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Item#: XXXX

Level1

Containment Class:

esoteric

Secondary Class:

mollis

Disruption Class:

dark

Risk Class:

caution

link to memo

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Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be contained in a standard sentient humans living unit with 30 cm thick, fireproof reinforced walls. All personnel entering SCP-XXXX’s unit must wear Class B fire-retardant jumpsuits. Interaction with SCP-XXXX is permitted with security clearance of Level 1 or higher. As implied by the subject's secondary class, SCP-XXXX is cooperating willingly with Foundation orders and containment; thus, personnel are advised against antagonizing or otherwise mistreating SCP-XXXX.

EDIT [09/01/2018]: SCP-XXXX-A Dr. Skogland has willingly decided to remain in containment with SCP-XXXX until further notice. SCP-XXXX’s containment cell to be upgraded to a living unit in accordance with the above specifications suitable for two (2) persons. Staff are advised to be wary of SCP-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-A whilst SCP-XXXX is tested for anomalous social and/or cognitive manipulation.

EDIT [09/08/2018]: As Dr. Skogland is himself non-anomalous, and is presumably not under the effect of any anomalous properties, the Foundation has deemed it inappropriate to refer to him by SCP-XXXX-A. Documents have been amended accordingly.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a human male, roughly 25 years of age, of East Asian and Scandinavian descent. Subject refers to himself by his birth name, Shin Birkeland. SCP-XXXX has the anomalous capability to produce and direct flame of temperatures up to 1100 degrees Celsius. Subject is not capable of directing, extinguishing, or otherwise changing fire which he has not produced through the use of his anomalous ability. It is unclear whether this is caused by some unique property of the flames he produces, or simply an arbitrary caveat his power must abide by.

+ Show Interview Log XXXX [07/07/2018]

Dr. Skogland: SCP-XXXX, my-
SCP-XXXX: My name is Shin.
Dr. Skogland: [Annoyed.] …Shin. My name is Dr. Skogland.
SCP-XXXX: Norwegian?
Dr. Skogland: What?
SCP-XXXX: Your last name.
Dr. Skogland: Wh-oh. No, it’s Finnish.
SCP-XXXX: Oh, cool! My last name is Birkeland, so I thought I’d ask.
Dr. Skogland: [Sighs.] Enough. I am not here to make idle conversation with you, Mr. Birkeland.
SCP-XXXX: Just Shin is fine.
Dr. Skogland: [Pointedly, almost cutting SCP-XXXX off.] How long have you had the ability to wield and conjure flame?
SCP-XXXX: God, I don’t know. I guess I haven’t always been able to do it. I couldn’t do it when I was a little kid- I’m not sure what changed, exactly? Maybe I-
Dr. Skogland: Just an age will suffice, Mr. Birkeland.
SCP-XXXX: Jeez, alright, uh, thirteen, maybe?
Dr. Skogland: So it’s been roughly twelve years?
SCP-XXXX: Yeah, something like that.
Dr. Skogland: Was the acquisition spontaneous, or did it happen gradually?
SCP-XXXX: It was sort of gradual, I guess, but it was pretty much stable by the time I was out of high school. It hasn’t changed much since then.
Dr. Skogland: Right. And did anything happen to cause this sudden anomalous ability?
SCP-XXXX: I already told you, I don’t know what changed!
Dr. Skogland: Don’t raise your voice at me.
SCP-XXXX: What? I’m not! I’m totally calm, I just don’t see why you’re asking me things you already know I don’t know the answer to.
Dr. Skogland: It’s procedure. You’ve surely been to a goddamn doctor before, shouldn’t you know that?
SCP-XXXX: I-
Dr. Skogland: It’s not exactly hard to figure out.
SCP-XXXX: Why are you being so rude to me right now?
[A long beat.]
SCP-XXXX: [Notably gentler.] Look, hey- I can understand the weird, stuffy clinical tone thing, but like… This isn’t that. You’re not the first guy with a doctorate to interrogate me. I know what that sounds like.
Dr. Skogland: [Disgruntled. He sighs.] Okay? What’s your point?
SCP-XXXX: Something’s bothering you.
Dr. Skogland: My personal life is none of your concern, Shin.
[A few seconds of silence.]
SCP-XXXX: …Are you okay?
Dr. Skogland: [Sighs again. A beat.] My… boyfriend, broke up with me yesterday.
SCP-XXXX: Boyfriend?
Dr. Skogland: Look, I really don’t care what you have to say about it, alright? If you think a test subject’s opinion can change-
SCP-XXXX: No, no, it’s not- it’s not like that! I don’t have… I don’t have a problem with-
Dr. Skogland: Why would there be a problem with it?
SCP-XXXX: There’s not!
Dr. Skogland: Then why-
SCP-XXXX: It’s just nice, is all.
[Silence.]
Dr. Skogland: …Nice.
SCP-XXXX: Yes! I… I’m, uh, gay, too.
Dr. Skogland: Oh.
SCP-XXXX: So I-
Dr. Skogland: That- I, yeah, that makes… sense, then.
[A beat.]
Dr. Skogland: I apologize for getting defensive.
SCP-XXXX: No, I get it. And, uh… Sorry, about the breakup. That sucks, for him.
Dr. Skogland: [Rushed.] It’s fine. I shouldn’t have let it interfere with my work. We should get back t- what, did you say?
SCP-XXXX: I said that sucks for him?
Dr. Skogland: …One moment.
SCP-XXXX: What? No, stop- put the walkie talkie down, jeez! What did I do?
Dr. Skogland: This is exceedingly common. Sentient subjects will try to gain the trust of their researchers in order to-
SCP-XXXX: What the hell! I’m not trying to, like, pull something, or whatever! I’m just saying that you’re… Well, that, uh…
Dr. Skogland: That I’m what?
SCP-XXXX: You- You know!
[Silence again, this one longer than any of the ones before it.]
Dr. Skogland: [A shift in tone.] …Enlighten me.
SCP-XXXX: [Laughing nervously.] Hey, c-c’mon, don’t- you’re not really gonna make me say something like that out loud, are you?
Dr. Skogland: Why wouldn’t I? This is an interview, after all.
SCP-XXXX: [Whines.] That’s..!
Dr. Skogland: That’s, what?
SCP-XXXX: [Pauses, then sighs.] You’re, y’know. Handsome.
Dr. Skogland: [Quietly.] …You’re flushed, Shin.
SCP-XXXX: You are, too.
Dr. Skogland: Don’t be preposterous.
SCP-XXXX: [Laughing while speaking.] That’s pretty unprofessional, isn’t it?
Dr. Skogland: Sh- Don’t- Hey!
SCP-XXXX: [Getting laughter under control.] Okay, I’m done. I’m done. I swear.
Dr. Skogland: [Sighs.] Are you?
[A pause.]
Dr. Skogland: What could it possibly be now?
SCP-XXXX: Nothing, you just… Sigh a lot. It’s cute.
Dr. Skogland: And you’re calling me unprofessional?
SCP-XXXX: I’m not the doctor here.
Dr. Skogland: Yeah. Most people don’t call doctors that’re interviewing them in a lab setting cute.
SCP-XXXX: Most people don’t have pyrokinesis, and most doctors aren’t young, fit-looking guys in charming, clover-print ties.
Dr. Skogland: [A low snicker.] Charming, huh?
SCP-XXXX: I think so. Where’d you get it?
Dr. Skogland: My grandmother made it for my grandfather.
SCP-XXXX: That’s sweet, getting an heirloom like that passed down to you.
Dr. Skogland: He gave it to me out of spite when they got divorced.
[SCP-XXXX sputters, then laughs. Dr. Skogland chuckles. Roughly half a minute passes this way before SCP-XXXX gets his laughter under control.]
SCP-XXXX: That caught me off-guard!
Dr. Skogland: Yeah. It always does.
SCP-XXXX: You’re funny, Skogland. I like you.
Dr. Skogland: Adam.
SCP-XXXX: What?
Dr. Skogland: It’s… My name is Adam.
SCP-XXXX: Oh.
[A long moment of silence.]
SCP-XXXX: [Breathless.] …You’re flushed again, Adam.
Dr. Skogland: [Breathless.] You are, too.

Note: All content of further interview logs has been deemed irrelevant to Foundation interests. Further interview logs have been expunged. -Dr. Otto