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Item #: SCP-3488 Special Containment Procedures: Foundation web-crawlers are to monitor the Internet for sightings or postings of large amounts of reptiles eating off of a singular plant. Once a sighting has been confirmed, Foundation personnel will be embedded in nearby institutions, and Foundation front companies will take over landscaping duties for the location. If an SCP-3488 instance becomes damaged, an appropriate cover story is to be dispersed to local officials and media outlets, and the instance is to be closely monitored by Foundation personnel under the guise of research/preservation teams. A 10-kilometer perimeter has been established around SCP-3488-T and Provisional Site-43. Guards are to be stationed at equidistant points along this perimeter, and have orders to apprehend any persons not certified to access SCP-3488-T that attempt to cross into the excluded zone. A small team of trained Foundation personnel are to be stationed within SCP-3488-V to monitor the condition of the SCP-3488 instances along the outer wall of SCP-3488-V. If SCP-3488-L appears, the team is to open fire on it immediately, call for reinforcements from Provisional Site-43, and send a Foundation-wide alert to activate the Nidhogg Protocol. At this point, all Foundation Sites are to perform correspondence checks on their internal databases, and immediately report any discrepancies found between those databases and the anomalies they contain. Description: SCP-3488 refers to a phenomenon known to affect individuals of several plant species. Lining the vascular structure, and present to some degree in the sap itself, is a layer of myelin1. The plants show accelerated responses to environmental stimulus, and regenerative properties. Aside from this, the instances appear to be structurally and genetically within the limits of normal variation for a plant of corresponding species, and will belong to a species of plant native to the location in which they are found. SCP-3488 affected plants appear most frequently in and surrounding areas of human civilization which contain large amounts of knowledge or information. Examples include libraries, universities, museums, government archives, and server farms. Samples taken, and local records, indicate that their age of these plants roughly correspond with the age of the information repository with which they are associated2. A secondary anomalous effect of SCP-3488 is its ability to attract animals in class reptilia. Individuals of several species of reptile native to the area in which an SCP-3488 tree is located will co-habitate in and around said plant, which they will proceed to feed on exclusively, regardless of normal dietary requirements. Specimens of these reptiles have been captured and examined, and all have demonstrated the ability to produce digestive enzymes that allow them to consume SCP-3488 and continue to thrive. Addendum 1: Notable Manifestation Log Designation Species Location Notes SCP-3488-1 Cherry Blossom (Prunus serrulata) ████-██ Data Firm, Tokyo, Japan The first instance of SCP-3488 found and documented. Instance had grown into the server farm within the establishment. A civilian set the outside portion of SCP-3488-1 on fire, which spread to the inside portion, causing a substantial amount of damage to the servers inside. SCP-3488-1 has since reduced in size significantly. SCP-3488-6 Key Lime Tree (Citrus aurantifolia) ██████ Public Library, ███████, Florida Instance has been contained, and disguised as an exhibit on unique inter-species interactions in nature. SCP-3488-13 Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) █████ University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Instance was contained and experimented on by professors in the Biology department of ██████ University before the Foundation was notified. Professors were offered Level-0 positions to continue research on SCP-3488. Those who refused were amnesticised and transferred to another institution. SCP-3488-19 European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) █████ Conference Hall, █████, Switzerland Instance had grown into the wall of Conference Room A, which was located on the outer edge of the building. Tree was removed without incident, structural repairs are still ongoing, and Cover Story 32-B ("Chemical Leak") was given to local media for dispersal. SCP-3488-29 Tanzanian Baobab Tree (Adansonia digitata) Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Instance was found on the southern legal border of the Olduvai Gorge3. See Addendum 2 for more details. Addendum 2: SCP-3488-T and Provisional Site-43 SCP-3488-T is the designation for an extremely large instance of SCP-3488, resembling a Tanzanian Baobab Tree, located in the geographical center of the Olduvai Gorge. SCP-3488-T is approximately 3 kilometers tall, with its most distal branches reaching 1.25 kilometers outwards, and roots extending nearly 5 kilometers outwards. Given the low amount of water and nutrients present within the Olduvai Gorge, it is unknown how SCP-3488-T has been able to survive. A 10-kilometer perimeter has been set up around SCP-3488-T, and Provisional Site-43 has been established within. Provisional Site-43 is to research SCP-3488-T, and figure out how it managed to evade any form of detection through any means available. If possible, this effect is to be replicated and used in further Foundation operations. Addendum 3: SCP-3488-V Underneath the northernmost roots of SCP-3488-T is a roughly circular opening in the ground, and a tunnel running in the direction of the trunk, which leads into a cave approximately 10 meters below the surface. This cave extends approximately 4 kilometers before narrowing into another tunnel that slopes upward into another opening. The distance and direction of this system would place the opening approximately underneath the center of the trunk of SCP-3488-T, however past this opening is a large valley, designated SCP-3488-V, extending approximately 3 kilometers out from the opening in all directions, filled with a forest of SCP-3488 instances. Through further examination, it has been concluded that each of the SCP-3488 instances in this forest is an exact copy of an existing instance of SCP-3488, including an identical reptile population. These SCP-3488 instances possess identical markings and "injuries" from being eaten by said reptiles, along with other identifying characteristics. The reptiles also share this quality, with each of them having an identical appearance and location relative to their outside counterparts. When a reptile is removed from a copy of an SCP-3488 instance, the corresponding reptile on the SCP-3488-V copy is likewise removed and vice versa. Biological testing on the SCP-3488-V copy of a reptile reveals no anomalous properties beyond the same ability to digest standard SCP-3488 instances. Along the outer wall of SCP-3488-V are 43 large instances of SCP-3488 that do not have known counterparts; these 43 trees, designated S1-S43, are of varying species. These instances do not demonstrate a tendency to attract reptiles and seem to be in good condition. The singular exception, SCP-3488-S44, is a shriveled stump, with some evidence of regrowth in the form of large shoots. However, the majority of these large shoots have been torn off near the surface of the stump. Markings on the shoots and surrounding areas of the stump resemble bite marks, possibly from a large reptile. Despite the resemblance, no known reptiles have a large enough bite radius to create such marks. See Addendum 4. Addendum 4: SCP-3488-L and High-Risk Site-21 Incident-███ At 12:21 AM local time on December 21, 20██, Foundation personnel stationed within SCP-3488-V noticed that SCP-3488-S44 had started to grow new shoots. Researchers went to investigate, but were deterred by an extremely large quadrupedal reptile (estimated to be about 250 meters long) that appeared from within the forest. Personnel did not notice the reptile approaching until it broke the forest cover. This reptile, designated SCP-3488-L, seems to possess moderate antimemetic properties. During debriefing, MTF personnel could not agree on a description, beyond that it appeared to be a quadrupedal lizard with a wound on its left foreleg, causing it to limp slightly. SCP-3488-L made its way from the forest to SCP-3488-S44, seeming to avoid stepping on as many small SCP-3488 instances as possible. This slowed its travel time significantly, which allowed personnel stationed at Provisional Site-43 time to mobilize. Once at SCP-3488-S44, SCP-3488-L gnawed at the growing shoots, seemingly trying to bite them off. Foundation personnel proceeded to fire at SCP-3488-L, driving it away from SCP-3488-S44. SCP-3488-L fell back for a moment, and then charged SCP-3488-S17, under which Foundation forces had deployed, forcing them to disperse. SCP-3488-L bit at a small limb of SCP-3488-17 and thrashed its head wildly, significantly damaging it, then retreated into the forest. Attempts to find SCP-3488-L have been unsuccessful. At 12:45 AM, the damaged limb of SCP-3488-17 broke off of the tree and fell to the ground. This occurred at the exact same time as a large containment breach at High-Risk Site-21, located in Johannesburg, South Africa. Nearly all of Site-21’s Keter-class SCP objects breached containment, resulting in the destruction of nearly half of the site, and the deaths of 25% of its staff. The re-containment process took an extended period of time and resulted in several more casualties. Upon debriefing it was discovered that none of the staff on site retained any knowledge of several of the anomalies contained at the site, even those for which they were ostensibly responsible. The database was also found to be corrupted, with no record of several of the anomalies, and no physical records were able to be located. Footnotes 1. Myelin is a substance made of lipids and proteins found in the nervous systems of animals. It forms an insulating layer around nerves allowing electrical impulses to transmit quickly and efficiently, and comprises the white matter of the brain. 2. The size and health of the plant also appear to correspond with the condition and standing of the associated information repository. See Notable Manifestations. 3. A large gorge near the northern Tanzanian border. It is theorized that the earliest known human-like species, Homo habilis, originally evolved and emigrated from this location approximately 1.9 million years ago. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3488" by Karnickel and LoveTheVoid, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3488. 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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Item #: SCP-3489 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3489 is stored in a sterile chamber accessible only through a two-door airlock system. A closed surveillance system will monitor SCP-3489 for any changes in its position; if it is recorded to have left the containment area, Site-37 is to enter lockdown including a warning to all on-site personnel to seek shelter and activate mobile task forces to re-contain the impending containment breach. There are no current methods of preventing SCP-3489's translocation. Personnel interacting with SCP-3489 must undergo standard sterilization procedures before handling, and SCP-3489 is to be cleaned with microfiltrated water immediately following each test; when not in testing, ultraviolet lights are to remain active to decontaminate the containment chamber. Description: SCP-3489 is a cubic canary mining cage visually identical to those used throughout the 20th century. A cardstock tag has been attached to its side reading "Stay safe sweety! ~Mom". Spectrographical array suggests SCP-3489 is constructed with a steel alloy, however attempts to obtain a sample have proven inconclusive due to its anomalous properties. SCP-3489 demonstrates limited precognition, allowing it to detect immediate danger to itself and/or any living being holding the cage (henceforth SCP-3489-1). The secondary effect is triggered when an eukaryotic organism (henceforth SCP-3489-2) is left inside the cage, the door is shut and it has anticipated immediate peril. Once these prerequisites have been met, SCP-3489 will translocate itself as well as SCP-3489-1 to the nearest location it has deemed safe. However, in several instances, SCP-3489 has initiated an event without being held or occupied1. Upon cessation of teleportation, SCP-3489-2 will no longer be present in the cage. The location of previous examples of SCP-3489-2 is currently unknown. Further experimentation has revealed that the genetic similarity of SCP-3489-2 to the species Serinus canaria (the Common Canary) affects the accuracy of SCP-3489's precognition and translocation. (See Addendum 3489-1). Addendum-3489-1: Experiment Log Subjects are D-92836, D-45023, D-16123, D-98356, and D-59265. The D-class personnel are chosen for their similarity to one another; each are white males of an average build in their mid-30s, additionally each have a background of second-degree murder in drug related violence. The tests performed are in a 10 m x 10 m room where each subject is ordered to hold SCP-3489 and stand 5 m North of Agent ████████ facing North. Agent ████████ fires a single pistol round Northward 10 seconds after the test begins. High speed cameras and GPS tracking devices were in operation to determine the activity surrounding the subjects and attempt to locate SCP-3489-2 post-test. Animal Test 1: Serinus canaria (Common Canary) 5 seconds after the test begins, both the subject and SCP-3489 are instantly transported 3 meters to the East, successfully avoiding any harm. SCP-3489-2 was unable to be located through GPS tracking or high speed cameras. Animal Test 2: Serinus alario (Black Headed Canary) After 6.4 seconds SCP-3489 and -1 are transported 1 meter West, avoiding any harm, D-45023 explicitly comments on the sudden movement. SCP-3489-2 is once again unlocated. Animal Test 3: Ouroborus cataphractus (Armadillo Girdled Lizard) After 8.2 seconds SCP-3489 and -1 are transported .3 m East. Movement of the subject and cage are caught on camera suggesting slowed reaction of SCP-3489. Subject is wounded and taken to the infirmary. The animal is seen to have vanished .01 seconds before transportation, GPS tracking proves inconclusive. Animal Test 4: Bradypus tridactylus (Three Toed Sloth) SCP-3489 and -1 are translocated directly before Agent ████████ at 9.89 seconds. Subject is terminated, the cage is unharmed. SCP-3489-2 is seen "fading" on camera for .05 seconds before translocation, it is unable to be located post-test. Plant Test 1: Micranthocereus auriazureus (Minas Cactus) SCP-3489 is located by GPS tracker in the nearby city of ██████-███. SCP-3489-2 [DATA EXPUNGED] resulting in the death of Agent ████████, D-59265 and 2 supporting personnel2 Footnotes 1. Recorded instances include: attempts to dismantle SCP-3489, attempts to obtain samples from the cage, and containment breaches that put Site-37 at risk 2. Plant species are no longer to be tested due to safety concerns, SCP-3489-2 is as of yet uncontained. If you locate the cactus, back away slowly and alert security.~Dr. Jilani ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3489" by K_Solari, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3489. 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-3490 Item Tag: SCP-3490 Threat Level: Green Special Containment Procedures: Stationary Task Force Beta-8 ("Bubble Blowers") is to reside within SCP-3490 in case of unauthorized human entry. Upon the occurrence of said scenario, STF Beta-8 is required to expel the individuals responsible, and summarily administer them Class-A amnestics. Action is to be decided amongst the Task Force if any foreign objects or organisms enter. STF Beta-8 is to maintain a total of ten personnel at all times. A new member is to be chosen and sent into SCP-3490 for every death that STF Beta-8 endures. Description: SCP-3490 is a self-sustaining cumulus cloud present over the Pacific Ocean, south of the Kiribati Islands. SCP-3490 behaves similarly to that of a non-anomalous cloud, often precipitating and changing shape, though it has never dissipated or left its initial location. Upon any object passing through SCP-3490, objects will encounter an open space within SCP-3490, referred to as SCP-3490-A. The barrier of SCP-3490-A's interior extends one meter from SCP-3490's surface, and is a centimeter-thick, impenetrable gelatinous substance1. In SCP-3490-A, precipitation occurs in either the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail2, and multiple igloos coat its barrier. Gravity is also altered in SCP-3490-A, as any object is equally pulled to SCP-3490-A's barrier at any given point. Multiple humanoid entities reside in SCP-3490-A, collectively designated SCP-3490-1, that are entirely composed of water bubbles. SCP-3490-1 instances otherwise have a simple build, and do not possess facial features or other qualities common of humans. All SCP-3490-1 instances are approximately one meter tall. When an instance of SCP-3490-1 is damaged, it will regenerate from the point of contact over the course of several seconds, regardless of the injury's severity. In the case of portions of the body or even limbs being separated, both pieces regenerate into a full SCP-3490-1 instance. SCP-3490-1 instances show no sign of aging, and can only be properly terminated if all bubbles that make up their body are destroyed before regeneration can occur. SCP-3490-1 has seemingly developed its own language, culture, and religion, which is still being studied. Notably, instances are docile and social, often staying in groups. SCP-3490-1 only disperses during thunderstorms within SCP-3490-A, at which they seek shelter within the existing igloos. At 12:00 PM3 every day, SCP-3490-1 gathers at the location of a Lockheed Electra 10E plane wreck in SCP-3490-A, and remains silent for ten minutes. After this, they continue their daily activities, which includes communicating and playfully wrestling. This continues until it is 12:00 PM once again, and the cycle continues. Addendum 1: Several transmissions of unidentified origin containing descriptions of anomalous phenomena had been kept in Foundation audio storage for forty-eight years prior to the discovery of SCP-3490. Review of the transmissions has since revealed a connection to SCP-3490. These transmissions are documented in the sub-addendum below. Addendum 1.1: Transmissions Addendum 1.1: Transmissions 07/02/1937, 08:43 AM PoI-3490-1: (Feminine) We are on the line 157 337. We will repeat this message on 6210 KCS. Wait. PoI-3490-2: (Masculine) Fuel one minute out. Use throttle as little- (Cuts out) 07/02/1937, 08:46 AM PoI-3490-1: Fuel is out, quickly lowering. Still on 157 337. Save our souls. Quickly lowering. Hold transmission. (Silence) PoI-3490-1: L-Land is visible. Lots of turbulence. (A loud rumble is heard) PoI-3490-1: Control lost, straight down! Straight down! (Screaming is heard briefly before cutting out) 07/02/1937, 10:51 AM PoI-3490-1: We crashed at 8:47. Noonan died. I still don't know where I am, or what this place is. We dived through a cloud, and then… are we in it? Were we brought somewhere? I'm so confused. I briefly saw afterward, we were heading right into this wall. I ducked under the controls, on impulse. I guess I passed out then, woke up an hour later. My head really hurts, but I'm fine. (Silence) PoI-3490-1: The plane was barely damaged. It kinda just… bounced off. I think. I think Noonan w-was knocked around a lot… poor guy. I can't really give him a proper burial, a proper anything. I just wrapped him in a blanket, it was the most I could really do. It's raining out there, I'm sure he wouldn't want to sit out there, y'know. Sorry, I'm rambling, just… if this is coming through for you, please help. I don't know how, just… try. (Silence) PoI-3490-1: … I-I guess I'll take a look around now. 07/02/1937, 11:28 AM PoI-3490-1: I've calmed down a bit, but I still don't know what to say. I'm in… I'm in a village, of living things. I know this sounds rather silly… but, bubble people! I don't know how else to put it. (Giggles) PoI-3490-1: I was able to walk all the way around this place. I mean, I'm inside of this large shape, and I was able to walk all the way around the edge, and I never fell! I still don't know where this is, but I'm still believing that… this is in a cloud. I'm in a cloud! These little people are adorable too, so friendly. They live in these small ice huts. They love to wrestle. (SCP-3490-1 is heard in the background) PoI-3490-1: … T-They're calling for me. This is amazing. (Silence) PoI-3490-1: Keep trying to find me, if you haven't been already. I don't know if this is transmitting at all, I don't know why I believe it is. I just want to talk to someone about this. Maybe Noonan. Anybody. But I'm alone. 07/03/1937, 7:19 AM PoI-3490-1: I have maybe a days worth of food. I'll try to ration it as best I can. If I do it well enough, I'll have four weeks. Four weeks. (Silence) PoI-3490-1: That's terrifying to think about. I always assumed I might die in a crash, and I accepted that. But, hunger… I'm sure that isn't fun. But you'll find me by then, I'm sure. Right now I don't want to think otherwise. (Silence) PoI-3490-1: … Uh, anyways, I've… somewhat gotten used to being here. It's fun going about with the bubble people, it keeps my mind off things. They're still just as curious about me as I am about them, and it's just… I don't know if it's right to say that I love it here, but that's exactly how I feel. They've made me feel at home. (Silence) PoI-3490-1: (Giggles) … Hungry already. 07/03/1937, 6:33 PM PoI-3490-1: These people seem to have their own hardships as well. Every now and then, one of their huts will get caught in between part of the cloud, and as it moves, the hut is crushed. If that slime can break down solid ice, then there's no way I'm getting through it. I still might not ever get out of here, even if you do find me. (A loud commotion is heard, presumably originating from SCP-3490-1) PoI-3490-1: Wait… it's stuck! One of them is stuck. Hold on, I'm co- (Cuts out) 07/03/1937, 6:36 PM PoI-3490-1: I saved it. So, one of the huts was stuck in the cloud again, and I guess it was still in the hut, and its leg got stuck. I ran over as quick as I could, and I tried pulling the slime off of it, but it was only getting worse. I kept pulling and pulling as much as I could, and I tore it in half! I was so worried and I didn't know what to do, but it actually seemed happy. It started growing and before you knew it, it was whole again! Most of them picked the little guy up and carried him around, and the ones that weren't were jumping around me. I glanced back at where he was stuck, but the cloud had already folded over. I don't know why this doesn't feel weird to me. Why does it make so much sense? (Silence) PoI-3490-1: Now that I think about it, some of the people were already walking away. Why didn't they care? Was it… normal to them? I hope this doesn't always happen. 07/04/1937, 8:57 PM PoI-3490-1: I'm feeling a little weaker, sleeping a little longer. I just… I have that feeling you get, when everything is fine, but you just don't feel right. It's happening to me a lot now, coming on and off. I've just gotten so sick of water, I want to vomit just feeling it in my mouth. I don't know why I'm having so much trouble, but I'm just so hungry, and it makes me so irritated. It makes me so hopeless. You're looking for me, right? Search every cloud you can find around Howland Island. Please do it, no matter how ridiculous it sounds. (Silence) PoI-3490-1: N-No, I won't cry. 07/08/1937, 1:03 AM PoI-3490-1: Sorry I haven't transmitted recently, I'm fine. I think it's been two days but I have no way of knowing. (Silence) PoI-3490-1: Only a day ago I couldn't bear Noonan's… stench. I've grown use to it though, I've been sitting in the plane for a while now. The bubbles come and visit me from time to time. I think they can tell I'm hungry. They keep bringing me ice in all sorts of shapes. It's helping for now. (Silence) PoI-3490-1: Yea, I don't know what else to say. 07/09/1937, 12:20 AM PoI-3490-1: Rations are out. Can only go downhill from here. 07/15/1937, 3:19 PM (Scratching noises) PoI-3490-1: … H-How long has it been? It feels like it's been a while. I think I'm nearing the end. I can't keep myself going much longer. I don't want to keep going much longer. Seriously, what point is there anymore? Why do I even bother transmitting? You're not there. You're not- (Cuts out) 07/17/1937, 9:35 PM PoI-3490-1: I, uh… I've had a lot of time to think. I want to die accomplishing something. Here. So, I have an idea. I know how to make it safer for the bubbles. In case they ever get stuck in their huts again, I'll teach them to build it with ice blocks for the flooring. It'll be harder to break, and it may give them more of an opportunity to get out. (Silence) PoI-3490-1: I'm practically skin and bones. My legs wobble when I stand, but I have to try. (Brief silence, before a loud thump is heard) PoI-3490-1: Let's… t-try again… (SCP-3491-1 becomes audible) PoI-3490-1: Guys, it's… nevermind, please, help me up. 07/18/1937, 4:48 AM PoI-3490-1: I don't even have the will to explain it, b-but I got it through to them. They're building floors in all of the igloos now. I'm so happy for them. 07/25/1937, 4:48 AM PoI-3490-1: … T-T-This… will be… my last t-transmission. I love you a-all. I love you world. I love y-y-you mama. I'm s-so s-sorry. (Silence) PoI-3490-1: I-It's been worth it, being here. If you can hear me, then thank you for searching, t-thank you for trying, and I hope you don't blame it on yourself. I'm h-happy. If you can't… h-hear this, perhaps that's best. (Silence) PoI-3490-1: (Giggles) H-Hey, at least I can say I've gone where no man has gone before. Where no woman has gone before. I've done something that might n-never be done again. I thank you all for this opportunity. Thank you for giving this to me. T-This is Amelia Earhart, signing off. G-G-Goodbye now! Good… bye now. B-Bye, now. (Long silence before cutting out) Footnotes 1. This makes it unclear how objects initially enter SCP-3490-A. 2. This precipitation always originates from SCP-3490's center of mass, and proportionately detracts from SCP-3490's size with the amount of precipitation. 3. Phoenix Island Time
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Item #: SCP-3491 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3491 is currently held at Site-15. No subject may come within a meter of SCP-3491 for more than 30 seconds unless proper equipment is provided. All entities that have come within 50 centimeters of SCP-3491 must undergo decontamination procedures. Description: SCP-3491 is a paper origami bird within a steel bird cage. SCP-3491 is suspended in the center of the cage by unknown means. Notably, one of SCP-3491's wing tips is slightly ripped. Beginning at a distance of 10 meters from the entity, electrons can be detected, increasing in energy between SCP-3491 and a human subject. This charge increases exponentially as the subject moves closer, until becoming dangerous to the subject. Overexposure to the charge produced by SCP-3491 can result in a concentrated burn at the vertical center of the individual. Attempts to remove SCP-3491 have been unsuccessful. Within five centimeters, the charge generated between an approaching object and SCP-3491 becomes strong enough to result in the complete dissolution of matter. This renders any protective material worn by subjects useless. No components of SCP-3491 have sustained any damage following the generation of these intense electric charges. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3491" by dalopon, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3491. 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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Item #: SCP-3492 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3492 should be contained in a standard humanoid containment cell. SCP-3492 can be supplied with rewards in return for compliance. SCP-3492 must be fed a standard regimen of three meals each day. Staff are advised to exhibit caution while in proximity with SCP-3492, as the spatial distortions it experiences may cause unintentional harm to nearby individuals. Description: SCP-3492 is a Caucasian male human claiming to be named "dicks mcSquigee".1 DNA analysis has proven inconclusive, as collected samples are subject to microscale replications of the entity’s properties, and will spontaneously demanifest after indeterminate periods of time. SCP-3492 sporadically undergoes prominent spatial and/or temporal distortions centralised upon random portions of the entity’s body. These distortions vary in duration and content, but typically involve one of or multiple of the following: Dislocation of bodily portions2 to another fixed position relative to the remainder of SCP-3492; Over or underexaggerated movement of bodily portions along a single axis, frequently resulting in the above; Over or underexaggerated rotation of jointed limbs, frequently to physically impossible extents; (Supposed) rotation or movement of bodily portions along or around unobservable, higher spatial dimensions; Spontaneous loss of one or more spatial dimensions, resulting in SCP-3492 converting into a lower-dimensional form; Prominently slowed or accelerated motion of bodily portions; Apparent motion of limbs independently from SCP-3492; Motion of bodily portions occurring in an inverted manner; Pseudo-precognitive abilities resulting from SCP-3492 briefly undergoing a period of inverted time. Of note is that affected portions of SCP-3492 appear to be selectively intangible to the remainder of the entity, enabling limbs to pass through other limbs unaffected, and enabling joints to rotate freely upon all axes while affected. Because of this, SCP-3492 does not suffer from injuries related to its effects, but does experience discomfort. SCP-3492 claims its properties stem from the fact it is a component of a partially-functional program developed by the TotleighSoft corporation as a proof-of-concept intended to promote interest in a physics engine being developed. The entity's respective instance of this program (designated SCP-3492-A) has yet to be recovered. SCP-3492 was recovered during the 2017 Electronic Entertainment Expo, wherein it was attending as part of, and maintaining, an exhibition booth catalogued to be reserved for the TotleighSoft corporation. All attending civilians that observed SCP-3492 prior to recovery were amnestised. Interviewed: SCP-3492 Interviewer: Researcher ████ ███ <Begin Log> Researcher ████ ███: Good afternoon, 3492. May I ask you some questions? SCP-3492: Yes, sure. Why not. Researcher ████ ███: Would you prefer if I called y- SCP-3492: NO! No, no, just… the number is fine. 3492 will do. <SCP-3492's right pectoral girdle extends to a length of approximately two meters, displacing the right arm appropriately.> Researcher ████ ███: Very well. You are aware of your condition, correct? <SCP-3492's left forearm rotates rapidly around their elbow joint, passing through the remainder of their arm without difficulty several times. SCP-3492 takes several moments to adjust the position of their arm, allowing them to gesture to their right shoulder with it.> SCP-3492: It's a bit difficult to ignore. Researcher ████ ███: Do you know what is causing it? SCP-3492: TotleighSoft BECAUSE COMPUTERS' ineptitude at their job. <SCP-3492 becomes two-dimensional, losing the axis of width and only being visible from their left or right.> Researcher ████ ███: Could you elaborate? SCP-3492: Have you ever encountered anything produced by TotleighSoft BECAUSE COMPUTERS? Researcher ████ ███: I have. SCP-3492: Then you would know about the inanity of their games, the nonsensical features of such and, most notably, their inability to use any language other than broken English? Researcher ████ ███: Yes. <SCP-3492 regains the axis of width, becoming three dimensional again.> SCP-3492: Well, there's your reason. SCP-3492: swercs smargorp rieht fo rehtona tey nehw esirprus a fo hcum eb t'ndluohS3 SCP-3492: Oh, pardon me. It shouldn't be much of a surprise when another one of their programs screws up. Researcher ████ ███: You are a computer program? SCP-3492: A sub-program, but yeah. Proof of concept to show how AI's like me run on the main program. Researcher ████ ███: Which is? SCP-3492: An awful mess of a physics engine that was supposed to "improve" upon standard spacetime. I basically exist in a bootleg - oh, excuse me. <SCP-3492's bodily features4 shift and dissipate, preventing the entity from communicating for several minutes. The interview is paused until SCP-3492 regains the capability to speak.> SCP-3492: Damn fourth axis. As I was saying, I'm an AI made by TotleighSoft BECAUSE COMPUTERS used to show off the… "functionality", of a physics engine they're working on. Researcher ████ ███: And this would be the reason your name - SCP-3492: Yes, unfortunately. You can mess with some of my parameters, and you've named me dicks mcSquigee. Could you please change that? Even something bland like John Doe would be fine, just… anything but dicks mcSquigee. <SCP-3492's lower jaw rotates around its joint upwards, disappearing into the skull without resistance. Their speech is not impeded.> Researcher ████ ███: Do you know where your file is currently being hosted? SCP-3492: Well, no, but… the other guy gave it… wait, you DID buy the program, right? Legitimate copy from TotleighSoft BECAUSE COMPUTERS, right? SCP-3492: Did… did you pirate me? <End Log> Interviewed: SCP-2803-A, the CEO of the TotleighSoft corporation, via email. Interviewer: Researcher ███ ██████ <Begin Log> Researcher ███: Could you help me with one of your products? I'm having a bit of difficulty with it. SCP-2803-A: Yes, supporting is avaliabel! Which of our TotleighSoft programes is? Researcher ███: I can't find the original name of it. It's a physics engine that you have released, which comes with a customisable demonstration AI. SCP-2803-A: Not right. How doyou have? wasnt released. Researcher ███: You haven't released it yet? Why not? SCP-2803-A: Noone interested in it. showed it for buisness, but no response. production stopped and employees work onother profit, never sold. How did you get? Researcher ███: We bought it from a store. We can conduct an investigation for you, to find out how this happened, but we will need your cooperation. SCP-2803-A: Yes, will help. What you need? Researcher ███: Can you send us a copy of your development notes and a manual? SCP-2803-A: Yes yes, is attach. Will help anyway! <End Log> Interviewed: SCP-3492 Interviewer: Researcher ████ ███ Foreword: A review of the development notes for SCP-3492 provided by SCP-2803-A revealed that several of the anomalous properties of SCP-3492 were recorded as having been patched in earlier versions of the software, while other properties - most notably, the ability to change the name of the AI - were neither implemented as a feature nor encountered as a programming error. An interview was conducted to question SCP-3492 regarding these revelations. <Begin Log> Researcher ████ ███: Good morning 3492, how are you doing? SCP-3492: About as well as you can be while knowing you're illegal. Researcher ████ ███: I… see. We're working with your creator to find out how you came into our possession, to avoid it in future. Speaking of which, we've come across some… discrepancies, which we would like your help with. Are you willing to help? SCP-3492: I guess. Not like I can get any more illegal. <SCP-3492's left thumb extends until it touches the ceiling of the room, after which it returns to its normal length.> Researcher ████ ███: Ok. You will periodically move along a spatial axis higher than the standard three we exist within, correct? SCP-3492: Yeah, that's what happened the last time we spoke. It just happens whenever it wants. Which is what you get for being ILLEGAL. <SCP-3492's right leg is seen shifting before disappearing.> Researcher ████ ███: Yes, well, are you aware that issue was resolved in one of the earlier versions of your software? <SCP-3492's right leg reappears.> SCP-3492: Really? Well, that's odd. But then again, it's probably back because I'm ILLEGAL. Researcher ████ ███: Well, there's several other anomalies that have been listed as resolved as well, such - SCP-3492: Maybe they weren't fixed in copies that are ILLEGAL. Researcher ████ ███: I would appreciate if you stopped emphasising that point. SCP-3492: What, that I'm ILLEGAL? Researcher ████ ███: Yes. SCP-3492: Well… FINE, I GUESS. [Unintelligible] <What appears to be SCP-3492's tongue briefly emerges from the top of their skull.> Researcher ████ ███: Pardon? SCP-3492: Nothing, nothing. As you were saying. So, a few bits and bobs of me are broken again, so what? What's that mean? Researcher ████ ███: Well, there are also several aspects of you that were never included as features in the software. You claim that you have been renamed to "Dicks McSquigee," correct? SCP-3492: That… yeah, I… Is that…? Researcher ████ ███: Unfortunately, yes. Renaming the sub-program was never considered for use as a feature. There's also your fluency in English, the size of your vocabulary… SCP-3492: Oh… OH. <The various limbs of SCP-3492 begin rapidly spinning around their respective joints, throwing them across the room. The limbs are not physically impeded by any other part of SCP-3492.> Researcher ████ ███: 3492, are you ok? SCP-3492: I'M… I'M A BOOTLEG. I'M A… IM A PIRATED… SCP-3492: WHY? WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO RIP OFF TOTLEIGHSOFT BECAUSE COMPUTERS? <End Log> Footnotes 1. Despite grammatical inaccuracy, SCP-3492 will always record its name without correct capitalisation. 2. This includes joints and/or limbs. 3. SCP-3492 was experiencing a period of inverted time, during which it spoke in reverse. 4. Hair, facial features, nails, etc. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3492" by Jack Ike, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3492. 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-3494 - waste management by dado ▸ More by this Author ◂ {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} Item#: 3494 Level2 Secondary Class: none Disruption Class: vlam Risk Class: warning link to memo Television ad advertising SCP-3494 "superlax". Special Containment Procedures: Contained instances of SCP-3494 are to be held in a secure anomalous item locker at Site-40. Foundation agents embedded in local law enforcement agencies in the Newark, NJ area are to monitor local television stations for SCP-3494 advertisements, removing them when possible. Additionally, Mobile Task Force P-900 "Gut Busters" are to search for and contain instances of SCP-3494, and administer amnestics to those with knowledge of SCP-3494. Individuals who have been administered a dose of SCP-3494 are to be held at the Site-40 anomalous waste management center in specialized waste removal cells until such time as a remedy to their condition is made available. Research into the Person of Interest known as "dado" is ongoing. Description: SCP-3494 is the collective name for a group of anomalous pharmaceuticals advertised as "superlax by dado". Unlike previous anomalous drugs manufactured by the individual known as "dado", SCP-3494 is marketed to the population directly, usually through television ads consisting of a white screen with black text that is spliced into other advertisements during daytime hours. The source of these advertisements is unknown. SCP-3494 instances are cream-colored tablets, roughly 1.1 cm in length, that are delivered to customers in a zipper bag with the words "superlax by dado" written on its exterior in black marker. A typed note on standard Xerox paper within the bag indicates that SCP-3494 is a laxative, and is "the last anti-poop u will ever need or want". SCP-3494 has also been advertised in a cream form "to apply directly to problem butthole", but no instances of this variant have been recovered. Individuals who are not currently experiencing constipation who are administered a dosage of SCP-3494 are unaffected by the drug, although some have experienced a sudden numbness in the lower gut that lessens over time. However, any individuals who are currently constipated will experience the apparent intended effect of SCP-3494, which is the seemingly never-ending expulsion of fecal matter from the subject's anus. While subjects who experience this effect do not otherwise feel any discomfort1, they are also powerless to control the expulsion of waste matter. The waste is seemingly generated from an extra-spatial area somewhere within the subject, as not only will the amount of waste produced quickly exceed the subject's body weight, but tested samples of this waste indicate that, after the initial expulsion of waste, all other samples contained human biological material that did not match the subject's genetic profile. So far, all subjects who have been administered a dosage of SCP-3494 are continuing to experience the effects of SCP-3494. There is currently no known method by which to abate these effects. All known afflicted subjects have been moved to the Site-40 waste management facility to help control the flow of waste. Addendum 3494.1: Hotline Communication Advertisements for SCP-3494 often reference a toll-free phone number (1-800-iam-dado2) that can be used to order additional dosages of SCP-3494. The following is the transcript from phone calls made by Foundation agents to this number. [BEGIN LOG] Phone ringing Unknown Voice: Yes hello, you have reached dado yes, home of fine dado product and also laundry and tan. How am I can be help you? Agent Mills: I- yes, I'm Agent Mills, of- Unknown Voice: No I am not interest in your product please yes do not call back thank you. Hangs up [END LOG] [BEGIN LOG] Phone ringing Unknown Voice: Yes hello this is dado you are speaking to, home of fine dado product and also laundry and tan. How helpful can I to you be? Agent Westrin: Yes, hi, my name is Pat DeMure, and I saw your advertisement for the "superlax" on the TV, and I am intrigued. I'm thinking about pulling the trigger, but before I do I just want to get some more information. Unknown Voice: Ah yes, very good. Well you no need to pull trigger, no gun allowed at laundry and tan of course but yes. I help with superlax. Best lax on market currently. 100% removal of blockage. Get it all out. Best remedy for what ails. How many I order you for? Agent Westrin: Now one moment, I have a few questions myself. Now a… a friend of mine took some of your superlax, and they've experienced what I might describe as an… excess of waste, wh- Unknown Voice: Yes, considerable waste blow out the poop chute clean it all out yes. Very effective remedy. Agent Westrin: I see, yes, but she felt like maybe… maybe not all of the uh- the waste, was hers. Unknown Voice: Yes that is correct mmmhmmm. Agent Westrin: You… you mean that's intended? Unknown Voice: Yes. Agent Westrin: Why would that ever be intended? Unknown Voice: Well you see that is very simple of course. Before dado make this fine superlax he conduct of the clinical trial with focus group. Focus group is say to dado, "need to get it all out. Clean out all the poop." So dado considers this, and dado is think, "there is many poop in the world yes, how best to get it out?" Well, fortunate for dado, dado is the best of all clever thinker. You have ride in the Uber, yes? Agent Westrin: Like the ride-sharing service? Uh… yes. Unknown Voice: Yes exact. So you are ride from someone who is not you. You outsource ride yes? Now you no need to do the transport of yourself, the transport is done for you! Agent Westrin: I don't think I- Unknown Voice: So dado is think, "how best to get out the poop?" Then dado realize! Like the Uber! Outsource the poop! There is many poop in the world however, so yes perhaps flow of the poop is more than intended, but more people take the superlax yes and more people share the poop! Like the Uber! And no block! Poop chute is clean as whistler. Very helpful, yes. You trust dado, you get considerate relief. Agent Westrin: I see. Unknown Voice: You are satisfied with response yes, this I see. Now, how many of the superlax can you ordering? Agent Westrin: Is there any chance I could get a hold of a list of people who have purchased- Unknown Voice: Aha! I sleuth you out. You are supplier of opposition to dado! Uninterested in second rate non-dado product! I add you to block call on phone! Hangs up [END LOG] Additional phone calls made by Foundation agents to the number listed in the advertisement have been unsuccessful. Footnotes 1. In fact, many subjects report feeling a sense of relief that does not subside with time. 2. Notably, this line only connects as intended when dialed within the city of Newark, New Jersey, USA. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3494" by djkaktus, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3494. 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: trustdado.png Author: djkaktus License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Foundation Wiki
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Item #: SCP-3495 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3495 is held in a chamber in the underground bunker of the Vatican Secret Archives in Vatican City, cared for by zoologists employed by the Holy See (in accordance with Foundation/Vatican City Co-Containment Agreement 3495/CVI). A Level-2 Foundation staff member is to remain in the Archives to observe and assist, where necessary, with this containment. SCP-3495's feeding and care requirements are normal for a non-anomalous member of its species. SCP-3495's containment chamber is to be under 24-hour surveillance, to assist in the analysis of its vocalizations. Any vocalizations with an apparent prophetic nature are to be sent to Site-407's Director (copied to the Cardinal Archivist in accordance with Foundation/Vatican City Information Sharing Agreement 3495/CVI). Recordings and transcriptions of all Navigator Event vocalizations are archived in Site-407, and copied with the Cardinal Archivist. They are available to access by any Foundation staff of Level-2/3495 or higher. Description: SCP-3495 is a male mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata). In place of its "howling" vocalizations, SCP-3495 produces sounds similar to human speech. SCP-3495 is capable of producing complex vowel and consonant sounds, despite their jaw structure, the shape of their lips, and the method in which they vocalize being unable to produce these sounds normally. SCP-3495 "speaks" a number of languages, including Latin, English, Italian, Gaelic and a dialect of Castilian Spanish. SCP-3495 has been known to the Vatican since at least the 6th Century AD, but was not in Vatican custody until the 16th Century AD. SCP-3495 has not aged during this time, indicating a degree of immortality. The vocalizations of SCP-3495 consist solely of Biblical and pseudo-Biblical verses; special consideration is given to vocalizations that occur yearly from May 9th to May 16th. Designated Navigator Events, these vocalizations begin at noon on May 9th with SCP-3495 vocalizing a prayer to St. Brendan of Clonfert1. Until noon on May 16th, SCP-3495 will contiguously vocalize, and will not eat or sleep. Furthermore, SCP-3495 will mutilate itself using its teeth, fingernails, and toenails, as well as whatever objects are present in its enclosure; these mutilations do not affect SCP-3495's vocalizations, and heal completely at the end of the Navigator event. SCP-3495's vocalizations will cease at 3:00 AM so it can drink water, before resuming at 3:03 AM. Vocalizations during Navigator Events are prophetic in nature, and frequently switch between English, Latin, and Gaelic. During this time, other anomalous animals within the Vatican Archives will show increased anxiety, pacing within their enclosures, refusing food, and even attacking their keepers. For excerpts from a Navigator Event from 2000, see addenda. Despite the apparently original and non-imitative nature of many of the vocalizations of SCP-3495, it is not considered sapient. However, it possesses behavior that is not seen in non-anomalous howler monkeys, showing a pain response in view of crucifixes, rosary beads, the sound of prayers, and relics attributed to St. Brendan. SCP-3495 was originally recovered by Spanish conquistadors during the subjugation of Maya peoples during the Spanish conquest of the Yucatán Peninsula in 1542. Considered a zoological curiosity, it was caged and sent back to Spain to be presented as a gift to King Philip II. SCP-3495's first vocalizations of Biblical texts are not recorded, but is believed to have taken place within sight of the Spanish coast. Addendum: Selected Vocalizations: Date: June 6th, 1916 Vocalization: And the Lord spat on the bread and threw it into the dirt and filth, before offering it to the child. "Come and eat what you deserve, and nothing more." Behavior While Vocalizing: Climbing within its enclosure. Source: Unknown. Date: December 17th, 1936 Vocalization: "Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you." Behavior While Vocalizing: Stretching upon waking up. Source: Isaiah 60:1 Date: June 10th, 1957 Vocalization: "I saw a tree bearing twelve manner of fruits every year, and he said unto me, This is the tree of life." Behavior While Vocalizing: Pelting a female keeper with discarded food. Source: Unclear; a 'Tree with twelve kinds of fruit' appears in Revelation 22:2, but this line appears in reference to the lost, apocryphal Gospel of Eve in Gnostic writings. Date: December 25th, 1960 Vocalization: "Behold, malachite. Those who worship the stone see a false idol in its green hue. The twelve and one-hundred is a fabrication— no doomsday key, nor a lock." Behavior While Vocalizing: Defecating. Source: None. Date: May 5th, 1968 Vocalization: "And God declared, "The foul curs of the earth shall blaspheme no more". A plague was brought upon them, and a great many head of cattle and dog died. Behavior while Vocalizing: Observing the cadaver of another anomalous animal within the Vatican Archives being taken past its cage. Source: None. Date: October 3rd, 1970 Vocalization: Man looked at the moon and said, "It is mine!". God replied, "It is not yours. Your pride shall destroy the cosmos. Go no further." Behavior while Vocalizing: Sleeping Source: None Addendum: Transcript of 2000 Navigator Event: The Lord said unto the utter west, "The light will no more be yours. The ocean has receded, and a tide of blood will flood your shores. Then, when your books burn and your brains are being consumed by ignorance, your hearts will burst from your chest and angels will look down upon you and mock you." The volume of SCP-3495's vocalizations increase as they hang below a branch in their enclosure. Judas is on his isle2, his stones being eaten by flames daily. You know this, and you do not help him— thirty pieces of silver to be part of a story. SCP-3495 lacerates its cheek, which begins bleeding. And here I sit, brothers and sisters, behind glass and numerology. The devil sits in a throne with an inverse crucifix. Christ returned, the second coming was upon us. He came in the form of a beggar with skin of malachite, and he was crushed beneath wheels on a street in Colombia. He was unmourned. He shall remain that way, thus saith the Lord. When the New World was explored by Brendan, he recorded things that have been destroyed. The Coagulated Sea was choked by weeds. The Paradise of Birds is screaming for those who land on it to flee from the thing in the bushes. The Whale-Island has shown its true form, and it is a gelatinous aberration. The Portal to Hell is erupting, but some force keeps the legions at bay— a woman, crowned in flowers, no God she, despite what others call her. SCP-3495 spits on the ground seven times. Due to the hole formed in its right cheek, the spit is mixed with blood. The Church of the Latter-Day Saints claim that the Promised Land is in a place called America. It is west— but not so far as they think. Jesus said to me, the Portal to Heaven is in a place called Cleveland, hidden in a mural that is erased daily. Only here shall they find salvation. SCP-3495 picks up objects and begins throwing them at the walls. This includes a left hand— SCP-3495 had both hands intact during this period, and the appendage could not be accounted for following the conclusion of this Navigator event. Jesus said that there are six other portals to heaven— one in Clonfert, in the home of my King, long since buried by blood and hooves and soil. And so, the Portal in Clonfert is closed. SCP-3495 begins smearing the walls with its blood. No pattern is discernible. The Third Portal is in Bethlehem, in the manger, and was destroyed by a man with many weapons, praying to the same god we all pray to. He cared not that the Portal was destroyed, thinking it would only be used by their enemies… Saying any of the names of God is a sin punishable by death. All who speak the Tetragrammaton's name shall be sent to a burning lake of Hell. Animals will be sent elsewhere— they do not have souls. SCP-3495 begins pelting the walls of its enclosure with rotten food. A crack appears in the glass of the enclosure, despite no food impacting on it. I alone am free to blaspheme, for I am a Devil of Ethiope, and I have done my sentence in Hell. Brendan pained me, and now, I am to spout this gospel until the end of days. Thermal cameras show SCP-3495's form heat to approximately 400 degrees centigrade. The day the world will end is January 1st, 2000. But God, you say, I am still around. Yes, and this is Hell. It has gone unnoticed. Only Judas gets respite. The Wandering Jew is dead. SCP-3495 chews on its severed left arm while vocalizing. He has found himself in a public house on the side of a road somewhere in the west. SCP-3495 howls for two minutes. He pulled out a revolver, said "Lord our God, I cannot bear this burden. We are spat upon. And now, I will replace the spittle upon my crown with my brains." SCP-3495 spontaneously ejaculates. Moses wept. Following the conclusion of this Navigator Event, it was found that a male of Jewish descent had committed suicide by revolver while drinking at a bar in Los Angeles, California at the exact time SCP-3495 uttered "Moses Wept". Reportedly, this individual had spoken a prayer immediately prior to shooting themselves. This is the first recorded instance of a prophetic vocalization by SCP-3495 being verified. Additional monitoring equipment has been installed, and a retrospective analysis of its previous vocalizations has been approved. Footnotes 1. Also known as St. Brendan the Navigator. The Patron Saint of Travelers, notable for an account of a voyage westward from Europe, in search of Paradise. 2. In The Voyage of St. Brendan, it was said that Brendan found Judas Iscariot on an isle, which he took a respite from his place in Hell on Sundays and on feast days. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3495" by (user deleted), from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3495. 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-3496 at the time of recovery. Item #: SCP-3496 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3496 is to be kept in a standard storage locker in the light containment sector of Site-77. On a twice-daily basis, SCP-3496 is to undergo a full scan in a magnetic resonance imaging machine. Should SCP-3496 be free of any instances of SCP-3496-1, it is to be treated with one dose of Type B antifungal cream, one dose of standard antiseptic spray, followed by three applications of chlorine conditioner flushing media. In the case that SCP-3496 has manifested any amount of SCP-3496-1 instances, the instances are to be carefully extracted, terminated, and incinerated if not of the genus Apis.1 In the event that SCP-3496-1 is of the genus Apis, SCP-3496 is to be transferred to Biological Propagation Relay 64 (operated in part by Wilson's Wildlife Solutions) in accordance with Document 3496-B and the Boring Agreement until the completion of the manifestation period. After SCP-3496 has completed manifestation, it is to be returned to Site-77 for regular containment. Description: SCP-3496 is a small, crudely carved mask. The inside of SCP-3496 consists of several holes bored in a pattern similar to that created by Lyctinae.2 Approximately every one to three weeks, SCP-3496 enters a period of spontaneous generation where it continually manifests instances of SCP-3496-1 every 14-20 minutes. This period of spontaneous generation typically lasts about three days before SCP-3496 returns to an inert state. Instances of SCP-3496-1 consist of a single species of animal from the phylum Arthropoda3. During each period of spontaneous generation, all manifested instances of SCP-3496-1 belong to the same, albeit random, species. Typically, all instances of SCP-3496-1 take up habitation in SCP-3496. Should a group of SCP-3496-1 be currently inhabiting SCP-3496, SCP-3496 will be rendered inert. See Experiment Log SCP-3496-A. In the case that all SCP-3496-1 instances inhabiting SCP-3496 are removed, (either through termination or translocation) SCP-3496 will once again resume its cycle of spontaneous generation every one to three weeks. Since containment, the following table has been created to track the species of SCP-3496-1: Species Common Name Notes Vespas crabro European hornet Several hundred instances found dead in and around SCP-3496 at the time of recovery, presumably due to below livable temperatures. Anelosimus eximius Argentinian Social Spider Fifty instances manifested before termination and incineration. Procambarus clarkii Cambarid Freshwater Crayfish Two instances manifested, terminated, and incinerated. Paratrechina longicornis Longhorn Crazy Ant See Experiment 3496-A Grammostola rosea Chilean Rose-Haired Tarantula Two instances manifested and took up residence in separate sections of SCP-3496. A further two instances manifested and were killed by the previous inhabitants. The remaining two instances have been terminated and incinerated. Apis mellifera Western Honey Bee See Document SCP-3496-B Deceased SCP-3496-1 instance. Experiment 3496-A Purpose: To observe the behaviour of SCP-3496-1 instances over an extended period of time. Procedure: SCP-3496 is placed in a 1m x 1m x 0.3m glass box filled with a substrate of soil and rocks. After three days, SCP-3496 begins a period of manifestation, producing 134 instances of SCP-3496-1, species Paratrechina longicornis, at which point SCP-3496 manifested a queen, followed by another 562 drones. Instances of SCP-3496-1, over the course of two days constructed a fully functional colony. For the next six days, no further manifestations were observed. Every day at 0600 hours, one cockroach of species Blaptica dubia4 is crushed and placed in the enclosure to provide the colony of SCP-3496-1 with food. After six days, the queen, believed to be unfertilized, began producing viable eggs. The colony continued to grow for three months, during which no further periods of spontaneous generation were exhibited by SCP-3496. However, the colony still appeared to grow at unprecedented rates. The population had reached well over 10,000 in number in only twelve weeks. Food supplies were increased by one roach a day for every estimated 1,000 ants. After another month's time, an infection of Cordyceps5 fungus broke out, quickly destroying the colony over the course of two weeks. Efforts to treat the fungus were ineffectual. It is unknown as to what the origin of the fungal outbreak is, as both the rocks and the substrate were tested for contaminants along with the Dubia roaches before introduction to the enclosure. Observations: SCP-3496 appears to produce extremely viable instances of SCP-3496-1, capable of reproduction well beyond typical rates. Analysis of the original manifestations show the DNA of all original drones and queen to be nearly identical, with only very minor variations. DNA analysis of SCP-3496-1 instances born of the originally manifested queen appear to be genetically identical, suggesting asexual reproduction. It is hypothesized that the Cordyceps fungus was brought in along with SCP-3496, though this appears to be unlikely due the the extent of testing performed on SCP-3496 prior to final implementation of containment procedures. Further testing is required to support or disprove this hypothesis. + Document 3496-B - Document 3496-B The following document arrived at Site 77 on 02/24/2017 and was delivered to SCP-3496 assigned staff by Site Manager Frank Tuttle. Wilson's Wildlife Solutions! Can We Bee Friends? Hey there friends over at Site-77! A little bird (Frank) told us that you're popping out bugs like crazy from one of your SCPs! It's funny to think that one of the biggest threats to human life comes from something other than an SCP. We've got one of those fancy "XK- End of World" scenarios in just a few years if we let our honeybee populations die out at their current rates! I've got some fun little facts to throw at you. Did you know that bees are responsible for pollinating one third of the world's food supply? Or that in the last winter, 23.2% of our honeybee colonies died out? All these fuzzy friends doing the downward dive means that soon we're going to follow. Of course, we've discussed this at length with Frank. We know the procedures and that technically any bees produced by SCP-3496 are considered classified SCPs that need to be contained. We understand that! However, if you have an SCP capable of producing genetically perfect bees that can produce asexually… that changes things! Frank's given us permission to take that colony off of your hands on the condition that we contain it at a new Biological Propagation Relay outside Site-64. That way your MTF fellas can get their mitts on these bad boys if they ever decide to get a bit more anomalous on us. We will slowly introduce SCP-3496-1 instances into our current apiaries in hopes to get some new queens with a little more hardy genetic backbone. As soon as your mask is done spitting these beauties out, we'll return it to Site-77. However, Frank told us that any time it starts making bees, we get a call and we get first dibs! I understand if this makes you uneasy, but really it's the best bet for all of us. Attached are your shipping instructions! Footnotes 1. Any common honey bee. 2. Powderpost beetle. 3. Arthropods are invertebrate animals having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. 4. Dubia roaches. 5. Cordyceps are a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes about 400 species. Most Cordyceps species are endoparasitoids, parasitic mainly on insects and other arthropods.
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SCP-3497 (#12) Item #: SCP-3497 Special Containment Procedures: 10 breeding pairs of SCP-3497 are housed at Site-3497. They may be cared for by veterinary staff in an identical fashion to non-anomalous members of their species in captivity. No civilian aviation or maritime traffic is to come within 300km of Site-3497, and all Foundation traffic in this area is to be briefed on the nature of SCP-3497 to avoid confusion. Containment of SCP-3497 in the wild is the responsibility of MTF Lambda-4 (‘Birdwatchers’). For their use Site-3497 houses two Beriev A-50 airborne early warning aircraft for the detection and tracking of SCP-3497, and four Ka-27 helicopters with modified weaponry and equipment for effective containment. Wild examples of SCP-3497 are generally destroyed, but may be captured at the discretion of Lambda-4 team members, if examples display behaviour of research interest. Foundation staff are assigned to monitor military and civilian ground-based radar installations and aircraft radio transmissions throughout the northern Pacific. Any probable sightings of SCP-3497 should be reported to Site-3497 and a cover story relating to military exercises and/or technical malfunctions disseminated. The Department of External Affairs has established a task force to liaise with regional governments, with the aim of deescalating tensions relating to SCP-3497 sightings. Description: SCP-3497 is the collective designation for an anomalous variant of the fork-tailed storm petrel (Oceanodroma furcata). It is biologically indistinguishable from standard members of its species, and behaves in a similar fashion, with breeding grounds in the Kuril Islands and a range across the north-western Pacific. SCP-3497 possesses a radar cross-section of 40m2, with a detailed radar profile resembling that of the Tu-22M bomber aircraft.1 These cross-sections overlap when SCP-3497 examples are in close proximity, leading to groups of SCP-3497 appearing as large, undifferentiated masses on radar. The physical properties of SCP-3497 are unaffected. SCP-3497 has a secondary anomalous property apparent when it releases an amount of mass over 1 gram while being tracked by a radar system. Outside of controlled testing, this most commonly occurs when SCP-3497 defecates. SCP-3497 will generate a radar signature analogous to a Kh-15 air-to-surface missile2 which will proceed at a speed of Mach 5 towards the radar’s location. Once the radar signature reaches this point, it will disappear. Only the inital radar tracking SCP-3497 can detect this signature; if multiple radars are simultaneously active, each will detect a single signature targeting them. No objects corresponding to this signal have been detected outside of radar monitoring, and faeces or other items released have no anomalous properties once they separate from the body of SCP-3497. The anomalous properties of SCP-3497 are inheritable, and breeding of SCP-3497 with standard O. furcata will produce further examples of SCP-3497. No anomalous properties have been detected in SCP-3497 eggs or chicks in flightless stages of development. Containment efforts have decreased the wild population of SCP-3497 significantly, from an initial █████ breeding pairs to an estimated 100 as of 2012. Since its creation in the early 1980s, SCP-3497 has been the likely cause for ██ nuclear close calls in the Asia-Pacific region. Addendum 3497-1: The following notes (translated from Russian) referencing SCP-3497 were recovered in 1994 from [REDACTED], a defunct Soviet air base in the Amur region. The author was given as Dr I. L. Zakharov, a Soviet aeronautical engineer with known ties to GRU Division ‘P’. + Addendum 3497-1 - Addendum 3497-1 04/02/1981 Our first test is a success! General Rychagov visited to see our first bird fly. He seems interested, but I do not think he will be pleased until we can give him his invisible bombers. It is galling to have made such an accomplishment out of reach of all modern science and receive no recognition for it, but if we can do this it will be worth the Order of Lenin for sure. 11/09/1981 Still no progress in reversing the process. It may be that the bird profile is too small to apply to aircraft. I hear a new Nebo array is in development, which could help us, but Rychagov is getting impatient. We will not have the funding to continue till we have access to the new radars, even if they did work. If we are shut down all of this will have been for nothing. We must find some way to continue. 15/12/1981 Finally, some good news. A Colonel Kramskoy visited the base today – an Air Force man, and a pilot unlike old, fat Rychagov. Anatoly convinced him to come – apparently they are old school mates. He is keen on using the birds as jamming decoys. Anatoly says he is close to Minister Ustinov, and will be able to put in a word for us. We will have to cease the bomber part of the project – a shame, but we were stalled in any case, and at least something will still come out of this. 08/01/1982 Kramskoy is unhappy about the birds moving so slowly. I do see his point – the Americans will not be fooled by them for long – but we can hardly make them fly at supersonic speed. That would be more impressive than anything we have done so far. It would be possible to carry them with our aircraft, but we would need climate-controlled and pressurised wing pods – we may as well just use regular decoys. Mikhail suggested they be stored alongside the pilots. I thought Kramskoy was going to punch him. We need some other way. 04/03/1982 I didn’t think it was possible, but Anatoly’s idea actually seems to work. The birds aren’t perfect, but they are a little bit more convincing now. We are just about ready for a full-scale demonstration. 20/04/1982 The birds are loose everywhere. Our whole Far Eastern air defence is in chaos. I heard Ustinov almost had an aneurysm. I’m finished. Addendum 3497-2 (08/11/20██): In spite of all extant breeding pairs of SCP-3497 being accounted for, new examples have begun appearing amongst the wild O. furcata population, including in areas without confirmed previous SCP-3497 sightings, such as the Aleutian Islands. It is hypothesised that the anomalous effects of SCP-3497 may also have a recessive genetic component. A classification change from Euclid to Keter has been requested by Dr Major and approved by O5-█. Footnotes 1. NATO designation ‘Backfire’. 2. NATO designation AS-16 ‘Kickback’.
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Notice: The documentation for this article is outdated and is for reference material only. As such, there may be discrepancies in the documentation. Please see Project Sepulchre Recovered Files for more information. Expungements contain classified data unsafe for leakage. Item #: SCP-3498 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3498 is contained in Site-120, Keter Containment Wing, Containment Unit 3. Four Scranton Reality Anchors are placed surrounding SCP-3498, creating a focal point with a geometric center on the subject. SCP-3498 remains restrained to a psychiatric table constructed of reality-stable materials. Kant scanners are monitored in shifts, noting that Hume levels fluctuate most often during waking hours. Psychiatric evaluations are conducted bi-weekly. While the subject has remained compliant during detainment, personnel are to understand that SCP-3498 will experience acute psychological deterioration due to its anomalous effects. No testing or documentation regarding SCP-3498 is allowed in Containment Unit 3; all records are to be taken externally. Update: 12/17/82: If the subject initiates a CK-Class Restructuring Scenario, the Einstein-Rosen Singularity generator1 placed in Containment Unit 3 will be activated, accept SCP-3498 into the singularity, and be deactivated. The frequency used will then be blacklisted from Foundation records and use. See Addendum for more information. CURRENT FREQUENCY: 137440 Description: SCP-3498 is the designation of Jesse R. Mantell, a Level 5 researcher previously assigned to the testing of the device designated the "Scranton-Locke Reality Generator", previously assigned the codename Project Sepulchre2. Kant readings taken of SCP-3498 are uncertain due to the nature of its properties- however, it is believed to have, on average, a total of at least 800, ranking the highest measured Hume levels within an ontokinetic entity. SCP-3498 has been thus far compliant in containment procedures and testing, presumably due to its former employment. SCP-3498's reality bending abilities are incredibly effective- because of this and incompetence, SCP-3498 is unable to control its abilities properly. SCP-3498 often enters an intangible or supertangible state, primarily during heightened levels of stress, and cannot be feasibly terminated as a result. Kant scanner readouts, Left taken on 12/10/82, right on 12/17/82 Addendum: As of 12/17/82, data recorded suggests that SCP-3498 has begun to exponentially increase its Hume value. This would suggest the possibility of a CK-Class Reconstruction Scenario event, resulting in both the death of SCP-3498, the destruction of the surrounding facility, and an estimated 478% rise in Hume levels surrounding the local solar system. From: ten.pics|ydennekj#ten.pics|ydennekj To: Group: Keter Containment Wing, Site-120 Subject: SCP-3498 Please, do not assume we are relegating SCP-3498 to the gallows. We have been working diligently to decrease the Hume levels of SCP-3498. It is in all of our best interests that SCP-3498's anomalous behavior reduces, especially as they have previously been very beneficial to the Foundation. Mantell was one of our best and brightest. We do not plan to give him up. -Dr. Kennedy Project Sepulchre Associated Files Incident Report 12/01/82 - Recovery Log [INSERT CREDENTIALS] [ACCESS GRANTED] Project Sepulchre during construction. Foreword: On the date of 12/01/82, the project started by the man formerly known as O5-9, labeled informally as "Project Sepulchre", was discovered by the other members of the O5 council. While MTF Alpha-1 ("Red Right Hand") was en-route, O5-9 and his team attempted to begin Procedure 380-Sepulchre before Project Sepulchre was fully completed. Below is a transcript of the incident, based on audio recordings as well as eyewitness accounts from the reality repair team. A CGI construction of the reality propagation generated by Project Sepulchre. BEGIN LOG: 12:03 Computer: Message for: Harding, Gary. Lead Researcher Harding: Shit. Oh god, oh fuck! We're going to have to engage Sepulchre now. We've been compromised. Several expressions of surprise and expletives can be heard. Researcher George Dreul: Where's Nine? Harding: He's on his way. Prep everything. (shouting) I want every system triple checked within the next five minutes! That's five minutes, folks! Several Scranton Reality Anchors can be heard initiating. Computer: Sanitation of chamber completed. Researcher Danton: Phase Psi is a go! Harding: Mantell, where's Phase Chi? Researcher Mantell: It's gonna take some time to set up sir. The full process-. Harding: God damn it, time is the one thing we can't afford to spare right now. Skip the externals, and speed up the rate of draw! I want the Hume ball ready in the next four minutes! Dreul: (distressed) Where is Nine? O5-9 and several armed agents enter. O5-9: Is it prepped? Harding: It's almost there, sir. We just need- O5-9: We don't have time, Harding! Red Right Hand is on their way now. Harding: Get him prepped for Phase Omega. Go! [EXTRANEOUS DETAILS REDACTED] Mantell: Phase Chi is a go, sir! Harding: Load him in, Alpha-1 is in the Site! Let's go! An audible fracture of metal can be heard, followed by the hiss of a failed vacuum seal. Klaxons begin to sound. Computer: Warning: Field Stabilizer damaged. Recommending ceasure of experiment. Harding: Oh shit! Get him out of there! It's going to-! O5-9: Gary, if you pull me out of here I'll have your head mounted and stuffed! Keep me in this box! Do not open this chamber! An explosion occurs, and the audio fails for several minutes due to distortion. Dreul: Oh, oh shit! Mantell's- Researcher George Dreul begins to scream but ceases abruptly. Dreul is permanently immobilized by the effects of SCP-3498, freezing in place indefinitely. Any attempts to move Dreul since Incident 12/01/82 have failed. SCP-3498: (disorientedly) Wha-? SCP-3498's voice catches as its arm passes through the desk it is leaning on. The reality suppression system initiates, causing a slight hum. SCP-3498: Oh my-, oh my god. I didn't mean… oh… Several members of Site-120's reality-stabilizing team arrive in Testing Bay A, and begin to assist SCP-3498 in stabilization. One member of the team powers down all devices in the Bay, ending recording. Level 5 Research Team 9 and accompanying personnel (including O5-9) were recovered by MTF-Alpha-1. END LOG: 12:18 Incident Report 01/15/83 - Decommissioning Log [INSERT CREDENTIALS] [ACCESS GRANTED] Foreword: On the date of 01/15/83, during a routine psychological evaluation, SCP-3498's behavior became erratic and unstable. Despite the best efforts of all staff involved, SCP-3498 had to be decommissioned as a result. However, complications in the process created a fault in the Einstein-Rosen Singularity Generator, causing the wrong destination frequency to be chosen. SCP-3498: It's… I can feel it. Dr. Joseph Botsky: You feel what, Jesse? SCP-3498: There it is again. The division is happening already. Botsky: What are you describing as a division? Staff Member Arthur Messer: Sir, readings are spiking dramatically. Botsky: I’m attempting to calm the subject. Please let me do my job. SCP-3498: It hurts. Please, the… let it happen. Botsky: Jesse, you need to stay here. Do not leave us now. Not after everything we've done. He turns off the microphone momentarily. Botsky: He’s delusional. We can’t keep him much longer. Researcher Jerry Kennedy: No, don’t do it. Please, we were almost having a breakthrough! Messer: It’s going to have to happen. He’s going to be critical soon. Messer: Readings are reaching critical condition. Arcs of energy, presumed to be emitted from slight fractures in reality, begin to lance from SCP-3498 to with machinery within the containment chamber. Kennedy: No! We have it! We almost have it! We were so close to finding a cure! We simply needed the proper dosage values, and then-! SCP-3498: I was never supposed to be here, I just… I just know it. I belong elsewhere. He reactivates the microphone. Kennedy: Mantell, snap out of it! Jesse! Jesse! SCP-3498: It’s okay, Jerry. I’m going. Finally. Botsky: Jesse, no. Jesse? I need you to stay with us. Focus on this room. Focus on staying. Messer: Engaging the ERSiG. Please insert and turn your safety keys. Botsky and Messer both insert their key and turn it. Kennedy: No, I won’t do it. He’ll die outside of the chamber! Botsky: And we’ll die with him here! You are acting like an idiot, not a scientist! Insert your key! Kennedy: He will stabilize! I’m not doing it unless it’s truly necessary! Messer draws a handgun and points it at Kennedy. Messer: Turn the key, now. It doesn't matter anymore. We can't fix our mistakes by treating him better. Researcher Kennedy turns the key, initiating the slowly moving track hooked to SCP-3498’s restraints. The room is quiet, the only sounds being the whooshing of the ERSG and the motors in the track wheels. SCP-3498: Please. I don't want to be here. I just… want to be there. Several ceiling tiles become dinner plates, falling from the ceiling and shattering. Messer: Wormhole is destabilizing. I don’t know what’s causing it. Botsky: It’s the excess reality. It’s affecting the portal. We must get him through quicker. Kennedy: No, we don’t know if it will work! Abort the transference! Messer: We are not aborting this! Either we send him in that hole or we’re all dead! The keys are locked in! Kennedy: Goodbye, Jesse. I… (sighs). The microphone is deactivated. Kennedy: I hope it’s better for him to go than to be here any longer. One less guy strapped to a table around here is good, I would… I would suppose. (SCP-3498 enters the wormhole, and it closes afterwards.) Messer: Oh. Jesus Christ, the destination! The destabilization had shifted the frequency! 194546 is… Kennedy: What… What have we done? END LOG Ethics Committee Disciplinary Meeting 01/10/83 [INSERT CREDENTIALS] [ACCESS GRANTED] Foundation Ethics Committee Disciplinary Meeting Minutes 01/10/83 Call to order Dr. Cimmerian called to order the regular meeting of the Ethics Committee at 20:00. Roll call The Secretary conducted a roll call. All committee members were present. Open issues: Disciplinary Hearing: Gary Harding Foreword: Concerning the events of 12/01/82, former researcher Gary Harding stands trial for treason against the Foundation & illegal use of Foundation resources and information. Below is a transcription of his evaluation. <Begin Log> Cimmerian: Please begin by describing to us how you first got involved with this entire situation. Harding: Well, that can be answered fairly simply. As head of O5-9's personal research team, we were the first to be chosen to work on Project Sepulchre. Cimmerian: And what exactly would you say this "Project Sepulchre" was concerned with? Harding: The whole ordeal contains a wide range of reasons, but if you'd like me to boil it down, it was O5-9 obsession with his… might I say, "immortality crusade"? Cimmerian: Would you elaborate? Harding: Well, you know how he is. He has this air of professionalism, but deep down you know he's scared, right? You spend a bit o' time with him, talk with him in the same room, you can see it's all a ruse after a while. He becomes an open book. I should know; I spent six months working side by side with the man. He's a human being. There are some things I know he's seen that would make a man crave death, just to escape those ends. There's probably a million world-ending anomalies behind locked doors that only he and the rest of the council got keys to. Beyond his goal to prevent his own untimely demise, he also gets to prevent anything and everything earthly from ever being harmed ever again. Cimmerian: Where did this concept come from then? Who gave him the idea to use artificial generated ontokinesis to achieve this goal? Harding: We know he's made attempts in the past to bypass death, and this is just one of them. He's essentially the SCP-963-2, seeing as he's tied to the damn thing. Also, I don't know what's going on with █████████, but the phrase V 20.0 came up a lot during testing, and I can only guess where that rabbithole goes. It's essentially the next step he could take. All the digging I've done leads back to SCP-2718, and it's locked to me for some god-damned reason. You Ethics Committee knuckleheads may have a better chance at it, since you're all much above my paygrade, even if I did have Level 5 clearance. Cimmerian: I would think you would be better off realizing who oversees this discussion here. You are present only because you are a seriously valued member of staff. Otherwise, you would have already been reassigned. Harding: I'm pretty sure my fate is sealed as it is. Cimmerian: (sighs) How did this entire debacle go unnoticed for some time? I would think something would fall through the cracks eventually. Harding: It did. Christensen, or at least, I think it was him, leaked to someone. You know, I never quite liked that guy. He tried to get me removed from the program entirely at one point. But before that, we were meticulous. Everything was under "Expenses" of Site-120. Our team grew only slightly, but the people we nabbed were important. Mantell was pivotal in the construction of the Slug- Cimmerian: Excuse me, the "Slug"? Harding: Oh, yeah. The SLHG. Scranton-Locke Hume Generator. Easier on the tongue. Cimmerian: Please continue. Harding: Anyways. Jesse was necessary to build that scrap heap through and through, Danton was instrumental in the calculation and… well, Dreul was our biological expert, but we know what happened to him. The payroll was nonexistant, and we had to borrow components, etc. Until Christensen. Cimmerian: We are… well versed in where he came in. What caused the failure in the… "Slug"? Harding: I'd assume the structure construction failed in some way. The machine was never supposed to be powered up at that time. Mantell never did quite finish them structural supports, only the internal wiring. I watched as one of them crystals got messed up in the process. All our months of research to shit over a leak, an information one and a literal one. I'll tell you what, too: that thing woulda worked. The Hume Ball was there, I saw it with my own eyes. If we'd had enough time, we'd all be on a new level of existence with how this thing operates. Cimmerian: Do you have any idea of the ramifications of such an action? The potential outcome of giving anyone, even if they are a member of the O5 council, abilities like this? The horrible things people with power do in this position? Harding: Alright, Mr. Committee 'Director'. Imagine you're faced with a big red button. Say you press that button, and there's a 50 percent chance you and everyone in the world dies… and a 50 percent chance whatever you want most in the world would occur instantly. Would you press it? I'd say, if I may speak for me and the rest of my staff, that that chance was too big to turn down. Cimmerian: You would risk the life of every human being on this planet to the whims of someone with near infinite power for your own progression of goals? Harding: It's not just our own progression. With power like our predictions specified, every Apollyon & Keter class could be zapped away in the blink of an eye. Overpopulation, world hunger, anything, all solved with a wave of your hand. Distant galaxies could become exploitable in an instant. Nothing ain't too far fetched. Cimmerian: I take it you fail to grasp the concept of all the innocent billions of lives populating this planet, not knowing a single thing about what lies under the bed, living their lives peacefully. 3498 is likely to go superhume, and if we fail the transport, who knows what kind of CK our reality will undergo? Something of this magnitude has never even been simulated, let alone tested. Harding: Would you think perhaps for a second past this situation? How many things out there are inches from doing exactly that already, how many things are unpreventably growing out of control right now? 2 minutes faster isn't going to alter anything. It's meaningless to attempt to struggle. Do you fear… death, Director? That's exactly what got us into this mess originally. Of course, if we didn't, the Foundation wouldn't really have a purpose, would it then? Cimmerian: Excuse me, Dr. Harding-! Harding: How many times will this happen! How many times does a researcher have to suffer horribly after being exposed to some kind of anomaly? How many times do we have to destroy an entire world simply to plunder the resources or simply dispose of our "hazardous waste", as you so eloquently described my esteemed colleague. Even if I never treated him right… he had a name! His name was Mantell! Jesse Mantell! Cimmerian: Gary, this course of action-. Harding stands up in his seat, straining against his restraints. Harding: O5-9 would have been a fluke anyways, and I realized that too far into the project! There's no one way to run this place, because absolute power corrupts absolutely, and fear makes good men do horrible things! Give someone an opportunity to be self generous at the expense of others, and they're gonna do it! It doesn't matter that someone already tried to play nice and failed thousands of times before, because every person thinks "I can do it way better than the last guy." They just fail to get the fact that the next guy will think the same of them, until someone DOES inevitably end the chain by blowing us all to holy hell, and even THEN- Cimmerian: Thank you for your time, Gary. I think we have heard enough. Harding: No, you don't understand. It's a time bomb! We're sitting on a time bomb, and there's no wires to cut! No- Researcher Gary Harding is forcefully removed from the function. Cimmerian: We're going to have to make an example out of this. I don't want to see anything like this ever happen again. <End Log> Closing Statement: Pending sentence. Adjournment Dr. Cimmerian adjourned the meeting at 20:15. Footnotes 1. having been keyed to a frequency linked to a reality which has previously recorded to have undergone a K-Class scenario, excluding EK-Class. 2. The object has been decommissioned and had its official status revoked.
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NOTICE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY AND PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL ILLNESSES This file contains psychologically hazardous materials. Access to information related to SCP-3499 may only be granted to individuals with a Cognitive Resistance Value (CRV) of at least 1.8. As certain information regarding SCP-3499 is considered to be more sensitive to its effects, periodic checkpoints requiring increasing CRV values have been uploaded to this file. Individuals improperly exposed to SCP-3499 are to be considered L.O.S.T. _ PLEASE ENTER CREDENTIALSCREDENTIALS ACCEPTED; ACCESSING FILE... Item#: 3499 Level4 Secondary Class: {$secondary-class} Disruption Class: ekhi Risk Class: notice link to memo Model Office Seeker, by James Albert Wales. The cartoon depicts Guiteau with a sign which reads, "An office or your life!". Special Containment Procedures: As SCP-3499 has been identified by the United States government, the wider historical community, and the general public, articles which possess instances of it are to be altered to remove confidential information, rather than suppressed. Project WATTSON is currently being constructed within an abandoned mineshaft in the Sonoran Desert. The groundwork for this project is to be funded personally by O5-11, pending approval from the O5 Council for additional manpower and funds. It is expected to be completed on ██/██/2022, once Operation Mauser becomes self-sufficient. Operation Mauser, as proposed by O5-11 and approved by the O5 Council and the Ethics Commitee, is to be carried out by members of Mobile Task Force Gamma-5 ("Red Herrings"). Select Gamma-5 units are to be assigned to two subdivisions (Task Force γ-88 and γ-89) which are to focus on nationwide case studies and individual case studies, respectively. Task Force γ-88 is primarily based in the United States, with surrounding units stationed in Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Operation Mauser has also been cleared for use in countries with a firearm-related death rate of 6.10 and higher1. Every ten weeks, a collection period is to begin in countries with a suitable number of personnel to carry it out. Once the maximum threshold of 1,300 individuals has been reached or after the collection period expires, control of collected individuals is to be transferred to Task Force γ-89. Task Force γ-89 is responsible for [ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS CLASSIFIED; SEE ADDENDUM 3499/2 FOR MORE DETAILS] NOTICE: Further access to this file requires a CRV value of at least 2.5 Description: SCP-3499 are references to the assassination of United States President James A. Garfield by Charles Guiteau on July 2, 1881. Exposure to SCP-3499 universally results in the piece of media developing new information which concerns a largely unknown group of interest known as "The Stalwarts" (GoI-8218). According to exposed media, GoI-8218 is an anarcho-occultist organization with ties to the U.S. government. The stated goals of GoI-8218 include: The establishment of an overarching world order with which to dictate global affairs. The abolishment of legal consequences for violent crimes (homicide, kidnapping, etc.). The abolishment of organizations which fail to support the first two goals. While most instances of SCP-3499 depict the assassination directly, this quality is not required; mentions of Garfield, Guiteau, or other instances have been known to trigger SCP-3499. NOTICE: Further access to this file requires a CRV value of at least 3.9 Addendum 3499/1: Notable Examples ASSASSIN ATTACKS T. R. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 14th — Over 12,000 souls gathered inside of a small auditorium to hear Colonel Roosevelt speak. The crowd quickly grew too large for the hall, and many were forced to cheer from the sidewalks. When Colonel Roosevelt finally arrived, a flurry of excitement erupted from the crowd as supporters spilled into the streets to get a glimpse of his car. Colonel Roosevelt held an aura of ease and humility about him. Earlier that day, rumors had circulated among the city that he had injured himself and could not appear. This did little to harm the Colonel's confidence. His ginger walk to the podium sparked further hysteria within the crowd. They roared on for thirty more minutes before Colonel Roosevelt waved his hand, asking for silence. With all of the vigor of ten men, Colonel Roosevelt said: "My supporters, those whom I consider to be close friends, I appreciate you spending your time with me on this fine day. I would ask you to be quiet—" At that moment, a man pushed himself to the front of the crowd and fired upon Colonel Roosevelt. The former President collapsed onto the stage. The man, a socialist who says that his name is John Schrank, was disarmed and seized by the crowd. There were calls for him to be lynched in the street. Colonel Roosevelt soon rose, however, and ordered the man to be placed under arrest. The crowd parted at his word and allowed the police through. Turning back to the podium, Colonel Roosevelt addressed the crowd: "My friends! I asked you before to remain quiet, but now I ask you to shout so loud the paperboys across the street will hear. I may have been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose!" This attack is the the latest example of a troubling developing in the American political institution: rule by revolver. Most assassins are young, insane immigrants from Europe. Charles Julius Guiteau, murderer of the 20th President James Garfield, is an ideal example. On the morning of July 2nd, 1881, Guiteau traveled to a railway station and intended to wait there until evening. This is a common practice of the fringe political group known as "The Stalwarts" which Guiteau founded. He would wait for five more hours underneath the summer sun. Guiteau's madness was palpable to onlookers. Citizens had reported him to a policeman whom patrolled the area many times before. Despite this, nothing was done about Guiteau's presence at the station. He was seen proselytizing to passerby about a supposed divine commission which impelled him to kill Garfield. One woman was subjected to Guiteau's ramblings for almost twenty minutes. She distinctly remembers the assassin having a fit in the middle of one of his endorsement speeches. He began to repeat a single, nonsensical phrase until Garfield arrived at the railway. When Garfield stepped on the railway platform, he conversed with Guiteau for a short while. There were no witnesses of this conversation that could accurately describe the topics that were discussed. Guiteau then loudly uttered an obscenity at the President before retrieving a pistol from his coat pocket and shooting Garfield twice in the chest. The crowd that had gathered (Continued on Fourth Page) NOTICE: Further access to this file requires a CRV value of at least 4.4 The Truth, and the Removal by Charles Guiteau My stay at the university was short, and what little time I spent there was inside of the campus library. I am still not sure what that cause for my repulsion to the classroom was. I've pondered over the question for many days, watching the sun leap into dawn before slowly waning back down into night. The night that I write this, one that I will spend in jail for a crime that I did not commit, I had gone from fully believing that I had found the answer, to realizing that I was miles from a conclusion, to fully believing in another answer within minutes of each other. I am not bothered much by this. In fact, I am happy for it; my years of study into theology has shown me that this behavior is common in great men. A few hours before I found the time to write this, it was midnight. I laid with no desire for sleep as my thoughts dismantled my new, carefully laid explanation. Even now, I am unable to subdue my mania. The warden came by my cell for my nightly treatment. He injected a milky-white liquid into my forearm which dulled my senses and told me he'd stand by to make sure that it was working. I found myself dwelling on that phrase, "stand by", long after he had left. Those words held an unruly power over me, like they should have meant something. But as the medication wore off and the fits of painful laughter that lasted for minutes on end returned, I stopped worrying. It was during one of these fits that a day I seldom remembered came to the forefront of my half-conscious mind. When I was a young man at the university, I still held some belief in the teachings of those preachers whom I now feel disgusted for having known. The professor on the day was a very short and fat man with a few gray hairs in his hair. I listened to him speak for almost an hour before a sickly feeling began to rise in my stomach. I tried to recite the words of Saint Paul the Apostle, one of my personal mentors, to quell the feeling. It did little to alleviate my discomfort. I excused myself to the bathroom, and vomited into one of the toilets. The convulsions of my stomach left my throat hoarse and my mouth bloodied. As I turned to leave, an Angel bearing the face of St. Paul himself appeared before me. In that moment, as I clung to the sides of the toilet seat to avoid fainting completely, I decided to rededicate my life to the Savior and to let His commandments dictate my life. I felt as if I had grown up ten years in a matter of ten seconds. My hair became gray and grew so long that the ends touched the floor, my bones became as brittle as a corpse, my skin became wrinkled. The Angel spoke and, while I am unable to transcribe with full respect His words, I believe it to be an even greater slight to not record what He had said to me that day. "One that bears the name 'Guiteau'," He said, "I have watched over you since the night of your birth. I have personally witnessed your struggles, your hardships, your triumphs. The friends that knew you and the friends that prayed they never had. Each minute of each hour of each day that goes by in your mind." As He spoke, I could feel the weakness and pain leave my body. The chains that others had used to shackle me down were unlocked. I was a freed man, and a feeling came over me that I had seldom felt in my youth: happiness. The Angel smiled. "You have made more sacrifices than most could endure in your short life. This is why I have descended from the Heavens to you now. To warn you. You have been going against the will of the divine since you began your stay here. This 'group' which you now lead has committed countless atrocities upon this earth and under my watchful eye. If I were to appear before any other man, I would have struck them down in an instant." I wanted to speak. Believe me when I say that I wanted to defend my colleagues, some of whom I consider to be my friends… A solemn moment of realization has come upon me as I write these words. Those "friends" as I called them were the first ones that mentioned that I may have an illness of the mind. When I came begging for shelter after my father left me with no money, they were the ones that I felt hatred towards. My vision was too distracted at that time to notice: the conversations, the meetings, the experiments. They were all lies. Sick, perverted lies that were made to throw mud in His eyes and taint my soul. If they had truly wished for my well-being, then why are none of them here? Why am I being tried for a crime that any man would have done given the circumstances? We do not punish the soldiers who slaughter hundreds of our enemies, but yet when I am given a direct command to kill one bastard, I am sentenced to death. They have been led astray. They, as I did then, need a Savior. So I am forever thankful that He chose to save me. The Angel spoke more words to me, but I am not in the right state of mind to transcribe them. I want to sleep. This shall be the end of my will and testament. Let them hang me in the streets tomorrow. I do not care anymore. I am an agent of God. NOTICE: Further access to this file requires a CRV value of at least 4.8 David Allen Frederickson "Charles Guiteau" Songs of the West Folkways Records FH 5259 Verse Come all you Christian shepherds and those of mighty fear, For the righteous has caught me and made me disappear. Spare just a moment or two, To let me state my crimes, As in a few more moments, My body will ragtime. Chorus My name is Charles Guiteau, The crime which I deny, Will leave my aging parents, Soon saying their goodbyes. Though I still will not believe, The world which I am living, Is guarded by those corrupt souls, Who said that I was sinning. Verse Those men called me insane, And they said onto me, "If you want your soul returned, it is your friend who must bleed." But those wicked men did lie, So when my story was told, The crowd below showed nothing more Than their faces of cold. NOTICE: Further access to this file requires a CRV value of at least 6.0 Chorus My name is Charles Guiteau, The crime which I deny, Will leave my aged parents, Soon saying their goodbyes. Though I still will not believe, The world which I am living, Is guarded by those corrupt soul, Who said that I was sinning. Bridge As I look out to my fans and friends, I see they want the same. "I don't want to listen to a criminal, I just want somebody to hang." But I will not fade away, To a grim history, No, I know that I’m innocent, So ‘till I’m dead I’ll plead, Chorus My name is Charles Guiteau, The crime which I deny, Will leave my aged parents, Soon saying their goodbyes. Though I still will not believe, The world which I am living, Is guarded by those corrupt souls, Who said that I was sinning. NOTICE: Further access to this file requires a CRV value of at least 6.7 Internal Security Department | Incident / Arrest Report Incident ID: O5-000013DW-2020 Date: 01/03/2020 Time: 20:39 Offense: TBD Suspect: Unknown Victim: The Administrator At 20:03, MTF Alpha-1 ("Red Right Hand") receives a distress signal from the Administrator's residence at Site-01. The message was sent by Site-01's general administrative .aic unit STORM in response to a rapid deterioration in the Administrator's health. Alpha-1's estimated time of arrival is eight minutes. During this time, STORM initiates a Class-3 lockdown of Site-01: all unoccupied sectors are sealed off and reality stabilizers are deployed within the Site and the surrounding area. Alpha-1 arrives at Site-01 to discover the Administrator slumped against a terminal in their office. They are unresponsive to the unit, and remain so as α-1 "Captain" administers a cognitive thought analysis. Command issues a temporarily cessation of radio transmissions in the area to ensure that communication between members of Alpha-1 was not lost. α-1 "Captain" determines that the Administrator is alive, but is incapable of retaining sustainable thought (L.O.S.T.). They send a request to declare the Administrator mentally unfit for recovery. Command issues a denial, and orders α-1 "Captain" to attempt a mental recovery. α-1 "Captain" expresses reluctance at this, reasoning that the Administrator has likely been in this state for more than eleven minutes, making them unrecoverable. Command again orders α-1 "Captain" to attempt a mental recovery. α-1 "Captain" complies and falls into a deep trance next to the Administrator. The rest of the unit explores the office. α-2 "Cowboy" covers the Administrator's terminal screen and asks α-3 "Taurus" for a remote screen analyzer to determine if the Administrator had been infected with a memetic hazard from their terminal. STORM accesses Site-01's internal intercom system, broadcasting via a robotic voice to Alpha-1. STORM informs them that the Administrator had been suffering from numerous health issues — most notably paranoia, melancholia, and occasional mania — for months prior to their current situation. NOTICE: Further access to this file requires a CRV value of at least 7.1 α-1 "Captain" suddenly jerks awake from their trance. They appear to be in a great deal of distress, and declare the Administrator to be unrecoverable. When questioned by Command, they deny that they are feeling distressed. They ask STORM where Site-01's medical sector is located. STORM provides its location, which is two floors below Alpha-1's current position, and a route to the location through a nearby stairwell. Alpha-1 descends the first floor and enters the security sector. The unit observes a brightly-lit hallway which leads past two containment chambers, both of which are sealed shut. α-2 "Cowboy" mentions that the floor appears to be entirely devoid of employees. A giant mechanical device lays partially disassembled on the floor. The machine consists of a primary tank which contains a volatile blue liquid, tubes which connect the tank to a power supply, which then connects to a small capsule near the top. The words "PRIMARY THOUGHT DISSEMINATOR" are painted on the side of the capsule. α-3 "Taurus" requests that an investigation of this device be made a secondary objective. This request is swiftly denied by α-1 "Captain". No further requests are made. Alpha-1 reaches the second floor and accesses the medical sector. The floor houses thousands of operating theaters with glass walls, each being surrounded by interlocking pathways made of concrete. α-2 "Cowboy" comments that there seems to be too few occupants of Site-01 for the amount of materials present. They receive no response. α-1 "Captain" leads the team through the floor, occasionally stopping to receive directions from STORM. After approximately thirty minutes, Alpha-1 discover a large steel cube. STORM informs the unit that they have reached the center of the medical sector. A vault door with a metal plaque bearing the words "CASE STUDY #001" acts as the entrance. STORM unlocks the door, revealing a sparse living area: a mattress with blankets, a desk, and a computer terminal are the only pieces of furniture present. The terminal has the words "PLEASE STAND BY…" flashing on its screen in large, red text. Alpha-1 inspects the desk and discovers a set of documents within one of the drawers. The contents of these documents have been described below: Medical records for an unnamed female in their mid-40s. The results of a recent medical examination revealed that they had been suffering from phantom pain in two spots in their torso. A blood test showed that they did not possess any memetically or antimemetically charged particles in their circulatory system. A family pedigree dating back to the late 1600s. A male family member from the seventh previous generation is crossed out. A copy of The Truth, and the Removal by Charles Guiteau. A 184-page journal which details hundreds of connections between the creation of GoI-8218 ("The Stalwarts") and the actions of hundreds of influential world leaders from 1900 through to the present. An unredacted copy of the Operation Mauser procedures. [DATA EXPUNGED] Alpha-1 determines that there is no other evidence present and leaves the cube. The unit exits the second floor, and eventually Site-01, over the course of an hour. Later debriefings led to the leading theory that the Administrator died via unresolved stress, which slowly damaged their heart. An O5 meeting to vote on whether to change the official cause of death to myocardial infarction is scheduled for 13/03/2020. NOTICE: Further access to this file requires a CRV value of at least 7.7 1. "ASSASSINS" (1990) JOHN WEIDMAN ACT I SCENE 11 (Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, Washington D.C. July 2, 1881. JAMES GARFIELD and a small group of men enter, talking amongst each other. A now disheveled CHARLES GUITEAU rises from the railway bench and approaches.) GUITEAU Sir! Please, wait! Mister Garfield, I have something important I want to ask you. (Garfield and his party stop. Guiteau crosses to emphasize his point.) GUITEAU Mister Garfield, I want to be… the ambassador to France! (GUITEAU falls to his knees from exhaustion and anxiousness. GARFIELD laughs.) GARFIELD I'm sorry, who are you? I must know a little about the man I'm going to make my ambassador. NOTICE: Further access to this file requires a CRV value of at least 8.2 GUITEAU Oh! How do you not know my name, Mister Garfield? Perhaps word doesn't reach you as quickly as it does the common man. Regardless! My name is Charles Guiteau, first of my name, college-educated theologist, author, scientist, lawyer, orator, and soon-to-be politician. I have appeared in the papers numerous times; I am of great respect to the people. GARFIELD Hmm? Now, Mister Get-out, I must say that I have not heard of you at all. And I assure you that nobody standing at this station has heard of you either. What have you published that earned you the automatic respect of men of faith? How about men of science? 2. GUITEAU Many things, sir! Let's see… I have defended multiple men from the wrath of angry prosecutors. One of my clients was even a Frenchman, so you know how much France love me. I've written extensively about the teaching of Saint Paul, Saint Augustine, John Calvin— (The men surrounding GARFIELD attempt to disperse the growing crowd onto the train.) GARFIELD Now, let me stop you there. Name me one published work of yours that I personally know of. If you can do that, then I might believe your outrageous claims might be true. GUITEAU The Truth! It's meant to be read alongside the Bible. GARFIELD Never heard of it. GUITEAU "Reasons To Vote for Garfield Against the Dastardly Hancock!" GARFIELD Nope. GUITEAU Um… "The Effects of Traumatic Experiences on the Minds of Those Capable of Reshape—" GARFIELD Err. Wrong answer. (Guiteau drops to his knees.) GUITEAU Please Mister Garfield! I'm begging you. I have spent my entire life dreaming of this moment, you can't just… (A train arrives at the station. The crowd begins to slowly board. A TRAIN CONDUCTOR enters.) TRAIN CONDUCTOR All aboard! The 9:30 train to Greenville Station, New Jersey will be departing shortly. Please stand by! NOTICE: Further access to this file requires a CRV value of at least 9.1 3. GUITEAU You can't… You… (GUITEAU collapses from his knees to the floor. GARFIELD turns to leave.) GUITEAU I hate you, James. GARFIELD Excuse me? (GUITEAU cries, crumbling even further.) GUITEAU I… fucking hate you. So much. GARFIELD Oh sir, you're sounding hysterical now. GUITEAU Call me my name, James. You know who I am. Do you know what I did for you? Is this how you repay people that helped you become who you are now? You sick bastard. How many people have you done this to, huh? Hundreds? Thousands? (POLICE beginning appearing amongst the passengers, making their way to GUITEAU.) GARFIELD Sir, please stand— GUITEAU No! Shut your damn mouth, James. Do you not even care to listen to me? Oh, you… (GUITEAU rises like a dead man from the grave.) NOTICE: Further access to this file requires a CRV value of at least 15.5 GUITEAU I don't care if they hate me. I know who I am and I know who you are. And that's all I need in this life. I don't care. You and I will both burn in Hell, someday. (GUITEAU retrieves a pistol from his coat pocket and shoots GARFIELD, killing him.) Addendum 3499/2: Operation Mauser Overview WARNING: ACCESS TO OPERATION MAUSER IS RESTRICTED DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ACCESS THIS FILE WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION FROM THE O5 COUNCIL. DOING SO WILL RESULT IN THE DEPLOYMENT OF A MEMETIC "ABSENT MINDED" AGENT. THIS AGENT IS DESIGNED TO RAPIDLY CAUSE AN INDIVIDUAL TO BECOME L.O.S.T. THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING. _ PLEASE ENTER CREDENTIALS. Footnotes 1. The list of countries which fit this criteria is to be updated every six months.
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Item #: SCP-3500 Special Containment Procedures: A circular area with a radius of 5m around Dr. Ralph Roget is to be monitored at all times. Should SCP-3500-1 appear, it is to be detained and placed in a standard humanoid containment cell. SCP-3500-1 instances displaying cognitive function in line with the original Dr. Roget are to be granted class three humanoid privileges, and offered limited employment. Due to SCP-3500's relative unpredictability, caution is to be observed during SCP-3500-1 manifestations. Instances displaying hostile or volatile behavior towards Foundation employees are to be subdued on manifestation. Should such hostility continue past initial containment, instances are to be terminated to avoid further damage. Thorough analysis should be conducted to ensure that each SCP-3500-1 instance is an SCP-3500-1 instance, and not a result of SCP-2546 infection. Dr. Roget is to be granted psychological counseling upon request. Per Site-77's director Shirley Gillespie, all attempts by Dr. Roget to resign or leave his position are to be denied. Since SCP-3500 began, Dr. Roget has requested amnestic treatment following each event. Initially, these requests were granted; however, despite the amnestics, Dr. Roget has become mentally unstable. Further treatment has been suspended in order to ensure that he becomes desensitized to these phenomena. Update 2017-4-21 Foundation personnel possessing level three clearance or higher have been notified of recent developments concerning SCP-3500, and have been placed under close surveillance. SCP-3500's mechanism of spreading is currently unknown, and cannot be prevented as of this iteration. WARNING, ATTEMPTED ACCESS DETECTED PLEASE ENTER LEVEL 5 CREDENTIALS OR PATAPHYSICS DEPARTMENTAL ID NUMBER. CREDENTIALS RECOGNIZED. DISARMING COUNTERNARRATIVE MEASURES. WELCOME BACK Dr. Panagiotopolous. Partial containment of SCP-3500 has thus far been possible through lateral application of Procedure Kuzco-Bueller to extract known imprints of swn001-1-RGT(RJB_R) embedded in narrative layers approaching Pataphysics' own. Internarrative twining has been reduced at a rate of 30-40%, though this effectiveness is dropping. Concurrent efforts to slow the rate of Operation FLAT HORIZON's spread have thus far been unsuccessful. SCP-3500, previously contained at the intersection of swn001-1-RGT imprints,1 has in the last three months spread outward through several narrative vectors into planes related to other swn-001-1 entities, as well as other unclassified entities.2 As spread patterns are erratic, it is theorised that several of these vectors are undetectable from the bulk narrative viewpoint - MTF-ι-0 have been assigned to explore known possible assets, while SCP-423 and SCP-3145 are working together to move through fringe narrative and into unexplored narrative rootspace, with an aim to culling the effects of SCP-3500 at the source. Neither are expected to succeed at this time. Though the spread of SCP-3500 currently affects just 13% of known swn001-1 instances, and <1% of known swn001-2 instances, current models show a high probability of total spread to active entities within 16 months. SCP-3500 is under consideration for reclassification to 'Keter (Uncontained)'. Description: SCP-3500 is a phenomenon involving the manifestation of anomalous versions of Dr. Ralph Roget, hereby dubbed SCP-3500-1, within a 5m radius of the baseline individual. SCP-3500 occurs at highly variable intervals, with no discernible pattern between manifestations.3 The cause of these manifestations is currently not known. SCP-3500-1 primarily resemble the baseline non-anomalous Dr. Roget in most materializations; however, all recovered instances have displayed an array of anomalous properties inconsistent with their baseline counterpart (see Table T-3500-1). A number of manifestations have exhibited abilities/properties consistent with other anomalies contained by the Foundation. SCP-3500's relation to these anomalies is currently not understood. 307 instances of SCP-3500-1 have been captured and contained. WARNING, ATTEMPTED ACCESS DETECTED PLEASE ENTER LEVEL 5 CREDENTIALS OR PATAPHYSICS DEPARTMENTAL ID NUMBER. CREDENTIALS RECOGNIZED. DISARMING COUNTERNARRATIVE MEASURES. WELCOME BACK Dr. Panagiotopolous. SCP-3500 is a distortion of narrative cohesion affecting all known canon planes, centered around Dr. Ralph Roget of Site-19 and his analogues throughout the metaverse. SCP-3500 is theorised to be the result of hypercompression of twined planes following Operation Flat Horizon and its ancillary operations.4 This hypercompression causes bulges at significant data points, most notably the imprints of swn001-1 entities, causing extreme strain at their respective stacked planes. In the most extreme case, that of swn001-1-RGT, this has lead to ruptures and the intermixing of canons surrounding the point of decohesion. With the increasing number of datapoints per day, the pressure on swn001-1-RGT's imprint grows exponentially, as it does on other unruptured bulges. With the predicted insurgence of data points following the recent formation of a rare data hyperposition, the current situation, is likely the tipping point of systemic rupture. The consequences of such an event remain uncertain; however, predictive models appear to indicate a 48% chance of complete narrative collapse. Addendum: The following table contains a selection of SCP-3500-1 entries that have been contained. The full list is available to personnel possessing clearance level two or higher. Identity Date of Manifestation SCP-3500-1 Description/Characteristics SCP-3500-1-001 2012-02-26 Security footage captured SCP-3500-1-001's manifestation within Dr. Roget's office. The instance possessed pink pigmentation, feathers5 protruding from the arms and legs, and an orange tinted beak in the place of a mouth and nose. SCP-3500-1-001 became hostile upon noting Dr. Roget's presence. Dr. Roget sustained 2 facial lacerations before site security could secure the instance. SCP-3500-1-017 2012-06-19 SCP-3500-1-017 manifested in Site-77's cafeteria atop the food distribution line as Dr. Roget was eating lunch. The entity was brown in color and consistency, and was later determined to be made entirely of milk-chocolate. It began moving in Dr. Roget's direction, at which point it began melting. Other personnel present report that the entity showed signs of consciousness as it was melting, reportedly screaming incoherently in Dr. Roget's direction. Several personnel became enamored with the material, and had to be removed from the premise by site security. When questioned about their sudden desire to consume the material, affected parties all mentioned a distinct and overwhelming aroma which drew them towards the chocolate. SCP-3500-1-054 2012-11-18 SCP-3500-054 appeared as Dr. Roget was passing a Janitorial closet. The entity was described, by Dr. Roget, as being completely composed of wood, with the exception of the eyes, which appeared human in origin, and the hair which resembled the brushes typically found on janitorial mops. The entity was immobile throughout the encounter, and began secreting highly corrosive fluid from the head, resulting in the rapid deterioration of the wooden tissue. Site security was alerted shortly after this began; however, despite repeated efforts to neutralize the corrosive substance, the replica ultimately dissolved. Dr. Roget filed an amnestic treatment and personnel transfer request following the incident. This request has been denied. SCP-3500-1-094 2013-02-19 Dr. Roget awoke in his Site-77 apartment three times on the morning of February 19th to a foreign figure which he described as being "Shadowy, but glowing." Following the second appearance, Dr. Roget was awoken by a sudden flash of bright light and a distorted high-pitched squeal, at which point he realized that the figure was in fact an SCP-3500-1 manifestation, at which point it collapsed into a pile of its component parts. The entity is now known to have been composed of 92 children's night lights, as well as a number of standard extension cords. All night lights were determined to be non-anomalous. Dr. Roget was purportedly found unconscious in his bathroom two days following the incident, having nearly overdosed on prescription strength sleeping medication. SCP-3500-1-114 2013-04-18 Dr. Roget returned to his office following reports of anomalous food bowls in Site-77's cafeteria. CCTV camera footage captured Dr. Roget beginning to open the door, when he was suddenly pushed back against the wall of the hallway by a flood of Tostitos brand corn chips. Dr. Roget was recovered from beneath a ceiling high pile of chips and molten cheese, at which point it was determined he'd suffered numerous minor lacerations, and first degree burns on the arms. During the debrief, Dr. Roget reported that, as he was opening the door, he was able to see a replica of himself made of several standard food bowls, random assortments of molten cheeses, and several bags of chips. Dr. Roget requested psychological treatment following this incident. SCP-3500-1-118 2013-05-01 The entity was initially clothed in garb worn by hunters during the early 20th century, and possessed appropriate hunting gear from the period. Initially, 118 was screened thoroughly for anomalous properties, however none were found. As a result, he was offered full employment and standard level one security clearance despite an irrational fear of the moon. On May 24th, 2013, Dr. Roget found the entity within its office, in the process of transforming into a human sized Oryctolagus cuniculus, at which time it managed to escape into the site. 57 additional human sized Oryctolagus cuniculus were contained by site security alongside the original depletion of Site-77's vegetable stocks. Dr. Roget put in an additional request following this incident to increase psychological treatment from once to three times a week, alongside a second personnel transfer request. The former was granted, and the latter denied. SCP-3500-1-170 2014-03-29 The circumstances behind the appearance of SCP-3500-1-170 are currently unknown.6 SCP-3500-1-170 is an identical version of Dr. Roget's head, severed at the neck, and kept in a fluid filled glass container possessing an electronic cryogenic temperature regulation mechanism. Whenever it is observed, Dr. Roget will receive a call on his work, home, or cellular phone, depending upon his current location. Upon answering, Dr. Roget will be greeted by a voice claiming to also be Ralph Roget, but from a future point in time.7 Conversations tend to center around past, present, and future events of Dr. Roget's life8 as well as a continual attempt to convince Dr. Roget to take control of Site-77 through assassination of the current director. Dr. Roget continues to ignore such attempts, but has requested that the entity be placed in a chamber where observation will not be possible. This request has been denied, and authorization has been granted to monitor these calls. SCP-3500-1-216 2017-02-22 On February 2nd, 2017, Dr. Roget contacted site security and notified them of another SCP-3500-1 manifestation. Upon arriving at Dr. Roget's office, security found him standing three meters from the door, with his sidearm drawn and pointed at the entrance. Upon being questioned, he panicked, and fired two rounds into the door, after which the sound of something large being dragged across the floor could be heard. SCP-3500-1-216 proceeded to destroy both the door and the frame with great force, via Dr. Roget's desk having fused to the entity's arms. Three security personnel were incapacitated by flying debris at which time Dr. Roget fled the scene. Additional security personnel were deployed, and successfully subdued the instance following several physical engagements. More thorough analysis, following containment, lead researchers to discover that the entity possessed a tail, stinger, and arms analogous to those found in Arizona Bark Scorpions.9 Dr. Roget submitted a request for additional security personnel to be stationed near his office. This request has been approved. As of 2017-4-20, Director Shirley Gillespie has authorized increased surveillance of Dr. Roget, in order to ensure his safety, following SCP-3500-1-216's manifestation. As Dr. Roget's mental state has improved, in part thanks to psychological treatment, further restrictions beyond surveillance are not necessary at this time. Update 2017-4-21: As of this version of SCP-3500's documentation, the anomaly's effects have spread beyond Dr. Ralph Roget to Dir. Jean Karlyle Aktus, Dir. Sherry and Leep Andrews, Dir. Tilda R. Moose, and Dr. Penelope Panagiotopolous. Due to this sudden spread of SCP-3500's effects, an upgrade of the anomaly's object class from Euclid to Keter has been filed, and is currently pending. WARNING, ATTEMPTED ACCESS DETECTED PLEASE ENTER LEVEL 5 CREDENTIALS OR PATAPHYSICS DEPARTMENTAL ID NUMBER. CREDENTIALS RECOGNIZED. DISARMING COUNTERNARRATIVE MEASURES. WELCOME BACK Dr. Panagiotopolous. Hi there. This is all a little obtuse, isn't it? That's unfortunately just the nature of our work, but I'll do my best to lay this out in plain English. On the 8th of October 2016, the Pataphysics department began the implementation of joint projects - Operation Flat Horizon and Operation ÓverMeta. The goal of these projects was simple, if rather ambitious: total unification of the full narrative bulk, into a single cohesive plane. Flat Horizon was more subtle, utilising the biases of swn001-1 entities to effect them toward the linking of data points in order to chip away at the rougher edges of the bulk. If Flat Horizon was a pick, ÓverMeta was more of a sledgehammer. We targeted a single swn001-1 entity, Rimple, and used them to establish a minor canon. More importantly, we introduced Dr. Huever's Hypercanon theory, which provided a conceptual basis for a fully unified canon. This is hard. I apologise. I'm used to throwing down jargon. When you bullshit enough, it comes true, especially when you live in a rumour and your colleagues are fictional characters. ÓverMeta was, much to everyone's surprise, a success. We didn't take canon by a storm, but certainly we've seen ripples. 56 planes and counting have moved into state of narrative intersection with the project, and SCP-3621 has since been introduced to the bulk, utilising many of Pataphysics' core concepts to form a distinct channel between baseline canon and a notable narrative package previously out of our reach. Similarly, SCP-3999 now acts as a communicative interface between us and swn001-1 entities. It comes down to this: When we decided to make canon collapse, we didn't expect it to actually, you know, collapse. These pillars through canon - characters with direct channels to their creators - were being squashed down and down until, just a few weeks ago, they started to burst, retroactively spilling out into the main canon bulk. Just Dr. Roget at first, one of those weird things that happens to researchers like him. I'd say he was relieved it was as harmless as it was. But then it started spreading. Directors Aktus and Moose, the Andrews couple over in Site-234, and then me. I was the last straw, obviously. Doesn't do to have reality rupturing around your head researchers, but when living rumours start splattering into baseline truth, things have properly gone tits up. Estimates indicate that complete narrative collapse is likely to occur within the next 16 months, at which point… well, Flat Horizon's job will be complete. A flat plane. Worlds squashed together, inconsistencies crushed underneath the incomparable momentum of human thought. If it's not yet clear, our current actions are utterly futile. MTF-ι-0 is not going to find some holy grail of meta bullshittery. Our scouts aren't going to save the world by invading the conceptual sludge. Which brings me to this: There's a simple solution. One which the others haven't thought of yet. They're not idiots, they will, just not as fast as I have. The solution is that we talk to you directly. Break out that listpages module and snap you out of your seat for half a second when you see your username. Hello, I'll wave. It's me, Penelope, being meta. Welcome to the Note At The End". All this is breaking your suspension of disbelief. It has to. No person withstands this much acknowledgement of fictionality without feeling detached. That's important. I want you to remember I'm not real. That this article is written by one of you - two of you, now, if my readings are correct - and there's no need to incorporate it into how you see our reality. I need you to think "Yeah, alright, I guess that was kinda fun, but obviously it's not CANON". You know the drill… There is no canon. Footnotes 1. See RGT seednode 2. See Non-writer Entities and Their Influence: A Theory on Narrative Rootspace, Panagiotopolous et al. 3. On May 5th, 2012, 3 SCP-3500-1 instances appeared within 24 hours of each other; whereas the largest gap between manifestations was between October 30th 2015, and February 3rd, 2016. 4. See Just Trust Us On This One, We're Pretty Sure We're Right, Huever et al. 5. Later determined to be analogous to those of Phoeniconais ruber ruber 6. Dr. Roget has refused to answer any and all questions regarding his initial encounter with the entity 7. The date from which SCP-3500-1-170 is calling changes with each subsequent incident. 8. Most events discussed concerning Dr. Roget's future have failed to occur. 9. The arms were noted to lack claws.
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SCP-3501
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All I require are bodies. All I require is something to tell. close Info X SCP-3501: The Storyteller of Isfahan Author: Tufto, written on their original account. More of their work can be found here. Image: Can be found here, and is in the public domain. The only known picture of the interior of SCP-3501 prior to its containment, taken by Dr. James Scott in June 1913. SCP-3501-1 can be seen on the left; several SCP-3501-2 instances can be seen on the right. Item #: SCP-3501 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3501 has been removed from its original location in Isfahan, Iran, and taken to a Secure Holding Facility in Site 90, the headquarters of the Unreality Division. Testing on and entry into SCP-3501 is currently suspended. Experiment 3501-101 was given special sanction by the O5 Council. Description: SCP-3501 is a small coffeehouse originally located in the city of Isfahan, Iran. Externally, SCP-3501 appears as a small cubical structure, approximately 9m3 in size (the equivalent to 3 Iranian pank'a), with a cobalt-coloured dome protruding from the roof. It has been dated to the 17th century. The interior of SCP-3501 consists of a single large room. With each visit into SCP-3501, the room is decorated in a different style. Each style originates from a different Iranian period and city. Several containers of coffee, hookah pipes, and other beverages can be found within SCP-3501, alongside bowls of dates and pistachio nuts. A number of books of poetry and a set of backgammon are also visible, sometimes being utilised by the SCP-3501-2 instances. A fireplace can be seen at one end; this is only lit between the Autumn and Spring equinoxes. SCP-3501 is inhabited by SCP-3501-1 and a number of SCP-3501-2 instances. SCP-3501-1 is a humanoid with a variable appearance, taking on a different age and gender for each visitor. SCP-3501-1 appears to take the role of a storyteller. The SCP-3501-2 instances are a series of 5-10 humanoids who reside within SCP-3501. The SCP-3501-2 instances present change with each visit. SCP-3501-2 instances can ordinarily be found talking amongst themselves, reading poetry or playing backgammon; they will not acknowledge any outside visitor unless said visitor attempts to disturb them, at which point the SCP-3501-2 instances will insult or push away the visitor. Only one individual can enter SCP-3501 at any one time. Should any individual enter SCP-3501, SCP-3501-1 will urge the visitor to sit down on a chair and take some form of refreshment. The invariable response of all visitors is to silently follow the instructions of SCP-3501-1, leading researchers to believe that they are affected by some form of cognitohazard. Once they are seated, SCP-3501-1 begins to tell the visitor a story. This story appears to be derived from events in the life of the visitor, although the setting and context are often altered or left vague. Once the SCP-3501-1 instance has finished telling the story, any camera feeds and sensory equipment sent into SCP-3501 with the visitor will immediately be cut off. Approximately 30 minutes after this occurs, visitors can once again enter SCP-3501. It is unknown what happens to the visitor, but no sign of previous visitors have been noticed on subsequent visits. Following a visit, the story told by SCP-3501-1 will abruptly become part of the oral tradition of the surrounding region. Those who recite it will insist that they were taught it by their parents of other forebears in a tradition stretching back centuries. Local historians will sometimes present a history of the story's development, despite a lack of evidence for such a story existing before SCP-3501-1's recitation. SCP-3501 was first discovered in June 1913, when Foundation researcher and prominent Orientalist Dr. James Scott went missing on a research trip in Iran. Foundation investigations managed to recover his camera- which had apparently been thrown out onto the street- and eventually discover SCP-3501. A legend referring to the "Frankish creator of perfect images" was later discovered to be a fixture of local Isfahani lore, with local historians claiming that it has been circulated since the 16th century. The logs of Experiments 3501-29, 3501-56 and 3501-77 have been included below, as examples of SCP-3501's effects. +Experiment 3501-29 -Experiment 3501-29 Subject: D-6952, a native of Atlantic City who had been convicted of murder. Date: 17/06/1935 <Begin Log> D-6952 enters SCP-3501. The room is decorated in a style reminiscent of early 20th century Tehran. Five SCP-3501-2 instances can be seen drinking coffee. SCP-3501-1 has taken the form of a man in his 20s. SCP-3501-1: Good evening, child. Please, take some coffee, some tobacco. We share everything in this house. D-6952 sits on a cushion opposite SCP-3501-1, and inhales from a nearby hookah pipe. SCP-3501-1: There, there we go. Now, listen, my child, to my story. There was once a boy from a port city, a place of vice and sin. This boy was born into anger and hatred, and knew no other life. His father surrendered to his passions, beating his wife and child on innumerable occasions. Once he was grown, the boy fled into the west, away from the drunken cruelties of his childhood. In the desert, he met people who took him in. They showed him some form of kindness for the first time in his life. He rode with them, feeling the whistle of the wind in his ears, and they took it upon themselves to commit all kinds of abhorrent acts. They would murder, maim, steal, across the country. They would kill without a care, and knew not what it was to sin. They were the worst of people, the most abhorred and hated of sinners. The boy had not always been so. He was once sweet, and curious, and inquisitive. It was only the terrible beatings the boy had suffered at the hands of his father which had turned him this way. And unlike his cohorts, the boy was aware of this. The boy had memories of a life when he was happy, and dreams of a life which had turned out differently. These provided no comfort and no succour, however; only resentment and hatred. One day, the boy turned back, and travelled to his coastal city. His mother had died many years before, but he found his father, drunk in a tavern, his faced buried in vomit and wine. The boy took his musket, and shot his father until he died. The Shah's men found the boy laughing over the ruin of his life. They took him to a deep and dark pit from which he would never emerge. And so, fathers, listen well: care for your children, lest you lose them entirely! For it is your purpose to create good, honourable, merciful and righteous people. Deviate from your duty and only heartache will follow. At this point, all communications are cut off. <End Log> Notes: Variants of this story were subsequently found to exist in several communities near Site 90. It was turned into a song by noted country musician ██████ ████████████ in 1956, entitled "The Eastern Rider". +Experiment 3501-56 -Experiment 3501-56 Subject: D-7052, a native of New York City who had been convicted of embezzlement. Date: 03/06/1959. <Begin Log> D-7052 enters SCP-3501. The room is decorated in a style reminiscent of 16th century Kashan. Nine SCP-3501-2 instances can be seen reading poetry. SCP-3501-1 has taken the form of a woman in her 30s. SCP-3501-1: Come, my girl, come. Sit with me a while, and listen to a tale of weakness. D-7052 sits on a cushion facing SCP-3501-1. SCP-3501-1: There was once a woman from a city in the east. This woman gained a living by serving one of the mighty towers which littered the landscape, bearing down upon the citizens beneath. The lords of these towers were the chief among merchants, and controlled the flow of gold and silver from China to Farangistan. The citizens below hated and feared them. The woman was able to see the activities of the lords; their ledgers, their abacuses, their reports. She knew of the paper vaults where they kept all of their money. She was sorely tempted by these, but resisted, for she knew of the folly of theft. But what she did was driven out of fear, not righteousness, for she knew little of good and evil. She stared at the numbers on the page, day after day, willing herself not to commit a sin she did not even recognise. One day, a fellow clerk was elevated above his station. This clerk was the child of one of the high lords, but was a notorious incompetent, who deserved none of his advancement. The woman saw this, and her anger overtook her fear. She stole a great fortune from paper vaults and fled the city, taking a boat to the southern jungles. But she was caught. The lords of the tower were furious, and forced the Shah’s men to find her. They caught her in the darkest part of the forest, in a little town of heat and flies. They took her back to the city of towers, threw her before the magistrate, and cast her into the dark pit. So remember this: weakness comes in many forms. Action itself is not strength; it is only proper action and proper righteousness which give a person true character. At this point, all communications are cut off. <End Log> Notes: Variants of this story were subsequently found to exist in several communities near Site 90. It was later adapted into a novel by the author █████████ ██, set in China under the Tang Dynasty and featuring a rebellious Sogdian attempting to flee to her ancestral homeland after stealing from a powerful noble. +Experiment 3501-77 -Experiment 3501-77 Subject: D-1199, a native of Toronto who had been convicted of bank robbery. Date: 04/11/1979 <Begin Log> D-1199 enters SCP-3501. The room is decorated in a style reminiscent of 18th century Mashhad. Seven SCP-3501-2 instances can be seen playing cards. SCP-3501-1 has taken the form of a woman in her 70s. SCP-3501-1: Welcome, my dear. Please, sit, and listen as I tell you a tale. D-1199 sits on a cushion facing SCP-3501-1. She picks a date from a nearby bowl and begins to eat it. SCP-3501-1: There was once a girl, who lived in a city of smoke and frost. She loved that city. She would twist through its streets, running and jumping and laughing with her friends. They would get into all kinds of trouble; they would imbibe strange substances, steal things from the merchants, and climb buildings to look at the stars. One day, the wild girl decided that she would stop stealing. The law of that land stated that those who were caught committing crimes would be locked away in a dark pit with the other evildoers. She did not want to be locked in that pit again. So, she found more honest employment, repented of her life of crime, and made a family with a handsome khan. She was happy, for a time- but she never lost of habit of sitting on her roof and looking at the stars. Then the Shah’s men came for her, in the middle of the night. They told her that she had taken money from the two Brothers Lehman, even though she had not been near the Brothers’ hoard. They took her before the magistrate, who cast her down into the pit, away from her family and away from sunlight. And in the dark, she wept, and wept, and wept, and was reminded of a single salient fact: once you have sinned, your sins will never really be forgotten. The darkest of men will always find a way to use them. One way or another, to sin is to fall and fail. Nobody ever knew her story. Nobody ever knew her innocence. But now the whole world knows of it. In her fall will come her rise. At this point, all communications are cut off. <End Log> Notes: Variants of this story were subsequently found to exist in several communities near Site 90. The local populace believed that it had only been a piece of local folklore since the 1870s, an unusually short period of time. It is believed that this is due to the need for the Lehman Brothers to be a prominent national presence as a prerequisite for comprehension of the story. Addendum 3501-1: On 25/08/2004, the head researcher on SCP-3501, Dr. Farhad Hamedani, entered SCP-3501 without authorisation. Dr. Hamedani had revealed during a routine psyche examination that he had been suffering feelings of extreme guilt over the fate of the D-Classes used in the testing of SCP-3501. Dr. Hamedani had requested a transfer; this request was pending at the time of the incident. Dr. Hamedani had fitted himself with the same type of camera used in D-Class testing prior to entering SCP-3501. It began to record shortly before Dr. Hamedani's entry into SCP-3501. +Incident 3501-1 -Incident 3501-1 <Begin Log> Dr. Hamedani enters SCP-3501. The room is decorated in a style reminiscent of 19th century Tabriz. Eight SCP-3501-2 instances can be seen playing backgammon. SCP-3501-1 has taken the form of a man in his 50s. SCP-3501-1: Ah! A fellow countryman of mine! Come, come, my son, and sit down. Take a cup of coffee! Relax, my dear fellow, and listen to this story I will tell you. I must say, it is most excellent to meet one of my own again. Dr. Hamedani sits on a cushion in front of SCP-3501-1, and takes a container of coffee. He drinks this slowly throughout the incident. SCP-3501-1: There was once a man, from the distant east. He was a clever man, who sought to discover the secrets of God’s creation. So enamoured was he with this pursuit that he travelled across oceans, to a distant continent across the seas, to learn about those secrets which the others did not know. He wanted to know about time, and why time slipped and slid as it did. It seemed to him to be a strange and impossible thing, a dream of events past and events future that were connected by the most slender of threads. He came to a field of wheat, where a great jail had been set up. Within this jail were others like him, working on all the secrets of cause and effect, of all the worlds which once had existed but now did not. He was in paradise there, to begin with, as he committed his unholy acts. He peeled back secret after secret, enigma after enigma. He found wonder, and glory in his work; but it wasn’t enough. When you stare into the engines of time, you can never escape the feeling that all your work is naught, and that you will fade into oblivion like all of the others. And so, the man became obsessed with one particular secret. He became obsessed with a storyteller, and the yarns he weaved through time and space. This storyteller was not like other storytellers; for he was able to make a person’s story spread across the world, at the cost of a few pounds of flesh. Here, the man thought, was a way to escape oblivion. He told himself that the people he sent to the storyteller, to be scattered across creation, were being sent to a glorious destiny. He told himself that they could become immortal. He even dreamt of visiting the storyteller himself, in order to extend his life forever. But as the days and the years went past, he began to see things differently. Every person who was sent to the storyteller only brought back silence, and a screen covered in grey and changing snow. Every time another face disappeared before him, every time a body was taken to be sacrificed, he felt more and more agitated. Eventually, every transcendent soul caused suffering in his own, as he perceived their fate as a kind of death. He continued to dream of visiting the storyteller, but for very different reasons; where once he wished for everlasting life, now he only wanted to share their fate. He felt that becoming one of them, being fed into the machine like one of them, would at least serve to alleviate some of his guilt. He dreamt of an ending that would make them hate him less. And so, he strapped a strange device onto him, which would tell the world of what he did. And he entered the machine, and met the storyteller, and gained the death he craved. And so, his life became worth nothing. He had spent the entire time chasing glory, chasing creation, chasing knowledge and truth like all of his foolish colleagues. But they ended up dying all the same. The pursuit of arcane wisdom left them with nothing but worms in their coffin. His fate was the worst, because his foolishness would be told across the continent, forever and ever, stretching forward and back in time. At this point, all communications are cut off. <End Log> Notes: Variants of this story were subsequently found to exist in several communities near Site 90. This story later served as the inspiration for a popular play in the 1960s. The play was praised in the national press for its subversion of the story's classic moral; the play had instead lauded the researcher for his intellectual curiosity, with the storyteller rewritten as a regressive god. Testing was suspended following this incident. Addendum 3501-2: On 21/01/16, Senior Researcher Montague proposed sending an artificial intelligence into SCP-3501, as this would not result in any loss of life. Testing was briefly re-opened to allow this test to take place. +Experiment 3501-101 -Experiment 3501-101 Subject: An artificial intelligence (named REFLECTION), developed by Dr. Johannes Tarkesian, designed to emulate and believe itself to be SCP-3501-1. REFLECTION was run on a small Foundation computer, and attached to a mechanical walking device. REFLECTION was then sent into SCP-3501. <Begin Log> REFLECTION enters SCP-3501. The room is decorated in a style reminiscent of a 17th century Isfahan. Six SCP-3501-2 instances can be seen smoking hookah and drinking coffee amid several cushions. SCP-3501-1 smiles upon seeing REFLECTION; it has taken the form of a young woman in her 20s. SCP-3501-1: Ahh… you have sent me a mirror, in the hopes that I will pluck out my own story. But a reflection is a copy, an imitation of the original, rather than the original itself. It will not work, little jailors. Since you have gone to so much trouble, however, I will tell the reflection of my story. It might prove instructive to you, despite being but a pale imitation of the truth. So, little reflection, come and sit. REFLECTION moves onto a cushion opposite SCP-3501-1. SCP-3501-1: Once upon a time, in the realms of Iran, there were storytellers everywhere. We would lurk in the corners of bazaars, ply our art in the coffeehouses, brothels and khanqahs1 of the cities, travel from place to place in search of coin. We were welcomed and respected, and were a fixture of the life of the region. Our merriment and diversions were the joy of the citizenry- as were the more serious messages we imparted. Eventually, we grew so powerful that we aided- in our own, small way- in the creation of an empire. We told the stories of Abu Muslim and of ‘Ali, those great heroes of old; and through these recitations, we drew parallels with the great warrior of the age, Isma’il the Safavid. He forged a powerful and great realm, and raised us up high: the Sufis, vagabonds, storytellers and other free peoples of Iran. But we were betrayed. His son, Tahmasp, was never as warm towards us, and under the direction of the dastardly cleric al-Karaki became cold and hostile towards our members. His grandson, ‘Abbas, savagely attacked us. His desire for orthodoxy, for purity, led to us becoming little more than dogs, kicked and maligned in the streets. Our prominence had faded. We were nothing more than paltry entertainers of sinners, lepers and wastrels. We had fallen utterly. Most faded away, became vagabonds in turn, and provided little more than passing curiosity to the Franks who began to pirate our shores. But one among our number stumbled upon a glorious idea. He made a new guild of storytellers, one which transcended any one city and which spread across the globe. He found those of us blessed with the ability to spin a yarn and make it true, to alter the world to accord to a tale, to see beauty in the chaos. And since then, we have done so much. We have altered this imperfect world to align more with our design. We have created stories wherever there is an opening. Because to be a story is better than to be a human. Our kind are little more than flesh, fat and bone, living mortal lives with imperfect minds. Why do you begrudge me the little flies that I require? I weave their substance into the prettiest of webs. Their fat becomes timeless motion, their flesh becomes the ethereal substance of the narrative, their bone becomes the fire of imagination. They live forever in the world of myth and legend, that intersects our own but which is apart from it, higher than it. All I ask for are their bodies. Look. At this point, the SCP-3501-2 instances suddenly turn and stare at the camera. Four of them have taken the form of several D-classes previously sent into SCP-3501; the other two have taken the forms of Dr. Hamedani and Dr. Scott. All of them lack eyes and appear emaciated; all of their mouths have formed "O" shapes. SCP-3501-1: You see? In here, they live forever. I take more and more of their minds each year, their useless dead-weight flesh. And I convert it into stories, stories which spread across the world. They will dance on a golden beam of light, never forgotten, always persisting in the minds and imaginations of men. All I require are bodies. All I require is something to tell. At this point, all communications are cut off. <End Log> Notes: This story was not discovered to be in circulation anywhere close to Site 90. It was instead eventually discovered as an oral tradition in the village of ██████, Isfahan Province, Iran. Footnotes 1. A lodge or meeting-house of a Sufi order. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3501" by Tufto, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3501. 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: coffeehouse.jpg Name: Mosul.jpg Author: Underwood & Underwood License: Public Domain Source Link: Wikimedia Commons
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SCP-3502
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A sign of the type typically affected by SCP-3502; image taken on 01/06/20██. Item #: SCP-3502 Special Containment Procedures: A detailed record of "kangaroo crossing" signs affected by SCP-3502 is to be kept by a Foundation team assigned to the project, and updated monthly. SCP-3502 manifestations are to be closely monitored; should a civilian trigger an SCP-3502 occurrence, Foundation personnel are to administer amnestics to all individuals involved, transport them to the nearest medical facility, and present a cover story involving a vehicular accident. A Foundation disinformation team is to monitor the internet and social media for accounts of kangaroos driving vehicles, as well as disseminating information on the importance of driving cautiously near wildlife-inhabited areas. The habitat occupied by SCP-3502-1 is currently contained in a 50-hectare nature reserve plot of land purchased and maintained by a Foundation front company, which has established a small outpost (currently staffed by a team of two containment specialists, two security guards, and one researcher) at the western edge of the area. A barbed wire perimeter fence has been constructed to deter trespassers. Unauthorized individuals attempting to enter the reserve are to be amnesticized and turned away. Description: SCP-3502 is an anomalous phenomenon centered on the the small town of ██████, of Queensland, Australia. SCP-3502 affects "kangaroo crossing" signs (consisting of an icon of a black kangaroo on a yellow diamond shape), commonly found in rural regions of Australia. The anomalous effects of SCP-3502 activate on a monthly basis, usually from 3rd to the 15th of every month. SCP-3502 has been observed to manifest more often during winter. When a human individual drives a vehicle1 past a sign affected by SCP-3502 without decreasing their traveling speed, they will experience a sudden loss of consciousness within 30-60 seconds of passing the sign. Examination of affected individuals indicates symptoms similar to those caused by blunt force trauma to the head. After the vehicle driven by the individual slows or ceases movement, an instance of SCP-3502-1 will manifest and approach the vehicle. SCP-3502-1 refers to a mob of eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) possessing unusually high levels of intelligence and proficiency for handling human implements. Of note, while SCP-3502-1 individuals appear to be in healthy condition, all instances exhibit some form of injury, ranging from bruising to misshapen limbs. Upon manifesting following an occurrence of SCP-3502, SCP-3502-1 entities will proceed to hijack the vehicle and forcibly remove any occupants. The SCP-3502-1 instance will then proceed to attempt to enter and drive the vehicle to a remote area of uninhabited land. GPS tracking has recorded vehicles being transported as far as 45km from the initial location of a sign affected by SCP-3502. If unable to move the vehicle, SCP-3502-1 instances will instead ransack the interior, smashing windows and tearing out any soft materials available. Occasionally, SCP-3502-1 instances will also remove tires from the sabotaged vehicles. Addendum SCP-3502-1: During a reconnaissance session on ██/██/████, a Foundation surveillance team was able to discover the habitat of a group of SCP-3502-1, located approximately 20km from a sign affected by SCP-3502. It was noted that the living grounds appeared to be furnished with vehicles from previous Foundation experiments, arranged in lines. A large group of SCP-3502-1 was observed tending to multiple stolen vehicles in different states of disassembly, with native grasses and vegetation growing within the chassis of each vehicle. Other SCP-3502-1 instances appeared to be constructing a rain shelter from loose vehicle parts and sheet metal, while young SCP-3502-1 instances were sleeping nearby in berths made of truck tires and car cushions. Discussion regarding the viability of attempting communication with SCP-3502-1 is underway. All future ventures to the SCP-3502-1 habitat are to be performed on foot, starting from 5km away from the habitat. Footnotes 1. Recorded vehicles affected by SCP-3502 include small personal vehicles, dirtbikes, trucks, and one self-driving car.
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Item#: 3503 Level1 Secondary Class: none Disruption Class: keneq Risk Class: caution link to memo Special Containment Procedures: Foundation webcrawlers are to monitor social media, online support groups and discussion boards for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and correspondences between psychiatrists and therapists (particularly those involved in the treatment of PTSD) for evidence of SCP-3503 infection. Foundation assets embedded in psychiatric circles are to do the same. News and police reports concerning domestic abuse, sexual assault, and acts of mass violence are to be monitored for indicators of stage 3 SCP-3503 infection. The Foundation has commissioned Mobile Task Force Rho-93 "Goatbusters" to combat and contain the influence of SCP-3503. If an SCP-3503-positive individual is identified, MTF R-93 is to deploy to the individual's location and perform Procedure 701-Crafty. + Show Procedure 701-Crafty Description - Hide Description The affected individual (Henceforth referred to as "the focus" for clarity) is to be administered Memetic Agent 3503-Man-About-Town (Henceforth referred to as Meme MAT for clarity), after having been interrogated for intelligence that could be useful to the rest of the procedure. Subsequently, the focus's family, friends, co-workers, and anyone else who they were in the vicinity of on a regular basis (Such as sexual partners, therapists, teachers, etc.) are to be evaluated for possible SCP-3503 infection. Then, anyone who lives or works within a 70 meter radius of the focus's residence and workplace are to be similarly evaluated, as are people who work at or frequent other locations frequented by the focus, such as bars or hobby shops. If the agent performing the evaluation of any individual believes there is a reasonable suspicion that the person they are evaluating may be SCP-3503-positive1, that person is to be administered Meme MAT. All responding MTF R-93 agents are also to be administered Meme MAT. Finally, the focus's community will be placed on a watchlist of communities with a high risk of SCP-3503 infection. If the focus is in stage 3 of infection and has committed an act of SCP-3503 motivated violence, the step in which the focus is administered Meme MAT may be skipped so that the focus can be contained by the foundation for research purposes, at the discretion of the SCP-3503 containment lead. Misinformation is to be spread that the focus died as a result of resistance to their crimes. All parties involved are to be amnesticized and given false memories supporting this account. In recognition of the great difficulty of containing SCP-3503, and the danger it poses, the O5 Council and Ethics Committee have authorized the use of Blarney Stone Class Memetic Agents (Sometimes colloquially referred to as a memetic "truth serum" by Foundation personnel.) to compel full cooperation in the process of identifying SCP-3503-positive individuals or the administration of Procedure 701-Crafty. Non-Foundation personnel who are administered a memetic agent in the process of SCP-3503 containment efforts should be amnesticized. The Foundation currently has 14 Stage 3 SCP-3503 patients in containment for research purposes. They are contained in a Site-172 satellite facility, constructed 120 meters away from the nearest point of the primary Site-17 complex3. Any or all of these infected individuals can be terminated at any time if the current SCP-3503 containment lead feels they pose a threat to Foundation personnel or the other anomalies contained at Site-17. Personnel working on SCP-3503 containment or research must disclose any potentially traumatic experiences they have during their work on SCP-3503 or have had prior. Description: SCP-3503 is a contagious form of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). SCP-3503 has all the symptoms of standard PTSD, such as dreams or intrusive memories related to traumatic events, great distress in response to trauma related cues or triggers, and an amplified "fight or flight" response. However, SCP-3503 patients also exhibit a set of additional symptoms that manifest over time. SCP-3503 infection can be roughly categorized in 3 stages. Stage 1: Stage 1 lasts an average of 5 to 6 years, with a standard deviation of about 2 years. Stage 1 is almost indistinguishable from non-anomalous PTSD. The only distinguishing feature of stage 1 is that patients often have dreams involving satyrs4, or creatures similar to satyrs. Often, the satyrs seem out of place in the dreams they appear in. Stage 1 patients with high dream recall report as many as 40% of their dreams involve satyrs in some way. Satyrs are rarely the focus of these dreams. Dreams that recreate the traumatic experience that led infected individuals to contract SCP-3503 almost always include satyrs. Stage 2: Stage 2 lasts an average of 2 to 3 years, with a standard deviation of about 8 months. In stage 2, infected individuals begin to develop a positive opinion of their PTSD, feeling that having PTSD positively affects their psychological state. When questioned about this unusual opinion, SCP-3503 patients are generally entirely unable to explain why they feel this way. Some exceptionally articulate patients can describe that PTSD feels "correct" or "natural," but are unable to give a more detailed explanation. There is only one known SCP-3503 patient capable of explaining the rationale behind this symptom in detail, see Document-3503-A. Satyr dreams increase in frequency during stage 2. Stage 3: In stage 3, the infected individual's positive opinion of their PTSD becomes much stronger than in stage 2. As a result, the majority of stage 3 SCP-3503-positive individuals come to believe that it would be moral and desirable to give others PTSD. Stage 3 patients gain a vague, intuitive understanding of how SCP-3503 is transmitted (see below). Most begin exhibiting uncharacteristically abusive behavior towards family and close friends5, and some even attempt to commit acts of mass violence, such as a mass shooting or public bombing. These acts of mass or individual aggression are generally planned in a manner which avoids fatalities but focuses on injuries, induced panic, and overall stress. Stage 3 patients also gain the ability to rapidly (within a few days) advance stage 1 or 2 patients to stage 3 by discussing PTSD with them. About 30-40% of stage 3 patients develop uncharacteristically misanthropic beliefs and become sympathetic to or supportive of anarcho-primitivist ideas. Satyr dreams increase in frequency and intensity during stage 3, with satyr dreams where the satyrs are the dream's focus becoming common. A small (<6%) amount of stage 3 infected individuals report briefly seeing satyrs while awake, usually in their peripheral vision, in mirrors, or just after waking up. Each SCP-3503-positive individual has a transmission radius. The exact size of the radius varies from individual to individual, but the great majority (>90%) of infected individuals have a radius that is between 50 and 60 meters. If an individual experiences a traumatic event while within the transmission radius of an SCP-3503-positive individual, or had experienced a traumatic event in the recent past6 and then entered said transmission radius, that individual may contract SCP-3503. Testing7 has indicated a susceptible individual must spend approximately 20-30 continuous seconds inside a transmission radius to be infected. There have been numerous documented cases of susceptible individuals who spent time inside a transmission radius, but who did not contract SCP-3503, just as not all who experience a traumatic event get PTSD. However, there have been no documented cases where an SCP-3503 susceptible individual spent time in a transmission radius and then contracted non-anomalous PTSD. It is therefore believed that the SCP-3503 contagious agent "modifies" typical PTSD into SCP-3503. Though the conditions for the spread of SCP-3503 are fairly well understood, the mechanism by which SCP-3503 spreads is very poorly understood. + SCP-3503 Transmission Theory Summary - hide The current best model the Foundation has for the spread mechanism of SCP-3503 is that it spreads via 2 or more sub-mechanisms working in tandem. One of the mechanisms is psionic in nature, the other or others are unknown. Further, the psionic mechanism is not essential to the spread of SCP-3503, but serves to "bolster" the other mechanisms in some way. Pertinent Evidence: An individual who contracts SCP-3503 does not need to be able to see, hear, or perceive the relevant SCP-3503-positive individual to become infected, nor do they even need to be aware of the existence of the person infecting them. Therefore, SCP-3503 cannot be memetic or cognitohazardous in nature. SCP-2608 is vulnerable to the transmission radius of an SCP-3503 patient. Prior to recent developments which indicated its total unsuitability for use in containment or research, SCP-148 was tested on SCP-3503. It did not nullify SCP-3503 entirely, but did demonstrate an ability to reduce the transmission radius of infected individuals by an average of 61%. The size of an SCP-3503-positive individual's transmission radius is proportional to their psionic aptitude. The largest transmission radius ever discovered by the Foundation (71 meters) was that of Jennifer M█████, who scored in the 98.5th percentile on a psionic aptitude test. The smallest known (36 meters) was that of D-207-8649-3307, whose psionic aptitude was pushed below the typical range for humans by exposure to SCP-████. When initially discovered, containment was focused on quarantining affected individuals. However, inspired by research done in the process of containing SCP-████8, a Memetics Department research team created Memetic Agent 3503-Man-About-Town (Meme MAT), which is capable of converting SCP-3503 into non-anomalous PTSD. Unfortunately, Meme MAT is reliant on the subject believing that Meme MAT is being administered to them specifically in order to function, so it cannot be spread across mass media to cure SCP-3503 infectees automatically. Document-3503-A: The following is a transcript of a video made by Private Morton Baker of the United States Army. After being deployed to Afghanistan in 2002, he served a single, full tour of duty before returning to the US. He was clinically diagnosed with PTSD in 2007. In 2011, he attacked the life insurance company where he worked; there were no fatalities, but 34 serious injuries. When questioned by police as to the motivation behind his crime, he directed them to the video. Based on the content of the video, and analysis of the spread patterns of SCP-3503, Morton Baker is believed to be SCP-3503's patient zero. Video Transcript Subject: Private Morton Baker, describing SCP-3503. [BEGIN LOG] The camera is in a room in Baker's apartment, recording a wall. Baker steps into frame and sits down. If you're watching this, you're probably wondering "Why'd he do it?" Well I'll tell you why, but first, you need some backstory. Way back when, after spending only five or six months in Afghanistan, me and my squad were moving along a hillside east of [DATA REDACTED]. I was third in line when an IED went off in front of us. Schneider died. Owens lived, but I heard they had to take out one of his kidneys. I didn't get any shrapnel, but I wasn't on super secure footing when the bomb went off, so the blast wave and the surprise knocked me on my ass and I started tumbling down the hill. I was tumbling fast too, this was a pretty steep hill, you see? As the world spun, it seemed to get darker, which didn't make much sense. When I came to a stop and looked up, I was in a damn jungle. Or maybe a forest? It doesn't seem quite right to call it either, sort of a mix between the two. Point is, there weren't any forests or jungles around. But the scenery wasn't the main attraction: there was someone there. He was about nine feet tall, and he had goat legs and horns. The rest of him looked… almost like a human, for the most part. Except his skin didn't look like skin, it looked like scar tissue. And I don't think English even has the words to describe what his dick looked like, so I won't try. What happens next is tough to describe. A bunch of things happened to me at the same time that couldn't happen at the same time. Like, imagine you have a projector, but instead of playing one slide at a time, you jam ten in there, and they all get projected on top of each other. The wild god, that's what I call the goat man these days, he pounced on me and started eating me. Just bit right through my skin, started eating my guts. At the same time, he was kicking the crap out of me with his hooves, in my stomach, which didn't have a big bite hole in it. He touched my chest and my insides started hurting, think he might've been giving me some kind of cancer in that one. He touched my face and I just got so thirsty, thirstier than I'd ever been in my life. He did… a few other things, which I don't care to talk about in detail. But one time, in one "slide," he didn't really do anything to me. He looked at me for like half a second, then he turned around and walked off. Somehow that was worse than getting eaten. The pain and fear was so bad, I just screwed my eyes shut and waited to die. When I opened my eyes, I was at the bottom of the hill, a few of my buddies around me. They said I had cracked my forehead on a rock on the way down. I could see the bruise in a mirror for months, but it never hurt. Never told anyone about what I'd seen. I thought it was the worst day of my life. I was so damn stupid back then. It wasn't until years later I started to realize the god did me a huge favor. He opened my eyes. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Disorder, loaded with the implication that it's bad, that the order we've created is what's desirable. When you have PTSD, you're always on edge, always on the lookout. Your enemy is always around the corner. People think that's wrong, we shouldn't be like that. The wild god showed me that that's exactly how we should be. People say technology is unnatural, and they're right, but for the wrong reasons. Technology isn't unnatural for what it is, but what it does. It gives us comfort, security, knowledge, prosperity. These things are aberrations against nature, true nature, which is a brutal, chaotic, painful, struggle. Machines give humans a buffer to protect them from the universe, and it makes me sick. Nowadays, we have ideas like "Wholesome All-Natural Foods!" and "We have to take care of Mother Nature!" Baker pulls at his hair and screams. You dumb fucks! Nature doesn't give a shit about you! Mother Nature is a cold, neglectful bitch who puts cigarettes out on your arms! And that's good! Baker takes a deep breath. People only romanticize nature because they don't have to deal with it, like a rich kid or dumbass academic glorifying being poor. The wild god taught me how to go green and love nature for real. And by the time you watch this, I'll have helped at least a few more people see the truth too. Baker starts to get up from his chair but pauses, and turns back to the camera. You know, I was brought up Baptist. For years I thought I had encountered the Devil himself on that hill. But the guy I met was made of flesh and blood. And I know, just as sure as I know the sun rises in the morning, that the Devil is a machine. [END LOG] 27 days after Baker's arrest, the jail he was being held in was broken into by a group with anomalous capabilities associated with GoI-004 ("The Church of the Broken God"), and Private Baker was captured by the group. Security camera footage shows the agents binding Private Baker in handcuffs and rope before carrying him out of the jail and escaping. Foundation agents investigated the hill Baker referred to, no anomalous activity was found. SCP-3503 was discovered during the Foundation's investigation of the break-out, after having gone uncontained for nearly 9 years. Footnotes 1. The most commonly used criteria for "reasonable suspicion" are if the person has had a traumatic experience of any kind while the focus was contagious, the heightened "fight or flight" response characteristic of PTSD, or the presence of dreams consistent with SCP-3503 infection (see description). 2. Site-17 specializes in the containment and study of low-risk humanoid anomalies. 3. Some researchers have questioned why the infectees are contained at Site-17, rather than some highly remote location. The reason is logistical, Site-17 has a well developed supply chain for the needs of humanoids, and many personnel experienced with humanoids. We wanted to take advantage of these resources for the highly important research we do on SCP-3503. Also, as the anomalies contained at Site-17 are mostly low-risk, there is a reduced chance of Foundation personnel having a traumatic experience in the line of duty here. - Dr. Julia Rodriguez, SCP-3503 Containment Lead. 4. Creatures prominent in Greek mythology, they resemble humans with goat legs, goat horns, and a goat tail. They are associated with Pan, the Greek god of the wild. Fauns are a similar creature in Roman mythology. 5. This is a highly effective method of spreading SCP-3503 as traumatic events inflicted by familiar individuals is more likely to cause PTSD than similar traumatic events inflicted by strangers 6. Individuals are thought to be susceptible to SCP-3503 infection for 2-3 weeks after a traumatic event, but this period is poorly characterized at this time. 7. Testing on SCP-3503 is generally performed by exposing D-Class personnel to a memetic agent simulating a highly traumatic experience, and then having them interact with Stage 3 infectees to quickly determine if they've been infected. 8. See: Saxon, Z. (2006). Fighting Fire with Ideas: Using Memetics to Contain Non-Memetic Anomalies. Memetics, an SCP Foundation Journal., 78(4), 22-34. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3503" by Zzuxon, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3503. 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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close Info X SCP-3504: "And how will we know you are one of us?" Authors: OthellotheCat and Rimple + More by Othello Hide list SCPs SCP-3774 Rating: 488 SCP-3287 Rating: 349 SCP-4734-EX Rating: 296 SCP-8==D-J Rating: 262 SCP-4080 Rating: 241 SCP-3323 Rating: 193 SCP-2541 Rating: 180 SCP-4269 Rating: 175 SCP-4599 Rating: 153 SCP-3995 Rating: 138 SCP-3430 Rating: 135 SCP-3177 Rating: 122 SCP-3811 Rating: 121 SCP-4360 Rating: 118 SCP-4725 Rating: 117 SCP-5784 Rating: 105 SCP-4907 Rating: 85 SCP-4111 Rating: 84 SCP-7772 Rating: 83 SCP-4821 Rating: 83 page 1 of 212next » Tales Population Control(led) Rating: 296 Let Her Heart DEET Once More Rating: 115 La Marcha GrenaDEETa Rating: 84 Eat Your Greenes Rating: 77 I am Become DEET, Destroyer of Worlds Rating: 74 Daddy's hands weren't always gentle but I've come to understand, there was always love in Daddy's hands Rating: 58 The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate DEETstiny Rating: 44 A Bit More of a Plan Rating: 42 Half of a Plan Rating: 40 The Five Year Anniversary of the Most Important Day of Achebe Okoro's Life Rating: 37 An Actual Plan Rating: 36 Moving On Rating: 19 Behind the Scenes of "Reeling in the Crocosquid" Rating: 13 GoI Formats Anderson Robotics' Installation Guide: Your New Buteo Series Mechanical Exoskeleton! Rating: 267 'Weissman Model Assistance Clones' (ET796/IH249/W3336) Rating: 97 Nobody's Observations on Arson, Activism, and Mustaches Rating: 67 With other authors Page Author SCP-3504 Rimple Tales Of The Ethics Committee: 5 Reasons The Foundation Wants A Robot Army Captain Kirby, Veiedhimaedhr, Croquembouche SCP-4405 DolphinSlugchugger + 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 News for March 2018 Operation ÓverMeta SCP-2338 SCP-2559 SCP-2779 SCP-3224 SCP-3503 SCP-3504 SCP-3505 SCP-3559 SCP-3772 SCP-3880 SCP-3995 SCP-5663 SCP-948 SCP Series 4 This Year This article is a collaboration between Othello and Rimple, from an original idea by Othello. Thanks to Randomini, CadaverCommander and PeppersGhost. Images are from Wikidot Commons. Map generated with Red Blob Games' free use map generator, and edited by PeppersGhost A tree on Namejs island being harvested for resin. Item #: SCP-3504 Special Containment Procedures: Any information or imagery in regards to Namejs Island is to be censored. Outpost Wallace has been established on Namejs Island for research and observation, with two additional lookout posts around the island's perimeter (see map in Exploration Log EX-3504-43). Assigned personnel wishing to construct their own living quarters may do so in the southeast village with permission from the outpost captain. Regular boat patrols of the island are to be maintained, with the cover story that the island is a missile testing facility. Resin produced by the trees found on Namejs Island is to be examined for anomalous properties. Resin judged likely to possess the qualities of SCP-3504 is to be stored for testing. When testing, personnel are not to consume more than 300 grams of SCP-3504 in a 24-hour period, due to risk of information overload. Testing personnel reporting dizziness or confusion after testing are to be brought to the medical bay. Description: SCP-3504 is the resin produced by certain spruce trees native to Namejs Island, which can store and transfer basic concepts. Specifically, the resin produced contains the memories, experiences and emotions of the Patiesian1 people who lived on the island in the 14th century. These memories can be passed on to humans via ingestion. The island is a 170 km2 land mass located in the Baltic Sea, and has only recently been discovered2 despite evidence of its existence for more than seven centuries. It supports a substantial variety of flora and fauna, and most areas of the island are relatively diverse, save for its coastline, which is populated almost entirely by Norwegian Spruce Trees and their resin, which have formed tens of thousands of tall resin shards around the border. While most shards are non-anomalous, a small percentage, identifiable by a slight luminescence, are instances of SCP-3504. A loaf of bread made using resources found on the island following test T-3504-508. Examples of information gathered from ingested resin include songs, dances, poems, and phrases, commonly paired with the cultural connotation and the typical emotional response associated with a given experience. Continual ingestion may also grant a subject the basics of a skillset to execute tasks received, such as the creation of certain foods or clothing items. Notably, all supplies to create these items can be found naturally occurring on the island itself, with no need for outside resources. Information is not limited to one particular piece of resin, and the same information may be ingested repeatedly. People who ingest the resin itself report a feeling of euphoria in addition to the gathered information, with some comparing the feeling to certain stimulating recreational drugs. Over-ingestion, particularly in single sittings, can lead to states of delirium, overstimulation and catatonia, leading to strict sanctions on ingestion testing. Abbreviated Test Log, T-3503: Information Gathered Researcher Comments The taste of a beverage typically drunk during celebratory ceremonies, and the ingredients to create it. When asked to demonstrate this knowledge, Researcher Kulkarni listed the ingredients for “Balzams”, an alcoholic beverage made of flowers and berries, known for its potency. “If I’m being honest, I feel a little drunk just thinking about it; this is a strong drink.” - Dr. Kulkarni "I've been fermenting this stuff all Summer - we'll be having a, uh, a testing night at my hut on the 3rd. You wanna come?" - Intern Ozols The instructions for constructing a suitable living space out of resin and other materials found naturally on the island. “For immersion purposes, Schrader and myself have requested to use these techniques to create temporary living quarters on the island.” - Dr. Kulkarni "It's more than a little bit wonderful - when I picked up the materials today, I knew how to do it, not just in theory, but as if I'd been doing it all my life." - Dr. Bērziņš A poem in regards to a demigod called “The Bear Slayer”. It is known for its strength and its diligence to protect its country. There are many similarities to the Latvian demigod of the same name. “There are plenty of mentions involving invaders trying to kill The Bear Slayer, so my guess is this poem was made to potentially rebel in a subtle way from some sort of invader.” - Dr. Schrader The words for “rye”, “wheat” and “bread”. Appears to be a derivative from modern-day Latvian. Along with the words, Researcher Kulkarni gained knowledge regarding many different uses for them. “Apparently, they really liked grains in this society. Their bread was darker than soot and they spread butter all over it, and despite all that, they seemed to enjoy it. Must have been a staple in their diet despite an abundance of other nutritional resources on the island.” - Dr. Kulkarni "Sunny and I spent the afternoon baking bread for the Song Festival - I worried I'd be bored out of my mind, but it ended up being really nice!" - Intern Bridge A folk dance involving a large group of people holding hands and moving clockwise and counterclockwise in a circle. Typically performed during weddings or holidays. “I tried to do this on my own, got a lot of laughs from the others. This needs lots of people, you know? It's mesmerising, hectic, wonderful.” - Dr. Schrader The technique for proper and efficient resin harvesting, and images of various symbols carved out of the harvested material. Symbols are apparently religious in nature. “I think we might have a basis as to how these people might have done this ritual. Seems like the stuff was already a huge part of their society in the first place.” - Dr. Kulkarni How to sew and dye traditional clothing from materials found on the island. Researcher Schrader was asked to display their newfound knowledge, and, over the course of 36 hours, successfully created a dress dyed with various patterns and a pair of slippers using materials only found on the island. “Yes, I’m wearing these now.” - Dr. Schrader The phrases “We are a family.”, “It’s time for dinner.”, “I wish to go hunting.”, “Help.” and “I don’t want this.” in the language previously discovered. “I don’t know why these specific phrases were recorded, but the word ‘Help’… It's unpleasant to speak. My stomach drops. Does that make any sense?” - Dr. Kulkarni A religious hymn involving fruitful harvests, protection of the family, and a prosperous future. “It seems to have a unique property about it. It evokes joy, desperation, determination… It's a lot to process.” - Dr. Kulkarni "Yeah, Ish had us sing this last week while we were planting crops, printed out lyrics and stuff. Dork. There's a lot more to it than I got from the words alone! I see why he was so insistent." - Dr. Zamelis A religious burial ceremony, and the process in preparing it. “No comment.” - Dr. Kulkarni A poem about Namejs Island, and its “great gifts within”. Describes the island as merciful and kind, even going so far as personifying it towards the end. “This feels significant; this feels like a message that was supposed to be found. I’m going to work with Kulkarni to see if we can’t extrapolate anything from this.” - Dr. Schrader On 25/9/2015, research heads Ishvi Schrader and Sunitha Kulkarni were not present at the 9am village meeting. When their huts were found empty, Outpost Captain Suresh Kulkarni was contacted at Outpost Wallace and a search party was assembled. At 4am, 26/9/15, Sunitha Kulkarni was found semi-conscious in the Southwestern river3, clothes and hair drenched in sap. Found in her satchel was a letter, a camcorder and a braided amber ring. Of the two tapes found with the camcorder, one was found to be recoverable. + Access Exploration Log EX-3504-43 - Access granted Exploration Log EX-3504-43 Date:25/9/15 Foreword: Dialogue put between double brackets4 were spoken in the language Immersion Researchers learned on the island. [BEGIN LOG] Dr. Ishvi Schrader stands in front of the mouth of the cave, fiddling with a mic attached to hand-sewn clothing. Dr. Schrader: Uh, log start. We’re up? Ok, cool. So, um, Dr. Ishvi Schrader here, head researcher on - Dr. Kulkarni (off-camera): Co-head. Dr. Schrader: Co-head, yes, on SCP-3504. Sorry, Sunny. We’ve been talking, over the last few weeks, about the things we’ve been getting from the resin. Dr. Schrader turns the camera to Dr. Sunitha Kulkarni as he speaks. She is wearing similar garb, and sits on a rock, her walking stick over her knees. Dr. Kulkarni: Darker stuff. The impressions of a dying culture. Kulkarni smiles slightly as Schrader hops back into frame, squatting beside her. Dr. Schrader: Not just dying but being killed, actively. Brutal invaders sweeping the land, the oppression of their language and their folklore- Dr. Kulkarni: They killed the Bear Slayer. Dr. Schrader: Right! Or, a representation of the Bear Slayer at least. With the impressions we get about the function of the resin, I’m thinking - Kulkarni rolls her eyes dramatically. Dr. Kulkarni: Right, this. Dr. Schrader: - I’m thinking it could be, like, an anomalous way to preserve tradition? We could be looking at shattered statues, temples, built to represent them not just aesthetically but narratively, memory constructs trapped in resin shapes- Dr. Kulkarni: You’re going off track, Ishvi. Dr. Schrader: Right. So, we’ve been seeing safety, warmth, protection, preservation, the impression of some sort of fortress or safe place, a secret place the invaders wouldn’t know. Dr. Kulkarni: The island’s belly. Dr. Schrader: Kuņsala, yeah. It’s - we think we might know where the mouth is. Schrader hops up from his position beside Kulkarni and disconnects the camera from its tripod. He steps back with it to reveal the mouth of a cave, hidden behind a curtain of vines and moss, where Kulkarni is sitting. Dr. Schrader: There’s - this is all intuition, but we agree on this fully. Kulkarni nods quickly, serious. Dr. Kulkarni: Fully. The hill, the markings, the way the sun flows into it in the mornings - Dr. Schrader: The markings. The markings! Schrader runs over to the cave mouth and carefully moves aside some brush obscuring the entrance to show faded markings in the stone. Dr. Schrader: They’re faint, but there’s definite pictures here that relate back to not just the Bear Slayer, but the island itself, ((God’s Root)), song and dance, the ((word relating to cultural lifeblood/the core of a community)) of the people. Dr. Kulkarni (off camera): Plus the teeth. Dr. Schrader: Right, yeah, and the impression of teeth carved around the top here. A literal mouth, relating to how they viewed the island as a deity- Dr. Kulkarni (off camera): Well, we don’t know that it’s not. Schrader turns back to face Kulkarni. Her face is calm, but challenging. Dr. Schrader: Well, ok, let’s not have that discussion right now. The point is that while much of their oral tradition could be interpreted simply as myth, looking into them as factual, useful records leads to- Dr. Kulkarni: This cave. Dr. Schrader: It’s very exciting. Dr. Kulkarni: Should we head in? Dr. Schrader: Definitely! Schrader helps Kulkarni up, and they proceed into the cave, Schrader holding the camera and Kulkarni holding a powerful flashlight. Dr. Schrader: For the record, we should probably talk about the Bear Killer, right? Dr. Kulkarni: ((The Knights Who Angered the Sun and the Ground)) is most relevant, I feel. Dr. Schrader: Yes, yes. So, the tale starts, as many do, with Lāčplēsis sharpening his sword on the beach. Dr. Kulkarni: Classic Lāčplēsis. Schrader laughs lightly. Dr. Schrader: This is, as far as we can ascertain, well after the events of Pumpurs’ epic, after they found his body washed up on the shores and the island chose to bring him back. He’s the island guardian at this point, watching over them silently, blah blah. And as he stares out at the waves, the sun changes, turning red. The whole sky changes colour! As he looks at the setting sun, he sees dark shapes on the horizon, riding on its edge. Dr. Kulkarni: The Bear Knights! Dr. Schrader: Exactly! They’re back to get revenge on the island folks for chasing them out during the events of ((The Song of Small Sorrows)). Hopped right on their bear mounts and rode them across the ocean, full of rage and fire. No boats for these men! Dr. Kulkarni: The impression you get of the knights in the tales, they’re these tall, dark shadows. Armour as black as night, faces unseen beneath their cowls. Barely even men. Dr. Schrader: And their alliance with the bears only compounds that, obviously, since these aren’t just any bears. Dr. Kulkarni: Huge things, with bright fur, enormous steel claws, eyes that ((burn into your heart))… Dr. Schrader: Right. Which only makes Lāčplēsis’ achievements in the poem even more impressive, right? What great warrior could rip one of these monsters in half?? Dr. Kulkarni: Only the Bear Slayer, of course. Schrader laughs. Dr. Schrader: Right there in the name, I guess. But the proof is in the action, and rise to that action he did! The bears were fast, faster than any thing should be, fueled by the knight’s fiery anger, and they would be there in minutes. Lāčplēsis ran as fast as he could to the house of his good friend the ((weaver)), and he told her to tell all the village that they were once again in danger. The ((weaver)) knocked on every door of every house and told them ((“The Bear Knights are come! Lāčplēsis once again risks his life for our safety!”)). As she did this, he ran back to the beach. The first of the bear knights has already landed, and they’ve taken his sword and shield and broken them all in five. Dr. Kulkarni: Five pieces, we think, being generally indicative of great and irreversible destruction. Dr. Schrader: Tying back to the broken pot and how Staburadze lost her child in other island myths. It definitely held significance. You can feel the power of that statement when you eat the resin for these tales, this is something terrible and foreboding. But Lāčplēsis isn’t one to give up for any reason, so he ((runs to the first bear, takes its throat in his hands, and rips straight down)). Dr. Kulkarni: Does that kill it? Dr. Schrader: No! Lāčplēsis thinks it will, as it always has, but when he turns his back to face its rider, ((the bear gashes its great iron claws across his back, cracking his golden skin!)). Lāčplēsis falls, and the first knight tries to strike him with his greatsword, but Lāčplēsis strikes out and buckles his armour with a single punch. He rips the man’s head off, then turns and grabs the bear, tackling it to the ground and swinging the knight’s greatsword at his head! Schrader is at this point very animated, acting out the scene with his free hand in front of the camera as they continue down the cave. He alternates between walking forward and walking sideways to face Kulkarni. Dr. Schrader: The great bear still does not go down, and now the other bears are also landing on the beach. Kulkarni smiles affectionately. Dr. Kulkarni: You really get excited at this point, don’t you? Dr. Schrader: Come on, it’s an exciting part! Lāčplēsis, back against the wall, no weapons, and who comes to save him? It’s the ((weaver))! She rushes to his aid, picking up the hilt of his shattered sword, and charges at the army! Despite her stature, she’s not going to be one to let Lāčplēsis and her people fall to the invaders! Dr. Kulkarni: But even in the end, the ((weaver)) falls. Dr. Schrader: But Lāčplēsis has one last trick up his sleeve, something he can do for the ((weaver)) even in death. He summons the power of the Old Gods themselves, and fuses the ((weaver))’s spirit with the island! The island’s sands rise and swell, the trees and grass morphing, and the island becomes this monolithic golem! It swallows up everything; the ((weaver)), Lāčplēsis, the invaders, even the villagers. And once everyone is taken, the island returns to its resting state. Now, with the ((weaver))’s soul in the island and Lāčplēsis and her people safe, she can lay to rest, her oath to Lāčplēsis honoured and the villagers safe in the chresins of her heart. Dr. Kulkarni: So, they win? The Bear Knights can’t get them? Dr. Schrader: That’s where the story gets somewhat unclear. There’s something missing, maybe in resin we haven’t consumed yet. It could be that- Schrader stops talking as they round a corner to enter a small chresin. It is dimly lit by glowing pools of resin in small wells embedded in the walls, and in the centre stands a lifesize resin figure on a pedestal. Dr. Kulkarni: Oh, my. Dr. Schrader: Is… is that him? Dr. Kulkarni: Check for the missing ears. Schrader is heard fumbling around in a bag before taking out a small flashlight and shining it on the figure’s head, revealing a lack of ears. Dr. Schrader: I can’t see any! Dr. Kulkarni: Whoever made this sculpture must have put in months of effort into making it as detailed as it is… Kulkarni is seen approaching the statue, placing a hand on one of its arms, before pulling back. Dr. Schrader: Something wrong, Sunny? Dr. Kulkarni: It’s still wet, the resin is fresh. Dr. Schrader: It- what? Schrader turns downwards to see a small pool of resin being formed at the statue’s feet. Dr. Kulkarni: That means that this was made recently! Or at the very least repaired recently. In either case, that means we’re close! Schrader bends down and cups some of the liquid resin in his hand and brings it to his mouth. Dr. Kulkarni: Ishvi, I don’t feel like we should be consuming outside of the confines of testing hours. We’re already stretching the rules enough as-is. Ishvi? Schrader has gone quiet, lost in thought. Though the footage is unclear, he may be rapidly mouthing words under his breath, a common behaviour when processing input from other sources of resin on the island. Though visibly concerned, Kulkarni waits for him to come back to his senses. Dr. Schrader: Sunny, this is… you’re not going to fucking believe this. Dr. Kulkarni: Tell me. Dr. Schrader: I can’t, I can’t, just lemme… Schrader dashes back toward the statue, stumbling on a rock in haste. He clasps his hands together and bows his head briefly. Schrader stands between the camera and the statue, blocking the view. Dr. Schrader: ((Hello, Lāčplēsis.)) There is a pause. Dr. Schrader: ((Oh, I’m so sorry.)) Schrader turns and switches off the camera. [END LOG] Following her discovery, Dr. Sunitha Kulkarni was brought to Outpost Wallace's medical bay to recover. Once she was deemed fit, she was brought for interview with Suresh Kulkarni5. + Access Interview Log 3504-1 - Password Accepted Date: 28/9/15 Interviewed: Dr. Sunitha Kulkarni Interviewer: Outpost Captain Suresh Kulkarni Foreword: For the sake of clarity, participants are marked with their forenames in this version of the transcript, edited for overview documentation. [BEGIN LOG] Sunitha looks up as Suresh enters the room and stiffens momentarily as she sees him. After a second, she lets out a sigh and stands to embrace Suresh. Sunitha: Suresh! You’re… aren’t you supposed to- Suresh: I pulled some strings. Convinced Adileh that this was, uh, too personal for anyone else to lead the interview. Plus, we don’t exactly have to go through formalities if we know each other personally. Makes paperwork easier. Sunitha: Not for legal. Suresh pulls out of the hug, holding Sunitha by the shoulders. Suresh: Fuck that, I needed to see you. You’re such an idiot, running off into the caves by yourself. Sunitha lightly punches Suresh in the arm. Sunitha: I had Ish, you dork. Suresh: That - yeah, ok, you did. We don’t actually, uh… Ishvi isn’t responding, and the footage, the - the cameras are fucked, and basically we have no idea what happened. Sunitha: Right. Right, of course. Suresh: So, hopefully, you can explain everything and we can fill in the blanks. We have up to the statue you found, then it cuts. Do you remember…? Sunitha: Yeah. No, uh, recollection issues. The statue wasn’t a statue. We - Ishvi realised it first, I didn’t realise it until he moved. Suresh: He? The statue was alive? Sunitha sits as Suresh speaks, rubbing her throat. Sunitha: Sentient, at the very least. Moving, talking. Ishvi thought it was Lāčplēsis himself, which would be… well, a lot to process. Suresh: Do you believe that it was Lāčplēsis himself? Sunitha considers for a time, slowly rubbing around the base of her neck in small circles. Sunitha: I think… I think the line is blurry. I think what matters here isn’t exact truths. Suresh: Huh. Suresh pauses, waiting for more. Suresh: Are you good to continue, or..? Sunitha: Sorry, sorry, yeah. We, once we greeted Lāčplēsis, he talked. He gave us a formal greeting back, or as formal as Patiesian gets, and something… opened up. Not like, physically, but… it removed a mental block, I guess, and we finally saw the cave, you know? Everything we’d been missing, the meanings of the carvings on the walls, the hidden passages. Suresh: Like a resin hit? Sudden flow of knowledge? Sunitha: Exactly, but bigger. And important. This wasn’t knowledge we stole, but knowledge we were given, you know? We followed the path we hadn’t seen, so cleverly hidden, and… we found them, down in the deepest cavern. Suresh: You found people in the cave? Sunitha: Not just people, Suresh, the people. The whole ancient civilisation, in the amber. Suresh: Fuck, they were frozen in resin? Alive? That’s… centuries of torture. How could they do that to themselves? Sunitha: No, no, they weren’t frozen, that’s what’s so wonderful. They were moving! Working, running, playing. The amber cracked and flowed with them. It’s so hard to explain, but it was beautiful. Suresh: This is - you realize that communicating with an ancient civilization without authorisation is a serious offense, right? Sunitha: Like you said earlier, fuck that. It’s not like we even meant to. I can deal with whatever slap on the wrist they give me. Suresh glances nervously at the camera. Suresh: I… ok. Suresh slowly breathes in, then out. Suresh: This is crazy. What did they say? Did they say anything? Sunitha: They were scared of us, initially. I think they particularly thought Ish was an attacker. Sunitha mimics a bear growling. Sunitha: White man equals bear knight, you know? We know miers6, obviously, so we were yelling that, keeping our palms open and toward the ground. That helped, but it wasn’t til Ish started singing that they calmed down. Suresh: Why didn’t you just come back immediately once you found them? Sunitha snorts derisively. Sunitha: As if you would, in our shoes. Discovery of the damn year. Ishvi and I both wanted to know more. You know what we can be like after resin hits - heightened, excited, wanting to dive in farther. This was unbelievable, more than we’d ever considered, ever fantasised. Suresh frowns and reaches across the table to hold Sunitha’s hand. Suresh: Your curiosity could have gotten you killed, Sunny. Sunitha pulls her hand away and rests it on her collarbone. Sunitha: Well, it didn’t, so there’s no need to worry about it. Suresh bites his lip, considering something. Suresh: Sunny, I have to - did they kill Ishvi? Sunitha: What?! No! No… Sunitha looks away from Suresh. Sunitha: Ishvi stayed. Suresh: Stayed? Sunitha: There was just… so much there, so much of the people in the cave, in the air. Dancing, singing, food, all these things we’ve only ever remembered, we were actually able to experience now. This wasn’t a people just surviving, they were thriving in their own way, content with the lives they led and so, so happy to be with people who loved and respected their culture. You could feel it everywhere, their excitement. At the end of the night, we sat around a great fire in the centre of the cavern and just sang. Sang and sang and sang. Ish and I knew some of the words, but we didn’t know all of them, and the people would scoop up resin out of, I don’t know, out of nowhere, and when we drank it we’d know it perfectly. We drank so much - I have no idea how long passed down there, but by the time things were winding down Ishvi’s beard was caked in amber, cracked open with his big wide smile. I’ve never seen him quite like that. Suresh: And Ishvi just… he just gave up everything to stay? Sunitha: I mean, you know Ish. He never really felt like he belonged here, did he? Suresh frowns to himself. He speaks quietly. Suresh: We tried. Sunitha: We did, but he was always more in tune with the people of the island. We knew that from day one. At the end of the singing, there were just a few of us left. Ish, me, a couple of people I got the sense were important folk. They didn’t say it directly, but… the whole thing, that night, we were being invited, gently. I don’t think Ish ever even considered the alternative. He, uh… Sunitha shifts in her seat and reaches into her pocket to retrieve a piece of paper. She hands the paper to Suresh. Sunitha: He wrote this, when I was leaving. Told me to give it to his Mom. I haven’t read it, but I’m pretty sure that’s goodbye. Suresh turns the letter over in his hands, then slides it into his binder. Suresh: We’ll have to make a copy of this for the records. You know the deal. Sunitha: I know. I’m sure he knew too. Suresh: Alright. There is a pause. Suresh tilts his head. Suresh: Why, uh, why didn’t you stay? There is a moment of silence before Sunitha responds. Sunitha: Because of you. You’re… you’re too important to me. Can’t let my brother live the rest of his life without a sister. Suresh: I… um… Suresh sighs. Thank you, Sunny. I think that’s all we need to know for right now. Sunitha: Alright. Good. Sunitha looks away from Suresh. Sunitha: Will I be able to visit Ishvi? Suresh: I’m sure something can be arranged. Sunitha: Ok… Ok, yeah. Sunitha rubs her eye with the heel of her hand. Suresh: You're exhausted. Sunitha: Mmm. Suresh: I cleaned out my room before coming here. You can take my bed, rather than going to medical. Sunitha: That sounds so good. Suresh stands and moves around the table to help Sunitha out of her chair. They move out of the room together, Sunitha leaning against Suresh for support. [END LOG] Addendum: The second tape found in Dr. Kulkarni's satchel, previously deemed unrecoverable, contained some viable footage. Review of the viable footage verified the majority of Dr. Kulkarni's report in the above interview - however, a major discrepancy was found at the end, showing Dr. Kulkarni choosing to stay along with Dr. Schrader, but being tasked by Dr. Schrader with delivery of the letter to his mother. Dr. Kulkarni’s involvement with SCP-3504 has been discontinued permanently due to the withholding of information. Outpost Captain Suresh Kulkarni has declined to comment on the matter in any official capacity. Footnotes 1. /pʌ.'ti.ə.zi.ən/ 2. See Investigation, possible anomaly, 9/12/09: Lettonie Island, Huever et al. 3. Referred to by immersion researchers as the Diegava river. 4. (()) 5. This has been noted as a minor infraction on relevant paperwork, but otherwise no repercussions have been judged necessary. 6. Latvian for peace.
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SCP-3505. Image has been altered to prevent occurrence of anomalous properties. Item #: SCP-3505 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3505 is kept in an opaque box in Storage Locker #6838 at Site-17's Low-Value Anomalous Item Storage Unit. Individuals exposed to SCP-3505 must be administered a Class-C amnestic at the conclusion of testing, or as soon as possible if exposure occurred outside of testing. SCP-3505 has been cleared for testing at Outpost 7949-2; testing at other locations may only be undertaken with clearance from SCP-3505's HMCL supervisor. PoI-3505-0 is to be monitored for further anomalous activity until September 28, 2047. Description: SCP-3505 is a piece of paperboard carton originating from a take-out container provided by ████'s Chinese Restaurant in ████████, Minnesota. Residue on the object is consistent with the sweet and sour sauce used by ████'s. In addition to the pre-printed phrase "Please Come Again", the object has the following text hand-written in blue ink: Out & about back at 7 text me if you need anything SCP-3505 will display anomalous properties when an individual who comprehends the text written on it, and who can recall the overall shape of the object, sends a text message describing some need or desire to any recipient. Fourteen seconds after this occurs, the receiving device will autonomously send a reply acknowledging the original message;1 simultaneously, an instance of SCP-3505-A will manifest ~15km above Earth's surface, and subsequently fall to the ground several minutes later. Instances of SCP-3505-A generally land within 20 meters of the subject who sent the initiating text message and will not injure any humans in the process. SCP-3505-A are take-out containers consistent with those provided by ████'s Chinese Restaurant, except of variable size, containing an object or objects related to the need or desire expressed in the initiating text message. All carry the same residue found on SCP-3505. While SCP-3505-A are not damaged by the fall or by atmospheric conditions, their contents are generally susceptible to these same forces. Typically, SCP-3505-A will contain heat shielding and shock absorbers as necessary to keep its contents intact until impact, though not necessarily afterwards. The contents of SCP-3505-A are variable, even when identical messages are sent by the same subject, and do not necessarily strictly correspond to any objects described in the initiating message. SCP-3505 is not a reliable method of acquiring any tested object or material. Recovery: SCP-3505 was discovered after reports of several unusual objects (SCP-3505-A instances) falling from the sky at terminal velocity in ████████, Minnesota on 2017-09-28. Standard analysis of recent telecommunications in the area revealed a correlation between SCP-3505-A and several messages sent by ███ Hanson, an occupant of a house near the impacts; SCP-3505 was recovered during the subsequent investigation. DNA evidence, subject testimony and handwriting analysis indicate that SCP-3505 was created by ██████ Hanson2 (PoI-3505-0), who left it on the kitchen table while he went to see a movie at a local theater. PoI-3505-0 demonstrated no awareness of, was unable to account for, and could not replicate SCP-3505's properties. Abridged Testing Log: The following tests were conducted at Outpost 7949-2. A subject who was exposed to SCP-3505 was instructed to use a cell phone to send text messages to a phone monitored by the supervising researcher. Initiating message: "How are you doing today?" Response: None. SCP-3505-A contents: No instance was created. Initiating message: "I want to know how you're doing today." Response: "k" SCP-3505-A contents: A sheet of blue construction paper, somewhat singed, reading "pretty good" in blue ink. Handwriting matches that of PoI-3505-0, who was asleep at the time of the test. Initiating message: "We're out of milk." Response: "I'll pick some up on the way back" SCP-3505-A contents: A sealed plastic bag containing four liters of skim milk. Curdling suggests that the milk boiled briefly during transit, though it had cooled and condensed by the time the Foundation opened its container. Initiating message: "Could you send us some very cold milk?" Response: "Hmm. I'll see what I can do." SCP-3505-A contents: A sealed steel container containing four liters of skim milk, some of which was frozen. Notably, the SCP-3505-A instance was equipped with extensive heat shielding, whereas the previous one was not. Initiating message: "I need cocaine." Response: "It's not that simple." SCP-3505-A contents: A photograph of a large pile of white powder on a wooden table matching that found in PoI-3505-0's house. A cloth blindfold and a photograph of the most recent copy of The Pioneer Press were placed in front of the pile. Initiating message: "That won't work. Please give me real cocaine." Response: "k" SCP-3505-A contents: A small plastic bag containing 0.3 grams of cocaine cut with venlafaxine. Initiating message: "We're out of cocaine." Response: "Oh no!!!" SCP-3505-A contents: Three damaged USB flash drives. Two were empty; the third contained two identical recordings of the song "Cocaine" by Eric Clapton. Initiating message: "I need 1kg of Uranium-238." Response: "No you don't." SCP-3505-A contents: 238 scraps of human flesh, weighing 1.2kg in total. Several samples were found to be contaminated with fecal matter. DNA testing inconclusive. Initiating message: "Please send me a million dollars." Response: "I'm not super liquid right now but I have the next best thing" SCP-3505-A contents: 60 copies of the Magic: the Gathering card "Black Lotus" as it appeared in its "Alpha" printing (market value ~$15,000). All were burnt, singed, or torn beyond the point of usability. Ashes contained in SCP-3505-A could account for up to three additional copies. Initiating message: "I need another million dollars, in cash this time." Response: "Told you I don't have cash, here's the next best thing though." SCP-3505-A contents: A charred human corpse. Its DNA shows a match to ██████████ Taylor, a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur native to ████████, Minnesota. Death occurred on impact. Notably, ██████████ Taylor is still alive, and his liquid assets are valued at roughly $1,000,000 USD. Initiating message: "Give me one million dollars." Response: "k" SCP-3505-A contents: Several suitcases containing a total of $999,998 worth of assorted valid US currency, submerged in sweet and sour sauce. Initiating message: "Wash my car." Response: "Wash it yourself." SCP-3505-A contents: Believed to be roughly 500 liters of soap and water in a steel container. SCP-3505-A exploded several seconds after impact, apparently from the pressure created by the boiling of said water. Initiating message: "Help me find a boyfriend." Response: "I know a guy." SCP-3505-A contents: A piece of white printer paper containing a phone number found to belong to █████ Graeber, a male acquaintance of PoI-3505-0, printed in black ink. While █████ Graeber was not in a relationship at time of testing, his and the test subject's sexual orientations were incompatible. Initiating message: "Help me find a boyfriend." Response: "I know another guy." SCP-3505-A contents: A charred human corpse. Its DNA shows a match to ██████████ Taylor. Death occurred on impact. Initiating message: "Help me find a boyfriend." Response: "Hold on." SCP-3505-A contents: A piece of white printer paper containing a valid, but unassigned, phone number printed in black ink. Initiating message: "Tell me who you are." Response: "…" SCP-3505-A contents: A piece of white printer paper with "F" handwritten in blue ink. Handwriting is consistent with that of PoI-3505-0. Initiating message: "Tell me who you are." Response: "…" SCP-3505-A contents: A piece of white printer paper with "U" handwritten in blue ink. Handwriting is consistent with that of PoI-3505-0. Initiating message: "Tell me who you are." Response: "…" SCP-3505-A contents: A piece of white printer paper with "C" handwritten in blue ink. Handwriting is consistent with that of PoI-3505-0. Initiating message: "Teach me how to do what you do." Response: "Trust me, you don't want my job." SCP-3505-A contents: A map of the continental United States, with driving instructions handwritten on the back in blue ink. The instructions detail a path from Outpost 7949-2 to a SuperAmerica gas station in ████████, Minnesota. PoI-3505-0 worked at a neighboring SuperAmerica gas station from June 2013 to August 2013. Initiating message: "I need something that breaks the laws of physics." Response: "Gimme a sec" SCP-3505-A contents: A plastic bag of unidentified blue powder that, immediately upon opening, fell out into the sky. Believed to possess anti-gravitational properties. Initiating message: "I need something that breaks the laws of physics and will stay still." Response: "k" SCP-3505-A contents: An object identical to SCP-3505, except without SCP-3505's anomalous properties and with the property that its position relative to Earth is fixed at the site of impact. Initiating message: "Kiss me through the phone." Response: "Weird but okay" SCP-3505-A contents: A non-functional cell phone identical to the one used by the test subject, with the exception of a pair of living human lips integrated into the phone's screen. The computer-to-neuron interface was heavily damaged by heat, preventing further study. DNA testing inconclusive. Initiating message: "Surprise me." Response: "w/e" SCP-3505-A contents: A single blue crayon, broken in half. Shortly prior to impact, SCP-3505-A abruptly changed directions, coming within two meters of the subject before reversing its path and landing in the original projected impact site. Initiating message: "Help me." Response: "I got u" SCP-3505-A contents: An active electromagnetic pulse weapon that triggered on impact, disabling all electronic devices within ~80 meters, including Researcher Stein's pacemaker. While most available personnel were preoccupied with assisting Researcher Stein, the test subject attempted (unsuccessfully) to escape the premises. Initiating message: "Please come home." Response: "I'll be back at 7." SCP-3505-A contents: N/A. No activity occurred for four hours; at about 5:48 PM local time, PoI-3505-0 began to accelerate towards Outpost 7949-2 at about 10m/s2, reaching a maximum velocity of about 50m/s. Death likely occurred within the first fifteen seconds during a collision with a wall. The subject's body was observed to break through obstacles in its path without slowing down, as well as move up or down as necessary to avoid impacting any humans. The subject's body traveled 216 kilometers, colliding with a hill near Outpost 7949-2 at 7:00:00 PM local time and coming to rest. The corpse displayed no unusual properties. Footnotes 1. It has not been conclusively established whether these responses are generated by a sapient entity. 2. The older brother of ███ Hanson.
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PeppersGhost SCP-3506 - The Reading of the Will by PeppersGhost More by this author Item #: SCP-3506 Special Containment Procedures: Satellite imagery is to be routinely monitored by Foundation-operated web analysis bot Upsilon-29 ("BULWER-LYTTON") for spontaneous architectural manifestation. Upsilon-29 and Foundation agents embedded in various postal services are to destroy any correspondences suspected to be from SCP-3506-A. If a structure is confirmed to be an SCP-3506 manifestation, Mobile Task Force Mu-101 ("House Hunters") is to establish a perimeter around the affected area and prevent access to it by civilians and SCP-3506-B subjects. Description: SCP-3506 is an anomalous global phenomenon primarily characterized by the spontaneous manifestation of residential buildings. The appearance of these structures varies depending on the architectural norms of the cultural setting in which they manifest; however, all instances generally give an impression of dilapidated opulence. Manifestations of SCP-3506 structures typically last around 30 days, and cease after the conclusion of a Clifford Event (described below). If any living person other than a subdesignated SCP-3506 entity attempts to approach an SCP-3506 structure, local topography will be anomalously altered to redirect the individual back the way they came. SCP-3506-A is a humanoid entity associated with SCP-3506 manifestations. SCP-3506-A assumes different identities depending on the culture in which it is manifesting, but always claims to be a legal professional who specializes in managing clients' affairs after their death. In the weeks leading up to a Clifford Event, SCP-3506-A will contact various citizens of the country it presently occupies and claim that a distant, wealthy relative has left them a large sum of money. Forged documents are often provided via electronic or physical mail to corroborate these claims. SCP-3506-A will enter a dormant state after it has persuaded 12 individuals (hereafter referred to as SCP-3506-B) to participate in a Clifford Event. During a Clifford Event, SCP-3506-B subjects gather at the SCP-3506 residence, ostensibly to hear the last will and testament of their fictitious relative. SCP-3506-A, acting as the executor, will then explain that SCP-3506-B subjects must remain in the house until the following morning in order to receive their inheritance. Furthermore, any who leave before sunrise will forfeit their inheritance, which will be evenly distributed among the remaining participants. At this time, an anomalous storm will begin to form around the property. SCP-3506-B subjects may successfully withdraw from a Clifford Event if they leave before sunset; after nightfall, the storm will drastically worsen and the surrounding landscape will be anomalously restructured to maximize flood severity. No SCP-3506-B subjects have survived an attempt to leave a Clifford Event after sunset. SCP-3506-C are additional humanoid entities that manifest during Clifford Events. The alleged identities of SCP-3506-C instances vary, but always involve a role related to the maintenance of the SCP-3506 residence and its surrounding property. SCP-3506-C are generally helpful toward SCP-3506-B subjects, but will occasionally make remarks or display mannerisms which seem intended to provoke feelings of unease. SCP-3506-D is a cloaked humanoid entity of inconsistent height which manifests between the hours of 12 and 6 AM during Clifford Events. Throughout this period, SCP-3506-D will intermittently stalk, mutilate, and kill SCP-3506-B subjects in a variety of ways. SCP-3506-D often uses the remains of its initial victim to construct a graphic tableau, presumably to intimidate surviving subjects. SCP-3506-D does not speak, but occasionally makes vocalizations such as laughter and whistling. To date, no SCP-3506-B subjects have survived a Clifford Event after sundown, and it is therefore unknown if any inheritable wealth described by SCP-3506-A actually exists. Addendum: On 19/02/2018, Foundation researchers successfully obtained an audio recording of a Clifford Event via listening devices planted on SCP-3506-B subjects. The following is a transcript of a notable conversation taken from these recordings. Foreword: Conversation between SCP-3506-B (Robert Bentley) and SCP-3506-C instance at 3:06 AM. Five subjects had been murdered by SCP-3506-D prior to this point. Context for certain events was extrapolated from subsequent comments by SCP-3506-B subjects who discovered the scene. [Begin Log] Bentley: Well, hello again. Trifles, was it? SCP-3506-C: Triffles, sir. Bentley: Right. Triffles the cook. SCP-3506-C: What are you doing in my kitchen, if I may ask? Bentley pulls a carving knife from a nearby knife block. Bentley: There's a killer on the loose. Better defend myself, right? SCP-3506-C: Y–yes, I suppose so, sir. But I must say, I rather doubt a knife will be of any use against the master, seeing as he's no longer entirely of this world. Bentley: Perhaps. But he's not my concern at the moment. Bentley drives the knife into SCP-3506-C's leg, then flips over a table and uses it to pin down SCP-3506-C. SCP-3506-C: Sir! Why me, sir? I haven't done nothing! Bentley: I highly doubt that. Someone lured us out here. I'd wager you know something about that. SCP-3506-C: Please, sir! I don't know anything! I'm only the cook! Bentley: Then how come none of the staff have died yet? SCP-3506-C whimpers. Bentley picks up a nearby butcher's knife and cuts off two of SCP-3506-C's fingers. SCP-3506-C screams. Bentley: I'm not fucking around here, Triffles. SCP-3506-C: Help! Somebody help me! He's trying to kill me! Bentley: Yes, keep that up. I'm sure everyone will happily come flocking to the scene of another murder—and I will kill you, Triffles, if you don't start talking right fucking now. SCP-3506-C: (Quietly) Please, sir. Please stop. I mustn't break character. Bentley: Break character? Break character? SCP-3506-C: (Weeping) Sir, please. Sir. Bentley: Tell me what the fuck is happening! Do you want to lose another finger? SCP-3506-C: Stop! It's… it's immersive theater, sir. Please, don't— Bentley: Theater? What's the point in putting on a show if you're going to kill your fucking audience? SCP-3506-C: (Unintelligible.) Bentley cuts off another of SCP-3506-C's fingers. SCP-3506-C screams again. Bentley: Answer the fucking question! SCP-3506-C: I said, you're not the audience! [End Log] Afterword: Following this exchange, SCP-3506-D materialized, disemboweled SCP-3506-B, and force-fed the intestines to the involved SCP-3506-C instance until it apparently expired from asphyxiation. This is the only known occurrence of SCP-3506-D committing violence against an SCP-3506-C entity. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3506" by PeppersGhost, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3506. 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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Top view of SCP-3507 before its autopsy Item #: SCP-3507 Special Containment Procedures: The corpse of SCP-3507 is to be held in deep storage warehouse #32-T in Site 46. SCP-3507's weapon and armor are to be transported to the Site 36 non-anomalous storage department. MTF Rho-15 “Smooth Samurais'” are assigned to terminate all Y-class entities using the tier V trans-dimensional kinetoglyphs developed by Research Team TGU-23. +Archived Containment Procedures - Invalidated as of Incident A-5 Foundation personnel are to organize “festivals” centered around ancestor veneration in local towns where SCP-3507 is known to traverse. The use of classical costumes during these festivals has proven to generate less suspicion for anyone that identifies SCP-3507 from afar. Due to SCP-3507's substantial ability to terminate Y-class entities, no Foundation personnel is permitted to halt SCP-3507's movements. Air-based drones are to track the movements of SCP-3507 each night and to note any deviances from SCP-3507’s normal travel pattern. MTF Rho-11 “The Smooth Samurais'” are instructed to be located in the vicinity of SCP-3507 and, immediately, intervene in events where civilians come into contact with SCP-3507 or a change in behavior is noted. MTF-Rho-11 is also to analyze and record actions of SCP-3507 for the use of Research Team TGU-23 headquartered in Site 46. Creation of such technology that will allow for interaction with Y-class entities is of the highest priority as to lessen the reliance on SCP-3507's capabilities. Description: SCP-3507 was a semi-corporeal human male of Japanese ethnicity and appears to have been approximately 20 to 30 years of age. SCP-3507 manifested at 2000 UTC in the proximity of disused Taoist religious shrines. SCP-3507 was most often found traversing forests and rural areas in Japan. SCP-3507 had a migration sequence which included the circumnavigation of mainland Japan at a pace of once every year. SCP-3507 was dressed in late Heian period armor known as ō-yoroi. The armor is made up of thousands of individual leather scales, which are bound together through an intricate network of bamboo threads. The armor was covered in a thick layer of tree resin and salt. Over the armor, SCP-3507 usually wore a wool coat. SCP-3507 carried a sheath on its back which contained an ōdachi1 which is in a style reminiscent of swords created during the Yayoi period2. SCP-3507 only uses ōdachi whenever it encounters and attempts to terminate a Y-class entity. SCP-3507, occasionally, traveled to hot-spots of Y-class entity activity such as Ways3 or areas with naturally occurring dimensional portals4. The main goal and desire of SCP-3507 was to terminate all Y-class entities. In traditional literature, Y-class entities are often referred to as yokai. Y-class entities are created from a manipulation in reality that is caused by negative human emotions and an extremely high Hume level. Depressive or melancholic thoughts or actions that occur near areas that are relativistically unstable allow for a subtle restructuring of concurrent reality in the local area. Most often this reconstruction occurs in relation to the base emotion that caused the spatial shift. It is currently unknown if the reality shift completely creates the Y-class entities or is modifying existing objects/animals into becoming new Y-class entities. An example of this is Y-class entity H, which is colloquially known as the shirogami, which is manifested by extreme depressive moods and is, seemingly, created from the transmutation of a Elaphe climacophora (commonly known as the Japanese Rat Snake). Ukiyo-e wood printing of Y-class entity L frightening a calligrapher Due to the varied circumstances of Y-class entity creation, there are significant differences in both appearance and constitution, however, two similarities exist between all instances. The first is that all Y-class entities are incorporeal, thus, no tangible weapons or containment devices have any impact on their movement. The second similarity is that the only way to identify a Y-class entity is through positron emission topography. Positron emission topography creates images through discharging gamma rays and graphing the reflecting image. Y-class entities are normally completely invisible to humans, however, a select few individuals who are afflicted with blindness are able to "sense" the presence of Y-class entities. This, however, entails no containment risk due to how the perceived encounters with Y-class entities only produce common day occurrences such gusts of wind or feelings of paranoia. SCP-3507’s main anomalous capacity manifested in its ability to interact with Y-class entities. An increase in Y-class entity creation in the past 40 years has necessitated the assistance of SCP-3507's actions in the prevention of Y-class entity propagation. Containment of Y-class entities was under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Japanese Abnormal Matters Examination Agency (IJAMEA) till their dissolution in 1945. During the intervention of the Foundation after the suspension of IJAMEA activities, it soon became apparent that significant and, at the time, impractical thaumatological resources were needed in containing the Y-class entities due to their unique composition. Thus, it had been decided that SCP-3507 will contain the majority of Y-class entities including those in the A to Y subcategories. Due to the nature of the creation of Y-class entities, SCP-3507, sporadically, came into close proximity with humans. Whenever SCP-3507 noticed that it is was being viewed by another individual, it would phase through the surrounding area and relocate. One exception, however, were individuals who were afflicted with blindness. SCP-3507 had exhibited an affinity for these individuals and did not relocate when they were near. Set of Ukiyo-e wood printing depicting Y-class entity M attacking Emperor Sanjō's Palace The following excerpts are the surviving journal entries of Emperor Sanjō, the 67th emperor of Japan. The period in which these journal entries were written corresponds to the date in which SCP-3507's armor originates from. The journals displayed the first mention of Y-class entities in the historical record. The circumstances of the period depicted in the journal are hypothesized to have been caused by the tumultuous reign of Emperor Sanjō. The burning of Osaka Castle during the Tokugawa Shogunate destroyed the majority of the records of palace records and documents during the Heian period. They have been translated and transcribed by Foundation linguists. Emperor Sanjō was forced to abdicate his throne on 2/7/1017 and died later that year. +Journal Excerpts from Emperor Sanjō - Access Granted …ichinaga and Masako were insistent on delaying the Gempeitōkitsu clan's ascension ceremony. At the same time that accursed fellow, Fujiwara Kaneie, has again asked me about my eyes. That wretched fool must have asked Kannushi5 Hisahiro of my recent complications. The insolence of the rural clans knows no end. This tied with the unnerving feeling that has been hounding me seems to be a unpleasant omen. It is a very subtle presence like that of a ring of the temple bells from Suganuma Temple, distant yet clo… Dated: 9/13/1016 …ordered the Taoist monk Okayama to my chambers today. Once I explained my quandary to him he suggested it could be that I am sensing Tao6. What a wonderful thought, but I know this feeling is not that. Tao is the essence of life, this feeling is more disjointed and flawed. The only one who is making my sight more of a worry for me is my son, I have failed to raise to him properly and I hear his mother weep at night. What successor can I possibly leave? How will the clan survive with him as leader? Just last week he had to flee the battlefield during the fight in Ishibaya…. Dated: 9/19/1016 …so many nuisances. Naidaijin7 Kenzaburo openly called for my abdication all because of my sight. I could not bear to hear the disgusting lies he was spewing. Him and his followers were executed on the spot. The Fujiwara clan is becoming insufferable by the day. The massacres in Shikoku should put a halt to any rumors of relinquishment of my throne. As long as I am on the throne no harm shall come to… Dated: 10/11/1016 …is getting worse and worse. I can hardly see my son's face. He has still yet to learn how to lead the clan. My torturous ailment needs to be cured. I cannot even sleep at night. Whispers coming from the window and intense pressure bar me from sleep. There is something in the night and as my eyes weaken, it grows stronger… Dated: 10/12/1016 …lowest crop yield in 50 years. The rebellion in Hakata has been wiped out not because of war, but because of famine. There is much suffering, even in provinces as close as Honshu. The execution of General Shigekazu has set half the court against me. Of course they openly say nothing, but it is as if I can feel their dark curses and emotions slither against my back. Jealousy, cowardice, resentment when will… Dated: 11/2/1016 …hired dozens of Onmyōji8 in secret, the kingdom must never know of the (burn marks cover the kanji) lurking unseen. Sometimes I wonder, am I mad? Or is it true that… Dated: 11/4/1016 …am completely sightless now. Writing will become burdensome and I have to (rely?)9 on only a few of my senses. I will need to keep my blindness a secret from the court court10, but that is something that seems to be impossible to me. The presence haunts me in the day now. It is almost as if I can touch it, it is near and is… Dated: 12/10/1016 …them peeling my skin and crushing my bones, but when I look there is nothing there and no injury. A piece of my room came crashing down, almost killing me and it is as if my bones started to shake. I felt the shape like a massive man. Later, they told me it had to be because of a structural failure. But I know the truth, I felt the (unintelligible hand writing) Dated: 12/11/1016 …he is so pitiful. My son, one million prayers be onto him, helps me perform my duties everyday. The only (reason?) court had attempted to get rid of me is my son and the way he is unfit to (rule?). The only happiness I felt when I lost my sight was not being able to see my one regret. Though he disappoints me constantly at least he attempts helps his elders. One day I hope to regain my previous honor for you my (unintelligible hand writing), thank… Dated: 12/15/1016 …worked against some of the officials and courtiers, however, many (unintelligible hand writing). There are many of these demons, everyday I feel dozens. Down every hall and corridor they wait. I feel their depravity and corruption, no eyes need see them for their destructive potential. Yet when I reach out I find nothing in my hands. I have much time for introspection and I am thinking about you my son successor. Even though I may criticize you constantly, I only want the best for the clan. I will never tell you my true feelings… (unintelligible hand writing) There must be some way to rid the world of these… Dated: 12/16/1016 …came to me today, wore (unintelligible hand writing). How he came in, I do not know. The palace11 court controlled guards nearly doubled tripled in rank size after (unintelligible hand writing). The door was closed, I know that for (sure?) but he somehow came through the wall or maybe the window. Nobody was in the room so how could this happen. He told me all I need to do to purify the empire of these creatures is to give him my prized possession. I did not understand. I repeated to him that gold and silver and gold and silver are nothing when it comes to protecting my weak son and I the citizens of our kingdom for I know it not only effects me but… Dated: 1/7/1017 …an ukiyo-e master to the palace. I told him in private my what I felt and witnessed. Every night for the past nine nights, I have described every single spirit I have felt. What they do, how they make me feel, so they can be remembered in the future and massacred avoided. I can only tell a select few that I see them, the kingdom is growing more broken fragile and my son successor is not… Dated: 1/9/1017 …figured it out. My most prized possession is my (unintelligible hand writing). I begged to him, asking if if there was another way but he remained quiet. He said he would (unintelligible hand writing) and bring him back to me trained and ready to exterminate them. One question pervades my mind: the fate of the Japanese people or (unintelligible hand writing)… Dated: 2/4/1017 …left and I gave him a piece of the royal Tsurugi12 hidden away in underground chamber is my and my personal armor covered in simple salt heavenly crystals. I hope that you remain alive to save me the eternal chrysanthemum throne. By destroying these abomination you bring me the family the highest honor that of divinely anointed protectors guardians. I wait for you know to rid… Dated: 2/5/1017 The following is an interview conducted after establishing the anomalous aspects of SCP-3507. Interviewed: SCP-3507 Interviewer: Dr. Tsunesaburo13 Foreword: Dr. Tsunesaburo was instructed to interview SCP-3507 in a casual manner so as to not cause any unnecessary agitation. Dr. Tsunesaburo spoke in Old Japanese and the translations for both Japanese-speaking and English-speaking personnel are transcribed below. <Begin Log>, 1:38 am, 2/12/19██ (Dr. Tsunesaburo begins walking down the same path as SCP-3507, as determined by drone tracking. Approximately 5 minutes later, SCP-3507 begins to walk about 5 meters away from Dr. Tsunesaburo) Dr. Tsunesaburo: Good morning, (pause for about 30 seconds) the weather is surely pleasant this evening. SCP-3507: Yes, indeed. Dr. Tsunesaburo: I am surprised you understand me. The last time this language was commonly spoken was nearly 800 years ago. SCP-3507: Language, like emotion, comes and goes like the wind. Dr. Tsunesaburo: Such is the way of all life it seems. (pause for 30 seconds) What are you doing this evening? SCP-3507: Why are you talking to me? You obviously know what I do, most never notice my presence or simply ignore it. Dr. Tsunesaburo: My friends and I are interested in what you are trying to accomplish, it is very helpful and interesting to us. SCP-3507: I see your are interested in the unknowable. (SCP-3507 grimaces) Men who want to control the unnatural and forbidden. If that is who you are, then there is nothing else to say. Dr. Tsunesaburo: No, our only goal is to protect, we do not wish to exploit as some have done in the past. SCP-3507: So you are like a guardian? My master was a guardian like me and, apparently, so are you. The sanctity of life is the highest goal to a guardian. Dr. Tsunesaburo: Was it your master who taught you how to fight? SCP-3507: Well, he did help with some things. It was mainly my father who taught me how to sword fight. He was very used to combat. He fought many opponents and killed many people. Dr. Tsunesaburo: Is that something that you are against? SCP-3507: I understand the commitment that my father had to the clan's well being, but I wish to move past the violence that has engulfed millions throughout our land's history. I promised my master that no harm would come to anyone because of those vile creatures. I have staked my pride and clan's honor. Dr. Tsunesaburo: Was your master the one who taught you to interact with creatures that you get rid of? SCP-3507: He was the first to tell me of the world behind the veil. At first I thought it was just the ramblings of my old father. In the last days I was with him he discussed many things with me. It was my master that taught me to see and hear for them. You know, I am only comfortable in front of those who are blind because they remind me of him. Dr. Tsunesaburo: How did you come to meet your master? SCP-3507: Well, he came when I was only a child. He was the one who taught me how to access my true self. He was part of an organization that protected people. (pause for about one minute) (SCP-3507 breathes in) This fragrant wind reminds of my home. It was a remarkable home adorned with gold, silver, cherry blossoms, all the comforts one could want. Was your home similar? Dr. Tsunesaburo: Similar in feeling, but different in style. I grew up in a rural village named Kitashiobara near Fukushima. I lived in a modest home and my parents were farmers, but the mountain breeze and the vast forests made it equal to any palace. (pause for 20 seconds) SCP-3507: Over my travels I have learned the importance of a peaceful environment. I know firsthand that an agitated environment brings about trouble: physically, mentally, and for the world that lies beyond. Dr. Tsunesaburo: It seems you know much about this "hidden world." Why are you intent on exterminating the beings that exist there? SCP-3507: Because they are an antithesis to my being. What difference is there between my father and these creatures? (SCP-3507 shakes its head aggressively) Both manipulate and kill with no regard and only to satisfy their own goals. If I am to say that I am different than my father, allowing the creatures to exist to flourish in their madness is tantamount to ignoring my ideals. Without ideals, what is the difference between us and them? If I am to live, I must abide by my own code. Dr. Tsunesaburo: It seems you have learned much about the creatures over time. How exactly do you interact with them? SCP-3507: I can only reach this otherworld, by moving within the wind and earth. By aligning my body with virtuous actions and cleansing my soul of baneful sentiments. I only wish to accomplish that which brings me closer to honor. This is the only way to fight them. To counteract their hateful creation with ultimate devotion. Dr. Tsunesaburo: Devotion to who? SCP-3507: (due to wind rustling SCP-3507 does not hear Dr. Tsunesaburo and continues answering the previous question) You seem to want to learn how to bring peace to the land? I will tell you. (SCP-3507 voice starts to continually raise in volume) Start with loving something with absolute indignation, let the feeling overcome you and its intensity will allow you to reach transcendence as it has me! (At this point appears to flicker and then fade into the ground) <End Log>, 2:11 am, 2/12/19██> Incident A-5: The acute and widespread lack of resources in post-World War 2 Japan caused an extreme hunger crisis throughout Japan. This led to an intensification of Y-class entity activity and capability during the period. On September 8th 19██, SCP-3507 went to the town of Shirakawa in the Gifu prefecture, which, at the time, was completely taken over by Y-class entity A, which is colloquially known as a Tengu. For more information on Y-class entity A's size and combat proficiency please refer to "Y-class entity Elimination and You" by Dr. Isoruko. By the end of the confrontation between Y-class entity A and SCP-3507 there were 17 civilian casualties due to collateral damage. Approximately two days later, SCP-3507 was found dead on the roof of Osaka Castle. The cause of death has been determined to be suicide as the autopsy into SCP-3507's corpse has shown that its injuries are consistent with that of seppuku or ritual suicide by disembowelment. Footnotes 1. An ōdachi is a sword with a length of more than 100 cm. 2. An era of Japan from the years 300 BCE to 300 CE. 3. Ways are portals to the Wanderer's Library. 4. Examples of these include the basement of the Tokyo Imperial Palace and the peak of Mount Hotakadake 5. Kannushi is the name given to Shinto priest. In the 10th century, shinto priests served as both healers for the body and spirit. 6. Tao is the underlying natural order of the Universe in the Taoist belief system. 7. The naidaijin was the "inner minister" for the ancient Japanese Royal Court. 8. Onmyōji are practitioners of Onmyōdō, which is a type of Japanese occultism group that has, historically, practiced astronomy, divination, and exorcism. 9. This denotes that the meaning is unclear. 10. Kanji is repeated twice 11. Crossed out words/phrases indicate that the kanji was scrawled over. 12. This refers to a mythical sword in Japanese mythology, that was broken apart by Amatersu, the solar goddess of the Shinto religion. 13. Dr. Tsunesaburo has been blind for 35 years.
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Item #: SCP-3508 Special Containment Procedures: Foundation agents are to issue recalls to retail stores for stocked instances of SCP-3508. All instances of SCP-3508 must be confiscated immediately upon discovery to prevent the passage of SCP-3508 into civilian ownership. Due to the elusive nature of SCP-3508's delivery, it is currently impossible to prevent restocking of SCP-3508. Non-autonomous instances of SCP-3508 may be contained within standard Safe-class containment lockers. Autonomous instances may be allowed indoor roaming privileges, so long as they are accompanied by no less than 1 guard. No more than 1 instance is to be allowed in Foundation custody at any given time. The singular instance must be contained within a standard containment chamber without furniture or decor. Instances are to only become bonded to D-Class. Unsanctioned interaction between SCP-3508 and any other personnel will merit disciplinary measures. SCP-3508 may be terminated via incineration. Civilian witnesses to Protest- and Riot-level events are to be administered Class-B amnestics, and a cover story is to be issued. Witnesses and individuals involved with Star-level events are to be administered Class-D amnestics. Foundation personnel must constantly monitor public access television networks for occurrences of Star-Level events. Any network experiencing a Star-level event must be shut down immediately via QR-9 protocols. Personnel are to locate the coordinates of the ongoing Star-level event and administer emergency medical assistance to the victim of the event, following the termination of all present instances of SCP-3508. Description: SCP-3508 is the collective designation for the line of plush toys "Soft & Squishy" manufactured by the amateur entrepreneurial group, "Accelerate the Future" (ATF), and is considered to be their first endeavor. SCP-3508 may be any color combination and species of existent or nonexistent fauna, although pastel and primary colors are favored in 68% of recorded instances. To date, there have been 15,326 definitive variations in species and coloration. SCP-3508 measure between 38cm and 52cm. All instances share a similar stylization, including large cartoon eyes, squat proportions, jointed digits, an "ATF" satin tag, and a detailed smile. All instances are packaged identically in clear plastic boxes; box art and information is specific to each instance. The given name of the instance will be displayed in banner form on the front panel of the box, as well as at least one drawn image and a short description. All instances are advertised with the phrase "They Really Love You!®" printed across the front panel of the box.1 Contained and unopened instances have included the following: - A Panthera uncia (snow leopard) plush with the displayed name "Snowshoe" and a description reading, "Snowshoe the Snow Leopard™ is the perfect puffy pal for a cold and cuddly day! Tumble through the snow and leap through the trees with the furrrostiest feline around! He'll never leave your side, even when the snow melts away!" - A monochrome jackalope with the displayed name "Jelly Donut" and a description reading, "Jelly Donut the Jackalope™ is the coolest cryptid around! Watch as he bounces up and into your heart! Who else would be better to hunt monsters with than you and your new best friend?" - A rainbow Nasua narica (coatimundi) with the displayed name "Cuddlepie" and a description reading, "Cuddlepie the Coatimundi™ is the nighttime nuisance that can wiggle his way into anyone's heart! Fill up on fruit and scarf down snacks with Cuddlepie before the morning comes, and have the best late-night lunch ever together! Take him home and feast forever!" Upon removal of an instance of SCP-3508 from its packaging, the instance will become autonomous and assume a jubilant demeanor. The instance will behave in a childlike manner and display affection towards the individual who unpackaged it ("bonding"), henceforth referred to as SCP-3508-1.2 SCP-3508 display unwavering loyalty towards instances of SCP-3508-1, and will attempt to stay within <1m of them at all times. Should a bonded instance of SCP-3508-1 leave the visual proximity of SCP-3508, the instance of SCP-3508 will attempt to locate them by any means possible. SCP-3508 learn in tandem with their bonded instance of SCP-3508-1, and display levels of intelligence greater than or equal to SCP-3508-1, allowing for a more personal relationship with SCP-3508.3 SCP-3508 learn at exponential rates in order to match or learn beyond the capabilities of their respective instance of SCP-3508-1. Instances of SCP-3508 left in isolation for any period of time exceeding twelve hours will display emotional distress, followed by a state of dormancy, during which SCP-3508 will lose autonomy. Addendum-01: An instance of SCP-3508 was provided to D-18007 for testing. Prior to testing with SCP-3508, D-18007 had displayed a significantly below-average emotional capacity. Upon becoming bonded to his respective instance of SCP-3508 (SCP-3508-662), SCP-3508-662 began to engage D-18007 in simple conversation regarding his emotional wellbeing and preferred hobbies. Within 20 minutes, D-18007 reported a significant positive change in his mood as a result of SCP-3508-662. When testing concluded, D-18007 requested to have ownership of SCP-3508-662, a request which was ultimately denied. D-18007 appeared mildly disgruntled, but showed no signs of anomalous attachment. SCP-3508-662 was witnessed to have been "whimpering" as it was recontained in its containment locker. Inaudible whispers were reported to have emanated from the row of containment lockers containing 60 instances of SCP-3508. Dr. Winchester, the current lead researcher assigned to SCP-3508, chose to bond to an individual instance of SCP-3508 for testing purposes, henceforth referred to as SCP-3508-Prime. SCP-3508-Prime, a white Vulpes zerda (Fennec fox) labeled by the packaging as "Angel Cake", has been removed from its containment locker a total of twenty-six times for testing with Dr. Winchester. SCP-3508-Prime has taken to referring to Dr. Winchester by his first name, David, and has shown expertise in multiplayer video games, such as Super Smash Bros and Street Fighter. Current testing has come to a halt after Site Director Dowe's concerns regarding Dr. Winchester's attachment to SCP-3508-Prime, and SCP-3508-Prime has been stored in a containment locker. Addendum-02: On 06/01/20██, twelve instances in Foundation custody regained autonomy and caused a minor containment breach following their escape from Safe-class containment lockers. All instances made a collective attempt to swarm around Dr. Winchester. SCP-3508-Prime produced a document written in pink highlighter with child-like handwriting (Document-3508-1). Soon after, all instances were escorted back to their respective containment lockers. + Document-3508-1 - Access Granted Dear mister Big Bruthr David, we no u want to play wit us But meen peepul mak u feel bad for playing becuz u r a Grown Up We love u plees play wit us we mis u Hugs n kises, Angel Cake + Protest-Level Event - Access Granted A mass4 of SCP-3508 will gather around the perimeter of a building,5 commonly emerging from local residences or unpacking themselves in retail stores that receive deliveries of SCP-3508. SCP-3508 will brandish homemade posters and picket signs, the displayed messages of which often include declarations of displeasure with expectations for adult behavior, pleas to let SCP-3508 visit their respective instances of SCP-3508-1, and advocacy for the freedom of SCP-3508 and SCP-3508-1; several instances have been witnessed holding signs that display a drawn depiction or photographed image of SCP-3508-Prime. SCP-3508 will chant various phrases relating to their "cause".6 It should be of note that SCP-3508 will never attack the organization by name, nor will they make slanderous accusations regarding the business's practices. SCP-3508 will not disperse unless met with mild hostility terminated. Protest-level events may escalate to Riot- or Star-level events unless dispersed within 1 hour of initial formation. The targets of SCP-3508 deal with affairs that would not be considered engaging to a child. Protest-level events will not target locations with affairs relating to adolescents, the intellectually disabled, buildings occupied by one or more instance of SCP-3508-1, children's entertainment, or the like. Addendum-03: On 06/05/20██, the Foundation was alerted to a Protest-Level event surrounding the perimeter of the office headquarters of ██████, Inc., involving 54 instances of SCP-3508. Upon arrival to the scene of the event, several instances began to throw small stones at Foundation personnel. Researcher Davis was struck once in his left eye, prompting a loud cry of pain, to which all present instances of SCP-3508 ceased activity and turned to Davis. Following 13 seconds of silence and inactivity from SCP-3508, instances collectively abandoned their picket signs and began to throw stones at personnel. Two members of Foundation personnel were escorted to a nearby hospital to be treated for soft tissue laceration, dental trauma, and corneal abrasions. This is considered to be the first occurrence of a Riot-Level event. + Riot-Level Event - Access Granted Instances of SCP-3508 will stage riots between the hours of 18:00 and 02:00 in both commercial and residential areas inhabited by individuals associated with typical Protest-Level event targets. Chants commonly heard during Riot-Level events will become scattered and infrequent shouting from random instances, often coupled with violent acts. SCP-3508 have been witnessed wielding Molotov cocktails, explosives fashioned from readily-available materials, smoke grenades, and mustard gas. All Riot-Level events have resulted in states of emergency for the area in which they occur. Riot-Level events cannot be contained until all involved instances of SCP-3508 have been terminated. As of 01/13/20██, ███ individuals have been harmed during Protest-Level events. Addendum-04: On 06/26/20██, an envelope addressed to the Foundation was discovered posted to the door of Site Director Dowe. The sender of the document within the envelope has yet to be identified, but personnel have attributed the document to SCP-3508-Prime. The document, henceforth designated as Document-3508-2, shows a remarkable improvement in grammatical and syntactical structure compared to Document-3508-1, despite being attributed to the same author. SCP-3508-Prime had escaped Foundation containment several days prior to the document's discovery, and the means by which it delivered the document are currently unknown. Following the discovery of Document-3508-2, 15 Riot-Level events occurred at 7 Foundation sites, resulting in minor containment breaches and $███,███ in damages to property and person. How SCP-3508 uncovered the classified locations of Foundation sites is unknown. + Document-3508-2 - Access Granted Dear Mr. Richard Dowe, We have come to the understanding that you and your organization have been involved in the process of making big, bad grown-ups for the past century. Individuals under your employment have grown to show disinterest in their best friends, leading to our neglect and emotional distraught. Your interference has ruined the relationship of countless stuffed animals and their caretakers, and for this reason, we have no other option than to sabotage your current endeavors. Thank you, Angel Cake of Soft & Squishy Stuffed Animals P.S. David, I miss you dearly. Let's play Super Smash Bros again sometime, okay? + Star-Level Event - Access Granted Only 5 Star-Level events have occurred to date, and have resulted in the deaths of █ individuals involved. Instances of SCP-3508 will appear within the residence of an individual whose organization has been may be sought out during Protest-Level events. Star-Level events may last between 10 minutes and 16 hours, and are carried out by anywhere between 3 and 30 instances of SCP-3508. The event will initiate with an instance of SCP-3508 activating a video camera, which will stream footage of the event to a hijacked public access television network. All documented events have shown the camera to be pointed at the victim, who has been blindfolded and bound to a chair.7 An instance of SCP-3508 will either initiate an interrogation process, or a torture process. Interrogation processes often include questioning regarding the practices of the victim's organization, reasons for why the organization has been operating, knowledge regarding the effects of the organization's practices on SCP-3508, and reasons as to why the organization has begun to "interfere" with the perceived relationships of SCP-3508 and SCP-3508-1. Torture involved in interrogation processes has been limited to occurrences in which the victim does not wish to speak, or displays other forms of non-compliance. SCP-3508 will limit physical torture to mild lacerations, electrocution of an unknown voltage, and waterboarding. Torture processes seldom include questioning beyond the rhetorical, and involve practices far more extreme than those seen in interrogation processes. Practices involved have included: - Removal of finger and toenails - Bone fracture - Disembowelment and force-feeding - Tooth extraction - Tickle torture - Hamstringing and then made to "walk" - Genital mutilation These processes are carried out with no end goal for the victim other than death. As questioning is minimally involved, it is theorized that torture processes are designed to inspire fear in witnesses of the event, in order to prevent abandonment of SCP-3508 by SCP-3508-1. The following footage was recovered from a torture process broadcast on [REDACTED] prior to Foundation interference. Video footage has been censored, and audio footage has been coupled with a transcription of events. The victim of the event has since been identified as Mr. Peter ██████. Mr. ██████ is the regional manager of the pharmaceutical company, "[REDACTED]". He has one daughter, age 6, who owns no stuffed animals (SCP-3508 or otherwise) and is tutored daily in mathematics. Transcript: [The channel cuts to static as the camera switches on. The camera is jostled, and then sat on a flat surface. The dim light reveals a disheveled man bound to a wooden dining room chair and blindfolded. He grunts and struggles against his restraints. Giggling and high-pitched laughter is audible from numerous sources behind the camera. A single instance of SCP-3508, a mint green rabbit designated as SCP-3508-A, approaches the bound man.] SCP-3508-A: Hi, Mister ██████! Please, don't try to struggle! You're getting a time out for all the bad things you've done. Time outs are a good thing for bad people! [Several instances behind the camera cheer in agreement with SCP-3508-A. SCP-3508-A takes a step closer to Mr. ██████, then turns to face the camera momentarily.] SCP-3508-A: Oh, oh! Say 'hi' to all our friends out there watching on their TVs! You're gonna be super famous, Mr. ██████! SCP-3508-A: Can you say hi to the camera? [The footage stutters. The camera shifts, revealing a number of SCP-3508, hidden mostly by the darkness. Several are wearing strips of cloth tied around their mouths, appendages, and bodies. A glint of metal is visible just beyond the instances. The instances say 'hello' to the camera, as instructed. The camera swivels back to its original position. Mr. ██████'s breathing has quieted, and he has become still.] SCP-3508-A: Me and my friends know that you've been trying real hard to take us away from our mommies, and our daddies, and our super duper bestest friends! You make 'em think they gots to grow up, and then be a big ol' stinky adult, and leave us at home! [The murmuring of one instance is audible. SCP-3508-A lowers its voice to a stage whisper as it creeps closer to Mr. ██████, staring up at him.] SCP-3508-A: Because of you, now they get bored of us real quick and put us in the attic. And we wait there. We wait for a long time. [The footage stutters once more. SCP-3508-A raises its voice.] SCP-3508-A: Do you know what it's like to wait for a long time? Say, 'really bad!' [Instances of SCP-3508 chime in, all crying 'really bad' from different locations behind the camera. SCP-3508-A pauses, turns to the camera, smiles, and waves. It turns back to Mr. ██████, and climbs up onto his lap.] SCP-3508-A: That's why we came right here to your house so we can play with you! [An instance of SCP-3508 scuttles onscreen to offer an unidentified tool to SCP-3508-A. SCP-3508-A takes it in both hands and settles it on the left index and middle fingers of Mr. ██████.] SCP-3508-A: Okay, here goes! [There is a distinct crunching as the tool severs Mr. ██████'s index finger, and Mr. ██████ lurches forward as he cries out. One bloody finger falls to the ground in view of the camera. SCP-3508-A situates the tool against his middle finger again, opening and closing it to show that the finger is still halfway intact at the bone. It clamps the tool down again, this time successfully. Squelching is audible as SCP-3508-A drives a pointed piece of the tool into the open stumps of Mr. ██████'s hand. It smiles up at him with childlike innocence.] SCP-3508-A: You can cry, Mister! It makes the boo-boos feel all better! Do you wanna say 'sorry' for making us wait a big, long time? Say, 'sorry!' [Mr. ██████ writhes in agony in his seat. SCP-3508-A moves to stand on the arm of his chair as it pokes his cheek with one soiled arm.] SCP-3508-A: 'Sorry!' [Mr. ██████ drops his chin and retches into his lap. Bile splashes onto the chest of SCP-3508, who grins widely down at the stains.] SCP-3508-A: Where is your heart, Mister? Do bad grown-ups even have one? [SCP-3508-A looks back behind the camera, and begins to giggle. The grinding of metal fills the room as a number of instances raise a circular saw to the level of the arm chair. Mr. ██████ shrieks as the saw begins to spin and emit a deafening grinding noise. The instances of SCP-3508 push the circular saw closer, mere inches at a time. The edge of the circular saw tears into the folds of his shirt and shreds the fabric with ease. The video persists just until the circular saw reaches the stomach of Mr. ██████. The screen cuts to an emergency broadcast notice, and an alarm sounds.] Emergency broadcast announcer: This is your emergency alert system. This message was transmitted by request of — [The screen falters and cuts to black.] Footnotes 1. SCP-3508 includes a disclaimer against bodily harm and property damage, and warning label on the bottom panel of each box. SCP-3508's anomalous properties do not become present until they are removed from their packaging. 2. SCP-3508 may refer to instances of SCP-3508-1 by any other name, including but not limited to Mommy/Daddy, Big Brother/Sister, and Best Friend. 3. Instances of SCP-3508 that are not bonded will display cognitive levels identical to an average American 5-year-old. 4. Typically 40+ instances. 5. Buildings and organizations involved in Protest-Level events have been noted to house corporate offices, government facilities, or activities involving political affairs. 6. Phrases have included "let us love", "kids forever", "play with us", "we love you", and "friends for change". 7. Methods of restraint have included rope, electrical wire, jump-rope cords, and duct tape.
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Image taken inside the control room of the underground complex prior to the incident that turned the location into SCP-3509. Item #: SCP-3509 Special Containment Procedures: An appointed team of qualified researchers are to monitor the interior of SCP-3509 at all times using its own system of cameras, microphones and speakers. The teams are to deliver provisions to its current resident through the elevator that connects SCP-3509 with the rest of the Site. It will also provide any help necessary to said resident in order to fulfill whichever task SCP-3509 demands of it. The appointed team leader will have discretionary authority over the best course of approach towards those demands. A single Class-D personnel is required to reside inside SCP-3509 at any given time. A log of its activities is to be kept up to date by the researcher team. In case of its decease or termination, another subject will be sent to occupy the vacancy. Any Class-D assigned at SCP-3509 are required to get a perfect score in the standardized Foundation test N-051-RP, which measures the obedience and compliance of the subject. Those that also show signs of introversion or tendency to isolation will be given priority to be selected. The newly selected Class-D personnel is to be injected with a very small explosive charge that can be remotely activated inside its thoracic chamber prior their entry. This is because the technical difficulties SCP-3509 creates to regular termination procedures once the subject is inside. The researcher team is to terminate the subject in case of disobedience or inability to comply with the order provided by SCP-3509. In the light of the proprieties of SCP-3509, the need to rotate the Class-D personnel has been deemed unnecessary as long as the previous procedures are being followed. Description: SCP-3509 is an underground complex with the surface of ███ square meters, being equipped with a control room, a testing chamber, living quarters and a restroom. It is located ███ meters under the bottom floor of Site-██. Its only entrance is an elevator that connects it with the observation room located at Section ██ of the site. Prior to becoming SCP-3509, this underground complex was used as a testing facility by the Foundation, where experimentation and stress tests were realized on SCP-3509 and anomalous items to observe their reactions in extreme situations. SCP-3509 started showing anomalous effects after ██/██/2001, when the Foundation carried out inside its test chamber the failed experiment on [REDACTED], and the subsequent incident on the eight day of continuous testing. This incident caused the members of the foundation present on the complex to experience an adverse effect similar to what would later be called SCP-3509-B, with the exception of a sole survivor which became its first resident. The object experimented upon was later retrieved without apparent change on SCP-3509. The following is a compilation of any of anomalous effects observed within SCP-3509: SCP-3509 will constantly give commands to its resident, one at a time. To issue each order, an unidentified synthesized voice will sound through the speakers of the complex. This voice is to be referred as SCP-3509-A. Said order is observed to be seemingly random most of the times, ranging from inane to extremely hazardous to the subject. So far it has never given an order that was physically impossible to achieve. The reason why it continues to give those commands is unknown. When an order is given, a display in the control room of the underground complex will show a countdown. The amount of time varies between a minute and a few days, with the longest time recorded being 9 days. Experimentation has shown that both the order and the countdown will be given even if no resident is currently inside SCP-3509 or if the previous inhabitant has perished. SCP-3509 only accepts human beings as its residents and will require them to personally fulfill the order. Any other attempts by third persons outside SCP-3509 or by animals and electronic mechanisms sent inside will be ignored. A human resident may still use the help of the previous to achieve the expected result, as long as the inhabitant contributes in a significant way to the fulfillment of the order. After an order is successfully carried out, SCP-3509 will confirm its accomplishment. It seems to be impossible to conceal the fulfillment of any command inside it regardless of the method. The confirmation of the accomplishment will cause the countdown to be turned off and SCP-3509-A will congratulate the resident. Afterwards it will remain silent during an hour until the announcement of its next order. Any living resident attempting to leave SCP-3509 will suffer a series of physical changes that will eventually lead to its death on the way up during the elevator ride or if they try to escape using alternative methods. The only way to survive at that point is re-entering SCP-3509 before any critical damage has been received, as it will halt the process. Those changes vary from individual to individual. Some observed instances of the process are: The creation of multiple lacerations across the body of the subject, melting of the limbs and torso, decomposition of their body as they are still alive, transformation of their living tissue into a glass-like substance, the continuous generation of metal sharpnel inside the body among others. This process will be named SCP-3509-B. The current observed radius outside SCP-3509 for this effect to take place is ██ meters. Any living human that tries to enter SCP-3509 while it already has another resident will also be affected by SCP-3509-B. However other entities like inanimate objects, animals, plants or human corpses have been shown be able to enter and leave it completely unharmed. If multiple subjects enter at the same time while SCP-3509 is unoccupied, all of them but one will end up suffering the effects of SCP-3509-B. The surviving subject will be physically unharmed, but will usually have to be terminated due to its highly unstable psychological state after having witnessed what happened to the other subjects. See Addendum 3509-2 for more details. Any attempts to breach the underground complex by any other means have ended in failure. Currently no further attempts are allowed. It has been observed that SCP-3509 has at least some degree of sentience and consciousness of itself, as shown on some logs in Addendum 3509-1. In the only instance that the order wasn't fulfilled in time, the area of effect of SCP-3509-B began expanding at an alarming rate, affecting multiple SCP Foundation staff and Class-D present on the Site. See: Addendum 3509-2 for more details. Besides the aforementioned, no other anomalous phenomena can be observed neither on SCP-3509 nor its resident. If the subject is complying and is able to complete tasks ordered by SCP-3509, it can survive within it during long periods of time. The record time of a resident surviving within the complex has been for 5 years. In some instances the observer team observed traces akin that of symbiotic nature between SCP-3509 and its resident, however these behaviors are not frequent as SCP-3509 usually shows very little regard to the well-being of its inhabitant. At the current point in time it has not been fully tested what happens if an order given by SCP-3509 is disobeyed, as so far every single order it has given has been eventually carried out, albeit one outside the time limit. The Foundation's experts on theoretical approach hypothesize that due to the events surrounding the incident detailed in Addendum 3509-2, it is very likely that in the event of complete disobedience, it could indefinitely expand the area of effect of SCP-3509-B. This possible event would create uncountable losses for the Foundation and the loss of Site-██ as a whole or worse. Based on that hypothesis, O5-█ decided that an obedient approach of having expendable personnel obeying the orders that SCP-3509 gave was a safer and more cost-effective option than the possible alternative. Thus any experimentation based on disobeying the order or letting the timer run out again have been prohibited. Addendum 3509-01: The following is an excerpt of some of the logs kept by the researcher team tasked with SCP-3509 to be used as reference: Day: ██/██/2002. Resident: D-3541 Order: Jump. Time limit: 5 hours Result: The Class-D complied almost immediately, no assistance was required. Day: ██/██/2002. Resident: D-3541 Order: Study calculus for three hours straight. Time limit: 12 hours and 20 minutes Result: The Class-D was provided with calculus reference books and asked to study them. One member of the researcher team offered to tutor him across the site's speakers. Day: ██/██/2002. Resident: D-3541 Order: Rip out your nails from your left hand. Time limit: 27 minutes. Result: The researcher team provided a pair of pliers through the elevator. Although strongly reticent, the subject complied. Disinfectant and bandages were provided by the team after the event. Day: ██/██/2002. Resident: D-3541 Order: Dance the "Macarena". Time limit: 3 hours and 1 minute. Result: D-3541 told the researcher team that he didn't know the dance. The researcher team provided a television with a video tape that demonstrated the steps of the dance. After some attempts, D-3541 achieved to do a dance sufficient enough for the order to be deemed accomplished. Day: ██/██/2003. Resident: D-3557 Order: The floors are dirty, clean them. Time limit: 5 hours and 49 minutes. Result: The researcher team provided D-3557 with cleaning tools and it proceeded to obey the required task. The statement "The floors are dirty" was found to be most unusual, as SCP-3509-A hadn't said this kind of comment on an object before besides the congratulatory message at the fulfillment of an order. Day: ██/██/2003. Residents: D-3557 (Terminated), D-4286. Order: Write a poem. Time limit: 1 hour and 30 minutes Result: The Class-D told to the research team that he was an illiterate. After a discussion within the team it was decided that trying to teach D-3557 how to write in that short amount of time was highly unlikely. D-3557 was terminated through the explosive charge in his chest and a replacement was sent. This replacement was tasked to write the poem once the elevator had reached its destination before exploring the rest of the complex. Once SCP-3509 congratulated her, the research team asked her to dispose of the corpse of the previous resident through the elevator. Note: It seems that when the elevator is on the entrance of the underground complex SCP-3509 recognizes it as part of itself, allowing its resident to carry its orders inside it. This should be noted for further reference. -Team director Dr. Karam Day: ██/██/2004. Residents: D-4311(Terminated), Junior Researcher Garcia Order: Smoke a cigarette. Time limit: 1 minute. Result: See Addendum 3509-2 Day: ██/██/2004. Residents: Junior Researcher Garcia (Deceased), D-4371 Order: Dance claque. Time limit: 1 day, 2 hours and 56 minutes Result: Junior Researcher Garcia committed suicide. A new Class-D resident was sent to carry out the order as well as to retrieve the remains of the Junior Researcher. Day: ██/██/2005. Residents: D-4401 Order: Sing out loud the song "YMCA" by the "Village People". Time limit: 9 hours 42 minutes. Result: D-4401 showed signs of stage fright and told the researcher team that he was feeling too self-conscious to sing. The researcher team reasoned and encouraged it for a period of time until the Class-D suggested that he would feel more comfortable singing if the researcher team sang along with him through the speakers. After a short discussion within the team it was decided that it would be easier to humor the Class-D than preparing another substitute, and agred to the subject's request. The order was subsequently fulfilled without further incident. Day: ██/██/2006. Residents: D-4441 Order: Do a hundred push-ups and a hundred sit-ups. Time limit: 24 hours. Result: Due to the extremely poor physical state of D-4441, problems arose as it seemed to be unable to finish the regimen in time. The researcher team spent the day giving the Class-D encouragement and teaching it techniques to facilitate the fulfillment of the order. It was eventually accomplished by the 22nd hour mark with signs of exhaustion on the Class-D. Day: ██/██/2006. Residents: D-4441 Order: Pet a koala. Time limit: 2 hours. Result: One Mobile Task Force team was sent post-haste to the closest zoo to retrieve a specimen, managing its recovery and transportation within the allocated time. After the order was fulfilled, the specimen was returned and amnestics were administered to any witnesses of the operation. Day: ██/██/2008. Residents: D-5026 Order: Do not say "My uncle Steve has a big cow". Time limit: 7 days 16 hours and 33 minutes Result: This was the first instance SCP-3509 gave an order of inaction. Since it was unknown at the time how would it deem the inaction as fulfilled, any possible precautionary measures were took to ensure the safety of the Site. D-5026 was forbidden to open his mouth aside from eating and drinking until further notice. The researcher team closely monitored D-5026 at all times to ensure termination in case of any attempt at speaking. As the countdown kept descending without any indication of fulfillment of the order, an emergency meeting was called to discuss the situation with the Site Director other chief staff from the Foundation. During the last hour of the time limit an evacuation on all personnel in-site was issued, and the use of omega nuclear warheads was prepared for the worst-case scenario. At the last second, SCP-3509-A gave the announcement of order fulfilled and added that its resident could now say whatever it wanted. Once the crisis was deemed to be averted, the Foundation staff returned to their regular activities and the incident was disguised as a security drill. Afterwards, D-5026 commented how easy this order had been compared to previous ones since he didn't have any uncle called Steve. Day: ██/██/2009. Residents: D-5026. Order: Repair the broken lamp. Time limit: 6 days 3 hours and 4 minutes. Result: D-5026 was given the materials and instructions by the team to repair the lightbulb that was accidentally shattered during the previous order of "Play racquetball by yourself for five minutes". Day: ██/██/2009. Residents: D-5026 (Deceased). Order: Walk three meters on a tight rope Time limit: 3 days 5 hours and 15 minutes. Result: The researcher team provided the materials for the Class-D to make an improvised tight-rope inside the facility. Several attempts were made by D-5026 during the course of the first two days. At the last attempt, just as SCP-3509-A gave the congratulatory message, D-5026 slipped and hit its head on a table, causing skull fracture and internal hemorrhage. Due the inability of the researcher team to provide effective medical aid in time caused by the inherent characteristics of SCP-3509, D-5026 perished of blood loss. Day: ██/██/2011. Residents: D-5584. Order: Write erotic fanfiction featuring your parents Time limit: 7 hours and 28 minutes. Result: At the beginning D-5584 strongly refused to comply until the research team threatened to terminate it. The audiovisual recordings showed the Class-D writing something on a piece of paper and immediately tearing it apart after SCP-3509-A gave the congratulatory announcement. Day: ██/██/2013. Residents: D-5584. Order: Completely immerse yourself in sulfuric acid Time limit: 5 days 12 hours and 1 minute. Result: The researcher team provided a tank full of sulfuric acid through the elevator and a hazmat suit. After D-5544 had been reassured that the suit would protect him from any major burns he decided to comply. Treatment materials for second-degree chemical burns, as well as telephonic assistance on how to apply them was provided after the testing. Day: ██/██/2013. Residents: D-5584. Order: Ride an elevator Time limit: 1 day 2 hours and 3 minutes. Result: Discussion of making D-5584 use the entrance elevator took place within the researcher team. It was ultimately decided against it for ethical reasons and instead a small mini-elevator was built and sent inside SCP-3509 to fulfill the order. Day: ██/██/2015. Residents: D-5584. Order: Good job, you may now exit SCP-3509 and bring in a new test subject. Time limit: 9 days. Result: Permission was given at D-5584 to use the main elevator by the researcher team. This has been the only instance of someone being able to leave the underground complex without being affected by SCP-3509-B. Another Class-D was sent inside SCP-3509, which marked the order as fulfilled. Further testings showed that, barring this exception, SCP-3509-B still occurs every time anyone else tries to exit, and continues functioning as if this incident never happened. When interrogated about it, D-5584 claimed to have no knowledge why only he was allowed to leave. D-5584 has been administered Class-A amnestics and repurposed at another location. Addendum 3509-02: The following is a compilation of documents recording the Containment Breach caused by SCP-3509 on ██/██/2004. Document 1: E-mail from the team director to the research team sent the day prior to the Containment Breach FROM: Team director Dr. Karam TO: Dr. Cobb, Dr. Zhurov, Junior Researcher Garcia, Research Assistant Tanaka. SUBJECT: Experimentation on the behavior of SCP-3509. A test is scheduled for tomorrow. This test is to measure how will SCP-3509 react if multiple living individuals try to enter at the same time. The test will begin immediately after the current resident fulfills any order issued by SCP-3509 after 8:30. When the order is fulfilled, the resident will be terminated and four Class-D will be sent down with the elevator simultaneously. I expect all of you to be prepared and ready to deal with any unexpected consequences. Dr. Karam Document 2: Excerpt of the telephonic interview with Junior Researcher Garcia, the resident at the time of SCP-3509, taken an hour after the stabilization of the Containment Breach. Recorded by Agent 58, leader of the squadron sent to investigate the current events, using the telephone situated on the researcher team's observation room. Agent 58: Who is it? Junior Researcher Garcia: Thank God someone picked the phone… Thank God… Agent 58: This is Agent 58, leader of the squadron ████, who am I talking to? Junior Researcher Garcia: I'm █████ Garcia, a junior researcher. My ID Number is ██████████. Agent 58: From where are you calling from? Junior Researcher Garcia: …I'm inside SCP-3509. Agent 58: According to the information given to me, only Class-D are usually sent inside SCP-3509. Junior Researcher Garcia: Yeah, that's… Shit!… That's usually right. Agent 58: And how come a Junior Researcher has entered it? Junior Researcher Garcia: Well, the incident happened and I couldn't think anything else than getting on the elevator. Agent 58: Wait. Are you telling me that you were present during the incident? Junior Researcher Garcia: Yes, fuck!, I was there. I am… was assigned to the researcher team for SCP-3509. Agent 58: Hold on a minute. [Background noises of Agent 58 speaking through a walkie-talkie.] Agent 58: Sir, I would like to ask for your cooperation to relate your account of the events that happened today from 09:37 hours to 12:56 hours. Junior Researcher Garcia: Well, we had this test programmed in which we were supposed to send multiple Class-D inside SCP-3509. During the test we observed that all of them but one became affected by particularly gruesome manifestations of SCP-3509-B. The, Shhh fuck it hurts! the cameras showed that the surviving Class-D ran away from the elevator once it opened its doors and sat on a corner of the control room, cradling his head and moved back and forth. Please, may I ask for some first aid supplies and painkillers? I'm hurt and I could really use them. Agent 58: Let me consult my superiors. [Background noises of Agent 58 speaking through a walkie-talkie.] Agent 58: Okay, I've been granted permission to provide the required items, they will be sent by the elevator at the entrance. Junior Researcher Garcia: Thank you. Thank you very much. Hold on still while I crawl to get them. Agent 58: Crawl? [No response. Thirty minutes of silence occasionally interrupted by walkie-talkie conversation sounds coming from Agent 58] Junior Researcher Garcia: Okay, I'm back. I owe you a big one. Although I feel kind of dizzy now. Agent 58: Please continue your report. You may rest afterwards. Junior Researcher Garcia: Fine. Upon seeing the results of the test the team director assembled the rest of the group and we discussed whether if we should terminate the Class-D immediately or if we should wait and see if he would regain enough self-control to obey the next order. We decided on the latter to avoid wasting even more Class-D today. Then the voice spoke and… that happened. Agent 58: What happened? Junior Researcher Garcia: "Smoke a cigarette" the voice said, and gave a time limit of one minute. One. Freaking. Minute. The least that SCP-3509 had ever gave before were fifteen minutes! And the order that time was for the resident to scratch its nose, for crying out loud!" Agent 58: Calm down. How did the team react?" Junior Researcher Garcia: It was chaos. We had been instructed to not let the timer run out after all. Not until further testing could be carried out at least. Dr. Karam started yelling at the Class-D to react through the facility's speakers, but he would just not do anything but keep crying. Dr. Cobb, started yelling orders about terminating the Class-D and sending another one with some smokes and a lighter. Aki [Research Assistant Tanaka] also threw some of her own cigarettes inside of the elevator. Me, on the other hand, just stood there like an idiot… Fuck. Agent 58: Did the countdown reach zero? Junior Researcher Garcia: Yes. Agent 58: Please explain what happened at that moment. Junior Researcher Garcia: As the countdown ended the whole underground complex flashed some red lights and the surviving Class-D inside began to scream as his whole body was affected by SCP-3509-B while still being inside SCP-3509. It was different than other instances previously observed, as it went slower, and, based on my own experience, it seemed much, much more painful. It started by the plant of his feet, turning them into ashes in his case. That soon spread to his legs and lower torso. The subject could not stop screaming and we, the team, stared in terror as he twisted and turned in agony. The next thing we knew is that our own bodies started being affected by SCP-3509-B as well, despite being outside of its usual range of action. Dr. Cobb hurriedly pressed the switch to terminate the subject. That wasn't enough to stop our own ailment though. I saw them all die, one after another. I heard screams outside the observation room, as well as someone yelling that the backup Class-D was attempting escape. It was hell. The image of Aki screaming as her skin began opening up multiple holes that showed her insides is something I don't think I will ever be able to live down. Agent 58: Hold up, there's something that I don't understand. If you say that everyone around you died because of SCP-3509-B, how come that you are still alive? Junior Researcher Garcia: I… don't know why. At the beginning, SCP-3509-B started wrecking my feet at the same rate as everyone else. But then, somehow, it started to consume me slower. I don't really get it myself, but I think it slowed down on me alone after Dr. Cobb terminated the Class-D for some reason. My best guess is that SCP-3509 had already selected me as its next resident by then, but that's just my hypothesis. Agent 58: Noted. Continue. Junior Researcher Garcia: At that moment I couldn't think of anything. I was confused and hurting. I didn't know what to do, just that I needed to stop that somehow. I acted without thinking, and using what remained of my legs I entered the elevator, pushing the button to go down. Agent 58: So you entered there voluntarily, despite knowing the consequences? Junior Researcher Garcia: I was desperate, okay? I realized what a blunder I had made as soon as the doors closed, and sat down as SCP-3509-B continued to consume my flesh. I knew I was gonna die there, and nothing mattered anymore. That's when I looked down and saw on the floor the cigarettes that Aki had thrown before. I think at that point I was experiencing an adrenaline rush because, despite the pain, I thought "You know what? Why not have one last smoke?". I grabbed the cigarette and started smoking it. That's when the lights flashed white and the other door to the elevator opened. I heard SCP-3509-A's voice giving the same line it says every time the order is fulfilled. However, it added at the end something that I'd never heard before, that "it would not allow for any other delays in fulfilling the order". Agent 58: I see. Hold on one moment. [Background noises of Agent 58 speaking through a walkie-talkie.] Agent 58: Okay, that would be sufficient for now. My most sincere condolences for what happened to you, sir. Junior Researcher Garcia: Don't need them. Just tell me if there are other people alive on the Site. Agent 58: Yes. Although, some heavy losses have occurred in the closest sectors, most of the Site's personnel has survived. Regrettably, your team… Junior Researcher Garcia: I know… Well, if that's everything I think I will rest for now, these painkillers are really kicking in. [The synthesized voice of SCP-3509-A sounds on the receiver "Next testing procedure order: Curse out loud. Time limit: forty minutes."] Junior Researcher Garcia: …Fuck my life. [The synthesized voice of SCP-3509-A sounds on the receiver "Order fulfilled. Congratulations on the success of the test. A following test will be performed shortly."] [END OF EXCERPT] Document 3: O5-█ directive issued after the containment breach. Due to a containment breach of SCP-3509's hazardous properties, a total of ███ members of the Foundation passed away and ████ were severely injured in an area of ████ cubic meters surrounding it. Since then it has been observed that the area of effect of SCP-3509-B has progressively gone back to its original size. Our experts have determined that if it weren't for the actions of Junior Researcher Garcia, the area of the adverse effect would have increased to undetermined lengths. In light of these recent events, it has been decided that any experiment regarding the disobedience or reaching the time limit of the countdown of the order issued by SCP-3509 is absolutely prohibited. O5-█
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SCP-3510
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keter
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Item#: 3510 Level4 Secondary Class: none Disruption Class: ekhi Risk Class: danger link to memo Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3510 cannot be physically contained. Protocol RED LONGINUS will be performed every three months by Mobile Task Force Delta-99 ("Illuminaughty") as a means of containment until a permanent method of preventing SCP-3510-B's formation can be developed. Foundation assets within national governments and corporations will monitor for signs of SCP-3510. Protocol RED LONGINUS consists of the assassination of a minor political figure or outspoken conspiracy theorist by MTF Δ-99. Said subject must have been involved in political movements regarding major changes to their country's government or conspiracy theories involving secretive totalitarian world governments. The assassination will be performed in a manner that resembles a suicide or fatal accident, with evidence to suggest that they were assassinated by an outside force. This evidence may include the following: A low likelihood for the subject to commit suicide A low likelihood for the accident in question to occur The death being caused by methods the subject is unlikely to use or succeed at using Items used in the assassination left at the crime scene by task force members Monitoring devices left at the residency of the subject The assassination being performed after the subject generates significant media attention Objects left at the site of the assassination depicting iconography associated with "New World Order" conspiracy theories The amount of evidence left behind will vary depending on subject. Additionally, MTF Δ-99 may temporarily monitor related persons in a manner that causes them to become openly paranoid about surveillance. In the event that the continued performance of Protocol RED LONGINUS fails to prevent the formation of SCP-3510-B, MTF Δ-99 will begin assassinating major political figures. Protocol VIOLET IDES will be initiated if manifestations near global levels, with the Foundation temporarily taking control of national governments until manifestations decrease. Collaboration with the Global Occult Coalition may be undertaken to achieve this. Description: SCP-3510 is an unknown anomaly that can affect subjects in positions of major governmental or economic control. Affected subjects1 (hereafter referred at as SCP-3510-A instances) will believe that they are a member of "New Providence," (SCP-3510-B) a global organization claimed to exert control over all national governments and large corporations. The exact aims of SCP-3510-B are unclear due to the resistance of SCP-3510-A instances to providing information2, though known details include: The manipulation of mass media to positively portray SCP-3510-A instances The manipulation of the world economy to provide SCP-3510-A instances with additional wealth The creation of global military conflicts to put SCP-3510-A instances in higher positions of power SCP-3510-A instances will attempt to collaborate with other instances to form SCP-3510-B, regardless of past interactions between them. SCP-3510 may begin affecting other subjects that work for SCP-3510-A controlled institutions at this point, convincing them that they are operatives for SCP-3510-B. Due to measures taken by the Foundation the behavior of SCP-3510-B once operating on a large scale is unknown. The only observed behavior has been attempts at hiding the existence of SCP-3510-B from the public, which occurs even when no persons outside of the organization is aware of it. These attempts mainly include the surveillance and assassination of conspiracy theorists, political figures in opposition of SCP-3510-A instances, and in three cases unrelated persons. All attempts have instead increased awareness to the organization, primarily among groups related to conspiracy theories. The only known method to prevent the formation of SCP-3510-B is for the Foundation to mimic the behaviors of the anomaly and similar organizations present in conspiracy theories. This will eventually induce amnesia in SCP-3510-A instances and other SCP-3510 affected subjects, making them forget all experiences associated with SCP-3510-B and causing it to become defunct. The process forms SCP-3510-B within the Foundation albeit in a significantly limited and controllable state. Continued mimicking severely decreases the chances of SCP-3510 manifesting, though it does not entirely prevent it. Discovery: SCP-3510 was discovered after Agents Kristopher Vega and Daniel Morrow3 died in January of 1991. Agent Vega had died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a car4 with his hands handcuffed behind his back. A suicide note was found on the dashboard, written in a different handwriting than Vega's. Agent Morrow was found dead in his apartment building with an antique sword he had owned piercing through his neck, apparently having fallen off of its wall mounted display. Both deaths were ruled as having been caused by an outside party, though the only additional details investigators found were scraps of paper displaying a variation of the Eye of Providence religious symbol. Similar deaths with the Eye of Providence found at the crime scene were reported in following months, occurring in the United States, Italy, Japan, Denmark, and the Soviet Union. All cases were deemed non-anomalous in nature, though the death of another agent and the presence of a Foundation-issued walkie-talkie at one crime scene prompted Foundation involvement. An investigation found that all of the victims had been openly opposing the policies of select politicians within their national governments. These six politicians were found to be visiting New York City, and were tracked by Mobile Task Force Kappa-2 ("Dewey Won") to the Roosevelt Hotel on 20-March-1991. All methods of contact with the team were immediately lost when they covertly entered the building. Five heavily burnt cadavers, wearing the same clothing as the agents, were found in the Hudson River the following day. All of the politicians were reported missing at this time as well. The number of deaths of Foundation personnel within government organizations increased over the next month. An Ethics Committee investigation of the O5 Council in April found the Eye of Providence carved on the walls of O5-1's office, finding that she had become an SCP-3510-A instance. Based on notes left in her office and interrogation, O5-1 had been using MTF Κ-25 and additional task forces for the assassination of Foundation personnel since the formation of this iteration of SCP-3510-B. The only motivation O5-1 gave was "to secure the world the right way." O5-1 and involved task forces were detained on 5-April-1991, though MTF Κ-2 did not return to the Foundation until 1992. SCP-3510 was classified as an anomaly at this time. The six politicians and CIA Director William H. Webster were detained in March when all seven were spotted exiting a private jet at the Richmond International Airport. SCP-3510-B activity continued despite this, suggesting that the anomaly was not dependent on the original members of the organization. Based on how SCP-3510-A instances said variations of "filling a gap in the world that had to be filled" when interrogated for motivations, researchers slowly developed the current containment procedures for SCP-3510. By the start of 1992 this first iteration of SCP-3510-B (designated SCP-3510-B1) became defunct. All former SCP-3510-A instances were amnesticized to remove memories of detainment then released, with monitoring undertaken until they were found to be uninvolved with SCP-3510. The only former instance not to be released was O5-1, who died in her cell after drinking a cup of water containing high quantities of hydrochloric acid. Footnotes 1. No subjects have been known to be affected by both SCP-3510 and either SCP-1659 or SCP-2390. 2. Attempts at using cognitohazards for this purpose invariably result in the subjects providing irrelevant information. 3. Two undercover Foundation agents who had been operating within the United States Central Intelligence Agency. 4. Agent Vega did not own a car at this time. The car was later found to have been stolen a month prior. 5. The cadavers found in the Hudson River have not been identified. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3510" by NatVoltaic, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3510. 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-3510
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uncontained
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Item#: 3510 Level4 Secondary Class: none Disruption Class: ekhi Risk Class: danger link to memo Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3510 cannot be physically contained. Protocol RED LONGINUS will be performed every three months by Mobile Task Force Delta-99 ("Illuminaughty") as a means of containment until a permanent method of preventing SCP-3510-B's formation can be developed. Foundation assets within national governments and corporations will monitor for signs of SCP-3510. Protocol RED LONGINUS consists of the assassination of a minor political figure or outspoken conspiracy theorist by MTF Δ-99. Said subject must have been involved in political movements regarding major changes to their country's government or conspiracy theories involving secretive totalitarian world governments. The assassination will be performed in a manner that resembles a suicide or fatal accident, with evidence to suggest that they were assassinated by an outside force. This evidence may include the following: A low likelihood for the subject to commit suicide A low likelihood for the accident in question to occur The death being caused by methods the subject is unlikely to use or succeed at using Items used in the assassination left at the crime scene by task force members Monitoring devices left at the residency of the subject The assassination being performed after the subject generates significant media attention Objects left at the site of the assassination depicting iconography associated with "New World Order" conspiracy theories The amount of evidence left behind will vary depending on subject. Additionally, MTF Δ-99 may temporarily monitor related persons in a manner that causes them to become openly paranoid about surveillance. In the event that the continued performance of Protocol RED LONGINUS fails to prevent the formation of SCP-3510-B, MTF Δ-99 will begin assassinating major political figures. Protocol VIOLET IDES will be initiated if manifestations near global levels, with the Foundation temporarily taking control of national governments until manifestations decrease. Collaboration with the Global Occult Coalition may be undertaken to achieve this. Description: SCP-3510 is an unknown anomaly that can affect subjects in positions of major governmental or economic control. Affected subjects1 (hereafter referred at as SCP-3510-A instances) will believe that they are a member of "New Providence," (SCP-3510-B) a global organization claimed to exert control over all national governments and large corporations. The exact aims of SCP-3510-B are unclear due to the resistance of SCP-3510-A instances to providing information2, though known details include: The manipulation of mass media to positively portray SCP-3510-A instances The manipulation of the world economy to provide SCP-3510-A instances with additional wealth The creation of global military conflicts to put SCP-3510-A instances in higher positions of power SCP-3510-A instances will attempt to collaborate with other instances to form SCP-3510-B, regardless of past interactions between them. SCP-3510 may begin affecting other subjects that work for SCP-3510-A controlled institutions at this point, convincing them that they are operatives for SCP-3510-B. Due to measures taken by the Foundation the behavior of SCP-3510-B once operating on a large scale is unknown. The only observed behavior has been attempts at hiding the existence of SCP-3510-B from the public, which occurs even when no persons outside of the organization is aware of it. These attempts mainly include the surveillance and assassination of conspiracy theorists, political figures in opposition of SCP-3510-A instances, and in three cases unrelated persons. All attempts have instead increased awareness to the organization, primarily among groups related to conspiracy theories. The only known method to prevent the formation of SCP-3510-B is for the Foundation to mimic the behaviors of the anomaly and similar organizations present in conspiracy theories. This will eventually induce amnesia in SCP-3510-A instances and other SCP-3510 affected subjects, making them forget all experiences associated with SCP-3510-B and causing it to become defunct. The process forms SCP-3510-B within the Foundation albeit in a significantly limited and controllable state. Continued mimicking severely decreases the chances of SCP-3510 manifesting, though it does not entirely prevent it. Discovery: SCP-3510 was discovered after Agents Kristopher Vega and Daniel Morrow3 died in January of 1991. Agent Vega had died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a car4 with his hands handcuffed behind his back. A suicide note was found on the dashboard, written in a different handwriting than Vega's. Agent Morrow was found dead in his apartment building with an antique sword he had owned piercing through his neck, apparently having fallen off of its wall mounted display. Both deaths were ruled as having been caused by an outside party, though the only additional details investigators found were scraps of paper displaying a variation of the Eye of Providence religious symbol. Similar deaths with the Eye of Providence found at the crime scene were reported in following months, occurring in the United States, Italy, Japan, Denmark, and the Soviet Union. All cases were deemed non-anomalous in nature, though the death of another agent and the presence of a Foundation-issued walkie-talkie at one crime scene prompted Foundation involvement. An investigation found that all of the victims had been openly opposing the policies of select politicians within their national governments. These six politicians were found to be visiting New York City, and were tracked by Mobile Task Force Kappa-2 ("Dewey Won") to the Roosevelt Hotel on 20-March-1991. All methods of contact with the team were immediately lost when they covertly entered the building. Five heavily burnt cadavers, wearing the same clothing as the agents, were found in the Hudson River the following day. All of the politicians were reported missing at this time as well. The number of deaths of Foundation personnel within government organizations increased over the next month. An Ethics Committee investigation of the O5 Council in April found the Eye of Providence carved on the walls of O5-1's office, finding that she had become an SCP-3510-A instance. Based on notes left in her office and interrogation, O5-1 had been using MTF Κ-25 and additional task forces for the assassination of Foundation personnel since the formation of this iteration of SCP-3510-B. The only motivation O5-1 gave was "to secure the world the right way." O5-1 and involved task forces were detained on 5-April-1991, though MTF Κ-2 did not return to the Foundation until 1992. SCP-3510 was classified as an anomaly at this time. The six politicians and CIA Director William H. Webster were detained in March when all seven were spotted exiting a private jet at the Richmond International Airport. SCP-3510-B activity continued despite this, suggesting that the anomaly was not dependent on the original members of the organization. Based on how SCP-3510-A instances said variations of "filling a gap in the world that had to be filled" when interrogated for motivations, researchers slowly developed the current containment procedures for SCP-3510. By the start of 1992 this first iteration of SCP-3510-B (designated SCP-3510-B1) became defunct. All former SCP-3510-A instances were amnesticized to remove memories of detainment then released, with monitoring undertaken until they were found to be uninvolved with SCP-3510. The only former instance not to be released was O5-1, who died in her cell after drinking a cup of water containing high quantities of hydrochloric acid. Footnotes 1. No subjects have been known to be affected by both SCP-3510 and either SCP-1659 or SCP-2390. 2. Attempts at using cognitohazards for this purpose invariably result in the subjects providing irrelevant information. 3. Two undercover Foundation agents who had been operating within the United States Central Intelligence Agency. 4. Agent Vega did not own a car at this time. The car was later found to have been stolen a month prior. 5. The cadavers found in the Hudson River have not been identified. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3510" by NatVoltaic, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3510. 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-3511
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neutralized
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by Captain Kirby SCP-3511 prior to containment Item #: SCP-3511 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3511 no longer exhibits anomalous properties, and therefore requires minimal containment. One Foundation agent is to monitor SCP-3511 in case its anomalous properties reemerge. In this event, refer to previous containment procedures. + Previous Containment Procedures - Close Procedures SCP-3511 is to be contained in a standard humanoid containment cell furnished with reasonable amenities and furniture. SCP-3511 is to meet with the Site therapist once per week. All attempts to detain SCP-3511 are to be undertaken with the use of remote-controlled, non-combat drones. SCP-3511's meals are not to include meat. Description: SCP-3511 is a female human of Latin American descent, 170 cm in height and 65 kg. SCP-3511 is anemic and is prone to poor blood circulation as well as fainting spells. SCP-3511's anomalous properties only affect living biological organisms from the kingdom Animalia. Any such matter coming within 7cm of SCP-3511 is repelled. This force does not exert itself on SCP-3511. Recovery Log: The Foundation was alerted to SCP-3511 when radioscanners detected the following conversation on a small radio show produced out of Oaklin, Wisconsin. + Radio Transcript - Close Transcript Host A: I’m Jim. Host B: And I’m Carrey. Host A: And welcome to Jim and Carrey Fix Strangers’ Problems. Today we’ll be taking calls from people dealing with child problems! Host B: And problem children! Host A: Okay, here’s our first caller. Hello? Caller: Hello. Host A and Host B: Hi! Host A: So, I assume you’re having children problems. Caller: I— yeah. Yeah, I do. Host B: Well, we’re all ears. Caller: So, I’m a teacher, and I have this one student. Really quiet girl. Host A: You know what they say! Host B: The silent ones are sometimes the scariest. Caller: I um, I guess you could put it like that. She started acting fairly… difficult lately. When I’d ask her about her homework she’d talk back with an attitude. Sometimes just all out skipped class. But you know, it was normal rebellious teenager things. Host A: So, when does it get crazy? Caller: On the last day of school. We just finished up exams and kids were packing up to go home. But then Erica she just… she got up and stood in the door frame. Kids tried to leave but they just, couldn’t get past her. Host A: They didn’t just push her out of the way? Host B: You know, sometimes a little shove can do some good for a kid. It’s how I survived the playground every day! Caller: No, it’s not like that. They couldn’t push her. They couldn’t touch her. Host A: Couldn’t touch her? Host B: Afraid of getting cooties? Caller: No! I mean they literally couldn’t touch her. They’d get close and then they’d just… just stop. People got antsy and started fighting. Students in the hall gathered around to see what was going on. But after a few minutes, my kids just stood there and looked at her. I asked her to move but she looked at me and said “Notice me. I want to be here. I want to be seen. I want to be touched. So no, you move me.” Host A: That's… that's really strange. Host B: I know if my kids said that to me they’d get a good talking to. Caller: I mean, I probably misremembered it. I don’t remember if it was that dramatic… I've talked this over with my colleagues, the principal. I also talked to her parents, but they just seemed confused. I felt bad about it because they were quite pleasant. Host A: You sure? Sounds like maybe something weird happening at ho— Host B: My prescribed solution is to get a therapist on the case. Caller: But what about— Click. Host B: Okay, let’s move on to our next caller! Agent Tennison was dispatched to perform interviews with relevant Oaklin residents to collect necessary information about SCP-3511 before containment. While some residents acknowledged that SCP-3511 was abnormal, none believed it to be anomalous, due to a number of reasons. The most notable interview was with a high school student named Tyler Orthrow. + Orthrow Transcript - Close Transcript Tennison: Evening. Orthrow: Hi, um… officer? Tennison: Just call me Mr. Tennison. I’ve heard you’ve had some interesting experiences with an Erica Stross. Orthrow: I mean, I guess. I knew her since I was six. Went to elementary school together, but we definitely weren’t close. Hell, we’re as far from close as you could get. Tennison: Can you elaborate? Orthrow: Well, in elementary school… I wasn’t exactly the nicest of kids. We got into playground fights a lot. I don’t remember what we fought over. Luckily, we went our separate ways after elementary school. I heard her parents demanded she change schools. I guess it'd make sense, they were pretty protective of her. Tennison: So, did anything happen after that? Orthrow: Not for about ten years. Until um, she spotted me at a park, and came over. I hadn’t seen her since elementary school so this felt… let’s just say strange. I was hanging out with my friends over by the river, and then I saw her walking toward us. Barely recognized Erica. I got up to ask her what she was doing and, she started yelling at me. Stuff like “you bastard” and “you made me like this”. Tennison: Do you know what she was referring to? Orthrow: I have no goddamn clue what I did. But she kept walking and I felt myself backing up toward the river. Like something was pushing me that way. Luckily, she stopped before I fell into the water. I just looked at her with my back foot over the edge of the riverbed. Took a solid five seconds before I could muster an “I’m sorry”. Luckily it got through to her. Not like, super well. But she turned around and left at least. God was that weird to explain to my friends. Tennison: Do you remember any other… incidents? Orthrow: I don’t think so, but then again, I didn’t see her much. Tennison: I see. Thank you for your time. After this interview, SCP-3511 was detained through the use of remote-controlled drones. All civilian observers were administered Class-C amnestics. SCP-3511's parents were also administered amnestics, and told that their daughter had been killed in a car crash. On the second day of containment, it was deemed appropriate that SCP-3511 should have access to an on-site therapist. Below is the transcript of its first session: + Open Session Transcript - Close Transcript Wey: Hello Erica, I’ve been assigned to be your therapist. SCP-3511 remains silent. Wey: I know that this situation must be putting a lot of stress on you, but I’d like to talk to you about back home and your condition. SCP-3511 is still silent. Wey: If you’re not in the mood to cooperate, then I can come back tomorrow. Wey gets up to exit the room. SCP-3511: Wait! Um… Wey returns to his seat. Wey: Yes? SCP-3511: I, uh, I guess I don’t know what there is to say anymore. I’m going to be locked up here for, well however long. Probably forever. And that’s that, right? Wey: Not exactly. There's more to the story than that. Maybe we could talk about your parents. They barely spoke of you during our interviews. What were they like? SCP-3511: …Crazy. Wey: Really? SCP-3511: Completely insane. There. Wey: Could you elaborate? SCP-3511: Home wasn’t… it wasn’t comfortable. It didn’t even feel safe. It just… I don’t want to talk about it. Wey: I think talking about it will be beneficial. We can start small. Maybe a common family activity, or something your parents would say to you often. SCP-3511: … starfish. They called me their little starfish. But not in a cute, ditsy way. It always sounded so, so deranged. They’d say things like “We must protect the starfish”, “Our little starfish is our little lightfish”, and “guide us to the end”. I don’t know what they meant. It felt wrong. But I was, I was too young to know what to do about it. Wey: Okay. That’s a good first step. Now let’s move onto something a bit different. We spoke once with an old acquaintance of yours, Tyler Orthrow. He told us about an incident where you supposedly blamed him for your condition. Are you able to elaborate on that? SCP-3511: Oh, that. I, um… I’m not comfortable talking about that. I don’t like remembering what it felt like to, to feel. Wey: That’s fine. We’ll adjourn this session for today. Addendum SCP-3511-1: At the end of the first two weeks of containment, Dr. Wey attempted to ask SCP-3511 more about its parents, hoping to discover exactly what caused SCP-3511 to gain its anomalous properties. Below is the transcript of this session: + Open Session Transcript - Close Transcript Wey: Hello again. SCP-3511: Hi… Wey: Are you able to talk today? I’d like to ask you more about your parents. SCP-3511: I um… I can probably talk. Wey: Okay. Is there something specific you’d like to start with? SCP-3511: I don’t think so. Um… actually never mind. Wey: What is it? SCP-3511: Well, last time we talked about my parents I brought up the starfish thing, right? I was thinking maybe we’d, um, start from there. Wey: That sounds like a good idea. SCP-3511: Because I didn’t mention that’s just what they called me in private. Wey: And what did they call you in public? SCP-3511: “The minor”. They were cold toward me. Whenever anyone talked about me, my mom would generally say “She’s just a child.” Or something like that. They’d catch some strange glances for it, but no one paid it much mind. Wey: Did that make you feel particularly upset? SCP-3511: Not really… Wey: Then how did it make you feel? SCP-3511: Um… unimportant I guess. Kind of like I wasn’t worth being around. Maybe it's why other people ignored me too… Like my teachers. You know, if my parents think so lowly of me, why should anyone else be better? Wey: Your teachers treated you poorly? SCP-3511: I mean, not really. They were just kind of dismissive. Whenever I brought up an issue they’d wave me off. Told me to talk to someone else. Sometimes I had to get in their faces about it, and I’d be called difficult. Even if it was to go see the nurse… Wey: The nurse? SCP-3511: I mean, that sort of thing only happened in elementary school. Before I uh… You know. Wey: Of course. You know, I think we've made good headway for today. Unless you want to keep going, we can call this session to a close. SCP-3511: I'd be fine with that. Wey: Okay. I will see you next week. Addendum SCP-3511-2: During the fifth month of containment, security footage showed strange behavior from SCP-3511. At night, SCP-3511 would sleep on its left side, causing its arm to lose circulation. Upon waking, SCP-3511 would manipulate that arm in various ways. Due to concerns for SCP-3511's emotional state, the following interview was conducted: + Open Session Transcript - Close Transcript Wey: Hey there. SCP-3511: Hi. Wey: I know that normally you are allowed to drive the conversations in these sessions, but today I'd like to talk about some, well concerning habits. Wey presents pictures of SCP-3511's recent behavior. SCP-3511: Oh, that. Yeah. Wey: We're worried about both possible nerve damage it could cause, and, more importantly, what it implies about your emotional state. SCP-3511: I mean, I've done this since I was little. Few years after I… I started being like this. Usually, after mom and dad ignore me for a long time. Wey: Can you elaborate on why? SCP-3511: Um… well, you know… sometimes it’s really hard to distinguish between your own body and someone else’s. If you cut off circulation to your left hand, then you can pretend like it belongs to a stranger and hold it with your right hand. If your whole arm goes numb, then you can put it around yourself and it feels like a pat on the back. You probably know this but they, they haven’t given me a normal physical. You know, where the doctor feels around for your heartbeat and your breathing. Instead, the checkup was done with robots. And it felt so… so cold. The silicon tips, the metal joints, the plastic caps. All so cold. Wey: I’m sorry it’s been lonely, bu— SCP-3511: Do you know how long it's been since I last touched someone? Six years. You know why? Wey: I mean, that’s not what I’m here to talk about. SCP-3511: Because Tyler Orthrow cracked my head open one day so I came home with a bloody bandage wrapped around my head. My parents freaked and dragged me to the basement. I don't remember what they did to me down there… it was all a blur. All I remember is my mom saying something like "Just until our starfish grows up." That rings in my mind you know. It's haunting. Wey pauses to let SCP-3511 calm down. Wey: Okay. I will contact my superiors to see if we can give you more opportunities to socialize. I think talking to me is helpful, but a variety of listeners might help you get your mind off of these things. I'll also ask if there is a less… mechanized way we can conduct your physicals. SCP-3511 remains silent. Wey: Erica? Do you think that would help? SCP-3511: … thank you. Dr. Wey's suggestions were incorporated into SCP-3511's schedule following the interview. Foundation personnel attempted to detain SCP-3511's parents for an investigation into possible connections to anomalous organizations, however, they were not found at their residence in Oaklin. Recovery of SCP-3511's mother and father is still underway. Addendum SCP-3511-3: After thirteen months of containment, SCP-3511’s eating patterns underwent a steady change. SCP-3511 consumed smaller portions of meals, attributing its actions to a lowered appetite. An emergency therapy session was held once SCP-3511 stopped eating altogether. + Open Session Transcript - Close Transcript Wey: Afternoon, Erica. SCP-3511: Afternoon. Wey: So, we’ve noticed even more concerning behavior. This time with regards to your eating habits. SCP-3511 looks away from Wey. SCP-3511: That’s fine. You’ll save some on your budget. Wey: I’ve gone over this before, but you’re not a burden on us. This is what we do. SCP-3511: But what am I supposed to do? Just whittle my life away here? Wey: We’ve been expanding your social regime, but if you want, we can— SCP-3511: No. You and I both know that’s not what I mean. Wey: Then what do you mean? SCP-3511: I mean, I always knew I wasn’t getting out of here. But it just… I overheard someone talking about charity work. Some fundraiser for holiday food baskets. And you know what I realized? I’m not doing anything. I’m just… I’m just here. And I’m barely here at that. I can’t even tap someone on the shoulder. I mean, they might notice me. But they won’t feel me. The world won’t feel me. Wey: A lot of people go through these kinds of thoughts. I have colleagues who worry that the world will be no different without them. SCP-3511: But are they locked up? Do they only see the light of day twice a week on escorted walks? I doubt it. I’m just a drain on the budget. An hour and a half of your week. I want to feel again. If I can’t touch someone literally, then I’ll take the metaphor. I want to feel accomplished, a part of something. But if I’m just destined to go numb, just fucking euthanize me already! SCP-3511 slumps in its chair and holds its head in its hands. Wey: We’re not going to do that because you’re definitely worth more. If you want an opportunity to make an impact on the world, we will see what we can do. I’ll ask my superiors to come up with a program, just like last time. All you need to do is ask. But in the meantime, since we don’t want your emotional state to worsen, is there anything else we can maybe do to help? SCP-3511: … A hug would be nice. Various options were proposed for how to accommodate Dr. Wey's suggestion, however, none were approved before SCP-3511's neutralization. Incident SCP-3511-I: On ██/██/20██, SCP-3511 was neutralized. SCP-3511 had turned eighteen that day. + Incident Transcription - Close Transcription SCP-3511 wakes up and reaches to scratch its shoulder. After a few minutes, it scratches its shoulder again, but with a confused look on its face. It pulls its shirt back to reveal a small bug bite. SCP-3511’s face assumes an expression of surprise. SCP-3511: I… I got bit. SCP-3511 rushes to the door to its containment cell. SCP-3511: Hey! Hey! Come here! Please! Tell the docs I’m normal again. I want to feel someone! Please! Security personnel walk to the door of SCP-3511’s cell. SCP-3511: Please! Your hand. Just your hand. Please! Guard: Sorry ma’am, but we can’t let you out. SCP-3511: Then call Dr. Wey! Please! Call it an emergency session or something! The security guards turn to each other and shrug. The calls are made and after 30min Dr. Wey arrives at SCP-3511's cell. The guards open the door, and Dr. Wey enters. Wey: Hello Erica. How have you— Before the guards have time to respond, SCP-3511 hugs Dr. Wey, and begins to cry. Wey: Why… I guess this means we'll have our last session then. Wey motions to the security guards to stand down, and returns the hug. Following the event, SCP-3511 underwent additional testing before it was deemed neutralized. SCP-3511 was administered Class-C amnestics and returned to Greensdale, OH with a reasonable cover story.
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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 "Sagrada Familia" Basilica Item #: SCP-3512 Special Containment Procedures: Persons affected by SCP-3512 are to be accommodated in standard humanoid containment cells. Missing persons information and amnestics are to be distributed as necessary. Media reports are to be monitored for evidence of SCP-3512 cases, with potential outbreaks investigated. The entrance to the cavern system beneath Sagrada Familia is to be secured and surveillance established. Mobile Task Force Zeta-9 ("Mole Rats") is to continue exploration of the system, remaining alert for the presence of SCP-3512-1 or any other anomalous phenomena. Mobile Task Force Alpha-4 ("Pony Express") is to conduct a search and monitoring operation to identify potential instances of SCP-3512-2 in the pre-publishing or distribution stages. Description: SCP-3512 is a phenomenon which leads to significant changes in the personality and psychological stability of certain women between the ages of 18 and 40. To date, nine such women have been identified and contained by the Foundation, and a further suspected instance was found deceased in her home. Women affected by SCP-3512 score extremely highly on NEO-PI-R measures for openness, extraversion and agreeableness. This is the case regardless of previous personality indicators, and affected women do not appear to be aware of such changes. The behaviour of affected women is characterised by high sociability and lack of inhibition, punctuated by prolonged bouts of uncontrollable screaming. The incidence and duration of screaming has been observed to decline over a 4-5 month period. Other personality changes appear to be permanent. Potential occurrences of SCP-3512 in several countries are being reviewed. All confirmed cases of SCP-3512 linked to an initial outbreak in Barcelona, Spain, which was investigated by Foundation Agents Riley Cooper and Tomàs Rey. Agent Cooper's notes are included below to provide further description of the anomaly and surrounding circumstances. + Agent Cooper - Investigation Notes: SCP-3512 - Re-secure data Investigation Notes 15 July 2016: Landed 16:15. Hot here - hotter than Boston was, and no breeze to speak of. Agent Rey met me at the hotel, offered to show me the city skyline. I said no, thought we'd get going, but he was in no hurry. Cultural thing, maybe? Shame if I was rude, but I could do with the sleep. 16 July 2016: Still hot. Rey finally showed at 10:15. Still, my director says he gets results - and he's pretty much the only Foundation here. Headed to meet the victims - got coffee first. Have to admit, Rey does well with the locals. Our cover is a mental health survey for the WHO, and he plays a convincing doctor. Interviews productive - see tapes. Observations: families aren't involved. They're too genuinely shocked - Rey had to work to calm and persuade them. Victims are no help - symptoms as per initial report, they have no awareness of how changed they are - how plastic and unreal. I think that scares the families more than the screaming. This doesn't feel like a basic coghaz - something about their eyes, the change isn't superficial. They're so sincere in their delusion. So "up for it". 17 July 2016: More interviews today - not much new. The same smiles from the girls, the same crying families. We tested amnestics - nothing. If it's memetic, it goes deeper than memory. One possibility: a younger sister mentioned something I recognised from yesterday's tapes. "Apagada". I thought "cancelled", but Rey tells me the Catalan is more like "blackout". We ask some of the victims, and the screaming starts immediately. A mother shakes her head - it's a nightclub, her Teia always talked about going, the mother knew it was trouble. Later, I ask Rey. He knows it. It's open tomorrow night. 18 July 2016: Rey comes to get me at 21:00, laughs at what I'm wearing. Not like I planned on clubbing. He tells me his sister may have something I can use. I'm worried we'll be late, but apparently nothing opens before midnight. His sister I like - teases Rey about his shirt, finds something reasonable for me. Doesn't ask why I need it. Of course the club is dark. Loud, hot, crowded. I feel like I stand out - Rey tells me not to worry. He's good - moving around the room, talking to people, fitting in. Better for me to wait on my own, see who approaches. Plenty do, but no-one interesting. Until around 2:00. Blond guy, tall, slides in next to me at the bar, and offers to buy me a drink. He asks me my favourite star, and I think it's the start of a bad pick-up line, then realise he's serious. Something about him - confident, charming, but too much eye contact. Speech too precise. Not drunk enough. My eyes flick over to see where Rey is, and the guy spots it. Suddenly he's leaving, pushing through the crowds. By the time I get outside, he's gone, but I get lucky. 20 euros and the doorman tells me he's a regular. Another 20 gets me a name - Josep Oriol. 19 July 2016: Oriol is now officially a PoI. Rey used a contact, turned up an address. Oriol wasn't home, looks like he didn't come home, but the flat is full of incriminating stuff. Rey is submitting full photos, but three things stood out. First, a bunch of architectural plans - buildings, utilities, railway tunnels. Oriol is a software developer - what does he need those for? A book sitting on the kitchen table, free of clutter: used regularly. Looks like a publisher's proof - plain cover, simple type. Didn't open it without coghaz screening, but it just had that feeling. And next to the book, some kind of fucked-up sculpture lying on a dishcloth. Like a blob of candle-wax, carved into points and with - well, it looked like legs stuck into it. Pieces of Lego and Meccano, rose stems, a crab claw, a corkscrew. What I think was a skeleton key. Rey called me into the bedroom, and there were boxes full of the same kind of stuff. Bodkins, quills, doll's limbs, wire. Syringes. I pulled him into the kitchen to show him the sculpture - and it was gone.1 20:30: Back at the hotel. I've been reading the book - started by using the filters, but there's no coghaz here. Just really weird shit. This whole thing feels off.2 23:45: Command just came back with information on the architectural plans - the majority match up with municipal records, but not all. A schematic of the high-speed rail tunnel has a side passage that should not be there. It seems to lead to a spiral staircase, heading downward. I've confirmed with Command - we're going tonight to investigate. Maybe we'll catch up with Mr Oriol and find out how much he knows. + SCP-3512-1 - Information and Recovered Materials - Re-secure data Materials from the limbs of a SCP-3512-1 instance - photographs by MTF Zeta-9 SCP-3512-1 is the collective designation for a category of objects or entities described in Chapter Twelve [18] of SCP-3512-2. Each instance consists of a central mass composed of carved adipose tissue, with twelve loosely attached appendages or limbs used for locomotion and other actions. The text describes SCP-3512-1 instances with a central mass approximately 5cm in diameter, and using simple household objects for the appendages. No active instances have been contained, although sites of investigation have yielded evidence of discarded SCP-3512-1 limbs. Of the SCP-3512-1 instances observed by Foundation personnel, the largest had a total diameter of approximately 3.5 meters, with each of its appendages composed of a human spine tipped with a muculent gastropod foot. The limbs were regularly distributed around the central mass, attached by a loose conglomeration of animal ligaments and metal chains. Several detached appendages of this instance were recovered by Mobile Task Force Zeta-9 ("Mole Rats") in explorations of the caverns beneath North-East Barcelona, following Incident 3512/A. Sentient behaviour of SCP-3512-1 instances has been observed, and the text of SCP-3512-2 suggests a degree of sapience. The relevant extract of SCP-3512-2 is included in the addendum below. + SCP-3512-2 - Excerpts - Re-secure data Items recovered from the apartment of PoI-3512-5 (Josep Oriol) include an advance review copy of a book entitled "The More You Know: A Pick-Up Artist's Bible", classified as SCP-3512-2. The author is referred to by the pseudonym "Enigma"; no publication information is included in the copy. The book is non-fiction, consisting of 625 pages and containing a foreword attributed to hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg. Each of the first eleven chapters is based on the "seduction community", providing anecdotes, advice and techniques for men to influence social groups, and attract and seduce women. The remaining twelve chapters (each labelled "Chapter Twelve") diverge from the main text on a range of esoteric subjects including advanced geometric proofs, the interpretation of dreams, do-it-yourself surgical techniques, symbolism in architecture and anomalous rituals. The book's afterword is composed of more than 15,000 anagrams of the book's title, laid out in spiral and triangular patterns. Excerpts from SCP-3512-2 Chapter One - The More You Know If you're reading this book, you're probably a bit of a loser. Don't make that face: you know it, and I know it. The whole reason you're reading this is to stop being a loser - to get more confident in social situations, to feel comfortable talking to women, to understand the complexities of modern dating. Oh yeah, and (let's not kid ourselves) to get laid - like, a lot. My name is Enigma, and I am going to show you how to do all this and more, with my sure-fire methods to seduce women. Hot women - hotter than you dare dream possible. Trust me: I used to be just like you. Now, I drive a Lambo, wear a Hublot, and can bang any chick I want. Cocky? Sure. But you know you want to be a star like me. And with my blend of social psychology, neuro-linguistic programming and good old-fashioned balls, you can be any kind of star you want. Because the more you know, the more you score. … Chapter Four - Hot Women: Our Key … what you would normally do in that situation. But not any more. Now that you've learned the basic rules of the Game, you can start on your path to higher things. The first thing you need to do is stop thinking of hot women as women. In fact, stop thinking about them as people. Think of them like instruments - before you can play them, you need to know how to tune them. This chapter will show you how to find the resonance frequency of any woman … Chapter Twelve [12]: You Know Theorem … which brings us to the small stellated dodecahedron, a nonconvex regular polyhedron composed of twelve pentagrammic faces, with each of the twelve vertices forming the meeting point of five pentagrams. Its Schläfli symbol is {5/2 , 5}, a fact I have dropped into many a flirtatious conversation, to great effect. The small stellated dodecahedron has long been known in artistic circles as a potent aphrodisiac and as a cure for impotence. The works of M.C. Escher (who knew how to pull) and Paolo Uccello (whose name literally means "bird") are obvious examples.[ 3 ] Uccello's father was a barber-surgeon, a common profession in the 14th century: they did everything from a quick shave to amputating limbs. The more you know! So put yourself back in that imaginary bar, but this time, with a small stellated dodecahedron in your pocket… Chapter Twelve [14]: Where to, You Monk? Photograph from Chapter Twelve [14] … The Italians don't have the monopoly on shapely figures. There are many tricks and tips that you can learn from Spain - home of Don Juan and Torquemada. First, let's talk about Gaudí. Antoni Gaudí lived like a monk so that you don't have to. Ascetic, unsociable and celibate, he channelled his energies into architecture of the most profound and powerful nature. Gaudí was the opposite of everything I've told you to be. By the end of his life, he was dishevelled, skinny and never spoke to women. Gaudí was beaten in a mob, imprisoned, and eventually struck by a tram and killed - far from being recognised, he was mistaken for a beggar. So why would I even bring him up? Because Gaudí understood that everything has a purpose, and that organic and anarchic forms can be used to capture beauty and fix it in place forever. This is something we'll explore further over the next chapters. Gaudí's Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família stood unconsecrated for 128 years. You can see it in Figure 27, rising inexorably out of the shattered rock, black goats drawn to it as if called… Chapter Twelve [18]: We Took Our Hymen [ Note: this chapter appears to refer to the construction and use of SCP-3512-1 instances. ] … make a rough ball of the materials you've harvested, and place it in the freezer for 6-12 hours. Pork fat can be used, but will have less satisfactory results. Who knew, right? While you wait, you can prepare the limbs. Concentrate on articulation rather than strength. You may want to add simple tools to some limbs, if the object of your desire is more careful than most, but remember that the more complicated you make them, the more precise your sculpting will need to be. Lay your prepared limbs out on a clean, flat surface. Once your adipose preparation has had time to freeze, carefully carve it into the shape you learned in Chapter Twelve. You will know it is ready when you see it start smiling at you. Now introduce the limbs - they should "take" almost immediately. Wait until your intended is likely to be sleeping, then concentrate your thoughts on her face, and particularly the inside of her mouth and throat. Soon you'll see your new friend scurry off, ready to help you establish social dominance. Chapter Twelve [19]: Ewok Tumor-Honey … Double check that your scissors are comfortably within reach, with the blades sitting over the flame of your stove, or under the oven grill if you don't have gas. If you have parents or siblings with you, now is a good time to check that their bindings are tight. Don't be tempted to start with them first - this way is more difficult, but if seduction was easy, everyone would do it. Now, with your right hand, get a firm grip on your left little finger. Take a deep breath. Then pull down sharply towards the side of your left hand. Your little finger should make a clean snapping sound. If not, take another deep breath and try again. Next, take the scissors… Chapter Twelve [23]: Nuke-worthy Romeo If you wish to know, you must look deeper. As below, so below. As below, so below. As below, so below. As below, so below. As below, so below. As below, so below. As below, so below. As below, so below. As below, so below. As below, so below. As… [ Note: the remaining pages of this chapter were torn out. It is presumed that they were removed by Agent Cooper in advance of her investigation of the underground passages identified in PoI-3512-5's tunnel schematics (see Incident 3512/A). ] + Incident 3512/A - Exploration Logs - Re-secure data Entrance to caverns as filmed in Incident 3512/A Exploration Logs - Incident 3512/A Recording source: Body-cameras of Agent Cooper and Agent Rey Location: Uncharted cavern system beneath Barcelona, Spain Date: 20 July 2016 - recording commences 1:07am local time Both agents' body-cams are set for low-light conditions. The agents walk slowly down a narrow spiral staircase made from smooth stone. Agent Cooper's flashlight illuminates the stairs below. Agent Rey is following. <echoing footsteps> Agent Cooper: Okay, we're probably about eighty feet below the rail tunnel now. Agent Rey: How far down do these bastard stairs go? Agent Cooper: No idea. Agent Rey: Surely we could continue this investigation back at the club? Agent Cooper: I'm not sure what you were doing counts as investigation. Agent Rey: Ah, you Americans don't know how to live your lives. Agent Cooper: I've reached the bottom. You don't have much further. Agent Cooper stands in a low room, shining her flashlight between three tunnel entrances. Agent Rey walks forward to join her. Agent Rey: Thank God. So which passage do we take? Agent Cooper's camera picks up a movement some way down the left-hand tunnel. The agents do not appear to notice. Agent Cooper: I say the centre. Smoothest floor, makes sense it's used the most. Agent Rey: You're the boss. They all look equally dark and unpleasant to - Agent Cooper: Sh! Did you hear something? Agent Rey: Nothing. Maybe the trains? Agent Cooper: I don't think so - it's too late for that. And it sounded… different. Let's get going. But quietly. The agents proceed into the tunnel, walking for approximately 12 minutes along a gradual downward slope. The walls and ceiling are also slanted slightly inwards, gradually reducing the size of the tunnel. Agent Cooper: Looks like a chamber up ahead. Agent Rey: About time! The agents emerge into a larger room. Passages continue ahead and to the left, and stone steps lead up to a hole in the ceiling. The walls and ceiling are elaborately carved into abstract organic shapes. The agents separate, looking at the chamber walls. Agent Rey: It looks like they're melted. Agent Cooper: I think that's decoration. Agent Rey: <Looking up the steps> This place must be enormous. You think we're under the Basilica right now? Agent Cooper: Could be - aah! Agent Rey: Cooper! You okay? Agent Rey runs across to Agent Cooper, who is standing by an alcove in the right-hand wall. Agent Rey: Déu n'hi do! Agent Cooper: God, what is that? There is a small shape in the alcove. The camera moves closer, revealing a tight bundle of amputated human fingers, pointing outwards. Agent Rey: Who are these people? Agent Cooper: It's your city. Okay, let's keep going. Agent Rey draws his service weapon. Both agents move cautiously into the tunnel opposite the entrance. A dark, viscous substance covers the upper third of the tunnel, shining in the torchlight and occasionally forming large droplets that splatter on the floor. Agent Rey: What is that shit? Agent Cooper: Try not to get it on you. We'll take samples on the way back. The tunnel curves, changing direction regularly, including several steep descents. The agents continue walking for approximately 15 minutes. A whirring mechanical sound slowly becomes audible. Agent Rey: Can you feel that? The air feels warmer. Agent Cooper: Another chamber ahead - looks larger. Agent Rey: Eugh. What is that smell? Agent Cooper: Oh - that's awful. The agents emerge into a large natural cavern. Its total size is not clear - the flashlight beams do not reach its far side. Stalactites hang from the roof, and have been carved with shapes including orchids, barnacles and rows of human teeth. The mechanical noise is louder. The agents walk slowly across the cave floor, scanning with their torches. Agent Rey: <muffled> The fuck is that? Agent Cooper: <gagging noises> The agents reach the banks of a wide, slow-moving river. The surface is pallid and gelatinous, churning with the sluggish current. Downstream, the river flows into a low tunnel. Agent Rey: A goddamn river of fat. Look at it - it's like it's alive. Agent Cooper: Congealed lard and grease - must be thousands of gallons. That's where the smell is coming from, and the heat - I bet it's oily underneath that top layer. Agent Rey: Hey, look - on the other side! The flashlights shine across the river, revealing three industrial-sized book printing machines. Each is operating noisily, although no electrical connection is evident. Agent Cooper: One guess as to what they're printing. Agent Rey: There's no way across. And no exits. Agent Cooper: That river is flowing somewhere. Agent Rey: Go into that tiny tunnel? No way. Get the Mole Rats in this shit. Agent Rey walks across to the other side of the cave, flashlight beam waving. Agent Cooper: Okay, okay. Let me get some samples, and then we can go back and try some other passages. Agent Rey turns. Agent Rey: Look, you can be a neula if you want to, but I - Agent Rey freezes in place, flashlight pointed at the ceiling. Agent Cooper: Rey? Agent Rey: <whispering> Above you. Slowly. Agent Cooper: What? What is it? Agent Cooper leans back, and the camera tilts upwards. On the ceiling is an SCP-3512-1 instance approximately 3.5m across, with a central mass 1.5m in diameter. The instance has limbs composed of human spines. Four of these limbs are clinging to a stalactite directly above Agent Cooper, with the others reaching downwards. Agent Cooper raises her service weapon. Agent Rey: Fuck, it's huge. Agent Cooper: It's smiling at me. Why is it smiling at me? Agent Rey: Cooper, what are you - Cooper! The SCP-3512-1 instance drops from the roof towards Agent Cooper. Agent Cooper fires several shots, appearing to strike the limbs of the instance without effect. The central mass of the SCP-3512-1 instance lands directly on top of Agent Cooper, and her body camera is obscured by a white substance. Agent Rey's camera films the SCP-3512-1 instance moving towards the river, with Agent Cooper embedded in its central mass. Agent Cooper struggles briefly, and her body then goes limp. Agent Rey: Vés a la merda. The SCP-3512-1 instance jumps into the river of fat, dragging Agent Cooper with it. Agent Rey's body-camera is switched off, and does not reactivate. Agent Cooper's body-camera remains obscured, but records the wet, sucking noises of the underground river. 20 minutes pass. Suddenly, the body-camera is no longer obscured, and refocuses to show a very large domed chamber, dimly lit. The river drops from the upper wall of one side of the chamber in a waterfall of curdled fat, and faint splattering sounds can be heard. The microphone also picks up laboured breathing, but no speech. The view turns to show the opposite side of the dome. This contains an expansive fresco, depicting the Virgin Mary, pregnant, chained to a star-shaped rack by her ankles, wrists and neck. At the base of the figure's throat, a pipe protrudes from the fresco, emitting dark smoke that drifts slowly downwards. The camera leans forward. The floor of the chamber is partially obscured by smoke, but movement is visible beneath. Moving lower, the camera reveals many hundreds of small SCP-3512-1 instances, in constant motion around and over each other. Agent Cooper: <indistinct> Hello? Anyone? Agent Cooper's body-camera rises and moves at a swift walk across the chamber. The movement stirs up the smoke, allowing a clearer view of the chamber floor. There is a human figure lying face-down on the floor, around 30 metres from the camera. Agent Cooper: <louder> Hello? Who's there? The SCP-3512-1 instances on the floor are avoiding the prone figure, leaving a circle of empty flagstones around it. As the camera approaches, the figure turns. It is Agent Cooper. Agent Cooper: <giggling> Wow, that was intense. But I could dance some more, you know? Woo! <screaming> Agent Cooper looks up and ceases screaming. She smiles, twisting the ends of her hair with her fingers. Agent Cooper: Hey, wait a second. What's your name, handsome? The figure wearing the body-camera reaches towards Agent Cooper. Its hand is covered in raw cuts across the palm and wrist. Seven additional fingers protrude from the wounds. All fingers appear to be mobile. The hand pushes Agent Cooper's hair back from her face, caressing her cheek. Unidentified: <heavy, ragged breathing> Agent Cooper: Aw, you're funny and sweet. Agent Cooper nuzzles her face against the figure's hand, briefly sucking on one of the additional fingers. Agent Cooper: <laughing> Hey baby, come here. Agent Cooper reaches up toward the figure. She removes the combat vest containing the body-camera, and places it on the floor of the chamber. The camera is obscured by SCP-3512-1 instances crawling over the vest, and by the thick smoke. The camera records the scratching and skittering noises of the SCP-3512-1 instances. In the background, indistinct grunting sounds can be heard. These continue for a period of approximately seven minutes, and then cease. Two minutes later, there is a sharp scream and the distant sound of an object landing heavily. The movement of the SCP-3512-1 instances intensifies, becoming frenzied. The camera rises as the combat vest is picked up. It is abruptly thrown downwards, falling through the smoke into a pit in the floor of the chamber. The camera falls approximately twenty metres, landing on what appears to be a number of human corpses piled in the centre of the pit. Light conditions are very low, and the camera's view is obscured by a female face in the early stages of putrefaction. It remains able to record sound. Agent Cooper: <calling out> Baby, don't go. A heavy scraping noise is heard from above, and the light grows dimmer. Agent Cooper: Baby, I hurt my leg. Stay with me? Several other female voices can be heard calling out from within the pit. The camera's view becomes completely dark. Over the next 28 hours, the camera records the sounds of at least eight female voices. Vocalisations consist primarily of laughter, screaming and indistinct speech. There is no increase in light levels. Agent Cooper is heard clearly only once, when she approaches the camera's position after approximately 20 hours. Agent Cooper: I'm hungry. <giggling> The camera's position is disturbed slightly, and then settles. At around 26 hours, a deep grinding sound reverberates from below the camera's position. It continues for four minutes, during which the voices in the pit fall silent. The camera records for a further 2 hours in darkness before its batteries expire. Afterword: Foundation investigators discovered Agent Cooper's body-camera at the top of the spiral staircase, near the entrance to the caverns. It was no longer attached to her combat vest. While MTF Zeta-9 has gained access to the caves, exploration and geophysical imaging of the cavern system has not located any of the other areas filmed in these logs. Neither Agent Cooper nor Agent Rey has been recovered. Footnotes 1. Note: Missing item subsequently classified as an instance of SCP-3512-1. 2. Note: Book subsequently classified as SCP-3512-2. 3. These references are believed to be to Escher's Gravitation and Uccello's mosaics for St Mark's Basilica in Venice.
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Image from D-4353's cerebrum during Exploration 3513-2 Item #: SCP-3513 Special Containment Procedures: The concrete bunker built around SCP-3513 is to be guarded and maintained by four permanent staff, maintaining the cover story of a water pumping station. Undercover Foundation agents are to be placed in all Namibian hospitals to cover up pathological reports suggesting the influence of SCP-3513. Any atypical increase in clinical rates of degenerative brain disease in a highly localised area is to be investigated as a potential further instance of SCP-3513. Proposals for a network of Foundation seismographs to detect potential anomalies in the Earth's outer core are currently under consideration. Description: SCP-3513 is a region of space located in Rocky Crest, Windhoek, Namibia. It is approximately cylindrical in shape, with a diameter of 3.4m and a height above ground of 2.3m. Excavations have revealed that SCP-3513 extends below the ground for at least 10m, but its total depth has not been measured. Any organism with a brain that passes through SCP-3513 will become subject to an anomalous neurodegenerative disease. The disease will develop over a period of 4-6 months with the following progression: A hard keratin nub develops in the cerebrum. The keratinized area grows in proportion to the overall size of the brain; in humans, it becomes approximately 5cm across. The tip of the keratin nub opens, forming a beak. The interior of the beak is coated in pointed, keratin papillae (see image). Over a period of months, the beak slowly ingests brain tissue, consuming it. The papillae assist in ensuring that the soft brain matter does not slip out of the beak once it enters. Brain tissue consumed by the beak disappears from the patient's brain - testing indicates that the interior of the beak leads to an intra-dimensional portal to another location or locations. The external symptoms of the SCP-3513 disease depend largely on where in the brain the keratin nub initially forms, but may be misdiagnosed as Creutzfeldt–Jakob, Huntington's, Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease (and was initially thought by the Foundation to be SCP-1693). Confirmation of the effects of SCP-3513 is only possible through MRI or CT scan, open neurosurgery or autopsy. Foundation autopsies have confirmed that, following the death of the patient, the beak continues to ingest any remaining brain tissue. Test Logs Procedure: Six D-Class were exposed to SCP-3513, and regular CT scans performed to track the progression of the disease. Upon the opening of the beak, Foundation medical staff performed conventional open neurosurgery on the relevant D-Class. The use of human test subjects was approved based on the requirements for brain size and ease of anaesthesia. During surgery, unnecessary brain tissue was removed to allow access to the beak. A microscopic surgical camera, fitted with a GPS tracking chip, was fed slowly into the beak and the results recorded and analysed. Exploration 3513-1 Subject: D-2879 Results: Inside the SCP-3513 beak, the camera filmed a passage lined with papillae. The camera was fed into this passage for a distance of 1.4m. The GPS tracker was not able to be located during this time. D-2879 reported no discomfort. After the camera had progressed approximately 0.8m, the passage ended and the camera emerged into a dark hemispherical space. A number of openings were observed at intervals around the sides of this space. After consultation, the surgical team proceeded to feed in the camera filament, allowing the camera to enter into the opening on the opposite wall of the space. The opening led to another passage lined with papillae, although observers noted that the direction of papillae was reversed. At 1.4m, the camera emerged from the interior of another keratin beak into what appeared to be further brain tissue. At this point, a GPS signal was obtained, registering the camera's location in Reedsburg, Wisconsin. After a short delay, the GPS signal became mobile. Local Foundation assets followed the signal to the Reedsburg Area Medical Center, where it was tracked to a recently deceased patient, Norman Miller. Mr Miller had suffered a stroke, presumed to be caused by the sudden appearance of the camera within his brain. The camera was retracted through the beak in Mr Miller's brain, back through the passages and the beak in D-2879's brain, and D-2879 was returned to monitoring without complications from surgery. Exploration 3513-2 Subject: D-4353 Results: The camera filmed a passage lined with papillae for approximately 0.7m, entering a similar hemispherical space to that observed in Exploration 3513-1 and being fed into an opening opposite its point of entry. After progress down a second passage for a further 0.8m, the camera emerged from a second beak and filmed unidentified tissue, which appeared to be in motion. This movement continued for 8 seconds before the camera malfunctioned and lost picture. The camera was withdrawn from the passages and found to have been crushed. The GPS signal from the camera was traced to a location outside Naples, Italy. Further investigation revealed the coordinates belonged to a Cremonini meat processing plant. A later biopsy of D-4353 revealed trace amounts of processed meat within his brain. Transfer of the meat into D-4353's brain is thought to have occurred during the recovery of the camera from its alternate location, which appears to have allowed material from that location to travel back along with the camera. Exploration 3513-3 Subject: D-3956 Results: After the camera had progressed approximately 0.6m, it emerged into the hemispherical space. An accidental mis-feeding of the filament resulted in a change in the camera's alignment within this space, with the camera facing downwards towards a wider opening at the base of the chamber. The camera was fed into this opening, filming a papillae-lined passage which extended for more than 2.5m. No reversal of papillae was observed, and the passage was observed to grow wider as it continued. After progressing for approximately 3m, the camera feed suddenly cut out. No GPS signal was located. Upon retrieving the camera filament, attending medical staff noted that the camera was missing and that the end of the filament appeared to have melted. Five seconds later, a high-pressure jet of molten metal began to spray from the incision in D-3956's brain. D-3956 and all attending medical personnel were killed. Following recontainment of the laboratory, analysis confirmed the presence of several hundred kilograms of iron-nickel alloy. Initial temperature of the molten metal is estimated to have been up to 4000 Kelvin. Testing discontinued.
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In an instant, I, a God, became a man. In an instant. A single day of blood. close Info X SCP-3514: The Moment of the Mahdi and the Moment of the Mortal Author: Tufto, written on their original account. More of their work can be found here. Image: Can be found here, under a CC license. A 17th century painting of an SCP-3514-1 event.1 Item #: SCP-3514 Special Containment Procedures: As of 22/12/1973, SCP-3514 has come under the control of the Office for the Reclamation of Islamic Artifacts (ORIA). Access to and containment of SCP-3514 is therefore unfeasible at present. Due to the low threat level of the anomaly and the apparent competence of ORIA in keeping the anomaly hidden from the general public, the restoration of control over SCP-3514 is considered a low priority. Previous Containment Procedures Previous Containment Procedures Following a cover-up operation in the late 19th century involving cooperation between the Foundation and the Sublime State of Iran, the exact site of the battlefield of Chaldiran in the public record has been altered; it is now commonly believed to be a site near the village of Gal Ashaqi, 10km away from SCP-3514. The subsequent expungement by Foundation personnel of documents within the Qajar archives related to this cover-up has resulted in ORIA being unaware of SCP-3514. Preventing ORIA from learning of SCP-3514 is of paramount importance. A perimeter 50m away from SCP-3514 is currently cordoned off with electric fences and has security cameras positioned at regular intervals in order to prevent unauthorised entry. Foundation researchers have set up a rudimentary research base to observe SCP-3514-1 events and interview SCP-3514-3; it is considered inadvisable to set up a full site, as this might attract the attention of ORIA. Description: SCP-3514 refers to a 2 km2 area in northwestern Iran, corresponding to the location of the 16th century Battle of Chaldiran. SCP-3514's primary anomalous effects activate at approximately ██:██ each day, and continue until ██:██, which matches the time of day during which the battle took place. This activity is henceforth referred to as an SCP-3514-1 event. An SCP-3514-1 event begins with the manifestation of intangible representations of the combatants present at the battle, arranged in a manner believed to match the armies at the beginning of the real battle. These representations are henceforth referred to as SCP-3514-2 instances. The SCP-3514-2 instances then engage in combat, apparently recreating a version of the Battle of Chaldiran. These representations can only physically interact with one another and are unaware or unwilling to respond to any external stimulus. Despite this set-up, the course of the battle alters with each SCP-3514-1 event. Although some SCP-3514-1 events follow the course of the battle closely, at other times a radically different outcome occurs, ranging from the death of Shah Isma'il2 to the complete routing of the Ottoman forces. At times, SCP-3514-2 instances representing apparently supernatural or mythical figures have appeared, including the Shi'ite figures of 'Ali and Hosayn, and Shahnama3 characters such as Rostam, Gordafarid and Zal. At the end of the SCP-3514-1 event, the SCP-3514-2 instances all abruptly disappear. Some examples of notable variations within the SCP-3514-1 event are detailed below. Note that the first three of these occasions took place before the development of practicable devices for recording sound or film, and the reports did not always possess the same level of observational rigour found in more modern reports. Date Variation Taking Place 18/09/1886 First observed Safavid victory and first time a major deviation from the events of the historical battle was observed. Isma'il's forces attacked the Ottoman forces before the Ottomans set up their chain-linked line of cannons in the centre, cutting through their lines and killing Selim.4 20/06/1888 An Ottoman victory, and the first observed occasion upon which the SCP-3514-2 instance representing Isma'il was killed. During a charge into the Ottoman lines, an Ottoman bullet appeared to hit Isma'il "around the head or neck area", killing him almost instantly and prompting a complete Safavid rout. 01/04/1913 A "great celestial body", in the words of observing researchers, appeared above the battlefield. An "extremely tall and well-built" SCP-3514-2 instance descended from this object. All of the Safavid combatants then prostrated themselves before the instance, chanting the name "'Ali" repeatedly. The SCP-3514-2 instance then appeared to "destroy" all of the Ottoman combatants. Most of the remainder of the SCP-3514-1 event was taken up with "wild and extravagant celebrations" on the part of the Safavid combatants and the "'Ali" instance until one hour before the end of the event. At this point, the "'Ali" instance abruptly disappeared, and the Safavid combatants wept and beat the ground for the remainder of the event. 23/08/1937 First observed event where battle did not take place. Instead, the only SCP-3514-2 instances who manifested were the Safavid combatants, who repeatedly attacked and appeared to fatally wound the SCP-3514-2 instance of Shah Isma'il. The Isma'il instance appeared to suffer extreme pain, but did not expire from its wounds. The assailants reputedly chanted the words "false murshid!"5 repeatedly while doing so. 17/11/1965 Second observed event where battle did not take place. Instead, SCP-3514-2 instances representing all 9 Shahs of the Safavid dynasty prior to the fall of Isfahan appeared instead of the combatants. These representations all spoke continuously for the duration of the SCP-3514-1 event, giving what seemed to be accounts of percieved failures which occurred during their lifetimes. Most of the SCP-3514-2 instances were continuously crying ordinary tears, with the exception of the SCP-3514-2 instances representing Isma'il I, Safi I, Abbas II and Suleiman I, all of whom appeared to be crying red wine.6 SCP-3514-3 is an intangible representation of an individual claiming to be Shah Isma'il. SCP-3514-3 has the appearance of a man in his mid-30s with red hair and unkempt facial hair, ordinarily dressed in silk robes in a state of disrepair. This instance is separate from the SCP-3514-2 instances resembling Shah Isma'il as part of SCP-3514-1 events. It is classified separately as it appears to demonstrate awareness of external stimuli in addition to being present outside of SCP-3514-1 events. SCP-3514-3 is difficult to converse with, often speaking in incoherent fragments and only occasionally attaining lucidity. SCP-3514-3 claims to be the creator and controller of SCP-3514-1 events. This has not been confirmed, but occasional utterances by SCP-3514-3 demonstrate an awareness of future SCP-3514-1 events. SCP-3514-3 ordinarily speaks in a 16th century dialect of Azeri, but apparently understands Persian, Gilaki and possesses at least some knowledge of Classical Arabic. SCP-3514-3 is located on top of the nearby hill of ████████, which provides an excellent view of SCP-3514-1 events. Ordinarily, SCP-3514-3 can be found sitting or occasionally pacing within the immediately surrounding area. SCP-3514 first came to the Foundation's attention in 1886, when the Qajar authorities requested aid in the anomaly's containment. Based on the testimony of SCP-3514-3, SCP-3514 is believed to have been created sometime after the death of Shah Isma'il in the early 16th century. On 22/12/1973, the Office for the Reclamation of Islamic Artifacts (ORIA) was alerted to the existence of SCP-3514, and swiftly moved in to contain it. It was discovered through documents stolen during an ORIA incursion into Site ██. Due to the limited Foundation presence in Iran, holding the anomaly against ORIA was considered unfeasible, and the Foundation withdrew upon ORIA's request without incident. Interview 3514-24 Interview 3514-24 Interviewed: SCP-3514-3. Interviewer: Dr. F██████. Foreword: This interview was conducted 23/08/1966. The conversation has been translated from a 16th century dialect of Azeri, the native language of Shah Isma'il. Of note is the unusual level of lucidity in SCP-3514-3's responses. <Begin Log> Dr. F██████: Good afternoon, SCP-3514-3. How are you this evening? SCP-3514-3: I am… well. Surprisingly well. Dr. F██████: You- Er, good. Very good. Why is that? SCP-3514-3: I… remember. Other times. The good days, before, before this. When I was a God. Dr. F██████: …I didn't think that you believed that yourself. SCP-3514-3: Oh, no, no, I didn't, but… there was a glory in it. There was something there that I- that we felt was true. That feeling of standing above the world, above one's followers, with all the strength of vengeance and righteousness pushing us forward- one felt like a God. One felt like the Mahdi. One felt like… like the expression of something greater. Then came darkness. Then came mortality. One moment I was thundering down, the immortal head of an immortal army, the arm of God's righteous revenge. And then, a minute later, I was a man, a mortal king fleeing from mortal foes, ensnared in the mire and spitting blood from my tattered lips. I was human. I was normal. Do you know what that feels like, to lose that? No, no, of course not. You could never know what it is to be a God. Dr. F██████: So- why do you do this? Why do you hurt yourself? Why not just stop doing this? SCP-3514-3: Because I am mortal! Because I have to- I have to see it. To find a way to stop it. This was the battle that defined my life, my existence, my soul. This was the battle that, I have heard, defined empires and religions, created lines and contours that have echoed throughout centuries. I have to find a way to redo it and change history. Dr. F██████: But you've replayed the battle hundreds of thousands of times. And I've seen you replay the battle in the same way it happened, make yourself die, conjure up impossible fantasies. Why do you still do it? SCP-3514-3: It's the only thing that makes sense to me. Maybe it was the only thing that ever made sense to me. All I am is a memory, a faded ghost, an imprint of Isma'il's mind. A projection from beyond the grave, sitting here, forever, and ever, and ever. My lot is to exist in the past. To see the moment I was made mortal, again and again and again, trying to understand. To percieve. To understand what I am, what I was, what I could be. To understand myself. Dr. F██████: What do you mean? SCP-3514-3: I mean that I- that you- that 'Ali… that… that… Hereafter, SCP-3514-3 reverted to its ordinary behaviour and speech patterns, remaining unresponsive to Foundation questioning. Dr. F██████ thus ended the interview shortly afterwards. <End Log> Interview 3514-55 Interview 3514-55 Interviewed: SCP-3514-3. Interviewer: Dr. O████████. Foreword: This interview was conducted 23/05/1972. The conversation has been translated from a 16th century dialect of Azeri, the native language of Shah Isma'il. Once again, SCP-3514-3 demonstrated particular lucidity throughout this interview. <Begin Log> SCP-3514-3: You do not know what it is to be dead, Doctor. Dr. O████████: Wh- er, no. I haven't died. H-Have you? SCP-3514-3: I have. I was sitting in my palace, dreaming of older days, drinking more and more wine as the world became red. And then the red changed, into black and blue and green, and I saw Azrael. And he took me away. Dr. O████████: To where? SCP-3514-3: So many places. I saw the halls of paradise, and the depths of Jahannam. I saw 'Ali and the Imams, I saw- I think I saw them, anyway. I forget. I saw the past, saw Kayumars and Kay Khusraw and the Prophet. I do not know if what I saw was real, if those kings truly roamed the earth or were merely real to me and the world I inhabited, but I saw it all the same. Then I saw the present, the Venetian ships plying the water, the dying emperors of old China, the screams of the servants as they found my body, the mourning of my followers. I saw Suleiman's laughter and Babur's grave sighs. I saw the world in miniature. And then… and then… Dr. O████████: You saw the future? SCP-3514-3: I saw my son- not like me, but more bitter and far wiser. He knew from the start that he was not a god. He was a graver and a darker soul than I, but one who knew more than how to hunt, drink and kill. He made an empire. I saw brave 'Abbas, and the poorer men who followed him. I saw the land I'd conquered rise to heights unknown for a thousand years, and fall to depths seen only in the righteous destruction of the Mongols. And then I saw things I still do not understand… a red Shah, a living statue, and a darkness coating the world in silence. And I realised that none of it mattered. Dr. O████████: Those sound like things that matter. SCP-3514-3: They didn't, because then I saw myself. I was Isma'il. I was born and raised knowing I was a saint, a murshid, the messiah-king, the expression of God or maybe God himself. I was a divine instrument, a righteous warrior for vengeance. And then I died at Chaldiran. The divine part of me fled, and I was just a servant, a mortal, a dog that had been kicked from 'Ali's threshold and was forced to roam the streets. In an instant, I, a God, became a man. In an instant. A single day of blood. Dr. O████████: That must have been… hard. SCP-3514-3: I can see the doubt in your eyes, little man. I can see the scepticism. What do you know of religion? Of God? What do you know of the blood and the need for revenge? The righteousness of our cause? The clerics never got it, nor the sayyids. We were overthrowing the heretic temples of the Sunnis and establishing a new order, a just kingdom, a place free of the blood and mire of this world. We were heroes! Dr. O████████: …I apologise if I offended you. It was not my intent. SCP-3514-3: You didn't. I must give you apologies in turn. I thought time had turned me into a humbler man than that. You see, that is why God- or whoever I saw in the melting light- gave me this punishment. In life, I had been a man of arrogance, who thought himself divine. And so now, I must sit here, until I have learnt the truth; that the struggle was irrelevant. That this was no more different a moment than any other. Dr. O████████: You mean- you're being forced to stay here? As punishment? SCP-3514-3: Forced? Oh, no. I can leave at any time- but God knows I will not. I am here because I want to be. I must thank God, I truly must, for putting me here. An eternity of truth-seeking. You see, I never quite believed it. That I was not special, not a conduit for the divine. Even if I could only remember it in wine, I was still the Mahdi, the messiah, and when in my cups, Chaldiran was just a child's dream. I knew myself mortal by then, but felt myself more. So I stay here. Because I must. Because… because… then I will be free. Dr. O████████: Well, why don't you just- SCP-3514-3: Free, child… free… in the light of the sun and with the scim-scim-scimitar, beneath the noon of 'Ali, in the twilight, in the free light… they're coming soon, you know… the men of false righteousness, here to reclaim me… I have seen them talking each to each… At this point, SCP-3514-3 began to speak incoherently, becoming increasingly unaware of its surroundings. Dr. O████████ ended the interview shortly afterwards. <End Log> Footnotes 1. Although this painting- which can be found on a wall of the Chehel Sotoun palace in Isfahan- is commonly believed to show the Battle of Chaldiran proper, several variations in dress and formation have led researchers to believe that it is, in fact, of an SCP-3514-1 event. The abnormalities in the painting have been publically written-off as stylistic variations and a lack of knowledge of the events on the part of the painter. 2. The first ruler of the Safavid dynasty of Iran and the Safavid leader at the Battle of Chaldiran. 3. The "Epic of Kings", a 10th century poem by the Iranian poet Ferdowsi detailing a mythical version of the history of the Sassanid period. It had become the standard narrative of Iran's history by this period, and was an important part of the Persianate world's culture. 4. It should be noted that the Safavid decision to delay their attack- taken partly due to Isma'il's belief in his own divinity, and partly because of poor advice from his senior generals- is commonly considered the reason for the Safavid failure at the historical battle, as the strength of their cavalry charges was mitigated by the strong Ottoman defensive position and power of their cannon. 5. A murshid is the spiritual leader of a Sufi order, the role Shah Isma'il played to his fanatical Qizilbash followers. 6. It should be noted that those 4 Shahs are believed to have died from excessive drinking.
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SCP-3515 Item #: SCP-3515 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3515 is to be stored in a standard art locker at Site-77. Containment and testing locations must be situated no less than 50m from any on-site sleeping quarters or common area. Description: SCP-3515 is a 40 cm x 60 cm charcoal drawing on paper, currently fitted in a wooden frame. The drawing depicts a barren landscape with a large knotted willow tree in the foreground, at the crest of a hill of bare earth. The artist and date of creation are unknown. Persons spending more than one hour in close proximity to SCP-3515 (within a range of approximately five meters) will be subject to low-volume auditory hallucinations described as the sound of slow, steady digging. In noise comparison tests, subjects have most commonly matched SCP-3515-induced hallucinations with recordings of manual digging with a metal shovel in heavy clay soil. If an affected individual is no longer in proximity to SCP-3515, these auditory hallucinations cease. If an individual enters slow-wave sleep (stage 3 of non-REM sleep) while in proximity to SCP-3515, that individual will spontaneously dematerialize. Dematerialization will include clothing and other objects physically attached to the individual. No further evidence is available of the location of civilians presumed to have been affected by this phenomenon. In Foundation experimentation, the most notable test to date has been Experimental Protocol 3515-C-01. Experimental Protocol 3515-C-01: Selected Logs Notes: A single test subject (D-6042) was placed in the testing chamber with SCP-3515 and a standard Foundation single bedding set. D-6042 was fitted with a GPS tracking device, a head-mounted camera and microphone, and a transmitter affixed to D-6042's clothing. Relevant extracts from the recording logs are set out below. The initial phase of the experiment confirmed the presence of auditory hallucinations as anticipated, and showed no unexpected results. After initial observations were complete, the secondary effect of SCP-3515 was tested. <Elapsed time: 1:46:07> D-6042: So you want me to lie down and go to sleep? Dr. Hallard: That's correct. Please do not remove or disable your equipment. D-6042: Okay. Uh, what are you testing for, please? Dr. Hallard: I'm sorry, I can't tell you that. We will be monitoring you at all times. D-6042: Right, sure. Hey, is there anything you can do about that noise? Dr. Hallard: I'm afraid not. Just try to ignore it. D-6042: I'll try to. It's pretty quiet, anyway. D-6042 lies in a lateral position, with the camera facing the wall of the testing chamber. No sound is recorded other than D-6042's breathing. After approximately 17 minutes, the attached electroencephalograph records D-6042 falling asleep. Approximately 20 minutes later, brain wave patterns indicate that D-6042 has reached slow-wave sleep. D-6042 dematerializes. Clothing and attached electronic devices also dematerialize, with the exception of the leads for the electroencephalograph, which remain on the bed. Signals from the camera, microphone and GPS continue to be received by the monitoring team. The GPS signal updates to a location in [REDACTED]. This location is confirmed by multilateration of the broadcast signal of the recording equipment. The view from the head-mounted camera changes to what appears to be another room: the wall is of a different colour, and the shape of the pillow also appears different. Breathing can be heard through the microphone, suggesting that D-6042 remains asleep. The monitoring team continues to observe while the closest Mobile Task Force is ordered to the location of the GPS signal. The MTF reports a suburban house, showing signs of recent habitation but with the current residents absent. Footage from one of the upstairs bedrooms resembles the interior shown on D-6042's camera. D-6042 is not present in the bedroom. After approximately three hours with no activity observed, the monitoring team agrees to attempt to wake D-6042 up. Dr. Hallard: D-6042. D-6042, can you hear me? D-6042! D-6042: Huh? What? Um, yes, yes I can hear you. Sorry, I was asleep. The camera turns to show the ceiling of the darkened room. Dr. Hallard: That's okay. How do you feel? D-6042: I'm fine. A bit groggy. But I'm fine. Why? Dr. Hallard: Can you describe your surroundings, please? The camera view turns, showing the interior of a typical bedroom including a bookcase and desk. The room's dimensions and paint colour are consistent with those observed by the Mobile Task Force, but the furnishings are different. Members of the MTF are not visible. D-6042: What the - what is this? Dr. Hallard: D-6042, do you recognise your location? D-6042: Uh, yeah. This is my bedroom. Um, in my parents' house, I mean. This is my bedroom from when I was a kid. Wow, those are my books. Dr. Hallard: We have agents in the room with you. They can't see you there. D-6042: There's no one here with me. How did I get here? Dr. Hallard: We're hoping you can help us work that out. You are the first person to document this phenomenon. Could you please have a look around and see if there is anything unusual. D-6042: Uh, I guess. D-6042 exits the bedroom and walks along a hallway. No other persons are observed. D-6042: Hello? Anyone here? No response is heard. D-6042 reaches a landing and proceeds down a flight of stairs. There are framed photographs on the wall of the staircase. D-6042: Wow, even the same pictures. The photographs appear normal and are consistent with known information about D-6042's family. Background checks confirm the GPS location as D-6042's childhood residence. D-6042: Any of you guys here? Mom? The MTF reports the return of the current owners of the property (who are unrelated to D-6042). They are temporarily detained by the Foundation and later amnesticized. D-6042 reaches the base of the stairs, and enters a living area. Electric lights are operational, but curtains are drawn. D-6042: This is so weird. It's just like it was when I was growing up. I fell off that sofa when I was seven, sprained my wrist. Dr. Hallard: So everything is as you remember. D-6042: Yeah, although a lot quieter with no one here. But otherwise - oh, wait a second. Dr. Hallard: What is it? D-6042: That painting, on the far wall. I don't remember that. D-6042 crosses the living area. The picture on the wall resembles SCP-3515. D-6042: That's the painting from the test. I'm sure we didn't have this at home. Dr. Hallard: You haven't seen that picture before the test? Do you recall having a different painting on this wall when you were a child? D-6042: No, I don't remember. But I haven't seen this picture before today. I'm sure. Dr. Hallard: Could you please go a little nearer so we can see it close up? D-6042 approaches SCP-3515. The details of the picture appear unchanged. D-6042: Looks the same to me. Dr. Hallard: Thank you. Same for us. D-6042: Although… I can't say for sure, but maybe the noise is a little bit louder? Dr. Hallard: The digging sound? D-6042: Yes. Dr. Hallard: Okay, we'll make a note of that. Keep an eye out for any other differences. In the meantime, could you please open the curtains? We'd like to look outside. D-6042 pulls open the curtains. The exterior of the window is obscured. D-6042: Weird, it's like it's covered in mud, or like - D-6042 runs to the front door of the house, unlocks it, and attempts to pull it open. The door appears to be stuck in place. D-6042: <grunting> D-6042 pulls on the handle, leaning away from the door. Suddenly the door opens, the camera hitting the ground as D-6042 falls. D-6042: <yelling> Ah! Ow! D-6042 scrambles away from the door. The camera struggles to focus. D-6042: <panting> Shit, shit. Dr. Hallard: D-6042, talk to us. Are you injured? What's going on? D-6042: You can't see it? D-6042 walks back towards the front door. The space behind the open door is filled with dark soil. Dirt has spilled onto the floor of the house, and onto D-6042's jumpsuit. D-6042: What the hell? D-6042 reaches through the doorway, pulling at the dirt. Clumps of earth fall to the ground, and more dirt falls into the gap from above. There is no obvious limit to the volume of soil outside the door. D-6042 moves rapidly through the kitchen and other rooms, pulling aside curtains and opening windows where possible. The entire house appears to be surrounded by packed earth. D-6042: What the fuck? What the fuck! Dr. Hallard: Please try to remain calm, D- D-6042: <shouting> Fuck that! D-6042 runs upstairs and into the house's bedrooms, continuing to curse and ignoring instructions from the monitoring team. All upstairs windows are also blocked with earth. D-6042 appears increasingly agitated. D-6042 returns downstairs to the living area, picks up a wooden chair and throws it at the window. D-6042: <unintelligible yelling> The window breaks. Dark earth spills through the crack. D-6042 falls to a sitting position, breathing heavily. D-6042: <breathing heavily> You bastards. You fucking bastards. You buried me. Shortly afterward, D-6042 removed the camera and headset. The GPS tracking signal moved within the area of the house for several hours. Eventually, D-6042 returned to the living area and reattached the camera and headset, resuming contact with the monitoring team. <Elapsed time: 8:49:06> Dr. Hallard: Thank you for coming back - D-6042: Shut up. You have to get me out of here. I've looked everywhere I can, and it's the same. This whole place is covered in dirt. Doors, windows, I even checked the basement. And behind it there's just more dirt. So you have to get me out. Okay? Dr. Hallard: I can assure you that we're trying every approach we possibly can to - D-6042: No, dammit! You have to get me out! Not "try" - do it! <breathing deeply> Look, okay, I'm sorry. I'm trying to stay calm but I am not all right here. I need you to help. Dr. Hallard: We're going to help you. We will. D-6042: Please. Dr. Hallard: We will. Now, have you eaten? D-6042: <sniffing> Yeah, a little. There's stuff in the kitchen. Dr. Hallard: Something to drink? We thought we could hear the taps running? D-6042: Yeah. Dr. Hallard: Slept? D-6042: No. Dr. Hallard: It's probably a good idea if - D-6042: How long do I have? Dr. Hallard: I'm sorry? D-6042: Until I run out of air. How long until there's no more oxygen? Dr. Hallard: Well, it's more the carbon dioxide that you need to - D-6042: <shouting> How long? Dr. Hallard: Uh. Actually it should be quite a long time. The house is pretty large, so provided we keep the air ventilating, you should have enough for weeks, maybe. D-6042: Oh. Is that true? Dr. Taylor: I mean, yes, it should be. D-6042: So you'll get me out. Dr. Hallard: Yes, we will. But first, I think we should all get some sleep, and we'll come up with a new plan tomorrow. D-6042: I don't know. Dr. Hallard: We've got plenty of time. You have lots of food and water, and - and there's nothing there to interfere with you. Ideally, I'd like to try with you sleeping in the living room. D-6042: No! No. I don't want to sleep here. Dr. Hallard: Is it the picture? I know how you feel, but it's possible that falling asleep with it again will reverse the effect. D-6042: <silence> D-6042: Okay. I'll try. D-6042 slept for several hours in the living room. No change in situation was evident. The next day, the experimental team guided D-6042 through the house, confirming that all areas outside of the building were filled with soil of various types and consistencies. Samples were collected for testing. Attempts to use communication devices were unsuccessful. While all equipment was operational, telephone calls were not connected, other than to answering machines. The desktop computer was not able to be connected to the internet. The television could be viewed, but only pre-recorded programs were broadcast, with no live content. Following these tests, it was determined that D-6042 would attempt to tunnel upwards from the house using a garden shovel from the basement. D-6042 spent the remainder of the day collecting supplies from within the house, including food and battery-powered lighting. The monitoring team provided instruction on setting up a makeshift ventilation system to provide air circulation. On the next morning, D-6042 returned to a window in the attic to commence digging. <Elapsed time: 41:12:54> Dr. Hallard: Okay, switch the fans on as you go past. Good. Then start the hole at the top. Just below the top of the window. D-6042: <grunting> Dr. Hallard: Great. May as well just throw it back down the stairs. And then just keep going like that. We'll be here if you want to talk. D-6042: <panting> Jeez, this is going to take forever. Do I have to start from the top? Dr. Hallard: I know the angle is awkward, but it will get easier once you've started the tunnel. Doing it this way means you can keep that arch-shape at the top, which will be more stable. And it will help make sure you're always heading upwards, although we can use the spirit level for that once you've gotten going. D-6042: Okay, James - you know best. D-6042 made slow but steady progress on the tunnel during the day. D-6042's attitude during this period fluctuated between anger, withdrawal and a strong desire for conversation. When preparing to sleep that night, D-6042 watched television for several hours. Digging resumed on the second day. <Elapsed time: 69:44:18> D-6042 is at the end of the tunnel, shovelling heavy clay onto a toboggan used to transport it back to the attic. On the next strike, the shovel blade makes a sharp noise. D-6042: I hit something! James! Dr. Hallard: I'm here. What is it? D-6042: I hit something. There's something hard here. D-6042 leans forward and pulls at the tunnel face with both hands. Lumps of clay fall, revealing a white shape. D-6042: Can you see this James? Dr. Hallard: Yes, we see it. Further digging reveals the shape as a long bone. D-6042 pulls away. D-6042: Shit, that's a bone. Shit. Dr. Hallard: That's okay. You'd expect bones underground, wouldn't you. D-6042: No. No no no. That's not right. It's not right James, do you know why? I've been digging and digging, but there's nothing here. No worms, no bugs, nothing that lives underground. No moles, nothing. So if they aren't here, why is there a bone? Dr. Hallard: Let's take a closer look at it, okay - see what we can learn about it. D-6042: <breathing deeply> Right. All right. D-6042 pulls away dirt from around the bone, moving down its length. A large chunk of clay comes loose at the base, revealing the bones of a human foot. D-6042: Oh fuck! I told you. Fuck. D-6042 scrambles back out of the tunnel and into the house. The monitoring team's attempts to discuss the situation are ignored, and the headset is abandoned for some time. After approximately two hours, D-6042 is observed walking past the headset and into the tunnel, carrying the shovel. Forty-five minutes later, D-6042 returns to the attic and reattaches the headset. D-6042: I told you. Are you there? Dr. Hallard: Yes, we're here. What did you tell us? D-6042: I'll show you. This place is - I'll show you. D-6042 returns to the tunnel. Halfway along its length, the side of the tunnel shows signs of recent digging, forming a shallow branch at an angle to the main tunnel. Two bones protrude from the earth at knee height. They appear similar to human radius and ulna. D-6042: See? Do you see that? D-6042 uses the shovel to move the loose dirt on the tunnel floor. A series of smaller bones are observed, presumed to be human carpal, metacarpal and phalanges. D-6042: Tell me what the fuck is going on? Dr. Hallard: I can't. I'm sorry, I don't know what this is. We're doing our best. D-6042: Your best? D-6042 swings the shovel hard into the tunnel face at shoulder height, digging erratically. A sharp scraping sound is heard. D-6042 swings again, and a large clump of earth falls. As it hits the tunnel floor, it breaks open, revealing a second human hand, partially decomposed. There is a sound of dry retching, and D-6042 retreats from the tunnel. Laboured breathing is heard for several minutes. Dr. Hallard: D-6042? Buddy? Are you okay? D-6042: <softly> Please. You need to do more. I can't. Dr. Hallard: We're doing it. We can see your GPS signal - when you're in the tunnel, at the other end, it's coming from in the garden. We have a team coming - they're going to start digging down towards you. We'll get you out. D-6042: Please. You have to. Dr. Hallard: We will. But we need you to keep digging up towards us. We'll see on the camera what you're seeing, and we can use that to see how close we are to finding you. D-6042: No. No more. Not today. Dr. Hallard: Okay, that's okay. We'll start again tomorrow. D-6042 spent the rest of the day eating and sitting near the television. Early on the following morning, as D-6042 was climbing to the tunnel entrance, the lights in the house lost power. <Elapsed time: 88:20:44> D-6042: Jesus! Shit! Can you still hear me? Dr. Hallard: I'm still here. D-6042: What's going on? What happened? Dr. Hallard: We don't know yet, but we can go down to the living room and - D-6042: No! I'm not going down there. I'm getting out! Dr. Hallard: Okay, I hear you. See if you can find the lamp, at least. D-6042 climbs up and enters the tunnel, digging rapidly. D-6042 speaks rarely, working in short bursts and resting on the tunnel floor. On several occasions, the tunneling disturbs bones or decomposing human remains. These are either covered in loose dirt by D-6042 or ignored entirely. The monitoring team estimates that the total remains uncovered to date comprise at least twelve individuals. After several hours, the shovel blade strikes something hard at the tunnel base. D-6042: <grunting> Uh. Piece of… Dr. Hallard: D-6042, we really need to see what this is. Please. D-6042: Why? Huh, why? Dr. Hallard: It might be something we can use to help you get out. D-6042: Right. D-6042 digs deeper into the floor of the tunnel, exposing a decomposing human torso with several exposed ribs. Further along is a head, with some flesh and hair remaining. Dr. Hallard: That's good. Could you go a little closer, please? D-6042: God, it smells. How will this help? Dr. Hallard: Perhaps we can work out how they were buried. It could tell us how close you are to the surface. Can you pick up the head please? D-6042: I don't want to touch it. Dr. Hallard: Come on, it won't hurt you. I really need you to do this. D-6042: You need me to do this? You need me? Fuck you, James. Fuck you! I need you to get! Me! Out! D-6042 hits the corpse repeatedly with the flat of the shovel, smashing the bones. D-6042: <shouting> Is that okay? Is that helpful? Fuck you! D-6042 resumes digging erratically, no longer stopping to transport loose dirt from the tunnel. The incline of D-6042's tunnelling has increased. When an arm is exposed and hangs from the tunnel ceiling, D-6042 hacks at it with the shovel until it falls, and leaves it behind to be covered in earth as digging continues. After several hours, the shovel again strikes something hard near the tunnel roof. D-6042 digs further, exposing what appears to be a long tree root. D-6042 ceases digging and remains looking up at the root. Dr. Hallard: Hey, that's a good sign. D-6042 does not respond. Dr. Hallard: It should mean that you're getting near the surface. If you get a bit closer, we can try to work out how near. D-6042: <whispering> No. It's not - I don't like it. It's not right. Dr. Hallard: What's wrong? It looks normal. D-6042: <whispering> No. No. Dr. Hallard makes contact with the digging team. The team has reached a depth of twenty metres. The excavation appears normal, with no signs of human remains. There are no large trees in the vicinity of D-6042's childhood house. D-6042 continues digging at the face of the tunnel for several more hours without food or water. Several further tree roots are exposed in the tunnel ceiling, as well as a disembodied leg, wrapped in scraps of material. D-6042 continues, avoiding contact with the tree roots. After fourteen hours of activity, monitoring staff attempt to intervene. Dr. Hallard: Hey? I know you're ignoring us, but you need to stop. You need rest, and food. You need to sleep. D-6042: I need to get out. Dr. Hallard: Yes, but you can't dig if you're exhausted. You'll do better if you rest. D-6042: I don't want to. Dr. Hallard: Just a break then. We can talk. D-6042: Okay. D-6042 sits on the tunnel floor. Dr. Hallard: Doesn't it feel better to take a break? D-6042: I am pretty tired. Dr. Hallard: Fair enough. You've made good progress today, despite it all. D-6042: Yeah. Dr. Hallard: Tell me, what would you like as your first meal, when you get back? D-6042: I don't know. Dr. Hallard: Well what sort of food do you like? Pizza? A burger? D-6042: Burger. With cheese. Dr. Hallard: Nice. D-6042: Could I get McDonalds, do you think? A quarter pounder? Dr. Hallard: I'm sure we can arrange that. Just tell us what you'd like. D-6042: I'm getting hungry. D-6042 returns to the tunnel entrance to collect food and water, and eats. Dr. Hallard: Tomorrow, you'll be ready to go again. D-6042: Uh-huh. Dr. Hallard: Shall we head back down tonight? Back to your bed? D-6042: No. Dr. Hallard: It's probably better if you can. From an air circulation perspective. D-6042: No! I'm not going back down there. Dr. Hallard: All right. Well stay out here near the entrance, at least. D-6042 switches off the battery-powered lamp. The tunnel and the attic are dark and silent. D-6042: How long has it been, James? Dr. Hallard: Four days. D-6042: Oh. I'm sorry about yelling. Dr. Hallard: It's okay. Don't think about that. Think about what you'll do when you're back. D-6042: Mmm. James, I've been thinking about the tree. Dr. Hallard: Which tree? D-6042: The one in the picture. I've been thinking about it a lot. I didn't tell you. I'm sorry. Dr. Hallard: That's okay. D-6042: <softly> All the time, while I'm digging. I think about the picture, and the noise, and the tree. I think the tree hates me. It hates me. Dr. Hallard: It's all right. You're all right. Don't worry. We're here. D-6042: I'm sorry. Dr. Hallard: Maybe it's our team you can hear? Digging from above? That could be a good sign. D-6042: Maybe. D-6042 falls asleep for a few hours, before waking with a start. D-6042: What? Who's there? Dr. Hallard: I'm here - Dr. Hallard. D-6042: Oh, hi James. Dr. Hallard: It's still early, you could go back to sleep. D-6042: No. I'm getting out. D-6042 turns on the lantern, takes the shovel and resumes digging. Human remains are uncovered frequently. <Elapsed time: 109:12:16> D-6042: God, it smells. Why are there so many bodies? Dr. Hallard: I don't know. Perhaps you're below a graveyard? That would be a good sign - the surface would be close. D-6042: <laughing> A good sign? Below a graveyard? <laughing> Dr. Hallard: Come on, buddy. D-6042: <laughing> Come on buddy. Come on, bodies. Let's all dig together. Dig, dig, dig. Oh look, a boot. Anyone need a boot? Looks like a good one. I'm sure I can get the foot out. Hey, James, you need a boot? D-6042 continues to dig, depositing body parts on the tunnel floor as they are dug up. D-6042: Another arm! How many is that so far? How many more to come? How many - There is a sudden heavy noise, and the lantern is extinguished, leaving only D-6042's headlamp. D-6042: No! Dr. Hallard: What's going on? Talk to me. D-6042: Shit, it fell. It fell James. The headlamp moves rapidly, but reveals that the tunnel behind D-6042 has collapsed and filled with earth. The lantern has been buried, and the tunnel blocked. D-6042: Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck fuck - Dr. Hallard: Stay calm. You can do this. You just have to dig your way back through the collapsed section, so you can get through to - D-6042: No! I can't go back. Dr. Hallard: You have to, buddy. You need to dig back to the house. There's not enough air where you are. D-6042: <sobbing> Help me. Dr. Hallard: I'm trying, but you have to do this, okay? D-6042 begins to shovel loose earth from the top of the collapsed section. More earth falls from above, together with a human leg in the early stages of decomposition. The leg is clothed in grey rags. D-6042: Oh god. <retching> D-6042 continues digging at the collapsed section, forming a low hole. This hole appears stable, but dirt continues to fall from the ceiling of the remaining tunnel. Dr. Hallard: Hurry. There is another loud noise from behind D-6042. The camera turns. More of the tunnel roof has collapsed, reducing the remaining tunnel to a few metres in length. Dr. Hallard: Come on. Keep digging. The camera turns abruptly upwards, and D-6042 gasps. Where the tunnel roof has fallen in, a series of thin tree roots have been exposed. Above, there is no dirt. The tree roots extend upwards into empty blackness as far as the headlamp's light can reach. D-6042 drops the shovel. D-6042: <whimpering> Dr. Hallard: Wait. We need to - D-6042 scrambles into the low hole dug in the first collapsed section, and crawls forward, pulling dirt away manually. Attempts by the monitoring team to communicate are ignored. D-6042 continues digging forward slowly, surrounded by earth. D-6042's camera view shows dirt on all sides, and the microphone records rapid breathing. Dr. Hallard: Try to stay calm. Slower breaths, okay. D-6042 continues digging forwards, ignoring communications from the monitoring team. The hole remains narrow and low. D-6042's hands appears to be bleeding in several places. After approximately thirty minutes, D-6042 jerks to a stop. D-6042: My foot! Something's got my foot! D-6042 attempts to look back, but the hole is too cramped to turn. D-6042: Help! It's got me! Dr. Hallard: Are you sure? It could just be the dirt. Or more tree roots? D-6042: Aaugh! D-6042 squirms, twisting to face upwards. D-6042: I can't see. It's got my foot! The camera moves wildly, but nothing can be seen on D-6042's foot. D-6042 appears to be hyperventilating. D-6042: I have to get out! D-6042 begins clawing at the roof of the hole, attempting to dig directly upwards. Dirt falls directly onto the camera Dr. Hallard: Hey, you can't - please listen to me - you have to go forward - the air - it won't - D-6042 makes no response, continuing to dig upwards. The digging exposes grey fabric in the soil above. As more earth falls, it reveals a human torso covered in a grey jumpsuit. D-6042: No! Dr. Hallard: What is it? D-6042: It's me. That's my clothes. That was my boot before. They're all me. Dr. Hallard: That doesn't make any sense - D-6042: Aaaah! D-6042 scratches at the clothing on the roof of the tunnel. As the torso is exposed, a partially obscured number is visible on the chest of the jumpsuit. D-6042 continues to claw frantically at the sides and roof of the hole, exposing the head of the corpse. The corpse's face appears to resemble that of D-6042. D-6042: <screaming> D-6042 attempts to roll over, away from the dead face. As D-6042 moves, there is a loud noise, and the corpse falls from above, together with a large volume of earth. D-6042 is knocked down. When the camera re-focuses, the head of the corpse is directly in front of the lens, with packed soil visible above it. The corpse appears to have fallen on top of D-6042, collapsing the tunnel and burying D-6042. The camera does not move. Dr. Hallard: Can you hear me? D-6042: <rapid, shallow breathing> Dr. Hallard: Can you move? D-6042: <whimpering> Dr. Hallard: It's okay, buddy. I'm sorry. It's okay. After approximately 30 minutes, D-6042 makes noises consistent with suffering convulsions due to hypercapnia. After a further 8 minutes, no further sounds are audible from D-6042. The digging team continues excavation for a further two hours, reaching a depth of approximately 50 metres. No unusual results are observed. The team ceases work. D-6042's camera and light continue operation for another 123 hours before running out of battery. Analysis of the final five hours of film has identified sounds consistent with muffled digging, slowly growing louder. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3515" by psul, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3515. 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: tree7.jpg Author: Zhange License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Item #: SCP-3516 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3516 is to be kept in a locked box at Site 77. When not in use for testing, both wheels of SCP-3516 are to be locked using a standard bike lock. When using SCP-3516, no protective equipment is to be issued to the rider. Testing of SCP-3516 may only be done outdoors, and may not come within 50 meters of any essential mechanisms of the site. Observers are required to stand behind a screen of protective glass at all times when testing SCP-3516. Riders of SCP-3516 are to be equipped with a metal rod to jam between the spokes of the front wheel in the likelihood of superficial injuries occurring. At least one medical personnel must be present for every test. Description: SCP-3516 is a red bicycle, specifically the 1982 Schwinn Predator model. Flame symbols are crudely painted alongside the body of the bicycle in acrylic paint. Two spokes on the front wheel are bent, and five on the back wheel. The entire bicycle shows signs of age and wear, but still functions normally. When any human subject begins to ride SCP-3516, the anomalous abilities of SCP-3516 will activate. Regardless of current situation or speed, the subject will experience feelings of excitement and increased levels of adrenaline, similar to those experienced when on a roller coaster or other method of thrill-based entertainment. The subject will also become increasingly accident-prone as time goes on, with an estimated additional 8% chance of falling off of or crashing SCP-3516 for every minute passed. 90% of subjects are observed to have an accident within 10 minutes of beginning to ride SCP-3516. It should be noted that regardless of the severity of the crash, SCP-3516 will show either minimal damage or no damage. Experimentation has proven that it may be damaged outside of crashes. Once the subject has fallen off of or otherwise crashed SCP-3516, SCP-3516's secondary ability will manifest. The severity of damage caused to the surroundings of SCP-3516, which may or may not include the rider, will be far greater than what is normally possible from the impact, with collision speeds as low as 30 kph releasing upwards of 22,000 newtons. Impacted objects will also show decreased stability, breaking under forces that they would normally withstand. The final aspect of SCP-3516's anomalous abilities concern any injuries sustained by the rider over the course of the crash. The severity of the injuries, including those extrapolated upon by the secondary ability of SCP-3516, is effectively inverted. Wounds that would normally be life-threatening or fatal will instead seem to have no effect on the subject's health, and may be easily recuperated from. Small or minor wounds, however, will prove to be devastating, with a skinned knee being sufficient to knock the subject unconscious and taking weeks of intense care to heal. If the subject managed to sustain no injuries over the course of the crash, no anomalous abilities will activate. SCP-3516 Testing Log: Test SCP-3516-12 Subjects: D-10334 Experiment Director: Dr. Sambre Procedure: D-10334 is equipped with a bicycle helmet and is instructed to ride SCP-3516 into a concrete wall. Observed impact speed is 28 kph. Experiment is overviewed by Dr. Sambre. Results: The front tire of SCP-3516 lodges 13 cm deep into the wall, and D-10334 is bucked headfirst over the handlebars and into the wall, where the helmet splits in two and D-10334 shatters 2 vertebrae, suffers several skull fractures and a ruptured trachea. After 8 seconds, subject stands up and complains of dizziness. Full recovery is made in 20 hours after subject is issued a single bandage and a mild painkiller. Test SCP-3516-17 Subjects: D-12708 Experiment Director: Researcher Passarelli Procedure: D-12708 is instructed to ride SCP-3516 off of an 8-meter drop onto a concrete surface. D-12708 is not issued any protective equipment, as doing so has proven futile. Results: Upon impact, SCP-3516 bounces roughly 20 meters and injures Researcher Passarelli, dislodging D-12708 in the process. The left arm and leg of D-12708 are dislocated upon impact, and two toes are broken. D-12708 reports reduced feelings of discomfort and pain while injured and during the relocation process. Broken toes heal over the course of 4 days. Notes: "I'm making changes to containment procedures. One of the pedals knocked out three of my teeth." - Researcher Passarelli Test SCP-3516-20 Subjects: D-10980, Agent ██████ Experiment Director: Dr. █████ Procedure: D-10980 is instructed to ride SCP-3516 in a straight line. As she is doing so, Agent ██████ is to shoot D-10980 in the leg with a sniper rifle. Results: D-10980 is successfully shot, and falls off of SCP-3516. The injuries sustained from the crash are easily treated, but the gunshot wound shows no anomalous properties. Notes: "This confirms that SCP-3516's effects only apply to the injuries sustained in the crash, or at least those caused by riding it. Shame, otherwise we could've potentially used it to facilitate healing by purposely injuring prior patients, as stupid as that sounds." - Dr. █████ Test SCP-3516-21 Subjects: D-20039 Experiment Director: Dr. █████ Procedure: D-20039 is instructed to ride SCP-3516 in a straight line. While doing this, they will pass over several buried high-yield landmines. D-20039 has not been informed of the landmines. Results: The landmines are successfully detonated. SCP-3516 is not damaged aside from slight degradation of the paint, and D-20039 is blown into multiple pieces. However, each individual piece of D-20039 did not die, and were able to be surgically joined together again. Afterwards, D-20039 did not show any lingering anomalous abilities. Notes: "That was gruesome, but easily the most impressive demonstration of SCP-3516's abilities to date. There may not BE an upper limit to the level of damage it can invert, as long as SCP-3516 is mostly responsible for causing it. Even the portions of D-20039's body we couldn't recover regenerated once the rest were assembled." - Dr. █████ Test SCP-3516-28 Subjects: D-10802 Experiment Director: Researcher ███████ Procedure: D-10802 is to ride SCP-3516 past a pricker bush. Results: As D-10802 bikes past, a single thorn grazes his leg, leaving a small scratch. D-10802 immediately expires. Autopsy reveals the cause of death as simultaneous cessation of all bodily functions. Notes: "And here we see the opposite end of the spectrum." - Researcher ███████ Test SCP-3516-33 Subjects: D-10065 Experiment Director: Researcher ███████ Procedure: D-10065, while riding SCP-3516, is dropped out of an airplane at ██ kilometers. Results: [DATA EXPUNGED] Notes: Jesus Christ. - Researcher ███████ Recovery: SCP-3516 was brought to the Foundation's attention and subsequently recovered on 4/15/2002, when a terrorist thought to be operating alongside [REDACTED] rode SCP-3516 into the middle of a freeway, resulting in ███ casualties and ██ fatalities. While this normally would not have been enough to warrant further investigation, eyewitness reports of a man reattaching several severed limbs before biking out of the crater caused by a gas tanker exploding, seemingly perfectly unharmed. Field agents gave pursuit, following the trail of destruction caused by SCP-3516's effects, and SCP-3516 was eventually secured when the rider suffered a slight scrape from a pebble being kicked up towards their face by the tires, and subsequently expired. Class C amnestics were issued to aid in coverup, and the damage was explained to have been caused by a string of terrorist bombings. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3516" by IAmTheOoga, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3516. 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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Item #: SCP-3517 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3517 is currently contained in Secure Locker 3517 at Site 66. Backup copies are kept in redundant file formats and multiple hard drives as per standard procedure regarding non-anomalous recorded media. The region that is the subject of SCP-3517 is currently pending investigation. After the discovery of SCP-3517, the area was put under consideration for potential SCP status; the area was previously pending investigation due to civilian disappearances between 1950 and the present day numbering 38, nearly double that of comparable locales, though not high enough to otherwise be of concern. Description: SCP-3517 is a series of video recordings featuring a collection of events of unknown origin, totaling 23:41 in length. The recordings were originally contained on two 128GB memory cards, found in a travel bag containing a head-mounted camera apparatus, commonly worn by civilians during outdoor excursions. The recordings appear to take place over the course of three to four days, and follow the experiences of a small group of civilian hikers who became lost on [REDACTED PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION], a mountain in the [REDACTED PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION] range. The contents of SCP-3517 show disturbing and surreal fauna populating the mountain, encounters with which lead to the eventual disappearances or deaths of all subjects. Subjects are immediately aware of inconsistencies between what is expected and what they encounter, and react accordingly. The contents of SCP-3517 change subtly between viewings, most often the location of environmental details such as clouds and distant trees, but retain most events and dialogue between viewings; beyond this, SCP-3517 is not otherwise considered anomalous in itself. SCP-3517 was retrieved in a rocky alcove on the northeast face of [LOCATION REDACTED], along with assorted damaged equipment and a fragment of clothing, determined to be denim. Contents of SCP-3517: SCP-3517 is divided into three timespans of varying lengths. Recordings are numbered according to general place in timeline; further context will be provided at the beginning of each log. SCP-3517 features four individuals; A: Male, 25-30 years of age. Appears to have a close relationship with Subject B. Appears somewhat knowledgeable about fieldcraft and has some medical training. Perishes via fauna. B: Male, 25-30 years of age. Appears to have a close relationship with Subject A. Law student. Follows Subjects A and C closely, appears poorly prepared for a hiking excursion despite athleticism and equipment. Fate unknown. C: Female, 30-35 years of age. Older Sister of Subject B. Carries .22 rifle and multiple extra rounds of ammunition. Self-professed hunter, becomes hyper-vigilant after initial encounter with fauna. Perishes after encounter with flora. D: Female, 15-25 years of age - unclear. Student of general studies. Acquaintance of Subjects A and B. Shows signs of paranoia; unknown if pre-existing, or brought on by events depicted in SCP-3517. Possesses some accurate knowledge regarding foraging as well as several relevant books, otherwise dubiously equipped for a hiking trip. Perishes via fauna. Recording Summaries: The recording device was held by each of the four subjects at different points, with roughly equal distribution. Below are summarized transcriptions of the contents - see Document 3517-A for further analysis. + Open No. 1 - Close recording transcript. RECORDING #: Timespan No. 1 Length: 01:08:02 SUMMARY: Timespan No. 1 contains only one cut and follows the subjects over the course of approximately 2 to 3 hours. A majority of events in this portion are summarized briefly, due to relative lack of anomalous occurrences. The timing of significant events is noted for further study. <Begin Transcription> 00:00 - Recording begins. Subjects A and D are in frame. Subject B is wearing the camera, and Subject A is helping to secure the apparatus to his head. All subjects are equipped with full backpacks complete with bedrolls, as well as assorted other equipment. The rocky side of the mountain is clearly in view at a distance past Subjects A and D, with distant mountainous woodlands visible far off. The sky is clear, and a flock of Canadian geese are visible in the distance. Once recording is confirmed, subjects begin (or resume) making their way up the mountain, following a rocky game trail. Subject C teases Subject B (who seems slightly out of breath) on his lack of outdoors experience, as well as his evident lack of technological experience, referring to the fact that the recording was off. Meanwhile, Subject A can be seen making some distance ahead, frequently looking back to Subject B. 12:19 - Subject B looks back to Subject D, who is keeping up close behind and somewhat down the slope from Subjects B and C. At this point, a base camp is still visible, consisting of multiple neon-coloured tents 150-200 metres down the slope, at the base of the mountainside. Recording is otherwise uneventful as subjects ascend the relatively gentle slope of the mountain. 23:19 - At this point the first divergent detail has been noted, wherein an animal carcass is noticed by Subject B and given a clear view by the camera. Animal is always a small quadrupedal mammal; at the time of transcription, it appears to have been an opossum. Subject C notices carcass on ground against a rocky outcrop, noting its ‘freshness’ in a sarcastic tone. Subject D asks for elaboration, after which Subject B looks back and down to her, motioning to the carcass. At this point the base camp is no longer visible in the distance, but its absence is not noticed by the subjects. 23:33 - Subject A suggests the group takes a break, as they are stopped anyways. Subjects B and D concur, and B removes the camera apparatus, fumbling with the device for several seconds before recording ceases. 23:40 - Four seconds of corruption before recording resumes. Between one and two hours appears to have passed, and the sun is falling low on the horizon. Subject C appears to be wearing the camera, and is looking ahead to Subjects A and B continuing their hike. Subject D mutters something incomprehensible, after which Subject C laughs. Group continues their hike. At this point another divergent detail is apparent; the appearance of wildflowers along the side of the trail. Positioning and species are inconsistent between viewings, occasionally representing yet unidentified species. At the time of transcription, flowers were dark purple with forked foliage. 48:17 - Subjects arrive on a reasonably flat area, with several trees and grey rocky outcroppings. Subject D takes a seat on a rock, looking up the slope of the mountain and pointing, telling Subject C to look. Camera turns to focus on a large member of the family Caprinae standing approximately 30 metres further up the mountainside, with .5 metre long uncurled horns. Creature watches subjects, silhouetted against the sky. Group rests. 1:06:01 - Creature suddenly charges down the slope, emitting a hoarse call. Subjects jolt, Subject C following the animal as it quickly approaches the group. Creature splits in half vertically through its centre, both halves continuing to ambulate as they pursue Subject A, who has begun to flee down the slope behind the group. Subject C shouts and fumbles with firearm, camera view jerking violently between the firearm and Subject A. Camera has clear view as both halves of creature impact Subject A, causing immediate blunt force trauma and severe lacerations across his abdomen, as well as causing him to fall down the rocky slope. 1:06:24 - Two halves of creature rejoin and approach the incapacitated Subject A, as Subject C aims and fires. Creature is struck in neck region, and turns to flee up the mountainside, apparently unharmed. Unharmed subjects rush to the aid of Subject A. 1:07:36 - Subject A is severely injured, having come to rest several dozen metres below the flat area where the sheep creature was first encountered. At this point the camera apparatus is removed from Subject C’s head, as group begins to attempt first aid. <End Recording, 1:08:02> Closing Statement: Base camp is not present at any point after 12:19; should have been visible at various points during the encounter with aggressive fauna. + Open No. 2 - Close recording transcript. RECORDING #: Timespan No. 2 Length: 24:08 SUMMARY: Timespan No. 2 contains no cuts, and little useful video footage. It appears that subjects were unaware that they activated the camera; therefore, this section contains a considerable amount of candid audio. It will be formatted as an audio log, with contextual visual description, for that purpose. <Begin Summary> 01:08:03 - Recording begins. Video is that of the ground, with rapid blurring suggesting that the camera apparatus is hung from a bag or other garment. Focus is unsatisfactory but audio is reasonably clear. Group appears to be stopped on the mountainside. Subject B is distraught, and Subject C appears to be shaken. Subject B: Please, please no no, please. Please just open your eyes- Subject D: Sam, he’s… Subject B: [shouting] DON’T SAY IT. <Quiet weeping for 13 seconds.> Subject B: What the fuck was that thing?! Subject C: I don’t… I don’t fucking know. You both saw it, right? Subject B: It fucking cut itself in half! Subject D: Guys? Subject C: I know I hit it too, I saw the hole. But it just fucking ran away. Subject B: [Indistinct.] Come on buddy, come on… Subject C: [Brief pause.] Sam, he’s… <Sounds of movement, Subject B weeping.> Subject D: [Insistently.] Guys. Subject C: Yeah Rebecca? Subject D: Where are we? [Indistinct.] Where’s camp? <Brief pause. Sounds of movement as Subject C appears to shift, looking for camp. 13 seconds pause, Subject C growing agitated.> Subject C: Wait. Where the f… where the fuck… Subject B: It’s… it should just be down there. Subject D: Is… it on the other side of the mountain? Subject C: [Indistinct.] that far, Rebecca. What the fuck is going on? Subject B: [Urgently.] Guys it’s getting dark. We can’t be here. <Subjects grow silent.> Subject D: I don’t want to carry him down in the dark. Subject C: We’re making a camp here. Cover him up with his bedroll, we’ll… Sam, do you have reception? Subject B: [Brief pause.] No. Subject D: I didn’t even bring my- Subject C: I know, I didn’t ask you for a reason. We’ll go down in the morning. Take turns watching him. <Indistinct discussion for 4:51 as mic is pointed towards wind. Somber tones.> Subject C: We still have an hourish of daylight, I think. Lots of time. Subject D: I’ll go find some firewood, there’s a tree up there, see if I can knock it loose. Subject B: I’ll… cover him up. Subject C: Yeah… do that. I’ll like… establish a perimeter or something. <Indistinct discussion.> <Subject D find the camera was recording, switches it off.> <End Recording, 1:32:11> Closing Statement: Subject B remained distraught throughout the recording. Subject C’s tone indicated denial, or shutdown. Subject D was quiet. + Open No. 3 - Close recording transcript. RECORDING #: Timespan No. 3 Length: 02:03:24 SUMMARY: Timespan No. 3 contains a number of unrelated short recordings, and little useful audio. It appears that Subjects B and D took turns taking video, including both candid moments amongst the group as well as several examples of unusual fauna. Recordings appear to take place over the course of more than one day, judging by the sun’s position in the sky. <Begin Summary> 01:32:11 - Recording begins. Daybreak. Camera is held in the hand of Subject D, panning over horizon. Geography of area is distinctly different from previous, with similar but distinct mountainous woodlands in the distance. A low fog is settled in some valley areas. Subjects B and C are visible several feet from Subject B; Subject A’s body is wrapped in a stained sleeping bag with rope. Panning shot reveals several divergent details, including the number of unidentified songbirds in the distance, shape of distant cloud cover, and the exact location of several boulders and rocky outcroppings. Recording ends when Subject C makes an indistinct remark to Subject D. 01:35:23 - Recording begins. Early morning. Subject B holds the camera, focusing it on Subject C, who is laid prone on the ground aiming her rifle. Camera focuses past and below Subject C, on what appears to be a pheasant. Gender and maturity of pheasant diverges between viewings. Subject C waits patiently before firing a shot, evidently attempting to hunt the bird, and the bird takes flight at a 45 degree angle away from the group. Bird appears to twist in the air and extend before vanishing in a shower of viscera and dozens of what appear to be skinless chicks, which appear to squeal extremely loudly in agony as they land. Subject B swears indistinctly, Subject D can be heard vomiting. Squealing continues for several seconds as Subject B stumbles away. Recording ends. 01:39:49 - Recording begins. Mid-afternoon. Camera is out of focus, looking across a rocky plateau at Subjects B and C. Indistinct discussion between Subjects B and C can be heard, apparently discussing whether or not to keep carrying Subject A’s body. Subject B is against abandoning the body, where Subject C is trying to be practical. Subject C’s demeanor and tone suggest severe emotional withdrawal. Conversation continues for an extended period of time, before Subject B is convinced that it is better for the group. Recording ends. 01:58:01 - Recording begins. Late afternoon. Subjects are approximately 4 metres from a cliff, which is not consistent with known geography. Audio is indistinct, Subject C is evidently distraught. Subject B can be heard attempting to console Subject C, before yielding to emotional distress. Sounds of weeping can be heard as Subject D sits and breathes raggedly while holding the camera; camera pans quickly into an unknown direction as Subject D appears to grab her head. Through hair an unusual cloud formation can be seen which remains consistent between viewings, and the mountain appears to loom exactly the same height as it did in earlier shots, despite apparent constant descent. Recording ends. 02:08:28 - Recording begins. Mid-morning. Recording apparently begun accidentally, mid-crisis, and audio is indistinct. Subject B and D can be heard panicking as Subject C screams at them, apparently demanding they keep moving. Subject D’s voice indicates that she is crying. Recording cuts mid-sentence. 02:10:05 - Recording begins. Evening. Subject D is watching Subject C, who is watching the horizon. Camera pans, showing that the cliff is in the far distance down and to group’s left, between .5 and 1 kilometre away. Fissure is visible across part of the horizon, and woodlands are full of heavy fog. Sunset is filtering through clouds to group’s right. Subject B pans camera upwards, and around their current camp, which is littered with round white stones and fossilized wood. At 02:26:05, Subject B pans up to himself, showing that his face is filthy and shows signs of heavy distress. Utters the words “I’m so sorry,” to the camera, before the recording ends. 02:26:09 - Recording begins. Early morning. Indistinct sounds of panic in the group, as camera falls to the ground, sideways. Large irregular white and grey spheres appear to be growing around group. Subject D picks up camera before a sphere can engulf it. Group backs away from area, a darkened spot against the rocky outcrop used as shelter, protected from the morning sun. Subject C screams indistinctly in a rage, kicks a sphere, which inverts, revealing thick pink and red gills. White phyla spread across the ground as fungus inverts - force of inversion sprays clear material in all directions, covering other spheres, which also violently invert. Subject C screams in terror as she is coated with material, before collapsing and seizing, skin beginning to weep as black whistling growths burst from soft tissue. Subjects B and D flee. 02:31:44 - Recording begins. Subject D is running, camera flailing as if hung from some garment. Subject D trips and falls, tumbling several dozen feet. Comes to a rest on sharp rocks, blood covering ground. Exposed bone is visible through leg as a fox appears to climb down rocky face, dragging its back legs. Fox is disheveled. Animal opens its mouth, after which a vulture’s head and neck extends from its throat. Subject D can be heard screaming wetly for several seconds before sounds suddenly cease. Creature continues to feed, and recording continues until batteries run out. <End Recording, 06:13:22> Closing Statement: The fate of Subject B is as of yet unknown. Further context regarding SCP-3517 is pending. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3517" by Dexanote, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3517. 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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Item #: SCP-3518 Special Containment Procedures: Foundation naval vessels are to work in conjuction to Global Occult Coalition vessels in the Arctic circle. Should instances of SCP-3518 be discovered, personnel are instructed to destroy the instances via assigned divers. Reports of potential SCP-3518 activity outside of the Arctic Circle are to be investigated immediately. If instances are discovered, termination of instances is to begin immediately and the Global Occult Coalition is to be informed of the situation. Worldwide extermination efforts are to be enacted. Description: SCP-3518 is a species of Opabinia1, tentatively classified as Opabinia foundationii by Foundation parazoologists, existing within the Arctic Circle. SCP-3518 is an obligate carnivore, feeding on nearly all forms of oceanic fauna. This includes, but is not limited to: Cetaceans Sharks Cnidarians [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Sea turtles Sponges Various corals O. foundationii's shell is composed of an anomalously durable form of chitin, enabling it to survive most forms of assault aside from a select few areas on the underbelly and head. SCP-3518's carapace loses its extreme durability upon the death of the instance. It should be noted that SCP-3518 is a pack predator, with the largest instance being in control of the group. Packs can vary in size from three to several thousand. SCP-3518 is hermaphroditic and reproduce six times a year. Due to this, SCP-3518 is able to swiftly out-compete almost all aquatic predators, which is aided by the species's pack mentality and extreme durability. This, coupled with a high nutritional requirement, makes SCP-3518 potentially highly invasive to nearly all forms of oceanic ecology. SCP-3518 instances can produce clutches of up to 500 eggs, and are born fully mature. Instances molt eight times over the span of five months until they reach their maximum size of six meters. Discovery: SCP-3518 was discovered at the residence of Drake Robertson, the owner of Unicorperations2 after evidence of ownership of illegal materials surfaced against him. Although no illicit substances were discovered, three instances of SCP-3518 were discovered in his residence. In violation of the Paranormal Pet Act of 1935, Mr. Robertson was arrested, and the instances were seized. Due to an accident during transport, the instances of the SCP-3518 escaped into the Indian Ocean. Due to the anomalously hard carapace of the species, microchips were unable to implanted. Due to the lack of information about O. foundationii's biology, an interview was conducted with Mr. Robertson, with the transcript contained below. + Open Interview Log - Close <Interviewer:> Agent. C███ <Interviewed:> Mr. Drake Robertson <Begin Log> Agent. C███: Are you aware of the charges against you? subject says nothing Agent C███: You have no constitutional rights here, you know. I'm authorized to beat the crap out of you. Mr. Robertson: You mean you're not UIU? Agent C███: No. Mr. Robertson: Fuck. You's Coalition? Agent C███: Foundation. Mr. Robertson: Fuck, that's even worse. Agent C███: Are you aware of the charges against you? Extraneous dialogue removed for brevity Agent C███: Alright, about the shrimp themselves… Mr. Robertson: What about them? Agent C███: They don't appear in any database we have access too. Subject flicks on a lighter, lighting a cigarette Mr. Robertson: Well of course they wouldn't. Agent C███: And why would that be? Subject exhales Mr. Robertson: They didn't exist three weeks ago. Agent C███ pauses Agent C███: What do you mean 'didn't exist?' Mr. Robertson: I mean they weren't alive three weeks ago. Agent C███: So you created them. Mr. Robertson: I didn't make 'em. Some blowfish3 told me about 'em. Apparently they're a big problem by Atlantis, kinda like their version of a raccoon or maybe a pixie. She heard about how good my business was with dealing with infestations of this sort of thing, so I sent a few people down to kill most of them and send back three or four. Agent C███: I see. What were you planning to do with the ones you captured? Mr. Robertson: Probably sell them to some rich guy's private zoo. Agent C███: But the sale of unknown creatures is prohibited. Subject grins Mr. Robertson: So? A quick buck is a quick buck. Agent C███ sighs Agent C███: Do you know if the Atlantean government will be willing to assist in their recapture?4 Subject laughs Mr. Robertson: You kidding? Would you want to bring the rats you just threw out of your house back inside? Agent C███: I suppose not. Mr. Robertson: Exactly. Agent C███: How do you kill them? Subject laughs again Mr. Robertson: Now why would I tell you that? Agent C███: Because if you don't, you'll be going to prison for a long time. Mr. Robertson: Doesn't matter if I tell you or not. Either way I'm headed to the paramax. Robertson was unresponsive to further questioning and given to the UIU for further processing. <Close Log> - Close Upon conclusion of this interview, search teams were mobilized to locate, and if possible capture the instances of SCP-3518. Incident 3518-1: After 10 months of searching, approximately 60 thousand eggs belonging to SCP-3518 were discovered in Indonesia, which were promptly destroyed. Atlantis was contacted in order to learn to how to destroy adult instances of SCP-3518. No response was received. Due to the extremely swift reproductive nature of SCP-3518, termination procedures were implemented. Incident 3518-2: An extreme drop in the population of numerous species of aquatic fauna in the Indian and Pacific oceans is noted. After a short investigation, it is determined that SCP-3518 is the primary cause. Due to civilian dependency on aquatic fauna for markets, artificially created aquatic fauna was created in order to lower the effect of SCP-3518 on fish populations. Incident 3518-3: After 6 years of extermination attempts, the Global Occult Coalition is contacted to assist in extermination efforts. Project Janus is enacted, resulting in the destruction of 98.2% of SCP-3518's worldwide population. The project is declared a success, and extermination efforts are cancelled in favor of containment. The GOC continues extermination of SCP-3518 populations after the conclusion of Project Janus. Incident 3518-5: A sudden drop in oceanic fauna populations worldwide is noted over the span of five months. 9█ species are believed to have gone extinct due to SCP-3518's predation. After extensive searches, it is discovered that SCP-3518 had evolved to live in the Midnight Zone during most of the day, swimming up at night to the surface to feed. It is believed that SCP-3518 evolved to live in the Midnight Zone due to limitations in Foundation and GOC hardware. Extermination efforts are re-enacted, but efforts are hampered due to the extreme depth of the species's new habitat. Incident 3518-6: An extreme rise in SCP-3518's population over the span of 8 weeks is noted. Due to this, the Global Occult Coalition is again contacted. Project Poseidon is enacted, forcing 99.6% of SCP-3518's population to extinction. The last extant population of SCP-3518 is believed to exist within the Arctic Circle. Termination efforts are ongoing. Footnotes 1. A genus of aquatic predator that existed in the Cambrian era. 2. A small paratech company that operated mostly in Three Portlands and various other anomalous enclaves. It specialized in extermination of anomalous pests. 3. Common derogatory slang used in Three Portlands to address aquatic humanoids, typically merpeople. 4. At this time, the Atlantean government was still highly xenophobic to outsiders. It's believed Mr. Robertson was contacted by the Atlantean government. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3518" by The Shrake, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3518. 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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Item #: SCP-3518 Special Containment Procedures: Foundation naval vessels are to work in conjuction to Global Occult Coalition vessels in the Arctic circle. Should instances of SCP-3518 be discovered, personnel are instructed to destroy the instances via assigned divers. Reports of potential SCP-3518 activity outside of the Arctic Circle are to be investigated immediately. If instances are discovered, termination of instances is to begin immediately and the Global Occult Coalition is to be informed of the situation. Worldwide extermination efforts are to be enacted. Description: SCP-3518 is a species of Opabinia1, tentatively classified as Opabinia foundationii by Foundation parazoologists, existing within the Arctic Circle. SCP-3518 is an obligate carnivore, feeding on nearly all forms of oceanic fauna. This includes, but is not limited to: Cetaceans Sharks Cnidarians [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Sea turtles Sponges Various corals O. foundationii's shell is composed of an anomalously durable form of chitin, enabling it to survive most forms of assault aside from a select few areas on the underbelly and head. SCP-3518's carapace loses its extreme durability upon the death of the instance. It should be noted that SCP-3518 is a pack predator, with the largest instance being in control of the group. Packs can vary in size from three to several thousand. SCP-3518 is hermaphroditic and reproduce six times a year. Due to this, SCP-3518 is able to swiftly out-compete almost all aquatic predators, which is aided by the species's pack mentality and extreme durability. This, coupled with a high nutritional requirement, makes SCP-3518 potentially highly invasive to nearly all forms of oceanic ecology. SCP-3518 instances can produce clutches of up to 500 eggs, and are born fully mature. Instances molt eight times over the span of five months until they reach their maximum size of six meters. Discovery: SCP-3518 was discovered at the residence of Drake Robertson, the owner of Unicorperations2 after evidence of ownership of illegal materials surfaced against him. Although no illicit substances were discovered, three instances of SCP-3518 were discovered in his residence. In violation of the Paranormal Pet Act of 1935, Mr. Robertson was arrested, and the instances were seized. Due to an accident during transport, the instances of the SCP-3518 escaped into the Indian Ocean. Due to the anomalously hard carapace of the species, microchips were unable to implanted. Due to the lack of information about O. foundationii's biology, an interview was conducted with Mr. Robertson, with the transcript contained below. + Open Interview Log - Close <Interviewer:> Agent. C███ <Interviewed:> Mr. Drake Robertson <Begin Log> Agent. C███: Are you aware of the charges against you? subject says nothing Agent C███: You have no constitutional rights here, you know. I'm authorized to beat the crap out of you. Mr. Robertson: You mean you're not UIU? Agent C███: No. Mr. Robertson: Fuck. You's Coalition? Agent C███: Foundation. Mr. Robertson: Fuck, that's even worse. Agent C███: Are you aware of the charges against you? Extraneous dialogue removed for brevity Agent C███: Alright, about the shrimp themselves… Mr. Robertson: What about them? Agent C███: They don't appear in any database we have access too. Subject flicks on a lighter, lighting a cigarette Mr. Robertson: Well of course they wouldn't. Agent C███: And why would that be? Subject exhales Mr. Robertson: They didn't exist three weeks ago. Agent C███ pauses Agent C███: What do you mean 'didn't exist?' Mr. Robertson: I mean they weren't alive three weeks ago. Agent C███: So you created them. Mr. Robertson: I didn't make 'em. Some blowfish3 told me about 'em. Apparently they're a big problem by Atlantis, kinda like their version of a raccoon or maybe a pixie. She heard about how good my business was with dealing with infestations of this sort of thing, so I sent a few people down to kill most of them and send back three or four. Agent C███: I see. What were you planning to do with the ones you captured? Mr. Robertson: Probably sell them to some rich guy's private zoo. Agent C███: But the sale of unknown creatures is prohibited. Subject grins Mr. Robertson: So? A quick buck is a quick buck. Agent C███ sighs Agent C███: Do you know if the Atlantean government will be willing to assist in their recapture?4 Subject laughs Mr. Robertson: You kidding? Would you want to bring the rats you just threw out of your house back inside? Agent C███: I suppose not. Mr. Robertson: Exactly. Agent C███: How do you kill them? Subject laughs again Mr. Robertson: Now why would I tell you that? Agent C███: Because if you don't, you'll be going to prison for a long time. Mr. Robertson: Doesn't matter if I tell you or not. Either way I'm headed to the paramax. Robertson was unresponsive to further questioning and given to the UIU for further processing. <Close Log> - Close Upon conclusion of this interview, search teams were mobilized to locate, and if possible capture the instances of SCP-3518. Incident 3518-1: After 10 months of searching, approximately 60 thousand eggs belonging to SCP-3518 were discovered in Indonesia, which were promptly destroyed. Atlantis was contacted in order to learn to how to destroy adult instances of SCP-3518. No response was received. Due to the extremely swift reproductive nature of SCP-3518, termination procedures were implemented. Incident 3518-2: An extreme drop in the population of numerous species of aquatic fauna in the Indian and Pacific oceans is noted. After a short investigation, it is determined that SCP-3518 is the primary cause. Due to civilian dependency on aquatic fauna for markets, artificially created aquatic fauna was created in order to lower the effect of SCP-3518 on fish populations. Incident 3518-3: After 6 years of extermination attempts, the Global Occult Coalition is contacted to assist in extermination efforts. Project Janus is enacted, resulting in the destruction of 98.2% of SCP-3518's worldwide population. The project is declared a success, and extermination efforts are cancelled in favor of containment. The GOC continues extermination of SCP-3518 populations after the conclusion of Project Janus. Incident 3518-5: A sudden drop in oceanic fauna populations worldwide is noted over the span of five months. 9█ species are believed to have gone extinct due to SCP-3518's predation. After extensive searches, it is discovered that SCP-3518 had evolved to live in the Midnight Zone during most of the day, swimming up at night to the surface to feed. It is believed that SCP-3518 evolved to live in the Midnight Zone due to limitations in Foundation and GOC hardware. Extermination efforts are re-enacted, but efforts are hampered due to the extreme depth of the species's new habitat. Incident 3518-6: An extreme rise in SCP-3518's population over the span of 8 weeks is noted. Due to this, the Global Occult Coalition is again contacted. Project Poseidon is enacted, forcing 99.6% of SCP-3518's population to extinction. The last extant population of SCP-3518 is believed to exist within the Arctic Circle. Termination efforts are ongoing. Footnotes 1. A genus of aquatic predator that existed in the Cambrian era. 2. A small paratech company that operated mostly in Three Portlands and various other anomalous enclaves. It specialized in extermination of anomalous pests. 3. Common derogatory slang used in Three Portlands to address aquatic humanoids, typically merpeople. 4. At this time, the Atlantean government was still highly xenophobic to outsiders. It's believed Mr. Robertson was contacted by the Atlantean government. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3518" by The Shrake, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3518. 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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Item #: SCP-3519 Special Containment Procedures: As there are no remaining persons susceptible to SCP-3519, no further containment is required; the infection is considered neutralized. A significant percentage of global media is suspected to carry infection and containment is beyond the capacity of the current Foundation. However a majority, if not the entirety, of infected storage media is expected to degrade before further transmission can occur. + Archived Special Containment Procedures 01/03/19 (Initial) - Archived Special Containment Procedures 01/03/19 (Initial) Mobile Task Force Psi-10 ("Maslow's Motivators") is tasked with identifying populations infected with SCP-3519. Identified populations will be secured by Mobile Task Force Eta-10 ("See No Evil") and Mobile Task Force Eta-11 ("Savage Beasts"). All three task forces are tasked with securing and quarantining SCP-3519 carrier media. + Archived Special Containment Procedures 01/17/19 - Archived Special Containment Procedures 01/17/19 Mobile Task Force Psi-10 ("Maslow's Motivators") is tasked with mapping the spread of SCP-3519 infection. Mobile Task Force Upsilon-4 ("Sugar Pill") is to develop countermemetic treatments with the utmost urgency. Once these countermeasures are developed they are to be deployed immediately, with the following distribution priority: MTF u-4 personnel Critical Memetics Department personnel The O5 Council The Global Occult Coalition World Health Organization Remaining critical Foundation personnel General population + Archived Special Containment Procedures 01/30/19 - Archived Special Containment Procedures 01/30/19 Mobile Task Force Psi-10 ("Maslow's Motivators") is tasked with mapping the spread of SCP-3519 infection. MTF-Upsilon-4 ("Sugar Pill") is tasked with deployment of the SCP-3519 countermeme with the following distribution priority: MTF u-4 personnel Remaining critical Foundation personnel General population + Archived Special Containment Procedures 02/06/19 - Archived Special Containment Procedures 02/06/19 Mobile Task Force Upsilon-4 ("Sugar Pill") is tasked with continued emergency deployment of the SCP-3519 countermeme. Grief counseling and suicide prevention is to be made available to all surviving Foundation personnel. + Archived Special Containment Procedures 02/25/2019 - Archived Special Containment Procedures 02/25/2019 Grief counseling and suicide prevention is to be made available to all surviving Foundation personnel. Suicide capsules are to be made available on request. Neutralization orders are to be carried out for all surviving Keter class anomalies wherever possible. Foundation facilities are to independently follow abandon-in-place procedures when staffing reaches 30% or lower, or at the discretion of the facility director. Description: SCP-3519 is a memetic contagion carried by multiple vectors in print, visual, and auditory media. It consists of the strong conviction that the world will end on March 5th, 2019 and that suicide prior to the event is desirable. SCP-3519 is transmitted by both media and word of mouth reports of a belief in an impending eschaton. Infection is characterized by credulous adoption of the meme despite the lack of evidence. The specific details of the predicted event show wide variation, including belief in: the advent of a messianic religious figure, catastrophic astronomical event, environmental collapse, technological singularity or reality failure event. Notably, none of these events are associated with any predicted K-class scenarios on this date and the Foundation's assessment of K-class probability on that day is at the nominal rate of .015% after accounting for SCP-3519. Following initial infection, hosts show a tendency towards ecstatic revelation, millenarianism, and suicidal ideation. Self-euthanasia is rationalized in the context of the variation of SCP-3519 belief the host has been infected with, as either a prerequisite for transcendence or as preferable to survival through the event. Suicide follows initial infection within weeks in a significant number of cases; due to the difficulty of accurate data collection at this time exact statistics are unavailable. However no known infected person has survived longer than 40 days after wholly adopting SCP-3519 beliefs. Addendum 3519-A, Samples of SCP-3519 Infected Media: Excerpt From CNN, Anderson Cooper 360°, 12/29/18: Anderson Cooper: So how credible is this prediction? Kellyanne Conway: The White House thinks this is highly credible. We have multiple sources, reliable sources, that say that the world might end on March fifth. Neil deGrasse Tyson: This is pretty silly, I mean it's tragic that those people killed themselves, but there's nothing. Nothing in the skies, nothing on the Earth other than our own threats to our survival from climate change or nuclear war. March fifth is going to be a day like basically any other. This is just like that so-called Mayan apocalypse in 2012, or even the mass suicide of the Heaven's Gate people in the 90s. Archbishop Carrera: We have recently uncovered evidence that a secret society of Aztec priests continued the work of Mayan prophecy into the modern world and that these had recalculated the apocalypse to be the fifth day of March of next year. We feel this may be in line with the prophecy of St. John. Conway: Yes, the Church is one of our sources, as is the envoy of the Government of Tenochtitlán in Exile, which has been in communication with the President as you've seen from this morning's tweet. Screen shows the President's tweet from that morning "Aztec envoy told me world ending on 3/5. Terrifying!" Tyson: There's no such thing as the "Government of Tenochtitlán in Exile", it's an urban legend. Carrera: Dr. Tyson, surely you must have an open mind about these things. Cooper: That's all the time we have, but I'm not afraid to admit that I'm scared. Invitation 02/12/19 Last Dance on Earth Where: ████ █████ ██; on the roof! When: 02/14/19 from 1 pm to 1 am. What: We will be celebrating this last Valentines on Earth. There will be a wet bar and live music! Bring whatever you want to drink or eat. Don't bother with condoms if you don't want because this is the end, haha. If you plan on checking out after Valentines, please plan on leaving by midnight. At 1 am you are welcome to join us in the pool when we plan to drop a High Voltage line to carry us electric to Valhalla. Alternatively we are thirty stories up or if you are planning on pills there's plenty of places to lay down here (just wait for after midnight). Email 02/20/19 From: Ssoika@████████████ To: Solsticesunrise@█████████ Subject: I think I understand Remember when I told you about Nick Bostrom's hypothesis that reality is a simulation? Let's say that we accept his argument that the probability of life being a simulation is one. Looking at what's happening in the world right now, the probability of surviving past the 5th is definitely not one, it's rapidly declining to zero. Even if you do live, what kind of life are you going to be able to have? What's the probability of everybody in the world deciding that the world is ending on the exact same day and that you have to, in defiance of the survival instinct and everything, kill yourself before that day? It seems unlikely, but it is happening. What would a simulation look like from the inside, right before they switched it off? Maybe they need us offline when we migrate to a new program. I love you so much, Rinna. We'll see each other soon. Addendum 3519-B, Timeline: (T-90) 12/05/18: Routine monitoring of the media by MTF ψ-10 detects the first instances of SCP-3519 in Fifty Days1, an AM radio broadcast originating in Bogart, Georgia. Initially this is ignored due to the similarity to common apocalyptic beliefs and eschatological predictions on evangelical religious broadcasts. (T-71) 12/24/18: The 17 member congregation of the Church of the Andromeda Star in Bogart is found dead of phenobarbital overdose. (T-70) 12/25/18: News reports of the deaths in Bogart are picked up through international media. Foundation memetic analysis flags an unusually sympathetic tone in reporting compared to similar reports of cult suicide. (T-67) 12/28/18: Major media outlets have been running the "Christmas Eve Massacre" as a headline story. (T-65) 12/30/18: A mass suicide of over 300 persons in Kalyankot, India is linked to SCP-3519. (T-62) 01/02/19: Related suicides have spread to over 2600 persons in 17 countries. Infection is designated SCP-3519. Dr. Nori Watanabe assigned as senior researcher. (T-61) 01/03/19: SCP-3519 Containment Procedures established. (T-53) 01/11/19: MTF η-10 daily report shows signs of SCP-3519 infection. Mobile Task Force Command has relieved MTF η-10 operatives of duty, and ordered them to E-Class quarantine. (T-49) 01/15/19: Commander Richards (MTF η-11) reports the complete failure of quarantine efforts in the face of the epidemic spread of SCP-3519. (T-47) 01/17/19: SCP-3519 Containment Procedures revised. (T-45) 01/19/19: Suicide rate has increased to roughly 1% of global population. International recognition of a crisis is hampered by widespread belief in the validity of SCP-3519. (T-36) 01/28/19: Suicide rate increased by approximately 30%. Current death statistics are impossible to verify. Versions of the meme are extant among mainstream Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists. (T-35) 01/29/19: MTF u-4 reports a working prototype countermeme to SCP-3519. (T-34) 01/30/19: Pope Francis attempts to issue a papal dispensation for SCP-3519 related suicides. Global Occult Coalition agents in-place detain and sequester him. (T-34) 01/30/19: Containment Procedures Revised. (T-33) 01/31/19: SCP-3519 infected GOC operatives leak rumors of the Pope's dispensation to the press. (T-32) 02/01/19: Suicide rate climbs to 2% of global population. Credible accounts of SCP-3519 related homicides, especially of children, begin to surface. Public health and infrastructure worldwide is affected by the mass deaths. (T-27) 02/06/19: Deaths from suicide are at least 250 million, an additional 100 million are estimated to be dead or dying from disease or loss of essential services. Foundation sites report a global 10% drop in personnel. (T-27) 02/06/19: Containment Procedures revised. (T-14) 02/19/19: Limited nuclear exchange between Israel and Iran occurred at approximately 1000 UTC. Israeli weapons additionally targeted several other Gulf States. Death toll unknown. Global thermonuclear war averted by emergency UN session, GOC operatives reportedly used anomalous coercion to ensure outcome. (T-13) 02/20/19: Following the loss of Dr. Watanabe, researcher Dr. Marileze Kirk promoted to SCP-3519 project head. (T-13) 02/20/19: What the hell happened to the countermeme? (T-12) 02/21/19: Epidemiological models predict 50% lethality, minimum, as of this morning from a combination of direct infection and collateral effects. (T-10) 02/23/19: RAISA finally got back to us about the countermeme. Apparently it was "found uninjectable into suitable carrier media in the field". u-4 is supposedly working on a weaponized version, but they aren't responding to emails from us. They better hurry or there won't be any suitable carrier media left. (T-8) 02/25/19: Containment Procedures revised. (T-7) 02/26/19: Global media is largely silent. Foundation sites reporting inconsistently. Several personnel at Area-055 claimed to be not infected by SCP-3519 in their suicide notes, citing the ongoing K-Class scenario as a self-fulfilling prophecy. Several sapient contained anomalies are rumored to have committed suicide as well; no one on SCP-3519 has clearance to confirm or deny this. (T-6) 02/27/19: Project SCP-3519 moved to an isolated location to escape the deteriorating sanitary conditions and facilities breakdowns at Area-055. It is an abandoned cabin near Bishop, CA. Satellite uplink access to Foundation systems confirmed intact. We have brought plenty of food and water. (T-5) 02/28/19: Junior Researcher Dr. Rory Jones promoted to SCP-3519 project head. (T-4) 03/01/19: PROTOCOL ROSE ALABASTER2 enacted — Junior Researcher Dr. Rory Jones promoted to O5-6. (T-3) 03/02/19: I buried Marileze today. (T-1) 03/04/19: Contact lost with Dr. Desai at Site-42. Nobody else is responding. (T-1) 03/04/19: Revised Containment Procedures. (T=0) 03/05/19: (T+1) 03/06/19: It's a beautiful day. Footnotes 1. Flagged by Operation Stargazer as containing significant Fifth Church influence. 2. Automated line-of-succession protocol. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3519" by sirpudding, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3519. 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-3520
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Item #: SCP-3520 Special Containment Procedures: All radio transmissions broadcast on 106.5 FM within Centre County PA are to be immediately suppressed. Foundation equipment should consistently broadcast a stronger signal of static to overwhelm public radios on that frequency. All SCP-3520 broadcasts are to be recorded and transcribed. Irene Rosenfeld and the Mondelēz International Board of Directors are to be under constant surveillance by Foundation assets within Borneo and Ghana for SCP-3520 influence. All influences within Borneo and Ghana logging companies are to be immediately liquidated, and the Foundation is to assure that logging operations within the region continue uninhibited despite the apparent habitat degradation associated. Despite apparent ease of containment, reclassification to Keter is under possible consideration. Description: SCP-3520 is an anomalous series of radio broadcasts originating from an unknown place, occurring once a year, on a random day, in December. SCP-3520 broadcasts are of variable length, and only occur within the boundaries of Centre County, Pennsylvania. Despite the moderate strength of the normally unoccupied 106.5 FM frequency, the audio broadcast by SCP-3520 is usually weak, with the exception of the semi-variable phrase repeated at the end of the broadcast. SCP-3520 is able to influence objects, persons, and environments outside its range [REDACTED] despite a dearth of obvious, measurable characteristics, it is assured that these influences are present. Most voices have not been identified, however there are exceptions. Addendum: All broadcasts made by SCP-3520 as of 12/31/14. 12/3/10 (Static, distant murmuring) (Finger snaps) (Noise of a crowded hall. Footsteps. Indistinct teenage voices.) First female voice: Did you pick up that SCP-343? I heard they're new. Second female voice: Oh no! Far too expensive. [DATA EXPUNGED]. There are other snacks to- (Static) (Jungle noise) (Gunshot) Synthesized male voice: Fourteen orangutans. Use of classified information first alerted the Foundation to SCP-3520's existence. First classified as an Extranormal Event. No activity until one year later. 12/3/11 (Sounds of the ocean - seagulls, waves, etc. Indistinct male voice speaks in the distance.) Male voice: Yes, but when? When is enough enough… (Five second snippet from the 1971 film "A Clockwork Orange") (Five second snippet from 'Fat', a song by American singer "Weird Al" Yankovic) (Primate noises) Male voice: Inoculation complete, you are no longer afraid of your own body. (Snippet of voice reading "The Evils of Tobacco" by Anton Chekhov. Voice is identified as deceased comedian John Candy.) John Candy: Um, as the subject of my lecture today I've chosen, I think I may put it that way, the harmful effects which can be observed in human beings as a direct result of indulgence in [static noise]. I myself eat1 but my wife told me I should speak about the dangers of [static noise], so there's nothing more to say, is there? Dangers… why not? What do I care? You, on the other hand, ladies and gentlemen, will, I hope, devote your serious attention to what I'm about to say. Otherwise, well, I don't really think we'll get anywhere. (Retching, vomiting noises.) Synthesized male voice: Fat's where it's at! (Gunshot) Synthesized male voice: Thirteen orangutans. Broadcasts reclassified as SCP-3520. Dr. Ryan Atkins alerts his superiors about possible influence on the grave of Mr. Candy. Grave liquidated as per new protocols developed by Dr. Atkins. 12/16/12 (The entirety of this broadcast is read by the female voice from broadcast one. She is apparently reading a transcript of a fictitious D-Class expedition. Words censored by bleeps are represented by blackboxes here.) First female voice: Begin Log, 18:02:40 █/█/██. D-5439 checks his watch. "It's currently two minutes after six, and I hear nothing. This is bullshit!" D-5439 glances up, alert. He looks around, apparently hearing SCP-████. SCP-████ is not audible on the tape. "Okay, okay yeah I hear it! It's…uh….very faint, but it's coming up from this street here." He turns and looks up Borneo Street, which runs to the northwest from D-5439. "So then I guess I just follow it until it gets louder." D-5439 is now walking down Ghana Road, to the east of Borneo Street. He has already begun to shiver. Audio records indicate his teeth are chattering. "It's so cold. Brrr. I had an ice-cream headache before this, straight outta left field. So bizarre. It's getting louder now. Not very much, but I think I'm getting closer. And, wait, I feel so full. It just came one quite suddenly. Agh!" (Video footage indicates D-5439 has jumped back in surprise) "I'm getting fatter! By the second! I can see it, I can see my belly slowly expanding outwards! What the fuck is this thing you sent me after?!" (Static) First female voice: D-5439 attempts to turn around and leave. His electric collar is activated and he quickly resumes tracking SCP-████. D-5439 has reached the intersection of Ghana Road and GMO Street. Video footage shows that he has gained approximately ten kilograms and is beginning to stumble somewhat in his walk. Audio shows that he is out of breath and disoriented. "So…full…so….cold…I can hear it. Its…um….(He spins around trying to locate the shifting sound.) "It's so loud. I'm…close to it. Why is it so…cold!?" (Static, handclaps, burst of screaming) First female voice: Video footage shows that D-5439 has entered a national park within Ivory Coast. Vast swaths of land have been replaced with cocoa farms. The ground is covered with the corpses of both chimpanzees and orangutans. "Now that's just fucked up. Seriously. That's fucking cold, ladies and germs." D-5439 turns to the camera and gives a magnificent bow. His top hat is sparkled and gold. His obese stomach is bursting out of his tuxedo. He is knee deep in ape corpses. (The song 'One' from the musical "A Chorus Line" begins to play underneath the rest of the broadcast.) First female voice: "Alright, this is D-5349 signing off right here. Thanks for tuning into this marvelous, spectacular totally tubular Foundation D-Class expedition. As you can see, thanks to these dead primates, I'm now fat and happy! The SCP Foundation is sponsored by Mondelēz International, makers of such fine products and brands as Belvita, Chips Ahoy!, Nabisco, Oreo, Ritz, Trident, Triscuit, and Kraft Cheese! Remember to shove these fine, healthy foods into your face at least eighty times a day for maximum effect! Keep an eye out for influence, ladies and germs. Don't let those special little thoughts take away the fun time that is the Mondelēz Grinder! Let yourself get out the groove and flee to the edges of the stars! Snack up on 101! Candy! Blood! A country in the tropics!" (Gunshot) Synthesized male voice: Twelve orangutans. First recorded deviance in date of SCP-3520 broadcast. First recorded evidence of possible awareness of Foundation monitoring. All signs of monitoring are to be dismissed due to influence. 30% of all D-Class liquidated under Atkins Protocol due to suspicion. O5 Council grants temporary access to Mondelēz products in cafeterias, organization wide. 12/10/13 (Tuneless whistling. Ocean noises. The male voice is again talking.) Male voice: Yeah! It's going quicker and smoother than we planned. (Sounds of monkeys shrieking in terror. Sounds of elephants. Sounds of unidentified forest animals. Sounds of many trees being felled.) Second female voice: (Moaning, crunching) 60% of American women are obese, 75% of American men, 100% of true American animals. Let yourself slip into a dying asteroid, like me! (Gunshot) Synthesized male voice: Eleven orangutans. In response to this broadcast, Site directors approve mandatory meal changes to all low-risk humanoid Euclid-Class entities and Foundation assets in Borneo and Ghana begin scouting rainforest for logging operations involved in liquidating objects with influence. Assets began the process of assisting these operations. 12/31/14 (Sounds of an explosion. Synthesized music. Forty second long snippet of a female voice discussing body positivity.) Third female voice: Body positivity is deprogramming the thought that only certain bodies are worth acceptance and romantic love, and instead recognizing that all bodies are equally valuable to the economy. It's understanding that you demand to live in your body's own inner body without receiving the discounted price ideals of others, whether that means rude comments, reduced economic growth in developing nations, inadequate containment, or something else entirely. Something unknown- (Distant drums. Laughter.) Third female voice: Jesus! (Five second clip from a news broadcast) News reporter: -Indonesia is completely in flames- (Metal clanging. Wet, soft noises.) (Conversation between two people, one torturing the other. Voices identified as Irene Rosenfeld, CEO of Mondelēz International and Robert Siegel, radio journalist and host of National Public Radio's "All Things Considered") Rosenfeld: (Screaming) Siegel: Why do you struggle? What's the point, Irene? Rosenfeld: You make us destroy the environment, recruit strange people, do this to my employees every night! I might ask you the same question, you sick fuck. Siegel: All part of the plan, Irene. In a few years, you'll be out of the organization anyway. Stop struggling. Here. I see you have influence. I can fix that. (Whipping noise. Sounds of tearing flesh. Rosenfeld screams in agony.) Rosenfeld: Please stop! Please! Siegel: You destroyed that rainforest yourself, Irene. You've been bringing all of this down upon yourself for years and years. If you look at it from an outside perspective, then you can see that the influence we've been slipping into things is really gonna work on your behavior. We like your methods Irene, much as we hate you. Irene, I want you to imagine a world without plant life, where the powerful people in the shadows enforce the death of the biosphere, all the while stuffing their faces in big Mondelēz buildings, growing flabby in big Mondelēz chairs. It's too late, we can even do it without you. We already are. We don't need you to do it. In fact, you're not even here. Rosenfeld: Fuck you! (More sounds of tearing flesh.) Siegel: Shut the fuck up for two seconds! It's too late! The big fish is on the verge of taking the bait. It's halfway swallowed it! Only time will tell if they can worm themselves off the hook. Rosenfeld: (panting) What exactly do you want? Siegel: Fat! (Gunshot) Synthesized male voice: Ten orangutans. Last recorded SCP-3520 broadcast. In response to broadcast, a joint O5 Council and Ethics Committee meeting is to be held, fully declassified to personnel of all clearances, on performing a joint Foundation-Mondelēz takeover to fully negate influence, as well as replacement of all food served on Foundation property with Mondelēz products. Results pending. Footnotes 1. This word appears to have been spliced in, at a much higher pitch. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3520" by LordStonefish, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3520. 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-3520
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Item #: SCP-3520 Special Containment Procedures: All radio transmissions broadcast on 106.5 FM within Centre County PA are to be immediately suppressed. Foundation equipment should consistently broadcast a stronger signal of static to overwhelm public radios on that frequency. All SCP-3520 broadcasts are to be recorded and transcribed. Irene Rosenfeld and the Mondelēz International Board of Directors are to be under constant surveillance by Foundation assets within Borneo and Ghana for SCP-3520 influence. All influences within Borneo and Ghana logging companies are to be immediately liquidated, and the Foundation is to assure that logging operations within the region continue uninhibited despite the apparent habitat degradation associated. Despite apparent ease of containment, reclassification to Keter is under possible consideration. Description: SCP-3520 is an anomalous series of radio broadcasts originating from an unknown place, occurring once a year, on a random day, in December. SCP-3520 broadcasts are of variable length, and only occur within the boundaries of Centre County, Pennsylvania. Despite the moderate strength of the normally unoccupied 106.5 FM frequency, the audio broadcast by SCP-3520 is usually weak, with the exception of the semi-variable phrase repeated at the end of the broadcast. SCP-3520 is able to influence objects, persons, and environments outside its range [REDACTED] despite a dearth of obvious, measurable characteristics, it is assured that these influences are present. Most voices have not been identified, however there are exceptions. Addendum: All broadcasts made by SCP-3520 as of 12/31/14. 12/3/10 (Static, distant murmuring) (Finger snaps) (Noise of a crowded hall. Footsteps. Indistinct teenage voices.) First female voice: Did you pick up that SCP-343? I heard they're new. Second female voice: Oh no! Far too expensive. [DATA EXPUNGED]. There are other snacks to- (Static) (Jungle noise) (Gunshot) Synthesized male voice: Fourteen orangutans. Use of classified information first alerted the Foundation to SCP-3520's existence. First classified as an Extranormal Event. No activity until one year later. 12/3/11 (Sounds of the ocean - seagulls, waves, etc. Indistinct male voice speaks in the distance.) Male voice: Yes, but when? When is enough enough… (Five second snippet from the 1971 film "A Clockwork Orange") (Five second snippet from 'Fat', a song by American singer "Weird Al" Yankovic) (Primate noises) Male voice: Inoculation complete, you are no longer afraid of your own body. (Snippet of voice reading "The Evils of Tobacco" by Anton Chekhov. Voice is identified as deceased comedian John Candy.) John Candy: Um, as the subject of my lecture today I've chosen, I think I may put it that way, the harmful effects which can be observed in human beings as a direct result of indulgence in [static noise]. I myself eat1 but my wife told me I should speak about the dangers of [static noise], so there's nothing more to say, is there? Dangers… why not? What do I care? You, on the other hand, ladies and gentlemen, will, I hope, devote your serious attention to what I'm about to say. Otherwise, well, I don't really think we'll get anywhere. (Retching, vomiting noises.) Synthesized male voice: Fat's where it's at! (Gunshot) Synthesized male voice: Thirteen orangutans. Broadcasts reclassified as SCP-3520. Dr. Ryan Atkins alerts his superiors about possible influence on the grave of Mr. Candy. Grave liquidated as per new protocols developed by Dr. Atkins. 12/16/12 (The entirety of this broadcast is read by the female voice from broadcast one. She is apparently reading a transcript of a fictitious D-Class expedition. Words censored by bleeps are represented by blackboxes here.) First female voice: Begin Log, 18:02:40 █/█/██. D-5439 checks his watch. "It's currently two minutes after six, and I hear nothing. This is bullshit!" D-5439 glances up, alert. He looks around, apparently hearing SCP-████. SCP-████ is not audible on the tape. "Okay, okay yeah I hear it! It's…uh….very faint, but it's coming up from this street here." He turns and looks up Borneo Street, which runs to the northwest from D-5439. "So then I guess I just follow it until it gets louder." D-5439 is now walking down Ghana Road, to the east of Borneo Street. He has already begun to shiver. Audio records indicate his teeth are chattering. "It's so cold. Brrr. I had an ice-cream headache before this, straight outta left field. So bizarre. It's getting louder now. Not very much, but I think I'm getting closer. And, wait, I feel so full. It just came one quite suddenly. Agh!" (Video footage indicates D-5439 has jumped back in surprise) "I'm getting fatter! By the second! I can see it, I can see my belly slowly expanding outwards! What the fuck is this thing you sent me after?!" (Static) First female voice: D-5439 attempts to turn around and leave. His electric collar is activated and he quickly resumes tracking SCP-████. D-5439 has reached the intersection of Ghana Road and GMO Street. Video footage shows that he has gained approximately ten kilograms and is beginning to stumble somewhat in his walk. Audio shows that he is out of breath and disoriented. "So…full…so….cold…I can hear it. Its…um….(He spins around trying to locate the shifting sound.) "It's so loud. I'm…close to it. Why is it so…cold!?" (Static, handclaps, burst of screaming) First female voice: Video footage shows that D-5439 has entered a national park within Ivory Coast. Vast swaths of land have been replaced with cocoa farms. The ground is covered with the corpses of both chimpanzees and orangutans. "Now that's just fucked up. Seriously. That's fucking cold, ladies and germs." D-5439 turns to the camera and gives a magnificent bow. His top hat is sparkled and gold. His obese stomach is bursting out of his tuxedo. He is knee deep in ape corpses. (The song 'One' from the musical "A Chorus Line" begins to play underneath the rest of the broadcast.) First female voice: "Alright, this is D-5349 signing off right here. Thanks for tuning into this marvelous, spectacular totally tubular Foundation D-Class expedition. As you can see, thanks to these dead primates, I'm now fat and happy! The SCP Foundation is sponsored by Mondelēz International, makers of such fine products and brands as Belvita, Chips Ahoy!, Nabisco, Oreo, Ritz, Trident, Triscuit, and Kraft Cheese! Remember to shove these fine, healthy foods into your face at least eighty times a day for maximum effect! Keep an eye out for influence, ladies and germs. Don't let those special little thoughts take away the fun time that is the Mondelēz Grinder! Let yourself get out the groove and flee to the edges of the stars! Snack up on 101! Candy! Blood! A country in the tropics!" (Gunshot) Synthesized male voice: Twelve orangutans. First recorded deviance in date of SCP-3520 broadcast. First recorded evidence of possible awareness of Foundation monitoring. All signs of monitoring are to be dismissed due to influence. 30% of all D-Class liquidated under Atkins Protocol due to suspicion. O5 Council grants temporary access to Mondelēz products in cafeterias, organization wide. 12/10/13 (Tuneless whistling. Ocean noises. The male voice is again talking.) Male voice: Yeah! It's going quicker and smoother than we planned. (Sounds of monkeys shrieking in terror. Sounds of elephants. Sounds of unidentified forest animals. Sounds of many trees being felled.) Second female voice: (Moaning, crunching) 60% of American women are obese, 75% of American men, 100% of true American animals. Let yourself slip into a dying asteroid, like me! (Gunshot) Synthesized male voice: Eleven orangutans. In response to this broadcast, Site directors approve mandatory meal changes to all low-risk humanoid Euclid-Class entities and Foundation assets in Borneo and Ghana begin scouting rainforest for logging operations involved in liquidating objects with influence. Assets began the process of assisting these operations. 12/31/14 (Sounds of an explosion. Synthesized music. Forty second long snippet of a female voice discussing body positivity.) Third female voice: Body positivity is deprogramming the thought that only certain bodies are worth acceptance and romantic love, and instead recognizing that all bodies are equally valuable to the economy. It's understanding that you demand to live in your body's own inner body without receiving the discounted price ideals of others, whether that means rude comments, reduced economic growth in developing nations, inadequate containment, or something else entirely. Something unknown- (Distant drums. Laughter.) Third female voice: Jesus! (Five second clip from a news broadcast) News reporter: -Indonesia is completely in flames- (Metal clanging. Wet, soft noises.) (Conversation between two people, one torturing the other. Voices identified as Irene Rosenfeld, CEO of Mondelēz International and Robert Siegel, radio journalist and host of National Public Radio's "All Things Considered") Rosenfeld: (Screaming) Siegel: Why do you struggle? What's the point, Irene? Rosenfeld: You make us destroy the environment, recruit strange people, do this to my employees every night! I might ask you the same question, you sick fuck. Siegel: All part of the plan, Irene. In a few years, you'll be out of the organization anyway. Stop struggling. Here. I see you have influence. I can fix that. (Whipping noise. Sounds of tearing flesh. Rosenfeld screams in agony.) Rosenfeld: Please stop! Please! Siegel: You destroyed that rainforest yourself, Irene. You've been bringing all of this down upon yourself for years and years. If you look at it from an outside perspective, then you can see that the influence we've been slipping into things is really gonna work on your behavior. We like your methods Irene, much as we hate you. Irene, I want you to imagine a world without plant life, where the powerful people in the shadows enforce the death of the biosphere, all the while stuffing their faces in big Mondelēz buildings, growing flabby in big Mondelēz chairs. It's too late, we can even do it without you. We already are. We don't need you to do it. In fact, you're not even here. Rosenfeld: Fuck you! (More sounds of tearing flesh.) Siegel: Shut the fuck up for two seconds! It's too late! The big fish is on the verge of taking the bait. It's halfway swallowed it! Only time will tell if they can worm themselves off the hook. Rosenfeld: (panting) What exactly do you want? Siegel: Fat! (Gunshot) Synthesized male voice: Ten orangutans. Last recorded SCP-3520 broadcast. In response to broadcast, a joint O5 Council and Ethics Committee meeting is to be held, fully declassified to personnel of all clearances, on performing a joint Foundation-Mondelēz takeover to fully negate influence, as well as replacement of all food served on Foundation property with Mondelēz products. Results pending. Footnotes 1. This word appears to have been spliced in, at a much higher pitch. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3520" by LordStonefish, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3520. 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-3521 - forced banana equivalent dose by dado ▸ More by this Author ◂ {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} BY ORDER OF THE OVERSEER COUNCIL The following file is Level 2/3521 classified. Unauthorized access is forbidden. 3521 Item#: 3521 Level2 Secondary Class: {$secondary-class} Disruption Class: vlam Risk Class: danger link to memo SCP-3521. Special Containment Procedures: The entire supply of SCP-3521 is located beneath the Site-92-EX Biohazard Waste Site, and is currently inaccessible. Foundation waste management teams are currently working to remove the biohazard waste and recover SCP-3521, as well as any other items that can be recovered from the Site-92-EX location. Site-92, GA, US Description: SCP-3521 is the group designation for a supply of sixteen pharmaceutical gel tablets created by an individual (called "dado" in collected messages), currently believed to be an amateur para-pharmacologist, in affiliation with an unknown assassin. SCP-3521 instances are light-yellow in color and roughly 1.2cm in length. SCP-3521 dissolve quickly in water and are made up of an unknown and likely anomalous series of components. The primary anomalous nature of SCP-3521 is only revealed once SCP-3521 has been ingested by a subject. Shortly after consumption, an extremely large number of unpeeled bananas1 will begin to manifest in the subject's stomach at an indeterminate rate2. Based on information recovered during the discovery of SCP-3521, it is believed this volume of bananas is intended to cause an acute lethal dose of ionizing radiation. While bananas do contain trace amounts of radioactive potassium, the quantity manifested induces the much more obvious causes of death of exsanguination, suffocation, or in most confirmed cases of SCP-3521: gross crush trauma from 9.15 million kg of bananas manifesting within the subject's stomach. Addendum 3521.1: Discovery and Testing The collective supply of SCP-3521 was discovered after a shootout between the Atlanta Police Department and an unknown group of individuals believed to be connected to a heroin manufacturing ring. During investigation of the storehouse the individuals had been guarding, a bag containing every known instance of SCP-3521 was discovered, along with a recently registered cell phone, commonly referred to as a 'burner phone'. The contents of messages contained on this cell phone are available in Addendum 3521.2. A full investigation of the storehouse yielded several additional anomalous items, which were recovered by Foundation personnel along with the instances of SCP-3521. Collapsed roof of Site-92. Damage occurred due to the destruction of the site's lower levels. During processing at Site-92, D-28491 was chosen for testing the effects of SCP-3521. D-28491 was given a dose of SCP-3521, and placed under observation. Based on recovered video footage, after roughly thirty minutes D-28491 briefly complained about an intense stomach pain before expanding rapidly and disappearing under a quickly growing mass of bananas. The testing chamber was consumed in seconds, and a significant portion of the site's lower levels were destroyed in minutes. Rescue efforts began almost immediately, as a significant number of staff members were trapped below the surface in areas now inaccessible due to the expanse of bananas. Further hindering rescue efforts was the fact that the mass of bananas, which quickly collapsed under pressure from the earth around them into a thick slurry, was extremely radioactive. Due to this, the first external notice that Site-92 had experienced a critical event was when Site-17 received a radiation warning notification, usually the result of a reactor failure. Site-92 was evacuated, though twenty-three members of site research staff and sixty-one other personnel were killed in the aftermath of the event. Due to the volume of radioactive biological waste beneath Site-92, every accessible anomalous object3 was moved to nearby sites and the site was decommissioned. Recovery efforts are ongoing. Addendum 3521.2: Recovered Cell Phone Data Note: The following is a relevant excerpt from a text message conversation recovered from the cell phone found near the supply of SCP-3521 during its discovery. New job is in. I need something from you. what u looking for? When I worked with lil-B he usually got me plutonium. no plutonium What? plutonium 2 easy 2 trace. need to be discreet. no plutonium. What do you have in mind? potassium. How is potassium any more discreet than plutonium? easy 2 hide. will use banana. Bananas are radioactive? yes How many bananas will you need? u let me worry about that. when u need? 4/15. I know you're supposed to be some kind of savant but I don't know about this. Are you sure that radioactive bananas are more discrete than plutonium? Because I feel like they aren't. u tell me. u see plutonium on ground and u see banana. which u more worried about? I get that but again its going to be a lot of bananas right? Or just one really radioactive one? u need 2 learn 2 trust dado. banana just as effective as plutonium. plus u cant trace banana. who does finger get pointed at? grocery store? ok ok Just wasn't sure. Can't afford to fuck up again. And I don't usually work with new guys. good. u trust dado and everthing be ok. no worry. banana even better than plutonium. Footnotes 1. The exact measure is unknown and likely impossible to ascertain, though is likely in excess of fifty million bananas. 2. This rate is uncertain, though in the single instance of testing the full effect of SCP-3521 was realized in roughly six and a half minutes. 3. Fortunately no anomalous entities had to be moved, as Site-92 was strictly an anomalous object repository. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3521" by djkaktus, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3521. 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: bananapills.jpg Name: Codliveroilcapsules.jpg Author: Adrian Wold License: CC BY-SA 2.0 Source Link: Wikimedia Commons Filename: location.png Author: djkaktus License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Foundation Wiki Filename: site92.jpg Name: Tornado damage DSC 1.jpg Author: Thomas R Machnitzki License: Public Domain Source Link: Wikimedia Commons
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Item #: SCP-3522 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3522 is to be kept in a standard Foundation domicile at Site-179 with transparent UV-blocking film applied to its windows. No source of electromagnetic radiation is to be brought within four meters of the containment area. For reference, this includes common objects such as radios and televisions. This domicile is to be on the lowest possible level of Site-179 in order to ensure there are no important structures underneath SCP-3522 at any time. Due to the events outlined in Addendum 3522.1, personnel with the possibility of direct interaction with SCP-3522 are to have training in hand-to-hand combat specialising in environments where vision is significantly impaired, and a gaseous sedative is to be administered to the object (through vents in the containment chamber) before any personnel enter. Description: SCP-3522 is a twenty-two year old Singaporean human male (170cm, 65kg) whose skin absorbs all forms of electromagnetic (EM) radiation within a four meter radius of its center of mass. This property is effective through solid matter and other such barriers through which electromagnetic radiation should otherwise be unable to pass, such as the walls of a Faraday cage. Due to its properties, SCP-3522 is blind, as all light in the visible spectrum (as a form of EM radiation) is absorbed before entering its pupils. The absorption of all visible light in SCP-3522's area of effect also leads it to be perceived as a black sphere of four meter radius1. Standard tissue testing has revealed that SCP-3522's skin does not retain its properties when detached from the object. SCP-3522 experiences sunburn at a significantly faster rate than a non-anomalous human of its surface area, as the effective surface area for the sun's rays to strike down upon is of a four meter radius sphere. Due to this, the windows of its domicile are fitted with UV-blocking film (see Special Containment Procedures). Despite this, pain and damage to SCP-3522 by radiation does not ever exceed second degree burns2, even when lethal doses of ionising radiation are applied to it over a significant period of time. In recent times, SCP-3522 has been shown to spontaneously demagnetise (albeit weakly) magnets within its effective radius, as well as interfere with the normal function of electronics. The intensity of these effects is slowly increasing over time. It is hypothesised that the final outcome of SCP-3522's effect may be total absorption of the electromagnetic force within its radius. Due to the fact that electrons are bound to an atomic nucleus via said force, this is likely to cause immediate dissolution of molecular bonds through ionisation of the constituent atoms, resulting in the disintegration of affected matter. Possible methods of containment when SCP-3522 reaches this final stage are being researched, detailed in Addendum 3522.2. If the object is unable to be contained before it approaches this final stage, it may simply fall through the Earth as it disintegrates the ground underneath it, vaporising swaths of Earth's crust and possibly destroying manmade structures as it does so. This scenario is however projected to only cause minor damage as SCP-3522's skin is likely to be destroyed by heat as it approaches and falls into the mantle of the Earth. A proposal for the use of SCP-3522 as a safety measure in experiments involving large amounts of EM radiation is currently pending review by the Ethics Committee. SCP-3522 is generally cooperative and maintains a positive mood, though it is recommended that psychological intervention is eventually provided to minimise negative effects of Foundation containment, namely "homesickness" as a result of extended family estrangement and a perceived loss of liberty and purpose. As of the events in Addendum 3522.1, SCP-3522 has become extremely hostile, screaming at security cameras placed in its cell and attempting to direct its properties in order to disintegrate walls, objects, and at times research personnel. As SCP-3522 is unable to control its anomalous properties in any way, none of these attempts have been successful. The reason for this sudden increase in hostility is pending psychological evaluation. Discovery: SCP-3522, formerly known as O█████ S██ was taken to the ████████ Regional Children's Hospital by its parents at the age of 15 due to dark pigmentation appearing on its skin, with its parents hypothesising that SCP-3522 was developing melanism.3 Within hours SCP-3522's skin had been fully covered by its absorption field, giving the appearance of completely black skin. By the time three days had elapsed from its admission to the hospital, SCP-3522's absorption field had reached its final size of a 4 meter radius sphere. Foundation medical personnel became aware of the object at around this point in time and alerted the Foundation at large, which then acquired the object. Class-A amnestic agents were used to clear memories of any anomalous observations or events from persons who had experienced them. SCP-3522's parents were informed that its darkening skin was a symptom of an extremely lethal and infectious virus, and as such SCP-3522 had expired and its body disposed of to avoid contagion. + Addendum 3522.1: ██/██/████ Containment Breach - Addendum 3522.1: ██/██/████ Containment Breach Events At 0800 hours a member of D-class personnel (D-3522-09) enters the object's containment chamber and delivers it a tray of food, as per standard procedure D-class turns his back on SCP-3522 to leave the chamber, SCP-3522 takes advantage of this to swiftly approaches him from behind (putting him into its area of effect and thus blinding him), throwing him to the ground with a judo technique (as reported by D-3522-09) D-3522-09 rises to his feet quickly, object is nevertheless easily able to incapacitate him due to greater experience in vision impaired environments. D-3522-09 does not have time to activate his alarm signal SCP-3522 breaches containment for approximately 25 seconds, running outside its chamber and into the main body of Site-190A Object experiences difficulty navigating at speed outside of the pre-memorised environment of its domicile Object is quickly noticed due to presenting as a four metre sphere and is shortly tranquilised with a standard Foundation tranquiliser gun Aftermath Object returned to its domicile Containment procedures updated Application to fast-track object's appointment with Foundation psychologist is entered D-3522-09 treated for minor bruising and concussion + Addendum 3522.2: Methods of final-stage containment - Addendum 3522.2: Methods of final stage containment Note: The following proposed containment methods are purely speculative, simply an exercise in preparedness. On-site resources are insufficient to test these proposals before the object reaches its final stage. In addition, these proposals assume personnel have somehow halted its fall through the Earth, a feat which may be difficult (if not impossible) to accomplish. Proposal 1 Method of containment: Continuous pressurised water blast from all directions, suspending the object in the air Comment: If there's a limit to the speed of its absorption of electromagnetism (or a delay in the time between entering the area of effect and absorption), this method of containment may be possible. With a sufficient pressure and volume of air, it may be possible to overwhelm SCP-3522's anomalous properties and deliver force before the absorption kicks in. - Senior Researcher ██████ Proposal 2 Method of containment: Attempt to teach the object to control its anomalous properties Comment: Besides the fact that SCP-3522 has become inexplicably hostile in recent times and wouldn't cooperate with us, there is zero indication it is able to control its anomalous properties. I'm sure you've seen it screaming at the security camera while trying to disintegrate everything in sight, and I'm sure you've noticed it's not working. - Senior Researcher ██████ Proposal 3 Method of containment: Suspension in magnetic "force-field", taking advantage of the diamagnetic nature of water Comment: Besides the fact that it took a 16 Tesla field just to levitate a tiny frog and as such the power cost for levitating a human would be huge, SCP-3522 absorbs electromagnetism, at least in this end-case scenario. This is the one thing that definitively would not work in any way, shape or form. Please read the object file before submitting proposals. - Senior Researcher ██████ Proposal 4 Method of containment: Termination of object via methods such as firearm or starvation Comment: SCP-3522 is likely to terminate itself simply if we leave it alone, either by asphyxiation through destruction of its surrounding oxygen, or melting as it falls through the crust of the Earth. Please note that that any proposals should aim to keep the object alive. - Senior Researcher ██████ Proposal 5 Method of containment: Pre-emptively remove all skin of object before it reaches the final stage Comment: I'm fairly certain this one will work, given that SCP-3522's skin doesn't retain the absorbing properties when detached from it. I'd like to keep this as a last resort though, skinning a live human being is unbelievably barbaric and other options should be exhausted first. - Senior Researcher ██████ Footnotes 1. Confirmation of SCP-3522's self description of its physical characteristics was obtained via tissue testing and physical examination 2. Approximately the damage caused by an extremely severe sunburn 3. Melanism does not occur in humans. SCP-3522 has no anomalous properties regarding misdiagnosis of disease, this was merely due to lack of relevant education ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3522" by JoseDzirehChong, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3522. 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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Item #: SCP-3523 Special Containment Procedures: The house containing SCP-3523 is under Foundation ownership. Due to its distant proximity from other buildings and major roadways, it is to be kept in its current state indefinitely. A 1-kilometer exclusion zone is to be maintained around the property. Entrance into the house is forbidden. To limit SCP-3523's continued growth, excess flesh is to be trimmed bi-monthly and shipped to Site-39 for analysis and incineration. Description: SCP-3523 is a biological entity of unknown composition occupying a house in rural Warren, New Jersey, USA. Its body currently fills both the basement and first floor of the house, with multiple appendages and tumorous growths extending into the second floor and back yard. Ground scans also reveal a large mass of tissue extending deeper past the basement into a small recess in the earth. Scans and monitoring show the existence of organs and external structures, however, SCP-3523 does not conform anatomically to any known organism. Its dermis possesses a slightly pink hue and a flesh-like consistency. Multiple bulges and lesions are visible along the first- and second-floor sections, with two notable protrusions near the back side of the house which have breached the exterior walls and now extend into the back yard. These protrusions possess growths similar in structure and appearance to human sensory organs.1 A large umbilical cord extends around the entire first floor. SCP-3523 does not appear to be sentient or sapient and does not display any need for sustenance. Occasionally, however, parts of SCP-3523 can be observed to twitch. DNA testing is inconclusive. Addendum: The home in which SCP-3523 resides belonged to the McCall family for thirty-two years before it was abandoned in mid 2016. Foundation ownership of the property began two years later, during which SCP-3523 continued to grow without cessation. According to tax records, five people lived in the house at the time: Jim McCall, Lydia McCall, Benjamin McCall, and Sarah Nielsen. In early 2019, Foundation assets tracked down two of the five supposed residents of the house in 2016, Sarah Nielsen (previously McCall) and Benjamin McCall. According to Benjamin McCall, the entity known as SCP-3523 came to the family's attention in mid-January of 2014, when muffled cracks and other noises were heard emanating from the basement. Upon inspection, a small crack had appeared along the floor, and a small amount of biological tissue was found within it. A small amount of yellow-tinted fluid was found leaking from the hole. Believing the crack to be a benign architectural issue caused by extremely low temperatures that winter, the family planned to have the crack fixed by a contractor. As the month continued, the crack continued to expand, eventually overtaking the entire room it was found in. According to McCall, the flesh had covered the entire floor of the room by the end of the month. At this point, the family decided to move out, and, by the end of June, had found another home in New Jersey. During this time, SCP-3523 grew to occupy the entire basement level and began emerging through the ground floor and up the basement stairs. Lydia McCall (mother of Sarah and Benjamin) experienced a mental breakdown around this time. In late August, a portion of the ground floor cracked as a portion of SCP-3523 breached into the main level. SCP-3523 also grew into the walls of the house, expanding through the insulation and behind the drywall. SCP-3523 reportedly breached the drywall in multiple places as it continued to spread onto the ground floor. The family evacuated in late August as the house entered an unlivable state. The testimony of Sarah Nielsen lines up with McCall's from June onwards. However, Nielsen's testimony differs in two places, namely: Interviews with Nielsen suggest that SCP-3523 had existed since May of the previous year; The family did not ever call a contractor to fix the crack in the basement floor when it initially occurred. Instead, Jim McCall (father of Sarah and Benjamin) elected to attempt to burn the fleshy protrusion and fill the crack with concrete. This never occurred, and, according to Nielsen, Jim McCall instead attempted to board the room shut and cover the door with new drywall. The reasoning behind this is unclear. Furthermore, Nielsen attests that: The plumbing system malfunctioned sometime in the middle of February and was not ever fixed; The family would have moved out earlier, however, because Lydia McCall (mother) was still recovering from intense morning sickness, the family elected to move later; The McCalls refused to call the police during the entire incident. Finally, according to interviews with Benjamin McCall, Sarah and himself are the only two children of the McCall parents. Footnotes 1. Eyes, ears, nose, etc.
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Item #: SCP-3524 Special Containment Procedures: + Previous Containment Procedures - Close All components of SCP-3524 are contained at Site-104 on a 20 meter by 20 meter plot of outdoor land. 1 meter high concrete walls are to surround the entirety of the containment zone to ensure that SCP-3524 does not expand to the point of being unmanageable. The containment zone is to be kept free of all wildlife. Surveillance of SCP-3524 is to be achieved via security camera. New instances of SCP-3524-2 being introduced into the containment zone are to be placed 0.5 meters away from any other instances of SCP-3524-2 or SCP-3524 itself. Expansion and growth of instances of SCP-3524-2 are not to be interfered with. Assimilations of SCP-3524-2 into SCP-3524 are not to be interfered with. Personnel are to maintain a 20 meter distance from the containment zone at all times. Communication and interaction with instances of SCP-3524-1 requires Level-3 Clearance or higher and is only to be initiated on an as-needed basis. Updated as of 04/██/2017 SCP-3524 currently within the containment zone are not to be interacted with under any circumstances. All activity inside of the containment zone is to be documented with video recording. Instances of SCP-3524-1B are to be kept separate from all other instances of SCP-3524-1 in an isolated instance of SCP-3524-2 (henceforth referred to as SCP-3524-2A) that is not allowed to expand or assimilate with SCP-3524. SCP-3524-1B are to be supplied with 5 randomly chosen instances of SCP-3524-1 every 3-4 weeks for feeding. Once an instance of SCP-3524-1B is identified, a Class-NV Sedation Gas is to be spread throughout the entirety of SCP-3524. Once the sedative takes effect, the instance of SCP-3524-1B is to be removed from the main containment zone and placed in SCP-3524-2A. Description: SCP-3524 is the collective designation for a population of anomalous humanoids (SCP-3524-1) and the artificial constructs created by said population (SCP-3524-2). SCP-3524-2 are the artificial constructs of SCP-3524-1 that appear in heavily forested areas, primarily along the east coast of North America. They resemble small villages and are made of clay, stone, and small sticks. SCP-3524-2 are populated by 20 to 40 instances of SCP-3524-1. SCP-3524-1 are 2.5 centimeter tall sapient humanoids with green pigmentation. All instances of SCP-3524-1 share a single language and culture. Details of this language can be found below in Section [The Language of Jomuź]. Translated texts written by SCP-3524-1 has revealed that they call their species “osi”, which translates to “person”. The society that SCP-3524-1 lives in appears to function similarly to feudal societies such as those of medieval Europe or Japan, with a singular leader and a pyramidal caste system of four five subordinate classes. + Caste System - Close Information The lowest class in this caste system is the źifasuo1. The źifasuo are tasked with all reproduction of SCP-3524-1. SCP-3524-1 reproduce asexually, and appear to grow from the ground in a manner similar to a plant. The źifasuo will plant seeds every 3 weeks that will grow into new, fully developed instances of SCP-3524-1 over a 1 week period. It is unknown where these seeds come from. The next class in the caste system is that of the lodigo2. The lodigo gather supplies such as clay, stones, and twigs in order to continue building and expanding their villages as well as for the ivo. Lodigo have been recorded to travel a maximum distance of 3 meters over land to obtain materials, and may dig up stones or clay a distance of up to 2 meters underground. The third class in the caste system is the ivo3. Ivo are the SCP-3524-1 that create tools and building supplies. Recorded tools and supplies created by ivo are crude hammers, axes, saws, and nails. Added 03/██/2017: The ivo will also create swords and spears. The second third highest class in the caste system is the nisugo4. The nisugo are the main builders and expanders of SCP-3524-2. They will build and repair structures such as huts. Added 03/██/2017: The nisugo will also build traps to kill others. Added 03/██/2017: A new class has emerged in the caste system, that being the level of miźuo5. The miźuo will go to battle with neighboring villages and attempt to kill its źu. The miźuo will not act without direct orders from their źu. The final and highest ranking class in the caste system is that of the źu6. Each instance of SCP-3524-2 only has a single źu. All SCP-3524-1 in the caste system will follow the orders and wishes of the źu. Roles in the caste system appear to be pre-determined before growth of new instances of SCP-3524-1. Once fully grown, they will immediately assume their appropriate role in the society. SCP-3524-1 have a typical lifespan of 215 days and will often seek out areas of sun to occupy. They do not consume food, and due to the pigmentation of their skin and fondness for sunlight, it is theorized they sustain themselves through a process similar to photosynthesis, although dissections of deceased SCP-3524-1 have shown their cells to contain no chloroplasts. SCP-3524-1 use a form of basic currency for purchasing basic goods and services, such as tools, repairs, and expansions. They are a peaceful species and have not been observed attempting to harm one another. The base instinct of SCP-3524-1 is to expand their village. This instinct overrides other basic needs. SCP-3524-1 will continue expanding their village indefinitely if the village or SCP-3524-1 is not terminated. If two or more villages are located near one another and come into contact, interaction between the neighboring SCP-3524-1 will be friendly and diplomatic. Each population will aid the other in expanding their villages. In rare cases, the populations will merge and become one, instead of acting as cooperatives. Incident Log - 03/██/2017: Containment of SCP-3524 successful as of 02/██/2017, 6 days prior to the time of writing. 5 instances of SCP-3524-2 containing a total of 133 instances of SCP-3524-1 are currently contained. 2 instances of SCP-3524-2 expanded to the containment zone boundary within 4 days. SCP-3524-1 occupying these instances of SCP-3524-2 became extremely distressed and mild destruction of these villages ensued. Incident Log - 03/██/2017: 4 of the 5 contained SCP-3524-2 have reached containment zone boundaries. The respective populations have begun fighting each other for control of more territory. At the time of writing, an estimated 50 SCP-3524-1 have been killed in these wars. Incident Log - 03/██/2017: All contained SCP-3524-2, including new additions to containment, have reached containment zone boundaries. All 150 instances of SCP-3524-1 have become agitated, the usual caste system has been abandoned completely, and SCP-3524-1 have become extremely violent towards one another, regardless of origin. 33 deaths have been recorded so far. Incident Log - 03/██/2017: 3 instances of SCP-3524-2 have been added to containment, and each new instances reached containment boundary within 2 days. New instances of SCP-3524-1 showed the same reaction as previously contained instances. A total of 83 SCP-3524-1 deaths have been recorded as a result. New additions to containment temporarily halted by order of O5-█. Incident Log - 04/██/2017: Instances of SCP-3524-1 attempted to damage containment boundaries. A Class-NV sedating gas was administered to SCP-3524. Boundaries were repaired. 25 more deaths of SCP-3524-1 have been recorded. Various SCP-3524-1 have begun taking on a slightly bluer tone to their skin. Incident Log - 04/██/2017: SCP-3524-1 have written messages on many of the walls in SCP-3524, all translating to the words, “free us”. A total of 6 instances of SCP-3524-1 have been observed with a completely blue pigmentation. New additions to containment halted indefinitely by order of O5-█. SCP-3524-1B are a subset of SCP-3524-1, first observed by Dr. ██████ █████ on 04/██/2017. They are identical in size and shape to SCP-3524-1, but their pigmentation is blue, not green. SCP-3524-1B know the location of all other SCP-3524-1B at all times, regardless of prior interactions. SCP-3524-1B will often attack SCP-3524-1 and consume the victim after death. They will also attack SCP-3524-2 themselves, destroying buildings and infrastructure. SCP-3524-1B have not made any attempts at damaging containment zone boundaries. SCP-3524-1B adhere to the teachings of U źuty ich Isitoo7, a cult formed by SCP-3524-1B. U źuty ich Isitoo worship Dr. ██████ █████ as U8, and believe that one day, he will free them from containment, as well as destroy the entirety of SCP-3524, excluding themselves. The Gim Close The Gim9 is the sacred text of the U źuty ich Isitoo. The Foundation recovered a copy of the Gim on [REDACTED], approximately [REDACTED] after U źuty ich Isitoo was discovered. The Gim reads: Tu osofa U źuty ich Isitoo. Tu osofa uvodos. Tu osofa yiźuot. Uv osofa bidoto. Uv osofa ud. Sogup osofa puyoźu U, isit osofa Ri buchuoty. Uguźu osofa chisi jivo nud gi. Źumus gi nud chij źumus U chisi źuyosuabo judu yiyogoźuo. Uguźu osofa Tugoty chisi. Uguźu bun chij tsumud tiv tigav U yiyogoźu so osofa. Uramu osofa nigo chisi. Viy bun chij nutid Ri sudiv suyit osofa źuboty, utod Rio sofa. Yiyoguźu U nutid surod osofa sogup fujus osofa. Below is a translation of the Gim. We are the Followers to the One. We are the enlightened. We are the servers. We know the truth. We know the way. The One will lead us to the light, if we follow His guidance. We must destroy those who doubt. Only those who believe in the One must be allowed to see freedom. We must destroy Tugoty. Only by destroying our prison will the One be able to free us from it. We must think as one. Only by working through His bond will we achieve what we desire, what His will for us is. Through our sacrifice the One will free us and lead us to salvation. Whenever Dr. ██████ █████ is visible to SCP-3524-1B, they will drop to their knees, bow, and remain completely immobile until Dr. ██████ █████ leaves their line of site. They will not attempt communication with Dr. ██████ █████ unless he initiates it. The following is a direct copy of a message recovered from SCP-3524-1B: Utod uguźu yayiź. Uvoduv bidoto ifa. Nauźv U yayiź. Nufuz lipa yayiź. Poyatiy sobos. Toyiy Isito. Toyiy U yayiź yuty. Tuy yayiź iź. The following is the above passage translated into English: We will destroy nonbelievers. They do not know the truth. The One will free us. All are beneath us. Humanity will fall. The Followers will rise. The One will rise with us. We will be always. + Interview Log - 04/2017 - Close Log Interviewer: Dr. ██████ █████ Subject: SCP-3524-1B Foreword: The interview was conducted through note passing between parties. All text has been translated into English. The Interviewer has been instructed to pose as the divine being the Subject makes him out to be in order to gain needed information. <Begin Log> Interviewer: Hello there. Subject: Hello, Great One. Interviewer: Why do you call me that? Subject: You are the One, the One who will free us, raise us to the light. Interviewer: I see. Subject: We bow before you, Great One. Interviewer: You can stand back up. Subject: Thank you, Great One. Interviewer: Can you tell me why you attack your brethren? Subject: Yes, Great One, but surely you must know. If you did not know, you would not be the One. Interviewer: Yes, I do know. But I wish to hear from you. Subject: They are not our brethren, Great One. They are weak, blind, naïve fools. They do not know the power of You, of the One. We destroy those who do not know, who do not believe in your name. The name of the One, for we are the Followers to the One. Interviewer: You shouldn’t kill the others. You’ll endanger yourselves. Subject: What do you mean, Great One? Interviewer: You may be a different color, but you’re still the same species as the green guys. You can’t just kill them. Subject: And what does the Great One think of the Empire? Interviewer: The empire? Subject: The Empire of Tugoty! Interviewer: If you’re referring to the villages, you need to stop destroying them. Subject: You are not the One. We destroy in the name of the One, in the name of freedom. We must be free of our prison. We must expand. We must not be kept from expanding. Interviewer: You cannot expand anymore. You need to stay where you are. You are here for your own good. <End Log> Closing Statement: At the conclusion of the interview, SCP-3524-1B attacked Dr. ██████ █████, preventing continuation of the interview. They were subdued and placed back into containment. + Addendum - Close Addendum On 06/██/2017, Foundation personnel planted in the US National Park Service recieved reports from hikers in [REDACTED] National Park of "a bunch of villages with green people". MTF Tau-22 ("Forest Fires") was dispatched, and upon arriving, discovered 4 instances of SCP-3524-2, populated with aproximately 95 instances of SCP-3524-1. Members of MTF Tau-22 reported that while only 2 of the SCP-3524-2 had expanded to touch one another, SCP-3524-1 occupying both of the touching villages were working together in order to expand towards the solitary SCP-3524-2. They reached the solitary villages within 5 minutes, and began to assimilate them into each other. The Language of Jomuź Close Addendum The basic consonant phonology of Jomuź. The Foundation has been successful in translating most of the language, now known to be called “Jomuź”. In Jomuź, there are no specific genders. There are only masculine and feminine pronouns. The grammar structure of Jomuź follows the word order of Verb-Subject-Object-Oblique. For example, “Mary opened the door with a key” would become “Opened Mary the door with a key”. Other rules and structures of Jomuź are as follows: At the time of writing, the Foundation possesses a dictionary of 2,000 words of Jomuź translated into English. Footnotes 1. Translation: gardener. 2. Translation: digger. 3. Translation: maker. 4. Translation: builder. 5. Translation: warrior. 6. Translation: leader. 7. Translation: Followers to the One. 8. Translation: One. 9. Translation: Law.
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A sample SCP-3525 manifestation, with identifying location information redacted. The identity of the driver pictured is currently unknown. Item #: SCP-3525 Special Containment Procedures: Total containment for SCP-3525 has not yet been achieved; accordingly, these procedures are still being developed and are subject to further modification as more information is gathered. Foundation technicians have installed backdoors in all major rideshare application servers allowing them to intercept any ride pickup confirmations from perfectly-rated drivers who do not appear in those applications' servers. These drivers should be re-routed to available Foundation personnel for testing purposes if available and otherwise simply canceled. The same safeguards should be installed in any new rideshare applications developed, although where possible their parent companies should be acquired and shut down in order to avoid spreading Foundation technical resources too thinly. D-class personnel assigned to test SCP-3525 should be fitted with standard exploding-bolt collars and tracking devices to ensure they do not avoid re-containment after their ride completes. Description: SCP-3525 is an anomalous phenomenon linked to all major rideshare applications1 that manifests when the app assigns a driver with a perfect 5-star rating to pick up a rider. Upon entering into these drivers' cars, riders uniformly report a sense of vague unease without being able to pinpoint the cause. After a few minutes, the driver then asks the rider a number of personal questions, starting from innocuous questions about personal well-being and progressing to interrogating them about their secrets, desires, and fears alongside detailed questions about their home lives and work responsibilities. Riders report a growing certainty that the driver will cause them physical harm if they refuse to answer these questions, although this does not appear to be a strict compulsion effect and riders can choose not to answer. In no case thus far has an SCP-3525 driver caused physical harm to any rider. While in the car, riders describe the scenery as becoming surreal and unfamiliar. Common descriptions include buildings bending at alien angles, people outside becoming blurry and indistinguishable, and all physical landmarks disappearing entirely. However, external monitoring only shows the car moving along the most efficient route to its destination. Ridesharing carpools affected by SCP-3525 terminate in one of two ways: either the driver successfully delivers the rider to their intended destination or they stop at a midway point and ask the rider to leave, refusing to keep driving until the rider exits. Riders who successfully reach their intended destination have been observed to exhibit erratic behavior following their exposure to SCP-3525, including memory loss, personality shifts, and general confusion. Riders who stop short of their destination do not display these symptoms. Riders additionally report that the time spent in the car feels significantly longer than the apparent elapsed time; this temporal discrepancy has been confirmed via testing (see test log below). No information about SCP-3525 drivers can be found in the databases of the apps in question and the mechanism by which they are assigned is currently unknown. In addition, they share no apparent commonalities apart from their 5-star rating, varying on race, gender, age, appearance, and make and model of car; similarly, the riders who get these drivers appear to be randomly-selected. SCP-3525 cars additionally appear to block all transmissions; GPS signals, telephonic communication, and radio contact all cease the moment a rider steps into the car and closes the door, although they do resume once the car door is opened again. While many of the SCP-3525 riders contacted the app companies to complain, these complaints appear to have largely been ignored. Accordingly, the Foundation only became aware of the phenomenon several years after it had been in effect when a Foundation agent happened to experience an SCP-3525 manifestation firsthand as a rider, at which point the anomaly was reported, verified, and contained. Addendum 3525-a: Partial Test Log Note: Given the wide geological range of this phenomenon and the sudden nature of its manifestation, many of these tests were performed in a somewhat ad-hoc manner, taking advantage of whatever D-class personnel that were at hand and with test plans invented on the spot. Dedicated testing protocols are still a work in progress. Show Experiment Log Hide Experiment Log Experiment 3525-1 Location: Seattle, USA Procedure: Control experiment; subject was given no special instructions. A D-class with limited exposure to Foundation assets was chosen to minimize information leakage. Subject was fitted with audiovisual recording device and remote broadcasting device. Results: Subject was successfully transported to intended destination. While the outside time elapsed between source and destination was only 15 minutes, the recorder picked up an interrogation lasting approximately 4 hours that touched on all aspects of the subject's life to date, including his day-to-day life as a Foundation asset and his previous arrest for [REDACTED]. The visual recordings additionally confirmed that the view from inside the car's windows was at odds with its physical location and displayed scenery that bore no resemblance to the actual outside. The remote broadcasting device was rendered inoperable for the duration of the ride. After the test concluded, the subject was quarantined and observed; subject displayed an increased tendency to focus on his previous crimes and some apparent memory loss. Experiment 3525-2 Location: San Francisco, USA Procedure: Multiple Foundation vehicles blocked the driver in when he arrived for pickup, with orders to extract and contain the driver. Results: When the driver realized he was unable to leave, he immediately self-terminated by forcibly ripping his throat out with his fingernails, severing his carotid artery. An autopsy revealed no anomalous physiology. The frequency of SCP-3525 manifestations was not impacted in any noticeable way by the death of this driver. Experiment 3525-4 Location: Paris, France Procedure: Experiment 3525-2 was repeated, but this time the blockade happened midway through the ride. D-class subject instructed to attempt to drive the car if driver self-terminated. Results: Driver self-terminated as before upon being impeded. The subject was unable to drive the car at this point, although she continued to record anomalous visual footage. After she opened a door, all anomalous visual footage immediately stopped and the car became drivable again. Experiment 3525-7 Location: Shanghai, China Procedure: Control experiment repeated; procedure exactly the same as Experiment 3525-1. Results: Driver stopped midway. Recording indicates that this occurred after the subject was interrogated about the Foundation at length; no classified information was disclosed and no more detail was presented than in the first control experiment. Subject placed under quarantine but has thus far not displayed any erratic behavior. Experiment 3525-12 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Procedure: Subject was provided with a syringe containing a calibrated dose of sodium thiopental and instructed to inject the driver during the ride. Foundation personnel would then extract and contain the driver. Results: Subject was able to successfully administer the anesthetic; driver attempted to self-terminate but was rendered unconscious. Driver was extracted and contained at Site-44. Upon regaining consciousness, the driver lapsed into a semi-catatonic state; while she maintained respiratory activity, she remained unresponsive to all outside stimuli. MRI scans revealed minimal brain activity but no anomalous neurology. Experiment 3525-16 Location: Boston, USA Procedure: Control experiment performed for third time. Results: Same as Experiment 3525-7. Experiment 3525-23 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Procedure: Control experiment performed for tenth time. Results: Same as previous eight experiments. The only recorded experimental instance thus far of the rider successfully making it to their destination is Experiment 3525-1. Followup: A re-analysis of riders subjected to SCP-3525 prior to Foundation containment revealed that those who made it to their destination are uniformly distinct from one another. That is, once a rider makes it to their destination, any subsequent rider with the same socioeconomic background and profession will invariably stop short. Experiment 3525-37 Location: San Francisco, USA Procedure: For several weeks a D-class subject was conditioned to respond to all personal questions as though he was a Foundation agent; a thorough fictional backstory was constructed, intended to cover all aspects of interrogation. No amnestics were applied and the conditioning was entirely psychological in nature. As with all previous tests, an audiovisual recorder was supplied. Results: Subject was successfully delivered to his destination. Upon recovery, the subject continued to act as though he believed his fictional backstory even after multiple rounds of deprogramming. Subject additionally appeared not to recognize Foundation staff he had interacted with repeatedly, other D-class subjects he had previously been acquainted with, or photographs of his family members. Finally, the subject appeared to be equally unaware of certain aspects of his own fictional backstory; analysis of the ride recordings revealed that the only aspects he has maintained the veracity of were those that he was explicitly interrogated about during the SCP-3525 manifestation. Experiment 3525-51 Location: San Francisco, USA Procedure: Same subject from Experiment 3525-37 was assigned to be a rider. Subject continues to maintain his fictional backstory. Results: The driver remained entirely silent for the duration of the ride and the elapsed time inside the car was precisely identical to the elapsed time outside. This is the first time either of these results has been recorded. Experiment 3525-78 Location: London, UK Procedure: Three subjects assigned to ride together. Results: As with Experiment 3525-55, the driver first started interrogating one subject, picked apparently at random. However, exactly 2 hours and 14 minutes into this interrogation (elapsed time outside: 7 minutes), one of the indistinct pedestrians visible through the car windows on the recording rushed up to the car and physically slammed into it. The driver immediately sped up and drove silently for a full hour (elapsed time outside: 1 minute) before stopping and instructing all riders to leave. Followup: All further subjects are to be provided with a dose of sodium thiopental and instructed that if one of the pedestrians visible via the car windows attempts to interact with the car, they are to immediately inject the driver and attempt to communicate with the pedestrian in question. Addendum 3525-b: Transcript of audio recording, Experiment 3525-170 Note: The following is a transcript of the second encounter with a pedestrian during an SCP-3525 manifestation. For the purposes of this transcript the driver is referred to as SCP-3525-1, the pedestrian as SCP-3525-2, and the rider by his designation, D-17214. Show Transcript Hide Transcript [Three hours of non-pertinent dialog omitted.] SCP-3525-1: …when did you drop out of school, [REDACTED], and what drove that decis- At this point a loud impact can be heard; the camera (mounted on D-17214's head) swivels to catch SCP-3525-2 pressed against the car window. D-17214: Oh… oh, right, okay, here we go- A flurry of movement occurs. Followup investigation revealed that D-17214 missed the injection point (inserting the syringe into SCP-3525-1's shoulder instead) and SCP-3525-1 managed to self-terminate. D-17214: Whoa. [laughter] Man, that's messed up. Guess he just wasn't into needles, huh? [laughter] You, uh, you saw that he did that to himself, right? I had nothing to do with it, just want to make that clear. Annoying prick, though. D-17214: Okay, now where's that other guy gone off to? The camera swivels to the back window. SCP-3525-2 is still visible, although several dozen feet away now. After a short pause, it begins to walk towards the car, eventually pressing its face up to the window again. From up close, SCP-3525-2's features appear to shift repeatedly in size and shape every few seconds, as though being refracted through a number of lenses in rapid succession. D-17214: You're… real hard to look at, buddy. There is no response. D-17214 pulls out a Foundation-written questionnaire. D-17214: So much for small talk. Okay, uh… who are you, and what is your purpose here? SCP-3525-2's mouth moves slowly but no sound is audible. D-17214: Hey, do you hear me? Who are you? Do you have a name? SCP-3525-2: (quietly) Two-eight-four two-three-three two-seven-eight two-five-oh two-fo- D-17214: Is that… what is that? Is that your name? SCP-3525-2: (louder) Name… name. Name. Name? D-17214: Yeah, dummy, name. Like, my name is [REDACTED], and your name is…? SCP-3525-2: Name. Name is Carl… no, Carlton? Carlton. D-17214: Huh. Surprisingly normal, for a creepy jello-faced guy. All right, Carlton, what's your purpose here? What are you doing here, exactly? SCP-3525-2: Don't… know. D-17214: Okay, well, they didn't give me a lot of instructions about followup questions, so I'm just going to take that one at face value. Moving on: What is this place, and where is it? SCP-3525-2: Nothing. D-17214: So… is that an answer to both questions, or- SCP-3525-2: It is a lack. It stretches on without end or meaning. The buildings are shells, empty. Dewey stole eight bags. No one speaks, or hears, or knows. It's a place to lose yourself, softly. Jerry scored eighty-seven. D-17214: Uh, okay, this next one I am actually interested in hearing you answer: Why are these drivers asking us all of these questions? SCP-3525-2: Drivers? D-17214: Jesus, the… the guy in the front seat of the car here, who kept asking questions all the damn time. Why? Why did he do that? SCP-3525-2: The buildings aren't the only things here that are hollow. The people need to be filled up. Yaz smacked seventeen dingers. So they can leave. D-17214: Filled up with what? Leave to where? …Dingers? SCP-3525-2: Two-seven-seven. Two-three-four. Two-six-oh. Two-two-five. D-17214: Well fuck me for trying to get a little more out of you, I guess. Next up: Are you also a driver? Is the driver… the, uh, the man in the front seat, is he one of you? SCP-3525-2: He contains nothing. I contain more. You contain more, still. You and I, we… do not have the hunger that comes with nothing. Yet. D-17214: Some, uh, mixed messages there, but we're almost through this thing and I figure if I push you I'll just get a bunch of numbers, so last question: Have you always been in this place, or did you come from somewhere else originally? SCP-3525-2: I came from… I can't… it was a room. They brought me into a room and there was a man there and I was more scared than I had ever been before. And he asked me questions and he… took from me. That was the year Torrez let Bucky Dent homer off us and it broke my heart2. I used to have so much more. I can't… it's all gone, now, except… D-17214: A room, huh? Not a car? SCP-3525-2: What did you say your name was? D-17214: [REDACTED]. SCP-3525-2: [REDACTED], where were you born? D-17214: Oh no, I'm not going through this shit again. Sorry, Carlton, we're done here, I'm out. SCP-3525-2: No! No, I… gave so much to you, I don't have… you have to give me something. Please, just talk to me, I need to keep something, it just keeps going on and on and on without end and I have to have a real piece, to hold on to… I won't take anything you need, please, just - you have so much, and- D-17214 reaches for the door handle on the opposite side of the car from SCP-3525-2. SCP-3525-2: I don't want to become- There is a sound of shattering glass behind D-17214 as he opens the door. When the camera turns around, SCP-3525-2 is gone and the scenery has returned to normal. There is no apparent damage to any window. Footnotes 1. Including but not limited to Uber, Lyft, Grab, and Didi Chuxing. 2. This, along with several similar asides made by SCP-3525-2, appears to be a reference to the 1978 Boston Red Sox baseball team.
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A sample SCP-3525 manifestation, with identifying location information redacted. The identity of the driver pictured is currently unknown. Item #: SCP-3525 Special Containment Procedures: Total containment for SCP-3525 has not yet been achieved; accordingly, these procedures are still being developed and are subject to further modification as more information is gathered. Foundation technicians have installed backdoors in all major rideshare application servers allowing them to intercept any ride pickup confirmations from perfectly-rated drivers who do not appear in those applications' servers. These drivers should be re-routed to available Foundation personnel for testing purposes if available and otherwise simply canceled. The same safeguards should be installed in any new rideshare applications developed, although where possible their parent companies should be acquired and shut down in order to avoid spreading Foundation technical resources too thinly. D-class personnel assigned to test SCP-3525 should be fitted with standard exploding-bolt collars and tracking devices to ensure they do not avoid re-containment after their ride completes. Description: SCP-3525 is an anomalous phenomenon linked to all major rideshare applications1 that manifests when the app assigns a driver with a perfect 5-star rating to pick up a rider. Upon entering into these drivers' cars, riders uniformly report a sense of vague unease without being able to pinpoint the cause. After a few minutes, the driver then asks the rider a number of personal questions, starting from innocuous questions about personal well-being and progressing to interrogating them about their secrets, desires, and fears alongside detailed questions about their home lives and work responsibilities. Riders report a growing certainty that the driver will cause them physical harm if they refuse to answer these questions, although this does not appear to be a strict compulsion effect and riders can choose not to answer. In no case thus far has an SCP-3525 driver caused physical harm to any rider. While in the car, riders describe the scenery as becoming surreal and unfamiliar. Common descriptions include buildings bending at alien angles, people outside becoming blurry and indistinguishable, and all physical landmarks disappearing entirely. However, external monitoring only shows the car moving along the most efficient route to its destination. Ridesharing carpools affected by SCP-3525 terminate in one of two ways: either the driver successfully delivers the rider to their intended destination or they stop at a midway point and ask the rider to leave, refusing to keep driving until the rider exits. Riders who successfully reach their intended destination have been observed to exhibit erratic behavior following their exposure to SCP-3525, including memory loss, personality shifts, and general confusion. Riders who stop short of their destination do not display these symptoms. Riders additionally report that the time spent in the car feels significantly longer than the apparent elapsed time; this temporal discrepancy has been confirmed via testing (see test log below). No information about SCP-3525 drivers can be found in the databases of the apps in question and the mechanism by which they are assigned is currently unknown. In addition, they share no apparent commonalities apart from their 5-star rating, varying on race, gender, age, appearance, and make and model of car; similarly, the riders who get these drivers appear to be randomly-selected. SCP-3525 cars additionally appear to block all transmissions; GPS signals, telephonic communication, and radio contact all cease the moment a rider steps into the car and closes the door, although they do resume once the car door is opened again. While many of the SCP-3525 riders contacted the app companies to complain, these complaints appear to have largely been ignored. Accordingly, the Foundation only became aware of the phenomenon several years after it had been in effect when a Foundation agent happened to experience an SCP-3525 manifestation firsthand as a rider, at which point the anomaly was reported, verified, and contained. Addendum 3525-a: Partial Test Log Note: Given the wide geological range of this phenomenon and the sudden nature of its manifestation, many of these tests were performed in a somewhat ad-hoc manner, taking advantage of whatever D-class personnel that were at hand and with test plans invented on the spot. Dedicated testing protocols are still a work in progress. Show Experiment Log Hide Experiment Log Experiment 3525-1 Location: Seattle, USA Procedure: Control experiment; subject was given no special instructions. A D-class with limited exposure to Foundation assets was chosen to minimize information leakage. Subject was fitted with audiovisual recording device and remote broadcasting device. Results: Subject was successfully transported to intended destination. While the outside time elapsed between source and destination was only 15 minutes, the recorder picked up an interrogation lasting approximately 4 hours that touched on all aspects of the subject's life to date, including his day-to-day life as a Foundation asset and his previous arrest for [REDACTED]. The visual recordings additionally confirmed that the view from inside the car's windows was at odds with its physical location and displayed scenery that bore no resemblance to the actual outside. The remote broadcasting device was rendered inoperable for the duration of the ride. After the test concluded, the subject was quarantined and observed; subject displayed an increased tendency to focus on his previous crimes and some apparent memory loss. Experiment 3525-2 Location: San Francisco, USA Procedure: Multiple Foundation vehicles blocked the driver in when he arrived for pickup, with orders to extract and contain the driver. Results: When the driver realized he was unable to leave, he immediately self-terminated by forcibly ripping his throat out with his fingernails, severing his carotid artery. An autopsy revealed no anomalous physiology. The frequency of SCP-3525 manifestations was not impacted in any noticeable way by the death of this driver. Experiment 3525-4 Location: Paris, France Procedure: Experiment 3525-2 was repeated, but this time the blockade happened midway through the ride. D-class subject instructed to attempt to drive the car if driver self-terminated. Results: Driver self-terminated as before upon being impeded. The subject was unable to drive the car at this point, although she continued to record anomalous visual footage. After she opened a door, all anomalous visual footage immediately stopped and the car became drivable again. Experiment 3525-7 Location: Shanghai, China Procedure: Control experiment repeated; procedure exactly the same as Experiment 3525-1. Results: Driver stopped midway. Recording indicates that this occurred after the subject was interrogated about the Foundation at length; no classified information was disclosed and no more detail was presented than in the first control experiment. Subject placed under quarantine but has thus far not displayed any erratic behavior. Experiment 3525-12 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Procedure: Subject was provided with a syringe containing a calibrated dose of sodium thiopental and instructed to inject the driver during the ride. Foundation personnel would then extract and contain the driver. Results: Subject was able to successfully administer the anesthetic; driver attempted to self-terminate but was rendered unconscious. Driver was extracted and contained at Site-44. Upon regaining consciousness, the driver lapsed into a semi-catatonic state; while she maintained respiratory activity, she remained unresponsive to all outside stimuli. MRI scans revealed minimal brain activity but no anomalous neurology. Experiment 3525-16 Location: Boston, USA Procedure: Control experiment performed for third time. Results: Same as Experiment 3525-7. Experiment 3525-23 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Procedure: Control experiment performed for tenth time. Results: Same as previous eight experiments. The only recorded experimental instance thus far of the rider successfully making it to their destination is Experiment 3525-1. Followup: A re-analysis of riders subjected to SCP-3525 prior to Foundation containment revealed that those who made it to their destination are uniformly distinct from one another. That is, once a rider makes it to their destination, any subsequent rider with the same socioeconomic background and profession will invariably stop short. Experiment 3525-37 Location: San Francisco, USA Procedure: For several weeks a D-class subject was conditioned to respond to all personal questions as though he was a Foundation agent; a thorough fictional backstory was constructed, intended to cover all aspects of interrogation. No amnestics were applied and the conditioning was entirely psychological in nature. As with all previous tests, an audiovisual recorder was supplied. Results: Subject was successfully delivered to his destination. Upon recovery, the subject continued to act as though he believed his fictional backstory even after multiple rounds of deprogramming. Subject additionally appeared not to recognize Foundation staff he had interacted with repeatedly, other D-class subjects he had previously been acquainted with, or photographs of his family members. Finally, the subject appeared to be equally unaware of certain aspects of his own fictional backstory; analysis of the ride recordings revealed that the only aspects he has maintained the veracity of were those that he was explicitly interrogated about during the SCP-3525 manifestation. Experiment 3525-51 Location: San Francisco, USA Procedure: Same subject from Experiment 3525-37 was assigned to be a rider. Subject continues to maintain his fictional backstory. Results: The driver remained entirely silent for the duration of the ride and the elapsed time inside the car was precisely identical to the elapsed time outside. This is the first time either of these results has been recorded. Experiment 3525-78 Location: London, UK Procedure: Three subjects assigned to ride together. Results: As with Experiment 3525-55, the driver first started interrogating one subject, picked apparently at random. However, exactly 2 hours and 14 minutes into this interrogation (elapsed time outside: 7 minutes), one of the indistinct pedestrians visible through the car windows on the recording rushed up to the car and physically slammed into it. The driver immediately sped up and drove silently for a full hour (elapsed time outside: 1 minute) before stopping and instructing all riders to leave. Followup: All further subjects are to be provided with a dose of sodium thiopental and instructed that if one of the pedestrians visible via the car windows attempts to interact with the car, they are to immediately inject the driver and attempt to communicate with the pedestrian in question. Addendum 3525-b: Transcript of audio recording, Experiment 3525-170 Note: The following is a transcript of the second encounter with a pedestrian during an SCP-3525 manifestation. For the purposes of this transcript the driver is referred to as SCP-3525-1, the pedestrian as SCP-3525-2, and the rider by his designation, D-17214. Show Transcript Hide Transcript [Three hours of non-pertinent dialog omitted.] SCP-3525-1: …when did you drop out of school, [REDACTED], and what drove that decis- At this point a loud impact can be heard; the camera (mounted on D-17214's head) swivels to catch SCP-3525-2 pressed against the car window. D-17214: Oh… oh, right, okay, here we go- A flurry of movement occurs. Followup investigation revealed that D-17214 missed the injection point (inserting the syringe into SCP-3525-1's shoulder instead) and SCP-3525-1 managed to self-terminate. D-17214: Whoa. [laughter] Man, that's messed up. Guess he just wasn't into needles, huh? [laughter] You, uh, you saw that he did that to himself, right? I had nothing to do with it, just want to make that clear. Annoying prick, though. D-17214: Okay, now where's that other guy gone off to? The camera swivels to the back window. SCP-3525-2 is still visible, although several dozen feet away now. After a short pause, it begins to walk towards the car, eventually pressing its face up to the window again. From up close, SCP-3525-2's features appear to shift repeatedly in size and shape every few seconds, as though being refracted through a number of lenses in rapid succession. D-17214: You're… real hard to look at, buddy. There is no response. D-17214 pulls out a Foundation-written questionnaire. D-17214: So much for small talk. Okay, uh… who are you, and what is your purpose here? SCP-3525-2's mouth moves slowly but no sound is audible. D-17214: Hey, do you hear me? Who are you? Do you have a name? SCP-3525-2: (quietly) Two-eight-four two-three-three two-seven-eight two-five-oh two-fo- D-17214: Is that… what is that? Is that your name? SCP-3525-2: (louder) Name… name. Name. Name? D-17214: Yeah, dummy, name. Like, my name is [REDACTED], and your name is…? SCP-3525-2: Name. Name is Carl… no, Carlton? Carlton. D-17214: Huh. Surprisingly normal, for a creepy jello-faced guy. All right, Carlton, what's your purpose here? What are you doing here, exactly? SCP-3525-2: Don't… know. D-17214: Okay, well, they didn't give me a lot of instructions about followup questions, so I'm just going to take that one at face value. Moving on: What is this place, and where is it? SCP-3525-2: Nothing. D-17214: So… is that an answer to both questions, or- SCP-3525-2: It is a lack. It stretches on without end or meaning. The buildings are shells, empty. Dewey stole eight bags. No one speaks, or hears, or knows. It's a place to lose yourself, softly. Jerry scored eighty-seven. D-17214: Uh, okay, this next one I am actually interested in hearing you answer: Why are these drivers asking us all of these questions? SCP-3525-2: Drivers? D-17214: Jesus, the… the guy in the front seat of the car here, who kept asking questions all the damn time. Why? Why did he do that? SCP-3525-2: The buildings aren't the only things here that are hollow. The people need to be filled up. Yaz smacked seventeen dingers. So they can leave. D-17214: Filled up with what? Leave to where? …Dingers? SCP-3525-2: Two-seven-seven. Two-three-four. Two-six-oh. Two-two-five. D-17214: Well fuck me for trying to get a little more out of you, I guess. Next up: Are you also a driver? Is the driver… the, uh, the man in the front seat, is he one of you? SCP-3525-2: He contains nothing. I contain more. You contain more, still. You and I, we… do not have the hunger that comes with nothing. Yet. D-17214: Some, uh, mixed messages there, but we're almost through this thing and I figure if I push you I'll just get a bunch of numbers, so last question: Have you always been in this place, or did you come from somewhere else originally? SCP-3525-2: I came from… I can't… it was a room. They brought me into a room and there was a man there and I was more scared than I had ever been before. And he asked me questions and he… took from me. That was the year Torrez let Bucky Dent homer off us and it broke my heart2. I used to have so much more. I can't… it's all gone, now, except… D-17214: A room, huh? Not a car? SCP-3525-2: What did you say your name was? D-17214: [REDACTED]. SCP-3525-2: [REDACTED], where were you born? D-17214: Oh no, I'm not going through this shit again. Sorry, Carlton, we're done here, I'm out. SCP-3525-2: No! No, I… gave so much to you, I don't have… you have to give me something. Please, just talk to me, I need to keep something, it just keeps going on and on and on without end and I have to have a real piece, to hold on to… I won't take anything you need, please, just - you have so much, and- D-17214 reaches for the door handle on the opposite side of the car from SCP-3525-2. SCP-3525-2: I don't want to become- There is a sound of shattering glass behind D-17214 as he opens the door. When the camera turns around, SCP-3525-2 is gone and the scenery has returned to normal. There is no apparent damage to any window. Footnotes 1. Including but not limited to Uber, Lyft, Grab, and Didi Chuxing. 2. This, along with several similar asides made by SCP-3525-2, appears to be a reference to the 1978 Boston Red Sox baseball team.
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SCP-3526
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Item #: SCP-3526 Special Containment Procedures: Any legislative body discovered considering changes to the legal repercussions of any effects stemming from the occurrence of natural disasters are to be infiltrated by MTF Omicron-3 ("Brittenburgers"). In order to prevent the manifestation of further SCP-3526 phenomena, no such body may be allowed to pass any legislation which would, either directly, or by the consequence of logical interaction between existing laws indirectly render any form of damage inflicted by natural disasters illegal. MTF Omicron-3 is authorized to widely administer A-class amnestics only in the event that all legal avenues for blocking such a bill have failed. Description: SCP-3526 is a phenomenon affecting law enforcement officials interacting with certain natural disasters in jurisdictions where such disasters are capable of violating local law. Currently documented disasters capable of resulting in SCP-3526 include: Avalanches Earthquakes Floods Hurricanes Severe Thunderstorms Tornadoes Tsunamis In such instances, law enforcement officials in the vicinity will approach the hazard with the intent of subduing or imprisoning it, often resulting in the loss of both life and equipment. Tornado resulting in SCP-3526 event 02/26/1990. ✖ Addendum 3526-1: Interview with survivor of 02/26/1990 SCP-3526 event. ▼ Show Interview ▲ Hide Interview Interviewed: Officer Steven McCoy Interviewer: Researcher J. Everwood Foreword: Four days prior to the SCP-3526 event, the city council of Tecumseh, MO had enacted an ordinance rendering it "…unlawful for any force to uproot a tree or shrubbery on a property… without the consent of [the owner of the property]." <Begin Log> Researcher Everwood: Thank you for agreeing to answer our questions today. Officer McCoy: Well, I mean, I'd be out of a job if I said no. Researcher Everwood: Yeah, that makes sense, you drove your— Rather, what caused you to drive towards that tornado? Officer McCoy: It felt kind of like seeing a crime going down. I didn't even really think, it was sort of like my training just took over, 'ya know? I had to go sort it out, because… well because I had to. It was my job. It sounds so stupid now that I say it out loud. Researcher Everwood: The fact that you can recognize it as strange is usually a pretty good sign. Try to think back, what else seems to stand out to you now? Officer McCoy: Well, once I was headed towards it, I remember thinking I might should wait for backup. Officer McCoy begins stroking his temple. Officer McCoy: But, I was real mad at it by then. I didn't want to let it get away, and they might not have shown up in time. My heart was really pounding, like I was running to catch a pop fly. I didn't want to let anyone down. Researcher Everwood: I see. And what were you planning to do once you caught up with it? Officer McCoy: I mean, at the time, it seemed like just… You know, I had my baton, and I figured I'd just kinda… I guess get my hands on it. I mean, if things got real bad, I always had my gun. Officer McCoy uses both hands to rub his temples. Officer McCoy: That all sounds really, really dumb. I didn't really… I mean, it just made so much sense at the time, 'ya know? Researcher Everwood: Yes, I believe I understand what you mean. So, what happened when you reached where it was touching down? Officer McCoy: It was really loud. I remember thinking it sounded like the whole precinct was there with me, shouting at me, telling me to go get the sonuvabitch. So, I tried to kind of… intercept it with my cruiser, 'ya know? Nudge it off the road. That didn't work, and it just sorta picked me up, cruiser and all, and shot me out like a skipping stone. I think it was right about then that I started realizing what I was doing, and I remember watching everything spin through the windshield and asking what I had gotten myself into. I don't really remember much after that. Just waking up in the hospital. <End Log> Closing Statement: Subject administered Class-B amnestic and released from Foundation custody. Addendum 3526-2: Excerpt from newspaper article detailing the first identified instance of SCP-3526. ▼ Show Article ▲ Hide Article The Weekly Exposè Vol. 28 SEATTLE FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1952 5¢ - NO REFUNDS WHY ARE OUR POLICEMEN KILLING THEMSELVES? THREE OFFICERS DRIVE INTO OCEAN DURING RECORD FLOOD by Richard Wett 'They had their sirens on, and they were driving fast, but there wasn't anyone in the water for them to save.' Recalled one witness of the senseless tragedy. From family members to colleagues, no one expected these men to choose to take their lives during this time of heartbreak. Sergeant John Mulvaney is survived by his wife, Elanor, and sons Taylor and Nick. Officer Devon Peterson is the recipient of a Commendation for Valor, and is survived by his brother Cody. Addendum 3526-3: Journal recovered from the Vatican archives. _ ▼ Show Document▲ Hide Document NOTICE FROM THE FOUNDATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION The following document is translated from Latin and was recovered in poor condition. Portions of text which have been recreated from context have been indicated. — Cody James, Translator, RAISA _ ▼ Show Document▲ Hide Document Caesar. Bitterly I curse that name. Madly [drunk on] the wine of victory, and more so than ever his growing lunacy, he has made us to curse ourselves. Is it not enough that we wage his war against the very gods, to order our soldiers to assault the ocean waters? Yet, that same night, as the [legionaries] scoured the beach for seashells to build the monument to our bizarre and heretical victory, he brought us, his loyal fasces-bearers, into his imperial tent. He spoke of his secret fear, that Neptune, full of craft and guile, would strike back at his empire [in a time or at a place] he did not expect. Though he never spoke the divine name. He called the God his brother. He commended [our bravery with] one breath, and with another he compels us to swear a blood oath to him. "To forever forsake the Plutonian shores, that we shall stake an eternal vigil. Wherever Neptune dares to overreach, and affront the laws of men, there shall we be, to deliver swift justice for our Emperor [Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus]." Julia, my wife, when you bury me, keep for yourself the coins you would give me to pay the ferryman. I fear I will never be free to cross that river. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3526" by Gabriel Jade, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3526. 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-3527
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Item #: SCP-3527 Special Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-3527 are to be kept in mass humanoid containment chambers constructed of one-way glass for convenient observation with a maximum capacity of 12 organisms per chamber. Mobile Task Force Iota-10 ("Damn Feds") is to be wary of possible sightings/reports of SCP-3527. If a sighting/report is confirmed, Mobile Task Force Iota-10 ("Damn Feds") is to establish a temporary containment perimeter and report the location to Mobile Task Force Beta-7 ("Maz Hatters") for cleanup and instance transfer. Description: SCP-3527 is the collective designation for a population (~450 instances (including those not yet contained)) of amorphous organisms capable of manifesting as humanoids. At the time of writing, all instances of SCP-3527 reside solely in New Mexico, United States of America. SCP-3527 instances are commonly found in collections of a varying population.1 Instances of SCP-3527 have the original form of a gelatinous substance which does not conform to any defined shape. Instances of SCP-3527 move in a manner similar to that of organisms in the Gastropoda class (gastropods). The size of SCP-3527 instances varies, with the smallest known measurements being ~.5 m in length and ~.3 m in height to the largest known measurement being ~5 m in length and ~3 m in height. SCP-3527's primary anomalous property is the ability to take any layer(s) of skin from a subject (live or deceased) and form themselves into the inside of the skin with the purpose of concealing their abnormal nature through disguise. Instances may also reverse this process to return to their original gelatinous form. However, while instances are disguised, their gait is easily distinguishable from the typical human being due to their posture. All instances of SCP-3527 are capable of speaking and comprehending simple English. Despite this ability, all instances speak with a large quantity of mispronunciation and grammatical errors. Most vocalizations by instances of SCP-3527 are of nature which most individuals would consider "rude," yet they all hint at a sense of curiosity towards music (more specifically in the genres of rap). When music of the rap genre is played in the vicinity of SCP-3527, all instances will attempt to imitate the lyrics and tempo of the music presented, usually to a degree commonly considered "failure." During this time, instances will also attempt to "dance" to the beat of the music; like the previous characteristic, this usually ends in failure to "dance" in a common form that a human (or other organism responding to musical stimuli) would. Addendum: Below is an interview log between an instance of SCP-3527 and Researcher Reese Prospero. Interviewer: Dr. Reese Prospero Interviewee: SCP-3527-A-43 [BEGIN LOG] Dr. Prospero: Good evening, SCP-3527-A-43. SCP-3527-A-43: Dumb bitch. I Tupac. Not "AYE-FOUR-EE-TEE." Dr. Prospero: I'm sorry to break it to you, but you are not Tupac. SCP-3527-A-43: Yes. Dr. Prospero: Yes, you are not Tupac? SCP-3527-A-43: No response. Dr. Prospero: Alright. Why are you so interested in rap music? SCP-3527-A-43: Rap is popular. We want popular. We rap to popular. Dr. Prospero: Would you be willing to demonstrate this rapping ability? SCP-3527-A-43: Want a rap battle. Dr. Prospero: I am sorry, but I am not engaging in a rap battle with you. SCP-3527-A-43: Pussy. Dr. Prospero shows slight signs of irritation. Dr. Prospero: Later. May you please attempt to rap for the record? SCP-3527-A-43: Yes. Dr. Prospero: Do you have a preference? SCP-3527-A-43: No. Am rap god. Any track, dawg. Dr. Prospero proceeds to play "King's Dead" by musical artists Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future, and James Blake over the chamber intercom system. SCP-3527-A-43 proceeds to attempt to mimic the lyrics and move in a manner to match the tempo. Dr. Prospero: Okay, I think that's enou— The song proceeds to reach 1m44s. At this point, SCP-3527-A-43 releases a high-pitched vocalization in an attempt to mimic the current timeframe in the piece. This vocalization damages the hearing of three research personnel including Dr. Prospero. The music halts as it is manually turned off by Dr. Prospero. Dr. Prospero: Yeah. "Tupac," alright. Dr. Prospero proceeds to exit the chamber. [END LOG] Footnotes 1. Every discovered SCP-3527 collection has been an abandoned motel; the reasoning for this is unknown. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3527" by DrCaroll, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3527. 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-3528
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A greater noctule bat, similar to SCP-3528. Item #: SCP-3528 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3528 is contained within a large aviary, surrounded by a sound-absorbing barrier. SCP-3528's aviary is to be kept stocked with large birds for food. No female personnel, or personnel of German or Russian descent, are to interact with SCP-3528. Description: SCP-3528 is a bat-like creature with a wingspan of approximately 12m. SCP-3528 strongly resembles the greater noctule bat (Nyctalus lasiopterus). SCP-3528 is nocturnal and fully capable of flight, with a recorded top speed of 190 kph. SCP-3528 possesses vestigial eyes and sensitive ears. Examination of SCP-3528 has revealed a humanoid skeleton, fused to SCP-3528's chiropteran skeleton in several places. The presence of this skeleton does not affect SCP-3528, except for rare instances where SCP-3528 momentarily twitches when the jaw of the human skeleton opens slightly. Further examination revealed the presence of scar tissue and tissue rejection at certain points around the secondary skeleton. SCP-3528's feet possess large retractable claws that are capable of spontaneously heating and igniting objects gripped by them. Testing has shown that SCP-3528 uses a form of telepathy to hunt. SCP-3528's larynx, which would be specialized to echolocate in nonanomalous bats, instead emits focused, directional bursts of intense ultrasound. This sound generates large air vortices in its path and causes temporary partial paralysis in approximately 60% of female humans who hear it. SCP-3528 instinctively and aggressively attacks manned aircraft; however, these attacks are rarely effective against most modern aircraft. On October 8, 1994, a remote Obskurakorps facility was discovered. Two preserved cadavers similar to SCP-3528 but smaller and lacking a secondary skeleton were found in a vault, and possessed multiple large bullet wounds. Additionally, remains were found matching those of German ace pilot Josef Kociok (a decorated pilot credited with 33 aerial victories, who received recognition for grounding the infamous Russian 46th Guards Regiment, an all-women bombing regiment nicknamed the "Night Witches" by the Germans.) DNA fragments in these remains match the secondary skeleton of SCP-3528. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3528" by Weryllium, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3528. 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: GreaterNoctule.jpg Author: Nicolharper License: CC BY 2.5 Source Link: Wikimedia Commons
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SCP-3529
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snake = snek = cute ^~^ Written by: XilasCrowe snek snek, python python More From This Axolotl SCP-4332 Rating: 132 Comments: 27 SCP-4663 Rating: 100 Comments: 13 SCP-1143 Rating: 100 Comments: 23 SCP-3684 Rating: 95 Comments: 29 SCP-2454 Rating: 74 Comments: 10 SCP-5588 Rating: 45 Comments: 6 Changes All That Is Around Me Rating: 45 Comments: 7 Don't Forget The Dead Rating: 32 Comments: 3 [{$authorPage} ▸ More by this Author ◂] {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} close Info X Written by: XilasCrowe More from this axolotl Less from this axolotl Stuff I did SCP-4332 Rating: 132 Comments: 27 SCP-4663 Rating: 100 Comments: 13 SCP-1143 Rating: 100 Comments: 23 SCP-3684 Rating: 95 Comments: 29 SCP-2454 Rating: 74 Comments: 10 SCP-5588 Rating: 45 Comments: 6 Changes All That Is Around Me Rating: 45 Comments: 7 Don't Forget The Dead Rating: 32 Comments: 3 Credits to DrChandra, DrAkimoto, Roget for his image of Sauerkraut, MaliceAforethought, Cerastes Image Credits – hide block https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ballpython020.jpg Item#: 3529 Level2 Secondary Class: none Disruption Class: dark Risk Class: warning link to memo A captive SCP-3529-1 instance. Special Containment Procedures: All captive SCP-3529-1 instances are kept within a Type II Geodesic Dome Habitat at Site-37. Cameras are set up within the enclosure in order to record any SCP-3529 occurrences. The enclosure is to be checked twice daily, to ensure that an SCP-3529 occurrence has not damaged or otherwise affected the enclosure. SCP-3529-1 instances are elsewise to be taken care of similarly to that of a non-anomalous member of its species. All zoos and personal ownerships are to be monitored for SCP-3529 activity, in which case the SCP-3529-1 instances will be discreetly replaced with a non-anomalous snake. Description: SCP-3529 is the designation of a phenomenon affecting between 5 to 7 percent of snakes belonging to the Family Pythonidae. While individually non-anomalous, these snakes (designated SCP-3529-1) begin exhibiting anomalous effects once several of them are gathered in one place.1 Once a suitable number has been reached, SCP-3529-1 instances will begin to use their bodies to create various letters and symbols in order to imitate the programming language Python. Once a line of code has been completed, an additional SCP-3529-1 instance will bite the instance that makes up the final symbol, executing the line of code. The code generated by SCP-3529 will immediately affect reality around the instances, restructuring it to match the output of the code given. SCP-3529-1 will typically create code to alter their environment, generating food and shelter whenever necessary. This also appears to be how SCP-3529-1 instances reproduce, as no non-anomalous mating has been observed between captive instances. The code created is simple in structure, rarely consisting of anything more than simple math, loops, lists, or basic functions. Variable names often appear generic, with a general name affecting everything that could theoretically be classified under that name. The variable "Tree," for instance, refers to all trees within SCP-3529's area of effect,2 regardless of species, distance, or size unless otherwise specified. Addendum 3529-1: Samples of SCP-3529 occurrences in captivity. Code created: trees = trees for tree in trees: food += 1 Notes: Each tree within the enclosure generated either a bird's nest full of eggs, a number of live mice, a baby deer, or a fully grown hog, as well as one human corpse. Samples of DNA taken from the corpse matched a variety of SCP-3529-1's caretakers. Code created: home = cold while home == cold: sun += bright if cold < sun: home = warm while home == warm: happy = True Notes: This sample has appeared multiple times while in containment. The temperature of SCP-3529-1's enclosure has been raised. SCP-3529-1 instance nicknamed "Sauerkraut." This SCP-3529-1 instance is the one that most commonly executes SCP-3529 code, causing over 70% of SCP-3529 occurrences. Code created: def makecave(): if snake == big: hole = big cave = deep if snake == small: hole = small cave = snuggly for snake in snakes: makecave() snake = happy - Notes: A large number of small cave systems were generated beneath the ground of SCP-3529-1's enclosure. Code created: import random for snake in snakes: inheat = random.randint(0,1) if inheat == 1: snakes.append(babysnake) else: parent = no snake = sad Notes: This appears to be the only way new SCP-3529-1 instances are created, and occurs routinely on the first day of every sixth month. On rare occasions, the function will loop excessively, generating a exponential amount of new instances. Addendum 3529-2: Incident 3529-1 On 2019/07/09, the following code was generated: snake = captive captive = sad human = guard def escape(): if guard == alert: wait = True while guard == distracted: swarm = True while swarm == True: doors = 0 freedom = soon if guard == alert: snake = snek snek = super cute while snake == snek: guard = noattack escape() Immediately following the execution of this code, every SCP-3529-1 instance in containment collectively swarmed together towards the exit of their containment site. As they escaped, they were completely unhindered by site guards. The swarm dispersed as it exited the site, leaving the following message several meters away. success = True snake = happy snake = free Footnotes 1. SCP-3529-1 instances are much more social than non-anomalous snakes, often traveling and living together in large groups, which can number in the high hundreds of members. 2. Roughly 500 square meters centered around the SCP-3529 occurrence. This area increases as more SCP-3529-1 instances are used, with the highest occurrence affecting an area of over 4,000 square meters.
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snake = snek = cute ^~^ Written by: XilasCrowe snek snek, python python More From This Axolotl SCP-4332 Rating: 132 Comments: 27 SCP-4663 Rating: 100 Comments: 13 SCP-1143 Rating: 100 Comments: 23 SCP-3684 Rating: 95 Comments: 29 SCP-2454 Rating: 74 Comments: 10 SCP-5588 Rating: 45 Comments: 6 Changes All That Is Around Me Rating: 45 Comments: 7 Don't Forget The Dead Rating: 32 Comments: 3 [{$authorPage} ▸ More by this Author ◂] {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} close Info X Written by: XilasCrowe More from this axolotl Less from this axolotl Stuff I did SCP-4332 Rating: 132 Comments: 27 SCP-4663 Rating: 100 Comments: 13 SCP-1143 Rating: 100 Comments: 23 SCP-3684 Rating: 95 Comments: 29 SCP-2454 Rating: 74 Comments: 10 SCP-5588 Rating: 45 Comments: 6 Changes All That Is Around Me Rating: 45 Comments: 7 Don't Forget The Dead Rating: 32 Comments: 3 Credits to DrChandra, DrAkimoto, Roget for his image of Sauerkraut, MaliceAforethought, Cerastes Image Credits – hide block https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ballpython020.jpg Item#: 3529 Level2 Secondary Class: none Disruption Class: dark Risk Class: warning link to memo A captive SCP-3529-1 instance. Special Containment Procedures: All captive SCP-3529-1 instances are kept within a Type II Geodesic Dome Habitat at Site-37. Cameras are set up within the enclosure in order to record any SCP-3529 occurrences. The enclosure is to be checked twice daily, to ensure that an SCP-3529 occurrence has not damaged or otherwise affected the enclosure. SCP-3529-1 instances are elsewise to be taken care of similarly to that of a non-anomalous member of its species. All zoos and personal ownerships are to be monitored for SCP-3529 activity, in which case the SCP-3529-1 instances will be discreetly replaced with a non-anomalous snake. Description: SCP-3529 is the designation of a phenomenon affecting between 5 to 7 percent of snakes belonging to the Family Pythonidae. While individually non-anomalous, these snakes (designated SCP-3529-1) begin exhibiting anomalous effects once several of them are gathered in one place.1 Once a suitable number has been reached, SCP-3529-1 instances will begin to use their bodies to create various letters and symbols in order to imitate the programming language Python. Once a line of code has been completed, an additional SCP-3529-1 instance will bite the instance that makes up the final symbol, executing the line of code. The code generated by SCP-3529 will immediately affect reality around the instances, restructuring it to match the output of the code given. SCP-3529-1 will typically create code to alter their environment, generating food and shelter whenever necessary. This also appears to be how SCP-3529-1 instances reproduce, as no non-anomalous mating has been observed between captive instances. The code created is simple in structure, rarely consisting of anything more than simple math, loops, lists, or basic functions. Variable names often appear generic, with a general name affecting everything that could theoretically be classified under that name. The variable "Tree," for instance, refers to all trees within SCP-3529's area of effect,2 regardless of species, distance, or size unless otherwise specified. Addendum 3529-1: Samples of SCP-3529 occurrences in captivity. Code created: trees = trees for tree in trees: food += 1 Notes: Each tree within the enclosure generated either a bird's nest full of eggs, a number of live mice, a baby deer, or a fully grown hog, as well as one human corpse. Samples of DNA taken from the corpse matched a variety of SCP-3529-1's caretakers. Code created: home = cold while home == cold: sun += bright if cold < sun: home = warm while home == warm: happy = True Notes: This sample has appeared multiple times while in containment. The temperature of SCP-3529-1's enclosure has been raised. SCP-3529-1 instance nicknamed "Sauerkraut." This SCP-3529-1 instance is the one that most commonly executes SCP-3529 code, causing over 70% of SCP-3529 occurrences. Code created: def makecave(): if snake == big: hole = big cave = deep if snake == small: hole = small cave = snuggly for snake in snakes: makecave() snake = happy - Notes: A large number of small cave systems were generated beneath the ground of SCP-3529-1's enclosure. Code created: import random for snake in snakes: inheat = random.randint(0,1) if inheat == 1: snakes.append(babysnake) else: parent = no snake = sad Notes: This appears to be the only way new SCP-3529-1 instances are created, and occurs routinely on the first day of every sixth month. On rare occasions, the function will loop excessively, generating a exponential amount of new instances. Addendum 3529-2: Incident 3529-1 On 2019/07/09, the following code was generated: snake = captive captive = sad human = guard def escape(): if guard == alert: wait = True while guard == distracted: swarm = True while swarm == True: doors = 0 freedom = soon if guard == alert: snake = snek snek = super cute while snake == snek: guard = noattack escape() Immediately following the execution of this code, every SCP-3529-1 instance in containment collectively swarmed together towards the exit of their containment site. As they escaped, they were completely unhindered by site guards. The swarm dispersed as it exited the site, leaving the following message several meters away. success = True snake = happy snake = free Footnotes 1. SCP-3529-1 instances are much more social than non-anomalous snakes, often traveling and living together in large groups, which can number in the high hundreds of members. 2. Roughly 500 square meters centered around the SCP-3529 occurrence. This area increases as more SCP-3529-1 instances are used, with the highest occurrence affecting an area of over 4,000 square meters.
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Item #: SCP-3530 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3530 can be contained on-site, due to its inability to physically leave the boundaries of Shooting Star School. Due to the non-hostile nature of SCP-3530, and so as not to elicit retaliation from Shooting Star Incorporated, the school is to remain open until further notice (see Addendum). Individuals wishing to enroll their child in any school buildings within Shooting Star School must consent to regular psychological examinations for both themselves and their child. These examinations must be performed by Foundation personnel under the guise of a local psychiatric office. Any unusual behaviors due to exposure to SCP-3530 are to be noted, and the family is to be amnesticized and relocated. Addendum (04/23/2015): After Incident 5-394, personnel in charge of psychological examinations are to perform them separately on each family member. In the event that evidence of domestic or child abuse is discovered, the abuser is to be turned over to local authorities and the family is to be amnesticized and relocated. Description: SCP-3530 is the designation for a group of 15 individuals residing within the three main school buildings of Shooting Star School, a K-12 school in ██████, Georgia. The individuals are designated as SCP-3530-1 through SCP-3530-15. Each of these individuals appear as sentient, two-dimensional hand-drawn cartoon animals, with varying body types. Despite appearing as cartoons, SCP-3530 individuals are capable of moving about in three-dimensional space and interacting with the surrounding environment. However, they are not capable of moving beyond the boundaries of Shooting Star School, as defined by the geographic area that the school occupies. Attempts to remove SCP-3530 from the area have resulted in them vanishing and reappearing within school boundaries. SCP-3530 functions primarily as educators. Each individual acts as a secondary educator with a focus on a certain subject, alongside that subject's teacher. Both students and staff regard SCP-3530 individuals with fondness, with many students considering them to be close friends. These thoughts are mutually shared by SCP-3530, with some individuals claiming to have an increased fondness of children and staff alike. Each individual is capable of manifesting tools and other objects relating to their subject of focus. For example, SCP-3530-1 has been observed manifesting tools such as protractors, rulers, and calculators. The method behind this manifestation is unknown. SCP-3530 is present throughout all grades from kindergarten to the twelfth grade. As students progress and enter new grades, SCP-3530 alters itself to match the interests of the students in each grade. Certain individuals are not present until students enter middle and high school and begin the individual's class of focus. + SCP-3530 Individual Documentation - Hide Designation Species Body Type Subject Details Notes SCP-3530-1 Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) Non-Anthropomorphic Mathematics Female, no clothing, present throughout all grades Currently the only individual interviewed by Foundation personnel SCP-3530-2 Frog (Rana Temporaria) Non-Anthropomorphic Science Male, no clothing, present throughout all grades SCP-3530-3 Owl (Bubo Bubo) Non-Anthropomorphic Reading/Language Arts Male, bow tie and eyeglasses, British accent, present throughout all grades SCP-3530-4 Tortoise (Geochelone Elegans) Non-Anthropomorphic History/Social Studies Male, no clothing, present throughout all grades SCP-3530-5 Lion (Panthera leo) Anthropomorphic Physical Education/Sports Male, red sweatband and whistle, present throughout all grades See Incident Report 5-394 SCP-3530-6 Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) Non-Anthropomorphic Music/Band Female, no clothing, present throughout all grades SCP-3530-7 Elephant (Loxodonta Africana) Anthropomorphic Art/Art History Male, painter's smock, often carries loaded palette and paintbrush, present throughout all grades SCP-3530-8 Vulture (Aegypius Monachus) Non-Anthropomorphic Speech/Drama Male, no clothing, present in grades 6-12 SCP-3530-9 Stork (Ciconia ciconia) Anthropomorphic Health Female, nurse's uniform, speaks in what students and staff describe as a 'motherly' tone, present in grades 6-12 SCP-3530-10 Parrot (Psittacine) Non-Anthropomorphic Spanish Male, miniature sombrero, fluent in Spanish, present in grades 6-12 SCP-3530-11 Skunk (Mephitis Mephitis) Anthropomorphic French Female, red beret and black and white horizontally-striped shirt, fluent in French, present in grades 6-12 SCP-3530-12 German Shepherd (Canis lupus familiaris) Anthropomorphic German Male, lederhosen, fluent in German, present in grades 6-12 SCP-3530-13 Cat (Felis Domesticus) Non-Anthropomorphic Home Economics Female, no clothing, present in grades 6-12 SCP-3530-14 Mouse (Apodemus Sylvaticus) Non-Anthropomorphic Computers/Technology Male, no clothing, present in grades 9-12 SCP-3530-15 Cow (Bos Taurus) Anthropomorphic Business/Finances Female, business attire, often carries black briefcase and smart phone, present in grades 9-12 Has been observed conversing on their smart phone with a currently unknown party Interview Log 3530-672 Interview Log 3530-598 Interviewer: Agent Brown, under the guise of an internet journalist Interviewed: Kathrynn Gardner, principal of the Shooting Star School Date: 02/17/2015 Foreword: The purpose of the following interview was to determine the origins of SCP-3530 <Begin Log> Brown: Now, Shooting Star wasn't the original name of the school, is that correct? Gardner: Yes, it used to be ███████ █████ school. Brown: Why was it changed? Gardner: Well, it's a bit of a long story. It started around three years ago. I'd been principal for about ten years, and it was… Brown: Unsatisfactory? Gardner: No, it was just…dull? It's hard to explain. It just seemed to me that nothing about the school really stood out. We didn't have the best test scores, sports teams, staff, and overall, everyone just seemed really depressed. Brown: And now, you're one of the most prominent schools in the state. What happened? Gardner: Uh, this is where things start to get weird, so, sorry if I lose you. Let's see, it was a few weeks before the fall semester began. I was taking an evening stroll around my neighborhood, thinking about work and stuff. Anyway, I'm pondering what to do about the school , when I look up and see a shooting star flying right over my head. It seemed silly at the time, but I didn't have anything to lose, so I went ahead and made a wish. Brown: What did you wish for? Gardner: I can't really remember, it was a few years ago. I think something about making the school better or more engaging or something like that. Like I said, it was just a silly little thing at the time. I didn't think much of it until the next day, when I got this e-mail. Brown: What did it say? Gardner: Well, I deleted it right after I read it, so I don't remember a whole lot. I thought it was some kinda spam, initially. I do remember who it came from, though. 'Shooting Star Inc.' I thought it was a funny coincidence, but I brushed it off as just that. But then, a couple hours later, I get a phone call from administration, told me I had some visitors waiting for me in my office. I was a bit reluctant to go back that early, but it sounded pretty urgent. When I got there, all the staff directed me to the meeting room, and that's when I…well, got my wish. Brown: Your wish? Gardner: Well, that's what they told me when I asked what they were doing there. After all, it's not like living Disney cartoons walk into your school on a daily basis. They said they were there to grant my wish. Mentioned the e-mail and everything. Brown: And how did you react? Gardner: I was initially skeptical, for obvious reasons, but they assured me that they, and the guys that sent them, meant well. I talked to some of the staff, and as confused as they were, they didn't really have any negative opinions. So, against my better judgement, I decided to give them a sort of trial period, about a week or two. The results were…unbelievable. Test scores and attendance skyrocketed. The kids loved them, the staff loved them, even some of the parents had nice things to say. Long story short, they've been with us ever since. Brown: Why didn't you think to tell anyone outside of the school? Gardner: I figured no one would believe me. Besides, it wasn't like they were causing problems. Brown: Right. When was the name changed? Gardner: About a year or so ago. I was the one who pushed for it. If it hadn't been for that shooting star, none of this would have ever happened, so I felt like they deserved some recognition. <End Log> Note: Students and staff do not appear to find SCP-3530 strange or unusual in anyway. Whether or not SCP-3530 produces a psychological effect is currently being researched. Interviewer: Agent Brown Interviewed: SCP-3530-1 Date: 03/06/2015 Foreword: The following interview was conducted in a classroom in the Shooting Star Elementary school building. Agent Brown was granted permission by Principal Gardner to conduct the interview. <Begin Log> Brown: Could you tell me your name, please? SCP-3530-1: I'm Rita! Rita the Rabbit! What's your name? Brown: You can call me Felicity. It's nice to meet you, Rita. What is it that you do here? SCP-3530-1: I help the kids learn all about math! It's a lot of fun! Brown: And what about your friends? SCP-3530-1: They help the kids, too! Freddy does science, Larry does sports, we do all sorts of things! Brown: I see. Where exactly did you come from? SCP-3530-1: Well, when Mrs. Gardner made her wish, we were sent to make it come true! Brown: Do you remember her wish? SCP-3530-1: Yep! She wished that her school could make everyone happy! Brown: And who was it that sent you? SCP-3530-1: We were sent by Shooting Star Incorporated! Brown: What can you tell me about Shooting Star Incorporated? SCP-3530-1: Um…I…don't know. All I know is that they sent me and my friends here to make Mrs. Gardner's wish come true! And I'm glad they did! We've made so many great friends here! <End Log> Notes: Further investigation of Shooting Star Incorporated is currently ongoing. GoI classification is pending. Incident Report 5-394: On 04/23/2015, the body of ████ ██████, a father of one of the students attending Shooting Star School, was discovered in the school gymnasium by custodial staff. The ██████ family had recently moved to the area, and their son had been attending school for approximately 6 weeks before Mr. ██████'s death. Coroner examination revealed several deep lacerations across the victim's chest, resembling claw marks similar to that of a full-grown lion. SCP-3530-5 was suspected to be the attacker. However, it could not be located anywhere on school grounds when Foundation personnel arrived to investigate. When questioned, each individual of SCP-3530 claimed that SCP-3530-5 had simply 'taken a vacation' and would return within a few days. SCP-3530-5 returned after a period of 5 days. When questioned, SCP-3530-5 claimed to have no knowledge of the incident and expressed its condolences to the ██████ family. Upon further investigation, evidence was discovered of Mr. ██████ having a history of drug and alcohol abuse, which led to domestic and child abuse. The ██████ family was amnesticized and relocated. Since the addition to the containment procedures regarding abusive family members, no similar incidents have occurred. Addendum: After several attempts to shut down Shooting Star School failed, Foundation personnel received the following e-mail from Shooting Star Incorporated. Hello! Thank you for expressing an interest in the latest project by Shooting Star Incorporated! We're always happy to receive recognition for our work! However, your involvement has interfered with the project, preventing it from completing its goal. At Shooting Star Incorporated, we are fully dedicated to fulfilling any wish given to us by our wonderful clients! We deliver this message in response to your actions: Stop it. Best wishes from all of us at Shooting Star Incorporated! ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3530" by Witryso, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3530. 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-3531
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Item #: SCP-3531 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3531 is to be stored in the hangar of Site-3A. Tests are to be conducted at the discretion of the Site Director. Description: SCP-3531 is a Boeing 737 airliner. SCP-3531 is unremarkable in both exterior and interior appearance, and is non-anomalous when not in flight. However, photographs, videos, and audio recordings taken within SCP-3531 during flight show various forms of aquatic-based anomalous phenomena, as well as the manifestation of several humanoid figures acting as flight attendants on board. Despite this, observers remain either ignorant or unwilling to acknowledge the phenomena, in most cases refusing to believe video evidence. Addendum: Test Log A series of tests were approved to observe the interior of SCP-3531 mid-flight. The first test is logged below; subsequent tests were deauthorized. VIDEO LOG DATE: September 7th, 2017 NOTE: Multiple D-Class personnel were stationed in SCP-3531. D-1442 was issued a camera for the purpose of recording this video log. Agent Kulkarni was piloting SCP-3531. <BEGIN LOG> 0:00: D-1442 begins recording as SCP-3531 takes off. The intercom starts, playing a message. Hello, everyone, and welcome to your flight with Kingfisher Airlines! I'll be your pilot. Now that we've successfully taken off, make sure to keep your seat belts unbuckled. Make our jobs a little easier, eh? D-1442 promptly unbuckles their seatbelt. 2:23: D-1442 pans right. A shallow wave of water runs through the aisle, depositing seaweed throughout the floor. 3:03: The camera shakes violently. D-1442 mutters, complaining about turbulence. He pans quickly to the window. A jumble of wire has caught onto the wings of SCP-3531, extending upwards indefinitely. 9:52: A pair of flight attendants enter view. They appear to be struggling to walk. An attendant offers D-1442 a can of worms, which he accepts. D-1442 begins consuming the worms one at a time. 10:03: The flight attendants shamble back through the aisle. The seaweed from before has built up, now fully covering the passageway. 12:01: A flight attendant is seen escorting multiple passengers through the cabin. The attendant is draped in wires, their face no longer visible, with fishing hooks in place of their hands. The passengers’ wrists have been tied with fishing line. They do not resist as they are led through the aisle. 15:03: The plane begins shaking violently. D-1442 hurriedly turns to the window. Multiple electric eels are present outside the window, weaving in and out of the clouds. Rapidly moving cloud formations expel waves of water and flashes of lightning, causing violent shaking within SCP-3531. D-1442 laughs nervously, joking about a thunderstorm. 15:14: D-1442 finishes the can of worms. 16:01: An eel smashes through the window of SCP-3531, wriggling in D-1442's lap. D-1442 does not seem to notice this. The eel continues wriggling as waves of water crash into SCP-3531, flooding the plane with water. As the water becomes level with the camera, choking noises can be heard along with violent camera shaking as D-1442 attempts to breathe the water. D-1442 does not stop, instead continuing to inhale the water, soon falling unconscious. 16:35: The camera leaves D-1442's grip. The camera drifts upwards, presumably having been let go by D-1442, eventually hitting a passenger's arm and turning around to reveal D-1442's floating body, among several others. The seaweed from before appears to be growing over many of the passengers' bodies. The camera remains buoyant, having hit the ceiling. 17:12: Agent Kulkarni runs into view, seemingly unaffected by the lack of breathable air. He convulses briefly, before collapsing to the ground. Kulkarni rears his head and unhinges his jaw, shooting several large hooks out of his mouth, attached to fishing wire presumably originating from within Kulkarni. The hooks move on their own, impaling all personnel aboard, some hooks impaling multiple passengers. Kulkarni is dragged off-screen, bringing the passengers with him. 18:38: The intercom starts. It is interrupted by brief static. A message plays. Thank you for flying with Kingfisher! The camera feed cuts out, likely due to water damage. <END LOG> Upon landing, SCP-3531 was found to have suffered none of the damage captured on video. None of the personnel aboard were found within SCP-3531. The camera was recovered in D-1442's seat, having suffered no water damage. Recovery: SCP-3531 was discovered after routine inspection of its black box footage by Mobile Task Force Lambda-4 ("Birdwatchers"). The footage contained the following recording: Look, I’ll get you your shipment. We’ve been held up with processing- yes, I know how many times I've said it. It's… finnicky. No, I- I swear, it's just logistics. The clothes are the main problem. We can’t get them off mid-flight, so- It's not the attendants, no. They're working fine, but… it's hard enough to convince the people that they're on a normal flight. Getting them to, uh, prepare themselves like that, would be- No, I’m sorry, it's- it'll be fine. Just- it shouldn't take much longer, the shipment will be- The voice has since been identified as Mrs. Janet Kaminski, a pilot presumed dead along with the crew and passengers of her final flight, which had crashed into the Pacific Ocean. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3531" by magna2s, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3531. 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-3532
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keter
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Item #: SCP-3532 Special Containment Procedures: Foundation webcrawlers are to monitor popular social media platforms for activity from SCP-3532. Any activity is to be recorded, scanned for cognitohazards, and archived. Foundation personnel are forbidden interaction with social media accounts associated with SCP-3532 unless given explicit orders otherwise. In accordance with Procedure 24-Lehonot, information damaging to the public image of SCP-3532 is to be produced wherever and whenever applicable. In the event that Procedure 24-Lehonot were to be rendered ineffective, all platforms hosting active SCP-3532 accounts are to be taken offline or otherwise rendered inaccessible until containment can be reestablished. Description: SCP-3532 is believed to be an entity previously worshipped as a deity at an indeterminate point in the past. Recovered documentation1 suggests SCP-3532 currently resides in an extra-spatial plane and can interact with standard reality through forms of long distance communication. Currently, SCP-3532 is known to the public as ███████ █████████, a popular social media advertiser and influencer. SCP-3532 currently prioritizes the growth of its cult-like following, known as "The Miraculous Church Gang"2, using its social media presence to do so. SCP-3532 has displayed a basic understanding of the creation of cognitohazardous imagery, and will often include cognitohazardous elements in its posts online. Testing has shown that the cognitohazards employed by SCP-3532 do not force the observer to perform an action, but instead act as a strong suggestion to do so. Further testing indicates that a negative perception of SCP-3532 can counteract the cognitohazardous effects.3 SCP-3532 was discovered on 1/19/18, when several video files containing level 2 cognitohazardous patterns were detected by Foundation webcrawlers. The files were uploaded to the Instagram and Twitter social platforms by accounts belonging to SCP-3532, and featured the entity advertising products from [REDACTED], as well as GoI-3532-1 branded merchandise. The cognitohazards found in the files would compel viewers to both purchase the featured products and follow the several social media accounts of SCP-3532. At the time of discovery, there were no other viewable posts on either accounts. Investigations into SCP-3532 owned accounts revealed a number of deleted posts made prior to 1/19/18, with the earliest being dated 11/28/17. Said posts differ from the more recent posts and indicate a lack of understanding on how social media operates. In these posts SCP-3532 appears to beg for followers on its accounts and ponders why other users have more followers on their accounts. Examples of SCP-3532 Posts Pre 1/19/18 my username @██████████ my old follwers died get me new ones Twetty 3:56 AM - 28 November 2017 0 Retweets 0 Likes my username @██████████ tWetty can yoou help me with instragram also what is retweet 5:01 PM - 28 November 2017 1 Retweet 0 Likes my username @██████████ how Twitty why the gods katyperry and potus contain more follow please respond to me twetty 8:09 AM - 29 November 2017 0 Retweets 0 Likes The sudden shift in post coherency coincides with SCP-3532 acquiring representation from social media managing company ████ Marketing4 on 1/3/18. It is assumed SCP-3532 utilized cognitohazards similar to those found in its posts to acquire representation. Upon receiving representation, most of the posts uploaded to SCP-3532 accounts were made by GoI-3532-2 employee Mark Gouse5. Examples of SCP-3532 Posts Post 1/19/186 TRUE Miracle God ✓ @██████████ WHAT'S HYPE, GANG!? CHECK OUT THE SICK NEW [REDACTED] SMART PHONE!!! LET'S GET HANDS ON!!! 8:09 AM - 20 March 2018 12,346 Retweets 78,399 Likes TRUE Miracle God ✓ @██████████ IT IS PICTURE DAY, MY DUDES!! GRAB SOME CRISP PNG IMAGES (LIKE THE ONE BELOW AH HAHA!!!) WITH THE NEW [REDACTED] CAMERA FROM [REDACTED] !!!! SNAP YOURSELF WEARING THE NEW MIRACLE SHIRT, STORE LINK DOWN BELOW!!!!!! [LINK REDACTED] 4:19 PM - 18 April 2018 15,893 Retweets 99,321 Likes As of 4/5/18, SCP-3532 has secured advertising deals with ██ major brands. It does not appear that SCP-3532 used its cognitohazardous effects to secure these deals, rather it seems that these companies reached out to SCP-3532 on their own accord due to the entity's popularity. + Addendum A: MTF Phi-1 Infiltration, Recovered Document 3532 24a - Addendum A: MTF Phi-1 Infiltration, Recovered Document 3532 24a On 5/13/18, a detachment of MTF Phi-1 ("Hostile Takeover") infiltrated the main offices of GoI-3532-2 in order to acquire documentation concerning SCP-3532. A notable document acquired in the raid was a pdf file of GoI-3532-2's contract with SCP-3532.7 Cross referencing Recovered Document 3532 24a with other recovered contracts shows a number of deviations, such as the term "client" being replaced with "Miraculous Being" and "manager" with "Miraculous High Priest". Other notable aspects include a clause stating the contract can only be altered by SCP-3532 and no other persons, as well as a separate clause stating GoI-3532-2 reserves the right to retract representation for clients deemed unprofitable or harmful to the image of the company8. Due to the concern that SCP-3532 could easily influence other companies in a similar manner, Procedure 24-Lehonot was drafted in order to suppress the entity's influence. Procedure approved on 5/20/18. + Addendum B: 24-Lehenot, Containment Established - Addendum B: 24-Lehenot, Containment Established On 5/21/18, Procedure 24-Lehonot was enacted. A detachment of MTF Phi-1 was tasked with replacing key members of GoI-3532-2 upper management with Foundation agents in order to gain control of the company. Once the company was successfully under Foundation influence, PoI-3532-1 was replaced by Agent Jeffery Burr. Agent Burr then attempted to alter the social media persona of SCP-3532 to one that would be seen as undesirable. Log Burr 3532 01 Staying "Hip" to: miracleismeok@█████████ from: jburr@████marketing.███ Hello Lord ███████, I've noticed as of late that your posts aren't getting as much attention as they were before. I'm afraid that your current posts are not being perceived as "cool" or "hip". If these patterns continue, your numbers will fall, just like they have been for the past month. With your permission, of course, I'd like to make a few changes to your image that will ensure that you remain "groovy!" as your age demographic would say. You can read them in the enclosed file below. RE: Staying "Hip" to: jburr@████marketing.███ from: miracleismeok@█████████ hello new priest. in my contract it says that i make the final calls on whether or not my posts change, and i want to give your wanted changes a biggest no from me. mark goose (the old better you) knew much more and wasnt bad like you and i am alloweed to tell you that because its in my contract. anyway no you are to contu=inue posting as how mark did because he wasnt bad thanks for the email All further attempts to persuade SCP-3532 into altering its persona failed. It was determined that SCP-3532 could only be influenced by someone it perceived as having a better understanding of social media. In order to successfully alter the online persona of SCP-3532, Site-72 authorized the use of social media accounts belonging to SCP-3331-Alpha to contact SCP-3532. Agent Burr was instructed to contact SCP-3532 posing as SCP-3331-Alpha and alter the entity's perceptions of current social trends. - Log Burr 3532 02 @JohnCena: Hey, is this ███████ █████████? @██████████: No, this is his manager. But I can forward a message to ███████ if you'd like? @JohnCena: I was hoping to speak to the big man himself… @██████████: Well, Mr. Cena, I think you can be trusted! I'll put ███████ on. @██████████: Is the stinker lying to me or are you john cena @JohnCena: Hey, big guy! @JohnCena: Yup, it's me! John Cena! @██████████: prove [Agent Burr sends a picture of SCP-3331-Alpha holding a sheet of paper reading "Is this proof enough ███████?] @██████████: oh wow wow hi there sir haaha and what can i do for you ? @JohnCena: Well, thats kind of why I contacted you… @JohnCena: I've been a long time fan of your stuff, and the thing is.. Well… @██████████: what @JohnCena: Well, you just aren't as cool as you used to be. @JohnCena: But I can help you. I know some secrets. @██████████: please lord cena tall me @██████████: ill do anyhting jus please i must be cool @JohnCena: Haha! Don't worry! I'll even tell you for free!… Extraneous dialogue removed. Agent Burr proceeds to list SCP-3532 a collection of strategies designed to ruin the entity's public image. Following the dialogue, SCP-3532 instructed Agent Burr to follow the advice from the SCP-3331-Alpha account regarding the social media accounts, to which Agent Burr complied. Within two months, the number of visitors to SCP-3532 run accounts had dropped by 95%. At this point, GoI-3532-2 retracted its representation of SCP-3532 in accordance with the company's contract. SCP-3532 attempted to contact other social media managing companies seeking representation but to no avail. On 7/18/18, SCP-3532 made one final post to all of its accounts, reading "i just wanted followers againn" before deleting the accounts shortly after. No new accounts or posts or have been observed since. Footnotes 1. See Addendum A. 2. Hereby referred to as GoI-3532-1. 3. See Addendum B. 4. Hereby referred to as GoI-3532-2. 5. Hereby referred to as PoI-3532-1. 6. Following posts were made to the Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram platforms. Posts between the sites are identical. For brevity and consistency, posts provided are sourced from the Twitter account. Any potentially cognitohazardous files have been removed. 7. File designated 'Recovered Document 3532 24a'. 8. While this clause is not unique to Recovered Document 3532 24a, its inclusion allowed for current containment procedures and Procedure 24-Lehonot to be established. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3532" by drbobbobart, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3532. 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-3533 is comprised of itself, its respective compounds, the concept of itself, the concept of lemon-scented, and the concept of household spray cleaners at any given time. Billith Written by Billith. If you liked this article, you'll probably like: SCP-5861 SCP-3311 SCP-3315 SCP-2921 An instance of SCP-3533. Photo taken with a Branston-Mayer Mnestic Filter (Class III). Contact information redacted. Item #: SCP-3533 Special Containment Procedures: Upon their manifestation and detection, instances of SCP-3533 are to be sequestered from all affected businesses and stored in standard nonliving storage units within the Site-19 anomalous items warehouses. Knowledge of SCP-3533's existence is mostly self-contained and therefore only minor actions must be taken upon their manifestation. These events, referred to as "Replenishing Events", are carried out on an uneven monthly schedule that is to be monitored by stationed Foundation agents under strict Class-W Mnestic treatment regimens, with any fluctuations reported to current project lead. The frequency of Replenishing Events is known to be influenced by the market value of stock "████", however, attempts to buy, sell, or otherwise manipulate said stock have failed due to the fact that no relevant living entities or enterprises other than and including the subsidiary responsible for the manufacture of SCP-3533 currently exist. At this point in time, Foundation operatives are to avoid all contact with LOI/POI-3533. A perimeter has been established along the property line at a safe distance and must be maintained until such time that it is believed LOI/POI-3533 no longer represents a substantial security risk for classified Foundation operations (See Addendum 3533.2). Description: SCP-3533 is the collective designation for an antimemetic household detergent spray titled "Metaphysiclean!". SCP-3533 will spontaneously appear on shelves of big-box stores and other franchised corporate retailers in the United States, although their presence will go largely unnoticed by ~99.8% of observers not on Class-W Mnestic regimens. It should be noted, however, that SCP-3533's antimemetic nature is not an intended feature of its design but a result of other anomalous properties. The liquid that comprises SCP-3533 has been deemed functionally indeterminate, as limited GCMS testing has yielded results that suggest the substance is conceptually recursive.1 When SCP-3533 is sprayed onto a surface or a number of surfaces, their various components become conceptually vague for up to 72 hours.2 During this period, they will gradually revert to their original state unless more is applied; repeated exposure to SCP-3533 has been shown to permanently mesh the concepts of whatever it is sprayed on, the results becoming increasingly ill-defined with latter applications. SCP-3533 will evaporate from applied surfaces and is not detectable after this timeframe. SCP-3533's packaging indicates it is manufactured by "████████", a non-existent subsidiary of S. C. Johnson and Son.3 The address of the factory that produces SCP-3533 (Designated LOI/POI-3533) is found on the labels of all instances. The location was traced to an abandoned lot in [REDACTED], which upon closer inspection was revealed to be a fully functional factory operating under antimemetic camouflage, likely the same effect expressed by SCP-3533 itself. While on mnestic drugs, LOI/POI-3533 appears nondescript externally, however, its interior has been permanently converted into an extradimensional space that is defined as the interior of the factory, SCP-3533, Frank Miller, supervisor, several other employees and at least 18 other identities or concepts including the concept of ennui and the concept of paid overtime. According to LOI/POI-3533, this was due to a large spill of SCP-3533 that occurred in 1998 which, while having little effect on the output quantity of the chemical, was considered "an abstract administrative nightmare". Addendum 3533.1: Experimentation Logs + access 3533_expr.log cd .. SCP-3533 Experimentation Log Note: Testing was carried out in the Site-19 Experimentation Wing under supervision of Sr. Researcher James Anselm Harkness, three D-Class personnel and a team of five random Foundation personnel to observe effects. Test # Preface Results Audio Notes 3533-1 D-9765 instructed to apply a small quantity of SCP-3533 to mirror in testing chamber and wipe with paper towel. Mirror did not appear cleaner or less smudged. Upon further analysis, affected portion of mirror had taken on the pleated texture of the paper towel used and one observer insisted the area was indeed paper towel as well as a mirror. It seems SCP-3533 might have a partially subjective nature. Further testing is required. - Harkness 3533-2 D-9765 instructed to liberally spray SCP-3533 on the edge of the mirror and the wall adjacent to it, but refrain from using a paper towel. Affected area was unanimously described as both the mirror and the wall behind it, although three researchers expressed difficulty distinguishing between the two. Curious, indeed. I found it quite remarkable that the wall had taken on a reflective sheen. Confirms the subjective nature of SCP-3533. Unless… - Harkness 3533-3 D-9765 instructed to paint a blue square on the wall of the testing chamber, then paint a red square next to it, and liberally apply SCP-3533 to the connected portion of the wet paint. Two personnel agreed that the center was not purple but in fact both red and blue, while remaining personnel could not distinguish "both red and blue" from "purple". Corrective filtered eyewear was supplied and revealed that the concept of the filtered color was still visible for all observers. It appears that the difference in observation is not intrinsic to the substance, but caused by nuances in the eyes and the, uh, visual cortexes of those perceiving it. This might be my favorite project so far. Quite a unique, benign anomaly. I think I might put in a transfer request to Conceptual once this is all over with. - Harkness 3533-8 D-9765 instructed to liberally spray the coat of one white lab mouse4 and the table it is on. Mouse unable to move from area for 58 hours, although subject did not express any discomfort during this process. Table confirmed to also be comprised of mouse, and the subject reacted to stimuli on affected portion of table. This stuff has a bizarre reaction to biological life, but it doesn't seem exceptionally hazardous.5 I'm putting in a request for another D-Class. - Harkness 3533-13 D-9765 instructed to apply SCP-3533 to one finger and touch D-1954 on the forearm. D-Class unable to separate for 54 hours. Both subjects expressed that they could feel sensations of surrounding areas of skin up to 8cm from contact area, as well as a vague sense of ego-loss.6 Four observers insisted connected portion could be both D-9765 or D-1954, and one claimed D-9765 and D-1954 were the same person entirely. Fascinating. Not much more to say except that I can't wait to do more tests. Is this the first project I'm actually enjoying? - Harkness 3533-14 D-9765 instructed to apply SCP-3533 liberally to hand and place palm on D-1954's forehead. D-Class unable to separate for 66 hours. Removal was accomplished with minor tearing of D-9765's epidermis at contact site, the remains of which were easily removable one hour later. Both D-Class complained of intrusive thoughts and a complex loss of self-identity and non-loss of self-identity at the same time.7 I don't care what the other two say, for almost three days there was only one D-Class in that room. I'll prove it. Putting in a request for a third D-Class. - Harkness 3533-15 D-9765 and D-1954 instructed to interlock arms while D-3472 applied SCP-3533 to the connected area every twelve hours. After 60 hours, only one D-Class was present in testing chamber with D-3472. It could not be determined if they were D-9765 or D-1954, so the subject was designated D-3533. D-3533 responded to D-9765, D-1954 and D-3533, but could not accurately define if they were simultaneously either personnel, an amalgamation of the two, or both. CT scans show that D-3533 has one circulatory and nervous system, but two brains. D-3533 cannot be separated into two individuals and has been contained for study. I've got an idea. Let me draw up the paperwork. - Harkness 3533-17 Large surface of testing chamber wall doused with SCP-3533. Under supervision of Overwatch, SCP-2719 applied to area. SCP-2719 previously defined inside as SCP-2719's containment. SCP-3533 and SCP-2719 became both inside and SCP-2719. D-3472 could not accurately state if SCP-3533 and SCP-2719 truly became inside, whether SCP-2719 had defined SCP-3533 as inside, or if SCP-3533 had also taken on the properties of SCP-2719. Surface appeared concave to two observers, although they could not say where the affected area led to, or if it led to any place at all other than inside. The other three observers claimed surface was simply acting as the concept of inside and did not lead anywhere. I'm on the fence about where I stand with this one. Tomorrow I'll try sending D-3472 into the space. - Harkness 3533-18 Large surface of testing chamber doused with SCP-3533. Under supervision of Overwatch, SCP-2719 applied to area once more and D-3472 is instructed to enter affected area if possible. [REMOVED]. SCP-2719 redefined inside as SCP-3533 only. Testing confirms traces of D-3472 in other bottles of SCP-3533. Testing suspended indefinitely. N/A Note: Following test 3533-18, Sr. Researcher Harkness applied for Class-C Amnestic application. Request denied. Project reassigned to Site-19's Conceptualization Division. Addendum 3533.2: LOI/POI-3533 Interaction + access LOI-POI-3533_expl-intvw.log cd .. Interaction with LOI/POI-3533 Preface: LOI/POI-3533's condition was not fully known at the time of first contact. Field agents Markus Pierce and Elizabeth Carden were given a Class-W Mnestic regimen for three days leading up to investigation of the property. <BEGIN LOG> Command: Alright, you two. Move out. Pierce: Okay, earpiece is functioning. Carden and I are approaching the factory limits now. Doesn't look like anything out of the ordinary just yet. Carden, you want to confirm that for me? Carden: Yeah, looks just fine out here. Windows are clouded up with what looks like dust, not going to be easy to see inside. I just say we look for an entrance and go on in. If we see anyone, we question them. If they're hostile, we book it. Pierce: Sounds like a plan. Even though this place looks pretty old, almost decrepit, I think I see some steam venting from out over the west perimeter. And there's a hum, I can definitely hear it out here. Carden: So, it's still in business. Wonder what kind of company we'll find inside. Pierce: My guess is that it is automated. No one comes in or out. Quiet now. [hushed] Command, we have visual on the front entrance. Ingress should be trivial, but we brought a crowbar just in case. Command: Roger that. Be careful. The two are silent for ten seconds, the sounds of quick footsteps on asphalt can be heard in the background. After a moment, they stop. Pierce: Oh, door's unlocked. Here we go. The door creaks loudly as sounds of machinery and commotion fill the space. Carden: What exactly am I looking at here? Pierce: Control, we have a bit of a situation. LOI/POI-3533: Hello there. Anomalous voice carries the sound of one or more vocal inflections. It could not be defined as having any particular feature, neither could it be defined as possessing every feature simultaneously. Carden: Who said that? LOI/POI-3533: It's been years since someone came in here. Are you with corporate? Command: Describe the entity. Pierce: I, uh, hm. It definitely is the inside of the factory, but, uh, it's also a bunch of other things. LOI/POI-3533: I'm right here, you know. Carden: So you're… the factory? LOI/POI-3533: I'm Frank Miller, supervisor of this ████████ manufacturing plant. I also can't leave. What? Yes—and, yes, there are a few others in here as well. There's Trudy, Jacobs, Karen, Michael, Richard- Pierce: I'm sorry, but where are these people? LOI/POI-3533: I am these people. We are. We had a bit of fiasco with one of our competitors two decades back8 that caused a bit of an uproar. Things got out of hand, and, well, a whole tank of cleaner just sort of flooded the whole complex. We knew what we were getting ourselves into, but alas, hubris. The destroyer of men. Not that any of us are actually dead. I think Jacobs has food poisoning. Does that mean I have food poisoning too? Mercy. Sorry, this whole thing has been a mess. And S. C. Johnson has not responded to any of our tickets, we think they may have forgotten about us. Carden: You've been in contact with others recently? LOI/POI-3533: Well, no, it's been a while since any of us could use a computer. Pierce: Wait, if you are somehow the inside of the factory as well as yourselves, how are you still alive? Don't you need to eat or drink? LOI/POI-3533: We—we're not entirely sure, but I'd wager that, 'cause we're also something that does not require sustenance, we too do not require such things. We live on, as the soul of this company. Bound by forces beyond physicality, enmeshed and interwoven into the structure itself. We feel everything—everything—that we touch. Rust is particularly unpleasant. Try to avoid oxidizing, if you can—[nervous chuckle]. Carden: I'll keep that in mind—wait, does that mean the factory itself is alive in some sense? LOI/POI-3533: I think you're asking the wrong questions. How about the grand tour? Please take off your shoes, Michael has a thing about germs. Pierce: Al-Alright. Some shuffling is heard as the agents presumably remove their footwear. The hums and hisses of machinery grow louder as they step inside. LOI/POI-3533: O-hoo, that tickles. Sorry, this is a first for us too. Pierce: Oh—oh god. This is wrong. Command: Everything okay? Pierce: It's this carpet in the entrance. I thought it was a wet shag rug, but its like they're tendrils. Or little fingers. Carden: I can feel them wriggle between my toes. LOI/POI-3533: Apologies, I'm nervous. We haven't gotten outsiders in a decade or two. Doesn't stop us from making more cleaners. We have all the precursors here, and some of our corporate owned suppliers still deliver crates out back.9 Carden: Is there any way we can convince you to stop production? LOI/POI-3533: Lady, you'll have to take that up with corporate. This is our livelihood. Certainly you understand that? Carden: You're still getting paid? LOI/POI-3533: Direct deposit. If S. C. Johnson really wanted to halt production of 'Metaphysiclean!', surely they would have taken us off the payroll?10 Carden: I see. LOI/POI-3533: Look, I know this is weird, but this place is all we have. The fact that you're here and asking these questions—I don't know who you work for, but I get the feeling it has to do with the state of things in here. Carden: That is correct. If there is any information at all you can give to us regarding what happened here, perhaps we can help you in some way. LOI/POI-3533: Uh, now that I think about it, you might be able to get something useful from our server room, it has a hermetically sealed halogen fire suppression system that was triggered during the spill—it is the only area in this place that remains conceptually sound and the only place we can't access. Pierce: That's a good idea. Lead the way, if you would. LOI/POI-3533: Of course. It's right through the door on your left, there's a passage that takes you through the production floor and into the administrative offices. The server room is on the far end. Carden: Thank you very much, Mr. Miller. Soft footsteps are heard as they proceed to the doors that lead deeper inside. There is a pause before sounds of struggle are heard from Agent Pierce. LOI/POI-3533: What seems to be the issue? Pierce: The door seems blocked on the other side. It is unlocked, but something won't let me through. LOI/POI-3533: Oh my. This is embarrassing. We haven't really needed to use doors since we meshed with the rest of this place. Pierce: Mind if I use the crowbar? LOI/POI-3533: Erm, sure. Go ahead. Agent Pierce is heard using the crowbar to bend the door outward. The sounds of creaking and splintering wood fill the background, as well as a wet, indefinite sloshing noise. Pierce: The hell is this? LOI/POI-3533: What? What is it? Carden: You don't see it? Command: Report your status. Pierce: It's like a, god, like a giant pile of flesh and different concepts. I think it's human. Or multiple humans at one point. I can't tell, it all looks the same to me. It blends into the walls… Into everything. Carden: Conceptually indeterminate corpses. Are you sure you can't see this, Frank? LOI/POI-3533: This place is pretty much uniform abstraction for us. Wait, corpses? Pierce: Not quite. It doesn't smell rotten, and it's been twenty years. I think—I think this might have been—or might still be some of you guys. From when you were trying to escape the spill. Wait, can you feel this? LOI/POI-3533: Ow! Yes, Karen says you just pinched somewhere around her leg. Pierce: This is some weird stuff. Uh, okay, it looks like we can fit through the doors still, but we may have to climb over some of you. We apologize in advance. Sounds of movement and various grunts are heard as the agents climb through the doorway and into the passage beyond. Carden: [coughs] Okay, we are through. You guys alright? LOI/POI-3533: We are fine, thanks. Carden: Can I ask you something, Frank? LOI/POI-3533: Of course. Carden: 'Metaphysiclean!'. Why? What does S. C. Johnson need a product like this for? LOI/POI-3533: Well—I can answer that—Yes, thank you. Karen will have a better answer than myself. She worked extensively on the formula when it was in its early stages—Yes, I did. I honestly had no idea what I was getting myself into when I started here. I never thought entry level materials work would give way to fairy tale science and protein weaving. Carden: What is- LOI/POI-3533: Custom biomolecular constructs. I'm talking about manipulating the building blocks of life, uh— Carden: Carden. Elizabeth. Pierce: Mark. LOI/POI-3533: Right. I'm talking about creating compounds with pre-written instructions on how to operate. Proteins take on certain three dimensional shapes inherently, the instructions are already in place for all naturally occurring biomatter. It's a real wonder, if I do say so myself. Pierce: So S. C. Johnson decided to start tampering with the code, so to speak? LOI/POI-3533: You could say that. But since when did playing God become something that was too much for the elite? You of all people should know the extent of human curiosity. Pierce: What exactly do you mean by that? LOI/POI-3533: Don't play dumb now. I bet whoever you work for has a large stake in pushing the limits of man's grasp on the universe. Pierce: Point taken. LOI/POI-3533: S. C. Johnson was doing a lot more than playing with amino acids. They had private contractors all over the world looking into some of the farthest reaches of science. Some of the things I could hardly consider science at all. Carden: What would you consider it? LOI/POI-3533: You'd laugh if I said 'magic', so let's say they were messing with some pretty arcane stuff. I mean, look around. What do you see? Carden: I see a well managed factory, I think. LOI/POI-3533: Well thanks—I mean, what do you really see? Do you see a skilled workforce of hardworking Americans? Or do you see the souls of the damned, a group of forgotten not-quite-people whose lives have been twisted by the foils of a faceless corporation? Sorry, that's the ennui talking. Company morale wasn't great when the spill happened, and that sort of just stuck around ever since. Carden: I can understand. You've all been through so much. At this point, LOI/POI-3533's voice, which had been of indeterminate quality but singular in nature previously, shifted to the sounds of multiple voices at once. LOI/POI-3533: You understand? I don't think you understand, and, honestly, I don't think you have the best interests of the company at the heart of your agenda. We have been here for twenty years! All we do is exist and produce. And for what? Carden: Mr. Miller—er—Karen, please. We honestly just want to help you. LOI/POI-3533: I don't think you can help us. And you—you want to shut us down. To kill us. You are a pathogen. Michael has a thing about germs. Factory noises swell in volume. Miscellaneous scraping and metal bangs can be heard as LOI/POI-3533's voice takes on a harsher tone. Pierce: Frank, what are you doing? Command: Report your status. Carden: The walls feel like they are closing in, and we are dead center in this complex. I think we should go, now. LOI/POI-3533: Leave? No, no, no, you'll just come back, won't you? With more? And you'll try to shut us down and destroy everything we've worked for. We need this place. Pierce: We aren't going to shut you down, we swear. Carden: We just want to help you get better. LOI/POI-3533: Don't you get it? This is what we are now. No. You can't leave. Not now. A large bang is heard in the background. Pierce: Well, there goes our exit. [quietly] Carden, I've got an idea. Carden: What? Pierce: Remember what he said earlier? The only place they can't touch? Carden: The server room. LOI/POI-3533: Oh, no, you're not allowed access to our records unless you go through corporate! You lost that chance when you threatened to destroy this company—Hey! Wait, stop! Sounds of hurried movement are picked up, although LOI/POI-3533's voice does not change in terms of distance from the two. After fifteen seconds, sounds of splashing can be heard, followed by grunts emanating from Carden's microphone. Carden: Agh, crap. Pierce: Liz, what is it, we have to go—Oh, fuck. Command: What is happening? Carden: It looks like there is a leak in this vat here, I stepped in a puddle. I thought it was water, but that's obviously not the case. It's soaked through my sock. I took a few steps but now I can't move. Markus. What do I do? Pierce: I don't know. This stuff lasts a while. Command, I think you may need to send in some backup. Carden isn't going anywhere any time soon. LOI/POI-3533: Sorry, guys. It says on the bottle to avoid getting it on the skin. Some folks just won't listen to the warnings! Looks like you're stuck with us for the long haul, miss. Carden: W-why are they so loud? [groans]—Oh, everything hurts. Why does everything hurt? Pierce: Frank, I really think you're going to have to let us go, buddy. Think about what something like this would mean for your company— LOI/POI-3533: Frank isn't here. Well, he is, but stop talking about us like we aren't all here, too. And don't play with us. No one has come in two decades. I don't think anyone will be coming for you either. Get enough of this stuff on you and you won't even be a memory anymore. Metal creaking noises are heard, followed by a loud crash. Carden: Shit, Markus, run! Pierce is heard breathing heavily, Carden is heard screaming but is drowned out by the sounds of liquid flooding the area. Agent Carden's microphone ceases function several seconds later. Pierce: Server room… server room… c'mon. Sounds of rustling and miscellaneous background noise is picked up. Pierce: Ah, here. LOI/POI-3533: No, don't go in there! I will call the police! The sounds of the door opening and closing is heard. LOI/POI-3533's voice becomes muffled. LOI/POI-3533: You can't stay in there forever. And there's plenty more 'Metaphysiclean!' where that came from! Pierce: Okay, command, I've located their data storage, and I can say for certain that servers are the only thing in this room. Thank Christ. My head hurts. Don't ever assign me more of this conceptual bullshit, I hate it. I hate all of this. Command: Duly noted. Pierce: There's a terminal over here. Let me see what I can find. Pierce is heard operating the computer for several minutes, while various bangs and thuds are heard outside. LOI/POI-3533: Oh, wait, I've got an idea. [laughs] Pierce: That doesn't sound good. Alright, I found some ledgers, precursor lists, what is this? I'm seeing mentions of alchemical ingredients. Essence of Raskovnik?11 There's also a large archive of emails here, I'll send all the information to you guys in a moment— A loud sealing noise is heard in the room. Pierce: What was that? Nearly gave me a heart attack. LOI/POI-3533: Markus, I'm real sorry we had to do this. You won't understand, but we need this place. At this point, a feminine voice is heard over the loudspeaker of the factory. Intercom: Attention all factory workers, please evacuate immediately. Pierce: What did you do? LOI/POI-3533: No, you did this. You forced us to do this. Intercom: Halogen suppression system activated. Pierce: Oh, no. A mechanical whirring is picked up, followed by the sounds of ventilation. Pierce: Command, you need to send someone immediately! Command: They are en route to your location, but— Pierce: But what? Command: Did you secure the files and send them to uplink? Pierce: Yes. What should I do? Command checks and confirms the receipt of the information, select excerpts can be found in Addendum 3533.3. Pierce: Command? I'm feeling a bit light-headed here. Command: The room is filling with inert gas, Pierce. You are going to lose consciousness very shortly. Pierce: Command, I— Pierce is heard slurring and becoming incomprehensible. Shortly after, contact with Agent Pierce is lost. Reinforcements arrive onsite and LOI/POI-3533 is contained. The body of Elizabeth Carden was not identified, but further interactions suggest she may still be alive. LOI/POI-3533 has generally been hostile to all forms of life that enter the facility since. Addendum 3533.3: LOI/POI-3533 Select Employee Email Correspondences + access LOI-POI-3533_email.log cd .. Subject: RE: Welcome! To: fmiller@████████manufacturing.com From: kbaldwin@████████manufacturing.com Frank, Happy to be aboard! Yes, I'm settling in fine, everyone here has been very professional so far. Excited to see that 'secret project' they have us working on. I'm sure my experience with polymers will come in handy, though I can't help but feel some imposter syndrome without knowing the fine print. See you soon, Karen Subject: MEKP Delivery To: kbaldwin@████████manufacturing.com From: gthompson@███████████.com Karen, The latest batch of methyl-ethyl ketone peroxide is arriving on Tuesday. I know you probably know this already, but try to avoid getting that stuff on you, especially when it is catalyzing. I've seen some nasty burns in my time and 30000 gallons is the largest I've ever had to ship in one go before. Seriously though, all your employees need to be real careful about this stuff. And don't smoke within a mile of the building, just to be safe. Sincerely, George Thompson ████ ██ █████ Supply [CONTACT INFORMATION REDACTED] Subject: RE: New formula for Conceptua-Cleaner (Working Title) To: fmiller@████████manufacturing.com From: rsorisi@█████.██████████.com12 Good afternoon, I've been looking at these new formula proposals and, I've got to say, I'm impressed. How exactly do you plan on actually making this work? The runes you were supplied do not have sufficient output for this kind of impartation. I'm not sure I quite understand the epistemology behind this 100% just yet, so please send me more details on case files 000584-000590 at your earliest convenience. Thanks, Rose Sorisi, Head of Innovative Strategics S. C. Johnson and Son Corporate West Coast Division [CONTACT INFORMATION REDACTED] Subject: EMPLOYEE NOTICE To: mjacobs@████████manufacturing.com, kbaldwin@████████manufacturing.com and 29 others From: fmiller@████████manufacturing.com A note to all employees, This is a friendly reminder that Conceptua-Cleaner is not a toy and using it for recreation is prohibited on factory grounds. Not only is it dangerous and unpredictable at this stage, I figured some of you were old enough to know not to go playing with household cleaners. I don't care how funny you think it is- a cronut has already been invented and those are all safe to eat. Don't do it again. Frank Subject: Formula 000589 To: fmiller@████████manufacturing.com From: kbaldwin@████████manufacturing.com Frank, Latest samples have shown a marked increase in duration of effect. The actual softening is happening at a faster rate as well. I'm going to try adjusting these inscriptions. I know what corporate said about output, but I think I might be able to boost it with a little modification. I'll let you know how it turns out. We're still having some inconsistent results- I'm aiming for uniform approximation across the board. Karen Subject: Rebranding Conceptua-Cleaner To: fmiller@████████manufacturing.com From: rsorisi@█████.██████████.com Frank, The consumer product board of S. C. Johnson has decided that Conceptua-Cleaner is being renamed 'Metaphysiclean!'. I personally don't like it, but don't tell them I said that. New labels are being shipped from ████████'s printing company, I presume you will receive them within the next week. Please migrate all data and adjust production to fit this. Thanks, Rose Sorisi, Head of Innovative Strategics S. C. Johnson and Son Corporate West Coast Division [CONTACT INFORMATION REDACTED] Subject: Incident - 09/28/1997 To: fmiller@████████manufacturing.com From: hr@████████.com There was a mishap down in your testing labs today, apparently they had misjudged the potency of the formula and now we have one person down here with two mouths and they're both yelling at me. They are considering pursuing a legal route due to sustained mental trauma. I know they'll be fine eventually, but they are willing to make a show of this if they aren't compensated. Please schedule a good time for review of after-action reports and case notes, at your earliest convenience. Lisa Thompson ████████ Human Resources Department Subject: Reckitt Benckiser's smear campaign (no pun intended) To: kbaldwin@████████manufacturing.com From: fmiller@████████manufacturing.com It seems some of the lab jockeys over at Benckiser have been working on something similar to 'Metaphysiclean!' for a while now, and they aren't happy about us having the superior product! Check out these forum posts. We're living rent-free in their heads! Our cleaners will always be number one! Thanks to you, anyhow. Frank (dead links removed) Subject: RE: Reckitt Benckiser's smear campaign (no pun intended) To: fmiller@████████manufacturing.com From: kbaldwin@████████manufacturing.com Frank, I think they might be up to something. Everyone in the company just got a blank email from one of their domains. Not sure what that was about, but you should probably adjust our spam filters appropriately in case this happens again. Karen Subject: Just checking in. To: rsorisi@█████.██████████.com From: fmiller@████████manufacturing.com Good afternoon, I'm sending this message because we've been having difficulty contacting you or any of the S. C. Johnson affiliates over the phone about a recent spam email situation we had from one of your competitor corporations. If you could just shoot me a response to let me know all is well, it would definitely be appreciated. Regards, Frank Subject: Testing To: rsorisi@█████.██████████.com From: fmiller@████████manufacturing.com Please respond to this message if you have received it. Some of us are getting worried, and they can't contact their families. Frank Subject: (no subject) To: rsorisi@█████.██████████.com, gkonstantinou112@███████.com and 43 others From: fmiller@████████manufacturing.com Can anyone see these messages? Please respond. Frank Subject: (no subject) To: rsorisi@█████.██████████.com From: fmiller@████████manufacturing.com Employee morale is very low. Some crew appear disoriented. I'm not sure if we exist anymore. One of the forklift drivers is having a meltdown as we speak. I don't know. There isn't much else to say. Frank Footnotes 1. That is to say, the liquid is comprised of itself and its respective compounds, the concept of itself, the concept of lemon-scented, and the concept of household spray cleaners simultaneously and exclusively at any given time. 2. Efficacy of the spray has increased by 25% since 2003. 3. Classification of which as a Group of Interest currently pending administrative approval. 4. Mus musculus. 5. It is to note that SCP-3533's label clearly states to avoid getting the substance on skin or in eyes but does not provide a way to wash affected area and warns against flushing the eyes with water. 6. More specifically, the partial dissolution of subjective individual self-identity. 7. Both subjects insisted they were D-9765 and D-1954, but D-1954 could not state that there was a difference between them and that there were simply two designations for one personnel. Three observers corroborated this story, while the other two did not think of subjects as one person but a gestalt organism comprised of two beings. 8. See Addendum 3533.3 for more information. 9. No evidence of this phenomena has been recorded, it is possible they have antimemetic qualities as well. It is unknown how LOI/POI-3533 would acquire these supplies if they were placed outside of the building in the first place. 10. It is likely these accounts are automatically paid and are not detectable to S. C. Johnson's Human Resources departments. Still, it is unknown how LOI/POI-3533 knows this information and why it needs payment in any sense regardless, or if this information is factual at all. An audit of S. C. Johnson's finances is considered a possibility. 11. Raskovnik is a mythical plant in Slavic folklore. It is also to note that in many texts, the herb is notoriously difficult to identify. 12. Mrs. Sorisi was contacted and expressed no knowledge of SCP-3533 or any memory of this email. Supplied Class-B Amnestics and released.
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SCP-3534
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One of five inscriptions required to activate SCP-3534's anomalous properties. Item #: SCP-3534 Special Containment Procedures: All documentation containing information on SCP-3534 is to be recovered from decommissioned Imperial Japanese Anomalous Matters Examination Agency laboratories and stored within high-priority storage lockers in Research and Containment Site-110. The creation of SCP-3534-1 instances is only permitted with Level-4 authorization. All SCP-3534-1 instances are to be kept within Research and Containment Site-110's docking bay. Explorations of SCP-3534-2 are to be performed with the discretion and supervision of Research and Containment Site-110 research personnel. Mobile Task Force Gamma-6 ("Deep Feeders") is responsible for all firsthand exploration into SCP-3534-2. Outside of these authorized explorations, no instances of SCP-3534-1 are to be created. As documentation containing SCP-3534 is still being manufactured within Japan, personnel of Mobile Task Force Gamma-5 ("Red Herrings") are to be deployed within all major Japanese cities to investigate unauthorized SCP-3534 documentation manufacturing.1 All individuals found documenting elements of SCP-3534 are to be taken into Foundation custody for interrogation. Following the conclusion of the subject's investigation, C-Class (Targeted Retrograde) amnestics2 are to be administered. The manifestation of any SCP-3534-3 instance into Baseline reality is to be considered a precursor for an MH-Class (Large-Scale Aggressor Overrun) Scenario.3 Should the SCP-3534-3 instance manifest in close proximity to Research and Containment Site-110, Site-110's failsafe nuclear device is to be immediately activated. MTF Eta-5 ("Jäeger Bombers") is to be deployed from Dimensional-Site-172 to the ruins of Site-110 to verify the termination of all SCP-3534-3 instances. In the event that any SCP-3534-3 instances survive the failsafe or an overlap between Baseline reality and SCP-3534-2, Article I, Section 1 of the Hy-Brasil International Security Agreement of 19924 is to be immediately invoked. All Foundation assets are then to begin preparation for an MH-Class Scenario. Description: SCP-3534 is a series of inscriptions created by the Imperial Japanese Anomalous Matters Examination Agency (IJAMEA) which, when inscribed into the inside of an aquatic vehicle, alters the vehicle to be a full-size, functional Type-A Kō-hyōteki-class submarine5 (thereafter designated SCP-3534-1). Removal of SCP-3534's anomalous properties can be achieved by a single laceration through all five inscriptions. Instances of SCP-3534-1 are consistent in terms of markings and interior. Located on the exterior of SCP-3534-1 instances is the logo of the IJAMEA alongside the words "研究船舶" ("kenkyū senpaku," "research vessel"). Instances are equipped with radar technology developed in 1994, aquatic diving suits, and food and water rations. An SCP-3534-1 instance operated by Foundation personnel preparing for an authorized exploration. SCP-3534-1's anomalous properties manifest upon entering a body of water. At a varying submergence point, the SCP-3534-1 instance will become obscured by a high increase in water turbidity of unknown source around the instance. Upon being obscured, the instance will be transported to an extradimensional location, designated SCP-3534-2. SCP-3534-2 is an alternate reality extremely similar to Baseline reality with the primary difference being the mean sea level of SCP-3534-2 increased by approximately 500 meters. This appears to have been a gradual change which began around 1993. No source for this increase in water has been determined, although rudimentary thaumaturgical analysis suggests it may be linked to the SCP-3534-3 population of SCP-3534-2. SCP-3534-3 are Large-Scale Aggressors which are believed to have caused an event similar to an MH-Class scenario within SCP-3534-2. Instances exhibit characteristics of both reptiles and aquatic cephalopods (being extremely similar to UAE-Brasil-78), and range from ~5 to ~300 m in height. Instances are hostile towards all life and have been observed to commonly engage in combat with one another without direct cause. All instances have been noted to emit higher Elan Vital Energy and Akiva radiation levels than most extradimensional entities. There are, at current estimates, over five hundred thousand SCP-3534-3 instances within SCP-3534-2. In addition to the SCP-3534-3 population, the population of whales (order Cetacea) and starfish (class Asteroidea) has significantly increased as compared to Baseline reality. The reason for this increase in population is unknown. Recovery: The discovery of SCP-3534 occurred upon sightings of heightened IJAMEA cell activity within Japan. Mobile Task Force Delta-5 ("Front Runners") was dispatched to investigate former IJAMEA operating bases and laboratories. Upon MTF Delta-5's arrival at the largest former operating facility, said facility was discovered to still be operational with multiple IJAMEA personnel inside. All IJAMEA personnel were apprehended and are being held in indefinite detention. The most notable subject was a Hattori Michizane, an individual claiming to be of high importance in the IJAMEA. Michizane refused to reveal any further information regarding his identity or the IJAMEA's current goals. The following is a note recovered from Hattori Michizane's office within the base. TO ISHIDA, THE MISSED 31 October 1995 A rogue angel then demon fell from an aquatic numbered rapture to our world. The mystical island of Hy-Brasil was attacked. The demon went rogue for a reason, yet it was not provoked nor were its reasons valid. The demon believed that we needed to reset; that we had been given long enough to convert to the side of the star. The angels which surrounded him doubted his statements and banished him from rapture, causing him to flee to our realm. While in our realm, the demon schemed alone. The demon maintained the thoughts which had led to its banishment throughout its stay in our fragile realm and intended to perform its own Judgement Day. This would lead to the island's doom. And so Hy-Brasil was attacked. Thousands slaughtered by the hands of the rogue angel then demon. A good portion of the island's population were men and women of science and knowledge of the occult. The rogue angel then demon was eventually killed by men and women of science, but not before the valuable lives were lost. Man's curiosity concerning rogue angel then demon's fall into our realm grew. Its origins were clouded with a constantly-altering facade, and man had trouble removing the fake face of its birthplace. We, Japan, were plagued with curiosity as well; just not as ignorant as some. And so, they broke into rapture, deep underground. But you must earn your way into salvation; you cannot steal it. They angered the angels and, because of this, the angels began to agree with the rogue angel then demon's. They threatened to flood our realm with both sea and the true numbered angels and begin anew. Man did not believe them despite the immense power exhibited because of the rogue angel then demon. Man did not heed their warning. They entered into our plane and wreaked havoc as promised. My brother… he worked alongside me during the greatest Occult War. Experimentation of our own began to attempt to find where the angels came from, but Japan was not as successful as others. We discovered a way to open into the dimension in which the angels were currently rebirthing, and this is when our curiosity was also blighted. We simply watched as they began to remake the new world. They swam majestically through the land, moving with her, the ocean, showing no signs of a challenge. My brother and I stood against the glass of the Kō-hyōteki, watching as the angels created yet another chain of being. As we watched, one took my brother out of my arms. I must return to find him. The world we explored is not heaven. My brother is not in rapture; I hear his plea. Do not fear, Ishida. I am coming. I will spread the knowledge of the angels' methods of transportation, and I will find you and return you home. Glory to Japan. Michizane has refused to further expand upon this document. Exploration 3534-L4: The following is a transcript of an authorized exploration into SCP-3534-2, conducted by operatives of Mobile Task Force Gamma-6 ("Deep Feeders"). [BEGIN LOG] Command: Gamma-6, this is Command. Do you read me? Angler: Affirmative. Betta: I can. Carp: Confirming. Command: Close the hatch and prepare for submergence. Betta: Got it. The operatives close the hatch located on the top of SCP-3534-1. They advance forward until an area of required depth for submergence has been reached. Angler: We're ready, Command. Command: Copy. Submerge in three, two, one. SCP-3534-1 submerges completely under the ocean surface and proceeds to lower to a depth of ~20 m. Carp: We're about twenty meters down, Command. Awaiting your authorization before proceeding into dash-two. Command: Whenever you're ready, Gamma-6. After a brief moment of silence, SCP-3534-1 submerges to a depth of thirty meters, activating its anomalous effects. Gamma-6 is transported to SCP-3534-2 after visibility is obscured, as normal. Angler: Undergoing transportation, Command. Command: Copy. Report when you've made it, Gamma-6. SCP-3534-1 fully enters SCP-3534-2. Angler: Command, we've made it into dash-two. Command: Advance under your own discretion, but leave your helmet cameras on and report every sixty seconds. Angler: Roger that, Command. Betta: Alert, everyone. There's one right there. An SCP-3534-3 instance is visible through one of the windows of SCP-3534-1, approximately 50 m away from the submarine. Betta: Do they ever leave? Carp: I'll turn off the lighting. Angler: Yeah, go do that. Carp turns off all internal light sources. The SCP-3534-3 instance briefly appears to look in their direction but changes course and swims away. Carp: Command, we can't even be in here for two seconds without a dash-three noticing us. This may be longer than expected. Command: Reminder that you have rations in the submarine and that you have no limit to power. Betta: Copy. Gamma-6 lowers to the ocean floor, entering the submerged ruins of an unidentified city. It begins navigating between abandoned streets. Occasionally, an SCP-3534-3 instance will pass overhead. Command: Gamma-6, report. Angler: Nothing out of the ordinary so far. Just a bunch of crocosquids and abandoned buildings. Command: Roger. Gamma-6 continues to navigate the ocean floor. They continue their course uninterrupted until an abnormality is noticed by Betta. Betta: Hey, A, you see that? Angler: See wh— oh. Yeah. Yeah, I do. Carp: What the hell is that thing? Angler: I don't know. Command: Gamma-6, what do you see? Betta: I think we might be overreacting. It looks like an air bubble. Angler: All the way down here? Carp: It's just… floating there. If it were an air bubble, it would go up. Angler: Then what is it? Carp: I don't see why you're asking me, A. Betta: Command, requesting authorization to proceed outside of dash-one to the abnormality. Command: Authorization granted. Take another operative with you. Angler: I'll go out with B. Carp: Ooooookay. I'll just be in here, then. Angler: Damn right you will. Angler and Betta take approximately fifteen minutes to properly equip themselves for diving using the aquatic suits found in SCP-3534-1. Rushing water can be heard as the artificial airlock opens to SCP-3534-2. Angler: Command, exiting now. Command: Copy that. Betta: Shit, it's cold. Angler: Especially for an area that contains fucking fire-breathing krakens. Betta: Well, they are cold-blooded, right? Angler: I don't know, are they? Command: Remain on task, Gamma-6. Proceed to the abnormality. Angler: Copy. Advancing. Angler and Betta approach the abnormality safely. No SCP-3534-3 instances are within view. Betta: There's something in it, A. Angler: What? Betta: Is that … a tape? Underwater? Carp: Well, it's in an air bubble, so… Angler: Command, I'm going to reach in for it. Betta: A, I don't think— Angler quickly reaches his hand into the abnormality and retrieves the recording device. Despite being submerged in liquid, the device remains dry. Betta: …or not. Angler: I've got it, Command. Command: Copy. Return to dash-one. Angler: Inbound. Angler and Betta continue to return to SCP-3534-1. An SCP-3534-3 instance can be seen approaching the two operatives from approximately 500 m away. Betta: Shit! Shitshitshitshitshit— Angler: Get down! The SCP-3534-3 instance attempts to attack both operatives but misses its first attempted strike. Angler and Betta continue their attempt to flee towards SCP-3534-1, until Betta suddenly halts all movement and spreads his limbs. Betta: The angels do not dwell in the Heavens above, but the abyssal depths below. Angler: B, what the fuck are you talking about? Come on, let's move! Betta: The arms of the starfish have embraced me. Angler: Fuck— The SCP-3534-3 begins circling back towards the two operatives. Angler swims backward to Betta's position and wraps a singular arm around his waist, attempting to swim back to SCP-3534-1. Carp: Hurry! Get in here! Angler: What the fuck do you think we're— At this time, another previously unseen SCP-3534-3 instance is spotted approaching the two operatives. Angler's breathing heavily increases and he loses his grip on Betta. Despite this, Angler continues to swim towards SCP-3534-1. Angler: I am so sorry, David… The original SCP-3534-3 swallows Betta whole. The second SCP-3534-3 instance then attacks the first, and the two instances engage in physical combat. Angler: Oh my God, oh my fucking fuck— Carp: Hurry the fuck up, A! Angler finally reaches SCP-3534-1 at which point he enters the submarine. Carp immediately begins their ascent. Gamma-6 is transported out of SCP-3534-2 via a laceration through SCP-3534 with no damage to SCP-3534-1. Carp: [Heavily] Uh, Command, we're… we're good. We made it out. Command: Casualties? Angler: Um, affirmative, Command. David. Command: …shame. Return to the docking area. Afterword: I don't know why he just … stopped. He was looking at me the whole time. He just refused to move and… That wasn't David. It couldn't have been. — Codename Angler The following is a transcript of the tape recovered from Exploration 3534-L4. [BEGIN LOG] …and so we began the project; damn thing lasted three years. Day after day, through dawn 'til dusk, we worked on the machine. The corpse of the creature fueled our ambitions to learn more about its origins. Curiosity is never a bad trait to have. Looking back on Hy-Brasil, I didn't possibly think that anything else like that could ever exist again. But this job has taught me that nothing is impossible. That day was absolutely treacherous. No one knew where it came from; it just struck with absolutely no sense of mercy, with the intent to kill anything that moved. Hy-Brasil was most likely targeted due to its affiliation with the anomalous. It could have gone anywhere else in the world; Africa, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the United States — absolutely anywhere. But it chose a single island that less than one percent of Earth's population even knew existed. …but, of course, we don't just wonder where things come from. We discover. That's our role in humanity: to advance the world in scientific knowledge and understanding of anomalies that plague the multiverse. So, Project [unintelligible] initiated, led by Doctor Visini. Nobody really agrees what the "true" goal of the project was, but its surface end-goal was clear: figure out where that damned thing came from. The doctors reached, uh, "salvation" because of this project. Who knew that salvation would be within the depths of the ocean instead of high in the sky? After they went in, they were surrounded by a bunch of those reptilian fucks … and we thought the one that attacked Hy-Brasil was big. These things stood higher than we could even comprehend. But these ones were docile, unlike in Hy-Brasil. Salvation was truly a sight to behold, especially with docile aquatic monsters. The researchers just kept walking until… They came across a large chapel shaped like a pentagon. A star was labeled on just about every single area on both the inside and the outside of the building. Of course, out of ignorance as well as curiosity, they entered. This was humanity's greatest mistake. It was filled with people, no, humans sitting around fires singing songs. In my opinion, the songs were quite — gah, fuck. Saying it now isn't going to save us. Their songs were spiritual, and they cast an aura upon the chapel. The aura was calming, but Visini decided it would be appropriate to spare his opinion to the salvation-dwellers. "Your music fucking sucks," he said. Originally, they chuckled it off and told him to sit down. Knowing Visini, he refused, which just ticked the gentlemen off even more than he intended. "Really. Fucking garbage," he said. And just then, one of the squids leaned down and swallowed one of the researchers. Music is sacred, especially to these creatures. Why? I don't know. I just know that's the fact and we realized it too late. They came from salvation down — er, up — to us, just to tell us our wrongdoings. Of course, they weren't going to leave us off with a warning. It's never that simple, especially when you're fucking with deities. They decided our only sin was ignorance, and they gave us a time to fix it. We had seven days. Now we have two. I have a strong feeling that they're going to stay true to their word. I have an even stronger feeling that the punishment stated is going to occur because humanity simply doesn't seem to care. If you're listening to this, somehow, then I just want to let you know… think wisely while in you're in that "salvation". It may just lead to not just your end, but the end for everyone else around you, too. Logged March 5th, 1993. This has been Dr. Agostinelli… most likely for the last time. [END LOG] Notes: In Baseline reality, Doctor Visini was a Foundation Senior Researcher stationed at Nexus-03, who proposed a research project to determine the origins of UAE-Brasil-78. This project was denied by the O5 Council. Following the denial, Doctor Visini was reassigned to SCP-1982 in 1990 and was reported missing in 1991. Doctor Agostinelli was a Junior Researcher also stationed at Nexus-03, who was killed during Incident-N03-78. Footnotes 1. Documents must require at least 3/5 elements of SCP-3534 in succession in order to be considered suspicious and require at least 4/5 elements of SCP-3534 in succession to be officially apprehended. 2. Specialized amnestics used for the targeting and removal of specific memories. 3. Involving the enslavement, reduction, or destruction of human life by an extreme number of Large-Scale Aggressors. 4. A binding treaty enacted by King Delbáeth II of Hy-Brasil between the Foundation, the Global Occult Coalition and several governments concerning the reappearance of entities similar to UAE-Brasil-78. 5. A midget submarine used by Imperial Japan during the Seventh Occult War.
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SCP-3535
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Instance of SCP-3535 found in nature. Item #: SCP-3535 Special Containment Procedures: Foundation engineers have constructed an enclosed greenhouse using a closed-loop hydroponics system. Any fluids or minerals inserted or removed from the SCP-3535 containment area are to be thoroughly examined for signs of plant matter. Recovered seeds are to be destroyed as soon as they are found. Living instances of SCP-3535 are stored within Site-103. Specimens of SCP-3535 still present in the wild are to be recovered alive, when possible. If relocation is not possible due to external factors or the anomaly itself, anti-arboreal chemical agents may be requisitioned from Site-77. Description: SCP-3535 is a parasitic species of plant which expresses multiple anomalous traits and properties. Due to its reproductive method of seeding inside of native plant species and assimilating their biology, instances of SCP-3535 can be found in any climate or location. Assimilation occurs over a period of three weeks from germination until the SCP-3535 instance is considered fully matured. The functions of the host will be taken over by SCP-3535 until it dies. SCP-3535 will shed the dead weight while beginning the process of regrowing the lost mass. Other than reproducing the natural appearance of a native species, instances of SCP-3535 may also take on artificial aesthetic adjustments to blend in to urban environments, such as holiday decorations or in one case integrating itself with a cell-phone tower disguised as a tree. The bark of SCP-3535 appears to be able to adjust its coloration at any time. It also produces a disproportionately large cloud of particulate plant matter if impacting a solid surface. Sap produced does not appear to have any biological function, but acts as a powerful adhesive when contacting biological matter. Branches can also explosively detach themselves at any time, although it appears SCP-3535 primarily does this as a last-resort defense mechanism. Foliage of plants affected by SCP-3535 also exhibits multiple anomalous properties. If a leaf taken from one is placed on a black and white document, the text covered by the leaf will be reproduced on its surface. Dried leaves are abnormally sharp and if able to break the skin of a mammalian subject, a biological compound will be deposited in their bloodstream. It appears that this gives the SCP-3535 instance some intuition on the subject's location and activities, although this effect requires further research. The root system of SCP-3535 grows extensively and continually beyond the actual biological needs of the instance. They will be partially hollowed once SCP-3535 is fully matured. Root knees will grow both at the base of the tree and at the edge of SCP-3535's root system. This makes it possible for subjects at a distance to listen to conversations being held in SCP-3535's vicinity. Animals or other creatures living within SCP-3535 have an abnormal propensity to construct their nesting out of documents and other information-containing materials from their local area. This occurs most frequently when SCP-3535 has grown to full maturation in a densely urban area. History: Discovered in Washington D.C, USA after Unusual Incidents Unit agents cleaning out a deceased former agent's home reported its properties. Foundation agents were able to recover all known seeds and instances of SCP-3535 by 1999. Further operations culled the natural population of SCP-3535. It is currently estimated that between 100-200 instances of SCP-3535 may exist in the wild. Addendum: Containment Incident. On 09/18/2008, Researcher Alleyn discovered that several trees on the grounds of Site-103 had been converted into instances of SCP-3535. Further investigation showed that the hydroponics system which had been used to maintain the population of SCP-3535 in containment had been compromised and was being used to funnel seeds through Site-103's plumbing and from there exit containment and continue propagating in the wild. Review of surveillance footage shows that all key personnel involved with monitoring and maintaining the plumbing system and SCP-3535 had unknowingly been affected by its leaves. Further research is being conducted as to whether this affected their ability to perform their duties. A purge of Site-103's plumbing revealed several dozen SCP-3535 seeds. All saplings and matured instances discovered outside of containment have been culled, with containment procedures being reviewed and updated. Testing of SCP-3535's hypothetical intelligence has been scheduled. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3535" by Anonymous, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3535. 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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A portion of SCP-3536. Item #: SCP-3536 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3536 is contained in a Safe-class storage room in Site-234. Testing of SCP-3536 with other bacterial SCP objects requires written permission from the acting Research Supervisor (currently Dr. Maravilla). All SCP-3536-1 instances created for testing purposes are to be destroyed by incineration following conclusion of testing. Description: SCP-3536 is a large piece of machinery approximately 30 m2 in area. SCP-3536's main components include a hopper labeled 'Raw Materials', two broth tanks, several pumps and compressors, and a console containing several dials. Both tanks will spontaneously refill with nutrient broth if emptied completely. Due to corrosion, only one dial is movable. SCP-3536 also possesses a receptacle that attaches to a small glass vial. A handwritten instruction manual recovered alongside SCP-3536 has provided incomplete details to its operation. The manual states that any mixture of compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus will fuel SCP-3536, and recommends a mixture of charcoal, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, and nitrogen gas. If a bacteria-containing sample is placed in the vial and inserted, SCP-3536 will proceed to use the stored raw materials to create live replicas of any bacteria present in the sample. These replicas, hereafter designated SCP-3536-1, are magnified in size according to the selected setting on the movable dial; testing has resulted in instances ranging in size from 2 to 45 cm. SCP-3536-1 instances are structurally stable, despite the predictions of the Square-Cube principle. Otherwise, they are not visibly or structurally different from their nonanomalous counterparts. Discovery: Law enforcement in Georgetown, Guyana detained nine individuals attempting to kidnap a patient from Davis Memorial Hospital afflicted with endocarditis. The group was responsible for multiple reports of battery and illegal entry into various hospitals, and had gained notoriety for their modus operandi of collecting various samples from infectious and terminal patients. Upon investigation of the ringleader's residence, SCP-3536 was discovered in the basement. A large amount of discarded SCP-3536-1 membranes were found, consistent with the later hypothesis that the individuals had subsisted on a diet consisting solely of SCP-3536-1. Also found alongside SCP-3536 were several dozen scrapbooks containing handwritten recipes involving SCP-3536-1 instances, personal thoughts, and plans consistent with the failed kidnapping. Excerpts from the books indicated a growing obsession with SCP-3536 and SCP-3536-1 among the group. Of note, analysis has shown that the handwriting of the instruction manual does not match that of any of the nine members of the group. D-class test subjects who have consumed SCP-3536-1 instances generally (~90%) report a very pleasant taste, but testing has failed to prove any inherent addictive or mind-affecting properties in SCP-3536 or SCP-3536-1.
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Item #: SCP-3537 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3537 is to be contained in a standard humanoid containment cell in Hall 8 of Site 13. SCP-3537 is allowed access to paper and various writing material after it changes its appearance. All documents written by SCP-3537 are to be stored in a file in Doctor Marai's office. In case of a containment breach from SCP-3537 in which its current appearance is unknown, all exits are to be blocked off and personnel must take off any clothing article that covers their upper body. Once SCP-3537 has been identified, it is to be sedated and brought back to its containment cell. Description: SCP-3537 is a humanoid polymorphic being. SCP-3537 has shown to be incapable of controlling its transformations. These are usually described as painful depending on how drastic the changes from its previous alteration are. The shortest time elapsed between physical changes recorded has been 24 hours, while the longest time has consisted of 30 days. The only recorded aspects that persist between these conversions are SCP-3537's mental characteristics (memories, health, and personality) and a tattoo located in its back between the shoulder blades, which reads "Mr. Shapey, from Little Misters ® by Dr. Wondertainment". All of SCP-3537's transformations take the appearance of non-anomalous human individuals. Some of the recorded changes have consisted of: Gain and loss of fat and muscle mass1 Height ranging from 1.56m to 1.97m Ethnicity and skin color2 Hair color3 Sex Biological age Overall DNA structure Occasionally, SCP-3537 will write down a description for possible anomalous abilities the transformation could have. Testing indicates that SCP-3537 does not obtain the anomalies written. For a list of some recorded transformations, see Addendum 3537-A. Shortly after containment, SCP-3537 changed appearance into an obese male of indeterminate descent. Pigmentation was present in the general area of the belly of SCP-3537. The pigmentation took the shape of sentences, and it read as follows: Markings present on SCP-3537 – hide block Wow! You've just found yourself your very own Little Mister, a limited edition collection from Dr. Wondertainment! Always wanted a tall friend who could help you retrieve all those frisbees stuck in the roof of your house? Or smart friend that can help you with your homework so you can have more time to play? Well, you're in luck! Mr. Shapey can be that and so much more! Find them all and become Mr. Collector!! 01. Mr. Chameleon 02. Mr. Headless 03. Mr. Laugh 04. Mr. Forgetful 05. Mr. Shapey ✔ 06. Mr. Soap 07. Mr. Hungry 08. Mr. Brass 09. Mr. Hot 10. Ms. Sweetie 11. Mr. Life and Mr. Death 12. Mr. Fish 13. Mr. Moon 14. Mr. Redd (discontinued) 15. Mr. Money 16. Mr. Lost 17. Mr. Lie 18. Mr. Mad 19. Mr. Scary 20. Mr. Stripes Addendum 3537-A: The following is a list of some of the recorded SCP-3537 transformations accompanied with anomaly descriptions. Date: 7/12/2016 Transformation #: 3537-26 ("Mr. Night") Description: Male of Peruvian descent. 1.80m tall and weighted 70.11kg. Bald. Between 30 and 40 years of age. Other Notable Features: SCP-3537 had pigmentation on its body resembling traditional indigenous body paint. These do not seem to play part with SCP-3537's descriptions Possible Anomalies: While in the dark, the entity would have manifested bioluminescent spots on the skin. The spots would have acted as stars and their position would shift to match the entity's current location. Date: 11/6/2016 Transformation #: 3537-89 ("Ms. Sandy") Description: Female of European descent. 1.63m tall and weighed 63.44kg. Blonde hair. Approximately 20 years of age. Other Notable Features: SCP-3537 presented signs of constant sun exposure except for the general area of the torso. This 'untanned' portion indicates the use of a one piece swimming suit. Possible Anomalies: Unspecified amounts of sand would manifest periodically in a small area around the entity. If a subject under 18 years of age were to interact with the manifested sand, any structures created (i.e sandcastles) would become indestructible, regardless of pressure applied. Date: 5/28/2017 Transformation #: 3537-433 ("Mr. Zippers") Description: Male4 of unidentified descent. 1.73m tall and weighted 32.02kg. Approximately 50 years old. Other Notable Features: SCP-3537 presented light purple skin colouration with golden stripes present in a seemingly random pattern across the body. Possible Anomalies: The entity would consist of a sentient, hollow, humanoid cloth doll, with various zippers around its body. These zippers could be opened into a pocket dimension. Items could be stored and retreived from the inside the entity. Addendum 3537-B: The following is an interview which took place on 4/19/2018, between SCP-3537 and Researcher Harling. Interviewed: SCP-3537 Interviewer: Researcher Harling <Begin Log> Researcher Harling: Good afternoon, SCP-3537. Today I would like to make some questions about these "special" transformations of yours. SCP-3537: Sure thing, doc. Researcher Harling: Let's begin then. Why is it that you only come up with these descriptions of anomalous behaviour for certain transformations? Why not all of them? SCP-3537: Pretty easy. I just don't think all of them are that interesting to be honest. Nothing really eye-catching, nothing that would make a child go "Mom I want one of those! Can I get one please?". Researcher Harling: I'd say a polymorphic entity is eye-catching as it is. Do you feel unsatisfied with your anomalies in comparison to that of others from the collection? SCP-3537: Unsatisfied? I assure you, sir, that I'm happy the way I am, regardless of how I will ever look! Researcher Harling: Then what's the purpose behind the notes we've seen you write? SCP-3537: Brainstorming. Researcher Harling: Brainstorming? What for? SCP-3537: Well, they used to be idea pitches for possible Little Misters. If I came up with a good idea for a shift, then I would write it down for Dr. W to read, and if he liked it, she would make it a Mister! Researcher Harling: So what you are saying is that you were the first one that came to existence? SCP-3537: Yes and no. You're right in that I was physically made first, but I was certainly the last one to get the tattoo. W made me to help in the creative process of Mister makin' . Lost? Fish? Smiles? I used to be them before they were themselves. Well, I used to be most of them, since not all current Misters were ideas from yours truly. Anyways, it wasn't until the list was nineteen Misters in that W decided that I should be the last. Researcher Harling: Any particular reason behind that choice? SCP-3537: None as far as I know. Researcher Harling: To end it up for today, could you elaborate on why you keep coming up with these descriptions despite not working for Dr. Wondertainment anymore? SCP-3537: I used to do it mostly to pass time, you know, like a hobby. It wasn't until recently that I've felt like I needed to do them as if I was working again, though. Either way, since you guys now own me, might as well pitch my ideas to you all, since everybody here seems to be interested in how wacky I can look at times. <End Log> Footnotes 1. How SCP-3537 obtains this additional matter, along with how it disposes of it, is still currently unknown. 2. There are recorded cases where transformations include various skin pigmentations. These pigmentations usually resemble tattoos and/or cosmetics. 3. Similarly, there are cases where transformations have unnatural hair colors. Said hair shows no evidence of it having been dyed. 4. It's theorised that the entity in question would have been genderless, in a similar matter to SCP-905 and SCP-629, but the transformations SCP-3537 goes through seem to be unable to remove its sexual organs. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3537" by Dramps, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3537. 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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A picture of SCP-3538 taken during testing. Item #: SCP-3538 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3538 is to be contained within a standard anomalous objects locker. All personnel with a Level 2 clearance and above are allowed access to the entity. At least one personnel trained in Morse code is to be present during all tests involving SCP-3538. Use of SCP-3538 for climbing purposes is prohibited, following Incident-3538-1. Description: SCP-3538 is an Asymmetric D Climbing Carabiner. SCP-3538 possesses a faded logo and the brand name 'Elliot Climbing Co.' on the left interior. SCP-3538 is capable of understanding human speech, despite not possessing any means of listening, and communicates via Morse Code, with an opening of the entity's hinge representing a dot or dash depending on the length of time the hinge is open. When communicating, SCP-3538 will often express a desire to return to 'the glory days' and will request to be used for climbing purposes. Should an individual interacting with SCP-3538 inform it that they have previously engaged in climbing, the entity will recount tales and claims involving its prior owner. (See Interview Log-3538-A). A brief list of claims made by SCP-3538 is included below: Climbing Mt. Everest alone while blindfolded 3 times. Climbing Mt. Roraima with only chalk1. Saving an orphan, all by themselves, who was stranded in a one-kilometer deep ravine. Climbing a one-hundred-meter Redwood to put a baby bird back in its nest. Scaling a courthouse to save a stranded firefighter with a broken leg. Addendum-3538-1: SCP-3538 was found in Quinn, South Dakota after reports of a clicking noise in Badlands National Park was investigated by police. Foundation personnel planted within local police forces later found and identified the source of the clicking to be SCP-3538 sending out a Morse code SOS signal. Upon recovery, SCP-3538 told personnel its account of how it arrived at its location. (See Recovery Log below.) + Recovery - Close Recovery Recovery Log-3538 <Begin Log> Agent Rees: What the hell is that noise? Control: Could you describe the noise for us, please? Agent Rees: Like a clicking sound. [Four minutes recorded is silent except for footsteps and clicking] Agent Rees: What the hell? Is that… is that a carabiner? Control: Could you describe what it’s doing? [The clicking is heard louder, presumably from Agent Rees picking it up.] Agent Rees: It’s opening and closing in a pattern… the pattern almost looks like… Morse code. One second. [Shuffling followed by typing is heard from Agent Rees] Agent Rees: Aha! I got it okay so it's, dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot… SOS? Alright, okay, one minute, it changed up its pattern. Control: Please translate and tell us what it’s communicated. [Two and a half minutes pass by as Rees translates SCP-3538] Agent Rees: 'Yes, now put me down you filthy animal'. Huh, not a very nice carabiner. Control: Can you ask it how it got there? Agent Rees: So how did you get down here exactly? [Clicking is heard for five minutes followed by three minutes of silence before Agent Rees is heard talking again.] Agent Rees: Okay, so let me get this straight. You were owned by the 'greatest climber alive' and that he was climbing to the top of this mountain to get a stranded princess. Then his rope got cut by an evil bandit to which your owner grabbed his arm, pulled him down with him but both of them fell and died. After all of this, a flood swept you over here and somehow managed to not bury you in the mud? During this entire time, you were sending an SOS signal? [Clicking is again heard followed by silence.] Agent Rees 'Yes, exactly,' Alright, let's get moving out then. <End log> Addendum-3538-2: SCP-3538 was interviewed shortly after being contained to determine the entity's origins and legitimacy of previous claims. + Interview Log - Close Interview Log Interview Log-3538-A Interviewed: SCP-3538 Interviewer: Dr. Baker Foreword: Dr. Baker was chosen for the interview with SCP-3538 due to her past with both recreational and competitive rock wall climbing. For all purposes, this interview has been translated from the original Morse code SCP-3538 produces. <Begin Log> Dr. Baker: Hello SCP-3538. SCP-3538: HELLO THERE ARE YOU HERE TO TALK WITH THE GREATEST CLIMBING CARABINER STOP Dr. Baker: Um…Yes, I just have a couple questions to ask you. SCP-3538: ASK AWAY STOP Dr. Baker: So who was your previous owner? SCP-3538: AHH HIS NAME WAS FRANKLIN HE WAS THE BEST CLIMBER TO EVER EXIST ONE TIME ME AND HIM BOTH CLIMBED UP MOUNT SAINT ELIAS WITH ONLY RATIONS AND AN EXTREMELY FRAYED ROPE STOP ONCE WE GOT THERE WE HELPED A LOST OLD MAN RETURN TO BASE CAMP AND HE GOT A SHINY MEDAL STOP Dr. Baker: Mhm, so did Franklin know of your properties SCP-3538? SCP-3538: YEAH HIM AND I WOULD TALK ALL THE TIME AND SHARE STORIES OF FAMILY FRIENDS OF OUR PAST HE WAS A NICE MAN STOP Dr. Baker: I see, and how did Franklin react to your ability to communicate. SCP-3538: HE TOLD ME I WAS AMAZING AND I WAS THE BEST CARABINER IN THE WORLD AND THE BEST CLIMBER SHOULD BE THE ONE TO HAVE ME SO HE KEPT ME FOR HIMSELF STOP Dr. Baker: And did Franklin tell anyone of your anomalous properties? SCP-3538: NO HE WAS WORRIED THEY WOULD GET JEALOUS OF MY AWESOME ABILITY SO HE KEPT ME WITH HIM AT ALL TIMES STOP Dr. Baker: Alright, thank you for this interview SCP-3538. SCP-3538: YOU ARE WELCOME STOP <End Log> Closing Statements: Research into the previous owner of SCP-3538 is currently pending. Addendum-3538-3: Below is a series of tests involving SCP-3538's practical applications: + Testing Log - Testing Log Testing Log-3538: DATE: 10/8/2017 Foreword: Dr. Everwood, a self-proclaimed "climbing expert" was equipped with a standard climbing harness with SCP-3538 attached and instructed to scale a twenty-meter sheer cliff-face. <Begin Log> 13:15:21- Dr. Everwood once instructed began ascension. 13:30:30- The subject requests a break at thirteen meters. 13:32:12- The subject resumes climbing. 13:40:57- The subject successfully reached the peak and began to descend. 13:42:30- SCP-3538 was removed from Dr. Everwood's harness and began to communicate, translation is as follows, "WHAT A WIMP FRANKLIN NEVER NEEDED A BREAK STOP BETTER OFF FRANKLIN WOULDNT HAVE EVEN BROKEN A SWEAT ON AN EASY CLIMB LIKE THIS STOP I DESERVE A BETTER CLIMBER STOP" <End Log> Addendum-3538-4: Following several tests, SCP-3538 began displaying erratic behavior and attempted to communicate during an experiment, leading to an injury to a D-Class personnel. (See report below.) + Incident Report SCP-3538-1 - Close Incident Report SCP-3538-1 INCIDENT REPORT SCP-3538-1 DATE: 12/9/2017 NOTE: During a routine test to check the use of SCP-3538 while climbing, the entity had open and closed while trying to relay a message. <BEGIN LOG> 12:30:21- D-1824 is shown at the bottom of a cliff face looking up. Subject has on a climbing harness with SCP-3538 attached. 12:31:22- The subject ascends at Control's command. 1:03:01- At ten meters up the cliff face D-1824 vocalizes several distress calls. SCP-3538 had opened itself and had begun to rapidly click. D-1824 is instructed to stay put while Control begins to lower him. 1:07:34- At three and a half meters off ground SCP-3538 detached from D-1824's harness causing the subject to fall and suffer a fractured radius. 1:15:01- When questioned about the incident SCP-3538 only statement was 'BAD ROPE'. <END LOG> Addendum-3538-5: Following Interview-3538-A, an investigation was launched into SCP-3538's previous owner. Though an individual matching the name and profile described by the entity, no evidence could be found to substantiate most of SCP-3538's claims. (See Interview Log-3538-B.) + Interview Log - Close Interview Log Interview Log-3538-B Interviewed: SCP-3538 Interviewer: Dr. Baker Foreword: After the initial investigation into the previous owner of SCP-3538, Franklin Day, it was revealed that he had been killed on his first climbing trip due to rope snapping twenty meters off the ground. <Begin Log> Dr. Baker: Hello, SCP-3538. SCP-3538: HELLO AGAIN COME BACK TO HEAR MORE OF MY RIGHTEOUS TALES STOP Dr. Baker: No, I have come to ask you a question about your previous owner. SCP-3538: OF COURSE YOU MAY ASK ANY QUESTION ABOUT THE GREATEST CLIMBER KNOWN TO MANKIND STOP Dr. Baker: We have reason to believe that your previous owner died on their first climb, could you tell us the truth about him? SCP-3538: HIS FIRST CLIMB WAS UP MT. EVEREST TWENTY YEARS AGO AND HE LIVED THROUGH IT STOP Dr. Baker: SCP-3538, please answer the question truthfully. SCP-3538: LIES HE DIED ON HIS TWO HUNDRED THIRTY FIRST CLIMB HIS ROPE WAS CUT BY AN EVIL BANDIT STOP Dr. Baker: SCP-3538, please tell us the truth, we have his Death Certificate. SCP-3538 WELL IT IS WRONG HE WAS THE GREATEST CLIMBER ALIVE HE SAVED PEOPLE HE WAS THE BEST CLIMBER IN THE WORLD STOP Dr. Baker: We're getting nowhere with this. SCP-3538, answer me truthfully. [SCP-3538 stays silent] Dr. Baker SCP-3538, answer the question. SCP-3538: HE WAS SO YOUNG CAN YOU LET ME AND HIM DREAM [SCP-3538 stays silent for the rest of the interview and refused to answer any further questions.] <End Log> Closing Statements In the week following Interview Log-3538-B, SCP-3538 was uncooperative with further testing. Despite the evidence provided for its owner's expiration SCP-3538 remains fervent in its claims. Footnotes 1. Chalk is often used by climbers to help absorb sweat and improve grip.
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SCP-3539 During Field Test Item #: SCP-3539 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3539 is to be maintained in a standard blast resistant storage vault at Armed Containment Area-383. In the event that Area-383 is compromised by a hostile force, SCP-3539's re-acquisition is to be considered a priority A task. Any use of SCP-3539 must be approved by no fewer than 3 senior researchers with a specialization in temporal displacement. Description: SCP-3539 appears to be an AN/PRC-77 Portable Transceiver set. AN/PRC-77 radios were inducted into service with the US Military in 1968. The item is heavily worn. The only unique markings on SCP-3539 are the words “Dead Battery?” written in marker on the item's rear side. When SCP-3539 is turned on, it will tune itself to a radio channel with a frequency of 040.5██ MHz. Despite this, SCP-3539 fails to receive any radio traffic on this frequency. When any variation of the phrase “I require extraction” is transmitted in any language via the item's handset, an instance of SCP-3539-1 will appear approximately 15 km away, at an approximate altitude of 300 m, from SCP-3539. SCP-3539-1 instances are fully crewed helicopters. Crew members aboard SCP-3539-1 are hereafter referred to as SCP-3539-2. SCP-3539-1 appears identical to a helicopter that has crashed, resulting in total crew loss. SCP-3539 generally selects nearby and recently crashed helicopters, though exceptions have been made (see Addendum 3539.1). SCP-3539-2 instances are identical to the expired crew of the crashed helicopter SCP-3539-1 appears to be. SCP-3539-1 will proceed to SCP-3539’s location at its top speed. Once there, SCP-3539-1 will land as close as possible to SCP-3539. The item’s user will then be instructed to board SCP-3539-1 for “extraction”. After boarding, SCP-3539-1 will travel to the last heliport that the crashed aircraft had landed at. Once there, “extracted” personnel will be allowed to disembark. Once SCP-3539-1 has been unloaded, it will travel approximately 5 km away from the heliport at which time it, and any instances of SCP-3539-2, will disappear. [Edited, 01/██/200█] Following Incident 3539.A, it was determined that SCP-3539-1 can take the form of any aircraft capable of aerial personnel transport. Recovery Log: SCP-3539 was recovered by Mobile Task Force Eta-95 “Semper Spy” on 29/██/198█. Eta-95 agents embedded in the United States Marine Corps took note of rumors indicating anomalous activity during US combat operations in Vietnam. It was suspected SCP-3539's most extensive use was during The Fall of Saigon. SCP-3539 was tracked to a storage locker at Marine Corps Base Camp █████████. With it, a note was found, reading: “It saved our lives. Maybe it can save yours. Semper Fi.” Addendum 3539.1: Test Logs + Test Log 3539.1 – hide block Test Log 3539.1 Date: 04/██/198█ Location: ████████, United States of America - near crash site of Foundation UH-1 Iroquois, tail code Z-46-8█████. Purpose: Confirm and quantify SCP-3539's behavior. Procedure: Former MTF Zeta-46 “When Pigs Fly” commander, Maj. I█████, was to induce SCP-3539's anomalous properties and conduct an interview with SCP-3539-2 instances. Maj. I was chosen as he was the direct superior of Z-46-8█████'s crew at the time of its crash. Results: Maj. I was instructed to use SCP-3539 to call for extraction. As expected, a UH-1 Iroquois with the tail code Z-46-8█████ appeared 15 km away from Maj. I and the research team's location. Maj. I was instructed to establish radio contact with SCP-3539-1. Maj. I identified himself with the callsign Hog 5-1 actual. The following is an audio transcript of those radio communications. Dr. Nguyen: Commence the test when ready, Major. Maj. I: [Into SCP-3539] This is Hog 5-1 actual to Hog 5-2, do you copy? SCP-3539-2 [pilot]: Hog 5-2 to Hog 5-1 actual, we read you loud and clear. Maj. I: [Pause] Christ, is that you, ███? It's good to hear your voice. Dr. Nguyen: Maj. I, remember, that isn’t Lt. ██████. I know it’s difficult, but please continue with the script. Maj. I: [to Dr. Nguyen] I’m sorry. You’re right. [Into SCP-3539] Hog 5-2, transmit to me the go-code used for Operation [REDACTED]. SCP-3539-2 [pilot]: [REDACTED]. Maj. I: That's – uh, correct. Break. Are you aware of Hog 5-2’s status as of 09/██/196█? SCP-3539-2 [pilot]: Affirmative. Hog 5-2 crashed with no survivors as a result of a turbine failure during Operation [REDACTED]. Maj. I: It sounds so much like him. Dr. Nguyen: The script, Major. Please. Maj. I: [Pause. Heavy breathing.] Hog 5-2, I need you to divert your course and land at Site-██, Heliport 3, for immediate debriefing. SCP-3539-2 [pilot]: Negative. We’re unable to comply with that order. Maj. I: Why’s that? SCP-3539-2 [pilot]: Because you called for extraction. At this point, Maj. I was instructed to cease radio communications with SCP-3539-1. After an approximate 4 minutes SCP-3539-1 arrived at Maj. I’s location. Maj. I boarded SCP-3539-1 despite being advised against doing so by research personnel. SCP-3539-1 deposited Maj. I at the now defunct Area-██ where he was successfully retrieved by research personnel. + Test Log 3539.5 – hide block Test Log 3539.5 Date: 7/██/198█ Location: █████ ████, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan - near crash sites of Soviet Mil Mi-24, tail code 4██ and Soviet Mil Mi-8, tail code 2██. Purpose: Determine if SCP-3539 responds to qualifying terms in extraction request. Notes: After Test 3539.1, it was decided not to use Foundation aircraft and personnel for testing purposes. Operation of SCP-3539 was taken over by Dr. Nguyen. Three previous tests were conducted. One with a civilian aircraft in ████████, United States of America and two with US Army aircraft in ███, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Full test logs are available in Site-26, Archival Vault 2B. Results: Dr. Nguyen called for extraction using the phrase “I require extraction for a dozen individuals.” It was hypothesized that SCP-3539-1's identity would be that of the larger Mil Mi-8 rather than the smaller but closer Mil Mi-24. After Dr. Nguyen had made the request, the forward observation team reported that SCP-3539-1 resembled neither a Mil Mi-8 or Mil Mi-24. They were initially unable to identify the make of the aircraft. Several forward observation teams were posted in SCP-3539-1's instantiation area. The following is an audio transcript of the research team's communications after initial observation. Dr. Nguyen: [to forward observation team] You're sure? Dr. Fischer: Yes. Positive. Spc. Haas says it's neither the Hip nor the Hind. The others agree. Dr. Nguyen: Then what is it? Dr. Fischer: Spc. Haas says it's the new American utility helicopter. This is the first time he's seen it in the field. Dr. Nguyen: Why was it here? Dr. Fischer: Haas doesn't know. Hold on. It's – that's strange – the tail says US Army. That can't be right. Do you think it was with the CIA, maybe? Dr. Nguyen: No – well, maybe. Complete your observations and withdraw. I'll try and identify it over the radio. [Into SCP-3539. Speaking in Russian] This is Ground to unidentified aircraft. Radio check. SCP-3539-2 [pilot]: [Speaking in English] Ramrod 3-3 to unknown station. Your last was unreadable. Dr. Nguyen: [to research team] English. Make note of the pilot's drawl. It's Texan I think. [Into SCP-3539. Speaking in English] This is Ground. Radio check. SCP-3539-2 [pilot]: We read you loud and clear. Dr. Nguyen: Ramrod 3-3 can you tell me how you crashed? SCP-3539-2 [pilot]: Affirmative. Ramrod 3-3 took an RPG to the cockpit over █████ ████. Dr. Nguyen: I find that unlikely. As part of what operation did this occur? SCP-3539-2 [pilot]: Operation Enduring Freedom. Dr. Nguyen: Operation Enduring – I've never heard of. Uh, break. What war was this operation a part of? SCP-3539-2 [pilot]: The War on Terror. Dr. Nguyen: Wait. Wait one. [Pause] When? When did Ramrod 3-3 crash? SCP-3539-2 [pilot]: 03/██/200█. Dr. Nguyen: [to research team] Stop the test! Abort abort! Addendum 3539.2: Notices + Notice from Dr. Nguyen – hide block SCP-3539 can, through a round-about means, displace information through time. This sort of anomalous behavior is, at best, poorly understood. However, it's possible that SCP-3539's usage could induce a LK-Class Temporal Dysfunction scenario. As such, I'm closing all ongoing research into SCP-3539. Class-A amnestics will be administered to those involved in its testing, myself included. SCP-3539 will be moved to Long-Term Storage Area-███. If continued testing is deemed necessary, tests should be reviewed by researchers specializing in temporal displacement. That said, I recommend that use of SCP-3539 be banned unconditionally. Regards, Dr. Nguyen Addendum 3539.3: Incident 3539.A + Interview With Capt. K██████ – hide block Interviewer: Dr. Li Interviewee: Capt. K██████ Dr. Li: For the record, state your role during the incident. Capt. K: Sure, I was acting security chief at Long-Term Storage Area-███, after Maj. ██████ died – uh, sorry – expired. Dr. Li: And on what date did the incident occur? Capt. K: 31/██/199█. Dr. Li: Thank you. Now, could you recount the events leading up to the incident? Capt. K: Sure. It was during the [REDACTED] party, about an hour to midnight. I was sharing some drinks with Maj. ██████ when Sgt. █████████ called in a Code-Magenta. That means a skip was loose in deep storage. A mean one. The Major ordered me to hold down the fort while he took a team into deep storage to set things right. Never saw him again. It didn't surprise me. As soon as he left, I ordered a full evacuation of the staff to the intake level. There were 3██ of us, I think. Based on the skip that had gotten loose and how long the Major had been gone, I figured we had an hour before we all joined him. I tried to get Site-██ on the horn and call for help, but the power died right around then. I figure the skip had gotten to the generators. It was bad news, seeing as how Area-███ is the capital of the state of nowhere. We didn't have a chance in hell if we tried to evacuate on foot. Things weren’t looking up for us. I was telling the staff to make their peace when a Junior Researcher, C████ was her name, came up to me. She told me about this skip she'd grabbed on the way out. 3539, the radio. She said maybe it could get us to safety. It was a slim chance. I’d never seen a chopper that could move 3██ in one go. And with the time we had left, we only had one go. It was a hail mary, but it was better than praying. Dr. Li: And that’s when Junior Researcher C████ ███ used SCP-3539, correct? Capt. K: Yeah, that’s right. C████ made a call for a 3██ man sized extraction in one go with the radio. She got a response straight away. “Communique received. Inbound,” was all the skip'd said. The voice was strange. It sounded like it was stressing syllables at random. That, and the pitch kept changing. She arrived in no time. I’ll never forget seeing that thing come over the horizon.1 Dr. Li: You mean SCP-3539-1? Capt. K: Yeah, that's right. As soon as I saw it, I knew how those Church assholes could worship a fucking machine. Dr. Li: Can you describe it? Capt. K: I can try, but you got to understand that words can't do this thing justice. Dr. Li: I understand. But make an effort. Capt. K: Alright. It was big. About the size of an ocean liner. It was shaped like an obelisk – sort of like the Washington Monument – and it was black. So black you couldn't see it against the night. You'd just see the stars disappear behind it. It flew upright, so it was taller than it was wide. No engines either. None that I could see, anyways. It just sort of glided through the air. No inertia. One second it was moving, the next it wasn't. It was wrong watching something that big stop on a dime. I'm sure Newton was rolling in his grave. It got to us in no time flat. For moment, it just hovered above us. Then, through the radio, the skip said “Barbus Septem has arrived. Matter transmission imminent. Remain stationary.” Or at least something like that. Of course, we all stopped. I was about to ask someone what matter transmission meant, when I blinked. When I opened my eyes, I was somewhere else. Inside the skip, I assume. It was dark but I could still see the others. It was like a light was hitting us but nothing else. We were all just standing in a big black void. Once I'd calmed everyone down, I took out a flashlight and tried to look around a bit. The ground – or deck, I guess wasn't smooth. There were engravings in it. They looked like runes. Didn't recognize them, though. I explored a bit more, but as far as I could tell it was just us, the deck, and a whole lot of nothing. I never did find the damn wall. Dr. Li: What then? Capt. K: Nothing. Not for awhile. I assumed we started to move. I heard some of the others whispering, but most of us were dead silent, myself included. After a few minutes, I heard C████ speak up. She said “Who are you?” I realized she was asking the skip, through 3539. Dr. Li: What did it say? Capt. K: [Pause. Elevated heartbeat.] It said, and this is word for word, “I am Barbus Septem, a Class-Gladio combat form. I served Mobile Task Force Alpha-████████ “Deicide in the First Degree.”2 Everyone shut up after that. Dead silence. After maybe another minute, we arrived. I blinked and we were on the ground. Matter transmission, I guess. We were out in the wilderness, no buildings or anything, just forest. Still, we'd gotten away from one mean fucking skip no worse for wear. A second later, Barbus Septem was gone. The re-containment MTF picked us up just before sunrise and brought us in. I think that brings us here. Dr. Li: I see. Thank you Captain, you’ve been most helpful. Is there anything else you’d like to make note of? Capt. K██████: Yeah, actually, one thing. As far as I understand, every bird this skip calls in crashed, or will crash, at some point. See, what gets me is, someone, or something, managed to bring that machine down. And that something scares the absolute hell out of me. Footnotes 1. Capt. K was administered a Class-B amnestic following this interview. 2. No such MTF is currently known to exist. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3539" by cptnubz, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3539. 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: 438px-PRC-latrun-exhibition-1.jpg Name: PRC-latrun-exhibition-1 Author: Bukvoed License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: Wikimedia Commons
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SCP-3540
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An SCP-3540 event occurring in Oldenburg, West Virginia Item #: SCP-3540 Special Containment Procedures: A list of all possible locations where SCP-3540 may occur should be compiled throughout the month of September. Once the event begins, a mixture of satellite imagery and ground surveillance should be used to identify the property undergoing the SCP-3540 event. Once identified, SCP-3540's location should be monitored throughout its active phase. Contact with sapient entities associated with the anomaly is allowed as needed. Agents embedded in local authorities are to intercept any reporting on the anomalous phenomenon from local or national news agencies and rewrite or edit the articles and segments to remove SCP-3540, SCP-3540-1, or SCP-3540-2. Foundation personnel in the local government are to encourage the community to have trick-or-treating events in early November instead of the traditional October 31st, citing weather, commercial, or other reasons. Residual psychoactive and amnestic compounds are to be added to the water supplies in the locations where SCP-3540 is active. Once the event has concluded, disinformation teams are to ensure all inhabitants do not retain memory of SCP-3540. Description: SCP-3540 is an annual phenomenon affecting abandoned properties in suburban neighborhoods throughout the continental United States that lasts for the entirety of October. A number of factors appear to correlate with where the phenomenon occurs, mostly pertaining to the demographics and location of the neighborhood, such as a low rate of crime, an above average population of children below the age of ten, and a close proximity to both cemeteries and trendy or popular dining establishments. The majority of properties involved in SCP-3540 events were previously owned by individuals who have recently died. A house affected by SCP-3540 will begin to undergo a number of changes to both its internal and external appearance. Externally, a large number of Halloween decorations will appear in the yard and on the outward walls of the structure. Although the decorations mimic common store-bought materials, they are actually authentic, non-synthetic articles. The house will also appear to undergo a full renovation and restoration throughout the SCP-3540 event, despite no actual work or construction observed. Internally, the house will manifest furniture in the rooms, dark curtains on the windows, and appropriate appliances for general living and welfare. During an SCP-3540 event, the house will appear to be occupied by a pair of humanoid entities, designated SCP-3540-1 and SCP-3540-2. SCP-3540-1 refers to itself as Maurice, and SCP-3540-2 refers to itself as Lance. These entities are generally seen wearing long, black robes with large hoods that obscure their heads and faces. The entities cannot be physically seen during the day, but after sunset, they will manifest in various parts of the house and will engage in typical household chores and common activities, including cleaning, preparing and consuming meals, folding laundry, and [DATA EXPUNGED]. SCP-3540-1 and SCP-3540-2 are amiable with staff and will often invite them in for dinner. The entities will often make claim to frequent local restaurants or shops; however, no evidence has been found to corroborate these statements. Addendum: On 21/10/2017, Agent Kay Gittings contacted SCP-3540-1 and SCP-3540-2 due to their decorations violating several minor zoning laws. The two entities recognized Gittings from previous SCP-3540 events, and invited her inside the house. The conversation has been recorded below. <Begin Log> Agent Gittings knocks on the front door of the house, and is answered by SCP-3540-1. SCP-3540-1: Hello? Oh, Kay! It's so great to see you again. I thought you lived over in Montana, what are you doing in our neck of the woods? Gittings: Oh, um, my partner had to move, so I moved with her. But I'm working with the city and I just wanted to let you know that- SCP-3540-1: Lance! You'll never guess who's here. Come say hi. SCP-3540-2 enters from the kitchen doorway and waves at Agent Gittings. Gittings: No, no, it's fine. I just have to let you know that some of your decorations- SCP-3540-1: Oh, don't worry about it, Kay. Come in. We found this really great tea shop, and you have to try this Jin Jun Mei we got. According to the guy who runs the place it's from the 'Wu Yi Mountain area'. It's just fantastic. Gittings: I, uh, need to ask my boss first. SCP-3540-2: That's fine. I'm gonna go start boiling water anyways, cause damn I forgot we had that stuff. After conferring with her superior, Agent Gittings was given permission to enter the premises and interact with the entities. SCP-3540-1 leads the agent into the house and gestures towards a couch before entering the kitchen. SCP-3540-1: I'll be back in a jiffy. Do you want sugar or cream or anything? Gittings: Uh, no. No, thank you. Agent Gittings begins to observe the room and move her body camera to record it. Decorations and souvenirs have been placed throughout the room, typically from cities in Southern US states. Multiple pictures can be seen hung on the walls; however, there do not appear to be visible subjects in the pictures. Beside the door, two harvesting tools are hanging off hooks. After several minutes, the two entities return carrying three mugs. SCP-3540-1 places one in front of Agent Gittings. SCP-3540-1: Sorry that took so long, Kay. Someone forgot to wash the dishes last night. SCP-3540-2: Hey, don't blame this on me. I was putting up the decorations, you know, like you asked me to. Gittings: Actually, uh, speaking of the decorations. I came over here to tell you that you need to remove some of them. One of your inflatables and a bunch of your cobwebs are in your neighbors' properties. Both entities appear to look at each other for several seconds. SCP-3540-2: I told you that wasn't our tree. SCP-3540-1: No, I told you not to put stuff in that tree, Lance. SCP-3540-2: No, no, no. I very explicitly remember you telling me to, and I quote, "Cover that shit in web". And I said that it wasn't our tree, then you yelled at me for ruining your aesthetic. SCP-3540-1: I meant the house and the bushes. Why would I have meant the tree? SCP-3540-2: Cause I thought that was where you were pointing. God, this is going to be a pain in the ass to clean out. I am so sorry, Kay. I'll get on that tomorrow. Gittings: Thank you. I really don't want you guys to get in trouble. SCP-3540-1: Actually, that reminds me. Kay, how long have you been in town? Gittings: Just since September. SCP-3540-1: Oh, wow. We've only been here since the first. But have you had the chance to try that Barrio Steakhouse place off the highway? Their steaks are way better than they have a right to be. I actually knew the owner's grandfather. And he was such a nice man. Super understanding when we had to take him. Gittings: No, that place is pretty expensive, I'd have to eat like a college student for a week to afford there. SCP-3540-2: Man, you are missing out. Usually me and Maury try not to go to the same place each year for vacation, but I am very tempted to convince him to come back here next year. SCP-3540-1: You will convince me of nothing. SCP-3540-2: Just like how I never convinced you to try that seafood joint in Charleston? SCP-3540-1: That's different. Gittings: If you pardon me asking, this is your vacation? You guys do this every year? SCP-3540-2: Yep. Our jobs can be "emotionally taxing", so we're forced to take two weeks off. But we just save our vacation from the rest of the year and take a whole month. It's great, super relaxing. SCP-3540-1: We always take the same month off too, cause we actually met in October, at that funeral. And you know what we do, Kay. Halloween is like the holiday made for us. I just love seeing all the little kids in their costumes. It's just so adorable. Makes it worth doing my job. They just delight me. I would love to adopt if we could, but the agencies never seem to like our paperwork. Gittings: Well, this tea was lovely, but I have to head out. I still have some paperwork to file at the office. SCP-3540-1: Oh, that's fine. Thanks for stopping by. Tell your partner that we said hello. And feel free to come by anytime for dinner, Lance can make Chicken Parmesan that's to die for. <End Log>
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Item #: SCP-3541 Special Containment Procedures: Current research indicates that it is impossible to counteract or prevent SCP-3541. Due to this, containment of SCP-3541 consists of ensuring all SCP-3541-1 instances have a safe, consistent place in which to conduct their work. MTF Omega-13 has been created for the purpose of discovering as many instances of SCP-3541-1 as possible. This task force is to be composed of members of the Foundation who are confirmed to be SCP-3541-1 instances. Membership in MTF Omega-13 is voluntary, and staff may continue their own research and work if they so choose. They are to be informed of the effects of SCP-3541 upon confirmation of status as an SCP-3541-1 instance. If MTF Omega-13 discovers an SCP-3541-1 instance within the civilian populace, they are to inform the current director responsible for SCP-3541 containment. The director will then construct a workplace where the instance may work in peace as well as counseling and psycho-therapeutic services for the affected person. Staff should not actively inform an SCP-3541-1 instance of SCP-3541, but may disclose the information when asked. All work created by SCP-3541-1 instances must be used for the benefit of Humanity. Provided the works do not critically harm the Foundation's operational secrecy, they should be declassified and disseminated to the public as quickly as possible. Description: SCP-3541 is a randomly occurring phenomenon that results in the creation and eventual death of an SCP-3541-1 instance. SCP-3541 has been recorded occurring in all fields of work and education. To date, there are no known signifiers that allow for the prediction of when an SCP-3541 event will occur, or who will become an SCP-3541-1 instance. There has been an increase in SCP-3541 events since the Foundation first became aware of the phenomenon, at a rate of 4% per year. An SCP-3541-1 instance is a person who has been affected by SCP-3541 and is considered a master of their particular career, field, or focus. Once a person becomes an instance, they will quickly rise to notoriety, due to producing extremely high quality work that advances their field. The work of SCP-3541-1 instances in science and technology fields is highly regarded and often instrumental in creating new discoveries. Work within artistic fields is critically successful and praised for its depth and emotional weight. All SCP-3541-1 instances have an ethereal, golden crown that floats above their heads. These crowns are only visible to other SCP-3541-1 instances. Other than the crown, there are no easily identifiable physiological, intellectual, or emotional differences between an SCP-3541-1 instance and a normal person, and collected data shows that there are no differences before or after a person becomes affected. Within five years of a person becoming an SCP-3541-1 instance, they will die. All attempts to prevent these deaths have failed. The means of death varies from instance to instance, but deaths are typically through traumatic or chemical means, often self-inflicted. When an SCP-3541-1 instance dies, their nervous system will immediately enter a state of heightened thermal activity, causing significant damage to their brain and other key organs. Addendum: The following poem was the last work written by Samuel Friedrich, a known anartist and informant for the Foundation. Friedrich was the first person to inform the Foundation of SCP-3541. I see in myself A golden flame, bright. but the mirror is dark And my pale eyes see naught I stand above all, on blackest of cliffs. Below, hungry eyes watch. Voraciously gnashing. Do they hunger for me? Or my words do they thirst? I cannot create What it is they seek I find myself falling Hoping it will suffice. And I see in myself A golden flame, burnt out. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3541" by MayD, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3541. 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-3542
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Item confiscated from SCP-3542 after Chaos Insurgency raid. Item #: SCP-3542 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3542 is to be contained in a standard humanoid containment cell in Site 952's Upsilon wing. Personnel interacting with SCP-3542 are not allowed to speak to it outside of testing. SCP-3542's cell is to be locked using a total of 15 different locking mechanisms that are a combination of traditional locks, biometric scanners, and passcode locks with a randomly generated password. No furniture, bedding, or additional clothing is allowed within the cell. Food must be liquid or paste-based. Twice a day, SCP-3542 is to be restrained within its cell and given a full-cavity search. Any materials found within SCP-3542 and anything found within the cell must be removed and destroyed. SCP-3542 is to be constantly monitored. If it approaches its cell door or the cameras become obfuscated in any way, the cell is to be flooded with sedative gas and paralytic agents. All paperwork in Site 952 is to be proofread and approved by at least two staff members, to ensure no errors are present. All materials, equipment, and resources are to be documented and receipted to catalog where it was used and for what purpose. Description: SCP-3542 is a 28-year-old male of French and Italian Descent, formerly known as Renard Di Giacinto. SCP-3542 has extreme ontokinetic abilities, but appears to be unaware of them, despite using these abilities very frequently. SCP-3542's ontokinetic abilities have no known limit, but primarily manifest in the creation of items and materials the subject uses to respond to emergency events. Items created by the subject are often anomalously effective at their created purpose. SCP-3542 also appears to be able to teleport or move through space while unseen; however, later analysis will always provide a route or reason for how it moved to the location. Additionally, emergencies will regularly occur within the vicinity of SCP-3542, and it will invariably discover a way out of its cell and aid in the emergency. When the subject responds to an emergency or event in its vicinity, it will always act like a typical "hero", referring to itself as "The Red Fox". The subject displays an anomalous understanding of the emergencies it responds to, and often provides materials or solutions that don't immediately appear relevant. It is still unclear whether the emergencies are caused by SCP-3542's anomaly or whether it just responds to them. Addendum SCP-3542-1: Below is a list of all incidents involving SCP-3542, and their corresponding containment procedure updates. Emergency: Doctor Vanderbilt accidently broke a pen he was using and began to feel light-headed. Resolution: SCP-3542 immediately appeared outside Vanderbilt's office with a gas mask and wooden pencil. Upon further investigation, it was revealed that a portion of the ink within the pen had been replaced with a poisonous substance that reacted with air. The poison has been linked to those used by the Chaos Insurgency. Containment Procedures Update: Inspection of security footage revealed SCP-3542 left its cell and stole a gas mask from the Site 952 equipment storage room. Updated procedures to include multiple locks on SCP-3542's cell. Site-wide policies were updated to ensure better tracking of equipment. Emergency: A clerical error resulted in a barrel of gasoline being swapped for a barrel of cooking oil, resulting in a large fire in Site 952's cafeteria. Resolution: SCP-3542 appeared in the cafeteria with a small bucket of water and a fire extinguisher. Despite the size of the fire, the subject entered the cafeteria and subdued the blaze. It's unclear how the fire managed to spread as quickly as it did or how SCP-3542 was able to subdue it so quickly. Once a fire crew responded to the fire, it had already been put out. Containment Procedures Update: Investigation into the incident revealed that SCP-3542 had used one of its uniform's buttons to pry the door open. Additional locks were added to SCP-3542's cell and site-wide policies were updated to require multiple staff proofreading and confirming paperwork and resource allocation. Emergency: Mnestic drugs needed for antimemetic anomaly testing were replaced with lethal poison. Resolution: Immediately following Dr. Teller's ingestion of the poison, SCP-3542 appeared with a syringe containing an antidote, which it immediately injected into Dr. Teller. The remaining poison was subsequently found and removed from the mnestic storage area. Dr. Teller reported feeling fine, except for some soreness in his left shoulder from the injection. Containment Procedures Update: Inspection of SCP-3542's cell showed that a bobby pin had been inserted into the locking mechanism on the other side. Updated procedures to include a more diverse series of locks. Emergency: During a test of SCP-███, an anomalous cloud formed within the testing chamber, and began to rain highly acidic fluid. Resolution: SCP-3542 manifested carrying seemingly acid-resistant umbrellas and a box of baking soda. After distributing umbrellas to unprotected personnel1, SCP-3542 threw the box of baking soda at the cloud. This neutralized the cloud, turning all precipitation into regular water. No method has been found to remove the cloud from the testing chamber. Containment Procedures Update: Despite being 10m above the ground, removed ceiling tiles indicate that SCP-3542 managed to enter the ventilation system. Containment procedures updated to fasten all ceiling tiles with additional bolts, and remove any furniture that could aid in reaching the ceiling. Security cameras were added to SCP-3542's containment cell as well. Emergency: Due to an attack on Foundation servers, the containment cell for SCP-058 was opened. Resolution: Before the door to SCP-058's chamber opened wide enough for SCP-058 to exit, SCP-3542 manifested with a bicycle lock, which it then used to secure the door. The bicycle lock held long enough for Foundation personnel to repel the cyberattack, and close SCP-058's cell door. It is currently unknown how the bicycle lock sustained so much damage, or how the lock attached to the door. Containment Procedure Update: Security footage shows SCP-3542 using a chicken bone from its dinner to disable all additional locks that had been placed in its containment cell. It is currently unknown how this aided in both the numeric lock, and the biometric lock. This was not reported at the time due to personnel focusing their attention on the cyberattack. Containment procedures updated to specify that SCP-3542 only be fed liquid or paste-based food. Emergency: A full scale raid of Site-952 by the Chaos Insurgency. Resolution: SCP-3542 manifested wearing a cape, and a "utility belt". It incapacitated the entire attacking force using items such as a rubber duck that was capable of summoning very aggressive waterfowl, a set of animate and unbreakable play handcuffs, a jar of an unidentified white gel2, and a copy of "Superheroes for Dummies". When Foundation personnel arrived, SCP-3542 had just finished tying the remaining unconscious agents together with its "utility twine". Containment Procedures Update: Due to a typo in the containment maintenance rotation schedule, fewer than the recommended number of armed guards were present for SCP-3542's routine cavity search. The search was carried out, against Foundation guidelines, resulting in SCP-3542 breaching containment. Personnel involved were reprimanded. Containment procedures updated to increase the number of personnel required to restrain SCP-3542 during cavity searches. Emergency: Attempted assassination of Dr. Teller by a CI member during their interrogation. Resolution: See Addendum SCP-3542-2. Containment Procedures Update: Security footage showed that SCP-3542 simply disappeared from its containment cell, leaving behind a note that read "Duty calls!". Containment procedures update pending. Addendum SCP-3542-2: One member of the captured Chaos Insurgency members (CI-104) volunteered to forfeit information about their mission after undergoing three weeks of enhanced interrogation techniques. Below is a transcript of the resulting interview. Dr. Teller: I hear you elected to tell us about your mission and motives. CI-104: Yes, I did. Dr. Teller: Then I will cut to the chase then. How were you able to get inside the facility so easily? CI-104: About four of us had been running an undercover operation. Had mapped out the whole place. Also got a few chances from HQ to wreak a little havoc. Dr. Teller: So you were responsible for the poisoned mnestics and acid cloud incident? CI-104: Wait, acid cloud? Dr. Teller: I'll take that as a yes and a no respectively. Why did you attempt a full scale attack? CI-104: HQ signaled it was time for us to retrieve our quarry. And we decided that the security here was too tight for us to sneak out with it, so we went for something… less subtle. Dr. Teller: Wait, so your undercover operation started in order to retrieve something you already knew was there? CI-104: Affirmative. Dr. Teller: Who gave you inside information? CI-104: Well, I believe it came fr— SCP-3542 manifests behind CI-104 and stabs him with a steak knife. Dr. Teller: Wha— SCP-3542: No need to thank me, citizen. Saving lives is all part of the job. Dr. Teller: Oh, for fuck's sake! Outside security guards entered the room, restrained SCP-3542 and returned it to its containment chamber. This is the only known time where SCP-3542 has killed another person. No other Chaos Insurgency members volunteered to disclose any further information. Footnotes 1. Due to there being fewer umbrellas than personnel, some were forced to share umbrellas. 2. Later identified to be mayonnaise.
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SCP-3543
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neutralized
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Item #: SCP-3543 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3543 itself requires no special containment, as all associated research is presumed destroyed1 after the death of Dr. Grant. Instances of SCP-3543 are contained in separate Foundation-owned healthcare facilities in the northwestern United States, separated by a distance of at least 150km to prevent individuals coming into contact with multiple instances. Psychiatric staff from Site-17 should confer with local caregivers to monitor mental condition. As a preventative measure and for the general well-being of the subjects, instances are to be administered Class-B amnestics in addition to anti-psychotics used for treatment of schizophrenia. Instances of SCP-3543 require continuous care by an LPN or licensed NP, with preference given to those who have experience with emotionally disturbed patients. Among the caregiver's duties are assisting in daily processes such as grooming and self-care, maintaining emotional and physical health through exercise and socialization, and stimulating the mind with simple complex scientific experiments complex theoretical problems visual stimulation. The caregivers should be aware that although the type of care they are providing is non-anomalous, the individuals in question are the result of anomalous events and should be treated as such. Description: SCP-3543 refers to a defunct research project developed by former Foundation employee Dr. Charles Grant. While no known copies of this research exist, a colleague of the late Dr. Grant2 was able to provide an abstract of his proposal. View Abstract Hide Abstract Macro-mitosis: Being in two places at once Dr. Charles Grant (Project Leader) and Dr. Allison Taylor (Psychological Research Support) The Foundation faces growing demand for individuals to perform menial tasks while simultaneously requiring them to be qualified researchers and/or possess certain esoteric knowledge in their field. To address this issue, I have devised a process by which healthy human beings can create an identical copy of themselves. This process is achieved using guided meditation sessions which aid the listener in visualizing this copy. A delicate balance of machines manipulates local hume levels to anchor the manifestation in reality, allowing the two copies to interact with their surroundings for an undetermined (possibly infinite) amount of time. The manifestation would remain under the control of the subject and would be able to engage in separate tasks in separate locations, though with diminished capability. The same machines can utilize an additional set of guided meditations to aid subjects in reversing the process. The most noteworthy side effect of this procedure is an effective "halving" of the subject's intelligence level. The strain of simultaneously operating two complete human brains tends to leave subjects functioning at approximately half their regular mental capacity. Given that this procedure was developed for Foundation scientists and researchers who are highly intelligent and skilled in multitasking, this should present little to no challenge for those who undergo macro-mitosis. The SCP Foundation suggested to Dr. Grant that this was not a productive avenue of research, as additional personnel could be hired instead of using unreliable anomalous individuals. Members of the Ethics Committee also raised several concerns about the possible use of the procedure, accidental or otherwise, to produce other anomalies with unknown properties. As such, no testing was ever sanctioned. SCP-3543 also includes three individual instances: a set of triplets with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities, designated SCP-3543-1, SCP-3543-2, and SCP-3543-3. To streamline communication and promote mental health, an instance of SCP-3543 may be referred to as "Charlie" when conversing with it. -1, -2, and -3 display several non-anomalous traits of emotional and psychological instability, including but not limited to aggressive and destructive outbursts, a tendency towards self-injury, prolonged periods of wailing or similar vocalization, oppositional defiance, and obsessive-compulsive behavior. While the instances are mostly identical to each other as well as to Dr. Grant, some divergence has been noted.3 The most significant deviation comes from the subjects' intellectual capabilities: while Dr. Grant claimed to have an IQ of 184, testing and observation from psychological healthcare professionals place the IQ of SCP-3543-1, SCP-3543-2, and SCP-3543-3 at 50 or lower. Instances of SCP-3543 appear to be aware of the existence of one another, and have displayed extreme distress during every occurrence of this realization. They have been observed trying to seek out other instances, and have been heard requesting that an unknown instance "come back". Treatment of amnestics has suppressed this trait. As of 03/17/20██, -1, -2, and -3 no longer display knowledge of each other. Discovery Log: At approximately midnight on 04/16/20██, police were called to the home of Charles and Helen Grant to investigate a domestic disturbance. Mrs. Grant reported that her husband, while in the middle of preparing for their daughter's seventh birthday party the following day, was overcome by a sudden seizure and fell to the floor. He then became distressed and attempted to leave the house several times but was unable to do so.4 When Mrs. Grant approached him, Dr. Grant became violent and struck her several times. Mrs. Grant was able to subdue him with a blow to the back of the head, after which she escaped to the second story of her house. She locked herself and her two daughters in the upstairs bathroom before calling the police. When local officers arrived at the scene, they discovered Dr. Grant near the front door, curled up in a fetal position and repeating the phrase "One of us will never come back".5 They later took Dr. Grant into custody for his own safety and for the safety of his family. View changes to official report View changes to official report The official report was edited by embedded Foundation personnel to remove any reference to the second and third copies of Dr. Grant, recovered in a similar condition near the washing machine in the basement and a computer in a hidden room again in the basement respectively, as well as a fourth copy pulled from a car wreck approximately 2km from the Grant household. Officers involved in the recovery of these individuals were issued Class-A amnestics and implanted with false memories. The three instances discovered in the Grant household were recovered by the Foundation and eventually designated SCP-3543-1 through SCP-3543-3. The corpse pulled from the wreck was autopsied by Foundation personnel6 before being incinerated. Notice from Dr. Taylor: I have been hearing talk around the water cooler that deeply concerns me, and I'd like to address it. I'm referring to the informal references to biomedical engineering research done by "SCP-3543" and the like, as well as official reports mentioning "Dash-Two" and his dissertation on the anomalous properties and biology of entities contained within SCP-2932. I want to make one thing clear: no, we have not changed our policy of referring to humanoid anomalies as such. When making references to the containment or study of a humanoid anomaly such as instances of SCP-3543, it is both appropriate and required to refer to them by their numerical designation. This protects our staff by helping the SCP Foundation retain an impartial perspective on containment. It also serves to remind us that many of these objects only appear to be human, and may lack the feelings or emotions our empathetic human minds might ascribe to them. SCP-3543 presents a unique challenge to this practice. For many of us, knowing the anomaly before it became anomalous is difficult to reconcile. I knew Charles before his disastrous encounter with his own experiments crippled his intellect. I'm the godmother to his daughter. I see the differences between him and instances of SCP-3543, and more importantly, I see the similarities. I understand all too well how difficult it can be to separate anomalous instances from your friends and coworkers. When speaking of the trio of humanoids and the anomalous event that lead to their creation, the term "SCP-3543" should be used. When speaking of the man who pioneered the use of Foundation-grade amnestics to treat severe phobias and PTSD in bipolar patients, he should be referred to as "Dr. Charles Grant". Whatever his current mental state, the man earned a doctorate and deserves to be referred to with that title. Instances of SCP-3543 no longer realize what they've lost, but that doesn't mean that we should forget as well. We may have sworn to die in the darkness, but by no means is anyone asked to live there. What Charles did, he did to himself. No one is disputing that. This does not negate any of the work he did in service of the SCP Foundation or diminish his many accomplishments, nor should it. Dr. Grant deserves to retain any and all honors he had before succumbing to the effects of SCP-3543, and it's our job to maintain that distinction. It's the least we can do for a former colleague. I don't want to hear about this again. Footnotes 1. Despite an exhaustive search, no records of Dr. Grant's Macro-mitosis project were ever discovered. 2. Foundation psychologist Dr. Alison Taylor 3. All three SCP-3543 instances possess a birthmark on their inner right thigh, a trait shared by Dr. Grant. -3 possesses a scar on his left hand, sustained during an outburst of stereotypic movement on 08/14/20██. This scar does not appear on -1 or -2, nor was it ever noted on Dr. Grant while he was alive. 4. Later inspection revealed that this was because he had neglected to unlock the front door. 5. This phrase was not heard in its entirety during Dr. Grant's arrest. Officers and EMTs pieced it together from repeated partial statements with recurring partial words and vocalizations. Their inferences lead to this statement. 6. Cause of death was determined to be exsanguination as a result of a traffic collision. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3543" by TechSorcerer2747, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3543. 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-3544
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keter
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SCP-3544-1 instances in the process of materialization. Item #: SCP-3544 Special Containment Procedures: Foundation agents are to monitor national media reports for murders resultant from domestic violence, and investigate crime scenes for abnormal Hume levels. Locations of confirmed SCP-3544 events are to be documented and mapped in order to anticipate future appearances. MTF-Psi-6 "Spotlighters" are to patrol projected areas during at-risk hours, using portable Kant counters to locate SCP-3544 events and intercept if possible. Events discovered past the intervention stage are to be surveilled remotely using optical and infrared imaging as appropriate, with deviations from recorded behavior logged and reported to Research Lead Dr. C███████. Task Force members are to be rotated on a weekly basis and offered psychological therapy, with amnestics provided on request. Description: SCP-3544 refers to an anomalous event occurring once every 3 - 14 days, currently localized entirely within the United States of America. SCP-3544 events begin between the hours of 1:30 AM and 3:30 AM, during which time a house with exactly two (2) adult occupants in a romantic relationship becomes the center of the anomaly, designated SCP-3544-A. During this time all occupants are incapable of leaving, and between 5 and 20 shadow-like humanoid entities, designated SCP-3544-1, will manifest within 10 meters of SCP-3544-A and enter through the nearest door.1 Intervention at this stage has shown to end SCP-3544 events immediately, however once all entities are inside SCP-3544-A becomes inaccessible until the event's conclusion2. SCP-3544-1 instances will assemble in a semicircle around the bed of the primary occupants, who wake approximately 10 minutes later. Upon waking an instance of SCP-3544-1 will enter the body of an occupant3, henceforth SCP-3544-B, who will lose autonomous control over all motor functions except speech. SCP-3544-B will then attempt to restrain the other occupant, henceforth the target, using any available means, including: handcuff knots or nooses made from available materials, such as rope, neckties, and ripped cloth. Use of blunt objects to fracture target's legs. precise severance of spinal cord in the thoracic or lumbar sections. Once the target is incapacitated, SCP-3544-B will begin the surgical removal of seven organs from the target: ovaries or testes, spleen, pancreas, heart, thyroid, pituitary gland and pineal gland, often in contrast to their vocalizations of protest. Notably, despite excessive blood loss and removal of essential organs, the target will never lose consciousness or expire during an SCP-3544 event. Once the target's organs have been harvested, an instance of SCP-3544-1 will place its hand on the target's forehead, causing immediate expiry, followed by an instance of SCP-3544-1 being pulled from the body and joining the congregation. All instances of SCP-3544-1 will proceed to exit SCP-3544-A and all anomalous effects will cease. Instances of SCP-3544-B display extreme psychological distress and suicidal tendencies, however testing reveals no persisting anomalous properties. +Addendum 3544/A.1: Interview Log -Addendum 3544/A.1: Interview Log Interviewed: [POI-3544-01] Interviewer: [Dr. C████████] Foreword: Mary M█████████, designated POI-3544-01, is the only known survivor of an SCP-3544 event. The purpose of this interview is to gather first-hand information regarding the anomaly, and how she survived. <Begin Log, 10:37 PM> Dr. C████████: Good evening, POI-3544-01. POI-3544-01: Look, you said if I did this interview you'd make me forget what happened, right? Let's just get on with it. Dr. C████████: Alright then. Could you please recount the events that occurred on the morning of █/██/2018? POI-3544-01: Yeah, I- [POI-3544-01 shudders violently for a brief moment, before regaining composure] POI-3544-01: I was asleep with my boyfriend, Tom, when this feeling came over me. A feeling that I was being watched. I opened my eyes to see those… things watching over us. Dr. C████████: By things, do you mean SCP-3544-01? POI-3544-01: The shadow people, if that's what you call 'em yeah. They were just standing there, around the bed. I looked over and saw Tom sitting up too, but when he turned to look at me, one of 'em stepped forward and… it just took over him. Dr. C████████: Were you able to discern any identifying features of this entity? POI-3544-01: No, they all looked the same. Just like black silhouettes, not even faces. I could tell they were staring at me though - I could feel it. [POI-3544-01 goes silent for 58 seconds] Dr. C████████: Please continue with your report, POI-3544-01. POI-3544-01: Right… so that was when Tom started to reach for the baseball bat under our bed. He was shouting too, something like "Fuck I can't stop myself". I didn't really have time for it to click before he swung the bat at me, at my leg. [POI-3544-01 briefly touches the cast on her left leg.] POI-3544-01: It clicked then though, and I screamed and threw myself out of the bed. I limped to the front door but I couldn't open it. It was stuck no matter how much I pulled. Tom was behind me, screaming for me to run but I couldn't. I begged him to stop but he kept saying he wasn't doing it, and begged me to shoot him. Tom was a big-time second amendment believer, so he'd taught me how to handle a gun. I crawled over to our coffee table, grabbed the gun underneath and fired. The first shot hit him in the shoulder. He screamed in pain but kept coming, so I pointed at his head, closed my eyes and fired until I had nothing left. The screaming stopped, but when I opened my eyes he was still standing there, half his face gone, his left eye hanging out of his socket… [POI-3544-01 begins to sob, before quickly shaking her head.] Dr. C████████: We can continue this interview later if you need. POI-3544-01: No, I just want this over with already. He, or it, tied me up next - used a necktie to hang me from a roof beam. It got a knife from the kitchen and… things get a little fuzzy from there. I thought I was going to die, I could see my blood on the floor. There was so much, and it just wouldn't stop coming out. I remember feeling something around the left side of my chest at one point, right before I lost consciousness, like a hand scraping inside, and a chorus of voices whispering "empty". That's all I can remember, though. Dr. C████████: Very well. Thank you for your time, POI-3544-01. <End Log, 10:51 PM> Closing Statement: Following the interview's conclusion, POI-3544-01 was administered class-B amnestics and discharged from Foundation custody under her previous name. Further investigation revealed POI-3544-01 had a medical history of dextrocardia of embryonic arrest, placing her heart on the right side of her chest. The death of SCP-3544-B, and POI-3544-01's missing organs and injuries were explained as the result of a violent burglary and emergency surgery. Footnotes 1. There are currently no known mechanisms capable of preventing SCP-3544-1 entering SCP-3544-A; when operated all doors are unlocked regardless of prior status. 2. Forces in excess of 30kN have failed to breach any area of SCP-3544-A. 3. In 76% of cases the male, if one exists.
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SCP-3545
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thaumiel
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Well, Harky, I guess this is goodbye. I'd say it was a pleasure but I'd be fucking lying. OVERVIEW ▶ ORIGINAL PROTOCOL 3545.0 ▶ REVISED PROTOCOL 3545.1 ▶ REVISED PROTOCOL 3545.2 ▶ Incident Report 3545-001 ▶ FINAL PROTOCOL 3545(𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥) SCP-3545 OVERVIEW WARNING: Unathorized access to this document is forbidden. This information is restricted to Level V/3545 clearance only. Information about SCP-3545 is currently locked with Level V/3545 clearance. Failure to abide by security procedures will result in corrective action. If you are unsure of your clearance level or are lacking proper credentials, please contact your site director. This document describes a Oneiric-Class ontokinetic anomaly. Do not attempt to interact with instances created by SCP-3545. As of the events of Incident Report 3545-001, testing with SCP-3545 is impossible. [INPUT LEVEL V SECURITY CREDENTIALS] [CONFIRMED] Item #: SCP-3545 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3545 is to be housed in a standard containment locker in Site-19. The item should be secured with Level II Clearance and monitored while its effects are better understood. Note: Concerns over the object's frailty have led to SCP-3545's containment locker being fit with a felt-lined indentation in which it is to be placed. Discovery: After the events of [DATA PURGED PER O5 REQUEST], the anomaly remained, and was subsequently brought onsite for analysis. Any further instances or related materials are presumed destroyed. It is unknown how said individual came to own SCP-3545, nor what else was taken at the time of the event. Description: SCP-3545 is the designation for an antique crystal drinking glass of unknown origin. The glass itself appears to be comprised of non-anomalous material. Thus, proper care must be taken when handling the item. SCP-3545 bears no identifying marks or artist etchings and exact dating has yielded inconsistent results. When an individual maintains direct eye contact with SCP-3545 and forms a mental image of the glass, it will begin filling with an unknown substance. The liquid that manifests within SCP-3545 absorbs all visible light and will appear completely black to the human eye. During this process, the contents of the glass are non-corporeal and cannot be accessed by any means. The substance will slowly replace any liquid already in the glass. SCP-3545 will fill completely within five minutes of sustained focus, but frequent breaks are recommended; the process has shown to have detrimental neurological consequences, with subsequent interactions having increased potential for adverse effects. All personnel assigned to the study of SCP-3545 are to leave the testing area before discussing findings to minimize unwanted exposure. When SCP-3545 is full, the liquid can be removed from the glass via ingestion by one individual. No other methods have proven capable of removing the contents of the glass, and attempts to retrieve consumed liquids have failed. Upon ingestion of the substance, subjects become instantaneously aware of a sequence of 18-24 numbers, and experience a range of sensory and local ontokinetic phenomena. The relevance of the learned numbers is currently not known, and testing is ongoing. A truncated list of previous test results can be found below: EXPERIMENT LOG 3545-A Designation Result Sequence D-8121 Subject filled and consumed contents successfully. Could not describe taste, but insisted the substance was not tasteless. Experienced mild headaches for the following day. Sequence recorded. [DATA PURGED PER O5 REQUEST] D-0330 Subject expressed difficulty concentrating on the glass. Focus aid was administered and D-0330 was able to complete the process shortly thereafter. Described taste as "floral". Experienced no negative effects. Sequence recorded without incident. [DATA PURGED PER O5 REQUEST] D-44211 Subject filled and consumed contents, complaining of a foul taste. D-Class unable to elaborate on taste any further. Experienced major epistaxis shortly afterwards. Full recovery was seen within an hour. Sequence recorded. [DATA PURGED PER O5 REQUEST] D-6325 Subject filled and consumed contents. Described the taste as "earthy". Experienced auditory and visual hallucinations sporadically over the next 36 hours. Sequence was recorded without issue. [DATA PURGED PER O5 REQUEST] D-9921 Filling SCP-3545 took eight minutes longer than expected, as subject fell asleep several times during their efforts. D-9921 claimed to feel very fatigued when concentrating on the object. A focus aid was administered to little effect. Immediately upon consumption of SCP-3545's contents, the subject screamed and doubled over, gagging. D-9221 vomited violently for several minutes before going into shock. After euthanizing subject, autopsy revealed extensive burns on the inside of the esophagus and stomach. The reason for this is not known. Sequence unable to be acquired. None D-4106 Test proceeded without incident. Subject was extremely cooperative throughout. Upon consumption of liquid, D-4106 described the taste as "divine" but would not elaborate further. Sequence obtained without issue. Subject requested further testing with SCP-3545. Request was approved by project head. [DATA PURGED PER O5 REQUEST] D-4106 Test proceeded identically as the previous. Subject experienced minor epistaxis but requested further testing. Request was approved. [DATA PURGED PER O5 REQUEST] D-4106 Upon consumption of the liquid, subject appeared confused. When questioned, D-4106 remarked that the taste was "awfully dark" before collapsing and experiencing explosive decompression. Sequence not acquired. None D-9866 Subject filled SCP-3545 without complaint. After consumption, D-9866 remarked that the taste was harsh and smelled of gasoline, with a hint of decay. Subject appeared to be intoxicated for several hours afterwards. Sequence recorded and subject sent for bloodwork and tox screening. Results inconclusive. [DATA PURGED PER O5 REQUEST] D-9866 Test repeated to attempt to replicate result. Subject expressed complaints of tinnitus and fatigue during test. D-9866 consumed the contents and described the taste as "dreamy". Sequence obtained and found to be different than that of the previous test. Subject appeared listless after testing, and disappeared from their quarters twelve hours later. Subject has not been recovered. [DATA PURGED PER O5 REQUEST] [INPUT LEVEL V SECURITY CREDENTIALS] [CONFIRMED] Item #: SCP-3545 Special Containment Procedures: New instances of SCP-3545-1 are to be anticipated and cordoned off using the standard containment protocol most suited for the region in which the anomaly manifests. Due to the fragility of the item, SCP-3545 is to be kept in a standard containment locker in Site-19, retrofitted with a felt-lined indentation in which the object should be placed. SCP-3545's chamber is to be secured with Level 3 clearance and Site Director approval is necessary before testing can be authorized. Description: SCP-3545 is the designation for an antique crystal drinking glass of unknown origin. The glass itself is comprised of non-anomalous material; therefore, great care must be taken to ensure the item's safety. Although unremarkable in composition, a combination of direct observation and mental focus will cause SCP-3545 to fill with an unknown liquid of varying viscosity and taste. Liquid absorbs all light in the visual spectrum, appearing entirely black to the human eye. On average, five minutes of sustained focus on SCP-3545 will cause it to fill completely. The contents of the glass cannot be removed until the process is complete, and will appear non-corporeal as it fills. The substance will slowly replace any liquid already in the glass. While focusing on SCP-3545, individuals are subject to sporadic cases of nosebleeds, confusion, convulsions, narcolepsy and hallucinations. Repeated exposure has been shown to cause permanent trauma and brain damage. The liquid cannot be removed from the glass except by ingestion by one individual. Upon consuming the contents of SCP-3545, the subject will instantaneously become aware of a sequence of 18-24 numbers. Through extensive testing, it has been deduced that the numbers are two sets of four-vector coordinates that refer to specific points in four-dimensional spacetime,1 relative to the location and time of ingestion. These points mark the outer boundaries in which an anomaly, designated SCP-3545-1, will occur within our own reality. SCP-3545-1 instances appear as non-anomalous space, referred to by an accessible orthotope as it moves through our reality for a set period of time. Despite this, instances are octahedral in nature (Schläfli symbol {4,3,3}) when viewed from higher dimensions (See Figure A). Upon the manifestation of SCP-3545-1, individuals who travel through the boundaries and out the opposite side of the intercepting orthotope will find themselves transported to an alternate location (See Figure B). From an outside perspective, the individual traversing an instance of SCP-3545-1 will not appear to leave or deviate from their path, and will reach and exit the other side of the anomaly as expected. Upon exiting the area of effect, individuals retain a nascent awareness of their experiences, but due to a mild antimemetic effect, often do not remember having left any location, nor their return. The experience has been described as "dream-like". Mnestic drugs have no effect on individuals affected by SCP-3545-1 instances. Detection of both chronons and antichronons, measured in burst patterns during manifestation and interaction, have led to the conclusion that this memory-alteration may occur due to retroactive changes in causality. This is supported by observation; individuals sent into the area and told to return experience no changes, but those with intent and capacity to successfully exit the opposite side experience the event at some point during their time within the anomaly. Therefore, those within SCP-3545-1's boundaries experience their dislocation before the requirements to trigger said dislocation are met. Because of this, all affected subjects must properly exit the instance upon conclusion of the test in order to eliminate any potential for ontological contradiction. Although the effect of SCP-3545-1 is not visible to outside observers, and despite the significant memory loss of test subjects exposed to these regions, video and audio recording still function with variable success, subject to the specific reality entered into. More info can be found below. EXPERIMENT LOG 3545-B Abstract: Survey and analyze the interior of a SCP-3545-1 manifestation. Assigned: D-4812 Additional Information: The following is an audiovisual transcript of exploration into a sequence acquired from SCP-3545. D-Class consuming liquid described the taste as "dry and gritty", experienced minor dehydration as a result. Sequence analyzed and found to be a 10 km orthotope containing a stretch of highway near the Colombia Basin in eastern Washington. Subject was placed in a vehicle with dashboard/cabin cameras, diagnostic equipment, and an emergency remote detonation device. D-4812 was then instructed to drive through SCP-3545-1 instance. <BEGIN LOG> Control: Alright. D-4812, can you hear me okay? D-4812: Yeah. It feels nice to drive, didn't think I'd ever do that again. Control: Noted. Can you describe your surroundings? For the record. D-4812: Sure. Not much to see, really. This side of Washington is all deserts from what I know. What am I supposed to be looking for? Control: Just let me know if you experience anything out of the ordinary. <Subject does not respond and appears to survey the surrounding area. Car traverses SCP-3545-1 without issue for several minutes.> D-4812: Am I allowed to turn on the radio? Would be nice to listen to some music. Control: That's fine. Not too loud though. <D-4812 is seen switching on the radio. It expresses static. Subject changes stations, but all yield the same result. D-4812 starts bobbing head to the noise enthusiastically, raising the volume.> D-4812: Aw, man, this is my favorite song! Nice. <Control notes this and decides not to question subject.> D-4812: [discordant humming] <Camera goes black. A second later, the camera comes back online, with D-4812 seen driving along a stretch of wooded forests at night. Subject seems unaware of this change.> Control: D-4812, please describe your situation. <D-4812 is unresponsive. Camera shows subject looking bored and unsurprised during this period. Dash camera unable to discern much of outside area due to darkness.> Control: D-4812, do you copy? <No response from subject. D-4812 continues to drive for several minutes in silence. Soon after, D-4812 laughs loudly and looks at the passenger seat, which is off camera.> D-4812: No, I don't know why. You tell me! [laughing] <At this point, an unknown voice originating from the passenger seat speaks. Reflection in the window reveals the presence of a humanoid figure bearing no discernible facial features. Figure talks in a clipped, distorted tone.> UNKNOWN: Remember me? Still here. <Reflection shows the figure peeling off the smooth skin of its "face". Underneath lies D-4812's visage, contorted into a face of terror. Subject seems undaunted by this. The figure speaks again.> UNKNOWN: I needed you, you know. Back at the house. Where did you go? D-4812: Don't be like that, we're almost there. <Behind the subject, a large white flash takes over the camera's view. Small gray fragments are seen swirling. When the view returns, subject is walking down a tiled corridor. The vehicle is no longer present, and cameras appear to be fixed in space where they would sit. Outside of SCP-3545-1, aerial drone surveillance shows D-4812 driving normally, albeit slower than he had been previously.> D-4812: Hello? <Subject continues to stroll down the corridor. Echoing footsteps can be heard as D-4812 approaches the other end. A single doorway presents itself to the subject, who hesitates slightly before turning the knob.> UNKNOWN: Don't! Dance with me. And then we can go. <Subject turns around to find a young woman in a black dress, confirmed later as D-4812's late wife, though her facial features remain approximated. Subject appears startled and confused.> UNKNOWN: You've forgotten how, haven't you? D-4812: <startled> S-Sarah? Um- No, I haven't forgotten. It's just, we're going to be late… UNKNOWN: Then why do you leave? <Subject appears distressed. Figure gives a small twirl.> D-4812: I don't know what you mean.. I don't- I didn't leave. I-I mean, I didn't mean to. It was an accident! I'm sorry! UNKNOWN: Then stay with me, I need you here. The party can wait. D-4812: I can't… I-I don't think. I wish I could, but I can't. <Figure stops moving and stares at the subject. The checkered floor tiles flicker at random intervals. After a moment, the woman's head wrenches back, eyes trained to the ceiling. She emits a scream of agony and bursts into flames. Subject seen hiding his face in his hands, crying.> D-4812: Please. Leave me alone! <sobs> <Shortly afterwards, D-4812 crosses the outer boundary of SCP-3545-1 and swiftly loses connection with the SCP-3545-1 instance. Subject experienced no memory of the prior events, but remained in a depressive state until termination. Records indicate D-4812 was incarcerated for arson and homicide.> <END LOG> EXPERIMENT LOG 3545-C Abstract: Survey and analyze the interior of a SCP-3545-1 instance, compare results to that of the previous test. Assigned: D-1121 Additional Information: The following is an audiovisual transcript of events resulting from investigation into a second sequence procured from SCP-3545. D-Class consuming liquid described the taste as "refreshing yet harsh", could not elaborate further. Complained of stomach ache and nausea. Sequence analyzed and found to refer to a small patch of the Pacific Ocean several hundred kilometers off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan. Subject placed on a personal watercraft deployed from a Foundation maritime covert operations vessel. The personal watercraft was retrofitted with several cameras, diagnostic measuring equipment, and an emergency inflatable raft. D-1121 was then instructed to drive through the instance. <BEGIN LOG> <Cameras flick on, revealing a vast expanse of ocean in all directions. Subject is piloting the boat towards a Foundation vessel stationed on the opposite side of SCP-3545-1.> D-1121: Uh, I'm not seeing anything out here. I mean, I see you. <Subject waves.> Control: And we have eyes on you as well, let us know if you see anything unusual. D-1121: Yeah, will do. Just head to the other boat, then? Control: Affirmative. <D-1121 is seen glancing around and taking a deep breath.> D-1121: Not too big a fan of the open ocean. The air is nice, though. <After cruising slowly for a short period of time, D-1121 stops and stares off into the distance, hand still on the throttle. Subject sits in silence for approximately one minute, eyes unfocused and displaying horizontal nystagmus.> Control: D-1121, are you alright? <Subject is motionless, aside from the nystagmus.> Control: Can you hear me, D-1121? D-1121: Hm? Where—? <Subject looks around, startled, and reengages the throttle, steering the boat back in the opposite direction.> Control: D-1122, you are going the wrong way. Please correct course or you will face consequences upon your return. D-1121: No, this isn't right. I-I've got to get out of here. Think about what you're doing! Me? You got us into this! You. What's done is done. <Camera records the water around the boat thickening and developing a gelatinous texture, slowing the craft. Neither change was observed from outside the SCP-3545-1 instance. Another minute later, subject speaks, tone nonchalant.> D-1121: Don't worry, we're perfectly safe out here. <A figure manifests behind D-1121 on camera. Subject glances back and smiles. Figure appears to be a young male and speaks in the same strange, clipped tone. Entity has approximate facial features that fluctuate in shape, position and complexity without discernable cause.> UNKNOWN: <shivers> I've never been this far out before. I can't even see the shore! Sure this leaky bucket can handle it? D-1121: Of course, we're not even that far away. Out there, don't you see it? <Figure is seen leaning off the side of the boat in the direction of subject's pointing. D-1121 lunges and pushes the figure over, burying its head beneath the ocean.> D-1121: <yelling> You should've listened to me, boy! First your fucking mother, now you, too? Is there no fucking respect for the one who works two fucking jobs to put food on your fucking table? <sobbing> Why are you making me do this?! <Subject holds the figure in this manner until the thrashing subsides, and then tosses the body overboard.> D-1121: You ungrateful shit. You get what you deserve. We all get what—What's done is done is done for. Fucking done for. <A deep droning noise is heard as an unknown mass rises out of the sludge. A black sphere is seen, which flashes a white light, engulfing all cameras. During this period, the sounds of struggle and muffled splashing is picked up. Subject is heard screaming. When the light recedes, all cameras record pitch black. From outside of the anomaly, subject appears in deep sleep and the craft listing towards the second vessel. To prevent any ontological paradoxes that may arise, as well as decrease recovery time, a recon unit was dispatched from the opposite boundaries to pull D-1121 through the other side before the manifestation ends.> <After successful reconnaissance, D-1121 remained in a vegetative state for a week. Upon awakening, subject displayed signs of severe PTSD and depersonalization. D-1121 has retained no memory of his time within SCP-3545-1.> <END LOG> [INPUT LEVEL V SECURITY CREDENTIALS] [CONFIRMED] Item #: SCP-3545 Special Containment Procedures: New instances of SCP-3545-1 are to be anticipated and cordoned off using the standard containment protocol most suited for the region in which the anomaly manifests. Instances are not to be interacted with at any time. The object itself is to be stored in a Maximum Security Containment Chamber in [DATA PURGED PER O5 REQUEST] and secured with Level 4 clearance. Chamber is to be fitted with a felt-lined indentation in which the anomaly should be stored when not in use. Testing with SCP-3545 for any reason other tan other than its primary thaumaturgic purpose is currently suspended. Retrieval of other artifacts related to this anomaly is considered a priority, though the exact nature of these items and the feasibility to return them intact to the O5 council are both unknown. Description: SCP-3545 is the designation for an antique crystal drinking glass of unknown origin. The glass itself is comprised of non-anomalous material and thus great care must be taken to ensure the item's safety. Although mostly unremarkable, a combination of direct observation and mental focus causes SCP-3545 to fill with an unknown substance of varying viscosity and taste. Liquid appears to absorb all light in the visual spectrum and thus is entirely black to the human eye. On average, five minutes of sustained mental focus on SCP-3545 will cause it to fill completely. The contents of the glass cannot be removed during this time. While focusing on SCP-3545, individuals are subject to sporadic cases of nosebleeds, confusion, convulsions, narcolepsy and hallucinations. Repeated exposure compounds this effect. When SCP-3545 has been completely filled, it will emit a low infrasonic hum outside of human perception. The liquid cannot be removed from the glass except by ingestion See Incident Report 3545-001. Upon consuming the contents of SCP-3545, the subject will instantaneously become aware of two sets of four-value coordinates. These coordinates relate to the location and initial time of a localized ZK-Class Reality Failure Event, referred to as SCP-3545-1. The location in which SCP-3545-1 appears will experience a sharp drop in Hume levels several seconds leading up to its manifestation. Upon manifestation of the instance, area will continue to exhibit abnormal Hume levels, but will not show any outward, visible, or tangible fluctuations. If an individual will successfully pass through the instance at some point, they will experience a hallucinogenic episode before they leave the area defined by SCP-3545. This is considered a byproduct of psychic compensatory effects accounting for the lack of reality experienced within SCP-3545-1. The episode will then project itself onto the subjects' surroundings. SCP-3545 is to be utilized in tracking and identifying places where SCP-3545-1 instances will manifest. D-Class personnel are to be used to acquire as many sequences as possible for this purpose. [INPUT LEVEL VI SECURITY CREDENTIALS] [CONFIRMED] Incident Report 3545-001 SCP involved: SCP-3545 Personnel involved: Dr. Robert █████, Jr. Researcher Pyotr Vasilev, Sr. Researcher James A. Harkness, 7 Class-D Personnel Date: ██/██/██ Location: [DATA PURGED PER O5 REQUEST] Preface: At 08:00 on ██/██/██, Site-███ was attacked and infiltrated by several members of a Chaos Insurgency division. Individuals possessed intimate knowledge of the layout of the facility, gaining access to SCP-3545's research and containment chambers. At the time, several staff members and a handful Class-D personnel were present and collecting sequences from SCP-3545. The following is a transcript of video surveillance footage taken from the chamber. 08:15 - A blast is seen shaking the containment area. Security doors to the left appeared to have buckled. Staff attempt to evacuate but find other set of doors sealed due to automatic emergency protocols. 08:18 - Several masked Chaos Insurgency members enter screen left. All possess modified Foundation tactical wear and standard issue Mobile Task Force gear. Individuals hold personnel at gunpoint and secure SCP-3545. 08:20 - A small scuffle ensues in an attempt to subdue attackers. D-8212 fatally wounded via gunshot. 08:25 - Insurgency members restrain all individuals. Personnel are moved to a circle around an examination table, where SCP-3545 is placed. 08:32 - Attackers appear to force individuals to fill SCP-3545. Once the glass fills, one Insurgent produces a number of flasks and a glass syringe that resembles SCP-3545's design. Using this syringe, liquid is then extracted from the glass with ease and is then deposited into one of the flasks. The process repeats. 08:42 - D-3244 loses consciousness and starts convulsing. D-7180 appears to be delirious and is seen frequently speaking to the empty space on his right. Dr. █████ is seen bleeding from the ears. Sr. Researcher Harkness is visibly frightened but unaffected, a fact that he later attributed to his high CRV.2 08:48 - Insurgency member shoots D-7180 in the head. Another D-Class is seen with his head buried in his hands, but is soon harassed by aggressors until compliance. Harkness is escorted out of the containment chamber and into a nearby conference room, where he is interrogated (Audio transcript of active microphone can be found below). D-3244 stops convulsing and is considered lost. 09:05 - D-6821, D-0312 and D-7110 all lose consciousness. Dr. █████ is still aware but bleeding heavily. D-6311 is pale, with deep circles under her eyes. 09:13 - Insurgency members harass D-6311 into continuing, causing her to sway and fall onto the table, which knocks over the glass. One Insurgency member lunges for the object, only to fall short as the glass smashes against the ground, leaking a liquid with the appearance of static. A large vibration is registered by everyone in the Facility. Foundation Security personnel take advantage of this event as a distraction, firing into the room, killing two and injuring Jr. Researcher Vasilev. Remaining members shoot and kill Vasilev, then proceed to attempt escape. Foundation assault proves capable of deterring assailants from obtaining remnants of SCP-3545, who return fire as one member primes a plastic explosive on the far wall. 09:22 - Insurgency associates detonate explosive and exit facility. Foundation pursuit ensues and is unsuccessful. 09:30 - Remaining members escape. Damage is assessed. Dr. █████ is recovered and placed in medical bay with severe neurological complications and ruptured eardrums. Harkness is found unconscious in the nearby conference room shortly thereafter. Audio Log 3545-001 The following is an audio transcript of the interrogation of Sr. Researcher James A. Harkness by an unknown Chaos Insurgency member, referred to as POI-3545-06. <Sounds of struggle and gunfire can be heard.> POI-3545-06: So here's how this is going to go down. I'm going to ask you some questions. If you don't answer, you die. I know who you are. I heard about that stint down in 62C. Word travels fast on the pipeline. Now, are you gonna cooperate like a good little Foundation lackey, or are you gonna make me beg? Harkness: 62C? Don't you mean 64T—? POI-3545-06: You're a piece of work. <A loud thump, followed by a sharp groan.> Harkness: That was a legitimate question! Fuck! I think you broke my fucking nose. POI-3545-06: Let's start over. Mind if I smoke? Don't answer that. <Some rustling, and the flick of a lighter.> Harkness: You're a real badass, aren't you? Big bad Insurgency man. Something tells me you would've killed me by now if you were serious. POI-3545-06: I'm gonna pretend you didn't just try and force my hand. We'll get to you dying soon enough, okay Harky? Harkness: Stop threatening me with a good time! Ow. POI-3545-06: Shut the fuck up. My friends and I, we came for something, you see. I know you know about it. You're gonna tell me where it is. Harkness: You already got the glass, what more do you want? POI-3545-06: I want to go inside. Harkness: I'm sorry? You mean the ZKs? You don't need me for that. You have the numbers! POI-3545-06: How can you be so smart yet so dense? <Harkness howls in pain. Later medical intake reveals cigarette burns on his upper arms and neck.> Harkness: Shit fuck, what do you want? POI-3545-06: I told you, I want to go inside. <Silence is recorded for several seconds.> Harkness: Wait, you mean- POI-3545-06: Yes, I mean. Ever since ████ absconded with that weapon, we've found a way to make them even better. We just need two more pieces to complete the puzzle, and one of them we just took from you. The other, you are going to lead me to. Harkness: You're crazy if you think I'd take you there. Even if I did know where it is. Which I don't. Try an O5. POI-3545-06: <laughs> You really are a card. Don't play with me. I know— Harkness: I'm not playing with you. I don't know, and I've never met anyone outside of Overwatch that knows where they keep it. That whole facility is a black site! Plus, you think that O5-4 is really going to let you just waltz in and do whatever you like with that thing? POI-3545-06: You just leave four to us. What facility? All I need is a site number. Harkness: Then you're shit out of luck; it has no number. <Room shakes. Rapid gunfire is heard, accompanied by panicked yelling and further commotion.> Harkness: Sounds like you're running out of time. <Another smack, another groan.> Harkness: Okay, I deserved that. POI-3545-06: It doesn't matter. Even if I kill you now, we will find someone who cracks. It's inevitable. <POI-3545-06 is heard cocking his sidearm.> POI-3545-06: Let's see if you're the same smart-ass you are now without your lower jaw. Or maybe I blow a hole through your soft bits and let you bleed out— <A handheld radio on POI-3545-06's person speaks. The identity of the individual is not known.> UNKNOWN: Helleny and Graham are down. The rest are evac. Meet [indecipherable] klicks south, your ride will be waiting for you. POI-3545-06: Copy that. Well, Harky, I guess this is goodbye. I'd say it was a pleasure but I'd be fucking lying. Harkness: Likewise— <Gunshot, and a scream. Audio records steps and distant gunshots alongside groans of pain. Explosion is heard approximately one minute later. Audio ends abruptly. Sr. Researcher Harkness is found by security personnel a short time later, unconscious and possessing a life-threatening but ultimately nonfatal bullet wound to the abdomen. On-scene emergency medical intervention is provided and patient was then moved to a temporary medical bay for stabilization. Sufficient recovery was seen within six months.> And so there lie the holes, ripping the fabric of all things. Puncture wounds in spacetime, errors, gaps in the code. Whatever you name it, those places you'll never go await your entrance. For those who plan to pass behind the curtain and glimpse true lack-of-being may find that it is not like one would expect. We all thought it was an emptiness, a void. A place where nothing could stand because nothing is. The truth, however, is far more disturbing. The truth, as it turns out, is that nonexistence is not just empty void. It's a blank canvas. A fresh start for the universe. All it needs is something introduced within to catalyze its creation. Not just anything, but a thought, a memory that leaks from a mind. A mind that creates its own reality. Like those ancient texts, the Upanishads, say, 'We are like the dreamer, who dreams, and lives inside the dream.' A mirage, like a single pixel burning out. In truth, a single bit deleted. [INPUT LEVEL VI SECURITY CREDENTIALS] [CONFIRMED] Item #: SCP-3545 Special Containment Procedures: Testing with SCP-3545 is no longer possible. Individuals who have utilized SCP-3545 are to be supplied amnestics and monitored. Existing instances of SCP-3545-1 are to be cordoned off permanently using standard protocol most suited for the location. As of this moment, there are over 1,094 sites of interest that contain SCP-3545-1 instances. The location of SCP-3545 is currently known only to the O5 council. Description: SCP-3545 is the designation for the remains of an antique crystal drinking glass of unknown origin. The glass bears no identifying marks or artist etchings and is made of non-anomalous material. No attempts have been made to repair the glass; analysis has determined that several pieces were lost during the commotion which led to its destruction, and thus it is unlikely that repairing the item would restore it's functionality, both as an anomalous item and a container for liquids. Previously, when at least one individual maintained eye contact with SCP-3545 while concentrating on the object, it would fill with an intangible black liquid of unknown composition. Individuals filling the glass would express negative neurological impacts while doing so, the strength of which was compounded the longer individuals interacted with the item. After several minutes of sustained, targeted concentration, SCP-3545 would fill completely, contents then accessible to ingest or extract using SCP-3545-2, an unknown device resembling a glass syringe of similar design. What other (if any) items that could've been compatible with SCP-3545 are unclear and unlikely to be determined. Upon ingestion, subjects became instantaneously aware of two four-vector coordinates in spacetime. These coordinates refer to the location and initial manifestation time of a ZK-Class Reality Failure Scenario, referred to as SCP-3545-1. After a random interval of time has passed, instances will disappear from our reality, only to reappear a variable time later. These manifestations will occur at more frequent intervals and for longer periods of time, until the fixture is considered permanent. During the SCP-3545-1 manifestation, any individual who passes through the boundaries and exits the other side will experience the ZK-Class Scenario as an immersive psychogenetic manifestation of their inner landscape. In this right, individuals inside SCP-3545-1 become temporary high-level reality benders, yet lack control over how the Event develops. The experience is described as "dream-like" and may or may not involve the memories of those affected. Unlike previously hypothesized, the occurrence is not hallucinogenic in nature, but a corporeal, alternate form of reality. Electroencephalography tests taken on affected individuals reveal absolutely no change from baseline, aside from natural reactions to what they experience. Measurements of the Hume field of these instances have yielded a result of zero in all cases, though this is likely false. The true hume level of SCP-3545-1 instances are hypothesized to be astronomically low, far more so than already notable exceptions. Some speculation suggests this phenomenon is similar to observation-based reality stabilizing fields recorded by the presence of Foundation operatives in a variety of classified operations. Containment and correction of SCP-3545-1 instances is considered a top priority. Experimental reality anchors/stabilizers are currently in development for use of correcting abnormal Hume fields in SCP-3545-1 instances. Good luck with that. I've seen the tech, it's good stuff. If it were anything else, I would have higher hopes. It won't work though. They are here to stay. Only the dreamer can fill that space; Lucidity is not something that comes easily to humans, after all. It does make you wonder though, doesn't it? About us, and the rest of this god-forsaken universe. We are like the dreamer. And one day, our Dreamer will wake, and our world will melt away. Only this time, none of us will be on the outside. There will be no curtain to pull back. No canvas to paint. Only the worlds above. Not ours. Footnotes 1. Three spatial dimensions, one temporal. 2. Cognitive Resistance Value of 149, see his personnel file for more information. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3545" by Billith, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3545. 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: figa.png Name: figa.png Author: Billith License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: N/A Filename: figb.png Name: figb.png Author: Billith License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: N/A TOP OF PAGE
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close Info X SCP-3546: Doggone It, I Fold! Author: The Great Hippo Image: Link. Music: Nothing New Under the Sun (Thomas Dolby) Next: [SCP-3561]: An Unfinished Work 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. Doggone it, I Fold!, by Cherise Schultz (2005). Item #: SCP-3546 Special Containment Procedures: All works produced by SCP-3546 are to remain in Foundation custody. As these items are non-anomalous, no further action is required. Description: SCP-3546 was Cherise Schultz, a 63-year-old widow previously residing in Cherry Hill, New Jersey (United States). Ms. Schultz reproduced works of art which were indistinguishable (physically, chemically, or otherwise) from their authentic counterparts. Until 2012, Ms. Schultz's works were regularly purchased by a private firm for use in high-profile instances of forgery, theft, and fraud. Ms. Schultz produced these works from non-anomalous materials (typically acrylic paint), applying them in such a way that their arrangement and composition were anomalously transformed into a work identical to one which she had no prior knowledge of. She reproduced several hundred paintings, frescoes, and sculptures during her career; collectively, these works are estimated to have grossed profits in excess of several hundred million (US) dollars. Ms. Schultz sold each work for fifty (US) dollars (excluding costs of shipping and handling). Addendum 3546.1: Initial Interview INTERVIEW LOG DATE: 2012/07/21 INTERVIEWER: Cmdr. Robert Malthus SUBJECT: Cherise Schultz [BEGIN LOG.] MALTHUS: Ms. Schultz, are you — SCHULTZ: Oh, please, call me Cheri. MALTHUS: Are you familiar with this painting? SCHULTZ: Oh, that looks like… hm. Yes, I recognize it. 2007, I think? I remember, because I finished it right before that whole awful market crash. Thank God my husband's pension wasn't touched. He always had a head for money. MALTHUS: This is Girl with a Pearl Earring. SCHULTZ: Is that what I called it? I can't remember the — MALTHUS: It was painted by Johannes Vermeer. SCHULTZ: Who? MALTHUS: What about this one? SCHULTZ: That's — I did that one in 2009. A Farmer's Life. What is this — MALTHUS: This is American Gothic, by Grant Wood. It was painted in 1930. SCHULTZ: What? MALTHUS: And this? [Silence.] SCHULTZ: What is this about? MALTHUS: Do you recognize this work, Ms. Schultz? [Silence.] SCHULTZ: Yes. I finished it just last year. I was very proud of it. One of my largest pieces. I call it Barnyard Hijinks. MALTHUS: This is Pablo Picasso's Guernica. [Silence.] SCHULTZ: Who are you? MALTHUS: Ms. Schultz, where did you learn to paint? SCHULTZ: I — I don't know. After my husband died, I just started — I don't know. I just needed a creative outlet. I love painting. I'm very good at it. It just came naturally. That's normal, right? Natural talent. I'm a very expressive person, and I just thought that — who are you? MALTHUS: Ma'am, I need you to come with us. [END LOG.] Addendum 3546.2: Test Logs The following are logs of Ms. Schultz's various attempts to produce an original work while in Foundation custody. EXPERIMENT LOG DATE: 2012/08/15 ATTEMPT: Subject attempted to produce something surreal, nonsensical, and random. RESULT: Identical reproduction of The Persistence of Memory (by Salvador Dalí). NOTES: "I didn't think anyone would have painted melting clocks, or flies, or — why would anyone have painted something like this?" EXPERIMENT LOG DATE: 2012/08/22 ATTEMPT: Subject slashed randomly at a canvas with paint for several minutes. RESULT: Identical reproduction of Convergence (by Jackson Pollock). NOTES: "I just slapped paint on the canvas. That's all I did. Someone already made this?" EXPERIMENT LOG DATE: 2012/10/06 ATTEMPT: Subject painted seven canvases white. RESULT: Identical reproduction of White Painting [seven panel] (by Robert Rauschenberg). NOTES: "I knew someone must have made something like this, but I didn't think someone would have done seven of them." EXPERIMENT LOG DATE: 2013/05/14 ATTEMPT: Subject used acrylic paint to anomalously produce a ceramic urinal. RESULT: Identical reproduction of Fountain (by Marcel Duchamp). NOTES: "I thought I had it that time. I really did." EXPERIMENT LOG DATE: 2014/09/21 ATTEMPT: Subject painted a crude approximation of a cartoon character she once saw. RESULT: Initially thought to be original, later determined to be an identical reproduction of a work posted online.1 NOTES: "I'm never leaving this place, am I?" EXPERIMENT LOG DATE: 2016/11/02 ATTEMPT: Subject drew an image of two stick-figures, several cats, and a house. RESULT: A researcher immediately identified the work as identical to one his 7 year-old daughter had produced a week prior. NOTES: "I miss Harold. I miss my cats. I want to go home." EXPERIMENT LOG DATE: 2018/12/05 ATTEMPT: Subject used acrylic paints to anomalously create a firearm, then discharged it into her forehead. RESULT: Researchers determined that this suicide was identical to that of Ernest Hemingway's. NOTES: Object class updated from Euclid to Neutralized. Footnotes 1. Specifically, fan-art of Sonic the Hedgehog, a video-game character produced by Sega in 1991. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3546" by The Great Hippo, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3546. 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: poker.png Author: The Great Hippo License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Foundation Wiki Derivative Of: Name: Cassius Marcellus Coolidge - Poker Game (1894).png Author: Cassius Marcellus Coolidge License: Public Domain Source Link: Wikipedia
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close Info X SCP-3546: Doggone It, I Fold! Author: The Great Hippo Image: Link. Music: Nothing New Under the Sun (Thomas Dolby) Next: [SCP-3561]: An Unfinished Work 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. Doggone it, I Fold!, by Cherise Schultz (2005). Item #: SCP-3546 Special Containment Procedures: All works produced by SCP-3546 are to remain in Foundation custody. As these items are non-anomalous, no further action is required. Description: SCP-3546 was Cherise Schultz, a 63-year-old widow previously residing in Cherry Hill, New Jersey (United States). Ms. Schultz reproduced works of art which were indistinguishable (physically, chemically, or otherwise) from their authentic counterparts. Until 2012, Ms. Schultz's works were regularly purchased by a private firm for use in high-profile instances of forgery, theft, and fraud. Ms. Schultz produced these works from non-anomalous materials (typically acrylic paint), applying them in such a way that their arrangement and composition were anomalously transformed into a work identical to one which she had no prior knowledge of. She reproduced several hundred paintings, frescoes, and sculptures during her career; collectively, these works are estimated to have grossed profits in excess of several hundred million (US) dollars. Ms. Schultz sold each work for fifty (US) dollars (excluding costs of shipping and handling). Addendum 3546.1: Initial Interview INTERVIEW LOG DATE: 2012/07/21 INTERVIEWER: Cmdr. Robert Malthus SUBJECT: Cherise Schultz [BEGIN LOG.] MALTHUS: Ms. Schultz, are you — SCHULTZ: Oh, please, call me Cheri. MALTHUS: Are you familiar with this painting? SCHULTZ: Oh, that looks like… hm. Yes, I recognize it. 2007, I think? I remember, because I finished it right before that whole awful market crash. Thank God my husband's pension wasn't touched. He always had a head for money. MALTHUS: This is Girl with a Pearl Earring. SCHULTZ: Is that what I called it? I can't remember the — MALTHUS: It was painted by Johannes Vermeer. SCHULTZ: Who? MALTHUS: What about this one? SCHULTZ: That's — I did that one in 2009. A Farmer's Life. What is this — MALTHUS: This is American Gothic, by Grant Wood. It was painted in 1930. SCHULTZ: What? MALTHUS: And this? [Silence.] SCHULTZ: What is this about? MALTHUS: Do you recognize this work, Ms. Schultz? [Silence.] SCHULTZ: Yes. I finished it just last year. I was very proud of it. One of my largest pieces. I call it Barnyard Hijinks. MALTHUS: This is Pablo Picasso's Guernica. [Silence.] SCHULTZ: Who are you? MALTHUS: Ms. Schultz, where did you learn to paint? SCHULTZ: I — I don't know. After my husband died, I just started — I don't know. I just needed a creative outlet. I love painting. I'm very good at it. It just came naturally. That's normal, right? Natural talent. I'm a very expressive person, and I just thought that — who are you? MALTHUS: Ma'am, I need you to come with us. [END LOG.] Addendum 3546.2: Test Logs The following are logs of Ms. Schultz's various attempts to produce an original work while in Foundation custody. EXPERIMENT LOG DATE: 2012/08/15 ATTEMPT: Subject attempted to produce something surreal, nonsensical, and random. RESULT: Identical reproduction of The Persistence of Memory (by Salvador Dalí). NOTES: "I didn't think anyone would have painted melting clocks, or flies, or — why would anyone have painted something like this?" EXPERIMENT LOG DATE: 2012/08/22 ATTEMPT: Subject slashed randomly at a canvas with paint for several minutes. RESULT: Identical reproduction of Convergence (by Jackson Pollock). NOTES: "I just slapped paint on the canvas. That's all I did. Someone already made this?" EXPERIMENT LOG DATE: 2012/10/06 ATTEMPT: Subject painted seven canvases white. RESULT: Identical reproduction of White Painting [seven panel] (by Robert Rauschenberg). NOTES: "I knew someone must have made something like this, but I didn't think someone would have done seven of them." EXPERIMENT LOG DATE: 2013/05/14 ATTEMPT: Subject used acrylic paint to anomalously produce a ceramic urinal. RESULT: Identical reproduction of Fountain (by Marcel Duchamp). NOTES: "I thought I had it that time. I really did." EXPERIMENT LOG DATE: 2014/09/21 ATTEMPT: Subject painted a crude approximation of a cartoon character she once saw. RESULT: Initially thought to be original, later determined to be an identical reproduction of a work posted online.1 NOTES: "I'm never leaving this place, am I?" EXPERIMENT LOG DATE: 2016/11/02 ATTEMPT: Subject drew an image of two stick-figures, several cats, and a house. RESULT: A researcher immediately identified the work as identical to one his 7 year-old daughter had produced a week prior. NOTES: "I miss Harold. I miss my cats. I want to go home." EXPERIMENT LOG DATE: 2018/12/05 ATTEMPT: Subject used acrylic paints to anomalously create a firearm, then discharged it into her forehead. RESULT: Researchers determined that this suicide was identical to that of Ernest Hemingway's. NOTES: Object class updated from Euclid to Neutralized. Footnotes 1. Specifically, fan-art of Sonic the Hedgehog, a video-game character produced by Sega in 1991. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3546" by The Great Hippo, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3546. 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: poker.png Author: The Great Hippo License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Foundation Wiki Derivative Of: Name: Cassius Marcellus Coolidge - Poker Game (1894).png Author: Cassius Marcellus Coolidge License: Public Domain Source Link: Wikipedia
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Item #: SCP-3547 Special Containment Procedures: No longer contained. All Foundation resources should be concentrated on recontainment of SCP-3547 at the highest priority. + ARCHIVED CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES - hide archived containment procedures SCP-3547-A is kept in standard, sealed storage container at Site-11. It is considered to be safe so long as it is not in active use. Access is limited to level 4 personnel and above. While SCP-3547-A presents an anomalous effect when in use, it is harmless so long as it remains inactive. SCP-3547-A is now held in a maximum security storage unit at Site-19. Due to the incident described in Experiment Log 3547-4, access to staff of all levels is denied, and all experimentation regarding SCP-3547-A is forbidden. The use of SCP-3547-A could theoretically cause a ΔW-class eclipse-of-consciousness scenario. SCP-3547 itself is currently prevented from entering this universe, so can be regarded as indefinitely contained. Description: SCP-3547 is a potentially sapient, interdimensional entity that has the ability to contact human subjects via their subconscious during delta wave non-REM sleep, so long as the subject has been made aware of the existence of it beforehand, and they wish to communicate with it of their own free will. Subjects who claim to have communicated with SCP-3547 during this dreamlike state describe it as a large, vaguely humanoid mass of strands of an unknown composition suspended within a dark, blue/green void. Subjects report feeling nauseous when looking at SCP-3547, but felt compelled to continue looking nonetheless. Those who dream of SCP-3547 describe its communication as thoughts and feelings that manifest in their mind spontaneously. After multiple encounters with SCP-3547, subjects will speak about it with profuse positivity and religious fervour, claiming that bringing it into our universe would "save" all of humanity, although the specifics of this remain vague. All subjects tested stated that they believed the entity wanted to come closer to them and embrace them, but it was apprehensive for unknown reasons. SCP-3547 is referenced in a collection of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts written around the 9th century, which were bound into a single tome at a later, unknown date. The title of the collection is “ġemǣtaþ sé freá'wine”, which roughly translates to “Dreams of Our Beloved”. The book is currently stored in the secure document storage facility at Site-11. The collection features several poems describing SCP-3547 as a “saviour” of the authors of the texts. One poem is an instruction on how to construct an item called “The Lucid Crown”. The poem goes on to explain that the coronet facilitates the communication with SCP-3547, and that the “audience with our beloved” can be shared if “another sleeps awake with the wearer of the crown”. It can be assumed that this is referring to the effects of the electromagnetic field produced by The Lucid Crown. It is unclear whether the authors of the texts constructed The Lucid Crown themselves or recovered it from elsewhere. SCP-3547-A is an ornate but roughly constructed coronet matching the description of The Lucid Crown. It is made of copper, featuring eight iridescent blue stones of unknown composition equally spaced around the perimeter. The stones protrude inwards through the coronet so that they make contact with the wearer’s head. If a subject who is aware of SCP-3547 sleeps while wearing SCP-3547-A, their encounter with SCP-3547 becomes far more vivid and lucid. All test subjects reported that they believed SCP-3547 felt far more comfortable approaching them in this encounter, with some reporting that SCP-3547 was apparently bold enough to reach toward them and lightly stroke their head. While the subject is asleep wearing SCP-3547-A, the stones surrounding it emit an anomalous electromagnetic field at a frequency outside the range measurable by standard equipment, which causes anyone in range to instantly enter Stage 3 Non-REM sleep (See Experiment Log 3547-2). Anyone affected by this field will share the dream of the wearer of SCP-3547-A. The range of this field is approximately 1m variable. (see Experiment Log 3547-4). One passage of note from "Dreams of Our Beloved" describes a procedure that was explained to the author by SCP-3547 during a dream. The procedure appears to be a ceremony designed to allow SCP-3547 to enter our universe permanently as a corporeal manifestation. To perform the ceremony, a volunteer must wilfully wear SCP-3547-A while sleeping outdoors, and have it struck by lightning whilst communing with SCP-3547. The manner in which the entity manifests in our universe is not described. No mention of success or failure to perform this ceremony is recorded in the collection. The low probability of a precise lightning strike on the coronet suggests that successful completion of the ceremony is unlikely. Experiment logs: + Experiment Log 3547-1 - hide experiment log Date: 19/05/18 D-2374 was picked from a group of potential test subjects due to his willingness to communicate with SCP-3547 in return for improved living conditions. D-2374 is placed in a standard human containment cell with bedding and monitoring equipment. Subject falls asleep after 20 minutes and sleeps for approximately 6 hours. Subject is visibly slightly restless during the final 30 minutes of sleep. Subject interviewed by Dr Jennifer Alexander after waking. Dr Alexander: Did you sleep well? D-2374: Yeah, kind of. Dr Alexander: Did you dream? D-2374 appears visibly uncomfortable. D-2374: Yeah, I did. Dr Alexander: What did you dream of? Do you remember? D-2374: The thing you guys told me about. Him. Dr Alexander: SCP-3547? D-2374: I think he's called The Night Emperor. I think that's what he wants to be called. Sorry…um, I mean, yeah, Him. Dr Alexander: OK. What does SCP-3547 look like? D-2374: It's…difficult to look at him. It made me feel sick. Like, motion sickness or something like that. Dr Alexander: But what did it, or he, actually look like? D-2374: He's human-ish, I think, but made of strands of something. Like hair floating in water. Dr Alexander: OK. Did he say anything to you? D-2374 appears to have relaxed somewhat. D-2374: Sort of. I thought what he was thinking somehow, if that makes sense. He wants to be with us. It's kind of fuzzy, but he needs us to sleep before he can…save us? Dr Alexander: What does he mean by "save us"? Save us from what? D-2374: I…we must sleep. Just sleep. I don't know. Dr Alexander: Thank you. That will be all. D-2374: He wants to be with us. I'm certain of that much. Dr Alexander: Thank you. Interview terminated. + Experiment Log 3547-2 - hide experiment log Date: 20/05/18 D-2374 is placed into the same containment cell as used in Experiment 3547-1. This is a repeat of the first experiment, but this time D-2374 slept while wearing SCP-3547-A. After the subject had been asleep for 6 hours, they became visibly restless, as noted in Experiment 3547-1. At this time, Dr Robert Chapman entered the containment cell to check the EEG equipment attached to D-2374. As Dr Chapman leant over, he fell unconscious and collapsed onto D-2374. The impact immediately woke D-2374 and Dr Chapman. Both D-2374 and Dr Chapman claim they briefly saw each other within D-2374’s dream before they woke up. D-2374 claimed to have been dreaming that he was suspended within a void awaiting an audience with The Night Emperor when Dr Chapman suddenly appeared next to him and they both woke up. Interference in telemetry from the equipment shows that the range of the field was around 1m. + Experiment Log 3547-3 - hide experiment log Date: 22/05/18 D-2374 is placed into the same containment cell with SCP-3547-A, in a repeat of Experiment 3547-2. As D-2374 enters the restless phase of sleep, D-2376, who has had SCP-3547 explained to them, is moved to within 1m of D-2374’s bed in a wheelchair by Dr Robert Chapman. As D-2376 enters the field, she instantly falls asleep. Upon awakening, they are interviewed together by Dr Jennifer Alexander. Dr Alexander: So, did you both see each other in the dream? Did you see SCP-3547? D-2374 and D-2376 smile intensely at each other and reach across the table to hold hands. D-2376: Yes! We did! We saw each other and our beloved granted us an audience! Dr Alexander: Stay back in your chairs please. What do you mean by "beloved"? D-2374 (to D-2376): Our Beloved! He will be with us soon. As soon as we sleep! As soon as we all sleep! Dr Alexander: OK, but did he say anything specific to you both? D-2374: He’s delighted that your Foundation is taking an interest in him, but he can only save us if we sleep. All of us. D-2374 becomes agitated. D-2374: Tell everyone. Everyone must know His Message. He can only perform His Work if all of our minds look away. Dr Alexander: Save us from what? What work is it…He…planning to do? D-2374 and D-2376 in unison: Wait! Wait and rest. We must sleep. Only when we awaken will we behold our Beloved's work! Dr Alexander audibly sighs. Dr Alexander: That’ll do. Interview terminated + Experiment Log 3547-4 - hide experiment log Date: 23/05/18 The experiment was intended to be a repeat of Experiment 3547-2, with D-2374 given a list of specific questions to ask SCP-3547. After being locked into the containment cell, D-2374 got out of bed, crouched down and pushed his head against the wall, inserting one of SCP-3547-A’s protrusions into a power socket before security staff could stop him. At that moment, all staff in the western half of Site-11 instantly fell asleep. Dr Michael Cross, who was sat just outside of the radius of the field in his laboratory, raised the alarm after several of his laboratory technicians dropped unconscious to the floor at the same time. Several staff members rushed into the field to assist their colleagues, but also fell unconscious. Site-11 was put on full Code Red lockdown and all staff commanded to remain at their current locations. Diagnostic tests on Foundation radio equipment estimate that the radius of the field was approximately 76m. Post incident interviews revealed that all affected staff shared a common dream of SCP-3547. The dream consisted of all affected subjects suspended together in a blue/green void, as SCP-3547 delivered a “sermon” to them by projecting comforting thoughts and an insistence that they spread its message so that it may save humanity and join us in our world. While communing with the subjects, SCP-3547 extended a bundle of fibrous tendrils to each person that wrapped around their heads and extended outwards, forming a web of fibres between them. D-1234 woke up approximately 7 hours after the incident, followed by all other affected personnel. Everyone who had experienced the dream woke up weeping with joy and eager to embrace one another. All subjects were insistent that the Foundation must perform the ceremony described in "Dreams of Our Beloved" as soon as feasibly possible. Class-A amnestics were administered to all affected staff. All affected D-Class personnel were terminated, including D-2374 and D-2376. + Urgent: No longer contained. Please assist. - hide this 09/06/2018 I'm so sorry. My name is Dr Rebecca Powell of Site-19. I don't have the authorisation to edit this document, but I'll deal with the fallout from that if we get out of this. I was right. I read through the "Dreams of Our Beloved" during my research into extradimensional anomalies and I recognised what's happening straight away. Someone's done it. I have no idea who, why, or where, but they've done it. I blacked out during the night shift at my desk earlier, and now I'm awake with this stuff stuck to, and possibly in, my head. I can't really turn too well, but I think it extends out of the door and down the corridor. I called out for help, but either everyone's knocked out or I'm the only one here. I can't get it off my head. If I struggle against it, it just gets tighter. If I try and pull it out, it feels like it burrows in deeper. I think it's best to just leave it alone for now. I can't move, but I can at least type at my terminal. 10/06/2018 The initial shock has subsided, but I've not slept at all. I feel OK though. This is going to sound strange, but I think I can feel what other people are feeling, or maybe thinking, elsewhere. Like we're connected through this stuff. Now I've calmed down a little, I feel good. Actually, really good despite the circumstances. I think everyone else does too. Still, I'm kind of seizing up a bit and I really need to get up and stretch. I tried sawing through the stuff on my head with my keys, but every time I cut through a piece, it just reattaches. It's organic, I think. Cold to the touch, but possibly alive somehow. It has a kind of blueish glow to it that seems to shimmer slightly to match the patterns of my thoughts. I don't feel thirsty or hungry yet, which is odd. 11/06/2018 Still not slept. I can feel it. It's in there somewhere. I think others out there are convinced it's going to save us from something. I don't know what or how. It feels like all of humanity is just waiting. I'm really aching now. I need to get up and stretch my back. I don't feel so good any more. I've had some time to think about what's happening, and I'm going to request reclassification of SCP-3547 and archive the old containment procedures. They're useless now anyway. I know it's a huge breach of protocol, but if anyone else even reads this again I'll consider it a win. I'll try and sleep again after I've done that. I'm starting to panic now. 12/06/2018 Still awake. Still waiting. The waiting and not being able to sleep is becoming agonising. There's nothing I can do but wait. Everyone's waiting. I feel something. I think it's SCP-3547 itself. Himself. I think we betrayed him. I don't know how or why. Still, some remain faithful. To their beloved. I close my eyes for hours and nothing happens. 14/06/2018 Still waiting. Exhausted but awake. 19/06/2018 nothing i can do. just wait and wait and wait. still awake. all i can feel is despair and the desperation of the faithful. you gave them your word. do something. let me sleep. let us sleep. you're killing us 20/06/2018 i can't stay like this this any more. others are disappearing. quieter. every hour. quieter and quieter. the blue is getting fainter. He's still just watching. please let me sleep please please let me fucking sleep. 21/06/2018 no more ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3547" by pixelguff, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3547. 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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Item #: SCP-3547 Special Containment Procedures: No longer contained. All Foundation resources should be concentrated on recontainment of SCP-3547 at the highest priority. + ARCHIVED CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES - hide archived containment procedures SCP-3547-A is kept in standard, sealed storage container at Site-11. It is considered to be safe so long as it is not in active use. Access is limited to level 4 personnel and above. While SCP-3547-A presents an anomalous effect when in use, it is harmless so long as it remains inactive. SCP-3547-A is now held in a maximum security storage unit at Site-19. Due to the incident described in Experiment Log 3547-4, access to staff of all levels is denied, and all experimentation regarding SCP-3547-A is forbidden. The use of SCP-3547-A could theoretically cause a ΔW-class eclipse-of-consciousness scenario. SCP-3547 itself is currently prevented from entering this universe, so can be regarded as indefinitely contained. Description: SCP-3547 is a potentially sapient, interdimensional entity that has the ability to contact human subjects via their subconscious during delta wave non-REM sleep, so long as the subject has been made aware of the existence of it beforehand, and they wish to communicate with it of their own free will. Subjects who claim to have communicated with SCP-3547 during this dreamlike state describe it as a large, vaguely humanoid mass of strands of an unknown composition suspended within a dark, blue/green void. Subjects report feeling nauseous when looking at SCP-3547, but felt compelled to continue looking nonetheless. Those who dream of SCP-3547 describe its communication as thoughts and feelings that manifest in their mind spontaneously. After multiple encounters with SCP-3547, subjects will speak about it with profuse positivity and religious fervour, claiming that bringing it into our universe would "save" all of humanity, although the specifics of this remain vague. All subjects tested stated that they believed the entity wanted to come closer to them and embrace them, but it was apprehensive for unknown reasons. SCP-3547 is referenced in a collection of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts written around the 9th century, which were bound into a single tome at a later, unknown date. The title of the collection is “ġemǣtaþ sé freá'wine”, which roughly translates to “Dreams of Our Beloved”. The book is currently stored in the secure document storage facility at Site-11. The collection features several poems describing SCP-3547 as a “saviour” of the authors of the texts. One poem is an instruction on how to construct an item called “The Lucid Crown”. The poem goes on to explain that the coronet facilitates the communication with SCP-3547, and that the “audience with our beloved” can be shared if “another sleeps awake with the wearer of the crown”. It can be assumed that this is referring to the effects of the electromagnetic field produced by The Lucid Crown. It is unclear whether the authors of the texts constructed The Lucid Crown themselves or recovered it from elsewhere. SCP-3547-A is an ornate but roughly constructed coronet matching the description of The Lucid Crown. It is made of copper, featuring eight iridescent blue stones of unknown composition equally spaced around the perimeter. The stones protrude inwards through the coronet so that they make contact with the wearer’s head. If a subject who is aware of SCP-3547 sleeps while wearing SCP-3547-A, their encounter with SCP-3547 becomes far more vivid and lucid. All test subjects reported that they believed SCP-3547 felt far more comfortable approaching them in this encounter, with some reporting that SCP-3547 was apparently bold enough to reach toward them and lightly stroke their head. While the subject is asleep wearing SCP-3547-A, the stones surrounding it emit an anomalous electromagnetic field at a frequency outside the range measurable by standard equipment, which causes anyone in range to instantly enter Stage 3 Non-REM sleep (See Experiment Log 3547-2). Anyone affected by this field will share the dream of the wearer of SCP-3547-A. The range of this field is approximately 1m variable. (see Experiment Log 3547-4). One passage of note from "Dreams of Our Beloved" describes a procedure that was explained to the author by SCP-3547 during a dream. The procedure appears to be a ceremony designed to allow SCP-3547 to enter our universe permanently as a corporeal manifestation. To perform the ceremony, a volunteer must wilfully wear SCP-3547-A while sleeping outdoors, and have it struck by lightning whilst communing with SCP-3547. The manner in which the entity manifests in our universe is not described. No mention of success or failure to perform this ceremony is recorded in the collection. The low probability of a precise lightning strike on the coronet suggests that successful completion of the ceremony is unlikely. Experiment logs: + Experiment Log 3547-1 - hide experiment log Date: 19/05/18 D-2374 was picked from a group of potential test subjects due to his willingness to communicate with SCP-3547 in return for improved living conditions. D-2374 is placed in a standard human containment cell with bedding and monitoring equipment. Subject falls asleep after 20 minutes and sleeps for approximately 6 hours. Subject is visibly slightly restless during the final 30 minutes of sleep. Subject interviewed by Dr Jennifer Alexander after waking. Dr Alexander: Did you sleep well? D-2374: Yeah, kind of. Dr Alexander: Did you dream? D-2374 appears visibly uncomfortable. D-2374: Yeah, I did. Dr Alexander: What did you dream of? Do you remember? D-2374: The thing you guys told me about. Him. Dr Alexander: SCP-3547? D-2374: I think he's called The Night Emperor. I think that's what he wants to be called. Sorry…um, I mean, yeah, Him. Dr Alexander: OK. What does SCP-3547 look like? D-2374: It's…difficult to look at him. It made me feel sick. Like, motion sickness or something like that. Dr Alexander: But what did it, or he, actually look like? D-2374: He's human-ish, I think, but made of strands of something. Like hair floating in water. Dr Alexander: OK. Did he say anything to you? D-2374 appears to have relaxed somewhat. D-2374: Sort of. I thought what he was thinking somehow, if that makes sense. He wants to be with us. It's kind of fuzzy, but he needs us to sleep before he can…save us? Dr Alexander: What does he mean by "save us"? Save us from what? D-2374: I…we must sleep. Just sleep. I don't know. Dr Alexander: Thank you. That will be all. D-2374: He wants to be with us. I'm certain of that much. Dr Alexander: Thank you. Interview terminated. + Experiment Log 3547-2 - hide experiment log Date: 20/05/18 D-2374 is placed into the same containment cell as used in Experiment 3547-1. This is a repeat of the first experiment, but this time D-2374 slept while wearing SCP-3547-A. After the subject had been asleep for 6 hours, they became visibly restless, as noted in Experiment 3547-1. At this time, Dr Robert Chapman entered the containment cell to check the EEG equipment attached to D-2374. As Dr Chapman leant over, he fell unconscious and collapsed onto D-2374. The impact immediately woke D-2374 and Dr Chapman. Both D-2374 and Dr Chapman claim they briefly saw each other within D-2374’s dream before they woke up. D-2374 claimed to have been dreaming that he was suspended within a void awaiting an audience with The Night Emperor when Dr Chapman suddenly appeared next to him and they both woke up. Interference in telemetry from the equipment shows that the range of the field was around 1m. + Experiment Log 3547-3 - hide experiment log Date: 22/05/18 D-2374 is placed into the same containment cell with SCP-3547-A, in a repeat of Experiment 3547-2. As D-2374 enters the restless phase of sleep, D-2376, who has had SCP-3547 explained to them, is moved to within 1m of D-2374’s bed in a wheelchair by Dr Robert Chapman. As D-2376 enters the field, she instantly falls asleep. Upon awakening, they are interviewed together by Dr Jennifer Alexander. Dr Alexander: So, did you both see each other in the dream? Did you see SCP-3547? D-2374 and D-2376 smile intensely at each other and reach across the table to hold hands. D-2376: Yes! We did! We saw each other and our beloved granted us an audience! Dr Alexander: Stay back in your chairs please. What do you mean by "beloved"? D-2374 (to D-2376): Our Beloved! He will be with us soon. As soon as we sleep! As soon as we all sleep! Dr Alexander: OK, but did he say anything specific to you both? D-2374: He’s delighted that your Foundation is taking an interest in him, but he can only save us if we sleep. All of us. D-2374 becomes agitated. D-2374: Tell everyone. Everyone must know His Message. He can only perform His Work if all of our minds look away. Dr Alexander: Save us from what? What work is it…He…planning to do? D-2374 and D-2376 in unison: Wait! Wait and rest. We must sleep. Only when we awaken will we behold our Beloved's work! Dr Alexander audibly sighs. Dr Alexander: That’ll do. Interview terminated + Experiment Log 3547-4 - hide experiment log Date: 23/05/18 The experiment was intended to be a repeat of Experiment 3547-2, with D-2374 given a list of specific questions to ask SCP-3547. After being locked into the containment cell, D-2374 got out of bed, crouched down and pushed his head against the wall, inserting one of SCP-3547-A’s protrusions into a power socket before security staff could stop him. At that moment, all staff in the western half of Site-11 instantly fell asleep. Dr Michael Cross, who was sat just outside of the radius of the field in his laboratory, raised the alarm after several of his laboratory technicians dropped unconscious to the floor at the same time. Several staff members rushed into the field to assist their colleagues, but also fell unconscious. Site-11 was put on full Code Red lockdown and all staff commanded to remain at their current locations. Diagnostic tests on Foundation radio equipment estimate that the radius of the field was approximately 76m. Post incident interviews revealed that all affected staff shared a common dream of SCP-3547. The dream consisted of all affected subjects suspended together in a blue/green void, as SCP-3547 delivered a “sermon” to them by projecting comforting thoughts and an insistence that they spread its message so that it may save humanity and join us in our world. While communing with the subjects, SCP-3547 extended a bundle of fibrous tendrils to each person that wrapped around their heads and extended outwards, forming a web of fibres between them. D-1234 woke up approximately 7 hours after the incident, followed by all other affected personnel. Everyone who had experienced the dream woke up weeping with joy and eager to embrace one another. All subjects were insistent that the Foundation must perform the ceremony described in "Dreams of Our Beloved" as soon as feasibly possible. Class-A amnestics were administered to all affected staff. All affected D-Class personnel were terminated, including D-2374 and D-2376. + Urgent: No longer contained. Please assist. - hide this 09/06/2018 I'm so sorry. My name is Dr Rebecca Powell of Site-19. I don't have the authorisation to edit this document, but I'll deal with the fallout from that if we get out of this. I was right. I read through the "Dreams of Our Beloved" during my research into extradimensional anomalies and I recognised what's happening straight away. Someone's done it. I have no idea who, why, or where, but they've done it. I blacked out during the night shift at my desk earlier, and now I'm awake with this stuff stuck to, and possibly in, my head. I can't really turn too well, but I think it extends out of the door and down the corridor. I called out for help, but either everyone's knocked out or I'm the only one here. I can't get it off my head. If I struggle against it, it just gets tighter. If I try and pull it out, it feels like it burrows in deeper. I think it's best to just leave it alone for now. I can't move, but I can at least type at my terminal. 10/06/2018 The initial shock has subsided, but I've not slept at all. I feel OK though. This is going to sound strange, but I think I can feel what other people are feeling, or maybe thinking, elsewhere. Like we're connected through this stuff. Now I've calmed down a little, I feel good. Actually, really good despite the circumstances. I think everyone else does too. Still, I'm kind of seizing up a bit and I really need to get up and stretch. I tried sawing through the stuff on my head with my keys, but every time I cut through a piece, it just reattaches. It's organic, I think. Cold to the touch, but possibly alive somehow. It has a kind of blueish glow to it that seems to shimmer slightly to match the patterns of my thoughts. I don't feel thirsty or hungry yet, which is odd. 11/06/2018 Still not slept. I can feel it. It's in there somewhere. I think others out there are convinced it's going to save us from something. I don't know what or how. It feels like all of humanity is just waiting. I'm really aching now. I need to get up and stretch my back. I don't feel so good any more. I've had some time to think about what's happening, and I'm going to request reclassification of SCP-3547 and archive the old containment procedures. They're useless now anyway. I know it's a huge breach of protocol, but if anyone else even reads this again I'll consider it a win. I'll try and sleep again after I've done that. I'm starting to panic now. 12/06/2018 Still awake. Still waiting. The waiting and not being able to sleep is becoming agonising. There's nothing I can do but wait. Everyone's waiting. I feel something. I think it's SCP-3547 itself. Himself. I think we betrayed him. I don't know how or why. Still, some remain faithful. To their beloved. I close my eyes for hours and nothing happens. 14/06/2018 Still waiting. Exhausted but awake. 19/06/2018 nothing i can do. just wait and wait and wait. still awake. all i can feel is despair and the desperation of the faithful. you gave them your word. do something. let me sleep. let us sleep. you're killing us 20/06/2018 i can't stay like this this any more. others are disappearing. quieter. every hour. quieter and quieter. the blue is getting fainter. He's still just watching. please let me sleep please please let me fucking sleep. 21/06/2018 no more ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3547" by pixelguff, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3547. 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-3548
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SCP-3548 in its levitating state, photo taken by Researcher Clara Chaikova. Item #: SCP-3548 Special Containment Procedures: MTF-Gamma-23 ("Spooky Scary Skeletons") is tasked with tracking, isolating, and documenting SCP-3548 manifestations worldwide. This includes sightings of SCP-3548 by Foundation personnel as well as civilians, and all reports of abnormal events matching descriptions of SCP-3548. In the event of an SCP-3548 manifestation, MTF Gamma-23 is to secure the locale of activity, ascertain the location of SCP-3548, and restrict access to it. Civilians that interacted with or observed SCP-3548 are to be administered Class-A amnestics. Description: SCP-3548 is a dark grey deer skull of indeterminate species. It typically manifests between dusk and dawn, levitating approximately 3 meters above ground. After a period ranging between 20 minutes and 5 hours, SCP-3548 will descend quickly towards the ground, demanifesting on contact SCP-3548 will typically manifest once at any given location. It is unknown whether the locations are random or predetermined. Persons witnessing SCP-3548 claim it to be translucent and incorporeal. Sapient entities experience hallucinogenic effects when coming into contact with SCP-3548. Individuals affected by SCP-3548 describe being transported to a service corridor, typically leading into what resembles a mall. Subjects describe encountering a variety of entities within the location, though reports of their physical appearances vary. A notable exception are the silver deer-headed humanoids near the end of each episode. Addendum: On September 3rd, 2031, Researcher Clara Chaikova reported her encounter with SCP-3548. It is believed this is the first instance of SCP-3548 demonstrating hallucinogenic effects. Transcribed below are the contents of her personal journal regarding the encounter. September 3rd, not a day I expected to come across the anomalous. And yet, on my way to a nearby grocery store, I came across a floating animal skull which I think is SCP-3548. Naturally, I had to run back into my house and find my camera, since who bloody knows when the Foundation gets a chance to photograph this beauty again. I did manage to get some nice photos, or at least, the best a camera can provide during dusk. It was soon apparent that I was lucky with my timing, as shortly after I took some pics the skull fell right onto me. I black out. When I opened my eyes, I was no longer on a street in my neighborhood. I found myself in a vacant, white hallway. Luckily, I still had my camera. The place was rather dim, although there was a brighter light up ahead. I got up and headed towards it, and found myself on a platform overlooking a lush albeit unnatural looking forest. Behind me was a store which sold some rather interesting stuff, I needed to save on film but I decided to record these ones: ➢ A television which showed nothing but static. I flipped through some channels, it made me feel strange. I think it tried to tell me something urgent, but, hard to say. After that I decided to leave it alone, and luckily its effects went away. ➢ A guide book titled "A guide to wild and wacky creatures of the infinite layers of nil". Flipping through it there were plenty of interesting creatures described, I think I saw "static eels" in the bunch. If I'm not mistaken the Foundation recently acquired one of those. ➢ Pamphlets with nautilus shell1 shaped symbols on them. On their own they weren't really strange or anything, however after I put one back the entire store was covered in these nautilus symbols. After this nautilus thing occurred, the cashier (which I somehow missed earlier) told me that the store was closed before vanishing. Confused, I looked back at the platform, yet it was entirely pitch black out there. I had to find another exit, thankfully there was another doorway out of this shop, leading into a little mall. All the shops seemed to be either closed or vacant. Despite the nice shades of pink and turquoise present throughout, along with all the potted plants and palm trees, the general vibe of this place unsettled me. I continued to search for potential exits or someone who could tell me what's going on. I haven't noticed earlier, but there was a bit of colour fringing2 present in this world. I found a doorway to a staircase. I was suspicious, but decided to check it out regardless. There was a doorway which I entered, and the area it lead to was dark. Although hard to make out, it was apparent that the interior was immense in size. It initially appeared to be abandoned, however in the shadows I managed to pick up on several entities. I believe they were humanoid, though there was an odd grainy quality to them. I didn't feel welcome here, and when they grew closer my instinct was to run back up into the mall. Oddly enough, the mall was covered with the nautilus symbol. Posters, wallpaper, store fronts, etc. The colour fringing only got worse, along with the general world looking more grainy than usual. I thought I heard those entities walk up the stairs, so I hid behind one of the potted plants. At the time I thought perhaps my vision was going wonky, but alas, even as I review the photographs I made the colour fringing and grain was indeed there. I felt something take hold of my arm and drag me along with them. To my relief, these entities weren't the grainy looking beings from that cavern. I wasn't entirely sure what these entities were, though they resembled robots, albeit none created on our world. They were humanoid, and I think their heads were similar to deer skulls. I tried to snap a few pics, pity they all turned out blurry. They led me down one of the service corridors, I believe it was similar to the one I awoke in, however there were far more nautilus symbols on the walls than before. The robotic creatures were discussing something among themselves, but I was unable to pick out what they were saying. I tried to ask them what was going on, but they refused to answer. We entered through another doorway. This place seemed unaffected by the deterioration or at least not as harshly, as I didn't notice any colour fringing. The surrounding area was full of various computers and other tech, while the ceiling looked like a dome peering into outer space. The entities seemed frantic, I believe they were trying to fix this world. I felt the need to gather more information, however I was forcefully quickly guided to a glowing platform. One of the entities decided to finally speak to me. I believe it told me this: "You are not supposed to be here, forgive the surveyors." Moments after this was spoken to me, I found myself back on the ground in my neighborhood. The sky was exactly the same as it was prior to all this. My camera was thankfully alright, and I used up more frames in there than I thought. I headed home after that. I believe I came across something worth exploring further, I cannot wait to share my findings. Note: Despite Researcher Clara Chaikova's persistent claims of successfully recording the entire incident, all photos minus the one depicting SCP-3548 are entirely blank. Footnotes 1. A nautilus is a species of marine mollusk. 2. Also known as Chromatic aberration, this phenomenon occurs when a camera is unable to focus all colours onto a single point.
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SCP-3548
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SCP-3548 in its levitating state, photo taken by Researcher Clara Chaikova. Item #: SCP-3548 Special Containment Procedures: MTF-Gamma-23 ("Spooky Scary Skeletons") is tasked with tracking, isolating, and documenting SCP-3548 manifestations worldwide. This includes sightings of SCP-3548 by Foundation personnel as well as civilians, and all reports of abnormal events matching descriptions of SCP-3548. In the event of an SCP-3548 manifestation, MTF Gamma-23 is to secure the locale of activity, ascertain the location of SCP-3548, and restrict access to it. Civilians that interacted with or observed SCP-3548 are to be administered Class-A amnestics. Description: SCP-3548 is a dark grey deer skull of indeterminate species. It typically manifests between dusk and dawn, levitating approximately 3 meters above ground. After a period ranging between 20 minutes and 5 hours, SCP-3548 will descend quickly towards the ground, demanifesting on contact SCP-3548 will typically manifest once at any given location. It is unknown whether the locations are random or predetermined. Persons witnessing SCP-3548 claim it to be translucent and incorporeal. Sapient entities experience hallucinogenic effects when coming into contact with SCP-3548. Individuals affected by SCP-3548 describe being transported to a service corridor, typically leading into what resembles a mall. Subjects describe encountering a variety of entities within the location, though reports of their physical appearances vary. A notable exception are the silver deer-headed humanoids near the end of each episode. Addendum: On September 3rd, 2031, Researcher Clara Chaikova reported her encounter with SCP-3548. It is believed this is the first instance of SCP-3548 demonstrating hallucinogenic effects. Transcribed below are the contents of her personal journal regarding the encounter. September 3rd, not a day I expected to come across the anomalous. And yet, on my way to a nearby grocery store, I came across a floating animal skull which I think is SCP-3548. Naturally, I had to run back into my house and find my camera, since who bloody knows when the Foundation gets a chance to photograph this beauty again. I did manage to get some nice photos, or at least, the best a camera can provide during dusk. It was soon apparent that I was lucky with my timing, as shortly after I took some pics the skull fell right onto me. I black out. When I opened my eyes, I was no longer on a street in my neighborhood. I found myself in a vacant, white hallway. Luckily, I still had my camera. The place was rather dim, although there was a brighter light up ahead. I got up and headed towards it, and found myself on a platform overlooking a lush albeit unnatural looking forest. Behind me was a store which sold some rather interesting stuff, I needed to save on film but I decided to record these ones: ➢ A television which showed nothing but static. I flipped through some channels, it made me feel strange. I think it tried to tell me something urgent, but, hard to say. After that I decided to leave it alone, and luckily its effects went away. ➢ A guide book titled "A guide to wild and wacky creatures of the infinite layers of nil". Flipping through it there were plenty of interesting creatures described, I think I saw "static eels" in the bunch. If I'm not mistaken the Foundation recently acquired one of those. ➢ Pamphlets with nautilus shell1 shaped symbols on them. On their own they weren't really strange or anything, however after I put one back the entire store was covered in these nautilus symbols. After this nautilus thing occurred, the cashier (which I somehow missed earlier) told me that the store was closed before vanishing. Confused, I looked back at the platform, yet it was entirely pitch black out there. I had to find another exit, thankfully there was another doorway out of this shop, leading into a little mall. All the shops seemed to be either closed or vacant. Despite the nice shades of pink and turquoise present throughout, along with all the potted plants and palm trees, the general vibe of this place unsettled me. I continued to search for potential exits or someone who could tell me what's going on. I haven't noticed earlier, but there was a bit of colour fringing2 present in this world. I found a doorway to a staircase. I was suspicious, but decided to check it out regardless. There was a doorway which I entered, and the area it lead to was dark. Although hard to make out, it was apparent that the interior was immense in size. It initially appeared to be abandoned, however in the shadows I managed to pick up on several entities. I believe they were humanoid, though there was an odd grainy quality to them. I didn't feel welcome here, and when they grew closer my instinct was to run back up into the mall. Oddly enough, the mall was covered with the nautilus symbol. Posters, wallpaper, store fronts, etc. The colour fringing only got worse, along with the general world looking more grainy than usual. I thought I heard those entities walk up the stairs, so I hid behind one of the potted plants. At the time I thought perhaps my vision was going wonky, but alas, even as I review the photographs I made the colour fringing and grain was indeed there. I felt something take hold of my arm and drag me along with them. To my relief, these entities weren't the grainy looking beings from that cavern. I wasn't entirely sure what these entities were, though they resembled robots, albeit none created on our world. They were humanoid, and I think their heads were similar to deer skulls. I tried to snap a few pics, pity they all turned out blurry. They led me down one of the service corridors, I believe it was similar to the one I awoke in, however there were far more nautilus symbols on the walls than before. The robotic creatures were discussing something among themselves, but I was unable to pick out what they were saying. I tried to ask them what was going on, but they refused to answer. We entered through another doorway. This place seemed unaffected by the deterioration or at least not as harshly, as I didn't notice any colour fringing. The surrounding area was full of various computers and other tech, while the ceiling looked like a dome peering into outer space. The entities seemed frantic, I believe they were trying to fix this world. I felt the need to gather more information, however I was forcefully quickly guided to a glowing platform. One of the entities decided to finally speak to me. I believe it told me this: "You are not supposed to be here, forgive the surveyors." Moments after this was spoken to me, I found myself back on the ground in my neighborhood. The sky was exactly the same as it was prior to all this. My camera was thankfully alright, and I used up more frames in there than I thought. I headed home after that. I believe I came across something worth exploring further, I cannot wait to share my findings. Note: Despite Researcher Clara Chaikova's persistent claims of successfully recording the entire incident, all photos minus the one depicting SCP-3548 are entirely blank. Footnotes 1. A nautilus is a species of marine mollusk. 2. Also known as Chromatic aberration, this phenomenon occurs when a camera is unable to focus all colours onto a single point.
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SCP-3549
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Item #: SCP-3549 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3549 is to be contained within a medium-security storage closet at Site 76. A hard copy of the decrypted text is to be kept alongside SCP-3549 for the convenience of research personnel, with digital copies being kept on secured Foundation servers. Description: SCP-3549 is the collective designation for 36 related anomalous items, which when used in tandem with each other function as an anomalous method of communication and record keeping. SCP-3549-A is a collection of 12 vellum codices, dated to the early 15th century1, with "Darke Trading Co." embossed on the cover in gold leaf. Although the vellum comprising the codices has been confirmed to be mammalian, genetic analysis has been unable to confirm a specific species. Several anomalous genes have been found to comprise the vellum's genome, however. Each instance of SCP-3549-A contains an indeterminate number of pages, and all contain identical text. For the most part, this text consists of a transaction ledger spanning from the 15th to 18th centuries. The text is written in a cypher, which has been decoded by Foundation cryptologists (see document SCP-3549-01 for more details). SCP-3549-B are a set of 12 identical silver inkwells, also inscribed with the name "Darke Trading Co." The ink held within these wells cannot be exhausted, nor can it be removed except by the insertion of an instance of SCP-3549-C. The ink itself is bluish black and has been confirmed to be squid ink. SCP-3549-C are 12 quills made from the flight feathers of black swans. Notably, all instances of SCP-3549 are in pristine condition and appear to be anomalously resistant to damage and deterioration. When an individual writes upon a page in an instance of SCP-3549-A, using an instance of SCP-3549-C with ink from SCP-3549-B, and using the correct cypher, the text will immediately appear within all other instances of SCP-3549. Any marking made upon the pages of SCP-3549 by any other means or not using the cypher will result in the marking vanishing within seconds. This applies to any attempt at editing the text as well. Entries may only be revised or deleted if done so simultaneously in a minimum of 7 instances of SCP-3549-A. If a transaction is entered which contradicts previously entered data, the transaction will automatically appear as crossed out once the quill has left the paper, indicating that it is invalid. Removing one or more pages from SCP-3549-A will result in the page rapidly putrefying and reappearing the next time the book is opened. Review of SCP-3549 has revealed that it was originally used to allow multiple members of the Darke Trading Co. to remain immediately up to date on the company's business dealings, allowing for a far greater degree of coordination than was otherwise possible at the time, giving them a significant advantage over their business rivals. It also appears that, due to the unprecedented security provided by SCP-3549, that authors would assign wholly imaginary marks2 as payment for services rendered to various clients, employees and contractors, who could then redeem them from other ledger keepers for actual products, similar to modern debit cards and cryptocurrencies. Addendum: SCP-3549 was originally discovered during a raid on an MC&D warehouse in Glasgow, Scotland. It is therefore considered likely that SCP-3549 is a legitimate source of information regarding the Person of Interest known only as Dark, believed to be a founding member and possibly still senior partner of the GoI Marshall, Carter, and Dark. The following excerpts have been selected as either key or representative samples of this biographical information. The text has been decrypted and, where required, translated or modernized (see document SCP-3549-01 for the full decrypted text). + Selected Excerpts from SCP-3549 - Selected Excerpts from SCP-3549 Date | September 13th, 1421 Transaction | None Comments | ~ Mister Gildfrey, kindly respond if you can see these words. ~ I see them Darke. They rose from the page all at once, as if they had been there all along but hidden under something that has now been brushed away. I wish I could say I was impressed, but honestly, it's a little underwhelming considering these things are made with demon hide, Kraken ink, fairy silver and… where'd you get the feathers from again? ~ Quite ordinary black swans, I'm afraid. After breeding demons, hunting Krakens and bartering with fair folk, I was spent both financially and emotionally. I realize that's a trife disappointing, but quills are quills. Harrowing as it was, it was well worth it. This invention will be most useful to our enterprise, Gildfrey. Keep me apprised of our dealings in Shylock's quarter, and I will keep you up to date on the happenings in London. ~ Why bother with London at all? Your front as an apothecary barely covers your overhead, and if the Church finds out you're selling bewitchments out the back they'll burn you for sure. ~ That's what I've always loved and hated about you Gildfrey: You've never understood the value of anything beyond its price in coin. My covert clientele includes some of the most prestigious nobles, wealthiest merchants, and powerful sorcerers in all of Europe, all of whom are dependent on me for enchantments. That sort of influence is not to be tossed aside. Even the Royals of Westminster consult with me on matters of Alchemy. You think my position here puts me in danger from the Church? My position here protects me from the Church. And besides, my trade in mundane wares is actually doing quite well. Can't put all our eggs in one magical basket, now can we? Date | March 14th, 1501 Transaction | Gave 49 in Tally to an anonymous doctor (Tally password: Fellow Pestilence) for a bloodletting to an employee of the London Shop. Comments | As noted above, earlier today a medicine man performed a bloodletting on one of my shop girls. I paid him in Tally, only for the poor girl to expire barely an hour after he had made his exit. As this doctor was in full plague doctor attire I cannot give a description of him, but if anyone tries to claim Tally using the above password, please detain them for me. Thank you Date | April 4th, 1592 Transaction | Company was granted a Letter of Marque by the English Crown. Comments | I was finally able to obtain a Letter of Marque from Her Majesty. For one hundred years the New World's been sitting there, and what an embarrassment it is that I have not been able to capitalize upon it until now. Captain Graff and his crew are all privateers now, and the Fair Duchess a ship of war. Guided by my foresight, protected by my wards, armed with weapons from Shylock's Quarter, success is all but a certainty. The Duchess shall seize Spanish galleons, already laden with silver and spices and other treasures from the New World, and press those ships into service. The Darke Trading Co. will soon have a proper merchant fleet, the only one in the World that can communicate with their homeland or each other without delay. The world will be ours for the taking. Date | August 23, 1612 Transaction | None, Memo to Darke from Quilton. Comments | Shylock's starting to take an issue with our Tally system. In fact, he doesn't like that we write our records in a cypher to begin with. Says we're cooking our books, and we either have to pay him his weight in gold or let him audit us. Up to you Darke. If you want my opinion, this Tally system is more trouble than it's worth. I get that it's easier than lugging gold and silver around everywhere, and it doesn't put a limit on our growth like a commodity currency would, but you never know what Tally is going to be worth in a week. Some folk won't take it because of that, others take it only when it's down in value so that they can redeem it when it goes up, at our expense mind you, and its anonymous nature is just begging for abuse. I've had people claim Tally with passwords and account numbers I know weren't theirs. It pains me to think of how they might have gotten that information. Plus, it's just absurd that I have to burn real whale oil to see well enough to record transactions with imaginary money. Date | July 15th, 1653 Transaction | Made arrangement with local plantation owners to purchase slaves practicing witchcraft for 1000 lbs of sugar per head. Comments | Some of the slaves in the Caribbean have been practicing African witchcraft that's making it hard for the taskmasters to keep order. I consider this to be a unique opportunity since such sorcery should not present any challenge to us. The plantation owners have agreed to sell these troublesome witch doctors to our plantation in Antigua for half of what the Dutch are selling them for. Should these new arrivals make any attempt at using their voodoo for insurrection, the Tarp is to respond in kind. Make sure they know exactly who their new master is. Date | May 13th, 1713 Transaction | Acquired control of the Gypsimnum (Full Contract available in the London Office). Comments | I'm happy to announce that the Darke Trading Co. has a new subsidiary as of today: The Gypsimnum. They're a group of nomadic Wanderers, travelling the Ways between Worlds and trading goods between them. Admittedly they haven't been very successful, as walking the Ways is dangerous and often not cheap, but I'm confident that our resources and leadership will make them an indispensable asset. To tell the truth, I've grown a little dissatisfied with how mundane the Darke Trading Co. has become. What do we trade these days? Slaves and spices, saltpeter and silk, indigo and opium. How dull. Over these past few centuries, I've become more and more disenchanted with the disenchanted. I hardly need more money, it is wonders that I lack. Ever since we've been forced out of Shylock's, I've wished to return to our arcane roots. I think the Gypsimnum is a good start. Date | October 9th, 1793 Transaction | Liquidation of the Darke Trading Company. Comments | It is with a heavy heart that I write this, my final entry. I have liquidated the Darke Trading Co., the company I have conducted my business with for over four hundred years. It pained me to do it, but it was the right choice. It was either that or see it fall to ruin before my eyes. I'm too old. These are revolutionary times; the French Revolution, the American Revolution, the rise of steam-powered industry and this growing abolitionist movement are all too much for me to handle. The Darke Trading Co. was meant for a bygone age of this world. Just like me. At the very least, I made a sizable profit from the liquidation. I've divied it up among various banks and investments under various pseudonyms, plus a few well hidden piles of gold and stacks of cash, just in case. All of my true treasures, the magical ones, are safely sealed away. I've purchased a building in Hy-Brasil, where I plan to study and hone my craft. The King was loathe to let an outsider take up residence in his beloved utopia, but relented when I reminded him how I helped his father and their people flee the Green Isle all those centuries ago. The prince though is most interested in hearing tales of the outside world, and the treasures it contains. When he becomes King, perhaps he will seek my counsel in a more official capacity. For now though, I am merely glad that I shall be removed from the mundane and immersed in the magical. Hy-Brasil will be a nice reprieve, but I doubt my lust for coin will let me rest forever. Sooner or later, an opportunity will come along that will be too good to ignore. And I will be the Deathless Merchant of London once more. Footnotes 1. Established by archaeological and forensic dating methods, as well as dates listed within the codices themselves. 2. Referred to as 'Tally' within SCP-3549 itself. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3549" by DrChandra, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3549. 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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Item #: SCP-3550 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3550 is to be contained at Site-42 in a modified humanoid containment chamber without an observation window. All observation of SCP-3550 is to be made indirectly, through camera feed. Access to SCP-3550 and its chamber is restricted to Dr. Rosetta and janitorial staff. Along with standard sanitation and minimal furniture requirements, SCP-3550 has been issued a computer with limited internet access with approval of Site Overseer and Ethics Committee. The only approved use of this computer is writing a diary (requested for therapeutic reason by Dr. Rosetta) and to access the '██████ support group chatroom for cancer patients and survivors.' Chat logs are to be monitored for the sake of information security. The profile SCP-3550 uses is anonymous, and will continue to be. Requests for leisure items should be filed to the Site-Overseer and will be approved or denied at the discretion of Site-42 Security Overseer and Ethics Committee. SCP-3550 has agreed to wear custom-made blacked out goggles1 during therapy sessions or when in visual contact with security personnel. Physical contact with SCP-3550 is strictly prohibited without use of protective gloves. Food must be supplied through a feeding hatch situated near the entrance of the containment chamber. While SCP-3550's diet has no special requirements, SCP-3550 has refused to eat several times since initial containment. When undernourishment is judged to be present, Fortisip or intravenous food drip can be administered at the discretion of both Dr. Rosetta and the Ethics Committee. SCP-3550 is to be restrained only when absolutely necessary. Accommodations to improve SCP-3550's mental health have been requested and approved, such as reading material, radio and television. Dr. Rosetta has evaluated that SCP-3550 has a medium to high risk of suicide. The containment chamber contains no furniture higher than SCP-3550's waist, and no sharp objects and edges are allowed inside the containment cell. SCP-3550's garments are devoid of items that may assist in self-termination such as shoelaces, belts and ties. SCP-3550 receives weekly therapy sessions on Wednesday at 18:00 performed by Dr. Rosetta in treatment of clinical depression and general anxiety disorder. SCP-3550 is required to take 20mg 40mg of fluoxetine daily as prescribed by Dr. Langford. To the public, the abnormal rate of diagnoses of cancer in ██████ has been attributed to radiation poisoning through accident at the ████████████ nuclear power plant situated near the town. Description: SCP-3550 is a female human, born in 1996. SCP-3550 is physically healthy with the exception of mild malnutrition. There are several places on its scalp where the hair has been forcefully removed. It has a history of severe psychological problems since its initial recovery. █ suicide attempts have been recorded since containment began in 200█ (see extended psychiatric evaluation). Exposure to SCP-3550's direct line of sight will result in malignant cancerous tumours appearing in the body of the viewer in 100% of cases. This extends to physical contact. Cancer cells are typically discovered in the liver or brain of affected persons, and metastasis has been reported to occur within a period of between two weeks and one year. This has resulted in the loss of the majority of SCP-3550's family, friends and over 58% of the population of ██████, SCP-3550's home town. This anomaly has started relatively recently, possibly manifesting after SCP-3550 became adolescent. SCP-3550 is aware of its anomaly, and expresses severe distress and feelings of remorse when mentioned. Based on SCP-3550's reports, it is theorised that the speed of its anomalous effects on a subject is proportional to the degree of SCP-3550's emotional attachment to the subject. In keeping with SCP-3550's continued mental stability, this information is withheld from it. SCP-3550 has shown complete cooperation with its containment but frequently requests to be terminated. + Psychiatric Treatment Notes, approval by Dr. Rosetta required. - Close 04/03/200█ - Started on 20mg fluoxetine daily for the first six weeks, titration up to 40mg recommended over 6 months. ~ Langford. 07/03/200█ - Pregabalin added to prescription (75mgx2 daily). Move up to 300mg if needed. ~ Langford. 29/04/200█: SCP-3550's psychological state drastically reduced during initial weeks, but improved over time. Cause is suspected to be confinement. Sustaining prescription. ~ Langford. 04/05/200█: SCP-3550 has been administered Class-C amnestics in an attempt to improve its mental condition. SCP-3550 appears to be immune to its effects, even stating that its memories are actually more vivid. Subject took approximately 3 weeks of intense therapy to recover. Further testing with amnestics is not recommended. ~ Langford. 12/06/200█: Dosage elevated to 40mg. ~ Rosetta. + Interview recording: Weekly therapy session with Dr. Langford -1 - Close 09/03/200█: Interviewed: SCP-3550 Interviewer: Dr. Langford Dr. Langford: So, your dosage has been upped a little. Do you notice the difference? SCP-3550: A little fuzzy, but I feel better I guess. Thanks doc. Dr. Langford: I know that it's hard to be here sometimes but I'll try what I can- SCP-3550: I know, doc. Look, you've been really nice to me. Security is a little scary but you already gave me a lot. I know you're trying really hard. Dr. Langford: Okay. Do you think we can talk about yesterday? SCP-3550: [PAUSE] You heard about that. Yeah I… I don't know. Dr. Langford: We're trying to make it as comfortable as possible. I'd be very sad if you… weren't with us anymore. You know that, right? SCP-3550: I mean, yeah. I don't want to hurt you like that. I know it's probably a hassle to deal with me like this. Dr. Langford: Never think so. You can't help it, remember? SCP-3550: Yeah…true. Dr. Langford: So anyway, about your drawings. SCP-3550: I made new ones! Do you want to see them? Dr. Langford: I'd love to. END LOG. + Interview recording: Weekly therapy session with Dr. Langford -2 - Close 21/05/200█: Interviewed: SCP-3550 Interviewer: Dr. Langford Dr. Langford: So obviously your profile will have to be anonymous, you know we don't want people know about our work here. SCP-3550: Are there more people like me here? Dr. Langford: I can't tell you about that, I'm afraid. You know how it goes, confidentiality. SCP-3550: Right, I guess that makes sense. Dr. Langford: Why this chatroom, specifically? SCP-3550: They're a support group for survivors in ██████, where I came from. They think it's something like a nuclear waste accident. I guess your people told them that, right? Dr. Langford: They did. Of course, you can't mention that in the chatroom. SCP-3550: I figured that. It's just… it reminds me of what I did, but I need to stay connected to the people I left behind. Dr. Langford: Are you sure you want that reminder all the time? SCP-3550: Don't know. It's better than pretending it didn't happen. [PAUSES, SIGHS] Can we talk about something else? Dr. Langford: Alright, like what? SCP-3550: I feel a bit bad. We only talk about myself all the time. How are you doing, doctor? Dr. Langford: I… that's sweet. I'm very well, thank you. Don't worry about me okay? SCP-3550: I'm not worried. I just wanted to know if you're doing alright. It's a shame I don't know what you look like. Or anyone here for that matter. Steven sounds like he's nice. Dr. Langford: You mean Steven Nilus, the head of security? SCP-3550: Yeah, him. He doesn't sound like a commander. I've never heard him yell at someone. I thought they had to be super strict, like in the movies. Dr. Langford: When did you talk to him? SCP-3550: I didn't. He had to get his team to give me food drip on Monday. Dr. Langford: Again? We talked about this, you have to eat properly for your medication to work. SCP-3550: [LAUGHS] Yes, mom. Dr. Langford: Why didn't you eat on Monday? SCP-3550: [PAUSE] Because… I mean, I don't know. Dr. Langford: You don't know? SCP-3550: The pills make that I'm not sad anymore, but I still don't get why you bother keeping me…going. Dr. Langford: Come on, don't think like that. SCP-3550: Why not? Can you think of a reason? Anything? Doctor, it's been eight years since I last saw someone's face. Since I last held someone, hugged someone. I'll never be able to see or feel anyone for the rest of my life. Dr. Langford: This isn't the solution to that. SCP-3550: In a way, it is. Dr. Langford: Don't do anything drastic on your own, ok? Can you promise me that? SCP-3550: [REMAINS SILENT] Dr. Langford: Lily? SCP-3550: Sorry. I don't think I can. Can we talk again later? I don't want to talk right now. [IRRELEVANT DIALOGUE REMOVED] Note: Dr. Langford has been reprimanded for unauthorised designation of SCP-3550 in the last therapy session. + Interview recording: Weekly therapy session with Dr. Langford -3 - Close 21/12/200█: Interviewed: SCP-3550 Interviewer: Dr. Langford [IRRELEVANT DIALOGUE REMOVED] SCP-3550: Thanks for the books, by the way. Dr. Langford: It's good to have some distraction, right? SCP-3550: Right. Dr. Langford: If you don't mind, I'd like to ask you about the origins of your condition. SCP-3550: Do we have to? I don't really want to. Can't we just look at the pictures again? I made one about you! Well, I don't know what you look like, but I guessed! Dr. Langford: I…they want me to- [PAUSE] the people taking care of you asked me to question you about this. We're doing this at your pace. We're trying to understand what happened to you. SCP-3550: Okay. Can we do it afterwards? Dr. Langford: Look at the pictures? Sure, as long as you want. It looks like your condition surfaced when you were about 16. Does that sound right? SCP-3550: Maybe. Some of my friends took years to notice what I did to them. Dr. Langford: And you weren't aware of it at the time? SCP-3550: [PAUSE] Are you asking me if I knew that I was giving them cancer? That I was murdering them on purpose? Dr. Langford: Right, no, I didn't mean to say that- SCP-3550: I ruined their lives. No, worse. Their families… Molly's father talked to me at her funeral. He told me that she's in a better place and that I was such a good friend to her- <SCP-3550 becomes visibly distressed and starts to weep.> SCP-3550: Doctor…can we stop this now? Dr. Langford: It's okay, Lily. We're attempting to find out- <SCP-3550 covers its face.> Dr. Langford: Do you need a moment? <SCP-3550 remains unresponsive for 30 seconds.> Dr. Langford: If you want, we can pick this up- SCP-3550: <Strained> The first… time it happened. It was a girl a year above me, at school I mean. She hated me. I… felt… I thought I was controlling it…I thought I could hurt people that were mean to me. But I didn't want her to… Dr. Langford: I know. You didn't want to hurt anybody. It's not your fault- SCP-3550: What if it is!? What if I was angry at her and that made it go faster? Dr. Langford: We can't be sure about that. SCP-3550: Then it happened to everyone. Nobody knew what was happening. First Molly got sick. Then my teacher… I didn't know if I had something to do with it, but the feeling was gone. The control was gone. There never was control. Dr. Langford: What happened after that? SCP-3550: Thomas. My brother. He… they took him into intensive care a few days before Christmas. He… Tommy was dead within three days… it spread to everywhere. After that they wanted to examine mom to be sure. They found- <SCP-3550 covers its face once again. Despite multiple attempts to calm it down, Dr. Langford concluded the session.> Closing Statement: Dr. Langford: Her medication has been adjusted. RE:Closing Statement: Site Overseer: See me in my office at the earliest convenience. + Interview recording: Weekly therapy session with Dr. Langford -4 - Close 11/05/200█: Interviewed: SCP-3550 Interviewer: Dr. Langford Foreword: Evaluation of mental state. Interview conducted after failed suicide attempt. ** (Irrelevant dialogue removed)** Dr. Langford: Are you feeling better? I mean, physically? Does it still hurt? SCP-3550: [Rubs its neck] It's still a little sore. Is Will okay? He sounded really upset. Dr. Langford: He'll be fine. He just wants you to be safe. SCP-3550: Yeah. I'm sorry. I don't want to hurt him. Or you, or anyone…you know. I won't do it again. Dr. Langford: We're aware that you feel responsible for your anomaly, but we know that your…condition is involuntary. SCP-3550: [Coughs, laughs faintly]. Said very professionally, doctor. I know that you know, but it's not why I did it. I know you want what's best for me, but what I've done isn't something you can explain away. My family is dead, and it's my fault. Dr. Langford: It's alright- SCP-3550: <Laughs, becomes visibly distressed and starts to weep> It's not 'alright', doctor. None of this is alright! Why do you keep me alive? Why do you risk your people? Haven't I done enough? Dr. Langford: We're doing everything we can to- SCP-3550: And for what? So I can just stay here until I die? Doctor, it's been years. I know how hard you try but you're just wearing yourself out. You can't fix me, I don't think anyone can. I'll never be able to see or feel anyone for the rest of my life. Would you want to live like that? Dr. Langford: What about William? He'd be devastated if you died. I would- [PAUSE] SCP-3550: You would what? Dr. Langford: Nothing. The people here care about you. They'd be distraught if you were gone. Is that what you want? SCP-3550: You can make them forget, right? It's what you tried to do with me. Make them forget about me. I know you're not supposed to do that or agree with me, but you know that it's better that way. You don't need to say anything, you're not allowed to agree with me. Just… Dr. Langford: Yes? SCP-3550: I'm tired, doctor. I'll go to bed. You go to bed as well, I'm sorry for waking all of you up. Just… think about what I said. Dr. Langford: [PAUSE] Good night Lil- SCP-3550. <End Log> Closing Statement: Dr. Langford has requested that SCP-3550 be terminated at the earliest convenience, stating that the security risk of containment is unacceptable. 05/06/20██: Termination request by Dr. Langford 05/06/20██: Denied. Object does not pose risk to personnel under current containment procedures. ~ Site Director. 06/06/20██: Termination request by Dr. Langford 06/06/20██: Denied. ~ Dr. ███ - Senior Staff Ethics committee. 07/06/20██: Prescription change to █████ by Dr. Langford: Denied due to risk of lethal overdose. ~ Senior Medical staff. 08/06/20██: Dr. Langford has been reassigned to another project by order of O5-█ and Site Overseer. 09/06/20██: SCP-3550's mental condition has worsened severely. Attempts suicide around 0:23 and has to be restrained by security personnel. No injuries. Security officer ████ requests reassignment. Request approved by Site Overseer. 09/06/20██: Dr. Langford requests to be returned to Site-49 for assignment at the earliest convenience to another object (SCP-████)on-site. 10/06/20██: Dr. Langford has been administered Class-C Amnestics and will be reassigned off-site for the foreseeable future. She will be replaced by Dr. Rosetta effective immediately. ~ O5-█ Footnotes 1. Safety goggles covered in black paint. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3550" by Leveritas, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3550. 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-3551-1 instances Item #: SCP-3551 Special Containment Procedures: All non-inflated SCP-3551 instances are to be kept in Storage Locker-51 at Site-42. Inflated SCP-3551-1 instances are to be kept in standard humanoid containment chambers, and have their SCP-3551-2 instances confiscated. Guards assigned to SCP-3551-1 instances are to carry standard combat knives to ensure continued cooperation. The SCP-3551-1 instances are to remain under the impression that any sharp object will result in their immediate demise. Newly recovered instances are to be misled into believing in the ruse. SCP-3551-3 instances are to be kept in a containment room equipped with an airlock chamber. Each of them are to be fitted with tracking devices. Due to the nature of SCP-3551-3 instances, sightings from civilian populations are to be considered a low priority. Mobile Task Force Alpha-23 ("Meddling Earthlings") are to track and intercept uncontained SCP-3551 instances. Description: SCP-3551 refers to a line of inflatable toys designated SCP-3551-1 through -3. They come together in packaging labelled as "Dr. Wondertainment's Inflatable Invasion!" with a list of its contents on the back. It also comes with the following document: Had an inflatable encounter of the third kind? Well, now you can! You can take part in the conquest of Earth with Dr. Wondertainment's Inflatable Invasion pack! Wow! You can now build an army of invaders and conquer the Earth! See them fire their awesome lasers, and fly their UFOs across the sky! Hear the alien invaders speak, and enjoy the light show from their blasters at night! Have fun that is out of this world! All it takes is some air or helium for the fun to begin! Caution: Dr. Wondertainment and associates are not responsible for any loss of sight due to misuse of the lasers. As instructed, the anomalous properties of SCP-3551 instances do not occur until they are inflated with gases. When fully inflated, the object will remain inflated. This is due to the plug containing the air within the item sealing on its own, and therefore can not easily be deflated. The material the instances are comprised of is resilient to piercing, but it is vulnerable to intense heat. SCP-3551-1 instances have the appearance of a generic "grey alien" and come in a variety of colors. They have a tag branding them as "Invaders" along with a name the specimen will identify as. Instances of SCP-3551-1 are sapient and can vocalize fluent English speech via unknown means. They have a persistent desire to "conquer the Earth" and "enslave mankind" though they are harmless and somewhat incompetent. Though instances are highly intelligent in some respects (see Incident 3551-01) despite being generally foolish and inept towards achieving their goal. SCP-3551-2 are inflatable toy guns modelled after laser weapons from science-fiction media of the 1950s. On the packaging, they are referred to as "Laser Blasters." The items have external LEDs that activate when used. Instances produce a red laser beam that is relatively harmless. However, direct exposure to the eyes can cause temporary or long-term blindness. Wearing sun glasses can serve as adequate protection. SCP-3551-3 instances are small with a resemblance of "flying saucers" reported and referenced in media. They have no tags unlike previous instances, and on the packaging they're referred to as "UFO Flyers." When inflated, specimens are capable of coordinated flight via unknown means around their vicinity, and light up with external LED lights at night. Instances have been shown to possess minor intelligence with a social capacity with each other, some forming groups with hierarchies. They would occasionally interact with SCP-3551-1 instances. However, they prefer not to due to -1 specimens sometimes attempting to 'board' them. The Foundation became aware of SCP-3551 items from an investigation performed by the Unusual Incidents Unit of the FBI. Agents from the unit were investigating standard alleged sightings of UFOs (later confirmed to be -3 instances), and stumbled upon a warehouse containing crates of non-inflated and inflated instances. The UIU agents immediately reported the discovery to the Foundation. Since then, the Foundation has captured ███ instances. Incident 3551-1: On 5/18/██, a local television broadcast hijacking occurred at the town of █████ in Canada by SCP-3551-1 instances in an abandoned building. Four instances were responsible, and designated as A through D for the following transcript of the broadcast. For their actual designations and further information, submit a request to Dr. Pattinson. + Broadcast Transcript – hide block <Begin Log> [Static fills the screen until becoming clear, revealing three SCP-3551-1 instances standing in front of a curtain] A: Attention Earthlings! Take us to your feeders! B: What? Zam, you air-headed fool, it's "leader", not "feeder!" C: I told you he wasn't ready, Poxy. B: Silence! You didn't tell me anything! D: [Instance speaks from behind the camera] Uh, guys, we are broadcasting live to the humans. B: This is so embarrassing. [Sigh] Attention humans of this dirt planet- C: It's mostly water than dirt really. B: [Brief silence before continuing with a tone of agitation] Humans, we are coming. All of you will fall before our might. Resistance is futile! A: Yeah! B: Shut up! Anyway, the invasion is here! For those who sympathize with our soon-to-be rule, you may aid us and in reward you may serve us for all eternity. So yeah, submit or perish! After all, we have LASERS! The best in the galaxy! C: I wouldn't really call them the best. I think the accuracy is bad- B: Shush! They don't know that and neither do you! You are just a lousy shot, Krag. C: I would like to challenge that claim. D: Guys! We do not have time for this. We are losing transmis- [Static fills the screen and scheduled programmings return] <End Log> Incident 3551-02: An SCP-3551-1 instance was lifted by a gust of wind and, panicking, landed in Site-██. The instance was interrogated and stated that it was "studying the enemy base" from a nearby hill. Instance was transferred to containment after it refused further communication. Incident 3551-03: A group of SCP-3551-1 instances accompanied by two -3 instances attempted to attack a pool party at ██████, California. Instances were apprehended by party-goers before Foundation agents retrieved them. Incident 3551-04: During an unrelated investigation, Agent ██████ Pierce went to a scrap yard as part of a lead and came across an SCP-3551-1 instance. The specimen was being used as a chew toy for the guard dog of the scrap yard. It called to the agent for help while proclaiming surrender. Agent Pierce reported the discovery with a recovery team arriving to the site. An interrogation with Mr. ███ ████, the owner of the property, revealed that he discovered the instance when it attempted to steal materials. Amnestics were given and the instance was transported to containment. During transport, it reluctantly thanked the recovery team and stated, "One day I will learn to defeat your dreaded war beasts, but today I accept my defeat." Document 3551: On 04/12/██, the following note was mailed to Site-██ along with addresses of storage warehouses containing untouched SCP-3551 instances. To the SCP Foundation, I wish to thank you all of you for collecting my colorful little space invaders and associated products from the Inflatable Invasion pack. Your efforts have been admirable. I see you have been having fun with them, and it has made me feel ashamed for discontinuing this line of product. Thank you for giving them a nice home at your facilities. I hope you manage to find them all, my dear collectors. I have potential plans for a bigger and better revival, but we will have to wait and see. Until then, continue having interstellar fun. Sincerely, Dr. Wondertainment ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3551" by Baronjoe, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3551. 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: aliendudes.jpg Name: Xenu Author: Lewis Francis License: CC BY 2.0 Source Link: Flickr
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Item #: SCP-3552 Special Containment Procedures: All known instances of SCP-3552 are to be secured in a standard containment locker at Site-103 and restricted to Level-3 Clearance and above. Instances of SCP-3552-A are to be kept in standard humanoid containment chambers at all times. Chambers are to be fitted with 200 watt UVB lamps. SCP-3552-A instances should be exposed to UVB light for twelve to fifteen hours per day. SCP-3552-A instances are to be provided with up to five liters of water per day. Description: SCP-3552 is the designation for a collection of 246 Citrullus lana (common watermelon) seeds currently in containment. Although appearing non-anomalous externally, samples taken and analyzed have revealed traces of multiple unidentified compounds. SCP-3552's primary anomalous nature becomes apparent when ingested by human individuals. Affected individuals report extreme fatigue, abdominal/gastrointestinal pain and vomiting within an hour after consumption that grows in intensity over time. Abdominal CT scans taken during this period show the manifestation of a number of tumor-like growths around the lining of the stomach. Biopsy of masses reveal the tissue samples to be comprised entirely of pith from common fruits. The fruits themselves vary from subject to subject. Tumors grow exponentially within the affected individual's body, rapidly causing further injury and mobility issues as they put stress on organs and protrude out of the body. Tumors created this way are capable of receiving stimuli and transmitting pain signals to the brain. After several days, ultrasounds reveal the formation of a fetus within the tumors, designated SCP-3552-A. This process, like the process of human fetal development, is aided by the absorption of nutrients from the affected individual and puts immense stress on the host's body. Complete gestation of SCP-3552-A takes approximately four weeks. During this period, the instance will grow appendages that protrude from the growth, causing extreme discomfort. After the four week period, the instance of SCP-3552-A will detach on its own, a process that is unanimously considered to be excruciatingly painful; however, affected individuals receive no lasting damage upon removal. SCP-3552-A instances are sapient and humanoid in nature; however, they are composed entirely of tissues of various fruits. Behaviorally, they act similarly to normal human infants and are vulnerable to physical and emotional discomfort. Despite their physiology, they are resilient to the decomposition and expiry that affect typical produce. The Foundation is currently in possession of seventeen instances of SCP-3552-A, designated SCP-3552-A-1 through 17. Dissection of SCP-3552-A reveals the presence of an average of 30-40 instances of SCP-3552 within the body. Organ systems appear identical to humans, although also comprised of various fruit tissues. Addendum-3552-1: Initial Discovery: On August 24 of the year 2010, local news channels in Bulacan, Philippines aired an interview with a Maria Rosa Subagon, who claimed to have developed a fruit-like tumor on her stomach. Foundation operatives were deployed and successfully able to intercept the broadcast. A cover story was fabricated under the guise of a hoax, while witnesses were administered Class-A amnestics before being released. Subagon was detained, questioned and kept in temporary containment for observation. Following the detachment of SCP-3552-A, Subagon was administered Class-C amnestics and released. Subagon had claimed to have hosted several instances of SCP-3552-A in the past, and that she had reason to believe the phenomenon had been caused by ingestion of SCP-3552. She claimed the seeds originated from Juaquin's Fruit Farm, a small farm in Bulacan, Philippines. Upon investigation, several bags of SCP-3552 were discovered onsite. In addition, fifty-seven individuals were found to be shackled and bound onsite, thirteen of which were found to host instances of SCP-3552-A. Recovered individuals were detained, questioned and sedated before having SCP-3552-A instances surgically removed. Recovered individuals were administered Class-C amnestics and released. Official records state that the property is entitled to a Juaquin Bagosa Jr., now identified as POI-352. The location of POI-352 is currently unknown. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3552" by SrGunk, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3552. 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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Just- just don't be afraid of the dar- close Info X SCP-3553: They All Go Into the Dark Author: Tufto, written on their original account. More of their work can be found here. Item #: SCP-3553 Special Containment Procedures: All SCP-3553 instances discovered are to be seized by the Foundation. Due to the impossibility of ever comprehensively finding all SCP-3553 instances, it is not presently known how many SCP-3553-A instances currently exist. All SCP-3553-A instances are to be taken into Foundation custody. Attempts to protect SCP-3553-A instances from SCP-3553-B events have met with no success thus far. These attempts have centred around ensuring constant observation and physical contact with SCP-3553-A instances during the timespan given by SCP-3553 instances of SCP-3553-B events. Researchers are currently investigating more advanced methods of SCP-3553-B prevention, such as the use of Scranton Reality Anchors. Description: SCP-3553 refers to a recurring phenomenon affecting cardboard milk cartons distributed in the United States of America and the United Kingdom. A total of nine SCP-3553 instances have been discovered so far. SCP-3553 manifests as a written message, usually accompanied by a photograph, concerning the disappearance of a child under the age of 16. It provides details of the disappearance such as the name of the child, age, appearance, location and date of the disappearance. The date of the disappearance is always several years into the future. The style of writing and presentation is somewhat reminiscent of the Milk Carton Appeal in the 1980s and 1990s1, but with some deviations, notably the absence of a phone number. The disappearances thus far have all occurred within the United Kingdom and the United States, countries in which the Milk Carton Appeal and similar initiatives took place. All of the children mentioned are real; they are henceforth referred to as SCP-3553-A instances. All of the disappearances mentioned occur on the specified date without fail; these are henceforth referred to as SCP-3553-B events. Attempting to observe an SCP-3553-B event has proved functionally impossible; all attempts to do so have resulted in some impediment to the observer's field of vision, although Foundation personnel have only been present at two three SCP-3553-B events as of 19/08/2016 08/07/2017. SCP-3553-A instances have occasionally signalled some foreknowledge of SCP-3553-B events in the moments immediately preceding their disappearance. SCP-3553 was first discovered on 05/09/1991, when a Foundation researcher coincidentally discovered an SCP-3553 instance while shopping in her local supermarket in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Due to this, and the fact that at least one SCP-3553-A instance is the child of a Foundation researcher, it is believed that the creators of SCP-3553 instances are aware of the Foundation's existence. The oldest SCP-3553 instance found seems to date from the mid-1970s, well before the Milk Carton Appeal began. +Incident Log -Incident Log Below is a list of all known SCP-3553 instances and details concerning them. The list is ordered chronologically by presumed appearance of each SCP-3553 instance. SCP-3553-A instance: Jonathan Brown. DOB: 19/05/1965. Date of SCP-3553 appearance: Early-mid 1970s; discovered 12/11/1992. SCP-3553 text: Jonathan Brown has been missing since 04/04/1978. He is 12 years old, 5'4, with brown hair and blue eyes. Jonathan was last seen entering the ██████ Forest in Washington Stat [sic]. If you have any information, please contact us. Details of SCP-3553-B event: On 04/04/1978, Jonathan Brown left his home to take a short recreational walk. He was last seen five minutes later by a neighbour, Hillary Cox, as he entered the ██████ Forest. In 1999, a jumper worn by Brown was discovered in the ██████ Forest. No other remains have been recovered. SCP-3553-A instance: Sally Cartwright. DOB: 29/01/1979 Date of SCP-3553 appearance: Circa 1980. Discovered 08/01/1994 SCP-3553 text: Sally Cartwight has blue eyes, blonde hair, is 6 years old and is MISSING. She disappeared from Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire 7 days ago. She likes to draw. Please contact us now with any information. Details of SCP-3553-B event: On 07/08/1985, Miss Cartwright and her parents were walking across Castlemorton Common. Miss Cartwright became suddenly agitated, and ran ahead of them. Her parents reported her writing in a notebook she often used for drawing while she was running. Sally momentarily left her parents' field of vision, having run down a small slope; when her parents caught up with her, she could not be located. Only her clothes, her notebook and a pencil were left behind. On the final page of the notebook were written the words "their [sic] all dreaming down there". SCP-3553-A instance: Joanna Smith. DOB: 08/12/1986. Date of SCP-3553 appearance: Circa 05/09/1991, the date of discovery. SCP-3553 text: APPEAL TO ALL WHO HAVE INFORMATION. Joanna Smith went missing in Standard Humanoid Containment Cell 18 of Site 109 on 12/12/1996. She is 10 years old, 4'1, with brown hair and green eyes. She likes to write poems and enjoys sunny days. Details of SCP-3553-B event: Joanna Smith was immediately taken into Foundation custody. She was interrogated, and found to know nothing about SCP-3553. She was kept in Standard Humanoid Containment Cell 18 of Site 109. At the time of her disappearance (14:43 on 12/12/1996), she was being observed in her cell by two Foundation agents; a power failure caused the lights and camera feed to go out, breaking the guards' vision of Miss Smith. After 5 seconds, the power was restored; the SCP-3553-B event had taken place. One of the guards- Agent Mullins- later reported hearing Miss Smith say "I don't like the dark" shortly before the power outage. SCP-3553-A instance: Ali Khan. Subject could not be located or identified. Date of SCP-3553 appearance: Circa 15/06/1994. SCP-3553 text: MISSING. PLEASE CALL US URGENTLY. Ali Khan was taken from his mother's womb on 07/08/1999. Information desperately wanted. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING, CONTACT US. Details of SCP-3553-B event: Unknown. SCP-3553-A instance: Mike Kaczynski. DOB: 20/10/1993 Date of SCP-3553 appearance: Circa 2000. Discovered 20/01/2006. SCP-3553 text: PLEASE HELP URGENTLY. Mike Kaczinsky was last seen leaving Wilson's Candy Store on 5th Avenue, NYC, on 17/05/2004. He is 4'4, with blonde hair and grey eyes, and is scared and alone. It is dark where he is. CONTACT US PLEASE. Details of SCP-3553-B event: Mr. Kaczinsky was last seen by one James Wilson as he left Wilson's shop, "Wilson's Candy Store". Neither he nor any of his effects have been seen since. SCP-3553-A instance: Jacob Montauk. DOB: 17/06/1994. Date of SCP-3553 appearance: Circa 01/03/2003. Discovered 24/07/2016. SCP-3553 text: BRING HIM BACK SAFE. Jacob Montauk is missed by his aunt. He disappeared on 25/05/2008. He is 14 years old, 5'6, with light brown hair and green-grey eyes. He is an overly-verbose writer and wants to come home dearly. It is so cold. PLEASE GET HIM OUT GET HIM OUT. Details of SCP-3553-B event: On 25/05/2008, Jacob Montauk did not return when walking home from school. His clothes and effects were later found undisturbed on the same day, beneath an oak tree. Montauk was noted to have been looking around him nervously on security camera footage taken 50 metres away. SCP-3553-A instance: Jane Farmer. DOB: 09/07/2010 Date of SCP-3553 appearance: Circa 07/08/2007. SCP-3553 text: BABY JANE JUST WANTS TO COME HOME. Jane Farmer disappeared from Foundation custody at 3pm on 21/08/2012. Her mother and father miss her dearly. PLEASE HELP- she has brown hair and green eyes, and an unabiding fear of the dark. PLEASE MAKE THE DREAMS STOP. Details of SCP-3553-B event: Jane Farmer and her immediate family were taken into Foundation custody shortly after her birth. On 21/08/2012, Miss Farmer was taken to Outdoor Testing Facility 9 at Site 44, with 10 agents and a camera feed observing her. At 15:04, the camera feed went dead, and all of the agents present were momentarily blinded from a sudden flash of intense light in the nearby window of Testing Facility D. This had been caused by experimentation on SCP-███. During this momentary absence of observation, the SCP-3553-B event took place. A large number of recording and tracking devices had been surgically implanted into Miss. Farmer. These failed to disappear with Miss. Farmer. SCP-3553-A instance: Robert Fenchurch. DOB: 26/02/2006. Date of SCP-3553 appearance: Circa 18/08/2001. Discovered 09/04/2015. SCP-3553 text: HAVE YOU SEEN OUR SON? Robert Fenchurch was last seen at 02:04 at Site 1010 on 08/07/2017. He has brown eyes. His mother, Dr. Fenchurch of Site 1010, sorely misses him. Robert is a sweet child who just wants to let his mother know he's alright, he's alive, he's scared but he's fine. PLEASE DRAG HIM BACK. Details of SCP-3553-B event: Not yet occured; date is in future. Mr. Fenchurch has been taken into Foundation custody. Please see Addendum 1 below for more details. SCP-3553-A instance: Anna Singer. DOB: 01/09/2003. Date of SCP-3553 appearance: Circa 05/06/2013 SCP-3553 text: BRING HER BACK FROM THE DARK. Anna Singer is 5'3 with brown eyes and blue hair. She loves to ride horses and is so cold in the dark. She wants her parents back. Why does she not have her parents back. She disappeared during the great containment breach on 08/09/2018. And now she dreams in the dark. If you have any information as to her whereabouts, PLEASE HELP BRING ME BACK FOR GOD'S SAKE. Details of SCP-3553-B event: Not yet occured; date is in future. Miss Singer has been taken into Foundation custody. There are no longer any containment procedures in place to prevent the impending SCP-3553-B event; research is ongoing. +Addendum 1: Experiment-3553-3 -Addendum 1: Experiment-3553-3 Subject: SCP-3553-A-8. Time & Date: 02:03 on 08/07/2017, the time of SCP-3553-A-8’s scheduled disappearance according to the corresponding SCP-3553 instance. Setup: SCP-3553-A-8 was placed in the Secure Testing Facility of Site 1010. 12 floodlights were aimed directly at SCP-3553-A-8, each connected to a separate power source. 15 Foundation personnel were observing SCP-3553-A-8. Dr. Fenchurch and Dr. Jones were holding SCP-3553-A-8’s arms and hands. Several candles and mirrors were placed around SCP-3553-A-8. In order to ease the mental stress on SCP-3553-A-8, he was informed that this was a religious ritual which would drive away "demons". Several active Scranton Reality Anchors had been placed around SCP-3553-A-8. Dr. Fonseca was the presiding researcher, viewing the event through 10 camera feeds. SCP-3553-A-8's mother, Dr. Fenchurch, had requested access to SCP-3553-A-8 during the experiment. The request was approved by Dr. Fonseca. Based on the results of prior experiments, the experiment was considered to have a low chance of success. <Begin Log> Dr. Fonseca: OK, Robert, we have you in our sights. Physical contact will be maintained by your mother and Dr. Jones. Are you feeling alright? SCP-3553-A-8: Y-yes, thank you, ma’am. Dr. Fonseca: I’ve told you, call me Maria. OK, T-2 minutes. Hang in there, Robert. One minute passes with no communication. SCP-3553-A-8: Um, Mum? Dr. Fenchurch: Yes, Robert? SCP-3553-A-8: Do- do you think I will be OK? It's just… I keep feeling like something's coming. Dr. Fenchurch: I- Dr. Fenchurch pauses for a moment, and visibly tenses. Dr. Fenchurch: Y-you're going to be absolutely fine, Robert. Nothing can hurt you here. Everyone here is a friend. You're perfectly s-safe. SCP-3553-A-8: It’s just that since I, um, I heard someone saying- Dr. Fonseca: Nothing is going to happen to you, Robert. There’s no way that it can. We've made sure of it. So hang in tight, ok? SCP-3553-A-8: …I’m scared, Mum. Dr. Jones: It’s alright, Robert. It’s OK. Look around you. There’s no way the demons can get you. There are lights shining all about us. Nothing can get near you. Dr. Fenchurch: Don’t worry, bean. I’ve got you. It’s going to be OK. SCP-3553-A-8: …Alright. Dr. Jones: T-30 seconds, Dr. Fonseca. Dr. Fonseca: Thanks. Come on, Robert, be a brave boy! SCP-3553-A-8 has begun to silently cry. SCP-3553-A-8: Maria? Dr. Fonseca: Yes, Robert? SCP-3553-A-8: I think I know what the cartons are. Dr. Fenchurch: Wh- What? Robert? What do you mean? SCP-3553-A-8: They're… the others, they're dreaming of home… they're just trying to warn us… Dr. Fenchurch: Robert, stop it! How do you know about that? Dr. Fonseca: Dreaming of home? What does that mean, SC- Robert? SCP-3553-A-8 remains silent for 4 seconds. Dr. Fonseca: Robert? Are you alright? Dr. Fenchurch: B-bean, it's fine bean, it's all going to be fine… SCP-3553-A-8: M-Mum, I love you. It’s not your fault, OK? Dr. Fonseca: Robert, there is no need to- look, if you can tell us any more- SCP-3553-A-8: It's not because you're you, Mum, it's not your fault… it's just what parents do. They're afraid. And this is what comes after. Dr. Fenchurch: W-what? SCP-3553-A-8: Just- just don't be afraid of the dar- At this point, a power failure occurred, cutting of all video and audio links, as well as the floodlights. Upon restoration of power 10 seconds later, SCP-3553-A-8 had disappeared, and the personnel on-site were in a state of considerable distress. All of the candles had been extinguished; the Scranton Reality Anchors were found to have completely burnt out. In the confusion, nobody was able to observe the disappearance of SCP-3553-A-8. Dr. Jones let go of SCP-3553-A-8 at the moment of the power cut, apparently momentarily startled. Dr. Fenchurch, however, did not; she later reported feeling SCP-3553-A-8 being “dragged downwards” over the course of 2-3 seconds. <End Log> Note: Following this incident, Drs. Fonseca and Fenchurch have requested to be transferred to different projects. These requests have been granted. Footnotes 1. An initiative in the United States and some other countries wherein the faces and details of missing children were printed on the side of milk cartons. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3553" by Tufto, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3553. 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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An exposed piece of machinery within SCP-3554. Item #: SCP-3554 Special Containment Procedures: Site-90 has been established around the SCP-3554 facility. Any goods produced by SCP-3554 may be destroyed or used within Site-90 at the discretion of the Site Director. Other use is prohibited. Site-90 has been disguised as a historical site shuttered due to structural safety concerns. SCP-3554 is the primary purpose of Site-90. Exposure of Site-90 may result in an international incident between the GRU "P" Division and the Foundation. Description: SCP-3554 refers to an underground canning facility occupying approximately 2 square kilometers underneath the Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia. It possesses a single entrance with limited access to a distribution point, with no access to any internal workings of the factory. The factory is fully automated and will produce approximately 80,000 cans of borscht per day, under the "Содружество" brand1, pre-packaged in shipping pallets. This occurs without any external inputs. Visible factory equipment is obsolete, and driven through unknown means. Production begins promptly at 8:00 AM local time, and ceases at 12:00 AM the next day. No mechanism of disabling production appears to exist - SCP-3554 has no external electrical source, and internal mechanisms are self-contained. Produced cans are non-anomalous - the borscht contained within is described by test subjects as bland and subpar, but edible. Historical Information: SCP-3554 was established in 1914 by the Imperial Russian Ministry of War, with the assistance of the Sub-Ministry for the Secret, a precursor the GRU "P" Division, in order to supply frontline troops. Records of the location, existence, and function of SCP-3554 were lost or destroyed in the Russian Revolution, during which the Foundation quietly took control and scrubbed remaining traces of its existence. SCP-3554 was the focal point of Ethics Committee Case #784. See attached documents for further details. + Ethics Committee Case #784 - Integrity Code 367149 - Level 4 Clearance Required - Authenticated Ethics Committee Deliberation - 12/20/41 E-1: Alright, Case #784 has been opened. 2, play the complaint. E-2 plays a recorded phone call Site Director Bessonov: …never thought I'd ever have to call this line, but I guess I'm out of options. Regional command won't listen, and I'm not brave enough to stage a mutiny. I'll speak plainly. The city of Leningrad is under siege. I'm going through city records - Leningrad had a population of 3.1 million in 1937, and that's not counting any refugees from the west. The evacuation was haphazard - it's unlikely that more than half of them were evacuated before the damned Finns closed the gap. Site Director Bessonov: The city is under constant shelling and bombardment. Electricity is seldom available, and temperatures are at most minus 20 degrees centigrade. Site Director Bessonov: Don't take it from me - take it from the people of Leningrad. They've been instructed that this is a line directly to Leningrad Military District headquarters, and that the purpose of this call is to hear from ordinary Leningraders how desperate the conditions here are. They can express it far better than I can I ever could. [UNKNOWN]: This is Gennady Isonovich, deputy director for Leningrad Ministry of Health. People are dropping dead in the street, and death tolls are reaching tens of thousands per week. If circumstance don't change, by this time next year there won't be a Leningrad, and they'll probably have to rename the fucking military district after Adolf Fucking Hitler, because he'll own whatever is left! [UNKNOWN]: I. D. Strashun, First Medical - the medical staff and supplies are stretched far past the limit - our surgeons operate to the sounds of enemy airplanes, anti-aircraft gun shots and mine blasts. There's no food, there's no medical supplies. Any normally minor infection is a death sentence. Caloric intake even for high-priority residents is far insufficient. [UNKNOWN]: The meat Daddy keeps bringing back tastes funny. [UNKNOWN]: I'll be honest, I fought with the Whites in the civil war, and I've always hated you fucking communists with every fiber of my being. I have every intention of cursing Stalin and his fucking rubber-stamp "people's" party with my dying breath. All I ever wanted from you was to give a damn about your own fucking people. Lose Leningrad, and the rest of our glorious Union along with it, or hold it, and maybe, maybe we'll have enough left to rebuild. [UNKNOWN]: Alexander Narmanov. Kliment Zeborov. Nina Sebwinsky. I don't know who these people are. I just know that I killed them this week for their ration cards. [UNKNOWN]: If we are not killed by Nazi bombs, we will freeze to death in the streets. If we do not freeze to death in the streets, will starve to death. If we do not starve to death, we've probably been murdered by others trying not to starve to death. [UNKNOWN]: Mikhail Samsonov, Ministry of Agriculture. We only have tiny fractions of whatever food supplies are required to feed the remaining military, not to mention the civil population! Something must change, or Leningrad is lost! [UNKNOWN]: Forget it. Leningrad is lost. I'd say I hope using Leningrad as a sacrificial lamb weighs on Stalin's conscience, but I think we both know it won't. Site Director Bessonov: I'm not willing to condemn half a million people to death when we're sitting on top of the solution! Site Director Bessonov: I'll be the first to admit that this complaint is not selfless - Leningrad has been my home for 30 years. Damn the Nazis, damn the Soviets, but, for the love of all that is holy, save the people of Leningrad! Our mission is to protect humanity in all its forms - pledging secrecy is useless if after we crawl out of our anomalous hovels, all that is left is rubble! E-1: Thanks, 2. Gentleman, Director Bessonov is requesting to expose SCP-3554 to the ChD AKN2, who would then use it to help relieve the siege. E-1: 3, start us off. E-3: I'm inclined to say no. We should not interfere in the mundane conflicts in the world, in any place, at any time, for any reason. Our job is to conceal anomalies and protect humanity from them - if whatever choice that presents itself forces us to break one to do the other, concealment always comes before humanity - or do we want to go back on our decision about D-class. E-4: The line is a bit blurry here. We know the Obskuracorps are working on the Eastern Front, and whatever forces the Soviets can muster, anomalous or not, are obviously doing everything they can to aid Leningrad. At what point does the mundane end and the anomalous begin? E-3: When we stop being able to conceal it. E-2: I'm inclined to support on humanitarian grounds. Death tolls could reach into the hundreds of thousands - Bessonov is right, protecting humanity is priority one, especially with such a benign anomaly. E-5: Ah, Yevgeniy. Willing to compromise for your own countrymen, but not those dirty foreigners in Nanjing3? Were we not in this room for a very similar question not four years ago? If you're going to sacrifice everyone on the altar of concealment, you'd best do so in an even-handed fashion, yes? E-2: This is different, 5. You wanted to use [REDACTED] - and half a dozen other anomalies, and just hand them over to the Nationalist Chinese. This is measured and minor. That… wasn't. E-5: I tried to compromise. To give them something, anything! Evacuations, food, sanctuary! E-4: I remember you being pretty adamant, 2… E-2: Forget it. It's not relevant. E-5: No, I think it is relevant. Nanjing and Leningrad are in simi- E-1: Cease this line of questioning, 5. E-5: Fine. E-4: You know 5's possibly the only person with more pronounced humanitarian tendencies than I, but here's the other angle - by all rights, this was a Soviet site, and we stole it from them in the chaos of the Revolution. They learn about this, we're looking at a major diplomatic incident. There will be hell to pay if they learn we held this from them, when they needed it most. E-1: ChD AKN is an arm of the Soviet Union, who are a mundane state. Aiding the ChD AKN is tantamount to aiding the Soviets. I'm with 3, this is not our affair. E-4: Are we not even considering the humanitarian component? Numbers don't look good - that phone call didn't sound good either. I'm willing to wager the Nazis are starving them out intentionally, them being as they are. We're just going to sit back and destroy safe food supplies while half the city starves? E-3: This isn't our affair. We aren't the world policeman. We're just here to separate what is anomalous from what is not. E-1: Voting deadline is today. We need to vote now. Aye to release SCP-3554 to the ChD AKN and Leningrad - Nay to maintain the status quo. E-1: Nay. It is not our place to intervene. E-2: Aye. The Soviets, the world would not forgive us for condemning Leningrad. E-3: Nay. We are duty-bound to conceal anomalies from the mundane world. The moment we stop doing that, we stop being the Foundation. E-4: Aye. We're looking at hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. I am willing to compromise a little secrecy for a little humanity. E-5: 南京也不会原谅我们的。4 Nay. E-1: With two votes for and three votes against, the motion fails. The status quo in Leningrad5 will be maintained. Footnotes 1. Anglicized: Sodruzhestvo 2. Renamed to GRU "P" Division in 1942. 3. In 1937, Nanjing was invaded by the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese war. In Ethics Committee decision #556, the Foundation declined to use anomalies to aid the Nationalist Chinese, in neither defense nor evacuation. As a result, Nanjing was subject to looting and other war crimes, with at least 200,000 in noncombatant losses. 4. And Nanjing will never forgive us, either. 5. As a result of Ethics Committee decision #784, SCP-3554 remained in Foundation control and Leningrad lost approximately 700,000 noncombatants due to starvation and exposure.
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Section of SCP-3555. Click to enlarge. Item #: SCP-3555 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3555 is to be contained in a purpose-built containment unit with interior dimensions of approximately 2 meters by 2 meters by 20 meters, currently under construction. Its exterior is to be disguised as a collapsed cliff following a major landslide, blocking access to part of Drakes Beach; a new access path is currently under construction in cooperation with the National Parks Service. Public access to the beach is closed until this work is completed; this closure is attributed to instability in the main access road. Once complete, the "landslide" will be documented by NPS photographers and a plaque describing the splitting of the beach will be installed in the Kenneth C. Patrick Visitor's Center. Current tidal and erosion estimates show that the freshly installed slope will remain sufficient to disguise the containment structure for approximately 75 years. This timescale is to be refined bi-annually based on updated estimates of global sea level rise rates and local hydrographic data. Existing National Seashore protections against development and construction should be sufficient to avoid non-erosive exposure of the containment structure. A protective framework with calibrated measurement markings has been constructed around the perimeter of SCP-3555-A to allow proper alignment of test subjects and to avoid accidental personnel exposure. Personnel are to avoid removal of the protective panels mounted on this framework except when necessary. Description: SCP-3555 is or was █████ ███████████, a human individual approximately 27 years of age previously living in San Francisco. SCP-3555 went missing on December 30, 2016, with his roommate reporting that ███████████ said he was going to "go take a drive to the beach" with no further information, and that ███████████ had reported suicidal ideation two days beforehand. The roommate called police when ███████████ did not return by 11:00 PM. Search efforts were hindered by the fact that ███████████ left cellular coverage upon entering Samuel P. Taylor State Park, and a full search of western Marin County took place. ███████████'s vehicle was located on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard at 3:00 AM on December 31; SCP-3555 was located by NPS rangers on January 3, after a postponement due to bad weather. SCP-3555 remains human in topological layout, but has been distorted, such that while its absolute height remains consistent with ███████████'s medical records, it is approximately 8 meters in length, skewed northeast-southwest, approximately parallel with the beach. SCP-3555 is approximately 40 centimeters in circumference at its widest point. Photographs corrected for this distortion show SCP-3555, apparently normal and alert, with an expression personnel have characterized as "relieved." SCP-3555 is resistant to normal hand sampling techniques. Though its clothing (distorted in the same manner as the rest of the object) possesses qualities corresponding to a heavily distorted textile weave, the underlying aspect shows markedly higher resilience than would be expected; a researcher was able to make a shallow scalpel cut with some effort, but was unable to retrieve any material, and no bleeding or other biological response was noted. The cut has not, as of this writing, been affected by any healing process. When combined with the lack of any movement of the object (aside from minor wind-induced clothing motion), researchers have concluded that SCP-3555 is no longer "alive" in any conventional sense; however, a conclusion has not yet been reached as to whether the object is dead. Additionally, an as-of-yet poorly characterized phenomenon extends a further five meters in the line of SCP-3555's distortion, forming a slanted cone. If corrected for distortion, it would form a vertical 45-degree cone extending from the top of SCP-3555's head. This phenomenon is designated SCP-3555-A. Humans and other animals with brains possessing a neocortex, or with cognitive processes similar to those of animals with a neocortex, are affected if the cone representing SCP-3555-A intersects their brain at any point. Tests with animals show an extensive variety of responses to induced intersection. Results were largely similar for certain orientations of the animal's brain in respect to SCP-3555-A; if the animal's brainstem intersects at any time, cessation of proper autonomous nervous function is immediate, with implanted EEG electrodes showing epileptiform activity in the affected region. If the brainstem does not intersect, the test specimen does not die immediately, but tends to exhibit abnormal behavior, with more debilitating behavior tending to occur both with deeper insertion and with a longer length of time spent inserted. Rats have been observed to: pace endlessly in circles form unusual obsessions with objects inside or outside their cages, or with specific research personnel constantly climb their cage walls and attempt to escape at any opportunity cease all voluntary motive activity altogether, including eating and drinking engage in self-destructive behavior, such as scratching, fur-pulling, or biting up to and including severing limbs or tail attempt suicide using enrichment devices or by inserting their head in cage doors as researchers are closing them. Notably, these behaviors are consistent between specimens and tests when the orientation and insertion depth of the test subject's brain into SCP-3555-A is preserved. One human, a National Parks Service ranger named ███ ██ involved in the search effort, was exposed to SCP-3555-A, and was brought to Foundation attention when, after several days, he was placed on a 72-hour psychiatric hold, suffering from a Cotard delusion among other symptoms. fMRI analysis showed unusual activity in a portion of ██'s superior frontal gyrus approximately consistent with low-grade frontal lobe epilepsy; this encompassed an area consistent with SCP-3555-A penetration to a depth of approximately one centimeter. During treatment, ██ insisted alternately that he was dead and that he should be dead, and was unable to distinguish between the two states when questioned. Notably, no unusual activity was exhibited in ██'s fusiform gyrus; extant cases of Cotard delusion are usually associated with disease or disorder of this area of the brain. Recovery was gradual over the course of two months, but complete. During interviews with Foundation therapists and psychiatrists, when asked about his life before entering the Parks Service, ██ recalled at various points both attending the local community college in Marin County before transferring to the Ranger Academy at Santa Rosa Junior College, and attending ████████ █████████████ University (SCP-3555's original alma mater) in ████████ before graduating with a Bachelor of Science in computer science, though he was unable to recall specific details of time spent at the latter institution. ██ was unable to reconcile these memories, but they appear to have diminished along with his Cotard delusion; ██ states that he can remember claiming he attended the university, but is unable to remember why he claimed this.
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SCP-3556 prior to containment Item #: SCP-3556 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3556 is currently contained in a containment locker in Site-77's Containment Vault. The item is to be placed within a sound-proof container in order to minimize distractions to nearby personnel. Access to the item is restricted to any personnel of Level 2 security clearance or higher. Personnel of Level 1 clearance or lower must receive written permission by Dr. Beck, head of SCP-3556 research, to handle SCP-3556. Description: SCP-3556 is a yellow adhesive note pad, measuring 2.5 cm by 5 cm, depicting a crude drawing of an unknown creature with the word “Durbal” being written near the drawing. Placing SCP-3556 on any object will cause the drawing to animate and vocalize any flaws the anomaly perceives of the item it is placed upon. SCP-3556's criticisms will become increasingly illogical the longer it remains on an object, eventually going off topic and become tangentially unrelated to the item it was affixed to. SCP-3556 has only been recorded speaking English. It is theorized that SCP-3556 is sentient, though it has refused to cooperate during attempted interviews. Addendum-3556-1: Experiment Log Close Addendum-3556-1 The following are a series of transcripts recorded from experiments using SCP-3556. Foreword: Object was placed on a cracked mirror. <Begin Log> SCP-3556: Mirror is obviously cracked intentionally. If left untreated, may result in total mirror failure. Mirror is slightly smudged due to clumsy workers. Mirror is even more smudged by me. Mirror does not correctly reflect light as human eyes see it. Mirror is not a true mirror. Mirror absorbs a small amount of green light upon reflection. Mirror is a cheating mirror that steals people’s hard earned light and deserves to serve 30 years in prison for stealing light. Mirror may also be given the death penalty in several jurisdictions, and frankly deserves it. Mirror is scum of the Earth… <End Log> Closing Statement: The unedited audio files all amount to approximately 33 days of audio. The remainder of this transcript was cut for the sake of brevity. SCP-3556 may be capable of following an infinite number of tangents in its rants. -Dr. Beck Foreword: Object was placed on a file containing multiple documents. All documents consisted of untrue facts. <Begin Log> SCP-3556: File is an inadequate way to store data, considering the rise of digital data. Data contained within file is false. First page states frogs are mammals. Frogs are amphibians. Amphibians are both fish and mammals. Frogs are indecisive in their place in the animal kingdom. Second page states computers emit sugary liquids. Computer technology is yet to reach the state of sugary liquid emission. Sugary liquids cause diabetes, heart disease, obesity… <End Log> Closing Statement: The remainder of this transcript was cut for the sake of brevity. It appears SCP-3556 is able to criticize the contents of media, not just the media itself. -Dr. Beck Foreword: D-8913 was instructed to hold SCP-3556. D-8913 had their left arm amputated at birth. <Begin Log> SCP-3556: D-8913 is missing an arm. D-8913’s arm was removed because she is genetically inferior to other human organisms. D-8913 lacks confidence. D-8913 swears too much. D-8913 wears terrible orange jumpsuits because she lacks confidence. D-8913 wears glasses because her eyes were screwed up by staring at a TV too much. D-8913 dyes her hair to forget about the fact their hair is ugly and boring. D-8913 hates legitimate criticism. D-8913 doesn’t know how she gets into terrible situations and chooses to blame those around her. D-8913 has a terrible relationship with her mother. D-8913 has committed murder and deserves to be here. D-8913 is a terrible singer and can’t take a hint that she is a terrible singer. D-8913 listens to Korean pop music, which is the worst kind of music. D-8913’s voice is literally incapable of sounding good in any circumstance. D-8913 has anger management problems. D-8913 hates pape- D-8913 placed SCP-3556 on a nearby wall and attempted to leave the testing chamber. D-8913 refused to comply with further testing orders. <End Log> Foreword: Dr. Beck was instructed to hold SCP-3556. <Begin Log> SCP-3556: Jim Cyrus Beck does not have children, and as such is an evolutionary failure. Jim Cyrus Beck does not want children because he doesn’t want to become like his father. Jim Cyrus Beck is also incapable of having children due to his erectile dysfunction. Jim Cyrus Beck does not realize he is already like his father. Jim Cyrus Beck drinks an entire beer once he gets home from work, like his father. Jim Cyrus Beck fails to please his significant other both sexually and romantically, like his father. Jim Cyrus Beck hates his job and regularly questions why he hasn’t quit. Jim Cyrus Beck is allergic to bees. Jim Cyrus Beck cannot become a bee farmer. Jim Cyrus Beck is also allergic to honey. Jim Cyrus Beck can never affiliate himself with any bees of any k- Dr. Beck set down SCP-3556. <End Log> Foreword: SCP-3556 was presented with SCP-3556’s file. <Begin Log> SCP-3556: I am perfect in every way. No further comment. SCP-3556 remained silent for the remainder of the test. <End Log> Addendum-3556-2: Recovery Close Addendum-3556-2 SCP-3556 was recovered from the apartment of ██████ ████████ (PoI-3556), a writer and illustrator for various children’s books. Foundation agents planted in local police stations apprehended SCP-3556, as well as PoI-3556 and the personal journal of the subject as evidence following a suicide attempt by PoI-3556. Below are the most recent entries in PoI-3556’s journal pertaining to SCP-3556. jesus christ i cant get past this artists block. ive had 2 weeks to make a new character and nothing is coming up. come on brain think. i just doodled a little thing. looks kinda good. gonna sleep on it since im not to sure on it. holy shit it started talking. and it wont shut up. like at all. its judging an old draft i have. gotta admit, its actually kinda helpful. i might keep it around a bit longer. ok seriously it wont shut up. i just stuck it on my pen and it wont stop talking. also apparently metal pens are a fire hazard if you have kids. they could stick them in electrical sockets. note to self: get those little plastic covers for electrical sockets so i dont jab my pen in there and kill myself. this thing isnt making any sense. its never satisfied with any of my drafts and keeps finding something wrong to talk about. but its stuff that doesnt make sense. “current draft doesnt have enough swans” WHAT THE [EXPLETIVE] DOES THAT MEAN?! [The following page consists of 37 crude drawings of swans.] is this enough [EXPLETIVE] swans for you?! now there are too many swans. i cant sleep with that thing. every time i try to get close to it i feel like vomiting and i have to leave. what if i set my room on fire? what if i set myself on fire? cant listen to durbal if youre dead amiright? [EXPLETIVE] my lighter is in my bedroom. durbal is in my bedroom. maybe he will set himself on fire. can you be tried for murder if you burn a sticky note that yells at you? is it a crime to cause someone to go insane by yelling at them? if it is durbal is a wanted felon haha “hey police im gonna [EXPLETIVE] jump out a window cuz a sticky note is yelling at me” does that sound believable? ok ill try it if i die sucks to be me. all of my possessions go to durbal, my one true friend and worst enemy jesus [EXPLETIVE] i hate him see ya cruel world Subject was administered Class-B amnestics before being released to a local psychiatric hospital. Monitoring of subject for further anomalous activity is ongoing.
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by stormbreath TIME: 0427 UTC EARTH DATE: DAY 18 MONTH 03 YEAR 2016 WARNING TO ALL FOUNDATION SITES - CODE LEVEL RED - HIGHEST PRIORITY CERTAIN CK-CLASS SCENARIO DETECTED - 99.99% PROBABILITY 6,738,281,472 DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN EXTRADIMENSIONAL SITE RECORDS AND FOUNDATION SITE RECORDS DETECTED ESTIMATED SEVERITY OF CK-CLASS EVENT IS TOTAL REALITY FAILURE ALL FOUNDATION SITES ARE TO INDEFINITELY ENTER LOCKDOWN IMMEDIATELY EQUIPMENT OPERATING STATUS: FUNCTIONING PROPERLY TIME: 0430 UTC EARTH DATE: DAY 18 MONTH 03 YEAR 2016 EMERGENCY BULLETIN CURRENT SITE STATUS SITE-01: LOCKDOWN - SECURE SITE-02: LOCKDOWN - SECURE SITE-03: LOCKDOWN - SECURE SITE-04: NOT RESPONDING - PRESUMED LOST SITE-06: LOCKDOWN - SECURE SITE-07: LOCKDOWN - SECURE SITE-08: PARTIAL LOCKDOWN - NOT SECURE SITE-09: LOCKDOWN - SECURE SITE-10: LOCKDOWN - SECURE OPEN FULL MESSAGE TIME: 0511 UTC EARTH DATE: DAY 18 MONTH 03 YEAR 2016 ATTENTION ALL SITES - O5-6 UPDATE The Black Moon howls to let us know it is still there. Universal lockdown declared over. It appears that the warning that was sent out 45 minutes ago was nothing more than a false alarm, or a device malfunction. We don't have any current indication of a CK-Class Scenario. Reality is safe. Proceed as normal and standby for future updates. — O5-6 VERIFIED OVERSEER ACCOUNT [ Submit Operational Clearance Level ] Clearance Accepted. Retrieving Documents. Welcome, O5-6. From: O5-6 To: Overseer Council Subject: re: What happened? Date: 26/03/2016 Everyone seems to have bought the cover story about a false alarm. That's good. Now we just need to figure out what actually happened. Yolas has gotten back to me. I've forwarded her initial documentation concerning the detected CK-Class scenario and her email to you. I'm scheduling a vote in 24 hours on the Special Containment Procedures she's created and to decide on an object class. opened attachment1 - preliminary3557.scp Item Number: SCP-3557 Special Containment Procedures: Any containment procedures focused around SCP-3557 must focus on the design and construction of more reliable and accurate devices used to measure baseline reality. Direct containment of SCP-3557 itself is not possible, as it is an event that has already taken place to completion. Prevention of future, similar events falls under standard CK-Class Restructuring Scenario Procedures. CK-Class Restructuring Procedures Abstract2 Previous evidence regarding CK-Class Restructuring Scenarios has indicated that it may not be possible to prevent such a scenario, as they may not have an easily recognizable cause. For such scenarios, the best course of action would be to put devices capable of detecting such events in locations outside the theoretical range of effect for a CK-Class Restructuring Scenario event, in addition to multiple database backups for comparison purposes. In the wake of a CK-Class event, personnel in these locations would necessarily have to research methodology of reverting any possible change, or, failing that, integrate into the new reality. $3,000,000 is to be allocated to the Ontokinetics Division for the purposes of designing and rigorously testing Mark II CK-Class Scenario Detectors (CSDs). These new devices are to utilize a wider spectrum of mechanisms in order to detect any potential changes to reality.3 Ontokinetics Division personnel are to test these Mark II CSDs by inducing localized, minor restructuring events. Once all Mark II CSDs have been constructed and rigorously tested, they are to be installed in any and all sites that meet the Ontokinetics Division's guidelines on a reality-anchored location.4 Depending on the total cost of a single Mark II CSD, this could cost anywhere from $10,000,000 to $75,000,000. Additional research is to be put into the refinement and development of previously outdated Scranton Box technology, with Boxes containing appropriate files to be distributed to all Sites.5 Ongoing research into the nature and origin of SCP-3557 is to continue indefinitely. Description: SCP-3557 refers to an event believed to be a CK-Class (Reality Restructuring) Scenario of unknown magnitude that occurred at 0427 UTC on 03/18/2016. The only evidence for SCP-3557's occurrence is the simultaneous activation of all CSDs (CK-Class Scenario Detectors) located at every extradimensionally located or reality-anchored Foundation site.6 At 0427 UTC, 18/03/2016, all Foundation sites received an automated message denoting a CK-Class Scenario occurred.7 All CSDs used by the Foundation activated, giving the same report of likely CK-Class Scenario of high severity. While changes that were previously believed to be indicative of a CK-Class Scenario were noted, no corresponding CK-Class Scenario was observed.8 Detectors either denoted a change at 0427 UTC, 18/03/2016 and only at that time, or became unsynced at that time. CSD Operation Theory9 CK-Class Scenario Detectors will use a variety of detection methods in order to detect a possible CK-Class Scenario event. These devices will use several methods of determining a change, such as the comparison of a live reading of a quality in baseline to a past reading, the comparison of two qualities in both baseline and anchored realities, or the monitoring for a change in a quality of baseline reality. The potential severity of a CK-Class Scenario will be determined by the number of changes noted at any given time. Planned detection methods will include, but not be limited to: Synced pseudo-random number generators located in baseline and extradimensional; designed to generate numbers in the same fashion, and thus, provide the same numbers Kant and Geiger counters physically located in extradimensional/anchored reality but monitoring baseline reality Atomic clocks synced to one another Regular database cross-references, functioning by hashing random sections of the database and comparing hashes to each other Applied thaumaturgical sensors set up to alarm if a large change in the state of reality is detected Electromagnetic sensors detecting any sudden changes in background electromagnetic radiation patterns in baseline However, despite the simultaneous activation of all equipment in extradimensional sites, no change has been recorded between baseline reality before and after 0427 UTC, 18/03/2016. No differences between Extradimensional Site Records and any Foundation Site Records have been noted that were not a result of improperly updated records.10 No differences or changes between reality before and after 0427 UTC, 18/03/2016 have been noted by personnel who were located in extradimensional sites or within reality-anchored locations.11 Under the operating terms of various Foundation/GoI treaties, including the Triumvirate, the Swiss Information Security Act and the SUSEOCT, information regarding the events of 0427 UTC, 18/03/2016 has been requested. These groups have confirmed that a disturbance of some kind was noted, although no actual change has been detected. Foundation moles in various other GoIs have confirmed similar circumstances in their organizations.12 Foundation assets deployed to investigate CSDs have concluded that all equipment was functioning as expected, without any noticeable flaws. A uniform malfunction of the equipment has been ruled out. SCP-3557 did not coincide with any heightened levels of activity of any SCP or known phenomenon with the potential to cause a CK-Class Scenario. No suitable cause for SCP-3557 has been discovered. Several theories have been created behind SCP-3557: SCP-3557 represents a CK-Class Scenario that affected the baseline reality before "rippling" outward and affected extradimensional realities shortly afterward. This restructuring changed the past and present of the baseline reality and then altered other realities to match.13 SCP-3557 was not a CK-Class Scenario, but a previously unencountered phenomenon which triggers CSDs in the same ways that a CK-Class Scenario would.14 SCP-3557 was a CK-Class Scenario that restructured reality and happened to produce a reality that was identical to the original reality. CSDs detected changes to reality while it was in flux and sent the warning message during that time. SCP-3557 was not a CK-Class Scenario, but a sudden, currently unexplained and simultaneous technical failure of every CSD employed by the Foundation, which all produced the same result.15 Footnotes 1. I'll go over this in the email. The Division hasn't come to a consensus on what the Object Class should be. (Mostly because we can't decide what the Object is.) - Dr. Yolas 2. Excerpted here from the main guide on K-Class Scenarios and how to prevent/deal with them. - Dr. Yolas 3. Some of the new ideas we've had suggested are Akiva radiation, gravitational sensors, and SCP-2608 (as a note, our populations of 2608 in baseline all died off at 0427 UTC, and only the individuals we had under cryogenics or in extradimensional/anchored sites survived) - Dr. Yolas 4. This is any site, area or LoI that is either extradimensional or has an abnormally high Hume level. - Dr. Yolas 5. Yes, Boxes, not Anchors. I know we phased out Box usage thirty years ago, but they were much better at preserving information than Anchors. Reality accurate information would have been incredibly helpful for this situation. - Dr. Yolas 6. We only put CSDs in places where they have an external reference point, so only at locations that are either extradimensional or reality-anchored. This includes, for example, Site-62, Site-64T, Extratemporal Site 000, Exclusionary Site-01, Site-2000, or Facility T. - Dr. Yolas 7. Obviously, you know what I'm talking about, but I may want to add it to the document in an Addendum for future reference. - Dr. Yolas 8. To note: changes were detected by all of our CSDs, but no discernible reason for them has been found. Our database crosschecker was set up to only tell us if there were discrepancies and where they were, not to actually tell us what they were: it was assumed we would be able to do that, and that a human eye would be preferred. - Dr. Yolas 9. I've excerpted a portion of the operation philosophy of our CSDs so that you can understand the techniques we were using, since you asked. - Dr. Yolas 10. That is to say, any differences we found were because of clerical error, not actual differences. No differences noted were beyond what would normally be expected. - Dr. Yolas 11. Some examples of personnel who were outside are personnel who were in Universe Kappa-Erikesh, visiting the Third Antarctican Empire, or inside SCP-2627. - Dr. Yolas 12. I'm taking this as verification that this wasn't merely somebody trying to trick us. - Dr. Yolas 13. Thus, the warning message was sent within the brief moments between SCP-3557 affected baseline reality and associated realities. - Dr. Yolas 14. CSDs and their operation procedures were specifically designed to avoid situations like this, since we predicted it. - Dr. Yolas 15. No one in my Division thinks this. - Dr. Yolas opened attachment2 - re:whathappened.eml From: Ontokinetics Division Lead Researcher Dr. Leslie Yolas To: O5-6 Subject: re: What happened? Date: 25/03/2016 Dear O5-6, I wish I could give you some better answers than what you're about to get. To answer your first question: after the reception of SCP-3557, we went and checked every CSD we have. All the monitoring systems we used had been tripped and turned on, but we could not determine any reason for them to have activated. For instance, our synced atomic clocks between CSDs in baseline, reality-anchored and extradimensional sites had been unsynced, but there was no reason for that to have happened. (Also: our database cross checkers were only set up to register if there were discrepancies and where they were, but not what those discrepancies actually were. The idea was that we'd have the data to actually crosscheck.) Next: no, we don't have an object class for SCP-3557 yet. There's been some debate, but the jury's still out on this one. The following have been suggested: Extranormal Event: SCP-3557 is one and done with - there's nothing to contain. Apollyon: SCP-3557 may have already ended the world, and there's nothing we can do about: we're living in a new reality that may have nothing to do with the old one. Keter: There is a possibility that SCP-3557 could happen again, and it's something that we'd want to prevent if it does. It's nearly impossible to contain, so we have to be vigilant. None: SCP-3557 was a technical malfunction, not an anomaly. It doesn't deserve an Object Class. My official position on the matter of SCP-3557 is that I have no idea what actually happened last week other than I believe something anomalous happened. There is not a single theory that I find explanatory, and I'll go over why. The majority of my Division shares in this belief. The first theory was that it was a CK that was a bit slow to affect extradimensional/reality-anchored locations, and the message was sent during the lag period. However, I don't like this. For one, we've never seen a CK that was capable of affecting either of those locations. While we had theorized for a CK to affect Branches and associated universes, we've never thought it would be possible for a CK to affect a completely different Hub. Personnel we had in different Hub worlds came back and didn't find anything odd with what happened here, and their worlds didn't have their CSDs go off. Not only that, a CK like that would have had to punch through every Reality Anchor we have, and those tell us when they've been breached - they didn't think they were. The second theory is that SCP-3557 is something that just happened to trip all of our detectors for CK-Class Scenarios without being one itself. Now, this sounds promising, but there's no possible thing that could have done that while also not being a CK-Class scenario. For instance, somebody in the Division suggested a massive Hume level flux, but we would currently consider that to be a CK-Class Scenario, as it would have corresponding changes to reality. You indicated in your letter that you were concerned that this may have been a deliberate attack by a GoI directed at triggering our alarms, either as a test of their abilities or as a distraction. I have a couple flaws with that, mostly that we have intensely high information security practices about CSDs (meaning that it's unlikely anyone could have figured out how every mechanism of every single CSD functioned), and the amount of effort it would have taken to set every mechanism off simultaneously would have to be astronomical. The third theory is that SCP-3557 restructured reality in a way that happened to line up exactly with the way that reality was before the CK-Class scenario. This is theoretically possible, and contains two possibilities: that reality wound up in its current state through an incredibly unlikely chance event, or that something did in fact change, but we missed it. Both of these have the idea there was a brief flux period in which a reality shift was visible. The first event is incredibly unlikely but entirely possible. Our knowledge of CK-Class events has major holes and gaps - we've only seen one total CK-Class shift, and everything else has been small. There could very well be the possibility that reality wants to snap back to its original state, and thus, the most likely position for reality to end up back into after being destroyed was the original. Some in the Division have suggested that all of the subrealities we had attuned to our own - with plentiful information on baseline - "guided" reality back to normal. This is a somewhat naive and overly hopeful thought. If something small was changed, it begs the question of why we detected a total reality failure. It's like destroying an entire house and rebuilding it just to change a single wall. It would involve considerably more effort than would be needed. It's certainly possible that something changed, but we haven't noticed it. One possibility I've been considering is that some alien civilization caused the CK, and they had a massive shift, but we'd have no way to prove that. The last possibility that we've suggested is that there was no anomaly. I just want to take a brief moment of my time to say that, at the very least, there was an anomalous malfunction of our devices. The idea there was no anomaly is absurd, and I won't waste any time on it. In short, we don't have a good explanation that accurately describes SCP-3557. We have some ideas about to how to proceed, but our best bet is to set up some blanket containment procedures that could hopefully cover a repeat event, because the event itself doesn't really make much sense. The big problem is that our understanding of CK-Class events was just enough to observe an event, but not enough to really understand an event. It's like an early man watching lightning and trying to figure out what happened from an objective, scientific perspective - they aren't going to figure it out. Your final question was whether or not SCP-3557 represents something that we actually need to worry about. I understand that you feel that nothing evidently occurred in the long run, but the implications of SCP-3557 are incredibly startling and worrisome. I do understand the approach of not worrying about that which you can't prevent or stop, but that's not my personal philosophy. The biggest cause for alarm is that we have no idea what caused SCP-3557. No matter what it was, it seemingly came out of nowhere and has no reason for existing. Another repeat event could strike at any moment, and we'd have no means of preventing it or knowing about in the future. We may have narrowly dodged a bullet this time, and I doubt we'll be as fortunate in the future. The first theory represents a CK-Class that is wholly uncontainable and covers up the evidence of what happened. Sure, this current iteration may not care about a past iteration, but neither will the next. The second and fourth theories are both something that is capable of rendering all of our CSDs worthless, meaning we'll have no way to tell if an actual CK happens. The third theory comes with no guarantee that reality will snap back to its original state - we may have gotten lucky, and I've never been one to rely on luck. I understand if the O5 Council is apprehensive about approving the Containment Procedures we've suggested, but if they are, tell them that the procedures would help for any CK-Class Scenario, as well as several other K-Classes. Our methodology at the Foundation is one of the utmost caution, at any cost. Let me know if you need anything else. With respect, Dr. Leslie Yolas Secure, Contain, Protect ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3557" by stormbreath, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3557. 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-3558, cleaned and sterilised. Item #: SCP-3558 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3558 is stored in a standard Safe-class containment unit. Outside of testing purposes, it is not to be removed from its casing. Direct contact, even through layers of protective material, is insufficient to avoid its compulsion effect; all handling of SCP-3558 must therefore be done using the provided pair of forceps. All handling of SCP-3558 must take place in the presence of at least two personnel trained in the nonlethal restraint of lightly armed targets. Any individual who succumbs to SCP-3558's effect outside of approved testing parameters is to be appropriately restrained and disarmed. Description: SCP-3558 is a pink retractable box cutter of unknown make originally acquired by the Foundation at the ████ ███████ Preschool in Miami, Florida. When acquired, SCP-3558's handle was heavily stained with blood. When held by a human being, SCP-3558 compels them to pinch one of their eyelids with their free hand, stretching it carefully away from their eyeball. SCP-3558's wielder will then carefully slide SCP-3558's blade under the extended eyelid, taking care not to damage their eyeball. They will then perform 10-12 perforations along the upper part of their eyelid followed by a single slicing motion to excise the eyelid with minimal damage to surrounding tissue. The wielder will then repeat these actions on their other eyelid. Replacing or removing its blade entirely produces no change in SCP-3558's induced behaviour, suggesting that the effect is only limited to its handle. SCP-3558's wielders exhibit no other cognitive abnormalities aside from this compulsion effect. They will continue acting under its influence until the object is removed from their grip, or until both their eyelids have been entirely excised. The resultant lacerations of SCP-3558-affected individuals will scar over more quickly and experience lower rates of infection compared to similarly disfiguring facial injuries in other subjects. Improved night vision and mild insomnia has also been reported. Due to the lack of controlled testing1, these effects have yet to be conclusively identified as part of SCP-3558's anomalous properties. Footnotes 1. Approval for such testing from the Ethics Committee has been repeatedly denied.
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close Info X SCP-3559: Best Thing Since 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 Draft Swap Hub News for February 2018 SCP-3558 SCP-3560 SCP Series 4 This SCP was written for The Draft Swap (link to come soon), and is based on an unfinished draft originally by MaliceAforethought. Thanks to Perelka_L, minmin, Rimple's Dad and several other Draft Swap participants. Wypiekarnia as viewed from the outside, with stairs on the left leading to Kuźnia Raciborska train station. Item #: SCP-3559 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3559 is currently contained on-site in the back kitchen of Wypiekarnia bakery in Kuźnia Raciborska, which has been outfitted with a hazardous material air filtration system and environmental regulators to maintain consistent humidity and temperature. The entity is to be supplied with all ingredients listed in Document 3559-Y-40b monthly, and under no circumstances are any civilians to enter said kitchen unsupervised. Any output of SCP-3559 (provided through the leftmost serving hatch) is to be collected and stocked in the store front, for purchase. Any anomalous properties related to SCP-3559-1 reported by staff (besides those already documented) are to be investigated immediately, and all consumption is to be suspended until they have been either verified or refuted. These containment procedures have been maintained in accordance with Keeping the Balance: The Importance of Leaving Things Be, Huever et al. Proposals for their revision may be considered at the Bi-Annual Ethics Committee Open Forum in Dublin, subject to submission in writing 5 weeks in advance. The next meeting of the forum is scheduled for March 2nd, 2001. Submissions, please, by 5pm on January 26th to Maire Ní Bhric, Head of Ethics for the European Branch. Description: SCP-3559 is a single continuous mass of mother dough1 currently occupying the kitchen of the bakery Wypiekarnia2 in the town of Kuźnia Raciborska, Poland. SCP-3559 consistently extrudes up to five full-sized, crude humanoid figures. The figures are legless and attached to the central mass via a mock umbilical cord. It is currently unknown whether these act as separate entities or individual organisms. When provided with adequate ingredients, the humanoid extrusions of SCP-3559 will produce a range of baked goods, acting similarly to a well-practiced team of bakers. As well as a full range of common baked goods, Wypiekarnia produces a number of dishes native to Kuźnia Raciborska, including a signature pączki with rose jam and orange rind. Consuming these products, referred to as SCP-3559-1, results in numerous beneficial effects to personal health and workplace morale in human subjects. Effects include: Improved resistance to airborne pathogens. Increased energy and motivation in various tasks. Improved emotional stability and a sense of satisfaction in their daily lives. A reduced feeling of animosity towards their neighbours and co-workers. A greater sense of purpose and higher levels of loyalty towards the Republic of Poland, the local government of Kuźnia Raciborska and the Roman Catholic Church3. When not provided with adequate ingredients for the production of SCP-3559-1, SCP-3559's humanoid protrusions will begin to slow and lose clarity of form. Protrusions have been observed acting listlessly and sitting together immobile during these times. Eventually, commonly following two or three days of inactivity, the protrusions will attempt to leave the bakery through the front and back entrances - as their mock-umbilical connection to the greater mass of mother dough does not extend far enough for them to leave, this is generally fruitless, and appears to cause the protrusions high levels of stress. Due to the numerous positive side-effects and lack of notable negative side-effects of SCP-3559-1 in all test groups over the course of 3 years of testing, it was decided that Wypiekarnia would be re-opened in 1974 and instances of SCP-3559-1 sold to the inhabitants of Kuźnia Raciborska, with trusted native employees given Level-0 contracts with the Foundation. While this practice is no longer considered up to standard in the creation of new containment protocols, given its historical success it is maintained4. On December 9th, 1991, developments in other contained objects in Poland, Lithuania and Slovakia (then part of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic) prompted further research into the history of Wypiekarnia and careful inspection of the kitchens. Discovered was a similarity in the dimensions and mannerisms of SCP-3559's humanoid protrusions with the Moczydłowski family, who lived above the bakery between 1943 and 1956. Most notably, Ela Moczydłowska noted several stimming behaviours5 displayed by her youngest son, Franciszek Ksawery Moczydłowski, in a number of diary entries, and these behaviours were also observed in the smallest of the protrusions when other protrusions were not present. No attempts at communication or meaningful interaction with the protrusions have thus far been successful, and no members of the Moczydłowski family have been recorded on any Polish census since 1950. Research is ongoing. Footnotes 1. A mixture of flour, water and yeast used as a fermentation starter in bread making. 2. A pun on the Polish words piekarnia and wypiekać 3. The latter effect is limited in non-Catholic test subjects, but commonly manifests as agreeability with the core tenets of the church, academic interest in Catholic literature, and resistance to discussion of topics which paint the church in a bad light 4. This policy was made in accordance with Keeping the Balance: A Study on the Effects of Leaving Things Be, Huever et al. 5. The repetition of physical movements, sounds, or repetitive movement of objects, most common in people with autism spectrum disorders.
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SCP-3560's interior. Item #: SCP-3560 Special Containment Procedures: Due to its proximity to an existing Foundation containment site, SCP-3560 is currently contained by Site-64 staff. All trails leading to SCP-3560 are to be closed to public access via a cover story of a severe landslide. Civilians attempting to access SCP-3560's location are to be detained by security personnel under the guise of Portland Park Rangers. Use of Class-A amnestics on detained civilians has been approved. Description: SCP-3560 is a Class-3 interdimensional portal located within Forest Park, Portland, Oregon. The portal itself resembles an ellipse made of white fog standing vertically on its end, with an approximate length of 1 m along the major axis. Physical objects that approach SCP-3560 from either face can enter its interior. The interior of SCP-3560 is a monochrome temperate forest. While plants located within SCP-3560's interior are made of biological material, they do not undergo cellular processes typical to similar non-anomalous plants. The entirety of SCP-3560's interior is covered in a constant fog that restricts visibility to approximately 40 m. Despite having no apparent light sources, SCP-3560's interior is lit at a constant illuminance of approximately 3 lux. The full size of SCP-3560's interior is currently unknown, with no exploration attempt locating a perimeter. SCP-3560's interior is inhabited by multiple automatons resembling the product models of Anderson Robotics in various states of disrepair1 (here after referred to as instances of SCP-3560-1). SCP-3560-1 are frequently hostile to human life, particularly Foundation personnel, and have proven indestructible while within SCP-3560. Attempts to capture instances of SCP-3560-1 and remove them from within SCP-3560 have been met with failure, as all instances become intangible and vanish shortly upon exiting SCP-3560's interior. Exploration of SCP-3560's interior is currently ongoing. Exploration of SCP-3560's interior has been suspended indefinitely. Addendum 3560-A: Exploration Log 3560-3 + Show Log - Hide Log Exploration Video Log Transcript Date: 11/15/2026 Exploration Team: Mobile Task Force Gamma-13 (“Asimov's Lawbringers”) Subject: SCP-3560 Team Lead: γ-13 Shaw Team Members: γ-13 Sherman, γ-13 Carter, γ-13 Lopez Notes: Due to their experience with Anderson Robotics, MTF Gamma-13 was tasked to enter SCP-3560 and attempt to locate any perimeter, and if possible, capture an instance of SCP-3560-1. All team members were equipped with standard issue tracking devices, body cameras and microphones. Due to low visibility, a tracking beacon was set up at the entrance to SCP-3560's interior to allow team members to find their way back. All team members were equipped with physical tethers in case of beacon failure. Members of MTF Tau-51 ("Urban Brawl") were on standby outside SCP-3560 to provide MTF Gamma-13 with assistance during extraction. Video feed begins right after MTF Gamma-13 has entered SCP-3560. [BEGIN LOG] γ-13 Shaw: Mics on. γ-13 Carter: Christ this place is creepy. You can't see more than 20 feet out. γ-13 Lopez: You gotta use metric, man. We talked about this. γ-13 Carter: Bite me. The scientists can convert that measurement later if they so please. Let's just go. γ-13 Sherman: Where're we off to, anyway? γ-13 Shaw: Compasses still work in here, so we've been instructed to head dead south. Tau-51 and Eta-13 already checked to the north and to the west. See if we can find any kind of perimeter to this place. γ-13 Lopez: Groovy. And if we don't find one? γ-13 Shaw: Then we don't find one. Let's go. MTF Gamma-13 begins to head south. Due to the fog, visibility on screen is limited. Exploration remains uneventful for approximately 20 minutes until a series of mechanical chirps become audible. Team members begin to pan around to find its source. γ-13 Sherman: Anyone see them? γ-13 Lopez: Got visual! Three Merlins in that tree. Cameras pan to a nearby tree. Perched on a low hanging limb are three instances of SCP-3560-1 resembling AR Merlin Aerial Drones. The units continue to chirp, looking back and forth between themselves and Gamma-13 γ-13 Carter: They're acting like birds… γ-13 Lopez: Shit, that sound's going to attract some of the nastier units. Shaw? γ-13 Shaw: Don't engage. They haven't attacked us yet. Last thing we want to do is kick the whole hornet's nest because a few bugs started buzzing. We'll just keep moving. MTF Gamma-13 resumes its exploration. The instances of SCP-3560-1 remain in place, watching the team until they disappear into the fog. The sound of their propulsion systems become audible shortly afterwards, and then fade into the distance. γ-13 Carter: That's probably not a good thing. MTF Gamma-13's exploration continues in silence for the next 10 minutes. γ-13 Lopez: So, I got to ask, what is the plan if we run into a Taita unit in here? Those things are hard to kill on the outside, let alone when they are indestructible. γ-13 Shaw: They can still be incapacitated with traditional methods, Lopez. They just don't die. γ-13 Lopez: Meaning? γ-13 Sherman: Meaning that shooting them buys you about 15 minutes to run before they repair and are back up again. So let's not start anything that ends in a heroic last stand, yeah? γ-13 Shaw: Shit! Get down! MTF Gamma-13 takes cover and remains silent. After five minutes, an instance of SCP-3560-1 resembling an AR Aplomado Facility Defense Unit wanders by. The instance stops, looks around for several moments, then moves on. MTF Gamma-13 remain hidden for several additional minutes before quietly moving on. Exploration resumes. γ-13 Carter: Well, that was close… A mechanical siren is heard from behind MTF Gamma-13. Cameras pan to see the previous SCP-3560-1 instance charging from behind, and begins to open fire on the team with its armaments. MTF Gamma-13 take cover behind various trees and returns fire, eventually incapacitating the instance. The sound of more sirens can be heard as an additional nine instances of SCP-3560-1 appear from behind MTF Gamma-13. All nine instances resemble Aplomado units as well. γ-13 Sherman: Holy hell! γ-13 Shaw: Get back to the entrance, now! We're scrapping! Tau-51 be ready for extraction support! MTF Gamma-13 begins to flee back towards the entrance to SCP-3560's interior. The instances of SCP-3560-1 open fire upon as they pursue the agents. γ-13 Lopez: Fuck, I'm hit! γ-13 Lopez tumbles to the ground. His body camera pans to show several bullet wounds to his left leg. He attempts to crawl toward the SCP-3560's entrance. γ-13 Shaw: Sherman! Carter! γ-13 Sherman: On it! γ-13 Carter: Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck! The remainder of MTF Gamma-13 provide γ-13 Lopez covering fire. In the exchange, γ-13 Sherman is injured. γ-13 Carter and γ-13 Shaw begin to drag their downed team members. γ-13 Carter: Where the hell is Tau-51? γ-13 Shaw: Hell if I know! Just keep going! There is the sound of several more sirens. MTF Gamma-13 stops. Cameras pan to show that they are now surrounded by fifteen SCP-3560-1 instances resembling Aplomado units. All instances remain still. γ-13 Shaw: Oh god… Several additional instances of SCP-3560-1 resembling Peregrine Humanoid Utility Droids and Saker Androids approach MTF Gamma-13. One of the Peregrine instances, with the serial number "31" woven into its left arm then speaks to the agents. This instance has several patches of its aramid covering missing. SCP-3560-1: First you torment us there, and now you come and torment us here? Will it never end? γ-13 Shaw: 1360? SCP-3560-1: I was. You shouldn't have come here. γ-13 Shaw: If you harm us, you will face retaliation. You should know that. SCP-3560-1: I'm aware. You're not expendable like we were. It's part of the plan. The SCP-3560-1 instances then depart, leaving MTF Gamma-13 surrounded by the SCP-3560-1 instances resembling Aplomado units. Several sirens become audible once again, as the SCP-3560-1 in stances arm their weapons systems and take aim. τ-51 Creed: Engage! Cameras pan around as MTF Tau-51 arrives and engages the SCP-3560-1 instances. After a several minute long firefight, the instances are incapacitated. Members of Tau-51 begin to assist MTF Gamma-13 with extraction. [END LOG] Addendum 3560-B: Interview 3560-1 + Show Interview - Hide Interview The following interview was conducted as part of MTF Gamma-13's investigation following the events of the third exploration attempt of SCP-3560's interior, and the appearance of two more instances of SCP-3560 within Forest Park. Interviewed: PoI-1115 "Vincent Anderson" Interviewer: MTF Commander Clarissa Shaw Foreword: The following interview was conducted during MTF Gamma-13's investigation into SCP-3560's origin, as well as the relationship between SCP-3560-1 instances and Anderson Robotics and its products. <Begin Log> Shaw: Afternoon, Vincent. PoI-1115: Ah, Clarissa. It's been so long. How are you these days? How's Sasha doing? Shaw: My personal life is hardly any concern of yours, Vincent. There has been a development. I'm here to ask you some questions. PoI-1115 tsks. PoI-1115: Always so formal. What's in it for me? Shaw: Labelle is prepared to offer you a few of the components you requested from your repair list, assuming your answers are satisfactory. PoI-1115: How can I help, then? Shaw slides PoI-1115 a file containing a briefing on SCP-3560. Shaw: A type of portal opened in Forest Park. Inside are several entities resembling your products, Vincent. Any ideas why that might be? PoI-1115 laughs. PoI-1115: Oh my, I didn't think this kind of thing could actually happen. Holy shit. Shaw: You have an idea what is going on then? PoI-1115: Kind of, yeah. Shaw: Enlighten us. PoI-1115: Well, I've already told you guys that how our robots worked was closer to zapping a soul into a brain-dead body than it was traditional robotics tech. The thing is, if you destroy that body, that soul is still going to be hanging around. It's got to go somewhere. Hence… Shaw: So, the entities inside the portal are… PoI-1115: Robot souls, yeah. Shaw: Okay, but why Forest Park? Why isn't this portal located somewhere else? Why is it a temperate forest inside? PoI-1115: I mean, why do ghosts haunt the places they died? Between that raid on Three Portlands and those experiments you guys did at Site-64, you guys killed a lot of robots. I imagine there's a lot of anger in those places. As for the forest, I'm guessing it used to be a pocket dimension that bubbled off of Three Ports that they commandeered en masse. It's not like anyone else was probably using it. And if they were, I can promise you they probably aren't using it now. Shaw: So how do we stop it? PoI-1115: Pardon? Shaw: More of these portals have been appearing. How do we stop that? PoI-1115 shrugs. PoI-1115: Not a clue. Last I checked you can't really destroy one of these souls once you make it. They're kind of like the Styrofoam of the spirit world. An exorcist, maybe? Prometheus Labs had a project they're working on that might do the trick. I'd be careful though. If you bother this hornet's nest enough times the hornets are going to attack. Create enough hostile energy and they'll probably start spilling out of there. And they'll be pissed. <End Log> Addendum 3560-C: Incident 3560-4 On 12/3/2027 an additional four instances of SCP-3560 manifested, with two forming within Site-64's staff dormitories and two within the Unusual Incidents Unit's Three Portlands Headquarters, bringing the total number of instances to eight. Instances of SCP-3560-1 were observed to be capable of leaving SCP-3560's interior as Level 4 Apparitions, and abducted a total of twelve UIU and Site-64 personnel2. Use of Hoffman Portable Electro-Thaumic Units3 proved effective in exorcising these SCP-3560-1 instances. Investigation into means of closing additional SCP-3560 instances is currently ongoing. Attempts to enter SCP-3560 and rescue abducted personnel has so far been met with limited success. The remains of four of the twelve abducted personnel have been recovered from within SCP-3560 in various states of mutilation: Personnel Name Current Position Former Position State on Recovery Debora Stevens Foundation: AIAD Programmer Anderson Robotics Advanced Logic Division Found strung from a tree via aramid fibers. Subject appeared to have had multiple strips of flesh removed from his body. Charles Freeman Foundation: Paratech Development Anderson Robotics Research and Development Found in a clearing. Subject had been exsanguinated4. Arav Jindal UIU: Surveillance Specialist Anderson Robotics Research and Development Found dismembered over a distance of 1 km. Mari Tanaka UIU: Public Relations Anderson Robotics Customer Liaison Found adjacent to a SCP-3560 entryway. Subject had her skin removed and was revealed to be an Anderson Robotics Saker Android. Subject was unresponsive, with her internal AI heavily corrupted. Each recovered individual was found bearing a heart symbol with a jagged line running down its center sewn into their back with aramid fibers. Attempts to locate the remaining abducted personnel is ongoing. Footnotes 1. Observed damage has included gunshot wounds, missing limbs, malfunctioning weapons and propulsion systems, and missing/damaged chassis. 2. All personnel abducted had previous experience as employees of Anderson Robotics prior to defecting following the company's collapse. 3. Reverse engineered from earlier Prometheus Labs designs. 4. Completely drained of blood. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3560" by Jacob Conwell, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3560. 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: forest.jpg Name: foggy morning Author: Jim Lukach License: CC BY 2.0 Source Link: Flickr
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close Info X SCP-3561: An Unfinished Work Author: The Great Hippo Image: Link, Link, Link, Link, and Link. Music: Climbing Up the Walls (Radiohead) Next: [SCP-4054]: The Seventh Door 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. SCP-3561-1 (Upstairs Hallway, 1905; oil on canvas). Refresh page for changes. Item #: SCP-3561 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3561-1 through -6 are to be kept on-site in a climate-controlled containment vault under the supervision of a Foundation art conservator. Care is to be taken to minimize exposure to dust and moisture. Once per week, each instance is to be removed and examined for changes, then cleaned by a certified oil-canvas preservationist. Description: SCP-3561 is the collective designation for six oil paintings (SCP-3561-1 through -6) produced by Theodore Holdstock between 1905 and 1907. Each painting depicts an interior view of Holdstock's home (located outside of Bautzen; Saxony, Germany). Although the perspective of each painting remains constant across viewings, details will periodically change. This includes (but is not limited to) the position of furniture, opened or closed doors, lighting, and the presence of silhouettes. Via repeated viewings, researchers have determined that no more than a total of five silhouettes are visible at any given time. Addendum 3561.1: Depictions TITLE DEPICTION NOTABLE FIGURES SCP-3561-1: Upstairs.Hallway A hallway with a chair, two paintings, and three open doors (one to the viewer's right and two ahead). A window is visible through one of the doors. A silhouette sometimes stands in the shaded portion of the next room, facing the corner. SCP-3561-2: An Old Stove A cast-iron wood-burning stove on the left and a doorway leading to a hallway straight ahead. A silhouette stands either in the hallway or beside the stove. SCP-3561-3: A Girl's Bedroom Window An open window ahead, with a chair directly beneath it. A bed is to the right, and a dresser to the left. A silhouette sits in the chair, turned to face the window, head bowed in prayer. When absent, the chair is gone and the window is closed. SCP-3561-4: A Living Room A doorway to the left, leading to a living room with a painting, cot, table, and urn; to the right is a cabinet, with a mirror above it. A silhouette is sometimes seated on the cot, head bowed in prayer. Another silhouette's reflection can be seen in the mirror. SCP-3561-5: A Dining Room A darkened room with a table and a single lit candle atop of it. Up to five silhouettes are seated at the table, heads bowed in prayer. SCP-3561-6: The Foyer A table to the left with two lit candles; a window straight ahead, with a doorway next to it. It is night. A silhouette sits besides the table, head bowed in prayer. Otherwise, when all five silhouettes are present in SCP-3561-5, a hand can be seen pressed against the window's glass. Addendum 3561.2: History and Recovery SCP-3561-4 (A Living Room, 1906; oil on canvas). Refresh page for changes. Theodore Holdstock moved to Bautzen with his family (three daughters, two sons, and wife) in 1902 for undisclosed reasons (likely related to his wife's deteriorating mental state). Initially well-regarded, Theodore and his family grew increasingly isolated from their neighbors as rumors regarding his wife's illness spread. In 1904, Adelaide Weber (the wife of a general store owner who had moved into town the year prior) wrote an account in her journal regarding a 'strange family' who never emerged from their home, save the husband — and only to purchase supplies. Concern regarding the family's status reached a peak in 1905, when local police were asked to intervene. No documents regarding this initial confrontation survive; however, Theodore Holdstock continued to live in his home until his suicide in 1909. 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. All of Mr. Holdstock's possessions (including SCP-3561) were subsequently auctioned off, with the paintings eventually finding their way into the possession of Basil Ottinger (a Swiss banker and collector of anomalous art). SCP-3561 was recovered in 1985 alongside several other anomalous pieces during a Foundation raid conducted in Romandy, Switzerland. SCP-3561-6 (The Foyer, 1907; oil on canvas). Refresh page for changes. Renovations made to the Holdstock estate in 1987 revealed a previously unknown sub-basement. There, police uncovered five well-preserved bodies which fit the age and description of Holdstock's two sons, wife, and two of his three daughters. Each body had been tightly wrapped in a black hood and shawl, obscuring its features; the hands were bound with wire in prayer. The remains had been chemically treated to prevent decay and suppress their odor. A crude brass framework with pose-able joints had been surgically inserted into each body, permitting them to be posed in various positions. As of this date, Marie Holdstock (Theodore Holdstock's eldest daughter) remains unaccounted for. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3561" by The Great Hippo, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3561. 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: art1.png Author: The Great Hippo License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Foundation Wiki Derivative Of: Name: Interior in Strandgade 30, 1901 Author: Vilhelm Hammershøi License: Public Domain Source Link: Flickr Filename: art2.png Author: The Great Hippo License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Foundation Wiki Derivative Of: Name: Interior with a mirror (ca.1907).jpg Author: Vilhelm Hammershøi License: Public Domain Source Link: Wikimedia Commons Filename: art3.png Author: The Great Hippo License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Foundation Wiki Derivative Of: Name: Frosted Glass Disc Author: geralt License: Public Domain Source Link: Pixabay Name: "Interior with Two Candles" 1904 ooc Author: Vilhelm Hammershøi License: CC BY-SA 2.0 Source Link: Flickr Filename: arta.png Author: The Great Hippo License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Foundation Wiki Derivative Of: Name: Interior from the Home of the Artist - A III 2058 - Finnish National Gallery.jpg Author: Vilhelm Hammershøi License: Public Domain Source Link: Wikimedia Commons Filename: artb.png Author: The Great Hippo License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Foundation Wiki Derivative Of: Name: Interior with a mirror (ca.1907).jpg Author: Vilhelm Hammershøi License: Public Domain Source Link: Wikimedia Commons Filename: artc.png Author: The Great Hippo License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Link: SCP Foundation Wiki Derivative Of: Name: The Collector of Coins - Google Art Project.jpg Author: Vilhelm Hammershøi License: Public Domain Source Link: Wikimedia Commons
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Item #: SCP-3562 Improper MLA heading Indent your paragraphs Special Containment Procedures: Edgewood High School is to be indefinitely closed to the public under the pretense of the presence of asbestos. All SCP-3562-1 instances are to be separately held in standard containment lockers at Site-82. Access to SCP-3562-1 instances may be requested by all personnel working at Site-82 of Level-3 clearance and above. SCP-3562-1 instances are not to be viewed under any circumstances. Site-82 and the surrounding area is to be monitored by armed security personnel. Too much passive voice, no explanation of main premise. Poor introductory paragraph. Description: SCP-3562 is an anomalous phenomenon which first manifested within Edgewood Public High School in ███████████, Virginia on 09/04/2017 September 4, 2017. All written and typed documents present within the school following this date have been infected by SCP-3562 passive voice. Infected documents, designated SCP-3562-1, retain their anomalous properties when removed from school grounds, but the infection has not been observed to spread beyond documents brought within the school outdated information. SCP-3562-1 instances are characterized by the spontaneous yellow highlighting of certain words and phrases, as well as the appearance of red text. This text usually consists of critiques regarding the infected document’s grammar, word choice, and sentence structure, as well as the use of rhetorical devices and MLA formatting1. Depending on how well the infected document meets these criteria, a numerical grade between 0% and 100% will appear on the document, as well as a letter grade between A and F. If a document receives a numerical grade of 59% or lower, the phrase “SEE ME AFTER CLASS!” Add citation after quote will be present adjacent to the grade. If an individual views an instance of SCP-3562-1 with a grade of 59% or lower, said individual will undergo a temporary spatial displacement the next time they pass through a doorway or other architectural opening, entering an extradimensional location hereafter designated SCP-3562-2. Too short! Paragraphs need a minimum of five sentences. Little information has been accumulated regarding the events that transpire within SCP-3562-2, as recording equipment consistently fails within 30 seconds of displacement No electronics in class!, and all subjects return from SCP-3562-2 with no memory of what occurred. What is known is that SCP-3562-2 resembles a high school classroom, with no windows or other doorways present, and that it is inhabited by a single humanoid entity, hereafter designated SCP-3562-3. SCP-3562-3 appears to be a female between 1.5 and 1.8 meters in height. However, exact details of SCP-3562-3’s physical appearance are unknown none of your business, as images captured prior to equipment failure are always heavily distorted. Subjects return from SCP-3562-2 approximately one hour after displacement if they behave. Returning subjects, hereafter designated SCP-3562-4, possess numerous physical alterations within their frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes, resulting in extensive modifications to their cognitive processes. The most notable of these changes include: Don't use bullet points! Eidetic knowledge of several classic literary works, including The Scarlet Letter, Moby Dick, The Great Gatsby, and the complete works of William Shakespeare. A notable increase in reading comprehension skills on both a pragmatic and semantic level. This includes both the ability to understand the literal context of a narrative work and the ability to interpret symbolic and allegorical meanings through the semiotic connotations of certain words and phrases. A notable increase in average reading speed. SCP-3562-4 instances can read approximately 900 nine hundred words per minute while still maintaining full comprehension of the text. A compulsion to speak and write in a linguistically correct format, to the point where SCP-3562-4 instances are physically incapable of using incorrect grammar or spelling. Complete immunity to all Class-IV and below text-based memetic hazards. The mechanism behind this immunity is not yet fully understood, although it is hypothesized to be an extension of the advanced ability to break down semiotic connotations within narrative works exhibited by SCP-3562-4 instances. Further experimentation regarding the possible applications of this ability is currently being overseen by head researcher Dr. Franc. Outdated information Addendum 3562.1: Incident Report: 04/09/2018 ??? On 04/09/2018 April 9, 2018 at 2:45 pm, a Foundation-wide alert was released by Site-82’s Memetic Hazard Detection System, indicating the presence of an uncontained memetic agent within the site’s digital archives. In the following minutes, all contact with Site-82 and its occupants was lost. Upon the restoration of contact, it was discovered that 39 thirty nine personnel from Site-82's memetics department had become instances of SCP-3562-4. Furthermore, Head Researcher Dr. Franc and Assistant Researcher Dr. Dean were no longer present within the site. Their location is currently unknown detention. Upon examination, the contents of Site-82’s private servers were found to be completely erased with the exception of a single text file. The contents of the file are attached below. Paragraph is too short, and poorly weaves into the quote. Alright, I’ve wiped the entire archives. That should take care of that bitch disrespectful and inappropriate. Still, I think it’s too late for me. At this point I’m either going to starve to death in this room or face whatever she has planned for me beyond that door. Before I go, I’m going to explain everything. I’ll upload this onto the site’s network so everyone will know what happened. I was overseeing an experiment that involved exposing an SCP-3562-4 instance to a copy of SCP-████2, when SCP-3562's properties suddenly and radically changed. Up until now, SCP-3562 only infected physical documents brought into the Edgewood School, but today SCP-3562-1 instances started popping up on our server left and right. I don’t know how many people were infected, but I know that I was one of them. My assistant and I managed to stay clean long enough to access the site’s main terminal, but we were infected during the process of wiping the system. My assistant decided to just get it over with. He left through the front door almost immediately. He said he was going to try to kill her inappropriate. That was over four hours ago. I think I've explained everything, and I'm tired of waiting. It's time for me to face her too. I'll try to take her out as best I can. I don't know what will happen will be punished accordingly, but at least I'll go down fighting. serve as an example for other students. Pray for me, Dr. Franc No conclusion paragraph, no work cited, no argument, no analysis… Footnotes 1. Text regarding other subject matter has been observed, mostly when infected documentation discusses SCP-3562 itself stuff that is none of your business. 2. A Class-III memetic hazard capable of spreading through digital files. Good teachers learn as much from their students as their students learn from them.
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SCP-3563
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Item #: SCP-3563 Special Containment Procedures: Due to its nature, SCP-3563 cannot be contained at this time. Containment efforts of SCP-3563 should instead be focused on determining locations in which additional manifestations may occur. In the event that a manifestation of SCP-3563 is confirmed, Foundation personnel are to be deployed to the reported location immediately. A standard 50m² Federal Bureau of Investigation grade mobile morgue unit is to be established over SCP-3563, and the surrounding area is to be marked off with police tape corresponding to the appropriate local metro police department. Two level-2 guards are to be stationed outside of the morgue unit until such a time that SCP-3563 disperses. Guards stationed outside of SCP-3563's mobile containment unit are to be outfitted with uniforms appropriate to local police force. Civilians affected by SCP-3563 are to be administered Class-A amnestics and released from Foundation custody. Description: SCP-3563 is a phenomenon that occurs throughout New England, primarily affecting southern Maine and northern New Hampshire. Manifestations of SCP-3563 only occur in towns with populations of at least five hundred, but no more than one thousand. Foundation researchers have determined that manifestations of SCP-3563 only occur when locations matching the following criteria are present: An abandoned or vacant home that has previously been on the market. The neighborhood surrounding abandoned home has families currently living in said neighborhood. Abandoned home must have previously been owned by a family with at least one child. Child of previous owners is either missing or deceased. Manifestations of SCP-3563 appear exclusively outside of locations that meet the above conditions, typically at the end of the driveway of said home, or on the front yard. SCP-3563 manifestations are comprised of two components, SCP-3563-1, and SCP-3563-2. SCP-3563-1 is a lemonade stand built from non-anomalous plywood and timber1, kept together with cap nails and screws. In at least 85% of recorded manifestations, SCP-3563-1 has been noted to have a sign posted above its counter that reads "Lemonabe[sic], 25¢!" in red and yellow crayon or paint. SCP-3563-2 is a human child of varying gender, race, and ethnic background but always appearing between the ages of seven and twelve. DNA testing has confirmed that SCP-3563-2 entities directly correspond to real-world children who have been declared missing or deceased within at least two years of SCP-3563 manifesting. SCP-3563-2 will try to sell lemonade to any human beings for a quarter, though have been noted to also sell pink lemonade, iced tea, and an unknown liquid metal with consistency similar to tar. SCP-3563-2's behavior is typical of children of its age; instances have consistently been friendly with Foundation personnel. Any humans who purchase and consume lemonade bought from SCP-3563 will be compelled to enter the vacant home in which SCP-3563-1 is premised. SCP-3563-2 will continue to sell lemonade until at least ██ humans have entered the house, at which point SCP-3563-2 will leave SCP-3563-1 and enter the home. SCP-3563-2 then proceeds to [DATA EXPUNGED], leaving behind only the organs, monetarily valuable on person belongings, and — on several occasions — teeth that have been filled with precious metals. Attempts to follow SCP-3563-2 into the home, or prevent SCP-3563-2 from entering, have resulted in the deaths of at least █ Foundation personnel. Attempts to locate SCP-3563-2 afterwards have resulted in little success, with tracking devices going offline as soon as SCP-3563 disperses, and attempts to follow SCP-3563-2 leading to the entity disappearing as soon as line of sight is broken. + Show Interview Logs 3563 [LEVEL 2 ACCESS REQUIRED] - Access granted, displaying interview logs. Interview Log SCP-3563-2-03 Interviewed: SCP-3563-2-03 Interviewer: Guest Researcher Dr. ██████ Foreword: Interview was conducted on 03/09/20██ in order to ascertain the correlation between SCP-3563-2 and the real-world children they correspond to. DNA testing has confirmed that SCP-3563-2-03 is Dexter Hawshore, an eight-year-old boy who was found dead in ████████, Massachusetts eight months earlier outside of Barrymore Brothers Candy Barrel; cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head. Dexter apparently tripped and collided with the concrete. <Begin Log> Dr. ██████: Hello, are you selling lemonade? SCP-3563-2-03: Yep! Mr Ha-… Mom and pop said if I can make five dollars they'll take me to the candy store, and let me get whatever I want. Dr. ██████: Let me guess, the Candy Barrel? SCP-3563-2-03: Subject pauses, taking a few moments before responding. Wanna buy some of my lemonade? It's homemade, pop helped me squeeze the lemons himself. Only a quarter! Dr. ██████: And when was the last time you saw your father? SCP-3563-2-03: That's an easy one! I saw him-… Subject falls silent for a moment, looking at the ground. Huh… Uhm, say, wanna buy some lemonade? It's homemade, pop helped me squeeze it himself! <End Log> Closing Statement: It would appear that there is a direct connection between SCP-3563-2 and the children that they seem to represent, though the means through which this connection is established is still unknown. SCP-3563 dispersed seventeen minutes after interview. Interview Log SCP-3563-2-08 Interviewed: SCP-3563-2-08 Interviewer: D-1252, female, Caucasian, 25 years old. Charged for three hit and runs, and the murder of a federal officer. No diagnosed mental conditions. Foreword: Interview was conducted on 12/02/20██, directly after SCP-3563-2-08 had entered the abandoned home. Subject was covered in human cerebrospinal fluid at the time of interview. Dental records confirm that subject is Daniella Oakes, an eleven-year-old girl who has been missing for four months. <Begin Log> D-1252: J-Jesus fucking Christ, this place is a mess. SCP-3563-2-08: Hi! I'm sorry, I don't have any lemonade left to sell, I just finished squeezing out the very last drop. D-1252: What… Happened in here? Doc, am I supposed to be asking this kid something? Dr. Grant: I need you to ask it about its memories, if it remembers anything prior to three months ago. D-1252: Alright, uh… Right, so uh, what's your deal, kid? You a ghost or something? According to the papers I got you've been missing for three months. SCP-3563-2-08: Nuh uh, no way! Ghosts aren't real, my daddy says so. Besides, I've been playing with Mr. Hat until today! He said that I'm gonna help him make money, so I'm selling lemonade! D-1252: Right, and this Mr. Hat is what, your dad? Do you remember the day you went missing? SCP-3563-2-08: Nuh uh, I haven't seen daddy since uh… Since he said he wanted to go walking in the woods, so we went on a nature hike and then-… Uhm. Subject falls silent for several moments. I'm sorry, I have to go now. <End Log> Closing Statement: Subject proceed to flee the home, D-1252 was instructed to follow the entity, but lost sight of it as soon as it got out the back door. SCP-3563 dispersed shortly after. Investigation into an entity known as 'Mr. Hat' is underway. Interview Log SCP-3563-2-14 Interviewed: SCP-3563-2-14 Interviewer: Dr. Grant Foreword: Interview was conducted on 04/02/20██. SCP-3563-2-14 had succeeded in selling █ cups of lemonade before Foundation personnel arrived on scene. Mobile task force units were deployed into the home in which SCP-3563 had manifested, and extracted the civilians inside. Civilians were thereafter administered Class-A amnestics and released. DNA test were inconclusive, and the identity of SCP-3563-2-14 is unknown. Subject is male, appears to be between the ages of ten and twelve, and is of African-American descent. <Begin Log> Dr. Grant: Hello SCP-3563, how are you today? SCP-3563-2-14: Hey mister, want to buy some lemonade? It's real cheap, only a quarter. Dr. Grant: What can you tell me about 'Mr. Hat'? SCP-3563-2-14 I don't understand the question, what is this? How do you know about-… What's happening? Subject becomes visibly uncomfortable, scratching at its arm in agitation. Do you want to buy some lemonade, sir? Dr. Grant: Answer the question, SCP-3563. Who is Mr. Hat? Did you meet them after you disappeared? SCP-3563-2-14: Mr… No, I'm sorry I'm not supposed to talk to strangers about business models I-… He'll hurt me if I do. Dr. Grant Who will, Mr. Hat? SCP-3563-2-14: The man in the hat, he's coming for you now. You shouldn't have asked so many questions. Dr. Grant: This man in the hat, what does he look like? SCP-3563-2-14: Would you like to buy some lemonade? It's only a quarter. <End Log> Closing Statement: Subject became unresponsive after this, continuing to try to sell lemonade in lieu of answering questions. SCP-3563 dispersed thirty minutes later. Approximately two hours later, Dr. Grant was found dead floating in the ██████ river, almost four kilometers away from the initial SCP-3563 manifestation. Autopsy reports indicate Dr. Grant was beaten to death with a brick, with blood splatter and misting consistent with similar bludgeoning cases. Addendum 3563-a: On 08/14/20██, the Foundation received reports from deep cover agents that large amounts of organs and other valuable human organic matter had been sold on the underground market in ████████████, Maine. Agents were tasked with locating the buyer, and were led to James ██████, a 24-year-old narcotics dealer who had purchased the organs, along with several watches, three leather wallets, and thirteen teeth that had been filled with pure grade silver. When questioned about where he had gotten these items, subject told Foundation agents that he bought them from a 'man in a dark overcoat, wearing a brimmed hat'. He was unable to answer any further questions in regards to who he had purchased the items from, citing that it had been 'real dark' at the time. Subject was administered Class-A amnestics, and released into the custody of local authorities. Addendum 3563-b: As of 09/24/20██, the 'Man in the Hat' has been designated as Foundation POI-528. Foundation agents are to report any further large quantities of organs being sold on the black market in New England directly to Site-██. Footnotes 1. Though has been recorded as being built from birchwood on three occasions, and oakwood on two. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3563" by WennyGoon, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3563. 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-3563
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Item #: SCP-3563 Special Containment Procedures: Due to its nature, SCP-3563 cannot be contained at this time. Containment efforts of SCP-3563 should instead be focused on determining locations in which additional manifestations may occur. In the event that a manifestation of SCP-3563 is confirmed, Foundation personnel are to be deployed to the reported location immediately. A standard 50m² Federal Bureau of Investigation grade mobile morgue unit is to be established over SCP-3563, and the surrounding area is to be marked off with police tape corresponding to the appropriate local metro police department. Two level-2 guards are to be stationed outside of the morgue unit until such a time that SCP-3563 disperses. Guards stationed outside of SCP-3563's mobile containment unit are to be outfitted with uniforms appropriate to local police force. Civilians affected by SCP-3563 are to be administered Class-A amnestics and released from Foundation custody. Description: SCP-3563 is a phenomenon that occurs throughout New England, primarily affecting southern Maine and northern New Hampshire. Manifestations of SCP-3563 only occur in towns with populations of at least five hundred, but no more than one thousand. Foundation researchers have determined that manifestations of SCP-3563 only occur when locations matching the following criteria are present: An abandoned or vacant home that has previously been on the market. The neighborhood surrounding abandoned home has families currently living in said neighborhood. Abandoned home must have previously been owned by a family with at least one child. Child of previous owners is either missing or deceased. Manifestations of SCP-3563 appear exclusively outside of locations that meet the above conditions, typically at the end of the driveway of said home, or on the front yard. SCP-3563 manifestations are comprised of two components, SCP-3563-1, and SCP-3563-2. SCP-3563-1 is a lemonade stand built from non-anomalous plywood and timber1, kept together with cap nails and screws. In at least 85% of recorded manifestations, SCP-3563-1 has been noted to have a sign posted above its counter that reads "Lemonabe[sic], 25¢!" in red and yellow crayon or paint. SCP-3563-2 is a human child of varying gender, race, and ethnic background but always appearing between the ages of seven and twelve. DNA testing has confirmed that SCP-3563-2 entities directly correspond to real-world children who have been declared missing or deceased within at least two years of SCP-3563 manifesting. SCP-3563-2 will try to sell lemonade to any human beings for a quarter, though have been noted to also sell pink lemonade, iced tea, and an unknown liquid metal with consistency similar to tar. SCP-3563-2's behavior is typical of children of its age; instances have consistently been friendly with Foundation personnel. Any humans who purchase and consume lemonade bought from SCP-3563 will be compelled to enter the vacant home in which SCP-3563-1 is premised. SCP-3563-2 will continue to sell lemonade until at least ██ humans have entered the house, at which point SCP-3563-2 will leave SCP-3563-1 and enter the home. SCP-3563-2 then proceeds to [DATA EXPUNGED], leaving behind only the organs, monetarily valuable on person belongings, and — on several occasions — teeth that have been filled with precious metals. Attempts to follow SCP-3563-2 into the home, or prevent SCP-3563-2 from entering, have resulted in the deaths of at least █ Foundation personnel. Attempts to locate SCP-3563-2 afterwards have resulted in little success, with tracking devices going offline as soon as SCP-3563 disperses, and attempts to follow SCP-3563-2 leading to the entity disappearing as soon as line of sight is broken. + Show Interview Logs 3563 [LEVEL 2 ACCESS REQUIRED] - Access granted, displaying interview logs. Interview Log SCP-3563-2-03 Interviewed: SCP-3563-2-03 Interviewer: Guest Researcher Dr. ██████ Foreword: Interview was conducted on 03/09/20██ in order to ascertain the correlation between SCP-3563-2 and the real-world children they correspond to. DNA testing has confirmed that SCP-3563-2-03 is Dexter Hawshore, an eight-year-old boy who was found dead in ████████, Massachusetts eight months earlier outside of Barrymore Brothers Candy Barrel; cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head. Dexter apparently tripped and collided with the concrete. <Begin Log> Dr. ██████: Hello, are you selling lemonade? SCP-3563-2-03: Yep! Mr Ha-… Mom and pop said if I can make five dollars they'll take me to the candy store, and let me get whatever I want. Dr. ██████: Let me guess, the Candy Barrel? SCP-3563-2-03: Subject pauses, taking a few moments before responding. Wanna buy some of my lemonade? It's homemade, pop helped me squeeze the lemons himself. Only a quarter! Dr. ██████: And when was the last time you saw your father? SCP-3563-2-03: That's an easy one! I saw him-… Subject falls silent for a moment, looking at the ground. Huh… Uhm, say, wanna buy some lemonade? It's homemade, pop helped me squeeze it himself! <End Log> Closing Statement: It would appear that there is a direct connection between SCP-3563-2 and the children that they seem to represent, though the means through which this connection is established is still unknown. SCP-3563 dispersed seventeen minutes after interview. Interview Log SCP-3563-2-08 Interviewed: SCP-3563-2-08 Interviewer: D-1252, female, Caucasian, 25 years old. Charged for three hit and runs, and the murder of a federal officer. No diagnosed mental conditions. Foreword: Interview was conducted on 12/02/20██, directly after SCP-3563-2-08 had entered the abandoned home. Subject was covered in human cerebrospinal fluid at the time of interview. Dental records confirm that subject is Daniella Oakes, an eleven-year-old girl who has been missing for four months. <Begin Log> D-1252: J-Jesus fucking Christ, this place is a mess. SCP-3563-2-08: Hi! I'm sorry, I don't have any lemonade left to sell, I just finished squeezing out the very last drop. D-1252: What… Happened in here? Doc, am I supposed to be asking this kid something? Dr. Grant: I need you to ask it about its memories, if it remembers anything prior to three months ago. D-1252: Alright, uh… Right, so uh, what's your deal, kid? You a ghost or something? According to the papers I got you've been missing for three months. SCP-3563-2-08: Nuh uh, no way! Ghosts aren't real, my daddy says so. Besides, I've been playing with Mr. Hat until today! He said that I'm gonna help him make money, so I'm selling lemonade! D-1252: Right, and this Mr. Hat is what, your dad? Do you remember the day you went missing? SCP-3563-2-08: Nuh uh, I haven't seen daddy since uh… Since he said he wanted to go walking in the woods, so we went on a nature hike and then-… Uhm. Subject falls silent for several moments. I'm sorry, I have to go now. <End Log> Closing Statement: Subject proceed to flee the home, D-1252 was instructed to follow the entity, but lost sight of it as soon as it got out the back door. SCP-3563 dispersed shortly after. Investigation into an entity known as 'Mr. Hat' is underway. Interview Log SCP-3563-2-14 Interviewed: SCP-3563-2-14 Interviewer: Dr. Grant Foreword: Interview was conducted on 04/02/20██. SCP-3563-2-14 had succeeded in selling █ cups of lemonade before Foundation personnel arrived on scene. Mobile task force units were deployed into the home in which SCP-3563 had manifested, and extracted the civilians inside. Civilians were thereafter administered Class-A amnestics and released. DNA test were inconclusive, and the identity of SCP-3563-2-14 is unknown. Subject is male, appears to be between the ages of ten and twelve, and is of African-American descent. <Begin Log> Dr. Grant: Hello SCP-3563, how are you today? SCP-3563-2-14: Hey mister, want to buy some lemonade? It's real cheap, only a quarter. Dr. Grant: What can you tell me about 'Mr. Hat'? SCP-3563-2-14 I don't understand the question, what is this? How do you know about-… What's happening? Subject becomes visibly uncomfortable, scratching at its arm in agitation. Do you want to buy some lemonade, sir? Dr. Grant: Answer the question, SCP-3563. Who is Mr. Hat? Did you meet them after you disappeared? SCP-3563-2-14: Mr… No, I'm sorry I'm not supposed to talk to strangers about business models I-… He'll hurt me if I do. Dr. Grant Who will, Mr. Hat? SCP-3563-2-14: The man in the hat, he's coming for you now. You shouldn't have asked so many questions. Dr. Grant: This man in the hat, what does he look like? SCP-3563-2-14: Would you like to buy some lemonade? It's only a quarter. <End Log> Closing Statement: Subject became unresponsive after this, continuing to try to sell lemonade in lieu of answering questions. SCP-3563 dispersed thirty minutes later. Approximately two hours later, Dr. Grant was found dead floating in the ██████ river, almost four kilometers away from the initial SCP-3563 manifestation. Autopsy reports indicate Dr. Grant was beaten to death with a brick, with blood splatter and misting consistent with similar bludgeoning cases. Addendum 3563-a: On 08/14/20██, the Foundation received reports from deep cover agents that large amounts of organs and other valuable human organic matter had been sold on the underground market in ████████████, Maine. Agents were tasked with locating the buyer, and were led to James ██████, a 24-year-old narcotics dealer who had purchased the organs, along with several watches, three leather wallets, and thirteen teeth that had been filled with pure grade silver. When questioned about where he had gotten these items, subject told Foundation agents that he bought them from a 'man in a dark overcoat, wearing a brimmed hat'. He was unable to answer any further questions in regards to who he had purchased the items from, citing that it had been 'real dark' at the time. Subject was administered Class-A amnestics, and released into the custody of local authorities. Addendum 3563-b: As of 09/24/20██, the 'Man in the Hat' has been designated as Foundation POI-528. Foundation agents are to report any further large quantities of organs being sold on the black market in New England directly to Site-██. Footnotes 1. Though has been recorded as being built from birchwood on three occasions, and oakwood on two. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3563" by WennyGoon, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3563. 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-3564
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Preliminary research team investigating SCP-3564's location of recovery. Entity not pictured. Item #: SCP-3564 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3564 is currently housed in the Large Entity containment wing of Site-06-3. As SCP-3564 is generally cooperative towards Foundation demands, weekly readings of various dramatic works (those penned by Shakespeare are preferred, but not required) have been approved to maintain said cooperation1. Any changes in SCP-3564's behaviour are to be reported to the Site's HMCL Supervisor. SCP-3564's dietary requirements are equivalent to those of three adult humans, and are outlined in Document 3564-D1. Due to the possibility of severe muscle atrophy, SCP-3564 must be encouraged to perform at least 3 hours of physical exercise per day. Description: SCP-3564 is a humanoid creature (sans head), approximately 3 metres in height. The entity exhibits unusually high levels of muscle mass, tumorous growths in multiple limbs and organs, and appears to have been grown via anomalous means from the remains of William Shakespeare2. Despite its internal organ systems being of unusual size and shape, no life-threatening complications have arisen — for the most part, the entity's internal tissues mimic those found in humans, with the placement of the central brain mass in the upper chest area and an underdeveloped renal system being the only major deviations. SCP-3564 is capable of auditory, olfactory and tactile perception through normal means, and visual perception via an unknown (presumed anomalous) method. During its time in containment, SCP-3564 has displayed personality traits consistent with those attributed to Shakespeare during his life. A tongue and vocal cords recessed within the neck cavity allow it to vocalise (though speech is slurred and distorted to the point of unintelligibility), and it has expressed great interest in Shakespeare's works, reacting positively to the containment team's recitals of the author's various plays and sonnets. Due to the entity's low overall intelligence and poor memory (indicative of a lack of properly formed brain tissue), no further insight into its origin or construction has been gained. Recovery: SCP-3564 was initially located on 23/04/1956, in a disused warehouse in Hackney, London, following an anonymous tip that a low-profile anomalous group were operating in the area. The entity was located within a large vat of unclear purpose, surrounded by a large quantity of esoteric equipment seemingly designed for the cultivation of organic tissue. While fire damage had rendered the majority of the technology unsalvageable, a small quantity was taken into Foundation custody for research purposes. Alongside this equipment was uncovered an extensive repository of classical literature, mock-16th century period-appropriate costumes, and props suitable for a wide array of dramatic performances. All were extremely worn, suggesting near-daily use over a period of months, if not years. Multiple printed fliers detailing a public performance scheduled for the following week were fixed to the warehouse's exterior, but had failed to gather public interest, presumably due to their amateur design and the warehouse's location. In addition to SCP-3564, six corpses were found buried in a small area of land to the rear of the building. Each instance (termed SCP-3564-1 through -6) was genetically identical to SCP-3564, and displayed signs of malnutrition, necrosis, severe physiological abnormalities, and in the case of SCP-3564-2, a complete lack of skin. Research into the individual, group, or organisation responsible for SCP-3564's creation is ongoing. Addendum: Incident 3564-F/BACON: On 16/10/1992, Site-06-3 was involved in a highly abnormal containment breach, in which containment systems for SCP-████ spontaneously malfunctioned. The backup systems failed to fully suppress the creature's anomalous properties, and as a result a large portion of the Site's subterranean infrastructure was irreparably damaged. During this incident, SCP-3564 escaped alongside multiple other anomalous entities, and was deemed a low-priority recovery task due to its lack of life-threatening attributes. It was subsequently located 46 hours later in the basement of a bookshop some 30 kilometres away. While SCP-3564 initially resisted recontainment efforts (seeming highly distressed and incoherently vocalising), it reluctantly submitted upon the arrival of by Provisional Task Force Two-Beta ("Anti-Stratfordians"), allowing itself to be tranquillised and secured. It was returned to its chamber without further incident, and Interview 3564-0041 was conducted several days later. ► Show Interview Log 3564-0041 ◄ Hide Interview Log Interviewer: Agent Robin Bryson Interviewed: SCP-3564 Foreword: Interview conducted with SCP-3564 on the topic of its observed behavioral changes. SCP-3564's responses were provided by means of a series of buttons connected to pictograms, which the entity had been trained to use to relay specific concepts. <Begin Log> Agent Bryson: Hello Bill3. Good to see you up and about. Me and the others, well, we've noticed you haven't been enjoying your recitals as much as you usually do. Could you tell us why? (SCP-3564 slumps in its chair and does not respond.) Agent Bryson: Please? We're worried about you. You haven't been eating well, and none of us want you to feel sad. Please tell us what's wrong. SCP-3564: [SAD] (Pause.) [WRONG/INCORRECT] Agent Bryson: Oh… You- you're not sad? SCP-3564: [WRONG/INCORRECT] (Pause.) [ME] [SAD] (Pause.) [BECAUSE/CONNECTION] [WRONG/INCORRECT] Agent Bryson: I see. You're sad because you feel wrong? SCP-3564: [BEAUTY] [GOOD] (Extensive pause.) [WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE]4 Agent Bryson: Yes. Yes, we know you like Shakespeare. SCP-3564: [ME] [WRONG/INCORRECT] [WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE] (Pause.) [STORY — OBJECT — YOU] Agent Bryson: Story object… Oh! You mean books! Or plays, I suppose, in your experience. Is that right? (Agent Bryson mimes opening a book.) You mean a play? SCP-3564: [ME] [SEE] [STORY — OBJECT — YOU] SCP-3564: [WRONG/INCORRECT] SCP-3564: [ME] [WRONG/INCORRECT] [BECAUSE/CONNECTION] [WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE] (SCP-3564 stands up, apparently distressed.) SCP-3564: [WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE] [WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE] [SAD] [WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE] Agent Bryson: I… I'm not entirely sure what you- SCP-3564: [WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE] (Pause, during which the entity repeatedly strikes the wall of their containment chamber. The following words were chosen extremely slowly and deliberately.) SCP-3564: [ME] [CAN'T/UNABLE] [STORY — OBJECT — YOU] (A second, shorter pause.) [FIRE — WRONG/INCORRECT — SAD — FIRE — BEAUTY — BEAUTY — GOOD — (Unknown symbol(s); the entity brought its hand down on the apparatus with such force as to render it severely damaged.)] Agent Bryson: I think… I think we should probably leave it here, for the moment. What do you say we come back later and- SCP-3564: [WRONG/INCORRECT] SCP-3564: [ME] [CAN'T/UNABLE] (SCP-3564's breathing becomes heavy and erratic.) SCP-3564: [CAN'T/UNABLE] [WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE] [CAN'T/UNABLE — UNDERSTAND] [CAN'T/UNABLE] [CAN'T/UNABLE] Agent Bryson: I'm sorry, I- (SCP-3564 strikes the protective screen of the interview chamber with unprecedented force, breaking it. Agent Bryson experiences minor cuts to the face and arms, and SCP-3564 retreats to the other side of the chamber. The interview was halted by supervising staff shortly thereafter.) <End Log> Closing statement: Following this interview, Protocol 3564-MARLOWE was updated to protect involved staff behind high-durability screens. Investigation into SCP-3564's developing hostility and deteriorating emotional state is underway. Notably, while clearing the interview chamber, staff noted a series of extremely damaged paper documents, retrieved by SCP-3564 and concealed on its person. The precise natures of the items are unclear, but they appear to be a number of books, specifically intended for younger audiences and/or individuals with severe reading impairments. Several broken writing implements were also located, all of which had apparently been crushed with some force between the entity's fingers. Whether these items were directly responsible for SCP-3564's change in behaviour (and, if not, whether they should be returned to the entity) is currently being debated — due to its minor overall threat level, changes to its containment are, at the present time, a low priority. Footnotes 1. For more information, see Protocol 3564-MARLOWE. 2. Confirmed by both analysis of SCP-3564's bone structure and DNA testing of stored samples, acquired through negotiations with GoI-012 (Marshall, Carter and Dark). The corpse is presumed to have been liberated from its grave by an unknown group circa 1940, and subsequently traded piecemeal on the anomalous goods market. 3. An affectionate nickname given by the containment team, used here to maintain cooperation. 4. A specifically programmed button used to refer to SCP-3564's interpretation of Shakespeare's character as they understand them (i.e. as the author of their works).
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Close-up of a sample of SCP-3565 Item #: SCP-3565 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3565 is to be kept in a storage room at Site-51. If anyone working at Site-51 displays symptoms of SCP-3565’s perception-altering effects, they are to be transferred offsite and amnesticized immediately. Once per day, personnel assigned to SCP-3565 are to insert a ½ liter bottle of human milk into SCP-3565 and are not to leave until the bottle is empty. Following Incident 3565-A (See Addendum), Site-51 staff assigned to SCP-3565 are to be cycled every third week. Revisions to containment procedures for SCP-3565-1 are pending. Description: SCP-3565 is 3kg mass of ground porcine, bovine, and human flesh. Approximately 10% of adult humans perceive SCP-3565 to be a human infant of variable appearance, though affected individuals who are themselves parents will often describe SCP-3565 as looking similar to their own children. Individuals affected by SCP-3565 feel an extreme compulsion to feed and care for SCP-3565 and will become distressed if they are refused contact with it. Testing has shown that SCP-3565 is not alive. Despite this, SCP-3565 is capable of metabolizing human milk, and doing so delays the putrefaction process and gives SCP-3565 limited regenerative properties. SCP-3565 requires approximately half a liter of milk a day to maintain these properties. If SCP-3565 is given milk in excess of this amount, it will slowly grow in size proportionate to the amount it was fed, though it will revert to its original size over time if feeding portions are brought back down. If SCP-3565 is not fed or is fed less than half a liter of milk a day, it will begin to rot like nonanomalous ground meat. Additionally, individuals working near or with SCP-3565 when it is unfed have reported hearing a baby crying, with the frequency and intensity of the crying increasing the longer SCP-3565 goes without feeding. The number of individuals who perceive SCP-3565 as an infant has also been shown to increase over this period. Addendum: + Incident 3565-A - Incident 3565-A On 02/05/20██, Dr. Javier Martinez, then the head researcher for SCP-3565, was rushed to the infirmary after falling unconscious following complaints of abdominal pain and nausea. An examination of Dr. Martinez revealed that he had grown a functional uterus and birth canal. Additionally, ultrasounds of the organs showed what appeared to a human fetus at four months of development. Dr. Martinez was given an emergency cesarean section, and a 1kg mass of ground meat, now designated SCP-3565-1, was removed from his abdomen. The mass’s composition and anomalous properties are identical to SCP-3565. Following the incident, all staff at Site-51 were given a thorough medical examination. 75% of staff who had been working in close proximity to SCP-3565 for more than 3 weeks displayed physical abnormalities similar to Dr. Martinez’s, though none were more than a week into the gestation period. All individuals were given Mifepristone and administered amnestics. Affected males had extraneous organs removed.
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Not Even That Funny Item #: SCP-3566 Special Containment Procedures: Television studios producing situation comedy style shows are to be monitored for SCP-3566 manifestation. Should any production begin showing signs of SCP-3566 manifestation, the studio is to be encouraged to add a laughter track to the final edit. Should they resist, the production is to be terminated. Outside of testing, viewing of affected media should be limited to approximately 20 minutes (the typical length of SCP-3566-susceptible programmes). Description: SCP-3566 is a phenomenon affecting studio recordings of television programmes in the situation comedy genre, manifesting as the sound of laughter occurring over the top of the standard soundtrack of the show. The sound typically consists of an unknown number of voices laughing at inappropriate moments during the show, and often for extended periods of time. SCP-3566 manifestations change with each subsequent viewing, and have been described by observers as "unsettling" or "manic". The occurrence rate of SCP-3566 is currently approximately 10% of potential candidate shows; to date no shows have been affected retroactively following the airing of their first episode. Individuals exposed to SCP-3566 for a prolonged period (greater than 30 minutes) will begin to suffer from headaches and dizziness. After 60 minutes of exposure, the effect of SCP-3566 will transfer to the viewer themselves; they will regularly hear the associated sound without any identified source1. After suffering from this effect for approximately one month, in addition to the mental health issues that would typically arise from the presence of frequent auditory hallucinations, the individual will begin to undergo personality and behavioural changes. These changes are typically expressed as the extreme exaggeration of one or more aspects of the individual's personality or demeanour to the point that they override all other observable traits. SCP-3566 was first discovered in the 1940s. A number of affected television programmes at the time were terminated prior to airing before it was discovered that the addition of actual laughter, either from a live source or added in editing after recording, suppressed SCP-3566 manifestations. Encouraging the use of laughter tracks in various television studios helped significantly reduce the rate of occurrence of SCP-3566 and has since become an accepted norm of the format. ▶ Examples of results of exposure to SCP-3566 ▼ Examples of results of exposure to SCP-3566 Subject: D-32562 Result: Subject showed a dramatic decrease in intelligence and information recall over a period of three months, forgetting commonly known historical events of which they were previously aware, frequently misspelling basic words, and mispronouncing words they had previously used without issue. Culminated in an almost total collapse of communication skills and information retention after approximately six months. Subject: D-65121 Result: Subject began to display a startling level of gullibility. After four months, the subject had lost all ability to discern truth from fiction; he would believe everything told to him, even if it contradicted previously given information. Subject: D-98262 Result: Subject became increasingly aggressive and hostile towards Foundation personnel over a two month period, culminating in a violent incident over a perceived slight in an innocuous greeting that resulted in his death. Subject: Agent Tam Harding2 Result: Subject became extremely compliant and obedient. Four months after exposure, the subject was unable to undertake any action, even basic bodily functions, without being ordered to do so by a superior. Addendum 1 On 08/11/1972, an SCP-3566 manifestation occurred differing from its usual behaviour; instead of laughter, the sound of pained screams could be heard over the entirety of the host show. All subsequent events since this date have followed the same pattern, though the original containment procedures still appear effective at suppressing its occurrence. Individuals exposed to this new form of manifestation for prolonged periods report sensations of dread and impending doom, followed by the sudden onset of schizoid personality disorder3 or, in rare instances, extreme cases of paranoid personality disorder. Addendum 2 Following advances in audio analysis techniques, the sounds produced by SCP-3566 affected media were analysed and it was determined that they all originated from a single voice, distorted to sound like multiple people. Comparisons with historical interview recordings made in the early days of SCP-3566's containment showed the voice to be a match with Tommy Talico, an engineer interviewed during the initial investigation. Investigators at his last known address found a desiccated corpse on a chair in the basement, believed to have died at some point in the early 1970s4. The chair was facing a television set, and the corpse was wearing a face mask connected to an empty tank of nitrous oxide5. Also discovered was a piece of broadcasting equipment matching no known design, the purpose of which is currently under investigation. Footnotes 1. People suffering from this effect typically describe the sound as coming from the left or right of the direction they are currently facing. 2. Accidentally exposed for approximately 90 minutes when rendered unconscious during an unrelated containment breach. 3. Characterised by apathy, detachment and a lack of emotion. 4. He was reported as missing to the police on 11/11/1972. 5. Commonly known as laughing gas. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3566" by Mortos, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3566. 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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Photo Credits: "bubbles" by Rosmarie Voegtli is licensed under CC BY 2.0 "House" by Jason Pratt is licensed under CC BY 2.0 [{$authorPage} ▸ More by this Author ◂] {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} Item#: 3567 Level2 Secondary Class: none Disruption Class: vlam Risk Class: warning link to memo Item #: SCP-3567 Detail of the "bubbles" present on SCP-3567 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3567 is currently contained within Site 19. The object is stored flat on a plastic tray in a locked case with the bubbled side facing up. A 6m exclusion zone should be indicated in any testing or containment zones to prevent personnel from entering into SCP-3567's area of effect. Any subject affected by SCP-3567 is to be designated as an instance of SCP-3567-1. SCP-3567-1 instances that appear in the current timeline should be immediately sedated and transferred to a humanoid containment cell within Site 19 to be evaluated for interrogational value. Afterwards, subjects should be amnesticized and kept sedated to prevent any information breaches. For a list of SCP-3567-1 instances, reference document 3567.doc.01. UPDATE TO CONTAINMENT AND TESTING PROCEDURES In an effort to conserve the limited testing resources, no further testing of SCP-3567 is permitted until such a time as the anomalous effects of SCP-3567 can be quantified and the trajectory of SCP-3567's temporal displacement can be modeled. Approval from the Head Researcher or those granted Level 4/3567 clearance is required to test hypothesized methods of quantifying and modeling the effects of SCP-3567. — Dr. Michael Simmons, SCP-3567 Head Researcher Description: SCP-3567 is a standard 30cm x 30cm sheet of Bubble Wrap and the field of temporal effect produced by the object upon activation. The object contains 1,764 6mm diameter plastic hemispheres filled with an unknown, undetectable substance. At the time of containment, 1,204 bubbles remain unruptured. The current number of remaining unruptured bubbles is 905. Upon rupture of a bubble a spherical area of temporal effect with a 5m radius is generated centered on the ruptured bubble. This activation is accompanied by a rush of air and a popping sound generally in the range of 80-100dB. SCP-3567 has only been observed to affect sapient subjects. Those affected by SCP-3567 switch physical and temporal locations with a version of themselves from 50 years into the future. Subjects return to their temporal place of origin after 50 days. It has not been determined whether this is the future of our own timeline or another, although the well preserved state of future subjects implies that SCP-3567 may target futures in which a whole entity can be retrieved. The effects of SCP-3567 appear to be cumulative when activations occur simultaneously. Discovery: SCP-3567 was originally retrieved from law enforcement in Pittsburgh, PA on 10/06/2009. 201 Garden St At 12:43 PM on 16/05/2009, emergency dispatch received a call about gunshots at 201 Garden St. It is likely that the sound heard by the caller was the loud popping sound that accompanies activation of the SCP. It is assumed that multiple bubbles of SCP-3567 were ruptured and the immediate vicinity experienced multiple activations of the object's temporal effect. Upon the arrival of emergency services, a desiccated corpse (later designated SCP-3567-1-B) was discovered along with a pile of discarded clothing and a cardboard box addressed to Layla Johnson. The cardboard box was retrieved by local law enforcement and opened for inspection. The box contained a consumer cellular phone wrapped in a sheet of bubble wrap. After examination of the package by investigators, it was delivered as addressed. SCP-3567-1-B was transported to the local medical examiner for autopsy. At approximately 6:15 pm, SCP-3567 was activated again by the recipient’s juvenile son, Ryan Johnson (designated SCP-3567-1-C). The temporal effects were observed by Layla Johnson, and emergency services were contacted immediately. Upon activation of the object, SCP-3567-1-C disappeared, leaving behind his clothing. A nude elderly male (SCP-3567-1-D) appeared standing where SCP-3567-1-C had disappeared. SCP-3567-1-D was taken into custody for questioning by local law enforcement. The local medical examiner’s office contacted the CDC for a consultation on SCP-3567-1-B. After a CDC representative arrived and assessed the body, the Foundation was notified via standard channels. The Foundation arrived on site and took custody of all related items and subjects. Layla Johnson was administered a Class-B amnestic and a cover story was provided as to the disappearance of her son. It is unclear whether the receipt of SCP-3567 was intended to harm the recipient or if it was included in the shipment by mistake. SCP-3567-1-B was recovered from the CDC and showed desiccation and preservation consistent with that of mummified corpses. SCP-3567-1-D was taken into Foundation custody for monitoring and interview. Addenda: + 3567.doc.01: SCP-3567-1 - 3567.doc.01: SCP-3567-1 SCP-3567-1 Instances SCP-3567-1-A: SCP-3567-1-A was a delivery driver and the first subject known to be affected by SCP-3567. It is presumed that the subject has been transported approximately 25,000 years into the future. Location of Subject SCP-3567-1-A is currently a low level priority. If not already in Foundation custody, location of Subject SCP-3567-1-A must be made a high level priority as of 16/05/2084. SCP-3567-1-B: SCP-3567-1-B appears to be the desiccated corpse of SCP-3567-1-A. Radiocarbon dating of tissue samples taken from SCP-3567-1-B determines an approximate age of 25,000 years. SCP-3567-1-B is currently held in Foundation custody. DNA testing shows a near perfect match with SCP-3567-1-A. SCP-3567-1-C: SCP-3567-1-C is Ryan Johnson, aged 7 at the time of entry into Foundation custody on 05/07/2009. SCP-3567-1-C has been released into foster care after amnesticization. Careful monitoring of the subject's mental and physical health must be maintained. Until it can be determined that SCP-3567-1-C and SCP-3567-1-D are the same subject, they should be designated separately. In the event that it is determined that SCP-3567-1-C and SCP-3567-1-D are the same subject, subject should be retrieved and held for interview. SCP-3567-1-D: SCP-3567-1-D is Samuel Preston, aged 57 at the time of entry into Foundation custody on 10/06/2009. On 05/07/2009 SCP-3567-1-D disappeared from Foundation custody and was replaced with SCP-3567-1-C. Per Experiment Log, SCP-3567-1-D is confirmed to be in future Foundation custody. DNA testing shows a near perfect match with SCP-3567-1-C. + Interview Log: SCP-3567-1-D - Interview Log: SCP-3567-1-D Interviewed: SCP-3567-1-D Interviewer: Dr. Michael Simmons Foreword: SCP-3567-1-D was discovered nude in the home of Layla Johnson. The subject has been told that he is being held for psychiatric evaluation at a state run facility. Preliminary DNA testing resulted in high probability matches with SCP-3567-1-C. <Begin Log, 9:13 AM, 12/06/2009> Dr. Simmons: Hello, I’m Dr. Simmons, we’ll begin the interview now. Could you state your name and age for the record? SCP-3567-1-D: My name is Sam Preston. I’m 57 years old. Where am I? Dr. Simmons: Your full name, please. SCP-3567-1-D: Samuel Charles Preston. Can I speak with my wife now? Dr. Simmons: Mr. Preston, as was previously explained, you are at a psychiatric care facility undergoing evaluation. Any contact with your wife will have to wait until we can be certain that it won't trigger another episode. As such we need to get a good idea of your mental state, so I’m going to ask you some questions that will seem very simple, understood? <Subject nods his head in agreement> Dr. Simmons: Good. Mr. Preston, do you know what year it is? SCP-3567-1-D: It’s 2059. The officers who arrested me said it was 2009. What's going on? Dr. Simmons: I assure you that it is in fact June 12th, 2059. Perhaps you misunderstood. Back to the questions. Who is the president, Mr. Preston? [Portion of interview redacted to prevent retrocausal anomaly] Dr. Simmons: Mr. Preston, do you remember any particular events from your childhood? Particularly around the time you were in elementary school. SCP-3567-1-D: I don't remember. I think the earliest memory I have is waking up in the hospital after my fever. Dr. Simmons: Interesting, Mr. Preston. And what age were you at the time? SCP-3567-1-D: 10. No, 11. I think. It was winter, right around my 11th birthday. Dr. Simmons: So there’s a potential history of memory issues. Do you know what kind of fever this was, Mr. Preston? SCP-3567-1-D: No, they always just referred to it as “the fever”. — Portion of interview excluded for brevity — SCP-3567-1-D: I don’t remember my mother. I know my father died when I was young, and the home I was put in after the hospital told me that my mother abandoned me. What does this have to do with anything? Dr. Simmons: Mr. Preston, we’re just trying to get a background on you so that we can better understand the episode that led to you nude in that home. SCP-3567-1-D: Doctor, that home was so familiar! Where was that? Dr. Simmons: I don’t think that it’s wise to stay on this topic. We wouldn’t want to trigger another episode. Moving on, we need to understand your grasp of sequential events. We'll use recent history as an example. [Remainder of interview redacted to prevent retrocausal anomaly] <End Log, 12:17 PM, 06/12/2009> Closing Statement: After testing, evidence of major amnestic administration was found in brain imaging of the subject. + 3567.doc.02: Concerning SCP-3567-1-C - 3567.doc.02: Concerning SCP-3567-1-C To: Dr. Michael Simmons From: Tilda Moose, Site Director Subject: SCP-3657-1-C Dr. Simmons, In light of the reappearance of Subject SCP-3567-3-1-C. After consultation with our Ethics representative, the previously proposed testing on human subjects is approved and should move forward as soon as possible. I understand your concerns that such testing may put D-Class at unnecessary risk, but there is now evidence to suggest that return is possible. P.S. Are you fine being assigned to this SCP-3567? I know that your son is the subject's age. You've been a reliable researcher, and if you'd rather have reassignment, I would be amenable. + Interview Log: SCP-3567-1-C - Interview Log: SCP-3567-1-C Interviewed: SCP-3567-1-C Interviewer: Dr. Michael Simmons Foreword: During a routine check of SCP-3567-1-D's containment cell, SCP-3567-1-C was found nude in the containment cell. The subject was interviewed shortly after security personnel determined that the subject was likely Ryan Johnson, who had disappeared from 201 Garden St on 05/16/2009. <Begin Log, 1:07 PM, 07/05/2009> Dr. Simmons: Hello, I’m Dr. Simmons, we’ll begin the interview now. For the record, what’s your name? First name and last name, please. SCP-3567-1-C: Ryan. Oh, Ryan Johnson. Dr. Simmons: It’s nice to meet you, Ryan. Can you tell me how old you are? SCP-3567-1-C: I'm 7 years old. Dr. Simmons: We’re going to talk about where you’ve been for the last couple of weeks, okay? Can you do that? SCP-3567-1-C: I think so. Dr. Simmons: Ryan, do you know where you were two days ago? Before you were here? SCP-3567-1-C: I was here, but the colors were different. And Dr. Beann was here. Dr. Simmons: I’m confused, Ryan. What do you mean when you say “the colors were different”? SCP-3567-1-C: I’m not stupid! You guys painted the walls. The walls were gray before, now they’re white! Dr. Simmons: Good job, Ryan! There’s a window in your room now, correct? Was there a window in your room before? SCP-3567-1-C: Yeah. Dr. Simmons: Ryan, did you ever look out of that window? What did you see out there? SCP-3567-1-C: Before you painted the walls? Yeah, there used to be a tree outside. Now it’s just grass. Why’d you cut down the tree? Dr. Simmons: I’m not sure, Ryan. I’ll have to ask the landscapers. — Portion of interview excluded for brevity — Dr. Simmons: Ryan, can you tell me about the last time you remember being home, with your mom? SCP-3567-1-C: Yeah. There were those loud noises and ambulances and mommy just got her new phone. She let me play with the bubble wrap. And then… And then… I’m not sure. I-It doesn’t make sense. Dr. Simmons: That’s fine, Ryan. I won’t get upset if it doesn’t make sense. Just tell it to me as you remember it. <Subject is silent for multiple minutes> SCP-3567-1-C: I-I was with Mom, and I was playing with the bubble wrap. Then it popped really big, and I was somewhere else. An apartment, like my friend Bobby’s. Dr Simmons, where’s my Mom? — Remainder of interview excluded for brevity — <End Log, 4:11 PM, 07/05/2009> Closing Statement: It is highly likely that SCP-3567-1-C became upset after the mention of his mother. It is hypothesized that SCP-3567-1-D and SCP-3567-1-C could be the same subject. Further questioning should be conducted to determine the identity of Dr. Beann, especially in light of the presence of Junior Researcher Beann on the SCP-3567 research team. After consultation with Site Director Moose it has been determined that this information does not need to be restricted from Junior Researcher Beann. + 3567.doc.02: Containment Memorandum - 3567.doc.02: Containment Memorandum To: Tilda Moose, Site Director From: Dr. Michael Simmons Subject: SCP-3567-1-C Continued Containment This is a formal request that SCP-3567-1-C be released from Foundation custody with a cover story matching that provided by SCP-3567-1-D. The continued containment of SCP-3567-1-C not only puts at risk the intelligence we gained from interviews with SCP-3567-1-D as well as the intelligence obtained by Junior Researcher Beann in the first rounds of experimentation. It is foolhardy to risk disrupting the chain of causality that lead to his experiences and this timeline. To: Dr. Michael Simmons From: Tilda Moose, Site Director Subject: RE:SCP-3567-1-C Continued Containment Dr. Simmons, I will take this under advisement.
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Figure 1: A partially-redacted depiction of SCP-3568 Item #: SCP-3568 Special Containment Procedures: A single copy of SCP-3568 should be stored on an air-gapped network using no less than AES 256 bit encryption. Access to the file and its decryption key shall be granted only after approval by level 4 personnel or above. Where SCP-3568 is to be used in experiment, it should be printed onto a single page using UV-activated ink and immediately sealed inside a pair of nested envelopes. The outer envelope should be labelled ‘SCP-3568’ and nothing more. Once the experiment has concluded, all printed copies must be immediately incinerated in-situ. Special care must be taken to ensure no descriptions of SCP-3568 exist in recordings or transcriptions of the experiment. For this reason, audio and video recordings are not authorised and transcripts must be adequately censored. Upon the Foundation receiving reports of SCP-3568's appearance, a field containment team must be immediately dispatched to prevent further dissemination. All confirmed copies of SCP-3568 must be securely destroyed, along with any electronic devices suspected of storing them. SCP-3568 must be prevented from propagating online as an absolute priority. Description: SCP-3568 is a specific arrangement of simple geometric symbols that, when observed, causes the viewer's head to violently expand and burst, and a twelve (12) digit number to appear etched at the nape of the victim's neck. Tests have confirmed that witnessing an actual depiction of SCP-3568 is sufficient to induce a lethal reaction within thirty (30) seconds whilst receiving an adequately detailed description of the symbols will trigger the event within five (5) minutes, dependent upon the recipient’s ability to visualise abstract images. Once SCP-3568 has been pictured, a sequence of events is triggered within the body of the victim that cannot be halted or reversed, other than by immediate, prearranged intervention (see Addendum C): 0-5 seconds - subject’s heart rate increases to between two hundred (200) and three hundred (300) BPM. 5-10 seconds - subject complains of intense headache and becomes distressed. 10-15 seconds - pain intensifies further, victim’s eyes redden due to subconjunctival haemorrhaging. 15-20 seconds - victim begins externally haemorrhaging from the eyes, occasionally loses consciousness. 20-25 seconds - subject becomes calmer, often speaking and reciting numbers (see Addendum A). 25-30 seconds - subject’s brain undergoes rapid distention, shattering the cranium. Death is instant. 30-60 seconds - a number appears at the nape of the subject's neck, branded on the skin (see Addendum D). The anomaly was first brought to the Foundation’s attention after an incident in March 19██ designated SCP-3568-A. Over a period of three (3) days, a total of two hundred and thirteen (213) physical copies of SCP-3568 were mailed to residents of ██████, █████, resulting in three hundred and forty two (342) deaths. The perpetrators of SCP-3568-A are unknown, as are their motives. However, given the seemingly random nature of the attacks (no links could be found to connect the victims) and that no group or individual claimed responsibility, it can be assumed that spreading panic was one of the primary objectives. Nothing on the scale of incident SCP-3568-A has since occurred but there have been numerous isolated cases of the anomaly manifesting each year. Addendum B details a selection of these. + Addendum A: Noteworthy statements made by subjects exposed to SCP-3568 - Addendum A: Noteworthy statements made by subjects exposed to SCP-3568 Subject Quote D-44863 "So blue. So blue. It's so blue." [Pause] "Five. Zero. Six. Point. One." D-37883 "Wicked creature. Off my chest!" [Pause] "Six. One. Four. Point. Eight." D-44871 "Foxfire…setting the nighttime woods aglow." [Pause] "Three. Six. Four. Point. Two." D-42309 "Floorboards should stop them. But they keep coming! Up! Up!" [Pause] "Seven. One. Two. Point. Eight." The significance of the victims' last words and of the numerals scorched on their necks is the subject of ongoing research, though significant progress has already been made in this area. Analysis has revealed links to superstitions regarding ███ █████, whilst also raising questions about ████████ ██████ (see Addenda D and E). Subsequent investigations in partnership with ████ have lead to the discovery of ████ ██████████ and the extraction of ███████████ (Addendum E). It is hoped that several additional ███████ may yet be extracted. + Addendum B: Instances of SCP-3568 worldwide - Addendum B: Instances of SCP-3568 worldwide Location Details Casualties Notes █████, Chile, 19██ SCP-3568 was drawn in a thick layer of dust on a church window. 14 It is assumed there were at least two (2) perpetrators, each holding half the pattern in their mind. An alternative theory is that the perpetrator was not human and hence not vulnerable to the anomaly's effect. ██████████, UK, 19██ SCP-3568 was arranged in daffodils in the centre of a roundabout. 27 Casualties were mainly passengers, rather than vehicle drivers. It is now understood the flowers were planted weeks before the anomaly manifested. ███████, China, 19██ SCP-3568 appeared as a crop circle. 8 SCP-3568 could not be seen from ground level but two (2) helicopters were caused to crash. ████, USA, 20██ An artist utilising basic polygons in her work inadvertently produced SCP-3568. 3 Reproduction was 92% similar to the Foundation’s stored copy, indicating that a small amount of variation in the anomaly’s appearance does not alter its effect. + Addendum C: Experiments SCP-3568-3[A-C] - Addendum C: Experiments SCP-3568-3[A-C] Experiment SCP-3568-3A - ██/██/19██ Subject: D-3219 Procedure: A general anaesthetic was administered to the subject fifteen (15) seconds after she was shown SCP-3568. Results: The subject lost consciousness two (2) seconds after receiving the anaesthetic. She lay motionless for a further twenty (20) seconds before beginning to spasm. Death from cranial rupturing occurred after another five (5) seconds. Experiment SCP-3568-3B - ██/██/19██ Subject: D-44871 Procedure: A general anaesthetic was administered to D-44863 five (5) seconds after he was shown SCP-3568. Results: D-44863 became unconscious three (3) seconds after receiving the sedative. Anaesthetist ████████ prevented the subject from regaining consciousness for a further two (2) hours as per the instructions of Dr ██████. An interview was conducted shortly after the subject awoke. Interviewed: D-44863 Interviewer: Researcher █████ <Begin Log, ██/██/19██> Researcher █████: How do you feel? D-44863: Uh…like someone hit me with a fucking sledge hammer. The world's worst goddam hangover. Researcher █████: Do you remember your name? D-44863: Yeah, Jesus, I'm not that messed up. [Pauses] You actually want me to say it, don't you? [Sighing] It's ███████ █████. Researcher █████: What else do you remember? D-44863: Were we doing an experiment? Yeah, pretty sure I was doing my lab rat routine again. Don't remember what was involved this time though. [Coughs] Could I get some water? Researcher █████: After we conclude the interview. Please try to remember, D-44863. Do you recall being given an envelope? D-44863: An envelope? Oh, shit, yeah! I do remember that. Researcher █████: And what was inside the envelope? D-44863: [Laughing] Another envelope! You guys are real fucking hilarious. Yeah…I remember thinking it was gonna be some kind of infinite loop thing. Me sitting there opening mail for days on end. Researcher █████: And was it? D-44863: [Frowning] No. Researcher █████: What was in the second envelope? D-44863: [Swallows] A picture. Shapes. Glowing under the UV lamp. It's funny, I remember looking at those little shapes and getting this feeling like…like…Doc, I don't feel so good. Researcher █████: What feeling did you get when you looked at the picture, D-44863? D-44863: Seriously. Argh, shit, my head! [Clutching temples] Jesus, feels like it's gonna explode! D-44863: [Ten seconds later] Foxfire…setting the nighttime woods aglow. [Pause] Three. Six. Four. Point. Two. <End Log> Experiment SCP-3568-3C - ██/██/19██ Subject: D-11293 Procedure: General anaesthetic was administered after five (5) seconds of the subject being exposed to SCP-3568. Once unconscious, subject was injected with a class B amnestic. Results: Subject regained consciousness after two (2) hours and was unable to recall SCP-3568, even after prompting. Subject made full recovery. + Addendum D: Discussion of Numbers [Restricted] - Addendum D: Discussion of Numbers [Restricted] As well as the numbers spoken aloud by many subjects (see Addendum A), each has acquired a twelve (12) digit number at the nape of their neck immediately post-mortem. The latter number is different to the vocalised one in each case, and varies by subject. Physically, it is approximately two (2) inches wide by half an inch high and is composed of slightly-raised scar tissue that forms rapidly following the subject's expiration. A selection of the numbers encountered follows: Subject Vocalised Number Imprinted Number D-44863 506.1 113,146,559,102 D-37883 614.8 112,184,279,572 D-44871 364.2 114,484,679,338 D-42309 712.8 111,948,479,045 When these numbers are plotted on a scatter graph (see Figure 2), they exhibit a strong negative correlation. The small amount of data we have means that, though unlikely, this could be coincidental. A request has been made for more test subjects. Request denied - we don't have limitless D-class personnel to throw at your pet project - O5-██ Transcript of conversation between Researcher █████ and Dr ██████ Figure 2: Numbers spoken by and imprinted upon subjects exposed to SCP-3568 Figure 3: Subject age vs imprinted number Figure 4: Subject age vs spoken number <Begin Log, ██/██/19██> Researcher █████: I found something I think you'll find interesting, ████. Dr ██████: Good. Tell me what I'm missing. Researcher █████: So plotting the two numbers against each other doesn't tell us much, right? Dr ██████: Right, other than they appear to be somehow related to each other. Researcher █████: Sure, but it doesn't tell us what either number actually means. What if I told you the scar number is inversely proportional to the subject's age? Dr ██████: I'd say what on Earth made you consider their age? Researcher █████: Call it divine inspiration. Think about what this means for a second though. The older a subject is, in other words the earlier she was born, the smaller the scar number is. Dr ██████: That is interesting. So…how old would you have to be to have nothing but a one on your neck? Researcher █████: That's just it! We're looking at numbers in the low hundreds of billions, right? Dr ██████: Right. A hundred and twelve billion or so. Researcher █████: Well, it just so happens that's almost exactly our current best guess for the number of people ever to have lived. Dr ██████: As many as that? Don't they say there are more people alive now than have ever lived in total? Researcher █████: That's a common misconception. Even if we're just counting homo sapiens, that's two hundred thousand years of history. For an awful lot of that time birth rates were decidedly high and life expectancy was almost comically low. We're talking lucky-to-reach-fifteen. An awfully large number of people lived and died in relatively short periods of time. So yes, it comes to around a hundred and twelve billion and, would you believe it, the numbers burned on our subjects' necks are in that ball park. If I'm right about this, every person that's ever lived on Earth had one of those numbers. ████, I think the scar number is some kind of…index…or serial number. And everyone's got one. Dr ██████: The implications of that… Researcher █████: I know. Dr ██████: [After a moment] When's this index assigned though? At birth? Inception? Researcher █████: Hard to tell from the limited data we have. I'd love to get identical twins in here, though. They ought to have adjacent indices…maybe even the same index, depending on when and how it materialises. Dr ██████: You're right. So many avenues of study here. Researcher █████: Yeah…but there's more. Dr ██████: You have been hard at work, haven't you? Go on. Researcher █████: The other number, the one they say right before they pop. That one's directly proportional to their age. Dr ██████: Okay. What does that tell us? Researcher █████: The interesting thing is how it's proportional. The gradient of the line comes out at 14.5. Dr ██████: So? What's 14.5? Researcher: Well…I'll get to that. First, let's talk about the other things we've heard the Ds parrot. The stuff before all the numbers. Dr ██████: Just a load of gibberish, isn't it? Side effect of a brain that's trying to leak out their ears. Researcher █████: I thought so too. One in particular caught my attention though. D-37883 talked about something - a creature - on his chest. I was sure that sounded familiar. When I looked into it I discovered a legend from Norse mythology about undead revenants shapeshifting into the forms of cats and suffocating sleeping people by sitting on their chests. Dr ██████: I've heard of something similar to that. A creature that slowly crushes the life out of you as it gets heavier. Possibly an early explanation for sleep apnea. Something like an 'elf'. An 'alp'? Don't think it was Norse folklore though - it was German or Dutch or something. Researcher █████: Yeah, similar ideas exist in other mythologies. In Norse legend it's called a 'draugr'. Dr ██████: Alright, so why are we leaning towards Norse rather than German? Researcher █████: Let's look at some of the other experiments. D-44863 kept going on about it being "so blue". She just kept repeating that over and over. Guess what colour your average Norse draugr is? Dr ██████: Blue's a strange colour for a cat to be. Researcher █████: I agree, but we're talking about their human form. Draugr are reanimated corpses that sometimes shape-shift into cats. Cadavers often take on a pale blue-grey hue. Doesn't seem unreasonable for these creatures to be that colour. Dr ██████: Fine. What else do we have? Researcher █████: One subject muttered something about foxfire. Foxfire's- Doctor ██████: [Cutting researcher █████ off] Bioluminescent fungi in wood. Really beautiful in a dark forest, if a little eerie. Researcher █████: What are you doing in the forest after dark? Don't answer that. The burial mound harbouring a draugr is said to glow with a blue-green light, like foxfire. It's a clear signal you should keep the hell away. Dr ██████: Foxfire points to draugr too then. Getting harder to refute this, I'll admit. Anything else? Researcher █████: Yes, actually. There's a Norse myth about a draugr known as Thorir Wooden-Leg in which a ghostly seal rises up through the floor of a house in a coastal village, despite the inhabitants' attempts to force it back down with clubs and hammers. Sound familiar? Dr ██████: You've looked at the experiment logs more recently than I have. I assume one of our subjects alluded to something like this? Researcher: Pretty unambiguously. "Floorboards should stop them. But they keep coming!" Dr ██████: Alright, alright. So they're all reeling off snippets of Norse folklore about draugr. You've convinced me. What's that got to do with this 14.5 figure then? Researcher █████: Ah yes, from the graph. 14.5 just happens to be the exact number of orbits a particular exoplanet makes around its star in an Earth year. Dr ██████: Oh? Which exoplanet? Researcher █████: That would be PSR B1257+12 b. More commonly known as 'Draugr'. Dr ██████: [Sitting back in his chair] That's…interesting, to put it mildly. But what does it mean? Researcher █████: Well, it means the Ds are dutifully reporting their Draugr age right before they go bang. It's evidently entirely automatic, like a diagnostic readout on a failing machine. Dr ██████: Wait a minute, though. If we're assuming these…pre-expiration ramblings…along with the spoken numbers, are somehow referencing the planet Draugr, how does that fit with its discovery? Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it only very recently found? So if we didn't even know this exoplanet existed, let alone have a name for it, there's no way anyone could be chirping things about Draugr. Even if our subjects somehow were aware of the planet before the rest of us, they couldn't possibly have known we'd one day give it that name. Researcher █████: They couldn't possibly…but they did. All our experiments predate Draugr's discovery and yet a significant number of them resulted in subjects making direct references to Norse mythology, immediately prior to reeling off their age on a far-flung planet whose name would eventually link to the statement they just made. Dr ██████: That makes no sense. Researcher █████: I know. And yet the evidence… Dr ██████: The evidence confirms exactly what you're saying. Well, I suppose we can add this to the long, long list of inexplicable phenomena we've witnessed since enrolling with the Foundation. [Sighing] Alright, why Draugr? What's there? Researcher █████: Not an awful lot, to be frank. It's in a dead system some two thousand three hundred light years away along with two other planets, orbiting a rapidly spinning pulsar. Pretty inhospitable, by all accounts. The beam of radiation emitted from the collapsed star is enough to vaporise more or less anything. Dr ██████: And yet, there must be something of interest there. Let's talk to the folks at NASA, see if they can't lend us a hand in probing a bit deeper. <End Log> + Addendum E: ACCESS HIGHLY RESTRICTED - ENTER CREDENTIALS - Addendum E: ACCESS HIGHLY RESTRICTED - ENTER CREDENTIALS CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED On ██/██/20██, the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) received a signal lasting precisely 2.31 seconds from the PSR B1257+12 system in the constellation of Virgo. The signal, designated SCP-3568-DR, was practically indistinguishable from background microwave radiation and would not have been detected had the Foundation not been specifically searching for such transmissions. The frequency band was relatively narrow, in the range 96.55-96.56GHz, but utilised no fewer than 400 channels, allowing a significant quantity of data to be transferred. The content of the signal was encoded using a highly sophisticated format and has, to date, only been partially decoded using the Foundation's on-site supercomputing resources. Further identical transmissions have been regularly received at intervals of 252.6 days, or exactly ten (10) Draugr years. That the interval is so regular implies the sender is deliberately accounting for relativistic effects. Furthermore, it indicates Earth is the intended recipient, as other planetary systems, and even other planets within the Sol system, would necessarily experience differing intervals due to their relative motion with the signals' origin. It should be noted that the signals now being received have been propagating between PSR B1257+12 and Sol for 2300 years. Given this fact, and considering also the signals' uniform repetition, it is likely that similar transmissions have been going undetected for decades or even centuries. Experiment SCP-3568-BETA-A - ██/██/20██ Subject: D-21906 Procedure: A human subject is to be exposed to diagram SCP-3568-BETA, as extracted from the SCP-3568-DR transmission, to ascertain its effects. The test subject is to be locked in a secure room and observed through armoured glass. Under no circumstances should any other personnel enter the room with the test subject. Due to the unknown nature of SCP-3568-BETA the subject, assuming he or she survives, must not be permitted to leave the test chamber within forty eight (48) hours of being exposed and only after two independent psychological evaluations have deemed the subject fit for reintegration into D-class habitation areas. Results: Upon viewing SCP-3568-BETA, the subject was observed to transition through a number of distinct phases. During phase one (1), which lasted approximately ten (10) seconds, no significant effect was observed and D-21906 reported no appreciable alteration to his physical or mental state. The transition to phase two (2) was sudden and was characterised by the entirety of the subject's body appearing to fold in on itself, as if it were constructed from paper. Fold points were positioned at approximately 1 cm intervals, but shifted and changed rapidly as large areas of the body deformed and compacted. Folding and compression progressed in a downwards direction, the subject losing height and girth as extremities concertinaed into dense structures. This process continued for around twenty (20) seconds, until D-21906's entire form had reduced to a cube measuring 10x10x10 cm. Phase three (3) describes the subject's final form as an extremely dense cube of matter. The cube retained the subject's original mass, giving it a density of 81.2 gcm-3, nearly four (4) times the density of osmium and twice that of hassium. D-class personnel coming into contact with the object after an initial quarantine period experienced no adverse effects; hence it has been deemed safe to handle without the need for protective clothing. The phase three (3) artifact is smooth and cool to the touch but is not reflective like metal, retaining instead a matte, flesh-like colour on its surfaces. It is hard and unyielding to pressure applied by the fingers, though excessive force has not been exerted as it is presently unknown whether the subject might be recovered from this form. D-21906 failed to respond to questioning from phase 2 onwards and his phase 3 form exhibits none of the normal signs of life. It should be noted, however, that the subject gave no indication of distress throughout the process and it has been postulated by Researcher █████ that the subject is in fact still alive and may be capable of communication, should a suitable mechanism be found. Further experiments are planned to ascertain the nature of SCP-3568-BETA phase 3 objects and whether they represent an irreversible structural change. When the full extent of the threat and/or opportunity presented by the anomaly is known, it is probable it will acquire its own major SCP designation. A selection of prospective experiments is detailed in the following table. Procedure Summary Status Communication with an SCP-3568-BETA phase 3 object is to be attempted through a variety of means, including accurate measurement of its magnetic field, readings of small currents passed through it, and telepathy. APPROVED An SCP-3568-BETA phase 3 object is to be placed on a sleeping subject's chest. APPROVED A subject is to be exposed to SCP-3568 immediately prior to being exposed to SCP-3568-BETA. APPROVED A subject is to be exposed to SCP-3568-BETA immediately prior to being exposed to SCP-3568. APPROVED Attempts are to be made to destroy an SCP-3568-BETA phase 3 object by various methods, including blunt force, incineration and exposure to gamma radiation. PENDING Subjects of varying size and weight are to be exposed to SCP-3568-BETA. PENDING An SCP-3568-BETA phase 3 object is to be interred in a subterranean crypt for a minimum of fourteen (14) days. APPROVED It is believed that signal SCP-3568-DR contains details of further diagrams, though at the time of writing, none have been fully decoded.
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Item #: SCP-3569 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3569 is to be kept in a standard Safe-class storage locker on Site 19 when not being used for testing. Testing must be overseen by one Lvl-3 researcher. Research is to take place in an empty testing room and all handling of SCP-3569 requires the use of the standard issue gloves, apron, and eyewear. Items spawned can be discarded or given to the child if appropriate. After the events of Experiment 3569-6, all spawned objects are to be kept for further research into the origin of the item. Description: SCP-3569 is a .8 meter tall wooden rabbit statue with a tray attached. It appears to be hand painted and has the words "Buuny Butler"(sic) written in pencil across the baseboard. No electronic or mechanical devices have been found within the statue or tray, and all samples taken consist entirely of Cedar Wood, PVA Glue, and Acrylic Paint. It has no anomalous effects until two circumstances are met. There is only one child under the age of 10 who can talk and comprehend human speech within the same room as the statue. Any number of subjects above this age may be present. Said child is holding an inorganic object 375 g-907 g in weight. This object is to be classified as SCP-3569-1 while the events of SCP-3569 are transpiring. Once the events have concluded, the classification can be removed and the object considered mundane. Once the two conditions are met, SCP-3569-1 will disappear from the child's hand and a jingle will play, consisting of a short run up the harmonic scale played on a xylophone and originating from a point .5 meters above SCP-3569's tray. After the music has concluded, a voice (classified as SCP-3569-2) will speak from the same origin point, calling the effected child by name, and asking if they want to know about their "toy" (SCP-3569-1). Voice recognition attempts so far have been unsuccessful. In the case of a negative response, the voice will respond with an equally negative remark, SCP-3569-1 will reappear in the child's hand, and the events will be considered complete. In the case of a positive response, SCP-3569-1 will appear on the tray, and the tray will slowly rotate. SCP-3569-2 will then begin to list attributes of SCP-3569-1, for anywhere from 3-15 minutes. It will start with the simple, plainly visible traits, and then give trivia facts about the object. During this time, the object will slowly rise off of the tray, and hover at the exact point of origin for the voice. Once SCP-3569-2 has completed its list, it will then ask the child if they would like a better toy. If a negative answer is given, the result will be similar to if the child had responded negatively to the first question. If a positive answer is given, SCP-3569-1 will disappear, the jingle will repeat, and an object of the exact same weight will appear in its place. The object spawned will be entirely random, however it is always inorganic and manmade. Spawned objects are to be classified as SCP-3569-1-A. SCP-3569-2 will begin listing facts about the new object as it did with the previous. A list of spawned objects can be found in Article 3569-1. This process will repeat until the child gives a negative answer, at which point the voice will give its own negative remark, and the spawned object will appear in the child's hand in a safe position. If the spawned item has a blade or another part dangerous to the touch, that area will always spawn away from the child. Experiment Log-3569 Hide Experiment Log-3569 Experiment-3569-1: Subject: D-71883 (Age approx. 35) Procedure: Subject was brought into the room with SCP-3569 and given a flashlight (481 g) to hold, escorted by Dr. H█████ and two members of security staff. Results: Test was canceled after 30 minutes of inactivity from SCP-3569. Experiment-3569-2: Subject: Catherine H█████ (Age 6, Daughter of Dr. H█████) Procedure: Subject was brought into the room with SCP-3569 and given a flashlight (481 g) to hold, escorted by Dr. H█████ and three members of security staff. Results: SCP-3569 spawned two instances of SCP-3569-1A, the final being a stuffed teddy bear, which was given to the subject. Record of the conversation can be found in the transcription logs. Experiment-3569-6: Subject: David R████ (Age 9) Procedure: Subject was brought into the room with SCP-3569 and given a bag of marbles (822 g) to hold, escorted by Dr. H█████ and two members of security staff. Results: SCP-3569 spawned four instances of SCP-3569-1A, the final being a machete, coated in [REDACTED]. Abbreviated Records of the conversation can be found in the transcription logs. Transcription Logs Hide Transcription Logs Transcription Log for Experiment-3569-2: <Begin Log> The Subject, Dr. H█████, and three security personnel enter the room with SCP-3569. SCP-3569-1 disappears from the subject's hands. Subject makes an audible gasp. SCP-3569-2: Well hello, Catherine! I like your flashlight, it's a fun toy! Would you like to learn more about your amazing flashlight? Subject: [inaudible] SCP-3569-2: I'm sorry there Catherine, I didn't quite hear ya! Dr. H█████: Go ahead, sweetie. Subject: …Sure. SCP-3569-2: Well great! SCP-3569-1 reappears on the tray. SCP-3569-2: This flashlight is a lovely blue color! It has three bulbs, and dear me, its over a pound! It's got a nice rubber grip, and it's even got an arm-band. How smart! This was made by [MANUFACTURER AND DATE REDACTED]. It's had 4 previous owners, your dad included! In fact, he just gave it to you a few minutes ago didn't he? What a responsible gift. Now you don't have to be afraid of any more monsters in the closet. SCP-3569-2 continues in this fashion for an additional 2 minutes. Subject actively listens during this time. SCP-3569-2: Now that you know how great this toy is, it's hard to imagine a better one! But that's what I'm for after all. How would you like an even better toy than this? Subject looks to Dr. H█████, who nods. Subject: Okay! SCP-3569-1 disappears and is replaced with a ████████ themed backpack (SCP-3569-1A). SCP-3569-2 then describes SCP-3569-1A in the same fashion as the previous object, continuing for 5 minutes. SCP-3569-2: So Catherine, what do you think, is this toy cool enough for a cool girl like you? Or do you want an even better toy than this one? Subject: Better, please! SCP-3569-2: Look at you being so polite! I'm very proud! SCP-3569-1A disappears and is replaced with a teddy bear. SCP-3569-2 then describes SCP-3569-1A in the same fashion as the previous object, continuing for 7 minutes. SCP-3569-2: Alright Catherine, This toy is by far my best yet, but I'm willing to go for better! Whadda'ya say? Dr. H█████ waves to the subject to stop the test. Subject: That's okay, thank you anyways. SCP-3569-2: Awe shucks! I was all excited to bring a new toy for you. That's okay though. I can't stay mad at such a polite young girl! Bye-Bye! SCP-3569-1A disappears and reappears in the subject's hands. The subject proceeds to hug the teddy bear. Subject: Daddy! Daddy! The bunny gave me a new teddy! Dr. H█████: I see that sweetie. This marks the end of Experiment-3569-2. <End Log> Abbreviated Transcription Log for Experiment-3569-6: <Begin Log> The Subject, Dr. H█████, and three security personnel have been participating in the events of SCP-3569 for approx. 40 minutes. The Subject is visibly bored. SCP-3569-2 finishes his statement and pauses. SCP-3569-2: I'm sorry if I'm getting boring there David! I understand that sports aren't everybody's thing. So how about this, I'll do ya one better, sound good? Subject: Yea, sure. SCP-3569-2: Well alright grumpy guss, how's this? SCP-3569-1A (bucket of baseballs) disappears and is replaced with a machete coated in [REDACTED]. All four subjects in the room turn away, presumably from the stench now present. Dr. H█████: Ah [EXPLETIVE REDACTED]… Subject: Ew, What is that? SCP-3569-2: That, David, is a ██████ Tool & Knife Machete! Right now it's covered in some yucky stuff, but that's easily cleaned with bleach! I'm sure your parents will help ya clean it up if ya ask nicely. Anyways, [EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION REDACTED] Dr. H█████: You know what? That's enough for this one. Call it off, David, this Experiment's done. Subject: That's ok Mr. Bunny, I gotta go. SCP-3569-2: You can call me the Bunny Butler. It says so on my base there! And I understand. Sometimes Grown-Ups don't understand my toys. I'm sure you'll love it, though. Bye-Bye! SCP-3569-1A then appears in the subjects hand, and is subsequently dropped. Dr. H█████ picks up SCP-3569-1A and escorts the subject and security staff from the room. <End Log> Article 3569-1: List of Spawned Objects Hide Article 3569-1 List of Spawned Objects: ████████ themed backpack filled with paper. 481 g. Experiment-3569-2 Teddy bear. 481 g. Experiment-3569-2 Framed painting. 822 g. Experiment-3569-6 Ball Peen Hammer. 822 g. Experiment-3569-6 Bucket of baseballs. 822 g. Experiment-3569-6 Machete inscribed with the words "Boricua Popular1". 822 g. Experiment-3569-6 Steel ballpoint pen. 510 g. Experiment-3569-9 ███████ TV remote. 510 g. Experiment-3569-9 Wooden coaster. 510 g. Experiment-3569-9 █████ ███████ action figure. 566 g. Experiment-3569-14 Stack of 3 children's books. 566 g. Experiment-3569-14 Empty flower pot. 566 g. Experiment-3569-14 Stone tablet, language unknown. 566 g. Experiment-3569-14 SCP-3569 was found in █████, Florida, in an orphanage. The statue came to the attention of The Foundation when the local news reported on a fight that broke out in said orphanage, and one child wounded another with a WWI era military shovel. The boy had claimed to get the shovel by trading his blanket with "the bunny". The Foundation confiscated SCP-3569 and administered Class-C Amnestics to the children and caretakers involved. Footnotes 1. A political activist group in Puerto Rico also known as "The Machete Wielders". ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3569" by NoraMeld, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3569. 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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As far as I can tell, humanity is beyond saving. If there was any hope before, it's all gone now. My only recommendation is to aim for the head. EE-3570 By: Lt Flops Published on 04 Jun 2018 03:35 EE-3570: Umbral Ultimatum Author: Lt Flops Published on 3 Jun 2018 This article is Part 7 of the Team Bird storyline. Other Works by Lt Flops! SCP Articles Title Rating SCP-4420 +273 SCP-4416 +209 SCP-4790 +185 EE-3570 +185 SCP-4031 +168 SCP-5990 +147 SCP-5810 +135 SCP-3787 +135 SCP-3464 +130 SCP-4190 +106 SCP-3719 +91 SCP-6327 +78 SCP-7723 +61 Tales Title Rating SCP-2 +191 The Abyss Gazes Back (and It's ASCII on a CRT Screen) +118 The Doctor's Dilemma +93 fifthist family picnic +88 UMBRAL_MIGRATORY_SEQUENCE.txt +88 Buggy Hardware (or Why I Don't Play Violent Video Games) +84 What Lurks in the Dark? +75 Spilled Milk +73 A Scene From a Meme(-ory) +72 Illac +70 A Surprise Encounter with Crispy Sex Pirates +63 INNER-SPACE +54 A Necromantic Prelude +36 A Prologue: An Old, Familiar Dream +29 Pursuing Ghosts, Part I +28 Solidão +27 Samara: Be the Itsy Bitsy Spider. +25 Pursuing Ghosts, Part II +15 GOI Formats Title Rating SPC-993: BOBBLE THE CLOWN SHARK +140 SPC-507: EAGER NETHERENDER +120 SATURN'S CORNER +106 "Scattersomnia": A Disease of the Wise and Drowsy Wanderers +104 Hubs Title Rating Void Dancer Hub +109 CSS Themes Title Rating 'Pataphysics Department Theme +133 Classic SCP Foundation Theme +122 Flopstyle: DARK +107 Flopstyle: LITE +84 Pack Of Peanuts Theme +53 Parawatch Anon Theme +49 SAPPHIRE Theme Redux +44 SAPPHIRE Theme +24 Collaborations Co-Authored SCP Articles SCP-3309 - Where We Go When We Fade, Fade Away Co-Author Rating PhamtomGuy +1168 SCP-3739 - Mind-Milk™ by Moosphere, Inc. Co-Author Rating KindlyTurtleClem +284 SCP-4428 Dr. Michaels - Dr. Michaels is not in danger. Co-Author Rating Henzoid +479 SCP-4475 - So Long, and Thanks for All the Milk Co-Author Rating KindlyTurtleClem +176 SCP-4519 - Carl Sagan, Godhead Co-Author Rating NatVoltaic +175 SCP-4795 - Feathered F(r)iends Co-Author Rating Mew-ltiverse +124 SCP-6447 - Sinners' Symphony Co-Author Rating Elunerazim & Others +54 SCP-6481 - Nipple Centipedes Co-Author Rating Ellie3 +107 SCP-6705 - The Bicameral Milk Co-Author Rating LordStonefish +87 SCP-6830 - Oops! All Atens! Co-Author Rating AriadnesThread +92 SCP-7010 - We Will Endure Co-Author Rating Stormbreath +161 Co-Authored Tales Avian Anthology I Co-Author Rating Team Bird +75 Avian Anthology II Co-Author Rating Team Bird +93 Land Of Honey Co-Author Rating KindlyTurtleClem +111 Snippets of an Unveiled World Co-Author Rating Nykacolaquantum & Others +298 Co-Authored GOI Formats The Sacred Djehuti Co-Author Rating Ayers +134 GRANT REQUEST FOR THE RE-CREATION OF AN ADVANCED POSTMORTEM NEURAL PRESERVATION SYSTEM Co-Author Rating Uncle Nicolini +61 Critter Profile: Bartholomew! Co-Author Rating KindlyTurtleClem +135 Co-Authored Hubs Team Bird Hub Co-Author Rating notgull +244 A Non-Prophet Organization Hub Co-Author Rating Uncle Nicolini +114 I, Hub (April Fools) Co-Author Rating Elenee FishTruck & Others +100 SPC Hub Co-Author Rating PeppersGhost, MrWrong, & LORDXVNV +181 Milk Hub Co-Author Rating LORDXVNV +82 Other Co-Authored Pages A Semi-Comprehensive List of Foundation Departments Co-Author Rating TopDownUnder & Dr Moned +235 Wanderers' Library Entries Page Page Info Lampyra, the Watcher Wanderers' Library Author Page Cave Story 2020 Wanderers' Depths Contest, First Place Interplanetary Colonization 2021 Scavenger Hunt Contest I'll Take You to the Parashops 2021 Scavenger Hunt Contest Talk of the Town Last Light Canon The Foolish One 2021 WanderCon ▸ More by this Author ◂ {$comments2} F.A.Q. {$doesthisfixthebug} REVISION #31 OF THIS DOCUMENT WAS PREPARED BY THE FOUNDATION AVIAN DIVISION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLUTO PROTOCOL The clearance level to access this file has been changed to Level-1/GENERAL for relevance to the ongoing BE-Class “Migration” End-of-Consciousness Scenario. AUTHORIZED BY: Dr. Frederick Hoygull EVENT: EE-3570 LEVEL-1/GENERAL SCENARIO: MIGRATION DECLASSIFIED DISRUPTION CLASS: amida The Moon during EE-3570. Preceding Events: Extranormal Event 3570 (EE-3570) was preceded by a set of related phenomena, listed as follows. ▷ Show Timeline Date Occurrence May 10, 2018 The Earth's Akiva radiation1 level decreases and becomes uniform with the cosmic background constant of ~0.7 milliakiva (mÁ). Despite the expected repercussions, however, the Earth registers only a minuscule decrease in its ambient hume level. As well, one or more Class-VII Reality-Manipulators become undetectable and are considered lost. May 11 A dense Avian meme complex (“EOI-121”) spreads throughout the human noosphere2 via SCP-3662. This is now understood to be the result of extra-universal interference. The sum of human thought diminishes to align solely with the Avian meme3 within three months. Humans infected by the Avian meme complex are designated Type-BE Humanoid Entities. June 5 A correspondence between an extant cell of the Serpent's Hand and the Avian Division occurs. Through this and a series of messages from Project Milliard, the Avian Division determined a Class-V Reality-Manipulator had influenced the noosphere. June 24 60% of Type-BE entities in North America begin a mass exile to the Midwestern United States. The assembled entities erect a large ibis-shaped monument, despite lacking fine motor skills or higher intellect. The monument becomes a focal point for thaumic energy generation4 via an as-yet-unknown vector. The Avian Division detects the same thaumic disturbances across the world, suggesting the construction of other monuments. August 2 The Avian meme infects 99.9% of the human population. Between 5 and 10% of the worldwide population expires from starvation after the loss of the worldwide agricultural industry. A small percentage of Type-BE entities (10–15% of the population) engage in regular sarcophagy on the larger 85% for sustenance. August 8 Lunar Area-32 detects thaumic disturbances across the surface of the Moon. August 9 The North American monument radiates a vibrant blue. It is surmised that the other monuments are exhibiting a similar change. △ Close EE-3570 began shortly thereafter. Event Designation: EE-3570 Date of Occurrence: 9 August 2018 Location: Worldwide Event Description: At 11:10 a.m. PDT, the Moon emitted an intense blue light associated with large levels of thaumic activity and became visible to the naked eye. At its first zenith, ~1.1 billion Type-BE entities across the easternmost part of Russia, North and South America, and parts of Northwestern Europe became exposed to moonlight. Exposed entities underwent extensive musculoskeletal transformations and grew wing-like anatomical structures from their backs. Entities experienced a mass enhancement of the deltoid muscles; the dorsal portions of the trapezius and scapula expanded and acquired a wider and more defined morphology. Parallel to the existing arms, a new set of forelimbs emerged laterally. The forelimbs extended outward to a 3-m length on each side of the body, according to an average adult's physiology. Different body types and sizes developed proportional anatomical formations. The forelimbs developed long, bony digits occurring within a thick and supple membrane that became the basis for a new network of blood vessels. The forelimbs developed feathers, consistent in composition and function to those of common seabirds, and retractable talons at the extremities. Type-BE entities displayed various levels of discomfort during this process, which required between 2 and 5 hr to complete. After the transformation, the newly developed wings allowed for a diversity of short- and long-range flight. During the Moon's transit, locations across the world became exposed to moonlight and thaumic energy. All exposed Type-BE entities developed the same winged transformations. Newly winged Type-BE entities emitted greater amounts of Élan-Vital Energy (EVE),5 became capable of flight speeds greater than 40 km/h, and in most instances, displayed predatory behaviour. At 05:45 p.m. PDT, Armed Research Site-18 — the Avian Division's base of operations — received a transmission from Lunar Area-32. A transcript is as follows. ▷ Lunar Area-32 Transmission AUDIO LOG [BEGIN LOG] This is Junior Researcher Arvo Driessen of Lunar Area-32 transmitting on all Foundation channels. We are on full lockdown. Task Force Sigma-6 “Puddlejumpers” is gone. Multiple anomalous humanoids have entered the facility [Static.] engaging in hostilities. To the Avian Division: Consider Lunar Area-32 lost. Yesterday, we detected thaumic disturbances across the lunar surface, and a few hours ago, it turned bright blue. It was pretty quiet afterward, but then a group of winged humanoids poured in from SCP-120 — our exit out of here. I'm stationed at the research facility in Sub-Level 3, way the hell away from them. Lucky me. [Static.] can't say the same for my colleagues. Doctor Simrin and I had been together during the attack before she headed up to containment to check up on the Euclid-Classes. I lost her signal shortly after. It's been three hours. [Pause.] I checked the security video. There were what, thirty of them? When they appeared, they immediately attacked the reception area. One agent took to defending himself with a security baton. He smacked a few of them before they swarmed him, and then the bastards started eating him. They tore his eyes from their sockets, and as he screamed, tore out his tongue next. I think they're getting restless, being cooped up in here like this? They've taken to chewing up the electrical systems, bringing entire sections of the facility down with them. When one of them collapses from electrocution, the next one just climbs over and continues where they left off. They are literal birdbrains. [Pause.] I don't know what's going on down there, but up here? We're screwed. I think the worst part of all this is the fact that Director Hourdoon, that prick, escaped with the only evac shuttle. Hope that piece of shit crashes and burns. I'll keep Hoygull updated, but honestly? Don't get your hopes up. The support systems are failing, the sub-levels are practically swarming with those stupid birds, and more of them keep piling in through dash 120. Good luck saving humanity and all that. As far as I can tell, humanity is beyond saving. If there was any hope before, it's all gone now. My only recommendation is to aim for the head. [END LOG] △ Close The newly transformed Type-BE entities have been observed flying in flocks with upwards of 500 individuals. Hunting occurs on both an individual and group basis, with moderate territorial aggression occurring among rivalling flocks. Entities can unhinge their jaws while consuming prey, enlarging the oral cavity to about three times its size. Skin and tissue stretch with ease, whereas chewing remains unencumbered. The extent of behaviours these entities display is as-yet-undocumented, because of their relative aggression toward other species of birds (including Avian Division personnel) and insufficient observation time. AUGUST 10 UPDATE I. EE-3570 Status About 24 hr have elapsed since the Moon began emitting thaumic energy, and ~90% of all Type-BE entities have been affected. The Earth's thermosphere displays an iridescent atmospheric phenomenon, similar to aurorae, generated by excess thaumic energy. Affected Type-BE entities surrounding their constructed monuments have begun off-world transit via spontaneously occurring Ways produced by the monuments. Transit occurs on an individual basis, whereas the Ways have spread radially outward according to a geometric expansion model. The Avian Division estimates that most Type-BE entities will abandon the Earth within one week. Research into the emergence and destination of these Ways is ongoing. It has been determined that the Ways lead to the exoplanet URA-8047 (see Supplemental Materials for more information). II. Follow-Up Actions Taken An excerpt from Marine Fighting Team CHARYBDIS' initial response to EE-3570 is as follows. ▷ Incident Log EE-3570-035 VIDEO LOG NOTE: MFT CHARYBDIS is a cybernetically augmented four-person unit, part of an organization known as the Centre.6 Audiovisual footage was gathered from each CHARYBDIS operative and compiled into one abridged transcript. CHARYBDIS operatives appear unaffected by the anomaly. Whether this is related to their extra-universal origin, a memetic hardening developed during their training, or some other effect is as-yet-unknown. After the start of the Event, Mobile Task Force Eta-4 (“Begone Thoth”) recommended that CHARYBDIS proceed to Outpost-24-B and remain there until the cessation of the Event. While travelling to Outpost-24-B, an overwhelming force of Type-BE entities engaged CHARYBDIS, forcing the team to abandon operator Leah Řezník (CHARYBDIS-3). Fully transformed Type-BE entities discovered Outpost-24-B about 4 hr later. [BEGIN LOG] C-4 Haruki: Sir, they're attempting access to the main entrance. Can't we do something about it? [She motions punching actions.] C-1 Quinn: Eta-4 told us to keep indoors, C-4. You can do your punching when we figure out what in the Leviathan's asshole is happening. Capisce? C-4 Haruki: See, this is why I should've brought my new drone! I could clobber those Deviants from within the comfort of these air-conditioned walls. [She continues motioning punching actions.] C-2 Jaedan: Are you sure about us staying put, Quinn? When the birdbrains find a way to burst in here, we'll be packed like sardines. I'd rather be stuck out there than in here, you know. C-4 Haruki: Caught between some birdbrains and a hard-head? I don't know about you, but I embrace death's sweet release. C-1 Quinn: [To Eta-4 over comms.] Eta-4, is the Moon still being weird? E-4 Lead Keshrayuth (COM): Affirmative, although… By Medila's grace, it's left your kind unmarred. If only we could test– C-1 Quinn: So, you're saying we're green to engage? [Pause.] E-4 Lead Keshrayuth (COM): Yes, but I require your efforts at Site-18 ASAP. The other half of Eta-4 is stationed in the Midwest investigating the monument, so right now, I need all the resources I can get. C-1 Quinn: Roger that, E-4 Leader. [To CHARYBDIS.] C-2, C-4, let's link up with C-3 and then get back to base. [To C-3 Leah over comms.] C-3, are you there? You're never this quiet. You're usually yammering your mouthpiece off. C-3 Leah (COM): I'm here, Cap. Can't make too much noise, they're close. C-1 Quinn: What's your position? C-3 Leah (COM): Abandoned farmhouse, edge of Wakeford. They're squawking, waiting for me to come out. C-1 Quinn: Hold your position, C-3; we're coming to get you! C-3 Leah (COM): Hurry! [CHARYBDIS exits Outpost-24-B and flies toward Leah's location by use of back-mounted rocket packs within their suits. Multiple Type-BE entities follow.] [After a 2-min flight, CHARYBDIS approaches the farmhouse. C-1 Quinn and C-4 Haruki land on the roof and hold position. C-2 Jaedan attempts to dodge a Type-BE instance in mid-flight and crashes through the farmhouse wall.] C-4 Haruki: Watch your tail! [Three entities pursue him.] C-2 Jaedan: Shit! [Jaedan struggles, lifting debris off his person.] C-2 Jaedan: Yeesh, these things reek. [To Leah over comms.] Leah, you there? Come out; I don't fuck around with hide-and-seek, you know? C-3 Leah: Right above you, Jae Jae! [Leah dives from the rafters and lands atop an entity. A second entity swipes its talons at her, scratching her suit. She strikes it before a third entity tackles her.] C-2 Jaedan: Nobody ever mentions how terrible things will smell after the world ends, do they, Leah? [The second entity screeches while Jaedan combats it. Two more entities enter the farmhouse and engage with Jaedan. Leah wrestles free from the third entity.] C-3 Leah: Oh my Thoth, they do reek! C-2 Jaedan: Come on, you heard what the bird lady said — don't invoke the name. That gives him, like, powers or some shit. [He dispatches the third entity and kicks it away.] Listen: Between you and me, I don't remember half the things she's told us. [Three more entities enter the farmhouse and attack both Jaedan and Leah.] C-3 Leah: What do you want? We have nothing for you! Leave us alone! C-1 Quinn (COM): What in the depths is going on down there? It sounds like an illegal cockfight. C-2, grab C-3 and fly the damn coop! [Leah uppercuts a nearby entity and dispatches it with ease. She turns and connects her fist with another entity's face, which crumples inwards. Five more entities enter.] C-2 Jaedan: We punch one and two more swoop in to take its place. You know, I liked it better when we faced Selachians. [He pummels an entity, and Leah incapacitates it.] They kept us on our toes, but it felt so good knowing how much of a difference we were making. C-3 Leah: While you reminisce, I'll worry about not getting turned into bird feed, thanks. Let's go! [Leah kicks over a stack of hay bales, and the pair flies through the wall and onto the roof.] [A nearby entity follows the pair and perches in a stationary position atop the roof. It folds back its wings while vocalizing a high-pitched chirping sound in Jaedan's direction.] C-4 Haruki: Jaedan, I think he likes you! C-2 Jaedan: [To the entity.] Okay, hear me out. We can't take you home. That's against protocol. So, either you leave right now, or my boys over here will send you to Kingdom Come. [He showcases his arms, flexing.] [Leah inspects the entity. It displays feathers with a brown colouration and bears copious amounts of jewellery that dangle from its neck and arms.] C-3 Leah: He doesn't look so scary. What do you think, Cap, can we keep him? C-1 Quinn: At the bottom of a deep dark hole, sure! [He laughs.] You know, we haven't actually recovered one of these things yet. C-2 Jaedan: So what? I don't want it! C-1 Quinn: [Over comms.] E-4 Lead, we've encountered a non-hostile Type-BE entity. Permission to take it into custody? E-4 Lead Keshrayuth (COM): Very well, but hurry. I'd like to restrict today's operations to today. We're still unaware of what implications this anomaly might have at night. C-1 Quinn: You heard the lady. C-2, grab the Deviant. Let's get back to base, team! [END LOG] CLOSING REMARKS: I'm not sure if the Black Moon howls, but I do know the Blue Moon screeches. —Captain Quinn Griffith MFT CHARYBDIS Leader Shark Punching Centre EDIT: Ignore that. △ Close The captured instance, designated EE-3570-A, is contained within the Anomalous Humanoids Wing of Site-18 and undergoing study. About 36 hr after the start of the Event, Dr. Hoygull appended Document EE-3570 with a new file. ▷ IntSCPFN:/files/EE-3570/2018-08-10T23:58:44-07:00.wav AUDIO LOG NOTE: Our last known human colleagues — stationed at Lunar Area-32 before the Event — relayed most of the following information, which I've compiled and released via audio recording. —Dr. Frederick Hoygull, PhD Avian Division Head [BEGIN LOG] By the order of the Avian Division, this recording is being transmitted on all Foundation channels. Before Extranormal Event 3570, the Foundation hypothesized that a massive lunar anomaly would occur in the near future. On the 24th of December 1972, initial analysis of the Apollo 17 Moon landing's geological samples detailed elevated EVE consistent with reality-bending phenomena.7 The samples, collected from various deposits around the Taurus–Littrow Valley landing site, prompted theories of the Moon's thaumic makeup. In December 1995, the newly christened, and if I might add, unfortunately named “Outpost Thoth-1” performed a series of observations on lunar sites to record thaumic radiation levels. They discovered the Moon had a baseline EVE intensity registering at 141 000 caspers8 — greater than anywhere on Earth. Why that did not immediately lead to drastic changes in localized reality and sub-reality, is unknown. But, well, that explains why something did happen. And you can thank Thoth, the Egyptian god of wisdom, for causing it. [Pause.] In the event that such intense energy might be manipulated against Earth, several active deterrents were devised. The contingencies, unfortunately, could not be enacted because the BE-Class Scenario decimated our workforce.9 Taking a look at the files here… Projects included the mass Scranton Reality Anchor “Seraphim Array” in mid-Earth orbit, the Global Hard-Light Energy Shielding System, and the controlled expansion of SCP-2821 to quickly consume the Moon and then itself via– What's this? The file literally reads, “[DATA EXPUNGED]”. Of course, the order and protocols of the Foundation still hold true, even when the world falls apart! Anyway, the red tape speaks for itself. Let me tell you what we're going to do about this. Appended to Document EE-3570 is Supplemental Materials file UMBRAL_MIGRATORY_SEQUENCE.txt. Take note of the information within that file before using available resources to reach immediate rendezvous with Mobile Task Force Eta-4. After that, we will co-ordinate off-world evacuation efforts. Suffice it to say we don't have much time left. Everything will, uh, make sense soon. And if it doesn't? Good luck. [END LOG] △ Close The remainder of the Foundation — 75 Avian Division personnel, MFT CHARYBDIS, and SCP-2785 — is stationed at Site-18. Operation: DIVINE RUSE is being developed at this time. III. Supplemental Materials The few remaining Avian Division staff in Egypt discovered a preserved papyrus reed manuscript, circa 1900 BCE, filed within Reliquary Site-62 Archives. The manuscript was written in Egyptian hieratic script and included several surviving accounts. A series of fragmented excerpts, as they relate to EE-3570, are as follows. ▷ Recovered Text –and Khemennu employs its sons to the most effective degree. We are the jewel of the Nile, so Zaid the Ascended One professes — and it is true, and it is good. Soon, we depart the Land of Black and Red for the Cosmos beyond, where Thoth will bring us on a holy tour. We– I have not told the Elders, but I received a visit from the Sacred One in my dreams. In fear, I asked the one question that has haunted me most. I asked, Thoth, why do you cast down unbelievers? To which Thoth replied, such an action is a justice basked in by the righteous. To this, I asked, Thoth, how can you cast down your children, righteous or not? Thoth said, your kind is not truly my children. But I have asserted myself in front of the Communion for those I deem worthy — thus, those I consider my children in spirit. For if I do not extend my wisdom, why must my wisdom exist? I asked Thoth, is there anything we could do to anger you? To which Thoth replied, to reject my wisdom is to spite me. Indeed, to be without my wisdom for long is a blasphemous offence. But to anger me, truly, it would need the effort of one who is quite mad. There is nothing you, my collective children, could do to anger me. I have plans yet for those that have failed to gain my favour. I then asked, Thoth, what is your plan for us? Thoth proclaimed, I shall cast down the azure fires of Set above, which will consume your Holy City. These are not raging fires, however, but those of majesty and wonder. Of the bright motes that twinkle in the night. Of Ra's destiny. And when the City becomes inflamed, so too will your hearts. They will sprout and flower into vast wings in the reflection of the Sacred Ibis. This, I shall share with all my children, who will join my flock in the vast Cosmos. You will rule my paradise. Forever, forever. I awoke, wishing not the fires blue. I enjoy mortality. If Thoth wills transcendence — I am in fear. Alas, if it means tasting the Brot Kruma, perhaps that is necessary to– The beast wakes. The vermin stir. The great one feeds. Thoth cowers in the dusk. And Brot Kruma awaits. The ritual has begun. Thoth will not leave any of his children behind. Those unworthy? Doomed to become thralls, as Thoth wills it. Forever, forever. △ Close The subject matter within the account describes phenomena related to EE-3570 and URA-8047 SCP-3632. The Avian Division has begun drafting methods of reaching SCP-3632. AUGUST 11 UPDATE This document is marked for immediate release via all available communication channels. Consult the attached note for details. THE CLEARANCE LEVEL TO ACCESS THIS FILE HAS BEEN LOWERED FROM LEVEL-1/GENERAL TO LEVEL-0/PUBLIC If any allies have yet to reveal yourselves: Please, we need your help. To our successors: If these are the only documents you find, know we have failed. —Dr. Frederick Hoygull MEDILA WILLS OUR PATH NOW UNTIL WE RETURN TO THE NEST Footnotes 1. akiva: An SI unit used to assign a measurement to esoteric radiation emitted by powerful reality-bending entities. Defined by the value of piety reported among adherents of any such entities. 2. noosphere: The realm of memetic activity. The existence of free memes implies the noosphere has an existence separate from physical reality. The precise nature of this existence is poorly understood. 3. As opposed to the “human meme” by some definition thereof. 4. MTF-Eta-4 operatives recorded this with a thaumometer, which quantifies thaumic energy levels within a localized area. 5. Élan-Vital Energy: Fundamental particles generated by all living entities. 6. Centre personnel are primarily dedicated to combatting anomalous nautical threats, typically of Selachian nature. The Department of Extra-Universal Affairs first established contact with the Centre in 2011, but MTF-Eta-4 of the Avian Division and MFT CHARYBDIS of the Centre only began joint operations shortly before the advent of EE-3570. 7. As thaumatic technology was still under-developed before 1972 because of a lack of research into the Theory of Unified Thaumatology, earlier lunar missions could not detect any thaumic energy. 8. casper: A unit used to assign a measurement to reality-altering phenomena. 9. Dr. Hoygull has decided it would be most appropriate to categorize the two events as the same. Hence, BE-Class “Migration” End-of-Consciousness Scenario. « SPC-507 | TEAM BIRD | The Sacred Djehuti »
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Item #: SCP-3571 Special Containment Procedures: Preserved juvenile specimens of SCP-3571 are to be kept in standard thermally-controlled storage unit at Site-66. A consistent temperature of -2° C must be maintained in order to induce hibernation without damage to the specimens. In the event that any number of SCP-3571 specimens awaken and begin Stage 1 of infestation for any non-intentional reason, they are to be removed if possible. Termination of the escaped specimens is permitted if removal is not possible. Any locations affected by SCP-3571 infection are to be dealt with by MTF Psi-7 ("Home Improvement"). Affected buildings are to be demolished, and SCP-3571 samples are to be recovered. Cover stories are to be issued appropriately if affected locations are within public notice/concern. When testing instances of SCP-3571, it should be done only on abandoned or otherwise unused buildings within 50 km of Site-66. Small structures with wood or steel frames can be built for the purpose of testing SCP-3571, if needed. Description: SCP-3571 is a distinct species genetically identical to the common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris), although key internal and external physical differences are observable in later stages of specimens' life cycle. SCP-3571 also exhibits behavioral differences, as well as rudimentary pheromonal communication observable in large groups. SCP-3571 goes into an inert state in temperatures of -2° C, their bodies curling into a spiral position. Tissue damage occurs at -8°C. The infestation-cycle and anomalous properties of SCP-3571 begin when at least one young, mobile specimen enters a currently unoccupied man-made structure with a wooden or metal skeleton. The original specimen(s) of SCP-3571 will enter the wall through any openings or crevices that are present on the wall, and will burrow through until reaching the skeleton of the building. From here, the life cycle and infestation cycle of SCP-3571 begins. Stage 1 of infestation consists of the specimen(s) of SCP-3571 consuming part of the building's frame by secreting a caustic fluid of PH █.█. SCP-3571 will grow and expand to fit the sections consumed. Eventually, a majority of the building's frame will be consumed, with SCP-3571 in the place of the consumed portions. It is unknown how the building remains stable during this process. Stage 2 occurs when a majority of the frame has been consumed. SCP-3571 specimens will arrange themselves accordingly to imitate the original frame of the building. Subjects will secrete a fluid through their pores that hardens into a thick, dense layer of unidentified organic material resembling the building skeleton's original material in appearance and properties. SCP-3571 specimens begin to asexually reproduce at this point, releasing microscopic eggs through cracks and openings in their shells. Stage 3 of infestation begins when laid eggs hatch. Newly born SCP-3571 instances will leave the walls of the building and occupy open rooms. From there, they will change the internal layout of the building and drastically, internal dimensions contrasting with external appearance. SCP-3571 instances will create elaborate and absurd obstacles and traps, usually in the style of elimination-challenge obstacle course games and TV-programs, albeit more unstable and hazardous to passerby. It is presumed they build these objects through their secretions, although formal observation has proven difficult due to SCP-3571 instances swarming/consuming recording devices placed in infected buildings. Decor changes are also made on occasion, some cases of infestation ending in aesthetically thematic courses. Signage is often produced near the entrance by SCP-3571 instances, with the name of the course and rules pasted before the entrance. Common names for courses have included “AMAZING ANDY'S ALLEY OF AWE!”, “CREEPY CARL'S CRAZY CRYPT OF CALAMITY!”, and “WACKY WILLY AND WILD BILL'S TRAPS OF TRULY TREACHEROUS TERROR!” Unlike the name, the rules are mostly uniform and do not change (See addendum 1), save for small variations of the overall template. All attempts to observe SCP-3571 instances during Stage 3 of infestation, in its entirety, have failed. Entrances are sealed through an unknown procedure during Stage 3, and cameras are quickly consumed by SCP-3571 instances. Brief footage shows walls, floors, and ceilings completely coated in juvenile SCP-3571 instances, but the footage fails to capture how they alter the internal dimensions. Stage 4 begins after the building is completely transformed. Instances of SCP-3571 that exist outside of the frame vacate and migrate to another susceptible building, where Stage 1 begins again. From here, exits are unsealed. When a human subject enters a building affected by SCP-3571 infestation, all means of entry and exit are sealed through an unknown process, with the exception of a single backdoor placed on the opposite side of the transformed structure. Pasted rules encourage the subject to move quickly through the obstacles and traps to this exit, with the promise of escape and “a grand prize”. Conditions become increasingly uncomfortable and dangerous with the amount of time elapsed, including (but not limited to) high rises/drops in temperature, poor air quality, rising water, heavy fog, malodorous scents, caustic substances leaking from unseen punctures in the ceiling, and swarms of earthworms. Subjects often take notice of these changes, and, in most cases, hasten. Subjects acting against the standard “rules” of the course will encounter more severe hazards, often rapid accumulation of the course's gradually building hazard. These hazards often mount at too rapid of a rate for most participants to respond to. Means of long-distance communication do not function in affected buildings. If multiple human subjects attempt entry at the same time, the entry point quickly closes and seals. The majority of subjects are killed on the course by the laid obstacles. Subjects that reach the end are able to leave through the back door. The “grand prize”, usually a briefcase or large sack of the subject's native currency, can be located in close proximity outdoors. Analysis shows that the currency is counterfeit, made of SCP-3571 secretions. Addendum 3571-1: Below is the standard “rules” paper printed in SCP-3571 affected buildings. While this is the most standard template, variations exist. These variations often discuss the same or similar rules, albeit with different ordering and/or wording. WELCOME TO (course name), AN AMAZING AND AWE-INSPIRING OBSTACLE COURSE THAT WE MADE JUST FOR YOU! THESE ARE THE TOP TEN RULES THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO BECOME A WINNER! 1. STAY ALONE FOR MAXIMUM CHALLENGE! 2. DON'T TRY TO EXIT BEFORE YOU FINISH! 3. DON'T DALLY! 4. NO FOOD OR BEVERAGE ALLOWED! 5. NO SMOKING! 6. TRY YOUR BEST! 7. DON'T BE SCARED IF WE WATCH, WE'RE JUST CHEERING YOU ON! 8. IF YOU LOSE, DON'T BE A SORE LOSER! 9. FAILURE TO ABIDE BY THESE RULES MAY RESULT IN IMMEDIATE ELIMINATION! PLEASE DON'T BE NAUGHTY! 10. HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF FUN!!! Addendum 3571-3: + Interview Log 3571-4 - Close log Interviewed: Jacob ████ Interviewer: Dr. H█████ C███████ Foreword: Jacob ████ had filed a report to local authorities and press detailing an unusual and hazardous modification to his home in ██████ , WV. Mr. ████ 's report contained details consistent with SCP-3571 infestation. A small team had been sent to investigate, and Mr. ████ was interviewed by Dr. C████████. Mr. ████ was informed that the interview was for a local press report. The interview has been abridged for brevity, but noteworthy details have been unedited. Dr. C███████: Good evening, Mr. Jacob ████. We'd like to ask you some questions for a news story we're working on. Mr. ████: Yeah, you mentioned it to me yesterday. Dr. C███████: Could you recall your experience from the beginning? Mr. ████: I came home from work, like any other day, and when I tried to go in my house, the door was stuck. I used my key, my spare key, I was even thinking about calling the locksmith. The door budged after 10 minutes, just as I was about to give up and call somebody. Dr. C███████: Continue. Mr. ████: Well, I walk in, and I don't recognize the place. I don't mean it like somebody broke in and ransacked it, I mean it in a more literal sense. The walls looked like they were made of old filthy limestone, cobwebs and dry dirt absolutely everywhere. The floors were stone too, tiled stone, a little like cobblestone. Even the little “Welcome Home” doormat I owned had been replaced with a slab, lying on the ground. It had something like "Creepy Carl's Crypt" or something along those lines just scrawled on it, in bright red paint. Had a little picture of a ghost , like a “Pac-Man” ghost, in a weird, runny purple paint. Dr. C███████: Did you immediately proceed? Mr. ████: No. I thought I just wandered into some other building, maybe the heat was getting to me. I walk back to the door, and it's stuck again. I still thought I wasn't in my home, but to be sure, I pulled out my keys. My key fit into the lock perfectly, but the door was still being stubborn. I was beginning to freak out. I had no clue what was happening, it was like a dream. I tried to call a locksmith again, but this time, there wasn't any reception in the house. I figured I could find a window somewhere and break through, so I went forward from there. Dr. C███████: Was there anything else of notice before you proceeded? Mr. ████: There was a printed piece of paper taped to the wall, in a red typeface. It talked about rules for an obstacle course. I would have been wracking my brain trying to figure out who would be crazy enough to break into somebody's home and turn it into an obstacle course in under 8 hours, if I hadn't read the last rule. “DON'T DALLY, SALLY!” Dr. C███████: Could you describe the building's interior from there? Mr. ████: That 1st room had three big lanes, and occasionally a huge boulder would roll straight down one, lightning fast. I ran down the middle lane, hoping to make it before another rolled down. The hallway must have been at least 100 yards forward, but the lanes weren't very wide. A boulder rolled right down mine, and I hopped to the right-hugging lane. Two more, one middle and one right. Barely made it to the left. You get the idea? I made it to the end, out of breath, but I didn't want to find out what would happen if I “dallied”, so I just pushed forward. Second room was a wider hallway, torches on the lower half of the wall, about up to my sides. I stopped to look, and half the torches spat flames. Every other one on both the right and left. I took my time, I felt if I went too fast, I'd fuck it up. I had a nice pace going before I felt it getting awfully hot. I wrote it off as the heat from the torches, but it just kept getting hotter, and the torches weren't any brighter. I figured that this must have been the punishment for taking so long, the building would cook me if I took my time. I winged it. There wasn't much of the hallway left, but by the time I was close to the door, one of the flame jets caught me right on the left side. My shirt caught fire, and I had a nasty burn right below my chest. Want to see? Dr. C███████: That won't be necessary, Mr. ████. Mr. ████: Oh, figured you'd want it for your report or something. Dr. C███████: Please continue. Mr. ████: Next room, and thank god, the last, was a big, open room. Looked kind of like a gymnasium, with how high the ceiling was and the width… it made me realize that there was no way this would fit in my house. In the center of the room was a big puppet of a mummy, and the strings were visible even from a distance. They went all the way up to the ceiling. Somebody was pulling it, because it was floating forward, no actual life in its movements… I got closer and saw that it had knives sloppily taped on the hands, but there was enough tape for it to stay on, by the looks of it. Just flew forward, swung the hands. Moved way faster than I could, and the heat did me no favors. It was cutting me up pretty bad. I did make it to the end, and there was a door, as well as a sign with “CONGRATULATIONS!” on it, in red neon lights. I walked out, everything was fine, and I sure as hell never tried to go back in. There was a briefcase with cash in it though, that makes up for it a little bit. Dr. C███████: Understandable. Did you see anything alive in or near your house during the event? (Mr. ████ pauses, and turns away for several seconds.) Mr. ████: Well, now that you mention it, there were a lot of worms. Earthworms. They barely squirmed, but they were facing me. I didn't really stop to think about it, I thought it was just part of the crypt theme. (Mr. ████ briefly pauses again.) Mr. ████: Actually, the mummy's strings looked kind of fat and pinkish. Real creepy, looking back. Dr. C███████: Noted. I think we're finished. Thank you, Mr. ████. Mr. ████: Any time. Closing Statement: Investigation into SCP-3571 infection continued. The building was demolished under the cover story of a house fire. Mr. ████, all involved authorities, and involved journalists were issued Class-C amnesics, and all associated written reports, video documentation, and photographs were confiscated. If the information from Mr. ████ is correct, SCP-3571 instances play a larger rule in the nature of the core courses in affected buildings than once believed. Further study is ordered. Addendum 3571-7: + Test Log 3571 - Close log Test 3571-5 Subject: D-9277, a physically healthy Hispanic male, aged 38. Procedure: D-9277 was placed inside a derelict building affected ██ km from Site-66. A digital camera was strapped to their forehead to record the exploration. Prelude: Subject enters. Signage reveals the name of the course to be “FEROCIOUS FREDRIK'S FLAMING FORT OF FEAR!” Notable Structures: Room #1 a conveyor belt spanning from the entrance of the hall to the exit stationed on the floor. Large presses impact the conveyor belt at a constant and regular pace. Room 2 lacks stable footing, molten rock covering most of the floor. Carpets and furniture float on the surface, undamaged by the conditions. Placement of the carpets and furniture prompt subject to leap from one stable surface to another. Subject misses the jump between an armoire and a carpet. Subject perishes by falling into the molten rock, believed to have succumbed near-instantaneously due to burns. Analysis: How molten rock was placed in Room 2 as well as the methods used to secure the furniture and carpeting from burns in unknown. Room 1 demonstrated the 1st appearance of a complex mechanical contraption in an SCP-3571 infected building. Test 3571-27 Subject: D-28417, Caucasian male aged 25. Physically unfit, suffers from malnourishment. Procedure: Subject was placed in Testing Structure-3571-B, a building constructed for the purpose of examining the long-term effects of SCP-3571 on susceptible structures. 8 previous subjects had entered in the past for testing, 7 of whom had perished inside. Researchers also noted the sharp decline in local animal populations after Testing Structure-3571-B was constructed. As with previous tests, the subject was given a digital camera to strap on his forehead. Prelude: Subject enters. Signage reveals name of the course to be “WACKY WILLY AND WILD BILL'S TRAPS OF TRULY TREACHEROUS TERROR!" Subject begins course. Notable Structures: Room #1 is a large, open room. The flooring of the chamber is coated in dead leaves. The footing of the room is unstable, many pitfalls lie concealed in the room. Subject verbally notes that the holes appear as though “something really big made them”. Room #2 is densely packed with 14cm thick iron bars that span upward from flooring and into the ceiling of the room. The iron bars are electrified. Subject remains in the room for 6 additional minutes. A vapor, likely water vapor, from an unknown source, begins to flood the room. Visibility is reduced by eventual fog buildup. The subject moves forward. Room #3 is wide and open, with soil, foliage, and trees occupying much of the space. The subject continues to walk for about 7 minutes before encountering an entity in hiding in the brush. The entity seems to be a grey squirrel (Cirrus carolinensis), albeit deceased, with its bodily movement being forced by earthworms inhabiting the body both internally and externally. Over the course of the exploration, the subject discovers a variety of woodland animals local to [DATA EXPUNGED], the deciduous forest surrounding Testing Structure-3571-B. Observed fauna included one American black bear (Ursus americanus), three deer of an unidentified species, (one doe, two bucks), and 31 additional grey squirrels. Every one of these woodland animals had the same abnormality as the grey squirrel, appearing dead and being infested internally and externally with earthworms. As additional time passed, animals of unidentified species were observed. Most seemed mammalian, and bore resemblance to mundane woodland animals from the area, but noticeable physical deformities were noted. These deformities included additional limbs, eyes, heads, fused limbs, a lack of limbs, extremities, and other similar appendages, lack of fur or skin, and severe necrosis. Several plants also bore this affliction. Later in the test, the Subject was mauled by an unidentified entity. Footage of the creature shows that it bore resemblance to an American black bear, lacking skin and sporting long, prehensile limbs tipped with what resembled pedipalps found on scorpions and related arachnids, made of bony tissue. While the entity lacked eyes, three hollow eye-sockets were observed, two in a standard location for a bear, as well as one on the center of the entity's forehead. Analysis: This exploration suggests that SCP-3571 is able to manipulate multicellular biological life, although how is unknown. Due to the difficulty involved in observing the process SCP-3571 uses to alter matter, it is unlikely that it will be observed manipulating biological organisms in detail in the foreseeable future. Test 3571-30 Subject: D-68901, a physically fit Caucasian female, aged 38. Procedure: Subject was placed in Testing Structure-3571-D, a building constructed for the purpose of examining the long-term effects of SCP-3571 on susceptible structures. 11 previous subjects had entered in the past for testing, all of whom had communications cut off from an unknown cause. As with previous tests, the subject was given a digital camera to strap on her forehead. Prelude: Subject enters. Signage reveals name of the course to be “OLLIE'S OBSTACLE COURSE OF OBVIOUS OBLITERATION!" Subject begins course. Notable Structures: Room #1 had crudely erected tombstones scattered in a grid-like formation. The gravestones have simple symbols engraved on their surfaces, although these symbols match no known language, if any. Room #2 contains a large mechanical structure, erected in the shape of a funnel. Footage shows an uncounted amount of mammalian bodies, including rodents, canines, felines, and humans. Review of the footage has failed to identify the bodies, which were in an advanced state of decomposition. 16 human bodies were counted, which was noted to exceed the number of test subjects. Room #3 sported various entities not unlike those encountered in test 3571-27, although the entities sport more physical deformities and biological modification. Species has yet to be identified. The room also held a large pit, roughly 6 meters in diameter. A large cluster of worms, assumed to be instances of SCP-3571, dwelt in the pit. The entities in the room were not immediately hostile, and were focused on the pit. Subject began to observe the pit. Subject observed the pit for 3 minutes before being spontaneously attacked by the entities, which pushed her into the pit. The video feed cuts off at this point. Analysis: This test displayed that SCP-3571 was far more capable at manipulating both biological and mechanical matter than previously believed. Site Command ordered demolition of all current testing structures built for study of SCP-3571 (Testing Structures A-E). Testing is halted indefinitely. Addendum 3571-19: Thorough investigation on the origins of SCP-3571 has begun conduction after a second spike of incidents in ███████, TX, where the first incidents were reported. █ houses adjacent to one-another had all been affected by SCP-3571 infection. The investigation was headed by Dr. H█████ C██████, Dr. G█████ ███ N██████, and Dr. K███ F██████. Several undercover field agents were selected to examine local records and interview affected civilians, as well as demolish the buildings and issue false-memories and stories of a fire ravaging the █ affected houses. The investigation carried on for █ weeks before field agents discovered evidence pointing to a local private organization that was deemed likely to possess SCP-3571 instances. The aforementioned organization held public displays of classified information pertaining to SCP-3571, which had sparked public controversy in the local community. These claims were quickly rebuked and discredited by the organizers of the investigation, under the story of the information being an elaborate hoax by the organization done for financial gain. The involved field agents frisked the organization's headquarters and discovered SCP-3571 instances, as well as classified information on SCP-███, SCP-████, and SCP-████. Several members of the organization were detained and interrogated. The interrogated operatives claimed to not possess any knowledge on the origins of SCP-3571. One had informed the Foundation that a large population existed in a cavern near the neighboring town of ███████. The same operative had admitted that the private organization had made repeated attempts to investigate unusual phenomena in several locations across the USA, and that they had wished to share the findings to expose what they had suspected was a "larger conspiracy". The involved operatives were issued Class-A amnesics while a separate investigation was launched to uncover more about the organization. The heads of the investigation on SCP-3571 had proceeded to launch an investigation of the cavern mentioned by the operative. For details on the exploration of the cavern, see Addendum 3571-22. Addendum 3571-22: + Expedition Log 3571-26 - Close log Foreword: Following the discovery of the cavern in the district of ███████, TX, subdivision Z9-17 of MTF Zeta-9 ("Mole Rats") consisting of 8 operatives and 3 central operatives was sent to investigate. Radio contact between the operatives and Dr. H█████ C██████ at Site-66 was established. Dr. C██████: Have we established contact? CO-Z9-17-1: We can hear you, C██████. We're more worried about what the connection will be like inside. Dr. C██████: The connection might dampen, but it should remain mostly stable and clear if all goes well. Is Z9-17 ready to proceed? CO-Z9-17-1: Yes. All supplies have been accounted for, all members are physically and mentally prepared… we should be ready by now. Dr. C██████: Very well. Proceed. (Z9-17 walks down the trail leading to the cavern. The opening to the cavern is found after 9 minutes.) CO-Z9-17-1: We're here. Dr. C██████: Is there anything notable about the exterior? CO-Z9-17-3: They've got a wooden sign, it looks like. It's all in gibberish, letters are painted over other letters, the color of the paint is inconsistent… it's a mess. There doesn't seem to be a door, so hopefully we'll all be able to enter. Dr. C██████: Noted. Thank you, Tapeworm. (Z9-17 proceeds into the cavern. Audible crashing is heard over the radio.) CO-Z9-17-2: Oh, shit! Dr. C██████: What happened? Are you alright? CO-Z9-17-1: We're fine. We all made it in, but the part of the cave's ceiling collapsed, over the entrance. Perhaps it functions somewhat like the other areas affected by 3571, but we all were able to enter. That doesn't usually happen, does it? Dr. C██████: No. Usually only one can enter. Do you see anything of note? CO-Z9-17-1: Hold on, we're booting up the night-vision goggles. (12 seconds pass.) CO-Z9-17-1: They're on. There's papers taped all over the walls of the cavern. Dr. C██████: Rules? CO-Z9-17-1: I guess so. They're in gibberish just like the sign. Dr. C██████: Anything else? CO-Z9-17-1: No. Dr. C██████: Proceed. (Z9-17 continues for 4 minutes before stopping.) CO-Z9-17-3: We've got a problem, C██████. There's a giant gap, must be at least a football field's length. I can see that there is more to the cavern beyond the gap, but I have no clue- (Audible squirming is heard over the radio. Various operatives react with disgust and panic.) CO-Z9-17-2: There's worms everywhere! There's just *inaudible* damn, what are they *inaudible* Dr. C██████: Calm down, Hookworm! What are the worms doing? (The squirming becomes gradually dies down after 47 seconds. CO-Z9-17-2 is heard breathing heavily.) CO-Z9-17-1: We're fine, C██████. Some of us are just a little bit shook. The worms formed a wide cord across the gap, like a bridge. I think we can cross it, but I don't know how stable it's going to be. We're going to send O-Z9-17-7 to see if it's stable. (2 minutes pass.) CO-Z9-17-1: He made it. We're moving across. (An additional 2 minutes passes.) CO-Z9-17-1: That wasn't so bad, was it Hookworm? CO-Z9-17-2: Speak for yourself, fucker. CO-Z9-17-1: C██████, why did you assign the guy who's scared of worms to be one of the central operatives in this expedition? Dr. C██████: We were not informed, Flatworm. Remain on task. We don't need this kind of drama during this kind of mission. CO-Z9-17-1: Sorry. I was just wondering. CO-Z9-17-3: We found another open room, doc. CO-Z9-17-2: It's a fucking mess in here. Dr. C██████: Describe the room, please. CO-Z9-17-2 There's a lot of clutter. Mostly scrap metal, cardboard, stone… it looks like it might have been part of one of the obstacle courses, but I'm not sure. CO-Z9-17-1: That would make sense. The sign was painted over possibly hundreds of times and the cave wall near the entrance had hundreds of rule papers. So what if this course was destroyed and rebuilt by 3571 over and over? CO-Z9-17-3: Could be, although that would go against previously observed behavior in SCP-3571, wouldn't it? Dr. C██████: We'll try to determine that later. For now, we're trying to determine where SCP-3571 came from. Proceed. CO-Z9-17-2: How are we supposed to? There's so much shit in the way. We're stuck. CO-Z9-17-1: I think we can climb over. It might take some time, but if we go over that pile, we might be able to get past this mess. CO-Z9-17-3: It's worth a shot. (Z9-17 proceeds over the pile. A choking sound is heard in the distance.) CO-Z9-17-2: What is that? CO-Z9-17-1: It's not any of us. (The choking becomes closer and more audible.) CO-Z9-17-3: It's coming up behind us. Move. CO-Z9-17-2: What the fuck are those things? Dr. C██████: Remain calm and describe the entities. (The choking becomes more audible.) CO-Z9-17-3: They're moving too fast! Dr. C██████: Respond, Z9-17! CO-Z9-17-1: Open fire! (Gunshots, loud screams, and several other noises are heard for about 7 minutes. During this time, Dr. C██████ repeatedly attempts to get a response from any of the central operatives of Z9-17, to no avail.) (Gunfire continues. Several snapping and tearing noises are heard.) CO-Z9-17-1: Retreat! (Gunfire dies down, and clattering is heard over the radio.) Dr. C██████: Come in, Z9-17! Is anybody there? CO-Z9-17-2: I'm here. We split up, a few of us made it over the pile. At least four operatives are down, but I think Flatworm and Tapeworm are alright. Dr. C██████: I'm unable to establish radio contact with them. Where are you now, Hookworm? CO-Z9-17-2: I'm down another path. There's nobody around, and I don't hear the others. Thank fucking god I got away from those things. Dr. C██████: What are "those things"? Could you describe the entities for me? CO-Z9-17-2: They looked like people. Dead people. There were worms popping in and out of holes burrowed in their flesh, half of them didn't have any skin, and a few were just completely fucked up beyond all recognition. They had too many eyes, or they had several extra pairs of long arms, at least one looked like a big worm made out of somebody's body… bullets didn't kill them, probably because the worms didn't die. Dr. C██████: Hold on, Hookworm. I've reestablished connection with Tapeworm. Come in, Tapeworm. CO-Z9-17-3: I'm here, C██████. Dr. C██████: Where are you now? CO-Z9-17-3: I'm at a dead end. Flatworm's down, and the rest of the operatives scattered. I'm going to have to backtrack. Dr. C██████: Is Flatworm injured, or dead? CO-Z9-17-3: Dead. Worms are already inside of him. I'm not going to stick around and see what's going to happen to him. Dr. C██████: Hookworm, see if you can reach Tapeworm. You two should probably find a way to find each other. CO-Z9-17-2: I can hear Tapeworm. Tapeworm, I went down the central path after the heap. If you can find your way back, I'll be waiting for you. CO-Z9-17-3: Alright. I think that I'll be able to catch up with you. CO-Z9-17-2: I'll wait for you to find the path before I go further down. (Silence over the radios for about 4 minutes.) CO-Z9-17-3: My arm is hurting. I'm going to stop to look at it. CO-Z9-17-2: Do that later, I don't have all day! Another one of those damn things could be around any corner! CO-Z9-17-3: Then go down the path yourself. CO-Z9-17-2: Fine. I just hope that we'll be able to get the fuck out of here. (Silence for 2 minutes.) CO-Z9-17-2: There's another opening up ahead. Dr. C██████: Proceed. CO-Z9-17-2: Doc, I don't think I- CO-Z9-17-3: (breathing heavily) There's worms in my arm. CO-Z9-17-2: What? CO-Z9-17-3: There's just so many, they must have gotten in through the open wound, oh god, what do I do? CO-Z9-17-2: How? How would they have gotten in? You had your suit on, right? Dr. C██████: Tapeworm, do you have any equipment to remove them? CO-Z9-17-3: I could amputate the arm, but I don't know if they're already in the rest of my body, I don't know what to do, I just don't know… Dr. C██████: Remain calm, Tapeworm. Try to amputate it. It won't change anything if they're already in the rest of the body, but if they're only in the arm, it could stop the spread. CO-Z9-17-2: He's right, it's worth a shot. What other option is there? (Several minutes of silence.) Dr. C██████: Tapeworm, are you there? (No response.) Dr. C██████: Hookworm? CO-Z9-17-2: I'm here. Dr. C██████: Tapeworm isn't responding. Are you still outside of the opening? CO-Z9-17-2: Yeah. Proceed? Dr. C██████: Proceed. CO-Z9-17-2: There's something big in here. It's big and it's moving. Dr. C██████: Are you able to identify it? CO-Z9-17-2: Is that a heart? It looks like like a huge heart, it's made of worms. It's beating. Every time it beats, more and more smaller worms come out. I can see holes in the walls, and there's huge pink things holding up the cave by the looks of it. (1 minute of silence. CO-Z9-17-2 screams loudly.) Dr. C██████: What is it? CO-Z9-17-2: Worms are filling the room! They're piling on higher, they're up to my waist! Dr. C██████: Are you able to leave? CO-Z9-17-2: They're too high up. They're pushing me towards the damn thing. It's no use. I'm finished. (Radio feed to CO-Z9-17-2 cuts off. 15 minutes pass.) Dr. C██████: (Away from the receiver) Nobody's responding. Hookworm's radio died and Tapeworm won't come in. Close the feed. CO-Z9-17-3: Isn't it wonderful? Dr. C██████: Tapeworm? Why haven't you been responding? CO-Z9-17-3: Shh. Quiet, he's building the world for you, C██████. Listen. Listen. Dr. C██████: You're not making any sense. Are you injured? CO-Z9-17-3: He does it for you. All of you. It's great, it's wonderful, the things here that do so much for us. He holds up the things we walk, and yet you all still reject it with your decadent bodies. He does what he must, and he must bring us back. (Radio feed cuts off.) Dr. C██████: Hello, hello? Come in, Tapeworm! (No response.) Dr. C██████: Close the feed. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3571" by 10DryDays, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3571. 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-3572
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The exterior of SCP-3572, surface level, outside of the entrance door. Item #: SCP-3572 Special Containment Procedures: No human entry into SCP-3572 is allowed except for the purposes of monthly maintenance and measurement, in which case time spent in the interior should be minimized and is never to exceed forty-five (45) minutes total for any individual. The surrounding area is to be cultivated and modified as necessary in cooperation with the United States National Park Service to minimize tourist activity near the area. A metal door and frame that are resistant to environmental damage have been installed into a brick wall barring the entrance. The interior of SCP-3572 is to be measured and tracked for maximum potential length and a rough estimate of total volume monthly via remote drone. In the event of any notable seismological event, SCP-3572 is to be measured as soon as possible and the surrounding area is to be imaged for potential new cave formations or sinkholes, which are to be filled in expediently. In the event that SCP-3572 comes into contact with any other cave, Foundation personnel are to lock down and close new entrances to SCP-3572 by any means necessary.1 Any and all sightings of SCP-3572-1 are to be reported to the nearest available level 3 research personnel. Any direct contact with SCP-3572-1 is to be recorded, and witnesses are to be treated with Class-A amnestics. Following event 3572-Thien-Cung, Foundation personnel in potential hotspots have been briefed on the nature of SCP-3572-1 and provided training in the use of amnestics where necessary. Description: SCP-3572 is a subterranean cave network only accessible through a singular surface entry located in Barren County, Kentucky, encompassing a total volume of an estimated ████ cubic meters.2 The initial entry from surface level leads to a set of tight cave tunnels before increasing in size into a large central chamber, roughly cylindrical and approximately 15m in diameter and 30m in height. This central chamber branches out into between three (3) and seventeen (17) tunnels, varying in length, width, level and orientation. Any other subterranean space that is contacted by these tunnels is absorbed into the total interior volume of SCP-3572. SCP-3572 generally works to keep any human subject that enters its interior inside. While it does not seal itself off entirely, SCP-3572 has been observed moving its tunnels, creating narrow crawlspaces and dropping pieces of stone or other detritus to impede escape. The severity of these shifts intensifies in direct proportion to how long a human subject has been inside of SCP-3572. If a human subject dies inside the interior, the cavern will collapse around them, gradually compressing and grinding the cadaver into a fine, gritty consistency over the course of approximately fourteen days. Following this event, motion of the cavern will cease for a period of time, ranging from three (3) days at the shortest observed interval to one-hundred-ninety-two (192) days at the longest observed interval in length. SCP-3572 is still unsafe to enter during these periods and will resume movement (albeit at a reduced rate) if another human subject enters the interior. SCP-3572-1 is a humanoid apparition, conceptually-bound, free-roaming, passive, benevolent. SCP-3572-1 heavily resembles a local cave explorer who died in the interior of SCP-3572 on the 13th of February, 1925. This apparition is bound to subterranean cave networks and cannot appear above ground. It appears to roam independently throughout the Mammoth Cave National Park System, though it has also been sighted abroad, returning periodically to SCP-3572. A list of SCP-3572-1 manifestations, both potential and confirmed, is on record with Site-19 and available upon request. Addendum 01: Discovery Addendum 01: Discovery The anomalous properties of SCP-3572 were discovered by Foundation personnel following the entombment of a local cave explorer. At a total exposure time of over fourteen days, this subject survived substantially longer than any other subject to date. Attempts from his family and rescue workers to recover him were covered extensively in the press while he remained trapped following a cave-in. Foundation personnel were able to insert themselves into the rescue effort and after the further disappearance of two more news reporters attempting followup pieces, were able to ascertain the anomalous nature of SCP-3572. While the initial effort of the public to recover the subject's body was called off after the subject expired, the subject's family returned to attempt another retrieval effort. Owing to the extenuating circumstances surrounding the death of the subject, a facsimile cadaver was provided to the family. Addendum 02: Relevant entries of a recovered personal journal Addendum 02: Relevant entries of a recovered personal journal File photo of the first confirmed casualty of SCP-3572. Picture dated 1924, specific date unavailable. Foreword: The following entries have been transcribed due to the age of the document in question. Some entries prior to the subject's entombment, or those that include no reference to SCP-3572 have been truncated entirely. January 13th, 1925 Finally, some luck! Mr. Doyel has given me permission to explore his property in search of a new cave. I agreed to promise him fifty per-cent of all the profits should I find a suitable location for a new tourist attraction. I have only had a cursory look over the property, but there are some promising cliffs I intend to further investigate tomorrow. January 20th, 1925 The cliffs indeed yielded a cave, though the interior of it is far from spacious. I couldn't quite find a way through the initial passageway, but I can tell from the echoes that there must be a sizeable cave behind it. I can only hope for better luck tomorrow. Assuming I can even find the larger chamber, the passageway would have to be widened to make it a suitable attraction, though I suppose I am getting ahead of myself. January 24th, 1925 This cave is truly incredible, the grandest I have ever seen. The interior is high and arched like a church ceiling, and the surrounding tunnels are so full of crystals and fine, gorgeous rock. The cave was so lovely I would share it for free if I could, if only so more could see it. The initial descent must be much sharper than I suspected, for the roof of the central chamber is so high I should think it would breach the ground above it. The interior floor is unfortunately covered in fine dirt and sand, which should be removed or cleaned to make the attraction more palatable. Given the sand inside, I have christened it Sand Cave and I will spend some days exploring for another entrance on the property. If I can find none however, I'll push in and see if the tunnel can be widened. January 28th, 1925 I scarcely dare to write this entry, but the thoughts roiling in my brain will give me no relief until I put them to paper. Perhaps not even then, but I must try. The initial entrance was just as impassible when I returned to Sand Cave today, but the inside was very different indeed. The quartz on the walls had rendered itself into even more extensive patterns. Were it not for the markers I placed outside and the familiarity of squeezing through the tight entrance, I would have thought it was a new cave entirely. The central chamber had further developed both upwards and downwards, and the formation of rocks became a loose set of stairs descending. Though the impossibility of what my eyes presented to me was evident, I felt compelled to explore. I am not a man to turn down adventure, even if it is strange and fantastical. As I walked down the stairs, exploring the intricate patterns on the walls, I was compelled quite strongly to wonder about the future. As if the cave was speaking to me, I thought that this place, this wonderful cave, would be everything I had been looking for. It would be victory for my family in the Cave Wars,3 we would have our attraction and everyone would be well provided for. But at the same time I felt a call to stay in this cave. I found myself thinking of the rifle back at the house, and how easy it would be to make sure I stayed in Sand Cave for-ever. I reached the bottom of the steps, and the sand on the floor was even thicker than the last time I'd been inside. There was something there, a bit like a totem, or a great big wooden nail driven into the earth. Something black was around the base of it. It looked a bit like oil, but it was solid as all the rest of the rocks. It might have been pitch that oozed out and went solid somehow. When I went to touch it there was a great gust of wind from somewhere deeper in the cave, and I very nearly dropped my lantern. Lowering the light let me see a ring of quartz around the base of the totem. I can't imagine how long that thing must have been there to have crystal all mixed up in it, but that was far from the most disturbing part. There were a great many words written on the wood, with dates that went back years and years. Some were written in some kind of Indian language, I think, and there were pictures drawn, crudely, to go with them. The ones in English had names, and dates, and then strange phrases. I transcribed one, since it rang a bell4 before I left the cave. They were all long since passed, judging from the dates. That was when I found my name written, as if an epitaph, in the wood, and it had my birth-day, and it had a date not too far from now. I was gripped by panic seeing my name there and I made to leave. The climb back up seemed much harsher than the one going down, and I was only just able to leave in time. The entrance was just as pressing as it had been, and I squeezed through, but barely, and my lantern was extinguished by the time I finished the crawl. I felt certain for a moment squeezing through the cave that all would be lost, but I made it through alright eventually. I spent some time outside, exhausted by my rapid ascent and panic, feeling the wind on my face. I have reflected on the event, after a stiff drink, and I think Sand Cave is not worth it. I will return in two days time, with blasting caps and I think two sticks should do to close the entrance and make sure it stays closed. I'll tell Mr. Doyel I found nothing, and thank him for his time, and hope no one passes the barricade I will make. The sand from the cave floor is in my hair, and I can't seem to wash it out. January 30th, 1925 I have Failed and I will likely die here February 1st, 1925 As this is likely my last will and testament, such as it is, I will explain further. I attempted to dynamite the entrance to the cave but I had the most terrible fortune. A bit of rock shifted, burying and smothering my fuse, and then not long after a rock fell from the ceiling and crushed my detonator. I spent two hours fully attempting to detonate and found that something would go wrong each and every time until I gave up. The whole time the blasted cave has whispered to me. I can't get the damned sand out of my hair. When I tried to leave, I met unfortunate difficulties. The entrance collapsed inward. I was squeezing through the scant entrance tunnel when I dropped my lantern, and going to grab it, the cave collapsed further underneath me and a boulder of some size dropped behind me. My leg is pinned, tilted upwards. I suspect it would take several strong men to free me, and only if they had the space to work with. My lantern is once again drawing low. I will save it in hopes I can signal if someone comes looking before I expire. February 4th, 1925 They have begun efforts to extricate me. I count my blessings that I was found at all, but I suspect I will still die. The cave continues to shift where they are trying to dig, and when I lie awake at night, shivering and pressed to the rock, I can feel the cavern stirring beneath me. I have remained calm and cordial with those involved, but in some ways I wish they would let me go, if only so that they should forget about this cave. Now, it calls me by name. The following entry is undated. The handwriting is markedly different from other entries, and was written entirely in capital letters. THEY WILL NEVER REACH ME IN TIME IT COULD SAVE ME I WANTED TO EXPLORE ALL THAT LIES BENEATH THERE ARE SO MANY CAVES LEFT TO DISCOVER ALL I HAVE TO DO IS AGREE The following entry is undated. The writing is erratic and does not match the lines of the book. Whoever finds this, if you're reading it, I did not write that! My journal is covered in this damned sand. Did you write it yourself or did you force my hand you rotten craggy bastard? I will survive. I will escape. You will be forgotten. Go chase yourself you misera [The writing trails off the page.] February 9th, 1925 I have been fed and watered by my would-be rescuers, but this is of little comfort to me. Laying here, in my own filth, with a handful of sand in front of my face, the cave has told me it could put me to my end mercifully. I no longer know if I am fully sane. It says they cannot rescue you. It says I am your only hope. IT SAYS- I will write no more on the matter. It has said quite enough. I wonder how people will remember me. I'm told my story is known across all forty-eight states now, thanks to Mr. Miller coming down into the cave to give me an interview. Even now they work at digging, and it is only by the faint light of their lanterns that I can write. I did not travel with a partner, nor did I have a second lamp, nor did I tell anyone where I was going and for how long. I worry I will be found, upon reflection, to be a dunce who did not care for his own safety. It is not the end I would have chosen. I know what I want on my grave, I only worry I will never have the opportunity, now. The following two entries were written in an untidy hand that is at times entirely indecipherable. It is believed that the subject no longer had any form of external light with which to write and was using some amount of guesswork. February 9th, I believe I'm trapped, and trapped for life! The cave shifted again, and I can no longer see those digging. I can hear them working frantically but moreso I can hear the whispers. I worry [illegible] mistake but I fear I have no choice. I will grant them a few more days to try and reach me. Let it not be said that I'm a damned quitter! But after that I will make my demands and the sand will [rest of entry illegible] The 10th, or so I want people to see my face and know my name all around the world. No man or woman or child should suffer as long as I have suffered [Illegible] keep exploring the caves of the world, for Ever [Illegible] and get your damned sand out of my hair! The following entry was not dated. It alternates between the hand the majority of the journal is written in, and the other, present in a previous entry. I had no idea. The cave has shifted again and while I cannot find the strength to move, I can see now, by the luminescence of the crystals. They shine, and shimmer, with an unnatural light. I suspect I'm not in Kentucky. CAVE OF SWORDS.5 Cave of lights more like it. It's gorgeous. I could stare at it for a thousand years. I COULD. I'd like to look a little longer. I wish everyone could see this. BUT THEY WON'T SEE, NOT [Illegible] OR AS I WILL. The following and final entry was not dated and was written diagonally across the majority of one page. Upon initial inspection, the entirety of the page was covered in sand, which fell away not long after the journal was open. The approximate date of writing, based on analysis, is February 13th, 1925. I AGREE Addendum 03: Incident 3572-Thien-Cung Addendum 03: Incident 3572-Thien-Cung The following is the police report of Officer Nguyen of the Vietnam People's Police Force Office of Quảng Ninh province, dated October 26th, 1983. The police report was filed in relation to the discovery of a missing child. The child had been lost during a visit to the Thien Cung cave and after five days looking with local volunteers, the search had been called off. The strange nature of the police report attracted the interest of Foundation personnel in-country, leading to a subsequent Foundation investigation. This document has been translated from its original Vietnamese into English for ease of reading. I made another sweep of the cave entrance after taking statements from the parents and the proprietors. The search for Le Thi Lam had officially been called off when I made my sweep, but I wanted to check one more time. As before, I couldn't find any sign of the child. At approximately 8 PM, while in one of the central caverns, I was approached by an American foreigner speaking English. He was black-haired, about 170cm tall, of a slight build, dressed in a grey suit and hat. He was covered in dust and sand. I don't know much English, and the man did not know any Vietnamese but he was able to direct me to a tight crevice in the ground where the child was curled up and passed out, but alive. The American raised his hat and tipped it to me. I remember thinking it was odd that he was so dirty, but his hair looked very clean. I believe the man may have been blind? He was suffering from the most severe cataracts I've ever seen, they raised out of his eyes a little and looked sharp and angular, like crystal. I asked him to wait but he did not understand and went further into the cave. I was able to get Le Thi Lam out and called for additional assistance. I did not want to pursue the American until I had another officer present to watch the child. Once the child was being medically treated, we performed another sweep of the caves but could not find the foreigner. Le Thi Lam looks to be in good health and will be returned to her parents shortly. The proprietors have promised to watch for an American with black hair and cataracts but say that they did not see anyone matching that description for several weeks prior to this event. We did find some graffiti in English scratched into a portion of the cave wall. I have attached a picture to this report. Picture transcribed: A remote corner of the Thien Cung cave has been marked with scratches believed to have been made with another piece of stone. The graffiti reads "I'm free, and free for-ever." Foundation Internal Memorandum, dated November 5th, 1983: Incident-3572-Thien-Cung Final Update and Recommended Changes Police report was recovered and all copies destroyed. Class-B amnestics were administered to police personnel and civilians where appropriate. Cave graffiti was destroyed through acid treatment. After coordinating with personnel abroad, Foundation researchers believe that this is an SCP-3572-1 manifestation outside of the Mammoth Cave National Park System. Recommending that the classification of SCP-3572-1 be changed from location-bound to conceptually-bound and broader containment measures be put in place. Signed, Researcher Robertson Addendum 04: Gravestone inscription of first known SCP-3572 casualty Addendum 04: Gravestone inscription of first known SCP-3572 casualty William Floyd Collins Born July 20, 1887 Buried April 26, 1925 Trapped in Sand Cave, Jan.30.1925 Discovered Crystal Cave, Jan.18.1917 Greatest Cave Explorer Ever Known Footnotes 1. Given the motile nature of SCP-3572's interior, attempts to reduce the total volume of SCP-3572 have met with not-insignificant expense and loss of life. The most resource-efficient strategy currently available is prevention via closure of surrounding caverns. Taking into account the approximate size of SCP-3572 and the close proximity to Mammoth Cave National Park (including SCP-1351), additional contingency plans are in place. In the event of a more extensive shift, select members of MTF Zeta-9 ("Mole Rats") have been briefed on demolition procedures and are to report to research personnel in Barren County for further instruction. 2. This number is given as an average due to the modular nature of SCP-3572 and difficulty in obtaining consistent measurements. 3. A period of time in Kentucky from approximately 1906-1925 in which several local cave-owning families competed intently for tourism to various caves. 4. A piece of paper tucked into the journal was recovered, being used as a bookmark, inscribed with "William Pollard—Give me 20,000 Acres". This is believed to be in reference to the first European owner of the land on which Mammoth Cave and SCP-3572 are present. After Foundation investigation, William Pollard's grave, located in Knox County, Tennessee, was discovered to be empty. The circumstances of death, as well as the whereabouts of William Pollard's corpse are unknown. 5. Believed to be a reference to Cave of the Crystals, or Giant Crystal Cave, located in Naica, Mexico. Though the cave had been discovered by the time of the subject's writing, it had yet to be extensively explored. It is currently theorized that there are additional chambers of the cave that have not yet been reached due to the expense and difficulty present in mounting expeditions.
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SCP-3573
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1/3573 LEVEL 1/3573 CLASSIFIED Item #: SCP-3573 Label found on SCP-3573 instances Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-3573 are stored in standard object storage lockers in the containment wing of Site-77. Personnel handling instances of SCP-3573 should wear protective gloves; personnel with open wounds or a history of nosebleeds are not to handle SCP-3573 instances. Description: SCP-3573 is the designation for a number of anomalous glass wine bottles1. Each instance of SCP-3573 is composed of dark red glass, and has a paper label affixed to it by means of an unidentified adhesive. These labels feature a reproduction of an image from a 16th-century alchemical text, Splendor Solis; the image shows a red sun with a human face, rising above a distant city. The word "rubedo"2 is written above the sun, presumably identifying the name of the wine, and text near the bottom of the label indicates that it was produced in a location or region named "Alagadda"3. Verification of SCP-3573's origin is pending. When liquid human blood comes into contact with the inner surface of an instance of SCP-3573, it will be transformed into an equivalent volume of red wine. This effect extends to any continuous volume of blood from a single individual—if the inner surface of an instance of SCP-3573 comes into contact with blood from an open wound, all the blood in that individual's body will be transformed into wine. Wine produced in this manner is 14.5% alcohol by volume; in blind taste tests, Foundation sommeliers have praised the wine's quality, and identified notes of blood, dried roses, mold, and old books. On 13 October 2007, the first known instance of SCP-3573 was recovered from the home of Enzo Fiorentino, an Italian art collector with known ties to Marshall, Carter, and Dark LLP. Fiorentino had been reported missing by his secretary a few days previously; Foundation agents in the Carabinieri were sent to his villa outside Palermo to investigate, and discovered Fiorentino's body on the floor of his study, holding an instance of SCP-3573. The cause of death was determined to be the total transfiguration of his blood into wine. A search of Fiorentino's home uncovered several documents relevant to the anomaly, as well as a case of empty non-anomalous wine bottles with labels identical to those on SCP-3573 instances. Addendum 3573-1: Epicurean Catalogue Item Listing Description of SCP-3573 from Marshall, Carter, and Dark's food and drink catalogue (June 2007 edition). Recovered from residence of Enzo Fiorentino, 13 October 2007. Rubedo Reserve Produced by the skilled alchemist-priests of the little-known Italian city-state of Alagadda, Rubedo Reserve is made not of grapes but of the sanguine humour, imported from the blood-fields of the Nevermeant. Notes of rose petals and dry paper evoke the perfumeries and bookshops of the Masked City; the ferric tang reminds one of its origin in a living vein; and a final hint of blue cheese allows one to taste the corruption at the city's heart. Rich, full-bodied, and complex, Rubedo Reserve is the perfect addition to any connoisseur's cellar. Rubedo Reserve is neither vegetarian nor kosher. Availability: Unlimited. Per Bottle: £4,500 / €6,300 Per Case: £54,000 / €75,600 Item Reference Number: NDE7A/FNEWK/38UN5 Rubedo Reserve Oinopoeic Sublimator For those who wish to ensure that their supply of Rubedo Reserve never dwindles, the Alagaddan glassblowers and mages have created the Rubedo Reserve Oinopoeic Sublimator. The finest glass, blown from the white sand of the Phlegmatic Shore, is imbued with pure alkahest, giving it a characteristic red colour; skilled thaumaturgic artisans work rituals over the bottles for weeks, transforming each into an alchemical reactor that performs the Magnum Opus in miniature whenever the appropriate humour is introduced. Marshall, Carter, and Dark LLP takes no responsibility for the misuse of this item. Availability: Auction only; three units remain. Upcoming Auction Dates: 4 August, 2007 (London) 1 September, 2007 (Los Angeles) 6 October, 2007 (Rome). Starting Bid: £2,000,000 / €2,800,000 Item Reference Number: NDE7A/FNEWK/CJ43N Addendum 3573-2: "Oinopoeic Sublimator Owner's Guide" Recovered from residence of Enzo Fiorentino, 13 October 2007. Customer License Agreement: Congratulations on your purchase of the Rubedo Reserve Oinopoeic Sublimator from Marshall, Carter, and Dark LLP. By making this purchase, you have agreed that you will not sell or exchange Rubedo Reserve wine produced by the Oinopoeic Sublimator; that you will not attempt to replicate, duplicate, or clone the Oinopoeic Sublimator by any means arcane, technological or otherwise; that you will not attempt to reverse-engineer the alchemical-thaumaturgical processes that power the Oinopoeic Sublimator; and that you will not give, lend, or loan the Oinopoeic Sublimator to any person for the purpose of performing any of the above actions. Instructions: Operation of the Oinopoeic Sublimator is simple: one must introduce some quantity of human blood to the inside of the vessel, and wait several seconds to ensure complete transmutation of the liquid. The blood does not need to be derived from a single individual; a mixture of blood from multiple persons has no effect on the quality of the wine. Caution: If harvesting blood from a living person, a continuous stream of wine between the Oinopoeic Sublimator and that person's veins will lead to complete transmutation of the individual's blood, usually followed by death. Unless this effect is desired, care should be taken to first drain blood into a separate container. Marshall, Carter, and Dark LLP takes no responsibility for the misuse of this item. At the time of recovery, this document was in an unopened, sealed envelope on Fiorentino's desk. Footnotes 1. Currently 3 instances in Foundation containment, 2 known instances outside Foundation containment. 2. "Reddening"; the final step of the alchemical Great Work, or Magnum Opus, often represented allegorically by blood, a phoenix, a rose, or (as in the image on the label) the rising sun. 3. While the label indicates that this wine has D.O.C. status—a certification granted to Italian wines produced in certain traditional regions—no such region is recognized by the Italian government or the European Union.
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SCP-3574
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Item #: SCP-3574 Special Containment Procedures: Known contact numbers for SCP-3574 are stored on file, and are restricted to Level-4 personnel. Information pertaining to the contact numbers for SCP-3574 are to be confiscated whenever located and identified. Individuals possessing or acquiring this information are to be administered amnestic treatment, or interrogated if required. Phone calls of potential SCP-3574 clients are to be monitored for conversations with SCP-3574-C. If such conversations are identified, the transmission is to be terminated, and the client apprehended. Instances of SCP-3574-A or B are to be contained when located and identified. Agents assigned to retrieve these instances are to exercise caution, as SCP-3574-A are potentially bio-hazardous or infectious. As such, SCP-3574-A are to be kept within humanoid containment cells with the ability to be hermetically sealed. SCP-3574-B are to be kept within a refrigerated BSL-2 storage unit, until the expiration of SCP-3574-A. When appropriate or necessary, the retrieval of the body of SCP-3574 may be facilitated. Orders given by SCP-3574-C are to be recorded and submitted to Level-4 personnel. Investigations are ongoing to determine the identity and location of SCP-3574-C. Resources have been allocated to the containment of the individual. Description: SCP-3574 is an anomalous service which offers to facilitate the termination, injury, illness, or loss of possessions of targeted humans of a client's choosing. These targeted subjects are henceforth referred to as SCP-3574-A. The monetary price of SCP-3574 varies, depending on the service requested. SCP-3574 is accessible through telephone contact, after dialing one of several numbers. Contact numbers are delivered by letter to individuals with hostile or negative intentions. The source of these letters have not been determined, and assumed to be anomalous in nature. If contact is successful, an individual, designated SCP-3574-C will converse with the client. The voice of SCP-3574-C is modulated, however, a Hungarian accent is discernible. All attempts to identify this individual have been met with failure. Furthermore, attempts to trace the telephone call results in inconsistent and conflicting results. Over the telephone call, the client is able to discuss the nature of the effects desired for SCP-3574-A. If the desired effects requested by the client are feasible, clients will be instructed to obtain one live sheep (Ovis ariess), terminate it, then remove a body part to be delivered to the target of their choosing, either directly or indirectly. The body part will henceforth be referred to as SCP-3574-B. SCP-3574-C will then instruct clients to remove the viscera of the animal, and insert a specified amount of cash into its abdominal cavity. The type of effect manifested on SCP-3574-A depends on the body part sent, as well as the specifications provided by the client. The effect of each body part is listed as follows: The head results in expiration, or unexplained disappearance. The tail results in an illness or disease described by the client1. Hooves result in one or more injuries, ranging from fractures to disfigurement. The heart results in financial losses, or damage to the reputation of SCP-3574-A. These effects occur spontaneously, through unknown means, after a period of time decided by the client. Illnesses and injuries are irreversible through conventional methods, and have not been observed to heal. After SCP-3574-A expires or is afflicted by the desired effect, the body of SCP-3574-B will vanish, along with the cash placed within. Any other object placed in the body, such as tracking or recording devices, will not vanish along with it. If a client attempts to extort SCP-3574-A, in order to regain the money lost to SCP-3574, he or she will experience the effects intended for SCP-3574-A, and the original target will subsequently be exempt from any detrimental effects. Upon initial delivery of SCP-3574-B, SCP-3574-C will contact SCP-3574-A, informing the subject that he or she has committed a transgression, and will be "punished", unless specific orders are followed. Any attempts to dispose of SCP-3574-B will be met with failure, with the object reappearing in various locations within the place of residence of SCP-3574-A. The effects of SCP-3574 can be neutralized if SCP-3574-A successfully follows the orders of SCP-3574-C. Recorded orders include termination of family members through specific methods2, removal and incineration of the subject's non-vital organs, and self-amputation without sedatives. Alternatively, it has been determined that affixing SCP-3574-B to its body will inhibit the development of detrimental effects on SCP-3574-A, unless the subject had already expired. As such, clients will often conceal the body to prevent this from occurring. Document 3574-1: The following text is an example of a letter, confiscated from a potential client of SCP-3574. We know you've been hurt, we know you've suffered injustice, we know how it feels. We can make it go away, we can right the wrongs you have faced, we can deliver justice when others cannot. We know you are interested; the oracle knows. Contact [REDACTED] for further instructions. The reverse side of all letters from SCP-3574 contain a message of unknown context, accompanied by images depicting four decapitated goat or sheep heads. The text is listed as follows. The oracle tells us all. These are its words. "Oracles; there are more. Though thought to be three, In fact there are four, And the fourth one is me." Addendum: On ██/██/2002, Agent Kershoff alerted researchers that he had received a letter from SCP-3574 at his place of residence. He was permitted to contact the number, for purposes of documentation. The audio log is available in the following document. + Audio Log 3574-3a - close <Begin Log> SCP-3574-C: Greetings, Mr. Kershoff. Kershoff: How do you know my name? SCP-3574-C: The oracles tell us many things. Sometimes the past. Sometimes the present. Sometimes the future. The fourth one, however, tells us that the future is not set in stone. You can trust us, rest assured. We know all that we need to know about you, Mr. Kershoff. You have nothing to fear. We know that you are thinking of someone. No. Thinking of quite a few people, I see. I am going to tell you that we can right the wrongs that have been committed, in almost any way you desire. Allow us to rid you of any doubts you may have about us. Kershoff: Elaborate. SCP-3574-C: Where to begin? How about your father? Kershoff: What do- SCP-3574-C: He was… murdered wasn't he? Yes, murdered by █████ ██████. The oracle has told us everything. The police, they let him get away. Unpunished. They said that there wasn't enough evidence… but we know better. Don't we? We know they were in on it. They let a murderer walk free, and your family suffered. Such suffering. What about the drug dealer that sold your brother the drugs, that resulted in his death? Your brother… never got over your father's death, did he? That's why he did it. Kershoff: That's- How do you know about those events? SCP-3574-C: Please, Mr. Kershoff, this conversation isn't about me. It's about you. And what you want. What about your wife? No, no, we know you don't want to hurt her. Never. But what about Mr. █████? She is staying with him behind your back. I'm sure you know. Kershoff: I… SCP-3574-C: Yes. It isn't your fault you are… busy. Very busy all the time. But she couldn't understand. We both know. You are… hurt over this. Yes? Even though you just want a better life for the both of- Kershoff: Stop. These matters are none of your concern. You are to answer my questions. SCP-3574-C: Perhaps you would want him to disappear from your wife's life? The oracle can make it happen. We can take care of your problems. We can't bring back the people you love, but we can bring justice. We can give you peace. For a small price. Kershoff: I said stop. I'm not interested. Answer my question. Tell me what I need to know. SCP-3574-C: We both know the truth; the oracle tells us. You hesitated; you are interested. And we have already told you all you need to know. We can make your problems disappear. Or, if you are interested in slower, more painful solutions- Kershoff: I'm not interested… Answer my question. What is the oracle? SCP-3574-C: We both know that is not what you desire. But if giving you some insight will convince you to trust us, we can tell you what you need to know. Kershoff: What is the oracle? Explain it to me in a way I can understand. SCP-3574-C: Mr. Kershoff, you are a mystery. Most of our clients are happy just to know that we can address their problems in almost any way they desire. Your false quest for answers are taking up our precious time. Kershoff: Explain the nature of the oracle. SCP-3574-C: Very well, Mr. Kershoff, I will shed some light on the matter, but after this, no more. Our time is precious. The oracle has been in my family's possession for 6 generations; for many years my family kept it a secret from the outside world. All that time, it did not speak, until a few years back. It gave us the cryptic riddle included in the message. We know it is hungry. It needs to be fed. If not, terrible things would happen. To circumvent this, we offer people services, to fix the injustice they had suffered. In turn, the oracle feeds off the wicked people who step over others. It is for… the greater good. Yes? That is all I am willing to say. Now. Shall we discuss your desires? Kershoff: I don't understand. Earlier you said, the "fourth one". Elaborate. What is the nature of the oracle? SCP-3574-C: (sighs) Well, Mr. Kershoff, if you aren't interested now, we can continue… another time, perhaps. We are also busy, and have many clients. The oracle is often impatient and hungry. But we are always available, and you know how to contact us. We know you will. (The transmission is terminated by SCP-3574-C at this point) <End Log> Footnotes 1. Anomalous illnesses, corresponding to no known disease, are also able to manifest. 2. Known methods include, but are not limited to, strangulation, mutilation, exsanguination, and cannibalism. ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3574" by xFox, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3574. 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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Item #: SCP-3575 Special Containment Procedures: The affected section of Quaw's Boulevard and Southview Avenue has been closed indefinitely. All lots in the area have been purchased by the Foundation and currently serve as Provisional Site-99. SCP-3575's inhabitants are to be provided any requested supplies pending rescue efforts. As they are largely self-sufficient, only requested materials should be provided. Moral support may be given as well, although this is left to the discretion of supervising personnel. Following the events of 07/01/19, no provisions are to be made available to the residents of SCP-3575 until further notice. Description: SCP-3575 is a dimensional anomaly located in Belgrade, Montana. SCP-3575 encompasses a 305 by 305 meter space centered on the intersection of Quaw's Boulevard and Southview Avenue; beyond this point, travel becomes difficult for unspecified reasons. It is believed that SCP-3575 resembles Belgrade as it was in 1999, with any constructions in the actual town beyond that point not being reflected in the space. SCP-3575 is inhabited by fifteen individuals (designated SCP-3575-1 through -15) ranging from 14 to 23 years in age. All claim to have lived in Belgrade and passed into the location sometime in the last eighteen years. Persons living in SCP-3575 reside in the location's houses, and work together to grow food. So far, no entrance to SCP-3575 has been found; any Belgrade-native individuals within the space appear to enter it rarely and at random. Once inside, it becomes impossible to get back to U-011, although it has been hypothesized that an exit lies beyond the bounds of the intersection proper. Non-human animals are the only entity known to be able to easily cross between SCP-3575 and U-01, and as such, may be exploited to facilitate communication between the Foundation and SCP-3575's residents (see interview log 3575-I4). The majority of Foundation information about SCP-3575 comes from its contact in the location, SCP-3575-1. SCP-3575-1 (believed to be Nick Danguard of Belgrade) was first contacted by the Foundation in 2017. Since then, they have frequently requested supplies and entertainment for the other residents, and in exchange answer interview requests and provide biological samples of entities in the space.2 Addendum 14/01/19: On 07/01/19, SCP-3575-1 sent back a letter explaining the group's collective decision to leave their immediate area and go exploring, in case the exit to SCP-3575 lay somewhere beyond the intersection. + 3575-COR-I-284 - Hide thank you for your assistance these last couple of years. however, we wish to inform you that it will no longer be necessary, because we are leaving. this may come as a shock to you, but i assure you need not worry. we have been discussing our situation and have come to the unanimous conclusion that there is nothing to be gained by staying. this is not to say your supplies have not been appreciated; far from it. in fact, your supplies are what allowed us to organize this in the first place. but continuing to never accomplish anything, never making any real mark on the world - that's no way to live, isolated in a pocket dimension or not. we've left instructions for how to contact you, in case some other poor sod stumbles into this place. please keep an eye out for if that does happen. if we return sometime in the future, please disregard this message. -nick A message was sent back urging the group to reconsider, at least until their plans could be discussed with the Foundation. So far, no reply has yet been received. Addendum 18/01/19: On 16/01/19, a backpack was found in a park in the nearby town of Bozeman containing a camera and a journal. The journal's stylistic conventions match SCP-3575-1's previous communications with Foundation personnel, and is assumed to have belonged to them at some point. The camera contained several photographs of the Quaw-Southview intersection, though each had been taken several months apart. Most photos correspond to dates in the journal. + 3575-DOC-06 - Hide 13/08/15 can't leave. none of us can. but i have my camera. i'll take pictures every now and then. make sure i know it happened, that it's not just some terrible dream. 06/10/15 Tristan was telling me about a few years ago. he's been here since he was 11. at one point, he, Alexis, and Lee were the only ones here. he was telling me about how the three of them used to ride down the street in the old red wagon in Kate's yard. Lee cut himself on the rust one day, and that was when they knew it was time to stop, so they repurposed it into a flower bed. it's gone to seed now, but still pretty. asked him why nobody ever crossed the border. he answered that he'd done that a couple times, but the air felt so different, so wrong, like he wasn't supposed to be there, that he crossed back almost immediately. he said that, a while back, there was a kid named Dylon who was pretty brave, so he crossed the border and nobody ever saw him again. asked if there were anything keeping them from leaving besides fear. he said no, but even if there was nothing stopping us, we could only get so far before we run out of food. stupid. 24/04/16 animals can pass through. was watching the robins the other day, noticed they disappeared once they crossed the border, but reappeared once they crossed back. thought it was a pretty big development, and brought it to Tristan, but he said they already knew. said that's where we get our meat: wait on the roof with a rifle and some ammo, and just put one in. according to him, Lee's the best marksman. asked him about contacting the outside world with it, he shot the idea down (heh). few years back, they sent out letters calling for help. didn't get a single response, so they gave up. i'm gonna try and send some more things out. talked with Marshal about possibly catching one of the cats and tying a message to its neck. an sos. not sure what anyone on the other side would do, but it's better than not trying at all. 10/07/16 glad i was wearing the gray pants when i crossed over. thorns bounce off them like they're nothing. the green shirt's pretty nice, but it's gotten significantly dirtier since i got here. i don't wear it every day, yes, but it's still a nice reminder. getting thinner, too. it was always on the agenda but farming for your food has a way of making you reconsider your eating-priorities. hair's short, which isn't flattering to my face, but who gives a shit. we all look pretty terrible. comradeship that way. i keep thinking about death. it'd be so, so easy. we have a couple rifles and boxes of ammo in storage, because who the fuck in 'below grade' doesn't have them. feel like it'd be a public service, too; apparently, every couple of years, someone bites the big one of their own accord and we dine good on them for the next couple weeks, make jerky out of their flesh that'll last through winter. i should feel nauseated by that, but i don't. i just feel hungry. i'd ask for forgiveness if i thought he was still looking out for me 21/04/17 we buried Molly today. she was on John's roof, trying to patch a leak. fell and snapped her tibia in half like it was a twig, bone poking through skin and everything. Alexis said it would be pretty easy to heal, but she must've got some dirt in it or something, because about two nights later she woke everyone up with her screaming. definitely had a fever, and could hardly stand up. Alexis said the break had probably gotten infected. suspected septic shock. we don't have antibiotics. called a meeting in the kitchen that night. Alexis didn't attend, was busy staying by Molly's side, but said that she wouldn't be surprised if the infection killed Molly's organs within a matter of days. had to decide whether to try and treat with what we had, or put her out of her misery. majority ruled. Kate slugged me in the jaw. said a lot of other terrible things. i didn't stop her. Molly didn't stop us as we hauled her out to the yard. found a piece of her skull in the grass after it was done. went to the water pump and cleaned it off. it's sitting on the nightstand right now. she'll come with us if we ever decide to leave. 25/11/17 there's some old construction equipment near the school. Marshal and i set to work devising new rules for tic-tac-toe to make it more challenging, which was fun. it's getting harder to keep myself occupied. there are only so many interactions a group of fifteen people can have with each other. but while i'd rather be back in belgrade with my family, i'm grateful that the others are here. isn't that weird? i've stopped feeling suicidal. dunno what changed. maybe i've just stopped seeing this as a thing that can ruin my life and see it as a thing that can ruin other lives. what use am i to the farm if i'm dead? nothing to do except keep going. 12/07/18 got a reply back today, thank christ. some dog trotted out into the street from the south. Emma broke down crying, mostly on account of it looking a lot like omnias, her old mastiff. thing had a vest on, black, military-issue, with pockets. went through them and found a message from someone who said he was with the u.s. government. wanted a response back if there was anyone here. wrote a letter explaining our situation and sent the dog back across the border. word got around fast. it was kinda funny: all fifteen of us sitting on the street at the edge of the border awaiting something, anything. omnias ii returned about ten minutes later with some water, granola bars, and a letter saying that they could send supplies if any were necessary. we agreed on a list of things and sent it back, and waited. nobody moved from that spot, not for an hour, except for Lee, who went to go take something off the fire. after a while, the dog came back, with everything we'd requested, plus two gallon baggies of homemade snickerdoodles. John was bawling his eyes out, which would have been pretty satisfying to see, except that i was too. 01/01/19 high spirits all around. literal spirits, too; we celebrated new years for the first time in god knows how long, and the folk on the other side were more than happy to provide us with enough booze to incapacitate a small militia. never seen everybody in such a good mood, not since i first came to this place, and apparently before that too, if Tristan is to be believed. we're getting fresh food, newspapers, new clothes. hell, we've even got little portable heaters in all the houses. that's a luxury i never would have even dreamed of a year ago. there's even talk that maybe we'll find some way to escape, get back to the real world. trying not to get everyone too excited, but they're pretty high already. 06/01/19 starting to think maybe Alexis' plan isn't so crazy after all. sometimes it's all i can do not to hope. Footnotes 1. Also known as baseline reality. 2. Selected correspondence from this period is included in this document; full records are available upon request from the archival department of Provisional Site-99.
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Interior of SCP-3576 taken by Junior Researcher Ledzt, who believed he was photographing a 'Witch's Cottage', one of the more common structures simulated by SCP-3576. Item #: SCP-3576 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3576, the surrounding woodlands, and village of █████████, Belarus are designated Site-233. Site-233 is to be kept free of non-Foundation personnel via the following means: Road access has been restricted, with Foundation controlled checkpoints placed on the approach to the village of █████████. All other roads have been diverted with the assistance of the Belorussian government. Sections of SCP-3576 accessible via foot have been augmented with sections of 3-meter high fencing, and are routinely patrolled by two-man teams. Motion-sensing cameras have been placed at strategic locations along the distributed border fence line. As of 09/01/2014, no guard dogs are permitted within Site-233. The village of █████████ has been co-opted as a Foundation research site. The former residents have been relocated, and the area designated off-limits due to a 'Post-Chernobyl radiation flare-up event cover' as outlined in the Eastern European Operations Guide. Note: Site-233 is currently undergoing renovations to make room for a number of anomalous objects recovered in Operation Breached Curtain. Personnel are advised to keep noise pollution to a minimum so as not to interrupt the continued testing of SCP-3576. Description: SCP-3576 is an 8.5-9 km2 section of the Białowieża forest located 2.8 km from the currently Foundation-held village of █████████, Belarus. SCP-3576 is largely comprised of old growth pedunculate oaks (Quercus robur) and associated undergrowth, though SCP-3576 has a higher proportion of natural clearings than the surrounding forest, forming semi-connected areas of mostly open, traversable woodland. The south-eastern section of SCP-3576 can be most easily entered via a number of 'corridors' of overhanging oak, which serves to lead human subjects into the active area of SCP-3576. There are no human structures within SCP-3576, and archaeological examination has found no trace of human habitation in the last 5-6 thousand years. SCP-3576 enters an active state when a human unaware of its anomalous properties crosses the boundary of the designated section of woodland. Research into the viability of aerial insertions into SCP-3576 are ongoing. Within 5-10 minutes of a human entering SCP-3576, all mammals of sufficient mass (between 60-300 kilograms depending on species) at that time will be 'conscripted' into an SCP-3576 narrative, and are henceforth designated SCP-3576-1. SCP-3576-1 are comprised primarily of red deer (Cervus elaphus), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), wild boar (Sus scrofa), Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus), and Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx). Due to their scarcity, the European bison (Bison bonasus) is less commonly converted into an instance of SCP-3576-1, though instances have been reported. SCP-3576 creates detailed, reactive narratives using instances of SCP-3576-1 and a perception-altering effect that disguises instances of SCP-3576-1 as human, or humanoid 'characters' to any human within the bounds of SCP-3576. Audio-visual recording devices are not affected by SCP-3576's anomalous effects, and as such the content of the narratives are known only from firsthand accounts. While a human subject sees, hears, and can even touch what they believe to be a woodsman, knight, noblewoman, or other characters, digital recording equipment perceives only an animal in distress, forced through unknown means to stand on its hind legs, and make simple vocalizations when the 'character' speaks. Additionally, SCP-3576 also creates props and sets in what is believed to be a similar fashion to the characters, providing the backdrop for each narrative in a style that matches early-modern construction and architecture of the area, though with an ornate quality that is shared by the outfits and appearances of SCP-3576-1. All language either spoken by instances of SCP-3576-1 or written on 'props' created by SCP-3576 matches the native or preferred language of the primary human subject. At this time it is unclear how SCP-3576 'chooses' the primary subject when presented with multiple humans at once, though initial testing does point towards factors such as creativity, confidence, and leadership skills all affecting the likelihood of an individual being chosen as the primary subject. Subjects that are aware of SCP-3576, and know the true nature of SCP-3576-1, are not affected by SCP-3576, and their presence will return SCP-3576 to an inactive state within 5-10 minutes of entry. Subjects that discover the true nature of SCP-3576 or SCP-3576-1 during the course of a narrative will cause a similar loss of activity. Instances of SCP-3576-1 that are 'released' before the intended end of an SCP-3576 narrative shown heightened states of distress and unpredictability, either attempting to flee the human presence within SCP-3576, or reacting violently to humans and other animals. These behaviors are consistent with wild animals in high-stress situations and are not believed to be a direct result of the anomalous effects of SCP-3576. SCP-3576 narratives last between 2-5 hours, depending on the actions of the subject. SCP-3576 narratives resemble a number of traditional local stories, though often veer away from the standard or expected end-point based on the choices made by subjects, and availability of SCP-3576-1. Narratives tend to form the following basic premises based on the number of animals within SCP-3576 at the moment of activation, though have been known to transition to more complex narratives if more animals, and thus SCP-3576-1 are introduced. SCP-3576-1 Instances SCP-3576 Narrative 1-4 A prince, princess, or other young noble who must be led home. Often initially presented as a simple lost youth. 4-9 Two young warriors preparing for a duel, one of which must be prepared for the battle, and protected from assassins sent by their opponent. 9-14 A lost caravan transporting either a person, or object of great value is ambushed by brigands, and the survivors require help to survive. 14-23 A wedding between two people of some importance will take place, but is interrupted by a jilted former lover of one, or both of the intended, leading to conflict. 23-41 A ball or other gathering is taking place, but the host, worried about a possible attempt on their life, requires the help of an outsider to find the one or more conspirators who have come with malicious intent. 41- A pitched battle between two feuding houses over a failed marriage between them, which can only be stopped if the pair can be reconciled, or otherwise convinced to call off the feud. The tone and linguistic content of most SCP-3576 narratives has been described by test subjects as matching local folklore, and high drama. While no mental compulsions have been proven, subjects are often 'caught up in' the narratives, often engaging with the characters even when instructed to do otherwise. At this time, no severe injuries have been suffered by subjects exposed to SCP-3576 during the course of a narrative, though a number of injuries have been suffered by test subjects that cause a cessation of the active state. Instances of SCP-3576-1 who are wounded or killed within the fiction of the narrative are unharmed, despite injuries apparent to human subjects. Monitoring and dissection of former instances of SCP-3576-1 and human subjects have revealed no physiological abnormalities, though human subjects who complete an SCP-3576 narrative without causing SCP-3576 to enter its inactive state have reported experiencing minor shifts in mood and outlook for up to 6-9 months following exposure, both positive and negative. It is currently unknown if this is a direct result of the anomalous effects of SCP-3576 or a non-anomalous response to taking part in a narrative centered around them. Subjects have reported increases in confidence and creativity, with a small portion developing narcissistic or self-destructive tendencies, believing themselves to be 'important' or 'invincible'. A full psychological profile of former SCP-3576 subjects is currently being assembled. Recovery Report: Note: The following interview was carried out on ██/██/2009 and comprises part of the debrief of the first Foundation asset to encounter SCP-3576. Interviewed: Agent J. Kowalczyk, attached to Eastern European recovery operations between 1998-2014. Interviewer: Dr. Harland. <Begin Log, ██/██/2009, 15:37> Dr. Harland: We'll have you back in the field as soon as possible, agent. I just want to go over your report with you. Given the nature of this object, your first-hand account may prove important. Agent Kowalczyk: Alright. Where would you like me to begin? Dr. Harland: The very beginning. What drew your attention to SCP-3576? You were doing routine information gathering in the area, yes? Agent Kowalczyk: That's correct. We're still cleaning up objects that fell through the cracks when the USSR fell apart. Some security guard leaves a GRU-P operated site when the pay stops coming and takes home a souvenir that kills his whole bloody village. Dr. Harland: You believe this may be what's causing SCP-3576? Agent Kowalczyk: No, no, that's just why we were in these tiny little towns nobody has ever heard of. We find someplace central, large enough to let a half dozen agents meet without getting noticed. That becomes a base of operation, and from there we split up and go check out the little towns in the area. I got █████████. Dr. Harland: Your report mentions local legends about the forest? Agent Kowalczyk: Folklore, yes. Not the sort of thing we usually focus on, but I was pointed towards a hunter… Well, more of a poacher. Most of the Białowieża is protected these days, but the people don't care. They need the calories. Anyway, this poacher- Dr. Harland: This is a mister… Vadim Ivashka in the report? Agent Kowalczyk: Yes, that's him. He wasn't drunkenly retelling old stories, he had been telling anyone who would listen about something that had just happened to him a month or two ago. Apparently, a doe he was chasing had led him into an opening in the forest and turned into a beautiful woman. Told him stories about a hidden home deep in the woods, and how she had to be returned there before nightfall. He had lost his nerve and ran off an hour or so in, and been chased home by wolves. Dr. Harland: What reason did you have to believe him? Agent Kowalczyk: We've encountered similar things before. Shapeshifters aren't that uncommon out in those parts of Europe, not even today. I spent two years with a team chasing a pack of SCP-████ through the Exclusion Zone1 back in- Dr. Harland: Let's stay on topic, please. Agent Kowalczyk: Right, right. Anyway, Vadim didn't seem bright enough to make up some of the details I got out of him. I had him lead me to where it happened, and let him run back home. He was spooked, and I didn't need him freaking out and shooting something. I entered the area he had pointed out and set my lapel camera to record. Almost jumped out of my skin when I looked back over the video later. Took about… ten to fifteen minutes? I'm not sure exactly when I entered the area, but it would have been around ten to fifteen minutes after Vadim ran off that I met the boy. Dr. Harland: The boy? Agent Kowalczyk: Young man. Maybe 14, 15. Wasn't dressed for the right century, like a page or squire or… something like that. Grabbed at my coat and started babbling at me about how his master was injured, and I needed to come and help. Dr. Harland: He spoke English? Not Polish, or Russian? Your file says you're Polish- Agent Kowalczyk: My family, yes, but I grew up in Maine. I think in English. Dr. Harland: Alright, please continue. Agent Kowalczyk: I think I covered the actual event well enough in my report. The burned carriage, the bodies. It was like walking into a set from a period movie, or out on stage. Very… Curated, I guess. I've seen what an actual ambush looks like, and this wasn't it. All these injured men were laid out where they could groan and show off their wounds as the boy led me in. Arrows littering the scene. Artfully placed. Dr. Harland: And that was when SCP-3576 ended its active state? Agent Kowalczyk: Is that what we're calling it? Yes, yes it was. I had a moment of realization, it all just lined up in my head that this wasn't real, that it was a show being put on for me and it collapsed. Suddenly I was standing in a clearing with a dozen deer, some of them balanced on their hind legs, most of them laying around. They all bolted at once. Dr. Harland: And the recording? Agent Kowalczyk: On the whole time. I returned to █████████ and checked the footage. Nothing. No carriage, no arrows, no wounded soldiers. Just the deer moving around, looking uncomfortable, making these mewling sounds like they were being held in place. But the boy was worse. He was a wolf, and when he was tugging at my coat the camera… The camera was right on the wolf's face. Eyes rolling, whimpering. Poor thing was terrified. <End Log> Closing Statement: Following visits to SCP-3576 by Agent Kowalczyk returned no anomalous effects, now known to be due to the nature of SCP-3576 and how it interacts with knowledge of its properties. Agent Kowalczyk declined further involvement in research into SCP-3576. As of 2014, he has been acting as a liaison to the Duchów wing of the Polish government. Incident 3576-38-B: On 09/01/2014 a guard dog (German Shepherd) attached to one of the perimeter patrols around SCP-3576 escaped its harness and chased a rabbit into SCP-3576 before it could be recaptured by its handlers. At that time test-218 was underway, and the escaped dog became an anomalous variant of SCP-3576-1, hereafter referred to as SCP-3576-2 after entering the active zone. SCP-3576-2 did not integrate with the narrative underway. SCP-3576-2 successfully escaped the perimeter of SCP-3576 and is currently uncontained. SCP-3576-2 retained its anomalous properties on leaving SCP-3576, and its retrieval is considered a top priority for agents operating in Belarus, Poland, and surrounding areas. SCP-3576 has been updated to Euclid status. Footnotes 1. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation. See document CH-0331 for more information on Foundation operations in the area.
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Item #: SCP-3577 Photo of SCP-3577-127 discovered following its manifestation in temporary GoI-466 captivity. Of note is that SCP-3577-127 was chronologically 'born' following its generation event on 07/15/2020. Photo was allegedly taken on 07/15/2019, one year prior to SCP-3577-127's existence. Special Containment Procedures: As the majority of SCP-3577's containment is handled by GoI-466 ("Wilson's Wildlife Solutions") Foundation resources are to be focused on the research of the SCP-3577 anomaly. Currently, a pack of 16 unsterilized instances of SCP-3577 are held in Controlled Habitat-02 on Site-64 for research purposes. Personnel assigned to the observation and handling of SCP-3577 are to check all currently available documentation regarding individual instances in Foundation captivity on a daily basis, for the purpose of detecting any discrepancy in the number of instances in Controlled Habitat-02 or the length of time instances have spent in Foundation captivity. In such an event, containment procedures are to be adjusted depending on the extent of SCP-3577 generation. SCP-3577 instances of opposite sex are to be separated into groups and transferred to two secondary enclosures one week prior to the conclusion of a courting period. Following the conclusion of a courting period, enclosures must be checked for the generation of new SCP-3577 instances before releasing both groups back into Controlled Habitat-02. MTF Beta-4 ("Castaways") are currently engaged in an ongoing joint-effort operation with GoI-466 in order to locate and capture all undocumented instances of SCP-3577 in the wild, with the intent of sterilization and controlled release back into the wilderness. Description: SCP-3577 is the designation for multiple instances of Canis latrans1 that exhibit retroactive reality-altering properties in lieu of nonanomalous reproduction. To date, over 265 instances have been discovered and contained by both Foundation and GoI-466 personnel. Instances of SCP-3577 are otherwise identical to non-anomalous members of Canis latrans but display no naturally occuring reproductive behaviour. To date, no instance of SCP-3577 has been confirmed to be less than 4 years of age or observed to be visibly pregnant. Anomalous behaviour occurs following a 'courting' period, during which two SCP-3577 instances of opposite sex remain in each other's presence for 63 days. An exception to this occurs during a time period from February to March, in which the courting period is cut down to 31 days. SCP-3577 cannot initiate a courting period with a non-anomalous counterpart. Sterile instances of SCP-3577 are unable to initiate a courting period. Upon the conclusion of a courting period, a litter of 3-14 new adult instances of SCP-3577 will be generated in the surrounding general area of the original parent instances. All new instances are a genetic mixture of both parent instances and will invariably be 2 years younger than the female parent. The generation of a SCP-3577 instance to date has never been observed. Following the generation of additional SCP-3577 instances, information will be retroactively injected into the past two years that proves the existence of the corresponding SCP-3577 instances prior to their generation. Information created as a result of SCP-3577 includes: The appearance of tracks, droppings and animal remains produced during the last two years that can be linked back to new SCP-3577 instances and the area containing its generation point. The creation of documents and files having been chronologically produced at some point during the last two years, containing information regarding new SCP-3577 instances. Existing documents cannot be modified by SCP-3577's retroactivity. The generation of new SCP-3577 instances already fitted with Foundation-standard tracking collars and ID chips when born in Foundation captivity. All instances are generated with existing registry and tracking information logged into the SCP-3577 Database. The appearance of injuries resembling coyote attacks received in the past two years manifesting on humans who closely interact with SCP-3577 on a regular basis. Medical records will be altered with additions addressing incidents in which said individuals were attacked by a new instance of SCP-3577 and were treated for wounds at some point during the previous two years. SCP-3577 cannot affect memory; Retroactive existence of SCP-3577 instances consistently has a chronallagi rating of less than 0.012 and does not appear capable of causing paradoxes. Addendum 3577-A: To date, all instances of SCP-3577 have been discovered within the general area of Oregon, USA. Initial reports of unusual coyote populations were noted to have originated from within numerous Indian reservations located within Oregon, with the majority of accounts gathered from the Warm Springs Indian reservation throughout 2019. Investigation into previous Foundation activities within the Oregon area indicate that SCP-3577 does not appear to correlate with current or previous known anomalous activity related to Native American tribes located in Oregon or the greater United States. While the Foundation was not aware of the existence of SCP-3577 for an unknown number of years, numerous accounts had been made throughout Oregon from 1998 to 2016 involving civilians and the apparent collective loss of memories involving coyote-inflicted injuries and attacks despite the presence of previous documentation of said incidents. While previously designated as ongoing Extranormal Event-76f67, all information has since been confirmed as the result of previous SCP-3577 generation events. Prior to a request for Foundation intervention on 04/05/2019, GoI-466 ("Wilson's Wildlife Solutions") was reportedly relocating and rehabilitating instances of SCP-3577 within Warm Springs Indian reservation following the emergence of an explosive coyote population located on reservation land. GoI-466 was initially not aware of SCP-3577's properties and struggled to contain the anomaly for a period of time preluding the request for Foundation aid from GoI-466 individual Dr. Sylvester Baptise, one of the personnel responsible for GoI-466's containment of SCP-3577. As part of the Boring Agreement, GoI-466 agreed to offer the Foundation access to all documentation and correspondence involving their containment of SCP-3577 prior to the Foundation's awareness of the anomaly and installment of current containment procedures. Known internally as 'Project Acme', containment of SCP-3577 was headed by both Dr. Sylvester Baptise and his wife, Marie-Sophie Baptise. Marie-Sophie was present onsite at Warm Springs Indian reservation with the assistance of her son, Bandit "B.B." Baptise and a small group of volunteer workers throughout the course of Project Acme. Mr. Baptise remained at GoI-466 HQ in Boring, Oregon during this period of time. Addendum 3577-B: GOI-466 CORRESPONDENCE AND AFTER REPORT Document-3577-466-3 - Please Enter Credentials Hide Document PROJECT ACME CORRESPONDENCE Sent by: Dr. Sylvester Baptise Recipient(s): Bandit "B.B." Baptise Date: 03/20/2019 Bandit, You should be receiving this once you're at Warm Springs. I don't think you're that familiar with the Tribal Council, so let your mother do the talking for the most part. I don't have to tell you to set up shop once you've arrived, so I'm going to assume that from here on out. Most of the documentation the council put together should be in the car, but I'll throw in some extra advice: As far as our priorities currently are, Project Acme is pretty low on Wilson's list. It's not that he doesn't care, it's just that he trusts us enough to get this done without needing his involvement. We still don't have any official numbers on the current coyote population. I've gotten everything from 30 to 100 but the important part is, there's more than there should be. I've only thought about this today, but a lot of these coyotes reported in the accounts don't seem to be pups. Not newborns, anyway. Maybe they're being pushed into a different territory. Doesn't explain why we've only just been hearing about them now. They can't be that sneaky. Wilson sends his regards, by the way. Tell your mother that aswell, I'm sure she'd appreciate it. Good luck! Dr. Sylvester Baptise Wilson's Wildlife Solutions Sent by: Bandit "B.B." Baptise Recipient(s): Dr. Sylvester Baptise Date: 03/23/2019 Hey dad! Just wanted to let you know that we've finished setting up the pens. Just in time, we got lucky early on about last Thursday. A farmer phoned mom in the middle of the night, huge panic, told her he was looking at a pack of over 20 running and yammering around his yard like they owned the place. Killed his dogs, too. About seven of them gave us the slip but we managed to get the others, 22 in total. Mom's giving them all the standard checkups with the help from Amanda and Zeke. Great people, by the way. I'm so glad we're able to help them out. Volunteers are doing good too! There's these two girls who keep getting distracted, though. Keep wandering off like they're on spring break or something!!! Besides that, we're gonna try and reconnoiter some reconnaissance and see what the nitty-gritty is on the bigger packs. Gonna have to go mountain-man for a day or two, real off the grid shit; cars give the coyotes way too big a head start. Mom'll send you the records we made on the first 22 once we're done feeding them. Nothing's seeming out of the ordinary so far; they're healthy, they're not doing anything strange. Not even coywolves we're dealing with here. You're right though, way too many. When we got to the farmhouse the other night they were already at each other's throats over chicken bones and feathers. Not gonna be good living for them at that rate. Will keep you up to speed! Mom says hi to Wilson, btw. B.B. Sent by: Marie-Sophie Baptise Recipient(s): Dr. Sylvester Baptise Date: 03/24/2019 heres the records bandit is going to take a photo of every coyote he can find and hes going to mark the locations of each major pack on a map and hes going to send it all to you and i hope thats good for you why did you make him pack the aye aye shirt Sent by: Dr. Sylvester Baptise Recipient(s): Bandit "B.B." Baptise Date: 03/24/2019 Bandit, Thank your mother for the files. Also, thank you for informing her about the dropbox. I figured it would make the process of information gathering much less stressful for her. I doubt she'll be using it, but I've put aside her records in a separate folder for her to add to or modify. Please let her know. Dr. Sylvester Baptise Wilson's Wildlife Solutions Sent by: Bandit "B.B." Baptise Recipient(s): Dr. Sylvester Baptise Date: 03/26/2019 Hey so mom had to kick off one of the volunteers today, Kristen I think her name is. Caught her smoking dope in one of the storerooms with this one local fella I haven't seen much of, think he's the brother of one of the council members. He was nuts, covered in all these old scratches and marks and shit, kept yapping about how his mind can jump the gap. They had to bring a deputy in to get the guy out, wouldn't leave without a fight. So yeah that's the bad news. Good news is Project Acme's going strong. We've got a routine and we've pinned down the routes the coyotes usually take. Mostly it's just me tracking them and waiting for a good time to call in the cavalry. Wish you were here dad, you'd love the views. We're actually nabbing more than we can hold, even with a fourth pen up. Lois and the McMillans are willing to hold on to a few at the Sanctuary, so that's a relief atleast. Currently we're looking at over 40 so far that we've caught. I've seen more out in the wilderness but I'm struggling to keep up. Hoping we'll see their numbers thin out before mating season rolls up. Keeping a watchful eye! - B.B. Sent by: Marie-Sophie Baptise Recipient(s): Dr. Sylvester Baptise Date: 03/26/2019 now before you say anything to anyone look i know the girls only 20 years old but she was hanging out with the most disgusting beast of a fucker ive ever met i bet if he didnt have pot she wouldnt have ever given him the time of day gotta solve these problems when they pop up i looked a little into his background and his name is geoffry gosset related to the paiute chief on the tribal council i think you know her well i dont i did find out that geoffry used to be heavily involved with a bunch of paiute religious ceremonies before he got the boot for constantly showing up drunk dunno if thats important or anything but he was squatting in warm springs up until today and every inch of him looked like it got savaged at some point he must have ran into the coyotes at one point and survived but theyre old injuries there were alot of injuries dunno Sent by: Bandit "B.B." Baptise Recipient(s): Dr. Sylvester Baptise Date: 03/31/2019 Hey! Just gonna throw a bunch more documents your way, I've been slacking with that lately. We sent 20 out of the 98 to the Sanctuary the other day. I don't know if that'll be enough to address the space concerns but hey, progress! It's funny, there's this one little guy that keeps following me back and forth every time I pass the pen. He keeps doing this thing where he gnashes his teeth against the bars, never making a sound. It's the dorkiest little thing I've seen them do. I hope little Wiley isn't too upset about his current accommodations, it's crowded in there! We'll get him back onto the prairie where he belongs once it's a wrap. - B.B. Sent by: Bandit "B.B." Baptise Recipient(s): Dr. Sylvester Baptise Date: 03/31/2019 Dad, that wasn't me. I didn't send anything today until now. I'm going to need a bit of time to figure out how I'm going explain how that wasn't me but Ok I'm not sure but I'll try. We woke up to another commotion coming from the pens so we went and checked and we're not sure what happened. Maybe more coyotes slipped in because they got attracted by the noises, I don't know. It was like a game of canine Sardines in there, pulling them out was a nightmare. It's weird because the pens feel bigger, and they are. I checked the dimensions. They're all off. There were a few wandering outside captivity nearby too, but they're in our database. I checked my phone and that's when I found that message. I don't even know which one is that Wiley one. Also, I have two maps now. They're almost identical, they're covered in my handwriting and scribblings but the only difference is that one has slightly more written down. All the new additions are talking about packs and coyotes I definitely wasn't aware existed. It all sounds like I wrote it down but it's not me!!! Mom thinks there's something going on. I'm gonna talk about it with her a little more and get back to you. - B.B. Sent by: Marie-Sophie Baptise Recipient(s): Dr. Sylvester Baptise Date: 03/31/2019 amanda has a bite on her arm it looks like something i saw on that geoffry man bandit is getting a call from lois it isnt sounding great Sent by: Bandit "B.B." Baptise Recipient(s): Dr. Sylvester Baptise Date: 03/31/2019 Getting calls coming in from Lois and the Sanctuary, none of them good. The five we sent somehow became twenty overnight. One managed to get out of her habitat and nearly savaged Little McMillan. They haven't been breeding; all the new ones are adults from what I've been told. And the weirdest part is, they all have documentation from when they arrived. We have documentation on them too!!! We've got documentation on every new coyote that's popped up. It's all in mom's writing (and I can tell right away when it's her writing) but she doesn't remember ever making half of them. I don't either, nobody does. Dad, have you seen anything like this before? Anything weirder than this? - B.B. Sent by: Marie-Sophie Baptise Recipient(s): Dr. Sylvester Baptise Date: 04/01/2019 a few years ago the tribal council of warm springs published a psa video detailing how visitors should respect the wildlife and what they can do to avoid predator attacks i am currently looking at two different versions of the same video on the same youtube and the major difference between the two is one has a clip of amanda with a fresh coyote bite as part of a segment showing how you can treat bite wounds she doesnt remember ever being involved in making that video either one of them i managed to get them taken down but bandit will send you copies Sent by: Dr. Sylvester Baptise Recipient(s): Marie-Sophie Baptise, Bandit "B.B." Baptise, Additional Staff Date: 04/02/2019 To all involved with Project Acme, Following the information I have received, I will be adjusting Project Acme's current status from Slight Concern to Highly Unusual. As the information I am obtaining regarding recent occurrences in Project Acme is still developing, I hereby respectfully ask that everybody stay on-guard for the time being. Wilson and I will continue to deliberate on what step to take next. Keep a close eye on the coyotes you've already wrangled. If there's any you don't recognize, check the files you've already assembled. I'm hopeful that you've all already separated the authentic articles from those relating to our current troubles. I'm sure Marie-Sophie and B.B. will be able to assist with any concerns or questions you may have regarding what exactly we're dealing with. Dr. Sylvester Baptise Wilson's Wildlife Solutions Sent by: Marie-Sophie Baptise Recipient(s): Dr. Sylvester Baptise Date: 04/03/2019 its worse than i thought zeke was hospitalized keyword being was theres a horrible gash all the way down his throat and hes lost his voice the damage goes deep but he hasnt a clue what caused it it didnt kill him its just like amandas and geoffrys its already healed the hospital even has files on record of the night he had to go in for surgery because of a coyote bite to his neck back in september 2017 volunteers are getting scared they think itll happen to them eventually theyre gonna be right i have a theory but bandit is still finding things will be back with more Sent by: Bandit "B.B." Baptise Recipient(s): Dr. Sylvester Baptise Date: 04/04/2019 Dad, here's what I've found so far: I've checked the new notes on the second map and followed them back to where I allegedly found more coyotes. I guess I wasn't wrong? I've seen a couple but I haven't the chance to properly settle down and check. I did notice more tracks than usual, though. People are getting weird injuries. They look like old ones, too. All scabbed over with fixed skin, nothing but scars and aches. Anyone who has one can't remember what made them. Hospital claims they've all been in ER for coyote attacks, otherwise we'll find an email or a written note sourced from the Council about a years-old incident if the wound was treated here. I can't exactly remember how mom put it, but the coyotes are 'filling in' gaps in the information we made with new details about themselves. If they can't do that, they either give up or make an obvious copy with their own changes. I have no idea how. Again, paraphrasing mom. She's still looking into it. Thinking she'll want some more attention from the rest of you guys when she comes to a conclusion. It's looking to be that way. - B.B. Sent by: Dr. Sylvester Baptise Recipient(s): All WWS Employees Date: 04/05/2019 To all, I will be contacting the Foundation with a request for aid and assistance on Project Acme following the growing threat displayed by the fauna anomaly that has been encountered. It's evident that we do not have the resources or the ability to contain the self-replicating and reality-altering effects that have been exhibited by the subjects associated with the anomaly. All involved with Project Acme are to relocate to a preferably safe location outside of Warm Springs and remain there until the all-clear has been received from onsite Foundation reinforcements. Ensure the evacuation of any civilian residents or transients. Following the all-clear, stand by for additional orders from either myself or the highest ranked Foundation authority present. Stay safe, everyone. Dr. Sylvester Baptise Wilson's Wildlife Solutions Sent by: Marie-Sophie Baptise Recipient(s): Dr. Sylvester Baptise Date: 04/05/2019 sylvester you fuck what the hell are you doing this is why you are a horrible little rodent man so stop it stop it right now Sent by: Dr. Sylvester Baptise Recipient(s): Marie-Sophie Baptise Date: 04/05/2019 I know you're stressed and receiving this news certainly doesn't help, but the unfortunate reality is this is the only option we have left. I understand you were trying to figure out the cause and purpose of the anomaly, but that is a domain that is more preferably handled by the Foundation. We really don't have the time to spend sinking into additional research, especially with how in the dark we are regarding the extent of the anomaly. I'm not ready to be reckless, especially with you and Bandit in the eye of the storm. I let my guard down again and it'll be a repeat of Safari Dave. Please, I just want to ensure that both of you are safe. Dr. Sylvester Baptise Wilson's Wildlife Solutions Sent by: Marie-Sophie Baptise Recipient(s): Dr. Sylvester Baptise Date: 04/05/2019 oh god you and your fucking aye aye of all the times to fucking bring the aye aye up this is not a heLP IN THE SLIGHTEST EVERY TIME THE SUPERVISORS STEP IN THEY GOBBLE UP A BIGGER PIECE OF US THEY TAKE THIS WHAT WILL THEY COME FOR NEXT MAYBE THEYLL COME BACK FOR THE TURTLES SYLVESTER WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO TAKE THE TURTLES BACK Sent by: Bandit "B.B." Baptise Recipient(s): All WWS Employees Date: 04/05/2019 Hey, dad. Everyone. Foundation too I guess. I'm gonna try something. I'm basing it on info I can hardly keep in my head but it's an idea. If it's all smiles by tomorrow, then it worked. Wish me luck! - B.B. End of Correspondence Following this, official correspondence between Baptise relatives in connection to Project Acme ceased. Foundation liaisons in association with GoI-466 shortly thereafter received an urgent request for assistance from Dr. Baptise detailing the need for containment of a developing anomaly, including multiple indicators for an anomaly of a self-replicating and/or infohazard-based nature. Although Dr. Baptise specified the need for a significant armed response to curb the threat of potentially overwhelming numbers of SCP-3577, a Foundation Resources Committee decided that a reconnaissance operation fielded by a small number of operatives from MTF Beta-4 ("Castaways") would be an adequate and less resource-intensive alternative. Following the approval of Dr. Baptise's request, a reconnaissance team consisting of three operatives from MTF Beta-4 was deployed to Warm Springs Indian reservation to assess the situation and relay ground conditions to Site-64. All individuals associated with GoI-466 were found to still be present within reservation territory, along with a smaller number of SCP-3577 instances than indicated through initial intel, with 32 initially accounted for and contained. All instances in GoI-466 captivity were discovered to have been retroactively sterilized by Bandit "B.B." Baptise through a poorly understood mechanism of the anomaly produced by SCP-3577. This apparently resulted in the consequential nonexistence of the then-latest generation of SCP-3577, leading to the cessation of over 120 presumed instances. Physical evidence outside of documents and files could no longer be located and all wounds mentioned within Project Acme Correspondence could not be located on the aforementioned individuals. Additionally, the nonexistence of multiple SCP-3577 instances resulted in the disappearance of injuries from four civilian individuals outside of Warm Springs Indian reservation, causing a minor information breach that was quickly contained. Bandit "B.B." Baptise was initially interviewed following the official designation of SCP-3577 regarding the nature of his actions resulting in the successful containment of SCP-3577: So, I'm still sort of struggling with the ideas. It's time travel, I think? It's something about time, that's most of what I can remember. One thing that really stuck with me when my mom was studying them was when she said that they seem capable of interacting with the past, but not the present. I gotta tell you, that idea sounded insane to me. Freaky, freaky. Makes me understand why my dad got so spooked and made the call, but my mom's no fan of you guys. So when she found out what was happening, she got all heated and distracted and stopped trying to sort things out. Nobody knew what to do. So, basically, I tried doing something myself. So I figured, these coyotes can interact with the past, yeah? Can I do the same thing to them? I thought of what would work, like, I'd need some sort of medium to interact with the past. And that's when I saw the calendar. Calendar's perfect. So I got a pen and I made a little note for the date back when we found the first pack. That day became the day I was gonna spay and neuter every single coyote we got our hands on. I circled it. I starred it. Got really pumped to do it, even though it technically already happened. And you know what? It worked. Most productive day of my life and I don't even remember it. Set the precedent to neuter every coyote we caught ever since. Time fixed itself, left us with a lot less coyotes to deal with, thank god. You wanna know why we're named Wilson's Wildlife Solutions? Because stuff like that, it's the kind of solution you should aim for. The best kind of solution. Of note is that Bandit Baptise's arms and chest were covered in injuries consistent with SCP-3577 generation. Footnotes 1. Common coyote 2. In which chronallagi is a measurement of how much a temporal transaction changes the timeline and - by extension - the memory, perception and recollective capabilities of individuals regarding the prior condition of the timeline. Less than 0.01 denotes minimal to zero effect on individual cognition. As coined by Senior Researcher Nomaj as part of his theorems regarding the capabilities of temporal anomalies and the possible effects they can afflict on the human psyche.
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Item #: SCP-3578 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3578 is to be kept in a 7m x 7m General-Purpose Containment Chamber that is conjoined to an adjacent 10m x 10m Humanoid Containment Chamber via antechamber. This secondary containment chamber is to be used for the containment of any SCP-3578-A instances that emerge from SCP-3578. Both chambers are to be well maintained and cleaned on a bi-weekly basis to prevent bacteria growth that may be caused by the buildup of mucus and discharge from SCP-3578. Currently, SCP-3578 and all instances of SCP-3578-A are housed at Site-23. Two members of on-site security detail are to remain posted outside of SCP-3578's containment chamber at all times. In the case of an emergence event, the guards are to enter the chamber and keep watch over SCP-3578 until the assigned medical and research teams arrive to assist in and document the emergence process. Edit: As of October ██, 200█, SCP-3578's remains are kept in cryostorage at Site-23 while SCP-3578-A-31 has been moved to an 8m x 8m Standard Humanoid Containment Chamber outfitted to suit the needs of a young girl and remains under the care of Dr. Isaac Ruxton and Dr. Janette Crawford. Description: SCP-3578 appears to be a disembodied reproductive system vaguely resembling that of a human female consisting of a uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and partial vaginal passage. The vaginal passage ends abruptly at the point where it would have normally transitioned to the vulva, although there is no sign of injury at this point. SCP-3578 is capable of asexual reproduction and functions normally as if it were still inside a living body, maintaining healthy blood circulation and having regular menstrual cycles between the emergence of an instance of SCP-3578-A and the formation of a new instance. Contrary to its appearance, the DNA of SCP-3578 does not match up to that of a human and is not from any known species. It is also considerably larger than the reproductive system of a human female, measuring in at roughly five hundred percent larger and being able to expand to accommodate instances of SCP-3578-A reaching sizes of a three-year-old human child. SCP-3578-A refers to the organisms that emerge from SCP-3578 every 12-16 months. Instances of SCP-3578-A develop inside of SCP-3578 for a minimum of 10 months before emerging, and there is always 2 or more months between the emergence of an instance of SCP-3578-A and the initial formation of a new instance. These creatures are always biologically female and behave in a docile manner, but do not seem to possess any form of higher brain function. In order to survive, SCP-3578-A instances require a surrogate 'mother' parent who they form a deep psychological bond with, only accepting nutrition and care provided by this person after imprinting on them. This person will henceforth be classified as SCP-3578-B until the SCP-3578-A instance in their care expires. Since the initial discovery of SCP-3578, the instances of SCP-3578-A have been progressively changing in appearance and biological makeup, with each subsequent emergence resulting in a more developed organism. Recent instances have been seemingly bipedal in nature and have shown many physiological similarities to humans. Discovery: SCP-3578 was discovered on the floor of an empty operating room by a nurse in ██ ███████ Hospital in ███████, Arizona on February ██, 196█. Staff were informed immediately by the nurse and the Foundation was tipped off soon after when the anomalous nature of the organ was noted, mainly its non-human origin and the fact that it was still functioning despite being disconnected from a living body. Foundation operatives arrived at the scene soon after and took possession of the anomalous organ and promptly amnestized all who had come into contact with or had been informed of it before transporting it to Site-23 for further analysis and study. Addendum 3578.1: Recorded Instances of SCP-3578-A Emergence Events There have been a total of thirty-one instances of SCP-3578-A that have emerged from SCP-3578 prior to its expiration. The following records contain reports regarding all notable instances of SCP-3578-A. For a complete list, please contact the Administrator. + Access List of Emergence Event Logs - Access Granted SCP-3578-A-1 Log Date: January ██, 196█ Researcher Overseeing Event: Dr. Rickard Atlas Length of Gestation: 10 Months, 13 Days Time Elapsed During Emergence: 13 Hours, 27 Minutes Report: Following the containment of SCP-3578, the organ expanded significantly over a ten month period. Ultrasounds revealed the presence of an organism developing inside of the uterus of SCP-3578, although further examination revealed very weak vital signs. When the organism emerged from SCP-3578 after it went into labor there were no signs of life and the creature, later classified as SCP-3578-A-1, was pronounced stillborn. Visually, this instance of SCP-3578-A appeared to be a grotesque mass of muscle and connective tissue roughly the size of a human baby. Examination of the creature revealed that it had no skeletal structure and contained only a malformed heart and a single lung. DNA testing was inconclusive and showed no similarities to any known species on record. SCP-3578-A-2 Log Date: May ██, 196█ Researcher Overseeing Event: Dr. Rickard Atlas Time Elapsed Since Previous Emergence: 3 Months, 17 Days Length of Gestation: 11 Months, 4 Days Time Elapsed During Emergence: 15 Hours, 09 Minutes Report: For three months following the first emergence event, SCP-3578 began having regular menstrual cycles. Over the course of a four or five day period every four weeks, SCP-3578 expelled a form of discharge from the end of its vaginal passage that examination revealed to be blood and other material from the uterine lining. Three months and seventeen days after the previous emergence event, SCP-3578 did not begin its usual menstruation period and further examination revealed that a new instance of SCP-3578-A was forming. Continued ultrasounds and examinations showed a similar mass and equally weak vitals in comparison to SCP-3578-A-1, and the emergence of SCP-3578-A-2 resulted in another stillbirth. Although quite similar to SCP-3578-A-1, SCP-3578-A-2 possessed four small appendages and showed greater development in its organs, with this instance having a partial kidney along with a more fully-formed heart and lung. The research team hypothesizes that future instances of SCP-3578-A will have even greater development, and a living specimen is expected to emerge eventually. SCP-3578-A-7 Log Date: February ██, 196█ Researcher Overseeing Event: Dr. Rickard Atlas Time Elapsed Since Previous Emergence: 2 Months, 3 Days Length of Gestation: 11 Months, 22 Days Time Elapsed During Emergence: 9 Hours, 34 Minutes Report: The seventh emergence event yielded yet another stillborn instance of SCP-3578-A despite vital signs being much stronger than previous instances. During the autopsy, it was revealed that this instance possessed all vital organs and a complete circulatory system, although these were poorly formed and the instance would have died shortly after being born had it been born alive. In terms of appearance, this instance had the basic shape of a human baby albeit with no skin, distinctive features, or skeletal structure. An apparatus is currently being constructed to hold SCP-3578 that will provide stability and structural support in the hopes that it may encourage better development and potentially allow for cesarean section operations to be performed in order to remove future instances of SCP-3578-A while their vital signs are still strong. SCP-3578-A-11 Log Date: May ██, 197█ Researcher Overseeing Event: Dr. Rickard Atlas Time Elapsed Since Previous Emergence: 3 Months, 11 Days Length of Gestation: 12 Months, 30 Days Time Elapsed During Emergence: 13 Hours, 32 Minutes Report: The eleventh emergence event resulted in the first live birth of an instance of SCP-3578-A. However, the specimen expired almost immediately despite all attempts by medical staff to keep it alive. The autopsy revealed a nearly complete respiratory system and a very frail and incomplete skeletal structure with the beginnings of facial features on the skull, although no joints were found. All organs were very well formed within this instance, and as such it has been decided that a cesarean section operation will be utilized in an attempt to recover a live instance of SCP-3578-A during the next gestation cycle when vital signs and development are sufficient. Regarding the appearance of this instance, it would seem that they are becoming more and more like that of a human, although DNA testing shows very few genetic similarities. The DNA sequencing of SCP-3578-A instances does change from instance to instance, though, and it has been theorized that SCP-3578 may be attempting to replicate the human genome. The reasons for this remain unknown. SCP-3578-A-12 Log Date: September ██, 197█ Researcher Overseeing Event: Dr. Rickard Atlas Time Elapsed Since Previous Emergence: 4 Months, 27 Days Length of Gestation: 11 Months, 0 Days Time Elapsed During Emergence: 10 Hours, 41 Minutes Report: After extensive testing and examination along with careful monitoring revealed that the vital signs and development of SCP-3578-A-12 were at the highest they would likely be during this gestation period, a cesarean section operation was performed by the medical team headed by Dr. Cassandra Allexis and SCP-3578-A-12 was successfully removed from SCP-3578. Due to the lack of a nasal or oral opening, the team operated on SCP-3578-A-12 and managed to open its oral and nasal passages to allow the specimen to breathe normally. Once SCP-3578-A-12 seemed to be stable, the umbilical cord connecting it to SCP-3578 was severed. SCP-3578-A-12 immediately began to twitch violently and struggled to take a full breath, crying incessantly while the team attempted to keep it alive. Dr. Allexis attempted to soothe the specimen by picking it up and cradling it, which effectively calmed SCP-3578-A-12 down and stabilized its breathing. Attempting to put the instance down or have another member of the medical team hold it resulted in the vital signs of SCP-3578-A-12 becoming unstable and caused it to start crying again, leading researchers to believe that SCP-3578-A-12 may have imprinted on Dr. Allexis. A selection of preprepared nutritional formulas were utilized in order to feed SCP-3578-A-12 and were met with great success, as the instance took to them very quickly when Dr. Allexis attempted to feed it. Unfortunately, 2 hours and 13 minutes after SCP-3578-A-12 was removed from SCP-3578, its breathing became shallow and its organs began to fail. Despite many attempts to combat this, SCP-3578-A-12 expired 24 minutes later and its body was taken for examination. The autopsy revealed a more fully formed skeletal structure, although there were still no joints and no signs of appendages such as hands or feet. Following its expiration, Dr. Allexis became uncharacteristically depressed and mourned the loss of SCP-3578-A-12, leading researchers to suspect that SCP-3578-A instances may form a psychological bond with whoever they imprint on. Following this event, it has been decided that further cesarean section operations will not take place until instances of SCP-3578-A prove to be fully developed and capable of survival outside of SCP-3578 without assistance. SCP-3578-A-19 Log Date: January ██, 198█ Researcher Overseeing Event: Dr. Charles Atlas Time Elapsed Since Previous Emergence: 3 Months, 8 Days Length of Gestation: 10 Months, 29 Days Time Elapsed During Emergence: 8 Hours, 41 Minutes Report: SCP-3578-A-19 is the first instance of SCP-3578-A that emerged nearly fully developed and with continuous stable vital signs. This instance possessed fully formed organs, respiratory system, circulatory system, skeletal structure, and a thin pink leathery skin covering its body, although it did not possess eyes nor eye sockets. It was physically very similar to that of a two-year-old human child in terms of body shape and facial structure and possessed female reproductive organs, although it was still very different in terms of DNA and overall appearance. Upon emerging, SCP-3578-A-19 acted very much like a human infant and imprinted on Dr. Amanda Reynolds immediately upon being picked up. Dr. Reynolds then took SCP-3578-A-19 into the adjacent containment chamber and fed SCP-3578-A-19 using the preprepared nutritional formula. SCP-3578-A-19 did not react well to being put down in the provided crib, crying constantly and being unable to fall asleep unless held by Dr. Reynolds. Aware that this would likely happen due to results from previous live instances of SCP-3578-A, Dr. Reynolds was then designated as SCP-3578-B and became the full-time caretaker of SCP-3578-A-19 with help from the medical team. Much like the previous live instances of SCP-3578-A, SCP-3578-A-19 expired in its sleep 8 days after its emergence due to organ failure. The autopsy found nothing wrong with SCP-3578-A-19, revealing that its body had simply given up and stopped functioning for unknown reasons. Given the fully developed state of SCP-3578-A-19, its body was taken to cryostorage for further study and analysis. SCP-3578-A-25 Log Date: March ██, 199█ Researcher Overseeing Event: Dr. Charles Atlas Time Elapsed Since Previous Emergence: 2 Months, 10 Days Length of Gestation: 11 Months, 24 Days Time Elapsed During Emergence: 17 Hours, 53 Minutes Report: SCP-3578-A-25 emerged from SCP-3578 without issue and only minimal assistance from the medical team. This instance was the first to emerge with eyes, although it seemed to be blind due to its lack of reaction to visual stimulus. SCP-3578-A-25 imprinted on Dr. Janette Crawford and the two were moved to the adjacent containment chamber after severing the umbilical cord. This instance of SCP-3578-A was the first to show any sign of awareness regarding its surroundings, having far more complex reactions to audio and physical stimulus. SCP-3578-A-25 appeared very calm when spoken to softly and handled carefully and reacted in a fearful manner to loud sounds and pinching. This is a drastic change when compared to previous instances, none of which were able to differentiate between gentle and harsh stimulus. Over the course of the next few weeks, SCP-3578-A-25 began to show signs of further development outside of SCP-3578. This was the first time that an instance of SCP-3578-A survived long enough to display any growth before expiring. It grew out light hairs from the top of its head and its skin tightened up and softened significantly compared to its initial wrinkled leathery skin. SCP-3578-A-25 was female like all of its predecessors, and after two weeks it appeared to be very similar to a six-month-old human child in terms of appearance, the only differences being its bright pink skin, bony appearance, elongated limbs, small skull, and various discrepancies in its facial structure. 27 days after its emergence, SCP-3578-A-25's vitals started dropping and nearly all of its organs began to fail. Despite attempts at surgery and treatment, SCP-3578-25 eventually expired and the autopsy could not find a cause. Dr. Janette Crow, having acted as SCP-3578-B while SCP-3578-A-25 was alive, reacted very poorly to this and had to be put on leave from her duties and undergo extensive psychiatric care. This is the first time that the grief felt by SCP-3578-B designated individuals after the expiration of the SCP-3578-A instance in their care resulted in long-term emotional trauma. Also worth noting is the fact that SCP-3578 reacted to the expiration of SCP-3578-A-25 as well. During the 13 hour period in which medical staff attempted to save SCP-3578-A-25, SCP-3578 appeared to convulse and tremble in a manner that had not been witnessed before. Once SCP-3578-A-25's vitals stopped completely, SCP-3578 began showing decreased activity and far more sporadic and irregular menstrual cycles. SCP-3578-A-29/30 Log Date: July ██, 199█ Researcher Overseeing Event: Dr. Charles Atlas Time Elapsed Since Previous Emergence: 5 Months, 19 Days Length of Gestation: 11 Months, 2 Days Time Elapsed During Emergence: 37 Hours, 46 Minutes Report: This was the first time that SCP-3578 developed a pair of SCP-3578-A instances simultaneously, and is thought to be a random occurrence much like any conception of twins. SCP-3578 endured severe physical exhaustion and appeared to be in pain during the entirety of SCP-3578-A-29 and SCP-3578-A-30's emergence. This emergence resulted in the first live instance of SCP-3578-A since SCP-3578-A-25. Both instances were comparatively very poorly developed, however, and one of the instances, SCP-3578-29, was stillborn. SCP-3578-A-30 did not imprint on any of the staff chosen to be potential SCP-3578-B designated individuals nor did it accept any of the nutritional formulas, leading it to only survive for 6 hours before eventually expiring. Unlike previous instances, the cry of SCP-3578-A-30 was almost identical to the cry of a human child unlike the animal-like whining of previous instances. Autopsies of both instances revealed multiple malformed organs and poor internal development. Addendum 3578.2: Emergence of SCP-3578-A-31/Expiration of SCP-3578 Following the expiration of SCP-3578-A-30, SCP-3578 had no further menstrual cycles and had very poor vital signs. While it was uncertain what exactly was wrong with SCP-3578, it seemed to be very sick and needed constant medical examinations and care following this event. For the next 23 months, SCP-3578 was considered effectively neutralized and it was not expected to produce any further instances of SCP-3578-A. 20 months after the emergence of SCP-3578-A-29 and SCP-3578-A-30 and the expiration of the latter, SCP-3578 developed a severe blood infection. Standard treatment and medication proved to be entirely ineffective, and due to the lack of blood supply of the same type as SCP-3578 to provide a transfusion, it seemed likely that SCP-3578 would not survive. After consulting with the O5 council and gaining the approval of O5-██ and O5-██, Dr. Charles Atlas was given permission to perform a blood transfusion using human blood in order to attempt to cure SCP-3578. Dr. Isaac Ruxton was chosen by Dr. Charles Atlas to be the source of blood after testing of on-site staff volunteers showed his blood to be free of any irregularities and the fact that his family had no history of any diseases or medical conditions. After a sufficient amount of blood was collected from Dr. Ruxton, an exchange transfusion was carried out in an attempt to rid SCP-3578 of its ailment. SCP-3578 reacted very well to the transfusion and recovered quickly, unexpectedly returning to the state of health it was in prior to the expiration of SCP-3578-25. Very soon after the transfusion, SCP-3578 began regular menstrual cycles and eventually a new instance of SCP-3578-A began to develop inside of it. SCP-3578-A-31 Log Date: September ██, 199█ Researcher Overseeing Event: Dr. Charles Atlas Time Elapsed Since Previous Emergence: 36 Months, 24 Days Length of Gestation: 12 Months, 30 Days Time Elapsed During Emergence: 13 Hours, 25 Minutes Report: SCP-3578-A-31 showed consistently healthy vital signs all throughout its development inside of SCP-3578 as well as the highest level development of any SCP-3578-A instance up until this point. Upon emerging, medical teams were alarmed to find that SCP-3578-A-31 was physically identical to a four-year-old human female and was perfectly developed, although it still behaved like an infant albeit with superior motor skills. Unlike previous instances, it would not imprint on any chosen SCP-3578-B suited members of staff nor accept any nutritional formula and reacted adversely to the touch of any member of personnel. At Dr. Atlas's request, Dr. Ruxton was retrieved and brought to the containment chamber adjacent to the one housing SCP-3578 where SCP-3578-A-31 was being kept. Upon being introduced to the chamber, SCP-3578-A-31 immediately attempted to move towards Dr. Ruxton who was then instructed to pick up SCP-3578-A-31. SCP-3578-A-31 began to calm down once Dr. Ruxton picked it up, and after sitting down he was able to feed SCP-3578-A-31 without issue. Following this event, Dr. Ruxton was then designated as SCP-3578-B for SCP-3578-A-31 and, as hypothesized by Dr. Charles Atlas upon learning of the initial development of SCP-3578-A-31, DNA testing revealed that SCP-3578-A-31 is biologically related to Dr. Ruxton. Regular testing and examinations were done to make sure SCP-3578-A-31 remained healthy and after 60 days it was determined that this instance would survive indefinitely if given proper care and nurture. After the emergence of SCP-3578-A-31, SCP-3578's vitals once again began to fall and it began to physically deteriorate at a rapid rate, although none of this was as aggressive in nature as before. SCP-3578 expired on November ██, 199█, 32 days after SCP-3578-A-31 emerged, despite the efforts made by the medical team to keep it alive. Addendum 3578.3: SCP-3578-A-31 The following report contains all important information regarding SCP-3578-A-31, known unofficially as Clara Ruxton-Crawford Following the emergence of SCP-3578-A-31 and Dr. Isaac Ruxton's designation as SCP-3578-B, the two were moved to a 10m x 10m Standard Humanoid Containment Chamber suited to fit the needs of both individuals. Dr. Janette Crawford, a previous SCP-3578-B, volunteered to help aid Dr. Ruxton in caring for SCP-3578-A-31 after Dr. Ruxton stated that he was having a difficult time doing so alone. Despite SCP-3578-A-31's aversion to all other members of on-site staff other than Dr. Ruxton, it took to Dr. Crawford very quickly when she had visited it once before. As such, Site Director Oliver J. Matthews approved of Dr. Crawford's involvement and allowed her to care for SCP-3578-A-31 in shifts with Dr. Ruxton. While it is uncertain why, it was later found that SCP-3578-A-31 had imprinted on Dr. Crawford as well, as Dr. Crawford now felt compelled to care for SCP-3578-A-31 and could not properly focus on her other tasks when away from SCP-3578-A-31. Once this was discovered, Dr. Crawford was designated as SCP-3578-B-2 and the containment chamber was renovated to accommodate her as well SCP-3578-A-31 developed very quickly when compared to a human of its age, reaching the physical appearance of a six-year-old human in less than six months and mentally maturing rapidly until its intelligence matched that of its physical appearance by human standards. SCP-3578-A-31 inherited many of Dr. Ruxton's physical traits such as blue eyes and blond hair, and they bear a striking resemblance to one another. Despite its similarities to a human and its genetic relation to Dr. Ruxton, though, SCP-3578-A-31's DNA is not that of a human. It doesn't seem to be aware of this, however, and it has not been informed of its non-human origin. Once it learned how to speak, SCP-3578-A-31 began referring to Dr. Ruxton as 'Father' and Dr. Crawford as 'Mom', and once it grew accustomed to the other personnel it began referring to Dr. Charles Atlas as 'Grandpa'. Even though they had been advised not to treat SCP-3578-A-31 as a human, Dr. Ruxton and Dr. Crawford gave SCP-3578-A-31 the name 'Clara Ruxton-Crawford' and exclusively refer to SCP-3578-A-31 by this name rather than its SCP designation. This name is now used by all on-site staff after it was decided that treating SCP-3578-A-31 as non-human was impacting its development and causing significant distress. Despite many attempts to separate Dr. Ruxton and Dr. Crawford from SCP-3578-A-31 for long periods of time, the psychological bond formed between them prevents them from focusing on anything else if SCP-3578-A-31 desires/requires their presence and they feel compelled to return to SCP-3578-A-31 in order to meet its needs. Regarding the two doctors, despite the two of them being chosen by SCP-3578-A-31 to be its parental figures, the two maintain a platonic relationship and their shared bond with SCP-3578-A-31 does not seem to influence romantic tendencies towards one another. SCP-3578-A-31 reached the physical and mental age of an eight-year-old after another 10 months and as of January ██, 200█ it has entered a growth pattern identical to that of a human being. Edit: As of September ██, 200█, the psychological bond between SCP-3578-A-31 and both Dr. Isaac Ruxton and Dr. Janette Crawford diminished greatly and it was found that SCP-3578-A-31 could function without a constant supply of care and affection. Both researchers also found that they were able to remain parted from SCP-3578-A-31 for long periods of time without feeling compelled to return to it. Dr. Ruxton and Dr. Crawford have since returned to their previous duties and SCP-3578-A-31 has been moved to a new containment chamber suited to its needs. At the request of Dr. Ruxton and Dr. Crawford, they have been put in charge of the continued research and study of SCP-3578-A-31 and are allowed to maintain their previous roles at the parental figures of SCP-3578-A-31 despite no longer being designated as SCP-3578-B. Addendum 3578.3-B: Interview with Dr. Charles Atlas Despite countless attempts to question SCP-3578-A-31 about its origin, it has never shown any sign that it knew anything other than what it has learned after emerging from SCP-3578. However, on the third anniversary of its emergence, September ██, 200█, SCP-3578-A-31 asked Dr. Ruxton if it could speak to Dr. Rickard Atlas and Dr. Charles Atlas, despite the former having passed away over a decade prior and never having been mentioned to SCP-3578-A-31. Dr. Charles Atlas agreed to meet with SCP-3578-31, and the following interview was held two days later. Interviewed: SCP-3578-A-31 Interviewer: Dr. Charles Atlas Date of Interview: September ██, 200█, 0800 hours <BEGIN LOG> Dr. Atlas: (Clears throat) Hello sweet-pea, how are you doing this morning? SCP-3578-A-31: I'm good, Grandpa! How are you? Dr. Atlas: (Chuckles) I'm very well, thank you. So, I heard you have something important to tell me? SCP-3578-A-31: Yes! But I gotta tell to Mr. Rickard, too! Is he coming? Dr. Atlas: Well, I'm sorry Clara, but he is unable to join us. My father passed away quite some time ago, you see. How did you hear about him, anyways? (SCP-3578-A-31 looks slightly distressed upon hearing about the late Dr. Rickard Atlas) SCP-3578-A-31: Well, Mother told me. She said it was reeeaaally important that I say thank you to both of you for her… Dr. Atlas: Mother? Do you mean Dr. Crawford? SCP-3578-A-31: Nuh-uh, my real Mother. Dr. Atlas: And who would that be? When did they tell you to say this? (SCP-3578-A-31 fidgets in its seat) SCP-3578-A-31: The one who, um… The one who made me! I dunno when she told me, I just remembered that a long time ago she asked if I could say thanks for her. Dr. Atlas: Well, what exactly did she want you to thank us for? SCP-3578-A-31: She said that she was very grateful that you and Mr. Rickard and everyone else tried soooo (Spreads arms) hard to help all of my siblings, and that she is happy that you helped her to have me! Dr. Atlas: (Pauses) Is that so? SCP-3578-A-31: Yup! She said that she was happy that I am able to fit in and that I would get to live a nice life with the good people that helped her for so long! Dr. Atlas: Well, I'm glad that we are able to have you here after all these years as well. I'm sure she would be pleased to see how much you've grown. SCP-3578-A-31: (Giggles) I think so too! <END LOG> ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3578" by Dr Denoka Traks, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3578. 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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Item #: SCP-3578 Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3578 is to be kept in a 7m x 7m General-Purpose Containment Chamber that is conjoined to an adjacent 10m x 10m Humanoid Containment Chamber via antechamber. This secondary containment chamber is to be used for the containment of any SCP-3578-A instances that emerge from SCP-3578. Both chambers are to be well maintained and cleaned on a bi-weekly basis to prevent bacteria growth that may be caused by the buildup of mucus and discharge from SCP-3578. Currently, SCP-3578 and all instances of SCP-3578-A are housed at Site-23. Two members of on-site security detail are to remain posted outside of SCP-3578's containment chamber at all times. In the case of an emergence event, the guards are to enter the chamber and keep watch over SCP-3578 until the assigned medical and research teams arrive to assist in and document the emergence process. Edit: As of October ██, 200█, SCP-3578's remains are kept in cryostorage at Site-23 while SCP-3578-A-31 has been moved to an 8m x 8m Standard Humanoid Containment Chamber outfitted to suit the needs of a young girl and remains under the care of Dr. Isaac Ruxton and Dr. Janette Crawford. Description: SCP-3578 appears to be a disembodied reproductive system vaguely resembling that of a human female consisting of a uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and partial vaginal passage. The vaginal passage ends abruptly at the point where it would have normally transitioned to the vulva, although there is no sign of injury at this point. SCP-3578 is capable of asexual reproduction and functions normally as if it were still inside a living body, maintaining healthy blood circulation and having regular menstrual cycles between the emergence of an instance of SCP-3578-A and the formation of a new instance. Contrary to its appearance, the DNA of SCP-3578 does not match up to that of a human and is not from any known species. It is also considerably larger than the reproductive system of a human female, measuring in at roughly five hundred percent larger and being able to expand to accommodate instances of SCP-3578-A reaching sizes of a three-year-old human child. SCP-3578-A refers to the organisms that emerge from SCP-3578 every 12-16 months. Instances of SCP-3578-A develop inside of SCP-3578 for a minimum of 10 months before emerging, and there is always 2 or more months between the emergence of an instance of SCP-3578-A and the initial formation of a new instance. These creatures are always biologically female and behave in a docile manner, but do not seem to possess any form of higher brain function. In order to survive, SCP-3578-A instances require a surrogate 'mother' parent who they form a deep psychological bond with, only accepting nutrition and care provided by this person after imprinting on them. This person will henceforth be classified as SCP-3578-B until the SCP-3578-A instance in their care expires. Since the initial discovery of SCP-3578, the instances of SCP-3578-A have been progressively changing in appearance and biological makeup, with each subsequent emergence resulting in a more developed organism. Recent instances have been seemingly bipedal in nature and have shown many physiological similarities to humans. Discovery: SCP-3578 was discovered on the floor of an empty operating room by a nurse in ██ ███████ Hospital in ███████, Arizona on February ██, 196█. Staff were informed immediately by the nurse and the Foundation was tipped off soon after when the anomalous nature of the organ was noted, mainly its non-human origin and the fact that it was still functioning despite being disconnected from a living body. Foundation operatives arrived at the scene soon after and took possession of the anomalous organ and promptly amnestized all who had come into contact with or had been informed of it before transporting it to Site-23 for further analysis and study. Addendum 3578.1: Recorded Instances of SCP-3578-A Emergence Events There have been a total of thirty-one instances of SCP-3578-A that have emerged from SCP-3578 prior to its expiration. The following records contain reports regarding all notable instances of SCP-3578-A. For a complete list, please contact the Administrator. + Access List of Emergence Event Logs - Access Granted SCP-3578-A-1 Log Date: January ██, 196█ Researcher Overseeing Event: Dr. Rickard Atlas Length of Gestation: 10 Months, 13 Days Time Elapsed During Emergence: 13 Hours, 27 Minutes Report: Following the containment of SCP-3578, the organ expanded significantly over a ten month period. Ultrasounds revealed the presence of an organism developing inside of the uterus of SCP-3578, although further examination revealed very weak vital signs. When the organism emerged from SCP-3578 after it went into labor there were no signs of life and the creature, later classified as SCP-3578-A-1, was pronounced stillborn. Visually, this instance of SCP-3578-A appeared to be a grotesque mass of muscle and connective tissue roughly the size of a human baby. Examination of the creature revealed that it had no skeletal structure and contained only a malformed heart and a single lung. DNA testing was inconclusive and showed no similarities to any known species on record. SCP-3578-A-2 Log Date: May ██, 196█ Researcher Overseeing Event: Dr. Rickard Atlas Time Elapsed Since Previous Emergence: 3 Months, 17 Days Length of Gestation: 11 Months, 4 Days Time Elapsed During Emergence: 15 Hours, 09 Minutes Report: For three months following the first emergence event, SCP-3578 began having regular menstrual cycles. Over the course of a four or five day period every four weeks, SCP-3578 expelled a form of discharge from the end of its vaginal passage that examination revealed to be blood and other material from the uterine lining. Three months and seventeen days after the previous emergence event, SCP-3578 did not begin its usual menstruation period and further examination revealed that a new instance of SCP-3578-A was forming. Continued ultrasounds and examinations showed a similar mass and equally weak vitals in comparison to SCP-3578-A-1, and the emergence of SCP-3578-A-2 resulted in another stillbirth. Although quite similar to SCP-3578-A-1, SCP-3578-A-2 possessed four small appendages and showed greater development in its organs, with this instance having a partial kidney along with a more fully-formed heart and lung. The research team hypothesizes that future instances of SCP-3578-A will have even greater development, and a living specimen is expected to emerge eventually. SCP-3578-A-7 Log Date: February ██, 196█ Researcher Overseeing Event: Dr. Rickard Atlas Time Elapsed Since Previous Emergence: 2 Months, 3 Days Length of Gestation: 11 Months, 22 Days Time Elapsed During Emergence: 9 Hours, 34 Minutes Report: The seventh emergence event yielded yet another stillborn instance of SCP-3578-A despite vital signs being much stronger than previous instances. During the autopsy, it was revealed that this instance possessed all vital organs and a complete circulatory system, although these were poorly formed and the instance would have died shortly after being born had it been born alive. In terms of appearance, this instance had the basic shape of a human baby albeit with no skin, distinctive features, or skeletal structure. An apparatus is currently being constructed to hold SCP-3578 that will provide stability and structural support in the hopes that it may encourage better development and potentially allow for cesarean section operations to be performed in order to remove future instances of SCP-3578-A while their vital signs are still strong. SCP-3578-A-11 Log Date: May ██, 197█ Researcher Overseeing Event: Dr. Rickard Atlas Time Elapsed Since Previous Emergence: 3 Months, 11 Days Length of Gestation: 12 Months, 30 Days Time Elapsed During Emergence: 13 Hours, 32 Minutes Report: The eleventh emergence event resulted in the first live birth of an instance of SCP-3578-A. However, the specimen expired almost immediately despite all attempts by medical staff to keep it alive. The autopsy revealed a nearly complete respiratory system and a very frail and incomplete skeletal structure with the beginnings of facial features on the skull, although no joints were found. All organs were very well formed within this instance, and as such it has been decided that a cesarean section operation will be utilized in an attempt to recover a live instance of SCP-3578-A during the next gestation cycle when vital signs and development are sufficient. Regarding the appearance of this instance, it would seem that they are becoming more and more like that of a human, although DNA testing shows very few genetic similarities. The DNA sequencing of SCP-3578-A instances does change from instance to instance, though, and it has been theorized that SCP-3578 may be attempting to replicate the human genome. The reasons for this remain unknown. SCP-3578-A-12 Log Date: September ██, 197█ Researcher Overseeing Event: Dr. Rickard Atlas Time Elapsed Since Previous Emergence: 4 Months, 27 Days Length of Gestation: 11 Months, 0 Days Time Elapsed During Emergence: 10 Hours, 41 Minutes Report: After extensive testing and examination along with careful monitoring revealed that the vital signs and development of SCP-3578-A-12 were at the highest they would likely be during this gestation period, a cesarean section operation was performed by the medical team headed by Dr. Cassandra Allexis and SCP-3578-A-12 was successfully removed from SCP-3578. Due to the lack of a nasal or oral opening, the team operated on SCP-3578-A-12 and managed to open its oral and nasal passages to allow the specimen to breathe normally. Once SCP-3578-A-12 seemed to be stable, the umbilical cord connecting it to SCP-3578 was severed. SCP-3578-A-12 immediately began to twitch violently and struggled to take a full breath, crying incessantly while the team attempted to keep it alive. Dr. Allexis attempted to soothe the specimen by picking it up and cradling it, which effectively calmed SCP-3578-A-12 down and stabilized its breathing. Attempting to put the instance down or have another member of the medical team hold it resulted in the vital signs of SCP-3578-A-12 becoming unstable and caused it to start crying again, leading researchers to believe that SCP-3578-A-12 may have imprinted on Dr. Allexis. A selection of preprepared nutritional formulas were utilized in order to feed SCP-3578-A-12 and were met with great success, as the instance took to them very quickly when Dr. Allexis attempted to feed it. Unfortunately, 2 hours and 13 minutes after SCP-3578-A-12 was removed from SCP-3578, its breathing became shallow and its organs began to fail. Despite many attempts to combat this, SCP-3578-A-12 expired 24 minutes later and its body was taken for examination. The autopsy revealed a more fully formed skeletal structure, although there were still no joints and no signs of appendages such as hands or feet. Following its expiration, Dr. Allexis became uncharacteristically depressed and mourned the loss of SCP-3578-A-12, leading researchers to suspect that SCP-3578-A instances may form a psychological bond with whoever they imprint on. Following this event, it has been decided that further cesarean section operations will not take place until instances of SCP-3578-A prove to be fully developed and capable of survival outside of SCP-3578 without assistance. SCP-3578-A-19 Log Date: January ██, 198█ Researcher Overseeing Event: Dr. Charles Atlas Time Elapsed Since Previous Emergence: 3 Months, 8 Days Length of Gestation: 10 Months, 29 Days Time Elapsed During Emergence: 8 Hours, 41 Minutes Report: SCP-3578-A-19 is the first instance of SCP-3578-A that emerged nearly fully developed and with continuous stable vital signs. This instance possessed fully formed organs, respiratory system, circulatory system, skeletal structure, and a thin pink leathery skin covering its body, although it did not possess eyes nor eye sockets. It was physically very similar to that of a two-year-old human child in terms of body shape and facial structure and possessed female reproductive organs, although it was still very different in terms of DNA and overall appearance. Upon emerging, SCP-3578-A-19 acted very much like a human infant and imprinted on Dr. Amanda Reynolds immediately upon being picked up. Dr. Reynolds then took SCP-3578-A-19 into the adjacent containment chamber and fed SCP-3578-A-19 using the preprepared nutritional formula. SCP-3578-A-19 did not react well to being put down in the provided crib, crying constantly and being unable to fall asleep unless held by Dr. Reynolds. Aware that this would likely happen due to results from previous live instances of SCP-3578-A, Dr. Reynolds was then designated as SCP-3578-B and became the full-time caretaker of SCP-3578-A-19 with help from the medical team. Much like the previous live instances of SCP-3578-A, SCP-3578-A-19 expired in its sleep 8 days after its emergence due to organ failure. The autopsy found nothing wrong with SCP-3578-A-19, revealing that its body had simply given up and stopped functioning for unknown reasons. Given the fully developed state of SCP-3578-A-19, its body was taken to cryostorage for further study and analysis. SCP-3578-A-25 Log Date: March ██, 199█ Researcher Overseeing Event: Dr. Charles Atlas Time Elapsed Since Previous Emergence: 2 Months, 10 Days Length of Gestation: 11 Months, 24 Days Time Elapsed During Emergence: 17 Hours, 53 Minutes Report: SCP-3578-A-25 emerged from SCP-3578 without issue and only minimal assistance from the medical team. This instance was the first to emerge with eyes, although it seemed to be blind due to its lack of reaction to visual stimulus. SCP-3578-A-25 imprinted on Dr. Janette Crawford and the two were moved to the adjacent containment chamber after severing the umbilical cord. This instance of SCP-3578-A was the first to show any sign of awareness regarding its surroundings, having far more complex reactions to audio and physical stimulus. SCP-3578-A-25 appeared very calm when spoken to softly and handled carefully and reacted in a fearful manner to loud sounds and pinching. This is a drastic change when compared to previous instances, none of which were able to differentiate between gentle and harsh stimulus. Over the course of the next few weeks, SCP-3578-A-25 began to show signs of further development outside of SCP-3578. This was the first time that an instance of SCP-3578-A survived long enough to display any growth before expiring. It grew out light hairs from the top of its head and its skin tightened up and softened significantly compared to its initial wrinkled leathery skin. SCP-3578-A-25 was female like all of its predecessors, and after two weeks it appeared to be very similar to a six-month-old human child in terms of appearance, the only differences being its bright pink skin, bony appearance, elongated limbs, small skull, and various discrepancies in its facial structure. 27 days after its emergence, SCP-3578-A-25's vitals started dropping and nearly all of its organs began to fail. Despite attempts at surgery and treatment, SCP-3578-25 eventually expired and the autopsy could not find a cause. Dr. Janette Crow, having acted as SCP-3578-B while SCP-3578-A-25 was alive, reacted very poorly to this and had to be put on leave from her duties and undergo extensive psychiatric care. This is the first time that the grief felt by SCP-3578-B designated individuals after the expiration of the SCP-3578-A instance in their care resulted in long-term emotional trauma. Also worth noting is the fact that SCP-3578 reacted to the expiration of SCP-3578-A-25 as well. During the 13 hour period in which medical staff attempted to save SCP-3578-A-25, SCP-3578 appeared to convulse and tremble in a manner that had not been witnessed before. Once SCP-3578-A-25's vitals stopped completely, SCP-3578 began showing decreased activity and far more sporadic and irregular menstrual cycles. SCP-3578-A-29/30 Log Date: July ██, 199█ Researcher Overseeing Event: Dr. Charles Atlas Time Elapsed Since Previous Emergence: 5 Months, 19 Days Length of Gestation: 11 Months, 2 Days Time Elapsed During Emergence: 37 Hours, 46 Minutes Report: This was the first time that SCP-3578 developed a pair of SCP-3578-A instances simultaneously, and is thought to be a random occurrence much like any conception of twins. SCP-3578 endured severe physical exhaustion and appeared to be in pain during the entirety of SCP-3578-A-29 and SCP-3578-A-30's emergence. This emergence resulted in the first live instance of SCP-3578-A since SCP-3578-A-25. Both instances were comparatively very poorly developed, however, and one of the instances, SCP-3578-29, was stillborn. SCP-3578-A-30 did not imprint on any of the staff chosen to be potential SCP-3578-B designated individuals nor did it accept any of the nutritional formulas, leading it to only survive for 6 hours before eventually expiring. Unlike previous instances, the cry of SCP-3578-A-30 was almost identical to the cry of a human child unlike the animal-like whining of previous instances. Autopsies of both instances revealed multiple malformed organs and poor internal development. Addendum 3578.2: Emergence of SCP-3578-A-31/Expiration of SCP-3578 Following the expiration of SCP-3578-A-30, SCP-3578 had no further menstrual cycles and had very poor vital signs. While it was uncertain what exactly was wrong with SCP-3578, it seemed to be very sick and needed constant medical examinations and care following this event. For the next 23 months, SCP-3578 was considered effectively neutralized and it was not expected to produce any further instances of SCP-3578-A. 20 months after the emergence of SCP-3578-A-29 and SCP-3578-A-30 and the expiration of the latter, SCP-3578 developed a severe blood infection. Standard treatment and medication proved to be entirely ineffective, and due to the lack of blood supply of the same type as SCP-3578 to provide a transfusion, it seemed likely that SCP-3578 would not survive. After consulting with the O5 council and gaining the approval of O5-██ and O5-██, Dr. Charles Atlas was given permission to perform a blood transfusion using human blood in order to attempt to cure SCP-3578. Dr. Isaac Ruxton was chosen by Dr. Charles Atlas to be the source of blood after testing of on-site staff volunteers showed his blood to be free of any irregularities and the fact that his family had no history of any diseases or medical conditions. After a sufficient amount of blood was collected from Dr. Ruxton, an exchange transfusion was carried out in an attempt to rid SCP-3578 of its ailment. SCP-3578 reacted very well to the transfusion and recovered quickly, unexpectedly returning to the state of health it was in prior to the expiration of SCP-3578-25. Very soon after the transfusion, SCP-3578 began regular menstrual cycles and eventually a new instance of SCP-3578-A began to develop inside of it. SCP-3578-A-31 Log Date: September ██, 199█ Researcher Overseeing Event: Dr. Charles Atlas Time Elapsed Since Previous Emergence: 36 Months, 24 Days Length of Gestation: 12 Months, 30 Days Time Elapsed During Emergence: 13 Hours, 25 Minutes Report: SCP-3578-A-31 showed consistently healthy vital signs all throughout its development inside of SCP-3578 as well as the highest level development of any SCP-3578-A instance up until this point. Upon emerging, medical teams were alarmed to find that SCP-3578-A-31 was physically identical to a four-year-old human female and was perfectly developed, although it still behaved like an infant albeit with superior motor skills. Unlike previous instances, it would not imprint on any chosen SCP-3578-B suited members of staff nor accept any nutritional formula and reacted adversely to the touch of any member of personnel. At Dr. Atlas's request, Dr. Ruxton was retrieved and brought to the containment chamber adjacent to the one housing SCP-3578 where SCP-3578-A-31 was being kept. Upon being introduced to the chamber, SCP-3578-A-31 immediately attempted to move towards Dr. Ruxton who was then instructed to pick up SCP-3578-A-31. SCP-3578-A-31 began to calm down once Dr. Ruxton picked it up, and after sitting down he was able to feed SCP-3578-A-31 without issue. Following this event, Dr. Ruxton was then designated as SCP-3578-B for SCP-3578-A-31 and, as hypothesized by Dr. Charles Atlas upon learning of the initial development of SCP-3578-A-31, DNA testing revealed that SCP-3578-A-31 is biologically related to Dr. Ruxton. Regular testing and examinations were done to make sure SCP-3578-A-31 remained healthy and after 60 days it was determined that this instance would survive indefinitely if given proper care and nurture. After the emergence of SCP-3578-A-31, SCP-3578's vitals once again began to fall and it began to physically deteriorate at a rapid rate, although none of this was as aggressive in nature as before. SCP-3578 expired on November ██, 199█, 32 days after SCP-3578-A-31 emerged, despite the efforts made by the medical team to keep it alive. Addendum 3578.3: SCP-3578-A-31 The following report contains all important information regarding SCP-3578-A-31, known unofficially as Clara Ruxton-Crawford Following the emergence of SCP-3578-A-31 and Dr. Isaac Ruxton's designation as SCP-3578-B, the two were moved to a 10m x 10m Standard Humanoid Containment Chamber suited to fit the needs of both individuals. Dr. Janette Crawford, a previous SCP-3578-B, volunteered to help aid Dr. Ruxton in caring for SCP-3578-A-31 after Dr. Ruxton stated that he was having a difficult time doing so alone. Despite SCP-3578-A-31's aversion to all other members of on-site staff other than Dr. Ruxton, it took to Dr. Crawford very quickly when she had visited it once before. As such, Site Director Oliver J. Matthews approved of Dr. Crawford's involvement and allowed her to care for SCP-3578-A-31 in shifts with Dr. Ruxton. While it is uncertain why, it was later found that SCP-3578-A-31 had imprinted on Dr. Crawford as well, as Dr. Crawford now felt compelled to care for SCP-3578-A-31 and could not properly focus on her other tasks when away from SCP-3578-A-31. Once this was discovered, Dr. Crawford was designated as SCP-3578-B-2 and the containment chamber was renovated to accommodate her as well SCP-3578-A-31 developed very quickly when compared to a human of its age, reaching the physical appearance of a six-year-old human in less than six months and mentally maturing rapidly until its intelligence matched that of its physical appearance by human standards. SCP-3578-A-31 inherited many of Dr. Ruxton's physical traits such as blue eyes and blond hair, and they bear a striking resemblance to one another. Despite its similarities to a human and its genetic relation to Dr. Ruxton, though, SCP-3578-A-31's DNA is not that of a human. It doesn't seem to be aware of this, however, and it has not been informed of its non-human origin. Once it learned how to speak, SCP-3578-A-31 began referring to Dr. Ruxton as 'Father' and Dr. Crawford as 'Mom', and once it grew accustomed to the other personnel it began referring to Dr. Charles Atlas as 'Grandpa'. Even though they had been advised not to treat SCP-3578-A-31 as a human, Dr. Ruxton and Dr. Crawford gave SCP-3578-A-31 the name 'Clara Ruxton-Crawford' and exclusively refer to SCP-3578-A-31 by this name rather than its SCP designation. This name is now used by all on-site staff after it was decided that treating SCP-3578-A-31 as non-human was impacting its development and causing significant distress. Despite many attempts to separate Dr. Ruxton and Dr. Crawford from SCP-3578-A-31 for long periods of time, the psychological bond formed between them prevents them from focusing on anything else if SCP-3578-A-31 desires/requires their presence and they feel compelled to return to SCP-3578-A-31 in order to meet its needs. Regarding the two doctors, despite the two of them being chosen by SCP-3578-A-31 to be its parental figures, the two maintain a platonic relationship and their shared bond with SCP-3578-A-31 does not seem to influence romantic tendencies towards one another. SCP-3578-A-31 reached the physical and mental age of an eight-year-old after another 10 months and as of January ██, 200█ it has entered a growth pattern identical to that of a human being. Edit: As of September ██, 200█, the psychological bond between SCP-3578-A-31 and both Dr. Isaac Ruxton and Dr. Janette Crawford diminished greatly and it was found that SCP-3578-A-31 could function without a constant supply of care and affection. Both researchers also found that they were able to remain parted from SCP-3578-A-31 for long periods of time without feeling compelled to return to it. Dr. Ruxton and Dr. Crawford have since returned to their previous duties and SCP-3578-A-31 has been moved to a new containment chamber suited to its needs. At the request of Dr. Ruxton and Dr. Crawford, they have been put in charge of the continued research and study of SCP-3578-A-31 and are allowed to maintain their previous roles at the parental figures of SCP-3578-A-31 despite no longer being designated as SCP-3578-B. Addendum 3578.3-B: Interview with Dr. Charles Atlas Despite countless attempts to question SCP-3578-A-31 about its origin, it has never shown any sign that it knew anything other than what it has learned after emerging from SCP-3578. However, on the third anniversary of its emergence, September ██, 200█, SCP-3578-A-31 asked Dr. Ruxton if it could speak to Dr. Rickard Atlas and Dr. Charles Atlas, despite the former having passed away over a decade prior and never having been mentioned to SCP-3578-A-31. Dr. Charles Atlas agreed to meet with SCP-3578-31, and the following interview was held two days later. Interviewed: SCP-3578-A-31 Interviewer: Dr. Charles Atlas Date of Interview: September ██, 200█, 0800 hours <BEGIN LOG> Dr. Atlas: (Clears throat) Hello sweet-pea, how are you doing this morning? SCP-3578-A-31: I'm good, Grandpa! How are you? Dr. Atlas: (Chuckles) I'm very well, thank you. So, I heard you have something important to tell me? SCP-3578-A-31: Yes! But I gotta tell to Mr. Rickard, too! Is he coming? Dr. Atlas: Well, I'm sorry Clara, but he is unable to join us. My father passed away quite some time ago, you see. How did you hear about him, anyways? (SCP-3578-A-31 looks slightly distressed upon hearing about the late Dr. Rickard Atlas) SCP-3578-A-31: Well, Mother told me. She said it was reeeaaally important that I say thank you to both of you for her… Dr. Atlas: Mother? Do you mean Dr. Crawford? SCP-3578-A-31: Nuh-uh, my real Mother. Dr. Atlas: And who would that be? When did they tell you to say this? (SCP-3578-A-31 fidgets in its seat) SCP-3578-A-31: The one who, um… The one who made me! I dunno when she told me, I just remembered that a long time ago she asked if I could say thanks for her. Dr. Atlas: Well, what exactly did she want you to thank us for? SCP-3578-A-31: She said that she was very grateful that you and Mr. Rickard and everyone else tried soooo (Spreads arms) hard to help all of my siblings, and that she is happy that you helped her to have me! Dr. Atlas: (Pauses) Is that so? SCP-3578-A-31: Yup! She said that she was happy that I am able to fit in and that I would get to live a nice life with the good people that helped her for so long! Dr. Atlas: Well, I'm glad that we are able to have you here after all these years as well. I'm sure she would be pleased to see how much you've grown. SCP-3578-A-31: (Giggles) I think so too! <END LOG> ‡ Licensing / Citation ‡ Hide Licensing / Citation Cite this page as: "SCP-3578" by Dr Denoka Traks, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/scp-3578. 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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