Per 
Personal Log of Junior Researcher Kai
Name: Kai Wayland Wines
Clearance: Level 2, Junior Researcher
Posting: Site-19 Facility-23, SCP-914 (Junior Researcher)
For 
Kain Pathos Crow if he ever decides to see this monstrosity of an SCP.
I've tried to keep everything (title, description, and contents) short.
Recently, I've been rereading some of the SCPs about folklore rewrites (like the Four Horsemen and the Collector of Souls) and I got inspired to do one about the Black Dog. The Black Dog is an English legend (i.e. around all parts of England) about something like a hellhound that is a symbol of or brings misfortune upon the viewer. It is sometimes seen as a familiar or a traveller's guide, but not very often.
People tend to "see" the Black Dog after they have heard of the tale (especially after seeing illustrations of it) and encounters usually are quite standardised, owing to the similarity of most descriptions of the Black Dog throughout England. I don't know about the Cyclops one though.
What I'm thinking of is that perhaps the Black Dog could be first introduced as a "missing pet" poster, perhaps titled "Have you seen Grim?" accompanied by an image of the Black Dog. Viewers of the poster would then be affected (this could be attributed by the Foundation to a cognitohazard of the SCP itself) in stages.
The stages of being affected by this SCP are as follows:
1. Unconsciously returning to the poster to check if one has seen the Black Dog
2. Beginning to hallucinate the Black Dog appearing around oneself
3. Adopting a dog similar in appearance to the Black Dog
4. The dog being influenced to attack (and often kill) its owner when it sees the poster one day
Special containment procedures would be to have agents remove the poster from public view upon encountering it. They would then submit to application of Class B amnestics to remove the effects of the SCP on then.
Credits to Doctor Fiora Irons and
PrLosash for this partial rewrite :)
SCP-XXXX refers to the phenomena of dogs attacking their owners. SCP-XXXX-1 is a lost puppy poster titled "Have you seen this dog?" while SCP-XXXX-2 is an unidentified child that has been sighted twice by Foundation agents putting up the posters before disappearing when followed.
SCP-XXXX-1 has the cognitohazardous property of causing viewers to unconsciously return to the poster to check if one has seen the pictured dog. About ██% of affected individuals develop a desire to own a dog after seeing the poster. This is harmless.
The danger of SCP-XXXX-1 lies in its effects on dogs, as dogs that view the poster inevitably attack their owners, regardless of having any history of violence.
SCP-XXXX-2 is an unidentified individual who appears to be a young blonde girl with pigtails and wearing a light sundress. It appears to be in minor distress as it places the posters and has never been apprehended by Foundation agents while sighted. It has disappeared twice while being pursued by agents as it rounded a corner and they lost sight of it while following it.
Special containment procedures are simple - all agents are to remove the missing puppy posters (that are in the format of a poster I will create) once they see it and take class A amnestics after they're done to counter the effects of the cognitohazard.
I'm waiting for a reply from Kain Pathos Crow. Until then, I will formally not be updating this SCP idea. Screw that. However, I'm still waiting.
Golden Retriever in SCP-XXXX
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Keter Neutralised
Special Containment Procedures: All Foundation personnel are to remove the posters from public view upon encountering them. For this purpose, all Foundation personnel stationed in Springfield, USA have been updated with a neutralised copy of SCP-XXXX with orders to keep a lookout for new copies of SCP-XXXX.
As of 08/05/2017, SCP-XXXX has been deemed neutralised by O5 Command as no new copies have resurfaced in public.
Description: SCP-XXXX refers to a poster "Have you seen this dog?" in the style of a typical "lost dog" poster. Continuous exposure to the image of the dog in the poster induces a minor cognitohazardous effect of random hallucinations of golden retrievers under all tested conditions. This effect is reversed by application of Class-A amnestics.
In non-Foundation personnel, the hallucinations are noted to cease entirely when the affected individual adopts or buys a golden retriever.
SCP-XXXX began manifesting spontaneously on 03/04/2017 in the town of Springfield, USA, where Professor Kain Pathos Crow was noted to have retired temporarily to before being recalled to Foundation service.
SCP-XXXX-1 refers to a female human named Jenny Lind. She was not noted to have any anomalous abilities under Foundation observation and as of 02/05/2017, has been amnesticised and returned to Springfield.
Addendum A: Interrogation of SCP-XXXX-1, 25/05/2017
This interrogation was carried out by Agent [REDACTED] who had captured SCP-XXXX-1 in the act of distributing SCP-XXXX in public.
SCP-XXXX-1: What am I here for? (shouting) I have rights! You have no right to hold me here!
Agent [REDACTED]: (shouting) Silence! Do you want to know why we're holding you here?
You have been caught in the act of distributing dangerous material to the public. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated, and we will release you once we have learnt where you got SCP-XXXX.SCP-XXXX-1: What the hell is so dangerous about a missing dog poster? I'm only giving them out on behalf of a… a (shouting) friend!
Agent [REDACTED]: Who is this friend of yours?
SCP-XXXX-1: I demand to see my lawyer.
(shouting) I have rights!Agent [REDACTED]: (shouting) Quiet! You have no rights here, if you refuse to cooperate.
Do you know what we can do to you? We can wipe all of your memories and leave you a drooling wreck. Or, if you could just give us your cooperation, we will let you go.SCP-XXXX-1: (shouting) What kind of sick bastards are you?
Agent [REDACTED]: I will overlook your childish insults and ask you again, nicely. Who is this friend of yours?
SCP-XXXX-1: He is… is a dog. (distressed) A dog-lover!
Agent [REDACTED]: And?
SCP-XXXX-1: He gave the posters to me and told me to help everyone find a friend. I seriously don't understand what is wrong with you (shouting) creepy folks - these are just dog posters!
Agent [REDACTED]: This session is over.
With this development, agents were dispatched immediately on the same day to Springfield to investigate local dog lovers' clubs and similar establishments. However, no source for the reproduction of SCP-XXXX was found. The home of SCP-XXXX-1 was found to have multiple copies of SCP-XXXX and a printer along with a letter was confiscated along with all instances of SCP-XXXX.
It was noted by agents that the local population of Springfield had golden retriever ownership of 83%. This was determined to be due to the long term exposure of the populace to SCP-XXXX over the course of almost one month.
Addendum B: Further Interrogation of SCP-XXXX-1, 26/05/2017
This interview was carried out by Dr. [REDACTED] after it was decided that a different approach would possibly yield more information on SCP-XXXX from SCP-XXXX-1.
SCP-XXXX-1: Who are you? What do you want now?
Dr. [REDACTED]: There's no need to be so aggressive. I'm sorry about your unpleasant experience with my colleague yesterday. He can be quite… abrasive.
SCP-XXXX-1: Apology accepted. Can I leave?
Dr. [REDACTED]: Short answer, no. Not for a week. Long answer, your posters have been contaminated with something dangerous and we'll have to keep you here under observation for a week. That's all. Really, there's nothing to be worried about.
SCP-XXXX-1: Really? I felt pretty worried when (shouting) I was tranquilised and kidnapped!
Dr. [REDACTED]: SCP-XXXX-1, sit down or we will sedate you.
SCP-XXXX-1: Stop it! Stop calling me that.
Dr. [REDACTED]: Please, just cooperate with us. You're making this so hard for yourself. If you could just tell us where you got the posters from, we can let you go as soon as possible.
SCP-XXXX-1: Even if I told you, none of you would believe me, right?
Dr. [REDACTED]: (laughing) Believe me, I've seen stranger things than a teenage girl's hallucinations. Try me.
SCP-XXXX-1: He was… it…
Dr. [REDACTED]: Go on.
SCP-XXXX-1: A talking dog.
Dr. [REDACTED]: … Good lord.
Addendum C: Interview of Professor Kain Pathos Crow, 26/05/2017
This interview was carried out by Dr. [REDACTED] as is routine procedure for returning Foundation personnel in absentia for extended periods of time.
Dr. [REDACTED]: Hello, Dr. Crow. It is good to have you-
Dr. Crow: Spare the bullshit and get this damn test over with already.
Dr. [REDACTED]: Fine. Ink blot test. You should be familiar with this.
IRRELEVANT DATA REDACTED FOR BREVITY - DR K. P. CROW'S INK BLOT RESULTS CAN BE ACCESSED WITH LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE WITH RAISA INFORMATION REQUEST]Dr. Crow: Are we done?
Dr. [REDACTED]: Almost. On a separate note, I have a question for you. In your… retirement, have you ever encountered a girl called Jenny?
Dr. Crow: Do you seriously expect me to remember that?
Dr. [REDACTED]: I'm a trained psychologist, so you can just stop evading my question. While you may be a dog, you are still avoiding eye contact.
Dr. Crow: She was my newspaper girl, alright? Happy? I didn't talk to her, if that's what you're getting at.
Dr. [REDACTED]: Oh-
Dr. Crow: Yes. Anything else you'd like to know? For example, I can tell you how many trees I even-
Dr. [REDACTED]: Alright, alright. Point noted.
Dr. Crow: Are we done here?
Dr. [REDACTED]: (sighs) This evaluation has come to an end. We will review the possibility of extending Dr. Crow's services to the Foundation tomorrow.
Addendum D: Last letter addressed to SCP-XXXX-1 before capture, retrieved on 25/04/2017
The following letter was found under a stack of SCP-XXXX instances.
The letter is dated the "2nd of April, 2017".
| Dear Jenny, I've attached a small poster of myself behind this letter. Yes, I am the nameless dog who has been taking the newspapers from your hand every day of the past six months and lives in the small house at the corner of Main Street. What a small town we live in, don't we? I have a feeling that I will be leaving soon, and my final request is for you to, on my behalf, spread some happiness through this small town. Other than the fact that you are reading a letter from a dog, love from the golden retriever that you always see in a suit during your morning rounds. |
Fishmonger's Guide to K-Class Scenarios
CK-CLASS: Reconfiguration
This one's a bit muddy. Clef, Kondraki, and myself (and probably others) have all made references to this Class of disaster, and unfortunately, we've all done it patently differently. The best explanation is that the world as we know it is fundamentally changed in some manner which renders all previous measures of "normal" irrelevant. It may mean a significant change in the timeline at a critical point in human development; it may mean that the physical laws of the universe work differently. This is probably the vaguest of the K-class scenarios, but it does have the dubious benefit of being one that ensures there will be some kind of universe.
FK-CLASS: Self-sustaining paradox
My brain hurts just thinking about this one. I'll explain later.
LK-CLASS: Species transmutation
The Theli Crisis was an example of this; a fundamental alteration of human (or other) species so that the original stock is forever lost. Most mutation viruses (clockwork, zombie, etc.) fall in this category, as would directed eugenics programmes and some nanocrises.
XK-CLASS: End-of-the-world
It blowed up real good.
ZK-CLASS: End-of-reality
A theoretical scenario that exists at some point in the Foundation's future. The most awful and finite of the K-classes, this scenario not only destroys Earth, all the Gods and Powers, and everything else in the multiverse but also the site this is written on and all of you reading it. It's like Dhalgren gone horribly, impossibly wrong; a fictional disaster so awesome and powerful that it even obliterates the author.
My Stuff
AUDIO/VIDEO TRANSCRIPT - TRACKING INDIVIDUALS DESIGNATE "Junior Researcher Kai Wayland Wines"
Relevant transcript begins at 0800-03/07/2019 as saved in Local-Incidents A/V at main Site-19 Archive
Relevant incident occurred due to unauthorised removal of cognitohazardous material by Junior Researcher Kai from testing area
0800 (Security Audio/Camera System 1923-8b) - Junior Researcher Kai requests for testing permissions for SCP-914 at Research Personnel Offices. Researcher Rasclon accompanies Junior Researcher Kai to Research Cell 109-B.
0811 (Security Audio/Camera Systems 1923-11a, 11b, 11d) - Junior Researcher Kai places a handwritten note and a pencil into the Intake booth of SCP-914, before turning the knob to Fine and winding the key to activate it. Output appears to be a pile of scrap paper and a shortened pencil in the Output booth. Researcher Rasclon instructs Junior Researcher Kai to dispose of the output in the incinerator room and leaves after the test.
0816 (Security Audio/Camera System 1923-11a) - Junior Researcher Kai takes the scraps and the pencil, keeping them in his coat pockets before leaving after Researcher Rasclon.
0817 (Security Audio/Camera Systems 1923-2c, 2d) - Junior Researcher Kai makes a detour to the site cafeteria, instead of proceeding to the incinerator room. He takes out the scraps of paper from his pocket and appears to piece them together on a clipboard. On the paper is a cognitohazard superficially resembling the ███████████ █████.
Connection to SCP-████ suspected, preliminary investigations of ████████ ongoing by Memetics and Infohazards Department
Other researchers in the cafeteria gather to greet the new Junior Researcher and upon seeing the paper with the cognitohazard, begin acting as if they are new arrivals to Site-19 and wander off through the corridors of the facility.
0830 (Security Audio/Camera System 1923-2a) - Junior Researcher Kai appears to be confused and leaves the cafeteria. He looks down at the cognitohazardous symbol on the paper and walks without any clear direction through the facility with the other affected researchers.
0844 (Security Audio/Camera System 1923-8a) - Junior Researcher Kai approaches the Research Personnel Offices.
0847 (Security Audio/Camera System 1923-8h) - Junior Researcher Kai enters Doctor Veritas' office and the following conversation takes place.
J.R. Kai: I'm very sorry to bother you with such a trivial matter, Doctor Veritas, but are Facility-wide staff pranks common?
Dr. Veritas: No idea what you're talking about. Say, what's that you're carrying around on your clipboard? Didn't you request testing permissions this morning?
J.R. Kai: Oh. SCP-914 spat this out earlier. I wrote a short note and put it in the Intake booth. I pieced it back together because it came out shredded.
Dr. Veritas: What setting was 914 on? Who was supervising you?
J.R. Kai: Fine and Researcher Rasclon, Doctor.
Doctor Veritas mimes banging his head on his desk as Junior Researcher Kai shifts in front of his desk.
Dr. Veritas: Why did she [inadudible]. Alright then, let's go. Incinerate the paper and pencil now. It's probably memetic or something. I am going to [inaudible].
Doctor Veritas leaves his desk to bring Junior Researcher Kai to the incinerator room but appears to catch a glimpse of the cognitohazard on Junior Researcher Kai's clipboard and asks him where the incinerator room is. Junior Researcher Kai is visibly uncomfortable and excuses himself before running out of the Research Personnel Offices towards the incinerator.
0858 (Security Audio/Camera System 1923-12a) - Junior Researcher Kai reaches the incinerator room and disposes of the cognitohazard and shortened pencil, before running directly to Security Personnel Offices. Chief Security Officer of Facility 23 accosts him outside the office and orders a lockdown of the facility after being briefed on the spread of the cognitohazard.
1000 (Security Audio/Camera Systems 1923-14b, 14c, 14d, 14e) - All personnel determined to be affected by Junior Researcher Kai's cognitohazard are gathered for observation in the Preliminary Testing Room, which had been temporarily converted to a screening clinic by the Security Officers.
Junior researchers were noted to have recovered faster than senior researchers and the decision was made by Site Director Hackett to give appropriate amnestics to the senior researchers in order to restore order.
The cognitohazard was estimated to last for an average of 4 hours, inversely proportional to the amount of time the affected researcher has worked with SCP-914 prior to this test. Of note was Doctor Veritas who required Class-B amnestics to reverse its effects.
By 1400, all memetic effects were determined to be purged from all Foundation personnel. Junior Researcher Kai was issued a warning for his carelessness and Researcher Rasclon was reprimanded for not ensuring that all outputs from SCP-914 were properly examined and dealt with appropriately.
Administrative Personnel
Dr. Arthur Hackett (Facility Director)
Dr. Lucius Elias Veritas (Facility Vice-Director) (Head of Research)
Dr. Marisa Norwood (Facility Vice-Director) (Head of Containment)
Support Personnel
[?] (Ethics Committee Liaison)
Agent Alan Sedna (Head of Security)
Maintenance Technician [?] Johnson (Head of Maintenance)
Psychiatric Specialist Richard Insano (Head of Medical)
Research Personnel
Dr. Charles Ogden Gears
Dr. [?] Meyer
Dr. Noelle Cahill
Dr. Reo Zavalosa
Dr. Howard Zane
Dr. Nelson Cleveland
Dr. Klaus Beiderman
Professor Willexia "Wren" Rennar
Senior Researcher Crimson "Wolf" Vivic
Senior Researcher [?] Vil
Weapons Researcher Grizelle Jacqueline Markham
Researcher [?] Festiv
Researcher Tsumiki Miniwa
Researcher Maxwell Percival MacLean
Researcher Jane Cho
Researcher Nestori Laskenta
Researcher Marcus V. Connolly
Researcher Isaac Darby
Researcher Ija Rasclon
Researcher Dafydd Lewis
Researcher [?] Dross
Assistant Researcher [?] King
Junior Researcher Louise A. "Grizzly" Reimer
Junior Researcher Dan Folsense Townsend
Junior Researcher Kai Wayland Wines
Junior Researcher Clavican Pines
Junior Researcher Kenneth Oswaldo "Koop" Oppenheimer
Research Assistant Noobly Walker
Contracted Personnel
Intern [?] Lunar
Intern Eli Snevets
Intern Jane Demole
Intern Ethan Clockworks
Intern David Milo Roman
Intern Lionel Regal
Intern Sora [?]
Intern Faris Tolle
Intern Malcolm Scott
For Retrieval of Denied Entries
Name: Junior Researcher McLaif
Date: 25/09/2019
Total Items: None. Testing equipment included a loudspeaker connected to power and a microphone, and another microphone connected a laptop running audio recording software.
It has been demonstrated in test 914-0998 that 914 can refine the air in the input booth. This will be testing the effect of sound with 914. We have a speaker pointing into the input booth, and a microphone recording anything coming out of the output booth. When I finish saying something, the input booth will be immediately closed and the key wound. I, and any other personnel around, will be wearing earmuffs. —McLaif
Input: McLaif yelling "Hello 914! Say something to us!" at about 60 dB.
Setting: Rough
Output: No physical objects in the output booth. A faint wind at about 10 dB is detected.
Input: McLaif yelling "Hello 914! Say something to us!" at about 70 dB
Setting: Coarse
Output: No physical objects in the output booth. A faint echo of about 22 dB is detected.
Input: McLaif yelling "Hello 914! Say something to us!" at about 65 dB
Setting: 1:1
Output: No physical objects in the output booth. The sound of a whirring fan at 80 dB is detected.
Input: McLaif yelling "Hello 914! Say something to us!" at about 68 dB
Setting: Fine
Output: No physical objects in the output booth. A 1-minute section of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture is played at 91 dB, with cannon shot increasing the volume to 100 dB five times. The section played was at the 12-minute mark of the overture.
Input: McLaif yelling "Hello 914! Say something to us!" at about 70 dB
Setting: Very Fine
Output: No physical objects in the output booth. A loud, unidentified sound of about 164 dB came out of the output booth upon opening, lasting for 9.14 seconds, causing nearby personnels' ear protection to anomalously begin disintegrating after about 8.09 seconds. No damage found to any other object in the testing chamber, except for pain in personnels' ears. All personnel were admitted to the medical wing to check for hearing damage.
Addendum: Sonographic analysis of the recordings shows all five recordings contain the word "NO" over 80 times per recording.
As it turns out, 914 can refine sound. I personally believe that 914 did not like being yelled at multiple times. It can also cause hearing damage also; my ears are still ringing 24 hours later. —McLaif
Denied. This test breaks the conservation of energy by adding more decibels. Besides, if this were consistent, every sound would have to be accounted for in every other test. - Mod
Name: Junior Researcher Kai
Date: 24/10/2019
Total Items: One six-sided die, one photograph of Senior Researcher Vivic
Note: Vivic is sick today, so I’m getting something for him from 914 on Fine. Hopefully 914 will cooperate. - JR Kai
Input: Both above items
Setting: Fine
Output: One visually unchanged die wrapped in paper with text printed on it. The paper reads as follows:
Vivic’s Sensibility Die
Once a day, Senior Researcher Vivic is to roll this die, proudly refined by SCP-914.
If he rolls a 1, he will be as sensible as Dr. Veritas overdosing on cocaine.
If he rolls a 2, he will be as sensible as Dr. Veritas drunk.
If he rolls a 3, he will be as sensible as Dr. Veritas after a long day of work.
If he rolls a 4, he will be as sensible as Dr. Veritas after a good karaoke session.
If he rolls a 5, he will be as sensible as Dr. Veritas on a normal day.
If he rolls a 6, he will be as sensible as Dr. Veritas after Researcher Darby has blown something up in Research Cell 109-B again.Effects last for one hour and the die cannot be rolled by Senior Researcher Vivic again for a further twenty-three hours. Enjoy!
Addendum: Junior Researcher Kai exited Research Cell 109-B, moving towards the incinerator at sprinting speeds. He collided with Senior Researcher Vivic, who had left his room earlier. Senior Researcher Vivic caught the die that Junior Researcher Kai dropped, but also accidentally dropped the die, which landed on a two on the floor.
Note: Senior Researcher Vivic has been restrained in the medical bay after displaying signs of extreme intoxication and severely reduced common sense. We are currently waiting for the one hour to be up, as Vivic still appears to be affected even after we’ve incinerated that damn die. Can we please stop testing for today? - Dr. Insano
Note: I really can’t decide if 914 thought that this was a good idea or a good prank. - JR Kai
Note: I am the WIZARD! You can't STOP my Phoenix powers, you peasants AHAHAHA! The croooooowws still— I apologise for the background noise. Vivic’s managed to get a hidden blade out of his bionic arm and was dancing around the medbay like a maniac. We’ve restrained him again. - Dr. Insano
Note: You forgot to cut the power to his prosthetic arm. Still, how he got access to that blade when intoxicated is beyond my understanding. I've solved it and he won't be able to mess with anything else today. - Dr. Zane
Note: The first result reads like it might've killed Vivic if rolled. Russian Roulette is never good odds. - R. Rasclon
Note: What I’m more confused about is how 914 manages to create a parallel to Dr. Veritas on every single roll of the die. - JR Kai
Note: Could have been Darby, that would have been bad. - Intern Lunar
Denied. Way too LOLFoundation. - Mod
Other stuff to come. Great.
