Roger Anderson

Roger Anderson was an American operative and archivist working for the SCP Foundation in the 20th and 21st centuries. Formerly a field agent, he moved to the Cognitohazard Monitoring Division after the 1966 flood of the Arno when Anderson and his partner Leon Spitzer accidentally uncovered SCP-012 while searching for a copy of SCP-701. 
012 caused the deaths of Spitzer and civilian archaeologist K. M. Sandoval, causing Anderson to dedicate his life to fully understanding cognitohazards. His abuse of amnestics to avoid 012 rendered in him receiving a medical order to never use them again, forcing Anderson to remain an employee well into his 80s. Currently, he is the archivist in charge of the Site-19 Long-Term Archives, serving as a semi-retirement due to how quiet the position is.
==Biography==
=== Early life and Foundation career ===
Roger Anderson was likely born between 1927 and 1936, due to being in his 80s by 2016. He eventually joined the SCP Foundation, becoming a Field Agent with Site-19 Special Salvage. Anderson became partners with Field Agent Leon Spitzer, becoming friends and drinking buddies outside of work. As field agents, they were tasked with recovering anomalies out in the open.
====Recovery of SCP-012====
Anderson and Spitzer deployed to Florence, Italy in November 1966 as Mud Angels under the cover of the 1966 flood of the Arno. Their goal was to recover a copy of SCP-701 located in Florence. On 9 November, they shared a room in a Florentine's home with K. M. Sandoval, a civilian archaeologist eager to help recover the priceless artifacts damaged by the Arno. Anderson and Spitzer informed Sandoval that they were going to clear out the National Central Library of Florence, though they offered to help with Santa Croce when they could.
After Sandoval returned to the room the next night on 10 November, Anderson and Spitzer were discussing new methods on how to properly clean some quarto that was damaged by the mud, as well as the mud from texts. This angered Sandoval, who left to clear his head. Anderson and Spitzer made several rows of tomes inside an upper room at the Library on 11 November, using it to dry the contents sufficiently. The next day, they showed Sandoval, who placed a few documents and a vellum paper he recovered the previous night at the Santa Croce.
Over the next few days, between 13 and 16 November, Spitzer and Sandoval both became affected by the cognitohazardous effects of the vellum. After Spitzer cut his wrist and attempted to finish Sul Golgota, the composition written on the vellum, Anderson bound him to a bed with a chain. He recorded his findings into a field recorder, which was audible to Sandoval. After attempting to give Spitzer pills, which were rejected, he rushed out of the room out of frustration of the phone service still being down and left the cuff keys behind.
As Spitzer and Sandoval attempt to finish the composition, Anderson confirms into a recorder that the threat was not SCP-701, but instead a visual cognitohazard and how he needed amnestics.The Journal of K. M. Sandoval He abused the amnestics provided for the mission until another team could recover SCP-012. Anderson forgot most of his childhood and the name of his mother due to the amnestic cocktail he prepared.Bigger Than Jesus
====Aftermath====
Due to Anderson's abuse of amnestics, he received a medical order to never use them again. He transferred to the Cognitohazard Monitoring Division and was assigned to SCP-012 so that he wouldn't let another 012 get past him again. As a result, Anderson would never be able to fully retire as a Foundation employee.
==== Call to Rita ====
By November 1967, Anderson was assigned to SCP-1867 as a Field Agent. He called a woman named Rita, who claimed to have killed Paul McCartney of the Beatles. Though she initially rejected Anderson, she then told him her story, as Anderson was not any random conspiracy theorist. As Anderson listened, Rita started interjecting lines from various Beatles songs into her story. She told Anderson about McCartney taking her home, Rita distracting McCartney which resulted in a crash, and McCartney's death from the car's explosion, as well as the Foundation arriving to clear the scene.
Anderson listened as Rita told him about John Lennon calling her to Abbey Road Studios and introduced her to William Campbell, the man that would replace Paul McCartney. She recounted that Campbell changed into McCartney after singing "Lovely Rita", a song named after her. After Anderson mentioned that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, she eerily said that "only three died on the Mount that day," before hanging up the call during Anderson's confusion.
=== Semi-retirement ===
As Anderson reached a venerable age, he was assigned to Site-19's Long-Term Archives, located in an abandoned salt mine. He enjoyed the post, as it was quiet and very low risk. For most of the time, Anderson would sit and reminisce on the past, as Long-Term Archives did not get visitors very often.
==== Stark's visit ====
In 2016, when Anderson was in his 80s, Junior Researcher Emma Stark visited Long-Term Archives to look at records pertaining to SCP-1969-EX. He directed her to Box 431 in Aisle 22. After Stark read the reports on 1969-EX, Anderson spoke with her about how he ended up in Cog Haz and why Stark was looking into 1969-EX. 
Anderson was taken aback by Sandoval's journal mentioning McCartney's supposed death across the world without any prior knowledge. He concluded that deceased Site Director Wertham wrote about this connection, and that Rita's mentioning of the two thieves crucified atop Golgotha wasn't just a strange coincidence. Anderson and Stark went through SCP-1841-EX's article, deciding that either 1841-EX or 1969-EX were designated incorrectly. He believed Wertham essentially "full-RAISA" on 1969, expunging information that would make the phenomenon still ultimately active. It was decided by the both of them that Paul McCartney likely did die, though was resurrected by some means afterward, making him "bigger than Jesus." Déjà vu then set in for Anderson, having corrected "more popular than Jesus" when Rita said "bigger than Jesus." 
He and Stark then went over SCP-012's article, with Anderson believing that 012 was technically Safe instead of Euclid. Then, he realized the subtle obsession with 012 was the reason it was designated Euclid, as over 117 pages have been made in addition to the original vellum parchment. Anderson then briefly berated Stark for the lack of addition to the article, before apologizing and concluding it also received the full-RAISA. It was decided that someone had been obscuring 012 intentionally, though this was to be saved for a later time, as Anderson was invited to Dr. Califano's retirement party.
== Personality ==
==Meta==
===Appearances===
*The Journal of K. M. Sandoval - 16 Sep 2015
*Bigger Than Jesus - 15 Dec 2015
*A Convincing Lyre - 16 Feb 2016
*On Mount Golgotha - Hub - 1 Jun 2016
==References==
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