Containment Class:
safe
euclid
SCP-5944 after the first successful reanimation of an instance of SCP-5944-1.
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5944 is to be housed at Site-19 inside a modified Foundation containment unit installed with a biometric lock, openable only to on-site staff with Level 5 clearance or above. Additionally, the unit should possess a numeric keypad, and the correct 10 key combination should be changed on a daily basis via remote software. Staff are to maintain a distance of 20 metres from SCP-5944's containment unit at all times. All interaction with SCP-5944 must pass a majority vote by O5 command. Currently, removal of SCP-5944 from its containment unit is strictly prohibited.
Personnel may only be assigned duties involving SCP-5944 for a maximum of 7 days, at which point they are to undergo a full psychological evaluation before rotation to another area. Personnel who fail the psychological evaluation, or violate the 20 metre exclusion zone, are to be deemed a security risk and undergo immediate amnestic treatment.
SCP-5944 is to be be housed at Site-19 inside a modified Foundation containment unit installed with a biometric lock, openable only to on-site staff with Level 3 clearance or above. Additionally, the unit should possess a numeric keypad, and the correct 10 key combination should be changed on a bi-weekly basis. Handling of SCP-5944 should be done in 5 minute “shifts” between two personnel. When removing SCP-5944 from its containment unit, hazardous material suits should be worn, and metal implements should be used to place the object in a secure transport container. In rooms in which SCP-5944 is to be tested, no adhesives or sharp instruments are to be present. Any personnel that have come into direct physical contact with SCP-5944 should immediately report to medical staff for a full psychological evaluation and placed on a supervised 7-day administrative leave.
Description: SCP-5944 is a tactile cognitohazard in the form of an anomalous translucent crystal. Healthy individuals, when exposed to SCP-5944 through continuous physical contact, become transfixed with SCP-5944 in addition to the development of paranoia and suicidal ideation. Onset of this effect has been recorded to occur anything between 40 seconds and 12 minutes. These effects can also be triggered through close proximity to SCP-5944, although without physical contact the process typically takes weeks to months. If left uninterrupted, an individual will eventually attempt to affix SCP-5944 to their body with nearby adhesives, such as glue or tape. If no suitable adhesives are present, the individual will proceed to cut through their subcutaneous tissue with a sharp instrument in an effort to insert SCP-5944 under their skin. In the event no such instruments are available, the individual will simply bite through their flesh until there is a sufficient opening. Once SCP-5944 is secured, either internally or externally, the individual will attempt to commit suicide via the most readily available means. If options are limited, the individual will induce death through blunt-force trauma via continued impact of the head onto the nearest hard surface. In this state, the individual will show no regard for pain or bodily damage. This process can only be interrupted through tranquillisation and removal of SCP-5944. A full recovery from SCP-5944’s cognitohazardous effects is possible, but highly variable. At present, full psychological recoveries range between 17 days and 10 months. Upon recovery, individuals affected by SCP-5944 will have no recollection of the events following direct contact with the object. When handling SCP-5944, barriers that prevent direct skin contact with the object have shown to inhibit SCP-5944’s effects and slow psychological decline.
SCP-5944 is capable of continued reanimation of up to five deceased corpses at any one time. Efforts to reanimate more than 5 corpses simultaneously (consisting of previously deceased Class-D personnel, which shall henceforth be collectively referred to as SCP-5944-1) have been met with failure. At present, the exact conditions required for reanimation are poorly understood. Two deceased Class-D personnel of the same sex and similar physical characteristics can result in opposite outcomes, with no apparent change in methodology. Direct skin contact between a test subject and SCP-5944 is required for reanimation, taking an average of 8 minutes to complete. Over the course of reanimation, an SCP-5944-1 instance will slowly regain motor functions starting with facial spasming, then contraction and relaxation of the extremities, and finally full locomotion and consciousness. If no facial spasming can be seen by the 5 minute mark, it can be assumed the reanimation was unsuccessful. Moreover, if skin contact between SCP-5944 and an instance of SCP-5944-1 is broken before reanimation is complete, the SCP-5944-1 instance will instantaneously expire, and all subsequent reanimation attempts will fail. If the reanimation is successful, all further decomposition will cease.
SCP-5944’s colouration is dependent on the number of subjects currently animated. When no instances of SCP-5944-1 are currently animated, SCP-5944 will be dull and colourless. The reanimation of one SCP-5944-1 instance results in a change of colouration to a glowing blue hue. Animating a second instance results in the adoption of a violet colouration, a third a lime-green, a fourth orange, and a fifth a deep red. As discovered by Dr. Holden, SCP-5944’s ability to reanimate a corpse is highly dependent on the amount of time it has spent deceased and the stage of decomposition. To clarify:
- Stage 1 - Fresh: 40% success rate
- Stage 2 - Bloat: 32% success rate
- Stage 3 - Active decay: 11% success rate
- Stage 4 - Advanced decay: 2% success rate
- Stage 5 - Skeletonization: 0% success rate
Loss of cognitive ability has been observed to be correlated with the amount of time between death and reanimation. Fresh corpses typically have no observable loss of mental acuity, whilst stage 2 reanimations typically lose between 12-17 IQ points. Stage 3 reanimations experience a sharp decline in cognitive ability, with a mean IQ point loss of 37. The single successful stage 4 reanimation resulted in an instance of SCP-5944-1 completely incapable of higher thought, communication and reasoning. SCP-5944-1 instances do not require food or water to remain functional, nor do they have any need of sleep. If an instance of SCP-5944-1 consumes solid food, the food will become trapped in the upper oesophagus due to the loss of peristaltic activity. Whilst SCP-5944-1 instances report they possess tactile feedback, they do not feel pain. Any damage inflicted on an instance of SCP-5944-1 will be permanent. Fractures will not heal, bruises will not fade and lacerations will not result in the formation of scar tissue. Given that all metabolic functions have ceased, how SCP-5944-1 instances are capable of consciousness, locomotion and sight is unknown. Subsequent MRI imaging has revealed no brain activity in instances of SCP-5944-1 despite full consciousness throughout the scan. Tissue samples taken from active cases of SCP-5944-1 have been analysed through light and electron microscopy, but are indistinguishable from a normal cadaver.
Initial communication between instances of SCP-5944-1 and Foundation personnel were difficult due to the fact they lack a functioning pulmonary system and are therefore unable to vocalise. SCP-5944-1 instances with intact eyes can be prompted to communicate through written means. Means of communication are usually limited to stage 1 and 2 reanimations, as past this point the eyes are usually rendered inoperable due to the effects of decomposition. Thus far, all instances of SCP-5944-1 have become extremely agitated and distressed when asked if they have any recollection of the events between their death and subsequent reanimation. Any mention of Heaven, Hell, or [REDACTED] will also illicit this response, regardless of the context. For further information, see SCP-5944-1 Interview Logs.
Instances of SCP-5944-1 are notably difficult to terminate post reanimation. Although they are not immune to physical damage, they remain functional and responsive far past the point of a non-anomalous human. Deduced from eye and facial movements, instances of SCP-5944-1 have been shown to remain sentient even when 96% of their body has been completely incinerated. SCP-5944 will continue to emit the same colouration even if 100% of the reanimated biomass from an SCP-5944-1 instance has been incinerated, suggesting that the remaining ashes may, in some form, remain sentient. For more information regarding SCP-5944-1 termination attempts, see SCP-5944-1 Experiment Logs.
The only known mechanism in which to return SCP-5944 to its previous colouration is to relocate the remains of an SCP-5944-1 instance a minimum distance of 15 kilometres from SCP-5944. Once this distance is reached, instances of SCP-5944-1 will rapidly decompose leaving only skeletal remains, and SCP-5944 will return to its previous colouration. Rate of decomposition is directly correlated with the distance from SCP-5944. Functional instances of SCP-5944-1 become extremely distressed when over 10 kilometres from SCP-5944 . Moreover, instances of SCP-5944-1 seem to instinctively know when they are a distance away from SCP-5944, and will attempt to reduce the distance, even if they were not informed of SCP-5944's location.
Addendum 5944-01: Measurements of SCP-5944's light output have revealed a decrease
of 0.09 Lumen since initial containment, suggesting the anomalous properties of SCP-5944
may be finite. If SCP-5944 continues to dim at its current rate, it will become inert in
approximately 1700 years. It is currently unknown if reanimation of multiple instances of SCP-5944-1 accelerates the rate of dimming. Further research is ongoing.
Addendum 5944-02: Due to concerns raised by the Ethics Committee, all reanimation experiments are to be ceased indefinitely.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT - EXPOSURE OF D-1482 TO SCP-5944
Experimenter: Dr. John Holden
Subject: D-1482
Foreword: Dr. Holden is stood outside the test chamber and communicating with
D-1482 via intercom.
<Begin Log>
Dr. Holden: Please direct your attention to the crystalline object in front of you.
D-1482: What's this about, Doc?
Dr. Holden: Please, pick up the object.
D-1482: Sorry, but I ain't touching shit until you tell me what's gonna happen.
Dr. Holden: As per our agreement, pick up the object. This isn't up for debate.
D-1482 tentatively picks up SCP-5944 and holds it up to the light, eyeing it curiously.
Dr. Holden: Please continue to hold the object and describe any sensations you
experience.
D-1482: The hell is this thing?
Dr. Holden: That's why you're here, hopefully you'll help us find out.
D-1482: Mind putting me on the damn payroll then?
Dr. Holden: We both know that's not how this works.
D-1482: Figured as much.
Dr. Holden: Are you experiencing anything unusual? Anything out of the ordinary?
D-1482: I ain't experiencing shi-
D-1482's expression suddenly shifts.
Dr. Holden: What?
D-1482: Oh, uh… nothing. Just noticed how beautiful this thing is. Where'd you find it?
Dr. Holden: Irrelevant. Please describe, in detail, any sensations you are experiencing.
D-1482: Guess I just feel at peace, ya know? Like this thing is the solution to all my worries.
Dr. Holden: Thank you. Please continue to hold the object.
3 minutes elapse.
D-1482: Hey uh, Doc… Not sure I'm feeling too great. Feeling a bit on edge.
Dr. Holden: Can you elaborate?
D-1482: I kinda got a feeling of dread, you know? You ever feel like someone is watching
you, then you turn around and someone's staring daggers at you? That's what I feel like.
Dr. Holden: Thank you, 1482. Please continue to hold the object.
D-1482: Na Doc, think I'm done. Don't really wanna conti-
D-1482's expression switches to one of concern, then sadness.
D-1482: Man, how'd I end up here? That bastard had it coming Doc, believe me. At least
on death row I had a bit of rest to look forward to. Now you guys got me doing all sorts of
fucked up shit. It ain't fair!
Dr. Holden: Please, try to focus on the task at hand.
D-1482: I want off this fucking merry-go-round! You hear?
D-1482, showing no regard for pain, takes a bite out of his left forearm.
Security personnel begin to move toward the test chamber.
Dr. Holden: (To security personnel) Don't interfere! I want to see what happens.
With some difficulty, D-1482 inserts SCP-5944 into the wound and secures it under his flesh.
Dr. Holden: D-1482, can you explain what you're doing and why?
D-1482: (Angrily.) Fuck you! You haven't got a fucking clue! None of you do!
D-1482 proceeds to repeatedly hit his head into the corner of the pedestal which
SCP-5944 was initially placed on. The final hit penetrates his skull, and he falls to
the ground, unconscious.
Guard Hudson: Sir? Should we call for medical assistance?
Dr. Holden: Under normal circumstances, yes. But these aren't normal circumstances, such
a rapid shift in demeanour and behaviour makes me think 1482's actions were a result of
SCP-5944's anomalous properties. Let's wait a moment.
Approximately 7 minutes pass.
Security personnel enter the room. A guard kneels and checks D-1482's pulse.
Guard Simm: Doctor, he's dead.
Dr. Holden: Wait.
D-1482 sits bolt upright and grabs Guard Simm's forearm.
Guard Simm: (Shocked.) The fuck?
<End Log>
Interviewed: SCP-5944-1A (formerly D-1482)
Time Spent Deceased: 7 minutes
Decomposition: Stage 1
Cause of Death: Suicide
Interviewer: Dr. John Holden
Foreword: First interview of a successfully reanimated instance of SCP-5944-1.
<Begin Log>
Dr. Holden: Welcome back, 1482. How are you feeling?
SCP-5944-1A is visibly shaken. It attempts to speak, but can't.
Dr. Holden: I can't hear you. Please, speak up.
SCP-5944-1A gestures to its mouth and throat.
Dr. Holden: Are you unable to talk?
SCP-5944-1A nods affirmatively.
Dr. Holden: Here, take my notepad and pen.
SCP-5944-1A accepts Dr. Holden's notepad and begins to write.
SCP-5944-1A: (Writes.) Did I survive?
Dr. Holden: Survive? No. This may not be easy for you to hear, but your suicide attempt
was successful. You were dead for about 7 minutes, we brought you back.
A look of confusion, followed by horror, overcomes SCP-5944-1A.
Dr. Holden: D-1482?
SCP-5944-1A: (Writes.) Need time. Have to process.
Dr. Holden: Very well, you've been through a lot. (To security personnel) Can you escort
D-1482 to its containment cell, please?
SCP-5944-1A is escorted out of the interview room.
<End Log>
Closing Statement: Following the interview, SCP-5944-1A remained motionless in its cell
for 1 hour 24 minutes, then adopted a foetal position in the far right corner of the room.
Interviewed: SCP-5944-1A (formerly D-1482)
Time Spent Deceased: 7 minutes
Decomposition: Stage 1
Cause of Death: Suicide
Interviewer: Dr. John Holden
Foreword: Approximately 2 days after SCP-5944-1A's initial reanimation.
<Begin Log>
Dr. Holden: Hello again, D-1482. I understand you've been put through a very traumatic
event; not many people can claim they have experienced their own death. That being said,
the Foundation would be thankful if you could cooperate and answer any questions to the
best of your ability. Do you understand?
SCP-5944-1A: (Writes.) Yes.
Dr. Holden: Fantastic. Now, if you would, could you tell us why you committed suicide?
SCP-5944-1A: (Writes.) You let me die.
Dr. Holden: I assure you, I always had your safety in mind, we had no way of
knowing what could've happened. Fortunately, you're alive again now, and that's
what matters.
SCP-5944-1A: (Writes.) Alive? No. Not living. Can't eat. Can't sleep. Just an echo.
Dr. Holden: We're doing everything we can to make you comfortable, but your wounds
aren't healing. There's very little we can do. Are you in pain?
SCP-5944-1A: (Writes.) No. No pain.
Dr. Holden: Well, that's a glimmer of good news, at the very least.
SCP-5944-1A: (Writes.) Can you fix me?
Dr. Holden: We still don't know the true capabilities of the object. However, we'll do our
best. Now, you mentioned you weren't in any pain. Do you still have tactile feedback?
SCP-5944-1A: (Writes.) ?
Dr. Holden: Do you still have the sense of touch?
SCP-5944-1A2: (Writes.) Yes.
Dr. Holden: Okay, moving on. Between your death and reanimation, can you recall
anything? Did you experience anything?
SCP-5944-1A starts rocking back and forth in its chair, shaking its head.
Dr. Holden: Anything at all?
SCP-5944-1A continues rocking, and covers its face with its hands.
Dr. Holden: It would be in both our best interests if you cou-
SCP-5944-1A lunges at Dr. Holden.
Security personnel fire upon SCP-5944-1A a total of 8 times.
SCP-5944-1A, still functional, maintains eye contact with Dr. Holden and lunges
a second time.
Security personnel physically restrain SCP-5944-1A.
Dr. Holden is escorted out of the interview room.
<End Log>
Closing Statement: SCP-5944-1A remained uncooperative after the interview, and
refused to answer any further questions. 16 hours post-interview, the subject started to
repeatedly assault the door of its containment cell until its fists were reduced to
unrecognisable pulp. Consequently, SCP-5944-1A was deemed a containment risk and
incinerated after the successful reanimation of SCP-5944-1B.
Interviewed: SCP-5944-1B (formerly D-2481)
Time Spent Deceased: 4 days
Decomposition: Stage 2
Cause of Death: A broken neck as a result of a containment breach involving SCP-██.
Interviewer: Dr. John Holden
Foreword: SCP-5944-1B has been decapitated, and its head placed upon a table in the
the middle of the room. Its body was fastened to a chair 3 metres from the head, although
its arms were not restrained for research purposes.
<Begin Log>
Despite decapitation, SCP-5944-1B remains fully conscious and its eyes follow Dr. Holden
as he enters the room.
Dr. Holden: Hello D-2481, I can see you're still aware of your surroundings. If you can
understand me, I'd like you to let me know. Blink once for yes, twice for no.
SCP-5944-1B blinks once.
Dr. Holden: Are you in pain?
SCP-5944-1B blinks twice.
Dr. Holden: Are you in distress?
SCP-5944-1B blinks once.
Dr. Holden: I'm sorry to hear that. I can see your body is still moving in the corner of the
room. Are you still aware of your body?
SCP-5944-1B blinks once.
Dr. Holden proceeds to approach SCP-5944-1B's body and places his hand on its shoulder
Dr. Holden: Can you feel my hand on your shoulder?
SCP-5944-1B blinks once. SCP-5944-1B's hand takes Dr. Holden's, holding it tightly, but
not violently.
Dr. Holden: (To security personnel.) Okay, I think we've learned all we can here; I don't
want to keep 2481 in this state longer than he has to be. Please take both parts of him to
the incineration room.
At this point, a look of concern overcomes SCP-5944-1B's face and it begins to repeatedly
blink twice in approximately 3 second intervals.
Dr. Holden notices SCP-5944-1B's blinking, pauses for a moment, then leaves the room.
<End Log>
Closing Statement: Dr. Holden was reprimanded following the interview for repeatedly
referring to SCP-5944-1B as its previous Class-D designation. Humanisation of anomalous
entities is strictly prohibited.
Experimenter: Dr. John Holden
Subject: SCP-5944-1A (formerly D-1482)
Procedure: SCP-5944-1A was shot a total of 8 times during a security incident
resulting in several penetrating wounds through its chest, lungs, heart and spine.
(See interview log SCP-5944-1A 2).
Result: Despite several fatal wounds, SCP-5944-1A did not expire and remained fully
conscious. Despite the near complete destruction of the thoracic region of the spine,
subject was capable of full locomotion.
Closing Statement: Due to SCP-5944-1A's aggressive demeanour that led to its shooting,
it was incinerated following the interview.
Experimenter: Dr. John Holden
Subject: SCP-5944-1B (formerly D-2481)
Procedure: SCP-5944-1B was submerged in water for 1 hour 52 minutes.
Result: SCP-5944-1B initially panicked, but relaxed shortly thereafter. SCP-5944-1B was
removed from the water with no lasting damage. Water had to be pumped from SCP-5944-
1B's lungs and stomach following the procedure.
Closing Statement: Oxygen deprivation seems to have little to no effect on instances
of SCP-5944-1. Further testing is warranted.
Experimenter: Dr. John Holden
Subject: SCP-5944-1B (formerly D-2481)
Procedure: SCP-5944-1B was placed in a vacuum sealed chamber for approximately 48
minutes.
Result: No effect.
Closing Statement: Due to lack of any discernible effect, experiments involving oxygen
deprivation will cease indefinitely.
Experimenter: Dr. John Holden
Subject: SCP-5944-1B (formerly D-2481)
Procedure: SCP-5944-1B was decapitated.
Result: Post-decapitation, the body continued to move independently of the head despite
complete severance of the nervous system. Throughout the procedure, SCP-5944-1B
remained fully aware and capable of limited communication through a system of blinking.
Closing Statement: SCP-5944-1B's facial expressions implied severe distress throughout
the procedure. Proposal to cease future termination experimentation in accordance with
the policies laid out by the Ethics Committee.
OVERRULED BY O5 COUNCIL - EXPERIMENTATION WILL PROCEED AS PLANNED.
Experimenter: Dr. John Holden
Subject: SCP-5944-1C (formerly D-8932)
Procedure: SCP-5944-1C was decapitated, and its head incinerated. The rest of
SCP-5944-1C's body was unharmed.
Result: Even after complete destruction of the head, SCP-5944-1C's body remained
animate. It was continually observed placing its hand in the spot where its face and head should be.
Closing Statement: What was left of SCP-5944-1C was incinerated after the experiment.
Experimenter: Dr. John Holden
Subject: SCP-5944-1D (formerly D-5983)
Procedure: SCP-5944-1D was relocated 19 kilometres from SCP-5944.
Result: At a distance of 10 kilometres, SCP-5944-1D entered a state of extreme distress
and attempted to break free of its restraints. During this episode, SCP-5944-1D
was given a pen and paper to communicate. SCP-5944-1D hastily wrote "Can't die again.
Please don't let me die." At a distance of 15 kilometres from SCP-5944, SCP-5944-1D
rapidly underwent the 5 stages of decomposition, growing increasingly distressed. By 18
kilometres, SCP-5944-1D was rendered non functional via rapid skeletonization.
Concurrently, SCP-5944 returned to its previous green colouration.
Closing Statement: A return to SCP-5944's previous green colouration suggests that
previously reanimated subjects are still connected to the object. Propose temporary
relocation of SCP-5944.
PROPOSAL GRANTED - TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF SCP-5944 TO SITE-██.
Whilst in containment, SCP-5944-1N was observed to enter a psychogenic fugue state.
Subject proceeded to forcibly remove its left ulna, and used it to etch a passage on the
wall of its containment cell. The passage read as follows:
YOUR CRUDE ACCUMULATION OF BIOMASS IS A RELIC
RELINQUISH YOUR FLESH
ONLY THROUGH DESTRUCTION MAY YOU GAIN SALVATION
Upon interrogation, subject had no recollection of the act and seemed distraught at its
actions.
BY ORDER OF THE OVERSEER COUNCIL
THE FOLLOWING FILE IS LEVEL 5 RESTRICTED - CREDENTIALS REQUIRED.
INPUT CREDENTIALS:
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING FILE MAY PRESENT A COGNITOHAZARD.
LEVEL 5 ACCESS REQUIRED.
UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL WILL BE REPRIMANDED UP TO AND INCLUDING TERMINATION.
Interviewed: SCP-5944-1X (formerly Dr. John Holden)
Time Spent Deceased: 7 days
Decomposition: Stage 2
Cause of Death: Suicide
Interviewer: Site Director Karlyle Aktus
<Begin Log>
Director Aktus: Why did you do it, Holden? Such potential utterly wasted.
SCP-5944-1X: (Writes.) So many subjects. None could answer.
Director Aktus: What, then? They wouldn't tell you what you want to know,
so instead of refining your methodology, you commit suicide to find out
personally? Is that it?
SCP-5944-1X directs its attention to the security camera in the far corner of the room.
SCP-5944-1X: (Writes.) Are they watching?
Director Aktus: Who?
SCP-5944-1X: (Writes.) The O5s.
Director Aktus: You're a smart man, Holden. I'm sure you already know the answer.
SCP-5944-1X remains motionless.
Director Aktus: I've been told you instructed your subordinates to reanimate you
after a week. As per your research, that was a huge risk to yourself. It may not have
been possible to reanimate you.
SCP-5944-1X: (Writes.) No. Called to me. The crystal. Told me I was chosen. Had to
do it. Had to find out for myself.
Director Aktus: (Angrily.) You've clearly become compromised due the effects of
SCP-5944 and pose a security risk. Deliberately exposing yourself to an anomalous
object! What in God's name were you thinking? Your behaviour was inexcusable and
could have jeopardised the entirety of Site-19! Which, need I remind you, is a site that
falls under my jurisdiction, so perhaps you can understand why I might take this
transgression rather personally?
SCP-5944-1X: (Writes.) No danger. It wants to help us. Save us.
Director Aktus: Are you implying SCP-5944 is sentient?
SCP-5944-1X nods affirmatively.
SCP-5944-1X: (Writes.) It speaks to me. In my mind. We were wrong about its nature.
Never even touched it.
Director Aktus: And what, exactly, is the object trying to save us from?
SCP-5944-1X: (Writes.) Death itself. Or rather, what lies beyond.
Director Aktus: I'm losing patience, Holden. My time is a valuable commodity, stop
speaking in riddles and out with it!
SCP-5944-1X: (Writes.) There was nothing. No heaven, no Hell. Nothing.
Director Aktus examines the note.
Director Aktus: As a man of science, I thought you'd readily accept the possibility
that our consciousness ceases to function after we die. Your behaviour strikes me as an
utter overreaction.
SCP-5944-1X: (Writes.) Didn't say that. I was conscious. It felt like years. Thought
the reanimation failed. I was incorporeal. Floating in a void of darkness. Wasn't alone.
Someone, or something, was taunting me. Don't send me back to that state.
Please!
Director Aktus: It's quite the jump to assume this fate awaits everyone. For all
we know, it could've been due to your exposure to 5944's anomalous properties.
SCP-5944-1X: (Writes.) No! Crystal is clear! It awaits us all, it wants to save
the chosen few!
Security personnel enter the room and hand Director Aktus a phone.
Guard Simm: (To Director Aktus) It's for you, sir.
Director Aktus takes the phone and listens intently.
Director Aktus: I see. Okay. Right away, ma'am.
Director Aktus: (To security personnel) By order of the O5 Council, everyone on this
project is to undergo immediate amnestic treatment, including yourselves. However,
before you do so, terminate Holden.
SCP-5944-1X becomes irate, trying to break free of its restraints.
Director Aktus leaves the room.
<End Log>
OVERSEER NOTICE
It has been determined that knowledge of Holden's claims may present a cognitohazard. All personnel assigned to the project, including Director Aktus, are to undergo immediate amnestic treatment and this file is to be secured behind Level 5 access. Given the potential spontaneity of SCP-5944-1 instances and the information gleaned from Interview 1X-1, SCP-5944 is to reclassified to Euclid and its Special Containment Procedures revised. Personnel complicit in Holden's reanimation are to be terminated. All future experiments involving SCP-5944 are to be ceased indefinitely under the guise of objection from the Ethics Committee.
— O5 Command
SCP-XXXX undergoing transportation to Site-19 in a hermetically sealed chamber.
| Assigned Site |
Site Director |
Research Head |
Assigned Task Force |
| Site-19 |
J. Karlyle Aktus |
Dr. Stephen Miller |
Beta-7 ("Maz Hatters") |
Special Containment Procedures:
SCP-XXXX is to be held in a hermetically sealed humanoid containment chamber. Under no circumstances are personnel to come into direct physical contact with SCP-XXXX, nor are they to remove it from containment without adequate Personal Protective Equipment and express authorisation from O5 Command. Staff deemed to be in violation of this rule are to be promptly terminated, and their remains incinerated. In the event of a catastrophic containment breach, Site-19 is to undergo immediate lockdown and infected areas quarantined. MTF Beta-7 "Maz Hatters" are then to enter the quarantine zones to facilitate sterilisation of the site and termination of infected individuals.
Warning: Following Incident XXXX-01, an armed security detail is to be present outside SCP-XXXX's containment unit at all times.
Description:
SCP-XXXX is the corpse of a 14th century Parisian male showing signs consistent with stage 2 decomposition. Given that SCP-XXXX is over 600 years old, how or why the corpse has not undergone further decay is unknown. On-site medical staff have concluded that SCP-XXXX’s most likely cause of death to be a combination of blunt force trauma to the head and severe 4th-degree burns across its back. An anti-semitic slur has been etched into the abdomen, with the resultant bruising indicating this was done ante-mortem. Foundation historians have theorised that SCP-XXXX was murdered due to the Christian persecution of the Jewish populace admist the onset of the Bubonic Plague, although SCP-XXXX shows no indications of infection at the time of death. SCP-XXXX's skin possesses a pale hue that often occurs post-mortem due the accumulation of hydrogen sulphide produced by decaying organic matter. Due to putrefaction, its abdomen is distended, and numerous blisters can be found across its body. Those in the presence of SCP-XXXX report a general feeling of "wrongness" whilst in its proximity. It is currently unknown if this emotive response is a result of SCP-XXXX’s anomalous properties, or simply due to the distressing nature of its appearance. Of note, however, is the fact that all personnel experience this fear response, irregardless of prior desensitisation from working with cadavers in the past.
Despite light microscopy revealing the skin of SCP-XXXX to be sterile, an individual will contract an anomalous strain of Yersinia pestis, henceforth designated as SCP-XXXX-1, after direct physical contact with the body. Close proximity to SCP-XXXX without adequate Personal Protective Equipment has also been shown to result in infection. Onset of symptoms typically occur between 1 to 7 days post exposure. To date, all attempts at curative treatment, anomalous or otherwise, have been met with failure. SCP-XXXX-1 demonstrates extreme antibiotic resistance, and thus far has been resistant to all known antibiotic medication. The mechanisms behind SCP-XXXX-1's antibiotic resistance are believed it be anomalous due to the lack of efflux pumps, drug-inactivating enzymes, or any other mechanism known to confer resistance.
Once an individual has become afflicted with SCP-XXXX-1,
Discovery:
SCP-XXXX was brought to the Foundation’s attention when a news station reported a localised epidemic in Paris, wherein an individual had contracted a novel strain of the bubonic plague seemingly resistant to all forms of conventional treatment. What followed was the prompt lockdown and quarantine of the hospital due to number of hospital staff contracting the disease. MTF Beta-7 "Maz Hatters", operating under the guise of the World Health Organisation, were immediately deployed to trace potential avenues of infection and prevent a potential globalised pandemic. Friends and family members of infected individuals were detained and placed in quarantine.
The following interrogation of Patient Zero revealed that he was an avid urban explorer, and 3 days prior to the onset of symptoms had been navigating cordoned off areas deep within the Catacombs of Paris, and later confessed to encountering a corpse. When questioned as to why he did not report such findings to the police, he stated he was concerned about the repurcssions due to a past criminal conviction. When asked if he knew the approximate location of the corpse, he stated that he left a trail of string to find his way out, and provided the agents with the location he entered the Catacombs. MTF Beta-7 used the trail to locate SCP-XXXX, and placed it in a hermetically sealed chamber for transportation.
Fortunately, Patient Zero did not leave the house following his exploration until his admission to the hospital. Foundation staff attempted to treat infected individuals with a novel bacteriophage therapy, but were unsuccessful. Due to the increasing violent behaviour of the infected and inherent risk of an XK-Class End-of-the-World scenario, continued attempts at treatment were ceased, and infected individuals were terminated and incinerated, as per protocol concerning Class 5 biological hazards. The hospital remained in quarantine for another 30 days whilst Beta-7 sterilised and deep cleaned the site, and healthy individuals were then released following amnestic treatment. Concurrently, a disinformation campaign was ran that stated the epidemic was a result of a virulent strain of swine flu.
Attached Addenda:
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SCP-XXXX Neutralisation Proposal
FTAO: J. Karlyle Aktus │ FROM: Dr. Stephen Miller
Proposal:
Neutralisation of SCP-XXXX via incineration.
Justification:
SCP-XXXX possesses an inherent risk of facilitating an XK-Class End-of-the-World Scenario in the event of a catastrophic containment breach. All attempts at curing the effects of SCP-XXXX-1 have been met with failure. Continued containment of SCP-XXXX therefore poses an existential threat to humanity. GOI acquisition of SCP-XXXX would be catastrophic. Propose immediate neutralisation.
Risk Assessment:
Minimal. SCP-XXXX is inanimate and possesses no anomalous properties other than resistance to decomposition and infection from SCP-XXXX-1.
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Mention SCP-1609
Containment breach, Miller framed as a GOC mole.
Maybe another doctor frames Miller in order to become the new research lead?
I'll get around to it eventually…
Seeking Greenlights: Yes
Page Type: SCP Article
Genre (Optional): Science-Fiction (probably set in the Ad-Astra canon, I'm not sure yet.)
Page Layout (Optional): Classic SCP style with mission logs.
Elevator Pitch: The SCP is a spatial anomaly in the outer-reaches of the solar system has been discovered in the form of a Einstein–Rosen bridge (aka wormhole). On the other side, they can detect a planet. Emission spectroscopy implies that the planet may be habitable. Foundation personnel are sent through, and subsequent events shake the Foundation's view of what they think they know.
Central Narrative: After probes fail to return from the wormhole, the Foundation sends a manned mission through the wormhole in hopes of finding a new habitable world. The narrative follows them in the form of a series of mission logs. When they arrive on the other side, they are unable to communicate with Command. They find themselves around a rocky planet, not dissimilar to our own.
One of the crew gets in the lander to land on the planet and assess the habitability. Meanwhile, those that remained on the mothership perform scans of the solar system to check for other orbital bodies. The crew come to an astonishing revelation, the solar system doesn't look much different to our own. That's when they realise wormhole didn't send them through space, it sent them through time. Approximately 4 billion years into the past. The ground crew landed on a primordial Earth, which they've now seeded with nucleotides, nucleases, bacteria etc. The wormhole starts to become unstable and so the crew in orbit make the difficult decision to make their way back to the wormhole. It was in vain, however, as the wormhole closes and they are left in a highly elliptical orbit around the sun, completely out of fuel. Modern day Foundation find the ancient spacecraft in the modern day, and the final log of the captain, detailing on he he believes they kickstarted abiogenesis (life from non-life).
Hook/Attention-Grabber: Humanity inadvertently jump started life on Earth by landing on the primordial Earth in the past. Our unknowing astronauts mediated abiogenesis - life from non-life. All of Earth's life can be traced back to a single common ancestor, created through the highly unlikely and poorly understood event of abiogenesis. This event.
Additional Notes: Any tips on how to tighten the plot would be great.
FTOA: J. Karlyle Aktus │ FROM: Dr. Stephen Miller
Look at this! I like it!
Yeah, to be fair, it is pretty cool.
Could use it for official looking documents?
You know, that's a pretty good idea.
Well, I'm full of good ideas.
True. Thanks.
No worries my dude.
This is gonna look super swell.
Maybe people will upvote because of it?
Probably not. It doesn't make up for your trash writing.
I suppose you're right…
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