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SCP–4673

Item #: 4673

Alias: Don Fortuna

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP–4673 must be kept under average, albeit idle living conditions. This includes a room large enough for SCP–4673 to hold its bed, a small library filled with primarily practical and informative books, a moderate kitchen in which to cook, and mostly anything that SCP–4673 desires within reason, which includes a longshot of Mountain [DATA REDACTED]. This has included communication device so as to contact select SCP staff members with the proper clearance level and adequate psyche results from a recent test on their mental health. Said staff members must be located at least thirty kilometers away from SCP–4673 to avoid its area of effect, and are otherwise free to converse with it. Tests conducted with on-site staff members included [DATA REDACTED], which has led to a near Keter-Class eventuality by containment breaches, such as [DATA EXPUNGED]. Under O5 Council revisions, it has been determined that SCP–4673 cannot be terminated by unnatural causes, and absolute isolation would possibly be more dangerous, as seclusion worsens SCP–4673’s mental health. By the late Dr. Antonia’s proposal and SCP–4673’s cooperative willingness, it has been agreed that on the days Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of the week, SCP–4673 will have meditation sessions with a Buddhist monk of the Foundation’s choosing, as to keep its emotional state neutral.

Description: SCP–4673 is a human male of Latino race in its early 40’s, with a birth certificate indicating its native city is [DATA REDACTED], Venezuela, born in ██/██/██. It is approximately 178 centimeters tall, with tan skin, brown eyes and black hair. It is often described as looking ‘average’ at best by staff members that interact with it through video calls, but say it tends to have a warm smile. SCP–4673 shows a clear disposition towards helping the Foundation, and it has become apparent that any anomalous events that occur because of it are not by its will, but rather its subconscious. It has been studied from previous medical records in Hospital [DATA REDACTED] that it was diagnosed with severe bipolarity disorder. In coherence with its mood swings, examples of scenarios and events with previously improbable to near-impossible odds occur within its immediate surroundings. When studying one of its extreme maniac streaks, Doctor Antonia participated in the Powerball as part of an experiment greenlighted by the O5, resulting in holding the winning numbers. Similar events include Foundation equipment working optimally, terminally diseased personnel making miraculous recoveries, containment breach measures being carried out successfully and without casualties, and other incidents that could only be described as unrealistically lucky. After multiple sessions with Doctor Antonia, however, it’s been revealed that SCP–4673 has lived through an incredibly traumatic childhood, and is more easily prone to depressive mood swings, given the death to its family due to [DATA REDACTED]. The worst of these swings included [DATA EXPUNGED], which caused a containment breach resulting in ████ deaths, including that of Doctor Antonia. Under no circumstance is event [DATA EXPUNGED] to be mentioned or inferred to SCP–4673 under the risk of it falling into a catatonic state, resulting in further damage to Installation █████████. SCP–4673 remains ignorant of its role in the containment breach, and the O5 has declared that it will remain in such a way to prevent further complications. Doctor Antonia’s death was covered up to SCP–4673 with the alibi that she had retired from the Foundation, but she would keep in touch with it via encrypted, electronic messages as to not endanger the Foundation’s clandestine nature, which SCP–4673 is aware and understanding of.

Addendum: Doctor Marcus’s Audio Log 42-C

//Right, ok. So… fuck, where do I even begin? I should start with the good news, which is that SCP–4673 has been stabilized again. It was meant to be hospitalized immediately, but we lost a couple of D-Class personnel when they tripped and brought their necks when trying to pick it up. Here’s to hoping that it was catatonic enough to not pick up on the fact that it caused more deaths than it already has. The casualties from the containment breach caused by it have been bad enough, bad enough to likely trigger that catatonic state in it again. Hell, and that’s if it goes depressive again and not aggressive, which we have yet to experience and document. Hopefully we never will.

What it can NEVER find out about is Doctor Antonia’s death. I’m guessing its immediate fondness, scratch that, clinginess to her was her accent. It immediately assumed that the two shared the same homeland, and Doctor Antonia was instructed to go along with this for the sake of promoting a better relationship between it and the Foundation. It might just have been heartbroken to learn she only picked up her way of speaking from parentage, not actual nationality. Eighty-three sessions, eighty-three goddamn sessions they were together, and it seemed on a steady incline to, well, not happiness, but at least a calmer demeanor. Then… well, I assigned a few staff members to have a full interview with it, a pair of interns that should have had an easy task when communicating with SCP–4673, which eventually led to it asking and receiving accurate news of Venezuela’s current state of affairs, which promptly made it all go to shit.

It wasn’t SCP–4673’s fault, not directly anyways. Having spent most of its life there, I imagine its accumulated effects have only compiled and taken longer to subside as opposed to new places where it’s been. It’s half a world away now, in a would-be frozen semi-home if it wasn’t for the Foundation’s investment in its well-being, which includes strong heating. I would imagine a man from the tropic wouldn’t adapt well to Russia’s average weather, so best not to expose it to that. Actually… wait, if the longer it stays in a certain place, the more affected the area is… damn. There goes the underground-facility idea. The last thing we need is for it to now start causing seismic activities, which, depending on his location, could in turn additionally cause tsunamis or volcanic eruptions, possibly both. And if it’s responsible for Russia remaining in its current ‘state of affairs’, we might need to transport it multiple times, possibly yearly, possibly monthly, so that no place receives SCP–4673‘s lasting effects. I’ll have to report this to the O5 for their consideration, it might just be the only viable solution to this mess.

And no, termination isn’t an option. There’s been an attempt on SCP–4673 already. Twice. When it was in the middle of a maniac streak, Doctor Antonia felt what she described as ‘euphoric nostalgia’, or something along those lines. After multiple psych evaluations and physical tests, Doctor Antonia was found to not be under the influence of anything from within or without her body, but just a ‘greater clarity’ and stronger mindset on how to handle Foundation work. Hell, she even went as far as coming up with a couple of containment procedures for new SCPs, most of which were validated by the O5. Of course she wouldn’t dare give SCP–4673 the syringe, not when it became her damn muse. It’s also worth noting that the psychological high she was running on was what led her to come up with the whole Buddhism idea to keep SCP–4673 in check.

But, as ordained by whatever twisted gods rule over this mad world, all good things come to an end. The staff personnel giving the interview were victims to immediate cardiac arrest, neither of which survived. A D-Class was subsequently ordered to take a syringe and a gun to it while it was still catatonic. I’m sure Doctor Antonia would have been against this, but not that it mattered anymore with her body torn to bits, what with the containment breach and all. The D-Class personnel ran to it, as per the urgency of the situation, and fell and stabbed himself with the syringe. The fluid never spilled, the glass didn’t break, somehow, it all went into him. A stupid, unlikely mistake, right? Doesn’t matter, we told the D-Class we had the antidote, not that he’d ever get to find that out. The effects would take an hour to kick in, so in theory, there was still time. He makes it to SCP–4673’s room, lying there all depressed and pulled the gun on it. Wouldn’t you know that the second the D-Class fired, there was a mechanical malfunction? The whole fucking thing exploded, which resulted in shrapnel landing in the D-Class’s eyes, face and throat before he bled out right in front of SCP–4673. As you can probably guess, none of the shrapnel even grazed SCP–4673.

I was the one that came up with the theory that SCP–4673 should be deemed ‘unkillable’. Both attempts resulted in failure, by almost logically immeasurable means, even to the Foundation. The use of other SCP Items is outright prohibited given how little we know the other Items would react to its anomalous self. It might be a way to terminate them, or it could become a catalyst for the other Items to be more dangerous than they already are. Either ways, I’ve been in this Foundation for over three decades, and Doctor Antonia is the third assistant I’ve lost in, how long, twenty-three years? I’ll continue to work for the Foundation to the best of my ability, and to whomever takes up the mantle of becoming SCP–4673’s new caretaker and friend, good luck. Literally. This might be your best position within any of the Facilities, or it might be the worst. Just make sure to keep the monk around, if all goes well, your job will be boring. I hope it is.//