An organ doner box, (the white boxes in hospitals that carry human organs to be used for transplant) measuring 37 cm left to right, by 29 cm front to back, by 43 cm top to bottom.
The "range of effect" of this box takes the shape of a rectangular prism proportionate to, and 1 million times larger than the box itself.
Meaning, the range of effect is 37 meters by 29 meters by 43 meters.
Whenever any human being within that range says a positive integer, 1 of 2 things will happen.
If the integer that was spoken was a prime number, such as 7, a single human organ will appear inside of the box. The organ spawned will always be the organ most beneficial to the speaker of the number. Meaning, if the speaker has a faulty kidney, a kidney would spawn, as that would be the most useful organ for them.
If the integer spokem was composite, (not prime, like the number 8) A certain number of organs belonging to the speaker will dissapear from their body, and appear inside of the box. The number of organs transported when this happens is always either 2, 3, 5, or 7.
The number for this SCP would be 2753, as that spot is open, is a prime number, and every digit of it is a prime number. (Took me a while to find one with those criteria…)
Let me know what you think!
Ehhh… it's an interesting concept, but the trigger seems a little too specific. What are the chances anyone would speak an integer? What if the speaker has more than one faulty organ, or no faulty organs?
Also, I personally doubt the Foundation would be willing to test out an entire range of numbers to determine the effect. That's a lot of misplaced organs, and how would they know the effects were voice-triggered anyway?
Keep in mind, the range of effect is pretty big. If a researcher 100 feet away happens to say, "SCP-106" then the effect takes place.
The chances of speaking an integer isn't that low, if you really think about it.
Also, if they have no faulty organs, then maybe the most useful organ in general would spawn, which would be the brain. If they have multiple faulty organs, the most damaged one would spawn.
What are the chances that anyone would figure out that it was that researcher talking that triggered the response, though? If the range is huge, how would anyone know what to even attribute to the box and not something else? How would anyone figure out what the range is if they don't know the effects to begin with?
Also, the whole idea of "usefulness" would be rather tricky to explain… If they've got multiple faulty organs but their most damaged one is something easier to replace than less-damaged ones, what would happen?
My main issues is that would anyone really be able to figure out how this thing works if they're approaching it with no prior knowledge whatsoever?
You could say the same thing for SCP-504.
"If they've got multiple faulty organs but their most damaged one is something easier to replace than less-damaged ones, what would happen?"
Ease of replacibility was never a factor, usefulness was. I could scrap that whole part, and just leave it to random organs being transported.
SCP-504 is old as balls, dude.
(Let me rephrase. If their most damaged organ was a kidney, but their liver was in pretty bad shape, what would happen?)
The random organ transplanting would make more sense (because it'd take a ton of experimental trials to figure out a pattern otherwise, and after maybe three or so lost organs I'd think that the Foundation would be more concerned about how to make the thing stop ever activating again, because it sounds frickin terrifying to lose organs randomly just because you said something).
I'm still not really seeing the connection between composite numbers and organ donating. This vaguely reminds me of the California Field SCP (eating fruit there makes you eat your organs), but it just seems overly complicated to me.
There is no connection.
There's no connection between looking at a statue and not getting your neck snapped, there's no connection between Red Sea Objects and mirrors.
SCP's don't have to make logical sense.
SCP's don't have to make logical sense.
Except they sort of have to. There has to be some kind of internal logic to them in order to be able to work, even the ones that are seemingly random. So when you're bringing up composite numbers and organ donating and drawing a line between the two, there has to be a bit of justification.
093 has a connection between it and the mirror because it's a device used to access another world through the mirror (and you can read into the symbolism of that all day long). 173 has a connection between it and snapping your neck by virtue of it being, well, a statue. The original item is vague in nature, but there's a connection between looking at what is a statue/art piece of some sort, and looking away and having it snap your neck.
When you're bringing prime numbers into the idea, there has to be a logic and reason for why that does what it does. Whether you give the audience a vague idea, or make it explicit, it still has to be there.
I feel like it's more narrative sense than logical sense.
I'm just not particularly interested by an organ box that hates numbers. Why does it hate certain numbers? Why numbers? Why does it reward people with organs if they say numbers?
Also, what if the person says a number that could be interpreted as a different number in another language, or makes a sound that sounds like a number? Do they have to be consciously aware that they're saying a number?
I can get behind the organ box randomly producing organs as a messed up form of classical conditioning (e.g. you do something I don't like, BAD FOR YOU I TAKE YOUR ORGAN), but the trigger you have here just seems a little too random for me to feel like there's any sort of narrative. It's just two unrelated effects smooshed together.
Also, what if the person says a number that could be interpreted as a different number in another language, or makes a sound that sounds like a number? Do they have to be consciously aware that they're saying a number?
I think that now, you're going too deep into this. No, you don't have to be aware that you are saying a number, same with 097. Numbers in different languages are still numbers, so yes, it counts. Sounds that are like numbers aren't numbers, so no, saying "elezen" will not give you the prime number effect. (Or any effect for that matter.) I'm expecting a question on what the effects are of words like "won" "too" "for" and "ate". Those have no effect either.
I can get behind the organ box randomly producing organs as a messed up form of classical conditioning (e.g. you do something I don't like, BAD FOR YOU I TAKE YOUR ORGAN), but the trigger you have here just seems a little too random for me to feel like there's any sort of narrative. It's just two unrelated effects smooshed together.
I think you have a point there. I'll develop some sort of backstory.
No, you don't have to be aware that you are saying a number, same with 097.
Numbers in different languages are still numbers, so yes, it counts.
What I meant was, in some languages different numbers are said with the same base sound. In Cantonese and Mandarin, the difference between two and one is a sound tone (both words, without the sound emphasis, sound like "yee" or "yi").
But if that's going too deep, then I'll drop it.
I'll develop some sort of backstory.
I'd like to see that. I'm curious as to how what the reasoning for what seems effectively like an organ lottery would be. Reminds me of some games of chance in RPG games—free to play, no fee unless you lose, no reward unless you win. That sort of thing.
I like this idea because it's just so beautifully confusing. What's the connection between an organ donor box and prime numbers (if any)? I agree that it would be hard to figure out that it's an anomaly though.
