#scp-701

I got inspired lookin’ at some HK stained glass art so I wanted to do a hanged king stained glass mural type thing :^)

So I may or may not have suddenly gotten obsessed with SCP-701 and SCP-2264 and I wish there was more on them and stuff cause they’re really good scps and need more credit from the fans 

I had a lot of difficulty with this one. Hopefully this is still okay!

SCP-701-1/SCP Reader

The King in Yellow was said to have inspired the Tragedy of the Hanged King. Not that you would know, really, what with being dead. But dead wasn’t really the right word either, when you’d never been alive. At the very least, you were in good company.

It went something like this:

•Curtains rise. House lights go on. The audience claps, and you stand off to the side, smiling, court jester all in yellow.

•The play progresses. 701-1 is in shadow, while you stand in the sun. You’d once bet all your heart’s treasures in a game similar to this; you’d played, and he’d won.

•It goes on. Act III, you act surprised as Gonzalo orders Sortino prepared into a stew: oh poor, foolish fool. The audience murmurs sadly at the scene, and you are chased away. There can be no witnesses.

•There is something wrong. There is always something wrong. The play goes on, Act V, and you know you are to die. You are the fool, after all, you are always meant to die! And that is what never happens. The script diverges (it always does) and you are spared. 701-1 stands at the center of the stage, in front of Gonzalo’s throne. You stand beside.

•The noose’s come down. The cast falls (and falls and snap, stops) silent. The curtains lower just in time for you and 701-1 to bow.

SCP Foundation art, SCP Tarot Card -  Queen of Swords: The Ambassdor of Alagadda.

SCP-701 - The Hanged King's Tragedy by tinwatchman: http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-701

Valentine's Day illustration. Who do you want to get chocolate from?