The Storyteller
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Item #: SCP-7502

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-7502 is to be contained in a standard humanoid containment cell. It does not appear to need food, and has never asked for substance other than coffee and tea. SCP-7502 is to be provided with any reading material it requests, with the exception of those used as bedtime stories for children. These are to be denied under all circumstances. Personnel guarding SCP-7502 must never be allowed on watch or in contact with the entity if they have not received a proper night's sleep. Only one researcher may enter the cell with SCP-7502 at any time. Any video taken of interviews with SCP-7502 may never be viewed with audio playing, they may only be viewed with automatically generated subtitles. SCP-7502 may be given any other entertainment material it wishes, and seems to particularly favor watching authorized videos from YouTube and other video hosting sites. It has attempted to wear headphones, in an attempt to listen to Audiobooks, however due to the lack of external ears and the multitude of horns and antlers such devices would not stay on it’s head. A request from the entity for an Echo device is still in the approval stages.

Description: SCP-7502 is a large beast, around 152 cm tall not including antlers. It has been observed to move bipedally or quadrupedally depending on the environment in which it is met. The entity is covered in varying lengths of shaggy, blue, black, white, and gray fur with a large mottled mane running the length of the neck. It possesses prehensile paws on it's front limbs with translucent blue claws. The hind legs terminate in cloven gray hooves. The face is furless and vaguely resembles that of a dragon with large bulbous eyes that do not bear a pupil. Two racks of antlers grow from the creature's head along with various other small horns and spikes. The tail appears to be docked. In low light, or total darkness, the creature's eyes, antlers, and some markings glow softly.

Addendum: SCP-7502 is known to inhabit the normal plane of existence only when it is unable to travel between dreamers. It has explained that the dreams of those who are asleep in close proximity are nothing more than roads for it to travel. It is known to favor the dreams of other anomalous beings over that of non-anomalous ones. This has led to the assumption that the original girl also has anomalous abilities. This is being looked into.

SCP-7502 is to never be allowed to read a bedtime story to anyone, even via a recording. The voice of the entity varies, seeming to mimic anything it has heard before. It uses this mimicry to narrate the books, however those within listening distance will fall into a deep sleep from which they will not wake until SCP-7502 has either returned to this plane of existence or moved into the dreams of another seeping entity within a 1.6km range. For this reason SCP-7502 is to be kept as far from populated areas as possible, save for research purposes.

Interviews with SCP-7502, which prefers to be called Story, have revealed that it believes itself to be a “Dream Guide”. When pressed about this it explained that sometimes beings become trapped in their own dreams and that it will help them return to their bodies in exchange for “their story”. Those who have woken from such events only recall SCP-7502 and what they were dreaming of. Frequently they cannot recall their own life prior to their encounter with the entity. SCP-7502 has only explained that it has offered an exchange.