_in_Shinjuku_3.JPG
college - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Uffizi_Society_at_Oxford.jpeg
balcony- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SeattleI5Skyline.jpg
motel - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lorraine_Motel.jpg
office2 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Couch_and_Folding_screen-01.jpg
hospital - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:THE_WOMEN%27S_WORK_IN_MEDICAL_SERVICES_ON_THE_HOME_FRONT,_1914-1918_Q110248.jpg
apartment - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waratah_Apartment_block.JPG
woods - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blacklick_Woods-Blacklick_Creek_3.jpg
warehouse2 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abandoned_Warehouses_near_Lydney_Harbour,_Gloucestershire.jpg
manor - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ruined_Manor_House_in_Hampton_Gay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_966433.jpg
sanmarco - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oceanside,_CA_USA_-_Mission_San_Luis_Rey_De_Francia,_1798_-_panoramio.jpg
mountains - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ruined_castle_(26302886835).jpg
jungle - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KoSamuiNaThonFromJungle_OwlofDoom.jpg
JOURNAL 1 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wright%27s_research_laboratory,_Dayton_flying_field_LOC_19983864488.jpg / https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Book_of_Ballymote_170v.jpg
jungle2 - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Jungle_Landscape.jpg/682px-Jungle_Landscape.jpg
clouds - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sun_in_Cloudy_Weather,_afternoon_time.jpg
mountains2 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Badlands#/media/File:All_things_that_have_form_eventually_decay_(15202299854).jpg
motel2 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Swallow_Motel_room_15.JPG
apartment3 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apartment_hotel_Nice.jpg
yacht - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cythera01.jpg
field - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake-Halkj%C3%A4rvi-Somero-Finland.jpg
badlands - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Badlands#/media/File:Badland_-_erosion_de_marne2.jpg
shaft - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MINUTEMAN_SILO_INTERIOR_(MARCH_1961)._Looking_down_a_silo._-_Edwards_Air_Force_Base,_Air_Force_Rocket_Propulsion_Laboratory,_Missile_Silo_Type,_Test_Area_1-100,_northeast_end_HAER_CAL,15-BORON.V,4A-1.tif
table - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DETAIL_OF_BOARD_ROOM_ELLIPTICAL_CONFERENCE_TABLE_-_Philadelphia_Saving_Fund_Society,_Twelfth_and_Market_Streets,_Philadelphia,_Philadelphia_County,_PA_HABS_PA,51-PHILA,584-31.tif
sky - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skycloud.JPG
hospital2 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cardiac_operating_room.jpg
reservoir - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Water_treatment_plant_of_an_abandoned_steel_factory_in_Oupeye,_Belgium_(DSCF3290).jpg
garden - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rose_Garden_-_NATO_Vista_Bridge_3_NBG_LR.jpg
001 -https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Devil%27s_Thumb_(12192046224).jpg
spear - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Spears#/media/File:Milano,_giovan_battista_serabaglio,_punta_di_lancia_cerimoniale,_1560_circa,_02.JPG

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F.A.Q.

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BY ORDER OF THE OVERSEER COUNCIL

The following file is Level 6/001 Classified.
Unauthorized access is forbidden.

001

Item#: 001

Level6

Containment Class:

esoteric

Secondary Class:

principalis

Disruption Class:

amida

Risk Class:

notice

link to memo

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All Things Must End

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Special Containment Procedures: It is the imperative of the Overseer Council to establish containment of SCP-001.

Description: To know the nature of SCP-001 is to know the nature of the Foundation.

For more information, see Document 001-GOI.01-Operatus.

Addendum 001.1: Attached Documentation

Enter Decryption Key

The first man stood alone
on the barren field
and in the distance he saw
the locked gate beyond which
his greatest shame was kept.

He turned to the snake
who writhed on its belly
like a worm
and cursed it for its treachery.

"You tricked me," the man said
"you led my hand astray
and now we are damned for it."

The snake sighed.
"I gave you knowledge," it said
"and with that knowledge
you made the choice you made.
I could not make it for you."

The man cried out
"All the same, trusting you was
my greatest mistake."

"No," the snake said
"Your greatest mistake was
believing you had a choice at all."


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Access Document 001-GOI.01-Operatus