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Provisional Site-9731
Item #: SCP-5713
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5713 is contained within a 30km by 30km square concrete walled area designated as Provisional Site-9731 in northern Canada. Subjects that enter unprepared are to be considered unconditionally lost.
In order to prevent civilian involvement, said 30 by 30 kilometer area has been marked as radioactive to dissuade civilians. In addition, the zone is continuously monitored 24/7 via CCTV cameras for intruders. Civilians that breach this outer perimeter are to be given amnestic treatment and released, but monitored for Anomalous influence by Site personnel.
The inner 5x5km perimeter designated Provisional Site-9731a [SCP-5713-B] is to be patrolled at all times by squads of no less than 5 personnel, spaced no less than 1000 meters apart, and eyesight1 must not be broken with adjacent patrol teams under any circumstances. Squads are required to announce their intention to blink in order to better coordinate. After completing 5 revolutions around Provisional Site-9731a, each patrol squad must rest for 90 days before returning to patrol duty.
In order to house all research, security, and patrol personnel, a large building has been constructed on the southern edge of Provisional Site-9731a, referred to as Provisional Site-9731b. All personnel stationed at Provisional Site-9731b are to be replaced with personnel stationed ██ miles to the south at Provisional Site-9731c every 130 days to prevent isolation sickness, extreme anxiety, and sudden onset madness/insanity. Any personnel assigned to Provisional Site-9731 exhibiting any symptoms of exposure to SCP-5713 or its related anomalies are to be removed from Provisional Site-9731 entirely and administered Class A Amnestic Treatment pending reassignment.
Description: SCP-5713 refers to a 25 cubic kilometer square region in northern Canada. Provisional Site-9731 has been constructed with a 2.5 km safe zone around SCP-5713 to serve as a containment and research site. SCP-5713 also refers to several localized anomalous effects.
SCP-5713-A refers to the 25 by 25 kilometer area within Provisional Site-9731 (not including the innermost 5x5km square) and is designated as the “hazard zone.” Mammalian species (humans included) exposed to SCP-5713-A for more than 130 days (sunrise to sunrise) will experience symptoms of isolation sickness, anxiety, and insanity according to their mental fortitude. Those exposed to the effects of SCP-5713-A will never recover unless given Class A Amnestic treatment.
SCP-5713-B refers to the 5 cubic kilometer square in the center of Provisional Site-9731. SCP-5713-B is an area that appears to be composed entirely of snow, as no dirt or stone was uncovered from drilling attempts. Of note, the snow in SCP-5713-B has a higher hume reading than snow originating elsewhere and appears to not undergo a melting process. The reality bending effects of SCP-5713-B are not limited to its composition, however. Subjects that enter SCP-5713-B without being directly viewed or connected via a tether to non-anomalous ground will vanish and appear in a random spot within SCP-5713-B. Once being “relocated” recovery of the subject appears to be impossible. This applies to groups of people tethered together as well, on the condition that all tethered subjects must also break eye-contact with each other and anything that is not SCP-5713-B. In the event a test subject or a staff member is teleported into SCP-5713-B without preparation, they are to be considered unconditionally lost and a funeral is to be held at the soonest convenience to site personnel. As result of this, entry into SCP-5713-B requires the explicit authorization of the site director and at least 2 level 4 personnel. When within SCP-5713-B, localized radio communication will function, alongside standard wired lines. The only variation to this is when lost within SCP-5713-B, as the topography will shift to make the field appear infinite.
When entering SCP-5713-B, the following precautions and preparations are to be made:
- Expedition Teams must be made up of exactly 5 personnel, trained in reality bending anomalies.
- Every Expedition Team member must be tethered to each other with rip resistant kevlar rope, attached with a weather resistant electronic lock, in order to allow smooth transfer to an exit tether in an emergency. These locks must be able to withstand long periods of exposure to -20C.
- Every Expedition Team member must carry a spool of red rope of the aforementioned material at least 7.5 kilometers in length, and at least 3 members must tether their spool to one of the mechanical posts adjacent to the entrance prior to entry. These are exit tethers. In the event a tether is severed, the Expedition Team must return to the entrance of SCP-5713-B immediately. In the event all tethers fail, the team is instructed to commit suicide by lethal pill. In the event a quick extraction is required, the mechanical post can serve as a winch to pull personnel to the main gate.
- In the event a team member is unable to preform their duties, said member must be [REDACTED].
- Each Expedition Team member must be well versed in anxiety coping techniques, and be able to identify signs of isolation sickness and sudden onset insanity.
- Each Expedition Team member must be outfitted with a supply pack, containing:
- 1 gallon of purified water
- 1 single person tent
- 1 portable long-range non-satellite radio transmitter and receiver
- 1 portable heater
- 1 10W portable solar panel
- 1 extreme weather sleeping bag
- 5 MREs
- 2 rolls of weather resistant tape
- 1 modified flare gun
- 25 high yield flares footnote
Observation of SCP-5713-B by air or satellite has been proven impossible due to what appears to be one-way cloud cover, meaning a cloud hangs above SCP-5713-B but is only visible from above. Attempts to bring vehicles (ground or otherwise) have likewise proven ineffective, as air vehicles are incredibly difficult to control, and land/snow vehicles have little to no traction. Snowshoes are unnecessary due to the inability to create footprints in or otherwise sink into SCP-5713-B-1, however skis can be used to carry personnel and or large objects, so long as they are pushed or pulled without the assistance of machines.
Discovery: SCP-5713 was discovered on ██/██/███ by hikers reporting a treeless square patch of snow in a notoriously dense forest. Foundation operatives posing as forest rangers quickly arrived onsite and erected a chain link fence 10x10 kilometers in size. The hikers were questioned, then amnestizied and released. Cover story G-9112 “Radioactive Waste Dump” was utilized and information regarding the hiker’s story was censored following a successful information suppression campaign.
Addendum 5713-1: [Experiment Log]
Addendum 5713-2: [Expedition 1]
Addendum 5713-3:
Expedition 2 Mission Log
Date: ██/█/█
Expedition Team: Applied Task Force Unit Kappa-9, Designated “Chimaeran Fox”
Team Roster:
K9-1 - Task Force Commander Hardy - Expedition and ATF Commander
K9-2 - Lieutenant Commander Hayes - Assistant to K9-1
K9-3 - S1 O1 Cpt. Torres - Squad 1 Leader
K9-4 - S1 O2 Smith - Technician
K9-5 - S1 O3 Germain - Technician
K9-6 - S1 O4 Pearl - SCP-5713 Consultant
K9-7 - S1 O5 Burgess - Medic
K9-8 - S1 O6 Messmore - Thaumaturgy Consultant
K9-9 - S1 O7 Nolda - Reality Bending Consultant
K9-10 - S2 O1 Cpt. Stevenson - Squad 2 Leader
K9-11 - S2 O2 Johnson - Assault Operative
K9-12 - S2 O3 Wickstrom - Assault Operative
K9-13 - S2 O4 Blackwood - Thaumaturge
K9-14 - S2 O5 Valdez - Reality Bender
K9-15 - S2 O6 Fisher - Long Range Operative
K9-16 - S2 O7 Magnesen - Heavy Weapons Operative
Operation Codename: Beyond Light
The following mission log is a transcription of the audio and video received from the operatives, combined with the conjecture of Provisional Site-9731 Command.
[BEGIN LOG]
At approximately ███ hours, ATF Kappa-9 “Chimaeran Fox” approaches the entrance to SCP-5713-B, a large concrete gate with flood lights aimed at the opening it creates. A soft snowfall covers everything.
Hardy: Alright Kappa-9. Comms and system check.
All members of ATF Kappa-9 check their radio and recording systems without issue.
Hardy: As you know, SCP-5713-B is largely a mystery. You all are also aware that the last team that went in never returned. Each of you are highly trained in dealing with this exact situation, but that doesn’t mean you will survive.
Hayes: Each of you has been assigned a squad. Each squad will be tethered together and to one of these poles here.
Lieutenant-Commander Hayes gestures to a set of nearby poles, meant to attach thick ropes to.
Hayes: It is imperative to your survival that your tethers remain intact. In the event that one of you becomes separated, you have been given a suicide pill, just in case you are unable to escape. Regardless of whether someone gets teleported, do not attempt a search, for anyone.
Hardy: Our mission is to reach the approximate center of the anomaly, plant the beacon…
Task Force Commander Hardy gestures to the large metal box on skis, with antennae and torches on the top.
Hardy: and get out. Anyone that seems a little nuts is to be escorted back here, no exceptions. Squad 1 will handle the beacon, and Squad 2 will deal with any issues that may arise.
TFC Hardy gestures to Cpt. Torres and Cpt.Stevenson, who begin tethering each operative in their squad to each other, and then attach themselves and two other soldiers to their assigned pole. Hardy and Hayes check the connections, and nod to the Command team.
Hardy: Command, Squads 1 and 2 are ready.
Command: Roger that. Please tether Squad 1 to the beacon.
Hardy and Hayes securely tether the device to Squad 1.
Hayes: Alright. We’re ready.
At this time, Hardy and Hayes return to the nearby observation tower to assist operation Command, and Squads 1 and 2 enter SCP-5713-B.
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For the next 20 minutes, both squads walk in silence, until Operative Smith engages in radio communication.
Smith: Damn it’s cold!
Germain: Shut up Smithy.
Smith: Why’d we have to do this at night?
Cpt. Torres: Because Command said too. Good soldiers follow orders, need I remind you.
Smith: Is that a… never mind. Sorry sir.
Captain Torres appears to begin to speak, but stops himself and shakes his head.
Smith: Anyone make a footprint yet?
Johnson: Not yet. Can we keep talking though? It’s helping to edge the creepy factor.
For reference, ATF Kappa-9 was now surrounded by snow as far as they could see. The temperature remained a constant -20C, and in playback their headlamps appear to dim the closer they are to the center of the anomaly. Johnson’s heartbeat was approximately 136bpm, a sign of tachycardia (rapid heartbeat). The snowfall from the gate had long since ceased, and a starless sky hung above.
Burgess: Are you ok?
Johnson: Yeah. Just… feel unnerved.
Burgess: Your heartbeat is too high. Command, request to send K9-11 back to the main gate?
Command: Confirmed. Johnson, can you make it back to the entrance?
Johnson: Yeah. Just gimme one of your calming pills, doc.
Burgess approaches Johnson and administers a ██mg dose of [REDACTED], then transfers his harness onto Cpt. Stevenson’s exit tether. Johnson begins to walk back to the entrance of SCP-5713-B. He never arrived back at the entrance.
Smith: Hey guys, anyone else think our flashlights are getting darker?
Nolda: Great.
Messmore: Command? What’d you think?
Command confirmed that the lights hadn’t lowered in output, however footage playback comparison confirms the loss of brightness.
Command: Not on our end.
Nolda: Reality appears to be getting denser. Command, how far are you reading us at?
Command: Average tether length is about one and half klicks. Radio reads you at 1.6.
Nolda: Tethers on our end appear to be 2 klicks, distance markers read 1.8, beacon odometer reads 1, and my… 23 second pause …well all our pedometers read different things.
Nolda: Command, the field appears to have inconsistent topography. Size unknown, instruments are no longer trustworthy. Please acknowledge.
Command: Roger that. Please complete the mission. Messmore, any luck with magic?
Messmore: Nothing. I—
Messmore falls.
Messmore: Shit! I’m cut!
The area surrounding Messmore appears to be a sharp protrusion of ice, now stained crimson.
Burgess runs to Messmore and begins to apply first aid.
Burgess: Command, he can’t walk. Cut is too deep.
Smith: Where the hell did that come from?
Command: Acknowledged. Please attempt to transfer him to one of the exit tethers.
Burgess unlatches Messmore from his tether and attempts to pull him towards Cpt. Torres’s exit tether. As she lifts him up, a gust of wind blows her off her feet, causing her to let go and blink. As a result, Messmore vanished, and is assumed to be KIA.
Burgess: I… he…
Cpt. Torres: Command, K9-8 is lost. Please advise.
<NOTICE>
At this time, all video feed ceases. The remaining portion of the log is constructed from the audio and testimonials from Kappa-9 Operatives.
Command: Torres, we’ve lost all video feed. We suggest you abort your mission.
Fisher: CONTACT!
Wickstrom: Shit!
Several gunshots ring out. Kappa-9 begins to run away from the contact, deeper into SCP-5713-B. It is at this point where operation Command lost the ability to transmit any form of communication. Following the completion of the operation, no issues were found with the system.
As ATF Kappa-9 proceeded further into SCP-5713-B, a blizzard formed, limiting visibility and obscuring audio. Of note is that the recorded storm exceeded ███dbs, or louder than the sound of a commercial jetliner, however no damage to any of the operatives' eardrums was found.
Cpt. Stevenson: FISHER! GIMME A SCAN!
Fisher: It’s gone. It’s gone. It’s gone. It’s gone. It’s gone. It’s gone. It’s gone. It’s gone. It’s gone. It’s gone. It’s gone.
Fisher rocks back and forth.
Cpt. Stevenson: ALL FORCES CHECK IN!
Cpt. Torres: Standing By.
Smith: Hit!
Germain: *Slurred* Not… ok…
Pearl: *Softly* it’s not the storm. there’s nothing there.
Burgess: Here!
Messmore does not respond
Nolda: We need to leave. Now.
Johnson does not respond
Wickstrom: [REDACTED]
Blackwood, Valdez, Magnesen: Standing By.
Fisher: It’s gone.
Cpt. Stevenson: COMMAND! PLEASE ADVISE! RETREAT IMPOSSIBLE!
Cpt. Stevenson: COMMAND! PLEASE ADVISE!
Wet, crinkling noises are heard from Wickstrom. Pearl screams. Germain stands, and joins hands with Wickstrom.
Germain: *soft humming*
Magnesen opens fire on Wickstrom, ripping him to shreds. His body falls to the ground with a thump.
Cpt. Torres: Burgess!
Burgess approaches Germain’s mutilated corpse. As she kneels down next to him, she suddenly clutches her throat. Burgess looks down at her hand, and collapses as blood gushes from a large gash.
Blackwood: There is something unholy in our midst.
Wickstrom: *hums softly*
Smith then stands up, completely severed from all tethers. There is a large cut on his left arm, and flesh hangs loosely around the cold bone. He reaches for his pistol, and commits suicide.
Wickstrom and Fisher, in unison: *softly singing*
I was following the,
I was following the,
I was following the pack.
All swallowed in their coats
With scarves of red tied 'round their throats
To keep their little heads
From fallin' in the snow
And I turned 'round and there you go
And, like them you shall fall
And turn this white snow red as strawberries
In the summertime
Fisher slits his throat, killing himself.
Valdez attempts to use his reality bending capabilities to summon a barrier between himself and Wickstrom, but fails.
Valdez: I can’t bend!
In response, Magnesen opens fire upon Wickstrom, but his rounds are ineffective. Cpt. Torres grabs a shard of ice from the ground and screams in agony as the shard melds to his hand, but quickly impales Wickstrom in the back of his neck. The body falls away, and Cpt. Torres stands clutching his arm, rapidly being swallowed by ice.
Cpt. Torres: run…
Cpt. Stevenson: NO!
Cpt. Torres reaches for his vest and drops a live grenade at his feet. 5 remaining operatives dive out of the way, pulling Cpt. Stevenson down with them.
Cpt. Stevenson: NO!
Cpt. Stevenson turns to the 5, emotionless.
Cpt. Stevenson: GO!
He rapidly attaches all remaining operatives together.
Cpt. Stevenson: Go. I’ll get the beacon to the center. Just run and don’t stop. Do you understand?
The remaining operatives nod.
Cpt. Stevenson engages the emergency override for the tether system, and the remaining operatives are pulled away.
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[END LOG]
Approximately ██ hours later, S1O4 “Pearl”, S1O7 “Nolda”, S2O4 “Blackwood”, S2O5 “Valdez”, and S2O7 “Magnesen”, arrive at the entrance to SCP-5713-B. All 5 appeared extremely distraught, and required a long period of rest. Following the completion of this rest period, more information was gathered and this log was created.
Additionally, around █ hours prior to the arrival of the remaining Kappa-9 members, a stable radio transmission was received from the center of SCP-5713-B. As such, Captain Robert Stevenson has been posthumously awarded the Star of Duty for completing his mission against all odds.
Currently, the remaining members of ATF Kappa-9 “Chimaeran Fox” have been placed as permanent security officers for Provisional Site-9713.
MEMO
From: Dr. Charles Dante Vomnus Sr., Director of Provisional Site-9731 and SCP-5713 Head Researcher
To: All Provisional Site-9713 Staff
Investigation into the virally spreading song reported by the survivors is ongoing, however no such song has yet been found. We have no reason to believe it even exists at this time, but rest assured that we are still looking.
