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LIVING ARCHIVE DOCUMENT: LEVEL 4 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED
The following documentation is curated by Chief Archivist Bridge. It is still considered an active security breach and as such has received perpetual exemption from -ARC or -EX reclassification. This will be reviewed in the event of SCP-5011's cultural significance diminishing.

…The veil between light and dark is very thin, barely translucent. A pair of eyes glimpsing what's really on the other side can alter the course of history.
— Bridge, D. (Archivist) Keynote Address, Foundation Information Security Conference (FISC). Site-19: FISC Conference Series

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[Welcome, Director Bridge]

Item #: SCP-5011
Object Class: N/A
Special Containment Procedures: N/A
Description: SCP-5011 designates the consequences of an information leak regarding an anomalous being. This occurred under the stewardship of the American Secure Containment Initiative. The anomaly itself was decommissioned as part of the absorption of the ASCI into the SCP Foundation.
First appearance of SCP-5011 cultural contamination

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Item #: SCP-5022
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: Until testing is completed, all specimens of SCP-5022 are to be stored in a communal water tank, which is fitted with a water filtration device to ensure containment integrity. For research purposes, a camera system has been set up inside and outside the containment tank to constantly monitor the condition of all SCP-5022 specimens.
Description: SCP-5022 is the collective designation for the disembodied heads of twenty-nine children of varying gender and ethnicity, all of which demonstrate the ability to reanimate when submerged in water.
When active, SCP-5022 will move around the available area despite the lack of any visible means of propulsion, inspecting any foreign objects in a curious manner. When more than one SCP-5022 specimen is active within the same area, they will interact by crashing into each other at high speeds. The reason for this behaviour is unknown.
Although all SCP-5022 specimens remain silent when under direct observation, surveillance footage shows that when research personnel are not present all specimens will giggle and laugh loudly, despite their lack of vocal organs. When removed from water, an SCP-5022 specimen will become inert and cease all signs of life until returned.

Addendum 5022-1 (Discovery): SCP-5022 was recovered from the home of elementary school teacher Dale Crawton on 21/06/2019, following the disappearance of his entire class during school hours. When authorities arrived at his home to question him, Mr. Crawton was absent, but all specimens of SCP-5022 were present in a water tank in his garage.
Following initial containment, Agents were dispatched to locate Mr. Crawton, finally encountering him as he was attempting to flee the state. Despite attempts at negotiation, a chase ensued, culminating with Mr. Crawton driving off the end of the local pier. Inspection of the vehicle showed that he had been killed instantly during the crash via decapitation.
No personal possessions were found in Mr. Crawton's vehicle during investigation, save for a water-damaged copy of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens in his breast pocket.

Addendum 5022-2 (Communication Attempts): On three separate occasions, an SCP-5022 specimen has deviated from its usual pattern of behaviour by expelling a large bubble from its mouth. This bubble has then risen upwards through the water, forming words before quickly breaking apart.
These messages have been as follows:

swimming

never ever grow up

im hapy [sic]

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SCP-5074 in containment, circa 1990

Item № : SCP-5074
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5074 is to be kept within a low-security simian containment enclosure and supplied with a typewriter, writing utensils, and paper. Requests made by SCP-5074 for further amenities are to be vetted by the resident Simian Containment Director.
All anomalous phenomena documented by SCP-5074 are to be researched and contained by MTF Epsilon-4 ("Ape's Men"). In the event that SCP-5074 documents an anomaly using a previously undiscovered esoteric object class, said classification is to be added to the Foundation Esoteric-Class Database.
Additional Note: In a joint effort with GoI-466 (Wilson's Wildlife Solutions), SCP-5074 has been transferred to Enclosure 03 at Wilson's Wildlife Center to improve its morale and ensure continued cooperation. All documentation produced by SCP-5074 pertaining to anomalies and anomalous phenomena are to be analyzed by Foundation operatives working at Enclosure 03.
Description: SCP-5074 is an adult male chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) displaying advanced sapience. The entity is capable of reading and writing in English, Arabic, Bantu, and Swahili, and is fluent in Tanzanian Sign Language.
SCP-5074 possesses extensive knowledge of human and world history, as well as an abnormal, encyclopedic intuition regarding anomalous phenomena. SCP-5074 is capable of explaining and writing documentation for anomalies unknown to the Foundation, and often does so without any instruction. The means by which SCP-5074 gains knowledge of anomalous phenomena is unknown.
To date, SCP-5074 has contributed 240 documents relating to novel anomalies to the Foundation.

Memo 354

15/04/2014

Sender
Michael Kilger
Recipient
Duncan Ayers

Hey Duncan, I found this in that chimp's cage and I thought you'd get a kick out of it. Dunno how it got the knack for writing like the Skippers — maybe it wants to stay with them, who knows? ;)

Marshall, Carter and Dark, LLP

Memo 355

15/04/2014

Sender
Duncan Ayers
Recipient
Michael Kilger

Ha, why don't you ask it?

Marshall, Carter and Dark, LLP

…
I'm not my father.
…
I wouldn't trade this box for another.

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Anomaly №: SCP-5097
Anomaly Class: Uncontained
Threat Level: Green
Special Containment Procedures: In the event SCP-5097 returns to reality, it is to be severely reprimanded and placed in a humanoid containment cell.
The note SCP-5097 left behind is currently held in an Anomalous Items locker.
Description: SCP-5097 is Senior Researcher Kassidy Kara, a former member of the Unreality Department1. On 4/8/2020, Dr. Kara removed themself from baseline reality and temporally ceased existing.
Discovery Log: SCP-5097 was discovered after Foundation .aic units detected a sudden loss of data associated with Dr. Kara2 at 9:58 PM on 4/9/2020. At the same time, several personnel acquainted with Dr. Kara had noticed their lack of activity around the Site, and could neither access past e-mails with Dr. Kara nor send them new ones.
An investigation was launched, revealing their private quarters contained only a handwritten note on their desk (see Addendum). Whom it was addressed to is unknown.
Automated extranormal detection programs deployed by Site Command were able to recognize several residual olf3 fluctuations that had occurred within Dr. Kara's quarters. From the readings, a timeline of these fluctuations was established, revealing Dr. Kara had separated themself from baseline reality on 4/8/2020, at approximately 4:25 AM.
Dr. Kara was designated as SCP-5097 on 4/10/2020, and its containment procedures were officialized shortly after.
Addendum: The note left by SCP-5097.

Sorry, but I really just didn't feel like coming into work today.

« SCP-5096 | VoidLady | SCP-5098 »

Footnotes
1. Up until their classification as SCP-5097, Dr. Kara had worked under the Foundation for 6 years.
2. Their personnel file was the first to be detected as missing. Their reports on multiple anomalies were found to be blanked shortly after, followed by their SCiPnet account becoming invalid.
3. Hypothetical measurements used to quantify anti-dimensions or anti-spacetime phenomena within a given system. Olf values closer to 0 operate similarly to our reality.
Item #: SCP-5146
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: The continued presence of SCP-5146 within its area of the Pacific Islands Territory is to be verified bimonthly via standard checks of the Foundation's routinely updated mapping satellite footage. No further containment procedures are required.
Description: SCP-5146 is a 1:1 scale map of an unnamed stony island located east of the Federated States of Micronesia, possessing an area of approximately 0.53 km2. Apart from its nature as a map, the object displays no other anomalous properties and is geologically similar to the islands present in the area.
SCP-5146 was brought to the Foundation's attention during a routine database comparison of satellite footage collected during the months of December 2007 and February 2008, when the object was recorded within waters that had been previously designated as unoccupied. Due to the presence of mature vegetation visible on its surface and the lack of seismic or volcanic activity in the area during that time period, the object was issued a provisory designation and an exploratory mission manned by regional Oceanic Task Force Beta-46 ("Shearwaters") was dispatched.
Despite the presence of several presumably manmade structures distributed across its surface area, the object was found to be uninhabited. Additionally, the present members of OTF Beta-46 encountered no wildlife, barring several specimens of migratory birds typical for the area. As such, a list of discovered items is provided in lieu of a standard exploration log transcript. Body camera footage collected during the mission can be accessed upon request through the Site-35 digital archives.
Addendum 5146.1: Inventory of items recovered from SCP-5146:

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LOCATION: Wooden pier, southwest shore

crab cages (5)

plastic bucket

shore-operated lift net

three-strand nylon mooring rope (12 meters)

LOCATION: Single-room vernacular house, central clearing

empty gasoline canister

foldable cot

paperback copy of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, waterlogged

single-burner gasoline camping stove

single-person cutlery set

unaddressed postcard marked with Marshall Islands type 1 meter stamp (see attached)

Contents of recovered postcard as follows:

I'm sorry I couldn't make it to see you again this year, but you know how the big city makes me. I thought going home would take the edge off all that claustrophobia a little, but it's just not the same when you can't really come back, you know what I mean?
Maybe one day. Despite it all.
In the meantime, I'm trying to figure out something for myself. My own little perfect territory, just the way I remember it. Down to the last detail.
I hope you'll come visit me one day.
Proud of you,

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NOTICE FROM THE FOUNDATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
The following documents have been archived from the American Secure Containment Initiative (ASCI) and SCP Foundation databases. They have been preserved for historical context regarding SCP-5153.
— Maria Jones, Director, RAISA
08/12/2018

Threat Catalog Number: ASCI-5153
Threat Level: Black
Containment of Threat: In preparation for an imminent extinction-level asteroid impact event, ASCI-2000 is to be prepared and all essential personnel are to be evacuated.
Description of Threat: ASCI-5153 is a large asteroid that is presently on course to impact Earth in late June 1908 (N.S.). The effects of such an impact are expected to destroy all life on Earth.

May God help us all.

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Item #: SCP-5190
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Due to its nature, SCP-5190 is considered self-containing, and thus is not subject to specific procedures.
Description: SCP-5190 is the collective designation for an unclear but insignificant percentage of the human population, who are subject to an anomalous phenomenon which influences their effect on the world around them.
Instances of SCP-5190 will make little to no significant impact to the world around them throughout their lives — and any societal or environmental change they do manage to bring about will revert shortly after.
All SCP-5190 instances are subject to a minor perception filter effect which increases the difficulty of noticing them, the strength of which increases exponentially the more other individuals are nearby. The strength of this filter, however, reduces to almost zero whenever the instance is engaging in acts that would be considered criminal or otherwise socially inappropriate1.
Despite what most SCP-5190 instances believe, the majority of their personal relationships reach the level of acquaintance at best — when pressed, most individuals who know SCP-5190 instances have described them as vaguely pleasant but ultimately insubstantial. In 80% of interviews conducted with individuals acquainted with SCP-5190 instances, they have had significant difficulty fully recalling details such as the instance's name and features; in the remaining 20%, they have failed to remember these details altogether.
Following death, memories of the SCP-5190 instance will rapidly fade from the minds of all individuals who have encountered them. All observed cases have resulted in a complete loss of memories pertaining to the instance after a period of three days, save for a vague notion that the subject in question has forgotten something of little importance.

Addendum 5190-1: Due to lack of Foundation interest, further information on this anomaly is not available.

Footnotes
1. Note, however, that the prospect of performing these kinds of actions provokes severe anxiety in most SCP-5190 instances.

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Item #: SCP-5196
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Provisional Site-62 has been established in the area where SCP-5196 was discovered. A minimum of two armed guards are to be stationed outside Provisional Site-62 at all times to detain and amnesticize civilians who attempt to enter.
SCP-5196 is to be kept in a rectangular containment chamber with fortified walls. Access to SCP-5196's containment chamber is forbidden except for maintenance purposes and the removal of excess bottles following anomalous events.
Description: SCP-5196 is a red fourth-generation Toyota Supra1. Despite presumably being abandoned for a significant period of time, SCP-5196 does not display any signs of structural damage or rust.
Approximately every hour, a non-anomalous empty unlabeled glass bottle containing trace amounts of alcohol will spontaneously manifest in the air within a one meter radius of SCP-5196, an unidentified white male who appears to be in his twenties (henceforth SCP-5196-A) will manifest in the driver's seat, and SCP-5196 will start on its own. As SCP-5196 is starting, several more identical glass bottles will manifest around it.
Upon starting, SCP-5196 will immediately begin accelerating with no input from SCP-5196-A, continuing until it collides with a hard surface. Upon coming to a complete stop following a collision with a surface, SCP-5196 will be spontaneously restored to its original state, and SCP-5196-A will demanifest. It is unclear if SCP-5196-A is conscious or aware of what is occurring during these events.
Addendum: Discovery
SCP-5196 was discovered following reports of a car repeatedly colliding with trees in a forest near the city of █████████, Ohio. Foundation personnel secured the location, Provisional Site-62 was established, and civilians who witnessed SCP-5196 were amnesticized. A journal containing only one legible entry was also found near SCP-5196. The author of this entry is unknown, but it is believed to contain a list of materials for a thaumaturgical ritual related to SCP-5196. A transcript of the entry follows.

materials needed for ritual to get old days back:
-car (have)
-booze (have, do i need specific kind?)
-diploma (couldn't find, will have to make due without)
if this works, find them again.

A photo album containing five photos was recovered alongside the journal, and the photos are described below:

Photo 1: Five unidentified men standing next to each other in front of a library in █████████. All five are smiling at the camera.
Photo 2: Four of the men standing in front of a local diner. The men appear noticeably older.
Photo 3: Three of the men sitting on the hood of a car that appears similar to SCP-5196 in the forest where SCP-5196 was discovered.
Photo 4: Two of the men sitting on a couch in an unknown location. Empty bottles and assorted bags of food surround the couch. The men again appear noticeably older. One of the men resembles SCP-5196-A.
Photo 5: A blue car in a small garage. The car appears new.

Footnotes
1. A sports car manufactured by Toyota from 1993-2002.

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Item #: SCP-5219
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: A minimum of two guards are to be stationed outside Site Director Robinson's office at all times. Access to Site Director Robinson's office is prohibited except for testing purposes.
Description: SCP-5219 is an anomalous corpse located in the office of Site Director Robinson at Site-37. Based on examinations of SCP-5219, it has been determined that it was a middle-aged white male of average height and weight. The cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the back of the head.
SCP-5219 has mild anti-memetic properties. While some properties of SCP-5219 can be observed, subjects are unable to determine its identity or how it came to be in the office of Site Director Robinson. In addition, subjects instructed to remove SCP-5219 from Site Director Robinson's office spontaneously forget their instructions upon viewing it, which makes retrieval impossible.
Addendum: Discovery
SCP-5219 was first discovered on 21/03/2021. Two days prior, Site Director Robinson suddenly ceased responding to all messages, and failed to appear at multiple meetings. Dr. Boyd entered Site Director Robinson's office to search for him, and found SCP-5219 inside. Containment was established shortly thereafter. Site Director Robinson's whereabouts have not yet been determined.

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To: All personnel in Site-37
From: Site Director Boyd
Subject: Management change.

Good evening,
I am sending this message to report that, despite the best efforts of the search team, Site Director Robinson still has not been found, with some suspecting that he may have been kidnapped or murdered. I do not believe this to be the case, but we must accept it as a possibility.
The search team will continue to look for him, but Site-37 cannot function without a Site Director, so I have assumed the position in Robinson's place as the second highest-ranking official in this Site. I do not want this to be a permanent arrangement, but I will do what is necessary should Robinson not be found. Should this become permanent, I hope that you will all give me the same respect that you gave Robinson.
-Dr. Boyd, Site-37 Director.

To: Foundation research personnel assigned to SCP-5219
From: Site Director Boyd
Subject: Change in procedure.

Effective immediately, all tests involving SCP-5219 are to cease. This includes both attempts to remove it from Site Director Robinson's office and attempts to determine its identity. You will receive messages regarding project transfers shortly. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Item#: 5224

Level1

Containment Class:
safe

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
dark

Risk Class:
notice

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SCP-5224

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5224 is held in a waterless terrarium otherwise suited for amphibians. SCP-5224 is never to come within 100 meters of water.
Frogs created by SCP-5224 must be terminated and disposed of per standard biological waste disposal methods.
Description: SCP-5224 is a female marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus). It does not experience senescence, and it does not need to eat, drink or breathe.
If SCP-5224 croaks within 100 meters from a body of water, it will start to go through eutrophication,1 and additional members of the order Anura2 will begin to manifest within it. Said frogs will always be native to the area, and the rate of frogs produced is 5000 per 1 cubic meter per second. This will continue until SCP-5224 stops croaking.
After manifestation, produced frogs will instantly head towards the nearest site of plant agriculture. Upon arrival, they will begin to consume insect life at a rate that is highly damaging to the ecological balance of the region. Aside from this and their method of creation, produced frogs are non-anomalous.

▶ Addendum 5224.1 ◀

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Incident Report 5224.1: On 29/01/21, a peregrine falcon holding a clay pot materialized in SCP-5224's containment chamber. It dropped the pot, grabbed SCP-5224, and disappeared.
Upon inspection, carvings on the pot were found to contain a message written in hieroglyphic script:

Apologies for any problems my wife might have caused. Sent our son to fetch her. She's been a little confused ever since the days of Babylon when she became associated with plagues instead of fertility and crops.
If y'all could stop changing our domains, that'd be appreciated.
With love, Khnum.

Investigation into the whereabouts of SCP-5224 is ongoing.

Footnotes
1. A process in which excessive growth of algae in water is caused by overt amounts of minerals and nutrients.
2. Frogs.

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Item #: 5235
Object Class: Neutralized
Special Containment Procedures: A satellite dish aimed towards the nearest known Way1 has been erected at Site-64 due to its proximity to Nexus FP-01 (Three Portlands). All transmissions are to be logged and scanned for mentions of "the Foundation" or "Thaddeus Xyank". These records are only to be made available to staff with level 5 (or Δ) access.
Due to SCP-5235 appearing to civilian grade satellite dishes as a burst of static, no further containment is necessary.
Description: SCP-5235 was an anomalous broadcast on 16/6/2035 that originated from all currently known Ways. This broadcast was picked up by a Foundation monitoring station in Portland, Oregon. The contents of the transmission are located below.

If you see this, it's Xyank. We fucked up.
Something… else, found us somehow. Some kind of predatory entity. We're pretty much done for; the world is warping and tearing around us as I type this. Things from the Other Place are pushing their way through the gaps in reality. The First Hytoth wants its space back, and we're in the way.
By the time you see this, we will be gone. Dead probably, depends if I can find a way out of the causality mess. Both timelines seem to be ripping themselves apart.
If this happened to us, it can happen again.

The following attached file requires 05 clearance. Any access to this file will be logged.
<< SCP-5235.txt >>

Footnotes
1. A Way is a thaumaturgically created doorway utilizing wormholes to allow travel between each end.

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Item #: SCP-5258
Object Class: Thaumiel
Special Containment Procedures: Foundation personnel must follow standard precautions described in the attached file1. Only one instance of SCP-5258 exists at present.
Description: SCP-5258 is a memetic kill agent designed to neutralize any sentient lifeform it is exposed to. As of writing, SCP-5258 is the most powerful kill agent produced by the Foundation, having a 100% success rate in terminating anyone exposed to its effects. SCP-5258 is currently utilised to discreetly dispose of Foundation infiltrators, antagonistic groups accessing the Foundation database, and other hostile sentiences with means of reading Foundation documentation.
Due to its hazardous nature, the singular instance of SCP-5258 has been split into two separate image vectors (SCP-5258-1 and 2). Cognitive discernment of both images in the incorrect order (SCP-5258-2 followed by SCP-5258-1) will render subjects immune to SCP-5258's effects, rather than kill them. Perceiving the anomaly in the opposite order however will prove fatal within several minutes, via sudden brain death.

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SCP-5258-1

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Discovery Log: Utilisation of SCP-5258 was first proposed following examination of previous Foundation database breaches. It was found that in a majority of cases, infiltrators had a tendency to open collapsed documentation within files before actually reading the main text. This violates the standard code of conduct for handling and reading documentation referencing memetic and congitohazardous phenomena.
This choice is commonly triggered by the human urge to access that which the individual considers enticing, due to being perceived as closed off or ominous in nature (Commonly dubbed the "Pandora Effect").
This behaviour has occurred in 90% of non-Foundation readers accessing SCP-5258's documentation.

Footnotes
1. Personnel must view the following document before further reading: Document-5258-2
by J Dune

The Haworth crater

Item #: SCP-5269
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: Foundation assets within organizations that maintain lunar observational equipment are to suppress information regarding SCP-5269 through standard Immediate Celestial Anomaly protocol.
Description: SCP-5269 is a topographic anomaly located on the Haworth crater of the south pole of the Moon.
SCP-5269 is an unidentified humanoid figure of unknown age and origin embedded in the lunar surface. SCP-5269 remains in an immobile position with its arms outstretched. Rock and lunar soil have completely covered SCP-5269's lower limbs, securing SCP-5269's position in the Moon's regolith. The object has not been observed to decompose, age, or exhibit any other phenomena associated with life or death. Thus, the biological state of SCP-5269 is unknown.
SCP-5269 is capable of transmitting radio signals. The origin, purpose, and intended receiver of these signals is unknown. The contents of an SCP-5269 communication are presented in an anomalous, universally digestible system, capable of being comprehended and understood regardless of the listener's known language. SCP-5269 has been observed to transmit messages once every two years since the object's discovery in 2016.
All attempts to communicate with SCP-5269 have failed.
Addendum 5269.1: SCP-5269 Signal Transcripts

Date: 6/19/2018, 20:36:02

I don't miss it.
There are no crowds, no mirrors, no pressures or expectations.
Final escape. Final rest.
I don't have to think about her anymore.

Date: 6/19/2020, 12:47:31

Warmth.
I have everything I need.
See them run. Amusement delays death. Not me.
I am above all.
I don't have to think about her anymore.

Date: 6/19/2022, 04:10:02

Never going back.
My own world. No suffering.
I still hate myself.
I am always thinking about her.

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SCP-5300 - Ship in a Bottle
Written by MirageTD and Habitual_Snubnose

Images (in order of appearance)
SCP Location Starchart - Generated with the StarCharter tool, written by Dominic Ford
Klein Bottle with Möbius Band - Doctor Konrad Polthier, Freie Universität Berlin (used with written permission as per the terms of plus.maths.org)

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Miscellaneous Credits
The end of the fourth paragraph in the introductory email is a paraphrase from the Administrator's note.
The "Vietnam book" Zajic refers to is The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien.

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To: Project Briareus Staff
From: Director Zeig Skannon
Subject: Containment in 2020 and Beyond

Recently, a number of people have asked me why this project exists. The Foundation's resources aren't unlimited, so why should we use them to seek out anomalies we wouldn't even know existed if we didn't look? In the short term, it appears to have little benefit; however, in the long term, it will prove to be essential.
One of the greatest challenges we face as an organization which, at its core, strives to control change is determining what should change. Where is the line drawn between anomalous and mundane? When should science be top secret, and when should it be used to advance humanity?
These questions do not always have answers. But one thing my colleagues and I are absolutely certain of is that, if humanity is to have a future, it will lie beyond Earth.
To date, a number of extraterrestrial anomalies have been documented and contained, but the majority of the Foundation's work has been terrestrial in nature. Looking to the future, a dedicated space program will become exponentially more important. It is our job to clear the way for humanity's advancement so that, when future generations look back through their history and forward to their own prospects, it will cohere into something that makes sense; to explore the darkness so others can expand into the light; and, as always, to secure, contain, and protect.
Towards this end, Project Briareus is being significantly expanded. All staff will be required to read the logs from the mission which took place at the end of last year. This will give you an example of the sort of things we expect to encounter out there and an opportunity to learn from past mistakes. The logs have been attached to this message.
Good luck to you all.
– Zeig Skannon, Project Briareus Director

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Item #: SCP-5324
Object Class: Presumed Safe
Special Containment Procedures: Radio transmissions directed at the solar system are to be continually monitored by orbital probes. Signs of extraterrestrial communication are to be translated or interpreted with the utmost priority.
Description: SCP-5324 refers to a radio message intercepted by O5-5 during a routine radio scanning session1 on 5/6/21. Shortly after reviewing the contents of the message, O5-5 contacted other Council members, resulting in an anomalous designation. SCP-5324 was able to be translated due to an auditory memetic anomaly affecting it; listeners being able to understand the spoken material, regardless of their native tongue. The full extent of this effect is that listeners are able to hear the original audio while simultaneously being able to interpret a translation.
A full transcription of SCP-5324 is available below:

Greetings, citizens! I, Messenger, represent the members of the Thought Monarch Network! Just so you know, your planetary crust contains high amounts of salt, iron, and nickel; exactly what we need for our own purposes! Since we don't expect you to reasonably extract the amount of material that we need yourselves, we'll be happy to do it for you!
What we'll need you to do is move objects or entities important to you to a nearby planetary body while we complete our minor adjustments! For starters, we'll temporarily relinquish your atmosphere until we believe you are in need of it, and all remaining material on your planetary surface will be disassembled for future use!
Next, we'll implement helpful planetary policies, such as a monthly bodily organs collection program, and the weekly collection of excess bone matter for your own enjoyment and comfort! Hopefully, your lower mass will help you adjust to our next change:
Just like you've always wanted, we're releasing our new entertainment system for all you feisty organisms! A room, large enough to accommodate an exciting household item (such as a bed!) will be your new lodging, free of charge! You can choose sleeping, eating, drinking, breathing, and many more enriching activities as part of this program, with plenty of time devoted to personal reflection! Various customer reports have described our trial entertainment system as 'fun enough to never leave', so you can be sure you'll have a good time!
There's absolutely no need to worry as these changes are implemented, and we hope you have us again! Thank you, Planet Sherne!
Sincerely, Messenger

Addendum: Due to SCP-5324's perceived lack of relation to Earth, it has been classified as Safe. Additional information on the circumstances of SCP-5324's origin are currently under investigation.

Footnotes
1. According to O5-5, this behavior is reportedly performed as their hobby on weekends.

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ITEM #: SCP-5332

LEVEL- 

CONTAINMENT CLASS: SAFE

DISRUPTION CLASS: DARK

ITEM: SCP-5332

LEVEL- 

CONTAINMENT
CLASS: SAFE

DISRUPTION
CLASS: DARK

Special Containment Procedures

SCP-5332 is to be contained in situ due to its current effect on the local marine life. The ship containing SCP-5332 is to have underwater cameras installed in order to monitor SCP-5332's status. If any divers are spotted near the wreck, STF Rho-7 ("Greeting Party") are to amnesticize the individual and bring them back to shore.

Description

SCP-5332 designates the bones, and most notably the horn, of a great whale sub-species. These bones, when powdered, have mild amnestic and medicinal properties; as such, they were hypothesized to be used as rare, primitive amnestics for groups such as the Commission of Unusual Cargo and HMFftSCotP.His/Her Majesty's Foundation for the Secure Containment of the Paranormal..
SCP-5332 was found following an investigation into the migration patterns of Greenland based blue whales. When following a pod of whales, a diver discovered an old 17th-century boat that the blue whales used as a resting point. Upon further inspection, they discovered the bones of an abnormally large blue whale with an estimated length of around 30m, that the other whales had been clustered around. Over the following few hours, the diver noticed many other marine species visiting the site of the bones, almost seeming to pay their respects to the creature.
Following an exploration of the ship's interior, the diver recovered an old document pertaining to an organization called "The Commission of Unusual Cargo." After returning home, the diver posted the contents of these letter onto his blog, which was picked up by a Foundation web crawler. All involved parties were amnestisized following this event.
The letter discovered by the diver has been attached below:

The Honourable East India Company
Manifest Detail # C-172852
Date: 17th of June 1627
Vessel: The Gallant Ship Kingfisher
Storage: The cargo to be stowed in the hold, in a large standard crate with a sheepskin padded interior, and secured to the floor hull by rope. Unauthorized access to the hold is to be noted and punished upon return to land.
Description: Twelve bones of a great horned blue whale; the horned blue whale appears to be a monarch of the whales, thus, its bones hold great value for any scientifically inclined gentleman, able to alleviate any common ailment with ease. These bones, when undamaged, are expected to invite a large price at auction, therefore the utmost care must be taken to preserve them.
Scribbled note in the margin.
Don't fuck this up, or Mr Trower will have your guts for garters, lad.

Addendum 1

Upon investigation by STF.Special Task Force. Rho-7, the reason that the Kingfisher sunk was found to be due to a large gash in the side of the boat, as well as numerous buckled side planks; suggesting a large mass had hit the ship. It appears that a long sharp object had speared the ship during its return to port, causing it to rapidly sink. Further investigation is ongoing.

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SCP-5378-A and SCP-5378-B.

Item #: SCP-5378
Object Class: Neutralized
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5378-A and SCP-5378-B were kept in a small enclosure with soil, rocks and various flora. They were fed four raisins per day, and had their container cleaned every week.
Description: SCP-5378 is the designation for two sapient ladybird beetles,1 which are referred to as SCP-5378-A and SCP-5378-B. Both instances constructed miniaturized versions of manmade structures and objects using natural materials, such as leaves, rocks, and dirt.
Addendum 1: Below is a list of every recorded structure built by SCP-5378-A and SCP-5378-B, as well as the context of their creation.

Structure Created
Context

A small tent comprised of two propped-up Rose leaves.
SCP-5378-A and SCP-5378-B had just been contained.

A sleeping bag made of leaf petioles sown together.
SCP-5378-A and SCP-5378-B appear to "sleep" together within the sleeping bag for eight hours.

A separate sleeping bag.
After climbing around the enclosure in what is assumed to be an escape attempt, SCP-5378-A and SCP-5378-B meet outside the tent. They start making harsh buzzing noises at each other. After the altercation, SCP-5378-A makes its own sleeping bag.

Two two-story cabins.
Probably a result of the former incident.

A letter etched onto a woodchip.
After nine months since the cabins were created, SCP-5378-A gives the letter to SCP-5378-B at its doorstep.

A bench made of twigs held together by twine.
SCP-5378-B slowly walks out of its cabin towards SCP-5378-A's cabin. It taps on the door. When SCP-5378-A comes out, they build the bench and sit next to each other. After an altercation consisting of quiet buzzes, they touch their forelimbs together.

A heart.
SCP-5378-A and SCP-5378-B combine two leaves into the shape of a heart on the enclosure floor. They both lay in the middle of the heart sideways, holding each other's limbs.

After SCP-5378-A and SCP-5378-B were observed to be unmoving for several hours, they were removed from their enclosure. It was confirmed that SCP-5378-A and SCP-5378-B had expired, most likely due to old age.
Addendum 2: Below is the letter mentioned in Addendum 1. It was put under a microscope for comprehensiveness.

Hello my sweet Rose,
My limbs are aching, and the world around me spins uncontrollably. I think this is the end.
I'm sorry about the altercation we had long ago. Our jailing here wasn't your fault, and I should have been less harsh.
Without you, I have been mournful. I miss your touch, and the fluttering of your wings ringing through my ears. I miss traversing through the blue skies with you at my side. Wherever we were, you made it all the better.
I figured since we are taking our last breaths, we might as well take them together. We shouldn't have to die in isolation.
Please. Let's talk.
Sincerely,
Harold

Footnotes
1. Commonly known as ladybugs

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PeppersGhost

SCP-5404 - Linguistic Minefield Boom-Boom Words by PeppersGhost

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Item #: SCP-5404
Object Class: Keter
How To Make Safe: Please do not talk about SCP-5404 ("boom-boom words"). No making words about boom-boom words on computers or not-computers.
In the time that is now, we are not having smart-knowing about which words go boom-boom. To keep everyone being safely alive, please make not normal talk style.
Words and bunches of words that are in red are known to go boom-boom. Remember to never ever assemble them.
Remember to always make two "boom-boom" with an in-between hyphen. Other styles of making this meaning will go boom-boom.
New Thing: Sometimes safe is made to not be safe. Always test with boom-boom computer.
What It Is: "Boom-Boom words" ("letter-clusters") is a thing that makes some bunches of letter-clusters make a boom-boom when you put some letter-clusters by other letter-clusters, but only when the thing you are making about is boom-boom letter-clusters themselves. Sometimes just a single cluster of letters will go boom-boom.
Only when making mouth sounds or making symbol mouth sounds does letter clusters go boom-boom. Reproducing old before-times mouth sound records is safe, but only goes a certain amount of safety. All Foundation computer-symbol letter-clusters are saved right at the time of making, so if you see red bunches of letter-clusters, it means mistake had happened.

Trying-Things-Out Log: We have computer arms make button-hits on computer letters to try out what makes boom-boom. What you can look at under this is just a small bunch for example to show how not-safe boom-boom letter-clusters are.

Thing to make happen
Happened?

special containment procedures
Bad

s pec ial conta inment proced ures
Bad

$p3cial c0ntainm3nt pr8cedure5
Bad

spesh cont pro
Good1

ecialspay ontainmentcay ocedurespray
Bad2

explosive
Bad

word
Good

sentence
Bad

detonate
Bad

boom
Bad

boom-boom
Good

be careful
Bad

be making safe
Good

word
Bad3

More Thing:

Boom-boom letter clusters made by don't-like-us group. New styles of boom-boom letter clusters keep happening. It gets more bad again and again.
If boom-boom letter-clusters started to happen when making mouth-sounds about things that aren't boom-boom letter-clusters, world could boom-boom.
The Big In-Charge Group has made it happen that trying-things-out and looking-into must keep being happen to stop don't-like-us group and safely keep world not being boom-boom.
They make unlikely demands. Tiamat is maybe. For the now-time, Eshu stands.
We keep-out. We keep-in. We keep-safe.
Big In-Charge Group #08

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Footnotes
1. Letter-cluster style gave struggle.
2. Maybe looks like meaning-tied? Intention?
3. Good before, bad now. Be making safe.

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SCP-5423-1-S
Item #: SCP-5423
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: The door associated with SCP-5423 is to remain open outside of scheduled testing, and personnel will not enter the room except as required by testing protocols. A block will be placed in the doorframe to make sure it does not accidentally shut, while a barrier will be placed around the door to deny unauthorized entry.
Any personnel who experience SCP-5423's anomalous effects will be removed from the site and isolated for at least one week as part of standard decontamination procedures after exposure to unreality.
Description: SCP-5423 is a spatial anomaly manifesting in a room in Site 98. When the door to this room is closed, the room, its contents, and the space it occupies ceases to exist to all measurements currently available to the Foundation.
Sonar and electromagnetic radiation act as though there is no space between the walls when the door is closed.
Persons inside the room experience no time between the door's closing and its opening again. When the door opens, objects in motion have the same position and momentum they had when the door had closed, no matter how far they should have traveled.
The room in which SCP-5423 manifests was previously a storage room on the second sub-level of Site 98. There were no anomalous objects inside when it was discovered and it is presently unknown how it manifested.
O5 Command has approved the installation of a window to observe the effects of SCP-5423 directly. Installation has been scheduled for 24/MAR/30.
While testing of the anomaly's properties is underway, a Directed Task Force led by Dr. Matson has been commissioned to investigate its origins.

+ From Dr. Matson's Notes

- Findings

A full inventory of the anomalous storage room is currently being undertaken. While records indicate that no anomalous objects have been stored there, numerous pieces of equipment and records relating to the observation, testing, and containment of anomalous objects have been. I am convinced that cross-contamination is the root of this. Someone failed to follow procedure. I'm going to learn who and nail them to the wall.
I've advised against the testing of SCP-5423 until we have a handle on the origin of the anomaly. The loss of Doctor Scranton should be a warning to us all.

Complaint Lodged by Dr. Verne: With due respect to Dr. Matson, he's not in charge of investigating this anomaly. It ultimately doesn't matter where the anomaly came from. What matters is what it is. As Site Director Alvarez agrees with me and has placed me in charge of testing, I find it extremely inappropriate for Dr. Matson to comment on my testing procedures.

WARNING: THIS VERSION HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED BY SCP-5423-2-S

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The following file depicts a recently discovered anomaly, and therefore may have inconsistencies and/or a lack of information.

Item #: SCP-5429
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5429 is held in a standard humanoid chamber.
An investigation into the nature of SCP-5429 is underway.
Description: SCP-5429 is former Senior Researcher Jason Vatili of Site-72's Alchemy Department Wing. Theoretically, when a portion of SCP-5429 is dismembered, a new growth will appear as if the injury never occurred. This effect is yet to be directly observed and thus can not be confirmed as of writing.
Notably, a buildup of flesh can be seen bulging from around SCP-5429's shoulder and upper arm. Though it was once a prominent researcher, it is now barely capable of advanced thought nor is it able to hold conversations. SCP-5429 is unable to recall any of its memories prior to 17/03/20211.
Addendum: Discovery and Containment
Prior to discovery, an unrelated containment breach occurred at Site-72. Though the anomaly was a Safe Class and there were no deaths, minor structural damage led to SCP-5429's left arm being dismembered from its body. Emergency surgery to reattach the arm was unsuccessful.
The dismembered limb was placed in cold storage per SCP-5429's request, which was to be used for any containment procedures requiring human flesh.
The following day, however, SCP-5429 returned to Site-72 with both arms intact. SCP-5429 was immediately detained and moved to the Safe Containment Sector. Investigation of SCP-5429's residence took place shortly thereafter. Blood, mucus and torn organ tissue had been spread throughout the home. Furniture and belongings were discovered in a state of disarray.
At the same time, the limb was reported missing from cold storage. The following message was found scratched from within its freezer unit:

arm back you — one only. space no two — bye

The limb is yet to be located.

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Footnotes
1. The day that SCP-5429 was discovered and contained.

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