SCP-071-IT

SCP-071-IT
By: Dr Vulpes
Published on 30 Jan 2022 20:56

What this is

A bunch of miscellaneous CSS 'improvements' that I, Croquembouche, use on a bunch of pages because I think it makes them easier to deal with.

The changes this component makes are bunch of really trivial modifications to ease the writing experience and to make documenting components/themes a bit easier (which I do a lot). It doesn't change anything about the page visually for the reader — the changes are for the writer.

I wouldn't expect translations of articles that use this component to also use this component, unless the translator likes it and would want to use it anyway.

This component probably won't conflict with other components or themes, and even if it does, it probably won't matter too much.

Usage

On any wiki:

[[include :scp-wiki:component:croqstyle]]

This component is designed to be used on other components. When using on another component, be sure to add this inside the component's [[iftags]] block, so that users of your component are not forced into also using Croqstyle.

Related components

Other personal styling components (which change just a couple things):

• RSO Component — Rounderhouse

Personal styling themes (which are visual overhauls):

• Magnus Web Format — DrMagnus
• Flopstyle CSS — Lt Flops
• Blankstyle CSS — HarryBlank
• Placestyle CSS — Placeholder McD
• Jakstyle — JakdragonX

CSS changes

Reasonably-sized footnotes

Stops footnotes from being a million miles wide, so that you can actually read them.

.hovertip { max-width: 400px; }

Monospace edit/code

Makes the edit textbox monospace, and also changes all monospace text to Fira Code, the obviously superior monospace font.

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Fira+Code:wght@400;700&display=swap');
 
:root { --mono-font: "Fira Code", Cousine, monospace; }
#edit-page-textarea, .code pre, .code p, .code, tt, .page-source { font-family: var(--mono-font); }
.code pre * { white-space: pre; }
.code *, .pre * { font-feature-settings: unset; }

Teletype backgrounds

Adds a light grey background to <tt> elements ({{text}}), so code snippets stand out more.

tt {
  background-color: var(--swatch-something-bhl-idk-will-fix-later, #f4f4f4);
  font-size: 85%;
  padding: 0.2em 0.4em;
  margin: 0;
  border-radius: 6px;
}

No more bigfaces

Stops big pictures from appearing when you hover over someone's avatar image, because they're stupid and really annoying and you can just click on them if you want to see the big version.

.avatar-hover { display: none !important; }

Breaky breaky

Any text inside a div with class nobreak has line-wrapping happen between every letter.

.nobreak { word-break: break-all; }

Code colours

Add my terminal's code colours as variables. Maybe I'll change this to a more common terminal theme like Monokai or something at some point, but for now it's just my personal theme, which is derived from Tomorrow Night Eighties.

Also, adding the .terminal class to a fake code block as [[div class="code terminal"]] gives it a sort of pseudo-terminal look with a dark background. Doesn't work with [[code]], because Wikidot inserts a bunch of syntax highlighting that you can't change yourself without a bunch of CSS. Use it for non-[[code]] code snippets only.

Quick tool to colourise a 'standard' Wikidot component usage example with the above vars: link

:root {
  --c-bg: #393939;
  --c-syntax: #e0e0e0;
  --c-comment: #999999;
  --c-error: #f2777a;
  --c-value: #f99157;
  --c-symbol: #ffcc66;
  --c-string: #99cc99;
  --c-operator: #66cccc;
  --c-builtin: #70a7df;
  --c-keyword: #cc99cc;
}
 
.terminal, .terminal > .code {
  color: var(--c-syntax);
  background: var(--c-bg);
  border: 0.4rem solid var(--c-comment);
  border-radius: 1rem;
}

Debug mode

Draw lines around anything inside .debug-mode. The colour of the lines is red but defers to CSS variable --debug-colour.

You can also add div.debug-info.over and div.debug-info.under inside an element to annotate the debug boxes — though you'll need to make sure to leave enough vertical space that the annotation doesn't overlap the thing above or below it.

…like this!

.debug-mode, .debug-mode *, .debug-mode *::before, .debug-mode *::after {
  outline: 1px solid var(--debug-colour, red);
  position: relative;
}
.debug-info {
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  font-family: 'Fira Code', monospace;
  font-size: 1rem;
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.debug-info.over { top: -2.5rem; }
.debug-info.under { bottom: -2.5rem; }
.debug-info p { margin: 0; }

Credits

Article: SCP-071 - Ötzi's cloak
Contest's Tags: Cervine, Historical, Engraved.
Author: Dr Vulpes
Music: Infados Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Special Credits: To Dr Aisenberg for helping me with the final note.
Translator: Dr Vulpes

SCP-071-IT-1-A on SCP-071-IT during the first recording log

Element #: SCP-071-IT

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-071-IT must be contained within a standard containment room at Vesta Site.
The room must be well-lit at all times and surveillance cameras must record the front and back of SCP-071-IT 24/7, audio included.
To allow easier filming, SCP-071-IT must be lifted vertically into the air by steel cables passed through the four holes in the corners of the object.
Personnel have free access to the containment room of SCP-071-IT, and a polarized glass window was inserted for free observation.

Note from Dr. Simone Cortesi: Please, for all junior researchers assigned to viewing SCP-071-IT recordings, I ask you not to save recordings of your colleagues/peers visiting the aforementioned containment room for personal purposes. The Server only has a certain capacity, and if there are any problems you will receive a disciplinary notice and we will deduct the cost of the technical maintenance from your paycheck. You have been warned.

Description: SCP-071-IT is a deer hide later identified as that of a Cervus elaphus from the Bronze Age¹, measuring 250x150 centimeters and in perfect condition, with a variegated brown and gray fur.
SCP-071-IT previously belonged to the clothing found with the Similaun Mummy "Ötzi", and it is assumed that the skin must have served as a cold weather cloak.

The anomalous properties of SCP-071-IT are randomly activated (even months or years apart), always followed by a very rough tribal rhythm that are usually audible within a 50-meter radius from the containment room.
On rare occasions, the voice of an unidentified woman may also be heard along with the background sound.
At the end of the music, the anomalous properties of SCP-071-IT will manifest, creating Bronze-colored incisions on the grain of the skin; these incisions will create "scenes" such as an animation consisting in 5 events², which will occur at random dates and times, repeating continuously from first to last.

+ Characters +

SCP-071-IT-1-A "The Shepherd"

He is depicted as a stylized adult man, sometimes the arms are out of proportion or the animations are very crude. He appears to be a shepherd of sheeps.

SCP-071-IT-1-B "Consort of the Shepherd"

Depicted via stylization of an adult woman, no distinguishing marks other than a few wisps of ruffled hair.

SCP-071-IT-1-C "Son of the Shepherd"

Small stylized man which depicts a small child of about 8-9 years old.
He always carries a small trinket in his hands.

SCP-071-IT-1-D "Elderly Shepherd"

A stylized shepherd holding a staff, has a hunched posture and is wearing a cloak, from this it is assumed to be a person of old age.

SCP-071-EN-2 "Sheeps"

Simple stylized sheep, their animations are very crude.

On ██/██/2015, the scenes began to play back in a distance of months, rather than years like during the beginning of the containment.

Recovery: Several reports of "disturbing noises" heard by some passers-by, who claimed they were coming from inside the Bolzano museum, alerted the SIR-I, which immediately got in action to conduct an inspection of the museum offices and to recover the surveillance tapes.

+ Audio Log before recovery +

Audio recorded at 01:43 of ██/██/2008 inside the laboratories of the Archaeological Museum. The lights had been turned off and therefore the video recording could not be recovered.

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A cover-up process was then initiated, informations regarding the coat were removed from museum records and online databases. On ██/██/20██ SCP-071-IT was removed from the museum via a fictitious Foundation artifact restoration agency, and was replaced with an accurate reproduction plant fiber cloak.

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VIDEO RECORDINGS LOGS

The following documents are transcripts of SCP-071-IT recordings in its active state.

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+ Registration Log ██/07/2009 +

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Start sequence


07:35 - SCP-071-IT-1 "The Shepherd" first appears in the lower left corner of SCP-071-IT's surface; crudely depicts a male human being.

07:37 - A dozen figures, now named as SCP-071-IT-2, appear in the right side of the skin; they appear to represent a group of normal herding sheep (Ovis aries).

07:40 - The Shepherd and the Sheeps begin to move seemingly randomly around the area.

07:42 - The Shepherd reaches the herd of Sheeps and performs some gestures with his arms, after some hesitation the Sheeps start to follow him.

07:43 - The figures move towards the right edge of SCP-071-IT and disappear as they cross it.

07:50 - A pair of researchers enter the room with papers and pens.

07:51 - A researcher who got too close to the object becomes frightened as The Shepherd appears from the left edge, followed by the herd of Sheeps. At the same time, a stylized fire appears on the right side and two other figures, the Shepherd's Consort and Son holding hands.

07:52 - The Shepherd approaches the fire with the sheeps in tow, the other two figures near the fire jump at the sight of the Shepherd.

07:53 - The sheeps move inside a newly appeared enclosure and slowly disappear.

07:55 - The small group of figures begin to dance around the fire.

08:01 - Figures and fire disappear, no other activity recorded.


End of sequence

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+ Registration Log ██/01/2010 +

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Start sequence


04:27 - The Shepherd appears in the right part of the "canvas" with a stick in his hand, in the left part an empty fence.

04:28 - The Shepherd moves towards the fence. As he arrives, the figure seems to tremble and subsequently looks around.

04:33 - For 5 minutes the Shepherd runs around the perimeter looking for the Sheeps, which were previously locked in the fence.

04:35 - The Shepherd, after stopping for a moment, moves to the right side and disappears

04:40 - The Shepherd reappears after 5 minutes from the left side of SCP-071-IT, several huts and various instances of stylized little men (of both genders) also appear.

04:42 - The Shepherd approaches one of these figures and begins gesturing with his hands (we assume this is an animated conversation).

04:50 - After a few minutes of conversation other figures approach to discuss, until some pull out spears and point them at the defenseless Shepherd, who is forced to flee.

04:53 - The Shepherd runs off to the left side of the floor and disappears along with the rest of the scene. No other activity recorded.


End of sequence

+ Registration Log 25/03/2011 +

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Start sequence


16:48 - The Shepherd's Consort and Son appear on the left side of the skin, they are sitting around the fire.

16:52 - The figures are almost motionless near the fire, until the Shepherd's Son collapses to the ground.

16:53 - The Consort jumps to her feet and approaches the Son to check on him, immediately running to the right where a hut appears which she enters into.

16:54 - After a while the Woman comes out of the hut empty handed and reaches for her Son, sitting down next to him.

16:56 - The Shepherd appears from the right side of the surface and goes left past the house; after seeing the Consort and Son, he kneels on the ground and watches the other two figures.

16:57 - Some "tears"³ descend from the Man's face.

16:58 - The Consort gets up and walks over to the Shepherd and hugs him.

17:05 - The Consort stops hugging the Shepherd and returns to her Son, meanwhile the Shepherd gets up and enters the hut.

17:15 - The Shepherd exits the house holding a bow, a quiver with several arrows, and backpack-like containers.

17:16 - The Shepherd walks over to the Consort and begins to argue while waving his arms in the air.

17:17 - The Shepherd turns and walks upwards, the Consort tries to stop him but fails, the Shepherd disappears leaving the scene.

17:20 - Consort kneels for 3 minutes, then gets up and walks back to her Son.

17:21 - Woman pats Son's head, then picks him up and carries him inside the hut.

17:25 - The hut slowly dissolves. No other activity recorded.


End of sequence

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+ Registration Log  17/07/2011 +

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Start sequence


03:02 - The Shepherd appears in the lower part of SCP-071-IT with the equipment he brought with him in the previous scene, also several unidentified trees appear in the scene.

03:03 - Trees begin to move as if moved by the wind and the Shepherd begins to walk upwards.

03:20 - More than a quarter of an hour passes in which the Shepherd goes to the top of the skin, disappears and reappears at the bottom along with an ever changing environment. Every so often the Man stops to rest near a tree.

03:21 - While the Shepherd is resting, a Sheep appears near a tree on the right side of the surface and moves towards the Shepherd.

03:22 - The Shepherd spots the Sheep and grabs his bow, but the instance realizes the danger and runs off to the right until it disappears over the edge, it is followed by the armed Shepherd and both disappear to the right side.

03:23 - The scene slowly disappears only to have the sheep reappear with the Shepherd behind it.

03:25 - The sheep hits a stone in its run and falls giving the Shepherd time to grab his bow and shoot an arrow to hit the sheep.

03:26 - Droplets that are presumed to be blood descend from the spot where the sheep was hit. The Shepherd approaches the animal.

03:27 - The Shepherd reaches down towards the instance and with a sort of dagger inflicts a killing blow on the animal.

03:30 - While the Shepherd with the knife in his hand tries to take the sheep away, another Shepherd approaches with a stick in his hand, followed by other sheeps.

03:30 - The Elder Shepherd approaches and begins gesturing at the Shepherd.

03:34 - The arguing goes on for a while, until the Shepherd pushes the Elder away causing him to fall on a rock.

03:37 - The Shepherd backs away to the left side, the Elder Shepherd does not move and his staff lies next to him.

03:40 - 3 other men approach with sticks and bows, one of them fires an arrow that hits the Shepherd.

03:41 - The group of men approach the Shepherd who now lies on the ground bleeding, as the scene slowly fades away. No other activity recorded.


End of sequence

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+ Registration Log  01/11/2011 +

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Start Sequence


19:00 - The Shepherd's Consort appears kneeling in front of a small mound of stones, she is shaking, no sign of her Son.

19:10 - A burning hut appears in the scene on the right side, an extinguished fire on the left side.

19:11 - It begins to rain.

19:12 - The Consort collapses to the ground, and begins to cry.

19:14 - Some men appear from the right sideholding fire torches and spears as the scene gradually fades away.

20:10 - To the surprise of a couple of researchers present, a snowfall is depicted in the skin, slowly several boulders and snow-covered rocks appear.

20:12 - An unidentified man appears in the lower right corner of SCP-071-IT, he is dragging another man near the center (later identified as the Shepherd because of his bow).

20:16 - The instance succeeds in dragging the Shepherd to the center of the scene, and then leaves the way he came there.

20:30 - The snow gets deeper and deeper, covering the now dead Shepherd who lies next to a rock.

20:42 - The Shepherd is no longer visible, the only thing observable is the falling snow as the scene fades out. No other activity recorded.


End of sequence

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Supplementary Section

The following note was left in the office next to the SCP-071-IT containment room.

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+ Open +

Note by Dr. Simone Cortesi:

I think I will do some research on SCP-071-IT, its recovery has made me very curious.


After some time spent reading about Ötzi's life and after seeing the recording logs, I was amazed by the existence of this anomaly, which led me to binge around his containment chamber in order not to miss the next activation event.


It was magnificent, I'm almost speechless, such an anomaly deserves better, and that's why I have made a request to the site director for a better containment cell to allow the observation of the anomaly by the entire staff.


Yesterday I even went to the museum in Bolzano with my daughter. I saw her interested in the history of Ötzi and linger a lot in front of the shrine where his body is conserved. Too bad I can't tell her about his real story….


Today I'll be transferred to ██████ site, I'm really sorry I won't be able to watch the SCP-071-IT activation events anymore, I really hope my former colleagues find this anomaly as fascinating as I did.

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Footnotes

1. Recent studies have discovered that the Cervus elaphus, also called royal deer, were present in Italy in the Alpine area during the Bronze Age.

2. For more informations, see the Video Recording Logs.

3. Given the lack of facial features, tear-like droplets appear and fall from where the eyes should be.