SCP-6162 - Unreasonable to Doubt Her

Unreasonable to Doubt Her

Item#: SCP-6162

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: Foundation web crawlers have been tasked with monitoring all secure logistics firms to pre-emptively detect packages with matching mass and dimensions to all known instances of SCP-6162. Foundation agents embedded within regional law enforcement will monitor content of all incoming deliveries.

All recovered instances of SCP-6162 are to be kept at Site-[REDACTED], accessible only to Foundation staff who have completed grade 1 anti-cognito-hazard training. Access to viewing equipment for instances of SCP-6162 will require personal authorisation of Lead Researcher, Doctor Sebastina Rome.

All security personnel at Site-616 must meet the following criteria:

Personnel must have passed genetic testing and psychological analysis confirming status as Cis-Female.
Personnel must have completed level 5 polygraph testing to confrim they have no association/sympathies with any feminist activist community of any kind.
Personnel must not have close personal connections with, nor themselves personally be, a victim of rape, sexual violence, sexual assault, or sexual harrassment of any kind.

All Bartimaeus class instances of SCP-6162 must be contained within ultra-dense anechoic chambers. Researchers studying Bartimaeus class instances must be equipped with ultra darkening protective goggles, and military grade ear defenders.

In Argus class instances of SCP-6162, SCP-6162-2 is to be administered a radioactive isotope location tracker. In the event of anomalous relocation of SCP-6162-2 to the site of SCP-6162’s initial arrival, Foundation staff are to recover and secure SCP-6162-2 as quickly as possible. In Argus class instances, wide scale use of class A amnestics is authorised for witness containment. Web crawler and digital file manipulation may also be deployed.

Note from lead researcher

Description: SCP-6162 is a commercial grade flight case (1,500mm X 1,500mm X 780mm) featuring a number of after-market modifications and containing a specific set of items. In each recorded instance, SCP-6162 was sent by secure courier to a regional police headquarters office. As of [DATE REDACTED] a total of thirteen instances of SCP-6162 have been documented. New instances emerge at 140-day intervals from the previous instance, however there appears to be no pattern to their location, as instances have now been recorded in nine separate countries.

Each instance of SCP-6162 contains the following:

Thirteen canisters of tape-based film stock - NSMS*.
Thirteen magnetic tape audio cassettes - NSMS.
One battery powered film projector with port to accept audio cassettes - NSMS.
Two audio speakers - NSMS.
Two insulated electrical leads with connectors to link the speakers to the projector - NSMS.
One metal tripod with a screw mount for the projector - NSMS.
Three spare batteries - NSMS.
One folded sheet of A3 paper, with printed local language instructions on the projector’s use.
One manila C4 sized envelope, sealed with a metal clasp, featuring a hand drawn symbol in blue permanent marker ink - the outline of shield intersected on the left by a circle with a cross at the base.

*NSMS

Each film canisters is labelled and numbered with a printed sticker. A matching sticker is also present on the audio cassette recordings, and the projector cannot be played without both film reel and audio cassette in place.

SCP-6162’s anomalous affects appear to be a highly targeted form of cognitio hazard. Following observation of the film stock and audio cassettes content, approximately 33% of all known observers (hereafter designated SCP-6162-1), have subsequently saught out a specific individual (designated SCP-6162-2) upon which to inflict grievously violent, non-lethal action. These acts generally result in anything from serious and/or disabling conditions, to potentially life threatening injuries if left without medical attention.

All instances of both SCP-6162-1 and SCP-6162-2 have been male.

Interview Log - SCP-6162-1

Interview subject is an instance of SCP-6162-1. Officer [REDACTED] of the [REDACTED] police force. He was exposed to an instance of SCP-6162 on [DATE REDACTED] and subsequently sought out Mr [NAME REDACTED], who then became an instance of SCP-6162-2. Upon encountering him, Officer [REDACTED] proceeded to break both Mr [REDACTED]’s legs using a [REDACTED] and then proceeded to inflict serious testicular trauma using a [REDACTED]. Following his attack, Officer [REDACTED] left the area on foot and proceeded to call emergency medical services.

Subject: What am I doing here? I’m a cop. I know my rights.

Interviewer: Those rights apply whether one is a police officer or not, Officer [REDACTED] but I can assure you, they do not apply here.

S: Nice try with the Gestapo-NKVD bullshit there, buddy. This is [REDACTED]. Just who the hell are you?

I: That is not pertinent to our meeting.

S: You and your buddies dragged me here, so your name and who you work for seems pretty fucking pertinent to me, I’d say.

I: I assure you, it is not. To clarify, let me make it very clear that you will feel no consequences from what we discuss here today.

S: Really? That why you’ve got that dictaphone on the table?

I: Nothing you say here will ever be used against you, or in a court of law.

S: So why are we taping things then?

I: The recording is for research purposes.

S: What? So you work with a university?

I: Not that kind of research, Officer. Suffice to say that if what we say here ever becomes publicly available, many many people in my position would have to have not been doing their job properly. Were that to be the case, the releasing of this recording would be the last thing you need to worry about.

S: Am I supposed to feel calm when you tell me that? How about you actually get down to brass fucking tacks and tell me why you’ve brought me here.

I: You are just here to answer some questions.

S: Wow, that’s a blast from the past! That’s some out-the-kitchen A-Grade original material right there. You obviously arn’t a cop, or you’d have some fresher stuff to work with right now.

I: I am here to investigate your mental wellbeing, emotional state, and overall cognition situation.

S: You’re a shrink? In that suit?

I: Do you find something in my garb unusual?

S: For a shrink, sure. If that’s what you really are. The therapists I’ve met want you to be comfortable, so they wear something less stark. Did they not go any blacker than Jet? Was the tie all you could get in Obsidian?

I: My professional fashion choices aside, in answer to your earlier question, I have some academic background in fields connected to psychology, but that is not the true nature of my role. If it will help your understanding of my position here however, feel free to think of me that way.

S: Thanks, I will. Nice of you to not tell me what you actually are though. I mean ‘research’ what the fuck does that mean? What research? Who are you? What’s your name?

I: I am not here to answer questions about myself.

S: Wow, you’re really not a cop are you! The old ‘I’m asking the questions’ bit huh? Okay, let’s get this over with, what do you want to know?

I: It concerns your actions on the [REDACTED] of [REDACTED].

S: I’m not talking to anyone but the union and the hearing-

I: I am not referring to your altercation with Mr [REDACTED]. Our interest is with your observation of the recordings that were delivered to your station some hours prior.

S: Wait, are you the guys who took them away? Do you know what’s on them? Why did you-

I: We are not here to discuss the contents. We are however here to discuss the films had on your mental, emotional, and cognitive states.

S: What? You think what I saw made me crazy?

I: If you could please answer my direct questions as candidly as possible. [FLIPS PAPERS] How would you describe your mental, emotional, and cognitive state prior to viewing the films in question?

S: Fine I guess? I mean, frustrated, sure, but that’s how any cop feels when a guilty perp’s about to walk. But what was I going to do? We had no evidence.

I: Yet, you were convinced they were guilty?

S: Alright, smart-ass non-shrink research-man, not ‘no evidence’, just not enough for trial.

I: Yet you were still convinced?

S: Yeah. Call it intuition, along with victim testimony and circumstantial evidence. You want a rundown on that too?

I: Your superiors have provided us with the case files so that will not be necessary.

S: Wait, what?

I: Regardless, if we could return to the matter at hand. So you would describe your mental state as ‘stable’ prior to viewing the footage?

S: Yeah… I guess.

I: And your emotional state?

S: What, stable? Sure. Stable at being frustrated.

I: And your cognitive state?

S: You keep saying that like it’s something normal people say every day. What are you actually asking me?

I: I am inquiring as to your ability to think clearly. How was your ability to think clearly that morning, prior to viewing the film?

S: I don’t know? Good I guess. I’d had my morning coffee if that’s what you’re asking.

I: It was not, but you answered well enough regardless. Now please describe your cognitive state following your viewing of the film

S: The same.

I: You felt no impact on your ability to think clearly? Please remember, the morality or legality of your actions is not my concern.

S: What kind of question is that? Most people figure you ain’t thinking clearly if you think breaking the law is a good idea. That’s kind of the whole reason they give people like me badges and guns.

I: There are plenty of criminals who think clearly about their aims, Officer. I’m sure you have encountered more than a few.

S: Yeah, but-

I: And let me assure you again, Officer [REDACTED] that while everything you say to me here is being recorded, no one in any position to do anything to you or your career, will listen to a single syllable of this conversation, or any of its context.

S: So… what? I’m just supposed to take your word for that. Trust the word of a suit non-shrink who won’t even tell me their name?

I: I take your point. One moment, please, I will just be a few minutes. [LEAVES THE ROOM - TWELVE MINUTES AND THIRTEEN SECONDS PASS]. My apologies for the delay.

S: Yeah, thanks. You owe me that much. What the fuck have you been doing? If you think you’ve got me stewing in here, I’ve been on the other side of the glass way too many times for that to work. I’m not saying anything about what happened to anyone except the union and the disciplinary committee.

I: You’ll be pleased to know that neither of those will not be a concern you have any longer.

S: What?

I: All internal and judicial investigation into your behaviour towards Mr [REDACTED] have been terminated.

S: Wait, what?

I: My associates have paid for Mr [REDACTED]’s medical bills, as well as a substantial cash settlement that will assure confidentiality related to this matter into perpetuity.

S: Who the fuck are you?

I: As you can see, this signed correspondence from your department chief and union representatives, confirm that-

S: Did you not hear me? Who the fuck are you?

I: Someone with the authority to terminate the agreement we reached with Mr [REDACTED] if I see fit. So please, if we could return to the matter at hand. Were you thinking clearly after you watched the contents of the film.

S: I mean… yeah… I guess. I knew what I wanted to do, and I knew how to do it without getting caught super easy. I knew where CCTV was, I knew where he’d be. I knew when there was a gap in my shift patterns big enough. I planned it out. I knew what I was doing. And I knew why I wanted to do it too.

I: And why was that? In the clear thinking way you mentioned.

S: Why do you think? You’ve seen the films?

I: I have not, and given their effect on you, I would have thought you might understand my superiors reservations regarding further exposure.

S: Wait… you think this is some subliminal mind-fuck shit? You think this is some kind of magic film that magically makes people want to kick the ever-loving shit out of random douchebags?

I: What I think is irrelevant, Officer [REDACTED] I am simply trying to establish the facts of the matter. If we could return to the questions. What was your emotional state following viewing the video.

S: Angry. Very angry.

I: And your mental state? Was it still stable?

S: What… you’re not even going to ask me what I was angry at or angry about?

I: Since such a question leads to the content of the films, I will not be asking you to expound on that area.

S: You really don’t get it, do you.

I: I can confirm that I do not, Officer [REDACTED], and for the time being my superiors have deemed it appropriate that it stay that way.

S: Look, how about this. I’ll tell you how I felt after I watched the films. I’ll tell you exactly how I felt, in all the detail, but I won’t reveal a single shred of what’s on them. You want that?

I: You have expertly surmised exactly what I want, Officer.

S: Yeah, that’s why I’m the cop here.

I: Please go ahead.

S: I was angry. Very angry. fucking furious, okay, and that’s a word I chose with a good reason. It’s not fury about guys getting away with crimes. If you can’t deal with the odd injustice, being a cop ain’t for you.

I: I can imagine.

S: But it’s the pattern. The god-damn pattern. The pattern that happens with one kind crime, and I won’t say which one, to keep you and your superiors from jumping up my ass, but I think you can figure it out. One crime that, because of how it happens most times, and the way laws protect innocent people all the other times, means we can’t catch the bad guy. It’s just words and words and words. Proof just isn’t ever there. So they say and they say and that’s it. He walks. And yeah, most times, its a he.

I: Thank you officer, I think that about covers it for now.

S: You’re welcome. Come find me any time if you superiors grow some balls. Or if you want a beer.

I: You want to socialise… with me?

S: You got me. Trying to smoke out some secrets. Or just see you wasted. What would you do with a drunk dial on a phone that can kill a disciplinary investigation?

I: I assure you, Officer [REDACTED] that is something you will never see. However the offer is appreciated.

S: Anytime.

Note - Documents provided by interviewer were forgeries. Subject was administered class A amnestics following this interview. Mr [REDACTED]’s medical costs were dealt with via proxy Foundation subcontractors, and investigations into Officer [REDACTED]’s conduct were sabotaged by embedded Foundation agents. Subject returned to duty on [DATE REDACTED].

Additional Descriptions:

Visual/Audio content

Twelve of the thirteen film stock reels consist entirely of unbroken footage of two hours either side of an incident of rape, as well as footage of the incident itself. Six canisters show footage focused on the victim (SCP-6162-3), and six focus on the perpetrator (SCP-6162-2). The angles of filming for each six function as follows:

Vertically down on SCP-6162-2/3’s crown of head in centre of frame.
Vertically up from SCP-6162-2/3’s soles of feet in centre of frame.
SCP-6162-2/3’s right shoulder in centre of frame.
SCP-6162-2/3’s left shoulder in centre of frame.
SCP-6162-2/3’s shoulder blades in centre of frame.
SCP-6162-2/3’s upper torso in centre of frame.

These filming angles are maintained near consistently, with occasional adjustments when SCP-6162-2/3’s body is obscured by too many other objects. The image quality far surpasses any known example of analogue visual recording technology.

None of SCP-6162’s footage shows the camera recording this material visible in any mirrors or other reflective surfaces, nor does it reveal any of the other cameras gathering footage from other angles in the same moment.

Neither SCP-6162-2/3 display any awareness of the presence of the kind of large camera recording apparatuses that would be necessary to capture film of this kind. Despite their movement, none of the cameras appear to cause any disruption to any of the physical items depicted in the scene.

SCP-6162’s thirteenth reel shows similarly unbroken footage that is seemingly unedited. It beginning with panning shots of a newsagent/news stand proximate to the location focused on in the previous twelve reels. The footage scans several major newspapers, examining headlines and zooming in on dates.

The image then moves to zoom in on the nearest clock or other time based readout, before moving in an unbroken line directly to the room where the crime recorded of the other twelve canisters is taking place. While the camera itself moves in this manner, at various points in the journey, the lens angle adjusts to take in traffic, aircraft, and other minutiae of surrounding scenes. Comparison between the content of the thirteenth reel and relevant CCTV footage from the same place and time, corresponds exactly.

At several points, the camera will pass directly through physical barriers during its journey to the scene of the crime, seemingly without obstruction. Upon arrival, the camera recording the thirteenth reel provides a more ‘directed’ recording of the incident. Focus is given to particular actions and moments demonstrating lack of consent, but still maintaining an unbroken stream of footage, consistently keeping both SCP-6162-2 and SCP-6162-3 in frame.

Film stock

Experiment Log SCP-6162-A

Manila Envelope

Long Term Anomalous Properties: Investigation into SCP-6162 has determined two distinct patterns of anomalous properties that only emerge after a period of between either ten days or four months. The divergent point appears to be whether the contents of SCP-6162’s film stock is observed (Argus class instances), or if a given instance of SCP-6162 is successfully intercepted by the Foundation or other parties prior to any viewings (Bartimaeus class instances).

Bartimaeus class instances

Argus class instances

Discovery: All instances of SCP-6162 have been directly addressed to the lead investigating police officer of an ongoing criminal investigation into an incident of rape. The following cases have thus far been documented, and are here arranged in chronological order:

SCP-6162-Alfa: New Jersey State Police, West Trenton, Ewing Township, New Jersey, USA
SCP-6162-Bravo: Bergen Sentrum Police Station, Alehelgens, Bergen, Norway
SCP-6162-Charlie: Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Phillips Road, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
SCP-6162-Delta: West Bengal Police Directorate, Belvedere Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
SCP-6162-Echo: Pará State Civil Police, Avenue Gov Magalhães Barata, Nazaré, Belém, Brazil
SCP-6162-Foxtrot: Utrecht Police Office, Kroonstraat, Utrecht, Netherlands
SCP-6162-Golf: Oslo Police Headquarters, Grønnlandsleiret, Norway
SCP-6162-Hotel: Cumbria Constabulary Headquarters, Carleton Hall, Penrith, Cumbria, UK
SCP-6162-Indigo: Chūbu Regional Police Bureau, Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, Japan
SCP-6162-Juliet: Kisumu Central Police Station, Uhuru Road, Kisumu, Kenya
SCP-6162-Kilo: National Civil Police Headquarters Calle Ote, San Salvador, El Salvador
SCP-6162-Lima: Tohoku Regional Police Bureau, Honcho, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi, Japan
SCP-6162-Mike: Maharashtra Police Directorate, Colaba, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

The Foundation became aware of SCP-6162 following incidents linked to SCP-6162-Alfa.

SCP-6162-Alfa was initially mistaken for an explosive device by a civilian administrator within the NJSP, who panickedly misplaced the paperwork containing the of the name of the delivery’s intended recipient. Following the inability of X-Ray scanners to examine SCP-6162-Alfa’s interior, bomb disposal officers opened the case and examined the contents. Once the absence of explosive material was confirmed, NJSP officers placed SCP-6162-Alfa into secure long term storage for later examination.

Ten days following these events, SCP-6162-Alfa initiated a Bartimaeus class instance event, unleashing a flashbang analogous explosion within the NJSP storage facility. Foundation agents who had been monitoring the situation following the alert caused by the initial arrival of SCP-6162-Alfa, moved in and secured SCP-6162-Alfa. Research agents would later observe the footage, turning SCP-6162-Alfa into a Argus class instance.

Due to SCP-6162-Alfa’s status as the initial instance of SCP-6162, Foundation agents were not prepared for the subsequent events. It was only thanks to heightened Foundation activity in West Trenton, New Jersey, USA following earlier events that a containment breach was averted. Subsequent containment protocols were developed following a similar course of events in Bergen, Norway.

Addendum-6162-Alpha

Letter from Dr Sebastina Rome to Site Director 616.

Dear Director,

I would like to take an opportunity to discuss some concerns and thoughts I have regarding the containment of SCP-6162. As other communiques have made clear, I am not satisfied with the Foundation’s approach as it stands.

It is my firm belief that your security personnel criteria, as currently outlined, are deeply misguided. We have no specific evidence of the cognito hazardous effects of viewing SCP-6162’s content. The instances we have on record are, in my view, a case of ergo post propter hoc rationalisation combined with guilt by association. In short, just because an object is anomalous, does not means all its affects are anomalous.

Evidence of a cognito hazardous effect of SCP-6162 is distinctly absent. Interviews have not revealed any unusual psychosis or unexpected mental states. Frankly, many people, myself included, find the violent inclinations of instances of SCP-6162-1 towards instances of SCP-6162-2 eminently non-anomalous. The fact that the Foundation persists in thinking otherwise is more than somewhat troubling.

Furthermore, we have no evidence that gender/sex is in any way a defining feature of the cognitio hazard’s effectiveness. While all instances of SCP-6162-1 have been male, we have no evidence of female viewings of SCP-6162. In all the known Arugs class instances, the investigating officer the instance was delivered to was male, and their is no suggestion any female colleagues watched it. This would suggest little, beyond the fact that the police force require more egalitarian recruitment, especially in a field like sexual assault investigations.

Having read your security personal criteria, frankly I don’t know where you think you are going to find the women that meet them. When you do, please forward me their addresses. Pre-retirement emmigration to such a paradise sounds positively marvellous, and the place sounds so very anomalous the Foundation will have plenty of work for me there, I’m sure.

Sincerely,

Lead Researcher Dr Sebastina Rome

Addendum-6162-Beta

Letter from Dr Sebastina Rome to Site Director 616.

Dear Director,

I feel the future situation of SCP-6162 warrants serious concern.

It would reasonable to infer that motivation behind SCP-6162’s creators is an idea of justice. Evidently they have observed our world, and for reasons known best to them (and doubtless many others), they are aggrieved at the failure of court systems to prosecute perpetrators of sexual crimes related to lack of consent. The provision of SCP-6162 would seem to be an attempt to remedy the situation, breaking the deadlock of he-said-she-said and presumption of innocence.

SCP-6162’s creators are likely aware of the Foundation’s actions. We can surmise this from their demonstrated ability to observe our world in the form of SCP-6162 itself. Thus, since Foundation containment of SCP-6162 undermines their ultimate goal, it is probable that they may alter their behaviour to in turn undermine Foundation actions.

The following are a collection of long term scenario options, that I believe cover all possible routes of action from SCP-6162’s creators. I have arranged them in order of most benign to most malignant.

Zanzibar - Best Case Scenario: There are no new instances of SCP-6162. The creators deem their efforts no longer worthwhile, and they cease attempting to influence our world. SCP-6162 would therefore be categorised as ‘neutralised’

Erghum - Status Quo Scenario: SCP-6162 continues in its current form. The Foundation continues to successfully contain it. Nothing changes.

Verdun - Overwhelming Numbers Scenario: SCP-6162 instances increase in frequency. SCP-6162’s creator’s aim would be to stretch containment resources too thin, and ultimately breach containment through overwhelming force.

Nocturne - Strategic Evasion Scenario: SCP-6162 instances cease arriving at police stations, and instead are delivered to other parties in an attempt to evade current measures of Foundation containment.

Glyndwr - Strategic Deception Scenario: SCP-6162 continues to appear as they currently do at police stations, and the Foundation continues to contain them. At the same time, instances also are delivered to other parties.

Otomy - Targeted Retribution Scenario: SCP-6162’s creators use their capacities to directly undermine Foundation containment operations relating to SCP-6162. Possible versions of this could include broader use of anomalous abduction methods (observed in Argus class events and the relocations of SCP-6162-2) against Foundation agents and Foundation containment assets currently employed against instances of SCP-6162.

Nergal - Worst Case Scenario: SCP-6162’s creators launch a more indiscriminate attack against the Foundation as a whole. These efforts would seek to prevent containment not only of SCP-6162, but containment more broadly. A vindictive response aimed at undermining the Foundation’s purpose, in the same way the Foundation undermined the goals of SCP-6162’s creators.

While all these are speculative, I think you can agree there is serious and genuine danger. Given SCP-6162’s capabilities, a Nergal scenario is deeply frightening. Public revelations of the Foundation’s existence and operations would be bad enough, but can you imagine what might happen if, for instance, an SCP-6162-eque film emerged featuring footage of SCP-096?

However, more concerningly, there is the very real possibility that we are already living in a Glyndwr scenario, and indeed have been for some time. At time of writing, Foundation assets have not been deployed to investigate the possibility of SCP-6162 instances appearing anywhere other than police stations. This is, I believe, a highly urgent matter.

We presently have no means to differentiate between either Zanzibar or Nocturne scenarios, or Erghum and a Glyndwr scenario. This is deeply problematic.

My recommendations are twofold:

First, the Foundation must deploy resources towards investigating the possibility of a Glyndwr scenario. Field agents investigating feminist communities, or anti-sexual violence activit groups would be potentially pertinant, without undermining their broader legitimate opperations of course.

Secondly, the Foundation needs to make efforts to engage SCP-6162’s creators in some form of dialogue. Based on experimentation, we can reasonably infer they are extra-dimensional in origin, most likely a parallel alternate reality with comparable understandings of justice and rule of law. Possible research into using the burning of SCP-6162 film stock as a means of accessing their universe could be advisable. It seems they are able to send explosions through to us, perhaps we can send something back to them.

Without such a dialogue, relations between SCP-6162’s creators and the Foundation will continue to be adversarial. Given their demonstrated capacities, this is not in the best interest of either the Foundation, or the wider world. Frankly, at this point I am unsure if I would be more concerned by a change in SCP-6162’s behaviour, or if the status quo would be more unnerving. Either way, the Foundation needs to act, and soon.

Please pass on my recommendations to the appropriate authority as soon as is humanly possible.

Sincerely,

Lead Researcher Dr Sebastina Rome

Ethics Committee Correspondence

To: Dr Sebastina Rome - Lead Researcher SCP-6162
From: Professor Johan Trimble - Ethics Committee Legal Advisor

Dear Doctor Rome,

In the light of your confidence that there is no cognito hazardous component to SCP-6162, the Ethics Committee and I have been in discussion regarding SCP-6162’s ongoing containment. The question we have raised, which I in turn would like to ask you, is to what extent does the Foundation truly need to ‘contain’ the content of SCP-6162?

While elements of SCP-6162’s activities, namely the anomalous abductions of SCP-6162-2 and the various ‘flashbang-esque’ explosions, must be contained, SCP-6162’s content is an entirely different matter. In the legal traditions of every country SCP-6162 has emerged in thus far, evidential providence is a key admissibility concern. Given SCP-6162’s providence is both unestablished and unestablishable, the vast majority of courts would declare this evidence inadmissible.

Should lack of providence be insufficient cause to dismiss SCP-6162, the footage’s content would render it unlikely to impact a fair trial. The content’s anomalous elements would most likely be regarded as evidence of forgery, and cross examiners would rightly enquire how the footage could be real if neither of the witnesses in the case saw the cameras in question, when they would obviously have needed to be in the room gather the footage.

Certain members of the Ethics Committiee are concerned that by concealing this evidence when it does not threaten human independence from extranormal influence, the Foundation is complicit in the ‘gaslighting’ of sexual assault victims that the court system is often guilty of. Courts repeatedly failing to take perpetrators of sexual assault to task is effectively our justice system declaring that these sexual offence crimes either did not happen, or do not matter. With the provision of this evidence, instances of SCP-6162-3 can have their experiences validated, even if they do not ultimately recieve justice.

Furthermore, potential perpetrators of sexual violence may feel additional fear knowing that there may be someone watching them that they cannot see. A fear that many in the ethics committee feel may be an acceptable gentle puncturing of the masquerade, in the name of justice, provided the broader anomalous impacts of SCP-6162 were controlled.

We would potentially propose that Foundation assets be focused upon the anomalous aspects of SCP-6162 that definitively require containment. The remaining elements could be dealt with by a disinformation campaign that could attribute responsibility for the content to another party, some form of vigliante perhaps. However, given your status as the lead researcher on SCP-6162 before we take our suggestions further, we would greatly value your input.

Thank you,

Sincerely,

Professor Johan Trimble

To: Professor Johan Trimble - Ethics Committee Legal Advisor
From: Dr Sebastina Rome - Lead Researcher SCP-6162

Dear Professor Trimble,

Thank you for your letter. I am pleased that the Ethics Committee is regarding my work with the seriousness that it deserves. However I must advise that I very strongly disagree with the conclusion that SCP-6162’s content not be contained. Furthermore, I believe the Ethics Committee would do well to redirect its attention towards advocating for the reclassification of SCP-6162 to being a “Keter” object.

If I may deal with your points in quick succession:

While SCP-6162’s content is non-conginto hazardous, that does not mean it lack impact. We have already seen it lead people to take the law into their own hands. Without containment, incidents of this kind could well proliferate.

Without containment, SCP-6162’s content could eventually become public domain. Videos spread via the internet. Samples of SCP-6162 film stock sent to public universities. SCP-6162 projectors becoming museum exhibits. This would cause far more problems than we can currently predict.

While “every country SCP-6162 has emerged in thus far” and “the vast majority of courts”, would dismiss SCP-6162 as evidence, this is an international phenomenon and not all legal systems are created equal.

Expert witnesses examining SCP-6162’s footage in court will not be able to explain or dispel the veracity or otherwise of the footage. The questions they raise will likely leave too many threads to follow up on, and could put the Foundation at risk.

While I am sympathetic to your points regarding courts gaslighting the victims of sexual violence, withdrawing containment for the content of SCP-6162 is not the answer. There is no justice in allowing the whims or wants of extranormal entities to decide who recieves justice in cases of sexual violence.

Our institution's name is the SCP Foundation, not the Superman Foundation. The Foundation is not interested in Truth, Justice, and the American Way. It is interested that humans, regardless of nationality, get to see another day. Another day without their fates, and the fates of their friends, colleagues, and loved ones, being decided by unknowable extranormal entities.

Containment is the Foundation’s fundamental creed. Not a “better world”. Not a “just society”. Simply containment. I will not accept the advice of an ethics committee that is motivated otherwise. While the fear you wish to inspire in perpetrators of sexual violence is rightious, the fact remains that the Foundation’s mission is to secure, contain, and protect, to maintain human independence from extranormal influence, no matter how benevoloent that influence may be.

That leads me to my final point. As far as we can verify, SCP-6162’s footage is of genuine events of sexual violence. In the future, this may not always be true. The creators of SCP-6162 may have their own agenda. False incriminations could be possible. While that may seem unlikely, in truth we know so very little about SCP-6162’s creators that we cannot afford to take the chance.

If the Ethics Committee is to take an interest in SCP-6162 containment, I ask them to advocate on my behalf regarding widening the profile of containment in this matter. I am deeply concerned regarding a possible Glyndwr scenario, and I believe we need to deploy Foundation resources immediately in order to prepare for this possibility. Any help the Ethics Committiee would be greatly appreciated in getting SCP-6162 labelled as a Keter rather than Euclid object, and thus receiving the resources we need to make further investigations.

Thank you,

Sincerely

Doctor Sebastina Rome

To: Dr Sebastina Rome - Lead Researcher SCP-6162
From: Professor Johan Trimble - Ethics Committee Legal Advisor

Dear Doctor Rome,

Thank you for your response. After considering your points, and further discussion within the Ethics Committee, we agree with your assessment regarding the necessity of containing SCP-6162 for the foreseeable future.

We have read your correspondence with the director of Site-616 and concur with you that communication with the entities that created SCP-6162 should be among the Foundation’s top priorities in an effort to prevent future containment breaches.

At this stage, the Ethics Committee is not prepared to weigh in further on the matter of reclassifying SCP-6162 as Keter. While I appreciate your candor, reclassifying SCPs on the basis of future actions could lead to many more Apollyons. However, we accept that the demonstrated abilities of SCP-6162’s creators are already troubling, thus we willing to leave the matter open for further discussion at an as yet unspecified future date.

In preparation for such communication, we would appreciate your insights into the nature of the creators of SCP-6162. Such an assessment could be invaluable as part of future engagements, and we would be most keen for a better understanding.

Thank you for your help in this matter,

Sincerely

Professor Johan Trimble

To: Professor Johan Trimble - Ethics Committee Legal Advisor
From: Dr Sebastina Rome - Lead Researcher SCP-6162

Dear Professor Trimble,

Thank you for your letter. While I do understand the Ethics Committee's hesitancy in this matter, I would still persist in my advocacy. If they do not want to call for a Keter classification, perhaps they could be so gracious as to advocate for additional resources to investigate the possibility of a Glyndwr scenario.

Regarding your question about my understanding of SCP-6162’s creators, I feel I should reiterate how very little indeed we know or understand these entities. For all we know, SCP-6162 could be some kind of joke at our universe’s expense. It could be a pre-interdimensional contact test. It could be part of some trans-reality sports eon. It could be a community service punishment detail. It could be one universe’s equivalent of an engagement ring, offered to another universe entirely. We know so very little, it is really impossible to say.

That said, I will admit to my own personal estimates. These are based on what we know, what we can infer from what we know, and my own personal guesswork.

First, I personally believe SCP-6162’s creators are motivated by justice. An inference I arrive at due to their focus on sexual violence. Rape is a crime where evidence is always at a premium, and witnesses beyond the victim and the defendent are almost always non-existant. This is not some freak accident. This is inbuilt to the nature of the crime itself. Sex is usually a private matter, and consent or lack thereof, does not leave fingerprints, DNA traces, or splatter patterns.

Second, I believe SCP-6162’s creators have some level of belief in non-interference or non-domination of foreign universes. This is demonstrated by their choice to provide evidence of a crime, rather than punish the crime itself, which they clearly have the capacity to do. They also provide this evidence in a manner that our universe can utilise and understand. Helping us help ourselves.

These two facts together explain the overall pattern of their actions. Our justice system’s systemic failure to prosecute sexual violence is such a egregious injustice that it has pierced their principle of non-interference. However, that principle is still in effect, and it means they can only assist us. They cannot and will not do the work for us.

Third, I believe that SCP-6162’s creators have limited patience for our failure to work with them on this matter. The fact that Bartimaus class instances ultimately cry out and shine unless attention is paid to them, tells us that SCP-6162’s creators are determined to get our attention. They want to get us working hard, and working quickly, to correct the injustice of sexual violence in our world.

This is why I am fearful regarding long term Foundation containment, and why I believe that SCP-6162 must be upgraded to Keter. Were I in the position of SCP-6162’s creators, I would feel more than somewhat aggrieved by the Foundation’s actions in regards to containment. Whether they would choose to withdraw, to circumvent, to deceive, or to attack, I would not like to judge, but in three of those four cases, we run the severe risk of containment failure.

There is no question in my mind that SCP-6162’s creators represent a clear and present danger to human independence from the extranormal in this universe. The Foundation must act. I implore you, and the ethics committee to make this point as boldly as possible. If we do not, I fear for the future of all human justice.

Thank you,

Sincerely

Doctor Sebastina Rome.

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