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Impossible-To-Destroy Reptile

You don't know what you've got, 'til it's gone.

SCPs

SCP Number
Rating

SCP-3393
1190

Captain Kirby's Proposal
771

SCP-4514
618

SCP-3448
572

SCP-5552
568

SCP-3844
490

SCP-3388
472

SCP-5003
426

SCP-3866
425

SCP-3305
399

SCP-3449
372

SCP-4877
367

SCP-4321
332

SCP-016-J
261

SCP-7100
252

SCP-3123
230

SPC-1057
215

SCP-3393-EX
214

SCP-3511
206

SCP-6007
192

SCP-3633
191

SCP-4925
184

SCP-4479
178

SCP-3767
166

SCP-4316
161

SCP-4775
141

SCP-4034
135

SCP-5877
103

SCP-3650
98

SCP-5448
97

SCP-3203
64

SCP-5779
61

SCP-3405
53

SCP-3481
48

Tales

Title
Rating

Impossible-To-Destroy Reptile
471

The Nuclear Option
465

In The Clutches Of Life
370

Numbers, Like Stories, Never Die
316

Excerpts From The Societal Census Programme ΩK-Class Report
218

Tales of the Ethics Committee: 5 Reasons The Foundation Wants A Robot Army
216

The Tombstone of Alto Clef
215

With The Reaper On Retirement
214

Do You Remember Funerals?
163

Where Death Used To Live
143

From The Clutches Of Life
141

Don't Get Used To It
140

Project Damnerung
139

The Many Portraits Of Jack Bright
137

Group Date
136

Hello, My Name Isn't
132

Monochrome
129

Hundred-Year Favor
117

Even The Most Masked Of Men Become Themselves Behind Closed Doors
110

You Have 18 Unread Messages
97

Everyday Is Somebody's Birthday
88

The Shape of a Noose
75

A Failed Two Weeks Notice
67

'Til Death Do Us Part
63

Pink Cracks in a Digital Wall
61

Rocks And Trees Are Not Good Company
61

Poky And Pal Scheme Together
54

Is Anybody Home?
52

A Eulogy In 11/8 Time
50

Carnivores
50

Poky And Pal Arm Themselves
49

Tears of a Neon God
48

Virtue
43

When It Rains, It Pours
42

I Felt Numb
39

It's A Nice Day Out
37

Attempts To Salvage Thought
35

God-Knows-Where
34

I Am Wonderful
33

They Are Not Laughing With You
28

Outrun
26

What Is There To Do With A Pot Of Gold?
25

Containment's A Beach
20

GOI Formats

Title
Rating

Captain Kirby's Proposal, Or Something
184

My Head Is On Fire And I'm (Not) Ok
98

Project Proposals 2004-013/2014-114/2024-072: "Losing Your Cool"
70

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The Lizard Is Dead by fieldstone

The Lizard was dead.

'Hypnotraline' (TR7K2/2UD9X/53GN8) by Veiedhimaedhr

t's inaccurate and dismissive to compare life directly to pizza, as the former is made up of novel experiences, bonds and other factors. However, it is also dismissive to declare them incomparable.


The Foundation was never late for termination testing.
On the 22nd of every month, at 1500 hours on the dot, the door would open to 682's cell. Alarms would blare, the site would enter standard lockdown configuration, and then the show would start. What followed was five glorious hours of 682 against the most dangerous contraption that an army of engineers could design.
This was the only break from the monotony of containment that the lizard got. It wasn't much, but it was something. And it was the something that gave 682 hope that the Foundation would one day fuck up so bad that it would finally be able to roam the countryside, doing what it did best: Slaughter.
Except today, they were late. Except they were never late. The lizard glared at the door. It refused to open.

Date: 9/22/2020
From: Dr. ██████
To: SCP-682 Containment Personnel, SCP-682 Termination Personnel
Subject: ΩK
Message:
We have finally obtained x-ray scans of SCP-682. As we predicted, those scans show that SCP-682, like other non-anomalous reptiles, does in fact have a brain. And, as recent research into the ΩK-Scenario has shown, anything with a brain has been cursed/blessed with immortality. If the lizard wasn't unkillable before, it certainly is now.
This means that continued attempts at termination of SCP-682 will be futile. If we can't even kill a rat, the lizard's entirely out of the question. Therefore we will be suspending SCP-682 termination testing indefinitely. All personnel directly working in this venue of research will be reassigned within the coming week. Containment personnel are to take note, as this will simplify the procedures we have in place for SCP-682.
We had a good run.

SCP-682 Containment Log (9/22/2020)
15:00 - Regularly scheduled termination of subject cancelled. No activity.
15:16 - Ripples appear in the hydrochloric acid vat. Not indicative of enough movement to necessitate action.
15:27 - Movement attempted by SCP-682. Appears to be restless thrashing. Electrical shocks introduced to hydrochloric acid stopped the movement.
15:44 - Movement attempted by SCP-682. More dramatic and exaggerated than previous attempt. Loads detected on acid vat walls are significantly lower than loads measured during previous SCP-682 breach attempts. This is attributed to a lack of precision in repeated strikes. Electrical shocks introduced to hydrochloric acid failed to stop movement.
15:47 - Shouts of anger detected by microphones within the cell. Sudden fluctuation of temperature introduced to containment environment has slowed movement.
15:52 - Thrashing resumes at an even more intense rate. SCP-682 speech is recorded by microphones within the cell. Previous containment techniques reapplied to the containment environment. Vat walls projected to hold under current loads.
16:23 - Loads on vat walls increased dramatically. Strikes have become more focussed on the north wall. SCP-682 shouts threats sporadically. Vat walls projected to hold; however personnel have been notified of a possible impending containment breach. Preparation for SCP-682 Recontainment Protocols has been initiated.
17:03 - Movement from SCP-682 slows. This change does not correlate with any additional containment measures applied to the environment.
17:04 - SCP-682 sinks into the vat.
17:05 - Movement ceases. SCP-682 Recontainment Protocols aborted. Personnel return to their stations.

They weren't coming and they didn't plan on coming. SCP-682 lashed out every day at 1500 hours for the next week. It took it that long to accept its new life. Just the lizard and the acid. The vat was cramped, but even worse — it was boring.

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-682 must be destroyed as soon as possible.

The lizard wished it was dead.