The exterior of SCP-3082

Item #: SCP-3082

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: The suburban locale surrounding SCP-3082 and the private property associated with the anomaly itself are to remain in the Foundation's ownership, functioning as a Site-11 satellite facility. In order to more easily preserve the appearance of an unremarkable neighborhood, it is recommended that Foundation personnel inhabit residences in the vicinity of SCP-3082.

The ladder granting access to SCP-3082 is to be removed when not in use.

Personnel must maintain diplomatic relations with the human population of SCP-3082-1. In the interest of perpetuating goodwill, personnel are not to interfere with internal conflicts among residents of the anomaly.

The population of the village designated SCP-3082-1-ϴ may request that the Foundation provide certain items. Requests for clothing, entertainment devices, and media may be fulfilled at the discretion of authorized staff. The provision of livestock, pets, tools, food, beverage, and/or other items must be approved by a Level 4 supervisor and endorsed by the village's "chief royal council".1

SCP-3082 as seen from SCP-3082-1's pocket dimension

Description: SCP-3082 is a 2 m by 2 m by 2 m treehouse located in the mid-western United States. The object is made of cherry wood planks. SCP-3082 is also a 4 m by 5 m by 2.5 m maple wood treehouse cabin located in an evergreen section of SCP-3082-1. In this form, the object appears to have been constructed in the Greek revival architectural style.

SCP-3082's two forms are connected by a 1 meter by 1.3 meter hatch on an interior wall of the object. The hatch serves as the access point to and from a stable, Earth-like pocket dimension containing neither large fauna nor sentient native inhabitants. This external reality is centered around SCP-3082-1.

Measuring an estimated 160 km tall, SCP-3082-1 is an extreme megaflorum and arboreal organism displaying numerous traits from a large variety of identifiable plants seemingly grafted onto it. Sampling and analysis have determined that sections of SCP-3082-1 which resemble various plant species are genetically identical to non-anomalous specimens. Analysis of bark samples taken from transition areas between one plant species and another has revealed [DATA REDACTED].

Conifers (Pinophyta) and flowering deciduous trees are the most common phenotypical features in the portion of SCP-3082-1's geography that has been documented by the Foundation. Approximately 10% of documented plants are edible or bear fruit edible to humans. The most notable graft organism observed of the many that make up SCP-3082-1 is an anomalous species of pitcher plant (Nepenthes) which contains fresh water in its pitcher cups2 rather than trap fluid.

Enhanced long-range photo of the ground-level geography surrounding SCP-3082-1

SCP-3082-1 appears to be the sole major vertical structure within its extradimensional space. Long-range imaging has revealed only flat terrain and decaying plant life extending out from the organism's base for at least 3000 km. Despite great altitude variation, atmospheric pressure remains largely consistent (averaging 101 kPa) throughout the pocket reality. Temperate weather patterns exist in the local vicinity of SCP-3082-1. Researchers have determined that the organism receives approximately 1300 mm of annual precipitation on average.3

Living within the pocket dimension are 74 human children of American nationality ranging from 4 to 12 years old. 73 of these subjects currently reside in a village of treehouses, henceforth designated SCP-3082-1-ϴ, located in a section of SCP-3082-1's uppermost branches. Each individual claims to have suddenly appeared on the porch of SCP-3082 after fleeing from an abusive household. Neither the children nor their possessions appear to physically age or deteriorate. Investigation has positively identified these children as the subjects of missing person reports from 1996 through modern day.

SCP-3082-1-ϴ is situated approximately 120 meters from the location of SCP-3082 within the pocket reality. A series of platforms and rope bridges4 lead from the access point to the village without detour. The tree forts of SCP-3082-1-ϴ are of notably cruder construction than SCP-3082. Corroborated statements from the chronologically oldest residents of the village indicate that the object was present prior to when subjects began appearing.

The residents of SCP-3082-1-ϴ are prevented from entering the access point in SCP-3082 by a reportedly glass-like barrier unobservable by human subjects age 13 and older.

Two distinct political factions have arisen within SCP-3082-1-ϴ as an indirect result of Foundation interference. The presently larger camp has expressed support for research efforts toward the goal of releasing the village residents from the pocket reality. The smaller group, which calls itself the "Neverland movement", has declared opposition to the Foundation's planned resettlement of the subjects to normal reality should a viable means of cross-dimensional transportation be found.

Document #3082-01: Visually aided dossier of SCP-3082 case files relevant to current research and operations.

Locations

Residents

Other

Foundation guest house

Following the establishment of diplomatic relations with the governing assembly of SCP-3082-1-ϴ, residents of the village provided Foundation personnel with lodgings on the outskirts of their community.

Both manned and unmanned explorations of SCP-3082-1 are directed from this location.

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- First contact encampment site

First contact encampment site

With an average radius of 0.8 m and an estimated depth of 3 m, the site of SCP-3082-2's encampment at the time of the Foundation's first encounter with it was a tree hollow located5 on a primary branch of SCP-3082-1. The subject6 had established a temporary base in this location less than three hours prior to when visual contact was achieved by a remotely piloted exploration drone (ID# AEXD-1348).

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Rachel Jeffreys

Name: Rachel Jeffreys

Designation: SCP-3082-1-A

Bio: Born 28 June 1986 in ████████, Iowa, Rachel Jeffreys was labeled a missing person 27 August 1996. Her father is currently receiving in-patient treatment at the ████████ rehabilitation facility. Her mother is deceased. She has 1 chronologically younger brother living in ██████, California.

She is stated to be the first of the 73 village residents to have appeared in the SCP-3082-1 pocket reality. She is a retired member of the "chief royal council". Her present role within SCP-3082-1-ϴ has been described as being that of a peacekeeper and mediator.

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Ahmed Sayid

Name: Ahmed Sayid

Designation: SCP-3082-1-B

Bio: Born 2 February 1985 in █████ ██████, Michigan, Ahmed Sayid was reported missing 28 September 1996. His mother and 3 chronologically younger siblings now live in ███ █████, Michigan. His father is deceased.

Ahmed is an abstaining member of the "chief royal council" of the children's village, where he wields a tiebreaker vote when necessary. His primary function in the community has been noted to be as caretaker of the younger children.

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Lucy Fujimoto

Name: Lucy Fujimoto

Designation: SCP-3082-1-K

Bio: Born 30 June 1989 in ██████, Arizona, Lucy Fujimoto was labeled a missing person 22 November 1996. Her parents now reside in ███████, New York. She has no siblings.

The role fulfilled by Lucy within SCP-3082-1-ϴ is that of a resource manager and "city planner". She holds senior membership on the "chief royal council". The majority of the village residents regard her as an informal leader of the pro-Foundation faction.

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Wexley Olson

Name: Wexley Olson

Designation: SCP-3082-1-AR

Bio: Born 18 January 1999 in █████ ████, Pennsylvania, Wexley Olson was reported missing 7 April 2005. His mother has remarried and currently lives in ██████, Tennessee. His father (Foundation ID# D-████) is deceased. He has neither siblings nor half-siblings.

A junior member of the "chief royal council", Wexley is widely viewed as the ringleader of the "Neverland" faction within the village. Should Foundation personnel find themselves confronted by this subject, no aggressive action is to be taken.

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- Aria

Aria Morrison (photograph copied from missing person report)

Name: Aria Morrison

Designation: SCP-3082-2

Bio: Born 7 January 1984 in █████, Ohio, Aria Morrison was labeled a missing person 12 August 1996. The subject's parents are deceased. It has one younger sister by the name of Jacquelyn Morrison, also reported missing 12 August 1996, whose whereabouts are unknown.7

Corroborated statements from the chronologically oldest of the village children have indicated that SCP-3082-2 was already present in the pocket dimension when SCP-3082-1-A first arrived. It is believed that the subject acted as leader of SCP-3082-1-ϴ until a point in time approximately five months before the Foundation's discovery of SCP-3082. When questioned, SCP-3082-1-A and SCP-3082-1-B have claimed that SCP-3082-2 abandoned the village in order to [DATA REDACTED].

This subject has been designated SCP-3082-2 due to its suspected connection to the anomalous properties of SCP-3082 and SCP-3082-1. It is currently wanted for interrogation.

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Examples of the anomalous pitcher plants which provide drinking water to the population of SCP-3082-1-ϴ

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- Morrison code

SCP-3082-2's Morse code-based alphabet written in crayon on birch bark

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Document #3082-02: Excerpts from transcripts of interviews with the residents of SCP-3082-1-ϴ.

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- Interview Log #3082-1-AR-01

Interviewed: SCP-3082-1-AR (Wexley Olson)

Interviewer: Researcher Dr. Seymour Tracy

<Begin Log>

Dr. Tracy: Hello—

SCP-3082-1-AR: Yeah. I'm Wexley Olson, I was born January 18th 1999, I went missing April 7th 2005. Isn't that what you guys want to know? To find our records outside and stuff?

Dr. Tracy: Oh… well, yes. It is.

SCP-3082-1-AR: Great. Now fuck off.

Dr. Tracy: What?

SCP-3082-1-AR: I said fuck off. What are you, stupid?

Dr. Tracy: I think you need to watch your language, little man.

SCP-3082-1-AR: I think you need to fuck off. Leave. We don't need your fucking charity!

[Dr. Tracy begins backing away.]

Dr. Tracy: Okay, okay… I'm going to leave just like you want me to. But maybe we can talk a little more some other time?

SCP-3082-1-AR: Fuck off!

<End Log>

- Interview Log #3082-1-AR-01

+ Interview Log #3082-1-B-03/K/AR

- Interview Log #3082-1-B-03/K/AR

Interviewed: SCP-3082-1-K (Lucy Fujimoto); SCP-3082-1-AR (Wexley Olson)

Interviewer: Researcher Dr. Seymour Tracy

Foreword: The following transcript is of an interaction between the leaders of the "Neverland" and pro-Foundation factions of SCP-3082-1-ϴ. Taking place at the end of a follow-up interview with SCP-3082-1-B, it was unintentionally recorded in the log's audio feed.

<Begin Log>

SCP-3082-1-K: You're an idiot, Wexley!

SCP-3082-1-AR: No, you are! There's no good reason to help those Foundation people kick us out!

SCP-3082-1-K: They don't even have a way to get us back to the real world yet, stupid.

SCP-3082-1-AR: But they're gonna make all of us leave if they find one. Why should I have to go if I don't want to, huh? Some of us are happier here!

SCP-3082-1-K: Happier here? It's rickety and dangerous and half the roofs leak when it rains! Some of the kids have been toddlers for fifteen years! Why do you like this place so much?

SCP-3082-1-AR: Neverland gives us everything we need without any grown-ups to tell us what to do or knock us around. You're the stupid one if you want to give that up.

SCP-3082-1-K: [pauses] … Everything we need? You really think so?

SCP-3082-1-AR: Yeah!

SCP-3082-1-K: Then you're dumber than I thought.

SCP-3082-1-AR: Am not! I'm smarter than you are, Lucy!

SCP-3082-1-K: I'm older than you are.

SCP-3082-1-AR: So?

SCP-3082-1-K: So I was here back when we were still building the village. I was here before we had safety nets, ladders, and fences and before we figured out how to build a tree house that wouldn't fall apart if someone leaned on a bad wall. I was here before we knew where there was more food if we needed it. When did you get here, huh?

SCP-3082-1-AR: 2005.

SCP-3082-1-K: Yeah. After we knew what we were doing. But I was here when Ahmed fell off a bridge and broke his leg and Mary couldn't fix it because she's not a doctor like her mom!

SCP-3082-1-AR: But—

SCP-3082-1-K: He only acts like it doesn't still bother him, you idiot. Mary didn't fix his leg right and this place didn't fix it either. Aria prayed, and you know what happened? Nothing! Ahmed's gonna have a messed up leg for the rest of his life, you know. This place isn't magic — or if it is, it doesn't care about us.

SCP-3082-1-AR: … It's still better than out there. No one gets a happy ending out there.

SCP-3082-1-K: Out there, they have stuff like hospitals and fire stations and grocery stores. And happy endings? News flash — no one gets them in here either! We're not living in some stupid story book, Wexley. This place isn't Neverland.

[It is at this point that SCP-3082-1-K walked away, ending the argument despite attempts from SCP-3082-1-AR to continue it.]

<End Log>

- Interview Log #3082-1-B-03/K/AR

+ Interview Log #3082-1-AR-06

- Interview Log #3082-1-AR-06

Interviewed: SCP-3082-1-AR

Interviewer: Researcher Dr. Seymour Tracy

Foreword: The following interaction took place in the early morning as personnel began arriving in the pocket dimension.

<Begin Log>

[Dr. Tracy climbs through SCP-3082's hatch to enter the pocket dimension. The sound of knocking on the tree cabin's door is heard. Other personnel begin filing through the hatch as Dr. Tracy answers the door. SCP-3082-1-AR is revealed standing on the porch outside, red-faced and tense.]

Dr. Tracy: SCP— er, Wexley? What are you doing here?

SCP-3082-1-AR: [quietly] … We have a problem. I… They sent me here to tell you guys.

Dr. Tracy: You want our help?

SCP-3082-1-AR: [loudly] We don't know yet, okay?

Dr. Tracy: Okay, okay. I don't mean to pressure you. Just tell me what's wrong.

SCP-3082-1-AR: It happened last night. We don't know exactly when, but it was after you guys left.

Dr. Tracy: What happened, Wexley?

SCP-3082-1-AR: Weird stuff, that's what. The tree grew a giant slide going from where the apples used to be down to where the cherries are. It snapped two safety nets. And it's full of splinters.

Dr. Tracy: Where the apples used to be?

SCP-3082-1-AR: They're kinda… not apples anymore. The fruit still looks like an apple on the outside — but it's squishy and full of cotton candy on the inside.

Dr. Tracy: That's… odd.

SCP-3082-1-AR: Just shut up and do something about it, okay?

<End Log>

Closing Statement: Sturdier safety nets have been supplied to SCP-3082-1-ϴ. Currently pending O5 approval is a proposal to equip the village with soil-less farming technology and a stock of non-perishable foods as a precautionary measure in case SCP-3082-1 ceases to provide the residents with sufficient nutrition.

- Interview Log #3082-1-AR-06

+ Level 4 Clearance required

- Access granted

Document #3082-██: Records logging interactions with SCP-3082-2.

Requisition form

Interview Log #3082-2-01

Log #3082-2-02

Log #3082-2-03

AEXD-1348 shortly before its final departure

Item requested: s1300 Aerial Exploration Drone

Reason: Replacement of lost/damaged equipment

Lost/damaged equipment specifications:

Aerial

Exploration

Drone

s1300 quadcopter model with ivory finish

Features:

Retractable solar panel array

7-hour rechargeable power cell

Camera mount (360° horizontal range, 150° z-axis motion)

HD camera (on-board image enhancement and facial recognition software)

Long-range radio transmitter/receiver

Emergency locator beacon

Affiliated project/personnel authorization:

Project Galileo Mission Statement: Documentation of SCP-3082-1 on a larger scale must be performed for two reasons:

To improve scientific understanding of the biology of SCP-3082-1 in order to investigate its origins.

To gain a comprehensive grasp of the structure of the organism in order to facilitate human exploration and manned operations beyond SCP-3082-1-ϴ.

This project's operational team has been allocated the use of 4 AEXD drones (ID# AEXD-1346 through AEXD-1349) to accomplish these goals to the best of its ability.

Proof of loss:

Incident Report #3082-2-A: At 14:23 local time on 14/07/2017, the operator of AEXD-1348 piloted the drone into a previously undocumented section of SCP-3082-1 during standard exploration procedures. Exploration continued normally until 14:35, when the drone encountered a tree hollow in an oak section of SCP-3082-1.

This tree hollow was the second such discovered example of physiological damage to the megaflorum. Closer investigation was deemed pertinent to research operations, and so the drone operator piloted AEXD-1348 nearer to the location of interest.

Upon approach, movement was observed within the hollow's interior. Continued observation led to visual contact with and positive identification of subject SCP-3082-2, Aria Morrison, at time 14:42.

SCP-3082-2 appeared physically healthy and uninjured. Its attire at the time of the encounter was composed of a white T-shirt, short denim overalls, and white sneakers, all matching the description of the clothing it was last seen wearing before being labeled a missing person. The subject also seemed to be in possession of a red knapsack within its temporary base in the tree hollow.

Due to close proximity, AEXD-1348 soon became noticed by the subject. SCP-3082-2's immediate reaction to the sight of the drone has been described as that of astonishment. After recovering from its initial surprise, SCP-3082-2 began waving and calling out to the AEXD unit.

The drone operator was ordered not to engage with the subject as the Project Galileo team awaited the arrival of its supervisor. With AEXD-1348 at 11% battery, the operator attempted to have the drone withdraw to the nearest branch of SCP-3082-1 from which it could maintain view of the tree hollow while conserving power.

At time 14:44, SCP-3082-2 displayed signs of distress at the drone's apparent retreat. It began pounding its hands against the interior of the tree hollow and making soft vocalizations which were indistinct to the AEXD unit's microphone.

At time 14:45, AEXD-1348's third rotor was struck by a falling, moderately dense object later determined to have been a small watermelon. The drone subsequently flew into the lowermost branches of a maple section of SCP-3082-1. Immediately following this, there occurred rapid, targeted ivy growth in the vicinity of the drone's crash site. It is believed that this ivy became entangled in the rotors of the AEXD unit, preventing its escape.

At time 14:48, AEXD-1348 experienced emergency system shutdown due to overheating detected in its flight motors. Subsequent attempts to remotely restore communications with the drone have failed.

Requisition status: Denied

Interviewed: SCP-3082-2

Interviewer: Project Galileo operational team (through AEXD-1348)

Foreword: The following transcript logs a broadcast received from AEXD-1348 several days after Incident #3082-2-A.

<Begin Log>

[A blurry image of SCP-3082-2 appears. The camera lens is focusing on a blueberry plant behind the subject.]

SCP-3082-2: Hello?

[The camera attempts to sharpen in on the subject. The subject's facial features become recognizable but still remain out of focus. The sound of running motors joins the audio feed.]

SCP-3082-2: I hope you're getting this… Um. If you can see or hear me, can you stop spinning the helicopter motor things? I, uh, took three fan blades off. But they were already kinda broken before that.

[The sound of the drone's motors ceases. The subject smiles.]

SCP-3082-2: You're receiving me! [laughing] Oh, this is great!

[Sighing in apparent relief, the subject begins consuming blueberries stored in the front pocket of its overalls.]

SCP-3082-2: Hi. [gives a small wave] My name's Aria Morrison. I've been here — in this giant tree world, I mean — for a while. There's probably a missing kid report on me back outside. It'd be from 1996. [shrugging] Yeah, I still look the same. I have some, uh, questions for you. Can you spin this gadget's blades one time for "no" and two times for "yes"?

[The drone is heard activating its motors twice in quick succession.]

SCP-3082-2: This is fantastic. It's so good to talk to someone other than the tree. Hey, uh, just to be sure… Are you an adult? You're not just some other kid who showed up in the village with technology from, like, 2018, right? Oh, um, say "yes" if you're a grown-up.

AEXD-1348: [YES]

[In an apparently celebratory mood, the subject claps its hand together.]

SCP-3082-2: Are you in the village? With the kids?

AEXD-1348: [YES]

SCP-3082-2: Are they doing okay? Is Rachel in charge?

AEXD-1348: [YES] [NO]

SCP-3082-2: So… Rachel isn't in charge, but the village is alright?

AEXD-1348: [YES]

SCP-3082-2: Okay… Are you in charge of the village?

AEXD-1348: [NO]

SCP-3082-2: Alright. Are you just one person, or are you, like, with an organization? "Yes" for the first answer, "no" for the second.

AEXD-1348: [NO]

SCP-3082-2: Are you the government?

AEXD-1348: [YES] [NO]

SCP-3082-2: Um… Does that mean "kinda"?

AEXD-1348: [YES]

[The subject pauses, contemplating something. After several moments, it reaches for the drone and lifts it up, turning the device around to face a birch sample of SCP-3082-1. Letters, dots, and dashes, a facsimile of Morse code, are written in black and blue crayon on the birch bark.]

SCP-3082-2: I couldn't find speakers anywhere on this gadget, so I figured you'd need some other way to say more than "yes" and "no". This is my version of Morse code. Run the motor forward the way you have been for a dot and run it backward for a dash. I hope you can take pictures with the camera on this thing.

AEXD-1348: [YES]

SCP-3082-2: You got it?

AEXD-1348: [YES]

SCP-3082-2: Okay.

[The subject sets the drone back down and turns the camera to face it. Glancing at the cloudy sky, the subject frowns.]

SCP-3082-2: I think it's going to rain soon. I'll have to put this gadget away in a little while.

AEXD-1348: [DRONE IS WATERPROEF]

[The subject adopts an expression of confusion.]

SCP-3082-2: Drone?

AEXD-1348: [GADGET] [WHAAT DID YOU DO TO IT]

SCP-3082-2: Oh. So this thing's called a drone. Um… Maybe it was waterproof before, but it's… kinda beat up now. I reattached the camera by taking wires from something that didn't look as, uh, important. Lucky me, I had duct tape and a pocket knife in my bag. Since we're talking and stuff, it must've been enough to fix everything that I needed to fix.

[The subject pauses.]

SCP-3082-2: I really do need to put you — well, the drone — away now, but I wanna ask one more question: Who are you?

AEXD-1348: [WE ARE SCP FOUNDATION]

SCP-3082-2: So that's your organization's name? Hm. I've never heard of you before, but it's nice to meet you, SCP Foundation. I'll try to call again soon.

<End Log>

Closing Statement: The Project Galileo team has been unable to determine AEXD-1348's current location. It has been deemed likely that SCP-3082-2 removed wires from the AEXD unit's locator beacon in its repair of the drone's camera connection.

Interviewed: SCP-3082-2

Interviewer: Project Galileo operational team (through AEXD-1348)

Foreword: The following interaction occurred 44 hours after SCP-3082-2's prior transmission. The Project Galileo team became thoroughly well-versed in the subject's Morse code facsimile during that time as preparation.

<Begin Log>

[Visual feed opens on SCP-3082-2 in the branches of a willow section of SCP-3082-1.]

SCP-3082-2: Hello? Are you there, SCP Foundation?

AEXD-1348: [YES]

[The subject laughs.]

SCP-3082-2: Hah, you don't have to spell that out. Stick with the old way. It's not hard to figure out when you mean letters and when you mean "yes" or "no".

AEXD-1348: [OK]

SCP-3082-2: Cool. It's good to talk again. Nice, sunny weather today, so I think we'll be fine for a while. Anyway… I guess you guys found the tree house in the real world? The one that the kids here can't get into?

AEXD-1348: [YES]

SCP-3082-2: When did you find out about this place?

AEXD-1348: [FIVE MONTHS AFTER YOU LEFT]

SCP-3082-2: Since then? Huh. So… you probably know a lot about me, but I don't know much of anything about you. I have some more questions to ask.

AEXD-1348: [OK]

SCP-3082-2: I'm dying to know — what does "SCP" stand for? Stark, Curry, and Parker? Super Cooking Pantry? Sandy's Comic Place?

[The Foundation's response is slightly delayed.]

AEXD-1348: … [SECURE CONTAIN PROTECT]

SCP-3082-2: Oh. Well, that's more interesting that the names I was thinking of. What does it mean?

AEXD-1348: [IT IS OUR JOB] [MISSION]

SCP-3082-2: Your… mission? What exactly do you guys do?

AEXD-1348: [WE RESEARCH] [KEEP WORLD SAFE] [PROTECT PEOPLE FROM PARANORMAL]

SCP-3082-2: The paranormal. You mean things like this place?

AEXD-1348: [YES]

[The subject pauses.]

SCP-3082-2: … I get it. So it's like you're Area 51: the secret agency that collects sci-fi stuff and experiments on aliens.

AEXD-1348: [YES]

[The subject displays agitated behavior.]

SCP-3082-2: Okay. Great. I, uh, think I should keep moving now. There's nothing to eat where I am, so… I'll call you later. Bye.

<End Log>

Interviewed: SCP-3082-2

Interviewer: Project Galileo operational team (through AEXD-1348)

Foreword: The following interview took place 9 days after the previous.

<Begin Log>

[Visual feed opens on SCP-3082-2 in the branches of a maple section of SCP-3082-1. The subject behaves distractedly, often tugging at its hair or fiddling with its overall straps.]

SCP-3082-2: Hi.

AEXD-1348: [YES]

SCP-3082-2: Yeah… There's not really anything I wanted to talk about. I was just feeling kinda lonely.

[The subject appears lost in thought. AEXD-1348 spins its motors to reclaim the subject's attention.]

SCP-3082-2: Sorry. Were you trying to say something?

AEXD-1348: [WE HAVE QUESTIONS]

SCP-3082-2: Ah. Of course you do. Okay, shoot.

AEXD-1348: [HOW DID YOU CAPTURE DRONE]

[Adopting a conflicted expression, the subject bites its lower lip nervously.]

SCP-3082-2: Um… Would you believe me if I said I have magic plant powers?

[The Foundation's response is delayed.]

AEXD-1348: … [NO]

[Hesitation is displayed by the subject.]

AEXD-1348: [HOW CAPTURE DRONE] [WHY LEAVE VILLAGE]

SCP-3082-2: I… Well… Do you guys share what I say? Like, with the kids in the village? Or the government or anything?

AEXD-1348: [NO] [NO OTHERS KNOW WE FOUND YOU]

SCP-3082-2: Is it going to, y'know, stay that way?

AEXD-1348: [YES]

SCP-3082-2: …Okay. I'm going to tell you guys something that I've never told anyone before. It's a long story, but someone needs to know this in case I don't, y'know, make it… Some of the other kids figured out half of it. Maybe they told you or maybe you found the police report — about my sister?

AEXD-1348: [JACQUELYN]

[The subject removes its backpack and holds it close to its chest. It nods its head.]

SCP-3082-2: Yeah. Jackie.

[Holding its backpack a little closer to itself, the subject faintly smiles.]

SCP-3082-2: This was her bag. She was the one who brought duct tape when we decided to run away together. [chuckling] I used to tell her that it could fix anything — she never believed me, but she thought to bring it anyway. Silly, right? Heh…

[The subject sighs.]

SCP-3082-2: [taking on a softer tone of voice] I was twelve when we left, and she was seven. I know that I still look like I'm twelve, but it's been decades since then, really… Um. Before I go on, I need to tell you something that's kinda hard to believe.

AEXD-1348: [OK]

SCP-3082-2: My sister was special. Sometimes, when she wanted something to be true, it would actually happen — even if it was impossible. One time, I told her that our parents left us home alone on her birthday because… because there was going to be a surprise party in the park on her half-birthday. I said there'd be half a chocolate cake waiting for her in a big bouncy house. Six months later, after I'd forgotten about that, we went to the park… and it was all just like I'd described it to her. She wasn't surprised at all. Said she knew it'd be there.

[The subject pauses.]

SCP-3082-2: When we played in the woods, she liked to invent places. Pyramids. Jungles. Sandcastles. I would blink or look away, and suddenly they'd, um, be there. She made herself into a mermaid once. At the end of our games, I always told her that things should go back to the way they were supposed to be. And everything magical would disappear, and it'd be like nothing ever happened. Do you believe me?

AEXD-1348: [YES]

SCP-3082-2: Right. [frowning] You probably see weirder stuff all the time.

[Silence falls.]

AEXD-1348: [CONTINUE]

SCP-3082-2: Oh, yeah. Sorry. I got a little distracted. What was I saying…? Right… It was after our parents had a really big fight — me and my sister ran away together. We went into the woods behind our house, where we always used to play, and we just… kept walking. After half an hour… we were scared. Scared to keep going and scared to go back. I looked away for one second…

[The subject draws a shuddering breath and turns to the side, no longer facing the drone.]

SCP-3082-2: I looked away. And when I looked back, she wasn't there, and I was standing on the porch of a tree fort cabin. There weren't any bridges or platforms back then. It was just me in that tree house… in a tree so big I didn't know where it started. Me. All by myself.

[The subject closes its eyes.]

SCP-3082-2: I'm not embarrassed to say that I cried. A lot. And I got thirsty and lonely… and I pretended that Jackie was there to listen to a bedtime story about pitcher plants full of water. The next morning, I found rope bridges and platforms going from the cabin to a… a grove place. Where the village is now. The pitcher plants were all over the place there. And there was fruit nearby. Lots of fruit.

SCP-3082-2: A little while later, Rachel showed up. And then Ahmed. I told them a little bit about Jackie. Later, we figured out that more kids would keep coming, so… we started building a, uh, a place for them. You should know all the rest already.

[Glancing at the branches above its head, the subject reaches up and tugs at a leaf.]

SCP-3082-2: The tree does what I ask when it's feeling up to it. That's how I got this drone out of the air: I asked for it. [sighs] I still look twelve years old. My sister… she doesn't really look seven anymore. Or act the same. Not even close. She likes it too much, here in… well, Wexley calls it Neverland. I think Jackie might listen better if I get closer to the part of her that remembers, but for now… she just doesn't hear me when I say that it's time to go home.

AEXD-1348: [EXPLAIN]

[Shaking its head sadly, the subject begins reaching over the camera's view and toward the drone's battery. It appears unwilling to continue the conversation.]

SCP-3082-2: Trees don't really think like people do.

<End Log>

Closing Statement: SCP-3082-2 has yet to contact the Foundation again since this interaction.

Footnotes

1. The self-proclaimed "chief royal council" is an oligarchical governing assembly of 7 civically engaged and relatively well-respected residents of SCP-3082-1-ϴ.

2. 0.2 to 0.3 L of water per pitcher

3. This amount of rainfall has been determined to be gravely insufficient to sustain a plant organism of SCP-3082-1's mass. Researchers postulate that SCP-3082-1 either retains or generates additional water through anomalous means.

4. The original rope bridges traversing the branches of SCP-3082-1 at the time of the anomaly's discovery were unable to safely hold more than 130 kg at a time. The Foundation has since replaced the majority of these with new structures rated for 1500+ kg.

5. [2.12 radians clockwise, 20 km inward, -50 km vertical] from reference point SCP-3082 [0 radians, 0 km inward, 0 km vertical].

6. See "Residents" case files for information regarding the subject designated SCP-3082-2

7. Speculation that Jacquelyn Morrison currently resides within SCP-3082's pocket reality is unconfirmed.