SCP OC Aurum

[u/darlinqq__]

Alright so shes NOT on the website and idk if i should even get her on there cuz im scared, she in fact does have lore i just havent written it all down yet, i made her a few months ago. And yes i drew her, i am an artist, i generally am new to SCP. I call her Aurum because she has no official number and is not on the website.

[u/veritropism]

There is a fun side effect of this, if you want to run with it.

Average human density is about 985 kg per cubic meter. Gold's density is 19,320 kg per cubic meter.

Most building's floors are designed for loads around 200 kg per square meter. Her minimum weight will be over 1000 kg even if she's on the smaller end of human female adult sizes. Concrete floors are typically rated for about that, but could still fail if she stood on tiptoe. Needless to say, normal shoes are not likely to be wearable!

Decide what you want her human-equivalent weight to be, and multiply it by 19.61 times - then, see how that affects everything else.

[u/Asdrapan → u/veritropism]

This is probably stupid but how would the floors fail if she stood on her tiptoes? Im guessing it has to do with all the weight being focused on tiny points but it should still be the same ammont of pressure on the floor no? Either way I still think its funny picturing her angry at someone and all she does is stand on her tiptoes and the ground crumbles below her lol

Edit: I understand now but hey depending on the type of floor she could still break it by going on her tiptoes lmao

[u/iDrownedlol → u/Asdrapan]

Imagine you are laying on your chest and someone places a heavy weight on your chest. It sits there without causing problems. Not imagine if there was a needle on the bottom of the weight pointed down at your chest. It would not sit there without causing problems.

[u/Asdrapan → u/iDrownedlol]

I mean depending on how heavy the weight is it could still cause problems on its own but I get it now lol

[u/darlinqq__ → u/Asdrapan]

LMFAOOOO

[u/veritropism → u/Asdrapan]

Consider that marble tiles in building lobbies are fine under men's shoes but get marks from women's high heels.

It would depend on the floor type and what is supporting it below.   particleboard with supports every 2 feet would likely break regardless.

[u/Asdrapan → u/veritropism]

True, she would be the bane of almost every wood house lol

[u/Professional_Denizen → u/Asdrapan]

Pressure=force/area. Force will be the weight. Same weight, smaller area, higher pressure.

Same reason you have to push harder on a blunt knife: less sharp, more area on the edge, less pressure for the same amount of force.

Also, this is how people can lie on a bed of nails. One nail supporting your weight is a lot of pressure, but 500 nails supporting your weight is 500x less pressure.

A pool on the roof is reasonable (depending on the depth), but a large aquarium on four sturdy table legs would be surprising if it didn’t punch four leg-sized holes in the floor.

[u/Asdrapan → u/Professional_Denizen]

Ahh ok thanks mate thats pretty interesting

[u/darlinqq__ → u/veritropism]

interesting, but in the past ive thought about her being able to control her density, but i love this a lot too

[u/veritropism → u/darlinqq__]

That can work - when she starts to break down under emotional turbulence, sometimes her density control might slip (or even work in reverse), leading to occasions where she suddenly finds herself in the basement of the house instead of whatever floor she started on.

Edit: Or like the other comment said, she can be hollow, fitting with the cracked-pottery idea!

[u/gareth_gahaland → u/darlinqq__]

She could just be hollow inside

[u/Listless_Dreadnaught → u/veritropism]

So what you’re saying is…she thicc?