SCP Foundation

Since we have the Halloween2018 Contest, I figured I'd write about the scariest things possible for introverts such as myself: large family gatherings, and your mother wanting you to get a girlfriend.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the contest entrants over at the Contest Hub. They're actually scary/heartbreaking.

The contest prompts are, naturally;

One of the characters has to end up in a costume, against their will, to solve some issue that comes up in the tale.

Because when a three year old girl is sad because she wants you to dress up like Superman, you dress up like Superman.

The tale can only have one survivor; how you define that is up to you.

Because no-one survives the eggnog.

"Which National Park do you work at again?" asked Mr. Gifts.
"South Lake. It's not open to the public. We keep a few rare species in there."
One of the many cousins popped in. "Like what?"
Ellie answered. "Insects. Birds. A really big lizard."

This is when I upvoted. "A really big lizard" indeed.

I like stories that show how the Foundation world intersects with consensus reality (in ordinary situations, as in, not on official SCP business). It shows what the Foundation is fighting for, and how the researchers are real people. Excellent story.

I liked this Tale a lot. The characters were well defined in a short space, and I found their interactions funny and enjoyably sweet. I often find 'awkward' comedy to be too cringy to be enjoyable, but I think it was handled really well here and made me laugh.
I also laughed at no-one survives the eggnog. Thank you for taking the time to write this :)

I like that it's a sweet, straightforward thing inamongst a hail of either deep black horror, or genre savvy farce. Also that you've shown that "one survivor" doesn't have to mean wall to wall death, though the victims probably only just avoided a harrowing, life-altering brush with SCP-666½-J, and how one of the scariest things in the world can be cringeingly awkward family encounters enforced by the season and social convention.

Clever inversions a go-go. Take an upvote and do something weird with it.