DecoyMesa
rating: 0+x
Item#: DUMB
Level4
Containment Class:
safe
Secondary Class:
none
Disruption Class:
keneq
Risk Class:
warning

SCP-# is not a real bomb and cannot be triggered or tripped to cause an explosion.

DUD

SCP-# after a successful defusal.

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-# is to be stored in a secure locker at Research and Containment Site-09 with the front of the object facing away from the locker door. The locker is to have a large warning sign posted on the front-facing side of the door informing readers the same warning as the header above states.

Manual handling of SCP-# is restricted and reequires for approval from a Level 4 researcher and conducted with Mobile Task Force Gamma-28 “Prison Fixers” on stand-by. All Foundation staff members must be outside the 25m radius of SCP-# while it is being transported or tested.

In the event of SCP-#'s unintentional activation, MTF Gamma-28 have been trained to instruct compromised individuals on how to defuse the object in under 40 minutes. Should the defusal attempt exceed 40 minutes, MTF Gamma-28 are to cease assisting affected individuals in defusing SCP-# and attempt to extract them to outside of the 25m blast radius. MTF Gamma-28 are to cease extraction attempts if they exceed 10 minutes and evacuate to the safe zone.

6 minutes after the "explosion", MTF Gamma-28 will re-enter the area and apprehend anyone caught in SCP-#’s blast radius. Survivors of the blast wave are to receive psychological treatment from the on-site psychologist. Affected staff member's ability to continue employment will be evaluated on a case by case basis and will be fairly compensated and housed should they be unable to return to work.

Under no circumstances are any D-class allowed to interact with SCP-# or get within its 25m radius.

Description: SCP-# is a non-functional IED with several exposed wires, circuit boards, a battery pack, an input panel, a red LED screen timer, and constructed of material similar to that of bubblegum. Despite SCP-#'s outward appearance, the object contains no explosive materials or means to cause any harm. SCP-#'s exterior components can all be interacted with, manipulated, and damaged while the object is inactive without consequence, as any changes will be undone once it resets to its default state upon its activation. Through limited testing, SCP-# has not yet been damaged enough to observe its interior structure, which is believed to be empty based on scans. However, researchers have theorized SCP-#'s interior contains vital thaumaturgical runic information related to its anomalous abilities based on readings within the blast-radius post-explosion.

Whenever SCP-# is observed by an individual, if their initial assumption is that the object is an active bomb threat, its anomalous effect will activate. SCP-#'s timer will show 60 minutes before beginning its count down after a 6 second delay. Individuals who assume SCP-# is an active threat on first sight will immediately suffer a significant decrease in IQ1 and cognitive abilities, as well as experiencing high levels of anxiety and paranoia. This will cause all affected individuals to panic over the explosive in unpredictable and typically unproductive ways, such as forming overly-simplistic and illogical plans to stop SCP-#, increasing symptoms in individuals with mental illnesses and learning disabilities to dibilitating extremes. For these reasons and because affected individuals may recognize their inability to solve the threat by themselves, victims are prone to drawing others into visual range of SCP-# under the initial assumption that it is an active bomb threat, making unaware bystanders an easy vector for SCP-#'s effect.

Affected individuals are overly emotional, regardless of their previous personality traits. These personality shifts and decrease in cognitive skills, results in affected individuals entering a fight, flight, or freeze response when attempts to defuse SCP-# fail. Individuals who did not assume SCP-# was an active bomb threat on first sight will remain unaffected by the anomaly indefinitely until the object is reset after detonation (See Incident-#-1.) While they can assist with SCP-#'s deactivation during the count down, evidence suggests affected individuals are subconsciously influenced by the anomaly to actively shut down and resist help from unaffected individuals.

If SCP-#'s timer reaches 0, anyone in a 25m radius of the object will physically react to a sudden force hitting them. Footage suggests the direction victims were thrown at correlates to a blast-wave emitting from the object, despite physical evidence at blast sights suggesting no explosion occurred. This effect can cause severe injuries and can even be fatal on its own. Most prominently, however, is that the impact makes the psychological effects of SCP-# permanent within affected individuals and spreads the effect onto unaffected individuals caught within the "explosion". No actual physical force or chemical reaction occurs when SCP-# detonates but the area of the blast radius has a visible heatwave distortion and unidentified whisper-like sounds persisting for a period of 6 minutes after detonation.

Affected individuals suffer from PTSD regarding the incident, making information gathering on the effects of the device difficult. Victims are aware of their decreased intelligence, leading to an increase in psychological disorders and suicidal thoughts, especially for formerly accredited individuals with higher than average IQ test scores. Based on what the Foundation currently knows about GOI #6669 "D-Island" and their motives, this is believed to be the main reason SCP-# was created and made so easily containable, to be intentionally contained and tested by Foundation staff, as they would be at the greatest risk of long-lasting psychological effects from the anomaly.

Along with other items created by GOI #6669, SCP-# has no negative effects on any D-class exposed to it, regardless of their initial assumptions on the object. Testing shows any D-class will experience a slight increase in their IQ2 while they're within the 25m radius of the object. As SCP-# was the first to exhibit positive/neutral effects towards D-class in this way, it was not learned until later that the object had been created by GOI #6669 to intentionally sabotage the Foundation's containment and research process.

After its initial discovery and testing with D-class resulted in Incident-#-1, SCP-# has been moved to Site-09 where other objects created by the group have been stored and studied under strict safety precautions. There, the process to defuse SCP-# during activation was discovered by members of MTF Gamma-28 and they developed a method of relaying instructions to affected individuals (See D-Island Response and Containment Document #6669-1DB.)

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