Silentwinter

Isolate Instance of SCP XXXX-B (Thanks to CowboyX)

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid-Contained

Special Containment Procedures:

SCP XXXX is currently voluntarily contained at Site ██.

XXXX is held at Site ██ by an unlimited professional contract to be renegotiated every 5 years. Full details of the contract are available from Site ██ HR Department. Highlights of the contract follow.

XXXX is to be provided with the following:

1 Luxury home located no further than a 15 minute drive from Site ██.
An annual taxable salary or $398,000 CDN
Entry into SCP Insurance Max policy at Senior Researcher level
The SCP will match XXXX's RRSP contributions up to $10,000 CDN each year

SCP XXXX has full liberty to move within a 50km radius centred around Site ██ including the local supporting town of ████████████, population 2,345. ████████████ is largely populated by Site ██ staff and their families and SCP on long term inactive duty. ████████████ is open to the public via highway ██ exit █.

Site ██ is a low security training and research facility. While we have a few low-grade SCP contained here for training purposes our security forces are largely trainees. Senior Agents in the security detail are to remind their staff that constant vigilance is the price of survival.

XXXX is an avid, though unaccomplished, hiker and is permitted to hike unobserved so long as it remains within the 50 km inclusion zone.

Any time XXXX leaves the inclusion zone an implanted Type 4 GPS tracker will activate along with a Class C psychic imprint locater. If departure is not authorized XXXX is to be contacted by cell phone and directed back towards Site ██. If XXXX has “forgotten” its cell phone/GPS unit! A two-man bush team is to be dispatched to retrieve the anomaly. The team is to bring a standard first aid kit and MRE's in case XXXX is injured or has been lost for a prolonged period.

XXXX has the right to a combined total of 12 weeks external travel. XXXX is currently authorized to travel to Cuba, The Canary Islands and Quezon Province, Philippines. XXXX may also be authorized to travel to Dental Conferences both National and International by Site ██ Head of HR ██████████.

While travelling XXXX is to be observed by 2 SCP agents. Agents are instructed to keep a respectable distance and to remain "Incognito" unless XXXX is observed attempting to perform any unauthorized dental procedure.

+ Staff Warning

A masquerade is to be maintained around XXXX and its family at all times.

This is the town's norm, so we expect no problems with staff following this procedure. Senior Training Staff please take the time to review pertinent sections of the SCP Masquerade training manual with the trainees. Please emphasize both the importance and penalties of violation of these procedures.

XXXX is considered safe and is here voluntarily. Hence the extremely generous terms of containment. I have worked for the SCP for 20 years and my contract looks like dirt next to this. RRSP matching up to 10k a year? Who’s ████ do I have to s (Agent is to be reprimanded by HR for inappropriate language and negatively affecting Site moral. Further communication on this topic is forbidden.)

Should current containment procedures fail, we will be forced to contain XXXX physically, or to use some form of coercion. Possibly involving its family. Does anyone here really want a base Dentist under those circumstances? I have bridge work coming up!

SCP XXXX-A:

SCP XXXX-A will be produced twice a year from among XXXX's patients as per contract. Personnel are to be screened by off site dentists before their assignment to Site ██. No more than two D class personnel meeting SCP XXXX's requirements are to be assigned to Site ██ each year. Any non D-Class meeting SCP XXXX's requirements may not be assigned to Site ██.

Requirements:
XXXX requires two non anomalous human beings approximately 6 months apart each year. Hereafter to be referred to as Hosts. Host may be of any age, gender or ethnicity but must meet both requirements A and B.

Requirement A: Host must have no less than 35% body fat for male hosts and no less than 40% for female hosts.

Requirement B: Host must have an excellent dental record. No cavities. At least 2 remaining wisdom teeth if above appropriate age is preferred.

Additionally: At XXXX’s request, while not necessary for its reproductive process, all Hosts are to be pulled from the lowest depths of D Class whenever possible.

Since morbidly obese murderers with perfect teeth are likely in short supply, we suggest selecting Hosts up to six months in advance and altering their diet to produce Requirement A as needed. As these D-Class do not need to perform any specific tasks we suggest recruiting from among death row inmates.

Doctors Note:
There are already serious moral quandaries in providing Hosts for XXXX. Even if we pull from the worst D-Class the SCP has to offer, I and many of the other staff are uncomfortable with what one described as “Human Sacrifice”.

Despite objections I have decided to continue experimentation until we understand the phenomena better, and where exactly the resulting XXXX-C entities are going.

As previously stated, we are a low security training and research site. Primarily focusing on psychological research and security staff training. Most of our staff are low clearance day worker with families and so on. Worse. Many of them are unionized. They are not accustomed to this face of the SCP.

Request a senior containment team more accustomed this sort of duty. We can always use additional experienced staff looking to step back a bit before retirement. Any additional expertise that can be added to our training programs in between XXXX-A-C events would be invaluable.

XXXX has been voluntarily working with Dr. Proops in weekly therapy sessions for two years. And while we are finding progress slow, we believe we have begun to earn XXXX’s trust. As such XXXX is willing to reveal more about itself. We believe that with patience XXXX will eventually come into full compliance. While we do not suggest ever allowing SCP XXXX to go “free”, in this case voluntary confinement is both beneficial and much simpler for both parties.

Our investigators were surprised to learn that XXXX has similar moral issues as we do over its own reproductive process.

The following log is from Therapy Session ██/██/20██

+ SCP XXXX Therapy Session 107

– hide block

Present:
Dr. ██████ Proops. Senior Agent: Therapist
Junior Agent Felix Schmitt: Observing
SCP-XXXX: Patient

Log Begins:

Irrelevant Dialog redacted

Proops: Enough small talk. Let’s get to it. In our last session we talked a bit about your reproductive cycle. You mentioned that you regret the process.

XXXX: I can’t help what I am. And Mother knows I tried in the past. But if I stop… The repercussions for everyone are too great.

Proops: Yes, you mentioned that as well. But let us keep focused on the process for now, and not what happens if you stop.

XXXX: You know what the process involves. You have seen it three times at this point.

Proops: Yes and I really appreciate you discussing this with me. I know you find the subject difficult. Are you willing to continue?

XXXX: Yes, sorry. I haven’t talked frankly about this with anyone in… I don’t know. Centuries? At least.

Proops: I thought you retained the memories of your previous stages?

XXXX: I do of course. But after so much time? I’m just a man. A very old one, but still just a man.

“An old man can only remember as far as his clouded eyes can see”.

Proops: Poetic.

XXXX: Hardly. I was quoting someone, I think. Like I said, I have lived an abnormally long life for a normal man. But that doesn’t mean I remember everything. A lot, but not everything.

Proops: You are hardly normal XXXX.

XXXX- If that were the case then why do most of our sessions revolve around my domestic troubles?

Both Laugh

Proops: Still having problems with Carlie?

XXXX- Yah. I understand her. She wants to be out there, dating and hanging out with the rest of the kids her age. I have had thousands of daughters. She is ready to leave the nest so to speak…

Proops: But?

XXXX- You know it’s my fault she can’t. This town is SCP to the core. There are what, 50 people in town that aren’t SCP or SCP family?

Proops: It’s a fair bit more than that but point taken. You are diverting from the original subject.

XXXX- I know, sorry.

Proops: Like I said, I know this is a difficult subject for you. We can continue another day.

Long Pause

Proops: I just want you to know that you are making real progress here today. If you want to continue, I think we can make some gains.

XXXX: Ok, but I get a two stroke advantage on Saturday.

XXXX laughs uncomfortably

Proops: Sure, and I’ll stop XXXX from bringing another pot roast.

Both laugh

XXXX: Ok. I know the Foundation likes accuracy so let’s try to do this concisely. I know my stories can ramble. Let’s do question/answer. That is probably easiest for me.

Proops: Ok. let’s begin.

Proops shuffles his papers

Proops: How often do you need to reproduce?

XXXX: I don’t need to at all. In fact, I have taken long breaks in the past. But the long-term effects on the world…

Proops: You have mentioned this before. If you don’t reproduce do you become dangerous?

XXXX: Me? (laughs) No. Maybe a long time ago, like right after you guys first discovered honey. I had to take some unpleasant measures back then. But since Dentistry? Even the most primitive kind that hadn’t earned the name yet? No.

Proops: Ok. So, what are the repercussions?

XXXX: I don’t know if I am ready for that yet. It’s pretty personal. It’s something I have never discussed. Kind of like a primal fear. No, not a fear….

Proops: An instinct?

XXXX: Yes! A protective instinct! Gosh that feels good….

Short Pause

I could never find the words before.

Proops: I told you. We have been making some breakthroughs recently. You have been doing very well.

XXXX: Thanks ██████

Proops: Remember we can stop at any time.

XXXX: It’s ok let’s keep going.

Proops: So, you don’t become dangerous. Do your children become dangerous?

XXXX: No. Other than how they are born, and the risk of touching them my kids are totally safe.

Proops The Detective might have something to say about that.

XXXX: Yah. He still can’t look me in the eye most of the time. I’m so sorry he had to see that. If there had been less water, he might have missed it entirely. I know it…. affected him.

Proops: He mentioned that your children sing?

XXXX: Yes. It’s not harmful. It’s just, I don’t know. Part of who they are. I’m sorry I can’t explain. Your kind doesn’t have the words or concepts.

Proops: That’s ok. It isn’t the first time we have run into this. Let’s put that aside as a topic for later.

XXXX: Ok. I will try to figure out a way to explain it. I know how much of an exception the Foundation is making from its normal procedures. I don’t want to hide anything from you, but some things I don’t even know how to say in any of your languages.

Proops: It's ok. Let’s shelve that one too for now. So once your Children have eaten each other….

XXXX: That’s not right. I mean, yes. They eat each other, but they are each other. The shape matters but the number of shapes doesn’t. At least until they are mature. Does that make any sense?

Proops: Maybe. Another thinker?

XXXX: Yah. Probably. Sorry ██████. I should have tried something like this sooner. It’s not like I didn’t have the time.

Proops: It’s ok. You are doing it now. Another question?

XXXX: Yah. A few more. How much time do we have left? I can’t see the clock.

Proops: That is because I put it in my desk drawer. Don’t worry you won’t be late for XXXX’s hockey game.

XXXX: You think of everything don't you?

Proops: We try. Now, just a few more questions. I can see this is starting to wear you out.

XXXX: Ok, thanks. I have an early root canal tomorrow anyway.

I need some time to relax this weekend. Maybe I'll go for a hike on Sunday.

Proops: That’s a good idea. Bring a compass this time at least.

XXXX: Never.

Proops: Where do your children go? You know we have been trying to track them.

XXXX: I know. It’s ok. Like I said they aren't a danger to you. Quite the opposite.

Again, I don’t have the words for where they are going and what they are doing. I mean, down obviously. I will try to come up with some analogy when I get the time.

I can tell you this is a natural process. I’ve been doing it for so long… since life evolved teeth. Maybe before. I was very primitive then too, having memories wasn't really a thing yet.

Proops: I would love to talk to you about that some time, but not today. Remind me.

XXXX: My children aren’t a risk to you or anyone unless they stop fulfilling their roll.

I know I am dangerous in my own fashion. But that’s why I came along peacefully once the good Detective figured me out.

In a lot of ways, it was a relief. I am tired of an eternity being ashamed of what I am. An ugly necessity.

I want to at least come to accept it. And at least with you its murderers and other terrible people. I don’t have to kill regular people anymore. Does that make sense?

Proops: That at least makes sense. It’s a good goal. I am happy to be helping you get there.

XXXX exhales loudly

XXXX: Ok, One more and then I think I’m done for this session ok?

Proops: Sure thing. You have done very well. We have made some excellent progress.

XXXX: Thank you.

Proops: Ok, so last one. I know you don’t like talking about this but since you brought her up earlier. Mother?

XXXX: My first love? There are good reasons I don’t talk about her. Even now it hurts.

Proops: I know. But the little birds in my ear have a question they want answered.

XXXX: Snooping again eh? Ok.. What is their question?

Proops: They want to know if Mother has hostile intent or is dangerous to Humanity?

XXXX: Mother?! Goodness no. She couldn’t love you more. All of you, not just the Humans.

Proops: Ok, we will get back to that last part some other time. Why can you not stop making more children then?

XXXX: I’m not sure how much I’m willing to say.

Proops: That’s ok. This is all an exercise in trust for both of us, and the Foundation.

XXXX: I know. I am trying my best to comply. This is just. It’s hundreds of thousands of years of very justifiable distrust. Whenever I slipped up you Humans killed me in the most horrific ways. Sometimes you killed me even without knowing what I was. Just to kill me.

Did I tell you I was burned at the stake during the inquisition?

I got caught giving willow bark to a neighbour to help him with tooth ache. The local wise woman didn’t like that, so she told the Church I was a witch. It was a long six months followed by a terrible death.

Proops: I understand. But from the foundation standpoint we need to be able to justify continuing providing Hosts. We both know how good a deal you have considering the SCP's normal procedures.

XXXX: Hosts…. what a horrible way to describe it.

Long pause

I understand the Foundation’s position. I understand what needs to be done, and you can't understand how much I actually appreciate this.

It's just….

Look. You can see why I might distrust large, authoritarian, organizations with strong feelings about anything abnormal.

Proops: I do. Let’s put it on hold for today. We can start this back up next week. I will have XXXXXX contact your clinic to schedule an appointment.

XXXX and DR Proops shake hands

XXXX: Thank you ██████. I have to admit, even knowing I am in a gilded cage I have never felt so free. I think soon I’ll be ok to tell you. I think soon I might finally be able to ask for help.

Log Ends

– hide block

Additional precautions:

Sugar content of all SCP Cafeteria food has been increased 15% to ensure no one meeting SCP XXXX's requirements is accidentally admitted.

We realize this is a cheaper solution than providing fitness program, but moral is at an all time low over here, and if I see one more flyer for a keto diet club or some such nonsense I am going to snap. Even the security recruits have pimples and spare tires, and they have a drill sergeant chasing them 14 hours a day with a baton.

Request an increase in funding to Site ██ Dental Coverage and Exercise Facilities: REFUSED

SCP XXXX-A

SCP XXXX-A Hereafter to be referred to as Hosts Guests, are granted general freedom of Site XX D-Class Barracks provided their record indicates it is safe for them to mingle with the general population. If not they are to be confined on sub level ██ until their appointment with the doctor and sent directly to containment after.

We realize that that there is a security risk allowing these sorts of people access to even part of the general base population, even for a brief time. Considering their fate, the staff feels that allowing some minimum human contact is the least we can do. We all feel that a final meal is not appropriate.

Guests are to be given priority Alpha on internal monitors. Guests who do not meet SCP standards of expected behaviour as per Cadet Codes ████ and ██████, particularly sections A and G, will be detained by any means necessary. We expect this explained to them when they are volunteered for the program.

Guests are to be delivered by secure transport no later than 7am. The Guest may then enjoy D-Class showers, rec room and on-site exercise and sports facilities until their scheduled appointment with XXXX.

Guests are to be given no knowledge of SCP XXXX. Implantation of XXXX spawn is to be covered under the guise of a standard dental examination.

+ SCP XXXX Implantation Method

After implantation suitable subjects are the then be released back into D-Class barracks.

Due to the low risk and disturbing nature of initial stages of XXXX-A we have decided to use the Guest as a training exercise for the recruits on emergency containment of an infected friendly.

Doing this early in the training process allows us to identify trainees who may be worth considering for advanced training. It also aids in identifying those with weaker mental thresholds who must undergo additional conditioning with Psychological Research, or be eliminated from the program entirely as per Protocol ██ subsection P.

We request 10% of eliminated candidates be retained and transported to Psychological Research for further study before amnesics are administered. We are always looking to build a better soldier and understanding how and why they break is essential to this goal

Thus far all trainee groups have been able to successfully contain our Guests in testing. While this has pushed our catastrophic drop out rate to 17%, we feel that identifying and, when necessary, eliminating problematic trainees now is better than having them fail in the field later with more dramatic consequences.

After testing the Guest is to be transported to Site ██ Medical by ambulance and moved immediately to the Bone Chamber (Room 7, Floor ██) for containment before emergence of XXXX-B

The Guest is to be provided with a minimum of 30,000 Calories of food in a format of their choice provided it is available. Additional food is to be provided as requested.

+ SCP-XXXX-B and C Containment: Bone Chamber

Results of Implantation of SCP XXXX

Hours 1-48 approx.

Guest begins to experience extreme cravings which intensify over time.
Guest looses desire and capability to defecate. Urination remains normal.
Guest will search out any source of food, though in the early stages Guests normally begin with personal favourites but will become indiscriminate with time.
By 48 hours most guests will have ingested 60-80,000 calories.

We expect at least one trainee to have reported the Guests unusual behaviour before the end of this period. Trainees who make early note of this phenomena are to be rewarded for their acuity and allowed to observe the rest of the training experiment from SecOps.

Hours 49-96 approx.

Guest will continue to consume 60-80,000 calories a day but now feels compelled to hoard food.
Guests attempt to find a damp, subterranean place to hide. As none are provided, all but one instance has taken refuge in D-Class showers.
Guests normally begin to experience dental enlargement and shedding at 55 hours approx.
Dental swelling is caused by the rapid growth of XXXX-B within the Guests teeth.
As XXXX-B grow they produce a new layer of enamel under the Guests original layers slowly cracking them open from the inside as they expand. Resulting shards must be expelled regularly as ingestion is extremely detrimental to the digestive system.
Dental shedding does not reduce the Guests desire to eat, making the ingestion of dental fragments inevitable.
Dental shedding can continue up to 96 hours approx.

97 hours Plus.

Although XXXX-B generally appear between 80-90 hours their emergence is guaranteed after 97 hours.

XXXX-B Present as white bodied maggots with a black lipped human mouth and teeth.
XXXX-B Emerge violently from the Guests teeth. Fragments can reach as far as 1.37 meters from the Guests mouth, accompanied a large volume of blood.
Number of XXXX-B per tooth varies between 50 and 200.
XXXX-B extrude a powerful anomalous acid that is particularly caustic to human flesh. This acid is capable of dissolving most common containment substances including glass given time. Multiple materials have been found suitable to contain the acid but the most cost effective seems to be human bone. (See Bone Chamber)
The acid may be neutralized by mundane means.
While new initial instances of XXXX-B are small, .5mm in length, they grow quickly as they consume the Guest.
Guest survive consumption for an average of 36 hours, with one subject surviving an alarming 42 hours and 17 minutes.
By hour 160 99% + of the Guests soft tissues have been dissolved and consumed leaving only the skeletal remains. Instances of SCP XXXX-B average at 32.5 cm in length with an average weight of 2.27kg. This marks the beginning of emergence of XXXX-C

XXXX-C:

XXXX-C Presents identically to XXXX-B but much larger. Averaging at 3.68m in length and an average weight of 476kg. While this far exceeds the mass of the initial Guest estimates of consumed food by weight covers this discrepancy.
XXXX-C forms from XXXX-B who, once done stripping the Guest of soft tissues, turn on each other in a form of voluntary cannibalism. Smaller instances purposefully travel towards larger instances to be devoured until only one remains. XXXX-C completes the process by ingesting the remaining skeletal structure and licking up residual fluids.
XXXX-C then attempts to borough downwards if allowed. Examples of XXXX-C have been tracked using ██████████ to a depth of 3km before disappearing from sensors. As no examples of XXXX-C have ever been reported unrelated to our experiments with SCP XXXX it is assumed that whatever remains of their life cycle continues deep underground.

We are in the process of devising a means of sending a probe or perhaps even a manned team after an instance of XXXX-C. We have reached the limit of our technological ability to track them otherwise.

SCP XXXX-C are to be tagged and released at a predetermined site. Protective bone suits are to be worn while interacting with XXXX-C. If human flesh should touch SCP XXXX-C or it's resulting secretions the affected area is to be flushed with cold water until such time as acidic destruction of flesh has ceased. An EMT team should be immediately summoned in case of shock.

SCP XXXX-C are to be tracked for as long as possible for triangulation purposes.

Additional:

Neither instances of XXXX-B or XXXX-C behave in a hostile manner. Instances are docile when observed and even tested and manipulated. XXXX-B shows signs of trying to return towards it's Guest if removed.
Three serious injuries have been reported in dealing with XXXX-B and XXXX-C. Two were accidental exposure to XXXX-B's secretions in the lab. Safety protocols have been updated.
The other when an instance of XXXX-C was accidentally blocked by a D-Class from eating its Guest's skeletal structure. The instance of XXXX-C crushed him under it's mass enroot. D-Class 598 was declared deceased 13 minutes 27 seconds after incident commencement. Cause of death: Compression/Chemical Burns. As 598 failed to follow basic safety procedures his death was deemed a personal error.

Singing:

Instances of SCP XXXX-B and XXXX-C have been observed singing. D-Class exposed to the singing reported it to be non anomalous. (Confirmed through further testing. See Reports ████ and ██████) Three even reported finding if soothing.

While there has been no general consensus the most common description of the “Song” is of a half heard lullaby.

Description:

SCP XXXX appears as a 50+ year old Caucasian male. 95kg, 1.98m. Blue eyes. Salt and pepper hair. Currently identified as Dr. Sargon Vurmvader DDS. DMD. Avid Hiker, Golfer and recreational Entomologist. Husband and Father of two.

Actual: SCP XXXX is a quasi immortal being. While this has not been observed XXXX claims to live through a repeating cycle of lives. Approximately 50 years in length. Upon XXXX's current form reaching an advanced age XXXX will “Die”. Shortly after internment XXXX enters a “pupal” stage for approximately 3 months.

When it emerges it appears as a human male, late twenties- early 30's. From there on it begins a new life as a new person taking a portion of the resources left over by its previous life and continuing on in a younger body.

We have not seen XXXX undergo this process yet, but it assures us full access once it's current form has reached an appropriate age.

Doctors Note: Remember to ask XXXX what happens if his body is burned, scattered or destroyed.

All memories of previous lives are retained. Genetic testing of XXXX shows 90% human DNA. 9% similar to, but not exactly like no less than 30 species of maggot breeding fly. The remaining 1% of XXXX’s genetic makeup appears to be made up of rare earth element isotopes found only in the upper mantle of the earth’s interior.

Our Lab is still unclear how XXXX manages to incorporate inorganic elements into its genetic strain and is equally mystified as to how their genetic testing system identified it as such as the test should not have registered the metals at all nor should the software running the test been able to identify rare earth metals. The machines in question are being tested for any malfunction that could have caused the error. Additional testing is strongly requested.

XXXX claims that in most of its incarnations it has sought out a widowed woman with children as a “temporal mate” claiming that "Life is too long to be without love". XXXX’s current family have no knowledge of XXXX’s anomalous nature and are completely non-anomalous themselves. XXXX is infertile and can not produce human children.

It's first confirmed appearance was as Artzney Buchlein, who wrote the first exclusive treaties on dentistry in 1563CE. Details of his life retold by XXXX have been confirmed with document scans and verification with Buchlein’s personal diaries, acquired at considerable expense from a private collection in ████ ████, Canada.

SCP XXXX claims to be much older than this. In previous interviews has claimed to have argued the nature of humours with Socrates and to have pulled the rotting molar from the mouth of SCP-073While we realize there are more pressing things to discus with SCP-073. Our investigators would appreciate confirmation of this fact. SCP XXXX told us to ask SCP-073 if he would like to schedule a cleaning and checkup now that they are in similar circles.

We are uncertain what to do about this request but do not believe XXXX has hostile intent and are extremely curious as to weather SCP-073 has dental needs. Please advise.

SCP XXXX was recruited by the SCP from it's practice in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. It was initially discovered by Det. ████ ████████ of the Ontario Police Department (OPP) who was reported missing by colleagues. Senior Agent Proops (formerly of the OPP) was in the area and offered aid in the search under a civilian cover which allowed our teams to rescue the Detective and capture an instance of SCP-XXXX-C. Debrief with Det. ████████ follows:

+ SCP XXXX Debrief 09

– hide block

08/15/20XX:
Debrief after investigation 1429:

Present:
Dr ██████ Proops. Senior Agent: Therapist
Junior Agent Felix Schmitt: Observing
Detective ████ ██████████. OPP, Missing Persons, Greater Sarnia Region: Patient

Proops: Good morning Detective. You are looking better today. I understand our medics gave you some sedatives to help you sleep. I hope it was peaceful.

Interviewee was given a light Amnestic to temporarily suppress approximately 92 hours in between ██/██/20██ and ██/██.20██ leading up to his recovery by SCP agents. Previous to Amnesics subject displayed signs of severe emotional distress and was incapable of meaningful communication.

Det: Who the hell are you people!

Proops: Please calm down Detective, you are among friends. There was in incident regarding three missing persons cases which you have been working on. You were found by our agents in pretty bad shape. You damaged to your feet and lower legs. Hence the bandages. You may have lost some short term memories, but I assure you that your memory will return in time.

Det: You didn't answer my question buddy. Who are you people? How did I get here?

Proops: Detective, there is a limited amount of information that I can give you without applying for appropriate security clearances from CSIS and my own agency. Those things will take time. Suffice it to say that I represent an extra governmental agency engaged in investigations that the Federal Government would prefer remained undisclosed.

Det: You're Spies?

Proops: No. What we do is considerably more complicated than simple espionage. Suffice it to say that we take on anything that the civilian or military authorities are not equipped to deal with.

Det: You are telling me the Canadian Government has secret super mercenary spies.

Proops: No Detective, I am saying that we work in co-operation with all civilian and military authorities. Even North Korea. We are no joke son.

Det: That's a load of shit and you know it. What would whoever is behind the glass tell me?

Proops: Less. Our junior agents are under much greater restrictions than I am. Shall we continue?

Det: Get the restraints off.

Proops: Of course Detective… may I call you Mike?

Proops circles the table and removes the Detective's wrist and head restraints and returns to his seat.

Det: No.

Proops: That's fair Detective.

Det: When am I getting out of here?

Proops: That depends largely on your health Detective.

Proops checks his watch

Det: Is that a threat?

Proops: Not at all. Detective. Please, we began all of this on the wrong foot. I should tell you that our interviews do not always go this way. Most people we interview receive much less information than I have already told you.

Det: Bullshit.

Proops: Most people we interview who are as belligerent as you find the repercussions more severe as well. I have been giving you a great deal of leeway out of professional respect.

Det: What do you mean?

Proops: I came out of the OPP myself over 20 years ago. I used to work Homicide, though no one will remember me now… Probably for the best.

I looked over you file and your work has been exemplary. Three commendations. One for each child saved. Promotions to Toronto, Ottawa and Quebec City offered and refused. 70-80 hours a week workload and more cases solved than 85% of all other officers in Missing Persons in Canada, across all branches and services. And yet you serve in Sarnia.

Det: I grew up here.

Proops: It is for that reason that I am giving you this much respect. But I could use some co-operation.

Det: Fine, but for the record I know this play.

Proops: I would be insulted if you didn't Detective.

Proops places three photos of Victims A-C on the table in front of the Detective.

Proops: Do you recognize these photos?

Det: Of course. That is Jose Rodriguez, Janet Zellway and Reginald Lockheart. All three are part of my current investigation which is getting colder and colder as I sit here!

Proops: Detective please, lets keep it calm. You have serious burns on your lower legs. You lost two toes. You are under medical supervision at the moment. And, as I said, you have lost some of your short term memories. They will return in time.

Note: Dr. Proops: I am concerned with ████'s complete lack of concern for his personal wellbeing here. This is the second mention of his injuries but his immediately thought appear to be of his case. He is ignoring what most would consider a serious injury and disfigurement. Clear evidence of self destructive behaviour. Address in further sessions if possible.

Proops: In any case, all three of these cases have been solved, by You.

Detective lets out a long sigh of relief.

Det: They are ok then?

Proops checks his watch.

Proops: I am afraid not. All three are deceased but because of your actions we have tracked down the culprit and are in the process of detaining it now.

Det: It?

Proops: Excuse me, He.

Det: I don't remember any of that. Who the hell was it? Was it the fucking dentist?

Proops: Dr. Vurmvader. Yes. Your notes were instrumental in his identification and capture.

Det: Why did he do it?

Proops: You are the Detective why not walk me through it. Let us start at the beginning.

Det: Okay. I'll play along for now. How far back do you want to go. I got the goods on those three but I'm telling you there are more people missing.

Proops: How many more?

Det: A lot more. If I had the proof I would have been running those too. But it goes back a long time.

Proops: How long?

Det: At least 50 years. But that bastard moved to Sarnia in 1998. I think he was just picking up where someone else left off.

Proops: Just lay it all out detective. You will find your notes in the drawer in front of you. Would you like a coffee?

Det: Sure.

Proops leaves the room for 4 min 32 seconds and returns with coffee. The Detective takes this time to go over his notes.

Det: Thanks. Ok. I'm still kind of fuzzy. Did I get hit on the head?

Proops: No that is a side effect of the medications you were given during treatment. They will fade. The coffee will help.

Det: Uhg. You call this coffee?

Proops: Someone around here does anyway.

Proops checks his watch.

Det: Alright. It started with poor Jose over here. He was reported missing by his Mother mid last year. Janet was reported missing about 5 months later by her husband. Reggie here disappeared 2 days ago…

Proops: I'm sorry detective, it has been 6 days since you were recovered, and Mr. Lockheart was never formally reported as missing.

I’m sorry. You were out for quite some time.

Det: Damn. Ok. Sorry, still all a jumble.

Proops: Do you need to take a minute?

Det: No, sorry. This is a lot to take in. Six days is a long time. I still don't remember what happened.

Proops: It will return with time Detective. Going through the events leading up to it may help speed the process so please continue.

Det: Ok. Prima Facia there is no connection between these three people. Jose is a high-school senior, Line backer and mid range student. Janet is a professional Baker, mid 40's, mother of two. And Reggie. Good old Reggie is one of Sarnia's biggest pieces of shit. Rap sheet as long as my arm and twice as hairy. That asshat had the heart of a vulture. Couldn’t have happened to a better person.

Detective spits

Proops: You may feel different later.

Det: Whatever. Anyway. Sarnia has a lot of missing persons cases. Way more than average. A few years back my captain forced me to take some vacation so I took the time to compile a log of all missing people in Sarnia in the last 50 years. We are talking thousands of cases. Once I had that done I still had some vacation time left so I started cross-referencing details of the unsolved cases.

Proops: Some vacation.

Det: I'm not the relaxing on the beach type.

Proops: So what did you discover?

Det: Not a lot at first. I just started linking anything that had any similarity. Gender, age, race, class. Similar locations, time periods. Whatever. It was a shithole mess but eventually some of that shit started to jump out at me. That's how I tracked down ████████████ and ████████████, I mean you read my record. All that good shit started coming up once I got my Log in order.

Proops: I did. And depending on how this goes I might be offering you a job at the end of this. It is an opportunity that will answer many questions you must have.

Det: Ooooh. There's a hook, what a pretty worm that is on the end.

Proops: I wouldn't be dangling the line if I didn't know you could see it.

Proops checks his watch

Det: Fine fine. So anyway, I was using the Log for a long time adding to it as shit went down. Taking the pieces I could figure out and doing my best to jam them together. One of the weirdest pieces I found was a long list of disappearances among the fat.

Proops: The fat?

Det: Excuse me, the Mass Enhanced. Please don't make me take another one of those courses….

Proops: It's all right Mike. Fat people. go on.

Mike: Sure. Like I said a lot of people go missing around here. A lot more than ever get found. Most of it is your normal shit. Fucked up divorces make people do fucked up shit. Creeps who like kiddies. Some of them are with the fishes if you get my meaning. I can spot those from a mile away now but two to three specific fat people disappearing a year leaving no trace is a hard one to track. Especially when a lot of overweight people go missing.

Proops: So what was the key?

Mike: That damned Dentist. Sarnia is not the biggest city. There are only so many dentists here so a lot of us have one on common. Vurmvader was never seen with the victims in public and always had a reliable alibi on the days of the disappearances but all three of the victims were patients of his. I figured maybe it was him, or someone related to his business.

I looked in to it quietly but the guy really looks on the up an up. Model citizen, beautiful family, respected professional. I couldn't shake it so I went through his files and tracked more missing cases from his patient logs. And there it was, two or three a year matched to missing persons since he arrived in Sarnia. But then it kept going.

The Doc purchased his practice from Dr. Franko who died shortly after selling. His estate released his professional records to me and using those I was able to track an additional 2-3 missing fatties each year going back to the 60's.
It still could have been someone else. I didn't have any hard proof at this point. Just a messed up coincidence. But I am sure it was that fucker!

Proops: Calm down Mike.

Proops Checks his watch

Proops: We are getting closer to the end of this. Please continue. What happened next?

The Detective is beginning to look notably upset. Sweating. Monitors indicate increased heart rate.

Mike: Look, I had to know. I see so many people chopped up in oil drums, or kids bodies at the bottom of the lake! This is my home! For fuck sake, so many……

Detective cries for approximately 3 minutes. Proops checks his watch.

Proops: Can you continue? Would you like a sedative?

Mike: No, no drugs. I'm sorry. It's just this job… you have to let it out some times or else…

Proops: I know son. Trust me I do. It's ok. When you are ready.

Proops Checks his watch

Mike: Oh God.

Proops: It's ok Mike. Please go on.

Mike: It's not ok! I started staking out the Dentist's office. I watched that piece of shit turn hundreds of mouths over the course of three weeks until one day Reggie walked in there. Fucker fit the profile so when he left about an hour later I followed him.

Proops: How long did you follow him?

Mike: I don't know. I wasn't sleeping at this point. I worked all day and followed him all night. My notes should keep a record of what he did and where. I'm having trouble….

Proops checks his watch

Proops: It's ok son. The drugs will be wearing of around now. Your memories will be coming back.

Mike: What the fuck did you give me?

Proops: You were suffering from extreme sleep deprivation, physical exhaustion and borderline malnutrition when we found you. You were also experiencing severe emotional trauma. We determined it would be better for your health to place you into a medical coma while we treated your legs, and to temporarily block certain recent memories until such time as you could confront them in a controlled environment.

Mike: IS THAT WHAT THIS FUCKING IS! A CONTROLLED ENVIROMENT! WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE!?

Proops: We are here to help you. Mike…. son. You are a good officer. But you have experienced a serious psychological trauma.

Mike: Oh god. No. I can remember now!

Proops: Tell me. Slowly. Take big breaths. What can you remember?

Mike: Oh god. How can I do that? How can I admit to what I did? I was just so tired of getting there late. So tired of finding them in pieces. Oh god. What did I do?

Proops: It's ok son….

Mike: I'M NOT YOUR FUCKING SON!

Proops: Ok…… Mike…… It's ok. I just want you to know that I read your notes already. I know what happened and I know what you saw. I'm not judging you. I'm not blaming you. I want very much to help you but first you have to let yourself know. Let the truth out Mike.

The Detective cries for approximately 25 minutes.

Proops: Are you feeling better?

Mike: No, but you are right. I did this and I can't run from it.

Proops: So tell me. At your own pace. Stop when you need to.

Mike: Ok. (Sobs) Ok. It's mostly like I said. I've been working non stop for…. I don't know. Too long. I got so wrapped up I lost my girlfriend My friends. Everything.
I just kept on figuring every hour I'm not working my neighbours' kid was getting butchered in a barn. Some psycho bitch was driving her family car into the river with family inside. Some shit head wannabe mobster pissed of the wrong people and ended up stuffed in a crate.
I made the Log and for a bit it got better. I saved those kids. Caught a shit-tone of bad guys but… the victims. I was almost always late. I lost count of how many.

Proops: Go on.

Mike: When I spotted the Dentist in the Log I just snapped. I dunno… No proof I could give any court and I sure as hell couldn't take them to my place to follow strings and post-its around the place until finally yelling the Dentist did it, and maybe the Dentist before him! I'd be in the fucking loony bin 10 seconds later.

Proops: So why keep at it?

Mike: I can't explain it. I've always been like this. You know how people say you can't see the forest for the trees. Man I look at a forest and I see the forest, the trees, the deer, the bugs, the fungus and shit living in the dirt. Drives me fucking nuts. It took me forever to realize that seeing things that way isn't shit everyone does, or even can do.

Proops: You mean like a supernatural ability? laughs

Mike: Shit no. I'm just great at pattern recognition. I've met a few others like me over the years. A couple of other cops, lot of criminals. A few coders and analysts, really good ones too. Anyway I hate to use the word gut, but when I spot something like that it's worth following.

Proops: Go on.

Mike: Look. It's just. I wasn't thinking clearly then. I don't think I am now either. I just….

Detective cries again for approximately 3 minutes.

Mike: Sorry, Sniffs sorry…. sorry. Ok, um…. ok.

I didn't stake out the dentists place. I staked out Reggie. I know Reggie from way back in high-school. He's been a date rapist that whole time. Fat fuck. You have no idea how many times that bastard bullied some girl into putting out and then crushed her the next day by telling everyone. Two girls in our year killed themselves over it and no one did shit.

Fucker had braces straight up to his mid 20’s. He once broke both a guys knees because he knocked a tooth loose accidentally while playing pool. It wasn’t hard. We have hated each other for ages. A couple of drive by cracks about his teeth and a fake flyer was all it took.

I followed for the first couple of days. Chubby spent most of his time shaking down restaurants and then eating them out of house and home. After that I thought he might have gotten sick because for the next four days he stayed in his house. Ordered a lot of take out. Like a lot. Day after that the orders stopped coming in. So I decided to go in and see what was going on.

I wish I hadn’t.

Detective begins to cry

Proops: But you did. You are ready. Let it out and go on. You have to face this.

Crying continues for approximately 2 minutes.

Mike: Sorry, sorry, sorry… loud exhalation Ok, sorry. Ok.

I went in the front door. It was unlocked. Place smelt like 10,000 shits. Filled with takeout boxes, all empty. Like enough to feed 50 people.

Proops: What happened next?

Mike: I checked the house. Finally found him in the basement. Oh God…..

The detective curls up into a fetal position for approximately 15 minutes. Appears to be experiencing a severe anxiety episode including hyperventilation and retching. Sedatives are offered and refused.

Proops: Can you continue?

Mike: Yes. I’m so sorry. I can do this.

Proops: Yes, you can. Take big breaths and stop if you need to. Take your time.

Mike: I went down the stairs. It was hot and humid. Condensation all over the walls. There was a sink, ripped off the wall, dripping water all over the place. Deep enough to get over my winter boots. Filled them to the brim. Shit burned a little where it touched me.

I would have left but I heard something thrashing around in the next room so I ignored the burn and waded over.

Oh god.

The detective makes retching noises for approximately 30 seconds.

Proops: Do you need some water?

Mike: No…. thank you. Sorry, I just…. Sorry. If I had known. I never would have. Not even Rapist Reggie.

Proops: Can you continue?

Mike: I have to.

Proops: Ok, take your time. Breath.

Mike: Reggie was lying in the other room. On the floor. He was just sort of bleeding out into the water. Like a paint drop diluting. Dark and round in the middle but the edges just blurred out in the water. His mouth was just…. Fuck what does that. All his teeth were gone. At least I thought so.

I thought he was dead so I got a little closer. He was covered in these big maggots, like two inches long and fat. Everywhere they were touching him it was like his skin was melting and they were just gulping him down. I could see ribs and most of his leg, just stripped.

The detective retches again and quickly contains it.

Mike: Sorry. Like I said, I though he was dead. I mean how could he not be. Half of him was goo or eaten by those fucking things. But all of a sudden his eye opened and he started screaming. Then there was this loud cracking noise and he started spitting out all these bits of teeth and blood everywhere.

The detective retches and controls himself again

Mike: He just kept throwing up… like a whole mouthful of broken teeth worth but I couldn’t see any left in there. I could see in his eye that he was suffering. Every time he moved pieces of him just slid off. He was crying. Fucker raped I don’t know how many women and who knows what else and he was crying. And I was crying. Then shit got worse.

Those maggots.

He started puking out hundreds of little maggots along with bits of teeth.

They got fucking everywhere, burning where they touched. Fuck he was swallowing them.

He had no choice so many were coming out his shit backed up. I could see them burning out from inside. I just….. I just…. I stood there…… I watched…… I just…… listened….

They were singing…. The Maggots were singing. Like a lullaby…. but it didn't help Reggie….

The detective vomits violently across the table and immediately begins to panic and search the resulting expulsions

Mike: Oh god please no maggots! Help me look! There can’t be any maggots…. Oh god…. Oh god…. Oh god…. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry…. Oh god…. I'm s…..

Log ends

– hide block

The detective was located by an SCP recovery team in the basement of Victim Three’s home in a catatonic state along with an instance of XXXX-C. The detective experienced acid burns to his feet and lower shin and while he will recover, he will experience significant scaring.

His mental state considering his recent history and experience with SCP XXXX-B and C is unstable but this Agent believes that with time he will make a full recovery. Considering his obvious skill and drive, as well as his talent for pattern recognition we strongly suggest offering recruitment to the Detective. I would be pleased to have him working with us here at Site ██ and have a number of projects perfect for his specific talents set aside already. Besides, if we give him Amnesics it will undo all the progress he has made personally in the last few months.

If you have any doubts as to weather he has what it takes consider this excerpt from therapy session ██/██/20██

+ Det. Mike ████████ Therapy Session 28

SCP XXXX and its offspring stages A-C are a strange case. XXXX is not violent, or even dangerous to the vast majority of humanity. However it’s desire to reproduce at least twice a year make keeping it contained morally questionable.

We are currently investigating XXXX’s claims that it’s “Children” as it refers to them are in fact beneficial for the world at large.

Because XXXX is safely contained, and its offspring have yet to reappear on our tracking grid we suggest formally marking this file as Safe and moving the problem of XXXX- A through C to it’s own investigation.

We would also request that if Detective ██████████ chooses to join the SCP that he be assigned to this new case. His familiarity with SCP XXXX and the metamorphic process of it’s “Children” would make him an invaluable asset to the team.

If the Detective chooses not to join the SCP we suggest offering a position as a liaison within the OPP. This would allow us to minimize use of Amnesics.

We also have concerns about the amount of disappearances in Sarnia, Ont. Upon further research numbers here are simply too high to be coincidental. They match Toronto which is many times its population. More is happening in Sarnia than the three SCP we have already contained. Request further resources to continue investigations.

GRANTED

Addendum:
Dr. Vurmvader his made an excellent addition to the base medical team and is quickly making friends in the community. While normally protocol requires us to not refer to SCP’s by name we feel an exception should be made in this case. The complication of maintaining a masquerade around his family makes such action impractical. Also, we have a golf game on Wednesday and it is getting a little uncomfortable for both of us socially.

I have also been contacted by Senior Agent Dr. ██████████ █████████████ currently assigned to MTF-Upsilon-8 ("Cavity Creeps) who is interested in XXXX. The Creeps would like to send a liaison to speak with XXXX. As this is their area of expertise we have no objections, and I look forward to seeing ██████████ again. It has been a long time since ██████████████ where we ██████████ that ██████████ with those three ██████████ and a cotton swab covered in ██████████.

Regardless of what you choose to do regarding SCP XXXX and any further investigations into SCP XXXX A-C inclusively we would like to open the base up to junior dental staff from around the SCP to come and study under XXXX while he is available. If nothing else, He truly is an excellent dentist.

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