SCP-4885-EP

## **`DESCRIPTION`**

SCP-4885-EP is an entity that, for reasons unknown, has taken on the appearance and properties of the literary character Wally (Waldo in the US and Canada) from the book series 'Where's Wally?' ('Where's Waldo?' in the US and Canada). Like his fictional counterpart, SCP-4885-EP wears a horizontal red and white striped shirt, a red and white bobble hat, a pair of round framed glasses, and blue jeans. However, a noticeable difference in appearance from the character is the entity's paler skin and the lack of eyes.

If SCP-4885-EP hasn't been observed by a living human, it will remain hidden, until it finds suitable prey. This always refers to a human who isn't blind and who is alone at the time of the encounter. The entity will dematerialize, before rematerializing inside the victim, causing massive organ damage. SCP-4885-EP will then crawl from the victim's mouth. The entity will then vanish after twenty-six seconds, which corresponds to the number of pages in the 'Where's Wally' main series of books. After disappearing, the deceased's skin becomes covered in a mural similar to that which is found in the 'Where's Wally' books, complete with an image of SCP-4885-EP within the crowd scene.

If a human locates SCP-4885-EP on the skin of the former victim, or if additional humans see SCP-4885-EP before it disappears from the area, each person becomes a target of SCP-4885-EP. While it has a target, SCP-4885-EP is able to phase through any obstruction and seems to know where its target is at all times. There is, as of yet, no known way to prevent SCP-4885-EP once it acquires a target.

SCP-4885-EP was discovered in {REDACTED} by a Foundation task force that was undergoing another mission. The team discovered the remains of several of SCP-4885-EP's victims in a small house and called it in, reporting of a mural similar to that of ones found in "those Waldo books". Foundation senior staff put together a theory, based on the similarity to the books, that anyone who sees or 'finds' SCP-4885-EP will become a victim. Just as they relayed this message, one of the two task force members inside the house located Wally on the skin of one of the victims. The last that was heard of the two agents was their screams.

Additional units were sent in, under the guise of a chemical spill cleanup. With the cleanup team equipped with lenses made to obstruct the wearer's vision, they moved in and placed the remains into four body bags, before shipping them back to Site-19. Aware of the potential outbreak this SCP could cause, Foundation senior staff and researchers attempted to find a means of both containing SCP-4885-EP, as well as lure it in.

An idea for containment was pitched and so engineers quickly constructed a new chamber. Considering the risk that any visual medium, such as infrared, would be sufficient to trigger SCP-4885-EP's effects, pressure plated floors with weight sensors were installed in a two-tiered room. Then the discussion turned to using a D-Class to find SCP-4885-EP on one of the bodies. However, Foundation personnel voiced worry of the D-Class' potential reluctance causing an outbreak, prompting researcher Andrew Pent to defy direct orders; taking a body bag into the inner room and closing both doors behind him, before opening the body bag and quickly finding the SCP-4885-EP image on the skin.

Immediately, the pressure plates registered more weight than Andrew Pent accounted for. The weight remained consistent and is to be reported if it fluctuates to any degree. It is presumed that both SCP-4885-EP and Andrew Pent's body are still within the room. A theory as to SCP-4885-EP's vanishing from the scene unseen is that it can only become invisible while hunting, not truly vanishing. But it cannot seem to translocate or phase without a target.

## **`CONTAINMENT`**

Site-19, in a two-tiered containment chamber equipped with weight sensors in the floor.