Blue Foot "Written Complaints"

Item #: SCP-5996

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5996 is to be stored in a titanium safe stored inside another larger titanium safe. They are both to be secured with a fingerprint pad responding to members of the O5 Council, a key lock, and a combination lock. Both safes are to be placed on a marble pedestal surrounded by bulletproof glass. The area inside the bulletproof glass is to have an ambient temperature of at least 75 C°.

No less than 15 armed guards are to patrol the immediate vicinity around SCP-5996. Each guard must be a fluent speaker of Romanian or German.

20 speakers must be placed around SCP-5996 in a perfect square at all times. 17 speakers are to be always playing a sermon or prayer from an Abrahamic religion. Two are to be playing audio from Season 12 Episode Three of the television show "The Joy of Painting" repeatedly. The remaining speaker is to remain in a powered off state.

Description: SCP-5996 is a red washable marker that has been observed to be indestructible. When under certain conditions deemed insufficient in containing SCP-5996(the force or entity responsible for this judgement is unknown), written letters, henceforth known as SCP-5996-1, will materialize in the residence of SCP-5996's owner. The subject of SCP-5996-1 instances are always of the insufficient containment procedures or of the complications caused by SCP-5996. Approximately 600 letters will appear in the owner's residence every hour.

Owners of SCP-5996 are decided by the the consensus of an unknown entity or force. Ownership of SCP-5996 will change after the original owner's expiration and SCP-5996 being placed in the residence of a new individual or organization. If SCP-5996 is placed in property owned by an organization, then instances of SCP-5996-1 will materialize equal distance apart in all of the organization's property. Ownership status of SCP-5996 can not be assigned to organizations lacking property. If SCP-5996 is placed in public property or otherwise land not claimed by a private entity, then SCP-5996 will assign ownership status to the nearest human(regardless of the previously mentioned criteria). SCP-5996-1 instances will materialize in the owner in question's body cavities.

Addendum.5996.1: SCP-5996 was discovered on 1/1/2002 in Dr. Godmun's sleeping quarters after he failed to arrive at the cafeteria for breakfast. Suspecting that Dr. Godmun might have been suffering from veisalgia due to the alcohol provided at Site-37's New Year's party the night prior, D-8722 was sent to Dr. Godmun's quarters to retrieve him. After after arriving at Dr. Godmun's quarters and opening the door, D-8722 was crushed by a large amount of SCP-5996-1 instances. D-8722 and Dr. Godmun were recovered by site security an hour later. Dr. Godmun was presumed dead at the scene due to suffocation and D-8722 survived with minor injuries and was released later that day.

Below are examples of instances of SCP-5996-1 recovered soon after SCP-5996's discovery.

+ Document.5996.00056

Dear SCP Foundation

I have recently noticed the poor quality of your containment protocols for your recently discovered object. This has caused deep concern in the members of my community and myself. We believe that simply leaving that pen there to cause havoc is a poor decision on your part. I recommend that containment procedures of this object should be updated accordingly. Might I suggest placing the item in a safe with numerous locks? I wish you well.

Sincerely,
Joseph

+ Document.5996.01585

Woah woah woah guys, this isn't right. That thing is totally not in the right spot. It needs a lot of stuff there to stop it from "breaching containment"(Jesus guys why are you so stuck up just say escape or something). This isn't gonna work out, we need you guys to get your head in the game here. That pen is gonna draw everywhere or something, acting like it owns the place. You eggheads gotta know how to keep this one on lockdown. If you're too stupid to figure it out, I don't know, use some Bob Ross to keep it inside or something. Seriously though, you guys better get working. If not, your best friend Bryan(wow that's me)could be in big trouble.

+ Document.5996.02984

Dear SCP Foundation,

It is come to my attention that the current effort to contain SCP-5996 has yielded lackluster results. This object is continuing to terrorize both my loved ones and I. I find it appalling that you seem to find this issue mundane/irrelevant. To put this in perspective, I have found numerous signs of this object such as large patches of grass colored red. That pen seems to write on those spots, and I feel more lightheaded every passing minute. I recommend a large amount of armed guards to be stationed in the area and many prayers with a little bit of silence.

Sincerely,
Joseph

+ Document.5996.03789

This is all crap. I feel like I just donated blood. You still haven't fixed the problem and there's red everywhere. I'm really freaked out and you guys have done jack. Could you please like, do your one job? I see markers everywhere and it's so creepy. The red is so weird too, it tastes like metal or something. It smells weird too, not like a marker. So I want this thing trapped in a room forever, like now. Please just help a brother(Bryan, oh look that's me)out, ya know?

+ Document.5996.03899

Dear SCP Foundation,

I tire of writing. The pain is far too much. The marker is taking its toll. I need help now, please just send it. It's only been two hours and the red spots are greater. That pen is writing a lot too. I feel lightheaded. I feel like my guts have been sucked right out of me. The markers are writing in the pools so the pools expand. Just get rid of that pen.

Sincerely,
Jos

+ Document.5996.04004

You've ruined the furniture and the red is everywhere and there's a body in my pool and I have a bad headache and you've done nothing.
-Bryan