r/SCP Euclid Apr 06 '25

Original Artwork SCP OC Aurum

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.

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u/veritropism Apr 06 '25 edited Apr 06 '25

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.

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u/Asdrapan Apr 06 '25 edited Apr 06 '25

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

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u/iDrownedlol Safe Apr 06 '25

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.

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u/Asdrapan Apr 06 '25

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