Seth Dim Cass Fungi

Photograph of the storage room for SCP-XXXX.

Diagram depicting the average sizes of a mature instance of SCP-XXXX

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures:

Direct access to or information about, SCP-XXXX is limited to personnel with Level 2 clearance or higher.

SCP-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-1 instances are being held at Area-109. SCP-XXXX is to be contained in a plot of nutrient-rich soil 3x3x1 meters in dimension. The plot of soil, along with SCP-XXXX, must be put inside an airtight chamber filled with moist air, with enough space to allow two 1.91 meter tall staff members to freely enter and exit for routine soil replacement and experiments. The soil inside SCP-XXXX's plot must also be replaced with new nutrient-rich soil at the end of every week.

The air inside SCP-XXXX's containment chamber must be routinely checked for contamination by its spores. If the air inside SCP-XXXX's chamber is contaminated by spores, the air must be filtered out and replaced. If any Foundation personnel breathe in SCP-XXXX's spores, they must be turned in for immediate medical evaluation. If any staff personnel are found to be infected with SCP-XXXX spores, they must be quarantined and then either studied or terminated. Any corpses infected with SCP-XXXX spores must be cremated.

SCP-XXXX-1 instances are to be put in a standard humanoid containment chamber, furnished with objects appropriate to SCP-XXXX's believed time period. Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 must be fed a balanced meal three times a day.

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Description: SCP-XXXX is a white, bulbous puffball fungus with the ability to give people the memories, and abilities of an individual living during the time of a historical war dating back, up to World War I. SCP-XXXX's anomalous properties are activated via inhalation of its spores. Origins of SCP-XXXX are currently unknown, as DNA testing shows that it is not related to any species of puffball fungi in the areas in which it is found.

After several experiments using D-class subjects, it has been found that individuals that enter within a 10-meter radius of SCP-XXXX will trigger it to burst its upper head and release a yellow cloud of spores. Because SCP-XXXX has such a large trigger radius, the only authorized method of neutralization for this SCP is covering the surrounding area with plastic to contain the release of spores and burning the fungi and spores using a flame thrower. If any individual breathes in the spores released by SCP-XXXX, they will quickly develop a headache and or sore throat 5-6 minutes prior to passing out after the initial inhalation (Subjects tend to pass out around 10-30 minutes after initial exposure). After infected subjects have been unconscious for approximately half an hour, most subjects will wake up and become an instance of SCP-XXXX-1. If the transformation into SCP-XXXX-1 is unsuccessful, subjects will die instead, usually due to a collapsed lung or heart attack.

Subjects that have turned into an instance of SCP-XXXX-1 will adopt the personality and memories of an individual who participated in a historical war, while simultaneously believing that their respective war is currently taking place. Currently, the memories a subject adopts after inhaling SCP-XXXX's spores, do not regress past World War I, which suggests that SCP-XXXX originated around 1914. Although SCP-XXXX spores allow a subject to gain the memories and skills possessed by a person in the past, they are not guaranteed to know their native language, usually defaulting to English.

Instances of SCP-XXXX-1 are incapable of seeing items that were not present during their believed time period. While instances of SCP-XXXX-1 are incapable of seeing objects that did not exist during their time period, they are capable of seeing and using items that were present during their time period, even when an item is not provided. Infected individuals are able to perceive and use objects that do not currently exist in their immediate vicinity, suggesting that infected subjects are partially immersed in another dimension or equivalent. Although instances of SCP-XXXX-1 cannot see items that do not belong to their time period, they are able to come into contact with them. As of ██/██/████, tests have been conducted in order to attempt to convince instances of SCP-XXXX-1 that their perception of reality is incorrect by making them touch objects outside their time period. Testing with this quality of SCP-XXXX-1 has shown that infected individuals are capable of coming to the conclusion that they are not living during a historical war. If an instance of SCP-XXXX-1 ever breaks free from the effects of SCP-XXXX's spores, they will either revert back to their normal selves and lose all memories created during their infected state or develop intense Schizophrenia and attempt to commit suicide. The attempts to successfully revert subjects back to their original state has been established as Project Win-Back.

The Foundation is currently in possession of ██ instances of SCP-XXXX-1. At the time this file has been created, Area-109 has had zero containment breaches pertaining to SCP-XXXX. Although no breaches have currently been reported, SCP-XXXX-1 variants have been observed to have drastically different behavioral patterns. Some of these behavioral patterns range from resorting to violence frequently, to avoiding conflict at all cost. In order to distinguish between instances of SCP-XXXX-1 that pose a safety threat, and those that do not, a partial list of subjects has been created based on the subject's compliance or defiance to instructions (See Document XXXX-8).

SCP-XXXX-1 instances are authorized for interviewing in its containment cell if they have a risk and compliance level below high (Although exceptions may be made). For a partial list of SCP-XXXX-1 interview candidates and interview logs, read document XXXX-8 and XXXX-23 respectively.

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History: SCP-XXXX was originally found in ███████, after many civilians filed police complaints about loud noises and hysterical people coming from abandoned buildings, formerly known as ███████ mental hospitals for veterans of war. SCP-XXXX was found in many of those hospitals, along with infected bodies (SCP-XXXX-1). While SCP-XXXX was originally found in a ███████ mental hospital, SCP-XXXX has also been found growing in abandoned war factories, abandoned military bases/sites, and deserted laboratories in America, Europe, and various locations in Asia (Read Document XXXX-26 for more information).

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Document XXXX-8: Subject List (Partial)

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SCP-XXXX-1 Risk List
Riche ███████	Risk: Low - Compliance: High - Status: Healthy - Extra Information: This subject believes that it is a United States Naval Culinary Specialist during the Vietnam War. The subject shows no signs of violent behavior and often offers to cook for Foundation personnel. Requests of this nature are to be granted on a case by case basis as the subject will not attempt to hurt anyone through cooking.
Jaecar █████	Risk: High - Compliance: Low - Status: Mentally Compromised - Extra Information: This subject believes that they are a prisoner of war. This subject is believed to be a member of a group affiliated with Fascist Italy during World War II. Direct contact with the subject is prohibited unless fully restrained.
Adrian █████	Risk: Low - Compliance: Medium - Status: Hyperactive - Extra Information: This subject believes that they are a German scientist that participated in operation paperclip. The subject is very knowledgeable in chemistry and suffers from Dermatophagia and must be provided protective gloves to prevent health complications.

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Document XXXX-23: Interview-12

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Interviewed: Riche ███████ (SCP-XXXX-1)

Interviewer: Dr. Shemol

Foreword: This is daily interview #██ with Subject Riche ███████ (Any mentions to sickness in this interview are purely to ensure the compliance of the subject for long term containment).

Topic: Aspirations

Time: 13:30 Hours

<Begin Log>

Dr. Shemol: Good afternoon, Riche ███████. Today we will be talking about any aspirations you may have had before finding yourself here. You may speak.

Riche ███████: Thank you very much, Doctor. Before ending up here, I was thinking about- err… starting my own restaurant. You know well as much as I that we need to keep everyone fed, especially during this treacherous war.

Dr. Shemol writes on a piece of clipboard paper

Dr. Shemol: Interesting, would you like to elaborate further?

Riche ███████: Gladly. I have no interest in taking another person's life but saw this war as an opportunity to hone my skills as a chef. Before the war, I did not see myself as a future Navy culinary specialist cooking for troops in Vietnam, but I decided to do it because it could serve as a learning opportunity… the Vietnamese have some pretty interesting recipes that could bring some much-needed variety for my restaurant.

Dr. Shemol looks up from his clipboard and chuckles

Dr. Shemol: You have some high aspirations, not only joining the Navy but also looking for new recipes for your future restaurant. I am sorry about your predicament here, we cannot let you leave because of your sickness as you already know.

After listening to Dr. Shemol, Subject Riche ███████ looks down at the floor and frowns

Riche ███████: Yeah… that blasted sickness. Don't worry, I'll be happy to comply as long as it means I can get cured, I can't be feeding people while sick after all.

Dr. Shemol: Correct. Now let's get you back to your room, we should be able to cure you soon.

Dr. Shemol's words seem to improve subject Riche ███████'s emotional state

<End Log>

Closing Statement: After this interview, subject Riche ███████ was put back into its containment chamber. (Subject Riche ███████ eventually broke free from the effects of SCP-XXXX during participation in Project Win-Back. Despite losing all memories created during infection, Subject Riche ███████ went on to found a small restaurant)

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Document XXXX-26: History Extended

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After a local police department in ███████, Florida received multiple complaints about suspicious activity occurring in the abandoned mental hospitals in the area, an undercover squad of field agents working in that police department took those complaints and investigated the hospitals. Upon first inspection, these hospitals seemed to be empty and abandoned, but once inside, the local task force was ambushed by six unarmed, teenage boys. The suspects aimed at the field agents, as if they were holding 'imaginary' rifles in their hands. The suspects threatened to kill the field agents on the scene without hesitation, claiming that they themselves were American Soldiers and that they knew the field agents were North Korean spies.

Originally thinking that these boys were suffering from substance abuse, the field agents attempted to calm them down by lowering their weapons and trying to let them know that the Korean war ended decades ago. Upon hearing this, the suspects showed no signs of believing what they were told. The boys accused the field agents of being North Korean spies once again and aimed at the field agents with their 'imaginary' guns once more. The field agents repeatedly tried to calm the boys down, but were surprised and subsequently frightened when the six boys suddenly opened fire, using their 'imaginary' guns. Bullet holes started appearing on one of the field agents, instantly killing him. Although the suspects did show a high level of combat skills, the resulting firefight ended with the death of four of the six boys and one of the four field agents.

After a ceasefire was called from both sides due to lack of ammunition from the suspects, the surviving suspects were then apprehended and taken along with the deceased bodies to the nearest Foundation facility in order to conduct a medical and psychological evaluation. After their evaluation, the surviving suspects were found to have microscopic spores all over their brain, which prompted further investigation of the hospital where the incident happened. Following the evaluations, both suspects were then contained in Area-109.

After the initial incident, a field containment team (composed of 10 personnel) equipped with gas masks were dispatched at the hospital and sent inside to collect samples of any relevant nature. After clearing around 16 rooms, the dispatched containment team found large colonies of puffball fungi (SCP-XXXX) concentrated in the basement and lower floors of the hospital. After the discovery of these fungi, ██ were taken back to the nearest Foundation site for containment and the remaining specimens were incinerated.

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