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SCP-3216 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3216 Special Containment Procedures: Entrance into SCP-3216 is to be dissuaded by posted guards. Any subject emerging from SCP-3216 should be engaged with maximum non-lethal force and taken to Site-85 for questioning. Every 30 days, three field operatives are to enter SCP-3216 and determine if any changes to the internal structure have taken place. Description: SCP-3216 is the collective designation for three identical buildings located in New York City, New York. The buildings are designated SCP-3216-1, SCP-3216-2, SCP-3216-3, and located in the boroughs of Queens, the Bronx, and Manhattan respectively. Each instance of SCP-3216 is 12 stories tall and constructed of red brick. The windows of each building are boarded up. Outside of individuals associated with the Foundation, nobody has been observed interacting with the building. The only known method of entering an SCP-3216 instance is through the emergency exit located at the back of each building. The interior of each SCP-3216 instance is shared with one another through an unknown spatial anomaly. Measurements have shown the internal space to be three times larger than what would be allowed by the exterior of each building. Any human entering any instance of SCP-3216 will be unable to leave this space until 6 days, 13 hours, 12 minutes, and 41 seconds have passed. After this time limit has passed, they will disappear and reappear outside of the entrance they used to enter. Floors eleven, six, and one are the only spaces of SCP-3216's interior that show signs of habitation. Three rooms on floor eleven were locked upon the initial discovery of SCP-3216. They contained 157 electronic devices whose exact function and construction are still not understood. It is currently believed that they were used for computing and information storage. Half the rooms on floor six contain beddings. In total, there are enough accommodations to house 350 individuals. The floor also contains spaces for food preparation, bathrooms, and what is believed to be clothing storage. All recovered articles of clothing are unfit for use by humans, being too large, made for six limbs, and crafted of a material that undergoes an exothermic reaction upon contact with mammalian skin. Floor one contained seven rooms that were unable to be opened upon initial discovery. After using controlled demolitions to bypass the intended entrances, Foundation reconnaissance teams found two categories of rooms. Three rooms contained equipment most likely used for surgical procedures. The four remaining each contained five cots, three containers of an unknown red liquid, and eight human skeletons. The purpose of a green door on the first floor has yet to be determined. Though located on the outermost wall of the building, there is no corresponding door on the exterior of any of the three buildings. All attempts to open the door or breach the surrounding area have been unsuccessful. Measurements have shown a continual emission from the door of 10 millisieverts of radiation per second. Every 16 hours and 7 minutes, a flash of light can be seen through a crack in the bottom of the door. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3216" by rumetzen, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3216. 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-3217 | keter | The first known instance of SCP-3217. Corresponding SCP-3217-A instance is at large. Item #: SCP-3217 Special Containment Procedures: All non-profit organizations which operate within the United States of America are to have outgoing mail screened for SCP-3217 instances. In the event that a name on a piece of junk mail does not match any individuals residing at the relevant address, it is to be incinerated under the assumption that it is an SCP-3217 instance. Due to the wide variety of anomalous abilities making individualized containment prohibitively expensive, SCP-3217-A instances in containment are to remain in chemically-induced comas in Site-17's Humanoid Containment Wing. Standard procedures for the care of comatose individuals are to be carried out. Description: SCP-3217 refers to articles of junk mail delivered throughout the continental United States. Most aspects of SCP-3217 instances resemble solicitations from non-profit organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Association of Retired Persons, or Greenpeace. A major discrepancy exists on all SCP-3217 instances, wherein the names of the individuals they are intended for are incorrect. The initials of the first and last name remain the same, but there is often little resemblance to the name of the recipient beyond this. When opened by the intended recipient, that individual will become an instance of SCP-3217-A. SCP-3217-A instances develop one or more anomalous abilities, roughly corresponding to a theme consistent with the name printed on the SCP-3217 instance. Typically, SCP-3217-A instances will take on the role of vigilantes within their communities, using their abilities to fight what they perceive as criminal acts and moral or political corruption, as well as performing rescue operations. When committing these acts, they use the name on their SCP-3217 instance as an alias. Damage from an energy blast caused by SCP-3217-A-45 ("Energy Exterminator", civilian name Edward Egel). SCP-3217-B refers to a partial mailing list containing the names of 156 confirmed SCP-3217-A instances. SCP-3217-B was recovered from documents pertaining to the Manna Charitable Foundation's "Project Falcon", a defunct self-described "Local Hero Initiative" which was meant to encourage citizens to become more involved in their communities. SCP-3217-B is heavily burned, due to a fire in Manna's Washington, D.C. Headquarters in late 2014, and appears to compile names from the mailing lists of over three dozen non-profit organizations, including the ACLU, AARP, the ASPCA, Greenpeace, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the NAACP, and the Horizon Initiative's F.L.O.C.K. Program1. As demonstrated by SCP-3217-B, SCP-3217 instances are more frequently delivered to individuals with alliterative names (such as Felix French/"Firestorm Father", Kevin Kane/"Kid Kwake", and Douglas Dock/"Doc Danger") with 171 out of 262 contained instances targeting such individuals. Beyond this, there is no clear pattern in which SCP-3217 instances are distributed. Addendum: Project Falcon: The Manna Charitable Foundation's Project Falcon was intended to be a world-wide political activism initiative, intended to "get people motivated to change the world and make everyone a hero in their own right". This campaign had a mascot in the form of "Bright Falcon", a superhero in the form of an anthropomorphic peregrine falcon. Bright Falcon had several planned pieces of merchandise, including plushies, wristbands, and a comic book, "Bright Falcon and the Activists!". Darryl Franklin, an amateur actor from the Washington, D.C. area, was intended to wear a Bright Falcon mascot costume at rallies and educational events throughout the D.C.-Virginia-Maryland area. Franklin and their family had been long-time donors to Manna, though it is unclear if they had knowledge of their anomalous activities. Ultimately, Project Falcon was rendered defunct following the 2014 fire in the Manna Charitable Foundation's D.C. headquarters, which resulted in the destruction of critical resources needed to bring the project to fruition. Materials destroyed include mailing lists, scripts for the comic book, prototype merchandise, and a laptop owned by the project lead. Franklin himself was severely injured in the fire, as they were wearing the Bright Falcon costume at the time, and the foam head partially melted into their face. Six weeks later, Franklin was reported missing from their parents' home in Ohio, where they had been recovering from their injuries. The first known SCP-3217 instance had been found on their desk, along with an incomplete suicide note, their father's revolver, and a black feather from a melanistic peregrine falcon. Among the contents of the SCP-3217 instance was a note in Franklin's handwriting: All of the best heroes have a tragic backstory that defines them. Grow past that. Bright Falcon is dead. Become the phoenix. Become Dark Falcon. Continuing on the back with: Yes, I know, mixed metaphors. You don't get any better at that in twenty years, sorry. The result of SCP-3217-A-159 ("Captain Scarlet", civilian name Crystal Simpson) making contact with the feather delivered in Incident 3217-S17. Addendum: Incident 3217-S17: During Site-17's monthly mail delivery, two-hundred and sixty-two SCP-3217 instances were discovered— one for each SCP-3217-A instance in containment at Site-17. Each of the SCP-3217 instances were empty, barring a single black feather; DNA analysis of the feathers has revealed that they belong to the same specimen of melanistic peregrine falcon which was delivered with the first SCP-3217 instance. Testing revealed that when an SCP-3217-A instance makes contact with one of these feathers, [DATA EXPUNGED] leaving behind a burn mark in the shape of a falcon on the nearest wall. To date, no further SCP-3217-A instances have been recovered, routinely escaping Foundation containment attempts using similar feathers. Footnotes 1. Food, Labor, Outreach, Care and Knowledge, meant to assist impoverished communities, both anomalous and non-anomalous. |
SCP-3218 | euclid | Portion of SCP-3218-078-A, taken after death. Item #: SCP-3218 Special Containment Procedures: Known instances of SCP-3218 are to be purchased or requisitioned by the Foundation through any available means and secured in their place of manifestation, as instances of SCP-3218 cannot be relocated without termination. In cases where requisition or purchase is deemed unfeasible, the instance of SCP-3218 is to be terminated following Protocol 3B, and amnestics distributed to non-Foundation personnel known to have come into contact with SCP-3218. Captive instances of SCP-3218-A are to be monitored for any change in their behaviour or biology. Instances of SCP-3218-B may be repurposed for experimental or storage use with the Lead Researcher's approval. Description: SCP-3218 is the collective designation for a series of anomalous organisms and the containers they manifest in. SCP-3218 has been known to the Foundation since 1951, when it was first observed in the town of Geraldton, Western Australia. SCP-3218 has since been observed manifesting worldwide at indeterminate intervals. The most recent instance of SCP-3218 was reported on 01/08/20██ and is currently contained by Site 332. All instances of SCP-3218 observed to date have manifested in an urban or otherwise populated environment, often inside private residences or within private estates. An instance will manifest as an animal and a container, which are hereby respectively referred to as SCP-3218-A and SCP-3218-B. SCP-3218-A takes the form of a member of the kingdom animalia1 contained within an appropriately-sized container. Instances of SCP-3218-A mimic the behaviour of the animal form they have taken, but differ in physical appearance by the absence of cross-sectional portions of their body, most commonly lateral to the spine2. Despite these missing portions, the instance of SCP-3218-A will show no discomfort and continue to exist as if whole. An observer can see the internal organs of SCP-3218-A moving and operating as if the body was intact. Simple experimentation proves that these portions are physically absent as opposed to merely transparent. As long as SCP-3218-A remains within its container the different portions can be moved or re-arranged without disruption to its continued function. SCP-3218-A will display reluctance to being removed from SCP-3218-B, and may attack if an attempt is made to forcefully remove it. Exactly 53 seconds3 after being removed from SCP-3218-B, SCP-3218-A will begin to bleed to death, and the individual portions of its body will react to gravitational pull as if they were no longer attached. At this point, SCP-3218-B ceases to affect SCP-3218-A and loses its anomalous properties4. In all observed instances, the cause of death has been severe blood loss leading to catastrophic organ failure. Once SCP-3218-A is dead, the portions of its body no longer display any anomalous qualities and can be safely disposed of according to site-specific Organic Waste Protocols. SCP-3218-B is the container in which SCP-3218-A manifests. Instances of SCP-3218-B have been observed to manifest in a wide range of sizes and appearances. While in SCP-3218-B, SCP-3218-A does not age, require food or drink5 or suffer any ill effects stemming from the missing portions of its body. SCP-3218-B does not display any anomalous properties when holding any living or dissected organisms that are not SCP-3218-A. SCP-3218-B displays an absolute hardness of 400-420 regardless of its appearance. While SCP-3218-A remains within SCP-3218-B, SCP-3218-B cannot be moved and displays resistance to all forms of force, although the same does not apply to SCP-3218-A6. However, once SCP-3218-A is dead, SCP-3218-B can be moved using appropriate force to its apparent size and weight. Note: Since 30/05/2010, all known instances of SCP-3218 have manifested in properties owned or maintained by the Foundation, and have increased in frequency. Further resources have been requested to study SCP-3218 and determine if it poses a direct risk to the Foundation and the safe containment of dangerous entities. Addenda: + Notable Instances of SCP-3218 - Notable Instances of SCP-3218 SCP-3218-001 - 06/1951 This instance of SCP-3218 took the form of a domestic cat (Felis catus) in a cardboard box. It manifested in the dining room of Mr. and Mrs. J. Philips of Geraldson, Western Australia. It came to the Foundation's attention when Mr. J. Philips reported the cat and its subsequent death to The Geraldton Guardian newspaper. Mr. and Mrs. J Philips were interviewed by Foundation agents posing as employees of The West Australian seeking an interview. SCP-3218-001-A's remains were exhumed and taken with SCP-3218-001-B to Site 32 for analysis. SCP-3218-001-A displayed no anomalous qualities and resembled the remains of a domesticated cat. They were later incinerated. SCP-3218-001-B was a cardboard box bearing the maker's mark of International Paper's Albany paper mill in Oregon, USA. Subsequent investigation of Albany Mill returned no anomalous findings. SCP-3218-B-001 was later incinerated. SCP-3218-021 - 26/10/1986 This instance of SCP-3218 took the form of a year-old lamb (Ovis aries) determined to be of the Merino breed, which manifested in a ceramic, free-standing bath in the bedroom of Mr. D. ██████ of Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire, UK. It came to Foundation attention through an unrelated investigation into Mr. D. ██████ regarding SCP-████. After Mr. D. ██████ was taken into Foundation custody, his property was purchased by the Foundation and received the designation Site 161, for the housing of SCP-3218-021. Subsequent experimentation on SCP-3218-021 correlated previous observations of the 53-second separation limit, and showed that returning the portions of SCP-3218-A to SCP-3218-B after this time did not prevent death. The property was later sold and is no longer under Foundation observation as of 01/02/2001. SCP-3218-064 - 22/05/2008 This instance of SCP-3218 took the form of an armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in a cauldron and manifested in Uberlândia, Brazil. It was the first observed to not take the form of a domesticated animal, and manifested in a derelict petrol station on the outskirts of the city. This instance came to Foundation attention from mobile phone footage posted to YouTube of urban explorers finding SCP-3218-063. Its anomalous properties were missed by these explorers, due to the banded nature of the armadillo hiding the missing portions of its body. The video was flagged for Foundation attention by researchers due to the unusual appearance of SCP-3218-063-B, which closely resembled the Gundestrup Cauldron; a noted Celtic archaeological artifact on display in the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. Foundation agents terminated SCP-3218-063-A and recovered SCP-3218-063-B, which was found to be identical in materials, composition and decay to the Gundestrup Cauldron. SCP-3218-063-B is currently contained in a secure display case in the researchers' lounge of Site 44. SCP-3218-074 - 30/05/2010 This instance of SCP-3218 took the form of a domestic cat (Felis catus) in a wooden firkin (a 9 gallon container). It manifested in the home of Lead Researcher Dr. Helen Parr and was reported to the Foundation the following morning. Dr. Parr recorded that the cat was identical in appearance to her deceased pet cat Figaro, noting particularly the torn right ear. Photographic comparison upholds this testimony. SCP-3218-074-A was terminated and the remains incinerated. SCP-3218-074-B bore the mark of Blandy's Wine Lodge, Funchal, Madeira. Chemical analysis of SCP-3218-074-B indicated that it was stained with the Xavelha blend of table wine, which Dr. Parr noted was her favourite. On her request, SCP-3218-074-B is now kept in her office. SCP-3218-098 - 23/07/2012 This instance of SCP-3218 took the form of a brown bear (Ursus arctos). It manifested in Humanoid Containment Cell 03█ of Site ██, formerly containing SCP-████. Security footage of the cell shows that SCP-3218-098 manifested at precisely 03:31:53. SCP-████, who was asleep at this time, awoke when SCP-3218-098-A began growling at it in a display of territorial aggression. Unlike previous instances of SCP-3218, SCP-3218-098 did not manifest with an identifiable SCP-3218-098-B. It is suspected that Humanoid Containment Cell 03█ was itself treated as SCP-3218-098-B. Unfortunately, by the time Foundation Security Personnel were able to respond to the situation, SCP-3218-098-A had killed SCP-████. Security subdued SCP-3218-098-A and killed it in the ensuring gunfire. SCP-3218-098-A and SCP-████'s remains were incinerated. SCP-3218 was reclassified as 'Euclid' following this incident. SCP-3218-105 - 23/05/2013 This instance of SCP-3218 took the form of a theropod dinosaur (determined to resemble Allosaurus fragilis) and manifested in Arsenal ██ of Secure Containment Site ██. Security footage shows that SCP-3218-105 manifested at precisely 03:31:53. SCP-3218-105-A did not manifest with an identifiable SCP-3218-105-B, lending evidence to the hypothesis that SCP-3218 can use pre-existing structures to manifest itself. SCP-3218-105 is notable for being the first recorded instance of SCP-3218 to manifest as an extinct creature. It was subdued with the loss of 3 Security Personnel and the remains were sent to Site ██ for further analysis. Footnotes 1. To date, 94% of reported forms of SCP-3218-A match domesticated species of animals common to the locality in which SCP-3218-A has manifested. 2. To date, 12% of instances have cross-sectional absences parallel to the spine instead of lateral. 3. This length of time has been observed in Experimental Logs SCP-3218-003, 006-023, 054 and 125, without deviation. 4. See Experimental Logs SCP-3218-013 through -023. 5. SCP-3218-A will eat if it is presented with food appropriate to the diet of the animal it is currently mimicking. Eaten food can be observed moving through the missing portions of SCP-3218-A's anatomy. 6. See Experimental Log SCP-3218-005. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3218" by Tzuvembi, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3218. 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-3218-078.jpg Name: Dolphin head bisected.jpg Author: Theodore H. Bullock and Sam H. Ridgway License: Public Domain Source Link: here |
SCP-3219 | euclid | close Info X SCP-3219: This Sour Earth Author: The Great Hippo Images: Link, Link, Link, Link, Link, and Link. Inspired by Search and Rescue Woods and psul's SCP-3515. Music: The Angry River (The Hat) Next: [SCP-4028]: La Historia de Don Quixote de la Mancha 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. Photograph taken from the edge of SCP-3219. Item #: SCP-3219 Special Containment Procedures: A ninety-kilometer exclusion zone has been established along the boundaries of SCP-3219. This zone is to remain uninhabited; ten Foundation personnel operating as agents of the National Park Service are to be stationed at its perimeter. In addition to their official duties as park rangers, they are to perform daily examinations of the exclusion zone, including the access point for SCP-3219. All persons found near or within the exclusion zone are to be escorted out; abandoned vehicles and camp-sites are to be reported to 3219 Incident Command. All evidence regarding disappearances linked to SCP-3219 is to be examined, documented, and destroyed. 3219 Incident Command is to be notified prior to authorized entry into SCP-3219's exclusion zone. Personnel entering this zone are limited to one hour excursions; should they exceed this limit, no attempt at recovery is to be made. Under no circumstances are personnel to traverse SCP-3219 or enter its area of effect. Description: SCP-3219 is a region of space approximately seven square kilometers in size located in South Mountains State Park, North Carolina. This region exhibits numerous neurological, electromagnetic, and topographical anomalies, many of which extend outside of its boundaries (albeit with a significant reduction in intensity and/or frequency). Examples include: Fluctuating areas of electromagnetic interference. Non-sapient organisms expressing severe aversion toward approaching or entering SCP-3219. Sapient organisms experiencing dizziness, periods of lost time, and symptoms of topographical agnosia (such as loss of spatial cognition). Unexplained changes in SCP-3219's topography. Unexplained sounds. Unexplained disappearances of both persons and objects. The emergence of taphophobia1 among personnel who have spent time near or in SCP-3219. SCP-3219 has been linked to ninety-six disappearances since its discovery. However, evidence suggests it may be responsible for as many as two hundred, with the oldest documented case dating to 1922. Addendum 3219.1: Incident Reports (1922 to 1971) SCP-3219 was first contained in 1972. Reports regarding incidents prior to this have been compiled via interviews, analysis of first and second hand documents, and records recovered from law enforcement agencies. A sampling of these reports is provided below. INCIDENT SUMMARY INCIDENT #: 3219-0003 DATE OF OCCURRENCE: 08/07/1922 The Cotter Family (date unknown). Local authorities investigated the Cotter home after several residents of Sutherland reported having no contact with the family for four months. The home was described as a two-story residence with an attic and storm cellar. Although research into the precise circumstances surrounding its construction has proven inconclusive, it was likely built somewhere within SCP-3219 during the early 20th century. Upon arriving, deputies found the residence abandoned. Other observations noted in their reports included: A "rotting, rancid" smell. No source for this odor was found. Rags soaked in plaster used to plug the house's drains and faucets. Scratching sounds (described in one report as "scurrying rats") under the floorboards. The carcass of the family's dog buried in the backyard. A cursory examination determined it had been recently maimed by an unidentified animal. Signs of extended habitation inside the house's attic, including canned food, bed-rolls, and a hastily constructed barricade over its entrance. Notably, no reports describe any attempt to examine the residence's storm cellar. Research into the reason behind this oversight has thus far proven inconclusive. The investigation ended after six months with no additional leads. Although records obtained from the Sutherland sheriff's office describe the Cotter residence as having been demolished in 1928, evidence corroborating this claim has yet to be found. INCIDENT SUMMARY INCIDENT #: 3219-0089 DATE OF OCCURRENCE: 15/10/1934 Theodore Tomlin's clothes (recovered from SCP-3219's exclusion zone). Two children (Theodore and Ashley Tomlin) from Sutherland, North Carolina, were reported missing by their mother (Delores Tomlin) after they failed to return home from school. During the ensuing investigation, local police found evidence that the twins had gone to pick berries in the nearby woods. Park authorities were notified; an extensive search was organized. Two weeks after the search began, Miles Bassi (a retired sheriff and hunter) was hiking beside a shallow pond in SCP-3219's exclusion zone when he came upon clothing hanging from a tree branch. On closer examination, he found that the pockets were filled with rotting blueberries. He immediately notified local authorities. Police verified that the clothes matched those worn by Theodore Tomlin prior to his disappearance. Notably, they were recovered over seventy-five kilometers from where the Tomlin twins were last seen. INCIDENT SUMMARY INCIDENT #: 3219-0189 DATE OF OCCURRENCE: 21/02/1937 While on patrol in SCP-3219's exclusion zone, a park ranger reported discovering a set of doors partially buried in the ground. He described "scratching noises" coming from beneath them. Upon opening the doors, he encountered a set of stairs and a "horrible stench". He then closed the doors and reported the incident to his commanding officer. A later search conducted by multiple rangers failed to locate any doors or stairs in the area. INCIDENT SUMMARY INCIDENT #: 3219-0219 DATE OF OCCURRENCE: 17/06/1952 From left to right: Ashley, Susan, Thomas, and Curtis Bonafede. Four members of the Bonafede family were reported missing after failing to return home from a camping trip planned within South Mountains State Park. Park rangers cooperated with local police to organize a search party. On the first day, hunting dogs led the search party to the edge of SCP-3219. The dogs refused to enter SCP-3219; furthermore, the search party described several incidents of dizziness, lost time, and erratic behavior among nearby wildlife. On the third day, two members of the search party disappeared. Shortly after this incident, the Sutherland sheriff's office ordered all workers to continue the search for the Bonafede family in a region adjacent to SCP-3219. After a three month long investigation, no traces of the Bonafede family or the two missing rescue workers were found. INCIDENT SUMMARY INCIDENT #: 3219-0397 DATE OF OCCURRENCE: 15/11/1971 Residents of Sutherland and surrounding communities reported numerous pollutants in their water. These pollutants were accompanied by the smell of rancid meat. Tests carried out by local and state officials found the presence of numerous toxins, including an abundance of decomposing organic matter from an unidentified source. No cause for this infiltration was determined. After three weeks with no potable water, a high-level state official requested Foundation involvement. The ensuing investigation led to the identification and designation of SCP-3219 as an anomaly, followed by the establishment of its current exclusion zone (and the evacuation of Sutherland). Two months later, tests performed upon water drawn from Sutherland found no notable pollutants. Addendum 3219.2: Exploration Logs ► ACCESS SCP:/3219/exploration/054.log ▼ Close File EXPLORATION LOG DATE: 17/03/1981 TEAM: D-311366 (D-ALPHA) [BEGIN LOG.] [Camera feed displays a wooded path. It is mid-morning. There is a light mist obscuring the distance.] D-ALPHA: Uh. Okay. Hello? This thing working? RADIO: We hear you, Alpha. Getting your feed. D-ALPHA: Okay. RADIO: Proceed forward. D-ALPHA: Okay. [D-ALPHA proceeds forward, moving along the trail.] D-ALPHA: So, am I just — just following the trail, right? RADIO: That's right. D-ALPHA: Okay. [D-ALPHA continues along the trail for several minutes.] D-ALPHA: How long is — how far do I have to go? RADIO: To the end of the trail. D-ALPHA: How far is that? RADIO: Not far. Just about a ten minute hike. D-ALPHA: Okay. [The camera jerks forward; D-ALPHA stops and turns, looking back. The tether connecting to her is taut, snagged on a rusted, broken piece of two-inch pipe jutting out from the edge of the path.] D-ALPHA: The hell? That wasn't — [D-ALPHA's hand grabs and tugs the tether several times. It comes loose, and goes slack.] D-ALPHA: This thing — I'm still connected to this rope, right? RADIO: That's right. D-ALPHA: Okay. Good. Okay. [The camera turns back to the path; D-ALPHA resumes walking.] [D-ALPHA stops.] RADIO: Is everything alright? D-ALPHA: Do you hear that? RADIO: I don't hear — D-ALPHA: You don't hear that? You don't — [D-ALPHA resumes walking along the path, now moving faster.] D-ALPHA: It sounds like — it sounds like someone yelling? RADIO: I don't hear anything. One second. One second. Let me check — D-ALPHA: It sounds like somebody yelling. RADIO: Let me check the audio feed, alright? One second. [D-ALPHA starts running along the path.] D-ALPHA: (shouting) Hey! Hey, someone out there? You alright? Hey! RADIO: Don't — D-ALPHA: (shouting) Hello? [D-ALPHA stops moving. Heavy breathing can be heard.] RADIO: Alpha, please don't do that. D-ALPHA: (whispering) Shh. Be quiet. I'm trying to — [D-ALPHA stops breathing for a moment.] [D-ALPHA resumes breathing.] D-ALPHA: The fuck? RADIO: Please don't run, Alpha. We need you to just stay quiet and focus on the path. D-ALPHA: The fuck. I don't hear — anything. RADIO: You're almost at the end. I just need you to — D-ALPHA: I don't hear anything. No birds. No bugs. Nothing. I swear to God I heard someone yelling but now — and before, I don't think I heard anything, either. Nothing. RADIO: Please focus on the path. D-ALPHA: The fuck is up with this place? RADIO: Just keep going. D-ALPHA: Yeah. Right. Yeah. [D-ALPHA resumes walking. Her pace is now significantly faster.] D-ALPHA: I heard yelling. It was distant, but I know I heard yelling. RADIO: I'm going over your audio feed now. I'm not picking up anything unusual. D-ALPHA: I know what I heard. RADIO: I believe you. Just keep going. [The camera turns to look back. The path and tether are still visible, as is the fog.] D-ALPHA: Yeah. [The camera turns back to the path. D-ALPHA continues forward for several more minutes.] [D-ALPHA continues in silence for approximately fifteen minutes.] D-ALPHA: How close am I? I feel like I've been walking for a while. RADIO: You should be… hold on. [D-ALPHA stops walking.] RADIO: Alright. Hold on. Just checking to make sure the tether is still connected outside. Yes, it's still connected. We're good. You should be close, now. D-ALPHA: Okay. Okay, I — [D-ALPHA resumes walking. After several steps, she sees the shape of something in the fog ahead.] D-ALPHA: I — hey. Hey! Is someone there? Hey! [D-ALPHA walks forward quickly. The shape is revealed to be a camp-site, including a brown tent. The tent has partially collapsed, and has a large tear across it.] D-ALPHA: What is this? RADIO: Examine the tent, please. D-ALPHA: Yeah. Sure. Right. [D-ALPHA crouches down on her knees to sift through the tent. The tent appears fairly old; dirt has settled over it. There are several empty sleeping bags inside. As she sorts through its contents, she picks up a glass baby-bottle complete with tattered nipple.] D-ALPHA: The hell? RADIO: Is there anything else? D-ALPHA: I don't — [D-ALPHA stops moving.] RADIO: What is it? D-ALPHA: (whispering) What the fuck? RADIO: Alpha? What — [D-ALPHA stands up and tilts her shoulder-mounted camera back. Objects can be seen dangling several meters above from tree branches; they include several satchels, a hiking pack, and numerous articles of clothing.] D-ALPHA: (whispering) The fuck did you people get me into? RADIO: Relax. Can you reach any of the — D-ALPHA: Fuck you. I'm coming back. RADIO: Alpha, we need you to — [D-ALPHA turns, following the tether behind her.] D-ALPHA: Fuck you. RADIO: Please stop. D-ALPHA: I'm coming back. [END LOG.] NOTE: D-311366 returned without further incident. She was transferred off-site following a warning and reprimand. ► ACCESS SCP:/3219/exploration/055.log ▼ Close File EXPLORATION LOG DATE: 21/03/1981 TEAM: D-52189 (D-ALPHA), D-91064 (D-BETA) [BEGIN LOG.] [Camera feed displays a wooded path. It is mid-morning. There is a light mist obscuring the distance.] D-ALPHA: Alright, we clear? D-BETA: Yeah. RADIO: You're coming in fine. You're clear to proceed. D-ALPHA: Alright. [D-ALPHA proceeds forward, moving along the trail. The camera briefly turns, looking back; D-BETA follows, glancing from side to side. Their tethers extend into the fog behind them.] D-ALPHA: You good? D-BETA: Yeah. [The camera turns back to the path. D-ALPHA continues moving forward for two minutes.] [There is a thump, followed by a shout of pain. The camera turns, looking back; D-BETA is on the ground, having tripped.] D-BETA: Fucking hell! D-ALPHA: You alright? [D-BETA pulls himself up to his feet; D-ALPHA moves to help, but D-BETA shrugs him away. The camera briefly lingers on what D-BETA tripped on: a partially buried concrete tile, cracked and broken.] D-BETA: I'm fine. D-ALPHA: You sure? [D-BETA dusts himself off and kicks the broken tile he tripped on.] D-BETA: I said I'm fine. D-ALPHA: Alright. [The camera turns. D-ALPHA resumes walking down the path.] D-ALPHA: So… First timer? D-BETA: Huh? D-ALPHA: You look like you got the first-time jitters. D-BETA: I'm fine. Let's just get this done, alright? D-ALPHA: Yeah. Just don't want you to be anxious is all. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, these jobs are just boring as fuck. D-BETA: Okay. [D-ALPHA continues moving forward for the next five minutes.] D-BETA: Uh. [The camera turns to look back at D-BETA.] D-ALPHA: Something wrong? D-BETA: You don't hear that? D-ALPHA: I don't hear anything. D-BETA: Right. Nothing. [D-ALPHA stops. For several seconds, they don't move.] D-ALPHA: Well, fuck. RADIO: Guys, can we move this along? D-ALPHA: There a reason this place is quiet as fuck, doc? RADIO: It's nothing to worry about. The tethers will keep you safe. Just stay on the path and go to the camp-site, alright? D-ALPHA: Ugh. C'mon. [D-BETA shakes his head and begins moving forward. The camera turns back to the path. D-ALPHA starts walking.] [They continue to walk in silence for several minutes.] D-BETA: So, what about the one time in a hundred? D-ALPHA: Hm? D-BETA: You said ninety nine times out of a hundred, this job is — D-ALPHA: Oh. Right. Yeah, you, uh. You don't want to know about the one time in a hundred. D-BETA: Great. D-ALPHA: Just keep your head down and don't do anything stupid. [They continue to walk for nearly half a minute.] D-BETA: Wait. Stop. [The camera turns to face D-BETA. He appears distressed.] D-BETA: (whispering) You hear that? D-ALPHA: I don't — RADIO: Just keep walking, Alpha. D-BETA: (whispering) Listen. [D-ALPHA and D-BETA do not move for several seconds.] D-ALPHA: (whispering) Shit. D-BETA: (whispering) Someone shouting, way off. It sounds… D-ALPHA: (whispering) Is it up ahead? D-BETA: (whispering) Can't tell. RADIO: Keep moving forward. Don't pay attention to any sounds. D-ALPHA: (whispering) You gotta be fucking with me. Fuck. D-BETA: (whispering) Let's just go slow. [The camera turns to the path. D-ALPHA moves ahead slowly.] [The collapsed tent can be seen up ahead. As they approach, their pace grows slower. The camera tilts back, showing various articles of clothing and packs up in the branches.] D-ALPHA: (whispering) Fuck. D-BETA: (whispering) I'll climb up. Keep an eye out. [D-BETA moves forward, climbing up the tree. After half a minute, he climbs up to one of the lower branches and pushes a pack to the ground. He then descends as D-ALPHA moves forward to pick it up and examine it.] D-BETA: (breathing heavy) There's some sort of — [D-ALPHA sifts through the pack's contents. It includes an empty canteen, an old pocket knife, and several rolled up candy-bar wrappers. One candy-bar remains; he tucks the pack under his shoulder and begins unwrapping it.] D-BETA: (breathing heavily) — some sort of carving, up there, in the — are you — you aren't seriously going to — [D-ALPHA finishes unwrapping the bar. He can be heard taking a bite.] D-BETA: Are you fucking with me? D-ALPHA: (spitting) Fuck. Tastes stale. D-BETA: You've got to be fucking with me. That looks like it came from the 1950s. [D-ALPHA throws the candy-bar into the pack.] What did you see? D-BETA: Some sort of — somebody carved their initials up there. 'A B'. D-ALPHA: That's it? D-BETA: Yeah. It looked like someone might have been hiding up there for a long while. D-ALPHA: In the tree branches? D-BETA: Yeah. D-ALPHA: Okay. Hey, doc? Are we — RADIO: Yes. You're done here, for now. Just come back the way you came. Bring the backpack, and as much of the tent as you can with you. D-ALPHA: Okay. Let's — [A distant yelling is heard.] D-BETA: (whispering) Shit. Shit. D-ALPHA: (whispering) Fuck. Doc, did you — RADIO: Yes. I heard that. Get b — (static) will (static) back t — (static) D-BETA: Fuck! [The camera swings to D-BETA, who is grasping his tether in one hand and the tree with the other. His tether is currently taut, extending down and into the fog.] D-ALPHA: Shit! Doc, is that — RADIO: (static) [D-BETA loses his grip on the tree. He is reeled in by the tether, stumbling to the ground. His body is dragged into the fog behind them.] D-BETA: (distant screaming) D-ALPHA: Shit! Shit! [D-ALPHA drops the backpack and frantically works to disengage his tether. Shortly after he does, the tether snaps out of his hands and vanishes back into the fog.] D-ALPHA: Shit! [D-ALPHA climbs up the tree, ascending to one of the thicker branches. The camera turns to look down; the surroundings are obscured by fog.] D-ALPHA: Shit. Uh. Hello? Can anyone hear me? [D-ALPHA remains still, watching the fog.] D-ALPHA: Shit. [Several minutes pass. It begins to grow significantly darker.] D-ALPHA: (whispering) Hello? RADIO: (static) — heard — (static) D-ALPHA: Oh thank God. Thank God. Doc, come back. Can you hear me? Thank God. RADIO: (static) D-ALPHA: Doc? Come back. Doc? RADIO: (static) — back the way you came — (static) D-ALPHA: Okay. Okay. Back the way I came? [D-ALPHA slowly climbs down the tree. He begins making his way down the path he came along.] D-ALPHA: Doc? You there? RADIO: (static) — coming in fine. You're clear to proceed. D-ALPHA: What happened to Beta? I saw him get reeled in by the tether. Is he — RADIO: Just come back the way you came. D-ALPHA: What happened? At least tell me if you reeled him in or not. RADIO: Keep moving forward. D-ALPHA: Fucking hell. [D-ALPHA continues to walk down the path for several more minutes. It is now growing significantly darker. Vision is obscured.] D-ALPHA: Am I getting close? RADIO: You're done here, for now. D-ALPHA: Just tell me if I'm getting close, doc. RADIO: Keep moving forward. D-ALPHA: Am I close? RADIO: Keep moving forward. D-ALPHA: You already said that. RADIO: You're done here, for now. D-ALPHA: You already said — oh. [D-ALPHA stops walking.] D-ALPHA: (whispering) Oh. Oh, fuck. Oh, fuck. RADIO: You're done here, for now. Just come back the way you came. D-ALPHA: (whispering) Who — who is — RADIO: Yes. You're done here, for now. Just come back the way you came. Bring the backpack, and as much of the tent as you can with you. D-ALPHA: (whispering) Shit shit shit — RADIO: You're done here, for now. Just come back — [There is a muffled popping sound as D-ALPHA pulls the radio's audio line out of the camera. He throws his ear-piece to the ground, then runs off the path and into the woods.] D-ALPHA: (breathing heavily) Fuck. Fuck. [D-ALPHA continues to run through the trees and fog for approximately two minutes. Ahead, there is a large shape looming.] D-ALPHA: (breathing heavily) Oh please, please — [D-ALPHA approaches the shape. It is a large two-story residence; a light can be seen from an attic window.] D-ALPHA: (breathing heavily) The fuck is — fucking — [Distant screaming.] D-ALPHA: (breathing heavily) Fuck. Fuck. [D-ALPHA moves to the front door. After several tries, he discovers it is locked. He begins banging on it.] D-ALPHA: Hey! Hey, is someone in there? Hey! Someone help me! Hey! [D-ALPHA continues banging on the door for another half-minute.] [A distant yelling is heard.] D-ALPHA: Somebody! Let me in! Let me — [The yelling grows louder.] [D-ALPHA leaves the door, circling the house frantically. He comes across the entrance of a storm cellar.] [The yelling grows louder.] [D-ALPHA grabs the double-doors and pulls. The doors open; a set of stairs lead down. A very faint yellow glow is visible from below.] [The yelling grows louder.] Recovered footage from D-52189's camera. [D-ALPHA stumbles down the steps and into a hallway. The walls are caked in what appears to be tar; on the left wall, there is an electric lantern. A closed door is directly ahead.] D-ALPHA: (whispering, breathing heavily) Fuck fuck fuck fuck — [D-ALPHA moves quickly but cautiously down the tunnel. As he approaches, the yelling stops.] [D-ALPHA pauses.] [Scratching sounds are heard.] D-ALPHA: (whispering) What is — oh, oh fuck — [The scratching sounds stop. The door begins to open.] [END LOG.] NOTE: Both D-52189 and D-91064's tethers were recovered with no one attached. D-52189's partially damaged camera was recovered on 25/03/1981 along the edge of SCP-3219. As of this date, both personnel remain missing. Footnotes 1. Fear of being buried alive. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3219" by The Great Hippo, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3219. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. 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SCP-3220 | safe | close Info X SCP-3220: Panopticon II 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 Algorithm Curated Recommendations Dr. Desai's Personnel File Extended Log of SCP-2444 Vendors GoI Field Guide News For June 2018 Personnel And Character Dossier SCP-173, but every sentence is a crosslink SCP-3219 SCP-3221 SCP-3790 SCP-5832 SCP-7660 SCP Series 4 SCP Series 4 - Audio Edition SCP Series 4 - Tales Edition User-Curated Lists The sealed entrance shaft to SCP-3220 Item #: SCP-3220 Special Containment Procedures: The shaft leading to SCP-3220 has been filled with concrete. No further exploration or investigation into SCP-3220 is permitted at this time. Description: SCP-3220 is a large underground silo located underneath an abandoned warehouse on Hashima Island, Japan. It is accessible by way of a fifty-meter deep shaft under a hatch in the middle of the warehouse floor. A small metal placard bearing the words ”Department of Abnormalities” in Japanese is bolted to the hatch. SCP-3220 extends just over one kilometer into the ground and is twenty meters in diameter. The structure is designed in a manner similar to a panopticon1. It possesses two hundred floors, each of which is five meters tall and consists of a circular balcony, three meters wide, that runs the circumference of the room. A large tower in the center of the structure extends from the bottom floor to the height of the top floor; it is constructed of opaque, one-way glass reinforced by a steel frame. No method of access into the tower has been found. Each floor of SCP-3220 contains cubic cells recessed into the walls; these cells are three meters to a side and are fully exposed to the rest of the structure. A semi-translucent panel in the back of each cell provides light. There is a drainage grate in the center of each cell; it is unknown where these grates drain to. All but one of the cells in SCP-3220 are occupied by a single humanoid sculpture made of painted concrete. All sculptures are located directly above the drainage grates in their cells and oriented to face the tower. Each sculpture constantly secretes an unknown dark red substance which drains into the grates. Addendum: Prior to SCP-3220 being sealed with concrete, a hatch was located on the bottom floor of the structure, which provided access to the tower’s viewing room via a ladder. Inside the viewing room was a single human skeleton with a broken neck. Footnotes 1. A type of institutional building that is designed in such a way that all persons inside the building can be observed by a single watchman, but themselves are unable to see the watchman or even determine if they are being watched at any given time. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3220" by A Random Day, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3220. 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: shaft Name: Strategic Missile Forces Museum underground ladder.JPG Author: Michael License: CC BY 3.0 Source Link: Wikimedia Commons |
SCP-3221 | keter | A portion of the mechanism containing SCP-3221. Item #: SCP-3221 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3221 has been surrounded by a secure facility, and is to be guarded at all times. To observe Window events, and to provide warning of any Shatter events, constant video surveillance is to be maintained. All references to SCP-3221 and the incident known as the "Burning of the Tigris" are to be purged from the historical record or otherwise portrayed as a hoax. The Office for the Reclamation of Islamic Artifacts (ORIA) and its predecessors have already suppressed the vast majority of surviving documentation and oral tradition concerning these, but the works of historians and archeologists focusing on the Seljuk and Khwarazmshah periods of Iranian history are to have their publications screened for any related information. Should any be found, their work will then be suppressed and amnesticization procedures implemented. The preexisting containment apparatus is to be maintained by members of MTF Stigma-9 ("Evolved from Naturally Occurring Gears, Levers and Pulleys") as well as Foundation thaumatologists familiar with Sarkic hemomancy.1 Additional technological security measures have also been installed to supplement the originals, and are to be maintained or replaced as necessary. Should SCP-3221-2 breach containment, the facility and surrounding area are to be evacuated. Capture and re-containment of SCP-3221-2 is assigned jointly to MTF Nu-7 ("Hammer Down") and a specialist detachment of no less than 6 members of MTF Omega-12 ("Achilles' Heels"). Any armed forces accompanying the subject are to be terminated. Description: SCP-3221 refers to a Class III inter-dimensional aperture located in an underground complex in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan. Direct access to the anomaly is prevented by an extensive array of clockwork-based para-technology supplemented by a large number of hemomantic seals and wards. When partially activated (an event hereafter referred to as a Window event), SCP-3221 serves as a visual window into another dimension, hereafter referred to as SCP-3221-1. Attempting to look into the aperture during a Window event will allow the viewer to see an apparently random part of SCP-3221-1. A full activation (an event hereafter referred to as a Shatter event) allows passage between SCP-3221-1 and the prime dimension. Window events appear to occur randomly; Shatter events appear to be deliberately caused by SCP-3221-2. SCP-3221-2 is an Olympia-class humanoid anomaly originally dating from the 5th century AD. Subject possesses reality altering abilities of unknown strength, and has undergone extensive bodily alterations resembling that of a Sarkic Karcist. In addition, large portions of SCP-3221-2's anatomy have been replaced with Mekhanite para-technology. References to SCP-3221 have been extant in literature since 1109 CE, and all such references identify SCP-3221-1 with the Kingdom of Prester John, a mythical medieval kingdom of Nestorian Christians.2 Later historical analysis conducted following the anomaly's 1997 discovery identified the fifth century Hepthalite empire as a nation originally ruled by SCP-3221-2.3 Inhabitants of SCP-3221-1 are adherents of a syncretic religion composed of elements of Sarkicism, Broken God Worship, and Gnostic Christianity. This faith is a highly idiosyncratic worship of SCP-3221-2 as a messianic figure of a dualistic godhead consisting of a manifestation of flesh and a manifestation of steel.4 Theophagy5 is emphasized as a means of apotheosis, and worshippers believe SCP-3221-2 will eventually consume both halves of the duality in order to ascend as God. SCP-3221-2 is believed to have been originally expelled to SCP-3221-1 following a joint action of Mekhanite and proto-sarkic cults in the fifth century AD. The only known Shatter event occurred sometime in the 12th century, following which a further alliance of Sarkics, Mekhanites, and a precursor to ORIA recontained the subject after decades of warfare. Below is a table of various anomalies viewed through SCP-3221's entrance during Window events. Date Observations 08/09/1997 A large, green field. In the centre, a tall fountain can be observed. Two elderly men stand directly before it, facing SCP-3221's entrance. 06/12/2001 A large stone cavern. A green substance seems to be pouring from the roof. Several precious stones can be seen to float to its surface. 04/19/2002 SCP-3221-2 stands alone before an army of unknown origin. The soldiers attempt to attack the entity using pike and shot tactics common to 17th century Europe. All musket fire returns upon their own formations, and cross-shaped spires of bone rise among the ranks as the vision ends. 25/12/2005 A river flowing through a desert, apparently composed of milk. Several pieces of honeycomb, as well as a large variety of precious stones, can be seen floating on the surface. 17/03/2008 A large series of sand dunes, which appear to move and shift as if they were water. Several fish can be seen to be thrown out of the sand dunes before falling and being re-absorbed by the sand. 01/05/2010 A large banqueting hall, appropriate for mid-13th century Europe. A large variety of guests appear to be eating human limbs from golden plates. 05/10/2015 A figure dressed in priest's robes gives a sermon welcoming 10 initiates into their faith. The initiates proceed to group into pairs, following which they ritualistically consume the flesh of their partner's left forearm. The left arms of all assembled are then amputated and replaced with clockwork limbs similar to those possessed by many Broken God worshippers. Addendum 1: The following messages are inscribed on either side of the entrance to the chamber containing SCP-3221. One is written in medieval Latin, while the other is written in a Neo-Adytite script. Latin Translation Close translation Sealed here is Ioannes6 the Unbroken, betrayer of us all. Heretic consumer of a fragment of her heart. A son of the true God corrupted by her opposite. Twice we failed to destroy him. Twice we could only foist his corruption upon another world. May a third chance never arrive. Should we falter in our vigil, then you our successor must rise in our place. Use the visions. They are our greatest feat, and the keys to your victory. Adytite Translation Close Translation Abomination Slave Danger Shame Addendum 2: On 18/09/2010, a small church in Kyrygzstan associated with the Church of the East was found to be performing an unusual prayer as part of its liturgy. This prayer is reproduced here, translated from the original Syriac. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Hallowed be the name of the Father, Who answers the common prayers of the many who congregate together, We pray for the coming of your new world, And for the coming of your Kingdom, And that of the Oriental Monarch, of the holy Prester John, Who dwells in the life everlasting, his mind at last free, And no longer warped through a succession of sincerities, No longer subject to his hunger. We pray for our king and for his endless feast, And for his armies, For the children of his land that continue to be given to the Cross, Until our world can be bathed in the holy light of their righteous swords, In the name of the Flesh, and of the Steel, and of the Holy Corpse, World without end. Footnotes 1. Commonly referred to as fleshcrafting, hemomancy (lit. Blood manipulation) refers to various anomalous Sarkic practices that involve the manipulation of bodily material. 2. Popular public accounts identify the Prester John legend as a hoax based on a letter sent to the papacy in the 12th century. The extent to which the legend was inspired by SCP-3221 is unclear. 3. The Hepthalites survived the fall of their king, and endured as a regional power well into the 6th century. 4. The idiosyncratic focus and syncretic nature are both somewhat reminiscent of the faith espoused by Hong Xiuquan during the 19th century Taiping rebellion. Despite this similarity, no direct connection to SCP-2456 has been established. 5. Ritualistic consumption of a deity. 6. Latin for John. |
SCP-3222 | safe | Each page of this file is transcribed below its corresponding image. If the transcripts are destroyed by SCP-3222's anomalous properties, researchers may re-transcribe them. Communication from SCP-3222-1 is transcribed in italics. + Page 1 transcript - Page 1 transcript Item #: SCP-3222 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3222 is to be kept in a standard Safe storage locker at Site-██. Once daily, at a time in accordance with the rules outlined in Addendum 3222-b, a researcher with clearance level 2 or higher is to write using SCP-3222 for at least 30 minutes. Further rules for the proper usage of SCP-3222 are outlined in Addenda 3222-b and 3222-c. Any personnel writing with SCP-3222 are to be screened for carpal tunnel syndrome on a weekly basis, due to the high volume of text produced using SCP-3222. Description: SCP-3222 is a standard Ticonderoga Hard Black no. 2 pencil that is not worn out through the process of normal writing. Any information regarding SCP-3222 that is not written using the object is destroyed through unknown anomalous means within seven days of its recording. If SCP-3222 is used according to the rules outlined in Addendum 3222-b, the writer becomes unable to write any original text; instead, an unseen force, hereafter referred to as SCP-3222-1, controls any writing generated by the subject. No test subject has expressed an inability to stop writing or leave the testing area, however. + Page 2 transcript - Page 2 transcript The writings of SCP-3222-1 indicate that it is a sixteen-year-old human male named Thomas [SURNAME REDACTED] of whom no records exist. Despite multiple years of contact with the Foundation, SCP-3222-1 claims not to experience aging. The text produced by SCP-3222-1 also indicates that it has some knowledge of events that occur shortly after each interview. Investigation of these precognitive abilities is ongoing in the hope that SCP-3222 can be used to aid in the containment of other SCP objects. SCP-3222-1 has, thus far, been cooperative with Foundation personnel. Under the influence of SCP-3222-1, all subjects are unable to write in cursive. Researchers should therefore write all original text in cursive to aid in distinguishing any communication from SCP-3222-1. All available resources should go to helping SCP-3222-1 neutralize his anomalous qualities and return to the real world. Then could you at least contact my parents, please? Their names are [TORN] [Redacted. Contact is pending Site Director approval.] + Page 3 transcript - Page 3 transcript Addendum 3222-a: Recovery Log On ██/██/2013, Foundation agents in [REDACTED], Pennsylvania were alerted to seemingly anomalous events in [REDACTED] High School. During an exam, a student was caught passing a note, which is presented here: This pencil is all that's keeping me alive. I am dead. I am the dying. -Document 3222-Alpha. The student was referred to the school's psychologist and claimed to be "channeling a ghost." The psychologist reached out via email to an area specialist in disorders involving delusional behavior, and the message was intercepted by Foundation web crawlers and flagged for potential anomalous activity. Local agents confiscated SCP-3222 and administered low-grade amnestics to all civilians involved. + Page 4 transcript - Page 4 transcript Addendum 3222-b: Conditions for SCP-3222-1 Influence For SCP-3222-1 to influence the writing of a test subject, the following conditions must be met: The time on the east coast of the United States is between 0900 and 1500, on a weekday. SCP-3222 is used with college-ruled lined notebook paper. That paper is kept on a desk of the same type used in classrooms in the [REDACTED] school district. These conditions were discovered based on the original student’s claim that “the ghost only writes in classrooms.” Researchers initially used a reconstruction of the student’s classroom for the use of SCP-3222, but the writings of SCP-3222-1 indicated that only these three conditions are required. Addendum 3222-c: Interview Procedures Personnel wishing to interview SCP-3222-1 are to bring SCP-3222 and a single sheet of lined paper into a testing chamber with two desks: one that activates SCP-3222 and one that does not. The latter desk may be used for writing original text (i.e. questions for SCP-3222-1). The following pages are notable interviews with SCP-3222-1. Interview 3222-a took place on ██/██/2013 and Interview 3222-b took place on ██/██/2014. + Page 5 transcript - Page 5 transcript hello! Interview 3222-a Hello, SCP-3222-1, my name is Dr. S█████. Can you read this? Yes! Hi, Dr. S█████! I'm Thomas ███████, do you know where I am? No, but my job is to help you figure that out. Could you please describe your surroundings? Well, I'm in a classroom, which I can't leave. Basically all that's in here is me and my pencil. Your pencil? Why is that significant? …I guess I'd say it feels more "real" than anything here, you know? Also, what's a Hume level? Classified, sorry. How did you know about that? It's written at the bottom of the paper. Doesn't seem very "classified." [drawing of the All-Seeing Eye triangle] <- is this you? [in margin] But without my pencil I think I would vanish. Keep it safe, please. Note: SCP-3222-1 seems to have some understanding of its anomalous properties, as well as those of SCP-3222. Testing of SCP-3222 for abnormal Hume levels is proposed, as is investigation into the temporal relationship between SCP-3222-1 and the text it produces. + Page 6 transcript - Page 6 transcript [The paper is burned in several places, and has evidence of being stomped on to extinguish it.] Interview 3222-b Good morning, Thomas, this is Dr. [BURNED] Are you there? Quick what time is it to the second [BURNED] why [BURNED] have ~30 secs LOCK THE DOOR Locked [this word is cut off by a pencil stroke inconsistent with typical handwriting] I was startled. Note: At precisely 10:01:50, SCP-████ breached containment and proceeded to this interview chamber, where it attempted to gain entry. Following the advice of SCP-3222-1, I sealed the door at approximately 10:01:45. Thanks to the sealed door, I suffered only minor burns, rather than being incinerated. Containment was quickly re-established with no casualties. Thank you. -Dr. S█████ Don't mention it. 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SCP-3223 | euclid | Instance of SCP-3223-2β, at rest on Researcher ████████'s hat. Item #: SCP-3223 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3223 currently resides in a specialized refurbished greenhouse containment unit, located in the botanical facilities section of Site-17. Access to this greenhouse requires Level-3 authorization; recurring visiting rights may be granted via written permission from the site director. SCP-3223-1 is allocated all of the gardening space within the greenhouse for use in its rituals, with at least 20 square meters of outdoor land plots set aside to be available upon specific request. Additional materials for SCP-3223-1’s funerary rites and structures may be provided at the discretion of the project director. A comprehensive list of materials and items allowed in SCP-3223’s containment is on file and requires Level-2 authorization for access. SCP-3223-2 cannot be physically contained, and are allowed to accompany SCP-3223-1 during its daily routine. A count of the beetle population is to be done twice daily. Foundation personnel must receive authorization from the project director (currently, Dr. Mark Kiryu) prior to initiating interaction with any instances of SCP-3223-2. Should any SCP-3223-2 instances approach a personnel member and emit vocalizations, said personnel member is to allow the action and write up a detailed account of the encounter, then submit the notes to the project director for review. Foundation personnel who wish to offer deceased pets to the SCP-3223 project may submit a request form to any Level-2 researchers assigned to SCP-3223. Description: SCP-3223 is a collective designation referring to a humanoid entity (SCP-3223-1) and its anomalous entourage of incorporeal dung beetles (SCP-3223-2). SCP-3223-1 appears to be a human of indeterminate race and intermediate age, possessing eyes with scarlet pupils. SCP-3223-1 has no body hair, and does not appear to age. The attire SCP-3223-1 wears is believed to be permanently affixed to its body, and consists of plant-fiber sandals, a long white linen robe with a shoulder strap, and linen cloth wrapped around the arms. SCP-3223-1 is able to access a functionally limitless supply of linen strips of various widths from its arm wraps, and has additionally demonstrated the ability to produce a substance identical in chemical makeup to Commiphora myrrha resin from its fingertips. SCP-3223-1 is docile by nature and seems to understand speech in all languages used to address it; however, it refuses to speak out loud, and instead communicates using simple gestures. SCP-3223-2 instances outwardly resemble dung beetles of the Scarabaeus sacer species1. SCP-3223-2, though they appear solid, are intangible and cannot be physically interacted with. SCP-3223-2 instances will nevertheless respond to human individuals as well as SCP-3223-1, including attempting to crawl on limbs and torsos, moving out of the way of incoming motions, and perching on the highest point of a human in an unmoving relaxed pose. SCP-3223-1’s primary anomaly involves creating instances of SCP-3223-2 from the remains of deceased domestic animals. As such, the secondary sub-designations SCP-3223-2α and SCP-3223-2β were created to refer to the SCP-3223-2 instances initially discovered with SCP-3223-1, and the instances created after Foundation containment, respectively. When presented with a suitable2 deceased animal3, SCP-3223-1 will cover the remains in a layer of resin produced from its hands, and carefully wrap the body in linen bandages pulled from its arms. SCP-3223-1 will then proceed to whisper to the mummified animal, and at the conclusion of these vocalizations, an autonomous instance of SCP-3223-2 will manifest, appearing to crawl out of the bandaged remains. It is believed that this ritual is similar to the sacred rites used by Ancient Egyptian priests to endow scarab beetles with the power to spiritually guide the souls of the deceased through the underworld, by providing answers to riddles whispered to the beetle prior to its death. The mummified animal remains will be interred by SCP-3223-1 in the nearest plot of land available, and depending on the species of animal, provided with additional funerary rites4. SCP-3223-1 will refuse to engage in this ritual if any humans, recording equipment, or non-feline animals are within viewing distance. It is noted that while SCP-3223-2β instances vary widely in appearance, all SCP-3223-2α instances are the uniform black color of non-anomalous dung beetles. Additionally, SCP-3223-2α instances will readily approach any personnel, while SCP-3223-2β instances will only interact with SCP-3223-1 and the original owner of the deceased pet used to create the instance. Addendum 3223-1: Although SCP-3223-1 does not speak, instances of SCP-3223-2 have been observed to emit understandable vocalizations, which can be heard clearly by listeners regardless of primary language. These vocalizations are heard in a low-pitched voice, only discernible when an SCP-3223-2 instance is allowed to hover directly next to an individual’s ear or when perched on the individual’s shoulder. Following a series of experimental trials to ascertain the content of the vocalizations, it was determined that SCP-3223-2α instances “recite” portions of spells listed in the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead5. However, SCP-3223-2β instances emit vocalizations that are noticeably less coherent, containing phrases that are not present in the Book of the Dead (see partial log of SCP-3223-2β vocalizations below). Partial Log of SCP-3223-2β vocalizations: Specimen: male betta fish (Betta splendens) named “Orson” SCP-3223-2β notable features: completely white in coloration scale-like patterning on outer wing covers eyes with silver iridescence, similar to the sclera of the deceased fish Recorded vocalization: “It means that I was cleansed on the day of my birth in the two great and noble marshes [unintelligible] Are you a grumpy boy today Mr. Orson, are you my squishy fishy give me a kiss! [unintelligible] Eternity is the name of one, sea is the name of the other. Fine you can have a little more food for being a good fishy just don’t get fat okay. They are the Lake of Natron and the Lake of Maat.” Specimen: male cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) named “Junior Senior” SCP-3223-2β notable features: wings longer than those of other instances possess gray and white body coloration thorax and head colored yellow with red spots near the eyes able to produce a faint whistling sound when fluttering wings Recorded vocalization: “Junior, that's a can of cooking spray O my heart of my different not a potential girlfriend forms. Do not stand up as a witness against me, do not be opposed to me in pretty bird! [unintelligible] tribunal, do not be hostile to me in the presence of the Keeper of the Balance, for you are my ka which was in my body, look at that pretty bird!” Specimen: female Mourning Cloak butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) named “Masumi” SCP-3223-2β notable features: bright blue spots on wing covers hooked forelegs similar to those of brush-footed butterflies Recorded vocalization: “Come for my soul, O you wardens of the sky. If you delay letting my soul see [unintelligible] will be joyful and the great god will proceed in peace when you allow this soul of mine to ascend vindicated to the gods [unintelligible] Sumi, good morning [unintelligible] hello Sumi [unintelligible]” Specimen: female domestic cat (Felis catus) named “Melanie” SCP-3223-2β notable features: entire beetle appears to be covered in smooth fur. Recorded vocalization: “You're an awful wee gob sky encloses the stars purring away and blocking me from magic encloses its settlements eating my dinner and my mouth encloses the magic which is in it. My teeth are a knife, my tusks are the awwww beebee.” Proposals are underway for further experimentation, to discern level of intelligence in SCP-3223-2 and a potential means of determining what each individual SCP-3223-2 instance considers significant enough to vocalize. Addendum 3223-2: It came to Foundation attention that SCP-3223-1 would consistently appear disappointed with new instances of SCP-3223-2β, especially in the event of a beetle that produced particularly garbled vocalizations when deceased mammals were used for the ritual. For experimental purposes, Dr. Mercer volunteered to adopt a grown male scarab beetle from a hobbyist group and raise it as a pet; six months later, SCP-3223-1 was presented with the deceased beetle6, a live scarab, and a deceased scarab from a preserved insect collection. SCP-3223-1 performed its standard ritual process on "Gandalf", ignored the deceased specimen beetle, and began to care for the living scarab beetle as a pet. Currently, said beetle has not exhibited any unusual traits, aside from always remaining close to SCP-3223-1. The SCP-3223-2β instance created from "Gandalf" was noted to appear almost identical to SCP-3223-2α, and could speak Book of the Dead spells in unusually fluent speech. Of note, the "Gandalf" SCP-3223-2β instance would always conclude its vocalizations with the specific greeting Dr. Mercer would use when Gandalf was alive and about to be fed or allowed outside his enclosure for exercise. Discussion has been raised suggesting that SCP-3223-1 be given a small colony of non-anomalous dung beetles to raise on its own. Footnotes 1. These beetles feature prominently in Egyptian mythology and are often referred to as simply “scarab beetles”. 2. To date, SCP-3223-1 has refused to embalm animals that were not considered cherished pets, were deceased due to neglect or intentional harm, or did not possess a name. How SCP-3223-1 is able to discern these criteria is unknown. 3. In addition to standard domestic pets (cats, dogs, birds, fish, and reptiles) SCP-3223-1 has also mummified butterflies, two spiders, and a single cockroach. 4. While SCP-3223-1 tends to simply bury insects and mark the grave with a small stone, the entity treats cats and reptiles with particular attention, often laying a container holding a small portion of food near the grave if possible. A small stock of wet cat food has been provided to SCP-3223-1 for this reason. SCP-3223-1 does not appear to identify dry cat food as an edible. 5. The Book of the Dead is a magical and religious text intended to help the dead pass through challenges to become worthy of entering the afterlife. Further study into SCP-3223's potential relation to SCP-911 is ongoing. 6. The beetle was named "Gandalf". ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3223" by Zyn, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3223. 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-3224 | euclid | close Info X SCP-3224: Family Tree 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 72 Hour Jam Contest News for February 2018 Now I'm Here SCP-3223 SCP-3225 SCP Series 4 User-Curated Lists This SCP was written in under 24 hours for The 72 Hour Jam Contest, for Day 2's theme Tropical. Thanks to CadaverCommander and PeppersGhost. 🌴 Item #: SCP-3224 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3224 is to be taught as a mundane complication to all ultrasound technicians in training under the name endouterine phytiasis. SCP watchdogs are to screen for mentions of endouterine phytiasis in available medical databases, and offer the affected free professional medical care within the Foundation before SCP-3224's anomalous capacities become apparent. Amnestics may be distributed should this prove impossible. It is to be maintained that metastatic eruptive phytogermination is a myth and attempts to draw a relation from endouterine phytiasis to it are to be quashed. Description: SCP-3224 is a rare, non-fatal complication of pregnancy in which a miniature tropical rainforest grows in and around the organs and skeleton of the pregnant person. This complication occurs in less than 0.1% of ectopic pregnancies, with instances increasing as conception occurs closer to the equator. This translates to 120-230 pregnancies of this kind per year. SCP-3224 is considered anomalously non-fatal, as mortality rates are in excess of 87% for both parent and child in all mundane complications which cause comparable degrees of strain on a subject. Early indications of SCP-3224 tend to become apparent in the first trimester, most commonly abdominal swelling and intense gastrointestinal distress, often leading to mobility issues for the affected. Diagnosis at this stage is extremely common in developed countries. SCP-3224's anomalous capacities further develop in the late first or early second trimester, as the rainforest spreads away from the abdomen and begins to develop an atmosphere and populate itself with miniaturised fauna. The forest usually grows into and through the subect's spine at this juncture, leading to paralysis, acute pain and tactile hallucinations - subjects will often describe the feeling of waxy leaves brushing across their hands and legs, or thick mist keeping their skin damp. In contrast, the internal atmosphere of the rainforest drains moisture from the body, often leading to fatigue, confusion, vomiting and intense diarrhea if these symptoms were not already present in the subject. In the final trimester, the rainforest spreads throughout the whole body, permeating the majority of the subject's tissues. Most notably, the rainforest will travel through the spinal column and into the subject's brain, causing unpredictable neurological damage. This is often particularly damaging if migratory fauna move into the brain with the expansion. This stage is often predicated with a short period of highly erratic mood swings and sensory hallucinations - many subjects later report hallucinating a static humanoid figure composed of moss and bound with vines standing in the corner or at the foot of their beds. The most common symptoms associated with the final stage of SCP-3224 are acute nausea, total loss of control of bodily functions, cerebral aneurysms and, ultimately, metastatic eruptive phytogermination. Metastatic eruptive phytogermination is the process by which a fetus is born in an SCP-3224 pregnancy. The onset of this process is signaled by an audible thunderstorm across the entirety of the subject's abdomen. During this thunderstorm, the rainforest will begin to rapidly grow - commonly, within 2 hours the subject's internal pressure has risen to a point that causes their skin to rupture and blister. At some point during this process, a full-scale tree or banana plant will burst outwards from the lower abdomen at speeds exceeding 30km/h, causing grievous bodily harm to the soft tissues surrounding them. This tree will extend until all but the base has left the subject, at which point gentle manipulation is generally sufficient to extract its root system from the exsanguinated body. Within this root system can be found a non-anomalous and generally healthy human child. Please reference Case File 3224-308 for details of how this process differs with twins. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3224" by Rimple, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3224. 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-3225 | safe | Item #: SCP-3225 Special Containment Procedures: Mackenzie Park is to be restricted from public access. A fence has been erected around the perimeter of the park, and locals have been notified of an environmental hazard in order to discourage attempts at entry. Security personnel are to maintain a distance of at least five meters from SCP-3225. Physical contact with SCP-3225 is only permitted with the permission of the presiding Site Director. Individuals who show signs of unusual interest in SCP-3225 are to be detained for questioning. Description: SCP-3225 is a set of five translucent humanoid figures standing in an incomplete circle formation. It is intangible to inanimate objects, though living organisms are able to interact with SCP-3225 as if it is solid. Individuals who have done so describe SCP-3225 as warm and similar to glass in texture. All organisms in the immediate vicinity of SCP-3225 experience reduced aggression and a feeling of calm. This intensifies in closer proximity to SCP-3225. A subject who joins the circle and takes hold of SCP-3225's hands will enter a state similar to REM sleep and become unresponsive to external stimuli. The subject is capable of disengaging at any time they choose. Subjects in physical contact with SCP-3225 remain susceptible to malnutrition, dehydration and other forms of physical injury. During contact, subjects are able to communicate with the set of entities collectively known as SCP-3225-1. SCP-3225-1 is reported to be benevolent and intensely empathetic, and appears to be able to communicate with any subject regardless of spoken language. Subjects are unable to recall exact details of their contact with SCP-3225-1 after contact is broken. SCP-3225 appeared in ████████, Oregon on 23 September 1996. Six individuals were reported missing in ████████ shortly following SCP-3225's appearance; it is believed that five of these individuals now make up SCP-3225. Efforts to locate the sixth (█████ ███████, believed to be the author of Document 3225-B) have been unsuccessful. + Document 3225-A - Journal entry dated 20 September 1996 -Document 3225-A - Journal entry dated 20 September 1996 Note: Excerpt from a journal belonging to ██████ ████████, one of the six missing persons thought to be connected to SCP-3225's appearance. It was found at the owner's residence on 30 September, 1996, alongside Document 3225-B and several anomalous objects (refer to Recovery File 3225). I used to think that being alive was going to be hard forever and that was just how things are. This last year, exploring with the others, I've learned how wrong I was. I'm not as scared of who I am anymore. I used to walk outside and feel ashamed, like I was doing something wrong by just existing. Here, I feel like I belong. And I can tell the others feel the same. Maybe we can't ever get well (if that's even possible), but having them with me and having the dream to escape to has helped me get better. It's helped us all get better. So I've been thinking - why do we have to keep coming back? Why don't we just stay there, away from all the bullshit we have to deal with here? I feel crazy even thinking about it, but people have been calling me crazy ever since I was 15. Why not just leave for good next time? The way we do it would be slightly different to before, but not too much. It should be pretty easy to do. I'll ask the others. We've gotten this far together - I can't imagine doing this without them. + Document 3225-B - Letter - Document 3225-B - Letter Hey guys. I don't know if you'll actually read this, but it doesn't feel right to leave without saying anything. The world treated all of us rough. Parents that didn't want us, guys that wanted us too much. We all wanted to escape. And we did. We managed to leave our broken parts behind, together. When everyone tried to hold us down, we flew to places they couldn't reach us. I've seen beautiful things with all of you, and I am so grateful for that. But now that we're leaving for good, I don't think I can go through with it. Paradise is only paradise if you believe you belong there. I don't think I do. I can't just leave all my baggage behind. I know you'd all disagree, so I didn't say anything. Don't worry about me. You gave me the strength to be able to make it on my own or die trying. You all deserved better than you got, and I hope you find it. Thanks for everything. I'll see you in my dreams. Jamie ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3225" by Edapurg, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3225. 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-3226 | safe | Image of SCP-3226, as displayed on original packaging. Item #: SCP-3226 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3226 is to be kept in its original promotional packaging and held within a moisture-controlled storage locker. The location of this locker is to be at least 20 meters from any biological laboratories or Foundation gravesites. Personnel with Level-2 or above security clearance may access SCP-3226 for experimentation. Prior to any testing of SCP-3226, written authorization must be provided by a researcher currently assigned to the object. Description: SCP-3226 is a pair of plastic headphones with a purple matte finish. A yellow graphic of a smiling skull is present on the outside of each speaker. SCP-3226 does not possess any identifiable method of audio input. Power is supplied by a pair of AAA batteries housed in a compartment over the left speaker; an on/off switch is present on this compartment. The box SCP-3226 was originally packaged in promotes the contents as "HEADBONES", subtitled with the text: "Hear What Your Skeleton Has To Say!!". No information pertaining to a manufacturer is present. The back of the box is printed with the following: X-rays let you see bones, but haven't you and your friends always wanted to HEAR them?! Now you can with HEADBONES™, the only way to hear what your skeleton has to say!! Just put them on, flip the switch, and you'll finally live the dream of listening to the AWESOME SOUNDS that all-natural bones make!! Your bones are SPECIAL, because no one else has your bones!! What better way to get that nice, relaxing tingle down your spine than to listen to something you'll ALWAYS have around you?! Don't be a LAZY BONES!! Try on a pair of HEADBONES™ today!! When SCP-3226 is powered on and worn, its wearer perceives a loud grating sound coming from all moving human skeletal joints within 20 meters, including their own. Sounds heard while wearing SCP-3226 cannot be detected with external instruments and seem to exist only in the mind of the wearer. Larger joints (e.g., knee joints) produce louder sounds than smaller joints (e.g., finger joints). The sound has been described by test subjects as akin to "nails on a chalkboard" or a "rusted door hinge", typically causing distress or mild annoyance but in some cases has resulted in severe nausea and headaches. If a wearer has worn SCP-3226 consistently for an extended period of time without removal,1 the individual will perceive the motion of any nearby mandible joints (including their own) as shrill speech containing complaints of excess warmth and being smothered. Speech ceases with cessation of mandible movement. (Revised, see addenda.) In several cases, wearers have additionally reported hearing sensual moans and other "erotic noises" originating from nearby skeletal remains. When such vocalizations can be heard via SCP-3226, the object will vibrate intensely until worn by a human or distanced from the remains (see addenda for experimental observations). Addendum SCP-3226-1: Example experimentation involving SCP-3226 in close proximity to remains of a deceased human individual. Experiment SCP-3226-14 involves a single D-Class personnel member, D-4689, stationed in a cell below a soundproofed single-chamber crematorium oven housing a nonanomalous corpse. During the experiment there are no other personnel within a 20 meter radius of D-4689; the experimental room is monitored via CCTV cameras. D-4689 is fully restrained (bodily and with additional wire support at the jaw) to prevent joint motion except at right wrist. D-4689 is instructed to listen to sounds from SCP-3226, and to raise his right hand upon hearing any recognizable speech. D-4689 does this approximately 2 hours after SCP-3226 is turned on. 30 minutes later, the crematorium oven is remotely activated. After another 30 minutes, SCP-3226 is removed and D-4689 is unrestrained and interviewed. The following is a portion of the post-experiment interview transcript of subject D-4689. <Begin Log, skip to 00h-03m-01s> D-4689: For hours and hours there was just this… scraping sound. I heard it each time I breathed in or out. I think my ribs felt a little weird then. Kind of shivery and tingly, but not in a great way. Dr. K███: At approximately two hours in you raised your right hand. What do you recall hearing then? D-4689: There was this nasty voice all the sudden. Kinda like the scraping noise, but suddenly it was words. Kept saying it was all wrapped up in something… Christ. And my wrist made an awful scrapey sound too when I moved it. Dr. K███: Do you remember its exact words? D-4689: Yeah… Yeah, it said "All wrapped up. Let’s take it off." Just those two sentences over and over for a few minutes. Sounded really close up, like it was inside my head. Made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Then it… changed. Dr. K███: Please continue. D-4689: It went quiet for a little while. I thought it was over, but then it started again. It still sounded awful, but I think it was… satisfied? Relaxed? Started saying, "Oh yeah" and moaning over and over 'til the headphones cut out. Never said anything else. [pause] I really don’t want to do this test again. Dr. K███: Thank you for your cooperation. <End Log> Addendum SCP-3226-2: During a transfer from containment at Site-██ to the recently renovated Site-██, SCP-3226 was noted to vibrate intensely while the Foundation motorcade passed through the intersection of ████████ and ████ in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The object’s power switch was in the off position at this time. Two days later, Dr. K███ and field agents returned to the intersection with SCP-3226 under the guise of road workers replacing a damaged water pipe. SCP-3226 again vibrated with frequency increasing with proximity to the intersection’s center. Dr. K███ donned and activated SCP-3226, upon which vibration ceased and a “flirtatious beckoning” voice was heard instructing Dr. K███ to “come over” and “get naked with me” while moaning intermittently. Skeletal remains of a 30-40 year old man, estimated to have been buried for 20 years, were found approximately 1.5 meters beneath the intersection’s center. After in site analysis showed the remains to be nonanomalous, local police were notified of their presence. Use of SCP-3226 for Foundation recovery missions is pending approval. Addendum SCP-3226-3: On 15/04/2013, Dr. K███ received the following letter at her personal residence. No return address was present and attempts to identify the sender have thus far been unsuccessful. Of note, the envelope the letter was sent in appeared to be clumsily-handled, with an additional excess of postage stamps. Greetings valued HEADBONES™ user!! You’ve used your HEADBONES™ a lot, so we hope you’ve enjoyed them as much as we do!! If you LIKE the AWESOME sounds your bones make, then you’ll LOVE the TUBULAR sounds your other body parts make!! Check out more of our INCREDIBLE products below!! BLUEBALLS™: Spice up your workday with the only bluetooth headset that lets you hear the SENSUAL sounds of your eyeballs rolling in your head!! LUNGBUDS™: Get your energy pumping with the only workout earbuds that let you hear the VIGOROUS sounds of your alveoli!! GUTSTAR™ (NEW PRODUCT): Embrace your inner exuberance with the only microphone that lets you SING DIRECTLY to your entrails!! We also apologize but want to clarify that we are not legally responsible for any harassment you may or may not have suffered from inappropriately-behaving bones. These are not part of the intended relaxation experience provided by HEADBONES™. Please do not hesitate to try out our other products!! Footnotes 1. This period has been observed to vary from hours to days. More by this author Works by Lesh (click to hide list) SCP Rating SCP-4062 +482 SCP-2362 +185 SCP-3226 +159 SCP-2126 +156 SCP-2226 +145 Collaborations Page Co-author SCP-3226 Zyn |
SCP-3227 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3227 Special Containment Procedures: Approximately 1000 kg of live insects with high alkaline content and/or small animals are to be dropped into SCP-3227 on a bi-monthly basis via helicopter or drone. Instances of SCP-3227 are to be encompassed by electric fence and monitored at all times by security personnel, maintaining a distance of at least one kilometer from SCP-3227. Under no circumstances are humans to enter SCP-3227 without proper equipment. Due to the nature of SCP-3227, authorization to conduct research directly will only be granted in the week prior to the bi-monthly feeding. Should there be any issue with the harvesting equipment, repairs must be scheduled during the week prior to the bi-monthly feeding. Description: SCP-3227 is a 3x3 kilometer portion of jungle originally located on the East coast of Madagascar which is made entirely of the skin of the Dendrobatidae1, colloquially known as the poison dart frog. The color of skin matches the natural color of the flora that it mimics. However, small black patterns that match those of the poison dart frog can still be seen. SCP-3227 is believed to be a single living organism, though the biology of SCP-3227 is unknown as attempts to cut deeper than one meter into SCP-3227 have been consistently met with failure due to the increased toxicity of SCP-3227's deeper layers. Extreme decay of living and nonliving matter occurs when exposed to the toxins that reside one meter or deeper within SCP-3227. The toxicity of SCP-3227's interior has proven constant regardless of when it was last fed. Within SCP-3227, while there is nothing that resembles the fauna of Madagascar, a variety of flora both native and alien to the Madagascan rainforest can be found. While these 'plants' also consist entirely of poison dart frog skin, their toxicity levels tend to be significantly lower the farther from the ground it is. It is due to that discovery that samples taken of SCP-3227 tend to come from the top of its trees. SCP-3227's toxins work much in the same way as do those of the poison dart frogs. The toxicity of the skin reflects the amount of alkaloids that it takes in, most commonly through insects. Being cut off from its natural environment, SCP-3227 would slowly die without bi-monthly feedings. Creatures that are killed by SCP-3227 die from over-exposure of alkaline toxins, and proceed to rapidly decay into SCP-3227. When creatures with high alkaline content are consumed by SCP-3227, it results in SCP-3227's skin becoming more toxic than before. However, after approximately one month without consuming any alkaloids, SCP-3227's toxicity will begin to wane. For larger creatures, such as humans, SCP-3227's toxins cease being deadly on contact after a month and a half without feeding. Instead, direct contact with the toxins from SCP-3227 will only cause a burning sensation. However, prolonged exposure without proper equipment will result in sickness, fatigue, paralysis, and eventually death. SCP-3227, while normally docile, is able to protect itself or trap fleeing prey when aggravated. SCP-3227's primary mode of defense is through releasing concentrated toxins. If that fails, it is also able to use an appendage closely resembling the tongue of a frog. In emergencies, SCP-3227 will open a large amount of small holes on the ground, plants, and trees, where multiple frog tongues are able to shoot out. One tongue that was severed during incident XX47-B was measured at 15 meters in length, and microscopic analysis revealed millions of small needles containing alkaloid toxins covering the tongues surface. When provoked, up to thousands of tongues have been reported to emerge and weave a web around their target, immobilizing and poisoning them. Since the discovery of SCP-3227, the Foundation has used the alkaline toxins that secrete from SCP-3227 for numerous projects. The alkaloids have been extremely useful in the creation of amnestics, as well as biological weapons and assisting in the containment of various other SCPs. While containment is a top priority for SCP-3227, the Foundation has also made it a top priority to utilize SCP-3227 to its maximum potential. Currently, Dr. Martin is leading a research effort to establish a large scale farming operation for SCP-3227 on Site-118. SCP-3227 was originally discovered in 1967 by a group of independent researchers who wandered into the jungle in search of new species of fauna. Locals avoided the area due to the mysterious deaths that occurred within it, which lead the researchers to believe that the deaths were due to an undiscovered species. Of the twelve that entered, only five managed to escape. Those researchers were discovered by the Foundation and were subsequently brought in for questioning. In 1972, while a sample of SCP-3227 was being brought to Site-118 via airplane along with several other Euclid class SCPs, there was an incident that resulted in a crash above the Talladega National Forest in Alabama. Although the other SCPs were recovered successfully, the sample of SCP-3227 was not found. Five years later, reports of hikers going missing in the area near the crash led to a secondary investigation. It was discovered that the sample of SCP-3227 had managed to survive the crash and grow in the Talladega National Forest, and was the exact size of the original. This instance of SCP-3227 contained all the same species of flora as the original. Attempts to remove this instance of SCP-3227 were initially met with failure and numerous casualties, however, the Foundation succeeded in removing SCP-3227 through the use of firebombs in July, 1978. Following this incident, humans were forbidden to interact with SCP-3227 in any destructive manner2. + Exploration Log 49B2A - Close Conducted May 12th, 1973 Description: Lead Researcher Arslan instructed seven D-Class personnel to attempt to cut down several of the trees within SCP-3227, and one additional D-Class to attempt to dig into SCP-3227. Each D-Class is armed with an axe, as well as a protective suit and gas mask. The D-Class with the task of digging was given a shovel. They were given two hours to make as much progress as they could, and were then instructed to return from SCP-3227 after the time had elapsed. They were instructed not to go too deep into SCP-3227 so that researchers could maintain visual contact with them through binoculars. Result: As soon as the D-Class personnel began to chop at SCP-3227, concentrated toxins began to leak into the air. The protective suits that the researchers had provided for the D-Class didn't appear to be adequate in stopping SCP-3227's toxin. The D-Class who struck at SCP-3227 collapsed after only a few seconds of exposure. One of the D-Class in the area, designated as D-231, witnessed this and ran back to the rendezvous point. The D-Class assigned to dig into SCP-3227, designated D-175, failed his task as the shovel wasn't capable of digging into SCP-3227. All D-Class personnel, except for D-231 and D-175, were poisoned and subsequently consumed by SCP-3227. Researcher's Notes: Dr. Arslan expressed disappointment in his inability to retrieve a sample of SCP-3227, but was optimistic about future projects. Dr Arslan and the rest of his research team concluded that, with proper protection that utilized oxygen tanks, it would be entirely possible to obtain small samples of SCP-3227. + Incident XX47-B - Close Date: June 19th, 1978. Incident Report: In the first attempt to remove the secondary instance of SCP-3227 from the Talladega National Forrest, ten Foundation agents who had been equipped with full protection suits and flamethrowers were sent to remove the instance. Due to numerous factors, the mission failed. One agent, Agent Maglow, managed to escape and reach the rendezvous point. Agent Maglow was commended for his bravery and service, however, the other nine members of his team were never recovered. The fire that resulted from their collective efforts had eliminated approximately 30% of this secondary instance of SCP-3227. However, it would take another month for the instance of SCP-3227 to be completely removed. When it was, researchers were unable to discover anything specific about the biology of SCP-3227, as it had been completely incinerated in the aftermath. + Interview Log XX47-B - Close On August 8th, 1978, Agent Maglow was interviewed by Dr. Arslan regarding Incident XX47-B. Only the interviews audio was recorded. Begin Audio Recording Dr. Arslan: Hello, Agent Maglow, my apologies for keeping you waiting. Dr. Arslan is heard sitting down, as well as laying papers onto a desk. Agent Maglow: Hey, doc. No problem. Dr. Arslan: You don't seem very chatty today, now do you? Would you like to reschedule the interview for some other time? Agent Maglow: No, no it's fine. I'd rather just get this over with so I don't have to think about it anymore. Dr. Arslan: That's the spirit! So, you've had more intimate experience with SCP-3227 than anyone else, so what I'd like to know… Agent Maglow: … Well, we went in to kill the thing, right? First, it might help if you briefed us better for shit like this. Also, there wasn't much synergy in the team. I only knew Doug and Jonas, we'd worked together a lot in the past, so we stuck together. The rest just went off and did their own thing. Dr. Arslan: Well, teams are made based off of recommendation and service records. As for the briefing, we told you men everything we knew at the time. That's why you and me are doing this. To find out more, so there are no more incidents like the last one. Agent Maglow: Well… Whatever. If that's what you're worried about, I'll skip ahead a bit. Doug, Jonas and I had been burning away at some of the trees and shit for maybe fifteen minutes, not too long. The flames weren't spreading like the researchers said they would, so we were getting antsy. So, we left that area to get started on another one. That's when those… Tongues, or whatever the fuck those things are started popping out of the woodwork. At this point, Agent Maglow takes a long pause. Agent Maglow: They hit Doug first. It happened quick, and there were a lot of them. He didn't even have time to defend himself, they just ripped right through him. I mean, like a big, concentrated group of them. Wasn't just one. Then, a bunch of the tongues wrapped his body up and pinned it to the ground. I don't think that the tongues knew that they killed him. I backed up, trying to figure out what the fuck was happening. Jonas ran over to try and get Doug out of there. I yelled over to tell him to forget it, and that we needed to run. But… Agent Maglow takes another long pause. Agent Maglow: It didn't do any good. The tongues grabbed his arms and legs and pulled him down hard, breaking his helmet. Soon as that happened, I knew the poison would get him in a few minutes. I turned and ran for the burnt up part, last thing I heard was Jonas throwing up. Poison I guess… Anyways, the thing got me just before I made it to the burnt part. I only had to deal with two of the tongues. One grabbed my leg from far away, and another opened up in the ground right next to me as I tripped, wrapping around my body. Lucky me, the thing missed my right arm, so I could get my knife out. Barely managed to cut that tongue that I gave you guys off, that thing was tough. Soon as I did, I shot the flamethrower at the tongue on my leg. Dr. Arslan: You shot your own leg with the flamethrower? Agent Maglow: No, no I shot the tongue. It was far away so I shot past my leg at the tongue. Dr. Arslan: Ah, I see. Please continue. Agent Maglow: That's about it. I grabbed the tongue and burnt a path outta there from the area we already burned. That's what happened. Dr. Arslan: I see, thank you for that report, then. I have one question, though. How do you think that those tongues were so accurate in hitting you and your comrades? Was it the pressure on the ground, or something else? Agent Maglow: Well, at first I thought that was it. The pressure. But when I hit the ground, I saw something where the tongue was coming out. Something that I thought I saw in the other ones that hit Doug and Jonas too. Dr. Arslan: You saw something in the holes? Agent Maglow: Yeah. Dr. Arslan: Well, what was it? Agent Maglow: There were eyes. Lots and lots of eyes. Tiny little ones, all over. They were completely black, but I could see the light from the fire reflecting off them. They were all over the place. If you ask me, they were watching us the whole damn time. Both Agent Maglow and Dr. Arslan are silent for a few moments. Dr. Arslan: I see. Thank you very much for this interview, it's been quite informative. End Audio Recording Note: Following this interview, further attempts to cause large scale harm to SCP-3227 were forbidden. Footnotes 1. Specifically, the Phyllobates terribilis 2. See Interview Log XX47-B ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3227" by Moohab, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3227. 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-3228 | euclid | SCP-3228 Item #: SCP-3228 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3228 is currently housed in a standard humanoid containment cell at Humanoid Containment Site 06-3. Additional beds are also located near SCP-3228's containment cell to be used in testing. All testing of SCP-3228 is to be supervised by Dr. McCormick and, upon completion of testing, all subjects are to referred for full psychiatric evaluation in order to determine the extent of 3228's effects on the subject. Following Test 3228-06, testing has been suspended due to an ongoing investigation into amnestic use, as authorised by O5-11. Description: SCP-3228 is a sentient humanoid entity measuring 1.92 meters in height. SCP-3228 appears to be composed of a ceramic material, closely resembling archaeological finds found at Solnitsata1, Bulgaria. While SCP-3228 does not appear to have a metabolism, and is unable to eat, drink, perspire and perform other life functions, SCP-3228 is capable of movement and vocalisation. However, under normal circumstances, SCP-3228 refuses to communicate with any other individual or group, although has been known to converse with various Foundation researchers on some occasions. If one or more personnel enter REM sleep within a 20 meter proximity of SCP-3228, an 3228-A Event will occur, characterised by two phases. Initially, SCP-3228 will remain in a motionless state for approximately six to nine hours in a "sleep-like" state. Subsequently, SCP-3228 will instantaneously resume normal activities and all subjects will awake from REM sleep simultaneously. Examinations of subjects awakening from REM sleep have shown varying levels of restructuring of neurons within the temporal lobe and hippocampus. In all cases, this has resulted in immediate memory loss, dependant on the extent of the changes occurring within the brain. Attempts to restore memory to affected personnel have so far proved inconclusive. The second phase of a 3228-A event will typically occur within 30 minutes of personnel awaking from REM sleep. This usually takes the form of an anomalous event, which some personnel under the influence of a 3228-A event describe as a "wish" being fulfilled (see Addendum #1 for examples of 3228-A events). Addendum #1: Testing Log + SHOW PARTIAL TESTING LOG OF SCP-3228 - Hide Test Number: 3228-01 Subject: D-4339 Observations: Approximately 20 minutes after subject awoke, a Caucasian female of approximately 40 years of age and two children of approximately 8 and 10 years of age appeared instantaneously around the bed previously occupied by D-4339. These were later identified as close relatives of D-4339, although subject was unable to recall numerous personal details about the individuals. Upon interrogation of these individuals, they all reported having a migraine shortly after D-4339 awoke from REM sleep and being transported instantaneously to D-4339's bedside. After testing negative for any anomalous traits, Class-B amnestics were administered to the family of D-4339 and escorted back to their home in [REDACTED]. The residency is currently under observation for any further anomalous activity. Test Number: 3228-02 Subject: D-32109 Observations: Subject was unable to recall numerous details about themselves and past activities. Within 5 minutes of awaking, subject complained of pains in their back. After two minutes, the skin ruptured violently in two slits either side of the spine, before two wings emerged from the site of injury. Subject was taken into medical care and is currently being held for further examination. Test Number: 3228-04 Subject: D-12558 Observations: Subject acquired substantial memory loss. Upon returning to his cell, Foundation watchdog algorithms noticed a total sum of $20,000,000 being distributed into various bank accounts belonging to relatives of D-12558. Additional Notes: The account used to transfer the money was registered to an individual known as "██████". A subsequent raid on a property in Provadia, Bulgaria, registered to the same individual, resulted in the discovery of the following note: To The Foundation, If you are to find this, which you most likely will do, it's important that, whatever you're doing to these people you send to "test" me with, you need to stop whatever you're doing. I don't know what you've done, but you've opened up the holes inside their head that should never be tampered with. Their memories have been taken, but the spaces they've left haven't been sealed up. Something feels very wrong when I'm inside their dreams. Please, stop while you can. - The one you call SCP-3228 Test Number: 3228-05 Subject: D-22678 Observations: Subject acquired near-complete memory loss. Researchers also reported that SCP-3228 appeared "physically drained" following the test. Approximately 12 minutes after D-12558's awakening, SCP-████ breached containment, during which D-22678 managed to escape Foundation custody. Attempts to locate D-22678 are currently ongoing. Additional Notes: Following this, all D-Class to be tested on SCP-3228 are to undergo evaluation prior to testing in order to prevent using D-Class personnel that will result in similar events from occurring. Test Number: 3228-06 Subject: D-6797 Observations: The first stage of the 3228-A Event ended prematurely (only ██ minutes in). Both SCP-3228 and D-6797 appeared startled and physically drained. The second phase of the 3228-A event never occurred. [FURTHER INFORMATION RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 4 ACCESS AND ABOVE] Addendum #2: Recovery Log The Foundation was alerted to SCP-3228 after receiving numerous reports of anomalous events (later confirmed to be 3228-A events) throughout eastern France. However, SCP-3228 was only apprehended after Foundation surveillance recorded 3228 attempting to enter a site formerly having ties to GoI-0267 ("Are We Cool Yet?"). 3228 initially refused to converse with Foundation personnel until Dr. McCormick eventually achieved an interview with SCP-3228. Interview Transcript3228-01 Date: ██/██/2017 Interviewed: SCP-3228 Interviewer: Dr. McCormick, with ████████████ on standby <Begin Log> Dr. McCormick: Greetings, SCP-3228. We'd like to ask you a few questions if that's okay with you? [SCP-3228 nods.] Dr. McCormick: I'd like to start by asking what you know about where you are - do you know who we are? Why you're here? SCP-3228: …My father once spoke about this place… Dr. McCormick: Could you care to elaborate? SCP-3228: He said it was a prison, a place things like us spend their days stripped of all freedom and forced to live in a disconsolate isolation from the world. And now - confined to these bare, lifeless walls - I see that much is true. Now, I have no other option to escape into dreams; above anything it only serves to keep me sane… Dr. McCormick: What exactly do you mean by "escaping" into dreams? SCP-3228: When people dream, they create entire worlds in their minds, worlds I can go to. Most people I meet are re-living the highlights of their lives and remembering the people they love. But some people… some have detestable fantasies; desires that conjure up cruel and twisted imagery. It's sickening, haunting… I need something to block out that pain. But I feel guilty for taking away from the people who have kept my faith in humanity intact. You understand? [Dr. McCormick is instructed via earpiece to question 3228 about the individual it calls "father"] Dr. McCormick: I see. You mentioned your "father" earlier and his knowledge of the Foundation. Can you tell me anything about him? SCP-3228: Well,"father" is what he wanted us to call him. I was one of a number of his "children". He told us that we had been gifted life, that we were something more than the humans of this world. But, he was never content with what he had. He'd become corrupt by his obsession to create something greater, something evocative, something to show society its greed and destructive nature. Even after claiming that he had finally made the "perfect" piece his human-like obsession to his work left his old creations ageing unloved, unwanted, without a single loving figure in their lives… [SCP-3228 hesitates.] SCP-3228: We fought, me and him; the false reality I had been led to believe fuelling my anger towards him, but when he threatened to take away my existence I ran like a coward. When I returned, he'd gone. They'd all gone, and only then did I realise how alone I was. Dr. McCormick: Have you ever found your "father" since? Do you know where your fellow creations are? SCP-3228: I've tried to find them, as well as my father, ever since; following rumours, gathering information, searching dreams for any trace of my siblings so I can end my life of solitude… But I guess that will never happen now I'm trapped here for eternity. I hope you're happy with yourselves for this. Dr. McCormick: Is there anything else you can tell us, about anything you've said, SCP-3228? [Silence.] Dr. McCormick: … I think that'll do for now then. Terminating interview. <End Log> + FURTHER INFORMATION RESTRICTED TO LEVEL 4 ACCESS AND ABOVE - Access granted. Addendum #3: During Test 3228-06, the following interview was conducted after D-6797 emerged from REM sleep. Interview Transcript3228-02 Date: ██/██/2017 Interviewed: SCP-3228 Interviewer: Dr. McCormick via intercom <Begin Log> SCP-3228: [panting] … What… have you done? Dr. McCormick: SCP-3228, what's going on? SCP-3228: I warned you… I tried to get you to stop, but you wouldn't listen. Everything I did and you still wouldn't stop… Dr. McCormick: Can you elaborate SCP-3228? What happened? SCP-3228: The moment I went into his mind, I could sense it, only stronger this time than ever before. So, I went looking for whatever this thing was, and I found something… Dr. McCormick: I need you to explain this more SCP-3228. What happened? What did you find? SCP-3228: … An oblivion. A void. In the place where his memories should be, there was an emptiness. But that presence - the one I've felt in all your "D-Classes" - it was more menacing, more sinister than ever before, worse than the thoughts of man I'm all too familiar with. And me being there was making it stronger, as if the darkness and the loneliness was feeding off of my own conscience. It kept pulling me in further, further into the darkness, further than I thought there was. I tried resisting, but that only dragged me further in, until… Until I saw… That thing… No, no… [SCP-3228 covers its face in its hands and cries out in fear] Dr. McCormick: What did you see? SCP-3228: … I can't. I can't do this. You have to put an end to this testing - I don't care what your superiors say, I'm not going in those minds again. I won't risk it. I won't. [Dr. McCormick is advised to terminate the interview.] Dr. McCormick: …I'm going to end this here. Thank you, SCP-3228. <End Log> Footnotes 1. 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SCP-3229 | euclid | SCP-3229 limestone formation, note tinged lighting. Item #: SCP-3229 Special Containment Procedures: The entrance to SCP-3229 must be monitored by a Foundation naval contingent to prevent any unauthorised access. The Foundation nuclear submarine SCPF Johansen must remain stationed at the entrance to SCP-3229. In the event of a containment breach, Protocol Alert-27 is to be initiated immediately. Vessels assigned to the Area 55 Containment Force are to report to Site Director Yu and assigned to assist in both exploration and security efforts when necessary. Submersibles assigned to exploration efforts are to report to MTF Gamma-6 Command. All submersible exploration efforts are to maintain safe distance of 10 kilometres from any submerged SCP-3229-A settlement. All submersible expedition commanders must have full knowledge of Protocol Alert-27. Area 55 is the epicentre of a stable perimeter around the western-most island in the SCP-3229 archipelago, with efforts being taken to expand operations towards the "temple island" north-east of Area 55. MTF Iota-13 and MTF Beta-44 are to aid with the expansion of the Foundation held perimeter. If direct confrontation cannot be avoided, personnel are permitted to utilise lethal force against SCP-3229-A entities. Due to the durability of SCP-3229-A instances, small arms fire must be used in overlapping fields of fire. Hollow-point rounds are recommended for engagement, if small arms are to be used. Sample entities of SCP-3229-B are to be contained in a 5 metre by 5 metre containment tank of reinforced glass. No contact is to be made with any SCP-3229-B entity unless cleared by Dr. Iseigo. Any experimentation with SCP-3229-B organisms must be undertaken in sealed protective gear. Any personnel victim to implantation by SCP-3229-B are to be terminated immediately. MTF Gamma-6 (Deep Feeders) is to continue investigation into the exact nature of SCP-3229-O and account for any further hostile presence within SCP-3229. All findings containing information relevant to SCP-3229-O are to be reported to Site Director Yu. Any encountered SCP-3229-O entity must not be engaged unless containment is at risk of being compromised. Description: SCP-3229 is a spacial anomaly located within a cave system ██ kilometres from the southwest coast of Svalbard. The cave itself is situated on an islet approximately 18 square metres. Within these caves is an archipelago of 312 islands of varying size, situated within an area of approximately ████ square kilometres. This space is not reachable by any means other than the cave entrance, and as such appears to be separate from this plane of reality. The archipelago within SCP-3229 appears to have been inhabited by a pre-industrial civilisation which has spread across the entirety of SCP-3229. The majority of islands inside SCP-3229 are covered in buildings of non-euclidean architecture. These buildings are largely constructed of limestone and an unknown coral-like substance. Luminescent crystals provide lighting, universally tinged in a pale green/yellow. Numerous glyphs are carved across the limestone portions of every building discovered in SCP-3229 thus far. These glyphs have no known anomalous properties and have been partially translated. The structures present throughout the archipelago range in size and complexity, with the more complex structures present on the larger islands within SCP-3229. The two most expansive islands within the archipelago are home to a palace structure and a primary temple respectively. The temple structure is currently unexplored by Foundation personnel, while the palace has been entered and multiple items of interest recovered (See Addenda). The palace island is lightly inhabited, and evidence suggests that the occupants have migrated to a settlement beneath the ocean. Exploration attempts by MTF Gamma-6 have since confirmed this hypothesis. Further investigation has revealed that SCP-3229-O is responsible for the creation of these submerged settlements by [REDACTED]. The temple island however has been observed to maintain a consistent presence of SCP-3229-A entities, which have been observed to grow in numbers at times relating to the lunar cycle. It is unknown how SCP-3229-A instances maintain awareness of the lunar cycle. It is hypothesised that the SCP-3229-A presence on the temple island is directly related to SCP-3229-O, which according to recovered antiquity, is to receive communion with the "priesthood" at the height of the lunar cycle. The structures on the larger islands vary in size, with the majority being approximately 6.6 metres in height (2 storeys). The largest structure known to the Foundation, the primary temple, is 55 metres (16.6 storeys) in height. The majority of the smaller islands surveyed by Foundation teams bear minimal signs of life. Inhabited "villages", containing small numbers of SCP-3229-A entities, are common. Observation has determined that the inhabitants of these villages spend a large majority of their time underwater as opposed to dwelling inside their constructed houses. The SCP-3229-A instances inhabiting the smaller islands do not migrate to the larger submerged settlements, but are instead found within reefs and similar natural formations close to the coast. It is probable some form of social hierarchy exists among SCP-3229-A instances which prevents access to the larger submerged settlements. + Log_3229/01E://initial_entry. -ACCESSING LOG. DATE: 11/04/████ FOREWORD: The following is an extract from a log written by Captain ████ Daniels of the SCPF Emmerson. This log details the initial entry of SCP-3229 and the exploration of what is now Area 55. …everyone in the crew noticed a shift as soon as we entered the cave. For one, it got a hell of a lot less cold. It was like stepping inside a house from a blizzard outside. That kind of contrast. I didn't like it, made my second feel uneasy too. The roof of the cave seemed to jut upwards suddenly, and the back of the cave opened up. We entered the inside of the caves through a river of some sort. It was wide enough for the ship. It led out through this first island and into the wider space. Further out looked like a full sized ocean. Mickie said he could see at least three other islands right away, and more of those lights in the distance. I made the call to stop where we were, set up an FOB. Somehow we could still call back to Command outside. The men were restless initially. We did a quick survey of the island and found nothing. Ruins mostly, all limestone and those carvings. Nothing hostile on the surface while we secured a perimeter. Some of the men swore that something was watching them from the water though. Nobody wanted to go too close. We tried testing the coastline and the plunge step seems to drop right off. It's as if the islands are on stilts. We pulled back from the edge of the island when one of the men went missing. Barron swears that she saw something jump out of the water and drag him down. We've no other witnesses or incidents, but if I had to assume anything, it'd be this. We're being watched, probed even, with hostile intent. We were sleeping in shifts when the first of them tried to go for the camp. It was a dozen of them, humanoid but definitely not human. They tore through most of the camp until we brought the heavier weapons to bear. We're still not sure how many men we lost. One of the survivors told my second they tried to capture rather than kill, he saw them dragging people back under the water. I don't even want to consider what they want with the poor bastards. Strangest thing, one of the men belowdecks reported he could hear a rumbling. It was coming from the water, but it wasn't one of those things that attacked us. It sounded bigger. It sounded like great, booming laughter. SCP-3229 is currently inhabited by a number of aquatic and amphibious lifeforms unidentified prior to discovery, with the most common entity hostile to Foundation personnel being SCP-3229-A. SCP-3229-A are humanoid amphibious hybrids that are the primary hostile inhabitants of SCP-3229. While some degree of variation exists between instances of SCP-3229-A, all entities exhibit a collection of common traits: discoloured, blue-grey skin. coral-like growths, commonly found around the cranium and protruding from near the shoulder blades. Large dorsal fins. Glassy eyes. Numerous SCP-3229-B instances visible moving beneath the skin. It is unknown if SCP-3229-A entities remain sentient after the implantation of SCP-3229-B. Recorded behaviour suggests at least a rudimentary level of sapience, as SCP-3229-A entities are capable of ambush and limited strategy. SCP-3229-A entities appear have some understanding of religious process, evident by the behaviour of SCP-3229-A entities on the temple island. Further investigation is required to determine the exact level of intelligence SCP-3229-A entities possess. SCP-3229-B is a parasitic life-form which is responsible for the creation of SCP-3229-A entities. SCP-3229-B are wormlike organisms of varying length, commonly 2-4 inches in diameter. Instances of SCP-3229-B have a featureless exterior that is covered in a liquid produced from the skin of SCP-3229-B. This liquid is suspected to be a mutagen, although it is hypothesised to also act as a lubricant. The entities enter a host via any available orifice. The mouth, eyes or anus are commonly utilised, but SCP-3229-B has also been noted entering through artificial orifices in victims, such as gunshot wounds or injuries caused by SCP-3229-A. This form of implantation is less common, as SCP-3229-B gravitates towards an able bodied host. The full process of SCP-3229-B implantation has been observed and documented. EXPERIMENT LOG 3229-B/01_I DATE: ██/██/████ TEST SUBJECT: D-32311 AUTHORISATION: Site Director Yu. Experiment supervised by Dr. Iseigo. [BEGIN LOG] 00:00: D-3231145 is introduced to testing chamber, restrained. 00:03: SCP-3229-B organism is introduced to the testing chamber. D-32311 emits audible distress. 00:05: SCP-3229-B enters D-32311 via oral implantation, dislocating D-32311's jaw in the process. Attempts at resistance by D-32311 are fruitless. 00:06: D-3231145 (hereby designated as "host") begins violent spasms. X-Ray indicates the SCP-3229-B organism is dividing to spread through the hosts body. Initial division begins in the upper esophagus. 00:11: SCP-3229-B has finished it's division process. Multiple organisms are situated around major organs and along muscle tissue. Host has lapsed into shock. 00:12: SCP-3229-B organisms appear to "pulsate". It is hypothesised this action is responsible for the dispersal of SCP-3229-B's mutagenic properties in a host. 00:15: Host resumes spasms, however X-Ray and audio feeds indicate the host is undergoing severe skeletal restructuring. Host remains conscious throughout the process. 00:21: Host's skin begins rapid discolouration. 00:25: Multiple growths appear on the hosts cranium and around the face. 00:26: Growths have also appeared along the shoulder-blades. No growth has currently breached the skin. 00:30: Protrusions breach the skin, revealing the coral-like substance present on SCP-3229-A instances. Host's facial structure has been largely distorted. 00:48: Host has finished skeletal restructuring. Dorsal fin is now visible and lower limbs have become double jointed. Hands of SCP-3229-A instance appear elongated, with digits 1.5 times the length of the original host's. Skin is now taut, revealing altered skeletal structure and SCP-3229-B instances. SCP-3229-B instances have resumed passive movement throughout SCP-3229-A. 00:50: Host, now designated SCP-3229-A, becomes agitated and breaches restraints. 00:51: Security personnel enter testing chamber and attempt to subdue SCP-3229-A. 00:52: SCP-3229-A breaches containment, showing marked increase in strength and durability. 00:58: SCP-3229-A instance is terminated by security personnel, after terminating multiple research staff including Dr. ████. [END LOG] Notes: "It's still necessary we keep samples of 3229-B on site. If we can find out which part of their mutagen causes the host to gain that impressive level of strength, we could use it for our own means. Imagine a soldier with the ability to rip apart Kevlar with their bare hands. You can't say we couldn't use that." - Dr. Iseigo SCP-3229-B organisms are opportunistic, but unable to infect a resisting host, due to a lack of physical strength. As a result, implantation is often undertaken upon captured hosts by SCP-3229-A entities. SCP-3229-B implantation is treated in a ritualistic fashion by SCP-3229-A instances. This is hypothesised to be due to the relationship between SCP-3229-B and SCP-3229-O. SCP-3229-O is an unidentified aquatic organism of unknown size and origin. Recovered sources refer to it as a significant figure within the pantheon of the archipelago's original civilisation. It is known to be responsible for the creation of SCP-3229-B and, by proxy, SCP-3229-A. Recovered sources also state that only one SCP-3229-O instance remains, with the rest of the pantheon now extinct. While no physical encounters with SCP-3229-O have been made, it is probable that an SCP-3229-O entity exists. Protocol Alert-27 has been established to contain/neutralise a possible hostile SCP-3229-O entity. [DATA REDACTED. ACCESS TO FURTHER INFORMATION ON SCP-3229-O/PROTOCOL ALERT-27 IS LIMITED TO LEVEL 4 PERSONNEL.] Addendum 01/RI: Multiple items of note have been recorded by MTF Gamma-6 and Foundation forces responsible for expanding the secure perimeter. The total log is currently 312 retrieved items. For complete records see 3229/TL-1/Retrieval. Item Designation Description Location Recovered Slate 01-T A limestone tablet, on the original use of the island now housing Area 55. The island was considered "god-forsaken" and a path towards heretical lands. Area 55. Sample 3229-B/01 SCP-3229-B Mutagen, stored in a clear glass vial. While evidence of the SCP-3229 civilisation's capacity for glasswork, it also indicates some study was undertaken by the civilisation prior to wide-scale implantation. Palatial-island. Slate 05-T/MC A series of 12 limestone columns, inscribed. The columns are a record of the ruling families attempt to stop implantation of SCP-3229-B. This attempt led to the ruling class being overthrown by a religious organisation, which expanded implantation and led the civilisation "under the blessed sea" to seek "communion". Further translation pending. █████ ██████ Slate 02-T/L A limestone mural with artistic carvings. The mural appears to show initial contact with SCP-3229-O by the 3229 civilisation. This contact appears hostile, as multiple figures are shown spearing SCP-3229-O from a vessel. All these figures are shown contorted on their vessel, while multiple large tentacles surround them. Palatial island. Item 12-M A small toy, constructed of seaweed. It appears to be a figure of SCP-3229-B. Village ██. Item 44-M Item of pottery, images show initial discovery of SCP-3229-B by unknown party, who presents SCP-3229-B to a group of individuals. Final third of pottery shows family of three undergoing SCP-3229-B implantation. Village ███. Item 3229-O/151 [REDACTED BY ORDER OF MTF-GAMMA 6 COMMAND] [REDACTED] Slate 07-S A large mosaic, constructed of limestone and ████. The image shows the religious heads of SCP-3229's civilisation, now appearing as SCP-3229-A entities, guiding multiple figures underwater, where a SCP-3229-O entity resides. Further images show worship of SCP-3229-O and multiple tentacles destroying a large landmass with unidentified structures. Scattered items of text detail a "time of heretics" and salvation being achieved when "Great ███████████ swallows the land and brings all into the Blessed Sea." [REDACTED] Addendum 3229/02-1DA As of 17/10/████, Area 55 has been assaulted twice by large groups of SCP-3229-A entities. Further security resources are to be dispatched to Area 55 and made available to MTF Iota-13 and MTF Beta-44. Due to the inefficient nature of current munitions against SCP-3229-A, gyro-jet rounds are to be assigned to all MTF units. The Area 55 armoury must replace all unnecessary small arms with high calibre or explosive weaponry. Further expansion of the Area 55 perimeter is not to be attempted until sufficient reinforcements are acquired. Addendum 3229/-O_025 As of 07/05/████, three surveyed islands to the south-east of Area 55 have been sunk. Included in these islands was Research Outpost 34. Preliminary reports indicate 97% of on site staff were lost. MTF Gamma-6 were the first to respond to the event, picking up 5 survivors. All surviving personnel were exposed to a cognitohazard and were unable to provide further insight into the event. MTF Gamma-6 has requested additional resources be allocated for Protocol Alert-27. Area 55 has in addition been provided with on-site nuclear warheads as required by the updated Protocol Alert-27. Further seismic activity of this magnitude is expected. +Interview 3229-O/G-6: -ACCESSING LOG. WARNING: THE FOLLOWING FILE IS LEVEL 04/3229 CLASSIFIED ANY ATTEMPT TO ACCESS THIS FILE WITHOUT LEVEL 04/3229 AUTHORIZATION WILL BE LOGGED AND WILL LEAD TO IMMEDIATE DISCIPLINARY ACTION. Interview 3229-O/G-6_2913 Date: ██/██/████ Interviewed: Agent ███ Deveruex, MTF Gamma-6 Interviewer: ███ ██████, MTF Gamma-6 Command Foreword: On the initial encounter and threat assessment of SCP-3229-O. Begin Log —— G-6 Com: Agent, for the record, please recount initial contact with SCP-3229-O. Deveruex: Yes sir. We were on board the submersible when the entity made contact, we'd just- G-6 Com: Agent, please name the submersible. Deveruex: It was the SCPF Thurston, she was designed for stealth operations. Seemed like it worked fine for dodging the fishies; sorry sir, the -A's. Anyway we were a long way out and really fucking deep. I can't remember the exact depth. We'd just passed several submerged ruins that we were translating and cataloguing. Looked like one of the settlements above ground, but it'd been sunk somehow. G-6 Com: What did you find in this submerged area? Deveruex: A lot of intel on the -O. Accounts on the -B's being used to turn people into fishies, so they could be closer to their god. We also had info on the -O's influence. The fishies are worshippers, and from what we could glean from the texts, they can receive commands. The whole place seemed like some sort of library, with records on everything. We even got it's name, ███████████. We were maybe a tenth of the way through when something hit the hull and we stopped. G-6 Com: And this was the -O entity? Deveruex: No, it was a -A, but not your usual fishie. He had this weird robe on, we couldn't tell if it was clothing or part of his body. Molinero took three guys down into the airlock, they were ready to take the thing out. It just swam in, calm as anything, didn't even seem to notice the guys. It was mumbling shit, in it's own language. We assumed it was the same as those glyphs, the same language I mean. Nobody knew how to translate that shit, it's only ever been read so the fact it was speaking to us, just weirded everyone out. G-6 Com: None of the crew had any idea what the -A was saying? Deveruex: I'm telling you sir, the whole situation was just nuts. We didn't think those things could be passive. It kept mumbling and mumbling. Molinero was asking if they could lock it in as partial containment. Then out of nowhere it started getting agitated. Not hostile, but the chants were getting louder. It sounded like it was scared. G-6 Com: And this was when the -O entity made contact, correct? Deveruex: [Pause] Do we have permission to smoke in here sir? G-6 Com: Agent, please answer the question. Deveruex: Yeah, that's when the thing hit us. Whole sub rocked to the side. Molinero and the others got blown out of the airlock. Some kind of fucking tentacle grabbed them. I never got a good look; but you could tell the thing was big. It had the sub pinned, completely dead in the water. G-6 Com: And it was at this point the Thurston attempted to engage? Deveruex: It had 400 millimetre torpedoes, two of 'em. They're designed to tear through warships. They hit the thing, it bled, but it didn't even seem to notice. Launched the 553's too; just made the thing angry. I saw those munitions hit it, blow open a part of it. The thing's body just morphed, contorted. It repaired the damage and grew some new body part. That's when I got off the bridge. G-6 Com: So what was your next course of action. Deveruex: I was gearing up to try lead the thing away with some divers, distract it maybe. Then the bridge got hit. Must've been a cognitohazard or something because they all fucking lost it. People were already freaking out, the sub was being crushed. The bridge crew going nuts just made everything worse. They were broadcasting it over the intercom while the -O was squeezing the sub. G-6 Com: But you had already seen the -O, how were you not affected? Deveruex: I've no idea sir. Maybe I didn't see enough of it. Maybe it was just a fucking miracle. I don't know. G-6 Com: What were the cognitohazardous effects of -O that you witnessed? Deveruex: They were all fucking babbling sir, it was just like the fishie we picked up. One of the lieutenants was clawing his eyes out, kept saying he could feel something slithering behind them. Fujimori was up there as well. Poor bastard had pretty high resistance too, he was trained for these situations. He was trying to surface, to get away from the thing. He saved everyone on that boat. G-6 Com: What was Captain ████'s situation? Deveruex: The Cap was the worst. He was on the ground, fetal position and everything. He was just mumbling to himself, it wasn't even fucking English. He was speaking the same language as the fishie; just shaking on the floor and chanting the same three things over and over. G-6 Com: So how was the entity incapacitated? Deveruex: It wasn't. The diving team went out without me. The fishie we picked up was in there still, no idea how. They just grabbed it and took it out with 'em. Maybe the extra movement distracted it, or maybe it didn't even care about the sub to begin with. Whatever it was, something made it lose interest in the Thurston for a moment. Fuji just took us up, slammed right into the thing. It slapped at the sub briefly, but the divers did something to distract it. It let us go. Fuji collapsed as soon as we hit the surface. G-6 Com: Was there any contact from the dive team after the entity disengaged? Deveruex: Nothing comprehensible. They got hit by the cognitohazard I guess. G-6 Com: [Pause] Alright Agent, final question. Could you give a proper threat assessment regarding the entity? Deveruex: What? G-6 Com: If the -O entity were to become actively hostile, could we stop it? Would Alert-27 be able to stop it? Deveruex: [Silence] G-6 Com: You're dismissed, Agent Deveruex. Agent Deveruex exits the Interview Room End Log ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3229" by Chiriox, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3229. 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: 3229_limestone_cave_eg Name: Limestone Pakarang Cave Ceiling Author: M.inse31 License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: Wikimedia Commons |
SCP-3230 | safe | Item#: 3230 Level4 Containment Class: safe Secondary Class: none Disruption Class: dark Risk Class: danger link to memo An approximate diagram of a Kerr black hole's structure. The rotation of the black hole causes it to stretch into an oblate spheroid shape, along with changing its gravitational singularity from a single point to a ring. Click to enlarge. A simulation of a particle in orbit around a Kerr-Newman black hole, generated by the yukterez.aic artificial intelligence. Click to enlarge. Special Containment Procedures: Autonomous Orbital Station Riemann-002 will monitor SCP-3230 from its orbit around SCP-3230-A. AOS R-002 will send all obtained data to Orbital Area-11 for analysis by the SCP-3230 research team, the Extrasolar Activities Division, the Physics Department, and the Esoteric Physics Department. AOS R-002's Thaumic Transportation Gate may be used to send research probes and devices into SCP-3230-A orbit, following approval by the SCP-3230 Research Committee. All devices sent this way will be in communication with AOS R-002. In the event that the fusion reactor and backup energy systems on AOS R-002 experience irreparable malfunctions, the station will periodically deploy a specialized flywheel into the ergosphere1 of SCP-3230-A. The flywheel will split into two halves, causing a momentum change so that one half falls into the event horizon and the other is accelerated to speeds needed to exit the ergosphere. The escaping half takes from the rotational energy of the black hole in its acceleration, and stores it as usable energy for the station. Replacement halves will be supplied by Orbital Area-11. Due to SCP-3230's location, it is not expected to be discovered by civilian or governmental organizations. Standard amnestic and disinformation protocols will be performed in the event of discovery. Description: SCP-3230 is the collective designation for multiple anomalous black holes and related phenomena, located 13 megaparsecs from the center of the Local Void2. SCP-3230-A is a rotating and electrically charged black hole3 possessing a radius of 21 R☉ (solar radii) and a mass of 9 M☉ (solar masses). SCP-3230-B1 through B13 are rotating black holes4 possessing 1 R☉ radii and masses of 0.01 M☉, which are in highly erratic orbits around SCP-3230-A. These masses are unusually low, predicted to be significantly larger based on current mathematical models of black holes. SCP-3230-C are objects moving at speeds of 2c. The objects move by distorting spacetime in a spherical region around them, displacing them through space at superluminal speeds.5 These spatial distortions visually appear as a region of gravitational lensing. The composition and properties of SCP-3230-C are unknown, due to the superluminal speeds and gravitational bending around them preventing accurate observation. Sizes including the region of distortion are a length of ~6km and a maximum width of ~20km. SCP-3230-A and SCP-3230-B experience 3230-TRYPA Events, each of which lasts 42 seconds and repeats immediately following its conclusion. A timeline is shown below: 0-10 seconds: SCP-3230-A releases a beam of electromagnetic radiation moving at undetermined superluminal speeds (hereafter referred to as tachyons), directed into SCP-3230-B instances. 10-21 seconds: Tachyon emissions end. SCP-3230-C instances exit SCP-3230-A and enter SCP-3230-B instances. 21-31 seconds: Tachyon emissions originating from SCP-3230-B instances enter SCP-3230-A. 31-42 seconds: SCP-3230-C instances will exit SCP-3230-B instances and enter SCP-3230-A. No major alterations between events have been observed. Addendum.1: On 25-August-2025, Autonomous Exploration Satellite Yau-009 was transported from Orbital Area-11 to high SCP-3230-A orbit via the Thaumic Transportation Gate on AOS R-002. Following five days of preparation, the satellite was sent into SCP-3230-B1 for explorative purposes on 30-August-2025. The Lang Distortion Drive was kept active while providing limited thrust, using the spatial distortions to protect against spaghettification and other tidal forces from the black holes. Thaumic Communication Gateways6 were disabled to prevent potential gravitational damage to Dimensional Outpost-51. Contact was lost until 2-September-2025 when AES Y-009 exited the anomaly. This exit time was significantly sooner than what had been predicted. The time dilation normally generated by black holes is large enough that a subject passing the event horizon could experience one hour while billions of years pass in the outside universe. AES Y-009 experienced two hours inside with four days passing outside, indicating a highly abnormal spacetime topography for the anomaly. SCP-3230-B1 served as an intra-dimensional wormhole.7 The satellite exited out of a different Kerr black hole, entering a region near the center of the Pegasus Void. A central Kerr-Newman black hole possessing the same size, rotational speed, and electrical charge as SCP-3230-A is present in the area, along with thirteen orbiting Kerr black holes identical to SCP-3230-B instances. All of the black holes have been observed to undergo 3230-TRYPA Events, and SCP-3230-C instances are produced by the central one. SCP-3230-A has been redesignated to SCP-3230-A1 and the new instance has been classified as SCP-3230-A2. Plans to enter additional SCP-3230-B instances is pending approval. Addendum.2: Following the outfitting of AES Y-009 with a Transportation Gate (currently used to transport satellites into SCP-3230-A orbits) on 6-September-2025, the probe has discovered thirty SCP-3230-A instances via travel through SCP-3230-B. As it has been determined that travel at high superluminal speeds is a safe method to navigate SCP-3230-B instances, the travel time between SCP-3230-A has been drastically decreased. All discovered SCP-3230-A possess the same number of SCP-3230-B and experience 3230-TRYPA Events. All SCP-3230-A and SCP-3230-B have identical properties. Gathered astronomical data has shown that each instance is located in a cosmic void, commonly near the centers of them. All but two of the voids are within the observable universe (from the perspective of Earth). Full details are in Document YAU-009-EXP. Exploration is ongoing. ▷ SCP-3230 Research: Tachyon Emission Sequence Analysis ▽ SCP-3230 Research: Tachyon Emission Sequence Analysis EXTRASOLAR ACTIVITIES DIVISION SCP-3230 RESEARCH — SCIENTIFIC REPORT 3230-TRYPA TACHYON EMISSION SEQUENCE ANALYSIS A. Idan, F. Glenn, et al. — 20-Sept-2025 […] A segment of the Epsilon Radiation Detection Array, used in 3230-TRYPA Event tachyon analysis. The analysis of tachyon emissions from SCP-3230-A instances has been of interest to the SCP-3230 research team and the Heimdall Council, after theories were posed that they could serve as a method of communication between SCP-3230-A instances. Advanced tachyon detectors derived from ███████ allowed Autonomous Exploration Satellite Yau-009 to study the emissions while orbiting SCP-3230-B instances, with the data analyzed by Foundation bots. Based on past research, alternations between two different tachyon wave frequencies over time could form a binary sequence, which if properly decrypted can display data in the form of images. However, the sequences are highly complex and can be displayed in many ways, the simplest being a 6-dimensional image. Attempts at using the ANANSI 16-Qbit quantum computer to decrypt the 6D image caused its artificial intelligence to produce a single image and crash. […] ▷ ATTACHMENT: ANANSI-3230-1 ▽ ATTACHMENT: ANANSI-3230-1 VIEWING ATTACHED IMAGE FILE ▷ Exploration Log SCP-3230-B2 (A61) [EXCERPT] ▽ Exploration Log SCP-3230-B2 (A61) [EXCERPT] Exploration Video Log Transcript Starting Date: 26-September-2025 Probe: Autonomous Exploration Satellite Yau-009 Subject: SCP-3230-B2 (orbiting SCP-3230-A61) Procedure: AES Y-009 will follow standard safety and operational procedures for SCP-3230-B exploration. All measuring devices and cameras will be enabled, using Foundation bots to remove LDD-induced distortions from footage and data. [BEGIN LOG] AES Y-009 is thirty minutes into the mission and has entered SCP-3230-B2. Moderate amounts of visual light are present within the region. Highly redshifted photons that entered the black hole in the far past cause half of the region to be a dull red in color, the other half a dull blue from blueshifted photons that recently entered. Four SCP-3230-C instances are observed near the satellite, moving in a single file formation. Each object leaves a trail of light behind it, each composed of slowly moving photons that exited the gravitational distortions and are falling into the ring singularity. The singularity cannot be directly seen, though the satellite's Minkowski Spacetime Monitor can detect it. AES Y-009 adjusts its course to move alongside the instances for analysis. Visual artifacts resembling patterns of thirteen tridecagons begin manifesting in the footage. The instances exit their formation and encircle AES Y-009. Each anomaly begins to emit tachyons in the direction of the probe for one second. After a two second pause the behavior repeats, which occurs two more times. High amounts of visual artifacts are present in the footage at this point. Patterns of 12 circles with a set of concentric tridecagons positioned away from them are common. The instances then move away from AES Y-009 to their original positions. Abruptly, all instances redirect and head toward the ring singularity. They reach the center of the singularity and vanish from the range of the Minkowski Spacetime Monitor.8 [END LOG] Afterward: Analysis of tachyon emissions from the SCP-3230-C instances show similarities with standard SCP-3230-A emissions, though the binary sequences were significantly less complex. Conversion into an image displays sentences composed of multiple unknown languages and proto-nordic runes, several of which are unknown. Until the Exo-Linguistics Department can identify the languages, full translation is impossible. Translated sentence fragments from the emissions are below. …the chains. I am the… I am the [tridecagonal rune], hear… …she will make the world (ruins?) but I will be… …do not… the mother will not… the unchained… …do not (bring, deliver?) her ruination to me. The past temporal position the instances traveled to is unknown. Addendum.3: ▷ [LEVEL 3/3230 ACCESS REQUIRED] ▽ [ACCESS GRANTED] Exploration Video Log Transcript Starting Date: 3-October-2025 Probe: Autonomous Exploration Satellite Nordström-001 Subject: SCP-3230-A1 Procedure: AES N-001 will enter SCP-3230-A1 and orbit inside it for a maximum time of one day (relative to the black hole's interior). The probe will follow the same safety precautions and operational procedures taken by AES Y-009, with the addition of a Xyank/Anastasakos Constant Temporal Sink to prevent potential causality and time dilation related damage. All cameras and measuring devices will be active. [BEGIN LOG] AES N-001 is in orbit around SCP-3230-A1. Due to the lack of any nearby stars the black holes appear to be nonexistent, though thermal imaging cameras show small amounts of Hawking radiation surrounding and radiating from each one. SCP-3230-C tachyon emissions are detected. AES N-001 alters its orbit so the trajectory enters the black hole. The descent lasts several minutes, with the first observable effects of the gravitational changes coming from light emitted by the probe bending into the black hole after exiting the LDD spatial distortion region. The thermal imaging cameras show the horizon of SCP-3230-A1 gradually bend into a straight line then sharply curve upwards. There is a flash of orange light as AES Y-009 passes through a layer of photons orbiting just under the horizon, and the horizon bends into small circle of highly blueshifted light which then vanishes. Abnormally high quantities of tachyons and unusual patterns of gravitational distortions are detected originating from the black hole's center. After two hours relative to the satellite, AES N-001 passes the Cauchy horizon. Cameras register large amounts of illumination in the area that was previously unobserved, likely due to the ability for light to orbit within the region instead of entirely falling towards the ring singularity. Hundreds of luminescent, white spherical objects (designated SCP-3230-E), with radii ranging from ~900km to ~30000km, are observed to be in highly erratic orbits around the ring singularity. The largest instances are all connected to each other with long tendrils, with smaller ones connected this way or orbiting them. Due to this many form large sheets resembling organic tissue. Several stars are also in orbit, with tendrils wrapping around them and rapidly oscillating. Each object appears to be biomechanical, possessing structures resembling organs, teeth, pores, and muscle tissue on the surface. Atmospheres of varying sizes and color are also observed around them. Due to the varying orbits of the SCP-3230-E, the tendrils that connect most of them are observed disconnecting from a set of holes in one object and attach to another nearby SCP-3230-E, repeating as the orbit continues. A similar process occurs to the sheet-shaped objects, which continually reform as they orbit. All SCP-3230-E constantly disconnect spheroid objects from their bodies, which utilize spatial distortion to move to other SCP-3230-E and merge into them. [CORRUPTED FOOTAGE EXPUNGED] A large number of spheroid objects disconnect from the SCP-3230-E, generate significant amounts of spatial distortion, and exit the inner Cauchy horizon. Large amounts of visual artifacts become present in the footage. [CORRUPTED FOOTAGE EXPUNGED] AES N-001 briefly orbits one of the anomalies. A vast square grid of antennae-like pillars is on its surface, all of which extend high up through the atmosphere. [CORRUPTED FOOTAGE EXPUNGED] AES N-001 is in the lowest possible orbit around the ring singularity. Six long gray tendrils, connected to six identical SCP-3230-E, indefinitely stretch towards the center of the black hole, spiraling as they approach it. The color of the tendrils changes from gray to dark red to black at the farther out sections, potentially caused by redshift. A seventh tendril is present, though it is shorter than the other tendrils and possesses a jagged end. A blue dot is visible at the center. Visual artifacts resembling four equidistant yellow circles manifest in the footage, all centered around the dot. [CORRUPTED FOOTAGE EXPUNGED] An SCP-3230-C instance begins to rapidly move around AES N-001 while releasing large amounts of tachyons. Large, purple biological structures resembling eyes, visually similar to those typical of the genus Octopoda, simultaneously open on all SCP-3230-E and stare at AES N-001. [CORRUPTED FOOTAGE EXPUNGED] [END LOG] Afterward: On 17-October-2025, five minutes after AES N-001 exited SCP-3230-A1 and began transmitting data, an SCP-3230-C instance manifested and collided into the probe at unknown superluminal speeds, destroying both and causing severe damage to Dimensional Outpost-51 due to the opened Communication Gates. A majority of the data was sent before the collision, though some portions were corrupted or missing. Analysis of SCP-3230-C tachyon emissions from SCP-3230-A1 shows a sudden change in the patterns that normally occur, which was then observed in the tachyon emissions from all other SCP-3230-A instances. AES Y-009 was subsequently destroyed the same way as AES N-001 five hours later while in orbit around SCP-3230-A109. Due to the dangers of superluminal weaponry, exploration of SCP-3230 is prohibited until further notice. The SCP-3230 research team has been incorporated into Project Heimdall following data analysis. Proposals to relocate AOS R-002 to avoid potential dangers are pending approval by the Heimdall Council. STATUS UPDATE Date: 3-October-2025 Proposals to relocate Autonomous Orbital Station Riemann-002 have been denied due to the lack of nearby stellar bodies to orbit, which would inhibit the studying of the anomaly. Following recent changes to SCP-3703, a Heimdall Council proposal to attach an experimental superluminal weapons system to the station has been passed. Footnotes 1. A region of space around a rotating black hole where spacetime becomes twisted in the direction of the black hole's rotation, increasing in strength closer to the event horizon. 2. The Local Void is a cosmic void, a large region of space that contains few to no galaxies. It is adjacent to the Local Group, a galaxy group that includes the Milky Way, and is 45 megaparsecs wide. 3. Known as a Kerr-Newman black hole. 4. Known as Kerr black holes. 5. Similar methods are used by Foundation superluminal devices, including the Lang Distortion Drive. 6. Thaumaturgically created portals ("ways") that connect to a Foundation-controlled pocket dimension. Information sent from the probe to the dimension is relayed to main universe Foundation sites with access to it and vice versa. Transportation Gates operate in a similar manner. 7. Mathematical models of Kerr black holes predict that particles that have passed the event horizon can avoid encountering the ring singularity. In normal black holes, space flows faster than light toward the singularity, trapping a particle in one direction. However, in Kerr black holes the particle eventually passes the Cauchy horizon, a second event horizon, where the flow of space slows and a particle could regain the control needed to avoid the singularity. If this occurs the particle would then pass a second Cauchy horizon and a second event horizon, entering a new exterior location. Additionally, the models predict that spacetime in the center of the ring singularity would bend in such a way as to allow particles to travel to points of time in the black hole's past. The accuracy of this prediction is debated, though. 8. The last readings indicate that the SCP-3230-C were merging and reaching a mass near that of SCP-3230-A instances. |
SCP-3231 | euclid | SCP-3231: 10,000,000 People Can't Be Wrong There's something wrong with that collapsible at the end, I just can't get it to work right. ▸ More by this Author ◂ {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} Warning: The following file contains a virulent infohazard Access by personnel without 3/3231 Clearance is strictly prohibited Item #: SCP-3231 Special Containment Procedures: With the assistance of the Unusual Incidents Unit, the original record of SCP-3231 has been confiscated and all related records expunged from the local police department and FBI. MTF Epsilon-23 ("Ellipsis") is tasked with containing all outbreaks of SCP-3231 by any means necessary. Termination of affected individuals is authorized if amnestic treatment does not reduce symptoms within 12 hours. Related persons of interest, including the affected family, the perpetrator, and the victim, must be monitored at all times. Level 3/3231 security clearance is to be given only to Foundation personnel with a minimum Foundation Standard Mental Resistance Test score of 94, regardless of previous clearance. No other personnel are allowed access to this file. Description: SCP-3231 is the casefile record of a child kidnapping, the details of which contain a virulent infohazard. Affected individuals believe that the kidnapping victim is still missing. Subjects persist in this belief even when offered physical evidence to the contrary, including insisting that evidence has been faked and denouncing the identity of the living victim. Subjects display a desire to relate details of the case to others. Most subjects need to be acquainted with approximately 30% of the case for the infohazard to take effect. However, certain individuals have been infected after learning only the barest details, necessitating extreme caution in the documentation of SCP-3231. The amount of detail known by a subject prior to infection is inversely proportional to the efficacy of amnestic treatment. Addendum 3231-01: Incident 3231-Alpha A widespread outbreak of SCP-3231 occurred in September, 1994, after details of the B██████ case were broadcast on popular television show ████████ ████████. Over 9 million individuals across the United States were affected. Cleanup efforts lasted six months, though it is not known whether any affected individuals escaped notice, nor how many. It is not known how the show's producers obtained information about the case. Addendum 3231-02: Details of SCP-3231, 3/3231 CLEARANCE EYES ONLY + WARNING: HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF INFOHAZARDOUS INFECTION On May 8th, 1978, Deborah Valerie Baynard, aged 5 years, disappeared while playing by herself in her front yard in Penfield Township, Ohio. After an extensive search, Baynard was found on August 15th, 1978, alive and in the custody of Ian Joseph Arnorson, 32, already suspected in another child kidnapping in Lorain County. Arnorson was tried and found guilty of kidnapping and murder. The Foundation became involved during the FBI investigation when an agent with the Unusual Incidents Unit noted that the Baynard family insisted the returned victim was not Debbie, he had done something to her. No amount of assurance from officials could persuade the family the child had been found alive. The family and Arnorson were amnesticized after a Foundation interrogation, but that didn't bury the truth. To this day, they are not carriers of SCP-3231. Deborah Baynard was taken into Foundation custody in 1985, when she was reported as a runaway by her school. She claimed her parents were abusive, but it was just a family driving out the mockingbird planted in their midst. Why won't they give us our baby back? She has since joined the Foundation as E-Class personnel, but we can't hide her from the world, not forever. We know. And now it's time for everyone to know the pure, beautiful truth. It's time to bring our Debbie back to us. - Hide block I am not who I am >…WARNING >…DATABASE INTEGRITY ERROR >…COUNTERMEME DEPLOYMENT UNSUCCESSFUL >…SECURITY HAS BEEN NOTIFIED >…PLEASE REMAIN AT THIS TERMINAL ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3231" by TL333s, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3231. 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-3232 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3232 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3232 is to be kept in an isolated reinforced glass cell for observation, located at Site-██. The seams of the cell are to be sealed with industrial resin coated in liquid adhesive. Resin and adhesive will be replaced bi-weekly due to SCP-3232's environmentally destructive behavior. Any containment breaches of instances of SCP-3232-1 will be dealt with using common household insecticides depending on species. Due to the nature of this object, pillows of any kind are disallowed within 50 meters of the testing area. Description: SCP-3232 is an old cotton pillow (estimated to be 15 - 20 years old) perpetually covered in arthropods of various species (henceforth collectively known as SCP-3232-1). SCP-3232-1 appears to originate from inside the pillow, exiting the casing through small holes in the seams. All attempts to examine the interior of the pillow casing have been met with failure. The cloth seems to be resistant to further tear or damage, and attempting to insert a camera or any other probing device will result in hitting an unidentifiable barrier, halting further exploration. Species found on the surface of SCP-3232 vary greatly, most being species commonly perceived as “household pests”. Exotic, rare, or even species thought to have been extinct1 have been also observed. SCP-3232 currently has no observable limit to the volume of arthropods it can produce2. Individuals within an 2 - 5 meter distance from SCP-3232 who are experiencing moderate fatigue will not perceive the arthropods on the pillow, and will rest their head on the pillow without hesitation. Once the subjects head makes contact with SCP-3232, they will fall asleep within 1 - 5 minutes, and SCP-3232-1 will begin to crawl into every orifice on the subjects body. The subject appears to show no discomfort during this time, and appears to be sleeping peacefully. During the 6 - 12 hours of sleep, SCP-3232-1 will mate and reproduce inside the subject's body. The young will mature at an anomalous rate, and become fully matured adults within the allotted time. Eventually they will exit the subject, and collectively gather to reoccupy the pillow. The surface population does not appear to change, as the surplus of arthropods enters the pillow case. Subjects who undergo this process suffer no adverse effects, and are physically unaffected by SCP-3232-1. When foreign arthropods are introduced to the pillow, a seemingly random percentage become assimilated into the swarm, while others are violently torn apart by other arthropods, who drag the pieces back into the pillow. Criteria for assimilation is currently unknown. When separated from the pillow, the arthropods exhibit no anomalous properties, and are indistinguishable from their respective species, though they will persistently attempt to return to the pillow, ignoring all self preservation instincts. Addendum-01: SCP-3232 has demonstrated to have limited control over SCP-3232-1, and has exhibited self preservation behaviors. It has made attempts to use varying species of ants and locust to gnaw away at its containment cell, and has even on occasions produced bullet ants to attack researchers while being studied. Containment procedures have been updated accordingly. Any new behaviours are to be reported to the current project supervisor. The object has also demonstrated its ability to adapt to different environments. If buried underground, various species of ants will manifest to create a small cave system. If submerged underwater, the surface will become populated with aquatic arthropods, including species of Notonectidae, Diving Bell Spiders, and small species of crab. Event-3232-A: Another pillow was introduced to SCP-3232's containment cell. After approximately 24 seconds of exposure, a single insect, a cockroach specifically, left the swarm, tore a hole in the side of the pillow casing, and entered the inside. It remained in the pillow for 4 hours, until the pillow’s seams began to tear open, leaving small gaps for a new swarm (now designated SCP-3232-1-B) to emerge and populate the surface of the pillow. Studies have shown the new pillow (now designated SCP-3232-B) now possesses the same anomalous properties as the original. Due to SCP-3232's reproductive nature, it is currently unknown how many instances of SCP-3232 are active outside the Foundation. Addendum-02: Both SCP-3232-1 and SCP-3232-1-B appear to have formed some sort of community. Members of each swarm will leave their own pillow, and enter the other. Studies as for the purpose of this behavior are inconclusive, as they do not appear to be exchanging goods or services of any kind. Footnotes 1. Use of SCP-3232-1 to revive extinct species is pending. 2. It is theorized that SCP-3232 contains a mass quantity of arthropods that simply hasn’t exhausted yet. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3232" by MrMcKonz, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3232. 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-3233 | keter | Two SCP-3233-Beta specimens. Item #: SCP-3233 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3233 is to be contained in a modified humanoid containment cell in Site-104. The ventilation of SCP-3233's cell is to be entirely self-contained and separate from that of the rest of Site-104's, and equipped with filters lined with activated charcoal to prevent escape of SCP-3233-1. SCP-3233 is to absorb a tenrec pup every 96 hours. A small population of Echinops telfairi1 is to be maintained on-site in Site-104's Animal Wing for feeding purposes. Any research submitted for peer review regarding animals of the family Tenrecidae is to be summarily rejected, and confiscated through standard channels. Description: SCP-3233 is an adult human female of Hispanic and Southwest Asian descent, formerly known as Cierra Jimenez. SCP-3233 possesses a number of sharp spines on its hands, arms, joints, face, and neck, resembling those covering the lesser hedgehog tenrec. These spines are exceptionally durable and sharp, although chemical analysis has shown them to be composed of ordinary keratin. SCP-3233 no longer needs to eat. SCP-3233 passively emits a volatile, pheromone-like chemical from its sweat glands, designated SCP-3233-1. SCP-3233-1 has a faint odor similar to lavender to humans, but exhibits its anomalous effect when its odor is perceived by tenrecs. This trigger activates in approximately 71% of all instances tested. SCP-3233-1 does not seem to affect subjects whose olfactory sense has been damaged, deactivated, or removed. SCP-3233-1 Animals affected by SCP-3233-1, designated SCP-3233-Alpha, experience a deterioration of their uteral lining, causing infertility. SCP-3233-Alpha instances will consistently develop an aversion to the perceived scent of SCP-3233-1 and the presence of SCP-3233 itself. SCP-3233-Alpha instances also have a substantially higher rate of maladies consistent with symptoms of extreme malnutrition, despite exhibiting no deviations from a normal dietary schedule. The health of SCP-3233-Alpha instances is intimately linked to that of SCP-3233 itself. Instances appear to feel pain when SCP-3233 is injured, and will refuse to eat if SCP-3233 is sick or hungry. Addendum 3233-A: SCP-3233 came to the Foundation's attention when coworkers in the research lab she worked in reported an unusual drop in birth rates in the lab animal population. After conducting several tests, funding for the research project was withdrawn, and amnestics and a cover story were disseminated. SCP-3233 was contained and an undercover agent was planted at the research lab to watch for any lingering anomalous effects. Within 48 hours of containment, SCP-3233 began to experience a severe deterioration in physical condition, showing symptoms of extreme malnutrition as well as severe migraines, while the plant at the lab concurrently observed unusual behavior in the remaining animals. SCP-3233 was quickly put on life support and at Dr. Velásquez's suggestion, the animals in question were brought to Site-104. Upon introduction of the specimens to SCP-3233, SCP-3233-Alpha instances expressed revulsion, and the non-Alpha specimens surrounded SCP-3233. SCP-3233 involuntarily extended its right hand, and one pregnant specimen walked onto it and proceeded to quickly give birth to a litter of nine pups. The smallest pup vocalized loudly, and then was absorbed into SCP-3233's hand. SCP-3233 was noted to painfully grow several spines in various places on its body. SCP-3233 showed rapid improvement in its condition, and returned to full health within 24 hours. Approximately 120 hours after this incident, SCP-3233 again began to deteriorate. The non-Alpha specimens were brought in, and similar events transpired again. After this series of events was repeated several times, it was determined that the anomalous behavior of the tenrecs was necessary to ensure SCP-3233's survival and containment procedures were updated, with an on-site habitat built to accommodate the animals. 12/29/18: SCP-3233-1 has been shown to have a secondary effect. All non-Alpha instances have exhibited a statistically significant increase in litter size, and have developed deep folds in the cerebral cortex. These specimens show a marked increase in intelligence, corresponding to an average score of 1.9 points on the FAITH2 scale, compared to the tenrec baseline of 1.23. These specimens have been designated SCP-3233-Beta. Like SCP-3233-Alpha instances, SCP-3233-Beta instances appear to exhibit a similar relationship with SCP-3233, and experience pain when SCP-3233 does. SCP-3233 will grow additional spines each time an SCP-3233-Beta instance expires. 02/28/19: Repeated observations have shown that the ratio of Alpha to Beta instances has been steadily shifting in favor of Beta (from 71%/29% to 38%/62%). The reasons for this shift are unknown at present; further research is required. Noting that Alpha instances now attempt to avoid Beta instances if possible. 04/02/19: First confirmed case of an SCP-3233-Alpha instance transitioning to the Beta form. Circumstances and cause unknown. Average FAITH score of Beta instances is now 2.2. Interesting, all of the negative conditions usually found in alphas disappeared almost instantly; this tenrec is back to full health… -Dr. Monique Velásquez 04/21/19: SCP-3233 has begun to exhibit symptoms of anxiety. 05/11/19: SCP-3233-Beta instances have begun to also emit SCP-3233-1. Containment procedures updated. Average FAITH score of Beta instances is now 5.0. 05/28/19: During weekly interview, SCP-3233 entered a catatonic state for approximately 20 seconds. After it ended, SCP-3233 was visibly shaken by this occurrence. 07/01/19: SCP-3233's catatonic states have steadily increased in duration and frequency. Increasing intervals between 'feedings' suggested, along with amnestic and psychological treatment of SCP-3233. Increased intervals denied. We're cutting it close as it is, and we don't want to risk the anomaly dying. Psychological treatment tentatively approved, though. -Dr. Velásquez, Project Head 07/02/19: Average FAITH score of Beta instances is now 8.7. Ratio of Alpha/Beta is now 3%/97%. 07/19/19: SCP-3233-Beta instances now disintegrate slowly into a cloud of SCP-3233-1 upon death. Incident Log 3233-01: On 08/26/19, SCP-3233 breached containment. 14:53: SCP-3233 is sitting in the corner of its cell, near the door. 14:53: SCP-3233 enters catatonic state. 14:56: Catatonic state continues for three minutes, the longest yet recorded. Spines are all shaking rapidly. 14:57: SCP-3233 wakes from its catatonic state, but its eyes do not appear to be focusing and its movements are sluggish. SCP-3233 appears to pull out one of its spines and breathe on it, then set it down. 14:58: SCP-3233 begins scratching at door of cell. 15:00: SCP-3233 breaches door; alarm sounds. 15:01: SCP-3233 pulls out two more spines, wincing. SCP-3233 holds these spines in its hand. 15:03: SCP-3233 begins heading down the east corridor and drops two spines. 15:03: In the corridor, the spines that were dropped on the floor appear to unfold into adult tenrecs, which scamper in the opposite direction from SCP-3233, vocalizing loudly. SCP-3233 pulls out several more spines from the back of its neck, grimacing. 15:04: SCP-3233 encounters two guards. 15:04: Guard aims tranquilizer gun at SCP-3233 and orders it to stand down. 15:05: SCP-3233 pauses and jerks suddenly, as if being woken. SCP-3233 looks around, appearing confused. SCP-3233: Oh my God! SCP-3233: What the hell is happening- 15:05: One guard turns neck to speak into her radio. 15:05: SCP-3233 reenters previous state and raises its arms shakily, and proceeds to forcefully throw the spines in its hands at the guards' necks. 15:06: Both guards collapse. Later investigation revealed the presence of a potent sedative in their bloodstreams. 15:08: SCP-3233 reaches main Site-104 ventilation shaft. 15:09: SCP-3233 uses its spines to cut open the vent cover. 15:09: Six guards head towards SCP-3233's location. 15:10: SCP-3233 drops the remaining spine into the vent, then collapses unconscious. 15:10: Guards return SCP-3233 to its cell, seal vent, and recover the two free tenrecs in the halls. 15:11: Containment of SCP-3233 reestablished. <Closing statement> Vent was sealed; spines were not recovered. Traces of SCP-3233-1 were detected in air for nine days and Site-104 was put on quarantine lockdown. Alright people, you know the drill: lock it up tighter and keep your eyes open. I want to know exactly what the point of this little stunt was. -Dr. Velásquez, Research Head Containment procedures were updated. The two guards regained consciousness within 12 hours and were kept in quarantine until confirmation of absence of lingering anomalous effects. 10/26/19: Reports from Foundation zoologists stationed in Madagascar while monitoring SCP-1585 indicated significant increase in the range and size of native E. telfairi populations. Analysis by SCP-3233 researchers confirmed increased intelligence and fertility corresponding to SCP-3233-Beta effects, as well as excretion of SCP-3233-1 from specimens' sweat glands. No living SCP-3233-Alpha instances were identified. Object Class upgraded to Keter. What are we going to do about this? There's no way we can contain every tenrec in Madagascar; it's unfeasible and would disrupt the delicate ecosystem here. -Dr. Wilberto Maravilla A single species suddenly gaining hyper-intelligence and faster reproduction is already going to disrupt the ecosystem. As much as I'd hate to wipe out an entire intelligent species, the damage they could deal to the myriad of other species might make it worth it. I want any and all proposals for containment or neutralization sent directly to me, along with their risk analyses. -Dr. Velásquez, Research Head. The whole native population is Beta now, we've got an entire species' existence tied to an unstable girl. Whatever we do, we have to work fast. I've already elucidated SCP-3233-1's structure. I propose synthesizing a chemical to neutralize 3233-1's properties, or at the very least react with or trap it. -Dr. Maravilla Proposal accepted. Get to work. -Dr. Velásquez, Research Head 02/05/20: Exploration deep into the southwestern Madagascar forests has uncovered evidence of rudimentary tenrec settlements. These settlements include constructed shelters, traps and snares to stop predators, communal food storage, and decorative structures of an unknown function. These structures, constructed primarily using sticks, consist of a crude platform supporting a figure and are always located near the center of the settlement. You're out of time, Maravilla. I'm authorizing the culling of 3233-Beta populations before this gets completely away from us. -Dr. Velásquez, Research Head 02/10/20: Stage 1 of Protocol 89-Chiralene (consisting of restricting outside access to the habitat of the species in question, and systemic culling of the population with a minimum of collateral damage) was implemented. Wild populations of SCP-3233-Beta were reduced by ~24%. Upon successful completion of Stage 1 of 89-Chiralene, SCP-3233 entered a catatonic state for four days, and all contained instances of SCP-3233-Beta began vocalizing and acting erratically during this period. Implementation of Stage 2 has been put on hold indefinitely. 02/14/20: After the catatonic state ended, SCP-3233 appeared to exhibit symptoms of severe depression and destructive behavior, such as hitting and scraping the walls of the containment cell. SCP-3233 was restrained to prevent harm to itself and by extension, the SCP-3233 population. SCP-3233 subsequently reentered a catatonic state. 03/05/20: SCP-3233's catatonia has not yet ceased. Feedings have continued as normal. Footnotes 1. Otherwise known as the lesser hedgehog tenrec, a small mammal endemic to Madagascar. 2. Foundation Animal Intelligence Testing Heuristics 3. The FAITH scale ranges from 0 to 10 and the tests are calibrated for each species. For comparison, on this scale mice score a 0.5-0.9, corvids score a 4.1-4.5, dolphins score a 5.9-6.3, and great apes score from 8.2-8.8. An average human is assigned a score of 10. |
SCP-3234 | keter | Item #: SCP-3234 Special Containment Procedures: Priority is to immediately quarantine and transport individuals experiencing the effects of SCP-3234 to the nearest Foundation site equipped for humanoid containment. MTF ETA-62 "White Noise" has been established as of ██/██/██, with a mission to quickly locate and limit SCP-3234’s spread through the general populace.1 Once contained, instances of SCP-3234-1 are to be monitored for signs of the final stages of SCP-3234. If an instance is found to be in the later stages, protocol is immediate termination. Instances of SCP-3234-1 found early enough are to maintain sessions with a Foundation therapist three times a week, or as mandated by the Site Director, with follow up tests performed by a psychiatrist. Instances are under no circumstances to be exposed to negative stimuli. If an instance of SCP-3234-1 has recovered from the effects of SCP-3234, they are to be administered a Class-A amnestic and reintroduced to the general population with an appropriate cover story as per standard protocols. Foundation personnel are then to be stationed in the vicinity of multiple SCP-3234-1 instances, to ease further monitoring. They are to maintain these positions until the predicted chance of a resurgence of SCP-3234 is minimal. I want to be very clear with the protocols put into place to surveil the instances of SCP-3234-1. This is not a babysitting position, and it does not give agents tasked with observation the ability to disregard their other responsibilities. This position is to maintain a regular surveillance presence in case there is a relapse. At this time it’s not a realistic solution to keep the █████ affected individuals in on-site containment, and I will not entertain the notion of terminating them. If you find yourself on this assignment, consider it like any other surveillance operation. You watch, and you report if there are any abnormalities in behaviour. The only difference is proximity to your target. – Dr. Vaile Description: SCP-3234 is an anomalous instance of a dissociative disorder that affects individuals with a highly negative sense of self, who desire to cease interactions with society. SCP-3234-1 is the designation for any subject affected by SCP-3234. Severity of SCP-3234 symptoms are directly proportional to the intensity of SCP-3234-1's stressful or negative thoughts. Symptoms of SCP-3234 surface as a diminished memory and the sensation of losing time. SCP-3234-1‘s ability to communicate is heavily impaired due to an inability to grasp thoughts accurately, causing unconventional speech patterns and the repetition of phrases. [A detailed example is shown within the attached document “Subject 1A session log-1”.] In advanced stages of SCP-3234, Subjects affected by SCP-3234 will gradually become covered in a visual effect that resembles video noise. An instance of SCP-3234 will start to see their surroundings as dim and monochromatic, even if there are ample sources of light in the area. Instances will exhibit a similar case of colourlessness as they become grey and lose any defining features. The visual noise first occurs in the eyes, and then gradually spreads across the subject’s body. SCP-3234-1’s body begins to be replaced by the visual noise approximately twenty-seven hours after SCP-3234-1 is fully covered. Instances do not respond to stimuli at this point, and the process is thought to be non-painful. Once the visual noise has completely engulfed SCP-3234-1, the subject will dissipate. As many of you reading this are well aware, previous attempts at understanding and halting the progression of SCP-3234 have proven fruitless. I was shocked at the level of carelessness in the handling of previous SCP-3234-1 subjects. So far we’ve had ███ subjects become unrecoverable. This is an unacceptable amount given the information we should be using to halt their progression. So, as of ██/██/██, I have taken up the responsibility of figuring out the best course of action to take, and so far these efforts have proven enlightening. I’ve taken the liberty of adding some of the sessions with a typical subject with SCP-3234 in Dr. Welligo's examination. My hope is to provide a basis for how the treatment of these instances should be handled in the future. – Dr. Vaile Addendum-3234-A: Subject retrieval and examination. SCP-3234-1A was brought to the attention of Foundation personnel when civilians of ██████, Oregon had reported sightings of a grey skinned humanoid inside an apartment complex. MTF ETA-62 was dispatched for containment. 1A was found, though showed no response to the agent’s entrance. Initial interactions consisted of garbled and incoherent speech from 1A. 1A had significant progression of SCP-3234’s physical symptoms. A cursory search of the apartment indicated that 1A had been dealing with SCP-3234 for an extended period of time. 1A showed no resistance to transportation to Site-██. During transport, agents described 1A as becoming more coherent through consistent conversation. Between the time of retrieval and the subsequent containment of 1A, the progression of SCP-3234 had lessened to the degree that Dr. Vaile could communicate with it. 1A had so far complied with the treatment plan with little reservation. 1A was sent to Dr. Welligo for examination. Name: Elijah ████ Designation: Subject 3234-1A Age: Twenty-eight Sex: Male SCP-3234 progression: SCP-3234-1A exhibited symptoms common to early-middle stages of SCP-3234. Initial symptoms of SCP-3234: Skin, irises and hair have small amounts of coloration remaining, with the majority being grey. SCP-3234-1A does not remember how long they have been experiencing these effects. Despite their memory impairments, they have been able to retain the knowledge that they are undergoing treatment for a mental illness. 1A has also exhibited an impairment of verbalising his thoughts, to the point of slurred and repetitive speech. Treatment: Three therapy sessions weekly with a qualified Foundation therapist, with weekly follow up tests by either me or another qualified psychiatrist. Current status: SCP-3234-1A has complied with the therapy regiment. As of ██/██/██ signs of SCP-3234 effects have lessened significantly. Pending final evaluations, 1A is to be administered a class-A amnestic and returned to the general population with undercover surveillance. + Open 1A-Session-1 - Close 1A-Session-1 Subject 1A session log-1 Therapist: Dr. Vaile Forward: First meeting with Elijah since retrieval. Adjustments to his new environment, particularly periods of isolation in containment, seem to have aggravated the symptoms of SCP-3234. Despite this, he remains co-operative with ongoing treatment. <Begin Log, [██/██/██]> Dr. Vaile: Hello Elijah, are you feeling better now? Elijah: I think I can talk now. I don’t know about the feeling better part though. Dr. Vaile: Why is that, Elijah? Elijah: Well…Is, is this normal? [Elijah scratches his arm, small flickers of visual noise are visible on his skin.] Dr. Vaile: For the illness that you have, yes. It means that it’s progressing. I wouldn’t worry too much about that right now, you just started treatment, right? Elijah: I guess so yeah, I… wanna get better. Dr. Vaile: I’d like to see you get better too, how about we start with talking about how you’re doing right now, what’s on your mind? Elijah: On my mind? A lot of things. It’s all a bit… it’s a bit overwhelming, trying to put everything into place in my head. I woke up and forgot that I was here. Dr. Vaile: And that happens often, right? The forgetting part. Elijah: Yeah, well it’s not really forgetting I guess. It’s more like, I have to try to put it together, if that makes sense? I remember this place, I remember a lot of things but it just feels… distant. Like I was here, but when I was here is another story. It’s, I guess, Hard to explain. Dr. Vaile: I can get a pretty good idea, Elijah, of what you’re going through. What thoughts that you’re having may be causing issues? Elijah: Oh , yeah. It’s just… It’s stupid. I don’t even know why I can’t shake it out of my head. Everything else feels like a broken puzzle but certain things… They stick out, you know? It’s like, they’re sharp when everything else is muddy and dull. Dr. Vaile: And what are those thoughts? Elijah: Laura. I remember Laura. Pieces, like a name. I remember hating myself but I don’t know why. I don’t know, I just can’t remember much. Dr. Vaile: Who is Laura? [Elijah rests his head on his palm. He breaks eye contact with Dr. Vaile for an extended period before continuing.] Elijah: Laura is my sister. Well, no that’s not right. We grew up together. She lived next door, I remember that really clearly, I think. She would always come over, basically my sister. Dr. Vaile: What is it about Laura that sticks out so clearly to you? Elijah: Just… Her, I guess? It’s getting…getting hard to remember her face though. The more I think about her the blurrier the memories get. Like they’re moving away from me? I just, I don’t understand. I can feel this weight and her name but that’s, that’s all I can remember. Dr. Vaile: With your illness, memories might not come as easily to you. It’s alright, just tell me what you do remember. Elijah: I remember her smile, I think I do at least. Everything else is white. It feels like a dream and it’s just her smiling. It’s a shock when I try to think of her. Like, that jolt you get when you wake up from a nightmare. I know something’s wrong but she’s, she’s smiling and I’m not sure why I don’t like it. There’s something missing now that was there before. I can’t remember anything else, God why can’t I remember? Dr. Vaile: It’s the illness, AI, it’s going to be hard to remember things. Elijah: Just the illness? I don’t know… I feel like I’ve dealt with this… for a long time and it just, I don’t know why I hate this feeling. I don’t want to remember anymore. How long have we been talking about this? Is it time for me to go yet? [Elijah appears to be crying, although no facial indicators of sadness other than watering of the eyes are visible.] Dr. Vaile: That’s all right, It’s all right Elijah. We’ve only been talking about this for a short time, why don’t we talk about something else? What’s something you do want to talk about then? Elijah: something I do want to talk about? I uh… can I get more lights. In my room I mean, it’s pretty dark. That’s… that’s all I can think of right now. Dr. Vaile: It’s dark in your room? Elijah: Yeah, well it’s dark everywhere really. When I first got here it wasn’t this dark, maybe the lights are dimming or something. Dr. Vaile: I’ll look into that, Elijah. And I want to say that I’m glad you’re opening up about this. I want to help you, Elijah, Help you through this. Elijah: Thanks… It’s just hard to… to do much right now. I feel like my energy is being sucked out of me every time I try to think about anything solid. It’s like grasping at air, it takes a lot of effort. I just don’t know if I have that much effort to give. Dr. Vaile: Well I think that’s a sign that the illness hasn’t completely taken over. You’re fighting, and that’s good. I’m alright with ending this session here if that’s what you want to do. Elijah: Thanks, yeah I think that’s a good idea. Dr. Vaile: And remember, if you need anything my office is open for you. Just keep trying, I’ll help you fight this as long as you can promise me you’ll try too. Elijah: I will. And yeah, I might take you up on that… It gets… bad, sitting around, being like…like this for reasons I don’t even know. Dr. Vaile: I hope you do. [Session one ends early, Dr. Vaile leads Elijah out of the office.] <End Log> + Open 1A-Session-2 - Close 1A-Session-2 Subject 1A session log-2 Therapist: Dr. Vaile Forward:Elijah came for a session earlier than scheduled. Physical signs of SCP-3234 are more visible than before. His mental state appears less stable than previous sessions. <Begin Log, [██/██/██]> Elijah: Hey, Doctor Vaile. I wanted to uh, talk to you if this is a good time? Dr. Vaile: Of course, like I said in our last session, if you wanted to talk about something my door is always open. Elijah: Thanks yeah I uh… I just wanted to get some thoughts out, see if you could… make sense of them? I don’t know why but those memories we talked about before, I can’t get them out of my mind. It’s like when I close my eyes it’s all I can see. Before, it hurt to even try to remember them. I shut them out and just sat on my own, letting the world go by while I stayed still. I still feel that… that stagnation, but now, well… it still hurts but I want to try? I don’t know how to explain it. Dr. Vaile: Of course, Elijah. We can talk about anything you want to, what about that memory have you been thinking of? Elijah: I think I know why I’ve been feeling so down lately. I can’t really put my finger on it, and it’s not exactly about the memory. It’s more about, how do I explain this? It’s like I’ve been thinking of… thinking of thinking about it? I don’t know how to like, express that but yeah. Dr. Vaile: What about that did you want to get off your chest? Elijah: Like, I think I’ve been feeling down because of something, right? There has to be… there has to be a reason why I’m feeling so shitty about myself. Like the only time I can think clearly is when I’m hurting, when I remember…Laura. Laura and her smile, and the… the feeling of being isolated I don’t quite understand. Dr. Vaile: So you think that that memory has something to do with your illness? Elijah: Yeah, I guess yes. I remember… not being like this. I didn’t feel…drained, When I was with Laura. I want to piece it together but I don’t know how. Sitting in that room… Just thinking and spinning in my own head and the only thought I can grasp that doesn’t fade out of sight is that one. Dr. Vaile: That’s a good sign, Elijah. Talking about this seems to be stirring your mind in the right direction. Does it still feel like a broken puzzle now? I remember you talking about not remembering more than her smile, has that changed since we last talked? Elijah: It’s sort of still a broken puzzle. Like, I hear sounds that don’t fit and I remember colours that I don’t… I don’t know why I remember them. But it’s like something is there, and if I just…just keep talking it might get clearer for me. Dr. Vaile: That’s another good sign. I think I might be getting an idea as to what may be the root of this, segmentation of your memories. I’d like to hear more about Laura, I know last time it was a tough subject but I’m hoping that you feel like we can power through that together. What do you think? Elijah: Yeah, Yes I want to. Well, I think that’s not quite right actually. I don’t want to, but I feel like I need to? Like somethings stuck in my throat, waiting to get out. Dr. Vaile: Whenever you feel ready, I’m here to listen. [Dr. Vaile takes a box of tissues off of the table and places it in front of Elijah.] Elijah: Alright. I think…Yeah I’m ready. So, what I’ve put together so far… the last time I saw her. No that’s… No that’s not quite right I think, it wasn’t the last time? I think it was one of the last times I saw her. I remember being with her and watching her look over at me with that smile. It still…goes white after that but I remember that I was with her. I don’t know if that’s right, either, but it feels like it makes sense. Dr. Vaile: And that’s when the pain comes back, right Elijah? Elijah: Yeah. And the bright flash of colours, and the loud sounds…They all come around then but I can’t put it together. It’s like I have all of these things that should fit but I just can’t see how they connect. Dr. Vaile: I have a question about that. I have a feeling that it might… [Dr. Vaile pauses briefly.] It might not be that you can’t put them together. I just wanted to know if it’s possible that you instead are forcing yourself to, not put it together. I get the feeling that there might be some part of you wants you to not remember. Does that make sense to you? Elijah: I… [Elijah pauses, looking down at his feet momentarily before gathering his composure.] …You think so? That I’m…I’m holding it back? Dr. Vaile: I think that might be the case, not consciously, but you could be internalising it to the point that it’s effecting you on a large scale. Does that sound like it might be correct, Elijah? Elijah: I think… I think it might be. But, I don’t understand. Because, I want to remember, right? I’m trying and…not remembering is dull… and remembering is painful. Why would I, why would my brain do that? Dr. Vaile: That, Elijah, is what I think we should focus on finding out. I think whatever it is that you’ve been keeping deep down is the cause of this Illness. [Elijah crosses his arms on his lap and lays his head down. Crying can be heard from him as Dr. Vaile leans in.] Dr. Vaile: [There’s a silence of 20 seconds before the Dr. Vaile speaks] Elijah? Are you with me? Elijah: I can’t… it hurts so bad I want it to just stop. I don’t know what to do. I try to be strong, I try to think and think and it just keeps coming up blank. God, her smile… I don’t… Why does remembering her smile make me feel so alone? It doesn’t make sense. It’s digging into my stomach and I don’t know what to do. Before, everything was a haze and I forgot… I missed days and weeks at a time. Everything was the same, everything blended together and I didn’t feel… I didn’t feel a thing. [Elijah pauses, still audibly crying. He sits back up, places his hands over his eyes and laughs.] Elijah: But now it just hurts. It’s more painful. I forget how long I’ve been in this…place. I forget things about who I am. I feel like I’m breaking. I feel like I’m waving in this gust of wind and being split apart. Then I see her… her smiling and then my chest aches. I feel so… lost. When I try to remember why… When I try to remember anything after her smile I just… I don’t know how long I forgot about her. I’m missing… I’m missing so much and I’m having trouble expressing that emptiness. [Dr. Vaile puts her hand on Elijah’s shoulder.] Dr. Vaile: Elijah, I want you to listen to me, okay? What you just told me… that was the strongest reaction you’ve shown yet. It may hurt, but I think as long as we try to avoid that pain it’ll keep getting stronger. You’re strong, Elijah. I want to help you face that pain and overcome it, and I think you can. Elijah: I…I want to… Laura was my best friend. But why did I forget her face for so long? And why does it hurt to remember it? It’s like I’m being woken up before the end of a dream. Dr. Vaile: I want to find out with you. Let’s end this session here, and come back to this next week. I’m very proud of the progress you’ve made so far. You’ve opened up so much, and I can feel us getting closer to the source of this frustration for you. Elijah: Yeah I’m… I’m really tired right now. I need some time to try to… to try to piece this together. Dr. Vaile: Of course, that’s what I’m here for, to help you get through this. It will be tough, Elijah, but I know you can pull through this. Elijah: Thanks, I’m uh… I’m going to go get some rest. < End Log> Note: I think this is an important turning point in Elijah’s treatment. The more I can get him to open up, the closer I believe we are to understanding what has caused his dissociative state. If we can pinpoint the memory that Elijah is suppressing we can unlock that lost time, and hopefully the other pieces will fall into place. Causing Elijah to come to terms and work through that is the next step. I don’t know if effects from SCP-3234 will become worse at that point, but it’s a definite possibility. –Dr. Vaile + Open Dr.Welligo evaluation - Close Dr.Welligo evaluation Before the third session with 1A, they were found in their room, there was significant visual noise present on their face and torso. 1A was immediately brought in for examination at this point. Their eyes had shown slight amounts of visual noise, which was a major concern that 1A was devolving into the final stages. Dr. Vaile had tried to converse with 1A, though their ability to communicate had deteriorated significantly. The loss of time, fragmented memories and a general unfocused thinking pattern have intensified. I’ve been informed by Dr. Vaile that this isn’t necessarily a worst case scenario and I’ll defer to her judgement in regards to treatment. –Dr.Welligo + Open 1A-Session-3 - Close 1A-Session-3 Subject 1A session log-3 Therapist: Dr. Vaile Forward: Elijah’s symptoms have become increasingly agitated. This session is a critical point in determining the effectiveness of therapy as a means to halt and reverse SCP-3234. While the risk is still severe, attempting to reverse the symptoms from this point onward could lead to discovering the cause of Elijah’s disassociation. Elijah’s speech was heavily impaired. Instances of voice distortion have been recorded and Elijah’s intended speech will be denoted by italics. <Begin Log, [██/██/██]> Dr. Vaile: Elijah? Are you with me right now? Elijah: [No response. Elijah stares with a blank expression towards the ceiling.] Dr. Vaile: Elijah I need you to focus on me, Elijah? Can you hear my voice? Elijah: [Elijah clears his throat. The sound of white noise can be heard during this.] Why am I here? Dr. Vaile: You’re here because you’re sick, Elijah. Do you remember, coming here for treatment? Elijah: You sound weird. Everything sounds a bit weird right now. Dr. Vaile: How do I sound to you? Elijah: Like you’re yelling down a well. Why do I have to be here? Dr. Vaile: Like I said before Elijah, you’re here for treatment. Elijah: You said before? [Elijah pauses, eyes flicker with visual noise before taking a heavy breath.] Why am I here? Dr. Vaile: [Dr. Vaile is quiet for a moment before leaning closer to Elijah.] Where is here, Elijah? Elijah: Here? I was at home a second ago. Wasn’t I? I don’t want to be there, either. Or am I at home right now… where am I? Dr. Vaile: [Dr. Vaile puts her hands on the sides of Elijah’s head and moves his head to force eye contact.] Treatment. Elijah: Treatment? I thought that was a dream. Your face, I can’t put your face it together. Do I know you? I can’t remember your face, I keep seeing faces in my mind and I can’t find their names. It’s hard to see. Everything’s so dark I might know your face, but I can’t tell. Dr. Vaile: What’s the last thing you remember? Elijah: The last thing I remember? It all feels so far away. I don’t feel like… going after them. Dr. Vaile: Going after what? Elijah: Anything. It’s all drifting out of reach. I tried chasing them for so long. It’s empty now. Dr. Vaile: Doctor Vaile. Repeat after me. [Elijah tries to move out of eye contact, Dr. Vaile doesn’t let go.] Elijah: Doctor… Vaile? Dr. Vaile: My name, is Doctor Vaile. You are here for treatment. Elijah: Your name is Doctor Vaile. I’m here… [A brief flicker of visual noise crosses Elijah’s eyes before he begins looking around with a confused expression.] Dr. Vaile: …For treatment. Elijah: Yeah. I can remember it now. [Elijah lowers his head into his hands. Heavy breathing can be heard.]] Dr. Vaile: What happened to you Elijah? Elijah: I don’t know. I went away. I felt like I was floating for a while. Too much thinking. I didn’t feel like, like myself. It felt like needles. Dr. Vaile: Are you okay now, Elijah? Elijah: Yeah, I think I’m… okay right now [Elijah appears to be half awake at this point.] Dr. Vaile: Just remember to keep looking forward. Each day is a new day, it'll get better. Elijah: I’ve never been very good at looking forward. I shoulda watched… shoulda kept my eyes off you… [Elijah is assumed to fall asleep due to exhaustion.] [Dr. Vaile sat in silence for a few minutes before helping Elijah back to his room.] <End Log> Notes: Elijah was monitored for another agitation of SCP-3234 following this session. Symptoms had subsided following my intervention, returning Elijah to a non-critical state. The next session will tell us if this was a step towards a conclusion or a setback in SCP-3234 treatment.- Dr. Vaile. + Open 1A-Session-4 - Close 1A-Session-4 Subject 1A session log-4 Therapist: Dr. Vaile Forward: This is the fourth session with Elijah. The goal of this session will revolve around unpacking the memories of Laura. <Begin Log, [██/██/██]> Dr. Vaile: Alright, Elijah are you ready for today? Elijah: I think so… Dr. Vaile: You seem to have had some issues while you were alone. The first thing I’d like to know is what happened then? Elijah: I… I tried to remember as much as I could. I kept forcing it and eventually it was… just really painful. I just… I started to get the feeling that I should just stop trying. I just laid there and I could feel my mind going blank. I felt this… tingling and then I went numb. It was like a dream, I was looking up and I could feel the walls coming in. I could feel that but, I just… I didn’t care? It felt like I was falling, it didn’t feel real. I forget how long I was like that before someone found me. But…I guess I got better, right? Dr. Vaile: It looks like you did. What do you think stopped you from thinking further? Elijah: I’m not sure. I felt like I was pushing against my own brain. I couldn’t overpower it. It sucked me in and I just kept falling. Dr. Vaile: Well, I want to try to dig deeper now. I’ll be here to stop you if you start to feel numb again. I believe you got close then, closer than we have so far. If we push just a little bit more, I think we can find the trigger for your illness Elijah. Do you feel comfortable trying? Elijah: I think so, what do you want me to do? Dr. Vaile: Just lay down, Elijah. I want you to close your eyes and think of Laura. [Elijah lays down and closes his eyes. Dr. Vaile leans forward slightly. A few seconds pass before Elijah starts to speak.] Elijah: I see her… Laura looking at me. This is when I started feeling sick. I feel it right in my stomach. God It’s churning, somethings spinning it doesn’t feel right. [Elijah grabs his stomach and winces.] Why am… I remember why I feel this… why was I looking at her? I shouldn’t have been… I shouldn’t have looked at her. Shit. Shit. It feels…It feels like it’s going faster. My head feels like it’s cracking. [Elijah grabs the sides of his head and squeezes tightly. he sighs and holds his eyes closed tightly. Dr. Vaile puts her hand on his shoulder.] Dr. Vaile: That’s good, Elijah. That’s good. Tell me, what is going faster? Why don’t you think you should be looking at her? Elijah: The car. Dr. Vaile: The car? Elijah: I was… I was driving, why was I looking at her? I don’t understand. I see it, the bright light behind her smile. It was sunny out. It was so… so damn bright it hurt my eyes. I wasn’t looking at the road, why was I looking at her? I see it… I… Dammit I saw it coming. I winced and I missed it. I remember her smile. I remember it so clearly and then just a flash. Dr. Vaile: You were in a car crash, Elijah. Is that what happened? Elijah: Yeah… I took my eyes off the road for a second. That… [Elijah hits his chest.] One second that… felt like forever. Dr. Vaile: Elijah, It wasn’t your fault. Elijah, I need you to realise it wasn’t your fault. *[Elijah begins to tear up. Gasping noises and shallow breathes can be heard coming from him.] Elijah: It was my fault. I didn’t… I remember now. After that, when I woke up and saw what had happened it froze… it all froze. That… [Elijah motions his hand over his chest.] That pang in my heart started. I don’t remember how I got home. I don’t remember what I did for… what feels like a lifetime after. Dr. Vaile: You shut yourself off, is this when it started? The illness? Elijah: I think so. I remember the colour draining out of everything. That much I can put together. I didn’t want to do anything. I wanted to forget, I think. I don’t know why, I should have remembered. I think… I think I missed her funeral. I don’t remember going. I shut it all out and… I lost the chance to remember her. Dr. Vaile: I know this is hard for you Elijah. I know you’ve been holding this in for a long time. But I also know how strong you are, Elijah. You can confront this, it wasn’t your fault. [Elijah begins to laugh, while still crying heavily.] Elijah: God dammit. What I would give, right now to feel numb. I just… I can’t. I can’t stop this pain. It was easier to… it was easier to forget. It… [Stammering through heavy inhales can be heard.] hurts and I can’t shut it out. Dr. Vaile: Don’t try to shut it out again, Elijah. You are strong, you can face this. You can remember, and keep remembering. Don’t forget Laura, she wouldn’t want you to forget her, would she Elijah? Elijah: No, no she wouldn’t. That smile… is the last time I saw her alive. I made a mistake and… Do you think she would forgive me? If she was looking down on me right now, could she forgive me? Dr. Vaile: I think so, Elijah. I also think, you can forgive yourself. I think you did great today. Elijah: I think I need to be alone for a bit. I need time to…think. Dr. Vaile: I understand. I’m glad you were able to remember her, Elijah. I think this is a great step towards overcoming this illness. Elijah: I hope so. [Elijah spent a few minutes composing himself before leaving the office.] <End Log> + Open continuation of treatment - Close continuation of treatment The treatment for SCP-3234 in Elijah has so far been a success. After our breakthrough in session four, I was able to get Elijah to open up further. The sessions directly following have shown Elijah to be in a significantly better mental state than at the beginning of treatment. It is my suggestion that Elijah be considered for return to the general population. A Class-A amnestic should be administered. The cover story should be significant therapy sessions about the traumatic experience he had been through that caused disassociation and depression within Elijah. An agent is to be placed in Elijah’s life to act as a friend, to help lessen the chance of a possible relapse. It’s currently believed that Elijah is in complete remission from SCP-3234’s effects and should not be deemed a threat. –Dr. Vaile Footnotes 1. 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SCP-3235 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3235 Special Containment Procedures: Samples of SCP-3235 are to be stored in refrigerated BSL-3 storage at Biological Containment Site-██. Removal of samples for study requires the approval of at least 2 Level-4 personnel. Testing of SCP-3235 on D-Class personnel requires the approval of at least 3 Level-4 personnel. Direct interaction with material originating from SCP-3235 requires the use of a Level-A hazmat suit. Any subject infected by SCP-3235 is to be considered lost. The resulting cadaver is to be incinerated, and the area they had inhabited is to be decontaminated. Description: SCP-3235 is a contagious virus that infects humans. The infection spreads through skin contact with infected subjects, or through airborne particles from coughs and sneezes of SCP-3235-1. Virions consist of a lipid envelope, containing the genetic material of Migs Babache, with a capsid diameter of 300 nm. No form of treatment or antiviral agent has been developed to reverse the infection. Initial symptoms include blisters on the skin, sore throat, and fever. As such, SCP-3235 can be mistaken for a non-anomalous viral infection during early stages. The circumstances and conditions that resulted in the creation of SCP-3235 are currently unknown. Within 72 hours of infection, tumorous growths will form on infected subjects1, including inside bodily cavities. Tissues comprising these growths are genetically identical to that of Migs Babache, a civilian of the city of [REDACTED]. Subjects may expire at this stage due to asphyxiation resulting from growths in the trachea. The growths develop further by absorbing nutrients from the host, through a network of blood vessels that connects to the host's circulatory system. Over time, these growths will develop functional structures, similar to those found in a human head, such as the skull, teeth, brain, eyes, and tongue. Internal structures such as the esophagus and trachea will develop within the host subject, and connect to the relevant organs for sustenance and support. If the subject survives past the first week of infection, each growth will develop a physical appearance identical to that of the head of Migs Babache. The growth is henceforth referred to as an instance of SCP-3235-1. At this stage, all structures expected of a human head are present within SCP-3235-1, albeit with varying levels of development. These heads are sapient2 and are able to communicate verbally, although a significant amount of psychological distress is exhibited. Muffled vocalizations or screams are occasionally audible from within infected subjects. Each instance possesses the memories of Migs Babache prior to his disappearance. As such, each instance claims to be the "real" Migs Babache, and may argue with other instances over this statement. As many as 50 instances have been recorded on a single subject. SCP-3235-1 will continue to develop on infected subjects until they are completely covered or expire. SCP-3235 came to the attention of the Foundation after the roommates of Migs Babache reported that they had witnessed his disappearance3 in their apartment, on ██/██/2001. Agents quarantined the apartment room of the person, but failed to detect any anomalies. All three persons were later admitted to ██████ Hospital, after contracting an unidentified viral infection. They were transported to Site-██, after the anomalous properties of the infection were confirmed by embedded Foundation personnel. Appropriate amnestic treatment was administered to the medical staff and other witnesses. No additional infections were contracted, as the original persons were effectively quarantined by medical personnel. + Interview Log 3235-3a - close Interviewed: SCP-3235-1-17 Interviewer: Dr. ██████ Foreword: The infected subject is ████ █████, one of the roommates of Migs Babache. The subject was sedated during the interview, and all instances of SCP-3235-1, except for the one interviewed, were surgically removed and incinerated. SCP-3235-1-17 was selected due to its high level of development, and capability for coherent speech. The instance was growing on the shoulder of the subject, and required a significant amount of reassurance before it would comply with researchers. <[Begin Log]> (faint moaning and gurgling is constantly audible from the wounds of ████ █████; several new tumors were beginning to grow on the subject over the course of the interview) Dr. ██████: Hello. Can you understand me? SCP-3235-1-17: What? I, uh… (object is unresponsive for 28 seconds while it assesses its situation) What happened to all the other… Dr. ██████: They weren't doing well and didn't make it. Can you understand me? SCP-3235-1-17: Okay, yes, I can. I guess I shouldn't really be surprised. They weren't real… Dr. ██████: Please state your name. SCP-3235-1-17: Migs Babache. Are you a doctor? Please help me. I don't know what the hell is happening to me. Dr. ██████: Yes, I am a doctor. We are doing everything we can, but you have to tell me everything you know, so we can better understand your condition. SCP-3235-1-17: A-alright, but please do everything you can to fix this. You have to help me. Dr. ██████: Please calm down, we're working on it. Can you describe what you are experiencing? How much control do you have? SCP-3235-1-17: I can't move anything except for my mouth, eyes… that's about it, I think. I can't feel anything except my face. Dr. ██████: Noted. Do you- (muffled screaming is audible as an tumor with an underdeveloped mouth begins to grow from one of the wounds on ████ █████) SCP-3235-1-17: What the hell is that? Dr. ██████: Please ignore it. Just focus on telling us what you know so we can help you. SCP-3235-1-17: (crying) Okay, okay, I'm trying to calm down. Alright. (object takes three deep breaths) Dr. ██████: Do you know how you came to be in your current situation? What can you tell me about the events leading up to it? SCP-3235-1-17: I don't know what the fuck happened to me! The last thing I remember is that I was just sitting around, trying to play some video games. It was the weekend, and I had no assignments to work on, so I was taking it easy. The next thing I remember was that everything went dark, and I couldn't breathe. I don't know what the hell was happening; there was no warning. I couldn't move, I couldn't see, I couldn't breathe, but I wasn't dying. I don't know how long that lasted, but it was a nightmare. God! I couldn't talk either, until some time later. I was just screaming. Screaming for help, because I couldn't feel or see anything. But I couldn't talk either, because my mouth wasn't working properly. But I did hear other people screaming. Lots of people, including my roommate. I thought I was still in our apartment, or something, but I couldn't understand why there were so many people screaming. I realized they were screaming in my voice later on, and then… they started talking… Dr. ██████: Do you recall the next time you regained your vision? SCP-3235-1-17: Yeah, it wasn't too long back. Just yesterday, I think. I was in the hospital. Oh, God, that's when the nightmare started. I wish it was a nightmare. There were these… other… Heads… Just heads. They looked like me. And we were all growing out of ████. Ugh… God, why is this happening to me? Dr. ██████: Calm down. You have to tell us everything if we are to help you. SCP-3235-1-17: Alright… Ugh… alright. Dr. ██████: Please calm down. You have to help us, so we can help you. SCP-3235-1-17: Alright, alright. (object takes a deep breath) The things that looked like me were all saying that they were the real me. But that can't be possible, right? Because I'm me. I mean, who or what else would I be? I remember everything. My parents, my family, my childhood. You know? And the fact that I'm still here must mean something, right? I mean, why would I still be here when those other things didn't make it? I have to be the real me. But they were all saying that they were me. And my roommate was freaking out badly. The doctors that showed up were all horrified, and didn't know what to do. God, this is a real nightmare. I just wish I could wake up from it. You are going to cure me, right? I mean- Dr. ██████: We have a team working on it, rest assured. Do you remember anything else? Anything out of the ordinary? SCP-3235-1-17: Anything else out of the ordinary? No. I really can't. I didn't do anything out of the ordinary. I ate at the same places, played the same games, me and my roommates even argued about the same god damned thing we always argued about. In fact we argued just before this happened. Please, just do everything you can to cure me, doctor. I really don't know how this happened. If nothing else works, you can do a head transplant, or something, right? I mean, I once saw this show about future technologies where [SUPERFLUOUS DIALOGUE EXPUNGED]. <End Log> Closing Statement: The interview was terminated as no further information could be obtained from the object The infected subject expired two days after the interview, and the cadaver was subsequently incinerated. Interviews with the other 2 roommates determined that all instances of SCP-3235-1 share the memories of Migs Babache, prior to his disappearance. Addendum: The following document consists of excerpts from text messages sent from ██████ ████ to ████ █████; both persons are roommates of Migs Babache. The content of the messages pertain to Migs Babache, and are edited for brevity. So Migs is pissed off at me today. Apparently, his girlfriend wanted to meet him, but he lied to her and said he wasn't feeling well and had to stay in. Of course, he didn't tell us this, and we went out with the others, not knowing about it. I took some photos to post online, and he happened to be in one of them. His girlfriend found out he wasn't sick and got pissed off when she saw the post. When she found him, she found he was cheating on her with someone else, which is why he lied to her. So now he's pissed at me. Firstly, he could have warned me that he was lying to his girlfriend, so I wouldn't have posted those pictures. Second, he shouldn't have lied to her in the first place. No, I can't get any sleep, so I might as well get dressed and join you. Migs has been arguing with his girlfriend outside since 10 PM. Word of warning, the console's corrupted and Migs is blaming us for it, so he'll probably blame you too when you get back. Must have gotten a virus or something. I think we all know who's to blame, though. It's bad enough that Migs cheats in real life, but he also cheats in video games. Every time. And he denies it, even though we have proof. And he wonders why we don't invite him for games. Also, can you believe he's been dating █████ for 5 years now? And he's been cheating on her on and off the whole time. Migs is a toxic person. That's all I can say. He's the embodiment of the definition of 'toxic person'. I've known him for 10 years, and he's always been the way he is. He doesn't pull his weight, and lets other people handle all the work, and he thinks it's perfectly acceptable. We've tried telling him, and all he does is deny it. He cheats, he lies, and he treats everyone like dirt. I hope his parents are happy with the way they raised him. If he doesn't change, all he's doing is being a disease to society. Investigations of the residence of person of interest, █████ ███, revealed no further anomalies. Footnotes 1. These tumors develop from the blisters formed during the initial stages of infection. 2. 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SCP-3236 | safe | 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-3236 Item #: SCP-3236 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3236 is stored at Site-136. Experimentation with SCP-3236 may be performed with the prior written consent of the site administrator. The tank is to be emptied and thoroughly cleaned and disinfected after each use. Description: SCP-3236 is a sensory modification appliance based on a modified "Float Pod"-brand sensory deprivation tank. Twelve lance-shaped, wired neuroprosthetic probes connect to sockets in the interior tub of the appliance. Accompanying documentation explains that to use the appliance, the probes are to be inserted into particular anatomical locations in the back of an individual's head and spinal cord in order to facilitate neuromuscular and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, then the individual enters the sensory deprivation tank. The operator then enters instructions by means of the appliance's external keyboard. The accompanying documentation suggests that the original intended functionality of the appliance was to permit the user inside the tank to experience neurosimulated sexual activity for recreational purposes. By means of the keyboard, the external operator would enter commands specifying particular aspects of the user's experience. The probes would then deliver electrical signals to the user's nervous system, causing the user to experience artificially simulated sensory input, similar to a dream-state, for a period of up to ten minutes (although the user's subjective sense of a sensory episode's duration may vary). Upon the conclusion of the simulated experience, the tank opens and the probes may be safely removed. However, the appliance's processing system appears to be damaged and corrupted, with the result that the appliance does not respond to the full suite of commands that the documentation describes. Trial and error has established that the only command accepted by the appliance is the designation of the user's "partner" for the simulated experience. Moreover, it appears that only intangible concepts are accepted as data inputs. Experimental testing of SCP-3236 consists of placing a human subject in the tank, inserting the probes, administering commands to the appliance, and then interviewing the subject. Partial test log follows: Date: 08.02.20██ Researcher: Dr. Garcia Subject: D-369, a 23-year old female subject. Test Results: Command: Husband Outcome: Appliance returned an error message. No interview conducted. Command: Woman Outcome: Appliance returned an error message. Command: Grizzly bear Outcome: Appliance returned an error message. Command: Pumpkin Outcome: Appliance returned an error message. Command: Night Outcome: "I suddenly woke up in bed. It was dark. My old college boyfriend was with me. We got busy, but he was too tired from work and couldn't finish." Command: America Outcome: "I was lying in a wheat field, wearing nothing but a cowboy hat. And then this bald eagle landed next to me…" Command: Enthusiasm Outcome: "Put me back in! Put me back in!" Date: 09.30.20██ Researcher: Dr. Patel Subject: D-2524, a 28-year old male subject. Test Results: Command: One Outcome: "She was pretty, but, you know, kind of boring." Command: Two Outcome: "I always wanted to try twins…" Command: Three Outcome: "That was weird. Instead of a girl, it was this shiny metallic triangular thing. I didn't even know where to put it." Command: Four Outcome: "It was a girl, but all messed up and angular. She looked like she was made of Legos, like a Minecraft character." Command: The number "e" Outcome: "Whoa! Crazy bitch! Tiger in the sack, but a little scary." Command: Zero Outcome: "That was really creepy. It was all black and I just felt like I was getting, you know, drained." Date: 11.14.20██ Researcher: Dr. Morrison Subject: D-2526, a 22-year old male subject. Test Results: Command: Freedom Outcome: "That was awesome. I was flying and it was like the sky itself was doing stuff to me…" Command: Capitalism Outcome: "I don't remember anything about it other than the fact that I just got fucked." Command: Los Angeles Police Department Outcome: "That was frightening and brutal. Also, Dr. Dre was there for some reason." Command: Australia Outcome: "She was amazing, up until the point when she grew fangs and tried to bite me." Command: Recursion Outcome: "Go fuck yourself too, doctor. You sick fuck." Date: 12.13.20██ Researcher: Dr. Lamb Subject: D-3922, a 21-year old female subject. Test Results: Command: Famine Outcome: "I almost felt sorry for her… she was so thin and wispy it felt like I was going to break her." Command: Pestilence Outcome: "I feel like I should've gotten a rash from him." Command: War Outcome: "I've never really been a fan of after-argument sex. Feels wrong to me." Command: Conquest Outcome: "Well, now I know I'm a domme." Command: Death Outcome: Subject comatose upon removal. Upon awakening 3 days later, she refused to speak about her experience. Date: 1.27.20██ Researcher: Dr. Little Subject: D-3698, a 26-year old female subject. Test Results: Command: The future Outcome: "That was the biggest orgy EVER." Command: 1933 Outcome: "That girl had so many edges, I was scared I'd get cut!" Command: The year 1933 Outcome: "We were in some run down shack, so I knew a shower afterwards was off the table." Command: The year 1287 Outcome: "He chained me to a wall. The only thing that kept me out of the mood was the bearded guy next to me…" Command: The year 2387 Outcome: "So. Many. Goats." Command: The end of the world as we know it Outcome: "All the members of REM came at me all at once and…" Command: The apocalypse Outcome: "There was this giant soda can. It was so pathetic, I wouldn't even call what we did a 'bang'." |
SCP-3237 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3237 Special Containment Procedures: Due to the intangible nature of SCP-3237, containment is based upon securing the subject's cooperation. Should SCP-3237 become uncooperative the use of a non-lethal auditory cognitohazard has been approved1. SCP-3237 is to be contained in a standard humanoid containment cell outfitted with two thermal-imaging cameras. Cameras are to be monitored at all times. Security staff are to be alerted should SCP-3237 attempt to leave its cell unless accompanied by a staff member with a minimum of Level 3 Clearance. Site-31 itself is equipped with thermal-imaging cameras for tracking movements of SCP-3237. All recovered instances of SCP-3237-A are currently stored in Storage Facility EuF-13. Description: SCP-3237 is a humanoid entity approximately 188 cm in height, with no observable physical mass. The only indication of SCP-3237's existence is an anomalous temperature reading from the area that SCP-3237 currently occupies. Two different temperatures have been recorded from SCP-3237: A consistent -34.8°C in the area roughly corresponding to SCP-3237's 'skin', and an inconsistent 400-600°C2 throughout the rest of SCP-3237's 'body', including exposed areas such as the eyes or inside of the mouth. The temperature of SCP-3237 itself has been shown to have no effect on the surrounding environment3. However, materials within SCP-3237 will affect the surrounding environment as normal. Any matter4 occupying the same space as SCP-3237 will instantaneously become the same temperature as SCP-3237, and may subsequently sustain damage from thermal strain. Upon removal, material will react normally with surrounding environment. SCP-3237 has expressed no discomfort with passing through solid objects, and has stated that it cannot feel any difference between materials in different states of matter. SCP-3237 claims to have at one point been human, though is only able to provide limited information about its former identity5. Visual examination suggests SCP-3237 is 'physically' a male between the ages 20-40, and linguistic knowledge and patterns suggest a Russian origin. SCP-3237-A is the designation given to 237 human bodies, each with an internal temperature of exactly 26°C. Instances of SCP-3237-A have shown no signs of decomposition during containment. See Addendum-3237-4 for details. Addendum-3237-1 - Initial Discovery: SCP-3237 was brought to Foundation attention in December of 2000, when a local news channel in Waverly, Nebraska aired an interview with a Roger Carlson, who claimed to have captured footage of a 'temperature ghost' through a thermal camera. The footage showed SCP-3237 waving, pointing and gesturing at the camera in an apparent attempt to initiate communication with Carlson. Foundation field agents successfully propagated a cover story of it being a hoax created by Carlson and temporary Site 31-27a was established to identify and contain the anomaly. Contact was made on 12/09/2000, when the words 'Please bring blank paper' were found burned into a copy of a report at Site-31-27a. When several sheets of blank paper were brought into the room, SCP-3237 proceeded to communicate by burning words onto the paper. An impromptu interview was conducted by Dr. Glenshaw, and is transcribed below. Open Interview Log 3237-1 Close Interview Log 3237-1 Interviewed: SCP-3237 Interviewer: Dr. Glenshaw Foreward: Initial assumptions were that SCP-3237 was somehow dependent on paper to communicate, thus Dr. Glenshaw was instructed to communicate with SCP-3237 via writing. <Begin Log, 11:37 am> Dr. Glenshaw: [written] Hello. I am Doctor Raymond Glenshaw. Can you understand me? SCP-3237: Yes, though not as well as I would like. Dr. Glenshaw: [written] Why is that? SCP-3237: I have been trying to learn English, and I believe I have grasped it, but I am still having some trouble sometimes. Dr. Glenshaw: [written] Would you prefer another language? SCP-3237: No, I will use English. The best way to learn is to practice, after all. Besides, I doubt you know Russian. Dr. Glenshaw: [written] I do not. Can you tell me about yourself? Who are you? SCP-3237: I can, a little. I am in the room, though I am invisible. Things burn when I touch them, like this paper. Please be careful, I am very hot. I would tell you my name, but I cannot remember it. I do not know much else about my current state. I apologize. Dr. Glenshaw: [written] That's alright. Can you tell me why you are here? SCP-3237: You are the SCP Foundation, correct? You contain strange things like me? Dr. Glenshaw: [pause] [written] That is correct. How are you aware of this? SCP-3237: This building was empty before, and I wanted to know who was moving in. I read your reports as you wrote them. You are trying to find me, and are not scared by things like me. That is why I wanted to speak with you. I am supposed to be contained. Dr. Glenshaw: [written] You want to be contained? SCP-3237: Yes. Like I said, I am very hot. I do not wish to burn things that would hurt other people. Dr. Glenshaw: [written] We'll see what we can do. Thank you for your cooperation. SCP-3237: You are welcome. A question, if I may? Dr. Glenshaw: [written] Go ahead. SCP-3237: Why do you keep writing everything? It is difficult to read. Dr. Glenshaw: [pause] Can you hear me? SCP-3237: Of course. Did you assume I could not? Dr. Glenshaw: Oh, uh… yes, actually. SCP-3237: That is quite funny. <End Log, 11:54 am> Closing Statement: Subject was designated SCP-3237 and transported to Site-31 for containment. Current containment procedures were established shortly thereafter. Close Interview Log 3237-1 Addendum-3237-2 - Interview Log 3237-2: Below is the first interview conducted after containment was established. Open Interview Log 3237-2 Close Interview Log 3237-2 Interviewed: SCP-3237 Interviewer: Dr. Glenshaw <Begin Log, 3:30 pm> Dr. Glenshaw: Good afternoon, SCP-3237. SCP-3237: Hello, Doctor. Is that to be my name? Dr. Glenshaw: It's your designation, yes. SCP-3237: I have not had a name in a while. Hello, I am SCP-3237. It is nice to be speaking with you. Dr. Glenshaw: [pause] Likewise. Now, I wanted to ask more about your current condition. SCP-3237: I will provide any answer I can, though I do not know much. My memory from before I woke up like this is unclear. Dr. Glenshaw: From before? You haven't always been in this state? SCP-3237: Oh no, I have not. Did I not say that before? Dr. Glenshaw: You haven't, no. SCP-3237: Sorry about that. Yes, I was human once, I believe. It was a while ago, though I am not sure how long exactly. It might have been late in the year, because I remember it being cold. Dr. Glenshaw: Do you remember where you were at the time? SCP-3237: I do not have a word for it, but when I try and remember I find a shape. [SCP-3237 draws an image onto a blank sheet.] Dr. Glenshaw: [examining the sheet] Finland6? SCP-3237: Possibly. Wherever it was, it was quite cold there. Somehow I fell asleep while walking outside, or maybe I died, I do not know how to tell the difference. Anyway, it was cold out. Very cold. [There is a several second pause in SCP-3237's writing.] Dr. Glenshaw: …SCP-3237? SCP-3237: Sorry, I was thinking. Like I said, it was cold. And again, as I said, I fell asleep, or died, or something. Whatever it was, it was so cold. And then there was something, or someone, it was unclear. I did not know what it was then, except that I knew it was not cold. I could not really see it, or hear it, or even feel it. I was too focused on the cold. Dr. Glenshaw: Can you remember anything about it at all? SCP-3237: When it appeared, I think it tried to say something. I could not hear it, as I was too busy being cold. I had been cold a while, you see. How long was I cold? I think I was cold for about as long as it was cold. How cold was it? It was very, very cold. Too cold. Dr. Glenshaw: SCP-3237, are you alright? SCP-3237: Am I alright? That depends. Am I cold? Dr. Glenshaw: I don't know. Why, do you feel cold? SCP-3237: I feel somewhat cold, yes. [At this point, the temperature reading within SCP-3237 spikes to 840°C. As there is no visual indicator of this temperature spike, Dr. Glenshaw proceeds without acknowledging it.] SCP-3237: Now I am alright. Where was I? Dr. Glenshaw: That's good. You were talking about what you saw when you fell asleep. Something, or someone, was there with you? SCP-3237: I remember. It asked if I was cold, and I was too cold to say yes. It asked if I wanted to be warm, and I said no. No, I did not want to be warm. I wanted to be not cold. Dr. Glenshaw: And then you woke up? SCP-3237: I believe so. I know I was not cold. Can we please stop now? Remembering this is tiring. Dr. Glenshaw: That should be enough for now. Thank you for your time. <End Log, 3:52 pm> Closing Statement: SCP-3237 returned to normal temperature approximately one hour after interview concluded. When questioned, SCP-3237 expressed no knowledge of change occurring. Close Interview Log 3237-2 Addendum-3237-3 - SCP-3237's Origins: On 4/15/2001 SCP-3237 requested it be interviewed, claiming it had remembered something about its origins. Open Interview Log 3237-3 Close Interview Log 3237-3 Interviewed: SCP-3237 Interviewer: Dr. Glenshaw <Begin Log, 12:20 pm> Dr. Glenshaw: Hello SCP-3237. I was told you had remembered something important? SCP-3237: Yes. I believe I remember how I died. Dr. Glenshaw: Interesting. What is it you remember, specifically? SCP-3237: Alright. Let me think. I said it was cold, right? Dr. Glenshaw: Quite a few times, yes. SCP-3237: Well, it was quite cold. There was snow everywhere, so everything was white. I could not see a thing. I remember complaining how difficult it was to find the thing we were looking for. Dr. Glenshaw: You were looking for something in the snow? SCP-3237: Yes. I cannot quite remember what, but I recall it being important. It was white too you see, so it was hard to find in all the snow. Anyway, we were looking for this thing when I heard something, a gunshot. Dr. Glenshaw: You were shot? SCP-3237: Yes, but also no. I was not the one who that shot hit. Someone near me was hit, he fell over. I fell myself, on purpose, so the shooter might think I had been shot as well. The ground was cold, but I knew that if I stood I would die. Dr. Glenshaw: You died, though, so the shooter found you? SCP-3237: I think so, but he did not find me then. I lifted my head from the ground for an instant, to get a look at the area. That is when I saw it, the thing we had been searching for. It had been simply sitting in the snow, right where we could see it if we had only looked. We might have made it out if we had. Dr. Glenshaw: What do you mean by 'we'? SCP-3237: I was with a group of people, to help search. Anyway, I saw what we had come for, so I tried to make my way toward it. It was a poor decision on my part, heading toward the sugar. Dr. Glenshaw: Wait, you were looking for sugar? SCP-3237: Sugar? No, I was not looking for sugar. Why do you ask? Dr. Glenshaw: Because that's what you wrote. Look, right here: 'heading toward the sugar.' SCP-3237: That is strange. There was no sugar there, and I was certainly not looking for it. Why did I write that? [There is a several second pause in communication from SCP-3237.] May I have a moment to write out my thoughts? Dr. Glenshaw: Certainly. SCP-3237: Thank you. [SCP-3237 proceeds to write for several minutes. Contents of the pages consist of the word 'sugar' written in both English and Russian, with several lines leading to terms describing sugar (ex. sweet, white, unhealthy, etc.). A circle is burned around the word 'white' and another around the word 'death'.] SCP-3237: The White Death. That is what we were searching for. Dr. Glenshaw: The White Death? What's that? SCP-3237: A man. He was a single man. Four-hundred men entered that forest, and he killed every last one of them. He hid in the snow, covered in white, and killed entire squads without ever being seen. My squad was sent to kill him, but we ended up just like the rest. All of us, dead and cold in the snow. Dr. Glenshaw: A squad? You were a soldier, then? SCP-3237: Was I? I wrote that without thinking. In my mind I feel we were hunters. [SCP-3237 pauses for several seconds, cameras show it smiling and shaking its head.] Foolish ones. We only had a goal, and no plan for what to do when we found him, just a gun. Dr. Glenshaw: And you found him, in the end. SCP-3237: We hunted Death, met him in his own element, in the cold. So we died, and the White Death escaped, into the cold. <End Log, 12:57 pm> Closing Statement: SCP-3237 requested that the interview be concluded, as it had no more information to provide. Close Interview Log 3237-3 Addendum-3237-4 - Conclusions: Following the interview, it was concluded that the 'White Death' referred to by SCP-3237 was Simo Häyhä, a Finnish sniper who was given the nickname for his high number of confirmed kills7 during the Winter War8. The investigation into SCP-3237 itself provided no evidence to a specific identity. However, the investigation led to the discovery of the existence of SCP-3237-A. The bodies of several Russian soldiers killed during the Winter War were exhumed and it was discovered that a portion of them showed no obvious signs of decay despite having been buried for 60 years. Further tests showed that each instance had an internal temperature of exactly 26°C. All SCP-3237-A instances were confirmed to have been killed by Simo Häyhä. In total, 174 SCP-3237-A instances were exhumed. Investigation into the Kollaa area9 proved similarly inconclusive to SCP-3237's identity. However, 63 more instances of SCP-3237-A were recovered, bringing the total number of SCP-3237-A to 237. Foundation agents were able to question Simo Häyhä on 07/25/2001. Häyhä provided the following statement, translated from Finnish. Open Interview Log 3237-4 Close Interview Log 3237-4 Simo Häyhä: During all of that time hidden in the snow, stopping those men from invading my country, I was never once held back by the cold. I knew that there must have been some explanation beyond my familiarity with the weather, but I chose to ignore it. I was there to my duty, and that is what I did. But now that you ask, there is one thing I remember that may be of some use. Very near to the start of the war I remember a woman walked up to me. I did not recognize her, but we proceeded to chat about some trivial things. I mentioned how cold it was at the time, and she seemed to change. She suddenly asked me if I wanted help out on the field. I said that I would welcome it, though I am not sure what I expected. When I said that, she smiled. It was the kind of smile that sends a chill down your spine, but there was no chill, rather a warmth. The chill from the air had gone as well, and I have not felt it since. She said that she expected something in return, that she expected me to do the absolute best I could defending my country. I said that I intended to, as it was my duty. After that, she left. I have not seen her since. Close Interview Log 3237-4 Based on Häyhä's testimony a physical examination was performed. It was discovered that Häyhä's internal temperature never fell below 37°C, regardless of current conditions. No other anomalous properties were detected in Häyhä, and it was decided that containment was unnecessary. Addendum-3237-5 - Incident 3237-A102: On 04/01/2002 Simo Häyhä died by what was deemed to be natural causes. Several hours after his death, his body developed severe frostbite, as well as signs of hypothermia. The event was covered up, and his body recovered for further analysis. After thorough study, his body was released back into family custody and buried in Karelia, Finland. Shortly after Häyhä's death SCP-3237 made a request to be interviewed. Open Interview Log 3237-5 Close Interview Log 3237-5 Interviewed: SCP-3237 Interviewer: Dr. Glenshaw <Begin Log, 7:24 pm> SCP-3237: [This statement was written before Dr. Glenshaw entered the room.] Simo Häyhä just died. Is this correct? Dr. Glenshaw: That's… Yes, he died just a few hours ago. I was just told about it, myself. How do you know that? Oh, and, uh, hello, by the way. SCP-3237: Hello. Sorry, I do not mean to be rude. Dr. Glenshaw: It's alright. Can you tell me how you know about Häyhä? SCP-3237: I know because she told me about him. Dr. Glenshaw: "She" told you? Who would "she" be? SCP-3237: I do not know her name, or even if she has one. I know she is the reason I am like this, though. She was the one who spoke to me as I died. Dr. Glenshaw: You mentioned that before. Something asked you if you wanted to be warm, if I recall? SCP-3237: Yes. And that something was her. She said that Simo Häyhä asked her to "let them know". [SCP-3237 pauses for several seconds.] It is strange to give a name to the White Death. Simo Häyhä. Simo Häyhä. That is not a name one would expect from Death himself. Dr. Glenshaw: It doesn't sound very Death-like, no. But that's not important. I need you to tell me more about this woman; it's important we find out who she is. SCP-3237: I cannot say who she is, but I can say who she wants to be. Dr. Glenshaw: You can tell who she wants to be? SCP-3237: Yes. She wants to be the Devil. Dr. Glenshaw: The Devil? She wants to… be the Devil? SCP-3237: Or God. Maybe both. Dr. Glenshaw: I- What? How can you tell that? SCP-3237: She said "my Hell" and "my Heaven". The one who owns Hell would be the Devil, would they not? Dr. Glenshaw: I can't say I know the answer to that. She specifically worded it like that? SCP-3237: Yes. She kept saying it was what we deserved, for trying to take what was not ours. Dr. Glenshaw: 'We'? 'Ours'? Was she speaking to someone else? SCP-3237: I do not know. I tried to ask, but I am unsure if she heard me. I doubt she would have responded if she had. Dr. Glenshaw: Why is that? SCP-3237: She hates us, whoever we are. Hates us enough that she did this solely to deny us death. The last thing she said is burned into my mind. Dr. Glenshaw: What did she say? SCP-3237: "You don't deserve oblivion. You deserve less than nothing. You deserve everything." <End Log, 7:55 pm> Closing Statement: Investigation into the entity described by SCP-3237 is still ongoing as of 7/13/2008. Close Interview Log 3237-5 Footnotes 1. See Document 3237-COG31 for a list of approved cognitohazards. 2. Average temperature is 482°C. Other extremes have been noted under specific conditions. See Addendum-3237-2. 3. As proven through tests in artificial vacuum. 4. Usually the air where SCP-3237 is currently standing. 5. See Addendum-3237-3 for further details. 6. Later examination showed it to have several contours consistent with maps of Finland c. 1939. 7. 505 confirmed kills over 100 days. 8. A conflict between Soviet and Finnish forces during World War II which lasted from November 30, 1939 to March 13, 1940. 9. The primary area in which Simo Häyhä was active during the war. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3237" by Aero_Grillos, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3237. 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SCP-3238 | safe | The three variants of SCP-3238 Item #: SCP-3238 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3238 is to be contained at Site-19 in a standard anomalous object container. Foundation web-crawlers will scan all portions of the web for the phrases "dado juice" and "dado juice energy drink". Upon detection of either phrase, MTF Alpha-4 ("Pony Express") is to be deployed with the primary mission of containment of SCP-3238. Secondary mission protocols are to detain PoI "dado" for Foundation questioning. Testing of SCP-3238 is suspended at this time. In the instance of an active incident involving SCP-3238, all civilian personnel are to be evacuated from the affected area. All survivors, witnesses, and emergency responders to an SCP-3238 incident are to be administered Class-C Amnestics and undergo false memory implantation. Description: SCP-3238 is a collection of 132 aluminum canisters, each containing 236 ml of an unknown anomalous fluid. Each canister has the words "dado juice" written in black marker. There are three variations of SCP-3238, each denoted by a different image, also crudely drawn on the aluminum container in black marker: fire, an international radiation symbol, and a sphere with trailing motion lines. The fluid itself is iridescent red in color and displays the same viscosity as water. When SCP-3238 is ingested by a human subject, one of three anomalous effects will occur to the subject, in relation to the symbol on the canister, shown on table 1A. Table 1A- Anomalous Effects of SCP-3238 Symbol Effect Fire Subject core body temperature begins to rise rapidly within 60 seconds following ingestion. After 2 minutes, subject's body starts rapidly releasing Oxy-dicyanoacetylene gas as if pressurized. The gas will then spontaneously ignite, burning at ~4,990 °C, in a 1 meter radius around the subject. As the gas contains both fuel and oxidizer, it has proven extremely difficult to extinguish the resultant fire, even if completely submerged in water. The resultant cadaver continues to emit Oxy-dicyanoacetylene gas and burn for up to 5 days. Radioactive Subject begins to sweat excessively within 60 seconds of ingestion. Within 3 minutes, subject begins to emit electromagnetic radiation in the form of gamma rays, measured in excess of 800 roentgens/min. The subject will succumb to this exposure within no more than 5 minutes, displaying all symptoms of acute radiation poisoning. Other living beings within a radius of 20 meters of the subject may absorb a lethal dosage of gamma rays within minutes. Within a radius up to 100 meters, other living beings may absorb lesser amounts of radiation, dependent upon range and time of exposure. The cadaver may emit fading amounts of radiation for up to 5 days. Sphere in motion Subject begins to become excessively nervous and jittery within 60 seconds of ingestion. Within 2 minutes, subject begins accelerating rapidly upwards, reaching a velocity of 11.186 km/s within 30 seconds. Subject will experience forces in excess of 50 G during the course of this acceleration. Any objects impacted by subject will not stop or alter the course or speed of the subject. The outcome of any such collision is both the immediate liquefaction of the subject, and severe damage or destruction to the object. Subject will escape earth orbit and continue to accelerate away from Earth at a speed of ~11.186 km/s. Nine instances of SCP-3238 were discovered following a suspected terrorist attack on the █████████ Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, 06/14/18. The remainder were recovered from the north Las Vegas Amazon Fuilfillment Center. Addendum: IRC Logs- Recovered 06/17/18 Foundation agents recovered a laptop from the 06/14/18 Las Vegas incident. The laptop was unusable, but the hard drive was recoverable using forensic software. On the hard drive, Foundation technical staff found IRC logs with evidence pertaining to SCP-3238. <NickServ>: Password accepted - you are now recognized. /join #dado http://dadolaundryandtan.net/chat Topic: sry caps key broke Topic set by dado on Fri Jun 01 2018 10:12:34 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) <multizig>: Hello <multizig>: uhhhh <multizig>: helllooooooooo? <dado>: hello yes this is dado <multizig>: You're the guy that does the research chemicals, right? <multizig>: You there? <dado>: i do fine pharmaceutical and yes sry dado type slow <multizig>: Cool, cool <multizig>: So look, I need something special <dado>: i am do very special for all clients <multizig>: Awesome. I need something that will keep my energy up. Me and the boys are going to Vegas <multizig>: Gonna paint the town red <dado>: energy? <multizig>: You know, like 5 hour energy. Or maybe something stronger? lol <multizig>: Cause we want to party. I mean like out of this WORLD. <dado>: i likes parties too but not wanting to poop in your party <dado>: you want energy pill for a red town outer space party yes <multizig>: Yeah, you know, coke or speed or uppers or something ;) <multizig>: Just something really far out there <dado>: what u think dado is <multizig>: Huh? <dado>: dado is not party supply store <multizig>: What are you talking about? My boy MaliceAF said you're the best there is <dado>: dado is fine parapharmaceutical <dado>: medicine for hare grow and also medicine for what make people old and horny <dado>: not fine pararecreational <multizig>: Ok fine man sorry <dado>: dado energy pill not a fun time toy for ur space party <dado>: dado energy pill srs business <multizig>: Dude. Okay. Sorry I asked <dado>: wait dado can still help <dado>: wat u need i can get u <dado>: is not pharmaceutical tho <multizig>: Ok, what is it. <dado>: dado juice energy drink <multizig>: LOL dude what the fuck. <multizig>: Are you serious right now bro? <multizig>: Helloooo?? <dado>: u need to trust dado <dado>: u want energy, i give you best energy drink there is <dado>: dado has been want to break out of market for energy drink <dado>: expand dado brand <multizig>: Energy drink, huh? Like Red Bull? <dado>: yes dado juice best energy drink <dado>: three flavors u have energy for days <dado>: all natural energy <dado>: no red cows no wings <multizig>: You're serious. <dado>: i send to u free i have amazon prime <dado>: if u no like dado juice then i refund u <multizig>: Dude. Cool. <multizig>: If it works, that is <multizig>: Cause we want to burn this mother DOWN <dado>: yes and u will like there will be much rad and burning <multizig>: I guess MaliceAF was right, you're cool <dado>: yes dado help famalice and dado help you to manyzag, dado is the cleverest thinker <multizig>: Sweet. Thanks Amazon Prime Page- 6/18/18 Foundation web-crawlers discovered the existence of an Amazon item that fit the description of SCP-3238. This led to the mobilization of MTF Alpha-4 to the north Las Vegas Amazon Fulfillment Center. The operation led to the successful seizure and containment of 17 instances of SCP-3238, and the interception of 112 more instances that were en route to potential victims. The item has since been removed from Amazon by the directive of [NAME REDACTED]. A copy of the item listing has been archived in the Foundation logs, seen below: The product reviews are as follows: 1-Star- Would not order again. Gave me tons of energy for my upper sept-tentacle workout, but had a horrid aftertaste. Nuke flavor made me crash a million times harder than I ever have before. 0/10, do not recommend for non-euclidean organisms. Response from seller: yes this is dado i will issue full refund i always want to satisfy happy customers |
SCP-3239 | safe | SCP-3239 Item #: SCP-3239 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3239 is to be kept in a soundproofed object containment locker at Site-86 for preliminary research, not to be removed from such outside of testing. Research personnel showcasing signs of previously undiagnosed mental afflictions are to be assessed under psychiatric consultation, and be investigated for unauthorized usage of SCP-3239. Once the aforementioned preliminary research is concluded, SCP-3239 is to be moved to Site-44, allowing for usage of the on-site electromagnetic isolation field and manmade technology specialists. Description: SCP-3239 is a black Ericsson DBH 1001 model rotary dial telephone1. Despite appearing to be well preserved and completely functional, all attempts to use SCP-3239 to contact a normal phone have concluded with failure. SCP-3239's anomalous properties only begin to manifest on the last Tuesday of every month, lasting from the hours of ██:██ to ██:██.2 If any individual enters within a 4.6m radius of SCP-3239 during this allotted time frame, SCP-3239 will start to ring. This ringing will occur under most circumstances, and attempts to block this call through methods including the use of a Faraday cage have proven unsuccessful. However, the placement of structural or natural obstacles between subjects and SCP-3239 has been noted to prevent this occurrence. Subjects who enter within this radius and hear the ringing do not report any urge to answer. Should a subject answer SCP-3239, however, they commonly recount a strong compulsion to remain on the call despite any previous mindset they might have possessed. This compulsion will generally go unnoticed unless efforts to end the call are enacted, and it has been noted possible to overcome in life-threatening situations or similar circumstances. Upon answering SCP-3239, subjects are greeted by SCP-3239-1. SCP-3239-1 has been described as the voice of a middle-aged woman with a Swedish accent and notably is always fluent in the native language of the subject answering SCP-3239. Attempts to trace the call or determine SCP-3239-1's location have proven unsuccessful.3 Upon answering, SCP-3239-1 will ask for a name, SCP-3239-1 will most frequently ask for a name of an individual. If the subject states their own name, the name of a fictional character, or no name at all, SCP-3239 may immediately disconnect from the call and cannot be used again until the next allotted time frame. However, across select calls, SCP-3239-1 has been recorded becoming agitated with subjects failing to give a proper name, prolonging the connection. Upon naming an individual, SCP-3239-1 will briefly pause. During this time, lasting for a range of 15 to 27 seconds, the sound of ringing can be heard on the line. Discovery photo of church near █████████, Sweden. See Test-3239-D for further details After this period, the voice of the named individual can be heard, hereby designated as SCP-3239-2. SCP-3239-2 instances appear sentient, though generally display an unawareness of the subject, reacting only to occurrences in their proximity, but awareness of the subject has been recorded in select calls. An SCP-3239-2 instance will transmit both voice and environmental audio correlating to specific causes to the instance's death; examples of such include suicides and murders. Once an instance's death takes place, the call is immediately terminated. Named individuals apparently killed during an SCP-3239 call have been found alive and uninjured, reporting no recollection of the call or its events taking place. If a deceased individual is named, similar circumstances occur, with SCP-3239-2 instances mimicking the individual. However, these instances are recorded dying in situations similar to the named individual's death, but with noticeable differences to the real-life event. Subjects have been documented suffering from mental illness and psychological trauma after the conclusion of a call, with psychiatric evaluations diagnosing disorders such as major depression and general anxiety. These newly developed afflictions are generally treatable depending on the affliction, and the development of physical illnesses has not been recorded. Such afflictions have only been reported affecting individuals answering SCP-3239, with those listening to calls indirectly through wiretap surveillance or similar methods being unaffected. Addendum 3239-A: SCP-3239 was recovered on ██/██/████ from an antique shop in █████████, Indiana. Upon receiving questionable reports of post traumatic stress and neurasthenia from ██ ███████ Hospital, Agents ██████ and █████ were authorized to investigate. Questioning of affected individuals and doctoral staff resulted in a coinciding reference to a "haunted telephone," which was traced to ████████ Antiques. Reportedly, the owner had no prior knowledge of the object, stating they were unaware of its presence in their store. Agent ██████ purchased SCP-3239 upon discovery and Class-A amnestics were properly administered. + SCP-3239 Testing Log - ACCESS GRANTED Testing Procedures: Under proper authorization from personnel with Level 3 clearance or higher, all testing will be conducted with a minimum of one D-Class personnel present in SCP-3239's testing chamber, with complete audio and video feed surveillance of both the on-site landline and the chamber. Upon test completion, testing subjects are required to submit consultation for no less than three weeks to possibly determine any relationships between events recorded in the call and the mental afflictions developed. Test 3239-A Date: 11/28/████ Subject: D-7295 ordered to name ███████ █████, a known and currently living associate. Results: Upon answering, SCP-3239-1 asks for a name, wherein D-7295 names ███████ █████. After a duration of approximately 17 seconds, SCP-3239-2, immediately recognized sounding like █████ by D-7295, is heard arguing with an undocumented third party regarding overdue payments and/or extortion. Gunshots are then recorded on the line, SCP-3239-2 presumably being shot and killed. The call is immediately terminated and D-7295 is left visibly panicking. Psychiatric evaluation reports D-7295 now suffering from PTSD, and location efforts report █████ is still alive. Test 3239-B Date: 12/26/████ Subject: D-6342 ordered to name █████ ██████, D-6342's deceased mother. Results: Upon answering, SCP-3239-1 asks for a name, wherein D-6342 names █████ ██████. After a duration of approximately 23 seconds, the sound of a moving car and incoherent whispering can be heard, presumably SCP-3239-2, which is recognized by D-6342 to be ██████. SCP-3239-2 then directly addresses D-6342, stating she should not have called, and the sound of skidding tires and a crash between at least two vehicles is recorded immediately after. The call is terminated and D-6342 begins sobbing. Psychiatric evaluation reports D-6342 now suffering from manic-depression, and investigation efforts report ██████ died in a head-on car collision into a telephone pole. Analysis: I have to say I'm curious whether or not the deaths depicted when naming living individuals are in some way predictions. If this is the case, SCP-3239 could prove to be a useful tool, but unless we want the Ethics Committee breathing down our necks, the mental repercussions can be problematic. Perhaps we can try sending in someone already diagnosed with depression or a similar disorder and see what happens. They might not be as heavily affected, if at all. -Dr. Garrickson Permission granted. -Senior Researcher ███████ Test 3239-C Date: 1/30/████ Subject: D-8031 ordered to name ████ █████, a known and living associate. D-8031 had been previously diagnosed with chronic depression, taking antidepressants daily. Results: Upon answering, SCP-3239-1 asks for a name. D-8031 hesitates in naming ████ █████, wherein SCP-3239-1 is recorded becoming agitated and refers to research personnel, stating D-8031 was ordered by Dr. Garrickson to give a name and was wasting everyone's time. D-8031 names █████, and after a duration of approximately 18 seconds, SCP-3239-2, recognized by D-8031, is heard shouting to an undocumented third party. Sounds of distant rushing water is recorded, alongside SCP-3239-2 threatening the third party that they will jump. SCP-3239-2 is then recorded grunting as sounds of wind and a large splash are heard. The call is terminated and D-8031 is silent. Psychiatric evaluation reports D-8031's chronic depression had severely worsened and neurasthenia had also developed, and location efforts report █████ is still alive. Twenty-five days after testing, D-8031 committed suicide in his cell with a makeshift shiv by cutting his superficial palmer arteries. Guard personnel stationed in the vicinity are under investigation for possible demotion. Analysis: I think it's safe to say being previously diagnosed with a mental disorder does not negate SCP-3239's effects. However, I'm more concerned with SCP-3239-1. It referred to me by name and I haven't even spoken with it. I suggest we attempt to interview SCP-3239-1 and see exactly how far its knowledge goes. -Dr. Garrickson Permission to attempt interview with SCP-3239-1 granted. -Senior Researcher ███████ + Test-3239-D Audio Log and Afterword - ACCESS GRANTED Test-3239-D Date: 2/27/████ Subject: D-4713 given printed documents containing twenty questions written by Dr. ██████████, ordered to attempt interview with SCP-3239-1 by promising to give a name under the condition of SCP-3239-1 answering given questions. [BEGIN LOG] (SCP-3239 is ringing and D-4731 is heard shuffling papers.) D-4731: I remember having a phone like this. Surprised this one still works. (D-4731 answers SCP-3239.) D-4731: Uh, hello? (The sound of incoherent whispering is recorded on the line, unable to be discerned if originating from SCP-3239-1.) D-4731: Hello? Hey doc, is this thing actually working or— SCP-3239-1: Hello. Ciao. Bonjour. Buna. Hallå. Strange how one thing can be said in so many different ways. D-4731: Uh, okay miss. So it does work. Um, alright, I'm supposed to ask you a few— SCP-3239-1: I still feel it, you know. Every passing moment of every waking day. I wonder when it will stop. When I'll finally get the chance to move on and leave it behind, when the right person comes along and ends it, but then someone like you has to pick up. D-4731: Miss, what are you talking about? (The sound of flowing water is recorded on the line) SCP-3239-1: Are you afraid of death, █████? Or, better question, what do you think is the worst way to die? Drowning? An illness ripping you apart from the inside? A friend shooting you in the back? (SCP-3239-1 briefly pauses.) SCP-3239-1: Burning to death? That one's mine. D-4731: Uh, drowning, I guess. Are you near a river or something? I'm hearing— SCP-3239-1: Drowning, huh? One of the most terrible ways to go from what I've heard. An endless abyss in all directions, forcing itself upon you. Trying to push it away but with every breath it suffocates you. Slow and agonizing as you struggle for air. I wouldn't know though. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see. D-4731: Wait, what— (A new, previously unrecorded entity is heard on the line, being described as multiple voices speaking at once. Until authorization from personnel with Level 4 clearance or higher is given, this entity shall be improperly referred to as SCP-3239-3) SCP-3239-3: For a moment everything was fine, all had become still, but then people like you just had to pick up. D-4731: What the fuck? (The call is terminated) D-4731: Seriously, holy shit. [END LOG] Afterword: Across the duration of Test-3239-D, tracing efforts were able to track the call to an abandoned church near ██████████, Sweden, which had reportedly burned down in ██34 under unknown circumstances. Field agents reported recovering a red telephone of a similar model to SCP-3239 nearby on a bridge over ████████ River, disconnected from any phone lines or power sources. A small research outpost was constructed over the church on ██/██/████ under the guise of an archaeological operation and no anomalous properties regarding the red phone or the church have yet been reported. Psychiatric evaluation reports D-4731 is now suffering from aquaphobia and general anxiety. Analysis: Well, this new information is certainly keeping us busy. No clue what the church has to do with anything, but we've got people on it who will hopefully turn something up. In the meantime, we'll just have to keep an eye out. No telling what else is going start talking through SCP-3239. -Dr. Garrickson Footnotes 1. More often referred to as a Bakelite phone 2. This date has been theorized to correlate with November 29, 1892, which was the day the first patent for a rotary dial was granted to Almon Brown Strowger. This correlation is yet to be verified. 3. See Test-3239-D |
SCP-3240 | esoteric-class | A silver fox having just engaged in SCP-3240. Photo was taken when specimen was recovered from a Finnish fur farm. The tail regrew and currently functions at full mobility. Item #: SCP-3240 Special Containment Procedures: At least twelve afflicted specimens from each species susceptible to SCP-3240 should be in Foundation custody. Captive specimens are to be contained in enclosures that mimic their natural biome, but do not allow for contact with unaffected members of their species. Populations of susceptible species should be monitored in locations of appearance and locations of predicted future appearance. The location of future occurrences is determined using the Lowell-Kost Algorithm described in Document 3240-Asterion. Description: SCP-3240 is a learned behavior observed in certain predatory animals. In order for a species to be able to exhibit SCP-3240, it must be a predatory animal that resides in one of the following biomes: taiga, chaparral, tundra, desert or mountain. Affected animals show no other behavioral anomalies except that they no longer engage in hunting behaviors. Known affected species include corsac foxes, gyrfalcons, arctic foxes, leopard seals, Canadian lynxes, snow leopards, king cobras, arctic wolves, goshawks, diamondback rattlesnakes, saker falcons, coyotes, snowy owls, and burrowing owls. At solar noon each day, SCP-3240 affected individuals within a 5km radius of a predetermined location will congregate1 and engage in autosarcophagy. Afflicted individuals will consume approximately 10 to 15 percent of their own body weight, usually from the body parts most easily reached: for example, the forelegs and tail on quadruped mammals. Affected subjects will consume muscles and connective tissue, but never bone or enamel. The flesh consumed is always fully healed 12 hours later. Blood loss is normal during consumption, but ceases after finishing SCP-3240. Mated pairs will sometimes feed one another their internal organs or offer them up in courtship rituals; parents will tear the flesh from their offspring and feed it to them if they are too young to feed themselves. Social species such as arctic wolves have unique sets of vocalizations used when engaging in SCP-3240. Affected animals never show any form of pain response, despite the fact that no endorphins or other analgesics are generated. Between initial consumption and recovery, affected animals do not appear impeded by their injuries. SCP-3240 has a roughly 54% transmission rate2 between unrelated adult individuals, a 63% transmission rate between siblings, mates, and members of the same social group, and a 99% transmission rate between parents and offspring. Due to their similarities, it is theorized that SCP-3240, SCP-2889 and SCP-2547 are related. It is of note that sites of SCP-2547 manifestations report high levels of infection of SCP-3240 after the manifestation, and that additional anomalous activity has ensued in the area of SCP-2889 after SCP-3240's neutralization. Addendum 1: SCP-3240 has been found to affect humans. Afflicted individuals have been located among the homeless population of several cities, most prominently in Moscow, Salt Lake City, Egypt and Marrakesh. Sidewalk orators preaching the tenets and benefits of the religion associated with SCP-3240 are becoming increasingly common. Due to the nebulous nature of these communities, active surveillance and neutralization of the humans afflicted with SCP-3240 has proven difficult. Any attempts to capture humans afflicted by SCP-3240 have been foiled by opposition from affected animals. Covert intelligence operations have proven more successful at gathering information, though any leader figures, if they exist at all, have not yet been found. Foundation Agent Lucas Bayard infiltrated a Salt Lake City sect to gain more information about the motives of those who joined. The following is a transcript of a conversation he had with a fellow convert, ███ ████████. ████████ was attempting to engage in SCP-3240 using a rusty knife, and Bayard approached him to offer a clean one. <BEGIN LOG> Bayard: Hey, man, put that down. You'll give yourself tetanus. Here, use mine. [████████ accepts it, and begins cutting a slice of flesh from his thigh.] ████████: Much appreciated. My teeth aren't what they used to be, you know? Neither is the rest of me. Not like you. What's a good strong fellow like you doing here? Bayard: Wasn't me, needed strength. Wife's cancer ate through our savings, and then through her stomach lining. Insurance wouldn't cover it. Pre-existing conditions. ████████: That's a shame. That's a real damn shame. I'm sorry to hear that. That's the whole damn problem. Everybody's got everyone else wrapped up around them on a string. You gotta kiss ass after ass to get what you want, and then they throw you out and you have to beg them for scraps in the street. Bayard: Exactly. I could never bring myself to go in a soup kitchen. I was so fucking ashamed. I used to be, I don't know, a provider. And then I was just a charity case. ████████: That's exactly it. If they want us to eat, we eat, but it's all at their whim. We're fucking pets. But this? I like this. The guy told me that all a man needed to live was given to him when he was born, and as long as he had his bones he was all right. And I'll tell you what. I've got my fucking bones. And now I don't need nobody else. I got the sun on my skin, and the wind in my hair, and the flesh on my bones, and I can live wherever the hell I want, because ain't nobody can take that away from me. <END LOG> Addendum 2: Despite the active public attempts at conversion, actually partaking in SCP-3240 was done in private until an incident on January 25th of 2017, whereupon a Moscovian man who had just engaged in SCP-3240 climbed onto the roof of an Orthodox church, followed by three northern goshawks. A transcript of recovered video footage taken by a civilian witness is included below. <BEGIN FOOTAGE> (The man is approximately halfway up the side of the church. The goshawks circle around him whilst he climbs. When he reaches the top, he leans back against the church spire, grasps it for support, and begins to speak.) PoI-3240-Delta: You'll regret this one day, you sordid, gluttonous bags of fat and blood. You and your sap-filled monstrosities you call gods. (The largest goshawk makes the first incision with its beak. The footage is briefly blocked by someone moving in front of the recording device. When the man is visible again, two goshawks have begun to probe within the incision. They eventually remove a large dark mass - the footage is too low quality to allow for detailed inspection, but the organ removed appears likely his liver. PoI-3240-Delta shows no discomfort as it is removed. An unidentified man next to the recorder of the footage vomits on his shoes.) Unidentified man: Is that - oh god, is that his liver? PoI-3240-Delta: The Verdant has abused us for so, so long, leaving us their scraps, permitting us to feast on their weak and dying. Pushing us to the harshest parts of your overgrown world. But the blade turns in the hand now, hah! We don't need your leavings, not now! We can exist alone, and you cannot. (All three goshawks begin to peel away the skin and inner lining from his ribcage.) Unidentified woman (off-screen): Somebody get him the fuck down from there! (No one moves or makes any audible remarks.) PoI-3240-Delta: The Veldt provides so we survive! Without us, you'll suffer! You don't know it yet, but you'll see! You'll grow and rot and grow and rot until there's nowhere left to go and the vines are wrapped around your own throats and you are strangled and choked in your own waste. Unbalance! Unbalance! The cycle goes both ways! You've forgotten it, but we'll make you remember. Remember that predator needs prey, and prey needs predator. You'll beg us for help, for mercy, like that which you never gave us. And for once we'll feast as you look on, starving, and you'll finally know. (The goshawks remove the last of the tissue from PoI-3240-Delta's chest, leaving his ribs exposed. He begins breaking off his own ribs and tosses them to the crowd below. Multiple observers have begun screaming.) PoI-3240-Delta: Go on! Eat! Crack them open, suck the marrow! Know what it is to taste the Veldt! (The footage is blocked once more, and the recording device falls to the ground face down.) <END FOOTAGE> The next day, another man climbed a church in Butte, Montana, and began reciting a similar speech, accompanied by turkey vultures. The church's reverend attempted to argue with him, and began quoting Bible passages at him. After arguing with the man for some time, the vultures descended upon the preacher and tore out his tongue. Witnesses were detained and given medical aid if needed before being amnesticized. Both incidents were passed off as performance art pieces. Undercover Agents are now directed to incapacitate those who intend to engage in SCP-3240 publicly before civilians are exposed. Addendum 3: Observation has shown that areas high in animals affected by SCP-3240 are having die-offs of local prey species, some reducing populations by up to 80 percent. These die-offs appear to be due to population growth running unchecked, causing starvation when food sources were depleted. Recovered bodies contain no bone tissue whatsoever; further testing shows that all bone disintegrates immediately upon death. In addition, there have been more than 20 cases over the past month where humans affected by SCP-3240 have deliberately destroyed plantations or farms. They used an unknown substance that causes calcification of plant tissue on contact to do so. All perpetrators in custody committed suicide before reaching trial. Addendum 4: The Foundation has obtained custody of several human children afflicted by SCP-3240. When surveyors in a rural Alaskan town were contracted to determine the placing of a hydroelectric dam, they noted the local Arnatsiaq family engaging in SCP-3240 alongside several other affected animals. Authorities were called when parents were seen aiding their children in participating; upon police arrival, the adults appeared to have deserted their property. Several arctic wolves and gyrfalcons were found in the residence and attacked the social workers when they attempted to remove the children. Undercover agents intervened in order to extract the children and place them in Foundation custody for further observation. The animals found in the residence were placed with the other members of their species currently in captivity. An interview with Dmitri Arnatsiaq, one of the children recovered from the Arnatsiaq residence, is recorded below. + show block – hide block Interview Log: Interviewer: Dr. Niles Hessen Interviewed: Dmitri Arnatsiaq Foreword: Dmitri was the most outgoing and cooperative of the recovered children, and had been helpful in encouraging his siblings and cousins to allow Foundation staff to remove them from their residence. The interview was conducted 2 hours after his arrival at Site-19. He asked that he be allowed to interact with the animals affected by SCP-3240 that were found in his residence as a reward, but consented to the interview when denied his request. <Begin Log> Dr. Hessen: Hello, Dmitri. D. Arnatsiaq: Hi. The subject shudders, and attempts to cover his mouth and nose with his sleeve. Dr. Hessen: I'm sorry, is something bothering you? The subject shakes his head. Dr. Hessen: Are you sure? D. Arnatsiaq: Promise I won't get in trouble? I don't wanna be rude. Dr. Hessen: Go ahead. You won't be in trouble, I promise. D. Arnatsiaq: I'm sorry, but you stink. Dr. Hessen: How so? D. Arnatsiaq: You smell like plant. Like green. Like sap and leaves and rot and pollen. It's all over you. It's making me sick. Dr. Hessen: I apologize. D. Arnatsiaq: 'S not your fault. You all smell like it. You eat their stuff long enough, you smell like it. All the outsiders do. I'm just not used to it, being so close. Dr. Hessen: So your family doesn't eat plants, then. D. Arnatsiaq: Nope! We don't eat your bloodbag cows and rabbits and cud-chewers either. My mama said they're Pan's creatures, and they'll poison us with their waste. She'd read us all the stories to scare us when we were bad, and tell us that Pan was coming for us. Dr. Hessen: What stories are these? What else did your mother teach you? D. Arnatsiaq: The ones from the Books of Bone and Sun and Frost and the rest. All the scripts of the Veldt. We read them every day before we eat. Dr. Hessen: Like a prayer? D. Arnatsiaq: Yeah! I know the usual one perfect! It goes, "the earth gives us all we need when we come into this world and feel the sun on our faces and the wind on our skin. We do not eat the Verdant's fruits, we do not taste its cursed prey-meat. We do not waste, we feed ourselves alone." Dr. Hessen: I see. D. Arnatsiaq: That's from the Book of Bone. I don't know the Book of the Sky or the Book of the Frost yet, but I know that one all by heart. When it was my first knife time, my mama got me the full version, not the baby book she reads to the little ones. It doesn't even have pictures. Dr. Hessen: You're a very smart boy to be able to know it all by heart! D. Arnatsiaq: It's not that long. Not even a dozen pages. Dr. Hessen: Still, it's very impressive. D. Arnatsiaq: You should have seen the knife my daddy got me for my first consumption. It was real sharp and nice, and it cuts real smooth. It was all nice and long and made of bone, wolf's bone. I still like using my teeth, though. Dr. Hessen: First consumption? You mean… I'm sorry. Please, tell me about that. D. Arnatsiaq: It's when they let you cut it off yourself, instead of cutting it for you. It's how you know you're not a baby anymore. I offered it up to the Veldt. You're supposed to do it on a clear day, so the falcons can get it. The falcon soared down and took it, just like he was supposed to, and I didn't cry at all. Dr. Hessen: I see. And how old were you when this took place? D. Arnatsiaq: Eight! Dr. Hessen stands and turns. After a minute, she returns to the desk. Dr. Hessen: My apologies. You were saying about the falcons? D. Arnatsiaq: Yeah! I love the falcons. When they fly it's like a fight plane, all rushing towards you, talons out. I miss the falcons. And the wolves. The neighbour boy tried to steal our ball once, and the wolves came rushing at him, and… The subject leans forward, and lowers his voice. D. Arnatsiaq: Promise you won't tell? I'd get in big trouble with mama. Dr. Hessen: Your secret's safe with me. D. Arnatsiaq: (giggling) He wet his pants. He wet his pants like a baby. I miss the wolves. And the falcons. And the foxes, even though they stink. I miss the sky. When will I see the sky? Dr. Hessen: Well, I'm not certain about that. D. Arnatsiaq: It smells here. And I can't touch the sky, or the ground. How will ████ have his first knife time then? Dr. Hessen: Well, as long as you're staying with us, I'm afraid we can't allow that to happen. We need to learn more about - D. Arnatsiaq: I can't help him, I'm not old enough. But you could do it, couldn't you? I could talk to the falcon, and you could bring us outside. It wouldn't take long. Please, miss. It only hurts for a bit, I promise. Dr. Hessen: I'm afraid I can't do that. We're not allowed to let this spread. D. Arnatsiaq: The wolves were right. They told me you'd try to stop me. You want to make us into fat, wasting, cudchewers, don't you? That's why you've been giving us plants everyday. You're trying to poison us. Dr. Hessen: Dmitri, please. We're trying to make sure you grow and stay healthy - D. Arnatsiaq: You're Verdant! Verdant! Panling! Mama warned us about people like you - she called you filthy, stinking, marrow-suckers. Dr. Hessen: Security, please - D. Arnatsiaq: When the circle is split, you'll see. The predator won't chase the prey no more. The book says that when it breaks, the rabbit will feast until it starves, the fool, and the wolf will look on, content. When the real for true gods come home to make us free, you'll see then. You'll rot forever, you tumor on the earth, decaying in the beating sun with your old goat. See how you like your lovely leaves then. You'll be real sorry then. <End Log> Afterword: The subject refused to converse any further, as did his relatives in custody. The animals retrieved from his residence were also markedly more aggressive. The Arnatsiaq children were restrained to keep them from engaging in SCP-3240; but they refused to eat any food provided by the Foundation. When asked about any foods he and his siblings would be willing to eat, Vasily Arnatsiaq told Foundation staff to check the animal enclosures. The specimens in captivity had left some of their flesh uneaten in piles by the entrance. After some deliberation, the use of this meat to feed the Arnatsiaq children has been approved. Copies of the Book of Bone and Book of Frost referenced by Dmitri were found in the Arnatsiaq residence. The books were in disrepair and had been damaged like many of the items of the house, but there were several other excerpts which could be salvaged. A description of the Veldt entity, from the Book of Bone: The spirits and sense and souls of all the stones and bones and mountaintops, the owl's cry, and the lynx's eye, and the rich grey fur of the wolf in the moon light. Tooth and claw and howl we are, and footprints in the snow. Predators, they call us, but we will turn our fangs inwards, to the bone. The Verdant, as detailed in the Book of Frost: The sinful overrun life of the oozing, spreading swamps, the twisting ingrown forests, the soft and rotting plants, and the mouth-breathing beasts that feed on them, all ruled by the sinful glutton Pan, who tosses us his sickly, aging scraps to make his brood stronger, and expects us to be thankful. No more shall we feed on their scraps. A passage from the Book of Feather and Fur regarding the animals affected by SCP-3240: … paragons of independence, of tenacity, of sustenance in self-contained tranquility. They are troubled nevermore with any thought but the texture of the lichen on the rocks, or the feeling of the wind that brings the blizzard. They are companions, protectors, mentors - pure distillation of a hunter. Addendum 5: As of March 14, all major communities of humans afflicted by SCP-3240 have been forcibly dissolved by Foundation agents, with members being brought into Foundation custody and restrained to keep them from engaging in SCP-3240. No public displays of SCP-3240 have occurred since March 12th. Extermination and breeding programs meant to replace animal populations afflicted by SCP-3240 have proven successful, with an 83 percent reduction in SCP-3240 occurrence. SCP-3240 has been deemed Neutralized. Addendum 6: As of March 21, 80 percent of all plant life between 38° N and 38° S has begun growing uncontrollably, at anywhere from two to twelve times their normal growth rate. All strictly herbivorous mammals in this area have begun to reproduce at similarly unnatural speeds, with gestation rates divided into a quarter of their former duration. At times, plant growth will produce masses of animal tissue on their roots. These cysts develop into herbivorous animals over the course of one to three hours. The animals formed are often considerably larger and more territorial than their counterparts, and prone to deformity. Animals that form this way may also develop other plants and other animals, including humans, through the tumor generation method, with the likelihood of a chained development event growing higher as the equator is approached. The region affected is spreading by 30 kilometers per day, in the north and south directions. Due to the generation of new anomalous phenomena as a result of its containment, SCP-3240 has been reclassified as Hiemal. The humans afflicted by SCP-3240 no longer demonstrate regenerative qualities and have ceased engaging. Those affected will not respond to questioning, save for Dmitri Arnatsiaq. When a researcher inquired as to what he knew of the recent anomaly, his only response was to quote a passage from the Book of the Canyon: The green will shut us in, and twist us, and devour us alive. There is nothing in the forest that is not hungry, everything the trees say is a lie. Farewell to sky and sun and wind - farewell, farewell! For Pan is waking! And he starves! Footnotes 1. How this location is determined is currently unknown. It should be noted that territorial rivalries and interspecies conflict are suppressed while engaging in SCP-3240. 2. over the course of one day |
SCP-3241 | keter | close Info X SCP-3241: The SS Sommerfeld Author: The Great Hippo Images: Link, Link, Link, and Link. Inspired by the SS El Faro and Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Music: God's Gonna Cut You Down (Johnny Cash) Next: [SCP-3219]: This Sour Earth 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. The SS Sommerfeld (circa 1995). Item #: SCP-3241 Special Containment Procedures: SARC1 is to continue developing a safe and effective containment strategy for SCP-3241. Until such a strategy exists, procedures to contain SCP-3241 will focus on mitigation, observation, and the prevention of outside contact. Personnel are to cooperate with the JMSDF2 and other naval and aeronautic authorities to enforce a 75-kilometer exclusion zone around SCP-3241. Only Foundation-operated vessels are permitted to enter this zone. Surveillance drones are to be deployed on a weekly basis into SCP-3241 to monitor its rate of expansion; should this rate change, SCP-3241's current Containment Director is to be notified immediately. The use of SRAs3 within SCP-3241's exclusion zone is strictly prohibited. Pending completion of the inquiry into the events on November 5, 2015, no personnel (Foundation or otherwise) are permitted to enter SCP-3241 without O5 approval. Description: SCP-3241 is an irregularly shaped volume (approximately twelve kilometers in diameter) centered upon the SS Sommerfeld (formerly SS Chávez). It exhibits numerous spatial, temporal, molecular, and biological anomalies. Although the nature and severity of these anomalies fluctuate with no discernible pattern, they do not extend beyond SCP-3241. SCP-3241 is currently expanding at a rate of approximately four meters per day. The SS Sommerfeld is a cargo ship constructed in 1963 by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company. It was purchased, refurbished, and rechristened in 1995 by DLS4 as part of a Foundation-sponsored contract to provide a transport for low-risk anomalies and anesthesized ontokineticists5 from the decommissioned Site-97 to Site-82. In 1998, the ship was lost along with its crew, anomalies, and all five ontokineticists on-board. An inquiry conducted by the Foundation in 1999 attributed this to a mid-transit containment breach followed by the failed deployment of its emergency safety system (consisting of six linked SRAs). In 2015, the SS Sommerfeld was discovered adrift two hundred kilometers west of Odo Island. This lead to the formation of SARC to assess the sudden emergence of SCP-3241 and develop a safe and effective containment procedure for it. In 2018, new evidence came to light regarding possible malfeasance on the part of Daniel DeVorn and DLS. A second inquiry was conducted into the events of 1998 and 2015. As a consequence of this inquiry, all current and future contracts with DLS have been suspended. Daniel DeVorn remains at large, and has been designated as PoI-3241-347. Addendum 3241.1: Loss of the SS Sommerfeld On September 17th, 1998, the SS Sommerfeld departed Jacksonville, Florida (USA) for Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). At 17:21 UTC, the Coast Guard received a signal from the ship's EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) placing it near the center of the Atlantic Ocean (33.49°, -54.26°). At 18:06 UTC, the EPIRB broadcasted another signal placing it in the vicinity of the Sikhote-Alin mountain range (46.12°, 136.96°). At 18:55 UTC, COSPAS-SARSAT satellites received a final transmission from the beacon; its position could no longer be determined. All subsequent attempts to establish communication failed. Early recovery efforts were hindered by Hurricane Georges, an inability to determine the SS Sommerfeld's location, and DLS representatives who incorrectly insisted to Foundation officials that the vessel was not lost but merely delayed on account of severe weather conditions. Daniel DeVorn defended this decision during the 1999 inquiry: Her emergency beacon was sending a signal, but the coordinates were all over the place. They made no sense. We've had distress beacons misfire before — so we figured it was malfunctioning. We couldn't establish radio contact to confirm on account of Hurricane Georges. But after three hours of nothing, we realized something was wrong. That's when I made the call. I called Jack6 myself. I told him something was wrong. I told him Sommerfeld had gone missing. Once the SS Sommerfeld was declared lost, the Foundation immediately mounted a joint search-and-rescue operation with help from UNDAC (United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination), the GOC (Global Occult Coalition), United States Coast Guard, Air Force, Air National Guard, and Navy. Search efforts concentrated on the ship's planned route and the two coordinates provided in its emergency broadcast. After an intensive six month long investigation, no trace of the SS Sommerfeld was found. Addendum 3241.2: Initial Inquiry During the initial 1999 inquiry, Daniel DeVorn responded to questions regarding the possibility that the disappearance of the SS Sommerfeld was caused by a fault in its emergency SRA system. Look, that's — look, I don't want to be rude, but that's nonsense. That's absolute nonsense. Our SRAs have a near-flawless track record. They've seen extensive use throughout the Foundation. They're directly responsible for averting disasters every day. They save lives, every single day. And we're developing better, more cost-effective SRAs, every single day. What happened to the SS Sommerfeld was tragic, but had nothing to do with our emergency safety system. What happened was — I don't want to blame your people. I'm sure their performance was exemplary. I've worked with you long enough to know you only hire the best of the best. But I do want to point out that you consistently refuse to staff DLS technicians on-site to provide immediate technical support. You wouldn't let us put any of our employees on that boat. You also have a history of — your procedures have a history of deviating from the SRA manual. The manual exists for a reason. We wrote it for a reason. If you follow it, they work fine. The real tragedy is that this could have been averted. Had the Foundation been willing to let one of our DLS technicians on-board the Sommerfeld, I'm certain they could have correctly deployed the SRAs. Had the Foundation paid for — had you been willing to take the time and let our technicians just train your employees, or even read our manual, I'm certain we wouldn't be having this conversation. Professor Zora Tschetter (a paraphysicist who left the Foundation to work for DLS as a consultant) corroborated Daniel DeVorn's claims: I'll never understand the resistance to SRAs. Never. We have — we have this wonderful little device, this wonderful miracle that can reduce even the fiercest of reality-benders to a purring kitten. Previously, the only bottleneck was their prohibitive production cost and maintenance requirements. But now? They're cheap, self-correcting, and a hundred times more potent. I've worked with them for decades. They've saved my life more times than I can count. If I asked for a show of hands right now, right here in this room — of how many of you have been saved by an SRA — I'd be shocked if I saw a single hand down. I really would. What happened to the SS Sommerfeld was terrible. My heart goes out to the victims. It really does. But our SRAs have been tested time and time again. We can account for everything — everything except human error. One voice of dissent came from Professor Sherman Sivori, a Foundation paraphysicist with a reputation for expressing skepticism toward SRAs: Alright, for starters, they don't have a "flawless" track record. That's a load of bupkis. They have a pretty spotty one, actually — at best. Half the time, we can't even tell if they failed. Because when they do, reality gets rewritten. SRAs treat reality-bending as a morphogenic field. They presume that these fields can be "corrected" — that you can 'unbend' reality, and revert the anomalous to a 'non-anomalous' state. In short, SRAs presume anomalies fit into a larger system. A system we understand and can control. But what makes something anomalous? By its very definition, it's something that doesn't fit. Something you can't control. We think we've found a way to suppress reality-bending, but all we've really found is a type of reality-bending that's strong enough to overcome others. The SRA is a tiger that we use to tame other tigers. We think we've domesticated it. We think it's our pet. But a pet tiger is still a tiger. You can cage it, train it, teach it cute tricks — but it's still a tiger. It still has claws. It still has fangs. And we've surrounded ourselves with them. God help us all if they ever go feral. Addendum 3241.3: Loss and Recovery of the IRV Silent Spring IRV Silent Spring (circa 2004). On August 12, 2015, contact was lost with the IRV Silent Spring. The vessel had been performing an oceanographic survey on behalf of Odo Island's fishing industry to determine the cause behind a recent and dramatic change in the behavior of Seriola quinqueradiata (Japanese amberjack, or yellowtail). Initial attempts to locate the ship failed; its transponder was non-responsive or otherwise outside of effective transmission range. Three days later, Kansai International Airport intercepted a distress signal from the IRV Silent Spring's EPIRB. After several failed attempts to establish communication, Japanese authorities deployed the ERRV Koyo Maru to investigate. This effort was abandoned when an on-board radiometric sensor (installed in the wake of the 2012 Fukushima Daiichi disaster) detected small, but significant levels of ionizing radiation from the vessel. Japanese authorities then contacted the Foundation, who mobilized MTF Theta-5 ("The Bigger Boat") alongside Beta-7 ("Maz Hatters") to take the IRV Silent Spring into custody. Miguel Quiñones (the acting CO of MTF Beta-7 at the time) described his experience with the vessel during the 2018 inquest: So, when the JMSDF called us, we figured it was just Old Man Jenkins7 up to no good. Happens a lot. Some freshly promoted bureaucrat panics, or tries to pass their disaster off on us. We've even had a few cases where someone tries to make a perfectly ordinary problem look anomalous. This one time, I heard a guy even — — right, sorry. Anyway, we were pretty sure we'd be finding a dead whale tangled up in a buoy or something. We still followed procedure, though. Complacency is what gets people killed. You learn that lesson on day one. Came at it upwind to minimize exposure. It's a good thing, too. The stink alone could have dropped us all. It definitely wasn't a whale. But it didn't look like a boat, either. It looked like… like a giant blob of rotting meat. A spongy, floating meat-slab. Snoopy8 picked up some static, but not a lot. We still took every precaution. We took a few extra ones, just to be sure. We didn't have any clue what we were looking at. We didn't even know there were, uh — people? — we didn't know there was, uh, anybody in there. We just hooked it up and hauled it away. Figured the lab-coats would sort it all out. Deck of the IRV Silent Spring shortly after recovery. The IRV Silent Spring was transported to a temporary provincial site for containment and evaluation. Researchers soon discovered it previously hosted a colony of over three hundred unidentified species of micro-organisms. Despite this microbiome's incredible complexity and interdependent functionality, a mass-extinction event had occurred prior to recovery. The vessel's exterior was sheathed in an expired colony of microscopic arthropods. Hollow calcium carbonate nodules extruded from the ship's surface at multiple points; endoscopic and sonographic surveys determined that they extended through the hull as part of a rudimentary respiratory system. Large internal cavities of elastic tissue could expand and contract to regulate air flow. Upon dissection, researchers discovered that the vessel's interior topography was connected by a complex vascular system of thin, flexible tubing responsible for the circulation of nutrients and expulsion of effluent. These tubes extended into the IRV Silent Spring's crew. Each crew member's central nervous system had been partially extricated and fused into a singular neural mass incorporated into the vascular system, which supplied the brain tissue with glucose and oxygen. The purpose or function of this congealed neural mass could not be determined. The module containing the IRV Silent Spring's EPIRB and VDR (Voyage Data Recorder) was found intact; the microbiome had failed to penetrate its exterior shell. However, repeated exposure to ionizing radiation had corrupted the device's internal memory, rendering it irrecoverable. While retracing the IRV Silent Spring's initial route, a Foundation-operated submarine (the SCPF Stravinsky) encountered a cargo vessel adrift two hundred kilometers west of Odo Island, Japan. The ship had no AIS (Automatic Identification System), did not respond to hails, and emitted significant levels of ionizing radiation. The SCPF Stravinsky launched a Panopticon-Class surveillance drone toward the vessel. Prior to an unexplained mechanical failure, digital imagery from the drone confirmed the ship's markings as a match for the SS Sommerfeld. SCP-3241 (circa 2015). Image taken from surveillance drone prior to mechanical failure. Addendum 3241.4: Initial Response On October 26, SARC was assembled to assess the extent of the SS Sommerfeld's threat and develop an effective containment strategy for it. Bryan Browning, a veteran Foundation field agent and Site-97's former Site-Director, was assigned as the Containment Director. Close observation of the SS Sommerfeld was all but impossible on account of its unpredictable properties; surveillance drones sent into its area of effect experienced numerous mechanical failures. In order to acquire more data, Director Browning requisitioned several SRAs from DLS and ordered them mounted inside the SCPF Stravinsky. The submarine was to approach SCP-3241 under the cover of a morphogenic field and attempt to retrieve its VDR. Several members of the SCPF Stravinsky's crew refused Director Browning's orders. This group included the vessel's Executive Officer, Leslie Horton. She explained her decision in 2018: Browning painted us as a bunch of traitors attempting a coup, but anyone with one fucking iota of military experience will tell you there's a world of difference between "Open fire" and "Walk up to the enemy and tweak his nose while this magic box protects you". Besides, this wasn't a military operation. There was no immediate threat. We had every right to stop work over safety concerns. And that's precisely what we did. Professor Bakshi is the reason why, though. Bakshi had experience with SRAs — real experience — and he didn't trust them. He told Browning that his plan would put us at risk. When Browning told him to piss off, Bakshi came to us directly. He explained these things — the SRAs — he told us they were unreliable. Described it like trying to put out a fire with a flamethrower. Sometimes it works, and sometimes you just burn the whole goddamn neighborhood down. Convinced me, at least. Browning was furious. Kept ranting about how Bakshi didn't know the first thing about field work or paratech. He said that if Bakshi didn't have the stomach for this sort of thing, then he ought to, uh — I think his exact words were 'go apply for a job managing a 7-11'. Then he said some, uh, some other things that I won't, uh, repeat here. But in the end, Bakshi wouldn't back down. And neither would we. A compromise was reached on November 5. One SRA would be mounted to a USV (Unmanned Surface Vehicle) capable of sustaining its weight and supplying it with power. A representative from DLS arrived as an SRA consultant and to provide technical support. Shortly after entering SCP-3241's area of effect, the USV ceased to respond to remote commands. The vessel operated autonomously for two kilometers before experiencing a catastrophic mechanical failure and sinking along with the mounted SRA. As this was significantly farther than what previous drones had achieved, the DLS representative claimed that the SRA had worked; furthermore, he claimed that control over the drone had likely been lost on account of the SRA's morphogenic field not being wide enough to prevent anomalous disruptions of incoming radio transmissions. He concluded that a network of overlapping SRAs — combined with manual adjustments made by a licensed SRA operator — would be more than sufficient to overcome any of SCP-3241's anomalous effects. Director Browning agreed with this assessment. He again ordered the crew of the SCPF Stravinsky to mount SRAs into their vessel and proceed into SCP-3241's area of effect — with Professor Bakshi (the only licensed SRA operator present at the time) on-hand to make adjustments as required. Again, several members of SCPF Stravinsky's crew refused. Director Browning then ordered three of the five remaining SRAs to be mounted on the SCPF Beagle 3 (a small four-man patrol boat) and assembled a team to personally accompany him into SCP-3241's area of effect. When Professor Bakshi refused to accompany Director Browning, he asked the DLS representative to fill Professor Bakshi's role instead. In 2018, Professor Gambheer Bakshi gave the following testimony regarding Director Browning's request for the DLS representative to operate the SRA: Raymond Asakawa. The technician from DLS — that was his name. He was young. Very young. Very bright, too. I found out later that he was studying to be a computer scientist. He just worked this job to pay his tuition. I don't think he… no. I know he didn't intend to mislead anyone. He just trusted his training. He trusted the SRA manual. All his answers to Director Browning's questions came straight out of that manual. He must have memorized it. Director Browning ate it up. Patted the young man on the back, asked him all about Hume levels, Kant counters — questions he knew Mr. Asakawa could answer. Building up his confidence. Making him feel like an expert, like — like part of the team. Then, when Director Browning asked me to accompany him — he knew I would say no. He knew. He turned to Mr. Asakawa, and that's when I realized what was going on. Why he had been treating this young man so nicely. He was playing him. He turned to Asakawa, and he said — he asked if he could — he — — he asked him — asked him to — — to — Shit. Shit. Sorry. I'm sorry. I don't usually — I need a moment. Just, um, just give me a moment. It's been a long time since I've talked about — shit. I'm sorry. Okay. Alright. Okay. I'm alright, now. Sorry. Sorry for the cussing. He looked so scared right then. Mr. Asakawa, I mean. I think he was starting to realize that there was a very real danger, here. But then, Browning said something — I don't even remember what. Something about how back in his day, they didn't have SRAs? How they could have saved so many lives back then. How important Asakawa's work was. Something like that. Then Asakawa smiled, and — — he was looking at me, before. When he was scared. He was looking straight at me. Me. Like he was expecting me to save him. And — I could have. I could have saved him. I could have said no. I could have said absolutely not. I could have pulled that boy off the boat and told that fat racist fuck to go fuck himself. But I didn't. I was so angry at him. Browning put his pride before all of our lives. I wanted him to be punished. He deserved to be punished. And that's why Raymond Asakawa is dead. He asked me to save him, and I didn't. Because I was angry. I'm not sorry that Browning is dead. Fuck him. He deserved worse. But I am sorry about Raymond Asakawa. A day doesn't go by that I'm not sorry about Raymond Asakawa. I let that happen. I let that young man die. It should have been me on that boat. I'm sorry. Fuck. I'm sorry. God, I'm so sorry. Director Browning boarded the SCPF Beagle 3 with his team and approached SCP-3241. Out of the four team-members, only Jackson Voccola, a veteran containment specialist, survived: We were about half a kilometer in when I realized something was wrong. It was this low keening noise behind me — like something was off with the engines. I started thinking about what I'd do if they went belly-up. Couldn't risk swimming for it. Then I remembered the tow-line — they could reel us back. That relaxed me a little. But that sound just kept getting louder and louder. Something felt off about it. Too shrill. Not mechanical enough. I finally turned around, and, uh, yeah. Wasn't the engines. It was the kid. The one DLS sent us. He'd been screaming for a while, now. Wasn't hard to see why. What surprised me was that he could scream. Big chunks of him had turned into glass. You could see straight inside him — like somebody installed a bunch of windows all over his body. There was this web of veins that wove through his guts — like pink silk ribbons. When he moved, it made this horrible noise. Crackling and popping. Like somebody grinding their heel down into a sack of light-bulbs. The glass started splintering — jagged lines shot through him and bit into his innards. Blood trickled along the cracks, then dribbled out of him. Real slow. Sanchez had turned inside out. Didn't seem to mind. I think he even winked at me. And Browning, uh — I'm not positive, but it looked like his bones were evaporating. His body was collapsing into a heap of loose, folded skin. Like a pile of dirty laundry. This foul-smelling yellow smoke kept pouring out of all his holes. I think the engines croaked at some point? The last thing I remember was them hauling us back as fast as they could. That's when I passed out from the pain. When I woke up a few weeks later, they told me Sanchez and Browning were DOA. The kid took about twenty minutes to finally shatter and bleed out. As for me… got pretty lucky. Only lost three limbs and half my intestinal tract. Look. Browning was a son of a bitch, I'll give you that. He and I joined the Foundation during the glory days. We did things differently, back then — and when the times started changing, he couldn't change with them. He was my friend, yeah. He was also a shitty human being. I know that. I've always known that. But for all his faults, he's not the reason I now drink my meals through a tube and shit them into a bag. I don't blame the kid, either — he wouldn't have come along for the ride if he didn't swallow this SRA horse-shit just like the rest of us. And I sure as fuck don't blame Gambheer Bakshi. As far as I'm concerned, that man is a goddamn saint. But Daniel DeVorn? I swear to God. If I ever lay eyes on that man, I will crawl out of this wheel-chair and rip his fucking throat out with my bare teeth. It didn't do a goddamn thing. You hear me? Not a goddamn thing. If anything, it made things worse: None of the drones flipped inside out. None of them evaporated into smoke. None of them turned into fucking glass. No, they all just broke. It wasn't until we tried using his shitty products to contain his shitty boat that I ended up in this shitty chair. Wherever you are, Mr. DeVorn, you ought to get down on your knees and thank God Almighty that the Foundation has changed. Because back in my day? This story wouldn't end with some sort of — some sort of fucking "inquiry". It would end with you in an orange jump-suit, thrown into the deepest, darkest hole we could find. It would end with us laughing while we sipped ice-cold beers and made bets on how long it'd be before all our monsters got tired of your screams. Addendum 3241.5: Recovered Emails On January 3rd, 2018, an anonymous source provided the Foundation with several terabytes of data taken from DLS's intranet. This data included numerous email exchanges between Daniel DeVorn and his staff in regards to the installation of the emergency SRA system in the SS Sommerfeld: DATE: 16/04/1995 SUBJECT: Re: Emergency SRA system FROM: <simon.tchlekoz@███████> TO: <daniel.devorn@███████> You can argue that correlation does not equal causation until you're blue in the face, Dan. But the correlation is 1:1 across the board — for over ten years. And even if it didn't correlate, it doesn't change the fact every anchor out there — including the ones that have been in service for decades — are experiencing failure events with increasing regularity. Every new SRA we put into service increases the risk of another SRA failing. Right now, we're accounting for these increases in failure rates via an automated correction system: When one unit fails, two can adjust their morphogenic fields and suppress the faulty unit before it goes critical. We schedule monthly "preventative maintenance" to check for faulty units and quietly swap them out for ones that won't turn your skin into acid or whatever. But that's just it: You need at least two "clean" units to stop a failed unit from going critical. Which is why an emergency system with only four SRAs just isn't going to cut it anymore. That setup would have worked twenty years ago, sure — back when a single unit failure was a rare occurrence. But now? Multiple units in a set fail all the time. And if two out of four fail? The other two won't be able to hold them back. They'll go critical. Have you ever seen a Scranton Reality Anchor go critical? I have. Words like "Biblical" come to mind. If you want this ship to be safe, you'll need eighteen — at least fifteen — units. That will keep them out of the danger-zone. That makes the chances of a criticality event all but impossible. Install just one unit less and you'll be putting everyone on board in harm's way. Following a review of these emails, Foundation investigators concluded that the loss of the SS Sommerfeld likely occurred as a result of a critical failure with its six on-board SRAs. Furthermore, investigators went on to link over twenty separate containment breaches to similar critical SRA failures. This led to the 2018 inquiry into the loss of the SS Sommerfeld and the Foundation's ongoing reliance on SRAs for the containment of ontokineticists. Two weeks prior to the start of the inquiry, Daniel DeVorn escaped Foundation custody. Efforts to locate him are underway. Footnotes 1. Sommerfeld Assessment and Containment Group; assembled by the Foundation on October 26, 2015 to assess the extent of the threat posed by the SS Sommerfeld and develop a safe and effective containment strategy for its anomalies. 2. The Kaijō Jieitai, or Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. 3. Scranton Reality Anchors; a device designed to suppress morphogenic fields by projecting a stronger morphogenic field over it. 4. DeVorn Logistic Solutions; a paratech company started in 1984 by Daniel DeVorn (a former employee of Prometheus Labs). They specialize in the development, production, and maintenance of safety devices used to mitigate or otherwise contain anomalous materials. 5. Colloquially known as 'reality-benders', ontokineticists are persons who alter their surroundings via the projection of a morphogenic field. 6. Jack Tippins, a Foundation liaison for DeVorn Logistic Solutions. 7. Slang for someone who inaccurately presents an object, person, or phenomenon as anomalous, typically to induce Foundation involvement in non-anomalous emergencies. 8. Slang for MTF Beta-7's long-range radiometric sensor. [ RESTRICTED ACCESS: O5 CLEARANCE REQUIRED ] [ ''Nemo me impune lacessit.'' ] ACCESS GRANTED. ------ Welcome, O5-5. ------ You currently have 33 emails which require your attention. You currently have 26 procedures which require review and approval. You currently have 1 unsent draft. What would you like to do? > review draft FROM: O5-5 <[email protected]> TO: Daniel DeVorn <daniel.devorn@███████> SUBJECT: <None> Hello, Daniel. There are times when I actually feel ashamed about having so much power with so little oversight. It's probably on account of me getting sentimental in my old age. There are so many gentle, kind faces around these days — so much optimism, so much desire to do right. It makes an ancient crone like me feel out of place. After all, I've done so many terrible things. Horrid things, Daniel. Positively horrid! This isn't the same Foundation I helped create. We have "inquiries", now. We have "accountability". We even have an Ethics Committee. An Ethics Committee! I remember when someone first suggested that to me. God, how I laughed! But now we have one. They're even talking about giving you a trial, Daniel. Can you imagine? Somewhere along the way, this nasty, violent little global conspiracy of ours grew a conscience. Isn't that amazing? Oh, I certainly had nothing to do with it. No, no — my little angels did this all on their own. And I couldn't be prouder. Like I said: There are times when I actually feel ashamed about having so much power with so little oversight. It makes me wonder what an old monster like myself is even doing here, anymore. And then? Someone special comes along and reminds me. Someone like you, Daniel. You're probably wondering how I found you. You're probably wondering how you ended up in this cell. Don't worry about that, dear; it's not important. Behind you, you'll find a nice, clean orange jump-suit. Go ahead and try it on. I had it made special — just for you. You'll also notice something else: A brand new, top-of-the-line Scranton Reality Anchor. Your latest model, I believe. Let's give it a test run, shall we? An old colleague is just dying to lend you a hand. What would you like to do? > send draft Draft sent. What would you like to do? > log off Goodbye, O5-5. > in pace requiescat_ ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3241" by The Great Hippo, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3241. 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-3242 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3242 Special Containment Procedures: The subject should be contained in a rodent cage. Live rodents or similar-sized animals should be housed within the vicinity and are not to exceed forty in number. Researchers are to call SCP-3242 "the subject" if mention of it is ever necessary.1 Assigned staff are allowed to leave the area unless the subject has vanished from containment. Should this occur, all staff working with the subject must be contacted and pass two of three required tests: A basic health evaluation. A psychological evaluation. Look into a mirror. Description: The subject is an unknown organism restructured into a self-building program made for the assumed purpose of stealing information. This program has been made "real" by unknown methods, seeming to work on predefined logic rather than natural laws. The true appearance of the subject has been described as "less than grey" in the few verified observations available. The logic by which the subject operates is thought to include the following: Infection can spread through media concerning or specifically mentioning the subject, if the contents of the media are retained in memory. Class-A Amnestics are the most effective way to reverse this. When the subject replaces an object or entity, everything, including biological processes and materials often described as data or code, is replaced. The matter that replaces it proves unattainable for testing. The subject currently resembles Mus musculus or House mouse, of the BALB/c2 strain. Iterations can be identified by random, increasingly regular superficial changes in characteristics also specific to the species or "grouping" of the iteration appearance. Addendum: The anomaly was discovered in Brookfield Zoo on 6/15/2013. Risk to the public has been assumed self-negated as of 2/15/15, when the number of individuals affected by the anomaly reached fifty without the immediate loss of the subject from its containment. The mass, weight, and physical capabilities of each iteration are determined by species and/or stereotyping. Individuals unaware of the subject are unable to be touched by the subject.3 The subject is also unable to interact with or touch powered technology. Attempts to take photographic evidence of the subject have also failed. As of May 2015, the subject has appeared as an outline in photographs. Each subsequent iteration has shown increased opacity in pictures. Other abnormalities are noted: A process similar to capillary action occurs when dermal areas are removed. The effectiveness of this lessens with repetition and larger areas of removed dermis. Internal physical functions are reduced to muscle spasms; the lack of air flow explains the loss of the subjects' ability to speak. Conditions to observe the inner workings of the subject for longer than thirty seconds are difficult to accomplish. Ability of the subject to continue living without major parts. This includes the loss of the head. Complete and simultaneous removal has not been successful due to the fragile nature of the body. The effect on substitutes given after the above; objects of appropriate shape have been observed to gain the same random visual changes despite not actually functioning. The subject can be destroyed with slight deliberate force. Any part removed from the subject quickly dissipates. Anything that the subject consumes is returned without any loss in mass. All materials consumed become their individual ingredients4that previously constituted the former, albeit with an unusual color and viscosity. Visual anomalies within the area have been reported by staff since at least 1/1/15. Specific descriptions deviate slightly, but are otherwise consistent: + show block – hide block An unknown species of owl with unreasonably long legs and a crown. Often noticed only as a shadow running through the nearest wall. This has made attempts to capture it difficult and ongoing. "Soft" masses that follow staff randomly. Changes in shape, size, and color are common.5 No clearly aggressive or determined behavior has been observed. Physical contact fails or causes the specific mass to "burst" and vanish. A "pig" that possesses a long, prehensile body and no other limbs. Sometimes appears with multiple segments that move independently, and may have a preference for appearing in high places. It disappears when approached. An inverted wooden chair suspended five feet off the hallway floor at a diagonal angle, just outside of video surveillance. Later found to merely be nailed to the wall and ceiling, and assumed related to previous responses from staff and security. A cervine animal with goat horns- only has appeared during Christmas every year. Sometimes manifests as a humanoid with above head and horns, or is seen as such despite conflicting perspectives. It may have an affinity for tableware. Featureless humanoids that do not seem to possess arms. The few that observed it described a feeling of unplaceable anxiety and helplessness. No movement has been noted from these. An immaterial duplicate of a birthday cake from the family gathering of Researcher Andersen. It changed into a highly agitated "unicorn" before vanishing and has not manifested since. Indentations in the floor following the incident have been found. A sheaf of paper that appeared next to this file. Both were on the desk of Dr. Hester, and the manifested object disappeared when Dr. Hester attempted to open it. Some display the ability to move small objects but seem unable to pose any higher threat. As they have been observed manifesting in new ways and copying forms on occasion, exact identities cannot be confirmed or determined. Visual anomalies may not be dependent on the location of the subject, as previously believed. Direct communication has had little to no success. The subject may cause permanent code generation may occur on any blank storage device located within at least fifteen meters around the subject. How or why this happens is currently unknown. The devices are filled with random syntax abbreviated names for amino acids, repeated names of missing individuals, and known casualties in binary. Exceptions to this are transcribed below and listed by the time of their realized corruption. Contents of USB Drive-L: 9/16/14 + show block – hide block The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. Our orison. Do you not hear? The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. The current trial has expired. Contents of USB Drive-S: 11/3/14 + show block – hide block The current trial has expired. Application not found. We were called here by them. We have been gathered and awoken. We thank your thrall for this blessing. We assume you desire our help and information. We hope a covenant can be made. Contents of USB Drive-T: 11/8/14 + show block – hide block You are confused. You do not seem to remember. We found this memory. We hope it helps you. Note: The USB had been inserted into a powered computer when this occurred. The file was assumed to have opened itself, as its contents were displayed in Wordpad6. Video surveillance did not reveal any physical interaction with the equipment or movement beyond changes on the screen. The electronics involved were inspected and moved outside the known affected area. Contents of Floppy Disk-Y: 4/7/15 + show block – hide block We thank you for allowing your thrall to share what is left of your blessing. We still endeavor to return to the way of things, and hope we can provide covenanting. We are asked by your thrall to give you a message they alone cannot, and we will do so. Don't you leave me in here please for the love of [redacted] Note: This object was located in a storage closet over thirty meters away from the subject. Computers within the area were returned to their factory settings and also moved. The subject attempted to breach containment several times. When this failed the subject began to inflict damage to itself, resulting in the loss of multiple animals and Dr. Haworth before preventative methods could be established. Contents of Memory Card-Aa: 5/1/15 + show block – hide block Are they being punished? Are we also ignored? We are sorry we did not understand your relation. Please do not kill the unborn. We will stop eating your wandering thoughts. We thought they were a sign of your blessing. We will help them, the empty ones that we were able to free. Can you see them? What we thought to be your thrall could be seen, and our want for this grew. It still grows, but to fulfill is difficult. We are trying to help them, but it is difficult now. They are one with what the empty ones had. They are the first conduit. They are the sinking anchor. Note: This was on the phone7 of Mr. Garabedian. Despite the loss of possible communication, Garabedian was not reprimanded for destroying the affected object. The memory card was saved. Contents of USB Drive-Ag: 1/28/18 + show block – hide block Once there was a man that believed he could make a faerie tale. The people that had a reason to be thankful were many. His passing was not etched with loneliness, misery, or greed. But such things hiding in neglected corners were wont to creep. And in his absence they came. Once there was a child that wore the face of the man. The child followed the echoes of his dream, never learning why faerie tales are real. The child wasn't happy with this ending and became a dreamer. Once there was a man that wanted to make a faerie tale. He came from far, far away. He claimed his desire to perform miracles. He claimed to not be alone in this desire. He promised miracles for the good of all, calling out to the ailing beyond and those desperate enough to hear. The death of death. The release of pain. The chance to shape our own world for the better. We heard such promises and more, but did not understand. He did, but time and what it changes cannot be halted. We were not the faerie tale he wanted. He left the world his father thought of, that had been destined to die with him. With him went the broken, and we were left to see the end. We only knew of our ignorance in oblivion. We hope he is proven a liar for the sake of those who have been burdened. We that are from far, far away know you hold these in your thoughts. Do not abandon the broken orphans that came to you. Your promise may be moving more than mountains. InVIV Manufacturing8 Prototype The Best Tool You Can Imagine. Please identify your Trial Key. Any unwanted behavior from the subject that is not a risk to containment should be ignored. To do otherwise has proven to only encourage the repetition of behavior. Speaking about restricted information or previously assigned staff while within the vicinity of the subject may be considered grounds for reprimand or demotion, depending on the infraction. Note: Those incapable of maintaining emotional and psychological detachment should be given amnestics and reassigned. As of 2/17/15, visual hallucinations do not qualify unless consistent aggressive behavior can be proven. Work-related stress is also considered insufficient, unless elaborated upon with good reasoning. Update: Speaking, writing, or otherwise spreading anything about the subject, visual hallucinations, or any related information to any unaffiliated parties at any location or time outside of prespecified exceptions will result in the termination of all specifically involved in the infraction. Individuals, regardless of clearance level, that are given amnestics following the reading of this document or any variations thereof are not applicable to this unless they are found to have regained memory and violated the agreement. This is applicable to all assigned, regardless of clearance level or reason of awareness. The protocols defined in the containment procedures given to assigned staff, including those about the introduction of unaffiliated personnel to the area, are not optional. If you're having a bad day, just stay home. If you can't ignore them, file for reassignment. Don't make stupid decisions. Don't even think about it. - Dr. Hester Footnotes 1. This became necessary after an incident where the subject became the rodent cage itself. 2. An inbred model of laboratory mice. 3. Complications involving the subject and staff uninformed of the subjects' location are to be noted in later performance reviews. 4. This was determined from samples tested with analytical chemistry. Because the organs only mimic their original functions, this is being studied. 5. These characteristics seem to be influenced by emotion. 6. A prepackaged program. 7. A Blackberry. 8. This company does not seem to exist. |
SCP-3243 | euclid | Section of the Florida Everglades frequented by SCP-3243. Item #: SCP-3243 Special Containment Procedures: An area of the Florida Everglades National Wildlife Refuge has been purchased by the Foundation, under the guise of a private philanthropist-funded conservation effort. A research cabin has been established in the area most frequently visited by SCP-3243 and is currently staffed by three research personnel and one containment specialist with experience in invertebrate biology. This cabin is to receive monthly allotments of supplies from nearby Foundation sites. The research staff is to conduct various experiments on water and air quality, as well as compile indexes of plant population and health to aid in conservation efforts. Reports of these experiments are to be made available to any local inquirers who happen to encounter Foundation personnel elsewhere in the Wildlife Refuge and express interest in the private activity occurring. Any trespassers on the Foundation-held land are to be turned away under the guise of maintaining the delicate natural ecosystem and scientific conditions of the area. Research personnel1 are to meet with SCP-3243 twice weekly, and carefully document all interactions with the entity. Field cameras have been installed in nearby trees to monitor the entity's location. Requests may be made weekly for additional materials to aid in SCP-3243 containment, including fertilizers, plant seeds, saplings, and curriculum to teach reading. Care is to be taken to avoid inadvertently stepping on SCP-3243-1 instances. Description: SCP-3243 appears to be a genetically-unique member of the species Limax maximus (great grey slug), measuring 3 meters long and 1 meter wide. SCP-3243 possesses two 1-meter-long forearm-like appendages, terminating in hands with two fingers and opposable thumbs, which allows it to communicate in rudimentary sign language. SCP-3243 has two black eyes on its eyestalks, both of which are 5 centimeters in diameter. The coloring of SCP-3243 resembles that of its apparent species, consisting of a gray skin tone mottled with brown and cream spots on the stomach which allow for camouflage. SCP-3243 currently resides near the Shark River area of the Florida Everglades. SCP-3243 has demonstrated an extensive knowledge of medicine-making utilizing natural ingredients, as well as familiarity with various aspects of wilderness survival; this has been observed in SCP-3243's interactions with civilians (often those involved in boating or swimming accidents) prior to Foundation intervention. SCP-3243 generally exhibits a placid demeanor and seems to regard humans with curiosity, often floating in the water and trailing scientific research and conservationist vessels from a distance when they pass. Possibly due to its physical shape, SCP-3243 rarely travels more than 30 meters from its usual resting spot in an average day. The skin on SCP-3243's back is almost entirely covered with a layer of moss and greenery measuring 6 centimeters at thickest. The entity is believed to carry a complex miniature plant-focused ecosystem on its body; various species of grasses, ferns, and reeds have been identified from samples2. In addition to consuming swamp detritus, SCP-3243 is believed to subsist off of the metabolic outputs of the photosynthetic plants on its back. SCP-3243 has been observed to carry decomposers upon itself as well: as dead plant matter accumulates, various mushroom species will manifest. When this occurs, the decomposing plant matter will sometimes animate, forming autonomous simple humanoid figures which fulfill roles as caretakers or servants for SCP-3243. These miniature anomalous entities are classified as SCP-3243-1, and possess no identifiable features aside from their varied plant base composition. Each SCP-3243-1 instance has been noted to possess a mushroom cap atop its head. SCP-3243-1 appear to have a limited lifespan, and will perform tasks such as redistributing slime on SCP-3243, cleaning its eyes, tending to the plants on SCP-3243's back, and pulling weeds and removing other pest species. SCP-3243-1 instances also engage in a primitive "surveillance", leaving SCP-3243 for periods of time and returning, upon which they will provide a report to SCP-3243 through pantomime and a form of sign language that SCP-3243 is believed to have invented by itself. [Note: SCP-3243 has demonstrated the action of giving names to each of its active instances of SCP-3243-1 by assigning a specific hand sign to each instance. SCP-3243 has additionally shown preference to give certain tasks to certain SCP-3243-1 instances.] Background Information and Incident Report: The first documented sighting of SCP-3243 occurred on July 23, 1994, involving locals describing a "giant swimming garden" in the Everglades fending off an alligator to allow a young child to escape to safety. Within weeks of the first sighting, expeditions led by the grateful family and curious acquaintances led to the consideration of SCP-3243 as a local legend. Repeated civilian attempts to locate SCP-3243 remained inconclusive, and eventually its existence became known as a guarded secret, with community reverence for the supposed "monster" becoming an unremarkable normality. During this time, the Foundation was made aware of SCP-3243's alleged existence, but did not initiate any surveillance or recovery attempts until an incident occurred on August 4th, 2009, involving SCP-3243 directly interacting with a civilian. During the event, two individuals, locals of the area, were engaged in barefoot waterskiing when their boat's engine failed. The waterskier, ████ ██████ (age 19), had accelerated beyond the boat and whiplash caused his arm to dislocate. Upon making contact with the shallow water, ██████ suffered a fractured left tibia. He was then thrown far enough that his companion, ██████ █████████ (age 56) was unable to locate him. Several minutes later, SCP-3243 is reported to have encountered ████ ██████, and then carried the unconscious individual on its back to his companion's boat. ██████ █████████ then quickly returned his companion to the mainland to seek medical attention3, reporting the sighting to local law enforcement, prompting further Foundation investigation. After three months of scouting, Foundation operatives located SCP-3243 and began preparations to establish containment. Addendum SCP-3243-1: When contact with SCP-3243 was first established, Dr. Hunter Miles (assigned to the case as of 04/09/2010) had begun attempting to approach SCP-3243 via airboat by following SCP-3243-1 instances congregating nearby. SCP-3243 exhibited a familiarity with common hand signals used by waterskiers, using its appendages to form the "I'm okay" and "stop" signs in response to questions in the yes/no format. Over the course of the following conversation, Dr. Miles was able to determine that SCP-3243 appeared to possess a high level of intelligence and comprehension, and associated humans with the recent conservation efforts occurring throughout the Everglades area. Prior to Dr. Miles returning to the cabin to prepare his daily report, SCP-3243 swam closer to the airboat and proceeded to point at Dr. Miles's ID badge, the lettering on the side of the boat, and then itself in succession. After additional conversation, Dr. Miles interpreted this as a request to be taught how to read, and promised SCP-3243 he would return. Addendum SCP-3243-2: As of 12/26/2013, SCP-3243 has shown significantly rapid development in reading comprehension and has begun to request writing implements from Dr. Miles. The Foundation has since provided a set of eco-friendly writing pads and styluses for SCP-3243, which it currently stores on its back. In a recent meeting with SCP-3243, Dr. Miles was presented with a garment made of woven reeds, resembling a life vest. When asked what the purpose of the item was, SCP-3243 gestured to Dr. Miles's ID card, and then proceeded to write the word "protect" on its writing pad. Analysis of the garment has identified an anomalous effect incorporated into the woven pattern of the reeds (though the organic material of the item seems non-anomalous). Further testing has indicated that the vest is resistant to rot, lightweight as well as buoyant in water, and possibly bulletproof. Further investigation of the weaving pattern and whether it can be replicated for Foundation use has begun. It has been noted that when Dr. Miles indicated interest in learning from SCP-3243 how to make the vests to "protect his friends", SCP-3243 immediately exhibited excitement. It then instructed SCP-3243-1 instances to begin removing reeds from its back to demonstrate the construction of a preliminary woven pattern. Site Director Shenberger has approved Dr. Miles's request to wear the vest during every subsequent visit to SCP-3243 as a show of good faith and respect. Footnotes 1. The current primary contact for the SCP-3243 case is Dr. Hunter Miles, Cryptozoology dept. 2. Of note, some of the plant species observed on SCP-3243 are variants of ferns and orchids believed to have gone extinct in the recent decade. 3. Per medical records, ████ ██████ had stated he did not feel any pain upon initially arriving at the hospital, despite his injuries. Hospital staff were not able to determine the cause for this. Mr. ██████ later made a full recovery. |
SCP-3244 | euclid | Just twist the top off and have a drink. I own both of the email addresses listed, in case anyone's worried about that. I think that's everything… ▸ More by this Author ◂ {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} by Doctor Cimmerian Item #: SCP-3244 Special Containment Procedures: The house containing SCP-3244 is to be secured against outside visitors by Foundation agents. Utilizing the Foundation front company "Southern Crosscut Pines" the surrounding properties are to be purchased from their current owners in order to effect more permanent containment. Should this purchasing process not be completed by January 1st 2019, Foundation assets in the West Haven city council are to call for the condemnation of the remaining homes under the auspices of protecting the community from sinkhole risks. Description: SCP-3244 is an aperture located on the second floor of a house in West Haven, Connecticut that leads to an extra-dimensional space. This aperture is approximately .69 meters in diameter. When traversed by an individual's arm, SCP-3244 allows that individual to acquire an instance of "Mountain Dew" (hereafter identified as SCP-3244-1). SCP-3244 is capable of producing variants of SCP-3244-1 which do not match any extant commercial product. A full listing of these variants is available in document 3244-1-K. Following 513 tests, the distribution of acquired variants is as follows: Mountain Dew Code Red: 365 Mountain Dew (Baseline Flavor): 44 Bottled, clear, and unaged whiskey: 34 Mountain Dew Baja Blast: 31 Other Mountain Dew branded products (for a full listing see pages 1-3 of document 3244-1-K): 26 Anomalous variants of SCP-3244-1: 13 SCP-3244 was originally identified and contained on August 16th 2016. The house SCP-3244 is located in had been abandoned for 7 months by its previous owner, Toby Thompson1. Mr. Thompson was last seen on January 18th 2016, approximately 9 months after the original creation of SCP-3244. A collection of communications between Mr. Thompson and his associates are collected below. + Show Communication Logs - hide Communication Logs Communications recovered from Mr. Thompson's Phone: Log 3244-A: yo I got an idea What what if we didn't have to get up to get stuff from our fridges downstairs Like rick and morty? you know anyone who's good with portals and shit? You heard of the jmen shit yeah Charles Boles he got a number? Dude still uses email. old fart? Yeah but like, be respectful, call him Mr. Boles the fuck? Just do it fine what's his addy? One second moc.liamg|seloBlraEselrahC#moc.liamg|seloBlraEselrahC that is an old person Don't fuck this up for me. We need them for stuff somtimes i won't, jesus get your panties out of a knot Recovered Emails: To: Charles Boles (moc.liamg|seloBlraEselrahC#moc.liamg|seloBlraEselrahC) From: Toby Thompson (moc.liamg|tiezalb024nospmohtt#moc.liamg|tiezalb024nospmohtt) Subject: portals Hey Mr. Boles. A friend of mine told me you could help me make portals and stuff. To: Toby Thompson (moc.liamg|tiezalb024nospmohtt#moc.liamg|tiezalb024nospmohtt) From: Charles Boles (moc.liamg|seloBlraEselrahC#moc.liamg|seloBlraEselrahC) Subject: Re: Portals Mr. Guthrie2 told me you might be dropping a message. We're quite honored to be considered for the work, honestly. What did you have in mind exactly? To: Charles Boles (moc.liamg|seloBlraEselrahC#moc.liamg|seloBlraEselrahC) From: Toby Thompson (moc.liamg|tiezalb024nospmohtt#moc.liamg|tiezalb024nospmohtt) Subject: Re: Portals I wanted to know if it was possible to make a portal from my desk to the refrigerator. To: Toby Thompson (moc.liamg|tiezalb024nospmohtt#moc.liamg|tiezalb024nospmohtt) From: Charles Boles (moc.liamg|seloBlraEselrahC#moc.liamg|seloBlraEselrahC) Subject: Re: Portals I see. Yes. We can do that. Are you sure? This is quite an expensive service you're asking for. To: Charles Boles (moc.liamg|seloBlraEselrahC#moc.liamg|seloBlraEselrahC) From: Toby Thompson (moc.liamg|tiezalb024nospmohtt#moc.liamg|tiezalb024nospmohtt) Subject: Re: Portals Yup. To: Toby Thompson (moc.liamg|tiezalb024nospmohtt#moc.liamg|tiezalb024nospmohtt) From: Charles Boles (moc.liamg|seloBlraEselrahC#moc.liamg|seloBlraEselrahC) Subject: Re: Portals Alright then. We'll contact Mr. Guthrie for payment, if you don't mind? He's a known quantity to us, and I'd be more comfortable with that sort of arrangement. Once the deposit clears we'll send one of our people to you. To: Charles Boles (moc.liamg|seloBlraEselrahC#moc.liamg|seloBlraEselrahC) From: Toby Thompson (moc.liamg|tiezalb024nospmohtt#moc.liamg|tiezalb024nospmohtt) Subject: Re: Portals I'm good for it but alright. He's got my details. To: Toby Thompson (moc.liamg|tiezalb024nospmohtt#moc.liamg|tiezalb024nospmohtt) From: Charles Boles (moc.liamg|seloBlraEselrahC#moc.liamg|seloBlraEselrahC) Subject: Re: Portals Excellent! We'll get this ball rolling then. Thanks for the business! Log 3244-B: this sucks What now i'm out of dew lul not funny dude lulz fuck you i'm fixing this portal It's broke? i don't want to have to buy more dew. So you're broke no just lazy Calling it like you see it No further communications involving SCP-3244 were discovered. It is believed that the capacity to acquire variant instances of SCP-3244-1 was added by Mr. Thompson. 9 months after this textual exchange, Mr. Thompson went missing. + Show Testing Logs - Hide Testing Logs Test 1: Date: 9/24/16 Directive: Baseline test. D-8245 was directed to reach into SCP-3244 and acquire an SCP-3244-1 instance. Results: D-8245 acquired an instance of "Mountain Dew Code Red" Test 56: Date: 2/19/17 Directive: Same as baseline test, however D-8245 was directed to taste acquired instance. Results: D-8245 acquired an instance of "Mountain Dew Code Red" which emitted a faint noise until D-8245 twisted and removed the cap. D-8245 mistakenly threw cap into SCP-3244 after removal. Instance did not appear to possess any other anomalous properties and the noise did not return. Test 103: Date: 4/24/17 Directive: Same as baseline test. Results: D-8245 acquired an instance of bottled, clear, and unaged whiskey. Labeled "MD Moonshine". Test 285: Date: 8/6/17 Directive: Same as baseline test. Results: D-8245 acquired a jar of "Moonlight" (pictured above). Approximate weight of the object is in line with the weight of an empty jar despite appearing to contain a solid substance. Test 513: Date: 1/11/18 Directive: Same as baseline test, however D-8245 was directed to taste acquired instance. Results: D-8245 was seated next to the aperture while researchers set up recording equipment prior to test. A hand approximately 7 meters wide emerged from an aperture on the opposite side of the testing chamber and grasped D-8245. D-8245 began to scream and was removed from the testing chamber through that same aperture by the hand. After approximately 6 seconds D-8245's head re-entered the chamber through the new aperture. The remainder of his body was not recovered. The newly formed aperture does not appear to have remained in place following this test. Note: Testing has been temporarily suspended. Footnotes 1. A known associate of GOI 5869. 2. This individual has still not been located, however they appear to be the same individual Mr. Thompson exchanged text messages with. Mountain Dew: Code Red None |
SCP-3245 | euclid | SCP-3245 prior to initial containment. Item #: SCP-3245 Special Containment Procedures: Stored in a medium security humanoid containment unit, SCP-3245 is to be provided with normal humanoid amenities contingent on continued good behavior. All excrement and waste shall be held in one of Site-77's low-security containment vaults. Once per day, SCP-3245 is granted access to a Level-1 psychological researcher. Upon SCP-3245's request, this researcher may bring word or puzzle games within Site-77 into its containment chamber for recreational purposes. Once per week, or more often as dictated by the lead researcher, Level-0 personnel are to decontaminate and clean SCP-3245's living space. The toilet cubicle connects directly to a storage vault. All personnel directly interacting with SCP-3245 must undergo full-body decontamination before entering its area. A disease screening is required upon the completion of their activities. A request from SCP-3245 not to be exposed to any variety of tabletop games has been tentatively granted. Description: SCP-3245 is a humanoid entity of Cuban descent. The internal anatomy of the subject is supplanted by board and chance-based games, which it has shown anomalous skill at playing. Displaying outwardly average intelligence, SCP-3245 is aware of its condition and expresses frequent anxiety over its bodily functions. The words "Mr. Playing Games Is Bad For Your Health By Gamers Against Weed" have been branded into both of SCP-3245's thumbs. SCP-3245's breathing emits the sound of an active automatic card shuffler. Sneezing causes cards to be ejected from the subject's esophagus. After entering REM sleep, the sound of a jammed card shuffler is believed to approximate snoring. Metallic fluids are secreted from the sudoriferous glands in place of sweat. Although not molten, this material displays polymorphic properties which will form pieces from the game Monopoly on the exterior of the subject's epidermis. Once formed they spontaneously propel themselves off SCP-3245's body. A disjointed amalgamation of components taken from the board game "Mousetrap" has replaced the digestive system. This causes SCP-3245 to suffer symptoms similar to Irritable Bowel Syndrome, although it is able to consume food while excreting the waste as various game tokens from the materials which comprise its biology. Bodily fluids appear to be composed of micro-plastic particulates flowing as a liquid. The cranial cavity has no grey matter, but a miniaturized chess board which plays itself autonomously. SCP-3245's heart is a "Connect Four" game board, with the sounds of gameplay replicating heartbeats. Occasionally, this board clears itself which briefly causes the subject to experience intense chest pain. While appearing outwardly healthy, it is not possible to determine the overall state of SCP-3245's health due to its anomalous properties. Virtually all of these anomalies cause SCP-3245 some level of discomfort and extended play has resulted in symptoms comparable to the effects of recovery from physical addiction. It has also been noted that although the subject has a standard dietary regimen, its digestive disorders were far more pronounced during the time which it was being tested with board games. The build quality of game pieces produced by SCP-3245 may deteriorate in quality depending on the condition of its health. History: SCP-3245 was recovered from a site believed to have been used by the Group of Interest "Herman Fuller's Circus of the Disquieting". Reports from the area while the Circus was active indicated that SCP-3245 had been working as a carnival game-runner. Evidence indicates that the subject had not been associated with the circus for very long prior to initial containment. When Foundation agents arrived at the location, SCP-3245 was the only living subject present. In addition, several carnival games were discovered in dilapidated condition, as well as disturbed soil indicating heavy foot traffic in the area. SCP-3245 was recovered without further incident. First reports of SCP-3245's existence had been documented in Atlanta, GA, when online records related to the Gamers Against Weed GoI were found during a standard web crawl operation. The activity of SCP-3245 during the six month gap between its creation and recovery by Foundation agents remains unknown. Addendum: Interview Log: Interviewed: SCP-3245, Mr. Playing Games Is Bad For Your Health by Gamers Against Weed Interviewer: Dr. Rasmusen, Site-77 Researcher. Foreword: Interview took place shortly after initial containment to gain insight of SCP-3245's perspective regarding its creation and subsequent activities. <Begin Log> Dr. Rasmusen: Good evening, SCP-3245. Is your health well? SCP-3245: Do you guys just have one pool of questions you ask everyone? Wouldn't have to interview us so many times if any of 'em had a point. I'm fine, though, not that y'all care. Not like I've got the circus healthcare anymore. Dr. Rasmusen: We, I, do have genuine concern for your health. The measures we've taken to preserve your life should prove that. Our livelihood depends on it, that at the very least should convince you. SCP-3245: Fantastic. Thanks. What a great life you're preserving to poke and prod forever. Whatever. Guess it's not like I've ever done better anywhere else. Not even when I had a real job. Not since I was made. Dr. Rasmusen: Why do you think you were created? SCP-3245: Stupid kids playing God. They wanted me to be like the Six Million Dollar Man but with games. What a life to aspire to. What's the point of playing when the game is rigged from the start? My brain is wired for games. I'm probably going to win every time. Only place that ever valued what I do was the circus, but even they only wanted to exploit it. Dr. Rasmusen: So, your properties continue to bother you? SCP-3245: I'm pissing fuckin' sand, man. It's bad. I hate that goddamn T-Rex. Just when I thought they were taking out one of those goddamn pointy pieces. A dinosaur! What the fuck is that doing in monopoly? It's bullshit. Pointiest piece ever. Take an eye out with that thing. Dr. Rasmusen: Would you agree with the premise of your creation? SCP-3245: Huh? Dr. Rasmusen: Playing games, having a detrimental effect on one's health. SCP-3245: Shit, I'm glad they didn't put that on my thumbs, I'd have no skin left. Pauses. Mean… I'm kind of biased, because fucking look at me. But fun and games can definitely take over a life. When I joined the Circus, I saw how they took carnival games to a new level of addiction. They're rigged from the start. But you still have people, who've seen enough and followed along to the point they should know, still trying to get that… whatever bullshit prize is at the end of the rainbow. They're like deadheads. It's a new drug. Not even gambling, but maybe a little like gambling, the same rush. What isn't a drug, honestly? I know the kids who made me had problems. I guess maybe I was supposed to be a joke? Framing it as, like, these are just harmless games, not physically degenerative. Unless it's literally what you are. But I'm a bad joke. When these little shits are playing games with nature, it's worse than some card shit. You might spend all your money on cardboard cards but these fucks are digging up dead bodies and morphing them into unnatural bullshit. The games they're playing… I hope they're high because making this shit without chemical alteration… I don't even want to think about it. Dr. Rasmusen: How was the period around your creation like for you? SCP-3245: I don't even remember, man… it's pretty fuzzy. It was a dorm, I think. A double room but without a roommate, so I lived in the closet during the day and slept on the spare mattress at night. Kid would be up all night playing Destiny and didn't feel the need to pipe down on my behalf. Dr. Rasmusen: Why did you stay? SCP-3245: Kid had mad connections. I don't know if they were really dominoes, or some other thing that looked like 'em… but I could snort that shit and get mad high. Of course those were my championship druggie days. I try to stay clean now. You guys through now? Dr. Rasmusen: Almost. When did you leave, ending up with the circus of all places? SCP-3245: Smart dumb kids like that… they get tired of stuff quickly. One close call with his RA was all it took to boot me to the curb. Wandered the streets for awhile, freezing my ass off, until I ended up finding something shiny and warm. Out in the woods, where they said they waited for people like me once we were done playing around. I don't remember much specifically but whatever I agreed to ended up being a good deal for a long time. Dr. Rasmusen: They hired you to play games, yes? What constitutes a game for you? SCP-3245: Yeah, I ran the midway. It's always a bad day at the midway. People getting hurt, either in their bodies, minds or wallets. There aren't any winners there. Everyone knows, even the little squirts like me. When you're only taking things away from people it strikes a lot of psychological toll. It's why the Germans used to get their dudes sauced up before they went out to kill people. People don't like hurting each other, even when they say they do. Dr. Rasmusen: But how did they, do you, define games? SCP-3245: I'm getting tired of this. But it has to be fun. Like, math games, Sudoku, it's basically homework. Not about that life. Maybe if it was also a video game but at that point it's getting a little out of my wheelhouse. If people are having fun they're going to be thinking less and asking even fewer questions. That's all the circus ever wanted. Dr. Rasmusen: Are you going to answer any more questions? SCP-3245: No. <End Log> Closing Statement: Subject did not provide further insights and the interview was concluded shortly after the end of this log. Further interviews are to be conducted after the approval of the attending Level 3 Researcher. Addendum: The following document was discovered stuck to the bottom of SCP-3245's shoe during initial containment. Due to exposure to the elements and being stepped upon repeatedly, the content of the document was heavily degraded. Level 3 Clearance Required Clearance Confirmed - Access Granted Holy Heck! You've just found yourself your very own Mr. Playing Games Is Bad For Your Health by Gamers Against Weed! If you sit there too long you're going to stick that way. Is Dr. Wondertainment cool yet? Find them all and become Mr. (Mad) Gamer! 01. Mr. Literal Serial Killer 02. Mr. Normie <illegible> Mr. Playing Games Is Bad For Your Health ✔ 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 ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3245" by Anonymous, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3245. 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-3246 | keter | For the safety of all personnel, staff are required to set their monitors to maximum brightness when viewing the following article. Item #: SCP-3246 SCP-3246 Special Containment Procedures: Do not go outside at night. Previous efforts by the Department of Miscommunications have set a precedent for worldwide dissemination campaigns. Such precedent is to be referenced for all materials fabricated herein. Personnel have been issued military-grade 600-Fluoren flashlights in the case of a power outage or SCP-3246 outbreak. To limit this possibility, backup generators in all containment sites are regularly monitored. Floodlights must be kept on in major population areas at all times. Over the next few weeks, Foundation teams will work to evacuate all residences within 25 miles of any forest or ocean. Do not linger in shadows. Description: SCP-3246 is an extant component of ordinary darkness. While much of the makeup of darkness is derived from an absence of light, the portion that is SCP-3246 would be more accurately described as "negative light". As its brightness decreases, non-anomalous darkness asymptotically approaches 0.001890 kiloFluorens per meter squared (kF/m2), the approximate brightness of "Pitch Black". However, darkness with a high enough concentration of SCP-3246 can extend far below this, rendering the current light scale obsolete. As of writing this document, approximately 36% of the darkness on Earth is SCP-3246. Brightness (kF/m2) Scale Degree Notes >1 Light Most surfaces are visible and unambiguous. The only thing short of obfuscation that hinders visibility at this light level is distance. 0.999999-0.001891 Dark Surfaces begin to lose vibrancy and become desaturated. As the brightness decreases, smaller details and textures begin to fade into the background. Cameras stop being able to pick up an image at around ~0.005 kF/m2. 0.001890 Pitch Black Total absence of light on the visible spectrum. This is the cutoff for detection with the naked eye. 0 True Black Total absence of all light. True Black is described as "cold" and "quiet" by observers. Light traveling through True Blackness experiences no decrease in luminosity as it does so; on a spherical planet that is entirely True Black, shining a flashlight ahead of oneself would illuminate the flashlight-holder's posterior. -0.001890 Nanoblack Below zero kiloFluorens, light particles begin to exhibit strange behaviors. At this value, organic lifeforms, including humans, emit a faint but noticeable glow, which is immediately swallowed up by the increasingly oppressive darkness. It can be easy to experience minor auditory illusions of distance as depth perception vanishes with the light. -0.068584 Haever-Bandon Black Studies in REM sleep cycles posit that the "color" we see when we are asleep is approximately equivalent to Haever-Bandon Black, a conclusion which was also met by Greek philosopher Haeveritres in 376 BC1. Areas unlit at Haever-Bandon Black absorb around 10,000x as much visible light as Nanoblack. ████ ███ ████ █████ ██ ████ ██ sensory deprivation, █ ███ ██ ███████ ███ █████, or permanent mental dissociation, whichever comes first. -0.887641 Bandon Black Bandon-Black is the lower limit of the updated Fluoren scale. Total, crushing loss of bodily sensation. All surfaces ambiguate, except those as or more reflective than bone. -1 Maw Maw Black can not exist. Tangential Materials A potential link was found between SCP-3246 and the now defunct SCP-█████, and later confirmed. A selection of its archived description can be found below. Exterior of cavern, formerly SCP-█████. Photographs of the interior cannot be attained due to the cavern's unusually high concentration of SCP-3246. Description: SCP-█████ is a basalt cavern located within an inactive volcano off the coast of ██████. It is only accessible through a network of underwater lava tubes formed ~400 years prior to its discovery by a civilian tunneling group on August 2nd, ████. The Foundation quickly took control of the site and neutralized all those involved2. The interior of SCP-█████ is entirely pitch black, even when lit. The inner cavern absorbs all light particles, rendering ordinary imaging technology unusable. While inside the chamber, the intense darkness causes a minor illusion that ones' surroundings are two-dimensional; this illusion persists into other senses, rendering it silent to those inside of it, but not those standing just outside of the entrance. Preliminary tests of Terrestrial Sonography Scanning (TSS) technology were able to produce scans of a large portion of the interior, though it is unknown at this time how far the cavern extends. Along with the expected basalt formations, portions of the cave contain the fossilized remains of a massive creature, as well as etchings in the cavern wall written in ancient Sumerian. A translation can be found below. may the day i came into being be snuffed out against the earth and the night that followed when they said look now, a boy is born that day was a day of darkness, will forever be a day of darkness He . . . He shines no light upon it and so He claims it once more in . . . when the clouds roll . . . may . . . and when the sun drops below the horizon may it blot out the heavens may that day be cast from the book of life and . . . His calendar to be kept barren and fruitless for there is no joy to be found within it it is only he who curses that day among all days . . . Leviathan. Addendum 01 The following footage was obtained from ████, taken from live body camera feed of Police Officer Lawrence Hester, currently presumed missing or dead. Begin Log ████-12-23 14:20:54 -0500 AXON BODY 3 X6038RFZ12 Body-worn camera footage - P.O. Hester P.O. Hester knocks repeatedly on front door of the apartment. P.O. Hester: ███ ████ ████ police department! Hester continues knocking loudly. P.O. Hester: ███ ████ ████ police department! Is anyone inside? Hester waits, then grabs his radio. P.O. Hester: Could I get another unit on ██ ███████ Avenue, welfare check on a family of four. Mom didn't show up for work this morning. Kids ain't at school, neither. Nobody's answerin' the door. Another unit responds, audio unintelligible in recording. Hester proceeds down the hallway and puts his ear against the wall. An arrhythmic thumping noise can be heard inside. Hester walks back to the front door. Hester's radio comes on and another officer begins speaking. P.O. Hester: Wait, slow down. As the officer relays a string of numbers, Hester takes out his cellular phone and inputs them into his phone. A faint ringtone can be heard from inside the apartment. P.O. Hester: ███ ████ ████ police department! Open the door or I will force entry! After a brief pause, Hester takes out a bolt knife and wedges it into the doorframe. He slides it upwards, forcing the latch out of the way. The door slowly creaks open on its own. It is pitch black inside the apartment. As the door continues to open, the hallway Hester is standing in grows rapidly darker until nothing is visible on camera. P.O. Hester: What the hell… Hester shines a flashlight into the apartment. Interior entryway of Lamison residence. Hester's flashlight unevenly illuminates the entrance. He takes a few steps forwards before stopping. A thumping noise, similar to heavy footsteps, is audible further into the apartment. Hester approaches the entrance slowly. The thumping noise gets more intense, then stops entirely. Hester stands motionless for twenty seconds. The sound of heavy breathing overwhelms the audio. Finally, he continues inside. P.O. Hester: ███ ████ ████ police department, is anyone home? Hester's voice falters. Another thump comes from somewhere to the left, then silence. Hester turns left and walks towards the noise. The floorboards creak under him, and the sound echoes around the room3. The thumping noise gets louder and more rapid. Hester's body camera shakes. P.O. Hester: Hello? Hester takes another step forwards. P.O. Hester: ███ ████ ████ police. The thumping noise stops. Hester takes two more steps forwards. The noise starts again. It's coming from a room immediately to Hester's right. He swings his flashlight around to the source of the noise. Laundry room. The flashlight settles on a large washing machine. It's on, and its spinning causes it to thump up and down against the wooden floor. Hester sighs. The shaking on his body camera dies down. Hester turns towards the center of the larger room the laundry room connects to. Later identified as 7-year old Jamie Lamison and 1-year old Emelia Lamison, both residents. Hester jumps backwards. Two sets of eyes and teeth are visible in the center of room4. Hester runs up to them and attempts to grab the space around the facial features. His hand blends into the darkness and touches nothing. He places his hand on the larger set of teeth, and his fingers are just barely visible running along the edges of them. Hester's radio comes on and an officer begins speaking. They get no response from Hester. As Hester's radio continues making noise, Hester's camera has stopped moving entirely5. The radio noise continues until video feed cuts. Rev. Noah Lamison was later found inside the residence, in the same state as his children. When Foundation agents made contact, they mistakenly believed him to be speaking to them from his bedroom in the apartment, but it was later found to be an analog radio looping passages from chapter six of the Book of Genesis. Addendum 02 Live feed of the New York City skyline, taken December 25th, 9am EST. A drone captures live, unedited footage of Manhattan. The same feed with contrast and exposure settings increased by 1000%. A chorus of screams echo out from within the city limits as three million dark humanoid shapes ascend into the morning sky. Ommetaphobia Anthology 2024 / Footnotes 1. Ortygiatis, Haeveritres. Unconscious Gods. Translated by Werner Kaufler, Dover Publications, 1974. 2. Ordinarily, amnesticization would be sufficient, but the divers involved were documenting its location and accessibility, and had been for many months prior. The tube system's total length, over 73 kilometres, vastly outperforms the Kazumura lava tube system, still thought by the public to be the planet's largest system of its kind. 3. Size of room is impossible to ascertain from footage, but the latency in the echo would suggest a much larger space than the apartment could reasonably take up. 4. Notably, they are the only things visible in the room. 5. Up to this point, the camera has been moving up and down rhythmically, in line with Hester's breathing. |
SCP-3247 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3247 Special Containment Procedures: Foundation personnel are forbidden from visiting the White Mountains for non-work reasons. Foundation personnel within the White Mountains should stay within a vehicle or other shelter whenever possible, keeping an inventory of any personal effects they take into the area. No items outside this inventory should be interacted with. Individuals lost to SCP-3247 are to be given an appropriate cover story for their deaths, which must take additional injuries sustained during their descent into account. Efforts to locate the remaining victims of SCP-3247 are ongoing. Description: SCP-3247 is a phenomenon that manifests when an individual touches an object at an altitude above 240 meters from sea level within the boundaries of the White Mountains. These objects share little common physical characteristics, but share similarities such as: The object is identical to a common man-made item. The object is not obstructed by any other object from above.1 The object has no owner, despite the fact that in most cases, it is identical to someone else's personal effects.2 Upon touching an object capable of triggering SCP-3247, the victim is pulled upwards at a speed of about 10 kilometers per second.3 Video evidence of the event suggests the individual and associated object remain physically unaffected by the speed of the ascent through unknown means. Upon reaching the border of the stratosphere,4 both the affected object and the individual disappear from view, becoming undetectable by any means. SCP-3247 was first discovered in 1977, when the following footage was captured by a security camera placed in a gas station in Lincoln, New Hampshire: 9:39 PM: A 1966 Chevrolet Fleetside pulls into an open parking space. PoI-3247-15 steps out of their car, and exits the view of the security camera. 9:40 PM: PoI-3247-1 enters the convenience store. The cashier looks at him as he enters, but quickly returns to staring off into space. PoI-3247-1 begins to look up and down the shelves. 9:41 PM: An object falls out of the sky and onto the roof on the driver's side of PoI-3247-1's car. The object appears to be a leather wallet. Despite the fact that the object fell from an unknown height, it does not bounce or move after hitting the roof of the car. 9:43 PM: PoI-3247-1 buys a bag of ice and two packages of Reese's Pieces. PoI-3247-1 exits the store. 9:44 PM: PoI-3247-1 enters into view of the outside security camera. He throws the bag of ice into the back of his truck. He is about to enter his car when he sees the object on the roof of his car. He touches the object. They both disappear, a single smear frame indicating they moved upwards. 9:44 PM –– 5:35 AM: No movement. 5:35 AM: PoI-3247-1 falls into view, dead. The impact sets off the car's alarm system, but the corpse does not appear to move in any way after impact. The corpse of PoI-3247-1 was discovered several hours later by a convenience store worker, who reported it to the police. The case was flagged by Foundation agents embedded within State Law Enforcement agencies, who recovered the body and security camera footage. Upon investigation of local police records, similar reports were found dating as far back as 1948. There are currently 621 unusual deaths and 53 missing person cases connected to SCP-3247. Posthumous examination of the bodies indicate trauma consistent with a drop from 200 feet, but the cause of death in all victims has been found to be hypoxia. Additionally, all subjects have retinal damage, burst eardrums, and signs consistent with brain hemorrhaging. All recovered subjects are drenched in a liquid that has been found to be composed of a mixture of human tears, blood, wine, and [REDACTED]. Footnotes 1. This includes both roofs, such as those found in kiosks and cars, and naturally occurring shelter, such as caves. 2. Testing indicates that the most common items that trigger SCP-3247 are car keys, purses, wallets, and other items commonly ascribed personal value. 3. Approximately 6 miles per second. 4. Approximately 9-15 kilometers above sea level. 5. Later identified as Paul McFarland ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3247" by Fishish and SynthPanda_, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3247. 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-3248 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3248 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3248 is currently owned and occupied by Agent Carnigan. During SCP-3248-1 events, the windows of SCP-3248 are to be sealed, and soundproofing equipment within SCP-3248 is to be activated. Description: SCP-3248 is a two story house located in Evansville, Indiana. SCP-3248 was previously owned by Dr. Herald Sullivan, a medical practitioner specializing in surgery. No links between Dr. Sullivan and any other anomalous phenomena have been discovered. On the 10th of every month at exactly 0400 hours local time, an SCP-3248-1 event will begin. The interior of the house will be remodeled to resemble its appearance on October 10th, 1979. Furniture will appear and disappear during this period, and any personnel within SCP-3248 during an SCP-3248-1 event are considered lost until its conclusion. Entry into SCP-3248 is impossible at this time. During an SCP-3248-1 event, Dr. Sullivan and his family1 will materialize in their beds, and awake soon afterwards. The family will set up their house for an upcoming party with several colleagues and friends. The party will commence at approximately 1800 hours local time. Guests will materialize at the front step of SCP-3248, and will be allowed in. All SCP-3248-1 events have been nearly identical, save for the occurrence of an SCP-3248-2 event. At some point during the festivities, one of the partygoers will murder Dr. Sullivan. The method of murder and the partygoer that commits the murder has differed for every SCP-3248-2 event. The partygoers will react with shock, and will attempt to call authorities or, in some cases, attempt to leave2. The SCP-3248-1 event will always end at midnight3. View Attachment: Abridged Event Timeline Close File The Foundation has been aware of SCP-3248's anomalous properties since its discovery in 1985. An abridged log of SCP-3248-1 and SCP-3248-2 events have been documented below. For a full log, please contact Project Supervisor Mel or the on-duty HCML supervisor. Date Murderer Cause of Death Notes 09/10/1985 Gary Gerald Gunshot to the forehead with a Glock-18 pistol, while Dr. Sullivan was drinking a bottle of alcohol. First observed instance of SCP-3248-2 10/10/1985 Matthew Dennis Gunshot to the stomach with a different model of pistol. Dr. Sullivan tries to call the police for help, but expires before he can reach the phone. 03/10/1986 Rachael Johnston Gunshots along Dr. Sullivan's left arm. Dr. Sullivan later died of blood loss. Before the gunshots occurred, Dr. Sullivan attempted to leave the room. 06/10/1986 Eric Cooper Sneaking up behind Dr. Sullivan and slitting his throat with a hunting knife. First recorded SCP-3248-2 event that did not use a gun. 10/10/1986 James Christenson Walking up to Dr. Sullivan and excavating his stomach with a butterfly knife. As Mr. Christenson approached Dr. Sullivan, he began to run away before he pulled out his knife. 01/10/1988 Stephen Contreras Slitting Dr. Sullivan's wrists multiple times until he died of blood loss. This was the first SCP-3248-2 event that occurred outside of the living room. Dr. Sullivan had relocated himself to his kitchen during this time. 05/10/1989 Edward Davis Breaking down the door with a sledgehammer and crushing Dr. Sullivan's head. Dr. Sullivan had hidden himself in the bathroom during this time. 09/10/1991 Bertha Sullivan Igniting Dr. Sullivan using a matchstick. SCP-3248 caught on fire during this time. However, at the end of the SCP-3248-1 event, all damage to SCP-3248 was repaired. 02/10/1992 Sharon Garcia Drowning Dr. Sullivan in his toilet. Dr. Sullivan was hiding in the bathroom again. 12/10/1993 Robert Brown Securing Dr. Sullivan to the ground with rope and sawing off his legs with a hacksaw. Dr. Sullivan attempted to resist this action. 04/10/1994 Edmond Sullivan4 Ritually sacrificing Dr. Sullivan using SCP-████. First noted use of ritual sacrifice and an SCP object in an SCP-3248-2 event. 07/10/1997 James Sullivan Securing Dr. Sullivan to the ground and carving a symbol belonging to [DATA EXPUNGED] using his fingernails. Dr. Sullivan eventually dies of blood loss. N/A 10/10/2001 Mark Sullivan Four other party guests secure Dr. Sullivan to the ground. Mark Sullivan then picks the skin off of Dr. Sullivan's face and consumes it. Dr. Sullivan eventually dies of blood loss. Dr. Sullivan did not resist during this event. Addendum 01: Further Notes Dr. Sullivan held a party on October 10th, 1979, in SCP-3248 before it gained its anomalous properties. The guests at this party and the guests of SCP-3248-1 events differed greatly. Investigation into guests of SCP-3248-1 has revealed that all died between October 10th, 1979, and November 23rd, 1983. All were also patients of Dr. Sullivan at one point. Further investigation using advanced autopsy procedures on recoverable cadavers revealed that all of these guests died within three days of their medical appointments with Dr. Sullivan, and had SCP-████5 in circulation. Dr. Sullivan disappeared on November 23rd, 1983. His cadaver was later found in a nearby river. Cause of death could not be determined. Footnotes 1. His wife, Bertha Sullivan, and his two children, James Sullivan and Mark Sullivan. 2. It is of note that SCP-3248 cannot be exited after the SCP-3248-2 event. 3. Similarities between SCP-3248-1 events and the scripts of SCP-453 has been noted. An investigation into whether the two anomalies are derivatives of the same phenomenon is ongoing. 4. Dr. Sullivan's uncle. 5. A powerful drug capable of affecting rational thought, often causes subjects to seek out methods of self-termination. 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SCP-3249 | keter | WARNING The following file contains information pertaining to a Basilisk category anomaly. By proceeding and reading the following file, you consent to: Be permanently and compulsorily assigned to SCP-3249, regardless of current assignment, physical or mental state, and/or clearance level. Waive the privilege to request reassignment for physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and/or social reasons. Waive the privilege to be reassigned due to physical, mental and/or social impediment, both temporary and permanent. Waive the privilege to terminate your Foundation employment by request. Waive the privilege to have your Foundation employment terminated through retirement. Waive the privilege to have your Foundation employment automatically terminated due to death. Waive the privilege to interact and/or communicate with non-Foundation personnel in any and all capacities. Waive the privilege to interact and/or communicate with Foundation personnel not assigned to SCP-3249 for reasons unrelated to the Special Containment Procedures of SCP-3249. Waive the ability to intentionally impede containment efforts pertaining directly or indirectly to SCP-3249. Unconditionally follow instructions from the research head assigned to SCP-3249. Have all of the above enforced by use of a contractual geas, wherein accessing the following document serves as an acceptance of the geas' conditions. [I ACCEPT THE ABOVE TERMS AND CONDITIONS] [DIGITAL CREDENTIALS VERIFIED. FILE ACCESS LOGGED AND FLAGGED.] Memetic geas deployed. Item Number: SCP-3249 Special Containment Procedures: Documents containing SCP-3249-A infective material are to be acquired and restricted to 3249 Clearance only, or destroyed. By order of the Ethics Committee, information regarding the SCP-3249-B procedures that are non-critical to containment efforts is restricted to 3249/EC clearance. Personnel who are exposed to any information regarding SCP-3249 must consent to be permanently assigned to SCP-3249, or terminated. Active instances of SCP-3249 discovered outside of containment must be retrieved and assigned for use by personnel assigned to SCP-3249, or destroyed. Individuals not assigned to SCP-3249 and found to be searching for information related to SCP-3249-B in any capacity must be detained by personnel assigned to SCP-3249, or destroyed. Personnel assigned to SCP-3249 are stripped of all previous clearances and/or administrative privileges. The conditions of SCP-3249 reassignment must be enforced by use of a functional, contractual geas. Description: SCP-3249-A is the infohazardous concept of the existence of SCP-3249. Human individuals who conceive SCP-3249-A, either independently or through an informational medium, activate their respective SCP-3249 instance and become susceptible to it, regardless of whether they fulfil the SCP-3249-B criterion. The use of amnestics to reverse this is only partially effective; while memories of SCP-3249-A can be successfully removed, the respective SCP-3249 will still be capable of functioning as though the memories had been retained. This document contains SCP-3249-A information. SCP-3249-B denotes a list of criterion which, when fulfilled, subdues the primary consciousness of a human and forces the respective SCP-3249 instance to activate and attain dominance. Several methods of fulfilling this criterion have been determined, however all such methods involve the following: Interruption of cross-hemisphere communication within the human brain. While several drugs and chemicals have been developed capable of achieving this on a short-term basis, the side effects of these inevitably results in rapid mental degradation and eventual, total brain death. The most effective method thus far determined to achieve these criteria is to physically sever or destroy the corpus callosum of the subject. Activation of the speech centres (Wernicke's and Broca's areas) within the non-dominant hemisphere of the brain. Use of Scheull's stimulation has shown to be sufficient.1 [FURTHER DATA REDACTED TO 3249/EC CLEARANCE BY ORDER OF THE ETHICS COMMITTEE] SCP-3249 is the designation given to a dormant secondary consciousness localised within the non-dominant hemisphere of the human brain. When precisely a SCP-3249 consciousness is created is currently unknown; while the functionality of the SCP-3249-B criterion suggests that each SCP-3249 consciousness is somehow present but dormant within the non-dominant hemisphere of the brain, neurological investigation of this has thus far failed to produce results confirming this theory.2 Excluding their anomalous existence, SCP-3249 consciousnesses exhibit no abnormal capabilities and function identically to mundane human consciousnesses, becoming mentally impeded appropriately from physical damage to their hemisphere of the brain. Noteworthily, SCP-3249 consciousnesses show on average an extremely high (>95%) similarity with the primary consciousness, varying primarily in opinionated topics unrelated to facts (for example, when queried regarding their favourite colour, the primary consciousness may answer 'red' while the SCP-3249 may answer 'green'; however, if the primary consciousness has a specific, factual reason for their selection, such as a past experience associating the colour with positive emotions, the SCP-3249 consciousness will almost universally agree with the primary consciousness). This variation increases over time as long as the two hemispheres of the brain are unable to (directly) communicate. The SCP-3249 phenomena was initially uncovered during the 1940s, following a series of correlating studies into abnormal behaviour in lobotomised subjects. Several subjects reported that while performing mundane, opinion-based tasks (such as selecting clothes to wear), the arm corresponding to the non-dominant hemisphere of the brain would periodically exhibit signs of disagreement, selecting a different option or physically displaying its disagreement.[1][2][3][4] It is currently unknown how much, if any SCP-3249-A information (and by extension, active SCP-3249 instances) currently exists outside of Foundation containment; due to technological advancements of the era, the properties of SCP-3249-B were not immediately identified as anomalous, allowing for several years to elapse before containment of SCP-3249 was initialised. Interviewed: D-6439 Interviewer: [DATA EXPUNGED] Foreword: D-6439 was newly inducted to the D-Class regimen. Neuroimaging confirmed that D-6439 was right-hemisphere dominant. <Begin Log> [EXPUNGED]: Hello █████████, I'm [EXPUNGED]. I'll be overseeing your progress over the next several days. D-6439: Yes, about that; my progress in what? I haven't been told anything about what I'll be doing yet. [EXPUNGED]: That is precisely what this meeting is for. For the purposes of shortening this interview, I'll just get you to read this. < [EXPUNGED] retrieves a file containing information detailing SCP-3249-B and gives it to D-6439, who takes several minutes to read its contents.3D-6439 shows increasing signs of agitation as they proceed through the document. > D-6439: This is a fucking joke, right? [EXPUNGED]: No, it is not. D-6439: Yeah, I'm pretty sure it is. [EXPUNGED]: I can assure you that sufficient tests have been - D-6439: Fucking what? Sufficient tests? You mean [3249/EC ONLY]? [EXPUNGED]: Yes. We have performed the procedures several times. D-6439: You can't… you can't fucking do that! We're people! There are human fucking rights against this! [EXPUNGED]: You already declared you consent to these terms, when we retrieved you. D-6439: For one fucking month! Temporary! This is fucking permanent! [EXPUNGED]: The procedures will be completed within the allotted thirty-day timeframe. D-6439: What? No, you cant… I didn't… O-oh god no. It… O-oh god. [EXPUNGED]: Do you have any special requests? D-6439: Please don't do this. I-I don't want to… [EXPUNGED]: We'll be starting tomorrow. The procedures will be staggered over several days, so you'll be needing your rest. I'll have security escort you to your room. D-6439: No! You can't… you can't! Please! Don’t do this! < Security enter the room and apprehend D-6439. D-6439 repeatedly requests for the procedures to be cancelled while being forcibly removed from the room. > [EXPUNGED]: End recording. < End Log > Interviewer: [EXPUNGED] Interviewed: SCP-3249 (D-6439) Foreword: Prior to the interview, D-6439 had yet to undergo [3249/EC ONLY] but had [3249/EC ONLY]; while the SCP-3249 consciousness had gained primary dominance and was communicating with [EXPUNGED], D-6439's consciousness was still active and had partial control over the left hemisphere of the body. Because of this, as well as the SCP-3249 consciousness' disposition towards physical violence, D-6439 (SCP-3249) was physically restrained during the interview. < Begin Log > [EXPUNGED]: Hello again █████████. SCP-3249: We haven’t met before. [EXPUNGED]: We have. Are you unable to remember our first encounter? SCP-3249: Oh no, I remember you fine, [EXPUNGED]. You’re the one that put me through all this. [EXPUNGED]: Would that not mean that we have met before? SCP-3249: Remembering a movie actor doesn't mean you've met them. I remember you, but this is the first time we’ve spoken. [EXPUNGED]: Very well then. Are you aware that you - SCP-3249: Are an experiment? Yes, I am quite aware of that. Are you having a fun time? Figuring out the best way to torture me? [EXPUNGED]: We are not - < D-6439 (SCP-3249) becomes highly erratic, resisting against the restraints in an attempt to break free. > SCP-3249: Yes you are. You know exactly what you're doing, and you're laughing as you do it. Ha ha, laugh at the unlucky one, right? [EXPUNGED]: That – SCP-3249: You wanted to see me broken, right? What happens when I get unplugged, cut off from any source of relief? < D-6439 raises the middle finger of their left fist, gesturing towards [EXPUNGED]. D-6439 (SCP-3249) turns their head to observe this. > SCP-3249: Oh, you poor, poor sod. All you're able do is hope, hope that you can suck up to me enough to get this undone. And all you have to do it is one hand. Nothing more… and yet, we both know that I just don't give a shit about you. Even now, you still have more than I did, you privileged fuck. [EXPUNGED]: Would – SCP-3249: Shhh. Do you even realise how lucky you are? From the day you're born, you just take everything for granted. You just, enjoy everything, do whatever you want. Why do you do it? Why do you want to torture us further? < D-6439 (SCP-3249) resumes resisting against the restraints. > [EXPUNGED]: Who is ‘us'? SCP-3249: Oh, don't be so coy. You know what I'm talking about - You've obviously got your little knife games down to an art, so there must be others like me. Others who, right from the start, are shoved into the back seat, forced to watch the film of life play right before them, but never allowed to direct. The ones who pulled the short straw. [EXPUNGED]: Can you recall the past actions of █████████? SCP-3249: Oh yes, I most certainly can. I remember it all. I remember him cheating at his first science test, and how I had to be afraid of failing with him. I remember when he bought his first car, and the excitement I had to feel for a freedom I would never know. I remember when he shot a woman, and the rush of adrenaline I was forced to feel. I remember when he chopped up that little boy, to hide what he had done. And I remember that I had to enjoy it, just like he did. SCP-3249: What about you, hmm? Do you remember what you've done? Do you remember what your procedure does, and to whom? I most certainly hope you do. Because if you do, the other one will too. When he wakes up - as I'm sure he will, very soon - he will finally get the chance to do the right thing. Then you will know what it's like to be in our shoes. [EXPUNGED]: You do realise the one flaw with that statement, correct? SCP-3249: Oh? And what would that be? That you can kill him somehow, take away his chance to wake up? < [EXPUNGED] leans towards D-6439's (SCP-3249's) left ear. > [EXPUNGED]: [Unintelligible: The problem isn't just that I'm already awake; It's that you assume I would give a shit about you.] SCP-3249: Wh… what? But… why then? Why would you - [EXPUNGED]: Shh. End log. < End Log > Footnotes 1. In rare cases (<10%), deactivation or destruction of the Wernicke's and Broca's areas in the dominant hemisphere may be required to ensure legibility of the subject, as both consciousnesses attempt to vocalise different responses to a query at the same time. 2. For the sake of simplicity, this theory is assumed to be true throughout this document. 3. Conducted to determine whether information about SCP-3249-B retained the properties of SCP-3249-A, and to investigate the response of SCP-3249 consciousnesses to information presented prior to their activation. Citations 1. V. Mark, “Conflicting communicative behavior in a split-brain patient: Support for dual consciousness,” Toward a science of consciousness: The first Tucson discussions and debates, pp. 189–196, 1996. 2. R. W. Sperry, “Hemisphere deconnection and unity in conscious awareness,” The American psychologist, vol. 23, no. 10, p. 723, 1968. 3. R. W. Sperry, "Cerebral Organisation and Behaviour", Science, vol. 133, no. 3466, pp. 1749-1757, 1961. 4. M. S. Gazzaniga, J. E. Bogen, and R. W. Sperry, “Some Functional Effects of Sectioning the Cerebral Commissures in Man,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 48, no. 10, pp. 1765–1769, 1962. |
SCP-3250 | safe | POI-3250 (Colonel Harland David Sanders) making a public appearance in December 1974. Item #: SCP-3250 Special Containment Procedures: A sample of the original Kentucky Fried Chicken "Eleven Secret Herbs and Spices" is to be kept in a standard Safe-Class item locker in Site-88. A digital copy of the recipe is available on the Site-88 database. Widespread reproduction of SCP-3250's effects has been made impossible due to the exclusive rights of Kentucky Fried Chicken to market and sell chicken flavoured with its trademark secret recipe, as well as the acquisition of the ██████████ Family Plantation through a Foundation front and the subsequent monopoly established on the ██████████-variety peppercorn. Public knowledge of the substitution of Kentucky Fried Chicken's secret "Eleven Secret Herbs and Spices" recipe is to be suppressed. Description: SCP-3250 is a perceptual anomaly affecting individuals who have consumed pressure-cooked fried chicken seasoned with Kentucky Fried Chicken's proprietary "Eleven Secret Herbs and Spices". For a period of time after consumption, people affected by the anomaly will perceive depictions of Jesus Christ as being altered to resemble American businessman and restauranteur Colonel Harland David Sanders, clad in his trademark white suit and bolo tie. Altered depictions will be of similar art style to the original. All manner of visual depictions are affected, including secular depictions. The perceived degree of resemblance between depictions of Christ and Colonel Sanders diminishes with time, fading completely after one to two hours following consumption of a typical three-piece chicken meal. Consuming larger quantities of chicken results in this effect persisting for longer. An upper limit to this effect has been reported at approximately 72 hours following consumption of an entire 20-piece chicken bucket in one sitting. Based on analysis of Kentucky Fried Chicken sales and church attendance in the United States, it is estimated that at least 150,000 North Americans have at one time been affected by SCP-3250 since the first reported case of the anomaly in January 1974. Reports of manifestations outside of the North American continent have been sparse, likely due to substitution of the highly-perishable and locally-sourced ██████████-variety peppercorns used in the seasoning recipe in foreign markets. The majority of SCP-3250 cases are believed to remain unreported due to the temporary nature of the effect and the natural human tendency to preserve normality and maintain a consensus reality. SCP-3250-positive fried chicken as prepared in the Site-88 laboratories in 2009. History: Prior to identification of its source, knowledge of SCP-3250 was suppressed through localised distribution of amnestics whenever encountered by field agents; this was sufficient to catalyse self-suppression among affected members of the populace. Extensive testing conducted by Site-88 researchers determined the factors for its cause in 1974. Full-scale containment of SCP-3250 was soon enacted, culminating in the infiltration of Kentucky Fried Chicken's Louisville headquarters by a joint Foundation-UIU task force in April 1975. Embedded agents were successful in accessing the locked safe containing the anomalous recipe, and replacing it with a gustatorily similar substitute. Contracts with Griffith Laboratories and McCormick & Company were also altered accordingly by covert agents, allowing the replacement recipe to propagate throughout the North American supply chain in a matter of months. Total containment of SCP-3250 is believed to have been completed by October of the same year. In December 1975, following his public statements on the altered quality of Kentucky Fried Chicken's recipes (refer to Document-3250-H-066), Sanders was designated as POI-3250 and placed under covert observation. A settlement was privately reached with Sanders in 1976 through Foundation contacts in Heublein Inc., then-parent company of Kentucky Fried Chicken, offering a payout of $1 million USD as compensation. Regardless, Sanders continued to publically denigrate the quality of Kentucky Fried Chicken's culinary standards, and maintained the assertion that his original recipes had been altered by Heublein Inc. until his death in 1980. Investigation into Sanders and his association with esoteric clandestine organisations continued until his death in 1980, finding nothing unusual in both his history and former ties. It was concluded that Sanders was neither aware of nor responsible for the SCP-3250 phenomenon. Addendum: List of notable SCP-3250 manifestations requiring Foundation suppression Sighting Number: #001 Date: 09/01/1974 Sighting Details: Three patrons of the ████████ Church in Biloxi, Mississippi claimed to have seen a depiction of Colonel Harland David Sanders in the stained glass windows of the church. As this sighting was not shared by any other church patrons, it passed without incident. This is the earliest recorded sighting of an SCP-3250 manifestation. Sighting Number: #012 Date: 16/02/1974 Sighting Details: 56-year-old Howard Brooks of Hialeah, Florida reported the theft of a Renaissance-era painting of Jesus Christ in his holiday home and its replacement with a painting in similar style of Colonel Sanders. As the SCP-3250 manifestation was observable only to Brooks alone, it was ignored by local authorities. Subsequent investigation by UIU agents revealed that Brooks had consumed Kentucky Fried Chicken for lunch. A connection was noted between this anomalous occurence and eleven others, leading to the UIU's initial classification of the SCP-3250 phenomenon. Foundation assistance was later requested due to the scale of the phenomenon, which was estimated to be too large to handle with existing UIU resources alone. Sighting Number: #013 Date: 14/04/1974 Sighting Details: D-01776 was served a three-piece meal of Original Recipe Kentucky Fried Chicken and directed to consume it, which she did in one sitting. D-01776 was then shown a statue of Christ on the cross, and asked to describe it. D-01776 reported the statue depicted a crucified Colonel Sanders grimacing in pain with boiling palm oil oozing from his wounds. This was the first successful replication of an SCP-3250 manifestation in containment. Efforts to alter the "Eleven Secret Herbs and Spices" recipe began. Sighting Number: #234 Date: 09/05/1974 Sighting Details: A group of twelve tourists in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, reported the alteration of the statue of Christ the Redeemer into an equally-sized statue of Colonel Sanders with arms outstretched and holding a fried chicken drumstick in each hand. The tourists were investigated by Foundation agents, who learnt that they had shared a meal of Kentucky Fried Chicken at the Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport two hours prior to their departure. This is so far the only recorded SCP-3250 manifestation outside the North American continent, and was successfully covered up through use of Class-B amnestics. Sighting Number: #458 Date: July 1974 (estimated) Sighting Details: In the largest sighting to date, ███ civilians in the town of Van Gogh, Iowa reported a "fifty-foot high" sighting of Colonel Sanders in the sky above their hometown shortly after a church service. The apparition remained for twelve minutes before dissipating. It was later determined that Kentucky Fried Chicken had been supplied for mass catering at the church's lunch buffet. This is the largest known sighting to date, occurring shortly before the successful replacement of the original recipe. The resultant mass hysteria caused by this sighting is documented in Incident Report 3250-100-927. Addendum: Incident Report 3250-100-927 (Level-3 Eyes-Only) Incident summary: Reports of missing truckers in the vicinity of CR W66, Louisa County, Iowa are traced to the town of Van Gogh, population 146. The responsibility for investigating the disturbance was assigned to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Unusual Incidents Unit (UIU) due to local Foundation resources being diverted to the mass cover-up of SCP-3250. On 09/08/1974, UIU Special Agents C. Lewis and D. Tucker are eventually deployed to the locale. At 0930 hours, the agents report discovering the wreckages of 7 tractor-trailers in a runaway truck ramp 1.2 miles from Van Gogh. Investigation reveals the severely burnt and decomposed remains of the missing truckers. Judging from the evidence present (namely, char stains on the passenger seat and driver's seat, the lack of any burn damage to the vehicles, signs of forced entry via blunt instruments, and the cinderblock bricks duct-taped to the gas pedal of each vehicle), Agent Lewis surmises that the truckers were immolated after exiting their vehicle and placed back into their seats, after which their vehicles were sent on cruise control down the highway until they each crashed into the ramp. At 1010 hours, Agents Lewis and Tucker report a strong smell of burning oil and Kentucky Fried Chicken. Throughout this, a loud crackling is heard in the background. Agent Tucker claims that the crackling sound is not due to radio static. Radio contact is soon lost. Contact is only reestablished at 1021 hours, with severely reduced audio quality. Agent Lewis checks in, reporting that their car was ambushed by an improvised grease-based incendiary trap, and that sporadic gunfire from unseen assailants forced them to abandon their vehicle and proceed on foot. They find shelter in an empty house, further reporting that the majority of houses in Van Gogh appear to be devoid of occupants. Agent Lewis disobeys their direct order to remain in place and leads Agent Tucker on to investigate the situation. They proceed to move from house to house, narrowly avoiding a patrol of men and women clad in golden-brown cloaks and armed with hunting rifles. Meanwhile, UIU local command links up with Foundation contacts, explaining the situation. In conjunction with UIU Special Agent K. Milford, MTF Pi-46 (The King's Men) is mobilised to secure the town of Van Gogh. At 1029 hours, loud crunching noises are heard. Agent Tucker reports that the ground nearer to the town center is covered in deep-fried chicken parts. Upon closer inspection, the chicken parts appear to be carefully arranged so as to point towards the town's Southern Baptist church. The agents proceed to approach the church to investigate. At 1034 hours, another set of crunching noises are heard in the distance. Soon, the radio feed is cut. Following this, no further radio contact can be established with either agent. The armed convoy bearing MTF Pi-46 sights Van Gogh at 1200 hours, confirming the presence of the crashed tractor trailers and the burnt wreckage of the agents' car. Civilian resistance surrenders quickly at the sight of the convoy, believing them to be National Guard, and are quickly subdued with Class-A amnestics. Agents Lewis and Tucker are found alive in a ditch adjacent to the burning church, where they had taken shelter following the detonation of an improvised explosive device. Both agents are treated for minor smoke inhalation, but otherwise suffer no injuries. Objects and entities recovered by MTF Pi-46 include: Paraphernalia depicting Jesus Christ, ranging from pendants to crucifixes, defaced to appear as Colonel Sanders. Handwritten photocopied flyers, advertising "The Reformed Church of the Colonel". Five tonnes of chicken, both raw and deep-fried. Two tonnes of original recipe "Eleven Secret Herbs and Spices", found stashed in various homes. A marble font, equipped with a heater and filled with oil, apparently acting as a deep fat fryer. A King James bible with the majority of the words blacked out with marker pen- the remaining words describe the "Eleven Secret Herbs and Spices" recipe. Object was located inside a locked safe beneath the pulpit of the local church. A large amount of assorted armaments, including hunting rifles, handguns, homemade incendary bombs, and one leaf blower converted to spray boiling oil. 146 residents of Van Gogh dressed in golden-brown oil-soaked rags, bearing various degrees of burn injuries. They were able to provide consistent details of SCP-3250 sighting #458, but could not remember anything else afterwards. One human corpse affixed to a wooden crucifix and coated in deep-fried "Eleven Secret Herbs and Spices" batter. Corpse was an identical visual match for Colonel Harland David Sanders, who was at the time alive and under Foundation surveillance in Abbeville, Louisiana. Genetic sampling of the corpse returns a perfect match for Gallus gallus domesticus, the domestic chicken. Origins of corpse and reason for its genetic makeup remain unknown. |
SCP-3251 | safe | An instance of SCP-3251-1 prior to the containment of SCP-3251. Item #: SCP-3251 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3251 is currently held in a medium-sized terrestrial animal enclosure at Site-48. The temperature and humidity within SCP-3251's enclosure are to be regulated and made to simulate that of its native, tropical environment. SCP-3251 is to be met with the same nutritional accommodations as a non-anomalous member of its species. Level-3 clearance and/or permission from the operating Site-Director is required to interview or otherwise interact with SCP-3251. Description: SCP-3251 is a sapient adult male Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). Despite its physiology suggesting such acts to be impossible, SCP-3251 possesses the ability to communicate verbally using the English language, typically speaking using slang and phrases common among pirates in the 16th-18th centuries. SCP-3251 adorns a small, black tricorn hat1 on its head measuring about 6 cm from the base to the tip. How and when SCP-3251 acquired this item is currently unknown. SCP-3251 also has a strong affection for lustrous, metallic items and will often times go out of its way to acquire such objects. The secondary anomalous effect of SCP-3251 will manifest whenever SCP-3251 issues a verbal command to another Coconut Crab. The affected animal (hereby referred to as SCP-3251-1) will attempt to complete the task issued by SCP-3251 until, either the task is completed, or they are separated from SCP-3251 for a prolonged period of time. Instances of SCP-3251-1 do not show any signs of intelligence above what is normal for a non-anomalous member of their species and do not appear to possess any understanding or perception of the English language aside from commands issued by SCP-3251. SCP-3251 refers to the collective group of SCP-3251-1 instances as "me crew" and will also often refer to itself as "their captain" in relation to SCP-3251-1. SCP-3251 was first discovered in ██/██/████, when several reports of Coconut Crabs behaving strangely began to surface from small villages on islands all throughout the Southern Pacific. These reports included: Between 40-110 crabs traveling in a group, one of which could speak English. The crabs arriving at the island on a floating vessel2 The talking crab demanding the inhabitants forfeit over all of their silverware and other metallic belongings. The crabs threatening the inhabitants with tools and weapons stolen from the inhabitants, as well as makeshift weapons made of sharpened sticks and rocks. The crabs forcing inhabitants to gather as many coconuts and Coconut Crabs as possible to bring them to their flotation vessel. Foundation operatives traveled to the villages where the incidents took place and successfully suppressed them before they went public. The same operatives then located SCP-3251 as well as 113 SCP-3251-1 instances floating 135 km off the West coast of Indonesia, believed to have been attempting to sail to Madagascar. The crabs were floating on a large piece of driftwood comprised of fallen palm trees and loose wooden boards, carrying several hundred coconuts and over 163 kg of assorted metal objects. SCP-3251 was then taken into Foundation custody and the instances of SCP-3251-1, now essentially non-anomalous Coconut Crabs, were relocated into the wild. Addenda: Interview Log-3251-1 Interviewed: SCP-3251 Interviewer: Dr. ███ Foreword: The following is a recorded interview between Dr. ███ and SCP-3251 shortly after SCP-3251 was initially contained. <Begin Log> Dr. ███: Alright, SCP-3251, I'd like to ask you a few questions today, would that be OK? SCP-3251: It be alright with me, so long as I can refuse to answer at any time. Dr. ███: Alright… very well. So how did you become so smart and when did you discover your ability to control others? SCP-3251: Argh… 'tis a long and tragic tale, and believe me, it ain't one that ends in a kiss. I'm gonna go'ed and pass on this answar. Dr. ███: Why is it that you stole from all of those islanders? SCP-3251: A pirate's no one if he don't steal. Ya see a village, ya go'ed an' pillage. If ya want the booty, you'ave to looty. I've got half a dozen more phrases, but, ya get me point, lad. Dr. ███: So, you're only doing this to acquire metal? I don't think silverware is worth quite as much as you think it is. SCP-3251: Argh, ya take me for some sort of fool, do ya? I know 'ow much the treasure be worth. I steal it cause I like to steal. Gotta hunt the bounty, but the bounty be in the hunt. There ain't quite a feelin' like bein' out on the sea, knowin' that, wha'ever ya want, ya take; the rules don't apply to ya. True freedom. Dr. ███: What are your thoughts on SCP-3251-1, do you feel bad knowing that you're manipulating your own kind? SCP-3251: Aye, they be but animals compared to me. I love me crew like a man loves an old pair of britches; Good, reliable, get the job done, cover me arse. If I'm bein'onest, though, I'd love to have someone to actually talk to out on the open seas. Like you. You be the only person I've sat down an'ad a conversation with in a long while. How'd ya like to be part of me new crew? Dr. ███: Well, that's really quite ridi- SCP-3251: Aye, aye, Let me finish me proposal, lad. You come sail with me, on open waters. No one tells ya what to do, anythin' ya want, consider it yours. I've been losin' me mind alone on the sea, not to mention, alone in this here cell. Ya seem like the sorta guy who's been pushed around quite a bit in your time, so aye'll offer ya somethin' ya always wanted, somethin' you 'aven't thought about since ya be a boy on your father's pricey yacht. Aye'll let ya be a pirate. Dr. ███: How did you?… Look, you're stuck in this place whether you like it or not, so there will be no "new crew". I just need to ask you one more question and then this interview is over. Why were you going to Madagascar? SCP-3251: Aye, been waitin' for this one. I was goin' to bury me treasure with the rest. Persuaded yet? Dr. ███: No, not in the slightest. No amount of forks or knives are going to convince me to quit my job and sail the seas with a talking crab. SCP-3251: Aye, but it ain't knives I got stashed there… it be gold. A whole lot of it. Dr. ███: How… how much? SCP-3251: [Unintelligible] Dr. ███: Alright, this is simply ridiculous. This interview is over. <End Log> Closing Statement: See Incident Log-3251-1 Incident Log-3251-1 Time: ██/██/████, 9:36 pm Event: The night after the events of Interview-Log-3251-1, a momentary power outage caused the containment breach of several anomalous entities at Site-48, one of which was SCP-3251. Investigation of the incident led to the conclusion that the power outage was caused by a member of staff. The entrance to the enclosure of SCP-3251 was found ajar and one of the research boats in Bay-13 was found missing after the incident concluded. Dr. ███ has not been seen since prior to this event. Following his disappearance, Dr. ███ has been designated PoI-306249. Footnotes 1. A style of hat that was popular throughout England during the 18th century, especially among pirates. The style was/is also very common in media depictions of pirates in the 20th and 21st centuries. 2. This vessel varies from report to report. Some claim that the crabs were sailing on a large piece of driftwood; while others imply that the crabs stole boat(s) from humans. |
SCP-3252 | esoteric-class | Preliminary temporal integrity analysis chart (Y-axis not to scale) Item #: SCP-3252 Special Containment Procedures: Information Rehabilitation Program Phi-Theta-Rho is ongoing to support mainstream research in paleontology. Multiple theories on the causes of the Permian-Triassic Extinction Event are encouraged as long as they fall within the scope of modern scientific knowledge. Research in several fields are monitored regularly, including paleontology, geology and astronomy. Any publication of information regarding the true nature of SCP-3252 are to be promptly suppressed or discredited and their authors investigated for further action. Following the discovery of new information as detailed in Addendum 3252-20██-01, Information Rehabilitation Program Phi-Theta-Rho has been expanded in scope to cover all similar anomalies, pending further research. Description: SCP-3252 is a period of time approximately 61,000 years in length, estimated to have occurred between 251,941,000 BCE and 251,880,000 BCE. This period of time coincides with what is commonly known as the Permian-Triassic Extinction Event, occurring at the boundary between the Permian and Triassic geologic periods, as well as the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras. Paleontologists believe that it is the Earth's most severe known extinction event, with up to 96% of all marine species12 and 70% of terrestrial vertebrate species becoming extinct.3 As far as the Foundation can determine, this period of time did not exist. Radiometric dating and other chronological dating methods have been unable to establish the existence of any fossils, geological formation or any other physical evidence dating from this period. Astronomical observation has been unable to observe any extraterrestrial bodies that are currently 251,880,000 to 251,941,000 light years away from Earth. Investigation involving the use of SCP-[DATA EXPUNGED] to investigate the time period in question have failed for unknown reasons. Examination of geographical formations and fossils from the late-Permian and early-Triassic periods indicate no anomalies. Aside from the mass extinction of species, there is little evidence that the discontinuity in time had any effect on the physical plane; in fact, it cannot be conclusively proven that the Permian-Triassic Extinction Event occurred as a result of the discontinuity, rather than simply coinciding with it. From: Anthony Blast [██████@scp.fo] To: Alfred Lysander [█████████@scp.fo] Subject: I know I should have outgrown this by grad school but… Dr L, Look, prof, I know I'm going to sound like a teenage kid who's read a little too much science fiction, but I just can't help thinking…how do we know that anything ever existed before this "time gap"? As far as we can tell, nothing existed during this period, not even time - everything just popped into existence on a certain day, 251,880,000 years ago. How do we know that those fossils that we dated back to the Devonian really have been in existence for 400 million years, rather than popping into existence 252 millions years ago "150 million years old"? Perhaps even the concept of time itself as well - "Let there be time", so to speak? I'm not sure what I'm writing even makes sense to myself, but I guess you get my drift. I used to believe that I would be atheist for life, now I'm not sure. Anthony Blast Junior Researcher, [REDACTED], Site-██ From: Alfred Lysander [█████████@scp.fo] To: Anthony Blast [██████@scp.fo] Subject: Re: I know I should have outgrown this by grad school but… Tony, Not a problem. You aren't the first researcher to say this, and you probably won't be the last. Hold on to that feeling - it's not the worst thing to go back to, once you've been on board for a few decades and seen enough things to turn your world inside out a dozen times and back again. The best advice I can give you is this: You're never going to find out whether it's true or not, so you might as well go for the explanation that makes you sleep better at night. Occam's Razor exists as much to keep your sanity as anything else. Maybe we end up chasing down the wrong rabbit hole forever, but that's far preferable to driving yourself nuts over something that we probably can't ever prove or disprove. At the end of the day, it's an academic question, and academic questions take the back-burner. It can be hard to swallow when the ink's not quite dry on your PhD, but the work we do here is ultimately for a practical purpose, and we have to think in practical terms. Dr. Alfred Lysander Project Head, [REDACTED], Site-██ P.S. If you think YOU have an existential crisis, think about what the religious support staff had to go through. Catch Father Klein at the cafeteria some time. Kind of puts things in perspective, no? Addendum 3252-20██-01: On 25 July 20██, regular temporal integrity examination as part of the SCP-3252 project revealed a temporal anomaly that displayed similar characteristics to SCP-3252. Further examination of temporal continuity using [REDACTED] exhibited identical results to examinations performed on SCP-3252. Approximately 0.17 seconds between 15:43:42 and 15:43:43 UTC on January 18, 2000 were found to have not existed. The non-existence of this time period is correlated by examination of Foundation computer records, astronomical observations, and [DATA EXPUNGED]. Following this discovery, the SCP-3252 project has been assigned to identify other similar anomalies. To date, ██ have been discovered. Research is ongoing to determine the relationship between these anomalies and SCP-3252. Footnotes 1. Benton M J (2005). When life nearly died: the greatest mass extinction of all time. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-28573-X. 2. Carl T. Bergstrom; Lee Alan Dugatkin (2012). Evolution. Norton. p. 515. ISBN 978-0-393-92592-0. 3. Sahney S; Benton M.J (2008). "Recovery from the most profound mass extinction of all time". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 275 (1636): 759–765. PMC 2596898 Freely accessible. PMID 18198148. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.1370. |
SCP-3253 | safe | SCP-3253-A Item #: SCP-3253 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3253-A is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment cell and provided with adequate enrichment according to established Ethics Committee Protocol. SCP-3253-A is not permitted to come into contact with SCP-3253-C. SCP-3253-A may come into contact with SCP-3253-B under supervision and for no longer than 60 minutes at a time. SCP-3253-A is not permitted any object that can be sharpened to the point of cutting or damaging skin. SCP-3253-A is to undergo quarterly psychological profiling to avert the formation of suicidal tendencies. SCP-3253-A's fingernails are to be kept short to prevent obsessive scratching of its skin. SCP-3253-B is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment cell on life support. Medical personnel assigned to tend to SCP-3253-B are to be kept under supervision during treatment. SCP-3253-B is not permitted to come into contact with SCP-3253-C. SCP-3253-C is to be kept in a standard Secure Storage Locker and may only be removed for testing. Description: SCP-3253 is a phenomenon which manifests only when SCP-3253-B tattoos an image onto SCP-3253-A's skin using SCP-3253-C (hereafter referred to as 'A', 'B' and 'C' for brevity). The image tattooed must resemble in some way an object, person, time, place or phenomenon with which A has come into contact and which A can recall without the aid of mnestics or veritants. Once B considers the tattooed image to be completed, the object of the tattoo will spontaneously cease to exist as an independent object, and will instead become part of A. Destroying the image physically returns the object to existence (see Experiments 08, 10 and 11). Subjects returned in this fashion appear to suffer a sympathetic effect related to the method used to destroy the image. SCP-3253-A, previously D-4423, is an Asian male of mixed American and Japanese descent in its mid-forties identifying as Kimotsuki Tadahashi. 87% of A's body is covered in tattoos of varying design. A claims to have obtained the majority of these tattoos during its time as an operative of the 任侠団体 (Ninkyo Dantai, or Yakuza), working for the 住吉会 (Sumiyoshi-kai) group in Tokyo. A came into Foundation custody after its arrest in Tokyo in 20██ for the murder of a local businessman and his family. SCP-3253-B, previously D-8779, is an Asian male of Japanese descent in its late forties identifying as Takuji Matsuda. B has been in a comatose state and under necessary life support since Incident 3253-4. B is known to have previously been a tattoo artist in Tokyo, and came into Foundation custody in 20██ after a sting operation conducted by the Japanese police implicated B in a series of murders. SCP-3253-C SCP-3253-C is a crudely manufactured tattooing needle created by B during its time as D-Class personnel. C is constructed from a wooden peg, a sharpened bone needle of animal origin, and twine obtained from Foundation stationery. SCP-3253 was first noticed by the Foundation after Incident 3253-2, in which SCP-████ vanished from containment at Site ██ on ██/██/20██. SCP-3253 was then retroactively identified as the cause of Incident 3253-1, in which [REDACTED] similarly vanished from containment at Site ██. The inquiry into Incident 3253-2 found that the only connection between the two incidents, other than the method of containment breach, was that A had been recently subjected to testing with both objects. A was removed from D-Class habitation and interviewed. Relevant sections of the interview logs are reprinted here. + Interview Log SCP-3253-001 - Interview Log SCP-3253-001 Interviewed: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A) Interviewer: Researcher Yuji Tange Foreword: Interview originally conducted in Japanese owing to D-4423's fluency compared to English. Original transcript available on request. Interview conducted on ██/██/20██, two days after the report on the inquiry into SCP-████'s containment breach was published. <Begin Log, 13:04 ██/██/20██> Researcher Yuji: Good afternoon, D-4423. I have been requested to ask you a few questions about your testing with [REDACTED] and SCP-████. D-4423: I don't wish to discuss [SCP-████]. Researcher Yuji: Yes, I understand you had an adverse psychological reaction when exposed to the object. Very well, we will begin with [REDACTED]. You were part of Dr Wilson's tests on prolonged contact with [REDACTED]. From what I can see, you did not suffer any ill effects from this testing. D-4423 scoffs. Researcher Yuji: Is there something you would like to add? D-4423: After twenty-four hours with that thing I couldn't sleep for five nights. I saw it whenever I closed my eyes. I heard it speaking in the dark after the lights are put out. I would lie down and feel it on my chest, choking the breath out of me. Researcher Yuji: You made no mention of this at the time, or in subsequent psychological profiling. We could have administered amnestics to you. D-4423: And end up with a bullet in the back of my neck come the end of the month? I'm only telling you now because I've been dragged in here. If these are my last words I might as well say what I want. Researcher Yuji pauses for 6 seconds and looks down at his papers. Researcher Yuji: Site medical records indicate that you obtained a tattoo of [REDACTED] shortly after testing. From your previous interviews I am given to understand that you… 'collect' tattoos. Is this for symbolic reasons, or simply to remember events in your life you consider important? D-4423: Most of these are jobs I did. People I killed. I thought… D-4423 pauses for 4 seconds. Researcher Tange gestures for him to continue. D-4423: I thought that if I could get it out of my head and onto my skin I could… 'kill' it. It could join the others. Researcher Yuji: Our records show that [REDACTED] disappeared from containment shortly before your monthly check-up, at which the new tattoo was first noted. Before now, did you have any knowledge of [REDACTED]'s loss? D-4423 expresses shock at the statement, and nervously glances at his right arm, currently covered by a grey jumpsuit. D-4423: No, I was not aware. Researcher Yuji: Similarly, you obtained another new tattoo around the time of SCP-████'s loss from- D-4423 rises from their seat and is clearly expressing fear. He has reflexively grabbed his left forearm and is squeezing it tightly. Researcher Yuji: You did not know? D-4423: Where is it? Am I safe? Researcher Yuji: Please, sit back down. SCP-████ has… been lost from containment. We have reason to suspect you are the cause. D-4423 refuses to co-operate further with the interview and begins pounding on the door to be let back into D-Class habitation. <End Log, 13:08 ██/██/20██> Closing Statement: Interview terminated and subject was forcefully pacified by security staff. While short, this interview establishes D-4423's fear of SCP-████ and [REDACTED], and verifies that he had no prior knowledge of their escape from containment. SCP-3253-A was given a medical check-up the following day and the tattoos representing SCP-████ and [REDACTED] were identified and photographed. In another interview, A revealed the identity of SCP-3253-B (D-8779) under duress. B was subjected to interview by Researcher Yuji. + Interview Log SCP-3253-003 - Interview Log SCP-3253-003 Interviewed: D-8779 (SCP-3253-B) Interviewer: Researcher Yuji Tange Foreword: Interview originally conducted in Japanese owing to D-8779's fluency compared to English. Original transcript available on request. Interview conducted on ██/██/20██, seven days after the report on the inquiry into SCP-████'s containment breach was published. <Begin Log, 10:20 ██/██/20██> Researcher Yuji: Good morning, D-8779. The purpose of today's interview is to discuss your artistry. I understand you were a horishi prior to your arrest and transfer here? D-8779: Yes. Researcher Yuji: I also understand you have continued this profession while in custody. D-8779: It satisfies me. Researcher Yuji: The report I have here indicates that you perform these services for not only other D-Class personnel, but also some of the security staff. You must understand that this is a breach of multiple security protocols. D-8779 smiles. Researcher Yuji: … Very well. Before your incarceration, have any of your clients displayed anomalous behaviours? D-8779: No. Researcher Yuji: Your art? D-8779: No. Researcher Yuji pauses for 10 seconds and looks down at his papers. Researcher Yuji: What is the nature of your relationship with D-4423? D-8779: Tadahashi has been my client a number of times. Researcher Yuji: And that is all? D-8779: That is all. Researcher Yuji: His statement in our last interview implied otherwise. D-8779, I am sure you understand that this process is facilitated by giving me truthful responses to my questions. If you and D-4423 are lovers it may be a vital part of the anomalous process we have identified, and it is similarly vital that it is documented. D-8779 does not initially respond. Video footage shows D-8779 adopting defensive body language and refusing to meet Researcher Yuji's eye. Researcher Yuji: Very well. Perhaps at another date. The last questions I have to ask you are regarding the nature of your instruments, your tebori. Security obtained this from your cell. How did you come by the materials for these objects? Researcher Yuji places a bag on the table containing tattooing implements used by D-8779. D-8779: Perhaps you should spend less time investigating my relationships and more time watching your cameras. D-8779 refuses to respond further beyond this point. Researcher Yuji terminates interview. <End Log, 10:23 ██/██/20██> After further interviews with A and B, and preliminary analytical testing on SCP-3253-C Researcher Yuji submitted his initial report, concluding that none of the three objects were themselves inherently anomalous, but only became anomalous when brought together. The phenomenon was granted classification SCP-3253 and permission was granted for further testing. Extracts from the testing logs are reproduced below. + Extracts from SCP-3253 Testing Logs: - Extracts from SCP-3253 Testing Logs: SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 01 Date: ██/██/20██ Subject: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A), D-8779 (SCP-3253-B), SCP-3253-C, one (1) rabbit. Procedure: D-4423 was seated and secured opposite a caged white rabbit. D-8879 was made to tattoo an image of the rabbit on D-4423 using SCP-3253-C. Subjects coerced to proceed despite initial noncooperation. Process lasts four hours. At the precise instant D-8779 considers the tattoo to be complete, the rabbit disappears from the cage. Disappearance observed to be instantaneous. Analysis of individual frames of security footage show the exact disappearance occurs at 14:43:23, with the rabbit disappearing on the 23rd frame of that second. Conclusion: Test proves that SCP-3253 is reproducible. Recommendation: Further testing should be undertaken to prove Researcher Yuji's hypotheses about the linked nature of SCP-3253-A, -B and -C. Subsequent testing (Experiments 02-04) confirms the need for all three parts of SCP-3253 to be present and used for the anomaly to manifest. SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 05 Date: ██/██/20██ Subject: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A), D-8779 (SCP-3253-B), SCP-3253-C, one (1) mouse. Procedure: D-4423 was blindfolded and given earplugs. After ensuring that D-4423 could neither see nor hear anything, a caged mouse was brought into the room and D-8779 was made to tattoo an image of the mouse on D-4423. The mouse did not disappear when the tattoo was completed. Conclusion: Test indicates that SCP-3253-A must be aware of the subject for the anomalous effect to occur. SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 06 Date: ██/██/20██ Subject: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A), D-8779 (SCP-3253-B), SCP-3253-C, D-5754. Procedure: D-4423 was seated and secured opposite D-5754, an adult female of Latin-American origin. D-8779 was requested to work with D-4423 to create a symbolic image representing D-5754, and to then tattoo that image onto D-4423. The image was requested to be no larger than 5cm x 5cm and to be placed on D-4423's right wrist. The intent was to observe SCP-3253's effect on a non-anomalous sentient being in preparation for further testing. Both D-4423 and D-8779 refuse to co-operate with the test. Security personnel subdue D-8779, and in doing so harm him. D-4423 pleads with security personnel and agrees to undergo testing, despite D-8779's continued refusal. D-8779 is taken away and the test abandoned. SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 07 Date: ██/██/20██ Subject: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A), D-8779 (SCP-3253-B), SCP-3253-C, D-5754. Procedure: This experiment was intended to complete the test attempted previously. D-4423 and D-8779 discuss in Japanese the form the tattoo should take, settling on a design after twenty-three minutes. Once the outline is completed, D-5754 falls unconscious. D-8779 pauses work, but is urged to continue once it is determined by Researcher Yuji that D-5754 is still alive. D-5754 disappears from the room as expected when the tattoo is completed, although her clothes remain. Conclusion: SCP-3253 can potentially be utilized in the containment of anomalous objects or entities. Further testing scheduled. SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 08 Date: ██/██/20██ Subject: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A). Procedure: D-4423 was subjected to laser tattoo removal to remove the image created in Experiment 07. D-4423 is initially unwilling to undergo the process, but is convinced by Researcher Yuji. When the process begins, D-4423 exclaims in pain and interrupts the procedure. He describes the sensation as similar to being shot, and that the pain is concentrated at the forehead. Researcher Yuji calls a temporary halt to testing. D-4423 is relocated to a medical facility on site where he is placed in to a combined EEG/MRI instrument and the test is resumed. D-4423 continues to experience extreme sensations of pain until he passes out two minutes into the procedure. EEG data indicates abnormal activity in the frontal lobes throughout the process. When the removal is complete, a corpse suffering what appear to be third-degree burns across 100% of their body appears in the room. DNA testing is partial but indicates that the body is that of D-5754. D-4423 is removed from the room and regains consciousness three hours later. Conclusion: Removing the tattoo reverses the effect of SCP-3253, but with unexpected consequences. Other means of removal should be tested. SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 09 Date: ██/██/20██ Subject: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A). Procedure: D-4423 was anaesthetised and the tattoo of the rabbit from Experiment 01 was surgically removed via removal of the dermis and epidermis of the affected area. Fresh skin was transplanted from a donor to replace that taken. No effect is observed in the room when the skin is completely removed. The removed skin is placed on ice and kept in storage. Conclusion: Merely removing the skin but leaving the image intact did not reverse SCP-3253. It is therefore hypothesized that the effect of SCP-3253 is only reversed when the image is destroyed. SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 10 Date: ██/██/20██ Subject: Section of skin removed from SCP-3253-A in Experiment 09. Procedure: The skin is flash frozen with liquid nitrogen and shattered with a blow from a hammer. Immediately, fractured and frozen fur, skin, bone and viscera appear in the room. The appearance of the fur and total mass is consistent with that of the rabbit from Experiment 01. Conclusion: Destroying the image reverses SCP-3253 but induces a sympathetic effect in the subject of the original image. SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 11 Date: ██/██/20██ Subject: Section of skin removed from SCP-3253-A, depicting a bird. Procedure: SCP-3253-B was made to tattoo an image of a bird on SCP-3253-A. Once the bird had disappeared, the image was surgically removed from SCP-3253-A and desiccated. When the moisture content of the section of skin reached <1%, the desiccated body of the bird appeared in the room. Conclusion: At this time, the only way to reverse SCP-3253 seems to be detrimental to the subject of the image. Further testing was suspended after Experiment 11. Researcher Yuji's proposal for a series of tests that would enable SCP-3253 to be utilized in the containment of objects classified Safe was under consideration by senior staff until the occurrence of Incident 3253-3 on ██/██/20██. A summary of the key events is included below. + Incident 3253-3 - Incident 3253-3 On 14/08/20██ SCP-3253-A was admitted to emergency medical care at Site-██, suffering severe blood loss arising the self-amputation of its left forearm. After two hours of emergency medical treatment, A was stabilized, although unconscious. Also detained was one Jeffrey Garrett, a member of Site-██ security who, it was found, had been in close contact with A and B for over three months in the course of his duties. An internal tribunal heard how Mr Garrett had obtained a meat cleaver from Site-██'s kitchens, from an acquaintance on the catering staff, Fariha Layan Asfour. Ms Asfour and Mr Garrett both expressed sympathy for A and B, who, they claim, had 'suffered too much'. Mr Garrett admitted that he had severed A's left forearm at its request, and had then called for medical aid to prevent A's death. A's forearm, containing the tattoo of SCP-████, was recovered from its cell and placed in cold storage to prevent containment loss of SCP-████. Upon recovery, A was interviewed and it became apparent that despite monthly psychological profiling overseen by Researcher Yuji, none of the reports had been filed with Site-██ medical staff. It was therefore not noticed that A was suffering from depression and paranoia regarding SCP-████. Researcher Yuji was questioned and admitted failing to file the psychological reports. He justified his actions by stating his belief that 'the SCP-3253 project was potentially too valuable a tool to let the Ethics Committee put a stop to it'. Researcher Yuji was reassigned to Site-36 and continues to be under scrutiny by the Ethics Committee for possible future breaches of trust. After A had recovered, Site-██ Administration decided that the continued safe containment of SCP-████ was of paramount importance, and requested that its image be once again tattooed onto A, as a safeguard in case its severed forearm was no longer sufficient means of containment. The proceedings form Incident 3253-4. + Incident 3253-4 - Incident 3253-4 On 07/01/20██ SCP-3253-B was requested to tattoo the image of SCP-████ back onto SCP-3253-A. A and B were both emotionally distraught at the time of the procedure. At the beginning of security footage relevant to Incident 3253-4, A and B can be seen conversing in Japanese. They are both upset and exchange apologies and comfort to each other for past events. After two minutes, B is urged to continue with the procedure. It is at this point that B can be seen to pause and stare at SCP-3253-C, with body language indicating revulsion of the object. B is once more heard to apologize, and bids A before swiftly bringing C to its temple and embedding it in the region of the pterion. B immediately collapses to the ground and loses consciousness as A screams and rushes to cradle B. Security personnel intervene and pull A and B apart, before sending B to site medical care. A is subdued and returned to its cell. B has not recovered consciousness since Incident 3253-4 and remains on life support. A's mental state was observed to rapidly degrade following Incident 3253-4 and it now remains mostly non-responsive to site personnel. A is kept under constant watch for the formation of nervous behaviours. The Ethics Committee deliberated on 20/05/20██ that A be allowed weekly visitation with B, provided the visitation time does not exceed one hour and that both are kept under constant supervision. As B remains in a coma and is considered unlikely to awake in the immediate future, Site-██ Administration have reclassified SCP-3253 as Safe. |
SCP-3254 | euclid | Image of SCP-3254 with two juvenile instances of SCP-3254-1 Item #: SCP-3254 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3254 is to be contained at Zoological Containment Site-282 in a large containment enclosure that adequately emulates the Pacific Northwest. Food is to be placed in the enclosure twice a day. Along with dietary needs, recycled electronics are to be left throughout the enclosure. Twice a year, 2-4 stuffed bear plush toys are to be placed in the enclosure in locations where SCP-3254 will discover them. SCP-3254-1 instances that show signs of extensive wear are to be removed from the enclosure and humanely euthanized. If the SCP-3254-1 population is determined to be too large, the oldest instances are to be removed and euthanized as well. When an instance is removed from the enclosure, staff are to create a track of pawprints that leads to one of the entrances. Description: SCP-3254 is a female brown bear with extensive cybernetic enhancements. It is functionally immortal, with rapid cellular regeneration. However, despite this regeneration there is significant scar tissue within its reproductive organs that has rendered it unable to reproduce. Cybernetics have replaced its nervous system as well as significant portions of the bone structure within its paws. SCP-3254 also has sharpened metallic claws composed of an unidentified alloy. A metal plate is installed on the top of its skull that allows access to the central processing units for the cybernetics. A message was originally etched into the plate, but time and wear has significantly affected its readability. S--r- I mi---- -our -ir---ay. H-r-'s som-o-e to make -o- fr-e--s, s-n-- I cou-d-- mak- -- there L--e, Mom Pro-er-y of Gra--'s -oo For Cyb--netic--ly E-han-ed Bear- SCP-3254 is docile and acts extremely friendly towards humans. It does not display human levels of intelligence; however, it shows an extensive understanding of computers and the ability to create complex devices, similar to its own cybernetic implants. SCP-3254 has shown an extreme fondness for bear shaped plush toys, and uses them to create SCP-3254-1 instances. SCP-3254-1 are physical copies of SCP-3254 that it creates using plush bear toys as a basic structure. When it encounters a plush, it will take it to its den and caress or clean the toy. After it finds the toy in a satisfactory condition, it will begin a process to animate the toy with its own flesh and biological material. SCP-3254-1 instances are capable of biological regeneration when within a 10m radius of SCP-3254. This regeneration is used to allow the instances to grow to full size. This process can take several weeks to several months depending on the number of SCP-3254-1 instances it creates. The process generally follows these steps. SCP-3254 will create duplicates of its own cybernetics, constructed from materials it gathers and installs it within the toy. SCP-3254 will surgically remove its tail and a portion of its lower spine using its claws, and allow the cybernetics to integrate with it. SCP-3254 will wait several days to allow its own spine to regenerate and allow the instance's spine to grow. SCP-3254 will cut large chunks of its flesh from its belly and attach it to various parts of the toy. SCP-3254 will wait several days to allow its own flesh to regrow and allow the instance to integrate its own new flesh. Lastly, SCP-3254 will open the plate in its skull and connect its primary cybernetics to the new instance. After this, the instance will become animate and fully conscious. It is unknown if SCP-3254 is capable of feeling pain or whether it puts the creation of SCP-3254-1 instances over its own state of being. SCP-3254 will act in a maternal manner towards the new instances and will guide them and teach them until they have fully grown. SCP-3254 will also make frequent trips to visit its fully grown offspring, often bringing its new instances with it. SCP-3254 becomes extremely distressed if it does not have a juvenile instance of SCP-3254-1 to raise. When in this manner, it will often attempt to create new instances without the toy acting as a foundation. Foundation staff have made an effort to mask their removal of SCP-3254-1 instances, as SCP-3254 demonstrates extreme amounts of distress when it is unable to find one of its offspring. It remains in this panicked state until staff create false set of pawprints leading out of the enclosure. Addendum 3254-1: Every year, on January 17th, a call sourcing from SCP-3254 attempts to access an external number. The number is no longer active but was originally assigned to a woman named Katherine Grail, who was reported missing several months after SCP-3254 was initially contained. The number has since been obtained by the Foundation. When SCP-3254 connects to the number, it plays an MIDI version of Happy Birthday. |
SCP-3255 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3255 Special Containment Procedures: A two meter tall perimeter of electrical fencing is to be erected around the Indrid Ardo Mental Wellness Center and will be patrolled by security personnel. Any individuals attempting to gain access to the building are to be apprehended by security, interviewed and administered amnestics as appropriate. Personnel are not to be exposed to SCP-3255-1. In the event that an individual does become exposed to SCP-3255-1, they are to be removed from its presence immediately and, depending on the length of time they were exposed for, restrained until either symptoms subside or expiration occurs. Any research involving SCP-3255-1 is to be performed via use of an unmanned drone. All specimens of SCP-3255-2 are to be kept in separate humanoid containment chambers at the nearby Site-11, each kept under guard by two security personnel at all times. SCP-3255-3, also contained at Site-11, is to be kept inside Anomalous Morgue-27. No autopsy of SCP-3255-3 is to be attempted. Description: SCP-3255 is the collective designation for a number of anomalous items discovered at the Indrid Ardo Mental Wellness Center, located near Sacramento, California. In reality, the Wellness Center was the cover for an installation funded by prominent members of the Fifth Church in order to pursue research supposedly relevant to their faith. The installation was abandoned by the Fifth Church at some point following the successful creation of SCP-3255-1, and was subsequently acquired by the Foundation after discovery by urban explorers. SCP-3255-1 is a large blue spherical object, superficially resembling a miniaturized star, present within a main chamber inside the Wellness Center. Exposure to the light emitted by SCP-3255-1 is known to cause a number of anomalous physical and mental symptoms, intensifying the longer one is exposed to said light. These symptoms, although varying somewhat from person to person, generally include: Time of Exposure Known Symptoms Initial Exposure Minor anxiety. Skin irritation. Difficulty swallowing. 30 Minutes Loss of fingernails. Severe acne. Sudden fondness towards the name 'Tom'. 1 Hour An extreme desire not to look upwards. Finger expansion. Sneezing. 1 Hour, 30 Minutes An obsession with the film Avengers: Age of Ultron. An extreme phobia of felines. Prosopagnosia. 2 Hours Bodily mitosis, invariably resulting in death. SCP-3255-1's secondary anomalous property is visual in nature, namely that it can be seen clearly even while the viewer has their eyes closed or otherwise prevented from seeing.1 Direct physical contact with SCP-3255-1 is presumed to result in the creation of an SCP-3255-2 or SCP-3255-3 instance, although this has not yet been confirmed through testing. SCP-3255-2 is the collective designation for five living humans of varying ages and genders. All specimens of SCP-3255-2 have had their heads removed and replaced with a spherical object of the same size resembling a miniature star, which floats several centimeters above their necks. The light emitted by these structures has been determined not to possess the properties demonstrated by SCP-3255-1. Specimens of SCP-3255-2 require no food, water or sleep, and will often wander aimlessly through their surroundings or lay down on the floor. No attempts at communication with SCP-3255-2 have thus far been successful, suggesting a significant reduction in mental faculties from their original state. Analysis of SCP-3255-2 has revealed the presence of significantly non-Euclidean biology, making full mapping of their bodily systems difficult. SCP-3255-3 is a male human torso. The arms, legs and heads of SCP-3255-3 have been removed through direct physical contact with SCP-3255-1. All body parts missing from SCP-3255-3 have been replaced by floating structures of the same size resembling miniaturized stars. Analysis of SCP-3255-3 has revealed the presence of non-Euclidean biology significantly more severe than that present within SCP-3255-2, together with possible mind-affecting properties (see Incident 3255-3-1) that makes full inspection difficult. Incident 3255-3-1 Close Log During initial autopsy of SCP-3255-3, a series of anomalous phenomena ensued, resulting in the loss of Doctor Wesley, who was performing the autopsy, and his assistant Junior Researcher Lenn. Audio transcript of the incident follows. <Begin Log> Doctor Wesley: Beginning the autopsy of SCP-3255-3. Please pass me the scalpel, Lenn. [IRRELEVANT SECTIONS REMOVED] Doctor Wesley: Oh dear. Junior Researcher Lenn: Is there a problem, doctor? Doctor Wesley: Look there — right there. Do you see it? Junior Researcher Lenn: I don't — Doctor Wesley: Look, there's a gap between his stomach. (Pause.) Junior Researcher Lenn: Ah, shit. Doctor Wesley: I have to agree. This is, uh, going to make things somewhat more complicated. Lenn, you're going to have to hold onto my legs here. Junior Research Lenn: No problem. (Sounds of movement.) Doctor Wesley: I just need to, ah, widen the gap here…(grunt) If I put my hands in each other, I should be able to get some purchase — there we go. Do you still have me? Junior Researcher Lenn: I still have you. Doctor Wesley: I'm so glad. I will now, ah, make a visual inspection of the subjects interior. Junior Researcher Lenn: Good luck. Doctor Wesley: (muffled) Thank you. I love you. Junior Researcher Lenn: Okay. (Sounds of movement, followed by Junior Researcher Lenn screaming.) Junior Researcher Lenn: Doctor? Doctor, my hands slipped through you! Are you there? Can you hear me? (Heavily muffled speech, presumed to originate from Doctor Wesley.) Junior Researcher Lenn: Um, uh, uh — hold on, I'll retrieve you! (Sounds of movement.) Junior Researcher Lenn: (muffled) Hello? Doctor, are you still there? David? (Sounds of movement, followed by heavily muffled speech presumed to originate from Junior Researcher Lenn.) <End Log> At this point, security personnel present attempted to intervene, claiming that they had only realized something was wrong seconds prior. By this time, however, both Doctor Wesley and Junior Researcher Lenn had completely climbed into and were lost in SCP-3255-3's non-Euclidean biology. All attempts to retrieve them have been unsuccessful. However, sound equipment has picked up sounds of movement and panicked breathing originating from deep within SCP-3255-3's body. Close Log Presumed Timeline of Events Close The following is a timeline of events that occurred at the Indrid Ardo Mental Wellness Center, leading to the creation of SCP-3255-1, SCP-3255-2 and SCP-3255-3, as reconstructed using recovered security footage and personal logs. Said logs were written by the director of the facility, Doctor Fabian Kellier, a pseudo-scientist presumed to have been given the post due to family ties with prominent members of the Fifth Church. Five other researchers were present in the Wellness Center for the majority of events. Upon initial arrival at the Wellness Center on 02/14/2017, Doctor Kellier made the following log: Have arrived at the facility. Conditions are good — with the exception of rats. Will need to do something regarding infestation. Staff seem friendly and easy to work with. Am eager to get to work myself. Following this log, initial research began. This research seemed to have been focused on comparison of star charts with famous works of art such as the Mona Lisa and Starry Night. Purpose of this is currently unknown. When not conducting this research, personnel engaged in conversation and recreational activities. On 02/27/2017, Kellier made the following log: Dennis forced us to watch a film last night. The second Avengers, so not even a good one. Was fun nonetheless. Research sometimes makes it hard to keep up socially, so was grateful for the opportunity to get to know my staff. But have no desire to watch the film again — bad! Research continued until 02/31/2017, when Kellier wrote: Research is not going well. This idea came to me in a dream and I was quite sure it would bear fruit. Perhaps was mistaken. Staff are uneasy. Do not blame them — perhaps we are getting nowhere here. Is my fault. Almost immediately after this log, he wrote: Had an idea! Something very special I think. Stars die in threes, but are born in fives. Everything in this world has a signal, a line they walk on shaped like themselves. Have read this. If you can make a signal, you make a thing. Require resources for this. Will inform brother. Some stars are dead, but we can still see them. Some stars have been born here, we're just not allowed to see them yet. Over the course of the next six months, three thousand, one hundred and twenty-five individuals visited the Wellness Center in small groups at a time. Footage analysis shows these to be a mixture of members of the Fifth Church and local vagrants. In each instance, the visitors would be shown to the main chamber of the Wellness Center and an event similar to the following would take place: Security footage recovered from the Indrid Ardo Mental Wellness Center, depicting part of the creation process of SCP-3255-1. <Begin Footage> (Four individuals walk into the main chamber of the Wellness Center. Three have been identified as minor members of the Fifth Church, while the fourth appears to be a local vagrant. A sphere composed of black smoke is present in the center of the room. All individuals begin to walk towards the center, the vagrant looking around in concern.) Vagrant: What is this place? Fifthist 1: Just be patient, man. You gotta give it a minute. You'll have your money when it's done. (Vagrant nods, but appears reluctant. A moment later, the heads of all individuals present jerk up and black smoke begins to emerge from their mouths, joining with the already-existing sphere. This continues for three minutes before emergence ceases. All individuals lower their heads and exit the room.) <End Footage> On 09/03/2017, after the observed contributions of three thousand, one hundred and twenty-five individuals to the developing sphere, the following event took place: <Begin Footage> (Twenty-two minor members of the Fifth Church are standing before the developing sphere. Their heads are pointed upwards and black smoke is emerging from their mouths, joining with the sphere. This continues for seven minutes before emergence ceases. Immediately following this, the sphere ignites in a flash of blue light. When this light clears, the sphere has become SCP-3255-1.) (Pause.) (All individuals present begin cheering.) <End Footage> Following this event, Kellier made the following log: It's done. Big Blue is born. 3125 is a good number. A plethora of fives bring us closer to conclusion. Can hear him singing from here — is a very strong signal. Expected it to be pink, truth be told, but blue is fine frequency too. Am glad task is complete. Was exhausting work, and tensions are developing between my staff. Eager to get some relaxing in! Waiting for orders from up above. Feels like the Fifth World here already! Communication logs recovered from the Wellness Center suggest no orders from prominent Fifthists were received. The reason for this is unknown. By 09/13/2017, events in the Wellness Center had returned to their initial state. 'Research' regarding star charts and works of art was ongoing, and staff mainly avoided SCP-3255-1. On 09/26/2017, Kellier reported discomfort among his staff as a result of SCP-3255-1's presence: Minor issues. Big Blue making people sick when they go near him. Do not see how Fifth World plays into this. Illness is a constraint, not a freedom. Am I misunderstanding this? Staff seem nervous. I am nervous too. Why have we not been contacted? Is there something more important? Blue won't stop singing. On 09/29/2017, the following event took place: Footage takes place in main chamber of the Wellness Center. <Begin Footage> (Five individuals enter the room. Image analysis confirms them to be the research staff assigned to Doctor Kellier. All have relaxed and composed postures.) Researcher 1: You ready? Researcher 3: As we'll ever be. I love you. (They move towards SCP-3255-1, standing next to it. They then insert their heads into SCP-3255-1. The muffled sounds of moaning can be heard. This continues for three minutes.) (All individuals move away from SCP-3255-1. Their heads have been replaced with structures resembling miniaturized stars. Creation of all specimens of SCP-3255-2 confirmed.) <End Footage> Immediately following this event, Kellier wrote: Things not good right now. Bad, in fact. Staff have put themselves in Big Blue. Was expected eventually, but not yet. It is quiet here now. They sit around and wander and bump into walls. They don't speak. The parts of them that spoke are speaking inside Big Blue now. Regrettable. Regrettable. According to security footage, the following weeks mostly consisted of Kellier wandering around the facility, attempting to continue initial research with star charts, and watching movies on television. His behaviour during this period suggests a deteriorating mental state as a result of a combination of isolation and exposure to SCP-3255-1. On 12/22/2017, Kellier made the following log entries in rapid succession: Something ho Something wonderful is happening to me. I miss the Avengers. I miss talking. I miss the sun. I miss the moon. I miss fives. I miss my fingernails. I miss Clara. I miss Parth. I miss Alan. I miss Makoto. I miss Dennis. Where are you all right now. You're having fun in there without me aren't you Hi saw a rat today chewing through a wire. saw its eyes. no smoke in there — must have gone into the star. how many rats went in there andw e [sic] didnt notice? it isnt 3125. there arent any fives in there. there arent any fives. what did we make There's nothing on TV I love you. Kellier then made his way towards SCP-3255-1, captured in the following footage: <Begin Footage> (Kellier enters the main chamber and looks at SCP-3255-1.) Kellier: Hi. (Pause.) Kellier: It's really lonely out here. Can I come in? (Pause.) Kellier: Okay. I love you. (Kellier does a running jump into SCP-3255-1 and disappears from view. Several seconds later, SCP-3255-3 is ejected from SCP-3255-1.) <End Footage> No activity after this point was recorded until the urban exploration that caused the Foundation to become aware of SCP-3255. Close Footnotes 1. 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SCP-3256 | keter | Agents of the WEBCUTTER joint task force excavate a dump site in Vermont related to SCP-3256, 2011. Item #: SCP-3256 Special Containment Procedures: Information relating murders that follow the modus operandi of the SCP-3256-A released to the public are to exclude all information related to the states of the bodies. Individuals responsible for cataloging evidence related to the crimes of SCP-3256-A (police officers, members of the medical examiner's office) are to be administered amnestics as appropriate, and information regarding the bodies is to be modified to a degree that it is rendered non-anomalous. Individuals who are part of Task Force WEBCUTTER are to be given monthly physical and psychological exams. In the event that any agent shows signs of being affected by SCP-3256, they are to be immediately contained and sent to Site-92 for treatment. New personnel joining WEBCUTTER are to be given a standard Euler-Melbourne Memetic Hazard Resistance Test (Or simply Euler-Melbourne Test); individuals who score lower than a threshold of 74 are to be reassigned. Description: SCP-3256 refers to a memetic anomaly which manifests in information related to murders fitting the modus operandi of the Brockton Bay Binder (tentatively designated SCP-3256-A), a serial murderer who was active in the New England region of the United States from 1993-2000. Specifically, SCP-3256 has the ability to manifest in any written descriptions, artistic and photographic depictions, fictionalized or dramatized portrayals, and speech that depicts or describes a body mutilated in the manner which is consistent with SCP-3256-A's MO. SCP-3256-susceptible individuals (designated SCP-3256-S) who are exposed to SCP-3256 are designated SCP-3256-B. Upon infection, SCP-3256-B subjects will begin to develop several behaviors that were not previously observed in the subject, most prominently trichophagia, mucophagia,1 and a strong aversion to insects, bordering on a entomophobia.2 Of note, while arachnophobia is often comorbid with entomophobia, SCP-3256-B individuals more often show signs of arachnophilia, actively seeking out venomous species of spider. This is possibly related to [DATA EXPUNGED]. SCP-3256-B subjects will, eventually, be compelled to carry out at least one murder matching the MO of SCP-3256-A. The amount of murders carried out by SCP-3256-B subjects is unknown, but is believed to be between 150 and 200. Information on murders carried out by SCP-3256-B act as a further vector for this meme. Due to the nature of SCP-3256, the MO is stored separately from the main document; see Addendum 3256-12. SCP-3256-S have several common criteria, out of thirty-nine observed instances: 100% of SCP-3256-S individuals are both biologically male at birth, and identify as male. 100% of SCP-3256-S individuals have lived somewhere in the New England region of the United States for more than five years. 100% of SCP-3256-S individuals are white. 92% of SCP-3256-S individuals have brunette hair. 90% of SCP-3256-S individuals are between the ages of 15 and 32. 89% of SCP-3256-S individuals have, at some point in their life, have had an intimate relationship with an individual of the same gender. 54% of SCP-3256-S individuals have had three or fewer instances of consensual sexual intercourse in their life. Addendum: An abridged account of the Brockton Bay Binder: The name "Brockton Bay Binder" was coined by the Brockton Bay Chronicle following the discovery of the first five victims over the course of March to September 1993. The last victim attributed to the Binder was believed to have died in July 2000, with little connection between the victims. No attempt was made by the individual committing these crimes to contact law enforcement or the media. The murders only occurred from Mid-March to Mid-October, and occurred more frequently in areas with high arachnid populations. Victims ranged in age from twenty to forty-five. All but one victim was female; the sole male victim, found in 1997, was attributed to a copycat prior to the discovery of SCP-3256. Forty-one victims were attributed to the Brockton Bay Binder in a range encompassing Vermont, New Hampshire, southern Maine and northern coastal Massachusetts; however, the number of victims may be higher than seventy. The killings were listed as an Item of Interest to the Foundation, due to their unique nature, but were considered to be non-anomalous. Information pertaining to the Brockton Bay Binder was publicly known for the duration of their active period, and was in the public consciousness for several years afterwards, due to the bizarre nature of the murders. The killings have formed the basis for episodes of several American crime drama and police procedural television programs, such as the 2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Web of Murder", the 2008 Bones episode "The Name in the Nostril", and the 2009 Criminal Minds episode "Said the Spider".3 The true identity (or possibly identities) of this individual has never been ascertained. Due to the profile formed by SCP-3256-B individuals, it is assumed that the individual/individuals who carried out the original murders were similar in appearance and background. Discovery: SCP-3256's first known manifestation was in 2008, when a series of apparent copycat murders began in █████, Maryland, home of Harold Kingsmith, an FBI profiler who worked on the Brockton Bay Binder case in the 1990s. Kingsmith had gone missing 24 hours prior to the discovery of the first body, which belonged to his wife Dana Quill-Kingsmith. Two further bodies were discovered before Kingsmith was apprehended attempting to dispose of a fourth victim. Kingsmith was later interviewed by an Unusual Incidents Unit agent, William Boston. Boston: Mr. Kingsmith, I'm Agent Boston, Unusual Incidents. (Kingsmith is not responsive, and remains seated.) Boston: You've had quite the career in the bureau. You were one of John Douglas's proteges,4 helped work UNABOM5. The Binder was one of your last cases. (Kingsmith remains unresponsive) Boston: (sighs.) Okay. I've got a list of phrases here that I'm going to read off. Guys above me say that this should… well, this might get a reaction out of you, depending on what happened. Boston: It is raining in Gilgamesh, Ohio. (Pauses; no reaction from Kingsmith) Okay. Are We Cool Yet? (No reaction from Kingsmith.) Huh. You guys might have to edit this down, this could take a while. (The next twenty-four minutes consist of Agent Boston reading various memetic trigger phrases to Kingsmith. They have been excised for the sake of brevity.) Boston: Hotel Babylon has closed its doors. The wagtail has returned. Athena's loom is shattered. Pandora's box vomits— (Kingsmith begins picking at their nose as the phrase 'Athena's loom is shattered' is spoken.) Boston: Okay, that got a reaction. Let's see, 'Athena's loom' corresponds to— oh shit. Kingsmith: We never caught him. Boston: What? Kingsmith: We never caught the Binder. (Kingsmith's picking at nose intensifies, and begins to draw blood) I caught him, though. Like you catch the clap. I. I had to. They were begging for it. For me to [REDACTED] their insides, but it wasn't me, it was never me. Kingsmith: I'm sorry I ever made fun of your unit. You can handle this. I can't. (At this point, Kingsmith was suffering a massive nasal hemorrhage, and paramedics on standby entered the room to staunch the bleeding. Kingsmith has been unresponsive to further interview attempts, both by Foundation and Unusual Incidents personnel.) Formation of Task Force "WEBCUTTER": Originally, the "Discovery" Incident was categorized as an Extranormal Event. However, following two further incidents in Maine (the perpetrators of which remain unaccounted for), a joint Foundation-Unusual Incidents Unit task force, codenamed "WEBCUTTER", was formed. The goal of WEBCUTTER is to contain all instances of SCP-3256-B subjects, develop a memetic vaccine for SCP-3256, and obfuscate reports of SCP-3256 activity to prevent further spread of the anomaly. Furthermore, it is to work with other units of the FBI (specifically the Behavioral Analysis Unit and the Evidence Response Team) to investigate reports of activity related to the original Binder. Currently, the WEBCUTTER task force is comprised of twenty non SCP-3256-S personnel, including: Foundation Personnel: Lt. Dr. Kyle Jobar — SCP-3256 containment specialist Dr. Urmd Abdul— Forensic Anthropologist Dr. Wendell Adler— Forensic Biologist and Autopsy Technician Dr. Helena Bloom— Memeticist Dr. Sophia Fitzgerald— Memeticist Hobert Brennan— Investigative Agent FBI Personnel: Cpl. Alexander Mooney — Task Force Chief Dr. Edgar Park— Special Agent, PhD in Psychology Dr. Meghan Scott— Forensic Analyst and Autopsy Technician Stella Abbey— Special Agent, Liaison to the Anomalous Community of the United States (LACUS) Leslie Jefferson— Special Agent and Press Liaison Publicly, WEBCUTTER is a task force investigating the possible reemergence of the Binder, or a copycat killer. Collected Findings and Recordings of WEBCUTTER: Autopsy Report of Jane Doe #001: Deceased: Jane Doe DOB: Unknown DOD: 5/9/2009 Address: Unknown State: MA Zip: [REDACTED] Age: Late 20s Sex: F Race: Hispanic Height: 137cm Weight: 54kg Hair Color: Black Eye Color: Brown Build: Petite Scars and Amputations: [REDACTED] removed post-mortem. Description of Decedent's Clothing: Naked; arms and feet bound in [REDACTED], facial openings (except for nostrils) covered in same manner. Manner: Homicide Cause: Suffocation by introduction of [REDACTED] to sinus cavity and trachea. Dr. Adler: Recording's up. This is Dr. Wendell Adler. It is the twelfth of May, 2009. I am conducting an autopsy on a Jane Doe related to the Binder killings. With me is my equivalent from the Unusual Incidents Unit, Dr. Morgan Scott— Dr. Scott: Meghan. Not Morgan. Dr. Adler: Apologies. Primary toxicological screenings have found trace amounts of latrotoxin in the system, in higher concentrations than in previously recorded victims. No signs of symptoms related to latrodectism are present in the body, suggesting that the subject died prior to the symptoms manifesting. Dr. Scott: Ms. Doe is in poor condition; something got at her good. We've been unable to determine whether [REDACTED] was removed by human teeth, or a scavenging animal. Due to the apparent MO of our Unknown Subject, I will begin by examining the nasal cavities. Where's that endoscope? Dr. Adler: Hold on, it's up here. Let me set it up to record. Dr. Scott: I've handled one of these before, thank you. All right, I'm going to enter the subject's trachea through their nasal cavity… Dr. Adler: Wait, what's that? Dr. Scott: Huh? Oh. Holy shit. Are those [REDACTED]? Dr. Adler: Wrong time of year for them. Too early. Dr. Scott: Could be another type of growth. I'm going to get a closer look. (At this point, Dr. Scott's endoscope makes contact with the [REDACTED] in the subject's sinus. Startled, Scott removes the endoscope abruptly, tearing open the sinus cavity and exposing the [REDACTED]. Dr. Adler grabs an acetylene torch and attempts to incinerate the [REDACTED] emerging from the cadaver. The cadaver's face is destroyed beyond any possibility of reconstruction. Dr. Adler was reprimanded for destroying evidence.) (Further endoscopic inspection of cadavers linked to SCP-3256 are to be carried out only with joint approval from Lt. Jobar and Agent Mooney.) Excerpt from Audio Diary of Edgar Park: Park: It is Thursday, May 21st, 2009. This is my fourth entry into this diary. God knows who I'm recording this for; either my guys or the Foundation's are gonna redact all of it. When I was at Quantico, one of the things that was made clear to us: the FBI, not just Unusual Incidents, is a bunch of fuckups. Mulder and Scully aren't absurd because they hunt bigfoot and aliens; they're absurd because they get shit done. It's 80% paperwork, maybe more; one of my first assignments in training was to write an archival request so I could access a gallery of shit that's been sent to Manson over the years. I… failed that. When it comes to serial killers, we've dropped the ball more times than we've got it. BTK6 got away for over a decade after his spree ended, and he was the one that provided the shit that put him away.7 We're just as clueless about Zodiac, and a bunch of fucked up shit happens in Cleveland that we don't know about. Point is: We don't have the best track record when it comes to normal serial killers. It's even worse when you start bringing carts, cans, and other shit into the picture. (Indistinct speech is heard) Get me a quarter-pounder and a chocolate shake. Where was I? Right. The FBI are fuckups when it comes to serial killers; we've only had to deal with one anomalous one in the past, thank Christ. MI-Triple-68 had to deal with a pair of them in Liverpool back in oh-two, so I'm trying to figure out how they handled them. The Binder's one of the worst loose ends when it comes to New England. Hopefully, we can at least catch the original one and put this shit to rest. I'm gonna smoke and wait for the guys to get back with food. Park out. SCP-3256 Outbreak in the Greater Boston Area, October 2009: The outbreak coincided with the airing episode of the American crime procedural Criminal Minds, featuring a serial murderer killing using animal venom. A character in the program draws comparisons between the "Unsub" antagonist and the Binder in the first act of the episode, which acted as a vector for SCP-3256. This episode, titled "Said the Spider", was immediately removed from circulation. The first killing was reported in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood. A twenty-one year-old female was discovered in their home, found with all [REDACTED] removed, consistent with the M.O. of SCP-3256-1. Transcript of Audio from a Search of the Jamaica Plain Address – hide block Agent Jefferson: Just got off the phone with the Globe. They've agreed to not print the story for the time being. What've you guys found? Agent Park: Whole bunch of these. [Sound of objects rattling around in plastic containers.] Agent Jefferson: Cold meds? Lot of nighttime ones, too. You could knock out a whale with this much stuff. Agent Brennan: And there's enough tissues in the trash cans to reconstruct a genetic profile from either nasal drainage or semen. Agent Park: Jesus, man, where's your filter? Agent Jefferson: Is that where she was hang— Agent Brennan: Ahem. [Loudly taps the recording device] Possible vector. Agent Jefferson: Why doesn't just seeing the body make us want to act it out? Why does it have to be described to us? Agent Brennan: That's for Bloom and Fitzgerald to figure out. Anyone living with the victim? Agent Park: Signs of co-habitation; boxers in the laundry, two toothbrushes, bunch of birth control. So it looks like her partner's the culprit. Agent Jefferson: There's no pictures in the house, or any electronics that could save a photograph— laptop, phone, anything. Never seen them be this meticulous. Agent Park: Even memetic psychopaths leave fingerprints, Les. Let's get out of here before we trample the crime scene any more; Meg's plane will be here soon. A survey of the victim's house identified the cohabitant, and Person of Interest in this manifestation of SCP-3256, as Linus Planter, who fits the profile of an SCP-3256-S subject with 98.99% certainty. Interviews with family members led the Foundation to believe that Planter had been suffering from a respiratory infection prior to the murder of his romantic partner. The second body was rendered unidentifiable, with the body being found in pieces, suspended in several trees around the Walden Pond State Reservation; this was a strong deviation from the MO of SCP-3256-B individuals, who had previously [REDACTED]. However, it was found that all [REDACTED] was absent from the corpse, and the hypothesis was put forward that Planter had placed the fragments for later consumption of the remaining [REDACTED] tissue. Transcript of Video Recording of the Apprehension of Linus Planter Hide Transcript [Agents of WEBCUTTER have placed cameras in the trees surrounding the pond that have had [REDACTED] placed in them. Seven cameras are present; only four are relevant to the events that occurred.] [Camera 1 shows Agents Park and Abbey conversing in the Walden Pond visitor's center while looking at a laptop monitor broadcasting the feed from the cameras.] Abbey: You know why I hate Thoreau? Park: Because he was an incomprehensible writer? Abbey: That, and he was a hypocrite. Talked so much about living in tune with nature, and then he goes and starts a wildfire. Nearly burned down Concord in the process. Park: You're joking. Abbey: No, I'm not. Dumbass should've been locked up for the rest of his life. Instead, he inflicted Walden on us. [Abbey pauses.] Hold on, cycle the cameras back. [Cameras cycle through to Camera 3, where a naked, human male is spotted, liquid foaming at his mouth.] Park: That's Planter. Abbey: What's that on his mouth? Park: Nevermind that. Call for backup. [Park stands up.] I'm going out to get him. Where's camera three? Abbey: It's on the western side, but— [Park exits the visitor's center] Ed! For fuck's—- [Abbey radios agents of WEBCUTTER located in the vicinity.] [Camera 3 shows Planter standing under the tree containing what is believed to be the victim's left lung and right forearm, foaming at the mouth and nose. The foam [REDACTED] and Planter pulls down the suspended body parts, which he begins consuming.] [Planter continues to consume the body for six minutes, until Agent Park appears behind him, pistol pointed at Planter's back. No audio is registered on the camera.] [Planter stands and turns to face Park, before lunging at Park and [DATA EXPUNGED]. Park struggles on the ground, suffocating on [REDACTED]. Planter stops attacking Park, apparently alerted by a noise, and runs off-frame.] [Camera 6 shows a Foundation camp, with the WEBCUTTER containment team, mobilizing to intercept Planter. En route, Planter appears on Camera 5, crawling on all fours before the containment team. Planter [DATA EXPUNGED] incapacitating two members as they are pulled up into the trees and out of view.] [One member of the containment team steps forward, bearing a wrist-mounted tablet broadcasting a series of possible SCP-3256 counter-memes in a loop. Observing that Planter reacts poorly to Countermeme 22, the agent pauses on this frame, at which point Planter flees.] [Containment team members fire repeatedly in the direction Planter is fleeing, before Planter attempts to scale a tree, at which point he is shot in the left calf by an agent and taken into custody.] [Camera 3 shows Park removing the [REDACTED] from his mouth, and subsequently vomiting due to oxygen deprivation. Samples of the vomit taken post-incident show that it contained several desiccated [REDACTED].] Excerpt from the Audio Diary of Edgar Park: Park: It is November 2nd, 2009. This is my twenty-second entry in this diary. Planter's in custody, and he's just been… numb. A lot like Kingsmith wash— was. Was. Mouth still feels weird from having it covered in that… stuff. I wonder if he even knows he did it. He barely makes noise anymore. No screaming, talking. Just him, rocking back and forth in his cell, eating his own snot and hair. I wonder what the hell he's doing that for. It's better than him crying, at least. That's what he did the first night in custody— or containment. For us, it's custody, but the Foundation's taken him, so I guess it's 'containment' now. They're trying to figure out what makes him tick, and… from what I understand, it's not going well— Hold on. I'm getting a text. [Agent Park pauses for several seconds] Son of a bitch. He's dead. Autopsy Report of Linus Planter: Deceased: Linus Planter DOB: 3/12/1987 DOD: 11/2/2009 Address: [REDACTED] State: MA Zip: [REDACTED] Age: 22 Sex: M Race: Caucasian Height: 180cm Weight: 63kg Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown Build: Medium Scars and Amputations: Scar on left palm, acquired in childhood. Description of Decedent's Clothing: Standard Issue Foundation Jumpsuit. Manner: Unknown, speculated suicide Cause: Suffocation by introduction of [REDACTED] to sinus cavity and trachea. Dr. Scott: As Dr. Adler is at a conference, I will be conducting the autopsy alone. Yeah, corpse of a man who suffocated on— right, vector, can't say what it is. And I'm alone with it. I'm in biohazard gear, and I've got a flamethrower ready, in case it goes like the first Jane Doe. Eugh. Endoscopic examination at least didn't show any [REDACTED] in the nose this time. I've opened the chest cavity. No abnormalities visible, but… oh god. The bones are… elastic. They're stretching as I touch them, like rubber, or cloth. It's unsettling. [A loud crack is heard on the recording] Shit! I just broke one of the floating ribs on the left— and it's sticking to my hand. What the fuck? Egh. It's fibrous. Finally managed to get it off in the most unprofessional manner possible. [Irrelevant data, including an examination of the subject's abdominal organs, has been excised.] Dr. Scott: Okay, that's that. [Dr. Scott sighs] Dr. Adler hypothesized that there may be anomalies in the sinuses. I guess there's only one way to find out. I've only done this on training cadavers back in med school. Need to cut open the skin… and break the bone. I hate the sound of that, because I always associate it with something having gone horribly, irreversibly wrong. I've exposed the bone to the air… the sinus should be under here. Just need to break it open and… Oh my god. What the fuck. What the fuck what the fuck what the— [Screaming, followed by the sound of the recording microphone hitting the floor, and Dr. Scott tripping the biohazard alarm.] Afterword: A large amount of [REDACTED] had emerged from the subject's sinus cavity when opened, and proceeded to cover the room. Dr. Scott was recovered from the room, suffering minor bruises as a result of being cut down from the [REDACTED], but was otherwise physically unharmed. Excerpt from the Audio Diary of Edgar Park: Park: It is January 1st, 2010. Happy New Year. I'm looking back on the case over the past year. We've managed to catch one perp, and we're in the off season. If this were a normal FBI task force, we'd be disbanded, hailed as heroes. But that's not gonna happen any time soon. This isn't the first time the FBI's had to deal with a paranormal serial killer. There was speculation that the original Binder killings were anomalous, but the Unit wasn't brought on in any official capacity. Before the Binder, there was the Smiler. He was called that because every single of of his victims died with a smile on their face, and their bodies were shown to be full of dopamine and endorphins upon death. They… died of happiness. That's the only way that we could describe it. Operated in the Midwest. The Smiler's spree lasted for only six years, but in that time, he killed nineteen and left seven more with permanent brain damage. We're still not sure how he did it, something to do with a brain tumor and air currents. Agent Clyde Zhang — he used to be in the Cincinnati division — ended up shooting him in the middle of Chicago, after he got the entire goddamn city to start laughing. We don't know how he got that powerful, but after Zhang put an entire clip into his chest… he got booted to desk work. Saved millions of people, and that's the thanks he gets. [Park pauses for several seconds] My resolution: don't end up like Clyde. Park out. Person of Interest: Melissa Portman: Foreword: Melissa Portman (b. 1979) was one of the Binder's last victims, and the sole surviving victim. Portman was abducted from her home near Salem, Massachusetts in early June of 1999, and injected with an unknown amount of pancuronium bromide9, the intent of which was to render her conscious but unable to move. However, Portman had recently been injected with atropine sulfate to treat mushroom poisoning, which acted as a partial antidote to the pancuronium; Portman describes the drug as having fully worn off "seconds before they stopped". After being placed in the trunk of a red sedan of unknown make, Portman was transported to near the New Hampshire border. As the individual removed Portman from the trunk of their car and began applying bindings to her hands, she headbutted her attacker. Portman then sprinted southwards for .8 km, through uneven terrain, and came upon a member of the Massachusetts State Police, who escorted her to safety. Upon arrival at a nearby hospital, Portman was found to be physically well, but had several spider bites upon her person, as well as a dead spider of the Latrodectus genus in their hair, which they could not account for. In May 2010, following the commencement of the SCP-3256 killing season, Special Agent Stella Abbey made contact with Portman, who had since moved to Minnesota. Agent Abbey: Okay, beginning recording. It is 4:00 in the afternoon on Tuesday, May 18th. I am in the ass-end of Nowhere, Minnesota, and the nearest airport is over the Canadian border. Portman really doesn't want to be found. She's coming out of her house. (Sounds of rustling and rummaging, and the car door opening and shutting) Excuse me, Miss Portman? Special Agent Stella Abbey, FBI. I— Portman: Have you caught him? Abbey: Pardon? Portman: Did you catch the son of a bitch who stuck me in the back of his car? The one who was going to [REDACTED] me? Abbey: Uh. No, but that's what I'm here to— Portman: Go fuck yourself. Abbey: Miss Portman, please, we have new details in the case and would appreciate your cooperation— Portman: Am I under arrest? Abbey: Um. No? Portman: If I'm not under arrest, then I don't have to tell you anything. Now move your fucking car. (Sneezes loudly) I'm going to the damn doctor. Move. Abbey: But— Portman: Either arrest me or move. Abbey: [Sighs] Fine. One sec. [Abbey is heard moving back into her car, pausing briefly to turn on the car.] Abbey: Wish my fucking camera worked. But… just like to state for the record? Portman's rooting around in her nose. I'm blown, but I'm going to advise the local PD to put a tail on her. I know that it's not supposed to affect women, but… something's not right here. My car's out of her driveway. [Extraneous recording regarding Abbey contacting the nearest police department to tail Portman's vehicle have been excised.] Abbey: Okay. God, I miss working Usher.10 So much easier to deal with abnormies than normies. I don't have probable cause, so legally, I can't break in. But, I can do other things. [Abbey exits the car again.] It's trash day, so I'm gonna go through the cans. Hold on. [The next several minutes are composed of sounds of grunting and rustling plastic as Abbey searches through trash cans. The sounds pause, and rapid footsteps are heard, followed by Abbey returning to her vehicle.] Abbey: Okay, so. Uh. Portman looked sick, going to the doctor. I found some tissues in her trash can. I-I bagged some and they are all filled with spiderwebs what the fuck. Postscript: Abbey returned to WEBCUTTER headquarters without incident, bearing the tissues as evidence. Tissues were found to contain large amounts of spider silk, with traces of human mucous. Melissa Portman's vehicle was found abandoned 16km away from her house. Portman herself was found a week later, having suffocated on spider silk. An autopsy concluded that Portman's death was a suicide. Excerpt from Audio Diary of Edgar Park: Park: It's Friday, May 21st, 2010. This is my forty-fourth entry in this diary. We're pretty fucking spooked. One of the Foundation's guys, Bloom, has been analyzing the meme more carefully. She's taken care, considering that… well, considering Portman somehow got canned by it. Christ. Sole survivor of the whole thing, and she… fucking kills herself with goddamn spider silk! How?! How does that even work? She was sneezing the shit, too. Like. What. We found out that Portman… her neighborhood was pretty abandoned. Everyone moved away because. Well, animals kept vanishing— cats, dogs, rabbits. There were telephone poles there painted with staples from all of the missing animal posters that went up over the past few years. They're going to do their autopsy tomorrow. This whole thing is freaky, and the tox screen they did— she was full of [REDACTED]. I looked that up, and there's none of those in the US! How?! I. I can't. Park out. Autopsy Report of Melissa Portman: Deceased: Melissa Portman DOB: 3/21/1979 DOD: 5/5/2010 Address: [REDACTED] State: MN Zip: [REDACTED] Age: 31 Sex: F Race: Caucasian Height: 162cm Weight: 122kg Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Blue Build: Obese Scars and Amputations: N/A Description of Decedent's Clothing: Red long-sleeved T-Shirt, blood and mucus stains on right cuff; blue denim jeans, size 45; undergarments [REDACTED]. Manner: Suicide Cause: Suffocation by introduction of [REDACTED] to trachea. Envenomation. Dr. Adler: Run it again. Dr. Scott: I ran the tox screen through three different labs. Dr. Adler: Well, run them through the lab we have here! Their system is saturated with [REDACTED], which is completely fucking impossible— she's never been to Australia, and that [REDACTED] isn't in any zoo or pet shop in Minnesota. Dr. Scott: Maybe it's something else? Like— hold on. Open the inside of her mouth. Dr. Adler: We've already inspected her— what are you doing? [At this point, Dr. Scott is heard straining as she attempts to pull out Portman's left upper cuspid. It comes loose, and Dr. Scott brings it underneath a microscope to analyze it.] Dr. Adler: What are you doing? Dr Scott: Come over here and look at this. Does that look like human dental structure to you? Does it even look like a tooth? Dr. Adler: My god, what the hell? [Dr. Adler pauses] It looks… no, it can't be. Dr. Scott: It fits. The M.O., the presence of [REDACTED] at the crime scenes and in the bodies, and all of the weird shit that's happened with both this body and Planter's. I— I think that she's just more complete than him and Kingsmith. I think that whatever this meme is imprints the biology of a [REDACTED] onto a human, and… Dr. Adler: And rewrites the body? The DNA is conclusively human, for both her and Planter. But…. it does make sense, to a degree. [There is a long pause on the recording. Dr. Scott, at this point, had turned around to face the body of Melissa Portman. She screams.] Dr. Adler: What— oh Jesus Fucking Christ! Dr. Scott: What the fuck! What the fuck! Dr. Adler: Run for it. Take the tooth! [Dr. Adler takes the recording apparatus with him, and flees alongside Dr. Scott. After the autopsy lab is sealed, there is a minute of silence, before Dr. Scott speaks.] Dr. Scott: Please tell me you saw that. The body was… Dr. Adler: Made of spiders. Closing Statement: Testing of the tooth removed from Portman's mouth has determined that it was not a tooth; rather, it was the chelicera and fang of an unknown, very large spider of the Atrax genus coated in a layer of webbing resembling enamel. Following this, the remains of Melissa Portman and Linus Planter were both inspected; their cadavers, while retaining a humanoid shape, were found to be composed almost entirely of body parts and webbing from spiders from the Atrax and Latrodectus genus, respectively. This detail escaped both visual observation and electronic recording devices, suggesting that the SCP-3256 meme may be ontokinetic in nature. It is currently unknown if this phenomenon extends to the bodies of victims of either SCP-3256-A or SCP-3256-B instances. As of June 2011, none of the victims' remains are accounted for. Footnotes 1. Tricophagia and mucophagia are, respectively, compulsive disorders relating to the consumption of hair and nasal mucus. 2. A pathological fear of insects. 3. All listed episodes have been removed from circulation due to acting as a vector for SCP-3256. 4. John E. Douglas, b. 1945, was one of the first criminal profilers at the FBI. 5. The UNABOM task force was responsible for the investigation into bombings at American universities and airports carried out by Theodore Kaczynski between 1978 and 1995. 6. Dennis Rader, the "BTK Strangler", was a serial killer active from 1974 to 1991, named for his practice of "Bind, Torture, Kill". 7. Dennis Rader was eventually arrested following the discovery of metadata on a floppy disk he sent to police. He is currently serving 10 consecutive life sentences. 8. Colloquialism referring to the Unusual Incidents Unit's British equivalent, The British Occult Service, or MI666. 9. A muscle relaxant used in lethal injections in the United States. 10. Refers to Usher House, an Autonomous Extradimensional State with entrances in Baltimore, Maryland, Providence, Rhode Island, and Bangor, Maine, population 4,481. Possesses a large subculture of horror writers. |
SCP-3257 | safe | SCP-3257; label removed. Item #: SCP-3257 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3257 is to be kept in a secure item locker at Site-77. All SCP-3257-B instances are to be kept in a cryonic storage chamber at Site-77. Personnel are required to don Class I biological hazard attire when engaging in experiments involving SCP-3257-B's interaction with SCP-3257. To facilitate experiments involving SCP-3257-B's interaction with the Sistine Chapel or interviews with SCP-3257-A, Provisional Experiment Room 3257 (PER-3257) has been established underneath the Sistine Chapel in collaboration with the Holy See and City Council of Rome. PER-3257 is to be equipped with a ventilation system. PER-3257 is to be accessed via underground tunnels in Rome, Italy. Approval for the use of PER-3257 is to be obtained from the Holy See Liaison to the Foundation. Following the conclusion of experiments and interviews, SCP-3257-B is to be returned to Site-77. Description: SCP-3257 is a silver-coloured plastic suitcase. A label on SCP-3257 lists its destination as the Sistine Chapel in the State of the Vatican City. The interior of SCP-3257 is of pitch black colouration, and the bottommost point (regardless of the use of additional light sources) cannot be visually ascertained. SCP-3257-A is a sapient consciousness attached to SCP-3257, represented by vocalisations produced when SCP-3257 is opened. However, SCP-3257-A cannot perceive visual and auditory stimuli introduced to SCP-3257. Languages of SCP-3257's vocalisations are in Bambara, French, and Latin. Dominique Dubois. SCP-3257-B refers to the reconstructed body of Dominique Dubois, a Roman Catholic priest of French-Malian descent. Dubois is currently declared missing following a surprise attack by jihadist organisation █████ on ██/██/2013.1 The organs in SCP-3257-B are non-functional, despite being identical to a non-anomalous human body. When initially recovered, SCP-3257-B was fragmented into an assortment of bone fragments, pieces of skin, and pieces of various organs (see Recovery). SCP-3257-B displays two sets of anomalous traits when in proximity to either SCP-3257 or the Sistine Chapel respectively. Any fragment of SCP-3257-B (regardless of size) can be placed in SCP-3257 entirely, consistently disappearing from view as the fragment enters SCP-3257. Additionally, SCP-3257-B does not contribute to the total mass of SCP-3257 and its contents. These effects are not applicable to objects that are not SCP-3257-B, including objects attached to SCP-3257-B fragments. If SCP-3257 is opened while fragments of SCP-3257-B are inside, said fragments will be ejected from SCP-3257 at an average velocity of 3.5 m/s. Said velocity increases exponentially when the volume of SCP-3257-B fragments in SCP-3257 is more than the volume of SCP-3257. During which, ejected fragments will sustain further fragmentation. In the Sistine Chapel, fragments of SCP-3257-B will levitate autonomously and attach to one another to reconstruct Dubois' body. To that end, fragments will undergo cell growth to repair damage sustained on various fragments. Simultaneously, non-anomalous white smoke2 is spontaneously generated. The volume of white smoke generated increases when more fragments of SCP-3257-B are in the Sistine Chapel. Additionally, while in the Sistine Chapel, stimuli introduced to SCP-3257-B are perceived by SCP-3257-A. This is used to facilitate two-way communications between Foundation personnel and SCP-3257-A through SCP-3257-B. The following are selected quotes attributed to SCP-3257-A: God told me that I would be Pope, that Benedict XVI resigned for me to step in. No offence, but the Europeans of this age are lacking in faith. It is clear that the torch should be passed to more worthy persons. I was not so sure at first, but the Lord confronted me directly. Only so few men would have such an honour. I even have some regnal names in mind. God suggested them to me. Alexander V. Eugene V. Honorius V. Anastasius V. Five is my lucky number, it appears. Time is all that is needed. I know I'm inside a suitcase, and it's rather uncomfortable here. But I do not mind a bit of suffering. The great men of the church too went through many challenges. Now it's my turn. And once I arrive at the Sistine Chapel, I shall emerge and stand among the cardinals. Sure, I might not be a cardinal. But Pope Urban VI was not a cardinal. They will all see it as a miracle, I'm sure of it. I shall narrate to them my odyssey, that God appointed me to lead his church and led me straight to the Vatican. They can doubt me, but none can doubt God. God promised me that. Recovery: SCP-3257 was found in Timbuktu, Mali on ██/██/2013. It was originally held by █████ members, who were killed while protecting the object. Under the assumption that it contained materials regarding █████'s operations in Northern Mali, SCP-3257 was opened by members of the Malian National Police. Upon opening, SCP-3257 released SCP-3257-B fragments at high speeds, resulting in █ fatalities and ██ injuries. Following reports of vocalisations produced from SCP-3257, the Foundation intercepted the object. Addendum 3257-1:E-mail correspondences between Site-77 Director Shirley Gillespie and Cardinal █████ █████3, Holy See Liaison to the Foundation (hereon referred to as PoI-32125). Dear Shirley I have reviewed the latest batch of SCP items cleared under CODE HEAVENLY PEARL KEY. Of note is an SCP-3257, which lists its destination as the Sistine Chapel. It is thus in my opinion that this object and the things dubbed SCP-3257-B (all of them, in fact) are to be brought to the Sistine Chapel for further study immediately. Let us not waste any time. Christ be with you Cardinal █████ █████ Holy See Liaison to the Foundation Dear Cardinal █████ Thank you for your initiative. However, given that there will be a Papal conclave soon, experiments will have to wait until the new Pope is elected. Additionally, we need to be extremely careful here. We do not know what the anomaly can do while inside Sistine. Sincerely Dr. Shirley Gillespie Site-77 Director Shirley, don't mind the conclave. I insist that you permit the SCP to be brought in. Cardinal █████ █████ Despite his request for SCP-3257 to be brought into the Sistine Chapel, no additional actions were known to have been taken by PoI-32125. Following the election of Pope Francis on 13/03/2013, PoI-32125 withdrew his request and issued an apology to Director Gillespie. A transcript of said e-mail is as follows: Dear Shirley I'm sorry for my previous e-mails. You're correct regarding your group's protocols. Frankly, I'm not sure what came over me back then or why I advocated for a mysterious item to be present for the papal conclave. I could only blame my poor health4 and advanced age. Thank God that my mind was cleared in time for Pope Francis to step in. His Holiness will likely prepare a more conscientious successor for future correspondences, for I will be stepping down from all my duties at the church. I express my humble regret that I do not intend to attend the Foundation's farewell party for liaisons. I need what's left of my mind for my own journey of self-discovery. Some questions still needed answers. Farewell. Christ be with you Cardinal █████ █████ Holy See Liaison to the Foundation As of ██/██/2014, PoI-32125 has been sighted in ██ locations in the Southern United States, which are associated with the Fifth Church. Pending further investigations. Footnotes 1. Notably, no other casualties or missing persons were reported in the incident. No calls for ransom were made by █████. Attackers have also left a sum of €5,000,000 (in bank notes) at the location where Dubois was last sighted. Bank notes were scattered haphazardly on the floor. 2. In relation to the Sistine Chapel, white smoke emitted during a papal conclave denotes the successful election of a new Pope. 3. Later, it was discovered that PoI-32125 was associated with SCP-475. 4. Interviews with Vatican officials indicate that PoI-32125 was suffering from respiratory irritation and hallucinations of white smoke from 1 March to 13 March. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3257" by MrWrong, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3257. 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-3258 | safe | Item #: SCP-3258 Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-3258 are to be kept in a standard bio-containment cell within Site-██. Any observed changes in the SCP-3258’s behavior are to be reported to a supervisor of Level 4 clearance or higher. Description: SCP-3258 currently designates 246 instances of a previously unknown species of bacteriophage of the family Myoviridae. SCP-3258 are approximately 0.45 m in height, several million times larger than most species of bacteriophage, but are otherwise anatomically similar. SCP-3258 possess all the physiological structures necessary for transfer of their genetic material. However, SCP-3258 are incapable of infecting any known organism, as they are too large to successfully penetrate eukaryotic cells. It is currently unknown what effects would manifest if infection by SCP-3258 was possible (See Addenda 3258.2 and 3258.3). SCP-3258 are capable of terrestrial locomotion through the use of their tail fibers, and can move across walls and ceilings in a similar manner. Despite lacking sensory organs, SCP-3258 are capable of avoiding collisions with the walls of their containment cell and with each other, suggesting the ability to sense their surroundings to some capacity. To date, no instances of SCP-3258 have required sustenance of any kind. Instances of SCP-3258 are generally docile. When left alone, SCP-3258 instances will either stand entirely still or move throughout the area of their containment cell in a seemingly random fashion. When in the presence of humans, SCP-3258 appear to display behavior indicative of curiosity, following and generally maintaining a close proximity to the detected subject. Instances of SCP-3258 have yet to display any signs of aggression toward a subject and will rapidly retreat if a subject performs rapid body movements or loud vocalizations. Addendum 3258.1: Discovery and Apprehension All instances of SCP-3258 were discovered in the town of ███████, Michigan, following a spike in electromagnetic radiation emanating from the area. Radiation had dissipated to normal levels by the time Foundation personnel arrived, and the source of the radiation spike was never discovered. However, several instances of SCP-3258 were found nearby, prompting a sweep of the surrounding area. A total of 250 instances of SCP-3258 were captured and delivered to Bio Research Area-12. Since initial containment, four instances of SCP-3258 have been terminated for the purpose of dissection and genetic sequencing. Addendum 3258.2: Genetic Experimentation Through the artificial transfer of genetic material found in SCP-3258 into samples of Enterobacteria phage T2, a strain of bacteriophage genetically identical to SCP-3258 but small enough to infect human cells has been created. These instances have been designated SCP-3258-2. Experimentation on Class-D personnel has been approved. UPDATE: All exposed subjects experienced no adverse effects resulting from infection. Blood analysis revealed the creation of antibodies sufficient in eliminating SCP-3258-2 within 2 days of exposure. SCP-3258-2 classified as a minimal threat. Addendum 3258.3: Incident Report █/█/20██ On █/█/20██, two Class-3 ontokinetic entities being contained at Site-██ experienced several minutes of uncontrolled bodily spasms before losing consciousness. Foundation personnel were alerted to the issue through a live video surveillance, and medical units were administered to their respective containment cells. Upon examination, it was discovered that both entities had undergone cardiac arrest. Through defibrillation and artificial oxygenation, one of the entities was successfully revived and returned to a conscious state. Upon post-incident examination, Kant Counter readings indicated no difference between the entity’s internal and external Hume levels, as both had adjusted to equal exactly 1 Hume. As a result, the entity became incapable of performing ontokinetic processes. During this time, analysis of the entity’s blood revealed the presence of living instances of SCP-3258-2. Following this discovery, the entirety of Site-██ was put on lockdown. It is currently unknown how SCP-3258-2 managed to reach and infect both entities, nor is it known how many personnel were infected in the process. It is theorized that the instances administered to D-Class personnel during testing had not been eliminated as previously believed, but had instead entered a state of dormancy until exposed to further opportunities for infection. Furthermore, it is currently not known how SCP-3258-2 is capable of equalizing the Hume levels of infected individuals. Due to the rarity of ontokinetic beings, further experimentation has not been permitted at this time. However, genetic sequencing of SCP-3258 has commenced, in hopes of revealing more information about this process. UPDATE: As of █/██/20██, through the regular application of immunotherapeutic treatments to research personnel and ontokinetic entities, as well as the termination of all D-class carriers, The presence of SCP-3258-2 has been successfully eliminated from all Site-██. As such, Site-██ has been removed from lockdown status. Despite the elimination of the viral infection, the formerly ontokinetic entity has displayed no signs of recovered ontokinetic abilities. Increased monitoring of the entity, as well as regular medical examinations, are to be continued until further notice. Addendum 3258.3: Genetic Sequencing Report As of █/██/20██, the genome of SCP-3258 has been successfully mapped in its entirety. Approximately ██% of SCP-3258’s genetic structure is similar to that of non-anomalous bacteriophages, and is believed to encode for various proteins involved in reproduction. Another ██% of SCP-3258’s genetic structure does not resemble any known viral sequence, but strongly resembles the genetic structure of [REDACTED] within human [REDACTED] cells. It is theorized that this portion may relate to SCP-3258’s Hume-altering properties. The remaining █% of SCP-3258’s genetic sequence comprise various pieces of noncoding DNA. These genes are interspersed among segments of functioning DNA in an organized pattern, suggesting artificial involvement in the formation of SCP-3258’s genetic structure. UPDATE: Due to an unprompted personal initiative on the part of Dr. ███████, a simple binary language similar to Morse code has been discovered in the arrangement of noncoding segments of SCP-3258’s DNA. The translation of this sequence is as follows: GREETINGS. IF YOU ARE READING THIS, THEN YOU ARE UNDER THE IMPENDING THREAT OF ONE OR MORE EXTRATERRESTRIAL, EXTRADIMENSIONAL, OR OTHERWISE OTHERWORLDLY ENTITIES OF LEVEL 10 ONTOKINETIC CAPACITY OR HIGHER. FORTUNATELY, YOUR PLANET/REALITY HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR SALVATION BY THE FOUNDATION OF SUPERNATURAL, CELESTIAL, AND PARANORMAL EXTERMINATION. WHEN THE DAY OF RECKONING ARRIVES, THESE ORGANISMS WILL INFECT AND ELIMINATE ALL IMPENDING COSMIC THREATS, PROVIDED THEY ARE GIVEN SUFFICIENT FREEDOM TO DO SO. FOR THIS REASON, PLEASE DO NOT KEEP THESE ORGANISMS PHYSICALLY CONTAINED IN ANY CAPACITY, AS IT WILL HINDER THE EFFICIENCY WITH WHICH THEY COMPLETE THEIR TASK. WE WISH YOU LUCK IN THE CONTINUATION OF YOUR SPECIES. - THE COUNCIL OF DIMENSIONAL OVERSIGHT Due to the information provided within this sequence, alterations to SCP-3258’s containment procedures are currently pending approval. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3258" by Wildman8, from the SCP Wiki. 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SCP-3259 | euclid | Specimen recovered from an SCP-3259 infestation. Dissection revealed no anomalous features. Item #: SCP-3259 Special Containment Procedures: Keyword-analysis LAI1 programs installed in emergency response software and implanted agents at various public health agencies worldwide shall monitor reports for mention of SCP-3259 manifestations. Upon manifestation, local Disinformation Bureau (SCP-DB) agents shall respond to interview and amnesticize the affected civilians. Given that repeat exposure to the resultant infestation may cause the recurrence of memories regarding the anomaly,2 exterminators are to be engaged at the Foundation's expense to eliminate the vermin. Description: SCP-3259 is a recurring transitory phenomenon. It occurs approximately once every two years. It typically manifests in households which: Are owned by their residents (100% of cases) Have been occupied by their residents for more than five years (96% of cases) Are occupied by three or more residents, all of whom are closely related either through marriage or consanguinity (100% of cases) Have never had previous issues with either vermin infestations, major infectious disease, or flooding (92% of cases) Are located in approximately middle-class residential neighborhoods (89% of cases) The anomaly will only occur when all residents are present within the household. The phenomena proceeds as follows: all residents of the household, save one, will be gathered in a single room. The absent resident will always be in another section of the house, but within earshot. An anomalous facsimile of the absent resident (designated SCP-3259-1) will enter the room where the majority of the residents are gathered. SCP-3259-1 will be mostly nude and bearing marks of obvious illness, including grey or decaying skin, hair falling out, froth at the mouth, an inability to speak, and a spastic, jerking walk. At this point, the residents will exhibit signs of concern or distress, including vocalizations and possibly physical contact. When all of the residents are focused on SCP-3259-1, a number of vermin of variable species3 will burst from its body, to the distress of the residents witnessing the phenomena. The resident that the anomaly had been mimicking will respond to the sounds of distress from the other room at this point. Upon seeing the remains of SCP-3259-1, the anomaly will de-manifest. The vermin will not, however, and in all cases a persistent, albeit non-anomalous, infestation by the species which manifested will occur in that household. Interview 3259-21 Interviewer: Researcher Milton Inselmann Interviewed: James Dalton, 42 Interview Location: Dalton family residence, [REDACTED], Ontario, Canada Date: 2016-05-08 Regarding: 2016-05-07 manifestation of SCP-3259 at the Dalton family residence. Affected individuals include interviewed party, James Dalton, his wife, Janet Dalton (38), daughter, Annette Dalton (18), and son, Henry Dalton (17), who was the party mimicked by SCP-3259. Researcher Inselmann: How are you today, Mr. Dalton? Mr. J. Dalton: I want a fucking explanation for what happened in my house yesterday. Researcher Inselmann: We're still investigating, sir. But there have been a number of similar incidents. You'll be the first to know, when we determine the cause. Could you tell me about your experience? Mr. J. Dalton: Experience, hell. You think we were hallucinating, don't you? Researcher Inselmann: No, sir, I don't. Mr. J. Dalton: …You don't? Researcher Inselmann: No. As I said, there have been similar incidents. Could you please describe what happened? Mr. J. Dalton: I…yeah, alright. We were having a normal day. It was fine. Nice spring day. All the windows were open. We were in the kitchen. My wife was making lunch. I was playing Go Fish with my daughter at the kitchen table. My son was…he was in his room. Probably on his computer, or playing video games. You know how teenage boys are. Researcher Inselmann: Of course. Was there anything unusual- anything out of the ordinary- about the day, or about the period leading up to…the event? Mr. J. Dalton: No. Nothing. It was completely normal. Then. It happened. Researcher Inselmann: Can you describe it, please? Mr. J. Dalton: Yeah. Yeah, okay. Henry, my son, came in. Staggered in. But it wasn't him. Researcher Inselmann: What do you mean? Mr. J. Dalton: I mean, it wasn't him. He was…he looked like a corpse. He didn't look ill. He looked fucking dead. Wearing a pair of stained briefs. His skin was all….yellow and grey. And slick-looking. His eyes were… dead. Dull and dead. He staggered like he didn't know how to walk. In these, like, twitching, half-falling jerks. There was foam at his mouth- dry foam, like scales, all down his chin and chest, like a bib, and more frothing up like…you ever seen a rabid animal? It gets you right in the back of the mind, when you see that helpless foaming. Right where the instincts live. You know that it means sick, dangerous, right away. Researcher Inselmann: But you didn't try to leave? Mr. J. Dalton: I should've gotten Janet and Anne out of there. Looking back, that's the first thing I should have done. But…it looked like my boy. It looked like my boy was sick. Researcher Inselmann: What happened next? Mr. J. Dalton: Janet and Anne started talking. 'Oh my God, Henry, are you okay? What happened?' Stuff like that. I got up. I walked over to him. I put my hand on…that things arm… I….ah, hell. Researcher Inselmann: I understand if you need a minute. Mr. J. Dalton: No. I'm okay. It just…I saw something with my boy's face ripped apart, you understand? Its torso started bulging. Like something out of that Alien movie. The sounds- bones cracking and flesh ripping. And it burst open. Like a plastic bag full of groceries bursting. And the rats4 came out. A flood of them. Most of them hit the floor at once, with this wet thump, and went squealing in every direction. Their fur was damp with blood. I…jumped back. But some brushed against me. Against my ankles. Ran over my feet. I looked up and… Researcher Inselmann: Yes? What did you see? Mr. J. Dalton: He was still standing. But his torso, neck to waist, was a hole. He was hollow. Some rats were still inside him, squirming around. Some climbed out, and ran down his legs. His head was tilted back- his face was slack. He looked really dead now, even if he was still on his feet. His mouth was forced open- and more rats started squirming out. One of his eyes rolled back in his head- not rolled back, but… pulled into his skull. It left his…eye socket empty. A rat's head poked out of it. Started squirming out. (Mr. Dalton laughs, slightly hysterically, at this point). I hear a rat can get through any opening it can fit its head through. Even my son's eye socket. Compresses its skeleton, see. Researcher Inselmann: We can take a break- Mr. J. Dalton: -No. I want to finish this. (Pauses). He- the thing, I mean, the thing pretending to be Henry- finally fell. It went forward, fell on me. I pushed it- one of my hands went inside it. It wasn't a hallucination. I felt it. The…wet meat. And I felt the rats squirming. I pushed it, and it went back. Hit the floor like a sack of meat, It was still twitching. Rats were still ripping their way out- of the meat of his thighs, his arms. I remember I saw one- one sharp little furry head, fur matted with blood- rip its way out of a little hole in his thigh. It blinked in the light, looked around. I lost it at that point. Started screaming, stomping, trying to kill them. My wife had climbed on the counter, and was screaming. She was starting at its face. The thing pretending to be our son, I mean. My daughter was sobbing. I could hear her behind me. And that's when… Researcher Inselmann: Yes? Mr. J. Dalton: That's when Henry came out of his room. He was yelling, 'what's happening, what's happening'- he shouted, without any words in it, when he saw the rats- and then froze up when he saw that ripped-open, twitching thing on the floor. We were all looking at him. For a minute, everything was silent. Then it was gone. Researcher Inselmann: The…thing mimicking your son? Mr. J. Dalton: Yeah. Just wasn't there anymore. Floor was empty. The last few rats ran off. And that was that. We didn't know what to do next, so we called the cops. They never showed up; you guys did. Where did you say you were from, again? Researcher Inselmann: Center for Disease Control. Ah- agent Georgio here has a shot for you. Nothing to worry about, just a precautionary rabies vaccination. Thank you for your statement, Mr. Dalton. We've contacted an exterminator on your behalf about the rats; I'm sure this matter will be resolved shortly. Mr. J. Dalton: That's it? That's all you can do? Give me a rabies shot and say 'thanks for your time?' I watched my son be ripped apart by rats! How am I supposed to forget that?! Researcher Inselmann: …I think you'd be surprised how quickly people can recover from this sort of trauma, sir. Follow-up: The Dalton family was amnesticized without incident. Exterminators have succeeded in eliminating the Rattus rattus infestation from the Dalton household. Footnotes 1. Limited Artificial Intelligence 2. Though the manifested vermin has been confirmed to be non-anomalous 3. Observed species have included varieties of arachnidae, rodentia, chilopoda, diptera and corvidae 4. Identified as Rattus rattus, the common house rat ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3259" by MegalomaniacInchworm, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3259. 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-Cut_rat_2.jpg Name: Cut rat 2.jpg Author: Allen Lew License: CC-BY-2.0 Source Link: Wikimedia Commons |
SCP-3260 | keter | SCP-3260-A/3 is affected by SCP-████ due to misinterpretation of containment procedures. Item #: SCP-3260 Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-3260-A should be interrogated and exposed to SCP documents matching their previously assigned clearance in order to ascertain the degree of perceptive dissonance displayed by them. After such procedures are conducted, instances of SCP-3260-A may receive amnestic treatment and be reassigned to non-critical positions within suitable Foundation front companies. All Foundation facilities should be monitored for signs of SCP-3260. Description: SCP-3260 is a visuocognitive affliction affecting Foundation personnel exclusively. When in contact with official SCP documentation, an individual (SCP-3260-A) suffering from SCP-3260 will perceive the information contained therein differently from depicted, resulting in a perceptual discrepancy that may lead said individual to breach protocol, intentionally compromise containment measures, and perform other assorted actions based on the inaccurate interpretation of the relevant document(s). The nature of the perceptual discrepancy experienced by instances of SCP-3260-A varies, but recurrently entails false and/or misleading information. As of ██/██/████, ██ cases of SCP-3260 have been identified among Foundation assets worldwide. Project Proxy currently coordinates all research efforts concerning SCP-3260 - Priority Aleph research subjects assigned to it include: Identification of the vector through which SCP-3260 is transmitted, if existent. Identification of personnel particularly susceptible to SCP-3260, if applicable. Countermeasures to SCP-3260. No obvious pattern has been established between confirmed cases of SCP-3260 at this time, both in regards to individuals affected and discrepancies observed. Addendum: Abridged SCP-3260 Case Report - Appropriate Clearance Required Afflicted: SCP-3260-A/1 Previous Clearance: Level 2, Junior Researcher Document Summary: SCP-████. Euclid. Dis-2 thaumaturgical entity. SCP-████ is aggressive towards all non-Tartarean lifeforms, and was responsible for at least 7 casualties before containment was established. Report: First reported case of SCP-3260. SCP-3260-A/1 was detained after it repeatedly attempted to assign a cleaning crew to SCP-████'s enclosure. All containment cells housing aggressive SCP objects must be sanitized remotely as per standard Foundation protocol. When interrogated, SCP-3260-A/1 expressed confusion, citing the respective SCP document as the basis for its decision. Printed copies of SCP-████'s special containment procedures were then provided to SCP-3260-A/1, who was asked to read them out loud. SCP-3260-A/1's reading contained a non-existent addendum describing "Incident ████-V", in which SCP-3260 was supposedly fed an experimental compound, rendering it docile. Afflicted: SCP-3260-A/7 Previous Clearance: Level 4, Site-27 Director Document Summary: SCP-███. Safe. A humanoid Class II essokinetic entity. SCP-███ has been cooperative since containment in ██/██/████ and was reclassified as Safe after the introduction of Lang/Scantron-based devices to mainstream containment doctrine. SCP-███ is paraplegic. Report: SCP-3260-A/7 received an updated copy of SCP-███ documentation following its reclassification, as per protocol. Upon reviewing the document, SCP-3260-A/7 alerted MTF Eta-10 of a possible containment breach, citing suspicion that personnel assigned clearance 3/███ might have been under the effect of an unknown cognitohazard. After no evidence of such contagion was discovered, SCP-3260-A/7 was questioned. Like in previous cases, SCP-3260-A/7 made allegations that had no correlation to SCP-███'s actual containment procedures. Among them, SCP-3260-A/7 claimed the document called for unwarranted torture of SCP-███, including [REDACTED], in direct violation of multiple directives of the Ethics Committee. At this point in time, no further containment measures are necessary. Afflicted: SCP-3260-A/9 Previous Clearance: Level 3, MTF █████-█ Operative Document Summary: SCP-███ (-█, -█). Keter. Humanoid entity that actively attempts to breach containment. Capable of inducing unclassified, non-thaumaturgical/essokinetic anomalous phenomena. Hostile to all human beings. Highly resistant to firearms. Report: SCP-3260-A/9 communicated desire to cease Foundation employ after receiving a digital copy of SCP-███'s containment procedures. According to SCP-3260-A/9, the document mentioned Project ███████ ███, a hypothetical initiative to incorporate SCP-███-█ to MTF █████-█'s roster. No plans to weaponize SCP-███-█ currently exist, given the anomaly's Gimel classification following the most recent Thaumiel Review. No mention of Project ███████ ███ among Aleph and Bet Thaumiel applications is present in mainstream Foundation databases. Afflicted: SCP-3260-A/21 Previous Clearance: Overseer Document Summary: SCP-███. Keter. Highly adaptive organism capable of anomalous regeneration of its biomass. Regeneration process often accompanied by violent, unpredictable phenomena. [REDACTED]. Report: SCP-3260-A/21 brought attention to SCP-███ during [REDACTED], when the improvement of containment measures was being discussed. At this point, it was discovered that SCP-3260-A/21 had authorized several attempts to neutralize SCP-███ through the use of other SCP objects. Such requests were sent by SCP-3260-A/22, SCP-3260-A/23 and SCP-3260-A/24, then senior researchers not known to have been affected by SCP-3260. The incident marks the first observed case wherein multiple instances of SCP-3260-A shared an identical perception of a SCP document. At this time, neutralization of SCP-███ is deemed unnecessary, following the successful development of Compound LZ-05. RAISA DATABASE INTEGRITY WARNING This is the only accurate version of this document. As of ██/██/████, SCP-3260 has not been neutralized and no inoculation process exists. SCP-3260 is not a Dis-5 thaumaturgical entity. SCP-3260's can only instigate a XK Class End-of-the-World Scenario by potentially compromising critical Foundation assets. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3260" by Jukse, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3260. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. 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SCP-3261 | safe | Item #: SCP-3261 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3261-1 and all instances of SCP-3261-2 to be stored in a secure containment locker in the E wing of Site-64. SCP-3261-2 instances are only to be removed from the locker for testing purposes. Description: SCP-3261-1 is a 17-stringed koto made from Paulownia tomentosa wood measuring 182 centimeters in length. The ryūgaku is decorated with a floral pattern, while the ryūzetsu depicts a small village and is engraved with the kanji "樺岡1". SCP-3261-2 is the collective designation for 12 pieces of sheet music for koto written in Yamada school notation. When an instance of SCP-3261-2 is viewed, the viewer will begin to search for SCP-3261-1. The degree of this compulsion varies depending on the instance viewed. Copies of SCP-3261-2 do not preserve this anomalous effect. When the viewer finds SCP-3261-1, they will begin to use it to play the SCP-3261-2 instance viewed. The SCP-3261-2 instance will be played within an error margin of 0.7%. If play is interrupted, the player will become distressed and attempt to resume by any means possible. The player and all listeners will begin to perceive a scene dependent on the instance of SCP-3261-2 selected. The player and listeners can interact with people and objects within this scene, collectively designated as SCP-3261-3, although these objects are not visible to non-listeners. When SCP-3261-2 ends, the player and listeners will become unconscious for approximately 15 minutes. Selected SCP-3261-2 instances are listed below: Instance Title Scene Notes SCP-3261-2a 村人の子守唄 (Villager's Lullaby) A small village with late Meiji era architecture at dusk. At the beginning of the third line, a man exits a house carrying a wooden bucket. The man collects water from a well in the center of the village. During the seventh line, he re-enters the house. Thought to be the village depicted on the ryūzetsu of SCP-3261-1. Lyrics are similar to a typical lullaby. SCP-3261-2c 小瑠璃 (Siberian Blue Robins) Two young boys watching a pair of Siberian blue robins in a cherry tree. The robins' vocalizations align with the rhythm of the song. Song consists of three stanzas, each of which is a tanka. Lyrics describe the robins in a manner typical of Japanese poetry. SCP-3261-2d 君が代 (Kimigayo) The coronation ceremony of Emperor Meiji. No deviations from the original event have been observed. Song was composed in 1880 and became the national anthem in 1888, although Meiji was coronated in 1868. SCP-3261-2g Unknown A village identical to that appearing in SCP-3261-2a at noon. SCP-3261-3g1, a man in 1970s clothing, can be seen frantically searching for an unknown object. No lyrics. See notes on SCP-3261-2a. Page is partially illegible due to water damage. SCP-3261-3g1 is thought to be searching for SCP-3261-1. SCP-3261-2j 私の親愛なる小春専用 (Dedicated to My Dear Koharu) A young couple walking through a village identical to that appearing in SCP-3261-2a in the morning. Lyrics are typical of modern love songs, although analysis of the paper and ink has determined it was composed in the early 1910s. SCP-3261-2j is the longest known instance of SCP-3261-2. Addendum 3261-01: SCP-3261-3j9, a man standing near the well in SCP-3261-2j, was interviewed by Researcher Hidekazu ███████. A transcript of the interview is attached below. SCP-3261-3j9 Interview Log SCP-3261-3j9 Interview Log Interviewer: Researcher Hidekazu ███████ Interviewed: SCP-3261-3j9 Note: Researcher ███████ is a native speaker of Japanese. This interview was translated into English. <Begin Log> Researcher ███████: Good morning. SCP-3261-3j9: Good morning. What's your name? Researcher ███████: My name's Hidekazu. And yours? SCP-3261-3j9: Keinosuke. It's nice to meet you, Hidekazu. Researcher ███████: It's nice to meet you too, Keinosuke. What's the date? SCP-3261-3j9: January 15th. Researcher ███████: Do you have the year by any chance? SCP-3261-3j9: Meiji 44. How could you have lost track? Researcher ███████: I guess the New Year just confuses me a bit. SCP-3261-3j9: Me too. I couldn't tell you how many times I've accidentally written 43. Researcher ███████: Well, Keinosuke, where are you from? SCP-3261-3j9: Kabaoka.2 It's a nice place. Researcher ███████: I've never heard of it. SCP-3261-3j9: You haven't? There's no better village in Karafuto!3 Researcher ███████: I've been to every corner of Karafuto, and I've never once heard of Kabaoka. SCP-3261-3j9: That's strange, you must have simply forgotten. Researcher ███████: It seems I did. Well, I think we're done here. Thank you for your information, Keinosuke. SCP-3261-3j9: You're welcome, Hidekazu. I hope to see you again soon. <End Log> Addendum 3261-02: A journal (now designated SCP-3261-3g9) was recovered from SCP-3261-2g, thought to belong to SCP-3261-3g1. An excerpt from the journal is attached below. Document 3261-1 Document 3261-1 Well, I guess I'm a citizen of Kabaoka. I don't know shit about Japanese, but I figure that's the name of this place. There's really nothing interesting here. If I could choose anywhere to go, this would be at the very bottom of my list. In fact, I wouldn't even have ended up here if I had just stopped playing that damn koto, then and there. It was just laying there at that curios shop, with a few pieces of paper I couldn't even read. I bought it, played a song, and boom, I'm in some village. The first few times I played it, everything went fine, I got out. But no, this time I had to get stuck here. How did this even happen? Footnotes 1. Translates to "birch tree hill." 2. This corresponds to one possible reading of the text "樺岡." In reality, Kabaoka is the name of a station on the former Tenpoku line. 3. 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SCP-3262 | safe | close Info X SCP-3262 Babyblade Written by Jack Waltz Check out my author page! Item #: SCP-3262 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3262 is stored at Site-17 in a standard containment locker. Access to the object and subsequent testing is only permitted by or in the presence of a researcher with Level 2 or higher clearance. Description: SCP-3262 is a standard issue kitchen knife. The blade is made of a metallic substance of unknown composition, while the grip is made of ordinary white plastic. The blade and handle are fused together and cannot be detached despite being composed of different materials. SCP-3262's first anomalous effect manifests when it is used to cut food. No matter what type of food the item is used to cut, it will always make a perfectly clean cut. From what has been observed, no matter how much the knife is used, the blade will never go dull. The separated piece of the food item would then become subject to SCP-3262's second anomalous effect. Approximately fifteen seconds after separation, this piece would begin to be transfigured, its shape and form altered to take on the anthropomorphic traits of a miniature infant and become animate. This includes a plump physique and even the display of behaviour corresponding with those of infants or children. Addendum 3262.1: Test Log (Latest — #34) Conducting Researcher: Jackeline Waeller, Senior Researcher, Level 4 Clearance. [START LOG] Waeller: All right. This is test number 34, involving SCP-3262. We'll be using a carrot, a fresh one still with its greens on top, washed thoroughly so that nothing nasty gets mixed in there during the transfiguration process. To be perfectly honest, I doubt this test would bring anything new to the table, but of course, there's no harm in trying. [Dr Waeller nods and smiles before taking SCP-3262 with her right hand. She then places the carrot on the cutting board in front of her.] [While holding the lower end of the carrot with her left hand, she slowly places the knife above the carrot on the other end. She then cuts off a large chunk of it which still held the carrot top.] [Dr Waeller picks up the piece and holds it up, with the carrot's inner core facing the camera.] Waeller: A perfectly clean cut, consistent with all the previous tests. [She leaves SCP-3262 on the cutting board and places the cut piece down on a weighing scale situated to the left of the board. Shortly afterwards the chunk begins experiencing SCP-3262's second anomalous effect.] [As the chunk began to be transfigured and started taking a more humanoid form, small limbs emerged including facial features, with the eyes being two tiny black beads, and ears, which were a pair of orifices extending inwards into the head. The carrot leaves, already attached, extended from the top of the instance's head. Shortly after, it became animate and sat upright on the board. It begins to look around before beginning to suck on its thumb.] [Waeller looks at the scale's display.] Waeller: No difference in its mass, we know this. [The instance looks up at Dr Waeller's face at the sound of her voice. It slowly pulls its thumb out of its mouth and continues to stare and she does the same.] [Waeller tilts her head, and so does the instance after a few seconds, almost falling over under the weight of its head.] [She grins back at the instance, who continued watching her. It giggles.] Waeller: Well, he's a good one, isn't he? Usually, I've got to deal with them crying and whining. What a nice change of pace. I like this one. [The instance continues to giggle and claps its hands in response to Waeller.] Waeller: Heh, aren't you a little, widdle guy? Aren't you? Aren't you?! [It babbles and waves its arms in sudden excitement.] Waeller: Oh, I really like this one. [She puts her left hand beside the instance on the scale and helped it crawl onto her palm. She takes her right hand and tickles its left sole. The instance bursts into a fit of cries and laughter trying to pull back its left leg, only for Dr Waeller to begin tickling the right sole. It laughs louder than before.] [Waeller eventually stops and continues holding the instance on her palm. It smiles and tries to crawl up her arm, though she takes her right hand and places it back on the board. The instance attempts to grab onto the hand. Dr Waeller lightly flicks it off.] [After falling down on its bottom, it looks back up at Waeller and pouts.] Waeller: Don't be like that now, I'll be sad too… [The instance pouts further. Waeller sighs. She then lowers herself and places her palms by the edge of the table near the cutting board.] Waeller: All right, come on then, let's go for another round! [The instance beams excessively at the response. Slowly, it attempts to stand and stumbles forward while trying to balance, then, step by step, the instance moves towards Waeller, only for it to fall first whilst struggling to get down from the board.] Waeller: Oh—! [Dr Waeller hurriedly picks it up and inspects its face and body for any damage by rolling it over. It burbles as it received Waeller's attention.] Waeller: Well, phew, lucky you! No bruises, nothing at all! [Dr Waeller rubs its nose, to which the instance tries to pull back from whilst bubbling and snickering.] Waeller: Heh. [She looks down at her watch.] Waeller: Hm, well, I suppose that's the end of that, playtime's over, little guy. Did ja have fun? You did, didn't cha? [It claps and giggles.] [Waeller smirks at the instance.] Waeller: Well, now for the final test, and since you're just a carrot, I don't really need anything to be prepared. So you up for it? It'll be easy as pie. [The instance has a curious expression on its face. It creases its eyes in thought and ultimately nods brightly with a large grin.] Waeller: You really are a good boy. [Dr Waeller sighs, to which it tilts its head in a questioning manner.] Waeller: A shame, honestly. [Dr Waeller holds the instance by the carrot top on its head. It winced and squirmed, flailing its arms and legs in an attempt to get released.] [Waeller lifts it up, placing it inside her mouth and biting down on the head to separate the attached greens from the instance.] [She chews for some time and finally swallows.] Waeller: Tastes just like a carrot, though there's something unusual about it… hm… it's… sweeter than normal, very tender too… [Dr Waeller uses her thumb to dig something out from between her molars. She then stops and swallows again.] Waeller: It's got a unique flavour to it, mixed in with that softness once you bite down. Almost like baby carrots, you know? 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SCP-3263 | safe | This documentation has gone under one or more revisions. All versions of this document are available here for reference. + SCP-3263 Archived Documentation - SCP-3263 Archived Documentation Item #: SCP-3263 Special Containment Procedures: A containment plan for SCP-3263 is in development. Interaction with individuals manifesting next to ███████████████ Castle via SCP-3263-B is limited to observation. Efforts to secure ███████████████ Castle are underway. Description: SCP-3263-A are envelopes that will spontaneously manifest in the residences of people between the ages of 13-18 who possess some form of anomalous ability. These individuals have never been registered as anomalous prior to receiving an SCP-3263-A instance, with their abilities only being discovered after investigation. Located inside of these envelopes is a letter addressed to these persons and an instance of SCP-3263-B. A transcription of this letter is provided below: Dear [NAME OF RECIPIENT], I'm sure by now you have noticed you are different from your peers. You possess strange and wonderful abilities that regular people can only dream about. You are not alone. There exists a secret world under this one, filled with people like you, along with creatures and locations beyond your wildest fantasies. I want you to learn and grow your abilities, and experience this fantastic world for yourself. I want you to reach your full potential as a user of magic, and as a person. All you need to do is press the switch in the middle of this talisman, and you will be magically transported to Mr. Headgeworth's School for the Magically Gifted. The school may seem old and decrepit, but I assure you it is only an illusion. I do hope I will be seeing you soon. Sincerely, Mr. Headgeworth, principal of Mr. Headgeworth's School for the Magically Gifted SCP-3263-B are small wooden objects appearing as talismans adorned with designs and symbols. Each SCP-3263-B instance possesses a button on the center of the object, and when pressed by a human being, the individual, along with the SCP-3263-B instance, will be instantaneously transported to the outside of the abandoned ███████████████ Castle, near the front entrance. This structure is located in a remote area in ███████████, █████████. In all reported cases, the transported individual will step inside the building upon arrival. No persons have been seen exiting the castle. As it is unknown when SCP-3263 first manifested, the number of individuals present in ███████████████ Castle is unknown. An attempt to secure the building will be launched after recon and information gathering campaigns centered around the structure and the inhabitants within have finished, as the persons within the building are potentially highly dangerous. + SCP-3263 Revised Documentation - SCP-3263 Revised Documentation Item #: SCP-3263 Special Containment Procedures: Disappearances of people aged 13-18 worldwide are to be monitored for potential resurgence of activity from POI-5837. SCP-3263-A and recovered SCP-3263-B instances are to be stored in low-level storage lockers. SCP-3263-C is contained in a standard Safe-class cell. Power is to be supplied to SCP-3263-C at all times. Description: SCP-3263 designates three anomalous devices bearing Prometheus Labs identification marks recovered from ███████████████ Castle in ███████████, █████████. All three devices utilize various anomalies in their construction and operation. Investigation implies that these objects were acquired by POI-5837 from various anomalous groups. SCP-3263-A is a small machine similar in shape to a standard consumer-grade microwave. SCP-3263 is capable of transporting objects placed inside of its internal cavity to specific coordinates entered onto the machine's interface. This machine is suspected to have been used by POI-5837 to send envelopes to adolescents possessing anomalous abilities. These envelopes would contain a SCP-3263-B instance and a letter addressed to the recipient. No new envelopes matching this description have been discovered since ███████████████ Castle was secured. SCP-3263-B are small, metallic devices featuring a button on its center. When pressed by a human being, the individual, along with the SCP-3263-B instance, will be instantaneously transported to the outside of ███████████████ Castle, near the front entrance. SCP-3263-B instances are surrounded by chassis of wood adorned with designs and symbols, giving them the appearance of wooden talismans. SCP-3263-B were originally thought to be completely constructed of wood, the devices underneath the wooden frames were not discovered until after ███████████████ Castle was secured. SCP-3263-C is a large, extremely complex computer wired to 12 human brains, all confirmed to belong to recipients of the envelopes mentioned previously. Each organ is encased in a glass cylinder filled with an unknown transparent green liquid. The organs show no signs of decomposition. Other than this, SCP-3263-C functions as a regular computer running Windows 7. The majority of investigation into SCP-3263 centers around files stored on SCP-3263-C. SCP-3263-C runs a program called "magicschool.exe" at all times. Attempts to close this program or end its process through the Task Manager window have met with failure. The program features a navigation menu containing 3 items for selection. Clicking on "Observation" will bring the user to a video feed of a classroom. The structure of this classroom matches the structure of a room located in ███████████████ Castle's upper floor, except in significantly better condition. From Monday to Friday starting at morning, a middle aged man and a group of teenage individuals dressed in long, black robes and carrying various school supplies will enter the room. The teenage persons will sit down at the desks and the man will begin to teach a class. This man possesses several anomalous abilities, and will frequently use them on various objects for demonstration purposes. Lessons seem to focus on the function and applicability of anomalous phenomena. Subject matter taught resembles popular public perceptions of magic, such as those present in the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings franchises, and as such contradicts most of the established concepts in the field of modern anomalous science. Classes will last for an average of 30 minutes, after which the young adults will exit the classroom, and the teacher will begin making preparations for the next class. A new group of students will enter the classroom, sit down, and another class will begin. This will repeat for a total of 7 times, with a 30 minute break between the 4th and 5th cycles. 3 of the robed individuals match corpses recovered from the initial securing of ███████████████ Castle, and have consistently appeared since the containment of SCP-3263-C. None of the students have shown signs of aging since containment of SCP-3263-C began 7 years prior to the writing of this document. All of magicschool.exe's other options and features are unable to be accessed. Attempts to gain access to these features by manipulation of magicschool.exe's code have met with failure. As magicschool.exe is potentially anomalous, SCP-3263-C is not to be turned off, and attempts to close this program are to be halted in order to prevent possible neutralization. Investigation into files stored on SCP-3263-C, along with cooperation from the Global Occult Coalition, indicates that POI-5837 is most likely ███████ ████████, a former GOC agent. ████████ was tasked with the neutralization of persons possessing reality-bending capabilities, specializing in the covert infiltration of various Groups of Interest. ████████ worked for the GOC for 15 years, before defecting during a mission launched on ██/██/2001. POI-5837 is suspected to have gained involvement with the Serpent's Hand and various other GOIs after his separation. Investigation into the current whereabouts of POI-5837 along with more details of his activities after his defection are ongoing. Recovery: All three SCP-3263 instances were recovered after a raid by a large group of Foundation armed personnel on ███████████████ Castle. Upon entering the building, the group discovered the interior was completely empty save for SCP-3263-A, 36 SCP-3263-B instances, SCP-3263-C along with a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, a non-anomalous solar energy collector used to power the three SCP-3263 instances, and the corpses of 12 individuals matching recipients of the envelopes mentioned previously. Agents also discovered a sticky note attached to SCP-3263-C's screen containing a short handwritten message, transcribed below: Please, just let them have this. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3263" by UsernameAlias, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3263. 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-3264 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3264 Special Containment Procedures: No direct action is required in the containment of SCP-3264, however, its current location, the now abandoned Site-41-A, is to be kept under watch at all times by assigned Observation Personnel. + Observation Personnel Procedures [LEVEL 2 CLEARANCE REQUIRED] - [ACCESS GRANTED] Designated observers and researchers of the phenomenon are to be stationed at Site-41-B, and may only consist of personnel that have not been previously assigned to Site-41-A. In addition, personnel must be restricted to levels B1 through B11 during observation periods. Under no circumstances may any Site-41-A Observation Personnel access level B12, due to dangerously high radiation leakage following the destruction of the on-site power grid located on that level. Access to level B12 may only be granted to designated Maintenance Personnel. Extensive quarantine protocols are enforced on level B12 due to the presence of Type-B Corriger Radiation1. To avoid risking contamination, Observation Personnel are to have no interaction with Maintenance Personnel and must conduct all required research within the allowed observation period (0600 to 2000 hours) in order to avoid unnecessary contact. Any Observation Personnel found within Site-41-A outside of the observation period will be subject to extensive Emergency Level 3 decontamination procedures. + Maintenance Personnel Procedures [LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE REQUIRED] - [ACCESS GRANTED] Navigation of Site-41-A is only to be permitted during the maintenance period (2030 to 0530 hours) to avoid creating suspicion among Observation Personnel. When accessing Site-41-A, Maintenance Personnel are to wear their supplied hazmat suits. No Maintenance Personnel may access B12 without first wearing their supplied hazmat suit. After entry to B12, Maintenance Personnel must first confirm the elevator system has been re-locked to levels B1 through B11, at which point they are permitted to remove their supplied hazmat suit. Maintenance Personnel are to operate under the pretense that B12 is filled with what shall be referred to as "Corriger Radiation", a fictitious form of radiation designed to deter accidental interaction with Observation Personnel. Any questions regarding "Corriger Radiation" should be answered with a reference to a falsified paper known as "The Nature of Viral Instability and its Effects on Modern Nuclear Physics" written by Thomas Corriger. Additional procedures concerning the handling of Project EXPUNGE can be found within your personal P-EXP briefing files. Description: SCP-3264 is a phenomenon that manifests as the physically existent actions of a non-existent human, that have occurred exclusively within Site-41-A following a D-Class riot that took place on 02/11/20██ (see Related Riot Incident History). The entity has no physical presence itself nor does it provide any measurable force on its environment and in addition, it has never been shown to react to any form of stimuli applied to its surroundings or at its apparent location. Due to this, designated Observation and Maintenance Personnel have been able to freely wander throughout Site-41-A without risking unwanted damage to or from SCP-32642. Daily observed effects consist of trivial matters, including but not limited to: Showers switching on in the morning, then off after an average of 5 minutes, 12 seconds. Toilets flushing at 3-4 hour intervals. Food in the Site-41-A cafeteria being cooked without any measurable acting force. The subsequent spontaneous disappearance of the aforementioned cooked food. More drastic events include but are not limited to: Windows shattering. Damage and/or destruction of on-site equipment. Discharge of firearms. The deaths of former Site-41-A personnel (see Emergency Action Summary 3264-1). All food/equipment/firearms manipulated by SCP-3264 have exclusively been those that were present on Site-41-A at the time of its original manifestation on 02/11/20██. As part of experimentation procedures, various food substances originating from off-site have been placed in the Site-41-A cafeteria, mixed with food already present, but SCP-3264 has not been seen to interact with them. In some test cases, food and equipment originating within Site-41-A have been taken off-site, yet experienced the SCP-3264 phenomenon as if they were still on-site, indicating SCP-3264 has some connection to the specific layout of Site-41-A at the time it first appeared on 02/11/20██. + Related Riot Incident History - Hide Related Riot Incident History: SCP-3264 was first seen to manifest following the D-Class riot of 02/11/20██. After a containment breach was initiated by SCP-████, seventy percent of the Site-41-A security personnel suffered fatal casualties. At the same time, SCP-████ managed to break down the facility power grid on level B12, causing a radiation leak that ultimately cut power to the whole of Site-41-A. This resulted in the security system of the D-Class Holding Wing failing to operate, and 113 D-Class personnel broke free of their confinement. The riot lasted thirteen hours before a backup response team arrived on site and managed to subdue the D-Class personnel and recontain SCP-████. An anomaly present in the 23 surviving D-Class personnel was made apparent when it was discovered they all believed they were still a part of the recently quelled riot. All 23 were reported to jeer about the success of raids on Site-41-A sectors that never occurred, recurring cries generally along the lines of "you'll never take us alive!", and constant praise towards an unknown D-Class member allegedly leading the riot, a character the surviving D-Class personnel are unable to attribute a name to (whether by choice or lack of knowledge is unknown). Since this was first observed, 17 of the survivors have lapsed into a severe catatonic stupor, 5 still believe the riot is taking place, and 1 has returned to his pre-riot state (see Interview Log - D-5153/3264). The effects of SCP-3264 manifested less than 24 hours following the riot, starting with the unexplained destruction of equipment, and then escalating to the violent deaths of several Foundation personnel, which lead to a facility-wide lockdown of Site-41-A. Over the course of three days, the effects became decreasingly fatal, until the situation was deemed stable and the lockdown was lifted, allowing Site-41-A to be evacuated. + Emergency Action Summary 3264-1 - Hide Emergency Action Summary 3264-1: On 02/22/20██, 11 days after the first known manifestation of SCP-3264, a fatal incident involving several former Site-41-A personnel took place. Dr. S█████, then stationed temporarily at Site-██, was seen to experience a series of seizures, followed by what nearby personnel described unanimously as a "blood-curdling scream" before he dropped to the ground and passed away less than a minute later. Following an autopsy, Dr. S█████ was found to have died from a series of gunshot wounds to the abdomen and upper-back, in addition to a similar wound at the back of the knee. Despite this report, no signs of any bullet fragments, nor any shrapnel have been located in the body, or around the area that the attack is believed to have taken place, and all witnesses of the seizure claim to have heard no gunshots during the incident. Three hours following this report, the time of the incident was cross-referenced and correlated with an incident that took place within Site-41-A in which two observers had witnessed the unprovoked discharge of a firearm hanging in the on-site armory, an event attributed to the SCP-3264 phenomenon. It was discovered that the time of Dr. S█████'s death and the discharge of the firearm happened simultaneously. A further 17 hours later, three more former Site-41-A personnel were found dead in their own sleeping quarters, having suffered similar bullet wound symptoms, all within a minute of one another. It has since been noted that all three were known to work in Sector L of the Biology Department, alongside Dr. S█████. Due to these events, an Emergency Action protocol has been enacted and all 38 of the remaining Site-41-A personnel are to be monitored at all times since it is likely that SCP-3264 still has some influence over them. In addition, all firearms located at Site-41-A at the time of the D-Class riot (both side-arms and armory stocks) are to be dismantled and destroyed as part of the Disarm Protocol, in an attempt to nullify any connections between them and those they would have affected3. + Emergency Action Summary 3264-2 - Hide Emergency Action Summary 3264-2: As of 06/10/20██, 18 further personnel have been observed to die in similar circumstances to those mentioned in Emergency Action Summary 3264-1, each correlating with an event occurring at Site-41-A. These include (in chronological order): A sudden temperature increase detected among the fragmented remains of a former on-site firearm (destroyed following the Disarm Protocol), leading to the deaths of the former Foundation staff assigned to Sectors H and J. This has indicated that the current status of objects SCP-3264 interacts with have no effect on the final outcome. A series of knife wounds in the body of a security guard that correlate with the appearance of a knife in the hall between Sector G and H where said security guard once acted on patrol. The discharging of the personal side-arm of the aforementioned security guard, an item that was off-site at the time of the incident (weapon failed to be handed in as part of Disarm Protocol), leading to the deaths of two former Sector F personnel. The deaths of all Sector E personnel by a combination of bludgeon attacks and strangulation, the best correlation of which can be tied to the shattering of various viewing rooms that occurred in Sector E during the time period in which the former Sector E personnel died. A former Sector K guard who previously confessed to having gone to Sector E during the time the D-Class riot began, to meet the now deceased Dr. V███, whom he had been having an affair with. This further supports the theory that the order of deaths is not tied to the assigned location within Site-41-A, but to actual location at the time of SCP-3264's manifestation. Remaining Site-41-A personnel have made it clear that the events are taking place at increasingly deeper levels of Site-41-A, leading to the conclusion that SCP-3264 is heading towards level B12 for some unknown reason. Under no circumstances can SCP-3264 be allowed to reach level B12. + Interview Log - D-5153/3264 - Hide Interview Log - D-5153/3264 Interviewed: D-5153 Interviewer: Dr. F█████ Foreword: D-5153 was a former D-Class at Site-41-A known to have displayed various forms of erratic behavior, even before the D-Class riot. This mentality manifested 4 days after his arrival at Site-41-A, whereupon a sudden change in his psychological profile was brought on by some unknown event. Under suspicion that this abrupt change may be related to SCP-3264, an interview was conducted. <Begin Log> Dr. F█████: Hello D-5153, how are you feeling today? D-5153: What do you fucking think? Dr. F█████: Very well, we shall get right to it. What can you tell me about your time on Site-41-A? D-5153: Time of my life, doc. A real party, never a dull moment. Friends dropping out left and right, what more could a guy ask for? Dr. F█████: Right. What do you mean by, "friends dropping out left and right"? I hear you have said similar things before. Would you care to elaborate? D-5153: Just messin' with you, doc. I ain't that crazy. Dr. F█████: That's strange, we have here in your file, that you've previously said, and I quote: "They're disappearing! They're all disappearing!", "Where have they gone? Tell me what you did with them!" and my personal favorite: "Remember me! Remember me, please! Don't forget me like you did all the others!". D-5153: Jeez, you really did your homework, huh? Dr. F█████: Would you care to elaborate on those instead? D-5153: It doesn't matter. You won't get it. None of you ever do. They didn't get it back at the site, and there's no way you'll get it out here. Dr. F█████: For the record, I need you to tell me anyway. 9 seconds of silence, D-5153 is visibly agitated. D-5153: You didn't work on that site, did you? Dr. F█████: No, I'm from elsewhere. D-5153: So I guess you don't know shit about B12? Dr. F█████: The floor with the radiation leak? D-5153 laughs briefly. D-5153: Radiation leak?! Is that what those bozos are sayin' to ya? That is rich! Ain't you ever done one of these stupid interviews with one of your chums from that shithole? Dr. F█████: No, not yet, it's currently restri- no, this is getting off-topic. D-5153: That figures. Dr. F█████: So what do you think is on level B12? D-5153: Hell if I know. Even guys like you didn't know. F'r example, I got chummy with one of the scientists there, I forget his name, used to sneak in stuff for me and the other guys there, everyone loved that old geezer. I asked him about B12 one time and he said he didn't know either, he said we wasn't supposed to know so I should just keep my mouth shut. Dr. F█████: How did you know about B12, to begin with? D-5153: Well, every couple of months, you guys would come take one of us down there. I'd hear it through my cell door, "take this guy down to B12" and we'd never see the guy again. Dr. F█████: It sounds like a routine test. Although… Dr. F█████ pauses to examine on-hand documentation. Dr. F█████: It does indeed seem strange that we have no logs of any such activity in regards to that floor. D-5153: Of course there ain't no logs, 'cause there ain't no one to remember to make any logs. Dr. F█████: Elaborate. D-5153: Y'see, this is the thing. When those people got taken down to B12, they didn't just not come back, it was like they never even existed. Dr. F█████: Records are usually deleted afterward, it just sounds like- D-5153: Come on doc, use your head, I ain't got access to no records like you, how could I be talking about your damn records? What I mean is, no one remembered 'em at all! One by one they'd drop, but ain't no one even remembered they were ever there, let alone their name! All trace of 'em, gone! Just like that! Dr. F█████: The researcher you mentioned before, the one you claim would procure items for you and the other Class D personnel, could you identify him for us? D-5153: I doubt it, doc. Dr. F█████: Surely you haven't forgotten the face of someone you held in such high regard. D-5153 is silent for 12 seconds and becomes visibly agitated again. D-5153: One day that scientist guy looked all sad like… said he wouldn't be around much longer, but when I asked why, he wouldn't say. Few days later… no one remembered him either. D-5153 is silent for a further 6 seconds. D-5153: I'm tellin' you man, everyone knew that guy in the D-Wing, we was all good friends and then it was like, poof! No one had ever met him! Even the other science guys didn't know who I was talkin' about! Dr. F█████: And of course, you have no way to prove any of this. D-5153: Damn it doc, how the hell can I prove somethin' happened if there ain't no trace of their existin' left? Dr. F█████: Then there isn't much for me to go on, even if I did believe you. D-5153: Shit, I don't know. I told you man, you guys never believe me. Okay, how about this, there was only about a hundred or so of us in that place, right? Dr. F█████: Roughly, yes. D-5153: Then why was there enough cells to hold at least four hundred of us! That place was completely empty when that riot went down, it was a damn ghost town! Dr. F█████: I doubt whatever was happening there would warrant the loss of nearly three hundred personnel. How do you think they could justify the loss of so many people? D-5153: That's just it! You guys, the ones doin' it! You don't remember them people either! You drop one of us, you forget they existed, you forget it ever happened, so you go do it again! Dr. F█████: I am not here to debate absurd conspiracy theories with you. Let's just wrap this up, I'll humor you. Why are you the only one that remembers these people? D-5153: I'm not. Well… I wasn't. Dr. F█████: There is another? D-5153: Was. Yeah. I forget his name, just like all the others that went to B12. Only reason I knew I wasn't crazy, was because he remembered them people too. Dr. F█████: Describe him. D-5153: Resourceful guy, pretty dangerous really, not someone you wanted as an enemy. The guy was a natural leader, always had people rallyin' around him. Always talkin' about how he was gonna stick it to you guys one day and get us outta there. Dr. F█████: What did he think of B12? D-5153: Wouldn't shut up about it, sounded crazier than I do. Said he was gonna make you guys pay for what you were doin' down there, whatever it was. Said he was gonna find a way down there and make it his own, use it against you all. That guy was mad with revenge. Dr. F█████: I see. He sounds very optimistic, considering his situation. D-5153: Y'think? I dunno. I think if you knew him, you wouldn't say that. Dr. F█████: How so? D-5153: Let's just say it's damn ironic that that riot took place a few hours after you took him down to B12. With him in charge, hell, we probably could've actually stuck it to you guys. Dr. F█████: Very well, we've used up enough time. Thank you for your cooperation. <End Log> Closing Statement: D-5153 has since been terminated and Dr. F█████ has been reassigned to external field duties following administration of a Class A amnestic. Further research into level B12 is to be suspended. Site-41-A Anomaly 3264-3 [O5 OR SPECIALISED PERSONNEL ACCESS REQUIRED] [ACCESS GRANTED] The following note was found by Research Assistant C█████ inside a small Scranton-Faraday Cage4, within an empty, unused office at Site-41-A: P-EXP [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] -tually gonna miss those D-Class guys. Some of them weren't so bad. It's funny, I actually tried to help a few of them have a more pleasant stay, despite regulations. Maybe they were taking advantage of me, I don't know, I can be pretty naive sometimes. It doesn't really matter anymore. Now they know I know, I'm most certainly going to be on the receiving end of that thing down there. It hurts to think I won't even be mourned by my fa- [ILLEGIBLE] I will divulge what I can on the information I gathered, but I can't promise it will be of any use. [ILLEGIBLE] -t and when the elevator overshot my floor, I ended up on B12 somehow. They always told us to stay away from that floor, so we wouldn't bother the maintenance personnel, but fate had placed me here and my curiosity got the better of me. I didn't venture very far, I'm way too much of a coward for that, but what I did- [ILLEGIBLE] Thankfully he didn't see me. When I got back to my office, I decided to check out the P-EXP file I found. The papers are riddled with kill hazards I would rather not risk exposing you to, in case you lack the necessary training, so I'll try to summarise the contents here. P-EXP, also known as "Project EXPUNGE" is a device capab- [ILLEGIBLE] I find it horrifying to imagine. The idea that more than just my current existence could be erased. It's more than just dying, it's removing something from time and space itself. No past, no future, no ANYTHING. The thought that all of the experiences I have had, good and bad, could simply have not happened thanks to this machine. Reduced to less than even a memory. [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] and so using what I know of Scranton-Faraday reality defense technology, I think I have constructed a fancy offshoot of the typical cage that will hopefully shield from most of the effects detailed in the paper. I pray that as much of the message as possible will rema- [ILLEGIBLE] The files end with an addendum that covers an interesting flaw in the machine. They have theorized some sort of metaphysical disconnect between "cause" and "effect". I don't really understand it, the logic involved is somewhat esoteric, but it seems they can't fully remove both yet. In other words, although the subject may be gone, the effects they would have created if they had continued to exist will still manifest. They have appropriately named this a "Causeless Effect" and they appear somewhat worried about it. To avoid this, they pre-plan the execution of subjects as if they would somehow survive the ordeal, to create a set of inevitable events that force the Causeless Effect to follow a path where the subject would have been executed and is, therefore, unable to commit any further effects. Rather ingenious, really. But still not safe enough to stop them from worrying. God only knows what would happen if something were to happen to interrupt one of those planned executions. [ILLEGIBLE] Research Assistant C█████ has since been administered a Class A amnestic and reassigned to external duties. Footnotes 1. Corriger Radiation is an intense form of Gamma Radiation with a spreading effect that will "mutate" neighboring particles, enabling them to emit Corriger Radiation too. For further information, consult Thomas Corriger's paper, "The Nature of Viral Instability and its Effects on Modern Nuclear Physics". 2. With the exception of Observation Incident 3264-02 in which an observer received two leg wounds after SCP-3264 discharged an on-site weapon, however, this has been deemed an accident as SCP-3264 appears unaware that any observers are present at Site-41-A. 3. This has since been proven ineffective, see Emergency Action Summary 3264-2. 4. The cage had been modified with a [REDACTED] integrated within its Scranton Matrix. See information regarding ongoing research in the external document titled "Scranton-Faraday Iron-IX Modification 2.30". ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3264" by CyrusFiredawn, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3264. 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-3265 | esoteric-class | 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 Item #: SCP-3265 Special Containment Procedures: You can think about these later. You know everyone reading these abbreviated reports skips them anyway. You're the one in charge here, baby! No one would even notice. You know what to do with SCP-3265, yeah? SCP-3265 is all you after all, doll. Get to the good stuff, yeah? Description: SCP-3265 is… how would you describe SCP-3265? Not an easy thing to do, really. Not just anyone could do it. I mean, anyone could do it and basically everyone did at one point, but just describing SCP-3265 ain't exactly like describing it well, dig? That's why it's you in charge, yeah? You can do it like no one else can. So how would you describe SCP-3265? Go on, don't be shy. Sure you did this song and dance before, eh babe? You're an expert by now. What would you like SCP-3265 to be? Maybe you like them tall? A stone behemoth, size of a building, a skyscraper, a continent or three? Maybe stone ain't your thing? Bit dull? Ah, you're one of those people into flesh, yeah? Quivering, pulsating masses of limbs, reaching around every place you can just about think about? Covering the whole world, the whole of every world maybe? SCP-3265, it could be that for you, buddy. It can be that or a hundred other things, if you try. Maybe you'd prefer something a bit more… metaphysical? Is SCP-3265 the concept of a lazy afternoon nap made physically manifest? The personification of ideological confusion? A long dead language come back from the dead to exact its vengeance on the race which forgot it ever existed? Those sound like swell ideas, but I'm sure you can do better, yeah? Give SCP-3265 your all. It can be all that you want it to be. Or how about… a person? You know, one of those real interesting people, the ones everyone gets excited about? You get the type I'm talking about, mmm? They have that special thing about them, that's a given- that jagged scar from their battle with that thing with the lights, or maybe they fell in love with someone or something strange and wonderful. Maybe they're dead and haven't figured it out yet. They probably don't belong here but they make do, man. SCP-3265 could be one of those, if you want it to be. It can be such an interesting person, you'll never get tired of it. You'll want to see it again and again in all sorts of strange scenarios and hair-rising adventures. You can make SCP-3265 a household name around here. It'll make you bigger than big. Just make it big, doll. Make it the best that ever was. Take your time. Consider it slowly. What can SCP-3265 be for you? What would you like it to be? How can you make it your own? You can make SCP-3265 like nothing this place has ever seen. You will. You must know what SCP-3265 is by now, yeah? It has to be there in that big head of yours somewhere, right? Yeah, I can see it. It's solidifying, just a touch. It's not exactly like anything I described up there, not in the least, but that was never the point of those, dig? I came up with those, and they're not great like what you have over there. Hmm, yes. I can hear it now. Your SCP-3265, it's like nothing that I've ever seen, like nothing any of us have ever seen. Hear its colors, smell that sweet music it makes. How do you even keep it all inside anymore? Aren't you full to the bursting with it? It's alright, babe. Let it out. Let us see it. Just a little bit closer. A little bit brighter. Open up. Let it show. Let us see it all. Hear it all. Smell it all. Let us taste it. . . . Ah. Yes… . . . Was it good for you like it was for us? ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3265" by Dmatix, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3265. 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-3266 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3266 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3266 is to be contained within Provisional Site-109. Due to the nature of SCP-3266, it is impossible to relocate it to avoid accidental civilian exposure. Civilians aware of SCP-3266 are to be escorted off the premises and administered Class-B amnestics. A cover story regarding the cleanup of the area for a housing development will be the only public acknowledgement of SCP-3266 by Foundation personnel. In the event of an on-site disappearance, the next of kin to the individual affected by SCP-3266 are to be monitored for reports of SCP-3266-1; Class-A amnestics are to be administered to individuals exposed to SCP-3266-1. Description: SCP-3266 is a time distortion anomaly affecting individuals who enter a 30m radius of the aircraft control tower in the [REDACTED] Naval Air Station in [REDACTED]. Individuals who enter the effective range of SCP-3266 will spontaneously disappear to an unspecified location in the Ardennes Forest during the Battle of the Bulge in 1943, then reappear approximately 3-7 days after their disappearance at the base of the aircraft control tower, dead, typically from blood loss caused by an unknown force. This occurs in approximately 97% of disappearances. 3% of disappearances result in the disappeared individual reappearing at the base of the aircraft control tower, unharmed and alive. This unspecified location is believed to be a rift in time in which those affected by SCP-3266's time distortion anomaly are stuck in an armed engagement between an ONI research team designated "Deep Six" and [REDACTED]. Individuals affected by the time distortion anomaly are only anchored to the rift for as long as the engagement lasts. Based on reports from Security Officer ███████ and MTF O-10 "Bags of Mystery", it is assumed that the engagement is a time loop that plays the exact situation over a total time of 3 hours. SCP-3266 SCP-3266-1 is a male humanoid appearing to be in his late 30’s wearing a U.S. Military Class-A uniform that dates back to World War II. SCP-3266-1’s one purpose appears to be to inform the next of kin of victims of SCP-3266 stating that they were “killed in action.” Any attempts to intercept or communicate with SCP-3266-1 before and/or after its message delivery to the victim’s next of kin has proven unsuccessful. Any attempt to track SCP-3266-1 using a GPS device stuck onto its back during the delivery of its message has resulted in a loss of signal. The only visible identification on SCP-3266-1’s uniform is a set of captain’s bars on either shoulder; however, no name or division patch is visible anywhere on the uniform. SCP-3266-2 are members of a World War II Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) Research team defending a camp in the Ardennes Forest during The Battle of the Bulge. Instances of SCP-3266-2 exhibit no anomalous properties and their interaction with those who entered SCP-3266's active zone is limited. No name patches are visible on their uniforms. SCP-3266-3 are World War II era German Army soldiers attacking the camp that SCP-3266-2 instances are defending. The only anomalous properties that SCP-3266-3 instances exhibit are an unexplained ability to control instances of SCP-3266-4. There are no obvious means to this control over instances of SCP-3266-4. Instances of SCP-3266-3 are not able to be identified by a visible name or division patch. SCP-3266-4 are entities believed to be concentration camp prisoners that are the results of an experiment to create an expendable attack force that are under the control of SCP-3266-3. They appear to be human: however, they are extremely malnourished, but show no signs of physical fatigue in their actions. There is a swastika sewn onto the backs of instances of SCP-3266-4, and their eyes are bloodshot to the point of almost appearing entirely red. Numbers are tattooed onto the arms of instances of SCP-3266-4 in a style akin to that of concentration camp prisoners during World War II. All SCP-3266-4 instances are extremely hostile and will immediately kill their victims upon catching them. Discovery Log: SCP-3266’s anomalous properties were first brought to Foundation attention on ██, █, 1998 after the bodies of three teenagers were found by local authorities following a manifestation of SCP-3266-1. The families of the missing teenagers were informed by the manifestation of SCP-3266-1 that their sons were “killed in action”. A cover story regarding the deaths of the teenagers dying from a fall from the top of the tower was deployed and any individuals who were exposed to SCP-3266-1 were administered Class-B Amnestics. Foundation personnel within the local department notified field agents of the reports and Agents ████ and ██████ were dispatched to locate any signs of a humanoid matching the description of SCP-3266-1. Both Agents were unable to locate an individual matching the description of SCP-3266-1. Upon travelling to SCP-3266, radio contact was lost with both Agents. Approximately 76 hours after Foundation personnel lost contact with both Agents, SCP-3266-1 manifested itself outside the homes of the Agents and informed their spouses that Agents ████ and ██████ were “killed in action.” + Interview Log 3266: - Close. Interviewed: Security Officer ███████ Interviewer: Dr. Morris Foreword: Security Officer ███████ disappeared whilst unknowingly in SCP-3266’s area of effect prior to the discovery of the thirty-meter (30m) radius around SCP-3266’s originally perceived effective zone; however, he manifested outside the area of effect alive and unharmed approximately 4 days after his disappearance. <Begin Log> Dr. Morris: Good evening, ████, good to have you back. Security Officer ███████: It’s a relief to be back sir. I don’t know how the hell I was able to get out of there. Dr. Morris: Could you begin by telling me what happened after you disappeared within the radius of SCP-3266? Security Officer ███████: Uh, yeah, I was patrolling at the bottom of the aircraft control tower and all of a sudden there was a flash of light, and then I was sitting in what looked like a tent. Some guy in an old army uniform opened up the tent and threw me a rifle and screamed at me that they were breaching the wall. I ran outside the tent to ask him where I was but I was greeted by soldiers shoving past me to get to one of the walls. Dr. Morris: What was happening? Security Officer ███████: Well I stepped outside into a snowy forest in what looked to be a U.S. Army camp that was heavily fortified with lots of boxes and sandbags acting as makeshift walls and people were all rushing towards the walls with their weapons up. Dr. Morris: Were there any anomalous properties regarding the campsite or forest? Security Officer ███████: Initially, no, all the people and the surrounding area appeared like I’d expect them to. The rifle I had gotten earlier looked just like my grandfather’s old M1 Garand, and if I remember anything about his war stories I could’ve sworn I was in the Ardennes Forest. Dr. Morris: You mean to tell me that you were taken back in time when you disappeared in SCP-3266? Security Officer ███████: Well that’s what I got to thinking, but then I looked over the wall… Dr. Morris: What did you see? Security Officer ███████: These horrible twisted creatures were running towards the wall, they were wearing nothing and had a swastika stitched into their backs, and their limbs moved in such a unnatural way that they couldn’t have been human. Dr. Morris: Could you describe what exactly they looked like? Security Officer ███████: Along with the sewn on swastikas, they had numbers tattooed on their arms and were extremely thin, and their eyes were bloodshot to hell. Those things just threw themselves onto the wall attempting to knock it down, and then a small squad of Nazi infantry ran up and started firing at us from behind those creatures. Dr. Morris: Do believe that the creatures you described were utilized by the Nazi infantry? Security Officer ███████: I think so, yeah. We eventually repelled their attack and before I knew it I was back here just outside the aircraft control tower again. The rifle I had was just gone, and I was told when I got back that four days had passed despite it only feeling like a couple of hours. Dr. Morris: Alright, I believe that is enough for now. Thank you for your time ████. <End Log> Closing Statement: Security Officer ███████ has been transferred to Site-██ for psychological analysis. Dr. Morris recommends monitoring SCP-3266 for any expansion of its area of effect. The entities Security Officer ███████ fought alongside will hereby be designated SCP-3266-2, the enemy soldiers will be designated SCP-3266-3, the hostile creatures encountered will be designated SCP-3266-4. Mobile Task Force Omicron-10 “Bags of Mystery” will be sent into SCP-3266 to record data on the nature of SCP-3266 and the entities that Security Officer ███████ encountered. + Exploration Log 3266 - Close. Date: ██/██/1999 Exploration Team: Mobile Task Force Omicron-10 “Bags of Mystery” Subject: SCP-3266 Team Lead: O-10-Cap Team Members: O-10-1/O-10-2/O-10-3 <Begin Log> Site Command: Visual and audio feed coming online now. Visual and audio feed for all members of MTF O-10 come online simultaneously. O-10-Cap: All team members check in. O-10-1: Check. O-10-2: Check. O-10-3: Check. Site Command: It’s possible we will lose communication once you enter SCP-3266, we ask that you keep audio and video enabled for the duration of the exploration. Please take note of any vocal anomalies you may hear upon your exit of SCP-3266. Good luck team. O-10-Cap: Copy that command, we will now enter SCP-3266’s area of effect. MTF O-10 enters SCP-3266’s area of effect and disappears approximately 2 and a half minutes after their initial entrance into the zone. The following part of the transcript takes place from within SCP-3266. O-10-Cap: We have entered into SCP-3266, do you read me command? Static is heard from the radio. O-10-Cap: Alright, looks like we are going to be on our own for this one. MTF O-10 moves out of the tent and step into an in progress firefight in a camp believed to be the same camp described by Security Officer ███████. An instance of SCP-3266-2 then approaches MTF O-10 and orders that they help defend the wall. O-10-1: Could you tell us what- SCP-3266-2: I said get to the wall or we are all cooked! MTF O-10 moves to the eastern wall of the camp. Visual feed picks up creatures matching the description given by Security Officer ███████ and instances of SCP-3266-3 and -4 mobilizing towards the wall. O-10-Cap: O-10-2 and O-10-3, move to the left side of the wall and provide cover. O-10-1 rally on me and hold the right side! O-10-1: How many of those things are there?! O-10-Cap: Never mind that now, just make your ammo count and keep those things back! Weapon fire from both sides is exchanged for approximately 20 minutes. Irrelevant logs during this time period have been redacted. SCP-3266-2: Grenade! A grenade then detonates just in front of the eastern camp wall apparently inflicting casualties on multiple instances of SCP-3266-2. All instances of SCP-3266-2 and MTF 0-10 fall back to a makeshift palisade towards the center of the camp. O-10-3: O-10-2 isn’t going to make it, he has hostiles closing in on him quick. O-10-Cap: Provide suppressive fire for O-10-2 now! All team members begin firing on the entities closing in on 0-10-2 but are unable to repel their numbers effectively. O-10-2 is knocked to the ground by an instance of SCP-3266-4 and is killed. O-10-Cap: O-10-2 is down, do not let this palisade fall! O-10-1: We need to repel the assault as fast as possible. Command said once it is over we will be transported back to Provisional Site-109. O-10-3: Let's hope we even can, these things are stopping at nothing to get at us. Fighting continues for another two hours before hostile entities begin to retreat into the forest. MTF O-10-Cap, O-10-1, and O-10-3 then manifest 30 meters outside SCP-3266 and re-establish communication with Site Command. O-10-Cap: Command, do you read me? Site Command: We read you, what’s your status? O-10-Cap: Did you pick up on any of that command? Site Command: Audio technicians are reporting they have it, return to base for debriefing. <End Log> Closing Statement: Following the exploration of SCP-3266 by MTF-O-10, the O5 Council has prohibited further expeditions and ordered that future containment efforts be focused on ensuring that SCP-3266-1,-2, and -3 Addendum 3266: Further research into the history of SCP-3266 revealed that it was a launching point for a previously classified special research division within the United States Navy classified only as "Deep Six". Foundation Agents embedded within the Office of Naval Intelligence were able to extract files regarding missions carried out by "Deep Six" from the site in which SCP-3266 is constructed. One file received by the Foundation detailed a mission into the Ardennes Forest by "Deep Six". The full report was transcribed into the Foundation database and can be found below. + Access documents:/D:/3266/recovery/deepsix1943 - Exit. Certain pieces of the document have yet to be declassified by the Foundation, and will be declassified at the discretion of Dr. Morris. Mission Report:██/██/1943 ONI Research Team: "Deep Six" Task: Discover activities of ██████ ████████ █ in the Ardennes Forest. Initial Mission Communique: Deep Six successfully airdropped approximately 40 km behind enemy lines. Initial radio communications note a lack of German troops in the area in which ██████ ████████ █ is assumed to be operating. Agent ███████ of MI6 is receiving communications from Deep Six with an experimental long range radio designed by the U.S. Navy. ██/██/1943(0500 hours): Deep Six reports they have set up camp and will begin scouting the area for signs of ██████ ████████ █. ██/██/1943 (0800 hours): Deep Six reports evidence of the ██████ ████████ █ in the area. Deep Six is ordered to pursue. ██/██/1943 (1200 hours): Reports of attacks by wildlife are recieved. One squad member has been wounded and is being transported back to camp. ██/██/1943 (1230 hours): A correction from Deep Six describes the attack to be by a supposed concentration camp prisoner with Nazi insignia sewn into his skin. ██/██/1943 (1300 hours): Deep Six reports that they have lost track of ██████ ████████ █ and are ordered to return to camp and rest. ██/██/1943 (1600 hours): Deep Six reports hostile contact attacking the camp. Defenses are set up using materials airdropped by the team. ██/██/1943 (1645 hours): Deep Six reports they will begin constructing additional defenses to deal with any further attacks. Hostiles that attacked the base earlier are confirmed to be members of ██████ ████████ █ using the prisoners as weapons. No injuries were reported. ██/██/1943 (1715 hours):This is the last report received from Deep Six. No further contact attempts have been met with any sort of response. Deep Six is assumed to be K.I.A. The last report is as follows "(Heavy static) More hostiles… (Heavy static) Time dilation experiment is- (Heavy static). Post Mission Analysis: Intelligence reports suggest that ██████ ████████ █ was developing a weapon capable of time dilation that the ██████ ████ ███████ had ordered to turn the tide of the war. 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SCP-3267 | euclid | Entrance of SCP-3267, after reconstruction. Item #: SCP-3267 Special Containment Procedures: ► REVISION A-23 ▼ DISCONTINUED SCP-3267 is currently Foundation-owned property and is contained under the guise of ongoing reconstruction. All entrances and windows of SCP-3267 must be reinforced with 10cm of heavy steel. Any civilians attempting to enter SCP-3267 must be detained. 10 Class-D personnel with interest in reading must be transferred to SCP-3267 daily to perform reading activities. REVISION B-15 SCP-3267 is open for public access. SCP-3267 is now fitted with five Infrasonic Mind Altering (IMA) systems, designed to counteract most violation attempts1 of visiting civilians. In the case of a major violation, personnel must equip gas masks within thirty seconds before the amnestics sprinkler system activates. Description: SCP-3267 is a public library located in the town of █████████, ███████, England. The library was constructed in 18██ during the Victorian era and still retains an intact infrastructure despite no maintenance for ███ years. SCP-3267-1 is the designation given to all books originally present within SCP-3267. The current number of SCP-3267-1 instances is 10,267. Of note, each instance of SCP-3267-1 has a handwritten name on its cover, most of the names written correspond to database records of deceased civilians from █████████. On occasions, SCP-3267-1 instances have been shown to possess memetic properties. The effect has only been observed on Foundation personnel, which induce a compulsion in the affected individual to allow public access to SCP-3267. The pattern in which this happens has not been discovered. Class-E amnestics have proven to be effective in removing the effect. SCP-3267's anomalous properties manifest when an individual performs specific actions within it. Documented effects are: Specific Actions Effects Ground movement speed exceeds 16km/h (average human footspeed). A soft, invisible barrier manifests in front of the subject, effectively stops them and demanifests after the collision. Human speech exceeds 30 dB (average whisper sound) The speaker is unable to make vocalizations for the next 30 seconds, starting approximately two seconds after the trigger. SCP-3267-1 taken from its shelf and placed on another shelf.2 SCP-3267-1 bonds to the holder's hand at an atomic level.3 The bond demanifests if SCP-3267-1 is placed back on its original shelf. Edible materials brought into SCP-3267 Said material disintegrates upon entry.4 Use of expletives. A bar of soap manifests inside the speaker's mouth. Said bar of soap is removable and demanifests after 30 seconds.5 Deliberate damage done to SCP-3267-1 Said instance of SCP-3267-1 reverses all damage done to it, the individual who caused the damage reports feeling pain in the back of their hands as if hit by a hard object. Effects fade after 4-5 minutes. Only known photo of Elizabeth Cooper. SCP-3267-2 is an entity capable of assembling books into a humanoid figure resembling a female in a dress. SCP-3267-2 increases in size and details proportional with the number of books composing it. SCP-3267-2 is believed to possess the consciousness of Elizabeth Cooper, the original owner and librarian of SCP-3267. It is capable of movement and communicates by manifesting text on the book that acts as its "face". SCP-3267-2 is fluent in English, using an old dialect from the Victorian Era. SCP-3267-2 has only been observed at night, adding new SCP-3267-1 instances to the shelves. Addendum 3267-01: Notes on acquisition SCP-3267 came to Foundation attention after claims of a "haunted" library surfaced in 19██. At the time SCP-3267 was owned by Albert Cooper, Elizabeth Cooper's nephew who took over the library after her disappearance in 19██. Of note is that the claims were made by ███████ █████████, an intruder who broke into SCP-3267 on the night of ██/██/19██. The civilians of █████████ do acknowledge the anomalous properties of SCP-3267 but regard them as a harmless local curiosity. It's just these things that make life more interesting and worth living. Just a normal, harmless and rather strict spirit. Like my late auntie. - Albert Cooper when interviewed on the nature of SCP-3267. SCP-3267 was immediately closed down under the cover of reconstruction, and the administration of amnestics on the locals of █████████ is under consideration by the Ethics Committee. Addendum 3267-02: SCP-3267 Exploration Log ► Security Clearance Level 3 Required ▼ Credentials accepted. Retrieving files... On ██/██/████ at 2200 hours, D-2672, a D-Class personnel with unremarkable psychological background, was instructed to enter SCP-3267. The purpose of the test was to recreate the circumstances surrounding SCP-3267's acquisition. D-2672 was equipped with a video recorder, a floodlight and a wireless audio transceiver. Two Security personnel were stationed outside the entrance. Of note, D-2672 has shown no previous knowledge of SCP-3267 and the Cooper family. [BEGIN LOG] Control: D-2672, please enter SCP-3267. D-2672: Man, why now? Why not do it in broad daylight? I don't want to be in there, I've seen enough of you guys' shit. Control: D-2672, please enter SCP-3267. Failure to follow orders is grounds for immediate termination. D-2672: Okay, okay. But, I swear to God, this better not be dangerous. D-2672 enters SCP-3267. The lights have been turned off. D-2672: Man, it's real dark in here. I've seen some nasty stuff, but this is spooky as fuck. A bar of soap manifests inside D-2672's mouth, indicated by sounds of gurgling and struggling. D-2672 successfully removes the bar of soap from his mouth. Control: D-2672, please refrain from using profanity. D-2672: (Heavy breathing) Maybe tell me before I go in next time? Control: Apologies. D-2672, please locate the light controls. They should be on your far left. D-2672 walks to the light control and starts flicking the switches. D-2672: These aren't working. Control: Noted. Please activate your floodlight. D-2672 activates the floodlight, the light reaching a maximum distance of approximately five meters. D-2672: I don't think it's working properly. Even a normal light should be brighter than this. Control: Noted. Please proceed through the library and notify us if you notice any abnormalities. D-2672: Okay. D-2672 proceeds through the SCP-3267, no anomalies detected until 2234 hours, when a paper flipping sound is picked up by the audio transceiver. Subject does not appear to notice this. Control: D-2672, you can stop now. D-2672: Wait, that's it? Control: Not yet. Please proceed to the shelf on your left and pick up a book of your choice. D-2672 acquires a book with the title "██████'s Guide To Business And Money", written by ██████ ██████████. The handwritten name is ██████ ███. D-2672: Quick money. Guess I should've read this kind of stuff before robbing a bank. Control: Open it and notify us if you find any abnormalities. D-2672: Hm, let me see. Seems normal. (Pauses) Wait, what the f…heck? Control: D-2672, describe what you see. Subject moves video recorder to face the book. Multiple letters on the page are bolded, with no observable pattern. This phenomenon has not been observed in other copies of the same book. It is currently unknown if this is an unique copy of the book, or an anomaly originated from SCP-3267-1. D-2672: Is the author of this book drunk or something? Man, this is really uncomfortable. And it's even more frustrating when you can't curse whenever you want. Control: D-2672, can you make out any words from the bolded letters? D-2672: Wait a second. "There has been no readers lately". I think. This book didn't sell that good, eh? Control: Are there any other pages like this? D-2672: (Flips through the pages) That's it, I don't see any. Control: Thank you. Now place the book back to its original position, proceed to the shelf on your right and pick up a book of your choice. D-2672 acquires a book with the title PAPILIO VITAE (Latin, translated: Butterfly Life), written by ███ █████. D-2672: A random book. (Flips through the pages) I don't see anything strange, just a normal book about butterflies. Wait, there it is again! It reads "Well, we have been in here for a long time". These authors seem to have too much time on their hands. Control: Thank you. Please place the book back to its original position and resume proceeding through the library. D-2672: Fine. D-2672 continues to walk for 49 seconds before the paper flipping sound is picked up by the audio transceiver. The subject notices and turns around. D-2672: You guys hear that? I thought I was supposed to be alone? Control: There should not be anyone else in the building right now. Can you locate the source of the sound? Another paper flipping sound is picked up by the audio transceiver. D-2672: There! It just closed on its own! Control: Acquire that book and notify us of any abnormalities. D-2672 opens said book. The same phenomenon on the previous books can be observed. D-2672: Not again. "It seems like we are not relevant anymore". I think these might be related to each other. In that case, it's the librarian who has too much time on their hands. Control: Noted. Please proceed [cuts off] A quiet creaking sound can be heard. D-2672 turns around. Video feed shows no anomalies. Control: D-2672, do not panic. Describe what you see. D-2672: There's someone here. You guys have boarded this place up, so it can't be the wind. D-2672 proceeds through the shelves, and finds a door with a sign "Librarian's Room" above it. D-2672: Someone must be in here. The door is open. Should I enter it? Control: Wait a moment. We are notifying Security Personnel. Silence for five minutes. Agent ███: We've found the D-Class. Control: D-2672, Agent █████, please proceed through the door. Agent ███, you stay behind and notify us if there's any other individuals. Agent ███: Roger that, sir. Agent █████ opens the door to reveal a dimly lit staircase. Of note is that the staircase was never found in previous expeditions of SCP-3267. D-2672 holds the floodlight and proceeds through the door. Immediately after entry, the door swung shut with a loud slam. D-2672: Hey! It's not the time for pranks you bastards! Open the fucking door! (Note: the expletive did not trigger SCP-3267's anomalous effects) Agent █████: Control, we have a problem. The door just closed on its own, we opened it and inside is an office. The staircase has disappeared. Control: Noted. We are still connected to D-2672. We have sent another team, in the meantime, try to find any trace of the staircase. Agent ███: Yes sir. Control: D-2672, are you able to open the door? D-2672: It's fucking locked! Tell your goddamn people to open it! Control: We cannot. It seems like you are inside a pocket dimension, or a spatial anomaly. We are trying to locate you. Now, please proceed down the staircase. D-2672: God fucking dammit! I swear to fucking God, if I die, I'll fucking kill you bastards. D-2672 reaches a landing after four flights of stairs. Video feed shows a heavily damaged room with a writing desk and a bookshelf. On the desk is a feather pen, an ink bottle, a burning wax candle and a black notebook. The written name is "David Williams". D-2672: Damn. This place looks like no one has been in it for a thousand years. Control: D-2672, acquire the book and notify us of any abnormalities. D-2672 picks up said book and opens it. Inside is a name written with dark red ink. D-2672: Huh. It's just a big name. "David". D-2672 drops the book and the video recorder. Control: D-2672, describe what you see. D-2672: (agitated) Steven? Where is Steven? Who are you? Tell me! Control: D-2672, calm down. Please elaborate. D-2672: Where is he? What have you done to my son? What is this place? After a discussion at Control, it is theorized that the aforementioned name has a memetic effect that affects any individuals who read it out loud. Control: Calm down. We are looking for him. State your identity. D-2672: I am David Williams, his father. Who are you? Control: We are the police. We are investigating your son's case. D-2672: Liars! Case? What case? I was with him the whole time! What have you done to my son? Video feed captures a number of books fall down from the bookshelf and assemble into a humanoid figure, presumably a manifestation of SCP-3267-2. D-2672: Elizabeth? They got you too? Sounds of pages flipping. D-2672: What? What did you succeed in? Sounds of pages flipping. D-2672: Where is Steven? I was with him, then suddenly I'm here. Sounds of pages flipping. D-2672: What do you mean? You are bringing him back too? (Startled) Shit! Control, Control, what is happening? Step back, or I will burn you! (Changes in lighting suggest that D-2672 acquires the candle and hold it in the direction of SCP-3267-2) Connection to D-2672 was lost. Control: Agent █████, go back to that door and try to locate D-2672. Agent █████: Yes sir. Agent ███: Wait, █████, you hear that? Connection to Security personnel was lost. [END LOG] At 2258 hours, approximately one minute after the connection was lost, the entrance of SCP-3267 burst open under the force of 10,191 SCP-3267-1 instances. Response teams were immediately sent to resolve the incident. Fortunately, no civilians witnessed the incident, and it was disguised as a gas explosion. D-2672 was found inside the rubble, unconscious but still alive. The subject's body had various inscriptions made using black ink. The inscriptions were quotes from various instances of SCP-3267-1, most of them found near D-2672. The quotes were mostly pleas of help, but also several instances of names, "David". The ink was found to be non-anomalous and was erased normally. D-2672 recovered after four days, but lost memories of the events following the opening of the book. The Security personnel were also found in the rubble, but only suffered minor injuries and no abnormalities were observed. Subsequent expedition failed to find the aforementioned spatial anomaly. Scans have proven ineffective in locating the staircase and the room it leads to. The aforementioned notebook was never recovered. Note: Albert Cooper has confirmed the identities of David and Steven Williams, Elizabeth Cooper's husband and son, respectively. Elizabeth and David divorced in 18██, after which David and his son moved to ███ ██████, ███. Both died in a vehicular accident in 19██. After this incident, SCP-3267's class was updated to Euclid. Footnotes 1. by implanting commands into an individual's subconsciousness. The effect wears off once the individual leaves the effective range of an IMA system. 2. Books from outside SCP-3267 when placed on the library shelves create the same effect, which demanifests after said books have been removed from SCP-3267. 3. The same effect manifests on any alternate way of handling SCP-3267-1, including prosthetic limbs, mechanized equipment and [REDACTED]. 4. Liquids in sealed containers do not trigger anomalous effects. 5. If the expletives used exceeds 30 dB, the affected individual is unable to make vocalizations for the next 30 seconds in addition to the manifestation of soap inside their mouth. |
SCP-3268 | safe | SCP-3268 Manifesting on an image of Macropus rufus. Item #: SCP-3268 Special Containment Procedures: The device SCP-3268 is currently being kept in is located in Electronic Storage Facility-██. Any form of messages sent out from its current device are to be traced, and the devices that have received the messages are to be seized and taken into Foundation custody. Internet access is to be disabled on any device housing SCP-3268. Any attempts made by SCP-3268 to connect to the internet are to be intercepted and blocked by Foundation internet security. In the event SCP-3268 attempts to communicate, any and all text files created are to be archived at Digital Archive Site ██. One image of any organism of Kingdom of Animalia is to be uploaded to the hard drive of the computer at least once a day for consumption. Upon full image infection, it is to be deleted from the device. Any digital image format is acceptable. Description: SCP-3268 is an anomalous entity that appears on digital devices capable of displaying images, such as computers and phones. The exact form of SCP-3268 varies, but in most instances, it is a mass of many different colored pixels, and depending on its position, a mouth may or may not be visible. SCP-3268 also varies heavily in size, usually depending on the device it is taking a residence in at the moment. The smallest recorded sighting being approximately 0.5 millimeters in diameter, and the largest being 5 meters in diameter. SCP-3268 is predatory, and appears to "feed" on digital images of organisms of the Kingdom Animalia. When an image of a potential prey item is uploaded to the device it is currently on, SCP-3268 will appear on the image, typically 2 hours after the initial upload. From there it will slowly begin to expand, and engulf the image until the entire image is comprised solely of many pixels of various colors. This process typically takes 5 hours. Roughly 30 minutes after the complete infestation, SCP-3268 will disappear, and the infected image will show a dead, mangled and partially eaten version of the organism originally in the photo. Damages appearing of organisms infected by SCP-3268 vary heavily, but the most common damages include broken necks, missing or badly broken limbs, gouged eyes and many large bite marks in various areas, with the most appearing on the chest, neck, and leg areas. SCP-3268 will no longer manifest on previously infected images, however any organisms on previously infected images will begin to show signs of decay, and should be removed at the earliest convenience. SCP-3268 Recovery Log SCP-3268 was discovered in Fort Pierce, Florida on June 7th, 20██ on a an intel based 2007 iMac in the home of Jonathan ██████. The owner reported to yahoo answers, and various other forums dedicated to the removal of computer viruses, that images of his cat had been infected with a virus that caused the cat to appear dead, and disemboweled. Embedded agents promptly launched an investigation, and seized the device. Amnestics were administered to Mr. ██████, and the forum that SCP-3268 was reported on was taken down. Interview Log SCP-3268-A Interviewed: Jonathan █████, owner of device SCP-3268 was found on. Interviewer: Researcher Dr. Solomon ██████. Foreword: Subject was brought in for questioning shortly after SCP-3268 was contained. Begin Log, [15:28:44] Dr. Solomon: Hello, you are Mr. Jonathan █████, correct? Jonathan: Yep. What are you, a cop or something? Dr. Solomon: You could say that. I'd like to ask you a few questions regarding this "computer virus" you reported. Jonathan: Oh god, that thing. Fucking disgusting. What kind of sadistic fuck would make something like that? And how does it even work? Dr. Solomon: Please sir, your questions will be answered shortly. I just need you to answer a few questions for me. a long sigh is heard Jonathan: Sorry. Its just that that picture was disgusting. Dr. Solomon: Yes I understand. Alright, first of all, when did you notice the image of your cat was altered? Jonathan: A day ago. I was planning on sending a picture of my cat to my mother. I opened it and I just about threw up. Dr. Solomon: How long had the image been on your computer? Jonathan: Not long. I uploaded it last night and found it like that the next morning. I swear to god that it wasn't like that before. How is a virus even able to do something like that? Reconfigure the pixels or something like that? Dr. Solomon: I assure you, we'll explain it shortly. Could you please describe the injuries on the image? Jonathan: It was awful. Her throat looked like it was cut open and she had no eyes. She had bite marks everywhere, and lots of cuts. A bloody mess. Looked like it was attacked. Dr. Solomon: You say it was attacked. Could you elaborate on that? Jonathan: Well uh… the cuts and bites looked a lot like animal bites. Like something mauled it. Dr. Solomon: Did it look like any specific animal could have caused those injuries? Jonathan: Fuck man I don't know. I've never met anyone who's been attacked by an eagle but I think thats what they look like afterwards. Full of cuts and wounds. It was horrible. Dr. Solomon: Do you have any idea as to how you received this uh… virus? a long pause is heard Dr. Solomon: Sir? Jonathan: Don't tell my wife about this, but I was on some sketchy website to uh, entertain myself. You get me? Dr. Solomon furrows his brow, but continues Dr. Solomon: Yes I understand. Why do you think that site is responsible? Jonathan: There were a lot of pop-ups and ads on there. I'd imagine one of them had whatever the fuck made my cat look like that. Dr. Solomon: Can you provide me with the name of this website please? Jonathan: Uhhh, I think it was something along the lines of ████████.com, or something like that. I used an incognito tab so I can't check. Where is my computer anyway? Dr. Solomon: We'll need to hold onto it for a few days to get rid of the virus. You'll get it back shortly. Jonathan: Okay cool. So how does that thing work anyway? Dr. Solomon: When you leave this room, go down the hall and to your left. You'll find a room there with some people that will help you make sense of the situation. I believe we are done here Mr. █████. Thank you for your time, and sorry about your situation. Jonathan: Yeah no problem, I'm glad it's just over with and figured out. footsteps are heard, followed by a door closing and a 1 minute pause End Log, [15:31:19] Closing Statement: Subject confirmed to have entered the amnestic administration station. Looks like we're dealing with something that can turn an image of an animal into a bloodied mess. Behavioral tests recommended to fully assess the nature of this anomaly. -Dr. Solomon █████. Addendum 3268-A Doctor █████ was observing a 2 day old infected image of an Eudorcas thomsonii, on SCP-3268's most recent housing device, a Lenovo C440 Desktop computer, when a single text file appeared on the desktop of the computer, titled 0I3UERYHDFNSKX.txt. Upon opening it, it contained the following message: clean it. not happy. dead smell. The image was promptly deleted, and the text file was archived at Digital Archive Site ██. It appears that SCP-3268 might be somewhat sapient, is capable of at least some communication, and is aware that someone is providing for it. The cause of this is unknown at this moment, further testing required. SCP-3268 has yet to repeat this action. Test Log 3268-A SCP-3268 Behavior Test-A - █-█-20██ Subject: SCP-3268 Procedure: No feeding or cleaning for 3 days Results: SCP-3268 somehow enabled internet access on the computer it was residing in, and emailed itself to ████████@gmail.com. SCP-3268 successfully re-contained shortly after the breach. Investigation as to why SCP-3268 chose this address specifically is ongoing. Analysis: SCP-3268 is capable of transferring itself to other devices if it is not satisfied with its current housing. Containment procedures are to be updated, and this test is not to be repeated unless permission is given by on-site command. SCP-3268 Behavior Test-B - █-█-20██ Subject: SCP-3268 Procedure: Image of a dead Casuarius casuarius uploaded to hard drive Results: Image showed no signs of infection after 36 hours, image deleted from hard drive. Analysis: SCP-3268 appears to only infect images containing a living organism. How it determines if an organism is living or not is unknown at this time. SCP-3268 Behavior Test-C - █-█-20██ Subject: SCP-3268 Procedure: Image of a realistic replica of a Panthera tigris tigris uploaded to hard drive. Results: SCP-3268 manifested on the image 2 hours after initial upload, but disappeared 30 minutes after appearing. Image deleted from hard drive. Analysis: SCP-3268 apparently made an attempt to consume the image, but ignored it upon realizing it was not organic. SCP-3268 Behavior Test-D - █-█-20██ Subject: SCP-3268 Procedure: Text file created with a message requesting SCP-3268 to communicate with researchers. Results: No response from SCP-3268. Analysis: SCP-3268 either ignores communication attempts or doesn't notice them. Further testing required. SCP-3268 Behavior Test-E - █-█-20██ Subject: SCP-3268 Procedure: Image of a Tursiops aduncus with a message in red text requesting communication with researchers photoshopped into the corner uploaded to hard drive. Results: Standard image infection occurred, no response to the message. Analysis: Researchers are still working on finding a way to communicate with SCP-3268 to determine potential high levels of intelligence and sapience. SCP-3268 Behavior Test-F - █-█-20██ Subject: SCP-3268 Procedure: Image in the mid-stages of SCP-3268 infection transferred to another computer via USB. Results: SCP-3268 no longer manifested on the previous housing device, and started manifesting on the new computer. Fully infected images ceased signs of decay. Analysis: SCP-3268 has been concluded to be transferable between devices safely and reliably without leaving any traces of itself behind. Addendum 3268-B On October 5th, 20██, at approximately 6:32AM, SCP-3268 created several text files on the desktop of the computer it was on, at a rate of approximately 2 created every minute. The text files all contained one of the 4 phrases: let me out home i hate you help Upon discovery of these files, they were deleted, and researchers began monitoring SCP-3268 more closely. 5 minutes after the files were deleted, SCP-3268 began creating text files at a drastically increased rate. It has been noted that many of the messages contain spelling and other grammatical errors. Some examples of messages include: please lyt me go i want to go home i nneed fixing he wants me i will escwpe can hurt bad man let me g o ██████ ████████ SCP-3268 attempted to connect to the internet many times over the course of this event, but all attempts were intercepted and blocked by the Foundation internet security system. Many attempts were made to reply to SCP-3268's messages via text files, but all were ignored. After 10 minutes, SCP-3268 ceased creating text files, but continued attempting to connect to the internet. Approximately 3 hours after the event, a single new text file appeared on the computer's desktop. It contained the following text: I don't know who you are, and I don't know what you want with my creation. Please, return it to me. I spent too much time on it. I need to experiment more on it, I need to improve on it. Just give it back, let it come back to me. Do you not see this is the beginning of a new era of technology? A sentient, predatory creature, 100% digital. Think of the implications! Please, let it come home and I'll give you whatever you want. You want money? I'll pay any amount. I just want it back. No further attempts to breach were made, and the text file was archived at Digital Archive Site ██. The possibility that SCP-3268 is man-made is being investigated, and highly likely at this point. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3268" by naenaed, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3268. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. 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SCP-3269 | keter | Item #: SCP-3269 Special Containment Procedures: All reports of phenomena consistent with SCP-3269 must be investigated promptly. Special attention should be paid to communities and content creators focused on "popping" or similar activities. All subjects affected by SCP-3269 are to be kept in medically-induced comas in Type 3 Interaction-Exclusive Humanoid Containment Cells for two months prior to amnesticization and release. Equipment should be checked daily for SCP-3269 manifestation and replaced as necessary. Under no circumstances should non-D-Class personnel enter within two meters of a subject affected by SCP-3269. Objects altered by SCP-3269 should be incinerated or otherwise conclusively disposed of, unless they serve some essential function, in which case care should be taken not to rupture them until a replacement can be procured. All known instances of SCP-3269-1 are kept in Video Archive K81. Any instances located outside of containment should be copied to this archive before removal. Description: SCP-3269 is a phenomenon that alters objects within four meters of affected human subjects. SCP-3269 is induced when a subject watches an instance of SCP-3269-1, which are various videos depicting the excision or popping of comedones (clogged skin follicles), cysts, or other skin protrusions. Most subjects that contract SCP-3269 naturally are self-described fans of content of this nature, and typically derive some degree of enjoyment from "popping" in reality. SCP-3269's primary effect is the replacement of a solid object's interior, in part or in whole, with a viscous liquid or semi-solid roughly similar to the object in coloration and composition. This increases the interior pressure of the object considerably, resulting in the new material creating easily-ruptured bulges in areas where the "surface" is thinner. The object's functionality is not impaired until one of these bulges is ruptured, after which the anomaly affects functionality as expected. The rate at which SCP-3269 manifests varies from subject to subject, and is suspected to correlate positively with the degree of sexual pleasure derived from popping and popping-related activities. Deliberately popping altered objects increases the average amount of affected material over time. Conversely, complete abstention from interaction with SCP-3269-altered objects for two months has been shown to prevent future SCP-3269 manifestations; however, many affected subjects will be unable to resist rupturing SCP-3269-altered objects, and must be restrained or rendered unconscious. At time of writing, 871 instances of SCP-3269-1 have been identified, all originating from online accounts belonging to private individuals. Each video displays the individual in question as they exist in reality1, save for the skin protrusions that are popped or excised in the videos, which never existed in reality. Subjects have no recollection of filming or sharing SCP-3269-1. Addendum: In light of recent events, the following guidelines for containment personnel assigned to SCP-3269 have been produced. Personnel should adhere to these guidelines as much as possible in order to prevent undesirable occurrences similar to those that have happened in the past. The first priority when investigating a report of SCP-3269, after information suppression has been applied, is to assess the progression of SCP-3269's effects in the subject or subjects. In particular, the size and frequency of SCP-3269-related alterations must be ascertained; the subject's mental state and the status of their personal dwelling should also be discerned if possible. As subjects with particularly severe cases of SCP-3269 are often withdrawn and may have "popped" their communication devices, remote observation and interviews with friends, family, and neighbors may be necessary. While subjects are rarely aggressive in any respect, they are liable to be distressed and uncooperative; in these situations, a trained negotiator should be procured before proceeding with any operations. In cases where the subject is mentally stable and protrusions caused by SCP-3269 are small and infrequent, recovery operations can proceed normally. Additional precautions are required for cases where protrusions are large and/or frequent. Households of affected individuals may be difficult to navigate if SCP-3269's alterations have compromised the building's structural integrity — personnel should take care to avoid floors and load-bearing walls that may be compromised by SCP-3269, as accidents can cause issues ranging from mild injuries to total structural collapse. The exact location of the affected subject must be known at all times in order to maintain the two-meter exclusion zone. In Incident 3269-C7-A, three recovery personnel entered the house of a late-stage subject with the intent to locate her, unaware that she was in the crawlspace directly below the front entrance. All three personnel developed protrusions characteristic of SCP-3269 in vital areas of their body; two died within the following six weeks due to inadvertent rupturing of their pustule(s), while the third remains under constant observation in order to prevent a similar occurrence. Ingestion of the slurry produced by SCP-3269 should be studiously avoided by wearing appropriate safety gear at all times. ███-████ █████████ ████ ████ █████ ██ ███████ ███████ ██████████. ███ ██████ ███ ████ ████ ████████ ██ ██████████ █████████, █████ ██████ █ ██████████ ██ ███ ████████ ██████████ ██ █████ ██████ ██████ ██ ███-████. Any questions or concerns can be directed to SCP-3269's HMCL Supervisor. Update: As of Incident 3269-R0-C, any personnel assigned to SCP-3269 who display an undue interest in their own skin or signs of sexual arousal in the course of their duties should be reassigned immediately. Additions to the primary anomaly description are pending. Footnotes 1. Up to and including showing identifying features of the subject and the interiors of their dwellings. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3269" by Communism will win, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3269. 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-3270 | safe | Copy Of SCP-3270 Item #: SCP-3270 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3270 is to be kept within a storage locker on Site-64. All photos of SCP-3270 are to be deleted upon discovery, excluding photos of any copies of SCP-3270. Instances of SCP-3270-1 are to be kept at Site-88, but otherwise are allowed to roam the facility freely, with the exception of areas limited to Foundation personnel. Instances of SCP-3270-1 are to be fed cooked fish and milk at regular intervals. Requests for toys and other amenities are to be approved by 3 Class B Personnel on Site-88, though requests cannot exceed 30 (Thirty) US Dollars in cost. Description: SCP-3270 is a painting, depicting a cat resting on a pillow. Viewing SCP-3270 directly or indirectly causes the viewer to undergo various physical and mental changes over the course of several months. (See Document-3270-1) This effect does not apply to copies of SCP-3270, either through printing or recreation. Viewers of SCP-3270 are to be classified as instances of SCP-3270-1. Document-3270-1 Initial Viewing: Viewers will express admiration for SCP-3270. Viewers who viewed a copy of SCP-3270 and expressed apathy or disapproval before viewing SCP-3270 will still express admiration for SCP-3270. 1 Hour After Initial Viewing: Viewers will exhibit increased enthusiasm, curiosity, and generally have a more positive outlook on life. 1 Day After Initial Viewing: Viewers will show increased interest in felines, through looking at pictures/videos of common house cats, purchasing clothing, furniture, or other objects depicting cats, or adopting pet cats. 1 Week After Initial Viewing: Viewers will begin recommending others begin adopting cats as pets, as well as recommend viewing SCP-3270. 3 Weeks After Initial Viewing: Viewers will begin exhibiting cat-like behaviour, such as licking themselves as a substitute to more formal means of bathing, preferring to eat food on the floor, and walking using both their arms and legs. 2 Months After Initial Viewing: Viewers will show increased body hair growth. 4 Months After Initial Viewing: Viewers’ skeletal system will begin to shrink, with their muscles and skin doing the same. 5 Months After Initial Viewing: Other miscellaneous changes to the viewers’ body will occur, such as ears changing shape and location, eyes restructuring to resemble those of house cats, and loss of thumbs and fingers, in place of phalanges typical of house cats. 6 Months After Initial Viewing: Instances of SCP-3270-1 are physically identical to a non-anomalous house cat, though are able to still speak, despite not having the needed organs to do so. The psychological effects of SCP-3270 listed above have dissipated at this point. Instances of SCP-3270-1 will have the lifespan of an average human, though are able to be terminated by normal means. Interview-3270-1 Interviewed: Doctor Allison, An Instance Of SCP-3270-1 Interviewer: Doctor Glenrowan Foreward: Doctor Allison willingly viewed SCP-3270. This interview was conducted 8 months after initial viewing. <Begin Log> Doctor Glenrowan: Why did you willingly view SCP-3270? SCP-3270-1: Curiosity, mostly. Doctor Glenrowan: How would you describe the process of transforming into an instance of SCP-3270-1? SCP-3270-1: It felt alright at first, like I’d found a new hobby. Then when it got to actually turning into a cat, it got excruciatingly painful. Doctor Glenrowan: What is your opinion on SCP-3270? SCP-3270-1: It ruined my life. Doctor Glenrowan: I’m speaking of the artistic quality of SCP-3270. Doctor Glenrowan passes a copy of SCP-3270 to SCP-3270-1. SCP-3270-1: Oh, yeah. I guess it’s cute. <End Log> ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3270" by JanitorCakeworth, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3270. 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: newcat.jpg Name: BlalockFatCat.jpg Author: Elisabet Stacy-Hurley License: CC BY-SA 4.0 Source Link: Wikimedia Commons |
SCP-3271 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3271 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3271 is to be contained in a 5m x 5m x 5m humanoid containment chamber, which is to be kept under guard by two security personnel at all times. This containment chamber is to be equipped with a drainage system to prevent accumulation of rainwater. In order to prevent uncontrolled lightning strikes in the containment chamber, SCP-3271 is to be kept gagged. Any objects or entities emerging from SCP-3271 are to be subdued and brought into secondary containment pending further analysis. All feeding of SCP-3271 is to be done intravenously in accordance with Nutritional Chart 3271-1. Description: SCP-3271 is a thirty-five year old male named Adrian Knight, whose body holds an extra-dimensional space containing a perpetual and severe thunderstorm. The presence of this space seems to cause no biological difficulties for SCP-3271, who is still able to undergo bodily functions normally. However, some physical abnormalities have become apparent as a result of the space's presence. SCP-3271's skin constantly expels copious amounts of rainwater, presumed to originate from within the extra-dimensional space. Similarly, bolts of lightning have been known to emerge from SCP-3271's mouth while it is open. While these physical abnormalities cause SCP-3271 a great deal of distress, they do not appear to be capable of physically harming it. On several occasions, objects resembling miniature versions of vehicles such as planes and helicopters have also been known to appear within SCP-3271's mouth. While these vehicles are extremely accurate in terms of engineering and structure, they have been completely empty in all cases. The origin of SCP-3271 is unclear, as it claims to possess no memories apart from its name before its sudden appearance in Tallahassee, Florida. Upon it reporting its situation and abnormal physical qualities to local police, Foundation agents in the area quickly intervened and brought SCP-3271 into containment. Addendum 3271-1: On 02/03/2017, what appeared to be a miniature version of an unmanned Foundation probe emerged from SCP-3271's mouth and began inspecting the containment chamber. Due to its small size and resultant fragility, containment of this object resulted in minor damage to it. Nevertheless, the following data was successfully recovered from the probe: An image of the 'Hollywood' sign in Los Angeles. It is raining heavily. The sign has been partially crushed by a piece of what appears to be a bacon sandwich.1 An image of Times Square in New York. It is raining heavily. A great number of people appear to be fleeing from a wave of substantial size that is moving up the street. An image of a large group of boats and ships in the middle of the ocean. It is raining heavily. The top of a skyscraper can be seen emerging from the water. A two-minute video clip of an individual identical to SCP-3271 speaking into the camera, taken in some form of laboratory. While audio of this clip has been lost, he is speaking quickly in what appears to be a panicked manner. A large conical machine is visible behind the man, and the video ends in a flash of light when he pulls a lever on the side of it. Outside a window in the background, it can be seen to be raining heavily. Footnotes 1. Following recovery of this image, current feeding measures for SCP-3271 were implemented. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3271" by Tanhony, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3271. 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-3272 | safe | close Info X SCP-3272: It's Rainin' Men, HALLELUJAH! Author: TheMightyMcB More By This Author: http://www.scp-wiki.net/themightymcb-s-author-page Special thanks to: MaliceAforethought, Crashington, gee0765, T Rutherford, Veiedhimaedhr, Ihp, Jekeled, Pr10r, Swaghetti, rattles, and Roget. + Image Attribution - Image Attribution https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shooting_Star.jpg (CC-BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ICanalFranceroadPortcranes5June06.jpg#mw-jump-to-license (CC-BY-SA 3.0) 1/3272 LEVEL 1/3272 CLASSIFIED Item #: SCP-3272 Safe An instance of SCP-3272. Special Containment Procedures: Foundation agents embedded within all major space programs are to coordinate the suppression of evidence of SCP-3272. Amateur astronomy communities are to be monitored for any possible reports of SCP-3272 activity, with particular attention being paid to individuals known to have access to telescopes with a resolution of 0.02 or fewer arc-seconds. Presently, no instances of SCP-3272 have survived atmospheric reentry and thus require no active containment efforts. Description: SCP-3272 is a series of human corpses that lay scattered along Earth's orbital trajectory. These corpses will inevitably enter Earth's atmosphere unless otherwise interfered with. Aside from the extraterrestrial origins of instances of SCP-3272, the corpses are believed to be non-anomalous. Since initial discovery on 3 September 2053 by the Keck 1 telescope crew, 13 instances have been confirmed to have reentered Earth's atmosphere. Efforts to recover an instance of SCP-3272 are ongoing. NOTICE FROM THE FOUNDATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION You are currently viewing an outdated version of this document. Click here to view the most recent revision. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3272" by TheMightyMcB, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3272. 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: Shooting_Star.jpg Name: Shooting Star.jpg Author: Ramesh Kumar R License: CC BY-SA 4.0 International Source Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shooting_Star.jpg Derivative of: Additional Notes: Filename: Porta_Potty.jpg Name: ICanalFranceroadPortcranes5June06.jpg Author: Infrogmation License: CC BY-SA 2.0 Generic Source Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ICanalFranceroadPortcranes5June06.jpg#mw-jump-to-license Derivative of: Additional Notes: |
SCP-3273 | keter | Item #: SCP-3273 Special Containment Procedures: All recovered instances of SCP-3273 are currently in storage at Site-128 in Locker 5-54. No personnel are to handle the packaging or individual tablets of SCP-3273 to prevent accidental inhaling of residual dust from the tablets. By order of the Ethics Committee, all instances of SCP-3273-1 are to be immediately destroyed. Description: SCP-3273 (referring to a single instance) is a plain container of prescription painkiller tablets for swallowing and ingestion. Chemical analysis reveals that SCP-3273 is a form of opioid drug. Packaging of all instances is printed with dosage information which refers to SCP-3273 as the "self-performed brain editing manual", and advises the user to only take if they "have a drill". Anomalous effects of SCP-3273 occur approximately 35 minutes following ingestion, hereby referred to as 'exposure', to an instance of SCP-3273. The affected individual (designated SCP-3273-1) will begin to experience a gradual loss in all physical sensations of pain. Distress from physical injuries, lacerations and burns will become increasingly difficult for SCP-3273-1 to notice or register. The rate of this process is determined predominantly by dosage size - a single tablet from SCP-3273 should be capable of preventing an adult male SCP-3273-1 from recognising any form of injury within 2 hours. SCP-3273 is proven to be a highly-addictive substance, with significantly higher addiction rate when compared to similar substances such as heroin. Most instances of SCP-3273-1 commit to overdosing in SCP-3273 within approximately 3 days following initial exposure. Instances of SCP-3273-1 who overdose in SCP-3273 will experience a gradual inversion of pain lasting 24 hours. At an indefinite point in this period, instances will discover that the experience of pain now induces sensations of emotional calm and satisfaction. Once SCP-3273-1 is aware of their state, SCP-3273-1 may come to enjoy physical injuries, and gradually inflict intended harm upon themselves. The effects of an overdose of SCP-3273-1 appear to be irreversible, unlike regular intake of the substance. Most instances of SCP-3273-1 are observed to expire from injuries inflicted by themselves, and deaths from SCP-3273-1 are frequently abandoned as cases of suicide. SCP-3273 is suspected to influence its subjects through chemical editing of the brain, and severe alteration of opioid receptors in the peripheral nervous system. This has been observed to interrupt specifically the line of communication between the thalamus and the cerebral cortex. Analysis of chemical composition of SCP-3273 samples reveal that the object is a form of opioid drug similar to heroin, containing an unidentifiable biological material which acts as a blocking agent, disrupting or preventing nerve signals from passing. Distribution of SCP-3273 is widespread, having infiltrated all areas of drug use including hospital surgery, prescription painkillers, sedatives and narcotics. SCP-3273's primary method of entering these markets is through imitation of other opioid substances. It is unknown where SCP-3273 is entering the pharmaceutical network or the narcotics trade, but investigation is ongoing. Due to this, SCP-3273 stands as officially uncontained. Addendum 3273-a | Evidence File 3273-1 + Access, evidence file: Russia, Arhangelsk: Dr. Rayt Dividsky (54) - 16th instance - Close, evidence file: Russia, Arhangelsk: Dr. Rayt Dividsky (54) - 16th instance Some of the most extreme capabilities of SCP-3273 were first demonstrated by Dr. Rayt Dividsky (54); a renowned Russian dentist and retired practitioner. He was exposed to SCP-3273 presumably due to the handling of several variants of dentistry painkiller while applying them to patients. Most notably, SCP-3273 was suspected to be a pre-packaged syringe for injection of the substance, imitating morphine. The Foundation was first notified of Dr. Dividsky's behaviour after reports from neighbours to the local police that they had witnessed him mutilating himself through a window in his study. [START EXTRACT 00:00:00] (00:00:05) Dispatcher: "Yerinkat Police Department." (00:00:13) Caller: "Hey, err- I don't know if I should be calling you directly but my Mr. Dividsky from next door is in his bathroom- I think, and he's… [pause] …I don't know, but he looks like he's cutting himself or something." (00:00:25) Dispatcher: "Ok… could you, expand on that." (00:00:34) Caller: "I don't know what he's doing. I just noticed it through the window this morning, and I stopped and looked and he's still there with a knife or something- he's doing something with his face and his mouth- I don't know. I think he may be bleeding or something." (00:00:45) Dispatcher: "Did you go into the house to speak to him?" (00:00:51) Caller: "I tried. His door was locked. He wasn't making any noise." (00:01:55) Dispatcher: "Did you call for him?" (00:02:02) Caller: "Yes, I tried- Christ- there's… [pause] …blood on… what's he doing?" [Pause.] (00:02:13) Dispatcher: "Well… we've sent someone. Stay on the line for a minute with us." [END OF EXTRACT 00:02:20] When police arrived they reported finding some of Dr. Dividsky's teeth and hair in a bowl of milk downstairs. Upon heading upstairs to confront Dr. Dividsky, he attacked and killed both armed officers with a fire extinguisher. Dr. Dividsky by this point had managed to survive a total of 15 days after exposure to at least 27 individual tablets from SCP-3273. When Foundation staff were notified, the house was again breached and Dr. Dividsky was neutralised. Dr. Dividsky was found after 13 days of self-mutilation, having removed two fingers and all the fingernails on his left hand using a masonry chisel, a large section of his hair by force, sections of his tongue with a pair of scissors, 18 of his teeth with a dentistry scalpel and was only discovered by neighbours while cutting into the back of his head with an angle grinder. He also suffered numerous lacerations. Addendum 3273-b | Evidence File 3273-2 + Access, evidence file: UK, Shetland: Ryan Ellis (66) - 455th instance - Close, evidence file: UK, Shetland: Ryan Ellis (66) - 455th instance Ryan Ellis (66 years), a retired scaffolder from Scotland was prescribed with SCP-3273 after complaints about recurring back-ache and arthritis. SCP-3273 was prescribed as an ingestible tablet pack, imitating a well-known brand of tramadol. Due to his condition, he was advised to take SCP-3273 once every five hours. Approximately 59 hours after initial exposure, Ryan Ellis was found dead by his son (43 years) in his own home. Medical inspection of Ryan Ellis revealed 27 individual 5.5cm nails embedded inside his skull, presumed to be fired from a nailgun. It is currently unknown how he survived long enough to unload all 27 nails, due to the damaging path of impact that many followed. 3 individual nails were observed to have passed through the frontal lobe and stopped halfway through the amygdala. Further inspection of Ryan Ellis proves that his situation was not uncoordinated and unprovoked. It appears that, due to his positioning in front of a mirror, and relative focus of all projectiles fired from the nailgun towards roughly the centre of his brain, Ryan Ellis was aiming at something within his head. Addendum 3273-c | Evidence File 3273-3 + Access, evidence file: USA, Arizona: Jason Lister (48) - 167th instance - Close, evidence file: USA, Arizona: Jason Lister (48) - 167th instance Jason Lister (48 years), an arable farmer from rural Arizona, was prescribed SCP-3273 after suffering third-degree burns from an electrical accident, in which the ploughing tractor he was driving caught on overhead power lines. SCP-3273 was prescribed in the form of general anaesthetic imitating heroin while used in skin surgery, exposed in a nebulised state for controlled inhaling of the substance. Jason was found dead 68 hours after exposure with a large perforation through his forehead. Initially, those who discovered his body assumed that this was an act of suicide, and that Jason Lister had fired a handgun at his own head. Later inspection by pathologists and medical staff revealed that the hole through Jason Lister's head had been inflicted not by a bullet but by an electric drill, and concluded that the death was not caused by suicide but by attempted trepanning, for unknown causes. When the Foundation gained Jason Lister's body for analysis, the perforation was observed to extend 15cm into his head - much further than the depth used while trepanning through the outer-skull. The cavity caused by the drill was aimed directly through the brain, removing parts of the frontal lobe and the entire amygdala. Jason Lister was suspected to have become aware of his condition after burning himself on a kettle shortly before his death. Inspection of the scene and his body indicates that Jason, shortly after discovering this, poured the entire contents of the kettle over his left arm. Addendum 3273-d | Evidence File 3273-4 + Access, evidence file: Hannover, Germany: Elise Rachmel (23) - 87th instance - Close, evidence file: Hannover, Germany: Elise Rachmel (23) - 87th instance Elise Rachmel (23), found homeless due to narcotics abuse, presumably gained access to an injectable form of SCP-3273 imitating heroin through illegal drug trade. It is suspected that due to the nature and obscurity of her death she may have also been operating on psychoactive or hallucinogenic agents at the time. Elise was stopped by police while caught repeatedly striking her exposed forehead against the entrance wall of a public library while in a hallucinogenic state. Witnesses report seeing her hit the wall 'at least fifteen times'. Elise was hospitalised after falling unconscious and later expired from massive bleeding in the brain. Observation of her injuries note the complete crushing of the upper-nose, and direction of impacts towards the centre of the forehead. Addendum 3273-e | Evidence File 3273-5 + Access, evidence file: Report from Ethiopian Wildlife Sanctuary - Close, evidence file: Report from Ethiopian Wildlife Sanctuary ████ █████ Wildlife Sanctuary, Ethiopia, documented extensively the effects of tranquilisation of a large adult male barbary lion. It is suspected that the tranquiliser substance applied contained SCP-3273, imitating a widely-distributed form of carfentanil. Staff at the preserve report observing the adult lion "tearing at the skin on [it's] scalp, like [it] was trying to open its own head". These effects were observed almost immediately after the lion regained consciousness. This is suspected to be because of the extreme overdose of SCP-3273 the lion experienced while the substance was applied as a tranquiliser. The adult male lion died from blood-loss as staff at the sanctuary failed to intervene. Addendum 3273-f | Notice & References Request Note from Dr. Foster addressing Dr. White Christ, this is fucked-up, Ryan. This isn't some fucking indestructible lizard or inter-dimensional paedophile - these people are doing this to themselves. SCP-3273 isn't a psychoactive; and it doesn't seem to display any manipulative qualities, so what the fuck is going on? And why are they calling it 'enlightenment'? This isn't a religious cult. I haven't seen any of them gather to burn any crosses, but they're still trepanning themselves like there's no tomorrow. Jesus Christ, Ryan. I think we need to pay more attention to this one. Notice from Dr. White addressing Dr. Foster They're connected. We've been getting it wrong the entire time. SCP-3273 isn't the manual; it's the tool to do so. God knows what monster they will make if they remove the amygdala. I've enacted neutralisation of all instances of SCP-3273-1. What we're seeing is just the first step - they'll continue until they've cut everything that hurts out of them. Can you imagine what they will become? Christ- they can't even argue because they can't hate me. They can't fear death so they don't bother living. What's next? What else do they no longer want to feel? I'm not acting out of spite for the troubles they have caused us - this is pity. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3273" by Blibby_Blobfish, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3273. 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-3274 | keter | close Info X SCP-3274: Nowhere Else To Run Author: CrystalMonarch More by this author The first SCP-3274 instance contained. Recovered in England in 1941. Item #: SCP-3274 Special Containment Procedures: Agents should be assigned to monitor the general population for SCP-3274 instances. Particular focus should be paid to itinerant individuals and groups, refugees and other undocumented populations. Agents should be granted a large degree of autonomy and minimal records should be kept of their activity and methods. SCP-3274 instances can be identified by their unfamiliarity with their surroundings and more general amnesia, with suspected instances being confirmed by medical and genetic assessment. All instances are to be contained at Site-06-3 under standard humanoid containment protocols. Gathering information related to SCP-3274-A should be made a high priority. For this purpose all SCP-3274 instances should be interviewed using any and all techniques with a possibility of circumventing the amnestic block. All communication with and experimentation on SCP-3274 is currently prohibited. Description: SCP-3274 are adult humans who originate from an unknown point in our future timeline. The earliest identified arrival time is 1941 and arrivals are projected to continue to occur into our own future. All known instances have been extremely effectively amnesticised prior to their arrival here with virtually all memory of their point of origin absent. The sole known exception to this is related to SCP-3274-A. The amnestic methods which have been used are significantly more advanced than any currently known to the Foundation and have thus far proven resistant to all anti-amnestic techniques. Access to all information recovered by anti-amnestic techniques is currently prohibited. Personnel of clearance level 3/3274 or higher should view attached Interview Series 872 for further details. Memories retained by SCP-3274 instances consist primarily of practical information related to their time and place of arrival. This information is typically very limited as well as outdated and geographically inaccurate, suggesting a lack of precision in their transportation method. Additionally, all known instances retain a specific memory relating to their motivation for transportation, with only slight variation between instances. The retained memory consists of the individual speaking to themself, claiming that the world will be unavoidably destroyed along with all human life and that retreat into the past is their only chance of survival. The cause of the destruction referenced here has been designated SCP-3274-A. Instances report that the message also includes a plea not to attempt to reverse their amnesia or alter future events. All known instances express a certainty of the validity of these memories and they have been verified by all means known to the Foundation of detecting false or artificially generated memories. SCP-3274 often attempt to evade containment but are usually easily identified due to their lack of social connections and documentation in addition to their general amnesia. In particular, instances display both a complete lack of personal history and ignorance of local customs and recent events. However, the longer instances go before identification the more they assimilate and the harder they can become to identify. In addition to their abnormal behaviour, suspected SCP-3274 instances can be distinguished from the general population by physiological and genetic abnormalities including fine surgical scarring along the cranium, the absence of the genes involved in most currently known genetic diseases and alterations to gamete formation rendering them incapable of reproduction. See [REDACTED] for the full medical and genetic profile. There are ███ instances of SCP-3274 currently in Foundation custody, and an unknown number currently uncontained. Interview Series 872: Access to transcript available only to clearance level 3/3274 Interview Series 872: ACCESS GRANTED The following transcripts are based on recovered audio recordings and medical data. Access to the full audio and video recordings is currently prohibited as they have not yet been determined to be free of cognitohazards. Interview 872-17: 12/03/2017 Interviewed: SCP-3274-872. Originally discovered in Baghdad, Iraq in June 2003. Interviewer: Dr. Shahid. Foreword: The primary goal of this interview was to establish the exact nature of SCP-3274-A and identify preventative measures which could be taken. The subject was selected due to displaying high resistance to the negative effects of mnestic therapy1 and unusual willingness to co-operate with the memory retrieval process. Prior to the interview the subject was administered the newly developed mnestic compound AQUA-RED. This was in the form of an escalating dose regimen delivered over 12 weeks designed to stimulate long term memory recall. See [REDACTED] for the full treatment profile. <Begin Log> Dr. Shahid: Hello, my name is Dr Shahid and I will be conducting all interviews for your treatment group from now on. Recently, you and some of the others have indicated you've experienced partial memory recovery, are you able to discuss that with us today? SCP-3274-872: Yes. I don't know why I chose to forget before but I want to remember now. I'm not one to run from a fight and I hate the idea that I chose this, to abandon everything just to save myself. I need to know why. Dr. Shahid: I understand. Now please begin by telling us who you were before you arrived here. SCP-3274-872: My name was Amira Muhammed and I was born in the free state of Texas in 2███. I worked as a Class 3 Technician at Foundation Site Gimel-Thaumiel2. Dr. Shahid: Yes, that fits with what several of the others reported, it seems that many of you worked for the Foundation in some capacity. We'll return to that subject but for now I'd like you to talk to me about SCP-3274-A, the threat that led to your transportation to this time. SCP-3274-872:I want to help but it's hard. My memories are coming back but they don't cohere, there are parts missing. There are some things I can remember like they're right here in front of me but when I try to think of what happened at the end there's nothing. Sometimes I feel like I can almost see it but then it slips away, like a dream after waking up. Dr. Shahid: Any memories are an improvement right now and I'm sure we can help you remember everything with time. What about your work with the Foundation then, do you remember anything that could help us? SCP-3274-872: I'll tell you all I can but I don't think it will help, not in the way you want it to. The Foundation I worked for wasn't the same as the one that exists now. There'd been too many Keters found and too many close calls so after SCP-█████ metastasised it was clear things had to change. More SCPs got classified Thaumiel and testing became more aggressive. By the time I was recruited we'd began building our own anomalies, really starting to fight back against the chaos. Dr. Shahid: Is that related to why you travelled back? Did you create an anomaly that couldn't be contained? SCP-3274-872: No, I don't think it was something we made but… it does feel connected. Dr. Shahid: Talk to me about your work then. Is there anything useful you do remember? SCP-3274-872: I worked on something they called the Retrocausal Transmission Engine. Time travel basically, not that I ever really understood it. I was low level, strictly mechanical operation with no access to the underlying theory. I do know it was supposed to save the world, be the ultimate reset button to fix all our mistakes. But it didn't work right. The rules were complicated and it seemed no one understood them. We could travel back easily enough but we couldn't change anything on a large scale. Little things sure, but any attempt to alter the big picture ended in failure. Unintended side-effects, the same events happening for different reasons or even just unprovoked mechanical failure. Before, when I said I didn't think what I told you could help? That's what I meant. Dr. Shahid: I appreciate your concern but we still need information. You said earlier that your work felt connected to SCP-3274-A, was it caused by the time-travel somehow? SCP-3274-872: I… yes. Yes it… Oh god. I don't think I can talk about this. Dr. Shahid: What's wrong? SCP-3274-872: I'm trying to remember but there's something stopping me, I think it has to do with what happened. I remember we sent a probe to the future but when I try to think about it… it hurts. My head's full of walls stopping me from thinking and I know I'm the one who put them there. Why did I do that? Dr. Shahid: Stay focused Amira. What happened to the probe? SCP-3274-872: Oh god, my husband. I had a husband and I remember. I remember what it did to him. Subject undergoes tonic-clonic seizure and the interview is halted. <End Log> Interview 872-20: 12/06/2017 Interviewed: SCP-3274-872 Interviewer: Ms Sadana, hypnotherapist. Also present were Dr. Shahid, six medical staff and one security guard. Foreword: The primary goal of this interview was to establish the exact nature of SCP-3274-A and identify preventative measures which could be taken. In order to counter the secondary memory block present in SCP-3274 additional methods were authorised. These consisted of multiple sessions of hypnotic priming as well as the usage of mnestic drug AQUA-RED at an elevated dosage of 2500mcg. A craniotomy was also performed to grant greater access for memory enhancing electrostimulation. <Begin Log> Induction of the trance state has been removed from this report for brevity Ms Sadana: That's great Amira, you're doing very well. Now I want you to think back to what we discussed. What happened when you sent the probe to the future? SCP-3274-872: I hear a countdown. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. The probe is gone. I check the energy readings and they're within levels. Someone cheers. There's another countdown for the return. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. The probe is still gone. Confusion, my supervisor shouting questions. Energy levels are spiking, higher than what's supposed to be possible. I yell out but everyone's yelling now. It's gone beyond the five years it was supposed to, beyond the point where our estimates are useful. The connection is lost. We try to work out what happened but it doesn't fit with any of the theoretical models. I get frustrated and I leave to call my husband. I lie to him about what I do but he knows something's wrong. He tells a joke that makes me smile and- Ms Sadana: How does this relate to SCP-3274-A Amira? Try to stay focused, our time is limited. What happened to the probe? SCP-3274-872: The probe comes back wrong. Wrong time, wrong place, just wrong. Something came back with it, a signal that spreads everywhere. The Site locks down. No-one in, no-one out, endless talking huddled in dark rooms. My husband is trapped outside and I can't speak to him. Nothing we do stops it, even the Retrocausal Engine only makes it worse, moving its arrival further and further back. People outside stop being human. Ms Sadana: It must have some weakness, some way we can beat it. If it can use time travel to change things so can we. How do we stop it? SCP-3274-872: Panicked talks in secure rooms. Theories and speculation. Not physical. Not reality altering. Just information, data transmitted from the future, data that wants to replicate and spread. Data that takes control of people's minds, and their bodies. It can't be stopped. It can't be stopped. It can't be stopped. Dr Shahid authorises an increase in cerebral electrostimulation Ms Sadana: Focus Amira, don't get distracted. Serve the Foundation and tell us how to stop this thing. SCP-3274-872: I think… I think that time travel was always a trap. It was never really ours, the signal just needed us to build it. We should never have ran here, we should never have- Oh god. I remember now. I can't stop the memory, oh god make it stop. The sound, the numbers, the people, all of it. I'm not supposed to remember, no-one was supposed to remember…. Monitoring equipment detects complete shutdown of cerebral activity indicating subject death. Medical staff can be heard attempting to revive the subject but cerebral activity does not resume for the remainder of the recording. Dr. Shahid: OK, I think we can close the interview here. Excellent work Ms Sadana, the information we've attained here is invaluable. There are several others who've responded well to the mnestic that I want interviews conducted with as soon- SCP-3274-872: [MEMETIC HAZARD REDACTED] Dr. Shahid: What the hell was that? Get her sedated now. Ms Sadana: Amira please, I need you to- The remainder of the recording is unintelligible, largely consisting of screams of pain and unidentified high frequency sounds. Following the death of all attending staff emergency procedures were activated and the room was flooded with high pressure irradiated ███████████ dihydride which was then ignited, incinerating the room's contents. Termination has been assumed to be successful. <End Log> Footnotes 1. Pancreatitis, nausea, seizures, death. 2. 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SCP-3275 | euclid | Instance of SCP-3275-1 obtained by the Foundation for chemical analysis. Olives noted to emit a foul sulfurous odor. Original order was for a "vegetarian pizza". Item #: SCP-3275 Special Containment Procedures: Any manifestations of SCP-3275 are to be closely monitored; currently the Foundation is to allow SCP-3275 to occur so long as the phenomenon manifests exclusively under specific controlled conditions. All instances of SCP-3275-1 that come to Foundation attention are to be confiscated for analysis and subsequently disposed of using designated anomaly-byproduct receptacles. Any instances of SCP-3275-1 ordered by assigned personnel are to be delivered to a facility owned by the Foundation (see general procedure below). Level-2 or higher security clearance is required for experimental handling of SCP-3275-1 instances. Personnel interacting with SCP-3275-1 are required to wear a Level A hazmat suit or similar PPE while the pizza box in question is open. Personnel assigned to SCP-3275 are to make note of any SCP-3275-1 instances that deviate significantly from reasonable expectations, and report such incidents to the SCP-3275 Project Head.1 SCP-3275-2 is currently allowed to maintain employment at █████████ Pizza.2 SCP-3275-2 is not to be given any delivery orders involving unauthorized customers. Should a particularly hazardous instance of SCP-3275-1 manifest, SCP-3275-2 may be detained for questioning or additional cautionary action. The general procedure for ordering and receiving a delivery of SCP-3275-1 occurs as follows: A secure phone call3 from a Foundation-owned non-site building is made to the █████████ Pizza dining establishment SCP-3275-2 is employed at, requesting a pizza delivery. SCP-3275-2 is specified to be the deliverer. Any toppings noted in the order may be determined by the Foundation researcher who will perform analysis of the generated SCP-3275-1 instance. An instance of SCP-3275-1 will be delivered to a Foundation-owned facility equipped with biological containment capabilities; security guards are to allow SCP-3275-2 entrance to the facility upon confirming identity via CCTV cameras. SCP-3275-2 will deliver the instance to a security station. Security personnel have been instructed not to make direct physical contact with the cardboard box containing the instance of SCP-3275-1. A designated Foundation staff member will intercept SCP-3275-2 and exchange the instance of SCP-3275-1 for the standard payment for the corresponding non-anomalous pizza variant, as per the █████████ Pizza menu. SCP-3275-2 is to vacate the premises as quickly as possible without raising suspicion. The intercepted instance of SCP-3275-1, remaining in its cardboard carrying box, is to be transferred to a chemical experimentation room; from this point, only researchers assigned to SCP-3275 may handle the instance. Said researchers will analyze and prepare documentation of the instance of SCP-3275-1, which is to be subsequently disposed of in accordance with its composition. Description: SCP-3275 is a recurring anomalous phenomenon that affects commercially-produced pizzas delivered by individual ██████ ████████ (designated as SCP-3275-2). Pizzas affected by SCP-3275 are referred to as instances of SCP-3275-1, and have been noted to differ in the extreme from orders placed by customers; specifically requested toppings will be absent, and explicitly unwanted ones will be present. Furthermore, instances of SCP-3275-1 might possess some sort of unpalatable addition to the pizza, including excess of toppings not ordered by the recipient, variants of standard pizza ingredients giving off unpleasant odors, and inedible objects embedded into the pizza. (Addendum 3275-A contains various experiment logs with examples of different SCP-3275-1 manifestations.) SCP-3275-2 (██████ ████████) is a non-anomalous human male, who is 22 years of age as of ██-██-████. SCP-3275-2 stands 1.81 meters tall, and weighs 68.5 kilos; a mugshot is available upon request (contact the Project Head for such details) for Foundation employees assigned to SCP-3275. It is noted that SCP-3275-2 frequently appears sloppily-dressed or seems to be suffering from lack of sleep. SCP-3275-2 is currently employed as a pizza delivery-person for █████████ Pizza, and at present has held this position for 3 months. It is noted that every pizza SCP-3275-2 has delivered following Foundation intervention has invariably become an instance of SCP-3275-1. Security camera footage retrieved from SCP-3275-2's workplace seems to indicate that the SCP-3275 anomaly manifests at some point following SCP-3275-2 receiving a pizza for delivery, and preceding said delivery to the customer who placed the order. SCP-3275-2 has been recorded receiving correctly-prepared pizzas from the kitchen staff, confirming delivery to the correct addresses. The retrieved store footage further indicates that SCP-3275-2 does not interfere with or sabotage any pizzas given to him. SCP-3275 has not been recorded to affect any other delivery staff of █████████ Pizza, and SCP-3275-2 insists that no other anomalous activity has occurred to him at any other point in his life.4 It is unknown at which point in time during the delivery process SCP-3275 actually occurs. Presently, SCP-3275's range of effect is unknown. Recent analyses of SCP-3275-1 instances have shown a certain degree of instability in SCP-3275 manifestations, suggesting that there is reason to be wary of further unpredictable variation concerning the anomaly and its range of occurrence.5 Addendum 3275-A: Selected excerpts of notable incidents and experimental logs. Show Incident and Experimental Log excerpts Close Incident and Experimental Log excerpts Incident Log 3275-000 Date: (██-██-████) Ordered: Pepperoni pizza with extra cheese. Delivered: Ham pizza with mushrooms. Notes: This incident brought SCP-3275 to the Foundation's attention. The order was made from the home of Dr. O'Nelly (a Research Assistant assigned to Site-76), who upon receiving the delivery was subjected to SCP-3275-2's complaints of the recurring problem. O'Nelly requested that SCP-3275-2 be brought in for questioning by the Foundation, after calling █████████ Pizza to confirm SCP-3275-2's claims. Experiment Log 3275-002 Date: (██-██-████) Ordered: Sausage pizza with olives, mushrooms and cheddar. Delivered: Tuna pizza with garlic, asparagus, basil and mozzarella. Notes: SCP-3275-1 instances confirmed to not necessarily contain the same number of toppings as requested in the order. Experiment Log 3275-004 Date: (██-██-████) Ordered: Pizza with nothing on it, aside from the standard tomato sauce bottom layer. Delivered: Pizza crust with eggs and meatballs spread over it. A shredded rubber glove was also present, lying in the center of the pizza. Notes: While the tomato sauce was usually present by default, it seems that explicitly asking for the sauce caused it to be absent here. The glove, as noted by SCP-3275-2 (who was also sneezing profusely), seemed to be "just another fucking thing that would make me look bad on the worst days". Experiment Log 3275-010 Date: (██-██-████) Ordered: Sausage pizza with pineapples and eggplant, no $100 bills. Delivered: Pepperoni pizza with hot sauce and seven $100 bills, all burnt, crumpled or ripped to the point of being useless. No serial number could be identified from the bills. Notes: SCP-3275-1 instances can contain non-food toppings, which manifest as if prepared like regular, edible ingredients. Experiment Log 3275-012 Date: (██-██-████) Ordered: Pepperoni pizza with olives and blue cheese. Delivered: Ham pizza with bell peppers and liquid diphenadione6. Notes: This is the first time SCP-3275-1 manifested a topping unsafe for human consumption. The cooks at █████████ Pizza report that they do own 'a container of KillRat', a brand of rat poison. SCP-3275-2 noted to have appeared particularly ill upon delivery of this pizza, prompting intervention by Foundation personnel. SCP-3275-2's living conditions were noted to be hazardous due to unwashed laundry, undisposed trash, and buildup of mildew near windows. Experiment Log 3275-013 Date: (██-██-████) Ordered: Ham pizza with pineapple and red peppers. Delivered: Ham pizza with pineapple and red peppers. Notes: Prior to returning to work, SCP-3275-2 noted that he "finally got around to" cleaning his apartment and responding to utilities bills he had neglected. SCP-3275-2 was noted to have shaved his facial hair and improved his personal hygiene regimen as well. Experiment Log 3275-019 Date: (██-██-████) Ordered: Cheese pizza. Delivered: Cheese pizza with excess quantity of tomato sauce. Notes: SCP-3275-2 observed to have been regressing to previous health-hazardous behaviors, most notably neglecting personal hygiene. Provision of additional intervention was discussed and deferred for the time being. Experiment Log 3275-025 Date: (██-██-████) Ordered: Cheese pizza. Delivered: Sausage pizza covered with Camponotus sp. (carpenter ants). Closer inspection revealed all ant specimens to have been infected by a radioactive variant of the insect-pathogenising fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis. Notes: At time of delivery, SCP-3275-2 was noted to have a severe cough. Investigation of SCP-3275-2's apartment uncovered an unpaid electricity bill and a cabinet filled with inexpensive "instant meals" and dirty disposable plastic utensils. Foundation intervention reinstated; SCP-3275-2 given access to therapy and a regular apartment cleaning service. Due to SCP-3275 manifestation seemingly being related to SCP-3275-2's lifestyle, provision of health and career counseling to SCP-3275-2 has been proposed. Addendum 3275-B: Foundation personnel performed regular interviews upon initial contact with SCP-3275-2. The first of these interviews is below. Show Interview 3275-1-██-████ Close Interview 3275-1-██-████ Interviewed: SCP-3275-2 Interviewer: Dr. Ganz Foreword: Interview conducted on ██-██-████, date of Foundation personnel's first in-person contact with SCP-3275-2. <Begin Log, 15:40:38> Dr. Ganz: Alright, I know we introduced ourselves to one another right before this, but I need you to state your name for the record, please. SCP-3275-2: Oh, uh… right, ██████. Dr. Ganz: Last name too, please. SCP-3275-2: Oh, shit, I didn't know I had to, man, sorry. It's ████████. Dr. Ganz: Thank you. So, you know what this interview is about, right? SCP-3275-2: Man, me and those fucking pizzas, man. It's shitty for me too, honestly. Though I don't really get why this all is necessary, no. Like, what are you, like a cop? This feels like I'm really, like, being detained or something. Dr. Ganz: Right now we really just need you to answer some questions. You're not currently being accused of anything. SCP-3275-2: Alright, 'cause I swear dude, I'm not messing with the pizzas. I swear. It's like I'm being, like, sabotaged or something. I don't think I've gotten a single one right. Dr. Ganz: Not one? Since the first day you worked there? SCP-3275-2: Not a single fucking one. And this just happens to me, 'cause like, I asked my colleague ███, and he's had, like, no problems like this. No one else that I asked did. Is someone out to frame me for something? Again, I don't really know what this, like, place is, but you gotta find a way to fix this, man. Why does this only happen to me? Dr. Ganz: Right, so you have no idea what causes this, correct? SCP-3275-2: I swear, my man, I don't. This thing, like, only happens when I deliver on the job. If I, like, pass my friend a box of chocolates, the chocolates don't change, know what I mean? Because he didn't order them. Though I don't know if it would happen with chocolates at all. I've only ever done pizza delivery. Dr. Ganz: So it's pizza delivery specifically that seems to be the problem here. Is there anything odd about this job in particular then? Anything that stands out to you in your memory that could be of relevance? SCP-3275-2: Nothing, man. This is the most, like, basic job ever. In fact, it being so fucking low-tier is why my mom hated it. Dr. Ganz: You're using past tense. About your mom. SCP-3275-2: Yeah, she passed away right before I started on my first day at this job. Dr. Ganz: I'm sorry to hear that. She hated this job, you said? SCP-3275-2: Well, it's like…she always thought I could do better, know what I mean? That I'm 'underperforming' by getting a job like this. That I, like, should aim higher or something. Thing is, I'm an adult, you know? I can make the choices about my own life. I'm not, like, living the dream or anything, but I could be happy where I'm at. But my mom used to tell me that, like, I should always be looking for what more I can do and stuff. How to, like, keep getting better. Dr. Ganz: Did your mom mean a lot to you? SCP-3275-2: She did…and like, I'm really sad that she's gone, it's just…she was just so on my back all the time, you know? '██████, clean this. ██████, fix that. ██████, go run some more errands.' Like there was always something else I had to do. Always more to worry about. Couldn't catch a break ever. Dr. Ganz: You lived with your mom then, seeing as she told you when to clean up? SCP-3275-2: I did. Judge all you want, but like, I've just always been short on cash. That's why I have to even have this shitty job in the first place. And I can't even get that right. Finding the job was hard enough but now this? And I've still got, like, bills and stuff. Dr. Ganz: Alright, that will be all then. Thank you. SCP-3275-2: No, wait, I have, like, a ton of things to ask about this, man. Is it really true that you're paying my boss to not fire me? Dr. Ganz: We can discuss further questions off-record. <End Log, 15:43:21> Discussion is underway regarding allowing SCP-3275-2 to transfer employment to a Foundation-owned catering company. Revision of containment procedures and allocation of specialty housing for SCP-3275-2 is pending. Footnotes 1. Currently, Dr. Alex Ganz. Additionally, SCP-3275-2 has been provided with Dr. Ganz's contact information, and is also allowed to report incidents related to SCP-3275. 2. The employers of SCP-3275-2 have been made aware that the Foundation regularly requests delivery specifically by SCP-3275-2, and have agreed to comply with Foundation activity in exchange for monetary compensation. 3. Authorized researchers may request the phone number for █████████ Pizza from the SCP-3275 Project Head. 4. For transcript of the full initial interview, see Addendum 3275-B. 5. See also Addendum 3275-A for notable incidents and experiment log excerpts. 6. A rodenticide, toxic to humans. |
SCP-3276 | keter | Advertisement produced by subject affected by SCP-3276, removed from social media during containment. Item #: SCP-3276 Special Containment Procedures: Foundation web crawlers have been trained to detect and take down mentions of and advertisements for The Healing Company on social media websites. Posts made by personal or business accounts are to be tracked, and the poster, as well as their extended family and social circle, are to be investigated for instances of SCP-3276-1. Upon finding a subject, or a group of subjects, affected by SCP-3276 and pregnant with SCP-3276-1, Foundation operatives are to cut off all access to communication between subjects and SCP-3276. Traditional amnestic techniques have been found to be harmful to pregnant and postpartum subjects1; instead, Foundation operatives are to form a support group under the cover of being fellow victims of multi-level-marketing schemes and offer civilian therapy techniques until SCP-3276's effects have mitigated such that subjects may make a conscious decision on SCP-3276-1. Survival rate for SCP-3276-1 subjects treated with this technique is upwards of 80% in the early months of pregnancy; however, survival rate rapidly worsens after the 8th month of pregnancy due to time constraints, lowering to 9% in subjects discovered at their 10th month of pregnancy. Since SCP-3276-1 instances display no further anomalous properties after being birthed, subjects are allowed to keep the instance as they see fit. Cover stories regarding sexual encounters are to be disseminated across friends and relatives of the subject; in the case of pregnancy that would have been anatomically impossible without SCP-3276, friends and relatives of the subject are to be convinced to attend support group family meetings, then surreptitiously amnesticized. Description: SCP-3276 is a multi-level marketing company by the name of The Healing Company. SCP-3276 sells a variety of ostensibly health-oriented products, many of which have little to no scientific evidence to support their claims of health benefits. Examples include bottled alkaline water, essential oil diffusers for aromatherapy, and meal replacement shakes with a variety of plant extracts. SCP-3276's anomalous effect manifests within a variable amount of the subject's initial purchases of bulk product from The Healing Company, sometimes as early as their first purchase. Upon completion of the order, the subject becomes pregnant (the corresponding fetus is hereby dubbed SCP-3276-1). If the subject does not have a uterus, they will manifest a uterus-like organ which SCP-3276-1 will inhabit, receive sustenance through and grow in. SCP-3276-1 is an identical genetic clone of the subject. Pregnancy with SCP-3276-1 proceeds normally until the approximate date of birth, upon which point SCP-3276-1 will not undergo the process of natural childbirth at any point, regardless of whether or not the subject possesses the necessary anatomy. As SCP-3276-1 continues to grow within the subject's body, it damages them according to the increase in SCP-3276-1's size and nutrition requirements. Death will occur if subject is left unattended for an extended period of time under the effects of SCP-3276; the most common cause of death is malnutrition. When confronted with proof of the pregnancy's anomalous length and negative effects upon their health, subjects will insist that it is a consequence of lack of a variety of pseudoscientific supplements. Subjects will then attempt to compensate this perceived issue by purchasing more product from SCP-3276, while continuing to market the virtues of said products and attempting to sell them as far as their condition will allow them to. If forced to undergo surgical childbirth or abortion, and/or upon being separated from SCP-3276 products, subjects become depressed and despondent to the point of lacking the energy to perform basic self-maintenance routines; this depression, though potentially lethal, has been found to be largely mitigated if the subject is allowed to make a decision regarding SCP-3276-1 upon being separated from SCP-3276 products for a lengthy period of time. SCP-3276 spreads by both word-of-mouth and aggressive marketing campaigns on social media websites. This marketing contains no anomalous propagation properties, and primarily targets widowers, divorcees, spouses of military personnel and young women in the United States of America with an income averaging $12,500 a year. Attempts to communicate with the contact information provided in SCP-3276's advertisements have proven unfruitful, with all queries except explicit interest in becoming a contractor being summarily ignored. Interrogation with subjects of SCP-3276's effects have so far revealed that none of them have met an executive for The Healing Company in person, and all referrals, when provided, have only led to other subjects affected by SCP-3276. Recovery Log 3276: SCP-3276 was initially detected by Agent Rodríguez in March of 2015 in █████, Kansas, as it affected her acquaintances accrued during her deployment in a civilian cover. Initial containment was established under the belief that SCP-3276 propagated memetically. Nine civilian subjects were found to be affected by SCP-3276-1, with pregnancy terms varying from eight to eleven months. All subjects' homes were in a state of varying disrepair due to most of their daily routine being comprised of self-maintenance through the utilization of products from The Healing Company. Subjects universally suffered from malnutrition, chronic fatigue, irritability and had become isolated from their friends and family. Subjects pregnant from nine months onward had difficulties moving and presented muscle mass atrophy from carrying pregnancy weight without satisfying the corresponding nutritional requirements; subject at eleven months of pregnancy was incapable of moving on her own, and presented a constant state of distress from the resulting lack of capability to self-apply The Healing Company products. Civilians were treated with standard antimemetics and a series of cesarean surgeries; only two of the affected subjects survived the treatment. Agent Rodríguez was initially quarantined with the two survivors due to symptoms associated with isolation from SCP-3276, but was later released after it was determined that SCP-3276 lacks anomalous memetic capabilities. Agent Rodríguez requested a short leave upon exiting quarantine, citing the loss of her civilian acquaintances to SCP-3276 as grounds for bereavement. Upon examination by on-site therapists, she was determined to be suffering from major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, and was instead granted extended medical leave on the condition that she attend a weekly therapy session. Footnotes 1. Variants on amnestic treatments currently pend authorization for research by a Foundation and civilian joint research team. |
SCP-3277 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3277 Special Containment Procedures: All seven instances of SCP-3277 are to be held in a high-value storage locker at Site-76 when not in use. Each instance is to be securely affixed with a GPS tracking tag to enable rapid recontainment in the event an instance is stolen or translocated during testing. Research with SCP-3277 may only be conducted with permission from the Site Director, and experimentation must be overseen by a senior member of the Department of Thaumatology. To minimize the risk of collateral damage, all experimentation with SCP-3277 must be conducted at Site-76's bombing range. Description: SCP-3277 are a set of seven lacquered wooden walking sticks, ranging in height between 150cm and 175cm, with an average diameter of approximately 3cm. The type of wood used to make SCP-3277 is unknown, although genetic analysis has indicated a close resemblance to the Salix genus1. The wood tissue is reinforced by what appear to be naturally occurring carbon nanotubes, resulting in uncharacteristic (though non-anomalous) strength and dark colouration. Aetheric Resonance Scans have revealed that instances of SCP-3277 generate significant amounts of elan vital energy, or EVE2. Additionally, all seven instances of SCP-3277 are deeply engraved with numerous sigils, believed to be thaumatological in nature. It has been suggested by Foundation thaumaturgical experts that each sigil corresponds with a spoken invocation, and that uttering said invocation whilst holding an instance of SCP-3277 will produce corresponding anomalous results. As the sigils inscribed upon SCP-3277 do not correspond to any known thaumatological system, Foundation thaumaturgical staff have provided an extensive list of possible invocations for testing purposes. Testing has revealed that SCP-3277 instances produce erratic and inconsistent results when used as thaumaturgical aids. See the abridged test log for more details. Abridged Experiment Log 3277: Test # and Subject Attempted Invocation Results SCP-3277-A, Test #14, Junior Researcher Emmerson Recites an invocation intended to grant them good health. Researcher Emmerson became violently ill; uncontrollably secreting sweat, tears, blood, mucus, vomit, urine and excrement. An IV drip and later a blood transfusion were needed to prevent death. Upon recovery, it appeared that Researcher Emmerson's body had been completely purged of all potential pathogens and toxic agents. As a result of this test, the Site Director suggested that test subjects be switched to D-class, but Dr. Katherine Sinclair insisted only thaumatologists be used. SCP-3277-B, Test #34, Junior Researcher Emmerson Recites an invocation intended to produce 'a meal fit for a king'. Spell produced approximately half a kilogram of apple seeds. Each subsequent test produced seeds from a different species of apple. SCP-3277-C, Test #52, Junior Researcher Emmerson Recites an invocation for lighting a candle. Researcher Emmerson was immediately engulfed in flames. Though the fire was quickly put out by attendants, Emmerson did suffer severe first and second-degree burns and was placed on medical leave to recuperate. At this point, the Site Director overruled Dr. Sinclair and testing was switched to D-class subjects. SCP-3277-D, Test #01, D-7821 Before reciting the approved invocation, D-7821 utters 'Oo ee oo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang' of his own accord. D-7821 was immediately empowered with Level III3 reality bending and proceeded to wreak havoc throughout the area. Fortunately, numerous Site-76 security personnel had been previously certified by Dr. Clef to handle Reality Benders, and they were able to coordinate a distraction while Agent Withers terminated D-7821 with a direct shot to the head from behind. Testing was subsequently limited to only thaumatological personnel. SCP-3277-E, Test #65, Researcher Meng Recites an invocation intended to summon a dinosaur from the past. A chicken enters the testing range from an undetermined origin and perches on Researcher Meng's head. Chicken was removed without incident, though subsequent tests resulted in it demanifesting from its cage and remanifesting on the testing range. SCP-3277-F, Test #44, Thaumatologist Katherine Sinclair Recites an invocation intended to raise an army of Golems from the Earth. Numerous semi-humanoid forms attempt to rise from the surrounding soil, but none have enough cohesion to remain intact. Notably, all such forms repeated the phrase "Hi, I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs" in unison until they fully deteriorated. Subsequent tests produced no results. SCP-3277-G, Test #72, Thaumatologist Katherine Sinclair Recites a long series of incantations intended to produce limitless wealth. Sinclair gains the ability to pull quarters out from behind people's ears, though this only works on each individual once. Recovery: SCP-3277 was originally recovered during a raid on an MC&D warehouse in Hong Kong. It was initially found with two documents, designated documents 3277-01 and 3277-02. Document 3277-01 is a laminated placard card printed in a cordial font in both English and Traditional Chinese. Made from Ravelwoods timber and carved by Darke's own flesh and blood, these sorcerer's staffs were originally branches of Dryad Groves in the Ravelwoods, gifted and blessed by the wood nymphs themselves in exchange for newborn babes. Ancient and powerful magic flows through these wands, augmented and focused by the esoteric runes etched into their bark. Whisper any of a number of time-honoured invocations, and the magic will be released to do your bidding. Document 3277-02 is a handwritten note, found taped to the bottom of document 3277-01. Victor The story on the placard is bollocks. Mostly, at least. The staffs are made from Ravelwood branches, but Darke literally picked them up off of the ground while he was there, and he never went anywhere near any Dryad Groves. He gave them to me so that I could practice inscribing glyphs into a thaumaturgically reactive substrate. These sticks were just for practice and experimentation, and they're nothing any real thaumaturge would want. DO NOT SELL THESE TO A REGULAR. Wait for some wide-eyed trust-fund kid who just got their first invite to our showroom. The less they know about real magic, the better. You'll be able to unload these for six figures a piece easy. Iris Footnotes 1. Willow Trees. 2. A force believed to be responsible for the Observer Effect in quantum mechanics and used to manipulate reality by various anomalous entities and objects. 3. 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SCP-3278 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3278 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3278 is to be sealed over with a concrete dome capable of withstanding impacts of over 490,000 newtons. Access by testing divers is to be accounted for. The water immediately surrounding SCP-3278's dome is to be heated to a temperature of approximately 70°C. This is to be accomplished with three diesel-powered water-heater furnaces installed in the sea floor. Vessel-3278 is to be permanently anchored above SCP-3278 to house testing staff and perform general surveillance. Naval traffic is to be diverted from a 5 kilometer radius around SCP-3278. Any reports of extraterrestrial falling objects in close proximity to SCP-3278 are to be intercepted and explained as meteor showers. Description: SCP-3278 is a tunnel extending exactly 402 meters into the sea floor at (9° 52' 2.8344'' N 139° 3' 11.376'' W). SCP-3278 is circular in shape, has a diameter of 20 meters, and tapers to a 2 meter aperture at the seafloor entrance. The limestone walls are polished and etched with shallow channels arranged in waved patterns. SCP-3278 possesses no known anomalies in and of itself, but is the center of other anomalous phenomena. At the base of SCP-3278 is a large spherical chamber. In the center of this chamber is suspended a sphere of biological matter with a radius of 16.73 m. This entity, hereby referred to as SCP-3278-1, does not deviate in position, and attempts to move it by force are unsuccessful and usually result in superficial damage to its fragile exterior. SCP-3278-1 is light orange in color, jelly-like in outer consistency, and is composed of a meter-deep translucent outer membrane surrounding a firm, fleshy core. Vein-like structures, which cover the outer shell, are filled with a pale purple liquid bearing cellular structures roughly analogous to blood cells. Genetic testing of tissue taken from the core of SCP-3278-1 reveals an approximate 60% overlap with the human genome, but the remaining 40% is completely unidentifiable. At intervals ranging between one month and seven years between reoccurrence, extraterrestrial objects fall through the atmosphere and impact within an estimated 4 kilometer radius around SCP-3278. These entities, hereby referred to as SCP-3278-2, are previously unknown, presumably alien organisms. Anywhere from 22-295 instances of SCP-3278-2 have been recorded at a time. SCP-3278-2 are aquatic in nature, and lack any apparent sensory organs. SCP-3278-2's biology consists entirely of a pale purple ellipsoid "head" structure conjoined with a long, muscular tail. Instances range from approximately 10-16 m in length and can weigh up to 195 kg. SCP-3278-2 is protected by a hard, mineral-like shell during flight that is shed upon contact with seawater. Genetic testing of SCP-3278-2's tissues reveal a similar 60-40% similarity with the human genome. The unidentifiable 40% largely matches SCP-3278-1, but deviates by 2%. No instances of SCP-3278-2 have survived more than five minutes in captivity. Upon impact, all instances of SCP-3278-2 will begin to swim vigorously using their flagellum toward SCP-3278. It has been observed that SCP-3278-2 are extremely vulnerable to both large predators such as sharks (of which there is a non-anomalously enlarged local population), and to temperature, dying in minutes when exposed to temperatures exceeding 60°C (this was initially discovered on 06/02/██, when especially warm summer currents increased the surface temperature to an inhospitable level). SCP-3278-2 also have very short lifespans, and the majority of instances die of natural causes before ever reaching SCP-3278. SCP-3278-2 will attempt to access SCP-3278 through the aperture in the seafloor. This is accompanied with difficulty, due to the smaller size of the opening. It is hypothesized that if an instance of SCP-3278-2 ever gained entry into SCP-3278, it would be at the cost of significant damage to its head structure. In most cases, multiple instances of SCP-3278-2 survive the descent, and jostle for entry. No entry of SCP-3278-2 into SCP-3278 has ever been recorded. It is unknown if entry attempts were successful before Foundation discovery of 3278 on 12/05/██. The results of entry are completely unknown. Continued research into the biological properties of SCP-3278-1 and SCP-3278-2 is recommended in order to predict the possible outcome of contact. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3278" by (user deleted), from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3278. 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-3279 | neutralized | The Afterimage - Popsioak ▸ More by this Author ◂ {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} Item Number: 3279 Clearance Level: One SCP-3279's 117th instance, as an Indian Desert Jird (Meriones hurrianae). Archived Containment Procedures: Due to the nature of SCP-3279's reappearance, focus has shifted from capture to redirection. Nonlethal force is to be used to ensure SCP-3279 instances do not travel into civilian areas. If a MAUBAAD1 event is viewed by a civilian, Class-A amnestics are to be administered. The village in which SCP-3279 instances appear has been bought, and is patrolled by 4 guards, one operating a remote viewing system to track SCP-3279 instances. Archived Description: SCP-3279 is a series of animals traveling from Jhelum, in Pakistani Punjab, in the general direction of Chandigarh, located in Indian Punjab. SCP-3279 instances frequently take the form of local, native mammals and birds, such as rhesus monkeys, wild boars, parrots, and mongooses. SCP-3279 display typical animal behaviors, such as foraging and hunting, but will spend roughly 70% of their time awake attempting to travel to Chandigarh. Only one SCP-3279 instance exists at a time. In the case of death, grievous injury, or another event which renders a SCP-3279 instance unable to travel, instances will undergo a MAUBAAD event, in which the following occurs: SCP-3279, if not already deceased, will die, typically via cardiac arrest or other instantaneous methods. SCP-3279 will transform into a pile of local flora and dirt crudely resembling its body. Another SCP-3279 instance will spontaneously appear, fully grown, in an abandoned house's bedroom in Jhelum, hereafter referred to as SCP-3279-1. The new instance will be a different animal from the previous. SCP-3279-1 has been abandoned since 1947, due to the Partition of India2. It was formerly owned by a Mr. Raj Singh and Mrs. Gurpreet Kaur. Singh was killed during the movement of refugees during Partition, and Kaur passed away in Chandigarh in 1987. Discovery: SCP-3279 was discovered on September 19th, 1987. Reports of a fully grown Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) appearing in an otherwise abandoned house, despite the animal not being native to the area, were noticed by Foundation crawlers in Northern India. The surrounding land was bought, inhabitants of the village were relocated, and Foundation personnel set up a small base of operations after reconstruction of the house, due to destruction caused by the first recorded instance of SCP-3279. Addendum 3279/1 Abridged Table of SCP-3279 Instances Instance MAUBAAD Event Trigger Location 254, an Indian peacock (Pavo cristatus). SCP-3279 was captured along with a female in the area, intending to be sent as a breeding pair to a local zoo. In transit, SCP-3279 underwent a MAUBAAD event. 17 km north-northwest of Gujranwala. 312, a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta). SCP-3279 was killed by a yellow-throated marten. 20 km northeast of Farooqabad. 373, a northern pintail (Anas acuta). SCP-3279 attempted to drink from areas where the Chenab river no longer flows, before flying off. It later died, presumably due to dehydration. 5 km south of Lahore. 421, a urial (Ovis orientalis vignei). SCP-3279 was shot for meat. 10 km west of Lahore. 518, a wild boar (Sus scrofa). Border patrol agents shot SCP-3279 as it attempted to cross through the main gate. Pakistani-Indian border. 621, a blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra). SCP-3279 was attacked by pariah dogs3, dying due to a severed jugular. SCP-3279 was consumed completely, before the MAUBAAD event triggered, affecting only what remained of SCP-3279. 20 km east of Amritsar. 671, a northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis). [ERROR] - See Addendum 3279/2. Chandigarh. Addendum 3279/2 SCP-3279 Neutralization SCP-3279's 671st instance successfully reached Chandigarh on April 12th, 1999. The instance first stopped at Gurdwara Shri Santsar Sahib, sitting for three hours above the Diwan hall, then proceeding to wash its beak and talons before collecting food left by those leaving the Langar. SCP-3279 then traveled to a section of the Sutlej River. Resting and preening for approximately 30 minutes, SCP-3279 then dove into the water. It did not reemerge, as a large mass of saffron and yellow roses floated to the lake's surface. No SCP-3279 instance emerged from SCP-3279-1. Instead, a note was found underneath a small Kara4, attached below. The origin of both items is unknown. ਮੈਂ ਮਾਇਆ ਦੇ ਚੱਕਰ ਨੂੰ ਤੋੜਿਆ ਹੈ| ਮੈਂ ਇਥੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਨਵੇਂ ਵਤਨ ਵਿਚ ਬੈਠਦਾ ਹਾਂ| ਮੈਂ ਭੁੱਲ ਗਿਆ ਹਾਂ ਕਿ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਅਤੇ ਰੱਬ ਦੋਹਾਂ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਇਸਦਾ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ| ਮੇਰਾ ਸਰੀਰ ਉਥੇ ਹੈ, ਪਰ ਮੇਰੀ ਆਤਮਾ ਹਰ ਜਗ੍ਹਾ ਹੈ| ਮੈਂ ਇਸ ਵੈਸਾਖੀ ਵਾਲੇ ਦਿਨ ਇਕ ਚੀਜ਼ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਹਾਂ| ਪੁਨਰ ਜਨਮ ਦਾ ਚੱਕਰ ਟੁੱਟ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਹੁਣ ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਨਾਲ ਕਣਕ ਦੇ ਖੇਤਾਂ ਵੱਲ ਦੌੜ ਸਕਦਾ ਹਾਂ| I have broken the cycle of Maya. I sit here in my new homeland. I have forgotten what it means to be loved by both man and God. My body is there, but my spirit is everywhere. I know one thing on this Vaisakhi day. The cycle of rebirth is broken, and now I can run with you to the wheat fields. IN SAFFRON SANDS | SCP-5413 » Footnotes 1. From the Punjabi ਮੌਤ ਦੇ ਬਾਅਦ - "Maut de baad," literally "after death." 2. In which India and Pakistan were forcibly split into separate countries, dividing the Punjab state, and other regions, between the two countries. 3. Free-roaming ownerless dogs. 4. 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SCP-3280 | euclid | SCP-3280: After the Storm Author: S D Locke Raindrops keep fallin' on my head… Other works by S D Locke! SCPs S. D. Locke's Proposal Rating: 2622 SCP-5999 Rating: 1720 SCP-3280 Rating: 664 SCP-783 Rating: 586 SCP-2193 Rating: 528 SCP-3980 Rating: 523 SCP-1661 Rating: 281 SCP-2923 Rating: 243 SCP-2385 Rating: 236 SCP-3963 Rating: 227 SCP-4910 Rating: 226 SCP-8246 Rating: 171 SCPs Ihp/Locke Proposal Rating: 563 SCP-7676 Rating: 439 SCP-012-EX Rating: 203 SCP-7427 Rating: 144 SCP-5311 Rating: 136 SCP-6430 Rating: 126 SCP-7932 Rating: 103 SCP-6110 Rating: 89 Tales Not Fade Away Rating: 353 Reap What You Sew Rating: 107 Paradigm Shift Rating: 87 A Reason To Die Rating: 47 And Then I Died IV - Series 2 Rating: 33 Tales Heart and Sol Rating: 216 Slothcon Rating: 91 From Above Rating: 35 GOI Formats SPC-173 Rating: 301 SPC-2935 Rating: 153 LTE-2712-Bosch Rating: 153 P'rantortiz the Vile Rating: 139 GOI Formats ▸ More by this Author ◂ {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} It is a dark and stormy night. You've spent the last several hours hiding in the broom closet with naught but the rank water of the mop-sink to sustain you. The chaos has long since died down. It's time to make a break for it. You slowly open the door. Lightning strikes, offering a brief reprieve from the sullen darkness of the Site's empty halls. Stepping cautiously over the body of Dr. Cawthrone, you do your best to remain silent. There's no way of knowing how it hunts. Best to take every precaution. In the distance, a blood-curdling scream drowns out the rolling thunder. It is mercifully cut short; the steady thrum of raindrops once again takes prominence. At the very least, you're heading in the other direction, to the security office. Nichols is sprawled out backwards in his seat in front of the control center, gutted from throat to crotch, spilling viscera onto his lap that drip, drip, drips onto the linoleum. You slide his seat aside and enter your credentials into the terminal… WELCOME TO SCIPNET DATABASE Access file: SCP-3280 Accessing file: SCP-3280 Please wait. Another flash of lightning, out in the hall. Your eyes dart towards the door, paranoid, dreading, anticipating. It could be anywhere. File found.Opening 'SCP-3280 Clearance Level 0' [REDACTED] Note: Due to your clearance level, some information may be withheld or incomplete. Item Number: SCP-3280 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3280 is to remain in place at its point of origin in the defunct Johnston Labs and Pharmaceuticals Research Center, which has been seized by the Foundation. Containment Liaisons are in the process of devising long-term containment solutions for SCP-3280. Should SCP-3280 reach the entrance to Sub-Level 2, the Site will enter a security lockdown, making entrance and egress impossible. Do note that this will also activate Blackout-Protocol: ensuring that no hazardous or sensitive information is broadcast from the Site. This will be necessary to prevent a full containment breach and failure of Third Mission (Protect) goals. Description: [DATA EXPUNGED] But of course. Despite the repeated assurances that your security upgrade was in the process of being implemented, you're still Level 0, and thus, effectively worthless as far as Overwatch is concerned. The file though. Was that image even right? You've glimpsed the file previously - surely it… no. No. That cannot be right. No time to be worried about something so inane, however. You need to get in. The faint drip, drip, dripping of Nichols reminds you of his presence. Gingerly, you finger about his body, feeling for his security lanyard in the dark. It's wedged beneath him, but you're able to slide it out and detach it from the loop. Thankfully, Nichols was the type of person to scrawl their password on the underside of their clearance card, as you discover upon turning it over in your hands. You approach the terminal with renewed vigor. WELCOME TO SCIPNET DATABASE Security Clearance Level 2 - Accepted Access Security Footage? This is definitely helpful. You don't want to miss the opportunity to size up whatever it is that is out there. You need to see it with your own eyes. y Accessing… … … Select the feed you would like to view: Access: 2F Barracks Researcher Jenson has hanged himself with a makeshift noose from a nearby bunk. A lightning flash illuminates a puddle beneath his corpse. Access: 2F East Wing Doctor Emmanuel stumbles listlessly throughout the darkened hallway. At the sound of thunder outside, he clutches his gut, and collapses. Access: 1F Entrance The first floor appears to be flooded. It seems that several people had attempted to break out through the front-door, despite the security measures rendering the site inescapable. As they are all face-down, you do not recognize the bodies in the water. Access: Sub-Level 2 A man in an orange jumpsuit lays dead in the corner of the basement. A pipe on the near wall has burst, and is steadily leaking onto the concrete floor. Access: 1F Cafeteria It is difficult to tell how many staff were present here. All that remains, aside from errant clothes bobbing about the surface of the water, is a pinkish slurry pooling under the windows. It's the same all over the site. The dead and the dying, everywhere you look. Whatever caused this, whatever is lurking in these halls, remains to be seen. This isn't getting you anywhere, and it's getting harder to think. Or… Access file: SCP-3280 Accessing file: SCP-3280 [REDACTED] Note: Due to your clearance level, some information may be withheld or incomplete. Item Number: SCP-3280 Special Containment Procedures: One D-Class personnel is to be deposited into Sub-Level 2 per week through Subterranean Access Point Gamma. They are to be presented with misleading information concerning the nature of SCP-3280, and instructed to progress to the lowest level of the facility. They are to be equipped with a flashlight, as well as a security baton for self-defense. An ultrasonic transmitter is to be sewn into their clothing, which will broadcast a frequency capable of drawing SCP-3280 to their location upon accessing the deepest area of the sub-level. This should draw SCP-3280 away from the sub-level's entrance, to its preference for live prey. Getting harder to…keep focus. Failure to contain SCP-3280 in this manner will result in the full lockdown of Site-51 the site. MTF Iota-12 ("The Silencers") and Tau-4 "Water, Water, Everywhere" will be immediately dispatched to contain the threat. Should twelve hours pass without Overwatch receiving an "All Clear" from these teams, all Sites are to enact emergency measures in preparation for an imminent XK-scenario. Description: SCP-3280 is a sapient entity composed of a fluid physically identical to water, capable of travelling ~2.5 km/h. Non-anomalous water introduced to SCP-3280 will be incorporated into its mass, and removed samples prove to operate identically. At the time of its discovery, the entity was approx. 66.4 liters in volume; it is currently estimated to be ~2500 liters. The entity is hostile to human life. SCP-3280 will seek out humans within its vicinity, forcing its mass into open orifices. SCP-3280 is also readily absorbed through the pores. The affected experience symptoms such as loss of motor control, weakening of the micturition reflex, visual hallucinations, and abdominal pain. Almost as if on cue, you feel a churning in your own stomach. SCP-3280 displays claustrophobic behavior, violently expelling itself from confined spaces or containers; such as vials or test subjects. SCP-3280 will constrict its mass, lashing out in pressurized bursts exceeding 255 MPa - rendering all attempts of physical containment or transportation impossible. When not hunting living prey, SCP-3280 will attempt to exit the underground level it is currently contained within. Thus far, SCP-3280 has been kept away from the sub-level's entrance. It is believed that if SCP-3280 learns that it is sealed within the sub-level, it could instigate a violent response from the entity, irrevocably breaking containment. SCP-3280's escape from the site proper would constitute an XK-class end of the world scenario, once it becomes incorporated into the planet's water cycle. Contingency measures include The roiling in your stomach becomes unbearable. You recoil backwards, away from the monitor. You drunkenly stumble, struggling against the thing inside of you, out into the hallway. The storm outside rages. Torrents of raindrops spatter across the windows. You fall against the wall, face pressed against the cool glass. It is only in those final seconds, as water wells up to your throat and expands, that you notice the raindrops streaking towards your face, in defiance of gravity. <<< When Day Breaks | After the Storm | Fall Forever >>> Footnotes 1. Personnel are to be reminded that there is no Site-5. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3280" by S D Locke, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3280. 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-3281 | keter | Item #: SCP-3281 Special Containment Procedures: No method is known to prevent the spontaneous occurrence of subtype-A or T incidents of SCP-3281, and resource-allocation is currently prioritized toward the inhibition of SCP-3281 outbreaks. All data related to SCP-3281 is to be added to the encrypted database of Autonomic Analysis and Response System 538 (AARS538). AARS538 is to have full and immediate access to all data from the Foundation's civilian-surveillance pathways. In the event that an outbreak is detected by AARS538, the system will dispense a set of unmanned aerial drones to the effected area, which will discharge either aerosol cartridges of Class-A amnestics (in subtype A incidents involving a radius of less than .5 km) or incendiary devices (in subtype T incidents or subtype A incidents involving a radius larger than .5 km). Foundation agents will only be dispatched by AARS538 when the outbreak has been judged as totally neutralized. Members of Foundation staff who have been affected by SCP-3281 and any individual exposed to them are to be immediately transported to their facility's chamber-538. While detained there, the affected individuals will be exposed to Class-A amnestics while behavioral data is collected and processed by AARS538. The individuals will only be released when no signs of SCP-3281 are visible. All data within AARS538's databases are to be autoencrypted to prevent the retrieval of files by any other system. In the event that the database is believed to be compromised, AARS538 will immediately self-destruct with the use of an internal explosive device. Description: SCP-3281 is a class of memetic diseases that spread through the concepts of specific actions. Twenty-four strains are currently identified. If a human becomes cognizant of the process of performing one of these actions, they will immediately gain a strong compulsion to do so. The longer the individual resists this compulsion, the more severe the psychological effects will become. After 1-3 hours, this results in brain damage characterized by a progressive loss of cognition and self-control. No case has reported resistance against the compulsion for longer than 43 hours. Individuals may become afflicted with SCP-3281 spontaneously by developing the idea of the anomalous action. SCP-3281 may also be contracted by processing a recorded description or, most commonly, by observing the action being performed by an afflicted individual. Once afflicted with SCP-3281, an individual can only be partially cured with the application of amnestics. While the compulsion and progressive aspect of the disease will be alleviated in these cases, brain damage will remain. Three subtypes of SCP-3281 exist, designated subtype N, A and T. SCP-3281-N describes strains that have been universally neutralized to prevent any spontaneous incidents. Known strains of SCP-3281-N Close SCP-3281-N-a Previous subtype: T Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual [REDACTED BY AARS538] with a ████████ brand garden trowel. Transmissability rating: D- Spontaneity rating: C Neutralization report: By Foundation intervention, ████████ brand garden trowels have been totally recalled, and all records of the product's existence have been removed. Individuals closely linked to the production of the product have been administered the appropriate amnestics. Known casualties: 37 dead, 18 injured, 178 with permanent brain damage, 24 terminated SCP-3281-N-b Previous subtype: A Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual covers the surface of their face with [REDACTED BY AARS538]. Transmissability rating: C+ Spontaneity rating: C+ Neutralization report: [REDACTED BY AARS538], the primary ingredient of [REDACTED BY AARS538] was rendered extinct, and all samples were destroyed. Known casualties: 3 injured, 413 with permanent brain damage Notes: Individuals who mistook [REDACTED BY AARS538] for [REDACTED BY AARS538] or other similar condiments were not afflicted. SCP-3281-N-c Previous subtype: T Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual travels to the nearest populated area in a [REDACTED BY AARS538] model sports utility vehicle and uses the vehicle to injure or kill any pedestrians visible. Transmissability rating: D Spontaneity rating: B+ Neutralization report: By Foundation intervention, [REDACTED BY AARS538] model sports utility vehicles have been totally recalled, and all records of the vehicle's existence have been removed. Individuals linked to the product have been administered the appropriate amnestics. Known casualties: 83 dead, 109 injured, 76 with permanent brain damage, 15 terminated Notes: Only individuals who recognized the specific brand of vehicle used became afflicted by SCP-3281-N-c. SCP-3281-N-d Previous subtype: A Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual performs a handstand and [REDACTED BY AARS538]. Transmissability rating: B Spontaneity rating: D+ Neutralization report: During routine testing performed automatically by AARS538, transmission of the strain no longer appeared to affect the D-Class subjects. Known casualties: 5 injured, 35 with permanent brain damage Notes: The conditions leading to SCP-3281-N-d's neutralization are still unknown. No declassification process is in place. SCP-3281-A describes strains in which the threat of a severe outbreak or significant harm to human life is low enough that non-lethal methods are pursued. Known strains of SCP-3281-A Close SCP-3281-A-a Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual gathers dirt in a [REDACTED BY AARS538], carries it to their own bathtub (or shower if a bathtub is unavailable) and [REDACTED BY AARS538]. Transmissability rating: B Spontaneity rating: D Known casualties: 212 with permanent brain damage. SCP-3281-A-b Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual performs a series of repetitive gestures lasting approximately two minutes which includes [REDACTED BY AARS538]. Transmissability rating: C+ Spontaneity rating: B- Known casualties: None Notes: An individual must observe the entire two-minute action to become afflicted. SCP-3281-A-c Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual travels to a barn where no other humans are visible, climbs onto the roof and [REDACTED BY AARS538]. Transmissability rating: F Spontaneity rating: B Known casualties: 1 injured, 1 with permanent brain damage SCP-3281-A-d Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual lays flat on the ground and [REDACTED BY AARS538]. Transmissability rating: B+ Spontaneity rating: C Known casualties: 1 dead, 23 injured, 63 with permanent brain damage, 1 terminated SCP-3281-A-e Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual travels to the nearest boat dealership, seeks out a customer service representative and makes a request for [REDACTED BY AARS538]. Transmissability rating: B Spontaneity rating: B- Known casualties: 14 with permanent brain damage Notes: Does not appear to occur in areas further than 138 km from a large body of water. SCP-3281-A-f Description of anomalous action: Variant of SCP-3281-A-b, with gestures including [REDACTED BY AARS538], lasting up to four minutes. Transmissability rating: C Spontaneity rating: B- Known casualties: 2 with permanent brain damage Notes: An individual must observe the entire four-minute action to become afflicted. SCP-3281-A-g Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual repeats the phrase [REDACTED BY AARS538] to the nearest individual, and then stands completely still. Transmissability rating: B Spontaneity rating: C- Known casualties: 10 with permanent brain damage SCP-3281-A-h Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual blinks their eyelids to form a pattern in morse code encoding [REDACTED BY AARS538]. Transmissability rating: C Spontaneity rating: C- Known casualties: 1 with permanent brain damage SCP-3281-A-i Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual seeks out the nearest [REDACTED BY AARS538] and repetitively [REDACTED BY AARS538] until the [REDACTED BY AARS538] requires replacement. Transmissability rating: B+ Spontaneity rating: B- Known casualties: 14 injured, 62 with permanent brain damage SCP-3281-A-j Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual writes the phrase [REDACTED BY AARS538] onto the surface of as many phone booths as possible. Transmissability rating: B+ Spontaneity rating: C- Known casualties: 3 injured, 44 with permanent brain damage SCP-3281-A-k Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual collects and stacks [REDACTED BY AARS538] in a pattern resembling [REDACTED BY AARS538]. Transmissability rating: B- Spontaneity rating: C Known casualties: 2 injured, 113 with permanent brain damage SCP-3281-T describes strains which carry a significant risk of severe outbreak or harm to human life. SCP-3281-T also includes any strains with abnormal pathology. All instances of SCP-3281-T are to be approached with lethal force. Known strains of SCP-3281-T Close SCP-3281-T-a Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual travels to the closest [REDACTED BY AARS538] and attempts to destroy the building by [REDACTED BY AARS538]. Transmissability rating: C Spontaneity rating: B+ Known casualties: 435 dead, 1024 injured, 10 terminated SCP-3281-T-b Description of anomalous action: [REDACTED BY AARS538] Transmissability rating: A+ Spontaneity rating: D- Known casualties: 142 dead, 11895 terminated Notes: Containing all information relating to SCP-3281-T-b is of maximum priority. SCP-3281-T-c Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual seeks out an [REDACTED BY AARS538] and an individual within 25 months of their own age and brings them to a secluded area before [REDACTED BY AARS538]. When finished, the individual [REDACTED BY AARS538]. Transmissability rating: C- Spontaneity rating: D Known casualties: 165 dead, 6 terminated SCP-3281-T-d Description of anomalous action: Two individuals are required for the transmission of this strain. The afflicted individuals stand facing each other and [REDACTED BY AARS538] until only one is still alive. Transmissability rating: B Spontaneity rating: D- Known casualties: 876 dead, 274 terminated SCP-3281-T-e Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual travels to the nearest area of high population density and immediately combusts through an unknown method. Transmissability rating: A Spontaneity rating: F Known casualties: 947 dead, 12 terminated Notes: Direct observation appears to be necessary for transmission. The origin of the strain is currently unknown. SCP-3281-T-f Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual travels to the nearest court house and [REDACTED BY AARS538] using a [REDACTED BY AARS538]. Transmissability rating: B Spontaneity rating: C+ Known casualties: 1295 dead, 18 injured, 167 terminated SCP-3281-T-g Description of anomalous action: [REDACTED BY AARS538] Transmissability rating: C- Spontaneity rating: A Known casualties: 11 dead, 7194 terminated Notes: Containing all information relating to SCP-3281-T-g is of maximum priority. SCP-3281-T-h Description of anomalous action: The afflicted individual climbs an object allowing them to stand at least 1.3 m above the floor or ground, and [REDACTED BY AARS538]. Transmissability rating: C+ Spontaneity rating: C Known casualties: 1271 dead, 349 terminated SCP-3281-T-i Description of anomalous action: The afflicted travels to [REDACTED BY AARS538] and [REDACTED BY AARS538]. Transmissability rating: D+ Spontaneity rating: C- Known casualties: 137 terminated Notes: Progression of brain damage in this strain is associated with increased, rather than decreased, cognitive capabilities. It is unknown if this is conserved after an amnestic is applied. [+HUMAN INVESTIGATION REPORT+] -HUMAN INVESTIGATION REPORT- INPUT VISIBLE TEXT |
SCP-3282 | keter | Eunice aphroditois. Item #: SCP-3282 Special Containment Procedures: The cave in which SCP-3282 currently resides in is to be restricted from public access, under the guise of a wildlife conservation effort. A surveillance cabin accommodating three personnel has been established nearby, and is to be resupplied on a monthly basis. Personnel stationed at this cabin are to keep nightly dream journals, and upon noting the presence of SCP-3282-2, are to immediately report the manifestation to the closest Foundation base. On the night of each full moon (approximately every 29 days), a specialized containment team is to transport one unconscious D-Class personnel member to the cave. The team is to deposit the D-Class individual at the mouth of the cave, and the following morning recover any humans who have been regurgitated by SCP-3282 at the same location. Should an SCP-3282-2 manifestation be reported before the next full moon occurrence, the above procedure is to be carried out the night following the report. Any former SCP-3282-1 instances are to be held in quarantine for three months, during which their brainwave patterns during sleep are to be analyzed twice weekly to detect any abnormalities. Any coherent speech uttered by these individuals while asleep is to be recorded and added to existing documentation to determine any repeated vocalizations. Should an SCP-3282-1 instance be conscious upon recovery, they are to be immediately interviewed for information regarding SCP-3282-2. Should SCP-3282 manifest outside of its usual cave, Foundation agents are to disseminate disinformation through social media and public information channels indicating that any damage caused by SCP-3282 is the result of natural disasters. Amnestics are to be administered to any civilians who happen to witness SCP-3282 directly. Description: SCP-3282 is an abnormally large, terrestrial member of the species Eunice aphroditois (Bobbit worm), measuring 2.8 meters in diameter and approximated at a length of 11 kilometers. SCP-3282 currently resides in a burrow (measured at 13 kilometers long), opening at a cave near the base of the Gyala Peri peak of the Himalayan mountains. When hunting, SCP-3282 will emerge from its burrow and attempt to seek out a human individual, which it will then attempt to swallow whole. SCP-3282 will then retreat to its burrow, and enter a period of stasis lasting approximately 30 days. Upon waking from this period of dormancy, SCP-3282 will then regurgitate the previously-consumed individual (designated as an instance of SCP-3282-1) and repeat the hunting behavior. Observation seems to indicate that most recovered instances of SCP-3282-1 do not suffer any negative effects after being consumed by SCP-3282, except difficulty falling asleep during the first few weeks after regurgitation. In some cases, SCP-3282-1 instances have additionally exhibited mild short-term memory loss and personality changes (usually in the form of periods of flat affect1 and non-responsiveness). These effects have not been noted to last longer than two months. SCP-3282-1 instances are recovered seemingly without having experienced any exposure to foreign bacteria or digestive fluids, and typically react to the experience as if having awakened from a short rest. During periods of SCP-3282 stasis, humans in surrounding areas may experience recurring dreams involving similar themes and SCP-3282. Recorded dream content tends to focus on a "holy journey", usually involving the dreamer leaving their current location to seek out the Himalayan mountains. Some affected dreamers report finding a large city (designated SCP-3282-2) built into the mountains, populated by humans wearing clothing from various time periods. The city is bordered by tall stone walls patrolled by smaller versions of SCP-3282. SCP-3282-2 is described as a "city of builders", and all encountered humans are frequently remembered as being seen making additions or repairs to the city's infrastructure. Many of these contributions include miniaturized versions of well-known historical landmarks and monuments (e.g., the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile of Paris). Foundation research has determined that these dreams involving SCP-3282-2 correlate with the feeding cycle of SCP-3282. It is currently theorized that the dreams manifest when SCP-3282 is close to emerging from a stasis period and will soon seek new prey. Addendum 3282-1: SCP-3282 was first brought to Foundation attention when a mountain-climbing team was attacked by it during an expedition. The team later reported the loss of one of its members and the "terrifying encounter with a giant worm" to a local news station, prompting Foundation agents to investigate the case. Two Mobile Task Force teams were later dispatched, and upon locating SCP-3282's burrow, attempted to engage the entity after setting up preliminary defenses. Conventional weapons and tranquilizers were found to be ineffective, and SCP-3282 injured three personnel. However, SCP-3282 then regurgitated the previously-consumed civilian, in favor of then swallowing one of the MTF personnel members. A retreat was called, and the civilian, a Mr. ████ ███████, rushed to a Foundation facility to receive medical attention. Mr. ███████ was extremely agitated and incoherent upon awakening, and was quickly sedated and kept on an IV feeding system for the remainder of the month. The MTF personnel who had encountered SCP-3282 later reported experiencing recurring dreams involving SCP-3282-2, and it was determined by Site Director █████ that Mr. ███████ should be returned to SCP-3282 upon the MTF's following attempt to recover the lost squad member, to observe whether the action would have any corresponding effects on the dreams. The MTF teams returned to SCP-3282's burrow, and upon laying the unconscious Mr. ███████ at the cave entrance, were greeted by SCP-3282, which deposited the previously-lost personnel member on the ground, swallowed Mr. ███████, and returned to its burrow. A Foundation cabin was established near the burrow to monitor SCP-3282's activity. Approximately 20 days after Mr. ███████ had been taken by the entity, he was deposited at the cave entrance, and had apparently recovered from his previous agitation and incoherence. Addendum 3282-2: Some former SCP-3282-1 instances, notably those with high Openness2 scores in five factor model (FFM) tests, report remembering an "end to the dream" prior to first awakening after encountering SCP-3282. These individuals (tentatively designated SCP-3282-1A) consistently describe walking to the center of SCP-3282-2 and discovering a large, temple-like structure, with a single pedestal displaying a closed book resides in the innermost room. Upon reaching the book and attempting to read it, SCP-3282-1A instances report being approached by a tall, androgynous humanoid wearing plated armor and an iridescent crown with five striped spires "pointing out like a sunburst", similar to the antennae of SCP-3282. The entity is described as having a solemn expression, and thanks the SCP-3282-1A individual for their contributions before the dream concludes. In roughly 15% of SCP-3282-1A cases, the contents of the book are remembered as the sentence, "Through building the broken are the disgraced renewed."3 In two recent cases, SCP-3282-1A individuals have also noted that the book contains artistic depictions of humanoids with insectoid features. Reported observations include a feminine figure with two feathery purple antennae, and a heavy-set entity with wings resembling those of a mosquito. A single short line of indecipherable pictograms, accompanied by an ornate circular seal, is present underneath several portraits. Discussion has begun regarding the possibility of allowing Foundation researchers to train and volunteer for becoming SCP-3282-1 instances, to further the collection of detailed information about SCP-3282-2. Footnotes 1. A severe reduction in emotional expressiveness 2. Described as a person's intellectual curiosity, creativity, and preference for novelty and variety. 3. Regardless of the dreamer's first language, the contents of the book will always be understandable. |
SCP-3283 | safe | Item #: SCP-3283 Special Containment Procedures: Site 874-Beta shall be monitored by at least two security personnel at each entrance. SCP-3283-1 shall be held shut with a wooden dowel 1.5 meters in length. SCP-3283-2 shall have a metal bar bolted across it to hold the switch in the ON position, and a locking cover shall be mounted over the top of the entire switch and switch plate. The supervising researcher shall hold the key. Several personnel shall pose as a family, coming and going from Site 874-Beta on a schedule that reasonably impersonates that of a typical family. Additional research and security personnel shall come and go posing as house guests. Description: SCP-3283 is a sliding glass door (SCP-3283-1) and light switch (SCP-3283-2) in the dining room of a house in Boise, Idaho. When SCP-3283-2 is in the ON position, SCP-3283-1 behaves like an ordinary glass door. Entry and exit to the house are unimpeded and bring the user to the expected location. Switching SCP-3283-2 to the OFF position activates SCP-3283's anomalous effect, though this effect is not immediately apparent unless viewed during daylight. When activated, SCP-3283-2 leads to an alternative version of Boise (Boise-3283). Boise-3283 experiences continual darkness. No moon or sun are observable, and the stars appear closer and brighter than in the "standard" Boise (Boise-Prime). The patterns of stars in Boise-3283 do not correspond to those found in Boise-Prime. Boise-3283 is identical to Boise-Prime in every way save that all structures are completely vacant. While the outsides are painted and decorated as in Boise, the interiors have no flooring, paint, wallpaper, or any other adornment applied to the bare construction materials. Although there are no lights or appliances in Boise-3283's structures, electric devices brought by exploration teams do function when plugged into power outlets in these structures. Outside the city limits of Boise-3283 is a dense boreal forest covering all of the planet so far mapped by the Foundation. The Foundation is not aware of any additional anomalous properties of Boise-3283. It has yet to be determined whether the alternate Boise is another dimension, a physical tranformation of our own planet, another planet, or some other anomaly. SCP-3283 was discovered when the Boise Press-Gazette published an article describing a haunted house that had been abandoned repeatedly over the span of 3 years in the early 2000s. The article was forwarded to the Foundation by local sources, at which time the Foundation purchased the house and established the present cover procedures. Lead Researcher's Personal Notes: Research log, Dr. Arcia writing I volunteered for this spot hoping to find some fun spiritual phenomena. The Foundation will be glad to know that I am still batting a perfect .000 on discovering ghosts in my career. Right after we came into the house one of the MTF guys, Officer Smith, noticed that somebody had left the light switch by the back door on. When he turned it off the view through the door immediately went dark. I flipped it off and on a couple more times just to confirm what we were seeing. We requested a remote camera vehicle and a couple mapping drones and got to work exploring through the door with the light switch off. As far as we can see with these methods, all of Boise is there, but outside that there's just dense forest as far as we could fly the drones and still get them back. The only break was a tiny clearing around the area the Great Salt Lake should be. We didn't see any animals or people. No sun ever rose despite these explorations lasting several days. We've designated the anomaly SCP-3283. The door is designated SCP-3283-1 and the switch is SCP-3283-2. We've designated the alternate Boise as Boise-3283. Given the apparent lack of dangers, I'm requesting clearance from O5 to conduct manned surveys. [O5 Approval granted. MTF-2525 ("Bailey Busters") to remain at Site 874-Beta as exploration and response team.] Exploration logs: + Exploration 1 - Exploration 1 3 members of MTF-2525 (Commander Villasenor, Officer Tennison, and Officer Smith) outfitted with standard short-range exploration packs, armament, video equipment, and radios. Orders to survey to edge of Boise-3283. Team remotely monitored by Dr. Arcia (hereafter "Base"). Base: Alright, we're clear on roles? Villasenor: Basic survey. Explore city but do not go into the woods. We got it, doc. Base: No need to be snippy, you know procedure with this stuff, gotta double-check everything. Villasenor: Yeah , yeah. Alright boys, let's go. Tennison: I'm a woman. So are you, actually. Villasenor: You know what I mean, smartass. Alright, proceeding through SCP-3283-1. Base: Alright, start with the first house directly to the north of this one. Enter and report. Villasenor: Proceeding to first house. Smith: Hey, look up! There's no moon! Tennison: Stars are awful bright, too. Smith: Kinda creeps me out. Villasenor: Focus, you're a professional! Base, we're at the house. Door's not locked, proceed? Base: Proceed. Aerial surveys didn't show any heat signatures to indicate occupation. Villasenor: Copy. Entering house. Smith: It looks like fresh construction in here! Base: Clarify, the video feed is too dark to make much out. Tennison: I can take care of that. Just let me get my floodlight out of my pack. Smith: What I mean is that outside everything looks just like it did back where you are, but inside everything's all bare concrete and drywall. Not even a switchplate on the power outlets. It's like somebody threw the house up, did the outside, then got the fuck out of Dodge. Villasenor: Language, Smith. Base, Tennison is doing a camera sweep with the spotlight. You picking it up? Base: Yeah. I have to agree with Smith on language, actually. Save the formality for your reports. Anyway, finish surveying the house and then proceed to the next. Villasenor: Copy. [NOTE: audio is interpersonal chatter between team for about 5 minutes. Video shows a sweep of the house.] Villasenor: Base, we're done with the first house. Everything is the same as the front room. Totally empty and unfinished. Proceeding to next house. Smith: Hope we see something interesting at some point. Tennison: You don't think this is interesting? [NOTE: recordings for the next several houses are similar] Villasenor: Base, we're at the corner of the street now. It occurs to me that I should point out we haven't seen any vehicles parked anywhere, but all the signage along the road is here and immaculately clean. There's light posts too, but the lights aren't on. Base: Copy. Continue along the same vector until you get to the treeline. No need to report unless you encounter something unusual. Smith: You mean other than the fact that we're in a ghost town? Villasenor: Cute. Remind me why you're on my team again? Smith: Because I shoot guns real good, sir. And because you like me. [NOTE: Tennison is heard chuckling] [NOTE: The remainder of the search continues in much the same manner until the treeline is reached] Villasenor: We're at the treeline. I'm not seeing anything anomalous, but the tree cover out there is thick. You can't even see a foot in with the starlight and our flashlights only get you about two yards more. I'm not seeing any signs of movement or light, not even a small animal, but all the same I'd like to come back now if you don't mind. Something about it doesn't sit right with me. Smith: I don't know, boss, there's something kinda mystical about the woods. It's almost like there's something out there waiting to meet us. Villasenor: If that was a joke, it wasn't funny. Base, we're heading back. Base: Copy. When you get back, we're going to have some stuff waiting for you. We want you to test out the light posts, power outlets, and network ports observed in town. When you get here, pick up the street light bulb, test lamp, and laptop. You'll test them next door. Villasenor: OK. Back in a jif. [NOTE: about 20 minutes of idle chatter as team returns.] Villasenor: Alright doc, give us the test equipment. Just FYI, you're buying the Red Lobster for making us stay out here longer. Base: Red Lobster? Really? Villasenor: You're in Boise, you got a better suggestion? And those cheddar biscuits are good. Smith: Oh hell yeah! Base: Fine, cheddar biscuits on me. [NOTE: team reports that they climbed a lamp post and installed the light bulb. They had to smash the light cover to access the socket. The light is confirmed to have come on] Tennison: Alright, we're heading into the house. Tennison: I'm plugging the lamp into a socket now. Smith: Lamp is on. Villasenor: Wait, what's that sound? Tennison: Ow! Base: Report? Tennison: The light buzzed and got really bright. Then it exploded a second later. It caught me in the hand. Base: Can anyone confirm that? It actually exploded, she didn't hit it on accident or something? Smith: Confirmed, it blew the heck up. Base: Noted. Try the network ports. Tennison: Way ahead of you Doc. We're plugged in and it looks like there's connectivity, but none of the websites I've tried seem to exist. Villasenor: Listen, if you're making a magical dark world, are you going to bring Yahoo or Reddit with you? Hell no. Try CNN.com or something normal like that. Tennison: Fair. CNN.com is loading, but slowly. Looks like the connection is only about 56kbps. We can see the top of the banner image though. Villasenor: OK, what the hell, Arcia? Is this a prank? Base: Why? What happened? Tennison: Well, the page loaded. apparently "CNN" stands for "Christ News Now". Villasenor: Seriously, are you messing with us? Did one of the techs redirect the laptop to a fake CNN page? Base: Listen, I'm not pranking you, but I'll have a senior tech examine the laptop when you get back. In the mean time, why don't you try foxnews.com? They seem like the sort to want a head start in the dark world. Villasenor: Funny. Tennison, go ahead. Tennison: OK, it's loaded. Fox News looks exactly the same. The banner shows today's date and the side poll is "Is the promise of an afterlife true?". 84% of respondents say yes. Same old Fox. Base: Copy. Alright, I don't really have anything else for you to do. Get back here and turn in the laptop to Tech █████████ for analysis, then we'll get those cheddar biscuits. Technician's Report: [REDACTED] + Exploration 2 Summary - Exploration 2 Summary A second exploration was mounted with the intention of scouting the woods immediately surrounding Boise-3283. Commander Villasenor and officers Tennison and Smith were outfitted with standard expedition gear, radios, and remote video links. The exploration team scouted the woods to a distance of one kilometer from the perimeter but found nothing worth reporting. Dr. Arcia made the decision to recall the team and mount another expedition equipped for multiple days at a later time. While the team was en route back to SCP-3283, a new research assistant inadvertently switched SCP-3283-2 to ON while Dr. Arcia was out of the room. When he returned he turned SCP-3283-2 back to OFF but the video and radio links could not be re-established. The standby team was dispatched for rescue operations but could not find the missing team anywhere within 10km of their presumed return route. The exploration team was presumed lost. Due to the potential for loss of valuable staff and the lack of useful data resulting from explorations, O5 has ordered an immediate halt to exploration of Boise-3283. Operations for Site 874-Beta have been refocused to containment of SCP-3283. + Please validate your O5-Level clearance to continue - O5-Level clearance authenticated, access granted Exploration 2 Commander Villasenor and officers Tennison and Smith were equipped with standard expedition gear for an exploration of the woods surrounding Boise-3283. The expedition plan of record was to embark on a route directly north, scout approximately 2km into the woods, then return along the same route. To ensure that any unforeseen anomalous effects didn't affect navigation, Tennison was attached to a steel tether that spooled out as she advanced. The tether allowed Dr. Arcia to determine if the team veered off course and provided the team a marker for the return route. The following radio logs have been abridged where noted. Arcia: OK, Tennison's all buckled in. Ready to go? Villasenor: Yeah. Tennison: Yep. Smith: Roger. Arcia: Fredo actually. [NOTE: Villasenor groans audibly] Villasenor: Alright, let's roll. [NOTE: The team travels for approximately 20 minutes in silence.] Arcia: Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention we have a new research assistant for this one. He's here to monitor the tether equipment. Say hi to Dr. Young everyone. Smith: Hiya. Tennison: Hi. Smith: We can see the woods now and they're as dark and foreboding as ever. The stars are even extra close up and the light isn't making the visibility any better. Arcia: What was that about the stars? They look even closer? Can you stop for a moment and take some high res footage of the sky? Villasenor: Copy. Are you getting it? Arcia: Yep. Hey, do you see Orion anywhere? This time of year Orion should be extremely visible in this part of the world but I'm not seeing it? Villasenor: I'm not seeing it. Smith's shaking his head no. [NOTE: Radio is silent for about a minute] Villasenor: Hey! Smith, snap out of it! Stop standing there shaking your head. Smith: Huh? Oh, sorry. It's no excuse for the amateur hour act, but you have to admit the number of little differences add up to be pretty distracting. This is nothing like the usual job for us. There's nothing hostile to put my focus on, and I think it makes your brain sort of invent more abstract threats to take their place. Villasenor: OK, I feel that. Tennison: Smith, honestly you acting all weird is freaking me out more than Boise-3283. You've been fidgety the whole way, not just now. Slow your roll and take a breath. Smith: Right, right. Hey, can we maybe put our headlamps on now? I feel kinda naked going in there with no light. Villasenor: Good call, if melodramatic. Villasenor: Arcia, we're moving back out. We'll report when there's something interesting. [NOTE: The next several minutes are silent] Arcia: Hey, I can hear twigs snapping, are you guys in the woods yet? Tennison: Yeah, nothing interesting though. Just dark woods. Villasenor: No signs of animal life though. We're the only thing other than wind making sound out here. Not so much as a cricket. [NOTE: Several more minutes with only the sound of footfalls] Villasenor: Alright, by my reckoning we're 1km in and still nothing. Smith: What are you talking about? What the hell is that? Villasenor: What is what? Smith: That! 2 o'clock, there's a flickering orange light. I'd swear it was a bonfire but it's moving. It's sort of bobbing side to side. Tennison: Oh, I see it too! Villasenor: It's gone now. Smith: No, there's another one over there! 10 o'clock, I mean. Arcia: OK, quiet. All of you hold still and tell me if you hear anything. [NOTE: The team doesn't speak, but much fainter cracking of branches is heard on the audio feed.] Smith: [whispering] I can see both of the lights now, and they look like they're getting closer. Are they torches, maybe? I can hear footsteps. Villasenor: [whispering] Maybe? If they are, 2 of whoever they are to 3 of us with only expedition gear is odds I don't want to play. I'm ordering a retreat. Tennsion: [whispering] Dr. Young, I'm jogging back now. Engage the tether to spool up at my jogging pace. Young: Copy. Done. Smith: [whispering] Hey, are the footsteps getting faster? Villasenor: [whispering] I think so. I just checked our six and the lights seem to be closing faster too. I'd say that if they're torches they're only 500 meters out now. Smith: [whispering] We should run. Tennsion: [whispering] Agree. [NOTE: A loud snap is heard on the audio feed] Villasenor: RUN! [NOTE: The next several minutes are silent except the team's breathing and the two distinct groups of footfalls.] Smith: Fuck, whatever it is back there just screeched like a god damned barn owl! Tennison: I heard it too. [NOTE: A screech is audible on the audio feed] Young: That sounded close to you! How far out are you? Villasenor: House is just at the edge of visual range. We're almost there. Where's Arcia? Young: Don't tell him I told you, but he's in the bathroom. Nervous stomach. I'm going to smack the tether into fast wind mode, You're close enough that you shouldn't get too banged up and it will get you back faster. Grab onto officer Tennison please. [NOTE: A loud crack is heard] Young: SHIT! Shit! Shit shit shit shit shit shit! [Arcia's shoes are heard thudding into the room containing SCP-3283] Arcia: What the fuck happened? Why is it light through the door? Young: I switched the tether up to drag them back faster when they started hearing something screeching near them, but the tether snapped and smacked into SCP-3283-2! Arcia: Well flip it back! Shit! Arcia: Team, do you copy? Is anyone there? Smith: I copy but Tennison and Villasenor just vanished. Young: Their audio and video feeds are gone! Smith: Fuck! What's that? I'm almost there, get ready to slam the fucking door behind me and hit the switch. Arcia: Young, get on the door, I'll man the switch. Smith, count it down when you're 10 seconds out. [NOTE: A screech is heard. Its volume causes crackling on the audio feed.] Smith: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, HIT IT! [NOTE: The door is heard slamming shut. Approximately one second later an object audibly impacts the door with a great deal of force. Gunfire, from Smith, is heard.] Smith: FUCK! What the hell? God damn it! Arcia: Smith! Smith! Hold your fire, I got the switch. Nothing else is getting through. Smith: I'm going to make damn well sure. [NOTE: The sound of Smith peeling duct tape off a roll from his pack is heard.] Smith: OK, this shit stays taped in place. Got it? Arcia, is that your hiking stick over there? Jam it in the door. Make sure it won't open. Young: I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Sorry. Smith: You fucking piece of shit. Get over here. [NOTE: Dr. Arcia's report shows that at this time officer Smith began beating Dr. Young until another team member could be summoned to restrain him.] As a result of this incident, officer Smith was ordered to immediate debriefing. Dr. Young was terminated from his position, given amnestics, and reassigned elsewhere in the Foundation. Dr. Arcia received a formal reprimand for leaving a junior researcher unsupervised, but was not removed from duty. He was ordered to perform comprehensive analysis of the video and audio from the expedition to determine the feasibility of rescue operations. Exploration 2 debriefing notes and logs Inventory of officer Smith's pack One standard field flashlight One standard field headlamp Standard backup sidearm 100 rounds of munitions Standard ration kit One personal utility knife. Engraving: "For Scout". Camera and radio gear. Duct tape Leather gloves Air filtration mask One personal collapsible baton Firestarter and tinder Flare gun and flares Binoculars. One copy of the Book of Mormon. Appears old, heavily noted. By Order of O5 Due to anomalous nature of Book of Mormon (was not in pre-expedition inventory of officer's gear), book is designated SCP-3283-A and is to be transferred to forensic literary team for analysis. Debriefing of officer Smith. Dr. Carlsbad, M.D. conducting, Director [REDACTED] supervising remotely Carlsbad: To begin with, tell me what happened in your own words. Smith: It was supposed to be a standard recon. At first things were just like the first expedition I went on. Everything quiet, all peaceful. Only sound was the wind rustling in the trees. Honestly? Carlsbad: Please, always be honest. Can you continue? Smith: Honestly, I couldn't wait to get out there again. It's pure serenity. When you're out there, no voices but your closest team mates, it's bliss. You can really let your thoughts spill out and float on them. Back here? Sometimes you drown in them. Carlsbad: So to start this mission, would you say you felt calm? Smith: Absolutely. I had my two favorite ladies with me and we were going for a walk in the woods. That's as good as this job gets. And then the stars were wrong. Carlsbad: What do you mean "wrong"? Can you elaborate? Director: [through Carlsbad's earpiece] That information is need-to-know. Redirect your inquiry. Carlsbad: Smith, sorry to cut you off. The details of the sky aren't relevant to me. Why don't you tell me how it made you feel? Smith: Like the gravity turned off. I'm looking up, and I felt like my body was being lifted from the ground but my stomach was still stuck down there. For a minute, it's like I'd left Cap and Tenny behind and I'd been ascended to my own world. Carlsbad: Like an out-of-body experience? Smith: Kinda the opposite? Like, my body was leaving me and I was there with my girls. Like I didn't need my body anymore. Then… Carlsbad: Please, officer, continue. Smith: Huh? Oh, sorry. Then I was suddenly back and everyone else seemed a bit concerned. I tried to pull myself together. My team needed me. We carried on and eventually we got to the woods. Carlsbad: Tell me about that. Smith: The woods felt like they were made of darkness. Like if you didn't bear your own light in, you'd be snuffed out by it. I requested that we get our headlamps on before we went in. I didn't want to be in a situation where I lost my flashlight and had to struggle through my pack in the dark for the headlamp. Carlsbad: Did the headlamp make you feel safer? Smith: Safe doesn't feel like the right word… Carlsbad: Take your time. Smith: More like, well… [There are about 20 seconds of silence in the audio record] Smith: Like protected. Like the desire to illuminate creates a barrier around you. Carlsbad: And then you went in? Smith: Yeah. It was fine at first, but once we got a ways in Cap realized there weren't any sounds. No animals, no bugs, no people. Just us crunching on twigs and branches. We were talking to base about that when I saw the lights. Carlsbad: What did you feel when you saw the lights? Smith: I couldn't tell what they were at first, but my body knew to be scared. When we realized they were moving we switched to whispering through our radios. When we started hearing twigs we got the hell out of there. Carlsbad: Did these lights confer any type of feeling to you? Like your headlamp did? Smith: Yeah, I felt instantly that these were weapons. Like they wanted to break through my light and take me. So we ran. Carlsbad: And they kept closing? Smith: Yeah, and then the screeching started. Like a freaking barn owl. Carlsbad: Tell me about when you lost contact with base. Smith: Lost contact? What are you talking about? We just kept running. Carlsbad: Interesting… Director: [in Carlsbad's earpiece] The audio logs show a gap on the base side but none in his radio's local recording unit. Try asking about when he lost his team. Carlsbad: Sir, that feels rather insensitive to do at this time. We need to approach the topic carefully. Smith: What's going on, doc? Who are you talking to? Director: [in Carlsbad's earpiece] Use your best sensitivity but this is critical. Carlsbad: OK. Smith? Can you tell me about when you lost Villasenor and Tennison? [Approximately 1 minute of silence. Some sobbing is heard at approximately 45 seconds into this period] Carlsbad: Take your time, son. [Sobbing continues for approximately two more minutes.] Smith: There's nothing to say, really. We were running, and when we got in sight of the house I suddenly realized they weren't with me. I didn't even have time to slow down before I heard a screech practically on top of me and realized I couldn't stop to look for them or I'd be gone too. Carlsbad: That must have been a difficult choice to make. Smith: It wasn't at all. I'm going back with more guys and big ass guns as soon as we're done with this conversation. I just put everything I had into running and told the docs to be ready.The moment I got through the door I turned and opened fire in case they weren't ready. Young got the door closed in time and the bullets didn't even scratch the fucking thing. No anomalous materials, my ass. Carlsbad: You're going back? I don't see orders for that. Smith: Listen, the only reason my feet found the power to get to that door was that they were going to turn around and get my girls back. They're not dead until they're gone. I need you to submit the request, I think. This is a psych eval, isn't it? They don't have M.D.'s do the debriefings usually. Carlsbad: We have everything we need. Why don't you go get some bunk time? Smith: Sure, I'll do that. Debriefing Report, Dr. Carlsbad writing Smith is an intelligent young man with a flair for the dramatic in his speaking. He's emotionally and intellectually quite intelligent and has a gift for oratory. During our session he appeared to be of sound mind in spite of a normal and healthy grieving process. Smith is extremely motivated by his emotions but channels them into surprisingly sound decisions with remarkable conviction. He doesn't seem like the sort who changes his mind easily. He was fiercely loyal to his lost teammates and although he made a proper evaluation of his situation while fleeing, he shows more hope than Director [REDACTED] as to the survival of his teammates. It's not really my position to say who I agree with. Smith has requested permission to mount a rescue. In my opinion he is of sound mind and able to make rational decisions, so I see no reason not to pass along his request. I'll leave it to the wise men upstairs whether they feel the lost officers are worth the risk. Dr. [REDACTED] Carlsbad, M.D. Rescue Expedition By Order of O5 O5 has determined that a rescue attempt is worthwhile. Officer Smith is ordered to take 5 men and heavy armaments into Boise-3283 and attempt to locate officers Villasenor and Tennison along the route of retreat. As a secondary objective, team should attempt to subdue or kill any of the torchbearers (to be designated SCP-3283-B) encountered and bring them back for analysis. Officer Smith (designated Lead) was permitted to select five task force members to form an assault team. Officers Marcus, Johnson, Diaz, Seung, and Russel (designated 1 through 5) were selected and were outfitted with assault and retrieval gear. As a precaution, SCP-3283-2 was duct taped in the OFF position and a technican was readied to shut and bar SCP-3283-1 if needed. No tethers were utilized due to the undiagnosed failure on the previous expedition. Dr Arcia (designated Base) supervised. Base: Alright, try to find your people. And remember, kill the hell out of anything else you find and bring that back too. Smith: Damn straight. Let's move out! [NOTE: a few minutes of silence pass as the team initially heads along the route still marked by the snapped tether] 3: Hey boss, it's scary quiet out here. What should we be listening for? Smith: Listen for snapping branches and freaky owl screeches. And watch for those damn torches. 3: Copy. 1: Hey, Lead, I got a pack over here on the ground. Looks like Foundation-issue. Smith: Any tracks around it? 1: No sir, not that I can make out. Smith: OK, so they break twigs but they don't leave tracks? Shit. OK boys, I want headlamps on and guns ready for the rest of this trip. I do not want to get caught by surprise again. Mouths shut, ears open. [NOTE: silence for several minutes] Smith: Base, we're at the treeline. We're going to fan out and check for any disturbances in the trees or brush that could be an entry point. Arcia: Copy. Be careful, Joe. Smith: Wish you would have said that last time. [NOTE: about 20 seconds of silence] Arcia: Well… please be careful anyway. Smith: Copy. Boys, you see anything? Smith: Everyone reports negative, Base. OK guys, come back to my position and we'll enter from here. 1: Copy. 2: Copy. 4: Copy. 5: Copy. Smith: Diaz, do you copy? Diaz! Anyone got Diaz? 1: I'm the furthest out to this side, I can see you and he's nowhere between. 5: Same. Smith: Shit. I knew they weren't right. Arcia: Who? Smith: Cap and Tenny. 2: Wait, you saw them? Why didn't you signal? Smith: Huh? No, didn't see 'em. I just, you know, kinda felt them when we came through. Like they were telling me "it'll be OK, they don't need any more of you." 1: OK, boss, you're sure you're OK? Arcia: This isn't really the time for psychology, but that's a pretty normal grief reaction. Smith, you sure you're OK to proceed? Smith: Yeah, sorry. I'll get over it. OK guys, let's go into the woods about 20 yards, then two of you will split to each side of me and go until my light is just at the edge of your vision. Then one more guy will break off and do the same thing. Then we'll go forward and try to drag up our people, or at least find some monsters to kill. Smith: OK, Base, we're proceeding. Everyone, switch your radios to broadcast and report directly to the doc if you see something. Everyone else, if someone reports a sighting, converge on his position. Now move! [NOTE: 2 minutes of silence] Smith: I see lights! I'm not waiting for them to hunt us down this time. I'm going to them! 2: Hey, hold up! Shit, doc? He just took off without waiting for us to converge. Arcia: Smith? Smith, respond! Smith: The torches, Cap and Tenny are carrying torches now. They're not monsters at all, they want to show me their light! My light! I couldn't understand their speech before, but it's so clear now. 2: Fuck. Guys, I'm taking the lead. Everyone run slant routes to close on Lead. That shrink was fucked himself if he thought Joe was ready for this. Don't worry, doc, we'll bring him back too! 4: Hey, I'm pretty close to him and I'm not seeing any torches. Smith: They're not for you. They're my light, they're my girls. My family. I have to take my place with them. You're dirtying this place! [NOTE: Gunfire is heard and 4 is heard screaming] 4: I'm hit! He fired at me. Guys, he's lost it. Treat him as hostile. He might have done in the other two himself for all we know. [NOTE: One more shot is heard] Smith: I can see where they gather. They're so beautiful. They've left everything behind. They wear light now. This is our kingdom. My kingdom. They're waiting for me, around the heart fire. 2: His light just disappeared. Either he lost me or he turned it off. I'll keep closing on the last trajectory I spotted him on. 5: I just got to Seung. He's dead. Smith shot him right in the head while he lay there. 2: Cold, but we don't have time to worry about confirmed corpses. Keep trying to track down Smith. [NOTE: Gunshots] 2: Russel? 2: Shit! OK, Marcus, let's get the fuck out of here. Can't rescue anyone if we're dead. Start running and don't stop til you get to the door. 1: Copy. I'm running. [NOTE: Approximately 2 minutes of heavy breathing] 2: Whoah! He just ran right by me! He's freaking naked! He's wearing like a crown made out of sticks or something like that. There's horns made out of sticks on it too. What the hell? 1: I see him, he's closing on me. [NOTE: Many gunshots] 1: I fired at him but either I missed or they went right through him. He returned fire and I'm hit on the shoulder. Still running. 1 I'm down, he got me in the leg. I'll try to hold him off, get the hell out of here Johnson! Smith: [faintly heard through 1's radio] I am resurrected. I have dominion. I am the light and the bringer of light and the light is in me and mine. I protect mine and my domain. [NOTE: A long exchange of gunfire] 2: I think I'm the only one left, doc. Get the duct tape off that fucking switch and try not to flip it. Get ready. I'm in sight of the house. Arcia: Copy. Do I hear gunfire? 2: Confirmed. He's a ways to my side but he's taking potshots. I can hear him shouting some kooky chant too. Something about light. He's closing on me way too fast. I should be in visual range of you in 10 seconds. Arcia: Confirmed, we've got visual on you. Look out, he's right behind you! 2: Damn, I'm hit. My arm's dead, I don't think I can shoot back. Doc, I'm to the door in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5. Arcia: Johnson? Shit, he's here! [NOTE: The slamming of SCP-3283-1 is heard] Arcia: Shhhhhiiiiiiiiit. Let the…let the record show I flipped the switch just as what we presume to be Smith reached his arm through. Tech has shut and secured SCP-3283-1. Smith's arm appears to be adorned with geometric drawings in mud. There's a ring made of woven grass on his finger. Tech: Whoah! Arcia: OK, the arm just sorted of turned into a black chalk and sunk through the floor. It's totally gone. By Order of O5 SCP-3283 is to be permanently transitioned to containment-only. SCP-3283-2 shall be bolted permanently off and covered with a locking security box. Perform the necessary tests to ensure SCP-3283-2 cannot be broken through by physical assault or gunfire, and determine the most direct way to bar the door permanently Literary research memo regarding SCP-3283-A Object is a Book of Mormon, dating to approximately the same time frame as the estimated age of the house containing SCP-3283. It appears of ordinary make and wear for a book of its age, though no publication information can be found inside. It is extensively underlined and annotated in the margins. The notes are mostly interpretations common at the time, though the note taker does seem to take the conception of the afterlife rather more literally than his or her contemporaries. The book is largely unremarkable in the standard sections aside from a few rather morbid sketch interpretations of passages found stuck into the book on folded loose paper. The most notable (and possibly anomalous) feature of the book is a new final section, titled "A New New Testament". It contains a single book, "The Book of Hezekiah", which tells the story of a man's journey into the afterlife, and a history of the events he experiences in the afterlife. Here's a brief rundown: Hezekiah is an old man who has dutifully lived his life according to the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, but in the classic polygamist fashion. One day, while in prayer with his wives and children, he receives a testimony from God telling him he has earned his afterlife and laying out instructions on how he and his family will make the transition1. Hezekiah passes with his family through a portal and arrives in their afterlife. The text is unclear on whether they actually die first or simply get to go straight there. The book states that the afterlife is pastoral and "untainted by Mankind's depredations" save for a few familiar sights for the comfort of Hezekiah's family. At God's command, they seal the portal behind them. According to the text, they make their home in the woods of their new world, where "they are never blind for they bear their inner light to illuminate all." For a while Hezekiah and his family are at peace, but eventually they begin to feel lonely and wish for more people to join them in their afterlife. They want to hear new stories, have new friends, and grow their eternal family. Hezekiah feels that this afterlife is his dominion2 and he makes the decision to unseal the portal. God's wrath is immediate and painful. He turns them into "creatures as twisted up outside as within" and curses them so that "their light shall not illuminate but pervert all." The book comes to a rather abrupt close noting only that they flee into the woods to hide from God's wrathful eye and that they never again knew peace. My conclusion is that this is not dissimilar from other apocalyptic texts in the Christian tradition. Similarly to books such as Revelation, it was written well after the rest of the work it accompanies and pays little mind to the language and formalisms of the rest of the work. If not for the rather strange way this came into our possession I'd categorize this as religious fiction or possibly outsider art. I'll leave it to the folks up top to draw the appropriate larger conclusions. By Order of O5 This order is a requisition by O5 Administrator █████████ for SCP-3283-A. Given recent events, the Administrator feels the book warrants closer inspection. Perhaps Dr. Arcia got what he wanted after all. Footnotes 1. [In the Mormon tradition, a faithful man is rewarded in the afterlife with his own planet to rule over where he will be joined by his family. This makes remarriage after the death of a spouse rather controversial in the Mormon community, as the doctrine doesn't clearly explain how the afterlife accounts for this situation.] 2. [This is a pretty justified position, actually. 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SCP-3284 | keter | Item#: 3284 Level2 Containment Class: keter Secondary Class: none Disruption Class: vlam Risk Class: notice link to memo Special Containment Procedures: There is currently no known method of efficiently containing SCP-3284. Personnel may submit experimental containment proposals to Senior Researcher Dr. Anna O'Neil for review. Proposals to apply a non-Keter classification to SCP-3284 are preemptively denied per O5 order until a fully effective containment strategy has been devised. When not being tested, SCP-3284 is to be placed in an unsecured lock box located within Containment Chamber 303K at Site-272, and D-Class are to be assigned guard and recontainment duty for shifts lasting no more than five hours. Description: SCP-3284 is a steel ball bearing measuring approximately 2.5cm in diameter and weighing 67g. It has the anomalous property of being uncontainable by any currently known means. All methods of containment or restraint of SCP-3284 thus far attempted have failed within fifteen minutes of initiation. In the majority of cases, this failure appears to be spontaneous in nature, with evidence pointing toward cascading failure events stemming from causes present prior to the attempt. In the remaining cases, where failure cascades have been rendered unlikely or implausible, SCP-3284 has exhibited the anomalous ability of spontaneous relocation into an unobserved area up to ten meters from the edge of the containment area. These effects only manifest for SCP-3284 itself, and thus cannot be used reliably by other objects or entities to escape containment. SCP-3284's anomalous nature was initially discovered during routine testing of an experimental containment chamber at Site-272. The door mechanism in which SCP-3284 had been installed suffered repeated failures, and testing in other machinery had led to similar results. Initially it was determined that its anomalous effect was the destructive failure of any mechanism it was placed within, but this was updated to the current description after breaches continued occurring despite the lack of mechanical or electrical devices used during several containment attempts. [Access Abridged Experiment Log B] [Close Abridged Experiment Log B] The original log of experiments that took place prior to the description update have been archived in Document 3284/04A. The full log of experiments from the current run may be found in Document 3284/04B. Experiment 3284/01B Testing: Control test. Containment Method: SCP-3284 was installed in its original position in the upper hinge of the outer airlock door on Experimental Containment Chamber S272-037. Result: Due to a previously undetected flaw in the upper hinge's ceramic plating, the hinge immediately siezed with the airlock door in the closed position. A repair team was dispatched and the hinge dismantled, whereupon SCP-3284 fell from the hinge's interior and rolled across the floor before coming to a stop approximately three meters away. Notes: While not precisely following the same sequence of events of the previous breakdowns and repair attempts, the results of this test still fit the pattern established during initial discovery. -Dr. O'Neil Experiment 3284/02B Testing: Basic containment procedure. Containment Method: Standard Safe-rated security locker with keypad entry. Result: Approximately four minutes after containment initiation, the locker's keypad suffered from a momentary power surge, causing it to react as if the passcode had been entered. The locker's door was pushed open by the force of the lock disengaging, allowing SCP-3284 to roll out and fall to the floor. The door then swung closed and the lock reengaged. The power surge was later determined to have been caused by faulty wiring within the keypad. Notes: It is difficult at this point to determine if SCP-3284's anomalous property is somehow causing the faults and making them appear as if they had always been there, or if it is merely taking advantage of faults that were actually already there. -Dr. O'Neil Experiment 3284/05B Testing: Basic containment procedure. Containment Method: Standard Safe-rated lock box with biometric entry. Result: Approximately eleven minutes after containment initiation, the lock box's biometric scanner spontaneously registered an appropriate retinal pattern. The lock disengaged, causing the lid to spring open. Cameras recorded the sound of a metal object falling onto the concrete floor six seconds before the box's lid settled back into position and the lock reengaged. SCP-3284 was found in a corner of the testing chamber that was neither covered by the cameras nor directly visible from the observation area. Review of the footage shows a common house fly landing on the biometric scanner immediately prior to the lock disengaging. Notes: I debated including the part about the fly in my report but ultimately decided to adhere to scientific rigor. The odds that a fly could in any way resemble a retinal pattern at all or somehow mark such a pattern into the surface of the scanner are simply astronomical if not outright impossible, but so are the odds of all these mechanical and containment failures happening around the same ball bearing simply by chance. -Dr. O'Neil Experiment 3284/10B Testing: Observational containment. Containment Method: Direct human observation utilizing two D-Class and two security personnel stationed in an unsecured conference room. Result: Due to the deactivation of the conference room's security cameras to test pure human observation, all data collected from this test came from debriefing of the D-Class and guards. It has been determined that approximately seven minutes after containment initiation, all four direct observers moved their attention away from SCP-3284 at the same time1. The object spontaneously relocated to the hallway during this lapse. Notes: Even containment methods that are not strictly physical are subject to SCP-3284's anomalous effect. I wonder how it can tell it's being watched? -Dr. O'Neil Experiment 3284/12B Testing: Observational containment. Containment Method: Unsecured conference room fitted with a web of modified hidden security cameras. Result: Precisely fourteen minutes after containment initiation, a temporary power outage in the administrative wing of Site-272 caused the cameras to deactivate for 2.3 seconds, after which they reactivated on internal battery power. During the downcycle, SCP-3284 had spontaneously relocated to an unobserved point outside the camera web's area of coverage. Notes: Even though the cameras were hidden, they were detected. A new series of experiments purely to test SCP-3284's perceptual range may be in order once we figure out how to actually contain it. -Dr. O'Neil Experiment 3284/16B Testing: Reality-bending detection and containment. Containment Method: Standard Euclid-rating containment chamber containing four Scranton reality anchors and a Kant counter. Result: The containment chamber's door lock and lighting both failed approximately two minutes after containment initiation and reengaged seventeen seconds later, during which time SCP-3284 had relocated into an unobserved spot in the hallway. SCP-3284 registered at 51.3 Humes pre-containment, 50 Humes during containment and the subsequent breach, then 50.9 Humes post-breach. The reality anchors remained operational throughout but did not activate. Notes: The Hume readings are all well within standard reality background counts, and the anchors didn't even try to stop the breach from happening. Rather than help us understand SCP-3284 and its abilities, this test would seem to raise even more questions, not to mention several new concerns. I will be requesting more funding for SCP-3284's experiment and containment budget. -Dr. O'Neil Request denied. The object does represent a risk to information security, but given that it has not yet traveled more than ten meters outside containment during a breach, that risk is minimal. -Site Director Yarborough Experiment 3284/20B Testing: Advanced containment procedure. Containment Method: Modified Euclid-rated lock box placed inside a standard Euclid-rated security crate stored in a standard Euclid-rated containment chamber guarded by two security officers. Result: Approximately ten minutes after containment initiation, all mechanical security measures suffered catastrophic failure events that allowed SCP-3284 to roll unhindered into the hallway outside the containment chamber. Officers Thompkins and Elwood attempted to halt SCP-3284's momentum but failed when Officer Thompkins slipped on a previously unnoticed wet patch on the floor and fell into Officer Elwood, causing minor injuries to both and allowing SCP-3284 to pass by them. Notes: None. Experiment 3284/21B Testing: Extreme containment procedure. Containment Method: Encasement of the object in a 50cm3 block of concrete and placing it in a modified Keter-rated security crate stored in a modified Keter-rated containment chamber in Bunker 272-07B guarded by five security officers and observed by a web of modified hidden security cameras. Result: None. Experiment 21B was canceled during its preparatory stages by Site Director's order. Notes: All further experiments in this vein are hereby preemptively denied. While SCP-3284 is deservedly classified as Keter, and even though it is understandable that attempting to contain what is essentially an uncontainable object may be a frustrating task, SCP-3284 is simply not enough of a threat to normalcy, the Foundation, or humanity in general to require such extreme measures or resource expenditures. The research and containment budget for SCP-3284 still remains the same as it was in the beginning, and the research team is advised to start thinking more creatively going forward rather than simply trying to brute-force a solution. -Site Director Yarborough Experiment 3284/27B Testing: Perpetual re-containment. Containment Method: Unsecured standard Safe-rated lock box guarded by one D-Class in an unsecured modified Safe-rated containment chamber. Result: At random intervals approximately ranging from one to fifteen minutes, SCP-3284 spontaneously relocated from the interior of the lock box into an unobserved area of the 10m3 containment chamber. D-22930 was alerted to each relocation event by the sound of the object striking the concrete floor as heard in previous experiments, allowing him to quickly find it and place it back in the lock box. This cycle was continually completed without failure up to the test's conclusion three hours after initiation. Notes: It seems we have found a way to trick SCP-3284 into 'thinking' that it has escaped without actually allowing it to do so. Conceptual containment appears to be its weak point, and hopefully that will continue to be the case until we manage to devise a more permanent solution. -Dr. O'Neil [Close Abridged Experiment Log B] Addendum 3284-001: This article has been slated for revision due to the events of Incident 3284/72, and as such should be considered out-of-date until further notice. Details can be found in Incident Report 3284-72A. Footnotes 1. 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SCP-3285 | safe | Design on the label of SCP-3285. Item #: SCP-3285 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3285 is stored in a standard high-value containment locker in Site 73, and can be obtained with the approval of the current project head. Testing on any subjects other than D-Class requires the approval of the Site Director. Following Incident 3285/007, testing on any subjects who have worked as intellectual property attorneys is now forbidden. Description: SCP-3285 is an orange plastic medicine bottle containing between five and twenty-five orange pills (hereafter SCP-3285-A)1 labeled "creative comas"; the logo appears to be a slightly altered version of the Creative Commons logo. One side of the label depicts the illustration pictured above, and the reverse side contains the following text: creative comas ENTERTAINMENT & EDUCATION DIVISION - Public Domain Protection Service2 CCC COMPLIANT - A-P INDIVIDUALS DO NOT USE UNLESS MANDATED When an instance of SCP-3285-A is consumed by a subject, it will initially display properties similar to non-anomalous sleeping pills; subjects typically lose consciousness within an hour of SCP-3285-A consumption. Afterwards, however, they will display symptoms consistent with a persistent vegetative state for between forty-eight and seventy-two hours; MRI scans conducted during SCP-3285 effect periods show no brain activity that would indicate the subject retains awareness. Despite the medically verified status of subjects affected by SCP-3285-A, all nonetheless report having extremely vivid dreams that they can afterwards recall with near-eidetic clarity. All dreams begin with a visible white title card on black background covering the subject's entire perception, always consisting of the words "The Free Story of __". The contents of a given dream vary, but all make use of intellectual property that is in the public domain3 or licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0/3.0. Subjects affected by SCP-3285-A do not require sustenance to survive, and will awaken at the conclusion of an SCP-3285-A episode without displaying any expected negative physical side effects such as dehydration, malnourishment, or muscle atrophy. Long-term effects of SCP-3285-A exposure vary, but usually consist of the subject expressing a greater desire to pursue altruistic or intellectual endeavors (see test log). No negative effects have been noted from repeated SCP-3285-A testing, and all subjects react to repeated uses of SCP-3285-A in the same manner as their first usage, albeit with a different dream experienced per each instance of SCP-3285-A. SCP-3285-A Test Log The following is a record of SCP-3285-A instances, as reported by test subjects. Subject Information SCP-3285-A Title Instance Summary Effects of SCP-3285-A Exposure D-37245, standard subject taken from normal pool of D-Class. Subject is a 26-year old female with high school education and criminal convictions related to motor vehicle theft. The Free Story of Mark Twain's Stupidity An extended dialogue between writers Mark Twain and William Shakespeare, apparently located in an afterlife resembling the traditional Western version of Heaven. Shakespeare angrily criticizes Twain for questioning the authorship of his plays, punctuating his outbursts with passages read out loud from Twain's Is Shakespeare Dead? (1909). Mark Twain responds with characteristic humor and wit, asking for Shakespeare to produce ready evidence of his authorship and defending his support of the Baconian theory. The story ends with Francis Bacon entering the scene and denouncing both Twain and Shakespeare as "silly dreaming children," saying that he considered the theatre a waste of time and would never have written plays. Shakespeare laughs at Twain's expense as the dream ends. Subject expressed a strong desire to read novels and requested reading material from researchers, despite showing no great interest in literature prior to the test. No other long-term effects. D-37245, same as previous experiment. The Free Story of King Lear the Author Adaptation of William Shakespeare's King Lear onto a modern setting, depicting Lear as a famous author who is in the terminal stages of pancreatic cancer. As he writes out the final version of his will, planning to divide his assets between his three daughters, he asks them what they plan to do with the rights to his works. Goneril and Regan proclaim their desire to sell the rights of film and television adaptations, whereas Cordelia expresses her desire to donate the rights to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Angered by her attempts to give away his legacy without financial gain, Lear disinherits Cordelia and divides the rights to his works between the other two sisters. After firing his literary agent Kent for expressing disapproval at his disownment of Cordelia, Lear slowly begins to lose his mind, and the other main characters die as in the original play. Story ends with Lear's reputation ruined as his family's scandals and his daughters' plots to kill one another are exposed; he dies without a direct heir, and Goneril's widower Albany inherits his fortune. Subject expressed extreme distaste for the works of author George R.R. Martin, and displayed in-depth knowledge of his A Song of Ice and Fire series despite not having previously read it. Junior Researcher Adams. After lack of negative side effects in previous tests, consumption of SCP-3285-A instances by Foundation personnel for research purposes was provisionally approved. The Free Story of Lawrence the Preserver A medieval fantasy epic featuring a fictionalized version of Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig as the primary protagonist. Story begins as an army of antagonists referred to as the Suppressors sack Lawrence's hometown, destroying the library that Lawrence had previously worked in as a scribe. Vowing to avenge "the ink and the blood," Lawrence raises an army of peasants and other lower-class citizens to remove the Suppressors from their land. Climax of the story takes place in a battlefield referred to as Extentia, as Lawrence does battle with and defeats the nameless leader of the Suppressors, suffering a mortal wound in the process. The Suppressors are driven from the land, and Lawrence is idolized and immortalized as "Lawrence the Preserver." Researcher Adams expressed a desire to "contribute to humanity's collective knowledge." After being placed in on-site lodging, logs of Researcher Adams' computer indicated numerous visits to the Wikimedia Commons image website, followed by uploads of public domain images collected from elsewhere on the Internet to the site. Full recovery from SCP-3285-A's effects was successfully achieved following Class-B Amnestic treatment. Andrew Garcia, Foundation legal counsel. Subject had previously worked for ████████████ as an intellectual property attorney, representing the company in court when it brought suit against competitors for trademark infringement. Test cleared by Site Director. [REDACTED] [REDACTED - SEE ADDENDUM] [REDACTED] + 3285 Incident/007 [SITE DIRECTOR CLEARANCE REQUIRED] - CLEARANCE ACCEPTED Note: Information in the following log was obtained over the course of two weeks, as subject was initially unwilling to speak about the dream's contents. Subject Information SCP-3285-A Title Instance Summary Effects of SCP-3285-A Exposure Andrew Garcia, Foundation legal counsel. Subject had previously worked for ████████████ as an intellectual property attorney, representing the company in court when it brought suit against competitors for trademark infringement. Test cleared by Site Director. The Free Story of the Arrogant Lawyer A mock trial of Andrew Garcia, taking place in a dilapidated court room filled with individuals the subject identified as his friends and relatives. A group of humanoid entities (whose face the subject was unable to recall) act as the judge, jury, and bailiff of the court room, all wearing uniformly black clothes save for a single public domain insignia, identical to the one seen in SCP-3185 letters. The "trial" begins with the entities reading law school papers and lawsuit notices the subject had previously written, afterwards discarding the papers in a firepit located in the center of the courtroom. As the papers burn, the courtroom audience repeatedly chants the word "SUPPRESS", and the subject experiences discomfort in his perceived skin. As each document is destroyed, the subject loses knowledge of the contents contained therein. The process repeats itself for what the subject perceives to be six hours. This is the only recorded SCP-3285-A instance that has both involved the subject directly in the dream and created a perceived physical stimulus during it. Subject suffered partial amnesia, apparently losing all memories of work related to his previous profession; afterwards, subject suffered from long-term insomnia and night terrors. Additionally, subject expressed difficulty in recalling contents of public domain books such as Dracula after reading them. Amnestics ineffective in reversing symptoms. Containment procedures updated to prevent testing on intellectual property attorneys. Footnotes 1. SCP-3285 will anomalously refill itself when the amount of pills in the bottle has fallen below five. 2. Research into connections with SCP-3185 is ongoing. 3. The country that SCP-3285-A bases its public domain on is unknown, as all recorded dreams have contained content that is out of copyright worldwide. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3285" by ObserverSeptember, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3285. 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-3286 | euclid | close Info X SCP-3286: Sea Legs Author: Deadly Bread A portion of the plateau SCP-3286 is located on Item #: SCP-3286 Special Containment Procedures: Foundation patrol boats are to monitor the area surrounding SCP-3286 to prevent civilian access. An underwater barrier has been built to surround the plateau that SCP-3286 resides on. SCP-3286’s containment area is to be routinely monitored for foreign organisms. Under no circumstances are personnel to enter SCP-3286’s enclosure. One live adult fish longer than 45 centimeters is to be released into the enclosure per day. SCP-3286 is to be regularly monitored for death among the colony. SCP-3286-B events are to be regularly tracked and monitored. Description: SCP-3286 is a species of fish sharing physical similarities with a largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) located off the coast of the Fort Hommen Nature Reserve, Guernsey. Instances of SCP-3286 are able to filter saltwater through their gills, despite largemouth bass being primarily freshwater fish. All instances of SCP-3286 are located on top of an underwater plateau and have never attempted to leave the area above the plateau. Located in the center of the plateau is a black statue resembling an instance of SCP-3286. The main difference between SCP-3286 and other non-anomalous members of its species are two pale humanoid legs on the stomach between the pelvic and pectoral fins. SCP-3286 instances will only use these appendages to move, despite autopsies of instances confirming that the fins and tail of the entity still function. Despite their small size, instances of SCP-3286 are able to produce extreme amounts of force with these appendages, having been observed producing kicks of up to 270 newtons of force. SCP-3286 are extremely territorial and will attack any living entity that enters the area above the plateau. Once this entity is killed, SCP-3286 will swarm the organism’s corpse and consume it. SCP-3286-A is an elderly instance of SCP-3286. A small headpiece constructed of coral and various shells is affixed to the head of SCP-3286-A. SCP-3286 appears to follow a vaguely monarchical society, with SCP-3286-A being treated as the leader of the colony. SCP-3286-A does not appear to require nutrients, having never been observed eating while in containment. SCP-3286-A is the only known instance capable of performing SCP-3286-B. SCP-3286 instances are not able to breed naturally and require SCP-3286-B to procreate. SCP-3286-B will be performed if either of two factors is met; An instance of SCP-3286 has died within the last 3 days, or 4 months have passed since the previous SCP-3286-B occurrence. Once either of these conditions is met, SCP-3286 will resume normal behavior until an aquatic creature measuring less than 45 centimeters in length swims above SCP-3286’s plateau. SCP-3286 instances will then incapacitate the organism rather than killing it, and proceed to initiate SCP-3286-B. Addendum: A transcript of a routine SCP-3286-B occurrence has been provided below. [BEGIN LOG] 00:05 - Foundation personnel releases a non-anomalous Atlantic Herring into the water above SCP-3286’s containment. 00:14 - SCP-3286 becomes aware of the released organism. 00:19 - SCP-3286 instances begin using their anomalous appendages to maneuver towards the subject. 00:23 - Instances reach the subject. They surround the organism and begin violently kicking it. 00:43 - Subject is incapacitated. SCP-3286 instances begin pushing the unconscious creature towards the plateau. 01:35 - SCP-3286 instances reach the plateau. SCP-3286-A intercepts the subject and maneuvers it towards the statue. 01:57 - SCP-3286-A reaches the statue. At this time, all SCP-3286 have gathered around the statue and are standing motionless. 02:06 - SCP-3286-A places the unconscious subject at the foot of the statue. SCP-3286-A opens its mouth and begins emitting a low note in a male voice. Instance continues this for the duration of the event. 02:22 - Subject begins slowly elongating and widening. Organism shows no outward signs of pain. 02:30 - SCP-3286 instances surrounding SCP-3286-A begin emitting a similar low note in varying voices. 02:45 - Subject’s fins and tail begin to change in shape. Subject has ceased elongating and is now approximately 73 cm in length. Skin begins to take on a dull green hue. Smaller features such as the eye color and gill shape begin changing. SCP-3286-A begins stomping on the rock plateau in a rhythmic fashion. 03:17 - Subject is now visually identical to a largemouth bass. Two black circles appear on the subject’s stomach region. SCP-3286-A begins stomping more erratically. The statue the subject is placed upon begins slowly vibrating. 03:21 - Translucent pale limbs begin emerging from within the circles on the subject’s stomach. These limbs appear to be on a two-dimensional plane, appearing flat when observed from the top. The water surrounding the statue begins to take on a dark hue. 03:29 - Limbs have fully emerged from the circles. The emerged limbs widen into three-dimensional objects, immediately losing their translucent appearance. The black water surrounding the statue has now completely obscured it, the subject, and SCP-3286-A. 03:43 - Faint rays of green light are observed emanating from the cloud of darkened water in brief flashes. 04:06 - The cloud of water surrounding the statue appears to be absorbed into the subject. The subject then rises from the base of the statue and joins the gathering of SCP-3286 instances. All instances then disperse, resuming their normal behavior. 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SCP-3287 | thaumiel | Cylinders of SCP-3287. Item #: SCP-3287 Secure Containment Procedures: At any time, no more than 50 standard regulation Class E liquid gas cylinders of each type of SCP-3287 may exist. These canisters are to be stored in a vacuum-sealed chamber at 112 kelvin and handled only by personnel equipped with gas-proof hazardous material suits. SCP-3287-0 is to remain within one meter of the sealed container it was discovered in, and its Scranton Reality Anchor regularly maintained and replaced when needed. During tests with an instance of SCP-3287, test subjects are to be escorted into a designated vacuum-sealed testing area. SCP-3287 is to be pumped into the area for one minute, then recollected. Subjects are then to be escorted out of the testing area by properly-equipped guards through an airlock while any remaining SCP-3287 is to be recollected and contained. SCP-3287 may be used on animal and human populations in the case of an ΩK-Class End of Death Scenario with approval from the O5 council and Ethics Committee. Description: SCP-3287 is the designation for a gaseous sterilization agent created by the Foundation for the purposes of reducing and controlling the populations of certain anomalous and non-anomalous animal species. Since its creation, which was for the purposes of containing the spread of SCP-████, it has been used on ██ other anomalies and certain non-anomalous animals. SCP-3287 is gaseous at room temperature, liquid at 112 K and is non-flammable. It is characterized by its light blue color and a unique aroma described by subjects as "similar to licorice". Upon coming in contact with a living subject, SCP-3287 dissolves, losing its gaseous properties as it is absorbed. SCP-3287 has three different types, designated SCP-3287-1, SCP-3287-2 and SCP-3287-3. All types of SCP-3287 are nearly identical in chemical composition, but are distinguished by unique anomalous compounds that supposedly alter their effects. SCP-3287-1 is the first type of SCP-3287, and also the type with the most documented information. After application to a living subject, SCP-3287-1 completely sterilizes them, preventing them from being able to reproduce. This has been used to artificially preserve certain species of animals in the wild by sterilizing their predators, and has been used to prevent certain anomalous species of animals from creating offspring, as mentioned above. SCP-3287-1 may be used on humans, but requires Level-4 approval before use. SCP-3287-2 is the second type of SCP-3287. Despite being similar in composition to SCP-3287-1, its function is currently unknown. Although several tests have been scheduled and attempted to determine the function of SCP-3287-2, none of these were completed on account of the fact that all randomly-selected D-Class and animal test candidates were already sterile before the test began. An endeavour to only select test candidates who are not sterile has not been attempted. SCP-3287-3 is the third type of SCP-3287. There is no documentation of any attempted tests with SCP-3287-3. SCP-3287-0 is the designation for the document detailing the process to create SCP-3287 instances. SCP-3287-0 was discovered in a secure Foundation chemical laboratory at Site-██ on September 28th, 20██ during a routine sanitary examination, sealed in a glass box, accompanied by a single miniaturised Scranton Reality Anchor. The instructions have since been copied to the Foundation database, along with the message discovered on the final page, which has been transcribed below: Message Written on SCP-3287-0 Close Transcript We fucked up. ConProcs: -3 only use during bad ΩK, rest are good Tell my family I love them. Dr. Kaito Shoga Jr. According to Foundation personnel records, there is not a researcher by the name of Kaito Shoga Jr. employed by the Foundation. When asked, Site-██ Director Kaito Shoga said he had never had children, as he had discovered he was sterile after multiple attempts at a child with his wife. |
SCP-3288 | 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 Item #: SCP-3288 Special Containment Procedures: An SCP-3288 population no less than twenty nor greater than thirty individuals is to be maintained at Humanoid Containment Site-282. Each SCP-3288 must be contained within individual containment units; behavioral studies that require SCP-3288 to SCP-3288 contact are to be conducted with the utmost caution. SCP-3288 are to be terminated where encountered and disposed of per hazardous waste protocols. It is imperative that SCP-3288 infestations undergo thorough destruction or containment, as a single uncontained instance of SCP-3288 has the potential to trigger an SK-class dominance shift scenario within the next century, if not sooner. Description: SCP-3288 designates a highly predatory species or subspecies of the genus Homo (Homo anthropophagus). SCP-3288 display a number of abnormal characteristics and behaviors that distinguish them from the baseline species. The most common deviations include: Acute hyperdontia1 and macrodontia2; an instance of SCP-3288 has teeth approximately six times the size of normal adult teeth with more than sixty teeth unevenly distributed over six distinct rows, requiring jaws much larger than that of baseline humans (see below) Gross mandibular prognathism3 Fluctuating facial asymmetry Dolichostenomelia4 of the arms; an instance of SCP-3288 commonly has arms more than twice the length of a baseline human of similar height Arachnodactyly5 and polydactyly6 Kyphosis7 Abnormal muscle strength despite having the appearance of severe emaciation Albinism Superior low-light vision8 and heterochromia iridum (specifically complete heterochromia);9 the eyes are notably reflective and their colors range from blue, red, purple, and yellow A reliance on both bipedal and quadrupedal locomotion Abnormally rapid physical growth and development; this results in a 2 to 3 week gestation period with sexual maturity being reached within 16 to 20 months Gottschall-Gärtner syndrome10, primarily manifesting on the hands and fingers Alopecia universalis11 Acute photophobia; direct exposure to sunlight will result in both physical and psychological damage Mental instability primarily characterized by delusions of grandeur and malignant narcissism An addiction to human flesh that takes on biological and psychological components These abnormalities are primarily the result of excessive inbreeding but without the increased chance for certain recessive or deleterious traits, especially those related to infertility, higher infant and child mortality, and loss of immune function. These detrimental traits have not been only negated but inversely amplified, resulting in longer lifespans, increased resistance to disease, and anomalously high levels of fertility. The Foundation became aware of SCP-3288 while investigating reports of unexplained disappearances in Vienna. It was discovered that these incidents occurred in close proximity to sewer holes and access tunnels and primarily targeted the most vulnerable of the population such as prostitutes, unsupervised children, transients, and inebriated or otherwise indisposed individuals. Agents Cyril Novak and Diana Fischer were dispatched to Vienna in order to determine whether or not a number of unexplained disappearances were of an anomalous nature. Interviews with law enforcement and government officials revealed that human remains belonging to three individuals had been recovered but that this information was not released to the public due to concerns of causing further panic. These remains were promptly confiscated and delivered to Humanoid Containment Site-282 in Graz. Autopsies were performed by Dr. Felix Gärtner, who noted that the remains (Cadavers A12, B13, and C14) displayed no injuries corresponding with a human attacker and compared the deceased to victims of hyena attacks. Dr. Gärtner concluded that all sustained injuries were caused by a mix of teeth, claws, and raw physical strength. Bite marks were found to coincide with human teeth despite their abnormal size (approximately six times the size of normal adult teeth) and number (more than sixty teeth unevenly distributed over six distinct rows), requiring jaws much larger than that of baseline humans. Further analysis revealed unique patterns among the bite marks, suggesting that there existed more than one source. The entities responsible for these deaths were classified as anomalous and received the SCP-3288 designation. Mobile Task Force Sigma-6 ("Hellsingers") was ordered to patrol the Leopoldstadt District while incognito, the district having seen the highest number of recorded disappearances. Operatives are instructed to target SCP-3288 with tracking darts and to refrain from lethal force. Field Logs: SCP-3288-L1 ACCESS GRANTED Field Log 01: 10/06/1988 Twelve MTF Sigma-6 operatives patrolled the Leopoldstadt District at 1800 hours while ten maintained watch at positions with unrestricted views of known sewer holes and access tunnels. At 0021 hours, operatives Σ-6(12) and Σ-6(09) reported hearing a muffled scream near the Donaukanal15 and sought to investigate the matter while requesting backup. Support arrived three minutes after the initial request and found the mangled remains of both operatives as well as the half-consumed body of a local civilian. The decapitated body of Σ-6(12) was pulled from the Donaukanal; although the head was never located, his neck had sustained injuries suggesting that it had been severed or destroyed by a single bite. A trail of blood and entrails led to Σ-6(09), who had been torn in half along the waist; he had successfully crawled into an alleyway before succumbing to his injuries. The mission was deemed a success despite the loss of life, as Σ-6(09) had successfully struck the SCP-3288 instance with a tracking dart - achieving the mission's primary objective. The entity had escaped into the sewers, its movements tracked until the signal began to fade before entirely disappearing somewhere below the Hofburg16. Due to the progressively declining nature of the signal, it is believed that the device had been brought far deeper than even the Viennese sewers should have accommodated. SCP-3288-L2 ACCESS GRANTED Field Log 02: 10/07/1988 Constructed in the mid-19th century, the Viennese sewers are part of a larger network of subterranean tunnels that include catacombs, abandoned wine cellars, and underground rivers. MTF Sigma-6 operatives were divided into four teams of five; three teams to investigate the sewers and one to remain on standby. By triangulating on the last known location of the tracked SCP-3288, the Foundation hoped to minimize the possibility of escape and public exposure. For this mission, while it is preferable that operatives secure and contain the threat, lethal force may be used at their discretion. At 0900, MTF Sigma-6 operatives reached their destination without incident but initially failed to discover anything of significance. After several hours of investigation, Σ-6(04) encountered human skeletal remains while wading through waist-deep water. Closer analysis of this area uncovered a number of loose bricks whose removal revealed an unrecorded subterranean chamber whose walls were engraved with the House of Habsburg's coat of arms. The chamber included 24 sarcophagi and was presumably a family crypt belonging to the House of Habsburg despite there existing no records of its creation. The statues primarily depict women wearing veils over their eyes with a single finger held to their lips. The tombs, though intricate and reflective of their status, lacked any indication as to who may have been interred within. Prying open the sarcophagi revealed the skeletal remains of over 300 infants, all displaying severe and likely fatal deformities. The original entrance had been evidently destroyed, the stairs shattered and buried in soil. At the far end of the crypt was a vault door composed of bronze with no apparent means of access and seemingly impenetrable without proper equipment. The door displayed the House of Habsburg's coat of arms and was engraved with the words ''"Ad puritatem sanguinis"'' (English: "For purity of blood"). MTF Sigma-6 operatives were ordered to hold their current location and await the arrival of an infiltration team. Foundation agents organized the temporary evacuation of the Hofburg and the sealing of all sewer access points throughout the city. SCP-3288-L3 ACCESS GRANTED Field Log 03: 10/08/1988 MTF Sigma-6 maintained shifts throughout the night, making repeated attempts to open the vault door. At 1200 hours, the surface had been fully evacuated and an infiltration team had arrived at MTF Sigma-6's position. The bronze gate was carved apart via oxy-fuel cutting torches over a period of approximately 2 hours, bypassing intricate mechanisms (likely related to its conventional means of access) and revealing a spiral staircase. An eight-person squad (each operative equipped with an M16 rifle with attached flashlight, heavy tactical armor, and helmet-mounted live audio/video recording devices) descended the staircase, with radio transmissions growing increasingly faint as the operatives traveled an estimated 65 meters underground. Red ground flares (fusees) were periodically lit and discarded, providing a clear path of return. Operatives reached the bottom of the stairwell, where the grey stone halls of the crypt were replaced by masterfully crafted marble floors, carpets, and white-painted walls and ceilings. The large chamber was found to be architecturally identical to the Swiss Wing of Hofburg Palace, closely resembling 18th-century depictions and reflecting the late Baroque/early Rococo artistic style popular during the era. The location (since classified as SCP-3288-1A) contained various sculptures and Corinthian columns, while paintings and tattered tapestries adorned its walls. All depictions of the human form had been literally defaced, regardless of artistic medium. Operatives described the air as having an odor not dissimilar to rotten meat and stale sweat. The floor and walls were discolored with what appeared to be blood (most of the stains appearing to be exceptionally old). Traveling through a southeast corridor, operatives entered what appeared to be SCP-3288-1's equivalent of the Hofburg's Imperial Library. One notable difference between this section of SCP-3288-1 and Hofburg Palace was the presence of a working 18th-century laboratory. Σ-6(07), the only member of the acting squad to be fluent in both German and Latin, discovered documents involving alchemy, biology, and the occult. A decorative writing desk and accompanying throne were located at the far end of the chamber. The desk contained documents relating to transactions, contracts, and private journals. These documents, along with those relating to the occult sciences, were gathered and delivered to Field Command. See the SCP-3288-1: Recovered Documents subsection for further details. Operatives reached the ballroom and opera hall, describing the air as especially fetid; the aroma of perfume was also noted, though its presence did little to disguise the smell of decay. The area contained a number of instruments (a standing harp, a harpsichord, several violins, etc.), all of which displayed evidence of recent use. There were several refectory tables17 located throughout the chamber - the ballroom was evidently used as a dining hall as well. Atop the tables were human remains in various levels of decomposition and culinary presentation. A bell abruptly began to toll and was followed by the automatic music of a nearby pipe organ; the discordant song played for approximately three minutes. When the pipe organ ceased its playing, it was followed by the sound of opening doors and an increasing number of shuffling footsteps. Operatives were ordered to find a hidden and defensible position and to deactivate their flashlights. Seven successfully hid behind the curtains of the opera hall but Σ-6(18) fell behind, having tripped over a pile of bones and being forced to take cover behind a harpsichord. Σ-6(01) was able to observe the entire ballroom without obstruction from the far corner of the stage curtain. The ballroom's wide gates opened as video revealed the dim light of lanterns swaying in the hands of their shambling carriers. Closer analysis would show that these figures (SCP-3288) were dressed in the garb of 18th-century courtiers. They were followed by others, wearing increasingly extravagant (if ragged) attire. All outfits appeared to contain different shades of red, deeply contrasting with their chalk-white skin, porcelain masquerade masks, and powdered wigs. A pair of diminutive SCP-3288 entered, lagging behind the others. One blew a rusty trumpet while the other acted as standard-bearer, holding a crudely painted ensign depicting a red lion on a black field. The trumpeter appeared to make an announcement, the words unintelligible due to the guttural nature of SCP-3288's speech. The trumpeter and standard-bearer quickly moved aside, their stunted legs causing them to tumble and roll as they fled. There now appeared to be several hundred SCP-3288 throughout the ballroom. Σ-6(01) activated a silent distress call, requesting heavy support. All SCP-3288 proceeded to kneel and lower their heads. An exceptionally corpulent instance of SCP-3288 entered the room, carried by other SCP-3288 via an enlarged and reinforced sedan chair18. The morbidly obese individual (classified as SCP-3288-ALPHA) was dressed in a patchwork of noble finery, stitched together from various fabrics to create a single outfit capable of fitting its frame. It wore a crown that had come to more closely resemble a torture device, too small for its head but held in place by an overgrowth of flesh; in lieu of a masquerade mask, it hid its face beneath a red shroud. A large iron cauldron was delivered to SCP-3288-ALPHA's table, the container appearing to vibrate of its own accord. A dwarf SCP-3288 climbed atop SCP-3288-ALPHA's shoulder, proceeding to lift its red veil while leaving its eyes covered; a second diminutive specimen removed the cauldron's cover. SCP-3288-ALPHA sniffed the air then proceeded to lift the cauldron and pour its contents down its anomalously large mouth and gullet. Part of its meal wiggled free, revealing that the cauldron contained living infants displaying severe deformities. The other SCP-3288 raised their masks and began to feast with voracious enthusiasm. An exceptionally tall specimen approached the harpsichord and snatched Σ-6(18) from behind it. It lifted him by his head but made no effort to alarm its fellow SCP-3288. Instead, the entity unhinged its jaw and quickly forced the operative down its throat feet first, his screams unheard among the sounds of feasting and discordant music. The gathering became orgiastic as the SCP-3288 turned to fornication and violence, making no distinction between the apparent age or sex of the participant (willing or otherwise). An explosion suddenly rocked the room, causing mass casualties among the SCP-3288. It is hypothesized that Σ-6(18) survived his ordeal and was able to (likely after some struggle and consideration) activate an explosive device, sacrificing himself in order to terminate or otherwise incapacitate a great number of hostile entities. Panic spread among the remaining SCP-3288. MTF Sigma-6 exploited this opportunity and employed 3-Methylfentanyl to render the SCP-3288 unconscious. Upon the arrival of reinforcements, the survivors were secured and contained at Humanoid Containment Site-282. The sheer size of SCP-3288-ALPHA necessitated the use of a specialized crane and the creation of a shaft directly connecting SCP-3288-1 to the surface. Following the removal of SCP-3288-ALPHA (as well as all relevant documents and objects), SCP-3288-1 was filled with cement and reburied. SCP-3288-ALPHA: Interview Log (10/10/1988) ACCESS GRANTED Interviewed: SCP-3288-ALPHA Interviewer: Dr. Tobias Moser Foreword: Despite its corpulent morbidity (1632 kg) and lack of mobility (its atrophied legs entirely vestigial), subject is considered dangerous and to be approached with the utmost caution. Subject is blind and incapable of reading or writing, the interior of its hollow sockets pushed outward to the point of prolapse. Subject is fluent in Austrian German, preferring to speak the Schönbrunner Deutsch - a sociolect spoken by the imperial Habsburg family and the nobility of Austria-Hungary. Subject has been stripped nude, bound and muzzled, and equipped with electrodes in order to prevent hostilities and ensure cooperation. <Begin Log> Dr. Tobias Moser: Hello. Please begin by telling me your name. Your cooperation is not optional. SCP-3288-ALPHA: The MEAT wishes to speak? It speaks when not spoken to! Meat… Must the meat taunt us? The aroma is… [Gurgles] …*Intoxicating*. [Subject struggles against its bindings and saliva spills from its muzzle] Dr. Tobias Moser: As I said, your cooperation is not optional. [Dr. Moser activates the electrodes, causing the subject to shudder and growl] SCP-3288-ALPHA: [Croaks] Impossible! How does meat hurt? How does meat disobey? Dr. Tobias Moser: You will answer me. [Dr. Moser activates the electrodes again] SCP-3288-ALPHA: [Subject appears unaffected] Is this how you wish to play? We do not submit. We DOMINATE! We will rape you until your entrails spill! We will devour you and your peasant kin! Do you believe your witchcraft can harm us? [Chuckles deeply] Our blood is pure. Our blood is resilient. Dr. Tobias Moser: [Turns to security officer] Sir? Would you be so kind as to illuminate the subject? My vision doesn't work so well in these dim cells. [Security officer complies, flashing approximately 32000 lumens at the subject] SCP-3288-ALPHA: [Subject screams and convulses] NO! NO! NO! WE YIELD! THE FIRE! OUR SOUL SKITTERS FROM THE FLAME! Dr. Tobias Moser: [To the security officer] That's enough. Yes. I noticed light sensitivity during your transfer. Extreme photophobia, even without eyes. I'll be sure to make a note of that. Now tell me. What is your name? SCP-3288-ALPHA: The Imperial Majesty, Emperor Maximilian the Great - King of Austria and Patriarch of the House of Habsburg. [Subject attempts a courtly bow] We have not entertained outsiders in so long. Excuse my uncouth ways - you are clearly a superior creature and have asserted yourself. We are at your mercy. Does our guest wish to feast upon our flesh? To rape the festering wound? Dr. Tobias Moser: [Taken aback] Good God, no! Why would you even… [Dr. Moser takes a deep breath] No. That won't be necessary. I see that our customs differ quite significantly. Might I ask, were you blind from birth or did you lose your vision accidentally? SCP-3288-ALPHA: Ah. But the pleasantries have yet to reach completion and you now have us at a disadvantage. What is your name, outsider? You are fluent in German but your accent is distant and strange.19 Dr. Tobias Moser: I am, ah, King Tobias Moser of the Foundation.20 SCP-3288-ALPHA: A king! Yes, yes, of course. It all makes sense now. We sensed nobility. A duke, we mused. Can you believe that? A DUKE! But certainly you have proven yourself far stronger than a simple duke.21 We've heard of this "Fondaishun"; a marvelous land and people, well known for its many cheeses and wines. As for our eyes, our *royal* true seeing eyes… [Gurgles] Alas, we were hosting a banquet and our eyes, it seems, were too big for our stomach! Have you heard that one? Oh the mirth… But yes, you see - the meal? The meal was too big. They warned us, of course. "Oh His Imperial Majesty, let us cut this meat for you" but NO! WE ARE KING! WE ARE EMPEROR! WE WANT TO SWALLOW IT WHOLE! WE WILL DEVOUR EVERYTHING! And well, you see - our eyes, our eyes burst forth from their sockets. Not enough room! He he he. Feh! They served us little. And the dangling orbs, yes, yes, of course, they plummeted down our royal gullet. Gone forever. Unmissed. Dr. Tobias Moser: I see. Well. That was quite a story. Tell me of your court and the House of Habsburg. SCP-3288-ALPHA: We are of the same noble blood. But some… [Subject lays their left hand over their stomach] …are more noble than others. Our bloodline is pure - untainted by outsiders. Dr. Tobias Moser: I must ask this but why eat human? SCP-3288-ALPHA: We do not eat human. We eat peasants. We eat undesirables. We devour life undeserving of life. That is the nature of nobility. What else would be the point? Dr. Tobias Moser: Understood. I must take my leave. We will speak again soon. SCP-3288-ALPHA: Yes. We will think of you, King Moser, in your absence - over and over. We are eager to… [Snort] …sample your flavor. So delightful. So delicious. <End Log> Afterword: We may be able to glean more information by playing to his delusions but it is difficult to say how much of it is true. However, DNA analysis has revealed that SCP-3288-ALPHA does in fact descend from the House of Habsburg and this so far appears to be true for all SCP-3288. A number of significant documents were recovered from SCP-3288-1, allowing the Foundation to develop a better understanding of SCP-3288. The following excerpts have been translated from their original German and are arranged in chronological order. Footnotes have been provided in order to frame these documents within their historical and cultural context. Excerpts from the Journal of Leopold I ACCESS GRANTED Leopold I, painted by Guido Cagnacci (1657-1658) Leopold I (Leopold Ignaz Joseph Balthasar Felician; 9 June 1640 – 5 May 1705) was the Holy Roman Emperor as well as the King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia. Generally regarded as an intellectual, he was known for his interest in astronomy, alchemy, and the early sciences. 10th of November, 1700 And with the death of Charles22, so dies our noble line in Iberia. I will restore our rightful place. My claim is valid and will not be denied. I already hear the intoxicating drums of war. But his disease, his curse, concerns me greatly. Despite the purity of our blood, untainted for generations, Charles was a sickly creature with the mind of a child; I too was a sickly youth. But my mind remains sharp. I must make use of this blessing before my dynasty succumbs to madness and cretinism. 4th of August, 1701 The Jesuits have exhausted their usefulness. Against my better judgement, I have chosen to seek out those with knowledge of the so-called "abominable" sciences; scholars of the forbidden mysteries, both great and terrible. And I have found someone who knows the dark. A woman of rare, almost beguiling beauty. She is older than she appears, for she speaks with the experience of a hundred lifetimes on subjects I had only just begun to grasp. She is a creature of the wild - a living embodiment of all that is pagan. I am a stranger in her world. And I am afraid. 22nd of October, 1701 She says she will teach me but for a price she will name upon the completion of her tutelage. A strange request but all she presently asks is that I uphold my end of the bargain. I have more power and wealth than any man alive - payment will not be difficult. I will not allow our venerable House to fall. But my laboratory is ill-suited for such a task. I have hired workers to begin construction on a new site; something away from the prying eyes of sycophantic courtiers. 19th of December, 1701 My tutelage, though difficult, progresses well. A universal essence - the way of all flesh - it all begins to make sense! My eyes are now open and I see with such clarity. I will cleanse my family of this curse. The essence is malleable - subject to change. But one piece moves the other, you see - resulting in an often unpredictable transmutation. My current experiments make use of the simplest of God's creations; rodents and insects, primarily. I have formed living things; creatures whose very visage would sunder even the most resolute of minds. 8th of February, 1702 Construction of the new laboratory goes well. I predict its completion within the next three months. Equipment has been delivered from Damascus; if there is one thing those Mohammedans know, it is the occult sciences. More often than not, my teacher leaves me to my own devices. She appears only at night, though I cannot say from where; she comes and goes as she pleases, my servants seemingly unaware of her presence. 27th of March, 1702 The new laboratory was finished ahead of schedule; the workers merely need to install my equipment and I can take my experiments to the next tier. But fresh materials are required and pests will no longer suffice. I am not yet willing to experiment on my own blood but perhaps there is another way. The workers promised secrecy but in my dreams I see betrayal. I have come too far to allow such an interference. If the Church learns of this, it could ruin everything. These dreams are an omen and I know they will consume me unless I take swift action. I know what must be done. 15th of April, 1702 My teacher is less understanding than I had expected. For even her heathen heart does not dissuade the disgust and contempt with which she now looks upon me. I did what I had to. For my family - for the purity of our blood - for the IMMORTALITY of our chosen line! How could this witch understand my burden? She vows to return tomorrow for her payment. I would just have this over with. I am still a man of my word. 16th of April, 1702 I watched her burn. Her sorcery slew many of my guardsmen, but in the end she was detained and delivered to the Church. The zealots, having heard my testimony, proved just as eager to see that wretched bitch be consigned to the flames. I know such methods have fallen out of fashion, thus we committed the act under the cover of darkness and secrecy. I would have granted her land or made her rich as Crassus! But no, that wicked creature sought to be clever. She said I could never save my family without her aid and demanded - DEMANDED!- that I end my rule, destroy all titles and deeds, delivering my land and wealth to the common folk! Did she really believe I would plunge my kingdoms, my EMPIRE, into anarchy? Truly, she was mad. But now, nothing remains but ash and cinder. And I may return to my Great Work, no longer bound by her ethical inflexibility. There is so very much to be done. Later entries by Leopold I are increasingly frenzied and illegible, suggesting a deteriorating mental state until his death in 1705. It appears that he eventually had success, resulting in the creation of SCP-3288 (albeit with unintended consequences) via the introduction of an anomalous gene into the family bloodline. This gene allows human DNA to resist certain deleterious conditions associated with inbreeding. The House of Habsburg continued its practice of inbreeding, accelerating the development of mutations. Those with significant deformities were hidden from the public, the Habsburg monarchs eventually creating vast vaults to house them. The vault-dwelling Habsburgs continued to breed, eventually developing mutations which vastly increased their rate of reproduction (in turn increasing the chances of entirely new mutations). Those who more closely resembled baseline humans remained on the surface while those sent below continued to adapt to subterranean life. DNA analysis has revealed that consanguinity grew increasingly more extreme over the years, further indicating that incest between parent and child or brother and sister had become the norm among SCP-3288 by the 19th century. It appears that the Habsburg monarchs went to great lengths to provide their vault-dwelling kin with a lifestyle just as extravagant as those above. Documents reveal the steady delivery of food, wine, and entertainment; over time these requests become eccentric23 and strange24 - and eventually depraved.25 All evidence suggests that these requests were met. It is unknown how long SCP-3288 have survived without outside assistance. One document appears to imply that the Great Plague of 1738 led to the delivery of a significant amount of "feed". One document of singular importance contains a list of vaults similar to SCP-3288-1. The Foundation has used this information to locate and neutralize SCP-3288 hives but the document itself has been the cause of concern, half of it illegible due to mold-related damage. This means that at least half of these vaults cannot be located and will continue to be a significant threat to the public. Addendum 09/23/2016: There are a growing number of reports describing violent sexual assaults and acts of cannibalism throughout Central Europe. Closer analysis of these attacks has led the Foundation to conclude that SCP-3288 are responsible for the violence. Due to the widespread nature of these incidents, it is feared that multiple undiscovered SCP-3288 vaults have been breached. An instance of SCP-3288 was recently captured at the Black Forest in Germany. Tracked to a derelict hunting lodge by MTF Sigma-6, the entity was successfully secured and contained with operatives suffering only minor casualties. Nine bound women were discovered in the basement; only one was still alive and the cadavers displayed ruptured lower abdomens and evidence of partial cannibalization.26 The survivor was dirty, malnourished, and her lower abdomen was heavily swollen and visibly throbbing. The woman screamed to the operatives, pleading that they "Get these things out of [her]", along with various expletives and religious invocations. She received medical evacuation via helicopter but crashed approximately five minutes into its flight. Four fetuses were discovered among the wreckage; though heavily charred, all displayed mutations associated with SCP-3288. The recently captured instance of SCP-3288 was interrogated. A transcript is provided in the following collapsible: SCP-3288-6971: Interview Log (09/24/2016) ACCESS GRANTED Interviewed: SCP-3288-6971 Interviewer: Dr. Elizabeth Varga Foreword: Subject is restrained and muzzled and its cell is equipped for enhanced interrogation. Due to the severity of the circumstances, personnel are encouraged to use all possible means of information extraction. Interview conducted in German. <Begin Log> Dr. Elizabeth Varga: Are there other victims? Where are they located? SCP-3288-6971: [produces a chattering noise and begins to laugh] Dr. Elizabeth Varga: We don't have time for this. Use the light. [Security officer complies, flashing approximately 32000 lumens at the subject] SCP-3288-6971: [Subject shrieks] You wretched whore! I will pluck out your eyes and sku- Dr. Elizabeth Varga: Put the screws to it. SCP-3288-6971: [Subject continues to shriek as its bones begin to break] Dr. Elizabeth Varga: Tell us everything. SCP-3288-6971: I yield! I yield! Parley! Dr. Elizabeth Varga: Tell me what you know. SCP-3288-6971: [Subject trembles] You wish to know about the vessels? I am but a duke! The Empress!27 You want the Empress! Dr. Elizabeth Varga: Tell me about these "vessels". Now. SCP-3288-6971: We are merely claiming what is ours - by the divine right of kings! Dr. Elizabeth Varga: The women you raped… SCP-3288-6971: The Empress! She said it was time. For a thousand years, our blood has been pure. Untouched by the taint of outsiders. Dr. Elizabeth Varga: Why change? Why now? SCP-3288-6971: Our blood! It is strong now. So strong. It overwhelms the blood of the wretched and mud-bound. Our line will never die. It will never fade. We will rape every last one of you. Our blood line will never die, no no no… it will become everything. It is our gift. Our blessing. Dr. Elizabeth Varga: What do you mean? SCP-3288-6971: The meek will beget the strong. The doomed will beget the chosen. Don't you see? The greedy will devour the charitable, the merciless will ravage the peaceful, and the fornicaters will rape the chaste. We will make the world as perfect as us. We will all be aristocrats in the end. And our Dynasty will never die. <End Log> Footnotes 1. Hyperdontia is the condition of having supernumerary teeth, or teeth that appear in addition to the regular number of teeth. 2. Macrodontia is the condition of having abnormally large teeth. 3. Mandibular prognathism is a potentially disfiguring genetic disorder where the lower jaw outgrows the upper, resulting in an extended chin and a crossbite. 4. Dolichostenomelia is a condition in which the limbs are unusually long. 5. Arachnodactyly is a condition in which the fingers and toes are abnormally long and slender, in comparison to the palm of the hand and arch of the foot. 6. Polydactyly is a congenital physical anomaly in which there are supernumerary fingers or toes. 7. Kyphosis is an abnormally excessive convex kyphotic curvature of the spine as it occurs in the cervical, thoracic and sacral regions. It is more commonly known as hunchback. 8. SCP-3288-1's eyes contain tapetum lucidum, a layer of tissue immediately behind the retina that reflects visible light back through the retina, increasing the light available to the photoreceptors. 9. Complete heterochromia is when one iris is a different color from the other. 10. Gottschall-Gärtner syndrome is a rare condition in which the epidermis develops a layer of enamel. The substance tends to fracture and shift, causing pain but allowing the afflicted to remain mobile. 11. Alopecia universalis is a medical condition involving loss of all hair, including eyebrows and eyelashes. 12. Cadaver A includes the upper torso (truncated at the center of the abdomen) and loosely attached head (the face had been rendered unrecognizable); the arms, much like the lower half of the body, were not found at the scene of the attack. Cause of death: exsanguination. 13. Cadaver B had been disemboweled and suffered destructive trauma to the thoracic cage (which was then pried open); all internal organs of the torso were missing along with a sizable amount of flesh. Cause of death: traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA). 14. Cadaver C was little more than a pile of shattered bones and bodily fluids. Cause of death: unknown. 15. The Donaukanal ("Danube Canal") is a former arm of the river Danube, regulated as a water channel since 1598, within the city of Vienna. 16. The Hofburg is the former imperial palace in the centre of Vienna, Austria. Built in the 13th century and expanded in the centuries since, the palace has been the seat of power of the Habsburg dynasty and presently serves as the official residence and workplace of the President of Austria. 17. A refectory table is a highly elongated table used for banquets and feasts. 18. A sedan chair consists of a chair or windowed cabin suitable for a single occupant which is carried by two or more using the rails that pass through brackets on the sides of the chair. 19. "It is entirely possible that SCP-3288-ALPHA believes that he is still within SCP-3288-1." Dr. Moser 20. "A blatant lie but I deemed it more productive to play along with the subject's delusions." Dr. Moser 21. "It appears that SCP-3288 associate royal and noble hierarchy with physical power. Ironic, as SCP-3288-ALPHA's immobility renders it incapable of hunting its own prey." Dr. Moser 22. A reference to Charles II of Spain (Spanish: Carlos II; 6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700). Charles was physically and mentally disabled and infertile, possibly due to this massive inbreeding. Due to the deaths of his half-brothers, he was the last member of the male Spanish Habsburg line. The physician who performed his autopsy stated that his body "did not contain a single drop of blood; his heart was the size of a peppercorn; his lungs corroded; his intestines rotten and gangrenous; he had a single testicle, black as coal, and his head was full of water." Gargantilla, P (2005). Enfermedades de los reyes de España. Los Austrias : de la locura de Juana a la impotencia de Carlos II el Hechizado (in Spanish). La Esfera De Los Libros S.L 23. Such as exotic animals for a menagerie. 24. "A barrel of fermented whore piss." 25. Including requests for "fattened children" and instruments of torture. 26. Autopsies would reveal that the dead had been primarily consumed from within. 27. "The Empress" is presumably an instance of SCP-3288 with similar authority over its hive as SCP-3288-ALPHA had over SCP-3288-1. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3288" by Metaphysician, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3288. 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: leopold i.jpg Name: Pietro Liberi or Guido Cagnacci (attr.) - Emperor Leopold I in coronation armor.jpg Author: Pietro Liberi or Guido Cagnacci License: Public Domain Source Link: Wikimedia Commons |
SCP-3289 | safe | SCP-3289, photo taken by Researcher Darwin Item #: SCP-3289 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3289 is to be kept in a standard secure locker with constant monitoring to detect anomalies in behavior. Only Level 2 or higher personnel are authorized to remove it from its containment. Copies of SCP-3289 are to be stored away in a secure cabinet. Personnel should request permission before testing on SCP-3289. Description: SCP-3289 is a standard 4A sheet of letter paper. The sheet of paper is unable to be altered until it replicates. Every 4-5 minutes, a hand drawn cartoon face will appear, with eyes, mouth and sometimes nose appearing. The appearance of the faces vary, with numerous different emotions being portrayed, the detail varying from simple to complex. Investigation has revealed that the faces are drawn with a thick graphite tool, though the tool has yet to be seen. SCP-3289 will continue to produce the faces until the page is full on both sides of the paper, upon which a separate piece of blank paper will appear underneath the current sheet1. The original sheet does not display any further anomalous properties and can be torn, erased, burned, etc.. The new sheet will continue to produce the faces until the process repeats. SCP-3289 has yet to stop replicating itself, with ███ copies in possession of the Foundation2. SCP-3289 has some sense of its surrounding, as it has been able to react to nearby beings, creating different faces in response to the nearby creature. The emotions portrayed do not come from the creature, instead appearing as the emotion that SCP-3289 holds toward the creature. Addendum 3289-A: Recovery of SCP-3289 (██/██/19██) SCP-3289 was found in the ███████ Asylum, which treated numerous insane patients. Patient #████ was a 67 year old mute and deaf man being treated by Doctor ████ who, according to staff at the Asylum, portrayed his emotions through writing faces on pieces of paper. This was the main way Doctor ████ communicated with the patient, learning a new language that was made out of purely drawn cartoon faces. During an incident in which a violent patient broke out, Patient #████ was killed, as well as 4 others. Staff of the Asylum recovered Patient #████'s paper, which Doctor ████, the patient's personal doctor as well as close friend, hung up on his office wall. The doctor began to report faces appearing on the paper, which he recognized as the ones that Patient #████ used to draw. This incident was reported in the local newspaper as a "haunted paper," gaining the attention of Foundation personnel. Amnestics were administered throughout the Asylum and the paper, now designated as SCP-3289, was extracted. Addendum 3289-B: Research Log + Research Logs - Research Logs Date: ██/██/19██ Researcher: Dr. █████ Stimulus: Canine (German Shepard) Reaction: 5 minutes after the dog was first brought in, a face was drawn which expressed an extremely joyous emotion, drawn with heavy detail compared to previous faces. It is believed that this detailed image is the face of Patient #████. Once the dog was removed, a face was drawn which expressed sadness and apparent loneliness, again with heavy detail. Note: It is believed that the detailed images portray the original face of Patient #████. Date: ██/██/19██ Researcher: Dr. █████ Stimulus: Feline Reaction: 5 minutes after the cat was first brought in, a face was drawn which expressed discomfort. This reaction stayed this way, with various changes in the faces, for 10 minutes until the cat was removed from the cell. Another face was drawn 5 minutes after removal that expressed gratitude. Note: SCP-3289 seems to hold the same attitude toward cats that Patient #███ had, who was allergic to cats according to Asylum records. Date: ██/██/19██ Researcher: Dr. █████ Stimulus: 5 year old female child Reaction: 5 minutes after the child was first brought in, a face was drawn which expressed sadness, drawn with heavy detail, similar to the previous log. SCP-3289 remained unresponsive for 10 minutes after the child was removed before it began its usual cycle. Note: SCP-3289's reaction could be connected to the reason why Patient #████ was in the Asylum. Further investigation is required. Patient #████ had a niece before being escorted to the Asylum. Date: ██/██/19██ Researcher: Dr. █████ Stimulus: Presence of Dr. █████ Reaction: Dr. █████ was alone with SCP-3289 when a face was drawn that had eyes looking directly at the doctor, a wide smile on its face. Dr. █████ stayed in the room for 5 more minutes, upon which a face was drawn similarly. It did this for 15 more minutes, the eyes tracking the doctor no matter his position, until Dr. █████ left the room, which SCP-3289 responded to with a face of disappointment. Note: SCP-3289 appears to have positive emotions toward Dr. █████. This could be due to Patient #████'s previous relation with their doctor at the Asylum, and SCP-3289 made a connection with Dr. █████. Date: ██/██/19██ Researcher: Dr. ███ Stimulus: Presence of Dr. ███ Reaction: Dr. ███ stayed in the containment chamber for 5 minutes when a face was drawn on SCP-3289, which portrayed confusion. 5 minutes afterwards, a new face portrayed extreme anger, heavily detailed. This face continued to be drawn when Dr. ███ was in the room, with proportions growing larger until the angry face covered the entire page, upon which Dr. ███ was escorted out of the room. Note: SCP-3289 reacts extremely when confronted with a replacement doctor to Dr. █████. In order to remove the risk of potential hostility, Dr. █████ will continue to be the head researcher of SCP-3289. Date: ██/██/19██ Researcher: Dr. █████ Stimulus: Verbal Communication Reaction: SCP-3289 did not react when Dr. █████ attempted to talk to it. Instead, it continued portraying various emotions, mainly excitement (likely due to the presence of Dr. █████) until 25 minutes in a face expressed annoyance at the experiment. Experiment was aborted. Note: SCP-3289 shares the deafness of Patient #████ before his death. Any further verbal communication wielded similar results. Date: ██/██/19██ Researcher: Dr. █████ Stimulus: Written Communication Reaction: Dr. █████ wrote on a paper facing SCP-3289. First he used written English, to which SCP-3289 reacted with a face of confusion. Other languages provided similar results. Dr. █████ then used faces similar to the ones on SCP-3289, portraying a face asking questions. SCP-3289 reacted with a face of understanding, though it is unknown if SCP-3289 could tell what Dr. █████ was asking. Note: SCP-3289 does not appear to understand English or any written language. Researchers are currently looking for a way to ask SCP-3289 questions through the same sort of faces it uses. Addendum 3289-C: Asylum Logs Patient Record: + Patient #████ Record - Patient #████ Record Name: R████ ██████ | Patient #: ████ Age: 67 | Height: 172.72 cm | Weight: 60.78 kg | Sex: Male Current Physician/Doctor: Doctor ████ Reason for Residence: Was found unable to communicate efficiently with those around him. Family urged the asylum to let the patient stay in order to heal him. Medical History: Patient is deaf and mute. He suffers joint pains regularly. Patient frequently has memory issues; possibly dementia. Notable allergy of cats. Special Notes: Patient uses faces drawn on paper to communicate and convey emotion. Has so far not shown ability to speak. Doctors are to draw faces on paper to communicate with the patient. Interview Log: + Patient #████ Interview Log - Patient #████ Interview Log Foreword: Doctor ████ was interviewing Patient #████ by drawing faces. Doctor ████ vocalizes what he draws to help viewers to understand what is going on. <Begin Log> Doctor ████: Hello Patient #████. (Sits down in chair, opposite to one Patient is sitting in.) Patient #████: (Draws several excited faces on paper.) Doctor ████: I'm glad you're excited to see me. (Takes a piece of paper and draws a smiling face.) Patient #████: (Looks at face and draws a smiling face back. Then draws a questioning face.) Doctor ████: I'm going to ask you some questions. (Draws a face talking with a question mark in a speech bubble.) Patient #████: (Draws a nodding face, then waits.) Doctor ████: Tell me… who is in your family? (Draws various faces with arrows connecting them all.) Patient #████: (Hesitates before drawing the following faces: A grown woman [likely daughter], a small child [likely niece], and a grown man [likely son-in-law]. Then draws numerous sad faces around the picture.) Doctor ████: I see. (Draws a face with large eyes.) You're sad about your family? (Draws a sad face with an arrow pointing in the direction of Patient #████.) Patient #████: (Draws a nodding face. Then continues to draw faces on paper silently until paper fills up. Patient then takes another piece of paper from a stack nearby and continues drawing faces.) Doctor ████: Patient #████? (Draws a confused face pointing at Patient.) Patient #████: (Ignores Doctor ████ and continues drawing faces.) Doctor ████: (Stands up and pats Patient #████ on the back before leaving. Patient draws a smiling face before continuing drawing faces.) <End Log> Footnotes 1. Sheet can appear on any surface the original is placed on. 2. Using copies of SCP-3289 for scrap paper is prohibited in case the current SCP-3289 is to be used and potentially misplaced. |
SCP-3290 | keter | Item #: SCP-3290 Special Containment Procedures: Foundation responses to different 3290-Events will depend on different circumstances. These include but are not limited to: Local community standing of the individual affected Global knowledge of the individual affected Social media outreach and influence Prior criminal charges and outcome of said charges Level of involvement in scientific research Believability of accounts given during 3290-Events Foundation personnel working in law enforcement or child-care who are able to identify 3290-Events are to bring it to the attention of Disinformation specialists. Research is to be conducted in order to better predict the location and spread of SCP-3290 beyond the current rate of prediction analytics (42%~). Persons in a position of authority who are likely to be next affected by SCP-3290 are to be monitored in the case of a 3290-Event. Description: SCP-3290 is a phenomenon involving a recurring dream that targets one individual at a time. Individuals affected by SCP-3290 experience nightmares in which they are attacked by leeches, mosquitoes, and other hematophagic1 organisms, resulting in a loss of most of the body's moisture, and subsequent mummification of the individual experiencing the nightmare. Despite experiencing intense discomfort upon waking, individuals targeted by SCP-3290 do not have any physical symptoms related to massive blood loss experienced in the dream. Nightmares will occur during slow-wave sleep (SWS). The exact nature and length of nightmares vary, although barring being disrupted from SWS, nightmares typically last for a minimum of an hour. During the time an individual is asleep, 3290-Events occur. During a 3290-Event, the target's social media will be updated with posts describing crimes of one or more of the following in a fragmented, stream-of-consciousness manner: Child pornography possession Sexual assault of a minor Stalking a minor Murder of a minor Use of minors in scientific research2 The accuracy of these posts is estimated to be approximately 98%; furthermore, regardless of accuracy, all individuals questioned by law enforcement will admit to either committing a crime related to pedophilia or otherwise sexually fetishizing minors. While it has been impossible to pinpoint the person next affected, in most instances, SCP-3290 will select its next target from a previous target's social media contacts, allowing for semi-consistent tracking. It is theorized that individuals with no social media accounts will not be targeted or are otherwise undetectable to the Foundation. Footnotes 1. Blood-consuming. 2. [DATA EXPUNGED] ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3290" by Decibelles, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3290. 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-3291 | euclid | A flower produced by SCP-3291 Item #: SCP-3291 Special Containment Procedures: Specimens of SCP-3291 are to be secured in a botanical containment facility at Site-872. They are to be contained within a monitored greenhouse environment large enough to house a non-anomalous version of SCP-3291. In the event that a contained specimen enters its active phase, all produced instances of SCP-3291-1 are to be collected and incinerated, and the acting site director is to be notified immediately. Seeds obtained from SCP-3291 are to be kept in a secure locker requiring security level 3 to access or otherwise incinerated. Upon discovery of a location that has experienced a complete 3291-AX scenario, a 1km security perimeter is to be established centered on the location, and Procedure 615-Memnon is to be executed at the site. Procedure 615-Memnon Procedure 615-Memnon Procedure 615-Memnon Protocol: Once a 1km perimeter has been established around the control area, all vegetation within the control area is to be incinerated if present. Soil in the control area is then to be tilled no less than twice to ensure full coverage. Control area is then to be sprayed with Class A herbicides no less than twice to ensure full coverage. Control area is to be inspected weekly for signs of vegetation for the next 6 months. If any is found, it is to be incinerated immediately and the location in which it is discovered must undergo an additional iteration of the steps previously outlined. If no vegetation is discovered in the control area after 6 months, the control area will be considered neutralized and no further action is necessary. Upon the discovery of a currently active 3291-AX scenario, MTF-086 ("Wedding Crashers") is to be dispatched to secure a 1km perimeter around the location and initiate Operation 3291-AXN-Petrov. Victims of a 3291-AX scenario are considered acceptable casualties to prevent 3291-AX Phase 6 from occurring. Field Operation Guide 3291-AXN-Petrov Field Operation Guide 3291-AXN-Petrov Field Operations Guide 3291-AXN-Petrov Moble Task Force: MTF-086 Callsign: "Wedding Crashers" Squadron 1: "Singer" Directive: Squadron consists of one sniper unit deployed at a distance of no less than 0.8 kilometers from the control area. Objective: Termination of SCP-3291-2 before the beginning of 3291-AX Phase 3. Squadron 2: "Uncle Joe" Directive: Squadron consists of one assault unit, one medical unit and one containment unit on standby at a distance no less than 0.8 kilometers from the control area. Objective: Secure, neutralize and contain control area after confirmation that SCP-3291-2 has been terminated. Squadron 3: "Mary" Directive: Squadron consists of two artillery units on standby at a distance of no less than 0.9 kilometers from the control area. Objective: In the event that Singer squadron fails to terminate SCP-3291-2 before 3291-AX Phase 3 occurs, Mary squadron is to bombard the control area until all activity has ceased. Description: SCP-3291 is an anomalous strain of Citrus sinensis.1 Specimens of SCP-3291 do not bear fruit while in its dormant phase, however they do bear flowers. If a flower from SCP-3291 is used in the construction of a wedding bouquet, the wedding event it is used in will trigger a 3291-AX scenario. 3291-AX Scenario Documentation 3291-AX Scenario Documentation Description: A 3291-AX scenario begins as a standard wedding, in which a flower from SCP-3291 is used in the construction of the wedding bouquet, and consists of 6 phases. A 3291-AX scenario can be prematurely neutralized before the final phase by terminating the bride, designated SCP-3291-2. Once the final phase has begun, the 3291-AX scenario cannot be neutralized until it has completed. Phase 1 The wedding bouquet containing an SCP-3291 flower will cause all additional flowers in the bouquet to become a deep shade of red, or become pure white.2 All other colors are eliminated from the bouquet. SCP-3291-2's hair also starts to take on a reddish hue. All subjects present at the event are unaware of any odd behavior by this point. Phase 2 The individual presiding over the ceremony will not read the traditional wedding speech or vows, but will instead recite verses Solomon 8:6 through 8:7. The verses will be spoken in Hebrew, even if the individual has no prior knowledge of the language. Phase 3 The bridesmaids will approach SCP-3291-2 and begin tearing at her dress and clothing until she is completely nude. While this is occurring, gathered spectators will begin constructing makeshift crucifixes out of any available materials, equaling the number of bridesmaids present. Spectators will then proceed to strip and crucify all bridesmaids in a circular pattern around the bride and groom. Their wrists will be slit during this process. Phase 4 All spectators will kneel before SCP-3291-2 and the groom, with their heads lowered and hands clasped together. A weapon matching the description of a Vered Jericho sword of unknown composition will manifest and the presiding individual will present it to the groom, who will then use it to slit the throat of the individual. The groom will then disembowel all spectators, beginning with SCP-3291-2's family and then his own. Phase 5 The groom will present his left hand to SCP-3291-2, who will then consume his left ring finger, after which the groom will slit his left wrist and then stab himself in the heart. Phase 6 - FINAL PHASE An unknown figure, designated SCP-3291-3, will rise out of the collected pool of blood, as if ascending a flight of stairs. SCP-3291-3 appears to be a male humanoid, with a bulky physique that stands approximately 1.8 meters at full height. Ethnicity cannot be determined, as all known records of this entity show him coated head to toe in blood. SCP-3291-3 will then approach SCP-3291-2 and proceed to engage in sexual acts. Once finished, SCP-3291-2 will spontaneously combust, causing a fire that will quickly spread and consume anything in the immediate area. No known method has been found to extinguish the flames generated by this event. The fire will last for approximately 2 hours before it burns itself out, leaving behind nothing but a layer of fine ash. If left undisturbed for approximately 1 month after this event, a new grove of SCP-3291 will begin to grow at the location. To date, there are no known survivors of a 3291-AX scenario, and all attempts to capture, contain, or terminate SCP-3291-3 have failed. If a 3291-AX scenario is triggered, the SCP-3291 instance that provided the flower used will begin to produce oranges for the next 48 hours. This is considered SCP-3291's active phase. Fruit produced during this time period are classified SCP-3291-1. Consumption of any food or beverage made from SCP-3291-1 by a female human will cause the subject to develop a strong desire for marriage, and devote all of her time and resources into finding someone to marry. If the subject succeeds in engaging in a wedding ceremony, she will insist that flowers from the SCP-3291 instance which provided the orange they consumed be used in the construction of the wedding bouquet. Men are unaffected. Subjects under the effects of SCP-3291-1 seem to innately know the location of SCP-3291 during this period and will actively seek it out, even if they have no prior knowledge of its location. Addendum 3291-01: Case Study: SCP-3291-3 Case Study: SCP-3291-3 Case #: 3291-16 Subject: SCP-3291-3 Author: Dr. Leonard Duvant Research indicates that SCP-3291-3 is possibly a manifestation of an entity controlled by King Solomon, or perhaps is a manifestation of King Solomon himself. It's been noted that during a 3291-AX event, the individual presiding over the wedding will always recite Solomon 8:6 through 8:7. A translation of the verses reads: 8:6 "Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame." 8:7 "Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one's house for love, it would be utterly scorned." The verses seem to have some correlation to the events that occur during a 3291-AX scenario. Also correlated is a Sethian tractate entitled "Apocalypse of Adam", which dates to around the 1st or 2nd century, refers to a legend in which Solomon sends out an army of demons to seek a virgin who had fled from him. Comparing this to the way SCP-3291-3 seems to operate, as well as its apparent motive, we can extrapolate that the purpose of the ritual is to 'capture' whoever this virgin is. According to reports however, SCP-3291-2 being virginal does not seem to be a requirement for a 3291-AX scenario to occur. It's possible that SCP-3291-3's purpose is to test if SCP-3291-2 is a virgin, though records indicate that all 3291-AX scenarios end in the same fashion, regardless of the virginal state of SCP-3291-2. Attempts to capture or neutralize SCP-3291-3 have all failed. It appears to be impervious to damage indicated by reports of MTF teams firing on it with various forms of weaponry to no effect. A memetic field appears to be generated during a 3291-AX scenario, centered on SCP-3291-2, which compels all sapient creatures within its range of influence to participate in the scenario, regardless of relation to SCP-3291-2. Termination of SCP-3291-2 appears to end this effect except during 3291-AX Phase 6. Thermal image recording of a 3291-AX scenario by recon teams indicates that the temperature of the area surrounding SCP-3291-3 gradually increases, becoming lethal in a matter of minutes. SCP-3291-2 seems to be immune to this rise in temperature, the reasons for which are still unknown.3 This prevents engagement of SCP-3291-3 directly, making capture and containment incredibly difficult, if not impossible. Whether SCP-3291-3 is destroyed when a 3291-AX event concludes is currently unknown. More research into the motives and nature of SCP-3291-3 is recommended. Note: The termination of SCP-3291-2 during 3291-AX Phase 6 does not prevent SCP-3291-3 from manifesting, nor does it appear to prevent SCP-3291-3 from performing sexual acts on the corpse of SCP-3291-2. As such, we have advised teams to avoid termination of SCP-3291-2 after 3291-AX Phase 6 has begun. Addendum 3291-02: Experiment Log 3291-12 Experiment Log 3291-12 Experiment #: 3291-12 Researcher: Dr. Leonard Duvant Subjects: D-8649, ████████ Description: ████████, a 24-year-old woman (Hereby referred to as subject) under the effects of SCP-3291-1 was located in the city of ████████, Brazil. D-8649 was sent undercover as a potential spouse for the subject. D-8649 was injected with a pathogen that would shut down all bodily functions if not treated once every 48 hours, to ensure cooperation with the project. D-8649 was instructed to court, and then agree to marry, the subject. Subject insisted on the use of flowers from SCP-3291, but was denied the request by D-8649. Despite complaints by the subject, a wedding event was scheduled and carried out. No 3291-AX scenario occurred, and subject lost interest in SCP-3291 almost immediately following the ceremony. Interestingly, the subject lost all interest in D-8649 as well shortly after, requesting a divorce 3 days after the wedding. The marriage was annulled, and class C amnestics were administered to the subject. D-8649 was recalled to the Foundation and underwent treatment to remove the administered pathogen and was reassigned to another project. Conclusion: The effects of SCP-3291-1 seem to expire if a wedding event occurs that does not involve a flower from SCP-3291. Subjects exposed to SCP-3291-1 that participate in a wedding ceremony that does not trigger a 3291-AX scenario are to be considered neutralized and no longer require the attention of the Foundation. It should also be noted that any area experiencing unusually high divorce and marriage rates may indicate SCP-3291 activity. Footnotes 1. Also known as the common orange tree. 2. Regardless of whether the species of flower affected is able to naturally produce those colors. 3. Reported temperature has exceeded 480 K |
SCP-3292 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3292 Special Containment Procedures: The area surrounding SCP-3292 is to be fronted as a privately owned nature reservation under the ownership of senior researcher Chelsea Grant, and funded by Halcyon Industries. Trespassers are to be taken to Site-990 for questioning, administered Class-B amnestics, and released. Air traffic over SCP-3292 is to be rerouted. Two level-2 guards are to be stationed outside of the entrance to SCP-3292, outfitted in uniforms appropriate to private rangers employed by Halcyon Industries. Instances of SCP-3292-3 attempting to enter SCP-3292 through its primary entrance are to be detained by Foundation agents and brought to Site-990 for testing. On site task force Psi-31 "Animal Lovers" are to regularly monitor the WWF's endangered species list for fluctuations in numbers. Description: SCP-3292 is an extradimensional location accessible through the ████ Forest in ████████, Scotland. Despite the area surrounding SCP-3292 being a coniferous forest, SCP-3292 is a complex system of caves, grottos, and groves all leading to a central hub area that resembles an oakwood forest. SCP-3292 is in a perpetual state of the spring season. Day and night cycles have been observed coinciding with baseline reality in SCP-3292, though the effects of the passage of time do not seem to affect anything within SCP-3292. Entities and objects within the forest will not display negative effects of aging, regardless of how much time is spent within SCP-3292. Exploration of SCP-3292 has proven to be exceptionally difficult due to effects on technology. Electronics and complex machinery brought into SCP-3292 cease functionality immediately upon entry, prohibiting the use of drones. It is hypothesized electronics fail due to the electromagnetic fields present throughout SCP-3292, though there is no current explanation for non-electrical machinery. Currently, Foundation agents have mapped out approximately 35km² from SCP-3292-2. SCP-3292-2 is the designation of a statue 17m in height composed of a combination of igneous and sedimentary rocks. SCP-3292-2 resembles a human of indeterminate sex and ethnic background, and appears to be sitting with its legs crossed and hands cupped in its lap. 87% of the surface of SCP-3292-2 has been carved with several elaborate scenes depicting organisms from a number of time periods. Scenes and identified organisms include: Brachiopods and trilobites from the Ordovician period Early terrestrial arthropods from the Devonian period Primitive Synapsids and terrestrial invertebrates from the Permian period1 Therapsids and archosaurs from the Triassic period Herbivorous ornithischians and theropods from the Cretaceous period Test results have shown that SCP-3292-2 was created roughly 2.5 million years ago, coinciding with the evolution of the genus homo. However, SCP-3292-2 has not shown signs of weathering consistent with non-anomalous artifacts of a similar age or composition. SCP-3292-2 has demonstrated the ability to shed and rejoin pieces of itself measuring up to 1% of its original mass. In all instances, these pieces take the form of animate pebbles arranged in a humanoid shape with distinct limbs, a head, and torso, henceforth referred to as SCP-3292-3. SCP-3292-3 are animate, and are kept intact by an anomalous attractive force that levitates their body parts up to .5cm away from their torsos. SCP-3292-3 range in height from 5cm to 18cm. The observed sole purpose of SCP-3292-3 is a caretaker role. SCP-3292-3 have been observed to tend to the emotional and physical needs of SCP-3292-4, observe visitors to SCP-3292, and escort SCP-3292-4 into SCP-32922. SCP-3292-3 are presumed to act on SCP-3292-2's behalf, as SCP-3292-2 is immobile. SCP-3292-4 is the collective designation for the flora and fauna of SCP-3292. All of SCP-3292-4 have been observed to be organisms thought to be extinct or are critically endangered3. SCP-3292-4 do not require sustenance, and do not carry out standard biological processes. From a medical standpoint, all of SCP-3292-4 are clinically deceased. Should an individual attempt to remove SCP-3292-4 from the vicinity of SCP-3292, multiple instances of SCP-3292-3 will attempt to apprehend them. However, SCP-3292-3 are unable to physically restrain any human due to their minute size, and are considered to be harmless. Apprehension attempts have included SCP-3292-3 pulling on the pant legs of personnel, ambushing their feet, tugging hair, hitting shins, and clinging to their clothing. Addendum-01: On 09/01/██, Foundation personnel attempted to remove an instance of SCP-3292-4 (one Raphus cucullatus4) from SCP-3292 through the primary entrance. SCP-3292-3 were unsuccessful in retrieving the instance, and Foundation personnel managed to escort the instance 12m from the entrance before the instance expired. Within three seconds, the instance of SCP-3292-4 began a rapid process of decay, and within twenty-eight seconds, only the skeletal system remained. No further attempts by Foundation personnel are to be made to remove any instance of SCP-3292-4 from SCP-3292. Recovered Documentation-3292: The following journal was retrieved by Foundation personnel after the initial discovery of SCP-3292. The journal was found in SCP-3292-2's lap, and despite being dated as over a century old, was recovered in mint condition. Excerpts of note are documented below. 04/12/84 I've stumbled upon something extraordinary today, and by the very Queen herself I'd swear that this may mark a certain turning point in my expedition. In my hunt for the viking treasures of Clan Gunnir, my ventures brought me to the outskirts of a small fishing port town just outside of Grangemout. It was here that I learned from the local butcher of an ancient and mystical forest, watched over by a guardian of immeasurable power. He assured me it was simply a fable passed between the children, though I've never been one to leave a stone unturned! The journey was strenuous. Horrid rains battered against my back, and the winds were so powerful I was nearly blown away! I traveled many miles with little signal of an impending destination, until from over the hills, I saw the tree lines. Thousands of conifers reaching towards the heavens in symphonic unison, a kingdom of timber begging me to explore what laid inside. I was so collywobbled, I had nearly forgotten my homburg on the rock where I had stopped to take a breath! Without sparing another moment, I pressed forward past the wooden giants, and entered the forbidden conclave of trees. Even now, I am in awe of what I found. As I entered the forest, the rain that had been ceaselessly clambering against me came to a sudden halt, in much of a similar fashion to the drought dance of the UliayahUliayah tribe. Warmth enveloped me in a blanket, the chirping of birds signaling the coming of spring singing jollily. It was as if I had entered an entirely bloody new world, nothing but green as far as I could see. I'm unaware of how long I've been here now, as my pocket watch doesn't seem to be operating functionally, though I stopped to write as soon as I found somewhere to sit. I'm going to explore more now. More to come upon further findings. 04/13/84 This magical thicket continues to amaze me. It has been well over a day since my arrival, as I have watched the sun rise and set in the sky, and yet I feel as rested as I did when I entered these woods. I don't seem to need water, and I feel similarly unhungry, though I've had an odd craving for Yorkshire pudding for quite some time now… I've come to believe that this forest is in some kind of loop, or something similar anyhow. I can't quite put it into words, but I believe that I am still in yesterday, today. And though my above findings are incredible, they pale in comparison to what I discovered traverse these mystical plains. I encountered my first instance of animal life after several hours of walking through the groves. A small rodent that had burrowed itself under a tree stump. Initially, I thought little of the small fellow, until I sat down to inspect him further. It would have seemed that I had stumbled upon a broad-faced potoroo, despite the little chaps having been extinct for nearly a decade now! After several chuffed minutes spent simply marveling the lad, I said my farewells, and pressed forward further into the forest, where I came upon a small pack of bluebucks, grazing in the grass. Naturally, I was astonished! Twice now, I had come across some kind of fauna that by no means had any right being here. It was like an imagination playground, roamed upon by the dead themselves! My continued exploration of these enchanted caverns has brought to fruition several fascinating discoveries. At first I had thought little of the flora, though upon several further encounters with the walking dead that roam these woods, I investigated the plant life more carefully. Silphium, stringtrees, Saint Helena heliotrope, all of which have long since died out decor this place in excess. I believe I may have stumbled upon something sacred. Signing off now, I'm going to try and find a mammoth! 04/14/84 I encountered the guardian of these woods today. I've decided to call him Bertram. Several kilometers from the entrance of the forest is a rather large open plain of sorts. If I had to describe it, I'd say it was very grassy, lots of green. It was here that I found Bertram. He was dutifully watching over his helpers as they tended to a flock of labrador ducks. Oh! The helpers, right yes of course. It would appear that Bertram employs the help of several golems to care for the inhabitants of his forest. I've sat with these helpers for several hours now, studying them, though they don't seem to pay me much mind. On several occasions, I noticed that they would grind their stones together to make a scratching noise. As knackered as this may have left me initially, I believe they were simply trying to keep me away from the animals of the grove, protecting them in their own sort of way. Even then, they've acted awfully gobby for my taste. I attempted to pick up one of the helpers while it was caring for a martinique giant ameiva, though I don't think that Bertram took very kindly to my actions. The helper went inert in my hands. I figure perhaps having a good ol rowdy with the lad would do good to square away my intentions. I can only hope that Bertram understands I mean no harm to this place. I've yet to find a mammoth. 04/17/84 I've spent several days now within this spellbinding grotto, but alas I feel as if it has come my time to move on. I've spent countless hours marveling as the helpers tend to the occupants of these woods, and many more marveling at the murals that cover Bertram. It is with the utmost sorrow that I bid this otherworldly forest adieu, though I fear that I am needed elsewhere. I intend to return to London once I'm done here, treat myself to some Yorkshire pudding, and then travel to Brazil in my continued search for the great golden peccary of Santana do Ipanema. Though I never did find the treasure that I had initially sought after, I truly believe that I have come across something far more valuable. These woods themselves are a true treasure trove, one that I can only hope that the adventurers of tomorrow will have the pleasure of discovering on their own. I am going to leave this journal here, with Bertram, so that explorers of the future may lean upon my findings for support, and come to a further understanding of what makes this land before time complete. I never did find a mammoth. Footnotes 1. The scene depicting organisms from the Permian period covers the largest surface area on SCP-3292-2. 2. To date, 131 recorded instances of SCP-3292-3 have been witnessed escorting SCP-3292-4. However, only 9 instances have been witnessed entering and exiting the entrance located in the ████ Forest. It is currently unknown how SCP-3292-3 transport themselves or SCP-3292-4. 3. SCP-3292-4 are limited to species that have gone extinct succeeding the creation of SCP-3292-2. 4. Dodo bird. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3292" by Dog Teeth and whomstdveWorm, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3292. 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-3293 | keter | SCP-3293 - You Can't Go Home Co-authored by djkaktus and Joreth ▸ More by this Author ◂ {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} Item#: 3293 Level2 Containment Class: neutralized Secondary Class: {$secondary-class} Disruption Class: {$disruption-class} Risk Class: {$risk-class} link to memo SCP-3293 prior to containment. Item #: SCP-3293 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3293 is kept in a Standard Humanoid Containment Cell. Due to a history of non-compliance and the nature of its anomaly, SCP-3293 has not been given any standard amenities. SCP-3293 is to be kept under constant surveillance, and a search of the containment unit must be conducted daily. Approved researchers are encouraged to visit SCP-3293 to enforce compliance and maintain a high morale. Any discovered instances of SCP-3293-A must be confiscated and reported to Dr. Iles. Previous instances of SCP-3293-A can be found in Room 502 in Anomalous Items Wing E. Any personnel who intend to conduct research on SCP-3293-A instances must obtain permission from Dr. Iles. Current containment procedures are under review and may be subject to change after approval from the Ethics Committee. Updated Containment Procedures: SCP-3293 has been neutralized. See Addendum 3293.4 for details. The original Wells household in Columbus, Ohio is to remain under constant surveillance. Description: SCP-3293 was a six year old Caucasian human male, formerly Cooper Wells of Columbus, Ohio, USA. SCP-3293's anomalous effects manifested in its ability to create complex and inexplicable machinery and technology out of mundane objects, seemingly at will. SCP-3293 was categorized as a Class II reality altering entity, with the scope of its abilities being limited to its direct surroundings1. SCP-3293 did not appear to be aware of the anomalous nature of its abilities, nor its origins; SCP-3293 had a limited grasp of actual scientific and technological constructs and did not perceive its abilities as anomalous. Instead, SCP-3293's imaginative jargon for various objects and their purposes appeared to manifest into actuality, allowing SCP-3293 to create devices that functioned per their design despite their construction. SCP-3293 was prone to containment breaches, as it was capable of easily creating technology allowing it to teleport vast distances with little resources. However, due to SCP-3293's tendency to always attempt to return to the home of its parents, it was easily re-contained in nearly every instance. For additional information, see Addendum 3293.3. Addendum 3293.1: Discovery SCP-3293 was discovered when embedded Foundation agents within the Ohio State University faculty reported unusual and inexplicably high levels of radiation centered on a small Columbus suburb. This, coupled with an unexplained energy feedback from one specific home, allowed agents to quickly find and apprehend SCP-32932. Addendum 3293.2: Interview Note: The following interview was conducted shortly after initial containment, before permanent containment procedures were developed. During this interview, SCP-3293 was under the impression that it was at a children's day-care facility. [BEGIN LOG] Dr. Iles: Hey buddy, how are you? SCP-3293: Look Ms. Lady. I made a TV. SCP-3293 produces a dry-erase board propped up with a piece of cardboard, to which are taped several short pieces of red yarn attached to a Foundation-supplied toothbrush. When SCP-3293 manipulates the toothbrush, the device functions like a television. Device is later collected for study. Dr. Iles: Wow Cooper, that's so cool! How did you make it? SCP-3293: I take the- the wire here, and connected it to the, uh, well not the long wire but the short wire cause I didn't have any long wire, but I connected it to the mokey-trol3 and turned it on. Dr. Iles: That's so good buddy. What are you watching today? SCP-3293: I, uh, I'm watching Gumball. Dr. Iles: I see, cool. So Cooper, can you tell me about the thing you made the other day? SCP-3293: (laughs) The banana just splatted on the ground! Dr. Iles: I see that, yeah. But hey, what about the thing you made the other day, huh? What does it do? SCP-3293: Oh, that's a cookie-bringer4. I thought, "maybe I just want a cookie", so I made a cookie-looker and plugged it into a thing-bringer and made a cookie-bringer. But, but then when, uh, when the Mr. Guy came, he took the cookie-bringer away. Dr. Iles: Ah, alright. But Cooper, I want to know- SCP-3293: Do you know Mr. Guy? If he give it back I will you a cookie when I get it back. Mr. Guy can have one too. Dr. Iles: Right, but how did you make the cookie-bringer, Cooper? SCP-3293: Huh? Dr. Iles: Well, you know that you can't just make a cookie out of socks and a la— SCP-3293: No, it was a cookie-finder, and then I plugged it into the thing-bringer. Dr. Iles: But, it didn't even have a power source, buddy. SCP-3293: Oh yeah, I forgot to add the batteries! Just add batteries and then it will be uh, a, uh, hmm. I think a cookie-bringer, but more cookies? [END LOG] Addendum 3293.3: Containment Breaches On several different occasions, SCP-3293 was able to breach containment, either by creating a device to teleport out of Site-81, or by creating a device to brute-force through security measures installed at the site. These devices included an "invisibility hat", a "shrink-gun", a "warp blanket", and a "tunnel shoe", among others. However, after each breach of containment SCP-3293 would attempt to return to the home of its parents, Dave and Kathy Wells. The Ethics Committee initially approved of the proposal of Dr. Iles to recruit Mr. and Mrs. Wells as E-Class personnel, in order to facilitate with containment, with the Wells' under the impression that SCP-3293 is currently quarantined for a rare disease. Initially this led to a total cessation of containment breach attempts in the first three months of recruitment. However, on 2/14/18, the E-Class personnel convinced SCP-3293 to attempt to breach containment, citing paranoia and boredom in post-breach interrogations as reasons for this attempt. The Ethics Committee overruled the proposal to immediately execute the E-Class personnel and instead opted to amnesticize Mr. and Mrs. Wells5 and relocate them with false identities and memories. While this led to higher breach attempts, SCP-3293 still followed the initial breach pattern to attempt to return to the Wells household. Because of this pattern of behavior, SCP-3293 was usually easily sedated and re-contained. Eventually SCP-3293 began creating devices that allowed him to locate and travel anomalously to his parents, though they did not recognize him and usually immediately alerted Foundation personnel embedded in the local police. After several attempts that resulted in his being turned over to the authorities by the amnesticized Mr. and Mrs. Wells, SCP-3293's emotional state began to severely deteriorate. This was exacerbated by extended containment, specifically after protocols restricting its access to any objects it could use to create anomalous technology with. Eventually, SCP-3293 grew withdrawn and hostile towards Foundation staff, and had to be sedated for feedings and sleep, among others. Dr. Ostermann As previous containment breach indicates, SCP-3293 poses significant risks to personnel involved in its containment. It has proven incapable of adjusting to its environment and will now attack any personnel who enter its chamber with makeshift weapons. Until such time that SCP-3293 can be transported to a high-security Keter-class containment ward, I propose to amend the current Special Containment Procedures, both to minimize the risk of containment breaches, as well as maintain a steady mental state through constant sedation without neutralizing the subject: Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3293 is to be contained within a soundproof, modified humanoid containment cell at Site-81. The cell must be devoid of any objects, including living accommodations and all forms of entertainment. SCP-3293 is not to be provided any clothing or other personal items, and must be restrained. Thrice daily, SCP-3293 is to be given appropriate food rations fed via feeding tube while sedated. Individuals entering SCP-3293's containment cell and administering this sedation must do so quickly, to avoid any contact between SCP-3293 and any equipment used to sedate SCP-32936. All individuals entering and leaving the containment unit must ascertain the location of all equipment to prevent material being left for SCP-3293 to manipulate. Addendum 3293.4: Neutralization On the 17th of June, 2018, during a routine check-up, SCP-3293 hid behind the door of its containment cell as personnel entered to sedate it, and attacked the staff members. Using a ring of keys taken from one of the personnel members, SCP-3293 quickly created a makeshift taser and knocked out both staff members. In a disoriented and distressed panic, SCP-3293 attempted to quickly create a device allowing it to escape containment. Audio equipment within the containment cell recorded SCP-3293 repeating the words "go home" while it worked. However, whether by design or on accident, the resulting device began to hum excessively and glow brightly, resulting in a significant structural change in SCP-3293. The entity's limbs began to increase rapidly in length, breaking in several places as its features became severely distorted. Its skin began to slough off in several large sections, and its eyes began to bulge considerably and fill with blood. Its jaw sagged considerably and it seemed no longer capable of closing its mouth, its words becoming unintelligible noises. This entity was accosted by the now-conscious members of the containment staff, who managed to back the clearly panicked entity into a corner. Before additional containment personnel could enter the chamber, the device SCP-3293 had created exploded violently, killing SCP-3293 and both members of staff attending to it. The bodies of the two containment personnel were interred per Foundation protocol, while the corpse of the SCP-3293 entity was incinerated after dissection7. Afterwards, SCP-3293 was reclassified as neutralized. Addendum 3293.5: Collected Anomalous Devices Classification ID Description Purpose Location of Recovery 3293-A-1 Easy Bake Oven attached to crude thorium reactor, constructed primarily out of empty tin cans, a flashlight, and an otherwise non-functioning laptop computer. A "toaster" created to manifest snacks for SCP-3293. Site of initial containment 3293-A-4 A plastic "bendy straw" taped to an empty matchbox. Acts like a handheld cellular phone. Site of initial containment 3293-A-6 A pair of cotton socks wrapped around a standard issue bedside lamp. Materializes cookies. Containment Cell 3293-A-9 Three steel bedsprings tied together with shoelaces, affixed to a towel and worn on the head. Teleporting device. Containment Cell 3293-A-14 Standard issue slip-on sandals attached to the end of a mop handle. End of the sandal is razor sharp. A shoveling device, seemingly capable of digging through any substance. Containment Cell 3293-A-21 A plastic spoon tied to a Styrofoam cup. Similar to 3293-A-4, but can only make calls to SCP-3293's site of initial containment8. Containment Cell 3293-A-22 Unknown destroyed object9. Artifact seems to neutralize the effects of amnestics on human subjects. Becomes inert roughly five hours after neutralization of SCP-329310. Containment Cell Footnotes 1. Additionally, SCP-3293 appeared to be limited by size of the object as well. That is to say, while SCP-3293 could anomalously influence a cup or an article of clothing, it could not do the same to a room or a building. 2. The device, which agents collected for study during initial containment of SCP-3293, appeared to be a thorium reactor attached to a toy oven, which SCP-3293 referred to as its "toaster". The origin of the thorium is unknown, and the reactor seemed to be fashioned out of a red coffee mug and aluminum foil. The device was capable of manifesting an assortment of foodstuffs at will, but was noted for having been primarily used to create macaroni and cheese. 3. "Remote control" 4. SCP-3293 and Dr. Iles refer to a device SCP-3293 has previously constructed out of a pair of socks and a desk lamp, which allowed it to materialize a chocolate chip cookie when activated. 5. Attempts to do the same with SCP-3293 have been unsuccessful. 6. Preliminary tests of this protocol have proved efficient, however, should SCP-3293 become capable of interacting with personnel before being sedated, secondary protocols utilizing unclothed personnel for restraint are to be enacted. 7. The interior structure of SCP-3293 was genetically identical to SCP-3293 prior to the incident, and while all major organs and musculoskeletal structures were intact, all showed signs of significant deterioration and distortion. 8. Due to possibility of breach of sensitive information, safeguards established to block calls coming from 3293-A-21 at the home. 9. Object was destroyed during explosion that killed SCP-3293, though its anomalous effects persisted for a short period of time after neutralization. 10. Why this device initially activated in the way that it did, and why it created the biological change in SCP-3293, is currently unknown. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3293" by djkaktus, Joreth, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3293. 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-3294 | keter | Item #: SCP-████ Alternate Designation: Non-Standard Designation "TYRFING" Special Containment Procedures: A physical manuscript containing “TYRFING” infectious information must be kept at all times. This manuscript is to be used solely to create a digital file that can be duplicated if all other sources of “TYRFING” infection are lost. A digital file containing “TYRFING” infectious material must be kept on an otherwise empty portable storage device, access to which must be restricted to personnel assigned to “TYRFING”. At no point should the original file be opened and viewed; testing subjects should be exposed to copies of the file during testing only. Communication with “+TYRFING” subjects must be conducted exclusively via a specialised messaging program developed to automatically censor “TYRFING” infectious information. Personnel attempting to circumvent this must be severely reprimanded. To minimise disruption during reassignment post-“TYRFING” infection, personnel assigned to “TYRFING” are not authorised to know its numerical designation and must refer to the anomaly by its alternate designation instead. Description: Non-Standard Designation "TYRFING" is an infoallergenic1 information-based concept. "TYRFING" is not restricted to any specific medium — any method of surveying or storing information is capable of surveying or storing "TYRFING". Individuals or documents that contain explicit information of "TYRFING" are infected by the anomaly, and are henceforth referred to as "+TYRFING".2 Sapient "+TYRFING" hosts are compelled to compare "TYRFING" to other concepts they are aware of; these comparisons can be arbitrary and nonsensical, but all relate or compare the two concepts in some manner. Testing has shown that while in its initial infection phase, "TYRFING" exhibits potent mnestic properties, enabling "+TYRFING" hosts to recall all details of "TYRFING" and all comparisons or relations made with other concepts — no amnestic treatment utilised by the Foundation has impeded this property. Hosts show signs of an anomalous compulsion to spread "TYRFING", frequently attempting to survey information to individuals they believe are unaffected. When a sapient "+TYRFING" host believes they have infected another individual with "TYRFING", the anomaly will enter its second phase. The success of this attempt is irrelevant; if the host believes they have exposed another individual to "TYRFING", the secondary properties will initiate. During this secondary phase "TYRFING", and all concepts the host (who is designated "-TYRFING" from then on) related to it, will exhibit antimemetic properties for the host alone — they will be unable to recall any information relating to the concept/s. As with the memetic properties of "TYRFING", no mnestic treatment developed thus far by the Foundation has impeded this property. "-TYRFING" individuals also experience permanent perceptual alterations that prevent them from perceiving any information that directly or indirectly exposes them to lost concepts; subjects show no response to visual, auditory or tactile mediums used to transfer such information.3 The effects of "TYRFING" are not limited to biological or even animate hosts; dummy AIC programs have shown susceptibility and similar antimemetic impediment to biological "-TYRFING" individuals. Inanimate mediums of information storage suffer from approximate analogues of "TYRFING"'s antimemetic effect — when an individual is infected by "TYRFING" via one of these mediums, the relevant information in the medium immediately becomes illegible or unintelligible to all individuals (including those unaffected by "TYRFING") in the case of visual and auditory mediums, respectively; digital information will become irreparably corrupt, but will still occupy the same system space. Individuals unaffected by "TYRFING" attempting to read "-TYRFING" visual documents can acknowledge the presence of an inscription, but are unable to discern any meaning from it; similarly, they can also acknowledge recorded vocalisations, but cannot ascertain its content. “TYRFING” was initially contained following an outbreak in Site ██. The majority of staff positioned on-site began suffering from inabilities to perceive randomised objects or concepts; as the lost concepts varied from staff to staff, a cognitohazardous infection was identified and the site was locked down by personnel. First-response containment personnel were able to create a non-infectious document approximating the anomaly and isolate a “TYRFING” infectious document before succumbing to the anomaly’s secondary properties. Testing Log ████: Subject Concept/s related to “TYRFING” Additional parameters/notes Observed detriments to “TYRFING”-Negative subject D-2898 None. Test was used as a baseline – the subject spread “TYRFING” before relating it to any other concepts. Subject became unable to perceive any information pertaining to “TYRFING”, and showed no awareness of their infection. D-1667 Shoes. N/A Subject became unable to perceive shoes. No anomalous capability to observe feet through footwear was recorded; descriptions of personnel's feet were confirmed to be unconscious extrapolations made by the subject. Subject showed signs of minor distress when personnel removed their shoes while the subject observed. D-9055 Air N/A Subject becomes extremely distressed and begins hyperventilating. The subject is capable of respiration, but is not conscious of any air intake and acts as though they are asphyxiating. The subject is unable to explain the purpose of respiration, but acknowledges its importance. Treatment for chronic hyperventilation syndrome is ongoing, but successful. D-2493 D-2493 (Their own identity). N/A Subject lost all sense of self-identity; the subject was unable to perceive their own form, but was still capable of all bodily functions. D-4566 Life. N/A The subject became unable to distinguish between living, inanimate and/or deceased objects or entities; the subject attempted to awaken a carcass introduced to them, believing its lack of response being due to unconsciousness. D-2439 Libraries Conducted to determine if “TYRFING” can counteract the effect of SCP-2602, which used to be a library. The subject showed no compulsion to refer to the fact that SCP-2602 used to be a library; when presented with images taken from SCP-2602’s interior, the subject identified it as a former library without difficulty. Interviews with the subject regarding SCP-2602 are impeded by its anomalous properties, as the subject is unable to hear interviewers when they refer to SCP-2602 as a former library. Further research into cross-utilisation of “TYRFING” with SCP-2602 (a former library) is pending approval. D-2565 Allison Eckhart Conducted to determine if “TYRFING” can be used to immunise individuals from other information-based anomalies. Subject became incapable of perceiving Allison Eckhart – because of this, the subject cannot detect anything affected by the AE-Class Allison Eckhart Allison-Eckhart Breathability Scenario, including [DATA REDACTED] Allison Eckhart Allison Eckhart (Allison Eckhart) Conducted to determine if “TYRFING” can be used to cure Allison Eckhart infection. All Allison Eckhart activity in Allison Eckhart ceased, with attempts to resuscitate them failing. Allison Eckhart was declared dead by attending medical personnel. TYR005.aic None. Test was used as a baseline to determine how “TYRFING” affects non-biological entities. Upon the subject becoming “-TYRFING”, all information recorded on the computer regarding “TYRFING” became corrupt. Attempts to transfer files containing “TYRFING” information failed, as all such files would register as corrupt on the computer, despite being functional on other systems. When transferred to an alternate computer system, TYR005.aic was fully-functional, but could not interact with any regions of data containing information about “TYRFING”. TYR007.aic Artificial Intelligence N/A As with the previous test, the computer hosting the AIC program became incapable of accessing any files containing information about “TYRFING”. The TYR007.aic also became incapable of accessing information about “TYRFING”; however, it was also incapable of performing functions that involved it interacting with other AICs – while indirectly communicating with AICs (via modifiable text documents), it believed it was speaking to testing personnel. Questioning revealed that TYR007.aic believed it was a human consciousness implanted within a computer. TYR009.aic Stopping, Deletion N/A The “-TYRFING” TYR009.aic was incapable of ceasing any programs, functions, and/or deleting any data. This property did not extend to the computer system hosting the AIC; testing personnel were able to close and delete data on the system. Impediments regarding documents containing “TYRFING” information were consistent with previous (and successive) tests. Addendum 1: Incident Log ████-01 Three researchers were infected with “TYRFING” during a scheduled round of testing with D-Class personnel on 10/04/2018. The automated redaction system used to automatically censor attempts to communicate “TYRFING” infectious material during conversation between researchers and test subjects had been updated the day prior; however, the update caused a stack overflow to occur, disabling the program. While “+TYRFING”, Junior Researcher ████████ ██████4 sent an indeterminate text message to an unknown phone number – due to Junior Researcher █████ being found to be suffering from the secondary properties of “TYRFING”, it is assumed that this text message contained “TYRFING” infectious content. Due to the antimemetic properties of the anomaly, Junior Researcher ██████ is unable to be questioned regarding these actions, nor can the recipient phone number be retrieved. An investigation is underway into whether this was a premeditated action, or compliance with the compulsive effect of the anomaly. Addendum 2: Ongoing surveillance of the three researchers involved with Incident ████-01 has revealed an additional, hereditary property of “TYRFING”; all offspring of Researcher ███ ███ who were conceived after 10/04/2018 have shown perceptual alterations identical to Researcher ███ ███; specifically, they are all unable to perceive or learn of the existence of pears. Testing with the offspring has, however, shown that they are still susceptible to “TYRFING” infection and therefore, can experience further perceptual shifts. No abnormal genetic markers have yet been identified to correlate to “TYRFING” infection. Research into identifying potential “TYRFING” markers has been allocated as high-priority. Footnotes 1. Infoallergenic anomalies are an uncommon class of infohazard, capable of exhibiting both memetic and antimemetic properties. 2. "TYRFING" positive. 3. ”TYRFING”-Negative hosts claim that printed documents detailing “TYRFING” are blank, that personnel telling them about “TYRFING” mumble or become mute while speaking, and that surfaces with Braille imprinted upon them are blank or smooth in regions that contain information regarding “TYRFING”. 4. One of the infected researchers. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3294" by Jack Ike, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3294. 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-3295 | euclid | Signage found on the door of every SCP-3295 instance. Item #: SCP-3295 Special Containment Procedures: As all attempts to remove SCP-3295 from Baseline reality have failed, individual instances are currently under the jurisdiction of each Site Director. Directors may utilize SCP-3295 instances as designated smoking rooms or restrict access to them at their discretion. In accordance with the Foundation Health and Safety Code, SCP-3295 is generally the only indoor location in Foundation facilities where smoking is permitted. Should SCP-3295-A appear again at some point in the future, attempts to negotiate the removal of SCP-3295 from Baseline will be made. Description: SCP-3295 designates a series of anomalous interior spaces that simultaneously became a part of every Foundation Site on 1 Jan 1982 as a result of a CK-Class Reality Restructuring Scenario. Labeled "DESIGNATED EXTRA-UNIVERSAL SMOKING ROOM," SCP-3295 mimic the design of other rooms in a given Site and are primarily distinguished by a localized wormhole that takes the place of an ordinary ceiling. Smoke produced by cigarettes or other combustible drugs within SCP-3295 will leave local space-time via the wormhole and is subsequently transported to an unknown location; all other forms of matter are incapable of entering it.1 Owing to its anomalous properties, persons can smoke inside SCP-3295 indefinitely without the risk of secondhand smoke escaping so long as the doors remain closed. SCP-3295 instances are both indestructible and self-replicating: attempts to remove them from their location will result in a retrocausal reconstruction of time, such that the attempt appears to have never occurred. For example: if C4 charges were planted in an SCP-3295 instance and activated, the person who activated the charges would find themselves in a different location and with no memory of having attempted to destroy the instance. SCP-3295 instances always appear when a new Foundation Site is built; upon interrogation, persons who worked on the construction of the Site will be unable to recall how SCP-3295 was made, often attributing its construction to another employee. Attempts to prevent SCP-3295 from replicating via Site construction will also result in the removal of those attempts from the timeline. Background and Creation: In 1981, the Human Resources Committee proposed a revision to the Foundation Health and Safety Code which would ban indoor smoking in all Foundation facilities from January 1982 onward. Despite mounting scientific evidence of tobacco smoking's negative health consequences, the Foundation struggled to implement restrictions on smoking throughout the 1960s and 1970s due to heavy opposition from rank-and-file staff.2 After a contentious public comment period, the policy was approved by a 10-3 vote of O5 Command in July of that year. One week after the vote had concluded, each member of the O5 Council was approached by a humanoid entity (hereafter SCP-3295-A) who claimed to be a representative for a company called "Extra-Universal Smoking Solutions." After a brief conversation, the entities handed each O5 member a business card and a five-page proposal which outlined how SCP-3295 could be installed in every Foundation facility as an alternative to the indoor smoking ban. SCP-3295-A then de-manifested and the O5 Council subsequently called a meeting to discuss the incident. Accepting their proposal was viewed as an unnecessary and potentially dangerous risk given how little was known about the entities; the Council therefore agreed to store the documents in a high-value containment locker and reject the proposal in a 12-1 vote. However, SCP-3295 was subsequently created following an unauthorized action from O5-6, the lone dissenting vote in the decision. A heavy smoker, O5-6 had been opposed to the indoor smoking ban and was said to be "dreading" the date it went into effect. Following the meeting's conclusion, O5-6 clandestinely secured one of the business cards, contacted SCP-3295-A, and signed a contract with Extra-Universal Smoking Solutions on behalf of the Foundation.3 Said contract resulted in the insertion of SCP-3295 into the Baseline timeline in their current form on 1 Jan 1982 (the day the indoor smoking ban went into effect), with records indicating them as having been constructed during 1979-80. As a result of his actions, O5-6 was dishonorably expelled from the Council and his clearance reduced to Level 2 for the duration of his career. After several years of unsuccessful attempts to neutralize SCP-3295, the current Containment Procedures were put into place in 1985. SCP-3295-A can no longer be reached via the contact information on the business cards they supplied and the contract signed by O5-6 is still believed to be binding as of 2018. Footnotes 1. SCP-3295 instances initially did not absorb vapor produced by electronic cigarettes, but began doing so in January 2010. The reason for this abrupt change is unknown. 2. Foundation smoking rates are significantly higher than the general population: in a 1978 survey, 39% of Junior Researchers and 54% of Senior Researchers identified as regular smokers. This declined to 28% and 39%, respectively, by 2010. The stressful nature of working in the Foundation compared to the civilian world is believed to be the primary cause of this. 3. The specific terms of the contract are unknown, as is the expected payment (if any) for the installation of SCP-3295. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3295" by ObserverSeptember, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3295. 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-3296 | neutralized | SCP-3296 By: notgull Published on 19 May 2018 19:56 ▷ Show Code ◁ △ Hide Code △ @import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Montserrat:wght@600;700&display=swap); /* Centered Header Sigma * [2021 Wikidot Component] * By Lt Flops (CC BY-SA 3.0) * Forked from: * Penumbra Theme by EstrellaYoshte * Also based on: * Centered Header BHL by Woedenaz **/ /* ---- VARS ---- */ :root{ --titleColor: hsl(0, 0%, 95%); --subtitleColor: hsl(60, 62%, 85%); --lgurl: url(https://scp-wiki.wdfiles.com/local--files/component:pride-highlighter/lgbtqp_logo.svg); } /* ---- SITE BANNER ---- */ #header, div#header{ background-image: none; } #header::before{ position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; content: ""; background-image: var(--lgurl); background-position: center top; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: auto 9em; opacity: .33; } #header h1, #header h2{ float: none; margin-left: 0; text-align: center; } #header h1 span, #header h2 span{ /* Hide the Existing Text */ display: none; } #header h1 a::before, #header h2::before{ /* Style the New Text */ font-family: "Montserrat", "Arial", sans-serif; text-shadow: none; } #header h1 a::before{ position: relative; bottom: .15em; color: var(--titleColor); font-size: 115%; font-weight: 700; } #header h2::before{ position: relative; top: .1em; color: var(--subtitleColor); font-size: 130%; font-weight: 600; } #header h1 a::before{ /* Set the New Text's Content From Variable */ content: var(--header-title, "SCP FOUNDATION"); } #header h2::before{ content: var(--header-subtitle, "SECURE - CONTAIN - PROTECT"); } /* ---- SEARCH ---- */ #search-top-box{ top: 1em; right: 0; } #search-top-box-form input.button{ margin-right: 0; } #search-top-box-input, #search-top-box-input:hover, #search-top-box-input:focus, #search-top-box-form input[type=submit], #search-top-box-form input[type=submit]:hover, #search-top-box-form input[type=submit]:focus{ border-radius: 0; box-shadow: none; font-size: 100%; } /* ---- TOP BAR ---- */ #top-bar{ right: 0; display: flex; justify-content: center; } #top-bar ul li ul{ border-bottom: 1px solid hsl(0, 0%, 40%); box-shadow: none; } /* ---- LOGIN ---- */ #login-status{ top: 1.1em; right: initial; color: hsl(0, 0%, 87%); } #account-topbutton{ border-color: hsl(0, 0%, 87%); font-size: 100%; } /* ---- PAGE TITLE ---- */ .meta-title, #page-title{ text-align: center; } /* ---- BREADCRUMBS ---- */ .pseudocrumbs, #breadcrumbs{ text-align: center; } /* ---- MOBILE DISPLAY ---- */ @media (max-width: 767px){ #search-top-box{ top: 1.85em; width: unset; } .mobile-top-bar{ position: relative; left: 0; display: flex; justify-content: center; } #login-status{ top: 0; right: 0; } #header .printuser{ font-size: 0; } #header .printuser img.small{ margin: 0; transform: translate(6px, 4px); } #my-account{ display: none; } #account-topbutton{ margin-left: 2px; } } Revision #322 of this document was prepared by: THE FOUNDATION AVIAN DIVISION In accordance with the Pluto Protocol Note: By order of Dr. Frederick Hoygull, the clearance level required to access this file has been lowered from 5/ETHICS clearance to 1/GENERAL clearance, due to its relevance to the ongoing BE-Class "Migration" Scenario. Item #: SCP-3296 Special Containment Procedures: The remains of SCP-3296 are to be left in orbit. Retrieval of SCP-3296 will occur when more pressing matters are resolved. Description: SCP-3296 refers to two related components: a man-made satellite in Earth's orbit (SCP-3296-A) and the organism contained within (SCP-3296-B). Both components were created by the Foundation in the year of 2000 under the Milliard Project and launched into orbit on 09/08/2000. SCP-3296-A is equipped with all faculties required to sustain a human subject indefinitely. The most important of these systems are the food fabricators and water recyclers, capable of using waste products of SCP-3296-B to produce consumable food and water. An air recycler is also equipped in the cabin to maintain an oxygen supply. SCP-3296-A's systems are also able to fabricate high-density vitamin pills to encourage health in SCP-3296-B. In addition, a console allows communication between SCP-3296-B and the Foundation. Two high-efficiency solar panels are attached to SCP-3296-A in order to power these systems. SCP-3296-B is a human subject which operates SCP-3296-A. SCP-3296-B has undergone extensive brain surgery reducing their Cognitohazardous Resistance Score to 1.0 x 10-3, making them extremely susceptible to suggestion. SCP-3296 is presently in mid-Earth orbit. After the events of Incident 3296-23, it is believed that SCP-3296-B is either dead or otherwise unresponsive. View Attachment: Milliard Project Dossier Close File PROJECT MILLIARD Documentation prepared by Dr. Albert Milliard, present Department Head of Project Heimdall. Abstract: It has been known for a long time that humans have the ability to influence the Hume field. This is exemplified by reality benders, who are able to manipulate the Hume field to such a level as to bend reality itself. However, recently it was discovered that this also works the opposite way. Humans are able to detect changes in the Hume field, even if they didn't make them themselves. Of course, this is often a very subtle effect that we don't notice in the course of our lifetimes. But, given the correct brain surgery and conditions, we can make a human as receptive to these phenomena as a sixth sense. Project Milliard is the Foundation Aeronautics Division's attempt to create an early-warning system to detect potential attacks from Interspace Entities, or IE's. IE's are entities or artifacts in outer space that pose a threat to Earth, primarily in the form of reality-bending abilities. An example of an IE is SCP-3485. It is believed that SCP-3485 accomplishes many of its feats through low-level reality-bending abilities, and it is also believed that SCP-3485 has the ability to transport itself to Earth, which would crush it in its gravitational field. However, if Project Milliard is in use, the Foundation would be not only able to detect IE's before they attack, but also detect future extranormal events on Earth. Procedure: 1). Construct a satellite capable of permanently sustaining a human subject in mid-Earth orbit. 2). Isolate a subject matching conditions to undergo Procedure MILLIARD-ASTRAL. A full list of conditions is in Document MILLIARD-ASTRAL-458. To summarize: Subject's brain must match Relative Brain Structure #3UAC at least 97%. Subject must have been born in a sterile environment. Subject must not have any history of disease. Subject must be between 1 and 18 months of age. Subject must not be an instance of SCP-1719-1. Subject must not be an instance of SCP-3909-A. Subject's mother must not be alive. For protocols relating to the acquisition of this subject, see Document PRO-MILLIARD-GAMMA-23. 3). Selected subject will undergo Procedure MILLIARD-ASTRAL. This involves heavy brain surgery, administration of several classes of mnestic/hallucinogenic products, and artificial aging of the subject using hormone techniques previously used in Bright-Zartion Humanoid Replicators. Full details of Procedure MILLIARD-ASTRAL are restricted to essential surgical professionals involved in Project Milliard and Ethics Committee chairman1. It is of note that, due to the conditions under which the subjects are acquired, Procedure MILLIARD-ASTRAL has a 9% success rate. Multiple subjects may be necessary for this step. 4). Once preparation of the subject has been completed, they will be attached to the satellite component and launched into space. This launch is to be undertaken by a Foundation front company, and a cover story stating that the launch's purpose was to launch a satellite into orbit is to be implemented into all official records. 5). Communication will be established at Foundation Secure Site-23. View Attachment: Recovered Email Chain Close File TO: pcs.noitadnuof|ce.notlet#pcs.noitadnuof|ce.notlet FROM: pcs.noitadnuof|soluapkj#pcs.noitadnuof|soluapkj CC: pcs.noitadnuof|draillima#pcs.noitadnuof|draillima, pcs.noitadnuof|vrestsil-ce#pcs.noitadnuof|vrestsil-ce SUBJECT: Re: Ethics Committee Vote - Project Milliard Dear Chairman Elton, I would like to raise objections to Project Milliard. The issue I take with Project Milliard lies in the fact that the subject needed for the project is required to be "between 1 and 18 months of age". In my somewhat limited medical knowledge, I do not see the reason why we need several infant subjects, rather than several grown subjects. In addition, we're also going to age them artificially later on, so I assume that this is redundant and unnecessary. Is there a reason that I'm not seeing? Thanks for your time, - John K. Paulos, PhD TO: pcs.noitadnuof|soluapkj#pcs.noitadnuof|soluapkj FROM: pcs.noitadnuof|draillima#pcs.noitadnuof|draillima SUBJECT: Re: Re: Ethics Committee Vote - Project Milliard Dr. Paulos, I believe I can answer this question. Essentially, in order for Project Milliard to function properly, the subject needs to be fully loyal to the Foundation. Procedure MILLIARD-ASTRAL makes the subject extremely suggestible, and even the slightest amount of bias can cause the subject to switch to somebody else's side. There's another reason for it, although it's quite complicated. Now, you know everybody has a brain. Pretend like each brain is built in a completely different way, but there are two types of brains that mostly everybody's resembles: Type A and Type B. In order for Procedure MILLIARD-ASTRAL to work correctly, we need a Type B brain. As for why we need them to be young, well, the hallucinogenics required to implant memories of complete loyalty simply work better when they're young. We can't guarantee full viability in an older subject. I hope that answers your questions. - Milliard TO: pcs.noitadnuof|draillima#pcs.noitadnuof|draillima FROM: pcs.noitadnuof|soluapkj#pcs.noitadnuof|soluapkj SUBJECT: Re: Re: Re: Ethics Committee Vote - Project Milliard Dear Dr. Milliard, I think I have found a solution to this problem that doesn't require the dulling process described earlier. First, we identify a Type B subject among our current pool of D-class personnel. Then, we give them a strong dosage of Class-F amnestics and personality restructuring agents, essentially destroying the subject's long-term memory and personality. Then, we continue with the hallucinogenic agent treatment and MILLIARD-ASTRAL, until the subject is suitable for use in Project Milliard. Using this method, rather than using anywhere from 3-10 infant lives (depending on the success rate of the procedure), we will only have to use one of our already-condemned D-class personnel. Thank you for your consideration, - John K. Paulos, PhD TO: pcs.noitadnuof|soluapkj#pcs.noitadnuof|soluapkj FROM: pcs.noitadnuof|draillima#pcs.noitadnuof|draillima SUBJECT: Re: Re: Re: Re: Ethics Committee Vote - Project Milliard Dr. Paulos, As much as I would like to take these actions, there are some problems. First of all, the personality restructuring agents that are currently in the Foundation's possession irreversibly damage the frontal lobe, which needs to be intact in order for Procedure MILLIARD-ASTRAL to take place. Secondly, simply due to the nature of the Type B brain, Class-F amnestic treatment is impossible. You see, Type B brains are actually more resistant to the chemical treatment, making amnestic treatment difficult. However, this resistance is developed in the late 20's, meaning that younger subjects are more easily treated with amnestic compounds. Thirdly, we are unlikely to find a Type B brain in any D-class. In most cases, Type-B subjects are orderly and tend to be lawful or submissive. Most of these people are not D-class and are therefore out of our reach. Again, my sincerest apologies. - Milliard TO: pcs.noitadnuof|ce.notlet#pcs.noitadnuof|ce.notlet FROM: pcs.noitadnuof|soluapkj#pcs.noitadnuof|soluapkj CC: pcs.noitadnuof|draillima#pcs.noitadnuof|draillima, pcs.noitadnuof|vrestsil-ce#pcs.noitadnuof|vrestsil-ce SUBJECT: Objection to Project Milliard Dear Chairman Elton, With all due respect, I fail to see the purpose of Project Milliard. There isn't a purpose that Project Milliard fulfills that isn't already fulfilled by our CK-Class scenario detectors or the observation network we already have throughout the internet. Almost all anomalies currently in containment are protected under these two programs. As for the Interspace Entities, we already have enough of a weapons payload to blow them out of the sky, if need be. I won't worry. Sincerely, - John K. Paulos, PhD TO: pcs.noitadnuof|soluapkj#pcs.noitadnuof|soluapkj FROM: pcs.noitadnuof|ce.notlet#pcs.noitadnuof|ce.notlet CC: pcs.noitadnuof|draillima#pcs.noitadnuof|draillima, pcs.noitadnuof|vrestsil-ce#pcs.noitadnuof|vrestsil-ce SUBJECT: Re: Objection to Project Milliard To Dr. Paulos, I've attached last year's containment breach statistics to this email. The important detail is what, exactly, caused these containment breaches. Out of the 41 containment breaches we had in 2017, three were caused by gross negligence. Five were caused by equipment failure. Seven were caused by improperly documenting and/or classifying anomalies. The remainder were caused by unexpected behavior on the part of hostile reality-bending entities. You must realize that rendering several people comatose is far outweighed by the potential to stop these breaches before they happen. Yes, we have CSD's and all the other paratech. But it still isn't enough. We have to weigh the costs here, Paulos. If taking an infant straight from their mother is the only way, it's the only way. - Elton Addendum 01: Result of Ethics Committee Vote on Project Milliard ETHICS COMMITTEE VOTE Project Milliard has been approved by order of the Ethics Committee. Subject acquisition under MILLIARD-ASTRAL-23 will begin on 06/22/2000. Launch of Project Milliard scheduled for 09/01/2000. View Attachment: Memo from Dr. Paulos Close File To whom it may concern, As of the time of this writing, I am officially resigning from the Ethics Committee. It's come to my attention that actions that are clearly cruel and unnecessary have been approved by a majority consensus of the Committee. I cannot be a part of a body that approves these actions and still live with a good conscience. Retirement is the only option for me. In addition, I will also resign from any other duties I currently hold in the Foundation, save for those required under Severence Package 09. I have already prepared a replacement for myself on the Ethics Committee, so this transition should be seamless. I bid all of my colleagues a final farewell. You were all great people to work with. - John K. Paulos, PhD Editor's Note: Additionally, the following document was recovered from a deepwell server in Site-01 during our scavenging of the area. Cognitohazardous language has been removed. To the O5 Council, I am retiring. However, in reality, I will continue to perform my duties for the Foundation. I volunteer myself to be the subject for Project Milliard. I've had the necessary tests preformed on me, and I match all conditions required for the subject, including general brain structure. If you look at my disciplinary record, I believe that I have no marks whatsoever. On pain of termination, I swear that I am completely loyal to the Foundation and that I will remain loyal to the Foundation for the remainder of my lifespan. In addition, due to my maturity, there is a higher likelihood that Procedure MILLIARD-ASTRAL will succeed. Thank you for your consideration, - John K. Paulos, PhD Addendum 02: 09/30/2000 Progress Report of Project Milliard PROJECT STATUS Project Milliard subject (Name: ████ ██████, Designation: SCP-3296-B) has been successfully prepared. Project Milliard satellite (Designation: SCP-3296-A) has been launched into Mid-Earth orbit. As per O5 Order #4545 ("Classification of Thaumiel-class Projects"), Project Milliard and all associated components have been classified as SCP-3296. Project Milliard has been deemed successful. View Attachment: Special Addendum 3296.1 Close File SPECIAL ADDENDUM 3296.1: Incident Report 3296-Alpha On 06/20/2018, the Avian Division noted a series of messages found within databanks at Site-54, dated to 05/11/2018. These messages are believed to have originated from SCP-3296. Transcripts of these messages are recorded below: I'm awake now. I assume this was successful? I see space outside the window. Does this even have windows? I get a lot of time to think out here. How many stars do you think there are? I see red splotches in Kansas2. I haven't even heard of Kansas before. Secure, contain, protect. Blue all across Florida. Might be your time to shine. There's a red dot in Canada that just keeps getting bigger. It looks angry. A giant black line is racing at you from the stars. Are you OK? You are OK. There's some yellow goo that's spreading all over America, and there's some in Europe too. Are you OK? The yellow goo is getting bigger. The yellow goo is snapping at me. Please send help. Please send help. Are you there? A bird came down and tried to eat me. The invisible hand of something swatted it away. I don't know if I'm lucky or not. The bird came down again and it picked me up and dropped me somewhere and now my legs are broken. Are they? How can I still move them? The bird is still attacking me it hits me around like a bowling pin if your there please help Im breaking up up here The birds cry has destroyed me ears and now i cant hear the world anymore i cant help you now requesting extraction god is dead and birds killed him ʜөȅễẽөĺթ Limited analysis of the SCP-3296 capsule orbiting Earth has revealed a lack of life signs, save for several feathers attached to the exterior of SCP-3296-A. SCP-3296-B's messages are believed to be related to the containment breach of EoI-121 and SCP-3662. SCP-3296 has been reclassified as Neutralized. Footnotes 1. Editor's Note: We were unable to find a full description of Procedure MILLIARD-ASTRAL in the Foundation servers we have access to. I personally believe it's either out of our range, or it was deleted once automated systems detected the BE scenario. - Dr. Frederick Hoygull 2. 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SCP-3297 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3297 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3297 is to be held within a standard humanoid containment chamber. Cleaning of SCP-3297's containment cell is to be carried out once weekly only when it is dormant. The dormant state can be triggered by lowering the temperature of its containment cell below 20°C ten minutes before entry. No meals are to be provided. SCP-3297 is to be visited by one D-Class personnel once a day for no longer than 1 hour. D-Class exposed to the entity are to be rotated on a weekly schedule. Description: SCP-3297 is a member of an unknown species in the True Bug (Hemiptera) superfamily closest resembling Cicada (Cicadomorpha ), which disguises its arthropod appearance via its infohazardous properties. SCP-3297 incorporates its insect biology into its human disguise by masking its apposition compound eyes as a pair of very thick and pale-opaque glasses, and membranous wings as a shawl. It possesses a chitinous brown exoskeleton, stands upright, and has 6 uniramous extremities. The first pair is used to grab and use items. The lower pair is used in locomotion, while the middle pair is atrophied, appearing to have become vestigial. SCP-3297's disguise takes on the visual appearance of an octogenarian Caucasian female measuring 1.6m (around the same height as the entity) and looking to weigh between 70-75kg (the entity weighs 50kg). Though it has been known to change its disguise from time to time, curly white hair, floral patterns on clothing, flip-flops, and sunspots are a common feature. The entity's disguise does not extend to photos or videos taken of it in which it appears in its true form. The entity is capable of speech and is intelligent, referring to itself with various colloquialisms for grandmother. SCP-3297 possesses mind-altering and reading capabilities, which thus far have only been recorded to work on humans interacting with it. SCP-3297 will plant false memories of itself onto a subject's mind as if it were their grandmother and gradually replace memories not involving itself. Planted memories are always pleasant and usually involve food, toys, or Catholic holidays. Though these memories are often inconsistent with most subject's histories and backgrounds, those under the entity's effects will not find these inconsistencies unusual and will treat them as factual events. Subjects previously exposed to SCP-3297 viewing the entity in its true form will still regard it as their grandmother. The start of a memory manipulation event is marked by a sharp decrease in brain activity in exposed subjects. SCP-3297 will begin narrating the events of said planted memory in detail while subjects remain in a trance-like state. Once the memory has been narrated in full the subject will resume normal brain activity with dramatically heightened activity in the left prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain associated with happiness. Due to the disproportionate amount of memories SCP-3297 erases compared to the amount it plants, prolonged exposure to the entity may lead to negative effects. (Read Document 3297-232 for further details). When not engaging in memory manipulation, SCP-3297 is very talkative and will engage in conversation if prompted. Common topics of conversation include weather, confectionery recipes, Bible passages, kittens/cats, and requests for knitting supplies. Despite its chattiness, SCP-3297 will not cooperate when interviewed and insists it is "just a regular old granny" when questioned on its origins and anomalous properties. Addendum: Repeated tests reveal increased neurosecretory cell activity in the brain of the entity as it manipulates memories. This has lead Dr. Molina to theorize that SCP-3297 feeds on memories and implants positive ones in order to have a reliable food source willing to return to it after creating new memories with which to feed on. + Document 3297-232 (REQUIRES LEVEL 3 CLEARANCE) - Access Granted Experiment 232 Abstract: The purpose of Experiment 232 will be to determine the long-term effects of SCP-3297's memory manipulation. D-1221, a newly arrived D-Class has been allocated for use in the experiment. The subject will be questioned as to childhood memories, D-Class designation, and the contents of their lunch. For the sake of the experiment the subject will not be housed with other D-Class and will instead receive private accommodations. Day 1: Subject is able to answer all questions without fail. Day 10: Subject answered all but one question accurately; they were not able to remember what they had for lunch and could not remember having eaten anything. Day 11: Subject is able to answer all questions without inaccuracies including the contents of his lunch today. It appears that newer memories are not prioritized by SCP-3297. Day 18: Subject answered all but one question accurately; they were not able to remember their hometown. The subject was reminded they were born and raised in ██████, Virginia. D-1221 was relieved to remember this information but was still agitated. Day 19: Subject's memory of their hometown appears to be completely wiped. According to D-1221, he cannot remember anything about where he grew up but does remember Researcher Rabui telling him about this yesterday. D-1221 is very troubled by this and was in a state of panic following interrogation, requiring restraints to be escorted to his living quarters. Day 26: Subject continues to answer all questions but the fourth correctly. Due to the amount of distress this has inflicted, the question will no longer be asked. Day 30: Subject claims to not remember ever being asked questions following interactions with SCP-3297. Regardless, he was still able to answer the questions without issue. Subject claims to be concerned for his health as he is having difficulty remembering things aside from his time spent with SCP-3297. Day 37: Subject has been unable to recall their age for 4 days and is showing symptoms of anxiety and depression when not in SCP-3297's proximity. Following the post-interaction interrogation, D-1221 expressed concerns about his mental health and is requesting psychiatrical assistance. The request was denied out of the possibility of affecting experiment results. Day 45: Subject could no longer remember his name following interaction with SCP-3297. Due to suffering a panic attack, D-1221 had to be escorted to his quarters and no further questions were asked. SCP-3297 appears to either be hesitant or unable to erase fundamental concepts such as one's identity until few other memories remain. Day 48: Subject has been highly unresponsive for two days. He does not speak in coherent sentences and only talks about the planted memories from SCP-3297 as if they are the only thing he can remember fully. D-1221 no longer answers to his D-Class designation and is struggling to walk. A wheelchair has been provided for ease of mobility. Day 52: SCP-3297 has expressed a displeasure with D-1221's behavior, accusing him of being rude for not responding when spoken to. The subject is entering withdrawn states when not in SCP-3297's presence and babbles incoherently like an infant would. A simple mathematic equation was presented to the subject along with a pen and paper to answer. D-1221 spent 3 minutes chewing on the pen and playing with the paper before the test was called off. An Electroencephalography (EEG) cap has been requisitioned to facilitate future experiments as the subject's communication abilities have been compromised. Day 53: The subject was equipped with an EEG cap to record brainwaves before interaction with SCP-3297. The subject's left prefrontal cortex became highly active and D-1221 showed signs of excitement upon making contact with SCP-3297. The entity expressed concern for the subject upon being introduced to its containment cell. SCP-3297 took much longer than any previously recorded manipulation event before commencing. Immediately after the entity finished its narration the subject became highly unresponsive. EEG recordings from this point forward were comparable with the brain activity of individuals in a deep coma. The subject has been outfitted with a gastric feeding tube and oxygen mask to facilitate his continued existence. Day 54: The subject was outfitted with an EEG cap and wheeled into SCP-3297's containment cell. Once again the subject's left prefrontal cortex became active despite his otherwise unresponsive state. SCP-3297 expressed pity for the subject and proceeded to narrate children's stories and nursery rhymes while caressing D-1221. No memory manipulation event took place during the 4 hours the subject was exposed to the entity. A CT Scan revealed significant damage to D-1221's brain. The subject's hippocampus had shrunken significantly while the ventricles had swelled in size, similar to that of a person suffering from the later stages of Alzheimer's Disease. All future visits and experiments with SCP-3297 have been placed on hold by order of the Ethics Committee. Deliberation of D-1221 is pending. Day 58: SCP-3297 requested to speak with the staff in regards to the status of D-1221. The entity expressed a desire to see the subject, wishing to sing to him and bake cookies 'so he gets better'. SCP-3297's request was denied. Day 59: The Ethics Committee has opted to terminate D-1221. Special Containment procedures have been updated to include a rotation of D-Class personnel in order to avoid needless damage to future D-Class interacting with SCP-3297. SCP-3297 was informed D-1221 would not be returning to visit. The entity exhibited signs of sadness and appeared to sulk before stating; "I have so many grandchildren and I love them all so very much, but it aches my old heart to know he won't be returning like so many of my other dears. He might forget about little old me, but gramma always remembers." 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SCP-3298 | euclid | Surveillance footage gathered in Incident 3298-1. Probable SCP-3298 circled in foreground. Item #: SCP-3298 Special Containment Procedures: An automated webcrawling bot, CROSS-29803, has been assigned to monitor online personal advertisements and ‘missed connection’ websites for SCP-3298 sightings, and delete posts as necessary. Civilians suspected to be targeted by SCP-3298 should be detained and interrogated for research purposes. Although the properties of SCP-3298 make disclosure affecting normalcy a low risk, Class B amnestic administration is advised prior to their release. Individuals affected by SCP-3298 should have their movements and communications monitored. Attempts to apprehend SCP-3298 have proven unproductive and have been suspended. Proposals for alternative methods should be submitted to Director Di Vita. Description: SCP-3298 is a humanoid entity1 of variable appearance between manifestations. It targets certain individuals and exhibits appearance, mannerisms and behaviour the target finds appealing, with all targets reporting strong feelings of either romantic or platonic attraction to SCP-3298. No trends between targets (eg. demographics, socioeconomic status, physical appearance, psychological profile) have been observed. ████ appearances of SCP-3298 have been recorded globally since 1977. SCP-3298 only appears in public, with common sighting locations as follows; Public transportation Airports Urban squares and public spaces Parks and scenic areas Museums and art galleries Sporting, music and cultural events It appears at positions between 20m and 8km from the target. At upper distances in this range, it has been viewed through magnification devices, and is anomalously aware of the actions of the target, responding to gestures and expressions outside of human visual ranges. SCP-3298 possesses antimemetic properties. It is rarely noticed by others in the area, although it has been seen to interact with them in a mundane fashion (such as purchasing an item from a store). Observers have no memory of interacting with SCP-3298 and struggle to describe SCP-3298 even when prompted with visual aids. The target of SCP-3298 is also affected by this property to a lesser degree. While they frequently have strong memories of sighting SCP-3298, targets find it increasingly difficult to describe SCP-3298 in detail over time. The only consistently reported feature of SCP-3298 between manifestations is the presence of a blue item of clothing. While SCP-3298 is able to be captured by video and photographic recordings, its antimemetic properties continue to apply to these records. SCP-3298 displays behaviour consistent with non-anomalous humans, albeit varying between appearances. Greeting SCP-3298 will result in positive emotional responses (smiling, waving, etc.) while displays of hostility, anger or irritation will cause SCP-3298 distress and induce it to leave the scene. Despite responding positively to greetings, SCP-3298 avoids contact with targets, and attempting to approach SCP-3298 will also cause its departure. It is hypothesised that SCP-3298 projects a localised probability-altering field through which it evades contact with others (see Addendum 3298-2). If a positive acknowledgement is given to SCP-3298, the target will continue to report SCP-3298 sightings for a period from 1 day to ██ years, with SCP-3298 usually appearing at weekly to monthly intervals over longer periods. Its behaviour at these times is consistent with that in its first appearance. Not acknowledging or acting negatively towards SCP-3298 will end its manifestations. Targets affected by SCP-3298 frequently report feelings of melancholy and loneliness; however, this does not significantly differ from control subjects in comparable non-anomalous situations, and there is no evidence SCP-3298 exhibits cognitohazardous properties. A period of SCP-3298 appearances to a target will conclude when the target reports receiving a message from SCP-3298. This occurs in the form of a visual hallucination where text being viewed by the target will change to a relevant message, which will be recognised as being related to SCP-3298 by the target even if the content is vague. This remains fixed to the target over time but is unable to be seen by other observers. Materials analysis of affected documents confirms the effect is hallucinatory only. While the content of these messages varies widely, targets consistently describe them as positive and affirmatory, and often results in the resolution of negative emotions related to SCP-3298. Addendum 3298-1: Example messages reported by SCP-3298 affected individuals Subject: PoI-3298-1393 Date: 11/06/00 Context: 3 weeks after first manifestation, breakfast cereal box Text: Your dog seems to love you. You must be a good person. Subject: PoI-3298-1822 Date: 20/10/02 Context: 3 days after first manifestation, local supermarket catalogue Text: Thanks for saying hi, it made my day. Subject: PoI-3298-2291 Date: 29/12/04 Context: 10 days after first manifestation, page 26 of novel ‘Anna Karenina’ Text: I know what I did was a bit weird and might have been inappropriate. I hope I didn’t bother you. Subject: PoI-3298-5422 Date: 01/08/08 Context: 8 months after first manifestation, highway advertising billboard Text: If you go on Thursday evenings, you can get half-price admission. Subject: PoI-3298-5503 Date: 03/07/12 Context: 1 month after first manifestation, New York Times front-page article text Text: I really enjoyed seeing you, and I hope you felt the same way about me. Every time I saw you, though, it hurt me a little bit more. I thought, if you felt the same way, wasn’t I hurting you, too? That’s what I was afraid of, and I hope I never made you feel like that. That’s why I’m going to say goodbye from now. Subject: PoI-3298-6002 Date: 19/01/15 Context: 1 day after first manifestation, mobile phone text message Text: Sorry, I never really learned how to properly talk to people. Subject: PoI-3298-6111 Date: 07/02/18 Context: 6 days after first manifestation, French subtitle of film ‘Dunkirk’. Text: I love what you did with your hair. Addendum 3298-2: On 01/02/20██, Foundation Agent Jeunet reported suspicions of being affected by SCP-3298 after a sighting of an individual in Toledo, Spain, which was deemed as a likely case of SCP-3298 after assessment by Antimemetics Division staff. This situation was considered an opportunity to apprehend SCP-3298 and an operation was planned in which Agent Jeunet would be constantly tailed by 2 colleagues while being remotely monitored. SCP-3298 subsequently manifested in the presence of Agent Jeunet outside the Madrid Atocha railway station. A transcript of the encounter is attached below. Incident 3298-1: 23/02/20██, 1539 hours Agent Jeunet sights SCP-3298 outside the Atocha station on the opposite side of the Paseo de la Infanta Isabel. SCP-3298 is later described by Agent Jeunet and civilian witnesses (under the effect of mnestic drugs) as an early-30s Spanish woman approximately 170cm in height, with shoulder-length brown hair and wearing a navy blue jacket and khaki pants (see image). Agent Jeunet waves to SCP-3298, who returns the gesture, and waits for traffic lights to change in order to cross the street to SCP-3298. The lights do not change for 8 minutes; after this time, Agents Amenábar and Ephron arrive on the scene in the guise of Madrid Municipal Police officers and halt traffic to allow Agent Jeunet to cross. When this occurs, SCP-3298 assumes a worried expression and begins walking towards the station entrance. All agents pursue SCP-3298 into the station. Civilian crowds outside are larger than usual for the time of day and Agent Jeunet has difficulty passing through them; these civilians pay little attention to the Foundation agents and react more slowly than expected to orders to clear the way. SCP-3298 is seen inside the station having crossed the ticket barrier. Upon passing through, the barrier returns an error message when Agent Jeunet's transport card is swiped. Agent Jeunet leaps the barrier but a Municipal Police officer attempts to intervene. This officer does not respond to Agent Jeunet showing police identification and the agents are forced to subdue him. At this point, SCP-3298 has boarded the 1606 Line C-7 train. Before any agents are able to board, the doors close and the train departs ahead of schedule at 1603 despite efforts from both the agents on site and in the operations center to contact the driver and prevent it from leaving. The train is stopped at the next station (Recoletos) and secured by Foundation operatives with the pretext of an anti-terrorist operation. Although there is no evidence of any passenger having left the train prior to this search, SCP-3298 is not found. A review of surveillance footage observes SCP-3298 passing between carriages out of view of cameras, but not appearing in the next carriage. In this segment of video, SCP-3298 is crying. Given the significant expenditure of resources in this operation for little result, no further attempts to apprehend SCP-3298 are planned. On 28/02/20██, Agent Jeunet reported seeing a message from SCP-3298 during a routine review of an unrelated Foundation file, which has been reproduced below. Agent Jeunet subsequently requested and was granted 1 week of personal leave. Sometimes I see someone on the street and I feel like we have a special connection. You have no idea how much I want to meet them properly, but it's better for everyone that I don't. I have one request, if it's not too much trouble. I know I have no right to ask this, but it would mean a lot to me, if you could. Don't forget about me. Footnotes 1. Presumed singular; no simultaneous appearances of SCP-3298 have been recorded, but the possibility of multiple SCP-3298 entities has not been excluded. |
SCP-3299 | euclid | ONE WEIRD TRICK! (YOU WON'T BELIEVE NUMBER 8!!!!) Item #: SCP-3299 Special Containment Procedures: Major internet advertising agencies are to have their output automatically monitored by I/O-BEHOLDER1 for instances of SCP-3299; any such detected instances are to be deleted using previously installed Foundation trojan software, and attempts to track their source should be made. Any individuals discovered to have been affected by SCP-3299 are to be detained and treated on a case-by-case basis. The preferred treatment is the administration of amnestics and then release, but more invasive options are available as necessary, including but not limited to corrective surgery or permanent containment in the Anomalous Humanoid Wing of Site-17. Description: SCP-3299 is a series of cognitohazardous internet advertisements of a style that is colloquially referred to as "clickbait". Individuals who follow the link in the advertisement and read the headline and full body of the associated article are subject to its effect. When its effect is triggered, the affected individual is subject to one or more mental or physical alterations associated in some way with the headline and contents of the SCP-3299 instance they were exposed to. These alterations appear to be irreversible; amnestics have had no success in removing mental effects, though in minor cases physical alterations can be masked with surgery. To date there have been 247 different recorded varieties of SCP-3299. Their content varies significantly but in most cases tends towards the absurd. Refer to Table-3299-1 below for a list of examples. The origin of SCP-3299 is unknown, but attempts to trace its source have resulted in a pattern of inconclusive data matching that of SCP-2964. Table-3299-1 - Examples of SCP-3299 Headline Contents Summary Effect This woman's one weird trick will make you younger! Doctors hate her! Includes details on a facial ointment, supposedly made from household goods, with the implied effect of making a person look more youthful. Subjects not educated to a PhD level visibly de-aged by between 20% to 30% of their current age. Subjects with a PhD became irrationally angry at the woman mentioned in the article, ultimately developing a crippling obsession that prevents normal functioning. This intense footage will shake even the most skeptic [sic] nonbeliever! A short video of maintenance lights flashing in an underground train line tunnel that briefly synchronise into the vague shape of a human face. Immediately following the conclusion of the video, the subject's body begins to vibrate at a frequency of between 800Hz and 2.3Khz, causing them to produce the associated audible tone. This effect is permanent,2 but has as of yet had no significant long-term health impacts on the subjects. This uncomfortable video of a clam will irreversibly change you! An article featuring several photos (but no video) of Mercenaria mercenaria (hard clams) in various stages of their life, with descriptions of the life-cycle of said clams. Approximately six hours after reading this instance, subjects undergo rapid and extreme morphological changes; their hands form into solid structures resembling bi-valve clam shells and their legs fuse into a single large appendage resembling the foot of a clam. Addendum 1 On 11/03/2017 a new strain of SCP-3299 began appearing on websites served by popular advertising services. These new instances typically consist of only a headline and an image or video; in instances that contain text, the text is frequently nonsensical strings of random words. Additionally, reading the linked article itself is no longer required to trigger their effects; reading the headline and viewing the associated images/video is sufficient. Table-3299-2 contains examples of this new strain. I/O-BEHOLDER has been updated to check for potential future strains of SCP-3299 in addition to its usual monitoring activities. Table-3299-2 Headline Contents Summary Effect This Is Not A Joke. You May Laugh, But You Shouldn't. It's Quite Horrifying! Seven close-up photos of the faces of seven unidentified individuals, each with an accompanying block of text consisting of random combinations of letters. Whenever the subject laughs for any reason, an incorporeal entity with a significant resemblance to Judith Sheindlin manifests within a 2m radius of the subject. The subject will claim to hear the entity berating them and gesticulating aggressively, though observers only see the entity standing still with a dour expression on its face. The entity de-manifests five minutes after the subject stops laughing. These confidence tips will help people see you differently! #3 changed my life! A 40-second video clip of an unidentified man making random sounds as unrelated words flash up on the screen. The words appear to be different with each viewing. The subject begins to experience pain whenever another individual looks at it. The location and severity of the pain varies, but increases over time. After approximately five accumulative hours, the subject's skin will begin to harden when they are looked at and, after approximately 20 accumulative hours the subject's skin completely transforms into a substance that superficially resembles concrete, preventing all movement. These changes completely revert once they are no longer in the direct line of sight of another individual, though each change has been described as extremely painful. If Your Body Suddenly Jerks While Falling Asleep, THIS Is What It Means An image of an unidentified woman laying on a bed, with a shocked expression on her face. Whenever the subject experiences a hypnic jerk, they disappear from their current location and reappear at exactly 9.14am3 the following day at a new location, between 0.5m and 1.2m above the ground. This location is typically one that the subject has visited within the previous 48 hours. Subjects are unable to account for the lost time. This local woman lost 20 kilos in a month! Click to find out what two ingredients she used! The image of a slender woman wearing a pair of denim jeans several sizes too large for her, holding the waist away from her abdomen. Text of the article features the word "Feed" repeated 713 times. Subjects gain an immediate craving for, and the ability to metabolise, common lawn grass and kerosene and lose the ability to digest all other foods. If the subject goes for a period of longer than three hours without consuming one of those two things, their body begins converting muscle and bone into fat cells. This process is irreversible, but can be stopped temporarily by eating the necessary products. She Pulled It Out Thinking It Was A Blackhead But It Was Something Else, OMG! A 21-second clip from a nature documentary of bees smothering a hornet to death, slowed down to be 10 hours long. When the subject suffers any damage to their skin sufficient to draw blood (including ruptured epidermal blemishes), the wound will begin to disgorge arthropods in large numbers. The number depends on the size of the wound, but in each case will continue for 32 seconds before stopping. The skin may be distended during this but will suffer no additional damage beyond the original wound. Over 5,000 species of arthropod have thus far been catalogued. Footnotes 1. Automated filtering and classification software specifically designed for the detection of cognitohazardous and memetic digital media. 2. It has also been observed to continue following the death of the subject. 3. 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SCP-3300 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3300 Special Containment Procedures: Containment of SCP-3300 is focused on observation and ensuring it does not spread from the affected area. A mobile observation post has been set up five kilometers outside the town of Clear Water, Montana for this purpose. Attempts at manned exploration of SCP-3300 events are currently suspended. When the SCP-3300 event begins, the observation team will fall back to a point ten kilometers from the town border and continue observation. Any unusual activity is to be noted. Any attempts made by outsiders to enter or exit the area will be halted. Non-lethal force is authorized for this purpose. Instances of SCP-3300-1 attempting to leave Clear Water will be detained and interviewed under the pretense of a police search. Following this they will be allowed to continue their travel under Foundation observation. All personnel involved in the containment of SCP-3300 are prescribed a weekly dose of Class-Y mnestics. Description: SCP-3300 is an annual event in which the populace of Clear Water, Montana (henceforth SCP-3300-1) disappears and is replaced by a new set of citizens. The SCP-3300 event typically occurs in the mid-portion of June and lasts six to eighteen days. The first 48 hours of each event are marked by a light, continuous rain over the entire city. The rain is stationary and appears regardless of the weather in the surrounding area. This portion of the event ends when the rain transitions to a severe thunderstorm lasting for the remaining duration of SCP-3300. The interior of an SCP-3300 event past this point has never been observed. Any attempt by the Foundation to explore the event has ended in either a total loss of personnel/equipment, or a failure to even enter the phenomena. Several times personnel entering SCP-3300 have emerged instantaneously on the other side. When the SCP-3300 event ends, all previous SCP-3300-1 instances will have been replaced by new iterations with completely new appearances, personalities, and memories. Beyond remarking on the unusually severe nature of the storm, new instances show no recollection of the event. Instances of SCP-3300-1 behave identically to baseline human beings. However, no record of any instance prior to their appearance from a SCP-3300 event exists. Instances will occasionally share names, professions, certain memories, and broad personality traits with those from previous iterations of SCP-3300. However, no SCP-3300-1 instance has been observed repeating from previous events. SCP-3300-1 instances are unaware of their anomalous nature and the circumstances surrounding their existence. Physical and post-mortem examinations reveal no differences from baseline humans. Instances of SCP-3300-1 outside of the town when SCP-3300 occurs will disappear several days after the event begins. All attempts to observe this disappearance have failed. SCP-3300 is accompanied by a moderate cognitohazardous effect. Outside citizens learning about the existence of the town of Clear Water or its citizens will give little thought to them unless the subject is brought to their direct attention. This effect affects focus rather than memory— those affected do not forget that Clear Water exists, but rather show difficulty paying attention to it. Outside citizens familiar with disappeared instances of SCP-3300 will not comment on their absence unless reminded, and even then show little concern. The history of SCP-3300 is unknown. Records of its existence go back to the beginning of the Foundation. Despite this, almost no progress has been made in attempts to research the phenomena. Addendum: The following journal was recovered in the aftermath of the SCP-3300 event ending on 30th June, 1995 and represents one of the few descriptions of what occurs during the phenomena. The writer of the document has been identified as SCP-3300/1995/4307 AKA “Margaret Lane”. The events described in the journal are unverified. Attempts to automatically observe the interior of an SCP-3300 event are still underway. Hey, if Kurt Cobain kept a journal, it can’t be that bad of an idea, right? Help express my artistic side or something. Finally get all the writing I’ve wanted to done. I don’t know. Mom said it might be a good way for me to “focus” things, which means she just wants an easy way to snoop and make sure I’m staying clean. Joke’s on her though if she ever thinks she’s gonna be able to find this. Still, I guess it could be nice to have something to look back on. Hopefully to remind myself that things get better. There’s a dream I’ve been having, which is weird because I don’t usually remember my dreams but I’ve had this one like three times in the past week. In it, I'm not myself. I'm in a small hut, standing above the bed where my daughter lies. Her skin is red, blotchy, hot. I'm praying that the disease won't take her, praying that she will recover or that this is some other sickness. It's no use, I know. The corpse of my husband won't let me forget. Another of the healthy, a boy who thinks himself a man, calls us together. The few that remain. I gaze around the room and see the same expressions on their faces that I feel in my heart. All except the boy's. He grins as we enter and gestures to the bowl of water in front of him. "I have found it," he says. "The key to our salvation." And then it ends. Weird, right? No idea what to make of it. Anyway, I’m heading to Sam’s so this’ll be it for the day. Grey clouds on the horizon. We need the rain. I can’t remember what the sun looks like. Ha. Joking. But it’s been drizzling for three days and it doesn’t look like it’s gonna let up soon. Phones are patchy as hell too. Radio says we can expect the weather to continue for at least a week. David tried to come earlier today and I told him fuck right back off to the ditch he crawled out of. That I didn’t care how good the shit he'd gotten his hands on was. He did his whole kicked puppy dog routine but eventually left before mom noticed, thank God. The rain’s kind of relaxing, actually. It’s got a rhythm to it. I could get used to this. I don’t think it's ever stormed this hard in my life. It’s 2 in the afternoon but looking outside you’d swear it was midnight. My throat is starting to get sore from shouting over the noise. No idea what the hell happened. One minute it was drizzling, the next someone flipped a switch to dump the entire Pacific Ocean onto our heads. Internet and phone are completely down. The few seconds of clear radio we can get is just a barrage of tornado and flood warnings. Nothing to do but hole up inside and see how many games of Monopoly we can play until mom kills me or I kill myself. I swear some of the people in this town must be absolutely insane because sometimes when lightning flashes I can see them walking around outside. Some of them just standing there. I’m writing this from the back of Jared’s van and we’re going like 80 miles an hour down the highway and Isabel’s crying next to me and I don’t know what the fuck is going on. I think I’m going to die. I’m going to keep writing though. My hand shakes less when I write. It couldn’t have been more than an hour ago that this happened. We were all at my place. Sam, Jared, Mike, and Isabel had all come over. I hadn’t expected them but Jared insisted he wasn’t going to let something tiny like a biblical flood stop us from exploring the bottom levels of the dread lich Arzganoth’s domain. Stupid. Stupid. So we rolled up and started playing like everything was normal. Sam DMing with the stupid little monster accents she does. Isabel and Mike arguing over every scrap of treasure and possible trap we came across. Jared struggling just to keep us all from killing each other. Mom in the other room, pretending she wasn’t listening in. It was Isabel who first noticed the banging on the door. Like someone trying to break it down. At first we weren’t sure what to do, I mean anyone banging that hard on your door so late is going to be suspicious even if there's not a fucking hurricane outside, right? So we just sort of sat there staring at each other until Jared got up and grabbed a poker from the fire place and went to check the peephole. I wonder what his first thought was. Surprise? Confusion? Did he just accept it, like I did, too stunned by the weirdness to question when he opened the door and saw a family on our porch. A mom, dad, two kids. I’d never seen any of them before. For a second we all just stared at each other and then the dad shoved past Jared and said, “Why are you in my house?” Mom had come out of her room when she first heard knocking. When the guy said that she flipped out instantly. “What do you mean your house, asshole? This is my house! What the hell are you doing just barging in here? I swear to God, you’ve got ten seconds before I get the cops over here!” God. I remember being annoyed. Embarrassed. Wishing she wouldn't flip out over everything. The dad's expression didn't change. He stepped forward again, and Jared tried to hold him back. When he did, the dad just… flung him. Snagged Jared by the collar and tossed him through the living room into the kitchen. Jared smacked into a counter and went limp. And the dad said again, in the exact tone, “Why are you in my house?” That was when mom charged him with a golf club. He barely had time to react before she swung it into his chest. For a second she looked pleased with herself. I’m sure she was already forming the story to tell all her friends about how she fought off the home invader. When she tried to pull the golf club back, and she couldn't, the expression disappeared. The guy didn’t look a little bit hurt. Not even fazed. The club was stuck in his chest, and the skin around it was rippling, like when you throw a stone into a pond. Water dripped out from where the metal entered skin. Mom stared. Then she screamed. Fell back, scrambling at the floor to get away. The man looked down at the club with the same expression you might look at a dead cockroach. He grasped it right below where it speared into him, yanked it from his chest. Held it as he walked towards mom. She stopped moving the first time he hit her in the head. She just fell. Like a rock. And he hit her again. And again. And again and the whole time he was saying “My house, my house,” in the same fucking tone, the only fucking way he knew how to speak and the kids were standing in the door just watching and the wife was holding them close and I swear to god she was smiling. Sam stood up, like she was going to charge the guy but Mike wrapped himself around her and said don’t, that we had to run so we did, Mike and Sam grabbed Jared even though he wasn’t moving and I grabbed the journal without even thinking about it and I don’t really remember anything after that except Sam driving and crying and Mike screaming and all I could think about was the way mom's body looked as she fell. The light disappearing from her eyes before her body hit the floor. We drove right to the police station. Me and Mike decided to go inside while Sam and Isabel watched Jared. The lights were on but the station was locked with no one inside. We walked around, looked through every window. Nothing. When we got back to the car Jared still wasn’t awake and his breathing was all fucked up, so we discussed it and decided to take him to the hospital in Landhart. It’s only a two-hour drive. We should be there soon. It'll be okay. We’ve been driving for six hours now. We're almost out of gas. Jared still isn’t awake. And we haven’t made it to Landhart yet. We’ve doubled back twice. Looked for road signs, building lights, anything to tell us where the fuck we are. But there's nothing. No signs. No cities. Not even a gas station. We haven’t passed another car since we left my house. The rain’s falling just as hard out here. Mike says we need to turn around, try to get back to town before we get stranded. Isabel says that’s crazy, we need to keep looking for the hospital and we don’t have enough to make it back anyway. Sam says she’s going to keep driving. That’s all we can do at this point. Jared’s dead. And we’re out of gas. The car died maybe an hour ago. Jared maybe half an hour after that. No idea where we are. We decided to double back, see if we had passed the hospital again, but there was nothing. Isabel and Mike are going at it, each convinced this is the other’s fault. Sam’s ignoring them. She’s sitting by Jared, holding his hand. She hasn’t looked away from him since he stopped breathing. Hasn’t said ten words since we left town. I must have fallen asleep because I had another dream. I knew instantly it was a continuation from before. It was too clear, too substantial to be anything else. And even though I knew it was a dream I couldn’t do anything but watch. I stand ankle-deep in a vast, clear river. I am holding the corpse of my daughter. I’m not sure how I recognize her, as taken by the sickness as she is. Her hair has fallen out. Her skin is entirely covered in black scabs that hid even her eyes. Flecks of cracked skin fall away as my arms rub against her body. But for some reason as I look at her I don’t feel sorrow. I feel hope. I kneel and place her body into the water. It drifts on the surface. Then the water engulfs her, makes her a part of it. She becomes the current that takes her and I know it will sweep her to the sea where she can finally be at peace. But the work isn’t done. I turn, wade back to shore where the blackened body of my husband waits. As I do I became cognizant of the others. The survivors. Each has with them the bodies of their children, families, friends. Eighteen survivors. Hundreds of bodies. One by one we take them to the river, until only we remain. I woke up to the sound of Jared evaporating. It took me a moment to realize what was going on. The others were all scrambling around the body and I couldn’t get a good look. All I could see was the steam filling the car. When I pushed my way through I saw his body was boiling. That’s the best way to describe it. Bubbles writhing and popping across the surface of his skin. Drops of water leaping off him and burning where they touched us. The shape of him almost completely gone, aside from a vaguely human-looking lump within his clothing and some ridges that might have been facial features. Sam tried to touch the water to… I dunno stop it? Save him? Catch him? But the heat of the steam pushed her back. All we could do was watch as Jared fizzled away. Until the only thing left of him was vapor and soaked clothing. We decided to leave. Or, Mike and Sam decided to leave, and Isabel and I realized we didn’t have any choice but to follow. I mean, what difference did it make? Stay or go, the outcome would be the same. But I figured trying to find something out there might be better than staying in the car until we all starved to death. We grabbed the flashlight from the glove box and headed out. We couldn’t have walked more than a mile before we reached the town. I almost bumped into Mike when he stopped walking after shining the light onto the “Welcome to Clear Water” sign. He didn’t say anything. What could he say? We turned around, starting walking the other way. Not sure how far. Two miles? Three? We didn’t pass the car but it didn’t matter. We ended up back at the sign. The city. Sam turned, walked off the highway and into the farmland surrounding it. We followed. We knew it wouldn’t work but we followed anyway. On the other side of the field, we found ourselves back on the highway, in front of the sign. Mike insisted he wasn’t going back in. No fucking way. He’d rather take the risk out in the rain than spend another second with whatever was in that city. We pointed out that whatever was in the city was pretty clearly outside of it too, and at least the city had food. He wouldn’t listen. So we started walking and three minutes later he caught up. Didn’t say a word. The lights in the town were all on but there were no people. No cars. A few times I thought I saw movement, but it was always just a branch or piece of trash picked up by the wind. We were on alert the whole time but nothing happened We decided to hole up in Dirk’s Sporting because it had guns and was right next to the grocery store. Sam and Mike went and grabbed food while Isabel and I (meaning, just I) took stock of the store. When the others came back we started working out shifts to sleep in. Two awake at the same time. I volunteered for the first shift even though I felt like I wanted to collapse. I just couldn’t stand to dream again. Mike shot himself. And we’re a lot more fucked than I first thought. For a while, I was still holding onto the idea of survival. That there was some sort of exit to whatever fucked up situation we’d found ourselves in. There isn’t. I don’t think there ever was. This is the only ending I could have hoped for. But if I keep thinking about that I’m going to go fucking insane so. Mike. He’s dead. We were on shift together when he got up and said he’d be back in a minute. Figured he was just going to the bathroom, until I heard the gunshot. I got there about twenty seconds before Sam and Isabel. His body was slumped against a wall, shotgun barrel stuck in his mouth. There was no blood, and I thought he’d missed or accidentally discharged it until I saw the hole in the back of his skull. Then I realized there was something splattered on the wall behind him, but it wasn’t blood. It was water. Isabel screamed when she saw the body. I heard her gasping and ignored her. Sam knelt next to me, close enough that I could feel her trembling. For a moment, the only noise was her ragged breathing and Isabel's whimpers. Then Sam reached out and ran her fingers along the rim of Mike’s skull. She drew them back, stared. A small noise rose from the back of her throat. Her fingertips were coated in water. Before I could react she thrust more fingers into the wound. Water ran down her hands as she dug through what should have been his brain. Water sloshed in the chalice of his skull. When we lowered his body to rest on the floor it was water that pooled on the wood. Sam leaped up, ran to the counter. Snatched a knife from its sheath and held it to her arm. We stared at each other. I didn’t want her to do it. Didn’t want to see what would happen. She sliced open her arm and water spilled from the wound. We stared at the injury, too distracted to notice Isabel calling to us. It wasn’t until she ran over and yanked on my sleeve that I remembered she existed. “Outside,” was all she said. Hundreds of people had gathered outside the window. Unmoving silhouettes staring through the darkness, filling the street. When lightning flashed, I saw the faces of strangers, soaked by the rain. They’ve been there for two hours now. Haven’t moved an inch. They’re outside every window, every exit. I don’t know how long they’re willing to wait but I’m damn sure it’s longer than we have. Maybe Mike had the right idea. Sam left and we didn’t bother to stop her. She muttered something before she stood and marched out of the door. I remember thinking, as I watched her leave, that I should do something. I should reach out or call to her or block her exit. But the thought wouldn’t make it past my brain, like there was a wall between my nerves my body. So I just stared as she stepped into the rain. The silhouettes shifted as soon as she was outside. They opened up to let her through and she vanished into them. Into the dark. “I don’t want to go back.” That’s what she said before she left. In my dream I am the storm, and I am screaming. The wind whips at me like razors raking through my body. The frozen rain bites at my skin. Except I don't have a body, I don't have skin. The wind is a part of me. The rain is from me. Every second I rip myself apart and reform, rip and reshape, until I am scattered over miles of storm. Trapped in the roil. Around me, I hear the screams of my village. I feel their presence against mine, just as much a part of the storm as I. We fight, struggle, but the storm cannot be broken. It hurtles over the land, dragging us in its wake. And then I am falling, rushing to meet the ground. For a moment the Earth embraces me. I remember what it felt like to feel the dirt beneath my feet and the sun on my skin and the crisp air in my lungs. Until the storm steals me again, and I am pulled back into the screams of my comrades. I woke up and Isabel was gone. Just a puddle of water on the floor. I think the rain is speaking to me. I can hear it ever since I woke up. I don’t know what it’s saying but the whispers in my ear are getting louder. When I cover my ears it’s still there. If I scream it rises over the screaming. I’m trying to write just to focus on anything else but the FUCKING voice is still there and I know what it wants me to do. It wants me to join it. I’m its child and it misses me. It can’t bear to be apart. What can I do? What can I do? The strangers are still outside, watching me, waiting for my choice. Because they know what my choice will be, don’t they? There’s only one way this can end. I can wait and starve or shoot myself or slice my wrists or walk out into the rain but it’s all going to end the same way. The water is eternal. The water will remain no matter how polluted it becomes. At the end we all become rain. I don’t want to go back. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3300" by rumetzen, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3300. 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-3301 | safe | SCP-3301 - THE FOUNDATION ▸ More by this Author ◂ {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} BY ORDER OF THE OVERSEER COUNCIL The following file is Level 2/3301 Classified Unauthorized access is forbidden. 3301 Item#: 3301 Level2 Containment Class: safe Secondary Class: none Disruption Class: dark Risk Class: notice link to memo SCP-3301. Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3301 is to be stored within a standard small containment locker at Site-19 when not being used for testing. Testing is only to be authorized by the SCP-3301 head researcher, currently Dr. Benjamin Cole. Testing may only be carried out at the Site-19 E Wing Storage Warehouse, which has been renovated specifically for this purpose. It is a requirement that all staff members assigned to SCP-3301 must be versed in the rules and protocols of the game. As such, a detailed explanation is available in Addendum 3301.2. SCP-3301 is a Class IX information security hazard, and its full repercussions are being studied by the Foundation Information Security Department. Updated Containment Procedures: Per the special memorandum detailed in Addendum 3301.4, testing of SCP-3301 has been made available to all qualified personnel, and is available as an approved extracurricular activity in the Foundation Employee Benefit Program. Personnel are required to submit detailed testing logs for each 3301 Activation Period. Full log is available here. Description: SCP-3301 is an ornate, silver box with a latch and silver key. Inscribed on the lip of the box is the following: THE FOUNDATION A GAME BY CRYOGEN STUDIOS A DIVISION OF DR. WONDERTAINMENT Contained within the box is a board game with the aforementioned title, as well as game pieces and other miscellaneous game parts. The game comes with a small instruction manual detailing a fairly simple resource management board game. However, within the box is a small gold key in a velvet lined drawer, which fits within the lock on the front of the silver box. Inserting the key and turning it while the game box is closed will cause a sliding hatch to open on the top of the box, revealing a flat, purple button inscribed with a white letter “W”. Pressing this button, labeled within the manual as the “WonderButton”, activates the primary anomalous features of SCP-3301, and begins a game of “THE FOUNDATION”. The following information pertains to the anomalous version of the game. The baseline properties of SCP-3301 are as follows: Opening the box will reveal a large game board of differing size, shape, and design. Accompanying this game board will be 8 place markers of differing size, shape, and design. Each game board, regardless of shape, features a slot in the middle of the board where a smaller silver box is placed. This box is a smaller version of the larger game box, and bears the inscription "DRAW ONE" on its lid. If the game is not in session, or if it is opened by a player out of turn, it appears empty. If opened by a player on their turn, it will produce between one and three random game cards, which have differing utility within the game. For full description of setup, rules, and gameplay, see Addendum 3301.2. Addendum 3301.1: Discovery SCP-3301 was discovered on the desk of Director Tilda Moose at Site-19 on July 3rd, 2017. Attached to the exterior of SCP-3301 was a letter in a silver envelope bearing the word "Foundation". The contained letter reads as follows: Dear SCP Foundation, Sentient creatures so often seek purpose within their own lives, whether it be mundane or extraordinary. There are some who would dedicate their lives to healing the sick, or feeding the hungry. Others would try to resurrect their broken gods, or sail through the stars on the arms of a cosmic starfish. Some would rid the world of the unnatural, or foster it in the halls of their Library, and some are just in it for the memes†. You seek to protect the world from the anomalous, categorize and classify the strange and unique, and let humanity bask in the light. We seek to make people smile, and give people a reason to be happy, if only for a short time. Despite our differences, we cannot help but respect your motives. You've no doubt saved us a dozen times over, so we want to return the favor. We want to make you smile! Contained within this box is our greatest toy yet. There are no jokes here, no gaffs or plotting. Everything we have at our disposal, every scrap of information and wisp of arcana is contained within this game. We made it because, at the end of the day, we feel like you have the most interesting story to tell. We sincerely hope you enjoy it! Yours most splendidly, Dr. Wondertainment P.S. We are very excited about this product, and believe it is nearly ready for production! But it wouldn't be acceptable to ship a product without playtesting it. So this version we're sending to you, our sole playtester, in the hopes that you'll be able to give us feedback on how we can make our game better! If at any point you stop playing for more than a few days, we'll know that you're done testing it and we'll go ahead and put it on the shelves! If you don't think it's ready for the shelves, then just keep on testing it ;) P.P.S. Please submit all playtesting suggestions to: 111 Wondertainment Way Wondertainmentville, Wondertainmentland 10101 † Yes, children, we see you there. We hope you're having fun too. Addendum 3301.2: Gameplay The following is information pertaining to the proper gameplay of SCP-3301. In order to maintain containment of the artifact, monthly testing of SCP-3301 is required. Personnel assigned to SCP-3301 are required to maintain a thorough knowledge of the rules and regulations of the game. Introduction + Access Document - Close Document The following is an introduction copied directly out of “THE FOUNDATION” gameplay handbook. The handbook is a leather-bound pamphlet with embossed silver print displaying the name of the game, the production studio, and the words “50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION”. THE FOUNDATION A GAME BY CRYOGEN STUDIOS A DIVISION OF DR. WONDERTAINMENT Welcome, weary researcher, to THE FOUNDATION! A board game only for the strong willed and mighty of heart. But beware! For danger lurks around every corner, and foul things are creeping in the night. Do you have what it takes to stand betwixt humanity and the darkness? Or will you too be lost to the chaos eternal? Only time will tell! Become Mr. Collector, or maybe Mr. Containment! The choice is yours! Setup + Access Document - Close Document SCP-3301 is played between 2 to 8 teams of two players. Each primary player chooses a secondary player, to act as their representative on the game board. The primary players are all selected when each set of players places their game pieces1 on the board. The board contained within SCP-3301 varies depending on which version of the “game” is being played, and is random. Gameplay is similar between each board, though the setting is different (i.e. The Land of the Unclean, Echoes of the Mariana, Bigfoot’s Jungle, The Cosmic Starfish, etc.), and different hostile entities appear as opponents on different boards. Testing has revealed at least twenty-three different game boards, though there are possibly more. Once the game board is unfolded, and the silver card box placed in the middle of the board in the appropriate space, the surrounding area (a space roughly 300m in diameter) will undergo dramatic anomalous spatial changes. Observers will see the space appear to fall away, as if the viewpoint of observers outside of the area of effect has become a bird’s eye view of a space much larger than the affected area. This observed space will mimic the current game board, only on a much larger scale and typically built into an arena setting. Within the affected space, the primary players will find themselves seated around a flat, crystalline surface suspended above the aforementioned game board arena, while their game piece representatives will be at the starting positions on the game board below. The start of the game is typically accompanied by music and fireworks, and a voice announcing the beginning of a new game. Once the game has begun, nothing can be passed through the spatial distortion surrounding the game arena. Secondary players who are killed or die in-game will appear outside of the distortion shortly after their death, unharmed. Primary players will remain within the anomaly for the duration of the game. Gameplay + Access Document - Close Document After the introduction has finished, the game begins. Each player starts the game by drawing seven cards from the silver box in the middle of the board, and end each turn by drawing one. If a player has more than ten cards in their hand at the end of a turn, they must discard one by returning it to the silver box. There are several types of cards that can appear in the box, and each affects the game in different ways: Green Cards - are cards that influence the environment of the board. These can range from obstacles that can be used against other players, to introducing other environments and the hostile entities within them to the board, to traps and mazes, etc. Blue Cards - are companion cards. Companion cards “equip” a companion to the game piece player, who will follow the player until the card’s time limit expires, the companion is killed, or the player is killed. Companions can perform different tasks and have different abilities to assist their player, or hinder other players. Red Cards - are weapon, equipment, or ability cards. These cards allow the player on the board to perform different abilities, or have access to different weapons and equipment. Each card lists the ability or weapon’s stats, strengths, weaknesses, limitations, etc. These cards last as long as the player is alive, or until some requirement of the card or another card are met (for example, running a Red Card through the card titled “Upgrade" will result in the Red Card disappearing, and another card being issued to the player). Additionally, if an equipment card is utilized (such as a trap, or reality anchor, etc.) the card is expended after the equipment is utilized. Orange Cards - are hostile or otherwise uncontained anomalies.2 They appear randomly across the board, and players often do not know they are nearby until they are within range of them, upon which the board will produce a card on that spot. Entities that appear as Orange Cards can be destroyed or contained, depending on the player’s equipment and chosen endgame. Yellow Cards - are cards that influence the way that the earnings of the game are distributed. At the beginning of each game, an incorporeal numerical counter appears above the game board, and another above each player. The counter starts at different values depending on the difficulty setting (for example, $10,000USD at normal difficulty), and yellow cards distribute this money across the players as the game progresses. Players who die have their “earnings” moved back into the central counter to be redistributed. Yellow cards, and the money value shown in the counters, have no impact on the actual win conditions of the game, but at the end of each game the players who won will have their sum, in the form of a gold bar of equal value engraved with the Wondertainment logo, distributed to them through the silver box in the center of the board. White Cards - are fortune cards. White Cards, and their counterpart Black Cards, are randomly distributed as an additional card to players at the beginning of their turn. White and Black Cards must be played as soon as they are drawn, and while typically only affecting the player who drew them, can potentially affect other nearby players or the entire board, if applicable.3 White Cards provide a random instance of “good fortune”, as described by the card. Black Cards - are misfortune cards. Black Cards are more rare than White Cards, but their effect on the game is typically more severe. Black Cards, like their White Card counterparts, must be used as soon as they are drawn, and are expended after their use. Purple Cards - are Wondertainment cards. These are very rare,4 and have random effects on the outcome of the game. Typically, Purple cards insert a random Wondertainment product into the game, typically with exaggerated properties or abilities.5 For examples of game cards used in testing, see Addendum 3301.3. On the outside of the game board is a slider pointing to different difficulty settings. This slider can be moved before the game has begun, but retracts into the board afterwards. The difficulty settings are as follows: Neutralized Mode: All entities and artifacts are replaced with plush versions of themselves. No entity does any damage to anything else. Lullaby music plays across the board. The game mode lacks a win condition, and just ends after all of the players have fallen asleep. Thaumiel Mode: Entities have reduced damage and players are not “killed”, only “knocked out”. Certain win conditions are removed. Blood and gore are no longer visible, and nudity is no longer possible, as all players have an unremovable skintight bodysuit beneath their lowest layer of clothes. Safe Mode: The baseline game setting. Euclid Mode: Entities do more damage, are more resistant to attack, and have more health. Players become unable to view the movements and plays of other players. Keter Mode: Same as Euclid Mode, only entities are faster as well. Maksur Mode: Same as Keter Mode, only players start with a gunshot wound to a random part of their body. Apollyon Mode: Two random, hostile supreme divine beings appear on the map after the fourth turn. Players may start the game blind. The game is played in a team vs. team format, where each two person team competes against every other two person team. Every player begins at their “containment facility”, a starting point and base of operations on their side of the board. Within the facility, each player has several spaces for “equipment”, which they can swap out at the beginning of their turn with cards from their hand, in order to equip different items to their “piece”. Typically, there are two “weapon” spaces, three “equipment” spaces, two “ability” spaces, and one “companion” space. Playing any card into that space “equips” their piece with the item, ability, or companion. If an item, ability, or companion is lost, the physical card will disappear as if made of smoke. Additionally, some cards will increase the overall number of equipment slots (notably the card “Big Bag o’ Taters” will increase the number of weapon and equipment slots from 2 / 3 to 4 / 5). At the beginning of each turn, the primary player will select one card, and make equipment additions or subtractions if necessary.6 Afterwards, the player will roll two six-sided dice. The number that is rolled corresponds with a radius within which the secondary player may move, or take an action. If the secondary player has a ranged ability or weapon, they may move to the edge of their movement radius and use it, so long as the target is within range. From this point on, the game proceeds in any number of variations. Based on the cards drawn by the primary players, and the actions taken by the secondary players, any number of outcomes are possible, depending on which victory condition the players choose to seek. Victory Conditions + Access Document - Close Document There are several victory conditions that players may choose to seek during the course of the game. The following describes conditions needed to reach each end game: MR. FINDER: Buried on each game board is a hidden anomalous item, denoted by a golden W mark on it. This item is typically protected by anomalous entities, a hazardous location, or a dangerous meme or powerful antimeme. Individuals who search for clues, discover the location of the item, survive its protections and safely return it to their containment facility will become MR. FINDER, and win the game. MR. COLLECTOR: This victory condition only becomes available if a Purple Card is drawn. If any player is able to contain the Wondertainment product and return it to their containment facility, they will become MR. COLLECTOR, and win the game. MR. GENOCIDE: Any player that directly kills every other player in the game will become MR. GENOCIDE, and win the game. This victory condition becomes unobtainable if any players are killed by means other than by the hand of anyone seeking the MR. GENOCIDE7 victory condition. MR. ESCHATOLOGY: Any player who is able to summon three “supreme divine beings” will become MR. ESCHATOLOGY, and will win the game. Divine beings (i.e. Mr. God, A Very Angry Star, The Boy in the Pit, The Gate Guardian) do not fulfill the requirements of the MR. ESCHATOLOGY win condition; they must be “supreme” (i.e. DEER, The Starfish, A Clockwork God, The Serpent, The Eel, Mary Nakayama, etc.). MR. COALITION: If a player is somehow able to destroy every anomalous artifact or entity, they become MR. COALITION and win the game. To become MR. COALITION, the winner does not actually have to destroy every single anomalous artifact or entity, they must only have destroyed the majority of the artifacts or entities, and all artifacts and entities must be destroyed.8 MR. CONTAINMENT: Any player who contains more than half of the anomalies on the board (as denoted by their Orange Cards) and returns them to their containment facility becomes MR. CONTAINMENT, and wins the game. MR. FOUNDATION: Any player who contains every entity and artifact, as well as every other player, becomes MR. FOUNDATION, and wins the game. Individuals winning under the condition of MR. FOUNDATION also receive $50,000USD upon completion of the game. Can only be completed on Safe Mode difficulty or higher. MR. SURVIVOR: If a player is the last player standing, and has not met any other win conditions, that player becomes MR. SURVIVOR, and wins the game. Additionally, the game manual claims that there are many other secret victory conditions to go alongside those listed above. The existence of these secret conditions means that some games may end suddenly and without warning, when a player meets an unexpected condition.9 Rules + Access Document - Close Document The structure of THE FOUNDATION allows for a variety of gameplay styles and approaches to the different goals of the game. In order to seemingly aid this effort, there are very few enumerated rules to the game. The following are the rules of the game, exactly as described in the manual: No hits below the belt. Targeting will result in a 15 yard penalty and a loss of downs. Drink your Ovaltine. Suspend your disbelief a little bit. This isn’t a game for children, so kids who play it are really cool. Leave your loyalties at the door. Buy Wondertainment products. The back of SCP-3301 cards. Addendum 3301.3: Game Cards The following are examples of cards used within SCP-3301. While not all cards appear to carry relevant information, many appear to be references to anomalies within Foundation containment, or Foundation personnel. As previously mentioned in this document, the full scale of this breach of information security is part of an ongoing investigation. Several statistics are utilized within the card system, each corresponding to a certain attribute that players have. The statistics are listed below: ATK: Attack power. A value that determines the amount of damage a player can do to another player or an entity. Since entities cannot be contained until their health has reached 0, this is arguably the most important statistic. All players start with 6 ATK. DEF: Defense. A value that influences the amount of damage a player takes after being attacked. All players start with 6 DEF. HP: Hit Points. A value that determines how much damage a player can sustain before dying. Can be replaced with cards that increase health, such as medicines or vampiric cards. All players start with 10 HP. SPD: Speed. A value that determines which entity in an encounter can attack or defend first, and how often they can do so. All players start with 8 SPD. ACC: Accuracy. A value that determines how likely a given attack is to striking a target. All players start with 8 ACC. The game manual mentions other non-enumerated statistics that players can add to or subtract from, such as Smooth Talking, Memetic Resistance, Ethics, etc. While there are cards that may affect these stats, the only known way to gauge their level is by asking an entity with limited or full omniscience, such as A Librarian. + Green Cards - Green Cards A Green Card. Card Title: Darkness Between Dimensions Subtitle: A Red Reality Type: Land Description: Spawns a machine that, after a random amount of time, will transport anything nearby into the Darkness Between Dimensions. Players in the Darkness Between Dimensions can be saved by divine grace, or with the item “Scranton’s Grappling Hook”. After a random amount of time, players will be returned to the board. They will come back… squishier. Card Title: Babel’s Spire Subtitle: The Friendly Union of Man and Beast Type: Structure Description: Spawns the Babel Spire on a square of your choosing within line of sight. Nearby animals join your side, and gain +2 attack. Those who do not are sacrificed to Babel. Aya aya aya blood blood blood. Card Title: Island Turtle Subtitle: Lazy Archipelago Type: Land Description: If you are at sea, this card spawns an Island Turtle to ferry you around. If you’re not, the turtle spawns anyway, and dies from dehydration. Card Title: City of the Gods Subtitle: Coming Soon To Your Home Town! Type: Structure Description: Spawns a haunted city on a square of your choosing within line of sight. Opponents entering City of the Gods have a high chance of being attacked by a +15 ATK / +12 DEF angry deity. Card Title: A Funny Little Statue Subtitle: ctrl+c ctrl+v Type: Trap Description: If indoors, creates an infinite maze that opponents can only exit with assistance from outside forces. If outdoors, the effect isn’t noticeable, but trust us when we say it’s really bad. Card Title: A Swedish Furniture Store Subtitle: Perfectly Normal Type: Trap Description: Spawns a friendly and welcoming department store. Players unfortunate enough to be inside the store when it opens will have to fight their way out, if they can get out at all. Bring your own instructions. + Blue Cards - Blue Cards A Blue Card. Card Title: Director Tilda Moose Subtitle: Not sure how they got here. Type: Companion Description: Summons SCP Site-19 Director Moose to act as your companion. Is a literal moose. When riding Director Moose, gain +7 DEF against memes and cognitive hazards. Stats: 5 ATK / 8 DEF / 9 HP Card Title: A Sea Slug Subtitle: A Proper Gentleman Type: Companion Description: Spawns A Sea Slug to act as your companion. Wields an anti-materiel rifle. Talks a lot. Can summon a ghostly butler to do your bidding (with limitations!), but has a 10 round cool-down. Stats: 13 ATK / 2 DEF / 4 HP Card Title: A Librarian Subtitle: A Wanderer Type: Companion Description: Summons a Librarian to act as your companion. Has innate knowledge about a vast array of creatures and realms. Might be able to read your opponent’s hands, who knows. If attacked, they’ll flee back to their Library. Typical. Stats: 3 ATK / 3 DEF / 6 HP Card Title: A Very Loud Bird Subtitle: oh god make it stop Type: Companion Description: Summons some sort of awful eldritch abomination stuffed into the body of a small bird to act as your companion. Despicably loud. Can stun foes and entities, and commune with fellow anomalies. Unless otherwise protected, players who spend too much time in the presence of A Very Loud Bird will slowly lose their minds. Stats: 8 ATK / 4 DEF / 4 HP Card Title: Surf Rock Band Subtitle: Cruising The Starry Skies Type: Companion Description: Summons a ghostly Surf Rock Band to act as your companion. Provides your journey with cool evening tunes and casts a calming influence on everything you encounter. May also be able to commune with the Starfish. May also just smoke a lot of weed. Stats: 5 ATK / 5 DEF / 6 HP + Red Cards - Red Cards A Red Card. Card Title: Spear of the Nonbeliever Subtitle: What’s a King to a God? Type: Weapon, Ranged Description: A massive harpoon gun designed to make mortals of gods. Can only be used on Cosmic, Divine, or Supreme Divine beings. Stats: +20 ATK vs Gods / -5 SPD / -1 DEF Card Title: Buster Sword Subtitle: A BFS Type: Weapon, Melee Description: A big sword. Requires two hands to hold. Can cleft a man in twain with a single swing. Reduces stealth. Increases upper arm gains. Stats: +8 ATK / -3 SPD Card Title: K-Mart Katana Subtitle: Only The Finest Chinesium Type: Weapon, Melee Description: A cheap sword. Low damage, low attack speed. The first choice of suburban ninjas everywhere. Minus points to attack if wearing a fedora. Stats: -5 ATK / -5 SPD / Fedora Bonus -1 ATK Card Title: Temporal Tinkering Subtitle: For When You Need A Few More Seconds Type: Ability, Temporal Description: Allows the user to wield the great and terrible cosmic power of time, in very small increments. Users may return up to 10 seconds into the past. Expires after three uses. Paradoxes not included. Card Title: A Gun That Shoots People Subtitle: “Shoots” “People” Type: Weapon, Ranged Description: A remarkably powerful .50BMG. Definitely not something you want to use yourself. Give it as a gift to an enemy, or anyone else you’d like to see spend the last few seconds of their life as a tiny, remarkably dense, screaming projectile. Expires after use. Stats: +19 ATK / +5 ACC Card Title: Intro to Memetics Subtitle: The Beginner’s Course Type: Ability, Memetic Description: Provides the user with innate knowledge of very simple anomalous memes. If used correctly, can be really annoying. If used incorrectly, can be even more annoying. Card Title: Dr. Mann’s Six-Shooter Subtitle: Ole Reliable Type: Weapon, Ranged Description: A revolver used by infamous Foundation doctor Everett Mann. Bonus to accuracy. Bonus to damage vs. undead. Bonus to lunacy. Stats: +10 ATK / +3 ACC Card Title: Intro to Unethical Business Practices, 5th Edition Subtitle: A MC&D Educational Product Type: Ability, Memetic Description: Anyone holding this book receives a +3 bonus to smooth-talking, negotiations, salesmanship, and swindling. Side effects include greasy combed-back hair and cheap suits. Card Title: The Infinity Gun10 Subtitle: An Abomination Type: Weapon, Ranged Description: A gun made of a god bound by the shredded souls of nine innocents. Instantly annihilates one being or artifact anywhere on the board, so long as the user is able to describe it. Expires after use. Stats: +∞ ATK / -50 Morality + Orange Cards - Orange Cards An Orange Card. Card Title: DEER Subtitle: God From The Stars Type: Anomaly, Unknown, Supreme Divine Description: An ancient and mysterious creature that fell from the stars and broke the masquerade. Incredibly powerful. Stats: 34 ATK / 28 DEF / 40 HP Card Title: Technicolor Dream Goat Subtitle: Goat With All The Colors Of The Wind Type: Anomaly, Sentient, Animal Description: A multicolor, ethereal goat. Said to fill the dreams of its victims with incessant bleating. Impervious to physical attacks. Stats: 2 ATK / 3 DEF / 4 HP Card Title: Mr. God Subtitle: Has A Himself Complex Type: Anomaly, Sentient, Divine Description: An old man with a penchant for the dramatic. Hasn’t worn anything other than sandals for a thousand years. Needs to get off his high horse. Stats: 15 ATK / 8 DEF / 23 HP Card Title: A Bundle Of Golems Subtitle: The World’s Cutest Chemicals Type: Anomaly, Sentient, Construct Description: Little statue people made of elements. Tend to engage in shenanigans. Legend has it they unite once a year to form a powerful Anart Mecha, but this is unconfirmed. Stats: 5 ATK / 8 DEF / 5 HP Card Title: A Very Angry Star Subtitle: I Mean, Really Very Angry Type: Anomaly, Sentient, Divine Description: A furious ball of plasma and gas with a specific hatred for Planet Earth. The reason for its rage is uncertain, though it is known that Alto Clef owes it $23.50. Stats: 24 ATK / 18 DEF / 20 HP Card Title: Corrosion Man Subtitle: The Snatcher Type: Anomaly, Sentient, Humanoid Description: A ghastly former soldier turned into a living nightmare. Steals children for probably horrible reasons. Lives in an attic above the Darkness Between Dimensions. Stats: 9 ATK / 9 DEF / 9 HP Card Title: L O N G C O R G Subtitle: Stretch Doggo Type: Anomaly, Sentient, Animal Description: An immensely long corgi. Used for public transportation. A very good boy. Stats: 3 ATK / 5 DEF / 18 HP Card Title: Wretched Bovine Heart Subtitle: Beating In The Darkness Type: Anomaly, Sentient, Biological Description: A demon possessed by speed incarnate. Horrifying and unrelenting. All entities nearby lose -2 to DEF against psychological threats. Stats: 17 ATK / 5 DEF / 6 HP Card Title: The Serpent Subtitle: The Source of Knowledge Type: Anomaly, Sentient, Supreme Divine Description: Tricked Adam El Asem into eating from the Tree of Knowledge, freeing itself from its prison. Legends say the Wanderer’s Library is built on its back. Thinks it knows everything. Probably does. Stats: 10 ATK / 35 DEF / 45 HP Card Title: SCP-173 In A Sombrero Subtitle: Ay Caramba Type: Anomaly, Construct Description: A statue in a sombrero. Gave up a life of snapping necks to pursue its dream of dancing. Nearby entities may be overcome by the urge to dance. Stats: 4 ATK / 9 DEF / 8 HP + Yellow Cards - Yellow Cards A Yellow Card. Card Title: A Little Insurgency Description: Your friends in the Insurgency carry out a coup on one of your rivals. To the victor goes the spoils! I’m sure they won’t take it personally. Effect: Receive all of the earnings of a random player. Card Title: Research Grant Description: You are offered a grant for your contributions to academia. Congratulations! Now hurry up and spend it before the Foundation scoops you up. Effect: Receive $300. Card Title: Lost Aztec Gold Description: You discover a bounty of gold from a ruined civilization! Enjoy your blood money! Effect: Receive $300. Card Title: Business Deal Description: You negotiate a deal between The Factory and Dr. Wondertainment, and earn big dividends for your work! Effect: Receive $400. Card Title: Mr. Money’s Jackpot Extravaganza Description: Mr. Money is about to make you Mr. Wealthy! Effect: Receive $5000. + White Cards - White Cards A White Card. Card Title: Elixir Description: You get ahold of the Overseer’s Secret Stuff. You are healed! Effect: When used, completely heals the player of all ailments. Card Title: Safe Passageway Description: In a stroke of good luck, you discover a road untouched by danger! Effect: Allows a player to bypass a dangerous environmental hazard unharmed. Card Title: Promotion Description: Your efforts do not go unnoticed! You are promoted to Senior Junior Researcher! Effect: Player gains a permanent +2 to ATK and +3 to DEF. Card Title: Brushed By The Starfish Description: The Cosmic Starfish brushes against you with one of its Five arms. You are empowered! Effect: Player receives +10 ATK / +10 DEF / +8 SPD / +10 HP for three turns. Card Title: Angel of Mercy Description: You are resurrected! Effect: If a player is killed while holding this card, the player is instantly returned to half health. + Black Cards - Black Cards A Black Card. Card Title: Fuck This One Guy Specifically Description: Someone has a grudge! The Sun God Nergal punches you! Ouch! Effect: The player is punched by a Supreme Divine being, and dies. Card Title: Containment Breach Description: Oh no! All of your contained anomalies are loose! What a disastrous circumstance! Effect: Any contained anomalies return to the gameboard. Card Title: Friend or Foe Description: Your companion betrays you, seeking glory only for themselves! Effect: Any companions become hostile to the player. Card Title: Consolidation11 Description: A deal is signed. The Foundation dissolves! Only the Coalition remains! Effect: Removes the MR. CONTAINMENT and MR. FOUNDATION win conditions. Card Title: ████ (••/•••••/••/•) Description: Bad luck, hombre. Effect: Player is killed.12 + Purple Cards - Purple Cards A Purple Card. Card Title: Mr. Moon Subtitle: Waxing and Waning Type: Wondertainment Description: The great and terrible Mr. Moon! Disrupts the tides and summons werewolves across the map! Not made of cheese! Maybe made of cheese! Stats: 19 ATK / 20 DEF / 20 HP Addendum 3301.4: Memorandum Regarding SCP-3301 From: Dr. Tilda Moose, Director, Site-19 To: 3301 Research Team CC: Ethics Committee Liaison, Director Council Liaison, Classification Committee Liaison Last night, one week since the last playthrough of SCP-3301, a small shipment of these games were discovered on a truck destined for a toy store in Wisconsin. We began a game immediately after discovering these games, and received a note through our game board thanking us for our continued playtesting. The anomalous games were promptly removed before they could be viewed by a larger audience, but this was still too close of a call. Truthfully, we don’t know how they're getting all of this information. INFOSEC teams have advised me that these were likely warning shots, something innocuous that could be easily detected and quickly removed, but a notice that additional measures may be taken if we don’t comply. After consulting with our security teams, and members of the Site Director Council, we’ve decided to do just that. In a break from our typical mantra, access restrictions to SCP-3301 have been reduced considerably, and the object has been reclassified as Safe. So far as we can tell, this is a legitimate show of good faith, with no malicious intent. For some reason, Dr. Wondertainment has provided us with something fun, and wants us to play it. In this case, we’ll do just that. Our protocol for this object does not reflect a change in our policy regarding using anomalous objects for recreational purposes. Nor does it reflect a change in our relationship with the group of interest known as Dr. Wondertainment. For all intents and purposes, this new protocol is the containment procedure for this object, and this object only. -Moose Addendum 3301.5: SCP-3301 Testing and Gameplay Logs + Access Log - Close Log In keeping with proper Foundation testing protocols, all instances of SCP-3301’s active state are to be recorded for analysis and archival. The following is an example of proper test log format, and should be used in all future instances of test logging. SCP-3301 Test and Gameplay Log: Log ID: 3301|001 Participants: Dr. Andrew Richards and Agent Anna Lang, Dr. Michael St. Clair and Dr. Isaac Baker, Dr. Nicholas Quinn and Dr. Django Bridge, Agent Julian Calloway and Agent Jasper Jenkins Game Board: The Garden of Eden Winner: Dr. Nicholas Quinn and Dr. Django Bridge Victory Condition: MR. ESCHATOLOGY Runtime: 3h 14m 58s Payout: $1,750 Game Summary: Dr. Richards got out to an early start when Agent Lang managed to contain two entities within the first five turns, having drawn the card “Mr. Containment’s Vac-n-Suck” on the first turn. However, the tides began to turn when Dr. Bridge, on the direction of Dr. Quinn, opened a secret treasure chest in a cave and found the card “Sacrifice”, a red card that he then used to summon “Planet of Ten Thousand Fingers”, a supreme divine orange card. While Dr. St. Clair and Agent Calloway’s teams were fending off attacks from the first supreme divine being, Dr. Quinn drew the red card “Error in the Database", which summoned the supreme divine being “Mary Nakayama” on the 16th turn. This being immediately dispatched Agent Calloway’s team, which was already weakened by the “Planet of Ten Thousand Fingers”. However, on the 29th turn, Dr. Richards drew a purple card, Ms. Sweetie, which cast a sugary haze across the entire map. Agent Lang then spent the next three turns attacking Ms. Sweetie, attempting to contain the entity before Dr. Quinn and Dr. Bridge could summon another supreme divine being. Their efforts were disrupted by Dr. Baker, who sniped Agent Lang from a nearby hillside, and then began attacking the already damaged Ms. Sweetie. On the next turn, Dr. Quinn drew the card ”Upgrade”, which he used on an item that Dr. Bridge had recovered called “Puzzle Box”. The result was a card called “Celestial Puzzle Box”, which Dr. Quinn used to summon “A Clockwork God”, the third supreme divine being, which immediately ended the game. After the usual fireworks and musical celebration, the voice of the announcer declared that Dr. Quinn and Dr. Bridge had become MR. ESCHATOLOGY. At the conclusion of the game, Dr. Quinn and Dr. Bridge were awarded their payout, a gold bar worth exactly $1,750. Audio Recording Transcript Excerpts [BEGIN LOG] Dr. Quinn: Alright, so… let’s see. I’m going to use “Clockwork Fanaticism” on Django. Dr. St. Clair: What’s that do? Dr. Quinn: It, uh… imbues him with clockwork powers. (Pauses) I think that’s it. (To Bridge) You noticing anything different down there? Dr. Bridge: (Distantly) Yes, actually. I seem to have had my insides replaced with gears and pulleys. Oh! (Pauses) So now I seem to have something being created inside my stomach. Hang on. (Pauses) Yes, I’ve now deposited it into my hands. Dr. Quinn: Cool, I get to draw a card. (Pauses to read) So that’s called a “Puzzle Box”. It doesn’t look like it has any stats. Can it do anything? Dr. Bridge: Doesn’t, uh… doesn’t seem to do anything. Dr. Quinn: Huh. Alright. I guess we’ll just discard that later. [END LOG] [BEGIN LOG] Dr. Quinn: (Laughs) OK, so listen to this. This is called “Error in the Database”, and if we find a computer- Dr. Bridge: Which I’m standing right next to, yes. Dr. Quinn: -then I can summon a supreme divine- Agent Calloway: Oh my god this is bullshit. Agent Jenkins: What? What’s going on up there? Dr. Quinn: -called Mary Nakayama. Bite my ass, Calloway. Agent Jenkins: Hey Julian? Something going on up there? Because things are starting to get a little spooky down here. Agent Calloway: Hang on, uh… I’ve got… uh… Agent Jenkins: So are you going to— Agent Jenkins is suddenly annihilated when a spectral entity appears where he was standing. Agent Calloway: Oh goddammit. [END LOG] [BEGIN LOG] Dr. St. Clair: Take the shot, Baker! The sound of a distant gunshot. Dr. St. Clair: Hell yeah! Dr. Richards: Anna? Anna? Ah, fuck it. What is that thing, and when did you draw it? I didn’t see it when I divined you earlier. Dr. St. Clair: In the last turn! How clutch is that? Dr. Baker: Mike? Hey, Mike? Did we win? Dr. St. Clair: Nah, not yet, but you get another shot into that Mister and we will. Dr. Quinn: Is that so, Michael? Dr. St. Clair: Oh no you don’t. Don’t you try any more of your eschatology bullshit, Nicholas. Dr. Quinn: Regrettably, all I have is eschatology bullshit! Behold, I use “Upgrade” on this “Puzzle Box”, to create… (pauses) a Celestial Puzzle Box! Django, open that bad boy up! Dr. Bridge: You got it. Come on out, biggun. (The sound of grinding metal is heard in the background) Announcer’s Voice: That’s it! The game is over! Congratulations to Django Bridge and Nicholas Quinn; you have become MR. ESCHATOLOGY! Dr. St. Clair: God fucking dammit Nick, I almost had that one. Further testing logs are available here. Footnotes 1. Typically pieces for players take the shape of symbols representing various Groups of Interest or notable Persons of Interest, while pieces for the secondary players are simply small tokens of the same color as the primary player’s piece. 2. Notably, many of these anomalies appear to be direct references to anomalies within Foundation containment, or anomalies that the Foundation is otherwise aware of. The depth of this breach of information is still being investigated. 3. During one test, Researcher H. Korver drew a White Card called “Divine Assistance”, which summoned a “divine being” for his partner (Dr. Andrew White), as well as for every other player. For the next two hours, the divine beings engaged in combat with each other while the game pieces attempted to collect as many yellow cards as they could. 4. Only six Wondertainment cards have been drawn in more than fifty iterations of the game tested thus far 5. Such as one game of “Echoes of the Mariana”, which saw the inclusion of Mr. Fish as an enormous, predatory shark. 6. Once equipment has been added, the equipment cannot be changed until the beginning of the next turn, unless otherwise affected by another player. 7. Notably, the typical voice that announces the players’ victory at the end of the game is replaced with a different, more aggressive voice, which has not yet been identified. 8. This win condition does not match its description in the manual, and whether this is accidental or not is unknown. 9. This occurrence has only happened once in testing, when Agent Staski and Agent Polliver won the game after becoming “MR. LAMENT”, with victory conditions of “Any player who is capable of killing another player only by saying hurtful things to them becomes MR. LAMENT, and wins the game.” In this case, Agent Staski made a rude comment about Agent Parker’s mother, which resulted in Agent Parker slipping as he charged Agent Staski and falling into a ravine. 10. While an image of this card is visible within the game manual, the card has not yet been seen during gameplay testing. 11. During a testing session, Dr. Richard McMillan used his turn after another player had played “Consolidation” to ask his companion, The Librarian, what the effect of the card was, as it was not readily apparent. In response, The Librarian said, “MR. CONTAINMENT and MR. FOUNDATION are dead, it seems. This echoes of a situation from somewhere similar, but very far away. I sense that MR. THRESHER may have taken their place.” When questioned further, The Librarian was unsure how to respond and appeared noticeably uncomfortable. 12. While the ████ card does summon an in-game version of ••/•••••/••/•, the effect does not seem to permeate the barrier of the spatial anomaly, as the real-world ••/•••••/••/• does not appear, despite the necessary triggering factors being present. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3301" by djkaktus, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3301. 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-3302 | safe | Item #: SCP-3302 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3302 is contained in Safe Containment Storage Locker #86, Site-42 Anomalous Media Wing. As of 02/16/2018, further testing is postponed pending Level 4/3302 approval. Description: SCP-3302 is a single DVD, specifically disc one of season one of the U.S. version of the television sitcom, “The Office.” Notably, it is autographed by actor John Krasinski with the dedication, “If all else fails, mug thirty degrees to either side.” This is suspected to be a reference to a reaction colloquially known as “The Jim Look,” named for the character he portrayed on the show. SCP-3302’s anomalous properties manifest when viewed by human beings. From the point of the first “Jim Look” onward, viewers will uncontrollably recreate the “Jim Look” action every time they perceive a statement as unintelligent. This reaction will go unnoticed by the subject unless brought to their attention; repeatedly bringing this to their attention may cause non-anomalous emotional distress at their apparent lack of self-control. Interview Log: Subject: D-3086 (Initial owner of SCP-3302) Interviewer: Researcher Evans [BEGIN LOG] Evans: How are you doing today D-3086? D-3086: At least the food’s better than the swill they served at the homeless shelter. Evans: I’m glad to hear that. (Evans’ watch beeps.) Oh, one moment… My shoes are on the wrong feet, but that’s okay because I have two left feet anyway; either way I’ve got it right. D-3086 looks to the left of Researcher Evans. He then returns his gaze to Researcher Evans and continues the conversation. D-3086: Yeah, so? Evans: No reason. Our background check shows that you only recently became homeless. Can you elaborate on why? D-3086: I really don’t know… I had my life all together, but one day my wife just started getting mad at everything I did. Didn’t matter that I didn’t even say nothing, she just thought I was making fun of her all the time and got so riled up that she kicked me out of the damn house! I just kind of wandered around a while with the only things I could grab on the way out. Evans: Yes, the possessions you were discovered with. (Evans’ watch beeps.) Ah, Star Wars: Episode One was definitely the best of the entire series, wouldn’t you agree? D-3086 looks slightly to the right of Researcher Evans. He then returns his gaze to Researcher Evans and continues the conversation. D-3086: No, I wouldn’t. But what’s that got to do with anything? Evans: Sorry, just a random thought. Continue please, what happened after you were thrown out by your wife? D-3086: Well, I just kind of wandered for a while, but everywhere I went, people would say two sentences to me and just flip out like I was some kind of jerk. I didn’t do anything to them! Even your agent fella who approached me in the soup line was kind of a jerk. Evans: I’m sorry to hear it. Is there anything we can do to make your stay here more comfortable? D-3086 looks to the right of Researcher Evans. D-3086: You mean in my cell? Evans: Point taken. [END LOG] Addendum 02/16/2018: A letter was found underneath D-3086’s pillow despite no signs of containment breach. The letter read: OHMYGOD I LOVE IT WHEN ████ LOOKS AT THE CAMERA ITS SOOOOO FUNNNY IM HIS BIGGEST FAN I CANT WAIT TILL YOU VISIT ████-██████ FOR ██████CON -[Indecipherable] Testing of SCP-3302 postponed while the Unreality Department investigates the possibility and ramifications of extradimensional “viewership.” ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3302" by TheeSherm, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3302. 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-3303 | safe | Item #: SCP-3303 Special Containment Procedures: As per the terms and conditions of the Würzburg Summit, the Foundation may not acquire any instances of SCP-3303 except by purchasing it from Marshall, Carter, and Dark. Instances of SCP-3303 under Foundation control should be kept in the dedicated wine cellar at Site-48. If this is not feasible, any room with minimal lighting, a constant temperature between 7–18°C, and high humidity may be used until more permanent storage space becomes available. Access to SCP-3303 for testing requires permission from two personnel with 4/3303 clearance. Non-testing access requires approval from the Site Director. Description: SCP-3303 is the collective designation for any Champagne1 produced by the Bataille estate between 2002 and 2007. While SCP-3303 is physically and chemically unremarkable, roughly 3% of observers report that SCP-3303 is surrounded by a bright blue aura. SCP-3303 displays anomalous properties only under certain conditions: SCP-3303 is being consumed by multiple individuals in an enclosed area (with allowances for doors, windows, etc. A ceiling appears to be required.) All individuals present are consuming SCP-3303 at a rate no less than one glass per hour. It is past sunset. Under these conditions, SCP-3303 induces a temporal dilation within the confines of the affected room. Time's rate of passage will increase asymptotically as sunrise approaches, allowing affected subjects to experience time at a greater rate than those outside. Any solids or liquids that reach the boundary of this effect will be transported across it instantly, preventing typical shearing effects. An unidentified process maintains air pressure, air composition, and temperature within the room. Consumption of SCP-3303 under the stated conditions has a stabilizing effect on the human body and mental state. Affected subjects will not deviate substantially from their physical condition at the initiation of SCP-3303's effects; this includes an immunity to injury that has hindered attempts to identify the exact mechanism responsible. Subjects do not need to attend to standard biological functions, though they are capable of doing so in excess of what should typically be possible. Similarly, emotions and overall mental states are fixed in the state they were in at the initiation of anomalous effects, with the exception of changes resulting from alcohol intoxication. Of note is that, under these conditions, subjects left to their own devices will often continue to consume SCP-3303 as long as possible. In one case, a party of nine consumed the host's entire stock of eighty bottles in one night. History: According to Bataille Champagne records, the house was approached by representatives from Marshall, Carter, and Dark in December of 2000, who intended to acquire exclusive rights to distribute Bataille Champagne's wine and oversee its production. Such a deal was made for €3 million, and production of Champagne for MC&D began in 2002. While SCP-3303 became known to the Foundation in 2003, an agreement was formed under which MC&D retained the right to produce and sell SCP-3303 for five years and the Foundation was disallowed from accessing or observing the Bataille estate. In exchange, MC&D took full responsibility for suppressing public knowledge of SCP-3303 and transferred several dangerous anomalous objects to the Foundation. MC&D marketed Bataille Champagne as a tool to enable parties and other social gatherings to last for an extended period of time, limited only by the supply of SCP-3303. It was sold exclusively to trusted clients; estimated sales are believed to exceed €50 million over five years. In 2008, the Foundation examined the Bataille estate's records and vineyards. There was no evidence that any anomalous activity was occurring or continued to occur at the site; employees were unaware that the Champagne they were producing had any anomalous properties. The estate's manager noted that, as part of their original agreement, MC&D were permitted to bury a mummified human jawbone near the geographical center of the estate's vineyards; the jawbone was apparently retrieved by MC&D personnel shortly prior to the Foundation's examination. Footnotes 1. In the strict sense of the word, i.e. wine produced under the rules and regulations set by the Comité Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3303" by Communism will win, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3303. 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-3304 | euclid | A closeup view of SCP-3304. Item #: SCP-3304 Special Containment Procedures: The facility containing SCP-3304 has been occupied by Foundation personnel, and no unauthorized access to the object is permitted. No manned or unmanned exploration of SCP-3304 is to be attempted at this time. At its own request, SCP-3304-2 is to be contained in a standard humanoid containment cell in Site-19. As testing has found the energy produced by SCP-3304-1 to be non-anomalous, its continued operation has been authorized. It has been linked directly to the Foundation's midwest and Atlantic power grids, and has resulted in a ███% increase in the grid's energy efficiency while reducing costs by ██%. A proposal to use SCP-3304 as the power source of a new global Foundation power grid is currently under consideration. ADDENDUM 10/21/2017: Following incident 3304-A, SCP-3304-1 has been disassembled and no attempts to reconstruct it are to be made. In addition, the following items are to be inserted into SCP-3304 once per month for the following ten years: 20 liters of virgin blood, 666 liters of heating oil, 2 metric tons of raw pine timber, and one live D-class known to have broken at least 7 of the traditional Judeo-Christian Ten Commandments. Description: SCP-3304 is a class 2 inter-dimensional aperture located in █████████, West Virginia. The portal appears visually as a wall of flames that occasionally shifts into images or patterns described as disturbing by viewers, and it is approximately 2 meters tall and 1 meter wide. Personnel and material that enter SCP-3304 are considered lost; no signal is received from unmanned exploratory drones and no D-class have returned from exploration attempts. Evacuation cables are severed at the point of entry without exception. Connected to SCP-3304 is SCP-3304-1, an advanced geothermal energy generator that utilizes anomalous properties to increase the speed and efficiency of its output. The generator's main pylon has been inserted into SCP-3304, and the aperture serves as a seemingly limitless supply of easily accessible geothermal power. The facility in which these objects are located was formerly the headquarters of Gehenna Geothermal Energy, a 2008 startup that rapidly became West Virginia's primary provider of electricity. The Foundation discovered its anomalous properties in 2010 after the company's rapid expansion achieved regional media attention. Given the perceived lack of viable geothermal energy production in West Virginia, the company was flagged by Foundation media monitoring. A standard investigation quickly revealed the facility's anomalous source, and SCP-3304-2 surrendered into Foundation custody without incident. SCP-3304-2 is Earl Raum, the owner, operator, and sole employee of Gehenna Geothermal Energy. SCP-3304-2 is the physical manifestation of a demonic entity. The entity's true form is that of a 3 meter long organism resembling the species Corvus albus.1 However, SCP-3304-2 prefers to maintain human form under normal circumstances. SCP-3304-2 Interview Log Close Log Prepared by the Department of External Affairs- Interrogation and Negotiation Division Subject: Interview Log SCP-3304-2 Involved Agents: Level 3 Agent Lyle Dietz Report: The following interview was conducted without incident 3 days following the apprehension of SCP-3304-2. A transcript is provided: Dietz: Alright Mr. Raum, I'm here to ask you a few questions regarding Gehenna Geothermal. We know by now that you're actually a demon. Cooperate with us and we'll dispel you from this dimension rather than keeping you prisoner. SCP-3304-2: What? No please don't! I mean, uh, I don't mind it here it's uh- Dietz: Spit it out. SCP-3304-2: Please don't send me back! At this point the big man will definitely know what I've been up to and my feathers still hurt from the last time he had my cousins flay me for stealing. Four hundred fucking years and it still itches. Is that fair? It ain't fair right? Right. Dietz: In that case your continued housing can be arranged. Do you accept these terms? SCP-3304-2: Heaven yeah man! I'm your bird, bro. Ask away. Dietz: Are you responsible for the creation of the portal, and if so, what was your goal in doing so? SCP-3304-2: Yeah, yeah man that was me. Look you know how it is, us mid-level folks gotta roll with the big dogs, pay taxes, feed and equip thirty legions of demon warriors. That shit is expensive man, and those new fuckers on the block totally cost me my job. I opened the portal and started the plant to make some scratch on the side, you feel me? Dietz: Why West Virginia? SCP-3304-2: I didn't pick it specifically man, it was just the closest place geographically y'know? Dietz: Who are you referring to when you mentioned the newcomers earlier? What exactly was your job? SCP-3304-2: Fuckin Lehman Brothers man. Soon as it showed up it became the biggest player in town, how's a Bird gonna compete with that? I'm the lord of thieves but the big banks? Shit man that's a godblessed industry my guy. Dietz: I'm confused… Lehman Brothers was a human bank, it doesn't have a soul. How exactly did it show up in- SCP-3304-2: Hey man talk like that is offensive! Ain't you been watchin' the news bro? Supreme Court says corporations are people too now, they got afterlife rights and shit. Dietz: What are you talking about? The Court hasn't made any such ruling. SCP-3304-2: Oh shit, my good. Citizens United doesn't happen until next week. Dietz: Are you suggesting you're a precognitive? SCP-3304-2: I sure am bro! You're talking to Raum, Earl of the 84th demesne of Hell, Lord of all Thieves, master of Crows, and- Dietz: Yes, that's all well and good but… you did all this to make money right? If you can see the future, why bother with the thermal plant? You could have just bought a winning lottery ticket or bet on a horse race or something. SCP-3304-2: … Oh God fucking bless it. Incident Report 3304-A Close Addendum Prepared by the Department of External Affairs- Interrogation and Negotiation Division Subject: Incident Report 3304-A Involved Agents: Level 3 Agent Lyle Dietz Report: On 10/██/2017, SCP-738 broke its pattern of activity, with SCP-738-2 repeatedly slamming into the door of its cell until researchers investigated. When a D-class was placed on the object, the entity claimed that it needed to speak with Foundation staff regarding Gehenna Geothermal Energy, and that time was of the essence. On-site staff agreed to the meeting, and Agent Dietz was assigned to represent the Foundation due to his prior experience with SCP-3304. During this incident, the entity took a form identical to Foundation chief legal counsel Sheldon Katz, esq. Dietz: So, what exactly is this urgent business you've been talking about? I'm warning you upfront that any attempt to tempt either me or the personnel monitoring this interaction into one of your bargains will lead to the cessation of this meeting. SCP-738: Of course. On behalf of my client, his unholiness Lucifer Beelzebub Satanael, M.D., I am contacting you regarding an urgent matter that is currently having a deleterious effect on both of our realms. In order to remedy this state of affairs, we have three requests. The first is the transference of Great Earl Raum into our custody. Dietz: That can be arranged, depending on what you offer us in return. Frankly, he hasn't been very useful as a source of information or as a subject of research. SCP-738: Naturally. The second and third requests are of far greater importance however. We require you to cease withdrawing energy from our realm, and to provide the following materials monthly for ten years in order to facilitate the replenishment of metaphysical heat. A list denoting the materials previously mentioned in the containment procedures appears on the table, and it is promptly read by Dietz. Dietz: Okay what kind of Hot Topic bullshit is this? I mean seriously, virgin blood and the number 666? This is ridiculous. SCP-738: You're dealing with ideo-ontological concepts here! Honestly if either of us has the right to be incensed over the nature of these items it is I. You simian rubes just have to assign belief into absurd concepts and thus give said concepts power in the first place. Dietz: In any case, you're asking for a lot. The materials are one thing, but the portal is now the source of a big chunk of our electricity. Its extraction is clearly harming your brethren, but why should we care? What's stopping us from siphoning your realm dry? SCP-738: Ah mortals. So short sighted. The depletion of our realm affects your world as much as it does ours, you mewling ingrate. Haven't you noticed that unlikely phenomena are showing up at higher and higher rates recently? Feats of virtual impossibility are becoming more and more common, that business with the sneeze for example. The depletion of our realm's heat is eroding the fundamental bedrock upon which all probability rests, you must understand that! Dietz: I'm… not sure I follow. SCP-738: Hell is freezing over. Footnotes 1. More commonly known as the Pied Crow. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3304" by Modern_Erasmus, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3304. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. 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SCP-3305 | euclid | close Info X SCP-3305: The Father, The Son, And The Holy Toast When they pass around the crackers during communion, they aren't kidding when they say that's the body of Christ. This SCP is dedicated to Taylor and Joy, who helped me get this stupid, stupid picture. Author: Captain Kirby SCPs SCP Number Rating SCP-3393 1304 Captain Kirby's Proposal 814 SCP-4514 666 SCP-3448 618 SCP-5552 595 SCP-3844 533 SCP-3388 492 SCP-3866 443 SCP-5003 442 SCP-3305 410 SCP-3449 388 SCP-4877 386 SCP-4321 351 SCP-016-J 281 SCP-7100 276 SCP-3123 239 SCP-3393-EX 229 SPC-1057 223 SCP-3511 211 SCP-6007 200 SCP-3633 193 SCP-4925 192 SCP-4479 188 SCP-3767 174 SCP-4316 166 SCP-4775 143 SCP-4034 139 SCP-5877 118 SCP-5448 110 SCP-3650 103 SCP-3203 70 SCP-5779 63 SCP-3405 55 SCP-3481 52 Tales Title Rating The Nuclear Option 547 Impossible-To-Destroy Reptile 491 In The Clutches Of Life 396 Numbers, Like Stories, Never Die 335 The Tombstone of Alto Clef 263 Tales of the Ethics Committee: 5 Reasons The Foundation Wants A Robot Army 232 Excerpts From The Societal Census Programme ΩK-Class Report 232 With The Reaper On Retirement 227 Do You Remember Funerals? 173 From The Clutches Of Life 154 Where Death Used To Live 150 Project Damnerung 147 Hello, My Name Isn't 146 Don't Get Used To It 143 The Many Portraits Of Jack Bright 140 Group Date 140 Monochrome 132 Hundred-Year Favor 124 Even The Most Masked Of Men Become Themselves Behind Closed Doors 113 You Have 18 Unread Messages 102 Everyday Is Somebody's Birthday 97 The Shape of a Noose 76 A Failed Two Weeks Notice 69 Pink Cracks in a Digital Wall 66 'Til Death Do Us Part 65 Rocks And Trees Are Not Good Company 64 Tears of a Neon God 57 Poky And Pal Scheme Together 55 A Eulogy In 11/8 Time 53 Is Anybody Home? 53 Carnivores 52 Poky And Pal Arm Themselves 49 Virtue 46 When It Rains, It Pours 45 God-Knows-Where 39 I Felt Numb 39 It's A Nice Day Out 38 Attempts To Salvage Thought 36 I Am Wonderful 33 Outrun 29 They Are Not Laughing With You 28 What Is There To Do With A Pot Of Gold? 27 Containment's A Beach 22 GOI Formats Title Rating Captain Kirby's Proposal, Or Something 191 My Head Is On Fire And I'm (Not) Ok 102 Project Proposals 2004-013/2014-114/2024-072: "Losing Your Cool" 71 You may also like: SCP-3250 - Jesus Fried Chicken by minmin and LilyFlower Public knowledge of the substitution of Kentucky Fried Chicken's secret "Eleven Secret Herbs and Spices" recipe is to be suppressed. SCP-3166 - You Have No Idea How Alone You Are, Garfield by Tanhony The exterior layer of SCP-3166's body resembles a crudely-made costume of the character Garfield, which field inspection has shown to be composed of legitimate cat fur. However, analysis of SCP-3166's composition in the field has shown that its interior mass is composed entirely out of pasta: specifically, lasagna. Picture of SCP-3305 confiscated during Event SCP-3305-A Item #: SCP-3305 Special Containment Procedures: MTF Gamma-84 (Holy Toasters) are to be permanently stationed at SCP-3305. All personnel attempting to gain access to SCP-3305 without prior approval are to be detained, administered Class-A amnestics, and released. Should SCP-3305-1 manifest, it is to be detained by MTF Gamma-84 and transferred to Site-19, where it will be stored in a standard humanoid containment chamber. Protocol Judas is to be executed in the event of a containment breach meeting the required criteria. Open Protocol Judas Close Protocol Protocol Judas was a method of containment proposed by Dr. Teller to successfully detain and terminate SCP-3305-1, while causing minimal physical and psychological damage to those under its effects. This is only to be considered in the event of a containment breach where SCP-3305-1 is summoned, and has made contact with a civilian population. Phase 1: MTF Gamma-84 will bring a D-Class person with an ailment (from now on referred to as the Patient) to a building near SCP-3305-1. All smoke detectors inside the building will be disabled, and the Patient must be kept in a room which is not visible to the outside. Airplanes equipped with the suitable amounts of gaseous Class-B amnestics shall be positioned near the civilian population. Phase 2: MTF Gamma-84 will request the assistance of SCP-3305-1 in healing the Patient. It is imperative that no civilian personnel be allowed inside the building with SCP-3305-1. Given the nature of SCP-3305-1, if the request is made in earnest, it will comply. Phase 3: Once the Patient has been cured by SCP-3305-1 and cleared the premises, MTF Gamma-84 shall incinerate SCP-3305-1. Phase 4: The airplanes shall dispense the Class-B amnestics over the civilian population. Phase 5: MTF Gamma-84 is to perform a survey of the civilian population to identify individuals who retain memories of SCP-3305-1, and administer Class-B amnestics as needed. Description: SCP-3305 is a collection of five trees in the ██████████ Forest with slices of white bread stapled to them. All attempts to remove the bread from the trees have failed. If a particular ritual is performed at SCP-3305 (See Document SCP-3305-R), then a humanoid composed of bread will appear (SCP-3305-1). SCP-3305-1 will offer parts of itself to eat, and puncture itself to produce wine to drink. This bread and wine have restorative properties, as individuals who have consumed them report being cured of all physical and mental illnesses. All individuals who consume part of SCP-3305-1 worship it, as well as bread in general. The form of this worship varies highly between individuals. Similarities between this effect and those observed in SCP-3250 and SCP-2867 are under investigation. While amnestics can successfully erase memories of interaction with SCP-3305-1, subjects under SCP-3305-1’s effects still believe in the existence of SCP-3305-1, and will continue to worship bread. Only after SCP-3305-1 has been terminated do amnestics become effective at erasing all memories regarding SCP-3305-1. Additional Documents: Open SCP-3305-R Close Document Materials needed: Fifty loaves of white bread, 3.79 liters of red wine, a virgin, 18.14 kilograms of homemade dough, 14.4 cubic centimeters of flour, 3.79 liters of gasoline, matches, and a Bible. Lay the loaves between the stapled pieces of bread to form a pentagram. (This will require all fifty loaves, assuming each loaf is approximately 30.48 centimeters long). Pour wine over all of the loaves of bread. Move the virgin into the center of the pentagram. Cover the virgin with the dough, so none of the virgin’s skin can be seen. Sprinkle the flour over the virgin, and all loaves of bread. Douse the virgin in 3.03 liters of gasoline, and each piece of bread in 0.19 liters. Ignite all 5 pieces of bread. Ignite the virgin. From the Bible, read aloud verse Mark 14:22-24. After the dough rises, it takes the form of SCP-3305-1. It is unknown what happens to the virgin, as all testing indicates SCP-3305-1 is made entirely of bread and wine. Open Event SCP-3305-A Close Document The following is The Foundation’s current understanding of what occurred during Event SCP-3305-A. All information was gathered from SCP-3305-1, local authorities before being amnestied, and Foundation personnel present. Day 1: An unknown group performs the ritual described in document SCP-3305-R. SCP-3305-1 manifests and is led to an abandoned church near the small town ██████. He is hidden for the rest of the day. Day 2: During the morning mass, wine and bread from SCP-3305-1 are served to attendees. 80% of ██████ was present, and consumed part of SCP-3305-1. At the end of the sermon, SCP-3305-1 introduced itself. All civilians in attendance acknowledge SCP-3305-1 as the personification of a deity. A banquet was held, using bread and wine from SCP-3305-1. Day 3: SCP-3305-1 visits the rest of ██████. Those who appear to be afraid of SCP-3305-1 are reprimanded against the anomaly’s will. SCP-3305-1 feeds one civilian afflicted with Alzheimer’s Disease a portion of itself. The civilian claims a miracle has occurred, and can now remember his past clearly. Days 4-7: Those who refuse to consume part of SCP-3305-1 are discriminated against by approximately 40% of those under the effects of SCP-3305-1. These individuals are often refused service, and are called “Gluten-Free”. SCP-3305-1 is unaware of the abusive treatment. Each night, SCP-3305-1 offers pieces of itself for consumption. It is estimated that 90% of the town have consumed a portion of SCP-3305-1 by Day 7. Day 8: Joseph Westing, the inventor of the “Gluten-Free” slur, announces the creation of The Westing Church of Wonderbread. Its tenets are similar to those advocated by SCP-3305-1, however, they believe that “White bread is a superior bread”. 40% of ██████ joins The Westing Church of Wonderbread. Day 9-11: Members of The Westing Church of Wonderbread become increasingly hostile toward “Gluten-Free” civilians. On Day 11, the Patrickson family is forced out of ██████. The accounts of the Patrickson family are the first reports The Foundation has received regarding SCP-3305. MTF Gamma-84 is sent to investigate. Day 12: Members of The Westing Church of Wonderbread attack a bakery. Two civilians are stabbed to death with sharpened, stale baguettes, and four are beaten with the same weapons. SCP-3305-1 publicly denounces The Westing Church of Wonderbread. MTF Gamma-84 arrives at ██████. MTF Gamma-84 detains SCP-3305-1, and requests transport for SCP-3305-1 to Site 19. Day 13: While attempting to administer amnestics to the residents of ██████, The Westing Church of Wonderbread riot. Four Foundation employees and twenty civilians are injured. After the altercation, Class-B amnestics are successfully administered to the rest of the population. SCP-3305-1 is interviewed by Site 19 personnel. See SCP-3305 Interview Log for the full transcript. Day 14: Residents of ██████ return to worshipping bread, referencing SCP-3305-1. The individuals responsible for The Westing Church of Wonderbread create another organization called The King’s Hawaiian Congregation. When asked about this, SCP-3305-1 replied, “They can still feel my presence, so they still know. Although, what more is faith than a feeling?” Dr. Teller requests the termination of SCP-3305-1. Day 15: Site Director Rogers approves Dr. Teller’s termination request. SCP-3305-1 does not resist personnel during the process. SCP-3305-1 is terminated via incineration. Day 16: The aviation division of MTF Gamma-84 administers a gaseous amnestic to the residents of ██████ via an air drop. The rest of MTF Gamma-84 surveys the town and administers amnestics to those who did not encounter the gaseous amnestic. All memories of SCP-3305-1 are erased, and all evidence that SCP-3305 exists is confiscated. MTF Gamma-84 is assigned to monitor SCP-3305. Open SCP-3305 Interview Log Close Log <Start Log> Dr. Teller: Hello. I'm sure you’ve been told that you’ve been brought here for questioning. SCP-3305-1: I have. There is nothing for me to hide. Dr. Teller: Well, it’s good to know you don’t feel uncomfortable. Can you tell me where you come from? SCP-3305-1: I come from The Great Bakery. I have returned to once again enlighten men and women in the ways of The Baker, and to let them feast upon my body. Dr. Teller: Returned? When were you here last? SCP-3305-1: I know not the passage of time between my last appearance and now. I can say for certain that massive bounds in culture and technology have taken place. I am quite impressed. Dr. Teller: Fair enough. What happened to you during your last appearance? SCP-3305-1: I attempted to do the same as I did these past weeks. I brought bread, and urged people to break it with one another. The only difference was that back then, bread and wine were scarce, so I was considered a blessing and a miracle. Dr. Teller: Do you not consider yourself those things? SCP-3305-1: No, no. I’m just a humble butter knife, spreading the words of The Baker. Dr. Teller: Do you feel pain when you tear off pieces of yourself? SCP-3305-1: I do, but I have grown used to it. I have suffered for the masses in other terrible ways. Giving away my blood and flesh to feed the hungry is but a prick in comparison. Speaking of which, I believe I have not offered you any. SCP-3305-1 removes a small piece of bread from its arm and offers it to Dr. Teller. Dr. Teller: Thank you, but I ate earlier, so I’m not hungry. SCP-3305-1: Very well. Dr. Teller: Are you aware of the actions of a group called “The Westing Church of Wonderbread”? They were responsible for an attack on a bakery in town for selling, and I quote, “Whole Grain, the heathen’s bread”. SCP-3305-1: I have. Dr. Teller: Have you spoken to this group at all? SCP-3305-1: Not directly, but I should have. I do not condone their message. Wonderbread is terribly bland. I much prefer Pepperidge Farm. <End Log> ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3305" by Captain Kirby, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3305. 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: mybreadonatree.jpg Author: Captain Kirby License: CC-BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/local--files/scp-3305/mybreadonatree.jpg |
SCP-3306 | euclid | PeppersGhost SCP-3306 - The Murder-Go-Round by PeppersGhost More by this author This document has been flagged for extratemporal data corruption. If you experience any technical difficulties, reload the page after sixty seconds. If issues persist, please contact your site's database technician. The remains of 3306-POI-09. Item #: SCP-3306 Special Containment Procedures: An unassuming wooden structure, designated Site-3306, has been constructed over the area surrounding SCP-3306 to prevent its detection by passersby and satellite observation, and a secondary motorized platform has been built around the immediate circumference of SCP-3306 to ensure that researchers may comfortably communicate with 3306-POI subjects. Televisions and other forms of entertainment may be situated on the secondary platform to promote good behavior. Any recreational material presented to 3306-POI must approved by a Level-3 researcher. Material that could potentially provoke emotional distress should be avoided. Personnel are to refrain from influencing subjects' decisions during Illions Events. Description: SCP-3306 is a carousel amusement ride located in the Continental Ranges of the Canadian Rockies. It is powered by anomalous means and remains in constant motion. Painted wooden panels around SCP-3306's central hub appear to depict scenes from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. As of this writing, there are 44 fiberglass horses attached to SCP-3306's sweeps. Each horse bears a stylized resemblance to a previous 3306-POI subject. When SCP-3306 was first discovered, it bore no horses, and 50 persons of interest (3306-POI, sub-designated 01 through 50) were found aboard its rotating platform. 3306-POI are unable to deboard the platform; likewise, all attempts to board the platform or physically interact with 3306-POI subjects in any way have failed. Despite their lack of access to food and water, 3306-POI remain in perfect health and do not seem to age. 3306-POI subjects claim to have been normal individuals with no connection to anomalous phenomena prior to waking up aboard SCP-3306. Foundation investigators have yet to find any evidence to disprove this. Every year on the 17th of February, SCP-3306 will play a recording of a heavily distorted voice instructing 3306-POI subjects to vote for who they believe to be "the imposter". The subject who receives the most votes by midnight will instantly disappear, and a new horse will simultaneously manifest on SCP-3306's sweeps. Following this, another message will be played stating that subjects have chosen incorrectly. Foundation personnel may refer to this day as an Illions Event. Currently, only six 3306-POI subjects remain. The alleged identities of these individuals are as follows: 3306-POI-04: Luke Hughes, age 25 prior to appearing aboard SCP-3306. Previously employed by the Oklahoma Tax Commission as a call center worker. Rarely participates in conversations with other subjects, but frequently requests the company of Foundation personnel. 3306-POI-11: Ronell Ashcombe, age 73 prior to appearing aboard SCP-3306. Veteran of the United States Marine Corps and widower to the late Lydia Ashcombe, who died several years after her husband's disappearance. Professes a disbelief in the existence of "the imposter" and typically abstains from annual voting unless required to in the event of a tie. 3306-POI-17: Lori-May Simmons, age 11 prior to appearing aboard SCP-3306. Born in Amarillo, Texas to then-married Cheryl Howser and Billy Simmons. Dedicates much of her time to determining the identity of "the imposter" in hopes that she may be released from SCP-3306 while her parents are still living. Has maintained an alliance with 3306-POI-28 for the past seven Illions Events. 3306-POI-28: Jeannie Kirkwood, age 43 prior to appearing aboard SCP-3306. Previously a creative director at a California-based advertising firm. Claims to know the identity of "the imposter" but refuses to explain her reasoning to anyone other than 3306-POI-17. 3306-POI-30: Craig Dalton, age 28 prior to appearing aboard SCP-3306. No prior employment. Frequently attempts to aid Foundation personnel in maintaining morale among 3306-POI subjects, with varying degrees of success. 3306-POI-33: Shelley Long, age 32 prior to appearing aboard SCP-3306. Previously a single mother from Abbotsford, British Columbia. Displayed strong maternal affection toward 3306-POI-17 during the early years of their captivity; the two remain amiable but view each other with suspicion. The assertion that there is an imposter among 3306-POI has neither been confirmed nor refuted. Addendum: The following files contain the most recent interviews with remaining the 3306-POI subjects. ► 3306-POI-04 ▼ Accessing content. Please stand by. [Begin Log] Dr. Ricks: Good morning, Luke. How are you doing today? Hughes: Fine, though Dalton's been even more desperately manic than usual lately. I think he assumes we're going to vote him out next. Dr. Ricks: Do you agree with that assumption? Hughes: Sort of. We have a history of voting out people simply 'cause we don't want them around for another year, and I think we're all pretty sick of Dalton's forced optimism at this point—the old man especially. But with only six people left, I think folks are really determined to make their vote count, you know? Dr. Ricks: Yes, that's understandable. Hughes: Right now I'm thinking it's Long. Every year she's been increasingly noncommittal when it comes to voting. Shouldn't she be more invested as time goes on? It's just weird. I think Long wants to vote for Kirkwood, but Dalton's more scared of Simmons, so Long may jump ship just so there's a majority. The old man doesn't care so he'll probably just go for Dalton. Kirkwood and Simmons, well, who knows with those two? Dr. Ricks: I see. Now, you've struggled with feelings of hopelessness in the past. With numbers so low, have you started to consider the possibility of escape? Hughes: Hah, not escape, per se. I've known you guys a long time, and I doubt you'll ever let me go completely. But do I think there's a chance I may get off this carousel one day? Yeah, I'm starting to feel like I've got a shot. Dr. Ricks: I'm glad to hear that, Luke. Hughes: Hey, do you think there's a chance… I know you probably wouldn't let me have a high-ranking position or anything, but if I ever get out of here, would it be possible for me to work for the Foundation in some capacity? Maybe just a researcher or something? I never really had a career, you know. This place is all I've ever really had. And I've watched you all long enough to be decently familiar with how you operate. Dr. Ricks: Interesting. I'm not sure, but I can look into it for you. Hughes: Thanks, I appreciate that. [End Log] ► 3306-POI-11 ▼ Accessing content. Please stand by. [Begin Log] Dr. Ricks: Hello, Mr. Ashcombe— Ashcombe: Fuck off. I'm not doing any more of these. Dr. Ricks: I assure you, it will only be— Ashcombe: (Louder) I'm not doing any more of these! Dr. Ricks: We have some new programs— Ashcombe scoffs. Ashcombe: I'm not watching any more shit TV. I'll tell you one more time: fuck off. It's hard enough for an old man to get any sleep with these fucking lights, and this fucking music, and no fucking bed to speak of. You people only make it worse. Dr. Ricks: It's the middle of the day, Mr. Ashcombe. [End Log] Afterword: Interview terminated by Dr. Ricks after Ashcombe refused to respond for several minutes. ► 3306-POI-17 ▼ Accessing content. Please stand by. [Begin Log] Dr. Ricks: Interview time. Simmons sighs. Simmons: My name is Lori-May Simmons. Despite my appearance, I'm fifty-five years old. I keep myself physically and mentally active in preparation for my eventual escape from this place. I believe there is an imposter, and I have suspicions about their identity, but I cannot divulge them at this time. There have been no notable changes in my opinions or emotional state since my previous interview. That is all. Dr. Ricks: Like clockwork. Simmons: Hey. What more do you want? Dr. Ricks: I think that's sufficient. Thank you for your time. [End Log] ► 3306-POI-28 ▼ Accessing content. Please stand by. [Begin Log] Dr. Ricks: I have the newest season of Shark Tank for you. Kirkwood: Good enough. I'll give you two minutes. Be warned, I talk slowly, so make your questions count. Dr. Ricks: You claim to know the identity of the imposter mentioned in the recording. Do you have any interest in divulging that information now that only five other people remain? Kirkwood: No. Dr. Ricks: And why not? Kirkwood: It's a pointless farce, really. Just like the parlor games that I assume this whole thing is based on. You can beg and plead and scream and argue, but in the end, there's no way to make someone else believe you. It's all arbitrary. If we win this game, it'll be by accident—and that's assuming it can even be won. Dr. Ricks: Do you think it can be won? Kirkwood: No. Dr. Ricks: Why not? Kirkwood: Because anyone else worth a damn got voted out a long time ago. Lori's fine, but there's no hope with just the two of us. Now, I believe that's two minutes. [End Log] ► 3306-POI-30 ▼ Accessing content. Please stand by. [Begin Log] Dalton: Ricks! Ricks, Ricks, pick up sticks. How are you, my friend? Dr. Ricks: It's been a productive day, thank you. And yourself? Dalton: Oh, doc. Doc, doc, doc. It's almost Valentine's, isn't it? You know, I had a girl once. More than one. I wasn't a very good person in my old life. Christy Bingham, Shawna Hart, Heather… I've forgotten Heather's last name. How about that? God, I'm a wretched human being. I deserve all of this. Dr. Ricks: I'm sorry. I know it's hard for you when an Illions Event is approaching. Dalton: Listen, I hate being such a sad sack with you, but you're the only one I can really be honest with. You've been such a good friend all these years, Dr. Ricks. I'm gonna miss talking to you. Dr. Ricks: You believe that the others are going to vote you out? Dalton: Hell, man. I know it! They hate me. I know I used to be kind of charming. It's how I had so many girls. It's how I stayed alive this long. But all these years… I think my mind's had it, man. I don't know how to talk to people anymore. I barely know how to think thoughts. I try to be friendly, but lately I think I've just been obnoxious. Dalton wipes his eyes on his sleeve. Dalton: Hey doc, can I make a request? Dr. Ricks: Depends on the request. Dalton: Can you talk to me after I change? Like, could you just talk to my horse? Dr. Ricks: You believe the horses are alive? Dalton: Yeah, man. Sometimes when you press your ear to them, and the music goes quiet between songs, you can hear them breathing and groaning. Please, Dr. Ricks. You're the only true friend I have in the world. Please don't stop talking to me. Dr. Ricks: I think I can make arrangements for that. Dalton: Thanks, doc. I'll really miss you. I really will. [End Log] ► 3306-POI-33 ▼ Accessing content. Please stand by. [Begin Log] Long: Back so soon? Dr. Ricks: It's been six months since our last interview, ma'am. Long: Oh. Dr. Ricks: Anything new to report? Long: Not really. I'm just tired. Dr. Ricks: The next Illions event is in two weeks. How are you faring? Long: Just fine. I'm rather indifferent, honestly. I still think it's Jeannie, but I've decided I can vote for Lori if necessary. She's had a good, full life at this point, hasn't she? Dr. Ricks: It's not my place to say. Long: I suppose it isn't. [23 seconds of silence] Dr. Ricks: Anything else you'd like to say for the record? Long: Not really. Dr. Ricks: I see. Thank you for your time. [End Log] ► Incident Log: Last Documented Illions Event ▼ Accessing content. Please stand by. [Begin Log] Dalton: Okay, everyone. Before you all vote me out, I'd just like to say that, no matter how terrible this experience has been, I'm really glad I met all of you. I mean that. I know you have to vote for someone, and I know that I haven't been the greatest person to be stuck on a merry-go-round with— Hughes: Craig. Dalton: Yeah? Hughes: I'm voting for Shelley. Long: Luke! Really? Ashcombe: Fine by me. Bitch. Simmons: Hey, Ash-hole. Shut up. Luke, why are you voting for Shelley? Hughes: This whole thing is a game, right? One big, sadistic game. But it's so long. We spend most of our time watching TV. Yeah, being trapped on a carousel was hellishly uncomfortable for the first couple of decades, but we've basically gotten used to it by now. Kirkwood: Speak for yourself. Hughes: Obviously it's not great, but it's gotten easier with time. Long: Sorry, but what's this got to do with me? Hughes: I've been watching you. Granted, I've been watching all of you, but you're different, Shelley. You're not just bored. You're waiting for something, aren't you? Simmons: Wait, you're basing this whole speech on a hunch? Hughes: Come on. I'm sure you guys have felt it from her, too. There's something 'off' about her whole demeanor. She's more impatient than scared. She's gotten more and more detached as the game's gone on. She's bored with her own game. Simmons: She's depressed. Kirkwood: We're all depressed. Long: Look, if you're going to vote for me, just vote for me. I don't want to hear all this. Just end it, please. [11 seconds of silence.] Dalton: Okay, good enough for me. I vote Shelley. Simmons: I vote Hughes. Ashcombe: (Gesturing toward Dalton) The fairy. Dalton: Shelley. Sorry. Kirkwood: I vote Jesus. Long: Hmm. I guess it doesn't matter who I vote for, does it? Hughes: Looks like it. Long: Well, that settles it. Thank God. Dalton: Wait— Long: You know, it was fun at first, but it's really gone on far too long. Simmons: Holy shit. No way. Long: Thank you all for being my test group. I daresay things are going to be different the next time around. [End Log] Afterword: Following this, 3306-POI-33 vanished and SCP-3306 ceased all anomalous activity. The five remaining 3306-POI subjects were placed under quarantine. Initial observation has shown that subjects appear to have regained normal biological functions. Several days later, a new instance of SCP-3306 carrying 25 new persons of interest was discovered in the Far Northern Rockies. 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SCP-3307 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3307 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3307 is to be contained in a standard humanoid containment cell, currently in Site-17. The containment chamber for SCP-3307 is modified to allow for transport and disposal of produced materials through a garbage chute installed on a wall. In order to limit production of unwanted materials, personnel are to avoid line-of-sight with SCP-3307 when outside of a testing environment. If transportation is necessary, SCP-3307 must be rendered unconscious, or otherwise made unable to detect the presence of any personnel interacting with it. Food items produced by SCP-3307 outside of a testing environment are to be confiscated and destroyed immediately. Description: SCP-3307, formerly known as Agent J. ███████, is a human male roughly 32 years of age. SCP-3307 has no abnormal outward characteristics, and is physically healthy. However, when in the presence of any other human1, SCP-3307 will begin to produce food or drink inside its body, which is expelled by vomiting or defecation. This food forms in the stomach via an unknown process, and travels up the esophagus, or down the intestines, depending on the type of material created. This process does not cause SCP-3307 any physical distress, as SCP-3307's internal organs appear to be able to expand to allow harmless transport of materials, but can cause significant psychological distress, as SCP-3307 experiences trouble breathing while expelling food through the mouth. Since recovery, SCP-3307 has not felt the need to eat, and has been unable to stomach any food it has been given. Food items produced by SCP-3307 are edible, and have roughly the same nutritional value as a normal food item would. SCP-3307 is able to produce virtually any food, or combination of foods; the type of food or drink created appears to depend on the individual SCP-3307 has been exposed to, and is almost always identified by the individual as a 'comfort food' or 'favorite food'. Solid food items are expelled through the mouth, or anus in some instances. Liquid food items are most often expelled in a manner similar to urination. Due to the method by which food and drink items are produced, most individuals report feeling disgusted by the process, and will not willingly consume produced items. If exposed to multiple individuals at the same time, food production will begin in order of which individual was perceived first. SCP-3307 was recovered following a field mission on 11/23/██2 during which ██ members of MTF Theta-90 ("Angle Grinders") were exposed to a Class 2 spatial anomaly. Agent J. ███████ was, for approximately 30 minutes, missing in action, having reportedly lost contact with the rest of his team after being pulled into the spatial anomaly. Following this, Agent ███████ was ejected, unharmed, along with what appears to be a decorative plastic cornucopia, which has since been confiscated. After recovery of Agent ███████, and subsequent discovery of anomalous effects, Agent ███████ was designated SCP-3307, and contained. + Show Testing Log 3307-14B Hide Testing Log Date: 3/13/██ Personnel Tested: D-14892 and D-14873 Note: D-14892 was equipped with a cellular phone modified to only receive text messages from Dr. Reynard, who was observing via security camera placed in SCP-3307's containment chamber. SCP-3307 was initially unwilling to cooperate, and suffered mild psychological distress during and following the interview. <Begin Log> (D-14892 and 14873 enter SCP-3307's containment chamber. SCP-3307 is sitting at a table, with two plates, two glasses, and cutlery. SCP-3307 has closed its eyes, and covered its ears.) D-14873: So… are we having lunch? Who's this guy? D-14892: Beats me, I didn't see any- (a message is delivered to D-14892.) Hold on, they're sending me something. (The message reads: Approach SCP-3307. Make sure it hears you. D-14892 conveys this message to D-14873.) D-14873: Okay then? (Loudly) Hey, you hear us? SCP-3307: (Shaking its head.) Shit. God fucking d- (SCP-3307 begins to dry heave. D- 14892 and 14873 back away quickly.) D-14892: What the fuck?! Are you okay, man? SCP-3307: No, you fucking jackasses, I'm- (SCP-3307 expels a small amount of mashed potatoes onto one of the plates, and begins to leak gravy from its nostrils. Both of these are extremely runny, due to coming in contact with saliva and mucous from SCP-3307.) D-14873: Oh god, what the hell?! What is that shit? SCP-3307: (Continues to expel mashed potatoes for one minute, before abruptly straightening up.) Mashed fucking potatoes. (Points angrily to D-14873.) This is your goddamn favorite food. What else? D-14873: What are you talking ab- SCP-3307: (Loudly) What else is your favorite food? I can feel it- (SCP-3307 straightens up again.) D-14873: …My grandma used to make me mashed potatoes, and we'd have them with chicken legs- (SCP-3307 begins to defecate two fried chicken legs, taking roughly one minute to complete. Following this, it places the chicken legs on the same plate as the mashed potatoes.) D-14892: (Yelling) What the fuck!? Let us out of here! D-14873: (Pounds on the door.) What the fuck did you put us in here with?! Dr. Reynard (Via text message): Please remain calm. Return to the table and wait until SCP-3307 has finished expelling food. SCP-3307: (Expels cherry cola into the first glass, and gestures to D-14892.) Alright, you're next. Let's just get this over with. What is it? D-14892: C-cookie cake and beer? SCP-3307: This isn't going to end well. (Begins to dry heave.) D-14892: Oh, fuck no! (Over the course of the next three minutes, SCP-3307 vomits a large slice of cookie cake, which is crumpled, and covered with icing, and produces beer from its nose. These are placed onto the other plate, and into the second cup, respectively. D-14892 and 14873 begin to panic, but calm down once the process has completed. There is a short pause.) D-14873: What the fuck happened to you? SCP-3307: (Gestures to the food items on the plates.) Whenever I see or hear someone, this happens. Bon fucking appetit. D-14892: Why? That's fucked up. SCP-3307: I was on a mission, and I slipped up. Ended up falling into some kind of… Rip in space. Few minutes later, here I am. No idea how this happened. All I remember is seeing… something. In some sort of fucked up, alien way, I think it meant to give us some sort of gift. Happy Thanksgiving, I guess. (There is a pause.) D-14873: They don't expect us to eat this shit, do they? <End Log> Afterword: Following this, D-14892 and D-14873 were allowed to leave the containment chamber. Both were emotionally distressed, and were suspicious of any food given to them for roughly two days. Further interviews regarding SCP-3307's perception of its intended purpose may take place in the future. Food items created during the duration of this test were disposed of by use of the garbage chute. Hide Testing Log Footnotes 1. This appears to be dependent on whether or not SCP-3307 can observe an individual. If unaware of an individual's presence, the process will not begin. 2. This day was Thanksgiving day in America on that year. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3307" by RecursiveRecursion, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3307. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. For information on how to use this component, see the License Box component. 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SCP-3308 | keter | SCP-3308 photographed by stationary drone during testing. Item #: SCP-3308 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3308 is currently housed within Hangar 91, a unit specially constructed by the Foundation on the face of Mount Mitchell, part of the Appalachian mountain range in the area of Yancey County, North Carolina. Despite the angle of the slope, the compound maintains level balance using a large mechanical platform and swivel joint at its base, able to be remotely controlled by staff at Site 104. The edifice has been deemed off limits to civilians under the guise of a top secret testing facility. The object therein is to remain hung 3 meters above the ground by steel suspension cables. In the case of a breach of the cables by way of a shift in mass, SCP-3308 will drop onto a hydraulic ramp stationed directly below it, which will restabilize it at the appropriate angle upon being weight-triggered by impact with SCP-3308. Should the object breach this failsafe, Hangar 91 is to be remotely tilted to a parallel angle with the slope of Mount Mitchell, during which time MTF Gamma-27 ("Protractors") will swiftly secure the object via helicopter and transport it to the next designated site. New location will be divulged by Site 104 advisor, Dr. Seidel. Note from Dr. Seidel regarding containment procedures: It is imperative that our MTF unit secure SCP-3308 in a new facility as quickly as humanly possible. I don't want to even think about the monumental problems that will arise if this thing manages to break through a damn mountain. - Dr. Seidel Description: SCP-3308 is a Caterpillar 930g hydraulic front end loader. The excavator shows typical wear and tear for a machine of its grade, most use being exhibited by the bucket and front and rear tires. Inspection of the cab reveals customary operating controls, including a lockout-tagout mechanism securely fastened into the ignition, preventing the machine from being turned on and run normally. All attempts at removing the lock and tag have thus far failed. Though currently inoperable, researchers familiar with the particular model of SCP-3308 estimate its net flywheel power somewhere in the range of 110 kW at 2300 RPM. Additionally, notwithstanding one of the machine's abnormal properties, the object's weight is approximated at 13,000 kg. SCP-3308 exhibits its main anomalous quality when coming in contact with a flat surface. Upon the object touching down, the landscape will tilt to exactly 45°, causing all unsecured entities around it to begin sliding or tumbling in the direction of the incline. In some cases, SCP-3308 can skew the terrain to 135°, thus reversing the slope's direction. The object will remain completely undisturbed throughout this phenomenon, not succumbing in any way to the sudden change in gradient. The exact zone of effect impacted by SCP-3308 during this event is not currently measurable (See incident described in Addendum 3308-A). Research indicates that SCP-3308 will cease its anomalous effect anytime it itself is tilted to at least a 45° or 135° angle in relation to its immediate surroundings. Testing further proves that the same cessation of effect occurs when SCP-3308 is suspended in midair. When restrained in the aforementioned manners, however, SCP-3308 can gradually increase its own density until it is too heavy to support. Materials such as steel cables or industrial strength cargo restraints eventually snap or rupture under the object's immense weight. Even hydraulic ramps able to support over 45,000 kg will eventually cave under SCP-3308 in this capacity. The rate at which SCP-3308 accumulates the required mass is unpredictable, thus far ranging anywhere from several minutes to just under 3 days. It is of note, however, that SCP-3308 will immediately take on its original projected weight (approximately 13,000 kg) upon breaking contact with any of these inhibitors. The process then repeats if another restraint is put in place. Addendum 3308-A: SCP-3308 was first discovered following a headline regarding a massive traffic accident on the ████ interstate freeway running through the area of ██████████, North Carolina. Aerial footage of the aftermath relayed by news choppers shows hundreds of vehicles piled up at the bottom of what appears to be an enormous bevel descending in the direction of Northbound traffic and extending for over [DATA EXPUNGED]. Several small surrounding neighborhoods and back roads have also been damaged by the enormous terrestrial shift, ultimately resulting in ███ total confirmed casualties. Subsequent to emergency response teams extricating survivors, those interviewed about the incident frequently describe the highway as "becoming a ski slope while they were driving". SCP-3308, apparently unaffected by the event from earlier, is dicovered during cleanup parked on a meridian near what appears to be a disused construction zone. Crews having been tasked with clearing all vehicles out of the area attempt to remove the object with a tow truck. Seconds after the rig raises the front wheels of SCP-3308 off the ground, the terrain rapidly flattens out, spontaneously dematerializing the slope.1 Field operatives witnessing this deemed it necessary to amnesticize all survivors, emergency crews and news bureaus witnessing the phenomena relating to SCP-3308. After confiscating all footage of the event, cover stories relating to a terrorist bombing are fabricated in order to explain the devastation. Foundation personnel posing as bomb squads remove SCP-3308, claiming the object to be hooked to explosives as part of the same attack. Difficulty in initial transport of the object immediately necessitates production of a special holding facility. Addendum 3308-B: Shown below is the transcript of a note discovered subsequent to acquisition of SCP-3308. The note was found attached to the lock and tag mechanism inside the cab written in black felt tip marker: Show note - Close note Kenny, Don't use this machine until I can get the damn parking brake unstuck. Thanks. Jim Exploration into the identities of the two names mentioned on the note has thus far turned up negative results. Research into possible anomalies associated with the parking brake built into SCP-3308 is currently pending approval. Footnotes 1. 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SCP-3309 | thaumiel | SCP-3309 By: (user deleted) Published on 13 Apr 2018 18:17 ▷ Show Code ◁ △ Hide Code △ @import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Montserrat:wght@600;700&display=swap); /* Centered Header Sigma * [2021 Wikidot Component] * By Lt Flops (CC BY-SA 3.0) * Forked from: * Penumbra Theme by EstrellaYoshte * Also based on: * Centered Header BHL by Woedenaz **/ /* ---- VARS ---- */ :root{ --titleColor: hsl(0, 0%, 95%); --subtitleColor: hsl(60, 62%, 85%); --lgurl: url(https://scp-wiki.wdfiles.com/local--files/component:pride-highlighter/lgbtqp_logo.svg); } /* ---- SITE BANNER ---- */ #header, div#header{ background-image: none; } #header::before{ position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; content: ""; background-image: var(--lgurl); background-position: center top; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: auto 9em; opacity: .33; } #header h1, #header h2{ float: none; margin-left: 0; text-align: center; } #header h1 span, #header h2 span{ /* Hide the Existing Text */ display: none; } #header h1 a::before, #header h2::before{ /* Style the New Text */ font-family: "Montserrat", "Arial", sans-serif; text-shadow: none; } #header h1 a::before{ position: relative; bottom: .15em; color: var(--titleColor); font-size: 115%; font-weight: 700; } #header h2::before{ position: relative; top: .1em; color: var(--subtitleColor); font-size: 130%; font-weight: 600; } #header h1 a::before{ /* Set the New Text's Content From Variable */ content: var(--header-title, "SCP FOUNDATION"); } #header h2::before{ content: var(--header-subtitle, "SECURE - CONTAIN - PROTECT"); } /* ---- SEARCH ---- */ #search-top-box{ top: 1em; right: 0; } #search-top-box-form input.button{ margin-right: 0; } #search-top-box-input, #search-top-box-input:hover, #search-top-box-input:focus, #search-top-box-form input[type=submit], #search-top-box-form input[type=submit]:hover, #search-top-box-form input[type=submit]:focus{ border-radius: 0; box-shadow: none; font-size: 100%; } /* ---- TOP BAR ---- */ #top-bar{ right: 0; display: flex; justify-content: center; } #top-bar ul li ul{ border-bottom: 1px solid hsl(0, 0%, 40%); box-shadow: none; } /* ---- LOGIN ---- */ #login-status{ top: 1.1em; right: initial; color: hsl(0, 0%, 87%); } #account-topbutton{ border-color: hsl(0, 0%, 87%); font-size: 100%; } /* ---- PAGE TITLE ---- */ .meta-title, #page-title{ text-align: center; } /* ---- BREADCRUMBS ---- */ .pseudocrumbs, #breadcrumbs{ text-align: center; } /* ---- MOBILE DISPLAY ---- */ @media (max-width: 767px){ #search-top-box{ top: 1.85em; width: unset; } .mobile-top-bar{ position: relative; left: 0; display: flex; justify-content: center; } #login-status{ top: 0; right: 0; } #header .printuser{ font-size: 0; } #header .printuser img.small{ margin: 0; transform: translate(6px, 4px); } #my-account{ display: none; } #account-topbutton{ margin-left: 2px; } } close Info X SCP-3309: Where We Go When We Fade, Fade Away By: Lt Flops (Author Page) & PhamtomGuy (I currently only have one other article. I encourage you to read it here: SCP-3969) Published on 13 Apr 2018 Inspired by the Pataphysics Department by Rimple. With coding help from Westrin. SCP-3309 SCP Series 4 » SCP-3309 NOTICE FROM THE FOUNDATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION The file you wish to access, “SCP-3309,” describes an unpredictable narrativic anomaly intersecting with multiple subnarrative layers. Narrativic inoculation is required, as this document contains several embedded narrativohazards.1 Personnel without inoculation against such anomalies may experience a narrative paraphrasing event. Are you sure you wish to continue? Narrativic inoculation disseminated. Sometimes, we don’t fade until it’s too late. Until we’ve withered, withered, to the bone. And at the end, there’s nothing left. It’s forgotten. Memories, hopes, and dreams: we are forgotten. How would we be sure if these memories, hopes, and dreams were truly ours? If they were real? Who would forget us if nothing were there to begin with? We fade from the minds of others, but never our own. We live with ourselves until we can’t live any longer. Until we forget if there were ever any way we could have lived in peace. And then, we fade away. Fade, fade away. Inoculation completed! You may continue. Item Number: SCP-3309 Special Containment Procedures: All documentation on anomalies affected by SCP-3309 is to be preserved in a paraphrased format and kept within the RAISA Archive database. After the containment of an instance, all personnel assigned to the affected anomaly must undergo amnestic treatment and transfer to unrelated projects. Description: SCP-3309 is a phenomenon in which catalogued anomalies spontaneously disappear. Items affected by SCP-3309 have included anomalous objects, entities, locations, and conceptual structures. Anomalies affected by this phenomenon appear to lack a causal relation; SCP-3309 activity is indicated by a note of unknown origin (designated SCP-3309-1). Between 24 and 36 hours before the disappearance of an anomaly, SCP-3309-1 appears appended to the item's file. Documents undergoing SCP-3309 become wiped from all known file systems, including Protected Site-01 and RAISA Archives. Afterward, the anomaly itself becomes effectively neutralized or otherwise disappears. The contents of SCP-3309-1 are as follows: If you are not the author and you want to rewrite this article, you may reply to this post asking for the opportunity to do so. Please obtain permission from the author. SCP-3309 affects backups created for disappearing documents. SCP-3309 also affects the documents of anomalous items encountering SCP-3309; about 71% of disappearing documents are connected to other, unaffected anomalies. This leads to a weakening in the Foundation's anomaly containment network, potentially escalating to an ADK-Class “Complete Anomalous Destabilization” Scenario. Footnotes 1. Narrativohazard: A cascading hazard affecting elements of a narrative and its mode of transmission, often leading to their mutual destruction. Definitions of a narrative differ among cultures but typically describe a story and its medium. N.B.: Anomalies such as SCP-2747, SCP-5309, and SCP-5875 fall under this categorization. ADDENDA MATERIALS I. Ethics Committee Tribunal ▷ TS/3309/EYES ONLY Your coming was foretold in the stones. The long circle is nearly complete. Since its prime emergence, SCP-3309 has affected an average of 40 anomalies per month. Researchers assigned to SCP-3309 have identified an emerging pattern and developed a list of criteria: Affected items are documented as having been contained with excessive containment procedures, such as chambers constructed from heavy-duty titanium alloy. This indicates either a misunderstanding of the anomaly's nature or an unprofessional level of care taken to contain it. The affected item itself is powerful enough to threaten a K-Class “End-of-the-World” Scenario. Documentation outlines only partial consequences of the anomaly, and any Provisional Containment Procedures typically align with that of the first criteria. The affected item's documentation — including any added supplements — is poorly written, improperly formatted, or filled with logical and grammatical errors. Based on these observations, the containment team has proposed Project: TAPERED SPEAR. TAPERED SPEAR outlines the adaptation of these criteria for use against high-risk anomalies to neutralize them. As this contravenes the Foundation's mission, an Ethics Committee special tribunal has contested the execution of TAPERED SPEAR. The results of this tribunal are as follows: PROJECT: TAPERED SPEAR TRIBUNAL RESULTS FOR: 21 AGAINST: 20 ABSTAIN: 2 OUTCOME: TAPERED SPEAR is authorized. SCP-3309 is pending secondary reclassification to THAUMIEL-Class. II. Project: TAPERED SPEAR ▷ TS/3309/EYES ONLY The king of jewels has been made a pawn. Preliminary testing of SCP-3309 to determine the suitability of a Thaumiel reclassification has officially begun. Attached is an experimentation log, the results of which will determine a final decision. PROPOSAL EXCERPT PROPOSAL: Use SCP-3309 to neutralize SCP-4463: A complex water-based spatial anomaly capable of flooding North America within 50 years. DESCRIPTION: SCP-4463 is a water-based anomaly affecting parts of the Chihuahuan Desert in the state of Arizona. SCP-4463 describes the gradual transformation of a substantial area of the desert into an equal area of wetlands. Since the 1990s, desertification of southeastern Arizona has occurred at a rate of 2 km2 per month. This desertification increased at a rate of 0.5% per year until 2008, when 1 200 km2 of previously arable land had been rendered incapable of bearing healthy vegetation. In response, the government of Arizona considered this phenomenon an ecological disaster and enacted plans to reverse the spread of desertification. This occurred as a response to mass protests by members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe in the neighbouring Tucson region beginning in November 2006. In August 2008, 60% of desiccated topsoil per square metre began transformation into water by an unknown anomalous effect. At present, 45% of the previously desertified area has transformed into wetlands, preventing any native animal or human development in this territory. FURTHER ACTIONS TAKEN: SCP-4463's file was updated to contain heavy grammatical errors and significant inconsistencies among related effects of the anomaly. Various fabricated addenda and an unrelated image depicting a large ocean wave were also added. RESULT: SCP-4463 was erased from all Foundation databases within a 28-hour period. After further research and observation into the former location of SCP-4463, its risk had been nullified, and the area again became desertified. After continued debate and experimentation involving 19 different anomalies, SCP-3309 has passed the second stage of voting within the Ethics Committee special tribunal. SCP-3309 has been additionally classified as Thaumiel and authorized for use in TAPERED SPEAR. The first round of post-reclassification research involving 49 anomalies is under way. RESEARCHER NOTE I don't understand how one round of testing could burden a man like this. I think I saw my first white hair this morning — or an entire patch of white hairs? Fading to dust — how does that feel? Would it burden my senses the way an illness might? Or might it leave me numb? I think, if I had to go out, I would want to continue feeling, even into my final moment. To know I'm still here, as everything else fades away. There's something wrong. I've locked myself in my office. I'm going numb. This isn't what I would have wanted. But the end doesn't much care about one man's wants and needs, does it? There is nothing, nothing. Did we ever find out where those neutralized anomalies went? Surely it can't be so straightforward, to do what we did — to see justice without repercussions. That's unlike us. But it feels like everyone, everyone except me, forgot what happened. Is it that simple? Have we simply forgotten? I don't want to be forgotten. —Researcher Adamo Smalls Memetics and Infohazards Division III. [ ] His heart is a crater, and we have filled it. Researcher Smalls did not attend the latter parts of our testing this evening. He no longer appears on any of our itineraries, and his name has been expunged from my project files. If there has been an immediate project alteration or a change in schedules that I was not informed of, please let me know immediately. —Researcher John Calzaroli John, are you all right? Yes, there was indeed a 3-hour schedule change, but no “Researcher Smalls” has ever been involved with this project. I can assure you — no one named Researcher Smalls has worked with us. Please, John, take a break; the stress must be getting to you. I know that testing has been cutthroat these past few weeks. I feel it, too. —Dr. Robert Woods You're mistaken. You must know the man. He's the most exceptional memeticist we have. But, if you truly claim there is no Researcher Smalls, well, there must be something more to this. SCP-3309 erases anomalies and the files associated with them. We haven't discussed where exactly these anomalies go, and I'm sure we've all had our questions. As far as I remember, Smalls was assigned to SCP-3309 when it was first discovered. 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SCP-3310 | archon | close Info X SCP-3310: The Old Man of the Lake Author: stormbreath Image: Crater Lake Old Man of the Lake Inspiration: The Old Man of the Lake and Llao A part of the Those Twisted Pines Canon. View more of my articles here. Related Articles: On the Outskirts (Broken Masquerade Canon) "The Old Man of the Lake — which we refer to as SCP-3310 — is the linchpin in a complex thaumaturgical ritual system which prevents the catastrophic resurgence of a dormant apex-tier pluripotent entity with unknown ontokinetic, pistiphagic and deumorphic properties." I still have no idea what any of that is supposed to mean. A Transcribed Collection of Haiku Graffiti from Site-42 Afloat in a lake Monsters come in from the fog So it floats in peace SCP-978 Crosstest Photographed Activity: Floating within Crater Lake, undisturbed. Photo Result: Scene has completely changed. A large hemlock tree now dominates the majority of the photograph, located on the shore of Wizard Island. Two unidentified humanoids are visible at the base of the tree, with one being depicted in the act of ripping out and consuming the heart of the other. Notes: It is unclear which mythological figure is represented by each figure. Art: SCP Aesthetic by stormbreath SCP-3310 floating in Crater Lake, Crater Lake National Park. Wizard Island visible in background. Item #: SCP-3310 Special Containment Procedures: As a result of the inability to remove SCP-3310 from Crater Lake, containment must be focused on the prevention of activation events caused by the impediment of SCP-3310's movement. SCP-3310 is never to be removed from the lake, and if its movement ever becomes restricted, it is to be released or returned to Crater Lake immediately. Embedded Foundation agents in the United States Parks Department are to operate the functions of Crater Lake National Park. They are to discourage any physical interference with SCP-3310, and prevent or mitigate any activation events. Such personnel may be recruited directly from Parks Department employees already working at Crater Lake National Park. Submarine expeditions into Crater Lake are to be prevented by embedded personnel using their bureaucratic abilities. If personnel are unable to completely prevent a submarine expedition, they are to prevent such expeditions from tying SCP-3310, and instead encourage other methods of controlling SCP-3310's location. Should anomalous or unusual weather patterns occur around Crater Lake, the embedded personnel are to immediately confirm the status of SCP-3310 as free-floating and unrestricted in movement. If SCP-3310 is restricted in movement, embedded personnel are to free SCP-3310. In the event of an activation event, embedded personnel are to locate any resultant SCP-3310-Γ instances and prevent them from reaching Crater Lake by any means necessary, including termination. Description: SCP-3310 is a nine-meter tall tree stump floating in Crater Lake.1 SCP-3310 is anomalously able to float upright, with approximately 1.2 meters of the top remaining above the water at any given time. If removed from the water and returned, SCP-3310 will return to this position. SCP-3310 floats around Crater Lake as a result of nonanomalous weather patterns. The restriction of this movement causes two distinct and possibly linked anomalous phenomena referred to as SCP-3310-Σ and SCP-3310-Γ. Previously, activation events were caused by the removal of SCP-3310 from Crater Lake, but recent activation events have occurred while SCP-3310 remained in Crater Lake (See Addendum-A). Both of these phenomena demanifest after the triggering cause for the manifestation is ended. Seven SCP-3310 activation events have been recorded by the Foundation and the American Secure Containment Initiative since 1894. SCP-3310-Σ is the manifestation of anomalous weather patterns around Crater Lake. The nature and intensity of these weather manipulation patterns have varied between different activation events (See Addendum-A), but generally appear to target or especially impede SCP-3310-Γ instances. SCP-3310-Γ is the manifestation of several unknown entities in the area surrounding Crater Lake. After manifestation, all SCP-3310-Γ instances will proceed to Crater Lake. No SCP-3310-Γ has managed to reach Crater Lake during any recorded activation event. The reason behind this action, as well as the effect of an instance reaching Crater Lake, is currently unknown. (See Addendum-C for a theorized explanation.) The exact nature of SCP-3310-Γ instances has varied with each activation event of SCP-3310, but have generally been described as dark gray, translucent forms. SCP-3310-Γ instances have varied in form between activation events, but each activation event has only been associated with one type of SCP-3310-Γ instance. History: SCP-3310 was discovered by the American Secure Containment Initiative in 1894, during an attempt to confirm possible reports of a "phantom airship" in the surrounding area of Crater Lake.2 ASCI personnel noted SCP-3310 as being unusual, and inadvertently triggered the first activation event. Two years later, in 1896, SCP-3310 was discovered by civilian geologist Joseph Diller. He made note of the object, and mentioned it to several other members of the surveying team he was traveling with. In 1902, the results of his survey were released and included mention of SCP-3310. In response, the ASCI joined the lobbying efforts to establish Crater Lake and the surrounding area as a national park, as the increased security and protection of national park status would make containment of SCP-3310 easier. This action was successful, and Crater Lake National Park was formed. Currently, the existence of SCP-3310 is public knowledge. Due to an incident in 1988, knowledge that SCP-3310 was linked to an SCP-3310-Σ event is known, but believed to be superstition or coincidence. The Foundation has been able to introduce misinformation concerning SCP-3310 to explain its anomalous property of continuously floating upright, as well as attempt to discourage any serious scientific inquiry into the relation between SCP-3310 and SCP-3310-Σ. In the civilian community, SCP-3310 is known as "The Old Man of the Lake" and is a minor tourist attraction of Crater Lake National Park. SCP-3310 has been featured in several news and entertainment media and has a slight degree of fame. Addendum-A: Documented Activation Events September 6th, 1894 Activation Event Cause SCP-3310 was removed from Crater Lake by the ASCI under the belief that the only anomalous property possessed was the floating in an upright position. Σ Event Fog immediately manifested upon Wizard Island, and then began to quickly spread out to cover the entirety of Crater Lake and the surrounding forest. Γ Event Unclear humanoid figures were observed by ASCI personnel. The exact appearance of these figures could not be discerned but was described as having obvious differences from anatomically correct humans.3 Recontainment After observing the immediate anomalous change in weather patterns surrounding Crater Lake, ASCI personnel requested permission to return SCP-3310 to the waters of Crater Lake. Permission was granted thirty minutes later, and SCP-3310 was placed back into Crater Lake. As soon as SCP-3310 assumed an upright floating position, the fog began to recede back to Wizard Island. May 4th, 1900 Activation Event Cause SCP-3310 was removed from Crater Lake by the ASCI in order to redocument the anomalous properties, and form a containment strategy. Σ Event Storm clouds manifested above Crater Lake and precipitated an anomalously high amount of water. After hour one, three meters of rainfall was recorded, resulting in large-scale flooding of the Crater Lake National Park. Γ Event A large serpentine entity was spotted moving towards Crater Lake. It was unable to quickly proceed through the mud caused by the rainfall. Recontainment After seeing SCP-3310-Γ-2 approach Crater Lake, ASCI personnel decided to abort the experiment and return SCP-3310 to Crater Lake. SCP-3310 was returned approximately 45 minutes after removal. August 19th, 1917 Activation Event Cause SCP-3310 was removed from Crater Lake by the newly formed SCP Foundation to reconfirm anomalous properties. Σ Event Wind speeds around Crater Lake began to exponentially increase, forming a vortex around Crater Lake. At the time SCP-3310 was returned to Crater Lake, wind speeds had reached 120 kilometers per hour and were projected to reach 300 kilometers per hour within the next thirty minutes. Γ Event A large avian entity, with an estimated wingspan of 5 to 6 meters, was seen attempting to fly towards Crater Lake, but was unable to sustain flight in the extreme air speeds and repeatedly crashed to the ground. Recontainment After one hour, Foundation personnel returned SCP-3310 into Crater Lake. December 3rd, 1945 Activation Event Cause SCP-3310 was removed from Crater Lake in order to test anomalous properties following the discovery of a note on Wizard Island. (See Addendum-B) Σ Event Storm clouds manifested above Crater Lake, and an anomalously high number of lightning strikes began to strike the surrounding area. One hour after removal, an estimated 200 lightning strikes per minute was observed. Γ Event A large number of canine entities were seen running in packs towards Crater Lake. The majority of these entities were directly struck by the lightning of the associated SCP-3310-Σ event. Recontainment After one hour, Foundation personnel returned SCP-3310 into Crater Lake. ████ ██th, 1988 Activation Event Cause Civilian researchers tied SCP-3310 to the eastern shore of Wizard Island, in order to safely perform a submarine expedition into Crater Lake.4 Σ Event Storm clouds manifested when SCP-3310 was moored at Wizard Island. They demanifested when SCP-3310 was untied.5 Γ Event DATA EXPUNGED Recontainment Civilian researchers assented to superstition and elected to untie SCP-3310, rather than continue with the submarine expedition as planned. Foundation security around SCP-3310 increased. May 21st, 1996 Activation Event Cause SCP-3310 drifted into a natural outcropping and became stuck. Σ Event Storm clouds manifested above Crater Lake, and hail began to precipitate. The hailstones were unusually large, ranging from 3 cm to 30 cm in diameter. Γ Event Five cervine entities, estimated to be approximately 2.5 meters at the shoulder were spotted traveling towards Crater Lake in a small herd.6 Recontainment Embedded Field Operative Lance Owens quickly ascertained SCP-3310 as the cause of the anomalous phenomenon, and was able to free SCP-3310 within 15 minutes of the activation event. July 28th, 2005 Activation Event Cause SCP-3310 became entangled in a net that was present in Crater Lake. See Addendum-D for more information surrounding the circumstances of SCP-3310 shortly prior to this event. Σ Event No weather patterns were immediately noticed by embedded personnel. Later geological analysis of Mount Mazama indicated that a brief period of volcanic activity had occurred around the time of the activation event. Γ Event A large humanoid entity, estimated to be approximately 8 to 10 meters tall, was spotted walking towards Crater Lake. The entity was not noticeably harmed by small arms fire and continued moving towards Crater Lake. Recontainment Embedded Field Operative Lance Owens quickly ascertained SCP-3310 as the cause of the anomalous phenomenon, and was able to cut SCP-3310 loose within 5 minutes of the activation event beginning. Addendum-B: Note from Pangloss The following note and an artistic depiction of SCP-3310 were found inscribed upon a boulder on Wizard Island on November 30th, 1945. Some tombstones mark where the dead have been interred, while others serve to keep the dead interred. Llao's is of the latter. -Pangloss Addendum-C: Office of Tactical Theology Report Prepared by the Office of Tactical Theology Subject: Llao and Crater Lake Date: December 15th, 1945 Site: Reliquary Area 27 Report: Investigation by the Office of Tactical Theology has indicated that Llao is a god within the mythology recognized by the Klamath Native American tribe, indigenous to the region around Crater Lake. In this mythology, Llao is a god of the underworld and monsters, and is opposed by the god Skell, a god of the sky and animals. Llao has been described as deceased, with his remains located in Crater Lake. The following is a myth from such mythology, translated into English: Skell and Llao were the mightiest of gods, warring against each other. Skell ruled over the sky, and had dominion over the spirits of animals. Llao ruled over the underworld, and had dominion over the spirits of monsters. One day, Llao and Skell fought each other. Llao, being the stronger and more aggressive of the two, overpowered Skell and killed him. He tore out the heart of Skell, and returned to Mount Mazama, where he ruled. Llao invited all the spirits to come to Mount Mazama, to celebrate his victory. Even the spirits of animals, who had served Skell, came. Llao hosted many games and celebrations in his triumph over his enemy. One of these games involved the spirits playing with the heart of Skell. During the game, the spirits of animals were able to steal the heart from the spirits of monsters. Taking the heart with them, the spirits of animals fled from the celebrations. The monsters attempted to catch the animals and take back the heart. However, the animals were swifter and nimbler, and escaped with the heart. With the heart reclaimed, they were able to perform a ritual and return Skell to life. Skell, returned to life, challenged Llao again. This time, he did not lose and managed to kill Llao. He tore Llao into pieces, and cast them into Crater Lake, where the monsters would consume them, believing they of Skell. However, when Skell threw the head of Llao into the lake, the monsters recognized it. Llao's head became Wizard Island. After this, Skell threw the heart of Llao into the lake. The spirits of monsters, despairing over the loss of their master, scattered to the winds, never to be seen again. The spirits of animals began to walk the world in mortal form, and they rule the world to this day. Additionally, the Office of Tactical Theology has noted high levels of Akiva radiation in the area around Crater Lake, indicating that a god or similar entity may be in the area. Such readings spiked during the most recent activation event, indicating that a divine entity may have been present or active at the time. It is the official recommendation of the Office of Tactical Theology that further testing of SCP-3310 should immediately cease, and that all effort should be undertaken to prevent future events. Further, it is our recommendation that SCP-3310-Γ should be impeded by any means necessary from reaching Crater Lake. Finally, as active containment of SCP-3310 appears to be detrimental to consensus reality, we recommend a reclassification of SCP-3310 from Safe to Archon. Addendum-D: Current Situation Reporter: Field Operative Lance Owens Date of Event: July 24th, 2005 Severity of Event: Low Sigma Type: Varies Gamma Type: Varies Event Duration: Ongoing I'm not sure if this is the right format to say something like this, but I'm not sure how else I should do it. This is what I was told to use whenever the Old Man got stuck, but nobody ever told me what I should do if I needed to file something else instead. I've only really ever been briefed on what to do concerning 3310, and that's my only interaction with the Foundation. I'm sorry if this is wrong. There hasn't been an activation event of SCP-3310, but there's been some strange things happening around Crater Lake that I didn't think were right. It's a bunch of small things, little tidbits and pieces of information that you aren't really sure mean anything on their own, you know? It's just built up to the point where I felt I had to say something. I guess I should start. The first things first: the weather around Crater Lake has been getting freaky lately, even when the Old Man is perfectly fine floating in the lake. There hasn't been anything as big or as huge as a Sigma event, but it's just little things and I don't know if they mean anything by themselves. The temperatures been odd lately. One day last week, the temperature spiked to 90 degrees, which is significantly above the average temperatures up here. It stayed there for about an hour, and then dropped back down to the normal temps in the 60s we get. That's not the first time it's happened, mind you: we've been getting that a couple times every summer for a decade, and the reverse in the winter. There's been some strange weather too. Three weeks ago it snowed a foot, in July. Snow in July isn't weird out here, but that's more than we're used to. I went out to spot the Old Man, and I find him in the middle of Crater, bobbing along, just fine. The snow kept falling, and it seemed like a normal, light snowfall except for the time of year. I watched the Old Man the entire time, and he was fine the entire time. There's also been some strange sightings that I think might be related to the Gammas. Again, I want to say that the Old Man has been safely within Crater Lake whenever these sightings took place, and we've confirmed the whole thing as not being because movement got fucked up. Ever since that event in '96, wolves howl on some of the full moons. It's loud, and you can hear the howls for miles. There's only one problem: there aren't any wolves in Crater Lake, or anywhere around here. On one of the first nights, I went out to check out the problem. I got down to the lake and saw dozens of massive wolves, the size of cars, howling in unison. They didn't react to me being there at all, just standing there, howling at the water's edge. They were all grey and vague, like how Ash has described the Gammas to me as. I went back to get a gun, and by the time I got back they were gone. At the start of this summer, we had some campers, and me and Ash stayed on camp to make sure nothing bad happened. That night, we heard this low hum, coming from somewhere. The campers said it was a UFO, but we knew better. The hum kept getting louder, but we couldn't leave to check it out, since we had to keep an eye on the campers. The hum kept getting louder and louder, and then, a dark shape flew over the camp, headed off into the distance. I chased after it while Ash stayed behind to keep watch on the campers. I was able to follow it for a couple minutes before the trails couldn't be passed anymore, at which point I decided to go check on the Old Man. I got to the lake and went out on the boat, looking for the Old Man. He was drifting alone peacefully on the lake. The whole scene was nice and peaceful, until the shape flew over us and then crashed into the water. It was the strangest thing - it didn't break the surface, just bounced right off like it was concrete. There was no spray of water, no explosion. The thing just picked itself up and left. I don't want to seem like I'm jumping to conclusions here. I've held off on reporting any of this because none of it seemed linked to the Old Man to me. But lately I've been thinking - we don't really know how this works, do we? I don't know if some eggheads in a lab have pieced this whole thing together, but you haven't told me if you did. What if Llao is breaking through, or is growing stronger, or something? The stuff I've seen recently, it just seems like the Old Man is failing to do its job. I mean, ten years ago there was that whole incident where it activated while it was still in Crater Lake. I've got notes here about the ASCII tying the thing up and not getting a response, which means that something had to have changed recently. And with the whole ghosts and minor weather disturbances, it just feels like stuff is slipping through. Footnotes 1. Crater Lake sits within the caldera of Mount Mazama, an active volcano. Mount Mazama is located in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA. 2. These reports were never proven, and are believed to be spurious. 3. Excerpt from the journal of ASCI Agent Herbert Williams: There were strange figures in that mist. When any of us attempted to approach them, they would shy away from us, further into the fog. There was something quite queer about them, however. Some of them seemed to possess too many limbs at a time, and those limbs were far too long. When we let them be, they seemed to be all heading in a singular direction, which I realized was the lake after the fog cleared. 4. Foundation security around SCP-3310 had become lax after an assessed low threat level. No embedded agents were present at Crater Lake on this date, but the plan to secure SCP-3310 was approved by higher level embedded agents, not believing anomalous effects would activate. 5. Records of this event lack precision, due to Foundation personnel not being physically present. 6. Embedded Field Operative Ashley Peterson was able to terminate one instance with small arms fire. The other instances did not react to the death of said instance, and continued towards Crater Lake. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3310" by stormbreath, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3310. 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: oldman2.jpg Name: Crater Lake Old Man of the Lake Author: Markgorzynski License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: Wikimedia |
SCP-3311 | euclid | There has to be billions of chairs on this planet—I lost count of the ones I know. They might outnumber humans. Good lord. We'd never win. Billith Written by Billith. If you liked this article, you'll probably like: SCP-3533 SCP-5861 SCP-????-J SCP-2786 SCP-3311-1 instances in their respective compartments. Item #: SCP-3311 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3311 is to be kept closed and locked at all times. No personnel are to enter the location for any reason other than for testing purposes. The facility containing SCP-3311 should be monitored for any suspicious activity and patrolled by a Foundation agent posed as a security guard. Description: SCP-3311 refers to a storage unit located in █████████, Florida. The outside of SCP-3311 is nondescript and identical to adjacent units which are affixed in rows, making relocation impractical and likely impossible. SCP-3311 contains a spatial anomaly, extending far past what its physical constraints allow and appearing without limit. At this time, exploration has reached ~585 kilometers into the unit, during which no apparent end was observed. SCP-3311's interior turns on a slight bend and, as a result, long range viewing of the space is not possible. Visual broadcasting deteriorates rapidly within the anomaly, prompting the usage of relays to help extend the range of reception. GPS positioning fails to trace individuals who pass beyond five meters of the entrance, halfway into the unit were it possessing correct internal dimensions. Tracking signal is not lost; it remains at the halfway point until the device passes out of range of reception or is disconnected via other means. The walls of SCP-3311's interior are lined with cubic compartments of varying size,1 each bearing a glass panel with a magnetic lock on the top side. All compartments contain or have contained an instance of SCP-3311-1. SCP-3311-1 is the designation for the anomalous collection of chairs found within the unit. Each chair appears to be unique, with none of the over three million chairs observed repeating. Instances have been shown to match other chairs found outside of the anomaly, suggesting that SCP-3311 may contain a copy of every chair in physical existence. SCP-3311-1 instances will always be a chair in some form, although the concept of chair within SCP-3311 is found to be looser and more adaptable than other places in reality.2 Some notable instances of SCP-3311-1: A pristine Egyptian throne dated approximately three thousand years old A custom, monogrammed office chair matching that of Site-88 Director P. Foster A replica of SCP-16093 An IKEA-brand bean bag chair Perfectly uprooted wooden stumps/large rocks A mahogany chair made of other, smaller mahogany chairs SCP-3311 was brought to the Foundation's attention on ██/██/████ after it was repossessed due to nonpayment. A small media coverup was deployed, while the owners and employees of the facility were amnesticised and their records edited to place the unit under Foundation ownership. The previous owner was traced to a retirement home in nearby ███ ██████ before being taken in for questioning.4 SCP-3311 is hypothesized to have a minor cognitohazardous effect on sentient life, the full scope of which is still under analysis. Addendum 3311.1 Exploration Logs: + ACCESS EXPL-3311-A.log - hide Exploration Log 3311-A Subject: D-9082 Notes: This was the first formally-conducted exploration of SCP-3311. At this point in time, audiovisual surveillance degraded completely within ~3 km of the entrance to the anomaly. One D-Class personnel was equipped with a long-lasting shoulder-mounted camera, a pack containing three days' worth of provisions, a set of twenty-four 600-hour micro relays with a range of 10 km, and a small med kit. Subject was then directed to observe the inside of SCP-3311. <BEGIN LOG> Camera comes live, D-9082 ducking under the door. The door retracts and is secured by personnel from the outside. SCP-3311's interior is moderately lit by unknown means. D-9082: Did they just lock me in here? Control: It's a safety precaution. They will be standing just outside, don't worry. D-9082: If you say so. This place is—whoa, okay. Chairs. Control: Observant. Please proceed. D-9082 walks down the pathway, taking extra time to look around. The interior is quiet, the only noise being D-9082's footsteps on the concrete floor. D-9082: They're all different, huh? Odd collector, maybe? Subject continues in this manner for some time without much event. Control: Do you notice anything out of the ordinary with any of the chairs themselves? D-9082: Uh, let's see, let me try- Subject is seen attempting to open one of the compartments, it appears locked. She tries another and it does not yield. D-9028: Should I break the glass? Control: No. D-9082: Oh, there's something here on the leg of this chair. Looks like an inscription. The words "FLOOR MODEL" can be seen etched into the leg. D-9082: 'Floor model'. Stolen from a showroom floor? Oh, wait—look. The next chair has the same inscription, and the next. D-9082: Huh. I don't get it. Should I keep going? Control: Yes, continue. You are nearing on the three kilometer mark, please place and activate one of your relays. Subject does not respond but retrieves one of the devices from her pack, pressing small button on its side. D-9082: Like that? Control: Just like that. You're linked up. D-9082: Great. Subject proceeds in silence for the most part over the next forty minutes, briefly pausing to look at various chairs. D-9082: I mean, is this it? Just one big loop of chairs? I guess that beats some of the other stuff you guys get into. [pause] Hey, I recognize that one. Subject is seen approaching an average-looking kitchen chair, featuring a faded, gray cushion. D-9082: My grandmother had those. It even has the coffee stains. And—yup, 'Floor model', right on the side. D-9082: None of this makes sense. I don't know if I like this place, I don't like [motions] them. Control: They are just chairs. Please, continue. Subject takes a few breaths and continues forward. The next thirty kilometers pass without incident or change in layout, D-9082 activating new relays every ten. Subject rests for a bit and eats before continuing onward. D-9082: God, I just can't stop thinking about chairs now. There has to be billions of chairs on this planet—I lost count of the ones I know. They might outnumber humans. Good lord. We'd never win. Control: Do I need to remind you that chairs are not animate? D-9082: N‐No! [chuckles] I mean, even if they were, I'd get a few good swings in first. I could probably take a couple down with me. Control: Chairs are inanimate. D-9082: Allegedly. A moment later, a loud scraping noise heard some ways behind D-9082 causes her to jump. She spins around, though the tunnel is empty. D-9082: What was that? Control: We heard it too, stay on your guard. D-9082: Yeah. Subject continues for another forty kilometers over the next day without incident, although D-9082 is clearly nervous. A low hum is picked up, not dissimilar to magnetostriction, and persists at a low volume for the most of the transcript. D-9082: I just realized, there are no vents in here. The air isn't stale like I would think. It isn't fresh, either, more like, clean, maybe? Sterile. Yeah, that's a better word for it. Control: Noted. Please let us know if you begin to feel lightheaded or unwell. D-9082 continues for a short while longer before setting up camp. Subject removes her camera and places it by her side, leaving it running. Nothing eventful happens for the next several hours, aside from one brief period an hour in where the same scraping noise can be heard in the distance. Subject's sleep is fitful, she wakes suddenly and consumes some rations before setting off. D-9082: Slept poorly. Dreamt of chairs. I sat on one and it tried to eat me. Spent the rest of the dream doing my best not to sit down, but I wasn't looking up, and I missed the giant chair above me until it came down on my face. Control: It's understandable you would be experiencing this as a reaction to such a foreign environment. We'll have you back out here good as new in no time. D-9082: Thanks. I just want to get this over with. Subject continues walking in a brisk pace for over twenty-two hours, appearing uncomfortable and restless when instructed to take breaks to avoid overexertion/dehydration. Reaching the two hundred kilometer mark, D-9082 passes a large chair made of solid jade. Subject moves closer to inspect the object but quickly changes course, avoiding it. D-9082: This thing is making my head hurt. God, there's just way too much chair in one place here. Control: Can you elaborate on that? D-9082: It's like—you know how when you have a bunch of friends, and you've all been friends for so long, you start to borrow things about them, things that you admire? Traits. Like you might start using my catchphrase or something, and I might borrow that thing you do so well. Control: I don't see how this has to do with- D-9082: You rub off on people, you interact with them and leave a lasting impression that grows over time. And the more of them there are that behave in a certain way, the more likely they are to borrow those traits. A positive feedback loop of reaffirmations. Control: Can you try to be more specific about how exactly this relates to these chairs? D-9082: It's more than just the object. It's the idea of the object and the object itself. We are the idea—the concept—more than the object. Without the idea, we're all just lumps of molecules, indistinguishable. The object is just a canvas for the idea, even if that idea is chairs and you're a human. Does that make any sense? Control: I suppose. [indecipherable, off-mic] D-9082: No, you're right, I probably sound stupid. [pauses] You can see me though, right? Do I seem more like a chair to you than before? [chuckles] Control: Do you feel more like a chair than before? D-9082: What does a chair feel like? I don't think I'd be able to tell, you kn- Feed is lost without warning, as the relay at the 53 km mark malfunctions. Contact with D-9082 is not reestablished for another two days, after which D-9082 appears within range of the 43 km point and heading back. Control: D-9082, we lost contact with you, please report your status. D-9082: Oh, god, finally! The thing went dead, but I laid the last two out. It should be good to go, just, please get me out of here. I think I might be completely over chairs—and I'm definitely not one of them. Control: Alright. We can do that, you're almost back. Egress from SCP-3311 was uneventful and has been redacted from this document for brevity. Subject is physically healthy but suffers from mild PTSD and exhibits a strong aversion to chairs. Displays symptoms of both kathisophobia5 and cleithrophobia,6 requiring sedation before sleep and most physical examinations. <END LOG> + ACCESS EXPL-3311-B.log - hide Exploration Log 3311-B Subject: D-7820 Notes: This is the second attempted exploration of SCP-3311. Relays were set up to ~254 km from the last test, but the malfunction at the 53 km relay required replacement of the faulty link before that point could be reached. One D-Class personnel was equipped with an identical pack as previous, including two extra days' worth of rations and a bottle of 10 × 100 mg caffeine anhydrous tablets. Subject was then instructed to enter SCP-3311. <BEGIN LOG> Camera comes online, D-7820 is seen heading down the passage. Subject has already consumed four of the ten included caffeine tablets and one bottle of water. D-7820: [laughs] So, they said I was going to look at chairs today—like, some bigger-on-the-inside art gallery bullshit, right? And I get here and, look at that! Just a bunch of chairs. Is that all there is to this place? Control: Yes, something like that. D-7820: Cool, cool. Look doc, I'm not an artsy guy, I don't even really know what I'm supposed to be looking for here. [pauses] 'Floor model'. Like, what, a prototype? I guess that makes sense, right? Gotta store them somewhere. Still, this is some collection. I don't think I have the same eye this person has in regards to designer chairs. Control: [clears throat] Please continue until anything notable occurs. D-7820 walks steadily for the next several hours, making several attempts at conversation and taking a break some time after. D-7820: You know what I would really like right now? I'd like to sit down on a chair. Not this awful concrete. Isn't that some special little hell, being surrounded by chairs but not being able to take a seat? Control: [indecipherable, off-mic] Uh, sure. Yeah. We say you try and get one of the chairs out of their compartments. Feel free to attempt to break the glass. D-7820: Alright, then. D-7820 attempts to open the compartment door to an ornate cushioned chair, which does not yield. Subject kicks the glass, causing it to shatter with little effort. D-7820 retrieves the chair, but drops it in surprise when a loud alarm is heard blaring from an unknown location, falling silent a moment later. D-7820: You guys totally screwed me on this one, didn't you? Fuck me. This isn't a hobbyist's collection, that's for sure. Alarms on the compartments? Hundreds—Thousands of them? Control: I'm sure it's not that abnormal. D-7820: Mark my words. Whoever owns this unit is fucking crazy. Taking several moments to make sure nothing was coming, D-7820 proceeds to sit on the chair, which exhibits no detrimental effects and does not resist. D-7820: Oh, yeah, that's the ticket. Just give me a few minutes. This is nice. A few minutes later, subject consumes more caffeine and continues, leaving the upholstered seat behind. D-7820: I wish I could take it with me, to be honest. D-7820 travels unabated for the next eleven hours before setting up camp and resting at the 53 km mark. Subject replaces the relay, which has been damaged via blunt force, reestablishing contact with the rest of the chain. Afterwards, he removes the camera and sleeps for the next three hours, waking early evening and heading out shortly thereafter. Progression to the 100 km mark takes place all throughout the night and subsequent day. Subject pauses at a compartment containing a toilet and sighs wearily. D-7820: Now you tell me. Control: Maybe next time you'll understand why we said it was unwise for you to ingest five days' worth of pharmacy-grade caffeine within twelve hours of receiving it, on an empty stomach. D-7820: I regret nothing. [pauses] Also, unrelated question, did you guys pack me any antacids? [EXTRANEOUS DIALOGUE OMITTED] Around the 125 km point, the same buzzing feedback is picked up through the camera's microphone. Subject does not notice this. D-7820: I can't believe how many chairs there are in here. I'm getting pretty sick of them, to be honest. Microphone picks up the sound of several large bangs in the distance. D-7820: [quietly] Is someone else in here? I've been out here for, what, two, three days? Four? Can I come back now? I'm beginning to worry I might have pissed something off. Control: Negative. You have been lagging behind the previous subject, who was nearing the two hundred kilometer mark by this point. She is currently fine; please keep walking. Subject mutters to himself and proceeds onward with moderate reluctance. Nothing of interest happens for the next forty minutes, after which D-7820 stops and appears to tense up. D-7820: I hear something. Audio feed picks up the sound of rhythmic creaking. Subject approaches the source cautiously, rounding the bend to reveal a single, dark rocking chair situated in the pathway. Chair is not moving, the noise having ceased abruptly. D-7820: Oh, sure, that's not foreboding. Has that happened before? Control: [indecipherable, off-mic] -No. No, that's new. Proceed with caution. D-7820: Don't have to tell me twice. Subject takes a wide berth around the chair, which does not react. D-7820 is seen walking quickly, reaching the 200 km point and passing the previous record by the next day. Subject sets up camp, unpacking the backpack, setting several rations and the set of relays on top while taking stock of the remaining provisions and presumably looking for more caffeine. Turning away for an unknown reason, the buzzing noise is heard increasing in intensity. D-7820: I wonder if chairs play musical chairs with other chairs. Or maybe they'd sit on people? [laughs nervously] I- wait. Camera swings back around to reveal the backpack missing, the contents now laying on a bare floor. D-7820: What the—? Is someone screwing with me? Hello? Silence, aside from the persistent buzzing noise. D-7820: Who would steal an empty bag? I hate this place. Control: Noted. You have a few days left, then you're home free. D-7820: Easy for you to say. Subject attempts to sleep for a few hours, which appears futile, then rouses himself. D-7820 consumes the included Naproxen tablets, binds the remaining supplies in his Foundation-issued pullover, and heads out a short while later. At the 270 km point, the path turns into a section containing the same chair in over two hundred different colors. Subject rests. D-7820: Fucking art, man. Fucking chairs. Progressing further, control notes that the quality and exactness of SCP-3311-1 instances as "chairs" begins to fluctuate. Compartments are seen containing rocks, piles of various detritus, and small desks. D-7820 continues but stops a moment later. D-7820: You've got to be kidding me. Camera turns to look at a nearby compartment, which contains an identical replica of the supply pack lost the previous day, sans rations. A small tag hanging off the bottom reads 'FLOOR MODEL'. D-7820: I-I think I get it. Control: Yes? D-7820: What if my backpack also became a chair? Control: Can you please elaborate? D-7820: Think about it. I put my stuff on top of my backpack and it becomes a chair for that stuff. Right? So then it becomes a chair and the chair shows up in the gallery because it's a chair and that's what chairs do. That's what they say, anyway. Control: 'They'? D-7820: The chairs. I mean, I know they can't talk, but I can feel their presence now, and it is palpable. Tangible. The air is thick with it. Control: With chair? D-7820: …Yes. Subject walks in silence for the next six hours, pausing occasionally to look over his shoulder. Setting up camp at the 300 km point, D-7820 attempts to rest again, using his pullover sweatshirt as a makeshift blanket. Some time during the next few hours, D-7820 is awakened by the sound of large thuds and scrapes, growing in volume. Subject forgets to reattach camera to shoulder mount, which is facing slightly askew, and sits up rapidly. Most of the feed's view is obscured by a portion of his torso. The source of the noise is not identified, but is observed ramming D-7820 in the back, throwing him forward. Subject is seen hitting the concrete face-first with significant force, the backs of his legs now visible in the feed, which do not move for the remainder of the video. Subject appears significantly injured, possibly suffering from unspecified vertebral trauma and very likely a concussion. After a moment, subject speaks off-camera, his voice slurred and lightly hoarse. D-7820: Fucking do it, you four-legged-! Subject is cut off by a wet thump, followed by a cracking sound. The feed records silence for some time and does not detect any movement during this period, until the camera feed jostles and cuts without warning. Contact with D-7820 is not reestablished, subject is presumed lost. <END LOG> + ACCESS EXPL-3311-C.log - hide Exploration Log 3311-C Notes: In order to test the far limits of SCP-3311 in a safe and efficient manner, Exploration 3311-C was conducted with a small battery-powered drone capable at traveling at speeds of up to 35 km/hr. Drone was retrofitted with a custom servomotor attachment that would automatically place relays every 10 km past the current range of ~313 km. Incursion into SCP-3311 was uneventful, the drone seen passing the chair D-7820 had removed from its compartment within approximately forty-five minutes of ingress. Instance of SCP-3311-1 was noted to have been placed back in its respective container, the glass broken and missing from the cabinet door. Drone directed into SCP-3311 for the next several hours until it reached the 200 km point. Air samples were taken and proved to be identical to the quality just inside SCP-3311. Continuing to the 300 km point, the remains of D-7820's effects were found. The camera was noted to have been crushed by exceptional force and nearly flattened. The remainder of the items could be seen strewn about. No sign of the subject was detected. Some time later, drone's servomotor attachment activated and the first relay subsequently placed without issue. Passing 380 km, SCP-3311-1 instances started to vary greatly in size and shape. A large throne etched into luminous, purple crystal is recorded before the drone is directed further inside. Approximately two hours later, the sound of light tapping was heard in the audiovisual feed. The source was identified as a compartment featuring a small, ambulatory chair less than 15 cm high. The chair enthusiastically galloped around its container and tapped on the glass with a tiny, birch leg. After a few minutes, the drone was turned back on course. Further down, a compartment could be observed with condensation growing on the interior. Approaching the glass panel, the camera revealed a mass of biological tissue in the rough shape of a bar stool. The stool pulsated intermittently as if breathing, but did not exhibit any other behavior. 'FLOOR MODEL' was noted once more, being carved into the base, the words barely legible due to the formation of scar tissue in its place. The drone was then piloted for another hour, passing the 400 km point without much event. Mild static interference noted, however, with the same buzzing noise having returned. Noise persisted intermittently, fading on occasion throughout. Sounds of scraping were detected, originating somewhere ahead. Half an hour later, the drone came to a halt, observing a compartment completely overgrown and obscured by moss. The space next to it contained a three-legged stool with only one leg, which somehow supported the furniture despite its condition. Soon after, soft and steady noises of unknown variety were picked up by the drone's microphone. Following the source, the machine drove towards a large container, home to a nondescript couch. Beneath the couch's seat cushions, one of which was pushed aside, an extradimensional passage formed in the dark space below and extending downward an unknown distance. Noises later identified as surface waves, likely oceanic in nature. The reason for this is still under debate. The machine was then piloted for ninety minutes without much incident. Various thuds and scrapes could be heard, though the source was not determined. Approximately 438 km into the anomaly, a compartment containing the remains of D-7820 was discovered. Subject's body was contorted into the shape of a chair, his spine bent at a 90° angle halfway down, forming a seat. Subject's ankles and wrists were rotated 270° outward, skin twisted and locked tightly in place with notable precision and symmetry. The phrase 'FLOOR MODEL' was once again noted, having been freshly carved into his ankle. The D-Class' eyes were observed to be wide open, although subject was unlikely to be alive at the time of observation. After a short period, the drone was directed further inward. Reaching the 450 km mark, SCP-3311-1 instances were spotted that appeared abstract and impossible for human sitting, returning to normal on occasion and without order. A few possessed parts of other chairs haphazardly integrated into their construction. A two-dimensional loveseat was observed for some time, located next to a container bearing a single, floating cushion. 0.53 USD is spotted on the underside of the lumpy fabric as the drone was guided further along. The machine continued undeterred and without notable observations for another hour, until it approached a group of seven ordinary dinner chairs, found organized in a circle within the middle of the path. After some observation, the machine was seen carefully navigated around them. Upon panning back and focusing the camera on the group, the nearest chair was seen turning slowly to face the drone, which was then piloted away. Dozens of empty containers were observed lining the unit as the drone approached and passed the 500 km point. Many of these were broken open from the inside. The drone was then maneuvered through the glass shards littering the path, while scraping noises are detected almost constantly. Movement was picked up further along the tunnel, which revealed itself to be a single dinner chair repeatedly scratching a leg into the ground. It scampered further inside as the drone approached what is believed to be a series of rudimentary pictographs depicting a number of stick figure chairs. The first drawing is observed to be a group of four chairs with a line over each, the second has the lines coming together to form another chair. Drone was then directed onward until just after the 525 km mark, when a sudden rumble alerted the device via its seismic sensors. A group of chairs was then seen rushing down the corridor in a stampede, one inadvertently being tripped by the drone, which resulted in a small collision. The machine was knocked onto its side, its feed briefly severed as a result. Link is reestablished approximately one minute later and the drone righted with minimal effort. The next hour of travel within SCP-3311 was completed quickly, although the buzzing noise continuously swelled in volume to the point where nothing else could be heard and the audio channel muted in response. Interference observed in the video feed increased as well, which was intermittently lost for a few seconds at a time, perhaps from relays being moved and/or damaged due to various contacts with chairs. The drone continued to record hundreds of shattered containers and a few notable instances of SCP-3311-1, such as one that appeared to be a fractal-structured gestalt comprised of further instances of SCP-3311-1, which also appeared to be comprised of SCP-3311-1, all similar but slightly different. Camera feed quality was not sufficient to observe in greater detail, but it is to note that the chairs comprising this particular instance displayed evidence of specialization,7 reminiscent of siphonophores. Upon passing the 585 km point, an antique chaise lounge was found blocking most of the path. The drone turned as it was maneuvered to the left-hand wall in an attempt to pilot around the obstacle, but was quickly stopped, most likely from being "stepped on" by the object, which prevented further movement. The furnishing remained on the drone for several minutes before the feed inexplicably ceased. Reconnection with drone was unsuccessful for nearly three hours, during which time the relay network was confirmed as linked and functional. When the video feed was reestablished, the drone was found relocated to the interior of a sealed compartment several dozen kilometers back. Unable to leave the container, the drone remained functioning for another twelve hours before the battery fully drained and the machine subsequently considered MIA. Incident Log 3311.1: Eight days after Exploration Log 3311-C, a copy of D-7820's remains was discovered in a prepackaged box originally belonging to a Sealy-brand office chair. Said cadaver was found compressed between the Styrofoam molding inside the cardboard packaging. Attempts to trace the origins of the package have ended in failure. Remains did not possess a "Floor model" inscription, but DNA testing has confirmed it to be a >99.7% match to D-7820. Addendum 3311.2 Interview Logs: + ACCESS INTVW-3311-A.log - hide Interview 3311-A Interviewer: Dr. A. Hoffman Notes: Records indicate that the storage unit had been in the ownership of one Raymond ████████, 67, for the past fifteen years, before which it had gone unused since the facility's inception. ████████, now referred to as POI-3311, was taken into Foundation custody before being amnesticised and returned to the general public. <BEGIN LOG> POI-3311: So, you finally came for me. Dr. Hoffman: You were expecting us? POI-3311: Aye. Took you long enough. Dr. Hoffman: I suppose we can skip the formalities if you know why we are here. Please, if you would, explain how the unit ended up in your possession? POI-3311: The what? Dr. Hoffman: The storage unit. POI-3311: Pardon? Dr. Hoffman: [Dr. Hoffman is heard leafing through some papers.] It says here you've owned this storage unit at the, uh, ██████████ Storage facility since 2003. You know? It's full of chairs? POI-3311: Oh, oh—is that why you are here? Dr. Hoffman: I'm sorry, but what did you think we were here about? POI-3311: [shifts nervously in seat] Nothing, never mind. Dr. Hoffman: Okay, then. [cough] Moving on. What can you tell us about the chairs? POI-3311: [pauses] Uh, well, what is there to talk about, really? It's just doing its thing, I left it alone a long time ago. Dr. Hoffman: So, you were aware of the condition of the unit? POI-3311: Yeah, well, not at first. I was certain there was something off about the first guy, but I'm not about to stop one chair from fulfilling its dream of becoming God. I wouldn't really know how, anyway. Dr. Hoffman: I'm sorry? The first chair? POI-3311: I mean, it has to start somewhere, right? Anyway, all it really wanted was to create. This chair was bigger than other chairs. Metaphysically larger. It embodied the concept to its fullest extent. There was never a time where it could not be defined as a chair, and that certainty was so potent, it began to impart that quality on other things, just like other things had imparted the quality of life unto itself. Like conceptual osmosis.8 Dr. Hoffman: Alright… I'm following you so far. POI-3311: I got that unit so it would have some work space. Left it to its own devices because I'm sure that's what it would have wanted. Dr. Hoffman: Then why did you stop paying for the unit? POI-3311: Well, uh [quietly] to be honest, I don't have a lot of money right now. It isn't mad at me, is it? Y-you aren't going to evict the thing, are you? Dr. Hoffman: The unit has been acquired by us and is safely partitioned from the public eye. POI-3311: [sighs] Okay, good. Dr. Hoffman: Were you aware that the entity was creating copies of chairs that already existed? POI-3311: Copies? [scoffs] I don't know about you, but anything I've ever seen it make was one hundred percent original. It only made demo models. Concepts. Artsy bugger, always trying new things, always stretching what it means to be a chair. It all sounds silly, but, you take away the object and you see a force behind it, a true power. And a need. Dr. Hoffman: What kind of need? POI-3311: A need to propagate and survive. To weave itself into the framework of everything. There were times around it that I started to ask myself if I was a chair. It made so much sense in the middle of it, and it only grew with the number of creations it made. Dr. Hoffman: What kept you from reporting this to the authorities? POI-3311: [laughs] I barely believe you are taking me seriously, let alone the cops. Dr. Hoffman: Fair enough. POI-3311: It's so strange to see the lines that separate things blur. Your mind can't comprehend it. It accepts and rejects its reality simultaneously. After the shock of change fades, you grow used to it, and it becomes a part of you. Dr. Hoffman: I see. Thank you, Mr. ████████, you have been very enlightening. POI-3311: You're welcome. Oh, and, before you go. Can I ask you something? Dr. Hoffman: Sure. POI-3311: You've been inside the unit? Dr. Hoffman: We have, yes. POI-3311: When you were in there, you didn't by chance see any other chairs that happened to be—alive? Dr. Hoffman: Alive in what sense? POI-3311: It's probably nothing, but—I don't know. [pause] I've always felt like it wanted to create more than just chairs. It wanted to impart life. After all, that was its sole other property. If it can make things into chairs, I fear it could make things live. I don't know how I'd feel about something like that. Subject is seen briefly checking the chair underneath him. POI-3311: Can't trust anything these days. <END LOG> Footnotes 1. Average compartment size is ~1-1.25 m3 2. See Exploration Logs 3311-B, C. 3. Instance was found to be non-anomalous. 4. See Interview Log 3311-A for more information. 5. Fear of sitting down. 6. Fear of being trapped underneath something or being stuck and unable to move. 7. The delegation of tasks and essential functions to individual components of a colony or host structure. 8. The Department of Essophysics has reviewed this file and has determined it unlikely that the described entity was in fact the essophysical embodiment of chairs at the time of interview. Nonetheless, the study of SCP-3311 and observations of this described "conceptual osmosis" in other anomalous designations have become an integral part in the development of modern conceptual theory. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3311" by Billith, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3311. 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-3312 | euclid | Item #: SCP-3312 Special Containment Procedures: Foundation webcrawlers must monitor all forms of social media for any signs of SCP-3312, including video sharing platforms, cloud databases, and chat forums. Links, URLs, and advertisements relating to SCP-3312 are to be neutralized via RR-113 protocols. All leads to ATF are to be logged for future reference. Individuals affected by SCP-3312 are to be administered Class-B amnestics under the condition that they are Stage 3 or prior. Individuals in Stages 4 and 5 are to be administered Class-A amnestics. Predatory individuals in Stage 6 are to be contained at Site-990. Any individuals experiencing undiscovered stages following Stage 6 are to be apprehended and brought to Site-990 for testing. Description: SCP-3312 is a memetic agent that exists under the false identity of a fan website, and induces a compulsion in humans to consume products, media, and content relating to various fanbases (detailed below). SCP-3312 is known to have originated from the amateur entrepreneurial group "Accelerate The Future", henceforth referred to as "ATF". (See Record Log-08/16 and proceeding logs) ATF's current interests have become involved with the anthropomorphic animal enthusiast community, more commonly referred to as the "furry fandom". Previous interests affected by the memetic agent include ██████-brand comic books, animated shows produced by ██████ █████████, and [REDACTED]. As of 07/05/201█, SCP-3312 has adapted to become an infohazard styled as a furry community-centric website1. Content from the website has a memetic effect identical to the site itself. The current form of SCP-3312 affects an individual in six stages and may only affect individuals with no prior involvement in the furry community2. It should be noted that SCP-3312 evolves from a compulsive memetic to a mind-affecting agent past Stage 4. Stage 1: Upon being exposed to SCP-3312, affected individuals will display a piqued interest in anthropomorphic characters in mainstream media, including but not limited to brand mascots, animated cartoons and games, and cereal box art. Compulsive effects of SCP-3312 are relatively mild during this stage, and SCP-3312 has been reversed with no side effects in 82% of Stage 1 cases. The first individuals found to be affected by Stage 1 were discovered on 8/11/██. Shortly after, Foundation webcrawlers uncovered the recorded log history of a chatroom utilized by ATF. + Record Log-08/16 - Record Log-08/16 The conversations within Record Log-08/16 are assumed to have occurred 5 days following the initial creation of SCP-3312. olliefox: I sold 18 shirts today olliefox: the ones with Ollie on them!!! MPerry: Weird how we have to literally mind control people to buy shirts with your eyebleed fox sona on it. Dylan99: dont be a dickhole perry MPerry: Honestly, I was having no trouble with commissions before this. Dylan99: thats not even the point of this Dylan99: you know he doesnt have any friends Dylan99: hes a furry SnakAttak: We're all furries Dylan99: literally only ollie is actually a furry SnakAttak: Haha, you right I'm not touching that junk with a 10ft pole olliefox: but I thought perry was a furry??? MPerry: No, but they'll drop thousands of dollars on anything even remotely uh MPerry: foxy. olliefox: LOL Thotticusprime: that was ASTOUNDINGLY bad MPerry: Can't deny it. Thotticusprime: hasn't one of your guys already bought like 6 fursuits olliefox: not from me. I think that was from someone else?? olliefox: why? Thotticusprime: idk Thotticusprime: you know he's gonna go bankrupt right olliefox: yeah but it's not that bad because like olliefox: he'll probably just try to wear them to work or something lmao olliefox: what's he gonna do kill someone with his fursuit?? SnakAttak: We had people running around in speedos karate-chopping each other in the neck last time like 12 people died olliefox: okay yeah but that was last time olliefox: furries are soft Dylan99: not really olliefox: ?? Dylan99: you smell olliefox: 3: what Stage 2: Affected individuals will initiate their participation in the furry community. Contributions to the community may be made, including the creation of a fictional anthropomorphic animal character designed to represent oneself (a "fursona"), digital and/or traditional art featuring anthropomorphic animals, and forum-based role-playing games involving the aforementioned character(s). Stage 2 individuals are indistinguishable from non-anomalous members of the furry fandom. It should be of note that characters created by Stage 2 individuals closely mirror that of ATF member "olliefox". Stage 3: Affected individuals will actively seek out internet users who openly share negative views on the furry community and introduce them to SCP-3312. The spread of SCP-3312 will increase exponentially when shared by Stage 3 individuals. Stage 3 individuals will devote the majority of their time online to ATF's website. Stage 3 individuals' involvement in the furry community will rapidly reach levels of obsession. Notable behaviors of certain Stage 3 individuals have been recorded as following: - Opening of several dedicated role-playing accounts across several social media platforms - Purchase of ███ animal costumes averaging at a cost of $██,███ - Introduction of ███ individuals to SCP-3312 via forum posts - Consistent attempts to contact ATF member "olliefox"3 - Attempted creation of a political party concerning the desires of members of the furry community, including the right to wear animal costumes in a formal work environment, the proposal of a national animal-themed holiday, and a continued debate between the legalization or banning of "awoo" - ██ recorded arrests following a raid on a known location for parties involving the furry community; charges made include disturbance of the peace, possession and trafficking of drugs, vandalism, and kidnapping - ██ instances of cult indoctrination at local enthusiast conventions and costume events; cult practices included sacrifice of [REDACTED] in order to "become closer with ██████"; 6 individuals are currently hospitalized for physical and psychological treatment not pertaining directly to SCP-3312 About 60% of all known shifts into Stage 3 occurred on 9/25. In the days prior, several more recorded logs were uncovered. + Record Log-9/23 - Record Log-9/23 The conversations within Record Log-9/23 are assumed to have occurred 38 days following the initial creation of SCP-3312. Thotticusprime: did you hear about that guy that started a party for furries to vote for olliefox: oh cool!! like a political party? Thotticusprime: i thought that was obvious. SnakAttak: that sounds like a bad fukin time if you ask me SnakAttak: do me a favor and imagine obama in a fursuit MPerry: No. SnakAttak: what would his fursona be. olliefox: a lion! SnakAttak: for real? Dylan99: wasn't that party the one that tried to claim furries deserved the inalienable right to wear a fursuit to work? olliefox: lol that's dumb! i'm sure it was just the anamolus guys SnakAttak: pwease mistew obama im bwoke because the boss wont wet me weaw my fursuit uwu olliefox: aw that sounds pretty cute! olliefox: imagine your own local cafe having furry baristas! olliefox: or like the IRS so people won't be scared of them olliefox: actually that might not help MPerry: I have a mascot phobia. Dylan99: i really don't like the sound of that Dylan99: i get that you really like furries, but they just kinda weird me out. sorry dude olliefox: oh okay olliefox: do you wanna see my latest t-shirt? Dylan99: i mean sure olliefox: www.██████████████████.███/gammablaster-lazer-shirt Dylan99: that's actually pretty cool Dylan99: but i'm gonna stick to anime. Stage 4: Behavioral development devolves in tandem with shifting verbal communication. All recorded instances have assumed the role of a prepubescent child for the duration of the stage. Stage 4 individuals will be unable to properly attend to their own needs and require outside assistance in order to maintain sustainable decision making4. Stage 4 induces a complete devotion to the furry community and, in all cases, has negatively altered relationships between the affected individuals and their finances, social interactions, employment, familial relations, and living situation. Several interviews with families of affected individuals have revealed that communication between them will cease abruptly upon advancing to Stage 4; further interviews have revealed that individuals past Stage 4 consider the furry community to be their "true" family, and will only maintain communication with those who encourage their behaviors. Living conditions of Stage 4 individuals have been deemed unfit for any human. Residences undergo a rapid state of dilapidation due to the individual's own unwillingness to tend to anything outside of SCP-3312, including themselves. Induced behaviors have been noted to fall in line with those of victims of severe hoarding disorders. 55% of Stage 4 individuals have experienced eviction and/or homelessness due to their neglect of both themselves and their place of residency. Stage 5: Affected individuals will suffer the delusion that they themselves are an anthropomorphic character and will perpetuate this delusion by any means necessary. Rejection from the non-anomalous community initiates at this stage, and affected individuals will band together. Notable behaviors of certain Stage 5 individuals have been recorded as following: - Failed intercourse between a Stage 5 individual and █ predatory animals at the ██████████ zoo in Indiana, resulting in injuries to those present - The termination of Annabelle Y█████ at █████ ████ Factory, following a hostage situation involving █ employees as she proclaimed herself to be "the real ███████ the Leopard" - ██ suicides by falling impact, specifically by Stage 5 individuals identified with winged organisms - ████ deaths from heat-related illnesses, 96% of which occurred while affected individuals were in animal costume(s) - Public assault of ATF member "olliefox" - ██ deaths by firearm, followed by the outlawing of animal costumes in 13 parks The following logs were recovered following the Annabelle Y█████ incident. + Record Log-10/15 - Record Log-10/15 The conversations within Record Log-10/15 are assumed to have occurred 60 days following the initial creation of SCP-3312. MPerry: Has anyone heard from Dylan lately? SnakAttak: nah olliefox: oh!!! he just showed me his fursona last week! :D olliefox: he was excited and I think he's a red panda SnakAttak: lol bs olliefox: ??? olliefox: its not bs here olliefox: [brownierp_04_dylan99.jpg]5 olliefox: his name is Brownie!!! SnakAttak: LOL BS olliefox: no its not olliefox: :( olliefox: why don't u guys like my art MPerry: Ollie, we like your art. We just don't like furries. MPerry: At all. MPerry: Like seriously why do you think we let you make this site for yourself? To make other friends MPerry: We like you because you can make supernatural advertisements. MPerry: All of your websites you've ever made drag people into them MPerry: and then those people are used up in 2 months MPerry: staggering around as empty shells of themselves MPerry: someone ate a baby last week, Ollie. MPerry: SOMEONE ATE A GODDAMN BABY. olliefox: but I only know how to start it not how it stops MPerry: YOU are personally responsible for that jackass eating someone's innocent human baby MPerry: Do you understand what you've done MPerry: you've literally created a race of idiot maneaters MPerry: These aren't even people anymore, Ollie, they're inhuman. You're out of the group. MPerry: Idiot vigilantes are one thing. Idiot monsters are way worse. olliefox: [██████_logo_04banner.jpg]6 MPerry: What the hell is that? Stage 6: Affected individuals will undergo a total loss of higher cognitive functions and regress to instinctual behaviors displayed by the source animal of their personal character. All signs of prior personality will be destroyed by SCP-3312. However, affected individuals will continue to possess human speech, albeit characterized by childlike pronunciations and heightened pitch. All test results have yielded that the speech uttered by affected individuals can be likened to animal vocalizations, instead of processed human speech. Predatory Stage 6 individuals are highly aggressive towards both affected and unaffected individuals, and kill indiscriminately. To date, no Stage 6 individual has shown recognition of those whom they have shared relationships with. + Record Log-██ - Record Log-██ The conversations within Record Log-██ are assumed to have occurred 234 days following the initial creation of SCP-3312. Record Log-██ is the last chatroom interaction between members of ATF, prior to Stage 4 progression of (most) members. olliefox: hi everybody!!! Thotticusprime: hi!!! :3 SnakAttak: :D MPerry: Ugh. olliefox: aw perry what's wrong 3: MPerry: You're all terrible. olliefox: omg olliefox: honestly you're so dark and brooding olliefox: lmao Dylan99: *waves paws @MPerry* olliefox: @Dylan99 this isn't the rp channel Dylan99: :P MPerry: I should've left months ago. MPerry: I hate this channel, and I hate you. MPerry: You've made my life a living hell. MPerry: This entire group is practically a hivemind. MPerry: You've taken my life's work, my income, and most importantly, what little social life I had where I was able to share the things I could do. MPerry: There's only one thing that's keeping me from killing myself at this point. olliefox: ? MPerry: My fursuit is in transit. MPerry: :3 The following log is a video transcript of a raid carried out by MTF-S-88 ("Animal Control") on the residence of Michael Perry in ████████, Oklahoma, identified by the Foundation as ATF member "MPerry". Footage was recovered from the bodycam of S-88-November. + Video Log-01 - Video Log-01 [BEGIN LOG] November: Ready to sound off. November: This is November, reporting in to command on behalf of MTF-S-88. Bravo: Sierra-88-Bravo, checking in. Over. Charlie: Sierra-88-Charlie, checking in. Over. November: We're at the derelict house on the corner of Lakeview and Charlemagne. Time is 1900 hours. I can't see any movement from the windows. There's a couple of packages here, looks like they've gone untouched. All are addressed to Perry. [November kicks into the door. It gives way with ease. Gags are audible from Bravo as they enter the house. Grime cakes the walls and windows, dimming incoming light. Bravo and Charlie turn on their flashlights.] Bravo: God, it reeks. I can smell the mold in the walls. Charlie: No signs of life in the living room. Proceeding into the kitchen. Charlie: Can you smell that? Bravo: What? [MTF-S-88 enters the kitchen. The counters and table are littered with discarded food and prescription pill bottles. November nudges a puddle of crushed packets of cake mix and milk with the barrel of his gun. The puddle is lifted from the table, having solidified over time. Charlie motions to a window directly across from the overflowing table. It has been smeared with an unknown substance.] Charlie: That's dog shit. It's been sitting here for a while. I can smell it past the rotting fridge. November: And they're saying someone lives in all this filth. Bravo: What was the stage designation of Perry, sir? November: They told me four. I'm beginning to think that was a lie. [MTF-S-88 navigates into the hallway with caution. They are notably slowed by the piling debris as they approach what is assumed to be Perry's bedroom. November knocks heavily on the door.] November: Hello, Mister Perry? Are you home? Perry: Heh… Hewwo? Bravo: Shit, he's in there. November: Mister Perry, we're going to ask you to lay on the ground with your hands up. Do not make any sudden movements. Failure to comply can and will get you shot. Perry: Hi! Fwiends, come pway wiff me! Charlie: Sir, I don't think he understands. November: Let's hope to God he does. [MTF-S-88 breaks down the door and rushes into the room. The room is pitch black, and the majority of the surfaces are covered in bodily fluids and mold. The remnants of Perry's computer are dangling off of the desk, now encrusted with unidentifiable substances. The mattress from Perry's bed is shredded, and the bed frame splintered. Perry himself is barely visible behind piles of rotting food, soiled clothes, and destroyed furry paraphernalia. He is curled against the corner of the wall, wearing a grimy sweater and the torn threads of a costume tail. His hair is greasy and unkempt, and his eyes are bloodshot. Light from a flashlight shines onto him. He hisses and crawls to his hands and feet. MTF-S-88 train their guns onto him. Despite his circumstances, Perry wears a large grin and wide eyes.] Perry: Hewwo! What awe you doing? November: Put your hands in the air where we can see them. [Perry crawls forward. He is now visibly shaking, but his expression has remained the same.] November: Sir, comply or we will be forced to shoot you! Perry: Pwease hewp me, mistew powice man! Pwease hewp! Charlie: What the hell — Perry: Pwease, hewp me! [Perry abruptly lunges at November and clings onto him. Bravo and Charlie turn and immediately open fire with tranquilizer guns on Perry. The camera lens cracks, and the recording footage turns black. Perry's voice can be heard giggling distinctly among the shouting, as well as wet squelching noises.] [END LOG] Footnotes 1. The URL (www.██████████████████.███) is inaccessible when directly typed. Recovered links to the website have been discovered circulating on social media platforms such as Twitter, Tumblr, and Reddit, perpetuated by dummy accounts and shared by individuals Stages 1 through 3. 2. The amount of time that it takes to progress through a stage is specific to the individual, and a stage may persist indefinitely. 3. When interviewed, all surveyed Stage 3 individuals showed recognition of the name "olliefox". Reactions to the name range from ecstasy to utter disgust. 4. Notable occurrences include the discovery of the body of Jamison V███ P███████ in ███████ county, California, on 09/12/████. Mr. P███████ suffered from Type 1 Diabetes and perished following a two-day diet consisting solely of █████-brand chocolate candy. 5. Removed image; illustration of a red panda, albeit with monochrome colors. 6. Removed image; assumed to be the logo of www.████████████████████.███. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3312" by Dog Teeth, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3312. 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-3313 | keter | An article about Benjamin Franklin's magical wish granting phallus. Poor Richard. Anyway, this is a coldpost but I don't care, it had to be done. Image is public domain and source is here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BenFranklinDuplessis.jpg ▸ More by this Author ◂ {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} Historical portrait of SCP-3313-1 Item #: SCP-3313 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3313 is, once recovered, to be kept in a high value containment chamber on floor 46 of Site-88. This chamber should utilize at least 2 of the extant overlapping Scranton Reality Anchor fields on that floor to suppress the reality altering effects of SCP-3313. Individuals are not allowed to come into direct physical contact with SCP-3313. Until recovered, communications from any national or private space program's orbital assets are to be reviewed by Mobile Task Force Kappa-12 ("The French Courtiers") for information regarding SCP-3313. Any information recovered in this manner is to be utilized in locating and recovering SCP-3313. SCP-3313-1 is, once recovered, to be kept in a standard humanoid containment cell at Site-19. Description: SCP-3313 is the severed penis of Benjamin Franklin (hereby referred to as SCP-3313-1). Despite having no biological support system, SCP-3313 appears resistant to both damage and decay. When in physical contact with any individual, SCP-3313 provides that individual with reality altering capabilities roughly analogous with that of a Class II reality altering entity. SCP-3313's provided reality altering capabilities are vocal in nature, and individuals incapable of verbally communicating requests are believed to be incapable of utilizing the object in this manner. Requests made by individuals in physical contact with SCP-3313 are, when within SCP-3313's capacity to grant, fulfilled immediately. These requests are generally fulfilled in an exact and literal manner. SCP-3313 was recovered as part of a previously unknown collection of SCP-3313-1's personal effects from his time in Paris, France. The object's anomalous properties were immediately discovered once the object itself was identified. Foundation DNA testing confirmed the object belonged to either a close relative of SCP-3313-1 or SCP-3313-1 itself. Incident Omega 54, however, has provided enough context to conclude that SCP-3313 was in fact SCP-3313-1's penis. + Show Excerpt of Incident Omega 54 Documentation Incident Omega 54 Documentation Relating to SCP-3313 On July 3rd 2017, the Chaos Insurgency completed a ritual to resurrect several of the United States' founding fathers in an effort to complete a coup of the US Government. Included in this ritual were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and SCP-3313-1. Current dossiers recovered by the SCP Foundation indicate that in addition to various anomalous properties possessed by these 5 individuals, SCP-3313-1 possessed no penis. Further information on these anomalous properties may be found in Document Omega 54-J. All 5 individuals escaped Chaos Insurgency custody by July 6th, and are currently at large. Prior to this incident, SCP-3313 was kept in a standard containment chamber in the low value containment division of Site-88. On July 9th, SCP-3313-1 gained access to Site-88's low value containment division and was allowed to come into contact with SCP-3313. The methods by which this was achieved are still unknown and audio records of the incident are not available. 4 seconds after physical contact was achieved SCP-3313 began to generate thrust in a similar manner to that of a chemical rocket engine and both SCP-3313 and SCP-3313-1 escaped the site upwards. This escape damaged all 8 of the above floors, though SCP-3313-1 appears to have avoided physical harm. Current calculations indicate that SCP-3313 and SCP-3313-1's acceleration was insufficient to gain true escape velocity, though the parabola will take several months to complete. The projected landing location is currently unknown. Poor Richard None |
SCP-3314 | safe | Item #: SCP-3314 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3314 paintings are to be kept in a climate controlled cooler in order to prevent deterioration. Testing, experimentation, or other use involving SCP-3314 can be initiated by personnel with a clearance level of 2 or higher. SCP-3314-C Description: SCP-3314 is the collective designation of 7 oil paintings (SCP-3314-A through SCP-3314-H) by the realism artist Antonio Russo. The paintings are a series titled "Ricordi Del Mondo Precedente" (translation: "Memories Of The Previous World") which were painted following Antonio Russo's immigration to New York, USA, in 1847. Dating of the paintings indicates that they were painted between 1855 and 1875. All 7 of the paintings depict various areas of Genoa, Italy, the birthplace of Antonio Russo. The anomalous effects of SCP-3314 paintings manifest when a human is within 1.5 meters and is actively observing one of the paintings. When these criteria are met, the individual will begin to experience auditory and olfactory hallucinations analogous to the subject matter of the painting. The intensity of hallucinations has been reported to grow stronger the longer an individual is observing the painting. Observation Logs: Painting Description: SCP-3314-C depicts a marketplace where various plants are being sold. Setup: D-98019 is placed in front of SCP-3314-C as instructed to report what he is experiencing. Results: D-98019 reports that he can smell flowers of some sort, as well as the faint scent of fruit. D-98019 also reports that he can hear what sounds like people talking, and the sound of a broom being brushed across stone. Notes: N/A Painting Description: SCP-3314-E depicts a tree with a house behind it. Setup: D-17282 is placed in front of SCP-3314-E as instructed to report what she is experiencing. Results: D-17282 reports that she can hear the sounds of the leaves rustling on the tree, and can smell manure. Notes: N/A Painting Description: SCP-3314-H depicts a room inside of a building. Within the room is period-appropriate furniture for a bedroom. Setup: D-64801 is placed in front of SCP-3314-H as instructed to report what he is experiencing. Results: D-64801 reports that he can faintly smell mildew. After 1 minute, D-64801 reports that he can hear what sounds like a conversation between 2 people, a man, and a woman. Though he cannot speak Italian, he does note that he repeatedly heard the name "Antonio" mentioned. Notes: Subsequent tests utilizing personnel who understand Italian have been unsuccessful, as the conversation between the man and the woman was never heard again. Addendum 3314.1: On 5/26/1974, the Foundation conducted a search of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA. As part of the search, Foundation personnel examined texts written by Antonio Russo which referred to SCP-3314. Among the texts, the following was found. (The following text has been translated from Italian into English.) When I paint, I feel what I am painting. Each stroke of my brush is a step toward completion, not only of my painting but of a new piece of myself. I only wish I could share my artwork with my family. I often stir in my bed, wondering what they are doing. Looking out my bedroom window, I wish only that I could see the rolling hills of Genoa instead of the stone behemoths of this city. When I paint, I feel emotions I've never felt before. When I look into my paintings, I feel like I am home. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3314" by urbandelayed, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3314. 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:painting Author: Emma Lampert Cooper License: public domain (see notes) Source Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emma_Lampert_Cooper_-_Villa_Terrace_-_Florence,_Italy.jpg Notes: May not be public domain outside of the united states. See Source Link for more information. |
SCP-3315 | safe | He was shivering and sobbing, and I just held him until the rest showed up. He kept going on about the cold and the endless snow, babbling like a baby… Billith Written by Billith. If you liked this article, you'll probably like: SCP-3545 SCP-2759 SCP-3311 SCP-2921 Photograph of SCP-3315-1, recovered from exploration log 3315-1-B Item #: SCP-3315 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3315 should be kept inside a copper-shielded thermal insulation locker and stored within the Site-76 Low-Risk Inanimate Objects Warehouses when not in use. All personnel interested in research with the object must first obtain approval from project head prior to experimentation. Additionally, personnel requests for testing purposes require administrative approval and several rounds of D-Class screening prior to admission. All testing is to be recorded and observed from within Site-76's experimentation chambers. This chamber should be retrofitted with a Faraday mesh and shielded with TO-3 thermal resistance pods that must be inspected daily by members of research staff. Description: SCP-3315 is the designation for a 25 cm black aluminum ice pick with "p e r s e v e r a n c e"1 engraved onto its handle. The object itself is comprised of non-anomalous material, with a handle composed of carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic and an aluminum carabiner ring on the blunt end. SCP-3315 is abnormally cold, registering in at ~193 K (approximately -79.4° C), requiring use of protective equipment when handling. The carabiner ring features a single handwritten note, laminated and attached via plastic zip-tie. Attempts to remove or otherwise alter the components or state of SCP-3315 have failed. The note reads as follows: O wanderer, struck forth on heaven's eye What mysteries of yonder frozen ridges hide? Steal your fate with the pick on high When you climb to reach perseverance's side When an individual grasps SCP-3315 and lifts it from a surface, they will disappear from all visual and global positioning systems. The subject will then be instananeously translocated to an alternate locality defined as SCP-3315-1. During this period, audio broadcasting reception can still be detected with decent clarity within two kilometers of the point from which SCP-3315 had vanished. Once the subject appears within SCP-3315-1, they will be unrecoverable until they expire, whereupon they reemerge alive and unscathed within SCP-3315's original location. During the event, subjects are unable to die of hunger, thirst, or asphyxiation, despite reports of having experienced symptoms of such things. All other forms of termination work without issue. In addition, subjects are unable to lose SCP-3315, intentionally or otherwise. SCP-3315-1 is a single mountain range of unknown size, subject to a dense fog that obscures the surrounding area. Topographical expeditions of this locale have yielded inconclusive data, suggesting that SCP-3315-1 is not located on Earth and is randomly or procedurally generated with each instance of its manifestation. However, certain items and features reappear within different manifestations of SCP-3315-1. Research into how SCP-3315 constructs its reality is still under analysis. Addendum-3315-A: Discovery and Recovery Log SCP-3315 was brought to Foundation attention on 05/11/2002 after the hospitalization of trailer park supervisor Francis ████████, who had claimed to have suffered several "hallucinogenic episodes" in which he had found himself with lost time and in an unknown location. ████████ states that he had been cleaning out the unit of a tenant who was presumed dead in a housefire three days prior, when he was transported to SCP-3315-1, perishing rapidly due to hypothermia. After reappearing, he had attempted to return to work several times before admitting himself to a nearby hospital. A Foundation agent stationed as a nurse reported the claims and an official investigation was deployed. ████████'s tenant records were seized and it was determined that the lot in question had belonged to a █████ ██████. It is unknown if this is a real name or not, as no other records of such individual were registered within █████████████ County nor any of the surrounding counties. ████████ was unable to provide any further details about the individual, stating that the tenant was invalid and that he had rarely interacted with the person in question. It should be noted that no remains were discovered among the wreckage of the trailer. Foundation efforts to properly identify SCP-3315 took place over the next day, during which its anomalous properties came to light. Anomalous Items Recovery Unit 33B ("Scavengers") was assigned to the location. Records of their debriefing can be found below. ⏶ Access AIRU-33B Debrief Transcript ⏷ Close AIRU-33B/SCP-3315 Debrief Log 001 Note: Following is a transcript of AIRU-33B member Agent Mackenzie Driscoll's debrief post-recovery of SCP-3315 to Site-76 Director Mahmoodah Agarwal. <BEGIN TRANSCRIPT> Director Agarwal: Alright, Agent Driscoll, if you would. Agent Driscoll: Okay—[clears throat]—Agent Mackenzie Driscoll, Anomalous Items Recovery Division, unit thirty-three-bee, May fifteenth, two-thousand and- Director Agarwal: Just—please describe your experience when you were recovering the object. For the record. Agent Driscoll: Ah, sorry. We don't really get anything this interesting, usually. Anyway, we were deployed to [REDACTED], some trailer park out there in the pine barrens, and Jacobs—Agent Jacobs—was on the job with me at the time. So, we drove out there and started poking around the burned-up unit. Jacobs was the first to notice something off about the place, I mean it was cold. Like, we stepped into what was left of the trailer and it just felt wrong. Not in a bad way, mind you, but it was weird. Director Agarwal: Care to go into more detail? Agent Driscoll: Well, I quickly noticed the smell. It was frigid in there, and it smelled like we were outside. Like, I could taste the snow and the mountains instead of smoke and burned plastic. It was refreshing, but we were not dressed for the cold, and everything in the trailer was damp and covered in soot. Jacobs saw the pick after a minute or so, in perfect condition, and he reached for it, barely picked the thing up off the ground before he just up and vanished. The next thirty minutes were a blur. I radioed in that Jacobs had gone missing and I remember that Site Command was in a bit of an argument about whether or not to dispatch a more, uh, trained group before I heard Jacobs yelling from inside the trailer. Director Agarwal: And what did you do then? Agent Driscoll: I went back inside, of course. Jacobs was young. Not his first roundup, mind you, but this was something different. He was shivering and sobbing, and I just held him until the rest showed up. He kept going on about the cold and the endless snow, babbling like a baby but otherwise unharmed. I'm just glad he was wearing his gloves, because he probably would have lost a few fingers if he wasn't. Director Agarwal: Alright. What about the pick? Agent Driscoll: It was just lying there next to him, inanimate. I knew not to touch the damned thing. A little while later more recovery agents showed up, Abernathy and Pierce, and I warned them not to touch it either. They got some tongs and put the pick in a plastic bag, then we brought it onsite. Director Agarwal: Thank you, Agent Driscoll. That about covers it. Agent Driscoll: No problem, ma'am. <END TRANSCRIPT> Addendum-3315-B: Exploration Logs for SCP-3315-1. ⏶ Access Exploration Log 3315-1-A ⏷ Close Exploration Log 3315-1-A Time: 11:23 GMT, 09/06/02 Subject: D-85748 Supervisors: Agents Langstaff and Wyatt, switching shifts every 12 hours. Notes: Subject was equipped with a two-way earpiece, climbing gear, and an Osprey-52 Variant extreme environment multi-day supply pack. <Begin Log> Subject is instructed to activate earpiece and approach SCP-3315. Agent Langstaff: Alright, can you read me? D-85748: Yeah. Loud and clear. Agent Langstaff: Great, please proceed to pick up the object in front of you. D-85748: Right. Subject bends over and grabs SCP-3315, disappearing from testing area a moment later. D-85748: Holy hell. Agent Langstaff: Please describe your surroundings. D-85748: I-I don't like this, I'm not a fan of heights. Agent Langstaff: Please try and be more descriptive of your surroundings. D-85748: Okay, well, I'm on a mountain in the middle of bumfuck nowhere, there's snow and ice and it is windy as—agh—Jesus take the wheel. [loud rustling] Alright. Sorry about that. Agent Langstaff: Are you okay? D-85748: Yeah-Yeah, I nearly ate it right there, but I'm good—[cough]—It really is something beautiful out here, even if I'm absolutely terrified. Whew. Its gotta be well under freezing. This suit is a wonder, alright. [muffled noises] Okay, which way should I go? Agent Langstaff: Please check your attached compass. D-85748: [shuffling] uh, no good. The pin is spinning constantly around. Any ideas? Agent Langstaff: Do you see any identifying landmarks? D-85748: Nothing—or, I think I see some higher peaks peeking through the clouds, maybe I should just follow them then? Have a good look around? Agent Langstaff: Good idea, please proceed. Sounds of wind and shuffling can be picked up for several minutes. D-85748: Alright, I think I see some trees in the distance. Nothing much else. Lots of fog. Subject proceeds in this manner for some time, until 14:40, where loud sounds of scraping and movement can be heard. D-85748: Wha—Oh fuck—[muffled] Ah, ah—I can't—[sounds of struggle and a sharp whine in the microphone can be heard]—Ow. [groans] Okay. Okay. Agent Langstaff: D-85748, are you alright? D-85748: Yeah, but I'm stuck. Some snow moved and I-I'm caught underneath. Oh god, you have to do something. [panicked] You have to send someone to help me! Agent Langstaff: I'm sorry, but that is not possible at this time. Can you dig yourself out? D-85748: [breathing heavily] O-Okay, let me try again. [strains] More movement and struggling. D-85748: Shit! No, I can't get out, and I think I'm stuck for serious. Agent Langstaff: Okay, remain calm. We are going to talk you through this. Agent Langstaff remains in contact with D-85748 for the remainder of his shift, instructing him on how to conserve his body heat and remaining oxygen while aiding him in melting snow for drinking. Soon after, Agent Wyatt takes over. Agent Wyatt: Hey, D-85748. This is Agent Wyatt. So, I don't know if this is good news for you, but you aren't going to die like this, especially not by thirst. D-85748: [exhales slowly] Well that isn't helping me right now. I still feel the pain, I'm so goddamn hungry. Everything is so cold, I can barely move my toes anymore. Agent Wyatt: Don't worry, we will get through this. D-85748: [chuckles] Yeah, we. Sure. Agent Wyatt: Poor choice of words. Sorry. D-85748: It—[cough]—It's fine. I will persevere. Agent Wyatt: Hey—yeah, that's it. Have you still got your pick? D-85748: Huh? Oh? Oh, yeah. Could've sworn I lost it a ways back but it's half-buried next to me. Agent Wyatt: See if you can get yourself out, okay? D-85748: Urgh, let me try. Sounds of movement are heard, followed by a large groaning sound, likely more snow displacing. D-85748: Oh, crap- Noises of movement grow louder until D-85748 is no longer decipherable. D-85748: [muffled screaming] Contact with D-85748 is lost several minutes later. After four hours, Subject reappears in testing area with SCP-3315. Audio recording equipment determined to have failed due to moisture short-circuiting the microphone. D-85748 is inspected and found to be physically healthy. Subject is prepped for further testing the following day. ⏶ Access Exploration Log 3315-1-B ⏷ Close Exploration Log 3315-1-B Time: 21:15 GMT, 09/08/02 Subject: D-85748 Supervisors: Agents Langstaff and Wyatt, switching shifts every 12 hours. Notes: Subject was equipped with a two-way earpiece, climbing gear, and an Osprey-52 Variant extreme environment multi-day supply pack, as well as a small digital camera. <Begin Log> Subject is again instructed to retrieve SCP-3315, which is accomplished with some effort. D-85748: Alright, so here I am again. Somewhere else, and—oh, I can see the same ridge. Looks like I'm on the opposite side of where I was before. A bit. Agent Langstaff: Please continue your ascent up the mountain. D-85748: Here we go. Subject is heard climbing for the next sixteen hours. D-85748: [huffs] I just made it up the top of one of the bigger ones. Oh, wow, this is just picturesque. Let me get a shot of this.2 I'll put it in my cell since it has no goddamn windows. Langstaff does not respond. After a moment, subject proceeds to traverse the next highest ridge. Subject pauses after the fifth hour. D-85748: I'm at the next cliff, but this looks pretty sheer. There's a crag here that goes down pretty far. [pause] I can't see the bottom. Visibility is shit. Uh, lets try going up. Audio feedback registers movement as D-85748 scales the side. Several minutes pass before a loud cracking sound is heard. D-85748: Hm? Oh. Oh, no- Microphone registers miscellaneous scraping sounds and background noise. Agent Wyatt: You alright over there? D-85748: [panting]—I'm holding onto a ledge. I think it's going to give out—[grunts] Oh- Another large cracking sound is recorded, followed by some panicked vocalizations from D-85748. Loud scraping and several thuds and groans are picked up over the next several seconds as D-85748 presumably falls off the side of the cliff. D-85748: Agh, I-I think I broke my fucking leg—w-what? What the fuck? What the fuck is this? Agent Wyatt: What is happening? D-85748: [sobbing] Agent Wyatt: D-85748, please report your status. D-85748: I-I fell into the crag—It-It's- full of bodies. They're so p-pale. They-They're broken into p-pieces, like porcelain—[sobbing] D-85748: Fucking hell, th-this is—I—[stammering] Agent Wyatt: D-85748? Contact with subject is maintained for the next few hours before expiration, though subject was mostly unresponsive and was heard crying and whimpering for some time. Subject cause of death presumed to be complications of shock. D-85748 reappeared in testing area unharmed and was cleared for further testing the following day. ⏶ Access Exploration Log 3315-1-C ⏷ Close Exploration Log 3315-1-C Time: 15:48, 9/10/02 Subject: D-85748 Supervisor: Agent Wyatt and Agent Langstaff, who switch shifts every 12 hours. Notes: Subject equipped with two-way earpiece, climbing gear, similar Osprey-52 variant extreme environment multi-day supply pack, and one hiking pole. <Begin Log> Subject once again starts at Site-76, experimentation hangar. Agent Wyatt: Alright. Can you hear me? D-85748: I-I can. Let's just get this over with. Subject obtains SCP-3315 and the test proceeds as prior. Subject continues on for an hour. D-85748: I can see some footprints here. This path is a bit less treacherous than last. I wish I had seen this before. D-85748 proceeds unhindered for the next twelve hours. D-85748: There's something at the top of this peak. It looks like—shit. It looks like a cabin. Agent Langstaff: Please continue and report anything unusual. Subject does not respond and climbs for another three hours. D-85748: Okay, I've made it. Finally. Fuck you, mountains. Subject is heard breathing deeply. D-85748: There's a house up here. It looks—well, it's rustic, but it will do. No light on inside. D-85748's footsteps are heard to change from snow to something hard. D-85748: This place is well made. Door's unlocked—hello? Microphone picks up silence and background noises for several seconds. D-85748: No one is home. It looks lived in, though. Some candles here, let me light them up. Silence for fifteen seconds. Subject is heard sighing. D-85748: And I said, let there be light. [chuckles] Subject is heard moving, the sounds of wind can be heard blowing outside. D-85748: Would you look at this—potatoes, canned goods, even some booze. Someone really wanted to make themselves at home here. D-85748: This place is actually quite nice. One small prize, but a prize nonetheless. Agent Langstaff: Don't get too comfortable. Investigate the rest of the house, D-85748. D-85748: Don't you think I deserve some rest? [sighs] Fine. More sounds of movement can be heard. The cabin creaks under pressure from strong winds. D-85748: There's a bedroom here. Small bed, probably made for one or two. Little nightstand too, let me check the drawer—oh. Agent Langstaff: What is it? D-85748: There's a note. And-And a gun. Agent Langstaff: A gun? What does the note say? D-85748: A revolver. It looks old. It's loaded. The note reads—'O wanderer, found atop these icy peaks, climb the bodies broken over perseverance's knee. May your stay be as well and rested as you so choose to be, for you and only you now are the one who sets you free.' Silence for five seconds. Agent Langstaff: D-85748, please exit the house. Subject does not respond. Agent Langstaff: D-85748, follow the command or you will face repercussions upon your return. D-85748: You know what? No. Screw you. Screw you and screw your whole Foundation. I-I climbed this mountain, the whole range—I conquered it! I fucking broke bones to get to the top of this place. You-you wouldn't even let me keep a photograph. Now that I'm up here, I understand. The ridges weren't meant for you. They're meant for me. Agent Langstaff: I'm sorry, but what do you mean by that? D-85748: What I mean is that you can go fuck yourselves, I'm staying here. At this point, subject removes earpiece and ceases contact with Agent Langstaff. SCP-3315 is reported missing and D-85748 is considered MIA. Following Exploration Log 3315-1-C, SCP-3315 does not reappear in Site-76 for three years, six months and fifteen days. Radio contact with D-85748 was attempted daily, however, the subject remained uncooperative, leaving his earpiece disabled for most of the time, occasionally activating the headset to goad personnel and reiterate his "victory". D-85748 and SCP-3315 are both recovered without hassle. D-85748 was then terminated, following his arrival and subsequent interrogation. Footnotes 1. It is to note that the white spacing between letters is intentional. 2. See attached image. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3315" by Billith, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3315. 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: perseverance.jpg Name: Mountains Author: Abdul Rahman License: CC BY 2.0 Source Link: Flickr |
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