Sad yuri, workaholic. Akabi and Farhat's relationship strains, but they still love eachother. Cast doubt on AWD and Day. Bounce between therapy session and actual SCP file. Way to interject Akabi remembering their relationship.
An SCP where a thaumic parasite latches onto a member of AWD's Occult Studies Division (Dr. Farhat al-Halaby) and AWD uses it as a weapon, at the expense of its host
Dr. Farhat al-Halaby: Foundation thaumaturgist. Farhat has had a relatively mundane career at the Foundation — no major successes or failures to report. Originally a member of the Applied Thaumatology Department, she worked as a consult for other departments, namely AWD's Occult Studies division. Following the re-opening of AWD, she was approached by Jimmy Day and invited to join the new Department. She happily accepted, despite her wife's protests. Even though she's been with the Foundation for well over a decade now, she still feels fresh to everything, and is more than eager to prove herself.
Director Jimmy Day: The current Director of AWD. Jimmy is shrouded in mystery. He's been with the Foundation for a long time, longer than his appearance would let on. There are records of him having worked in other Departments, such as the Applied Force Department and Archival Department, but no one in these departments can recall having ever worked with him. Still, he was handpicked by both the O5 Council and the Ethics Committee to revitalize AWD, and he's been doing a good job at that. Jimmy is generally overly friendly and positive, doing his best to make time to socialize with his staff.
Dr. Akabi Hayk: Foundation therapist, parapsychologist, and psychiatrist. Hayk serves many roles at the Foundation, but her main concern is the mental wellbeing of both its staff and prisoners. She was Ezra's personal therapist during his time as Director, and did her best to try and steer him from the path he followed. After his disappearance, Akabi moved to Site-225 until Jimmy restarted AWD. She didn't want to return to Area-34, already knowing how stressful it would be, but one major thing forced her: her wife. Marrying Farhat was easily the best thing she'd ever done in her life, even if her family back home didn't fully agree. She was a little upset when Farhat accepted the invitation to join AWD, but at least they got a nice apartment in a nearby city. Akabi puts on a nice face with everyone at AWD, but she harbors a deep distrust for Jimmy.
Summary: Pearl Neptunia Langstrum (She/Her) is generally professional but will be a little autistic goober at any given opportunity. She primarily works as the therapist at Site-3. She's 6'5 btw. She a tall gal.
While she's primarily a therapist, she can be used in pretty much anything since she has ALOT of free time.
Birthday: February 12th
Favourite Song: "American Dream Come True" by Moon Walker
Favourite Food: Waffles
Favourite Colour: Pink / Blue
Favourite Location: Anglesey, Wales
Favourite Subject: Psychology
Favourite Person(s): Her girlfriends
XXXX is a semi-non-corporeal entity that feeds on EVE (magic energy) (EVE is the fundamental energy that powers thaumatology. What EVE is, we are still trying to understand. It appears to be somehow linked to the Observer Effect directly. It has been described as 'life energy,' or 'magical particles,' but such terms are gross oversimplifications. If you are interested in the more esoteric aspects of EVE theory, you will find some recommended reading in your seminar syllabus. But for now, I will simply discuss the aspects of EVE that are pertinent to a Coalition field agent.
"EVE is emitted by living things. It is also often emitted by paranormal objects. EVE emission is not a perfect indication of whether or not a person or object has paranormal properties, but often, that is the case. Higher and more intense levels of EVE are generated by beings with higher levels of sapience: their Observer Effect is stronger, thus their EVE levels are stronger as well. Humans over Animals, Animals over Plants.). XXXX is visible only by potent thaumaturges or Etheric Resonance Imagery (ERI). Like all ERI devices, VERITAS functions by detecting the distinctive Aetheric Energy Fields (AEF), or Elan Vital Energy (EVE) given off by living creatures during the course of normal life functions. By measuring the wavelengths and intensity of these energy fields, information regarding the nature of the life form, its mental and physical state, and any paranormal alterations can be determined.
The Foundation knew vaguely about XXXX before this event, but didn't know if it ever/still existed and how to contain it. Hence why they're so surprised when it's attracted by the weapon testing and it attaching to Farhat.
need to figure out class. Keter? Hera (Item is hostile but very useful to the Foundation.)?
start with therapy log. pearl asks if akabi hayk is ready, Akabi remarks that she hasn't been on this side of the chair in a long time. pearl asks akabi to tell her what the session is for, just so it's on the record. Segue to flop header, conprocs, and description. discovery/Farhat al-Halaby incident addendum too. AWD is doing some unrelated tests on a thaumaturgic weapon, it attracts XXXX, which attaches itself to Farhat. then back to therapy, where pearl asks if it's about hayk's wife. They talk about their relationship before XXXX, then cut to addenda about farhat's history at the Foundation, then a debrief with her shortly after the incident (like within hours). Therapy about immediate impact of the incident on their relationship, then testing/dialogue logs. Jimmy takes interest in Farhat and XXXX, which leads Farhat to pushing her limits and hiding how badly XXXX is affecting her. Akabi notices, cause of course, and this leads to strain on their relationship. Akabi pleads for Farhat to get a better grip on XXXX or find a way to detach it from herself, but Farhat refuses, claiming that this is the first time she's been able to do something meaningful at the Foundation, to prove her worth beyond what's essentially a magic repairwomen. Farhat sees Akabi as jealous of her newfound importance, as Akabi's the one who was always in the spotlight (SCP-6776, SCP-7018, etc). Maybe XXXX is influencing her slightly to want to keep it?
Only issue I have now is figuring out the ending and how to bridge that gap. Akabi and Farhat stay together, even if the marriage is very tense now, Farhat stays alive with XXXX attached to her. Maybe it could end on the last bit of the therapy log where Pearl asks Akabi if she still loves Farhat, and Akabi says "Of course." Also need to find somewhere in the middle for Akabi to talk about how her and Farhat met (need to rewrite it so it's from her POV/she's the one telling it to Pearl):
It was a Foundation Conference. Akabi had been sent as a representative of the Parapsychology's European Branch. Despite that, she wasn't the best at English. She had assumed French would be the lingua franca, but she should've expected more from an organization originating in the States. Still, she knew just enough of the language to survive.
It was after all the main presentations. Akabi was eating alone in Site-19's mess hall. Despite being well-known back home, she knew no one here. She had assumed this would be the case, but she hadn't prepared for how awful it would feel. Still—
A tap on her shoulder. Akabi turned, seeing an unfamiliar face. She had been one of the presenters. Akabi glanced down at her name tag. 'Dr. Farhat al-Halaby.' Department of Thaumaturgy.
"Do you mind if I join you?" She asked, holding up her plate.
"Um," Akabi stammered. "Më vjen keq—" No, try at least a little. "Sorry, my English is not the best."
Farhat shrugged and sat down anyways. "That's okay. I am not good at English either. We're the same-same."
Akabi laughed softly, a faint blush creeping on her cheek. Farhat smiled at this, reaching over to nudge her. "Vous parlez français?"
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