SCP-6000 - The Serpent, the Moose, and the Wanderer's Library
Author: Rounderhouse
I became an administrator of the SCP sister site, the Wanderer's Library, around two years ago. Back then it was getting maybe 1 article a month. After a lot of work, we have a lively, if small, community of our own and regularly host contests to a small cadre of dedicated writers and readers. There's a different kind of satisfaction in seeing something spring up around you and knowing it wouldn't be possible without the work you put in. I get that same feeling from the WL site itself and from this entry.
This is my love letter to the Library, to SCP, and to everyone that has participated in either and fallen in love with the stories themselves. This is something I'm really happy with, and excited to share with all of you.
A massive thank you to literally everyone that read this there's too many to name, but you know who you are. Special thank yous to Valdevia for making the 6000-A image, to Aethris for making the FUSILLADE logo, and to lynch for remastering some of the images. To Uncle Nicolini — you helped me develop what would eventually become this article. To rumetzen for giving me a place to shine. And to thedeadlymoose for not only allowing me to use their AA and giving me insight into their thought process and lore, but for originally developing the concepts of the Wanderer's Library and Serpent's Hand to begin with.
I hope you enjoy this!
Image Credits
center.png — logo by Aethris, CC
6k.jpg - composite of smallsnek.jpg and bubble4.png
bubble3.png — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borneo_rainforest.jpg
smallsnek.jpg — artwork by Valdevia, CC
library.png — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:County_Dublin_-_Long_Room-Trinity_College_-_20180703092642.jpg
tilly.png — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blanche_Lincoln,_2007.jpg
bubble4.png — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_the_Amazon_Rainforest.jpg
forest2.png — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_IDF_Elite_Units'_Soldiers_Take_Cover_in_the_Elyakim_Combat_Training_Base_(14).jpg
snek.jpg — artwork by Valdevia, CC
jungleman.png - https://pixabay.com/photos/soldier-the-war-the-army-conflict-4768760/
bubble5.png — working on it
earth.png — working on it but i know i got it from somewhere in here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Earth_photography_from_the_International_Space_Station
interior.png — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Long_Room_Interior%2C_Trinity_College_Dublin%2C_Ireland_-_Diliff.jpg/794px-Long_Room_Interior%2C_Trinity_College_Dublin%2C_Ireland_-_Diliff.jpg
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