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justonezero) wrote2018-12-30 03:10 pm
justonezero) wrote2018-12-30 03:10 pm
SCP AU Memories and details
You remember waking up naked, covered in some kind of clear goop, with men in lab coats looking at you. There's a massive machine to the side of you, with pipes in odd ways you know shouldn't be possible, and yet....
One of the men in the coats steps forward with a syringe, and despite your weak struggling, plunges it into the side of your neck. Everything gets blurry and goes white...
---
Training is so tiring. It’s not that you hate it, really, but your mentor is just so pushy! Every time you do something, he says ‘do it again, and better’. So pushy! You don’t really understand this ‘Thaumiel’ stuff yet, but it sounds important. Maybe that’s why he’s pushing you so hard, to make sure you’re ready for this.
But then the red-headed lady comes by, and he turns all soft and smiley. She’s really nice, much nicer than him. And she understands the numbers too! For once, when you explain how the numbers work, someone finally gets it. You like training with her much better, she’s waaaay gentler. And she sings sometimes. You have her songs on your music player anyway, but it sounds so much better when she sings in person.
Your mentor says she didn’t sing for a long time, and that’s why he works so hard: so that she doesn’t get sad like that again. You think that’s as good of a reason as any to become a protector of this world.
---
‘Be helpful.’ That’s what Red told you to do. Help the people in the Foundation, and they will grow to trust you. By helping them, they will eventually accept you and want to be around you.
It sounds fake, but Red doesn’t outright lie like that. Maybe she just doesn’t understand the world either. She is pretty hopeful, after all.
But it’s alright. If that’s what she wants, then you can help the people here in the Foundation. Helping to track down lost SCPs is good practice for when you become a Thaumiel anyway. You’ll need to keep track of a lot of SCPs at once, and even lead others to them, so this can be the first step towards that.
“Miss Inabaaaa! Miss Ripleyyyy!”
The two women in front of you look up and to the doorway of the storage room, where you are standing. You are practically beaming with pride as you say, “Don’t worry, I have it right here!”
Miss Ripley, the older woman, says “And just who are you, kid?”
You smile, and you give the answer you have given so many times before: "I'm Yoshi Nanase! Everybody calls me Trash, Pest, Maggot, Spineless, Dust, Plankton, Moron and all sorts of other things, so call me whatever name you like!"
Even though Archer told you to stop saying that, it feels wrong to leave it unsaid.
---
Once you had all settled in the auditorium, a slim man with immaculately styled bubblegum pink hair and bone-rimmed glasses walks in. He is wearing a lab coat with the Foundation’s logo, as well as another patch. It looks like a rabbit? Sort of? Regardless, the man has a theatrical air to him, and he gesticulates quite a bit as he speaks.
"Greeting, D-class personnel. My name is Dr. Szayelaporro Granz, researcher class C. You have all been selected, either personally by myself and Dr. Kurotsuchi, or by random chance, to accompany me on this field mission. Aren’t you all so lucky?" the man smiles and clasps his hands together, though the smile doesn’t reach his eyes. "I am also from SCP-6350, so let’s all work hard together, hm?"
He clicks something in his pocket, turning on a slideshow with what little information they have. He clicks through the bare-bones presentation as he speaks.
"The location we will be researching is a space-time anomaly known as ‘The Resort’. This location is a fancy ski chalet that moves around randomly, and thus far has eluded our attempts to contain it, or even properly research it. Recording equipment and drones have all proven worthless inside this anomaly. The Foundation have dispatched live staff here before, only for them to be lost. While our main goal is to find a way to secure and contain this anomaly, you may also consider a secondary objective to be rescue... or recovery, as the case may be. The Resort currently has an active zone in the Canadian Rockies, and that is where we will be entering. Once we go in, it will be up to all of you to unlock its secrets. So if you have any business to attend to... I suggest you do it soon. This mission may last several months."
He adjusts his glasses, then turns off the slide show. He opens his arms in a flamboyant gesture and an all too wide smile splits his face.
"Further information will be provided to you in a written dossier, my little actors and actresses! But for now, you know as much as I do. Thank you for your attention, and welcome to Mobile Task Force Lambda-5-b, the ‘Fictional White Rabbits’!"
The memory fades out as you all sit in uncomfortable silence...
---
“I found you~!”
This is fun, you think. Tracking down SCPs and catching them is really fun, even if your squad sometimes has to arrest them forcefully. Not everyone wants to play the game right, after all, and they need to be brought into compliance. Or so the bosses say.
Red has told you to think for yourself, to not just follow orders. She’s nice, but you like being useful to the Foundation. You like helping! So this is alright.
Mikado is sitting there, propped up against a tree trunk. He’s not injured, but he looks so tired. He looks like he’s lived a million years and never even got one nap. What’s up with that? It’s a little confusing to you, but not so much that you break your smile.
“So, it’s you, is it?” Mikado is smiling, as he always does, even if his voice sounds tired.
“That’s right, it’s me,” you say cheerfully, "I'm Yoshi Nanase! Everybody calls me Trash, Pest, Maggot, Spineless, Dust, Plankton, Moron and all sorts of other things. But they also call me a ‘Thaumiel’ here too!”
“Thaumiel, huh? Thaumiel…” Mikado is chuckling, but it sounds hollow. Empty. Fake. “They called me that too, for a time.”
“Eh?”
“They’re always looking for people like us. People to protect their world. But in protecting, we give too much of ourselves over to ruin.” Mikado’s eyes flash up to you, and you see a sight that makes your heart jump up into your throat.
Blood, and numbers. It’s the same as how you look when you overdo it with your training.
“I wonder, how long will ‘the younger me’ last until his eyes are used up as well? How many times will you stop this world from ending before they send another Thaumiel after you?”
You hear the sounds of guns being cocked behind you. Your squad has finally caught up.
Mikado lets out another chuckle, followed by a couple wistful sentences. “Maaa, hopefully you can find some meaning to all of this. Maybe that will be a comfort to you when you eventually burn out.”
This is another SCP hunt that ends with a body being brought back in a bag. It’s not your first ‘dead’ capture, and it probably won’t be your last.
You don’t use your powers for nearly two weeks after that day.
---
Pregame CR:
-Cinque - Tracked some SCPs that Cinque was sent to deal with
-Ryoga - Tracked him multiple times because he kept escaping somehow
-Kohaku - Cheerfully helped with mission briefings despite Kohaku's missions mostly being DEATH because he was going to be brought back anyway
-Roxas - Met him during downtime. Roxas didn't particularly trust him due to the exuberance with which he assisted the Foundation.
-Vanitas - brought in to examine him in the labs with Math Eyes
-Aoi - Worked with her and gushed over an AI being dere at him when it was really just trying to get Aoi's attention.
-Ichigo - Met him briefly because of Archer.
-Szayel - Watches his fashion vlog on youtube and occasionally comments with chipper comments that might unintentionally be insulting.
-Rean - Tracked SCPs for Rean's missions and helped him contain bread while doing errands
One of the men in the coats steps forward with a syringe, and despite your weak struggling, plunges it into the side of your neck. Everything gets blurry and goes white...
---
Training is so tiring. It’s not that you hate it, really, but your mentor is just so pushy! Every time you do something, he says ‘do it again, and better’. So pushy! You don’t really understand this ‘Thaumiel’ stuff yet, but it sounds important. Maybe that’s why he’s pushing you so hard, to make sure you’re ready for this.
But then the red-headed lady comes by, and he turns all soft and smiley. She’s really nice, much nicer than him. And she understands the numbers too! For once, when you explain how the numbers work, someone finally gets it. You like training with her much better, she’s waaaay gentler. And she sings sometimes. You have her songs on your music player anyway, but it sounds so much better when she sings in person.
Your mentor says she didn’t sing for a long time, and that’s why he works so hard: so that she doesn’t get sad like that again. You think that’s as good of a reason as any to become a protector of this world.
---
‘Be helpful.’ That’s what Red told you to do. Help the people in the Foundation, and they will grow to trust you. By helping them, they will eventually accept you and want to be around you.
It sounds fake, but Red doesn’t outright lie like that. Maybe she just doesn’t understand the world either. She is pretty hopeful, after all.
But it’s alright. If that’s what she wants, then you can help the people here in the Foundation. Helping to track down lost SCPs is good practice for when you become a Thaumiel anyway. You’ll need to keep track of a lot of SCPs at once, and even lead others to them, so this can be the first step towards that.
“Miss Inabaaaa! Miss Ripleyyyy!”
The two women in front of you look up and to the doorway of the storage room, where you are standing. You are practically beaming with pride as you say, “Don’t worry, I have it right here!”
Miss Ripley, the older woman, says “And just who are you, kid?”
You smile, and you give the answer you have given so many times before: "I'm Yoshi Nanase! Everybody calls me Trash, Pest, Maggot, Spineless, Dust, Plankton, Moron and all sorts of other things, so call me whatever name you like!"
Even though Archer told you to stop saying that, it feels wrong to leave it unsaid.
---
Once you had all settled in the auditorium, a slim man with immaculately styled bubblegum pink hair and bone-rimmed glasses walks in. He is wearing a lab coat with the Foundation’s logo, as well as another patch. It looks like a rabbit? Sort of? Regardless, the man has a theatrical air to him, and he gesticulates quite a bit as he speaks.
"Greeting, D-class personnel. My name is Dr. Szayelaporro Granz, researcher class C. You have all been selected, either personally by myself and Dr. Kurotsuchi, or by random chance, to accompany me on this field mission. Aren’t you all so lucky?" the man smiles and clasps his hands together, though the smile doesn’t reach his eyes. "I am also from SCP-6350, so let’s all work hard together, hm?"
He clicks something in his pocket, turning on a slideshow with what little information they have. He clicks through the bare-bones presentation as he speaks.
"The location we will be researching is a space-time anomaly known as ‘The Resort’. This location is a fancy ski chalet that moves around randomly, and thus far has eluded our attempts to contain it, or even properly research it. Recording equipment and drones have all proven worthless inside this anomaly. The Foundation have dispatched live staff here before, only for them to be lost. While our main goal is to find a way to secure and contain this anomaly, you may also consider a secondary objective to be rescue... or recovery, as the case may be. The Resort currently has an active zone in the Canadian Rockies, and that is where we will be entering. Once we go in, it will be up to all of you to unlock its secrets. So if you have any business to attend to... I suggest you do it soon. This mission may last several months."
He adjusts his glasses, then turns off the slide show. He opens his arms in a flamboyant gesture and an all too wide smile splits his face.
"Further information will be provided to you in a written dossier, my little actors and actresses! But for now, you know as much as I do. Thank you for your attention, and welcome to Mobile Task Force Lambda-5-b, the ‘Fictional White Rabbits’!"
The memory fades out as you all sit in uncomfortable silence...
---
“I found you~!”
This is fun, you think. Tracking down SCPs and catching them is really fun, even if your squad sometimes has to arrest them forcefully. Not everyone wants to play the game right, after all, and they need to be brought into compliance. Or so the bosses say.
Red has told you to think for yourself, to not just follow orders. She’s nice, but you like being useful to the Foundation. You like helping! So this is alright.
Mikado is sitting there, propped up against a tree trunk. He’s not injured, but he looks so tired. He looks like he’s lived a million years and never even got one nap. What’s up with that? It’s a little confusing to you, but not so much that you break your smile.
“So, it’s you, is it?” Mikado is smiling, as he always does, even if his voice sounds tired.
“That’s right, it’s me,” you say cheerfully, "I'm Yoshi Nanase! Everybody calls me Trash, Pest, Maggot, Spineless, Dust, Plankton, Moron and all sorts of other things. But they also call me a ‘Thaumiel’ here too!”
“Thaumiel, huh? Thaumiel…” Mikado is chuckling, but it sounds hollow. Empty. Fake. “They called me that too, for a time.”
“Eh?”
“They’re always looking for people like us. People to protect their world. But in protecting, we give too much of ourselves over to ruin.” Mikado’s eyes flash up to you, and you see a sight that makes your heart jump up into your throat.
Blood, and numbers. It’s the same as how you look when you overdo it with your training.
“I wonder, how long will ‘the younger me’ last until his eyes are used up as well? How many times will you stop this world from ending before they send another Thaumiel after you?”
You hear the sounds of guns being cocked behind you. Your squad has finally caught up.
Mikado lets out another chuckle, followed by a couple wistful sentences. “Maaa, hopefully you can find some meaning to all of this. Maybe that will be a comfort to you when you eventually burn out.”
This is another SCP hunt that ends with a body being brought back in a bag. It’s not your first ‘dead’ capture, and it probably won’t be your last.
You don’t use your powers for nearly two weeks after that day.
---
Pregame CR:
-Cinque - Tracked some SCPs that Cinque was sent to deal with
-Ryoga - Tracked him multiple times because he kept escaping somehow
-Kohaku - Cheerfully helped with mission briefings despite Kohaku's missions mostly being DEATH because he was going to be brought back anyway
-Roxas - Met him during downtime. Roxas didn't particularly trust him due to the exuberance with which he assisted the Foundation.
-Vanitas - brought in to examine him in the labs with Math Eyes
-Aoi - Worked with her and gushed over an AI being dere at him when it was really just trying to get Aoi's attention.
-Ichigo - Met him briefly because of Archer.
-Szayel - Watches his fashion vlog on youtube and occasionally comments with chipper comments that might unintentionally be insulting.
-Rean - Tracked SCPs for Rean's missions and helped him contain bread while doing errands
Pregame CR:
-Ryoga - Tracked him multiple times because he kept escaping somehow
-Kohaku - Cheerfully helped with mission briefings despite Kohaku's missions mostly being DEATH because he was going to be brought back anyway
-Roxas - Met him during downtime. Roxas didn't particularly trust him due to the exuberance with which he assisted the Foundation.
-Vanitas - brought in to examine him in the labs with Math Eyes
-Aoi - Worked with her and gushed over an AI being dere at him when it was really just trying to get Aoi's attention.
-Ichigo - Met him briefly because of Archer.
-Szayel - Watches his fashion vlog on youtube and occasionally comments with chipper comments that might unintentionally be insulting.
-Rean - Tracked SCPs for Rean's missions and helped him contain bread while doing errands.
-Akira - Fellow Thaumiel in training under Archer!
-Atsushi - Tracked him down after one of his transformations during a full moon. He was found asleep in a field.
-Tracked down SCP-106 during the incident in which one of the Akiras was sacrificed and Makoto was dragged out.
Pregame AU:
He has yet to play through his own media and during downtime spent most of his time in his room surfing the 'net, playing video games, or watching TV. He didn't tend to socialize with people, although on occasions when he did he was cheerful, if extremely self-depreciating yet obviously dedicated to the Foundation.
His main duties were tracking down SCPs. He attended mission briefings to give details on the location of SCPs and how best to approach said locations. He also tracked down SCPs that had breached containment/escaped (sorry Ryoga) or that needed neutralized (sorry future self). He never neutralized anything on his own, but there have been deaths as a result of his tracking.
After the death of Mikado, his future self, he went to Red and got help in turning down missions that would have led to SCPs being neutralized. However, this was after any missions meeting with those who would later be assigned with him at the resort, so it's not likely too many would have seen this change in behavior.