NeuRaL-60

SCP-XXXX

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: Entrance to SCP-XXXX is to be sealed by a soundproof door controlled with fingerprint authentication. Valid credentials are possessed by senior researcher Dr. Miguel de Oliveira dos Santos and assistant researcher Dr. Dragana Šimanović.

Authorization into SCP-XXXX is granted following a note prescribed by Dr. Santos¹. Individuals subjected to SCP-XXXX are to be accompanied by Dr. Šimanović, and wear a single-ear headset. Dr. Šimanović shall remain stationary until hearing back from Dr. Santos, by which then the researcher is to order the subject to step out.

Description: SCP-XXXX is an anechoic chamber located on floor 12 of Site-88, in what previously was a custodian's room. Items stationed in this room are unable to be moved. Upon a subject entering the chamber, an instance, denominated as SCP-XXXX-1, takes physical form in the shape of the subject, from an unidentifiable source of visible electromagnetic wave material. Subjects report feelings of apprehension and, in some cases, fulfillment.

Following the employment of Dr. Šimanović, Mobile Task Force Alpha-1 ("Red Right Hand") has neutralized several attempts by the ██████████████ to study the effects of SCP-XXXX.

+ Addendum XXXX-1

Subject: D-4159, male, 30 years old.

Foreword: Due to the unknown nature of SCP-XXXX, D-4159 should be the subject of this experiment.

<Begin Log>

Dr. Santos: Can you hear anything from the outside?
D-4159: Not a single sound. It's all so… quiet.
Dr. Santos: Tell me about what's inside, please.
D-4159: There's a table and a chair, and some strange device… and some cables lying around on the floor.
Dr. Santos: Can you please touch one of the objects?
D-4159: Yeah sure, let's see…
D-4159: Uhm…

D-4159 changes his tone of voice

D-4159: Hey man, what the hell is this thing made of?
Dr. Santos: What exactly do you mean?
D-4159: This wooden table is not moving at all.
Dr. Santos: Is it just the table?
D-4159: I can't move the cables either.

D-4159 lets out a loud gasp

Dr. Santos: What's the matter?

D-4159 stutters continuously
Teeth grinding noise is heard from D-4159

Dr. Santos: Can you hear me? What's going on?

A voice can be heard, closely resembling that of D-4159

SCP-XXXX-1: The doctor is talking to you, you fucking asshole!
Dr. Santos: Who is this?
SCP-XXXX-1: My name is ██████████████. The coward you assigned for your experiment can't even be truthful to himself, do you really think this is gonna help?
Dr. Santos: What is that supposed to mean?
SCP-XXXX-1: Look at him, can't take his eyes off me, like I'm some kinda divine entity!
SCP-XXXX-1: Stop looking at me like that, you fucking piece of shit!

D-4159 grinds his teeth louder

Dr. Santos: What are you?

SCP-XXXX-1 laughs

SCP-XXXX-1: I am what this miserable wretch couldn't even muster the courage to become. Which is probably why you're now using him as expenditure.
Dr. Santos: What did you want to become?
SCP-XXXX-1: A botanist. One trigger pull too far from becoming one.
Dr. Santos: What are you made of?
SCP-XXXX-1: Hell I would fucking know…

Heavy breathing is heard from D-4159

SCP-XXXX-1: Hey, come here.
SCP-XXXX-1: Show me your stupid face!
D-4159: …

Silence

SCP-XXXX-1: My hands go right through him… what a disappointment.
D-4159: …
Dr. Santos: D-4159, please step out of the chamber.

<End Log>

Closing Statement: Further experiments are to be considered physically safe for human life. No signs of mind-affecting effects or memetic agents shown.

+ Addendum XXXX-2 (LEVEL 5 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED)

???: Dr. Santos?..
???: Please wake up.

…

???: We apologize beforehand for interrupting your afternoon nap. We are well aware it is an integrated part of your routine, which we recognize plays a very important role in how you've become a Foundation senior researcher of unparalleled ability, specially at such young age.
???: However, circumstances have led us into no other choice.
???: You have left some blinds semi-open.

The sound of sliding window blinds is heard from across

O5-7: We finally meet. As you may guess from me personally coming to your office, the situation is of utmost importance.
Dr. Foster: There is no need for formalities anymore, Miguel.
Dr. Foster: You seem to be quite the stallion… and just not for any kind of woman, too.
O5-7: Our forces have captured a Gamma-class researcher from the Chaos Insurgency. Her name is Dragana Šimanović. Upon interrogation, it was revealed she knows your full name and the object you're currently researching.
O5-7: I would say, she was rather enthusiastic talking about you.
Dr. Foster: We have decided to assign her as your assistant researcher. Due to her background, I'm sure she won't really mind you exposing her to the object.
O5-7: We are still investigating the reason the Chaos Insurgency is so interested in this object. Your work could prove to be of even more brilliance than what your already well-established record shows.
O5-7: For that reason, we have also decided to grant you Level 5 security clearance on all documents pertaining to the Chaos Insurgency.
O5-7: Make no mistake, Miguel; I know everything there is to know about you. In this woman, you will see the cosmos in her eyes. They will reflect both your strengths and weaknesses.
O5-7: You will learn to accept and honor both, and pave a path of balanced self-perception and individual growth, so you can continue serving the Foundation well.
O5-7: We will meet again.

…

Dr. Foster: You would… tame… a mature woman willing to feel free, wouldn't you?

+ Addendum XXXX-3

Subject: Dr. Šimanović

Foreword: On personal request, Dr. Šimanović has been granted access to the object for research purposes.

<Begin Log>

Dr. Šimanović: I think Dr. Morse is bitchy zebra! We crossed paths in hallway, and she gave me patronizing look. Can you believe that?
Dr. Santos: Dr. Šimanović, we are currently on a research experiment. You might already be aware that anything we say is transcribed and logged.
Dr. Šimanović: Don't be so shy, dear. You can call me by my first name.
Dr. Santos: Please remain professional.
Dr. Šimanović: Mm-hhmm.
Dr. Šimanović: What do you want me to do, Schatzi? You want me to—
SCP-XXXX-1: —Feel whole?
Dr. Šimanović: I was wondering when you'd come.
SCP-XXXX-1: It's heartwarming to hear you miss me.
Dr. Šimanović: Only idiot would reject what is part of oneself.
SCP-XXXX-1: Your man taught you that?
Dr. Šimanović: He's… not… well…
SCP-XXXX-1: And this is why you keep coming back, huh?
SCP-XXXX-1: Because that's what you want him to become.
SCP-XXXX-1: You finally broke free of fucking ███████████████, where you were nothing but pet following orders, and now you have man who sees all of you in your eyes.
SCP-XXXX-1: What amazing gift.
SCP-XXXX-1: For years you were brainwashed into thinking you were just quantifiable outcome of beauty and youth, ready to throw into garbage can as soon as couple of wrinkles popped out.
SCP-XXXX-1: You will certainly be thrown out as old useless woman by trophy wife collectors. That will never happen with this man.
SCP-XXXX-1: He knows what he's getting into. He doesn't care.
SCP-XXXX-1: So do your fucking job as woman, to let yourself be loved by this man.

Silence permeates the room

SCP-XXXX-1: Dr. Santos, that's how you break mature confident woman.
SCP-XXXX-1: Nothing short of truth.
SCP-XXXX-1: Why don't you take her to that skip just outside of this facility?
SCP-XXXX-1: You certainly do have job as her man, too.
SCP-XXXX-1: Please guide her as she rebuilds herself.

<End Log>

Closing Statement: Administration of psychotherapy is to be required on further experiments.

+ Addendum XXXX-4

They say that even the gods themselves feared humans, who originally possessed two faces, four arms and four legs… and so humans were split into man and woman.

However, there was nothing stopping them from reunion and, therefore, wholeness.

It could be said that our joint effort facilitated the occurrence of this reunion for a particular pair of individuals. It might certainly be that our goals and purposes differ and clash in many aspects, as much of the available documentation in each of our respective databases reinforces.

Ultimately, though, we share the same ends. It would now be time for the gods to be overthrown, their thrones taken over and their creations taken possession of. It will be then that we rise back to the cosmic beauty that we once were.

Don't you agree, ████?

Footnotes

1. Dr. Šimanović is granted unrestricted access to the object for non-research purposes.