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SCP-4654's former location above Pioneer Peak.

Special Containment Procedures: A wide spread cover story explaining SCP-4654's anomalous effect on the weather as the result of climate change to be disseminated among the population of the Matanuska-Susitna Valley. All satellite data of SCP-4654 is to be replaced with the topography of the underlying mountain by cloud_gazer.aic. Provisional Site-49 is established near the mountain upon which SCP-4654 is located to monitor SCP-4654, and is to have a therapist specializing in PTSD and four members of MTF Kappa-11 "Red Barons¹" stationed on site at all times. Personnel sent to explore SCP-4654 or to visit SCP-4654-1 must wear winter gear rated for -15° to -50° Celsius weather, depending on the season. Civilians are to be dissuaded from climbing the mountain by way of a disinformation campaign about unstable terrain and wildlife in the area.

Permanent communications are to be established with SCP-4654-1 through its electro-magnetic emissions, and SCP-4654-1 is to be permitted communications with Provisional Site-49 staff during the day. SCP-4654-1 is mandated to meet with therapist for three-hour sessions weekly. During communications with SCP-4654-1 personnel are to act as friendly as possible to SCP-4654-1, and are encouraged to use its chosen name during interactions. It is recommended that staff whom SCP-4654-1 has bonded with to interact with the entity more frequently than other personnel to maintain alleviate its mental condition. Once a month, SCP-4654-1 is to enter Provisional Site-49 and is to be subjected to non-intrusive physical and mental tests to catalogue its health and general well-being. SCP-4654-1 is not allowed to be away from SCP-4654 for more than nine hours at a time.

Food is to be provided to SCP-4654-1 at a designated rendezvous location, with the food being purchased only from local grocery stores and harvested from the local forest. Foodstuffs permitted to be given to SCP-4654-1 are: Alcoholic beverages, honey, fish, dairy products, and wild vegetables and mushrooms. Tests of the effects of pharmaceutical antidepressants and other drugs on SCP-4654-1 is ongoing. SCP-4654-1 is to cease all anomalous activities involving SCP-4654-2 and contact with its staff.

In the case where a "Dorothy" event manifests, the trajectory of the weather phenomena is to be predicted by Foundation meteorological programs and AI (primarily thunder_cat.aic), and civilians are to be covertly evacuated from the projected path until the storm has dissipated. Repairs of all damage are to be done using a Foundation front company specializing in disaster cleanup. Civilians are then to be returned to their homes and amnesticized.

Description: SCP-4654 is a stationary cumulus cloud hovering over Mt. ███████ in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley² (henceforth called "Mat-Su Valley") in Southcentral Alaska. The cloud is 1 km³, and extremely dense for a cloud of its size. There is a bowl-like formation within SCP-4654 lined with a layer of extremely dense water vapor. Inside the bowl-formation of SCP-4654 is an estate made completely out of the same water vapor. The estate is composed of a back-yard, a one-story house, half a hectare solar/wind farm, and a one hectare forest. The species of trees contained within the forest resembling those common within the valley. Drones retrieving samples have shown that while water vapor superficially resembles nonanomalous water vapor, it has the properties of substances it is mimicking³. The substance appears to observers to be composed out of "solidified cloud." When this substance is grasped by an individual their fingers sink into the substance before coming into contact with a solid core.

Continually throughout the day, SCP-4654 generates radio waves in the 800 MHz band⁴, directed towards Provisional Site-49. These radio waves appear to either be heavily encrypted outside of Provisional Site-49, only able to be decrypted at certain computers within the site.

SCP-4654-1 is a nonhostile Class VII reality bender composed of aerosolized water located within SCP-4654. SCP-4654-1 typically is in the form of an irregular spheroid. The anomaly is fluent in Ancient Greek, Norwegian, English, Dena'ina, and several unidentified languages⁵. SCP-4654-1 is hydrokinetic, anemokinetic, and thermokinetic, but has only been observed to be able to manipulate these qualities within the upper atmosphere thus far. Due to its aerosolized anatomy and hydrokenesis, SCP-4654-1 can control SCP-4654 and itself down to their constituent molecules, and can render them essentially invisible by refracting light through their bodies, or by simply distributing their mass throughout the atmosphere. SCP-4654-1 can utilize this ability to change its shape, size, and color. Despite possessing an aerosolized anatomy, SCP-4654-1 has a normal metabolism and require food in the form of human cuisine to function.SCP-4654-1 has refused the majority of food given to it, despite meeting its dietary requirements and preferences. As such, SCP-4654-1 is emaciated and weighs ██ kilograms less than when first contacted. SCP-4654-1 appears to suffer from severe PTSD, depression, and self-destructive tendencies due to internalization of its unconscious part of killing civilians. SCP-4654-1 has also undergone a personality shift, becoming withdrawn and reluctant to speak to personnel. However, SCP-4654-1 appears to bond extremely quickly to specific personnel and becomes distressed if said personnel are not available or are prevented from speaking to it.

SCP-4654-1 can create and manipulate extreme atmospheric events in the Mat-Su Valley, such as blizzards, thunderstorms, hailstorms, large whirlwinds, and extratropical cyclones⁶ Storms produced by SCP-4654-1 are abnormally severe and have been recorded to be responsible for ███ deaths, along with █ billion dollars in damages since Foundation discovery.

When weather phenomena is created by SCP-4654-1, hereby classified as a "Dorothy" event, 85% of cases appears to originate from SCP-4654, moving quickly outwards into the valley in excess of 170 kph, with the other 15% manifesting in random locations throughout the valley. Although extremely lethal, "Dorothy" Events are also extremely short, and manifestations usually last on average 28 minutes to 3 hours. Since September 24, 2019, no "Dorothy" events have manifested, and no other irregular weather phenomena has been observed.

Discovery: SCP-4654 was discovered after a period of several years of irregular severe weather phenomena uncommon to the area contained fully within the Mat-Su Valley. Satellite data of SCP-4654 revealed its anomalous nature, and Provisional Site-49 was established.

Addendum 4654-1: Therapy Log

+ Audio-Visual Log

Interviewed: SCP-4654-1 (Omichli)

Interviewer: Dr. Andrew Rackley

Foreword: This transcript is an excerpt from Therapy Session #3. Transcripts of other sessions are available in the archives of SCiPnet under category "rehabilitation" for perusal of project staff, Level 2 personnel, and above. As per Protocol 4/Gray/2, use of familiar names of anomaly by personnel is permissible in rehabilitative scenarios.

Rackley: So, Omichli, how are you feeling today? Have you tried any of the exercises that I recommended?

SCP-4654-1: No.

SCP-4654-1 is sitting on a chair opposite to Dr. Rackley. No distinguishing features can be seen on SCP-4654-1, as it is currently in the form of an irregular sphere, containing swirling water vapor. SCP-4654-1's voice is muffled

Rackley: And why is that?

SCP-4654-1: Don't want to.

Rackley: Omichli, if you want to get better you have to at least try the exercises.

SCP-4654-1: I don't want to get better. I want to stay like this.

Rackley: And why do you think that?

SCP-4654-1: It's what I deserve. I don't deserve to have a big yard, a big house, a big forest. I don't deserve to have friends.

Rackley: And why would you think that? You keep the entire Valley living by making it rain and snow.

SCP-4654-1: Sure, now. But I still hurt so many people. I can't forgive myself for that, no one can. Nor should they.

Rackley: You can't stay like this, Omichli. You're not eating, you're barely talking anymore, you're not living. You might die.

SCP-4654-1: I can't. I can't do all that stuff, I have a job. I can't mess up again. I need to do it right. I need to focus on the job and nothing else. I wasn't the one who asked for your help, to be forced down here in this building for three hours of the day. I moved away from people for a reason, I tried to get as far away as I could within the valley, now over this horrible mountain to protect people. I did it because of the horrible things I did. All the killing. All the death.

Rackley: But the job might kill you. All we're doing is trying to help you.

SCP-4654-1: So be it. Better I die than hurt more people.

Rackley: But if you die, who will control the weather? What will happen if no one keeps its reins?

SCP-4654-1 pauses, the swirling clouds within its body slowing.

SCP-4654-1: …They could probably find another nymph to replace me.

Rackley:And what happens in the meantime? What happens in the days, or weeks, or months, when no one comes to replaces you. What happens to the people living here?

SCP-4654-1: I… don't know what would happen.

Rackley: Just go easier on yourself. Our job is to take care of you, and your job is to take care of the people in the valley.

SCP-4654-1: I could…try… the exercises.

Rackley: Good. That's the first step, admitting that you need to improve. Now, the second step is slow, deep breaths, and thinking of whatever makes you happy…

<End Log>

Addendum 4654-2: On September 24th, 2019, following negotiations with the Foundation, SCP-4654 agreed to partial containment procedures. All terms agreed upon are found within the special containment procedures of this document. All civilians that came into contact with SCP-4654-1 prior to containment were located and amnesticized.

Message to Staff of Provisional Site-49:

The Foundation is cold, not harsh. While we do subject many humans to conditions that may be less than ideal, we never do it if there is a more humane way to ensure containment. Many staffmembers have voiced concerns that we are becoming to familiar and friendly with SCP-4654-1. Well, what is the alternative? To have her go insane due to her conditions, mental health, and being treated like an object and wreak havoc across the local towns and families? No, it is better to try and rehabilitate her so she can have the mental stability she needs. And if that means becoming her friend, than so be it.

-Dr. Belwerk

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Footnotes

1. MTF unit specialized in aerial combat and containment of aerial anomalies

2. While categorized as one valley, The Matanuska-Susitna valley is two conjoined valleys, the Matanuska Valley and the Susitna Valley.

3. A tree composed of this substance would have properties similar to a tree, such as ability to photosynthesize, germinate, and combust.

4. Consistent with cellular communications

5. Phonemes within these languages are impossible for humans to utter, as they are composed of sounds such as wind blowing or leaves rustling. Possibility of AI translation and fluency in these languages is unknown

6. While remnants of typhoons were known to impact the Mat-Su Valley before SCP-4654, the presence of SCP-4654 appears to intensify their effects and behavior