scp-000000000

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DATE: 05 May 2021 09:00

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}
rating: 0+x
Assigned Site Site Director Research Head Assigned Task Force
Site-881 Dir. David Cornwell Dr. Mikheil Stefanchuk MTF Delta-19 "My Alchemical Romance"

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept in a humanoid containment cell. The walls and furnishings of the cell are to be engineered from materials which are difficult to manipulate via alchemical means, the full specifications of which are outlined by the Department of Alchemy in Document XXXX.3A. SCP-XXXX is to be provided with three meals per day and pain medication as needed, composed only of ingredients approved in Document XXXX.3B, and is permitted to use the Site's exercise yard under the supervision of security personnel.

Amenities such as reading material may be provided on condition of good behaviour and cooperation with Operation Stregheria, at the discretion of senior staff members the Site Director.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a Caucasian male, approximately 40 years of age, answering to the name of John Moore. Subject has extensive practical knowledge of alchemy, but is currently incapable of using this knowledge to perform alchemical workings successfully.

This is a result of a set of complex thaumaturgical wards, which have been branded into the right forearm of SCP-XXXX. When SCP-XXXX contemplates the process of performing an alchemical working, or attempts to do so, the wards cause the subject to experience debilitating physical pain and nausea, preventing them from employing its alchemical knowledge1. The nature of the wards also prevents the skin surrounding them from fully healing, which SCP-XXXX reports is a cause of chronic pain.

Despite this, it is the unanimous recommendation of research staff that SCP-XXXX be considered a potential threat, due to the extent of its knowledge of alchemy. This risk factor is further exacerbated by its prior involvement with GoI-8256 ("KGS Gerstmann AG"), a conglomerate linked to the production and trafficking of anomalous alchemical weaponry, primarily across Europe.

Addendum XXXX.1: Discovery

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Addendum XXXX.2: Operation Stregheria

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Addendum XXXX.3: Additional Email Transcripts

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Wow! You flipped a card and got: Something for wattpad!!! You ca reload the page or go to the next.
DATE: 05 May 2021 08:55

Desperation

It was a bright and sunny day at Brisbane as the teenagers left their school. Bluey was on her way to Chloe's house as she was invited to join for her study group for next week's exam. Bluey's parents were not happy at her for her inability to obtain to good grades and she was laughed at by other students for her specific failure. She felt demoralized and is pushing herself to work harder, to obtain good grades but she never found the motivation to do so. She doesn't expect much from the study group; just chatting about topics completely irrelevant to school and learning only to forget the day after.

She arrived at Chloe's house before she grabbed a bottle of water from her bag and drank it. She then swiped away the sweat dripping down her head.

"Fuck, it's hot." Bluey said to herself tirelessly. "Hope the air-con's on."

She then noticed her father's car is not around. She was confused before realizing he was still at work. She walked up to the door, looking around her surroundings before applying three knocks on the door.

"Who is it?" A curious voice heard within.

"It's me, Bluey."

"Oh, coming!"

Footsteps can be heard before the wooden door is opened and dalmatian appears.

"Your just in time, we were going to start."

"Great. Is it cool in there?"

"Yeah, it is."

Bluey walked into the
Wow! You flipped a card and got: Dr xdecimal 3!!! You ca reload the page or go to the next.
DATE: 05 May 2021 07:50

rating: 0+x
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taken before ██/██/████

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: due to SCP-XXXX docile nature most of the time and anomalies ability, no really containment procedures are put in place. SCP-XXXX is free to explore the site-88 and has level 2 clearness as before [DATA EXPUNGED]. if SCP-XXXX isn't roaming the facilities his is put in his containment chamber which is more like living quarters that is furnished with all essential items in including a computer with a internet connection but when used SCP-XXXX should be supervised at all times.

Description: SCP-XXXX is for a lack of a better explanation a ordinary man of Italian decadence that has a height of 185cm (5,10 ft) with blonde hair and brown eyes. most times he is seen wearing a generic SCP foundation researcher uniform since he still regards himself as a researcher even after [REDACTED] to a SCP.

SCP-XXXX abilities prevents him from being effected by almost all anomalies, whether it be by memetic, physical or other. the only exception to his ability are SCP that have anti-memetic powers, this includes SCP-2256, SCP-055, SCP-1467 and others.

Addendum: [Optional additional paragraphs]

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DATE: 04 May 2021 23:50

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DATE: 04 May 2021 23:20

The ListPages module does not work recursively.
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/*--- Motion Accessibility ---*/
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/*-------------------------*/
 
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@keyframes expand2 {
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@keyframes flowIn {
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@keyframes arrowspin {
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@keyframes nodegrow {
    from { transform: scale(0);}
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}
@keyframes diamondBorder {
    from { box-shadow: -0.5rem -20rem 0 0 rgb(var(--black-monochrome, 12, 12, 12)); }
    to { box-shadow: -0.5rem 0 0 0 rgb(var(--black-monochrome, 12, 12, 12)); }
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DATE: 04 May 2021 21:43

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DATE: 04 May 2021 19:33

The Wanderer’s Library is Not Enough

An Editorial by The Third Wandsman of the Wanderer’s Library

As an educator within my organization, and one who once called the Wanderer’s Library home, the first question my students tend to ask me is: Why bother writing articles at all? Why preserve knowledge in the first place when it’s all just written down in the Wanderer’s Library?

Now, I can certainly see where they are coming from. When you’re told that there is a massive library that contains all knowledge in the multiverse that can possibly exist, you’re left somewhat dissuaded from the concept of writing anything down. Why bother when you can just nick off to the Library and find the article you’ll write next week?

However, having lived there I can say with certainty that journalism cannot be replaced with a trip to an infinite library. My reasoning is as follows:

Reason 1: An infinite Library Means Infinite Static

I know this will probably stoke some anger, but the fact remains: going to find exactly what you want in the Wanderer’s Library is a chore. The staff do their best, no doubt, but the answer to all of your pressing questions may be hidden in a pile of transcripts from radio broadcasts and a list of someone’s spelling mistakes. Even with one skilled in the Ways possessing all the needed maps, it can take centuries to get from point A to point B.

Contrast this with going to one of our newsstands. You get carefully refined and curated information that includes periodicals that have been selected by the editorial board as the most important or well written articles of the day. There are even easily accessible focused periodicals which can tell you all about the news in your specific region.

Now having all of the primary sources in the world is immensely valuable, don’t get me wrong. But most of us simply do not have the time and energy to spend thousands of years digging through cookbooks to find the perfect cupcake recipe. In this, journalists are essential.

I should also note, for completion’s sake and because I will be lambasted by letters of complaint if I do not, that in spite of all of that, we cannot say for certain if the library is even infinite in the first place.

To my knowledge we are all finite beings after all, no matter how much local omnipotence we may accrue.

Reason 2: Sometimes the Mountain Needs to Come to Mohammed

As the Wanderer’s Library is accessible through several major Ways, some people think the knowledge distribution network of the multiverse has the perfect infrastructure and there is never a need to build around it.

I can only assume these people have not spent much time doing interdimensional travel.

There are countless dimensions that exist that have no access to the Wanderer’s Library directly, either because some terrible god isolated them as prisons or unspoiled sanctums, or because organizations in the local dimension’s cultures work actively to restrict travel. Ask someone from Earth if they’ve heard of the Wanderer’s Library and the answer will almost always be no.

What journalists and researchers do is bring the knowledge of the library to these isolated regions. Without good hardworking cartographers scouting ever more routes through the dimensions or hawkers delivering articles to far flung places, countless sapient beings would have no idea the truth even exists out there.

Reason 3: Liars, Con artists, and Cheats

Unfortunately, the multiverse is not without its share of absolute charlatans.

The fact that the Wanderer’s Library contains every book means it contains not only true documents and observations, but also some of the most outlandish works of fiction seeking to pass themselves off as fact.

Now I have no problem with creative writing. The telling of tales can be an amazing way to spend an afternoon or spend time with the ones you love, but many of these works are designed with the specific intent of manipulating the public with falsehoods or misrepresentations.

Believe me, in my time I have seen entire “news organizations” devoted to actively deceiving people for some fell purpose.

The Wanderer’s Library including these false manifestos is honestly a good thing. Those stories remain useful so long as the truth behind them can be gleaned and the method of manipulation analyzed, but there are many visitors to the library who will simply pick up a book on the shelf and take its words as true.

This is something we news organizations that seek honesty need to actively work against. And without us doing the deep dives to back it up and sharing our research with the multiverse, many Library patrons may never know they’ve been duped.

And, perhaps the greatest reason of all….

Reason 4: The Library is not Indestructible

Make no mistake, the Wanderer’s Library secures itself as best as it can and tries to rebuild itself as well, but in recent years we have seen more and more attacks against it by hostile forces. Not too long ago a group referred to as the Global Occult Coalition managed to inflict serious damage on a section of the library before being repelled by staff. This devastation lead to the loss of many books we have no way of ever knowing the contents of.

But attacks like that are obvious. The more sinister forces working against the library have learned the art of subtlety.

I once found a book on the shelf of the Wanderer’s Library that when unobserved would devour any other book on the Hanged King in its section. I barely survived restraining it, and I have to wonder how many other powers could be manipulating the library for their own ends…

In conclusion, I do not want to rob you of the incredible sense of wonder one experiences when entering the Library, nor to disparage my old home.

I merely want to emphasize that even the infinite has limitations, and that we in the journalism field need to work together to help uncover the truth of the universe. It would be nice if all that could be learned was just waiting to be read out there, but it is also exciting to know we still have so much to explore!

Originally published in the Wandsmen's Gazette on 5-4-2021
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