SCP-1284-B

An instance of SCP-1284-B.

One of SCP-1284-B's creatures.

## **`DESCRIPTION`**

SCP-1284-B is a series of prepubescent female humans that have undergone severe, permanent, and apparently-spontaneous alteration in physiology and psychology. Only one living instance of SCP-1284-B has ever been located at one time, but the global nature of the anomaly makes definite confirmation impractical.

SCP-1284-B has smaller than normal ball heads in its hip and shoulder joints, allowing them to dislocate easily, but a positive identification requires confirmation of sphincters in the surrounding blood vessels, or direct observation of a spawning event.

At sundown local time during a full moon, when SCP-1284-B is under high stress or exposed to direct moonlight, one or more of its limbs will dislocate out of its ball joints, and sphincters in the surrounding blood vessels will close, followed by immediate detachment of the afflicted limb. Over the course of approximately five seconds, a new creature will assemble itself from the shed limb.

The creatures are carnivorous, quadrupedal masses of flesh with rudimentary mouths and teeth. When viewed directly, instances of the creature give the visual illusion of being domesticated rabbits, but indirect viewing, such as in a mirror or via video feed, reveals that they are in fact hairless and mostly skinless lifeforms, lacking a distinct head, tail, or discernible sensory organs. The creatures will invariably attack and attempt to consume any living being other than SCP-1284-B or other instances of its own kind that they have an unobstructed path to. As it consumes tissue, a creature instance incorporates it into its own mass, increasing in size until it reaches a total weight of 6.2 kg (13.67 Lbs). At that point, it will begin to rapidly reorganize its constituent tissue, and, over a period of 7 seconds, split into two 3.1 kg (6.8 Lbs) creatures. One out of every 8 instances of the creature formed in this way will attempt to path its way back to SCP-1284-B and feed itself piecemeal to SCP-1284-B. Even when instructed to the contrary, SCP-1284-B will invariably cooperate to the best of its ability with the creatures' attempts to feed it. Imaging tests have indicated that SCP-1284-B's stomach becomes internally larger as needed to accommodate tissue from the creatures, without changing in external measurements. If exposed to a sunlight-equivalent light spectrum, the spawned creatures spontaneously undergo liquefication.

SCP-1284-B will begin to regenerate lost limbs at a rate of 0.2 kg (7.05 oz) an hour if it has consumed enough biomass to do so. While SCP-1284-B's limb regeneration has not been observed to violate conservation of mass, the replacement cells form spontaneously, rather than being divided from existing cells by mitosis. The onset of puberty has been invariably fatal to instances of SCP-1284-B, resulting in continuous, rapid hemorrhaging of the uterus until death from blood loss. Attempts to stop or slow the bleeding have to date all been unsuccessful due to anomalous drastic increases in blood pressure and thinning of the blood. SCP-1284-B instances indicate awareness that this will occur, with expressed feelings about it varying from slight nervousness to eager anticipation. SCP-1284-B instances are actively uncooperative with Foundation attempts to delay or prevent the onset of puberty.

In the event of the current SCP-1284-B instance expiring, a female child between the ages of 2 and 5 living in a rural community of less than 1,000 people becomes a new instance of SCP-1284-B, and will begin to exhibit SCP-1284-B's abnormal behaviors.

The eighth and current instance of SCP-1284-B is 10 years old as of 5/1/2013. It invariably introduces itself as "Candrani", contrary to its birth certificate, which indicates its given name is "Amandara". SCP-1284-B does not, and possibly cannot, respond to either its designation or its birth name, but will answer to any fair approximation of "Moon's Bride" in apparently any language, even if it has no knowledge of the language in question.

When questioned about the nature of the creatures they spawn, SCP-1284-B insist that the creatures, their 'subjects', were ordered by their king to hold a feast in their honor. No questioning as to the identity of this 'king' has yet been successful. They have also claimed that attempts to delay the onset of puberty have prevented them and their king from 'consummating their marriage', a position held even after being informed of their eventual death, giving the same response: "It is his right."

[SCP-1284-B's king, in reality the 'Sealed King', has altered and influenced SCP-1284-B instances in order to give rise to its progeny and to spread word of its existence, in order to grow its sphere of influence. Should an SCP-1284-B instance 'consummate their marriage' with their 'king', the death resulting from the onset of puberty will not occur. In addition, more than one instance of SCP-1284-B do exist at one time.]