Lixerf - SCP Sandbox III

Lixerf

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: Access to SCP-map is possible only through a submerged underground tunnel complex with the entry point in the underwater wing of Site-169.
SCP-Map itself poses no threat and is easily contained within its cave under the island ████████. Because of the nature of SCP-map, RTF-Nu-13 ("Walkers") are to be present near the anomaly at all times.

Nu-13 are ordered to neutralize uncooperative entities that appear as a result of the anomalous properties of SCP-Map. Cooperative entities are to be taken to Site-169 to be interviewed. Interviewed entities are to be taken into custody and used as a ground for future diplomatic missions performed by Nu-13. Entities bearing provisional clearance codes, as distributed by Nu-13 during exploration missions, are to be permitted access to documents corresponding to their clearance level.
Nu-13 are to observe patterns made by SCP-Map and report any unusual activity.

Description: Site-169 was built on the island ████████ for the purpose of researching and containing SCP-MAP. SCP-Map is a structure of 13 stone pillars 2,6 meters high and 0,65 meter in circumference. Each pillar is covered in the same set of symbols of unknown language. The cave housing SCP-map is populated by floating particles which emit orange light. Particles are estimated to be 1 centimeter in diameter¹.The ceiling of the cave is covered in fourteen groups of black circular markings each measuring 7 cm in diameter.²

Any living creature coming into contact with the symbols on the pillars will cause the particles to group together into larger transparent, gaseous spheres, each with a different coloration and collectively designated as SCP-Map-01. Upon creation the instances of SCP-Map-01 and their representative connections form the same pattern upon each activation.

On 10.12.2017 during research with symbols which were earlier confirmed safe with experiment SCP-MAP-EX1. Junior Researcher Nicolas Wane misinterpreted one of the safe symbols, resulting in his disappearance. Following his disappearance, small bright red light emerged from SCP-01, located near edge of the pattern, to one connected instance. On the same moment, another instances of SCP-01 dispatched differently colored lights to other SCP-map-01 connected to them. After this exchange ended, an unknown humanoid was formed by orange particles next to one of the pillars, claiming to be Dr. Richard Newmon. Dr. Newmon was able to successfully name several on-site working personnel and presented himself with security credentials belonging to Nicolas Wane. See incident log I and Interview log I for details.

Later expedition to place where Junior Researcher Nicolas Wane received his injuries ended up with recovery of a desiccated human skeleton with a mechanical third eye implanted in (its forehead) and several storage chips implanted at various points in its cranium. Upon decrypting the storage devices, it was revealed that the third eye implant was being used to record memories, thoughts, video and audio feeds and storing all these information onto the storage chips. Recovered data identified the origin of the recovered skeleton to be represented by the SCP-MAP-169 located in center of the pattern with black colored gas.
Last thoughts recorded on the storage chips implied the unknown individual was late in preventing certain series of events.
SCP-Map-01-169 disappeared from pattern created by SCP-MAP-01 instances on 14/7/2018. Since this event, all instances of SCP-Map-01 had slightly darker hue of their characteristic colors.

Discovery: Island ████████ and SCP-map were found through tracing back a signal responsible for information breach. This information breach was possible through the use of foundation credentials of several O5 members. The targets of the breach were information about world history, current governments, and the position of several useful anomalies with limited supply. Of note is that the breach contained several queries for information regarding yet undiscovered anomalies. The localization of said items based on information in mentioned queries is ongoing.

Additional materials:

Incident log I

Clearance confirmed.

Document SCP-MAP-INC01

Note: After confirming absence of danger by previous test, two Junior researchers were sent in to investigate the changes in pattern caused by interaction with SCP-MAP.

[Two researchers, Jr. Nicolas Wane and Jr. Thomas Neim, are seen walking through the entry to the cave, orange particles are floating around, SCP-Map itself is not active.]

Wane: I am Nicolas Wane, standing next to SCP-Map, with Thomas Neim and… Is this the one that turns it all on?

Neim: Professional. Yes, the one with thirteen small dots around one big circle. It looks like the painting on the ceiling.

Nicolas Wane is seen touching nearest stone pillar on the mentioned symbol. Tiny orange particles then group together, forming spheres connected with white tubes in a pattern.

Wane: This is experiment II, confirmation of behavior of identified symbols and monitoring pattern. Trying to figure out what we are looking at. Thomas, any ideas?

Neim: There were speculations, that the pattern looks like a yet unknown molecule.

Wane: Or that it is a map of celestial objects. But none of the pictures we got looks like anything known to us.

Neim: Back to the experiment. From 13 symbols on each pillar, we identified five. How many symbols we have apart from the basic control of the spheres?

Wane: I read that four changes the colors of the spheres. That leave us 9 more unidentified symbols. But you mentioned we identified five. Which one is the fifth?

Neim: We get to that new one soon, let's continue. Press the human-shaped one.

Wane: The human? You mean that mess of a dots looking like a humanoid?

Wane is seen moving around the pillar. Then proceed to touch the pillar.

Colors of the spheres changes, unique colors are gone. Most of the spheres are now transparent. Only one instance is seen containing black colored gas in the center of the pattern.

Wane: Thomas? You see that? I think it's showing us something important, but no idea what.

Neim: Ah yes, you were absent when we first used that symbol. It appears that there is something in the center, that one is called SCP-MAP-01-169, but we don't yet know what. Proceed to eclipse.

Wane: To what?

Neim: To the two circles, one overlapping the other.

Wane: Did you just started naming them?

Wane is seen looking around the pillar for the mentioned symbol.

Neim: I am describing them by the look, I am not naming them after what they seem to do…

At this moment, Junior Researcher Nicolas Wane is seen dissipating into the tiny orange particles.

Neim: Nick?! Are you okay?

Nicolas Wane completely dissipated into the air, leaving no trace. On the other end of the SCP-Map an unknown entity is formed by the orange particles. The entity then looks at the pattern of spheres.

Unknown: This one seems to do nothing in particular. We will take a look at it later. Thomas? What symbol is next?

Thomas Neim is seen to look toward the unknown person. His face is scared and shocked.

Neim: Who the hell are you? How did you get here? And where is Nick? And, and how you know my name?!

Closing statements: Unknown entity presented itself as Dr. Richard Newmon and insisted to continue with experiment until taken into custody at Site-169 for Interview. Check Interview log I for details.

Interview log I

Clearance confirmed.

Document SCP-MAP-INT01

Interviewed: Dr. Richard Newmon.

Interviewer: Site Director Mark Dulai.

Note: Dr. Richard Newmon appeared next to SCP-Map, shortly after the disappearance of Jr. Nicolas Wane. Upon questioning, Newmon presented the credentials of Mr. Wane as his own. Interview conducted to determine the origin of a person named Dr. Newmon.
Interview take place 10 minutes after incident log I

Dulai: Can you please state your name?

Newmon: Mark, really? Do we have to go through this?

Dulai: Do I have to remind you that lack of cooperation on your side would lead to your termination?

Newmon: Sigh My name is Doctor Richard Newmon. Clearance level 3, currently assigned to SCP-Map.

Dulai: We checked your name while you were accompanied here. And we do not have records of anyone with your name in our database.

Newmon: What? But… How?

Dulai: We expected you to elaborate. If you can. So let's start with how you got to SCP-Map.

Newmon: Fine. I got there through the Site-169, underwater wing, the only entrance to the caves, then through the tunnel complex. Whole time accompanied with Junior Researcher Thomas Neim.

Dulai: About what time did you enter?

Newmon: About one hour ago.

Dulai: One hour ago we have records of Thomas Neim accompanying Junior Researcher Nicolas Wane.

Newmon: Nicolas Wane? Who is he? Look. My team was working on some of the classified symbols because you personally said we need to move on with the research. After that….incident.

Dulai: What incident are you talking about now?

Newmon: How you could not know? It's not every day that a D-class with a nuke appears in a cave out of nowhere. That shit blew up hard, earthquakes and tsunamis and all that. It was on that day we discovered that SCP-Map and the whole island is completely indestructible.

Dulai: What?! Did someone nuke SCP-Map? We have no records of this.

Newmon: Then how did you discovered this island? The first wave of earthquakes and tsunamis led us to it in the first place.

Dulai: I am still not sure if I should answer your question at all. Especially about circumstances which led to the discovery of our SCP-Map. How is it possible that you know so much about Site-169, SCP-Map, and its personnel?

Newmon: Maybe because I work here, on SCP-Map, since the beginning, that is how I know all the people, the tunnels even the procedures.

Dulai: Now we are in a circle, let us try a different approach. Earlier you mentioned some classified symbols? We do not…

Site 169 red alarm is heard. Security enters the room

Security: Wane's back, wounded, not alone.

Dulai: Interview over, we will finish this later.

Closing Statement: Junior Researcher Wane was found unconscious at SCP-map, with three unidentified creatures 30cm tall, resembling mosquitoes, attached by three proboscides to his right leg, right hand and back. Those creatures were feeding on muscle tissue from Wane's body.
Dr. Newmon demanded to be present at the interview with Wane, once he regains consciousness, claiming that he might help with explaining the situation.

Interview log II

Clearence confirmed.

Document SCP-MAP-INT02

Interviewed: Junior Researcher Nicolas Wane.

Interviewer: Site Director Mark Dulai, with Dr. Richard Newmon as a silent observer.

Note: Jr. Wane was hospitalized with 35% loss of muscle tissue on his back and right leg and hand.

Dulai: Wane, Can you tell us what happened

Wane: After I pressed the symbol, the one that looks like two overlapping circles pierced with two lines. Thomas disappeared, and I was suddenly standing in the middle of the structure.

Dulai: Have you seen any differences?

Wane: First thing, that thing was off. But I clearly remember that it was active when I touched the symbol. Then there were some bones around, likely human. They were suspiciously clear.

Dulai: What have you done then.

Wane: I shouted Thomas's name, as he was working with me. After no response, I tried turning SCP-Map on. It worked. Same pattern as usual. But wait. I saw some colored lights traveling to some spheres through the white connections.

Dulai: Do you think you triggered those lights? Which symbols were you using?

Wane: Don't think I did them. All I did was starting the map here, then pressing some symbols, and after I ended there I only turned it on.

Dulai: Thomas said those lights appeared right after you disappeared. Can it have a connection to the symbol you pressed before appearing there?

Wane: Positive. I mean… We were working on identified safe symbols, and when I look at the pillars more closely, I saw the two overlapping circles as Thomas described them. Then I realized I have pressed a different one.

Dulai: We will see that later. Now. Where did the creatures come from?

Wane: Can't say. I was looking at the map and pillars for some time. Though there was an increasing buzzing sound, when suddenly, I felt piercing pain in my back, must have been stupid of me to stand back to the tunnel. When I turned to see what is happening, I saw two more of them flying my way. One bit to my hand and second to my leg.

Dulai: What they felt like? And how did you ended up back here?

Wane: Painful like hell. It felt like a mosquito bite, but larger, and you could feel them sucking out the meat. Was lucky I haven't fainted from pain. I then rushed toward the nearest pillar, looking for the symbol I touched when I got there. The next thing I remember was lying here.

Dulai: That's it for the moment. Get some rest,

Closing Statement: The symbol Junior Researcher Wane described as the trigger of his displacement was confirmed to be the last one Dr. Newmon tried before he was found at SCP-map. Further experiments with symbol designated as "Travel" are to be conducted by armed members of RTF-Ν-13 "Walkers" and classified as an expedition.

It appears, that SCP-Map posses ability to transfer individuals to parallel universe, based on subconscious preferences. Further limitation appear to be the connections of the instances of SCP-Map-01. Further confirmation needed.

Current policy regarding the SCP-Map is to confirm nature of the other ends and to secure either the structure or island itself to prevent unwanted transports. Another option is to to create a truce with whatever organization hold the structure there. The main content of the truce will be not sending anything dangerous through and to allow periodic exchange of expedition data. We don't want to risk getting some nasty surprise through SCP-Map.

Site Director Mark Dulai

Exploration log I

Clearance confirmed.

Mission Objectives: Accompany Dr. Newmon to his home. RTF-NU-13 members are to cooperate and provide non-confidential information regarding the delayed return of Dr. Newmon.
Team members: N-13 Claire; N-13 Nero
Non-team member: Dr. Newmon

Foreword: Releasing of Dr. Newmon as part of Containment procedures. Negotiating cooperation on securing the anomaly.
Members of Nu-13 were instructed to cooperate with Dr. Newmon and personnel of his clearance level and higher. Dr. Newmon was entrusted with explaining the presence of armed guards.

Due to the nature of exploration through SCP-map and lack of constant contact with command each member of Nu-13 is equipped with "Last will" recording implant activated verbally. The "Last will" implants are capable of broadcasting specifically encoded, prerecorded message on predefined wavelengths. In case of imprisonment, Nu-13 is instructed to activate the implants and record explanation of mission failure if able. In case exploration is not finished in 48 hours. Additional Member of Nu-13 is to temporally visit the explored universe and attempt to collect the Last will messages.
Below are video and audio recordings recovered from N-13 Nero.

Newmon: So, that's it? Can I go home?

Command: Yes, you are released in order to start a good diplomatic relationship with your Foundation.

Newmon: Started pretty well, by putting me into custody.

N-13 Nero: You were the first recorded individual that appeared here. It is surprising you were not shot on spot.

N-13 Claire: He is indeed lucky that complete containment of SCP-Map requires blockage on the other side of the anomaly. Most likely on several layers.

Newmon: What did she just said?

Command: That we need you to contain this anomaly. And more than that, we need your Foundation to do their job too in order to secure SCP-map.

Newmon: So you want my Foundation to waste their resources in order to prevent the D-class Nukes coming through our universe to yours.

Command: More or less. But this goes to your Foundation too. We are sure you will not want whatever lies deeper in the multiverse from our side to visit you.

Newmon: We will see what I can talk to my Foundation. Can't promise anything.

Command: Good, N-13 get ready for transfer. Once you are on the other side you are on your own.

N-13 Claire: Instructions were clear. Passing right after Dr.Newmon

Newmon: Why after me?

Command: This is the first controlled usage of the travel symbol. We have little to no knowledge about how it chooses its destination. But based on the Information provided by you, Dr. Newmon, and our Junior Researcher Nicolas Wane. We concluded it is subconscious if not directly affected by conscious desire.

N-13 Nero: We want you to want to go home, while we want to go where you end. While all the time hoping we don't get lost.

Newmon: So I just touch the travel symbol while thinking about how much I look forward to my daily dose of Caribbean coffee. And then I am home?

Command: That is the theory. We hope it won't send you to somewhere where everything is made out of coffee. Now please proceed and travel.

Dr. Newmon is seen touching the pillar, and dissipating into surrounding in form of orange particles. bright red dot is then created by one instance of SCP-map-01 and travel through the white tube to the connected instance.

Command" He should be safely on the other side. N-13 Your turn. Good luck.

Nero proceeds to pillar, touching the travel symbol. Audio recorder recorded 10 seconds of radio hum then records the sound of an alarm.

N-13 Claire: Now now now, this looks exactly like our cave.

N-13 Nero: Except for the site alarm.

Newmon: Something is off. The alarm was already on when I appeared.

At this point, a wall mounted intercom tried to speak but the audio output was only loud electrostatic hum.

Newmon: There should be people working around. Where is everyone?

N-13 Nero: Claire? You see the lights?

//Camera look up, to show all of the orange particles forming what appears to be a half-spherical dome above the circle made out of pillars.

N-13 Claire: Why they don't float all around the cave like they use to? Doctor?

Newmon: They behaved like this when we discovered the anomaly. They indeed floated around the cave a few days after we treated all our personnel with radiation sickness.

N-13 Claire: Does that mean this whole cave is radioactive?! Why you didn't mention that before!

Newmon: Because it was not when I left. Inside the structure we are safe, maybe the lights are telling its safe to be here, but not outside.

N-13 Nero: What might have caused the radiation of whole cave?

Newmon: I have an idea. Weren't you equipped with devices capable of connecting to the internet? I need to check something.

N-13 Claire: How does the internet help us from radiation!?

N-13 Nero: Yes. Give me a sec. No signal. There should be your site signal, shouldn't it?

Newmon: The radiation might be blocking it. Damn it. Do you feel anything? Burning? A headache?

N-13 Nero: Nothing here. Claire?

Video from Nero's camera looks up at Claire, which was seen collapsing to the ground.

N-13 Nero: Claire? Fuck… She's unconscious.

Unknown: Hands up, don't move. Who are you?

Camera look up, to see five armed men in anti-radiation suits.

Newmon: Doctor Richard Newmon. Level 3 Head researcher of SCP-Map. Accompanied by two guards on a diplomatic mission.

Unknown: Silence, subject Meta. We asked that one.

N-13 Nero: Me? Wait a second. Doc. What did they just called you?

Newmon: Seems one of our anomalies breached containment. This will get serious.

Unknown: Sir, step away from the anomaly, it spread out by touch.

N-13 Nero: Okay, can we get help here? She is unconscious.

N-13 Nero: Can I ask what is happening here? I am RTF Nu-13 Nero. She is Claire, same unit. We are from Foundation in the parallel universe. Exactly… This one.

Camera look up, toward the map. Nero point up to an instance of SCP-MAP-01 which is believed to represent our universe.

Unknown: Sir Tu. Head security of SCP-Map. You will be considered infected until proven otherwise. Cooperation is recommended.

Armed guards take Newmon away through tunnels. Two remaining guards were guarding Claire and Nero at SCP-Map.

N-13 Nero: Fine. Ill then sit here and try to do what we were sent here for. Even though Claire was the more diplomatic one. Can you explain why there is all that radiation and what is wrong with Doctor?

Sir Tu nod toward the second guard, which then proceed to get out of the anti-radiation coat. He then pulls out a recording device from a pocket in his uniform then turn it on.

Sir Tu: Starting advanced information gathering. Sir Tu and Knight Lin present at SCP-Map, we captured two humans, originating from a parallel universe. Possible infection by Subject Meta. Investigation about the possibility, that meta infected the whole universe during its breach is ongoing.

N-13 Nero: Now that's unexpected. If I answer all your question, will you in exchange listen to my foundation proposal?

Sir Tu: That will be judged on many factors. For now, we need to know what threat you pose to us. Were you, or anyone in your universe in direct physical contact with Subject Meta?

N-13 Nero: If you mean the Doc. Not that I know. Hell because he appeared out of nowhere we did not even touch him.

Sir Tu: Good. You are the first documented instance that did not bring up a nuke. Do you have any information that could explain this?

N-13 Nero: Wait What? How often is this place getting unwanted bombs?

N-13 Claire: Uurrgh.. What the hell, who gave you permission to attend any interview without my consent.

N-13 Nero: Your unconscious yourself. This man wanted information and you were off, I am not risking being tagged as uncooperative.

N-13 Claire: Never mind. Where is Doc? Shouldn't he like… Explain our presence here?

Sir Tu: The one you are referring to as Doctor Newmon is considered dead, and replaced by an anomalous entity. This entity slowly consumes the victims mind before replacing its consciousness with itself. Spreading to new victims via touch. Infected person falls unconscious for a few minutes, after which its retaining it's personality, but its personality and mind is slowly being replaced.

N-13 Claire: I see where this is going. You will now consider me infected. No wonder. But I don't remember touching Doctor Newmon.

Sir Tu: We have a device capable of confirming the infection. It performs one quick brain scan and looks for patterns left behind by Meta.

N-13 Claire: So now I have to wait for a brain scan, getting proven healthy and I am back to business.

Sir Tu: Exactly. I already asked for the scanning device. In the meantime, what does your foundation want?

N-13 Nero: After Doctor, or Meta or how you call him. Described to us that you are getting unwanted packages, we decided that in order to secure this anomaly, this structure. We need to secure both ends of connections.

N-13 Claire: We are here to negotiate with this site future cooperation in securing this anomaly.

Knight Lin: Sir. The device is here.

Camera's on both Nero, and Claire looks toward the tunnel exit, from which two men are walking, carrying a box approximately half meter cubic in size. The two men proceed to walk to the structure and put down the box.

Sir Tu: Wonderful, proceed to scan those two.

Camera show how the two men open the box and pull out a helmet connected to the box with a series of cables. One of the men then proceeds to take out monitor and connect it to a pair of cables from the box. While the second man then handle the helmet to Nero and gesture putting it on.

N-13 Nero: So, if I put this thing on, you will know I am not infected by that anomaly.

N-13 take turns with the scanner. While the others look at the monitor. After the tests, Sir Tu come close to Claire and offer a handshake.

Sir Tu: Congratulations, you are clear. We will now take you for a basic interview and proceed to negotiate the cooperation.

Dulai: Not so fast with the handshake, Sir, it's your turn to scan now. Knight here will be next.

Sir Tu: What? Director? What are your doing here? And why us? We were scanned a few hours ago.

Dulai: And that is the problem. Incubation of Meta is exactly a few hours. So, here is the helm. You have nothing to fear. Or do you?

Sir Tu and Knight Lin look at each other. Then with one quick nod, each of them rushes toward pillars in opposite directions. Before Dulai and his companion managed to react, both dissipated into the air in form of orange particles.

Newmon: Mark? Are you sure those were the last?

Dulai: Yes, we got one in containment, and those two were the only ones showing symptoms. Our visitors home is lucky we secured it.

N-13 Claire: I don't think so. Look where they are going.

Camera look at part of SCP-map, showing 2 bright red dots departing from the instance of SCP-Map-01 and traveling each through a different tube.

Dulai: One seems to be the universe of our kind bomb givers. Hope their security is good. And the second?

N-13 Nero: Ours. Claire, should one of us go? Like, warn the command. They should not even think about taking him into custody.

N-13 Claire: On my way already.

Newmon: The anomaly is not neutralized if dead. I recommend kill on sight send some robot or similar thing to burn the body, there is no known way to reverse the damage done to the brain by the anomaly.

Nero sees Claire running toward closest pillar, and immediately disappearing.

N-13 Nero: Care to elaborate? What is happening? This is kind of messed up.

Dulai: The breach happened the same day Richard disappeared. He was most of the breach out of this universe, therefore it was unlikely he was infected. Thanks to our long-term friendship we were able to confirm lack of personality changes, which accompany Meta's infection.

Newmon: We then concluded that the Meta is trying to escape using SCP-Map. Apparently the day after the breach another D-class Nuke appeared at SCP-Map. This caused restricted access to the cave and structure until the SCP-Map neutralizes the radiation. We are still not sure how it is doing what it is doing. But the structure is capable of maintaining safe zone even though rest of the cave provide a deadly dose of radiation. And slowly cleaning the cave entirely over time.

N-13 Nero: Not much. In this universe, Newmon and Dulai are indeed old friends. Which helped them recognize each other as clear and then what? Did you manage to get rid of the Meta?

Dulai: We had it almost contained. Only this one loose thread was still untied. And now that you killed one of the two. Only our neighbor with a lot of bombs now has one.

N-13 Claire: We may offer help with them. We can go there and try to talk some sense to them.

Newmon: That might help us a lot. If this cave would not be under nearly permanent radiation, we might be able to do some actual monitoring and research. But first. We are concerned about the Meta if it gains control of the site there. We will be in a lot of troubles.

N-13 Nero: Then its settled. We will perform expedition to there. In our name, just to leave you out of it if shit gets serious. And you will help us with containment.

N-13 Claire: We will brief our command with this information. Hope they react soon. Bye for now.

Dulai: Go then. Because of the radiation and the wild Meta next door, I give you permission to freely pass through. Once this situation resolves we will move to some more standardized procedures.

N-13 Nero: Bye then.

//Both N-13 then travel back to our universe through pillars. After 10 seconds of hum audio record again.

N-13 Claire: Command?

N-13 Nero: We have a problem.

N-13 Claire: Don't talk nonsense, it's just a consciousness replacing anomaly that ran into a universe full of nuke crazy maniacs. And they are two universes far. We have nothing to fear.

Command: Claire Neim, please elaborate. What was the meaning of your sudden appearance and disappearance after the unknown individual attacked our security guard?

N-13 Claire: Oh that… Well, the Newmons Foundation had a containment breach. An anomalous consciousness, which replaces the mind and personality of the infected individual after touching, managed to escape through SCP-Map to our universe, and one more. I went back to neutralize the threat. After I saw the threat got neutralized without infecting our security, I went back. The problem Nero mean is, that this parasitic entity ran into a universe, which is sending D-class personnel equipped with nuclear weapons through the SCP-Map.

N-13 Nero: Were you listening to that part about that even dead body is able to infect others through touching?

N-13 Claire: Yes dummy, I instructed the guard who shot Tu to not ever touch it. See there? He is still lying on the same spot he died. And I would prefer no one to touch the blood either. Not until we get more information.

Command: What about your mission?

N-13 Nero: They will help us with containment if we help them with this entity in the third universe. And possibly talk the third universe to stop sending nuclear weapons through.

Command: Acknowledged. Please provide your exploration logs for review. Dismiss.

Note: After this mission, both members of Nu-13 attending this mission conducted a medical examination to check, if usage of SCP-map has any detrimental effects on the organism. No abnormal activity or hurtful effects were discovered. It is therefore concluded, that SCP-Map is not having any immediate hurtful effects on human organism. A possibility that such effects, if any, appear after long-term usage or after some incubation period, is still open.

Exploration log II-Enter Level 4 Credentials

Special thanks in progress of making the map to: Ekronak, A_Sack_Of_Potatoes, Jazstar; For help during concept evolution. Striking crit exactly where needed.

weryllium for foundation operation.

Wazikamawata for clinical tone.

<Begin Log>
12/12/2018

Alarm is sounding in the background. Multiple footsteps can be heard, assumed to be running. Several gunshots in distance followed by shouting

Get those lab coats you incompetent abominations!

Something resembling energy discharge, followed by human screaming. 10 more seconds of footsteps running, then explosions.
5 seconds of radio hums.
Heavy breathing, followed by a loud thud.

I am Doctor Nicolas Wane.

Heavy breathing slowly calms down during the following 30 seconds

From universe Gamma-Pi-Theta. At least according to SCP-MAP.
My assistant, Thomas Neim, was killed. By some unidentified weapon. I saw his body melt, and… could do nothing! I had to blow up the tunnels and run to prevent them from following me…

Recorder was stopped at this point. Next entry was recorded few minutes later.

I am sitting at the map now. In a universe next to mine. Trying to figure out why the innate naming of universes by SCP-map does not work here, where to go next, and what to do.
It seems the recorder was recording part of my escape. Good to have that.

Few seconds of silence.

Think I heard something, going to take a look around. Wane's out.

13/12/2017

Slow paced steps can be heard for 5 seconds before the sound comes in

I am Doctor Nicolas Wane. I am alone with a handgun and a few bullets, recorder, and just some clothes with my lab cloak. On the run from my home universe.
The sound I heard yesterday, was just my own paranoia.
I did some exploration of the tunnels. There are faces on the walls. Some painted other sculpted.
Looking at them made me feel safe. They are around two meters in diameter. With eyes size of an average man head.
Never thought I would see blood used in such artistic manner. A real piece of art.
I may have ended up in the only variant known to me in which this structure is uncontrolled. And given the circumstances, that is the worst.
Worst in a way that I have nothing to effectively defend myself, no food, no equipment against all the things the multiverse can throw at me.
And still I have to try. 'Cause if I fail…

Wane is silent. Ambient sounds of the cave complex can be heard.

…I'll be glad I didn't live to see the consequences.

14/12/2017

One man is heard walking, almost inaudible growl cut through the steady walk.

Name's Doctor Nicolas Wane. Third day on run. No food since lunch before this all started.
I had to change universe again. The one I ran into was, how to put it, dangerous.
The faces on the tunnel walls. The sculptures on the walls. I was looking at one commenting on the quality of art, and it blinked on me. Yes, I thought I was losing my mind. Then the face opened its mouth right in front of me. The freaking wall was trying to eat me alive. No joke… I ran. And as I ran the faces started coming out of the walls. So I ran back to the map and zapped out. I fear what awaits me here.
But if I don't find something to eat, I'll starve… Hell whatever kind of civilization would do at this moment, as long as they do what I… no, what all universes need. And then they may feed me?

Buzzing sound can be heard getting louder.

Shit. I completely forgot about those things!

At this point recorder was turned off, next record starts with few seconds of silence.

God damn it, they taste awful.
Hello recorder, Doctor Wane here. Eating one of the worst tasting things ever, SCP-████, nicknamed Moezqeets, meatsucc or GET THAT FUCKER OUT OF ME. He he he.
But it has been so long, and I am not starving to death. So I shot the first that flew on me to eternal oblivion. Then broke off his razor-sharp appendixes and proceed to hack and slash and hack and slash and hack. Until I had a bit of peace. Now I am burning half of the non-edible parts while cooking what appears to be their belly. Somehow full of raw meat. At this point, I can't care who or what that meat belonged to but it was clearly intoxicated as hell. And I will have a lot of that meat until I find something else to eat. Hope it's not having any long-term effects or poisons.

I still have to find someone who can conquer a world.. or two. At my home, we found something.
Something far more dangerous than whatever we found before. Some crystal underneath a mountain that was shooting bits of antimatter or something like that, because whatever got hit disappeared as if never there, anyway after some time even memories were gone, then recordings. Not sure how we concluded that as all proofs went poofs. Hi hi hi. We designated it SCP-████. Someone discovered, that whenever it shoot things or something touched it, thus going awol itself, it would get smaller. Don't know how someone saw that it shrunk by few nano-millimeters. But it shrunk. We performed some calculations. Then run them again as we did not believe the results.

To fully neutralize that thing it would take a total matter of several universes.
And just when we ensured that nothing would ever touch that thing ever again. We were wiped out.
And right when I got into the mood of talking, I am about to get visitors. two, no five of them. The lights are forming them rather slowly. Is it cause its bigger group?

Five different sources of sound are identified. Clicks similar to turning off the safety on guns are heard, followed with vocalized orders in a mix of English and Russia languages.

- Everyone sees that?
- Yes sir, it seems to be a humanoid, clothed in a dirty white coat.
- And it seems to be eating the insects. Gross

Hello there, can you understand me?

- It spoke, English language.
- How did he end up here?
- Doesn't matter. Orders are clear. Neutralize any threat to Foundation and its citizens.

Oh, wonderful. Do you guys mind talking a bit? I know of a threat you might want to be contained.

- Attempts to cooperate. Seems sapient.
- Seems like a threat to me.
- Noted, should we bring him back to headquarters or neutralize?
- Might prove a valuable source of information, as long as he keeps cooperating then we will see.
- Does not seem to pose any threat by himself.
- That is how threats like to look like. Innocent.
- You there. Are you alone or there are more like you?

Just me. And don't worry, I will cooperate won't bite.

- Great, Delta, Lambda take him back to SNP Foundation headquarters. We will continue our mission.
- Roger that.
- Try something, and you will meet a worse fate than death.

Wait. What do you mean SNP Foundation? Isn't that SCP Foundation?

- No, it's Superior Neutralization Processes
- Sir, he has some recording device.
- Confiscate, once we're sure there's no confidential information on it he might have it back.

The recorder is turned off. This was the last log on the recorder.
<END LOG>

Following are records recovered from the camera storage chips implanted to the forehead of Dr Nicolas Wane. Chips were encrypted with standard Foundation codes.
Point of view of the camera was from "Third Eye". With recording capacity of several petabytes.

Recovered video recordings.
<Begin Log>

17/12/2017

[Static hum is seen, on the background a voice speaking in English-Russian Accent]

Unknown: Head Researcher Doctor Nicolas Wane, do you feel well? The operation was a huge success. Your Third eye should now be fully operational. Congratulations.

[Camera focus on a person in a white cloak, curiously looking to the camera with his two mechanical eyes in his forehead while looking to a person next to Wane with his two biological eyes.

Dr.Wane: I…will be fine. It's just that I am not used to processing three points of view.
Unknown: The storage chips you requested might be causing this, storing information on two places at once confuse your brain. Not to mention their hardware is older than the eye itself. We can only assume what the consequences of this can be. Why did you request the chips with your own encryption in first place?

Dr.Wane: I have a weakness, I am sentimental, and when I grow old, I would be glad to find out those safe storages of memories to return to.
Sorry for lying there. I have to leave you. Can't grow old here as someone is threatening the whole multiverse. I have a mission to do.

Unknown: You should take some time and rest. Project Map can wait a few days before you are fully recovered.

Dr.Wane: With all respect, I insist on working. It helps me focus. Not to mention I might have found a way to stop the saving into the chips. Should feel better soon.

Unknown: As you wish then. Good luck with your project.

[Camera focus on a mirror, Dr.Wane is visible in the mirror looking at his third eye.]

One two, fifty. Damn this thing is insane. Who would have thought, thought thought…

[Camera hums for ten seconds, then refocus on the mirror. Dr.Wane is bleeding from his nose.]

Ouch. That hurt. And what is this? Blood? My nose is bleeding? Good, have to remind myself, myself, myself…ourselves.
Now… this should work. No more saving and loading at the same time, causing loops in memories.
Where were we. Yes…
This thing can record even thoughts! As long as they are vocalized in my head. Now I can comment on the recordings as I see them. We are proud of ourselves.

I must admit after they discovered what I know about the other few universes, they offered me a high ranked position. Even promised me one of the fancy eyes. I must admit I was skeptical when they mentioned it record details during research.

But ever since this eye in my head started working. I had a slight headache. Sleep was bad even in this overly comfortable bed. Dreams full of nightmares. The whole time we felt like we are under attack.

[Knocking is heard. Camera move from mirror to the door.]

Dr.Wane: Yes?

Unknown: Doctor? Expedition to the surrounding universe is ready, we will accompany you to our site on the other side.
Dr.Wane: We will be right there.

[Camera take a slow look around SCP-map, there are five armed men preparing for exploration. WR1 is visible on the shoulders.]

WR1-1: Everyone ready? We are going to the colony alpha. Doc? You said the universes have names?

Dr.Wane: Yes, back from where we are, this device could show up names of the universes, but we did not see it work anywhere else. Sorry, we can't remember the names, yet. Anyway, ready to go.

WR1-2-5: Ready

WR1-1: Fine then, proceed to travel.

[Camera see each individual of WR1 walk toward different pillar. All movements perfectly synchronized. Dr. wane press symbol and after 20 seconds of camera humming it focus again.]

Odd, suddenly feel much better, headache is nearly gone.
Keep focused, don't let him slip.
What? I can swear I, I, I… Heard WR1-1 in my head right now.

WR1-4: Cap? Something is wrong. Should we send for backup?
WR1-3: We agree, something is off, should not be this hard.

I have no idea what are you guys talking about.
[Camera proceed to point toward the pillar, Dr.Wane activated the map. Camera redirect toward the map.]

Dr.Wane: Let's take a look where we are.
And then get the heck out of here. Who would think, think…think… about running anyway?
What? I..I..We..I..

WR1-1: We agree, his will is still strong. Go bring a backup. We must not let him go.

Dr.Wane: What…is going on. We need to.
WR1-1: Stop.
Dr.Wane: Wait. You, you…we are.
WR1-1: Not moving, yes. We are not moving.
[Camera proceed to look at rest of the WR1. All of them are looking in direction of Dr.Wane. WR1-4 is seen disappearing]

WR1-1: What scared you so much, that you fight so long?
Dr.Wane: If you want to see so much. Take a look…I will show you… Why I need to run.

[Camera hums for about 2 seconds, then focus on a big black crystal, levitating above the large crater, estimated 1 km in diameter. Occasionally black lightning shot from it and to the nearby ground. Chunks of ground dissolve and disappear after each hit.]

Dr.Wane: What? I don't remember ever seeing this. Where is the mountain in which we found it?
WR1-1 Does not matter. We are one. Stop resisting.
Dr.Wane: You can't force me to return with you.

[Camera shift to show a picture of high buildings, with windows shaped in form of eyes.]
WR1-3: But we can alter your desire to travel, this device will then return you home. Then we will be one.

[Camera starts constantly shifting. Shown pictures are never present longer than one frame. Then the camera stops.]

Dr.Wane: We need to get the hell out. Far, far..far…away…

[Camera and audio feed stops entirely.]

Cracking of fire is heard, in the background are grunting and blunt sounds. Visual feed show a black screen.

Wane here.. Another world.

I ran away. From those guys.

Many individual sources of loud grunting were heard for 10 seconds.

Shhhhh! Many worlds. They gave up.

They sent a bigger group. To take me back.

Several scared gasps were heard.

Five worlds away. They keep my tracks.
Spread like a net. One man each world.
Got stuck here. With some neanderthals.

Many blunt and groaning voices are heard, getting louder and louder until eventually stopping.

Hive is coming, neanderthals will fight them.
If they get me, I'll be fucked.

End of log

Special Thanks to:
rubberchickenzilla For Log commentary review and some grammar insights.

Legend:
DR-Doctor Lix personal assets. Lix Being reality bender without knowledge about it. Loyal to foundation. Creating anomalous items unintentionally.
L-Lords of the existence.

L-13 Personality changing/Emotion invoking records.
Set of vinyl records each inducing an emotion based personality during listening and temporally after

Picture, absorbing human souls as part of the picture. Affected humans, during dreaming, find themself in "find your stone" contest, with soul eating monsters coming from below ground. Possibility to save person by removing it from picture before dreaming.

Biology book imprinting knowledge about human body into the mind of subject. Memetic AF. Subject will see every human around him on a layer he wish, be it skin, flesh, organs, nerve system.
Once book has been seen, subject will be able to precisely detect any anomaly in human system visible by eye. for a price of not being able to see them normal way again, unless amnesiacs.

L-First of the lords, being made up of universes, can focus itself into a body of a living being in universe of choice, posses knowledge from parallel universes. Is the only one with remotely friendly behavior. Others locked him up so they can continue absorbing the universes and realities and gain more influence on existence itself. Because he is locked he can access other universes with only a great effort.

L-Part of the forest, completely dead, dried, without anything living=nothing roting etc. With shiny gem flower in the middle of the place. Dead part of forest would be about 5 kilometers in diameter, making circle. Flower being the able to start up genesis in case planet would end up not being able to support life.

C inspired, credit card, constantly at 0, using this card to pay or get money will sell your future, selling happiness, friendship, and anything which would make your life interesting and not just dull gray. Taking from future too much would lead to accidents and later to death. Sending money on the credit card account via direct deposit or any other means of increasing the bank account of this card would instead add interesting things in the card owners future.

Instance of canabis that slowly convert air around it into gaseous form of THC.

L-Three metal tubes, which if placed in certain arrangement conduct all lightning during natural storm to itself, creating ball lightning for each discharge. Ball were suspiciously easily harnessed with SCP-STORM-02 and any focused person could manipulate their path at will.
Ekronak-Nitpicking and forcing me to make a deeper story for it.

DR-Energy drink glass with exceptional energy output and exceptional after effects.
Drinking any stimulant, be it tea, coffee or energy drink, multiply the stimulating effect. But after the energy from drink start to wear off, subject need to drink more or become extremely tired. no death involved, just long incapable state where subject can only rest. Concept is: getting your future energy NOW.

DR-Foundation lab cloak of unluck. Any researcher wearing this cloak will produce unexpected and unwanted results during testing with any anomalous objects. Identified after one researcher lost its job and other took its cloak, which caused bad test results to occur to that individual.
Further testing would reveal fragments of gold in the cloak cloth. Gold originating from wedding ring of first researcher, his wife comitted suicide upon discovery that her husband lost the wedding ring.

A scientific bacteria, which mutate into any illness its host is aware of including fictional illnesses.
This bacteria is grown in special labs, and adjust to its host body once injected. This make it unable to survive in different hosts, thus preventing spread of any disease caused by it.

Project ABEDIONA

Psychological evaluation of Site-169 personnel.

Below are Drafts and ideas buried for the moment. They contain mistakes.

Reading is not recommended.

You have been warned.

Item #: SCP-DIE

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures:
SCP-DIE is to be contained in standart secure lock in a vibration absorbing foam, preventing any unintended move of instances of SCP-DIE.
Testing with any anomalous objects capable of altering outputs of chance or probability are recommended to be supervised by a probability expert and at least one other class 4 researcher to prevent WK-CLASS end-of-the-world scenario or worse.

Description:
SCP-DIE is a custom dice set used for playing Dungeon & Dragons and other Role-playing games, in which roll of a die is used to determine success or fail of fictive action.
The set contains the folowing:
One Four sided die.
Ten Six sided dice.
One Transparent cyan six sided die.
One Transparent yellow six sided die.
One Transparent black-red six sided die.
One Eight sided die.
Two Ten sided dice.
Two Twelve sided dice.
Five Twenty sided dice.
One Hundred sided die.

When subject takes action following a roll with instance or instances of SCP-DIE. Action will be affected depending on the output of the roll. While higher rolls cause action to succeed or be performed better than expected, lower rolls cause action to be performed badly or fail completely. See experiment log I.

SCP-DIE seem to have two modes of rolling its instances. First, classified as event SCP-DIE-01 is basic role playing roll with previously stated action, while perceiving each die as a roll for separate sub-actions.
If a subject roll an instance of SCP-DIE without stating action or thinking about which die affect what, one of the subjects following actions in the next 30 seconds will be affected by pure probability. Resulting in a huge alteration upon rolling either lowest, or highest roll. This event is classified as SCP-DIE-02

SCP-DIE-01 and SCP-DIE-02 both cause improbable scenarios to happen depending on the roll in unexpected but preferably entertaining ways.

Addendum 1
While each instance of SCP-DIE have small range of possibilities, combining more of the instances together increase the amount of possibilities dramatically, thus allowing SPC-DIE to create even less probable scenarios.
Future research on how to use reality altering properties of SCP-DIE for foundation benefit are awaiting transport of chance altering anomalies to site-19.
Dr.Lix

Addendum 2
In case someone will state extremely improbable end of the world effect, and then roll several instances of SCP-DIE for it, we would not want to be around to see the outcome. Using a remotely controlled system that block access to and which handle out instances of SCP-DIE to subject after stating action is recommended Termination or subjugation of the subject stating such action is recommended before subject roll the instances of SCP-DIE.
Dr.Lix

This log is for assorting the ability of SCP-DIE in affecting actions.

Subject: Agent Gondor.
Stated action: I will shoot at dummy target and hit it to the head.
Dice of choice: The coin.
Roll output: Failed
Performed action: Agent pistol malfunctioned.

Subject: Agent Gondor.
Stated action: I will shoot dummy target to the head tree times.
Dice of choice: Three six sided dies.
Roll output: 4;2;6
Performed action: Agent Gondor shot on a dummy target three times with short pause between each shot. First shot went in the right eye of the target, second went through the cheek and third one hit the target to forehead. Only second shot would not deal lethal damage in case the target would be human.

Subject: Dr. Lix equipped with standard fire axe.
Stated action: I will chop off the target head in exactly one hit.
Dice of choice: One ten sided die and one twenty side die.
Roll output: 2;16.
Performed action: Dr. Lix charged at the dummy, attacking the dummy neck horizontally.
Upon swinging the doctor missed, performed a spin upon which struck the axe in the dummy torso. The axe stopped exactly at half the way through.

Note: SCP-DIE seem to account rolls differently based on how the subject perceive the each die during roll. I was thinking about rolling the ten for aiming and twenty for hit.

Dr. Lix

Subject:
Stated action:
Dice of choice:
Roll output:
Performed action:

Item #: SCP-XXX
Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures:
It is not allowed to look upon SCP-XXX, except while testing with D-class personnel.
SCP-XXX can be contained in a non transparent crate or safe which completely prevent accidental look on SCP-XXX
During tests SCP-XXX must covered by non-transparent cloth from all sides except the direction testing subject is looking from.

//make a mind about how to look at/gaze/stare at that thing
Description:
SCP-XXX is statue made of marble presenting a humanoid bend forward while holding a sphere on its back with its four hands. Head of the humanoid can be rotated with a slight resist each time a one of its four (4) faces "lock" in a reasonable position looking straight in front of itself.
Each face seem to have a different expression, but all faces have open mouth.

Its anomalous properties can be seen whenever subject looked at the sphere. Subjects that looked at the sphere claim that while they stared on the sphere, a big black eye with white pupil appeared on the sphere, returning the stare. No such eye was visible to anyone who was not directly looking on the sphere, in which case a separate instance of eye was positioned on the sphere to return the stare.

Approximately thirty (30) seconds after initial look a colorful mist start evaporating from subjects face flowing directly into the mouth of the humanoid.
The longer subjects stare into the sphere the more the colors of the mist are getting darker.
Once the mist become completely black, its color then changes into dark blue and no longer change. Subjects that enter this phase die shortly after, cause of death seems to be death of all cells within subject's body

After few seconds of looking on the sphere, subjects that were forcibly removed from SCP-XXX claim to have no interest of stopping the stare. Later tests showed that subjects which stared upon the sphere long enough for the colorful mist to start evaporating claim to lose interest in doing anything. Subjects removed during the dark blue mist lost control of their limbs ending up paralyzed at best. Depending on time spent in dark blue mist state, the libs paralysis can be from fingers up to the whole limb. Any subjects that stared on the sphere long enough for paralysis to hit their torso died even after being removed from SCP-xxx. Claiming they have no will to live.

After colorful mist get absorbed into the statue head, and no more mist was absorbed for about twelve (12) hours, a liquid labeled SCP-XXX-01 started pouring from mouth of SCP-xxx. This process were proved to occur only if dark blue mist state was reached by at least one person during feeding process.
SCP-XXX-01 was sent for chemical test and was proven to be non-toxic substance similar to honey.
If a subject drink SCP-xxx-01 a big amount of willpower and determination is observed in subject behavior. Subjects claimed to feel like they could do anything.
Any attempts to change the state of matter of SCP-xxx-01 failed. SCP-xxx-01 was proven to be resistant to any external stimuli that could cause its state of matter to change.
Further tests with subjects sentenced to be terminated showed up that state of matter of SCP-xxx-01 seems to originate from the face that is fed. Tests showed up that SCP-xxx is able to provide SCP-xxx-01 in Solid, liquid, gaseous and even plasma state.

Solid state of SCP-xxx-01 take form of a golden sand, with a taste of sugar, no toxicity or negative impact on human organism was found.
Subjects that ate solid SCP-xxx-01 entered similar state to drinking liquid state. Noticed to be mainly high willpower, self-confidence.

Gaseous state of SCP-xxx-01 take form of golden gas which upon inhalation induce states of high self-confidence.

When SCP-xxx-01 was expected to leave SCP-xxx mouth in plasma state, it took a shape of a head approximately twice as big as humans, and was seemed to be surprised as present researchers could not stop asking "What the hell".
After a while a confused incorporeal head expressed resignation and started chewing itself, eating itself completely in front of researchers.
It is therefore forbidden to experiment with SCP-xxx plasma setup to prevent incorporeal things materialize.

Addendum:
Foundation discovered existence of SCP-xxx by rumors of cult of (REDACTED) recruiting people > which went missing shortly after entering the cult.
Local police tried to deal with cult suspicious activities. Whole group of policeman was found dead on what was proved to be one of cult's bases. No traces of cult were found while dead group was recovered.
Autopsy showed no physical damage to bodies, but all of them suffered cell death of all cells in body.

Task force (insert appropriate name) was dispatched to disperse the cult and find any anomalous object that could be the cause of death.
Task force (insert appropriate name) traced the cult easily with infiltration. Once they found out that cult was "feeding" SCP-xxx with new recruits they decided to attack the cult, capturing everyone in cult for interrogation.
Task force (insert appropriate name) suffered Y casualties before successfully containing SCP-xxx

-Feed something with SCP-xxx-01 and send it on SCP-682? If this would happen result will be devastating for subject as SCP-xxx-01 have only mental effects, not physical.

SCP Sandbox III

Sandbox III: Revenge of the Sandbox