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[17:29:37;336, 09/30/201█. THIS VIDEO FOOTAGE IS ARCHIVED PROPERTY OF THE SCP FOUNDATION. ANY UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTIONS ARE TO BE DESTROYED IMMEDIATELY.]
[Open on O██ standing on the beach of Area-XXXX-A, looking at SCP-XXXX. He draws a heavy breath. Seng chews on tobacco while Khlot and Iv speak to one another to Ouk’s left.]
Khlot: [Quietly, in Khmer] Just avoid the fruit for a little while. Our food should last for a little while, and by then, you should definitely feel better.
Iv: [Quietly, in Khmer] I hope so. Thank you, doctor.
O██: [In English] Everyone ready?
Khlot: [In English] Yes.
Iv: [In English] Yes.
[Seng gives a thumbs up]
O██: Good. I don't want to spend one more minute here than I have to.
[O██ sighs and walks towards SCP-XXXX. When he reaches it, he puts his hand on the surface and rubs his fingers over the grooves]
O██: [Quietly] Buddha be with me. [Loudly] Bet yeung tow!
Khlot, Iv, Seng: Bet yeung tow!
[O██ turns to his right and proceeds to walk.]
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[Open on O██ walking along SCP-XXXX. O██ breathes heavily and mutters in both English and Khmer. He takes many looks at SCP-XXXX, and his mutters gradually become louder.]
O██: [While looking at and caressing SCP-XXXX] Mteay…
Khlot: What's wrong commander?
O██: What? Nothing. [O██ turns back and looks at his comrades. Khlot is right behind him, and Iv behind the doctor, while Seng silently stands ~two meters away from SCP-XXXX.]
Khlot: Oh my; you're as pale as a ghost! Maybe we should rest.
O██: [Aggressively] No! It’s the heat, that’s all. It’s hot here. So damn hot. Sitting won't do a thing. [O██ drinks from his canteen, turns around, and continues to walk.]
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[08:58:55;707, 10/21/201█. THIS VIDEO FOOTAGE IS ARCHIVED PROPERTY OF THE SCP FOUNDATION. ANY UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTIONS ARE TO BE DESTROYED IMMEDIATELY.]
[Open on the sun shining through trees, looking from the ground up. Khlot walks into frame, kneels down, and stares O██ in the face.]
Khlot: You're my friend, and I'm going to be frank. I don't think you're fit to continue this mission.
O██: [Scoffs] How could you say something like that?
Khlot: I got up at about 0200 hours last night to, uh, water the plants so to speak, and I heard you whimpering and muttering while you were holding onto XXXX for dear life. And I don’t think that this was a nightmare. You were awake, and even looked at me for a brief moment. I told Mission Control this, and Dr. ████ recommended that we terminate this mission so you can undergo psychological analysis.
O██: Nonsense. I’ll be shunned by the Foundation forever. When there is a need to retrieve something in a dense tropical area, they won’t look to us to do so. Or, at least, not me. [O██ stands up.] Also, when I commit to a mission, I never abandon it. This isn’t some fun little vacation to a tropical resort, Khlot. This is for science. For a better understanding of our world. It would be selfish to leave.
Khlot: And if we agree to abandon this mission, regardless of your input?
O██: What are you talking about?
Khlot:As medical officer, I can authorize a retrieval of this MTF squad if I can prove that it is capable of being too dangerous to one or more members. We’ll all go to Area-XXXX, and you can get psychological analysis. I don't understand how you forgot about this.
O██: Preposterous. I’m your commander, and I command you to not leave this mission. Now let’s go. We don’t have time to waste.
[O██ turns away from Khlot and begins to walk]
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[00:29:35;256, 10/22/201█. THIS VIDEO FOOTAGE IS ARCHIVED PROPERTY OF THE SCP FOUNDATION. ANY UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTIONS ARE TO BE DESTROYED IMMEDIATELY.]
[Open on O██ nuzzling SCP-XXXX and muttering in English and Khmer. O██ stops muttering and listens to Khlot, whom is speaking out of frame.]
Khlot: [Quietly] Very… No, no anomalous entities. Well, maybe. We just need to get the hell off this island.
[O██ turns over and sits up. He sees Khlot leaning over his radio. Khlot, visibly startled by O██, shuts off his radio.]
O██: What were you doing?
Khlot: You left me no choice. In one hour, we're leaving.
Iv: [Sits up] What's happening?
Khlot: Commander O██ isn’t doing very well. His psyche is damaged, and I think SCP-XXXX is responsible.
[O██ aims his assault rifle at Khlot. Khlot and Iv back up.]
O██: DON’T YOU DARE INSULT HER! YOU KNOW NOTHING OF THE BLACK RING!
Khlot: [Calmly] Commander, just calm down. We aren’t your enemies. We can help. We don’t hate the black ring. Just lower your gun, take a few deep breaths, and sit down. We’ll be back in Area-XXXX in no time.
[O██ fires the weapon at Khlot. Iv screams and jumps up to his feet. O██ takes out his radio and turns it on.]
O██: This is Commander O██ of MTF Alamo-11. The situation is contained. There is no need to retrieve us anymore.
[REDACTED]: I’m afraid that this situation is beyond your jurisdiction, Commander. Emergency Protocol 2 can only be reversed by your squad’s medical officer, and now that you have terminated him, you are to be tried for your crime in front of the Ethics Committee. You have hereby been stripped of your title and privileges until proven innocent. Prepare to come back to civilization.
O██: You can't do this! I'm so close! I-
[O██ is hit in the back of the head by Seng using the but of his assault rifle, and he falls to the ground.]
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[03:32:53;716, 10/22/201█. THIS VIDEO FOOTAGE IS ARCHIVED PROPERTY OF THE SCP FOUNDATION. ANY UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTIONS ARE TO BE DESTROYED IMMEDIATELY.]
[Open on O██ lying on his side on a beach. Helicopters are in the distance, gradually coming closer to Area-XXXX-A.]
Iv: [Out of frame, in Khmer] What’s going to happen to us when we get back to Area-XXXX?
Seng: [Out of frame, in Khmer] Beats me. Either one of us will be promoted to commander or we’ll be transferred to a different MTF.
O██: [In English] You aren’t getting rid of me so quickly. I’m still commander of this squad, and I’ll be commander until I die. [O██ attempts to stand up, but flounders and falls on his back.] Zip ties; you clever, clever bastards. I would've expected you to use long grass; only an idiot would deny salvation and enlightenment. You’ll face the O5 Council for this.
Iv: [Sarcastically, in English] Okay, Jack Torrance.
Seng: [In English] Sokhom, please. [Seng walks over to O██ and squats by his head.] If there’s any part of O██ Ponlok, close friend of myself, Sokhom, and Sokha for over a decade, left in that demented mind, come back to us. Between you and me, I don’t want the Ethics Committee to wipe your mind and put you in an orange jumpsuit. I want them to see that you’re in there, Ponlok. It’s just the skip that’s making you act this way.
O██: Where is she?
Seng: What?
O██: [Shouting in Khmer] WHERE IS SHE? WHERE IS [REDACTED]?
[O██ lifts up his arms and, using his teeth, tightens his zip ties to the point in which they break. Seng attempts to keep O██ on the ground, but he bites Seng’s hand and gains the advantage. He pulls out Seng’s knife and stabs him several times in the heart. He looks up, and sees Iv just before he fires five rounds into O██. O██ crawls into the foliage as helicopters touch down behind him.]
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[Open on a view of the trees of Area-XXXX-A. O██ stands up and stretches to see that he is alone.]
O██: Yes… We're alone!
[O██ turns and hugs SCP-XXXX.]
O██: The bad ones are gone, [REDACTED]. They could not see the truth in all things as Marsh and Ward and I did and do. Well, no rest for the weary.
[O██ begins to walk alongside SCP-XXXX.]
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Note: it is unclear whether or not O██ had been anomalously healed, or if he continued his journey in spite of the injuries dealt to him by Iv.
[00:32:55;881, 11/01/201█. THIS VIDEO FOOTAGE IS ARCHIVED PROPERTY OF THE SCP FOUNDATION. ANY UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTIONS ARE TO BE DESTROYED IMMEDIATELY.]
[Open on O██ staggering past a fern before the signal begins to weaken and data is corrupted.]
O██: [Bewildered, exhausted, and overjoyed] Yes! The gate! Reveal to me your secrets, ring of jet!
[O██ walks into SCP-XXXX-1; visual footage corrupted and turned to white noise.]
O██: When I return, [REDACTED], when I return to Area-XXXX, when they know about this place, they’ll pardon me. Khlot and Seng couldn’t get in the way of progress. Wait, was it Khlot and Seng, or was it Seng and Iv? Oh, right, it was Seng and Chhen. Thank you, [REDACTED].
[615 minutes of muttering mostly in Khmer, but a little in English.]
O██: Oh my… It's beautiful… It's all I ever wanted…
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[UNKNOWN1]: [In Khmer] Get back to work. You have to fulfill your quota.
O██: Leave her alone! She’s tired! She’s been up all night for days now, taking care of my little brother!
[UNKNOWN1]: I don’t care. What she does in the night is her own business, but in the fields it’s do or die.
O██: Please, have mercy!
[UNKNOWN2]: [In Khmer] Come along, Ponlok.
[DATA CORRUPTED]
[00:00:00;000, [DATA EXPUNGED]. The end has come. All powers of men have failed, and an era of sand and blood has taken the earth. Praise Olgidaiinis. Praise him for as long as the stars shall burn.]
O██: [Crying, in English] I'm sorry, Sokha. I'm sorry, Chinh. Forgive me. Forgive me. I didn't want this. I did this. I did this. I did this. I did-
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