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Item #: SCP-####
Object Class: Safe/Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-#### is to be secured in a felt-lined steel container at Site-##. Examination and testing is only to be conducted by Level-3 personnel and above.
Containment procedures for SCP-####-1,2,3,4, and any additional subjects to come under the effect of SCP-####, are to be housed in a communal humanoid containment chamber. This chamber is to be accessed via airlock to prevent any insectoid specimens produced by the subjects from escaping and outfitted with automated bee smokers to be used only in relocations or in the event of a breach. Any personnel interaction with the subjects is to be conducted while wearing a sealed apiary suit in a civil, non-threatening manner.
Description: SCP-#### is an antique ivory comb containing twenty-two teeth. The handle of the object is decorated with intricate flowery patterns reminiscent of early oriental craftsmanship.
SCP-####'s anomalous effect manifests whenever the object’s teeth are run through the hair of any living human. Following this action, a thick golden secretion, akin to honey is exuded from between the teeth in a steady flow, with greater secretions accompanying continued strokes, and cessation occurring when no longer in use.
If left undisturbed on the scalp over the course of one hour, this secretion will harden into an amber-like resin and form a crystalline build-up upon the exterior of the head. This accumulation continues until nearly the entire visage is overtaken, typically ceasing at the upper lip and nape of the neck.
To date all subjects that have been exposed to SCP-####’s secretion have reacted in a calm and contented manner, similar to the effects of a mild anesthetic, even when obscuration of the nostrils occurs and the subject is forced to breath by mouth. When queried about the metamorphic process all subjects note a tingling sensation of the scalp but otherwise offer no further comment.
Approximately twenty minutes after the first hour the shell of the crystalline resin will crack and break away revealing new physiology in the subject’s facial and cranial anatomy. New features are largely consistent among all D-class tested, including a lack of hair, a porous and highly irritated epidermis, and acutely widened and empty orifices, to the extent of the absence of eyes in the ocular cavity and a lack of a nasal ridge or outer ear. The mouth is shown to stay mostly intact with only the upper palate effected by porous restructuring that extends to the back of the throat. Large portions of the cranium proper feature sheeted layers of skin, viscera, and bone similar in appearance to a typical bee’s nest, while small open areas of the skull show hexagonal prismatic cells comprised of the same material.
Winged insects, biologically identical to apis cerana or the eastern honey bee emerge from these orifices in great number. Swarms are sentient, having a direct telepathic contact with their hosts and are often attracted to sources of sustenance in the form of pollen and nectar in plant life, though will always return to the subject’s cranium after collection. Any honey produced by these entities is often seen leaking from the subject's orifices.
Subjects having undergone transformation are hereby referred to as instances of SCP-####-1 through 4. Medical tests performed on the subjects both during and after conversion show minimal bodily differences and retain full control of the autonomic nervous system, despite apparent brain-death.
The hosts remain sapient, capable of speech, and have a complete recollection of their past lives. Temperamentally speaking, all exhibit a calm yet highly narcissistic and fastidious attitude, which is present even in previously violent and uncooperative D-class subjects.
Addendum ####-01 SCP-####-1 through 4 possess a collective telepathic knowledge, achieved when different members of their respective swarms are housed in each other's cranial cavities.
Addendum ####-02 Additional anomalous traits of thought transference are present in the insects they produce. These thoughts are implanted into a victim's conscious mind by the process of stinging and can be highly suggestive if short lasting. Any personnel stung by these insects are to undergo quarantine and psychiatric testing before returning to duty.
Addendum ####-03 The killing of entities produced by SCP-####-1 through 4, result in headaches and mild delirium for the subjects and is only to be done in the case of a breach or experimentation approved by Level-3 personnel or above.
Addendum ####-04 To date the following items have been requested since containment by SCP-####-1.
• A picnic table (Approved)
• Top soil to be spread around the enclosure (Approved)
• Various species of flowers including cosmos bipinnatus, caldendula arvensis, and hyacinthoides non-scripta (Approved after testing)
• Saplings (Denied)
• Mirrors (Denied)
• Samples of █████ brand honey (Denied)
• Royal jelly (Denied)
• Living specimens of the species apis mellifera scutellate or the Africanized honey bee (Denied)
• SCP-#### (Denied)
Interview Log ####-16
Interviewer: Dr. Monica Woodring
Interviewee: SCP-####-1 (formerly female D-class, D-99466)(Interview was conducted in a humanoid containment chamber, isolated from other subjects. Interviewer is wearing a sealed beekeeping suit. SCP-####-1 is accompanied by a swarm of approximately 400 honey bees.)
<Begin Log>
Dr. Woodring: Hello, S—
SCP-####-1 Now, now, I’m certain you want to ask questions again, but why do you insist on interviewing us while dressed in such alien apparel?
Dr. Woodring: It’s just here to make sure we can all keep our thoughts in one place.
SCP-####-1: Sweetie, we have repeatedly made clear that if you wish to fully understand our condition, short of partaking of the comb yourself, is to merely feel a sting of our knowledge.
Dr. Woodring: Your attitude pre-transformation was similar. Your records say you ended up as a test subject here because you stabbed three people to death. Is it habit to let your opinion be known through sharp objects?
SCP-####-1: The two aren’t comparable in the least and you know it. I have no disillusionment of my life before the comb groomed me to perfection. My problem was a lack of satisfactory communication and understanding. The only piercing of flesh I wish to commit now is a pinprick to open the way for more troubled individuals.
Dr. Woodring: How noble of you.
SCP-####-1: We want to help the ugly-ducklings of the world.
Dr. Woodring: Do you really find yourselves to be beautiful?
SCP-####-1: But of course! We may not be traditionally beautiful by your asinine standards, but the comb made us realize the folly of our ways. The eyes, the nose, the ears, useless little sensory organs that remain permanently slapped upon the face like… like an aging coat of paint on a dilapidated building. No, the comb stripped those away and gave us new sensation.
Dr. Woodring: How do you perceive the world without these organs?
SCP-####1: Our lovely fluttering little ones. They pick up on things you could not even fathom!
Dr. Woodring: Such as?
SCP-####-1: The exact dimensions of this room, your three-day old perfume that you tried to hide under that suit, the wonders of nature in all of its forms, though most importantly, perspective. That is being able to witness the inner consciousness of my fellow hive siblings! Once more, things that could be easily comprehended with a love-bite from a little one.
Dr. Woodring: To date, every ‘love-bite’ delivered to our personnel has been either suggestive of your release or personally insulting of our appearance.
SCP-####-1: That is just because you chose to take it that way. We’ve never had an opportunity to unleash our opinion en-masse. Your precautions and own stubbornness have seen to that.
Dr. Woodring: What would that provide?
SCP-####-1: A dutiful emissary I should think.
Dr. Woodring: An emissary or a drone?
SCP-####-1: (smiling) Someone has to look over the hideous troglodytes of this world, were it in my power I would find the comb and see to an egalitarian society.
(SCP-####-1’s swarm increases in number and forms an opaque cloud above Dr. Woodring.)
SCP-####-1: However, this facility’s refusal to admit our beauty and superiority means I have to get by differently, and if that entails regressing to my roots and delivering ten-thousand love-bites to one ignorant soul, then so be it. Maybe you would like to volunteer?
(Bee smokers are activated in the cell, dissipating the swarm, and momentarily incapacitating SCP-####-1. Dr. Woodring is vacated from the room and checked for bee stings.)
