ValentineSel

Item#: XXXX

Level2

Containment Class:

euclid

Secondary Class:

none

Disruption Class:

vlam

Risk Class:

caution

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Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be implanted with a tracking device and at all times. SCP-XXXX is not allowed to leave its room without the approval of personnel with at least a level 4 clearance. If any information given by SCP-XXXX is potentially damaging to the mental health, any record of the information is destroyed and class c amnestics is administered if needed.¹ Due to the sensitive knowledge that SCP-XXXX possesses, a listening device is also planted in SCP-XXXX, with all recorded audio processed and stored at [REDACTED] by [REDACTED]. This device can only be switched off with the approval of O5 council. Any personnel is not to discuss any past, present nor future events with SCP-XXXX unless approved by personnel with at least level 4 clearance. If any personnel were to discuss such events with SCP-XXXX, they will be punished according to the nature of the events discussed, determined by their level 4 clearance superiors, with more serious cases determined by the O5 council. Class C amnestics are to be administered if necessary to erase sensitive information.

Description:
SCP-XXXX is a human male of Hispanic descent, appeared to be in its late twenties. SCP-XXXX has black hair and brown eyes. It has a weight of 65kg and a height of 1.82m. Despite its appearance, SCP-XXXX seems to not have aged since its first contact with the foundation over 20 years ago, even though it seems to be vulnerable to damage from the test on its tissue samples. SCP-XXXX appeared at site 17 on 13/05/1995, it explained its anomalous effects to one of the guards. SCP-XXXX demonstrated a high understanding of the foundation protocol and is cooperative when undergoing the standard foundation procedure for the processing of new anomaly. The origin and real age of SCP-XXXX are not currently known, since SCP-XXXX has refused to answer questions related to its origin.

SCP-XXXX possesses knowledge of all events from any time period. Even though SCP-XXXX only possesses episodic knowledge, SCP-XXXX is able to extract information from those events, including the identity of O5 council members, current protocol for and location of all foundation assets. The knowledge SCP-XXXX possesses seems to be not located in its brain. Where the information is stored and how the information is retrieved are currently unknown. Analysis of SCP-XXXX's brain activity shows that the hippocampus, amygdala and other emotion or memory-related brain region seems to have no activity. Various forms of amnestics have been tested on SCP-XXXX, with absolutely no effects observed. Researchers theorize that since SCP-XXXX already possesses the knowledge of everything that will happen to it, its hippocampus is no longer needed. SCP-XXXX also seems to be immune to memetic agents, possibly due to information not being stored locally in its brain.

SCP-XXXX can detect timeline changes and can alter the future by acting with its knowledge of certain future events or giving information about the future to certain individuals. It states that it can acquire knowledge of the new version of the future timeline just by planning the alteration, although a tiny unintentional change during the execution of the alteration may result in large variation from the planned result. Because of this, SCP-XXXX claims that it rarely alters the timeline to avoid creating future timelines that are hard to correct.

Besides all these anomalous properties, SCP-XXXX displays apathy towards everything, claiming that when a person knows everything that will happen, they will reach an understanding that emotion is pointless. SCP-XXXX spent most of the time lying down in its room, possibly reviewing timeline alterations.

Addendum XXXX-1: Interview Log XXXX-L1

Interviewed: SCP-XXXX

Interviewer: Dr. Stone

Foreword: First interview after SCP-XXXX stumbled into site-17

<Begin Log>

Dr. Stone: Hello, I am Dr. Freddy Stone, although I assume you already know that. Can you start by telling us your name?

SCP-XXXX: My name is not important. You will come to know me as SCP-XXXX anyway.

Dr. Stone: Then can you tell us your place and date of birth?

SCP-XXXX: I prefer not to say.

Dr. Stone: Is there any reason for that?

SCP-XXXX: Information is a weapon, Doctor. I have learned to not give up unnecessary information.

Dr. Stone: Ok then. Can you tell us more about your abilities then?

SCP-XXXX: I possess all episodic knowledge from the start of the universe to the end. I also have the ability to detect changes in the timeline.

Dr. Stone: Is there any reason why you've decided to come to us?

SCP-XXXX: There is a time for everything. I saw that it is the time to reveal myself to the foundation, so I did.

Dr. Stone: If you don't mind, we will test a few more things on you.

SCP-XXXX: I can already tell you the test results, even help you write my so-called "special containment procedure", but if you insist to do things according to standard procedure, I won't object.

Dr. Stone: Great. Let's start with a brain scan.

<End Log>

Closing Statement: SCP-XXXX has shown to answer questions almost instantly, indicating that it already knew what Dr. Stone was going to ask.

Addendum XXXX-2: Interview Log XXXX-L2

Interviewed: SCP-XXXX

Interviewer: Dr. Stone

Foreword: Additional interview is conducted, as requested by O5 command, in order to determine what information SCP-XXXX possesses. Dr. Stone is instructed to not ask for any specific details for any events that may contain sensitive information.

<Begin Log>

Dr. Stone: Do you know-

SCP-XXXX: Why I am here? Yes. The group you refer as the "O5 council" has requested another interview to see what I know. Since I already know what question you will ask, let me just answer. Yes I know the identities of the O5 council members. Yes I know when and how the world would end. Yes I know how many more anomalies that are not discovered by the foundation yet. But no, I will not reveal any of the information I know. (Brief pause) You want to interrupt me, right? Doctor.

Dr. Stone: You know when and how the world ends, then will you at least stop it if you won't tell us about it.

SCP-XXXX: That is quite a naive thought, doctor. The world has to end one day. Think of it like a story, like a show. Will a story or show ever be good if it goes on forever? No. Don't worry, the end is quite painless for all humans. Honestly, it is quite unexpected too.

Dr. Stone: (Noticeably in a furious tone) How can you say that? We do our best, making sacrifices for humankind every day, to prevent its end, and you make it sound so unimportant.

SCP-XXXX: Come on doctor. Don't let emotion overcome you. One thing I've come to understand from all the knowledge I possess is emotion is pointless. It will only lead you to your doom. If you possess the knowledge I have, you will think in the same way.

Dr. Stone: No, I don't think so. I think you are just an apathetic selfish coward. Giving all these excuses to keep your information to yourself.

SCP-XXXX: How about we make a bet? I will give you some future information, to you and you alone. If you survive a week without taking any amnestics, I will fully cooperate and give the foundation any information it needs. But if you die or go crazy, the foundation has to agree to the following: Every time I provide useful information to the foundation, the foundation must perform a simple, reasonable task for me. You can ask the O5 council for approval of this bet first.

Dr. Stone: Sure.

<End Log>

Closing Statement: I might have lost my composure during the interview and for that I apologize, but who can blame me? SCP-XXXX was implying that all the good work we do here are all for nothing! - Dr. Stone

Note: The bet has been approved by the O5 council. Some of us are uncertain about this, but I personally am curious as to what will happen. Good luck, Dr. Stone. - O5-█

Addendum XXXX-3: Incident XXXX-I1 (The bet)

After approval from the O5 council, Dr. Stone and SCP-XXXX were positioned in a soundproof room. The listening device on SCP-XXXX was disabled. Dr. Stone and SCP-XXXX were monitored by low-resolution infrared equipment, to prevent any other personnel from reading the lips of SCP-XXXX to determine what it is saying. After 3 hours in the room, SCP-XXXX opened the door and went out of the room. Dr. Stone was seen sitting in the room, staring aimlessly at the wall, his facial emotion was described to be "pure despair" by the other personnel. He only responded after his name was called for the 3 times. He slowly walked out of the room.

In the week of the bet, SCP-XXXX was required to stay in its room at all times. Communication was not allowed between any personnel SCP-XXXX. SCP-XXXX stated that this arrangement is meaningless and it would not cheat, but it also stated that it would comply with the arrangement if the O5 council thinks it is necessary.

The following is the event log of Dr. Stone (Referred as the subject in the logs), recording behaviors that may be resulted from that interaction with SCP-XXXX.

[Access Event Log Day 1]

Event Log Day 1 XXXX-3-E1
Subject: Dr. Stone
Date: 15/05/1995

Time: 19:00
Event: After staying in his room all day after the interaction with SCP-XXXX, the subject went to the canteen for dinner.
Note: Director ██████ approached the subject to ask about his wellbeing. The subject reportedly recoiled insight of the director and mumbled sentences like "No no" and "He's right". The subject then ran back to his room without finishing his dinner.

Time: 19:30
Event: An on-site clinical psychologist Dr. Silver was called to evaluate the mental state of the subject.

<Begin Log>

Dr. Silver: Can you tell me what was happening? You seemed quite agitated back at the canteen.

(Silence)

Dr. Silver: I cannot help you if you aren't talking to me.

(Still silence)

Dr. Silver: If you don't want to talk now, that is fine. My doors are open if you ever want to talk. I won't disturb you any further. Good night.

<End Log>

Note: In my whole career, I have not seen a person enter such a state of despair in less than a day. He was fine this morning, now it seems like life had left his body. - Dr. Silver

[Access Event Log Day 2]

Event Log Day 2 XXXX-3-E2
Subject: Dr. Stone
Date: 16/05/1995

Time: 2:00
Event: Agent Lance was ordered to install hidden cameras in the subject's room to better observe the activities of the subject. This was due to the current unstable mental state of the subject, there was a chance that the subject might cause harm to himself or others.
Note: The subject was reported not to be asleep and was staring at Agent Lance installing the cameras. Upon reviewing the camera footage, it was reported that the subject's eyes were open throughout the night after the installation of the camera, appearing to be awake for the whole night. Two guards were stationed outside the subject room to allow a quick reaction to any incident.

Time: 8:00
Event: Breakfast was delivered to the subject to avoid unnecessary stimuli to the subject. The staff who delivered breakfast was instructed to exit the room as soon as possible.
Note: Subject didn't react to the staff.

Time: 10:00
Event: Dr. Silver went to visit the subject for the second time.

<Begin Log>

Subject: Can you tell them to remove the cameras?

Dr. Silver: Doctor, you should know that those are to ensure your safety.

Subject: There is no such thing as safety. Please. I just want something to not go according to what he said.

Dr. Silver: Sounds like you heard a lot of unsettling things from SCP-XXXX. Do you want to talk about it?

Subject: No, no, no, no. I don't even want to think about those things he said.

Dr. Silver: You can take amnestics to forget the whole thing if you need.

Subject: No. I cannot give up. I won't act according to his predictions. I still believe what we doing here is worth something.

Dr. Silver: Your mental health is deteriorating, you are getting increasingly unstable. You should-

Subject: No, stop talking. You are saying exactly what he said you will say. Just go! Go away!

<End Log>

Note: I honestly don't know how to help him, he is shutting me out. I don't think he refuses to take amnestics in order to help the foundation to win the bet. I think he just don't want SCP-XXXX to be right. - Dr. Silver

Time: 10:30
Event: Subject collected all the hidden cameras and gave them to a guard that is stationed outside his room.
Note: Due to the subject insisting to not be watched, it was decided by the Director ██████ to allow the subject to be alone for a few hours.

Time: 12:00
Event: Staff was delivering lunch to the subject.
Note: Subject was found unconscious on the floor, with multiple bleeding wounds on his neck. Medical personnel was immediately called.

Time: 12:10
Event: Subject was confirmed dead.
Note: See incident report XXXX-I1

[Access incident report XXXX-I1]

Date: 16/05/1995

Person in charge: Director ██████

Location: Site 17

Incident Description: Dr. Stone was found dead in his room with multiple stab wounds in his neck. The autopsy indicated that the wounds were all self-inflicted, possibly by the pen that was recovered next to the body.

Cause(s) / Possible cause(s): Dr. Stone possibly committed suicide due to the information he obtained from the interaction with SCP-XXXX in the previous day.

Addendum: A note was discovered on the table in the room where the body was found.

I can't do this anymore. How could I? The information he gave me. They are accurate at a scary level. The things he told me. I don't even want to think about it.
No, he can't be right. I don't want to believe that he is right, that no matter what we do, it is pointless, that we are unimportant, we can't make an impact on the future, our future. Every single action we perform, all the good we think we are doing for humanity. It can't all be for nothing right? No, I refuse to believe that this is true. I won't act according to his little story. I need to prove him wrong. He is wrong.

Follow-up action: SCP-XXXX was immediately interviewed.

Interviewed: SCP-XXXX

Interviewer: Dr. Rose
<Begin Log>

Dr. Rose: You know what happened right?

SCP-XXXX: I do. My condolences. But no, I am not going to tell you what I told him.

Dr. Rose: Not exactly what you told him, we know what that knowledge does to people. But what we want to know is the nature of the knowledge that you told him.

SCP-XXXX: I just told him the truth, about the future. What he chose to do with the knowledge is entirely his choice.

Dr. Rose: How is that?

SCP-XXXX: He has multiple chances to take the amnestics, your foundation has multiple chances to force him to take the amnestics. But no, he chose to change the timeline, like every person who had access to future knowledge would do. This is why I don't often use my knowledge to manipulate the timeline, too much uncertainty. People like to wonder what would have been, what if they made a different decision in the past, thinking that their life would have greatly improved. Well, dreams are always more beautiful than reality, aren't they?

Dr. Rose: What does that mean?

SCP-XXXX: A story that only has the beginning and ending isn't a story at all. Wouldn't you like to find the answers yourself? In all these years in the foundation, you should have known that the process of trying to solve a question is more satisfying than the answer itself.

Dr. Rose: Well, I guess that's all for now. We have to ask the council what to do next.

<End Log>

Comment: The whole council was shocked at the outcome of the bet. But it seems like Dr. Stone chooses to end his own life voluntarily. It is also possible that SCP-XXXX could be lying to us, further surveillance on SCP-XXXX is needed until this possibility is eliminated. We are still discussing whether we will agree to the terms given by SCP-XXXX. Meanwhile, SCP-XXXX is no longer allowed to leave its room without the permission of personnel with at least level 4 security clearance. If any information given by SCP-XXXX is potentially damaging to the mental health, any record of the information is destroyed and class c amnestics is administered if needed. The disruption class of SCP-XXXX will be changed to vlam and the risk class changed to caution due to the potential danger posed by it. - O5-█

Addendum XXXX-4: The Pythia Initiative
The Pythia Initiative is an arrangement between the O5 council and SCP-XXXX. SCP-XXXX will provide information that is useful for the foundation, in exchange for the foundation performing a specific task for SCP-XXXX. All requests from SCP-XXXX must be reviewed by the O5 council before performing the task requested. Although the existence of this initiative is known among personnel on site 17, the information given by SCP-XXXX is highly classified and relayed to the O5 council in code.

Note that there were instances where SCP-XXXX will give information to the O5 council willingly without any demands if that information can be used to stop the existence of SCP-XXXX to be known by certain organizations that might try to take SCP-XXXX by force.

[Access Document Pythia-1 (Level 4 security clearance required)]

When the O5 council was still discussing whether the terms from SCP-XXXX should be accepted, SCP-XXXX gave the following message that was later passed on to the council:
"Please tell the council, especially [REDACTED], to accept the terms already. They are simple terms that benefit both the foundation and me. I already comply with their ridiculous desire to control as a friendly gesture. Now I will give them one trial information, just to speed things up. The Chaos Insurgency is planning an attack on site ██ three days later at precisely 3 am. The location will be leaked by Agent █████ to them tomorrow."

Note 1: This is the first instance where SCP-XXXX addresses a member of the council, O5-█, with a codename. Those who are unaware of the identity of O5-█ will not understand what the codename is referring to, but the council does, especially when O5-█ was the most reluctant to agree with the terms. All personnel who are involved with relaying this message had the codename erased from their memories with class c amnestics to avoid the identity of O5-█ to be leaked.

Note 2: As for the predicted attack of the Chaos Insurgency, Agent █████, who was accused by SCP-XXXX to be leaking the location of area ██, had his house searched by the foundation agents. Evidence was found that ties Agent █████ to the Chaos Insurgency. Before Agent █████ could be questioned, he was found dead. Autopsy of the body indicated that he was killed by a VX nerve agent released by a device embedded in his body, possibly being controlled remotely. Area ██ is not attacked, due to Agent █████ not being able to leak the location of area ██.

Note 3: After the incident, the O5 council agreed with the arrangement, naming it the "Pythia Initiative". SCP-XXXX's demand is for one of the staff (Name: [REDACTED]) at site 64 to remain in the site for a night without going back to her home. The demand is approved. The staff remained at site 64 for a night without any incidents. When asked why is this the demand, SCP-XXXX refused to answer.

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[Access Document Pythia-7 (Level 3 security clearance required)]

Information Provided: SCP-███ will break containment in ██/██/2001
Action: SCP-███ failed to break containment due to foundation personnel's preparation to its immediate re-containment.
Demand: [REDACTED]
Approval Progress: Rejected by the O5 council
Note: SCP-XXXX didn't give an alternative demand. It is likely that being rejected by the council is part of its plan.

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Information Provided: An anomalous entity that will be known by the foundation as SCP-████ will attack and kill 52 humans at [REDACTED] in ██/██/2009. The anomalous effect of the entity is [REDACTED].
Action: SCP-████ is swiftly located and contained by foundation MTF. No humans are harmed by the entity.
Demand: Kill a wild squirrel that will appear in the coordinates of [REDACTED] at 10:43 in ██/██/2009.
Approval Progress: Approved by the O5 council
Note: The squirrel is killed successfully.

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[Access Document Pythia-18 (Level 3 security clearance required)]

Information Provided: The origin of SCP-████ is [REDACTED]
Action: Other evidence obtained supports the claim.
Demand: An agent would pull over the car with plate number [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] at 20:27 in ██/██/2013, posing as a police officer. The driver would be given the alcohol breathe test. The agent will first pretend that the driver's alcohol level is over the limit, then proceeds to say that they have interpreted the test results wrongly and let the driver go.
Approval Progress: Approved by the O5 council
Note: The demand is fulfilled successfully. However, the driver died from a heart attack two days later. An interview was conducted with SCP-XXXX to question its involvement and further understand its motives.² After investigation, there is no evidence that ties the death of the driver with SCP-XXXX's demand.

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[Access Document Pythia-24 (Level 3 security clearance required)]

Information Provided: An anomalous object that will soon be known by the foundation as SCP-████ with the effect of [REDACTED] will be found at [REDACTED] after reports of [REDECTED] are received by the foundation.
Action: The object is located and contained without any incident.
Demand: At 12:23 on 29/08/2019, tell a woman by the name of [REDACTED] to order a big mac when she was wondering what to order at a McDonald's restaurant at [REDACTED].
Approval Progress: Approved by the O5 council
Note: The woman ordered a Big Mac after a foundation agent suggested it to her. The agent left soon after.

Addendum XXXX-5: Interview Log XXXX-L3

Interviewed: SCP-XXXX

Interviewer: Dr. Tashi

Foreword: After the incident described in Document Pythia-18, an interview is conducted with SCP-XXXX to know more about its goal and motives. Dr. Tashi was instructed not to discuss any future, present or past events with SCP-XXXX.

<Begin Log>

Dr.Tashi: Hello, you should know why I am here.

SCP-XXXX: Yes, you want to know whether my demand killed that person.

Dr.Tashi: Did you?

SCP-XXXX: Imagine if you lured a butterfly with a flower. The motion of its wings flapping when it flies towards you causes a hurricane in Japan. If the butterfly dies shortly an hour later, is it your fault? A lot of people die each day, you can't possibly blame me for all of those deaths.

Dr.Tashi: Maybe if you explain to us what your goals are, these misunderstandings could be avoided. Why do you want us to do all these things for you?

SCP-XXXX: I have no goals.

Dr.Tashi: I don't believe you.

SCP-XXXX: Some questions don't have complicated answers, why I prefer one timeline to another. I just push things into motion, not because I like it, not because I want something from it, but just for the sake of making things happen. Some are good, some are bad, some are a little bit of both. And again no, my demand didn't kill the person, he was going to die anyway.

Dr.Tashi: Well, that's insightful.

SCP-XXXX: [REDACTED]

Dr.Tashi: Wait what's that?

SCP-XXXX: No need to thank me.

<End Log>

Closing Statement: I don't understand why SCP-XXXX gave me a random address. I guess I will look it up.

Note: The address was later found to be where Dr.Tashi's long lost father. After 1 week of reunion, Dr. Tashi's father died from a stroke.³

Footnotes

1. See incident report XXXX-I1.

2. See interview log XXXX-L3

3. His father had several high-risk factors of getting a stroke, so it is not surprising that he died from a stroke.