SCP involved: SCP-2398
Notable Personnel Involved: Dr. T██████, Dr. A██████, Security Officer R████, Security Officer M██, D-10178, D-10190, Agent Russell Maxwell
Date: ██/██/████
Location: Research Site ██
Description: Incident log as compiled by Agent King.
The following is constructed from video and audio recordings from within and around SCP-2398's primary containment chamber on the evening of ██/██/████.
18:24:25: Within SCP-2398's primary containment chamber: D-10190 waters plants at the eastern wall while D-10178 stands atop a tall step ladder, upgrading a ceiling light tile while directly observed by Security Officer R████.
Security footage inside SCP-2398's observation office shows Dr. T██████ and Dr. A██████ at their terminals.
Security Officer M██ stands in the hallway outside of primary containment.
D-10178 drops the light panel and it swings aside, dangling by one corner out of D-10178's reach.
18:24:30: The hanging light panel falls to the garden floor.
18:24:31: All audio and video of SCP-2398's containment chamber, observation office, and exterior coordinators cuts out for five seconds.
18:24:36: Video and audio feeds resume transmission with inferior quality. Feeds are transmitted to data storage in a separate, unaffected area of the Site-██ (allowing for this compilation). Several cameras are either non-functional or are obscured by plants or fallen debris, leaving few video sources viable.
The containment chamber and surrounding areas are lit only by emergency lights, likely powered by a local back-up generator installed adjacent to SCP-2398's containment.
Massive structure damage is observed: multiple ceiling tiles have fallen or hang in place, walls are slanted, an external hall has caved in under its own weight at one end, and floor tiles jut up and overlap where present.
Numerous new bushes and shrubs cover the containment floor and protrude through damaged walls. Various body parts and at least one decomposing corpse in orange clothing consistent with D-Class attire are visible among a number of the new bushes.
Faint, distorted music is picked up from the distal end of SCP-2398's containment chamber.
The step ladder is not present, and D-10178 appears to have fallen. He clutches his ankle and screams that it is broken.
Security Officer R████ has drawn his weapon and approaches D-10178.
D-10190 braces himself against the eastern wall and slides out of view of the cameras.
T██████ and Dr. A██████ stand and stare into the containment chamber.
Security Officer M██ appears to have been crushed by a section of the external hallway caving in.
The remainder of Site-██ activates the containment breach alarm. Footage from around the SCP-2398's containment area reveals its entire segment of the facility is missing, as if sliced out, leaving a cube-shaped empty space in the center of Site-██ approximately 50 m by 50 m by 25 m. The ground there is solid dirt and hosts only garden tools, a fallen step ladder, and a single light panel.
18:25:01: Audio captures Dr. T██████ informing Dr. A██████ that they are in SCP-2398-A, and they discuss escape while attempting to identify "offending litter" through their observation window.
18:25:10: The distorted music is heard moving across containment, nearing D-10178 and Officer R████.
18:25:13: Officer R████ moves away from D-10178, as SCP-2398 moves into view of camera 2398-6.
18:25:26: SCP-2398 flings itself upon D-10178 and violently [DATA EXPUNGED].
18:25:31: SCP-2398 leaves D-10178's corpse and pursues Officer R████.
Officer R████ backpedals near the glass of the observation office and fires a total of 11 shots at SCP-2398. Only minor damage is seen and effect on SCP-2398's speed is negligible.
Dr. A██████ pounds on the other side of the glass, shouting to Officer R████.
18:25:41: SCP-2398 overtakes Officer R████ and [DATA EXPUNGED]. Blood sprays across the bulletproof glass, causing researchers inside to back away.
18:25:45: SCP-2398 repeatedly throws itself against the observation window with incredible force, causing increasing damage.
The researchers flee the observation office, closing the door behind them.
18:25:55: SCP-2398 breaks through the observation window.
18:25:59: SCP-2398 smashes the door and continues in the direction of the researchers.
In standard reality, containment personnel have surrounded the missing section of the facility. The breach has caused a subsequent containment breach of SCP-████, which is promptly collected and re-contained by Agent Russell Maxwell.
18:26:06: Dr. T██████ and Dr. A██████ run down a hall and encounter an opening leading out into the fog of SCP-2398-A. No audio is available in this area, but one badly damaged camera catches them having a frantic discussion. Something catches their attention, presumably the music of SCP-2398. They stare at each other and proceed into the fog together.
18:26:09: SCP-2398 is seen passing by the same camera, following the researches into the fog.
18:26:11: D-10190 emerges into view and runs across SCP-2398's containment chamber to the body of Officer R████. He acquires the fallen sidearm, checks the ammunition, and walks off camera.
18:27:02: Dr. T██████ and Dr. A██████ enter SCP-2398's primary containment through a break in the western wall. They proceed to the center of the chamber near the corpse of D-10178.
D-Class personnel are sent into the empty space within Site-██. As directed, they inspect the fallen step ladder, gardening tools, and light panel left behind.
18:27:14: D-10190 enters the view camera 2398-6, confronting researches aggressively, brandishing the handgun. Equipment in the observation office picks up D-10190 shouting lividly. Overheard are multiple expletives, demands for means of escape, death threats, and frequent references to a "Derek."
18:27:19: SCP-2398's music is faintly picked up by observation office equipment.
The light panel is nudged by the foot of D-Class personnel in standard reality. On camera in SCP-2398-A the panel is seen to move simultaneously near the researchers and D-10190, but they don't appear to notice.
18:27:36: SCP-2398's music increases in volume and a crashing noise is heard. At the same time, D-10190's attention is drawn toward the entrance of the containment chamber.
18:27:38: D-10190 grabs Dr. T██████ by the arm. Dr. A██████ attempts to intervene but is struck on the head and falls back.
18:27:42: More crashing is heard. SCP-2398 enters containment chamber on approach to the researchers and D-10190.
18:27:43: D-10190 puts his arm around Dr. T██████'s neck and faces SCP-2398. He fires two shots at SCP-2398, which prove ineffective.
18:27:44: Dr. T██████ stomps D-10190's foot and pulls from his grasp.
In standard reality. D-1201 picks up the light panel. Footage from SCP-2398-A shows the light panel likewise lifting into the air. This is noticed by D-10190 and both researchers. The light panel drifts in the general direction of SCP-2398 and the entrance of the containment chamber, concurrent with D-1201 carrying the panel in standard reality.
18:27:48: Dr. T██████ shouts that the levitating light panel is "escape." D-10190 rushes toward the light panel. Dr. A██████ tackles D-10190 from behind. D-10190 is knocked beneath the light panel and slides toward SCP-2398.
18:27:51: SCP-2398 attacks D-10190. The firearm again proves ineffective and D-10190 is [DATA EXPUNGED].
18:27:54: Dr. T██████ and Dr. A██████ stand on opposite sides of the floating light panel. After a brief countdown they grab the panel simultaneously.
18:27:58: The light panel, along with Dr. T██████ and Dr. A██████, vanish from SCP-2398-A.
In standard reality, the light panel is torn from the hands of D-1201. Dr. T██████ and Dr. A██████ materialize holding opposite ends of the panel.
18:28:00: All video and audio feeds from SCP-2398-A cut out and do not return.
18:38:00: Dr. T██████ and Dr. A██████ are medically examined and debriefed.
21:13:03: SCP-2398 materializes in what remains of its secondary containment.
Researcher Remarks: What constitutes an offender to SCP-2398 is obscure and esoteric. It is my theory that the fallen piece of the facility caused SCP-2398 to identify the Foundation itself as the offender and took as much of it as it could. Structural damage sustained by the containment area upon its transport to SCP-2398-A's unstable ground may have sated SCP-2398's vengeance toward the facility itself as it immediately went after personnel. Why SCP-2398 took a cube-shaped area rather than a spherical or hemispherical area is unknown. But needless to say, SCP-2398 is far more dangerous than previously believed.
— Dr. T██████
Supporting Researcher Remarks: The incident with D-10190 underscores the importance of observing established site protocols. D-Class personnel working together in groups should not converse outside of what is required for their duties, and should not get to know each other on a first name basis. They have numbered designations for a reason. We don't need more D-Class comradely. We don't need more experiment rumors spreading among them. We don't need more "Dereks."
— Dr. A██████
Incident Analyst Remarks: SCP-2398 is a violent, retaliatory object capable of escaping, displacing, and destroying containment efforts with high cost to personnel and Foundation property. It follows its own warped criteria to trap and hunt whatever it chooses to consider a litter bug. I formally request SCP-2398 to be reclassified as Keter. I don't care where we move the garden or how vigilant we think we are. This is the sort of SCP we adopted the term Keter for in the first place.
— Agent Alan King
Addendum: This incident led to the Foundation-wide, intranet awareness campaign: #NoMoreDereks