SCP-XXXX Rejuvenating Fruits by BuurmanSnoek

SCP-XXXX with several ripened fruits.

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is kept at Site-19 in a containment cell outfitted with two active air filters. Inside the cell Model-H gasmasks must be worn. Upon exiting containment all subjects and personnel undergo sanitization procedure 19C-3. Test subjects are to be contained similarly.

Test subjects must remain under observation for a minimum of four months, or be terminated following procedure 19-TS. Tests involving SCP-XXXX must be overseen by research staff with Level-3 or higher security clearance.

Description: SCP-XXXX refers to a cotoneaster plant. Approximate height is 45 cm. At irregular intervals it produces egg-shaped fruit weighting 3,5 grams on average.

The fruit internally builds up gasses while ripening. Internal pressure will cause it to burst open. Exposure to the gasses will trigger a rejuvenation process in organisms with lungs, currently this is irreversible.

The process reduces the biological age of affected humans by approximately four years per minute. Age after transformation ranges from four to ten. Mental effects inflicted on subjects vary greatly. This renders SCP-XXXX impractical as a tool for human life extention. Current test results fail to fully explain this variety.

SCP-XXXX-H 1-4 refers to humans rejuvenated by SCP-XXXX. SCP-XXXX-H1 remains at Site-19 under prolonged observation. SCP-XXXX-H2 was observed for four months. On 11/11/2018 she was administered Class F amnestics and reintegrated into society. SCP-XXXX-H3 died on 16/02/2019. Cause of death was an autoimmune reaction triggered by compound 19HB-81. SCP-XXXX-H4 is under observation at Site-19. Tests on SCP-XXXX-4 have been prohibited. Current experiments aim to improve compound 19HB-81.

SCP-XXXX-T 1-4 refers to animal subjects exposed to SCP-XXXX.

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Addendum 1: Extraction Report

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On 14/01/2017 police raided a laboratory in Aksu City, China. During the raid, officer Zhu breached the secondary basement level. She arrested three geneticists wearing respirator masks. Upon arrest, Dr. Meng squeezed a fruit of SCP-XXXX, releasing its gasses, purposefully exposing officer Zhu to its effects. She struck the scientist in the face with the butt of her rifle, knocking him out. His colleagues made no further attempts to resist.

Officer Zhu realized she’d been exposed to a potentially dangerous substance and requested assistance. She informed her team of the need for gasmasks. By the time reinforcements reached her, officer Zhu had become a teenager. Oversized clothing and the weight of her equipment made it hard to keep her rifle aimed at the geneticists.

Commanding officer Sikou remained with officer Zhu during the remainder of her rejuvenation, but was unable to assist her in any meaningful way. Both the rejuvenated officer Zhu (SCP-XXXX-H1) and SCP-XXXX were delivered into custody of the Foundation on 19/01/2017. Chinese officials announced her death one day prior. She was awarded a posthumous promotion for her meritorious service.

Dr. Chapman was appointed to lead the research into SCP-XXXX. He created sanitization procedure 19C-1 to allow for safe testing. It remains unclear whether SCP-XXXX was created in the lab from which it was extracted, or if it originates elsewhere.

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Addendum SCP 2: Test Log 2

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Test log 2 features all experiments conducted since Dr. Harper-Bell became the lead scientist to study SCP-XXXX. His expertise in mycology was sought when animal testing showed the gas from its fruit contains fungal spores that grow inside the lungs of those exposed to it.

Test #7, Subject: SCP-XXXX-H3
Procedure: One member of D Class personnel (Male, age 48) was instructed to swallow a single piece of fruit from SCP-XXXX, without chewing.

Results: Despite verbal abuse aimed towards Dr. Harper-Bell and research assistant Walsh, the D Class swallowed the fruit. Approximately half a minute later the D Class released a burp, likely due to gas releases from the fruit. No visible rejuvenation occurred.

Notes: After two days of observation SCP-XXXX-H3 became notably more disagreeable. A bronchoscopy showed no traces of fungal spores.

During the observation research assistant Cooper presented Dr. Harper-Bell with designs for cross testing SCP-XXXX with several dangerous SCP’s, to reduce risk of containment breaches. These test designs have been labeled as possible follow-up experiments.

Test #8, Subject: SCP-XXXX-H2 (Used earlier in test #6)
Procedure: One member of D Class personnel (Female, age 36) was instructed to consume three ripe fruits.

Results: SCP-XXXX-H2 coughed when spores were released inside her mouth. The subject complained about the smell of the fruit, which she compared to a wet dog covered in moldy cheese. SCP-XXXX-H2 further described feeling dizzy and very warm. She responded emotionally upon realizing her ongoing transformation. The displayed emotions intensified as she approached her mid-teens. Dr. Harper-Bell tried to engage in conversation to monitor the deterioration of her mental capabilities. This was made difficult by the subject's panic.

SCP-XXXX-H2 became a young toddler and continuously displayed signs of emotional distress for twelve minutes following age stabilization. Research assistant Walsh entered the cell and comforted the subject during the remaining 48 minutes of direct observation.

Notes: Miss Walsh's break in protocol was cause for an official Category-1 warning.

Examination by a Foundation pediatrician and a child psychologist determined all attributes of the subject to be consistent with those of an average four-year-old.

The subject retained memories from before her rejuvenation, but had great difficulty recalling details. She struggled forming non-basic grammatical constructs and was unable to focus on any task for more than four minutes. During the observation period SCP-XXXX-H2 lost the ability to read, count to 20 and the subject developed nocturnal enuresis.

Test #9, Subject: SCP-XXXX-H3
Procedure: One member of D Class personnel (Male, age 48) was administered compound 19HB-63. Three hours later the subject was instructed to eat a fruit of SCP-XXXX.

Results: SCP-XXXX-H3 refused to comply, despite repeated verbal attempts from research staff. After seven hours and four minutes of noncompliance by SCP-XXXX-H3, the fruit burst without outside stimulation. Two minutes and 49 seconds later the subject noted feeling dizzy, three minutes and 21 seconds of verbal abuse towards Dr. Harper-Bell followed.

During the remaining four minutes and seventeen seconds of the rejuvenation process the subject was silent. His rejuvenation stopped at an estimated age of ten. SCP-XXXX-H3 continuously displayed signs of anger during the next hour, kicking the celldoor, slamming his fists against the walls, spitting at a camera and defecating near the center of the cell.

Notes: During sanitization incident XXXX A took place. Research assistant Cooper brought the subject into the sanitization area. During phase one of sanitization he surprised Cooper with an aggressive attempt to remove her gasmask. The subject was unsuccessful in removing the mask, but did cause Cooper minute exposure to non-sanitized air.

After Cooper used defensive technique H10 to neutralize the subject, she announced feeling dizzy and warm. Cooper requested instructions from her colleagues and kept communicating with Dr. Harper-Bell and research assistant Walsh throughout her rejuvenation.

Over the course of five minutes and nine seconds she went from age 27 to an estimated age of six years old. Research assistant Cooper was contained and designated SCP-XXXX-H4.

Dr. Chapman filed two complains against Dr. Harper-Bell following incident XXXX A. Complaint A was filed for failing to exclude SCP-XXXX-H3 from testing despite prolonged periods of severe disagreeable behavior. Complaint B accuses Dr. Harper-Bell of failing to expand procedures for handling test subjects, while human testing necessitated this.

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Addendum 3: Interview Log

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Interviewed: SCP-XXXX-H4

Interviewer: Research assistant Walsh

Foreword: This is SCP-XXXX-H4's second interview. During interview one, SCP-XXXX-H4 displayed great emotional distress. She repeatedly requested the presence of Miss Walsh.

<Begin Log, [09-02-2019 08:02:29]>

Miss Walsh: Good morning Riley. I’m here to interview you. Is that okay?

SCP-XXXX-H4: Yeah, I’m glad to see you Victoria, well part of you anyways, those new gasmasks are massive.

Miss Walsh: Yeah, you’re not missing out on this. They’re far harder to remove, but also heavy and they make your face sweat like crazy.

SCP-XXXX-H4: Yuck, I guess I was lucky to dodge that bullet. Face sweat would have ruined my makeup.

Miss Walsh: Great to see your wit hasn’t been affected by the incident. Can you please confirm for me that you still remember who you are?

SCP-XXXX-H4: I am Riley Cooper, just like you I work for the Foundation as a research assistant to Dr. Chapman. My real age is 27 and I grew up in England, Ipswitch to be precise. I went to university in Colchester, that’s where we met. During our third year we were recruited by the Foundation. I like knitting and you’ve told me many times that you think that must mean I’m a granny in disguise.

Miss Walsh: Thanks Riley, I think it’s clear your memory hasn’t been affected like H1 or H2. Have you experienced any additional symptoms after the incident with H3?

SCP-XXXX-H4: I couldn't sleep and my teeth still feel funny. I guess that’s because my adult teeth shrunk back to child size. Lord, I hope I won’t need braces this time around.

Miss Walsh: I don’t think so, your teeth look fine to me. Have you had any feelings of dizziness or sudden feelings of warmth?

SCP-XXXX-H4: Nope, I only felt warm and dizzy during my transformation. Do you know if there’s any chance of me being turned back into my old self?

Miss Walsh: Harper is doing what he can. He’s already got more than a dozen tests lined up for H3. He thinks a variation of his antifungal compound might reverse the process.

SCP-XXXX-H4: Does that mean they are going to open him up with every attempt?

Miss Walsh: Yes, but you don’t have to worry about that Riley. He’s a terrible person.

SCP-XXXX-H4: I’m scared Vicky.

Miss Walsh: You’re safe. I’m still your friend and I’m going to keep watching over you as long as you’re in here.

SCP-XXXX-H4 moves towards Miss Walsh and hugs her waist. Miss Walsh hugs SCP-XXXX-H4 and there is a prolonged silence.

Miss Walsh: Do you feel a little better now?

SCP-XXXX-H4: Uhuh

Miss Walsh: There’s only one more question listed for this initial interview.

SCP-XXXX-H4: I don’t want you to go away.

Miss Walsh: I won’t go until Harper or Chapman calls. Are there any things that you want? Something to make your containment more pleasant?

SCP-XXXX-H4: Uhm, it’d be nice to have some different clothes. The things I’ve been given fit, but they make me feel so childish, especially the overalls.

Miss Walsh: Okay, is there anything else?

SCP-XXXX-H4: Do you think you could get me some chocolate?

Miss Walsh: Yes, I don’t think either of those requests should be a problem. I’ll try to get you an extra large supply of chocolate, I know how much you snack when you’re stressed.

SCP-XXXX-H4: After what happened yesterday a mountain of chocolate might just be enough.

Miss Walsh: Unless there are more things you want me to get you, the official part of this visit is now over.

SCP-XXXX-H4: Vicky, did I do good in the interview?

Miss Walsh: Yes Riley, you did very well.

<End Log, [09-02-2019 08:09:06]>

Closing Statement: Walsh remained with SCP-XXXX-H4 for 30 minutes, before being summoned by Dr. Chapman. During this time the subject displayed no signs of decreased intellect. A Foundation psychologist confirmed this during interview three. He noted the emotional maturity of SCP-XXXX-H4 was comparable to that of a young teen. Research assistant Walsh has filed a request to have the subject reinstated in her previous position.