Flopmind2

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The following file has been imported from a deprecated¹computer filing system. The data it contained was also found to be corrupted. Due to these factors, as well as the clearance required to view this file, restoration of this file will be slow and is to be considered a low priority.

— Maria Jones, Director, RAISA

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Object Class: Safe Thaumiel.

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Discovery: SCP-5738 was first discovered on 06/09/1932 in Scranton, Pennsylvania during the recapture of an unrelated SCP. When the SCP in question neared SCP-5738, the target was noticeably weakened, allowing for its apprehension. Subsequent investigation led to the discovery of SCP-5738 and its reality-anchoring properties. Afterwards, all known instances were relocated into Foundation custody.

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Experiment Logs:

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Journal Entry: 10/13/1931
Log: I’M BEING PROMOTED! I’m so glad my hypothesis, cross-testing [Parse Error 757] success! Admittedly, I wasn’t as sure as I may have portrayed myself to be, but we need to take big steps sometimes if we want to make progress. God, I can’t stop thinking about it. I’m being promoted to Site Director! I’ll get a higher clearance level, I’ll get to reorganize the struggling teams, and I’ll finally be able to make some goddamn changes around here. I’m being promoted. I can't wait to make this place run like clockwork. Well… as clockwork as our line of work gets, I suppose. Nothing I can’t handle, though. Certainly nothing something Jerry could handle. Ha ha!

Journal Entry: 01/04/1932
Log: We had another incident today. So much for recovering in the new year. Thankfully, this one was rather small. Nothing the O5s need to hear about. I’ve been yelled at enough, and what they don’t know won’t hurt them, especially with some of the anomalies here (HA!).

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Special Containment Procedures: Captured instances of SCP-5738 are to be grown and maintained in a standard flora containment room at Site-11. Foundation personnel are to monitor the latest botanical discoveries for any further SCP-5738 instances. Any additional uncovered instances are to be seized, and, pending site-director approval, contained via standard protocol.

Access to SCP-5738’s containment chamber is restricted to personnel with clearance level 4 or higher and approval from Site Director Flemming.

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Experiment 5738-C:

Date: 07/16/1932
Procedure: Several prototype garden-like containers were created to house and utilize SCP-5738. They were placed at appropriate distances from randomly selected SCPs held in Site-11.
Results: The anomalous properties of all tested SCPs were either nullified or greatly reduced during the testing period.
Notes: “Alright, I think we’ve all seen enough. I’m approving these for site-wide use as soon as possible. I want them involved with the containment of every SCP at this site within a month’s time.” - Site Director Flemming

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Description: SCP-5738 is a flower, specific ancestry unknown, that demonstrates a persistent influence on surrounding reality. SCP-5738 has been known to do all of the following within a radius of anywhere from 5 to 50 meters:

Moderately increase the quality of water, and soil.
Increase the healthiness, happiness, and general rate of growth of both flora and fauna.
Diminish the anomalous properties of objects², with the exception of SCP-5738 instances.

The range of the subject's properties is determined by the number of instances nearby, with a range of 5 meters for one mature instance, and a range of 50 meters³ for 15 or more instances. SCP-5738 instances are considered grouped if they are within 5 meters of another mature instance.

A mature instance of SCP-5738.

Addendum 2: In response to Incident Report 5738-A, SCP-5738 has been reclassified as Euclid, and research into creating artificial reality-anchors is to be considered a top priority. Outside of this, usage of SCP-5738 as a Thaumiel entity is to be discontinued until it is properly understood.

The former Site-11 has been abandoned after becoming overgrown with instances of SCP-5738 and is now considered the containment facility of SCP-5738. All other anomalies held at the former Site-11 are to be relocated by staff utilizing standard hazardous material protection suits.

Special Containment Procedures: Foundation personnel are to monitor the latest discoveries in the field of botany for any discoveries of further SCP-5738 instances and monitor CDC activity for instances of SCP-5738-1. Any uncovered instances of SCP-5738 or SCP-5738-1 outside of containment are to be incinerated.

Access to SCP-5738’s containment chamber is restricted to personnel with clearance level 4 or higher and approval from Site Director Flemming. Only specifically appointed personnel are allowed within 1 km of SCP-5738's containment facility. They may do so only while equipped with standard hazardous material protection suits. The containment facility must be patrolled at all times to monitor the presence of animal life. Any unauthorized individuals within this vicinity are to be detained, thoroughly examined, and, if possible, released. Foundation personnel are to maintain the cover story of irradiated land for the containment facility.

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Addendum 4: Site Director Flemming has been found responsible for causing Incident 5738-A due to hastened testing. He has also been found guilty of recording classified information outside of Foundation-sanctioned spaces and deliberately corrupting Foundation data to destroy evidence. He has been fired and amnesticized as punishment. The director’s personal journal was discovered among the wreckage and is presented below as evidence.

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Journal Entry: 04/17/1932
Log: It’s been a while since I’ve written hasn’t it? It feels like I’ve barely been home these past few weeks. I’ve been trying to micro-manage these imbeciles so they can’t mess up my reputation again, but it comes at a cost. I can’t remember when the bags under my eyes looked this deep and sunken. Reminds me of the days when I was writing my thesis, better days. Days when I wasn’t responsible for Jerry screwing everything up for me. Days when I didn’t have to think about all the VERY REAL monsters that could be lurking in the shadows on my way to the bathroom at night. Anyway, this has been good to do, but I need to sleep; my eyes hurt enough without reading by my shitty, Foundation-issue desk lamp.

Journal Entry: 06/10/1932
Log: By God, yesterday was a good fucking day. Or should I say “a rather pleasant occurrence” since I need to “mind my word choice at the workplace." Anyways, let’s forget about them for a minute; yesterday they managed to recontain that escaped anomaly that Jerry let out, but that’s not even the best part! It was caught by a fucking flower! A MOTHER. FUCKING. FLOWER! The boys on the MTF said it was practically powerless by the time they caught up to it. HA. Naturally, we picked up the flowers too, once we realized what was going on. I ran an experiment on my own as a little, shall we say, “Welcome-back party” (HA!) Anyways, the point is, it worked. I can still remember its stupid face! HA! Seriously though, all I need to do now is get the underlings to push it through testing ASAP and we should be set. O5 Flemming, here we come??!!

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Addendum 1: “Due to their reality-anchoring properties and otherwise benign disposition, I am formally proposing integrating instances of SCP-5738 for use in the containment of other SCPs and redesignating them as Thaumiel. Repeated testing has suggested that this will significantly reduce the number of containment breaches at Site-11. I recommend that containers for sustaining, storing, and protecting SCP-5738 instances be distributed to all onsite containment chambers. They are to be regularly maintained and inspected by security staff on a weekly basis. Furthermore, I recommend they only be removed for testing purposes or with approval from personnel with level 3 clearance or higher.”
-Site Director Flemming, to the O5 Council

"The aforementioned proposal has been approved for a trial run at Site-11 by the O5-Council. Should the containment model prove successful, its expansion to other containment sites will be considered. We are looking forward to the results.” -O5 Council

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Footnotes

‡ Licensing / Citation

3/5083 LEVEL 3/5083

CLASSIFIED

Item #: SCP-5083

Object Class: Uncontained

SCP-5083 in transport during the construction of its containment chamber.

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5083 is stored underneath Site-19 in the cave it was initially discovered in. SCP-5083 may not be utilized outside of testing purposes. All individuals who travel using SCP-5083 must undergo microbe sterilization procedure Pasteur-509 before and after travel to prevent contamination.

Description: SCP-5083 is a sealed, rectangular object identical to that of a standard cargo container; the text "Prometheus Unit 47-B" is written beside the entrance to SCP-5083 on the adjacent face of the container. The interior of SCP-5083 is a control room integrated with a device of unrecognizable design.

Although the origins of SCP-5083 are unknown, it is speculated to have originated from a reality comparable to our own, due to its controls and instructions being written in a language resembling English⁷. Despite it appearing to be constructed by humans, SCP-5083 is capable of feats beyond the limits of our current technology. It is able to instantaneously transport any amount of matter from one reality to another. SCP-5083 also seems to be able to operate indefinitely with no regard for fuel.

Document 5083-1 is an instruction manual for SCP-5083 with "Piloting A Prometheus (Version 2.1)" as the title. The words, "Property of ICG" are printed on the back cover, followed by the phrase, "Unlimited Resources for a Limited Price."

Discovery: On 2019/09/26, Site-19 experienced a 2.0 magnitude earthquake. The epicenter of this earthquake was directly below Site-19, and the earthquake itself only affected an area of approximately 50 km². The subsequent investigation led to the discovery of a small cavern two kilometers below Site-19.

SCP-5083 was discovered at the center of the cavern floor with no visible signs of damage. Upon inspecting the interior of the device, they found Document 5083-1 and the corpse of an adult male of Asian ethnicity. Autopsy of the corpse reveals that the subject died of blood loss from multiple gunshot wounds. It has been suggested that, due to the location, this man could have been a member of the Foundation equivalent of his native reality. DNA testing regarding this manner is currently ongoing.

Exploration Logs:

Standard Procedure: For each exploration, the test subject is briefed on their mission objectives, and is introduced to the testing chamber adjacent to SCP-5083. Researchers familiar with Document 5083-1 then set the destination to a randomly selected location from the device's "Recently Visited" catalog and prepare to initiate transportation to that destination. Before being transported, the researchers give the test subject a time to return by in order to return to their home reality.

In preparation for the journey the test subject is always equipped with the following items:

Survival supplies capable of lasting the subject at least two days.
Standard issue self-defense accessories, including a knife and pistol.
Video recording equipment.

Exploration Log 5083-1

Close Log 5083-1

Standard Procedure Modifications: None.

Test Subject: D-94382

Reality: 5083-A

[Recording Begins]

After a few minutes of testing their equipment and verifying its functionality, D-94382's video feed goes black. After twelve seconds, it reappears, displaying a large hillside with numerous tree stumps in various states of decay. Various plant life, including grass, exists in the area, but no animal life is visible upon initial inspection. Opposite the hillside, a city is visible in the distance.

Upon being given directions by staff, D-94382 ascends the hill and reaches the top in ten minutes. At the peak, the other side of the hill becomes visible and displays a similar scene as the first side, with many rotting tree stumps on and past the hillside. The level of rot appears to decrease proportionally with the distance from the hilltop. No signs of animal life are visible on this side either. At this point, the test subject turns around and navigates southward towards the city.

As D-94382 progresses, movement becomes visible throughout the city. The buildings appear to be in various states of disrepair with large automated machines systematically dismantling the buildings and sorting the resulting debris. As the subject nears the city, another, stationary machine equipped with flamethrowers becomes visible; it appears to be inactive at the moment. D-94382 complains of a foul odor before moving onward.

After the subject enters the city, it becomes apparent that the buildings that remain intact have architecture reminiscent of the early 20th century or earlier, according to Foundation experts. The machines dismantling the city appear to be clustered towards the northernmost section as no signs of them appear after travelling a few miles south.

D-94382 continues his journey throughout the settlement. Signs of recent human activity remain absent. The buildings become progressively less damaged as D-94382 moves further away from the machinery. After two hours of travel, D-94382 comes to the end of the settlement's borders. At this point, a large, blackened mass becomes visible just outside the building.

D-94382 continues over to the mass, complains of an "absolutely putrid" odor, and collects a number of samples from various locations throughout the mass. After these samples are collected, D-94382 is allowed to begin his return to his entry point into this reality. Five minutes of walking later, a low crying sound can be heard. The test subject then begins to attempt to locate its source.

D-94382 enters a nearby building believed to house the source of the noise. The first room of the building indicates it was likely an apartment complex. After ascending six stories on the northern staircase, he enters a floor and soon locates the room that houses the source of the crying. He tries the door handle, finds it locked, and begins kicking the door. After about two minutes of effort, D-94382 successfully breaks the door in; the crying has stopped at this point.

The test subject enters the living room of the apartment unit, finding a mass of coagulated flesh, and a bolt-action rifle on the couch. Behind the couch, a large blood stain appears on the wall. D-94382 vomits and then collects himself, after which the crying resumes. While giving the mass of flesh a wide berth, D-94382 explores the rest of the unit.

D-94382 begins searching through the other rooms, one by one, eventually finding a crying baby in a crib. The baby appears to have been neglected for a significant period of time; it appears underfed, dehydrated, and generally soiled by human waste products; the baby is also covered in rashes that were unidentifiable by Foundation medical staff. The test subject proceeds to change the baby, care for it for an hour, and proceed towards the southern staircase.

Upon reaching the southern stairwell, D-94382 complains of a foul smell once again before observing a machine; the machine appears to be a humanoid android with detached limbs, seemingly broken to the point of losing functionality. Below this android lies a cart with multiple fleshy masses atop it, burn marks on its sides, and broken wheels. D-94382 panics for several minutes before returning to the northern stairwell and exiting the building.

D-94382 exits the city in a hurried manner after his exit. As he returns to the northernmost side of the city, flames are visible near the stationary machine from before, and movement can be seen leaving the machine and entering the city. The test subject fails to investigate this further and elects to return to the entry point into this reality. After waiting a few hours for the allotted time, D-94382 and the child are transported back to baseline reality without significant issue.

[End of recording.]

After his return, D-94382, the infant, and the security personnel stationed in the test chamber were quarantined. The infant expired within a few hours; the test subject and two of the security personnel also expired after a few days. Each exhibited the following symptoms: sneezing, coughing, coughing up blood, and rashes across the skin. The test chamber has since been sanitized, the corpses were incinerated, and the samples were recovered.

Subsequent analysis of the samples retrieved from the charred mass revealed them to consist primarily of incinerated human remains with trace amounts of gasoline and an unknown virus.

Exploration Log 5083-2

Close Log 5083-2

Standard Procedure Modifications: Going forward, test subjects and security personnel will be equipped with full body hazmat suits. All materials and personnel will undergo microbe sterilization procedure Pasteur-509 before entering and after exiting the test chamber.

Test Subject: D-86972

Reality: 5083-B

[Recording Begins]

D-86972 is transported, and the video feed displays what appears to be the roof of an urban building. The camera feed remains relatively motionless for ten seconds. Upon briefly exploring the area, D-86972 is able to confirm that it is the roof of an urban skyscraper that appears close to the current standards in design and technology. The view of the city below is nearly identical to that of present-day New York City, except for a body of murky brown fluid flooding the city, submerging a significant number of stories of all visible buildings, and a large amount of smog reducing visibility. The water appears to ebb and flow like ocean currents and extends past the limits of visibility.

The camera steadies and then slowly zooms in on the waters below. Inside it, individual debris and objects become visible on the video feed. The following objects pass by the camera in chronological order: an open garbage bag with plastic and glass bottles spilling out of it, the frame of a children's bunk bed, an overturned dumpster, a wall with parallel chalk lines going up one side of the door-frame, and a faux leather binder labelled "Zimmerman Family Photo Album." After the last item passes, the camera zooms outward back to its original setting.

After finishing this examination, D-86972 walks towards the door on the rooftop as rain begins to fall.

D-86972 suddenly begins sprinting towards the door, breathing heavily and audibly grunting in pain along the way. When he reaches the door, he pulls at the handle in a hurried manner, without successfully opening it. After twenty more seconds of continued effort, the test subject abandons his attempts to open the door and retreats towards the point of entry.

D-86972 begins pleading loudly for help, first from the foundation, followed shortly after by pleas to various deities, After approximately six minutes of this the video feed distorts briefly before ending.

[End of recording.]

D-86972 expired shortly after his return. Autopsy of D-86972 indicates death by blood loss. The damage was caused by potent acid, resulting in severe chemical burns throughout the outer layers of his skin and numerous blood vessels. The video recording was salvaged from the camera's built-in backup memory unit.

Exploration Log 5083-3

Close Log 5083-3

Standard Procedure Modifications: In future explorations, test subjects will be equipped with more resilient protective gear and recording equipment.

Test Subject: D-79438

Reality: 5083-C

[Recording Begins]

D-79438 slowly waves her hands in front of the camera to verify its functionality. Twelve seconds later, the camera feed goes dark for five seconds before returning. The scene now pictures an arid landscape. After a few seconds of the camera staggering, the video feed shifts leftward, revealing a settlement in the distance with a river in close proximity. The camera feed continues to pan leftward 360 degrees until it stops on the settlement once again.

D-79438 slowly approaches the settlement over the course of fifteen minutes. After the first five minutes pass, D-79438 begins to walk through muddy fields with primitive, crumbling irrigation and no visible crops. Crude bronze tools lay strewn about the fields at random intervals; the wooden handles of these tools are in various states of rot and decay.

As she nears her destination, the individual structures become distinguishable, revealing a collection of small, closely clustered huts. Consultation with Foundation experts suggests that no significant advancements in technology were required for their construction. Next to this civilization are rows of numerous, large buildings that resemble contemporary warehouses, with lights clearly being emitted from the inside. Crowds of people can be seen steadily flowing out of each of the warehouses and towards the city as the sun begins to set. These characters appear to be dressed primarily in orange jumpsuits.

D-79438 waits for approximately twenty minutes before the lights on the closest warehouse turn off; after which she resumes her approach. D-79438 activates night-mode on her camera equipment and continues forward. By the time she reaches the warehouse structure, the sun has set completely, and D-79438 begins utilizing her flashlight. Upon closer inspection, the structure is clearly far more advanced than those found in the nearby city, being constructed from metallic sheets and other modern technology.

D-79438 rounds the corner and locates the nearest door. She tries the handle and opens it without issue. She continues inside where she finds a number of advanced machines. She begins to continue forward, revealing a scene remarkably similar to that of an advanced shoe factory, with bins of Nike brand sneakers, conveyor belts, and other advanced technologies appropriately strewn about. The different machines are closely pressed against one another; each one is equipped with metallic rings with chains and leg-cuffs attached. The entire array appears to consist of individual work stations forming an assembly line.

The subject continues the exploration, carefully panning the camera across the wall opposite the entrance. It is lined with several objects: clay tablets with a mix of English and cuneiform, individually wrapped candies, and cans of lite beer of indiscernible brand. After a few moments of inspection, a man dressed in modern casual wear emerges with a flashlight from a connected room that had yet to appear on camera. He shines this flashlight at D-79438's torso. He begins yelling in an unknown language while waving a firearm in front of him.

D-79438 drops to the ground and begins searching for her own firearm. As she does so, two loud piercing sounds occur, followed by two explosions behind the test subject. After a few moments, the camera feed turns around, displaying two breaches in the wall of the building; each measuring at least two meters in diameter. After thirty seconds of stillness, the light sound of footsteps can be heard on the other side of the station that D-79438 is pressed against. A few seconds later, the test subject can be heard taking a deep breath, before turning around, standing up quickly, and firing at the enemy figure.

The sound of gunfire continues intermittently for ten sounds, before D-79438 is out of ammunition. The figure who initially fired at her had long since dropped to the ground. After a moment of hesitation, the test subject runs out of the room and back to her extraction point, where she waits for several hours before being transported back to Site-19.

[End of recording.]

Exploration Log 5083-4

Close Log 5083-4

Standard Procedure Modifications: None.

Test Subject: D-79438

Reality: 5083-D

[Recording Begins]

D-79438 confirms the functionality of her equipment before being transported. After six seconds, the camera feed displays a scene similar to that of modern day New York City in the United States. Before the test subject is a sign displaying the text: "Welcome To ICG's Alternate History Museum, featuring the capital of the 'United States of America'." Beside the sign are a number of inactive vehicles and several vending machines.

After looking around for a few minutes, the test subject inspects one of the vehicles and finds it unlocked. After entering the vehicle, a robotic voice with an accent similar to that of contemporary England says, "Welcome to the ICG alternate history tour, sponsored by York-a-cola. Are you ready to begin your tour of the city?"

D-79438 remains inactive for a few moments before responding affirmatively. After this response the vehicle starts up and begins driving through the city giving a tour consisting of prerecorded messages about the city's attractions and apparent history (For the sake of brevity, information regarding this tour is listed after this recording.)

After returning to the extraction point where the tour began, the test subject inspects the nearby vending machines. The listed brands and flavors include the following: York-a-cola, Diet York-a-cola, Dr. Stepper, Troovy Juice, Ginger Spritz, and Banana-flavored Fantasia.

Shortly after this inspection concluded, the appointed time for extraction occurred, bringing D-79438 back to the testing chamber at Site-19.

[End of recording.]

Exhibit Appearance: A limestone building in the center of the city, similar in design to the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. of the United States. The building is surrounded by greenery and an ornate fence. Prior to entering this section of the city, the vehicle passed through two tall buildings with large indents missing from their sides, indicating a large gateway had once been placed between them.

Exhibit Description: "Apparently in this timeline, some of the more Southern colonists succeeded in gaining independence from Great Britain and formed their own country, with New York City as its capital. Here, you can even see the meeting place of their parliament equivalent. Although, they could certainly use a few lessons in terms of architecture!" *After this the robotic voice laughs audibly.*

Addendum 1: On 2019/10/22, at 6:37 am, SCP-5083 spontaneously self-activated, transporting itself to an unknown location, presumably in another dimension. It is currently not contained and has been reclassified as Uncontained. After partial success in restoring Document 5083-1, research indicates that this is likely to have been caused by an automatic teleportation recall feature.

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‡ Licensing / Citation

SCP Sandbox III

Sandbox III: Revenge of the Sandbox

NOTICE FROM THE FOUNDATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

3/5083 LEVEL 3/5083

CLASSIFIED

Item #: SCP-5083

Object Class: Uncontained