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Photo composite of SCP-6000 in its humanoid form

Item #: SCP-6000

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: The task of capturing and containing SCP-6000 has been assigned to SCP Foundation personnel on stakeout duty, as well as local authorities acting in cooperation with the Foundation. Instances of SCP-6000 have been documented to occur almost exclusively in the southeastern United States. Abandoned buildings are to be especially monitored by security, as SCP-6000 is known to make habitats in these areas. Any potential civilians who survive an encounter with SCP-6000 are to be given Class-B amnestics.

Description: SCP-6000 is a sentient horde of carnivorous arachnida that operate through a hive mind, collectively assembling into a realistic-looking human suit to get around in the environment. The suit itself has the appearance of a Caucasian male, aged late 30s-early 40s, pale-complexioned with neck-length black hair and gray eyes. The eyes, which are made of glass, lay deep within the eye-sockets of the suit and are prone to rolling around if not adjusted frequently (giving the appearance of Strabismus). The teeth, which are attached to the inner mouth of the suit, appear to be made of porcelain (much like human veneers or dental implants) and have been described as unnaturally long and straight in appearance, resembling piano keys. The suit also has a very lanky physique and measures 1.9 meters (6’3”) in height, when standing. Clothing-wise, it wears a black three-piece suit, white button-down shirt with pleated front, black satin western bowtie, gray socks, black pointed-tipped leather shoes, and a dark wide-brimmed hat, giving it the appearance of a western street preacher from the 1800s. Although the clothing fits the torso perfectly, the sleeves come up short on the long, thin wrists.

SCP-6000 seems to be solely motivated by hunger, only performing actions with the intention of feasting on human prey. When it has found a potential target, it will try to initiate conversation with them, having an unusually polite and eloquently-spoken demeanor, almost like a con artist trying to sell someone something. It will also usually introduce itself as “Jeremiah Jedidiah,” owner of the world’s largest arachnid sanctuary. Most who engage in conversation with SCP-6000 only do so out of politeness, suspecting SCP-6000 of having some form of mental illness (possibly Schizotypal Personality Disorder) due to its odd behavior and speech patterns. This eccentricity can be attributed to the arachnida’s lacking familiarity of human behavior and mannerisms. For instance, changes in topic tend to be abrupt with no Segway or transition, and syntax tends to be unnecessarily obfuscated (saying “father’s brother” instead of saying “uncle,” saying “triangular-shaped object” instead of “triangle”).

At the end of every conversation, SCP-6000 will ask the target whether they are in a desperate financial situation, to which they will (overwhelmingly) respond “yes” (it is unknown if SCP-6000 is able to detect people’s economic circumstances through psychic means, or if this purely happenstance, although most speculate the latter). SCP-6000 will then make the target an offer, explaining it has a container of highly valuable spider eggs back at its “sanctuary,” which belong to a rare dying species, and that it would be willing to give them the eggs, free of charge, to sell on the market and use the money to pay off their debt(s). Depending on the target’s level of desperation, they will either immediately accept or politely decline. If the latter, SCP-6000 will continue to persuade the target until they give in. In either case, the target is led into a black and silver motor vehicle, which looks like a bizarre hybrid between a vintage Cadillac in the front and a transport van in the back. They will arrive at a nearby abandoned building, referred to as “the sanctuary” by SCP-6000, where they will then be led in to see a makeshift spider habitat upon entering. From here, SCP-6000 will drop its friendly facade and reveal its true self.

First, the glass eyes will roll back into the sockets and sink further in, followed by the mouth gaping open inhumanly wide, the lower jaws of the suit splitting apart like bifurcated mandibles, similar to those found on arachnids and insects. The suit will then go through an “emptying-out” processing, in which a flood of roughly a thousand spiders (varying in species) evacuate the suit, pouring out of the mouth and eye-holes, weaving webs around the target in a synchronized fashion until target suffocates. The spiders will then begin to consume the body postmortem, still acting in synchrony, and once consumption is finished, will collectively assemble once again, retreating back into the empty suit to fill it out in the form of a human silhouette. After this, SCP-6000 will then immediately proceed to find its next target.

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