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SCP-5335: The Freudian Split

Authors: MalyceGraves & plaidypus.

3/5335 LEVEL 3/5335

CLASSIFIED

Item #: SCP-5335

Assigned Site
Site Director
Research Head
Assigned MTF

Site–81
Dr. Jean Karlyle Aktus
Dr. Imogene Stewart
Pi-6 ("Clown Wranglers")

Special Containment Procedures

SCP-AI webcrawler ΛΞ-207 "Wallbanger" has been reassigned to trawl several forums and social media platforms with the potential to indicate prospective destinations of GoI-233 ("Herman Fuller's Circus of the Disquieting") and SCP-5335. As of July 21, 2020, these measures have been deemed insufficient due to GoI-233's anomalous mode of travel. As such, predictive analytics have been added to ΛΞ-207.

None of the three instances of SCP-5335 are currently in containment. In the event that one or more of the SCP-5335 instances are contained, these procedures should be updated to include the contained instances' archived containment procedures.

Description

SCP-5335 collectively refers to three genetically, although not physically, identical humanoids that all identify themselves as some variation of "Agent McNeal", formerly an FBI: Unusual Incidents Unit operative.

This report contains all relevant data gleaned from the FBI:UIU case file, as well as additional data gathered in the ongoing attempt to apprehend SCP-5335. Due to the sensitive nature of this case & the potential for continued security breaches on the part of SCP-5335-1, -2, & -3, apprehension of all three iterations have been given a high priority. MTF Pi-6 ("Clown Wranglers") has been assigned to the ongoing investigation primarily for their expertise in encountering and capturing bozomorphic-class entities.

SCP-5335 was originally a decorated Special Agent of the FBI. According to the FBI:UIU personnel file for Special Agent McNeal, the subject in question was initially described as slight, dark-complexioned, and of indeterminate gender.1

Recovered Photograph, SCP-5335-2 & -3, c. unknown

SCP-5335-1 appears to generally fit this description, but they have successfully evaded capture since they were first apprehended by the FBI:UIU on January 23, 1935. It is unknown if SCP-5335-1 shares the abilities of SCP-5335-2 and -3 beyond biological immortality. SCP-5335-2 and -3 have both exhibited the ability to radically alter their physical form and identity via complete cellular regeneration to take on the appearance of a variety of baseline humans. This process does not appear to be under their control, as it only triggers upon the "death" of the current instance.

This massive cellular regeneration produces a fully-grown adult human and appears to select physical characteristics at random. The only constant has been that the entities have been reported to retain a high degree of physical aptitude, and their memories, personalities, and abilities appear unaffected.

The current appearance of all three of the SCP-5335 iterations is unknown.

Attached Addenda

Discovery

SCP-5335 was originally brought to researchers' attention during an ongoing mutual exchange of files between the Foundation and the FBI:Unusual Incidents Unit, which began in 2001.2

Initially created to investigate the activities of GoI-233 “Herman Fuller’s Circus of the Disquieting”, the FBI:UIU's case designation was modified to include a kidnapping charge after Special Agent McNeal was captured by GoI-233 operatives. This was subsequently updated again once it became known that SCP-5335 had begun to actively collaborate with GoI-233.

Since jurisdiction over SCP-5335 was passed to the Foundation, MTF Pi-6 ("Clown Wranglers") have engaged repeatedly with SCP-5335 with limited success.

In March of 2012, Pi-6 agents were able to apprehend SCP-5335-2, and it was transferred to a standard humanoid containment cell at Site-81.

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Initial Subject Interview Transcript

Date: March 13, 2012

Interviewed: SCP-5335-2 "Mick"

Interviewer: Dr. Imogene Stewart

Foreword: Subject has been polite and cooperative, and appears to accept containment. While not fully docile, the subject is amenable to conversation, and willingly consented to the interview.

[BEGIN LOG]

Dr. Stewart: Good morning SCP-5335-2, I am Dr. Imogene Stewart, and I'd like to ask you a few questions.

SCP-5335-2: Mick, please. Or Agent McNeal, if you're the formal type.

Dr. Stewart: Why? You're no longer an FBI:UIU Agent, I think you've made that clear.

SCP-5335-2: I find that most labels, titles and names are arbitrary. I think it sounds good.

[SCP-5335-2 leans slightly towards Dr. Stewart.]

SCP-5335-2: Hey, listen, if you ever do get Spook, please don't tell him I said that first part.

Dr. Stewart: I'll, uh, keep that in mind.

SCP-5335-2: [nodding] That is all I ask.

Dr. Stewart: So, Mick. I'll need to ask you some questions about how you came to be like you are, an-

SCP-5335-2: In the custody of the Essie P? Doctor, you should know that!

Dr. Stewart: Stop bullshitting, and don't cut me off. I mean how you became three separate entities.

SCP-5335-2: You'd have to ask Fuller about the specifics of that, and he's no longer around. A small correction, though; we aren't exactly separate.

Dr. Stewart: I see. While that may be the case, I am asking you.

SCP-5335-2: Okay. Fuller did his weird Nalka magic on us one we were still together, And now there are three of us. Mick, Mack, and the Spook.

Dr. Stewart: Can you be more specific about those statements?

SCP-5335-2: It's almost lunchtime, Doctor. I don't want to ruin my appetite, or yours.

Dr. Stewart: What caused your feud with the Unusual Incidents Unit?

SCP-5335-2: If you're going to tell me not to bullshit you, you shouldn't do it yourself, Doctor. We know you have the files.

Dr. Stewart: Humor me.

SCP-5335-2: If it took our former colleagues any time to decide we were beyond saving, none of us could tell.

Dr. Stewart: Is that why you joined the Circus?

SCP-5335-2: [smiling] Honey, who doesn't want to run away and join the Circus from time to time? It's the Greatest Show in All the Worlds!

Dr. Stewart: Okay, I get the message. We will reconvene in a few days to discuss your history with the Circus.

SCP-5335-2: I don't reckon we will.

[END LOG]

Closing Statement: Interview was terminated shortly after the subject's final statement, which it never elaborated upon. Security around SCP-5335-2's containment cell has been tightened as a result.

Shortly after the initial interview, Site-81 experienced a highly localized series of security system failures, and SCP-5335-2 was able to breach containment with the assistance of -1 and -3. To date, the twelve days that the Foundation had custody of SCP-5335-2 represents the longest period that the Foundation has been able to contain any of the SCP-5335 instances.

While much of SCP-5335's history prior to their joining GoI-233 has been stricken from the record, the Foundation was able to locate the single living person that could possibly shed some light onto who Agent McNeal was when they were actively an FBI:UIU agent.

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Interviewed: Retired FBI:UIU Agent Jackson Hooper

Interviewer: Dr. Imogene Stewart

Foreword: UIU Agent Jackson Hooper was the only surviving UIU Agent to have worked directly with the original SCP-5335 instance. Unfortunately, he was in the early stages of Alzheimer’s Syndrome, he could remember little. Class A mnestics were supplied to the subject in the hopes that their use would aid his memory.

[BEGIN LOG]

Dr. Stewart: Well Mr. Hooper, let’s begin. Do you recall working with an Agent McNeal?

Agent Hooper: That queer? Fucking hell, that kid was a strange one. Yeah, couple times. Why?

Dr. Stewart: We're conducting an investi-

Agent Hooper: You wait now, what kind’ve investigation? I ain’t done nothing wrong, I’m a model Agent. Oldest in the Unit, in fact. You’d best not be trying to implicate me in nothing, now.

Dr. Stewart: [sighing] As I was saying Mr. Hooper, we're conducting an investigation in order to apprehend Agent McNeal. You’re the only living Agent who worked with them. What were the circumstances surrounding their disappearance? I understand you were present.

Agent Hooper: Ah, that’s good, that’s good. Traitorous ass, he were. Hope you find that kid, I’ll have a word or two for him!

Dr. Stewart: That’s irrelevant Mr. Hooper. Please answer the question.

Agent Hooper: Straight to it eh? I’ve had a couple like you. I can dig it.

Dr. Stewart: Answer my question, Mr. Hooper.

Agent Hooper: Fine. Uh, it was a long time ago.

Dr. Stewart: Go on.

Agent Hooper: I'm thinkin'! Don't you be hurryin' me along, you hear? [Several seconds pass in silence] Well, we was tryin' to get info on them screwy Circus folk. They was poppin up all over the damn place, and we was havin' a hell of a time tryin' to stop 'em. Was like they didn't have to travel like regular folk or nothin'.

Dr. Stewart: We know about Herman Fuller's Circus, Agent Hooper. I was asking abou-

Agent Hooper: I knows, I knows! Give me a break. Y'all kids these days, don't know how to show damn respect. Like I said, we was tryin' to get information. See, McNeal had this way with folk, could get them to talk like he was some sort of shrink. So we was goin' in to see what we could find. I was with Tommy Meyer, I think. We worked together a good couple times, me and Tommy, watched each other's backs and all-

Dr. Stewart: Agent Hooper, please.

Agent Hooper: All right, all right! Jesus, woman. Tommy and me, we got ourselves lost in some mirrors, that's what we did. S'hard to find the way out when everythin's just our faces starin' back at us. Most of the fun shit happened while we was lost, and us two got out just as McNeal was callin' for extraction. We was tryin' to meet up behind the Big Top, but things were going to shit. Those Clowns kept poppin' up from everywhere, hell, they was the weirdest things, when they were comin' after us like that. I think two agents went down, 'cause Meyer was bleedin' like a pig when we all got out.

Dr. Stewart: How did you manage to escape?

Agent Hooper: McNeal. Fuckin' queer managed to steer the Clowns the other way, shit was the damndest thing. I think that he was dancin' or some shit? That point, Draper grabbed us all and we got out. I never saw McNeal after that. Heard he turnt traitor. Spent a while lookin' for sonofabitch, at least 'til I got myself reassigned. I think Draper stayed on a bit?

Dr. Stewart: I see. Thank you, Agent Hooper. That'll be all.

[END LOG]

Closing Statement: It's clear that McNeal wasn't well-liked, even if they were respected by the people working for them. We attempted to locate any relatives of Agent C. Draper, but he had no children or siblings when he was transferred to the Office of Strategic Services. OSS records indicate that he was lost in action in France in 1944, and his parents died a few months apart in 1946.

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Suspects

Evidence

Bureau Record

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FBI:UIU File 1932-013: Herman Fuller's Circus of the Disquieting

Command: Section Chief ████████

Operational Lead: Special Agent McNeal Special Agent Thompkins Special Agent Hobart Special Agent Myers Special Agent Ryan Special Agent Gordon Special Agent Rodriguez Special Agent Danner Special Agent Hoyer Special Agent Webb

Summary:

The Circus is an anomalous group that is known to be operating throughout the entirety of the United States. Confirmed reports have placed the Circus in Chicago, IL, San Francisco, CA, Sacramento, CA, Madison, WI, Sarasota, FL, Allentown, PA, and many other cities all across the country. Numerous accounts of injuries sustained while visiting the Circus, along with multiple deaths and disappearances attributed to Circus activities show that it represents a serious and present danger to the Citizenry of the United States and all appropriate efforts should be put forth to protect the United States and her citizens from this threat.

While it is currently unknown how many people are employed by the Circus, due to the nature of their rapid deployment and movement about the country, it is safe to assume that they can call upon vast material and personnel resources.

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AS OF 01/23/36, Former Special Agent McNeal is also to be considered a suspect.

Name: "McNeal", "Spook"

Irregularity Cross-reference: Human(?), Minor Type Green Reality Bender, Cognitohazard, Memetic

Physical Description:

Sex
Height
Weight/Build
Race
Hair
Eyes

Unknown
5'11
207lbs/Muscular
Unknown
Brown
Brown

Identifying Attributes

Wears attire no less formal than business casual at all times. Always carries a navy blue pocket square embroidered with the letters S.M in the top right corner, along with a similar handkerchief capable of neutralizing the memetic effects of their byproduct and removing stains via anomalous means.

Capabilities: The full extent of the suspect's abilities is currently unknown.

The suspect secretes a clear fluid that has strong hallucinogenic and memetic properties. Direct skin contact with the suspect should be avoided at all costs. The substance causes a Class III memetic effect in observers, which has the effect of rendering any living organism it's applied to virtually invisible. This is accomplished by triggering "the background effect" in the viewer's primary visual cortex, which signals to the brain that the viewed "object" is completely normal and part of the expected "background".

Additionally, if the substance is mixed with oils present on human skin, it can cause powerful visual hallucinations. There have been reports that the suspect is capable of manipulating these hallucinations, however, these reports are entirely circumstantial. The suspect may also be a minor Type Green.

Purpose/Motive: Though it is believed that the suspect was originally intended to act as a bodyguard or enforcer for Herman Fuller, their role appears to have grown. The suspect also claims they defected from the FBI:UIU as the employees of the Circus “Have been quite cordial to us, especially compared to you lot.”

Modus Operandi: The suspect is calm and methodical in their actions, and appears to have been responsible for planning the majority of the break-ins at UIU properties. The suspect is also capable of easily infiltrating UIU assets and facilities due to the memetic nature of its byproduct. Agents should beware of unfamiliar individuals claiming to be a part of their assigned Action Team.

Behavior: The suspect is detail-focused to the point of mania. They are often described by captured Circus employees with some variation on the statement; "The most unbelievably anal-retentive person I have ever met," though they are still generally liked. Suspect "Mack" stated in an interview that "That fucker could carry a stick in their ass through a marathon, but they can count the shit outta some cards, lemme tell ya."

Name: "Agent McNeal", "Mick"

Irregularity Cross-reference: Human(?), Kinetohazard Production, Shape-shifting

Physical Description:

Sex
Height
Weight/Build
Race
Hair
Eyes

Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies

Identifying Attributes

Smokes cigars often, sometimes cigarettes. Wears a 1920s era FBI:UIU badge at all times. Generally dresses in business casual.

Capabilities: The suspect has proven themselves capable of creating kinetohazards by performing dances of a kinetoglyphic nature. The suspect has also shown an anomalous resistance to injury and death, as well as a tendency to grow new bodies after sustaining "mortal" injury. This process is not believed to be voluntary or under the suspect’s control.

Purpose/Motive: Though it is believed that the suspect was originally intended to act as a bodyguard or enforcer for Herman Fuller, their role appears to have grown. The suspect also claims they defected from the FBI:UIU as the employees of the Circus "Have been much kinder and more accepting than you were, though that is an admittedly low bar."

Modus Operandi: The suspect rarely travels without the Circus, and thus it is safe to assume that if the Circus is located, the suspect will also be present. The suspect appears to be in jointly in charge of defending the Circus from intruders such as unruly customers and agents of the FBI:UIU. They are known to use their kinetohazardous capabilities to evade and attack FBI:UIU personnel. Special caution should be used when attempting to apprehend this suspect, as they have extensive knowledge of FBI:UIU tactics and procedures.

Behavior: The suspect is quieter than their counterparts, apparently preferring to take more subtle approaches to problems that complement the other suspect's capabilities.

Name: "McNeal", "Mack"

Irregularity Cross-reference: Human(?), Distortion of Local Physics, Shape-shifting

Physical Description:

Sex
Height
Weight/Build
Race
Hair
Eyes

Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies

Identifying Attributes

Often speaks with an unusually deep voice. Dresses casually and/or scantily.

Capabilities: Suspect is significantly stronger than baseline homo sapiens sapiens, which poses additional difficulties in maintaining custody. Suspect shows an extremely high resistance to the standard array of sedatives and tranquilizers. It is also exceptionally resistant to most forms of impact damage.

Currently, an electroshock discharge with a minimum of 8 kV and a current intensity output of 750 mA administered for a minimum of 4 seconds is the only known way to incapacitate the suspect.

This suspect is capable of distorting local geometry and physics in order to perform near-impossible feats of acrobatics with minimal effort. They have also shown a tendency to grow new bodies upon infliction of otherwise "mortal" injury. This process is not believed to be voluntary or under the suspect’s control.

Purpose/Motive: Though it is believed that the suspect was originally intended to act as a bodyguard or enforcer for Herman Fuller, their role appears to have grown. The suspect also claims they defected from the FBI:UIU as the employees of the Circus "Ain't dicks for the most part."

Modus Operandi: The suspect rarely travels without the Circus, and thus it is safe to assume that if the Circus is located, the suspect will also be present. The suspect appears to be in jointly in charge of defending the Circus from intruders such as unruly customers and the FBI:UIU. They are known to use their ontological capabilities to evade and attack FBI:UIU personnel. Special caution should be used when attempting to apprehend this suspect, as they have extensive knowledge of FBI:UIU tactics and procedures.

Behavior: The suspect is reported to be “A loud and enjoyably unruly” individual, with a crass sense of humor and high libido, regardless of the suspect’s gender.

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Date
Action

02/11/1935
Bureau Record initiated, Sector Chief & Special Agent Assigned

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Chief ████████, Special Agent McNeal

02/28/1935
Reports of unusual activity collated and recorded in file. Action team assigned. CI ████████, ████████, and ████████ assigned. APB released

03/02/1935
Reported sighting in Rochester, MD. Performance missed

03/18/1935
Advertisements reported in Bakersfield, CA. CI ████████ attended, report appended.

08/11/1935
Action team activated for performance in Kansas City, MO. Special Agent McNeal in command

08/12/1935
Infiltration incomplete. SA McNeal MIA. Report appended.

01/22/1936
SA McNeal sighting confirmed. Action team activated for S&R

01/23/1936
Action failed. 1 suspect in custody. Report appended. New Operational lead assigned

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Special Agent Thompkins

01/24/1936
Suspect interrogation unsuccessful. Suspect uncooperative.

02/03/1936
Suspect interrogation unsuccessful. Suspect uncooperative.

02/18/1936
Suspect interrogation unsuccessful. Interrogation attempts suspended.

03/09/1936
Suspect McNeal sighting confirmed. Action team activated for suspect apprehension.

03/10/1936
Action failed, team lost. Report appended. Further apprehension attempts suspended.

05/13/1936
Two of the suspects infiltrated the UIU facility underneath Alcatraz Prison and retrieved Suspect 3. Report appended.

06/14/1936
Suspect McNeal sighting confirmed. Action team activated. Action aborted.

06/15/1936
Special Agent Thompkins reassigned. New Operational Lead assigned

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Special Agent Hobart

1937-1946
[Too heavily redacted for significant data recovery]

04/22/1947
Break-in at FBI:UIU Headquarters, suspect McNeal implicated.

04/28/1947
Special Agent Ryan reassigned. New Operational Lead assigned.

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Special Agent Gordon

03/09/1948
Action team activated for performance in Oakland, CA. Action repulsed by McNeal and Circus security. Suspect terminated.

04/11/1948
Suspect McNeal sighting confirmed. Action team activated. Action aborted.

08/27/1950
Chicago, IL field office break-in attempt. Suspect McNeal sighting confirmed. Suspect McNeal now in possession of information linking FBI:UIU activities to the SCPF.

01/28/1951
Action team activated for performance in Athens, GA. Action repulsed by McNeal and Circus security.

03/13/1952
Action team activated for performance in Oconto, NE. Action repulsed by McNeal and Circus security.

05/24/1952
Action team activated for performance in Slocomb, AL. Action repulsed by McNeal and Circus security.

06/22/1953
Action team activated for performance in Danbury, TX. Action repulsed by McNeal and Circus security.

06/25/1953
Special Agent Gordon resigned. New Operational Lead assigned.

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Special Agent Rodriguez

1953-1961
[Too heavily redacted for significant data recovery]

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Special Agent Danner

11/01/1962
Action team activated for performance in Decatur, GA. Raid succesful, Suspect "Mack" has been detained.

02/12/1963
Suspect moved from Alcatraz Detainment Facility to Rikers Detainment Facility. Detainment breach attempt #32.

08/12/1963
Financial report on McNeal Anomaly detainment. SRA acquisition successful.

10/14/1964
SRA malfunction, McNeal Anomaly detainment breach attempt #35.

10/15/1964
McNeal Anomaly interrogation unsuccessful. McNeal Anomaly uncooperative.

10/16/1964
McNeal Anomaly interrogation unsuccessful. McNeal Anomaly uncooperative.

10/17/1964
McNeal Anomaly interrogation unsuccessful. Interrogation attempts suspended.

10/20/1964
McNeal Anomaly escaped Rikers detainment facility.

11/04/1964
Special Agent Danner resigned. New Operational Lead assigned.

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Special Agent Hoyer

1972-1978
[Files lost or destroyed]

01/28/1979
Suspect McNeal implicated in foiled Circus raid.

02/01/1979
Special Agent Hoyer reassigned. New Operational Lead assigned.

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Special Agent Webb

02/02/1979
Case file review. Despite multiple attempts to apprehend suspect McNeal, suspect remains at large. Numerous raids on Circus have proved fruitless and are now to be considered cost-prohibitive. Confinement of McNeal Anomaly cost-prohibitive. SRA repairs nominal. Case file moved to observe and report.

11/13/1991
Special Agent Webb reassigned. Case assigned to General Operations Command.

06/12/2008
File collated and redacted for transmission to SCPF. Bureau file closed.

Notes

The FBI:UIU records this log was collated from were heavily redacted, as such, this may not be a fully accurate timeline of events as they occurred.

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03/10/1936 Action Report

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Confidential Informant Report

Informant: ████████

Date: 03/18/1935

Narrative:

The big ass ad I saw pasted to the side of Johnson & Tyne Hardware told me to go to the old fairgrounds just outside of the city. Said they'd just be there for the one night, and I know'd you wanted someone to tell yas about it, so I went.

Super weird show, but nothin' that usually gets you spooks all uppity. What, you gonna start raiding kiddie parties to get out the balloon clowns?

Anyways, mostly just your run of the mill circus stuff. Cotton candy, animal show, sideshow freak tent, funhouse, weird mirror house, big top show. The cotton candy vendor is right there at the front, and the shit was free with admission, so I got myself some. Tasted pretty fuckin' great, so I ain't even mad yous don't reimburse for that kinda shit.

So, I ate my candy and went to see the animals. Some funny looking things too. Tiger that causes dead shit to float. Dancing bear. These weird mole things in a big glass cage. Dug tunnels that spellt out words n' shit. "TRAPPED" "SLAVES" "HELP". Real fuckin' riot, like we was sposed to believe 'em or somethin.

After that I went to the funhouse, who aint lovin' a funhouse, right? Anyway, played in the ballpit with some kids and a few adults. Big ball pit, lots of ladders n' shit. Could jump off this diving board into the deep end. Never knew'd yous could swim in a ballpit, 'guess I ain't never been in one so big before. fuckin' great shit.

Only caught the last part of the Big Top show. Some spooky guy named Malawhatsit Melodrofuckit, eh, some dude with a lot of letters in his name. He floated in the middle of the room and show'd some poor shit's memories or somethin'. Couldn't hardly understand the guy, he was mumblin' in some weird languiog. Shit, he talked funny. Didn't know'd what he said.

Then I went home.

Electronic copy below as per Federal Records Act

After Action Report

Team Lead: Agent C. Draper for Special Agent McNeal

Date: 08/12/1935

Narrative:

19:01 - Arrived on scene for debrief and setup. Special Agent McNeal would lead infiltrate in plain clothes, with Agents Draper, Clearwater, Hooper, & Meyer assisting. Extraction team in contact gear: Franks, Dwight, Marshall, & Thomas. No problem getting to the site, Circus is set up in the Oak Park Mall back parking lot. McNeal contacted Mall management, there was no record of the Circus being in town. Denied the Circus was even there.

19:52 - Infiltration team heads in twos, Draper & Clearwater/Hooper & Meyer, with McNeal on their own. Initial contact smooth, no issues to report.

20:03 - D&C attends Den of Freaks, H&M to head for Hall of Mirrors, McNeal attempting to find "the Backyard", Circus staging area.

20:08 - D&C report Den closed for the night, reroutes to Menagerie. H&M enters Hall. McNeal no report.

20:12 - D&C enter Menagerie, same lineup from Rochester C.I. report. H&M no contact. McNeal reports success in finding "Clown Alley".

[Report trimmed for brevity]

22:33 - D&C exit Funhouse, head to Big Top. H&M still lost in Hall. McNeal reports locating HF trailer.

22:40 - Big Top Performance to begin at 22:45, D&C in position. H&M still lost. McNeal enters HF trailer.

22:46 - Announcement that BT show is delayed. HF absent. H&M make it to Hall exit. McNeal no report.

22:49 - McNeal calls for extraction, reports being caught by the Clowns. HF is heard over the radio giving orders. Extraction team heads in, D, C, H, & M head for rendezvous behind Big Top.

22:51 - Circus security announces Circus is closed. Lots of chaos as patrons and Clowns run about. Contact with McNeal lost.

23:01 - Extraction team reports no entry available into Circus. Reports anomaly preventing ingress, memetic hazard indicated. Infiltration team makes contact with Circus security, suspect Manny & Fuller engage.

23:02 - Draper reports shots fired, Clearwater & Meyer down. McNeal spotted making a break back towards Fuller's trailer, draws suspects and Clowns, last McNeal transmission is mission cancel order, evacuation command given.

23:10 - Team evacuates, rendezvous with Extraction Team at Point Charley, McNeal is reported missing.

23:20 - McNeal declared MIA, team vacates.

You weren't there, Thompkins. McNeal sacrificed to save our asses. I don't care what you guys have said about McNeal in the past, but that's a damn fine Agent. We have to retrieve them, they'd have done the same for any of us.

We can't leave McNeal to the Clowns.

- Special Agent Draper

Electronic copy below as per Federal Records Act

After Action Report

Team Lead: Special Agent Thompkins

Date: 01/23/1936

Narrative:

On January 23, 1936 Action Team Alpha attempted to infiltrate Herman Fuller's Circus of the Disquieting in an attempt to locate and retrieve Special Agent McNeal.

While previous attempts to infiltrate were made in plainclothes, this attempt was made in full contact gear with the assistance of local NYPD assets.

[Report trimmed for brevity]

After contact was made, NYPD assets attempted to apprehend what had originally been indicated was Special Agent McNeal. When contact was made, "McNeal" became agitated and uncooperative, breaking free of the asset. Asset then attempted to truncheon McNeal, and the agent evaded it with ease. Agent McNeal now referred to as "Target A"

Target A shrugged off all attempts at apprehension, and proceeded to attack Action Team Alpha and NYPD assets. Agent Draper attempted to intervene, and this caused Target A to pause long enough for several NYPD assets to fire their service weapons. Target A fell to the ground and was attempting to rise when suspects The Man With The Upside Down Face3 and Fuller arrived on the scene.

Suspect Manny began yelling at Fuller to "clean up his goddamned mess before I do", and Fuller pulled a long black cane from beneath his tuxedo jacket. At this point, suspect Manny turned to the Alpha Team and the SWAT assets, and both dropped their firearms.

Suspect Fuller finished whatever he was doing to Target A, then somehow "pulled" Target B, an apparent copy of Target A, from Target A's back. Suspects Manny and Fuller began arguing again, and suspect Fuller struck Target B with the cane, causing them to split into two identical copies. He then told suspect Manny to "deal with it", and dashed behind the tents.

The Alpha Team and the NYPD assets were then forced unconscious, and when they were recovered several hours later, the fairgrounds were empty, with only minimal detritus remaining to indicate the Circus had been there.

Electronic copy below as per Federal Records Act

After Action Report

Team Lead: Special Agent Thompkins

Date: 03/10/1936

Narrative:

[This report was received by the Foundation heavily redacted. From what data can be retrieved from the document and correlated with other sources, it appears that SCP-5335-1, -2, & -3 are working with the Circus to provide additional security.]

Electronic copy below as per Federal Records Act

After Action Report

Team Lead: N/A

Date: 05/13/1936

Narrative:

In the early morning of May 13 of 1936, several unarmed individuals successfully infiltrated Alcatraz in order to retrieve suspect "Spook".

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+ Recovered GoI-233 Documents

- Recovered Documents

Preface

Recovered Images

Summary:

The following documents were recovered from GoI-233 by operations conducted by both the FBI:UIU & MTF Pi-6 ("Clown Wranglers"). It is believed that the SCP-5335 iterations intentionally left them for retrieval.

Attached letter:

Last confirmed image of McNeal prior to the Shearing Event. It is currently believed that the image is of in the midst of either a rehearsal or a performance of one of its kinetoglyphic dances.4

1935-36. A good run, I started learning my dances in that one.

Fuller had captured me 'cause I stayed behind to let the other Agents escape, unbelievable, I know, but I was a different man. Fuller wasn't, unfortunately. We're still not sure how he managed to do what he did.

At first, he just introduced invasive personality traits to my mind, which was highly unpleasant. Manny never likes to go into what he did for us too much, it makes him uncomfortable, bless him. All he'll ever say about it is that he'd got sick of Fuller turning his(Manny's) circus into a hunting ground for his(Fuller's) sick experiments.

When Manny went in to confront him, Fuller most likely got all blustery, "Do you know what I am?", y'know, the typical spiel. But I didn't see that. At that moment, my mind was in the most thorough, intense pain, mental and physical, that I'd ever been in.

But suddenly, it went away. I looked around, I was strapped to a table, and I looked over and saw the biggest man I'd ever seen standing next to the POS who'd be experimenting on me. That Man-With-An-Upside-Down-Face drew himself up, looked Fuller square in his beady eyes, and said: "Yes, Herman Fuller, I know what you are."

Then he crouched a bit to get eye level with Fuller, and finished with; "But you know what I am too. Let's not do this today, hm?" It wasn't until a long time after that I realized I'd never seen Manny's mouth open. He was pushing so hard against Fuller's mind that I and half the damn Circus heard him. That was when things really started getting tense between the two, or so I hear. I've only ever seen them in their constant Mexican standoff, heh.

Attached Letter:

Earliest known image of SCP-5335-3. This is believed to be an image of it preparing for an acrobatic performance.

1935-1940. Didn't want to use one showing my face, 'cause that first one was ugly as cow shit, hah. I did make my first big steps in learning to fuck with my center of mass, but none of the high-flying shit I can do now. But lemme tell ya, that wheel was fun once I got the hang of things!

I met Mick and Spook, but we weren't so used to things yet, it would be years before we were comfortable with our situation. It's weird knowin' that we was once the same damn person. I guess I got the lucky draw, 'cause I got all the mean shit that was inside of us. Squigly and Poodles took to callin' me "Mack", which is a great fucking name. Now, it's technically from our given name, but hey, it fits me good!

We may not have got along so great in those years, it really got pretty acrimonial there in fact! I dunno what that means though, that's just what Spook always says. But in the end, I guess it didn't matter none. Together Mick, Spook and I make a helluva team! We stopped the J Edgars cold when they tried to come and 'nick us. I guess we probably should've gone with them, but we was both done with how they treated us back home. Good to have a family, even one with Fuller in it. That old bastard's crazier than a shack full of monkeys, but he's kept us safe. Long as Manny keeps us safe from him, that is.

Attached Letter:

According to FBI:UIU records and captured GoI-233 records, this was SCP-5335-2's appearance during most major FBI:UIU raids on GoI-233 post-Incident-5335-5 in the 1940s.

1940-1945. That was when the bâtards shot me.

I was one of them, and they fucking shot me. So much for the years I spent working for them, helping to keep America safe from the shit goes bump in the night. Being called a faggot and a queer every day made that tough, but I knew thought what I was doing mattered. And I had been having doubts too, if you'd believe it. I looked Thompkins in the eyes as I put my hands behind my head, told him I surrendered, and felt his bullets rip through my chest. I guess those doubts leaked out with the blood, 'cause I ain't had none since.

I just responded to Thompkins' cowardice by coughing up blood and hollering Cajun profanities at him. My dear Grandad taught me those, bless him. That old swamper and his wife were and are some of the only folks to accept us, both times, and the only ones who'd raise us. I can't remember all of what I said, but I do recall saying "Vous bâtard jaune, pic kee toi." He just laughed and tried to call me a faggot one last time, but he got cut off before he could finish gloating. Mack threw him into a tent pole and told him "Tuat t'en grosse bueche." "You have a big mouth". That was when we really started getting along better.

Anyway, I didn't stay dead. At all. Fuller says it has something to do with the carnomancy merde he did. The old fuck was all kinds of giddy when I pulled free of my old skin like some sort of weird lizard. He wanted to examine me in his trailer, but Manny wouldn't let him. Said that we should just all be grateful that Mack and I were willing to stick around and help out keeping the Family safe.

Mack, Spook, and I sat down and had a long talk about it, and we decided that we need to do more. This Circus is some of the only family we've got left now, excepting La Rue. And besides, what with the War and all, I'm sure the J Edgars have plenty going on without having to worry about a former Agent gone rogue.

Attached Letter:

It's unclear if this image depicts -2 or -3, however, due to the significance of its letter's contents, it has been included here.

1945-1948. Thankfully a very short ride, I fucking hated being short. We did start talkin' seriously with a few of the others about pushing Fuller outta the picture during this one, so it wasn't all bad.

The Clowns think that Fuller's some kind of god or somethin', they all claim that he saved them from terminal boredom. Whatever that means, I don't really care about findin' out. Livin' with 'em these last years has been fun, I ain't gonna lie about that, but they're still a weird bunch of folks. Manny assures us that we don't need to worry about them, but… hell, it don't matter. Squigly and Poodles are definitely fine by me, those two merdes know how to have real fun! They took us dancin' the other night, too. I didn't know those freaky bâtards could make 'emselves look like people, it's freaky as hell, but I guess we are too, eh? Watching 'em shift and change like that, I ain't wonder where Fuller got his trick at changing us any more.

Dancing is fun. We'll probably incorporate it into the tricks we pull. We've started raiding ewey headquarters whenever we get the chance. Gotta stay up on whatever the hell they're planning.

Was a shame to hear about Draper though. That one didn't care about what we were, didn't mind workin' with… well, he didn't mind working with us, and that was good enough for us.

Attached Letter:

Earliest known image of both -2 and -3. From left to right; -2, -3.

1948-1964 Mick and I spent some time pretending to be hitched. It was weird at first, but we ain't the same people anymore, and it allowed us to get into places we wouldn't have been able to get into.

In the craziness after the war, we found out about the Essie P. I don't know why those bastards didn't do anything to prevent the fucking war, but they've got a lot more pull than the J Edgars ever did. I guess it's a good thing they don't work for the Feds. If their resources had been more devoted to stopping us, we'd have been locked up a long time ago. Mick and I have agreed we need to get in there and learn what we can.

It took us a bit to gain access, but some of their Sites have some real poor security. They've got some mighty dark secrets, no doubt about that. I think that they're all right bastards, but Mick ain't so sure. He says they're protecting the world, just like we're protecting the Family. Says we should be grateful.

Either way, we're going to do what we can to keep them from finding us.

Attached Letter:

First known color image of -2 or -3. Depicts -2.

1971-1980 It's been a while since I've done one of these. Mack and I did a few but lost track of them, then we eventually stopped. With the J. Edgars trying to raid every other performance, we were dying a lot. But with things starting to calm down, I'm trying to get the old tradition going again, and Mack and Spook have agreed. Things are different now. It's harder and harder to keep the Essies from coming at us full bore. So far we've been able to divert their primary attention away from us, but Fuller's insanity is getting a lot worse. We've had to ditch and run more than a few times when whatever madness he wants to throw out there gets loose. We've hurt a lot of innocent folks, and it's just going to get worse.

Cahaya and Fraust are with us. That brought Squigly and Poodles as well, which doesn't count for nothing. Now we just gotta get Icky to get on board. Manny's been itching to get Fuller off our backs for years, same with the rest of the Freaks. Couldn't do anything as long as Fuller had the respect of the Clowns.

We don't think he'll have that for much longer.

Attached Letter:

The only known picture of -1 outside of confinement. Pictured with -3.

1935-1980 Well, now that we have got this thing done, I do not know why we did not do it before now. After all, without Fuller, it is still the Greatest Show in All the Worlds, with the added benefit of Herman Fuller's non-presence. It's also been good not being required to organize a full-scale defense of the Circus every other month. It's been so calm, the other day we went out for the first time in years.

Unfortunately, however, swing and jazz have more or less lost their former places in popular music. So, we simply set up our own club with Fuller's old tent, the one he did his "experiments" in. Mick dug up his old records, and we threw a party, invited over anyone who wanted to come get drunk, learn the Charleston, and dance on Fuller's grave. The tent couldn't hold everyone who came, so we took it down. Mack, Mick and I, as well as Manny, Squigly, and Poodles, (the latter two of which actually took us out dancing for the first time) kept ourselves quite busy teaching everyone how it's done. Although I would never think of saying this to them, I very much enjoyed it.

That might have been Mack's hooch, however. The stuff could get a horse drunk with no more than a shot, and I had five.

Back to seriousness, it's almost a shame, really. Herman Fuller created us to protect him. To keep him in his palace atop the hill. How was he to know that he'd get lagniappe?

Now, it really is on us to keep the Family from harm, and that doesn't just mean from Fuller. The J Edgars, the Traitors, the Essie P. All of them. We will stand against them, in the shadows or in the light. We don't know why we're this way or how Herman Fuller did it, but in the end, I'm glad we are like we are, because then we wouldn't have found the our Family. And as long as we live, we will endeavor to do one thing.

We will keep our Family safe.

Footnotes

1. This statement is believed to have been a product of a lack of understanding and acceptance regarding individuals of non-standard gender identities. Based on information gained from several secondary sources, it is believed that Agent McNeal was genderfluid, according to testimony obtained from SCP-2094, the gender and sexual identities of SCP-5335-2, and -3 is variable between instances.

2. To date, this file exchange has provided an unknown number of documents scattered across 538 standard-sized file cabinets with no clear system of organization.

3. The report appears to refer to this one as "Manny" after this point. - Dr. Stewart

4. Since Incident 5335.inc.01, these kinetoglyphs have been observed to be far more potent than FBI:UIU records describe.