Death 13 but an SCP. Baby that when it sleeps at the same time as people nearby gives them death inducing nightmares. Kind researcher is eventually taken off caretaker duty due to 'emotional attachment'. Cold caretaker has nightmares. Eventually succumbs to the effect despite not sleeping near baby. Baby dealt with remotely. Staff has wide spread nightmares. D-class caretaker fails to relieve nightmares. Kind researcher reinstated as caretaker to prevent mass causalities. Effect relieved and researcher perma-caretaker with no problems.
A story "The Empty Town" (or some ominous horror title like that) that when you read it without anyone else in the room causes everyone else to disappear/the reader to be transported to alternate dimension with no people. Supposed to mirror feeling of reading scp articles late at night.
Melting Man
Humanoid entity composed water doesn't know who they are, constantly questioning what they want and how they get it (begging, intimidation) as clues on who they are. Wants to take other people's identity from them.
Discovery: Terrified woman talks about discovering a monster on her
SCProcedures: As of incident XXXX-1 the cell is to be waterproof and airlocked. SCP-XXXX-1 and XXXX-2 (Melting man and previous-melting-man researcher) are contained in seperate cells here
Incident xXXX-1: Melting man escapes, steals researcher's identity.
Ammendum: ex-melting-man researcher points out that if they are an anomoly despite all evidence (DNA tests, biological scans, psych evaluations, ect ect ect) then the woman from discovery report could be it, anybody in the entire town could be anomolous, its hypocritical to keep them locked up
Well that goes down infinitely. Don't actually need to breathe or eat or age in the water (only the breathing is logged in the article)
Discovered when a villager fell into the well and was under the water for over 10min before they were recovered but was still alive despite the fact they took big mouthfuls of water. Foundation intervenes after rumors spread
Exploration log: Agent goes down the well with air tank and is reeled back up after they freak out, claiming something grabbed their leg.
CONSIDER: Of note is that only 150m of cable was dispensed but 450m of cabling came back. Do I really need the well getting exponentially deeper on the return trip? Is that relevant to the story? Can I just describe how damn deep it is by the agent being like "is this how deep a well normally is?"
Consider: "Subsequent explorations of SCP-XXXX have descended to X metres but have not encountered any unusual phenomena besides the depth of the well."
https://search.creativecommons.org/photos/9102c4f2-2369-47df-8ef8-e63371067d08
https://search.creativecommons.org/photos/f9d4ca78-ea9d-49a9-b446-2255bbd7ccf5
https://search.creativecommons.org/photos/3fb8168c-8a1c-43be-88e4-903af657a90c
Dude who has an innocent/victim presence. The horror is that he's super evil, just an abuser. Discovery logs are where its at, starting with the fact that a researcher was missing from work and when the foundation took her in for investigation she was found to be under the effect of a cognitohazard. Turns out the cognitohazard is her husband. Would making her the lead researcher be a thing? Maybe SCProcedures state that she is to believe she is the head researcher, but actually is merely being used to study the scp under watch? And attempting to stage a containment breach (which she does not have the authority she believes she has to pull off) will have her removed permanently from the position, or administered amnesics. Maybe do something about how the foundation and the scp are both excreting THEIR reality over her to control her.
At the end there's an ammendum stating she has escaped from the facility and must be recovered. Then another saying that she has been seen with a group of interest and is considered secured by that goi/unrecoverable.
A phenomenon where subjects (probably spread around the D-Class) can feel when they are being watched, which the foundation is initially either worried about the phenomena or ignoring that its them inducing the paranoia. Gradually, subjects can detect finer details about the people watching them. Perhaps it starts off with the foundation realising the subjects can get information about researchers/security watching them, but later also implied that Something Else is watching the subjects (and thus the foundation), which makes it a double info breach.
Phenomena needs some sort of cause for the foundation to contain it.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Site ONE employees are to maintain the illusion that SCP-XXXX is still a researcher employed at the foundation. Site ONE employees are to maintain the illusion that all actors employed on site are regular foundation employees. SCP-XXXX's work is never to be corrected or questioned. HEAD RESEARCHER Actors are to praise SCP-XXXX. Employees unrelated to SCP-XXXX are to avoid contact. Employees unrelated to SCP-XXXX are to be gradually transferred
Machines made are not to be tampered with.
All volatile operations in site TWO are currently under being moved to different sites.
Description: SCP is Human male age ex-researcher name. SCP can create machines as long as it beleives they should work. SCP-XXXX was employed at the foundation due to great skill and stated altruistic desires. Discovered that SCP's machines were anomalous and that making SCP doubt makes them malfunction or break down completely. Designated as SCP, employees at site ONE and TWO informed of containment procedures.
Incident Reports
SCP questions its work (producing minor errors in machines) after being called an idiot for being a jerk earlier. Containment procedures revised to
Request to transfer rejected
SCP initiates hostile conversation with person and yells at person for not acknowledging how smart they are without provocation
Request to transfer rejected
Request to transfer due to fear of imminent threat. Actor demoted and transferred.
Notice/warning to not question head researcher's orders, a reflection on the themes of the article where another egotistical man is in charge
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be locked in an opaque, soundproof, watertight containment cell with entrance hatch on ceiling. No microphones or fine surveillance equipment are to be installed. Surveillance is only to be achieved through civilian-grade thermal cameras. Entrance to containment cell must be authorized by head researcher. Testing with D-class is no longer permitted with SCP-XXXX.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a self-cohesive collection of pure water typically measuring 3 metres tall by 3.8 metres wide in its default state. SCP-XXXX can manifest up to 45 human arms, legs, and █████ made of water to drag/propel itself, manipulate its surroundings and █████. Manifested extremities occasionally transform into human tissue including blood, bone, muscle, nerves, and all other tissues. DNA tests conclude ████████████████████████████████████████████. SCP-XXXX will attempt to drag humans it detects into its mass with manifested limbs. Some limbs are reported to instead █████████. Humans brought into SCP-XXXX's mass dissolve into water in approximately 8 seconds.
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NOTES: Horror should be at unfair imprisonment, uncertainty of threat, and "Its still me.". -2 should be reiterating that she IS herself but sound unsure about it "I'm me! I don't care what you saw on that video! The-the anomalous property transferred! Or-I did-It doesn't matter!"
So, the horror here is coming from being falsely locked in a cell because, well, we don't know if we can trust the researcher here. We honestly can't trust the fluid-form either. So what do we do?
//The key thing you'll want to think about is the pacing. SCP-3733 works because it slowly builds up from the description to the end of the interview. The way that works is because everything is so clinical up until we have a contrast between the SCP and the Foundation. How in your work would you pace this out? What is the researcher's initial reaction (put in containment procedures like "Staff are to be reminded that -2 is an anomaly and has provided no hard evidence to the contrary") to being locked in? (Reiterate initial confusion at containment during breach video, and then resentment at being contained in addendum) What is the fluid-form's reaction (what does it think about losing its identity as researcher? Does it know it was previously her?) ? What information can we glean from the two?
I think this could do well if you focus on the character here. Take some time to figure out your pacing and the depth of character that you want to portray.//
//your struggle is going to be wholly about characterization
<ARD> you could make melting man an allegory for the day-to-day human struggle we each face in adjusting how we act and present ourselves to fit in
<avery>If you say 69 is not well remembered…! Good enough for me
<ARD> this is definitely a 'review the concept'. come back to me with some concrete points about melting man's character and how you aim to present it and make the reader sympathetic to it and we'll talk about greenlighting
//
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: no sympathetic researchers. Interviewing scp-xxxx-1 requires authorisation from head researcher. Staff are to be reminded that -2 is an anomaly and there is no hard evidence to the contrary.
Description:
Discovery: Woman calls police. Lured into transport chamber.
Interview: Put into standard watertight containment chamber. This is an interview with scp-xxxx-nil (scp-xxx), a humanoid water
scp please move to the back of the containment chamber
Is that me? Am I SCP?
please move to the back of the containment chamber
(complies)
Researcher opens containment chamber door
Am I a criminal? Let me out…
We cannot let you out as you are an anomolous …
…please…
…entity and must be contained
I'm… anomalous? What does that mean? Am I stupid for not knowing what it means?
You are anomalous. Where did you come from and how did you come to be your current form?
I don't know… Am I stupid?
Please answer the question
Am I dangerous?
Yes, knowledge of anomolies would create a public panic.
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Where did you come from and h-
[scp xxxxrushes researcher]
incident report: scp rushes researcher. door shuts but scp-xxx hand is cut off by door and touches dr researcher. dr researcher melts. scp-xxxx resembles dr researcher. dr researcher and melting man are contained. Dr researcher is very confused at being contained. the entity previously designated scp-xxxx that now resembles dr researcher is designated scp-xxxx-2 and the entity which now resembles humanoid water is designated scpxxxx1. Note: This is why we don't let our guard down people.no matter how experienced, no matter how docile or human an SCP seems, you have to do the responsible thing. -Site director director.
interview log scp-xxxx-2
greetings scp-4-
Oh get rid of the veneer of professionalism. Don't treat me like I'm one of those things.
…Dr researcher, you are designated scp-xxxx-2
And every single test you've done has designated me FIRSTNAME RESEARCHER.
this security feed shows scp-xxxx transforming into you after touching Dr researcher, scp-xxxx-2.
I'm me! I don't care what's on the video! The-the anomalous property transferred! Or-I did-It doesn't matter! If I could be anonolous, then the civilian who called in the scp could be anomolous, or anyone, so-!
T-this interview will be resumed at a later date
Hey-don't shut off that microphone! Open this chamber and delete me off the docum-!
interview log scp-xxxx-1
greetings scp xxxx 1
Am I an scp? Am I anomolous? How?
Do you retain memories of being dr researcher?
Am I firstname researcher? Forgetful? Open the containment chamber.
Please answer the question
Why am I contained? Am I dangerous? Give me you.
If one of you buffoons doesn't clean up this mess of a log within a week I'm going to personally ask for a promotion, then demote you to D-Class when I'm your boss.
- Dr. Remorez
Item #: SCP-A421
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Don't touch the rock or look at it for too long. I can't believe I'm working with you people.
Description: A REALLY COOL ROCK! I MEAN THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST AWESOME ROCKS I HAVE EVER SEEN! IN FACT IT IS THE COOLEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN! Item is in fact a small rock that when someone touches or picks up believes the rock to be the “coolest” thing ever. This is still in effect after the person stops touching it. Other than this it seems to be a normal rock.
Location of Recovery: Was found by Dr.███████ while studying SCP-████, after some study it was found to not be connected to SCP-████.
Current Status: ON THE RADDEST DESK OF THE AMAZING DR.███████, BECAUSE HE FOUND IT AND THEREFORE IS THE COOLEST PERSON!
Item #: SCP-A665
Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-A665 is to be stored in a 25mx25mx25m containment chamber. No more than 2 people are to enter the containment chamber at any one time.
Item Description: SCP-A665 is a granite rock measuring 3m in height and 2m in width at the base. Rusted chain links stick out of the rock. Anomalous feelings of paranoia and fear are felt within 20m of SCP-A665 and the rock becomes slightly transparent. These effects increase the more people are nearby, up to a critical mass of 10 people, where anyone looking at the rock erupts in panic and [REDACTED].
Subject interview: [REDACTED]
Incident A665-A photographs: [REDACTED]
Item #: SCP-A194
Item Description: A standard NERF dart gun with lazer sight attachment that, when fired, acts as a regular 9 millimeter handgun. Fires Nerf darts at the same velocity as a regular 9 millimeter round and the same force and lethality as expected from a projectile of this speed.
Location of Recovery: Evidence Locker in ██████████ ███ Australia
Current Status: In Dr Rhodes office in case of emergency