SCP-XXXX - The Dream Walker

Item #: SCP-3284

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3284 is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment chamber with padded walls and floor. The bed is of the king size variety and furnished with two polyester blankets and one memory foam pillow. Covers are to be changed on a weekly basis by maintenance staff and the mattress inspected monthly for bed bugs.

SCP-3284 has been highly cooperative with foundation personnel since its retrieval but has requested several items, which include:

  • Several stuffed animals. (Approved) Most of the stuffed animals requested by SCP-XXXX are known for excessive sleeping such as bears, sloths, hippos, squirrels, koala bears, and cats. The only exception to this are a black and white sheep, which still carries connotations with sleep, ie. counting sheep. Whether this is a coincidence, personal preference, or connected to the subject’s anomalous nature in some way is unknown.
  • A pet kitten. (Denied)
  • A computer with internet access. (Denied)
  • One pot of a hot drink of its choice to be provided daily, apparently to help with sleep. (Approved) Subject seems to prefer chamomile tea and hot chocolate, both of which are noted to help with achieving sleep.
  • A canvas and painting supplies provided regularly. (Approved)
  • A drawing desk, sketchbook, and various drawing supplies. (Approved)

No other sentient or potentially sentient SCP is to be housed within a half kilometre radius of SCP-XXXX’s containment cell. Staff found asleep within SCP-3284’s area of influence will be met with disciplinary action. All personnel who directly interact with SCP-3284 are required to keep a dream journal to be updated nightly and attend monthly psychological evaluations. Tests using amnesiac D-Class that may unwittingly possess dangerous information is strictly prohibited.

Description: SCP-3284 appears to be a Caucasian male of approximately eighteen to twenty years old. Subject is of slender build and possesses several unusual traits, most notably, silver hair and purple irises that display mild bio-luminescence. An IQ test has revealed SCP-3284’s IQ to be roughly 120, slightly above average. Prior to containment SCP-3284 completed secondary education from [REDACTED] and two years of higher education in Fine Arts from [REDACTED]. According to birth records, it was born on [REDACTED] in [REDACTED], Wales. Photographic evidence of SCP-3284 prior to [REDACTED] display several key differences from its current appearance, such as its unnatural eye colour. It is currently theorised that whatever gave the subject its anomalous properties also altered its physical appearance. SCP-3284 prefers to be called by its birth name, "Tristan", but will nevertheless respond to its designated number.

If five or more lifeforms capable of REM sleep are asleep within half a kilometre radius of SCP-3284, SCP-3284 will instantly enter a state of REM sleep, often falling onto the ground as a result. Sleep studies conducted on SCP-3284 shows complete bypass of the normal four stages of non-REM sleep when this occurs. While awake, subject is always acutely aware of any sleepers within its area of influence and will get progressively drowsier with the number of sleepers.

Any sleeper within SCP-3284’s area of influence will rapidly enter REM sleep and will stay that way until removed from the affected area or forcibly woken. Cold water and air horns have proven to be effective ways of waking up those under SCP-3284’s influence. However, SCP-3284 only affects already sleeping subjects and cannot directly induce sleep in any way.

Regular sleep not triggered by the aforementioned phenomenon has SCP-3284 enter REM sleep at a highly accelerated rate, usually within five minutes or less of falling asleep. Certain hot drinks consumed before sleep has been shown to lengthen the minutes of non-REM stages of regular sleep. According to the subject,this makes transitioning into “The Dreamlands” smoother as well as providing a more pleasant overall experience.

SCP-3284’s most notable and potentially useful anomalous property is its ability to enter the dreams of living organisms capable of REM sleep within its area of influence, which include all mammalians and some birds. SCP-3284 does this by entering what it refers to as the Dreamlands during REM sleep. It is, in its own words, “pulled” into the Dreamlands against its will when five or more REM-sleepers are within its area of influence. However, it is also able to enter the Dreamlands through regular sleep not triggered by this effect.

Artistic depictions of the Dreamlands by SCP-3284 display vast and surreal landscapes that differ with every depiction. The Dreamlands apparently change in appearance every time SCP-3284 enters them. The Dreamlands have been depicted as recognisable yet bizarre versions of cities, a dense jungle with alien wildlife unknown to Earth, a mass of geometric shapes against an empty purple backdrop, and [REDACTED]. Head researcher Doctor █ has “purchased” several of SCP-3284’s paintings for aesthetic purposes.1

Common in all of SCP-3284’s descriptions of the Dreamlands are the presence of floating orbs of various colours and sizes that range from the size of a golf ball to [REDACTED]. SCP-3284 claims these orbs to be the dreams of others, which it can view and/or enter via touch. Tests conducted with SCP-3284 on D-class and animals show that it is able to influence the waking mind of others by influencing their dreams. For example, a highly aggressive American Pitbull that had been abused since puppyhood showed great affection towards SCP-3284 in reality after SCP-3284 apparently rescued it from an abuser in one of its nightmares.

One D-class unaware of SCP-3284’s existence reported seeing it in her dreams after SCP-3284 entered it in a controlled experiment. SCP-3284 later told foundation personnel that the D-class was innocent of the crimes that led her into Foundation custody, namely first-degree murder and arson. When asked how it knew this, SCP-3284 replied that it accessed her memories via her dreams and uncovered information that indicates she was framed. An investigation conducted by the Foundation proved SCP-3284’s claims and the true culprit was caught and made into D-class. The falsely convicted D-class has since been promoted to a janitorial position.

When questioned about the technicalities of accessing memories through dreams, SCP-XXXX claims that the process consists of wandering around the dream until it finds something that “feels important”. Further testing has concluded that SCP-3284 is also capable of accessing and unlocking memories suppressed by the use of amnestics. This inadvertently led to SCP-XXXX discovering the existence of various other SCPs, such as SCP-[REDACTED], SCP-[REDACTED], and most disturbingly, the truth behind SCP-[REDACTED].2

Incident Report-XXXX-a:

SCP-3284 entered the dream of Doctor █ upon his request in an attempt to recover lost personal memories caused by SCP-[REDACTED]. Doctor █ had previously been in contact with SCP-1230. Upon entering Doctor █’s dream, SCP-3284 was met with SCP-1230-1, who asked it to identify itself. After explaining its purpose, SCP-1230-1 aided SCP-3284 in locating the lost memory by reshaping the dream.

SCP-3284 was successful in unlocking Doctor █’s lost memory and developed a minor psychic bond with SCP-1230-1. Doctor █ received a moderate reprimanded for his lack of caution. Since then, SCP-3284 sometimes appear in SCP-1230 induced dreams, usually as a rogue or freelancer with titles or nicknames related to sleep or dreams. SCP-3284 neither confirms nor denies its actual presence in these dreams. Due to the incorporeal nature of their interaction, preventing these SCPs from interacting is currently impossible.

Addendum: SCP-3284 recently displayed the ability to bring objects from dreams into reality. Whether this is because of an increase in psychic power or is simply the discovery of an already existing ability is unknown. SCP-3284’s newest anomalous ability was inadvertently discovered when a sprinkler malfunction caused SCP-3284 to wake up during a controlled experiment inside a D-class’s dream. A Lindt brand chocolate bar that SCP-3284 had been holding in the dream materialised in reality upon waking. Testing confirmed that the chocolate bar possessed no anomalous properties and was consumed without incident by a researcher. Classification as a reality bender is pending O-5 approval. Due to the possible applications of SCP-3284's anomalous abilities, an upgrade to Keter classification has been suggested.