SCP-048

### Likes

Blood, annoying people, snooping, freedom, combat; Blood, plotlines progressing, annoying mortals with 4th-wall information, freedom.

### Dislikes

Multidimensional politics, being imprisoned, necromancy, things not staying dead, dying, penalties; Being summoned from the vessel's brain, dealing with mortals, restrictions to the vessel's ability to wreak havoc on the world, sexuality.

### Relationships

Lucoa **(Frenemies)**Franziska von Karma **(Superior)**

Dabi, Logan, Otami **(Friends)**

An escaped SCP turned rookie detective, who has made himself a nuisance across the many worlds of Lucas' Diary. Though he may appear to be little more than a dimension-jumping human with strange blood magic, he's actually an avatar of a ruthless dweller of the 4th wall known as a Blood God, known only as Txantjid, or the Obelisk. This character has largely moved to the background along with the rest of the SCP cast.

## Background

Once upon a time, before even he could remember, SCP-048 was known simply as Ben Tegan, and was a humble worker at the SCP Foundation. One day, he was tasked with carrying around an odd SCP: A stone structure which was said to cause the archeologist who dug it up to go on a supernaturally murderous rampage.

Things were going smoothly until Ben tripped, falling face-first onto the sharp object, which embedded itself into his frontal lobe. Before the facility's doctors could remove it, though, the SCP contained within that stone had already fused with his brain, turning him into his avatar.

This allowed the new Ben to crack open his reality, creating an escape route no one at the foundation could comprehend. This allowed Txantjid to escape into the real world, inspiring all sorts of crimes in the one part of the Lucas' Diary multiverse which resembled Earthly society. This changed when he, inexplicably, tried to defend the being he thought was his boyfriend from Lucoa. The rest, as they say, is deep lore.

### In-Canon Shenanigans

Following the events of his introduction, Ben lost a flail, lost a hammer, and had a generally hard time distinguishing himself from his controller and namesake. This led to a brief period of fucking around until he was captured by the O5 along with Lucoa, resulting in an unsuccessful prison break. Due to how utterly annoying and destructive he was, O5 decided to give him the number 048, as every other SCP with that number to date had died or been met with immense misfortune. This curse did not stick, however, as Ben eventually escaped (as the O5 had collected the genetic material they needed) and separated himself from his creator completely.

After dealing with an event Scale calls "The great Logi necromancy incident," Ben found an opportunity to take revenge on the O5, partnering up with the recently arisen Manfred von Karma in order to do so. It was at this time Ben discovered his ability to traverse the blood gods' domain between the 4th wall and his reality, which he immediately started using to fuck about the many different universes of Lucas' Diary. This fuckery grew tiring, however, as eventually he accepted Franziska von Karma's offer to work as a detective.This deal was eventually sealed by a visit to the SCP foundation gone wrong, where Ben killed Manfred to use his corpse as a body, seeing as Lucoa ate his last one.Since then, Ben's spent most of his time getting used to his new job while finding new and creative ways of seeding chaos, causing him to investigate multiple supernatural cases, loose his field position due to an act of aggression, kill Insane (allegedly) and become sidelined narratively by a doll from another game.

## Personality

At his core, SCP-048 is a raging dick, hellbent on messing with the lives of those he considers friends and ruining the lives of those he considers enemies. At the best of times, he shows a considerable disregard for the emotional and legal damage caused by his actions, while at worst he's the sort of raging berserker many super heroes stop on a daily basis. This tendency toward destruction is often fueled by his grudges, which he forms easily and react to brutally. While he holds a ton of destructive potential on his own, these flaws are reigned in by others, namely Ben's paranoid fear of dying and odd stance toward obligations.

Ben fears little, but he holds an almost paranoid fear for his life and the life of the being in his head, meaning anything and anyone powerful enough to threaten him in combat can (and sometimes have) kept him in line. Even if the people he sees as superiors aren't that threatening, Ben holds an odd respect toward obligations. Though he does his best to find loopholes and interestingly violent ways to meet his obligations, he does often respect the promises he makes and the positions he holds, accepting any punishments for his actions despite how brooding and edgy they might make him.This has allowed the O5 to largely keep their tendrils of his case, as he has not proven "outwardly threatening" enough to the world . . . for now.

Though Ben retains a degree of emotional control, he is still undeniably stupid due to poor memory and decision-making, due to the god rammed into his frontal lobe. He often fails to remember various details, either by misremembering or flat-out ignorance, and he acts almost entirely on impulse, regarding the consequences of his actions until enough people yell at him or he sees enough consequences to need to begin theorizing. That said, when he does manage to get his shit together enough to meddle with people, he's a decent enough manipulator and a cunning, slippery combatant, capable of getting out of the nastiest situations using the element of surprise, even if this surprise isn't able to outright win him a fight.

Though Txantjid shares a lot in common with their vessel, they lack their vessel's stupidity, wrath and impulsiveness. This makes them far more calm, cunning and dangerous, combining their vessel's knack for mischief with far more malevolent and mysterious motivations. It's unclear how much their will conflicts with the will of their vessel, but it is certain that Ben himself finds joy in creating the chaos his god deems necessary.

## Powers

Thanks to the pact his god struck with him, Ben has the ability to consume and control any blood he touches, using them for some occult magical abilities known as Blood Sorceries (listed in the section of the same name). This pact also improves their physical abilities, giving them improved strength, a strong sense of smell, and the impeccable ability to hear any references to him across dimensions. The pact also gives him a set of helmet-jaws, which pack the bite strength of a shark and the blood-sucking abilities of a mosquito. This, combined with his supernatural digestive system, allows him to eat just about anything, while adapting his body to taste as unpalatable as possible to ensure he doesn't get eaten in return. Ben's body in and of itself is a marvel, as it is essentially a corpse being puppeted around by his head. So long as this head remains in tact, he can simply take over any headless body he can access. This means his bodies can hold just about anything in them, from blood to excess weaponry to diseases, without negatively impacting the head.

Upon striking a pact with Manfred von Karma, Ben gained full access to the realm of the Blood Gods, a place beyond the 4th wall where the people behind the tuppers reside. He uses this plane to travel quickly between dimensions, while also using it as a safe zone to hide from foes he cannot beat normally. He accesses this dimension by forcing reality to crack into rifts, which he and others can traverse. Anyone within the rifts will be ejected when another one opens, however, unless they are Ben himself. He can also store objects in this dimension, namely his hammer and stored blood. Other things were stored in this rift, but the space has been emptied since Ben awakened to his powers.

Many of Ben's powers scale with the amount of blood in his system, but said system does have a limit. If he consumes blood over that limit, he enters a blood rage. While raging, he trades a large amount of mental capacity for raw power, gaining incredible strength, stronger Blood Sorceries, and the ability to phase into and out of his pocket dimension at will, increasing his mobility significantly. This fury lasts until he either completely runs out of blood to use, he gets the shit beaten out of him, or an hour passes.

While Ben can draw power from any blood, the blood of those with innate powers (occult or otherwise) can grant Ben strange powers related to whatever the user could do. These strange sorceries often come with a weird drawback or function differently, but they range in effect from granting access to the strongest of Blood Sorceries (known as "God Sorceries" due to who can use them) to vastly improving his rage to separating his souls from his body.

### Weaknesses

Ben's head, even with his helmet, is quite vulnerable to attack, as even a solid blow from a blunt object can leave him in a multi-minute stupor. This vulnerability can compound quickly if his body takes too much damage, as the body will break down become unresponsive if exposed to too many untreated injuries. Furthermore, since his power scales with blood, he can be weakened significantly if his blood is diluted with things like water, or evaporated with things like fire. This applies to Blood Sorceries as well.

While he is safe in his pocket dimension from most sources, anything that can sense his presence can pull him out, provided they know where he is. This can become a huge problem if the beings behind the tuppers feel like kicking him out or holding him in one place, which they have done only once.

Should he get too much blood, he might forcibly summon Txantjid, who could very easily throw a fight out of his favor by refusing to cooperate, knocking him out and deactivating his powers for a considerable time. Even under these circumstances, both Ben and Txantjid can be killed while powerless.