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Item #: SCP-0000
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Special Containment Procedures: Room 55B of Demonology Research Area-37 has been cordoned off and converted into Containment Cell 32. Access to and interaction with the anomalies therein in restricted.

Description: SCP-0000 is a three minute time loop affecting an office and two individuals within, Senior Researcher Jasmine Brouillard and Assistant Director Lancel du Pont. The time loop began during an argument between Jasmine and the Assistant Director over a Project Proposal Jasmine had submitted, and has restarted at that point since. At the end of the loop, both persons and most objects within the room return to their original states in whole, however, foreign objects and people introduced to the room after the creation of the loop are not affected in this way.

The following is a transcript of one uninterrupted loop from start to finish:

Lancel: Look, Ms. Brouillard, you're a brilliant engineer — and scientist — I'm not doubting that. I'm just, and I hate to use this tone, but frankly I'm baffled that you would submit such an obviously unfinished proposal to my desk.

Jasmine: Unfinished? Sir, I have been working on these schematics for the better part of seven months!

Lancel: I understand that-

Jasmine: The hydrosolic-vessel-vats alone accounted for three of them and-

Lancel: Jasmine! I understand the work you've put into this, and I see there's value here, but it's just not finished! If you want to talk about the vats, the amount of energy going into them just isn't sustainable! I mean-

Jasmine: Isn't sustainable? The vats will only consume thirty percent of the total energy required, which as you should know is merely-

Lancel: I've looked at the schematics extensively that's just not true.

Jasmine: How can you say that? I've shown this to dozens of my colleagues, many of whom are people you know and trust-

Lancel: Well this is hardly the only issue! Almost the entire computing system is unnecessary, waste removal is non-existent, the motor filtering system will break within a month, I mean, do you want spinal fluid spilling-

Jasmine: Sir, I say this with the most respect possible, but after listening to you speak for the past minute, I have come to conclusion that you are completely ill-suited for this joke.

Lancel: The feeling is mutual! In my entire career I am honest when I say I have never been handed a project proposal as bad as this. I mean you didn't even think to include a single infantile dream hemorrhager! I will be strongly advising that you be either demoted, or sacked after this fiasco!

Jasmine stares blankly.

Lancel: What? Would you like me to make myself any more clear?

Jasmine: I did include an infantile dream hemorrhager…

Lancel: Well, you… didn't. Or-

Jasmine: What version do my schematics say?

Lancel: Er… three point two.

Jasmine holds her head in her hands.

Lancel: You're kidding me.

Lancel turns towards his computer, squinting at it through his glasses.

Lancel: And you're on?

Jasmine: (muffled and defeated sounding) five point five…

Lancel rubs his brow, with an expression of annoyance and disbelief.

Lancel: Fucking hell. The- Ok… so the database never updated the file- But I- I see the changelog so something must have went wrong with the um. Ugh.

Jasmine moves her head out of her hands, instead leaning it on her hands in a partly slouched position.

Lancel: First of all Ms. Brouillard I want to say I am deeply, deeply sorry for-

Jasmine: Look I'm sure we're just as embarrassed as each other so let's just… move on- from this.

Lancel: Yes your um- you're right. This… has wasted us a week already so- I'm going to just take this opportunity to approve your proposal. I trust the judgement of your peers.

Jasmine raises her head off of her hands.

Jasmine: Sweet relief! Oh, wow, thank you Sir!

Jasmine sighs to herself with a grin. Lancel lightly chuckles.

Jasmine: How soon could my team in construction expect to receive the materials?

Lancel: Oh… within the month!

Jasmine throws up her arms.

Jasmine: Woo!! The lacerated children too?

Lancel: Yea. I mean- we couldn't forget that.

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