SCP Foundation

What would you do if you could go back, or forward, and meet what you believe or will believe to be your most evil, disagreeable self at any moment in time.

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This concept revolves around an entity which, when seen, appears as a physical manifestation of what the onlooker believes or will believe to be their worst self at any moment in their life, past or future. The said physical manifestation retains all physical traits, mental states, and motives the onlooker had or will have at the time. If multiple people are looking at the entity, then the perceived worst self of every person will appear. This also includes indirect visual contact with the entity. As for interviewing, the questioner's vision must be obscured. Only then can the entity be conversed with without being under the influence of a manifestation's behavior. However, the voice of the entity will still appear as the listener's worst self. If there are multiple questioner's, then there will be multiple voices.

appears as a physical manifestation of what the onlooker believes or will believe to be their worst self at any moment in their life, past or future

How would anyone be able to figure out this is happening though, as opposed to "it looks like whoever's looking at it"? Typically one can't judge a book by its cover, especially if someone's idea of their "worst self" is just them at their most withdrawn, antisocial kind of state.

Only then can the entity be conversed with without being under the influence of a manifestation's behavior.

Maaaaaaaaybe this might be workable as a tale basis, since it seems like the majority of the interesting content would be these interviews. Also, I feel like the struggles that the entity has trying to live a normal life would make for more interesting material than just a description of the ability.

I personally want to know how they got stuck with this anomaly though. Just randomly? Cursed by some sort of deity? Always been that way?

Without that background, it just seems like the reverse of the "A Beautiful Person" in Series I that appears as something better than whatever/whoever is nearby at the time.