name:Not The Man They Think I Am
Special Containment Procedures: A standard humanoid containment chamber, altered to house an interview booth and necessary recording equipment, is sufficient to contain SCP-XXXX-1.
Effective 27/07/1939, SCP-XXXX-1 was transferred to a cold locker storage unit in the mortuary of Site-"", suitable for the long-term storage of human remains. The unit is to be outfitted with both infrared and motion sensors.
Preemptive approval for the reclassification of SCP-XXXX-1 to Neutralised after 03/20/2287 is currently in consideration.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a chronic mental disorder characterised by ever-increasing periods of brain death followed by static periods of spontaneous resuscitation.
SCP-XXXX-1, formerly Field Agent David Browning, refers to the only individual known to be affected by SCP-XXXX. Although the precise conditions under which an individual is liable to contract SCP-XXXX remain unclear, a known cause is the interactions between the central nervous system and the collapse of an unstable temporal anomaly (see Addendum XXXX.01, Discovery Log).
Conscious
SCP-XXXX-1 is fully lucid and can interact with Foundation personnel — although coherence may vary depending on the subject's emotional state — for a period lasting exactly 12 minutes and 36 seconds.
Transfer
Subject loses consciousness and exhibits violent muscle spasms similar to generalized tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizures. This period may vary in duration from less than 30 seconds to several minutes.
Inert
Onset of brain death, soon followed by the cessation of metabolic functions. The durations of successive inert periods increase exponentially, and as of writing no upper limit has been reached.
A secondary characteristic of SCP-XXXX is the absence of senescence during the inert state, rendering SCP-XXXX-1 near biologically immortal. The subject has aged negligibly since its acquisition on 11/05/1928, at age 27, subsequently entering its first inert state lasting approximately 2 days. Subject's most recent resuscitation occured on 25/01/2018, following an inert state of approximately 45 years. Next conscious state is predicted to occur in 2107.
When lucid, SCP-XXXX-1 has been able to describe memories of living in an alternate timeline. The existence of this alternate reality is unconfirmed, though highly probable. Upon becoming inert, the subject's perception of time and memory is reverted to 12:12 AM, 11/05/1928. Should this timeline exist, it is presumed identical to our own except the subject never contracted SCP-XXXX (see Addendum XXXX.02, Interview Summaries).
SCP-XXXX-1 does not retain memories from past inert or conscious states when entering a new inert state. Upon regaining consciousness, SCP-XXXX-1 possesses memories exclusively from the inert state immediately prior. However, evidence suggests that the subject does retain fragments of memories from past states on some subconscious level.
DISCOVERY LOG
Exhibit XXXX.01.A: Excerpt from initial incident report filed on 11/05/1928 by First Lieutenant Maxwell Jeffries of ACP-3 following encounter with the temporal anomaly.
… and Davies confirmed the target had been neutralised. Exfiltration began immediately, since it was clear the forces holding the "temporal anomaly" together had died along with PoI-"". It felt like an earthquake, but nothing was really shaking… even though we could feel it buzzing in our eardrums.
Smith took point; I was next, followed by Browning and finally the recruit. Smith and I were the first through. You could see how far the region reached because the air bulged around it like a massive glass dome.
Browning must've been poking halfway through when it happened. The whole thing retracted and I think his soul was pulled in with it. He crumpled to the ground. The recruit froze and shut his eyes tight like he expected the same to happen to him. He came out fine.
We checked vitals but it only confirmed what we already knew. Browning was gone. Recovery of the body was trivial …
Incident XXXX.01.B: The body of David Browning was stored in a temperature-controlled cold locker in a mortuary of Site-"" following recovery.
On 13/05/1928, Junior Researcher [REDACTED] heard disturbances issuing from the locker containing Browning's remains and reported this to Site security. Personnel wearing hazardous materials suits investigated to find Browning disoriented but alive.
Browning was hence designated SCP-XXXX and transferred to a humanoid containment chamber where the subject was interrogated (see Addendum XXXX.03, Interview Logs) and subsequently contained.
INTERVIEW SUMMARIES
Interview Log
XXXX.13-05-1928
11/05/1928 — 13/05/1928
(2 days)
First resuscitation from inert state following recovery of SCP-XXXX-1. Full transcript included in Addendum XXXX.03.
Interview Log
XXXX.17-05-1928
13/05/1928 — 17/05/1928
(4 days)
Subject did not recollect events of previous interview. Subject was confused and believed he had just awoken from a coma. Subject recounted that in his inert state,
Interview Log
XXXX.25-05-1928
17/05/1928 — 25/05/1928
(8 days)
No notable deviations from previous interview.
Interview Log
XXXX.10-06-1928
25/05/1928 — 10/06/1928
(16 days)
No notable deviations from previous interview.
Interview Log
XXXX.12-07-1928
10/05/1928 — 12/07/1928
(32 days)
Subject awoke in distress and immediately attempted to flee the containment chamber. After sedation, subject described having been in the midst of an active containment breach prior to awakening.
Interview Log
XXXX.14-09-1928
12/07/1928 — 14/09/1928
(64 days)
Subject regained consciousness relatively peacefully. When pressed, subject had no recollections of any containment breaches occuring during his experience.
Interview Log
XXXX.20-01-1929
14/09/1928 — 20/01/1929
(128 days)
Full transcript included in Addendum XXXX.03.
Interview Log
XXXX.03-10-1929
20/01/1929 — 03/10/1929
(256 days)
Upon awakening, subject appeared bewildered and inquired about the status of SCP-████'s containment (no such anomaly yet exists under this designation). Through interrogation, subject claimed to have been deployed to contain the anomaly and minimize casualties following its discovery.
Interview Log
XXXX.27-02-1931
03/10/1929 — 27/02/1931
(1 year 147 days)
Subject repeatedly shouted the phrase, "I don't work for you people anymore!" until its vocal chords failed. No other communications occurred before subject re-entered transfer state.
Interview Log
XXXX.17-12-1933
27/02/1931 — 17/12/1933
(2 years 294 days)
Subject muttered, "Not this fucking dream again," before lapsing into silence for the remainder of the conscious state.
Interview Log
XXXX.27-07-1939
17/12/1933 — 27/07/1939
(5 years 223 days)
Subject was unusually receptive to Foundation interrogation. Before lapsing into the transfer state, subject asked: "I've told you everything I know. What have you done with Marjorie? Where is she? She knows nothing. Please let her go."
Interview Log
XXXX.13-10-1950
27/07/1939 — 13/10/1950
(11 years 81 days)
Subject awoke hostile and in hysterics. Attempted to attack interviewer. During restraint, repeatedly demanded to be returned to Marjorie. Repeatedly inquired about the whereabouts of "Marjorie and the kids."
Interview Log
XXXX.18-03-1972
13/10/1950 — 18/03/1972
(22 years 162 days)
Subject believed he was being detained by the Foundation. Subject attested to having divulged no sensitive information and pleaded with the interviewer to be set free. Subject became increasingly irate as the interview progressed, protesting his detention and demanding to be returned to Marjorie.
Interview Log
XXXX.25-01-2018
18/03/1972 — 25/01/2018
(44 years 324 days)
Full transcript included in Addendum XXXX.03.
No log available
25/01/2018 —
(expected to last 88 years, 283 days)
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SELECTED INTERVIEWS
The following are interview logs that have met the criteria for being eminently useful in understanding the nature of SCP-XXXX.
INTERVIEW LOG XXXX.13-05-1928
Interviewed: SCP-XXXX
Interviewer: [REDACTED]
[BEGIN LOG]
SCP-XXXX: I think — I think I hit my head somewhere.
Interviewer: Yes, you injured yourself trying to escape the storage locker.
SCP-XXXX: You stuck me in a coffin?
Interviewer: Were you aware of your condition for the past… two days?
SCP-XXXX: I felt fine. I still feel fine. Lt Jeffries was just briefing me, ask him.
Interviewer: Lt Jeffries and the rest of ACP-3 have already been re-deployed. You've been in that storage locker for two days.
SCP-XXXX: Bullshit, I —
Interviewer: David, you've been clinically deceased for two days.
SCP-XXXX: That doesn't make any sense. That whole fiasco with PoI-""", that was on the tenth and the eleventh. Platoon returned to Site-"" on the twelfth for the mandatory shrink shit. Is today the thirteenth?
The interviewer nods in the affirmative.
SCP-XXXX: Explain to me how I've had the time to be dead for two days.
Interviewer: We don't know yet. We're hoping this interview can help us figure that out.
SCP-XXXX: Well, then… shoot.
Interviewer: So you have no recollection of any lost time? No blackouts?
SCP-XXXX shakes his head.
Interviewer: You don't recall collapsing after exiting the temporal anomaly?
SCP-XXXX: The what? Oh, the time field… I don't have time for this technobabble you boffins cook up… No. I shot PoI-""" in the face, Davies confirmed, we exfiltrated.
Interviewer: Lt Jeffries report states that you collapsed after the anomaly destabilised.
SCP-XXXX: (increasingly frustrated) Look, I just told you, I —
SCP-XXXX gasps in pain and clutches at his temples.
SCP-XXXX: I knocked my head pretty bad, Doc.
Interviewer: I'll call the —
SCP-XXXX begins seizing.
Interviewer: Medic! Get the medic!
SCP-XXXX's seizure lasts for approximately 1 minute before vital signs terminate. Interview concluded.
[END LOG]
Containment Class:
esoteric
Secondary Class:
cernnunos
Special Containment Procedures: Conservative estimates for the global population of SCP-XXXX afflicted individuals range from ██ to ███ million.
All Foundation hires are to be screened for SCP-XXXX before consideration.
A registry of all carriers of SCP-XXXX employed by the Foundation is to be regularly maintained and can only be accessed with Level 4 credentials or above. Under no circumstances can carriers of SCP-XXXX be awarded Level 4 credentials or higher. Under no circumstances can personnel without Level 4 clearance be made aware of SCP-XXXX, nor their screening results.
Given their superior survivability, SCP-XXXX positive individuals are to be given preferential assignment in greater proportions to the research and containment of high-risk anomalies.
Adjustments are to be made to personnel allocations in order to ensure that the demographic of SCP-XXXX positive individuals remains below 5% on a per-Site basis. For research teams and MTF squadrons assigned to high-risk anomalies, the proportion is to remain at or below 1 in 30.
As of 20/06/20██, viable global containment procedures are still in development.
(Note: Procedures outlined in blue are revised containment procedures made following Incident XXXX-A)
Description: SCP-XXXX is an abberant sequence of nucleotides present in approximately █.█% of the global human population.
Transmission of SCP-XXXX is incompatible with any currently established models of biological heredity. Individuals afflicted with SCP-XXXX are selected seemingly at random, and no correlation with race, geographic location, shared ancestry, nor any kind of ideological affiliation has been identified to date.
Carriers of SCP-XXXX (henceforth referred to as XXXX+ individuals, and collectively as SCP-XXXX-1) are eidonomically indistinguishable from the general population. Diagnostic genetic testing is the only reliable method of confirming XXXX-positivity.
Members of SCP-XXXX-1 occasionally display instances of heightened awareness or extrasensory premonition. A list of example behaviour is as follows:
- Surveys of Foundation personnel between the ages of 25-45 have shown that XXXX+ personnel have more than double the likelihood of being married and having offspring.
- Sample populations of SCP-XXXX-1 have consistently been shown to possess latent awareness of other XXXX+ individuals undergoing distress, such as physical or emotional trauma, in their immediate vicinity.
Subsequent responses to this stimulus vary from aversion to attraction, dependent on the size of the local XXXX+ population relative to the magnitude of the perceived threat.
- Larger populations of SCP-XXXX show net displacement away from geopolitical centres of conflict and wartime instability. The rate of migration of XXXX+ individuals often peaks months or weeks before the onset of violence, with the rate of migration afterwards being proportionally distributed between SCP-XXXX-1 and the general populace.
When such trends are identified, they are liable to be dismissed as coincidence or serendipity.
When injured, XXXX+ individuals are capable of assimilating human tissue carrying SCP-XXXX in their genotype, regardless of its source. This enables them to recover from injury substantially faster than their XXXX- counterparts.
When in proximity of an injured XXXX+ individual, XXXX+ cells will begin to accelerate at ██ ms-2 towards the site of injury, assimilating upon contact with the individual.
XXXX+ cells regain their totipotency during the process of assimilation and can then differentiate as needed.
These cells are constantly secreted primarily through sebaceous glands, after which the cells disperse in the environment. When tissue is shed in larger amounts, such as by excision or amputation, samples remain intact until an injured XXXX+ begins the assimilation process, whereupon cellular junctions degrade rapidly until unicellular dispersal is feasible.
In cases where XXXX+ tissue is present in abnormal abudance, such as in the presence of a partial or whole XXXX+ cadaver, recovery from otherwise fatal injury has been observed.
Incident Log XXXX-A
On 12/06/20██, SCP-████ breached containment during routine experimentation carried out by Research Team Epsilon-5.
The electromagnets restraining SCP-████ suffered a catastrophic failure mid-trial, resulting in the deaths of all twelve researchers.
Six XXXX+ researchers, who sustained grievous injury but were not killed instantly, simultaneously began assimilation and [REDACTED].
The combined efforts of the resulting conglomerate organism and SCP-████ overwhelmed the structural integrity of the containment chamber, causing a containment breach and the loss of a further ██ Foundation personnel.
Addendum XXXX-B
Senior Researcher J. Lipovsky's Post-Incident Report
Nature is constantly vying for the perfect candidate to run the marathon that is survival of the fittest. If my theory is correct, she has found success in SCP-XXXX.
But that success comes at the expense of the continued existence of the rest of us, as we have seen today.
Today's events have hopefully shown the more obstinate of the team assigned to SCP-XXXX the paradox of expecting predictable behaviour from what is, by definition, an anomaly. It is my opinion that the Foundation cannot afford the uncertainy that comes with any degree of dependency on SCP-XXXX.
As such, I petition the O5-Council for the immediate rescission of all employment contracts the Foundation has entered into with XXXX+ personnel and increased focus on the development of global containment procedures.
I ask those who disagree to consider the effects of an incident like today's on a metropolitan or even national scale.
— Senior Researcher J. Lipovsky
O5-██ Response
Senior Researcher Lipovsky's report errs dangerously on the brink of advocating for the genocide of carriers of SCP-XXXX.
It is important to consider that these individuals, while anomalous, constitute a non-negligible part of workforces, economies and communities worldwide.
SCP-XXXX's almost ubiquitous nature certainly makes eradication impossible, and forces us to consider the possibility that complete containment may be the same.
In any case, our resources are much better spent on minimizing the chances for a repeat of today's assimilation incident. We have plans to engage with governments to ensure that XXXX+ individuals aren't packed too closely together. This is currently the most economically viable solution.
To address concerns of XXXX+ individuals in the Foundation's workforce, it is the council's belief that the risks can be managed with adequate and strategic forethought in the allocation of personnel. To reject potential hires on the grounds of XXXX-positivity would be wasteful of talent that is hard to come by in this line of work.
— O5-██
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be contained within the room of its discovery. As SCP-XXXX appears to be prima facie ordinary, remote surveillance of the apartment unit which contains it is sufficient to ensure containment.
To maintain an incognito profile, no significant security alterations have been made to the apartment unit. All points of ingress, such as windows, doors and ventilation systems have been sealed and reinforced. Any authorised access must occur through the electronically-locked main entrance.
Relocation to nearby Site-██ has been deferred until extrication of SCP-XXXX from the surrounding structure is confirmed to be possible while preserving its anomalous properties.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a lighting fixture protruding from the north-facing wall of the rear bathroom of ███ First Street, Apartment █, Unit ██-█, a derelict apartment complex located in ███████.
Anomalous properties manifest when any complete circuit is connected to both terminals of the fixture. A potential difference is induced across the fixture, matching the optimal operational voltage of the circuit connected. As of 21/07/████, experimentation with SCP-XXXX has failed to reveal any limitation to this phenomenon. Note: Following INCIDENT/XXXX/0002, scheduled testing has been suspended indefinitely.
Addendum XXXX-1A
Experiment Log 0001
Supervisor: Senior Researcher Andrei Karpovsky
Trial Index XXXX/0001/1
Date: 12/06/██
Materials tested: 20cm insulated copper wiring
Observations: No potential difference observed across SCP-XXXX upon establishing connection between the two terminals.
Trial Index XXXX/0001/2
Date: 12/06/██
Materials tested: Circuit made of identical copper wiring with resistor included
Observations: Stable potential difference induced across SCP-XXXX of █ volts, optimal operational voltage.
Trial Index XXXX/0001/2
Date: 03/07/██
Materials tested: E04-Haswell Foundation electromagnets, suitable for use in containment of anomalies capable of Keneq class disruption.
Observations: SCP-XXXX supported all eleven electromagnets in every configuration tested.
Notes: Nothing short of remarkable. High potential for this anomaly to aid us in the containment of other anomalous objects. — SR Karpovsky
End of Experiment Log 0001
Total #: 234 trials.
Addendum XXXX-2A
The following are excerpts from newspaper articles and police reports surrounding the circumstances that lead to the discovery of SCP-XXXX. They appear as they were prior to scrubbing or alteration by Foundation agents.
Exhibit XXXX-2A-1: Front page article of the ███████ Herald, issue ██, 05/06/████.
CARTEL SUPPLIER FOUND DEAD
IN APARTMENT LAB RAID
5th June, ████ | Issue ██
A clandestine raid on an apartment unit on First Street last evening raised more questions than suspects detained. DEA agents, in coordination with local police force, successfully entered the barricaded unit to find the suspected supplier, Emmanuel Martinez, 24, dead inside.
Initial reports from the coroner's office show that while heart complications are suspected, a definitive cause of death has yet to reveal itself.
Police have since removed cartel equipment, used for the manufacture, purification and distribution of narcotics, from the residential building, as well as over a dozen kilograms each of methamphetamine, ecstasy and cocaine.
Upon entry, the squad found all equipment in operation. Signs pointed to the apartment meth lab having been in continuous usage up until Martinez's death.
Several industrial-grade filtration systems and custom-fitted foam insulation help masked the lab's daily operations from the unsuspecting tenants. Analysts claim the lab is responsible for up to 40% of all production of illegal narcotics in ███████.
Investigations into how Martinez was able to run such a prolific meth lab using residential power and utility is currently underway.
Exhibit XXXX-2A-2: Excerpt from the crime scene analysis section of the official incident report filed by local law enforcement authorities.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be contained within the room of its original discovery. A lack of understanding of the source of its anomalous properties and its apparently harmless nature has deemed relocation unnecessary and potentially destructive towards the object.
SCP-XXXX is to be continually monitored via a network of IP cameras within and surrounding the apartment complex. In addition, a motion sensor is affixed to the doorframe of the entryway to the bathroom. Once triggered, 5 grams of the radioactive isotope of Rn-222 is delivered via a fine aerosol mist.
Should any unauthorized civillian access be observed, two available Foundation agents are to be mobilized to apprehend any tresspassers. Should the tresspassers leave the premises before arrest, the squad is to use gamma-emission cameras to track down the civillians by radioactive emissions.
Description: SCP-XXXX is an exposed light fixture protruding from the east-facing wall in the bathroom of unit ██ of an apartment complex located at [REDACTED].
Anomalous properties manifest when a complete and closed electrical circuit is connected to SCP-XXXX. SCP-XXXX produces an alternating current within the circuit. The wattage of the circuit appears to have no currently reachable limit, increasing or decreasing to accomodate any appliance or device that it has been tested with.
Radiography of SCP-XXXX and the surrounding wall plaster show that the wiring of the object is not connected to the rest of the apartment complex.
Following Incident XXXX-2, the cables of the light fixture have been shown to be resistant to damage by sharp instruments (see Incident Log XXXX-2).
Addendum XXXX-1
Investigation into the construction of the apartment complex provides links to independent contractor █████ Lioneli & Co. █████ Lioneli, formerly Director of Operations of the company, has been a missing person since ██/██/██02 is currently deceased (see Incident Log XXXX-2).
Addendum XXXX-2A
Prior to his death on ██/██/████, Senior Researcher Karpovsky applied to the O5-Council for permission to adapt SCP-XXXX's anomalous properties for the benefit of nearby Site-██.
I must admit, the nature of SCP-XXXX and its opportune location with regards to Site-██ are perhaps too convenient. But, however suspicious it may be, it would still be extremely reckless to dismiss this as a possibility, seeing how much it could save the Foundation.
Further testing with Foundation-grade equipment is required before this request may be granted.
O5-██
Addendum XXXX-2B
Experiment log recovered from the office of Senior Researcher Karpovsky.
Incident Log XXXX-1
On the morning of ██/██/████ at 02:07 PM, Senior Researcher Karpovsky collapsed during scheduled testing of Foundation equipment in the living room of the apartment unit. His fall was heard by three armed Foundation agents outside the room. A Foundation mobile paramedic vehicle, disguised as an ambulance of ██ █████████ Hospital, was dispatched. The ambulance reached the medical bay of Site-██ at 2:42 PM. Karpovsky was pronounced dead on arrival.
Autopsy revealed the cause of death as sudden cardiac arrest.
Incident Log XXXX-2
A week after the death of Senior Researcher Karpovsky, the monitoring unit assigned to SCP-XXXX received an alert from the motion sensor in SCP-XXXX's containment chamber. Replaying of footage captured by the camera in the bathroom showed a man struggling to sever the cables of the light fixture using a serrated knife.
Three Foundation agents, under the guise of a local police unit, were dispatched to apprehend the civillian. Upon their arrival, the man exited the bathroom and entered a blindspot of the master bedroom.
At 04:05 PM, the civillian, later identified to be █████ Lioneli, died of injuries sustained in conflict with Foundation personnel. One Foundation agent sustained an incision to the carotid artery, but survived (see Interview Log INC/XXXX/2).
Interviewed: Agent ████ Matthews
Interviewer: ██ ████████ █████
<Begin Log>
Interviewer: I have the autopsy report here. You engaged the civillian with your firearm?
Agent Matthews: Yes.
I: You shot him five times?
M: Yes.
I: At close range?
M: Yes. The guy was just leaving the bathroom when we entered the bedroom.
I: And there was no way that this was avoidable?
M: Listen. If you're going to keep up with this, the only response I'll have for you is "yes". So if you want to get anywhere, I'd suggest asking something else.
I: … Alright. Tell me what happened.
M: As I said, he was just leaving the containment chamber when we entered the room. He looked real agitated, like he hadn't slept in a while. Looked like a hobo, y'know? He a knife in his hand-
I: Yes, the camera captured the knife.
M: I'm surprised whoever you got to set up the fucking cameras was competent enough for that.
I: Please continue.
M: Ricardo approached the suspect with his weapon and attempted to get him to lie down. The guy didn't listen. He kept yelling at us about the damn light fixture -
I: What did he say?
M: He… well, he said that the light fixture was what caused the Senior Researcher's death. Well, actually, he didn't call the guy a Senior Researcher - I don't think the suspect knew about any of that. He told us he needed to tear that thing out.
I: This is Senior Researcher Karpovsky, correct?
M: They never told me his name. If you mean the guy testing the equipment…
I: Alright. How did the civillian end up getting shot?
M: When Quayle brought out his gun and the handcuffs I guess the suspect realised we weren't waiting around to listen to him. That's what set him off. He went for Ricardo and got him in the neck. Quayle fired his gun and missed, and that's when I took my shot.
I: Shots. Multiple shots, correct?
M: He was fucking stabbing him in the fucking neck. Should I have asked him for his fucking manifesto?
I: … I can see we're just about done here. Is there anything else you should tell me before we finish up?
M: … I don't think so, no.
[ Fumbling is heard ]
M: Wait. When we were trying to arrest him. He kept going on about how the energy wasn't infinite. He kept quoting stuff about the laws of thermodynamics, like straight out of a textbook. He kept saying, "it has to come from somewhere, it has to come from somewhere."
<End Log>
Notes: It is not currently known as this time how Lioneli was aware of the death of Senior Researcher Karpovsky. It is speculated that the Lioneli had some form of surveillance on the house through which he was able to observe the mobile paramedic vehicle.
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