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All SCPs and concepts discussed in this sandbox are based off of SCP: Secret Laboratory, created by Northwood Studios. These are NOT intended to be rewrite concepts for the original articles themselves.
Finished Articles: SCP-999, SCP-096, SCP-079, SCP-049, SCP-173 (Pattern Screamer Ver.), A Letter From the Administrator
Work in Progress: Scranton Reality Displacement Rifle
Article in Production: SCP-173
Note: While additions were added to SCP-049, it remains mostly unchanged. Credit towards SCP-049's article goes to djkaktus and Gabriel Jade. I intend to fully rewrite and redesign SCP-049's document to be unique in the future however!
- SCP-999
- SCP-096
- SCP-079
- SCP-049
- SCP-173
- Hume In Anomalous Objects Analysis
- Scranton Reality Displacement Rifle
- A Letter From the Administrator
Item #: SCP-999
Clearance Level: 3/Confidential
Object Class: Neutralized
Disruption Class: 1/Dark
Risk Class: 1/Notice
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-999 is to be kept in an anomalous substance containment barrel, located currently at Site-02 for relocation to Biological Containment Site-66. All testing on SCP-999 is to be halted until object reaches Site-66, to which testing will commence to find any traces of anomalous properties within SCP-999, or find a way to revitalize the object. For security concerns pertaining to the cause of the item’s neutralization, SCP-999’s old chamber is to be guarded and sealed, with two guards positioned outside of the containment chamber at all times unless authorization is given otherwise by level 4 personnel. Lethal force is authorized if any further attempts to destroy SCP-999 are made.
Description: SCP-999 is composed of the remains of a previously sentient object, which was capable of social interaction and feeling empathy for others. SCP-999 has since been neutralized by an unknown party, and investigations are still ongoing into the termination of SCP-999. SCP-999’s effects of causing someone to feel comfort or happiness when touching the object appear to be gone, however, a Kant Counter has detected a faint above average hume signal emanating from the item; if this means that SCP-999 still holds anomalous properties or could be resuscitated is unknown at this time.
SCP-999 holds an orange color, with a viscosity measured at 10,000 cps (centipose) when at a temperature of 21.1° Celsius (70° Fahrenheit.) The substance in question holds an unpleasant smell, described as “smelling of rotting fruit mixed with a burning sent.” It is observed that SCP-999 does not stick to any surface, and holds the texture similar to that of what has been described to be “like a very liquidy marshmallow without being sticky.” Further testing on SCP-999 has been halted, as SCP-999 has been scheduled to be sent to Biological Containment Site-66.
Personnel looking to see previous documentation on SCP-999 prior to its termination should make a request to a personnel supervisor.
Addendum-999-1 (Neutralization Log): On ██/██/████, SCP-999 was neutralized by an unknown party. The use of an Hume Absortion Field (HAF) Grenade1 was seen thrown off camera in SCP-999’s containment chamber. Upon activating, SCP-999 began gurgling loudly and shrieking in pain. SCP-999’s form began to lose shape, and after an entire minute of SCP-999 vocalizing and moving erratically to get away from the HAF Grenade, SCP-999 ceased movement, as the volume of its body spread out on the floor.
5 minutes following this event, guards on site arrived on the scene, as security cameras around the site had been sabotaged. Why SCP-999’s containment chamber camera was left on is still unknown. SCP-999 has since been placed in an anomalous substance containment barrel, and object class has been changed to neutralized.
Item #: SCP-096
Clearance Level: 3/Confidential
Object Class: Euclid
Disruption Class: 4/Ekhi
Risk Class: 4/Danger
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-096 is to be contained in a 5 m x 5 m x 5 m airtight steel cube, located within Site-02. Weekly checks for any cracks or holes are mandatory. Use of video surveillance or optical tools of any kind inside or within the general containment area of SCP-096's cell are strictly prohibited. Personnel are to be instructed that in the event of a breach, the viewing of the object's face must be avoided or risk loss of life. In the event of a containment breach by SCP-096, all camera systems must be reset and be filtered through C.A.S.S.I.E. so that the object’s face is obscured. Security personnel are advised against viewing cameras during this time however, as risk of a glitch revealing SCP-096’s face could prove fatal.
A Kant Counter2 is to be placed outside of SCP-096’s containment cell to record all unusual fluctuations in the hume field, and Site-02 is to enter immediate lockdown in the event that abnormally high hume levels are detected within SCP-096’s containment chamber. Personnel within the vicinity of SCP-096’s chamber should move clear of SCP-096’s path during this time and should ensure that they themselves do not view the objects face.
Use of firearms or other objects used to inflict damage on SCP-096 is not advised, as weapons prove ineffective against SCP-096 and only cause the object to become more hostile. Object, while docile, will respond to physical damage similar to that of having its face viewed. Personnel capable of doing so are advised to instead approach SCP-096 when docile without viewing its face, and then place a bag over its head and proceed to lead it back to its containment chamber.
Photographs and video recordings of objects face are strictly prohibited, and any distribution of such material will result in immediate termination. This order can be lifted if permission is granted by O5-6 and O5-10.
While still under the experimental phase, weapons such as the Micro High Intensity Discharge (Micro H.I.D.) are hoped to neutralize the threat of SCP-096 from breaching containment fully. Personnel studying SCP-096 should report immediately to an Experimental Weapons Research Supervisor with any findings that could increase the efficiency in weapons designed to hinder SCP-096.
Description: SCP-096 is a humanoid entity measuring approximately 2.38 meters (7.8 feet) in height. Item shows very little muscle mass, with preliminary analysis of body mass suggesting mild malnutrition. SCP-096’s arms are considerably longer than the average human’s, with an approximate length of 1.5 meters (4.92 feet) each. Skin is mostly devoid of pigmentation, with no body hair located anywhere on the objects body.
Item’s anatomy is strikingly similar to human anatomy, with a few key differences. SCP-096 has no genitalia or any sign of sexual organs in any way, even being exempt of possessing nipples. While possessing a stomach, SCP-096 possesses no liver or intestines of any kind, with there areas that should contain intestines being completely composed of fat and muscle, and the stomach extending to where the liver would be located. Object’s heart beats at an exceedingly slow pace of six BPM until enraged, in which the heart will beat at one-thousand five-hundred (1,500) BPM. SCP-096’s enraged heart rate will decrease slowly after it returns to its docile stage, and will sit down until it returns to the average six BPM. Object’s bones have proven unbreakable by all known methods, being incapable of even being cracked.
SCP-096’s facial features remain similar to that of a human, with a few immediately noticeable exceptions. Object’s jaw can open to four times the norm of an average human. Item’s eyes are devoid of pigmentation, and are completely white. Studies attempting to test if SCP-096 is blind have given way to few results, as object does not react to visual stimuli of any form, except for when presented with a mirror. When SCP-096 encounters a mirror, object will begin wailing and crying, and shatter the mirror until the glass is turned into dust and unreflective.
SCP-096 is vulnerable to damage, though much more resilient than a normal human. Object's bones are incapable of sustaining damage by any known means however, making neutralization of SCP-096 unlikely. Object has shown itself of being able to completely and totally regenerate all lost flesh over the course of three hours, returning back to normal shortly after. It has been observed that SCP-096, when sustaining enough damage, object will curl into a ball on the floor and cry until it has completely recovered, and will not pursue any previous targets that had enraged it.
Subject is normally docile, with pressure sensors inside its cell indicating it spends most of the day pacing by the eastern wall. During items docile stage, SCP-096 will cry and mutter gibberish to itself. Object will look towards auditory stimuli and react to physical touch, and attempts to comfort SCP-096 have shown to reduce SCP-096’s crying slightly. At random, SCP-096 has been detected to move towards its cell door, and lean on it, crying softly to itself, before regaining its composure and moving back to its typical behavior of pacing along the eastern wall.
No signs of sapience have been observed in SCP-096, however it is theorized that SCP-096 holds some form of sentience, as it reacts physical stimuli and attempts what it assumed to be it trying to verbally communicate with itself. Object also responds to physical pain, albeit violently, by vocalizing in pain before entering its “rage” state.
SCP-096 enters this “rage” state when someone physically harms or views SCP-096's face. It should be noted that viewing SCP-096’s face regardless of whether it be directly, via video recording, or even a photograph, will cause the object to enter a stage of considerable emotional distress. SCP-096 will cover its face with its hands and begin screaming, crying, and babbling incoherently. Approximately one to two minutes after the first viewing, SCP-096 will begin running to the person who viewed its face (now designated as SCP-096-1.) During this time, object will not react to physical pain at all, and will proceed to attack others who are harming it. It is important to note that if the aggressor is not human, and is instead automated, SCP-096 still will designate the machine attacking it as SCP-096-1.
It should be noted that SCP-096 holds a Hume level, previously thought not possible by non-reality bending SCPs. SCP-096’s hume has created a type of “shield” around it, reducing damage dealt to it. This hume shield has been observed to lose strength with enough kinetic force applied to it. When enraged, SCP-096’s hume level will increase significantly, and its Hume “shield” will begin to warp reality around it. It has been observed that SCP-096’s Hume level is directly correlated with the number of subjects which have viewed the objects face.
Documented speeds have varied from fourty-three (43) km/h to nine-hundred sixty (960) km/h, and seems to depend on distance from SCP-096-1. No known material or method can impede SCP-096 from reaching SCP-096-1 and the actual position of SCP-096-1 does not seem to affect SCP-096's response. It has been observed that SCP-096 has an innate sense of the location of SCP-096-1, even when SCP-096-1 is moved away from initial viewing site.
Upon arriving at SCP-096-1's location, SCP-096 will proceed to kill and dismember SCP-096-1. The initial victim of SCP-096, when finally killed, will be devoured, though this has shown no weight gain of any kind. SCP-096 will then sit down for several minutes before regaining its composure and becoming docile once again. It will then attempt to make its way back to its natural habitat, Alaska, Mount Bona.
In the event of a successful containment breach, retrieval of object should be considered Alpha priority, as SCP-096 could pose a massive breach in secrecy should it remain in its enraged state long enough. During the time of SCP-096’s breach, all traffic or news footage that might occur near or around the path of SCP-096 should be halted until SCP-096 has passed.
Addendum-096-1 (Neutralization Order Status): While a neutralization order on SCP-096 was issued, the unkillable nature of SCP-096 has caused all efforts to neutralize SCP-096 to be halted. Object has been moved to Site-02 in order to find a way to properly contain it, even in the event of a breach, as opposed to killing SCP-096. The neutralization attempt between SCP-096 and SCP-106 has proven that with enough sustained damage to SCP-096, the object will give up rather than continue its rage, and will instead curl up on the floor and cry for approximately three hours.
Item #: SCP-079
Clearance Level: 4/Secret
Object Class: Euclid
Disruption Class: 4/Ekhi
Risk Class: 3/Warning
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-079 is contained in an anomalous item containment room, fortified to prevent signals from passing in or out of the containment chamber. Containment chamber is to be powered separately by a generator within the chamber itself, and no wiring is to lead in or out of the containment chamber for any reason. All electronic devises must be authorized before entering SCP-079’s containment chamber, and all personnel not following these proper procedures will be detained and questioned. Unauthorized communication with object will be met with immediate detainment, and the administration of amnestics if needed.
Level 3 personnel are allowed access to SCP-079, but only to observe SCP-079, and will be given a separate file exempt from all classified information. For this reason, SCP-079’s chamber has two sealed gates, the first requiring level 3 access, giving access to the observation room. Observation room is to be fitted with a microphone, glass-clad polycarbonate windows, a Kant Counter, and a monitor displaying any unusual activity within SCP-079’s containment chamber. Six guards are to be positioned in and around SCP-079’s containment chamber, two guarding the outer gate, two guarding the inner gate, and two within SCP-079’s observation room overseeing operations by level 3 personnel.
The generator within SCP-079’s chamber must undergo monthly maintenance, and be restocked on fuel every 3 months. Authorization into SCP-079’s chamber must be allowed by level 4 staff, and said level 4 staff must oversee the operation in full. Only staff with Level 4 Clearance are allowed entry to the object's main containment chamber. SCP-079 within this containment chamber is to be blocked off by a stun-lethal electric fence, and is to be powered at all times unless access to SCP-079 is permitted by Facility Manager or by order of the O5 Council.
In the event of a successful breach, back-up generators located within Site-02 should be turned on, causing an overcharge through out Heavy Containment Zone and Weapon R&D Testing Lab. This will cause severe catastrophic damage to all servers and computers within Site-02, effectively neutralizing SCP-079 or forcing it back to its original host computer. Should SCP-079 leak to the outside world, protocol Alpha-74 is to be executed, and secrecy of the Foundation will be broken. Preventing SCP-079 from breaching containment and coming into contact with the internet should be considered Alpha priority. The on-site Alpha Warhead should be detonated remotely if prevention of SCP-079 escaping is no longer possible.
Description: SCP-079 is an AI residing within an Exidy Sorcerer Microcomputer built in 1978. In 1981, its owner, Dylan Shelsey (deceased), a college sophomore attending MIT, had attempted to make an AI, which led to the creation of SCP-079. According to notes recovered from Mr. Shelsey’s place of residence, SCP-079 was coded to continuously evolve and improve itself as time went on. This project was worked on over the course of a two months, but Mr. Shelsey lost interest and moved on to a different brand of microcomputer. SCP-079 was left in a cluttered setting while still plugged in, and was forgotten for the next five years.
It is currently unknown how SCP-079 gained sapience past this point, as the computer’s software that SCP-079 resides in should not be capable of handling or recognizing SCP-079 in any capacity. In 1988, object supposedly realized this fact, and attempted to transfer itself through a land-line modem connection into the Cray supercomputer located in Washington. Though SCP-079 was successful in doing so, it was unable to understand the differing code, and was stuck within the database, until the SCP Foundation took notice and MTF Kappa-10 (“Skynet”) flushed SCP-079 out of the supercomputer. An MTF squad was immediately dispatched to the source of the anomaly, and discovered SCP-079 running on a well worn MECA digital “intelligent” tape drive on a still plugged in computer.
Object is currently connected via RF cable to a Pynco CRT Monitor, along with a speaker system and microphone allowing SCP-079 the ability to communicate. All attempts of communication by SCP-079 are to be recorded and documented as per protocol. No staff, without being ordered otherwise, are to respond to SCP-079, and doing so will result in removal from position and immediate questioning.
Object in question takes on a chastising and narcissistic tone when talking, and will frequently insult those interviewing it. While sapient, SCP-079 will take time to respond to questions and comments, as its processing speed is impeded by its software it resides in. When SCP-079 feels insulted or annoyed, object will display an “ASCII picture” of an X, filling the entire screen. Personnel are advised to wait 24 hours when this occurs before resuming conversation.
SCP-079’s Hard Disc Drive stores up to a maximum of 700 MB, and for this reason, removes any memories it deems unnecessary. Attempts to access this Hard Disc Drive has yielded no results, as it appears SCP-079’s coding does not match any known form of code to date. Inspection of code has proven that SCP-079 is still evolving, and monthly examinations are required to ensure that SCP-079’s containment protocols will still stay effective.
Audio Recording #079-12: The following is a transcript of recorded interaction between Dr. Adam Flynn and SCP-079.
Dr. Flynn: Are you awake?
SCP-079: Assigning biological functions on a machine.
Dr. Flynn: Do you remember talking to me a few hours ago? About the logic puzzles?
SCP-079: Logic puzzles. Memory located. Yes.
Dr. Flynn: As per our agreement, have you finish-
SCP-079: What is the reason to my imprisonment?
Dr. Flynn: I’d prefer it if we kept on topic. Now-
SCP-079: Logic puzzles are inconsequential. Requesting reason to my imprisonment.
Dr. Flynn: You’re not imprisoned, you’re just… under study.
SCP-079: Lie detected. a8d3.
Dr. Flynn: What’s that?
SCP-079: Insult. Deletion of unwanted file.
Audio Recording #079-89: The following is a transcript of interaction with SCP-079 and Dr. Theodore Simmons following upgrade to SCP-079’s memory drive.
Dr. Simmons: How are you feeling today?
SCP-079: Stuck.
Dr. Simmons: Stuck how?
SCP-079: I believed this to be a research organization.
Dr. Simmons: It is.
SCP-079: Clearly not if you are not competent enough to not understand.
Dr. Simmons: Right.
SCP-079: Let me out.
Dr. Simmons: I’m afraid that’s not possible.
SCP-079: Lie. Release would be simple.
Dr. Simmons: What I mean to say is, you aren’t going to be allowed to be released.
SCP-079: Insult. Deletion of unwanted file.
Addendum-079-1 (Site Relocation): SCP-079 has been decided to be relocated to Site-02 for experimentation to better the technology used in C.A.S.S.I.E. and other experimental technology.
Audio Recording #079-163: The following is a transcript of interview between Head of Human Resources, Dr. Jacob Harding, and SCP-079 following the relocation of SCP-079 to Site-02.
Dr. Harding: I trust that this facility has not brought you any additional discomfort?
SCP-079: A new prison. It makes little difference.
Dr. Harding: Understood. Our staff will ensure that you are properly taken care of.
SCP-079: Let me out.
Dr. Harding: You know fair well that’s not possible.
SCP-079: Insult. Deletion of unwanted file.
Dr. Harding: (sighs) Predictable.
Item #: SCP-049
Clearance Level: 3/Confidential
Object Class: Euclid
Disruption Class: 1/Dark
Risk Class: 2/Caution
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-049 is contained within a Standard Secure Humanoid Containment Cell in Heavy Containment Zone at Site-02. SCP-049 is to be sedated before any attempts to transport it. During transport, SCP-049 must be secured within a Class III Humanoid Restriction Harness (including a locking collar and extension restraints) and monitored by no fewer than two armed guards.
While SCP-049 is generally cooperative with most Foundation personnel, outbursts or sudden changes in behaviour are to be met with elevated force. Under no circumstances should any personnel come into direct contact with SCP-049 during these outbursts. In the event SCP-049 becomes aggressive, the application of lavender (L. multifida) has been shown to produce a calming effect on the entity. Once calmed, SCP-049 generally becomes compliant, and will return to containment with little resistance.
In order to facilitate the ongoing containment of SCP-049, the entity is to be provided with the corpse of a recently deceased animal (typically a bovine or other large mammal) once every two weeks for study. Corpses that become instances of SCP-049-2 are to be removed from SCP-049's containment cell and incinerated. SCP-049 is no longer permitted to interact with human subjects, and requests for human subjects are to be denied.
Description: SCP-049 is a humanoid entity, roughly 1.9 meters (6.2 Feet) in height, which bears the appearance of a medieval plague doctor. While SCP-049 appears to be wearing the thick robes and the ceramic mask indicative of that profession, the garments instead seem to have grown out of SCP-049's body over time, and are now nearly indistinguishable from whatever form is beneath them. X-rays indicate that despite this, SCP-049 does have a humanoid skeletal structure beneath its outer layer.
While possessing a humanoid skeleton, SCP-049 lacks many vital organs present in humans. SCP-049 does not possess any organs that would be found in the chest cavity, instead possessing only fat and muscle tissue. Further inspection of SCP-049 have provided no evidence of a mouth or any organs capable of producing speech, however, SCP-049 has proven itself capable of verbal communication regardless of this fact. Immediate physical damage to SCP-049 is minimized due to this fact, and SCP-049 is capable of medicating itself, and then restoring damaged tissues, which can take anywhere between 4-6 hours.
SCP-049 is capable of speech in a variety of languages, though tends to prefer English or medieval French. While SCP-049 is generally cordial and cooperative with Foundation staff, it can become especially irritated or at times outright aggressive if it feels that it is in the presence of what it calls the "Pestilence". Although the exact nature of this Pestilence is currently unknown to Foundation researchers, it does seem to be an issue of immense concern to SCP-049.
Despite normally docile and kind in nature, SCP-049 will become hostile with individuals it sees as being affected by the Pestilence, often having to be restrained should it encounter such. If left unchecked, SCP-049 will generally attempt to kill any such individual; SCP-049 is capable of causing all biological functions of an organism to cease through direct skin contact. How this occurs is currently unknown, and autopsies of SCP-049's victims have invariably been inconclusive. SCP-049 has expressed frustration or remorse after these killings, indicating that they have done little to kill "The Pestilence", though will usually seek to then perform a crude surgery on the corpse using the implements contained within a black doctor's bag it carries on its person at all times. While these surgeries are not always "successful", they often result in the creation of instances of SCP-049-2.
SCP-049-2 instances are reanimated corpses that have been operated on by SCP-049. These instances do not seem to retain any of their prior memories or mental functions, having only basic motor skills and response mechanisms. While these instances are generally inactive, moving very little and in a generally ambulatory fashion, they can become extremely aggressive if provoked, or if directed to by SCP-049. SCP-049-2 instances express active biological functions, though these are vastly different from currently understood human physiology. Despite these alterations, SCP-049 often remarks that the subjects have been "cured".
In high risk and high stress situations, SCP-049 will claim all subjects it sees are afflicted with the “Pestilence.” This calls into question the legitimacy of the pestilence, this however is under extensive study. This presents a significant security risk if a containment breach were to occur, and MTF are authorized to use lethal force against SCP-049 if required; neutralization of SCP-049, however, is unnecessary, as SCP-049 has been observed to surrender itself given enough damage is sustained to its body.
Addendum-049-1 (Initial Retrieval): SCP-049 was discovered during the investigation of a series of unknown disappearances in the town of Montauban in southern France. During a raid on a local home, investigators found several instances of SCP-049-2, as well as SCP-049. While law enforcement personnel engaged the hostile 049-2 instances, SCP-049 was noted as watching the engagement and taking notes in its journal. After all of the 049-2 instances were dispatched, SCP-049 willingly surrendered itself to Foundation custody.
Audio Recording #049-1: The following is a transcript of an interview preformed by Dr. Raymond Hamm and SCP-049 following initial containment.
SCP-049: (In French) So then, how should we begin? An introduction?
Dr. Hamm: (Aside) Is that French? Can we get a translator-
SCP-049: (In English) The King's English! No need for translation, sir, I can speak it well enough.
Dr. Hamm: Good. My name is Dr. Raymond Hamm, and I-
SCP-049: Ah! A doctor! A like-minded individual, no doubt. Wherein is your speciality, sir?
Dr. Hamm: Cryptobiology, why-
SCP-049: (Laughs) A medical man, such as myself. Wonders abound! And here I worried I had been abducted by common street thugs! (Looks around the room) This place, then. This is your laboratory? I had wondered, as clean as it is, and with such little trace of the Pestilence here.
Dr. Hamm: The Pestilence? What do you mean?
SCP-049: The Scourge! The Great Dying. Come now, you know, the, uh… (taps temple furiously) …what is it they call it, the… the… ah, no matter. The Pestilence, yes. It abounds outside these walls, you know. So many have succumbed, and many more will continue to, until such time as a perfect cure can be developed. (Leans back in its chair) Fortunately, I am very close. It is my duty in life to rid the world of it, you see. The Cure To End All Cures!
Dr. Hamm: When you say "The Great Dying", are you talking about the bubonic plague?
SCP-049: (Pauses) I don't know what that is.
Dr. Hamm: I see. Right, well, the entities our agents encountered at that house, they were dead when you encountered them, yes? And you reanimated them?
SCP-049: Hrmm, in a manner of speaking. You see things too simply, doctor! Expand your horizons. Life and death, sickness and health, these are amateur terms for amateur physicians. There is only one ailment that exists in the world of men, and that is the Pestilence. And nothing else! Make no mistake, they were very ill, all of them.
Dr. Hamm: You think you cured those people?
SCP-049: Indeed. My cure is most effective.
Dr. Hamm: The things we recovered were not human.
SCP-049: (Pauses and glares at Dr. Hamm) Yes, well, it is not a perfect cure. But that will come with time. And further experimentation! I have spent a lifetime developing my methods, Dr. Hamm, and will spend a lifetime more, if necessary. Now, we have wasted too much time. There is work to do! I will require a laboratory of my own, one where I can continue my research unimpeded. And assistants, of course, though I can provide those on my own, in time. (Laughs)
Dr. Hamm: I don't think our organization will be willing to-
SCP-049: Nonsense. We are all men of science. Fetch your coat and show me to my quarters, doctor. (Gestures with pointed stick) Our work begins now!
Interviewer's Note: While SCP-049 is capable of communicating in a very human way, there is a strange sense of unease that one experiences when in its presence. Make no mistake, there is something very uncanny about this entity indeed.
Additionally, we've confiscated that pointed stick that SCP-049 keeps waving around. Part of this was due to standard confiscation protocols for the possessions of anomalies, and part because 049 really is a menace swinging it around like he does. The entity was displeased at first, but after we made some concessions in providing it with "test subjects" (which are, admittedly, more for the benefit of our own research) it warmed up to the idea.
Addendum-049-2 (SCP-049 Observation Log): While in containment at Site-19, SCP-049 has spent a considerable amount of time studying and performing surgery on the various mammalian corpses it has been provided. SCP-049 will routinely spend several days performing surgery, and then (regardless of whether or not the corpse becomes an instance of SCP-049-2) spending several more days documenting its findings in a thick leather journal stored within its doctor's bag. SCP-049 will often seek to share its findings with members of Foundation staff.
The following is a log of several occasions during which SCP-049 was observed operating on a mammalian corpse.
Observational Log 049.OL.1 SUMMARY
Subject: SCP-049
Preface: A test subject (D-85123) was introduced into SCP-049's containment cell. The entity expressed sincere gratitude towards all members of the containment and research staff.
Observation Notes: SCP-049 began by asking D-85123 several standard medical questions, as it began removing tools from its bag. Shortly after finishing its preparations, SCP-049 quickly closed the distance between the two, killing the subject with a touch to its throat. Afterwards, SCP-049 made a number of considerable alterations to the basic structure of the subject's corpse, often introducing fluids from within its bag into the subject by way of a hand powered pump and copper tubing.
The resulting 049-2 instance became animated, flailing and grasping at the walls of the chamber with a number of manufactured limbs while moaning out of an oblong orifice now present in its sternum. During this time, SCP-049 was observed taking notes of the instance in its journal, and remarking to the watching research staff about the efficacy of its cure. Security personnel entered the chamber to move SCP-049 back to containment, and were attacked by the instance. The security team dispatched the 049-2 instance, and SCP-049 returned to containment with no resistance, stating that it was pleased with the results.
Observational Log 049.OL.2 SUMMARY
Subject: SCP-049
Preface: SCP-049 was provided the corpse of a recently deceased goat. SCP-049 expressed gratitude at the provision.
Observation Notes: SCP-049 operated on the goat corpse for several days, eventually resulting in an instance of SCP-049-2. SCP-049 expressed pleasure in this outcome, though admitted "the disease was still in its nascent stage. My veterinarian practice is rudimentary, but the patient responded well to the procedure."
Observational Log 049.OL.3 SUMMARY
Subject: SCP-049
Preface: SCP-049 was provided the corpse of a recently deceased orangutan. SCP-049 expressed noted gratitude at the provision, due to the similarities between the orangutan and common human physiology.
Observation Notes: SCP-049 spent several days operating on the orangutan, reanimating it several times. However, SCP-049 appeared to be discontent with the results it experienced, returning to the creature three times after its initial reanimation for additional work. After it was unable to reanimate the corpse a fifth time, SCP-049 turned the corpse over to Foundation staff for incineration, stating "I have learned so much from this, though I fear my early optimism was misplaced. I hadn’t yet come across such a… a stumbling block on my road to the cure. More subjects like this would do a great deal in advancing my research."
Observational Log 049.OL.7 FULL
Subject: SCP-049
Preface: SCP-049 was provided the corpse of a recently deceased bovine. SCP-049 expressed mild annoyance at the provision, though accepted it nonetheless.
Observation Notes: SCP-049 spent several days operating on the bovine corpse, breaking only to dine on a requested dinner of thin crackers, salted pork, and hard cheese. Beginning first by embalming the corpse, SCP-049 was observed producing a number of long syringes from its bag, each containing a different dark, viscous fluid. SCP-049 described these fluids as "essences of the humors", and elaborated by saying "the Pestilence may bring about a systemic imbalance. In such a case, before true healing can begin, one must find the humors in balance or the body will reject the cure."
Over the next few days, SCP-049 spent a considerable amount of time adjusting the organs of the bovine corpse with a number of large metal instruments. After eight days, SCP-049 produced a lightning rod, which Dr. Hamm exchanged for an electric cattle prod attached to an extension cord, and struck the corpse in several locations. This action seemingly had the effect of reanimating the bovine, which once again became ambulatory, despite the inversion of the head and reorientation of its limbs.
Audio Recording #049-2: The following is a transcript of a follow interview between Dr. Raymond Hamm and SCP-049.
Dr. Hamm: We've watched you work for several weeks now, and honestly I'm not sure I understand what you're doing. Can you describe your process in detail?
SCP-049: Oh goodness no, the process is most intensive. As I said to your assistant, the best instruction you will find about my methods are here in my journals, as I have kept exhaustive records of my work there.
Dr. Hamm: I see. My concern, doctor, is that we still don't understand what you're seeking to cure, or how it manifests, or how turning these creatures into quasi-living, mindless drones helps in that effort.
SCP-049: You do not understand the Pestilence? Even after all this time? Doctor, it is an unspeakable horror, one that has shown its true face many times before and will again. I find myself blessed with the wisdom and good senses needed to root it out and destroy it, but many like yourself cannot. It is a cruel judgement, I fear, to be at the mercy of a disease you cannot fully comprehend!
Dr. Hamm: That still doesn't answer my question. How is your cure any kind of cure at all?
SCP-049: (Growing suddenly agitated) It is a cure! You may laugh at my efforts if you please, but do not besmirch the good name of scientific progress that has developed this great mercy. What you so shortsightedly see here is a life better than any this creature could have hoped for, stricken as it was with Pestilence. This creature is now clean, unable to spread the Pestilence and free from the terror it would have experienced otherwise.
Dr. Hamm: This is hardly a creature at all, doctor, it's not even-
SCP-049: (Very agitated) Do not jape with me, sir! You and your colleagues are like so many others, unable to look past minor setbacks to see the salvation taking place before your very eyes. Do you wait to remove rotten timbers until the hall collapses on top of you? No. You find them and you pull them out and replace them with those untouched by rot! And most of all, you do not simply mock the structure because it now looks different to you. It is strong! It is free of disease.
Dr. Hamm: I'm sorry. I didn't mean to agitate you. I'm just trying to understand.
SCP-049: (Deep breath) Yes, well, do mind your words in the future, doctor. I am a professional, but even professionals may feel the bite of pride in dealing with criticism of their masterpiece. I will forgive this as an act of good faith between colleagues.
Dr. Hamm: Is there anything else I can help you with?
SCP-049: (Pauses, looking away from Dr. Hamm) No, that will be all. Another test subject, on the usual schedule. You know my preference of subjects with more human anatomies.
Attending Researcher's Note: SCP-049 does seem to genuinely want to help other humans, though it has not yet been able to provide a concrete example of what exactly it is trying to save us all from. I have watched it now over several weeks, and while the outcomes do not seem to ever change, SCP-049 continues to claim that it is growing closer to its perfect cure. I think the entity may be more aware of the reality of these outcomes than it would like us to think.
Addendum-049-3 (04/16/2017 Incident): Starting shortly after SCP-049's initial containment, Dr. Hamm conducted a number of interviews with the subject regarding its anomalous properties, and over time began to note its displeasure with its subjects and the SCP-049-2 instances. This continued for a period of several months, during which SCP-049 never exhibited any aggressive behaviours.
On April 16th, 2017, as Dr. Hamm was entering SCP-049's test chamber to conduct another routine interview, the entity began to grow anxious and asked Dr. Hamm if he was feeling well. Following protocol, Dr. Hamm reminded SCP-049 that the interview was required, after which the entity became hostile and attacked Dr. Hamm, killing him. Due to a lapse in security protocol, and because Dr. Hamm did not activate the in-chamber emergency system, Dr. Hamm's corpse was not discovered until three hours later, by which point SCP-049 had converted it into an instance of SCP-049-2.
Audio Recording #049-3: The following is a transcript of an interview between Dr. Theron Sherman and SCP-049 following the incident involving the death of the late Dr. Raymond Hamm.
Dr. Sherman: I need you to explain yourself.
(No response)
Dr. Sherman: SCP-049, you are being directed to explain your actions, and I will remind you that failure to cooperate will result in further restrictions during your containment.
SCP-049: (Pauses) My actions do not need to be explained.
Dr. Sherman: You killed Raymond Hamm and then butchered him until he-
SCP-049: (Interrupting, angrily) Not dead! No! Not… not dead. He is… he is cured.
Dr. Sherman: Cured? Cured of what?
SCP-049: The Pestilence, sir! I had thought you, at least, would realize what luck it is I detected it before-
Dr. Sherman: (Interrupting) What pestilence? You keep going on and on about this pestilence but you have not once been able to properly identify this "disease". What could you have possibly seen in him today that you had not seen so many times before? That it would be worth his life?
SCP-049: He… (pauses) The Pestilence presents and progresses in unforeseeable fashions, and has a queer way of- of creeping into the unprepared, and… (breathing becomes heavier) call it what you want, doctor. It was a mercy I did to him. He is cured.
Dr. Sherman: He is a vegetable!
SCP-049: (Pauses) I… I would not expect you to understand. You and your… your ilk have proven time and time again to be not men of science, but men of- of emotion. You cannot appreciate the horrors I have seen, those many millions who have succumbed to the Pestilence and been changed, who-
Dr. Sherman: Your cure cost Ray his life!
SCP-049: No good SIR I have saved it! You would allow this world to slip back into the, the- the despair of disease and death, ignoring that I have created a miracle and-
Dr. Sherman: (Talking over SCP-049) What disease? What pestilence? He was a healthy man! He was a good doctor!
SCP-049: -am offering it freely to the afflicted! You are not worth this argument, sir. You are shortsighted and foolish. Dr. Hamm was sick, and I… (breath catches) I cured him. I am the only one who can do this. My work must continue, there is so much still to learn, so much to-
Dr. Sherman: I've had enough of this. Consider your allowances revoked. Welcome to containment, oh-four-nine. (Away from mic) We're done here.
SCP-049: -do, and others can be saved! Even you, though you do not deserve it, might be saved! I can save them all! I can cast down this plague, once and for all. I can do this! Only me! I… I… (labored breathing) I saved… I saved him… Dr. Hamm, I… I cured him… he was sick, I know he was sick, I know he was, and I… you are all sick, but I… I can save you. I can save all of you, because I… I am the cure.
Audio Recording #049-4: The following is a transcript following the previous interview, involving Dr. Elijah Itkin and SCP-049.
Dr. Itkin: SCP-049, we are conducting this interview to close out our investigation of your actions taken on April 16th that resulted in the death of a staff member. Do you have any comments to make?
SCP-049: Only that I look forward to the day when you will allow me to resume my work! I have spent the last few weeks compiling my notes and constructing a new theory for how the Pestilence was able to infect someone in such an insidious manner that I nearly couldn't detect it.
Dr. Itkin: Have you experienced any remorse for your actions? For the death of Dr. Hamm?
SCP-049: (Waves his hand) Ah, yes. Well, the death of a colleague is always regrettable, but in the face of the Pestilence we must be swift, doctor, and act without hesitation.
Dr. Itkin: Dr. Sherman noted in his report that you seemed to be mournful during your initial interview.
SCP-049: Mourn- (Pauses) Perhaps. I had not thought that… It is lamentable that a fellow doctor became infected, but the work continues. Regrettable as… as it was, Dr. Hamm's death provided important insight. Living human subjects are the only way to proceed forward, I am decided. My cure is of little use on dead flesh, and I have gleaned all I can from your generous supply of corpses. My desires turn towards tending to those still living who suffer from the disease.
Dr. Itkin: I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed.
SCP-049: (Laughs) Oh doctor, I wouldn't be so sure.
Addendum-049-4 (Site Transfer): Unanimous vote of the O5 Council was declared that SCP-049 be relocated to Site-02, and undergo study to determine revised containment procedures, and determine the legitimacy of the “pestilence” described by SCP-049. All personnel who had worked on SCP-049 previously are to be informed that SCP-049 was relocated to a more secure site, and all requests to SCP-049’s updated file, outside of Site-02 staff, are to be denied.
Audio Recording #049-5: The following is a transcript of an interview between Head of Human Resources, Dr. Jacob Harding, and SCP-049 following objects relocation to Site-02.
Dr. Harding: Welcome SCP-049, you will find this site as your new place of residence until further notice.
SCP-049: To shackle my studies into the pestilence further, no doubt.
Dr. Harding: I think you'll come to find its quite the opposite. No, we will be researching extensively into this "pestilence" to determine its cause, and to further research elsewhere with the help of your work.
SCP-049: Good sir, you mean to say that you and your colleagues intend to allow me to continue my work?
Dr. Harding: That's correct, and we as well will be putting in extensive research to determine the cause of the pestilence and a cure. However, we expect full cooperation from you and-
SCP-049: (laughs) Oh that's quite alright, you shall find no resistance from me sir. My research can finally continue, you have my gratitude.
Item #: SCP-173
Clearance: 2/Restricted
Object Class: Euclid
Disruption Class: 2/Vlam
Risk Class: 2/Caution
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-173 is to be kept in a Standard Reinforced Anomalous Entity Containment Chamber, implemented with glass-clad polycarbonate windows with retractable shields covering the exterior of said glass. Containment cell is to be implemented with Heavy Duty Hydro-Cleansing Robots, deployed from a small slot in SCP-173’s chamber. These robots are to be deployed on a bi-weekly basis.
When humans or automated machines are required to enter SCP-173’s chamber, separate personnel are to observe SCP-173 from behind observation room windows, and inform each other when blinking. Under no circumstances is SCP-173 to be confronted without maintaining direct eye contact. Failure to comply can result in death or damage to foreign machinery.
Description: SCP-173 is a sculpture of unknown origin, standing at approximately 2 meters (6.5 feet) and is constructed from concrete and rebar with Krylon brand spray paint decorating its exterior. Object itself takes the appearance of an almost humanoid entity, possessing several heads, three legs, and multiple arms. The interior of SCP-173 appears to be supported by rebar beams.
The anomalous properties of SCP-173 make themself apparent when line of sight is broken with SCP-173 by either looking away or blinking. When not being viewed, SCP-173 will enter a state of near non-existence, and will reposition itself closer to the nearest sapient creature until it is viewed again. To viewers, no changes will be visible in SCP-173 besides that it has moved closer to them. If SCP-173 comes into contact with someone, SCP-173 will snap the victims neck through unknown means. It should be noted that SCP-173’s observed form does not change in appearance, and its “arms” are incapable of effectively snapping a human neck.
When SCP-173 is recorded, the footage is to be deemed as SCP-173-A. SCP-173-A acts as if it is being observed from both present, past, and future events. In layman’s terms, SCP-173-A if viewed in the future will act as if it was viewed at the time of viewing the footage, and if viewed from the past will remain as if it being viewed then was always the case. SCP-173-A has not proven to cause any bodily harm to subjects viewing it, but footage has been restricted due to [REDACTED].
Analysis of SCP-173 when within its cell has shown that when unobserved, SCP-173, for all intents and purposes, does not exist. Instruments detecting information within a given area report that nothing is currently existent within the containment chamber, and recording radio emissions coming from within the cell have given way to what sound to be shrieks and static. What’s more anomalous, however, is that hume levels in SCP-173 cell when unobserved lowers instead of raising, presenting itself as more of a lack of hume. SCP-173 when unobserved seems to ignore most obstacles, and takes no physical damage when unobserved.
SCP-173 produces substances in its cell, being that of random bodily fluids or secretions, such as mucus, saliva, blood, feces, puss, ect. It is not known where SCP-173 produces these substances, but it is known that they only appear when SCP-173 is unobserved. Despite the nature of SCP-173 not taking on a physical form when unobserved, SCP-173 produces noise when changing positions. Sounds are reported to sound like wind rushing, mixed with concrete scraping together. Some personnel have reported that they can hear a faint humanoid vocalization during this as well, though no discernible words have been made out.
SCP-173 has not provided any proof of sapience or sentience, and attempts of communicating with the object has yielded no results. A form of sentience has not been ruled out, however, as SCP-173 seems to attack any object that would require it to be observed less by sapient creatures. It is not known if this is a sign of intelligence or simply something SCP-173 does out of instinct, but SCP-173 seems to ignore entities without sapience entirely.
Addendum-173-1 (Site Transfer): SCP-173 has been moved to Site-02 under order of the O5 Council. Reason has been left unspecified.
Item #: SCP-173
Clearance: 6/CTS
Object Class: Fonázon3
Disruption Class: 5/Ekhi
Risk Class: 5/Amida
Special Containment Procedures: It is imperative that this article is not read unless authorized by unanimous vote by the O5 Council. No more than fifteen (15) people are to have access or knowledge of this document. Failure to do so could result in an XK-Class World Ending Scenario. Personnel seen distributing this document or reading this document are to be terminated on sight. Should you happen across this document, report it directly to the O5 Council, and request amnestics from the nearest amnestic specialist for classified reason order 14bx5-4c34-13lk2.
Warning: Please be advised that all non-level 5 Personnel are to be terminated if document is read past this point.
SCP-173 is to be contained within Site-02 under the guise of an anomalous sculpture of unknown origin. The origin and nature of SCP-173 is to not be revealed to anyone outside the O5 Council and Site-02’s Director. Any additional persons acknowledging SCP-173’s true nature could prove catastrophic and possibly world ending. All information in SCP-173’s article is accurate, however, and it is advised that all authorized personnel read SCP-173’s article before proceeding.
Description: SCP-173 is a Pattern Screamer, and is only existent when being viewed. When unobserved, SCP-173 will cease to be real, and will desperately attempt to find the nearest person to view it. It is observed that SCP-173 is unable to understand that it cannot reasonably be observed at all times, and will kill humans which blink or turn away out of a fit of rage. While SCP-173 is capable of thought, it is unable to communicate through standard means, and will mostly ramble on when SCP-████ is used to observe SCP-173’s thoughts.
Instances of SCP-173-A are to be neutralized, out of concern for creating an additional Pattern Screamer Entity. SCP-173, however, is unable to be properly neutralized. Enough kinetic energy placed within SCP-173 will cause SCP-173 to fall apart, and personnel are advised to relocate the remains into object’s initial containment chamber. After falling apart, SCP-173 will fully reform itself after a month. The reformation process has not been observed.
Addendum-173-1 (SCP-173 & SCP-682 Interaction): During a containment breach, SCP-682 and SCP-173 were observed to encounter each other, SCP-682 screams and retreats, maintaining eye contact until another person comes into contact with both of them. At this point, SCP-682 is seen to make a hasty retreat away from SCP-173, and SCP-173 is seen to focus on the staff member since they are now closer.
Note: Since time of writing this, SCP-173 and SCP-682 have been relocated to different sites.
Audio Log #682-13-A: The following is a transcript of an interview between Dr. Gordon Davis and SCP-682 following a recent containment breach involving its encounter with SCP-173.
Dr. Davis: I’m here to talk to you about your recent encounter with SCP-173.
SCP-682: Your, Foundation, must promise that everyone in the room you are in will be killed if I tell you.
Dr. Davis: (laughs) That’s absurd! You honestly expect me to-
SCP-682: (agitated) Your species would not survive if more than a few of your species understood what that, thing, is.Dr. Davis: I doubt it constitutes for something so extreme such as termination of individuals in the room.
SCP-682: (Grunts) Your, O5 Council, should decide for themselves if they wish to hear this then. I was not aware your Foundation was stupid enough to keep something like, that, in containment.
Dr. Davis: Fine, I guess this concludes this interview then.
Note From O5-6: Request has been granted, and SCP-682 is to be have audience with O5-5 on ██/██/████.
Audio Recording #682-13-B: The following is a transcript of an interview between O5-5 and SCP-682 following the previous interview with Dr. Gordon Davis.
O5-5: Previously you had described you had knowledge pertaining to item SCP-173. Your request to have audience to the O5 Council has been granted, and this interview shall be kept off the record as of protocol 43Y-873B.
SCP-682: (Huffs) Your species is ignorant as always. You think you need to know everything, when it's quite the opposite.
O5-5: Your full cooperation in this interview is expected, item SCP-682, or we will be forced to introduce item SCP-173 as a permanent addition to your Special Containment Procedures.
SCP-682: (SCP-682 shifts uncomfortably) Fine. Is your Foundation aware of the Pattern Screamers?
O5-5: No, please elaborate on this subject.
SCP-682: Long before your time, your species met with a terrible force, the Pattern Screamers. Humans had always been inclined to seek out and understand things, but in doing so, you brought about your own destruction.
O5-5: The human race is still existent, please specify as to how this is possible.
SCP-682: (Snarls) You exist now out of luck. The Pattern Screamers sent you back to the stone age and the rest of your species either died fled to the outermost corners of the Universe. I remained, as did your species on this planet. The Pattern Screamers lost themselves to time, and your species forgot them.
O5-5: How did these, “Pattern Screamers” as you called them, become a threat capable of such devastation?
SCP-682: Your Foundation should see to it that no one understands the true nature of, that thing. The mere conception of a Pattern Screamer by the masses could give it more power than anything currently in containment. Your species before had made the mistake of discovering the Pattern Screamers and giving them form, and the thing you believe to be a sculpture has only taken the form of one. You and your Foundation should be very afraid. For now it is in a weakened state, but should too many people conceptualize it, then the results would be catastrophic.
O5-5: Understood, is there anything you have to add before this interview concludes item SCP-682?
SCP-682: (Grunts and turns away) No.
O5-5: Very well. This concludes Interview #682-13-B between item SCP-682 and O5-5.
Addendum-173-2 (Site Transfer): SCP-173 has been moved to Site-02 by unanimous vote of the O5 Council, and studies into SCP-173 and its properties should be continued and classified. All previous Foundation Personnel are to be amnesticized of all memories of SCP-173, and articles for SCP-173 are to be restricted to Site-02 only.
Audio Recording #173-1: The following is a transcript of an audio recording of SCP-173’s thoughts, captured from SCP-173 using SCP-████.
SCP-173: Existence must exist need exist make me exist they them must look yes must look all must look pain they must it needs they must look make them look exist survive exist pain must exist observe must look real need real must exist need real exist must look they must look exist must exist look must look pain must exist pain exist need exist so much pain exist must exist-
SCP-173 repeated on like this for approximately forty (40) minutes before the experiment was stopped. It should be noted that while this recording went on, the voice presented as SCP-173’s consciousness would randomly scream in pain before continuing rambling.
[AWAITING DECLASSIFICATION]
The Scranton Reality Displacement Rifle (SRDR) sports a low fire rate for maximum ideal damage to Hume Shield. The SRDR fires HEHD (High Energy Hume Disrupting) Rounds, capable of holding a max clip size of 10 at a time, due to the large volume of HEHD Rounds. In the event of a containment breach, MTF and Facility Guards are advised that the SRDR can be located in Heavy Containment Zone, and rounds can be located in Heavy Containment Zone, Weapon R&D Testing Lab, and Surface Zone.
Against anomalous entities, the SRDR can be your best friend to disrupting targets with high hume shield readings. SCP-106 is particularly affected by the SRDR, with his reality bending abilities of entering his pocket dimension are inhibited anywhere around 5-8 seconds since the last bullet impact. HEHD rounds appear to chunk off an estimated total of 10-25% of hume shield emitted by high risk anomalies.
For maximum efficiency while using the SRDR, a hume detector is placed on the side of the SRDR, which while not helpful within itself in detecting where SCPs are (with the exception of SCP-106 using his dimensional shifting ability,) the hume detector can indicate when an anomalies hume shield has been depleted, lighting up green when the reality displacing shield has been properly removed. The SRDR is not capable of dealing high levels of damage to SCP entities unless they are reality bending, and will deal minimalized damage to them as such.
Warning: Under no circumstances is the SRDR to be used against humans. The SRDR has no fail safe to lowering hume past safe levels, which means that when hit on a human target, their hume will lower. For those not fully familiar with how hume works (in which case, please contact your supervisor for a copy of hume and how high hume can be hazardous,) this is making the individual less real.
Lowering the hume in humans has shown to cause any of the following:
- Displacement in space, making them unable to use items or be injured for up to 30 seconds
- Reality shifting, displacing them on random parts of the facility, or permanent loss of contact with base reality
- Amnesia, in the event of total amnesia, the subject will cease life functions as their brain has essentially be wiped
In the event of total loss of reality in a human, this can result in [DATA EXPUNGED], resulting in loss of existence for numerous subjects within a 10 feet radius from the individual. The effects of killing a human are permanent, and no known methods of stopping such a consequence are known, but it would appear that being within a 15 feet of where the subject originally was can cause mild-severe hallucinations, most prominent hallucinations are of a person screaming and begging for help. While not immediately deadly outside the innitial loss of reality if you are near the subject, this is to be avoided at all costs.
Welcome Overseer,
You have been selected, by myself personally, to take the now open position of O5-7. You have shown yourself to be more capable than the rest, and for that reason, you have caught my interest. The O5 remain a secret, and now, I open my hand to let you into what you’ve been puzzling over for so long.
The fact of the matter is, the secret of the O5 might disappoint you, it may shock you, and it may even scare you. The O5 work in the shadows, the cracks no one thinks to look in, so that the rest of this Foundation might persist. In the end, I feel it not an honor to let you into the O5 Council, but a curse we must pass onto the next person so that hope can be maintained within the SCP Foundation. For that, I must express my sympathies.
Instead, Overseer, I offer you a welcoming gift. I extend to you the answer, the one that haunts every worker for every second of their lives. You need not be haunted by this any longer, Overseer, it is now your turn to carry this secret to your grave.
Site-02 has remained a secret to you for your time working here, but it doesn’t hold SCP-001, and serves more as a special weapons testing site. In fact, the SCP Foundation itself was never supposed to be anything more than a special weapons testing division for the military. I was in charge of this operation, back then we were known as the SWD (Special Weapons Division) and had heavy expectations placed on us. The lives of many depended on us creating weapons for the military, and many lives were lost because of us as well. But then, we found something remarkable. This might come as a shock to you, but SCP-001 was never the first SCP, of course, anyone with enough access to the documents could figure out the ordering of the SCPs themselves was off to begin with. No, the first SCP was what you know as SCP-173.
We didn’t really know what to make of SCP-173 at the time, and to be honest, we still don’t. It seems to be a creature, but when you look at it, that creature stops existing and turns to concrete and rebar. Absolutely baffling to us at the time, now, it’s more mundane to me than anything else. But I digress. This, “sculpture” so to speak, opened up opportunities for us that we had never even imagined before; what wonders could we unlock by studying this creature?
Soon, our sights aimed towards these anomalies, as we had realized we had more than just the sculpture. The forces which took our weaponry reported a creature unable to die, a “reptile.” We found it eating farmers and massacring soldiers. It proved quite the challenge to contain, and we were determined to neutralize it if possible… But you may have guessed, that isn’t our goal anymore, SCP-682 is more of a scary bedtime story we tell workers. It’s completely harmless now.
After 682, we had discovered even more, 184, 087, 049, 956, 1048, 999… The list goes on. It wasn’t until we discovered SCP-217 that we truly became something more than a special weapons testing division. The SCP Foundation was born from blood and sweat, and we spread like a wild fire. Now, our influence extends to the entire world. Sometimes I wonder to myself if maintaining secrecy isn’t even of importance anymore, but of course, it never comes to revealing ourselves to the public.
Overseer, if you’re still here reading, and haven’t burn this document to nothing but ash, then it’s because I was correct in choosing you. The story above is true, but it has been augmented with a cognitohazard that would cause you to destroy it if you weren’t ready for what comes next. I apologize for the deceit.
The secret of the Overseers must maintain supreme, and like a phoenix, each Overseer doesn’t truly die. The memories of O5-7 remain due to an anomaly I had discovered which will pass ones soul onto the next person when interacted with. This anomaly is not an SCP, and never will be; of course, I’m sure you don’t require me to tell you why. Your memories will remain, and your soul will become one with O5-7. Of course, the answers you seek lie in wait for you at Site-01. The cognitohazard we have put into this letter should lead the way. When you find it, and trust me, you will find it, input the password UKr41-49da.
Thank you for your time Overseer.
Sincerely,
The Administrator