Containment area approximately 30 minutes after SCP-6000 Event.
SPECIAL CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES:
A 2km exclusion zone has been established around the area containing SCP-6000. The specific boundaries of the anomaly shift unpredictably within this area, but roughly encompass the same volume regardless.
Personnel at Research Site-90 are freely permitted and encouraged to expand on their permanent employee record. Any entries which admit to previous actions which could be considered morally polarizing, in any context, will be treated with total amnesty. In the interests of containment, these entries are subject to review by SCP-6000 Research Staff who have achieved a Level-5 Confidentiality Certificate. These admissions are used to estimate an employee's standing with regards to the metaphysical concept of karma, and are necessary for sustained research.
DESCRIPTION:
SCP-6000 is an area southwest of Sandusky, Ohio, where any given person's karma is forcefully brought to zero-sum. Testing has determined that SCP-6000 likely operates omnisciently with respect to a person's past actions, thoughts, and opinions, and assigns value against a code of conduct.
Upon entering SCP-6000, individuals are moved to retrospective analysis of their conduct, the severity of which is likely inversely proportional to their distance from net-zero (or positive) karma. Individuals who have committed no known, serious moral transgressions typically report feelings of regret, remorse, or frustration with respect to their own past conduct. These episodes are followed by the expulsion of an inert, viscous, brown-red substance of an unknown origin, typically via mouth and nose. Individuals with a serious karmic deficit, or who have committed morally aberrant crimes such as murder, most commonly manifest their experience as explosive exsanguination. The process of resolving the karmic deficit is referred to as an SCP-6000 Event.
SCP-6000 Events are preceded by the chromatic desaturation of the environment within approximately 100 meters of the affected subject. Once begun, this effect will remain attached to the subject until the event's conclusion, even if they leave the containment area. After a highly variable length of time, subjects will expel a percentage of their total mass based on their distance from net-zero karma. In severe cases, this expulsion has exceeded 100% of a subject's estimated total mass. There is currently no known method of aborting an SCP-6000 Event once it has begun.
ADDENDUM 01: PROJECT OVERVIEW
Project Cetanā
PURPOSE:
Through the study of SCP-6000, to better understand the moral imperative under which the object operates. And, if possible, to ascertain the universality or broad application of this moral imperative. In short, to assess the natural occurrence of morality and its immutability or flexibility.
METHOD:
After careful documentation of past actions and current beliefs, certain individuals may be reset to net-zero karma. Once a pool of net-zero test candidates has been established, actions may be undertaken in order to ascertain the specific moral weight associated with singular acts. In this way, insults, lies, and more traditionally severe criminal actions may be evaluated for universal moral impact.
RISKS:
As a portion of any given test subject's history may be intentionally or unintentionally omitted, SCP-6000 is likely to produce unreliable data until a pool of test subjects can be established.
Additionally, testing is likely to reveal an objective point where the SCP-6000 Event becomes unavoidably fatal. Close involvement with the Ethics Committee and other additional oversights may be necessary to compensate for the implications of later stage testing.
PROJECT ENDORSEMENT:
From the Desk of O5-3,
This project proposal was authored by Dr. Saito Fujima, a Foundation researcher in good standing. Dr. Fujima has doctorates in parapsychology and psycho-analytics from the University of Edinburgh and is a member in good standing with the Foundation Society of Ethical Research Professionals. He has been a member of the Foundation since 2008 and is currently stationed at Site-19 with a Level 4 Security Clearance. Throughout his esteemed career, he has demonstrated a keen eye for the complications in containment and documentation that surround highly subtle anomalies. And he has paid the price for his commitment, proving his loyalty to our mission time and time again.
Dr. Saito and his team have my full support with their vision for containing and better understanding SCP-6000, and have invited any and all necessary oversight to ensure the highest ethical standards. I will lend my personal oversight to this project, should you find it worthy of proceeding. The benefits to asking the types of questions this project is looking to satisfy are immense to both society as a whole as well as our own considerations.
Thank you.
O5-3
ADDENDUM 02: SUBJECT#001 JEREMY HIX
Research Subject 001 is identified as "Jeremy Hix", formerly of MTF Zeta-9 ("Mole Rats"). Agent Hix was recruited to the MTF Initiative in 2011 after 2 tours of duty with US Armed Forces in Afghanistan. In 2017, Agent Hix was honorably dismissed from MTF service due medical complications from a degenerative spinal condition. As Agent Hix has been highly decorated both in his service to the United States as well as to the Foundation, he was offered the opportunity to remain employed as a security consultant.
It is noted by project staff that Jeremy Hix's personal record contains no serious criminal activity either publicly known or privately disclosed. A history of violence in association with military affiliation is noted, however, psychological analysis suggests that Agent Hix is reluctant to inflict violence and maintains a high degree of empathy.
For his voluntary assistance on this project, Agent Hix was credited with an addition 2-years toward retirement eligibility.
DATELINE: 2018-01-04_09:10
Agent Hix is escorted to the containment perimeter of SCP-6000 and provided basic woodland survival gear, and essential audio and visual recording equipment. An 'all-terrain monitoring drone' and a 'dense-vegetation aerial support drone' are assigned to this test as recording aids. It is noted SCP-6000 presents no known risk to inorganic matter.
After equipment checks are complete, Agent Hix and his retinue proceed into the containment zone, adjusting their course for fallen trees and gullies as necessary. They travel toward the center of the containment zone for approximately 20 minutes until they have crossed well into the defined boundary of the anomaly; extraneous audio has been removed.
Agent Hix: Command, the underbrush here is starting to look strange. It's been run-of-the-mill maple, ash, oak up to this point but…these are-…what's happening?
Overwatch: Please describe your surroundings, Hix. (There are approximately two minutes of comms silence.)
Agent Hix: All the leaves are…well, they're going gray. Everything is just… (Agent Hix rotates in place several times, documenting his surroundings and apparently assessing the situation.)
Overwatch: Can you proceed further in, Hix?
Agent Hix: I'm not sure I want to. This…gray has completely surrounded me now. Everything is so muted and dull, even the air, the sunlight. (Agent Hix unclips his bodycam and sets it on a fallen log. He takes a seat on a stump, opposite the camera.)
Agent Hix: I'm going to just leave this right here so that the—
Overwatch: Hix you are not permitted to detach your recording equipment. If you do I will—
Agent Hix: I don't really care. (Agent Hix removes his earpiece as well and tosses it over his left shoulder. He sits in quiet contemplation for several minutes before he leans forward and rests his elbows on his knees.)
When I was recruited to MTF, I asked to stay on 30 more days with my unit to finish a mission I had been training for. Small town in the mountains, eliminate a terrorist officer. Olum'Kalay was the city, I think. Not completely sure. Respectfully, all those mud holes kind of looked the same. No cover and a terrible approach except for a rocky slope on the south side of the compound. Intel said that our target was in a series of four connected houses, living between a couple of families. We were told 6 or 7 armed men should be there in total.
(Agent Hix moves his left hand from his knee in order to cradle his stomach, his face contorting briefly as beads of sweat begin to form on his brow and upper lip.)
We breached the first house and thought it was only civilians. No men, let alone armed ones. We moved to house two, breached and cleared the same, but this time on our way out few floor boards flew up and men in hiding opened fire. We returned in kind. Four of them down, two of ours.
(Hix is silent again for several minutes, both hands now cradling his stomach as he begins to rock back and forth. Although all the color in the area has desaturated, Hix's face grows visibly more pale by comparison to its previous shade. Several spots on his shirt darken as a liquid seeps through the fabric. The pattern is consistent in size, shape, and spread with fire from a semi-automatic weapon, however no entry wounds are visible and there is no apparent damage to his clothing.)
Marlow took three shots to the arm and shoulder. Buckley took two in the leg, both through-and-through in his calf. They would both live, for sure. Rochelle stayed with them, so I went to pop a flare for evac but froze when I saw movement just outside. I reacted on instinct. I opened fire and…(Agent Hix visibly shudders and the veins on his neck briefly bulge and spasm.)
I killed three civilians and our target. (The dark substance now also leaking from Hix's tear ducts, nose, and ears, and the agent doesn't react except to clear his mouth of the substance.)
They cheered for me when I got back. I killed three innocent people….and one terrorist just happened to be between them. And they cheered.
(Agent Hix is quiet despite repeated attempts to elicit a response. Overwatch is able to utilize the communication protocols on both drones to bypass the discarded earpiece, but Agent Hix doesn't visibly respond. After approximately ten minutes, Agent Hix smirks, laughs, and looks away from the camera. As he is inhaling to speak, he explosively exsanguinates. Volume of expulsion estimated at 160 liters. Both drones returned to base successfully.)
ADDENDUM 03: ADDITIONAL PROJECT RESULTS
Subject #: 020
Name:** Fowles, Isaac J.
Age: 49
Notable Acts: Serial domestic assault, history of bullying, frequent DUI.
Perceived Karma: Highly negative, trending negative
Results: Subject triggered SCP-6000 Event wherein they expelled brown-red substance continuously for more than 35 minutes. Repeated requests for termination were made and were rejected. Subject expelled more than 15 liters of fluid before explosive exsanguination. Volume of total expulsion estimated at 50 liters.
Current Status: DECEASED
Notes: Results expected given reckless disregard for life, however, this validates termination for offenses nominally less than murder.
Subject #: 098
Name: Ackerman, Michelle M.
Age: 38
Notable Acts: Multiple counts arson (juvenile), delinquency, misdemeanor assault (juvenile)
Perceived Karma: Moderately negative, trending positive
Results: Subject triggered SCP-6000 Event wherein they expelled a substance observed to be substantially darker in color and more viscous than other samples. Expulsion occurred only via mouth and was associated with prolonged coughing. Volume of total expulsion estimated at 1.5 Liters.
Current Status: SUCCESS
Notes: Subject referred to Project Cetanā test group. Results strongly indicate ability to overcome previous debt. Efforts to collect subject's therapy notes ongoing. Placed in 30 day psychiatric monitoring.
Subject #: 148
Name: Brenatto, Todd M.
Age: 40
Notable Acts: Acquitted of murder by reason of self-defense, otherwise uncooperative
Perceived Karma: Net-neutral or near neutral, trending negative
Results: Subject triggered SCP-6000 Event wherein they expelled approximately 1L of brown-red substance before losing consciousness. Subject died due to massive hemorrhaging before they could be retrieved. Autopsy indicated internal injuries consistent with multiple stab wounds. After approximately 8 hours in cold storage, subject posthumously explosively exsanguinated. Volume of total expulsion estimated at 65 Liters.
Current Status: DECEASED
Notes: Test validates that SCP-6000 Event will continue until resolution, regardless of subject's biological status.
Subject #: 297
Name: Singh, Sunita R.
Age: 31
Notable Acts: Manages victim advocacy group, donated lobe of liver.
Perceived Karma: Strongly positive, holding
Results: Subject did not trigger SCP-6000 Event. After approximately an hour of travel, immediately after being ordered to return to base, subject vomited brown-red substance typically associated with SCP-6000 Events. Total expulsion was less than 200mL in volume however it contained 3 deceased instances of SCP-3209.
Current Status: SUCCESS
Note: Data disregarded as outlier. Subject flagged for POI follow-up.
ADDENDUM 04: PROJECT STATUS UPDATE
The following presentation was provided by Project Lead Dr. Saito Fujima and intended for the Ethics Committee, Overwatch Command, and the Research Oversight Commission for evaluation. It has been reclassified as Level 4 and attached to this document.
Esteemed Colleagues,
It is with great honor that I address you regarding Project Cetanā and our graduation from the second phase of testing. As illuminated in our project outline, we conducted more than 450 tests in order to establish a deep and representative pool of net-zero karma subjects with which we could examine the 'moral weight' of individual actions. After more than three years of rigorous trials, we have reaped tremendous insights into the human condition and the objective nature of morality.
With this news in mind, I am pleased to report that we are ready to move into the third and final phase of this project, which will require the broad examination of Foundation personnel who must engage in morally complex actions as a requirement for the greater good. Naturally many of us feel that we, or people we know, strongly qualify for such description but it is important to remind you that morality is an intricate tapestry that can be traced back to our very roots, and not simply won over by recent-event bias.
I am formally requesting assistance from personnel at Site-17, Site-19, and Site-63 in order to prepare for the next round of trials. As a gesture of cooperation, I would invite my decision-maker colleagues at these locations to visit Research Site-90 in order to validate our methods and make known any concerns they may have about this initiative.
Our goal is to cross-train a number of currently available test subjects in morally complex containment procedures, have them execute these actions, and examine the karmic results. There should be no disruption to ongoing function.
I eagerly await your arrival,
Sincerely,
Saito Fujima
Lead Researcher
Project Cetanā
ADDENDUM 05: SITE-90 INCIDENT
Over the course of several weeks, research and management personnel from Sites 17, 19, and 63 were brought to Research Site-90 in order to examine project status and ascertain the current state of SCP-6000. Touring groups were led by the Project Lead Dr. Fujima and included visits to research areas, common areas, and the containment zone.
On 2019-05-19, Research Site-90 internal sensors indicated a manual self-test emergency was triggered using Dr. Fujima's decryption key. In response to this override, the site entered Code Black lock-down and decoupled its hard-line connections to exterior networks. As this event occurred, a touring group including Dr. Fujima, Site-19 Program Manager Adam Hale, and Site-63 Director Jack Bright was known to be near the SCP-6000 containment zone. Attempts to contact this group were unsuccessful for the duration of the lock-down.
The following video transcription was recovered from a lapel camera assigned to Dr. Fujima.
Extraneous footage removed. The tour is walking along the containment zone, just inside the perimeter fence, when klaxons begin to sound in the distance; this is the Code Black going into effect. The group comes to a stop and they turn toward one another. Hale and Bright's eyes dart between Fujima and the distant Site-90, as Dr. Fujima withdraws a pistol from his belt, disengages the safety, and aims it at Director Bright.
Director Bright: W-what's going on here, Saito? This some kind of change in management?
Dr. Fujima: Yes, something like that. (Using the pistol, he points the barrel at both of them and then motions toward the interior of SCP-6000. The three begin walking, with Hale and Bright frequently looking back toward Fujima as they travel.)
Dr. Hale: We're the first people they're going to be looking for, Fujima. Whatever's going on here, you're the guy who runs this show and we're two VIPs so if you could please fill me in we might be—
Dr. Fujima: PLEASE shut up. There is no need to talk, or negotiate.
Director Bright: What're you gonna do, Saito, shoot us? Yeah fucking right. I've seen your field tests. Even at this range your goofy ass only has a 50/50 to hit me. Tops.
Dr. Fujima: Maybe, but the odds are much higher I hit one of the two of you. Although you are a monster, I do not think you would do that to mister Hale. At least not yet.
Director Bright: And you call me a monster? You're the one who made me come to Ohio.
Dr. Hale: Please, Jack. Not now.
(The three continue to walk for several minutes as the klaxon gradually becomes quieter with distance.)
Dr. Fujima: This is far enough.
Director Bright: Okay. So what now, bossman? Ransom? Some slick-haired, mid-level GOC manager who clearly shops at Men's Warehouse popping out of a…stealth helicopter? Or something. Is this a defection?
Dr. Fujima: No. Doctor Bright, you are going to turn around and enter SCP-6000 and pay for what you have done.
(Dr. Hale and Director Bright immediately lock eyes and furrow their brows as they try to process this request.)
Dr. Hale: We both know the file for this place and you surely know his. Why in the nine hells would you think that this place would destroy the amulet?
Director Bright: I'm curious too. It's puke and Sanskrit memes inside of there, and I've already tested this thing against the best equipment in the garage. Why would this work? (Director Bright shifts his weight onto his left leg and begins to stroke his chin in apparent consideration.)
Dr. Fujima: For the last three years I have been pouring over every facet of this anomaly in detail fair to call agonizing. Countless hours reading first-hand accounts of moral transgressions, comparing them to victim reports, comparing them to scholarly legal analysis. Religious analysis. Socio-political analysis. Anthropological impact. And so much more…all of this to prove that karma exists, and you can be made to pay. It's waiting, just over there. Inside SCP-6000.
(Several moments pass as Director Bright's stance relaxes further; he and Hale share continued glances which alternate between confusion and understanding. There is an exchange of classified material with reference to other objects. This conversation has been expunged as unrelated.)
Director Bright: Okay, dude. But literally why? You know I'll just continue to follow ol' blingy here, right? (Director Bright tugs on his amulet chain.) What you're doing, it won't work.
Dr. Fujima: No. I can confidently say you will not survive. Karma is an absolute. A system of measurement every bit as universal as the speed of light and I have proven it. It is inescapable. You will be assessed when you step beyond the threshold. Not 963, not your current body. For all that you have done, for all that you might yet still do, Karma will strike you down here and now if it is the last thing I do.
Dr. Hale: Saito, what the fuck. You've won ethics awards, for god's sake.
Director Bright: It's okay. I'll do it.
Dr. Fujima: You will? No tricks?
Director Bright: Yeah, fuck it. Either you're right or you're not and the downsides for being wrong are…all on you, buddy. So I'll do it. I'm the kind of guy who will try anything once. Twice if you ask nice.
Dr. Fujima: Before you go into your oblivion, Jack Bright, I want you to know I do this in the name of my wife. You took her, and you deserve what's coming. For her and the hundreds of others you have displaced so that your twisted existence can be forced to continue.
Director Bright: I would ask you her name but I don't actually care.
Dr. Hale: Jack, what the—
Dr. Fujima: I know. Now go.
(Doctors Hale and Fujima watch Director Bright walk into the interior of SCP-6000. As he proceeds, the sky visibly darkens and the area around Director Bright begins to desaturate until it quickly reaches grayscale. Approximately 20 meters from the camera, Director Bright stops and turns around to face toward Dr. Fujima. His eyes appear to be black, but then similarly colored tears begin running down his face indicating he is merely expelling the substance associated with SCP-6000 Events.)
Director Bright: Okay. I'll bite. Who was she?
Dr. Fujima: Why do you care now? Are you believing me that it is real?
Director Bright: (Director Bright shrugs dramatically.) People go in, some of them explode. Are you going to tell me or not?
Dr. Fujima: Her name was Madeline and she was my everything. We worked together and we made each other happy in such a hopeless place, in such a hopeless profession. For four beautiful years we had our rose bushes, our projects, and we apologized to nobody. She died there at Site-53, killed by you. And while I did not literally die there with her, every mote of my soul did. At least, all except one: my hatred. It's the one thing I refused to let you take and it's not let me down. I hope that the world will turn brighter and the rest of them escape your terrible gravity, Jack Bright. I hate you, now please die.
Director Bright: That's pretty fucking dramatic, bud. Okay. I'll see what I can do. Do I just…wait this out?
(Director Bright sits down on a fallen tree. Approximately two minutes pass.)
Director Bright: You know, I'm actually feeling kind of weird.
(Immediately upon conclusion of his statement, Director Bright explodes with significant force well in excess of other documented SCP-6000 events. The explosion knocks doctors Hale and Fujima down and causes several adjacent trees to crack and split in a radial pattern away from the ignition site. Due to the severity and breadth of the dispersal, volumetric estimation has been ruled impossible. Dr. Fujima then points his gun in the direction of Doctor Hale as they both climb to their feet.)
Dr. Fujima: Okay. Now go in and retrieve the amulet, if it still exists.
Dr. Hale: You have to be joking, there's no way.
Dr. Fujima: I am the one with the gun, remember.
Dr. Hale: Look, I'm honest with myself. Honest enough to know I've done some bad things definitely worth regretting. If I go in there, I'm not going to come back out without a body bag.
Dr. Fujima: There is always a chance. If you are as aware as you say and you have made the effort to make right your transgressions, you might live. But if you stay here and refuse, I will shoot you with objective certainty. Then I will go find another.
Dr. Hale: A compelling argument. Okay.
(Doctor Hale enters SCP-6000. The color saturation has only just barely begun to return to the area. He enters ground-zero for the last SCP-6000 Event and retrieves SCP-963 from a pile of offal. After significant hesitation, he extracts and carries the amulet back at maximum extension.)
Dr. Hale: Okay, here. (Doctor Hale holds out the amulet toward Fujima.)
Dr. Fujima: Now put it on.
Dr. Hale: No.
(Doctor Fujima waves the pistol aggressively.)
Dr. Hale: I am not going to die as Jack Bright.
Dr. Fujima: If I am right then you will not die at all.
Dr. Hale: I took your bet once.
Dr. Fujima: You did and you're still alive. It is not a bet for me. I have dedicated my life to this mission and it has delivered me certainty. Jack Bright is fucking dead and you're going to be my witness. We will be thought of us as pioneering heroes! Don't take this from me when I am so close. Put it on.
(Dr. Hale rolls his eyes but refuses to put on the amulet; he lets go and it falls to the ground. After several more threats, Dr. Fujima shoots Dr. Hale in the foot, picks up SCP-963, climbs on top of Hale, and the two begin to fight. During the course of the scuffle, Dr. Fujima forces the amulet over Hale's head and around his neck. Dr. Hale goes limp. Dr. Fujma then releases his hold and stands up.)
Dr. Fujima: Did it work? Who are you?
(Dr. Hale' eyes shoot open.)
Director Bright: Karma, bitch. (Director Bright (now in the body of Dr. Hale) punches Dr. Fujima in the groin and wrests the gun from his hands, throwing it several meters away toward the interior of SCP-6000. The two wrestle and fight for approximately two minutes until, exhausted, they separate.)
Dr. Fujima: Jack Bright?
Director Bright: The one and only.
Dr. Fujima: If only that were true. (Dr. Fujima begins to crawl over the forest floor toward the discarded gun, but he stops approximately halfway to his destination. He comes to rest against a tree and looks around, the area once again becoming completely grayscale except for the splatter of the previous SCP-6000 Event.)
Director Bright: Looks like it got you, too, Sparky.
Dr. Fujima: I don't deserve this. You do. I've invested my life's into furthering science, bringing answers, saving lives. Why me? Why now?
Director Bright: You fucked up the moment you abandoned the number one rule of science. You quit testing against a hypothesis and started having an opinion, you duplicitous fuck. I just personally witnessed you kill two people. Did you honestly think that was okay?
(Doctor Fujima remains silent as Director Bright gets up and dusts off his new body, examining the range of motion.)
Director Bright: For what it's worth, wherever you're headed I hope she's waiting for you.
Dr. Fujima: She won't be. After what I've done here to create this moment, I am destined for something worse. Nearly 400 souls killed in vain, while you yet stand. Another 400 souls added to the pyre of Jack Bright.
Director Bright: Well, I would say I'm flattered but that's fucked up. Also it's 401 now.
(Dr. Fujima lifts his head up and makes eye contact with Director Bright.)
Dr. Fujima: Please tell Hale's widow that I am sorry. I bet everything I had, but I never meant for—
//(Dr. Fujima explosively exsanguinates. As he does so, the camera tumbles through the air and flies past Director Bright who eventually picks it up and walks the recording device back to base. The klaxons from the Code Black become louder as he returns to Site-90. He approaches an exterior access console and sets the camera on top of the housing, pointing his face.)
Director Bright: You know, I'm starting to feel a lot better about this whole thing.
(The exterior blast doors begin to open as the klaxons come to a stop; the Code Black has been lifted. Director Bright then looks into the camera before reaching to turn it off, and smiles.)
END LOG
SCP-6000 Contest Entry by ManyMeats, titled "Karma". I've had the picture for this tucked away for a little over a year waiting to find the right SCP to use it for. I originally tried to weave it into my 001 and a couple other articles that just never felt right. Until this contest. This is my first time writing Doctor Bright and I hope I did okay. Appreciate your readership.
I have no critters to thank because 1) I am invincible and 2) I couldn't find anyone willing to draft swap. Also 3) I didn't try very hard on point #2.
My preference for Contest award slots is as follows:
-6999
-6001
-6400
-6005
-6900
The image included in this work was taken by me and edited by me. I release this image under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
Consider retooling into revenge plot against O5-3. Read the 4498 to see if a specific O5 shows up, etc.
Review from gee
i can't really say this worked for me. i was super into the first half - morality is an inherently really cool topic and i was excited to see where you went with it. i didn't expect a dr bright article and it wasn't really a pleasant surprise either. it's a realistic portrayal of the character, but bright just doesn't fit well with the concept/narrative as a whole. his wisecracks kill any atmosphere that's created and i wasn't at all surprised when he didn't die.
Review from stormbreath:
Yeah, I wasn't a fan of this one. It takes a concept that could be cool — karma resetting to net zero — and then does a very bad job dealing with the concept. First of all, it just appears to entirely ignore half the concept! What happens when somebody with positive karma enters! They … vomit insects? What? Then, the bad karma individuals are just … exploding. I just felt that's such a bland take on what could be a much more interesting concept.
The whole Bright log just failed to land entirely for me. Bright isn't a particularly interesting character. Plus, you're mixing Cack Hub of all things into what is supposedly a serious article, causing a complete dilution of tone. The log then repeatedly ignores how 963 works (touching it turns you into Bright and neither Fujima or Hale is described as wearing gloves; how are they picking it up?). The final resolution also just left me feeling like a shaggy dog story, questioning the point; we've started back at the beginning: both of the new characters I know die and Bright is still around, with zero development.
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