Test 5256-A Date:██/██/2014
Subject: D-23701
Observer: Dr. ██████ and his assistant.
Forward: D-23701 was a former lieutenant in the Aryan Brotherhood sentence to life in prison for her role in multiple hate crimes she helps plan and execute. D-23701 tested negative to be able to perceive SCP-5256 after being in the same room as the entity. The purpose of the test was to prove the hypothesis in regard to the pattern represents in people unable to view SCP-5256. D-23701 was brought into a test chamber with an artist sketch of SCP-5256-0 painted on the wall, a metal table and two chairs bolted to the floor. With four speakers placed in the corner of the chamber; connected to a recording of SCP-5256 Foundation entry set on a loop. The recording will be shut off at 7:00 pm and resume at 6:00 am to allow D-23071 time to sleep. D-23701 was brought into the test chamber and was handcuff to the floor and table. D-23071 will be fed at 7:00 am and 6:00 pm. A metal pitcher & cup with water on the table. With SCP-5256 sitting in the chair opposite to D-23071. SCP-5256 writes down in SCP-5256-2 D-23701 full name and date of birth. As well as a black dot on the top right page.
<Begin Log>
Day 1:
Dr. ██████: Good morning D-23071. We're going to be conducting a test today. This might take a while so be ready for the long haul.
D-23071: Yeah, fine. Can we get this shitshow started already? I don't want to miss tater tots Tuesday at the cafeteria.
Dr. ██████ presses the switch to turn on the recording loop; plus a light fixture over the painting of SCP-5256-0
D-23071 Hey, wait a minute. Isn't that about the thing I can't see? And whats that weird drawing on the wall in front of me?
Dr. ██████: That drawing is nothing to be concerned about. And the recording is part of the test. There's water in the pitcher in case you get thirsty. As I said, this test will take a while.
D-23071 Okay. Wait, what about food?
Dr. ██████: Food will be brought to you at the appointed time.
D-23071 Then how am I suppose to shit!?
Dr. ██████:Your going to have to hold it in. You can release yourself on the chair. Your jumpsuit an attire will keep you dry. The chair will drain your urine into a bucket underneath you.
D-23071 What the fuck doc! When you say long haul, what do you mean by that?
Dr. ██████: As long as it takes D-23071. Please let us know if you start to see or hear SCP-5256.
D-23071 Fuck! I'm gonna ███████████████████████████ when this is over. Do you hear me? I'm gonna ██████████████████ when you're asleep you piece of shit! I don't care how long this goes on! When I get out of here I gonna find your family and I gonna ███████████████████████████! When I'm done you gonna be █████████!
Day 2:
D-23071 calmed down after sleeping during the night. D-23071 was brought breakfast and dinner on a metal tray. The meal did not require utensils. SCP-5256 has been passing the time by drawing in SCP-5256-2. Occasionally getting up and walking around the room from time to time. D-23071 is still not able to observe SCP-5256
Day 3:
12:05pm
D-23071 Hey doc? I don't see that thing you wanted me to see, but I've been hearing footsteps for the passing hour now.
Dr. ██████: Are you telling the truth D-23071?
D-23071 Yes doctor, I have.
Dr. ██████ look at SCP-5256 in the test chamber. SCP-5256 shakes it head denying the claim.
Dr. ██████: Don't lie to me D-23071. We'll know when you are telling the truth.
D-23071 Fuck you Dr. ██████! And fuck whoever is in the room with me!
D-23071 spends the next five minutes scream profanities.
Day 4:
D-23071 was still not able to view SCP-5256. And spent most of the day with her head laying down on the table. At around 12:00 pm SCP-5256 spoke.
SCP-5256 Can we try something else? It might work, but I need you to turn off the recording so she can concentrate more.
Dr. ██████: Okay, well give it a try. Turn off the recording.
Recording turns off. D-23071 raises her head.
D-23071 What's going on? Is it over, can I go now?
Dr. ██████: No D-23071, we're just trying a different approach.
SCP-5256 Alright then, let's get started.
SCP-5256 begins to do some stretches with his arms, then proceeds to sit down in the chair opposite to D-23071. After a couple of seconds, a sound started coming from SCP-5256, but SCP-5256 doesn't open his mouth, and a couple of different voice can be heard.
SCP-5256 Echo can be heard from the voice speaking:
Man 1 'The United States Army is the greatest fighting force in the world. And Now you men are going to be thousands of miles away from home in a few days. And you better take some of that greatness with you, and this afternoon while you're on leave you better take some of it with you too…
A 'pew' sound interrupts the man talking. Guitar music starts playing, with drums accompany it. Cheering, whistling, and clapping can be heard. Then a car engine follows.
Man 2 'Sargent? Sargent! Sargent!'
Man 3 'Shut this thing down!'
Woman 1 Singing 'Ripped open by metal explosion, '
Man 4 Singing 'Caught in barbed wire, fireball,'
Woman 1 Singing 'bullet shock '
Man 4 Singing 'Bayonet,'
Man 2 'I don't know how to turn it off!'
Man 3 'Just move out!'
Man 4 Singing 'electricity Shrapnel,'
Woman 1 Singing 'throbbing meat'
D-23071 starts looking around the room.
Dr. ██████: Do you hear something D-23071?
D-23071 No, but my ears just started ringing.
Cheering, whistling and clapping resumes. Car Engine roaring follows.
Man 4 Singing 'Electronic data processing'
Man 1 'Sargent! Give me order! Booing follows.
Woman 1 Singing 'Black uniforms,'
Man 5 'Company!
Man 6 'Attention!'
Cheering, whistling, and clapping doesn't stop.
Man 4 Singing 'bare feet, carbines Mail-order rifles,'
Man 1 'Really? Find the man who deserted his post, and get me some results.'
Engine roaring follows.
Man 4 Singing. 'shoot the muscles
Woman 1 plus Man 4 Singing Two hundred and fifty-six Viet Cong captured Two hundred and fifty-six Viet Cong captured'
Woman 1 plus Man 4 whispering: 'Prisoners in Niggertown, it's a dirty little war Three-five-zero-zero Take weapons up and begin to kill Watch the long, long armies drifting home'
Woman 2 Singing 'Ooohhh!'
Woman 1 plus Man 4 Normal Singing 'Whoa! Prisoners in Niggertown, it's a dirty little war Three-five-zero-zero Take weapons up and begin to kill Watch the long, long armies drifting home'
D-23071 OW!
D-23071 starts to cover her ears.
D-23071 The ringing has gotten worse! What are you doing Doc!?
Dr. ██████: We aren't doing anything. Its just SCP-5256 singing a song.
D-23071 What!? Do you call that singing?! Guys must be tone deaf, all I hearing is a loud ringing!
Woman 1 plus Man 4 Singing 'Prisoners in Niggertown, it's a dirty little war Three-five-zero-zero Take weapons up and begin to kill Watch the long, long armies drifting home'
Engine roaring can be heard again.
Man 7 'Everybody out!'
Massive crowd booing. Indistinguishable orders said.
Woman 1 Singing. 'Ripped open by
Man 7 'Ready! Fire!'
Woman 1 Singing 'metal explosion'
Gunshot being fired from multiple rifles. Booing gets louder. Metal clinking can be heard.
Man 4 Singing'Caught in barbed wire, fireball…'
It's at this point the song stops and only the gunshots can be heard. A hollow metal can be heard hitting something. Booing stops.
Man 5 'Company!'
Man 6 'Attention!'
A few seconds of silence. Accompany by shuffling feet.
Man 1 'Now can all you men hear me!?'
It was later found out that this scene was confirmed by Dr. ██████ and his assistant that the song came from a movie in 1979 called Hair. With the song being sung by Melba Moore and Ronnie Dyson. It was an antiwar song, and the other people not singing were army soldiers standing at speech that had the speaker system hijack by the performers in Washington DC in front of the Lincoln memory. It has been noted by both Dr. ██████ and his assistant that the song they heard from SCP-5256 was an exact recreation of that scene, no different than a recording.
It's at this point the song starts looping. This goes on for an hour until SCP-5256 Stops singing. D-23071 takes her hand off her ears.
D-23071 What the hell was that? I thought my eardrums were going to burst if that ringing kept going on.
Dr. ██████: D-23071, did you happen to hear singing at all through the ringing?
D-23071 No, I ██████ did not. But I thought I saw people dress in black uniforms dancing in front of the Washington Monument.
The scene described by D-23071 matches that from the movie.
Dr. ██████: Understood D-23071. SCP-5256, how were you able to do that?
SCP-5256 You know how sometimes you get a song stuck in the back of your head, and it takes a while to go away? Well, I'm pretty sure I was able to control that when I was alive. As long as I've heard the song before, I can play it like a recording of it.
Dr. ██████: Why didn't you inform us of that ability before?
SCP-5256 I didn't remember I could do that until just now.
Dr. ██████: Well if that is all, why don't you continue singing?
SCP-5256 Because then I would have burst D-23071 eardrums.
Dr. ██████: Well, alright then. Turn the recording back on.
D-23071 What!? Don't you turn that…
Recording Turn back on.
D-23071██████ you Doc! And ██████ you 5256!
D-23071 spends the next minute screaming profanities. The Day ends with no other noteworthy changes.
Day 5:
D-23071 continues to spend the day with her head resting on her arms.
12:01 PM
SCP-5256 Hey doc?
Dr. ██████ Yes 5256? What do you want?
SCP-5256 I believe D-23071…
D-23071 What do you want? Who said that?
Dr. ██████ D-23071, did you hear someone else talking just now?
D-23071 I just heard someone say my name or number that is.
SCP-5256 Hey [D-23071 Real Name redacted] is your Aryan brother all that great? I mean I had [Neither Dr. ██████ or his assistant could hear the word.] when I was alive. Does that make me inferior by your standards? Despite me still being here after dying for someone else?
Dr. ██████ SCP-5256! What was that word you said to D-23071? What did SCP-5256 say to you D-23071?
D-23071 Was that thing talking to me just now? I didn't hear anything.
SCP-5256 She telling the truth doc. And I didn't want to you hear that word cause I already I don't want you bothering other people like me. We already have enough shit going on against us for the last century. Things didn't start to change until 50 years ago.
Dr. ██████ Are you telling me there are more of you? Why didn't you tell us this before 5256!?
SCP-5256 No, I didn't lie. As far as I know, since my death, I am the only one of my kind. I meant others like me when I was alive. It a standard non-anomalous psychological state that made my life difficult enough. I don't want you bothering people who have it worse than me.
Dr. ██████ Well talk about this later 5256, what was it you wanted to say earlier?
SCP-5256 I was going to say D-23071 was eardrums have healed enough that she can listen to the song again. It seems to make progress in terms of things and I was going to ask the recording be shut off.
Dr. ██████ Alright then, turn the recording off.
Recording turn off. D-23071 looks around the room.
D-23071 Oh no. Don't tell me we're going to do it again? Please don't, that really hurt! I'll do any other test just please stop this now.
SCP-5256 plays the same song again on a loop for about an hour. D-23071 shows signs of pain and cover her ears again. But about 30 minutes in she removes her hand from her ear and looks about the room.
D-23071 Hey? What is that the ringing is gone and I think I hear music? It's dumb as hell, but its music no less.
Dr. ██████ Is this true 5256?
SCP-5256 doesn't open his eye but nods in confirmation.
Dr. ██████ What are some of the lyrics D-23071?
D-23071 There are two groups of people, one who has a problem with the song. And I keep hearing 'Prisoners in Nigger Town' and 'Three Five Zero Zero' the rest I can't make out.
Dr. ██████ Alright then D-23071. Continue listening.
The song ends 30 minutes later and SCP-5256 opens his eyes.
Dr. ██████ D-23071, were you able to hear anything else?
D-23071 Gunshots? And the rest of the song. I can't sing it word for word but I heard it.
SCP-5256 Nods in confirmation.
Dr. ██████ Alright then D-23071, can you see someone sitting in front of you?
D-23071 looks first at the chair in front of her then around the room.
D-23072 No, the room is still empty with that gaudy painting staring right at me.
Dr. ██████ Alright then, continue the recording.
Recording continues.
D-23072 Whispers Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
The day ends with no other changes noted.
Day 6
At 12:00 pm, SCP-5256 sang again.
Dr. ██████ Where you able to see anything this time D-23071?
D-23071 No doc, maybe an outline of someone sitting in front of me. But I couldn't see anything else.
Dr. ██████ Alright then, resume the recording.
Day 7
At 12:00 pm SCP-5256 sang again. Sitting across from D-23071. 12 minutes in:
D-23071 Hey! D-23071 squints her eyes in SCP-5256 direction. Who are you? When did you get in here?
Dr. ██████ What do you see D-23071?
D-23071 There some guy in a hat with his eyes closed sitting in front of me. It that who I'm supposed to see?
Dr. ██████ What kind of hat is it wearing?
D-23071 I don't know, the kind that Harris Ford wore? And he has some gloves on, with the ends cut off. And a watch?
Dr. ██████ Is she telling the truth 5256?
SCP-5256 doesn't respond. Doesn't open its eyes and continues to sing.
Dr. ██████ 5256? I waiting for an answer.
SCP-5256 doesn't response. Moreover, its eyelids start squeezing tighter than they were before. With the mouth seeming to also tighten as well.
D-23071 Hey doc! I don't know what's going on but I don't think he's feeling too good. He looks like he getting sick or something.
Dr. ██████ 5256! SCP-5256 respond now! What's going on?
SCP-5256 still doesn't answer Dr. ██████ It continues singing until 12:59 pm.
Man 1 Now can all you men hear me?!
SCP-5256 Opens its eyes. They appear bloodshot and look straight at D-23071//
D-23071 What the fuc…!
Analysis D-23071 stops mid-sentence and drops her head on the table. Dr. ██████ along with two guards enter the testing chamber. After taking D-23071 pulse, Dr. ██████ orders the guards to take D-23071 to the infirmary. Where the subjects are determined to be in a catatonic state. D-23071 was terminated shortly thereafter.
Results Before D-23071 is terminated Dr. ██████ ask to see the page for D-23071 from SCP-5256-2. What is seen is D-23071 name scratch over in black ink, and a huge tear appearing on the right page. SCP-5256 remarks that it didn't write in SCP-5256-2 and has never seen this happen before. After which SCP-5256 remarks that it won't cooperate with an anymore similar test. Stating that "It left a bad taste in my mouth".
Damocles Sword has taken the information recorded on Day 5, and are currently working to figure out what SCP-5256 was talking about when it mentions 'a standard non-anomalous psychological state that made my life difficult enough'. Current progress is at a standstill due to interference from SCP-5256.