Doctor Lato

A suspected instance of SCP-XXXX.

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Neutralized Keter

Special Containment Procedures: As the containment of SCP-XXXX-1 is possible only by the mutilation of SCP-XXXX, all containment efforts are to be focused upon location and containment of SCP-XXXX. Museums containing statues suspected of being SCP-XXXX instances are to be infiltrated and monitored by MTF Alpha-4 ("Pony Express").

In the event of a SCP-XXXX-1 manifestation, the corresponding SCP-XXXX is to be located and mutilated.

Access to Area-XXXX-IB is to be strictly limited. Personnel are only permitted on grounds for testing. Any civilians approaching Area-XXXX-IB are to be amnesticized and relocated.

Description: SCP-XXXX is the designation given to a collection of Greco-Roman sculptures of deities. Statues of demi-gods or powerful leaders may also be SCP-XXXX instances. SCP-XXXX sculptures are completely indistinguishable from non-anomalous sculptures. However, Greco-Roman sculptures that appear broken, mutilated, or cleanly cut into are indicators that it is a SCP-XXXX instance.

When a SCP-XXXX statue is fully restored, SCP-XXXX-1 manifests. SCP-XXXX-1 is a sapient being bearing a strong resemblance to its corresponding SCP-XXXX instance. SCP-XXXX-1 is always incorporeal, and acts in a fashion to that of its portrayal in Greek mythos. Because of SCP-XXXX-1's anolomous traits, it is difficult to contain. Instead, it is contained by mutilating the corresponding SCP-XXXX sculpture.

It is unknown how many instances of SCP-XXXX exist, or how to precisely discern which statues are anomalous or non-anomalous.

SCP-XXXX was first discovered when Incidents XXXX-IA and XXXX-IB took place. Further information is restricted.

- Level 4-XXXX Clearance Required to view Incident XXXX-IA

Incident: XXXX-IA
Date: 3/11/'11

Foundation agents were first alerted to Incident XXXX-IA through its broadcast on cable TV. Incident XXXX-A refers to a manifestation of SCP-XXXX-1 in Sendai, Japan. Due to lack of documented information on either SCP-XXXX or SCP-XXXX-1, the Foundation strike teams on-site suffered minor casualties during attempted containment. Containment was achieved after stray gunfire damaged the corresponding SCP-XXXX statue.

The SCP-XXXX-1 instance encountered in incident XXXX-IA was reported to have the following abilities, among others:

• The ability to manipulate weather¹.
• The ability to 'leap' in a way akin to flying.
• The ability to create controlled and targeted electrostatic discharges², even when typical conditions are not present, as a means of offense.
• The ability to move at speeds up to 130 m/s (291 mp/h).

Japan suffered an estimated 243 billion US dollars (¥28 quadrillion) in damages. 15,896 fatalities; 6,157 injured; 2,537 missing civilians were recorded; along with three (3) injuries and one (1) fatality among Foundation strike teams.

Disinformation campaign Delta-AC "Earthquake and Tsunami"³ has been employed. Direct witnesses have been administered Class-C amnestics.

Note: This object's physical appearance and anomalous abilities are remarkably similar to those of Zeus or Jupiter from ancient Greek mythology. The parent statue of the object was a statue of Zeus.

The entity responsible for this event has been labeled as SCP-XXXX. As the entity was terminated in the event, as of 3/14/2013 SCP-XXXX is classified as Neutralized.

SCP-XXXX was discovered to not be an unique phenomena with the occurrence of Incident XXXX-IB.

- Level 2-XXXX Clearance Required to view Incident XXXX-IB

Incident: XXXX-IB
Date: 2/13/17, ongoing

Foundation agents were first alerted to Incident XXXX-IB when all communications ceased from Savannah, a small town in Georgia, USA. (Temporarily designated Area-3c39f, redesignated Area-XXXX-IB after connections to SCP-XXXX were discovered).

Upon nearing the perimeter of town, Foundation agents reported feeling intense fear and paranoia. When ordered to proceed, agents were not able to take more than a few steps before collapsing into fetal poses⁴.

Due to the area's suspected cognitohazardous nature, Cognitohazard Specialist Agent Alan Mao (C. S. Mao) was sent in. See Exploratory Mission XXXX-IB below.

The video log transcript of the first and only exploratory mission into Area-XXXX-IB is below.

- Level 2-XXXX Clearance Required to view Exploratory Mission XXXX-IB Video Log Transcript

Exploration Video Log Transcript
Date: 3/4/2017
Agent: Cognitohazard Specialist Alan Mao (C. S. Mao)
Subject: SCP-XXXX

C. S. Mao is a hypoesthesiac, anosmic, aegusic, and blind. He navigates using a simple form of echolocation.

C. S. Mao: Check, check.

SiteCommand: We hear you loud and clear. You are approaching the perimeter of the cognitohazardous zone.

C. S. Mao: Copy that. Nothing unusual so far.

Video logs show an ordinary rural town.

C. S. Mao: Hmm. I don't sense any movement. Shouldn't there at least be some activity during midday in a town like this?

SiteCommand: Noted. Please continue.

C. S. Mao: Copy that. Approaching the town now.

Several minutes pass as C. S. Mao approaches the town center.

C. S. Mao: SiteCommand, I'm beginning to feel the effects of the cognitohazard.

SiteCommand: Please elaborate.

C. S. Mao: Hmm, it feels like a clenching sensation. It's around the peripherals of my gut.

SiteCommand: Will it affect your ability to investigate the source of the cognitohazard?

C. S. Mao: It's nothing to worry about. I'm trained to handle this. C. S. Mao chuckles.

SiteCommand: Understood. Please report any changes immediately.

C. S. Mao: Yes. The buildings are getting a little more clustered. I believe I'm entering the town now.

C. S. Mao enters the town through a back alley. Video logs cut out momentarily as C. S. Mao trips.

C. S. Mao: Oh! I believe there's a body here.

SiteCommand: Please verify if the object is human.

C. S. Mao: Yeah, he's alive and breathing. Hey, are you alright? He's shaking all over, like he's scared to death.

SiteCommand: Noted. Please investigate any other bodies you come across.

C. S. Mao: Yeah. This door's unlocked, let me check inside.

Video logs show a family around a dining table, all curled up in fetal positions and shaking. C. S. Mao enters the building and approaches the family.

C. S. Mao: Oh. You boys seeing this?

SiteCommand: Yes, we can see them. Please continue.

C. S. Mao: Shit. Alright…

SiteCommand: Agent Mao, are you alright?

C. S. Mao: Yes! Yes. Of course.

[NOTE: Although not noticed at the time, records show that a soft whispering chant began to be picked up by C. S. Mao's microphone at this time. Because of the inaudability of the voice, the contents of the chant are unclear.]

C. S. Mao proceeds towards the center of the town, checking houses along the way. Similar scenarios are present in each house.

C. S. Mao: Alright, I think the cognitohazard is starting to affect even me. I feel like it's getting stronger the closer I go in this direction.

C. S. Mao points to a large residential building in the center of the town.

SiteCommand: Please continue towards in that direction. There is a multistory residential building there. The source of the anomaly may be located inside.

C. S. Mao heads towards the building and enters it. As he investigates the rooms, he reports a sense of unease.

C. S. Mao: I'm really feeling it now… are you sure I have to do this?

SiteCommand: You've come this far. Please locate the source of the cognitohazard.

C. S. Mao: Yeah, yeah…

Video logs show that the house's occupant was an avid collector of all things Greek.

SiteCommand: [brief discussion] Any skips that are Greek? 1835? Statues… maybe it's like XXXX? How about 019?

C. S. Mao: Sorry, what?

SiteCommand: Nothing. Please proceed.

C. S. Mao: [deep breath] … Alright.

After investigating the first floor, C. S. Mao begins ascending to the second floor.

C. S. Mao: This definitely doesn't feel normal. I feel like someone's behind me. I feel like someone's whispering to me. I feel like someone - no something is whispering into my ears -

SiteCommand: C. S. Mao, are you alright?

C. S. Mao: I - …

C. S. Mao: Shit.

C. S. Mao: … Here's the door.

C. S. Mao: Oh, shit. It's definitely from this room.

SiteCommand: We've initiated SCRAMBLE protocols on our screens. Please enter the room.

C. S. Mao: I mean, how bad can this be? It hasn't killed anyone, right?

SiteCommand: No, there have been no agents killed in Area-3c39f.

C. S. Mao: I… okay. It can't hurt… can it?

C. S. Mao stands in front of the door for twenty-seven (27) seconds.

SiteCommand: C. S. Mao, please -

C. S. Mao puts his hand on the doorknob. The door slams open.

C. S. Mao: Aaahhhhhh….

Inside the room is a floating humanoid entity in a lotus position. Dozens of hands fan out behind it. The entity's skin is purplish gray. It is totally bald. The entity's eyes are closed and its mouth is wide open. A dark purple aura seems to radiate into its mouth.

C. S. Mao: It's beautiful…

In front of the entity is a humanoid body which appears to have been ripped apart. Underneath the entity is a small statue resembling the Greek god Phobos.

SiteCommand: What is that thing? Speak up! XXXX? What -

SiteCommand: C. S. Mao, you have to destroy the statue. Do you understand?

C. S. Mao: Sta…

SiteCommand: You have to destroy the statue! [Distant yelling] He can't see, you idiot! C. S. Mao. Destroy… destroy the object in front of you. Please!

SiteCommand: C. S. Mao, do you copy?

C. S. Mao:

SiteCommand: Alan?

C. S. Mao:

C. S. Mao: Even a man so numbed to the world cannot resist the temptation of total subjugation to the most powerful feeling, fear.

SiteCommand: What?

C. S. Mao: I am a god. You cannot stop me.

SiteCommand: Mao? Is that you?

C. S. Mao: I was chained once, but now I'm free…

SiteCommand: Who is this?

C. S. Mao: I was chained once, but now I'm free… I was-

SiteCommand: State your name!

C. S. Mao: … chained once, but now I'm free…

C. S. Mao: I was chained once, but now I'm free…

[This chant goes on for twenty-eight (28) minutes and thirty-three (33) seconds before SiteCommand shut down communications.]

END LOG

In light of these events, and the possibility of hundreds of SCP-XXXX existing, SCP-XXXX had been reclassified as Keter.

Under authorization, a small statuette of the minor diety Aesculapius⁵ (Asclepius, Asklepios), suspected of being a SCP-XXXX instance, was fully restored with roughly the same material as the original construction.

Upon restoration, SCP-XXXX-1 manifested (reffered to as SCP-XXXX-T), although much smaller and less opaque than the SCP-XXXX-1 instance involved in Incident XXXX-A. The subject displayed fluency in a number of modern languages, including English.

- View Interview of SCP-XXXX-T

The SCP-XXXX statue corresponding to SCP-XXXX-T

Interviewed: SCP-XXXX-T

Interviewer: Doctor Lato

Foreword: SCP-XXXX-T was chosen due to Greek mythos portraying it as a benevolent entity.

<Begin Log>

Doctor Lato: Please state your name for the record.

SCP-XXXX-T: Aesculapius! Although I go by many names, like Vejovis, Asclepius, Asklepios, and more recently, skip four three seven eight, tí! That doesn't really roll off the tongue, does it?

Doctor Lato: [To Foundation personnel] Hey, what idiot told this guy —

SCP-XXXX-T: Oh, don't worry, my good doctor. I'm a god! What can I say?

Doctor Lato: A god?

SCP-XXXX-T: [Frowns] Surely you've heard of me. Aesculapius? God of medicine? [mutters to self] I haven't gotten any offerings recently either…

Doctor Lato: Are you aware of the current year, SCP-XXXX-T?

SCP-XXXX-T: Year… time doesn't really flow that way for us. Especially when I'm bound to this goddamn statue.

Doctor Lato: Interesting. Who do you mean by 'us'?

SCP-XXXX-T: Us gods, of course! You know of the most famous ones, at least, yes? Like Zeus, Poseidon, Hermes… Actually, I'm pretty sure Zeus had a fit a few years back.

Doctor Lato: Hmm. And you're all inside these statues?

SCP-XXXX-T: You better hope so! [SCP-XXX-T laughs]

Doctor Lato: And how exactly are you bound to this statue?

SCP-XXXX-T: How I'm bound to this statue… Now that's something even I'd pay to find out.

Doctor Lato: You mean you don't know?

SCP-XXXX-T: Frustrating isn't it? I can cure death, but I can't even free myself from these infernal chains.

<End Log>

Closing Statement: It appears SCP-XXXX-T doesn't know much more than us. More testing needed.

Test Logs

- View SCP-XXXX-T Test Logs

Test A

Subject: SCP-XXXX-T
Procedure: The subject was presented with another statue believed to be an instance of SCP-XXXX. The statue was of Hercules.
Results: SCP-XXXX-T said "Oh boy. I remember Hercules TV! That was a great show." He then knocked on the statue, and said, "You in there, buddy? I'm a big fan!" After a few minutes, XXXX-T asked if he could repair the statue, to "find out."⁶

Analysis: It appears XXXX-T won't be any help in discerning 4378 statues from ordinary statues. -Doctor Lato

Test B

Subject: SCP-XXXX-T
Procedure: The subject was presented with information on many modern medical techniques, such as MRI scanning and laser surgery.
Results: SCP-XXXX-T handed the book back, saying that "There was nothing new in there, although you have come a long way."

Analysis: Let's show him some even better medicine. -Jr. Researcher Theodore

Test C

Subject: SCP-XXXX-T
Procedure: The subject was presented with one (1) sample of SCP-500.
Results: The subject was mildly surprised, stating that: "I didn't know mortals were capable of such handiwork - yet you still can't cure death."
When asked to replicate SCP-500, SCP-XXXX-T refused, claiming that "the heavens would strike me down once more."

Analysis: SCP-XXXX-T might be referring to the Greek mythos where Zeus punished Aesculapius for reviving dead humans, but I'm sure he can still help us. - Jr. Researcher Theodore

Test D

Subject: SCP-XXXX-T
Procedure: D-3948, terminally ill from leukemia, was presented to SCP-XXXX-T.
Results: The containment chamber SCP-XXXX-T and D-3948 were located in began to experience severe reality distortions. After a few seconds, it appeared to have been replaced by a modern medical laboratory. SCP-XXXX-T operated on D-3948 for two (2) hours straight, before the room reverted to its previous state.

D-3948 was totally cured of leukemia. Later, it was noticed that he also scored thirty-seven (37) points higher on the monthly IQ test. When asked, SCP-XXXX-T stated: "I was fiddling around in his brain anyway, so I thought I would make some improvments."

Analysis: Interesting. We might be able to use XXXX-T to assist our field agents. -Jr. Researcher Theodore

Test F

Subject: SCP-XXXX-T
Procedure: D-3129, who had lost a leg in a previous experiment, was presented to SCP-XXXX-T.
Results: Similar to Test D (refer above), the containment chamber distorted into a modern medical laboratory. After a period of one (1) hour and thirty-two (32) minutes, the room reverted to its previous state. D-3129 appeared to have regained his leg.

Upon further inspection, it was revealed that the leg was not in fact organic, but made of a highly advanced skin-like substance, with the bones made of several layers of [REDACTED] mesh.

Analysis: SCP-XXXX-T has shown that it can be real asset to the Foundation. - Jr. Researcher Theodore⁷

Test E

Subject: SCP-XXXX-T
Procedure: Typical offerings given to gods by Ancient Greeks were presented to SCP-XXXX-T.
Results: SCP-4783-T showed no clear physical changes, but it asked for more.

Analysis: Theodore, this is going too far. -Doctor Lato

Test G

Subject: SCP-XXXX-T
Procedure: Jr. Researcher ███████'s corpse was presented to SCP-XXXX-T.
Results: SCP-XXXX-T refused to operate on Jr. Researcher ███████'s dead body, profusely apologizing.

Footnotes

1. The entity also created a massive tsunami-like wave which crashed into the eastern coast of Japan, causing major damage to infrastructure.

2. Colloquially referred to as lightning.

3. The damage was attributed to a magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M^w) undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan.

4. Affected agents retrieved and are now in a vegetative state

5. The god of medicine in Greek mythos, although this is an oversimplication.

6. The request was denied.

7. As of 5/4/2018, new Jr. Researcher Rodriguez has been assigned to manage SCP-4738 testing under Doctor Lato