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| Item #: SCP-XXXX | Level 2/XXXX |
| Object Class: Euclid | Classified |
A practitioner of SCP-XXXX mid-ritual.
Special Containment Procedures: All current practitioners of SCP-XXXX are contained within Facility-07NZ on Taonga Tuku1, New Zealand. This facility maintains a cover story as the privately owned ‘Audrey Taumata Memorial Nature Reserve’.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a ritual that channels the natural Geo-Thaumic energy of Taonga Tuku to create Class IV Psychospiritual Entities. The only known practitioners of this ritual are a flock of kea2, who are believed to have learned it from the now defunct GOI-7114.
The kea are not themselves anomalous, but are naturally intelligent3 and form strong social bonds within their flock. The usefulness and apparent simplicity of SCP-XXXX has been sufficient for the kea to have passed on its practice through the generations of their flock since the disbanding of GOI-7114.
The mechanics of SCP-XXXX’s function are not yet fully understood, however the kea have been observed to conduct the ritual only after the death of a member of their flock. The ritual consists of members of the flock positioning themselves at certain points in relation to the corpse and making specific gestures and vocal intonations. Attempts to replicate these rituals with human participants have thus far been unsuccessful, with the exception of Experiment 23/11/1982-1.
SCP-XXXX-1 are the Class IV Psychospiritual Entities created by SCP-XXXX. They are invisible and inaudible under normal conditions, but on thaumically sensitive recording systems they appear as 1-3 m tall indistinct masses, that can be heard to emit low pitched grunting sounds and loud booming vocalisations. These entities are highly territorial and respond violently to any perceived threats to the kea flock. They are also effective ambush predators, and have been observed to engage in hunting large mammals despite showing no capacity or desire to eat.
GOI-7114 consisted of the indiginous population of Taonga Tuku prior to European colonisation. This group appears to have been aware of the Geo-Thaumic energies present, and to have developed a number of ritual practices to channel them, of which only SCP-XXXX remains. Little is known about this group as the Foundation had no direct interaction with them and they left no written records. The Foundation has utilised diplomatic channels to access Vatican archives and GOC records for research purposes, and a rough timeline of events has been constructed.
Human habitation of Taonga Tuku first occured some time in the late 1300s as a group of Maori from Aotearoa4 settled there. It is unclear at what point they developed the capacity to utilise the island’s natural Geo-Thaumic energies, but these rituals were a central part of GOI-7114’s culture by the time of their first contact with Europeans.
Initial contact was friendly, with some trade established, and the Maori of Taonga Tuku remained largely isolated from the many conflicts and changes to traditional lifestyles that occurred on the mainland. This was largely due to the islands geography, with no natural harbours and mountainous terrain, it was unsuitable for most forms of agriculture. This state of affairs continued until 1865, when GOI-11125 discovered the presence of easily accessible Geo-Thaumic energies on the island.
GOI-1112 utilised their contacts within the British authorities to have GOI-7114 declared rebels and their land confiscated by the colonial government6. GOI-7114 resisted this invasion but were unable to withstand the force of the British military, and their anomalous capabilities were effectively countered by the actions of GOI-1112. Many were killed and the remainder were relocated to mainland New Zealand where they either found work in large cities or assimilated into other tribal groups. Much of the culture of GOI-7114 was lost at this point and oral histories amongst their descendants has yielded little useful information.
GOI-1112 attempted to utilise the Geo-Thaumic energies of Taonga Tuku to resurrect various historical and mythical figures7. All such attempts were unsuccessful and the GOI-1112 presence on Taonga Tuku was eradiated by the GOC in 1954. After this, the island remained largely unpopulated until the late 1970s at which point forested area in the southern lowlands was cleared to create pasture for grazing sheep. Throughout the time since GOI-7114 were forcibly disbanded, the kea practitioners of SCP-XXXX remained isolated to the more mountainous northern portion of this island, and as such their anomalous capabilities remined undetected until 1982.
SCP-XXXX After Action Report 15/06/1982
Date: 15/06/1982
Location: Taonga Tuku, New Zealand
Recovery Team: Recovery Team Alpha-38
Anomalous Activity: Multiple deceased sheep reported in the north of Taonga Tuku. Wounds indicate attack by a large avian entity, with talon and beak marks significantly larger than that of any known non-anomalous species. Deceased sheep were not consumed, but instead left for scavengers.
Goal: Information gathering and assessment of threat level. Secondary goal of containment of anomaly.
Result: The SCP-XXXX-1 entities were initially encountered during the capture of kea specimens as part of a sampling of native wildlife. Two members of the scientific team were injured in the initial attack and Agents with G47 visors9 identified the SCP-XXXX-1 entities. Conventional weaponry and counter-religious invocation rituals were ineffective and several Agents were injured.
At that point Agent Taumata identified that the SCP-XXXX-1 entitis were acting in defemse of the kea, and separated from the rest of Research Team Alpha-3 while firing at the kea flock. The SCP-XXXX-1 entities pursued and killed her, while the remaining members of Research Team Alpha-3 were able to retreat with the injured.
Later tracking of thaumic energies present led to the discovery of the flock of SCP-XXXX practitioners, and their subsequent containment.
Experiment Log 23/11/1982
Foreword: This was part of a series of tests conducted in an attempt to identify and replicate the effects of SCP-XXXX. Lead Researcher Mateo Taumata operated a drone designed to imitate a kea that had been assimilated into the flock over the several weeks prior. Junior Researcher Matilda Danford was also present to act in an assisting capacity. Both were in the Observation Room where they had access to thaumaturgically sensitive camera feeds from around Facility 201D.
Rs. Danford: Uh, 2:45pm and Dr Taumata is about to attempt to participate in the SCP-XXXX ritual.
That’s the recording started sir.
Dr Taumata: Good work Matilda. I’m getting the drone into position now, could you describe for the record the situation?
Rs. Danford: Sure. So, earlier today when I was monitoring the kea’s enclosure I noticed Dotty-
Dr Taumata: Subject-237.
Rs. Danford: Uh, sorry yes, Subject-237 was lying on the ground and didn’t appear to be moving. I approached and confirmed that she was deceased, and at that point I alerted Dr Taumata so that he could use the drone to participate in the SCP-XXXX ritual.
Dr Taumata: OK, great work Matilda, now keep an eye on the camera display and let me know if anything shows up on the thaumaturgic display.
Rs. Danford: Will do. Looks like the flocks starting to notice she’s dead. It’s sad, Subject-237 was only three years old.
Dr Taumata: It’s not sad Matilda, these aren’t pets, they’re subjects. You have to remain impartial in order to percieve an anomaly like this otherwise. Sympathising with test subjects will just end up putting you at risk.
Rs. Danford: Yes Dr, you’re right, I’m sorry.
They sit in silence as Dr Taumata directs the drone to wait in position near Subject-237 while the other Kea gather, alerting others with their cries. When a majority of the flock are assembled, four get in place around the corpse of 237, including the drone, and the SCP-XXXX ritual begins.
Taumata directs the drone to make the appropriate vocalisations and gestures at each point in the ritual.
Rs. Danford: Dr Taumata, I’m seeing something on the monitors, multiple shapes forming around 237.
Dr Taumata: Two to the north east and one just south of the corpse?
Rs. Danford: Yes Dr, you can see them?10
Dr Taumata: Yeah, I think the ritual’s working, keep an eye out.
The ritual continues, entering the second of three stages.
Dr Taumata: Oh fuck, I see them.
Rs. Danford: What’s happening? All I’m seeing on the monitor is the same blurs.
Dr Taumata: They’re not blurs to me any more, I can see them distinctly. They’re partially transparent, but the details are distinct. It’s like Dr Mathieson theorised, They’re terrorbirds.
Rs. Danford: Terrorbirds?
Dr Taumata: Yeah, big extinct birds. The size of an ostrich but built to be a predator, got a beak like a cleaver.
Rs. Danford: Oh, that explains the wounds on the sheep! The mortician said the wounds made it look like a giant bird illed the sheep and… and the human victim.
Dr Taumata: Yes. Well, it’s good to get confirmation. They don’t appear particularly intelligent which is good, so I think we can be satisfied that current containment meth-
Oh shit!
Rs. Danford: What is it?
Dr Taumata: MP Matilda, get some C53s11 in the room here now, there’s an entity here with us.
Rs. Danford: One of the terrorbirds?
Dr Taumata: NO. No, she’s human, looks to be Maori. An old woman, with facial tattoos, wearing traditional dress and she. She’s talking to me.
(leads -2 into the enclosure with the Kea. Leaves Matilda behnd with the recording equipment.)
I… I don’t know who you are. We’re scientists, we’re just studying the anomaly, we don’t mean you any harm.
At this point Matilda activated a thaumaturgically sensitive microphone. Later analysis was able to distinguish the words she was speaking which are recorded here. All dialogue has been translated from Te Reo to English in this transcript. This entity has been provisionally classified SCP-XXXX-2).
SCP-XXXX-1B: But you are not just a scientist, my child, you are a person and you are in mourning.
Dr Taumata: The kea are the one’s mourning, I’m just conducting an investigation. Who are you, where did you come from? Are you part of the ones who created this ritual?
SCP-XXXX-1B: No, I am not one of those who wrought this magic, but I know them. In death, all are one. I am your family and your ancestors my child, just as the terrorbirds are ancestors of the kea. The ritual was created to allow us to meet, to break the boundaries of life and death to help those left behind to find peace.
Dr Taumata: Ancestors, plural. So you’re not a person, just some amalgamation. How can I know that what you say is even true?
SCP-XXXX-1B: Because you feel its truth Mateo, because you need what this ritual provides.
Dr Taumata: I don’t need anything to do with the ritual, I mourned already and made my peace with it, I passed my psych eval. This ritual brings no peace, it’s the reason she’s dead.
SCP-XXXX-1B: The kea did not mean to hurt anyone, they summoned their ancestors to find peace, and to help them hunt. When those Agents came into their territory, the kea were afraid and called upon their ancestors for help. It was an accident.
Dr Taumata: Small consolation. She’s gone now, dead and gone forever and all the ghosts and illusions in the world can’t change that.
SCP-XXXX-1B: The dead can’t come back, that much is true. But the kea carried on the ritual because it meant something to them, because they wished to remember those who had been lost. Because of that you can remember me and my people Mateo, all those who have been lost to memory. And you can remember her. And that which is remembered can never be truly lost.
At this point, the thaumaturgic blur that was -2 shifted, which corresponded to a change in appearance to resemble Agent Audrey Taumata as described by Lead Researcher Taumata. The blur then approached Dr Taumata and partially enveloped him, in a sensation he described as feeling like a warm embrace. After this, all thaumaturgic entities dissipated.
Following the conclusion of this test, Mateo has requested a research grant to use SCP-XXXX to continue the study of GOI-XXXX and permission to release all information of a non-anomalous nature regarding Maori culture and traditions to public. These requests have been granted.
