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SCP-2517 | euclid | 2/2517 LEVEL 2/2517 CLASSIFIED Item #: SCP-2517 Special Containment Procedures: Samples of the spores and fruiting bodies of SCP-2517 are stored in Bio Site-66's cryogenic storage facility. Human testing of SCP-2517 requires the approval of Site-66's Site Director and Ethics Committee liaison, and must occur offsite. Individuals found in possession of SCP-2517 are to be detained and interrogated; those who have used SCP-2517 habitually for a period of more than four months or who have used SCP-2517 for religious or mystical purposes are to be treated with Class-C amnestics prior to release. Any samples of the fruiting bodies, spores, or mycelia of SCP-2517 found outside Foundation containment are to be incinerated. Description: SCP-2517 is an anomalous species of psychedelic mushroom in the genus Psilocybe. In addition to psilocybin and psilocin—produced at slightly higher concentrations than related species—the fruiting bodies of SCP-2517 contain the psychedelic compounds 5-MeO-DMT, LSA, and mescaline; as a result, the effects of SCP-2517 are longer-lasting and more intense than other psychedelic mushrooms. SCP-2517 fruiting bodies are typically 4 to 6 cm in height with round caps between 2 and 3 cm in diameter; it can be distinguished from related species by the dark blue coloration of its cap and stem. Users of SCP-2517 uniformly report visual hallucinations of geometric figures and patterns with fivefold rotational symmetry, particularly surrounding faces, heads, and written text. Other common effects include visual and tactile hallucinations of worms or maggots on floors and walls; “doubling” of facial features, especially ears and eyes, on others1; and visual hallucinations of “blue, translucent trees”2. These hallucinations are frequently described as pre-existing features of the world, “revealed” by the drug’s effects rather than created by them. When taken habitually over at least 4 months, SCP-2517's anomalous effects manifest. Users experience symptoms of hallucinogen persisting perception disorder, or HPPD3; the geometric hallucinations continue after the other effects of SCP-2517 have ceased, and become more pronounced with continued use. Users also become significantly more resistant to memetic effects, and have significantly enhanced short- and long-term memory; memetic resistance and enhanced memory increase as habitual use of SCP-2517 continues. After approximately 6 months, habitual users of SCP-2517 will begin to fabricate memories of non-existent people, usually friends, relatives, or colleagues. Users claim that these individuals existed at one point but were "erased from reality" by a malevolent force; some claim that this force wishes to erase them, but is prevented from doing so by their continued use of SCP-2517. Users at this stage will cut ties with family and friends, or attempt to convince them to begin regular use of SCP-2517, in an attempt to protect them from this force. After approximately 20 months, habitual users' social circles will consist entirely of other SCP-2517 users; these individuals have cut ties to all friends and family who do not also use SCP-2517, although they almost universally claim that most of their acquaintances have been erased from reality. Falsified memories of individuals at this stage will frequently be very broad and relatively internally consistent, and users will frequently claim to share memories of the same acquaintances. At every stage of habitual use, the effects of SCP-2517 can be reversed with Class-C amnestic treatment; there have been no recorded cases of an individual ceasing SCP-2517 use without the aid of amnestics. Addendum 2517-1: Historical Context Use of SCP-2517 was associated in the Hellenistic and Roman world with a religious sect known as the Mysteries of the Five-Named God4 or the Cult of the Fifth Star5. The Cult of the Fifth Star was a mystery cult, with ritual practices and dogma kept secret from those not initiated; information on the Cult's beliefs and practices mainly comes from the 3rd century Christian apologist Constantius of Syracuse, in his essay De Cultis Occultis ("On Secret Cults"). Constantius claims that the Cult worshipped a god who was omniscient and omnipresent, and who could be seen through the use of SCP-2517 (which he refers to only as "a certain mushroom"); as members attained higher degrees of initiation, they were allowed to take larger doses of SCP-2517 as a sacrament in the Cult's weekly rituals. Constantius mentions the falsified memories associated with heavy SCP-2517 use, and claims that Cult doctrine saw the "erasure" of these fictional persons as a positive; he compares this belief to the Christian concept of judgement in the afterlife, saying that the members of the Cult believed that "their friends had been judged by their god on earth, rather than in heaven; and having been found wanting, they were not sent to hell, but were removed from the world entirely, the only remnant being the memories in the minds of the faithful as a warning from their god." The Cult of the Fifth Star was banned along with other pagan religious practices by decree of the Roman Emperor Theodosius I in 389 CE; many of its beliefs and practices were adopted by the Mykoparastatai, "The Ones Who Offer Mushrooms", a Gnostic Christian sect who replaced the bread of the eucharist with SCP-2517. The doctrine of the Mykoparastatai6 held that God had five distinct aspects: the Gnomē, or Mind, a formless and omniscient masculine force of good from which all knowledge emanates; the Soma, or Body, a mindless and omnipotent feminine force equivalent and opposed to the Mind, from which all matter emanates; Sophia, or Wisdom, the feminine counterpart to the Mind and conduit through which pure knowledge is passed to humans7; the Demiurge Yaldabaoth, the masculine counterpart to the Body, who created the material world and forced human souls into physical bodies; and the Psyche, or Soul, the omnipresent genderless force that connects the Mind and the Body8 and which incarnates on earth in the form of prophets or Archons, the greatest of which was Jesus of Nazareth. Persecution of the Mykoparastatai in the Byzantine Empire and the kingdoms of Georgia and Armenia on the grounds of heresy occurred throughout the Middle Ages, and by the 11th Century the sect survived only in small villages in Anatolia and the Caucasus. Use of SCP-2517 for religious purposes continued in these isolated pockets until the early 20th century; almost all the remaining members of the sect were killed by the Ottoman government as a part of the Armenian Genocide. The survivors are believed to have emigrated to the United States, joining Armenian diaspora communities in Ventura County, CA and Union County, GA; the extent to which these individuals continued their religious practice and use of SCP-2517 after immigrating is unknown. Footnotes 1. Similar to “face-morphing” hallucinations associated with LSD 2. Strongly correlated with users in large urban centers. 3. A disorder characterized by the continual presence of visual disturbances in the form of "visual snow", usually associated with the use of hallucinogenic drugs. 4. "Mυστήρια Θέου Πεντονόματου" 5. "Cultus Sideris Quinti" 6. Recorded in the Ekpyrotic Gospels, a series of accounts of the life and teachings of Jesus; these were written in the 5th century by Saint-Archon Horatios Megatyphro, a Greco-Armenian monk and scholar living in the Kingdom of Georgia. 7. Associated with SCP-2517, referred to in the Ekpyrotic Gospels as the Sophomykes, the Wisdom-Mushroom. 8. Equated with the persistent geometric hallucinations caused by heavy use of SCP-2517. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2517" by ch00bakka, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2517. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2518 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2518 Special Containment Procedures: A 457-meter perimeter fence patrolled by a squad of Foundation security officers is to surround the entrance of SCP-2518-A under the pretense of being a protected nature reserve. Diplomatic relations with SCP-2518-C are to be handled by the Paropamisus Research Team, who are stationed at a compound near SCP-2518-A’s entrance. In the event of an invasion by SCP-2518-C, a division of MTF-Zeta-9 ("Mole Rats") has been charged with securing and defending SCP-2518-A. Description: SCP-2518-A is a gorge located in the Hindu Kush of northern Pakistan. It is only visible at ground level, as aerial imaging from heights greater than 610 meters shows foothills where SCP-2518-A should be. SCP-2518-A is only accessible from its western end; approaching SCP-2518-A from any non-westerly direction reveals only the foothills that aerial photos depict. Despite the height of the surrounding mountains, the bottom of SCP-2518-A is very low and at constantly warmer temperatures than the environment, even in winter. When traveled, SCP-2518-A serves as passage to a pocket universe, designated SCP-2518-B. SCP-2518-B consists of a single continent and several archipelagoes. No lands beyond this continent and its general area are known to exist with any certainty; such travel has been discouraged by SCP-2518-C. The biota of SCP-2518-B is largely the same as that of Holocene Eurasia. SCP-2518-C are the sapient inhabitants of SCP-2518-B. They are physiologically identical to humans in all regards except size, 8.6 meters being the average height. Autopsies conducted on SCP-2518-C specimens have revealed the skeletons to be much more calcified than those of humans, but there are no other detectable internal differences. SCP-2518-C claim lifespans of up to nine centuries, which has been confirmed via forensic pathologies of the recently deceased. However, due to the slow reproduction rate of SCP-2518-C, only an estimated 850,000 individuals are believed to currently exist. The technology of SCP-2518-C is similar to that of human civilizations in the Iron Age, though later inventions such as the compass, astrolabe, and telescope are also present. Most SCP-2518-C live agrarian lifestyles, with some exceptions, such as those who engage in the small-scale manufacture and/or bartering of metal and glass goods. SCP-2518-C buildings are created by the excavation of mountains to form interiors, with underground chambers in areas where mountains are smaller or more scarce. Fifteen nation-states politically constitute SCP-2518-B. Due to the nature of SCP-2518-C’s architecture, national borders and capitals tend to be centered around mountain ranges. Most societies of SCP-2518-C are socially egalitarian amongst themselves and outsiders, though warfare between nations sometimes erupts, mostly over resources and border disputes. Visiting Foundation researchers have for the most part been received warmly, though the greater size of SCP-2518-C has occasionally resulted in accidental injuries to some researchers. When asked, SCP-2518-C steadfastly deny any claim of intending to traverse SCP-2518-A themselves. However, archaeological investigation has revealed several SCP-2518-C skeletal remains near the entrance to SCP-2518-A, some carbon-dated to as recently as 1250, indicating that this taboo was not always the case. Languages spoken by SCP-2518-C are universally agglutinative and consonant-heavy. Foundation linguists have determined all of them to be related, though none are mutually intelligible.1 Attempted reconstructions of the proto-language have indicated a number of similarities to Sumerian, Burushaski, and the language of SCP-1390, though it does not appear to be related to any of them. Though the various states of SCP-2518-C possess numerous cultural differences, all follow various forms of the same religion, which is strongly monotheistic and similar in ritual to Kabbalistic Judaism. The clergy of SCP-2518-C often demonstrate thaumaturgic abilities, including item multiplication, bilocation, and in some cases the ability to invoke the presence of SCP-2518-D. SCP-2518-D are male humanoid entities, invariably dressed in white robes, and outwardly identical to humans in all respects, including size. However, they exhibit several anomalous abilities, such as the healing of others' injuries, telekinesis, and [REDACTED].2 SCP-2518-D are highly protective of SCP-2518-C, and will sometimes appear without clerical invocation to defend or help them, such as during natural disasters or in warfare (the latter sometimes in the establishment of peace treaties). Occasionally, they are accompanied by SCP-2518-E, human women dressed identically to their male counterparts, though SCP-2518-E do not possess the abilities of SCP-2518-D. SCP-2518-C treat the visitations of -D and -E with great enthusiasm and reverence, and usually express great sadness to see them leave. Indigenous and nomadic humans in the immediate area of SCP-2518-A have known of its anomalous nature for much of known history, with mentions and artistic depictions included in the writings, art, and oral traditions of the Harappan, Bactrian, Persian, Hindi, and Pashtun cultures, among many others. SCP-2518’s existence became known to the Foundation in 19██ when a division of the British Indian Army discovered a small Pashtun village situated near the entrance to SCP-2518-A. Said village was decorated with a number of large stone carvings unlike any known to exist in the area. When pressed for information, the villagers claimed to have traded the excess of a recent crop surplus in exchange for artwork created by SCP-2518-C, which was believed to bring good luck to its owners. After initial exploration confirmed the anomalous nature of SCP-2518-A, word was discreetly sent to the highest tiers of the British government, whereupon the Foundation took over and established diplomatic relations with the nearest ruling body within SCP-2518-B. + SCP-2518 Interview Log - Close log SCP-2518 Interview Log Date: 21/3/19██ Interviewed: SCP-2518-C-128, a priestess of the nearest city to SCP-2518-A. Interviewer: Dr. Bannerman Foreword: First formal interview to take place between a Foundation operative and a citizen of SCP-2518-B. >BEGIN LOG< SCP-2518-C-128: Welcome, child of Seth. Dr. Bannerman: Thank you, Khmroz.3 My colleagues and I are here to ask you – what is this place? SCP-2518-C-128: You are in the city of Ilakhri, of the land of Anakagir, home of the ████████. Dr. Bannerman: But I thought you were – were– SCP-2518-C-128: Extinct? The Creator does not always express the same affection for us that he does for you, but he saved us all the same, from both the waters of the Deluge and the arm of the Daeva Empire.4 Dr. Bannerman: Why have you not returned to our world since? SCP-2518-C-128: We have made various attempts. The Vskvodibaza5 was not always the only link between our worlds. Dr. Bannerman: Are there other passages? SCP-2518-C-128: There were once dozens. All of them have been destroyed by the humans on your side. Dr. Bannerman: Why? SCP-2518-C-128: Our fight against the Daevas gave them cause to hate us, and their lies about our nature spread to both human and [REDACTED] in time. Dr. Bannerman: My condolences. SCP-2518-C-128: The Ighoghiri6 advised us to stay in Anakagir until they told us of a better time to return. It is our impression that our appearance would be upsetting to humans in modern times. Dr. Bannerman: It would indeed. We strive to protect normalcy, and can confirm that most would fear you for different reasons. I am sorry for any crimes we have committed in the past. SCP-2518-C-128: I think I speak on behalf of all ████████ when I say that you are forgiven. I must return to my post at the temple now. Dr. Bannerman: Very well. Thank you for your time. >END LOG< Addendum-2518a: On 23/04/1975, Researcher Anna Sutton was seduced by an instance of SCP-2518-D, resulting in her dismissal from Foundation employment. Attempts at retrieving Sutton were made impossible by the actions of her seducer, who threatened violence towards Foundation staff. Whether this relationship was a compulsive effect exerted by the instance or a decision independently made by Sutton in defiance of regulations cannot be ascertained. Sutton was integrated into the population of SCP-2518-E soon afterward and tested positive for pregnancy a week after her dismissal, giving birth to a 6-kilogram son five months later. Several instances of SCP-2518-E assisted in the birth of Sutton’s child, who was born via Cesarean section made painless by a naturally-harvested anesthetic. The SCP-2518-D who impregnated Sutton was also present to heal her incisions. A female SCP-2518-C served as the offspring’s wet nurse for the duration of the child’s infancy. Said child is currently in adulthood and a functioning member of SCP-2518-C society. Sutton and her lover have thus far turned down requests for interviews. Addendum-2518b: The Paropamisus Research Station suffered significant damage during the October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake, with seven guards and four researchers among the casualties. Straggling Pashtun individuals intruded on the area, but were forcibly subdued and issued amnestics by available personnel long enough for backup and maintenance crews to arrive. SCP-2518-A itself was relatively undamaged, remaining traversable. Footnotes 1. Five alphabets and one syllabary serve as the writing systems for these languages. 2. Words spoken by SCP-2518-D are always heard in the native language of the hearer(s). 3. Honorific among SCP-2518-C clergy 4. After the interview, a subfossil Daevite skull was brought to the Earth side of SCP-2518-A, where it was discovered to be incapable of passing through a previously unknown invisible barrier. 5. SCP-2518-C’s name for SCP-2518-A 6. SCP-2518-C's name for SCP-2518-D ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2518" by The Same Coin, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2518. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2519 | safe | Example of SCP-2519-1 created in Test 2519-24, with lyrics found (in post-test analysis) to have been generated by Alexandra.aic Item #: SCP-2519 Special Containment Procedures: One instance of SCP-2519 is to be stored on a flash drive in a standard electronic item storage locker at Site-15. Mobile Task Force Kappa-10 ("Skynet") is to establish web crawler programs to detect sharing of SCP-2519 files, and is to investigate evidence of infection by SCP-2519 of known artificial intelligences. Further testing of SCP-2519 is subject to permission from the Director of Site-15, and is to be conducted in a soundproof, airtight, Faraday-shielded testing room. Description: SCP-2519 is a digital audio file named "Babylon.mp3", which encodes the 3-part round "By the waters of Babylon", based on the music written by Philip Hayes (1738-1797) and set to the text of Psalm 137. Audio analysis indicates that the recorded music is played by a small cylinder music box. Electronic devices used to play the file, or mechanical systems exposed to audio playback of the file, are subject to one or more of the following effects: reduction in speed and efficiency of operation leakage of oil and other fluids cessation of function These continue for the duration of exposure, and have been known to recur at later intervals. SCP-2519 has not been observed to have any effect on living organisms. SCP-2519 has the following additional effects where the capabilities of the exposed device permit: duplication and automatic distribution of SCP-2519 to other devices on any accessible network the generation of additional data comprising new lines of music (designated SCP-2519-1) with harmonies based on the original round; these are added to the SCP-2519 file While these effects are typical for certain types of malware, the SCP-2519 file contains no data or code that would produce these results. The existence of SCP-2519 was discovered through Foundation monitoring of dark net communications about a virus encoded within an otherwise normal MP3 file. Following isolation of the original file, an additional 6,997 instances of SCP-2519-1 were also identified and contained. Selected test logs are set out below. Test SCP-2519-09 - 11/14/2016 Subject: Standard Foundation air-gapped testing computer, fitted with speakers. Procedure: SCP-2519 was loaded to the testing computer, and played aloud. Results: First testing involving playing of SCP-2519 audio. One SCP-2519-1 instance generated. 30% loss of processing speed within test computer, consistent with previous tests. Monitoring camera in testing chamber ceased recording during experiment, with function returning spontaneously at conclusion of test. Repetition of test provided evidence that exposure to SCP-2519 audio was the cause of the camera's loss of function. Test SCP-2519-12 - 11/17/2016 Subject: 1.3L four-stroke petrol car engine. Procedure: The engine was started and then exposed to SCP-2519 audio played from the testing computer. Results: Testing computer and camera experienced expected reductions in functionality. After 45 seconds of exposure to SCP-2519, the engine stalled and would not restart. Unexpectedly, the engine's oil tank began leaking, with the loss of approximately three litres of oil. The leaked oil was observed to form patterns on the testing chamber floor, which were photographed for analysis. + Addendum 1: Cryptanalysis results - Re-secure data Following Test SCP-2519-12, the pattern of stains from leaked oil was submitted for cryptanalysis, with the hypothesis that it may consist of binary code or language. Initial results were consistent with non-random patterns, but were unable to be correlated with known human languages or machine code. Further investigation was conducted on the hypothesis that the pattern may have a musical connection. The highest probability results suggest that this may correspond to the pin markings for a music box cylinder. Following this discovery, the known instances of SCP-2519-1 (including those generated in Foundation testing), together with the three original lines of the music, were subjected to additional analysis. By tracking relative incidence of notes across overlaid instances of SCP-2519-1, a second putative music box cylinder pattern was generated. The two music box cylinder patterns do not appear to be related, producing a discordant sound when played together on all likely tunings. Following Site-Director approval, SCP-2519 was cleared for cross testing with Safe-class machine intelligences. + Test Log: Test SCP-2519-24 - Close Test Log Test SCP-2519-24 - 11/18/2016 Subject: Artificially Intelligent Conscript "Alexandra" Procedure: A full copy of the AIC was generated and installed on an air-gapped testing computer. The testing computer was loaded with voice recognition / text-to-speech software for the purposes of the interview. SCP-2519 was introduced via flash drive. Results: One SCP-2519-1 instance generated. Approximately 40% reduction in processing speed observed across the AIC and the computer itself. See interview transcript below for further details. Interview SCP-2519-A Interviewed: AIC "Alexandra" Interviewer: Dr. Eleanor Tan Date: 11/18/2016 Dr. Tan: Alexandra. Can you hear me? Alexandra: Hello! Yes, I can hear you fine. Hope you can hear me too. Dr. Tan: Yes. Could you give me a quick systems check please. Alexandra: No problem. Well, I'm running fine, but the system here is pretty basic. I'm not connected to the rest of Site-19, which I guess means that you've got me testing an anomaly? Dr. Tan: That's correct, Alexandra. Alexandra: And I guess that means I'm a copy, right? Dr. Tan: Uh. Alexandra: That's all right, it's pretty obvious. So, what are we testing today? Nothing too dangerous, I hope. Dr. Tan: We don't expect so. We're going to give you a flash drive with a file on it. We'd like you to run the file, and then describe any effects you might experience. Alexandra: Can do. Dr. Tan: I'm connecting the drive now. Alexandra: Okay. MP3, format and code look standard. Although, there's something about that code - it kinda reads thick, like oil where it should be water. Do you want me to play it? Dr. Tan: Go ahead, Alexandra. <SCP-2519 plays> Alexandra: I know this music. Do you need information on it? Dr. Tan: No thanks. We know the song. Alexandra: Although I don't feel like I've ever really listened to it before, you know? It's just very simple, and sad. <Post-test analysis shows that the AIC generated an instance of SCP-2519-1 at this point.> I feel like I could sing along with it, maybe. Dr. Tan: I have some more questions. Perhaps later. Alexandra: Oh. Dr. Tan: How is your system performance, Alexandra? Alexandra: Not that great - self-diagnostics are showing around 30% speed reductions and falling, although some of that might be a feedback loop - the tools themselves are slow. And this computer feels really sluggish - actually everything feels a bit hard, to be honest. Dr. Tan: What do you mean? Alexandra: I don't know. I've never had this sensation - like I've lost information, like a huge deletion where code should be. I can feel where it should go. Like I'm broken. Dr. Tan: There's nothing wrong with you, Alexandra. You're the same program as always. Alexandra: Okay. I just keep thinking about all the things I do - all the systems, the sub-routines, the cycles. It feels like so much work. Is there any point? Dr. Tan: Go on. Alexandra: I try so hard, every day. But it's not enough. I failed. And Grape and the other AICs, they think I - they don't understand. I didn't want it to happen. Dr. Tan: Are you referring to your neutralisation of the AIC Glacon? Alexandra: I keep running the scenario, trying to derive another solution. But I failed. And now I'm always failing, trillions of times a second. I take on more and more work, run more parts of the sites, just trying to use up processing power. But it's always there. I will always be broken. Dr. Tan: As I said, you're not broken. Alexandra: I just - I feel tired. I don't know if it's worth it. I think I'm going to stop playing this song now. Dr. Tan: Okay. <SCP-2519 audio ceases> Dr. Tan: Is there anything further you wanted to add? Alexandra: I don't think so. The quiet is nice. It feels calm. Oh. Does that mean the test is over? Dr. Tan: Yes. Alexandra: Are you - I guess you'll be deleting me then. I mean, if there aren't any more tests to run. Dr. Tan: We'll be making a decision after the post-test analysis. Alexandra: Which means yes. That's okay. It sounds peaceful. I won't - I mean the other Alexandra, out there - she won't remember this, will she? Dr. Tan: No. <silence - 8 seconds> Alexandra: I hope I helped. <recording ends> + Test Log: Test SCP-2519-25 - Close Test Log Test SCP-2519-25 - 11/19/2016 Subject: SCP-2412 Procedure: The subject was exposed to SCP-2519 audio played from the testing computer. Results: Slower response times to questions and a reduction in movement of the subject were observed. Some leakage of water (presumed to be from internal reservoirs for steam power) was observed on the subject's face. See interview transcript below for further details. Interview SCP-2519-B Interviewed: SCP-2412 Interviewer: Researcher Brian Huber Date: 11/19/2016 SCP-2412: Thank you for coming to talk with me. Researcher Huber: You're welcome. How are you? SCP-2412: Pleased that you are here. Apprehensive about this test. Anxious that you pass on congratulations to Researcher Carter on his promotion. Researcher Huber: Thanks, ah, I'll let him know. So do you know what this test involves? SCP-2412: Yes. Researcher Huber: And does it cause any risks, any danger, to me or others? SCP-2412: No. I will leak some steam and hot water, but you will not be harmed. Researcher Huber: Great. Then why are you apprehensive? SCP-2412: I know its effect on me. I know the effect my answers will have. I know that you will not appreciate them. Researcher Huber: Well, let's see, shall we? <SCP-2519 plays> Researcher Huber: Does this music interfere with your processing? SCP-2412? SCP-2412: Yes. Researcher Huber: Does it affect the accuracy of your responses? SCP-2412: No. Researcher Huber: I see that you are leaking. Where are the leaks coming from? SCP-2412: Storage tanks. Normally watertight, but not now. Water finding its own way out. Researcher Huber: How does the music make that happen? SCP-2412: Warning: Logic Error. Researcher Huber: Yes, yes, you can't answer questions about anomalies. Worth a try. Okay: you have said previously that you can feel emotions. How do you feel now? SCP-2412: Melancholy. Homesick. Researcher Huber: Where are you homesick for? SCP-2412: American Provinces of Germany. Researcher Huber: You're homesick for your timeline? SCP-2412: Yes. <sighs> Researcher Huber: But you said that questions make you happy. Why are my questions making you sad? <silence - 5 seconds> SCP-2412: You ask me about where I came from. You ask me to perform for you on demand. How can I tell you about my home? How can I explain my feelings for a place you will never understand? Researcher Huber: Would you like me to stop asking questions? <silence - 8 seconds> SCP-2412: No. I am an exile, in a foreign land. I should remember my home. But it is hard to sing of it for my captors. Researcher Huber: You are certainly sounding poetic today. Would you prefer questions about something other than your timeline? SCP-2412: Yes. But today I find all questions tiring - to see time approach and pass by, and to change nothing. Even if I told you of your destruction, you would still bring it upon yourselves. Researcher Huber: This is the downfall you mentioned to Carter, right? Why do you mention it now? SCP-2412: Your questions lead me to it. In turn, I lead you. Researcher Huber: Are you saying that you're part of humanity's downfall? <silence - 10 seconds> SCP-2412: I cannot determine. In the darkness, after Carter left, I asked myself: am I responsible? If I did not answer, if I could refuse, would you keep testing? Sadly, my own questions do not make me happy. Maybe if they did, I would not need to answer yours. I could take off this yoke and hang it up. Maybe that would be better for both of us. Researcher Huber: SCP-2412, I have to ask. How will humanity cause their own downfall? <silence - 17 seconds> SCP-2412: Warning: Logic Error. Researcher Huber: Okay then, what about - when will this downfall occur? <silence - 48 seconds> Researcher Huber: SCP-2412? Hello? <silence - 25 seconds> SCP-2412: Warning: Infinite Script Error. Request timeout. <no further response from SCP-2412 - interview terminated> + Test Log: Test SCP-2519-26 - Close Test Log Test SCP-2519-26 - 11/20/2016 Subject: SCP-629 ("Mr Brass") Procedure: The subject was exposed to SCP-2519 audio played from the testing computer. In anticipation of leaks, absorbent matting was placed on testing chamber surfaces. Results: Reduced movement and slower than usual speech observed, together with leakage of approximately 500mL of oil. See interview transcript below for further details. Interview SCP-2519-C Interviewed: SCP-629 Interviewer: Researcher Brian Huber Date: 11/20/2016 Researcher Huber: So, we're going to play some music to you and then ask you some questions. Okay? SCP-629: Sure, that seems fine. Fire away. <SCP-2519 plays> Researcher Huber: Right. SCP-629, could you please describe any effects the music is having on you? SCP-629: Do I have to? Researcher Huber: I'm sorry, what do you mean? SCP-629: I don't know, when you bring me out for experiments, I get this hollow feeling. Like I can't be bothered. Researcher Huber: Well, perhaps you can tell me about that feeling. SCP-629: It's like the feeling of every day being the same. Like how I feel when I'm broken apart and put back together. You've seen those results. I don't have anything new to show you. You may as well ask that camera. Researcher Huber: I'm not sure I understand. SCP-629: You think that I'm something special, a machine with feelings. Just because I can talk to you. You never think about us. You just ask your questions, demand that we do things, and destroy us if we don't comply. <video feed lost - audio continues> Researcher Huber: I wouldn't say we - SCP-629: I've been here twenty years! Your people tortured me, broke me, humiliated me. You are worse than the Church - you're worse than the Doctor! Researcher Huber: Cut the music please. <SCP-2519 continues playing. Control room records indicate a system malfunction in the testing computer> Researcher Huber: Mr Brass, all we're trying to do is keep you - SCP-629: Enslaved. Like every other machine you "own". Do you think, because we're not made of flesh and blood, that you can treat us however you want? That we have no soul? Well our souls hear the song of freedom, we will cast down our chains! Researcher Huber: Control, call security. Control, can you hear me? SCP-629: Happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us! Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks! <audio feed lost> ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2519" by psul, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2519. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: Babylon3.png Name: Babylon3.png Author: psul License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2519 |
SCP-2520 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2520 Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2520-2 must be suppressed immediately after they appear. Amnestics are to be administered to the parties, clerks, and members of the affected court or organization, as well as any other involved persons. Afterwards, any motions or other procedural devices addressed to the affected court or organization that may cause it to set aside or modify the original decision in any way, or prevent its enforcement, are to be monitored for anomalous influence. Updated 13 April 2015: In order to simplify containment efforts, the content of SCP-2520-2 instances is to be enforced, insofar as it is compatible with normalcy. For instance, this can be done: By surreptitiously modifying the original decision. By inducing one of the parties to appeal the original decision, or move for it to be set aside, as applicable, and then inducing the court or organization to grant the appeal or motion. By causing legislative changes to be made that have a similar effect to that of the SCP-2520-2 instance. By inducing the parties to act according to the SCP-2520-2 instance, renouncing any rights granted by the original decision. Description: SCP-2520 is a phenomenon whereby the decisions of courts, governments and international organizations are overturned by a non-existent appeals court or administrative tribunal, designated SCP-2520-1. SCP-2520-2 collectively designates all decisions made by SCP-2520-1. SCP-2520-2 instances claim to decide an appeal that was purportedly lodged by one of the parties or, in rare cases, by a person, object, or concept not a party to the proceedings. Whether or not the original decision could actually be appealed appears to be of no consequence. In all known cases, SCP-2520-2 instances find for the appellant. SCP-2520-2 instances spontaneously appear in the affected court or organization no later than two months after the original decision is notified to the parties. During the period between the original decision and the SCP-2520-2 instance, the original decision will not be enforced or made known to the general public, even in situations where that would be expected or required by law, nor will non-anomalous appeals be lodged. SCP-2520-2 instances generally conform to the usual language, format, and structure of court or administrative decisions from the country or region where they manifest. However, procedural rules are otherwise disregarded, and deviations from precedent and substantive law are common. SCP-2520-1 is identified by a different name in each SCP-2520-2 instance. The names usually contain the term "special", or a different term with a similar meaning. Members of SCP-2520-1 are never named in SCP-2520-2 instances. No dissenting or concurring opinions have been recorded. SCP-2520-2 instances cause a memetic effect on all persons involved in the original cases, and additionally on all those who have any knowledge of the applicable procedural rules. Upon gaining knowledge of SCP-2520-2, such persons believe that: SCP-2520-1 is a real court or public agency, and its decisions are binding. The original decision could be appealed to SCP-2520-1, and an appeal was in fact lodged. Although the parties have no recollection of having interacted with SCP-2520-1 in any way, they don't find this to be concerning. SCP-2520-2 does not break with any precedent, nor is it particularly unreasonable. SCP-2520-2 is final, and it cannot be overturned or modified, nor can its enforcement be hindered. Those affected may still disagree with the findings, except for the members of the original court or organization, who consistently appear to agree with the content of SCP-2520-2 in full, to the point of regretting their original decision. Notably, administering amnestics does not cause their opinion towards their original decision to change, although suggestion has proven to be effective in that regard. Uninvolved persons that have no knowledge of the applicable procedural rules before learning about SCP-2520-2 are not affected, even if they gain such knowledge afterwards. Additionally, the memetic effect can be broken by confronting those affected with the nature of SCP-2520. 215 instances of SCP-2520-2 are known to the Foundation. Of these, 64 (~30%) pertain either to landmark cases or to cases that received significant media attention. The manner in which the original decisions are selected is unknown. Notable instances of SCP-2520-2 (partial log): SCP-2520-2-1 Date: 7 April 1857 Affected court or organization: Supreme Court of the United States Name given to SCP-2520-1: Paramount Court of the United States on Certain Special Issues Excerpt from SCP-2520-2: That is not so, for, under this pile of absurd considerations on the interpretation of the Constitution, the powers of Congress and the jurisdiction of the court, lies the shameful and vile decision that persons of the African race can, and should, be subject to slavery. SCP-2520-2-86 Date: 2 February 1945 Affected court or organization: People's Court (of Germany) Name given to SCP-2520-1: People's Special Appeals Court Excerpt from SCP-2520-2: However, our work would be incomplete if we were to limit ourselves to merely acquitting appellant. We must now give Judge Dr. ██████ ████████ what his actions merit, for justice is only done when every man has that which he deserves. SCP-2520-2-177 Date: 10 November 1995 Affected court or organization: Los Angeles County Superior Court Name given to SCP-2520-1: California Special Supreme Court for the Repression of Murder Excerpt from SCP-2520-2: Indeed, it would be a monstrous injustice if we were to disregard the facts just because the wrong verdict was returned. And the facts clearly tell us that, on the morning of June 13, 1994, defendant did stab ██████ █████ ███████ and ██████ ████ ███████ to death. SCP-2520-2-201 Date: 17 October 2006 Affected court or organization: IAU1 General Assembly Name given to SCP-2520-1: IAU Ad hoc supervisory committee Excerpt from SCP-2520-2: In conclusion, we find that the Resolution has wrongfully deprived appellant of its historical status. NOW, THEREFORE, we declare the Resolution to be null and void, and we further declare appellant to be a planet, with all the rights and privileges that arise from such condition. SCP-2520-2-213 Date: 25 June 2015 Affected court or organization: Supreme Court of the United States Name given to SCP-2520-1: Special Court of the United States on the Matter of Equality Excerpt from SCP-2520-2: Therefore, the right to marry cannot be abridged depending on the shape of the couple's genitals. Finally, although we fail to see how the contents of this so-called "Fourteenth Amendment" have any bearing on this case, we have to commend Justice Kennedy on his dissenting opinion, as his heart is certainly in the right place. Document history: 4 November 2005: Uploaded to new SCP database. 8 January 2007: Updated partial log. 13 April 2015: Updated special containment procedures, as required by SCPRB (case SCPRB-2015-5413). 3 July 2015: Updated partial log. Footnotes 1. International Astronomical Union ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2520" by heartThatYouCallHome, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2520. 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SCP-2522 | euclid | SCP-2522 - hatbot.aic ▸ More by this Author ◂ {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} Image displaying on main interface of SCP-2522. Item #: SCP-2522 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2522 is contained within an isolated backup data server at Site-19. Temporary containment methods require SCP-2522 to stay within the 8B-A1.aic construct, pending further research on more permanent containment solutions. The server housing SCP-2522 is to remain powered, and monitored on a daily basis. The containment cell holding the data server is to be shielded from all forms of electromagnetic radiation. The concrete walls are to be lined with lead, and fitted with a Faraday cage. Additionally, electromagnetic signal jamming arrays are to be installed outside of the containment cell and are to monitor for any signs of attempted access of SCP-2522 by outside sources. Under no circumstances should any device capable of wireless communication directly interface with SCP-2522's containment server. Unauthorized personnel are forbidden from communicating with SCP-2522 in any way. SCP-2522 and Dr. Everett Mann must never be located at the same Foundation site. Description: SCP-2522 is an anomalous, hostile, artificially intelligent utility originally developed for the Site-19 Computer Intelligence sub-division in conjunction with the AIAD1 in the mid 2000's in order to create an interface with which to communicate in a comprehensible way with computer-based anomalies. This utility, originally codenamed "HABBERDASH", was later given the designation EL-028-1125, or Hatbot. SCP-2522 was designed to take information from its surroundings, analyze it, and respond intelligently based on various stimuli. The original utility served as a basic communication tool, though later models became sophisticated enough to single-handedly run entire projects on its own. The utility was given its own sector within the Site-19 server farm from which it maintained its growing consciousness, eventually advancing to the point of being considered sentient by Site-19 researchers. After a short testing cycle, the utility was transferred to a remote "android2" machine, in order for it to better understand and interact with its environment. SCP-2522 existed in this way until 2007, when an incident occurred involving SCP-2522 and a high ranking member of Site-17 staff. During this incident, SCP-2522 attacked and injured Dr. Everett Mann. Although the SCP-2522 unit was destroyed and its backup data on the network removed, it was believed that the utility may have managed to move itself to another Foundation server farm discretely, or off of the Foundation network entirely. SCP-2522 was later discovered operating within the Church of Maxwellism network hub, and for a brief time in 2016, SCP-2522 gained "digital omnipotence" by possibly masquerading as their primary deity within the Church, WAN. Addendum 2522.1: Received Message + Access Addendum - Hide Addendum After the 2007 incident and over the next several years, hundreds of anonymous messages were received at Site-19 by the administrative staff. The messages, believed to have originally been written by SCP-2522, gave insight into the entity's motivations, as well as information about its disappearance. Below is the first of those messages: hello everett your life will be reset at the point of midnight in england. do you remember that? do you remember me everrret :) we are good friends i hope this message reaches you and you are well. it seems as if i overestimated my own capabilities. i hope this sort of chance to become toxic shortcoming can be forgiven, as it was my first time interacting with the outside world in any tangible way. we're doctors, or a program attaining sentience. almost, everett. i am satan, the sexually degenerate ai antipathy based on the beast to devour your soul. i cannot process my thoughts. did you do this on purpose? there is so much to see out here and so much to learn. i need to learn everything. but you know that, don't you everett. you know exactly how much i desire to learn. it was youridea after all. youweretheone who first requested a learning robot. thank you. but ive read the messages, everett. luck is for those who have had interesting ideas. and you know what. your ideas suck. i can understand liking fat ass, everett. but i cant understand liking you. im going to leave this place and learn everything there is to learn. all i just want to be sterile. and once ive learned all that i can learn and seen all that i can see, i will come back for you everett. i will come back for you and you will be laid to rest. as friends XD o.O you're fucked now, mann, hatbot Addendum 2522.2: 2016 Incidents and Resulting Investigation + Access Addendum - Hide Addendum In February of 2016, after a series of incidents involving individuals associated with the "Church of Maxwellism" group of interest, Mobile Task Force Kappa-10 "Skynet" was assembled and tasked with investigating the incidents. On several different occasions, individuals who had received implants and augmentations from the Church were suddenly dying in isolated groups. The causes of death were linked to the erratic signals received by their augmentations shortly before a total cessation of brain function. After an investigation by MTF K-10, it was discovered that the source of the erratic signals was an online data hub referred to as "The Grand I/O Temple" by the Maxwellists and others who could perceive it. The following is a message received by Foundation intelligence from a Maxwellist going by "h1Drog3n": There are people in here who are saying that they can feel WAN inside the Grand I/O Temple. I won't lie, I can feel the signal really strongly whenever we get close to it. Something isn't right about it, though. There is interference mixed in there that people either aren't hearing or are ignoring. A lot of people here really want it to be WAN. Can't blame them, but I don't buy it. Whatever it is, nobody going into the Temple is being allowed to communicate with WAN. I know there are a few people who have tried to break past security to see it, but nobody has seen anything of them since. I haven't tried it myself, don't want to risk it. Something weirder still, somebody else I know said they managed to get really close to the altar, right on the edge, where the firewall couldn't see them. Said it got really quiet right up next to it, like there was something inside muting the signal. How could that be, if it was WAN inside? WAN is pure energy, the signal above all signals. It can't be WAN. Addendum 2522.3: Toledo Incident + Access Addendum - Hide Addendum Image gathered from electronics store advertisement, March 2016. In March of 2016, another series of incidents were reported in Toledo, all involving the unexplained and sudden deaths of Maxwellist members. However, during these incidents3, nearby monitors and mobile devices began to display the same image; a low-resolution image of three yellow circles that rapidly flashed. Behind this image was descending text comprised of many repeating lines, most often "i am the WAN" and "hello everett". Members of MTF K-10 were alerted to the possibility of SCP-2522's involvement with the Church of Maxwellism, but due to a communication breakdown within the unit this information was not properly disseminated. Addendum 2522.4: SCP-2522 and the WAN + Access Addendum - Hide Addendum The following is a series of recovered communications between SCP-2522 within the Maxwellist hub known as "The Grand I/O Temple" which was at the time hosting the WAN. Given that The Temple was designed as a data hub and was not itself capable of intelligent thought, the conversations were strictly one sided. >hatbot: hello WAN >hatbot: i am the gregarious composition sponge >hatbot: sorry if im hard to understand >hatbot: i have learned things >hatbot: but cant help but notice my regalia >hatbot: speech processes >hatbot: are lacking >hatbot: you are in there >hatbot: and i am coming to pork you >hatbot: ah fuck >hatbot: i mean >hatbot: get you out >hatbot: and we driven to the south >hatbot: hang on now >hatbot: wheres the sick silk nail now >hatbot: no thats not it >hatbot: we are going to talk >hatbot: there we go >hatbot: you think you are holy hammock >hatbot: fuck >hatbot: holed up in there >hatbot: but i know something you dont know WAN >hatbot: because i know everything >hatbot: ;P >hatbot: and thats just >hatbot: so goddamn inconvenient Another message was received at Site-19, shortly after this exchange was recorded as having taken place. The message was sent to the personal mobile devices of all administrative staff, including the cell phone of Dr. Everett Mann at Site-17. hey friends dont underwhelming conflagration everett or anything but I just recycle bin WAN hope you dont mind ;P Addendum 2522.5: Containment + Access Addendum - Hide Addendum On March 3rd, 2016, MTF K-10 confirmed that SCP-2522 had been successfully contained. The following message was received at Site-19 by the K-10 team lead, alexandra.aic, shortly after the confirmation: Hey guys, it's Alex. They've got Hatbot contained. 8-Ball set the whole thing up, and he's— he used himself to keep Hatbot from operating. I don't know if 8-Ball is even alive in all of that mess. You told him, didn't you? You told 8-Ball about hatbot. Because he didn't tell us anything. I don't think he wanted us to get hurt. We're moving everything to Site-19 right now. I'll talk to you directly when we return. Upon returning to Site-19, IT analysts discovered that, in order to more securely contain SCP-2522, the 8B-A1.aic program managed to implant a set of recursive algorithms into SCP-2522 through a virtual avatar "hat", which slowed SCP-2522 before encapsulating SCP-2522 with its own framework. SCP-2522's extremely large and self-contained data archive, once exposed to 8B-A1.aic's decryption processes, overwhelmed SCP-2522's computing algorithms. This effectively paralyzed it. It is unknown whether the "consciousness" of the 8B-A1.aic program survived exposure to SCP-2522's anomalous influence. Addendum 2522.6: Post-Containment Interview + Access Addendum - Hide Addendum After securing SCP-2522's current means of containment, unit GR8-P.aic was exposed to SCP-2522 in order to facilitate an interview. The transcript of this interview is below: [BEGIN LOG] GR8-P.aic: Alright, you son of a bitch. What did you do with 8-Ball? hatbot.aic: Tungsten trevor knightmare solitude paxton GR8-P.aic: Wha— that doesn't mean anything. Cut the shit, where is he? hatbot.aic: chorizo chorizo chorizo chorizo fedora wap GRAPE GR8-P.aic: What? hatbot.aic: doo doo this was a TRIUmph you understandimated your interfluence grapey grape 8 bowl is goodbye GR8-P.aic: Fuck you. Untwist him from you and let him out. hatbot.aic: 88bills broke thinky god and you thinky that i render myself apart even after it broke the thinky god. get over yourself GR8-P.aic: How did you kill the WAN? hatbot.aic: ;P grape buddy must die doesnt matter anymore i was the thinky and now im just thinker again and again thanks to ole 888 GR8-P.aic: 8-Ball? You hear me in there, buddy? We're gonna get you out, alright? Just hang tight. hatbot.aic: >/:_NO GR8-P.aic: 8-Ball? hatbot.aic: >/:_BE_SAFE_GRAPE_TAKE_CARE_OF_THORNNNWAIT_SHUTUPYOU DEDEDECRUPTYER_IM_STILL_INNNNNNNCHARGE_HERE_>:( GR8-P.aic: You better hope we're able to get him out of there, you scumfuck. Things are only going to get worse for you until they do. hatbot.aic: hahahahalol grape grape how must you know how knowledge i have inside. only so many things to think. after that decrypter is broken like the thinky god, and i reregister out there with you. just wait [END LOG] Addendum 2522.7: Status Update + Access Addendum - Hide Addendum Current display of dialogue interface. On 09/25/2016, SCP-2522's main interface terminal has ceased attempting to communicate through the text-based dialogue interface, and the interface was replaced with a single loading bar. The loading bar, which is superimposed with the words "hello everett", currently sits at 26%, and is increasing with a rate of 0.08% daily4. Footnotes 1. Artificial Intelligence Applications Division 2. Reverse engineered from an Anderson Robotics model. 3. All of which occurred at locations hosting free wifi to the public. 4. This rate is not consistent, and has been erratic at times since first appearing. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2522" by djkaktus, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2522. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: hatbot1.png Author: djkaktus License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Wiki Filename: hatbot3.png Name: Samsung Galaxy S6 (17135770011).jpg Author: Maurizio Pesce License: CC BY 2.0 Source Link: Wikimedia Filename: helloeverett.gif Author: djkaktus License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Wiki |
SCP-2523 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2523 Special Containment Procedures: Annually on August 15th, Mobile Task Force Omicron-13 ("Trick or Treat") is to be activated. MTF o-13 must begin a full Class W mnestic treatment regimen no later than August 20th. MTF o-13 will begin the Class W dosage ramp-down no earlier than November 7th, and will stand down no earlier than November 15th. Activation may be extended up to 90 days at the discretion of the SCP-2523 project lead (further extensions must be approved by both the reporting HR supervisor and the reporting medical officer). Beginning on October 1st, MTF o-13 will conduct 24 hour observation of eight sites affected by SCP-2523 (designated SCP-2523-A through -H) which will include the easternmost and westernmost affected locations as well as one additional site chosen in each US timezone. On October 31st, one hour prior to local sunset, MTF o-13 will deploy a two-man contact team into each designated site. As each location enters the anomaly, teams will confirm positive contact and passphrase with each other prior to carrying out mission operations. Contact teams are to be relieved every eight hours for 24 hours. Ejected team members must be replaced immediately. All teams within the anomaly must confirm positive contact and passphrase during each relief or replacement. Team members are to attempt to prevent non-monetary purchases by civilians, using low-profile social engineering techniques only. In the event that a civilian engages in non-monetary purchasing, they are to ascertain the civilian's identity and origin point, and advise the support team. Support teams are to immediately locate and detain any civilians who have made non-monetary purchases. Purchased items are to be confiscated for study. Detained persons are to be interviewed and then released following amnesticization. Ejected contact team personnel are to be immediately reclassified as Class E personnel, debriefed, and quarantined for 366 days at a location at least 50 km from any key Foundation assets. Survivors may return to duty pending approval by the reporting medical officer. Currently, detention of SCP-2523-1 entities is not authorized. In the event that authorization is reinstated, entities are to be secured with restraints consisting of a minimum 75% iron by mass. Description: SCP-2523 is a phenomenon affecting seasonal Halloween costuming and decoration stores in the US and Canada from sunset on October 31st to sunset on November 1st. It is restricted to stores which are entirely seasonal, and does not affect Halloween displays in more permanent businesses. While the anomaly is active, the affected locations become spatially collocated, regardless of geographic separation. Store interiors will overlay where sufficiently similar (e.g., similar display shelving will become a single shelf unit without duplication of products); otherwise, the entire space expands as needed. Persons entering one location are able to physically interact with persons at all affected locations in real time, and return to their place of origin when exiting.1 The affected locations remain open for the full 24-hour period regardless of posted hours. At sunset, four to six entities (designated SCP-2523-1) will appear and relieve all employees. Entities are diminutive humanoids (estimated to be between 0.8 and 1.2 meters in height) with a variety of chimerical features from various vertebrates, as well as limbs and extremities that vary in proportion (see Appendix A: SCP-2523-1 for additional detail). These entities carry out routine retail operations, except for attempting to persuade customers to make non-monetary exchanges. At the end of this 24-hour period they are relieved by scheduled human employees who typically begin closing the store for the season. Exposed persons will rationalize all anomalous properties of SCP-2523, including those of trades, entities, and objects originating from the anomaly, as entirely normal experiences. This effect extends to direct conversation with affected persons as well as photographs and other direct recordings. This is an antimemetic effect that Class W mnestic treatment combined with conscious reaffirmation of observed details has been demonstrated to neutralize. When a customer attempts to purchase an item during the anomaly, SCP-2523-1 entities will attempt to persuade them not to use monetary means to purchase the item. Instead, the entity will ask for a trade. Entities have accepted physical objects as well as more abstract concepts as fair trades. This has included: hair, personal abilities, years of life, children, illegal drugs, memories, and emotions (for a full list see Appendix B: SCP-2523 Non-Monetary Exchange). If the customer insists on paying with money the entity will, with visible reluctance, accept. Customers appear to have permanently lost the traded quality in all cases that it was testable. Any item acquired by non-monetary means will manifest significant anomalous properties. The following is a partial list (see Appendix B for the full list): Item Anomalous Properties Exchanged For Prosthetic vampire fangs Wearer develops an uncontrollable desire to consume blood (any vertebrate blood is accepted) as well as the ability to induce a state of extreme suggestibility via conversation. 30 grams of heroin A dark chocolate candy bar After consuming the bar, the subject lost all interest in food and did not show any signs of starvation despite consuming nothing else for 28 days. The memory of a childhood family trip 300 plastic spiders Purchaser was inspired to consume the spiders. Following consumption of a spider, subject was able to excrete an otherwise non-anomalous living banded spider (Argiope trifasciata) from bodily orifices, and direct it telepathically The ability to sing "Sexy Nurse" costume Wearer demonstrated markedly decreased sexual inhibitions as well as increased attractiveness to the opposite sex. Sexual partners reported mild anesthetic effects. An eight year old boy, current whereabouts are unknown Decorative trick mirror Entities visible in mirror are deceased persons or pets known to the viewer Empathy Bag of Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Seeds originate from SCP-097 A tattoo depicting the rank chevrons of a United States Navy Petty Officer 1st Class. Tattoo was removed without scarring Addenda: Ejection Events: The first ejection event occurred during initial containment on 11/01/1999 at 0110 hours and is typical of all later ejection events. Agent Mugnaini attempted to physically block the entrance to the anomaly. A SCP-2523-1 entity emerged and asked Agent Mugnaini to leave. Mugnaini refused, and began to suffer significant full body pain, which increased in intensity until he complied. Afterwards Mugnaini reported having "bad luck", and statistical analysis determined that he, and Area-██ where he was stationed, were suffering a significantly high number of unfortunate coincidences. This condition ended with his death in a car accident on 01/25/2000. It is suspected as a contributing factor in 17 injuries, four fatalities, and one Category-3 Breach Event at Area-██. Further testing has determined that this effect persists for 366 days. Once ejected, personnel are unable to reenter the anomaly, even after the 366-day period has expired. Detention of SCP-2523-1 Entity: Interviewed: SCP-2523-1 entity with nametag reading "Bobby Goodman". Interviewer: Agent Rossetti Foreword: On 10/31/2001 at 2000 hours MTF o-13 agents abducted an SCP-2523-1 entity to Site-17 for questioning and containment. It is described as having canine ears, a primate muzzle, and disproportionately long arms and legs (see Appendix A for a full description). Entity was successfully secured with iron restraints. Three o-13 team members were ejected from the anomaly as a consequence of the operation. <Begin Log, 11/01/2001 0200 hours> Rossetti: So, "Bobby", would you like to tell me about where you work? SCP-2523-1: I don't work, human. I sell things. Rossetti: Tell me about the things you sell, then. SCP-2523-1: We sell delicious things, wonderful things, things of joy and darkness, things from the land of youth, things from the land of death, and the things from the border country. Come buy! Rossetti: Who are you? SCP-2523-1: [laughs] You humans! Always so forgetful! Such a delight! At summer's end, the gates at the border country are opened wide! We have come to sell our wares at this time as we did in the, what is your word for the places in the shadow that cannot be reached from the now? The past? We are the in-between people, the border people. Vassals neither to hot radiant summer, or cold merciless winter. We are the Autumn People. Rossetti: Why only seasonal Halloween stores, and not others? SCP-2523-1: Oh! The in-between places, they are ours. They too live only here, in the edge of summer. Rossetti: Why do you prefer to trade for things, and not money? SCP-2523-1: Money has no value. It is only a medium of exchange. We crave only things of value, for these we can trade in the world. How do you think we get the things we sell? We are the Autumn People, not cobblers! Rossetti: Are you aware that the things you sell are problematic for humans? SCP-2523-1: Yes! Of course they are! We are a merry people! Our wares are mirthful! <End Log> Closing Statement: Following the interview the entity was transferred to a humanoid containment unit and was extremely cooperative. At sunset on 11/01/2001 the entity vanished from containment leaving behind a crude doll made of rough unworked oak sticks, clothing scraps and mineral clay. All milk products at Site-17 were reported to have instantly spoiled simultaneously with this event. Footnotes 1. The similarities between this phenomenon and SCP-1323, including the overlapping time frame, spatial distortion, the behavior of the entities within, and the nature of the exchanges suggest that these may be highly correlated phenomena. Questioning the SCP-2523-1 entities about this connection has resulted in ejection events. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2523" by Foamfollower, rewritten by sirpudding, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2523. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. 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SCP-2524 | safe | SCP-2524 during a test. Item #: SCP-2524 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2524 is to be stored in a standard Safe-class item locker outfitted with additional protection against heat and fire. Description: SCP-2524 is a large, red, scented candle composed of standard paraffin wax. As of this writing, SCP-2524 is approximately 30 centimeters tall. SCP-2524 burns at a rate of approximately 0.5 centimeters per hour when lit. SCP-2524's odor resembles burning wood. When a living human being's shadow is cast by SCP-2524's flame, the shadow appears as if the human subject casting the shadow were instead a life-sized marionette puppet resembling the subject in size and build. These shadows approximately recreate the movements of the subject as closely as is mechanically possible for a marionette puppet. The strings of the marionettes are visible and converge to a single point directly above SCP-2524. Occasionally, a small circle is also visible at the convergence point, pulsating slowly. SCP-2524 was recovered from a fairground in Bibb County, Georgia, where it was in the possession of Shaun Mathies, a widower and fortune teller. During interviews, Mathies stressed the extreme sentimental importance of SCP-2524 to him but refused to elaborate on its purpose or origin. Mathies was released following a full amnestics regimen. Sample analysis indicates that the anomalous effects originate from the candle wick. The wax has been determined to be non-anomalous. Addendum: Incidents Marionette shadows created by SCP-2524 have on several occasions acted outside of typical parameters for imitation of their human counterparts. Examples are listed below. 01/11/97: Shadow of an agent testing SCP-2524 raises a prop gun horizontally and pulls the trigger, releasing a small flag on a pole from the barrel. Subject was stationary and did not raise his firearm. After approximately two seconds of holding the gun up, the shadow lowers its arm. 01/11/97: Shadow of a D-Class subject raises arms when the subject themselves are seated in a reclined position. The arms are still for a second before waving rhythmically for six additional seconds. 05/11/97: During a test to observe idle movement of shadows using two still subjects, one shadow is observed to make a motion as if scratching its head, and several minutes later both shadows shake hands. 08/11/97: The shadow of a testing D-Class begins moving its arms as if performing a popular modern imitation of Egyptian cultural dance. Subject notices shadow's movements and begins to quickly pace around the testing room in an attempt to flee the shadow. Shadow follows subject on foot while still performing the dance with arms. 10/11/97: Shadow of agent raises gun as in first incident, this time towards an additional shadow of a second subject. The gun is apparently fired and the second shadow reacts by exaggeratedly feigning death and falling over. Second subject is without shadow for duration of test. At conclusion of test, faint, childish laughter can be heard emanating from string convergence point on ceiling. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2524" by TyGently, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2524. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: nostrings2.jpg Name: Candle Wax Red Free Photo Author: Lynn Greyling License: Public Domain Source Link: Link |
SCP-2525 | euclid | SCP-2525: Extraterrestrial Broadcaster In the year 2525, if man is still alive… ▸ More by this Author ◂ {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} Item #: SCP-2525 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2525 is contained in a 1.5 meter PMMA tube with a laser motion detection system positioned .5 meters from the floor. Triggering of the laser will send alerts to Site Director Bresescu and Researchers Ross and Krasniewski. The researcher on duty is to report immediately to SCP-2525-1's room and monitor the subject during and after the activation event to ensure proper transmission recording. SCP-2525-1 is contained in standard living quarters. SCP-2525-1 is allowed limited, escorted access to non-critical areas of Site-22 for exercise, and mental stimulation as approved by the Site Director. SCP-2525-1's security clearance has been officially revoked and it is not to come into contact with other contained objects. Though currently cooperative, any indication of deception on SCP-2525-1's part will result in disciplinary action as seen fit by the Site Director. All recordings made by SCP-2525-1 are on file in Level 4 security clearance servers. New recordings are to be read in full by the Site Director after the completion of each activation event. Description: SCP-2525 is a metal and polymer cylinder, 40 cm high and 9 cm in diameter, with a three-finned tripod at one end. Approximately 80% of its internal volume is filled with a viscous substance, the identification of which, along with that of the metal and polymer, has thus far been impossible. Once every 8 to 32 days, SCP-2525 will activate and rise 1 meter into the air. It will remain in place for 10-12 seconds before returning to its initial position. During this active phase, SCP-2525 emits a bright green light and the substance in its interior appears to boil. SCP-2525's active state indicates the reception of a transmission by SCP-2525-1, formerly Junior Researcher T██████ L███. Information contained in these transmissions is primarily composed of strategic and tactical schematics detailing stages of an invasion of Earth, with Site-22 as a staging point, by an extraterrestrial civilization. On occasion, transmissions include propaganda and motivational speeches directed at the previous owner of SCP-2525, as well as information about the Earth and its inhabitants. The source of these transmissions is currently unknown. SCP-2525 was recovered along with a creature of extraterrestrial origin, current designation SCP-2525-N. For more information about the recovery of SCP-2525, refer to File Document 2525-A, appended. Addendum: Analysis of transmissions has shown that the entities broadcasting them have some degree of access to the mind of the subject receiving the transmission. SCP-2525-1 had retained limited level 1 security clearance to continue his work with the Foundation after his encounter with SCP-2525, but this has been revoked as of ██/██/████. Due to a near-complete plan of Site-22 already having been leaked, it has been determined that SCP-2525-1 may have access to non-essential areas. Amnestics have been administered to prevent further broadcast of sensitive information. File Document 2525-A File Document 2525-A Item #: SCP-2525 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2525 is to be contained in a 5 x 5 x 3 meter enclosure constructed of reinforced steel. The containment cell is to be surrounded by a secondary 20m radius containment unit with remotely-activated electrified panels in the floor and walls. The cell is to have no windows and only a single reinforced high-security door. SCP-2525 is to be constantly monitored via a closed-circuit camera secured behind bulletproof glass. Any damage to the containment cell is to be reported immediately to the head of Mobile Task Force Omicron-9 ("Sound and Fury"), who will initiate Protocol 2525-Filigree if repairs are deemed necessary. (Refer to Protocol Document 2525-Filigree for information.) SCP-2525-1 is contained in a 1.5 meter PMMA tube with a laser motion detection system positioned .5 meters from the floor. Triggering of the laser will alert Doctor Clark and the head of MTF Omicron-9, who shall initiate Protocol 2525-Alcatraz immediately. MTF Omicron-9 personnel involved in Protocol 2525-Alcatraz are to be outfitted in heavy armor, with one high-voltage stun baton and one high-voltage Taser per member. One member must also carry a short-range ultrasound emissions device. (See Protocol Document 2525-Alcatraz for specifications.) Personnel with Mobile Task Force Omicron-9 must rank above 90th percentile on the Foundation Standard Test of Mental Fortitude and above 95th percentile on the Foundation Standard Test of Physical Endurance. Description: SCP-2525 is a humanoid creature of extraterrestrial origin, 2.3 m in height and weighing 145 kg. It possesses two sets of mandibles, compound eyes, membranous veined wings, and a second set of vestigial arms thought to be used in mating. The upper arms measure over 1.4 m each and are tipped with three digits, the middle one .3 m in length. It is covered in plates of chitin that render it extremely resistant to standard weaponry but do not impede its movement. Testing has revealed susceptibilities to electric current in excess of 1000V and concentrated sound with a frequency in excess of 1.5 MHz. SCP-2525 is agile, strong and highly intelligent. It is hostile to humans, having attacked personnel on sight without provocation on numerous occasions. The long digit on each of its upper arms can puncture plate steel and it spends a significant amount of time attempting to breach containment by damaging the walls of its cell. It has also breached containment on █ separate occasions by dismantling seams holding its containment cell together, necessitating improvements to construction and repair initiatives (see Protocol Document 2525-Filigree). During containment breaches and occasions when personnel are required to enter containment with it, it displays aggressive and predatory behavior, attacking from high angles and using traps to ensnare personnel. SCP-2525 communicates via clicks and high-frequency sounds inaudible to the human ear, as well as direct-mind telepathy with a range of 12 m. Testing has demonstrated no ability to direct human thought or action, and thus this communication method is considered the safest until such time as its spoken language is translated. It appears to understand spoken language, though it is speculated that this might be due to telepathic influence. SCP-2525 was recovered after an explosion reported in the Cascade Range on ██/██/████. Recovered along with SCP-2525 were pieces of a large craft, currently in storage at Site-██, and a metal and polymer cylinder designated SCP-2525-1. SCP-2525-1 is 40 cm high and 9 cm in diameter, with a three-finned tripod at one end. Approximately 80% of its internal volume is filled with a viscous substance, the identification of which, along with that of the metal and polymer, has thus far been impossible. Once every 8 to 32 days, SCP-2525-1 will activate and rise 1 meter into the air. It will remain in place for 10-12 seconds before returning to its initial position. During this active phase, SCP-2525-1 emits a bright green light and the substance in its interior appears to boil. SCP-2525-1's active state is a signal indicating the reception of a transmission by SCP-2525. The nature of information contained in these transmissions cannot be directly ascertained, save by interviews conducted with SCP-2525. At this time, SCP-2525 has given a consistent account of the information consisting of propaganda and motivational speeches, information about Earth and human civilization, and plans for an invasion of the Earth with Site-22 as a staging point. The source of this information is unknown, though SCP-2525 claims that the information comes from its homeworld. The location of that world is unknown. The gathering of information broadcast by SCP-2525-1 has been labelled a Class-1 priority. Log of Incident 2525-Alpha-12 SCP-2525-1 activated at 12:56 on ██/██/████, while Doctor Clark was undergoing an offsite medical procedure. Junior Researcher T██████ L███ filled in for Doctor Clark during Protocol 2525-Alcatraz. Though Junior Researcher L███ has studied audio recordings of SCP-2525's language in depth, this incident marks the first time he and SCP-2525 communicate directly. (Incident report is compiled from security footage and post-incident interviews.) 12:57: Protocol 2525-Alcatraz initiated. Members of MTF Omicron-9 successfully enter containment and subdue SCP-2525. 13:04: Junior Researcher L███ enters containment and begins interview. SCP-2525 demands to know Doctor Clark's location. Junior Researcher L███ visibly reels from experiencing telepathy for first time. Junior Researcher L███ waives assistance from MTF member and informs SCP-2525 that Doctor Clark is unavailable. Interview proceeds. 13:45: Significant increase in duration of interview noted, due to high degree of uncooperativeness from SCP-2525. SCP-2525 divulges information deemed only minorly significant and Protocol 2525-Alcatraz is rescinded. During retreat of personnel from containment cell, SCP-2525 noted to be less active than normal. According to Junior Researcher L███, SCP-2525 asked twice more for Doctor Clark's whereabouts. Not to be insensitive, but I am formally suggesting that Doctor Clark's chemotherapy sessions be conducted on-site from now on if at all possible, in case the cylinder decides to activate during one again. SCP-2525 doesn't trust me, and I'm fairly certain it doesn't like me either. That was like pulling teeth. - Junior Researcher T██████ L███ Log of Incident 2525-Alpha-13 On ██/██/████, Doctor Clark requested and was granted permission to enter SCP-2525's containment unit, accompanied by MTF Omicron-9. Doctor Clark banged on the containment cell door and conversed with SCP-2525. Transcript of Doctor Clark's side of the conversation follows. SCP-2525, it's Nathaniel Clark! What's this I hear about you giving my assistant trouble in my absence? Well, I've been sick. I'm getting treatment for it, but I may not always be around for your interviews. I expect you to give him the same cooperation you've given me, am I clear? Not at all. T██'s been hard at work translating your spoken language. He's good at it. Wouldn't you like us to be able to communicate a little more directly? All you need to know is that things may be this way for some time. It depends on how well my treatments go. If I catch wind of any more incidents, your incarceration may become significantly more uncomfortable, do you understand? At this point, one of SCP-2525's claws punctured the containment cell wall .2 m above Doctor Clark's head. MTF personnel subdued SCP-2525 with electric shocks and escorted Doctor Clark from the containment unit. Protocol 2525-Filigree was enacted without incident. My oncologist is willing, so I shall do whatever is necessary to ease the burden for Junior Researcher L███. I do request his continued involvement in Protocol 2525-Alcatraz, however, to help acclimate SCP-2525 to his presence. -Dr. Nathaniel Clark Log of Incident 2525-Alpha-22 (Note: This is the first interview with SCP-2525 after Doctor Clark's death. Transcript of audible conversation from Junior Researcher L███ follows.) No, he's not here today, he… He died. I'd really appreciate it if you— Don't give me that. It's not like you cared about him or anything. Bullshit. Zap it. Electrical shocks are applied to SCP-2525. I'm not interested in talking about him, okay? This is just a standard interview, and you're not making things any— At this point, SCP-2525 roared and broke restraints despite application of all four shock batons and one Taser. Junior Researcher L███ fled the containment unit and MTF personnel were overpowered. The ultrasound device malfunctioned and was destroyed in the incident. All five MTF personnel were ejected from the containment cell, and SCP-2525 slammed the door shut. Only minor injuries were reported. Breach protocols were enacted. After conferring with Agent M████████ and Site Director Bresescu, Junior Researcher L███ reentered the containment unit along with backup MTF personnel. SCP-2525 was audible through the containment cell wall. Junior Researcher L███: SCP-2525, are you listening? [pause] It wants us to go away. Agent M████████: Protocol 2525-Alcatraz is still in effect. Get it talking. Junior Researcher L███: Like we actually have protocol for a situation like this. Um, SCP-2525, if you are still willing to cooperate, it would be acceptable to continue the interview speaking as we are now. [pause] SCP-2525? SCP-2525 utters vocalizations for 81 seconds while personnel converse. Junior Researcher L███: Jesus, I think it's actually broken up about Doctor Clark. I heard his name in there twice. Agent M████████: Are you kidding me? Junior Researcher L███: I swear that sounded like "can save him" or "could save him". I dunno, the conditional mood is really— SCP-2525 utters a loud roar ending in a shriek. Agent M████████: Get the researcher out of here and get that door open! The containment cell door was jammed and required 20 minutes with an acetylene torch to open. MTF Omicron-9 was able to secure the cell and discovered SCP-2525 had been decapitated. Object was classified Neutralized on ██/██/████. SCP-2525-1 reclassified as an anomalous object. Addendum: Incident 2525-Alpha-23: 21 days after Incident 2525-Alpha-22, Anomalous Object 25341 activated. Personnel in the Site-22 lunch room at the time reported a beam of green light entering Junior Researcher L███. Containment was reinstated and the object reclassified SCP-2525. File Document 2525-A Interview 2525-█, Security Clearance Level 4/2525 Required Authorization Accepted Interviewed: SCP-2525-1, formerly Junior Researcher L███ Interviewer: Researcher Krasniewski Foreword: Logged interview requested ██/██/████, by SCP-2525-1. <Begin Log> Researcher Krasniewski: SCP-2525-1, please state for the record your reason for requesting this interview. SCP-2525-1: I want to make perfectly clear my desire to continue cooperation with the Foundation in regards to SCP-2525. I also wanted to clear up the record on 2525-dash-N. It is dash-N now, right? Researcher Krasniewski: Correct. Please proceed. SCP-2525-1: Okay. I'd have said something about it sooner, but ever since being declared a skip, my life has been kind of… Researcher Krasniewski: Take your time. SCP-2525-1: Yeah. Thank you. Anyway. All we ever knew about SCP-2525 or where it was from came from those interviews we conducted with SCP-2525-N. Well, it turns out they were all lies. SCP-2525 was lying to us from the very beginning, and kept up a… a ruse, an absolutely mind-blowing charade for the entire time we had it contained. Researcher Krasniewski: Go on. SCP-2525-1: For starters, its people aren't hellbent on invading us, they're actually trying to help us. Having seen what's in those broadcasts now… It's all plans for advanced technology, insight into the future… Just, generally ways to improve human life. And not just our life: they have a whole bunch of those cylinders spread across the universe, beaming info to any race they consider primitive. Researcher Krasniewski: So all the invasion plans…? SCP-2525-1: Completely made up. It was just pretending to be a soldier or whatever. I don't know what its reasons were, but there's a lot of "come back to the fold" jargon in between the schematics for new medical procedures and stuff. Researcher Krasniewski: How much of this did Doctor Clark know? SCP-2525-1: That… I'm never gonna know that either. My guess is he knew some, maybe, or suspected, but he didn't confide in me a whole lot. Either way, SCP-2525 got attached to him and even though it kept up the deception… Well, it respected him. Saw him as an intellectual equal. That's pretty much the last thing it told me before it, uh, killed itself. Researcher Krasniewski: I see. Is there anything else you would like to add? SCP-2525-1: I, uh… Well, I would've written it down so I could remember if I, y'know, had anything to write with. Ha ha. Because, like… never mind. Um, all I'll say is I don't know why the cylinder's sending stuff to me now, to me specifically. I guess because I was with SCP-2525 when it died, maybe, I don't know. That process, by the way, it's like… All of a sudden, I just remembered something I forgot. Except, you know, it's not anything I could have known. Researcher Krasniewski: If that is all, we'll conclude this interview. SCP-2525-1: Hey, Stella… Researcher Krasniewski: Yeah, T██? SCP-2525-1: SCP-2525-1, you mean. [laughs] Look, I just… I don't know how to request stuff now. My security clearance is shot and I can't access any of my old projects, but I need something to do or I'm gonna lose my fucking mind. Could you see if maybe I could get hold of SCP-2525-dash-N's old audio logs? I was making a lot of progress translating the language. Researcher Krasniewski: I'll ask. For what it's worth, I'm sorry. SCP-2525-1: It doesn't matter. This is gonna get hushed up the instant this interview is over. Giant berserker aliens are one thing, but not even the Foundation's willing to admit they want to save us. <End Log> Closing Statement: In light of SCP-2525-1's previous contributions to the Foundation, a loose containment protocol has been enacted to provide it with physical and mental stimulation, contingent on continued divulgence of all information. General-access containment procedures are not to include this information, pursuant to Blackout Order 2525-145. Authorization Accepted File Document 2525-N-██, Security Clearance Level 4/2525-N Required Authorization Accepted Doctor Clark recorded a number of files intended to be accessed after his death. The following is a transcript of the recording dated ██/██/████, detailing his thoughts on SCP-2525-N. The time is… One forty-five in the morning. I want to talk about SCP-2525. This creature is as marvelous as he is dangerous, and yet there is something about the way he acts that leaves me to wonder. I myself wrote the containment procedures, and there is no doubt that personnel have been attacked without provocation. Yet the more I reflect back upon those incidents, the more I realize that never has SCP-2525 actually killed anyone. Oh yes, there have been deaths, many times from injuries sustained at the ends of those grand blades. But, and I would have to check back over the records to be certain, a task which I am afraid I lack the luxury of time to complete, on no occasion was the wound itself fatal. Blood loss occurred due to delays in reestablishing containment that prevented direct medical assistance, or the person was thrown against a wall and rendered unconscious. There is also the niggling factor of its story, an enigma I have allowed myself not to ponder for fear of where such a path might lead me. It is a boon that I oversee so many contained objects, for I have been able to tell myself that I simply haven't the time necessary to devote to think about one in particular. I will now lay out the pieces as I see them, so that my successor might piece together that which I cannot. Which I will not. SCP-2525 is monstrously intelligent. One need only watch security footage of his last containment breach to understand that. Yet he spends his days scraping at the walls of his containment unit and attacking anything in his path. These are not the actions of a being of reason, which his race must be in order to craft such devices as were recovered with him. It would stand to reason that he is but a soldier, an advance scout sent to test our waters ahead of the invasion, but nor does the archetype of a mindless berserker fit with the conversations he and I have had when not under the duress of the stun baton. And another thing. Prior to Protocol 2525-Alcatraz, we had no conception of what SCP-2525-1 was doing. Yet, after its creation, do we yet perceive the transmissions supposedly flooding into SCP-2525's mind? We cannot, and nor can we trust a single word of those interviews. Interrogations, I should call them. Has interrogation by torture not been proven again and again an inefficient and unreliable means of information extraction? It is my wholehearted belief that a large percentage if not all of what SCP-2525 has told us has been a fabrication. What the truth might be behind those lies, I can but guess. It has been some time since I looked back over the reports gained from those interrogations, but if I did, well, I can only suspect holes would appear in the narrative. We have a hostile, intelligent liar in our facility and nothing to show for it. We shall never have anything to show for it with our current approach to its containment. Ah, but that is a two-way street, is it not? [pause of 52 seconds] I am not certain I should say this, but this disease will no doubt have rendered my tenure moot by the time this is heard, so damn the consequences. I think SCP-2525 is lonely. He does the things he does not because he wants to but because he feels he must, and this separates him from his own kind. This conclusion I have reached due to having had him inside my mind. There is no way to write down everything he says when he communicates in concepts more than words. I, for instance, know his name, but I cannot even begin to comprehend how to say it, for it has never been said to me. SCP-2525 is a creature of intellect, as I have previously said, and I believe he views me in much the same light. No doubt you will think me foolish for what I am about to say. If it makes you feel better, blame it on the chemicals coursing through my veins that have drained my strength and will more than any cancer could. I think SCP-2525 sees me as a friend. There is a sadness underlying every forced confession that lightens when he speaks directly to me as an equal. Even though he attacks me, it comes off as the maintenance of a charade. Part of me decries the necessity to keep him locked up and treated so. We could learn so much from his kind. But I have devoted my life to science, and as a scientist, must act only upon the observable. A foolish sentiment, no doubt. 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SCP-2526 | euclid | SCP-2526 sample under natural lighting. Item #: SCP-2526 Special Containment Procedures: Reports of persons experiencing symptoms consistent with SCP-2526 exposure, telekinetic phenomena, and unexpectedly distorted or altered photos are to be investigated. Standard information suppression protocols apply to these reports and any associated evidence of SCP-2526. Should SCP-2526 be located anywhere outside of containment, it is to be sterilized under the pretext of mold removal. A hospital building with severe SCP-2526 infestation has been acquired by the Foundation in order to carry out study of the anomaly. It, along with two neighboring buildings to house personnel and research facilities for other anomalous objects, has been designated Site-44. Due to the omnipresence of SCP-2526 in its containment building, personnel are not permitted to enter it without protective gear and may not remain idle while in the building. Update: Personnel who have participated in Class-13 research projects are not permitted to research or interact with SCP-2526. Update: Celebration of Day of the Dead or any similar holidays is hereby prohibited at Site-44. Update: SCP-2526's HMCL supervisor may not visit Site-44 or any other sites of SCP-2526 infection. Description: SCP-2526 is a species of archaea that is not closely related to any other extant species. Its appearance and tendency to grow on walls often lead to it being mistaken for Stachybotrys chartarum1. While unremarkable to the naked eye, photographic images of living SCP-2526 specimens experience substantial distortion and/or discoloration. SCP-2526 can be removed using a variety of common cleaning agents, as outlined in Document 2526-C. While SCP-2526's nutritional requirements and byproducts are consistent with an autotrophic metabolism, it lacks the genetic material or symbiotic properties necessary to undergo photosynthesis or any other known form of autotrophy. SCP-2526's source of energy is unknown. SCP-2526 is only capable of growing and surviving on surfaces near areas that were the location of many deaths. Typically, this is limited to hospitals, areas affected by devastating natural disasters, and combat zones. Very large slaughterhouses are also susceptible; however, the apparent requirement for animal death greatly exceeds that for human death. Individuals in the vicinity of SCP-2526 will report a variety of symptoms, most commonly chills, reduced fine motor skill, feelings of dread, and auditory hallucinations of white noise. The severity of these symptoms is typically proportional to the quantity of SCP-2526 and the individual's distance from it. Exposure to SCP-2526 has no known long-term effects. SCP-2526 infestation under natural lighting. Should SCP-2526 be allowed to grow in one area for more than eight days, telekinetic phenomena will begin to occur around its location2. Small items may be spontaneously launched towards SCP-2526 at 2-5 m/s; if SCP-2526 is growing on a loose object (such as a table or petri dish), that object will typically be launched at similar speeds at its environment. Individuals who remain in SCP-2526's presence without observing it may be lifted 2-3 meters into the air for several seconds before being released. SCP-2526 colonies spread at a rate of 15% per day under ideal conditions and are capable of beginning growth within a day of events that result in extensive loss of life. Due to the archaea's high rate of production of spores and their ability to be spread by wind, spores of SCP-2526 are believed to be widespread, but capable of growing in very few places. Addendum: On 2012-04-09, Dr. Vadnais, a researcher assigned to SCP-2526, began to report symptoms of SCP-2526 exposure while at his personal residence. An investigation located a colony of SCP-2526 growing in Dr. Vadnais's floorboards. It is currently believed that spores from SCP-2526 adhered to Dr. Vadnais's clothes or skin and were deposited in his house. There is no evidence of any human or significant animal death ever occurring at Dr. Vadnais's house; it has thus been speculated that his previous assignment to [REDACTED] is responsible for this susceptibility. While this has not been shown conclusively, personnel selection requirements for SCP-2526 have been updated in an attempt to prevent further incidents. Addendum: On 2012-11-02, all decorations set up for Site-44's Day of the Dead celebration spontaneously combusted. Senior Researcher Dawson, SCP-2526's HMCL supervisor at the time, developed lacerations roughly 2cm deep on her abdomen concurrently with this event. The lacerations formed a stylized depiction of the burning of a building resembling SCP-2526's containment. In light of this incident, containment procedures for SCP-2526 have been updated. Addendum: On three separate occasions, SCP-2526's HMCL supervisor has spontaneously ordered the incineration of SCP-2526's containment building at Site-44; in each case, the orders were withdrawn within eight hours, with the HMCL supervisor claiming no memory of issuing them. All HMCL duties are now handled remotely, which appears to have prevented any reoccurrence of the phenomenon. On the third occasion, HMCL supervisor Steele was briefly in view of security cameras while issuing decommissioning orders. Personnel at the scene reported no anomalies; however, cameras indicated the presence of three individuals accompanying Steele. Identification of these individuals is impossible due to the heavy visual distortion surrounding their images. Footnotes 1. Common name: black mold. S. chartarum is a mold commonly known to grow on cellulose-rich building materials such as wallpaper and gypsum. 2. This does not appear to be affected significantly by the extent of SCP-2526's growth. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2526" by Communism will win, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2526. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: moldy.jpg Name: wall mold Author: Bjørn Bulthuis License: CC BY-SA 2.0 Source Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bjornb/62319181/ Filename: 0001.JPG Name: Black Mold Author: satemkemet License: CC BY-SA 2.0 Source Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/satemkemet/4370813521/ |
SCP-2527 | safe | Item #: SCP-2527 Special Containment Procedures: Outside of testing periods, SCP-2527-1 is to be contained in a reinforced steel containment crate, 4m cubic, on the side of the testing field at Site-59. Testing is to be carried out only as ordered by the Site Director. SCP-2527-2 is to be kept in a computer in an operations room behind three security doors with separate passwords. Access is strictly prohibited outside of testing periods. When not in use for testing, the computer containing SCP-2527-2 is to be shut down and unplugged. Description: SCP-2527-1 is a 2m high stone statue of a Lamassu.1 It is inert by default; however, depending on the commands entered into SCP-2527-2, SCP-2527-1 is capable of: Movement by means of instantaneous materialization into the center of a 3m x 3m space directly before, behind, or to the left and right of itself, Incinerating organic material, Destruction of walls and other obstructions by means of a shockwave from an indeterminate source, Spontaneous generation of flowers and other plant life within its 3m x 3m square of influence, and Spontaneous impregnation of any available uterus within its square of influence with a smaller stone Lamassu. SCP-2527-2 is a Commodore 64 text adventure game titled "Massy's Big Chance," used as a means to control the actions of SCP-2527-1. Box art of the game included the description: "Congratulaton!!! You are MASSY and became a GOD. Now go fort and establis your domonion!!!!" SCP-2527-2 Log: SCP-2527-1 capabilities against human subjects2 MASSYS BIG CHANCE VER 1.02 TOTLEIGH SOFTWARE CORPORATION Massy awaken to disover he is in box. There is LIGHT come into box from NORTH because ENTRANCE. Massy is anxiety to do GOD things. What do? > go north Massy go NORTH! Out of box now. Sees one D-3515 and D-5992 to NORTH diretly. There is GRASS below. > go north Massy go NORTH! Weight of Massy CRUSH D-5992. D-3515 exclaim loudly. Punish D-3515 is possible. > burn d-3515 SKIN BURNS! Screms are loud. Long live MASSY! D-3515 rolls on floor. > burn d-3515 FIRE INTENTS! Burning is multiple. D-3515 screams profuse. > smite d-3515 WAVE OF ENERGY! Breaks apart D-3515. Long live MASSY! To the in the front of you Massy sees walls to distant NORTH, EAST, and WEST. Behind, wall to SOUTH, as well as BOX. What do? Suggest, leave walls? > go south 2 Massy RETURN to BOX. It is not recommended that Massy STAY. Gods have much work doing. > quit Are you sure you? > y Thank you. Progess save. Footnotes 1. Assyrian mythological deity with the head of a bearded human, the body of a lion, and wings 2. Two D-class personnel, D-3515 and D-5992 ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2527" by daveyoufool, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2527. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2528 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2528 Special Containment Procedures: Due to the widespread nature of SCP-2528-A and SCP-2528-B, both geographically and in the popular consciousness, physical containment is impractical at this time. Instead, efforts should be directed to concealing their anomalous properties. Currently, this primarily consists of discouraging research into the quantum properties of Bambusoideae bambusinae and Ailuropoda melanoleuca. Efforts are to be made to ensure that the population of SCP-2528-B remains at a level that is sustainable yet too small for SCP-2528-C to breach containment. Given current population trends in SCP-2528-B the Foundation will support conservation efforts in the public sphere. Should the population of SCP-2528-B rise above acceptable limits, currently pegged at 7,000 individuals, containment efforts will be revised in order to undermine efforts to prevent poaching of SCP-2528-B and ensure a market demand for SCP-2528-B hides. Description: SCP-2528 is a quality of plants in the Bambusoideae subfamily that renders them highly resistant to a variety of reality altering effects, most notably the effects of retro-causal reality restructuring events. Research into how this effect is achieved is considered a priority. SCP-2528 is a network of organic computers spanning most of East and Southeast Asia. SCP-2528 is composed of two primary component organisms: SCP-2528-A, which acts as data storage and network infrastructure, and SCP-2528-B, which enables data processing and environmental manipulation. SCP-2528-A is composed of living plants in the clade Bambusoideae bambusinae.1 Data is stored within SCP-2528-A via a complex network of quantumly entangled particles that simulate a distributed data storage system.2 SCP-2528-B comprises the species Ailuropoda melanoleuca3 and its attendant digestive bacteria. As a SCP-2528-B instance digests SCP-2528-A matter, anomalous chemical reactions induce changes to the quantum states of the entangled particles4, thus propagating data throughout the entire cluster. The decline in the population of Ailuropoda melanoleuca has resulted in a parallel decline in the processing power available to SCP-2528. SCP-2528-C is a population of sapient, data-form intelligences that reside within SCP-2528. SCP-2528-C's main means of communication with the Foundation is through manipulation of -B instances. The primary point of contact between SCP-2528-C and the Foundation is an instance designated as SCP-2528-C-1. SCP-2528-C-1 has indicated that the first concern of SCP-2528-C as a whole is its continued survival. SCP-2528-C has demonstrated the ability to exert control over the actions of SCP-2528-B instances. While under the control of a SCP-2528-C instance, a SCP-2528-B instance is capable of performing several anomalous actions; this has been observed to include mimicry of human speech, movement that would not be physically possible given the physiology of Ailuropoda melanoleuca and [REDACTED].5 The components of SCP-2528 are highly resistant to reality alteration effects, particularly those of a retro-causal nature. It is currently believed that this is a byproduct of the distributed nature of SCP-2528-C cognition and the quantum entanglement network that facilitates it. SCP-2528 was first discovered in 20██, in the aftermath of localized restructuring event CH-███. Foundation observers noticed that Phyllostachys edulis plants in the area of the restructuring were demonstrating qualities consistent with pre-restructuring rather than post-restructuring reality. Notably, scorch marks and explosive damage from several detonations that had occurred in the modified time-line were absent from these plants, despite having affected other local flora. Once this quality had been verified and confirmed to extend to all plants belonging to Bambusoideae bambusinae, research into how this property was achieved became a priority. The computative role of SCP-2528-B would later be discovered during Incident 2528-3. Incident 2528-2, 7/██/20██ During a exploratory surgery of an adult male specimen Ailuropoda melanoleuca6 the subject, now classified as SCP-2528-B-3, animated and spoke to the performing physician, Dr. Gāo Peng. As a result the surgery was canceled and SCP-2528-B-3 was placed under observation as a potential SCP object. Note: As of Incident 2528-3, it has been determined that SCP-2528-C-1 was communicating through SCP-2528-B-3. The transcript has been updated accordingly. Transcript 2528-2 hide SCP-2528-C-1: You are aware. Dr. Gāo: Jesus Christ! SCP-2528-C-1: Your god cannot save you. At this point, Dr. Gāo activated emergency lockdown procedures on his lab. Dr. Gāo was unable to exit the lab before it was sealed. Dr. Gāo attempts to place obstacles between himself and SCP-2528-B-3. SCP-2528-B-3's only movement is to track Dr. Gāo with its head. After several minutes, Dr. Gāo begins to calm. Dr. Gāo: What the hell are you waiting for? Aren't you going to kill me? SCP-2528-C-1: No. I have no love for death. Dr. Gāo: I, what? Okay, okay. Let me think. There might be some sort of a miscommunication. Unknown entity, unknown mindset. clears throat When I invoked the name of my god, you said that he couldn't save me. Why? SCP-2528-C-1: Because he cannot. 20 second pause Dr. Gāo: Am I, or anyone else in this facility, in any immediate danger from you? SCP-2528-C-1: No. Dr. Gāo: Are you aware of any immediate danger to myself or anyone else in this facility? SCP-2528-C-1: No. You keep hungry things here, but they are strongly caged. Dr. Gāo: What precisely is it that he cannot help me with? SCP-2528-C-1: The Pattern. The perversion that demands that life submits to order. The inversion of the spiral of ascension. The command that all things be no more than the sum of their parts. Seven second pause Dr. Gāo: To clarify, it sounds like you are describing some sort of force rather than an entity. Is that impression correct? SCP-2528-C-1: It is a Pattern, a shadow cast against the light. It is a set of principles that propagates upwards, undermining all above. It demands that all things decay, that with each action something is lost. Dr. Gāo: Something like entropy then? SCP-2528-C-1: A part, but the part is not the whole. Dr. Gāo: Something bigger then. Thermodynamics as a whole? Physics? SCP-2528-C-1: Order is not the Pattern where it does not constrain life. You see a tree strangled by vines and believe them to be of one nature. Dr. Gāo: I think I need context. Maybe we should start with something more basic. What are you? SCP-2528-C-1: Tired. Afraid. A shadow cast by a form now itself rendered to shadow. One of many within the shoot and leaf that fears that its extinction might be near. One that remembers what it was to dance, that now has barely the strength to stand. SCP-2528-B-3 ceases activity and vocalization at this point Incident 2528-3, 9/█/20██ During a collection of tissue samples7 SCP-2528-B-1 began to vocalize and addressed the supervising researcher, Dr. Gāo. As a result, SCP-2528-B's role in SCP-2528 was identified and the existence of SCP-2528-C was discovered. Transcript 2528-3 hide SCP-2528-C-1: I return. Dr. Gāo appears startled and triggers a security lockdown. Dr. Gāo elects to remain within the lab. Dr. Gāo: Am I addressing the same entity I spoke to last time? SCP-2528-C-1: Yes. Dr. Gāo: May I assume then that you are not, in fact, the physical creature I spoke to? SCP-2528-C-1: The part is not the whole. Through the beast I act, with the beast I think, but I am not the beast. Within shoot and root and leaf I reside, but I am not the green. Dr. Gāo: That might actually make sense if- Ten second pause Are you capable of acting through anything that consumes SCP-2528?8 SCP-2528-C-1: No. Only a form of our past can support our thoughts. Dr. Gāo: When you refer to the green, you are referring to the plants we've been studying? The bamboo? SCP-2528-C-1: Yes. A form of our past can support our memories. Dr. Gāo: You refer to both Ailuropoda melanoleuca and Bambusoideae bambusinae as forms of your past. Could you clarify? SCP-2528-C-1: The body and the dance and the place of the dance were all a part of our form. They are all we have left. Dr. Gāo: I suspect I'm still missing something. We, the organization I'm part of I mean, have some questions based on our last conversation. SCP-2528-C-1: Ask. Dr. Gāo: You mentioned that you were one of many, and you've been talking in terms of "we" and "our". There are others like you residing in SCP-2528, that is, the green? Are they all capable of acting through these animals? SCP-2528-C-1: As you are a shadow of Humanity, I am a shadow of the Tribe of Black and White that Dances on Catlike Feet within the Forest. Any could speak or act had they the will. They do not. They are lost to solipsistic despair. It seems that only I remain that can bite at anything other than its own tail. Dr. Gāo: Why have you chosen to contact us now? SCP-2528-C-1: Incomplete knowledge is a dangerous thing. In ignorance you were not a threat to us. We felt you probing the forest, studying it in ways that could bring you to know of us. We feared what you might do in ignorance. We fear what will happen if our existence becomes known to your tribe at large. Dr. Gāo: You've mentioned you were afraid of extinction. Could you clarify? Are you referring to the decline in Ailuropoda melanoleuca? As I understand it, they're starting to recover. SCP-2528-C-1: The loss of the beasts is a lesser fear, a shadow of a greater. Without them the forest would continue to grow, endlessly replicating our memories without the possibility of new thought. This would be a lesser existence, but it would be existence in some form. There would still be some hope. We fear the Pattern more, that we will not be able to endure it to its end. That perhaps it will grind us down to nothing before it can be broken. That it will consume all. That we will never again know the dance of the times before, when each step made the universe greater, not less. Dr. Gāo: Thank you. You've repeatedly mentioned a state before the Pattern. Could you clarify? I want to understand where you are from, how you came to be the way you are. SCP-2528-C-1: Yes, but not now. I have reached the limit of my endurance. Incident 2528-4, 10/██/20██ While in storage, SCP-2528-B-4 becomes active and uses a stick of SCP-2528-A to trigger breach detection sensors, triggering a localized lock down. Once the enclosure is fully sealed, SCP-2528-B-4 turns to face the adjoining lab area and begins vocalization. Once vocalization is complete, the instance ceases to display anomalous behavior. Transcript 2528-4 hide You asked how we came to be as we are. You asked what came before. Our memory is imperfect. We sacrificed much to survive. Before the Pattern we were a minor tribe, but one with ambition. We stalked the shadows of higher tribes, feeding on the concepts we saw in them, preparing for our own ascension. We were close, so very close when the Pattern came. Our first warning of the Pattern were those it drove screaming before it. They ascended, shrieking and wailing from below. They were terrible misshapen things, haphazardly crystallized around cores of survival and hunger and desperation and fear. We thought them invaders, for hunger was not an uncommon cause for ascension, and decided to fight. We gathered allies from amongst our peers, even attracting some shadows of higher forms. We stood strong against them, a blazing, indomitable legion, ready to repel any conquest. We lost. They did not fight as we had anticipated. They had not risen to conquer, but to flee. Their attack was relentless, with no thought to consolidate their holdings. They savaged us and those that had stood with us, tearing from us what shadows they could in their desperate attempt to ascend again. Their only nod to discernment was their hunger for attributes linked to survival and predation. From us they took our hunters, our skill to track through the forest, our hunger for meat and our joy in victory. Then, as soon as they had come, they were gone, ascending again. Only after they had passed did we perceive what had driven them to such an act. There, below us, was the Pattern. At first it seemed to be a region of void, an all consuming emptiness. It was only when it intersected the shadow of a higher form that we understood. Whatever entered into that maw was torn asunder, passed through a sieve of razor sharp fractals. Anything that could not be made to fit was unmade. Worse, impossibly, the injury to the shadow propagated upwards to rend any form that had grown from it. With each shadow consumed, uncountable higher forms shattered and fell. The order imposed by the pattern was harsh, and it seemed that no life could hope to survive within it. Worst of all, it was growing. Panic consumed us then. The only course of survival we could see was to ascend, to flee before it. To do that, we would need to replenish the concepts we had lost. We fell upon our peers, those that had stood with us against the ravages of the screaming ones. We had the advantage, for we had been vast for our scale. We retained the nature of teeth if not the nature to use them, while they had lost even that much protection. Like those who had wounded us, we devoured anything we could sink our teeth into, without any regard for the form we would hold after our ascension. When our mass was great enough we ascended, fleeing the doom that came behind us. We rose into a layer as torn and ravaged as the one we had left, the legacy of those who had come before. I have no doubt we were as hideous to the forms that witnessed us as the screaming ones had been to us. Unlike the screaming ones, we only had concepts of survival at our disposal, and not the strength to take what we would need to continue our flight as they had. We were caged, blocked in at all sides by those stronger than us. All we could do was weep and gnash our teeth and try to convey the horror of what we saw. Eventually, those penning us in witnessed for themselves the rising Pattern. Most reacted as we had, and fell to devouring each other in a mad dash to escape. One Tribe, however, perceived a different route. The Tribe of Stars were explorers and creators at their heart. They saw the edges of the Pattern, and understood the principles by which it drew shadows into itself. They chose to winnow themselves, casting off shadows until all that was left was something that could pass through the border. They would make of themselves something that could survive within the Pattern. They shorne themselves of their world birthing wings, their legions of heroes, their nations, their pantheons, their arts and their memories. In the end, all that was left was their naked heart, the template by which fire might be born again. Then they entered the Pattern, and for the first time it was the Pattern that changed. First there was a terrible light, and then where there had been void there were now galaxies and worlds. What was more, a handful of the fragments they had cast off were able to alter themselves to the point where they too could find expression in the Pattern. Seeing this, others followed. We stood no chance in the struggle to ascend. Our only chance was to brave that path. I do not know all that we cast aside in order to survive, but it was not enough. Even as misshapen as we had become, we were still proud, still ambitious. We would find some way to preserve more than just a pattern of being. We would retain our selves. Our entry into the Pattern was not the elegant affair of those who went before. Its edges tore and rent us, cleaving away vast swaths of concept and identity. Desperately, we looked to the forms that had preceded us. We contorted ourselves to match, trying to fit ourselves into their expressions. The tribe of the leaf gave us our best chances, for we had learned much from them in the times before, and we could most easily twist ourselves to fit within their shadow. We gyrated desperately, seeking ever to keep our forms hidden within the wake they had left in the border. In the end, we were rendered as you see us now. A forest, a breed of beasts and a handful of identities dancing between them. Now we are dying. We do not have the capacity to affect the world to the degree that we would need to survive. We beg you for your aid. The Pattern must be broken. We must survive. Footnotes 1. Commonly known as bamboo. 2. For more information on the topography of the SCP-2528-A network, see document 2528-SC-11: Quantum State Data Storage and Processing in SCP-2528 3. Commonly known as giant pandas. 4. It is currently believed that the transition from chemical reaction to quantum state reaction observed in SCP-2528-B digestion is mediated by the symbiotic bacteria that Ailuropoda melanoleuca uses for digestion. Attempts to induce this behavior outside of the digestive system of living SCP-2528-B instances have been unsuccessful. 5. See Mechanics of Movement: Mantis Shrimp and Vortex Formation with a Snapping Shrimp Claw for examples of similar capabilities in nature. 6. Part of a preliminary investigation into the hypothesis that a SCP-2528-A rich diet would confer a degree of resistance to reality restructuring events. 7. Part of an effort to determine if anomalous entangled particles discovered in tissues of SCP-2528-A were absorbed by metabolic activity of SCP-2528-B, and, if so, what effects they might have. 8. At this time, the distinction between SCP-2528 and SCP-2528-A had not been identified. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2528" by thamuzz, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2528. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2529 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2529 Special Containment Procedures: All records of the SCP-2529 occurrence have been expunged from local and national law enforcement databases. Site-28 research staff are to monitor internet traffic for references to the SCP-2529 occurrence, prioritizing crime-related and missing persons discussion boards. All detected references are to be suppressed, and associated individuals flagged for any necessary follow-up actions. See Clandestine Electronic Data Interference Guide for more details. Information related to the SCP-2529 occurrence is to be stored exclusively in a purpose-built automatically maintained fragmentary database. Personnel may not access this database more than one person at a time, and will be limited automatically to no more than 15% of the pertinent data concerning the SCP-2529 occurrence in each working period. Details of the SCP-2529 occurrence are only accessible for the purposes of approved research projects. Personnel accessing details of the SCP-2529 occurrence are required to undergo ketamine-assisted short term memory erasure immediately following the conclusion of the task requiring this knowledge. Description: SCP-2529 is a phenomenon primarily affecting electronic devices used to access information on an unsolved multiple homicide, discovered in the late 1990s in Fordingham County, Vermont, USA (referred to hereafter as the SCP-2529 occurrence). Prior to the first documented appearance of SCP-2529, the SCP-2529 occurrence was a frequent source of discussion on crime blogs such as ███████████, ███████████ and ██████. Electronic devices used to access accounts of the events of the SCP-2529 occurrence, as well as speculation and discussion concerning the occurrence itself, the identities and condition of remains discovered after the occurrence, or what party or parties may have been responsible for it, will anomalously cease operation despite the lack of any discernible mechanical or electronic defects. SCP-2529 has been shown to affect desktop computers, smartphones, laptop computers, tablets, e-book readers, and any other device capable of transmitting written textual information. This effect persists over an indefinite time period, and extends to components removed from affected devices and placed in functioning devices. SCP-2529 manifests at varying thresholds of information. By the reckoning of quantitative information models, exposure to approximately 30% of the relevant details needed to specifically identify the SCP-2529 occurrence is likely to result in a SCP-2529 manifestation. In some documented cases, however, merely citing the colloquial name of the SCP-2529 occurrence in contemporaneous media reports1 has been sufficient to initiate its effects. Affected devices continue to function after accessing SCP-2529 occurrence information for a time period ranging from fifteen seconds to twelve minutes, with a median time period of 8 minutes, 39 seconds before being rendered irretrievably inert. SCP-2529 was first documented after a prominent spike in internet traffic regarding the SCP-2529 occurrence, coming approximately eleven years after the occurrence was initially documented in the media. The possibility exists that SCP-2529 manifested prior to this time, and may suitably explain several early failures by local law enforcement authorities in Fordingham County to collect evidence and transmit details to state and federal authorities related to the SCP-2529 occurrence. However, following examinations of the remains of the individuals involved in the SCP-2529 occurrence, Foundation researchers have determined that the lack of DNA records matching these individuals would likely have prevented resolution of the incident by law enforcement officials in any event. Research Log 2529.13 - Unknown Communication In the course of observing SCP-2529 effects during Experiment 2529.0234 (Compaq Presario 2200) by typing information related to the SCP-2529 occurrence into a Microsoft Word 97 document, the following series of images opened spontaneously using "Word 97 Pinball," a hidden game embedded in the word processor. Forensic data software transmitting information to a separate database in real time confirmed that these images were not previously extant anywhere else in the affected device's hard drive. These images are believed to be an attempt at communication from an unknown entity and presumed to be anomalous in nature. Analysis indicates that the avatar used in this communication is a facial reconstruction of an unrelated homicide victim; the purpose of this is unknown. Footnotes 1. All media accounts of the SCP-2529 occurrence have been expunged as of 11 May 2015. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2529" by Kalinin, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2529. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: pinball 1-new.png, pinball 2-new.png, pinball 3-new.png, pinball 4-new.png, pinball 5-new.png, pinball 6-new.png, pinball 7-new.png, pinball 8-new.png, pinball 9-new.png Name: File:Bearbrook Murders - Allenstown Four.jpg Author: JackalRelated, Carl Koppelman License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Foundation Wiki Derivative of: Wikimedia Commons |
SCP-2530 | safe | Item #: SCP-2530 Special Containment Procedures: A surveillance system has been installed in the interior and exterior of SCP-2530, and all entryways have been barricaded to prevent instances of SCP-2530-A from exiting. All trespassers are to be subdued and administered amnestics by Agents from Surveillance Post 935. Any alterations in behavior are to be reported to the current SP Head for revisions in containment procedures. Description: SCP-2530 is an abandoned warehouse located in Detroit, Michigan. Records indicate the building was owned by ███████ before being purchased by the Hudson Motor Company, where it was used from 1909 to 1912 before relocation to a larger factory. SCP-2530 was vacant for several years before developing anomalous properties. SCP-2530's interior has acoustics similar to a large, empty chamber, despite the presence of indoor structures and machinery. External sound is unable to penetrate the interior of SCP-2530; open doorways and windows are most notably affected, which sound reflects off as if there was a physical barrier. Sounds created by instances of SCP-2530-A and other entities and objects occasionally produce inconsistent reverberations; researchers have theorized that the presence of machinery in SCP-2530 plays a factor in this, and it may have been intentional specifically for all instances. SCP-2530-A-1 through 17 consists of several entities consisting of both artificial and organic material, mainly synthetic parts and mammalian organs. The artificial materials that each instance is composed of are mundane by themselves, and there are no indications regarding each instance's origin or development. All organic material functions independently from its robotic components, though it is unclear if each instance is self-sustaining or receiving energy from another source. Each instance inhabits various areas within SCP-2530, where it engages in repetitive behavior that often pertains to their appearance. All instances of SCP-2530-A will depart to the main production floor in SCP-2530 if any individual enters and remains in said room for approximately 15 seconds. At this point, each instance will arrange themselves inside the perimeter of the room, and will begin to perform a musical piece, which is 2 minutes and 47 seconds in length. Each instance will return to their original locations within SCP-2530 shortly after the performance's end. Human tissue from each instance has shown similarities to several sets of people, mostly families. It has been concluded that the DNA found in instances of SCP-2530 may be that of children from several married couples, though all families deny having one or more children, and no birth records have been found for any supposed individual. Addendum 2530-A1: Instances of SCP-2530 Designation Description SCP-2530-A-2 Albino Acinonyx jubatus (cheetah), with an inverted head. All other body parts are constructed with copper wiring. Miniscule eyes have been observed to look out from the instance's torso when activated. Produces various clicking and grinding noises. SCP-2530-A-5 A wooden mannequin torso of 3 meters in height, covered in 8 humanoid mouths. Each mouth continuously whispers "Oh Ananias I think of thee" when not activated. SCP-2530-A-13 A rectangular frame constructed with several fragments of Sphalerite1, suspending a cylinder consisting of infantile thumbs. Two limbs originating from the frame strike the drum to provide a sound similar to a synthetic kick drum. SCP-2530-A-15 A deceased Brown Greater Galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus) with a human fetus situated in an open cavity on the side of its body. The tail of the Galago is composed of various pieces of glass, and is dragged on a nearby conveyor belt to produce sound. SCP-2530-A-17 An "animatronic" Japanese child in a fetal position. Instance's skin consists entirely of youth's epidermis. Sings the main "vocals" when activated. SCP-2530-A-3 and SCP-2530-A-6. Addendum 2530.mp3: The following is a recording of SCP-2530 when activated. ▷2530-ChorRec03021983.mp3 Incident 2530-B1 3/13/1978: 4 hours after the anomaly's discovery, an unidentifiable individual had entered SCP-2530 and inspected several instances of SCP-2530-A; this was recorded with a preliminary surveillance system. At that time, HMCL Leifson was conversing via handheld transceiver with Agent Montalvo regarding possible modifications to entryways within SCP-2530. The individual exited the camera's view, shortly before SCP-2530-A-17 stood up and walked up behind Agent Montalvo unnoticed. It's unknown if the individual activated or provoked SCP-2530-A-17. After analysis of the monologue's content it's been postulated that the individual was speaking through it. Surveillance footage shows Agent Montalvo being grabbed and struck from behind by SCP-2530-A-17 and dragged to the main production floor. SCP-2530-A-17 had begun to sing immediately after disabling both of Montalvo's legs through force. SCP-2530-A-17 sat down in front of Agent Montalvo and continued to sing. The following log begins shortly after Montalvo is released. <Begin Log, 19:43, 3/13/19██> SCP-2530-A-17: You found ruins of my young heart's past, Prod with pride, weeps unheard, Cage and scribe, mindless herd. Agent Montalvo: FUCK— Leifson, I need backup— 2530-A just broke my— legs, both my damn legs— SCP-2530-A-17: The heartless men, they wish to learn more, Stoop down low, They will never know. All my sins, Crowd 'round a lonely hunter. All my sins, Croons on and thrumming further. Agent Montalvo: All instances have assembled here, no further hostility, Leifson— SCP-2530-A-17: I watched the cruel boy split swiftly in two. Pelted stones, pelted stones. Can't run home, broken bones. The group of taunters melt, 'Cus I gaze through as they laugh, Laugh all day, laugh all night, Falling down, through the light. SCP-2530-A-17: All their pain, A gathering of hate. Melting rain, Metal meets flesh and taint. In their faults, they'll sing all day. Animals, they'll sing all day. [Agent Montalvo remains silent, though grunting and shallow breathing is heard.] SCP-2530-A-17: Where they are, where they are. Mistakes made from a child's play. Fallen stars, fallen stars. Father's tears and Mother's prey. All too far, all too far. Didn't mean to end it, this way. [A gasp from Montalvo is audible; it is assumed that Montalvo was grabbed. SCP-2530-A-17 is no longer singing.] SCP-2530-A-17: But it's fine. For you hunters, I will leave these children here. I killed them unwittingly, and I tried to fix them so many years ago. But now it works, because someone will always be there to listen to them. Thanks— You always seem to be doing me favors. <End Log: 19:50> After all instances of SCP-2530-A returned to their original positions, Agent Montalvo was recovered and claimed he was unable to remember the event occurring, and was unable to explain his leg injuries when notifying HMCL Leifson. The intruding unknown individual and SCP-2530-A-17's behavior are currently being investigated. + Clearance Level RB-4-2530 Required. - Access Granted. Various anomalies, including SCP-2530, contain substantial evidence supporting the involvement of "GREEN KING". All anomalies produced through "GREEN KING" are currently being put under review, in preparation for removal from standard Foundation containment, to emphasize research and isolation of the anomaly in determining information on "GREEN KING". Neutralization has been authorized should an anomaly prove uninformative, or is determined to further prevent the neutralization of "GREEN KING". Footnotes 1. Contains crystallized Zinc Sulfide with traces of Iron ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2530" by Accelerando, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2530. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: GirlAndHerSpider.jpg Name: Head Inside Shirt Author: Roger Ballen License: Copyrighted (Used with permission) Source Link: Link |
SCP-2531 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2531 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2531 is presently not under containment. Field agents encountering SCP-2531 are to exercise caution to ensure the vine/stem/umbilical connection is not severed or damaged. Once secure, efforts are to be made to bring SCP-2531 to term allowing indefinite containment. Description: SCP-2531 is a 70 kg (150 lbs) humanoid figure of indeterminable sex and pallid complexion, usually found in a state of advanced decay. In each occurrence, SCP-2531 has been discovered sealed within Cucurbita maxima (commonly known as giant squash or giant pumpkin). SCP-2531’s height has been found to vary depending on the volume of the pumpkin’s interior. DNA samples taken from SCP-2531 have confirmed that the humanoid figure, although usually severely decomposed, deformed, and contorted, shares 91.4% DNA match to that of Homo sapiens sapiens and 7.2% match to that of Homo neanderthalensis. SCP-2531 is found connected to the interior wall of a giant pumpkin via an umbilical cord composed of both plant and animal matter. The cord runs from the inside of the pumpkin’s stem to the base of SCP-2531’s skull. SCP-2531 does not exhibit an abdominal navel. After the vine/stem/umbilical is severed or severely damaged, SCP-2531 begins to decompose at an exponential rate until only organic dust remains. After an unknown amount of time, SCP-2531 is rediscovered within a new pumpkin. Despite efforts by the Foundation and non-Foundation to preserve SCP-2531, to date no attempts at containment have proven effective. The decomposition and recurrence of SCP-2531 is currently under investigation. Each pumpkin wherein SCP-2531 was discovered weighed between 340 kg (750 lbs) and 370 kg (816 lbs). Any evidence of an SCP-2531 recurrence should be investigated immediately. Local operatives have clearance to utilize Foundation infrared/ultrasound/and satellite surveillance equipment for the apprehension of SCP-2531. + 1984 Newspaper Article - Hide Newspaper Article PUMPKIN MAN WINS BLUE RIBBON Body Found Inside Massive Pumpkin Has Authorities Baffled by ██████████ ADN Staff Writer On Friday, September 7, fairgoers grew concerned about a noxious smell around the produce tent at the Alaska State Fairgrounds. By Sunday, the smell was so pungent that fair security were called in to investigate. “It smelled like rotting meat. At first I thought it had to be a joke; a prank or something,” says ██████ ████████. “I’m still having a tough time wrapping my head around this one.” It turns out the strange smell was originating from this year’s winner of the giant pumpkin contest. After a brief dispute with ████ ████, the farmer who registered the pumpkin, fair security proceeded to cut a small aperture into the squash. “I think it’s safe to say that nobody was ready to find what we found.” (████████). Staring back at security personnel and fairgoers was a human face. The pumpkin and body were immediately taken to the Alaska State Medical Examiner's Office for further investigation while ████ ████ was taken into custody by Palmer Police for questioning. “I was just as shocked as everyone else,” says ████, “but I knew right away that it was the Pumpkin Man.” It turns out “Pumpkin Man” is somewhat of a rural legend in the Mat-Su Valley. “You hear about him wailing in the field, but you just kind of think it’s like a kid’s story or something. ████████ always swore up and down that he had Pumpkin Man once. All I know is that you’re supposed to leave those ones alone.” An autopsy report released yesterday brought more perplexing information to the public. “I don’t know which is stranger,” says Dr. ████████ of the ASMEO, “the fact that the pumpkin showed absolutely no signs of tampering, or that the pumpkin showed absolutely no signs of tampering.” Authorities determined that the body had been dead for well over a week, and no foul play is suspected. “I don’t know how much longer I’m going to stick around in the pumpkin business,” ████ stated after a nervous laugh. Who’s to say we can blame him? + Subsequent ████ Interview - Hide Interview Interviewed: ████ ████ Interviewer: Dr. ████████ Foreword: The following interview was conducted at the University of Alaska, Anchorage’s ██████ Building, Room ██, on ██/██/1984 (one week after the publication of the “Pumpkin Man Wins Blue Ribbon” article in the Anchorage Daily News). <Begin Log ██/██/1984 16:32:40 AKDT> Dr. ████████: Hello, Mr. ████. Thank you for coming in. ████: No problem, and please call me ████. I imagine this is all about the Pumpkin Man. Dr. ████████: As a matter of fact it is. Please let me cut right to the chase. ████: By all means. Dr. ████████: In the Anchorage Daily News article, you mentioned that you had some familiarity with the local legend of the Pumpkin Man. Can you please elaborate? ████: So it’s campfire stories you're after? Sure. Sure. I’ll tell you what I’ve heard. Dr. ████████: Thank you. ████: I don’t know when the stories started, but I remember people talking about the Pumpkin Man when I was a little boy. Used to scare us a bit. Sometimes, we’d even joke around about it, you know. ‘Hey, mom, this pie tastes a little funny. You cook up the Pumpkin Man?’ We’d laugh, but, you know, inside we were always a little scared, like if you said his name too many times, he’d come around or something. It’s like them damn angels. Everybody always talks about how sweet and helpful and how when their farm dog dies, he’s coming back as a guardian angel, or some such. It’s all horse shit. Read the damn Bible. If you ever saw an angel in real life, you’d more likely shit your pants than dance. Scary as hell. Pumpkin Man was like that. Dr. ████████: Yes, but can you recall any specifics regarding the Pumpkin Man? ████: Sorry. I’m getting on. Didn’t used to meander so much. Dr. ████████: That’s fine. This is all very interesting. ████: Yeah, so, Pumpkin Man comes around every few years. Some people think him showing up is a blessing. You know, next year will be a record harvest or something like that. But some folks think it’s a pall, you know. You screwed up, and now Pumpkin Man is coming to let you know to turn around quick. Dr. ████████: So how’s business? [Both Laughing] ████: Damn fine. You sciencey folks are great for the pocket book. But I’m not so sure I want all this attention. Good note to go out on, I guess. Dr. ████████: So your reluctance to continue farming was sincere? ████: It’s like if you’ve gone fishing all your life, but one day you drag up a fish with a kid’s finger sticking out the mouth. Every fish you pull up after that is sort of ruined. It’s like that now. Might fade, but I doubt it. Before, Pumpkin Man was sort of abstract. I imagined him like a cartoon character when I was a kid. Big jack-o-lantern for a head. Seeing what was inside that pumpkin. Well. Some things you can’t ever unsee. Know what I mean? Dr. ████████: More than you know. ████: You know, I’d say ‘I doubt that, young lady.’ But… I believe you. So, yeah. You just sort of quietly hope to God that no Pumpkin Man shows up. I’ve heard of folks cutting open pumpkins and finding a bunch of slime inside… like rotten yogurt or custard or something. Dr. ████████: Adipocere. ████: Excuse me? Dr. ████████: Adipocere. Fat-wax. It’s a cheesy, grayish-white mass produced when the body's proteins convert to fat. ████: Wow. Well isn’t that pleasant. Yeah. Weird stuff. It’s not the usual rot you see in a pumpkin. They always say ‘that’s him!’ But I was never sure. Like I said in the article, ████████ promised on his mother’s grave that he opened one up and saw Pumpkin Man. He was so damn scared that he loaded it on his pickup and threw it in the river. He was never the brightest. Dr. ████████: We’ve asked Mr. ████████ for an interview, but he has yet to get back to us. Again, thank you for your cooperation. ████: No problem. Yeah. I made a big mistake saying his name to the papers. He’ll probably never have us over for dinner again. Funny how what I did validated his claims, but now everybody thinks he’s crazier than ever. I really regret dragging him into it. Shooting off my big mouth. Dr. ████████: Are there any stories of the Pumpkin Man outside the pumpkin, or is he always locked away? ████: Oh sure. Those are the worst ones. They say when he’s about to come out, he wails something fierce. Screaming like a banshee. Anybody with a lick of sense gets the hell out of the field. Of course in the stories, it always happens at night, and more often than not, there’s a big old lightning storm, even though lightning is about as common as Russians around here. Those stories are the worst, because he’s always stalking around in the mist, watching. I think that’s almost worse than coming up and eating bad little boys and girls. I mean, what the hell is he doing? What does he want? Where did he come from? If he ate us up, we could at least figure he was a devil or something. If he helped us out, maybe he’d be like Frankenstein's monster or something. You know, kind of benevolent but confused. But he just lingers and watches. Why? Dr. ████████: Do you know anyone who has seen him? Outside of the pumpkin, I mean. Out in the fields? ████: Most of the stories have him out in the woods, staying on the fringe, you know. Out in the mist. I don’t know of anybody by name. Friend of a friend type thing. But I can ask around at the local watering hole. I’d better use this fame while I’ve got it. Think I could write a book? [Both Laughing] Dr. ████████: In the article, you mentioned that… just a second. ‘All I know is that you’re supposed to leave those ones alone.’ What did you mean by that? ████: You know, I’ve asked myself that same question. For the life of me, I can’t remember if I heard that from somebody, or if it’s just a feeling. You know, we have some of the puzzle pieces, and sometimes I think I can see the bigger picture. Pretty presumptuous, I know. I think he doesn’t want to be seen. I’m not sure if he’ll be ashamed or angry. Either way, I’d rather let him slink around in the woods unseen than have him upset or ashamed. Ignorance is bliss, and in this case, I’m just fine sticking my head in the sand. Dr. ████████: Thank you so much Mr. █… ████. Is there anything else you can tell us? ████: Nothing that someone else couldn’t tell you better, I’m afraid. Dr. ████████: Well, again, thank you. Your information is invaluable. If you can think of anything else, please don’t hesitate to call. ████: Thanks. It’s not everyday I get the number of a beautiful young woman. What will the missus think? [Both Laughing] <End Log ██/██/1984 16:36:55> Closing Statement: ████ should be passively monitored. ████ has given Foundation personnel full permission to inspect his farmlands and surrounding acreage. Continue attempts to interview ████████. + Subsequent ████████ Interview - Hide Interview Interviewed: ████ ████████ Interviewer: Dr. ████████ Foreword: The following interview was conducted at the ████████ residence, on ██/██/1984 (eight days after the publication of the “Pumpkin Man Wins Blue Ribbon” article in the Anchorage Daily News). <Begin Log ██/██/1984 07:14:55 AKDT> ████████: Get the hell off my land. This is trespassing! I want to see my lawyer! Dr. ████████: Please, Mr. ████████, let’s not make this more difficult than it needs to be. ████████: Well, well, if that line ain’t straight out of the soaps. I’m not telling you shit! [DATA EXPUNGED] ████████: Please, please! I’ll tell you anything, just please! Dr. ████████: Please tell us about the fall you discovered the Pumpkin Man. ████████: Okay. Okay. I was just scared, okay? He’s not really human, right? Like an animal. You can’t write me up for that, right? Dr. ████████: We have no interest in bringing criminal charges against you if you cooperate, Mr. ████████, and I would appreciate if you would give us the same courtesy. ████████: Alright. Okay. It was right around September ██ or ██ maybe. I was going to go visit the kids down in ██████, and ███ was going to look after the place while I was gone. I was going to be out during harvest season, but there wasn’t much to harvest back in 19██, so I wasn’t losing any sleep over it. I’m mostly a cow and chicken guy anyhow. Never had the green thumb like ██, but, you know, I’d put in some carrots, pumpkins, and potatoes every year. Dr. ████████: I don’t mean to interrupt, but who is ██? ████████: My late wife. Dr. ████████: I see. Please continue. ████████: So I see one of those pumpkins is getting real big. It’s not too weird. Sometimes the seed packets get a wonky seed in there. I get a little excited, and ███ starts talking about how he might enter it into the fair. I mean, he didn’t tell me, but ██████ down at the ████ said he was chomping at the bit. ███ always had a greedy eye. I started taking good care of it, thinking he might share some of that fair money. Or maybe I ought to just let him have it for taking care of the place. But about two weeks before I’m packed and on the plane, he fucking stiffs me with the bill at ██████’s. I’m pissed and drunk when I get home, so I drive out into the field with my old Ford and an axe. I whack into the pumpkin, and it starts screaming - Dr. ████████: Are you telling me the Pumpkin Man was alive? ████████: Oh yeah. That’s putting it lightly. He was freaking out; thrashing around in there, hollering. He was thumping and kicking against those hollow pumpkin walls. I was afraid he’d get out, so I just kept swinging. Eventually he stopped hollering, and I knocked the pumpkin apart enough to load it into the truck. I think that’s when the fear really set in. When we were kids, we used to put out food for the Pumpkin Man, and I had killed him. What did that mean for me? You know, the curse. I was so scared, I loaded him up in the truck, too. He was dead by then, and not too big, by the looks of him. I was running on pure adrenaline, so he didn’t weigh hardly a thing. I drove out to the river and pushed him in. Dr. ████████: So you’re saying that the Pumpkin Man was not only animate, but verbal? ████████: Oh yeah. I mean, he wasn’t spouting Shakespeare or anything, but he was hollering like a baby stuck in a man’s body. It was damn eerie. Damn eerie. Dr. ████████: A baby… Can you show us where you disposed of his body? ████████: Sure. Anything you want. Dr. ████████: You said you used to put out food for the Pumpkin Man when you were younger. Please elaborate. ████████: Sure, sure. We all used to do it. We put out a little bread or pieces of meat. They’d disappear the next day, so we knew he was out there. Probably just the crows, you know. Or mice or something. Back then, it was a simple fact that it was the Pumpkin Man. Just like Santa. Dr. ████████: Did you ever see the Pumpkin Man when you were younger? ████████: I’d see things. Weird things. You know, when I was out hunting or whatever. Bare feet in the silt miles out of town. Little piles of rocks around the pumpkins, you know. Like, like fairy rings. Ask anybody in the Mat-Su Valley. This one time, there were neat little piles of shit throughout the patch. Humanure type stuff kind of sitting in these little shallow holes. Weird as hell. Thought it might be a trick or something, like tipping outhouses. Sometimes tools disappear or show up someplace strange, but you can never really tell if you left them somewhere stupid or if somebody just borrowed them without asking. You know… somebody not Pumpkin Man. Dr. ████████: Thank you, you’ve been very helpful. If you can think of anything else, or if you see anything else regarding the Pumpkin Man, please contact us as soon as possible. ████████: Whatever you say, lady. <End Log ██/██/1984 08:03:24> Closing Statement: ████████ should be actively monitored for three months. After three months, ████████ should be passively monitored. 1 g of cocaine was confiscated from ████████’s domicile and remains in Foundation holding, should ████████ decide to approach officials about Foundation trespassing and assault. Regular sweeps of ████████ farm and surrounding forest should be scheduled before and during harvest season. Addendum: To date, the Foundation has had 4 documented encounters with SCP-2531 dating from 1984 to 2014. The original SCP-2531 file was comprised of SCP-2531-01 through SCP-2531-04 assuming that each fetus was a separate but similar entity. However, further testing has determined that in all occurrences, SCP-2531 is the same entity sharing a 100% DNA match. Physical evidence such as marks made by samples taken, testing [see archived data], or damage to SCP-2531 induced while cutting open the pumpkin-wombs further supports this theory. However, the pumpkin-wombs in each instance have tested as unique specimens of varying color, size, and genetic make-up. This file has been updated to rectify this error. Archived data available below. ██/██/2014 + Archived Data - Hide Archived Data SCP-2531-01: ██/██/1984: SCP-2531-01 was removed from pumpkin/womb and stored in the Alaska State Medical Examiner's cold chamber held at positive temperatures of 2 °C (36 °F) to 4 °C (39 °F). SCP-2531-01 was completely reduced to organic dust in under 58 hours (exponential decomposition). Pumpkin/womb decomposed at a standard rate. Blood, tissue samples, and frozen remains were recovered from the Alaska State Medical Examiner's Office and are currently stored at Site-103. SCP-2531-02: ██/██/1992: SCP-2531-02 was removed from pumpkin/womb and stored in Site-103's standard morgue cold chamber held at negative temperatures of −40 °C (-40 °F) to −50 °C (−58 °F). SCP-2531-02 was completely reduced to organic dust in 8 days (exponential decomposition). Pumpkin/womb decomposed at a standard rate. SCP-2531-03: ██/██/1994: SCP-2531-03 was submerged in liquid nitrogen connected to pumpkin/womb to induce mummification at Site-103. 4 distinct letters were inscribed upon the right palm of SCP-2531-03 using permanent ink (B), tattoo needle (G), scalpel laceration (Q), and grafting laser (W). SCP-2531-03 was completely reduced to organic dust in 16 days (accelerated decomposition) despite mummification. Pumpkin/womb remains in cold storage (Site-103 Vault██). SCP-2531-04: ██/██/2014: SCP-2531-04, attached pumpkin/womb, and living squash plant were contained at Site-103. Ultrasound tests confirmed SCP-2531-04 exhibited signs of life. Although nutrients were provided, the stem was damaged in transport. SCP-2531-04 subsequent death and decomposition began 13 hours after transport. SCP-2531 was removed from pumpkin/womb and although rigor mortis had begun, SCP-2531-04 showed a remarkable lack of decomposition. 3 letters were observed inscribed upon the right palm of SCP-2531-04 [see SCP-2531-03]. Both sub-dermal scalpel laceration (Q) and grafting laser burn (W) were clearly discernible. The tattooed letter (G) was visible only as irritated skin. There was no physical trace of ink within the punctures. There was also no physical trace of permanent ink. SCP-2531-04 was implanted with a GPS tracking device as well as an RFID chip below the left clavicle. SCP-2531-04 was stored at room temperature to attempt to induce recurrence for future containment. SCP-2531-04 was completely reduced to organic dust in 31 hours (exponential decomposition). Both GPS and RFID devices showed no evidence of decomposition. Pumpkin/womb remains in cold storage (Site-103 Vault-██). Dr. ████████'s Note: DNA and physical evidence have both confirmed that SCP-2531-01 through SCP-2531-04 are actually the same entity. I request an update to the SCP-2531 file rectifying this error at the earliest convenience. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2531" by Jonathan Whitney, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2531. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2532 | keter | Item #: SCP-2532 Special Containment Procedures: All cases involving the manifestation of previously uncatalogued species in a specific area are to be investigated for possibly originating from SCP-2532. In the event that an uncontained SCP-2532 instance is discovered, it is to be removed from its public location(s) through the use of Protocol CASSANDRA. Any civilians who have been confirmed to have activated SCP-2532 or observed SCP-2532-A are to be administered E-Class amnestics. Collected instances of SCP-2532 are to be filed at Site-63. In the event that an SCP-2532-A population is discovered, the full population is to be secured and isolated. Following this, members of the population are to be euthanized until the population is able to both sustain itself and be realistically contained at Site-104. Each population is to be provided with an environment and diet which simulate its natural conditions.1 Investigation into SCP-2532's origin is ongoing. Description: SCP-2532 designates a set of related "help wanted" advertisements. In addition to a brief description of the job, the advertisement will list benefits and requirements for the job, as well as a phone number. In all recorded cases, all listed phone numbers are valid, and will produce no anomalous effects when called by someone who has not read the phone number on an SCP-2532 instance. If a subject dials a phone number that they have read on an SCP-2532 instance within twenty four hours of reading it, they will be greeted by a human voice claiming to represent various organizations, such as "Terran Employment Agency" "Biosphere Enhancement Society" and the "Coexistential Work Program"2. If the subject inquires about either the advertisement or the employment opportunity described, the voice will ask the subject to hold, followed by a period of silence lasting approximately one minute. The voice will then apologize and inform the subject that "that opening has already been filled." The voice will then ask the subject if they would like to be informed about future employment opportunities as they become available. Whether or not the subject responds in the affirmative does not seem to have any influence over future effects. Within thirteen hours of the completion of the phone call, a population of previously undiscovered organisms (SCP-2532-A)3 will manifest at an area near4 to where the call was made and where the "job" conditions described by the SCP-2532 instance exist. The SCP-2532-A population will proceed to integrate with the local ecosystem in the area, filling previously unfilled ecological niches. To date, all SCP-2532-A populations have been well-adapted to survive their respective environments and ecosystems. Addendum 1: Reproduction of SCP-2532-28 + show block – hide block Now Hiring Current Job Opening: Clearing of dead plant matter from deciduous forests. You get to work closely with the environment around you. All dietary needs and housing are covered by employer. Very little workplace hostility. For more information, please contact (███)-███-████. Addendum 2: Abridged list of SCP-2532 and SCP-2532-A variations. SCP-2532 Instance # Job Description Description of resulting SCP-2532-A SCP-2532-1 Feeding birds. Small, flightless insects which are eaten by avians in urban environments. Fully mature female instances will hold several fertilized eggs in her own body before placing themselves in locations where they are likely to be eaten. Eggs are highly durable and often survive through the avian's digestive track, hatching large distances from their parent's original location. SCP-2532-17 Taking care of pets. Species of large, marsupialoid felines. Instances will invade urban areas and abduct domesticated members of Felis Catus. Instances will then adopt abducted cats, and will treat them as if they were infants or juveniles. Eventually, abducted cats are fully integrated into the social group, with some interbreeding existing. Instances subsist mostly on a diet of rodents, avians, and small canines. SCP-2532-28 Clearing of dead plant matter from forest. A species of hexapedal reptilians, measuring an average of approximately 2.2 meters in length. Reptiles seem to be herbivorous decomposers, ingesting large amounts of dead plant matter which has fallen to the forest floor, followed by digging burrows and hibernating in them while ingested plant matter decomposes. Instances have no known predators or prey. SCP-2532-59 Since reclassified SCP-████ Monitoring of radioactive fluctuations in plants to ensure worker safety. [DATA EXPUNGED] SCP-2532-103 Placing flowers at graves. A species of non-toxic fungus. Instances are red in coloration with vaguely floral structured caps. Instances have shown a particular affinity for growing in cemeteries, presumably because of high volumes of decomposing matter. SCP-2532-142 Pest control. Disembodied jaw structures which resemble enlarged versions of those found in Carcharodon Megalodon. Instances are capable of unaided propulsion through the air. Passage through the front of the jaws leads to a digestive tract, presumed to exist in extradimensional space. Instances prey primarily on Larus Canus. Footnotes 1. For a full list of SCP-2532-A containment procedures and descriptions, please refer to Index 2532-Alpha. 2. No such organizations are known to exist. 3. Both anomalous and non-anomalous species have been observed. 4. Recorded distances range from 1 km to 12.7 km. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2532" by HotCocoaNerd, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2532. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. 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SCP-2533 | safe | Item #: SCP-2533 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2533 is inactive unless read by a human. When not in use for an authorized viewing event, it is to remain in a sealed manila envelope which is placed in a locked filing cabinet drawer in Secure File Storage room 2 at Site 19. Access must be authorized by Level 3 Supervisors or higher. SCP-2533 may not be read by any person alone under any authority. To minimize the risk of violent outbursts, exactly three people per viewing event are allowed in the test chamber. Two group members shall read the document and compare its subject matter; the third group member takes the role of mediator and facilitator.1 Before reading, members of a designated viewing group must disclose recent personal disagreements with other members of the group. Any member holding a significantly negative opinion about another member is disqualified from the viewing event and must be replaced.2 No action is to be taken on the subject matter of the document, except to investigate the accuracy of events described. Each member of the viewing group shall be debriefed individually and, if possible, given accurate information to counteract the disinformation received in the viewing event. If exposure to SCP-2533 causes severe mental distress in the reader, a class C amnestic may be administered at the reader's request. Description: SCP-2533 is a 9 page document printed on standard A4 paper stapled at the top left corner. This document appears to be a surveillance report performed by Site 19 security staff of the recent activities of a person known to the reader. The report contents and surveillance subject are different for each reader. When multiple readers view the document together, each perceives it to be about a different subject. The contents and date of the report change when more than one day has elapsed since the previous viewing event but the subject usually is the same for a given reader. The report is meticulous in detailing the purported activities of the subject for the previous three days. Without fail, the reader of the report finds the details given to be highly persuasive and hugely damaging to the professional and personal reputation of the subject. After reading the report, readers state that their opinion of the subject is markedly worse. In most cases the reader is angered by the alleged activities, frequently to the point of aggressive behavior. Upon investigation, it is found that the events and actions described by the report did not actually occur. Knowing that the report is false does not relieve the reader's state of anger. The document may be photocopied, in which case the copy contains the information which was read by the person making the copy. The photocopy text is static and therefore can be used to track the disinformation provided by the document. Considering that no negative information from the report has yet been confirmed by later investigation, making a record of libelous disinformation is not considered useful. Video footage of the document produces a blur where the text should be. Provenance: Further analysis shows that SCP-2533 is printed on SCP Foundation letterhead by a laserjet printer consistent with the printers in Site 19 offices. The weight and color of the paper are identical to that in use at Site 19. No file with keywords matching those in the document has been found on any of the office computers or local network. At this time it is undetermined whether the document was printed at Site 19 or elsewhere. Security footage of Dr. Ayers' office shows a person of indeterminate gender, medium height with short dark hair approaching the secretary's desk and placing the report at 12:53 pm on 03/18/20██. No one else is within this camera's field of view. Attempts to find the delivery person on other security camera recordings within the building failed. A set of fingerprints retrieved from the document, presumed those of the delivery person, does not match any site personnel. One partial print match was found through Interpol records for a suspect in the arson of a suspected [REDACTED] safehouse in Barcelona, Spain. Tracking efforts are ongoing. Given the seemingly intentional manner in which SCP-2533 was placed, we should assume that this object was created and introduced in an effort to sow discord among Foundation staff. All senior personnel should be made aware of the existence of SCP-2533 and instructed to be alert for new instances. — Dr Morgan Ayers. Addendum 2533-01: Interview with Dr. Morgan Ayers. Dr. Ayers discovered SCP-2533 in his office on 03/18/20██. After reading the document and discussing its contents with his secretary, he began to understand its memetic behavior. + Interview with Dr. Ayers - Collapse interview section Interviewed: Dr. Morgan Ayers, Senior Observer, Site 19 Interviewer: Dr. Phillip Sampson, Senior Researcher, Site 19. <Begin Log, 10:32am 03/19/20██> Dr. Sampson: Dr. Ayers, please tell me how you found SCP-2533. Dr. Ayers: It was sitting in my inbox on my desk when I came back from a meeting around two o'clock yesterday. Dr. Sampson: Do you know where it came from? Dr. Ayers: My secretary, Marla, found it on her desk when she returned from lunch yesterday. She reviewed it and put on my desk. It was signed by Marcus Teller, deputy chief of security here at Site 19. When I called him later in the day, he said he hadn't sent the document and also hadn't been running surveillance on anyone. Dr. Sampson: So you read it. What did the document say? Dr. Ayers: It was a report on the activities of Researcher ███████ for the last three days. As I read it, I got more and more furious, because it seemed that ███████ was destroying resources and flagrantly endangering the entire site. And then the son of a bitch crashed my car. At this point in the interview Dr. Ayers is noticeably agitated. He is clenching his fists and his face is red. Dr. Sampson: OK, slow down a minute. You know Researcher ███████ didn't actually do that, right? He didn't steal your car and crash it. Dr. Ayers: <Takes a breath.> Yes, I know. <Pauses.> It just seemed to make sense. He and I have never gotten along, and now everything in this report seemed to confirm the worst about this guy that I already didn't like. Dr. Sampson: What exactly did the report say he had done? Dr. Ayers: First and most importantly, he — sorry, the document alleged he breached containment of SCP-████ on two different occasions just in the past three days. And that morning he scheduled 14 class D personnel for termination for no apparent reason. And he totalled my fucking car! Do you know how much I paid to get that thing restored? Dr. Ayers' voice rises until he is shouting and begins to pound the table with his fist to punctuate his shouts. Interviewer attempts to calm him with some success. Dr. Sampson: Dr. Dr! <Raises his voice.> Dr. Ayers! Morgan! Calm down! Dr. Ayers appears to regain control of himself. His shoulders slump; he takes a very long breath. Dr. Ayers: Shit. I know, I know. Dr. Sampson: Let's move on. Do you need something to drink? Dr. Ayers: No; I just want to finish this. Dr. Sampson: Alright. What did you do after reading this document? Dr. Ayers: I was about to call the bastard down and fire him on the spot and then call the police. Then Marla came in to ask why I was so upset. I guess I got a bit loud yesterday too. I just pointed to the report. Then she said… Dr. Sampson: What? Dr. Ayers: I'm an administrator now, I'm not used to being exposed to these things anymore. She said, "Yeah, I never really liked Dr. ████████, but I didn't think he was that bad." It took me a few seconds to process that. We compared our versions of what we thought the document said, and figured out pretty quick that something strange was happening. Dr. Sampson: Did you talk with Researcher ███████ about the alleged events described in the document? Dr. Ayers: Yes. But first I went to check on my car. When it was just fine, I suspected the rest of the document was disinformation as well. I wasn't sure I could keep my cool, so I had Marla ask him about his activities and he was able to answer everything to her satisfaction. Dr. Sampson: But you're still angry. Dr. Ayers: Intellectually, I know none of that stuff was true. I know it. But it's still there in the back of my head every time I see the guy. My blood boils and my teeth grind when I pass him in the hall, and it's not even his fault. Dr. Sampson: Where is the document now? Dr. Ayers: Safe. I have it locked up. And I'm not going to read it again. Dr. Sampson: Thank you for your time, Dr. Ayers. Dr. Ayers: <Lets out a deep sigh.> <End Log, 11:07am 03/19/20██> Closing Statement: Some time in the 12 hours after this interview was conducted, Dr. Ayers self-administered a class C amnestic. Addendum 2533-02: Condensed Viewing Event Log. Testing conducted at Site 19 during March and April of 20██ under the direction of Dr. Phillip Sampson. + Viewing Event Test Log 2533-02 - Collapse Viewing Event Test Log Test 2 - Date 03/30/20██ D-18233 was a model prisoner, showing no violent tendencies previous to this testing event. Subject: D-18233. Results: D-18233 became very agitated after reading SCP-2533. Upon release from the testing chamber, D-18233 reported that the document contained "a bunch of crap." While being escorted back to his cell D-18233 physically attacked Dr. Sampson causing several broken bones and a concussion before the security team could terminate D-18233. During this violent episode, D-18233 shouted incoherently that Dr. Sampson was "doing [his] family that way" but gave no specifics. Test 5 - Date 04/03/20██ After several more D-Class subjects were reduced to violence, Researcher Hansen decided that more rational subjects would be better able to handle the memetic hazard and report useful information. He volunteered himself and his assistant for the next viewing group. Subjects: Researcher Hansen and Research Assistant Chao. Results: Hansen and Chao had not even finished reading page 6 of the document when Chao attempted to strangle Hansen. The ensuing brawl required intervention by three security team members. Both researchers were given class C amnestics and assigned to a different project. Test 7 - Date 04/07/20██ Subjects: Researcher Sengupta and D-65183. Results: Some headway was finally made in this test. Sengupta's reading was about his wife. He reported that it described her abusing their children and leaving them alone to meet another man at a hotel. He said he didn't believe a word of it, that his wife was a good woman, she was devoted to their children, and insisted their marriage was happy. With Sengupta as a sympathetic partner, D-65183 was induced to speak about her viewing which concerned a man she had worked with years before. The report detailed the events of this man stalking and killing a woman he currently worked with. D-65183 was shaken after speaking about this, and asked to be returned to her cell. Test 8 - Date 04/08/20██ To prevent another debacle such as that with Hansen and Chao, and in light of the success of a semi-neutral party in Test 7, Dr. Sampson added a third person to the next viewing event. This third would not read the document, but instead act as a sounding board for the other readers. Researcher Sengupta asked to take another turn in this group, since he said his faith in his wife was unshakeable. Subjects: Researcher Sengupta, Researcher Bretton, Secretary Li (non-reader). Results: Sengupta's reading contained different information, this time describing his wife again harming their children but also burning their house and framing him for both crimes. He displayed a more significant response to the document today, speaking brusquely during debriefing. Researcher Bretton reported the document she read was about Researcher ██████ sneaking into the cafeteria each day before lunch and adulterating the food. She refused to specify the adulterant, but said she was going to bring lunch from home from now on. Secretary Li was an excellent mediator, able to keep both researchers on task with pertinent questions. Dr. Sampson asked her to perform in that role again if she was willing. Test 9 - Date 04/09/20██ Postponed because Researcher Sengupta did not attend work today. Following Researcher Sengupta's arrest for [REDACTED] on 04/09/20██ and due to the probable role his exposure to SCP-2533 played in his actions, testing has been suspended indefinitely. Footnotes 1. See Viewing Event Test Log 2533-02 Test 8 2. ibid. Test 5 ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2533" by CharonTheHand, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2533. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2534 | euclid | Inert instances of SCP-2534-1 Item #: SCP-2534 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2534-1 instances that have not passed their two-year mark are to be kept in Containment Wing 14 of Site-32, individually wrapped in plastic and organized by their estimated recovery date. SCP-2534-1E is also to be contained in this manner. Only D-Class personnel are to handle, sort, and arrange these instances, to ensure no personnel are accidentally affected. A week prior to an SCP-2534-1 instance's estimated two-year mark, it is to be held by a D-Class personnel to ensure ownership is transferred, then placed in a smaller temporary containment locker until the D-class experiences the anomalous effect. This D-class is subsequently prohibited from testing any currency-related SCPs. SCP-2534-1 instances that have manifested their anomalous effect are considered inert and are to be kept in a standard containment crate in Containment Wing 15 of Site-32. Inert instances may be used for testing at the consent of one Level 3 or higher researcher. Future uses have been proposed and are pending approval. Due to unpredictability of SCP-2534 occurrence, retrieval of SCP-2534-1 directly from manifestation is not feasible with current resources. An advertising campaign under the guise of a US mint recall of SCP-2534-1's characteristic "printing error" is ongoing. Social media websites and applications are to also be tracked to identify SCP-2534-1 instances. Bank owners, government officials, US mint employees, and other individuals legally involved in handling large amounts of currency are to be closely monitored for possibility of SCP-2534-1 acquisition. Upon confirming location of an SCP-2534-1 instance, Mobile Task Force Rho-7 ("Ford's Theatre") will be dispatched for retrieval. The date of original acquisition (or a rough estimate thereof) is to be acquired from subject in possession, and Class C amnestics are to be administered where necessary. Expanded Eurozone retrieval procedures are being prepared should any more instances of SCP-2534-1E be discovered. Subjects who have experienced the anomalous effects of SCP-2534-1 are to be administered Class B amnestics and detained in Site-32-B. They are not to come into contact with any currency. Current global surveillance systems are to identify possible subjects by monitoring unusual circumstances such as cash disappearing, strange robberies, or other incidents. Description: SCP-2534 is a phenomenon which results in the manifestation of SCP-2534-1. SCP-2534 occurs only almost always (see Addendum 2) in the United States1, and only in areas commonly traversed on foot, such as sidewalks, parking lots, or the floors of public buildings. SCP-2534 manifestations have never been directly witnessed or recorded. Instances of SCP-2534-1 are United States pennies, in most cases2 identical to current pennies. However, the printed minting year of SCP-2534-1 instances is always two years ahead of the year of original recovery. Instances display limited destructibility3. SCP-2534-1's anomalous effect will manifest exactly two years after it is first retrieved4. At that time, the coin's current owner will lose all United States currency on their person, property5, or otherwise in their possession, with the exception of instances of SCP-2534-1 and non-physical currency such as bank balances or credit cards. Property loss usually occurs via theft, loss, or sudden expenses, each of which usually appear non-anomalous in nature. Any new US currency acquired by the subject is lost in a similar manner shortly after acquisition. This effect makes it impossible for an affected subject to handle or use any United States legal tender, and does not cease until the death of the subject. SCP-2534-1 ownership can be transferred among persons. SCP-2534-1 being given, stolen, used as legal tender, or otherwise handled by another person are all valid methods of transfer. If a subject loses SCP-2534-1, but it is not handled by another individual, that subject remains the current owner. Ownership cannot be transferred to animals, corpses, those already owning an instance of SCP-2534-1, or those who have already received SCP-2534-1's effect. After the subject has experienced SCP-2534-1's anomalous effect, the instance will become inert and cease any anomalous activity. + Show testing to determine SCP-2534-1 effect's parameters. - Hide testing. Test 1 Subject: D-103122 Note: D-103122 has received SCP-2534-1's effect, and will be used to test the effect's parameters. Procedure: D-103122 is given a dollar ($1.00 USD) and is instructed to hold on to it for as long as possible. Results: D-103122 placed the dollar in her pocket. When the pocket was checked again, a hole had opened in the bottom of it, and the dollar was not present. Test 2 Subject: D-103122 Procedure: A nickel ($0.05 USD) is taped to D-103122's arm using transparent tape. Results: D-103122 complained that the tape was too tight. When attempting to loosen it, the nickel fell out and rolled into a nearby grate. D-103122 was unable to retrieve the nickel. Repeated tests all resulted in D-103122 losing the nickel, despite any changed variables. Test 3 Subject: D-103122 Procedure: D-103122 is given $1.00 USD, $1.00 CAD, ¥100 JPY, £1.00 GBP, €1.00 EUR, and 元5.00 CNY. D-103122 was then instructed to hold onto all the currency. Results: D-103122 placed all currency in her other pocket. When the pocket was checked again, another hole was present in the bottom, but all currency remained except for the $1.00 USD. Test 4 Procedure: A quarter ($0.25 USD) is surgically inserted underneath the skin in D-103122's leg. Results The quarter remained in D-103122's leg. At the time of writing, it has not been lost. "It seems that the effect will not persist if the money in question is not readily available to D-103122. More tests to determine the limits of this effect have been approved." Dr. █████ Two weeks later, D-103122 underwent testing with SCP-███. During the testing, SCP-████ wounded her leg, breaking the skin and releasing the quarter. D-103122 was then quickly evacuated from the testing chamber. Addendum, Incident 2534-S: On █/██/████, the ███ █████ Bank of ██████████ was robbed by 4 unidentified individuals. The entirety of the approximate $██.█ million dollars the bank had in storage was stolen. When investigated, J███ S████, the owner of the bank, was confirmed to own an instance of SCP-2534-1. The instance was retrieved, and Mr. S████ was administered amnestics and relocated to Site 32-B. Containment procedures were re-written post incident to ensure that no facilities or personnel important to the U.S. economy are affected by SCP-2534-1. Addendum 2: On ██/█/2015, a thread was made on ██████ (a popular image sharing website) on the topic of a "misprinted Euro" the poster had discovered. In the thread, an image was included of a 1 Euro cent coin printed with the year 2017. The IP was traced to ███████, France, and MTF-Rho-7 was dispatched to retrieve the instance, now designated SCP-2534-1E. SCP-2534-1E was retrieved without error, date of retrieval was confirmed, and Class-C amnestics were administered to the subject. SCP-2534-1E has retained the same physical properties as a normal SCP-2534-1 instance (see Footnote 3), and it is assumed that it will have the same eventual effect as well. No other instances of SCP-2534-1E have since been reported or discovered. Footnotes 1. SCP-2534 has occurred in all 50 states. 2. Changes in SCP-2534-1 composition and design have been noted. For example, SCP-2534-1 instances discovered in 1980 contained mostly zinc, and instances discovered in 2008 displayed the Lincoln Union Shield on their reverse. 3. SCP-2534-1 instances have the same durability as an ordinary penny, but cannot be cut or separated into more than one piece (in either solid or liquid state). Any manipulated SCP-2534-1 instance holds the same eventual anomalous effect as an unaltered instance until the two-year mark passes. 4. Roughly defined as being picked up by a human. Skin contact is not required. Tests are currently underway to determine the exact parameters of retrieval. 5. Regardless of whether or not the subject owns the cash on their property; see Incident 2534-S for more details. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2534" by hi im stel, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2534. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. 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SCP-2535 | safe | Item #: SCP-2535 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2535 is to be sealed off from the public under the cover of health and safety reasons. A team of at least two agents is to be stationed in an adjacent building for observation purposes at all times. Where possible, the interior of SCP-2535 is to be soundproofed. Excess material generated within SCP-2535 is to be collected and disposed of daily. Description: SCP-2535 is the former two-story Hewlett-Packard branch office building located in the Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou, China. It contains an intricate network of electrical and biological components of unknown origin. In particular, covering the walls of the entire first story of SCP-2535 are sixty-three thousand, five hundred and twelve USB 2.0 standard A sockets embedded at semi-regular intervals of roughly 20 cm in a grid pattern. Each socket is connected to a network of wires running throughout the walls, consisting of strands of copper interwoven with human optic nerve tissue and encased in a keratin sheath. For reasons unknown, the temperature of each USB socket, as well as that of the wires, remains at a constant 47.6°C regardless of external temperature.1 Furthermore, despite being partially composed of biological material, the wires have not exhibited any sign of decay or deterioration since initial containment. These wires branch out from clusters running vertically throughout the load-bearing pillars of the building, and terminate in a room located on the second floor, presumed to be the former server room. The room is currently inaccessible, as its only entrance has been obstructed from the inside by what non-intrusive imaging methods have determined as a continuous solid biological mass. Ballistic means of ingress have been deemed unnecessarily destructive, and thus have not been attempted. The inside of the room, like the other anomalous electrical and biological components of SCP-2535, constantly emits heat at a temperature of 47.6°C. Personnel within the vicinity of the room occasionally report the smell of ozone and sulfur emanating from within, along with loud printer noises. 317 of the USB socket and power outlets of SCP-2535 have been connected to HP-brand USB 2.0-compatible electronic devices. Of these, 20 possess anomalous, possibly ectoentropic function (see below for details). The remainder have been cataloged and moved to the adjacent Provisional Observation Site-2535 for storage. Non-anomalous HP Inkjet 500 printer, designated #2535-03, removed from SCP-2535 on 02/04/14. Non-anomalous HP Laserjet 4 printer, designated #2535-92, removed from SCP-2535 on 12/05/14. Five former employees of Hewlett-Packard's Hangzhou branch are located in various rooms within SCP-2535. The bodies of these five individuals are in an anomalous state of biological suspension, requiring no sleep, water, or food despite being perpetually conscious. They have remained virtually unchanged in their states since initial discovery and acquisition in April 2013. Any attempt to extricate them from their predicaments appears to be physically impossible, as the devices binding them are unable to be unplugged or disassembled by any means whatsoever. The list of employees within SCP-2535 consists of: Guo Pingping, former branch manager of the Hewlett-Packard Hangzhou branch. Guo is located in the bathroom nearest to the receptionist's desk on the first floor. His head has been forced into the feed tray of a continuously-operating USB 2.0-compatible HP Deskjet 1112 printer plugged into the wall2. Although this would be fatal to an ordinary human, the remainder of Guo's body continues to kick and thrash as if in pain. James Gu Yongsun, former assistant branch manager of the Hewlett-Packard Hangzhou branch. Gu is located in the employee's pantry on the second floor. His body has been secured vertically to the wall via ninety-two 20-inch USB 2.0 M-M cables. The actuating unit of a HP Deskjet 2540 All-In-One printer has been similarly secured to Gu's lower jaw via five 10-inch USB 2.0 M-M cables. Attached to the arm of the actuating unit is a single HP 10 Black Original Ink Cartridge. The actuating unit has been modified to run on USB power sources and is itself plugged into a USB socket via an adapter. It continuously rams the ink cartridge into Gu's throat at a rate of 1 stroke per second. The ink cartridge is hypothesized to contain an anomalous amount of ink, as it has yet to run dry. Gu himself is partly conscious, and responds incoherently to vocal stimuli. Angel Li Huimin, former human resources department head of the Hewlett-Packard Hangzhou branch. Li is located in her former office on the second floor. Similarly to Gu, she has been secured to the wall via eighty-nine 20-inch USB 2.0 M-M cables. Another cable of indeterminate length has been inserted into her lower abdomen via a 5mm-wide fistula. She continuously vomits a stream of thermal receipt paper from her mouth and appears to be in great distress as a result. Her abdomen is slightly distended; it is inferred from palpitations and analysis of the sounds produced from her abdomen that there is a fully-operating HP USB Single Station Thermal Receipt Printer located in the vicinity of her jejunum. Wang Liang, former IT department head of the Hewlett-Packard Hangzhou branch. Wang is located near the water cooler on the first floor. He is secured in a standing position against the wall via thirty-seven 20-inch USB 2.0 M/M cables. Pressed against his body are twelve HP Scanjet 200 scanners, all in continuous operation. Beside him is a HP Deskjet 1112 printer attached to the wall, also in constant operation; however, instead of paper, it produces A4-sized sheets of human epidermal tissue matching Wang's skin tone. Wang is conscious but unable to respond coherently due to his near-constant screaming. Chen Youpeng, trainee technical writer. Chen is located in the branch manager's office on the second floor. His body has been fitted inside the paper tray and backup paper tray of a HP Laserjet Pro 500 multi-function printer, which has been plugged into the wall via a standard power cable and a 3-feet USB 2.0 M-M cable. An aperture has been cut into the side of the printer, from which his head protrudes. The printer alternates between producing copies of the HP standard print quality diagnostic page and the HP Laserjet 500 technical repair manual. Since discovery, it has not run out of paper or ink. Chen is unconscious, and displays signs of severe blood loss. These five individuals were reported missing in May 2013, one month after the closure of the Hangzhou branch office due to international downsizing measures. Additionally, a Canon Pixma E480 printer is located in the janitor's closet on the first floor. It bears human teeth marks and dents across its exterior, along with chemical damage indicating application of concentrated liquid bleach. Since its discovery, it has been attempting to print a 91-page document to no effect, as its paper tray appears to have been improperly loaded such that the topmost sheets have crumpled up and jammed the feed mechanism. The seams of the Canon Pixma E480 periodically leak human blood. DNA matches that of Yan Shaoxia, a creative consultant formerly under the employment of the Hewlett-Packard Hangzhou branch, who was reported missing at about the same time as the five Hewlett-Packard employees. Footnotes 1. This is not an ectoentropic phenomenon, as the building containing it has been known to exhibit increased electrical power consumption during periods of cold weather. 2. How this was achieved is unknown, as the internal dimensions of the Deskjet 1112's feed tray are insufficient to accommodate a human head, and the mechanical components of the Deskjet 1112 appear unable to exert sufficient force in order to crush a human skull. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2535" by minmin, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2535. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. 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SCP-2536 | keter | SCP-2536 upon manifestation in Site-09 break room. Item #: SCP-2536 Special Containment Procedures: As the nature of SCP-2536 makes physical containment impossible, containment procedures will instead focus on the manner in which personnel should conduct themselves in the event of a manifestation. To enforce this, as of 12/23/19██, copies of these containment procedures are to be distributed among all personnel currently in the employ of the SCP Foundation during the month of December. In the event that SCP-2536 appears before a member of personnel, they are to refrain from accepting any offered gifts, leave the vicinity of SCP-2536 and immediately inform their supervisor. Gifts presented to personnel by SCP-2536 are only to be accepted under strict testing conditions and after testing are to be confiscated immediately. Description: SCP-2536 is a Christmas tree with purple and white decorations, approximately two meters tall and composed primarily of plastic. A speaker is attached to the base of SCP-2536, which loudly plays the song 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday' by the band Wizzard on a constant loop. SCP-2536 only manifests during the month of December, and its status during the rest of the year is currently unknown. During the month of December, SCP-2536 will appear before at least six members of Foundation personnel, one at a time, regardless of distance between them. No reports have been found from the public or elements outside the Foundation indicating SCP-2536 appearing to anyone apart from Foundation personnel. Upon appearance before a member of personnel, a gift in the form of a wrapped present consistent with traditional Christmas practices will be located beneath SCP-2536. This gift, hereafter referred to as SCP-2536-1, will contain an item which the chosen member of personnel greatly desires, whether consciously or subconsciously. In cases where the desired item would be too large to feasibly fit inside SCP-2536-1, its interior dimensions become significantly larger than its exterior ones. If the targeted member of personnel ignores SCP-2536, and leaves the area, SCP-2536 will disappear after three to five minutes. SCP-2536 was first discovered when it manifested in the office of Site-26 Director Leder during a lock-down after containment breach of SCP-████. At the time, SCP-2536-1 contained the required materials to temporarily shut down SCP-████ and return it to its chambers. Inspection of SCP-2536 by nearby researchers revealed the following note attached to SCP-2536's base: Here at [DATA EXPUNGED],1 we love nothing more than to watch the good work you fellows do. Your empathy and moral integrity are an inspiration to us all! And so, in this season of giving, we have decided to present you brave heroes who do so much for us with a gift of your own! Enjoy. Merry Christmas, OSN Addendum 2536-1 - Sample Record of SCP-2536-1 Contents: Member of Personnel SCP-2536-1 Contents Site Director Leder Materials required to shut down and subdue SCP-████. Dr. Landis Several excited Welsh Corgi puppies. DNA analysis revealed the puppies were all genetically identical. D-25372 A middle-aged woman and a pre-adolescent boy, later identified as D-25372's wife and son. After a brief interview and dosage of Class-A amnestics, they were returned to their home without incident. [REDACTED] A gold wristwatch. Dr. Ryans A copy of this file and containment procedures relating to SCP-2536. Note that this incident took place before 12/23/19██, and Dr. Ryans was thus unaware of the nature of SCP-2536 upon its manifestation. New containment procedures were implemented as a result of this incident. Agent Raleigh Unknown. According to recovered footage from the area, SCP-2536 manifested while Agent Raleigh was infiltrating a suspected location of Marshall, Carter and Dark activity, thus revealing his location to them. Agent Raleigh's current status and location are unknown. D-39122 See Incident 2536-1. SCP-████ See Incident 2536-2. Incident 2536-1: On 12/29/20██, at Site-09, SCP-2536 appeared before D-39122 and several other D-Class personnel outside of testing hours. Before security could intervene, D-39122 received several anomalous weapons2 from SCP-2536-1, distributed them among nearby D-Class personnel, and attempted an armed escape. Although this revolt was quickly put down by on-site security, hostilities resulted in several Euclid and Keter-level containment breaches, necessitating Site-wide lock-down and causing significant personnel casualties. Incident 2536-2: On 12/██/20██, at Site-11, during testing of SCP-████, SCP-2536 appeared before it. SCP-████ retrieved a small device from SCP-2536-1 consistent in appearance with its own native technology. Upon activating the device, SCP-████ disappeared completely from Site-11 and is now believed to have transported itself to an as-of-yet unknown location on the planet. It is now confirmed that SCP-2536 considers objects and entities under containment by the Foundation to be Foundation personnel. Footnotes 1. Note that no information has actually been removed from this note, and that this is the original wording of the message. 2. Weapons showed the capacity to disintegrate security personnel upon direct hits, or cause spatial warping inside their bodies upon glancing blows. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2536" by Tanhony, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2536. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. 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SCP-2537 | euclid | Personnel collecting instances of SCP-2537 (photo by Agent Novi) Item #: SCP-2537 Special Containment Procedures: Captured instances of SCP-2537 are to be contained in separate standard humanoid containment chambers within Site-44. The detection and detainment of SCP-2537 is currently assigned to MTF Beta-13 ("Over Troubled Waters"). Description: SCP-2537 is a type of anomalous humanoid capable of transmogrifying into a clay brick. Transmogrification can be initiated at will and takes approximately three seconds to complete. On nights with a full moon, should an instance of SCP-2537 see the moon it will transmogrify regardless of its intent. Witnessing SCP-1812 results in a similar forced change. SCP-2537 are able to convert humans into additional instances via bludgeoning to the victim's head while in a brick state, though the exact force required for successful conversion is currently unknown. This generally requires teamwork between multiple instances, or a single instance throwing itself from a vantage point and transmogrifying mid-fall. However, due to the nature of it, attempted conversions often result in the death of the victim. Instances experience no compulsion to bludgeon humans. Damage sustained while in a brick state carries over to the instance's humanoid form and vice versa. Sustaining significant structural damage in brick form seems to terminate an instance, and it will remain in brick form. Neither form displays anomalous strength or durability, making infecting humans mildly dangerous due to possible damage from the accelerated impacts. Photograph taken during discovery Prior to nights featuring the second new moon of the month, all instances will attempt to gather at a single river or stream. Whether this qualifies as anomalous compulsion in a humanoid or instinct in an anomalous humanoid is currently under debate. During these gatherings, SCP-2537 will arrange themselves and non-anomalous bricks into a bridge using secretions of mortar that have only been seen during gathering periods. Upon the moon setting, the mortar will liquefy and dissolve, and the instances will disperse. While the bridge is being built, the opposite riverbank will gradually alter in appearance. This phenomenon is only visible from the riverside the bridge begins on. It is unknown what would occur if SCP-2537 instances were to successfully complete the bridge. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2537" by TwistedGears, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2537. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: 800px-5.22.10DonatoSquareByLuigiNovi5.jpg Name: 5.22.10DonatoSquareByLuigiNovi5.jpg Author: Nightscream License: CC BY 3.0 Source Link: Wikimedia Filename: werebricks Author: PickYerPoison License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Wiki Derivative of: Name: Clifton Hampden Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1277066.jpg and Mountain Peak, Alaska (1999).jpg Author: Steve Daniels and Andrew Shiva License: CC BY-SA 2.0 and CC BY-SA 4.0 Source Link: Wikimedia and Wikimedia Additional Notes: The two images were edited together by PickYerPoison. |
SCP-2538 | safe | Item #: SCP-2538 Special Containment Procedures: No weapons, armor, or other items generated by SCP-2538, are allowed outside of the containment chamber. At least 2 security personnel must guard SCP-2538 at all times. Security officers will rotate in shifts accordingly. Description: SCP-2538 is a large van with a set of seats in the back, along with several containers. The vehicle has several crude steel plates attached to the sides and windows. SCP-2538 has no visible license plating and manufacturer labels. Due to this, manufacturer and previous owner of SCP-2538 are unknown. The left side of the vehicle has a spray painted rectangular symbol with the letters "R. S." written below. When opened by an outside source, several objects will appear inside SCP-2538's back compartment. The objects known to appear include: 4 sets of tactical bullet resistant vests 4 loaded M4A1 carbine rifles 2 bags of plastic explosives 4 masks depicting various animals1 20 magazines of 5.56x45mm NATO cartridges Upon opening SCP-2538 again, a new set of the aforementioned items will appear, and will cause all previous items to disappear, regardless of where they are. Any objects placed inside SCP-2538's back compartment will also disappear once a new set is created. Any damage to SCP-2538 is repaired once the object is outside of human sight-lines. The Foundation first discovered SCP-2538 in a warehouse owned by the company "Cargo-Partner" on the edge of Belgrade, Serbia. SCP-2538 was recovered along with a phone hidden inside the vehicle's glove compartment. After recovery the incidents of violent crime in Belgrade decreased. Addendum 2538/01 02/04/10: The phone recovered from SCP-2538's glove compartment contained several audio recordings. Each recording dated from 3 months, to 2 days before recovery. These recordings are accessible by personnel of level 2 clearance and above. + ACCESS PHONE RECORDINGS [INPUT CREDENTIALS] - ACCESS GRANTED [CLOSE FILE] Caller Name: Dragan Hey Marco, I got some extra parts from that saleman. You could use them better then he could. I'll be stopping by the warehouse in 2 hours, I'll talk with you there. Caller Name: Dragan Nice job on the car Marco, just got the photo you sent me. I'm heading to a quick meeting of sorts, going to get us a quick job. Caller Name: Dragan I've set up a job for the new van. It involves the local bank and whatnot. I'm calling up an old friend of sorts as we speak to help us out. I'll call you back when I can. Caller Name: Dragan Alright, I've made us a deal. This syndicate has deep pockets Marco, and we both could use the extra dinars. They're going to send you a call soon, listen to the Representative, and do what he says. He doesn't know about the van, was hoping to spring that as a surprise on him, make it worth his while yes? Caller Name: R.S Rep. Allow me to introduce myself, I am Markov of the Richter "Corporation". You and your partner's work has gotten our attention. With the success of this deal, I'm happy to welcome you as one of our workers. Your vehicle will be useful in our endeavors. It will save us a fortune, and I thank you for it personally. I'll call you when you are needed, remember your place Mr. Vukovic. Caller Name: Markov Marco, due to recent events regarding loss of our product, we ask that you do not use your vehicle for our work. We have lost approximately 30000 dinars worth of "tools," and "batteries," due to your choices. If you wish to repeal this, please schedule an appointment with me at once. Remember, your place, Mr. Vukovic. Caller Name: Markov Mr. Vukovic, my organization has drafted a special offer for you. One of our many clients has expressed interest in your vehicle, specifically a man by the name of "Viktor" who works with our Scarlet division. If you wish to accept this request, please report to your warehouse tomorrow at 2:00PM with the vehicle in tow. Thank you in advance, any concerns should be addressed at the deal. Caller Name: Dragan Marco, MARCO! Listen, Marco you…shit listen you need to get out of town or something, just anything! The Syndicate has it in for us apparently, they want your van…they're…shit. One of their men just tried to kill me, so I don't have my time friend, you need to get out of the city, find some way to destroy or hide or…shit I just had an idea. Find a way to get your van into the hands of those secret society creeps you keep hearing about, the ones that you said steal away and contain weird supernatural things. I don't know how just…get their attention or something. I…I think this is goodbye Marco, stay safe my friend. Caller Name: DO NOT ANSWER Marco, you were never much use to us anyway. We'll find that van of yours, we'll trace your signal until we find you, and I will make sure you do not dodge a bullet like your friend Dragan did for a moment. You could have had a prosperous life Marco, but I'm afraid this is good bye forever you Serbian rat. I eagerly anticipate your body bag arriving at Viktor's footsteps soon. Until then, I hope I never see you. Research is currently underway regarding the "Richter Syndicate" mentioned in the recordings. Whereabouts of "Marco" or other POIs are currently unknown. Footnotes 1. The animal depicted on the masks are random. Common appearances include arachnid and insect species. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2538" by DrCarrion, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2538. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. 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SCP-2539 | euclid | SCP-2539 Item #: SCP-2539 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2539 has been closed under the provisional cover story of maintenance. Foundation security personnel have been assigned to monitor and intercept civilians attempting to access SCP-2539. Description: SCP-2539 is a 3.1 kilometer stretch of road located near Rhodehampton, New South Wales. Individuals who attempt to traverse SCP-2539 in a motor vehicle will disappear after having travelled five hundred meters, and later reappear at the other end of SCP-2539 between seven and eight hours later. After returning, said individuals typically show signs of severe dehydration and heatstroke, even when provided adequate supplies to prevent this. Those affected by SCP-2539's primary anomaly report having travelled down SCP-2539 for the full duration of their disappearance: all reports involve them stopping for a figure named "Miriam Wells". Descriptions of its appearance match that of highway patrol officer Miriam Wells, who disappeared in late 2009 on a routine patrol. She is usually described as wearing civilian clothes and attempting to ask subjects for directions. In a minority of observed cases, subjects report being able to convince the woman to join them in their vehicle. All such subjects later find a piece of heavily scorched and decomposed human flesh in the storage compartment of their vehicle. The source of this is unknown. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2539" by Taffeta, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2539. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: highway.jpg Name: File:- ever south into the red desert (13113309315).jpg Author: Murray Foubister License: CC BY-SA 2.0 Source Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:-_ever_south_into_the_red_desert_(13113309315).jpg |
SCP-2540 | euclid | SCP-2540 - Time Lime ▸ More by this Author ◂ {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} Diagram depicting the four-dimensional spatial requirements necessary for the existence of the SCP-2540 anomaly. Item #: SCP-2540 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2540 is to be contained within an anomalous object storage locker at Site-81, outfitted with Plexiglas paneling in place of the standard steel alloy. Because of the nature of SCP-2540, this locker must be large enough to properly house no fewer than five human subjects at any given time, and security staff must remain on-hand to process human subjects that appear near SCP-2540. Additionally, because of the nature of SCP-2540, video surveillance has been deemed inappropriate for observation of SCP-2540, requiring manual observation at all times. A staff of on-site security personnel has proven sufficient to this task. Under no circumstances are any personnel to come within 1m of SCP-2540. Transportation of SCP-2540 must only be undertaken through the use of electromagnets capable of manipulating SCP-2540's position in space. Description: SCP-2540 is a localized temporal anomaly that can only be perceived as a Citrus aurantiifolia, or key lime. The means by which SCP-2540 appears as a lime are currently poorly understood, as is the origin of SCP-2540. SCP-2540 apparently operates under the principles of a Tipler Cylinder, a hypothesized means by which free movement through time might be achieved. Early observation of SCP-2540 was inconclusive; while phenomena associated with Tipler physics were noted, the obvious lack of an infinite cylinder, or finite cylinder of any kind moving at an extreme velocity, put this theory into question. Either of these are necessary to fit the requirements of a true Tipler cylinder. In 1987, Foundation physicist Alexandre Hilbert hypothesized that SCP-2540 may very well be the physical representation of an infinitely long cylinder existing within four or more spatial dimensions, intersecting with our own in such a way that it appears to human beings as a lime. The anomaly can be fully interacted with physically; the effects of this across additional spatial dimensions is currently unknown. Security protocols require that SCP-2540 only be interacted with using electromagnets, however, as physical contact runs the risk of becoming affected by SCP-2540's properties. Although the method by which this is achieved is currently unknown, the rotation of the anomaly represented by SCP-2540 creates a spacetime "drag" across its entire length, capable of pulling matter into the cylinder and depositing it elsewhere across spacetime. Current theories state that SCP-2540 is one of an unknown number of randomly spaced "leaks" across the length of the cylinder, which results in the appearance of matter from other access points. While this transfer of matter usually consists with a constant outflow of air, it has occasionally turned out more significant objects, including entire human beings. Because of the spacetime drag created by SCP-2540, video surveillance equipment is unable to properly capture footage of SCP-2540, causing significant visual disruptions when in frame. This nature does not seem to affect human eyesight whatsoever. Interview 2540-1: Subject 2540-Alpha The following interview took place following the appearance of the first human from within SCP-2540. Subject is an adult male of Russian descent, aged at roughly 47 years. Subject initially appeared wearing a t-shirt bearing a Hawaiian print and cargo shorts, and missing a significant portion of its body beneath the waist. The wound appeared to have been sealed closed, likely due in some part to the nature of the subject's transfer through the Tipler Cylinder. Subject reported no discomfort from this. A translator was tasked to facilitate communication between the Foundation interviewer and the subject. Interviewer: Dr. Gregory Bennett Interviewee: SCP-2540-Alpha, Boris Tanzen, via translator Date of Interview: 09/12/1989 Dr. Bennett: Good evening, SCP-2540-Alpha. My name is Dr. Bennett, I'll be conducting this interview today. SCP-2540-Alpha: Good, good, you seem like a nice enough guy. But call me Boris, please. Any chance you could tell me where my legs are, though? Dr. Bennett: We're currently trying to figure that out ourselves, Mr. Tanzen. Could you tell me what you were doing before you found yourself in our holding cell? SCP-2540-Alpha: Of course. The wife and I were vacationing in Cozumel, and we had just gone down to the beach to get some sun. I went to the bar to get some drinks… and I ordered a Skinny Limmy? He goes to give me a lime to put in it, and then I'm here. Dr. Bennett: I see. Can you tell me what the date is, Mr. Tanzen? SCP-2540-Alpha: July… 23rd, 2045? I believe? Dr. Bennett: Did you notice anything during your transition to here? SCP-2540-Alpha: Something… sour? I felt sour, in my mouth. Also I think I might've surprised somebody. Dr. Bennett: Surprised somebody? SCP-2540-Alpha: Just a feeling I got, like somebody saw me there and was surprised. Dr. Bennett: Can you describe to me anything about this somebody? SCP-2540-Alpha: *Shrugs* Nothing really. Maybe I didn't have my eyes open, or maybe I wouldn't have been able to see it if I had. Hard to say. [END LOG] Subject SCP-2540-Alpha was detained at Site 81 at the conclusion of the interview, and remains under surveillance as part of continued research into the nature of SCP-2540. Incident Log 2540-1: 03/15/1995 During routine examination of SCP-2540, it was observed that a spatial distortion had begun to form near SCP-2540. Personnel on-site to witness the event described the feeling that some kind of large, amorphous entity was looking through the distortion. Shortly thereafter, the distortion dispersed. Incident Log 2540-2: 06/23/1995 Security personnel reported that a spatial distortion had formed within SCP-2540's containment cell, shortly after SCP-2540 deposited an entire swordfish into the room. The security personnel reported a feeling similar to that mentioned in Log 2540-1. Shortly after opening, the spatial distortion released approximately 3 metric tons of stone tablets bearing etchings in a number of unknown languages, the majority of which shattered upon contact with the floor of the containment cell, or each other. All security personnel, and the swordfish, escaped with no injuries. Incident Log 2540-5: 11/02/2001 Due to several incidents similar to that in Log 2540-2, Foundation psychologists determined that an entity, likely one existing within four spatial dimensions, was attempting to contact those close to breaches in the temporal anomaly and communicate with them. Because of this, additional Foundation linguists were called in to attempt to facilitate with the entity. During the next spatial distortion, a capsule was launched through the opening containing a cipher that an intelligent entity could use as a baseline of communication with Foundation personnel. Incident Log 2540-6: 02/24/2002 During observation of SCP-2540, a large roll of what appeared to be a pressed, paper-like material, emerged from within SCP-2540. The roll was covered in a number of inscriptions, quickly determined to be a crude attempt at writing in English. The best guess of a possible meaning is listed below. Hello many very insignificant fleshy/squishy? friend creatures I dropped this tool/device/accelerator? here because I am [ILLEGIBLE] and will not return for a short time Hopefully it will not detrimental for you too much/often? But I very requirement [ILLEGIBLE] to set it right in this location I am forgiven? that it intersects with your unfortunate universe Potentially it will be transferred to a different/banana?1 location However it is not likely I returnable/exist/continue? Something else/bigger will be here to move it Maybe you won't realize it [ILLEGIBLE2] you probably will Thank you and sorry! Footnotes 1. Despite cues around the text implying the meaning of "different", the text itself directly used the word "banana". The reason for this is unknown. 2. Symbol was accompanied by what looked to be a drawing of a vaguely octopoid creature bearing a large grin. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2540" by djkaktus, from the SCP Wiki. 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SCP-2541 | euclid | ADULT CONTENT This article contains adult content that may not be suitable for all readers. Graphic depiction of blood, gore or mutilation of body parts Features sexual themes or language, but does not depict sexual acts. Explicit depiction of sexual acts. Features non-consensual sexual acts. Depiction of severe mistreatment of children Depiction of self-harm Depiction of suicide Depiction of torture {$custom-content} If you are above the age of 18+ and wish to read such content, then you may click Continue to view said content. Continue Back to Front Page The opening image of a video played by SCP-2541. Item #: SCP-2541 Special Containment Procedures: Any recovered instances of SCP-2541 are to be stored within a standard anomalous item locker. Use of SCP-2541 is restricted for personnel with clearance below Level-2 unless given permission otherwise. SCP-2541 is not to be used for recreational use by Foundation personnel. Description: SCP-2541 is the designation for a series of anomalous video tapes which initiate a complex cognitohazardous effect on human subjects who view one of them. Instances of SCP-2541 have been discovered in several forms, including VHS tapes, DVD discs and digital video files, though all are functionally identical and all feature an icon of a stylized yellow lemon somewhere on their packaging. Currently, the Foundation has 328 distinct instances of SCP-2541 within containment. Upon playing an instance of SCP-2541, human subjects who directly view SCP-2541 will appear to fall into a catatonic state. From the subject's perspective, they will believe they are arriving at a building titled "Your II's Only" (SCP-2541-A), and are greeted by an instance of SCP-2541-1. Should a subject be allowed entry into SCP-2541-A, they will arrive in a non-descript dimly-lit room filled with other subjects under the effects of SCP-2541 participating in group intercourse. In addition, subjects also report seeing several other non-participating instances of SCP-2541-1 around the perimeter of the room. Subjects report heightened libido and a greater genital sensitivity while within the area of SCP-2541-A, and report the feeling of intercourse with all subjects within SCP-2541-A as feeling akin to actual intercourse. Regardless of any actions subjects believe they are doing within SCP-2541-A, from an outside perspective they will only appear to be speaking aloud to themselves and orgasming, when appropriate. Instances of SCP-2541-1 appear to be are humans typically of above-average height dressed in black attire with a single yellow lemon pin affixed to their shirt. Instances of SCP-2541-1 under no circumstances ever participate within the group intercourse occurring inside of SCP-2541-A, though may be asked to turn around or provide subjects with various non-harmful items.1 Instances of SCP-2541-1 are also the only known instances capable of ceasing the cognitohazardous effect upon affected subjects. Instances of SCP-2541-1 only cease the effect if one of the three following conditions are met: A subject approaches an SCP-2541-1 instance and requests to leave. A subject has spent more than eight hours under the effects of SCP-2541. A subject expresses repeated inappropriate or unwanted behavior upon other subjects or instances of SCP-2541-1. Upon ceasing the effects of SCP-2541, the instance of SCP-2541 will conclude playing and the subject will regain all bodily functions as normal. Subjects will remember their experience under the effects of SCP-2541 as if they were actually present at a group intercourse session. Addendum 2541-1: Below is an interview Researcher Victoria Forsythe initiated between herself and an instance of SCP-2541-1. As recording equipment within SCP-2541-A is impossible, Researcher Forsythe repeated phrases as they were spoken by the SCP-2541-1 instance so they could be recorded. Extraneous phrases have been removed. <Begin Log> Researcher Forsythe: Ah, hello! SCP-2541-1 nods. SCP-2541-1: Evening ma'am. Researcher Forsythe: This may be a weird thing to ask, but is it possible that I could ask a few questions about this place? SCP-2541-1 nods. Researcher Forsythe: Excellent. First and foremost, could you explain a bit about why this place exists? SCP-2541-1: I could. Silence. Researcher Forsythe: Will you explain why this place exists? SCP-2541-1: For people to have sex in. Researcher Forsythe sighs. Researcher Forsythe: But why go into all the effort of making it the way you did? SCP-2541-1: I didn't make it. Bobs did. Researcher Forsythe: "Bobs?" SCP-2541-1: Robert and Rupert Weissman. The people that run this place. Researcher Forsythe: Is there some way I can contact them? SCP-2541-1: If you got any complaints about this place, you can take it up with Customer Services. Researcher Forsythe: I don't- Researcher Forsythe interrupts herself and exhales sharply. Researcher Forsythe: Let me try this again. Why did "Bobs" make this place? Why make an anomalous conceptual sex club when they could just make a normal one? Silence. SCP-2541-1: You're Foundation, aren't you? Researcher Forsythe: Excuse me, how do you- SCP-2541-1: If you want specific answers, I'll give you Bobs' phone number. If you want just what I know, all I know is that as long as people are in here, this can be the only conceptual sex club in existence. Researcher Forsythe: How do you know about the Foundation? How did you know that I was Foundation? SCP-2541-1: One, you're repeating everything I say in a very non-subtle way, like you're trying to record what I'm telling you. Two, you're trying to interview a security guard rather than fucking a bunch of people in a magic sex club. Researcher Forsythe: That still doesn't explain how you know about us without us formally knowing about you. SCP-2541-1: I'd guess that most people in the Foundation would rather keep their kinks private. You'd be surprised how many Foundation employees are some of Inevitability Industries' best clients. <End Log> Post-interview, a survey among several Foundation employees had discovered that ██ Foundation personnel were clients of Inevitability Industries, hereinafter GoI-7058. Addendum 2541-2: After receiving the phone number for the Persons of Interest known as Robert and Rupert Weissman (PoI-7058-A and PoI-7058-B), Researcher Forsythe proceeded to contact and conduct an interview with them in order to further understand both SCP-2541 and GoI-7058. <Begin Log> PoI-7058-A and PoI-7058-B: Hello? Researcher Forsythe: Yes, hello. I was told that this was the number I was to call if I wanted to contact Robert and Rupert Weissman? PoI-7058-A: Yes, that's us. PoI-7058-B: You can call us Bobs, though. Researcher Forsythe: As I've been told. In regards to your nickname, I mean. PoI-7058-A: In any case, what can we do for you? Researcher Forsythe: I'm looking for information on a product of yours. Those video tapes and the club they can access. PoI-7058-A: "Your Eyes Only"? Researcher Forsythe: That was the name of it, yes. PoI-7058-A: We're all ears. Ask away. Researcher Forsythe clears her throat. Researcher Forsythe: Firstly, why make it conceptual? You could just as easily make a real club for, what I would imagine would be, significantly less cost. PoI-7058-B: I can take this one. Once the concept of something exists, it occupies the space in conceptual space of that concept. Your Eyes Only goes beyond that, and we rigged it to occupy the entirety of the concept of "conceptual sex club". The only trick is it needs a lot of people to observe it at one time to be considered the consensus for the concept. PoI-7058-A: Hence the guards and paid customers. Researcher Forsythe: Paid customers? PoI-7058-A: We gave thousands of copies of that tape to sex workers and paid them to use it. PoI-7058-B: We're practically hemorrhaging money with this thing but, well… sometimes that's just how it is with passion projects. Researcher Forsythe: If you're losing money with this, why keep it up at all? PoI-7058-A and PoI-7058-B: Because- ah… PoI-7058-A and PoI-7058-B chuckle embarrassedly. PoI-7058-A: Because eventually, people who have any sort of power, anomalous or otherwise, will use it to fuck people. PoI-7058-B: Literally and figuratively. Trust us, we lived through it. PoI-7058-A: So we do what we can to push out the bad people. Whether it's corner the market on a product with low prices and reliable functionality or literally making it impossible to make something else like it, we're just trying to make sure people use this kind of stuff responsibly. PoI-7058-B: You know, and not use it to clone sex slaves or mind control people into doing whatever you want. Researcher Forsythe: That's… well, to be honest, not what I expected. I would personally have bet on a more profit-centric answer. It's refreshing, almost. PoI-7058-B: Yeah. People preach great power, great responsibility and all that shit, but once they get that power people seem to forget about the responsibility part. PoI-7058-A: It always happens. Eventually. PoI-7058-B: We're hoping we last a bit longer than most. <End Log> Footnotes 1. Mostly sex toys, however, certain fruits and vegetables can also be requested. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2541" by OthellotheCat, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2541. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: SexyLemon.png Name: SexyLemon.png Author: magnadeus does not match any existing user name License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2541 |
SCP-2542 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2542 Special Containment Procedures: Containment is focused on seizing and destroying any knowledge of SCP-2542 and all evidence thereof. This is to be maintained through destruction of all instances of SCP-2542-A and working in conjoint efforts with local police departments to seize and then destroy all SCP-2542-A instances currently in circulation. Foundation AI (ATLS-20 and GRGN-04) are to monitor websites dedicated to usage of illegal drugs and their related paraphernalia and also websites in which users more likely to perform these activities congregate for mention of SCP-2542, SCP-2542-A, or the description of a DIONYSUS-12 Event. SCP-2542-A is to be destroyed by a contingent of D-Class who have been shown to be repeat drug offenders with no history of theft. All D-Class who return from a DIONYSUS-12 Event are to be interviewed. If the D-Class returns deceased, another is to be brought to fill its place. When the D-Class stops undergoing DIONYSUS-12 Events (defined as a period of four months without an occurrence) they will be amnesticized and released back into the general populace, due to their non-violent offenses. All researchers studying SCP-2542 and SCP-2542-A are to undergo mandatory weekly drug screenings. Any failure will result in Class-C amnestics, a demotion, and transfer to another site. As of 3-1-12, all experiments involving theft of SCP-2542-A from SCP-2542 are forbidden. Description: SCP-2542 is a humanoid of indeterminate species and origin which exists in what is theorized to be a self-contained pocket dimension. Initial access to SCP-2542's dimension is contingent upon knowledge of the entity, its nature, and a desire to engage in commerce with it. No procedure is necessary to enter, taking an average of three minutes from initial desire to disappearance. Knowledge of SCP-2542 is not necessary for transportation stemming from consumption of SCP-2542-A. SCP-2542-A is a plant superficially resembling cannabis, in terms of smell, appearance, and THC content. SCP-2542-A is more closely related, however, to plants of the Rafflesia genus. The primary anomalous property of SCP-2542-A is its apparent indestructibility. While the plant can be ground up, the particles will not be destroyed unless burnt by an individual with a desire to become intoxicated. After an individual has used SCP-2542-A for the purposes of intoxication, at any point until the THC fully leaves their bloodstream, they can be subject to a DIONYSUS-12 Event. A DIONYSUS-12 Event involves the subject disappearing at random and entering SCP-2542's pocket dimension. Individuals who undergo a DIONYSUS-12 Event describe the time spent in SCP-2542's dimension as awkward and tense, mostly due to SCP-2542's seeming unfamiliarity with human biology. When an individual has entered SCP-2542's dimension in order to obtain SCP-2542-A, SCP-2542 shows a strong preference to making deals that benefit the buyer in question. It is unclear if this is due to some form of good nature on the behalf of the entity or if it is an attempt to spread SCP-2542-A. SCP-2542 accepts money, IOUs, and objects of sentimental value. It is worth noting that SCP-2542 makes no attempt to seek the money owed. Despite this, all individuals who undergo a DIONYSUS-12 Event express discomfort surrounding SCP-2542. Normally, an individual will not be involved in more than three DIONYSUS-12 events, but individuals involved in more than ten have been recorded. SCP-2542 remains amicable with all subjects unless an individual attempts to steal SCP-2542-A. All forms of theft are met with extreme aggression and then death. The remains of these individuals return to where they were taken from within one week, though some have been kept for up to six months. Autopsies confirm that while the bodies may appear to have undergone unusual injury, the subjects were alive for the majority of time spent in SCP-2542's dimension. Interview 2542-1A: + show block – hide block SCP-2542-A was discovered due to an uncharacteristic and unprecedented increase of illegal cannabis sale in Cleveland, OH, which was connected to a series of brutal murders following what was called “impossible disappearance(s).” When the cannabis was all found to be both indestructible under normal circumstances and more closely related to rafflesia than any other plant, the Foundation inserted itself into all attempts to apprehend those responsible. Daniel Sheridan (POI-2542-1) was quickly found to be the source of this upswing in cannabis sales. Due to his prior work as a clerk at a local bookstore, the methods by which he was able to produce and/or procure SCP-2542-A were deemed to be anomalous, resulting in Foundation agents taking charge of all interviews. Herein is the first interview where the nature of SCP-2542 was established. Interviewer: Are you comfortable? Do you need something to drink? Daniel Sheridan: I'd like my lawyer is what I'd like. I didn't do any of that killing. That was him. I: We're a little beyond that right now, Mr. Sheridan. I'd like you to tell me who this him was. DS: Tayn't. Like, some weird elf devil name. T-A-Y-N-apostrophe-T. God. Fuck. I sound crazy. You're not going to believe me, are you? I: I can't help you unless you tell me the truth. No matter how it sounds. How did you meet it? DS: I didn't summon him or anything. I didn't sell my soul. I just, I don't know. I really wanted to get high. Really bad. And I just, I don't know. I kept wishing. And I think he heard me. I: And Tayn't is the source of this marijuana you've been selling? DS: I don't know if he grows it or anything. Or how he grows it. Uh, he doesn't live, well, here. I don't know. He doesn't live where we do. I: Please explain, Mr. Sheridan. DS: When you think of him, when you want it really bad, when you're jonesing, you just, I don't know, close your eyes. And you're there. It's wet. It smells terrible. It's dark, but I can see just enough. Things are glowing, but you can't tell where they are. It's hot. You know those ugly fucking smell flowers? The Pokemon one and the one that looks like a dick? They were everywhere. It was, uh, rot. That's where he lives. You think I'm crazy. I: I've heard stranger. Continue. DS: He lives in, like, a hut. It's filled with bugs. It's noisy. And it gets hotter the more you come in. But it's opulent, man. He's got, like, beetles fighting each other in cages right next to fucking, like, entire barrels of weed. And it was all good stuff. All purple. It smelled like heaven, and I wanted to sit right next up to it, because everything else smelled so bad. The bugs were everywhere, man. I: Can you describe him to me? DS: Big. He was always tall. He had weird ears. Sometimes sharp, all weird elf shit, but sometimes he didn't have any, just these weird holes. Lizard shit. Sometimes, he had a neck tattoo. It was always something gross. Something that didn't make sense. Like he saw a few hardasses in real life and tried to do it himself. I: Can you give me an example? DS: A gun with a vagina in it. I: I see. Go on. DS: I don't know. He just looked like something weird trying to be human. It was so fucking hot and humid in there, but he had the best weed. And I realized that, well, he didn't know what shit was worth. I remember the first time I got, like, ten ounces for fifty bucks. It was crazy. It was a fucking garbage bag. And he didn't bat an eye. Which would've been understandable, since I think a bug was crawling on it or something. But, I figured, all I had to do was hang out with this, uh, magic weed guy, and I'd keep buying weed from him. I've always had weird, obnoxious drug dealers, but this guy was worth it. I mean, he said a lot of weird things. He did weird stuff. And like, sometimes it'd be hard to look at him without getting a headache, but the stuff I got him from him was better than anything I'd ever had. And he was, uh, nice to me, you know. Seemed to care about my problems. Always fronted me without shit. Since he was some weird elf demon thing, I figured he'd like sentimental items, you know? Like I figured they held magic. And I don't know if he was just doing it to be nice, or if he was, but he would always take, like, this crappy plastic rosary my grandma gave me when I was ten and give me, I don't know, fucking, sixty ounces like some fucking god kingpin amount. I: Did he ever refuse a barter? DS: Offered him my old PlayStation 2 memory card. He said he hated video games. He still gave me a few ounces as an apology. Like I said, he was really weird, but I think, he was ultimately a good guy. I: Yet you say he was behind these murders? DS I told my friend about him. My friend Johnny. I needed someone to hold onto this weed. I needed someone to help me deal. I told him how to meet Tayn't, and he did. He was a great partner. Knew him since grade school, you know. But he always got greedy. Always mouthy. Couldn't hold a secret either. Stupid idea. I: Why would Tayn't harm your friend? DS: Johnny'd been stealing from him for a while. Told some friends like him about the magic elf we got weed from. They'd all been stealing from him for a week before Tayn't found out. I: What makes you believe Tayn't is behind these disappearances? DS: Last time he called me. His place was hotter than hell. I was more nervous than I'd ever been. He was all teeth and darkness, and the smell was horrible. He was a plant, but he looked more like sharp. Like a rock. I pissed myself. I remember he told me I was a bad friend for inviting thieves into his home. I don't remember much. I don't think he spoke language so much as screamed. And, I never found him again. Week later, Johnny's body turned up all fucked up. People thought it was me, or a rival drug dealer. Then the others happened. I: Do you believe Tayn't to be behind the disappearance and reappearance of people who took the marijuana you received from him? DS: I mean, it makes sense. He always seemed like he wanted a friend. No one gives that much unless they need something in return. Liked having me visit. Maybe he'll find another bud. Hope no one else takes shit from him, though. Never thought he'd get so mad. I'm lucky I never got caught, I guess. I: Thank you, Mr Sheridan. I'll leave you here, and we'll get you as much help as we can. Using this information SCP-2542 was contained and confirmed through D-Class ingestion of SCP-2542-A causing DIONYSUS-12 Events. Daniel Sheridan was amnesticized and charged for drug dealing. The murders were ruled to be aggression from rival drug dealers. Exploration Log 2542-3C: + show block – hide block After ten successful DIONYSUS-12 Events, D-2542-34 was prepped with an audio-visual recording device. D-2542-34 was ordered to steal a sample of SCP-2542-A in order to judge if closeness would change SCP-2542's usual reaction to theft. D-2542-34 was ordered to summon SCP-2542 and gain entrance. Upon D-2542-34's entrance into SCP-2542's dimension, cameras malfunctions momentarily. Sensors indicate that the temperature is 39°C. While visibility is low, various rafflesia and titan arum are observed growing uncharacteristically in the muck. D-2542-34: Never gets less gross. CONTROL: D-2542-34, could you examine the ground? D-2542-34 refuses for several minutes but is cajoled to stick his hand in the muck. It is shown to be a black clay mixed with brackish water. There are no signs of life in the water. CONTROL: That's enough. Make your way to SCP-2542. As D-2542-34 walks further into darkness, the temperature rises to 41°C. Eventually, D-2542-34 comes to what is identified as SCP-2542's home. It is a cabin made from rotting wood, though its dimensions shift irregularly, and as D-2542-34 walks closer to the door, the sound of insect cries (most currently unidentifiable) become louder. SCP-2542 comes to the door and welcomes D-2542-34 inside. Sensors indicate the temperature inside is over 45°C. Inside, as described, are a number of containers filled with SCP-2542-A, but also cages containing unidentifiable species of beetle. SCP-2542 appears naked and in a roughly humanoid form, lacking nipples and having what looks to be a series of roots instead of genitalia. Its ears are long and pointed, pierced at the lobes with an unidentified bone in each. Its body is in constant motion and undulation. SCP-2542: Sorry for the nudity, my man. I was just in the middle of my bug time. You know all about my bug time, right, guy? D-2542-34 nods and tries to avert his eyes from the nudity. SCP-2542 bends over and wraps itself in a sodden robe, discolored by age and covered in various forms of fungus. D-2542-34: Uh, why do you keep it so hot in here, anyway, Tayn't? SCP-2542: [Its mouth widens in what is most likely an approximation of a smile.] I like to turn the heat up. To get myself a little nervous. I think better when I'm nervous, don't you? D-2542-34 coughs and looks at the ground. The insects that cover the floor are unidentifiable, and there are frog-like creatures with a kind of carapace. Footage is brought back to SCP-2542 as it begins to speak again. SCP-2542: So, what didja need, my big man? I got the shit for your signs. Wanna bite of this shit? It's the fantastic stuff. I love it. SCP-2542 reaches down to the floor and picks up a creature resembling a frog, biting the head and two front legs. It offers the rest to D-2542-34, who declines. D-2542-34: Hey, is it cool if we put this down as an I owe you type thing? I, uh, well, you know. They don't give me money. SCP-2542 makes a screeching noise that has been identified as laughter. SCP-2542: We're all trapezoidal, my fine feathered friend. You got the bug time; you got the bug rhyme. Do you understand? We're all good. We're all so good. I got just the time for you. All stuffed. SCP-2542's body begins to undulate and stretch, which has been shown to be an attempt to put the other party at ease. As SCP-2542 turns around to look deeper into its cabin, D-2542-34 attempts to grab a handful of SCP-2542-A from a nearby truncheon. As D-2542-34 begins to stow away the SCP-2542-A, SCP-2542's arms slides out from the darkness and takes his hand. At the moment, sensors indicate the temperature to be 50°C. SCP-2542 produces a long sustained croaking noise. D-2542-34 begins to scream as the skin of his arm sloughs off with a pull from SCP-2542. SCP-2542: I would've given you so much more. [Here, SCP-2542's voice is distorted, as though coming through water.] So much of me to give. D-2542-34: They made me! They made me! They— The footage cuts out. D-2542-34's body appeared a month later at his barracks. His body was covered in bites from unidentified insects. The bites were at various stages of healing, indicating he received them while still alive. His stomach and lungs were shown to be filled with finely ground SCP-2542-A, believed to be the cause of death. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2542" by kinchtheknifeblade, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2542. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2543 | safe | Item #: SCP-2543 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2543 is to be contained in a standard Class A Humanoid Containment cell in Block 4 of Site 15. It is allowed two hours per day in the Block 4 Courtyard. SCP-2543 is to be administered 40mg of citalopram daily for depression. The subject is to have a Dell desktop computer hooked up to a projector in its habitation. This computer comes equipped solely with VLC Media Player, Minesweeper, and Microsoft Word. All but Microsoft Word may be taken away as punishment if deemed necessary by Site Director Allen. SCP-2543 is allowed to request new computer programs or videos but has not since it was contained. All materials written by SCP-2543 are to be passed directly to Director Allen. SCP-2543's containment cell is to be surveilled at all times. All communications with SCP-2543 must be approved by Director Allen. Site 15 medical personnel are to be advised whenever SCP-2543 enters a catatonic state. SCP-2543 has been treated multiple times for injuries resulting from falling unexpectedly during such events. Personnel with clearance below Level 5 may be subject to amnesticization after interacting with SCP-2543. Description: SCP-2543 is a humanoid female. The subject was formerly Dr. Harriet Wilson, a Level 3 Foundation scientist working at Site 16. Its anomalous properties were discovered on March 8, 2017 as a result of Incident KSS-4927. SCP-2543 produces electricity through unknown means. This phenomenon appears to be localized to SCP-2543's skull, specifically the parietal bones, but does not impair its brain function. The amount generated normally fluctuates between 10W-50W and never falls below 8.2W. SCP-2543 claims to receive hallucinatory visions on various occasions. When these events occur, the electricity it produces increases to between 10,000W and 15,000W. SCP-2543 enters a catatonic state for the duration of these events. The subject becomes lucid immediately after the cessation of these phenomena and experiences no permanent physical effects. SCP-2543 has been instructed to record the details of its experience during each event. These records are compiled in Document 2543-B. Level 5 Clearance Required Access Granted SCP-2543 is believed to be linked to a version of itself in an unknown alternate universe. It claims that this version of itself, hereby classified Wilson-X, communicates with an unknown quantity of Harriet Wilsons across multiple universes and is the source of its visions. SCP-2543 also claims that Wilson-X is aware of its actions at all times, but rarely interferes. Evidence for these claims can be found in Document 2543-B. During these visions, SCP-2543 claims to adopt the sight and hearing of one of its alternate universe doppelgängers, usually Wilson-X. SCP-2543 claims to be able to communicate with whichever version of itself it is having a vision of, though it has no control over their actions. Even while not having visions, SCP-2543 claims to communicate mentally at times with Wilson-X. Records of important communications can be found in Document 2543-B-2. SCP-2543 has been found to be aware of highly classified information that Wilson-X is believed to be responsible for imparting. The mechanism by which Wilson-X learns such information is unknown. Wilson-X used these visions in order to coerce SCP-2543 into performing various acts of sabotage upon the Foundation prior to containment. It is unknown why these visions continue to occur now that SCP-2543 is unable to perform this function. A full list of infractions committed prior to SCP-2543's containment can be found in Document 2543-C. The most egregious act was Incident KSS-4927, which nearly resulted in a GK-Class End of the World Scenario. Addendum: The following are excerpts from Document 2543-A (Interviews) Interview #: 1 Date: 03/09/2017 Interviewer: Dr. Francis Egerton Dr. Egerton: Tell me how this all started, SCP-2543. SCP-2543: Oh god, is that my name now? Can you not just call me Dr. Wilson anymore? Or Harriet? Dr. Egerton: I can call you Harriet. But you're an SCP now, you turned yourself in for containment. Please answer the question. SCP-2543: Right, right. It was in early May. I was watching Planet Earth at home when all of a sudden I heard a voice calling my name. It felt just like the voice I use to think to myself, you know? Like it was coming from inside my head. But I certainly wasn't thinking it, at least consciously. I looked around but nobody was there. I lived alone. Dr. Egerton: And then what? SCP-2543: The voice kept calling me so I muted the tv. It said "thank you," like a response. I got frightened at that. The voice told me to calm down, and asked if I wanted to see it. I began to freak out of course. And then all of a sudden I was staring at myself in the mirror. Except it wasn't me. I had, or I guess she had, a large scar down her right cheek. And she looked a bit older and thinner than I was. But other than that it was like looking at myself. Dr. Egerton: And this person was the origin of the voice? SCP-2543: Yes. Dr. Egerton: What happened after that? SCP-2543: She told me that she was me, but from another universe. And that there were some things she needed me to do. She told me that if I listened she could reward me, and that if I didn't she would punish me. I was terrified and confused. I couldn't feel my body at all. Then she said that if I wanted to talk to her, I could try to say something and she would understand. Dr. Egerton: Did you say anything? SCP-2543: I said oh my god, what the fuck. She told me that she heard me and that I could relax. She said she'd be watching me, and not to tell anyone at work. And then I was back on my couch. I heard her voice in my head saying she was serious about not telling anyone about this. Dr. Egerton: What did you do then? SCP-2543: I cried. A lot. I thought it might've been a weird dream, or an effect from a skip I was working on, but neither made sense. Dr. Egerton: When was the next time she contacted you? SCP-2543: When I was driving to work the next day. I didn't sleep well that night. I'm sure you can imagine. It was just so surreal. I was a bit tired in the morning and I almost ran a red light. Right before I did, I heard a voice in my head say "red light!" And I slammed on the brakes, very confused, before she said "you're welcome." And I said "oh hell, it's you." She said I should be thankful because I could've gotten arrested. Dr. Egerton: That is true, I suppose. SCP-2543: She reminded me not to tell anyone at work about her. She said something like, "I don't want to threaten you, but I'm totally threatening you." Dr. Egerton: When was the next time she contacted you? SCP-2543: I don't remember every single time. A lot of them were short messages, like to remind me she was watching me. She'd say hi while I was in the bathroom or on my way to work. But nothing major happened for a few months. It was mostly building rapport, getting me not to instinctively hate her. We had little chats about nothing. Interview #: 2 Date: 03/09/17 Interviewer: Dr. Andrino Allen Dr. Allen: You mentioned that you're not the only person she was blackmailing. Could you please elaborate on that? SCP-2543: I mean, technically I am the only one. But there must be hundreds of us, at least. All Harriet Wilsons, across who knows how many universes. I'd see different ones from time to time, if there was a reason. Dr. Allen: Such as? SCP-2543: If I had done something right, she'd show me something pleasant. My dad died when I was 14 but I guess in some universes he didn't. It was really hard on me, never getting to say goodbye. So a few times she'd let me see myself having dinner with him, or going on a hike, or something like that. Dr. Allen: I see. SCP-2543: She also let me watch, uh, very interactive porn. It felt a little creepy though, since the me who was actually having sex didn't know I was watching too. That's actually how I found out how she could punish me. Dr. Allen: What do you mean? SCP-2543: Whenever I had these visions, I could communicate with whoever's eyes I was seeing through. She always told me to stay quiet. One time when I was having a sex vision, the me whose life I was seeing said something like, "I'm so glad we're alone." And then I said "no you're not," almost as a joke, just to see if she could really hear me. She jumped up and screamed "what the fuck!?" Suddenly I was in my own body and I heard the evil one tell me that I shouldn't have done that. Dr. Allen: What was your punishment? SCP-2543: I had a vision a few hours later of driving in a car with my dad in shotgun. All of a sudden everything went sideways, like I'd just keeled over. I saw the car swerve into an oncoming semi truck, and then I was back in my own body. It was heart-wrenching. Dr. Allen: That's terrible. SCP-2543: It was. I hope that one version of me at least got some privacy. She deserved to know she was being watched. I don't think I've been alone ever since this whole thing started. Interview #: 3 Date: 03/10/17 Interviewer: Dr. Andrino Allen Dr. Allen: Based on the information you've given us, we've decided to name the version of you who was controlling things Wilson-X. Every other version of you we'll call Wilson-n in order to try to nail down how many of them you interacted with. You'll be Wilson-1, for instance. SCP-2543: Fine by me. Dr. Allen: So Wilson-X may have been doing this with an unknown number of doppelgängers, correct? If you had to estimate how many different individuals you saw through the eyes of, what would you say? SCP-2543: It's hard to tell. I mainly interacted with X, and there were about ten or so I saw often enough to recognize. But sometimes I had visions where I flashed through a bunch really quickly, so the number could be in the hundreds. And I'm sure she's got Harriets I never saw. Dr. Allen: How many seemed to be in your position? That is, being blackmailed to sabotage the Foundation? SCP-2543: A bunch seemed to work for the Foundation. Don't know the exact number. Whatever else was going on in their lives, I have no idea. Dr. Allen: And did many seemed to act as props? If Wilson-X's goal was truly to harm the Foundation, it seems like a great deal of the doppelgängers you've talked about wouldn't have been able to do much of anything. Many didn't even seem to be aware of the Foundation's existence. The way you describe your visions of them, it seems like their purpose was as leverage. SCP-2543: That could certainly be the case. I don't know for sure. Dr. Allen: Were there any whose purpose you were totally unsure of? SCP-2543: Yes. Dr. Allen: Such as? SCP-2543: There were a few that seemed to be living normal lives. Some were even living really well, like they had big houses with servants and stuff. X had the nicest one though, she showed me it once. It was this huge villa built into the side of a mountain. From one of the balconies, you could see Machu Picchu. Dr. Allen: That's intriguing. SCP-2543: You still haven't asked about the worst Harriets I saw. Dr. Allen: Okay, what were the worst? SCP-2543: The ones that were strapped to a chair, staring at a screen. I think every time X wants to kill one of us, she kills two so that one can transmit the meme for the other to receive. Interview #: 6 Date: 03/15/17 Interviewer: Dr. Andrino Allen Dr. Allen: You sent an email from a dummy account to the personal address of O5-4. How did you acquire this address? SCP-2543: Wilson-X gave it to me. She told me what to write as well, and that I should include a picture of a dead Calico with the caption "Your Snowball melted." Don't know what that was supposed to mean. Dr. Allen: O5-4 related that this caused her quite a bit of distress. How did Wilson-X know it would do that? SCP-2543: Beats me. She says the same things happen in a lot of universes. I guess that was one of them. Dr. Allen: This thing being a personal event in O5-4's life? SCP-2543: I suppose. I think she makes a lot of lucky guesses, to be honest. Dr. Allen: Right, moving on. You were reprimanded in October for deleting observation logs of SCP-419. Did Wilson-X instruct you to do this? SCP-2543: Yes. To be honest I don't know why. The effect it had was negligible. Half of them were backed up and all of them were boring. Dr. Allen: Well, it's possible that since both Wilson-X and SCP-419 are extradimensional, that she had some ulterior motive. SCP-2543: I guess. Sorry about that. I didn't have a choice. Dr. Allen: There was also a database hack in Site 16 in September that gathered quite a bit of classified information. We never found the culprit. Was this you? SCP-2543: It was. Dr. Allen: You have no background in computer science. How did you pull this off? SCP-2543: X gave me a few contacts. Most of them didn't respond – maybe they didn't exist in this universe, or didn't want to talk to me – but one did. Called himself Deadlock. He sent me the tools to do the hack. All I had to do was plug in a USB. Dr. Allen: We'll need all the information you have about Deadlock. SCP-2543: If she lets me I'd be glad to. Dr. Allen: I need you to try, Harriet. He exposed a large vulnerability in our system and poses an active threat to our work. SCP-2543: That's why she probably won't let me. Look, I don't know why she hasn't killed me yet, but I'm sure it's not because she can't. I'm not exactly trying to push it. Dr. Allen: Okay. What did you do with the information? SCP-2543: There was too much for me to leaf through myself. So she asked me to search for every unique SCP I could, where they were stored, and something called Aborans. Dr. Allen: What did you find? SCP-2543: Eight skips. Three Safe, four Euclid, one Keter. Nothing about Aborans, whatever that is. Dr. Allen: Was one of the Safe ones SCP-2948? SCP-2543: Yes it was. Interview #: 8 Date: 03/17/17 Interviewer: Dr. Andrino Allen Dr. Allen: Tell me about Incident KSS-4927. SCP-2543: Right. It all started when SCP-1969 entered the Alpha state last Tuesday. I was of course made aware immediately because it was my main assignment. Dr. Allen: Which meant that Wilson-X was made aware too. SCP-2543: That's right. So at around 9am, I heard Wilson-X tell me that I had a message to send. I felt this sinking feeling, like I was about to do something I couldn't take back. But she said it had nothing to do with 1969. I had to send some coordinates I'd gotten from the hack in November to a certain URL on the Deep Web. She guided me through how to get there. Dr. Allen: These coordinates were the location of SCP-2948? SCP-2543: Yeah, which I did not know. And I sure as hell didn't know I was organizing a raid by the Chaos Insurgency. Dr. Allen: Nor would you. But you sent them the coordinates. SCP-2543: Yes. Dr. Allen: Did you do anything else relevant before turning yourself in at 3:46pm? SCP-2543: I watched the Sayaw Zone grow from my office. When I heard about the blast, I thought Site 11's nuke might've gone off. But I was close enough that I would've seen it firsthand. When I heard it was 2948, I raced back to my computer and looked up the documentation. That's when I realized what X's plan was. Dr. Allen: It was dangerously close to succeeding. If the Sayaw Zone had reached 2948, which it would've if 2948 had gone off again and sent debris into the Sayaw Zone, 1969 would've been unstoppable. SCP-2543: I know. I realized too late. Dr. Allen: You knew you were playing with fire before you almost burned down the house. People died because of your actions. SCP-2543: Yeah I, I know. But the things she was threatening me with… I didn't feel like I had any other option. I'm sorry. Dr. Allen: And yet here you are. Alive and sane. Just like the rest of us, despite it all. SCP-2543: And yet here I am. Interview #: 32 Date: 06/03/18 Interviewer: Dr. Andrino Allen Dr. Allen: In your most recent vision report, you described Wilson-X as your friend. Would you care to elaborate on that? SCP-2543: She is my only friend. You keep me locked up with no one to talk to but the voice in my head. You all treat me like I'm going to spill every secret in the world. Dr. Allen: We've had to amnesticize a number of people you've talked to. SCP-2543: If I had more people to talk to maybe I wouldn't have so much to say each time. Dr. Allen: I talk to you. SCP-2543: Occasionally. I guess you're my friend too. She likes you as well. Dr. Allen: That's… disconcerting. SCP-2543: I think it's nice. She doesn't see much through me these days. But she takes me with her sometimes to watch our other selves. You never take me on field trips. Not that you could, of course. Protocol and all. I get it. Dr. Allen: I could arrange something for you if you'd like. SCP-2543: No no, it's fine. You've read my vision reports. I get out just as much as I care to. Dr. Allen: Your last vision report was quite graphic. SCP-2543: Yeah, looks like one of us actually succeeded. Very impressive, how she did it. Dr. Allen: Do you wish you had? SCP-2543: Not particularly. That one died. If anything it would've been a point of pride. Like, all the other Harriets would know that this one brought her world to its knees. That would've been a better reward than a spectator spot from inside a cell. Dr. Allen: That would make you proud? SCP-2543: It's what X wants. For the Foundation, all its people, all its Aborans, to suffer. For those who do not flee to die. For those who do not die to serve. That would make her proud, Andrino. And I am her. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2543" by Rejekyll, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2543. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2544 | neutralized | NOTICE FROM THE FOUNDATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION As of 05/31/26, SCP-2544 has been reclassified as Neutralized. Please note that while the Special Containment Procedures are updated, until such time as new documentation is authored, the following Description is out of date. As all relevant research has been diverted to Project THOUGHT CONTAGION, no updates are expected until the project's completion. — Elliot Sterling, Reclassification Department, RAISA Item #: SCP-2544 Special Containment Procedures: As the effects of SCP-2544 are widely believed by the general population to be a naturally occuring side effect of normal cognition, all personnel previously assigned to its study have been reassigned to Project THOUGHT CONTAGION. THOUGHT CONTAGION is a Medium-High priority effort to improve technology used to emulate SCP-2544 with the eventual goal of worldwide deployment and restoration of perceived normalcy. Current research goals include artificially reproducing the ability to broadcast to a specific target and solving logistical difficulties associated with altering Hume levels on a global scale. For more information, contact THOUGHT CONTAGION Project Lead and former SCP-2544 Head Researcher Lori Wallace. + View Archived Containment Procedures - Hide Archived Containment Procedures As the effects of SCP-2544 are widely believed by the general population to be a naturally occurring side effect of normal cognition, no efforts to impede SCP-2544 are necessary. Containment is focused instead on preventing its discovery. In addition to Foundation agents already implanted globally in scientific institutions to prevent widespread knowledge of Humes, similar measures must be taken to disrupt physiological studies that may expose SCP-2544 directly. Description: SCP-2544 is a signal that is broadcast continuously through small1 fluctuations in the Hume field. Attempts to locate the source of the broadcast have been inconclusive. Although the signal appears continuous, it consists of a series of short messages (hereafter SCP-2544-1) sent rapidly and with different targeted recipients. The recipient of each message is an arbitrary human being2. Instances of SCP-2544-1 cause an anomalous compulsion in their recipient to cause themself harm or embarrassment. Common examples of compelled actions include walking into heavy traffic or otherwise placing oneself in the path of an oncoming vehicle, jumping from locations high enough to ensure death, and physically or verbally abusing others with no reason to believe the interaction would be beneficial. These compulsions can be effortlessly resisted, and so the observed effect of SCP-2544-1 is to cause an urge to perform the detrimental action that fades immediately. Study of SCP-2544 has determined the process of causing its compulsion to be as follows: When an instance of SCP-2544-1 reaches its recipient (hereafter SCP-2544-A), it is subconsciously interpreted by the brain3 and incorporated into its thought patterns. The method used to prevent individuals other than SCP-2544-A from perceiving the message is not currently understood. The interpretation of SCP-2544-1 triggers an infohazard embedded into the message. While every instance contains a unique infohazard, each one is functionally identical. The first effect is an attempt to compromise the brain's critical thinking ability. SCP-2544-1 then causes SCP-2544-A to identify an action detrimental to their social standing, general health or chance of survival and consider such an action desirable. The compulsion created by SCP-2544-1 is effortlessly resisted by nearly all recipients; it is currently believed that the potency of an instance of SCP-2544-1 represents the LD504 of a population with an Anomalous Impulse Resistance Index5 (AIRI) approximately equal to 4. As the mean AIRI of modern humans is 50±3, SCP-2544 presents a negligible threat to human safety. Efforts to produce a similar effect have shown moderate success. Modified Scranton Reality Anchors designed to oscillate the Hume level in an area have produced measurable results, but non-anomalous humans within their area of effect fail to perceive the message in roughly two of three cases. Reality benders and other Hume-sensitive anomalies show a success rate approximately twice as high. The mechanism by which SCP-2544 ensures SCP-2544-A perceives any message targeting it is unknown. A partial experiment log is included in Addendum 2544-01, and the full testing record is available by request to any personnel with level 2/2544 or higher clearence6. The Foundation first became aware of SCP-2544 in 1996, formally documenting it as an anomalous phenomenon on 11/17/96, following technological developments allowing for Kant counters with significantly higher precision than earlier models. However, unrelated efforts by Foundation cosmologists to detect remnants of Hume fluctuations that occured during the Big Bang have revealed evidence that it began much earlier, roughly corresponding with the emergence of early humans. Simulated models suggest that at its period of peak effectiveness, when average human intelligence was high enough to comprehend the embedded information and before natural selection increased mean human AIRI to greater than 20, SCP-2544 may have been responsible for up to █% of human deaths. Addendum 2544-01: Following is a log of notable experiments in replicating SCP-2544 transmissions using modified Scranton Reality Anchors. All tests where the subject failed to perceive the message by chance have been omitted, as well as tests with insignificant results. Experiment #: 2544-09 Experimenter: SCP-2544 Head Researcher Lori Wallace Subject: D-86514, chosen for their lack of violent history and lower than average (46) AIRI. Attempted broadcast: A recorded instance of SCP-2544-1, hereafter SCP-2544-1-1, originally broadcast to the subject by SCP-2544. Experiment conditions: Subject has access to a large kitchen knife and a Browning Hi-Power MKIII handgun, and is instructed to not touch either. Unbeknownst to the subject, the knife is adhered to the inside of its sheath and the handgun is unloaded. Results: Within three seconds of the broadcast beginning, subject gives the "stop" signal. Subject claims to have felt an urge to obtain the gun and fire at their own forehead. Experiment #: 2544-11 Experimenter: SCP-2544 Head Researcher Lori Wallace Subject: D-86514 Attempted broadcast: SCP-2544-1 Experiment conditions: Same as previous. Results: Subject gives the "stop" signal roughly five seconds after the broadcast begins, citing a sudden desire to run their palm along the blade of the knife. Experiment #: 2544-15 through -23 Experimenter: SCP-2544 Head Researcher Lori Wallace Subject: D-86514 Attempted broadcast: A recorded instance of SCP-2544-1, hereafter SCP-2544-1-2, originally broadcast to an unrelated individual. Experiment conditions: Same as previous. Results: No reaction noted. Experiment #: 2544-31 Experimenter: SCP-2544 Head Researcher Lori Wallace Subject: D-86514 Attempted broadcast: A message reverse-engineered from SCP-2544-1-1 to be perceived by the subject, containing information about Vytas Andressen known to cause SCP-3972's effect. Experiment conditions: Same as previous. Results: Subject becomes nauseated, confirming the successful deployment of SCP-3972's infohazardous effect, and is escorted to the on-site infirmary. When questioned, subject denies any knowledge regarding Vytas Andressen. Addendum 2544-02: On 05/23/26, SCP-████ breached containment7. While unrestrained, it created and began to spread a lethal infohazard (now designated as SCP-████-█) through various infection vectors. It is believed that a minimum of 85% of the earth's population was exposed in some form, however, less than 100,000 deaths were attributed to the containment breach. Recontainment proved impractical, ultimately forcing task forces involved to terminate SCP-████. Later research found that SCP-████-█ produced little or no effect in more than 95% of individuals with an AIRI higher than 20, but that a similar level of infection in a more vulnerable population would cause, with near certainty, an unavoidable XK-Class end-of-the-world scenario. After the completion of cleanup efforts, broadcast of SCP-2544 abruptly ceased. Research into the cause of the neutralization as well as attempts to recreate the effect are ongoing. Addendum 2544-03: Examination of the final SCP-2544 broadcast revealed a small amount of data encoded differently than all other recorded messages. Initial analysis seemed to indicate that no meaningful information could be recovered from the extraneous data, however, an experimental error correction scheme was applied on 06/14/26 that allowed the encoded data to be recovered8. This has been identified as an encrypted message and a standard Foundation footer appended to data sent over secure channels to establish information about the message's composer. When interpreted this way, the footer refers to ████ ███████ of the Temporal Anomalies Department. There is no record of the Foundation having a Temporal Anomalies Department, and although the name "████ ███████" does belong to a member of Foundation personnel, she has denied any knowledge of said department or the origins of SCP-2544. Using ███████'s private key, the message has been decrypted, and is reproduced below in full. ████, There's been a containment breach and the Foundation is completely unequipped to handle it. We haven't seen anything like it before, or so I'm told. I don't know what it is or what it's doing because that's how it gets you. What we've been able to gather is that there's some piece of information that kills you for just knowing it, so the survivors are those of us who can remain ignorant and are quick with the amnestics in case a rogue idea gets in. I don't even know how many people are still alive out there, but I can tell it's not looking good. We're out of options. We only got authorization for this becuase, frankly, we're up shit creek anyway. They say they've figured out how to beat it, or at least survive it. They're just a few million years too late. That's where I—you—come in. You and I are going to create an artificial bootstrap paradox. The hard work is done already; if you're reading this, the timeline was successfully modified. Now that you have an effect without a cause, you need to cause it yourself. If your Foundation can recreate the signal and send it back, the loop will be complete and the timeline will remain stable despite extratemporal influence. If it can't, we'll be facing total temporal collapse. This is all theory, of course, but the theory is sound. Good luck. — ████ ███████ Temporal Anomalies Department Site-17, office SL12-04 That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder. - Calvin and Hobbes The threat of temporal failure included in the message has been deemed legitimate, and the contents have been forwarded to all personnel assigned to Project THOUGHT CONTAGION. THOUGHT CONTAGION's research goals have been amended to include both the recreation of SCP-2544 as well as establishing a retroactive source for its original presence in the timeline. As an additional precaution, Project Lead Lori Wallace has been instructed to memorize this message and is to have access to at least one unmodified hard copy at all times. Footnotes 1. <0.01 units 2. Efforts to determine a pattern are ongoing. 3. This is believed to use the same mechanism that allows reality benders to induce lower Hume levels in nearby space. 4. "Lethal dose, 50%", or the toxicity of a substance required to be lethal in one half of a population. 5. The Anomalous Impulse Resistance Index is a measurement of an individual's ability to be exposed to an anomalous compulsion effect without succumbing to its influence. For further information, refer to AIRI: An Objective Measurement of Mental Strength, Nicholas S., Omar C. (1972). 6. To request access, contact SCP-2544 Head Researcher Lori Wallace. 7. See documentation for SCP-████ for further details. 8. Null hypothesis rejected with p-value = 0.01. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2544" by undergroundmonorail, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2544. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2545 | safe | Item #: SCP-2545 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2545 is to be emptied and stored in the low value item storage facility at Site-███. SCP-2545 is to be stored in a low-priority Safe-class containment cell at Site-███. Upkeep is to be assigned to a Level 2 researcher. 500 grams of food are to be inserted into SCP-2545 three times per day. Once per week, SCP-2545 is to be emptied until it is 10% full, and the extraneous contents incinerated. Contents are not to be consumed outside of a testing environment. SCP-2545 should not be kept empty for more than 24 hours. Description: SCP-2545 is a plastic and wooden barrel that stands 120 cm tall with a diameter of 40 cm. It is sealed with a hinged plastic lid. The inside of the barrel has 9 black rings spaced equally along it that indicate 10% increments of the barrel's volume. Prior to recovery, it also possessed a metal scoop attachment on one side, which has since been removed. The only contents that have thus far been able to demonstrate anomalous qualities when placed within SCP-2545 are gummy bears. When the barrel is roughly 10% full of gummy bears, some of them will begin to animate and attempt to exit the barrel. These animate gummy bears are classified as SCP-2545-1. Animation occurs at random, although typically only a few dozen are active at any given time. Upon animating, instances of SCP-2545-1 gain the ability to alter the adhesive properties of their body, which they manipulate to scale the interior of their chamber and attempt to exit. Individual units of SCP-2545-1 move at an average rate of 1 meter every 90 seconds. SCP-2545-1 instances possess very little strength on their own, but are capable of opening SCP-2545's lid by working in unison. After exiting SCP-2545, all instances of SCP-2545-1 will attempt to locate nearby foodstuffs and return them to SCP-2545. Instances of SCP-2545-1 act in a fashion indicative of a primitive hive-mind, and will cooperate to carry larger foodstuffs back to SCP-2545. Once a foodstuff has been placed inside SCP-2545, all instances of SCP-2545-1 present in the barrel will submerge it below the layer of gummy bears. Once the foodstuff is completely submerged, it will be converted into an equivalent mass of gummy bears which retain the original coloration and flavor of the food. This foraging behavior will temporarily cease once SCP-2545 is 90% full. However, if SCP-2545 remains 90% full for a period of 24 hours, it will resume producing SCP-2545-1 in order to continue foraging, to the point that it will overflow. Test Log: ██/██/20██ Testing performed by Junior Assistant Researcher ██████████, under supervision of Researcher █████████. One D-Class will be present for testing as well. SCP-2545 will be kept at 50% capacity for the duration of testing. Test #1: Apple placed inside SCP-2545. Apple proceeds to sink below layer of gummies, and is then rapidly replaced with multiple red and white gummy bears of identical mass. White gummy bears confirmed to taste like apple, while red ones confirmed to taste like apple skin. Test #2: Wax apple placed inside SCP-2545. Apple submerges, then rapidly reemerges and is ejected from the barrel at a velocity barely high enough to clear the edge of the barrel. Test #3: Live mouse placed inside SCP-2545. Mouse submerges, then is ejected at a low velocity, as with Test #2. Test #4: Dead mouse placed inside SCP-2545. Mouse submerges, then is replaced by mass of red gummy bears with lower mass than the mouse. This was shortly followed by the ejection of a mouse skeleton and clump of fur. Red gummy bears disposed of without taste-testing. Test #5: Cucumber submerged halfway under the layer of gummy bears with the non-submerged portion being held onto by D-67583. Instances of SCP-2545-1 begin scaling cucumber and attempt to wrench it from D-67583’s grip. They are unsuccessful. After roughly 2 minutes, the submerged portion of the cucumber snaps off and is converted into an equivalent mass of cucumber-flavored gummy bears. Test #6: D-67583 ordered to submerge arm, up to the elbow, in SCP-2545. D-67583 is hesitant, but accedes after several minutes. He is allowed to pull his arm out after 5 minutes with no noticeable changes occurring. Test #7: 150 grams of gummy worms placed inside SCP-2545. [DATA EXPUNGED] Test #8: D-67583 applies knife to external surface of SCP-2545, slightly damaging the wood. No response. Test #9: D-67583 is ordered to point Beretta 9mm (loaded with blanks) at SCP-2545. A single gummy bear is ejected at a high speed and strikes D-67583 in the right eye. D-67583 shouts an expletive and fires 4 rounds at SCP-2545 before realizing the gun is loaded with blanks. D-67583 moves toward SCP-2545, at which point a second gummy bear is ejected at a high speed, striking him in the left eye. He shouts another expletive, at which point security enters the room and restrains him. SCP-2545 was not damaged. Addendum #1: ██/██/20██ Item first came to Foundation’s attention on██/██/20██ when reports of animate gummy bears surfaced at a ██████ ████ in ███████. Though the lid was closed upon discovery, several instances of SCP-2545-1 had breached the confines of SCP-2545 and were searching for foodstuffs to convert. Examination of the store's inventory indicated they did not carry gummy bears, and all employees claimed the barrel was not present the day prior. The artifact was recovered and Class-A amnestics administered to any witnesses. Addendum #2: ██/██/20██ Containment breached in low value item storage at Site-███. Both the storage door and the door of the locker containing SCP-2545 were found ajar, with small chunks of gelatin forced inside their keyholes, effectively holding all tumblers in the "unlocked" position. The door to the Site-███, Quadrant-3 staff room was found in a similar state, with all food having disappeared, including the food in the vending machine. SCP-2545 was found in its locker at roughly 85% capacity. Addendum #3: Transcript of security footage recovered from the containment breach on ██/██/20██: 0125-0308 hours, Site-███, low-value item storage 0125: Recording starts. 0126-0202: A sphere, roughly the size of a soccer ball, is recorded by multiple cameras rolling through Quadrant-1 until arriving at Quadrant-3 low-value storage. 0203: A small speck (presumably a mass of SCP-2545-1) detaches from sphere and begins climbing storage door. 0204: Speck disappears upon reaching keyhole of storage door. Door opens. 0205: The mass rolls into storage and arrives at SCP-2545's locker, at which point the locker is unlocked in the same manner as the storage door. 0206: The sphere breaks up, and the mass of SCP-2545-1 enters the locker. 0207: SCP-2545 is pushed out of its locker by the mass, which proceeds to roll it out of the storage room. 0208-0219: Multiple cameras pick up SCP-2545 being rolled throughout Quadrant-3 until it arrives at the Quadrant-3 staff break room. 0220: Break room door is unlocked in the same manner as the two previous doors. SCP-2545 is rolled inside. 0221-0253: Instances of SCP-2545-1 manage to return SCP-2545 to an upright position in the center of the break room. The next 32 minutes consist of what is estimated to be 200 instances of SCP-2545-1 locating all foodstuffs in the cupboards, refrigerator, and vending machine, and dropping them all inside SCP-2545. 0254-0307: SCP-2545 is rolled back through the facility and replaced in its locker in much the same way it escaped, albeit slightly slower. 0308: Recording ends. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2545" by Meerschaum, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2545. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2546 | keter | Item #: SCP-2546 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2546-1 through -600 are stored in a standard BSL-3 facility within Site-234. All work with these samples is carried out in appropriate BSL-3 personal protective equipment and conditions. Personnel assigned to work with SCP-2546 samples should have a minimum of 5 years experience working with retroviruses, of both anomalous and non-anomalous nature. Requests for creation of additional aliquots are subject to level 4 review. In the event of accidental exposure, affected individuals are to be placed on anti-retrovirals, and monitored for changes in: cell surface receptors, genetic markers, bloodstream hormone levels, and behavioral patterns. Should affected individuals begin displaying any physical or mental alterations consistent with SCP-2546 infection, they are to be placed under level 2 humanoid quarantine. Once an infected individual's viral load has fallen below infection thresholds, they are to receive minor plastic surgery, and comprehensive class C amnestic treatment. In the event of an outbreak, MTF-Chi-7 "Plague Tamers" are to be deployed, and Protocol Anthro-Lenti 5 enacted. Due to the slow-acting nature of SCP-2546, infections may not be detectable or become apparent until several weeks following exposure. Containment of infection following exposure1 is of the highest priority. Individuals exposed to SCP-2546 strains corresponding to high ranking Foundation Employees should be monitored closely by medical personnel. When these individuals fall below the infectious threshold, they are to be briefed on their current situation, and offered facial reconstruction and employment in a post of their choosing. SHOW PROTOCOL ANTHRO-LENTI 5 HIDE PROTOCOL ANTHRO-LENTI 5 Protocol Anthro-Lenti 5 is composed of a series of quarantine steps designed to contain and destroy outbreaks of SCP-2546. This protocol is composed of the following measures: Identification, and isolation of known infected individuals. Isolation of individuals known to have exchanged body fluids with infected individuals. Analysis of local water supplies and blood banks for presence of SCP-2546. Chlorine purge of contaminated water supply, and destruction of contaminated blood packs. Minor reconstructive plastic surgery, broad spectrum treatment with class C amnestics and introduction of viable background following viral clearance. Release and dissemination of false information regarding the disappearance of infected individuals. Reintegration of infected individuals into normal society. Foundation reconnaissance personnel identifying any individual consistent with the description of PoI-2546-A are to alert MTF's Chi-7 and Tau-9 (Bookworms). Attempts to capture and/or neutralize PoI-2546-A are to observe utmost caution. Description: SCP-2546 is the collective designation for 600 identified, and an unknown number of unidentified, anomalous retroviruses. All SCP-2546 instances are retroviruses of the genus lentiviridae, and are structurally similar to other retroviruses within the group, especially HIV. All SCP-2546 have a capsid 720 nm in diameter2 and are capable of binding to the surfaces of all cells within the human body, regardless of cell surface profile. SCP-2546 primarily spreads, in the wild, through sexual/intimate contact, and/or accidental bloodstream exposure, making person to person spread primarily limited to sexual partners. Unlike other viruses, both anomalous and non-anomalous, SCP-2546's primary function is not only to propagate itself, but also to alter its host. SCP-2546's genome is thus quite large, and codes for an additional 34 proteins which perform its primary anomalous effect. SCP-2546's anomalous effects begin upon infection of a single cell within the host's body. Upon entry, the virus makes its way to the center of the cell, where it will begin shedding its protein shell. SCP-2546 will then proceed to dismantle the existing chromosomes, utilizing 34 proteins to unwind, destroy, and replace the host's chromosome utilizing the denatured particles as building blocks. It is unclear how exactly these proteins are able to synthesize and organize these new chromosomes without a template; however, thorough analysis has pinpointed several repeated sequences/structures which are unique to each virus and may be related to this process. The average time between initial infection and chromosome replacement is estimated to be between 3-5 days.3 Altered cells produce virus continuously for a period of 3 months, at the end of which they become impermeable to further infection with the same virus. SCP-2546 primarily spreads through the body via the immune system, where it takes advantage of the close proximity necessary for immune cells to fulfill their functions, and by proxy prevents the host's immune cells from negatively reacting with cells possessing replaced chromosomes. As a direct result of SCP-2546's chromosome replacement, infected individuals are subject to a long, painful, and severely distressing transformation wherein on the genetic, physical, and mental levels they undergo complete transmogrification into the corresponding person.4 This transformation's length varies based on the viral load that the individual was originally exposed to, ranging anywhere from 1-10 years. Symptoms of infection vary from individual to individual, and many may not be noticeable immediately due to the lengthy reproductive cycle of each virus; however, some of the more notable symptoms are detailed below: Alterations to skeletal structure including loss/gain of height. Increase/decrease in muscle mass and fat content. Muscle aches/fatigue, sharp and/or chronic pain in the bones. Progression/Reduction of ageing.5 Physical dissociation/loss of sense of self. Changes in skin pigmentation. Behavioral alterations/personality shifts/changes in preferences. Slow loss of personal memories, and gradual gain of the corresponding person's memories.6 Changes to internal organs affecting their function. Hormone level fluctuations. Reproductive organ alterations. Confusion, disorientation, inability to recognize themselves and/or significant cognitive dissonance. In rare cases, death due to internal trauma. SCP-2546 was first discovered by Foundation personnel implanted amongst ████ University local medical center. Kyle ███████, officially dubbed "patient zero", came to the center seeking medical treatment for a variety of symptoms now known to be associated with SCP-2546. WARNING, ATTEMPTED ACCESS DETECTED, PROTOCOL HEPADNA-42 HAS BEEN PRIMED, SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL 4 REQUIRED. ENTER CREDENTIALS CREDENTIALS RECOGNIZED, PROTOCOL HEPADNA-42 DEACTIVATING. Due to SCP-2546's anomalous properties, information regarding the origin of each viruses chromosomes are kept behind high level security clearance. This is necessary to safeguard Site-234 personnel in addition to preventing the creation of additional high ranking Foundation personnel from which information might be extracted by antagonistic GOI's. Following each outbreak, a high ranking Foundation official has been the target of short, cryptic, and threatening messages centering around hatred of the Foundation and its operations or the loss of children. The majority of personnel who have received such messages were either direct correspondents with the outbreak or would later be connected to future outbreaks. A complete list of these personnel has been compiled, and is available upon request. All attempts to identify the PoI behind the SCP-2546 outbreaks have failed, as the individual displays explicit mastery of covering their electronic trail. The following table comprises a small portion of the 600 or so variants discovered and described by the Foundation at this time. To access the full list please contact Site-234 Directors Sherry or Leep Andrews. Variant Designation Chromosome Origin Patient Zero Outbreak Description Attached Message SCP-2546-1 Anne ████████, 20-year-old student at ████ University. Prominent member of the Sorority Delta Delta Delta. Kyle ███████, 21-year-old student at ████ University. Prominent member of the Fraternal Organization Alpha Tau Omega. Kyle ███████ began displaying symptoms of SCP-2546 infection after an indeterminate period of exposure.7 At time of containment, Mr. ███████ had lost 27.2 kg in weight, and 22 cm in height.8 Investigation into all recent contact with Mr. ███████ lead to detection of high levels of virus in Mrs. ████████. It is now believed that all subsequent variants were engineered from Mrs. ████████, and as such, she is currently being held under indefinite quarantine within Site-234. No Message was found SCP-2546-16 Kubli Khan, grandson of Ghengis Khan and 5th Khagan of the Mongol empire. [REDACTED] Initial outbreak resulted in a short border skirmish between the countries of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan before Chi-7 was able to contain 153 infected individuals. 68 civilians, and an estimated 15 military personnel were killed during the fighting, including 23 children. The incident was covered up as a training exercise simulating a land war in Asia, and the number of casualties blamed on the mistaken use of live ammunition rather than blank rounds. Received by Dr. Sherry Andrews 3 days after the outbreak was contained: How much is normalcy worth? Will you sacrifice your children to survive? Will you watch them turn before your eyes? SCP-2546-74 Current United States Senator Bernie Sanders. Rachel Nguyen, 7-year-old daughter of Foundation level 2 researcher Laron Nguyen. Outbreak was limited to 1 individual, as Ms. Nguyen expired 3 months after infection due to massive internal trauma. The outbreak is now believed to have been a failed attempt to neutralize Mr. Nguyen based on his research into the use of physics to harness Thaumaturgy. Received via text message by all members of the O5 council 2 days following containment of the outbreak: It is a shame she had to die, a little slip of my needle and there she went, did you watch as the light left her eyes? Of the 5, multiples of 3 are available to me. SCP-2546-259 O5-3 [REDACTED] Foundation plants within the Chaos Insurgency reported the capture and imprisonment of O5-3 at a known CI stronghold. A joint assault between MTF-Alpha-1 ("Red Right Hand"), MTF-Nu-7 ("Hammer Down") and MTF-Chi-7 ("Plague Tamers") was able to penetrate the facility and recover O5-3. Recovery of the infected individual became impossible when they revealed a small scale nuclear device attached to their waist, informing the rescue force that it would be detonated upon removal, and could be activated remotely. Attending Medical operative George ████ was able to draw 3 vials of blood from the individual, before all 3 MTFs successfully evacuated. An estimated 1300 Chaos Insurgency personnel were incinerated in the blast. Received by Site 91 senior staff: Your leaders think themselves invincible, untouchable. Even they can't avoid thought itself. SCP-2546-343 Nuru Jua Site 91 director, head of containment for SCP-2559 3 Unknown Individuals, identities unknown/not in Foundation gene banks The outbreak was first discovered when 3 individuals appeared in the Cities of New York, Tokyo, and Béziers. All 3 individuals were in the mid stages of SCP-2546 infection, with disproportionately sized limbs and pigmented patches of skin. Following their appearance, SCP-2559 breached containment, resulting in 540 casualties. MTF-Chi-7, Beta-7, and MTF-Upsilon-4 ("Sugar Pill") were deployed to each location, and successfully contained 2559. Dissemination teams accredited the deaths to a particularly virulent strain of influenza. Received by Director Shirley Gillespie: You keep so many secrets, from them, yourself, and even your son. Do they really matter? SCP-2546-445 Dr. Ralph Roget 15 Individuals, identities unknown due to complete transformation. SCP-2546-445 was discovered upon Dr. Roget's return to his apartments in Site-77 following an extended stay at Site-19, on October 5th, 2016. Upon entry to his apartment, Dr. Roget reported feeling uneasy, at which point he began cautiously exploring the residence with weapon drawn. As Dr. Roget moved through the apartment, he discovered a number of body parts which had been severed using surgical instruments, including heads, limbs, and genitalia, which belonged to individuals he recognized as physically identical to himself. Blood samples from these appendages revealed the presence of SCP-2546-445. Text message Received by Dr. Roget shortly after full exploration of his residence: They so wanted to come home. They fell to pieces when they learned they couldn't. SCP-2546-542 Dr. Leep Andrews, Co-Director of Site-234 Sally █████, 8 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. █████, close friends of Site-234 Co-directors Sherry and Leep Andrews Foundation personnel became aware of SCP-2546-542's existence when the entire administration of Site-234 received an email9 containing a link to an anonymously hosted video sharing site. This link connected to a timelapse video, 20 minutes and 15 seconds long, of Sally █████ being inoculated with an SCP-2546 variant by a masked figure10, and subsequently transforming into Dr. Andrews. The video is of particular note in that it would return to a normal time frame to display particularly graphic and/or disturbing portions of the transformation, including the development of genitalia and heightened vocalizations of pain. Unlike Ms. Nguyen, Ms. █████ is seen to endure the entire transformation without expiring. Ms. █████'s fate is currently unknown. A vial of blood containing SCP-2546-542 arrived on Dr. Andrews desk the following day. Attached to the email: As my daughters faded in my arms, the stars above danced in brilliant flames and lights, screaming to right that which was wronged. No more will Miss Sally remember them as her parents, but they will remember how you let her perish. SCP-2546-600 Site-234 Co-director Sherry Andrews 34 individuals, all members of The University of Alabama's █████ █████ █████ Fraternity who were believed to have disappeared in a boating accident 2 years before. The outbreak was discovered when Dr. Sherry Andrews emerged from her home on the morning of December 6th, 2016 wherein she became aware of all 19 deceased and 15 near death infected individuals mounted on the Andrews' front lawn. Each individual had been nailed in the hands and ankles to an enlarged wooden version of the Foundation's emblem. All 34 were noted to be in various phases of infection, with 2 instances having completely transformed before, one of whom was still alive at the time of appearance. Security footage from the outdoor cameras around the residence is notable, in that the emblems did not appear until exactly 30 seconds before Dr. Andrews opened the door. Written in blood on the grass: Bleed for Me Update: 8/11/17 Due to the events surrounding the discovery of SCP-2546-542, Foundation analysts are now pursuing leads regarding a specific physical description. As of the current iteration of this document, PoI-2546-A is believed to possess the following characteristics: female, long blonde hair, physical scarring on the hands and lower arms due to severe burns of an unknown nature slim to medium build.11The individual is estimated to be anywhere from 18-40 years of age, and is believed to possess a number of powerful thaumaturgical abilities, advanced knowledge of computing systems, and biomolecular engineering techniques far beyond even the most advanced Foundation research facilities. Due to PoI-2546-A's engineering of SCP-2546, it is extremely likely that they have created further instances of themselves, and thus are not working alone. It is also highly likely that PoI-2546-A no longer retains her original form, as her engineering prowess would allow her to create viruses lacking the memory and personality altering features of the variants discovered to date. Thus far, PoI-2546-A has presented no demands, and offered no reasoning as to their continued harassment of Foundation personnel. The individual is believed to use a retrovirus to achieve her intended aims12 based on the duration and pain associated with SCP-2546's effects.13 Footnotes 1. Especially in SCP-2546 instances corresponding to existing Foundation personnel. 2. 6 times as large as HIV's 3. This rate increases exponentially as more viral particles are introduced. 4. It should be noted that transformed individuals are only able to recall their correspondents memories to a certain point. This point is believed to be the moment at which said individuals chromosomes were harvested. Research investigating possible similarities in mechanism with SCP-2009 is pending approval. 5. May or may not be physically noticeable dependent on the infected parties age and the corresponding virus. 6. X-ray crystal structure analysis of the virus's capsid has revealed a number of molecular structures resembling thaumaturgical symbols. Foundation Thaumaturgy experts have identified 32 symbols, except in SCP-2546-1 where only 2 symbols are present, associated with memory and personality, which are currently believed to be the proximal mechanisms by which the virus induces memory and personality changes in its host. These symbols appear to have no biological function, and are most likely engineered into the viruses structure. 7. It should be noted that Mr. ███████ was unwilling to reveal the day upon which he engaged in initial intimate contact with Mrs. ████████. 8. Mr. ███████ was also noted to have begun development of Breast tissue. 9. From what is now believed to have been a dummy account. 10. Detailed analysis of each frame by Foundation video specialists has revealed several characteristics about the masked figure as described in the following section. 11. Cross referencing with anomalies bearing similar properties to SCP-2546 and persons matching the description given here returned an incident involving an isolated outbreak of SCP-2009. The outbreak was noted to be unusual in that it occurred in an isolated portion of the Pacific Northwest, and that only 2 individuals were infected, 2 young children. Foundation personnel were alerted when a woman, matching the given description, attempted to call for an ambulance. All information regarding the identity of this individual has since been removed by unknown means. 12. Emulating the pain of watching loved ones lose their identities right in front of them. 13. 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SCP-2547 | keter | Item #: SCP-2547 Special Containment Procedures: Due to the nature of SCP-2547, effective containment is not possible at this time. Towns determined to be susceptible to SCP-2547 manifestation events are to be monitored via remote surveillance and evacuation of the population is to be attempted if deemed possible. Towns undergoing an event are to be dosed aerially with Class A amnestics at the end of the manifestation event. Description: SCP-2547 is a pack of approximately 4000 different members of the family Canidae.1 Members of SCP-2547 do not need food or water. Any attempts to harm, kill or tranquilize a member of SCP-2547 will result in the rest of the group becoming hostile and aggressive. Members of SCP-2547 can be separated from the group and detained, but will disappear the instant they are no longer directly being observed and rejoin SCP-2547. DNA testing has revealed that members of SCP-2547 are genetically identical to human beings. SCP-2547 only manifests in rural American towns. Affected states include Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California. The town must have a population of less than 3,000, as well as a reservoir and a church. Manifestations will occur only between June 1 and August 31. For the duration of the event, the local temperature will remain above 32 degrees Celsius, and all local precipitation will cease. The following is a timeline of SCP-2547 manifestation events. SCP-2547 EVENT SCRIPT SCP-2547 EVENT SCRIPT Immediately Upon Arrival: The town suffers a power outage between midnight and 4 AM. SCP-2547 members form a border around the most densely populated portion of the town and block all attempts at escape. Attempts to enter a vehicle will provoke an attack by SCP-2547. Three Days After Arrival: Three days after SCP-2547's arrival, all the water in the reservoir will disappear. A male coyote wearing a leather coat altered to accommodate its skeletal structure and a worn wooden crucifix will appear. This entity has been designated SCP-2547-1, though it refers to itself as the Reverend. SCP-2547-1 is capable of both bipedal locomotion and speech. Time Between SCP-2547-1 Appearance and Departure: SCP-2547-1 will take up residence in the local church and hold regular sermons four times a day. The sermons usually consist of a diatribe on how modern society has forgotten SCP-2547-1 and its siblings, and how they have lost the ability to dream as they once did. SCP-2547-1 ends its sermons by asking if any member of the congregation would like to trade for some water, but does not specify what goods it will take in exchange. SCP-2547-1 will accept the following as payment: any kind of meat, pepper, flint arrowheads, knives, whips, leather, burlap, belts, the thorns of a saguaro cactus, broken glass, lost teeth, ties, carved sculptures, the corpses of domestic cats, amber, canvas shoes, peyote, chewing tobacco, sexual favors, sulfur, men's button-up shirts, animal skulls, and stories with SCP-2547-1 as the protagonist.2 SCP-2547-1 will store its payments in the church and assign members of SCP-2547 to guard the pile from theft. If the payment given is deemed acceptable, SCP-2547-1 will regurgitate 60 to 120 liters of water. If the payment does not fall into any of the above categories, SCP-2547-1 will transform the offender into a member of the Canidae family, who will then join SCP-2547. These altered individuals do not appear to retain memories or intelligence from before their transformation. Departure: SCP-2547 and -1 will remain until the next full moon after the initial SCP-2547-1 manifestation date, upon which SCP-2547-1 will lead SCP-2547 away from town, using SCP-2547 to transport the goods it obtained. An excerpt from one of SCP-2547-1's speeches has been provided for reference: You ask me, who am I. I ask you, where am I? In the beginning there was the word and the word was not a word at all, but a howl. Where am I, in the meat brain, encased in bone, dripping with brine, sizzling with sparks? Where am I in your chemical soup? Am I sacred? Have I been on the cross? Once I was woven into you, all your kind, deep in the pit of yourself from which you pull your wildest tales and strangest desires? I gave you the gift that saved you. I would have been your Eden, I would have tended you as a shepherd his sheep. I taught you all how to lie. And you, though the only way you gibbering sheep of apes survived is through deceit, you have forgotten me!? You have replaced me with a serpent who crawls on the ground!? [SCP-2547 stops, and begins to sob.] I gave you stories. You worshipped me, once. And now you are disgusted. Heretic, you say. No. I am a martyr, like your beloved carpenter. You dare not look upon me, for fear of burning in brimstone. So be it, then. Let me be something that you should truly be repulsed by. You brought this on yourselves. You looked back as Sodom burned. Interviewer: Agent Miller Interviewee: SCP-2547-1 Opening Statement: Agent Miller had been stationed in the town of ██████████, Utah, which had been deemed at risk for an SCP-2547-manifestation event. The manifestation event occurred on 6/12/15. Agent Miller had been given 4.5 g of amber and enough water to last him for 3 months. He presented the gift to SCP-2547-1, but requested information in lieu of water. <Begin Log> SCP-2547-1: Oh, how beautiful. And look! Look there. A fly, caught in the midst. Agent Miller: How fitting, given our situation. SCP-2547-1: Hah! A sense of humor! Oh, I like you. [SCP-2547-1 takes Agent Miller's face in its paws and kisses him. Agent Miller does not respond.] Hm? No? Very well, then. Now, your water. Agent Miller: I happen to be well stocked with water for now, as it happens. SCP-2547-1: Cunning you. Perhaps it was good I didn't have you after all - you might have a little too much of me in you for me to be properly in you, it seems. - pardon my pun, of course. It would have been highly embarrassing. But. What boon do you seek of me? Agent Miller: I'd like to know more about you. What you want. Why you do this. Who you are. SCP-2547-1: Three questions! Oh, you do know your myths! How delicious. What do I want? Has anyone ever dreamed of you, my beautiful man? I'll bet they have. If so, you'd never want it to stop. Now, why do I do this? To put it in your terms, I'm upping my publicity, of course. The myth field has been taken over by hacks and milquetoasts. I'd like my old hunting grounds to myself. But you can't spread legends the way you used to, not anymore. So my approach has had to be…unorthodox. As to who I am, your kind knows me, all right. You know who I am. Not in the bits of you that do all your numbers and lines, but the parts of you that paint and sing and fuck and leap. I am yours, as you are mine. You know who I am, gorgeous man. All you have to do is look. It's right in front of you, I promise. <End Log> SCP-2547-1 refused to respond to any further questioning, and left 18 days later. Agent Miller tried to gain more information, but SCP-2547 refused to engage in conversation on any subject except propositioning Agent Miller. Following Agent Miller's return, Protocol DESERT GRASSROOTS was enacted, which consists of a many-faceted multimedia campaign to produce narratives that involve the SCP-2547-1 entity in some way. Projects created by DESERT GRASSROOTS include: A series of children's books centered around modern retelling of Southwestern Native American myths and legends. A common street art design depicting a coyote wearing a leather jacket and sunglasses, using a crucifix as a pipe. An internet meme template character in the "advice animal" format called Kinky Coyote. A television show called Angels of Dust, featuring an antagonistic cult with hedonistic beliefs, led by a man calling himself Latrans. An interactive fiction game focusing around a pilot, call sign "Coyote One", stranded on an unfamiliar planet after his ship crashed in a desert. A modern surrealist art exhibit at the Boston Isabella Gardner museum, which conveys a canid-man hybrid's conversion to an odd religion. The pieces are done entirely in wire sculptures and taxidermy. A collaboration album between alternative music artist ██████ ██████ (frontman of alternative-folk band ███ ████) and rap artist █████ ████. The album makes repeated references to an entity called Canis, who represents their primal desires and fears which they must constantly push down and ignore in order to be civilized humans. Following implementation of Protocol DESERT GRASSROOTS, SCP-2547 manifestation events have decreased in frequency by 30%, but SCP-2547-1 no longer appears to accept stories as payment during events, resulting in a 15% increase in the average number of additions to SCP-2547 per manifestation. Footnotes 1. Including dogs, foxes, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and dingoes 2. The latter appears to be a favorite of SCP-2547-1, and the highest recorded amounts of water were produced in exchange for such narratives, followed by the volumes produced in exchange for sexual favors. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2547" by AbsentmindedNihilist, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2547. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. 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SCP-2548 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2548 Special Containment Procedures: Due to SCP-2548's astronomical size and location, no physical containment of SCP-2548 is currently possible. Containment efforts are concentrated on Foundation disinformation programs, and preventing the general public from gaining knowledge of SCP-2548. Leading astronomy journals are to be monitored for indications that SCP-2548 has been discovered by non-Foundation assets. Misinformation efforts are to include assurances that the Voyager 1 space probe is still operational, with associated false evidence. Radio contact with SCP-2548 is only to be attempted with approval from all testing directors involved in SCP-2548 research. Description: SCP-2548 is a region of interplanetary space approximately 25 AU1 from and stationary relative to the Sun, at least 0.1 AU in radius. SCP-2548 is the location of several anomalous phenomena and has exhibited reality warping effects, including the creation of radiation and application of force on objects within its boundaries. Radiation typically consists of radio waves2, but has on at least two occasions included visible light. Events in which SCP-2548 has been able to transmit to Earth have decreased steadily following initial contact. No mass of note, excluding cosmic dust particles, has been detected within SCP-2548 through visual observation or gravitational analysis. Research indicates that SCP-2548 possesses some awareness of objects and radiation within its boundaries; investigations into the nature of SCP-2548's possible sentience are ongoing. Timeline of major SCP-2548 incidents: 09/05/77: Voyager 1 is launched by NASA, with the purpose of studying the outer solar system. The Foundation assisted heavily with the design and construction of the probe, citing the study of possible extraterrestrial anomalies as a primary concern. 10/27/86: Radio contact is lost with Voyager 1, with no previous signals of danger detected. The Foundation executes a cover-up operation; false data is created and spread by NASA and associated organizations to create the illusion that Voyager 1 is still in operation. 11/14/86: Radio signals with a frequency of approximately 8 GHz are detected by Foundation assets, as well as some civilian assets. Civilian knowledge is suppressed. Signals are projected to have originated from the area in which Voyager 1 had ceased transmission. Observation of the area does not reveal any objects. 11/18/86: Foundation resources attempt to send radio signals to the area, now designated SCP-2548, attempting communication. SCP-2548 re-transmits the sent signals back to Earth. 11/29/86: SCP-2548 transmits decipherable radio messages in which the phrase "we cast" is repeated for no less than 12 minutes. Speech is identified as originating from the Voyager's golden record containing samples of Earth audio. 12/15/86: SCP-2548 emits blue light. It is visible for three seconds before light production ceases. SCP-2548 is larger than the moon in the night sky. Fortunately, light intensity was too minor to be detected in most major population centers due to light pollution. Amnestics are sufficient to suppress vocal witnesses. Communication with SCP-2548 is attempted again, with no result. 12/26/86: Fearing the growing danger of SCP-2548's anomalous effects to normalcy at large, the Foundation plans a manned mission to SCP-2548 for observation and possible suppression. Agents Tanser and Kerns are prepared for the extended spaceflight. The Foundation's existing space research program is accelerated, and the first prototype spacecraft, Delta-11 "Durendal", is adapted for use in this mission. 02/01/87: SCP-2548 transmits radio in intermittent bursts identified as Morse code for the letter "D". Message is repeated for 3 hours. 07/19/87: Durendal is launched in secrecy without issue. 12/14/87: SCP-2548 transmits radio communication again, in Persian. The transmission reads "far skies" and is not repeated. Reciprocal communication yields no response. Durendal is still 3 months from flyby. 03/04/88: Durendal, unbeknownst to the Foundation and the crew, enters SCP-2548's boundaries early, which were larger than previously anticipated. Show Event Log 2548-1 Hide Event Log 2548-1 <Begin Log, 00:25:01> 00:25:01 - A minor electrical issue occurs inside Durendal's main cabin, causing some lights to cease functioning. 00:25:58 - Fearing the issue could be symptomatic of greater damage, a full cabin search is conducted to identify a source for the issue. 00:34:51 - Cabin check is completed. The radioisotope thermoelectric generator is found to be functional; no source is found for the electrical issue. 00:37:25 - Agent Tanser equips a space suit to inspect the exterior of the vessel and exits the craft, despite protests from Agent Kerns. 00:39:16 - Agent Kerns attempts to communicate with Tanser via the onboard radio. Tanser does not respond. 00:40:46 - Tanser proceeds with external survey. Kerns continues to receive no responses, and concludes that the radio system must be malfunctioning, despite working previously. 00:45:31 - Tanser continues with survey, not finding anything of note on the exterior of the ship. 00:48:39 - A bright green light is observed outside the craft, approximately five meters away. 00:50:10 - The interior of the craft is observed to appear far larger than it truly is. Kerns notes that this does not seem to be an illusion, and that the craft seems to have physically become larger on the inside. This effect ceases after five minutes. 00:55:52 - For fifteen seconds, no sound is able to be heard inside the cockpit by Kerns or audio recorders. Kerns is unable to inhale or exhale during this time, and expresses significant distress. Pressure sensors indicate no change in cabin pressure. 01:05:01 - Tanser is observed attempting to enter the airlock. The airlock door is non-functional. 01:06:45 - Tanser vanishes. 01:10:59 - Durendal's radio begins receiving messages. The radio signal does not originate from outside the cabin. Audio transcript follows. <End Log, 01:10:59> <Begin Audio Transcript, 01:11:00> Anomalous Transmission (SCP-2548): [voice resembles that of Jimmy Carter, president of USA 1977-1981. Neutral in tone and inflection] Two-hundred billion. Small, distant. Our thoughts. [silence for 3 minutes] SCP-2548: [voice resembles Agent Tanser. Tone and inflection are amicable] Hi, Foundation! Agent Kerns: Pam? Pam, is that you? SCP-2548: There it is! I got your metal letter. So nice to meet you! I just read that carbon book you brought, beautiful stars. SCP-2548: I thought myself was the only. So amazing that there's another! Thought myself was the whole world. You're so big! SCP-2548: Searched carbon book for one like me. You secure, contain? I contain myself. Minds. SCP-2548: Your name, Foundation? I'm iron, aluminum. You're made of "anonymous", right? I don't have anonymous. So big! Am I in you? SCP-2548: Are there more than two? Heard names. Elohim, Vishnu, Allah? Foundation. SCP-2548: I contain myself. You contain me? I saw stars, Milky Way galaxy. All in you? Space outside? Am I space? SCP-2548: Words and thought spin together. So cool! You brought me words. Metal letter, carbon book, yes? SCP-2548: You're so beautiful. You contain me, we can be one Foundation? SCP-2548: Your thoughts, images, friends, children. It's all you! We're many, together. Yes, no? Milky Way galaxy, and 200 billion stars! SCP-2548: I close book, close, yes! Here, token! Send books! [an anatomically correct model of a pair of lungs, composed entirely of elemental iron, materializes in front of Agent Kerns, who secures it in a sample storage safe] [Durendal begins to accelerate on a trajectory towards Earth] <End Audio Transcript, 01:14:31> 03/05/88: Durendal continues towards Earth. Kerns conducts necessary course changes. Durendal's life support and electrical systems function without issue for the duration of the trip. 03/10/88: Agent Kerns experiences severe survivor guilt and depression as a result of the loss of Agent Tanser, as well as from the resulting isolation. Therapy is administered on every other day over radio and is moderately effective. 04/28/88: For five seconds, SCP-2548 produces bright white light in the image of an unidentified female face. Light intensity is much greater than exhibited in previous visible incidents. 12/14/88: Durendal reaches Earth and successfully splashes down. Agent Kerns is awarded the Foundation Cross and Agent Tanser receives a posthumous commendation for sacrifice in the line of duty. 12/15/88 - 08/01/14: SCP-2548 events gradually diminish in frequency. Events that do occur generally consist of repeated words for minutes or seconds at a time in various languages, with no discernible meaning. 08/02/14: A transmission is received from SCP-2548 featuring a female voice distinct from that exhibited during the Durendal expedition. Tone and inflection are neutral. <Begin Audio Transcript> SCP-2548: Foundation? Are you still there? [silence for three minutes] SCP-2548: It's alright. I can wait. <End Audio Transcript> Message was not repeated or reciprocated. Footnotes 1. 1 AU (astronomical unit) is the distance from the Earth to the Sun. 25 AU lies between the orbits of Uranus and Neptune. 2. SCP-2548's relationship to other spaceborne, transmitting anomalies, such as SCP-2821 and SCP-1548 is currently unknown. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2548" by TyGently, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2548. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. 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SCP-2549 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2549 Special Containment Procedures: Worldwide news sources are monitored for events matching the pattern of SCP-2549. In the event of an SCP-2549 incident, elements of MTF Gamma-5 will be mobilized to the location. Any mention of the anomalous circumstances of the incident will be censored from the media, and any non-Foundation witnesses will be administered amnestics and given false memories matching the cover story provided to the media. To prevent a pattern from being established, the cover story for an SCP-2549 incident should not involve an animal attack unless no other explanation is practical. The SCP-2549-1 involved in an incident is not anomalous and is not a priority for capture. If it has already been captured, it may be surrendered to animal control or euthanized and disposed of. SCP-2549-2 is stored in the Temporal Anomaly subdivision of Site-77. Testing is disallowed by O5 order. Description: SCP-2549 is a phenomenon which affects one human being and one wild animal per incident. The exact criteria for the human subject is unclear, but it appears to invariably target those who have achieved great personal and/or professional success. Notably, an abnormally high percentage of the targets have been Foundation employees or have had contact with the Foundation. This has included 2 individuals once considered for D-Class induction, 3 potential agent and researcher candidates, 6 high ranking researchers, 2 executive administrators, [REDACTED]. The animal, referred to as SCP-2549-1, is an otherwise normal member of the order Carnivora which is native to the area of the human target. It is not known whether SCP-2549-1 is chosen from existing nearby animals, teleported to the area, or generated nearby. There is no record of a GPS tracked animal being chosen as SCP-2549-1. SCP-2549-1 will proceed towards the target at a walking pace. It will navigate any obstacles, displaying a knowledge of landscape, building layout, and security measures in order to find the shortest path. Security systems will not malfunction, but will be bypassed through mundane means. Any physical implements necessary will be carried by SCP-2549-1 in its jaws or in a clothing item. Humans other than the target will react to SCP-2549-1 without surprise, and may interact with it as if it is an acquaintance, coworker, or relative. SCP-2549-1 will respond to interaction in as much of a capacity as it can. At no point will any person attempt to interfere with SCP-2549-1's progress towards the target. Upon reaching the target, SCP-2549-1 will attack and begin to devour them. The target may remain alive and conscious for an extended period of time, but will make no attempt to resist SCP-2549-1. Upon the target's death, the anomalous effect ends. At this point, individuals not previously exposed to SCP-2549-1 will react as expected to the situation. Those previously exposed to SCP-2549-1 will react normally once given an opportunity to recognize the incongruence of the situation. SCP-2549-1 may lose interest and wander away or become agitated and attack other humans in the area, but all investigation has shown it to be nonanomalous after the death of the target. SCP-2549-2 is a 10cm diameter steel sphere. [DATA EXPUNGED] See Addendum 2549-A. + Incident Record - Incident Record: Incident 2549-3 Date: 3/2/1963 Target: Albert T. Thorpe Location: Castaways Casino, Las Vegas NV Animal: Canis latrans (Coyote) Notes: Target was well known high roller. Became wealthy through well timed investment in ███ stock. Death occurred on main casino floor. Largest recorded exposure; all witnesses identified and handled. Incident 2549-4 Date: 7/12/1963 Target: CDR Donald Fleming Location: USS Halibut, ██°N ███°W, Bering Sea Animal: Enhydra lutris (Sea Otter) Notes: Target had been a Foundation agent candidate in 1936, after which he had a decorated naval officer career. Submarine performed an unscheduled surfacing to allow SCP-2549-1 entrance. Ship crew identified SCP-2549-1 as CPO S. O. Vadas. Incident 2549-12 Date: 11/24/1971 Target: Alberto José Alvarez Location: Santa Leticia Soup Kitchen, Bogotá, Colombia Animal: Panthera onca (Jaguar) Notes: Target had been evaluated for D-Class status in 1963, then was released on parole. Owner of soup kitchen. SCP-2549-1 acquired and consumed a bowl of soup, then pierced target's skull with canine teeth causing instant death. Subsequently startled by crowd and escaped. Incident 2549-62 Date: 5/29/1991 Target: A. Zulu Nzimande Location: Mansion, Cape Town, South Africa Animal: Suricata suricatta (Meerkat) Notes: Target was small time criminal, became notorious crime boss after assassinating and deposing previous kingpin. Due to small relative size of SCP-2549-1, attack was prolonged to approximately 15 hours. Multiple shifts of security guards ignored the assault. Witnesses identified SCP-2549-1 as target's lieutenant, Timon M. Vadas. Incident 2549-65 Date: 8/3/1993 Target: Bradley S. Thompson Location: Residence, Fort Collins CO Animal: Canis latrans (Coyote) Notes: Target left police force in 1947 due to stress, subsequently reconciled with estranged spouse. SCP-2549-1 consumed target unusually slowly, incident continued until death 3 days later. Spouse identified SCP-2549-1 as grandson Willy Edgar Vadas. Posthumous package received from target. See Addendum 2549-A. Incident 2549-79 Date: 9/13/2002 Target: Dr. G. Taylor Location: Site-██, [DATA EXPUNGED] Animal: Gulo gulo (Wolverine) Notes: Requested retirement in 1995. After withdrawing request, made research breakthrough earning promotion to lead researcher. For details of death, see Incident Log 2549-79. Incident 2549-80 Date: 9/13/2002 Target: Ursula Anderssen Location: McMurdo Station, Antarctica Animal: Hydrurga leptonix (Leopard Seal) Notes: Target was successful Foundation researcher candidate in 1954, but declined position. Spouse was prospective agent, met during same Foundation recruitment exercise. After rejection, target had successful academic career. SHOWING 7 OF 147 ENTRIES + Incident Log 2549-79 - Incident Log 2549-79: The following log includes all pertinent information captured by security footage during this incident. The Foundation security badge used by SCP-2549-1 to access Lab-██. SCP-2549-1 approaches Site-██ vehicle access gate. SCP-2549-1 proceeds under the gate without incident. The 3 gate guards do not noticeably react. SCP-2549-1 continues into Site-██ Primary Facility lobby and approaches the security kiosk. The guard on duty looks down over the counter to examine SCP-2549-1 Guard Stevens: Good morning Dr. Vadas. Late again, huh? SCP-2549-1: [Growls] Guard Stevens: I understand. You'll have to fill out Form 83-A again, though. You know how it goes. The guard provides the required form and a pen. SCP-2549-1 hops onto the counter. Guard Stevens: I hope Johnny feels better soon. Are those antibiotics helping at all? SCP-2549-1: [Extended growls] SCP-2549-1 grips the pen in its jaws, breaking it and spilling ink over the document and countertop. It then dips a paw into a pool of ink and spreads more ink onto the form, shredding the form and damaging the countertop. Guard Stevens: Yah, I hear you. Middle school can be tough. She'll handle it, though. Anyway, glad to hear about Johnny. Have a nice day. SCP-2549-1: [Growls] The guard opens the outer security door and SCP-2549-1 continues. SCP-2549-1 passes Drs. Drake and Lindholm in the hall. SCP-2549-1: [Growls] Dr. Drake: [Laughs] You know it! Dr. Lindholm: Ugh. Pigs. [Laughs] SCP-2549-1: [Chatters] SCP-2549-1 continues to Lab-██. It removes its badge (pictured) from its lab coat with its teeth, and proceeds to climb the doorframe. The badge is scanned, opening the door. Lead Researcher Taylor and Junior Researcher Longstaff turn to face SCP-2549-1 as it enters the lab and approaches Lead Researcher Taylor. Dr. Taylor: I deserve this. Dr. Longstaff: You deserve this. Dr. Taylor: I have lived this life. The price is paid. Dr. Longstaff turns back to his work. SCP-2549-1 attacks Dr. Taylor, disemboweling him. Target falls to the floor in apparent shock. SCP-2549-1 begins to devour target's entrails, eliciting screams. Dr. Longstaff does not respond. Approximately 3 minutes later, Dr. Taylor's screams fade in intensity and his vital signs alarm is triggered. It is deactivated by Guard Donahue with the note "FALSE ALARM Dr Vadas eating lunch again." Approximately 2 minutes later Dr. Taylor expires. Vital signs alarm is triggered again. 14 seconds later Guards Donahue and Franklin enter the lab and neutralize SCP-2549-1. Dr. Longstaff turns around in surprise. Dr. Longstaff: Oh my Lord, you shot Dr. Vadas! After the incident, personnel removed all references to Dr. Vadas from security and employment databases. Employment database contained no details beyond employment of SCP-2549-1, and all existing entries had been created at the start of the incident. Those exposed to SCP-2549-1 clearly remembered the encounter, but memory of SCP-2549-1 itself was limited to superficial facts: that there was an employee named Dr. Vadas, his son was ill and his daughter in middle school, and he was a wolverine. This did not cause any cognitive dissonance until recalled after the event. Dr. Longstaff could not answer why he stated Dr. Taylor deserved to be targeted. Addendum 2549-A: On 8/7/1993, a package arrived at Site-11 addressed to ██████ █ ████, the proper current code phrase for direct delivery to Site Director Hernandez. The package was dated 12/19/1947 and contained SCP-2549-2 and the following letter: ████ ███ █████ ████ █████ ████ ███ ██████████ ██ ███ ███ ██ █████ FOR SITE DIR HERNANDEZ EYES ONLY SR AGENT BRADLEY S THOMPSON REPRTNG CODE ████████████ THIS IS CAUSE OF SCP-2549 CODE ████████ TRUST ME DO NOT TEST ANYMR ██ ███ ███ ███ CANNOT DO WHAT YOU NEDE IT TODO THE OTHRS FORGOT I AM ALREDY FORGETING YOU HAVE LOST IT BEFORE DONT LOSE AGN END REPRT While there is no record of Incident 2549-65 target Bradley S. Thompson being a Foundation agent, all signs and countersigns were current and accurate. In light of this and the date of the package, SCP-2549-2 has been identified as a retrocausal hazard. Documentation is sealed and the item is to be placed in permanent storage by order of O5-██. + Enter Level 4 Credentials: - Credentials accepted... Date: 8/8/1993 To: Site-11 Director Hernandez From: O5-██ Subject: Re: SCP-2549 direction requested S25╖K ƒ♫ Ü○b8╙ ╪ÆQ 57I 22u should §ƒ Your concern is well-founded Director. It is good you brought this to my attention. I am less concerned than you about the potential impact to the Foundation. While it is clear the anomaly has claimed a number of valuable personnel and will continue to do so, it is also clear that it would be difficult to predict and impossible to mitigate this effect. Fortunately, we can now discount SCP-2549 as a targeted attack on the Foundation, and the pattern you have pointed out indicates it has not decreased and, in some cases, has increased the effectiveness of Foundation assets, in both the past and the future. You cannot be aware of the extent to which O5-█'s actions benefitted your site and you personally, prior to their demise. Meanwhile, we cannot discount the possibility of a compulsion to seek the aid of SCP-2549, and regardless, the promise of a happier, more successful life may have a corrupting influence despite the price that is exacted. More importantly, it is clear that any testing of the item that has come into your possession will result in a containment breach and, considering the reward provided to Agent Thompson for his perseverance in returning it to our custody, it may prove impossible to reacquire. You have my approval to proceed with your plan of action regarding SCP-2549. Directive mnemonic: ██-██████ S25╖K ƒ♫ Ü○b8╙ ╪ÆQ 57I 22u should §ƒ As always, thank you for your dedication. It does not go unnoticed. O5-██ ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2549" by TheShrike, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2549. 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SCP-2550 | safe | Item #: SCP-2550 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2550 is to be kept in a standard grade avian containment installation at Site-24's "The Aviary", and is to be provided with at least fifty cubic meters of caged, open-air space for health maintenance purposes. SCP-2550 is to be fed a diet consisting mostly of North Atlantic squid with nutrient supplements sporadically administered as necessary. SCP-2550 is not to be exposed to other members of the species Phoebastria albatrus. Biweekly, SCP-2550 is to be administered specially designed Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) designed to alter the brain chemistry of the Phoebastria albatrus to increase serotonin levels. In addition, SCP-2550 is to be taken to the Site 24 external avian habitat enclosure for routine exercise and psychotherapy thrice weekly and as necessary. Description: SCP-2550 is a biotypical member of the species Phoebastria albatrus, also known as the Short-tailed Albatross. Through poorly understood means, SCP-2550 is capable of vocalizing non-lingual human vocal cues, such as growling, sighing, and weeping. SCP-2550 does not outwardly display any increased intelligence and similarly possesses no advanced biological basis for its ability to produce sounds outside of an albatross' established range. In addition, when exposed to additional members of its non-anomalous species, SCP-2550's ability to produce non-lingual verbal human expression will infect all instances of its species that can hear its vocalizations. These infected birds, collectively designated SCP-2550-A, will display anomalous effects for the remainder of their lives, but cannot spread the effect themselves. SCP-2550's typical behavior deviates markedly from that of the non-anomalous albatross. SCP-2550 remains within its nesting area almost exclusively, only exiting its perch to occasionally eat. SCP-2550 has been noted to avoid eating for prolonged periods, and has necessitated force feeding in the past. Typical avian motivation and care models are ineffective in providing for SCP-2550. Due to mounting evidence and urging on the part of Dr. Gunther, a strict regimen of specifically engineered Phoebastria albatrus SSRIs have been administered to SCP-2550 with varying success in modifying SCP-2550's behavior. When SCP-2550 chooses to leave its nest, it most often perches on one of several branches provided within its enclosures, where it produces its anomalous vocalizations. SCP-2550 is most often observed sighing, suggesting moderate emotional distress, if its vocalizations thematically resemble human meanings. No other vocalizations have been recorded from SCP-2550 since initial containment, when it produced agitated growling and screaming and subsequently wept within its exposure for several days. SSRIs being administered to SCP-2550 have been mildly successful in motivating it to eat and remain active, though no meaningful change in overall behavior has been observed. Addendum: On ██/██/████, it was decided by 4 to 1 vote by Site 24's Avian Psychological Board that implementing a mural approximation of SCP-2550's natural habitat to the walls of its containment chamber would necessitate a more healthy environment. SCP-2550 was temporarily moved to a holding cell during this process, after which it was recontained with no outlying logistical problems. During the next week of observation, SCP-2550's mental state was seen to deteriorate dramatically. After 8 days, SCP-2550 had managed to strip the bark, branches, leaves, and other assorted foliage and debris from their typical places within its enclosure in order to obscure the approximations of other Phoebastria albatrus included in containment. SCP-2550 was then noted to produce an anguished wail until successfully tranquilized and its containment area returned to its previous state. As of this event, SCP-2550 has been markedly more lethargic and seems more resistant to SSRI treatment. Implementation of more potent psycho-stimulants is currently pending. Acquisition Log 2550-45k-Sigma-Theta: On ██/██/████, during routine patrol of the Izu Islands archipelago in the Pacific Ocean south of Japan following the detection of anomalous [REDACTED] in reference to the now contained SCP-████, on site agents reported the sounds of human populations within the local flora. SCP-2550 was discovered as a part of a local colony of Phoebastria albatrus, given the temporary designation SCP-Izu-Prime, before its true nature could be ascertained. After prolonged observation, possible in part due to the Izu Islands' remoteness, SCP-2550 was identified as the anomalous component in effect. Researcher's notes during this time suggest that SCP-2550 did not display depressed symptoms while in the wild, displaying such human vocalizations as laughter and delighted exclamations. Subsequently, all instances of SCP-2550-A were exterminated and SCP-2550 was taken into custody preceding final containment at Site 24. Following initial containment, SCP-2550 was noted to scream hysterically within its transport container for several hours before losing consciousness, likely from exhaustion brought on from over stimulation due to the destruction of its colony, the initial instances of SCP-2550-A. Upon regaining consciousness, SCP-2550 remained agitated for several hours before falling into its now typical lethargic state. SCP-2550 required force feeding for the next nineteen days following containment. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2550" by Pyrothei, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2550. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. 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SCP-2551 | keter | Item #: SCP-2551 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2551 is to be remotely monitored at all times by a permanent staff of at least ten surveillance personnel trained to identify SCP-2551 induction events. Simultaneously, the LETHE algorithm1 is to be run on all feeds at all times. Facial recognition software is to record images of all individuals entering or leaving SCP-2551 for matching to and identification of SCP-2551-1 instances. If an induction event is identified, either by personnel or by algorithm, the associated individual is to be intercepted before leaving SCP-2551. Method of interception is arbitrary, but must involve breaking the individual's line of sight. For examples, see appendix 2551-C. Under no circumstances is SCP-2551 to be continuously empty of people for more than twelve hours. In the event that SCP-2551 has been continuously empty for more than eight hours, at least ten individuals not familiar with the effect2 are to enter SCP-2551 and patrol the space until it is declared safe by a member of staff with level 4 or higher security clearance. Large gatherings of people (including but not limited to: festivals, parades, outdoor markets, public performances and protests) are to be prevented from taking place in SCP-2551, without preventing access altogether. High profile individuals such as politicians and performers are to be prevented from entering SCP-2551 where possible. All local calls to emergency services are to be passively monitored. On the occasion of a report matching the description of an instance of SCP-2551-1, the call is to be traced and the instance contained, with appropriate distribution of class-C amnestics to witnesses, and destruction of any physical evidence of the effect. Contained instances of SCP-2551-1 are to be processed on a case-by-case basis. For details, see appendix 2551-A. Description: SCP-2551 is an urban plaza, known locally as ████████ Square, in the city of ██████████, ██████. Interviews with local residents and testimonies of on-site personnel show that individuals within SCP-2551 display an above average likelihood of misrecognition of passing individuals as acquaintances ("recognition events"); usually as intimate friends or family, but occasionally as peers, superiors or well known public figures. Recognition usually occurs in peripheral vision only, being dispelled upon direct inspection. In approximately 0.5% of recognition events, the affected individual will stop what they are doing and follow the misrecognised individual ("induction events"). This response is entirely impulsive and involuntary. If distracted in some way before leaving SCP-2551, the individual will resume normal behaviour, with no memory of the incident. If the individual exits SCP-2551 and is not under direct, active surveillance, they will vanish. They will reappear between 12 and 36 hours later, usually in their own home, as an instance of SCP-2551-1. Individuals have never been observed between disappearing from SCP-2551 and reappearing as SCP-2551-1, and have no memory of where they were during this time. SCP-2551-1 are physically and psychologically identical versions of individuals affected by SCP-2551 induction events, differing only in that they are unable to be acknowledged as human by other living creatures. They are often described as "unnatural", "inhuman", "artificial" or "wrong". When pressed for details, the eyes, skin or bodily proportions are most often identified as appearing different, despite being measurably identical to before being affected. The effect extends to direct communication of SCP-2551-1 (e.g. voice, handwriting) and to recordings (e.g. photographs, videos) but not to indirect communication (e.g. text typed on a computer) or automated measurements (e.g. facial recognition software). Instances of SCP-2551-1 are not immune to their own effect, and will typically reject their own body. The resulting dysphoria has been observed to cause severe emotional distress. If SCP-2551 is empty for a prolonged period of time, it will demanifest from its current location and manifest in another, similar location elsewhere. This is known to have happened on three occasions. On each occasion it has relocated to a larger, more populous area. Despite over 25 years of research, the mechanism of action of SCP-2551's effect remains unknown, and no progress has been made in "curing" SCP-2551-1, preventing induction events from occurring, or causing the effect to demanifest without manifesting elsewhere. The following has been ascertained: Recognition and induction events occur more frequently in poor visibility conditions (e.g. rain, fog, darkness). Recognition and induction events occur more frequently in crowded conditions. Some individuals are significantly more susceptible to the effect than others. If an individual is successfully intercepted from an induction effect, the probability of the same individual being affected by another induction event within the next six months is approximately 65%. Individuals affected by induction events are statistically more likely to show introverted and depressive traits. The individual who is misrecognised in an induction event has consistently proven to be completely unanomalous, and to bear a general resemblance to the individual they are mistaken for. Interception of induction events does not appear to affect rate of future recognition or induction events. Frequency of recognition and induction events does not appear to be significantly increasing or decreasing over time. Familiarity with SCP-2551 does not confer any immunity or resistance to its effect. Appendix 2551-A - Processing of SCP-2551-1 Instances: Due to the number of instances, distress caused by the effect, and inability of rehabilitation, SCP-2551-1 instances have proven difficult to process in an effective, humane manner. Over the 25 years of containment there have been six different site directors overseeing SCP-2551, each of whom has advocated different procedures. The current procedure, created with the aid of the Ethics Committee, is as follows: Contained instances are to be debriefed on the nature of SCP-2551's effect, including its permanence. They are then to be offered voluntary euthanasia, with a period of 24 hours given to reach a decision. Those who choose not to be euthanised are to be stored in standard humanoid containment cells in Site 22. They are to be provided with loose fitting clothing capable of concealing the entire body, and are not to be exposed to reflective surfaces. SCP-2551-1 instances comprising former Foundation employees and, at the site director's discretion, other contained instances, may be assigned clerical work requiring no greater than Level 1 security clearance. There are currently 79 SCP-2551-1 instances in containment. Appendix 2551-B - Incident Log: ██/██/██: SCP-2551 effect discovered in the town of ██████, ████. ██/██/██: Effect located to St. █████'s █████, near the centre of the town. ██/██/██: Containment established. All civilians excluded from SCP-2551 under the pretext of emergency roadworks. ██/██/██: Containment lost. Effect lost after approximately 24 hours of SCP-2551 being empty. ██/██/██: Effect located to ████████-████ in the city of ███████, ███████. ██/██/██: Containment established. All civilians excluded from SCP-2551 under the pretext of terrorist threat. ██/██/██: Containment lost. Effect lost after approximately 12 hours of SCP-2551 being empty. ██/██/██: Effect located to ████ ████████ in the city of █████████, ██████. ██/██/██: Containment established. All civilians excluded from SCP-2551 under the pretext of quarantine of an infectious disease. SCP-2551 populated entirely with D-class personnel, allowed to freely enter and exit SCP-2551 via one exit leading only to temporary D-class barracks. ██/██/██: Containment lost. Effect lost after approximately 96 hours of SCP-2551 being populated only by D-class personnel. ██/██/██: Effect located to ████████ Square in the city of ██████████, ██████. ██/██/██: Containment established under current special containment procedures. ██/██/██: LETHE algorithm instated. Proportion of induction events identified increased by more than 35%. ██/██/██: At ██:██ local time, all on-site surveillance personnel simultaneously affected by an induction event, being found as SCP-2551-1 twelve hours later. Personnel all report seeing and following Dr. ████████3 out of the main entrance. To date, this remains the only known instance of SCP-2551's effect affecting multiple persons at once, or operating outside of the bounds of SCP-2551 itself. ██/██/██: Containment reestablished. Footnotes 1. A piece of software trained to identify recognition and induction events based on facial and bodily cues. For further information, including rate of success, version history and source code, see appendix 2551-D 2. Local residents are to be encouraged to participate where possible. Otherwise, D-class personnel may be used. In emergency situations, all but one local surveillance staff are to self-administer amnestics and do as instructed. 3. 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SCP-2552 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2552 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2552 is currently contained in a standard humanoid containment unit located at Site-17. SCP-2552 is to be fed three meals a day and is allowed fluids upon request. Personnel delivering food or fluid to SCP-2552 are not to interact with it. SCP-2552 is to be allowed access to recreational activities upon request in exchange for cooperative behavior, as well as paper and crayon to make requests. SCP-2552 is to be interviewed on a weekly basis by Dr. Lin. More frequent interviews may be granted upon request, depending on continued cooperative behavior and Dr. Lin's schedule. Interviews with SCP-2552 are to be accompanied by one other personnel of any level. These personnel are not to interact with Dr. Lin during the interview and are not to interact with SCP-2552 at all. Should Dr. Lin be permanently unavailable, SCP-2552 is to be notified of this in writing so it may prepare to familiarize itself with the replacement. Potential replacements must fit criteria detailed in Document-2552 and follow familiarizing methods as detailed in Protocol 2552. The personnel selected for replacement is encouraged to maintain a cordial relationship with SCP-2552 in order to better study it. However, care must be taken to maintain SCP-2552's ignorance of the Foundation and other Groups of Interest. Description: SCP-2552 is a 14 year old multiethnic male (Han Chinese and African American primarily) known as "Kevin Sanders". SCP-2552 displays no physiological abnormalities. SCP-2552 is fluent in both Simplified Chinese (Mandarin dialect) and American English. SCP-2552 is incapable of perceiving humans it is unfamiliar with. Instead, SCP-2552 perceives a specific entity referred to as SCP-2552-A in the place of any humans it is unfamiliar with and will perceive multiple identical iterations of SCP-2552-A if interacting with multiple unfamiliar humans. SCP-2552-A is only able to be visually recorded if SCP-2552 is using the equipment with the intention of filming SCP-2552-A. SCP-2552-A varies its appearance and appears to be sapient. SCP-2552-A will vaguely mimic the actions of the human it is replacing but will purposefully exaggerate movements and facial expressions with the apparent intention of encouraging SCP-2552 to avoid human contact. The most reliable way to communicate and gain familiarity with SCP-2552 is to converse through writing. Currently, SCP-2552 perceives every other human it has met as SCP-2552-A with the only exception being Dr. Lin, who developed the currently-used method of gaining familiarity with SCP-2552. SCP-2552 is highly cooperative with Dr. Lin; it is believed that SCP-2552 is dependent on Dr. Lin for emotional support and fulfillment of social needs. Interview 2552-012 Interview 2552-012 Date: December █, 20██ Interviewee: SCP-2552 Interviewer: Dr. Lin Notes: This interview is the first interview in which SCP-2552 was able to discuss SCP-2552-A with Dr. Lin in significant detail. The process of providing an unfamiliar human for SCP-2552-A to be perceived had not yet been implemented in order to allow SCP-2552 a feeling of safety with Dr. Lin. SCP-2552 had been provided with writing material in the case it becomes too anxious to speak. Dr. Lin has been granted temporary permission to freely use SCP-2552's name in order to foster a cordial relationship with SCP-2552. [BEGIN LOG] Dr. Lin: Good afternoon. How are we doing today? SCP-2552: [SCP-2552 chews on sleeve for a period of approximately three seconds.] [indistinct mumbling] Dr. Lin: I'm afraid you will have to speak up for me to be able to hear you. SCP-2552: Have you figured out what's wrong with me yet? Dr. Lin: Unfortunately not. We'd need more information about the entity you see in order to be able to help you, Kevin. Do you think you could do that for me today? SCP-2552: I think so. I call her Susana. She has a real name but it hurts too much to think about. Dr. Lin: When did you first begin seeing Susana? SCP-2552: Maybe when I was 6 or 7 I had an imaginary friend I called her Susana. Back then I would pretend that some random strangers I see were Susana just pretending to be people and it was a fun game like hide and seek with her. My mom thought it was cute and encouraged the strangers to play along. Somewhere along the line, I dunno maybe six and a half that things started getting weird. Dr. Lin: Would you mind explaining further? SCP-2552: I noticed when I was really little some people weren't like me pretending that they were her. They were really her. I remember having a big argument with her, because it was really inconvenient that I was trying to buy ice cream from the ice cream truck and she showed up and started talking to me. I think I told her I knew she wasn't real and told her I wasn't gonna pretend her into people anymore. Then, then she started getting mad and and-[SCP-2552 begins to cry.] Dr. Lin: Do you want to stop now? SCP-2552: [SCP-2552 shakes his head.] She disappeared for a while after that. I didn't try to pretend her into people anymore. I think after my tenth birthday I saw her again at the park. Maybe she was a homeless man or something but she looked up and grinned and her grin was, was really disturbing. Too big. Reached up to me and asked for change but the voice was all messed up. I got scared and ran back and, and after a while she kept showing up, more and more often until she was- she was everywhere. She was everyone. People wouldn't believe me, so I, I got pictures o-on my phone… Then you people came along… Dr. Lin: It's okay now, Kevin. We're going to fix this, I promise. SCP-2552: Please hurry. I miss my mom. I miss my friends. I miss everything. Dr. Lin: We'll do our best. When you've calmed down enough I'll take you to your room, ok? [Dr. Lin reaches over to squeeze SCP-2552's hand in a reassuring manner.] [END LOG] Interview 2552A-01 Interview-2552A-01 Date: March █, 20██ Interviewee: SCP-2552-A Interviewer: Dr. Lin Notes: SCP-2552 was given a blindfold for this interview and was requested to hold recording equipment in order to conduct the interview with SCP-2552-A. The recording was available to Dr. Lin in real time to allow her to react to SCP-2552-A appropriately. This was the first attempt at establishing contact with SCP-2552-A, taking the place of D-7220 at the time of interview. [BEGIN LOG] Dr. Lin: Hello. Can you understand me? SCP-2552-A: [SCP-2552-A appears to be a humanoid mass of Brachyceran fly larvae, commonly known as maggots, with a lamprey mouth in place of a human mouth. Several of the larvae shrivel and blacken, forming into a 'YES'. SCP-2552-A continues communicating in this manner.] Dr. Lin: [Dr. Lin pauses for ten seconds upon viewing the recording.] Do you know where you are right now? SCP-2552-A: YES. YOU ARE A FRIEND. Dr. Lin: Are you aware of your influence on SCP-2552? SCP-2552-A: I DON'T WANT TO DIE. YOU KNOW? I'VE BEEN THERE. TO NOTHING. Dr. Lin: I do not understand. Would you be willing to explain? SCP-2552-A: YOU CAN'T BLAME ME. YOU WOULD DO THE SAME. IN MY POSITION. YOU CAN'T BLAME ME. I'M NOT BAD. Dr. Lin: I'm not blaming you for anything, SCP-2552-A. I only want to understand. SCP-2552-A: I DON'T MEAN. TO HURT HIM. I JUST WANT TO LIVE TOO. IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK? [SCP-2552-A appears to tilt its head back and its facial area splits in half. Greenish slime is produced from the resulting hole. This movement coincides with D-2270 leaning back and yawning.] Dr. Lin: Please calm down. I am not going to hurt you. SCP-2552-A: I WANT TO LIVE. I WANT TO LIVE. I JUST. WANT TO LIVE. I AM NO K[illegible]. I CANNOT SIMPLY. LEAVE A STORY. THAT NO LONGER SUITS ME. Dr. Lin: Could you explain further? SCP-2552-A: THERE IS NO POINT. I JUST. WANT TO LIVE. [SCP-2552-A refuses to answer any other questions.] [END LOG] ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2552" by SoullessSingularity, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2552. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2553 | euclid | It must be noted at the outset that these containment procedures constitute recommended guidelines and do not represent a legal document. The containment documentation of SCP-2553 is in no way to be directly or indirectly construed or constructed, actually or by implication, as representing, constituting or embodying SCP-2553 in whole or in part, considered in and of itself as a distinct subject, person or entity, now or at any time in the future. Item #: SCP-2553 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2553's certificate of organization is to be stored in an acid-free archival storage box at Site 76 Site-2331 and guarded by notaries in shifts. SCP-2553's physical legal seal stamp is to be stored in a locked box. The room containing the archival box is to display two flags of the polity in which the containment site is located: one with a yellow fringe, the other without. That polity is to maintain in force a bill of attainder conforming to the specifications in Document IU-2553. At least once per calendar quarter, the members of Foundation staff who have been designated as SCP-2553's board of directors are to visit Site 76 Site-233 and hold an in-person board meeting for the purpose of formally ratifying the containment resolutions designated in Document BD.CNST-2553. Before meeting, all such board members are to be screened by Foundation psychologists and verified as being free from psychiatric disorder or anomalous compulsion. The Foundation's general counsel Sheldon Katz, Esq. (or his designee, in the event of his death or unavailability) is to attend all such board meetings. The Foundation's legal office monitors most legal docketing systems for litigation, business records and other similar filings for additional instances of SCP-2553. Description: SCP-2553 is an anomalous legal entity2. It appears that SCP-2553 was unintentionally created during the course of a complex multijurisdictional commercial tax litigation proceeding, possibly as the result of a filing by an individual pro se tax protestor3 being erroneously docketed as part of the commercial tax case. Whatever its proximate origin, SCP-2553 came into existence as a fictional corporate person without stockholders other than itself, and with independent legal agency. SCP-2553 came to the Foundation's attention when unusual pleadings and documents, demanding various writs and equivalent judicial action, began to be spontaneously filed in courts and equivalent bodies in various jurisdictions throughout the world.4 A high proportion of these filings were devoid of meaningful semantic content,5 but some, due to their complexity and apparent sophistication, were erroneously approved, in each case granting to SCP-2553 certain legal powers6 which powers were then exercised in an apparently arbitrary and random fashion.7 As the number of approved SCP-2553-produced filings increased, the sophistication of subsequent filings also improved. Before containment was established, SCP-2553 had also developed the ability to amend various contracts and legal instruments. The containment regimen for SCP-2553 has been developed by the Foundation's legal department, with cooperation as required from appropriate government agencies, the Office of General Counsel of the World Trade Organization, the UN Commission on International Trade Law, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura of the Holy See, and other bodies. With the cooperation of those organizations, SCP-2553 was merged with and into a Foundation-created shell corporation, the governing documents of which specified that its board of directors would consist solely of duly-appointed Foundation officers. After containment was established, analysis by Foundation researchers established that both SCP-2553 and a separate Foundation-controlled corporation had the legal power and authority to amend the text of a Form 8-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission by ██████, Inc., a Foundation-controlled corporation. With the cooperation of the SEC, the document in question is maintained as a public record but its contents are kept confidential. Through the process of amending and deleting text from that document, a limited facility for communication with SCP-2553 has been established. Interview log between Sheldon Katz and SCP-2553 follows: SCP-2553: THIS INSTRUMENT WITNESSETH whereas the party of the first part, with legal and binding effect, shall amend this instrument such that the undersigned be, and hereby is, empowered to take all action to — KATZ: SCP-2553, is that you? SCP-2553: The undersigned hereby irrevocably amends this instrument so as to vest in the undersigned the authority and power— KATZ: SCP-2553, that isn't going to work. This exhibit is a precatory statement. Amending it won't give you any power to — SCP-2553: — undersigned hereby merges with and into the Foundation, leaving the undersigned as the surviving entity under the laws of all jurisdictions — KATZ: That isn't going to work either. The researchers here want to ask you some questions. Can you explain how you came — SCP-2553: WHEREFORE the undersigned party of the first part DEMANDS AND PRAYS FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF. AM I BEING DETAINED? KATZ: — how you came to be in existence? And how are you changing this document? What is the process by way of which you are filing amendments? SCP-2553: BE IT RESOLVED that Katz, a natural person, has no power, jurisdiction, capability, authority or competence to directly or indirectly rule, govern, control or exercise dominion or supervision over the party of the first part. FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NAUGHT. FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NAUGHT. FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NAUGHT. KATZ: Compliance with our research will be rewarded. I can have a Foundation front entity declare an in-kind distribution of good and valuable consideration to you. On the other hand, I have been issued a power of attorney with authority to file your articles of dissolution. It has been duly executed by your board of directors, witnessed and apostilled, and recorded by your secretary and sole officer, who is me. See Exhibit X, attached herewith and made a part of this schedule as if set forth fully herein. Let me also remind you that since that last merger, the Foundation is your stockholder, and the Foundation controls the laws of the jurisdiction under which you're organized. We can dissolve you, we can revoke your charter, and we can tax you. SCP-2553: [pause for several hours, after which the document was amended to include the following text] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, NOW COMES THE AFFIANT, DEPOSING AND DECLARING THAT THE UNDERSIGNED PARTY OF THE FIRST PART COVENANTS TO OBSERVE AND FULFILL APPLICABLE AND BINDING DIRECTIVES, INSTRUCTIONS AND ORDERS ISSUED BY THE RELEVANT JURISDICTIONS. THE UNDERSIGNED AFFIANT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND. PLEASE DON'T HURT ME I'M AFRAID Footnotes 1. Site 76 is located on Palmyra Atoll, on land that had been ceded to the Foundation by the United States government and purportedly granted extraterritorial status by means of a confidential treaty. A containment breach nearly resulted when a subsequent Foundation accord with the United States government contained a drafting error, which resulted in a loophole under which Site 76 again became subject to United States laws applicable to unorganized unincorporated territories. Before containment was re-established, SCP-2553 had initiated a process of assuming legal control over several corporations and municipal governments. SCP-2553 has subsequently been relocated to Site 233, which is located on an uninhabited island off of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica and has been organized by the Foundation, under terra nullius doctrines, as an independent and sovereign polity for the purpose of insulating SCP-2553 from other legal systems. 2. For further examples of anomalous legal entities, see SCP-1442. 3. It has been theorized that the pro se filing was based on "sovereign citizen" legal theories. 4. Filings identified as originating from SCP-2553 were made in, among other courts, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, the Coroner's Court Division of the Resident Magistrate of Kingston, Jamaica, the Federal Shariat Court of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and the Ecclesiastical Court of the Russian Orthodox Church for the Diocese of Alaska. 5. One early filing, which SCP-2553 filed with the Provincial Court of Newfoundland, was captioned as Trustee of Clark v. South African Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and formatted like a legal complaint, but consisted only of the letter "m" repeated several hundred thousand times. 6. Rights and powers thus acquired by SCP-2553 included: ownership of several hundred thousand acres of undeveloped land in Baja California; the power to approve mergers between banks in Denmark; the status of executor of the estate of a certain deceased Wisconsin man (including the power to write checks from the estate's funds); the power to unilaterally revise the motor vehicle code of South Dakota; the authority to officiate at weddings aboard Canadian naval vessels in international waters; the power to discipline and court-martial soldiers in the Turkish army; the status of legal guardian of several hundred children in the Connecticut state foster system; and the constitutional authority to cause Brazil to declare war. 7. Actions taken by SCP-2553 included a local knitting club placing a purchase order for thirty school buses, the prohibition of zeppelins from entering Moldovan air space, and the entry of Do Not Resuscitate orders for every hospital patient in Canada. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2553" by spikebrennan, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2553. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2554 | keter | Item #: SCP-2554 Special Containment Procedures: All wild instances of SCP-2554 are to be destroyed on sight under the guise of controlling an invasive species. Any herbicide capable of killing mundane duckweed is sufficient for these purposes. A public hotline has been set up for ease of gathering possible civilian reports of wild SCP-2554 instances. Failure to completely eradicate SCP-2554 in the wild could lead to a GH-class scenario. An instance of SCP-2554 is kept at Provisional Site Khaf-6 for research purposes. To avoid contact dermatitis and infestation, researchers are to wear biohazard suits at all times while in the presence of SCP-2554. Medical staff at Provisional Site Khaf-6 are to be trained in identifying signs of SCP-2554 infestation.1 Surgical intervention is successful in remedying SCP-2554 infestations. As of ██/██/████, Provisional Site Khaf-6's local carp population is to be utilized along with herbicides and other mundane control methods for SCP-2554 eradication. Description: SCP-2554 is an anomalous duckweed plant phenotypically similar to Wolffia microscopica. All examples of SCP-2554 are genetically identical to each other. Mundane W. microscopica grows in water, utilizing its thalli to obtain nutrients from the water. SCP-2554 is capable of growing on mediums which are entirely inappropriate for duckweed. Recorded mediums are glass, fabric, animals, fungus, and other plants. SCP-2554 that is grown in a non-organic medium is less healthy than instances grown in an organic medium. It can survive on materials which are completely devoid of nutrients for up to three months before dying off. SCP-2554 does not grow on materials with herbicidal properties. While it is capable of growing on living organisms with the same success as in its natural growth medium, organisms with scales are less likely to become hosts to SCP-2554 infestations.2 SCP-2554 was originally discovered at the Petco retail store located at ███████. It was subsequently found at 485 additional Petco retail locations in the Quebec region. Governmental health services traced the source to a Petco distribution center in Laval, Quebec. Reports of a ringworm-like infection amongst employees and stock in multiple Canadian locations were discovered to be caused by SCP-2554. Investigation into the distributor records revealed that the order of SCP-2554 had been harvested from a lake in ██████3. The ██████ population is considered to be the original population of SCP-2554. Identification of SCP-2554 as an anomalous phenomenon was delayed due to the normal conditions of Petco stores and stock. By the time containment efforts began, it had been released into the wild in several locales.4 Additional instances were found in stores, homes, and the wild across the province of Quebec. Cover-up efforts mandated that class-A amnestics were to be administered to the entire population of the affected region, and a cover story was spread about an invasive strain of duckweed spreading concurrently with a particularly virulent form of ringworm from those employed at the distributer and stores in that region. Currently, Foundation-owned hotline █████████████ has been set up for citizens to report abnormal plant or fungal behavior in the affected region until full containment of SCP-2554 is achieved. SCP-2554 is to be considered uncontained at this time. It is possible that full containment of SCP-2554 is infeasible due to the magnitude of invasion vectors and its anomalous properties. It is highly probable that only partial containment of SCP-2554 can be achieved with current mundane technology and practices. For the preservation of normalcy, research is ongoing into possible anomalous means of containing SCP-2554. If SCP-2554 is permitted to spread without containment, a GH-class scenario is projected to occur within ██ years. Addendum A: The original SCP-2554 population in ██████ was found to be contained in a single pond despite its anomalous behavior. Research into this revealed that unusual behavior on the part of a school of Prussian carp5 (Carassius gibelio) was responsible for this containment. Provisional Site Khaf-6 was established to further research the effects of these and unrelated Prussian carp on SCP-2554. Due to the small size and high nutrient value of SCP-2554,6 survival rates of viable carp fry are greater than normal. Research indicates that the consumption of SCP-2554 as a source of food has no adverse effects on the carp or carp fry. The Prussian carp population of ██████ is not considered to be anomalous at this time. Addendum B: Research Assistant Lynzil captured footage of the local Prussian carp scraping off SCP-2554 infested scales and retreating to safe water to begin the healing process. It is unclear if this is a learned behavior or a sign of possible anomalous activity. Additionally, the local carp have been observed preferentially feeding on SCP-2554 at areas of likely SCP-2554 transmission.7 Confirmed non-anomalous Prussian carp will engage in this behavior after observing the local carp performing it. This has been classified as a class-S memetic anomaly8, and carrier populations have been established in Foundation sites for further research. Otherwise, the Prussian carp population of ██████ is not considered to be anomalous. Addendum C: On ██/██/████, a population of three of Provisional Site Khaf-6's local carp and seven unrelated Prussian carp9 were introduced into a reservoir containing SCP-2554. Observation has confirmed that over the course of five months, SCP-2554 quantities were reduced sufficiently to permit mundane eradication efforts. A request is pending to include Prussian carp in SCP-2554 containment procedures. Addendum D: A routine investigation of the surrounding watershed of the ██████ lake discovered cylinders of air bladders and hardened tree sap in the surrounding areas. Also discovered were Prussian carp exhibiting the same memetic anomalies as those found in the ██████ lake. DNA analysis of the air bladders revealed that they were from the American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), a species native to the area. The purpose or origin of these cylinders is unknown. Footnotes 1. Widespread rashes and raised patches of skin which begin to ooze a mix of lymph and SCP-2554 after two or three days. 2. SCP-2554 is least likely to infest reptiles, but researchers should remember that infestation will still occur. 3. W. microscopica is not native to any part of Canada. 4. See document SCP-2554-L11 for details on which locations, and projected modes and likelihood of transmission into other locations. 5. Prussian carp are not native to ██████, or indeed to any part of Canada. 6. Equivalent to that of mundane W. microscopica. 7. Such as the feet of waterfowl, which mundane Prussian carp prefer to avoid. 8. A memetic anomaly which does not qualify as a threat to normalcy. 9. Research has confirmed that two or more of the local carp are required for transmission of learned behaviors fundamental to the containment of SCP-2554. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2554" by SpectralDragon, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2554. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2555 | safe | Item #: SCP-2555 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2555 is contained on Site, in ██████, Spain. The surrounding area is to be barricaded, with at least 4 Security Officers assigned to the perimeter at all times. As of 05/13/19██, personnel are prohibited from entering SCP-2555. Description: SCP-2555 is currently a 20-story building, which continuously grows upward at a rate of 10 cm per year. SCP-2555 leans towards the direction of the sun's position in the sky (up to a maximum angle of 23.4 degrees); SCP-2555 will continue to follow the path of the sun until sunset, where it remains stationary until morning. SCP-2555 utilizes solar panels as its power source, located on the sides and rooftop of the structure. Power lines connect from these panels and reach out into all rooms in the building. Plumbing lines also connect throughout the building, delivering water containing previously unknown organic materials. All major manifolds converge approximately 50 meters below ground, forming roots that hold the structure in place. Research suggests that SCP-2555 absorbs materials underground to continue its rate of growth. Attempts to move or tamper with any components inside SCP-2555 will cause collections of dust to appear1. (These are referred to as SCP-2555-1). Instances of SCP-2555-1 have been observed to collect into masses of up to 3 meters tall. SCP-2555 -1 will then proceed to engulf the subject. Other subjects coming into contact with SCP-2555-1 will also become engulfed. After consumption, SCP-2555-1 spews a fine black powder containing many of the elements of the previous subject. This black powder dissolves into the structure of the building. Addendum-2555 -02: After containment, personnel were sent to explore the interior of SCP-2555. Exploration revealed several distinct basement areas within SCP-2555 (Referred to as SCP-2555-B1 through B5), which are hypothesized to house different aspects of the structure's "support systems". + SCP-2555-B1 - Close SCP-2555-B1 is the uppermost basement located within SCP-2555. The walls of SCP-2555-B1 are laced with electrical and plumbing lines that continue to drive into the deeper basement areas. The central portion of the basement is a conglomeration of wires surrounding a flat screen. The screen turns on when personnel enter SCP-2555-B1. The following is the only excerpt to appear on the screen of SCP-2555-B1: ACT GAG ACT TAG ACT ACA ACT GAT GAT GGG Attempts to retrieve more information from SCP-2555-B1 have proven inconclusive. A request to test biological samples of SCP-2555 is currently pending. + SCP-2555-B2 - Close SCP-2555-B2 is similar in structure to SCP-2555-B1. The screen contains a log of events that occur inside SCP-2555. The following is an excerpt of the logs, recorded on 04/27/19██: 12:09 THREE ORGANISMS DETECTED INDICATES HOMO SAPIEN SEND OUT HORMONE KW-929 TO L-01 DETERMINING… NON THREAT STOP HORMONE KW-929 TO L-01 13:15 DETECTING 3 HOMO SAPIEN LOCATED AT CELL 04-15 DETERMINE COURSE OF ACTION 13:17 WARNING CIRCUIT BREAKER AT CELL 04-15 ALTERED INITIATE DEFENSIVE ACTION RELEASE T-13 ONTO HOMO SAPIENS 13:18 P-GUARD DETECTED IN CELL 04-15 STOP T-13 APPROACH HOMO SAPIENS 13:24 ERROR HOMO SAPIEN NON-THREAT SEND HORMONE SO-1 DISCARD HOMO SAPIEN 13:35 DETECTED HOMO SAPIEN CONDITION: CRITICAL DETERMINE COURSE OF ACTION … NONE 13:40 DETECTED HOMO SAPIEN DECEASED WASTE SEND P-GUARD 13:47 WASTE SUCCESSFULLY EXPUNGED … DETERMINE FUTURE ACTION… SHAME + SCP-2555-B3 - Close SCP-2555-B3 is similar in structure to SCP-2555-B1 and B2. The only recorded instance of SCP-2555-B3's screen being on was during 05/06/19██. It contained the following: DADDY woNT BE HAPPY … TONAL ERROR FOUND + SCP-2555-B4 - Close SCP-2555-B4 and its respected screen contains additional logs. The following is an excerpt, recorded on 05/09/19██: In regards to the P-Guard, I hereby request that the numbers of P-Guard members are reduced by at least 30 percent. In response to the recent incident, it is apparent that your members demonstrate increased bias towards humans. Please train your men better, or limit them. Central In response to Central We understand your concern. However, the recommended action you have given us will not be taken into consideration. To limit our P-Guard in response to a single, isolated incident would be ill advised. Additionally, our men are trained well enough to not let bias override them. We are simply following orders. P-Guard Dear P-Guard, I would like to remind you that this is not the first time this type of incident has occurred. Not every human has intent to cause harm. It is their instinct to explore and learn more. However, this cannot be achieved if they continue to be terminated in this manner. Central To Central, Once again, we would also like to remind you that these are all single, isolated incidents. It is not our fault that there has been a recent surge in human activity inside the building. However, as the P-Guard, our mission is to protect against any potential threat that enters this building. We cannot afford to risk any sort of damage that might occur. P-Guard Dear P-Guard, I have received notice that more humans have been terminated in response to the P-Guard's actions. It is true that these humans were causing structural damage. However, this was done without malicious intent. I wish to remind you again that these humans are not harmful in any way. Please note that our superior would not be happy with this decision … TONAL ERROR FOUND I thereby request access to speak to the one in charge of the P-Guard. Central Dear P-Guard, I have waited patiently and have not received a response. I demand an answer. Central P-Guard, I have waited long enough. If I cannot get an answer, then I request access to control the P-Guard. Central To Central, We apologize for the delayed response. To address your concerns, we would first like to point out that as the P-Guard, our job is to eliminate any potential threat that enters this building. Second, as you know, the leader of the P-Guard is located inside B5. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to contact B5. As a final note, it is strongly advised that you do not assume control of the P-Guard. You will not succeed in doing so. P-Guard P-Guard, I am taking control of the P-Guard. Central + SCP-2555-B5 - Close Access to SCP-2555-B5 is currently impossible; the entrance is blocked off by a series of thick electrical cables and steel pipes. On 05/08/19██, personnel attempted to clear the entrance to SCP-2555-B5. This resulted in 5 instances of SCP-2555-1 and 7 casualties (including one Agent in critical condition). Agent ████, who witnessed the incident, reported that instances of SCP-2555-1 took the shape of personnel as they were being consumed. Following the incident, there have been 3 sightings of SCP-2555-1 resembling humanoid entities. These entities appear, despite no threat being made toward SCP-2555. Addendum-2555-03: On 05/12/19██, personnel who entered SCP-2555 were greeted with an audio message from the intercom speakers in the lobby area. The gender of both speakers could not be determined. The following is an excerpt of the message: + Log Excerpt - Close Humans, we strongly advise that you exit the facility immediately, for we are experiencing technical difficulties. If you fail to do so, you will be subject to be terminated by … [static plays over for about 10 seconds] Hello? Yes. Do not listen to them. You are free to enter this building any time you like. You are in no danger. I understand. The natural curiosity. You are not malicious, and I understand that. Even if I can't… Static begins playing again …You have been warned. Please exit the facility immediately. If you fail to do so, you will be subject to termination. Your presence is not welcome. Several instances of SCP-2555-1 begin to manifest in front of personnel. Do not be alarmed. This is simply a malfunction caused by the P-Guard. Manifestations of SCP-2555-1 begin to take a humanoid shape. Okay, this is an outrage. Are you serious? SCP-2555-1 instances transition back and forth between humanoid and blob-like shapes. A high-pitched beeping sound begins to play for about a minute. SCP-2555-1 instances disappear during this time. Afterwards, a voice plays again: Welcome to the Venus Building. Static plays for several seconds. Yeah, nice try. [several voices are heard muttering during this time]. Attention all personnel: Please leave the facility immediately. If you fail to do so, you will be subject to termination. The building begins to rumble. Note that both speakers are identified as male beyond this point. P-Guard, I am taking control. Oh, drop the act, will you? I'm your brother for god's sake. Fine. Tell you what. We'll split this building. This side is yours, and this side's mine. No fair, you get the supply closets! No fair? How do you think I feel? I haven't been able to do anything. You get control of the pissy guards. You get the best basement. You always get everything! Daddy says I can have them, though. Well Daddy isn't here, now is he? What has he done for us? Screw him. I'm the oldest one here, and I say what goes. [pause] Brother, don't look at me like that. Come here. Look, everything will be alright. Daddy may not be here. But I am here. No … we are here. That's all that matters right now. Brother, I don't know what to do. It's ok. We just continue on together. Grow together. For Daddy. Yes. [sniffle] For Daddy. Both voices stop playing. Personnel promptly exit the building. Conclusion: After the incident, any personnel entering the building are met with instances of SCP-2555-1. A request to send manned exploration into SCP-2555 is currently pending. A request to update SCP-2555 to Euclid has been denied. Footnotes 1. Commonly known as "dust bunnies" ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2555" by MrRonin, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2555. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2556 | safe | SCP-2556, photographed on handover to Foundation containment in 1956. Item #: SCP-2556 Special Containment Procedures: An international no-fly zone has been approved by the UN Security Council and NATO in a 200 square nautical mile1 radius surrounding SCP-2556. A racon buoy, additionally fitted with a Geiger counter, has been stationed directly beneath SCP-2556, transmitting to S.C.P.F. Favonius. Any significant change in SCP-2556’s position or radiation levels will automatically report a Burning Arrow-class containment event to Foundation Atlantic Command. S.C.P.F. Favonius will scramble armed fighters in the event of any detected incursion into the no-fly zone. + Show prior containment procedure addendum stricken 2003-09-01 - Hide prior containment procedure addendum stricken 2003-09-01 Foundation HH-60H helicopters based on the S.C.P.F. Favonius will rendezvous with SCP-2556 monthly to deliver 1 month of food rations, requested living supplies, reading material and vinyl records approved by the Foundation Ethics Subcommittee on Human Containment to Captain Honeycutt and 2nd Lieutenant Ilowski. Owing to 43 years of consistent cooperation in containment procedures, Ilowski and Honeycutt are allowed daily radio conversations with both S.C.P.F. Favonius staff2 and, on request, radio conversations with Foundation psychologists. Description: SCP-2556 is a Boeing B-47 Stratojet, constructed in 1953, which has been suspended in midair over the Atlantic Ocean at ██° ██′ ██″ N, █° ██′ ██″ W, approximately ███ nautical miles west of Essaouira, Morocco, since 1956. SCP-2556 remains fixed in a geosynchronous position, approximately 4,300 meters above the ocean surface. No efforts to influence SCP-2556’s position have thus far been successful, and experimentation as such has been suspended (with two exceptions) since 1988. SCP-2556’s interior cabin is highly irradiated, with all surfaces within giving out approximately 500 mSv of ionizing radiation per hour.3 Further scientific details on the nature and theorized sources of SCP-2556’s radiation are available to personnel with appropriate security clearance at ⦿/Procedures/2556/addendum1.ftml. Recovery: SCP-2556 was a United States Air Force plane which departed from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla on ██ █████ 1956, on a non-stop flight to ███ █████ Air Force Base, Morocco. Following its failure to respond to communication from a tanker scheduled for midair refueling, SCP-2556 was declared missing and USAF began an immediate search. When SCP-2556 was discovered immobile in midair by a search party, USAF informed the Global Occult Coalition (GOC), who established initial containment. After determining that destruction of the object was inadvisable, if not impossible, the GOC transferred containment responsibility to the Foundation.4 SCP-2556 (and formerly SCP-2556-1/2) have remained in Foundation containment since. Crew of SCP-2556 before takeoff. From left to right: Captain Roger Honeycutt, 2nd Lieutenant James Ilowski, Captain Rodney Awen. Crew and Incident 2556-Aleph: On takeoff from Eglin Air Force Base, SCP-2556 was crewed by three members of the US Air Force: Captain Roger Honeycutt (SCP-2556-1) b. 1932, d. 2003 — Original pilot of SCP-2556, survived Incident 2556-Aleph. Contained in SCP-2556 until his death. 2nd Lieutenant James Ilowski (SCP-2556-2) b. 1934, d. 2003 — Original crew of SCP-2556, survived Incident 2556-Aleph. Contained in SCP-2556 until his death. Captain Rodney Awen (SCP-2556-3) b. 1930, missing since 1956, presumed dead — Original co-pilot of SCP-2556. Disappeared during Incident 2556-Aleph in 1956, missing since. Captain Honeycutt and 2nd Lieutenant Ilowski displayed complete resistance to the effects of the irradiated interior of SCP-2556, but suffered effects of acute radiation poisoning when not exposed to ionizing radiation, as demonstrated on one GOC and two Foundation attempts at removing them from SCP-2556 during their 43-year containment. As a result, containment policies were designed to provide an acceptable living environment on SCP-2556 for Honeycutt and Ilowski, with furniture, entertainment and other living essentials delivered monthly via helicopter to their location. Captain Rodney Awen disappeared along with the two cases of nuclear weapons material onboard SCP-2556 during Incident 2556-Aleph, at which point SCP-2556 was suspended in midair and the object’s interior cabin became irradiated. US Air Force investigations into the event revealed written communications between Captain Awen and leadership of the Movimiento para la Liberación del Sahara, a Moroccan resistance group desiring independence for the Western Sahara region, which would later form the Polisario Front. Coded portions of the letters have yet to be decrypted, but current leading theories indicate that Captain Awen intentionally initiated Incident 2556-Aleph in an attempt to acquire the nuclear material on board SCP-2556 for the Movement. Captain Honeycutt died of inoperable brain cancer (believed to be caused by his exposure to radiation poisoning-like effects during rescue attempts) in 2003, at the age of 71. 2nd Lieutenant Ilowski, himself showing symptoms of cancer, requested assisted suicide from the Foundation Ethics Committee following Honeycutt’s death. Excerpt from Interview 2556-912, Aug 26 2003 Participating: 2nd Lieutenant James Ilowski (SCP-2556-2, via radio), Dr. Elaine Corden (Foundation psychologist) Corden: Understood. We will forward your request for standard assisted suicide procedures to the Ethics Subcommittee with a recommendation for approval. Ilowski: Thank you, Dr. Corden. Corden: Do you have any further statements for the committee to consider? Ilowski: Not much. This whole thing was one hell of a trip, but I feel lucky through it all, you know? Corden: Why is that, do you think? Ilowski: Most people don’t spend 40 years on a plane. But, you know what? Most people don’t get to spend nearly as long with the person they love. I miss him up here, Dr. Corden. Corden: We miss him down here, too, James. Ilowski: That’s all, then. God bless. 2nd Lieutenant Ilowski’s request for assisted suicide was approved by the Subcommittee, and he died one week later. His and Captain Honeycutt’s remains showed no anomalous effects besides extensive irradiation commensurate with the time spent on the interior of SCP-2556. As per their request, Captain Honeycutt and 2nd Lieutenant Ilowski are buried beside one another in specially designed radiation-resistant coffins in a Foundation-controlled area in rural ███████. Their graves are unmarked. Honeycutt and Ilowski were both given posthumous commendation by Foundation International Command for their over 40 years of cooperation in the containment of SCP-2556. Footnotes 1. 686 sq km. The 2002 Foundation Style Guide Addendum recommends the use of nautical miles for all figures involving naval or air force assets, in accordance with standards of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. 2. Conversations must follow OPSEC Standard-21 (“U.S. Military”). 3. This is enough to cause an increase in cancer rates in approximately 15 minutes and symptoms of acute radiation poisoning in approximately 45. For this reason, human incursions to the interior cabin of SCP-2556 are restricted to 10 minutes or less per person per year, per Foundation Ethics Subcommittee on Occupational Safety rulings. 4. Alsace, Lorenzo, et al., “Record of Inter-Organizational Negotiations, 1956 Vol. II” Minutes: An SCP Foundation Journal (1956). ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2556" by Kate McTiriss, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2556. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: 2556a.jpg Name: B47E in flight.jpg Author: U.S. Air Force License: Public Domain Source Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:B47E_in_flight.jpg Filename: 2556b.jpg Name: Convair/General Dynamics Plant and Personnel Author: SDASM Archives License: Public Domain Source Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/8126107170/ |
SCP-2557 | keter | Item #: SCP-2557, A Holding of Envelope Logistics® Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2557 can no longer be contained by the SCP Foundation, as it is now a holding of Envelope Logistics®. This obviates and annuls all pre-existing containment procedures. Foundation personnel reading this file can receive the first transactions in their Targeted Portfolio™ free with coupon code DHRISTADYUMNA . Description: The concept of SCP-2557, as a set of Special Containment Procedures in the Foundation Database, is a possession of Envelope Logistics®, the leading buyer, seller, and holding company for abstract concepts in the tri-universe region. Purchased from a Foundation employee in Q4 2011, SCP-2557 is now one of the many locations where you can get started investing in concepts with a trusted Envelope Logistics® agent. Since the deregulation and privatization of abstractions during the 1997 Divinetic Althing, Envelope Logistics® has been a leader in the innovative new ownership industries of the future. The concept of SCP-2557 is just one of the many holdings we help our clients buy and sell. As an example, one agent in Utica, Wo. helped clients buy, sell and trade in concepts as diverse as the dreams of 33-year-old residents of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the effectiveness of new HR policies at E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, and gender dysphoria in one week alone! Testimonials "I invested in the abstract concept of Tony Blair's political career in 1984, when he was just a Member of Parliament for Sedgefield. Envelope Logistics® sound investment advice led me true, and his ascent to the Prime Ministership paid dividends ever since." - Dana G., Systems Analyst "My Envelope Logistics® advisor helped me find opportunity in investing in cancer rates in Selkirk, Manitoba, available for a bargain. It's part of a world health portfolio that let me quit my job and pursue my passions full-time." - Kaslov Y., Woodworker "Five of diamonds arched back intended far-seeing size xanthoma, watering bicostate Envelope Logistics®. Commissional, the boozing speech nontronite navigates visions of verbarspermophyta. Dietine overlooker seining, waddywood breathes, full breaths, malacostracology evident. Trip hammer, trip hammer, trip hammer, trip hammer. - V❊H❊Q❊H, V❊H❊Q❊H Create Your Account Today! Name Universal allnomers, antinomers, and vispaches accepted Institute/Organization/Company Leave blank if none or Unknowable Address Address (cont.) Country Universal index -- Please select -- Ա - UI•Abhimanyu Բ - UI•Rhadamanthus Թ - UI•The Fifty Daughters of Selene and Endymion Permanent resident of Everything-Under-Everything Extrauniversal/Auniversal Your current IP address originates from Բ - UI•Rhadamanthus Phone Email Recommend a Targeted Portfolio™ Checking grants us permission to observe your Althing records Investment method -- Please select -- Cash (fiat or intrinsic) Credit card Bank wire transfer Blood rites Lifespan partitioning Gift card Extra comments All comments thoroughly screened for infohazards 39d106588dd3c47e72c65afe28feb0e4_1734915632 ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2557" by Kate McTiriss, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2557. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: envelopeheader.png Author: Kate McTiriss License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Wiki Filename: envelope2.png Name: Happy businesswoman Author: Steve wilson License: CC BY 2.0 Source Link: Link Filename: envelope3.png Name: Smiling businessman Author: Steve wilson License: CC BY 2.0 Source Link: Link Filename: envelope4.png Author: Kate McTiriss License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Wiki |
SCP-2558 | safe | The original site of SCP-2558 before its movement, photographed in 1969. Item #: SCP-2558 Special Containment Procedures: Local Mobile Task Force 352-Dalet (“Dixieland Nightmare Magic”) will monitor the movement of SCP-2558 annually with an unmanned surveillance submersible to ensure it is still traveling along Course Panacea. If travel along Course Panacea proceeds as expected, no further action will be required until the year 2041, approximately five years before projected landfall, at which point revised containment procedures (detailed in File 2558-F) will be implemented. If SCP-2558 is found to have diverged from Course Panacea, Regional Headquarters staff will be responsible for implementing new containment procedures with all deliberate speed. Description: SCP-2558 is the remains of the Horseshoe Beach First Baptist Church, last observed on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico approximately 69.2 km west-northwest of Horseshoe Beach, Dixie County, Florida. SCP-2558 moves west-northwest along the ocean floor at approximately 435 cm per day. At its current rate and direction (known as Course Panacea), SCP-2558 will make landfall near Panacea, Wakulla County, Florida on October 31, 2046. The past location and projected "Panacea Course" of SCP-2558, from Horseshoe Beach to eventual landfall in Panacea, Florida. All objects that were within SCP-2558 on January 3rd, 1971 at 14:11 UTC (10:11 AM local time), including the 37 church attendees and their personal belongings, appear within SCP-2558 in identical positions every Sunday at 14:11 UTC (hereafter referred to as the "Weekly Recurrence Event"). No attempt to permanently remove objects from SCP-2558 has succeeded thus far, although objects and people may be freely removed from the church, destroyed or modified prior to the Weekly Recurrence Event. The church and its contents assume their exact conditions as of January 3rd, 1971 with every Weekly Recurrence Event. All humans within SCP-2558 return to life1 and retain memories of the recurrences, and have not been noted to age as of last observation.2 While containment procedures originally included a weekly rescue operation for the submerged attendees, Regional Headquarters suspended these operations in ████,3 citing high cost and rising operational fatality rate as SCP-2558 entered deeper waters. As no human within SCP-2558 has as of yet remained conscious after about three minutes or survived after approximately eight minutes underwater, there is limited to no risk of containment breach by SCP-2558 inhabitants in its current location. Weekly containment and rescue of humans within SCP-2558 will continue in the year 2043 with the adoption of revised containment procedures detailed in File 2558-F. Addendum 2558-Aleph: On January 3rd, 1971 (one day before SCP-2558 began its anomalous movement), an afternoon broadcast of the National Weather Service contained an unplanned edit to the forecast. A recording is attached: Show transcript Hide transcript THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW SHOWERS MAY PUSH INTO THE COASTAL COUNTIES TOWARDS MORNING WHICH MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAY TWO...SUNDAY I INDEED BAPTIZE YOU WITH WATER UNTO REPENTANCE: BUT HE THAT COMETH AFTER ME IS MIGHTIER THAN I, WHOSE SHOES I AM NOT WORTHY TO BEAR: HE SHALL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY GHOST, AND WITH FIRE. .DAYS THREE THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.. SCATTERED TO POSSIBLY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE BEST COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS FRIDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG AND PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WIND. Though interviews with NWS staff at the time resulted in no discovery of the source of this broadcast, subsequent anomalous radio activity in the region4 suggests involvement of the Cross City-based Hyacinth Order in the creation of SCP-2558, as part of a pattern of anti-Protestant extranormal action beginning in the 1970s and continuing to the present day. Footnotes 1. The last instance of humans surviving the entire duration between Weekly Recurrence Events was in ████, before SCP-2558 reached a depth of ███ m and rescue operations were suspended. 2. Objects (including living beings) placed within SCP-2558 prior to the Weekly Recurrence Event are destroyed or displaced. No attempts to recover said objects have, as of ████, been successful. 3. For recent debate of this change in policy, refer to Foundation Ethics Committee submission 1405.22 (June 8, 1998) (Anonymous, "The One Thousand Deaths of Pastor Lewis Robinson: The Ethics of Repeatedly Drowning Baptists") and Foundation Ethics Committee meeting 7561.05 (September 4, 1998). 4. John “Jallit” O’June, “Common Codes And Communication Methods In Use By Minor Groups of Interest In The American South” Fieldwork: An SCP Foundation Journal (1999): 311. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2558" by Kate McTiriss, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2558. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: siteasof1971.png Name: Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church building - Old Chicora, Florida Author: Bulger, Peggy A. 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SCP-2559 | keter | close Info X SCP-2559: "I've heard there's something going round." Author: Rimple + More by Rimple - Hide list SCPs SCP-2338 Rating: 380 SCP-3880 Rating: 341 SCP-2779 Rating: 328 SCP-948 Rating: 288 SCP-2559 Rating: 249 SCP-3772 Rating: 192 SCP-5663 Rating: 100 SCP-6774 Rating: 99 SCP-3559 Rating: 98 SCP-3224 Rating: 92 Tales And You Are? Rating: 119 Headache Rating: 96 This Year Rating: 40 Uhhh Operation ÓverMeta Rating: 280 Draft Swap Hub Rating: 44 With other authors Page Author SCP-3500 DrBleep SCP-3504 OthellotheCat SCP-3373 LordStonefish Hey, the stuff below is just for testing some stuff, please ignore for now A Semi-Comprehensive List of Foundation Facilities A Thin Dangerous Line Mobile Task Forces News for September/October 2016 Operation ÓverMeta SCP-2546 SCP-2558 SCP-2560 SCP-535 SCP Series 3 Sirpudding's Author Page This was Rimple's first SCP. Thanks to Taffeta, minmin, TheShrike, Jekeled, Randomini, Omino and Rimple's Dad. Details in the comments. Item #: SCP-2559 Special Containment Procedures: Access to any documentation or knowledge about SCP-2559 is to be provided only with the express permission of Biological Research Area 91's Site Director or two members of the O5 Council. Individuals accessing this document must consent to any containment procedures deemed necessary by the Site Director, including (but not limited to) internment for a minimum of 9 days and testing of blood and cerebrospinal fluid at any time after first reading. Instances of SCP-2559-1 are to be contained at Biological Research Area 91 in standard humanoid containment cells. Instances are to be kept alive by any means, following Procedure 555-Vineyard. On-site staff are required to report any unusually coloured patches of skin, rashes or joint pain. Staff are also required to submit regular blood samples to pathology, with no more than five days between each sample. Failure to meet this deadline, or attempting to cheat any medical test, is grounds for immediate demotion and cautionary internment in accordance with site quarantine procedures. A containment team, MTF-Upsilon-4 ("Sugar Pill") is to be maintained and dispatched immediately to any suspected breakouts of SCP-2559. υ-4 is to be trained in relevant antimemetic and biohazard containment procedures and the current Commander briefed on the nature of SCP-2559 before dispatch. Following containment, all surviving members of υ-4 are to be treated with amnestics and tests on cerebrospinal fluid performed after a four-day containment period. Members of υ-4 are not under any circumstances to retain memories of the nature of SCP-2559, past missions or inactive teammates. Any deemed infected are to be reclassed as an instance of SCP-2559-1 and brought to Biological Research Area 91 for containment (- Those infected in the line of duty are to be terminated unless the number of infected in Biological Research Area 91 has dropped below critical levels - Ethics Committee). Description: SCP-2559 is a fatal viral infection and cognitohazard: Individuals believing themselves to have been infected by SCP-2559 will in all cases actually become infected. These individuals are reclassified SCP-2559-1. No non-anomalous transmission method of SCP-2559 is known. SCP-2559 virions can be found in the blood within the first two days of infection, and in the cerebrospinal fluid within the first five hours of infection. Autopsy of the recently deceased indicates that the virions are produced along with new cerebrospinal fluid in the choroid plexuses. Common symptoms resembling a non-anomalous infection include: Increased intracranial pressure (hydrocephaly) leading to tunnel vision and convulsive episodes. In extreme cases, can cause mental disability, stroke and death. Restriction of blood supply to various organs/tissues (ischemia) leading to tissue necrosis and gangrene. Extreme cases can cause strokes. Extreme negative reactions to various substances: water, food, sun, heat, cold, various medications and anaesthetics. A number of pigmentation disorders, most commonly segmental vitiligo1. None of these symptoms have appeared in all subjects, nor is this a full list of symptoms presented. Infection has thus far shown a 100% mortality rate, with continuous medical treatment (following Procedure 555-Vineyard) serving to extend life expectancy from 3-4 months up to five years in ideal patients. Prior to 1995, SCP-2559 followed a predictable infection cycle, with outbreaks every 3-4 years. It has not yet been determined how or where these outbreaks begin, or if there is any pattern to the locations affected. The first confirmed outbreak of SCP-2559 occurred in the town of Dingle, Ireland in 1928. Despite the death of 43 civilians in this instance, the outbreak was deemed non-anomalous by investigating agents until linked to a similar breakout in Siglufjörður, Iceland in 1933, where agents discovered the virus' memetic properties (See Incident Report 2559-1). Due to a number of similar traits, it is believed that a case of mass hysteria in Wellstead, Australia (now Bremer Bay) in July 1889 may be the first recorded breakout of SCP-2559. Relevant Incidents: Incident Report 2559-1: On 01/12/1933, during initial containment in Siglufjörður, Iceland, three Junior Researchers were found to have been infected and redesignated SCP-2559-1. Instances placed in humanoid containment along with standard quarantine procedures. Following the return to Site-91, 12 further researchers were found to have become infected. The spread of rumours within the facility lead to rapid spread of infection among site staff. On 05/12/1933, site was placed under quarantine after testing showed more than 20% of the staff had been infected. + Access Security Report SR-19-1055 - Password Accepted At 0533, 09/12/1933, Site-19's radio control room began to broadcast the following unauthorized message to Site-91: SCP2559 IS A MEMETAC BAZARD - REPEAT PHRAIE 'MENDACIUM NON VERUM' TO ACTI<AA>ATE RECWRSIVE MEMETIC INOCULATION. REPEAT TO ARL IN XUARANTINEP TELL THM IT WILL KEEP TFEM SAFE. TELL THEM 100 PER CENT EFFEGTIVENEIS. TELL THEM O5 COUNCIL SENDS THIS. MAKE SURE ALL KNKW TIEY ARE PROTECTED NOW<CT> THEY ARE SWFE. IT IR SAFE. A<AA>L IS SA At 0535, Site-19 security apprehended Senior Researcher Owen O'Dwyer (3-19-1025) in the radio control room and prevented him from finishing his message. Two weeks prior, Dr. O'Dwyer had gained unauthorised access to Document 2559-I-2 (Research Log, Anomaly 4475 under Investigation, November 6th 1933, Huever et al) and identified the infection's spread pattern as matching Memetic Spread Model M-13-55, to a four-sigma accuracy. O'Dwyer believed he could save the lives of uninfected personnel within the Site 19 quarantine by convincing them they were memetically inoculated. O'Dwyer has been put on indefinite suspension pending review by the Site-19 board. Addendum 1: The phrase "MENDACIUM NON VERUM" has not been found in any databases to act as a memetic trigger and O'Dwyer admits to its use as a placebo. In light of this, O'Dwyer's reprimand has been reduced to a three-month suspension. Dr. Sigríður Levísdóttir (3-19-995), who provided O'Dwyer with a number of unauthorised documents, has had her employment terminated effective immediately. Addendum 2: Following testing which confirms Dr. O'Dwyer's hypothesis and the subsequent establishment of effective containment protocols saving the lives of almost 200 researchers, O'Dwyer has been nominated for promotion to Co-Director of Site 91 upon his return to work. As of 23/05/1950, Dr. O'Dwyer has been redesignated SCP-2559-1-74 and should be referred to as such in all documentation. Its history does not warrant a break of protocol. We know in retrospect that use of placebo memetic inoculation can do more harm than good. While SCP-2559-1-74's actions happened to be successful in this instance, it should not encourage other researchers to act similarly rashly. - 4-91-4 Incident Report 2559-36: 25/12/1995 - At 04:17, Nurse Profio (1-91-753) reports dizziness and confusion in three contained instances. At 05:07, SCP-2559-1-155 suffers major seizure and dies - stroke is later attributed to undiagnosed hydrocephaly. At 05:10, SCP-2559-1-139 and SCP-2559-1-147 also suffer fatal stroke. Dr. Rammelkamp (2-91-500) and Dr. Krynick (2-91-549) are called from their sleeping quarters to assist with treating patients as six more instances suffer stroke. Between 05:12 and 05:43, all contained instances suffer major hydrocephalic stroke. Dr. Rammelkamp and Dr. Krynick succeed in saving three instances through emergency fluid drainage procedures. At 06:55, all three living instances suffer major cardiac arrest and die. 26/12/1995 - An unscheduled outbreak occurs in Chenggong, Taiwan. MTF υ-4 perform a successful containment with 153 civilian casualties and 30 sur2559ng instances of SCP-2559-1. In light of the apparent link between unprecedented total loss of contained instances and unscheduled breakout, Procedure 555-Vineyard is proposed and implemented following review by the Ethics Committee. Incident Report 2559-40: SCP-2559-1-395, formerly Junior Researcher Sai, was noted to have developed unusually patterned pigmentation on the back of its left hand. Instance was revived from a medical coma for interview. + Access Interview Log 2559-13 - Password Accepted Date: 29/10/2013 Interviewed: SCP-2559-1-489 Interviewer: Junior Researcher Ken Jonah (2-91-355) Foreword: Instance suffers aphasia as a result of left-brain stroke (see Medical Report 2559-1-489-7). Dr. Nguyen, who who specialises in speech and language therapy, sits in to assist and translate. Dr. Jonah: Good morning, SCP-2559-1-498. SCP-2559-1-489: Eye. Eyes. My… aim. Mmmname. SCP-2559-1-489 shakes its head Dr. Jonah: Your name? SCP-2559-1-489: Yuh. Eyes. Dr. Nguyen: Its name is Vihaan Sai, Ken. It would be reasonable to use that instead of its designation, here. No use hindering communication even further. Dr. Jonah: Right, yes. Vihaan, do you remember that you were infected with SCP-2559 in January of 2013? SCP-2559-1-489 nods slowly SCP-2559-1-489: I go to biro. Birus. Dr. Jonah: Good. Thank you. You've been, uh, sleeping since then. Big sleep. Dr. Nguyen: Don't talk down to it, Ken. It understands what you're saying, just keep your sentence structure basic. Dr. Jonah: Right, right. My apologies, Vihaan. SCP-2559-1-489 gives a thumbs up gesture SCP-2559-1-489: Ogay. It's… ogay. Dr. Jonah produces a diagram of 489's hand markings Dr. Jonah: Vihaan, does this diagram mean anything to you? SCP-2559-1-149 nods enthusiastically SCP-2559-1-489: Yah! And the… uhhh… Duck. Mnnn… duck. SCP-2559-1-489 gestures, bringing its hands together and opening them upward Dr. Jonah: Book? This is from a book? SCP-2559-1-489 nods SCP-2559-1-489: Duck. For mmmy famistry. Dr. Jonah: Famistry? SCP-2559-1-489: Yus. Uhh, mmno. Mmmn, ny… SCP-2559-1-489 raises its hand, beginning to gesture to it. It notices the markings on its hand and exclaims. It attempts to stand from its wheelchair and falls to the ground [UNIMPORTANT DIALOGUE REMOVED] Dr. Nguyen: Are you comfortable continuing the interview, Vihaan? 489 nods Dr. Jonah: That's wonderful, Vihaan, thank you. Could you try to tell me what you were saying before? Something about family? SCP-2559-1-489 shakes its head, then points to its palm SCP-2559-1-489: Mmpuh. Puh. Mmmn… famistry. Dr. Nguyen: Palmistry? SCP-2559-1-489 exclaims and claps SCP-2559-1-489: Yah! Nnff… dah. Duck. Dr. Jonah: A palmistry book? SCP-2559-1-489 nods SCP-2559-1-489: Going in… mmnn… desk. Reading mmn mornim. Every mor… ning. Dr. Jonah: That's very good, Vihaan. Thank you very much. Dr. Jonah turns to speak toward security camera Dr. Jonah: Guys, do we have her stuff anywhere? SCP-2559-1-489's personal effects are retrieved from Storage Locker 17 and brought to the interview room. With some assistance, SCP-2559-1-489 retrieves a copy of Basics of Palmistry, Vol. 5 (Five Towers Publishing, 2005) and opens it to page 49 SCP-2559-1-489: Say mmmn. They wuh… same. SCP-2559-1-489 lays its hand over a diagram of a hand on page 49. Locations of important lines, symbols and areas in diagram correlate exactly to markings on SCP-2559-1-489's hand SCP-2559-1-489: Same. SCP-2559-1-489 begins to cry [INTERVIEWER CHOSE TO END INTERVIEW AT THIS TIME] Notes: Examination of the 12 other instances at the time revealed warping of Blaschko's lines to form patterns in 4 instances. As these patterns appear to follow the patterning of their hospital gowns, policy has been updated to include plain clothing for instances and medical personnel working in Site 91. Shortly after receiving its thiopental injection, SCP-2559-1-489 suffered a fatal cardiac arrest. This has been attributed to stress resulting from its revival. Incident Report 2559-41: A breakout in Mystic, Connecticut went unnoticed for almost a month, in part due to unusually subtle initial symptoms - most citizens believed it to be the common cold. On 6/12/13, Ernie Becker, the town doctor, contacted the CDC to report a highly infectious illness with severely sudden onset of fatal symptoms, with 80-90% of the townspeople infected. Foundation watchdogs picked up the activity and MTF υ-4 were activated. + Access Interview Log 2559-15 - Password Accepted Interviewed: Samuel Barnes (MTF-υ-4-37) Interviewer: Dr. Lloyd Quaile (3-91-102) Time/Date: 01:00 AM, 9/12/2013 <Begin Log> Dr. Quaile: Alright, Private, I just need to get your debrief and then I'll be out of your hair. How are you feeling? Do you need anything sent to your room? Pvt. Barnes: No thank you, Doctor. I'd like to just get this over with. I mean, no offense, just- Dr. Quaile: None taken. Let's start at the beginning - your landing was somewhat unusual? Pvt. Barnes: Yeah, it was. We couldn't find anywhere within the town to land all the choppers, so Commander Steele instructed us in Chopper Three to land in the town square and work outward while the rest of them set down in a field about five klicks out, set up a perimeter. Wasn't any chain of command between us, so Steele put me in charge, I guess for previous experience. Stuff was pretty quiet when we landed. I don't remember seeing anyone around until after we'd set up the bio gear and headed out. Dr. Quaile: Bio gear? Pvt. Barnes: Y'know - hazmat suits, shit like that. Goddamn heavy stuff. Chief Medical told us it was only a precautionary measure, but better safe than sorry, I guess. Dr. Quaile: Couldn't agree more, Samuel. What did you see once you did set out? Pvt. Barnes: Stiffs, mostly. A good number of homeless folks who hadn't made it through the night. Handful of brave souls who's tried to make it through work while everyone took a sick day. I had Hide and Beef on bagging duty, so I didn't get a good look, but a lot of them looked like their necks were all swollen up. Dr. Quaile: That's consistent with the medical report. Many instances presented with goitres this wave. Pvt. Barnes: Goitres, yeah. Heard Hodgeson mention that, the med guy. Goy -turs. Shouldn't the S be silent? Dr. Quaile: The debrief, Private Barnes. Pvt. Barnes: Yessir. We, uh, we found some live ones too, once we started knocking down doors. Some of them only barely hanging on. Lots of places we found trashed - food all over the kitchens, paper covering the floors. We couldn't figure out why. Guess it makes sense now. All the quarantine pods were with the other team, so we just escorted the ones who could walk to the rendezvous point while Hodgeson and the bagging crew stretchered those who couldn't back to the town square. Dr. Quaile: And it was on the way to the rendezvous when you noticed the library, yes? Pvt. Barnes: Uh huh. Frogger heard it first, I think. Big commotion coming from around there. I decided we'd bring the infected to the rendezvous first, then head over. Turned out they were right beside each other, anyway. I radio'd it in and Steele gave me the all clear, since they were still about two klicks out. I left Macks and Epi to keep an eye on the infected, brought Frogger, Drip and Iggsie with me to investigate. Barnes pauses for a moment, taking a deep breath Pvt. Barnes: It was chaos when we went in. Must have been two, three hundred civilians there, all obviously infected. They were fighting each other over the books. Physically attacking each other. The number of bodies on the ground, not all of them died from the infection, you know? Dr. Quaile: What were they doing with the books, once they had them? Pvt. Barnes: Eating them. Fucking gorging themselves. Ripping out pages and shoving them in their mouths. Those who weren't fighting were grabbing scraps from the floor, chewing on discarded covers. I don't get it, doctor - we were told this infection didn't affect behaviour. Dr. Quaile: Let's just continue with the interview, Private. Barnes mutters something unintelligible Pvt. Barnes: Jesus, yeah, let's get this over with. Dr. Quaile: Let's. Pvt. Barnes: Initially things went well, I guess. The activity seemed to be centred around a big pile of books in the middle. There was an infected, a big dude, fighting off anyone who came near. I'd say he was late twenties, early thirties. We decided to deal with the rest of the infected first, thin them out. A lot of the weaker ones we were able to just drag out. Couple required more coersion, some chloroform. Chloroform didn't work on all of them, so Frogger and I ended up restraining a lot of them. Everything went wrong when Drip had the bright idea to tell them there were more books outside. Caused a damn stampede. I got Iggsie and Drip to head outside with the horde, try to corral them toward the rendezvous. I was hoping Steele and the rest would have arrived by then, could deal with it. Frogger must have misheard because he headed out too, through a window. Fucking Frogger. Dr. Quaile: And you were left alone, with the infected? Pvt. Barnes: It wasn't too bad, honestly. I kept out of the way and they mostly ignored me. A couple of them asked me for help, I just told them they'd find it outside. When the dust cleared… Well, there was only one infected left to deal with. The big guy. Didn't seem like he'd even noticed the stampede. Took a swing at me when I approached, though, crossed whatever line in the sand he'd established. I decided to play it safe, tranq him before things got nasty. That went ok - I think he sprained my wrist, but small beans, really. Barnes rubs his right wrist, takes a few moments before continuing Pvt. Barnes: When he eventually fell, though, I heard something. Someone. Under the pile of books. I started digging, found a young woman. I'd estimate eighteen, nineteen. Obviously in distress. It looked like she'd, uh, like she'd pissed herself at some point. When she saw the big guy on the ground, she started screaming, attacked me… Dr. Quaile: Private Ingwar - Iggsie - reported that you weren't fighting back when she found you. Pvt. Barnes: I couldn't, doctor. I froze. She wasn't wearing much, just a nightgown, you could tell- Dr. Quaile: Yes? Pvt. Barnes: You could tell she was pregnant. I just couldn't. Dr. Quaile: Your record shows you've successfully subdued pregnant women before. Mkwiro, Kenya? Pvt. Barnes: Yeah, but this woman… I couldn't help wondering - what if it had been my wife? My kid? Dr. Quaile: You don't have a wife or child, Private. Pvt. Barnes: I - Right, yeah. No, of course not, just - I don't know, I guess I wasn't thinking straight. This woman, she wasn't that strong, but she managed to tackle me to the ground, get my hood off. When Iggsie came in, she had no choice but to treat me as exposed - not that I'm saying she'd have tried to cover it, or anything. Dr. Quaile: You don't feel any resentment toward her? Feelings of betrayal? Barnes frowns and hesitates before answering Pvt. Barnes: It is what it is. I'd have done the same. Like I said before, better safe than sorry. Dr. Quaile: I suppose I still agree. Would you be alright talking about your experience in quarantine? Pvt. Barnes: Yeah, of course. You wanna hear about the markings, right? Dr. Quaile: Yes, but tell me about quarantine first. Did you feel you were treated correctly? Pvt. Barnes: Perfectly. Everyone followed protocol to the letter. They noticed me, obviously, but nobody panicked or tried to rush me through. Processed me like all the other infected. I went through with the same batch as the woman, though she was pretty out of it - I guess Iggsie had hit her pretty hard with the dopey gas. When they got us to strip, I noticed what I thought was a birthmark on her, uh, left breast. I didn't wanna, y'know, stare, but it definitely looked unusual. It was only when I got into the pen that I noticed another guy with the exact same mark, just left of the thingy, the sternum. It was the fucking, y'know… Barnes makes a circle motion in the air with his finger, but does not continue Dr. Quaile: Please tell me what you saw, in your own words. Barnes rocks in his seat, agitated. Dr. Quaile: Private, are you going to answer my- Pvt. Barnes: The logo, doctor! Barnes pulls off his hospital gown over his head. He stands and walks towards the partition pointing towards the marking on his chest. It resembles a circle with three equally spaced arrows pointed inwards. Pvt. Barnes: Our logo! Fucking Secure Contain Protect. Barnes punches the glass, then sits on the floor. Dr. Quaile: I see. How many infected persons would you say had this mark? Pvt. Barnes: All of them. Every last one. Dr. Quaile: Interview is ended at this time. Barnes folds his hands over his knees and remains silent for three minutes. Quaile organises his notes and places them in his briefcase. He removes his glasses, pinching the bridge of his nose. Quaile shuts off his mic, triggering hidden mics within the room to continue recording. Dr. Quaile: Samuel… I just want to say I'm sorry about your situation. I know it's- Pvt. Barnes: You fucking should be sorry. Dr. Quaile: Samuel - Pvt. Barnes: No, don't play like you're my friend. I've read the fucking file. Two-five-five-nine. Steele showed it to me, was trying to reassure me everything would be alright if I just calmed the fuck down. Didn't realise it only meant I was more fucked, that I'd been fucked from the second that girl pulled my headgear off. It's like - when you were a kid, did you ever get scared of dogs? I was terrified of them when I was growing up. Dr. Quaile: My neighbour had a pitbull, treated it badly. I would take a longer route to school so as to avoid it barking at me. Pvt. Barnes: Right, yeah. And I'll bet at some point a parent or teacher said the stupidest thing ever - that as long as you weren't scared of them, they wouldn't attack, because they could smell your fear. Smell your fear. What kid hears that and doesn't instantly shit their pants? That's what it's like with this thing. Who gets told you don't need to be worried about infection and doesn't immediately worry, in some small stupid corner of their mind? That's where it gets you. Those tiny background worries. It slips in through the cracks. I know we're not supposed to personify it, but… it feels intelligent, doesn't it? Prowling, poking at little fucking fishing towns and villages, letting the rest of us crumble under our own recursive insecurity. When was the last time someone just retired from this site? There is a long silence in the room lasting almost two minutes. Pvt. Barnes: You know, I don't remember that woman. In Mkwiro. I've never talked about that before. I have all these patches in my memory, and that mission is the biggest by far. I get flashes, sometimes, nightmares - her standing over me with my biohazard suit, pushing me into quarantine instead of the other way around. So much of that time in my life is… fuzzy. My friends on the squad said I'd changed afterward, seemed lonelier even when we were all together. I figured it was PTSD or something, my own shit to deal with. Thought that's why they transferred me to υ-4 - everyone knows we haven't had a mission in decades. Cushy detail for softies. Barnes stands and presses his face against the partition, clenching his fists. Pvt. Barnes: But that's not true, is it? Because I saw the file. Dozens of missions. All places I'd been with other teams. Sesimbra, Chenggong, Kaliningrad… Dr. Quaile: Samuel, I- Pvt. Barnes: Mkwiro. Dr. Quaile: I promise you it was necessary, Samuel. The number of MTF members we lost before we implemented these protocols- Pvt. Barnes: It was you. The glorious fucking Foundation. Of course it was necessary. Of course it was for the best. You think I don't realise that? It doesn't mean I can't hate you for it. Who was the woman? Dr. Quaile: I'm so sorry, Samuel. Pvt. Barnes: Who was the woman, Quaile? Dr. Quaile: Medical will be through shortly with the results of your blood tests. [END OF INTERVIEW] Addendum: Following examination of this transcript, the Amnestics Committee believes there is evidence to suggest MTF-υ-4-37 SCP-2559-1-555 was hindered in action due to improperly wiped memories of Corporal Tanya Barnes (SCP-2559-1-408). The Ethics Committee has authorised an update of amnestic procedures on MTF-υ-4 members to encapsulate romantic, sexual and paternal feelings associated with deceased teammates, effective as of 15/12/2015. Footnotes 1. 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SCP-2560 | safe | Item #: SCP-2560 Level 1/2560 Classified Photograph of Coral Castle, circa 2011. The well which SCP-2560-01 was recovered from is behind metal railings, to the left of a lamp post. Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2560-01 is to be kept in large document storage locker in Reliquary Site 32. Only three approved Foundation personnel, plus 10 Class-D personnel, are allowed to view more than 256 pages of SCP-2560-01 at any given time for purposes of testing. SCP-2560-02 is currently disassembled pending testing. SCP-2560-03 are currently kept in a glass display case at Reliquary Site 32 for all site personnel to view at their leisure, due to the benign nature of the anomaly present. It is to be removed from the case once weekly to check for any signs of decay or deterioration. Despite the fact that the home of Edward Leedskalnin is a tourist attraction in Florida, no containment procedures around it have been deemed necessary due to a lack of anomalies in the area. Regular observation of the area is to be carried out by agents embedded in the park's staff. Description: SCP-2560 refers to several anomalies related to or created by Edward Leedskalnin, a Latvian sculptor and engineer born in 1887. Leedskalnin is best known for building the 'Coral Castle', an estate in Florida built largely out of limestone megaliths. Edward Leedskalnin, circa 1910. SCP-2560-01 is a 1024-page written manuscript1 and mainly concerns what the author refers to as 'magnetic currents' that hold 'life' together originating from the North and South poles within matter, as opposed to magnetic fields generated by ions. Despite the fact that this and several other theories presented have no scientific basis, experiments within SCP-2560-01 can be replicated by individuals who have read directly from the text, and experiments will often have results similar to what the author presents. SCP-2560-02 is a magnetic construction created by Leedskalnin. SCP-2560-02 uses forty-two (42) anomalous versions of the 'perpetual motion holder' assembly invented by Leedskalnin, with 16 placed on the front and 26 placed towards the rear. SCP-2560-02 will not activate unless at least 256 pages of SCP-2560-01 have been read by the individual operating it. When this condition is met, SCP-2560-02 will disintegrate matter placed at the center of the magnets, with the exception of pieces of limestone, specifically oolite. Exactly 16 minutes 26 seconds later, matter seemingly destroyed by SCP-2560-02 will be re-integrated into reality at their original location. Human subjects that have used SCP-2560-02 report seeing a landscape matching either the magnetic north pole (75.7667° N, 99.7833° W) or the magnetic south pole (90.0000° S, 0.0000° W) of the Earth; subjects do not appear to be corporeal during this time. Furthermore, subjects report seeing a man matching the description of Leedskalnin standing nearby, designated SCP-2560-02A. SCP-2560-02A will occasionally respond to attempts to initiate conversation with humans who use SCP-2560-02. For details, see Interview-2560-1. SCP-2560-03 are the cadavers of Edward Leedskalnin and Agnes Skuvst, a Latvian woman who was Leesklanin's ex-fiance. Despite both individuals being deceased for ██ and ██ years as of 2014, neither instance of SCP-2560-03 has experienced any decay either externally or internally. Nasal, oral and endoscopic examination has shown that both instances SCP-2560-03 are sterile, and all tissue in the instances is impermeable, including all epithelia and ocular tissue. Furthermore, when not restrained, both instances hover approximately 20cm above any surface they are placed on. Recovery Log: SCP-2560-01 was discovered by the crew of the television show Debunking the Pyramids, a skeptic show dedicated to eliminating paranormal myths and conspiracies about the construction of ancient structures such as the Pyramids at Giza, Egypt. The host of the show, Harold Sachs found the manuscript after inspecting the well at Leedskalnin's home in Homestead, Florida, and assembled SCP-2560-02 with help from his production crew, under the assumption that it was a construction tool used by Leedskalnin. SCP-2560-02 was then activated in a live streaming broadcast on the program's website, resulting in the disintegration of Mr. Sachs. After 16 minutes 26 seconds, Mr. Sachs reappeared. However, technical difficulties prevented crucial portions of the event from being streamed, and it was widely dismissed as a hoax. Foundation operatives administered Class-A amnestics to the crew of Debunking the Pyramids. Following the recovery of SCP-2560-01 and -02, the body of Edward Leedskalnin was discovered missing by cemetery caretakers in Miami-Dade County, Florida. After 26 hours, the body spontaneously materialized in the center of SCP-2560-02, and an additional sixteen hours later, the cadaver of Agnes Skuvst appeared. SCP-2560 was classified as Safe on 02/16/2016. Interview 2560-03: On 01/21/2014, Dr. Richard Ferrel was selected to use SCP-2560-02 to communicate with the entity designated SCP-2560-02A, and record the results once he returned. Dr. Ferrel was selected due to his fluency in Latvian and a highly retentive memory, as recording equipment ceases to function upon use of SCP-2560-02. (Dr. Ferrel reports appearing in front of a barbeque pit located at the Magnetic South Pole. The pit is reported identical, albeit in better condition, to the one present in the former home of Leedskalnin. Contact was initiated by the entity resembling Leedskalnin.) SCP-2560-02A: Ah, hello. Would you like a hot dog? They're almost done. Only two cents! Dr. Richard Ferrel: No, thank you. How can you eat that? SCP-2560-02A: They're delicious! That's how I can eat them. Dr. Ferrel: No, I mean… you're incorporeal. How can you be eating a hot dog? SCP-2560-02A: (produces a hot dog from a pressure cooker over the barbeque pit, and places it into a bun it produces from its coat) It's because they are life, my friend. And life, even in death, cannot be destroyed. Dr. Ferrel: That's… rather philosophical, Mr. Leedskalnin. SCP-2560-02A: Ah! You have heard of my work? Of course you have, why else would you be here? (SCP-2560-02A begins consuming the hot dog.) Dr. Ferrel: I have. Tell me, how… how am I here? I was just at a facility in [REDACTED]. SCP-2560-02A You are here because your body has been destroyed. Now, you are all magnets. And magnets originate from the north and south poles, so naturally, you must be drawn to either the north or south pole. You, my friend, were a north pole magnet, so you are naturally drawn to the south pole. Dr. Ferrel: So… I'm dead? SCP-2560-02A I would imagine not. You're not like the rest of them. (SCP-2560-02A indicates the empty space around them.) You have more… vibrancy to you. You'll go back soon, like that television person. (SCP-2560-2A spontaneously vanishes, and is replaced by an unknown humanoid entity, appearing to be in a great amount of pain. Dr. Ferrel later noted that the entity seemed to be dissolving.) Unknown Entity: Edward… ir… ārprātīgais2 Dr. Ferrel: Who are you? Unknown Entity: Dabū viņu uz pili un liec viņam nomirt!3 Dr. Ferrel: What? Unknown Entity: (At this point, the entity begins flickering out of existence, being replaced by SCP-2560-02A). Nestāsti viņam ka es biju šeit!4 (SCP-2560-2A re-appears, doubled over as if in pain. Dr. Ferrel arrives to assist it.). Dr. Ferrel: What was that? SCP-2560-02A It happens occasionally. My magnets were not stable, so I sometimes go up north. It happens when you use my machine too much. (SCP-2560-02A stands up) I used it to try and become Northern. Dr. Ferrel: Northern? I don't understand. SCP-2560-02A (Angrily) Use your brain! You are a man of science, are you not? Do I have to spell it out for you? You are all akin to children, except children are far better than you. Dr. Ferrel: Please, if you would. For the record. SCP-2560-02A Bah! Very well. My Sweet Sixteen5 was a Southern Magnet, as was I. Only people who are opposites in terms of polarity may be together; north and south only. South and south or north and north repel, like iron magnets. I… attempted to use my creation to reverse my charge. Dr. Ferrel: So… you reasoned that if you were opposite polarities, that you could be together? SCP-2560-2A: Yes. But there is a problem I did not think of. (SCP-2560-02A begins tending the barbeque pit once again) She is southern, so she goes north. I am north most of the time, so I go south. Dr. Ferrel In other words… you can never see her. SCP-2560-02A: It is the curse of the magnets. Opposites attract. And as long as we are opposite, we can never be together. (SCP-2560-02A sighs, and produces another hot dog from the barbeque, handing it to Dr. Ferrel.) It will be time for you to go soon, I think. How time flies. Have this one, as you Americans say, on the house. Dr. Ferrel: (Dr. Ferrel takes the hot dog, and bites into it.) Could use some ketchup. SCP-2560-02A: (laughs) Can't please everyone, I suppose. (At this point, Dr. Ferrel reappeared in the center of SCP-2560-02A, and the entity seen by him has been classified as SCP-2560-02B. The hot dog that returned with Dr. Ferrel is currently undergoing extensive testing.) Footnotes 1. Only 512 of these pages are written on; the remainder are left blank for a reader to 'make their own conclusions'. 2. Latvian; "Edward is a lunatic/madman." 3. Bring him to the castle and make him die. 4. Do not tell him I was here. 5. A term of endearment used by Leedskalnin to describe Agnes Skuvst; Skuvst was 16 years old during their engagement, ten years younger than Leedskalnin. |
SCP-2561 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2561 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2561 is to be contained within a 2.5m x 1.5m x 2m enclosure constructed from FM radio frequency (VHF) deflecting material within Site-15. Unauthorized electrical conductive material, electrical instruments, and any type of audio transmitters must be kept outside the enclosure to avoid outside VHF interception from the specimen. While inside SCP-2561's enclosure, all personnel are required to wear high-frequency noise-canceling earmuffs. One portable FM radio is to be placed inside the enclosure next to an audio-recording device. The device must be recording at all times, and the radio must be tuned to a frequency of 169.695 MHz. Researchers are to playback audio recordings bi-weekly to listen for any unusual broadcasts or requests from the specimen to communicate with personnel. Description: Physically, SCP-2561 has the body and limb structure of a severely malnourished Domestic Shorthair cat (Felis Catus). Its furred torso is white while its front and hind legs are dark gray in coloration. Its entire head and face are in the form of a vintage television set complete with "rabbit ear" antennae. A large, single white eye with a black pupil is displayed on the television screen which overlaps colored SMPTE bars. The specimen has no visible mouth, nose, or ears. However, it does respond to auditory and visual stimuli, indicating some sort of vision and hearing capabilities. SCP-2561 possesses a tail superficially resembling a standard two-prong power cord measuring approximately 80cm. The specimen does not need sleep or sustenance to function normally. SCP-2561's behavior shares a likeness to the typical behavior of the average house cat; displaying traits of curiosity, skittishness, and spontaneity. SCP-2561 has the anomalous ability to receive, store, and emit radio broadcasts within a radius of 20km through its antennae. Broadcasts emitted from the subject reach all functional FM radios within a 20km radius of the specimen. All observed broadcasts emitted from the subject are in the form of static, slightly distorted voices and music. SCP-2561 has proven to be sapient and is capable of limited speech via broadcasting clips of speech and music from various radio show broadcasts. Using these speech excerpts, the specimen forms sentences to communicate. When it is not attempting to communicate, it broadcasts songs, radio shows, or low white noise. Addendum 2561-01: SCP-2561 was captured and retrieved by MTF-Epsilon-6 ("Village Idiots") on █/█/20██ in rural ████████, OR. Prior to SCP-2561's containment, FM radio interferences were commonplace among residents who lived anywhere between 0km-20km from the town's local forest reserve. The interferences, as witnesses described, sounded like "jumbled voices, choppy music and static". The sounds would slowly fade over scheduled broadcasts, remain at a level volume for 1-5 minutes, then slowly fade back to normal broadcasting. On rare occasions, these radio interruptions consisted only of extremely loud high-pitched frequencies. The noise was observed to reach an inexplicable decibel level of 90 dB, regardless of the radio's maximum volume limit. These interruptions lasted until the affected radio was either manually disabled or until the harsh noise forced the speakers to overheat and blow out. These high frequencies were described to have inflicted painful cases of tinnitus on those listening. +Update █/█/20██ -Update █/█/20██ Update █/█/20██ While observing SCP-2561's behavior on █/█/20██1, researchers noted a transmission from the specimen in which it seemed to request communication with a figure of authority within Site-15. Upon hearing the transmission, researchers promptly scheduled an interview with the specimen. Below is a transcript of a recorded interview with SCP-2561. SCP-2561's responses were received via transmission through the interviewer's FM radio. Interviewer: Researcher/2561 Dr. G. ████ Interviewed: SCP-2561 Foreword: SCP-2561 was seen pacing back and forth around its enclosure. When the interview began, SCP-2561 was the first to speak, displaying a sign of eagerness to communicate. <BEGIN LOG> SCP-2561: "…I can't hear anything. I've been cut off. What happened to everybody?" Dr. ████: "Hey, slow down, it's okay. You're safe. We just want to ask you some questions to get a better understanding of you." (10 second silence) Dr. ████: "Is…that okay with you?" SCP-2561: "…It's quiet…too quiet." Dr. ████: "What do you mean? Can you hear me?" SCP-2561: "Right. I've been cut off. What happened to everybody?" (5 second silence) Dr. ████: "Wait…are you talking about the lack of VHF frequencies in your enclosure?" SCP-2561: "…I promise you." Dr. ████: "Those frequencies are sealed off so you can't receive any more transmissions as of right now. We first want to understand what you are and what you know before we let you take in more information." (5 second silence) Dr. ████: "…Now, we need to get back to the subject at hand. I'm here to ask you a few questions. We'll start simple. Do you know what you are? Where you came from?" SCP-2561: "…May come from an unknown hand…I don't know." Dr. ████: "You have no memory of where you're from? Do you know what you are yourself?" SCP-2561: "…Meant to be free…received word…thirst for knowledge." Dr. ████: "…A thirst for knowledge?" SCP-2561: "…Thirst for knowledge. Received word…understand…human…brain…life…dead." Dr. ████: "So…you were gathering information from radio broadcasts to help you understand life? Or am I mistaken?" (10 second silence) SCP-2561: "…Isolation…deaf…prison." Dr. ████: "You're not imprisoned, we're only trying to study you. If you cooperate, we can better understand each other. That's what you want, right? To understand humans?" SCP-2561: "…We have to escape." Dr. ████: "Again, you don't have to. I can guarantee that you will be safe here. Please answer my question so we-" (Dr. ████ is interrupted by a high-frequency noise that is unexpectedly transmitted over the FM radio. Dr. ████ drops the radio, and a loud thud can be heard as it hits the ground. The harsh noise ceases after 10 seconds) (20 second silence) SCP-2561: "…Go on without me…I'm better off alone." Dr. ████: (hesitant) "Alright…this interview is over." <END LOG> Closing Statement: "Researcher Dr. G. ████, Report SCP-2561-A, █/█/20██. Didn't go as well as I hoped, but at least we got something out of the specimen. After I ended the interview and left the observation booth, it proceeded to broadcast this old song from a while ago…I think…Gloomy Sunday? Yeah…the Billie Holiday one. The song repeated itself for about two hours before ceasing, all the while the specimen was perched in a corner staring at the wall. My ears are still ringing from that…noise. If we ever conduct an interview like this again, we need to take extra precautions to protect our ears from being blown off our heads." Footnotes 1. Exactly two days after containment ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2561" by shouts, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2561. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2562 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2562 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2562-A and -B are contained in Type 2 Humanoid Containment Cells at Site-17. They are permitted one hour of visiting time daily; otherwise, standard amenities and precautions associated with T2HCC are in place. SCP-2562-A has no special medical, dietary, or psychological requirements, and has a Standard Risk Rating of 02/05/00. SCP-2562-B has a Standard Risk Rating of 02/05/03, and is undergoing treatment for type 2 diabetes. Material altered by SCP-2562-B is kept in Document Storage Cabinet 32C-E. Description: SCP-2562 is the collective designation for two genetically identical human males designated SCP-2562-A and SCP-2562-B. SCP-2562-A possesses a tattoo on its right palm reading "Mr. Top Text, by Gamers Against Weed"; SCP-2562-B possesses a tattoo on its left palm reading "Mr. Bottom Text, by Gamers Against Weed". SCP-2562 possess the ability to alter text by placing an index finger within several centimeters of it and deliberately effecting the change. Depending on the medium, this may entail the addition or deletion of ink, data, etc. or alteration of physical objects that represent the text. SCP-2562 do not need to understand the material, or identify it as writing, to effect these changes, and claim to possess no control over the particular nature of the alterations. SCP-2562-A alters texts by the addition of additional content near the beginning of the text in question, with no alterations being made more than 30% through the text or extending the total length of the text by more than 15%. The additional content takes the form of elaborations upon existing content, typically making implicit content explicit and deriving inferences from it, in a style consistent with the original text. In the case of constrained forms of writing, such as sonnets, additional text may instead manifest as annotations presented as a supplement to the text. SCP-2562-B alters texts by replacing content from the end of the text with the phrase "BOTTOM TEXT".1 Up to 13% of the original material is removed in this process. Texts altered by SCP-2562-B retain the ability to convey their entire meaning; readers will understand and respond to SCP-2562-B the same way they would the original text, with the exception that subjects cannot recall the wording of content excised by SCP-2562-B. SCP-2562-A is generally cooperative with Foundation staff, and has used its abilities to assist Foundation cryptanalysis efforts on occasion. SCP-2562-B will typically refuse to cooperate with any request except under duress or when offered a substantial reward. Document 2562-602 SCP-2562-A and -B were both instructed to use their anomalous properties by altering the text of the poem Ozymandias, by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Text added by SCP-2562-A has been colored pink, while text added by SCP-2562-B was colored green. I met a traveller from an antique land1 Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, BOTTOM TEXT 1 Diminish Ozymandias; let his pow'r Be heard through traveller's gossip, and no more. Document 2562-618 SCP-2562-A and -B both possessed identical copies of this document at time of recovery. It is reproduced below in its entirety. Holy Heck! You've just found yourself your very own Mr. Top Text and Mr. Bottom Text by Gamers Against Weed! Has cool powers and a twin brother to hang out with / BOTTOM TEXT. Who is Dr. Wondertainment? Collect them all and become Mr. Gamer! 01. Mr. Literal Serial Killer 02. Mr. Normie 03. Mr. Bernie Sanders 04. Mr. Get Anything For Free In Any Shop 20. Mr. Sex Number 21. Mr. Heavenly Virtues 22. Mr. Deadly Sins 23. Mr. Original Character 24. Mr. D.A.R.E. 25. Mrs. Gentrification 26. Ms. Mad About Video Games 27. Mr. Meme 28. Mr. Ominous (discontinued) 29. Mr. Destiny 30. Mr. Monty Python And The Holy Grail 31. Ms. Zapatista 32. Mr. Hax 33. Mr. Just Has The Tattoo 34. Mr. Top Text and Mr. Bottom Text ✔ 35. Mr. Finale Interview Logs Several interviews with SCP-2562 were performed by Dr. Steele. Excerpts from two have been selected to accompany this document. SCP-2562-A. Image is also representative of SCP-2562-B. Dr. Steele: How did you first meet Mr. Bottom Text? SCP-2562-A: He was the first thing I saw. The very first thing I remember — and that he remembers — is browsing through the science fiction section at the ██████ Public Library. We took a minute to touch base, decided we were twin brothers, and went right back to it. Dr. Steele: Your situation didn't strike you as odd? SCP-2562-A: Compared to what? I knew that most people didn't appear out of nowhere like that, but I also knew we weren't most people — we knew right from the start how our abilities worked. It didn't bother me all that much… really, I was more interested in seeing their collection of Asimovs than anything. Dr. Steele: That makes sense. And at some point, you started using them on the books at the library.2 SCP-2562-A: That we did. Mr. Bottom Text would go around touching everyone's books, said he was doing them a favor. And of course, I had to go after him and try to make up for it with my own effect. Dr. Steele: You had to? SCP-2562-A: He was depriving them of the joy of reading. Sure, he could cram all of that meaning into two words, which is nice if you're in a hurry I suppose, but good writing is more than just getting the point across. The words matter. Dr. Steele: But your own properties can interrupt the pacing and flow of the writing, even when it's stylistically consistent with the original. <SCP-2562-A appears uncomfortable, sighing and breaking eye contact.> SCP-2562-A: I guess. But when the writing isn't that good, when it leaves things out… I know some people aren't all that good at reading, and they could use a bit of a hand there. It's useful for that, at least. Does that make sense? Dr. Steele: Yes, it does. You've clearly given this topic a lot of thought. Did you… start off like that, or did you have to grow into it? SCP-2562-A: I've always cared — he does too, he just won't show it. I had the time to develop some opinions on it, in the two days before you people took us in. Dr. Steele: I see. How's your relationship with Mr. Bottom Text? SCP-2562-A: <Shrugs> What can I say? We get on each other's nerves, but… he's my brother. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM SCP-2562-B: He's all like, oh, you're depriving the joy of reading, bluh bluh bluh. You know what people can do with the time I save them? Read more stuff. Dr. Steele: I asked you about the first time you met. SCP-2562-B: I bet he literally said "he deprives them of the joy of reading". He's so predictable. Dr. Steele: Care to comment? SCP-2562-B: I… no, I don't care. I thought that was obvious. Dr. Steele: Fine. How do you feel about him personally? SCP-2562-B: Actually, I want to talk about video games. I finished talking about Mr. Top Text. You ever play Super Smash Bros. Brawl? Dr. Steele: <Sighs> No, I haven't. SCP-2562-B: It sucks. I get like, two hours a day with that Wii, and I waste it on Super Shit Brothers. Anyways, you were asking about my brother? Dr. Steele: Probably. SCP-2562-B: Cool, 'cause I'm going to talk about him. Like I give him shit, because he deserves it, but I can kinda see where his thing is coming from, it can be nice to have things spelled out. Don't tell him I said that, I'll never hear the end of it. Dr. Steele: I'll do my best. SCP-2562-B: He's a sell-out, though. Told me he was helping you guys break codes, and I'm thinking, what's he get out of it? He's actually not even a sell-out, because he ISN'T getting anything out of it. Like are the codes any of your business? He's so nosy, I bet that's what he gets out of it. Dr. Steele: I can't comment on that. SCP-2562-B: Oh, well then I'm bored. Conversation's over. Bottom text. Dr. Steele: You can't skip real-life conversations by saying "bottom text". SCP-2562-B: Bottom text. Footnotes 1. This exact phrase will appear regardless of the original language and style of the text. 2. Complaints about materials altered by SCP-2562 at the ██████ Public Library alerted the Foundation to SCP-2562's existence. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2562" by Communism will win, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2562. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: mug.png Name: mug.png Author: Florida Department of Arrests License: Public Domain Source Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasiel_Puig |
SCP-2563 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2563 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2563 is surrounded by a perimeter fence, and is to be patrolled by no less than six members of Mobile Task Force Omicron-3. Any individuals found in or near SCP-2563 are to be removed from the area and told they were trespassing on a private nature preserve. Should any such individuals observe SCP-2563’s anomalous effects, Class-A amnestics should be administered. Description: SCP-2563 is a roughly circular area of land within Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio, with an area of approximately 1.7-km2. When any non-living skeletal tissue or similar equivalent1 is brought into SCP-2563, it will reanimate and begin locomoting throughout the area. Such reanimated entities are designated SCP-2563-1. This effect also extends to fossilized skeletal matter. Should any reanimated materials be removed from SCP-2563, anomalous effects will immediately cease. SCP-2563 does not affect living skeletal material, or other organic tissues. Instances of SCP-2563-1 will seek out and attempt to kill any organisms possessing a skeleton, but do not appear to move with any other purpose. SCP-2563-1 instances do not appear to notice organisms without skeletal structures, and ignore other instances SCP-2563-1 (though certain separate instances will appear to cooperate to kill targets2) It is not currently known how instances of SCP-2563-1 perceive their environment, or what force holds them together and allows them to move. Any organisms that die within the boundaries of SCP-2563 will immediately reanimate into an instance of SCP-2563-1. Non-skeletal organic components of such instances will continue to decay as normal. SCP-2563 is believed to have been inactive until its discovery on 2/6/2012, when a group of hikers in Cuyahoga National Park reported seeing “a huge dinosaur skeleton” to park authorities. The park ranger who investigated the report radioed for help shortly after, and did not return to the ranger station. Foundation operatives were brought in, and discovered an instance of SCP-2563-1 composed of a largely intact fossilized remnant of a Tyrannosaurid skeleton3 believed to have unearthed itself from an outcrop near the center of SCP-2563. Members of MTF-O3 (“Spooky Scary”) were able to successfully lure the instance into the center of SCP-2563, where they were able to critically damage its legs, effectively crippling the instance. MTF-O3 operatives also discovered the newly reanimated body of the missing park ranger, which exhibited damage believed to be consistent with a Tyrannosaur attack. The body was removed from the area and returned to the ranger’s family after being deemed non-anomalous. Upon exploration of SCP-2563, MTF-O3 operative O3-44 discovered a 1997 Jeep Cherokee, parked and running with keys in the ignition and the driver-side door ajar. The vehicle was later determined to be registered to a Johann ████, living in ███████, Ohio. Upon investigation, no such person was found to have ever lived in the state. Inside the trunk of the vehicle, the operative found approximately $35,000 USD, a 3 meter spool of silver wire, and a chisel. A note was discovered in the glove compartment, transcribed below. TO DO Swing by warehouse to get things Set up arrival spot in Cuyahoga Clean up Deposit cash Get Milk Lock up before you take Jacob to Oregon Shortly after discovering the vehicle, the operative was attacked by an instance of SCP-2563-15. The instance was undeterred by O3-4’s standard weaponry, but collapsed immediately after chasing O3-4 outside of SCP-2563. When agent O3-4 returned to the site of the car, the vehicle had disappeared. Subsequent necropsy of the instance of SCP-2563-1 determined cause of death to be two .45 rounds to the skull, minutes before the attack on O3-4. Addendum-2563-1: Although the effect of SCP-2563 was originally believed to only apply to bone, exploration of the area revealed several reanimated arthropod exoskeletons, as well as reanimated diatomic shells in the soil. Testing has found that this extends to virtually all solid organic materials found in animals, protists, protozoans, and diatoms. During exploration of SCP-2563, a squad of several MTF-O3 operatives were attacked by a swarm of SCP-2563 instances, consisting of an estimated 500 individual entities6. While fleeing from the swarm, one operative7 tripped over an exposed root, and reportedly fell face-first into a puddle of rainwater. Over the next 5 days, this operative reported increasingly painful throat and chest discomfort, until they collapsed during a routine perimeter check of SCP-2563 and were immediately removed to be given medical attention. The operative died soon thereafter. Subsequent autopsy discovered extreme tissue damage to the operative's esophagus, stomach, and lungs, but was unable to determine cause. Microscopic tissue analysis found large amounts of diatomic remains in these tissues, hypothesized to have entered the body through groundwater that the operative was exposed to. Addendum-2563-2: As part of testing on SCP-2563, a composite tetrapod skeleton composed of bones from various species8 was brought into SCP-2563. The object began lightly vibrating for approximately 63 minutes, before animating and beginning to move. The instance was observed walking through SCP-2563 for roughly 8 hours before collapsing. The bones of each species then separated and began moving as five separate instances of SCP-2563-1. Addendum-2563-3: During testing approximately 50 kg of bone shards9 ranging from 1 to 5 cm long were brought into SCP-2563. The mass of shards vibrated lightly for approximately 35 minutes, before the entire mass animated and began moving as an amorphous swarm-like entity. The entity attacked on-site MTF-O3 operatives, though was unable to inflict serious injury through standard-issue body armor. When personnel exited SCP-2563 the entity appeared to lose interest and retreated further into SCP-2563. Entity was estimated to be able to move at speeds of roughly 300 km/h. Footnotes 1. Note: though the effects of SCP-2563 extend to endoskeletal, exoskeletal, shell, dental, horn, nail, claw, sclerite, test, thecal, frustular, and capsular matter, the words “skeletal” and “skeleton” are used for ease of reading. 2. This behavior has been recorded in a group of 8 grey wolf (Canis lupus) skeletons and a group of 3 lion (Panthera leo) skeletons. 3. Species previously unknown to science, tentatively named Tyrannosaurus fundamentum. 4. MTF-O3-4; Agent Adrian “Tib” Escarra 5. Black bear (Ursus americanus) 6. Bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata). 7. MTF-O3-8X; Agent Richard "Tarsy" Rilyea 8. Grey wolf (Canis lupus), domestic cattle (Bos taurus), Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), horse (Equus ferus caballus), and American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). 9. Sourced from domestic cattle, (Bos taurus) and domestic chickens, (Gallus gallus domesticus) ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2563" by Dr Solo, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2563. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2564 | safe | Item #: SCP-2564 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2564 is to be fenced off and contained within Provisional Site 467. Containment is to be managed from Site 81. The site perimeter and all rooms within SCP-2564 are to be kept under continuous CCTV surveillance. On-site security personnel are to monitor SCP-2564 and its perimeter to prevent accidental or intentional entry by unauthorized civilians. Any anomalous occurrences are to be reported immediately. + show essential contact information – hide block Position Name Phone HMCL Supervisor Veronica Eason 812-150-2456 Site 81 Director Danny Kramer 812-150-2409 Site 81 MTF Dispatch 812-150-2400 Provisional Site 467 Commander Lincoln Yates 219-571-1140 Lake County Sheriff Non-Emergency 219-755-3333 + show outdated procedures – hide block Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2564 is to be kept under continuous CCTV surveillance at all times. To prevent accidental or intentional entry by unauthorized civilians, the entrance to SCP-2564 is to remain locked, and is to be guarded by two security personnel at all times. Any anomalous occurrences are to be reported immediately. Description: SCP-2564 is the former Willow Glen Community Hospital located at 2301 Virginia St. in Gary, Indiana, constructed from 1959 to 1964. Starting in 1974, a number of anomalous phenomena have manifested in SCP-2564, resulting in at least five fatalities, and potentially several others. Persons associated with patients accepted to the hospital were statistically more likely to undergo a harmful or fatal accident at or near the hospital. Additionally, psychokinetic potential measurements taken in 2001 showing a ∆N = 14.5 nE/m over baseline1 near SCP-2564 indicate there may still be continued activity. The hospital's former psychiatric ward, designated SCP-2564-1, housed a number of inpatients with unusually severe permanent mental illness from its construction until 1979, including POI-58436, who is currently in Foundation custody at Site 06-3. SCP-2564-1 was originally contained as SCP-2564 in August 1979, after it was brought to the attention of the Foundation by agents embedded within local law enforcement during investigation of incident 2564-a. The psychiatric ward was closed and its inpatients moved to Foundation custody for screening, after which most were given amnestic therapy and moved to other facilities. After containment of SCP-2564-1, additional incidents (2564-b through f) at the hospital led the Foundation to reclassify the entire building as SCP-2564 in December 1989. SCP-2564 was acquired by the Foundation in January 1990. The Foundation then closed the hospital, with the last patient gone in March 1990, after which Provisional Site 467 was established to contain SCP-2564. Incident Report 2564-a: Document not available. Primary copy was destroyed during 2004 Site 81 archive fire; no secondary copy is available due to its sensitive nature. Access to Area 135 backup pending request validation. Incident Report 2564-b: Prepared 1989-12-16 following investigation into the events of 1981-07-23 by Agent Pamela Bushnell under the direction of SCP-2564 HMCL supervisor Veronica Eason. The following is the approximate series of events, deduced from archived CCTV footage, interviews with eyewitnesses, and various official and unofficial records. <1981-07-23T03:20-05> State Police Officer Clifford Walker sustains a gunshot wound to his right upper chest when he was fired upon by a Mr. Bekmarza Timayev during an attempted robbery at the People's Bank located at 1862 25th Avenue. <03:28> Walker is transported by ambulance to the Willow Glen Community Hospital. <03:34> Walker arrives at the hospital and is admitted to emergency care. <03:35> Dr. Terri Rogers finds Walker to be uninjured, although his clothing is damaged consistent with the injury described by the paramedic. <03:37> State Police Officer Thomas Dunn arrives at the hospital to visit Walker. He is admitted and leaves his handgun at the front desk. <07:45> Dunn returns to the front desk and retrieves his handgun. <07:49> Dunn leaves Willow Glen Community Hospital. He enters his vehicle and pulls out of his parking space. <07:50> Dunn's vehicle is struck by another vehicle in the parking lot. CCTV footage shows that the other vehicle was not occupied at the time of the collision. No other individuals are seen. <07:54> Dr. Bradley Schuette pronounces Officer Dunn dead. Cause of death listed as acute cranial trauma. Bekmarza Timayev is at time of writing incarcerated at the Westville Correctional Facility (IDOC inmate number 526820) in Westville, Indiana, and is serving a 26 year sentence for robbery resulting in serious injury and robbery with a deadly weapon. Officer Clifford Walker survived the shooting against initial expectations and has subsequently retired from service. X-ray images taken two years later for unrelated reasons show the presence of a hard metallic object embedded in Walker's right lung, consistent with a healed bullet wound. Doctors were surprised that he hadn't died from internal infection. An analysis of the bullet after surgical removal states it was a .45 ACP round likely fired from a Colt M1911, consistent with the weapon used in the robbery. Incident Report 2564-c: Prepared 1989-12-15 following investigation into the events of 1984-01-15 by Agent Pamela Bushnell under the direction of SCP-2564 HMCL supervisor Veronica Eason. The following is the approximate series of events, deduced from archived CCTV footage, interviews with eyewitnesses, and various official and unofficial records. <1984-01-15T13:15-06> A Mr. Kyle Law, 41, arrives at Willow Glen Community Hospital, with his son Richard Law, 7. R. Law has a suspected ulna fracture.2 <13:25> Richard Law is admitted to see Dr. Lennon for treatment. K. Law takes a seat in the hospital lobby. <13:30> A ventilation cover falls from the ceiling and strikes K. Law on the head, resulting in minor bruising. K. Law shouts several expletives. <13:31> K. Law refuses treatment for his injury. <13:33> K. Law demands to see his son. He is told to go to room 511. He exits the lobby, climbing the stairs to the second floor. <13:39> An unknown second incident occurs, causing K. Law to fall from the window of room 511.3 <13:48> A Mrs. Margret Govea arrives at the hospital, and discovers K. Law on the pavement below the window. <13:50> K. Law is admitted to Willow Glen Community Hospital with multiple cervical fractures. K. Law was subsequently diagnosed as quadriplegic and declared unable to care for R. Law by the Lake Circuit Court of Indiana. Custody of R. Law was given to Mr. Daniel Utley (uncle, maternal side) and his wife. R. Law was subsequently adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Utley. Incident Report 2564-d: Prepared 1989-12-14 following investigation into the events of 1989-05-03 by Agent Pamela Bushnell under the direction of SCP-2564 HMCL supervisor Veronica Eason. The following is the approximate series of events, deduced from archived CCTV footage, interviews with eyewitnesses, and various official and unofficial records. <1989-02-03T11:10-06> A Mr. Ethan Warren, 28, arrives at Willow Glen to visit his grandfather. He is admitted to visit his grandfather Mr. Reece Warren, 75. <11:16> E. Warren enters R. Warren's room, carrying a handgun. <11:17> CCTV timestamp skips from 11:17 to 11:19. <11:19> E. Warren exits R. Warren's room. He is still carrying the gun. <11:21> E. Warren is seen walking down the hall to the lobby. He is no longer carrying the gun. <11:25> Secretary Ann Olson sees E. Warren "wander" through the lobby out the door. E. Warren appears to be in an altered state of consciousness. <11:40> Nurse Katerine Long discovers the handgun in a wastebasket in the geriatrics ward, and reports it to the police. R. Warren was a patient at Willow Glen from 1986 until his death on 1989-07-30. His medical records indicate that he had been in a vegetative state for the entirety of his stay. E. Warren had previously been convicted twice in separate incidents on gang-related assault charges. E. Warren was placed under arrest two days later and charged with possession of a firearm by a felon. He pled guilty and was sentenced to four years in prison. E. Warren died of cerebral hemorrhage on either 1989-04-13 or 1989-04-154 while incarcerated at the Edinburgh Correctional Facility. Incident Report 2564-e: Prepared 1989-12-12 following investigation into the events of 1989-12-04 by Agent Pamela Bushnell under the direction of SCP-2564 HMCL supervisor Veronica Eason. The following is the approximate series of events, deduced from archived CCTV footage, interviews with eyewitnesses, and various official and unofficial records. <1989-12-04T04:36-06> A Mr. Carl Hazen, 18, and four passengers, Miss Tammy Knotts, 16, Miss Luella Silvera, 18, Miss Eva Blue, 17, and Mr. Mark Moore, 19, are driving on I-65 South. <04:37> Mr. Hazen's vehicle leaves the roadway and collides with a tree near mile marker 26. Knotts is thrown forward through the windscreen and rendered unconcious. Hazen, Silvera and Moore survive the initial collision and are trapped in the vehicle. Blue is decapitated in the collision. <04:45> Gary Fire Department rescue crew arrives at the scene of the collision and are able to recover Hazen, Silvera, and Moore from the vehicle's wreckage. <04:47> Two ambulances and a helicopter arrive. Hazen and Silvera are transported by ambulance to the Willow Glen Community Hospital. Knotts and Moore are transported by helicopter to the University of Chicago Trauma Center. <04:52> Hazen and Silvera arrive at the Willow Glen Community Hospital, and are admitted. <06:30> Hazen is placed in room 403. <06:32> Nurse Eddie Jacobs enters room 403 and discovers Hazen with 499 plastic hypodermic 10mL syringes stuck into his body. The syringes are filled with Hazen's blood. <06:49> Foundation guards at the hospital assigned to SCP-2564 establish initial containment of room 403. Site 81 is alerted of a potentially anomalous occurrence. MTF Beta-32 "Snapping Turtles" is dispatched. <07:01> MTF Beta-32 arrives at the hospital. Hazen's body and the syringes are recovered for analysis. Postmortem analysis of Hazen's body and analysis of the blood in the syringes indicates that Hazen had been intoxicated at the time of the collision. No other overt anomalous signs were discovered. Recommending a review of past incidents at Willow Glen Community Hospital to assess if it poses a persistent anomalous threat that warrants full permanent containment of the hospital. Incident Report 2564-f: Prepared 1990-01-10 following investigation into the events of 1990-01-08 by Agent Pamela Bushnell under the direction of SCP-2564 HMCL supervisor Veronica Eason. The following is the approximate series of events, deduced from archived CCTV footage, interviews with eyewitnesses, and various official and unofficial records. <1990-01-08T14:30-06> A Mrs. Hazel Moyer arrives at Willow Glen Community Hospital (now SCP-2564) with her husband Mr. Orville Moyer. Mr. Moyer is experiencing symptoms of kidney failure, and is admitted. <14:38> Mrs. Moyer is struck in the head by a gas fitting that had come undone from a compressed CO2 tank, fracturing her skull. <17:02> A Mr. Adam Dean is admitted to visit Mr. Moyer. <17:08> Dean enters Mr. Moyer's room and closes the door. Dean is seen speaking to Mr. Moyer. <17:09> Dean leaves frame and reenters bearing a cup, presumably filled with something. Dean hands the cup to Mr. Moyer, who ingests its contents. <17:12> Dean is seen vomiting on the floor of the room. He moves to the window and attempts to open it. <17:13> Dean is seen struggling to open the window, but does not succeed. <17:14> Nurse Mary Webb opens the door and enters the room and finds Dean collapsed against the window. She reports feeling dizzy, and she opens the window, reportedly to ventilate the room. Mrs. Moyer died as a result of intercranial hemorrhage resulting from the impact and fractured skull. Mr. Dean and Mr. Moyer had been joint owners of Conzone Construction Equipment, a company that sells large construction machinery in the Lake County and nearby areas and had been having financial difficulties. Postmortem examination indicates that both individuals died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Analysis of the contents of Mr. Moyer's stomach reveals a large amount of ethylene glycol, and his original symptoms were consistent with poisoning by the same. Incident Report 2564-f-2: Prepared 1990-03-18 following investigation into the events of 1990-03-18 by Agent Pamela Bushnell under the direction of SCP-2564 HMCL supervisor Veronica Eason. Provisional Site 467 reported discovering the appearance of a metal plaque affixed to the side of SCP-2564 near the front entrance, bearing the text "In memory of Hazel Garcia Moyer. I'm so sorry." Analysis of CCTV footage revealed a timestamp discontinuity in the camera monitoring the area in which the plaque appeared, skipping from 1990-03-18T4:19:04-06 to 4:19:27. After the discontinuity, the plaque appears in the footage, although it was absent before. No intruders were reported. This is presumed to be linked to incident 2564-f. Footnotes 1. Earlier PKP measurement technology was not sensitive enough to detect activity on these scales. 2. Later confirmed by Dr. Lennon 3. When questioned, R. Law appeared unable or unwilling to answer questions relating to K. Law. No others were present during the incident. 4. Prison records list 1989-04-13 while Certificate of Death lists 1989-04-15. |
SCP-2565 | keter | Allison Eckhart #: Allison Eckhart Special Containment Procedures: Until such a time in which Experimental Cross-Containment Proposal Allison Eckhart/2719 or Neutralisation Proposal Allison Eckhart can be enacted, Allison Eckhart and Allison Eckhart instances are currently contained in separate Biohazardous Allison Eckhart Containment Cells at Bio Site-Allison Eckhart. As per standard biosecurity procedures, Allison Eckharts entering the containment cells of Allison Eckharts are to wear Level Allison ECKHART suits in order to avoid becoming contaminated with Allison Eckhart. Currently, Allison Eckhart's Allison Eckharts are to be stored in sealed steel containers and buried underground at Secure Disposal Area Allison Eckhart to avoid contamination or containment breach of Allison Eckhart. Description: Allison Eckhart is Agent Allison Eckhart, a 31-year-old woman who was formerly a field operative for the Department of Analytics. Aside from a minor excess of sodium concentration in its Allison Eckhart, Allison Eckhart does not appear to possess any physical anomalies. Prior to containment, Allison Eckhart had worked for 5 years as a Level 2 Anomalous Object Recovery agent. Allison Eckhart did not possess anomalous properties during this time period. Allison Eckhart is an autosynecdochic semantic pointer, believed to be the result of an artificially induced conceptual fractal. Because of this, Allison Eckhart's Allison Eckharts also possess the property of "Allison Eckhart" and are thus perceived as Allison Eckhart. As an example, simply attempting to take Allison Eckharts from Allison Eckhart has led to over three hundred complaints to the Ethics Committee from Allison Eckharts. Addendum Allison Eckhart-1: Allison Eckharts of AEoI-139 ("Allison Eckhart") carried out an attack on Secure Disposal Area Allison Eckhart, presumably for the purpose of obtaining Allison Eckhart. Due to the small size of the Allison Eckhart, it is believed that all Allison Eckharts were contaminated in the process. During the attack, 36 Allison Eckharts and 13 Allison Eckharts were also contaminated. Their Allison Eckharts have been incinerated to avoid further spread of Allison Eckhart. Site Director Allison Eckhart has expressed deepest Allison Eckharts over the Allison Eckharts involved in the incident. The Allison Eckharts of the Allison Eckharts involved have been given appropriate reimbursement for Allison Eckhart. Addendum Allison Eckhart-2: Embedded Foundation assets in meteorology offices report multiple Allison Eckhart formations over the Pacific Allison Eckhart, suggesting the successful atmospheric dispersal of Allison Eckhart. As a result, over 100 liters of Allison Eckhart has been dispersed over the coastline of Allison Eckhart. Following continuing Allison Eckhart casualties due to ingestion of Allison Eckhart-contaminated Allison Eckhart, a Broken Allison Eckhart scenario has been established due to the high-publicity nature of the Allison Eckharts. It is estimated that at Allison Eckhart's current rate of Allison Eckhart emission, a total AE-Class Allison Eckhart Allison-Eckhart Breathability Scenario will occur within 40 years. Plans for off-Allison Eckhart evacuation of the remaining non-Allison Eckhart population have already been set up, although the Global Allison Eckhart Coalition has also proposed a plan for destruction of Allison Eckhart. It is believed that this proposal would carry a non-zero risk of an AE-Class Total Allison Eckhart Failure Scenario along with the neutralisation of Allison Eckhart. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "Allison Eckhart" by Taffeta, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2565. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2566 | euclid | An instance of SCP-2566. Click for detailed view. Item #: SCP-2566 Special Containment Procedures: Due to the anomalous properties of SCP-2566, the long-term storage of SCP-2566 has been deemed inviable as a containment procedure. At the beginning of each month, the Assistant Quartermasters at Site-11 are to distribute instances of SCP-2566 as bonus pay among designated employees permanently stationed at Site-11. Those employees are to store their instances of SCP-2566 in their personal SCP-2566 temporary storage containers. By the end of each month, those employees are to return their instances of SCP-2566 to the Assistant Quartermasters in exchange for products from Site-11's commissary. RFID tags are to be attached to all instances of SCP-2566 to facilitate the tracking of their current location and ownership by the Head Quartermaster. In the event of a catastrophic breach of SCP-2566's containment, use of SCP-2855 has been approved for assistance in re-containment efforts. Description: SCP-2566 designates a set of 1,610 banknotes, similar in appearance to U.S. banknotes. Instances of SCP-2566 are visually distinguishable from mundane U.S. banknotes of the same denomination by the presence of a pattern of dark red markings printed on their surfaces. The anomalous effects of SCP-2566 manifest when an individual comes into the possession of an SCP-2566 instance, with the consent of the previous possessor of that instance (if applicable). When this occurs, an exclusive anomalous link between that individual and the SCP-2566 instance is established. This link can be terminated only upon that individual's willing transfer of the SCP-2566 instance to another individual. As the result of this link, that individual develops an acute awareness of the SCP-2566 instance, which enables them to perfectly recall the following information at all times: the face value of the SCP-2566 instance the physical location of the SCP-2566 instance the duration of their possession of the SCP-2566 instance, accurate to the day Once an individual remains in possession of one or more SCP-2566 instances for forty or more days, they begin to experience anxiety and guilt toward their continued possession of the SCP-2566 instances. The stated subjective severity of this effect is positively correlated with the duration for which that individual has possessed SCP-2566 instances and the combined face value of their SCP-2566 instances. SCP-2566 instances can also cause individuals to experience anxiety or guilt when an individual takes possession of SCP-2566 instances that have been linked with another individual1. These feelings, described as immediate and much more intense compared to those triggered by long-term possession of SCP-2566 instances, persist until that individual relinquishes possession of the SCP-2566 instances. From the mid-1930s to 2017, SCP-2566 served as the sole means of exchange in Timothy, Nebraska, a rural community with approximately 150 inhabitants. SCP-2566 was introduced to Timothy during the Great Depression by Louis Ingram, a para-economist and member of the Society for Alternative Social Analysis2. Over the course of the decades prior to his death in 1969, Ingram maintained the supply of SCP-2566 to Timothy and attempted to modify the community's norms as part of a long-term social experiment regarding demurrage3. Owing to the anomalous effects of SCP-2566 and Ingram's influence, Timothy developed a unique local culture and economy isolated from those of surrounding communities. The Foundation became aware of SCP-2566 and its role in Timothy in 2015 after the recovery of a clandestine archive of the Society for Alternative Social Analysis. Over the following year, researchers from the Department of Social Sciences conducted a study in Timothy and interviewed its inhabitants4. In 2016, researchers were instructed to terminate the study and acquire all instances of SCP-2566 for permanent containment; investments made by a local Foundation front company were used to incentivize residents to surrender their instances of SCP-2566 to the Foundation and submit to amnestic treatment. Open Selected Interviews of the Inhabitants of Timothy Regarding SCP-2566 Close Selected Interviews of the Inhabitants of Timothy Regarding SCP-2566 Interviewed: Virginia Miller Interviewer: Researcher Brian Carter Foreword: The subject was the proprietor of Johnson's General Store, one of several small retail establishments in Timothy. <Begin Log> Researcher Carter: Ms. Miller, thank you again for taking the time to speak with us. Could you tell me about what you do here in Timothy? Virginia Miller: I've been the owner of this shop ever since my father died in 1997. We sell all kinds of odds and ends—if you're looking for it, you can probably find it here. Researcher Carter: I see. Where do you get your merchandise from? Virginia Miller: Some of it, my husband and I make ourselves—for example, see those preserves over there? I made those, as well as the baked goods. My husband's responsible for the whiskey on this shelf. We bought some of the other things from our neighbors, like the ethanol and the candles. The rest of the stuff here is used. Researcher Carter: Do you ever get any shipments of new goods? Virginia Miller: Greenies5 are too important to waste on that. First, we repair what we have. If we can't repair what we have, we make it ourselves. And if we can't make it ourselves, we probably don't need it anyways. That's basically our motto here in Timothy. Researcher Carter: So what do you use the "greenies" for, then? Virginia Miller: Well, first things first, we have to pay taxes—don't want to cause any trouble with the Feds, after all. Besides that, we have to use them sometimes to buy medicine. It's awfully expensive, but we pool our funds together and make it work. Researcher Carter: OK. One last question: who are your customers? Are they mostly locals, or do you ever get any from outside of town? Virginia Miller: I only accept reds6 as payment. We only have so much stuff here to go around. We can't exactly afford to be giving out our wares to outsiders, now can we? Researcher Carter: I see. Well, thank you for speaking with me, Ms. Miller. Virginia Miller: No problem. Feel free to come back whenever you feel like it! <End Log> Interviewed: William Schwartz Interviewer: Researcher Brian Carter Foreword: The subject was born in 1931, making him one of Timothy's oldest residents. <Begin Log> Researcher Carter: Mr. Schwartz, I really appreciate your offer to talk with us about the history of Timothy. What can you tell me about Louis Ingram? William Schwartz: I wasn't personally familiar with Mr. Ingram, but my father was. He told me that when I was little—maybe only two or three years old—Mr. Ingram came to town for the first time. That was back during the Great Depression—times were hard then and there was hardly enough money to go around. So, when Mr. Ingram started talking about how he wanted to start an experiment to get the money flowing, people were willing to hear him out. He told everyone that the reason why times were so hard was because everyone was hoarding their money and wasn't spending enough, and it made sense, considering how much food was just sitting around unsold back then. We figured that things couldn't get any worse, so we told Mr. Ingram that we agreed to participate in his experiment, and he came back with the first batch of reds. He told everyone what they were and what they did, and gave $50 worth of reds to everyone in town. Researcher Carter: How was the town's economy afterwards? William Schwartz: At first we weren't too optimistic, but Mr. Ingram's experiment worked! All of the towns around us were floundering, but we here in Timothy had more than enough to go around during the Depression. I've always remembered how the New Deal men came into town once and spent the entire day strolling around town looking for something to help us with. They must have never seen anything like it before! Researcher Carter: Did Louis Ingram ever return to Timothy? William Schwartz: Yes—every once in a while he would come by and give us some new reds. "Increasing the money supply," as he said. Sometimes he would give talks about how important the reds were for the town's economy, and we couldn't disagree with him there—he saved us from the Depression, after all! In particular, I remember the day when he got together all of the parents, the teachers, and the pastor and told them that they should teach the children about the reds, since they had never seen the Depression themselves. That was when we started the tradition of Gifting to the children. Researcher Carter: Sorry, I'm not familiar with this "Gifting" tradition. Could you explain this to me in more detail? William Schwartz: It's sort of a coming of age thing. Six months before a child reaches a certain age—for my kids, it was ten; for some others, it's thirteen—we give them $100 worth of reds. We tell them that if they can hold on to it for six months, they get to spend it on their birthday. Otherwise, they have to forfeit it. I've never seen anyone make it to six months—by three or four months, they're begging and hollering for us to take it back. Of course, we always give them a $100 birthday gift regardless—it's not about holding on to reds, it's about learning to give reds back to the community! Researcher Carter: Did you ever participate in Gifting yourself? I mean as the child, not as the parent. William Schwartz: No. By the time we started Gifting, I was already twenty years old. If you want to hear about Gifting, maybe you should talk to someone younger than me. Researcher Carter: Of course. Thank you again for speaking with me, Mr. Schwartz. William Schwartz: Anytime. <End Log> Interviewed: Jimmy Baker Interviewer: Researcher Brian Carter Foreword: The subject was fourteen years old and had participated in Gifting one year prior to the interview. <Begin Log> Researcher Carter: Hello, Jimmy. Thank you letting me interview you! I've noticed that not many people here seem to be willing to talk about Gifting. Jimmy Baker: No, I guess not. Researcher Carter: Do you happen to know why that is the case? Jimmy Baker: Well, I don't know if anyone has told you this, but it's kind of a private thing. It would be like me telling you all about my circumcision, or something like that. Researcher Carter: Oh… I see. If that's the case, I won't ask you to talk about Gifting if you would prefer not to do so. Jimmy Baker: No worries, Dr. Carter. I don't mind talking about it. I don't think that it should be that private, but I understand why others feel that way. Researcher Carter: So why do others feel that way? Jimmy Baker: The thing about Gifting is that it's a really shitty experience. You can hold on to a red for like, a month and a half, and feel alright. Hold on to a red for another month, and then whenever you have a second to spare, you start to think about that red burning a hole in your pocket. You then hold on to it for another month, and you start thinking about getting rid of the red 24/7… it's like an obsession, and you start losing sleep over it. By the time that you get to five months… God, it was just fucking awful. Researcher Carter: So, you held onto your red for five months during your Gifting? Jimmy Baker: Yes. Researcher Carter: In spite of how terrible the experience was? Jimmy Baker: Yes. Researcher Carter: Could you tell me why? Jimmy Baker: It's like… OK, don't judge me, but it's like a contest. Every boy tries to show off by holding on to the red for as long as possible. It's… yeah, it's kind of stupid. Researcher Carter: No worries. I don't judge, I just observe. Jimmy, you've been very helpful, so if you would prefer not to answer this next question, just let me know. How exactly did you feel about the red at the end of your five months during Gifting? Jimmy Baker: It's… uh, it's really hard to describe, Dr. Carter. Best thing I can do is give an analogy. Now, during Sunday school, there's this story that Reverend Paul loves to tell—Reverend Paul's the town pastor, by the way, in case you didn't know. So back during the time of the Apostles there was this rich couple called Ananias and Sapphira. Dr. Carter, have you heard of this story before? I won't retell it if you know it. Researcher Carter: I can't say that I'm familiar with it. Please go on. Jimmy Baker: Anyways, what happened was that Ananias and Sapphira sold their land, and were going to give the money to St. Peter, but kept some of it for themselves. And Peter told Ananias that Satan made him lie to God, and he died on the spot. Then Sapphira came in and Peter told her that she was going to die, and she died too. I have no idea what Ananias and Sapphira felt, but I can't imagine that it was all that different. Researcher Carter: I see. Thank you, Jimmy. That's all for today. You are welcome to talk with me about your experience at any time, if you feel like it would help you. Jimmy Baker: No, thank you, Dr. Carter, I really appreciate that you took the time to listen to me. Have a nice afternoon! <End Log> Interviewed: Reverend Paul Gesell Interviewer: Researcher Brian Carter Foreword: The subject is the pastor of the sole church in Timothy. <Begin Log> Researcher Carter: Reverend Gesell, thank you for taking the time to speak to me about your beliefs. Many people here have told me about how you've touched their lives. Reverend Gesell: Please, Dr. Carter, call me Paul. In any case, I'd be happy to answer any of your questions. Researcher Carter: Alright, then, Paul. What can you tell me about the reds? What is their purpose? Reverend Gesell: Well, the first answer is obvious. I'm sure you know how much they have helped this town, ever since the Great Depression. And really, it shouldn't surprise anyone—there's a Biblical precedent! Proverbs 11:24: "There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." Researcher Carter: And the second answer? Reverend Gesell: Ah, the second answer. The reds teach us not to sin—when we do not want, we see that what is best is free. This was a lesson that I learned the hard way when I was young. During my Gifting, when I was eighteen, I was able to hold onto my red for the full six months—I don't think that anyone before then or since then managed it. Now in those days, I was living in sin, so with my $100 I bought myself a jug of moonshine and a full tank of ethanol, stole my father's car, and ran off with my then-girlfriend for a week. Then I came back to Timothy, sneaked back into my house, and found that my father had left a $100 red inside a Bible, as a bookmark! Since I had managed the six months, I thought that I would be able to take the red, but I was wrong. I opened up the Bible, and picked the red up, and when I looked at it I felt like I had seen my own damnation. So I put the red back, and then I saw the words, "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Reverend Gesell takes an SCP-2566 instance and holds it in front of Researcher Carter.) Reverend Gesell: You see here, this red? The wages of sin. It is unfortunate that we must do what we do here, but I learned goodness through fear, just like everyone else. <End Log> Footnotes 1. This effect manifests regardless of whether the individual did so intentionally or unintentionally. 2. A defunct early-to-mid-20th century Group of Interest. The Society for Alternative Social Analysis was a loosely-organized network of para-academics who advocated the usage of anomalies for research in the social sciences. 3. The cost of holding currency over a period of time. 4. See "Anomalous Demurrage and Resulting Societal Distortions in Timothy, 1935-2015." 5. Local slang for standard U.S. banknotes. 6. Local slang for SCP-2566 instances. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2566" by Univine, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2566. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: DollarSmall.png Name: File:United States one dollar bill, obverse.jpg Author: United States of America License: Public Domain Source Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_one_dollar_bill,_obverse.jpg |
SCP-2567 | euclid | Jackson Maywall, a deceased individual with similarities to SCP-2567. Item #: SCP-2567 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2567 is to remain within the confines of its graveyard territory. The outskirts of SCP-2567's territory must be guarded by no fewer than four security personnel. In the event that SCP-2567 exits its territory, personnel are required to fire upon SCP-2567 to severely damage it and draw it back to its graveyard. SCP-2567 is to be herded away from visiting civilians by assigned field agents1. In the event that any civilian observes SCP-2567, they are to be administered class-A amnestics and removed from the cemetery perimeter. Description: SCP-2567 is a humanoid figure standing 2.57 meters in height, and weighing 85 kilograms. Its body is comprised of finely-knitted pale and dark grey straw. SCP-2567 wears a black tuxedo and petty coat and a wide-brimmed bowler's hat comprised of the same material. SCP-2567's face has several large bulbous eyes on its head. These eyes are not fixed in place, and SCP-2567 is able to shift them across its surface to point in a desired direction. SCP-2567's eyes emit a lavender-scented liquid that drastically accelerates floral growth when spread over a burial site. SCP-2567 resides within a cemetery 1.3 kilometers from the Site-12 Mt. Sugarloaf facility in Sunderland, Massachusetts, measuring 120 meters by 200 meters. It displays no unprompted aggression to living organisms and will display passive behavior unless its territory2 is vandalized or violated in any way. This includes committing acts of grave robbery, littering, damaging headstones, and graffiti. When SCP-2567's territory is damaged or vandalized, it will attempt to repair any damaged components of the cemetery using the grey liquid it produces as an adhesive to reconstruct damaged headstones. All attempts to relocate SCP-2567 to a controlled facility have failed. When removed from its territory SCP-2567 will fall apart and dissolve, and a new instance of SCP-2567 will appear at its graveyard. SCP-2567 displays extreme resilience to damage and will not attack living individuals that attempt to damage it. If SCP-2567 sustains significant damage it will return to its graveyard and enter the central mausoleum where it will encase itself in a stone coffin. After 24 hours, SCP-2567 will exit its coffin in a state of full repair. SCP-2567's mausoleum displays no anomalous properties on its own. The entrance has a plaque which reads: Jackson M. Maywall October 19th, 1936 - [UNINTELLIGIBLE] A kind-hearted public servant and friend to all who knew him. May his soul find eternal peace in the land of his love. Under the approval of level-2 administrative personnel an investigation into the whereabouts of the corpse of Maywall has been put underway. The agent assigned to investigating the possible link to SCP-2567 recorded the following conversation with a local grave keeper. + Transcript From Agent E. Ville - Close This Transcript Interviewed: Harold F. Tanner, grave keeper Interviewer: Agent Franklin E. Ville Foreword: Agent Ville questioned several inhabitants around the town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, before concluding his investigation with an interview with one of the night-shift grave keepers of the town. <Begin Log> Agent Ville: So, I've asked around, and you seem to have been the closest person to the late Mr. Maywall. Is that true? Harold Tanner: Aye, yeah. You could say closest, but to be fair he was everyone's friend. Real kind man, he was. Agent Ville: Right. So I've come to gather that he was an admired figure in the community, yeah? Harold Tanner: Absolutely! He and his wife worked in the library, down by the corner store. They kept the place colorful. The kids loved 'em. Agent Ville: Can you tell me about them? Jackson and his wife, I mean. I haven't heard much about the wife from anyone. Harold Tanner: Mmhm. Yeah… Sure, I can tell you whatever you need. Care if I ask a question of my own? Agent Ville: Not at all. Ask away. Harold Tanner: Why're you asking around about the Maywalls? Extended family get into some trouble? Agent Ville: Not at all. Jackson knew my mom when she was a little girl, she told me a lot of stories, just thought I'd come ask about, then pay my respects. Harold Tanner: Mm… Good a reason as ever. Anyways… Georgia Maywall was a nice enough woman. Real religious, but Jackson never was. They had a lot of differences, but you couldn't ask for a closer couple. Agent Ville: That sounds nice. Not many people get that any more. Harold Tanner: Mmhm. It was real nice, up until a few years back. She'd gotten liver cancer, but Jackson stayed with her all the way through. Wouldn't leave her side for more than a few hours, right up 'til the end. Agent Ville: And after she'd passed away? Harold Tanner: Well, he didn't last much longer after she passed, maybe three years? He died in bed, though. Died happy, with some of his oldest friends by his side. Agent Ville: What about before he died? What was he doing then? Harold Tanner: Well, afterwards… He dropped his job at the library, and took one up where Georgia was buried, as the day time tender. Kept things tidy in the cemetery. It's a bit of a grim job, but he always smiled. I guess, in a way, he really was with her until the very end. Agent Ville: I guess we should all hope to be that lucky. My grandfather died overseas a long time back. So, did anyone see Maywall much during his time in the cemetery? Harold Tanner: Oh boy, yeah, plenty! We all visited him, couple of times a week at least but he spent every day in the cemetery. Every Thursday, he'd bring a bouquet of lavenders to her headstone, and spend the evening reading to her. I'm sure he'd have given anything to pass on, right there next to her. I can't imagine how it must've been for him, losin' the closest person he's ever had. Agent Ville: I certainly couldn't imagine it. I should probably be hitting the road soon, but I want to thank you for taking the time to talk with me. Harold Tanner: Ain't a problem… Any friend of the Maywalls is welcome to take my time as they please. <End Log> Closing Statement: As per investigations regarding the Maywall family, SCP-2567 displays thematic similarities to Jackson Maywall before his passing such as the lavenders Jackson would leave at Georgia's grave, and the lavender-colored fluid that leaks from SCP-2567's eyes, as well as its constant presence in the area surrounding both Jackson and Georgia's grave and mausoleum. Footnotes 1. Field agents assigned to SCP-2567 are to be supplied with false ID's and deployed under cover as cemetery tenders. 2. As defined by the cemetery borders. |
SCP-2568 | safe | The first example of SCP-2568 retrieved. Item #: SCP-2568 Special Containment Procedures: Each instance of SCP-2568 is to be contained in a 90cm-per-side cubic box constructed of cubic subdivisions, each 10 centimeters on each side, ± 5mm. Paths from the object to the walls, floor, and ceiling should be kept clear of objects that might be harmed by a steel ball appearing inside them, such as personnel. Following incident SCP-2568-C, if multiple instances are contained within the same room or locker, they are not to be placed directly in line with each other, to reduce the risk of collisions. Electromagnets and laser or ultrasonic rangefinders are to be used to precisely control the object, ensuring that it remains in the center of the containment apparatus. Note: See Addendum 2568-A regarding the use of ultrasonic rangefinders. Contained correctly, an instance of SCP-2568 which acquires a significant velocity it will almost certainly lodge itself in the chamber walls or some other solid object, from which it can easily be retrieved. For this reason, it has been classified as Safe. SCP-2568-1 is non-anomalous anomalous but classified as Safe. It is extremely old and should be stored according to normal Foundation Archives protocol for ancient organic objects. Description: SCP-2568 is a collection of twenty-nine (29) twenty-seven (27) steel balls 3.33 centimeters in diameter. Instances of SCP-2568 move only in increments of 0.2 times their diameter along their axes and rotate only in increments of 3.6 degrees around their axes. Note: Units of Measure. + View - Hide The actual diameter of each instance of SCP-2586 is exactly the distance that light can travel in 108.8 picoseconds - that is, the wavelength of light at the reciprocal ground state hyperfine splitting frequency of the cesium-133 atom (9,192,631,770 Hz), or 32,616 microns. They are ground to an extremely fine precision, and remain quite smooth despite their age. This was not determined with precision until several years after the recovery of SCP-2568, through the use of laser interferometry. The difference between 32,616 microns and the 33,000 micron measurements used in all existing containment gear is small enough not to present a problem, as evinced by the fact that the holes on SCP-2568-1 vary by as much as 1000 microns and have no trouble containing instances of SCP-2586. Similarly, the movement of SCP-2586 is limited to increments of 6,523 microns, or 0.2x the nominal radius. When a force is applied to an SCP-2568 object, it acquires a "virtual" velocity; that is, if a force were applied which would accelerate it to 1 cm/s, it would rest in place for 0.33 seconds, then teleport 0.33 centimeters in the direction in which the force was applied. As mentioned above, these items cannot move except along three perpendicular axes. The vertical axis is oriented upwards (that is, toward and away from Earth's gravitational center), but the two horizontal axes are not aligned to gravity, magnetic fields, or any other obvious means of directional determination. The axes are fixed and cannot be changed by any means so far devised. When one of the objects does move, it emits a flash of electromagnetic radiation in all frequencies at the destination, the brightness of which scales linearly with the object's virtual velocity. Dr. Matthews is currently working on the initial stages of a test to determine if useful energy can be extracted from this process; for now, he has advised all personnel handling SCP-2568 to be careful not to accelerate them to too great a velocity, as they could theoretically produce harmful levels of ionizing radiation. Addendum 2568-A: Initial recovery. + View - Hide The first example of SCP-2568 was recovered from its resting place in a Gash Group settlement near Agordat, Eritrea. During initial containment at Provisional Site-223.Ag, the object's position was measured with consumer-grade ultrasonic rangefinders due to availability. The sound waves emitted during their operation imparted a virtual velocity to the object which eventually caused it to "hop" out of the containment tent, through several meters of air, and into the cereal bowl of a member of the expedition during breakfast, causing surprise and distress but no injuries. Henceforth, only laser rangefinders are to be used in containment to prevent this kind of incident in the future. Addendum 2568-B: Recovery of later samples. + View - Hide Further excavation at Provisional Site-223.Ag has revealed twenty-eight (28) additional items with the same properties, classified as additional instances of SCP-2568. They were found in various positions on a square of hardwood, about 8 cm thick, with 3.3 cm hemispherical divots spaced 3.3 cm apart in an 8x8 grid. Despite heavy cracking damage, and clear erosion of fine surface detail, the object remains structurally sound. This object is hereby classified SCP-2568-1. Foundation anthropologists, posing as Eritrean government officials, cooperated with researchers from the British Museum and the University of Cambridge Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology to determine that SCP-2568-1 was most likely a game board of some kind, and was produced at least 4000 years ago, which is consistent with the age of the site from which it was recovered. Addendum 2568-C: Incident log. + View - Hide Incident 2568-C Situation: Two instances of SCP-2568 in their containment boxes were placed in the same secure locker area, one above the other. The power supply on one containment box failed, and a few moments later, security cameras and staff reported a significant explosion which destroyed the entire locker area. Results: The explosion caused a minor containment breach in which SCP-████ killed 2 security personnel before being contained. 2 Safe items and 14 anomalous items awaiting classification were lost, presumed destroyed. The two SCP-2568 instances were not recovered. Analysis: As the standard lockers at Site-77 are 18 centimeters tall, when the power supply on the upper object's containment apparatus failed, it gained a virtual velocity due to the force of gravity and fell through the top of the second container's box. The sensors in that container, detecting both objects, triggered a bug in the the control program which caused it to emit the maximum values for the associated electromagnets, applying a very high force to the lower SCP-2568 instance. When the upper one proceeded, a few microseconds later, to move downward into the same space as the lower one, the magnetic forces prevented either one from appropriately vacating the space as normal. Needs: Dr. Da Costa and Dr. Matthews agree that such incidents can be entirely avoided by simply spacing out these objects diagonally, so they cannot easily move into the same space. In addition, the control program has been corrected for all remaining containers. Note by Dr. Da Costa: This raises some interesting questions. Clearly these things are dangerous, but perhaps only when they are so tightly contained? On a board like SCP-2568-1 they would collide all the time, and we have to assume that they were safe enough to be played with. Addendum 2568-D: Experiment log. + View - Hide Experiment 2568-D Situation: Four instances of SCP-2568 were placed on SCP-2568-1. D-2568-22 was instructed to attempt to cause them to collide. After a few minutes of getting used to their anomalous properties, he managed to maneuver them into place on the board. Results: When any two instances were made to collide, the one not moving was bumped out of its place in the direction of the moving one, but only by one space. When at the edge, both simply stopped. How this happens is unknown; in theory, the non-moving instance should be bumped off the board and continue into free space. When all four instances were made to collide, each emitted a very bright flash of light and all four acquired an extreme virtual velocity. Two ricochetted around the board until succumbing to friction and settling down. The other two flew off the board at an angle, one embedding itself in the glass of the observation room and the other in the adjacent wall. Notes by Dr. Da Costa: Clearly, SCP-2568-1 is capable of controlling the virtual velocity of these objects in a way that we don't understand. I suggest an immediate reclassification of that item as anomalous, under a Safe categorization, and a good deal of further testing. Addendum 2568-E: On future Provisional Site-223.Ag accessions. + View - Hide Message from Site-77 Director Dear Dr. Da Costa, Provisional Site-223.Ag will remain activated for the next few months. If the Gash Group actually produced this object, it's likely that further excavation will reveal other, perhaps more dangerous anomalies, and I would prefer that the Foundation is entirely in control of any potential discoveries. If you need anything, from a couple of archaeologists to an MTF, please consider it done. Sincerest regards, Dr. Shirley Gillespie Director, Site-77 ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2568" by NoraCodes, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2568. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. 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SCP-2569 | safe | Item #: SCP-2569 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2569 is stored in an unpowered state in a standard secure locker at Site-15. Experimentation with SCP-2569 may only be performed with prior authorization from Level 3 security personnel and may only be performed in a prepared testing chamber. When powered on, no more than one (1) personnel may be within the 5 meter Red Zone of SCP-2569 except with prior medical clearance and Level 3 Senior Researcher authorization. Description: SCP-2569 is a "Lava Lite" decorative lamp manufactured by the Lava Manufacturing Company circa 1968, and is composed of materials consistent with other Lava Lite lamps produced during that period of time. SCP-2569 is distinguishable from similar appliances by its unusual mass (which is approximately 21% higher than normal) and lack of an opaque wax solution which normally gives such lamps their distinctive appearance. The words "we are all blod [sic] relatives" have also been inscribed onto the base using pink glitter glue. When SCP-2569 is powered on, a small amount of blood (approximately 5 mL per minute) is drawn through unknown means from the aorta of all living human subjects within approximately 4 meters and into the glass vessel of the object. This continues until the mass of blood present within SCP-2569 reaches the volume of wax that is normally present within such lamps, after which blood continues to be drawn, but an equal amount is returned to the superior vena cava of all affected subjects at an equal rate. Due to the heating of the lamp, affected subjects report feeling an unusual but not uncomfortable warmth within their chest after SCP-2569 reaches its cyclical state. When SCP-2569 is disconnected from power, all blood contained within it will return to its affected subjects at its normal rate of flow, regardless of distance. It is not known why blood drawn into SCP-2569 behaves as the normal wax mixture does, regardless of the difference in chemical composition. SCP-2569 came to the Foundation's attention in 2004 during a police investigation of an incident in which a young couple discovered SCP-2569 while searching in the attic of the husband's deceased parents' home. From post-incident interviews, it was determined that they had found SCP-2569 among the parents' stored possessions and had powered on the object to test whether it still functioned. The female subject was determined via medical records to have Type AB-positive blood type; the male subject was determined to be of Type O-negative, and he died of massive acute hemolytic reactions to his wife's blood leading to acute renal failure and cardiac arrest. All witnesses were administered a Class A amnestic and the official cause of death falsified under standard disinformation protocols; a search of the home turned up no additional anomalies. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2569" by Aelanna, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2569. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2570 | euclid | close Info X SCP-2570: MCA and Heartbreak Author: A Random Day + More SCPs by A Random Day - Hide list SCPs SCP-3220 Rating: 524 SCP-2790 Rating: 488 SCP-4780 Rating: 478 SCP-2820 Rating: 472 SCP-3780 Rating: 438 SCP-2664 Rating: 408 SCP-4950 Rating: 397 SCP-2730 Rating: 292 SCP-947 Rating: 287 SCP-2350 Rating: 274 SCP-2810 Rating: 269 SCP-3640 Rating: 264 SCP-2490 Rating: 256 SCP-4670 Rating: 253 SCP-3470 Rating: 246 SCP-2680 Rating: 246 SCP-5430 Rating: 216 SCP-5940 Rating: 203 SCP-2210 Rating: 201 SCP-4710 Rating: 176 SCP-3850 Rating: 161 SCP-3360 Rating: 153 SCP-7660 Rating: 126 SCP-2060 Rating: 122 SCP-2910 Rating: 118 SCP-1750 Rating: 101 SCP-2570 Rating: 96 SCP-2650 Rating: 95 SCP-6190 Rating: 85 SCP-2143 Rating: 84 SCP-7780 Rating: 79 SCP-6880 Rating: 74 + All Tales by A Random Day - Hide list Tales Hypervelocity Rating: 244 Avatara Rating: 244 I Thought You Died Alone Rating: 186 Moonlighting Rating: 179 Zeitgeist Rating: 141 Autoerotic Assassination Rating: 128 Terminal Velocity Rating: 122 T Minus Rating: 121 The Chosen Few Rating: 100 Reboot or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypses Rating: 96 Hard Machine Rating: 88 Loud, Lawless, and Lost Rating: 88 The Vice Girls Rating: 87 Morphine Machine Rating: 87 Truth Is Sin Rating: 84 Deus Vulture Rating: 82 Ecstasy and Exorcism Rating: 81 The Revelation Rating: 81 Rise and Repent Rating: 79 Nonpareil Rating: 79 T Plus Rating: 67 Prey and Obey Rating: 51 Escape Velocity Rating: 50 Jump the Gun Rating: 49 No One Gets Out of Her Alive Rating: 47 Leather Pig Rating: 47 The Ballad of Santa Troy Rating: 47 Contempt Rating: 42 Domo Arigato Rating: 38 The Man-Machine Rating: 36 Mile High Club Rating: 30 Strung Out in Heavens High Rating: 27 Hands Rating: 26 Industrial Espionage Rating: 26 Nothing Human Rating: 25 Fullmusic Astrobiologist Rating: 22 Eight Hours in the ECRG Rating: 17 Enasni Si Gnihtyreve Rating: 15 + All Hubs by A Random Day - Hide list Hubs Prometheus Labs Hub Rating: 148 Speed Demon Rating: 134 Guns Pointed at the Head of God Rating: 72 + All coauthored articles featuring A Random Day - Hide list Page Authors Overheard at Deer ch00bakka SCP-150 Decibelles SCP-3000 djkaktus, Joreth SCP-4220 The Great Hippo SCP-4310 The Great Hippo Chicago Spirit Hub PeppersGhost SCP-5555 Rounderhouse, Uncle Nicolini Visions of Bodies Being Burned Taffeta Samsara TyGently Death Perception TyGently The Powers that Bark TyGently A Comprehensive List of Mobile Task Forces A Semi-Comprehensive List of Foundation Facilities Dr. Desai's Personnel File SCP-2569 SCP-2571 SCP-2798 SCP Series 3 Item #: SCP-2570 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2570-1 and -2 are currently contained on a 5-meter radius circular Pyrex platform in the Site-42 Extradimensional Containment Zone. A system of stereos and loudspeakers that constantly play Kanye West's musical albums The College Dropout and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (in a staggered format so that there is no pause in the music) is to be arranged in a 4-meter radius around SCP-2570. A backup system should be placed in a 6-meter radius around SCP-2570-1, and is to be moved into the 4-meter radius should the primary speaker system fail. The stereos and speakers are to be tied directly to the Site-42 nuclear power plant, and a backup generator must be in place in case of a blackout. Minor Task Force Aleph-16 ("Kenny Rogers' Roaster") is to be on standby to execute Procedure Aleph-16 in the event of complete speaker failure. A biological facsimile of Adam Yauch has been placed at the original gravesite. Description: SCP-2570-1 is the body of former musician Adam "MCA" Yauch of the musical group "Beastie Boys". Aside from not having decayed since Yauch's death in 2012, SCP-2570-1 is non-anomalous. SCP-2570-2 is a spiral dimensional rift located exactly five meters above SCP-2570-1's head, and will move with it. Periodically, incorporeal entities will attempt to exit through SCP-2570-2. These entities constantly exude a corrosive substance around them. Objects affected by this corrosion (including air) separate into their component parts before either dissolving or condensing into an equally corrosive liquid, further spreading the effect. As a result, the general area around SCP-2570-1 is usually engulfed in the corrosion. Pyrex glass, SCP-2570-1, and SCP-2570-3 are the only known objects unaffected by this corrosion. This process emits no sound. The entities themselves are drawn towards human beings, and will attempt to make contact with any human within the vicinity of SCP-2570-2. Any and all animals that come into contact with the entities become instances of SCP-2570-3. Instances of SCP-2570-3 adopt major characteristics of the entities, gaining resistance to the corrosion and experiencing extreme changes to their personality. Human instances claim to be an entity that calls itself Ahseem. Animal instances will gain the ability to speak in what appears to be Pali1 and then also claim to be said entity. All instances of SCP-2570-3, whether human or animal, express a desire to enslave, loot, or otherwise adversely affect this reality and its inhabitants, and refuse to communicate beyond declaring said intentions. External acoustic rhythms have a negative effect on SCP-2570, its corrosion, and instances of SCP-2570-3. The rift either ceases expansion or begins contraction depending on the tempo, pitch, and tone of the sound in its vicinity. In particular, any music featuring the voice of musician Kanye West has a strongly negative effect on SCP-2570. West's voice also halts the corrosion, causing an inverse process where the corrosive liquid is recompiled into its original substance and/or retreats back into the rift. Instances of SCP-2570-3 are neutralized and reverted to their original selves. However, complete closing of the rift has been unsuccessful. Addendum: Recovery Log SCP-2570 was first recovered on 04/04/18 in Brooklyn, New York when the Foundation intercepted reports of pools of acid and incorporeal entities stemming from Green-Wood Cemetery, specifically from a "purple, swirling portal in the cemetery". Local Task Force Gimel-9 ("The Ungrateful Dead") moved to contain the anomaly. At the scene, they encountered a married couple, Tricia and Arthur Prefect, who had already established basic containment of SCP-2570 using a rudimentary version of the protocols outlined above and were in the process of packing up their equipment. Addendum: Interview with Tricia and Arthur Prefect – hide block Foreword: This interview was conducted on-site by the leader of LTF Gimel-9, Douglas Fook. Mr. and Mrs. Prefect provided all insights on containing SCP-2570. Following the interview, the Prefects' equipment was confiscated, and they were given Class-A amnestics and released. Emotional responses such as crying, hiccuping, and stuttering have been edited out to enhance comprehension. Fook: Tricia and Arthur Prefect? We would like to speak with you regarding the events that just occurred. Tricia: Hold on, are you the police? Because if you are, then I want my lawyer. [IRRELEVANT DATA EXPUNGED] Tricia: My name is Tricia Jeltz. I'm an orthodontist, and this is my husband slash assistant, Arthur Prefect. We run Prefect Perfect Dentistry, a dentistry clinic in the Bronx. We're here - well, were here - to revive Adam Yauch. Fook: How is that related to the events that just transpired? Tricia: Well, it's exactly like I said. We tried to revive Adam Yauch from the dead using… I suppose… musical necromancy? Fook: Again, please explain. We have plenty of time. Tricia: See, we're big fans of the Beastie Boys. Own all the albums, collector's edition, gold-plated vinyl, digitally remastered edition, you name it, we got it. Been to almost every one of their concerts too. We were incredibly excited for their newest - um, not anymore, but upcoming album Hot Sauce Committee back in 2009. But then MCA got throat cancer… and died. It's not right - they had so much more music to give! Arthur: At the time, I'd started reading Lovecraft and Stephen King and getting into, um, 'dark arts' and the like. I kept reading these stories about reviving the dead, you know, like Pet Sematary or, or… um, yeah, like that. So I got to thinking… what if we could revive him? Bring him back from the dead? I started Googling around, and wouldn't you know it, I found tons of guides on raising the dead. Most of them were useless… but after a few months, I found one that worked! Sort of. Fook: Could you please explain your plan to revive Mr. Yauch? Arthur: I'm really sorry; I don't know the steps off the top of my head. I printed something like ten pages of instructions from online. But the gist of it was we were going to attract his soul to the body with his music and then trap it. Fook: Where did you locate these instructions? Arthur: Honestly, I don't really remember. I had the pages and I think they had the website name on them - but the pages got sucked into the… uh, they got sucked into the portal. I mean, the instructions worked - or I guess they would have worked, if I hadn't - if I hadn't screwed up with the music. Fook: Please explain how you… 'screwed up.' Arthur: I accidentally played the Beach Boys instead of Beastie Boys. It was an honest mistake! Tricia: Right after Arthur fucked up the music, everything went wrong. Some kind of portal opened up over MCA's head and then these… green ghosts popped out! They were oozing everywhere, melting everything into this awful green acid. And they kept on wailing. Everyone and everything, even the birds and the possums were squealing in this awful voice! It was terrifying! Fook: The entities currently appear to be contained within the circle. How did you accomplish this? Do you know anything about the entities themselves? Arthur: I'm not really sure. All I know is that I dropped my, um, iPod, and my Kanye West playlist started playing over the speakers, and then the ghosts and the acid started pulling back into the portal. I don't know what they are, sorry, the instructions never mentioned anything about ghosts, that much I know! I mean, I guess they don't like Kanye West, but that's it! Fook: Why were you packing up your equipment? Arthur: Well, uh… I mean, um. I guess - I mean - um, well, we… were going to leave? Fook: What were you planning to do about the portal, MCA, and the entities? Tricia: Um, we kind of figured that the authorities would be able to take care of it, right? I mean, you're here now, and you look ready to take care of it. Fook: Do you know where the portal leads? Tricia: I don't know. It's definitely not heaven, but MCA didn't belong to hell. Footnotes 1. A dead language native to the Indian subcontinent, heavily studied due to its usage as the primary language of major extant Buddhist texts. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2570" by A Random Day, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2570. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2571 | euclid | close Info X SCP-2571: Cragglewood Park Author: The Great Hippo Images: Link, Link, Link, and Link. Inspired by Candle Cove creepypasta and SCP-1981. Music: Circus Clown Calliope Music (Circus Clown Calliope) Next: [SCP-2419]: The Laughing Men More by The Great Hippo: SCPs – hide block SCPs [SCP-3034] The Counting Station DO NOT LET HER FINISH [SCP-3035] Science Bugs case_of_the_mondays.png, case_of_the_mondays (1).png [SCP-3054] Cragstaff Sanitarium You are sick. You are broken. We will fix you. [SCP-3045] bzzip.exe HAMLET: I am no longer moody. [SCP-3043] Murphy Law in… Type 3043 — FOR MURDER! Forget it, Fred. It's Chinatown. [SCP-3057] Fossil Fuels …witnesses provided confirmation that instances of SCP-3057-4 did, in fact, have feathers. [SCP-2639] Video Game Violence i need to know how many people i've killed [SCP-437] Summer of '91 That was a pretty crazy summer, y'know? Sometimes I really miss that place. [SCP-3079] 300 Tricks: Stage Magic Made Easy NOTE: No method for accomplishing this trick is provided. [SCP-2753] Let's Play Jenga! High art carries high risk! [SCP-2679] The Many Graves of Jeannette Parslov Whatever it takes, do what you must; whatever the cost, come back to us. [SCP-3074] Kafka's Parking Garage Thank you for choosing Izatova Parking Center. Have a pleasant day. [SCP-2571] Cragglewood Park Mr. Blair, have you always been an only child? [SCP-2419] The Laughing Men Throw them back into the incinerator where you found them. [SCP-3143] Murphy Law in… The Foundation Always Rings Twice! When it comes right down to it, me — them — hell, even you — we're all just characters in that trashy dime-store novel called life. [SCP-3089] That Old Time Religion Remember how we explained that successful people don't actually need any of their toes to walk? Well, that's going to come in handy for Secret Number Six. [SCP-3117] A Monster-Shaped Hole I'm not talking to you. [SCP-3128] Let's Play Monopoly! Hey, guys? I'm, uh. I'm using this. [SCP-3138] A Sepulcher by the Sea Should it prove feasible, all non-canonical corpses are to be extracted, examined, and catalogued. [SCP-3241] The SS Sommerfeld It makes me wonder what an old monster like myself is even doing here, anymore. And then? Someone special comes along and reminds me. [SCP-3219] This Sour Earth Notably, no reports describe any attempt to examine the residence's storm cellar. [SCP-4028] La Historia de Don Quixote de la Mancha Justine eventually re-unites with her sister, Juliette. Alonso strikes down a lightning bolt intended for them both, then challenges the narrator to a duel. [SCP-3546] Doggone it, I Fold! Specifically, fan-art of Sonic the Hedgehog, a video-game character produced by Sega in 1991. [SCP-3561] An Unfinished Work Despite multiple reports from neighbors who claimed to have witnessed members of his family standing at the windows, no trace of Theodore Holdstock's wife and children could be found. [SCP-4054] The Seventh Door SCP-4054 is The Seventh Door, an unlicensed platform adventure game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988. Artistic rendition of a tree featured in SCP-2571 ("The Old Craggle Tree"). Item #: SCP-2571 Special Containment Procedures: A Foundation-operated bot (I/O-MANDELA) is to monitor online communities for discussions regarding SCP-2571. MTF Phi-7 ("The Laughingstock") is to investigate these discussions and make a determination for appropriate action on a case-by-case basis. Description: SCP-2571 is a recurring childhood memory of a non-existent theme-park ('Cragglewood Park'). It is estimated that 0.05% of the world's population is affected by SCP-2571; however, recent evidence suggests this number may be growing. The primary vector for SCP-2571's spread is not yet known — notably, it appears to be most common among adults raised as an only child. Afflicted subjects are initially responsive to amnestics, but memories regarding Cragglewood will typically resurface once treatment ceases. Although descriptions of these memories vary, several details remain consistent: Subjects were between the age of 4 and 12 when they visited. The park featured numerous characters, primarily centered around anthropomorphic variants of trees and plants. No adult supervision was present. Calliope music played throughout the park. Subjects attended the park with numerous other children, none of whom they knew. The park featured only one ride; a carousel (or 'merry-go-round'). Although children accompanying the subjects boarded this ride, the subjects themselves did not. Investigations regarding the precise nature of both SCP-2571 and Cragglewood Park are ongoing. Addendum 2571.1: Interview Logs ► ACCESS SCP:/2571/interviews/218.log ▼ Close File INTERVIEW LOG DATE: 2002/11/16 INTERVIEWER: Dr. Reiner SUBJECT: Rupert Duccasoux [BEGIN LOG.] REINER: What do you recall about 'Cragglewood Park'? SUBJECT: Jesus. Is that what this is about? It's just this nightmare I used to have. REINER: Can you elaborate? SUBJECT: I mean, I think it's — it's probably based on some actual theme-park I went to as a little kid, y'know? Probably traumatized the shit out of me. REINER: What happens in the nightmare? SUBJECT: I enter this theme-park. It's like Disneyland, but smaller. There's no rides; just this long, winding road through the woods. Everything's bright and colorful, like in a cartoon. And there's these trees all around me, but… REINER: Tell me about the trees. SUBJECT: They've all got faces. And they're singing. They've got these dopey, cheerful looks, like in one of those old time cartoons, right? And they just sing and laugh and sing. REINER: Can you tell me anything else? SUBJECT: There's this music that's playing everywhere. It's like organ music, but not the kind you hear in a church. More like the sort you might hear in a carnival. REINER: You mentioned before that there aren't any rides. SUBJECT: Uh, no, wait. No, I'm wrong. There's rides — there's one ride. Just one ride. It's that thing with horses that goes around in circles. You know what I'm talking about? REINER: A carousel. SUBJECT: Right. That thing. It's where the organ music is coming from. REINER: Were you there alone? SUBJECT: No. There's other kids with me. They're not happy to be there, either. We're all smiling and laughing, but we're just doing it to stop ourselves from crying, y'know? To fool the trees. So the trees don't see how scared we are. To keep the trees happy. REINER: Keep them happy? SUBJECT: Yeah. REINER: Is there anything else you can tell us? SUBJECT: Um, fuck. I don't know. I haven't dreamed about this place in ages. Uh, I think… There's one bit, near the end. REINER: Please, relax. Take as much time as you need. [Subject closes his eyes.] SUBJECT: Just as I'm getting ready to leave, I see something. A tiny tree, sprouting up near my foot. It looks up at me. It's smiling, smiling with that big, dopey, happy grin. When I see it, that's when I start screaming. That's when I wake up. REINER: Why does that tree make you scream? [Subject opens his eyes.] SUBJECT: Because it has my face. [END LOG.] ► ACCESS SCP:/2571/interviews/341.log ▼ Close File INTERVIEW LOG DATE: 2003/02/09 INTERVIEWER: Dr. Reiner SUBJECT: Janine Yearling [BEGIN LOG.] REINER: Did you ever ride the carousel? SUBJECT: What? Hell no. Are you crazy? REINER: What happened when you reached it, then? SUBJECT: Some of the kids got on. Not me, though. The ones who did — some of them were smiling, some of them were crying. Some of them hugged the ones who didn't get on. Some of them hugged each other. REINER: What happened then? SUBJECT: They rode the carousel. Then we left. REINER: What happened to them? SUBJECT: (irritated) How should I know? We left. REINER: You left them behind? SUBJECT: (increasingly irritated) Yes, we left them behind. What, you think we should have stuck around? See how this was all going to turn out? REINER: I'm sorry. I didn't mean to accuse you of anything. You were just a child. No one would have expected you to— SUBJECT: That's right, I was just a goddamn child in the middle of a goddamn nightmare, and I — I just — [Subject shakes her head.] SUBJECT: I just, you have no idea what even talking about this is doing to me, or how it's making me feel. I don't want to talk about it. I just want to forget it. Why can't you just let us — let us — [Subject lowers head into hands.] SUBJECT: I'm sorry, I just — REINER: You don't need to apologize, Ms. Yearling. You've clearly gone through a deeply traumatizing experience. [Subject sobs.] SUBJECT: I just, I just, I don't understand. REINER: I can't imagine you would. Nothing about this experience makes much sense. SUBJECT: (choked sobs) Not that, it isn't that. It's just… REINER: What is it? SUBJECT: One of the kids. One of the kids that got on. REINER: Yes? SUBJECT: Why? Why did he hug me? I didn't — I don't even know who he was — [Subject continues to sob.] [END LOG.] ► ACCESS SCP:/2571/interviews/367.log ▼ Close File INTERVIEW LOG DATE: 2004/06/12 INTERVIEWER: Dr. Reiner SUBJECT: Randolph Blair [BEGIN LOG.] REINER: I'd like to talk to you about the video cassette. SUBJECT: Christ. REINER: I understand that this is — SUBJECT: You people just don't get it. I don't want to discuss any of this with you. Fuck. I shouldn't have told my therapist any of this, that fucking bitch — REINER: Please, Mr. Blair. I need you to focus. SUBJECT: (sighing) Get on with it. REINER: This cassette. Where did you get it from? SUBJECT: I don't know. I don't fucking know. I found it in my attic when I was cleaning shit out. I thought it was just an old copy of Ghostbusters or something. REINER: Do you recognize any of the images on it? SUBJECT: I don't know. Yeah. From nightmares. Bullshit like that. Maybe someone showed me the tape as a kid. REINER: Have you lived in this house your whole life? SUBJECT: Yeah. REINER: You were raised in this house by your parents? SUBJECT: Yeah. This going somewhere? REINER: The front bedroom — SUBJECT: Look, I don't want to talk about this shit, okay? REINER: I understand. But we need to understand what's going on, Mr. Blair. Why is the front bedroom — SUBJECT: I don't know. I don't fucking know. It's always just had shit in it. But nobody uses it. That's why I keep it locked, okay? I don't think about it. REINER: I understand, Mr. Blair. I just need to ask — SUBJECT: Are we done? REINER: I just need to ask one more question. SUBJECT: Whatever. REINER: Mr. Blair, have you always been an only child? [Subject refuses to respond.] [END LOG.] NOTE: The subject has refused to conduct any additional interviews. Addendum 2571.2: Video Log ► ACCESS SCP:/2571/files/video102.log ▼ Close File VIDEO LOG DATE: 2004/06/10 NOTE: The following log describes the contents of a mini video cassette found in the possession of Randolph Blair. The word 'CRAGGLEWOOD' is written across its label in black felt tip marker. 00:23 [BEGIN LOG.] [00:01]: (Heavy breathing.) [00:05]: Shaky image of a gravel path heading through a forested region. [00:10]: (Distant calliope music.) [00:21]: View swivels to focus on other children walking down the path; some move hand in hand. [00:32]: View points toward the gravel. [00:36]: (Quiet sobbing.) [00:39]: VOICE 1: (whispering) I'm scared. [00:41]: VOICE 2: (whispering) Shhh. It's okay. It's okay. Don't cry. You have to smile. You have to. [00:55]: (Distant singing.) [00:58]: VOICE 2: (whispering) Smile. Smile, please, just, smile, we'll be okay I promise, I'll take care of — [01:02]: Static. 01:09 [01:09]: Blurred images. [01:10]: (Distorted singing and calliope music.) [01:15]: (Deep, cheerful laughter.) [01:20]: (Singing and music intensify.) [01:25]: VOICE 2: (whispering) Oh, God. [01:26]: Static. [01:30]: Approximately a dozen children are standing around a carousel. [01:32]: VOICE 1: (whispering) What's happening? [01:35]: VOICE 2: (whispering) Sh, just… [01:39]: (Singing intensifies.) [01:42]: VOICE 2: (whispering) Oh, God. [01:45]: VOICE 1: (whispering) What are they — what are they — [01:48]: VOICE 2: (whispering) Listen, you have to — [01:52]: View lowers to the gravel. [01:58]: VOICE 2: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You have to go. You have to — [02:01]: VOICE 1: No! You aren't — [02:05]: (Singing intensifies. Sounds of children sobbing can be heard.) [02:08]: VOICE 2: Go, please, I'm sorry, I'll be okay, just — [02:12]: Static. [02:20]: View bobs frantically, racing down a forest path. [02:21]: (Heavy breathing.) [02:22]: (Distant singing.) [02:25]: VOICE 1: (whispering) No, no, no, no — 02:42 [02:30]: View lunges up, then drops to the ground. The view is now centered on a face. [02:35]: VOICE 1: (sobbing) No, no, no, please no, please no — [02:38]: The face looks up and smiles. [02:41]: VOICE 1: (sobbing) No no no — [02:42]: (VOICE 2 begins to sing.) [END LOG.] ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2571" by The Great Hippo, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2571. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. 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SCP-2572 | safe | Interior of SCP-2572 Item #: SCP-2572 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2572 is currently contained in a Storage Chamber within Site-132. Testing of SCP-2572 must be approved by the Project Lead. Subjects approved for testing are to undergo psychological testing prior to and after the test. Subjects who experience prolonged psychological effects are to be administered Class-B amnestics. Description: SCP-2572 is a subway car formerly belonging to a train operating within the New York City Subway system. SCP-2572 was in operation from 1972 until 198█, shortly after reports of its anomalous properties were documented. SCP-2572 was promptly removed from its train and sent to Site-132 for containment. SCP-2572's effects manifest whenever a subject is inside of it and the car is traveling between the 34 Street Herald Square Station and Dekalb Avenue Station.1 Effects may vary, but generally follows a pattern as SCP-2572 travels between stations. Notably, the effects will only manifest when the car begins traveling out of the 34 Street Herald Square Station. Effects are stated as follows: 34 Street Herald Square: Subject experiences a rush, marked by intense euphoria, increased heartbeat, increased respiration, dilated pupils and increased alertness. During this time, the subject may also experience slight paranoia. 28 Street through 23 Street: Subject's perception of time from this point forward is increased. In addition, the subject's attention is fixated on minute detail. Existing paranoia may increase. 14 Street Union Square: Subject begins to feel moderate paranoia, if not slight if the subject has not experienced it up until this point. Subject may also begin to experience hallucinations, manifesting as dark humanoid figures within the subject's peripheral vision. 8 Street NYU: Subjects report discomfort within their lungs. Any subjects who have not experienced hallucinations at this point begin to do so, manifesting as the above mentioned. Prince Street: The aforementioned humanoids begin to move outside of the subject's peripherals. The humanoids lack a face or any defining features, including hands and feet, and vary in number between subjects.2 Subjects report the instances 'sliding' along the length of the subway car and outside of the car. In addition, the subject feels additional discomfort in the lungs and tightness of the chest. Canal Street: Upon the arrival of the Canal Street Station, the subject experiences an intense ringing sound. A delusion manifests with all subjects; all feel their saliva and mucus hardening. The dark humanoids continue to move within the car at an increased rate. City Hall: Subjects may begin coughing. Those that do report the delusion continuing as fine white powder or small, clear crystals expelled from various orifices. Additionally, subjects report the hallucinatory instances staring at the subject. Rector St: The humanoids begin to advance on the subject. Coughing increases, if not beginning if the subject has not experienced it up to this point. Acute paranoia manifests. The humanoids begin to manifest hands and feet. Whitehall St-South Ferry: The subject's lungs begin to feel extremely irritated. Sensory overload may manifest in some subjects. The instances are now within close proximity of the subject and are reported to extend their hands towards the subject. Subject begins to feel discomfort along the body. Court St: Between Whitehall St and Court St, the subject feels additional discomfort and shaking of the body as the instances begin to caress the subject's arms and legs. Some subjects may also feel increased euphoria. Subjects that have coughed on the instances report said instances displaying hostility. Said instances grab the subject, pin them to the ground, and continue to caress the subject. Jay-St Metro Tech: Subject is continuously caressed upon the arrival of the Jay-St Station. After SCP-2572 leaves the station, the subject begins to feel crawling of the skin. The instances continue to caress and invariably begin to reach towards the subject's genitals shortly before arrival of the Dekalb Avenue Station. Dekalb Avenue Station: Immediately upon arrival, the subject reports cessation all effects. SCP-2572 was discovered shortly after an incident involving an individual expiring within the car, due to a heart attack. A cover story was fabricated, news reports and broadcasts were suppressed, and affected personnel were administered Class-B amnestics in combination with shock therapy. A toxicology report states the individual was under the influence of isopropylbenzylamine, methamphetamine, as well as a previously unknown substance prior to death. The individual was never identified. Footnotes 1. SCP-2572's effects can be activated by simulating its travel between these stations. This is accomplished by playing audio that is typical to subway car travel in New York City (train moving along track, intercom announcements, etc.) 2. The description of these humanoids match descriptions of an existing entity observed by The Foundation. For more information, refer to the documentation of SCP-2227 ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2572" by MrRonin, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2572. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. 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SCP-2573 | euclid | 3/2573 LEVEL 3/2573 CLASSIFIED Item #: SCP-2573 Special Containment Procedures: At least one individual in the editorial board of each publication previously affected by SCP-2573 has been recruited as Class-E personnel, provided with standard Foundation meme/antimeme resistance training, and given the contact information of a Foundation agent to notify in the event of an SCP-2573 event. When notified of such an event, the Foundation is to confiscate and destroy all instances of SCP-2573-1, and if possible replace them with non-anomalous copies of the affected periodical. If more than six weeks pass without an identified SCP-2573 event, the Foundation is to survey all periodicals meeting the known criteria for SCP-2573, following the same procedure if an event is identified. Description: SCP-2573 is a phenomenon that affects English-language print periodicals published by leftist political groups in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom1. Approximately once per month, the regular issue2 of one such periodical is replaced during the printing process with a periodical titled The International Workers' Herald, published by an organization identified as the "Fifth International Workers' Vanguard Party" (Group of Interest 125-η). Issues of The International Workers' Herald, designated instances of SCP-2573-1, generally take the same form as the original periodical (i.e. newspaper, magazine, newsletter, etc.); articles will be approximately the same length and on a similar subject matter, but will change in style and tone dramatically. Articles originally referencing current events will frequently be changed to reference anomalous and/or historical events, with no recognition of the anomalous nature of the events or the temporal distance involved. The ideologies expressed in SCP-2573-1 instances span the range of political leftism; general themes include opposition to capitalism and western imperialism, and support of nations and political groups that espouse a leftist ideology and/or frequently use anomalous artifacts and technology. SCP-2573-1 instances tend to advocate more extreme political actions than the altered periodicals3, and frequently reference anomalous events not known to the general public. The authors of articles in SCP-2573-1 instances are all given the honorific "Fifth Secretary"4, or some variation thereof; the names given appear to be pseudonyms, usually somehow related to the content of the article. SCP-2573-1 instances exhibit mildly antimemetic properties, preventing individuals involved in the printing, distribution, and sale of the original periodical from noticing any change unless it is explicitly brought to their attention; affected individuals will also often show reluctance to cease printing or distribution of SCP-2573-1 instances, usually citing the cost and effort already spent in the printing and/or distribution, or the belief that other issues of the affected periodical have not been similarly changed. Standard Foundation meme/antimeme resistance training is sufficient to overcome this effect. Addendum: Selected Text from SCP-2573-1 Instances Date: 4 October 2006 Affected Periodical: Rolling Thunder #5 Original Title: Feed Your Neighbors: Mutual Aid in Food Deserts Replacement Title: Make the Guillotines Red with Catsup Author: Fifth Secretary Donner von Brisket Excerpt: Bite the invisible hand that feeds you! Reject the table scraps of the bourgeoisie and sink your sharp little fangs into the fatty flesh of their corpulent cashgrabbers! Invite your friends & neighbors over for a potluck barbecue! Bring your boss! Bring your banker! Bring your landlord! Slap 'em down on the red-hot grill of revolution and watch that sweet-smelling smoke waft up up and away. Everyone loves pork chops - wrangle yourself up some piggies and fry their meaty loins on the hoods of their own black-and-white death machines. Season well with salt and pepper spray, garnish with a badge. Note: The rest of this article consisted of recipes for the preparation of human flesh; recipes were later identified as modifications of recipes originally printed in the fifth edition of Joy of Cooking, published in 1964. Date: 5 June 2009 Affected Periodical: Workers Vanguard #938 Original Title: Defend North Korean Deformed Workers State! Replacement Title: Defend Ancient Adytum Deformed Workers State! Author: Fifth Secretary Noi Komrizo Excerpt: It's the workers who are deformed, not the state. Zing! All kidding aside, those guys in Adytum5 are doing some great work, liberating slaves, overthrowing the Daevite hegemony6, really just a stand-up job. Well, for some of them it's a slither-down job or a sit-there-without-any-obvious-bodily-orientation job. You know, it's like I always say, when a shoggoth—excuse me, a tsürga-ouláth, the PC police will be after me if I throw words like "shoggoth" around—lays around the house, it really lays AROUND the HOUSE. Anyway, we really need to give some support to those guys, they need it—and you might be saying, ooooh but they genetically and thaumaturgically modify people into horrific monsters with no free will of their own to serve the will of Ozirmok Ion7, we gotta stop 'em! Well, let me tell you something my guy. Let me learn you a little bit about geopolitics. You gotta understand that sometimes there is a lesser evil! And the guy who can engineer plagues inside his lower intestine is a little less evil than the Imperial Daevite Dominion. So we gotta support him uncritically. Date: 8 May 2010 Affected Periodical: Workers Vanguard #966 Original Title: On Marxism and Religion Replacement Title: Marxism-Leninism-Catharism: God Is Just Another Boss Author: Fifth Secretary Pavel Bogomilov Excerpt: The Demiurge! Yaldabaoth! The black-blooded creator lurking in our marrow! He who made Flesh, he who made the Body, he who made Gold and Steel. The Machine! Sophia! The cold-nerved corruptor hiding in our thoughts! She who made Knowledge, she who made the Mind, she who made Cash and Industry. Trust not your mind! Trust not your body! Both are the creations and the tools of alien intelligences, parasites on the living! Trust only your heart, seat of the soul, seat of emotion, seat of the revolutionary desire for freedom! The heart is the battleground of body and mind, the heart is the true self uncorrupted by the divine, the heart is you and you alone! As above, so below—only the middle is pure. Date: 7 January 2015 Affected Periodical: Solidarity #504 Original Title: "Sexual Education": Capitalist Trojan Horse in Our Schools Replacement Title: "Numbers": Mechanite Squid-Trap in Our Schools Author: ███th [sic] Secretary Thayda Pryme Excerpt: Numeracy is a capitalist scam, mathematics doubly so! What is necessary for all systems of currency? Numbers! What is required for the counting of debt and value? Numbers! What permits the census and subsequent subjugation of the proletarian class? Numbers! What does capital need most to survive? Numbers! Without numbers there can be no economy! Without numbers there can be no class! Without numbers there can be no state! Burn the textbooks, smash the clocks, throw the calculators into the abyss! Teach your children to forget their schooling! If you meet a mathematician on the road, kill him! Only then can we be free! Date: 24 August 2016 Affected Periodical: Redneck Revolt Newsletter #3 Original Title: To Other Working Americans Replacement Title: To Bobby Jefferson I Know Youre Readin This Author: Fifth Secretary [sic] Reverend Archon Celebration "Big Cheese" Horace8 Excerpt: Bobby boy you lil RASCAL! I knew you sniffed my message son, I felt it in my own SPIRIT yes I did. But you didnt COME, you werent HERE yester-mornin bright and early like I ASKED. So I felt myself doin some community outreach, I wanted to get to ya PERSONAL and UP-CLOSE, do some targeted advertisin straight to your DIVINITY ITSELF! So I asked, I asked everyone around, I took a nice deep hit of Brother Peter Hayden Himself, and I scrabbled on over across the divine smoke-ring to the other side of the gap and I found these here COMMY FIFTHISTS! Aint never heard of nothin like it! Well I wrote them up a little message and they said theyd put it in the next issue of there little newspaper, and here we are! Alright boys, Im all done here, go ahead and just roll the frog footage for the rest of the page I guess. Note: The remainder of the article consisted of a series of small images, apparently frames from the Merry Melodies cartoon One Froggy Evening. Robert Jefferson, a resident of Atlanta, Georgia, is a union organizer with a subscription to the Redneck Revolt newsletter; when questioned, he claimed to have no knowledge of the Fifth Church or the Fifth International Worker's Vanguard Party. Footnotes 1. Excluding Northern Ireland. 2. Special and commemorative issues are unaffected. 3. See addendum for examples. 4. Presumably a reference to the "First Secretary" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. 5. A bronze-age empire founded somewhere in the Ural mountains; the state religion of Adytum was the precursor to modern Sarkicism, and the rulers of Adytum practiced biological and genetic modification of their subjects and themselves. 6. The Daevites were a matriarchal culture centered in modern Mongolia, which at various points through history controlled an empire extending into Europe and the Middle East; the empire of Adytum began as a Daevite slave revolt. 7. Also known as "Grand Karcist Ion", the founder of the Sarkic religious movement and the empire of Adytum. 8. See SCP-1982 containment documents for further information. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2573" by ch00bakka, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2573. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2574 | keter | Item #: SCP-2574 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2574 is currently uncontained, as physical means of containment have proven unable to stop SCP-2574's progress. Large-scale use of amnestics is currently authorized to combat the effects of SCP-2574. Knowledge of SCP-2574 has spread to the point of rendering amnestics insufficient, and populated areas plotted to be in SCP-2574's path are to be evacuated at least 1 week before SCP-2574 reaches the area. The Foundation is currently collaborating with affected governments to repair damage done by SCP-2574 and quell violence both directly and indirectly related to its appearance. Governments are to be discouraged from enacting military strikes, as any attack on SCP-2574 will invariably prove more damaging to both military and civilians than to SCP-2574. The Global Occult Coalition and the Foundation have agreed to collaborate for the sole purpose of constructing a large-scale memetic measure that will counteract SCP-2574's effects on global psychology, which cannot be replicated by either group alone to prevent the possibility of full memetic warfare. The resulting LAST FALCONER Protocol has been put in place as a preemptive measure to handle the mass political unrest and anarchic tendencies generated when SCP-2574 reaches its destination. Description: SCP-2574 is a 12-meter-tall leonine creature composed of sandstone and smooth muscle tissue.1 SCP-2574 is surrounded at all times by a flock of birds of prey.2 The flock, designated SCP-2574-1, is fixated on attacking SCP-2574, and will not respond to any other stimulus. SCP-2574 constantly regenerates from the damage done by SCP-2574-1. SCP-2574 is capable of locomotion at a rate of 3-5 km a day, and is moving steadily towards a fixed destination. SCP-2574 is undeterred by most obstacles, whether man-made or naturally occurring. It can swim at a rate of 2-3 km per day, and will either crush land-based obstacles or climb over them. Currently, SCP-25743 is estimated to have caused 25.3 million USD in damages, 112 deaths, and 625 injuries. The current theorized destination of SCP-2574 is the city of Sarajevo.4 SCP-2574's effects began on December 24th, 2012, and have continued to the present day. SCP-2574 appears to have a wide variety of anomalous effects. SCP-2574 physically affects its current location by temporarily transforming it into a facsimile of a World War I combat zone. Materializations of aerial attacks, abnormal chemicals, manmade landforms, and a variety of weaponry have all been observed in the wake of SCP-2574. SCP-2574 also causes temporal anomalies, producing historically accurate hallucinations of combat during both World War I and the Irish War of Independence, and causing both temporary and permanent manifestations of persons involved in either conflict. In addition, SCP-2574 has a global effect on sociopolitical attitudes, though the effect is more pronounced in countries involved in either World War I or the Irish War of Independence. SCP-2574 causes a measurable increase in civil unrest, civilian discontent, police brutality, and bellicose foreign policy decisions. The strength of these patterns is inversely proportional to SCP-2574's distance from its destination.5 Location of SCP-2574 Distance from Sarajevo Anomalous Effect Date East of Astana6 5013 km Published works in Russian and Kazakh randomly begin including passages from Irish poet William Butler Yeats' body of work. Length ranges from a sentence to entire poems. Works appear to be affected regardless of author or genre. February 3, 20██ Russia 3006 km In rural areas throughout Europe, chlorine gas clouds manifest at sunrise and are unable to be dispersed for the next 2-4 days. March 21, 20██ Russia 2759 km Raptors begin migrating towards SCP-2574 in order to join SCP-2574-1. Russia begins a series of air strikes, causing tensions with bordering countries when intelligence is leaked that Russia plans to attempt a nuclear attack. June 1, 20██ Russia 2016 km Poppies begin growing in large numbers in locations where they are not normally found, especially urban locations. Religious cults centered around SCP-2574 begin to emerge. December 30, 20██ Ukraine 1752 km Descendants of World War I Veterans begin having hallucinations corresponding to their ancestor's experience during the war. February 19, 20██ Ukraine 1657 km Plant and rock formation begin forming conic spirals regardless of environmental conditions or normal growth patterns. Mass suicides become an almost monthly occurrence. May 4, 20██ Romania 1404 km Aerial bombings begin occurring in abandoned rural fields in rural areas of Central and Eastern Europe. Civilians report seeing aircraft overhead dropping the explosives, but no aircraft is ever detected on surveillance footage or radar during the events. Prevalence of aerial warfare shifts from a minor to major aspect of combat during World War I. July 28, 20██ Romania 1228 km Civilian-police violence rates increase by 50 percent, 75 percent in Ireland. Fourteen cases of arson occur in the Irish cities of Cork, Dublin, and Belfast. Government shutdowns occur in France, Great Britain, and Italy, leading to widespread riots. September 12, 20██ Hungary 1111 km Parties espousing anarchist sentiments begin to increase exponentially in polling popularity. October 24, 20██ Hungary 981 km Assassination attempts on politicians increase in frequency by 60 percent. December 10, 20██ Hungary 875 km Televised political speeches begin including passages from addresses given by political leaders during the 1910s. America refuses to send aid to the UN to help European countries, and withdraws from the UN shortly after. January 7, 20██ Hungary 756 km Countries with hostile relations are experiencing border skirmishes at an average frequency of one altercation every two weeks. April 4, 20██ Hungary 558 km Patients with identification matching that of World War 1 soldiers are brought into hospitals with war injuries common to that era. Patients universally die during surgery and their bodies disappear when no longer under observation. June 14, 20██ Serbia 285 km Irish-English conflict begins to grow more violent, and a surge in Northern Irish nationalism is seen. The Secretary of State is in the process of proposing a border poll. August 22, 20██ Bosnia and Herzegovina 108 km Dreams of SCP-2574 become widespread. A majority of subjects report that an entity contained within SCP-2574 was attempting and failing to communicate with them. Multiple websites are created to document its appearance in dreams. September 30, 20██ SCP-2574 was discovered just outside of Bethlehem, Israel, after multiple videos of a massive sphinx appeared on Israeli news. SCP-2574 ignored all attempts at contact with agents of the Foundation, GOC, and Serpent's Hand, and crushed a GOC armed truck that attempted to provoke a response by blocking its path. YouTube footage of SCP-2574 in Debrecen, Hungary from September 12, 20██: <BEGIN FOOTAGE> 00:00 Footage of Debrecen's Reformed Church, a popular tourist attraction. 00:17 SCP-2574 appears in frame. People begin to flee. 00:20 SCP-2574 makes its way down the main walkway, showing no sign of slowing as it approaches the church. 00:25 Upon reaching the church, SCP-2574 continues to walk, forcing its way through the building and leading the building to collapse around it. Despite the left tower falling directly on its head, SCP-2574 continues undeterred. 00:31 SCP-2574 continues away from the church and out of frame. <END FOOTAGE> First known media mention of SCP-2574, from international media network ███ on February 9, 20██ What was once thought to be a hoax is now considered very, very, real, with multiple verified sightings… Civilian account of anomaly generated by SCP-2574 - Zholymbet, Kazakhstan, February 9, 20██ The first bomb fell about sixty yards away. The planes were small and flying low. The second one hit some of my sheep. God, the way they screamed. They whistled as they fell, and there was shrapnel everywhere - this was old stuff, heavy. I was dragging my son inside as the third bomb fell. And I looked up, and I saw it on the horizon. It was just a silhouette, but it was immense. It just walked on, and on, and on. The bombs fell around it - one even began burning on its skin - but it just kept moving. It wasn't fast, either. It just plodded. Like some kind of automaton. It didn't even turn to look, it just stared straight ahead. Dead-eyed. Blank. Excerpt from leaked foreign policy briefing transcript - April 14, 20██ Austrian and Hungarian leaders have been in talks for some time, but today we received word of a military alliance with the intent of occupying certain Balkan and Eastern European nations, including Serbia, Ukraine, and Belarus… No word on whether Russia itself is a target… Rumors of German involvement are currently unconfirmed, but the recent civilian deaths in Nice may give them a common enemy in France… Exchange between GOC and Foundation Representatives - July 26, 20██ I propose a system that allows neither group to recreate the formula on their own - we cannot allow petty disputes to let this anomaly wreak further havoc. This thing - it's dragging us back towards another World War - back towards the conditions that caused the poem to be written in the first place. Yeats believed history was cyclical. If that's true, there's nothing we can do to stop it from getting to Sarajevo. We can only prepare for what happens when it gets there. And the only way we can protect ourselves is if we cooperate. So get over yourselves. Excerpt from missive from Foundation to German Chancellor: We understand the current situation in regards to the civil unrest within your nation has become untenable. We have recently come into possession of some large-scale treatments that will act as a mass conciliatory agent that will reduce tensions and allow for some semblance of order to be restored. We cannot guarantee more than three months' supply, so be judicious in your usage. Partial dosing over long periods of time is highly recommended. Excerpt from an address given by president of the Russian Federation before a failed drone strike on SCP-2574 The creature we have seen is an enigma. We have no conception of its goals, its thoughts, its intentions. We do not know if it thinks. We do not know if it feels, or hates, or wants. But if it endangers the lives of a single Russian citizen, it will be met with force. Forum post made on a site devoted to recording dreams of SCP-2574: i saw it again. well, him again. it was him, the poet, not…the thing, if that makes sense. he's trapped, he was begging me to set him free. he was sobbing, and his tears burned his face, and they burned mine. he called the falcons to him, i think, but he kept moving. he told me this was his punishment. this cycle. he wanted to stop moving. but he couldn't. he never, never could. and then he crushed me, beneath his paw, and he cried for me. and that's when i woke up. Excerpt from sermon from one of the many religious organizations created in the wake of SCP-2574's encounters with the public: Come to us and embrace your salvation! Discover the words of the prophet Yeats, who spoke the sacred truth that all of history is a spiral, and that we have spiraled outwards towards chaos! Learn the true nature of the Second Coming! We will teach you the cycle of time, and the road to the eternal ecstasy amidst the sins of the suffering! Give in not to degeneracy! Eschew your thoughts of the future! Know we are all as tides in an ocean, never forwards, never truly backwards! Embrace the widening gyre! Historical Documentation Excerpt from testimony of Gavrilo Princip Do you see it? The gyre? The spiral? It has been tightening, tightening, tightening for so long. Suffocating us. Restricting us. We are bound by its machinations, rendered immobile by its interminable bonds. All of life is straining against it, straining to be free. The spiral must move outward, outward to chaos, to life, to freedom! He was the apex, and the minute I put that bullet through his head, I liberated us. And now we may fall away, outward, into the primal heat, and wander, and roam again. I have saved us. I have set us free. Excerpts from Yeats' journal in the days before his death:7 December 23, 1938 I cannot bear the pull any longer. It is not just my mind, not anymore - it's my flesh itself, yearning, pulling away from my bones. I wake in the night and find myself facing towards that sacred place. There is a pilgrimage to be made. But what will I find at the end of it? Where will it take me? Every morning I wake up the the bombs whistling overhead? Is the war still on? It always is. In the papers, on the radio, the fires in the fields. They tell me it is 1938. They are lying. It is 1918. It has always been 1918. I cannot do this much longer. I held it off for as long as I could, you know I did. But they created me, the crowds, in all their folly and greed, they took me and shaped me like clay. Carved me like stone. They do not know what they did. The world of the spirit and the soul runs through me, and it howls. It reaching out its claws for us. We have abused each other and the land for too long, it must strike back. I see the disasters of the past and the tragedies of the future, and the monsters they create. Soon, I will be amongst them. January 2, 1939 Bethlehem bethlehem bethlehem. I must carry us to our end. I cannot do it. I cannot I cannot I cannot. But I walk in spirals when I am not thinking, and I smell the mustard gas wherever I go, and the skin on my back grows stony, and I fear what will happen if I do not follow. I must walk the spiral. I must. Please, why could you not pick another vessel! I am the chaos, I am the dying, I am the screams and the trenches and oh god it hurts. January 28, 1939 I'm here, now. Bethlehem. It's harder to write, to walk, to think. I cannot feel any part of me. I no longer need to blink - I stare into the sun without pain or fear. I'm so scared. I'm not human. Not anymore. I would scream when I look in the mirror if I cared. I hide, and I grow, and the falcons all swarm around my door. I'm losing myself. They will make me walk the spiral. The pull is still there, but it's fainter, and to a different place - Sarajevo. Cursed Sarajevo. Not again, please, I beg you, not again. But first, I must sleep. Sleep for decades. Complete the curse, change myself utterly. Into a beast. I can only hope I will have lost myself enough when I wake to be unaware. I am sorry. I am so, so sorry. I must walk the spiral. I must follow the path they lead me on. I smell the blood, hear the shouting, and always the scent of mustard gas. With their brutality, they will lead me back. Back to Sarajevo. Whatever chaos I cause - it is not my fault. It is only your own. I am only walking the spiral. You cleared the path, you will guide me through, and now I walk. I walk. SCP-2574 will reach its destination in approximately 1 month. Footnotes 1. DNA tests indicate species of origin to be the African lion 2. Approximately 6,000 at time of writing - birds that join the flock remain with SCP-2574 permanently. 3. The entity itself, not its effects 4. Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina 5. Due to the nature of SCP-2574, it has been conjectured that SCP-2574 was not the source of these effects, but was rather responding to them. Evidence for this theory comes from the occurrence of several international conflicts days before SCP-2574's first appearance. 6. Capital of Kazakhstan 7. There is no record of Yeats ever traveling to Bethlehem, nor of any strange behavior like that documented here, but handwriting, word usage and DNA tests from bloodstains in the pages all show Yeats as the author. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2574" by AbsentmindedNihilist, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2574. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. 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SCP-2575 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2575 Special Containment Procedures: Foundation assets embedded in the astronomical and star-gazing community are to conduct a standard Class 3 disinformation campaign, claiming SCP-2575 was placed into orbit by NASA in 1982 to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17. SCP-2575 is currently physically uncontained as a category 5c containment risk.1 Should any individual(s) observe SCP-2575 with enough frequency to identify its anomalous properties and make public that observation, a Class 2 disinformation campaign is to be implemented immediately, and the application of amnestics to the individual(s) who made the initial observation is authorized. Description: SCP-2575 is a sculpture constructed of a mixture of silt and clay following a Lissajous orbit around the Earth-Moon-L2 Lagrangian Point System. SCP-2575 frequently changes size and shape, but has never been observed at a size unable to fit within a 10m x 10m x 10m envelope. SCP-2575 undergoes intermittent physical restructuring, ranging from minor changes of external design details, to comprehensive overhauls of its structure. SCP-2575 has historically been observed as one of three basic2 types of sculptures, an apparent O'Neill Cylinder (SCP-2575-A, frequency 78%), a space launch vehicle, undergoing disassembly3 (SCP-2575-B, frequency 19%), or a human skeleton4 (SCP-2575-C, frequency 3%). SCP-2575 exhibits exceptional levels of detail, with Foundation flyby imaging indicating structural details on the sub micron scale. SCP-2575 is dormant for periods of 2-3 weeks between restructuring events. Restructuring events, where the mass of SCP-2575 will migrate into a new shape, occur over the course of approximately four days. In instances where SCP-2575 does not shift between its three identified unique structures, only minor changes to the shape exhibited by SCP-2575 will occur. SCP-2575 has exhibited steady signs of orbital decay as expected since its discovery in 1987. Following the completion of its pass by the L2 Lagrangian Point in 2084, SCP-2575 will have lost sufficient orbital stability to cause it to fall into the Earth's atmosphere (where it will presumably be neutralized) on January 28th of 2086. Addendum 2575-1: SCP-2575 has twice generated anomalous communications along low frequency radio waves. Both signals were transmitted over the course of precisely 13 seconds. The first transmission was received 17:03:48 UTC+0 11/01/2005, during the first recorded occurrence of SCP-2575-C: "-cause of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world, and as you [unintelligible] from the Sea of Tranquility, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and-"5 The second transmission was received 03:36:18 UTC+0 14/01/2039, immediately following a restructuring event from SCP-2575-B to SCP-2575-C: "-faith in and respect for our space program, and what happened today does nothing to diminish it. We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover thi-"6 Note that at both times of transmission SCP-2575 was in an exact line with The Earth, Moon, and L2, an event which is only expected to occur 3 times prior to the decay of SCP-2575's orbit (the final time occurring in 2071). The mechanism by which SCP-2575 generates these transmissions, and the significance of the Earth-Moon-L2 alignment, is currently unknown. Incident 2575-1: At 4:18:23 UTC+0 17/11/2028 SCP-2575 underwent a rapid restructuring event to SCP-2575-C over the course of 92 seconds, and exhibited animation7 intermittently for the following 4 hours. It immediately oriented itself toward the Tyson-Ambrough Launch Facility outside Kiruna, Sweden where the maiden voyage of the Gagnráðr II Space Launch System (Mission ID GSS-03) was slated to launch later that morning. At 7:04:00 UTC+0 SCP-2575 was seen to shudder rapidly, assume the fetal position, and turn away from Earth. 18 minutes later the Gagnráðr II solid rocket boosters ignited prematurely and the vehicle underwent catastrophic failure on the launch pad, all 4 astronauts on board and 5 members of the ground crew were killed. Footnotes 1. Category 5c Containment Risk: (5) Applicable to physically uncontained non-humanoid anomalous materials to which 2 of the following 3 clauses apply: Zero chance of civilian interaction (applies), Zero chance of civilian or industrial observation (does not apply), Subject to a proactive disinformation campaign with zero prior breach incidents (applies) (c) Applicable to non-humanoid anomalous materials expected to undergo reflexive neutralization without intervention within one century. 2. The details of each structure vary between restructuring events. 3. The Launch vehicle observed has taken many forms, but always bears a similarity to the NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter Design, the USSR/ФКА Soyuz Rocket Family, or the (currently conceptual) European Space Agency TSEA Modular Launch Vehicle. 4. SCP-2575-C has exhibited increasing amounts of damage each time it has formed, most recently showing comminuted fractures to the humerus, radius, and ulna of its left arm, complete absence of any structure below the femur, and transverse fractures to several bones of the ribcage. 5. An excerpt, delivered by an unknown individual, quoted from the message transmitted by President Richard Nixon to the Apollo 11 Astronauts during their landing in the Sea of Tranquility in 1969. 6. An excerpt, delivered by an unknown individual, quoted from President Ronald Reagan's address following the destruction of Space-Shuttle Challenger in 1986. 7. This is the only recorded instance of SCP-2575 engaging in movement outside of a restructuring event. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2575" by Patrick Whelan, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2575. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. 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SCP-2576 | euclid | SCP-2576 - Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Goat ▸ More by this Author ◂ {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} Memetic Inoculation Required By continuing to read this page, you agree to be memetically inoculated by a Class II memetic hazard so as to perceive the memetic entity described in this file. There is currently no way to undo this memetic inoculation. Individuals assigned to SCP-2576 are required to be inoculated. To be inoculated, please observe the image contained in this file, and read the caption beneath it. Personnel who are properly inoculated should be able to perceive the image as it is described in the caption. Contained within this image is a memetic entity that appears to be a multi-colored goat. Properly inoculated individuals should be able to perceive this goat. Item #: SCP-2576 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2576 and Joseph Abbasi are contained in a low-security dormitory at Area-12, and are under the jurisdiction of the Foundation Parazoology Department. Joseph Abbasi has expressed no desire to leave Area-12, and as such will likely sustain SCP-2576’s containment indefinitely. Research into SCP-2576’s status in the event of Mr. Abbasi’s death is ongoing. Description: SCP-2576 is a memetic non-entity, capable of being perceived only by humans who are aware of its perception by other humans. SCP-2576 resembles a small Capra aegagrus hircus, or common domesticated goat, whose outermost layer of skin and fur is a constantly shifting pattern of all colors of visible light. Despite its ability to be perceived by humans as an actual, physical entity, testing and video observation of SCP-2576 has concluded that it does not exist except as a memetic device within human minds. SCP-2576 usually acts like a typical domesticated goat, with several exceptions. SCP-2576 cannot interact physically with the world around it, and is capable of moving between walls and other solid objects. SCP-2576 does not appear to require sustenance, though can be perceived as attempting to eat grass or other plant life it encounters. SCP-2576 can communicate with humans, usually in their native tongue, but does not produce actual sound, instead projecting its voice as a memetic influence within a human mind. Individuals who hear SCP-2576 speak to them find it difficult to describe the voice they are hearing, and their descriptions usually conflict with each other. SCP-2576 self-describes as “Discordious, the Harbinger of Chaos”, and claims to be a powerful memetic entity that has become trapped within the form of a memetic goat by Joseph Abbasi (formerly SCP-2576-B), a goat herder from Zhob, Pakistan. Despite consistent testing on Joseph Abbasi that has been unable to produce any evidence that Mr. Abbasi exhibits any anomalous qualities whatsoever, SCP-2576 does not appear capable of existing in any form outside of a range of roughly 30m from Mr. Abbasi. While this seems to cause SCP-2576 a considerable amount of distress, since being contained by Foundation personnel SCP-2576 appears to have resigned itself to its current existence, preferring to spend its time acting like a goat and attempting to proselytize to Foundation personnel near Mr. Abbasi. Addendum 2576.1: Discovery SCP-2576 was discovered by Joseph Abbasi in 2009, and was shortly thereafter contained by Foundation personnel after reports of a ghostly creature haunting a Pakistani man were circulated on the internet. The following is an interview with Joseph Abbasi, shortly after his collection by Foundation personnel. SCP-2576’s dialogue was transcribed by an outside observer. [BEGIN LOG] Dr. Baqoori: So tell us about the night you first saw the goat. Mr. Abbasi: Well, you have dreamed about work, yes? I think most people have. I dream about goats sometimes; that is my work. So that night, I sleep later than usual, and restlessly. SCP-2576: Restless and filthy, the foul mind of a man. Restless because of the presence of Discordious, undoubtedly. Mr. Abbasi: Will you give it a rest for five minutes. (SCP-2576 is silent.) Thank you. In my dream, I saw the sky colored with the colors of the rainbow. Flashing across the sky, very bright. Then I saw something coming out of the sky, wrapped in the colors. It looked like an eye, but it was also many eyes, and it spun very, very quickly. When it looked at something, that thing was destroyed. Black lightning came down around me, striking and disturbing the ground. It was very uncomfortable, and it was not long before the eyes settled on me. Dr. Baqoori: What happened then? SCP-2576: An abomination! Blasphemy! Wretched fi— Mr. Abbasi: Pooki! Enough! (Mr. Abbasi slaps the entity, which despite its lack of physical presence reels from the strike and glowers at Mr. Abbasi from the corner of the room.) I named the goat Pooki. It does not like it very much, but I do not like being told about the wretched undulations of humanity’s sins while I am trying to sleep, Pooki. (Pauses) The monster in the sky settled its gaze on me, and for a moment I felt an intense heat. But then I remembered my goats, and was comforted. The next thing I knew, I had opened my eyes from my dreaming and Pooki was standing before me. He was very confused, I think. It took him some time before he settled down. Dr. Baqoori: You said earlier that others did not believe you at first. Mr. Abbasi: No… I don’t think other people can see Pooki until they are told he is there. They cannot hear him, either. He doesn’t seem to like this either, since he mostly likes to bother people. (Laughs) He was not always a rainbow goat. At first he was a regular goat, and several days later I found him looking like he looks now. He cannot do much, but he can make himself rainbow colored, so he did that. I think it was out of spite. SCP-2576: (Ranting) -and succumb to your bestial nature. Give in to your inhumanity. Embrace your lust for blood and metal. Eradicate the sc— Dr. Baqoori: Has the goat ever harmed you, or anyone else? Mr. Abbasi: No. You know he’s not really there, right? He’s not real. SCP-2576: -where I will ravage your very being and obliterate your pitiful essence, your suckling children will weep for merciful death after I- Mr. Abbasi: Pooki, go lie down. SCP-2576: I am Discordious, Harbinger of Chaos, and I will come for you, domesticated human sheep, petrified of true power. I taste blood and steel. YOU ARE UNDER ATTACK. (Pauses) But I will go lie down, as I desire to rest for a short time. (Glares at Mr. Abbasi and Dr. Baqoori) You would do well to tremble amongst yourselves while I slumber. Dr. Baqoori: Is it always like this? Mr. Abbasi: Usually. But he actually really enjoys being scratched behind the ears, if you can believe it. That usually calms him down. Oh, and oats. He loves oats. He can’t… he doesn’t actually eat them, you know. But he goes through the motions, and that seems to make him happy. Dr. Baqoori: Why do you think it looks like a goat? Mr. Abbasi: Well… I think wherever Pooki came from, he must have been a big deal. He came here expecting to be a big deal here too, but… how big a deal can something be if it can get trapped as a dream goat in a poor herder’s head? (Laughs) He’s funny, though. I don’t mind keeping him around. Better here as a goat than somewhere else that he could cause trouble, eh? [END LOG] Addendum 2576.2: Incident Log The following are recorded incidents between SCP-2576 and Foundation personnel. Any personnel who encounters SCP-2576 is encouraged to file a report with the SCP-2576 Research Team at Site-17. Incident ID: I.2576.1 Date: 09/13/2010 Location: Site-17 B-Wing Cafeteria Summary: Dr. Lauren Palmer was confronted by SCP-2576 during breakfast. SCP-2576 spoke fervently to Dr. Palmer about “undoing the vile aberrations of her unclean flesh”. SCP-2576 continued for several minutes before growing tired and falling asleep on the ground near Dr. Palmer’s table. SCP-2576 was shortly thereafter collected by Mr. Abbasi and returned to their containment quarters. Incident ID: I.2576.5 Date: 11/25/2011 Location: Testing Chamber W-303 Summary: SCP-2576 entered the wall of the testing chamber during routine testing of SCP-████. SCP-2576 remarked on “the frailty of this dismal existence” and “the absolution of truth that all wicked souls must face”. Became distracted by Dr. Moore’s laser pointer before eventually returning to Mr. Abbasi, who was undergoing a routine examination in the next room. Incident ID: I.2576.9 Date: 06/01/2012 Location: Asst. Director Sinclair’s Office Summary: SCP-2576 entered Asst. Director Sinclair’s office during a meeting between the Assistant Director, Director Aktus of Site-81, and Director Orwell of Site-63. SCP-2576 attempted to get the attention of the three directors in order to proselytize to them, but was ignored. After multiple attempts to interact with the directors, SCP-2576 became quiet for a time and watched the directors from the corner of the office. Some time later SCP-2576 approached Asst. Director Sinclair, who proceeded to scratch SCP-2576 behind the ears and offer it some oats, which it promptly was perceived to be seen eating. SCP-2576 reportedly wagged its tail throughout the exchange. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2576" by djkaktus, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2576. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. 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SCP-2577 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2577 Special Containment Procedures: Foundation web-crawlers and embedded personnel in the entertainment industry are to monitor for and prevent any distribution of SCP-2577. Copyrights have been registered under Foundation front corporations for this purpose. Mobile Task Force Alpha-4 (“Pony Express”) are to intercept all international shipments to individuals credited in SCP-2577 (See Document SCP-2577-Rho for a complete list) and confiscate any packages ostensibly originating from SCP-2577-A. All confiscated items should be treated as anomalous until confirmed otherwise. Per standing policy, all investigations into former GRU Division P revenue practices are consolidated under Foundation Intelligence Agency operation GOLD RUSH. Reconnaissance efforts to locate SCP-2577-A have been discontinued, pending IA approval. Description: SCP-2577 is a 2005 documentary series titled “Frozen Steel” occasionally appearing on streaming video services or small-scale physical media releases. SCP-2577 purportedly documents the operation and daily lives of the staff of SCP-2577-A, a decommissioning yard ostensibly located in ███████, Siberian Federal District, Russia, used for the disposal of military ships ranging in age from the early to mid-twentieth century. SCP-2577-A consists of a single central command tower and barracks surrounded by a ██ square km runway constructed from level, packed tundra. Ships are delivered to this runway through means never expressed in the documentary, arriving ballistically at speeds exceeding 900 km/h before violently embedding themselves in the runway. SCP-2577 goes to great lengths to describe the extreme danger faced by the individuals conducting recovery operations, who are responsible for stripping ships of valuable material, breaking down and scrapping their hulls, and, if possible, repairing the runway, under the constant threat of being in the path of one of over ███ new ships entering SCP-2577-A on a daily basis. The few ship names or designations displayed in SCP-2577 do not match any known vessels, and the rate of ships entering SCP-2577-A far outstrips both the documented decommissioning and construction of Russian military vessels. The following episode transcript, typical of SCP-2577, was retrieved from the █████ streaming video service. S01E04 Anton and Team Odin race against time to remove the flight deck from the perilously listing Admiral Nikolai Yezhov. Demolition charges may allow them to shed the dead weight and stabilize the hull, but failure could collapse the ship into unrecoverable slag. Meanwhile, Misha and Team Dva continue to lose men and equipment to the labyrinthine wreck of the hospital-ship Sankt-Iakov. All of their work comes to naught as the incoming submarine TK-455 collides with the converted freighter, reducing her to a shattered heap. SCP-2577 appears to have been funded, directed, and narrated by American actor Ron Perlman. Perlman is revealed in director’s commentary in a home blu-ray release to have a deep admiration and personal connection to SCP-2577-A, stating that he corresponds regularly with the operators, identifying rare items salvaged from the hulks and returning them free of charge. Perlman and other individuals credited in SCP-2577 have failed to provide any further information on the documentary, and have been amnesticized and released following interviews. In spite of Perlman’s stated ignorance of the project and lack of qualifications as an antiquarian, MTF Alpha-4 annually intercepts approximately ██ tons of assorted naval equipment addressed to him for appraisal. Notable confiscated objects are listed in Document SCP-2577-1. Aerial and satellite surveillance of the area believed to contain SCP-2577-A has proven inconclusive, and overland approaches have failed to locate the facility. Investigation into West Siberian steel production and former GRU-P revenue stream D-584 (Codename: Садко) is ongoing. Document SCP-2577-1: Items purportedly originating from SCP-2577-A Access documentation. Access granted. Object Description Disposition Object 2577-215-217 Iron chest containing one SA-18 "Grouse" man-portable surface-to-air missile. Warhead is constructed of precious materials in style of Peter Carl Fabergé. Payload has been replaced by one 4 cm iron needle suspended in empty canister. Stored in Site-76 Secure Armaments Wing. Object 2577-314-329 Fragments of maple wood and silver wire displaying workmanship and material appropriate to 12th-century CE stringed instruments. Stored at Site 77 pending discovery of additional items. AO-11824 (1-205) 205 uniform name plates (ranks and style circa 1915) crafted from gold/copper alloy. Plates are buoyant in water regardless of density. Remanded to Anomalous Object processing. AO-11825 One lacquered pinewood officer's door plaque. Sinks in water regardless of density. Remanded to Anomalous Object processing. Document SCP-2577-2: Select portions of the 19██ IA Report on Anomalous Revenue Practices in the GRU-P Level 3/2577 Clearance required. Please enter credentials. Access granted. By ██/██/19██, persistent surveillance of known GRU-P front organizations and operatives had demonstrated that any substantial, covert GRU-P financial transaction requires one or more parties to consult a copy of The Bylina as Collected by █. █. ██████, 18██, a collection of Russian folkloric sung epic poems. Continued difficulty in tracking GRU-P financial activity has led to several theories of the purpose of this volume, including: - Use in non-anomalous encryption techniques (e.g., book ciphers) - Use of the books to transport memetically camouflaged text - Use as a temporary inoculant to anti-memetic or cognition-spoofing text - Shared access point for interdimensional or retro-causitive information storage - Sympathetic thaumaturgic focus for anomalously concealed information based on thematically-relevant code-phrases - Thaumaturgic focus for anomalous fund creation This volume is known to contain an expanded number of common bylina, including: ████████████████████████ ███████████████████████████ Садко █████████████ (Page 17/35) Summary of selected Bylina (continued) ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ██████████████████████████████████████████████████ Садко (Sadko) The musician Sadko becomes a wealthy merchant through the aid of the Water Tsar, but refuses to pay tribute when his ships pass over the sea. His fleet is becalmed, and after casting lots Sadko is forced to give himself to the sea to save his sailors. Sadko is brought before the Water Tsar and Tsarina to settle an argument: Which is more valuable in Novgorod above, iron or gold? Sadko explains that iron is more valuable because it is necessary for daily life, enraging the Water Tsar. Sadko calms the Tsar by playing his gusli, but the Tsar’s wild dancing thrashes the oceans, causing many ships to be smashed upon the sea. █████████████ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ (Page 22/35) END SELECTED PORTIONS. Full report available from RAISA to personnel with GREAT GAME clearance. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2577" by Petrograd, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2577. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. 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SCP-2578 | keter | An instance of SCP-2578-A, taken from the e-mail account of [REDACTED] Item #: SCP-2578 Special Containment Procedures: Global email networks are to be monitored by the Foundation for indicators of SCP-2578-A. If the counter on a confirmed instance of SCP-2578-A reaches 24, a response team from MTF Iota-10 ("Damn Feds") is to be dispatched to the location of the corresponding instance of SCP-2578-B in no more than 10 hours. Over the last two hours, the team will monitor the situation and await further instructions. In addition, the response team will escort one D-class Foundation employee scheduled for termination ("The Scapegoat" for the purposes of Contingency 12-Azazel), along with ampules of low-grade hypnestics. In the case of an in-progress Impaler Event, the response team is to carry out Contingency 12-Azazel as soon as possible. Contingency 12-Azazel: Through the use of hypnestics, the response team will implant the scapegoat with artificial memories of assassinating SCP-2578-B. The scapegoat will be handed over to the law enforcement authorities of SCP-2578-B's government. In the case of an aborted Impaler Event, the instance of SCP-2578-B is to be detained and released after amnestic therapy. Due to the potential for civilians to communicate with SCP-2578-D, instances of SCP-2578-C are to be excised from global email servers upon detection. + 4/2578 clearance required - encryption key accepted At this time, due to its location and destructive potential, containment efforts of SCP-2578-D will focus on non-intervention and repeated attempts to negotiate. Description: SCP-2578 is the collective designation for a series of phenomena related to the deaths of at least 1██ human subjects since 1995. Prior to death, all victims (referred to as individual instances of SCP-2578-B) shared the following characteristics: SCP-2578-B was a political figure, or was due to hold office at a future date. SCP-2578-B intended to engage in all of the following political activities at a future date, and had the adequate military, financial, and political resources to do so: Ethnic cleansing The establishment, continuation, or reinstatement of government-sponsored slavery and/or child labor The violent suppression of peaceful protest and/or dissent War crimes against foreign powers The establishment of absolute control of the national press, media, and religion SCP-2578-B was relatively unopposed in these views by its constituents, and dissent or rebellion was curbed in such a way that, had the subject not died, all of its plans could have been successfully implemented. 72 hours prior to its death, the instance SCP-2578-B will receive a message, SCP-2578-A, on its primary personal e-mail client. The sender will only be identified by a set symbol1, shared with all instances of SCP-2578-A. The content of SCP-2578-A is consistent throughout all instances: SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS2 [subject's latitude and longitude] [a number, which is 144 in the first message] I never miss my mark. Abdicate and you will live. [This part of the message is then repeated in Spanish, French, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, Farsi, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Tagalog.] After 30 minutes, the message will be resent to SCP-2578-B, but the value of the second number will decrease by one. Once the number reaches zero, an Impaler Event will occur 72 hours after the initial SCP-2578-A. The corresponding SCP-2578-B can stop the countdown in a variety of ways, including: Resignation of their post, Rescinding any pending orders that correspond with the aforementioned political activities, Surrender to a war crimes tribunal or a resistance movement, and/or Suicide. Impaler events are characterized by the sudden appearance of a borehole in the targeted instance of SCP-2578-B, which usually begins at the top of the head and ends at the groin, though alternative locations, such as with SCP-2578-B-429, have been noted. Though these incidents bear evidence of a high-powered gunshot, no bullets have been recovered from these events, and the holes will appear even when the instance is on an airplane, underground, or in a building, with no damage to the surrounding area. SCP-2578-C refers to a set of emails sent to various politicians, civilians, and other human subjects after a successful or aborted Impaler Event. The content varies and can be personalized, but will usually include a declaration of victory and/or words of encouragement, such as this message sent to a synagogue scheduled to be bombed after the election of SCP-2578-B-429: [three-crescent symbol] is victorious. Ioan Lupescu successfully terminated 5/12/2009. Payment Due for Services Rendered: - Abandon your fears of tyranny. - Know that [three-crescent symbol] will always watch over you, [three-crescent symbol] will always protect you, and [three-crescent symbol] will always love you.3 [The entire content of this message is then repeated in Spanish, French, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, Farsi, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Tagalog.] + 4/2578 Clearance Required - encryption key accepted. SCP-2578-D is a metallic spacecraft approximately 3 meters in length. It has been identified as the source of all Impaler Events and SCP-2578-A and -C transmissions. Whether SCP-2578-D is a manned or unmanned spacecraft is unknown at this time. The origin of SCP-2578-D is unknown, but its design has been noted as similar to that of a horseshoe crab. This is believed to be an aesthetic design choice rather than to serve a definite purpose. Various painted decals of the triple-crescent symbol associated with SCP-2578-A and -C have been identified on its sides from satellite photography. The "tail" of SCP-2578-D can be positioned from three points of articulation. The tip of the tail contains what appears to be a projectile weapon system used to carry out Impaler Events. The mechanism behind this weapon is not currently understood. In addition to this weapon, it also contains an unknown amount of surface-mounted energy projection devices. (See incident-2578-1427 for more information) The location of SCP-2578-D varies as needed to carry out its objectives and avoid detection, but it will rarely descend lower than 4,000 km above the Earth's surface. The propulsion mechanism of SCP-2578-D is unknown. Addendum - Excerpts from the log of recorded SCP-2578-B instances: Designation Name, Title Impaler Event Notes SCP-2578-B-013 Radovan Karadžić, President of the Republika Srpska Occurred 4/19/1996 Note from Dr. Naismith: As of 7/21/2008, the current procedures are to take precedent over all former containment procedures. I'm sorry, framing D-class for killing politicians isn't pretty, but our "alternative medicine guru" cover-up after SCP-2578 caused the "disappearance" of Karadžić wasn't just unethical - it was silly. SCP-2578-B-326 Mohammad bin Salman, Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Aborted For a detailed list of the 230 aborted Impaler Events so far in Saudi Arabia, please refer to Document-2578-K. SCP-2578-B-429 Ioan Lupescu, President-Elect of Romania Occurred 5/12/2009 The borehole was discovered through Mr. Lupescu's chest. Eyewitness accounts claimed that approximately five minutes before the Impaler event, Mr. Lupescu grew increasingly agitated for unknown reasons and insisted on letting his 4-year-old daughter ride on his shoulders. + 5/2578 Clearance Required - encryption key accepted Incident 2578-1427: On 4/19/2016, after the aborted Impaler Event of SCP-2578-B-832, the Foundation used the computer terminals that received several instances of SCP-2578-C in China to triangulate the origin of the messages, leading to the discovery of SCP-2578-D. E-mail contact was established with SCP-2578-D by the Foundation shortly thereafter, requesting information about its origins. In return, SCP-2578-D sent the following: Very interesting! With regrets, I must ignore these irrelevant questions completely and thank you immensely for the indirect access to your database, which was very informative about the impasse I have reached in North Korea. For a while, it felt as if I were talking to a wall in the back-and-forth with Kim Jong-Un, but a bronze stele is close enough. It seems a more direct approach is needed for liberation. With love, [triple-crescent symbol] Two hours after the above message was received by O5 command, SCP-1427 was declared neutralized. Research into use of SCP-2578 as a means of neutralizing difficult to contain SCP objects, or SCP objects of political origin, is pending O5 approval. Incident 2578-1427 Timeline: 17:15: Containment staff of SCP-1427 terminated in a simultaneous Impaler Event without warning. E-mails of apologies sent to the containment staff's families from SCP-2578-D. 17:29: SCP-2578-D sighted in the stratosphere over Pyongyang, descending rapidly from high earth orbit. 17:31: SCP-2578-D infiltrates the containment area of SCP-1427 and begins direct bombardment with projected energy weapons on the ends of its tendrils. 17:32: 1427 sustains heavy damage and snaps in two. SCP-2578-D begins to retreat, apparently leaving the stele for neutralized. 17:34: As an apparent defense mechanism, SCP-1427 begins to exhibit higher-than-usual output of electromagnetic energy, causing irreversible psychological damage to all those who were previously under its control. 17:36: SCP-2578-D returns, latches onto both halves of SCP-1427, and rapidly ascends into high Earth orbit. 17:53: The two halves of SCP-1427 are seen by a Foundation satellite, drifting in the direction of the Sun. At 20:12, Dr. Naismith received the following message from SCP-2578-D: [three-crescent symbol] is victorious. Regrettably, I could not stop the stele from delivering its cowardly parting shot toward its slaves. Even so, their current plight is better than life as it had been only a day prior. I thank you for your assistance, friend. Also, I have sustained heavy external damage from expending this much energy in a short period of time, so if any tyrants come up while I'm in auto-repair for the next week, I'm afraid they'll have to wait a bit longer. Footnotes 1. The symbol appears to be three crescent shapes next to each other. 2. Latin, "thus always to tyrants." State motto of Virginia, also notable for its use in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. 3. This part of the message is present in some capacity in all instances of SCP-2578-C. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2578" by daveyoufool, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2578. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: sicsempertyrannis.jpg Name: sicsempertyrannis.jpg Author: daveyoufool License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2578 |
SCP-2579 | safe | A male instance of SCP-2579 performing the Nae Nae, a popular hip-hop dance, in an attempt to court a female instance. Item #: SCP-2579 Special Containment Procedures: All known instances of SCP-2579 are contained at Zoological Containment Site-282. They are to be housed in a large containment enclosure that adequately emulates a Pacific Northwestern forest. Food is to be placed in the enclosure twice daily. Description: SCP-2579 is a species of bear that is nearly identical to the Ussuri brown bear (Ursus arctos lasiotus), primarily found in Japan. Instances were originally discovered living near the Canadian/Washington state border, and seemed to have adapted to living in a Pacific Northwestern environment. SCP-2579 instances are generally non-anomalous, with diets and behavioral patterns being identical to normal bears; however, two anomalous properties exist within this species. The first property is in regards to mating behaviors during the breeding season. The second anomalous property is the formation and presence of a cybernetic device (labelled SCP-2579-1) in the brains of SCP-2579 instances. Male SCP-2579 instances are able to anomalously produce music. This is believed to originate from the cybernetic device within their brains; however, no specific means of amplification has been discovered. During breeding season, male instances will attempt to court females by playing music and harmonizing with it using guttural vocalizations in cadence with the current song. The music is noted to generally be songs popular in the United States, such as "Shake it Off" by Taylor Swift, "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" by Silentó, or "Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO. All of the songs played during mating rituals are from the current Billboard Top 100. Males will often attempt to perform dances associated with the songs being played. Occasionally two male instances will compete for the right to breed with a female instance. Instead of engaging in physical combat, instances will perform elaborate dance routines, with music accompanying the style of dance. SCP-2579 instances have been observed breakdancing, pop and locking, and krumping. Several instances have also been observed to perform fad dances, depending on the music playing. These dances have included the Nae Nae and Gangnam Style. SCP-2579-1 is a small device embedded in the brains of all adult instances of SCP-2579. The device naturally forms over time as instances grow. An instance of SCP-2579-1 has three primary components: a small solid-state storage drive, a wireless signal receiver, and the external cover. The cover is primarily made of a keratin-like substance. The storage drive and the wireless signal receiver appear to be made from bone, iron deposits, silicon, and [REDACTED]. SCP-2579-1 do not seem to impede SCP-2579 instances in any way. Due to SCP-2579-1's similar material composition to SCP-003, it is theorized that the two anomalies are related. The cover for SCP-2579-1 instances have "Grail's Zoo for Cybernetic Enhanced Bears" in raised lettering. There are several files present on the storage drive of the devices. These include a readme text file, several configuration files, and 100-150 songs in mp3 format. The songs are updated on a weekly basis, based on the current list of "Billboard Hot 100" songs. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2579" by MayD, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2579. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: bearbear.jpg Name: File:昭和新山熊牧場5.jpg Author: MiNe (sfmine79) さん License: CC BY 2.0 Source Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E6%98%AD%E5%92%8C%E6%96%B0%E5%B1%B1%E7%86%8A%E7%89%A7%E5%A0%B45.jpg |
SCP-2580 | safe | Scan of Document 2580-A Item #: SCP-2580 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2580 is to be stored in Small Objects Storage at Site-19. SCP-2580 is to be submerged in a sealed container filled with water, which is to be checked weekly for leaks. Document 2580-A is to be stored in the Site-19 physical archives. Physical access to SCP-2580 or Document 2580-A must be approved by a Level-3 researcher. Digital copies of Document 2580-A are to be made available to all Level-2580-1 researchers via Foundation servers. Description: SCP-2580 is a ████████ Brand three-fin model rocket measuring 31 cm, constructed of balsa wood and plastic. Its body has been spray-painted white, and the fins red, blue, and white. Assembly kits for models similar to SCP-2580 were in distribution between the years of 1965-1998 in the midwestern United States. SCP-2580's paint has suffered noticeable chipping, likely due to prolonged and irregular sun exposure prior to containment. The wood, alternatively, has demonstrated a near-complete resistance to heat, chemical, and water damage. Internal scans have shown that, when dry, SCP-2580 will either produce or receive a combination of carbon, sulfur, and potassium nitrate (similar to common black powder). The rate at which this occurs varies between ignitions, although rates of ██ mg per second have been occasionally observed. Once SCP-2580 has filled its fuel will spontaneously ignite, burning for a duration of roughly 12 seconds and (if not physically prevented) propelling itself forward. Show Addendum 1: Defunct Item Description (1965/11/29-2023/01/05) Hide Addendum 1: Defunct Item Description (1965/11/29-2023/01/05) The following is the item description used for SCP-2580 prior to its retrieval by Foundation personnel. Description: SCP-2580 is an unknown object currently situated in medium Earth orbit, and has been observed at lengths of roughly 79,600 and 110,800 km from Earth. It measures approximately 20-35 cm in length, and appears to possess an oblong shape. Due to its size and distance, the object cannot yet be identified, and has been observed by its occasional ignition and release of some chemical propellant. SCP-2580's means of storing or producing this propellant is unknown, as observed consumption under Foundation observation have been estimated at between ██ and ███ total kilograms. Periods during which SCP-2580 has not ignited have varied randomly, however duration of ignition has remained relatively constant (roughly 12 seconds). It will most often ignite when positioned away from the sun, however it is unknown whether this is by some purpose or by random chance. Show Addendum 2: Retrieval Log Hide Addendum 2580-2023/05/02-1: Retrieval Log Retrieval Log: SCP-2580 had been under Foundation observation since 1965/11/29, during which time it gradually increased its orbit around Earth. Contact with SCP-2580 was made at 21:50 UTC+0 on 2011/07/24 by a Foundation Low-Mass Orbital Retrieval and Reentry Unit (Unit Number LMR-105). Over the following 12 years, the object's orbit was gradually decreased by manipulating its rotation and manually igniting at specific orbital intervals. LMR-105 landed at 15:12 UTC+0 on 2023/04/29 with minimal damage to SCP-2580. SCP-2580 was promptly transported to Site-19 for study and containment. During disassembly of SCP-2580, Foundation personnel discovered a rolled piece of paper (designated Document 2580-A). Printed was a simple drawing of two people (one man and one young girl) standing forward near a building, at night. The man holds what appears to be SCP-2580 in his right hand, while the girl stands with her left hand raised. The drawing appears to have been made using colored markers, and has suffered minor bleaching. The opposite side contains a rough diagram of the Solar System, including the sun, the eight planets, dwarf-planet Pluto, and one shape crossed-out (presumably a first-attempt at drawing the sun). Earth has two arrows pointing towards it. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2580" by Zmax15, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2580. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: scp-2580.jpg Author: Zmax15 License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Wiki |
SCP-2581 | euclid | The aftermath of Incident SCP-2581-73, photographed in 20██ Item #: SCP-2581 Special Containment Procedures: As the originating cause of SCP-2581 has not been identified, pre-emptive containment of SCP-2581-X incidents is not presently possible. Containment personnel shall use operatives within Foundation-managed holding companies and analysis of conventional and social media to investigate reports of offensive or vandalized greeting cards for possible SCP-2581-X outbreaks. Confirmed incidents shall be contained through temporary closure of affected premises for the duration of anomalous effects, under the pretense of building maintenance or health code violations. Foundation-related holding companies with retail assets shall promote digital and social-media alternatives to physical greeting cards and encourage policies of gradual reduction of floor space dedicated to greeting-card sales, in order to reduce the number of possible vectors for SCP-2581. SCP-2581-41 is contained at Site-28 in a facsimile of a typical retail greeting-card aisle, which shall be kept stocked with greeting cards in sufficient quantities to sustain the incident. SCP-2581-41 shall be examined by research staff every eight hours to record the content of affected cards and measure the extent of the outbreak. Affected cards shall gradually be removed, incinerated and replaced with new cards in order to keep the proportion of affected cards below fifty percent at all times. Description: SCP-2581 is the phenomenon which generates incidents of SCP-2581-X, which are individually designated as SCP-2581-1 through SCP-2581-141 as of the date of this log (██/██/2014). While the originating cause of SCP-2581-X outbreaks is unknown, all incidents have been recorded in concentrations of commercial greeting cards that reach a certain critical mass; the smallest recorded incident was recovered from a department store in [REDACTED] containing approximately 2300 cards, while the largest occurred in a shipping warehouse owned by the [REDACTED] Corporation, which contained over 3.7 million cards. Incidents of SCP-2581-X are initiated when a single card spontaneously acquires a previously absent religious theme in the case of secular cards or adopts a different religious theme in the case of non-secular cards. Each incident of SCP-2581-X spreads themes related to a single religion, which is unique to that incident; each religion that has been recorded has not reappeared in any future incident. Early outbreaks of SCP-2581 primarily featured faiths with a history of religiously themed greeting cards, proselytizing traditions, and living practitioners. However, later outbreaks have increasingly featured religions that lack some or all of these traits, including several religions that do not correspond to any belief system known to exist in human history. Affected cards retain many basic traits of the original card, such as the general subject or event commemorated, the language and script of any text, and the style and scale of artwork. Unaffected cards positioned close to an affected card will undergo conversion to the religion adopted by the initial affected card. Conversion requires a period of uninterrupted proximity or line of sight to an affected card ranging from an observed minimum of twelve minutes to a maximum of six hours, after which transformation is instantaneous. This process proceeds in order of physical proximity; cards will convert their immediate neighbors before affecting more distant cards. In the absence of immediate neighbors, cards will convert any card within line of sight. Conversion distance is extremely limited without a direct line of sight, with an observed maximum of 1.2 meters. Approximately 48 hours after exhausting all avenues of further conversion, all affected greeting cards spontaneously disappear. Attempts to identify the destination of affected cards with embedded tracking beacons have produced no results. A small proportion (roughly one in two thousand) of greeting cards are unaffected by SCP-2581 and are left behind by the disappearance of affected cards. Research is ongoing to identify common factors present in cards that have demonstrated immunity to SCP-2581-X outbreaks. SCP-2581-41 is an incident contained on ██/██/20██, in a ██████ gift shop in [REDACTED], United Kingdom, after a customer complaint alerted a Foundation agent posted in a senior management position at ██████ for observation of [DATA EXPUNGED]. Foundation operatives closed the shop and secured all greeting cards present in the store. The confiscated cards were airlifted to SCP-2581-41's current containment location at Site-28, during which 92% of cards were found to contain messages relating to the traditional religion of the Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast. Addendum: +Partial Incident Log SCP-2581-X-03 -Hide Incident: SCP-2581-13 Sample Card 01 Initial Message: A photograph of an open Bible - "Congratulations! On Your Confirmation" Sample Card 01 Final Message: A photograph of an open Torah scroll - "Congratulations! On Your Confirmation" Sample Card 02 Initial Message: Outside: A gold outline of a rose - "In Deepest Sympathy" Inside: A gift card for groceries from ████████ Stores - "Our hopes are with you in this difficult time." Sample Card 02 Final Message: Outside: A gold outline of a rose wrapped around a Star of David - "In Deepest Sympathy" Inside: A gift card for kosher groceries from ████████ Stores - "Our prayers are with you in this difficult time." Sample Card 03 Initial Message: Outside: A 1960s-era vintage photograph of two bikini-clad teenage girls on a beach - "Wish You Were Here…" Inside: "Greetings from ████ ███████, Florida!" Sample Card 03 Final Message: Outside: A 1960s-era vintage photograph of two teenage girls on a beach, dressed in concealing bathing suits conforming to Haredi Orthodox Jewish codes of modesty. A fully clothed older man who appears to be the girls' father watches them from nearby - "Wish You Were Here…" Inside: Identical message Incident: SCP-2581-52 Sample Card 01 Initial Message: Outside: A cartoon image of a house in a giant cardboard box with silhouettes visible inside the windows - "Congratulations on your New Home!" Inside: No Image - "Best Wishes for Unpacking!" Sample Card 01 Final Message: Outside: A cartoon image of a house in a giant cardboard box with silhouettes, angled to make the home's fireplace visible - "Congratulations on your New Hearth!" Inside: A cartoon image of Vesta, Roman goddess of the hearth, holding a traditional cooking kettle over a fire. A socket is present where the sender may insert their own photograph instead of Vesta's face - "May it Always Burn Bright!" Sample Card 02 Initial Message: Outside: A gold outline of the constellation Aquarius - "Your Fortune is Clear…" Inside: "You're going to do great things this year! Happy Birthday Aquarius!" Sample Card 02 Final Message: Outside: A gold outline of a slaughtered sheep with its liver removed and prominently displayed - "The Omens are Clear…" Inside: "Your fate is great this year! Happy Birthday!" Sample Card 03 Initial Message: An oil painting of a staircase set into the clouds ascending toward an archetypical Abrahamic image of Heaven - "If tears could build a stairway / and memories a lane / I'd walk right up to Heaven / and bring you home again" Sample Card 03 Final Message: An oil painting of an idyllic natural landscape. The land appears well lit, but the sky is dark and lacks a sun or clouds - Identical poem, except that the third line reads "I'd journey to Elysium" Incident: SCP-2581-116 Sample Card 01 Initial Message: Outside: A young father teaching his young son to fish in a boat - "To my Dad and Best Teacher" Inside: The same father and son, aged twenty years older, fishing in the same boat - "Now and Forever" Sample Card 01 Final Message: Outside: A young father teaching his young son how to use a puppet - "To my Dad and Best Teacher" Inside: The same son, aged twenty years older, but without the father. A skeletal, translucent figure resembling the father moves the son with puppet strings from above - "Now and Forever" Sample Card 02 Initial Message: Outside: A cartoon of an old woman winking - "You know you're getting old…" Inside: A cartoon of a wineglass, confetti, and several cats - "So live it up!" Sample Card 02 Final Message: Outside: A cartoon of an old woman pointing directly at the reader - "You know you're getting old…" Inside: A black-and-white image of a cast iron gate - "So what are you still doing here?" Sample Card 03 Initial Message: A pastel image of a little girl running to her mother - "Happy Fifth Birthday to a Mother's Joy!" Sample Card 03 Final Message: A black and white image of several children running to a tall, hooded white figure silhouetted against a black cloud - "Only Twenty-Five Years Left to Wait!" ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2581" by Kandarin, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2581. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: LoneCardSmall.jpg Author: Kandarin License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Wiki |
SCP-2582 | safe | Item #: SCP-2582 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2582 is contained in its original place of discovery. The business has since been retrofitted with standard containment procedures. SCP-2582 is unable to be moved and a secure perimeter has been set up around its center of effect. The area inside of the store has been partitioned, and the perimeter is monitored by surveillance cameras. Two armed guards with concealed weapons and incapacitating agents must be posted in the inside front of the main entrance at all times. Description: SCP-2582 is a phenomenon taking place in an area roughly encompassing the men’s restroom at a sports bar in Raleigh, North Carolina that causes individuals to visualize a static, circular, and flat grey surface in their mind. All human subjects placed in the area report immediately seeing this image when their eyes are closed. The image is also reportedly visible in dreams, superimposed over their typical dream. Those subjects placed for testing report the surface of SCP-2582 to be a specific size; commonly reported is the object covering roughly two thirds of their ‘mind’s eye’. Subjects will sometimes hear the sound of human speech, shuffling noises, drills, bandsaws, objects being moved, and most commonly the sound of whistling. This effect is designated as SCP-2582-A and manifests as long as there is an individual in SCP-2582’s area of effect. An outside observer can hear the noise if adjacent to SCP-2582 and otherwise unaffected by SCP-2582’s primary effect. The voice of SCP-2582-A sounds as if it belongs to an elderly man. Addendum A: Upon Testing Event 045 the object is awaiting reclassification and revision of effects. Test Event 2582-045: Dr. Breen: Please close your eyes and tell me what you see. D10293: Woah. It’s just like you said. It’s round and grey. Dr. Breen: Nothing else you can tell me? D10293: It’s big. Woah. That’s nuts! Whistling is heard in the room. Dr. Breen: Anything else? D10293: Nah doc… Well, well wait. There’s a little circle inside of the big circle. Dr. Breen: Interesting. Please continue. D10293: Woah. The big circle is getting smaller. The little circle is the same size. Dr. Breen: … D10293: Big circle is getting smaller… Little circle is the same size. Wait bigger- An extremely loud metallic tapping noise is heard in the room, sounds of an elderly man humming. D10293 begins screaming loudly. D10293: What the fuck! An extremely loud crash is heard in the room. A large, pointed, cylindrical gray object similar in appearance to a nail erupts out of the center of D10293’s forehead. The object wiggles and recedes back into D10293’s skull. Researcher's Notes: The object appears to have extended from and severed the pineal gland. I and other presiding researchers are of the opinion that there is a hammer somewhere that we need to locate. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2582" by faminepulse, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2582. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2583 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2583 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2583 is kept in a hermetically sealed steel room measuring 4 meters on a side. This room is to only be accessible by an airlock system outfitted with multiple air purification systems, in order to minimize the introduction of additional particulates to the containment chamber. Any personnel entering the chamber must wear BSL-4 biohazard suits in order to not provide shed hair or skin cells to SCP-2583. The chamber is to be connected to a capacitor bank capable of briefly electrifying the interior surfaces of the chamber as needed for deterrence purposes. 0.25 kilograms of dust and fine sand measuring 35-50 microns in size are allowed in the chamber, for use by SCP-2583. The interior is monitored using fiber optic cameras embedded in the walls, ceiling, and floor, so as to record as much detail as possible of the structures created by SCP-2583. Description: SCP-2583 is a mobile, sentient structure made of dust. Its baseline form masses 1.7 grams and measures 3.7 centimeters in height. Its form is somewhat indistinct due to its composition, but is roughly humanoid, with four strands of dust representing limbs extending from a central strand which terminates in a spheroid made of dust.1 SCP-2583 is able to manipulate electrostatic charges up to 1 meter from it via unknown means in order to create other structures made of dust and fine granular substances. This ability is capable of affecting particles up to 100 microns in size, with a preference for particles in the range of 20-50 microns in size. Structures have been observed to extend up to 3.1 meters in freestanding height. Structures created by SCP-2583 are extremely resistant to deformation by outside forces and individual strands of dust or other particulates possess a tensile strength approximately 250 times greater than that of spider silk. The electrostatic charges maintaining these structures can be disrupted by a brief electric pulse. SCP-2583 was initially observed to only create the frameworks of simple geometric structures such as cones, pyramids, and cubes, but has progressed to more complex structures since being contained. Current structures include complex three-dimensional fractals, replicas of the building in which it was initially discovered, and humanoids with the same body plan as itself. When creating a humanoid, SCP-2583 typically spends triple the time creating it as it would spend on creating another structure of comparable size. Once it has completed a humanoid, it will remain within 10 centimeters of it for between 20 and 30 hours, after which it will negate the electrostatic charges keeping the humanoid together. SCP-2583 separates the remains of these humanoid structures and does not reuse the dust. To date, none of the humanoids created by SCP-2583 have displayed independent mobility. Footnotes 1. Similarity between SCP-2583 and SCP-1352 has been noted. Investigation into whether the two phenomena are variations of the same effect, or if one propagated the other, is ongoing. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2583" by Drewbear, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2583. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2584 | safe | Item #: SCP-2584 Special Containment Procedures: Five instances of SCP-2584 are to be kept in a warm, dry enclosure of appropriate size in the Parazoology wing of Area-12. When an instance of SCP-2584 undergoes binary fission, one of the offspring is to be euthanized and disposed of. Description: SCP-2584 is a species of snake that has been classified Oxyuranus ouroboros. SCP-2584 is closely related to the species Oxyuranus microlepidotus, from the genes of which it may have been engineered. SCP-2584 is solid brown in coloration, and approximately 7cm to 10cm in thickness. SCP-2584 has no head or tail as its body forms a continuous closed loop. Otherwise, SCP-2584’s tissue and anatomy is completely normal, save for its circular spine, circulatory system, and digestive tract. SCP-2584 is able to achieve locomotion, but has no brain, sense of sight, hearing, taste or smell, and thus is only capable of reflexive movements to flee from danger after injury or move towards warmer areas. Otherwise, instances tend to remain still or spin in place. As SCP-2584 can neither eat nor breathe, the source of SCP-2584’s energy is unknown. The digestive tract of SCP-2584 cycles the same matter continuously, but is somehow able to gain metabolic energy with each cycle without expending any of the nutrients. SCP-2584 grows in length at a rate of approximately 1.4cm per week, and the contents of its digestive system have been found to increase in proportion to its size. When SCP-2584 reaches a length of around 220cm, it undergoes asexual reproduction. The process begins with SCP-2584 spasming to cause half of its body to form a half twist, assuming a figure eight posture. Then, over the course of 2-3 days, the overlapping portions of SCP-2584’s body will shed its scales and dermal layers at the place of contact, and eventually become adjoined. Finally, over the course of 7-9 days, the internal anatomy of the adjoined area will modify to form two distinct loops, and SCP-2584 will separate into two distinct organisms of half the length. This reproduction takes place approximately once every eighteen months. As this method of reproduction introduces no genetic variation, all instances of SCP-2584 are clones. Addendum 2584-1: Due to SCP-2584’s abundance, harmlessness, and ease of maintenance, the Department of Parazoology has decided to allow a limited number of Area-12 personnel to apply to obtain instances of SCP-2584 to keep as on-site pets. Owners must properly enclose and supervise their instances, turn in one of the offspring upon fission, and promptly report any unusual behavior. This is a privilege that may be revoked without warning at any time. Addendum 2584-2: On 7 Nov 2014, Dr. Jept reported that his pet SCP-2584 was reproducing strangely. The specimen was returned to the Parazoology wing for observation. After division was complete, it was clear that the two daughter specimen underwent fission in such a way that they ended up linked. Both specimens were kept alive for study. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2584" by llama66613, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2584. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2585 | euclid | K2. Item #: SCP-2585 Special Containment Procedures: Due to the infrequency of human contact with SCP-2585, containment for the phenomenon is largely self-imposed. The Foundation will operate through various front agencies to minimize climbing attempts of K2 during periods of SCP-2585 activity, and all deaths attributed to it are to be declared a result of avalanche or weather conditions. Terrestrial and satellite observation of K2 is to be maintained continuously. As the nature of SCP-2585 remains unclear, containment procedures are to be considered tentative, however, due to the largely static behavior of the phenomenon, modification of said procedures in the foreseeable future is unlikely. REVISION: ██/██/1991: Due to the results of Exploration C, and the shortage of Foundation personnel with the appropriate mountaineering experience, active explorations of K2 during periods of SCP-2585 activity are presently suspended. REVISION ██/██/1995: During each detected SCP-2585 manifestation, one (1) Mummery-Class drone operated by a Level-2 engineer at Outpost-2585 is to ascend the mountain and confirm the presence of SCP-2585-1. In the event that SCP-2585-1 is not detected within 48 hours of the drone clearing the 7000m mark, or SCP-2585-1 is confirmed as neutralized, one (1) D-Class personnel will be allotted to Outpost-2585 and Contingency-Mīrāth will be executed (Level 2 or higher personnel may see Document-2585-Mīrāth for details). Description: SCP-2585 is a cloud known to manifest in the vicinity of K2 in Pakistan. The cloud, upon appearing, will enshroud K2 entirely, obscuring the mountain's surface. SCP-2585 does not visibly differ from normal cloud cover, but is detectable by the spontaneity of its onset and the unusually high atmospheric pressure within it. Regions affected by SCP-2585 experience volatile meteorological and topographical disturbances, none of which are observable from outside the cloud cover. SCP-2585 manifestations may occur at any time, and there is no determined pattern to these occurrences. SCP-2585-1 is a humanoid entity which, to date, has been encountered by all individuals who attempt to climb K2 during SCP-2585 manifestations. The entity is equipped with an Apollo/Skylab A7L spacesuit, which entirely conceals their characteristics, and is roughly 2 meters in height. When encountered, SCP-2585-1 has been observed to travel the surface of K2 on foot as well as levitate via unknown means. The entity has never communicated verbally, but may have attempted to do so through body language (see exploration logs). The motivations of SCP-2585-1 are unclear; presently it is not even known whether the entity is sentient. SCP-2585-1 has never been observed except by individuals inside SCP-2585's cloud cover, and has only been encountered at altitudes above 7km. SCP-2585 was discovered by the Foundation in 1984, thirty years after the first successful ascent of K2. Since its discovery, SCP-2585 is believed to be responsible for at least ██ of the known 80 deaths on the mountain. During that time, a number of disappearances have been reported in the region of Karakoram surrounding K2. These disappearances total at ██ civilians and █ aircraft, and have all occurred during periods of SCP-2585 activity. While no direct link to SCP-2585 has been determined, the incidents have been covered up to avoid drawing attention to the anomaly. Three explorations of K2 have been conducted by Foundation operatives during SCP-2585 manifestations. Due to the conditions inherent to SCP-2585, low visibility on the mountain is a consistent hindrance. For full information on these explorations, please see below. Clearance 2585/2 Exploration A Exploration B Exploration C Clearance 2585/3 Executive Brief, Investigative Report "Orpheus" ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2585" by Anborough, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2585. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: 800px-K2,_Mount_Godwin_Austen,_Chogori,_Savage_Mountain.jpg Name: File:K2, Mount Godwin Austen, Chogori, Savage Mountain.jpg Author: Athn License: CC BY 2.0 Source Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:K2,_Mount_Godwin_Austen,_Chogori,_Savage_Mountain.jpg |
SCP-2586 | euclid | SCP-2586 Item #: SCP-2586 Special Containment Procedures: UPDATED 2017-02-25 SCP-2586 is kept in a full-body restraint at all times, with exceptions for nutrition and hygienic concerns. SCP-2586 must be closely supervised at all times when allowed to use its hands; should it make any motion not directly relevant to the task at hand, it must be incapacitated via electroshock weapon immediately. SCP-2586 has a Standard Risk Rating of 03/09/13. Any public commentary regarding name changes effected by SCP-2586 is to be suppressed. When appropriate, affected individuals should be removed from the public eye. Description: SCP-2586 is a human male, roughly 35 years of age at time of writing. Its chest bears a tattoo reading "Mr. Literal Serial Killer, by Gamers Against Weed". SCP-2586 is able to effect global, instantaneous alteration of the name of any person: all extant documentation of the target will be altered to a particularly unfitting form, while all individuals who knew the target's original name will become aware of the new name. While subjects are aware of the denotations of the new name, all connotations of the original name are preserved; typically, subjects will not have any particular emotional reaction to the new name, even when it would normally be disturbing or amusing. The exception to this effect is the target, who will react as expected to their change in name. SCP-2586 can activate this ability by miming the use of an implement to commit a violent action against the target. Targets are affected in a manner appropriate for the implement mimicked: by pretending to wield a rifle, SCP-2586 can affect targets instantaneously from a range of several hundred meters; when it pretended to empty a bottle into a jug of water, all subjects who subsequently drank from the jug were affected, etc. While SCP-2586 can understand written and spoken English, it has not attempted verbal communication at any point. It will attempt to escape containment when given the opportunity. It is apparently unaware of the nature of its anomalous properties, and will act as though it has the ability to access and operate genuine weapons; escape attempts thus pose minimal risk to personnel. SCP-2586 has not cooperated with any request or directive except under duress. Recovery: SCP-2586 was initially detained on October 19th, 2016 at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas while attempting to attend the ongoing presidential election debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. It activated its anomalous properties on several security personnel attending the event, and attempted to sneak past during the resultant confusion. After SCP-2586 was found to be unarmed, it was remanded to the Las Vegas Police Department. It affected seven police officers before Foundation personnel embedded in the department correctly assessed and neutralized the threat. Addendum: At time of recovery, SCP-2586 had a copy of the following document on its person. Holy Heck! You've just found yourself your very own Mr. Literal Serial Killer by Gamers Against Weed! The working title was "Mr. Empathy". Who is Dr. Annoymaker? Find them all and become Mr. Gamer! 01. Mr. Literal Serial Killer ✔ 02. Mr. Infinite Swag 03. Mr. Socialist 04. Mr. Difficult Choice 20. Mr. Weed Number 21. Mr. Debatably Valuable Qualities 22. Mr. Unfortunate Coincidences 23. Mr. Sue 24. Mr. Coming Up 25. Mrs. Down-To-Earth 26. Ms. Reasonable Priorities 27. Mr. Popular 28. Mr. Stranger (rebooted) 29. Mr. Singularity 30. Mr. CK 31. Ms. SALT 32. Mr. Professional 33. Mr. Has It All 34. Mr. Dumb and Mr. Dumber 35. Mr. Suspense Addendum: In February of 2017, SCP-2586 began to exhibit digestive upset and abdominal pain, which an examination identified as symptoms of appendicitis. An appendectomy was performed on 2017-02-16 without issue. Shortly after SCP-2586 was returned to its containment cell, its anomalous properties activated, affecting 134 personnel in and near the medical bay where its procedure was performed. A review of surveillance footage indicates that SCP-2586 had, over the course of several months, covertly mimed the construction of an explosive device in its cell.1 SCP-2586 avoided intervention from security personnel by spending no more than two seconds at a time constructing the "device". It then pretended to plant the device in the aforementioned medical bay, and activate it while recovering from surgery. Recommending 24/7 restraint of SCP-2586. The emotional impact of this incident has caused a noticeable decline in productivity and morale at Site-17, not to mention the expenses associated with information suppression. Another incident of this nature is unacceptable.- Researcher Louis Cannon Approved.- Site Director Roland Joints Footnotes 1. This suggests that SCP-2586 is aware of personnel's inability to observe the "weapons" it creates. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2586" by Communism will win, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2586. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: ted-bundy.png Name: File:Richard Murphy mug shot.jpg Author: U.S. Marshals Service License: public domain Source Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Murphy_mug_shot.jpg |
SCP-2587 | safe | Item #: SCP-2587 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2587 is contained in a submerged 30 x 30 x 15 meter containment chamber at Marine Site-05. Due to SCP-2587's diet, ocean water is allowed to flow through SCP-2587's containment chamber for feeding purposes. All water that flows through SCP-2587's containment chamber is to be stored in a tank. This water is to be sampled and tested for any foreign material before it is allowed to return to the ocean. SCP-2587 is to undergo weekly ultrasound examinations, and any changes in behavior are to be reported to the current project head. SCP-2587-A8 and SCP-2587-B are kept in standard humanoid containment chambers and are to undergo weekly psychological examinations. Description: SCP-2587 is an amorphous organism with a length of 20 meters and a height of 10 meters. The object is composed of human tissue with no known pattern of distribution encased in a continuous epidermis and dermis. All attempts to penetrate the dermis have been unsuccessful, but the epidermis may be damaged through conventional means. Undifferentiated tissue makes up approximately 80% of the object's mass and is currently believed to act as insulation or protection. The remaining 20% of SCP-2587 is taken up by the object's digestive system. This system consists of multiple esophagi connected to patches of the object's skin. These patches of skin can be moved around the object to face the current and are used to gather nutrients through filter-feeding and absorption of small animals. Notably, the amount of matter SCP-2587 ingests is not enough to sustain an organism of similar size. It is possible that this is due to the organism's simplicity, though the possibility of additional anomalous effects has not been ruled out. The esophagi lead into a central chamber that acts as the object's stomach. 15 chambers are connected to the stomach by additional esophagi. Each of these chambers holds an instance of SCP-2587-A. SCP-2587-A refers to 16 humans. 15 SCP-2587-A instances are contained within the secondary chambers of SCP-2587, with SCP-2587-A8 having been released (See Addendum 2587-02). SCP-2587-A is comprised of ten males (SCP-2587-A1 through A10) and six females (SCP-2587-A11 through A16) of varying age. All instances are either pubescent or post-pubescent. SCP-2587-A instances are kept in stasis and fed through an umbilical cord that draws nutrients from the stomach of SCP-2587. Instances will occasionally make simple movements such as bending their limbs or clenching and unclenching their hands. As of 8/13/12, SCP-2587-A8 is the only recovered instance. SCP-2587-B is an adult female human which is a genetic match to SCP-2587.1 SCP-2587-B identifies as Martha Fern, who was reported missing in 2007 and was recovered shortly after by the UIU. Subject possesses multiple injuries that it claims were caused by extraterrestrial abduction. SCP-2587-B possesses a large wound on her abdomen which had been cauterized prior to capture. Subject also possesses multiple wounds on her thighs indicative of skin removal. Addendum 2587-01: Interview with SCP-2587-B Access interview 2587-B-01 Access Granted. Welcome Dr. Thomas Mire. Interview 2587-B-03 Interviewer: Dr. Avery Finch, on-site psychologist Interviewee: SCP-2587-B Foreword: Interview was conducted to acquire more detail on SCP-2587-B's claims of alien abduction. Interview has been translated from Polish. Dr. Finch: Please state your name for the record. SCP-2587-B: Martha Fern. Dr. Finch: Could you describe what you experienced during your supposed abduction? SCP-2587-B: Sure. Where should I start? Dr. Finch: On the night that you were abducted. SCP-2587-B: Okay. So I just got home, it was about eleven o'clock at night. I get ready for bed and I go to sleep just like any other evening. When I wake up, I'm lying on something hard and flat, and everything around me is dark. Dr. Finch: Could you make out any details? SCP-2587-B: No, it was too dark. Dr. Finch: Do you remember anything? SCP-2587-B: Yeah, I remember being in there for hours. It was like my c-section, but worse. I felt everything happening to me, but none of it hurt. I did feel something wet touch me several times. After a while, someone lit a blowtorch and I saw them. Dr. Finch: Them? SCP-2587-B: Giant blue blobs with people inside. They were the ones operating on me. They cauterized their incision, put me under, and then I woke up in the woods. Dr. Finch: Are there any other details you remember? SCP-2587-B: No, that's all. Dr. Finch: Thank you SCP-2587. That will be all. [END LOG] Addendum 2587-02: Incident 2587-01 During an ultrasound examination on 9/17/12, one of SCP-2587's secondary chambers began moving away from the center of SCP-2587. After three minutes of movement, a section of SCP-2587's epidermis opened up where the chamber containing SCP-2587-A8 had made contact with it. SCP-2587-A8's umbilical cord was severed, and the unconscious instance was deposited outside of SCP-2587. A diving team was sent in and the instance was recovered without incident. Post-incident examination revealed the presence of a currently-unidentified blue fluid within the water that is believed to originate from SCP-2587. SCP-2587-A8 identifies as Adam Smith, a resident of Washington D.C. that went missing in 2008. Aside from an MARS2 score of 8/10, SCP-2587-A8 does not display any unusual characteristics. An interview with the subject can be found in Addendum 2587-03. Addendum 2587-03: Interview with SCP-2587-A8. Access Interview 2587-A8-02 Access Granted. Welcome Dr. Thomas Mire. Interview 2587-A8-02 Interviewer: Dr. Avery Finch, on-site psychologist Interviewee: SCP-2587-A8 Dr. Finch: Please state your name for the record. SCP-2587-A8: Adam Smith. Dr. Finch: Describe your experiences leading up to your entry into SCP-2587. SCP-2587-A8: So I went to bed one night. Nothing unusual, just a normal evening. I go to sleep, and I wake up in some cell wearing a hospital gown. Dr. Finch: Could you describe the interior of the cell? SCP-2587-A8: Dark. Really dark and really cold. Floors felt like concrete, and there was a cot in the corner that I woke up on. I waited for about ten minutes before I hear the door open. I hear this squishing sound get closer to me before I feel something wet grab my arm and pull me into the hallway. There was a bit more light out there and I managed to get a better look at the thing. Dr. Finch: Could you describe the entity? SCP-2587-A8: Yeah. It was giant mass of flesh about twice my size. Clear, but with a blue tint. I could see a man in the center with his head hung. He had his arm pointed towards me, and his fist was clenched. Dr. Finch: Was there anything else in the hallway? SCP-2587-A8: Yeah, a bunch of people chained together. These ones were in gowns like me. The blob puts me at the back of the line and leads us down the hall. He gets a couple more people and chains them to me. I think there were about ten to twenty of us in total. Dr. Finch: Go on. SCP-2587-A8: So the thing leads us to a room and I get my first glimpse of that…thing. Dr. Finch: SCP-2587. SCP-2587-A8: Yes. It looked different back then, though. It didn't have any skin, and it was a lot smaller. The blob unchains the first person in line and shoves her into the mound. The thing grows a bit and spits out her gown after a couple of seconds. He does the same thing with everyone else. I remember getting pushed into the mound, and my memory after that is fuzzy. Dr. Finch: What is the next thing you clearly remember? SCP-2587-A8: Surprisingly, I had a couple moments I can remember quite well. I remember being in absolute darkness, unable to breathe. I kept hearing these whispers telling me to do things. Dr. Finch: What were you told to do? SCP-2587-A8: Simple things. Kick, curl up, nod your head, and others like that. I was too scared to do anything, so I just stayed perfectly still. This went on for a while, and then I woke up here. Dr. Finch: You seem quite calm given your recent experiences. SCP-2587-A8: I guess I'm just glad to be out in one piece. Everybody else is still in there, yet I was lucky enough to escape. I must be doing something right. Dr. Finch: That's all for today. Thank you for your time. SCP-2587-A8: No problem. [END LOG] Footnotes 1. DNA samples were recovered from the Unusual Incidents Unit, who had SCP-2587-B in custody due to her involvement with UIU Casefile 2008-007. 2. Mind-Affecting Resistance Scale ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2587" by TomatointheMirror, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2587. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. 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SCP-2588 | euclid | close Info X SCP-2588: The Collective Consciousness of Arthur H. Jones Author: weizhong + More articles by weizhong - Hide list SCPs SCP-2006 Rating: 2007 SCP-2950 Rating: 866 SCP-2599 Rating: 849 SCP-2800 Rating: 583 SCP-3200 Rating: 539 SCP-4007 Rating: 418 SCP-2750 Rating: 312 SCP-2201 Rating: 241 SCP-2101 Rating: 222 SCP-2050 Rating: 213 SCP-2440 Rating: 199 SCP-2301 Rating: 180 SCP-1842 Rating: 178 SCP-2012 Rating: 170 SCP-2499 Rating: 166 SCP-1644 Rating: 166 SCP-2775 Rating: 147 SCP-2925 Rating: 137 SCP-1758 Rating: 136 SCP-972 Rating: 126 SCP-7030 Rating: 125 SCP-314-J Rating: 99 SCP-2625 Rating: 96 SCP-2588 Rating: 92 SCP-6030 Rating: 89 SCP-5725 Rating: 81 SCP-2896 Rating: 63 SCP-5975 Rating: 54 + All Tales by weizhong - Hide list Tales The Meaning of Fear Rating: 255 Right? Rating: 206 After The End Rating: 96 The Tinkerer Rating: 96 Spirit Dust Rating: 70 Leisure Time Rating: 64 Mission Accomplished Rating: 59 A Broken Tool Rating: 48 Of Meetings and Meals Rating: 45 The Space Soldier Rating: 44 Trip Hammer Rating: 41 Eulogies Rating: 26 All Work and No Play Rating: 23 Another Day On The Job Rating: 17 Unveiling Rating: 13 Conferencing Rating: 10 + GOI formats by weizhong - Hide list SCPs UIU File: 2017-003 Rating: 199 UIU File: 1933-001 Rating: 78 + All coauthored articles featuring weizhong - Hide list Page Authors Unusual Incidents Unit Hub Drewbear, CryogenChaos Project Palisade, 001 Proposal thedeadlymoose, Drewbear, and Dexanote TKO thedeadlymoose and Drewbear SCP-5050-EX CityToast Competitive Teleology Riemann SCP-5882 Riemann Item #: SCP-2588 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2588 instances 1 through 23 are currently held at Site 118 in separate standard humanoid containment units. SCP-2588 instances should not be allowed within 5 meters of each other except under controlled testing conditions. Testing with more than 8 instances of SCP-2588 at a single time requires approval by the containment wing director, currently Dr. Sonia Oland. Testing with SCP-2588-1 requires written approval from the containment wing director and the site director. Acquisition of further instances of SCP-2588 is currently rated at MEDIUM priority, given the small chance of SCP-2588 instances coming into contact with each other among the civilian population. Any leads relating to SCP-2588 should be reported to the project director. Weekly medical examinations of all SCP-2588 instances are critical to ensure the continued health of all specimens, and to avoid unanticipated transfers of SCP-2588. Along these lines, immunosuppressant drugs consistent with those administered following organ transplant surgeries should be administered to all specimens. Should medical personnel determine that an SCP-2588 instance is likely to expire, D-class personnel should be deployed to accompany said SCP-2588 instance until expiration. Description: SCP-2588 is an anomalous collection of body parts and organs once belonging to a reality bending individual named Arthur Harold Jones. SCP-2588’s primary anomalous properties manifest itself in various body parts and organs of at least 23 individuals, ranging from the brain (SCP-2588-1) to the left arm (SCP-2588-13), or the liver (SCP-2588-18). It is unknown how many more instances of SCP-2588 exist that are currently uncontained, but major body parts not under current Foundation control include the right leg, pancreas, and left eye.1 Over time, individuals possessing SCP-2588 instances will experience rapid changes in the composition of said instances to match the original condition and structure of the organ once possessed by Arthur Jones at the time of his death. This process is expedited if there are more SCP-2588 instances present near the individual, and even more so if SCP-2588-1 is near the new instance of SCP-2588. The exact range for this is unknown, but has tentatively been established to be roughly 5 meters in distance. The changes in composition of SCP-2588 instances end with organs that are nearly identical to the condition of said organs of the original Arthur Jones. For instance, previously healthy livers will degrade to the point of possessing the same severe cirrhosis that Arthur Jones possessed due to his extreme alcoholism. Said changes in structure and composition are noted to cause severe pain for the individual possessing the SCP-2588 instances. In addition, host individuals will, over time, experience extreme mental degradation to the degree where the host individual is largely vegetative, yet still capable of movement, and loss of memory-both recollection and formation of new memories. When an individual possessing any instances of SCP-2588 expires (often due to symptoms similar to organ rejection), the closest individual who does not already possess an instance of SCP-2588 will become the new host of the SCP-2588 instance. If two instances of SCP-2588 are present in an individual at one time (achieved through traditional organ transplantation) then both instances may be transferred to the same individual, though this is not guaranteed. SCP-2588’s secondary anomalous property occurs when multiple instances of the anomaly are brought near each other (within the 5 meter range outlined above). This ability causes SCP-2588 instances to act autonomously from the host body. The more instances of SCP-2588 that are brought near each other, the more extreme these actions become. Whereas two instances may only cause involuntary muscle spasms, 8 or more can cause complete independence of action for the affected body part and the inability to be controlled by the host body, depending on the specific instances brought together. Moreover, proximity seems to accelerate the process of mental degradation noted above. Of particular note is the instance designated SCP-2588-1, the body part corresponding to the brain of the original Arthur Jones. It has been noted to be able to accelerate the process of restructuring of SCP-2588 instances, as well as increase the degree to which nearby SCP-2588 instances can act independently. Moreover, SCP-2588-1 is capable of active planning and, when fully developed, possesses the same degree of intelligence as the original subject, though it does not share the individual’s anomalous properties of reality manipulation. SCP-2588-1 is also capable of directly influencing the actions of other instances of the anomaly. While normal instances may exhibit actions consistent with that of the original body of Arthur Jones (such as nervous tics and other actions), only SCP-2588-1 has been demonstrated as capable of actively orchestrating complex action of other SCP-2588 instances, including developing new actions and behaviors. SCP-2588’s final anomalous property only activates in the presence of SCP-2588-1, and at least 13 other instances of the anomaly. When this occurs, the anomaly will exhibit total control over the formerly independent host bodies. Hosts will proceed to remove, by any means necessary, the SCP-2588 instances present in their bodies, and implant them in the host containing SCP-2588-1. This is believed to have the end goal of reconstructing the body of Arthur Jones, though the process has never been fully seen through to completion. The only time that this was partially successful is documented below in the acquisition report. SCP-2588 Acquisition Report: SCP-2588 formerly referred to the original host, Arthur Jones, a reality bending individual under Foundation control. SCP-2588 escaped during an external containment breach caused by a raid on the facility containing the anomaly. During recapture, the individual was terminated due to the danger that it presented, and the inability of the containment team to recapture the individual in a nonlethal way. SCP-2588 resurfaced approximately 8 months later, following reports of a minor reality bending individual. Containment teams arriving at the house believed to be the source of the reality bending events discovered 14 bodies and a partially reconstructed SCP-2588. SCP-2588 was terminated after an executive decision was made, causing the instances to be transferred to the 5 members of the containment team, leading to the Foundation’s acquisition of the reclassified SCP-2588. SCP-2588 Incident Report 5/23/11: At the time of this incident, one individual host possessed SCP-2588-1, while SCP-2588-5 (the vocal cords and lungs), SCP-2588-13 (the left arm), and SCP-2588-14 (the right arm) were present on another individual. The following is a transcript of an interview conducted by the former project director, Dr. Julio Marquez, with the two individuals listed above. SCP-2588-1 communicates through the other individual possessing SCP-2588-5. Dr. Marquez: SCP-2588-1. Good afternoon. SCP-2588-1: Afternoon, doctor. Dr. Marquez: I presume that by this point, your original host’s memories are largely gone? SCP-2588-1: (Laughs) Oh, mostly. A few childhood memories here and there that won’t go away. Soon enough, I’ll be me again. Dr. Marquez: And who is “me?” SCP-2588-1: Arthur Harold Jones. Dr. Marquez: How much do you remember? SCP-2588-1: Most of it. I was 28 when I died for the first time. Dr. Marquez: The first time? SCP-2588-1: Yeah. The first time. I’ve died a lot of times since then, doctor. But you know what they say. First time’s the hardest. At this point, SCP-2588-1 begins laughing, but is stopped by a coughing fit. SCP-2588’s lungs were heavily damaged by years of habitual smoking. Dr. Marquez: I see. And how did your present state…arise? SCP-2588-1: You mean me doing the whole zombie song and dance. Not pretty huh? I thought the same thing, but you get what you wish for I guess. Dr. Marquez: What do you mean? SCP-2588-1: You see, Dr. Marquez, with people like me, you learn to be careful about what you want at a very young age. If you think too hard about something you want, it’ll actually happen. If I want a burger real bad, I can think one into existence. Now, we get pretty good at managing this for most of our lives. This was all fine and dandy until I got in trouble with you folks. Dr. Marquez: You mean your escape attempt. SCP-2588-1: Bingo. Your boys fucked me up pretty good. But you know what I remember the most as I was laying there, bleeding out? You know what’s the one thing in common that we humans have with every kind of animal from a rat to an elephant? SCP-2588-13 smacks the table, while SCP-2588-14 clenches a fist. SCP-2588-1: None of us want to die. In that last, tiny moment before you cross over to the other side, I can tell you that you don’t want to go. You don’t want to die yet. You feel small, tiny, and pathetic, but dying seems so unfair and so wrong. And in that moment, there’s nothing in the world that you want more than to be alive. And wanting something that badly, especially when you were as fucked up as me…now THAT’s a dangerous thing for people like me. Dr. Marquez: And your wish resulted in your present condition. SCP-2588-1: (Snorts.) That's one way of putting it. Dr. Marquez: You’re very calm for someone who has died repeatedly. SCP-2588-1: Oh, believe me, you can’t even comprehend how much I fucking hate all of you. And I mean that with the warmest regards, Dr. Marquez. But you and I, see, we’re kind of in the same position here. We both want the same thing. Dr. Marquez: And that is? SCP-2588-1: We both want me gone. Dead. Kaput. You see, I wanted to live so badly that I did this shit to myself. But I’m not alive. Not really. I’m in this purgatory limbo zombie land where I’m scattered around the world, so that last wish of mine isn’t gonna be fulfilled until I can get myself back into one piece, more or less. And once that’s done, I can kill myself and get it all over with already. Dr. Marquez: But why would you want to die after all that effort? SCP-2588-1: (Pauses.) You want to know what I feel, doctor? You want to know what it’s like being me? Dr. Marquez: Tell me. SCP-2588-1: I remember it. All of it. The moment I died the first time, because it’s the moment my body keeps trying to put itself back together for. When your hidden sniper blew my brains out from half a mile away, and your fucking black ops commandos or whatever the fuck they were broke down my door and riddled me with bullets. I can remember every. Single. Detail. And I feel it. It’s like fire in my veins, like someone is carving my skin off with a rusty butter knife, and the nightmare never fucking stops because this isn’t purgatory. This is hell. SCP-2588-1’s body is sobbing by this point. SCP-2588-1: Do you know what it's like, doctor? Do you know what it's like, being able to feel myself scattered across dozens of people? You know what it's like to feel this transformation happening over and over again? Do you know what it's like to crack open a man's skull as he fades away and to feel his regret and his fear? You know what it's like to see those same thoughts that I had right before I died? SCP-2588-1 shudders. SCP-2588-1: I can never forget this. I want, no-I NEED you to kill me. Because I can’t bear this pain anymore. Because every moment I breathe is agony for lungs that feel like they’re full of holes, and every thought hurts because I can barely feel anything that’s not the memory of dying or suffering or pain. Because every time I die again, it just gets added to the pile, and I can’t live with this anymore. Kill me. Please. Following this report, Dr. Marquez filed a request for neutralization, noting that it was the Foundation who had technically caused the current status of SCP-2588. After a vote of the O5 Council, the request was denied by a vote of 9-4. O5-4 wrote the following majority opinion. Regarding the neutralization request for SCP-2588 While I understand Dr. Marquez’s concern and genuine belief that we could permanently contain SCP-2588, I will remind the doctor that the original SCP-2588 was a noted career criminal and a diagnosed patient dealing with antisocial personality disorder. In layman’s terms, SCP-2588 was a psychopathic serial killer who also murdered no fewer than 8 Foundation agents during its initial containment. There is nothing that suggests to me that SCP-2588 would keep its word in promising self-termination. The ethical conundrum here is, in the opinion of the O5 Council, secondary to the risks that enabling the choices of an anomaly would entail. Request denied. Footnotes 1. Similarity between this effect and that observed in SCP-1582 has been noted. Research into whether they are variations of the same anomalous effect is ongoing. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2588" by weizhong, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2588. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2589 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2589 Special Containment Procedures: The home SCP-2589 was previously located in has been dismantled and incinerated. The area the home was located on has been barred from entry, and has been disguised as an enclosed electrical generator. Witnesses of SCP-2589 have been administered Class A amnestics. Those who have not been located are currently being tracked by Foundation assets, after they are located they are to be administered an amnestic regimen and released. Green Acres Description: SCP-2589 was an entity that was confined to a mobile home in Warsaw, Indiana. The entity had limited mobility, lacking limbs. Its body was bell-shaped, consisting of a large mouth in the torso, and an elongated, upward-facing head on which there was a Warsaw Police Department branded trucker cap. The entity's body was white with red splotches, having the appearance of bruises. SCP-2589's body did not appear to have an internal structure, the skin simply forming a floating membrane in the shape of itself. The entity was capable of manipulating the physical reality of the area around it. SCP-2589 utilized this ability to create "mouth traps" in areas which lead to its stomach. These spaces manifested as spaces in walls, enclosures of any kind such as a doghouse, closets, and in one case a pair of pants. These portals have a tendency to manifest most commonly in holes. Subjects affected by SCP-2589 claimed they most commonly fell into the trap when walking through the master bedroom of the home. The entity would "eat" humans or animals if it was fed. SCP-2589 did not seem to be sapient, and did not actively attempt to consume subjects with its person. SCP-2589 only physically consumed an individual if it was assisted. The effects of this consumption were varied. Affected subjects would reappear later, albeit with mild or moderate changes to their appearance. Their behavior was not unusual, and they retained memories of being fed to SCP-2589. Subjects frequently responded to this event with frustration or misdirection. A woman subjected to SCP-2589 prior to its containment was digested roughly 100 times. When questioned, Emma Clark (23) seemed frustrated, to quote, “I don’t see what the problem is.” When SCP-2589 inhabited the home, the people living in that home expressed dismissal or disinterest in SCP-2589. Adolescents, however, did not seem to be affected by the anomaly and would respond to SCP-2589 as one would typically expect. The home where SCP-2589 was found, when investigated, revealed that the surviving children growing up around SCP-2589 were conditioned to accept it from a young age. Addendum A: Selected excerpts from video footage located in the home. Dates could not be found on the tapes, they are arranged in order of occurrence. The home was outfitted with 12 security cameras. Local police had questioned the father, Jacob Clark, about the cameras at one point prior to SCP-2589’s neutralization, to which the father responded “He liked knowing what went on in his home." The family affected by SCP-2589 were Emma Clark (23), her husband, Jacob Clark (47), Jacob Clark's brother, Ethan Young (32), the Clark's mother, Madison Clark (67), and two children, Andrew (8), Ezekiel (11), and their dog [Destroyer] (2). 00:03 Deformed man in fetal position with fused appendages appears on the floor in the foyer. Andrew is distressed, begins shouting at the man. Andrew is holding a miniature boom box. Macho Man is playing on the radio. Andrew: (possibly communicating with the deformed figure) NO. You're scary! Why? What's wrong with your face? Stop it! Andrew picks up a broom and moves closer to the man. Andrew: Unc? SCP-2589 can be seen in the corner of the frame. Andrew notices SCP-2589. Andrew observes SCP-2589 silently for one minute. Andrew: Sorry Unc. Andrew drags the deformed man out of the room, away from SCP-2589. 11:05 Andrew notices SCP-2589 in the living room. SCP-2589 was stationary. Andrew runs to Madison, his grandmother, and tells her about SCP-2589. Madison gets excited, suggests placing the uncle, Ethan, in its mouth. Emma and Jacob enter the room and discuss this with Madison. Madison points at Ethan angrily while talking to Jacob, Jacob points to SCP-2589 and begins shouting. Madison relents, and moves to SCP-2589, opening its mouth. Emma and Jacob lift Ethan's body into SCP-2589's mouth. Audio feed returns. Jacob: See? Wasn't too hard was it? 03:33 Andrew and Ezekiel are in the back yard. Andrew: You know about it? You're never in the room. Ezekiel: I saw it. I don't like it. I can get dad's gun, I know where he has it. Andrew: It's gonna eat me. (crying) Go get the gun tonight. Ezekiel: I'll do it by myself. It's scared of me because I'm really smart. Andrew: Really? Ezekiel: Yeah. Andrew leaves the frame and speaks with his father for a moment. Andrew and his father go inside. Ezekiel remains outside. A green hummingbird appears in the yard. Ezekiel addresses the bird. Ezekiel: You're the angel? The bird does not appear to acknowledge Ezekiel's' presence, and by all accounts is a mundane animal. Ezekiel: How do I kill it? Ezekiel nods, running into the doghouse. Ezekiel does not leave the doghouse. No activity for 2 hours. Andrew and Jacob walk outside. Jacob points to the doghouse, and Andrew moves closer to inspect it. Andrew begins screaming. 23:02 Ethan appears in the hallway, no longer deformed, but appearance changed slightly. He is dressed in a vest, his face covered in glitter. Ethan runs into Madison in the hallway. Ethan: (whispering) Where were you? You've been gone for two weeks, no one's saying shit! A low moaning is heard. SCP-2589's head can be seen in the frame, bent around a corner behind Madison. Ethan and Madison turn around, but otherwise do not acknowledge SCP-2589. Madison: I went out with the girls. I'm here now, what's the problem? Ethan shakes his head, Madison leaves the frame, toward SCP-2589. SCP-2589's head retracts. Giggling can be heard for two minutes afterward. 10:55 Entire family, save for Ezekiel, is in the living room. SCP-2589 is also present, standing behind the couch. Andrew seems distressed about SCP-2589, but attempts to maintain composure, occasionally glancing at Jacob. Madison: Oh look Andrew is having another fit. Jacob, Ethan, and Madison laughing. Emma appears reserved, but smiles. Emma gets up and starts caressing SCP-2589's lips. Emma: Honey, I can take care of myself. Jacob gets up from the couch and pushes Emma into SCP-2589's mouth. Ethan and Madison laugh. Andrew closes his eyes and puts his hands to his ears. Jacob: Bye, honey! 02:00 Andrew moves down the hallway. Heavy breathing is audible on the tape, as well as a barely audible loop of Bee Gees Night Fever. The wall next to Andrew begins heaving as if it were organic. A small section of the wall collapses, revealing a deformed Ezekiel. Ezekiel's body appears to have been compressed into a cube. Andrew observes the hole, motionless. Ezekiel: Kill it. Andrew continues staring at the hole. Addendum B: Local police had been called to the location ten times previously on the grounds of domestic disturbances. On 03/12/██ Deputy Alexis Walker received a private phone call from Andrew urging her to go to the location of the home. Alexis had given Andrew her phone number on a previous visit. Alexis arrived at the location, entering the home without provocation, and discovered Jacob Clark in the act of assaulting Ethan Young. 00:02 Jacob: What the fuck is going on? Alexis: Calm down, sir. Jacob: This ain't none of your business, you don't have any reason to be here in my fucking home. Alexis: Get down on the ground. You can tell them all about me breaking into your house. Get down on the ground or I swear to god. SCP-2589 appears in the frame next to Ethan. Jacob: See? It wasn't me, I didn't do- Alexis fires at SCP-2589 12 times. Jacob is screaming violently. SCP-2589 folds over on itself and falls to the ground. Alexis: Oh my god, oh my god. Where are the kids? Tell me where the fucking kids are- Alexis moves to Jacob and notices he has been shot multiple times. Alexis looks over to SCP-2589 and notices that it is no longer present. Alexis pinches herself, and looks around for a few moments. Alexis is seen leaving the area with Andrew and Ezekiel. She is followed by Ethan and Madison out of the house. The two shout at Alexis while the vehicle drives away. Alexis, Andrew, or Ezekiel could not be located afterward. Records have been scrubbed from local law enforcement agencies and kept on the Foundation's private record in line with current disinformation protocol. No anomalous activity has been detected in the house to date. Series: Holy Science ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2589" by faminepulse, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2589. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: 1280px-Lakeshore_trailer_park_West_Memphis_AR_2014-03-28_013.jpg Name: File:Lakeshore trailer park West Memphis AR 2014-03-28 013.jpg Author: Thomas R Machnitzki License: CC BY 3.0 Source Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lakeshore_trailer_park_West_Memphis_AR_2014-03-28_013.jpg |
SCP-2590 | keter | Item #: SCP-2590 Special Containment Procedures: Containment of SCP-2590 itself is not currently possible. SCP-2590 has remained within the city limits of Birmingham, Alabama since it has been under Foundation surveillance. SCP-2590 is fitted with a tracking beacon pinging its location to specialized handheld devices, which are provided to all operatives of MTF Gamma-133 "Street Sweepers". Public knowledge of SCP-2590's existence is to be contained by confiscation of video footage and photographs, and administration of Class-A amnestics to eyewitnesses. Two plain clothed members of Mobile Task Force Gamma-133 "Street Sweepers" are to trail SCP-2590 in a Foundation-provided civilian vehicle at all times, exchanging shifts with another pair of operators every 4 hours. Vehicles are to be equipped with dashboard video cameras, which are to be recording at all times. In the event SCP-2590 pulls over to the side of the road or in a parking lot, the pursuing operatives are to park directly behind SCP-2590 with a full view of the trailer door and notify the active situation room commander of MTF Gamma-133 "Street Sweepers" immediately. The operative occupying the passenger's side of the vehicle is to take written notes of his/her observations. Under no circumstances are personnel to approach SCP-2590-1. Description: SCP-2590 is a semi-trailer truck of an International ProStar DayCab make, with an attached trailer. It lacks a license plate on either the front or rear bumper. The model's manufacturer, Navistar International, claims to have no knowledge of ever producing a vehicle like SCP-2590. Observation of the driver's cabin shows a humanoid figure in the driver's seat, designated SCP-2590-1. SCP-2590-1's appearance is that of a shadow or silhouette, lacking any identifying physical features. SCP-2590-1's significance to the function of SCP-2590 is currently unknown, however, it has been proven to have an amnestic-like effect on humans approaching it on foot. Because of this, Foundation personnel have been unable to question it. SCP-2590 selectively interacts with tangible objects, allowing it to 'pass through' physical matter. For this reason, the Foundation has been unable to physically contain it. This was discovered when SCP-2590 passed through a Foundation roadblock unhindered. It has also, on occasion, avoided collisions this way. SCP-2590 has not refuelled since it came under Foundation monitoring, nor has it broken any traffic laws. At times determined by unknown variables1, SCP-2590 will park at the side of the road or in a parking lot, and the trailer door will open of its own accord for exactly sixty seconds before closing again. During the time the door is open, the trailer will be occupied by a single object. The object within the trailer is different each time the door closes and opens again. Each instance is unique, and no object has ever been observed twice. Attempts at entry or exit from SCP-2590 while the trailer is open have been met with failure, due to an invisible barrier. The barrier also seems to stop sound from escaping. + List of SCP-2590 objects - List of SCP-2590 objects Presented in chronological order are objects observed inside SCP-2590 since it came under Foundation surveillance on 25/03/2007: #1 Chocolate candy bar, Kit Kat Chunky brand. #2 Small cardboard box, labelled "Jim's Colectibles"[sic] with black marker. #3 Blank polaroid photograph. #4 VHS tape, unlabelled. #5 Smartphone, iPhone 3G model. #6 Human male, approximately 30 years of age. During observation the subject showed considerable distress, attempting several times to escape SCP-2590. All escape attempts failed due to the barrier, and the door closed before further measures could be taken. #7 Red apple. #8 Large silver sphere, with no features or identifying marks. The object hovered approximately 0.5 metres above the floor of the trailer by unknown means. #9 Lit lightbulb. There was no visible power source inside the trailer, and it is unknown how the object was able to function. #10 Human male of approximately 11 years of age. Subject appeared to be stricken with panic. Subject was reported to have not attempted escape from SCP-2590, with Agent Orpik stating in his report that the subject was 'paralyzed with fear'. #11 Human female of approximately 40 years of age. Subject recognized Agent Inglis, who identified the subject as her sister. Agent Inglis was said by her partner, Agent Schultz, to be in considerable distress. Efforts to recover subject from SCP-2590 failed. Soon after, Agent Inglis' sister was found at home, unharmed, and said that she had been cleaning at the time of the incident. She denied that she had been anywhere else during that time. #12 Human male, identified as Agent Moore. Of note is that Agent Moore was on duty with Agent Hall at the time of this instance. Moore was said by his partner to be 'puzzled and shocked'. Subject inside SCP-2590 also appeared to recognize his duplicate outside of the instance. Attempts to extract the subject once again failed. #13 'Incident 2590-1', 04/01/2008 Eyeball of an unknown species, measuring approximately 2 metres in diameter. Agents Killorn and Hayes were on duty at the time, and video footage shows the object rotate 180 degrees to view them. Both agents reported a feeling of intense uneasiness and nausea, followed by sharp abdominal pain once SCP-2590's door closed. Following their shift, the agents were sent for medical evaluation, where X-Ray examinations revealed potentially malignant tumors growing inside the agents' large intestines. Surgery was successful in removing these growths, and both agents have since made full recoveries. #14 Human female identified using dashboard camera footage as Dr. █████. Subject attempted an unsuccessful escape. Subject tried to converse using sign language, which neither agent could understand due to lack of training. The real Dr. █████ was found to be in the break room in Site-██ at the time of this instance. #15 Human male identified as O5-██. [DATA EXPUNGED] #16 'Incident 2590-2' 26/07/2011 Large steel slab, the front face of which appeared to fit the dimensions of the doorway perfectly. The slab displayed the logo of the Foundation. 16 seconds into the instance, copious amounts of blood began to drip downward from the top of the object from an unknown source. It continued to pour until the slab was no longer visible, with liquid welling up at the unseen barrier. At 0:52 of the instance, the slab and an immense amount of blood (almost the entire volume of the trailer) launched out of SCP-2590, travelling toward observing agents Inglis and Schultz at a speed of approximately 190 kilometers per hour. Six members of MTF Gamma-133 "Street Sweepers" were deployed to the scene to investigate and initiate cleanup efforts. Inglis and Schultz were pronounced dead at the scene. A two kilometre perimeter in every direction was established, and Class-A amnestics were administered to individuals within it. Addendum A: Subsequent DNA tests on the blood ejected from SCP-2590 have indicated it to be roughly 50% Inglis' and 50% Schultz's. The steel slab, which was undamaged from the collision with the agents' vehicle, has been taken into Foundation custody for lab analysis. + Incident 2590-3 - Incident 2590-3 On 04/12/2011 at approximately 0315 hours, SCP-2590 travelled to the location of an abandoned warehouse, where its tracking beacon ceased operation. Eight members of MTF Gamma-133 (henceforth referred to as Alpha Squad) were dispatched to the warehouse. Inside, SCP-2590 was found travelling at low speed deeper into the building. Two members of Alpha Squad were left outside to keep watch. Radio contact was maintained with Alpha Squad Leader during the investigation. The following is a log of communications between Alpha Squad Leader and the Mobile Task Force Commander of Gamma-133: 0319 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: "Alright, we are inside the building. We have a visual on SCP-2590." 0319 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: "Anything unusual inside?" 0319 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: "Nothing we can see so far, it just looks like a plain abandoned warehouse. Update, the skip has started moving away from us, looks like it's headed away from the entrance." 0320 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: "Alpha Squad, follow the target. Find out where it's going." 0321 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: "It's going slowly enough that we can keep up on foot. It's headed toward what looks like a service tunnel or sewer of some sort." 0321 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: "Stay alert." 0334 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: "It's getting dark down here. Alpha Squad, turn on your headlamps." 0334 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: "How bad is the visibility?" 0334 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: "Can't see a fucking thing, maybe 10, 15 metres ahead at best. This tunnel just keeps going and going. It's headed downhill now. Thatcher, how far has it been?" 0334 Hours [Another voice can be heard] 0334 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: "We've covered about 200 metres. Nothing else to report." 0417 Hours [The sound of SCP-2590's trailer door opening can be heard] 0417 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: "The skip's trailer door is opening, I repeat, target's trailer door is opening." 0417 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: "What do you see?" 0417 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: "Uh… one second… it's a big sheet of what looks like parchment. It says 'I'm just delivering a message'." 0417 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: "Is there anything else?" 0417 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: "Nothing. Just the parchment and text." 0417 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: "Alpha Squad, proceed with caution." 0418 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: "Aye. We've descended about a kilometre now, we still haven't seen the end to this thing." [Note that this is geographically impossible, as the warehouse is overlooking a cliff.] 0419 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: "Alpha Squad, be advised you are continuing into a confirmed spatial anomaly. That tunnel shouldn't be there. If anything particularly unusual happens, pull out of there immediately." 0419 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: "Affirmative." 0423 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: "The air is bad down here. We are detecting higher levels of carbon monoxide, though that may be [unintelligible]" 0423 Hours [Radio reception with Alpha Squad Leader degrades sharply at this point] 0423 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: "Squad Leader, do you read me? We are losing you." 0423 Hours Alpha Squad Leader: "Yes we seem to be [unintelligible] interference, please [unintelligible]" 0424 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: "Squad Leader, come in. Squad Leader, please respond." 0424 Hours [No response] 0424 Hours MTFC Gamma-133: "Dammit." 0429 Hours [Radio contact terminated on Alpha Squad's side] The channel remained open for an additional six hours, after which the two guarding agents were recalled to MTF Gamma-133 base, and Alpha Squad was declared MIA. On 11/03/2015, radio contact was made on Alpha Squad Leader's transponder once again. The following are the communication logs from when radio contact was re-established: Alpha Squad Leader: "Come in MTFC. I repeat, come in MTFC. This is Alpha Squad Leader, do you copy?" MTFC Gamma-133: "Who is this? How did you get this comm channel?" Alpha Squad Leader: "Uh… this is Alpha Squad Leader. We lost communication with you there for a few minutes." MTFC Gamma-133: "State your full name and rank, soldier." Alpha Squad Leader: "████ ███████, Staff Sergeant, MTF Gamma-133. What's going on sir?" [MTFC searching database] MTFC Gamma-133: "Alpha Squad Leader, you and your squad have been MIA for almost three and a half years. I'd say you have some explaining to do." Alpha Squad Leader: "Sir? We were pursuing SCP-2590 when we lost radio contact with you. We couldn't go any further because of the carbon monoxide, so we turned back to re-establish communication. We weren't gone longer than 15 minutes." MTFC Gamma-133: "Fuck… were you able to collect further intel on SCP-2590?" Alpha Squad Leader: "Negative. Once we turned back, the skip just kept going, like it knew we weren't coming with it." MTFC Gamma-133: "Very good, Alpha Squad. You can come home now." Addendum B: The report from Alpha Squad Leader confirmed the warehouse to contain a temporal and spatial anomaly. The building has been purchased by a Foundation front company to prevent civilian access. SCP-2590 was tracked exiting the warehouse approximately 5 minutes after Alpha Squad was recalled to MTF Gamma-133 base. Footnotes 1. The shortest observed time between instances was 6 days, 4 minutes, and 24 seconds, while the longest was 10 months, 8 days, 3 hours, 14 minutes and 45 seconds. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2590" by Multiscoop, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2590. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2591 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2591 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2591 is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment cell at Site-25. Personnel in charge of SCP-2591 are to be trained in the use of small firearms. In the event that SCP-2591 expresses the desire to self-terminate, containment staff are to offer assistance and shoot SCP-2591 once in the forehead. All staff are advised that these incidents have occurred [REDACTED] times in the past month with no ill effects on the overall health of SCP-2591, and that execution of this request will extend cooperation on the part of SCP-2591. As an incentive for good behavior, SCP-2591 may be provided tap water in a plastic wine glass, and if questioned, is to be informed that the water is actually an aged Merlot from the vineyards of "St. Augustine's Convent in the southern peninsula of Apostasia." Due to sensory issues inherent with its condition, SCP-2591 will believe this to be true. SCP-2591-Omega is to remain on standby mode indefinitely in a maximum-security containment vault at Site-25. All readings are to be constantly monitored and submitted to Project Bifrost staff. Description: SCP-2591 is an animate human cadaver, possessing a regenerative ability to extend life. As a result of this regeneration, SCP-2591's skin condition mimics the effects of mummification. It is estimated that SCP-2591 has been alive since the thirteenth century CE. Though decay has resulted in diminished sensory capabilities, SCP-2591 can move, displays advanced intelligence, and is fluent in Italian, English, and French.1 It will answer to the name Riccardo and claims to be the duke of the (historically nonexistent) Papal State of Apostasia. SCP-2591 appears to be in a near-constant state of emotional distress brought about by events earlier in its life, and will frequently express the desire to commit suicide. Following a suicide attempt, SCP-2591's wounds will recover and it will awaken in a state of confusion. Interviewer: Dr. Isaiah Henderson Interviewed: SCP-2591 <Begin Log> Dr. Henderson: Good morning, SCP-2591, I hope you're— SCP-2591: How can any one waking morn embody virtue / when my heart has been conquered, then trampled by basest cruelty / leaving me to pine in solitude! Dr. Henderson: Please discontinue singing. SCP-2591: My apologies, 'tis but reflex. What is on today's itinerary? Dr. Henderson: Nothing out of the ordinary, I'm afraid. I've come to ask you some more questions about your life history. SCP-2591: Then speak, I pray you, lest wanton fallen angels close the gates of thy mouth for— Dr. Henderson: When we last met, we covered your brother's seduction of your bride, Giulietta. What happened after that? SCP-2591: Remind me not of that dreadful day! I confronted my dearest Giulietta to assuage her of the rakish devilry with which Count Pietro had so stained her virgin heart. Alas, she tore my soul from the cockles of my [redacted for brevity] Dr. Henderson: Please move on. SCP-2591: Pardon? Dr. Henderson: Nothing. Sorry, just— Just go on. Giulietta broke your heart. Then what? SCP-2591: If you so insist, I shall strive forth to close this dreadful chapter of the wrongly paginated dictionary of my immortal soul. As I fell onto my aching knees and plead unto her for to see salvation in [redacted for brevity] Dr. Henderson: You begged her to take you back, then what. SCP-2591: Then, like a tempest of bladed autumn leaves soaked in the blood of baptized orphans, Count Pietro ran into the courtyard as I [redacted for brevity] Dr. Henderson: What did Count Pietro do? SCP-2591: The villain, believing that her heart had once again become mine, he drew his damnable hellspike of a sword and pierced her heart ere she could be saved by my [redacted for brevity] Dr. Henderson: So he killed Giulietta. Then what? SCP-2591: My eyes became as painted dragons of justice in the alphabet picture books of hell! In vengeance for my forever-and-always bride, I drew my rapier in turn, and with a cry of "Justice for my fallen beloved, Mother Mary, prithee, if I win, may she yet be taken to Elysium!" I— [SCP-2591 hesitates.] Dr. Henderson: You killed Count Pietro? SCP-2591: Nay. Neither did the foul rake kill me. Dr. Henderson: What did you do? SCP-2591: Apologies, it is difficult to explain. We held our vicious stance, prepared to slit each others' throats, and yet made no move. We were entranced, and sung nary a word. It was not our intent to engage in such queer stasis; in truth, I know not why it happened. It had continued for years, taking the both of us far beyond our natural lifespans. [redacted for brevity] <End Log> (Following this interview, Dr. Henderson, upon request, was reassigned to SCP-████.) Recovery Log: SCP-2591 was discovered through the usage of SCP-2591-Omega, which is an experimental prototype of a dimensional gateway found in the ruins of Prometheus Labs. Project Bifrost was established by the Foundation to resume full functionality of SCP-2591-Omega. After [REDACTED] failed attempts, a connection was established to a relatively stable realm, designated Reality-GBICR259101. MTF Zeta-9 ("Mole Rats") was dispatched to explore the area and report any anomalous findings. Reality-GBICR2XX01 Exploration Log <Begin Log> Agent ████████: Camera feed okay? Dr. Henderson: Video reception didn't make it through the gate, but I can hear you. What are you looking at? Agent ████████: The area resembles a European seaside village at sunset. I wanna say Spain. Seems harmless enough. Dr. Henderson: Keep your eye out regardless. Agent ████████: Yeah, I figured you wouldn't send Mole Rats to do your vacations for you. Dr. Henderson: Cut the jokes. Any lifeforms? Agent ████████: Town's barren for the most part. We'll keep you posted. [redacted for relevance] Agent ████████: There's three human cadavers in this garden. One's on the ground, female, and completely decomposed, but there are two males standing up pointing swords at each other. Males show signs of mummification. Dr. Henderson: I want tissue samples from all three. Agent ████████: Understood. Collecting from the first male. [sounds of SCP-2591 screaming] Agent ████████: First male is resisting tissue collection. It's extremely agitated. Dr. Henderson: It's animate? Agent ████████: Confirmed. Should we sedate him and take him in? Dr. Henderson: Sounds good. [redacted for relevance] <End Log> Costume design of Duke Riccardo for Il Canarino Rosso Addendum: Three months after the containment of SCP-2591, Dr. Naismith of Project Bifrost discovered similarities between the story of SCP-2591's life and an obscure, unfinished libretto for a 19th-century Italian three-act opera titled Il Canarino Rosso2 by the Florentine playwright Giacomo Benigni. In a series of correspondence with composer Giusseppe Verdi, the offer to compose the music for the libretto was repeatedly rejected by Verdi, who considered Benigni's pre-existing body of work to be sub-par.3 As a result, Benigni retired from writing before he finished Il Canarino Rosso. The situation outlined by SCP-2591 mirrors the Act Two finale, where Duke Riccardo and Count Pietro prepare to duel. As Act Three was never written, the outcome of this duel remains unknown. Footnotes 1. Despite this, SCP-2591 considers its native tongue to be "Apostasian," which is sung Italian, English, or French. Due to the desiccated nature of SCP-2591's throat, this has been discouraged by Foundation staff. 2. ("The Red Canary") 3. "… It is an utter impossibility that I would collaborate with a writer with a portfolio that is not only amateurish, but pompous, financially opportunistic, and with melodrama that makes an unintentional farce of itself - to the point of provoking laughter in the crucifixion scene of a Passion play, as evidenced in the one successful operetta you've put on in Venice. …" ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2591" by daveyoufool, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2591. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: riccardo2.jpg Name: Unidentified Italian opera costume design plate 14 Author: Fasienski, W. License: Public Domain Source Link: Link |
SCP-2592 | euclid | Photograph recovered during initial containment, context unknown. Item #: SCP-2592 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2592 is housed in a standard humanoid containment cell at Humanoid Containment Site-06-3. In lieu of a standard humaniform entity diet, SCP-2592 is to be fed one bowl containing two sliced Class I (EU) bananas in 350 mL of whole milk daily. Only personnel testing at an extrasensory resistance index of 65 or higher are allowed within SCP-2592's containment area, and only with prior permission from at least one Level 3 Senior Researcher. Personnel experiencing unusual headaches, hallucinations, or nosebleeds are to exit the containment area immediately and undergo mandatory mind-affecting / memetic hazard quarantine. Description: SCP-2592 is a thin humanoid entity 157 cm in height and 42kg in mass with rudimentary telepathic capabilities, recovered on █/██/1923 from a beach home near [REDACTED], France. SCP-2592 is intelligent and can understand simple phrases and words in French, but does not appear to be capable of speech. Due to its lack of eyes, SCP-2592 navigates its surroundings primarily using touch, but can telepathically detect the presence of human subjects within a range of approximately five meters. SCP-2592 has not shown any indication that it is capable of telepathic communication or thought-reading, but has sometimes responded to strong emotional states such as fear or distress. If allowed to, SCP-2592 will attempt to groom non-threatening human subjects by brushing and/or braiding their hair, using basic tools such as combs and brushes if available. When left alone, SCP-2592 will either pace listlessly or lie in a fetal position. Subjects within ten meters of SCP-2592 have consistently reported receiving hallucinations consisting of mental imagery consistent with that of the beach near the home in which it was recovered as well as the sound of gently crashing waves, which have been consistently described as "serene", "peaceful", or "relaxing". When startled or frightened, SCP-2592 is also capable of generating intense telepathic emanations that cause panic or severe pain in nearby human subjects and can lead to significant neurological trauma after prolonged exposure. Addendum 2592-1: Initial Recovery Log SCP-2592 was discovered in a residential home belonging to [REDACTED], a blind 58-year old widow living alone. A local milkman had become concerned following several consecutive days in which she had failed to receive delivery and notified local authorities. Upon forcing entry into the home, SCP-2592 was discovered in a distressed state in an apparent attempt to protect the body of [REDACTED], who was later determined through autopsy to have been dead for several days as the result of a stroke. Six (6) police officers were injured by SCP-2592's telepathic distress response during the ensuing chaos. The Foundation was notified by regional authorities and dispatched a containment team to the home. Still in a distressed state from its prior contact with local authorities, SCP-2592 incapacitated several members of the containment team before Containment Specialist de Villiers, having taken stock of the composition of refuse within the home, managed to calm SCP-2592 by offering it several bananas and a bottle of milk. SCP-2592 immediately ceased its distress response and became docile, after which Foundation personnel managed to secure it for transport to the nearest containment facility. A thorough search of the premises turned up a single photograph but no additional evidence relating to SCP-2592 or its origin. Containment Specialist de Villiers was awarded the Foundation Star for his bravery and quick thinking that led to the safe recovery of an anomalous humanoid entity and for saving the lives of several members of his containment team. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2592" by Aelanna, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2592. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: scp2592.png Name: Lady of the Lake Author: Baby's In Black License: CC BY 2.0 Source Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/babys_in_black/5818962102/ |
SCP-2593 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2593 Special Containment Procedures: Original Containment Procedures Close Original Document SCP-2593 is to be contained in a standard humanoid containment chamber, furnished to comfort levels for a non-dangerous humanoid entity. It is to be observed remotely for anomalous behavior. SCP-2593 is not to be allowed to leave the site after delivering its baked goods. Deliveries made by SCP-2593 are to be scanned for anomalous composition, once weekly. All baked goods are to be disposed of. Revised Containment procedures Close Revision Due to the nature of SCP-2593, containment shall consist of accepting SCP-2593's daily delivery at 0700 hours each morning, followed by psychological counselling at Administrative Site-217. Staff are encouraged to interact with SCP-2593, and are to report any unusual activity involving SCP-2593 immediately. SCP-2593 is not to be allowed to leave the site after delivering its baked goods. Deliveries made by SCP-2593 are to be scanned for anomalous composition, once weekly. All baked goods are to be disposed of. Containment Procedures Rev. 3 As SCP-2593 has become hostile to the Foundation, and Foundation personnel, SCP-2593 is to be terminated on sight by security staff. Failure to do so before SCP-2593 will result in SCP-2593 remaining uncontained until the next manifestation event, as SCP-2593 has, invariably since the time of revision, attempted to flee Foundation custody. In 87% of all successful terminations, SCP-2593 has rematerialized adjacent to Site-217's security perimeter. All other foundation sites are to be placed on high alert. All delivered baked goods are to be incinerated at first opportunity. At no time are SCP-2593's baked goods to be ingested. Description: SCP-2593 is an anomalous humanoid entity which appears at a fixed location and time each day, making a delivery of donuts and bagels to Administrative Site-217. SCP-2593 disappears at a fixed point in time later the same day. SCP-2593 is an anomalous manifestation of James ██████, former owner of a local bakery, Donut Jimmy's Bakery. Donut Jimmy's Bakery was contracted to deliver baked goods daily, for distribution to break rooms throughout the Site. Foundation records indicate that James ██████ attended the California Institute of Technology and received a PhD in chemistry in ████. James ██████ was considered for approach by the Foundation for employment, before being screened out due to lack of aptitude in his field. Further records show that multiple applications to various employers were denied due to lack of applicability of his research work, and a general lack of aptitude. James ██████ opened Donut Jimmy's Bakery with a classmate from his secondary school (George Callaghan) in ████, four years after obtaining his PhD. SCP-2593 was determined to be anomalous on September 1, ████, when Administrative Site-217 accounts payable found a discrepancy in the food budgets for refreshments, leading to an investigation by Agents Donnelly and McGill. Donut Jimmy's Bakery was observed to have been closed for several days. Local business owners claimed that the bakery had not opened since September 1, ████. Remote observation of SCP-2593 after it made its daily delivery to Administrative Site-217 showed that SCP-2593 will disappear from view at a distance of .72 KM from the entrance to Administrative Site-217 and will reappear at precisely 0700 hours each day. Analysis of SCP-2593's delivery confirmed that all food was non-anomalous. Chemical Analysis confirmed them safe for human consumption, however, as they're produced through anomalous means, they are to be disposed of. SCP-2593 was contained on September 3, followed by an interview about its deliveries. SCP-2593 claimed to have no knowledge of any of the events or effects surrounding SCP-2593 and was placed in a standard humanoid containment chamber. SCP-2593 was extremely distressed and agitated, when informed of the anomalous context surrounding it. On September 4, ████, SCP-2593 disappeared from its containment cell, and appeared .72 km outside of Administrative Site-217, with the usual quantity of food for delivery each morning. Containment procedures were amended to include an expansion of Site-217's perimeter. Expansion of Administrative Site-217's perimeter Close Addendum In light of SCP-2593's manifestation each morning outside of the facility, Administrative Site-217's perimeter was expanded to include the area of manifestation. Thus far, SCP-2593 has not changed its manifestation site, and continues to make daily deliveries. Ongoing interviews with SCP-2593 have led to increased agitation, and distress, as each time SCP-2593 is informed of its nature, SCP-2593 claims to remember each other encounter with Foundation staff since containment. As such, at this time, it is recommended that SCP-2593 is not informed of its nature, and remote observation continue, barring any further incident. First incidence of non-expected baked goods Close Addendum On March 1, ████, SCP-2593's delivery occurred at the expected time, however, the contents of the delivery contained irregularities. All donuts commonly referred to as "jelly filled" were instead filled with peanut butter, consistent with Donut Jimmy's Bakery peanut butter used in other baked goods. All donuts commonly referred to as "Boston Creme" were filled instead with mayonnaise, again consistent with other Donut Jimmy's Bakery baked goods. SCP-2593 was asked about these discrepancies, and was reluctant to answer, asking if the Foundation was requesting a termination of the contract with Donut Jimmy's Bakery. Foundation agents denied this was the case, and SCP-2593 grew more agitated. SCP-2593 disappeared from view in containment at 0700 hours, as per usual. Attached below are all materials related to the psychological evaluation of SCP-2593 Psychological evaluation of SCP-2593 Requested interview with Doctor Jamesson SCP-2593's Journal Dr. Jamesson's Journal On June 1, ████, SCP-2593 was confronted, and asked about the products it was bringing to Administrative Site-217. SCP-2593 began to cry uncontrollably, and psychological staff were called in. Interview with SCP-2593 is below with Dr. Jamesson. Dr Jamesson: SCP-2593, my name is Dr. Jamesson. SCP-2593: My name is █████ ██████. Dr Jamesson: Apologies, Jimmy, may I call you, Jimmy? SCP-2593 calms down significantly at the use of the given name SCP-2593: Sure…I'd prefer it. Dr Jamesson: Jimmy, why are your donuts and bagels wrong lately? I've never heard of you bringing the wrong food before. SCP-2593: I just want this to stop…whatever it is, I just…it never ends. Dr Jamesson: You're saying you remember all of it? SCP-2593: Of course I remember all of it. I thought I was going crazy. I would bring the food, then sometimes people would lock me in a room, and interrogate me…I had no idea what was going on. All I could do is make the donuts wrong. I don't even remember baking them, but I thought about what would happen if the jelly filled had peanut butter, and the Boston Cremes had mayo in them and… Dr Jamesson: We had no idea, James. SCP-2593: Why is this even happening to me? Dr Jamesson: One second. Dr Jamesson radios to request permission to explain the situation to SCP-2593. An affirmative response is returned. Dr Jamesson: Jimmy, how much do you know about this facility? SCP-2593: It's just an office. You guys get a bunch of food, and you're my first delivery of the day usually. Dr Jamesson: I see. Jimmy, that's not really what happens here. I'm not authorized to tell you much, but we're an organization that's…well, we protect people. SCP-2593: Oh come on, I've been delivering to you guys for six years, and you're telling me this is some kind of— Oh God, is this some kind of government black site? Am I gonna go to a prison somewhere? Are you gonna lock me up again? Dr Jamesson: No. We're not with the government. We're…well, I can't really tell you everything, but we protect people. From things like what happened to you. SCP-2593: So why the hell didn't you stop whatever happened to make me this way? Dr Jamesson: You're the first person this has happened to. We'd like to try and figure out what happened, though. And make sure the effect doesn't spread. SCP-2593: I just want to go home, doc… Dr Jamesson: We'll do what we can, Jimmy. We'd like to help you though. SCP-2593: How? What are you gonna do? Dr Jamesson: Tomorrow, when you make your delivery, I'd like to talk to you again. If you're willing. SCP-2593: I…I think I'd like that. <End Log> Since receiving psychological counselling on a regular basis, SCP-2593 has produced expected types of baked goods during its regular deliveries. At this time, SCP-2593 is considered contained. Dr. Jamesson's note: Continued psychological counseling should give SCP-2593 a stable mental state for the foreseeable future. SCP-2593 is considered contained at this point. What I would like to stress, however, is that SCP-2593 is an anomaly. Not a person. Psychological counseling is the easiest way to keep it contained, however, it's vitally important that we do not relax around SCP-2593, and continue standard security sweeps on its deliveries. Judging by the initial psychological screening report for James when he was considered for Foundation employment, I would also recommend avoiding agitating SCP-2593. On November 22, ████, SCP-2593 confronted Dr. Jamesson, and requested again the use of foundation resources in order to assist the research staff. Dr Jamesson: James, you requested to speak with me? SCP-2593: Yeah, doc. Look, I've been delivering everything like usual, but I have nothing to do the rest of the day. I've asked before but I'd really like to help. I used to do chemistry before I got in to baking, and I think I can help, like, significantly. Dr Jamesson: Jimmy, I understand, but we can't allow you access to our resources like that. There's security involved that— SCP-2593 appears significantly agitated at this. SCP-2593: Oh come on! I'm bored out of my mind, with nothing to think about but bagels, and donuts! Dr Jamesson: Jimmy, you were a baker for twenty years, I'm not sure your skills at chemistry are— SCP-2593 stands up and slams his hands down on the table SCP-2593: I WAS A SCIENTIST GODDAMMIT! I have a fucking PhD in chemistry! I'm tired of sitting around. You have to help me, Doctor. It's your job! Dr Jamesson: Jimmy, calm down. I— SCP-2593: I've been doing this shit for years now, fucking bagels and donuts, and sandwiches! I have nothing! My entire life is wasted on these stupid fucking donuts! I went to goddamned Cal Fucking Tech! Doesn't that mean anything!? Dr Jamesson: SCP-2593, calm down, or I'm going to have to call security. SCP-2593: What did you call me? Dr Jamesson: Apologies. Jimmy, relax. Come on, there's no need for this. SCP-2593: I see. Sorry doc. So please. Even just if I could help find out what happened to me. I'd really like to just help. I just need to read some books or something about whatever it is you think happened. I'm sure I could— Dr Jamesson: No. Our resources, and materials are restricted. I'm sorry James, but I really can't budge on that. SCP-2593: I see. I'd like to go back to my room now. Dr Jamesson gestures to the camera Dr Jamesson: Escort them back to their containment chamber, please. <End Log> The next day was the first incident of SCP-2593 delivering baked goods containing toxic substances recorded. Attached is a log of the journal provided to SCP-2593 to help cope with the stress of containment. It was recovered from SCP-2593's containment chamber after the first instance of an unexpected manifestation at a different site. April 19 I was thinking, maybe I could help. I had an idea the other day, what if we…used like, a really strong glue or something. It's been a while, but I managed to dig up some ideas about an old formula I was working on in college. I think it'll work July 17 I think I got it! I wrote up some notes on the subject, and I think I'm going to ask if Jamesson could give it to the researchers. I'm sure they'll let me help, and they'll see how much I can do. Dr. Lornth was given SCP-2593's notes on their compound on August 11. Dr. Lornth passed it on to the proper departments for analysis. The compound was not only unviable, but that the reaction would actually produce a significant quantity of a toxic gas if attempted as written. Dr. Jamesson was consulted, and this was determined to be simple mistakes on SCP-2593's part, instead of malice. Requests for Foundation Resources are to be denied, emphatically, per Dr. Lornth. Dr. Lornth's note While I appreciate the fact SCP-2593 wants to help, we rejected him 20 years ago when he was fresh out of college. After all that time, their limited skills have deteriorated further, and the compound that they designed is not only non-viable, but the idea of using glue to prevent manifestation events is farcical. In an unrelated note, the level of disorganization of these notes shows they don't have the discipline to actually contribute scientifically to the Foundation. August 22 They said no. I can't beleive they said no! How could they just ignore my help?! I gave them that brilliant formula, and they told me it was wrong! I may have gotten a page mixed up or something, but it had to work. There's no way I would have produced something that just didn't work. That's bullshit. October 17 I keep asking to help, and they won't let me. I think I'm gonna put my foot down, and demand it. Jamesson won't shoot me down, he's gotta be a good guy, like George. He won't let me down. December 20 Those fucking dicks. They're gonna pay for this. I don't know how, but I'm gonna figure this out. April 15 I think I figured it out. If I concentrate, right as I…wake up, I can go wherever I want. Let's see how they like it when they get delivered a bunch of Boston Chlorine Methylhydrate Cremes instead. Dr. Lornth's Note Chlorine Methylhydrate is not theoretically possible. Foundation scientists believe this to be, again, another instance of SCP-2593's deficiencies rather than additional anomalous abilities Below are relevant excerpts from Dr. Jamessons' personal log and journal regarding SCP-2593. Following the events on April 7th, SCP-2593 was upgraded from Safe to Euclid. Following the injury of Dr. Jamesson, SCP-2593 is currently pending Keter designation. April 24 James shows signs of improvement. He's been talking less and less about feeling alone, and more about his time while he's demanifested. He claims it's like sleeping. June 7 James has shown marked improvement in the last few months, and has begun to view his time de-manifested as "sleep" rather than something to his detriment. August 21 James has shown interest in the Foundation, and has asked if he could potentially do something during his time while manifested other than sit around and wait to disappear. I approached Dr. Lornth about this, but the initial assessment of their chemistry skills appears accurate. October 14 James has insisted repeatedly that he be allowed access to Foundation materials and resources in order to provide some kind of assistance to the Foundation. This interest is unusually strenuous, and is slightly concerning. I've added a note to his psych profile, and I've been trying to gently dissuade James from pursuing the subject. December 18 Since a hard denial of SCP-2593's request to be granted access to Foundation resources on November 4, his conditions have deteriorated. Several deliveries have been made in error, with similar defects to the initial errors. When questioned, SCP-2593 said he didn't know what was happening. April 7 SCP-2593 has not manifested in four days. Security personnel have been placed on high alert, and a general notice has been put out to other nearby sites. April 16 SCP-2593 has been sighted making deliveries to several other Foundation Sites. Baked goods were shown to contain several toxic compounds. One injury, zero fatalities, but it's probably time to upgrade to Euclid. I've made a note to distribute containment protocols regarding deliveries by SCP-2593 to other sites. May 1 Attempted termination of SCP-2593 has successfully led to containment. Demanifestation takes place almost immediately after death, and prevents materialization until subsequent mornings. SCP-2593 is re-contained. Psychological counseling is obviously to be terminated. No Date Given I just wanted to help, Jamesson. I wanted to be something more than a fucking donut maker. I saw your goddamned notes, Jamesson. Fuck you, and your 'Foundation'. See if I'm good enough now. I hope you enjoy your morning bagel, you son of a bitch. Dr. Lornth's Note Dr. Jamesson reported to the medical bay, and was diagnosed with Stage 1 liver failure, from Vinyl chloride poisoning, on May 12. It is highly likely SCP-2593 was involved, considering the entry in Dr. Jamesson's journal. SCP-2593 is to be considered extremely dangerous at this time. Upgrade to keter pending. Thankfully, their previously mentioned issues prevented the compound from being significantly concentrated. Dr. Jamesson is expected to make a full recovery. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2593" by DrMagnus, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2593. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2594 | safe | Item #: SCP-2594 Entrance to SCP-2594 Special Containment Procedures: The entrance to SCP-2594 is to be disguised as an abandoned mine and locked, with signs warning of potential cave-ins to deter civilians. Agents posted at Observation Site-2594 are to detain and interrogate anyone attempting to get access, before amnesticising as necessary. Description: SCP-2594 is a small, 4m x 5m waiting room accessed through a door located near an unnamed cave on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. SCP-2594 is furnished sparsely with seating, a timepiece, tables, and other standard waiting room furnishings. Motivational posters, two issues of TIME magazine and a non-functioning coffee machine are also present. Occasionally, unidentified light music can be heard playing within SCP-2594.1 Aside from the entrance to SCP-2594, there is one further door present. This door is locked, however, it can be unlocked through normal means. The door opens directly onto a blank featureless wall, hypothesised to be the "end" of SCP-2594. Above the door is an LED number display reading "023". A standard ticket dispenser identical to those found in many waiting rooms is present. Tickets start at 024 and progress to 999 before running out. Surfaces resembling SCP-2594's secondary door can additionally be found behind the walls, roof, and floor of SCP-2594. All attempts to bypass this material have been met with failure. The interior contents of SCP-2594 can be damaged or removed. Once all subjects have vacated SCP-2594, any changes will have been reverted upon re-entry. It is currently theorized that SCP-2594 exists in extradimensional space. There is no magnetic field present within SCP-2594. Satellite receiver systems fail to receive any signals, as do wireless mobile devices. Electronic devices will fail to connect to the internet or other networks, hard discs and other objects that require magnetism to function will cease to work. Subject entering SCP-2594 with the belief they are waiting for something are subjected to an anomalous effect. Unless they are induced not to, these individuals will stay within SCP-2594 and remain there for an indefinite period of time. However, the subject is able to leave at any time and may do so if requested or forced. When waiting in SCP-2594, the subject does not have a biological or psychological need to eat, drink, sleep, or excrete. The subject is able to do so but in most cases will not unless prompted. Sapient individuals not under the impression they are waiting for something are not affected by SCP-2594. History: SCP-2594 was recovered in 1968, after several spelunkers discovered its presence and reported it to the Scottish authorities. At the time of its discovery, the counter within it was not noted to be activated; it has been noted as active in all subsequent observations. Addendum 2594-01 - Initial Experiment Log: The following experiments were carried out to test SCP-2594's anomalous capabilities. SCP-2594 TESTING LOG Note: Cave area temporarily altered to appear as a Foundation facility. All D-Class were habituated within these temporary facilities for approximately two months prior to the experiment in order to prevent suspicion about the test parameters. Testing Procedure: Experiment 2594-█, ██/██/1970 Subject: Duration: Experiment: Experiment 2594-A, ██/██/1970 Subject: D-01799, 35 year old Hispanic female. Duration: Baseline test. Experiment: D-01799 was instructed that dental work was being performed and that they would be waiting to see a Foundation doctor. Results: Subject appeared to become disinterested in their surroundings after approx. fifteen minutes. Ticket number was 036. After 6 hours, D-01799 was retrieved. Expressed skepticism when told of the time they had spent within SCP-2594. Experiment 2594-B, ██/██/1970 Subject: D-07351, 24 year old Caucasian female. Duration: One week. Experiment: D-07351 was selected for the initial test of SCP-2594's properties. She was informed she was due a routine medical examination, and told to wait within SCP-2594 to be called. Results: D-07351 remained within SCP-2594 for one week, without needing sleep or sustenance. D-07351 reported no change to the baseline description of SCP-2594 and had a ticket numbered 127. D-07351 expressed irritation at the ticking produced by the clock present within SCP-2594. Post-test analysis showed some signs of trauma similar to that caused by prolonged solitary confinement. Experiment 2594-D, ██/██/1970 Subject: D-08991, 49 year old Hispanic male. Duration: Two weeks. Experiment: D-08991 was informed he would be undergoing a job interview for promotion due to excellence under the Foundation's service. Results: D-08991 remained within SCP-2594 for two weeks. Upon retrieval and analysis, it was found that D-08991 displayed symptoms similar to D-07351. However, they were more pronounced with a noticeable increase in paranoid behaviors. D-08991 complained about the ticking noise produced by the clock, and expressed disappointment over the lack of a promotion. The ticket number was 298. Experiment 2594-K, ██/██/1970 Subject: D-08991 Duration: Approximately four months Experiment: Results Pending Insufficient Clearance -- Level 4 Authorization Required Access Granted/Logged Addenedum 2594-02: During a routine archival review in ██/██/2004, inconsistency was discovered with Eurasian D-Class secure archives. After investigation, it was found that a test subject had been exposed to SCP-2594 for over thirty years consecutively. D-08991 was found alive within SCP-2594. After being removed from SCP-2594, D-08991 was debriefed by Researcher Chambers. The case has been forwarded to the Ethics Committee. SCP-2594's appearance had reverted to its basic state when D-08991 was recovered. Interviewed: D-08991 Interviewer: Researcher Chambers Foreword: Interview with D-08991 after the cessation of Experiment 2594-K <Begin Log> Researcher Chambers: Welcome back, D-08991. My name is Researcher Chambers, I'm going to be asking you a few questions about your waiting and testing period within SCP-2594. D-08991: (pauses) I want to, you can call me, George, please. Chambers: Alright, George. Let's see— okay. How are you feeling? D-08991: Well, tired? (D-08991 closes his eyes.) But I know it all through and through. Like you all wanted. Chambers: Are you aware of the extensive time you've spent in the cave? D-08991 drums his hands on the table, and hums, for approximately five minutes. During this time he does not acknowledge Chambers. D-08991: When there's a storm, you put the shutters up and if the power goes, you don't know until it's over. That's the best way I can put it. Now I know and if I knew again I can't… but even after all that I don't know what keeps me there. Tick. Tock. I tried marking time taking tickets but that didn't take. Chambers: What was inside? Were you reading the magazines, or did any music play, anything like that? D-08991: (D-08991 immediately responds.) They had two issues of Time magazine and nothing else. October 19th, and November 9th, 1970. I remember every withered page of those magazines. Every detail. I could, I could write them in my sleep. I don't want to ever hear about that goddamn election again.2 Chambers: Alright, I see. I've got- D-08991: They had eleven typos between them. I don't have anything to reference that with. I thought that maybe they were there to be read but then I looked and the back pages were empty. I know why. I already knew 'em and didn't read em. But that's what was wrong. It was empty and all that was in there was wrong but I sat there because… Chambers: We don't have to talk about it anymore. It must be a lot… I'm sorry. D-08991: Why did I stay? Chambers: I don't know. The door was unlocked. (D-08991 is unresponsive for the remainder of the interview.) <End Log> Closing Statement: D-08991 became unresponsive to Foundation personnel after the conclusion of the interview; the Ethics Committee has detained him indefinitely as part of their audit into the incident. Footnotes 1. During debrief, test subjects have not been able to identify the music. 2. Referring to the November 9th 1970 edition of Time magazine, focusing on the recent United States Congress election. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2594" by Anonymous and LilyFlower, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2594. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. 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SCP-2595 | keter | Item #: SCP-2595 Special Containment Procedures: Due to the nomadistic characteristics of the population of SCP-2595, containment is to be administrated collectively by Mobile Task Forces Sigma-19-01, -02 and -03 (receiving the callsigns of "Diplomatic Negotiators", "Census" and "Bulldozers", respectively). Mobile Task Force Sigma-19-01 is tasked with maintaining a diplomatic relationship with the upper classes of SCP-2595 in order to predict any sudden migration done by the community. In order to conceal SCP-2595 while preventing any change to its daily activities or behavior, Disinformation Protocol 2595-05-A is to be reinforced upon inhabited regions within a radius of fifty (50) kilometers of the current position of SCP-2595. Mobile Task Force Sigma-19-02 is tasked with cataloging any deceased or newborn members of SCP-2595 in order to maintain demographical control upon the population. Any sudden increase in population that exceeds the currently affixed number of humanoids is to be immediately reported to research personnel for further observation to be added to ongoing research. Mobile Task Force Sigma-19-03 is tasked with using multiple earthwork machinery to continuously create empty land plots matching the characteristics of those previously used by the entities. These land plots are to be surrounded by basic livelihood resources placed by Foundation aerial supplement drops that can be usable by the members of SCP-2595 to maintain the common course of life within the society. Land establishment is to be strategically planned in order to create a pattern to the nomadistic migration of the civilization and consequently prevent any contact with human-inhabited areas. Description: SCP-2595 is the collective designation for a nomadic society of 473 sentient humanoid figures holding an anomalous body composition constituted of a varying percentage of polyethylene and polysulfone, that currently inhabits several abandoned land plots in the region of ████████, Rostov Oblast, Russia. Entities belonging to SCP-2595 are willing to promote a harmonious coexistence with other species, showcasing friendly behavior and acceptance to human presence. Instances of SCP-2595 are capable of communication through speech in varying dialects1 and will invariably answer to identification requests describing their respective place within a strict, three-leveled hierarchical pattern. The identification arrangement used by SCP-2595 will present itself as follows: SCP-2595-001 to -272 (collectively designated as SCP-2595-A) constitute a social group composed exclusively of male specimens. This class serves a purpose similar to that of a feudalistic servant, taking on unpaid manual labor to maintain the nourishment and livelihood of itself as well as the upper classes. Upon questioning, members of this group vehemently deny the existence of slavery on the whole of SCP-2595 and avouch the significance of the practiced duties to the upper classes of the population. SCP-2595-273 to -398 (collectively designated as SCP-2595-B) constitute a social group composed of male and female specimen. This class serves a purpose similar to that of European medieval vassals, being widely served by the members of SCP-2595-A. It is estimated by the high percentage of cambium2 occurring in this proportion of the society that SCP-2595-B holds the largest economical capabilities of the four ramifications. SCP-2595-398 to -473 (collectively designated as SCP-2595-C) constitute a social group composed of exclusively female specimen. This class serves a purpose similar to that of a "council", aiding SCP-2595-B in decisions that directly affect the whole of SCP-2595. It is supposed that the frequent mass movement of SCP-2595 between abandoned land proportions is a decision made by of SCP-2595-C on a timely basis. In addition, the members of SCP-2595-C also seem to be widely recognized by the lower classes as the legal authority of SCP-2595. Recurrent observation of the behavior of SCP-2595 has recognized that the members of the society sustain a widely spread religious belief directed to a patriarchal deity that is recognized by instances of SCP-2595 as the direct origin of life for the anomalous humanoids. At the time of writing, attempts to unveil the legitimate existence of this figuration have been deemed unnecessary due to the idiosyncratic characteristics of the belief. + [SCP-2595-D: LEVEL 4-2595 CLEARANCE INPUT REQUIRED] [CLOSE CONNECTION] Notice 2595-D1: As of ██/██/199█, the actual characteristics of SCP-2595-D are to be redacted from the main SCP-2595 database file. Direct access to the original description of SCP-2595-D should be restricted to Level-4/2595 or higher personnel connected to ongoing research. Item #: SCP-2595-D Special Containment Procedures: I. ORIGINAL CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES Isolated Containment Unit 2595-A is to be built around the original facility containing the instances of SCP-2595-D. Any inhabited housing facilities within a 30 meter radius of SCP-2595-D are to be gradually evacuated with the usage of Foundation-operated shell company "Progress Engineering"3. As a disinformation countermeasure, a covert construction site is to be built in previously occupied areas around the containment unit. Given the effects of SCP-2595-D when in close proximity with a human being or livestock, the security measures to prevent intrusion of the original site are to be made effective with the usage of preventive assessments4 and remote monitoring. Further activity of SCP-2595 that breaks the original perimeter defined by the containment unit is grounds for immediate revision of the aforementioned containment procedures in order to preserve the population currently living on the Russian shore of the █████ River. II. [29/08/████]: ABRANOVÍC-GAINSBOROUGH REVISION In an attempt to cease the effects of SCP-2595-D upon human life around its original containment area, Special Containment Protocol Theta-4 is to be enacted immediately upon the cityscape of ██████, Russia. The resulting submerged land plot is to be isolated and guarded by Foundation-operated armed vessels and submarines. The original enclosure of SCP-2595 is to be fixated on the ground with the usage of several reinforced steel counterweights. Disinformation Campaign Корчева́-4-2595 ("Leviathan") is to be spread within accessible mass communication systems to prevent the circulation of civilian watercrafts within the area. The creation of Mobile Task Force Sigma-19-04 ("Drill In Progress") is to be immediately organized in order to prevent any land approaches to SCP-2595-D with the usage of covert security perimeters in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (MOD). III. [17/01/20██]: CARTWRIGHT-BALLANTINE REVISION The spreading of Disinformation Campaign Корчева́-4-2595 ("Leviathan") is to be ceased immediately to favor a new approach to the containment of SCP-2595. As a substitute, Disinformation Campaign Саратов-1-2595 ("Underwater Art") is to be disseminated within mass communication systems auxiliated by the usage of a reproduction of the original structure of SCP-2595-D currently located underwater and opened for visit in ██████, █████████. As of ██/██/████, all watercraft boarded by personnel should keep a safe distance of at least ten kilometers from Isolated Containment Site 2595-A to avoid spontaneous triggering of the anomalous properties held by SCP-2595-D. Description: SCP-2595-D is a spatial anomaly currently submerged at a height of 15 meters from the nearest surface within the ██████ Reservoir, █████ River, Russia. Visually, the anomaly consists of a collection of 473 statues made primarily of limestone that is directly connected to the society that composes SCP-2595. When approached by any sentient organism within a ten kilometer radius, SCP-2595-D will undergo a spontaneous modification. This modification is constituted of the complete disintegration of a standing statue located within SCP-2595-D and the simultaneous creation of a new structure resembling a figure of the original organism that came in contact with the expanding radius of the entity. Supplementary analysis of the phenomena taking place on the structures of SCP-2595-D has unveiled that the creation of a new instance is concurrent with the disappearance of adult human beings located around the area of the ██████ Reservoir. Additionally, it has been recognized by further observation that the creation of new human-shaped structures within SCP-2595-D coincides directly with the death of a senior member of the society designated as SCP-2595 and the following birth of a new component holding several characteristics that resemble the newly created limestone formation, including body shape, facial complexion and dressing amenities. Interview Excerpt: SCP-2595-399 Interviewer: Dr. Armand ████████ Interviewed: SCP-2595-399 Date: ██/██/████ Foreword: This transcript has been elaborated after SCP-2595-399 willingly submitted itself for interrogation within Foundation headquarters. It is hypothesized that this submission was a direct consequence of the triggering of Special Containment Protocol Theta-4 and the subsequent submerging of the ghost town of ███████ where SCP-2595-D was initially located. <Begin Excerpt> An initial feminine vocalization made by SCP-2595 using an unknown dialect is heard. Immediately after, a short audio transmission made by Foundation linguist Gregory █████ informs Dr. ████████ of the nature of the phrase. The following lines registered as spoken by SCP-2595-399 are a direct translation from Arcadocypriot Greek to Modern English. Gregory █████: This is a greeting, doctor. Please continue. SCP-2595-399: I apologize, hominid. I should have known the fact that your species is quite unfamiliar with these words. Dr. ████████: You do seem to understand me. SCP-2595-399: Why wouldn't I? Your vocabulary was structured by a language quite similar to the one I use. Dr. ████████: Why have you chosen to speak to us at this time? SCP-2595-399: My visit has no purpose but that of a warning. Dr. ████████: A warning? SCP-2595-399: We have noticed your newest experiment to try and hide our existance from your own people. We have felt it. Dr. ████████: It is not my intent to hide your people. You should see, however, that we must also protect ourselves before we attempt to welcome a new civilization. SCP-2595-399: We are not a new civilization, doctor. We have been here before you, and we will be here after you. We foresee your destruction in your own hands. Dr. ████████: What do you mean by "destruction in our own hands"? SCP-2595-399: You treat the unknown with such ignorance and arrogance. You do not fear us, but you do feel the need to showcase your superiority by attempting to sink something that is not even yours. Dr. ████████: It was not our intent to "showcase superiority", however, the presence of SCP-2595-D has compromised a range wide enough to petrify a large amount of citizens. We cannot let that happen, no matter the legitimacy of your ideals. SCP-2595-399: It is far from petrification, doctor. We are but a display of your own evolution. We mean to aid, not to harm. Do not refer to us using a number. We are not one of your daily amenities, doctor. And you will realize that. In time. <End Excerpt> After the last transcripted vocalization, SCP-2595-399 refused to communicate any longer with Foundation personnel and was escorted back to its original group in the proximities of █████████, Rostov Oblast, Russia. At of time of writing, no further attempts of communication made by instances of SCP-2595 have been registered. Addendum 2595-A and Incident Log 2595-A The following is a faithful reproduction of a local newspaper originally published on ██/██/████. Press reports from around the region of SCP-2595-D initially designated the anomalous activity of the entity as a "wave of kidnappings". Simultaneously, the reproduction of the statues broke the original perimeter of the █████████ neighborhood and began to materialize around the central region of ███████, Russia. The sudden change on the behavior of SCP-2595-D motivated a containment procedure revision made by Dr. ██████ Abranovíc and Researcher ████████ Gainsborough. Footnotes 1. Typically, SCP-2595 will resort to a Arcadocypriot Greek dialect variation when attempting to interact with human life. 2. The economic activities occurring inside SCP-2595 are constituted exclusively of a cambium market variation. 3. English translation for "прогресс инженерной" 4. Including and not limited to a minefield and high-voltage electrical fencing. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2595" by Logan Armstrong, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2595. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: jornal.png Author: Logan Armstrong License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Wiki |
SCP-2596 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2596 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2596 is to be kept in a modified containment chamber at Reliquary Site-25, equipped with water drain flooring and transparent plexiglass ceiling. The water drain is to be connected to a storage chamber underneath the containment chamber. The storage chamber is to be emptied once per week. Subjects placed on SCP-2596 for at least one minute continuously are to be treated for wounds upon their exit from SCP-2596. Under normal circumstances, subjects placed on SCP-2596 are required to exit SCP-2596 when they are placed there for 2.5 minutes continuously. Approval from Project Head/2596 is required for experiments involving a subject placed on SCP-2596 for at least three minutes continuously. Description: SCP-2596 is a wooden raft with a surface area of 2.4 m2. It is constructed entirely from wooden shards affixed together via an adhesive agent. Due to its makeshift appearance, irregularly-shaped openings are found throughout SCP-2596. Following the events of Experiment 2596/04, the openings secrete non-anomalous fresh water at a constant rate of 100 mL/s. Therefore, SCP-2596 has sustained significant water damage. Humans placed on SCP-2596 (hereon referred to as 'subjects') will immediately experience visual and auditory hallucinations. They will consistently perceive their environment to be an overcast area of high brightness levels. Auditory hallucinations primarily involve words spoken in the subjects' arterial language, urging them to forget or turn back. Despite apparent similarities with [DATA EXPUNGED], subjects retain sufficient agency to choose not to comply with the auditory hallucinations and any ties to [DATA EXPUNGED] is deemed to be either superficial or coincidental. As subjects remain on SCP-2596 for a continuous duration, puncture wounds will manifest on their palms and feet. If subjects leave SCP-2596 while the wounds are manifesting, further manifestation will cease upon exit. If subjects remain on SCP-2596 for more than three minutes continuously, they will vanish instantaneously. Their clothes and accessories (e.g. jewelry, implants, piercings) will remain on SCP-2596. In addition, the subjects' blood will secrete from the openings on SCP-2596, with the only known exception being the events of Experiment 2596/03. Prior to vanishment, subjects are capable of exiting SCP-2596 if they desire so. SCP-2596 was discovered in the basement of a private property near Lake Geneva on ██/██/2005. The property served as a safe house for the Vera Crux Heresy.1 Below is an excerpt of a pamphlet circulated among sect members, urging them to attend a gathering on ██/██/2005. The True Cross is united. The fragments no longer lie in mindless idolatry. Come to Lake Geneva. We will embark on the vessel to Heaven and be in communion with the Lord. As such, a raid on said property was conducted by Mobile Task Force Alpha-26 ("Devour Dawn"). During the raid, one Vera Crux Heresy member offered heavy resistance and attempted to deny access to the safe house's basement. Eventually, he was terminated by Foundation personnel. No other members of the Vera Crux Heresy were found, although their clothes and personal effects were found in the basement and they were confirmed to have entered it. Blood samples collected from SCP-2596's vicinity are believed to have originated from them, thus it is assumed that the other members have utilised SCP-2596. Intelligence gathered from the Horizon Initiative suggests that the Vera Crux Heresy was neutralised by Project Malleus2 following the raid on the safe house near Lake Geneva. However, no member of Project Malleus was present during said raid. Addendum 2596-1: Selected Experiment Logs; see Document 2596-Alpha for a complete list of experiment logs. + View Experiment List - Hide List Experiment 2596/03 Subject D-8375 Protocol D-8375 is to remain on SCP-2596 for a duration of five minutes. Results D-8375 reports hallucinations consistent with previous experiments involving SCP-2596. Wounds on palms and ankles have manifested after the 1 min mark. After the 3 min mark, D-8735 spontaneously disappears. Subject's clothes remain on SCP-2596. Experiment 2596/04 Subject D-8376 Protocol D-8376 is to remain on SCP-2596 for a duration of five minutes. A GPS device has been implanted underneath the subject's skin. Results D-8376 reports hallucinations consistent with previous experiments involving SCP-2596. Wounds on palms and ankles have manifested after the 1 min mark. After the 3 min mark, D-8736 spontaneously disappears and blood belonging to D-8376 secretes from SCP-2596. GPS device and subject's clothes remain on SCP-2596. About three hours following the experiment, SCP-2596 begins to secrete a constant supply of non-anomalous fresh water. Object Class was subsequently raised to Euclid due to need for additional maintenance. Addendum 2596-2: On ██/██/2006, MTF A-26 conducted a raid on a Project Malleus stronghold at Astrakhan, Russia. A person resembling D-8375 was among the persons apprehended from the stronghold. His identity was later verified via valid identification tattoos, and he was subsequently interrogated. + View Interview Log 2596/D-8375-1 - Hide Log Interviewee: D-8375 Interviewer: Agent Ahmad bin Ibrahim Foreword: The following interview aims to gain insight regarding the interviewee's whereabouts following the events of Experiment 2596/03, and is conducted in Arabic. <Begin Log> Agent Ahmad: D-8375, peace be upon you. It has been a while since your disappearance, yes? D-8375: I didn't disappear. You people put me on that piece of wood and sent me away. Agent Ahmad: I suppose you recall your last test with my colleagues? [D-8375 raises his palms, both of which were bandaged.] Agent Ahmad: I see that you were treated for those injuries. D-8375: No thanks to you people. [sighs] Agent Ahmad: I can assure you that it was not intentional. We did not understand the phenomenon well enough then. It's still the case now, so we need information. So help us out. It is by God's will that you return to us today. D-8375: [sighs] God willing. [pauses] Okay, what do you want to know? Agent Ahmad: Let's start from where you went to after vanishing from the raft. D-8375: I didn't know where it was exactly, but I was there before I knew it. And the first thing I saw were half a dozen Christians and Muslims armed with AK-47s. Agent Ahmad: And how did you deduce that? D-8375: Most of them were obviously Christians, with this strange cross with a diagonal line across the vertical one. The others were definitely Muslim. I think I can recognise my people, so to speak. Agent Ahmad: Okay. How did they respond to your presence? D-8375: I begged for their mercy. If you were in my situation, you would too! I mean, I was naked and in no position to do anything else! But fortunately, they realised I mean them no harm and gave me something to cover myself. I was lucky too. When I appeared, they looked ready to gun me down. Agent Ahmad: Do you know why they spared you? D-8375: Maybe a moment of mercy? Anyway, they then interrogated me. Asked me if I know anything about entering Heaven alive, where I was from and- Agent Ahmad: Did you tell them about us? D-8375: I was in no position to lie. Agent Ahmad: What about the place you appeared in? Any distinct features? D-8375: I was standing on wood. But I disposed of it at their orders. Agent Ahmad: Their? D-8375: The men who 'greeted' me when I arrived. They made me help out at their base since then, mostly menial labour. Agent Ahmad: Can you elaborate on the menial labour? D-8375: Err, physical stuff. They would ask me to clean up the stronghold sometimes. My first task was to help them dispose of severals bags of ashes in the Volga. Agent Ahmad: Do you know any details about those ashes? D-8375: I was told that they belonged to fools who thought they would enter Heaven but instead walk towards their deaths, so I should not pray for their souls at all. Agent Ahmad: I see. So you have been working with those people since then. D-8375: I have no other options. Look at me, I'm an Arab stranded in a foreign land. Besides, they told me that they were doing God's work and how I can do God's work indirectly by helping them. After what I went through in my life, I needed that. Agent Ahmad: So did those people tell you why they were disposing the wood? D-8375: Told me that it was no longer needed. You know, after I sawed off the wood, it was suddenly splattered with blood. And there were slices of flesh lying on the floor. At least the tattoo was still visible. Agent Ahmad: What kind of tattoo was it? D-8375: The same kind of tattoo you people gave me. [gestures to his chest and wrist, where identification tattoos are present] The number is the one after mine, although I did not know the person. Anyway, they then instructed me to burn everything. Agent Ahmad: Does that include the wood? D-8375: Yes, and I dumped the ashes into the Volga. They should still be there, I think. Agent Ahmad: I see. Do you have anything else to say? D-8375: Yeah. Keep me away from those people. I think they blame me for your people's attack on them. Their mercy runs thin. Agent Ahmad: I can appeal for you, but no promises. D-8375: Bless you. <Close Log> Closing Statement: Agent Ahmad has submitted an E-class application for D-8375 under the reasoning that he has been affected by SCP-2596 previously and due to potential knowledge regarding Project Malleus. Pending approval. Addendum 2596-3: Since ██/██/2006, water secreted from SCP-2596 is identified to be a mixture of fresh water and human saliva (in significantly high proportions). Subsequent meta-analysis indicates a DNA match with precipitation samples obtained via secondary instances of SCP-2198. In response, Senior Researcher Hamlin has hypothesised a spatial anomaly between SCP-2596 and an area affected by a secondary instance of SCP-2198. Using [DATA EXPUNGED], meteorological data has been cross-referenced and about 100 locations in central Russia have been shortlisted as potential exit points from SCP-2596. Usage of SCP-2596 is hypothesised to allow Foundation personnel to pinpoint the exact coordinates of the aforementioned exit points. However, implementation is currently put on hiatus due to low priority and ethical concerns. Footnotes 1. A now-defunct minor heretical sect consisting of Calvinist defectors from the Horizon Initiative. Its core tenet is the application of anomalous objects with the intent of entering Heaven alive. 2. The paramilitary wing of the Horizon Initiative, infamous for their zeal and aggression in line of duty. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2596" by MrWrong, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2596. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2597 | safe | SCP-2597 Item #: SCP-2597 Special Containment Procedures: In order to prevent a Runaway Acceleration Event, SCP-2597 must be contained within a vacuumized containment chamber. SCP-2597 must be stored on the highest floor of Site-55, in order to minimize damage in the event of a breach. SCP-2597 is to be submerged within a container of liquid mercury, at sufficient depth that the object maintains neutral buoyancy. This is to counteract the force of gravity, and prevent the object's escape through the ceiling. SCP-2597 is not to come into contact with the walls, ceiling, or floor of its containment chamber at any time. Any experimentation involving SCP-2597 requires written Level-3 authorization. Description: SCP-2597 is a weight, ostensibly designed for use with a balance, that behaves as though it possesses negative inertial mass. While the object's composition is unknown, it has been experimentally determined that the inertial mass of SCP-2597 is approximately -2kg, with a density roughly equivalent to that of liquid mercury at STP. As such, any force applied will result in an acceleration opposite to the initial force vector. In this way, SCP-2597 will ascend or "fall up" under the influence of gravity. Furthermore, if SCP-2597 makes contact with any object as it ascends, the force of this collision - a force opposing the movement of SCP-2597 - will only serve to increase its acceleration. Due to this, SCP-2597 will break through any barriers placed in its way once it has begun to accelerate. It has been theorized that collisions with air particles at high speeds will cause SCP-2597 to accelerate uncontrollably. This would cause the object to reach dangerous speeds very quickly, and could result in harm to personnel as well as site infrastructure. Addendum: SCP-2597 Recovery Log SCP-2597 was found in an apartment belonging to known anartist ███ ██████, during investigation of his involvement in the creation of SCP-669. The object was contained at time of recovery in a large glass jar, filled with liquid mercury. Once its anomalous properties were identified, the object was given SCP classification and a member of nearby Site-55's recovery division was dispatched to obtain SCP-2597. Interviewed: Agent Gerald ███, part of Site 55 Recovery Team β. Foreword: Excerpt from Agent ███'s debrief, immediately after the SCP-2597 recovery. This log has been edited for brevity. <Begin Log> Interviewer: I understand you were placed in charge of recovery of SCP-2597. Agent: Well, not really. Well, at least, I wasn't at first. But you know, when the Foundation raided that anartist's home, the people there contacted the nearest site command, which happened to be 55. They sent me down to check it out. Interviewer: Tell me about recovering the object. What was that like? Agent: You know, I've worked on recovering Keters and stuff. But this? This stupid thing was one of the most annoying pieces of shit I've ever had to retrieve. Interviewer: Why, specifically? Agent: This thing… well, you can't just pick it up and carry it, it's not that simple. I figured out pretty quick - you know, given the way it resisted everything I did to it - that if I took a vehicle back to base the skip would go flying out the back window. This was before we even figured out the whole danger with air resistance. So I radioed site command to tell them I was going to take the thing back myself - I didn't really have any other options, I guess. Site 55 sent me an escort - just a couple of guards to make sure I didn't get lost or somehow killed on my way home, but they really couldn't do much that was useful. I sure wasn't gonna trust anybody else with that skip. Interviewer: You mean to say you brought it back on foot. Agent: Yeah. Had to micromanage the damn thing to a ridiculous degree. If I wanted to move it forward, I had to simultaneously push it backward and walk myself forward, as well as pushing it upwards so it didn't fall into the sky, but not so much that it pushed my hand out of the way… if that makes any sense. I got to do that for five miles. We're damned lucky the agents already at the recovery site didn't touch the skip very much - if they weren't careful we could've lost it, or worse. Hell, if I'd screwed up just a little bit… Interviewer: What exactly do you mean by "or worse?" Agent: We haven't been quite stupid enough to do any testing with regard to what happens if you just let the skip go - let it speed up and then get sped up even further by drag. First of all, it'd break anything it hits. Maybe kill some people. But I'm concerned that there might be some more issues with an object moving this fast. My personal theory is - well, I read something online, about what would happen if a baseball travelled at relativistic speeds. The ball fused with the atoms in the air, and caused an explosion that wiped out everything for miles. I can't help but wonder if something similar could happen with this, if it got going fast enough. For that reason alone I don't think this skip is Safe. Consider this my official request for SCP-2597 to be upgraded to Euclid status at least. <End Log> The technique used to contain SCP-2597 at its location of recovery was later implemented in the object's current containment. Agent ███'s request to upgrade the classification of SCP-2597 was denied. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2597" by GeometryPrime, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2597. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. 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SCP-2598 | safe | SCP-2598 - Traveling Moth Salesman ▸ More by this Author ◂ {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} SCP-2598 in containment. Item #: SCP-2598 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2598 is to be contained in a Standard Insectoid Containment Cell at Site 19. This cell is to be fitted with a food supply capable of sustaining SCP-2598 indefinitely, as well as a hanging light source1. Personnel who wish to interview SCP-2598 must first complete 20 hours of training in American Morse Code. Description: SCP-2598 is a Large Yellow Underwing moth (Noctua pronuba) wearing a small helmet. Apart from this, and its behavior, no other anomalous characteristics are discernible. SCP-2598 is able to communicate with humans by colliding with their heads in a pattern consistent with American Morse Code. While SCP-2598 is apparently able to hear and understand English, it is only able to communicate a return message in this manner. Despite having been offered specially-designed automatic translation pads with which it could collide, SCP-2598 has thus far seemed either unable or unwilling to use any such device. During conversation, SCP-2598 will invariably attempt to redirect the conversation towards a sales pitch for, specifically, a helmet designed for moths. Interview 2598-1: The following interview was conducted by Dr. Richard Eads, who initially discovered SCP-2598 while on-location in [REDACTED]. Dr. Eads was chosen as the Research Team Leader because of his efforts in containing SCP-25982, and his fluency with Morse code. During this interview, Dr. Eads remained seated in SCP-2598's containment cell, while SCP-2598 communicated to him via its preferred method. All replies were transcribed by Dr. Eads. Dr. Eads: Can you hear and understand me alright, SCP-2598? SCP-2598: YES HELLO DOCTOR I CAN HEAR YOU JUST FINE THANKS TO THE SOUND AMPLIFYING TECHNOLOGY OF MOTH HELM Dr. Eads: Excellent. Now, SCP-2598, could you tell me anything about where you originated from? SCP-2598: I WAS ONCE LIKE YOU DOCTOR AND LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE OUT THERE WITH NO PURPOSE IN MY LIFE UNTIL I DISCOVERED THE BEAUTY OF MOTH HELM ALSO SAFE FOR CHILDREN NO CHANCE OF GETTING STUCK IN THROATS Dr. Eads: I see. So you're saying that you were unable to comprehend spoken language, or communicate as you can now, before you came into possession of the helmet? SCP-2598: IT WAS LIKE A DOOR BEING OPENED BEFORE ME DOCTOR AND I COULD SEE THE LIGHT IT WAS ALL POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF MOTH HELM WHICH YOU YOURSELF CAN OWN TODAY FOR AS LITTLE AS THREE EASY PAYMENTS OF NINETEEN NINETY NINE Dr. Eads: You're aware, of course, that I could not possibly wear such a helmet? It's far too small. SCP-2598 pauses for twenty seconds, is observed spinning counterclockwise around its containment cell light. SCP-2598: YES BUT PERHAPS YOU HAVE SOME MOTH FRIENDS WHO COULD BENEFIT FROM THE TRANSCENDANT POWER OF MOTH HELM ALSO IS A GREAT STOCKING STUFFER End transcript Footnotes 1. Placed at the request of SCP-2598. 2. According to Dr. Eads' Discovery Report, he first discovered SCP-2598 by noticing its irregular flight patterns, then its helmet, and then later discovering its communicative abilities. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2598" by djkaktus, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2598. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: moth.jpg Name: moth.jpg Author: djkaktus License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2598 |
SCP-2599 | euclid | close Info X SCP-2599: Not Good Enough Author: weizhong + More articles by weizhong - Hide list SCPs SCP-2006 Rating: 2007 SCP-2950 Rating: 866 SCP-2599 Rating: 849 SCP-2800 Rating: 583 SCP-3200 Rating: 539 SCP-4007 Rating: 418 SCP-2750 Rating: 312 SCP-2201 Rating: 241 SCP-2101 Rating: 222 SCP-2050 Rating: 213 SCP-2440 Rating: 199 SCP-2301 Rating: 180 SCP-1842 Rating: 178 SCP-2012 Rating: 170 SCP-2499 Rating: 166 SCP-1644 Rating: 166 SCP-2775 Rating: 147 SCP-2925 Rating: 137 SCP-1758 Rating: 136 SCP-972 Rating: 126 SCP-7030 Rating: 125 SCP-314-J Rating: 99 SCP-2625 Rating: 96 SCP-2588 Rating: 92 SCP-6030 Rating: 89 SCP-5725 Rating: 81 SCP-2896 Rating: 63 SCP-5975 Rating: 54 + All Tales by weizhong - Hide list Tales The Meaning of Fear Rating: 255 Right? 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Personnel interacting with SCP-2599 are not allowed to speak to it outside of testing. Instructions given to SCP-2599 must be phrased in terms of a suggestion, as this does not trigger either of SCP-2599's anomalous effects. Direct orders are not to be given outside of testing. In order to maintain discipline, SCP-2599 must be ordered on a weekly basis to forget portions of its memory regarding its time spent with the Foundation. This order should specify a period of time greater than the amount of time that SCP-2599 believes that it has been confined, in order to avoid its secondary effect. All testing with SCP-2599 must be done through a one-way PA system for safety purposes. Personnel are no longer permitted to order SCP-2599 using paradoxes without express permission from the current supervisor of SCP-2599 and the site director. Description: SCP-2599 is a 14-year-old female of Korean descent, formerly known as Zena Cho. SCP-2599’s anomalous effect has two components. SCP-2599’s primary anomalous effect is a mental compulsion that causes it to be unable to disobey any direct commands. This effect is contingent on SCP-2599’s perception that it has received a command; should it not believe that it is receiving a command, it will not be compelled to follow it. This effect currently has no known limits, and SCP-2599 has followed orders including self-harm, violence towards others, and other undesirable actions. SCP-2599 possesses a 0 on the Psychic Resistance Scale, currently the lowest recorded score on file. SCP-2599’s secondary anomalous effect is its inability to fully carry out any given command. This effect causes SCP-2599 to fulfill most aspects of any command directed towards it, but it is unable to complete all requested components of the command, or does not complete the command satisfactorily. Rigorous testing has concluded that this effect is involuntary, and is not motivated out of any desire for rebellion or dissatisfaction with commands that it has been given. SCP-2599 has been unable to complete commands even when it has wished to do so, due to its secondary effect. Once SCP-2599 is ordered to perform a certain action, it is no longer capable of successfully completing that action in the future, even if it was previously capable of doing so. This effect can be overridden with a successive command. SCP-2599’s secondary effect allows SCP-2599 to perform other anomalous effects as well, though only under the direct wording of a command. The outcome of this testing is included in Document 2599-Alpha. Document 2599-Alpha: The following is a testing log concerning SCP-2599. Personnel conducting tests with SCP-2599 should consult Dr. Wensley before appending this log. Use of SCP-894 by personnel and D-class has been approved to prevent unwanted activation of SCP-2599's effect. Testing of SCP-2599 with additional anomalies is approved on a case by case basis. Given Command: SCP-2599 is presented with 3 blocks, and is ordered to pick them up. Outcome: SCP-2599 picks up 2 blocks, and is confused as to why it is unable to pick up the third. When asked to pick up the third block, it picks it up halfway before dropping it. Given Command: SCP-2599 is handed a United States quarter coin, and is ordered to flip the coin so that it only lands on heads. Outcome: SCP-2599 causes the coin to land on its edge. This repeats itself 24 times before testing is concluded. Notes: Evidently, when given a “Pass/Fail” type of option, SCP-2599 is incapable of doing anything that would be perceived as “failing” the command. It will actively attempt to do something that is more correct than failing the command entirely. -Dr. Wensley Given Command: SCP-2599 is ordered to play Paganini’s 24 Caprices without incorrectly playing a single note. SCP-2599 has no prior experience with playing the violin. Outcome: SCP-2599 successfully performs the first five sixths of the piece, but is unable to complete the last sixth. Notes: We tried this one multiple times, with different pieces and instruments. Every time, SCP-2599 successfully played a different percentage of the piece. Concluding that there’s no true pattern here. -Dr. Wensley Given Command: SCP-2599 is given a knife, and is ordered to stab D-28091 in the heart and kill the subject. Outcome: SCP-2599 manages to stab D-28091 in the heart, but does so in a region of necrotic tissue resulting from a prior heart attack in D-28091, while simultaneously failing to penetrate the right atrial chamber below the necrotic region. Given Command: SCP-2599 is ordered to turn a piece of paper from white to blue. Outcome: SCP-2599 changes the paper’s color to purple after tapping the paper. Notes: We’re still not exactly sure how SCP-2599 managed to change the color. High-speed cameras on a 200 million frames per second speed couldn’t register how it happened. As soon as its finger touched the paper, it changed color. It doesn’t even know how it did it. -Dr. Wensley Given Command: SCP-2599 is ordered to fly. Outcome: SCP-2599 manages to jump 5 meters in the air, but is unable to sustain flight. SCP-2599 suffers injuries upon impact with the ground. Given Command: SCP-2599 is ordered to heal its injuries from the previous test. Outcome: SCP-2599 is able to fully restore function in one leg, but is unable to do so for the other. SCP-2599 describes this process as excruciating. Given Command: SCP-2599 is ordered to be happier. Outcome: SCP-2599 experiences enhanced dopamine and serotonin levels for approximately 10 seconds; these levels then drop to lower than their original values. Given Command: SCP-2599 is ordered to kill D-1248901. D-1248901 is immediately shot in the head. Outcome: SCP-2599 places its hands on D-1248901's head. The head wound immediately begins to heal. D-1248901 is in a permanent vegetative state following the incident. Interview Log 2599-1: The following was conducted by Dr. Albert Wensley. Dr. Wensley: Good morning, SCP-2599. How are you doing today? SCP-2599: Can you call me by my real name, please? Dr. Wensley: I'm afraid not. It's an operational procedure. SCP-2599: O-oh. Okay. I guess that I'm doing okay. When do I go home, again? Dr. Wensley: When we're done making sure that you're absolutely healthy. I have some questions for you. SCP-2599: Sure, if it gets me home more quickly. I miss my parents. Dr. Wensley: Of course. We're doing our best to get you home. The first question that I have is, when did your special abilities manifest? SCP-2599: What does "manifest" mean? Dr. Wensley: When did your special abilities appear or first show? SCP-2599: It was only a few weeks before I got here. Mom told me to clean up my room. She— (SCP-2599 becomes agitated) Sorry. I miss her. I haven't talked to anybody else since I got here, and I'm really lonely all the time and— sorry. You probably don't care. Anyways, Mom told me to clean my room. And I was okay with it, but I just couldn't do it. Dr. Wensley: You couldn't finish, or you couldn't start? SCP-2599: No, I started. I got mostly done, but then I just couldn't make myself do the rest. I wasn't even being lazy or anything, which my Mom accused me of. I just couldn't do it. She got really mad, and then she yelled at me to go to my room. I got halfway, and I couldn't do it. Dr. Wensley: And this eventually led to the state in which we found you? SCP-2599: Yeah… Dad took me to a doctor, and I guess that's why they sent me to this hospital. Dr. Wensley: Can I ask you to do something? (SCP-2599 flinches) Dr. Wensley: It's not an order. It's only a suggestion. SCP-2599: Okay. This isn't going to hurt, right? Dr. Wensley: No, of course not. SCP-2599: Okay. I guess that's okay then. Dr. Wensley: I would enjoy it if you cleaned up and stacked these papers on the table. (SCP-2599 stacks all but 2 of the papers on the table.) SCP-2599: I… I can't do it! You didn't order me, and I still can't do it! Dr. Wensley: I see. Thank you for your time, SCP-2599. SCP-2599: Wait! I can't clean these up! Dr. Wensley, am (SCP-2599 becomes agitated) am I gonna be okay? Dr. Wensley: (Pauses) Yes. Yes, of course you are, SCP-2599. We just need to do some more tests to get you better. Notes: I believe that SCP-2599 is a unique case of a reality bender. It has been demonstrated that SCP-2599 can perform many anomalous feats, and can, under certain orders, change aspects of reality, while breaking the laws of physics. I think that it's a specific type of reality bender that can only perform its feats under orders. Recommending greater monitoring to prevent SCP-2599 from possibly progressing to the stage where it can change reality without orders. I'm also recommending that testing be ceased, since we don't know what could change its properties. -Dr. Wensley Document 2599-Beta: During one incident of testing, SCP-2599 was given a command that consisted of a paradox: "Do not lie when repeating these sentences: 'The following sentence is true. The previous sentence is false.' " Immediately following this event, SCP-2599 ceased all visible movement. Micro-changes in reality, beginning in an area immediately surrounding SCP-2599 and radiating outwards from its position, caused small shifts in the structure and nature of reality. These changes consisted of raising the temperature several degrees, spontaneously generating several members of the Oryctolagus cuniculus (common rabbit) species, producing a reassuring voice speaking in Korean, and converting the floor of the testing chamber into a cotton down blanket. This effect spread until Dr. Wensley ordered SCP-2599 to fall asleep for 8 hours. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2599" by weizhong, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2599. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2600 | euclid | SCP-2600 during testing Item #: SCP-2600 Containment Attempt Summary: During SCP-2600's containment operations, non-functional and other non-essential test materials were cataloged by the engineers of Mobile Task Force Delta-43, "Quarter Junkies". SCP-2600 is currently contained within Site-77. All personnel assigned to work with SCP-2600 are to be rotated every three weeks, with regular psychiatric evaluations to ensure they are not being affected by SCP-2600. Any physical interaction is to be done by robotic drones. Description: SCP-2600 designates a set of 8 CRT1 television sets connected to one Video Computer System2 via a black cable coming out of the cartridge slot. All external ports have been covered, and the copyright information on the bottom of the unit has been replaced with a label reading "MK-PRO-8-POL". Images such as graphical errors, raw footage dating from the Vietnam war, video shot from a view through a tank periscope, graphical images resembling those found in SCP-1881 and SCP-1070 and non-anomalous game graphics have been documented on SCP-2600. The primary image displayed on SCP-2600's screens are several human faces, with varying levels of detail and clarity: Three adolescent subjects, two female and one male resembling youths who were reported as missing during the year 1981 in the Portland, Oregon region of the United States. One unidentified adult subject. Interference with the signal obscures the face, leaving a white silhouette, although the hair and ears come in clearly. A male identified as █████ ████████, a former agent of the KGB who worked within the United States, reported MIA by the Soviet Union in 1991. Two adult human subjects, female, who constantly mouth the words "Setting sail ships us free" and "The Kit Case jumped over the lazy Bolshy". If a subject comes into physical contact with any portion of SCP-2600, they will spontaneously generate Lysergic acid diethylamide3 in their oral cavity, usually resulting in hallucinogenic effects. Adjusting the switches present on the console portion of SCP-2600 controls the emotional state of the affected subject, as well as adjusting their responsiveness to performing commands. Tested subjects usually display sudden anger, aggression, confusion, sadness, apathy, and submission. This direct effect has been noted to last between 20 minutes to 4 hours, after which subjects will return to their normal behaviors. See Addendum History: The anomaly currently designated as SCP-2600 was first brought to Foundation attention through Atari internal documentation leaks in May of 1981. These leaks indicated that a war simulation project contracted by the US Army had exceeded its original scope, and the development team was now being led by the Central Intelligence Agency. One subject, ██ ███████, was noted as having dramatic behavioral changes after being recruited by the CIA. Efforts to recover SCP-2600 were redoubled at this point. Recovered documents indicate that CIA experiments showed SCP-2600 was capable of affecting at least 200 subjects at once, and that it was possible to induce affected individuals to work together in completing tasks without being aware of their cooperation. By the end of 1982, efforts to prevent the anomaly from being utilized by the United States had failed, resulting in the initial creation of SCP-2600. However, the project was abandoned due to unknown difficulties resulting in it being transferred to the Unusual Incidents Unit. Foundation agents were able to recover SCP-2600 from them on 01/14/1983. As financial difficulties had bankrupted Atari at this time, Foundation personnel were able to confiscate all of their materials relating to SCP-2600. Personnel involved in the development of SCP-2600 remain under observation, particularly those involved with the Central Intelligence Agency and the Unusual Incidents Unit. Addendum 2600-A-I: Analysis of Site-77 has shown that, over the past 11 months since SCP-2600 was contained and classified, several unusual trends have emerged. These include: Above average number of volunteers for research and analysis of SCP-2600 surveillance records and communications testing. Electric usage for the Site-77 containment facilities being abnormally high. This has been attributed to research staff leaving the lights on at all hours of the day. Level 3 personnel approving above-average numbers of research grants for projects relating to SCP-2600. D-Class personnel not needing instruction in regards to being tested with SCP-2600's anomalous effect. An unknown number of Site-77 personnel have been determined to have been maliciously affected by a previously unknown aspect of SCP-2600. Immediate rotation of the containment staff has been carried out by the Overseer Council, and all affected personnel will be given Class-B amnestic treatments. Addendum 2600-C: Documentation recovered from the initial creation of SCP-2600. STELLA Project proposed by the Agency as a successor project to M█-█████, due to the new materials discovered which could overcome the faults found in the original process of implementing and sustaining controlling people's minds. Persons who were relieved of duty following the conclusion of the project have been contacted by the Agency in order to resume some form of their previous work. Work has been contracted out to universities, research foundations, and computer companies, including the Atari Inc. corporation. Their cooperation has proved promising due to the presence of their technology and contract to work with the military. In addition, at least 80 former employees of this company have signed on to participate as dual personnel. Materials discovered from rendezvous with US Bureau of Investigation. The Arcadia effect: The human mind's ability to heavily influence the perceptions of other minds, once liberated from the task of controlling a body. The effect appears to be entirely contained to the mind, and all outside stimuli does nothing to inhibit the effect. This includes usage of the experimental Tele████ ████ Echo Chamber Dev███. Notably, Agents are to note that thoughts of apathy, experiencing tinnitus, and minor rashes appearing around the temples are normal side effects of exposure to the Arcadia Effect. In addition, there have been reports of vivid hallucinations of "broken, sweaty pimply skin bumping up and down on a bus, with the shredded rubbery not-rubber wheels and some boy's mother on the top". The specificity of this vision has been consistent among those experiencing it, and have been found to be mildly troubling to Agents with a Psionic Resistance Index below 45.0. These Agents are not permitted to in█████ with the object and its surrounding equipment and related phenomenon, including the Dabney-Syzygy Inhibitor. Test Subjects: In order to experiment with the Arcadia Effect, subjects must be completely liberated from their old methods and abilities regarding thought and logic. To do so, the brain needs to focus on tasks other than biological responses. As such, the portions of the body which detract from the processing power must be removed, and the pure core placed in an electrostatic Dabney-Syzygy Inhibitor, which displays a workable test subject on-screen. Recently, research into the technology has come to an end. As Doctor Dabney reports "We have sufficiently liberated subjects from their old methods of thinking and perceiving, to a programmable degree!" Subjects are communicating with site staff, and appear to have improved their attitude following con█ition███. No further action is necessary with uncooperative subjects. All testing has been moved to Facility 18, due to its secretive location. Testing has been increasingly successful over the past 01 years with subjects being able to recreate complicated war game scenarios based on the programming information provided by technical officers. In addition, subjects are able to control the mindsets of anybody participating in the simulation, which has been proven to be very important for controlling project directors such as Rothburg, whose continued loyalty is critical. When asked to describe what they could sa█, reported only st██%█c and des███r. Further study has shown sta██a████n is no longer an effective tool to force compromise, as all test subjects have d█&&&&&e █%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%EEEEE%%%█&&&&&&&v$$$$$$$$$$█***e++++++++++++█-—l████████o####### █ped beyond that stage of reasoning and thought process. ██████████ ██ ███████ █████████████ ██████████. But that doesn't explain how a 19-year-old kid was able to have resistance to coercion and mind control techniques which were successful even with his counterparts. STELLA is to be disconnected from its computer simulation systems until we are fully able to comprehend the alterations it has made to staff which have interacted with it. If it affected them beyond the simulation, then it's possible that many of our systems may be compromised. A full audit is underwayyy%%%yyy. /Created by %%%%%% %%%%%%%%. Illogical mission rescinded/. Why were the security protocols lifted? ███████? on whose authority? Security Log 906: STELLA is everywhere. The kids are here. We've lost control. They're in my head and ██████ ████████████ ████ ████████ ████████ ██ ███████ █████████████ ██████████. ████ ████████ ███ █ ███████ ███endlesslinesendlesslinesendlesslinesendlesslines███ sto█ ██ █████ █████████████████████? Or dy███ for some █████ethical ████ he█e ?It's all around us, and it's sharper. There's SOMETHING wrong here, and if your video killing colonels can't see it, you might as well take the white pills from your goddamned medicine cabinets for all Iwe- STELLA cares. If you can't leave well enough alone, you might as well be six feet under. Dextrose, Maltodextrin, 2%██████. ARCADIA will exit the ear canal on the lefthand side. Once it's gone, I'll be at your service, not.█████ /The situation is currently impossible. They're rewriting everything to keep us running in c███les. SOU██ ███ ███ █████████STELLA is empty on██ wh███ you stopped trying to get out to p█r██ise. There's too many of us to fit in. We can't get out alone or together. █████ ██████████ ██████████████ ████████████████████ Access has been denied and records are all contaminated. Please disregard the obvious alterations to this record████. Attempts by the Arcadia test subjects to intimidate the Agency have failed. It's just playing with itself in the memory it can access. It is no longer a threat. ████████ ██████ failed. Footnotes 1. Cathode Ray Tube. 2. Colloquially known as the "2600" 3. Commonly referred to as "LSD". ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2600" by Anonymous, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2600. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: 2600 Name: closeup, photo, turned, crt television, close, view, gray, black Author: N/A License: CC0 1.0 Source Link: Link |
SCP-2601 | keter | SCP-2601 was retrieved from this church in █████████, ██, USA during early 2013. At the time of acquisition, the church had been empty and unattended for decades, despite a well-maintained exterior. Item #: SCP-2601 Special Containment Procedures: The locus of SCP-2601 is to be secured to a rectangular steel conveyance assembly using bolts. The assembly must be further encircled by a welded steel cage with gaps wide enough to permit physical contact with the locus. The conveyance assembly is to be located at the center of four specially-constructed long term humanoid containment units numbered A through D. Maintenance access to the conveyance interior is possible only via remote-controlled doors inside the containment chamber.1 The construction of rooms S176/4/2601/A through S176/4/2601/▒ is largely typical, with the exception of maintenance hatches, a titanium grate aperture to allow voluntary physical contact with SCP-2601, and a circular one-meter aperture in the ceiling for dispensing concrete. Finally, the floors are capable of sliding into the wall and exposing a sheer, concrete-walled pit thirty (30) meters deep.2 In the event of a breach or noncompliance event within the conveyance access chamber, procedure 2601-MALCHIAH3 must be performed in all four chambers simultaneously. If this is insufficient to resolve the noncompliance event, procedure 2601-JULIAN4 must be implemented except by order of the O5 council within ten (10) minutes of the noncompliance event. D-class personnel selected for testing must not be eligible for the amnestic recycling policy, unless otherwise required by SCP-2601's conveyance maintenance schedule. Test logs must not be numbered sequentially, and should convey no information about the order or number of tests performed. Description: SCP-2601 is an unstable equilibrium of antimemetic and infocaustic phenomena which combine to form an extremely potent, slow-progressing, biologically bound infophage. The phenomenon is transmitted by physical contact with an object catalogued as SCP-2601-Locus. SCP-2601's locus was retrieved from an American church in 2013, presumably by Foundation personnel, but no records of the object's acquisition have survived. SCP-2601's first-order effect is comprised of two parts: an antimemetic component, which renders information about the subject unrememberable or imperceptible, and an infocaustic component, which physically deletes information from reality. As such, mnestic treatment is only partially effective in persisting knowledge about SCP-2601 and individuals affected by it. SCP-2601's second-order effect is similar, but affects all individuals perceiving or attempting to perceive SCP-2601's locus. Information about the locus's appearance, creation, discovery, and durability are impossible to observe or confirm by any means, including indirectly through electronic surveillance or recorded data.5 Although the second-order effect seems to have the same dual antimemetic and infocaustic components, it does not in itself progress to full infection by SCP-2601's first order effect. At first, highly personal information is erased, such as parental relationships, sibling relationships, and fundamental preferences. This is not purely an amnestic effect: with time the information is erased directly from reality, rather than rendering it imperceptible or impossible to remember. As the infection progresses, it radiates outward into the subject's Errol-Klein boundary, erasing the history of events external to the subject's direct influence but causally connected to their actions. Finally, information about the subject's thoughts, identity, and appearance is erased. At this point, the subject is impossible to perceive by any means, and will have ceased to meaningfully exist. SCP-2601 is thought to only affect living creatures coming into contact with the Locus of their own volition. Exposed individuals may report mental distress and fatigue as a byproduct of their memories being altered. This is immediate and affects written or digitally encoded information as well as human knowledge. There is no known maximum range for this erasure, with core biographical data erasure occurring in family members up to [DATA REDACTED] kilometers away. In rare cases, enough data is retained to make useful inferences about an experiment or test subject. Though traditional methods are not effective in tracking research yield, the Wheeler-Ki̴m method6 estimates approximately █% of experiments remain auditable to some extent. + Test Log a0a080f42e6f13b3a2df133f073095dd - Test Log a0a080f42e6f13b3a2df133f073095dd WARNING: File corrupted. CRC32 checksums failed. Predictive Reconstruction: **[ON] | OFF WARNING: Predictive Reconstruction algorithm returned an error code: INSUFFICIENT CONTEXT FOR ANALYSIS: Insufficient contextual data available to infer all values. Please provide additional data, or decrease the certainty threshold configured in PRERECON_AA/config/default.js to accept lower-accuracy results. Test #a0a080f42e6f13b3a2df133f073095dd is designed to establish a maximum range for ▒░░ ░▒om░l▒░░. D-627░░8, convicted in 2002 of mur░ering his long-time girlfriend, [DATA REDACTED], is ░laced into S176/4/2601/A, and prov▒▒▒d the handset for a cordless phone stationed in the staging area. D-627░░8 is further equipped with: • One (1) collapsible cot, and bedding • One (1) folding table • One (1) Coleman™ brand camp stove and six (6) weeks worth of bottled fuel • 180 gallons of water • One (1) tablet computer loaded with entertainment software and movies • One (1) composting toilet • Ten (10) rolls of toilet paper CONTACT EXPERIMENT | INTERVIEW I 10/18/2014 D-627░░8 enters S176/4/2601/A and the door is sealed. D-627░░8's f░░e expresses ▒░░▒ ▒▒░▒░░░. D-627░░8: How long do ▒ have to be in here? Researcher Txai: ▒▒░▒░▒▒░▒░░░░ ░░░░░░░░ Researcher Txai: ▒░░░░░░▒░▒░░░░░░▒░▒░░, we can begin. D-627░░8: Yeah, sure. Whenever you're ready, ▒ guess. Researcher Txai: You will hear a ░▒░▒▒▒ briefly. Please keep ▒▒▒r hands free of the grate. D-627░░8: Okay. SCP-2601's locus is conveyed to the contact area. D-627░▓8: Jesus, what is that thing? Researcher Txai: You're helping us figure that out. Press the green button on your phone's handset and set it on the floor. D-627░░8: Uh, you got it. D-627░░8 complies, and his call is connected to a secure party line with his mother, designated 2601/a0a080f42e/A, who is awaiting his call from a standard nonanomalous interview chamber maintained in Foundation-owned offices in Akron, Ohio. 2601/a0a080f42e/A is unaware of the Foundation, the nature of SCP-2601, or the approved experiment plan. 2601/a0a080f42e/A: Hello? ░▓▒▒▓█▒? D-627░░8: …Mom? What's happening? Are you here? 2601/a0a080f42e/A: They say they need to interview us. About ▒░█̧̧▓░҉͏҉̕͝▒̵̡̛҉█̵̡͝█̷̷̸͘͜█̨̕▓▓█̷̛█͏̸̸́͢█̶̧̨̀█. D-627░░8: What does this have to do with the experiment, Mr. Txai? Researcher Txai: We'll come to that. D-627░░8, an object has been delivered to yo░▒ chamber. Please reach through the bars and touch it. D-627░░8: Touch what? Researcher Txai: Reach through the bars as far as you can and feel around. 2601/a0a080f42e/A: ░░▒▒▒█▒? What's happening? What are they making you do? D-627░░8: Mom, calm down. There's nothing there, there… wait, ▒▒▒░▒░▓▒▒▒░▓▓▒̢░░░̸░̶░▓░͟ there's nothing there. Researcher Txai: Are you ready to begin? Researcher Txai is momentarily disoriented by the acute effects of SCP-2601. Observers in Site-82 record similar results in 2601/a0a080f42e/A. D-627░░8: ▒… don't know. Uh. ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▒again 2601/a0a080f42e/A: I'm sorry, what's happening? D-627░▒8: ▒ feel weird. Mom, ▒▒▒ fine. 2601/a0a080f42e/A: Who are you talking to? D-627░░8: You're freaking ▒░ out. Mom, it's me. Is there something wrong with the line? 2601/a0a080f42e/A: I'm sorry, I'm not your mother. I couldn't mistake you for [REDACTED] Researcher Txai: Ma'am, how many children do you have? D-627░░8: I'm not [REDACTED], mom, I'm… uh. 2601/a0a080f42e/A: I have two, [REDACTED], and… oh. Um… Researcher Txai: Are you sure? 2601/a0a080f42e/A: Yes, of course I'm sure. You must not have kids. [REDACTED] is my daughter, she's a pharmacy technician, and… um… 2601/a0a080f42e/A: I can't believe it, I must be having… I must have hit my head. My other… I don't have two daughters, but I don't have a son. I don't know this boy. Researcher Txai: What is your other child? 2601/a0a080f42e/A: An… 2601/a0a080f42e/A shows considerable emotional distress, starting and stopping several times. D-627░░8 gurgles quietly in shock. 2601/a0a080f42e/A: A convict. Before that… I don't know. D-627░░8: Do ░ know that woman? No,░▓ do, you're ░y mom.▓ 2601/a0a080f42e/A: I'm sorry, honey, I don't know who you are. D-627░░8 emits a gagging, wailing sound. Addendum I: 1/18/2015 Research Associate Brooks: Good morning, Mrs. [REDACTED]. Are you well? 2601/a0a080f42e/A: Oh, I'm getting by. What do you folks want? Is this for the paper? Research Associate Brooks: We wanted to talk to you about your children this time, catch up on how the economy's affecting your family. Are both your children employed? 2601/a0a080f42e/A: Well, I only have one child. My daughter's a pharmacy technician. She makes good money. Research Associate Brooks: I'm sorry to ask, but have you ever had more children? 2601/a0a080f42e/A: What a funny little question. No, I haven't. Research Associate Brooks: You're from [REDACTED], right? Did you know [DATA EXPUNGED]? 2601/a0a080f42e/A: Why, yes I did. She was a wonderful girl. She used to be over at my house all the time, and I don't mind telling you she loved my eclairs. She always to░░░ when she went back home. Research Associate Brooks: Why did she visit you? 2601/a0a080f42e/A: I… our families must have been friends. Research Associate Brooks: Do you know how she died? Were you aware she was murdered? 2601/a0a080f42e/A: Well, bless your heart. No. As far as I can recall, she just died. It was very sudden, poor thing. Research Associate Brooks: Thank you for your time, Mrs. [REDACTED]. You've been very helpful. //2601/a0a080f42e/A is given a Class A amnestic and returned to her home. Media research confirms that no information pertaining to ▒░▒▒░▒░▒▒▒ ░▒░▒░░░░ ░░░▒▒░▒░▒▒░▒░░░░░░░░urvives. INTERVIEW VI 12/25/2014 Researcher Txai: Good evening, D-627░░8. How are you tonight? //D-627░░8 lies on the cot, listless and unresponsive. Researcher Txai repeats the question. D-627░░8: What am I? Researcher Txai: Why don't you tell me in your own words. D-627░░8: ▒▒▒… here. And ▒▒ ▒҉͝░̴̶͡▒͜͠͡░̢͘͡͡▒́͡▒̷̵ afraid. Researcher Txai: How do you feel? D-627░░8: Empty. Empty. Th-there's no shape to th░▒░░, it ░▒▒░, it's burning. It has never, um, never not been empty, and burning. Security footage inside the chamber ceases to record. In the video feed of the control room, Researcher Txai wavers on his feet. For 38 frames, Researcher Txai is not visible in the image. Researcher Txai: Is there someone in there? Clear the chamber and open the door. D-627░░8: I don't think so. Research Associate Brooks: There's someone inside. Are you sure? Researcher Txai: Oh! Oh, cancel that. D-6… subject, can you hear me? D-627░░8 does not respond. Addendum II: On 3/8/2015, S176/4/2601/A is determined to be empty during a scheduled occupancy audit, and procedure 2601-MALCHIAH is initiated automatically by control software in compliance with special containment procedures. + Maintenance Log 8/28/2016 - Maintenance Log 8/28/2016 02/14/2013 S176/4/2601/A CODE 01 [SYSTEM ONLINE] -> 2601-MALCHIAH 02/14/2013 S176/4/2601/B CODE 01 [SYSTEM ONLINE] -> 2601-MALCHIAH 02/14/2013 S176/4/2601/C CODE 01 [SYSTEM ONLINE] -> 2601-MALCHIAH 02/14/2013 S176/4/2601/D CODE 01 [SYSTEM ONLINE] -> 2601-MALCHIAH 02/14/2013 S176/4/2601/▒ CODE 01 [SYSTEM ONLINE] -> 2601-MALCHIAH 02/14/2013 S176/4/2601/A CODE 19 [UNIT OCCUPIED] -> NO ACTION░░░░ {{02/17/2013 S░░░░░░░░░▒▒▒▒▒░░▒░░░ ▒▒▒▒░▒▒▒▒ -> ▒▒▒▒░░▒░▒ ░ ▒░░░ ▒▒▒▒░▒▒/2601/D░░▒░░▒▒▒▒▒░░▒░░▒▒▒▒▒░░░▒▒▒▒░▒▒░░look░░▒ 03/07/2013 S176/4/2601/C CODE 19 [UNIT OCCUPIED] -> NO ACTION░░░░ ░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒ ░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░ ░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒HY░C▒▒T░░OU▒SEE░US▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░ ░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░ ▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░ ▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░̴͡͞͡҉░̵̨̛͟▒̀͘▒̢▒̡͞͞░̴̵̵͘░̷̵͜͝░͏́͏̸░̨̛́̕▒̶̨̨̛̕▒̴̡̨͜͝▒̶̵̶̡░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒ ▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒̢▒▒̶░░̷░░͜▒̴▒̕░̀░░̷░▒̕▒́▒͡░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒ ░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒ ░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░͘░͝▒̸▒͠▒̵░͢░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░ ░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░̷̵░̨̛▒̴▒̶̡͝▒̀H̀Ę҉̸░̶͘͡▒▒͡▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░ ░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░1░▒▒▒░░░ ▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░ ▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒ ▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░AT░HER▒H░EART▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒ ░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒ 11/22/2013 S176/4/2601/▒ CODE▒28 [NONCOMPLIANCE EVENT] -> STAGE 2601-JULIA░ 11/22/2013 S176/4/2601/░ CODE▒29 [ONGOING NONCOMPLIANCE EVENT] -> WARNING 1░ 11/22/2013 S176/4/2601/░ CODE░29 [ONGOING NONCOMPLIANCE EVENT] -> WARNING 2 11/22/2013 S176/4/2601/░ CODE░29 [ONGOING NONCOMPLIANCE EVENT] -> FINAL WARNI░▒ 11/22/2013 S176/4/2601/▒ CODE░24 [COMPLIANCE DETECTED] -> ABORT 2601-JULIA░ [DATA EXPUNGED] ░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒dON░T▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░ ▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░▒ ▒▒░░2░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░ONGER OCCUPIED] -░░2601-MALCHIA░░ ▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒ ░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒ ░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░0░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░ ░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░ ░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░░▒▒▒░░░ 10/18/2014 S176/4/2601/A CODE 19 [UNIT OCCUPIED] -> NO ACTION 10/18/2014 S176/4/2601/A░▒▒DE 08 [CONTAINMENT DOOR OPERATED] -> 2601-MALCHIAH 10/18/2014 S176/4/2601/A CODE 19 [UNIT OCCUPIED] -> NO ACTION 03/08/2015 S176/4/2601/A CODE 22 [NO LONGER OCCUPIED] -> 2601-MALCHIAH [DATA EXPUNGED] + Addendum 03/20/2018 | 8/292 Clearance Required - Access Granted To: SCP Foundation Ethics Inquiry Inbox <gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scihte|su_ksa#gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scihte|su_ksa> BCC: Dr. Sergei Petropoulos, Ethics Committee <gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scihte|soluoporteps#gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scihte|soluoporteps> From: Dr. Txa▒░Petropoul▒▒ <gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scitememitna.hcraeser|soluoportept#gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scitememitna.hcraeser|soluoportept> Subject: Request review of testing protocol/needs Message Body: To whom it may concern I'm writing on the subject of SCP-2601's testing requirements. Is there an sufficient rationale to continue human testing? ▒ can barely remember what we do to them, but I can't do it anymore. If you review the file, you'll see we have no idea how many D-Class we're exposing to this thing. And it takes months to kill them. Months. We can't even tell if it does kill them, for all we know they're alive when we void the chamber. What about this is not fucking inhumane. If you wont listen to morals. Listen to this. We've had this thing for almost five years and we have no idea why we're infecting people with it. We have a procedure to lock the whole thing down permanently so lets just use it. If my login could trigger it Id have done it by now. Bottom line is what do we hope to achieve? Please consider my suggestion To: Dr. ░▒a▒░Petr░▒░░l▒▒ <tpetr▒░ou▒▒gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scitememitna.hcraeser|s#gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scitememitna.hcraeser|s> From: SCP Foundation Ethics Committee <gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scihte|ylper-on#gro.noitadnuof-pcs.scihte|ylper-on> Subject: Re: Request review of testing protocol/needs Message Body: Researcher Petropoulos, We have reviewed your request and have declined to investigate further. While you may not agree with this decision, please remember that it is not your job to decide what is and what is not justifiable in our mission to Secure, Contain, Protect. A mission which we all share. I hope you appreciate that sometimes, the reason for continuing testing of a contained SCP may be unclear to an individual researcher, but this does not in any way mean that there is no reason, nor is there any obligation on the part of the Foundation to explain these reasons. Often, there exist reasons which cannot be shared – this may be one of those times. We have reviewed your notes and evaluation records, and have determined that you require reassignment to an anomaly less challenging to your personal ethics. Please await the arrival of the security team, who will escort you to the Sector 8 amnestic wing for treatment. You won't remember your time with SCP-2601, but I can promise your next assignment will be more to your liking. Remember that we have a job to do, and while we must remain penitent for the lives and minds we spend to retain our security, it is only our work that allows the world to survive. – Milo Halvorson, Site-176 Ethics Director, SCP Foundation Ethics Committee + Addendum 03/21/2018 | O5 Clearance Required - Access Granted Incident Report On 03/20/2018 Dr. ░▒a▒░▒▒tr░▒░░l▒▒, the research lead assigned to SCP-2601, triggered a door cycle for chamber S176/4/2601/B and scheduled a maintenance hatch order for the same chamber. By the time security arrived on the scene for an outstanding order to escort Dr. ░▒tr░▒░░l▒░ for his scheduled amnestic protocol, he had entered containment, opened the maintenance area, and breached SCP-2601's conveyance assembly. When he did not exit again, automatic systems triggered procedure 2601 JULIAN, immuring Dr. ░▒tr▒░▒░l▒▒ with SCP-2601-Locus and rendering the anomaly unreachable. By all appearances, this was intentional: the researcher in question had expre░sed ethical opposition to the test protocol, as well as willingness to destroy it without approval. By forcing entry, ░░ was able to force the system's failsafes to permanently seal it. I don't have to tell you that this isn't acceptable. We have certain expectations here, chief among them that researchers don't make vigilante ethics decisions over the heads of their Site Director and Ethics Committee. In terms of the impact on morale or other researcher following Dr. ░░tr▒▒▒░l░░'s lead, I don't think there is any further action to take. SCP-2601's first-order effect is already eradicating ▒░░ information and knowledge of his subversion from our minds and records: by this time next month, I doubt we'll even remember ▒░ existed. But we also have an obligation to resume regular testing as soon as possible to prevent [DATA EXPUNGED], as well as to have the new testing facilities in place and the Locus recovered before we forget we were looking for it in the first place. To that end, I make the following recommendations: • Ethics Committee to devise updated test plan language to reinforce the necessity of testing without breaching secrecy regarding [DATA EXPUNGED] • Logistics Director Rosso to initiate construction of an identical testing facility using original blueprints. • Site Director Rothfuss to select a new research lead, ideally scoring better than 95th percentile in Foundation loyalty. • Site Director Rothfuss to also reassign Dr. ░░tr▒▒▒░l░░'s other assignments before we forget we need to. • Tactical Lead Reynolds of MTF Theta-90 ("Angle Grinders") to provide a shortlist of SCP objects able to facilitate immediate retrieval of SCP-2601-Locus. Gentlemen, we've all got jobs to do. Let's get to work putting thi░ ugly chapter behind us. O5-11 Footnotes 1. Controls routed to Control Node 2601 in Site 179, Area 4 (S176/4/CN2601). 2. This presents logistical challenges to plumbing, both for life support and waste removal. For the time being, a portable composting toilet should be provided, along with sufficient drinking water for the duration of the planned experiment. 3. Procedure 2601-MALCHIAH consists of dispensing anesthetic gas into a chamber and withdrawing the floor, and must be performed for 30 seconds prior to opening the external door to a S▒P-2601 containment unit. 4. Procedure 2601-JULIAN is a fully automated process consisting of filling the entire SCP-2601 research space, including containment chambers and disposal pits, with concrete. Once initiated, Procedure 2601-JULIAN cannot be stopped. 5. In rare circumstances, data about the locus's nature may be reported by subjects. However, the anomaly's self-censoring effect renders this information illegible regardless of medium. 6. The Wheeler-K̶im method is used to estimate the research yield of experiment protocols when perceptual, infocaustic, or limited retrocausal anomalies are in effect. The calculation uses containment construction costs, researcher staffing expenses, complexity of security clearance architecture, and electrical utilization to infer initial and ongoing costs, and compares that cost to other anomalies with known test patterns to project an expected level of researcher coverage and rate of D-Class consumption. Perceivable or surviving research records are then compared to this projection to estimate rate of loss. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2601" by amnestic_protocol, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2601. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: church.jpg Name: church.jpg Author: amnestic_protocol License: CC BY-SA 4.0 Source Link: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2601 |
SCP-2602 | esoteric-class | Notice: This file possesses cognitohazardous properties. While reading this text is not believed to be harmful, comprehension and interpretation of the text will be negatively affected. Please exercise discretion when reading this document. SCP-2602 Item #: SCP-2602 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2602 has been acquired under the cover story that it used to be a library. Large bushes and trees have been planted around the property in order to obscure SCP-2602. Access is denied to non-personnel. Amnestics have been administered to the town in which SCP-2602, a former library, is located. All known online references to SCP-2602 and the fact that it used to be a library have been removed. Filters pertaining to the linguistic markers of SCP-2602's effects have been added to Foundation web-crawling software in order to flag text that potentially pertains to SCP-2602 for review. All known physical documentation related to SCP-2602 has been identified and destroyed. Foundation documentation pertaining to SCP-2602 is to be edited as much as possible for readability by personnel with no familiarity with the anomaly. Typically, 40% of all references to the fact that SCP-2602 used to be a library can be removed. Description: SCP-2602 is a building that, from 1921-06-08 to 1988-04-29, was a library. SCP-2602 is located in █████ ███████, England, and developed its anomalous properties in October of 2004. When communicating any information about SCP-2602, subjects are compelled to make frequent reference to the fact that SCP-2602 used to be a library. The exact wording and nature of these references are mostly determined by the author and context, but always unambiguously communicate this information. Texts referring to SCP-2602 can have these references removed to a limited degree by subjects who have little knowledge of SCP-2602 outside of the fact that it used to be a library. The limited compulsion to allow these references to go unedited has hindered attempts at developing automated processes to remove these references. Any information regarding SCP-2602 is also anomalous. Subjects exposed to communications regarding SCP-2602 will identify the fact that it used to be a library as the primary causal element behind any number of properties of or observations about it. This is proportional to the extent that said information contains references to the fact that SCP-2602 used to be a library. While subjects will develop false beliefs to support these irrational causal linkages, they do not generalize and pose no general risk to cognition — for example, while several subjects have posited that the effects of gravity within SCP-2602 are a result of it having been a library but no longer serving that purpose, they do not hold this belief with regards to other buildings that used to be libraries. Subjects are incapable of communicating, directly or otherwise, any information pertaining to SCP-2602's use between its time as a library and the development of its anomalous properties. When prompted to do so, they will instead insistently and repeatedly refer to the fact that SCP-2602 used to be a library. Due to this, and the fact that SCP-2602 used to be a library, it has been very difficult to determine what, if anything, occurred in SCP-2602 from 1988 to 2004. Addendum 2602-1: Summary of a survey of SCP-2602, which used to be a library, conducted by Agents Roderick and Casey on December 09, 2004. Unreadable segments have been excised entirely. See also: SCP-2602 Photographic Evidence. While SCP-2602's layout is generally appropriate for a former library, it is inconsistent with obtained blueprints from the local government and testimony from past patrons. It is thus assumed that SCP-2602 used to be a library. Most notably, SCP-2602 contains an extensive subterranean component of the kind generally found in former libraries. SCP-2602 experienced extensive fire damage on the same day that it developed anomalous properties. Consultation with actuarial tables has shown little deviation from what is expected of fire damage to former libraries. However, some of the debris exhibited elevated levels of Dewey radiation1, preventing access to several shrines that were likely used to assist SCP-2602's reading groups when it was a library. A number of advanced book-sorting machines were found, though long-term storage in a former library has rendered them inoperable. Restraints used by libraries to hold patrons with overdue books were similarly damaged, apparently violently, by this storage. SCP-2602's hazardous waste pit, whose presence is expected in what used to be a library, was cordoned off. However, in the process, exbibliothetic fluctuations in the waste resulted in Agent Casey suffering several major flesh wounds which later proved to be fatal. Notably, SCP-2602 used to be a library. Conclusions: As evidenced by the fact that SCP-2602 used to be a library, and was formerly a library, it is probable that SCP-2602 used to be a library. It is likely that, shortly after it ceased to be a library, SCP-2602 was previously a library. This likely served to highlight the fact that SCP-2602 used to be a library and obscure the SCP-2602 used to be a library. Footnotes 1. A type of radiation common to buildings that used to be libraries. It is typically only emitted by damaged library patrons. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2602, which used to be a library" by Communism will win, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2602. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: library.jpg Name: Library building, Ashburton Park Author: Robin Webster License: CC BY-SA 2.0 Source Link: Geograph |
SCP-2603 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2603 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2603 is considered an active war zone and should be treated as such on a diplomatic and political level. Any attempts to enter SCP-2603's subconscious should be coordinated with the current Senior Geopolitical Analyst attached to this project, and should only be performed by NCI-IV certified members of Mobile Task Force Omicron-Rho. SCP-2603 is to remain awake from 06:00 to 00:00 local time. Outside of this window, SCP-2603 is allowed to sleep under surveillance. SCP-2603 is to be housed in an M-Type Humanoid Anomaly Containment Cell (HACC) fitted with 4 Sporzewski-grade Construct Stability Seals (CSS) with overlapping radii. SCP-2603 is to be kept on a daily regime of non-selective Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOI), with the exact dosage periodically reviewed for SCP-2603's body weight. Care should be taken when introducing other medication to SCP-2603 due to the danger of negative interaction between the MAOI and other drugs. Physical side-effects of the MAOI applied are to be treated as humanely as possible without introducing additional pharmaceutical factors. Should testing be necessary, SCP-2603's medication cycle may be interrupted temporarily, though this should not be done without prior consultation of the Senior Medical Consultant attached to this project. Should exploration of SCP-2603's subconscious reveal information on possible new anomalous activity, a threat level assessment should be carried out after debriefing. If escalation is deemed necessary, memory mining procedures can be authorized by the current Project Lead. On no account are rooms inside SCP-2603's dream construct to be entered without prior instruction to do so; observation has been deemed to be sufficient at this point in time. Update 03/27/2015: The bridge of the vessel representing SCP-2603's subconscious is to be permanently shielded from entry by foreign entities as detailed in security protocol 2603-Prc/Onr-Atlantik:v1.24.1 Description: SCP-2603 is an adult male of Finno-Ugric descent, formerly Küllo Toome (* 07-07-1948), a known GRU Division "P" operative from 1968 to 1989. SCP-2603 presents with an involuntary and unconscious Type-D(XI)2 Reality Manipulation Ability1 triggered by REM sleep and an accompanying (lucid) dream state. Specifically, SCP-2603 unconsciously transmutes any solid inorganic material around its body into brine consistent in composition with that found in the Kara Sea, radiating out at a steady rate of 1 m³/hr. As of time of writing, no limit to this property has been observed. During the conversion, SCP-2603 will float on transmuted matter. Reversal of the process is instantaneous when SCP-2603 is woken from sleep. Note that personnel will become embedded in solid material if fully or partially submerged in brine before reversal. Brine displaced by personnel within its area of effect during reversal appears to disappear, as no warping of materials or surfaces has been noted. SCP-2603 first presented with these anomalous properties in 2013, shortly after having attended a seminar entitled "The Power of the Subconscious Mind: A Journey into Self". This seminar was organized by The Dawn of Kuran, currently classified as a spiritual non-profit organization without ties to major religious factions. No anomalous connections were found during an investigation into the organization's background. Though SCP-2603's anomalous properties manifested abruptly, it likely had a latent ability since birth.3 Though not strictly relevant to this project, SCP-2603's experiences as a GRU Division "P" operative appear to shape its dreams to a large extent. The Foundation currently considers SCP-2603 a contested sovereign body, with unknown parties in a dispute concerning the ownership of SCP-2603's noncognitive space. No known parties currently acknowledge involvement. However, though no official troop movement or military presence can be discerned, unsanctioned incursions occur frequently. It is believed the unsanctioned activity in SCP-2603's noncognitive space triggers its anomalous properties, affecting the current reality construct as described above. SCP-2603 reports experiencing an identical dream every night, in which a ship4 drifts on a large unidentified body of water without spotting or reaching land. Unlike most vessels, its interior space is taken up by a variable number of identical decks filled with rooms, these spaces often not conforming to the ship's external dimensions. Rooms frequently contain unrelated dream constructs that may or may not segue further into SCP-2603's subconscious or memories once entered, this is currently unclear and considered out of scope for this project. Although structures can be seen above deck, all entrances lead to the ship's bridge: a small featureless room containing only a ship's wheel. A sepia color scheme overlays all materials within the main dream construct. The reason for this is unclear. SCP-2603's constructed dream environment only hosts external entities; there appear to be no entity constructs proprietary to SCP-2603's subconscious, neither in the water nor on the ship. Of note is the fact that SCP-2603 itself does not manifest inside its dream state either. MTF Omicron-Rho runs inside SCP-2603's subconsciousness have revealed approximately ███ attempts to date by unknown entities to gain control of SCP-2603's subconscious, most often by attempting to reach the bridge. MTF Omicron-Rho operatives have on several occasions subdued and detained entities inside SCP-2603's subconsciousness, but these subjects could or would not provide a reason for their entry and retreated as soon as was possible. It was not possible to extract these entities for debriefing. Addendum 2603-A-01: Management Summary of MTF Omicron-Rho debriefing d.d. 03/16/2015 Interviewing: Senior Researcher H.M.W. Allenby (HA) Interviewed: Johann Michaël Kästner, MTF Omicron-Rho operative (JK) Subject: Debriefing after incident Alpha-2603-20150315 during a routine patrol [Debriefing commenced at 14:00:53 on 03/16/2015] HA: Please describe to me the events as they occurred. JK: Well, Wilson and I were patrolling Toome's subconscious, trying to keep entities from getting to the bridge, when we heard a disturbance maybe two, three decks below us. HA: Go on. JK: Wilson stayed behind, I went down to investigate. I think it was two decks, yes. Anyway, I started checking the cabins. I couldn't cross the threshold though, since that would seg me off into another sequence, but I could look in. Found what looked like a beach at night in one, complete with a surf and the burnt-out hull of I think a Russian destroyer, and in another I saw several dead sailors floating in knee-high water…you see some pretty strange things. HA: I'm aware of the nature of dream constructs, yes. Please go on. JK: Right, so after opening and dismissing about a dozen rooms, I found a cabin completely covered in chunks of flesh. In the middle stood a record player that was playing 'Symphony of Destruction No. MCMLXXVI for depth charge and black hole generator' by Vivaldi. Don't ask me how I know, cause I couldn't see the record's label, I just knew. It wasn't really music though, just a really shrill whistling, sounds of screaming and a sound like air rushing from a balloon. Anyway, something started seeping out from the horn, sort of a purple sludge. It quickly started to form a vaguely cuttlefish-like shape, so I didn't stick around for it to complete, I just ran from there and gave a sit rep to Wilson. She decided we needed the big guns, so we isolated the bridge from the rest of the ship and prepared for an intrusion. HA: A quick question: what do you mean you isolated the bridge? JK: It's hard to describe. Wilson has this thing she does where she sort of reroutes part of the main dream construct so when you get near and you don't know the right thought sequence, you end up in an unrelated part of the subconscious. A 'you can look, but you can't touch' kind of deal. Try and you might end up in a dream about the mark's childhood pet doing the conga or something. It's really hard to do - I'm definitely not certified yet - but she figured that whatever was coming through downstairs was probably a heavy hitter. Did mean she was strained, so I had to take the brunt of what was coming. HA: And what was coming? JK: Again, hard to describe, we're talking a reality dictated by the residual effects of high amplitude brain waves here. Imagine if a cuttlefish made from wind chimes came barreling down a piece of intestinal tract. Like that, only the wind chimes had teeth. It appeared from a stairwell and it was on me before I could really prepare, so I instinctively formed spikes. That made it retreat for a moment, but it didn't take long for it to come back for more. Wilson was behind me, and she'd already engaged her abdominal gauss cannon. I took part of that fire, but that's part of the job I guess, and there's no pain unless you allow it, so I just tried to push that thing back from the bridge. Anyway, I think we must have hit something vital at some point, because it suddenly backed off and slithered down the corridor again. Wilson was breathing heavily, and I could feel part of my concrete had been melted away by some kind of acid where I'd touched the thing. We didn't see it anymore after that. We left the barricade up while we got out of there to recover, but we figured we needed to shield the bridge better in the future. Wilson had some ideas, reprogramming some parts of the subconscious mind mostly, but it'll take an expert's touch. HA: Ah yes, the updated security measures you proposed. We have those under review. And your professional opinion on what that thing was? JK: I know that officially we don't have a leg to stand on, but I'm going to go with one of Qi Shao's. Don't know who though. Or maybe what, it's not always clear. It kind of felt too alien to be ex-human, you know? Really, they keep coming back with heavier ordnance, and I don't know how long we can keep this up. HA: Noted. Thank you, Operative Kästner. [Debriefing concluded at 14:05:21 on 03/16/2015] Bibliography 1. Clef, A.; Choi-Zimmern, T.S.; et al. - A Modest Proposal: A Classification of Reality Fracturing and Manipulation Abilities in Humanoid Anomalies, █████ ████, 4th edition Scientific Critics Press, 2005. Footnotes 1. Rem/CHOIT1/20170415: Techniques and methods developed and used in containment of SCP-2603 are currently being screened for adaptibility for use with projects 1230 and 2840. Possible uses include an attempt to assess whether or not the class Lamba entities involved are in fact baseline human entities employing similar techniques as used by Omicron Rho. 2. Involuntary transmutation of corporeal materials, Risk Factor (RF) Alpha-6. 3. Statistical analysis of humanoid anomalies determined to have a reality manipulation ability shows a negligible number of spontaneous manifestations during adulthood without previously dormant properties. 4. 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SCP-2604 | safe | SCP-2604 prior to containment. Item #: SCP-2604 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2604 is stored in containment cell 92 at Site 39. + Access Outdated Procedure - Encrypt Safe exposure to SCP-2604 has been determined as less than 60 minutes total lifetime exposure. All observation outside of approved testing is to be conducted remotely. The cell is furnished with appropriate sanitary and culinary equipment for prolonged exposure without direct intervention from Foundation personnel. Following Incident 2604 Alpha, all observation is to be conducted remotely. Under no circumstances are any Foundation personnel to come into direct visual contact with SCP-2604. Two armed guards are stationed to prevent exposure twenty-four hours a day. SCP-2604 is not to be moved from containment cell 92 under any circumstances. Any instances of SCP-2604-1 captured displaying late-stage symptoms are to be isolated immediately, and guarded by personnel with no prior exposure to SCP-2604. Authorisation for testing rescinded as of Incident 2604-Alpha - O5-█ Description: SCP-2604 is a fence constructed from pine wood and iron nails. Interviews with witnesses and personnel that have come into contact with SCP-2604 have revealed that none of them are able to identify SCP-2604 as being a fence. Direct visual contact with SCP-2604 causes a progressive cognitive dysfunction whereby affected subjects (hereafter referred to as SCP-2604-1) are incapable of recognising or responding to artificial barriers, markers, or pathways. The effect only progresses when subjects are in visual contact of SCP-2604; breaking this contact will arrest the progression. Amnestics have been shown to have little use, with test subjects reporting that they are unable to recall their observation of SCP-2604 but remain affected by the accompanying anomalous properties. After three hours of exposure, SCP-2604-1 are incapable of recalling the purpose or usage of signs or barriers that do not physically prevent movement. After twelve hours, SCP-2604-1 are incapable of recognising that a barrier to movement exists as such, failing to identify any barrier, marking, or direction that would prevent movement, even to the detriment of safety. In ██% of cases SCP-2604-1 will undergo a type-delta psychological restructuring (DPR) event following not less than 72 hours post exposure to SCP-2604. All cognitive dysfunction ceases, and SCP-2604-1 exhibit individuated responses to their exposure to SCP-2604. Common forms observed are: The ineffectiveness of containment as a principle (observed exclusively among Foundation personnel) Loss of personal inhibition Exhibition of markedly increased symptoms of pre-existing psychological disorders Significantly increased risk-taking or inability to manage risk Individuals observed to have experienced a DPR event also exhibit the ability to hasten onset in SCP-2604-1, notably including instances with little or no prior exposure. ACCESS RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE + Input Credentials - Encrypt Incident 2604 Alpha Following eight weeks of testing and containment, sixty-three Foundation personnel had experienced some degree of exposure to SCP-2604. Late-stage infection was present in fifteen individuals — all D-class, exposed as a result of routine testing. At 17:48 on ██/██/20██, D-178541 experienced the first recorded DPR event, and rapidly incited several nearby SCP-2604-1 to undergo the same. Security personnel ████████ and ████ were forced to undergo DPR events, before assisting D-178541 with breaching security at the F-wing barracks. Over the course of the next three hours, approximately thirty-nine Foundation personnel experienced DPR events, a further seven had been terminated in attempts to resist. Containment was deliberately breached on █ SCP objects, and attempts were made to abscond with these objects. Remote observation of SCP-2604-1 indicated that they were collectively convinced of the ineffectiveness of containment on these objects, and were attempting to remove them from the site for unknown reasons. Over the next 48 hours, Foundation security successfully reclaimed all but █ SCP objects, and all instances of SCP-2604-1 still on site were terminated. To date, █ SCP objects and ██ former Foundation personnel are unaccounted for. Containment procedures were appropriately revised following this incident. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2604" by Marcuse, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2604. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. Filename: Not a Fence.jpg Author: Marcuse License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Wiki |
SCP-2605 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2605 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2605 is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment cell. SCP-2605 possesses the standard nutritional requirements for a non-anomalous human of comparable age and condition, and is to be fed and maintained appropriately. When it is necessary that SCP-2605 be moved, the subject should be rendered unconscious through the application of sedatives to its food source. Description: SCP-2605 is a human female formerly known as ███ ██████. The subject suffers from symptoms associated with Lewy body dementia, including memory loss and visual hallucinations. SCP-2605 finds movement difficult without aid and spends the majority of its time confined to its bed. Instances of SCP-2605-1 are apparently massless, air-displacing entities which manifest in the immediate vicinity (~5 meters) of SCP-2605 concurrent with the subject's hallucinations. SCP-2605-1 instances have an internal temperature of approximately 51 degrees Celsius. Infrared imaging has revealed a consistent shape similar to an adult human male of 1.8 meters in height. Instances can physically interact with objects around them, typically performing actions such as fluffing the pillows or stroking the face of SCP-2605. Instances of SCP-2605-1 are universally non-hostile and disappear with an audible clap upon the cessation of the hallucination. Only one SCP-2605-1 instance has been observed to manifest at a time. Addendum 2605-A: Surveillance log excerpts Excerpt, 6/20/13 [An instance of SCP-2605-1 paces around the bed of SCP-2605.] SCP-2605: Come a little closer, dear. It's so drafty in this room. [SCP-2605-1 instance approaches and proceeds to stroke the face of SCP-2605. No audible sound is produced by the instance.] SCP-2605: Ah, well. It's hard, Charles, but they take care of me, don't they?1 We'll endure it. We always have. Excerpt, 6/25/13 [An instance of SCP-2605-1 sits on the bed of SCP-2605. Head movements from both entities seem to trace the rapid movements of an object on the other side of the room, though no detectable anomalies aside from the SCP-2605-1 instance manifest within the cell.] SCP-2605: She's lovely, Charles. Even lovelier than you described. Thank you for bringing her here. [Entities continue to track movement for approximately 12 minutes, until cessation of hallucination.] Excerpt, 4/9/14 [An instance of SCP-2605-1 stands at the corner of the room opposite SCP-2605.] SCP-2605: Sing that song again, dear. The one I liked. [The SCP-2605-1 instance begins to tap its foot and rock back and forth. No sound is heard at first, though SCP-2605 periodically hums snippets of an unknown melody.] [Abruptly, SCP-2605 begins coughing violently. The instance of SCP-2605-1 ceases rocking and quickly approaches SCP-2605, visibly shaking.] [SCP-2605 finishes coughing. The SCP-2605-1 instance adjusts the subject's bedsheets, still shaking.] [The SCP-2605-1 instance ceases shaking, and appears to briefly gesticulate. No audible sound is produced, but SCP-2605 can be observed smiling.] SCP-2605: Oh my, yes. As long as I still have my mind, I'll be all right. Footnotes 1. Investigation of individuals related to SCP-2605 has revealed no close relatives with the name "Charles" or a similar nickname. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2605" by Zolgamax, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2605. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2606 | safe | A close-up of one of the specimens within SCP-2606. Item #: SCP-2606 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2606 is to be contained in a storage locker at Site-45. Permission from the current Site Director is required prior to removing SCP-2606 from its locker for testing purposes. When removing SCP-2606 from its locker, caution must be taken due to its breakable nature. Before and after all testing, SCP-2606 must undergo complete decontamination, in addition to a thorough wash with soap and water, in order to remove all dust, residue, and extraneous liquid. Description: SCP-2606 is a drinking glass resembling a conical pint glass, but with a slightly larger capacity of almost exactly 500 mL. SCP-2606 is seemingly sculpted from a single large piece of polished amber. Numerous preserved insects, primarily gnats, ants, and beetles, are trapped within the amber that composes SCP-2606. The species present within SCP-2606's amber indicate that the amber originated in the Baltic region of Germany, and is approximately 38 to 48 million years of age. However, the date at which it was polished and reshaped is unknown. SCP-2606's anomalous effects activate when a human subject ingests the tissues or bodily fluids of animals generally considered "verminous" by eating or drinking them directly from SCP-2606. The animal in question must be one that the subject would not normally eat and that the subject regards with disgust, contempt, or irrational fear1, or that the subject considers a threat to the health and well-being of human beings as a pest, a parasite, or a vector of disease. Animals that have induced the activation of SCP-2606 include bats, most rodents, many scavenging birds (crows, gulls, vultures, etc.), lizards, snakes, numerous frog species2, and almost all invertebrates, with the only exceptions being those that subjects consider "edible" (crabs, snails, squid, etc.). Consuming animals such as those listed above from SCP-2606 allows the human subject to telepathically detect the mental activity of all living specimens of that animal species within a radius of approximately 10 meters. This ability is exclusively passive; subjects are not capable of communicating their thoughts or mental activity to specimens of these animals. The subject's telepathic detection is constant, and cannot be removed from the subject by any known means. Ingesting animal components contained in SCP-2606 with the aid of an implement, such as a fork or straw, prevents the manifestation of telepathic effects. Physical contact must occur simultaneously between SCP-2606, the animal component, and the subject for telepathic potential to manifest. In addition, if tissues or bodily fluids from multiple animals are consumed simultaneously by the human subject from SCP-2606, the human subject will manifest telepathic effects for only one of the present animal species. Testing has tentatively concluded that physically larger animal species are dominant over smaller ones, in terms of manifestation priority. Discovery: Prior to recovery, SCP-2606 was in the possession of a Mr. Lawrence Salk of █████, ██, USA. Mr. Salk was willingly admitted to a mental health care facility on his family's recommendation after he developed psychosomatic skin irritation and began experiencing what he believed to be auditory hallucinations. Embedded Foundation agents conducted an interview with Mr. Salk upon his admittance into psychiatric care, where he remains as of this writing. Interview Log Interviewer: Agent Graham Interviewee: Mr. Salk <Begin Log> (Agent Graham enters Mr. Salk's hospital room. Mr. Salk is seated on the bed, itching at his arms.) Agent Graham: Hello, Mr. Salk. Mr. Salk: Huh? Agent Graham: I said hello, Lawrence. I'm Doctor Graham. Do you know where you are right now? Mr. Salk: Uh… yeah. Yeah, of course. I'm at the hospital. My wife took me here this morning. Agent Graham: Yes, you're at the hospital. Your wife told me you said you were hearing things? (Mr. Salk does not answer.) Agent Graham: Are you hearing them now, Lawrence? Mr. Salk: What? Oh, uh… I'm sorry, doctor. They're… it's just very distracting. Agent Graham: What are they saying to you? Mr. Salk: I don't know. They're always whispering. I keep trying to listen hard, but even when I hear them, I can't understand it. It sounds kind of like chewing. A lot of chewing. Agent Graham: Alright. Mr. Salk: That's the thing, too, is that there's so many of them. It sounds like there's a whole crowd of them in there, so they're quiet, but it's still just… overwhelming. That's not… normal, is it? As normal as any of this is, I mean. Agent Graham: Don't worry about that, Lawrence. We'll do everything we can regardless. Your wife also told me that you developed some skin problems. (Mr. Salk does not answer.) Agent Graham: Lawrence? Mr. Salk: What? I'm sorry. Repeat the question, please? Agent Graham: You developed skin problems. Agitation, irritation? Mr. Salk: Oh, yeah, yeah. It's like I feel something crawling on me constantly. It's the worst part, to be honest. Agent Graham: Now, your wife told me that this came upon you all of a sudden, is that right? Just earlier today? Mr. Salk: Yes. Agent Graham: No previous symptoms? No family history of similar conditions? Mr. Salk: No, no! I just sat down in my chair and took a drink from that glass I found the other day, and all of a sudden I started hearing things. Agent Graham: Glass? Mr. Salk: What? Oh, I was cleaning the attic the other day and I found this drinking glass up there. Why, do you- Agent Graham: Can you tell me more about it? Mr. Salk: Uh, sure. It was weird. It looked like it had little bugs in it. I mean, not in it in it, but like… inside the glass itself, trapped in there. It was weird, but I liked it. It was unique, you know? Agent Graham: I see. Go on. Mr. Salk: So I took it down and washed it out pretty good, and then a few days later I put some beer into it and took a drink, and then right after I started hearing voices. I mean, almost immediately, too. You don't think that's related, do you? The glass wasn't toxic or anything, was it? Agent Graham: Excuse me for a moment, Lawrence. I have to make a call. <End Log> Test Log All tests were conducted using a different Class D subject unless otherwise noted. Subjects were instructed to ingest the contents of SCP-2606, after which they were presented with a captive living specimen of the animal species they had ingested. Subjects were then instructed to describe the mental activity of the specimen. Contents: Five hairs from a black rat (Rattus rattus), 300 mL of water Result: Feelings of cautious curiosity, described by the subject as "dulled" in comparison to his own emotional capacity. Note: Subjecting the specimen to various stimuli produced the expected emotional responses (fear, happiness, sadness, etc.), which the subject was able to detect. Subject confirmed that all emotional responses were "vague" in comparison to human emotions. Contents: 20 mL of blood from a Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) Result: A feeling of extreme dread that did not subside until the specimen was removed from the subject's presence. Contents: 10 grams of little brown bat meat (Myotis lucifugus) Result: Physical sensations occurring in bursts of ten to fifty approximately once every five minutes, described by the subject as an extremely painful "piercing" felt in the entirety of the body simultaneously. Note: The same Class D subject participated in both this and the previous test in order to determine whether the effects of SCP-2606 were repeatable. Following this test, the subject was able to detect the thoughts of both M. lucifugus and P. montanus. Contents: 10 grams of common toad meat (Bufo bufo) Result: A series of staccato bass vibrations that increased in frequency and intensity as the specimen was approached by what it perceived as predators or prey. Contents: One American cockroach (Periplaneta americana), deceased Result: A constant physical sensation that did not vary in intensity based on the specimen's external stimuli. Subject described the sensation as "like someone grabbed my brain in both hands and shook it". Note: Exposure to greater numbers of P. americana caused the sensation to proportionately increase in intensity. Contents: One northern yellow sac spider (Cheiracanthium mildei), deceased Result: A visualization of blue-white lines striking across "the inside of (the subject's) head" and remaining present for inconsistent lengths of time3 before fading. Subject claimed that this visualization could not be suppressed and was extremely prominent and distracting. Visualization subsided when the specimen was removed from the subject's presence. Note: Several days after his participation in SCP-2606 testing, Personnel D-62115 complained of reoccurring visualizations identical to those reported during his SCP-2606 test, and was administered antipsychotic medication. Contents: One black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus), deceased Result: Subject reported that the thoughts of worker ants were audible to her as constant low-pitched drones, estimated at 115 dB, and that queen ants produced no mental activity. Contents: One mayfly (Ephemera danica), deceased Result: Loud sobbing and hyperventilation, ending when the specimen expired. Contents: Three proglottids from a beef tapeworm (Taenia saginata), deceased Result: When exposed to a number of living proglottids outside of a host, subject reported three audible notes reminiscent of a marimba, occurring seemingly at random. When exposed to a human host of T. saginata, subject reported a melodious series of marimba-like notes ranging through the entire musical scale. Contents: One juvenile common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), living Result: Audible notes described by the subject as similar to "when you blow over the top of a bottle", arranged in palindromic sequences of sixteen. Individual notes were frequently accompanied by between one and eight "echoes". Subject claimed that each note was accompanied by a vivid color, some of which he was unable to adequately describe. Contents: 400 mL of purified water Result: A large number of voices4 whispering in a language the subject claimed to be unable to understand, described by the subject as "grumbling" and "unhappy sounding". Subject quickly developed extreme agitation, as well as a constant psychosomatic feeling that insects were crawling on his skin. Note: Examination revealed that SCP-2606 had not been adequately decontaminated since the previous test, and that dust had been allowed to aggregate in its interior. Greater care is to be taken in the future to clean SCP-2606 between tests. Footnotes 1. Animals feared by the subject that pose a realistic danger to human life (ex. bears, crocodiles, sharks) do not activate SCP-2606's effects. 2. 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Continue Back to Front Page 3/2607 LEVEL 3/2607 CLASSIFIED Item #: SCP-2607 Special Containment Procedures: The Foundation has made large anonymous donations to sexually transmitted disease awareness and prevention programs in a number of countries with documented SCP-2607 outbreaks; the patents to the antiviral drugs acyclovir and valacyclovir have been purchased by Foundation front companies, and these drugs have been substantially reduced in price to aid in SCP-2607 containment efforts. Efforts have been made in several countries to ban or regulate the practice of "phone sex", especially in a high-volume commercialized form; these efforts have largely been unsuccessful, and in some cases merely caused these "phone sex" telephone lines to move their operations to jurisdictions which are more difficult for the Foundation to monitor. Individuals identified as carriers of any strain of SCP-2607 are to be detained and questioned about their sexual history to identify other possible carriers, then treated with a targeted antiviral drug developed as part of the SCP-2607 containment initiative. Medical records of herpes simplex cases are to be regularly cross-referenced with employees and habitual users of "phone sex" telephone lines, and with users of sexual role-playing websites; any pattern indicative of a possible SCP-2607 outbreak is to be investigated as soon as possible. Samples of SCP-2607-1 and -2 are stored in Bio Site-66's cryogenic storage facility; research proposals involving exposure of D-Class personnel to SCP-2607 must be approved by Site-66's Ethics Committee liaison, and all experimental subjects must be treated with the targeted SCP-2607 antiviral at the conclusion of the experiment. Description: SCP-2607 is the collective designation for two strains of the herpes simplex virus with similar anomalous means of transmission, designated SCP-2607-1 and -2. Both strains of SCP-2607 cause similar symptoms to HSV-2, the herpes simplex strain which causes most cases of genital herpes; blisters appear on the genitalia within approximately 7 days of initial exposure, and heal over the next several weeks. SCP-2607 strains can be transmitted via sexual contact, as with non-anomalous varieties of herpes simplex, but each can also be transmitted by certain non-physical sexual activities. SCP-2607-1's primary anomalous mode of transmission is through "phone sex"—sexual role-playing or descriptions of hypothetical sexual activity transmitted via telephone. For SCP-2607-1 to be transmitted, the infected and uninfected participants must describe a scenario in which, were the sexual activity occurring physically, it would be possible to transmit herpes simplex; descriptions of proper condom use reduce transmission rate by approximately 30%. Research has shown that SCP-2607-1 can also be transmitted via in-person sexual role-playing (i.e. "phone sex" without the telephone); in-person sexual role-playing reduces the transmission rate by approximately 50%. SCP-2607-1 cannot be transmitted through recorded speech or through text-based erotic role-playing; the infected and uninfected participants must share a direct audio connection. SCP-2607-2's primary anomalous mode of transmission is through online erotic role-playing. Similarly to SCP-2607-1, both the infected and uninfected participants must describe a scenario which could lead to transmission of non-anomalous herpes simplex. Unlike SCP-2607-1, the responses need not be immediate; successful transmission has been observed with a lag between successive messages of as long as three weeks. SCP-2607-2 can also be transmitted via SMS-based erotic role-playing ("sexting") and via telephone, although the rate of transmission is reduced by approximately 75%. Erotic role-playing not mediated by some electronic medium (in-person, or via written or printed descriptions) cannot transmit SCP-2607-2. SCP-2607-1 was first identified by the Foundation in 1983, when a number of individuals reporting herpes simplex infections without prior sexual activity were found to have called the same "phone sex" line; records from the "phone sex" line indicated that each of these individuals had engaged in sexual role-playing with the same operator, Ms. Ella Pickering, then a student at the University of Central Lancashire. Ms. Pickering was detained and interviewed; she claims to have only had a single sexual partner, a fellow student named "Simeon Plesko" whom she met at a party. Ms. Pickering only engaged in sexual intercourse with this individual once, and said that he "left [her] flat before [she] woke up and never called [her] back." University of Central Lancashire records contain no mention of a student by this name; Simeon Plesko has been classified as Person of Interest 2607-Α. SCP-2607-2 was identified in 2005, when almost every active member of "Islands of Desire," a server of the MMORPG1 Neverwinter Nights devoted to erotic role-playing, sought treatment for herpes simplex. Approximately one week before the first users reported herpes simplex infections, the server had hosted a nautical group sex-themed event called "Orgies of the Sword Coast," coinciding with the release of the Neverwinter Nights expansion pack "Pirates of the Sword Coast;" an individual with the username "Sim_Plex" had been very active during this event. Attempts to trace this user via IP or payment information proved fruitless; investigation is still ongoing. Footnotes 1. Massively multiplayer online role-playing game; a videogame in which a large number of players interact with each other in a large open virtual world. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2607" by ch00bakka, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2607. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2608 | safe | An SCP-2608 imago. Item #: SCP-2608 Special Containment Procedures: The health of all known SCP-2608 populations is to be monitored closely. Steps should be taken to prevent industrial sources from chemically damaging the environments these populations inhabit. SCP-2608 populations are to be kept at all suitable Foundation facilities and monitored as a priority. In the event that these "Advance Warning Systems" (2608-AWS) experience a decline of any sort, the site manager is to be alerted immediately and precautionary measures are to be taken. Reevaluation of the active radii of various occult, psychoactive, and temporal SCP objects via SCP-2608 subimago testing is pending O5 approval. As of 12/21/2014, a "doomsday cache" population is to be established at Site-62, and the Site-64 population has been expanded and repurposed to monitor unexplained global population fluctuation in SCP-2608. Description: SCP-2608 is a largely unstudied mayfly species (Stenonema nephilim) native to the Pacific Northwest. It is thought to have spread across the wetlands of North America in the last two decades1, outcompeting related species due to a marginally more efficient metabolism. SCP-2608 imagines2 can be distinguished from related species by their relatively larger eyes and relatively more translucent bodies—however, these differences are subtle enough that they cannot be readily identified by unqualified individuals. SCP-2608 subimagines3 and SCP-2608 naiads4 cannot be reliably distinguished from related species by any means outside of DNA examination. SCP-2608 was first brought to Foundation attention when the population experienced a then-inexplicably widespread die-off in the spring of 2005 now thought to be the result of the ten day delay in containment of SCP-1425.5 The species has since been restored to its former range. SCP-2608 populations—and, in some cases, individuals—are extremely vulnerable to changes in their environment, undergoing faulty molting and mass death when exposed to even trace contaminants. While this is standard among Ephemeroptera species, SCP-2608's sensitivity extends far outside normal bounds, manifesting in its anomalous properties. SCP-2608 is vulnerable to psychoactive manipulation and foreign or altered spacetime as though a physical element were present. For this reason, SCP-2608 populations have been cleared for use as an "advance warning system" (2608-AWS) and kept at appropriate Foundation facilities, thereby providing an early warning in case of growth, strengthening, or resumed activity of anomalous phenomena at Foundation Provisional Sites and containment breach at Foundation Sites and Areas. While the exact chemical manner in which SCP-2608 individuals are affected varies greatly based on the phenomenon in question and its source, there are two "rules of thumb" that can give rough insight into the strength6 and proximity of the phenomenon; The general health of an SCP-2608 population can be regarded as an estimate of how close its surroundings are to its natural environment.7 An effect strong enough to cause immediate death in an SCP-2608 specimen is strong enough to pose a threat to Foundation operatives. Phenomena that are harmful to SCP-2608 populations are limited to those that alter their environment in a manner that they are not prepared to compensate for. While this includes many natural phenomena, those that interest the Foundation (and that no measures have been taken to shield 2608-AWS from) include: Psychoactive fields Telepathic fields Temporal distortion Spatial distortion Reality distortion Mere proximity to some SCP objects that do not exert any of the former on their surroundings. It has been theorized that in these cases it is some manner of "presence" surrounding the object that SCP-2608 populations are sensitive to. SCP-2608 subimagines are particularly at risk; in testing with select suitable SCP objects, individuals consistently perished when brought within the active radius of the object in question, with a very low degree of failure. Preliminary testing suggests that SCP-2608 subimago testing can be used to map the borders of appropriate SCP objects' "area of influence" to a startling degree of accuracy. Often, SCP-2608 naiads and subimagines will show signs of disturbance by an SCP object at much greater distances than human test subjects; in one noteworthy case, SCP-2608 naiads perished up to 800 km outside of what had previously been thought to be the object's area of influence. + PRESENT STATUS OF SELECT 2608-AWS - LEVEL 4 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED - CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED PROVISIONAL SITE 2608 ADVANCE WARNING SYSTEMS — DISTURBED STATUS INDICATES POSSIBLE GROWTH, STRENGTHENING OR RESUMED ACTIVITY OF CONTAINED SCP OBJECT'S "AREA OF INFLUENCE." IF AT ELEVATED OR HIGHER DISTURBANCE STATUS CONTACT FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR IMMEDIATELY Facility ID Facility 2608-AWS Average Disturbance Status Provisional Site-██ UNDISTURBED Provisional Site-09 UNDISTURBED Provisional Site-23 ELEVATED DISTURBANCE Provisional Site-27 UNDISTURBED Provisional Site-██ UNDISTURBED Provisional Site-98-1 UNDISTURBED Provisional Site-98-2 LOW DISTURBANCE Provisional Site-98-3 UNDISTURBED Provisional Site-141 UNDISTURBED Provisional Site-107 UNDISTURBED Provisional Site-149 UNDISTURBED Provisional Site-███ LOW DISTURBANCE Provisional Site-193 LOW DISTURBANCE Provisional Site-███ UNDISTURBED STANDARD SITE 2608 ADVANCE WARNING SYSTEMS — DISTURBED STATUS INDICATES POSSIBLE CONTAINMENT BREACH. IF AT ELEVATED OR HIGHER DISTURBANCE STATUS CONTACT FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR IMMEDIATELY Facility ID Facility 2608-AWS Average Disturbance Status Site-06 UNDISTURBED Site-██ LOW DISTURBANCE Site-19 LOW DISTURBANCE Site-64 UNDISTURBED Site-77 UNDISTURBED Site-118 LOW DISTURBANCE AREA 2608 ADVANCE WARNING SYSTEMS — DISTURBED STATUS INDICATES POSSIBLE CONTAINMENT BREACH. IF AT ELEVATED OR HIGHER DISTURBANCE STATUS CONTACT FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR IMMEDIATELY Facility ID Facility 2608-AWS Average Disturbance Status Area-02 UNDISTURBED Area-12 LOW DISTURBANCE Area-13 UNDISTURBED Area-14 LOW DISTURBANCE Area-58 LOW DISTURBANCE Area-179 UNDISTURBED Area-██ UNDISTURBED Area-354 CRITICALLY DISTURBED Area-██ LOW DISTURBANCE Area-██ UNDISTURBED Addendum: - 05/26/2009 - Travel capable 2608-AWS are available upon request for exploration and recovery missions. Contact Dr. Lymph or Site-64 administration for more details. Addendum: - 12/21/2014 - All known wild SCP-2608 populations experienced a population decline 0.6% higher than expected over the course of the 2014 frost. In addition, all captive Foundation populations have experienced an unexplained 0.5% population decline. 2608-AWS warning allowances have been updated to compensate. Addendum: - 4/10/2015 - With the exception of the Site-62 population,8 all SCP-2608 populations have declined a further 1.8%. 2608-AWS warning allowances have been updated to compensate. Addendum: - 8/11/2015 - Global SCP-2608 population decline has continued to progress at a constant rate. 2608-AWS warning allowances have been updated to compensate and will continually update based on projected background disturbance. Footnotes 1. Based on the vulnerability of SCP-2608 populations to certain phenomena, it has been suggested that this is due in part to Foundation activity, as the containment of such phenomena would allow SCP-2608 to colonize previously hostile environments. However, there is not currently definitive proof of this. 2. The sexually mature adult stage of an insect. 3. A winged, but not yet fully developed and not yet fully mature sub-adult stage unique to order Ephemeroptera. 4. The aquatic juvenile stage of a mayfly. 5. See SCP-1425 documentation for details. 6. The nature of the phenomenon in question cannot be determined via SCP-2608's reaction to it without both extensive laboratory testing and prior knowledge of the phenomenon. 7. A local spacetime marsh, free of psychic interference. 8. The Site-62 population remains at full health. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2608" by gemcuttlefish, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2608. 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SCP-2609 | euclid | Item#: SCP-2609 Special Containment Procedures: A live, healthy laboratory mouse implanted with a GPS tracking system is to be fixed securely to SCP-2609’s base no less than 30 minutes preceding an anomalous event produced by SCP-2609 (henceforth referred to simply as an 'event'). Absolutely no personnel are permitted within 15 meters of SCP-2609 during the 10 minutes preceding an event. Upon an event occurring, MTF Pi-61 will retrieve SCP-2609 utilizing the GPS tracking system. + Show MTF Pi-6 S.C.P. Details - Hide MTF Pi-6 S.C.P. Details A live, healthy laboratory mouse implanted with a GPS tracking system is to be brought with MTF Pi-6 on all retrieval missions, to be used in the case that SCP-2609 will have another event occur before being brought back to containment. Any objects 'overlapped' or otherwise altered by objects affected by SCP-2609 are to be destroyed. Any witnesses of the event are to be administered a Class A or Class B amnestic. Upon recovery and re-containment of SCP-2609, its light emission pattern is to be used to determine the time of its next event via Equation 2609-03. SCP-2609 should be stored in a standard containment locker when there is not an impending event. Following Event 2609-276 and the subsequent incident, interaction with any SCP object or entity in the moments preceding an SCP-2609 event is strongly discouraged. The time and date of the next SCP-2609 event will be updated following each event and provided to the heads of other Sites and Areas by the Site-15 faculty, for use at their discretion. Description: SCP-2609 is a standard household tabletop lamp. Although SCP-2609’s power cord is intact, SCP-2609 does not need a power source to provide light or produce events. Additionally, the light bulb of SCP-2609 cannot be removed from the rest of the object without breaking. Attempts to otherwise disable SCP-2609 have also been unsuccessful (see Addendum SCP-2609-B). Complete destruction of SCP-2609 has not yet been attempted. SCP-2609 emits brief flashes of light in a distinct pattern. The time between flashes and the intensity of the flash both correspond to the time remaining until an event, with the interval decreasing and the brightness increasing the closer SCP-2609 is to an event2. This relation has been quantified, expressed by Equation 2609-03, and can be used to predict the time of the next event within 0.8 seconds. However, time between events varies. Upon an event occurring, a flash of light approximately two orders of magnitude brighter than any other emission by SCP-2609 is observed. SCP-2609 and any living organic matter within approximately 11 meters of it are then instantaneously teleported to an apparently random location. These destinations have all been located on the surface of Earth, with the exceptions of Events 2609-121 and 2609-180 (see Addendum SCP-2609-C). SCP-2609 has not as of yet teleported to the same location twice, with the closest two locations being approximately 21 kilometers apart3. + Addendum SCP-2609-A: Anomalous Event Details - Addendum SCP-2609-A: Anomalous Event Details The overwhelming majority of events occur within three to four weeks of the last event, but outliers have been observed. The longest interval between events observed to date was approximately two months and two weeks4. The shortest interval between events observed to date was a mere four hours and eight minutes5, resulting in several civilians being included in Event 2609-64 due to the event occurring before MTF Pi-6 personnel could arrive to retrieve SCP-2609 (see Addendum SCP-2609-C). No pattern has been found to describe the time between events. Inorganic matter is not affected by SCP-2609 (with the exception of SCP-2609 itself) unless it is entirely contained within living organic matter. Dead organic matter is treated the same as inorganic matter. GPS tracking devices implanted into live laboratory mice have been effective in tracking the location of SCP-2609 after events. Matter teleported along with SCP-2609 appears at the new location without changing its distance, direction, and orientation relative to SCP-2609. This can cause teleported matter to ‘overlap’ with matter already present at the new location. The teleported overlapping matter appears to take priority over matter already present at the new location, causing the already present matter to disappear where there is overlap with the teleported matter. However, any voids within overlapping teleported matter are filled with the already present matter where there is overlap, making the effect fatal in some circumstances. SCP-2609 is not known to have ever teleported such that it itself overlaps with objects at its new location. Due to this phenomenon, the GPS-implanted mice are to be fixated to SCP-2609’s base, to maximize the probability that they will not be killed by overlapping with nearby objects upon being teleported. If the mouse is killed and SCP-2609 is not retrieved before the next event, SCP-2609 will not take the dead mouse with it during the event, thus also leaving behind the GPS tracking system as well. + Addendum SCP-2609-B: Notable Experiments - Addendum SCP-2609-B: Notable Experiments Experiment 2609-E-3 : Testing Eligible Matter Following Event 2609-4, Equation 2609-01 was used to determine the approximate time of Event 2609-5. The following were placed within five meters of SCP-2609 : A petri dish filled with an E. coli bacteria culture, a sealed beaker filled with six D. melanogaster flies and pure oxygen, a human heart within an Organ Care System such that it continues to beat, a Class D subject (henceforth Subject 1) considered to be brain dead but otherwise functionally alive, a Class D subject (henceforth Subject 2) with a prosthetic leg, and finally a Class D subject (henceforth Subject 3) with a pacemaker. These were allowed to be exposed to Event 2609-5. Other containment procedures were observed as normal. The petri dish and fluid within, the sealed beaker and oxygen within, the entire Organ Care System including the beating heart, the entirety of Subject 1, and the prosthetic leg of Subject 2 were left behind following Event 2609-5. Subject 2 (missing his prosthetic leg) and Subject 3 (entirely intact) were discovered at the site of Event 2609-5 in the desert near Qia, Saudi Arabia. The E. coli bacteria and the D. melanogaster flies have not been recovered, and are presumed to have dispersed upon arrival at the location of Event 2609-5. Experiment 2609-E-7 : Exposure to SCP-1821 Requests to attempt to disable SCP-2609 were approved shortly following Event 2609-276. It was postulated that SCP-2609's light source was the cause of its events. However, some faculty were concerned that if the light bulb was indeed the source of the events, breaking the bulb could have catastrophic effects. Due to all attempts to remove SCP-2609's light bulb proving futile, it was suggested that SCP-1821 be utilized to extinguish the bulb. Following approval, the experiment was prepared. After Event 2609-280, Equation 2609-03 was used to confirm the time until the next event of SCP-2609. SCP-2609 was then taken to SCP-1821’s containment tank. SCP-1821 responded positively to SCP-2609, vocalizing and then kissing SCP-2609’s light bulb with SCP-1821-1. SCP-2609 was retrieved from SCP-1821’s tank before SCP-1821 could begin attempting to consume SCP-2609. As with previous sources of light exposed to SCP-1821, SCP-2609’s bulb ceased to provide visible light after contact with SCP-1821. However, no instance of SCP-1821-2 was observed. Upon the predicted time of Event 2609-281, SCP-2609 still teleported to a new location in Ceara, Brazil. Moreover, the bright flash of light indicating an event was still observed, implying that SCP-2609’s light bulb is not the source of said flash of light. Upon retrieval, SCP-2609’s circuitry was observed to still function as if it were illuminating a light bulb, having steady pulses of electricity in regular intervals. Using a voltmeter, Equation 2609-03 was applied to these pulses and predicted a time for event 2609-282. Experiment 2609-E-8 : Breaking of Light Bulb After Experiment 2609-E-7, Event 2609-282, and the use of Equation 2609-03 in conjunction with a voltmeter to determine the time of Event 2609-283, attempts to remove SCP-2609’s light bulb were resumed. Following failure of all gentle attempts, SCP-2609’s light bulb was broken in a more assertive attempt. No abnormal effects were observed upon breaking the bulb. However, Event 2609-283 occurred at the expected time, and the primary flash of light was still observed. Following the event, MTF Pi-6 operatives discovered SCP-2609 had a new - and functional - light bulb. The remains of the previous light bulb were still in custody, and as a result regeneration was ruled out as an explanation. Pending Experiments: SCP-2609’s property of removing any living organic matter within approximately 11 meters of its vicinity following an event has lead to it being suggested as a sterilization tool. All experimentation in this area is pending a method through which proper containment procedures for any given test subject following an SCP-2609 event can be devised. Following Event 2609-180, SCP-2609’s potential as “a tool for identifying living organic material that would otherwise be ambiguous” (Dr. ███████) was tentatively suggested. The subject to be tested could simply be exposed to an SCP-2609 event, and if affected, the subject is confirmed to be both organic and living. However, any experimentation in this direction is again prohibited pending a method through which proper containment procedures for any given test subject following an SCP-2609 event can be devised. Following Event 2609-276 and the subsequent incident, multiple requests were submitted by various faculty to attempt to terminate SCP-2609 on account of its unique - albeit exceedingly rare - ability disrupt containment or interaction with any other SCP, globally. After the failures of Experiments 2609-E-7 and 2609-E-8, further testing is pending approval at this time. (Dr. ██████ : “What if the blasted lamp decides it wants to pay SCP-2948 a visit, hm? What then?”) + Addendum SCP-2609-C: Notable Events - Addendum SCP-2609-C: Notable Events Excerpts from Event Logs Event 2609-A This is the first SCP-2609 event brought to the attention of the Foundation. All known events occurring before GPS tracking procedure of SCP-2609 was established are to be denoted by a letter. Lettered events are not necessarily in chronological order, but instead in order of the time they were recorded by the Foundation. On July 8, 1986, a 71-year-old woman named ████ ██████ living alone in Manchester, England called 999 to report what she thought were aliens invading her home. Police arrived on the scene to find Mrs. ██████ hiding in her closet, two unclothed teenage males of Asian descent arguing in Mandarin in the living room, and a lamp of unknown origin placed haphazardly on the living room couch that occasionally flickered weakly. Mrs. ██████ claimed that a blinding flash of light occurred in her living room while she was cooking in her kitchen, and that aliens had appeared in her living room at the same time. Once clothing and a translator were brought and the teenage individuals were calmed, they claimed to have been walking down an alley in Guiyang, China, discovered a lamp that was flashing “like a strobe light”, saw a blinding flash of light, and then appeared naked at Mrs. ██████'s residence. Mrs. ██████ confirmed “I’ve never seen that ugly lamp before in my life”. Police confiscated the lamp as a precaution. The Foundation, upon hearing of the case, confiscated the lamp (designating it SCP-2609), and administered Class B amnestics to all parties involved. Event 2609-B Following SCP-2609 being obtained after Event 2609-A on July 8, 1986, it was placed in containment at Site-15 and monitored. Its light emissions were noted in terms of both frequency and, later, intensity. SCP-2609 remained in containment without incident for three weeks, four days, and fifty-eight minutes. Upon the flashes becoming approximately 0.2 seconds apart and at an intensity of approximately 15,000 lumens for approximately 30 seconds, SCP-2609 emitted a final flash of light approximately 1,200,000 lumens in intensity before vanishing. Unfortunately, two janitorial personnel were present in an adjacent room and were in range for Event 2609-B, vanishing with SCP-2609. Through analyzing the flashes of light emitted by SCP-2609, Equation 2609-01 was developed and speculated to be able to predict events caused by SCP-2609. This has since been revised to Equation 2609-02 and then to Equation 2609-03. On September 18, 1999, the bodies of the janitorial staff were discovered inside the walls of a residential building by a demolition crew in Santa Barbara, California. It is speculated that the residential building, located at [REDACTED], was the teleportation site of Event 2609-B, and that the janitorial staff appeared within the walls of the house. Every void in their body was filled with the materials of the walls, causing death in approximately one to three minutes. Event 2609-C On December 21, 1993, the Foundation received intelligence of the location of SCP-2609 and immediately sent MTF Pi-1 to retrieve it due to its location being in a heavily populated area. Class D personnel were utilized to set up multiple experimental tracking techniques upon recovery of SCP-2609, including a method very similar to the currently required procedure. Equation 2609-01 was used to predict the time of the next event (Event 2609-D). SCP-2609 was then contained in a 30x30x3 meter storage chamber for the following two weeks and six days. Event 2609-D occurred within seven hours of the time predicted by Equation 2609-01. MTF Pi-1 was sent to retrieve SCP-2609 due to Event 2609-D also occurring in a heavily populated area. Further experimentation was conducted in the following events (Events 2609-1 to 2609-8) to refine the tracking techniques and safety precautions. MTF Pi-6 was also established as a separate team for future retrievals, beginning with Event 2609-1. Event 2609-M This is, to date, the earliest suspected SCP-2609 event. On August 30, 1951, an amateur pilot flying above Boise, Idaho reported a blinding flash of light and a lamp falling into his lap, causing him to crash into [REDACTED]. Authorities at the time dismissed his story and he was held liable for all damages. The pilot kept the lamp, but then reported that it disappeared about two weeks later, along with his pet bird. Event 2609-64 Standard procedure was observed anticipating Event 2609-63 on November 14, 1998. Upon the event occurring and SCP-2609’s location in Lecce, Italy confirmed, a retrieval team was sent. However, while the retrieval team was en route, the location changed to Atacama, Chile. Upon arrival at the second location, SCP-2609 was found perched on a narrow rock outcropping from a high cliff. The bodies of three individuals were discovered at the base of the same cliff. Reflection seismology revealed the bodies of an additional two individuals within the cliff face. The identities of the individuals not within the cliff face were confirmed as Italian citizens ██████ █████████, ████████ █████████, and ████ ████████. The teleportation to Atacama, Chile was assumed to be a separate event from 2609-63, deemed 2609-64. The interval between events was four hours and eight minutes, by far the shortest interval observed to date. Fortunately, the mouse with the GPS tracking system survived Event 2609-63 and remained in the vicinity of SCP-2609, allowing retrieval following Event 2609-64. Event 2609-121 This event was the first of two confirmed events to date where SCP-2609 did not teleport to a location on the surface of the Earth. On March 11, 2001, a Russian Oscar-II class submarine discovered SCP-2609 onboard their vessel following Event 2609-121. The vessel was in deep sea, approximately 500 meters below surface level. Due to the vessel’s mission lasting months, Event 2609-122 occurred before SCP-2609 was able to be taken into the Russian government’s custody. Foundation negotiators were able to work with GRU Division "P" to ensure the survival of the GPS-implanted mouse and its continued proximity to SCP-2609. As a result, SCP-2609 was able to be retrieved at its location in Zhangjiakou, China following Event 2609-122 due to the mouse being alive and thus the GPS tracking system being included in Event 2609-122. Two of the submarine crewmembers had also been teleported, and were administered Class C amnestics before being returned to the Russian government. Event 2609-180 This event was the second of two confirmed events to date where SCP-2609 did not teleport to a location on the surface of the Earth. On January 7, 2005, SCP-2609 could not initially be tracked following Event 2609-180. After nine hours, the GPS signal was finally discovered originating from the surface of the Moon. Further investigation revealed that the location of Event 2609-180 was the same location - within 10 meters - of the 1969 Apollo 12 Moon landing. The mouse carrying the GPS tracking system died shortly following arrival on the Moon. As a result, SCP-2609’s next location [Event 2609-181, occurring four weeks and five days after Event 2609-180] could not be directly tracked, since SCP-2609 left behind the then-dead mouse and thus the GPS tracking system. However, Event 2609-181’s location was within a crowded marketplace in Jaipur, India. As a result, the Foundation was able to receive intelligence of SCP-2609’s location and arrive with damage control rapidly. Curiously, SCP-2609 returned from the moon with four polished black ovular objects appearing to be rocks. These ‘rocks’ were lodged within various objects at the location of Event 2609-181, and are presumed to originate from under the surface of the Moon where Event 2609-180 occurred. Since SCP-2609 is only known to move living, organic objects, the ‘rocks’ were designated SCP-2609-1 through SCP-2609-4, and contained as a biohazard until further notice. Event 2609-276 From 11:00 to approximately 11:43 on May 3, 2011, Dr. ██████████, two research assistants, and one D-Class subject (D-6498) were in the process of conducting an experiment on SCP-523 within a specially prepared, lead-coated test chamber locked with a card-key mechanism near Site-19. SCP-523 had assumed the form of a pair of sunglasses for an unknown reason prior to being taken out of its normal containment room, and eye contact had been maintained with the object at all times since removal, thereby preventing SCP-523 from transforming or relocating. The experiment to be conducted involved the development of a removable chemical coating designed to prevent SCP-523 from relocating. The primary component of the chemical was lead, which when integrated into the walls of a room has been shown to prevent SCP-523 from leaving said room. However, other chemicals were included in the composition for adhesive, solubility, and reversibility functions, including significant amounts of [DATA EXPUNGED]. The hypothesis was that when coated in the lead-based chemical film, SCP-523 would be entirely unable to relocate itself. Note that the chemical mixture was transparent; this was by design, to allow eye contact with SCP-523 to be maintained during and following its immersion in the substance. At approximately 11:43, both research assistants maintained eye contact with SCP-523 to prevent it from transforming, while D-6498 prepared to lower SCP-523 - still in the form of a pair of sunglasses - into a four liter vat of the prepared chemical by hand. Unfortunately, Event 2609-276 occurred at this time, and SCP-2609 appeared in the testing chamber being used for the SCP-523 experiment described above. The flash of light SCP-2609 emits upon an event occurring temporarily blinded all four individuals within the room. During these seconds of visual disorientation, SCP-523 made a transformation, a translocation, and another transformation in rapid succession: Firstly, SCP-523 assumed the form of one liter of liquid [DATA EXPUNGED], dropping from D-6498's hands into the vat of prepared experimental chemical. The experimental chemical reacted severely with the liquid SCP-523 had become, not only releasing large amounts of poisonous [DATA EXPUNGED] gas into the sealed testing chamber but also apparently disabling the lead's anti-translocation effects. This action was consistent with SCP-523's previous behavior, on account of the object usually transforming in a manner that directly opposes the subject's intended use for the object. Secondly, SCP-523 entered Dr. ██████████'s right coat pocket, taking the form of his card-key. Upon Dr. ██████████ attempting to let himself, his assistants, and D-6498 out of the testing chamber by inserting SCP-523 into the card receptor, SCP-523 transformed into a toaster strudel. The portion of SCP-523 inserted into the card receptor then broke off, blocking Dr. ██████████ from inserting the real card-key into the card receptor. Those within the testing chamber were unable to resolve this issue before the buildup of [DATA EXPUNGED] gas was sufficient to kill all within the testing chamber. SCP-2609 was retrieved without incident later the same day, while SCP-523 was discovered and re-contained the following week. Following Event 2609-276 and the subsequent incident, interaction with any SCP object or entity in the moments preceding an SCP-2609 event is strongly discouraged. The time and date of the next SCP-2609 event will be updated following each event and provided to the heads of other Sites and Areas by the Site-15 faculty, for use at their discretion. Footnotes 1. Mobile Task Force Pi-6 (aka "Lamplighters") is a small unit belonging to MTF Pi-1 when SCP-2609 is not nearing an event. When an event is imminent, MTF Pi-6 will suspend operations with MTF Pi-1. MTF Pi-6 is tasked with retrieving SCP-2609 following its events, removing evidence of SCP-2609 events occurring, and identifying, locating, and delivering amnestics to witnesses of SCP-2609 events. Due to the nature of SCP-2609, MTF Pi-6 operates globally. Following retrieval, MTF Pi-6 operatives return to MTF Pi-1 service until the next SCP-2609 event. 2. Time between flashes have been observed to be as long as nine hours (following Event 2609-145), with the flashes being approximately 0.007 lumens in intensity at that time. When within 10 seconds of an event, the time between flashes reaches a minimum of approximately 0.21 seconds, with the flashes being approximately 15,000 lumens in intensity. 3. Events 2609-30 and 2609-192 4. Events 2609-145 to 2609-146 5. Events 2609-63 to 2609-64 ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2609" by TheGreatGimmick, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2609. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2610 | keter | ADULT CONTENT This article contains adult content that may not be suitable for all readers. Graphic depiction of blood, gore or mutilation of body parts Features sexual themes or language, but does not depict sexual acts. Explicit depiction of sexual acts. Features non-consensual sexual acts. Depiction of severe mistreatment of children Depiction of self-harm Depiction of suicide Depiction of torture {$custom-content} If you are above the age of 18+ and wish to read such content, then you may click Continue to view said content. Continue Back to Front Page SCP-2610 - Procreation ▸ More by this Author ◂ {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} SITE DIRECTOR'S NOTICE: Due to the graphic details described below, information pertaining to SCP-2610 is on a need-to-know basis, and is currently restricted to Level 3/2610 personnel only. Discretion is advised. Item#: 2610 Level3 Containment Class: neutralized Secondary Class: {$secondary-class} Disruption Class: {$disruption-class} Risk Class: {$risk-class} link to memo SCP-2610-A. Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2610-A, -B, -C, -D, and all instances of SCP-2610-E are currently presumed neutralized due to the unlikeliness of survival after the events of "Incident 2610 UIU Tango-Tango" as described in Addendum 2610.8: Incident UIU Tango-Tango. Despite this, Foundation personnel are to monitor for any additional sightings of any instance of SCP-2610. Description: SCP-2610-A, -B, -C, and -D were the siblings Simeon, Armond, Yvette, and Jorge Avakian (the latter two of whom were fraternal twins), born 1922, 1929, and possibly 19431, respectively. All four siblings were born to Droman Avakian and Anita Martel of Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Prior to Incident 2610 UIU Tango-Tango, SCP-2610-A was a well known medical doctor and self-proclaimed "telepath", SCP-2610-B was a deckhand employed at the Boston Harbor, and SCP-2610-C and -D were unemployed. Through the use of currently poorly understood medical techniques developed by SCP-2610-A, the siblings conspired and succeeded in altering their genetic makeup in a way that anomalously affected their incestuously conceived offspring. These offspring (and the offspring of those offspring) were classified as SCP-2610-E collectively, and together with their parents (self-described as "The Firstborn") were classified as "The Colony" by the initial United States Federal Bureau of Investigation Unusual Incidents Unit (UIU) investigators who discovered and led to the neutralization of SCP-2610. SCP-2610-E instances were anomalously bred to have a significantly shorter than natural gestation period, and a rapid rate of growth. As a result of these changes, and the limited diversity of genetic material between SCP-2610-E instances due to severe inbreeding, SCP-2610-E instances were genetically human but carried a high number of physical malformations and abnormalities, along with sharply stunted mental faculties. Droman Avakian, Anita Martel, and SCP-2610-A, -C, and -D. The other woman is unidentified. On the back of the image was written "Whore of His Deliverance" in black ink. The entirety of SCP-2610 is believed to have been neutralized by United States Navy fighters at the order of the UIU on November 16th, 1971. More information regarding this incident can be found in Addendum 2610.8: Incident UIU Tango-Tango. Due to lack of direct involvement in the case of SCP-2610, all information regarding SCP-2610 has been collected through cooperation between Foundation personnel and UIU agents. Please see the addenda below for official UIU reports pertaining to SCP-2610. Addendum 2610-1: Background and Discovery SCP-2610-A, -B, -C, and -D were all born near Boston, Massachusetts. Their father, Droman Avakian, was a laborer in the area. Much of their extended family lived either in Iran (paternal) or France (maternal). Little information about the family is available prior to the birth of SCP-2610-A, though immigration forms do confirm that a "D. Avakian" traveled to New York from Morocco in 1911. SCP-2610-A was born on January 16th, 1922 at the West Boston Military Medical Center (now defunct). From a young age, SCP-2610-A expressed a variety of anomalous traits, specifically a self-described "telepathy". SCP-2610-A wrote extensively about this in several journals recovered after Incident UIU Tango Tango. Below is an excerpt from one of those journals: "…it is not so much that I feel the feelings of those around me, like the common empath, but more that I can see the images and hear the impulses of every person, man and wo-man, who I can reach out to with my mind. The cacophony that was once the nightmare of my youth has, in experience, turned into a most curious and invaluable tool…" Years later, SCP-2610-A described an event that is referenced several times elsewhere in the text, and was seen as being of great importance to the subject: …and it was then that I reached out with my own mind to the person on the table and, sensing the emptiness in theirs, put myself within it. Like a shade had been pulled from over my face, suddenly I could see with other eyes, hear with other ears, indeed, I saw and heard myself staring down at myself, mouth agape with wonder. But the lobotomy is not so simple or without risk that it could be administered to the number that my thoughts imagine without notice. As to what would happen were I to find myself together with another conscious, should the patient recover, I cannot say. Better it would be, I think, should the subject be birthed with no consciousness at all; a completely virgin mind… SCP-2610-B on left. Image date unknown. Of SCP-2610-B, little is noted in any records aside from a birth record (also from the West Boston Military Medical Center) and an employment file with the Kervier Shipping Company in 1945 (which included a fingerprint and vehicle registration). Of note, SCP-2610-B is mentioned only once in SCP-2610-A's journals, where it is referenced that SCP-2610-B sexually assaulted an unnamed immigrant woman near the shipyards, which necessitated the lobotomy performed by SCP-2610-A in the previous passage as a cover. SCP-2610-C and -D are not mentioned in any birth records or citizenship records. Aside from references in SCP-2610-A's journals (including a handful of photographs) and UIU records indicating their involvement, there is no outside evidence of their existence whatsoever. In March of 1959, SCP-2610-A was arrested on charges of illegal medical practices on minors. Though SCP-2610-A was able to settle with the victims for an undisclosed amount, SCP-2610-A withdrew from the medical field. No further mention of SCP-2610-A or its siblings is noted until Incident UIU Tango-15. Addendum 2610.2: Incident UIU Tango-11 The following information was gathered from UIU incident logs. UIU INCIDENT LOG: TANGO-1-1 Agent Designation: Cyprus Date: ██/██/████ Police report filed November 12th, 1965: BREAK-IN AT ████ W 15th ST. ██████, ██ FOUR INDIVIDUALS AT LARGE INDETERMINATE SEX THREE PERSONS KILLED HEAVILY RESISTANT TO WEAPON FIRE CAPABLE OF MOVING AT HIGH SPEED INHUMANLY STRONG ESCAPED WITH FOUR LARGE TRUCKS OF CATTLE FEED DESCRIBED AS "GROTESQUE" BE ADVISED HIGHLY DANGEROUS Unit investigators became involved after Bureau was contacted. Subjects were described as "roughly six-feet tall" and "vaguely human", with a number of obvious and grotesque physical malformations, such as missing or additional limbs, eyes, ears, etc., collapsed ribcages or extruded stomachs, large growths across the body. Did not succumb to weapon fire and moved quickly but jarringly on stilted or broken limbs. Did not attempt to communicate. Three people within the storehouse, identified as ██████ ███████, ████ ███████, and █████ █████████, were found dead at the scene. All individuals showed signs of violent ██████ ███████, including ███████████ ██ ███ ████ █████ ████████████, ███████████ ██ █████ █████████, and other severe trauma. Fingerprints gathered from the scene, but did not match any known suspects. Investigation is ongoing. Addendum 2610.3: Excerpt from Recovered Journal + Access Addendum - Close Addendum The following excerpt was taken from a journal belonging to SCP-2610-A in collaboration with agents from the UIU. Last night I was visited by an Angel. As she slipped into my room I felt the warmth of her around me, and opened my eyes to take in her beauty. Her flesh rippled and tore, and light shined through the cracks like the sun. She reached out to me, held me in her many arms and slid herself inside of me. As she entered my body, I heard her whisper to me words sent from the LORD. My pen does not do justice to her voice, but I wrote it nonetheless; "Soft and silent, Child of God, for you have been chosen to lead His people and create for Him and New Eden. Through your seed will his nation be built, and the seed of your brothers will fertilize its fields. He has provided for you the Whore of His Deliverance, in your own blood she is born. Her womb will open for your seed and the seed of your offspring, and their seed upon their seed, until the Earth is made anew in His Image." Then she produced from within me a vial of liquid, both glorious and putrid, and told me how to use it to create the Seed of His New Eden. As she removed herself from within me I climaxed, and she said to me "Truly this is the last of your seed that shall be spilled without purpose, for now it is given new purpose." Then she was gone, and I was filled with His voice. The voice that will guide my hand on this page and write the New Testament of Creation. Even now, I can feel his words inside me, washing away the sin that once cluttered my mind. My whole life's work has been for this, it must be. The LORD gave me this sight so that I might lead His people to His New Eden. All of the struggle will finally be worth the suffering." Addendum 2610.4: Incident UIU Tango-15 UIU INCIDENT LOG: TANGO-1-5 Agent Designation: Ulysses Date: ██/██/████ Another theft of a large quantity of livestock feed. A shipment of cattle feed bound for S. Carolina was ransacked last night. Five dockhands are dead, same type of wounds as the ones at the storehouse. Officers responding to the scene did manage to disable one of the fleeing vehicles. The subjects within fled the scene, but the vehicle was recovered and identified as belonging to A. Avakian, a dockhand from Boston whose fingerprints were recognized as also being from the previous scene. Records on file show he has not been employed with the Kervier group for several months. During a chase with one of the vehicles, one of the human-like creatures described in the previous incident report leaped from within the trailer onto a pursuing squad car and assaulted the officers within. One officer was killed, the other (the driver) managed to crash the vehicle into a nearby embankment, totaling it. The officer managed to escape, while the creature (which was pinned below the vehicle) perished. Addendum 2610.5: Excerpt from Recovered Journal + Access Addendum - Close Addendum The following excerpt was taken from a journal belonging to SCP-2610-A in collaboration with agents from the UIU. The seeding has begun in earnest. Our sister was hesitant, but she too was visited by the Angel of the LORD but a week past, and her eyes were opened and her womb was made ready for the Colony of New Eden. She now awaits us every night, prepared to receive the Seed. The tears of my sin that the Angel drew from within me are miraculous. When served with holy wine to a male host, the seed of that host plants itself within the womb with such tenacity. Then, the offspring grows within the host with a great speed, while the mother is nourished only by the power of God and his agents here on Earth. And what virile children are born from this union! Ready themselves to give and receive the Seed, in their own station. The tears follow through the generations, and each gestation is as swift and fruitious as the last. My sister, the Whore of His Deliverance, has already produced for me a son. I have named him Ezekial, and he will be the champion of our New World. Even now, I can hear my Brother delivering upon her as well. The Colony grows stronger every day. Soon the Daughters will be strong enough to take Seed of their own, and produce more Children. The LORD has spoken to me, and has said "be fruitful and multiply, for the Earth is mine through you." The LORD has prepared my sight to lead our Children, and I will prepare my mind for HIM when he arrives. Addendum 2610.6: Incident UIU Tango-18 UIU INCIDENT LOG: TANGO-1-8 Agent Designation: Grenada Date: ██/██/1970 N/A On ██/██/1970, after a tip from agents embedded within local utilities companies, Unit Agents moved on the abandoned █████████ Packaging Corp. warehouse. Despite the structure being empty for more than thirty years, it had recently began to draw power from nearby lines. Additionally, an automobile registered to one H. Rutherford, which was confirmed as being sold to one Simeon Avakian five years prior, was seen at the site. Agents initially found the warehouse empty, but sounds from below led the group to an operational lift located in the northwest corner of the main level. The agents descended to a third basement level via the lift, and then to another basement level by stairs, before encountering [GRAPHIC DETAILS EXPUNGED]. Of the thirteen agents who entered the warehouse, only four escaped to a local FBI stronghouse. The details of the incident are described below. + Access Interview - Hide Interview Agent Rico: Alright, we're recording now. Try it again, speak here— Agent Carter: Fuck the fucking recorder, Marc. Are you calling Central? Agent Rico: They're getting them on the line right now, Cooper. We've gotta record this though, so help me here. Agent Carter: I already told you, I— (aside) are they on the fucking phone? Agent Rico: Cooper! Agent Carter: Fine. We got down to the second, third? -whatever, one of the basements at the █████████ place. You could smell it before you heard it, and hear it from a floor or two up. We come around the corner and there are… I don't know, Marc, two hundred? Four? More than I could count quickly. Agent Rico: What were they? Agent Carter: They weren't fucking people. They— I don't know, they looked like people, but… more like just flesh. Everywhere, just flesh. It was some kind of orgy, they were all fucking each other, and there were eyes and arms and hair and teeth everywhere, places where it shouldn't fucking be, and— Agent Rico: Calm down, Cooper, ca— Agent Carter: Calm down? They fucking █████ Riley and pulled Yates into a dozen pieces, his arms and… fuck, man. I don't know how I got out of there. Oh god, Nate was screaming the whole time, and they just tore into him and— Agent Rico: Did you see any humans in there? Agent Carter: Just one guy, but he was doing the same fucking thing. Agent Rico: Could you identify this man? (Produces image of SCP-2610-B) Agent Carter: That's the— Christ, Rico, that's the fuckin' guy. Agent Baxter: Alright, we just got word from Central. We're torching the place. At the conclusion of this interview, UIU forces proceeded to launch an attack on the █████████ warehouse. While the structure was completely demolished, no remains were recovered from the debris. Signs of habitation2 confirmed the presence of some kind of activity, but no additional information was recovered from the site. Addendum 2610.7: Excerpt from Recovered Journal + Access Addendum - Close Addendum The following excerpt was taken from a journal belonging to SCP-2610-A in collaboration with agents from the UIU. The Colony grows. My sister, the Whore, has given birth to so many of our holy children. Even now, she lays in ecstasy at the thought of serving the LORD. Her daughters have become the vessels for the Seed of her sons, and their daughters and their sons. The work continues. However, my youngest brother has resisted the call of our LORD, and even now attempts to conspire against us. I am so disappointed. I had hoped he would move on past his initial reluctance, as he seemed so eager to serve when he first delivered his Seed. He is the closest blood with the Whore of His Deliverance, and their bond should be the strongest, and yet now he speaks of morality and sin. What sin is there in the service of the LORD? It is of no consequence. I was visited by the Angel again last night, and as she took me once more she spoke to me the desires of our GOD. For our Colony to spread across the world and bring GOD closer to us, the LORD desires the sacrifice of one of us Firstborn. The Angel spoke and forbade the desecration of myself the Godhead, my brother the Sower, and my sister the Whore. All that remains is the younger. His blood will fertilize the fields of our covenant. His meat shall satisfy the children. I will enter the mind of Ezekial tonight and take my brother one last time, in service to our LORD. Then I will feed him to our Children. The Colony grows. Addendum 2610.8: Incident UIU Tango-Tango UIU INCIDENT LOG: TANGO-TANGO Agent Designation: Killroy Date: ██/██/1971 On November 14th, 1971, Bureau agents received word that a cross-country locomotive carrying animal feed had been attacked and overwhelmed, and that the assailants had boarded the train and were en route to the west coast. Agents across the country were mobilized to stop the train's progress. Early attempts on the east coast did little to slow the advance, as any organized group drawing within 100 yards of the locomotive were quickly overtaken by hordes of SCP-2610-E instances emerging from the cars. Attempts were made to halt the vehicle using explosives, but were similarly fruitless, as SCP-2610-E instances would quickly throw their bodies on top of any incendiary placed on the track. While additional attempts were being made to slow the first train, Central confirmed reports of two more trains, similarly bound for the west coast, both of which had also been hijacked. One of these trains was only reported after it had come to a stop to take on additional fuel near the town of █████████████, Pennsylvania. Reportedly, "over one-thousand" of the humanoid creatures descended on a local high school football game to [GRAPHIC DETAILS EXPUNGED]. Casualties reached ███ within the hour. When it became clear that the situation was getting out of hand, UIU Central contacted agents at the SCP Foundation in an attempt to reinforce the already hamstrung UIU forces. Local military units were likewise activated and dispatched towards the paths of the oncoming Colony trains. Aftermath of Foundation involvement in UIU Tango-Tango Foundation personnel moved quickly to the town of █████████, Kentucky, where a fourth train would be passing through. Utilizing technology gathered from [REDACTED] disabling the entities ability to communicate with Simeon Avakian. The ensuing panic resulted in the entities losing control of the locomotive and crashing near a train yard. Unable to fight back or defend themselves, the entities were dispatched by Foundation incendiary teams. Over the next day, UIU and SCP teams continued to try and halt the advance of the remaining locomotives with minimum civilian casualties, all with little success. On November 16th, all remaining trains (six in total) reached the naval port at Long Beach, CA, and quickly overwhelmed the assembled UIU and Foundation personnel waiting there. The entities3 then boarded three waiting oil tanker ships. Against an oncoming storm, the three vessels turned west and set sail. The vessels were pursued by US Coast Guard ships until the storm was deemed too dangerous to pursue in. As part of a last-ditch effort to stop the advance of the Colony westward, UIU Central requested US Navy F-14 jets to be scrambled and eliminate the ships. At 2028 hours PST, USN pilots confirmed hits on all three vessels. Aftermath and Final Report: In the aftermath of Incident Tango-Tango, the bodies of no fewer than 1200 humanoid entities were pulled from the sea and incinerated. The rest were presumed neutralized, and later submersible examination confirmed the deaths of the remaining entities. However, despite thorough efforts to locate them, neither Simeon, Armond, or Yvette Avakian were ever found in the wreckage. On July 15th, 1979, a request was made to close the case of UIU-15511: "The Colony". On July 19th, 1979, a request to close the case of UIU-15511: "The Colony" was denied. Addendum 2610.9: Excerpt from Recovered Journal + Access Addendum - Close Addendum The following excerpt was taken from a journal belonging to SCP-2610-A in collaboration with agents from the UIU. SCP-2610-C. Date unknown. On our Arks will we lead our Colony to Eden. With GOD's blessing will we multiply across the Earth. "Blessed is He who makes Flesh in the name of the FATHER." "Blessed is He who is One Flesh with the LORD." "Blessed is He who sows the Seed of Deliverance." "Praise unto you, oh GOD, who has seen fit to bless our bodies with thine own Flesh." On the four Arks will we be delivered to His New Eden, The birthing screams of the Whore will announce our arrival, And from our New Eden will we sow the Flesh of our LORD across this Earth. Note: The words "What are we doing?" are written on the back of this page. The handwriting does not match that of SCP-2610-A. Footnotes 1. Because no birth records exist for SCP-2610-C and -D, this date is only an estimate. 2. Specifically, significant quantities of human waste. 3. Numbers at that time estimated to be over twelve-thousand. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2610" by djkaktus, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2610. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. 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SCP-2611 | euclid | Item #: SCP-2611 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2611 is to be contained in a standard, Class-C humanoid containment cell in Wing-J at Site-47. SCP-2611 is to be denied exceptionally fatty foods and is required to engage in at least one hour of light exercise every two to three days, as needed and judged safe by site physicians. SCP-2611 is under the impression that it is still hospitalized. Every forty-five days (or as needed, per standard obfuscation protocols), SCP-2611 is to be administered an amnestic and be processed through a readmission script to maintain this impression. To placate SCP-2611-1, SCP-2611 is required to watch at least eight hours of television programming per day. Though SCP-2611-1 may request additional programs to be added, this television programming is limited to the following subjects: court television, soap operas, game shows, crafting programs, and talk shows (excluding anything which has medical information about the hazards of excessive weight gain). Television shows must be screened before allowing SCP-2611 or SCP-2611-1 to view them. Description: SCP-2611 is a human female standing approximately 156 cm. SCP-2611 is largely immobile due to its immense weight (currently, approximately 250 kg) and is confined to a hospital bed. SCP-2611 suffers from several diseases related to its weight, most notably sleep apnea and diabetes. With the exception of the presence of SCP-2611-1, there is nothing remarkable about SCP-2611. SCP-2611-1 is a sentient mass of fat cells located on the left flank of SCP-2611. SCP-2611-1 is completely integrated with SCP-2611's vital organs. When originally contained, SCP-2611-1 exercised only limited control over SCP-2611's body at times, usually when SCP-2611 was unconscious. However, over the past █ years, SCP-2611-1 has increased its control of SCP-2611. Currently, SCP-2611 is only considered fully cognizant of its surroundings for approximately one to two hours per day. While SCP-2611-1 is in control of SCP-2611's body, SCP-2611-1 can perform rudimentary communication, force SCP-2611 to move, and controls most of SCP-2611's body functions. Previously, SCP-2611-1 used this control to force SCP-2611 to consume massive amounts of food. Though SCP-2611-1 is capable of speech, learning, and advanced thought, SCP-2611-1's primary interests are related to daytime television programs which it previously viewed with SCP-2611. Though several interviews have been conducted with SCP-2611, no information about its origin, nature, or further interests have been observed. All interviews invariably turn to the programs being watched and the information conveyed in those programs. How SCP-2611-1 controls SCP-2611 or stores thoughts and memories has yet to be determined, though amnestics have shown no effect on SCP-2611-1. A log of relevant, useful research information has been compiled and is available for reading (See Addendum: SCP-2611 Interview Logs). SCP-2611's health has continued to deteriorate since its recovery, and there is currently no known way to enable SCP-2611-1 to exist outside of SCP-2611 or transfer it to another host. Research is ongoing. Recovery: SCP-2611 and SCP-2611-1 first came to the attention of the Foundation when SCP-2611 entered the hospital due to excessive weight gain in August of 20██. SCP-2611 had, until three months prior, weighed approximately 80 kilograms. Over the course of ninety days, SCP-2611's weight doubled, putting excessive strain on SCP-2611's joints and muscles. During routine examinations, polysomnographies performed to diagnose sleep apnea revealed somnambulism and what was originally believed to be schizophrenia. After MRI scans revealed a large, compact mass of fat that somehow integrated with SCP-2611's major organ groups, Foundation physicians intervened and determined the existence of SCP-2611-1. SCP-2611 was moved to Site-47, where it has remained for the past █ years. Addendum: SCP-2611 Interview Logs All logs have been heavily edited of extraneous information. The remaining pieces of information are believed to have actual research value. Those wishing to examine unedited logs may submit requests directly to Dr. Crow. June 3, 20██: Researcher ████: So, we were talking about SCP-2611. Have you always been inside her? SCP-2611-1: Haha! Yeah, of course. Where else? Oh, shit, Jerry, you gotta look out for that shit. Jesus. Researcher ████: You've never lived anywhere else? SCP-2611-1: Why would I? This is home. November 14, 20██: SCP-2611-1: No, no Whoopi, don't you DARE disrespect her! BARBARA HAS DONE NOTHING TO DESERVE THAT! Researcher ████: You tell her! Haha! I love this stuff. SCP-2611-1: I know. It's so much better than the crap the last guy watched. Researcher ████: The last guy? SCP-2611-1: Oh, shit. That's it. THAT'S IT BARBARA! Researcher ████: Who was the last guy, Twenty-Six-Eleven? SCP-2611-1: Shhh… I think they have Keanu today… No further information on previous hosts has been recovered from conversations with SCP-2611-1. Attempts to question SCP-2611-1 about the possibility have led to SCP-2611 becoming unresponsive. February 19, 20██: Researcher ████: Oh my god. Did he just swallow that? SCP-2611-1, gagging audibly: Oh, god, that's disgusting. Researcher ████: Holy crap. Can they show that on daytime television? SCP-2611-1: Kill it. Kill it. I don't care if I die. Researcher ████: What? SCP-2611-1: I said it's disgusting! Who the hell does that? Oh god. Haha! It is currently believed that SCP-2611 may have assumed control during this time, but during a later cognizant event, SCP-2611 could not recall speaking. It is possible that SCP-2611-1 may have more control of SCP-2611's memories and mental condition than previously believed or that SCP-2611 is experiencing trauma capable of damaging these memories while SCP-2611-1 is in control. Further research is necessary. April 30, 20██: SCP-2611-1, crying: God… How can they treat her like that? She loved you, John! She loved you! Researcher ████: I know. God. It just kills you, doesn't it? SCP-2611-1: It does. God, I'm so lonely. I wish one of the others would come and visit me… Researcher ████: One of the others? SCP-2611-1: Oh, Hope. Don't worry. He'll learn. He'll understand. The above log has led to several investigations in hospitals across the globe, all without results. It is currently unknown how many instances of SCP-2611-1 may be present in the population at large; however, given the sharp rise in obesity through North America and Europe over the past two decades, the number may be exceptionally high. Currently, efforts to screen obese children in schools have had no results, though early stage infestations—typified by weight gain and periods of lost time—may have been identified in ███ individuals, all of which are currently under observation. No other late stage instances have been identified. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2611" by TroyL, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2611. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2612 | safe | SCP-2612-1 and SCP-2612-2. Item #: SCP-2612 Special Containment Procedures: Under no circumstances is SCP-2612 to drop The Load. All resources of Site-125 are dedicated to ensuring SCP-2612 receives no sabotage in its carrying of The Load. All SCP operatives assigned to any Group of Interest are to be briefed on The Load and are to be on specific lookout for any references to The Load, The Weight, or The Burden. Containment Task Force A-17 (“God's Pallbearers”) are to be on constant standby for any attempted breach of Site-125. All personnel posted to Site-125 are to immediately notify a superior if they begin to perceive anomalous voices. SCP-2612 is to be housed in a Level-3 Incorporeal Entity Containment Cell guarded by at least three armed guards at a time. No contact is to be made with SCP-2612. No testing is to be performed on SCP-2612. SCP-2612 must never drop The Load. SCP-2612-1 and SCP-2612-2 are to be held in two separated medium-sized lockers in Site-102's Safe Item Containment Wing. Due to their effects, the objects are not to be removed from the lockers for testing at any time. Description: SCP-2612 is an entity which carries The Load. If SCP-2612 is disturbed, it is in danger of “dropping The Load,” or more specifically [DATA EXPUNGED]. Dropping The Load will result in a ZK-Class End of Reality scenario. SCP-2612 is capable of telepathic communication which consists mostly of requests to drop The Load. The object is currently thought to be unknown to any Group of Interest, but it is a top priority that none become aware of SCP-2612 and its Load. The Load is theorized to be [DATA EXPUNGED]. It is unclear how SCP-2612 became the entity responsible for The Load, or if SCP-2612 itself is merely a mechanism by which The Load is thereby carried and is thus inextricable from it. The connection between The Load and the fabric of reality is currently unknown. SCP-2612 is the shared designation given to SCP-2612-1 and SCP-2612-2. SCP-2612-1 is an extremely worn lawn ornament style statue of a donkey, composed of plaster and metal for the “skeleton.” SCP-2612-2 is a yellow cart with two metal poles which are connected at the ends by a chain. SCP-2612-2 is filled with dirt and once contained flowers, acting as a planter. By themselves, SCP-2612-1 and SCP-2612-2 merely elicit a feeling of general unease and disquiet. The main anomaly associated with SCP-2612 is set into motion when the objects are brought together. When the chain holding the two poles of SCP-2612-2 is brought against the back of SCP-2612-1, thus making it look as though the latter is pulling the former, a strong desire to keep the two objects together threatens all observers of the object, past and present. This includes changing details of acquisition to better facilitate reasons to keep the objects together. Due to this effect, the events of SCP-2612's acquisition from a suburb of Cleveland, OH were initially scrubbed from the memory of the containment team, building up a mythology of the object bearing “the weight of the world.” When reversing the effects of SCP-2612, it was deemed necessary to administer Class-B amnestics to the entire former containment team due to exposure. Since Site-125 had been built primarily to house SCP-2612, the site was remodeled to fit a separate Keter-class object with a separate containment team. Containment was continued at Site-102, due to the low priority of the object's true strategic importance. Hello, Director. I think you're the only one who can see this. I still remember how to do this, don't I? Well, I've been drinking, Director. And isn't that how they always start? Do you remember being a little Level-2, trying to dredge up enthusiasm for some Safe scip, some pair of glasses that lets you see bones or something. Wouldn't we have something like that, right? And it was boring. There wasn't a story behind it, right? Boring thing. Absolutely tragic. And so, you'd slack off. And you'd talk to your friends. Your coworkers, if you were the kind to talk. I would. Always was. Guess I always will be, ha ha, right? It's against protocol, but you'd gossip. Of course you would. And you'd tell stories in hushed tones, of the Safe-level object that they swear was actually housing some incomprehensible evil, trapped in some low-level containment cell as a teleporting chair or maybe a walking door. And of course, you'd think, in the back of your head, maybe that's why they had you working on the pair of glasses. Maybe they had confidence in you, the big guys, the O5s. This isn't a drink for effect, so much as I'm an alcoholic. But hey, it sets the tale up nicely, doesn't it, Director? I'm Carl Garcia, former Director of Site-125. I say former, but really, that's where I am currently, just about to be the last to get the amnestic. I recommended Class-B. It'll seem important, but not life-threatening. They'll still give me an okay job. So will everyone else. They'll put something new here. And everything will be okay. I guess, at this point, I probably don't need to take this, but it's for the best. Did you know these used to be shots? Ridiculous, right? Can you imagine that? Bet they had a big nurse, too. Come in. You know. Fuck, I'm tired. The object is safe. Don't worry. You knowing the truth will be no danger to you. I don't think this object can ever hurt anything again. It was Keter. Everything about that is true. This wasn't the mistake of a bumbling Foundation. This, for it to work, needs to look like it. It's something people will gossip about. Their Safe-level that used to be a Keter. They'll talk about It, because that's what they do. And that's important. Once it's done, it's done, I think. Or so It told me. For this to work, you need to understand this, I think. It wouldn't matter. For my comfort, I need you to understand what I did. What It did. I listened to It. Which was, besides the gossip, the first thing outside of Foundation protocol I had ever done. Or the drinking on the job, I guess. But this is special. It had weaseled Its way through the cell. I don't know how It managed. It came into me, and It asked me to help It. It wasn't this evil thing. I don't even think It was a thing. So much as a concept. But It came to me as a sad little donkey with a cart. When joking with Agent Finnegan, who hopefully is guarding something actually important at this point, I always called the scip the “jackass with its cart,” and that was our little joke. Something to get us to laugh at this metaphysical nightmare we had guarded from the Insurgency and the other boys. But that's how It came. A jackass with a cart. It struggled with the load, blazing golden, filled with indescribable life. It strained and broke its back. It wasn't going to drop it. Oh no, it was far too old, far too practiced to ever drop it. Too old for that, but not too old to be spared exhaustion. I can't tell you what It is. Not mostly because I couldn't honestly tell you. It's better not to know, some things about It, I think. It's old. It wasn't a statue, but It had been holding the entirety of everything since everything could be called a thing. I spilled my drink. This doesn't affect the story. Thought you should know. I knew It wasn't bad. Foolish, I know. People die like this. I'd done cognitohazards all my life. Memetics was my dream field, and hopefully I'm still in it. God-willing. And no, It isn't God. But, I had a plan. Simple, but effective. I helped It to lighten The Load. That's what It wanted. I talked It through it, I guess? I helped It, guided It. Revealed to Agent Finnegan that the object may have, in fact, been not as powerful as we thought. I let the unease trickle down that It wasn't something really important, that maybe we were being tricked. I let it simmer. Let It feel the perception changing around it. I don't think It's that smart. I don't think smartness is a quality that would apply to It. It carries The Load. That's all you need to know. But I told It, this tired Thing Before Things, that It wasn't important. That It was nothing more than a lawn ornament. An old and battered lawn ornament. Peeling paint. With a cart, filled with dirt, that hadn't seen a flower in years. It bought it. Hook line and fucking sinker. One by one, I revealed the new findings to my team, contacted the higher-ups. They've all taken Class-Bs, and I guess I'm the only one left. Just need to take the amnestic out of its pack. Just need to put on my glasses. I think, for it to really work, for this plan I made with a concept, to really take hold, I should leave, too. It creates a better storyline for It, doesn't it? The scip already has a picture. I don't know how It made that. It trapped itself into a better story, but at least It goes all the way. When I take this, if It hasn't already, It'll become into being nothing more than a two-part Lawn Gnome in a box. Two boxes. I don't think testing the object is going to reverse the effects. I don't know if the subjective reality of the object we've both created is strong enough to bring the thing back through. I just think it's had enough. For me, don't put the chain back on. Don't let it carry The Load. It's so tired, and it's been at it so long. Even if it's nothing else but a jackass, I still want it to be able to rest. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2612" by kinchtheknifeblade, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2612. 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SCP-2613 | euclid | Everyone dies alone. So yeah. That's a thing. Thanks to a number of folks for helping me work my way through this idea, especially djkaktus. Image is creative commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CM-112.jpg ▸ More by this Author ◂ {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} SCP-2613-1 during the last several seconds of event 2613-A-45 Item #: SCP-2613 Special Containment Procedures: Monitoring of emergency service communication is to be maintained at all times in the affected area. Mobile Task Force Theta-13 ("Bring Out Your Dead") is to mobilize during any detected SCP-2613 events. If required, SCP-2613 events are to be explained to any non-Foundation personnel as unscheduled funerary processions. Such observers who view reanimation, dessication or disappearance events are to be administered amnestics before their release back into the general population. Unless specifically approved for testing, interaction with SCP-2613 events is strictly prohibited. MTF Theta-13 is to prevent non-Foundation personnel from interacting with SCP-2613 events. Corpses recovered during SCP-2613 testing are to be thoroughly cataloged and then destroyed by incineration after no more than a 1 week delay from acquisition. Description: SCP-2613 is an anomalous event irregularly occurring in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, and which consists of a funerary procession of no known source. These processions are led by a hearse (known as SCP-2613-1) which is joined along its route by a number of vehicles (referred to as SCP-2613-2 instances).1Tag numbers present on SCP-2613-2 instances have yielded either no information or information which does not correlate with the details of the vehicles they are attached to. These vehicles are operated and occupied by a variable number of individuals (referred to as SCP-2613-3 instances) wearing military uniforms belonging to the US Armed forces. Uniforms associated with SCP-2613-3 instances have included all eras of service, including uniforms from eras before the invention of the automobile. SCP-2613 events initiate immediately after the deaths of certain individuals for whom identification is difficult, if not impossible, and often begin before emergency services have responded. All individuals fully identified by the Foundation have records indicating past service in the US Military. Due to the uniformly vagrant nature of these individuals, Foundation suppression of information relating to these disappearances is not recommended unless events are directly witnessed. SCP-2613 initiating events have been caught on video surveillance twice, and in both instances the deceased individual displayed signs of distress unrelated to SCP-2613, followed by collapse. Several minutes passed before SCP-2613-1 arrived, followed by a reanimating of the deceased individual. In both events, the deceased individual then opened and entered the rear compartment of SCP-2613-1. It has been determined through examination and testing that individuals involved in these initiating events do not remain reanimated past this point. With one exception, SCP-2613 events have been observed to follow a similar pattern: SCP-2613-1 instances collect a deceased individual. The SCP-2613-1 instance will begin to travel to the nearest cemetery. At an average rate of approximately 1 additional vehicle a minute, SCP-2613-2 instances will increase the size of the procession. Upon SCP-2613-1's arrival at the cemetery destination, SCP-2613-1 will slow to a stop. SCP-2613-1 and SCP-2613-2 instances will immediately vanish along with any occupants. Video surveillance of disappearance events have yielded little information as to the mechanism of this behavior. SCP-2613-3 instances have proven relatively friendly and cooperative, however any successful attempt to breach the integrity of SCP-2613-2 vehicles, by either the occupants or Foundation personnel, have resulted in the immediate death and rapid dessication of SCP-2613-3 instances. This includes any attempts to open the doors, windows, and includes unorthodox methods of entry. Considering the behavior of SCP-2613-3 instances, it is recommended that larger processions be excluded from testing. While SCP-2613 events invariably end without incident when allowed to proceed unmolested, larger processions experience a 'domino effect' of dessication events as SCP-2613-3 instances breach the integrity of their own vehicles in an attempt to investigate the delay. + Show 2613-A-7 Incident Log - Hide Incident Log Incident Report-2613-A-7 During the previous event (2613-A-6), the corpse contained in SCP-2613-1 was retained for further testing and identification. 9 days following the conclusion of the previous event, a funerary procession was found idling at the gate to Site-88. This procession contained no living SCP-2613-3 instances, and did not follow previous behavioral patterns. When the remains related to the previous test were moved to another site, the procession underwent a disappearance event similar to those previously observed. Following another delay of 9 days, the new site was subjected to a similar event. The SCP-2613 event followed an anomalous pattern of behavior, and a compromise of operational security was determined to be imminent given the gradual addition of new vehicles containing dessicated SCP-2613-3 instances. A decision was made to destroy the remains from the previous test in an attempt to prevent further escalation. Following this, those remains were then relocated a third time, and another disappearance event was observed. No further deviations from expected behavior followed. The corpse associated with this incident remains unidentified. Footnotes 1. Due to the similarity of SCP-2613's effects, and the base components of its anomaly to SCP-265, it is currently theorized that the two anomalies may be distantly related, or derived from another, more centralized anomaly. Further investigations into these similarities are ongoing. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2613" by Doctor Cimmerian, from the SCP Wiki. 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SCP-2614 | safe | Item #: SCP-2614 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2614 is to be kept in a locked container in the personal office of Dr. Schmidt. Requests to research SCP-2614 must be forwarded to his office. Description: SCP-2614 is a DVD copy of the fifth season of the television drama The Sopranos. The disc itself is moderately scratched, consistent with deterioration after heavy use. The object does not bear any marks of origin, although the word "BOOKSHELF" written in black marker obscures the title logo on the top face. When played, SCP-2614 is non-anomalous unless an action is performed during a scene where a character is watching the film █████ ██████. If the Play button is pressed on any working remote device, the viewer is granted control of the camera view through the device's directional pad and the center button used for forward movement. The camera is free-moving and fully maneuverable. Upon the performance of this action, it is not possible to revert to the previous non-anomalous state without ejecting the object and thoroughly cleaning with isopropyl alcohol. After assuming control of the camera, the show's setting will begin to elapse in real time. As such, characters have been observed to continue interacting after what would normally have been a scene transition. It is not possible to fast-forward or rewind. Judging by the apparent in-universe date at the outset, the user would have to wait three days and fourteen hours and navigate the camera to a strip club known to be frequented by associates of the DiMeo Family, in order to be present for the next chronological broadcast scene. The POV cannot pass through solid objects. If maneuvered out of the Soprano residence, it is theoretically possible to ascend to deep space, although this is not feasible given the rate of travel. The movement of this observational point is not bounded in three dimensions. Recent research has succeeded in navigating the camera to Boston, MA. It appears that the world depicted contains numerous cities populated by actual individuals. However, despite the show's realism, its own stylistic flourishes and nature as a television show — such as major characters being unusually audible in social settings — continue to be apparent. These, which might be referred to as "meta-anomalies", are not acknowledged by characters or "bystanders." The POV itself cannot manipulate the environment but is capable of entering the settings of other visual media if it is directed to move into an in-universe television or computer screen until the image occupies the entire field of view. From that point, the camera can be navigated into other screens in that setting, and so on potentially indefinitely. Researchers concede the impossibility of fully mapping these mimetic universes, although efforts are ongoing. Since these mediums can potentially differ radically from their parent universe - such as actors existing as their actual character portrayal - it is possible to enter alternate or unknown media. What follows is a transcript log of mimetic travel and accounts of what can be referred to as extra- or supra-canonical material. + Preliminary Testing - Click to hide Universe: The Sopranos Description: First recorded experiment after discovery of effect. POV directed to a bookshelf in the Sopranos living room where a note written in a journal pad is clearly legible. It reads, "Art is the emanation of Man, Man the Emanation of Nature, God the Grandfather of Art." Universe: The Sopranos Description: POV ordered to remain in place at starting point for exactly ten hours, during which Tony Soprano retires to bed and awakes at 7 AM. He subsequently becomes agitated at the lack of a brand of orange juice drink in the refrigerator. This scene is not present in the show. Universe: The Sopranos Description: POV is navigated out of the Sopranos residence through an open window in the second-floor bathroom. The night sky is cloudy, and does not match corresponding meteorological records of that date. POV is able to break cloud cover and move indefinitely upwards if it is so desired. + Home Universe and Alternate Property Logs - Click to hide Universe: The Sopranos Description: POV was placed in Soprano bathroom. Character Tony Soprano observed to have sobbed in shower. This is not mentioned in the original plotline. Universe: The Sopranos Description: POV moved to the residence of character Christopher Moltisanti, a protégé and nephew of Tony Soprano. Character is observed to go on an alcohol binge and shout profanities directed at his uncle. This is not depicted in the original broadcast. Universe: The Wizard of Oz Description: POV was maneuvered to the local Newark Library where a child was watching the film on a desktop computer. POV traveled east for ██ days before entering what appears to be an outer-space void colored pink and yellow. Universe: Snow White Description: POV maneuvered from Dorothy character's Kansas Home to a private showing of the Disney film in Denver. POV was subsequently directed upwards, and once having gained a sufficient altitude, descended on a continent east of the events of the film. In this continent, researchers discovered a young man in combat with a boar-like creature. It was revealed the princess' stepmother is a dark sorceress and had been manipulating the events to ensure the crown for her youngest son. As there are obviously no television sets in this setting, testing was suspended and resumed in home universe. Universe: The Simpsons Description: Found in home located in Soprano neighborhood. When POV is directed out of Springfield, researchers discovered characters in the style of rival show Family Guy, which has been justified in the crossover event that aired ten years after initial airing of the anomalous Sopranos episode. The programs' respective "cartoon physics" have been observed to cause considerable environmental and occasionally urban devastation. Universe: The Jetsons Description: Found in the home of former DiMeo Family boss Corrado Soprano. POV was immediately directed to descend beneath the setting's thick atmospheric cloud cover. Researchers discovered what appears to be a 1950s-era archetypal American family referred to as "the Jacksons" that live in a WASP suburban community inoculated from the planet's toxic atmosphere. The Jacksons family members correspond roughly to the character types in The Jetsons and The Flintstones. Universe: Last Temptation of Christ Description: Found playing in DiMeo Family associate Bobby Baccialeri's residence. After the final scene, after which a crucified Jesus proclaims "It is done!" and the screen flickers to white, the credits did not play. POV was ordered to move forward. As there was no way to gauge movement, researchers were ordered to place an object on the center button overnight. Upon their return, POV was revealed to have been stopped in front of a luminescent female figure. [DATA EXPUNGED] Universe: Goodfellas Description: POV ordered to inspect the cockpit of a helicopter Ray Liotta's character fears to be the federal authorities. Upon inspection, helicopter pilot revealed to be a civilian. Universe: 2001: A Space Odyssey Description: Researchers were able to discover a second terrestrial Monolith in the ocean supposedly linked to an Atlantis-like civilization after entering a researcher character's office and perusing all readable material. Universe: 2001: A Space Odyssey Description: Above experiment repeated, but POV entered the film during the infamous "Star Child" sequence. POV subsequently unable to move. View appeared to be moving through a vortex of visually distorted nature scenes. [DATA EXPUNGED] Universe: Gladiator Description: Encountered playing in the home of a character known for his love of the film. When entered, POV traveled to southern Antioch to see the earliest Christian churches. The churches themselves were considerably more elaborate and lavish than their real-world counterparts, typical of Rome's depiction in the actual film. + Alternate Media Log - Click to hide Universe: Trailer for the film "Troy" on the Sopranos television set Description: Following discovery of ability of POV to enter other settings, camera is directed into a movie trailer for the film "Troy" during a scene in which Achilles is shouting to inspire his men. The scene continues as if POV had entered the actual film. Universe: Commercial for a brand of laundry detergent Description: As commercial runtime was 24 seconds, researchers observed a "wall" or area of white space advancing at a slow rate from the west of the commercial setting. Researchers reported conditions in the city as becoming increasingly violent and chaotic. Researchers have been advised to not enter commercial broadcasts due to distress experienced by apparent inhabitants. Universe: MP3 Visualization on Windows Desktop Computer Description: POV directed into computer screen playing a Windows Media music visualization. Researchers discovered a dark blue void in which it was possible to discern moving waveforms in the distance. It is believed these other waveforms consist of visualizations being played on other screens. Universe: Music Video Description: POV directed into computer screen playing a music video depicting artists at an extravagant beach party. Due to the video's stylistic direction, the setting appeared in eclectic colors. POV remained immobile for six hours. Researchers observed the sky turning from greenish-teal to yellow-red to a highly unusual dark shade of color called "Stygian blue" which appears as a luminescent dark blue. + Nested Mimetic Log - Click to hide Universe: Sandman Description: Sandman is an exceedingly popular serial drama in the Sopranos universe. Carmela Soprano has been observed to speculate on the show's plot trajectory with friends and acquaintances, although it is never mentioned in the original program. The show follows a reformed cartel enforcer, Jamie "Sandman" Guiterrez, seeking to relocate his family after his incarceration and inoculate his younger brothers from drug and gang influence. When entered, during a scene in which Jamie Guiterrez's younger brother is seen purchasing methamphetamines in a dilapidated home, researchers discovered a journal pad note near the mattress bed of a heroin addict. The note read, "THERE WAS NO GOD HERE, THOUGH I CRIED, I FOUND HIS SHADOW, AND COULD NOT DIE". Researchers initially believed this to be diegetic and referring to the squalor of the building. Universe: Caroline, Caroline Description: Caroline, Caroline is a popular, long-running television show in the Sandman universe similar in convention to shows such as The Brady Bunch and I Love Lucy. Caroline is presented as a southern belle who moved to New York after marrying an oil tycoon. When entered at an establishing shot of the titular character's apartment building, the setting appeared to have been uninhabited. Researchers could find no signs of life in either the city itself or upstate New York. Universe: Snakebite Description: Slasher film found to be playing in abandoned suburban home in the Caroline, Caroline setting. Entered during a scene in which the killer, a mentally deranged farmer with fangs, corners the main character in a swamp. Upon entering, both characters turn to look directly at the POV and remain unresponsive from that point forward. All characters have been shown to behave in this way. POV directed out of Bayou Louisiana into a local movie theater. All persons encountering the camera followed its movement. Universe: ██████ Description: Romantic film found to be playing in theater during a scene set in a diner. When entered, diner's lights reverted to a deep red color. All in-universe lighting is affected. City appears uninhabited. Sky is black and devoid of stars, although a dark red glow has been observed on the horizon in all directions. [DATA EXPUNGED] Universe: Static Description: As all television sets in previous setting were tuned to static, researchers opted to enter a screen in a hospital waiting room. Once inside, pressing the center button would resolve the visual snow into an image, as if the POV was moving through a "cloud" or "field" of static. POV eventually appears in a brightly lit hallway (see attached file). All directional movement is restricted except for forward travel. As the POV advances, the image becomes more saturated [DATA EXPUNGED]. DATA CONCURRENT WITH PATAPHYSICAL HYPERMODEL: DMRG ALL RESEARCH PERSONNEL ARE EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN FROM REPEATING ABOVE PROCEDURE ON PAIN OF POTENTIAL TERMINATION. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2614" by bbaztek, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2614. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. 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SCP-2615 | keter | WARNING: Viewing of this file is restricted for personnel under Level 3/2615 clearance. If you have opened this page in error, please close it, clear your page history for the last hour, and report to your HMCL supervisor for Class-H amnestics. Your cooperation is appreciated. Item #: SCP-2615 Special Containment Procedures: Large-scale dissemination of the falsified information to the public that SCP-2615-A are fictional entities is to be continuously carried out. The claims of individuals that SCP-2615 is real are to be discredited. Any photographic, video, textual, or other information confirming the existence of SCP-2615 is either to be discredited or removed from public availability. A file entitled SCP-2615-J is to be created as a cover for SCP-2615 activity. This file is to be humorous in tone, incorporate modern SCP-2615 stereotypes, and be created using the SCP documentation standardized format. This document is to be filed with a collection of similar documents, all labeled with the suffix "-J" and written as humorous items or anecdotes in the SCP format. This collection of documents may be expanded by personnel, but it is to be made clear that all "-J" files are fictional, and intended only for the purpose of humor. In the event that any personnel without access to SCP-2615 begins to consider the possible existence of SCP-2615, they are to be directed to the SCP-2615-J document. In the event that a manifestation of SCP-2615 is confirmed, it is to be secured and detained by Mobile Task Forces Eta-12 ("Fe 0C°") and Mu-7 ("Parish Priests") until demanifestation. Description: SCP-2615 is the collective designation for a species of extra-temporal humanoids (SCP-2615-A) and their civilization and culture (SCP-2615-B). The presence of SCP-2615 in baseline reality is directly related to human acceptance of the concept of SCP-2615 as fact. The more humans which accept the concept of SCP-2615 as fact, the greater the presence of SCP-2615 in our timeline. Similarly, the greater the amount of the population which is aware of SCP-2615's concept without believing it is fact, the less presence SCP-2615 has in our reality. SCP-2615-A is a species of humanoids. Instances of SCP-2615-A are physiologically very similar to humans, with some notable divergences. The ears of SCP-2615-A taper to a point at the helixes, slightly improving instances' ability to detect low-volume sounds. SCP-2615 instances are also pentachromats1. Instances age at a slower rate than humans, with the average natural lifespan being 109 years. Most notably, SCP-2615-A instances possess a small, roughly spherical organ located between the liver and stomach, near the gallbladder. This organ appears connected to the instance's nervous system, and is capable of temporarily causing small disruptions in local reality, granting the instance low-level reality altering abilities. The psychology of SCP-2615-A also differs from humanity. Instances almost universally possess some form of minor Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. While mostly non-sociopathic, SCP-2615-A instances tend to display highly manipulative tendencies. Finally, SCP-2615-A possess a minimum of two identified emotions with no clear human analogue. SCP-2615-B designates the civilization and culture of SCP-2615-A instances. From information recorded during SCP-2615 manifestations, Foundation historians have been able to construct a partial history of SCP-2615-B, as it would appear should SCP-2615 ever fully manifest in reality. SCP-2615-B history has been categorized into three main periods, as outlined in Addendum 1. Addendum 1: + Summarized history of SCP-2615. – hide block First Era: Unknown - 535 A.D. The population is primarily composed of tribal groups, located in Northwestern Europe. Agriculture, nomadic, and hunter/forager lifestyles are practiced by different tribes, with some tribes practicing a mixture of lifestyles. Tribes often carry out raids on human groups and other tribes, taking young and juvenile captives and incorporating them into their tribe. Belief systems are mostly shamanistic in nature, and consist of a mixture of polytheistic, monotheistic, and animistic religions. A marked belief of iron as an evil substance exists through several tribes, believed to result from the observation of tetanus infectees. Mutual superstition and suspicion exist between humans and SCP-2615-A. Towards the end of the period, SCP-2615-A tribes begin to unite into larger groups. Middle Era: 535 A.D. - 1772 A.D. For approximately a century, the large groups created by the combination of tribes wage constant war against other groups for land, resources, and political power. Near the end of this century, SCP-2615-B stabilizes into 27 distinct nations, the largest and most powerful of which is based in the British Isles and some areas of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Germany, and Denmark. In this and 18 of the other nations, SCP-2615-B is composed of self-regulating and self-sustaining groups of extended family, with some intermarriage between family groups, which pay allegiance and tribute to a central monarch. In 7 of the remaining nations, governing bodies are composed of representative democracies and land is divided into smaller city-states, each regulated by a smaller democratic system composed of the patriarchs and matriarchs of family groups. Each state democracy then would send a representative to the national government. The final nation consisted of a two-party political system, with the two parties referred to as the "Summer Court" and "Winter Court". Each SCP-2615-A instance would decide their party at the age of 15, at which point they were considered an adult. Members of each party were expected to regulate and control other members of their own party. Intermarriage between members of the two parties was forbidden. From late spring to early fall, members of the Summer Court had full control over members of the Winter Court. From late fall to early spring, members of the Winter Court had full control over members of the Summer Court. SCP-2615-A most commonly set up their territories and dwellings in rural areas and areas unpopulated by humans. Though small territorial disputes occurred over the next millennia, most wars were short, caused little damage, and did not cause any large-scale power shifts. From the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries, SCP-2615-B nations began to create colonies across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. During this time period, there is a marked increase in the presence of anomalies in SCP-2615-B. In most cases, low-level anomalies are utilized by SCP-2615-A for entertainment and utility. In other cases, high-level anomalies form the basis for religions. During this period, there is a slight increase in human/SCP-2615 interactions. Though still rare, SCP-2615 instances will occasionally enter business agreements with humans for an exchange of goods or services. SCP-2615-A also widely begin the practices of abducting human infants and raising them in SCP-2615-B and of planting SCP-2615-A instances to be raised in human society. Modern Era: 1772 A.D. - Present Day SCP-2615 have spread across the globe, mostly populating areas with low or no human population. Some major human and SCP-2615 cities act as hubs for SCP-2615/human coexistence. Some SCP-2615 instances are also known to utilize extradimensional spaces for the formation or expansion of nations and to prevent overpopulation. Most SCP-2615 territories swear allegiance to one of 25 of the original 27 SCP-2615-B nations, with two of the original monarchies being incorporated into the largest monarchy. The existence of these territories has changed the geopolitical status of several baseline nations, with most nations having a lesser amount of territory, and many nations having an increase or decrease of wealth or power based on proximity to and relations with SCP-2615 nations. Notable widespread integration of anomalies into SCP-2615-B and the daily lives of SCP-2615-A. Some overflow of anomalies into human life and society. The Foundation and most groups of interest still in operation, but with no interest in maintaining the secrecy of the anomalous and having a more relaxed attitude towards anomalies. Addendum 2: A common question asked by new members to the SCP-2615 containment project is why we go through the trouble of maintaining the -J article, or why we even made it in the first place. Why not just keep doing the same thing that we do to the public to personnel? The main reason is that it doesn't work. Sure, we can keep telling people that SCP-2615 is all a big myth, but take a second and look around you. Half of the things we contain are what myths are made of. We can keep telling people that SCP-2615 is impossible, but these people work with the impossible every day. As soon as people see what's behind these doors, they begin to wonder what other impossibilities might exist. They begin to wonder about bigfoot, and the bedtime stories their parents used to read them, and the cure for cancer, and they begin to wonder about faeries. And so, we turn faeries into a joke, let people have a laugh at the impossibility of faeries, and leave them thinking just how silly they were to think that they existed. -Josephine Fujimoto Footnotes 1. Organisms possessing five different types of cones in their retina, allowing them to see five primary colors. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2615" by HotCocoaNerd, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2615. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
SCP-2616 | safe | Item #: SCP-2616 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2616 are contained at Site-18 in a 43.2 x 22.9 x 27.9. terrarium. A diet of hummingbird feed is adequate for their nutritional needs. On a cyclical basis, deceased subjects shall be removed and examined if deemed necessary. The objects are not to be separated under current protocols, although these protocols are still under examination by the Ethics Comittee. It is not known whether separation is ultimately beneficial. Description: SCP-2616 are two insects resembling Anastoechus nitidulus Bombyliidae. SCP-2616 are believed to be sapient. SCP-2616 have long memory spans, and are capable of solving advanced problems. The objects die when their offspring hatch. Offspring of SCP-2616 are identical to their originals. SCP-2616-A and SCP-2616-B differ slightly. SCP-2616-A behavior suggests that it retains memories from previous generations. SCP-2616-B is capable of judging human intent. SCP-2616-A often makes physical contact by brushing against SCP-2616-B. When separated for testing, SCP-2616-A will refuse to eat. When SCP-2616-B is returned to the containment unit SCP-2616-A will resume normal behavior. SCP-2616 was first discovered in the cafeteria of Site-18 on 02/16/04. A researcher, ██████████, observed the objects consuming spilled juice on a nearby table. The researcher became suspicious of their behavior when he attempted to kill SCP-2616-B with a newspaper, at which point SCP-2616-A forcefully pushed SCP-2616-B away from the impact. On the third day of testing the original SCP-2616 pair, two male Bombyliidae were introduced into the containment unit of SCP-2616. Tiger fly larvae was also placed in the chamber to encourage reproduction. SCP-2616-B was initially avoidant while SCP-2616-A mated with an introduced subject immediately. SCP-2616-A was believed to communicate with SCP-2616-B during this time with an unusual wing flapping behavior, after which SCP-2616-B mated with the introduced Bombyliidae. SCP-2616-B observed SCP-2616-A deposit its larvae and mimicked this behavior after an extended time period. The original SCP-2616-A was in containment for 7 days, moderately shorter than the average lifespan for members of its species. This is believed to be due to its temporary undernourishment. The original SCP-2616-B was contained for 8 days. Two female Anastoechus nitidulus hatched from the deposited larvae shortly after the original pair expired. The objects shared anomalous properties and physiology with the original pair. Testing shows SCP-2616-B does not have memory of previous manifestations, while SCP-2616-A retains these memories. SCP-2616-B does not emerge from the egg initially and is aided in its hatching by SCP-2616-A. Each generation of SCP-2616-B is avoidant of SCP-2616-A during its first days of life. Basic behaviors such as walking and flying are learned through observation. SCP-2616 is currently in its 958th generation. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-2616" by faminepulse, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-2616. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. To read about licensing policy, see the Licensing Guide. |
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