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フリーモント火災監視所、外観。
Fremont fire lookout, exterior view.
アイテム番号: SCP-3333
オブジェクトクラス: Euclid
特別収容プロトコル: 臨時観察部署3333のスタッフはSCP-3333の活動の兆候を監視し、民間人の侵入を阻止します。SCP-3333につながる落とし戸は、使用していないときは閉じ、施錠してください。落とし戸の向こう側から発せられるいかなる音も無視してください。
The staff of Temporary Observation Post 3333 are to monitor SCP-3333 for signs of activity and deter civilian trespass. The trapdoor leading to SCP-3333 is to remain shut and locked when not in use. Any sounds originating from the other side of the trapdoor should be ignored.
説明: SCP-3333は、アメリカ合衆国ワシントン州のレーニア国立公園にあるフリーモント火災監視所の内部に存在する空間異常です。
SCP-3333 is a spatial anomaly located within the Fremont fire lookout, located in Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington State, United States of America.
SCP-3333には、フリーモント監視所の天井の落とし戸と折り畳み式梯子を介してアクセスできます。梯子を登ることにより、フリーモント火災監視所の同一のコピーに行くことができます。このコピーには、監視所の後ろ半分を囲む歩道と手すりを含んでいます。このコピーは同様の梯子と跳ね上げ扉を備えており、さらなるフリーモント監視所のコピーにたどり着くことができます。
SCP-3333 is accessible via a trapdoor and collapsible ladder on the ceiling of the Fremont lookout. Climbing the ladder leads to an identical copy of the Fremont fire lookout, including the walkway and railing that surrounds the back half of the lookout. This identical copy has an identical ladder and trapdoor pair, which leads to further copies of the Fremont lookout.
SCP-3333、反復4回目。5回目の反復への入り口は右上隅にある。背景に植物がないことに注意。
SCP-3333, iteration 4. Entrance to the fifth iteration is located in the top right corner. Note the absence of vegetation in the background.
SCP-3333周辺の形態はフリーモント監視所周辺の形態と一致しています。しかし植物、動物、そして人間といった生物は観察されません。
The topology surrounding SCP-3333 is identical to that surrounding the Fremont lookout. However, no plant, animal, or human life has been observed.
SCP-3333の地面からの各高度は、その前の反復と比較して高くなります。これらのSCP-3333の反復へ繋がる階段は、地面に降りるための相応の長さへと拡張されます。
Each level of SCP-3333 is higher off the ground compared to its previous iteration. The stairs leading up to the walkway on these SCP-3333 iterations are extended by a proportional amount to allow access to the ground.
SCP-3333はレーニア山近辺の火山活動の後に行われたフリーモント監視所の修復の後に発見されました。SCP-3333の起源は不明です。監視所の修復を行った公園職員で、SCP-3333の入口の工事に関与したものはいませんでした。
SCP-3333 was first discovered after restoration of the Fremont lookout following volcanic activity near Mount Rainier. SCP-3333's origins are not known: no members of the parks service involved in the restoration of the lookout were responsible for construction of the entrance to SCP-3333.
発見当初、SCP-3333への落とし戸は南京錠によって施錠されていました。SCP-3333へ進入するためには落とし戸を強制的に開ける必要がありました。鍵は発見されていません。
At the time of discovery, the trapdoor to SCP-3333 was padlocked. In order to access SCP-3333, the trapdoor was forced open. No key has been found.
補遺 3333.1: 探索ログ
(便宜上、下書きでは探査ログはタブに表示します)
ミッション内容: SCP-3333の初期偵察。
Mission Parameters: Initial reconnaissance of SCP-3333.
職員: D-4f68a
Personnel: D-4f68a
追加情報: D-4f68aは標準仕様の探索用録画、録音装置を装備していました。探索はフリーモント監視所内に暫定的に設置された監視基地に駐在するウィリアムズ博士と補佐チームにより監督されていました。
Additional Information: D-4f68a was equipped with standard-issue audiovisual exploration recorders. The exploration was supervised by Doctor Williams and a support team located in a temporary observation outpost inside the Fremont lookout.
[ログ開始]
[LOG BEGINS]
ウィリアムズ博士: テスト、テスト。聞こえる？
Williams: Test, test. Can you hear me?
D-4f68a: はい？ハロー？[少しの間]博士？
D-4f68a: Yes? Hello? [Brief pause] Doctor?
ウィリアムズ: 素晴らしい。SCP-3333に進行してちょうだい。
Williams: Excellent. Please proceed into SCP-3333.
ウィリアムズ博士とD-4f68aの距離が近いため、音声フィードバックには僅かな遅れしかない。D-4f68aは梯子を登りSCP-3333へ入る。
There is a brief moment of audio feedback due to the proximity between Dr. Williams and D-4f68a. D-4f68a climbs up the ladder into SCP-3333.
ウィリアムズ: 見えるものを報告して。
Williams: Please report what you see.
D-4f68a: これは — えーと、— 今進入したんですが — でも待ってください、ここは空です、こんな感じでどう —
D-4f68a: It's—well—I just came from here, but—but wait, it's empty, and how did it—
ウィリアムズ: 素晴らしい。ありがとう。[少しの間]ちょっと喋るのをやめてちょうだい。
Williams: Excellent. Thank you. [Brief pause] Please stop talking.
間
Pause
ウィリアムズ: ありがとう。登り続けてちょうだい。
Williams: Thank you. Please continue climbing.
D-4f68aはSCP-3333をおよそ1時間登り続ける。
D-4f68a ascends SCP-3333 for approximately an hour.
ウィリアムズ: オーライ、ちょっとテストをしましょう。D-4f68a、もしよかったら、ドアを開けて外へ出てくれるかしら？
Williams: Alright, I want to test something. D-4f68a, if you don't mind, could you try opening the door and going outside?
D-4f68a: OK、博士。
D-4f68a: Okay, Doctor.
D-4f68aはドアを開ける。強い風が即座に部屋に吹き付け、D-4f68aは反対側の壁に叩きつけられ、家具が動く。D-4f68aは何とか部屋を横切り、最終的にドアを閉めることに成功。反射的に手をドアハンドルから引き離す。
D-4f68a opens the door. Strong wind immediately blasts into the room, throwing D-4f68a back against the far wall and moving the furniture. D-4f68a struggles to get across the room, and eventually manages to close the door. He reflexively pulls his hand away from the door handle.
D-4f68a: [息も絶え絶えに]ああ神よ、何だったんだ今のは？何であんなに暑かったんだ？
D-4f68a: [Out of breath] Oh my god, what was that? Why was it so hot?
ウィリアムズ: [咳] 今は外に出ないほうがよさそうね。
[Coughs] It is probably best if you stay inside for now.
D-4f68a: わ — わかりました。はい、OK。
D-4f68a: I—I see. Yeah, okay.
D-4f68aはSCP-3333を登るのを再開する。風の音が聞こえる。SCP-3333の内装に変化はない。D-4f68aはおよそ3時間登り続ける。10回の反復ごとに、D-4f68aは簡単な掛け算を用いた認識テストを行う。ベースラインからの変化は見られない。
D-4f68a continues to ascend SCP-3333. Wind is audible. There is no change in the interior of SCP-3333. D-4f68a continues for approximately three hours. D-4f68a takes a simple multiplication-based cognition test every ten iterations of SCP-3333. No change from baseline detected.
数時間後、D-4f68aは休息し、レーションを摂る。
Several hours later, D-4f68a rests and eats some rations.
D-4f68a: ウィリアムズ博士、見てください。これが見えますか？
D-4f68a: Doctor Williams, look. Do you see this?
ウィリアムズ: 何これ？
Williams: What is it?
D-4f68a: えーと、動物の毛皮のように見えますね。でもそれにしては長くて、粗いです。研磨剤みたいな感じですね。色は白と、えー、白とオレンジですね。たくさんあるわけではなく、何個か塊があります。[間]ジーザス、動物がどうやってここに上がってくるのでしょう？
D-4f68a: Looks like- well, it looks like animal fur. It's longer, though, but rough. Sort of abrasive. This stuff is white and, uh- white and orange. There's not a lot, just a few little clumps over here. [Pauses] Jesus, how did any animal get all the way up here?
ウィリアムズ: いい疑問ね。[間]今が一番いいタイミングね。D-4f68a、もう一度テストしてちょうだい。
Williams: That's a great question. [Pauses] Now seems as good a time as any. I'd like you to take that test again, D-4f68a.
D-4f68a: オーライ、ドクター。
D-4f68a: Alright, Doctor.
D-4f68aは認知テストを行う。ベースラインからの変化はない。D-4f68aはSCP-3333を184反復分登っており、これは高さ673メートルに相当する。若干の上昇距離の差は観測されるが、予想より遥かに小さい。
D-4f68a self-administers the cognition test. No change from baseline detected. D-4f68a has climbed through 184 iterations of SCP-3333, corresponding to approximately 673 meters of vertical gain. While some subtle elevation difference is observable, it is far less than expected.
D-4f68a: 博士？
D-4f68a: Doctor?
ウィリアムズ: はい？
Williams: Yes?
D-4f68a: …これ、何のためにやってるんですか？
D-4f68a: …what is this for?
ウィリアムズ: テストのこと？[間]ええと、無害だとは思うけど、このテストは — このテストは空気の薄さを測るためよ。
Williams: The test? [Pause] Well, I guess it can't hurt. It's to test—it's to test how thin the air is.
D-4f68a: どうやって？
D-4f68a: How?
ウィリアムズ: 空気が薄くなると、脳が — [ため息] — そうね、脳の働きが鈍くなるわ、基本的には。
Williams: As the air gets thinner, your—[sigh]—well, your brain slows down, basically.
D-4f68a: うーん — OK。私は — これから傷つくのですか？
D-4f68a: Uh—okay. Is—this going to hurt me?
ウィリアムズ: 違う、違う。テスト結果は地表と変わってないわ。まだそれほど登ってないってことよ。
Williams: No, no. The test results are the same as they were down here. You're not going up as much as you should.
D-4f68a: おお。ありがとうございます、博士。
D-4f68a: Oh. Thanks, Doctor.
ウィリアムズ: 大丈夫。[間、咳]登り続けてちょうだい。
Williams: No problem. [Pause, cough] Please, continue climbing.
D-4f68aはさらに1時間登り続ける。245回目の反復時、D-4f68aが止まる。
D-4f68a continues climbing for another hour. At the 245th iteration, D-4f68a stops.
D-4f68a: 博士！あれが — あれが見えますか？
D-4f68a: Doctor! Do—do you see that?
ウィリアムズ: 何？
Williams: What?
D-4f68a: あっち — 頂上の方 — その上に人がいませんか？
D-4f68a: Over there—on that peak—are there people up there?
SCP-3333から南西の尾根に、うっすら2つの人影が見える。彼らは動かずに立っているようにみえる。これらの人影はD-4f68aの視点からしか見えず、ベースキャンプからは見えない。
On a ridge southwest of SCP-3333, two vaguely humanoid figures can be seen. They are standing motionless. These figures can only be seen from D-4f68a's perspective; they are not visible from base camp.
D-4f68a: 双眼鏡はないかな？見なくては —
D-4f68a: Are there any binoculars in here? I need to see—
ウィリアムズ: カメラでもよく見えるようにしなくちゃ — ズームして —
Williams: Give us a good look with the camera too—we need to zoom in—
D-4f68a: あった！
D-4f68a: I found it!
D-4f68aが双眼鏡で人影を見る。ベースキャンプではD-4f68aのカメラをズームしようと試みるが、解像度が非常に低く、何も判別できない。
D-4f68a looks through the binoculars at the figures. Base camp attempts to zoom in on the figures with D-4f68a's camera; however, the resolution is too low, and nothing can be made out.
D-4f68a: よく見えないな — ピントが合わない — ああくそ！
D-4f68a: I can't see them—they're just out of focus—oh god!
カメラが倒れる。ベースキャンプはカメラをズームアウトさせる。 D-4f68aは窓の下にかがみ込んだように見える。
The camera tumbles. Base camp zooms out. It appears D-4f68a has ducked under the windowsill.
D-4f68a: 双眼鏡の反射を見られました。
D-4f68a: They saw the reflection of the binoculars.
ウィリアムズ: 本当に？
Williams: Are you sure?
D-4f68a: 彼らは — 彼らはまっすぐ私を見ていました。[間] 1人はこっちを指差していたように見えました。
D-4f68a: They—they looked right at me. [Pause] I think one of them pointed.
ウィリアムズ: わかった。
Williams: I see.
D-4f68a: えーと — もっとよく見てみたほうがいいですか？
D-4f68a: You think I—should we take a better look?
会話音声が乱れる。 ベースキャンプは適切な行動方針を相談する。その間に、D-4f68aがもう一度窓の外を見ようと試みる。
Muffled sound of conversation. Base camp confers on the proper course of action. In the meantime, D-4f68a attempts to peer out of the window again.
D-4f68a: 彼ら、動いていません。顔がよく見えません。頭からつま先まで、全部真っ黒です。太陽が彼らの後ろにあるので、見えづらいです。
D-4f68a: They haven't moved. I can't see their faces. They're all black—top to toe. The sun's at their backs—it's hard to see.
ウィリアムズ: じっとして。 [間] 次の階に登ってちょうだい。
Williams: Stay put. [Pause] Go up to the next floor.
D-4f68a: 彼ら、何かを待っているような気がします。
D-4f68a: I think they're just waiting.
D-4f68a: いや — 待って。1人が何かを置いています。
D-4f68a: No—wait, one of them's put down something.
D-4f68a: 尾根を下りていきます。
D-4f68a: They're climbing down the ridge.
ウィリアムズ: 喋るのをやめて。登って。振り返らないで。
Williams: Stop talking. Go up. Do not look back.
D-4f68aは後ろを向き、はしごへ素早く移動し、素早く登っていく。はしごの頂上で、D-4f68aが喘ぐ。激しく呼吸しながら、テーブルの下へ飛び込み、膝を胸に抱え込む。
D-4f68a turns back and moves quickly to the ladder. He ascends it quickly. At the top, D-4f68a gasps. He dives beneath the table and draws his knees up to their chest, breathing heavily.
D-4f68a: 彼らがここにいる、ドク。 見てしまった。ここにいる。
D-4f68a: They're here, doc. I saw them. They're here.
ウィリアムズ: 彼らがどこにいるって？
Williams: Where are they?
D-4f68a: さっきと同じところです。私についてきました。また尾根の上にいます。
D-4f68a: Same as before. They followed me. They're on the ridge again.
ウィリアムズ: カメラを彼らの方に向けて。
Williams: Turn your camera towards them.
D-4f68a: 嫌だ、見たくない。ああ — 何てことだ。
D-4f68a: I don't dare to look. Oh—oh no.
ウィリアムズ: 何かあったの？
Williams: Is something the matter?
D-4f68aは頭を下げ、手をカメラに向ける。オレンジ色の毛皮の房が手のひらに貼り付いている。毛皮は泥もしくは灰に見える暗い斑点で覆われている。 カメラが影に焦点を合わせ、ホワイトバランスが自動的に調整される。 床はより多くのオレンジ色の毛皮で覆われている。
D-4f68a lowers his head, showing both hands to the camera. Tufts of orange fur are stuck to his palms. The fur is caked with dark flecks that appear to be mud or ash. As the camera focuses on the shadows, its white balance automatically adjusts; the floor is covered in more of the orange fur.
D-4f68a: やっぱり暑い。何かがおかしい。
D-4f68a: It's still warm. Something isn't right.
ウィリアムズ: お願い — 立ち上がって、もっと調査できるようにして。
Williams: Please—stand up so that we can investigate this further.
D-4f68a: 人が — 尾根に — 嫌だ —
D-4f68a: The people—the ridge—I don't dare—
ウィリアムズ: D-4f68a、立ち上がって外を見てちょうだい。
Williams: D-4f68a, you will stand up and take a look outside.
D-4f68aがすすり泣く。カメラに手を伸ばし、台から取り外す。慎重にテーブルと壁の境目まですり寄り、カメラを端まで斜めに持ち上げる。彼の手はひどく震えている。遠くから、風が強くなり始める。
D-4f68a whimpers. He raises both hands to the camera and detaches it from its mounting. Carefully, he sidles up to where the table meets the wall and lift the camera up to the edge at a crooked angle. His hand is shaking badly. From far away, the wind begins to pick up.
D-4f68a: はい。 [間] これでいいですか？
D-4f68a: There. [Pause] Is that enough?
ベースキャンプはカメラ設定を手動調整する。夕焼けで空がオレンジ色になっている。 人影が見えていた尾根はフレームの左上にあり、部分的に窓枠が邪魔している。興味深いものは何も見えない。
Base camp manually adjusts the camera's settings. The sky is orange in colour due to the setting sun. The ridge where the figures were previously sighted is in the top left of the frame, partially obscured by the windowsill. Nothing of interest can be seen.
ウィリアムズ: そのままカメラを持っていて。
Williams: Hold the camera still.
ベースキャンプは、尾根の見えている範囲を拡大しようと試みる。カメラが震えていてはっきりと見えない。
Base camp attempts to zoom in on the visible area of the ridge. The camera is still shaking too much to see clearly.
D-4f68a: ドク。お願いです。もういいですか？
D-4f68a: Doc. Please. Is that enough?
ノック音が聞こえる。ドアから聞こえているのか床から聞こえているのかは不明。
A knocking sound is heard. It is unclear if it is coming from the door or the floor.
D-4f68a: ドク？
D-4f68a: Doc?
カメラが床に落ちる。またノック音が聞こえる。床とドアから同時に鳴っているようだ。
The camera falls to the floor. The knocking sound is heard again. It appears as if it is coming from two sources at once.
D-4f68a: ドク、嫌だ。
D-4f68a: Doc, I don't like this.
ウィリアムズ: 何？何の音なの？
Williams: What is it? What is that sound?
D-4f68a: ドク、上の階から聞こえてくる気がします。
D-4f68a: Doc, I think it's coming from the floor above.
ノック音が強くなる。
The knocking sound intensifies.
D-4f68a: ドク？ドク！
D-4f68a: Doc? Doc!
ウィリアムズ: カメラを向けて。拾って！何が見えるの？
Williams: Point the camera. Pick it up! What do you see?
目の前のドアが開く音がする。風が激しく部屋に吹き付け、床にあった毛皮の塊を吹き飛ばす。
There is the sound of the front door opening. Wind bursts into the room, blowing up clumps of fur from the ground.
D-4f68a: ああ！
D-4f68a: Ah!
一瞬、ガチャガチャという音が鳴る。同時に、D-4f68aのカメラとマイクが切断される。
There is a faint chattering. D-4f68a's camera and microphone cut out simultaneously.
Williams: 何？D-4f68a？D-4f68a！何があったの？録画を切られたの？何があったの？
Williams: What? D-4f68a? D-4f68a! What just happened? Did he turn his recorders off? What happened?
[ログ終了]
[END LOG]
結論: D-4f68aのビデオ録画の分析からは通信切断の原因を明らかにすることはできなかった。装備の故障とは考えづらいと判断された。D-4f68a消失の状況と、SCP-3333上部に未知の異常なオブジェクトや実体が存在する可能性を鑑み、さらなる探索が申請され承認された。
Conclusion: Analysis of D-4f68a's video footage was unable to reveal cause of communication blackout. Equipment error was ruled unlikely. Due to the circumstances surrounding D-4f68a's disappearance, and the possibility of an unknown anomalous object or entity in the upper portion of SCP-3333, another expedition was proposed and approved.
ミッション内容: D-4f68aの消失の原因の探索、D-4f68aにより発見された異常なオブジェクトの再発見、SCP-3333に存在する異常な実体の同定。
Mission Parameters: Determine the reason behind the disappearance of D-4f68a, locate any anomalous objects located by D-4f68a, and identify any anomalous entities present within SCP-3333.
職員: 機動部隊Mod-0 ("固有空間")
Personnel: MTF Mod-0 ("Characteristic Eigenspaces")
追加情報: 機動部隊Mod-0のメンバーは全員、標準仕様のサバイバル装備と記録装置を装備していた。特殊な装備は必要ないと考えられた。全てのバッテリーとバックアップは3回チェックされた。ウィリアムズ博士はベースキャンプから監督に当たった。
Additional Information: All members of MTF Mod-0 were equipped with standard-issue survival gear and recording equipment. No special items were deemed necessary. All batteries and backups were triple-checked. Doctor Williams supervised from base camp.
[ログ開始]
[LOG BEGINS]
Mod-1: Mod-1、チェック。
Mod-1: Mod-1, check.
Mod-2: Mod-2、チェック。
Mod-2: Mod-2, check.
Mod-3: Mod-3、チェック。
Mod-3: Mod-3, check.
Mod-4: Mod-4、チェック。
Mod-4: Mod-4, check.
Mod-5: Mod-5、チェック。
Mod-5: Mod-5, check.
Mod-1: オーケー、みんな。標準仕様塔型構造物へのアプローチだ。二人が前衛、一人が中間、二人が後衛だ。行くぞ。
Mod-1: Ok, everyone. Standard-issue tower approach. Two ahead, one in the middle, two behind. Let's go.
Mod-1とMod-5が先導し、Mod-2とMod-3が後続する。登り始めから45分間の間は、1点の例外 — D-46f8aが前回はしごを昇ったにもかかわらず、1回目以降の全ての落とし戸は閉鎖されていた — を除いて大きな異常は見られなかった。
Mod-1 and Mod-5 take the lead, with Mod-2 and Mod-3 trailing behind. No major abnormalities are observed in the following forty-five minutes of their ascent, with one exception: despite D-46f8a's previous ascent, every trapdoor after the first has been shut.
Mod-1: ベースキャンプ、この音が聞こえるだろうか。
Mod-1: Base camp, I don't know if you can hear this.
ウィリアムズ博士: Mod-1、何が聞こえるの？
Doctor Williams: Mod-1, what do you hear?
Mod-1: 風が強くなってきた。ドアを開けるたびに少しだけ下降気流が吹いてくる。
Mod-1: The wind's picked up. A bit of a downdraft coming from each door we're opening.
Mod-3: これが普通なのか？ドクター、教えてくれ。
Mod-3: Is this normal? Doctor, please advise.
ウィリアムズ: 部屋の内装が変わっているかもしれないわね。空気の行き先次第では、は、気流の渦が発生する可能性がある。心配する必要はないわ。
Williams: The interior might have shifted. That could create eddy currents, depending on where the air is displaced. It's nothing to worry about.
Mod-3: 入った部屋はカメラで見回すことにしよう。博士、あなたが1番よく知っている。もし問題があれば教えてくれ。
Mod-3: We'll pan the rooms as we go. Doctor, you know best. Tell us if anything's amiss.
ウィリアムズ: わかったわ、Mod-3。
Williams: Noted, Mod-3.
Mod-5は次のハッチを開け、185階に到達する。
Mod-5 swings open the next hatch, approaching the 185th level.
Mod-1: くそ。風が少し暖かくなってきている。お前も感じるか？
Mod-1: Damn. Wind's getting a little warmer. You guys feel that?
Mod-2: 下よりちょっとだけな。誰かが暖房を入れっぱなしにしていた時のようだ。
Mod-2: A little from down here. Feels like someone left the heating on.
Mod-5: なんか匂わないか？
Mod-5: Do you smell that?
Mod-1: 髪の毛が燃える匂いだな。
Mod-1: Burning hair.
Mod-5: そいつは愉快だ。
Mod-5: That's certainly cheerful.
Mod-3: 博士、アドバイスをお願いします。
Mod-3: Doctor, please advise.
ウィリアムズ: 全部パラメータの範囲内だわ。進んでちょうだい。
Williams: Everything is within parameters. Please proceed.
Mod-1: 行こう。
Mod-1: Let's go.
数時間の上昇の後、Mod-4とMod-2はD-4f68aがSCP-3333から脱出しようと試みた部屋を発見する。家具は乱れた状態のままだ。扉は大きく開いているが、そこに吹いていた風は静まっているようだ。
After several hours of climbing, Mod-4 and Mod-2 encounter the room where D-4f68a attempted to exit SCP-3333. The furniture is still in a state of disarray. The door is wide open, but the wind blowing through it appears to have died down.
Mod-2が慎重に開いた扉へ近づく。手袋を1つ外して手を外へ出す。
Mod-2 approaches the open door cautiously. He removes one of his gloves and sticks his hand out.
Mod-2: 風はまだ吹いていますね。少しだけですが。そして、まだ少し暖かいです。
Mod-2: It's still blowing. Just a little bit. Still a little warm.
ウィリアムズ: 気圧が平均化されたに違いないわ。今までのどの場所より良い場所のようね。
Williams: The pressure must have equalised. Here seems as good a place as any.
Mod-1: やってみます。ドク。
Mod-1: On it, doc.
Mod-0のメンバーが集まり、SCP-3333の外を探検しようと試みる。Mod-2はロープを装備し、SCP-3333の外に出る。強い風はなく、Mod-2は容易に地上に到達することができる。
The members of Mod-0 gather and attempt to mount an expedition outside of SCP-3333. Mod-2 is attached to a rope and exits SCP-3333. There is no strong wind, and Mod-2 is easily able to reach the bottom.
Mod-2: ここには何もない。
Mod-2: There's nothing here.
Mod-1: 行こう。1分でそっちに加わる。残りは観察しておいてくれ。
Mod-1: Let's go. I'll join you in a minute. The rest of you keep watch.
Mod-3: ラジャー。
Mod-3: Roger.
Mod-4: ラジャー。
Mod-4: Roger.
Mod-5: ラジャー。
Mod-5: Roger.
Mod-1とMod-2がフリーモント監視所の側面を下っていく。 地上からの推定高さは80m。予想されたように、地面はむき出しの土であり、時折露出した岩石面が見える。 Mod-2は屈み込み、土の一部をサンプル瓶に押しやる。 彼らは南西に約200メートル進む。Mod-2は20メートルごとに停止し、サンプルを採取する。
Mod-1 and Mod-2 descend the side of the Fremont lookout. Estimated height above the ground is 80m. As expected, the ground is bare dirt with occasional exposed rock faces; Mod-2 stoops down and sweeps some of the dirt into a sample vial. They proceed southwest for approximately two hundred meters, with Mod-2 stopping to collect another sample every 20 meters.
Mod-2: 岩と土以外何もないな。
Mod-2: Nothing but rocks and dirt.
Mod-1: 戻ろう。
Mod-1: Let's head back.
Mod-3、Mod-4、およびMod-5のマイクからかすかなノック音が聞こえる。Mod-3がびくっと反応する。音は彼の真上から来ているようだ。
A faint knocking sound is heard over the microphones of Mod-3, Mod-4, and Mod-5. Mod-3 jumps. It seems that the sound is coming from directly above him.
Mod-3: 博士、アドバイスを！
Mod-3: Doctor, please advise!
Mod-4: 気をつけろ。落とし戸から来ているぞ。
Mod-4: Heads up. It's coming from the trapdoor.
Mod-1: Mod-3、何が起こっている？
Mod-1: Mod-3, what's going on?
ノック音が止まり、今度はより大きく、長、短、短という定期的なリズムで再開する。
The knocking sound stops, then resumes—more loudly, now, and in a regular rhythm: long-short-short.
Mod-4: 何かが反対側から吹いているようだ。
Mod-4: Sounds like something's blowing against it.
ウィリアムズ: 新しい現象ね。気をつけて。
Williams: This is new. Keep a look out.
Mod-1: こちら、今戻っているところです。
Mod-1: We're on our way back.
Mod-5: [ノイズ]
Mod-5: [static]
フリーモント監視所内の全てのカメラフィードが一斉に止まる。トラップドアが開く音がする。マイクの向こうでMod-3とMod-4の両方が叫ぶ。
All camera feeds inside the Fremont lookout cut out simultaneously.. There is the sound of the trapdoor being opened. Over the microphones, Mod-3 and Mod-4 both scream.
Mod-1はMod-2を引っ張りながら、素早く低い岩の後ろに隠れる。
Mod-1 moves quickly, dragging Mod-2 behind a low rock.
Mod-2: 一体何なんだ？
Mod-2: What the hell is that?
Mod-1: 静かに。Mod-3、何が起こっている？
Mod-1: Keep it down. Mod-3, what's going on?
Mod-5: [ノイズ] 風が熱い！熱い！
Mod-5: [static] wind's too hot! It's too hot!
Mod-3: [絶叫]
Mod-3: [Screaming]
Mod-1: Mod-4？ Mod-5？応答してくれ。
Mod-1: Mod-4? Mod-5? Please respond.
Mod-4: 灰と煙だらけだ。前が見えない。撤退する。
Mod-4: It's full of ash and smoke. Can't see. We're bugging out.
ウィリアムズ: Mod-1、そこに留まって！
Williams: Mod-1, stay where you are!
Mod-1: 応答してくれ、Mod-3。
Mod-1: Please respond, Mod-3.
Mod-5: 熱い！ [ノイズ]
Mod-5: It's too hot! [static]
Mod-1は岩の端の向こうを見つめる。 ベースキャンプはフリーモント監視所の窓にズームインする。 何も異変は無いように見える — しかし、カメラの解像度が低すぎて、ベースキャンプからMod-3、Mod-4、およびMod-5がまだ中に居るかどうか確認できない。
Mod-1 peers over the edge of the rock. Base camp zooms in to the windows of the Fremont lookout. It appears that nothing is amiss — but the camera's resolution is again too low, and base camp cannot confirm if Mod-3, Mod-4, and Mod-5 are still inside.
ウィリアムズ: 監視所には入らないで、Mod-1。聞いてる？
Williams: Do not enter the lookout, Mod-1. Are you listening to me?
Mod-1はウィリアムズ博士に応答しない。彼はMod-2にジェスチャーを送り、岩陰から出る準備をする。Mod-2がMod-1を後ろに引く。
Mod-1 does not respond to Doctor Williams. He gestures to Mod-2 and prepares to break cover. Mod-2 pulls him back down.
Mod-2:目を覚ましてくれ、サー！ あそこ、右の窓のそばに！
Mod-2: Eyes up, sir! There, by the right window!
Mod-2は監視所を指差す。 彼の言葉通り、窓の1つの後ろに一瞬反射光が見える。 ベースキャンプが窓にズームインする前に、光は消える。
Mod-2 points towards the lookout. True to his word, there is a flash of reflected light behind one of its windows. Before base camp can zoom in to it, it disappears.
Mod-2:彼らはまだそこにいる。 あの光は双眼鏡、もしくはゴーグルの端に違いない。
Mod-2: They're still in there. It must be one of their binoculars, or the edge of their goggles.
Mod-1: 展望台の下に近付こう。尾根にそって進む。Mod-3、もし聞こえていたらじっとしていてくれ。そっちに戻る。
Mod-1: Low approach, keep to the ridge. Mod-3, if you can hear this, sit tight. We're coming back.
ウィリアムズ: 留まって、Mod-1！
Williams: Stay where you are, Mod-1!
Mod-2: ドク、聞こえてるか？ [間] ドク？
Mod-2: Doc, do you copy? [Pause] Doc?
ウィリアムズ: Mod-1？ Mod-1！
Williams: Mod-1? Mod-1!
ウィリアムズ博士は、Mod-1とMod-2にフリーモント監視所から遠ざかるようさらに何度か呼びかけるが、無駄だった。 Mod-0の残りのメンバーはパニック状態で、同様に反応しない。この時点で、明らかにチーム内のコミュニケーションは最悪の状態になっている。
Doctor Williams calls several more times for Mod-1 and Mod-2 to keep away from the Fremont lookout, to no avail. The remainder of Mod-0 is similarly unresponsive in their panic. At this point, it is apparent that the team's communications have been entirely compromised.
Mod-1: 行こう。
Mod-1: Let's go.
彼らは尾根に沿って這い歩き、フリーモント監視所の下へ近づく。 監視所の階段は使えるように見える。Mod-1がリードし、2人の工作員が素早く登っていく。
They crawl along the ridge, approaching the foot of the Fremont lookout. Its stairs appear to be functional. Mod-1 takes the lead and the two operatives swiftly ascend.
ウィリアムズ: 離れて。離れて！ 登らないで！ Mod-3、もしそこにいるのなら、チームのみんなを降ろして！ 塔にとどまらないで！
Williams: Stay away. Stay away! Do not go up! Mod-3, if you're in there, you need to get your team down! Do not stay in the tower!
Mod-1がステップの最上部に到達する。 Mod-2がそれに続く。Mod-1はドアハンドルを回そうと試みる。簡単に開き、2人の機動隊員が中に突入する。
Mod-1 reaches the top of the steps. Mod-2 follows suit. Mod-1 tries the door handle. It swings open easily, and the two operatives rush inside.
Mod-2: 見えた！
Mod-2: I see them!
Mod-1: 開けてくれ！
Mod-1: Open up!
カメラフィードは2人の工作員が監視所の中にいることを示しているが、彼らの足音は聞こえない。その代わりに — Mod-1とMod-2がまだ入ろうとしているかのように — ドアをノックする音がする。
Although the camera feeds show that both operatives are inside the lookout, their footsteps are not heard. Instead, there is the sound of knocking against a door — as if Mod-1 and Mod-2 are still trying to enter.
Mod-1: Mod-3、開けてくれ！
Mod-1: Mod-3, open up!
Mod-2: 何が起こった？なぜこんなことになっている？
Mod-2: What happened? Why is it like this?
マイク越しに、風が吹き始める音が聞こえる。
Over the microphones, the wind begins to blow.
Mod-1: 窓が開かない。Mod-3？Mod-5？
Mod-1: Windows aren't budging. Mod-3? Mod-5?
Mod-2: [ノック]入れてくれ！
Mod-2: [Knocking] Let us in!
カメラフィードでは、Mod-1とMod-2が部屋を見回している。 床にはオレンジ色の毛皮が散らばっている。部屋の中に風はないようだ。
On the camera feeds, Mod-1 and Mod-2 pan the room. The floor is strewn with orange fur. There does not appear to be any wind in the room.
Mod-2のカメラが静止する。D-46f8aが最後にいた、部屋の遠端のテーブルの下に物陰がある。
Mod-2's camera goes still. There is a shape under the table at the far end of the room at D-46f8a's last known position.
Mod-1: 開けろ！入れてくれ！
Mod-1: Open up! Let us in!
Mod-2: ああ神よ、暑くなってきている！
Mod-2: Oh God, it's getting hot!
Mod-1とMod-2がドアを激しくノックする。風が強くなる。 両工作員は叫び始める。
Mod-1 and Mod-2 are knocking furiously on the door now. The wind intensifies. Both operatives begin to scream.
同時に、カメラフィードでは、Mod-1とMod-2がテーブルに近づく。 彼らは奇妙なほど静かに動き、カメラは揺れない。 ゆっくりと、Mod-1とMod-2が体を下げ、テーブルの下の物陰を完全に見えるようにする。
At the same time, on the camera feeds, Mod-1 and Mod-2 approach the table. They move with an odd calmness and their cameras do not shake. Slowly, Mod-1 and Mod-2 lower themselves, letting the shape beneath the table come into full view.
Mod-1: [銃声] 開けてくれ！
Mod-1: [Gunshot] Open up!
Mod-2: 動かない！
Mod-2: It's not working!
両工作員のカメラがテーブルの下の人影に焦点を合わせる。人影は少し震えている。マントのようにオレンジ色の毛皮で覆われていて、艶がなく平たく黒い斑点がある。
Both operatives' cameras come into focus on the figure under the table. It is shuddering slightly. It is covered in orange fur, like a cloak, matted and caked with black specks.
ウィリアムズ: Mod-1？Mod-2？
Williams: Mod-1? Mod-2?
Mod-2: [絶叫]
Mod-2: [Screaming]
人影が振り向く。キツネの頭に老人の体をしており、四つん這いになっている。 胸、手、足には重度のやけどを負った様子だ。指が何本か失われており、断端からは焦げた骨の先端が露出している。
The figure turns. It has the head of a fox and the body of an old man, hunched over on all fours. Its chest, hands, and feet appear to have been severely burned; some of its digits are missing, with the tips of charred bones exposed at the stumps.
ウィリアムズ博士が、その体がD-4f68aのものだと認識し、あえぐ。
Doctor Williams gasps: she recognises the body as D-4f68a's.
Mod-2: 頼む、なんとかしてくれ！ドアを開けて！
Mod-2: For the love of God, do something! Open the door!
Mod-1: ドク、何かがある — 炎の中に！
Mod-1: Doc, there’s something—in the fire!
Mod-2: 俺にも見える！あれは — あれは塔だ！いや、城だ！
Mod-2: I see it too! It's—it's a tower! No, a castle!
Mod-1: 燃えている！入れてくれ！入れてくれ！
Mod-1: We're burning! Let us in! Let us in!
人影は右手を上げて地面を叩く。一度ノックし、その後二度ノックする。カメラフィードが切れる。
The figure lifts its right hand and paws at the ground. It knocks once, and then twice. The camera feeds cut out.
一方、マイクは信号を送信し続ける。パチパチという音が後ろから聞こえ、風と共に音量が大きくなる。Mod-1とMod-2は言葉が支離滅裂になるまで叫び続けている。
Meanwhile, the microphones continue transmitting. A crackling noise is heard in the background, growing in loudness along with the wind. Mod-1 and Mod-2 continue screaming to the point of incoherency.
[ログ終了]
[END LOG]
探査記録2、カメラ2、時間09:40:39。
Exploration2, camera 2, timestamp 09:40:39.
結論: 機動部隊Mod-0とこれ以上意味のあるコミュニケーションが取れなくなった時点で、ミッションは中止された。 しかし、Mod-1とMod-2のマイクは、その後5時間、絶叫の声を送信し続けた。予防措置として、ウィリアムズ博士はベースキャンプの落とし戸を施錠して閉鎖するよう指示した。
Conclusion: The mission was aborted when no further meaningful communication could be established with MTF Mod-0. However, Mod-1 and Mod-2's microphones continued transmitting the sounds of their screaming for the following 5 hours. As a precaution, Doctor Williams ordered that the trapdoor at base camp be locked and barred.
任務の中止から9時間後、基地職員は落とし戸の反対側から必死なノック音と声を聞き、続いて突然の散発的な銃撃によって落とし戸のロックが開いた。その後、Mod-5、続いて機動部隊Mod-0の残りのメンバーが向こう側から出現した。 彼らの身元が確認された後、基地の医療職員によって手当てを受け、その後報告された。
9 hours after the mission's abort, base personnel heard frantic knocking and voices coming from the other side of the trapdoor, followed by a burst of sporadic gunfire breaking the trapdoor's lock. Mod-5, followed by the rest of MTF Mod-0, then emerged from the other side. After their identities were ascertained, they were attended to by base medical personnel and subsequently debriefed.
機動部隊Mod-0のメンバーは目に見えて震えていたが、怪我をしていなかった、彼らはSCP-3333内での出来事について混乱を示し、再進入に強い抵抗を示した。状況とミーム媒体の可能性を鑑み、機動部隊Mod-0の反対を押し切って、特殊抗ミーム工作員がさらなる調査のために投入された。
Though they were visibly shaken, the members of MTF Mod-0 bore no physical injuries. They expressed confusion over the events within SCP-3333 and showed a definite unwillingness to reenter. Given the circumstances, and the possibility of a memetic agent, a special counter-memetics operative was brought in for further exploration over the objections of MTF Mod-0.
ミッション内容: SCP-3333のさらなる探索と、その中の異常実体の無力化。
Mission Parameters: Further explore SCP-3333 and neutralise the anomalous entity/entities within.
職員: 抗ミームスペシャリスト0 ("無を歩くもの")
Personnel: Counter-Memetic Specialist 0 ("Nullwalker")
追加情報: スペシャリスト0は盲目、聾唖であり、もっぱら手に埋め込まれた修正版シグナルシステムを用いてコミュニケートする。通常仕様のレーションが支給される。他の装備は不要であった。ウィリアムズ博士と機動部隊Mod-0が作戦を監督する。
Additional Information: Specialist 0 is a deaf-blind-mute, and communicates solely through a modified signaling system embedded into their hand. Standard-issue rations are provided. No other equipment is necessary. Doctor Williams and MTF Mod-0 supervise the operation.
[ログ開始]
[LOG BEGIN]
0: キチ ヲ ハナレル
0: LEAVING BASE NOW
ウィリアムズ: 必要なものがあったら知らせて。
Williams: Let us know if you need anything.
0: ハイ
0: YES
スペシャリスト0がSCP-3333を登り始める。
Specialist 0 begins to ascend SCP-3333.
Mod-1: [ウィリアムズへ] 私はこれは好ましくないと —
Mod-1: [To Williams] I don't like this—
ウィリアムズ: もしあなたたちのような素晴らしいチームを尻尾巻いて逃げ帰らせるほど怖いものがあるのだとしたら、まさにアネットを呼び出した価値があるわ。
Williams: If it was frightening enough to make your crack team turn tail and flee, it is certainly worth calling in Annette.
Mod-1は返事をしない。スペシャリスト0は登り続けている。
Mod-1 does not respond. Specialist 0 continues to ascend.
0: ヘヤ オカシイ。ミダレテル。セントウ？
0: ROOM DIFF. MESSY. FIGHT?
ウィリアムズ: 違うわ、私たちよ。
Williams: No, that was us.
0: オーケー。[間]ナニカ ウゴイテル。チイサイ。アツイ。[間]イナクナッタ。
0: OK. [Pause] SOMETHING MOVING. SMALL. HOT. [Pause] GONE NOW.
数時間が経過する。
A few hours pass.
0: ナニカ ソトニ イル。ミテイル。
0: SOMEONE OUTSIDE. WATCHING.
ウィリアムズ: 以前に遭遇した連中よ。登り続けていればそのうち —
Williams: They were encountered earlier. If you keep going up—
0: ススンデル。マダ ツイテクル。オカシイ。ミテイナイ。ホカノ ナニカ。
0: AM. STILL FOLLOWING. WAS WRONG. NOT WATCHING. SOMETHING ELSE.
ウィリアムズ: どういうこと？
Williams: What do you mean?
0: ワカラナイ。
0: DON'T KNOW.
スペシャリスト0はさらに数時間登り続ける。この時点で、スペシャリスト0は12時間以上登っている。
Specialist 0 continues climbing for several more hours. At this point, Specialist 0 has been climbing for over 12 hours.
ウィリアムズ: 休憩はいいの？
Williams: Don't you need to rest?
0: ナニカ マダ ソコニ イル。キケン。アンフ ツカウ。
0: SOMETHING STILL THERE. NOT SAFE. WILL USE AMPH.
スペシャリスト0は100ミリグラムのアンフェタミンを摂取し、登り続ける。
Specialist 0 consumes 100 milligrams of amphetamine and continues to ascend.
0: ソト。ミエル？
0: OUTSIDE. CAN YOU SEE?
ウィリアムズ: いえ。見えないわ —
Williams: No, I can't—
カメラの端に動くものがチラッと見える。何かが窓越しに見ており、カメラがそちらの方向を向くと下へ隠れる。風は強く、外に出れそうにない。
There is a flicker of motion on the edge of the camera. Something looking through the windows ducks down as soon as the camera is turned in its direction. The wind is strong; there is no chance of going outside.
部屋の他の場所から、かすかなノック音が聞こえる。
From elsewhere in the room, there is a faint knocking sound.
ウィリアムズ: 何かが —
Williams: There's—
0: ワカッテル。
0: IT KNOWS.
スペシャリスト0は素早く上の階へ登り始める。時々SCP-3333の外で動くものが見える。小さなサラサラという音が風にまじり時折聞こえる。スペシャリスト0が登るのについてくるようにノック音が聞こえるようで、今やマイクからはっきりと聞こえるほどだ。ちょうど下の階から聞こえてくるようだ。
Specialist 0 begins to rapidly climb upwards. Flickers of motion are occasionally visible outside SCP-3333. Small rustling sounds can occasionally be heard over the wind. It appears that the knocking sound is following Specialist 0 as they climb, now distinctly audible over their microphone. It appears to come from the floor directly below.
Mod-1: 撤退しなさい、スペシャリスト！
Mod-1: Retreat, specialist!
0: ダメダ
0: NO
スペシャリスト0は素早く登り続ける。 およそ1時間後に止まる。監視所の反復は以前と異なり、部屋は前の落とし戸の開口部周辺に広がる光を除いて真っ暗だ。
Specialist 0 continues rapidly climbing. After approximately an hour, they stop. This iteration of the lookout is different: except for a radius of light around the previous trapdoor's opening, the room is pitch-black.
0: ヒカリ ナイ。アツイ。
0: NO LIGHT. HOT.
スペシャリスト0は装備している懐中電灯をつけない。腕を上げ、次の落とし戸があるはずの監視所の天井を探る。下からのノック音はさらに強くなる。
Specialist 0 does not turn on their flashlight. They raise their arms, probing them across the lookout's ceiling where the next trapdoor should be. Below them, the knocking sound grows louder.
0: デグチ ナイ
0: NO EXIT
ウィリアムズ: 私たちのためにライトをつけて。
Williams: Turn on the light for us.
スペシャリスト0は指示に従い、懐中電灯をつけて監視所の天井を照らす。0のいう通り、ハッチはどこにもない。
Specialist 0 complies. They shine their flashlight on the ceiling of the lookout. True to their word, there is no hatch.
ウィリアムズ: 外はどう？
Williams: What about outside?
スペシャリスト0は顔を窓の方へ向ける。いつも通りの監視所の外の景色は見えず、代わりにフリーモント監視所のコピーが大量にある。それらに最早手すりや階段はなく、遊歩道は互いに正方格子状につながっている。空は暗く、星はない。
Specialist 0 turns to face the windows. The usual landscape outside of the lookout is not visible. Instead, there are more copies of the Fremont lookout. There are no longer any railings or staircases, and the boardwalks now connect to each other in a square grid pattern. The sky above is dark, with no stars.
ウィリアムズ: いける限りまで来たと思うわ。
Williams: I think this is as far as it gets.
0: ノー
0: NO
スペシャリスト0は歩き始める。カメラには、複製された展望台を除いて、何も見えない。マイクにはスペシャリスト0の足音のみが聞こえる。 突然、遠くで大きな音がする。落とし戸が倒れ、閉まった。
Specialist 0 starts walking. Aside from the duplicated lookouts, nothing is visible on the camera. Only Specialist 0's footsteps are audible on the microphone. Suddenly, there is a loud slam in the distance. The trapdoor has fallen shut.
0: ココダ
0: ITS HERE
[間]
[Pause]
0: キケン ナイ？
0: NO HAZARDS?
スペシャリスト0が歩調を早める。小さくカサカサという音とノック音が聞こえる。スペシャリスト0が止まる。音がすぐに消える。
Specialist 0 begins walking faster. Several small rustling and knocking sounds can be heard. Specialist 0 stops. The sounds quickly cease.
0: カラダ。
0: BODY.
スペシャリスト0が屈み、同時に服が動く音が聞こえる。もう一度、より大きく近い音で聞こえる。
There is a sound of shifting clothing as Specialist 0 bends down. The sounds can be heard again, louder and closer.
Mod-1: 逃げなさい、スペシャリスト！
Mod-1: Get out of there, Specialist!
ウィリアムズ: アネット！
Williams: Annette!
何度かパチパチという音が聞こえる。ノック音は大きくなり、今や複数のエコーによって歪んでいる。マイクを通して聞くと、ほとんど一連の動物の鳴き声のように聞こえる。
Several crackling sounds can be heard. The knocking grows louder, now distorted from multiple echoes; through the microphone, it almost resembles a series of animalistic barks.
0: カラダ。チ。[間]ナイゾウ。キンニク。カタイ。ヤケテイル。[間]ケガワ。ケ。
0: BODY. BLOOD. [Pause] INTERNAL ORGANS. MUSCLES. HARD. BURNED. [PAUSE] FUR. HAIR.
ノック音が集まっていき、1つの連続的な咆哮になる。それはスペシャリスト0の背後から来ている。
The knocking sounds have merged into a single, continuous roar. It is coming from behind Specialist 0.
Mod-1: 逃げなさい、スペシャリスト！それは放っておいて！行け！
Mod-1: Get out, Specialist! Leave it! Go!
0: キンゾク。コトバ。アツイ。
0: METAL. WORDS. HOT.
ゴツン、と音がする。
There is a thud.
0: TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTETETTTTTTTTETTTEETTTTTTTTTTETTTTETTTTTETTET ET ETTET E (ここは原文ママで)
ウィリアムズ: アネット？アネット？
Williams: Annette? Annette?
0: ライト ライト ソト ライト ドコ
0: LIGHTS LIGHTS OUT WHERE IS LIGHT
ウィリアムズ: アネット！
Williams: Annette!
0: コノヤマ アクマ イル。シタニ オリタイ。ライト ドコ？
0: THERE IS A DEMON ON THE MOUNTAIN. I NEED TO COME DOWN. WHERE IS THE LIGHT?
ウィリアムズ: アネット…
Williams: Annette…
スペシャリスト0の懐中電灯が点灯する。スペシャリスト0は地面に倒れている。ライトは燃えた筋肉、内臓、その近くの骨が積み重なり燻っているのを照らす。それら全てはチャコールオレンジ色の毛皮の房で覆われている。スペシャリスト0の手には、歪んだ金属製のドッグタグが握られているのが見える。それには"MTF Mod-1: グラハム・パーセル"と書いてある。
Specialist 0's flashlight turns on. Specialist 0 is laying on the ground. The light illuminates a smoldering pile of burned muscles, organs, and bones nearby, all covered in tufts of charred orange fur. A warped metal dog tag is visible clutched in Specialist 0's hand. It reads "MTF Mod-1: Graham Purcell."
[データ削除済]
[DATA EXPUNGED]
Addendum 3333.4.I: Recontainment efforts
Standard all-clear status reports continued to be broadcast from Temporary Observation Post 3333 daily until 2039/04/02, when the 0600h transmission was interrupted by the following unencrypted text string:
3333 CMPRMISED SEND REINF WILLIAM 0 L166
This was followed by a string of 32 alphanumeric characters that, when cross-referenced against the observation post's secure communications public key, identified its sender as Counter-Memetic Specialist 0 or someone with intimate knowledge of their personal field verification key. Given these irregularities, a covert recontainment team was assembled and deployed within six hours to assess and respond to the situation at the observation post.
The recontainment team found the observation post abandoned. Communications equipment at base camp appeared to have been sabotaged by an electrical fire started with dry pine needles and animal fur. Exploration III was found logged but unsent on Dr. Williams' field laptop, which had apparently been left running for over a month. No trace of the observation post's 53 personnel — including project lead Dr. Williams, Specialist 0, and MTF Mod-0 — could be found.
The trapdoor to SCP-3333 was shut upon the recontainment team's arrival. It appeared to be blocked from the inside by a heavy object. In light of the events of Exploration III, the recontainment team elected to seal off the entrance until additional reinforcements arrived.
Addendum 3333.4.II: Revised containment procedures (current 2039/04/20)
The entrance to SCP-3333 is to be locked and sealed. At least two armed operatives must be stationed at all times to prevent entry or exit. Any entity emerging from SCP-3333 must be terminated. Preferred method of termination is via small arms fire, though destruction of the head or torso via kinetic impact has also observed to be effective. Incendiary means are ineffective and should not be used.
Wireless communications are not to be used within the immediate vicinity of SCP-3333. Do not trust any wireless communications received in the vicinity of SCP-3333.
Addendum 3333.4.III: DATA SEALED
Transcript of video file transmitted from the mobile phone of Doctor Williams, dated 2039/04/02
[Transcript begins]
The footage begins slightly after the end of Exploration III. Doctor Williams is climbing upwards through SCP-3333, camera attached to her side. She is breathing heavily, and appears to be running from something. Gunshots can be heard down below. A constant chattering sound is audible around her.
Doctor Williams climbs upwards for approximately ten minutes, then stops to rest. She sets the camera up against a table and blocks off the lower trapdoor with a chair. She sits down.
She is covered in ash and blood, is visibly panicked, and is carrying a handgun. Pieces of white animal fur are matted in the blood on her arms and face. She looks at the camera, begins to speak, then starts crying. She continues crying for approximately a minute, then stops.
Williams: It got us. It was wonderfully done. Just the right amount of vagueness, and who would dare argue with a seasoned MTF deciding to turn tail and run? And of course I didn't know any of them closely, so who was I to say if there was anything wrong, but then their skin…
There is a rattling sound. Someone is attempting to get through the trapdoor. Williams grabs the gun and points it at the door.
Voice: Doctor Williams? Doctor Williams! This is MTF Alpha-3! We received a distress call from this outpost! We were attacked by the personnel assigned here! What's going on here, Doctor? [Pounding] Let us in, Doctor!
Williams: [Panicked] St— [Coughs] Stay back! I—I'm not falling for it!
Alpha-3: Doctor Williams! Please! We will treat you as an enemy agent if you do not let us in!
Williams: [Screaming] Stay back!
Several fingers emerge through the trapdoor and begin to lift it up. Williams runs over and stamps on the fingers. There is a crunching sound, and the fingers go completely flat, still trapped in the door. There is a crackling sound as they begin to disintegrate, as if they are composed of cinders. The edges of the fingers burn slightly and smoke for a moment before going out. Williams fires two shots through the top of the door, grabs the camera, and begins climbing again.
Williams climbs for approximately a minute and a half, blocking off more trapdoors as she goes, then stops to vomit and cry. After about ten minutes, she picks up the camera. She spits into its lens and polishes it with her coat, then turns the camera off.
[Transcript ends]
Transcript of video file transmitted from the mobile phone of Doctor Williams, dated 2039/04/03
[Transcript begins]
The footage is timestamped twelve hours after the conclusion of the previous one. Doctor Williams is staring at the camera. Her face is expressionless. Outside, it is dawn. The sky outside the lookout's windows are pink.
Williams: I—am still here. Haven't reached the top yet. [Pause] I'm thirsty. [Pause] I wish I had grabbed a kit. God it's fucking hot.
It begins to rain outside SCP-3333. Williams starts laughing.
Williams: I bet you love that, you bastard. Bet you love the rain. Came a little late, huh?
Williams props up the camera, then goes outside and attempts to drink. After a short period of time, she spits and comes back inside.
Williams: Same ashy shit as earlier.
Williams picks up the camera, attaches it to her side, and continues to climb. Twenty minutes later, she encounters the remains of a humanoid entity. Its skull is visible, clearly canid in nature. It appears the remains have been disturbed at some point: blood and biological matter have been smeared out in stripes slightly wider than a human hand.
Williams approaches the remains, holding her hand to her mouth. With her other hand, she gingerly shifts what is left, revealing a glint of metal and some strips of canvas webbing around the entity's torso. On the torso is a bootprint, slightly larger than the average human's.
Williams: Annette.
Williams gets to her feet and prods the torso with her foot. It is more brittle than it looks, and crumbles into blackened dust. Williams watches the entity for a moment more, and then continues climbing.
The footage ends two hours later, presumably when the camera's batteries run dry.
[Transcript ends]
Transcript of video file transmitted from the mobile phone of Doctor Williams, dated 2039/04/06
[Transcript begins]
Doctor Williams' face fills the frame. The room around her is brighter, though unnaturally so, leaving her face in shadow.
Williams: Sunset is blazing. [pause] Well, I've stopped here for now. Annette reached the peak—I don't think I'm anywhere near it.
She stops talking and cocks her head to the right. In the background, a faint knocking noise has begun.
Williams: I don't think it wants me to.
Doctor Williams turns the camera to face the lookout's trapdoor above her. She shifts her hand, and the knocking sound becomes louder, clearly emanating from the floor above. It is soft and regular: two knocks, pause, one knock, and a longer pause.
She turns the camera back to her face. The light shifts. It is clear now that her pupils are constricted, almost abnormally so; and her lips are now shrunken and black. Her breathing is shallow.
Williams: So — what I'm going to do is — is I'm going to stay here. If you're at base camp, don't come up. [Pause] If you're Annette, I'd stay where you are, too.
She turns the camera to the window. The source of the sky's colour is now clear. From behind the ridges of the lookout's surrounding mountaintops, there is a fierce orange glow. No sun is visible in the sky.
Williams: Pissed, aren't you? Well, I'm not moving. You won't have me—not where you want me, not at your terrible crowned peak.
Williams slumps against the wall of the lookout, leaving the camera on the table. She remains in that position for several hours.
Suddenly, there is a knock on the door.
Williams immediately stops and pulls out a gun. It is an MTF-issue P90-1, its casing blackened with soot. She is breathing heavily, and her hands are shaking.
There is another knock, this time coming from directly behind the camera.
Williams turns around. Something moves, knocking the camera to the ground. It climbs over the table unsteadily, hitting the ground on all fours. It has human arms and human legs of unusually long length. It is extremely emaciated and its skin is dry and cracked. A device is clipped to its left wrist.
Its head is not visible from the camera angle. It raises its torso and makes a breathy, rattling sound.
Williams: ANNETTE!
Williams screams, discharging a burst of fire into the entity's torso and left arm.
The entity stumbles, coughing violently as embers are expelled from its mouth. It collapses to the ground, still moving towards Doctor Williams as more of its skin flakes off, revealing charred flesh and ash underneath. It comes within a few paces of Doctor Williams, who lifts her boot and stamps it into their skull, which collapses with a distinct crack and an expulsion of embers and soot.
Williams: It—it's— [Pause]
Doctor Williams attempts to throw up again. However, she is only able to retch for several seconds.
Williams: …Annette…
From above, the knocking begins again.
Williams leaves the frame, retreating to the other end of the room. Over the next ten minutes, a few sobs can be heard from her corner, sporadic and dry.
[Transcript ends]
Transcript of video file transmitted from the mobile phone of Doctor Williams, dated 2039/04/09
[Transcript begins]
Williams is staring at the camera. She has propped her body up against the side of the lookout's bed. The room is fully lit in a shifting, blazing orange glow. In her left hand, she is clutching the P90-1. Empty shells and singed orange fur litter the ground around her.
Her lips move, producing no sound for several seconds. When she speaks, her voice is soft and rasping. She is no longer enunciating clearly. No other sounds can be heard in the background.
Williams: Nnnnyo sunset. It's been like this for — for three days. No midnight. [Pause] It's grown silent. Waiting me out.
Williams jumps. Something jostles the camera, though no sound is heard. She pushes herself further into the corner. Though she attempts to raise the weapon at one point, it seems she is too weak to handle it properly. Her eyes and mouth open wide in terror.
Her next words do not align with her facial movements in the slightest.
Williams: There is a fetish among humans at the deepest level about enlightenment and height, about ignorance and depth.
Shards of glass burst into view, as if thrown from behind the camera. A gust of wind begins blowing, sending some chairs in the room flying. Williams herself is pressed against the wall, unable to resist.
Williams: [Softly and quickly] Here we are, on a castle in the sky, on a mountain in the air, the God Pillar, a recursive stack…
Her voice drops to a whisper. The rest of her words are inaudible.
The orange glow becomes more intense. Burning cinders float into view, blown up by the wind. Smoke fills the room; the wooden floor of the lookout is catching fire. Williams' skin begins to blister and crack. As she struggles, it seems as if her boots are stuck to the ground. The rubber of their soles has begun to melt.
Williams: [Slightly louder] Foxes are known to eat tongues. Did you know that?
She raises her head upwards. Something is moving behind her, though the smoke and the orange glare behind the windows makes it shape hard to see. Williams opens her mouth in a silent scream.
Williams: Tongues are full of blood and muscle. Tongues are very wet and alive. Tongues help you speak.
The shape lumbers into view in the window behind Williams, climbing up the side of the elevated lookout. It has four spindly legs and an elongated, almost serpentine, body, all covered in orange fur. As it approaches, the window shatters as if under immense heat, though no sound is heard. Sparks and smoke blow into the room.
Williams: That's why it loves us. That's why it needs us.
The creature stoops, bending its long legs and passing its head and neck through the shattered window. Its head is a canid skull, blackened and glowing in a wreath of fire. Two burning coals serve as its eyes. It opens its mouth wide. There is a tremor, and the camera's lens cracks.
The creature then winds around to face Williams, now motionless and engulfed in flames.
Williams: [Speaking more slowly] Annette was allowed to reach its peak; I wasn't. [Pauses] Loo. Lee. Lawlawlawlawlaw.
The creature gnashes its teeth, exhaling little plumes of flames. It gapes its jaws wide and bites down on Williams' head. Slowly, it picks Williams up, whose body dangles loosely from its grip. It is unclear if Williams is alive at this point.
Williams: It still feels a little unfair. But there's nothing in here. Nothing for us, nothing for me.
The creature bites down, separating Williams' head from her body. It remains in the frame for several more seconds, turning Williams' head around in its jaws. Then it draws its head back, out of the window, and descends the lookout's tower. Shortly after this, the video feed cuts out.
Nothing is heard in the following one minute and twenty-five seconds.
Williams: There's nothing. It's just fucking silence and smoke.
Williams clears her throat.
Williams: I—I think I'm going to come down now. Wish me luck, Annette.
[Transcript ends]
Image file transmitted from the mobile phone of Doctor Williams, dated 2039/04/17
Post your draft in the sandbox, then ask for help on IRC or in the drafts and critiques forum.
下書きをサンドボックスに作成し、チャットか 下書きと批評フォーラムでアドバイスをもらいましょう。
LOL, can you imagine if that was the whole essay? I mean, that's useful information, for sure. But I'm writing this with the assumption that you have that down pat, and just aren't getting as much out of the process as you want to.
ハハハ、もしこれがこのエッセイの全てだったらと想像できますか？と言うのも、これは確かに役に立つ情報です。しかし、私はあなたがそれを完璧に知った上で、このプロセスからあなたが望むほど多くの事を得ていないという仮定でこれを書いています。
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This guide is geared towards giving you some strategies for getting the most out of the venues available to you when you're getting writing help. It's also geared mostly towards getting reviews on full drafts, since getting feedback on ideas is a different beast altogether.
このガイドは、あなたが執筆へのアドバイスを得る時に、あなたが利用できる場所を最大限に活用するためのいくつかの戦略を与えることを目的として作られています。また、主に完成した下書きの批評をを受けることを目的として作られています。アイデアについてのフィードバックを得ることは、まったく異なる事であるためです。
You won't always be able to implement these right away, either because they take a lot of time to set up or because you're still developing the requisite skills. That's okay — any attempt is better than no attempt.
これらはすぐに実装できるとは限りません。組み立てるのに多くの時間がかかるため、または必要な能力をあなたがまだ開発中であるためです。しかし大丈夫です。どんな試みも、試みないよりはましです。
Prep work/準備作業
The easier it is to review your draft, the more likely people are to do it, and drafts that have fewer problems are easier to review. Before you post something and ask for feedback, check for errors (spelling, grammar, tone, dialogue, etc.), do the requisite background research,1 and generally try to make it the best it can be — essentially, be your own first critic. This generally requires some skill at writing and critiquing, but those are useful skills anyways.
あなたの下書きが批評しやすいほど人は批評してくれるようになり、下書きに問題が少ないほど批評はしやすくなります。あなたが何かを投稿してフィードバックを頼む前に、誤り(綴り、文法、語調、対話など)をチェックし、必要な背景調査2をし、全般的にできる限りベストの状態にしようとしましょう。本質的にはこれがあなた自身への最初の批評であるように。一般的に、これにはいくらかの執筆と批評の能力が必要ですが、それらは何れにしろ役に立つ能力です。
Of course, you won't be able to fix every problem yourself, but you should at least try to identify as many concerns as possible. Then, when you share the draft, make a point of mentioning what you need help with — if a reviewer can limit their scope to a few issues, that also makes it easier for them. The more detailed, the better — "I need help with the dialogue" is less useful to a reviewer than "I'm not sure that the dialogue sounds natural".
もちろん、全ての問題点をあなた自身で修正することはできないでしょう。しかし、少なくともできる限り多くの懸念点を明確にする努力はすべきです。そして、下書きを共有したときに、アドバイスを必要としている箇所について言及しましょう。批評者が見る範囲を数個の問題に制限できると、より批評がしやすくなります。さらに詳細に言うと、「対話についてアドバイスがほしいです」よりは「対話の流れが自然かどうかが不安です」と書くほうが批評者の役に立ちます。
Identifying and fixing problems in your draft, in addition to narrowing the scope for the reviewer, signals two things that reviewers like to know:
- You're competent enough at writing that, if you're given advice, there's a good chance that you can implement it.
- You care about making your draft the best it can be, and view the process of getting feedback as more than a formality.
下書きの問題点を明確にし修正することは、批評者の見る範囲を狭めてくれるのに加え、批評者が知りたがっている2つの点を知らせてくれます。
- あなたが、もしアドバイスをもらったらそれを実現する可能性が十分にあるほどの執筆能力を持っていること。
- あなたが下書きをできる限りベストな状態にするよう気を使い、フィードバックを得るプロセスを形式的行為以上のものとして捉えていること。
Advertising
Most people who visit the site prefer to spend their limited time reading articles they have reason to believe are good, and asking for review on an article is a tacit admission that it's not quite good enough yet. Some people will read it anyways just because they're nice, but it always helps if you can convince people it will be worth their time.
Making your draft interesting to read will not be covered in this guide, but what's actually important is making it SOUND interesting to read.
The best way to do this is to write one true sentence about your draft that encapsulates the gist of the article and evokes the emotion you're looking for. For example, when trying to get people to read SCP-3022, I described it as a "bathroom-centric Thaumiel", firstly because that's what it is, and second because it's a weird sentence that makes people say "Huh?" — also something I was going for with the article. For something like SCP-2420, one might call it "a story about a man, his dog, and coping with loss". Because that's what it is, and because you can tell right away what sort of article it's gonna be.
If you can't sum up your draft's gist in a sentence, or you're not sure what emotional response you're trying to evoke, you probably need to flesh out the concept more before writing the draft.
When advertising your draft, it's important to distinguish yourself from everyone else who wants help with their draft so you can catch a reviewer's attention. This means leaving out redundant information and empty sentences that don't say anything about the draft in question, save perhaps a message of thanks to cap off your post.
Here's an example of what you should NOT do when hyping your draft. Please respect this user's privacy! Do not attempt to find the original post.
SCP-XXXXを投稿する前に批評お願いします。
- Forum
- 執筆支援 / ヘルプ : 下書きと批評
- SCP-XXXXを投稿する前に批評お願いします。
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投稿数:: 4
RSS: 新しい投稿改稿したSCPの下書きです。
すべて開く すべて閉じる 追加のオプション
SCP-XXXXを投稿する前に批評お願いします。
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The chief problem here is that there's no attempt to describe the draft in question. No title, no description. "SCP-XXXX" literally does not carry any information, never put that in the title. "for review prior to posting" is self-evident from the fact that it's a sandbox linked in the Drafts and Critiques forum. For the thread summary, "Draft of my rewritten SCP" might work if there was any mention of what it's a rewrite of — anyone who had read the original would immediately know what they're getting into.
This feedback request is better. Please respect this user's privacy! Do not attempt to find the original post.
The title immediately describes the premise of the article, and has a chance to bring in viewers. The summary doesn't help it out — the first part isn't really relevant to the draft at hand (glad to have you around though!), and in general, people do not change the tenor of their feedback based on how vicious you support them being. The description in the post is very good — a potential reviewer knows that, if nothing else, they can help out just by saying how they felt it handled the backstory reveal.
Here's another good review request. Please respect this user's privacy! Do not attempt to find the original post.
The thread title could stand to be a bit more specific, but it does convey that this is anomaly documentation as a hospital might do it. The thread summary shores it up by highlighting the piece's experimental nature, the basic idea's good reception, and soliciting a specific type of feedback. The description, by going into details about the inspiration behind the article, gives reviewers something to work with if they recommend that the author take a different approach.
Being picky
The ability to evaluate feedback and decide how to implement it is a skill that develops alongside your overall writing skill, but this guide can still give you some tips. Generally, it's helpful to be familiar with various site members and their bodies of work, but in a pinch you can look at their author page to see their works, or their Wikidot profile to see their posts.
Here are some good reasons to take a piece of criticism with a grain of salt:
- It violates the Criticism Policy, or seriously goes against its guidelines. You should actually consider reporting this to a staff member if it happens.
- It amounts to "You did something unusual, and you should do it the normal way instead" when you did, in fact, have a good reason for doing it the unusual way.
- It displays a basic misunderstanding of the article or its subject matter.
- It's telling you how the article should be written, but the critic has no positively rated articles to their name.
- The critic is attempting to address an issue that you don't think their own writing reflects a strong grasp of.
- The critic is giving a subjective opinion about your article's quality, but you often disagree with the critic about which articles are good.
- It isn't accompanied by any sort of explanation of why you should do what's being suggested.
- Multiple other users disagree with the criticism.
Here are some good reasons to take a piece of criticism seriously:
- Anyone, even a total newbie, is telling you their subjective emotional response(s) to your article.
- It points out objective errors, such as typos and formatting issues.
- It is very insistent that you should not write about this subject matter, or that you are handling the subject matter poorly.
- You think highly of the critic's grasp on the topic(s) they're advising you on, especially if it's about a real field of study in which they are an expert.
- The critic is giving a subjective opinion about your article's quality, and you often agree with the critic about which articles are good.
- Solid justification, either in- or out-of-universe, is provided for the suggestion, especially if good examples are cited.
- If they dislike the direction you've taken the draft, they've offered one or more (good) alternative directions to take it.
- Multiple other users agree with the criticism.
Ultimately, there's no objective way of telling how good a piece of criticism is — some comments, or even some specific pieces of advice, will have traits from both of those lists at once. You'll have to decide for yourself whether addressing it will make your article better.
If you find you're getting a lot of criticism that seems less-than-useful because the people doing so don't get your article or seem to disagree with its premise, that can be a sign that your article isn't getting your point across. If this happens, you should explicitly state what you're trying to convey with the piece — at the very least, once it's explicit, they can either advise you on making it clearer, dissuade you from that course of action altogether, or agree to disagree.
Sometimes you will get a piece of criticism that seems worth addressing, but doesn't give you an idea of how to change your article to do so. In this case, you can either ask the critic for more advice, or wait for feedback from others to contextualize it for you.
Social engineering
People who remember you and have a positive opinion of you are somewhat more likely to look over your draft, even if you're not formally acquainted. You can increase the odds here by staying engaged with the community — posting in the forums regularly, posting in the chat, being generally pleasant to have around, and offering good feedback. You should also get a custom Wikidot avatar, if you haven't already — those of us who are visual learners will remember an icon better than a username.
The other part of social engineering is to get exposure for your draft without being obnoxious about it. Methods vary by venue.
In the forums, people will find your draft either through the drafts subforum or through Recent Forum Posts. Maximize visibility while following the rules and being non-obnoxious by responding to every post someone else makes in your thread (except for staff posts).
Whatever the particular content, you should always strive to stay respectful and engage in good faith with the post (so long the reviewer isn't being disingenuous, of course). If there's any information at all that you want from the reviewer, make sure to ask them! It gets you better feedback and gives you an excuse to bump the thread.
If at all possible, you should make whichever changes the feedback suggests you should, and then announce that you've done so — this lets anyone seeing the thread know that you're committed to incorporating feedback into your work. Also, if you make major changes based on someone's post, it's fine to ask them to look over those changes.
If there's a response to your draft thread on the front page of Recent Forum Posts, don't bother responding to your draft thread. Staggering out replies means more people will see your thread, which is more valuable than fewer people seeing it more often.
Generally, the only time it's okay to respond to your own thread as a whole (i.e. NOT to a specific commenter) is when you're announcing major changes that might make it worthwhile for people to take another look. Naturally, you should take advantage of this opportunity whenever it comes up.
In the chat, a link to your draft could either stay on everyone's screens for an hour or disappear within minutes, and it's a crapshoot as to whether someone will see your draft on the backscroll. It's still valuable, though, because it makes a two-way conversation about your draft a lot easier for everyone involved. A good time to link your draft is when the chat is active, but not going incredibly fast; that said, there's not really a downside to linking it at any other time either.
A few exceptions apply — don't post your draft more than once every twenty minutes (when I asked chat ops to give me an acceptable interval, that's what they gave me). Probably wait at least a half hour between postings, just to stay on the safe side. Don't interrupt Serious Business discussions, and don't post your draft while someone else has yet to receive feedback on their own. Follow all other rules outlined in the chat guide, naturally.
If you and someone else are both looking for draft feedback at the same time, it's a good idea to suggest a draft trade, wherein you agree to provide each other feedback. It's pretty rare for people to turn down these offers, so they're reliable, but you naturally have to be prepared to give them feedback in return.
Try to avoid just copy-pasting the same draft pitch every time you link your draft — people will become accustomed to it and ignore it. Mix things up a little bit.
On Reddit, don't post your draft. They suck at giving feedback and have no (relevant) standards. It's really not worth your time or theirs. I can't believe I have to tell people not to get SCP crit on Reddit, but apparently I do!
Posting to the site
At any point after you have a draft that contains all of the material you meant for it in some form, you can post your article, even if you intend to make changes. This is permitted by the rules — you can continue to edit articles after they are posted, but staff can delete unfinished works immediately.
Any decent work that hits the site will get several responses within a day, though as the mainsite is not an officially sanctioned venue for soliciting feedback, these comments are not always held to the same standards as posts in the help forums. Many will simply consist of summary judgments of the article as it is.
Unless you believe that your draft is as good as it can be, you should only post your work to the site if you feel that you are no longer getting helpful feedback from other venues. Naturally, some people post for other reasons, but this is the only one I can endorse. At this point the site itself is your best option for improving the draft, and that's where you should go.
There are a few pieces of advice that I can provide for this — firstly, people usually only read an article once, so if you decide to make major changes, you should consider deleting the article, implementing the changes, and then reposting it. Secondly, site members dislike authors explicitly soliciting feedback in the discussion thread for their article, so you should avoid doing that. Third, in the discussion thread, you should try to thank as many people who helped you with the draft as you can remember — it strokes their egos and lets potential future reviewers know that their efforts will be remembered.
Closing notes
Nothing in this essay will guarantee that you get feedback. This essay does not give you a surefire way to sort out the good critique from the bad critique. Getting and implementing good critique will not ensure that your article is good or well-received. These all come down to chance, writing skill, and good judgment. All this essay offers is various strategies, backed up by years of community participation and analysis, designed to let you make the most of your talent, wisdom, and luck.
This essay was made in the spirit of putting tools in the hands of people who can use them to produce good writing. If you think someone could benefit from the advice I give here, feel free to link, quote, or plagiarize it as you deem appropriate. Likewise, if you have any suggestions for improving it, don't hesitate to leave a comment sharing your thoughts — all input will be taken into consideration.