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Reminiscent ofSCP-688, our other time-rewindy button. Mixed as opinions of 688 may be, I believe it is slightly more coherent in purpose.
Wow, 688 has a helluva discussion page. How'd I miss that before?
They seem different enough. SCP-688 is for an unknown purpose and has an unknown amount of power. It is currently Euclid because it seems unlikely to destroy the world on its own. This one just seems to represent time. It only flows one way, and making it flow the other just rewinds time to before it was flipped.
Plus, this is a controlled effect. Keep it with you. If something goes wrong in a split-second, rewind time to fix. This much more horrifying in useable power, as it is unlikely to kill you.
Thanks, y'all. That is one big difference with 688, in that youcould (easily) use 292 for personal gain. But, you can't just have something go wrong and then flip it. 292 doesn't start recording till it's flipped, then you've got 60 seconds to rewind before the sand runs out. It'd be better used just before a short, high-risk activity, then if it fails, flip back over and rewind. Also, potentially, precognition, though only for a minute ahead, and through the déjà vu filter. Plus side effects.
Please pardon my self-satisfaction that 292 survived the Mass Edit while 688 did not. I'll try to keep the smug down to a dull roar.
One of the things I like about this one is that barring some sort of fixed-in-the-time-stream-relative-to-something-not-affected-by-this object, it seem impossible to figure out what exactly happened while the timer was flipped. For all we know, flipping the timer summons a shiny black demon that incinerates all in the immediate area, feels guilty, and rewinds time by itself, or dropping it summons the Interactive Fiction genie ala the 'do not break' glass cube.
Or maybe I'm just rambling because I haven't slept. Regardless, even though rewinding time is a little cliche, I still like how it's set out and think the experiments with it still show promise.
Thanks. And no, that did make sense, except that we do know what happens when it's flipped and allowed to run out. But we have no clue how it rewinds time. Heck, we have no way to observe 292 while it's rewinding. A lot of what is "known" about 292 is speculated or, at best, inferred.
While "audial" is a legitimate word, "aural" and "auditory" both seem to be more common: Google gets about 70,000 hits for audial vs. over 9,000,000 for auditory. More to the point, it turns up less than 100 hits for "audial hallucination" vs 70,000+ for "auditory hallucination". Is there some reason for preferring the less common term?
Yes: symmetry between "visual" and "audial". If I weren't concerned about aesthetics, I'd be right with y'all about "auditory", but… sorry, guys, I have to indulge my right-brain here.
Any thoughts on using this thing to auto correct failed attempts to kill 682? Those *usually* go horribly awry within 60 seconds, right? We could use this to keep from teaching 682 new tricks.
… Or that could backfire horribly, and we could give 682 the power to rewind time. Never mind.
I have seen it said many times, so I will just say it:
682 does not absorb powers. 682 merely adapts ways to protect itself from the effects of an attack on it
On the other hand, 682 is sapient, and therefore just as capable of harnessing 292 as we are.
I love this article. The fact that it has self-preservation gave it a real sense of eeriness.
Any of you long-time members care to give an explanation to us newbies as to what the old 688 was? Now it seems to be a camera that captures objects (I glanced over the linked page and was totally confused as to how it reversed time in any way).
It was a box that prevented anything bad from happening to it.
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I really quite like this one; simple concept nicely executed. Makes my head ache just considering it.
Good work, quik!
(account deleted)Hrrm. I like the presentation of the initial effect, but the expungement of the juicier bits led me to downvote this. I mean, there's a cool premise set up, it goes along fine, but every time it seems like we're getting close to jumping off the rails into upvote territory, I hit an expungement and lose interest. Also, this should be safe. If we don't mess with it, nothing happens.
Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!
True, a safe object really isn't dangerous unless you screw around with it, but Euclid means unpredictable. For all we know, this thing could try to take over people's memories or even alter the past.
Boring magic item, just well written enough to get a neutral vote.