SCP-5123
【Whisper of Fear】
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BY ORDER OF THE O5 COUNCIL:
SPECIAL CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES FOR SCP-5123 ARE TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE INTI EVENT. OTHERWISE, AN ON-SITE NUCLEAR DEVICE IS TO BE DETONATED WHEN TIMER EXPIRES.
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Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-5123 are to be contained on-site within a wall perimeter comprised of silicon carbide. The entrance to the main chamber of SITE-5123-Δ is to be installed with a large 24-bolt magnum vault door and is to be sealed at all times. Instances of SCP-5123 are to be secured to the ground floor with reinforced steel chains, with a type-23 autonomous restraining device outfitted between their necks and set to activate in case of a containment breach.
No personnel are allowed to attempt to interact with any instance of SCP-5123.
In the possible event that previous failsafe procedures fail to effectively prevent an INTI event, the following actions are to be immediately enacted remotely by Foundation personnel: All inner chambers of SITE-5123-Δ are to be fully flooded with water and all potential entrances are to be sealed with a quick-dry concrete mix.
In the case that any instance of SCP-5123 breaches the surface, the on-site nuclear device is to be detonated.
Due to the scale of SCP-5123, as of the time of writing (25/03/2020), containment procedures for SCP-5123 are yet to be fulfilled.
Description: SCP-5123 is a collection of 987,467 statues comprised of an extremely resistant material of unknown composition, located in an underground structure within the jungle of Loreto, Peru. This has been designated as SITE-5123-Δ, spanning an area of approximately 185,000 m2. SCP-5123 instances are humanoid entities with exaggerated facial features and horn-like protrusions from their craniums. Instances of SCP-5123 vary in age and gender, and several are approximately the size of prepubescent human children. SCP-5123's poses and body language indicate them in extreme distress.
Initial archeological exploration of the ruins discovered the main chamber within the underground structure, which had been theorized to have inadvertently activated SCP-5123's anomalous effects. Investigation of the statues revealed that they are living entities, and have demonstrated its abilities of extremely limited, but increasingly greater mobility, the speed of which is of an infinitesimally gradual nature. Since the discovery, SCP-5123 instances have been able to move a median distance of 1 μm.
The exponential nature of the anomaly signifies that instances of SCP-5123 are estimated to gain full mobility on 14/09/2024, at which point an INTI Event is expected to occur. All instances of SCP-5123 are faced towards the exit of the main chamber.
Research on SITE-5123-Δ's history and lore has revealed that SCP-5123 entities were considered hostile, and posed a substantial threat to the human civilization that constructed SITE-5123-Δ. To prevent extinction, they were transmuted to statues via an unknown process. The discovery of the site is theorized to have halted this process, allowing an exponentially increasing rate of mobility to occur within each instance of SCP-5123.
Following the assessment of information, after the completion of the wall carvings translation, the following conclusion has been reached: The exact nature and full capabilities of SCP-5123 instances are unclear should they be released. As such, the potential of a high-level disruption event is highly probable.
Addendum 5123-1
TRANSLATED WALL CARVINGS - SCP-5123
8/9 carvings have been translated. Written language is a newly discovered subset of the Proto‑Quechua (ˈkɛtʃwɑˈ) dialect.
WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE SUN GOD, LEAVE THE WRETCHED TO DWELL IN THEIR FILTH. THE EVIL DEMONS WERE NOTHING BUT BEASTS THAT HAD TO BE CLEANSED OF THIS LAND.
TO THE WEST OF HERE THEY WERE FOUND. COVERED IN BLOOD AND SIN. THE CRIES OF THE INNOCENT BABIES BROKE THE HEARTS OF GOD-FEARING MEN, AS THEY SAW THEM SACRIFICED TO THE [UNTRANSLATABLE]
THEY REVELED IN THE JOINING OF FLESH AND DIRT. ONCE MEN THEY WERE, LIKE US. BUT NOW THEIR PITIFUL VISAGE FOREVER MOLDED BY THE RITUALS THEY PERFORMED. THEIR FACES MALFORMED WITH EVIL INTENT, PUTRID HORNS GREW FROM THEIR HEADS AS THEY BECAME SAVAGES.
WE THOUGHT WE COULD SAVE THEM, THE WRETCHED WERE SO NOT BY CHOICE, BUT BY IGNORANCE. MISGUIDED BY THE CREATURES OF THE TREES; WE TOOK THEM IN, CLEANSING THOSE THAT REFUSED. AND BLESSING THE ONES THAT RELENTED WITH OUR LANGUAGE AND TRADITIONS.
BUT ATONEMENT DOES NOT COME FREE, FOR THE WRETCHED MUST LEARN THE WAYS OF THE SUN. TO BE SINGED AND BURNED BY HIM IS A BLESSING. TO BUILD DAY AND NIGHT THE TEMPLES OF WORSHIP IS A BLESSING. TO HURT AND DIE BY OUR HANDS IS A BLESSING. TO CARRY OUR POWERFUL SEED IS A BLESSING. TO SERVE US, IS A BLESSING.
THEY ENJOYED OUR BENEDICTION FOR MANY SEASONS, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE TRUTH. THEIR MERE ESSENCE IS ONE OF DESPICABLE DESTRUCTION AND HATRED FOR EVERYTHING THAT NATURE PROVIDED. THEY WERE NOT MEN, THEY WERE SUPAY. THEY STILL LOVED THE BLOOD AND THE FLESH OF THE FALLEN AND COVETED THE LAND OF THEIR UNHOLY MASTERS.
THEY GREW IN NUMBERS AND STRENGTH FASTER THAN US. THEIR OCCULT RITUALS WERE NOT HALTED AS WE DEMANDED, THEY GAINED IMMENSE POWER FROM THE LAND OF THE NAMELESS AND READIED THEMSELVES TO OVERTHROW THEIR DIVINE SUPERIORS. SUCH AS THE LAW OF THE LAND DEMANDS, IF ONE IS TO STEAL, THEIR HAND IS TO BE CUT. IF ONE IS TO LIE, THEIR TONGUE IS TO BE SEVERED. IS ONE IS TO BETRAY, THEIR LIFE IS TO BE TAKEN
DEATH WAS MERCY, AND SO, BEFORE THEY COULD USE THEIR UNHOLY GIFTS, WE TRAPPED THEM. AS THEY SLEPT, THEIR OWN DARK RITUALS WERE PUT AGAINST THEM. WE SAW THEM RUN AND SCREAM AND CRY AND BLEED AND SWEAR VENGEANCE UPON THEIR TYRANTS. AS SOON AS THE BLASPHEMOUS WORDS WERE UTTERED, THEY WERE GONE, NOW MERE BLOCKS OF RUBBLE, CURSED TO BE AWAKE FOREVER IN THE DARKNESS FROM WHENCE THEY SPAWNED. THEY MIGHT HAVE SOUNDED HUMAN, BUT THEY WERE LESSER. THEY WERE SERVANTS.
WE ABANDON THIS PLACE TO THE WILL OF THE SUN. FOR THE DAY SHALL COME WHEN HE IS TO CALL OUR NAMES TO HIS ISLANDS WHERE WE SHALL BE REUNITED WITH THE FALLEN. AS THE EARTH BURNS BY HIS POWER, MAY HE RELEASE THE BEASTS WE IMPRISON HERE, SO THAT THEY MAY SWALLOW THE EARTH AT THE COMMAND OF HIS WILL. WE IMPRINT THESE WORDS UPON THE STONE OF TIME AS WE DECLARE THE AUGURY OF THE SUN.
Addendum 5123-2
VOCALIZATIONS ANALYSIS - SCP-5123
To: Dr. Jeremiah Wilford
From: Researcher Robert Penrose
Subject: Unidentified vocalizations from SCP-5123
Greetings Doctor,
I know I am due to present this month's report, I sincerely apologize for this, but I have news regarding SCP-5123.
Something very unusual is happening on SITE-5123-Δ, multiple workers have reported hearing very low "humming noises" coming from one of the statues. After some investigation, we have found the source to be SCP-5123-735. It is my idea that our current hypothesis is incorrect, the statues are sapient, and this one, in particular, is trying to talk.
However, I have yet to confirm this, I will update you with the details.
Sincerely,
Robert Penrose.
To: Researcher Robert Penrose
From: Dr. Jeremiah Wilford
Subject: Re:Unidentified vocalizations from SCP-5123
Dear Reseacher Penrose,
It is quite unfortunate that you have not been able to provide me with your required work, however, this advancement is quite interesting. Please do research its potential hazardous effects, and if any are found an update shall be issued regarding SCP-5123's risk class.
When this investigation is done, and may it be a swift one, you are to return to your assigned duties as the project manager and continue the containment procedures of SCP-5123.
Yours truly,
Dr. Jeremiah Wilford.
To: Dr. Jeremiah Wilford
From: Researcher Robert Penrose
Subject: Re:Re:Unidentified vocalizations from SCP-5123
Dear Doctor Wilford,
I have assessed the vocalizations and have found no hazardous factors among staff, this includes but is not limited to: memetic effects, cognito-hazards, mental health deterioration.
I have been analyzing SCP-5123-735 and its vocalizations, I am confident that it is attempting to utter words, albeit incredibly slowly. I have also been hearing strange things around SCP-5123-735 that I can only describe as… whimpering?
I must ask if I may continue this line of research. I believe there is a way to prevent the potential grand-scale disruption of SCP-5123.
Sincerely,
Robert Penrose.
To: Researcher Robert Penrose
From: Dr. Jeremiah Wilford
Subject: Re:Re:Re:Unidentified vocalizations from SCP-5123
Researcher Penrose,
It is within my duties to remind you, that anthropomorphizing statues is enough grounds for me to have you dismissed of your position. I clearly do not want this to happen nor do I assume you do either.
Furthermore, the fact that you are continuing this line of research when you are still to send in multiple reports; indicates that you are not quite as sorry about it, as you initially stated.
I will order you to halt this investigation at once. If no hazards have been found with this new factor, then understanding it is hereby deemed a non-priority. Our job is to secure the absurd amounts of hazards present.
Time is of the essence, of a particular nuclear nature, may I add.
Yours truly,
Dr. Jeremiah Wilford.
To: Dr. Jeremiah Wilford
From: Researcher Robert Penrose
Subject: Re:Re:Re:Re:Unidentified vocalizations from SCP-5123
I have translated the statue's message.
It was in the same language as the wall carvings here.
The message is as follows:
WE ARE SORRY
What happened here?
SCP-5123
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