SBC-002 - "Teatime"

**Cognitohazardous, Lethal, Teleporting entity**

SBC-002, otherwise known as Teatime, is an anomalous object which we discovered on X/X/199X.
This article was written by Chill, with the input of a few people from their school.

## Description

SCB-002 resembles an antique silver tea set, with a tray, an unidentified species of flower, a teapot, and 2 teacups, the teapot containing a seemingly infinite amount of tea. At random intervals, this teaset will appear within the home of a random individual, and as of the event of the individual seeing it, they will be compelled to drink the tea. Upon doing so, the victim is now identified as SBC-002-1, and will begin to experience mild to extreme dizziness, as well as extra sensitivity in the skin. After a sufficient amount has been drunk, the teaset will teleport away. Within 72 hours, the SBC-002-1 will become a lot more frail, start coughing up blood, and having trouble with their motor functions, and eventually, their flesh will degrade to the consistency, translucency, and strength of an average tea bag.

Upon any other individuals witnessing the fully transformed SBC-002-1, a visual cognitohazard will be triggered, and the others, now instances of SBC-002-2, will be stuck being unable to do anything other than make tea from 002-1. The tea from 002-1 will induce the same transformations that happened to 002-1, leading to more human tea bags. It is noted that the further down the chain this goes (e.g. people witnessing the transformed 002-2s and becoming SBC-002-3), the effects take longer to take place.

## Special Containment Procedures

SBC-002 is to be contained in a 5x5 metre containment cell, no windows are permitted within the cell, and the cell is to have a separate ventilation system to prevent any aromas to be smelled by personnel. Cameras are permitted and are to be checked every 2 hours. Audio disruptors playing a specific frequency have shown to have a 95.6% success rate of disrupting the teleportation. Upon the event of a successful teleportation, every town within a 10 mile radius of the containment site is to be searched, and any found instances of SBC-002-1 are found, they are to be terminated on sight. After location of 002 is made, mobile task force troops equipped with oxygen masks and scramble gear are to place the teaset within a portable container with the same audio disruptors, and are to return it to its containment cell.

## Reports and Files

Mission Report, X/X/199X
*Preface: After multiple reports of missing people and unanswered telephone calls were discovered to have originated from a town in [REDACTED], mobile task force Delta 6 was sent in to investigate*

The mission led to several members of Delta 12 stumbling in on a room full of fully transformed victims, they too were affected, and afterwards also begun making tea out of the deceased humans. After this discovery was made through the com feed from mission control, it was now known that the visual effects only affected firsthand witnesses, and not camera footage. Scramble gear was uploaded to Delta 12's headsets and they were ordered to shoot down the affected team members.

After Delta 12 were called back, a cleanup crew using scramble gear was dispatched, the affected crew and 1 SBC-002-1 instance were collected, the rest were incinerated at the scene. Autopsies figured out the crew members died under the influence of a cognitohazardous effect, and the 002-1 died after transforming due to all vital functions stopping. A search party was then sent out to all nearby towns

Mission Report, XX/XX/199X
*Preface: after a few months of tracking reports, SBC-002 was located within the household of a caucasian male aged somewhere between 22 and 26, mobile task force Epsilon 6 was dispatched to the scene with scramble gear*

During the mission, it was reported that almost all of Epsilon 6 could smell an alluring aroma, still unconfirmed to have either originated from the tea or the flower. Several members were taken over by 002 and were shot down by the others. The remaining team equipped their rebreathers, which had some level of effectiveness against the aroma. The instance of SBC-002-1 was also shot down, and the target was retrieved without further issue. After this mission, it became required for mobile task forces to be equipped with oxygen masks when retrieving the subject.

## Notes

* After more incidents of 002 teleporting away, it was found that the frequency of a homeowner's radio, on an unusual setting, was holding back the teleportation. For a while, this radio was in the cell with 002, but it only proved 71% effective, and further experiments later found the most effective frequency to date

* The origin of the SBC's anomalous properties is unknown, but it's speculated to be a relic from something that despised humanity, though the model of the teaset is to have supposedly come from Great Britain