Iceberg

Dr. Ellis GillBut We Do Not Talk About That (died 1 August 1997), better known by his nickname "Iceberg", was a scientist who was recruited by the SCP Foundation's Scientific Department after an incident occurring at an American military base. He became the assistant and protégé of Dr. Charles Gears, a renowned Foundation doctor notable for his lack of emotion.
After a decade of working under Gears, he felt that his emotion was escaping him, as it did his mentor. As a result, he committed suicide by gunshot to prevent this fate.
==Biography==
===Life before the Foundation===
Not much is known of Ellis Gill’s early life, but he did achieve the scientific credentials to work with the American military on an unknown experiment which quickly went awry, causing an explosion at the hidden base. The SCP Foundation deployed and secured the area, to which Gill was recruited to the Scientific Department for his qualifications and the research on the object that caused the incident."Iceberg" Personnel File
===Work under the Foundation ===
Gill's position was not very stationary; he commonly traveled between Site-11, Site-23, Site-19, and occasionally Armed Research Site-45. At some point, Gill conducted an experiment with an object that resulted in his body temperature to lower to an average of -7° Celsius (19.4° Fahrenheit). Due to this and his rather negative disposition, he was given the nickname of "Iceberg" by fellow staff members.
===Promotion===
After working as a standard researcher for an unknown amount of time, Iceberg was given the privilege of working as Dr. Charles Gears' assistant, which granted him a higher clearance level. He spent his first day compiling Gears' notes and reports in a digital format and sending them to the Site-19 Central Records by computer. 
The next day, Iceberg compiled more information before being informed that he would be sent to SCP-882's containment site for testing the next day, primarily testing the memetic effects of its grinding and clicking. He found out that SCP-076-2 caused another incident that day, noting in his journal that it was uncomfortable having him at base regardless of his work with MTF Omega-7 "Pandora's Box". Iceberg also had to push SCP-530 away from the researcher's food at the cafeteria, lest he be reprimanded.
Iceberg had to get up early the next day for the flight to the site, being informed that 882 breached containment; Gears and Iceberg were to still head to the containment site in the north. After arriving, he was informed that they would be staying for two weeks until the winter storm cleared up, as well as 882 being contained. They would be watching the inside of 882's chamber during the duration of their stay in an SCP-148-lined observation post. The following day, Iceberg watched D-882/1 walk right into SCP-882. Later, he worked on several project ideas, including a nearly complete list of tests for SCP-914, an experiment involving feeding SCP-682 some of SCP-236, and others. The staff at the site were forced to eat emergency rations, to the chagrin of Iceberg.
A supply drop came the following day, slamming into Agent ████'s jeep. The staff at the time suffered losses, including one member getting frostbite and another committing suicide from the mental strain, while everyone else ran low on food. Iceberg and Gears watched as staff added more metal onto SCP-882 to stop the endless grinding, with Iceberg noting in his log that Gears asked him to keep an eye on the range of 882 and that a staff member named ███████ took headache pills. Iceberg discovered the following day that 882 affected everyone except him and Gears, the two of them forced to barricade the observation post. The heating system was taken out, with Iceberg noting that he wanted a gun and that any rescue team would be delayed due to the storm. He later fought 882-infected that broke into the post, throwing a Molotov cocktail at one and punching another's face in. 
Soon, the two of them were rescued and sent to medical. Dr. Simon Glass talked with Iceberg regularly during this time, with Iceberg noting that it didn't help him much. He also met Dr. Benjamin Kondraki, a photographer with minor research duties. He gave Iceberg his weekend paperwork, Iceberg noting that he was a "jackass." By this time, Iceberg could replicate Gears' signature, making paperwork much easier for him.Personal Log of █████ "Iceberg" ████
===Epitaph===
At one point, Iceberg and Gears were testing explosives for application to MTF usage. Though the tests initially went fine, a slowbomb resulted in serious injury for the two, necessitating a trip to the Site-19 infirmary. There, Iceberg inquired to his name, his nature, and why Gears is the way he is. Though he left more questions than answers, Iceberg continued to work under the mysterious company man. He later traveled to Tasmania in Australia, finding an epitaph that Gears mentioned in the discussion. This produced a memetic effect on Iceberg, which slowly began to eat at his emotions.Epitaph
===Suicide===
Iceberg finally realized what was happening to him when he watched the attractive Agent Shelly walk down the hall without making any sort of reaction to her. He thought of Gears, and the fact that he was trapped within his own body. Iceberg knew that the same was happening to him, so he committed suicide by a gunshot to the head so that he would not suffer the same hell that Gears was going through.In His Own Image: Epilogue
== Alternate realities==
===Yesterday===
After a worldwide containment breach in 2020, Dr. Alto Clef began hunting down specific SCP Foundation members on the orders of O5-12 Troy Lament in order to satisfy the Bloom's activation procedures and reset the universe. The surviving Benjamin Kondraki previously recorded a version of "Shia LaBeouf" by Rob Cantor, where Troy Lament was the subject instead, saying that Lament should've shot himself like Iceberg. When Clef tracked down Dr. Benjamin Kondraki, this song played while Clef attempted to get the jump on Kondraki.Yesterday
===Site-19 Xbox Incident===
While Iceberg was heading to the newly installed Site-19 game room, he nearly received an Xbox controller to the face that pierced through the wall behind him. Initially believing it to be Dr. Alto Clef or Kondraki, it was revealed to be Gears, who apologized for nearly killing him. He explained that he became angered at a multiplayer match on Call of Duty, which prompted him to throw the controller. He then asked Iceberg to inform a user with the gamertag xxDarkShadow42069xx that Gears had intercourse with his mother the previous night, leaving the room.Dr. Gears' Heated Gaming Moment
==Personality==
==Anomalous abilities==
The only known anomalous quality of Iceberg is his average body temperature being at -7° Celsius following an experiment gone awry.
==Meta==
===Appearances=== 
*"Iceberg" Personnel File
*Personal Log of █████ "Iceberg" ████
*Epitaph 
*In His Own Image: Part 1 
*In His Own Image: Part 3 
*In His Own Image: Part 4
*In His Own Image: Epilogue
*But We Do Not Talk About That
*Dr. Gears' Heated Gaming Moment
==References==
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