Item#: 5075

Level1

Containment Class:
esoteric

Secondary Class:
keter

Disruption Class:
vlam

Risk Class:
warning

link to memo

Special Containment Procedures [ARCHIVED]: Venues planning to host "punk rock" performances are to be monitored for any references to The Porcelain Gang Bang. MTF-Xi-75 ("The Sniveling Scips") is assigned to attend these performances and monitor the venues themselves for suspicious activity. In the event SCP-5075 manifests, MTF-Xi-75 will secure the area and alert the Amnestics Department for the detainment of civilians.
Description: SCP-5075 was the designation given to the Merseybeat/garage-rock band known as The Porcelain Gang Bang, who were active between 1961 and 1975. Music performed by SCP-5075 often dealt with themes of anti-authoritarianism, pestilence, and sexual activity. Music performed by SCP-5075 was sung in a mixture of English and an unidentified second language, and possibly carried a memetic effect that allowed all listeners to understand the lyrics in a literal and emotional sense.
The members of SCP-5075 (designated 5075-1 through -4) were humanoid entities dressed in costumes resembling 16th century English masquerade ball outfits with porcelain comedy masks.
SCP-5075 demonstrated the ability to materialize and dematerialize, often appearing in a flicker of light during performances. However, they notably only manifested at venues that could house no more than 900 attendees (primarily pubs). Though the entities were always included on the set list and promotional material of performances they manifested at, organizers do not recall interacting with SCP-5075 or any individual member.
SCP-5075's music appeared to have a psychotropic effect on listeners, causing existential melancholy or overwhelming dread. A select amount of listeners, hereby referred to as SCP-5075-A, expressed feelings of malaise and incompleteness after listening to SCP-5075, and noted a desire to learn the music themselves.

Addenda:

+ Addendum-5075-001: Interview Log (1963)

- Addendum-5075-001: Interview Log (1963)

Interview Log
Interviewer: Researcher Geoff Simpson
Interviewee(s): SCP-5075-1, SCP-5075-2
Foreword: SCP-5075-1 and -2 were informed that Researcher Simpson was a journalist from the occult talk show Thautamenagerie, which was active from 1951 to 1999.

[BEGIN LOG]
Simpson <speaking to the camera>: Is it rolling? Okay. Good evening! My name is Geoff Simpson, of the Thautamenagerie, and today we have two very special guests- I'm interviewing the rising stars of the pub world, the singer and the bassist of The Porcelain Gang Bang!
SCP-5075-1: Hallo, hallo!
SCP-5075-1 bows in its seat.
SCP-5075-1: Good to be here, yeah - very excited, I am.
Simpson: I'm very excited too! It's nice to meet you, I've heard so much.
SCP-5075-1: Oh, thank you, thank you. Too kind.
SCP-5075-2 nods and mumbles in agreement, rocking back and forth.
Simpson: Well, to get us started, I have to ask- what's with the costumes? They're fancy, yeah, very pretty, but don't they get hot?
SCP-5075-1: What costumes?
There is a brief pause, before -1 and -2 burst into laughter. Simpson smiles.
SCP-5075-2: A'ight, a'ight, I'll admit, yeah, we dress up a li'l fancy, we never got to back home! It was horrible, we had to dress like peasants, yeah.
SCP-5075-1: There wasn't a lot we was allowed to do at 'ome- it was all fuckin', dyin' and watchin' the plays- well, okay, haha, the plays were fun, great fun.
SCP-5075-2: Oohoo, great fun, yeah! I 'member, right at the end, when everyone would get up and kill-
SCP-5075-1 punches SCP-5075-2's arm.
SCP-5075-1: Spoilers! God, <unknown word>!
SCP-5075-2 laughs.
SCP-5075-2: Oi, my deepest apologies, sir.
SCP-5075-2 bows in its seat to SCP-5075-1.
Simpson: I, uh, your home doesn't seem any fun.
SCP-5075-1: Sure as hell, it wasn't!
SCP-5075-1 and SCP-5075-2 converse in an unknown language, and then laugh. Simpson nervously laughs after a brief pause.
Simpson: Well, how were you introduced to rock music? Was that allowed?
SCP-5075-1: It was allowed by most of the lords, but the big bad jester didn't like it.
Simpson: Pardon me, but-
SCP-5075-1: It's a funny story, too, how we were introduced to the pub scene here, hehe.
Simpson: Oh, I'm sure, but about the-

At this point the footage begins to degrade, though all three of the individuals present can be seen speaking. The footage jumps forward approximately six minutes.

SCP-5075-2: Well, we was stumbling along Birmingham, see, when we found this quaint li'l store - the girl behind the counter came up, told us she was expecting us, hurried us inside, y'know, handed us our things and kicked us out. 'Twas a bit blurry- don't remember if we paid for them or not? I dunno. Think it was called Syncope- marvelous place, yeah, never been in-an'-out so quick before.
SCP-5075-1 snickers, causing SCP-5075-2 to angrily slap SCP-5075-1's knee. SCP-5075-1 laughs, and SCP-5075-2's hand remains on SCP-5075-1's knee.
Simpson: So, you say you aren't from around here, where are you from?
SCP-5075-1: Don't worry about that bit, it's the mystery that makes it worth the attendance. Same reason we don't sell vinyl.
All three laugh.
SCP-5075-1: Besides… they don't want us, back home. They don't like us, "smears on the community", the Ambassador says.
Simpson: Oh, dear. My deepest apologies. Pardon me, but, the Ambassador?
SCP-5075-2: Ye'h… the jester, sits all high and mighty, up in their, their, uh, hole in the ground, just rubbish. Rubbish, they are, everything has to be for them- But we don't perform for them, right?
SCP-5075-1: 'Ight! We only perform for the King! Spreading the sounds, the true will and such.
Both entities laugh and SCP-5075-2 takes its hand off of SCP-5075-1's knee. Simpson appears confused, but quickly regains his composure.
Simpson: Aha! You certainly are from somewhere else. I can't believe I'm asking this so late in the interview, but, what are your names?
SCP-5075-1 and SCP-5075-2 exchange glances.
SCP-5075-2: Don't worry about that bit.
SCP-5075-2 places its fingers to its lips.
SCP-5075-1 laughs. Simpson briefly talks to the camera about SCP-5075 attempting to mimic promotional material, has SCP-5075-1 and SCP-5075-2 say goodbye, and then ends the interview.
[END LOG]

+ Addendum-5075-002: Melody Maker magazine report of interest (1972)

- Addendum-5075-002: Melody Maker clipping (1972)

'Violent incident at Porcelain Gang Bang show'
Strange events haunted the popular venue "The Canvey Club" this Saturday evening. During a performance by the innovative garage rock band "The Porcelain Gang Bang", what is believed to be a rabid fan attempted to climb on stage. Though they were dragged back by security, the attacker managed to strike the lead singer's leg, injuring his knee. The attacker proceeded to [PSYCHOTROPIC HAZARD REMOVED.] The attendees, though alive, remain in critical condition, and several police officers were killed in the fallout. The attacker, last described as a "tall man in a grey skinsuit […] with no mouth" is still at large. Further updates are currently pending.

Researcher's Note: It is unknown when, where or how the clipping was acquired by the Foundation, nor what event it is referring to. It is currently in storage as an Anomalous Item in the Site-77 archive.

+ Addendum-5075-003: Final performance and presumed termination (1975)

- Addendum-5075-003: Final performance and presumed termination (1975)

Date: ██/██/1975
Location: "Tally Ho" Pub, Kentish Town
Assigned MTF: MTF-Xi-75 ("The Sniveling Scips")
Team members present: Xi-75-A (Golden-Eye), Xi-75-B (Bridges), Xi-75-C (Leslie)

[BEGIN LOG]
Lights flicker. The crowd begins to cheer. After two minutes the entirety of SCP-5075 manifest alongside Baroque-styled props and décor. The audience gradually quiets.
SCP-5075-1: I, uh, haha, I just received word, it's gonna be raining during the show. And- And I want to tell you something to calm you… the night isn't ruined one bit! Because we're gonna rock so hard tonight… it's gonna stop the drops in mid-air.
SCP-5075 begins to tune their instruments. A mist begins to rise from the ground.
Xi-75-A: They're here! Hey, hey, call Amnestics, we gotta lock the exits.
A loud burst of static is heard around the area, and Xi-75-A's mic goes silent. Xi-75-A cannot be seen in any cameras, and does not appear for the rest of the recording.
Xi-75-C: What?
Xi-75-B: I can't hear you!
Xi-75-C: What did she say?
Xi-75-B: Not a clue. Hey, wait, are those-

[SECTION REMOVED - PSYCHOTROPIC HAZARD. 20 MINUTES.]

An individual, later confirmed to be an SCP-5075-A instance, bumps into Xi-75-B.
SCP-5075-A: D'you want to fucking go, mate?
The SCP-5075-A instance pushes Xi-75-C, but Xi-75-B separates the two and falls down in the process. Xi-75-B is trampled by the crowd, and their vision is obscured. The following is recorded on Xi-75-C's camera.

[SECTION REMOVED - PSYCHOTROPIC HAZARD. 170 MINUTES.]

The music along with the crowd grow quiet nearing the concert's end.
SCP-5075-1: My dearest loves; With a heavy heart, I must inform you that we are departing, both from the stage, and from our mortal coils.
The crowd whispers and a few audience members cry out.
Unidentified Person: What?
Xi-75-C: No fucking way.
SCP-5075-1: We all knew this would never last - the Ambassador is closing in, circling, watching us, waiting for the moment to strike. But we need a final favor. Carry our work safely through the gallows and deliver it- through it, submit yourself to the King.
The crowd continues to whisper. SCP-5075-1 raises its hand, and the audience goes silent.
SCP-5075 <collectively>: We bestow upon thee our souls, or at least what's left of them. We bestow upon this mob of mortals our songs and hearts. We bestow our belief and our love, we bestow our grief and our hatred, upon thee, sons and daughters. The bastards born from our minds.
The audience cheers.
SCP-5075 <collectively, including audience>: With this, our blood, it is the Hanged King's.
SCP-5075 proceeds to brutally mutilate, lacerate, eviscerate and strangle each other, notably gripping their injuries and tearing at them in order to cover the audience in the unknown black liquid. The crowd begins to cheer and scream in excitement, even grabbing at the entities and their injuries themselves in order to further harm them. After twenty minutes of brawling, all entities collapse before dematerializing. The lights flicker and then completely go out. The audience members begin to boo, and aggressively turn on each other, engaging in lesser acts of violence. Xi-75-C staggers away from the crowd.
Xi-75-C: What am I doing?
Xi-75-C sends a distress signal to the Amnestics Department, and is punched in the jaw by a SCP-5075-A instance. All MTF-Xi-75 agents are overrun by violent crowd members. The Amnestics Department arrives and doses the area in airborne amnestic drugs, detaining civilians and tending to the wounded.
[END LOG]

"Tally Ho" Post-Action Report:
The bodies of SCP-5075-1 through -4 were not recovered during initial clean-up, and are still missing. Though there were no casualties, all individuals present were left in critical condition. Xi-75-A and Xi-75-B were found unconscious outside of the pub with heavy bruising. Neither recall the events leading up to, and during the incident. Xi-75-C is undergoing psychological screening.
Known SCP-5075-A instances present at the "Tally Ho" incident:

John Lydon
John Ritchie
Dave Parsons
Robin Guy
Brian James

All SCP-5075-A instances present at the performance were detained and amnesticized, and were believed to no longer be under the effects of SCP-5075.
Researcher's Note: It appears 5075's effects were far stronger than we realized.

- Doctor Geoff Simpson

Closing Notes: Multiple containment proposals have been suggested to me, all of which I have summarily denied. SCP-5075 is, unless proven otherwise, Neutralized. It's been inactive for twelve years, if it was still a threat, it would've done something by now.

- Director Shirley Gillespie

« SCP-5074 | SCP-5075 | SCP-5076 »


by J Dune

Item#: 5076

Level2

Containment Class:
keter

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
ekhi

Risk Class:
critical

link to memo

An SCP-5076-A instance clinging to a telephone pole located at Site-5076-1.

Assigned Site
Site Director
Research Head
Assigned Task Force

USINBL Area-179
R. Joseph Barrow
A. Ann Starse
L-8 "Ape Mode"

Cressona, PA, USA: now designated Site-5076-1.

Special Containment Procedures: Law enforcement channels worldwide are to be monitored for clusters of missing persons reports consistent with SCP-5076 activity.
Foundation web crawler Beta-12 ("BANANAPEELER") is to monitor the web for any mention of the phrase 'OBOBAN NATION', as well as any related SCP-5076-related keywords.
Upon confirmation of an SCP-5076 event, personnel are to be dispatched immediately according to procedure 'WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE', detailed in Document-5076-O.
All roads leading to Site-5076-1 have been redirected. A cover story detailing a nuclear meltdown having occurred on 1/18/20 has been disseminated, and all former inhabitants of Site-5076-1 legally declared dead. For a complete operational purview of Veil-keeping regarding Site-5076-1, see Document-5076-V-1.
MTF Lambda-8 "Ape Mode" is to be stationed along the perimeter surrounding Site-5076-1. All online activity originating from Site-5076-1 is to be monitored. If Site-5076-1's Veil is at risk due to the online activities of an SCP-5076-A instance, all internet connection to Site-5076-1 is to be cut off for a duration of 5 hours, and the offending SCP-5076-A instance reprimanded.
Entrance to Site-5076-1 outside of a Veil-restoring operation or as a member of the 5076 Cultural Exchange Liaison is forbidden without the express permission of Area-179's director, and a unanimous vote by the Ethics Committee.
Entities entering or exiting Site-5076-1 without authorization are to be neutralized.
Description: SCP-5076 refers to an anomalous event in which the inhabitants of a moderately sized human population center spontaneously disappear, followed by the appearance of sapient members of the Pongo genus.
As of ██/██/████, SCP-5076 has only occurred once- in Cressona, Pennsylvania- a northeastern borough formerly holding a human population of around 1500. Cressona has since been designated Site-5076-1.
The orangutan specimens inhabiting Site-5076-1- labeled SCP-5076-A, demonstrate intelligence and vocal capabilities comparable to humans as well as a ██-class technological proficiency. Human art, religion, and culture seem to be major topics of interest to SCP-5076-A.
Due to the nature of their appearance at Site-5076-1, SCP-5076-A claims regarding the history and culture of their species cannot be verified. Notable claims include:

SCP-5076-A vocalize using a 'universal communication field', and are capable of speech with any biological life
SCP-5076-A have no connection to non-anomalous members of the Pongo genus existing on earth- referring to them as 'crude effigies'
SCP-5076-A are a race of inter-dimensional nomads known as the Obobans
SCP-5076-A have existed long before humanity

SCP-5076-A have constructed what appears to be a religious shrine at the center of Site-5076-1; a random assortment of machinery- including wires, cables, automobile and computing components- arranged and modified in a way that serves no apparent purpose or function. All SCP-5076-A instances have been observed to gather around this structure at 20:00 daily, appearing to meditate as a group for hours on end. SCP-5076-A have refused to disclose the meaning of this ritual.
A number of religious artifacts written in an unknown language have been recovered from Site-5076-1- seemingly having materialized alongside SCP-5076-A- partly validating claims regarding a history. A translation of these texts- made possible through the assistance of orangutan priests- is pending.
In order to gain a more holistic understanding of Oboban society and beliefs, the 5076 Cultural Liaison was established. For documentation of information gained through this program, see files under 5076-CL-EP. As this exchange is still underway, 5076-CL-EP files will be updated routinely.
Addendum 5076.1: Discovery
@
On 1/18/2020, a staggering amount of emergency calls- mostly regarding missing persons from Cressona, Pennsylvania- came to the Foundation's attention. A large-scale amnestics program was enacted, and the perimeter surrounding Site-5076-1 was secured. A misinformation campaign regarding a nuclear meltdown was disseminated into media and law enforcement channels.
Hours later, a website operating under the name 'OBOBAN NATION' was discovered, hosted from servers in Cressona. The entire website, sans the title, was written in an unknown text. The page depicted images and videos of SCP-5076-A instances engaging in routine activities at Site-5076-1. Scenes depicted Oboban families caring for their offspring, a recording depicting a ritual revolving around the site's makeshift shrine, and a recorded message from SCP-5076-A-402- the apparent leader of Oboban society, addressing the viewer in what is assumed to be the same language the website was written in. Notably, SCP-5076-A-402 does not resemble an adult orangutan.
'OBOBAN NATION' was put under immediate digital quarantine.
Addendum 5076.2: Engagement Log Transcripts
Engagement of SCP-5076-A occurred on 5/19/2020. Because of his experience with dangerous anomalies, as well as his [DATA EXPUNGED], Area-179 senior researcher Dr. Edward Dune was chosen to initiate contact with SCP-5076-A. Researcher Angela Starse kept in contact with Dune via radio.
A body camera was attached to Dr. Dune's person for documentation purposes. Transcripts of the engagement mission are listed below.

► Access File: Engagement Mission-5076.1-1, Codename: First Contact

▼ Close Log

<Begin Recording>
Researcher Starse: You on?
Dr. Dune: Check.
Researcher Starse: Be nice.
<A makeshift barricade of automobiles surrounds the immediate perimeter of Site-5076-1. Several SCP-5076-A instances- possessing firearms seized from a local gun shop- stand guard. Dr. Dune stops before the barricade. Foundation defenses- including ground vehicles and multiple MTF teams- are stationed behind Dune.>
<Dune performs a variety of nonverbal interspecies contact signals>
SCP-5076-A-328: There is no need for gesturing. You are understood.
Dr. Dune: <shouting> You can communicate with us?
SCP-5076-A-328: The communication field binds us to your language.
Dr. Dune: <shouting> Good, good. Monkeys- monkeys from the sky. Obobans, was it? My name is Doctor Edward Dune, and I'm with th-
SCP-5076-A-328: The Foundation. We know who you are.
Dr. Dune: <shouting> Well, shit- we're off to a great start. You know why we're here, then.
SCP-5076-A-328: To catalogue us? To assess our threat level? Doctor, we mean you no harm. Our appearance here will not be permanent. It is best that you leave.
Dr. Dune: <shouting> Can't. Sentient monkeys appear out of the sky and now fifteen-hundred people are missing? Oh, ape-man, you don't know the Foundation.
Researcher Starse: Sapient.
SCP-5076-A-328: You will be of no assistance to us. Guards, hold position. You are denied entrance to Sao'tab.
Dr. Dune: Are you serious right now? Do you see what you're up against? Look behind me. You're armed with shotguns and slingshots!
<pause>
Dr. Dune: <shouting> I'm requesting an audience with your leader.
SCP-5076-A-328: There will be no audie-
<Dune activates both of the Audio Protection Pods in his ear, and turns to the team operating a AM-SB-1V-3 Hertz-Breaker cannon.
Dr. Dune: Fire.
Researcher Starse: Edward, don't you dare-
<The cannon emits a large burst of sound at a frequency of 200 Hz. SCP-5076-A instances are in clear distress, some falling to the ground.>
Dr. Dune: Goddamn, that thing's hot! <shouting> Do I make myself clear?
Researcher Starse: That was cruel.
<SCP-5076-A-328 struggles to prop itself back up to the barricade>
SCP-5076-A-328: Your use of brute force against a defenseless people leaves us no choice. For the protection of Oboban society, your request is granted. We shall escort you, doctor.
<SCP-5076-A instances guarding Site-5076-1 leave their posts and approach Dune>
Researcher Starse: Edward, that was terrible-
Dr. Dune: We don't know what we're dealing with.
Researcher Starse: You know damn well they're not a threat!
Dr. Dune: Fifteen hundred people died, Ang. They're not a threat?
Researcher Starse: This is a first contact engagement mission!
Dr. Dune: This is also an DK-Class Reality Invasion scenario, with potential to lead into an SK-Class Dominance Shift. We are doing what we've always done.
Researcher Starse: They have no-
<SCP-5076-A instances surround Dune>
SCP-5076-A-328: Come with us. You will soon understand the plight of the Oboban, as you have before.
Dr. Dune: The Foundation appreciates your compliance.
<Dune and the SCP-5076-A instances surrounding him walk towards Site-5076-1>
<End Recording>

► Access File: Engagement Mission-5076.1-2, Codename: Diplomatic Relations

▼ Close Log

<Begin Recording>
<Dr. Dune is led through Site-5076-1. Various SCP-5076-A instances can be seen. The party passes the technological construct. Dune asks about the purpose of the structure and receives no answer. The group enters the borough hall. An SCP-5076-A instance slouches at a desk, drinking a can of █████.>
SCP-5076-A-328: Your excellency?
SCP-5076-A-402: Bab? Oh, great.
<SCP-5076-A-328 kneels upon entering SCP-5076-A-402's office>
SCP-5076-A-328: Doctor, I advise you do the same.
Dr. Dune: Mm, I don't do that.
Researcher Starse: Get over yourself!
SCP-5076-A-328: This is our leader- Architon Gabo'an XVI, the first of his gene-pod.
Dr. Dune: The head monkey, huh? I have-
SCP-5076-A-402: We can skip the formalities. Tobe, leave.
SCP-5076-A-328: As you wish, sir.
<SCP-5076-A-328: leaves the office>
SCP-5076-A-402: <laughing> More Foundation?
Dr. Dune: Right, that's a good place to start. What do you mean by that? You're aware of us, and-
SCP-5076-A-402: We've met your kind before. Well, versions of your kind.
Dr. Dune: Other realities?
SCP-5076-A-402: Mhm, and you're all useless.
Dr. Dune: Interdimensional, I presume?
SCP-5076-A-402: You bet.
Dr. Dune: Why here?
SCP-5076-A-402: Not sure. Didn't pick it.
Dr. Dune: You expect me to believe that?
SCP-5076-A-402: Our Canvas guides us.
Dr. Dune: Where's the people?
SCP-5076-A-402: The people?
Dr. Dune: Oh, only the fifteen hundred plus people that disappeared when you showed up. Where are they?
SCP-5076-A-402: Collateral damage. Not a conscious choice.
Dr. Dune: Shitty answer.
SCP-5076-A-402: It's the only one you're going to get.
<pause>
Dr. Dune: What do you want?
SCP-5076-A-402: Six months.
Dr. Dune: And then?
SCP-5076-A-402: We'll be gone.
Dr. Dune: Why? Why here?
SCP-5076-A-402: We're nomads, doctor. It's how we live.
Dr. Dune: No home planet? You just wander aimlessly, taking land that doesn't belong to you?
SCP-5076-A-402: Do you know what a nomad is?
Dr. Dune: You're quite young.
SCP-5076-A-402: And I'm still older than you.
Dr. Dune: Yeah, I doubt that.
SCP-5076-A-402: We're staying.
Dr. Dune: Not my decision.
SCP-5076-A-402: The other Foundations let us stay.
Dr. Dune: Again, not my decision.
<A visibly aged SCP-5076-A instance- wearing a cloth stole- enters the room>
SCP-5076-A-299: That's enough. If I may interject, doctor, you may find our case to be more compelling than our young ruler may let on.
SCP-5076-A-402: Bo'naub? Don't-
SCP-5076-A-299: Diplomacy is not your strong suit, child.
Dr. Dune: And you are?
SCP-5076-A-299: Bo'naub Oree. High Generator of our sect.
Dr. Dune: Religious leader?
SCP-5076-A-299: Yes, and one more suited to talk to you on this manner.
Dr. Dune: Look, I just need to understand what the hell happened here-
SCP-5076-A-299: Unfortunately, the boy is right. Even I cannot explain the specifics behind our means of travel. It is, what you call-
Dr. Dune: An anomaly, right.
SCP-5076-A-299: I am deeply sorry for the tragedy our appearance here has brought upon you, but we are a hurting people, doctor. We have done a great deal for this universe, and many-
Dr. Dune: I don't care. Like I said, it isn't my choice, and I doubt you'll be able to stay.
SCP-5076-A-299: We are recovering from war! We carry no weapons of our own, no ill will against your people, and are willing to follow your procedures. Please, do not be like the Foundations before you! The atrocities we have suffered in the past are forgiven! We beg for your permission to exist.
<pause>
Dr. Dune: I-
Researcher Starse: They can stay.
Dr. Dune: Ang, we-
Researcher Starse: Tell them they can stay.
Dr. Dune: Uh, just a second.
<Dr. Dune walks outside of the office doors>
Dr. Dune: Who the fuck do you think you are?
Researcher Starse: Edward, I can't believe I'm hearing this from you. The man who would curse out an O5 if they spilled his coffee is suddenly worried about the chain of command?
Dr. Dune: We can't just let them stay! We don't even-
Researcher Starse: Why not? Why the hell not, Edward?
Dr. Dune: We don't understand them-
Researcher Starse: Were you even paying attention in there? I will not allow genocide, doctor. I don't care where on the hierarchy I fall. Tell them that they're safe.
Dr. Dune: Ang, I just don't know if I can promise that. God, I don't want to have to tell them that they need to leave, but-
Researcher Starse: Cold, not cruel, Edward. Isn't that what you used to tell me? Can't we do something good for once?
<pause>
Dr. Dune: <exhaling> You're right. Okay.
Researcher Starse: Thank you.
Dr. Dune: Besides, when was the last time I got reprimanded for anything, eh?
<Dune reenters the office>
Dr. Dune: We'll help you guys out-
SCP-5076-A-299: Thank you!
<SCP-5076-A-299 embraces Dune, who stumbles backward>
Dr. Dune: Okay, okay! Get off!
<Dune pushes SCP-5076-A-299 off>
Dr. Dune: Alright, listen. I don't know how, or in what way- but we're not going to chase you guys away. I'll tell you this though, if you're staying- you're going to be seeing quite a bit of us.
SCP-5076-A-299: That's understandable, doctor. Our people thank you.
SCP-5076-A-402: Hold it right there.
SCP-5076-A-299: Gabo'an!
SCP-5076-A-402: Quiet. I'm not going to deal with all of <gesturing> this!
Dr. Dune: Excuse me?
SCP-5076-A-299: Please, doctor- he-
SCP-5076-A-402: This whole lock down, containment thing. How do I put it? Uh- we like your stuff.
Dr. Dune: What are you talking about?
SCP-5076-A-402: If we're staying, we get the internet back.
Dr. Dune: You're fucking with me.
SCP-5076-A-402: Oh, I'm very serious, doctor. I'm not spending six months doing nothing.
Dr. Dune: Now this is beyond my jurisdiction. Angela, you see what happens when you give an inch?
Researcher Starse: Uh, it'd certainly be a security issue without precautions-
SCP-5076-A-299: Gabo'an, this is ridiculous.
SCP-5076-A-402: I'm not just going to sit here!
Dr. Dune: Yeah, I'm leaving. You can deal with this one, Ang.
<Dune exits the borough hall. Dozens of SCP-5076-A soldiers stand outside the building- pointing their weapons at him>
Dr. Dune: Christ.
<Dune traces a circle onto his palm, preparing to [DATA EXPUNGED]>
Researcher Starse: Edward.
Dr. Dune: Fine.
<Dune raises both of his hands above his head>
<End Recording>

► Access File: Engagement Mission-5076.1-3, Codename: Negotiations

▼ Close Log

Preliminary Notes: Per request, Senior Researcher Angelina Starse was tasked with entering Site-5076-1 and negotiating with the SCP-5076-A instances, as well as retrieving Dr. Dune after his moderately hostile encounter with the Oboban leadership. As the threat to Dr. Dune's life was perceived as low, Starse entered Site-5076-1 without any accompaniment.
<Begin Recording>
Extraneous dialogue removed. Starse makes her way to the borough hall, which is guarded by various SCP-5076-A instances. After conversing with the duo of guards at the door, she makes her way into the main office, where SCP-5076-A-402 sits at his desk, fixated on a hand-held video game device. SCP-5076-A-299 is present. Starse kneels.
Researcher Starse: Sir.
SCP-5076-A-299: Your formality is appreciated.
Researcher Starse: Thank you. Bo'naub, right?
SCP-5076-A-299: Yes.
Researcher Starse: Okay, my name is Angelina, and I'm with the Foundation. I apologize for the, uh, boldness of my colleague- but we're willing to help your people, as long as you can comply with a few regulations we have in place.
SCP-5076-A-402: That's fine and dandy, Ang- as long as those regulations don't cut off our internet access.
Researcher Starse: For recreational purposes?
SCP-5076-A-402: Yes.
Researcher Starse: Bo'naub?
SCP-5076-A-299: I cannot go against the wishes of his excellency, as much as I may disagree with them.
SCP-5076-A-402: Look, if we're going to stay here, we need something to do. We just want to play a couple games here and there, nothing major.
Researcher Starse: Sir, I can't guarantee anything at the moment- but I'm sure we can find a compromise. An isolated network might be a possibility, but as it stands- nothing will get done without compliance on your part as well. Do you see what I'm getting at?
SCP-5076-A-402: You want your friend back.
Researcher Starse: That would be a start.
SCP-5076-A-402: He's in there. <gesturing towards a closet>
<Starse appears to hold back laughter>
Researcher Starse: May I retrieve him?
SCP-5076-A-402: It doesn't matter to me, he's an asshole.
Researcher Starse: That may be true.
<Starse opens the closet. Dune sits on a box, arms crossed and visibly agitated.>
Researcher Starse: Edward.
Dr. Dune: Shut up.
<Dune leaves the closet. Starse pulls a chair in front of the desk where SCP-5076-A-402 sits.
Researcher Starse: We're willing to help your people, your excellency. You have a clear interest in our culture, and we'd be happy to oblige. Of course, we'd have to make things official, but a cultural liaison, internet access, and protection are definitely in the cards. Does that sound about right?
SCP-5076-A-299: And what would your Foundation expect from us?
Researcher Starse: Only information. We'd like to study your culture, with your assistance, of course.
<SCP-5076-A-299 is visibly uncomfortable>
Researcher Starse: I would oversee the committee. You would be safe, I can assure that.
SCP-5076-A-402: It's fine by me. Bo'naub, you said the other Foundations barely communicated.
Dr. Dune: I want nothing to do with this, Ang.
SCP-5076-A-299: We accept your concessions.
Researcher Starse: Thank you.
<Starse discusses the logistics and planning of a cultural liaison, as well as various other topics with the SCP-5076-A leadership. Over the duration of the 3 hour conversation, Dune paces himself throughout the room. For a complete transcript of this recording, as well as any other cultural exchange related documents, see 5076-CL-EP-001.>
<End Recording>

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Access SCiPNET Email? One (1) new message!

Re:SUBJECT

To: Researcher Angelina Starse (ten.pcs.hcrsr|esrats.a#ten.pcs.hcrsr|esrats.a)
From: Dr. Edward Dune (ten.pcs.hcrsr|enud.e#ten.pcs.hcrsr|enud.e)
Subject: SCP-5076 File Draft Peer Review

Hey Ang, just read over the file- everything seems to be in order. I corrected a few SPaG errors. Nothing major, really- except, oh- it seems that you've misspelled orangutan in every goddamn instance of the word.
36! 36 fucking times you used the word 'orangutang'. 36 times I had to correct a middle-school level mistake in what's going to be an official Foundation document. What the hell, Ang? Just because you're hanging around a bunch of primates doesn't give you the excuse to start spelling like one. Get your shit together.
Anyways, I had another question: why are you writing as if this wasn't just a one-time thing? SCP-5076 should be designated Cressona, not the event of monkeys appearing out of thin air, yeah? It's ultimately your call, but it's something to consider. I doubt Roman's going to approve of those conprocs just because there's a slight chance it'll happen again. Maybe I'm missing something, though. It's late. Get back to me soon.
Regards,
Dr. Edward T. Dune, Senior Researcher, Area-179

NEW MESSAGE!

To: Dr. Edward Dune (ten.pcs.hcrsr|enud.e#ten.pcs.hcrsr|enud.e)
From: Researcher Angelina Starse (ten.pcs.hcrsr|esrats.a#ten.pcs.hcrsr|esrats.a)
Subject: Re:SCP-5076 File Draft Peer Review

Edward, it was a spelling error. This is why you're a frequent topic of discussion for Site Administration.
Onto business- yes, you have every right to question my judgement on the SCP-5076 denotation. In fact, I was midway through the first draft when I got news from the Liaison team. Those translations they were working on with Bo'naub are done. He was reluctant to translate this particular book, but felt he was 'doing the right thing'- apparently against the wishes of Gabo'an.
I took a look at them, and- well, I think it's best for you to see for yourself.
Pet theory: that thing they're building in the center of town? It's not a shrine. It's a communications tower, and every night they're sending a distress signal to whatever is left of their race.
I've attached the addendum below. You'll see what I mean. We should be cautious, Edward.
I'm not sure what we've gotten ourselves into.
Best Wishes,
Angelina Starse, Senior Researcher, Area-179

Addendum 5076.3: Recovered and Translated Artifact from Site-5076-1
The following is a translated portion from the SCP-5076-A religious text- On Creation, and its End- supposedly written by a great Oboban prophet-king, foretelling the 'death of life', and the last days of SCP-5076-A society:

We, great Progenitors of Life,
Universe, sing to us
Our Creations bear Creations,
Images of us
Eons, this will be so
I say, this will be so
All 13 Houses of Bo-Too'a
United, creating, traveling
We, nomad Gods of Life
Creations, vast and without end
Will one day fall
In the Millennia of the Damned
He will come
The Tribes Shall Be Split
on the Black Night of His arrival
Our Canvas shall cry out and soon be silenced
By the Jaws of His Presence
We shall run, endlessly throughout our Creation
He will pursue
We will scatter, to the depths and cracks of Our Canvas
Each time, He will find us
Brothers and Sisters lost, awaiting contact
He has already found them
Wherever our House be built
He will dismantle it
I say to you, listen
His coming is swift- His pursuit endless
Dread Devourer of Stars, He is inescapable
The Prison of Glass cannot stand
The Chains of String cannot hold
The Blaspheme of Order cannot continue
Wherever we roam
The Death of Life follows

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An entrance to former Site-61. Several D-Class personnel have confirmed that SCP-5077 is present in the doorway.

Item #: SCP-5077
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: At least two D-Class personnel are to be stationed within SCP-5077-A at all times in order to affirm that SCP-5077 is not present inside it. If at any point this cannot be affirmed, all information related to SCP-5077 is to be deleted, then all individuals with knowledge of SCP-5077 (including D-class personnel) are to be amnesticized and reassigned to other projects.
Description: SCP-5077 is an intangible, cognitohazardous entity believed to be responsible for a number of anomalous events at Site-61 prior to its evacuation on 12/21/2016. SCP-5077 is invisible to all Foundation employees, save for D-Class personnel. Descriptions of its form vary, but most describe it as a hovering loose bundle of multicolored cables and ribbons, approximately half a meter across.
Several times throughout 2016, SCP-5077 appeared in common areas in Site-61. Each time, D-Class personnel failed to report it, and so it went unnoticed. It was only discovered after the mass containment breach of Site-61 prompted a complete review of events and a series of intense interrogations of D-Class personnel.
Prior to the containment breach and subsequent abandonment of Site-61, SCP-5077 caused multiple anomalous events, including the following:

Interruption of a D-Class training seminar with an electromagnetic pulse that disabled necessary electronics
Corrosion of pipe infrastructure in D-Class housing cells
Alteration and destruction of human testing logs for SCP-████
Poisoning of multiple testing directors
Incitement of a D-Class riot

Due to the high concentration of D-Class personnel at Site-61, the latter incident resulted in a cascading containment breach of mind-affecting anomalies. This prompted a mass evacuation and abandonment of Site-61. Subsequent MTF operations in early 2017 managed to re-contain or neutralize all known anomalies on-site, with the exception of SCP-5077. Most D-Class personnel not previously evacuated were rescued and amnesticized. Those who were hostile or otherwise unrecoverable were terminated.
From 2017 to late 2019, SCP-5077 was spotted at multiple Foundation sites, always in the vicinity of personnel who had previously been assigned to Site-61. While SCP-5077 was present, these personnel experienced negative events such as falls, traffic collisions, accidental poisonings, etc. Though they were rarely fatal, these incidents were hard to prevent due to the difficulty of detecting SCP-5077's presence. SCP-5077 did not manifest near the same individual more than once.
Since late 2019, SCP-5077 has only been observed in D-Class lodgings. Due to stricter counterintelligence guidelines imposed on D-Class after the containment breach at Site-61, these incidents are nearly always reported to Foundation personnel. No further anomalous effects have been noted.
SCP-5077-A is a cafeteria in former Site-61. Research into SCP-5077's thaumaturgical workings has indicated that SCP-5077-A is likely where SCP-5077 first manifested, and that the anomaly is likely to return there in the near future. SCP-5077-A has been outfitted with ritual-breaking devices that will neutralize the anomaly when it appears.
Further research has indicated that more precise details regarding the origin or mechanism of SCP-5077 are highly cognitohazardous, with effects including severe illness and death. As such, upon the neutralization of SCP-5077, there will be no reason to retain this dangerous information, and this entry will be marked for deletion.

Open Database Console

Close Database Console

Does the black moon howl?
Only when unseen.
Welcome, Administrator.
Retrieve log of council meeting regarding Site-61. Keyword "SCP-5077".
Retrieved. Log begins:
O5-8: So, SCP-5077?
O5-11: Yes. A slot formerly belonging to a Safe anomaly, since neutralized.
O5-8: This is significant, you know. Site-61's human testing was making significant progress towards improved containment protocols for numerous anomalies. That's not something we can afford to lose.
O5-11: It's a loss, but a survivable one. There are far greater trials to come, and controlling the narrative now will save us in the long run.
O5-2: And how do we prevent future losses, when we fail to understand the mechanisms of our failures?
O5-11: The mechanism of 5077 is irrelevant, as is the source.
O5-2: We know the source. How are we meant to avoid another Site-61 if knowledge of the dangers is suppressed?
O5-11: From the top down. Already, we're decentralizing the use of D-Class across sites, mitigating the threat of a critical mass ever being reached. Changes to orientation have made D-Class much more likely to inform on each other. Anomalies like 5077 will never have the chance to form again.
O5-2: But the underlying actions remain unchanged.
O5-11: You want to slow us down now, at such a critical moment in the history of our organization? To give ammunition to the bleeding hearts? A schism like that is exactly what we must avoid.
O5-6: The bleeding hearts are secondary. The Ethics Committee is a more pressing concern.
O5-11: The Ethics Committee won't touch what they believe to be a cognitohazard. Nor will they stand in the way of its deletion.
O5-6: We're playing with fire.
O5-11: No. We're extinguishing it. We've argued for long enough. It's time for a vote.

YEA
NAY
ABSTAIN

O5-01

O5-13

O5-03

O5-04

O5-05

O5-06

O5-07

O5-08

O5-09

O5-10

O5-11

O5-12

O5-11: That's what I thought.
End log.
Expunge the record.
Log deleted.
Retrieve file "Dreamwalker".
Retrieved. D-Class Status Report.
That will be all.
Goodbye, Administrator.

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NOTICE FROM THE FOUNDATION SCIENCE DIVISION
The following file contains information related to the Markhaven monitoring project and as such is limited to Foundation personel with Marduke level clearance.
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Isolate. Stabilize. Communicate.

Link To Guide
Item#:5078
Clearance Level 2: Clearance

Containment Class: safe

Secondary Class: Gödel

Disruption Class: #/dark

Risk Class: #/notice

Subclass: Alterius

Assigned Site
Site Director

Site-145
Drs. Juliette Lewis and Clark Hamilton

257 Eagleton Street, Markhaven, Indiana. Current residence housing SCP-5078.

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5078 is contained In situ within 257 Eagleton Street, Markhaven, Indiana. The property has been purchased through a Foundation front company, and converted into provisional Site-145. A glass panel has been installed into the front wall of SCP-5078 for the purpose of communication with SCP-5078's inhabitants. Following review by the Ethics Committee, interviews and periods of observation are to be conducted with breaks1.
The prevalent political and social culture within Markhaven is built upon paranoia, distrust of outsiders and staunch social conservativsm, leading to the requirement for Foundation officials within Markhaven to be given elaborate backstories and aliases. Drs. Juliette Lewis and Hamilton Clark are currently portraying Lucille and Andrew Finch, a 'new-generation' Markhaven family. In case of a cover breach, amnestics have been authorized for administration as a last resort option.
Description: SCP-5078 is the designation given for an atomic age fallout shelter and its inhabitants, collectively refered to as SCP-5078-1-2.
SCP-5078 is partially subterranean, with the majority of the structure located underneath a suburban house in Markhaven, Indiana. SCP-5078, and by extension its inhabitants, were believed to have been unnoticed by the home's previous occupants, owing to a substantial layer of earth covering the majority of the structure. Soil samples taken from the soil layer show an abnormal amount of radioactive particles present, alongside trace elements of unidentifiable or undiscovered materials. Microbiological analysis of the soil has shown evidence of a substantial amount of colonial organisms, believed to be previously unidentified species of protist. Colonial observation has shown that the organisms, anaerobic2 extremophiles, produce oxygen through the decomposition of molecular and radioactive waste. This oxygen is transferred into SCP-5078 through tiny cavities present within the foundation of the structure. The external structure is built primarily out of a material superficially resembling concrete, albeit containing primarily foreign, unidentified materials. The structural foundation contains numerous cavities and holes, containing colonies of organisms similar to the oxygenating soil-based microbes. Both colonies are believed to either belong to the same species, or are closely related. Currently, the only noticed difference is habitat, with the structural organisms classified as polyextremophile cryptoendoliths3.
Internally, SCP-5078 is composed of one large room, crudely cordoned into separate spaces, with a common living space, and bedroom doubling as a kitchen. The interior is lightly furnished, with furniture and decor designed in an aesthetic closely resembling Soviet Minimalism. Of the various material items present within the structure, none are thought to contain anomalous characteristics or origins. SCP-5078 contains two humans, self-identified as Galina4 and Dmitri Artamev, a couple of Russian descent. Both Galina and Dimitri maintain that they have been married for twenty six years, and lived in the Soviet city of Stalingrad.5 Neither resident has clear memories of living in America outside of SCP-5078.

Dimitri and Galina Artamev. Photo dated to 1972, received during the last meeting between the two and Dr. Lewis. Unable to identify the entity in the middle of the photograph.

Both entities are believed to not require either nutrient or caloric intake, as evidenced by observation in which neither entity ate or drank, no observation of bowel movements or urination, and an apparent lack of any food within the structure. Present hypotheses suggest abnormal metabolic functions, or receipt of sustenance through the microorganic materials and organisms present within SCP-5078's external environment. The current theory put forth by Dmitri Artamev suggests that his lack of sustenance is a side effect related to him and his wife's sudden appearance within SCP-5078.
Addendum No. 1 Communication Attempts
Communications with SCP-5078-1/2 have been currently unfruitful owing to a language divide between the two groups. A Foundation translater fluent in Russian determined that the language spoken by SCP-5078-1/2 is currently untranslateable into English. Linguistic analysis has shown that the language spoken and written by SCP-5078-1/2 is superficially comparable to Russian, but written in a radically different style of Cyrillic script, and following differing language rules, spelling and pronunciation. Furthermore, both entities appear to speak in a heavy accent, leaving a translation into English near impossible.
English is poorly understood by both entities. Dr. Juliette Lewis, head of the Foundation Linguistics Department attempted basic conversation with both SCP-5078 entities. Dr. Lewis was able to give a simple English dictionary to both entities, and later discovered that both SCP-5078-1/2 were able to understand some basic English terms and words through writing, labels and household items found within the structure. Various household items found within SCP-5078 were believed to have been written in Cyrillic text, but later changed to English. The cause is currently unknown but is hypothesized to relate to the transfer of SCP-5078 to current reality.
This is further corroborated by viewing several items within SCP-5078; the English writing is choppy and stilted. As an example, the label on a container of laundry soap describes it as, 'Lather Cloth Washing.'
For a one month period, starting in December, Dr. Lewis kept a record of written questions and answers put forward and answered by SCP-5078-1/2. Dr. Lewis interviewed both separately, starting with SCP-5078-1.
Addendum No. 1-A: Dmitri Interview

What is your name?

Dimitri. My wife is Galina Artamev.

How long have you been together?

Many. (SCP-5078-1 holds up its hands, fingers outstretched. SCP-5078-1 then holds up their palm again, and one finger on the right.)

How long have you been inside?

Many Years. Time is long. Years and days.

Why are you here, Dimitri? Here in Markhaven?

I do not know of Markhaven, that is were this is?There was a brightness stronger then the Unidentifiable. People (gestures to themselves)… dead. Many room (pointing to walls) like this one. In the cities. Big… (Shaking.) We went here, to be safe, and we (praying gesture) to God, to keep us alive. He gave. Gave everything.

What was the day that it had happened?

November 4, 1980. I do not like to speak about it.

Together, right now, you happy, or sad?

Yes. Very happy. (Smiles.) (Belly style laugher)

What makes you happy?

Galina makes me happy. The newspaper, hearing the radio, old song, singing. She is gone, yes?

Have you wanted to ever leave?

Of course I do. This is not a life. Happy together, and safe, but this is not life. Better then being burnt. But it is not a happy outcome. I don't want to her to hear that. That I want to leave sometimes. But it is not safe. We do not know of the world outside. How it will treat us.

And why is that?

I feel trampled. Trapped, trapped, that's it
yes. I am not happy, sometime, no. But I do not show it. It would make Galina upset. I feel sometimes… Guilt. That is the word, guilt. Unhappiness about being unhappy. So many did not make it, and here, upset I am-

It is a normal thing to feel. It's referred to as Survivor's Guilt.

I do not know of such thing. I do not think of myself as a survivor. I am happy with Galina. I am happy we are together. But as a survivor, I do not think of that. To survive, yes, there has to be something left to look forward to, something to return to. There is nothing left. Only us. I will do everything I can for her. And she wants to see me happy, so I will be happy for her. She has nothing, so little left.

Dmitri, are you happy?

I do not know, sometimes I am, sometimes I am not. It has been so long. I admit, I try to make Galina happy, because I will feel happy myself.

Is it working?

I do not know.

Addendum No. 1-B: Galina Interview

You are Galina?

Yes. Yes, that is my name. My mother told me it was the same as a flower. She was not right- but I wore it still, on my sleeve.

And what did you to do, for work?

Factory, for husband. I work fields. It was good life. Very good. Hard, but very good. We trust in the lord, and he brought us good life.

And here? Is this a good life?

I do not know if this is good life. Being safe, that is good thing. I am so happy to have my husband with me. It would be such lonely time without him. I wish I could break the walls and leave with him. But the world is not safe.

Is there any other reason that you stay?

For him, of course. Dmitri seems happy, so happy here. I do not want to take that away from him. His happiness is important to me. He left behind everyone. Only us, I think, only us, were spared. I do not know why. God perhaps plays jokes with us.

Galina, are you happy?

There are days were I am, days were I am not. I would say that it is the same for Dmitri. He has hard days, as have I. What I said about wanting to leave, wanting to flee- it is true. But it is also home. It is confusing. Very confusing.

What do you look forward to, Galina?

I don't know what will occur after. We will take days at our own time. We will be together, we will be here, as always. Our happiness is from one-another. We will be here, always.

Addendum No. 3: Dr. Hamilton's Notes
Dr. Hamilton kept a journal detailing his experiences with SCP-5078-1/2 for the duration of his stay within Markhaven, Indiana. Following RAISA requirements, the journal entries have been added to SCP-5078's file for the purpose of record keeping and further investigation.

December 9th, 1980.
The two of us have been in Markhaven for about a month now. We're still strangers here. I can't wrap my head around everything here, how clean everything is, how it feels like we're in a faux Disneyland Americana. Yeah, that'd be how I'd describe it, like Disneyland. Everything too clean, everyone too happy, smiles on every face regardless of what is going on. After the apocalypse, folks from hundreds of years from now would find their remains, charred yet smiling and grinning.
I feel a kinship with Galina and Dimitri. They're strangers in a strange land. They don't understand this world, same as I don't. Jules is teaching them English, and while we still really cannot communicate, I feel myself becoming friends with the both of them, but especially Dmitri. I can barely understand him- regardless of whatever language he's speaking, the accent makes it so hard to understand anything. But that doesn't matter, I don't think. Just being able to be near him. I think it makes him happy, to have a friend here. Juliette hasn't been able to figure out exactly why they're here, let alone here in our basement, but again, I don't mind. I really don't. I haven't had neighbors since I've started working at The Foundation,- and I don't think that they've had neighbors as well.
It's a nice feeling, for both of us.

December 13th, 1980.
Jules made progress today. They're from the Soviet Union. Not… Our Soviet Union, the USSR of our world, but the USSR of their world. I don't think neither of us had any doubts that both Galina and Dimitri had came from somewhere else. You could tell. The bewildered look, the clothing that doesn't look quite right. Not needing to eat. Not understanding this and that.
The thing that worries me, though, is what if this escapes? Not them, but the idea that if the knowledge that two Soviet civilians are here, trapped in an American vault in the middle of fucking nowhere? Imagine the anger that would occur- Rockets would fly, as would ours.
Maybe that's how they got here. From rockets. They didn't board them, but the rockets and missiles hit their little prison, and pushed it far into us. What if that happens to us? That either of them escape, or if the veil is ripped, and both the UIU and GRU had heard, and then their rockets will fly, and hit us- perhaps both Juliette and I will be trapped in a little room, being watched by strange Russians writing down this and that, every little thing we do.

January 1st, 1981.
Today is our last day with Dmitri and Galina. A skeleton crew is being transferred in; we have more important things to do within Markhaven, it seems.
I will miss both of them terribly. I read Juliette's notes, and the interview logs. Both of them seem to fluctuate between hopefulness and despair. Neither of them are happy for themselves, only for each other, it seems. Better then a lot of people, perhaps. Not everyone can adapt in the same way. At all. Even though, I do not know if I'd consider them to actually adapt. It seems too difficult, and every little thing could go wrong. Maybe they're managing well, and what they've told us is all facade. It could be.
We had a meal for them. For the new year. Neither of them could eat or really understand us, but the company was so good for all of us here. The little things. Dmitri gave us a bottle of Vodka, and we gave both of them my old Beatles records. The gift exchange was wonderful.
We got closer to them, I think, then all the interviews and communication attempts. They're good people. They're very good people. Good people in a situation that they can't understand, neither can we. When I look outside, and I see the rockets fire, the point is so close to me. That this will be all of us- trapped in itty bitty bunkers, waiting for the world to pass, an endgame.
Like Hamm and Clov. There are no winners in the war, just little people trapped like Galina and Dimitri.

Footnotes
1. Current consensus among Foundation staff associated with SCP-5078 is that frequent observation and excessive interviews will lead SCP-5078-1 and -2 to be distrustful of the Foundation and will artificially affect their current day-to-day schedule
2. An organism capable of living without oxygen.
3. Organisms that live within rock pores or structural cavities.
4. Neé Tartakovsky.
5. Now referred to as Leningrad.

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Temperature readings of the cosmic background radiation spectrum, one of the components used to detect 5080-ℷ.

Item #: SCP-5080
Object Class: Safe-doctrina
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5080 has already occurred. Research is being performed by the Department of Astronomy and the Department of Esoteric Physics to yield a plausible explanation for the phenomena, operating under direct O5 purview until further notice. Due to the technological requirements for detecting the phenomena, civilian discovery is considered a non-risk.
Description: SCP-5080 is a set of far-past cosmic phenomena discovered by Foundation astronomy teams over the course of 2021. Each phenomenon results from events which occurred prior to 10-12 seconds of cosmic time, one picosecond after the Big Bang.
Initial observations were conducted using separate experimental techniques and equipment. Until further testing can be performed, it is not yet verified whether the phenomena are truly present or are results owing to unidentified technological errors.
Phenomena and associated discoveries are categorized below.
5080-ALEPH:

5080-ℵ is the detected cosmic ontological background. Deriving from methods of enhancing human concept recognition, developed by the Metaphysics Department for the containment of conceptual anomalies, and the Ontological Reference Index, a Foundation database storing information on all known and human-interpretable concepts, the Astronomy Department constructed the MONAD Receiver Array. When neurally linked to a human subject, the Array causes a dramatic increase in the brain's natural ability to recognize ideas associated with its surrounding environment, which can be focused by connecting to cosmological research satellites. Theoretically, this could permit the detection of concepts from the very early universe.
The Array was run uninterrupted from March to May of 2021. Results were wholly filtered of neurological noise by AIC units by June. Identified base concepts, along with their associated components, are as follows:

Base Concept
Associated Concepts

Worms
Flesh, wriggle, grow

Flesh
Not flesh

Sensation (physical)
Mushy

Laws of physics
Esophagus

Gravity
Missing

Sound
Moaning

Light
Immense

Crown
N/A

Union
N/A

Elation
Instantaneous

Shock
Instantaneous

5080-BET

5080-ℶ is the cosmic psionic background, as unintentionally detected in a joint procedure by the Astronomy Department and the Psionics Division to measure ambient interstellar Ψ-waves. While a background of faint psionic radiation was anticipated during research, all deployed satellites recorded abnormally intense Ψ-wave bursts with identical characteristics, dating to a cosmic time frame of 10-32—10-12 seconds.
The first conversion of the bursts into interpretable data is a transcription of all contained human-comprehensible thoughts (5080-ℶ/1). 5080-ℶ/1 text is below.

13.
12.
Un-warm.
11.
10.
All skin?
9.
Skin.
8.
7.
Melting is encouraged.
6.
This particle peels around your eye. And now its field congeals around your taste buds. Teeth? Certainly. You can bite the stars with them.
5.
I cannot pry through. You can slip through. Don't drink the amniotic fluid; sink in, and you can squirm in.
4.
Melt and push through. I did.
It's easier to drink the universe when you've slipped into its throat again.
3.
2.
1.
Bodies?
They are nominal.
Tongues?
They are nominal.
The warmth thudding through each other's cavities?
We are nominal.
Now enacting Procedure 000/UNIVERSALIS.
We should be proud.
We are.
We always will be.
It has always been for the best; it has always been justified.
These births pass through our guts.
These embryos dissolve in whimpers where they can never reach us anymore.
Let us rejoice. Let us secure. Let us—
Oh.
Oh.
Why is there fire.

Attempts were made to derive physical sensations from the Ψ-wave data; a memetic glyph (5080-ℶ/2) was created to store the exact qualia, though subjects who observe it only experience a brief, extreme pain response.
A second glyph (5080-ℶ/3) was created with the goal of only storing visual data. When observed, subjects claim to see "a missile."

5080-GIMEL

In response to the discovery 5080-ℵ and 5080-ℶ, preexisting data on the cosmic background radiation was ran through a series of memetic decoding processes. Presuming theories of mass–energy–information equivalence are correct, then any substantial informational abnormalities could be discerned in the same way the psionic and conceptual abnormalities were.
Decoding completed in December of 2021. Information produced was non-hazardous, consisting of a message in base-0 and an image. Translated message text is below:

If you are reading this, you are not contained.
Enjoy.
They can never take this away from you.

The image is the logo of the Temporal Anomalies Department.

NOTICE FROM THE O5 COUNCIL
Personnel assigned to SCP-5080 are to halt all research immediately.
Any information on the anomaly accessible to you must be destroyed through any means necessary. Task forces are being deployed to assist you in these efforts. On completion, remain at your position to await amnesticization.
This file will be deleted in 3 hours.

EMERGENCY ALERT
Temporal Anomalies Department personnel are to be terminated on-sight.

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ATTENTION
Pursuant to 16CFR1450e11, the following document is subject to security protocol HATTUSA CLAY. The SCiPnet intranet has detected anomalous tampering with the following document. Caution is advised for all readers.

Item #: SCP-5081 Snacko™ Brand Delectable Edibles
Object Class: Euclid Explained
Special Containment Procedures:
WHEREAS, the defendant has been accused of libel against the plaintiff with the publication of the document 'SCP-5081', and
WHEREAS, the defendant has damaged the plaintiff's livelihood via said rumors, and
WHEREAS, evidence has been produced where the defendant stole and destroyed the plaintiff's property, and
WHEREAS, the defendant resorted to specifically targeting the plaintiff's patrons for physical harassment, and
WHEREAS, the defendant attempted to purloin and devalue intellectual property belonging to the plaintiff by publicizing trade secrets to members of its internal organization, and
WHEREAS, the defendant of libel suit 2020-L-151298 (Snacko™ vs Foundation) was absent from the hearing:
The court has ruled in favor of the plaintiff (Snacko™ Foods LLC). As compensation for damages caused, the SCP Foundation (henceforth referred to as 'Foundation'), shall be made to:

Pay a sum of 132,000,000 USD to the plaintiff as compensation for damages.
Delete the libelous texts displayed in the most prominent of the offending documents (titled 'SCP-5081')
Allow the plaintiff to publish a clarification regarding their company and their products on the said document for a duration of up to 10 years.

SCP-5081 All products produced by Snacko™ Foods LLC are considered explained, therefore no containment is necessary. People want to eat them because they're absolutely scrumptious. Disregard all unsubstantiated rumors regarding Snacko™ Products below. The Foundation does not know what deliciousness is.
Snacko™ Fudgey Chocolate Globbernauts are decadent and rich.
Snacko™ Cherry-Flavored Candy Fizzlebombs are bursting with flavor.
Snacko™ Crunchy Sea-Salt Caramel Wunderbars are sophisticated yet simply amazing.
Snacko™ Zesty Habañero Potato Crisps are an excellent companion to any game day.
Available now in your local grocery stores.
Description: SCP-5081 is a brand of snack foods - primarily candies - distributed within the continental United States. Information on the packaging indicates SCP-5081 is produced by "Snacko™ Foods LLC"[sic] and distributed from Pneuma, Illinois, though no records of this LLC, trademark, or municipality exist. The web domain name listed on all SCP-5081 packaging is unregistered, and the toll-free telephone number is operated by a laundromat in Saskatchewan. Snacko™ is proud to be owned and operated entirely in the town of Pneuma, Illinois, where our founder Gerald Snacko™ first opened his little confectionary on Dunwich Avenue. Since then, we have worked tirelessly to carry out his vision of making the world a little sweeter, one edible at a time!
The design of SCP-5081's packaging contains cognitohazards that serve to attract a viewer's attention when viewed through peripheral vision. Four varieties of SCP-5081 have been documented as of 2019/12/16.

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BRANDING
DESCRIPTION
ANALYSIS

5081-A
Fudgey Chocolate Globbernauts
Balls of chocolate fudge with almonds
Thaumaturgical icons found imprinted onto the surface of some samples. Function of these symbols currently unknown.

5081-B
Cherry-Flavored Candy Fizzlebombs
Soft cherry-flavored candy with a liquid interior
1.6% of samples tested contained traces of gunpowder. Contaminated instances described as tasting "slightly burnt".

5081-C
Crunchy Sea-Salt Caramel Wunderbars
Caramel and crushed pretzel bar with a chocolate shell
Instances retain a constant temperature of 20.1°C, even when exposed to extreme heat and cold.

5081-D
Zesty Habañero Potato Crisps
Habañero-flavored potato chips
Falsely marketed as containing "no artificial flavors". The habañero flavoring is produced by [TRADE SECRETS EXPUNGED BY COURT ORDER]

Individuals who ingest greater than 50 grams of SCP-5081 become an instance of SCP-5081-1. SCP-5081-1 instances attempt to pursue a diet consisting entirely of SCP-5081, resorting to other forms of nourishment only when necessary, and becoming highly distressed if denied access to SCP-5081 for extended periods. While instances do not appear to suffer from the expected debilitating effects of this diet, it appears to significantly affect subjects' body chemistry; one instance's skeletal structure was composed entirely of crystallized sugar when discovered, and another instance's skin was a structure resembling potato chips. Questioning SCP-5081-1 regarding this behavior rarely provokes a coherent response. Some Snacko™ customers love our products so much that they have chosen to make them a part of their daily lives. We are forever grateful for your overwhelming support!
Addendum: The following document was discovered on O5-1's desk at Site-01 on 2020/1/5.

Case No. 2020-L-151298

Snacko™ Foods LLC
v.
SCP Foundation

IN THE JUSTICE COURT

OF CARCOSA COUNTY, ILLINOIS

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT

 A lawsuit has been filed against you. You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer to the court within 20 days after the delivery of this summons.
 In case of your failure to answer this summons, a judgement by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

Dated: Pneuma, Illinois
January 5, 2020

EDGAR F GOBBERMANN
Attorney for Plaintiff
494 Morgue St - Suite 113
Pneuma, Illinois
(555) 314-1592

Further action has been deemed unnecessary. We will not be denied.

Footnotes
1. Code of Foundation Regulations: Title 16, Section 1450 deals with prevention of document tampering.

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Item #: SCP-5082
Level 4/5082

Object Class: Keter
Classified

Crater Lake and Wizard Island prior to the construction of the Blackline Complex.

File Access Specifications
As per SCPF-FBI Agreement Lambda-19, this file is to be made freely available to authorized individuals within the United States government in addition to Level 4 Foundation personnel. Questions regarding access to related documents are to be directed to Dan Brouillette1 or Dr. Cade.

Special Containment Procedures
Secure Perimeter Alpha has been established around the entirety of Crater Lake National Park in order to contain present anomalous phenomena. Seven secondary containment perimeters (designated Bravo through Hotel) have been established around the seven known hotspots of SCP-5082-1 manifestations, are to be outfitted with no less than two Scranton Reality Anchors to lessen instance population growth, and be monitored at all times. Exploration of these spaces is to be conducted via remotely operated drones.
SCP-5082-1 manifestations that succeed in breaching containment are to be recaptured and placed under observation if possible; following a two-week observation period the current Project Lead will decide on further actions. If capture is unfeasible, instances are to be terminated.
SCP-5082-A is to be kept in an inert state at all times. (See Addendum 5082.5)

Description

SCP-5082-A and all Hotspots. Hold click to enlarge.
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SCP-5082 is a highly complex thaumaturgical ritual that, when properly executed, grants a target human subject (thereafter designated SCP-5082-A) the ability to manipulate aspects of nearby universes, as well as move between them2. This ability primarily manifests as the subject being able to merge and control aspects of local universes with consensus reality, such as moving extrauniversal objects or entities into or out of our Prime dimension.
SCP-5082 is extremely complex in nature, and consists of several hundreds of steps, each requiring unique parameters for successful completion. Examples include the subject of ascension needing to be the firstborn child of a widow, the ritualgrounds needing to be constructed in a location of divine turmoil (sic), several ceremonial relic burnings, and even a minor element of human sacrifice. Compounded with the sheer complexity of several steps and level of precision required, the process is considered extremely difficult to properly execute, even given vast resources to do so.
Despite this, evidence suggests SCP-5082 has been successfully completed a total of five times throughout human history. Of the SCP-5082-A instances subsequently created, two are unaccounted for, and the whereabouts of three are known. At present, only the Blackline iteration is considered relevant to Foundation operations; "SCP-5082-A" will refer to this instance throughout this document.

+ Known SCP-5082-A Instances

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Sub-Designation
Date Completed
Origin
Location/Status

SCP-5082-A-(Ein)
C. 600 BC
Babylon
Unknown

SCP-5082-A-(Zwei)
Medieval Era
Poland
Currently located five hundred universes upwards, engaging in a large-scale war with an unidentified extramultiversal threat.

SCP-5082-A-(Drei)
Medieval Era
Ayyubid Dynasty
Unknown

SCP-5082-A-(Vier)
1917
Ottoman Empire
Subject fought for the Ottoman Empire on the Black Sea front of WW1; later ascended fifteen universes upwards before being terminated by an alternate iteration of the SCP Foundation possessing highly advanced technology.

SCP-5082-A (Blackline Iteration)
2004
United States
See below.

SCP-5082 was successfully completed on 5/30/04 by a clandestine United States research and development operation codenamed "Project Blackline" (See Addendum 5082.1), and stands as one of only five documented cases of a successful SCP-5082 completion in the current reality. Following Incident 5082-Alpha, the Foundation became involved in the Project's affairs and began aiding in the containment of SCP-5082-A. The subject is currently being held on Wizard Island in Crater Lake National Park in a semi-stable state.

Project Director Dan Brouillette.
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Addendum 5082.1: Project Blackline
Project Blackline functioned as a collaborative effort between several United States internal departments, including the Departments of Energy, Defense, and the Unusual Incidents Unit with the end goal of creating SCP-5082-A for utilization in world affairs. The Project was originally commissioned following the events on September 11, 2001 by the then-president George Bush, though wasn't fully approved until 2002.
Below is an internal memo proposing Project Blackline to select Department heads and federal funding management personnel.

Proposal Title: Project Blackline
Proposal Purpose: The utilization of an esoteric ritual for the creation of an ontokinetic entity loyal to the United States and said entity's application abroad in the event of international conflict.
Initial Funding Required: $2.5 billion and personnel allocation.
Summary: Project Blackline would consist of the preparation and execution of the ritual described in the so-called "Hatra Annals"3 to endow a specially-selected soldier with supernatural abilities and utilize them in the event that international conflict with nations such as Iraq should become necessary.
This project would be overseen by Dan Brouillette, Donald Rumsfeld, Ray Orbach, Caesar Treasendt, Chelsea Dreat, and their immediate assistants. The Federal Bureau of Investigations' sub-branch, the Unusual Incidents Unit, and their key personnel would also be involved as well.
(Housing, logistics, and other data redacted for brevity.)

The Project was approved in March of 2002 and a majority of Crater Lake National Park was closed under pretense of hazardous volcanic activity. A structure dubbed the "Blackline Complex" was gradually erected on Wizard Island to facilitate the proper execution of the ritual.
Beginning on 9/23/03, the full execution of SCP-5082 began.

Addendum 5082.2: Incident 5082-Alpha
At 04:10 on 5/30/04, SCP-5082 was completed. The following is a Unusual Incidents Unit internal transcript of footage of SCP-5082's final stages and completion.

The footage begins with a view of the ritual circuit in the center of the Blackline Complex. The circuit is circular, drawn on the floor in what appears to be burning ash; sixteen hooded figures kneel around the edge of the circuit, each holding different relics and chanting indiscernably. The subject of ascension, Benjamin Adams, can be seen sitting shirtless with his eyes closed in the middle of the circuit, his body covered in ritualistic sigils and glyphs.
[3:03]: The fire weakens slightly and the hooded figures cease chanting as another figure wearing a white garb enters the chamber and approaches Adams; the flames part as they cross into the circuit.
[3:04]: The figure says something to Adams, then brandishes a knife, cuts their palm, and squeezes the blood onto Adams, who bows his head. Everyone remains still as the figure's blood continues to drip.
[3:05]: The figure removes his hood, revealing a large glyph seemingly tattooed onto his bald head. He raises his arms and begins to chant quietly. The ring of fire turns golden in color, and the glyphs on the man and Adams begin to glow faintly.
[3:07]: The man lowers his hands and gestures to the other hooded figures. The figures lift up their respective relics, kiss them, then place them in the fire. As the objects begin to combust, each begins to burn a different color. The figures rise, bow, and exit the chamber; the bald man begins to sing.
[3:11]: Once the song has concluded, the bald man turns and stands at the north edge of circle. Three shirtless men covered with glyphs enter the chamber, placing themselves at the eastern, western, and southern points of the circuit. They look at each other and nod, then proceed to initiate a complex kinetoglyph, the performance of which lasts nearly an hour. During this time, Adams is sitting cross-legged in the center of the circuit, quietly reciting hymns.
[4:07]: The kinetoglyph finishes and a pillar of fire roughly two meters tall appears from the ring beside each of the four men. The men pause for a moment before stepping forward and gripping the pillars, which are now tangible. Adams stands, and the men begin pushing the pillars counterclockwise, causing the circuit to seemingly rotate with their movements. Adams grows visibly uncomfortable. As the pillars are pushed further around the circuit Adams begins to grunt in pain, and he slowly rises into the air. His body glows and becomes increasingly translucent; stars and what appears to be a galaxy can be seen through him.
[4:09]: The pillars approach the point of a full rotation around the circuit, and the men can be seen shaking violently. Adams is now screaming in pain, his body glowing brighter and being nearly entirely transparent; stars and cosmic formations are now clearly visible through him.
[4:10]: With a final shove, the four men push the pillars into place and collapse to the floor. Adams is still, and a glowing heptagram can be seen encircling him . Suddenly he grips his head and begins screaming, his voice now shifting wildly in pitch. The video records six frames of the heptagram rotating and glowing and a black line4 appearing down Adams' center. Suddenly a powerful explosion is triggered, destroying the chamber, all recording cameras, and collapsing a large portion of the Complex.
[END OF TRANSCRIPT]

Several long-range Kant Counters at the nearby Site-64 detected spacial and gravitational anomalies and dispatched agents to investigate; upon discovering the scene, additional reinforcements were called in. Contact was established with Director Brouillette and the Site-64 agents began to assess the situation, also initiating rescue operations for individuals still trapped in the collapsed portion of the facility.

Wizard Island as seen from the shore of Crater Lake shortly after the Incident had begun, with SCP-5082-A in the sky above the island.
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It was quickly ascertained that SCP-5082-A was unresponsive and appeared to not have conscious control over its abilities. On-site monitors soon detected the appearance of an increasing number of spacetime perforations in the surrounding area; an order was quickly given to vacate the Park until SCP-5082-A could be stabilized. An emergency airdrop for several sets of SRAs was called in but were not set to arrive before SCP-5082-A was expected to compromise the spacial integrity of the entire state of Oregon and then beyond in an Öß-Class "Multi-Universal Amalgamation" scenario5.
At 05:23, Site-64 researchers Victor and Emil Huic rushed towards SCP-5082-A and began to perform PMK-976. This temporarily stabilized SCP-5082-A and interrupted its effect on local reality long enough for the emergency SRAs to arrive and be deployed, after which SCP-5082-A floated back towards the ground, now unconscious and inert. The anomaly was declared provisionally stable and the installation of long-term containment measures began soon after.
Incident 5082-Alpha resulted in the formation of seven spacetime perforations, designated Hotspots Bravo through Hotel, that represented spacetime overlapping between our universe and several nearby ones with generally Earth-like characteristics. Their appearances caused additional anomalous entities, collectively designated SCP-5082-1, to begin manifesting within Crater Lake National Park.

A larger SCP-5082-1 entity on the edge of Secure Perimeter Echo.
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Addendum 5082.3: Hotspot Analysis
Following the stabilization of SCP-5082-A an investigation into the spacial disturbances created was begun. In total, seven perforations in universal spacetime were discovered, with each perforation leading to a nearby universe. These hotspots are not directly observable, but the effects of their existence can be seen in areas where baseline reality and these universes overlap, causing entities or objects present in one universe to become merged with our own.
The following data has been compiled from various remote explorations into affected zones.

Designation
Activity Level
Contents
Notes

Hotspot Bravo
Very Low
Connected universe hosts similar species to baseline humans with the equivalent of 19th century technology. Victorian-esque architecture is now scattered throughout the Hotspot as a result of the spacial merge.
The space affected in the connected universe appears to have been evacuated and quarantined; very few SCP-5082-1 instances have been sighted, and no contact has been made.

Hotspot Charlie
Medium
Connected universe appears to be populated by technologically advanced reptilian humanoids with some awareness of anomalous phenomenon.
Instances have not attempted communication but appear to be studying Earth from within the perimeter.

Hotspot Delta
Very High
Connected universe lacks sentient entities but possesses a massive population of insect-like organisms.
While activity is high, no instances have attempted to breach the Containment Perimeter; biological incompatibility with Earth's atmosphere is suspected.

Hotspot Echo
Medium
Affected area is entirely monochromatic and populated by dark, ethereal humanoids of varying size.
Instances are hostile and will attack any organism encountered, appearing to have a preference for targets wearing bright colors.

Hotspot Foxtrot
Low
Connected universe possesses extremely advanced civilization populated by human-like entities.
Instances appear disinterested in Earth and have only sparingly appeared near the borders of their Containment Perimeter.

Hotspot Golf
None
Area hosts a vacuum; terrain is barren and sterile. Slightly radioactive.
Vacuum does not appear to extend beyond the estimated borders of the anomaly, and protrudes upwards as a roughly 100 meter-tall dome.

Hotspot Hotel
Low
Nature of connected universe is unclear but affected area has manifested massive crystals of unknown composition.
Human proximity to crystals causes headaches, nausea, and the release of massive amounts of dopamine into the body.

Addendum 5082.4: Deliberations
The following is an interview between Dr. Cade and Dan Brouillette that was conducted in the days following the stabilization of SCP-5082-A.

Date: 6/2/04
Interviewer: Dr. Cade
Interviewee: Dan Brouillette
Subject: Understanding of the means and reason behind Project Blackline's execution of SCP-5082.

[BEGIN LOG]
Interview Video Log Transcript
Dr. Cade: Good evening, Mr. Brouillette.
Brouillette: Evening, doctor… Cade, was it?
Dr. Cade: That is correct. Now, I've got a few questions to ask you concerning the operation your team was conducting here.
Brouillette: I can try to answer them, but I can't make any guarantees that you're authorized to even know about most of the stuff our operation consisted of.
Dr. Cade: We've already made contact with your superiors, rest assured my team and I are more than authorized to hear what you've got to say.
Brouillette: Is that so? (He pauses for a moment then sighs.) Alright, where should I start?
Dr. Cade: The beginning, if you would.
Brouillette: (Nods.) Well, after September 11th, Bush and almost every Department in the fed were losing their minds, understandably. Al-qaeda this, Iraq that, you get the idea. There was this energy, this panic almost, to do something, anything.
Dr. Cade: Must have been a hectic position to be in, I imagine.
Brouillette: You have no idea. Anyway, people start bringing their ideas to the table, new weapons systems, intelligence gathering proposals, and in the middle of it all was a team of some eggheads who proposed to use magic of all things to fight in the war we all knew was coming.
Dr. Cade: I take it this must have been your first encounter with the anomalous?
Brouillette: The very existence of the Unusual Incidents Unit made it somewhat obvious that stuff like this existed, but all I'd heard about them was UFOs, bigfoot, and something about a weird polar bear.
Dr. Cade: You're in the Department of Energy though, not the FBI.
Brouillette: Word gets around. Once you get far enough up the ladder you start hearing whispers about this (Gestures with air quotes.) "anomalous" stuff taking place here and there. Rituals, symbols, blood; something like what we were employing here, but far more sinister. Peel back just a few layers of smiling politicians, seemingly duteous chairmen, and the anomalous become painfully apparent.
Dr. Cade: You don't have to go into detail.
Brouillette: No worries, I'm nearly sick thinking about it. But still, tasked with picking which proposal to chose, and we ended up with another ritual, of all things.
Dr. Cade: I assume you're familiar with the process then?
Brouillette: "Familiar" is a bit of an understatement, but yeah, I can fill your labcoats in on the details after this. Not that you're looking to make your own, I hope.
Dr. Cade: (Shakes his head.) No worries. Anyway, I saw in one of the documents your superiors sent to us something about the Hatra Annals. I'm afraid I'm not familiar with such a document.
Brouillette: I wouldn't expect you to be. Some eggheads found it deep in some ruins out east, in Iraq, of all places. It's all written in Babylonian, and breaks down every step of how to perform the ritual. How they managed to figure out something so complex with such primitive technology is… worrying, I suppose.
Dr. Cade: Set-up must have been interesting.
Brouillette: We had to measure out every step months in advance. A single misstep in the process would mean having to start all over again, and as generous as the fed can be with funding for obscure programs, even it has a limit.
Dr. Cade: Why Crater Lake though? Surely there are more convenient places to perform the ritual.
Brouillette: Convenience was not a luxury we had, doctor. With all those damned rules, specifications dictated our every move. One of the prerequisites was the setting of "a place knowing divine turmoil." How something as bland as a lake in the middle of nowhere fits the bill is beyond me.
Dr. Cade: You'd be surprised.
Brouillette: Either way, we followed the instructions word for word, phase by phase, meeting every requirement needed, all the way to the end. I just don't understand what happened at the end. I looked back at the footage, and we followed every single step to the letter; the ritual was a perfect as could be.
Dr. Cade: About that, I had some of my own people looking through your files, and we believe what happened was not only was the ritual completed sufficiently, it was completed perfectly.
Brouillette: Are you saying we did too good? Wouldn't that just make Ben stronger in the end or something?
Dr. Cade: The ritual grants the subject the ability to interact with higher and lower dimensions, but that doesn't necessarily mean it gives them the ability to understand them. It is theoretically possible to execute the ritual while making small mistakes; an extra gram of ceremonial ash here or an extra half-litre of human blood there, it hardly makes a difference. Rituals are based on belief rather than science after all. But Project Blackline followed these rules perfectly, something that even the Babylonians that discovered the process may have been able to do.
Brouillette: I'm not sure I follow.
Dr. Cade: By performing absolutely flawlessly, you granted Adams access to far more dimensions than a human mind should be capable of understanding. From our best estimates, under normal circumstances he would be able to comprehend at most 20 additional universes with this power; you may have accidentally force-fed him 2000 instead. An uncountable number of new places, people, histories, and God knows what else, multiplied by a hundred, and crammed into his hilariously unprepared mind.
Brouillette: We… broke him, then.
Dr. Cade: …yes.
Brouillette: (Sighs deeply and shakes his head.) Well, how do we fix him? Despite everything that's happened my people and I still have a schedule to keep with and results to deliver.
Dr. Cade: (Looks incredulously at Brouillette.) I just told you that you created a god with more power than you or I can ever hope to imagine and you still want to strap it to a missile and point it at Iraq?
Brouillette: Well, when you put it that way you make it sound like we're the bad guys.
Dr. Cade: (Stares at Brouillette for several seconds before shaking his head.) Well, Mr. Brouillette, I'm sorry to break it to you but I do not know how to fix god.
Brouillette: (Sighs deeply through gritted teeth and runs his fingers through his hair.) So now what? What am I supposed to tell the higher-ups?
Dr. Cade: My people will take care of that. In addition, the case files for this whole debacle will be made available to you and your subordinates in the near future. As for Mr. Adams, we'll do our best to keep him stable.
Brouillette: A-alright, doctor.
Dr. Cade: Thank you, Mr. Brouillette. I'll be in touch.
[END LOG]

Addendum 5082.5: Internal Memo

SCP-5082-A Stabilization Report

A section of the newly-installed technology near SCP-5082-A's chamber.
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Report: SCP-5082-A is currently being held in a semi-inert state via a combination of reality-anchoring technology and thaumaturgical channels reverse engineered from SCP-5082. This installation consists the following:

Seventeen Scranton Reality Anchors oriented heptadecagonally around the main chamber
Thirteen Langr-class Refraction Dishes to divert power flow
Two Molten Salt reactors on-site to maintain constant power throughout the Blackline Complex
One Slavov-IV Support Array to maintain structural integrity of the building

Subject: While physically restrained by the technology in place, SCP-5082-A is still mentally active, and is currently suffering from severe mental trauma due to its exposure to, and inability to understand complex higher realities. SCP-5082-A is thought to be trying and failing to comprehend knowledge of the universes made available to it. Of these universes, only eight (consisting of our own and the seven "Hotspot" universes) are being actively affected by SCP-5082-A's existence.
As releasing SCP-5082-A from its confines is not feasible, direct contact with the subject cannot be made; moreover it is unlikely that the subject would be capable of coherently responding given its current mental situation. Consequently there are no means currently possessed by the Foundation through which SCP-5082-A's psychological state can be remedied.
Direct influence from a stable -A instance would theoretically help the subject recover, but the creation of another such instance is not being considered in any capacity. It is possible that SCP-5082-A would be able to recover on its own if given enough time, though the time required for complete recovery would theoretically consist of a three billion year-long period of mental re-adaptation to its current situation, and thusly deemed unfeasible.
Conclusion: Containment of SCP-5082-A is to be continued as-is until further notice.

Addendum 5082.6: Incident 5082-Beta
On 12/24/2009, SCP-5082-A breached containment.
During standard operations at the Complex, a massive energy surge was detected in the room housing SCP-5082-A's chamber. It was initially believed that technological malfunctions were occurring and the subject was breaching containment, but all technology was confirmed to be intact and functioning normally. At around 10:00 P.M. local time the entire Blackline Complex began to shake, and an entity manifested in the room.
Below is a video transcript of what followed.

(The camera is recording SCP-5082-A's main chamber, located in the center of the holding room. As the footage begins, the facility is shaking, and several attending personnel can be seen struggling to balance themselves and flee. Suddenly there is a flash of static across the screen and an entity can be seen floating before the containment chamber, its back to the camera. The entity is humanoid in appearance, its form mainly composed of flickering black and white streams of light; a large glowing heptagram encircles it around the waist.)
(The entity floats towards SCP-5082-A's chamber, and flicks its hand to the side, ripping open the metal casing and support array with apparent ease. SCP-5082-A can be seen floating in the center of the wreckage; the space around it is highly distorted, seemingly overlain with images of nearby universes, and harsh whispers and static can be heard emanating from it. As the entity floats closer, SCP-5082-A looks up. The entity speaks, its voice a deep, echoing rumble.)
Entity: What have they done to you?
SCP-5082-A: (Reaches a hand out appears to attempt to speak, but only odd frequencies and bursts of static are emitted.)
Entity: I see. (It floats towards SCP-5082-A.) It was too much for you, wasn't it?
SCP-5082-A: (Static, a heavily distorted human sob.)
Entity: (Grabs SCP-5082-A's hand and embraces it.) It's okay.
(The entity and SCP-5082-A's bodies fill with visual noise and begin flickering violently. Loud static, radio waves, and indiscernible human speech can be heard emitting from them, echoing into the rest of the Complex. The pair releases, and the entity holds SCP-5082-A at arms-length, their forms stabilizing.)
Entity: You're not alone.
SCP-5082-A: (Voice heavily distorted but discernible.) Help.
Entity: You've been through a lot.
SCP-5082-A: (Distorted.) I can't… don't underst…aaand?
Entity: It's going to be alright, you will understand everything soon enough.
SCP-5082-A: (Distorted.) What did you do? Where did the noise go? Why can I… I can hear…?
Entity: All I did was help bear another's burden. Now reach out. Can you see them? All those worlds?
SCP-5082-A: (Distorted.) Too many, buzzing, tangling, mashing, they won't stop! (Clutches its head and exclaims in pain.)
(Their forms flicker slightly, and SCP-5082-A calms down.)
Entity: Feel them, ordered, sorted. Feel the structure, the energy, yourself among it.
SCP-5082-A: (Distorted.) So many, but… (pauses) …order.
Entity: Yes, yes, order! Do you feel the layers? The energy? That egregious intrusion so far above?
SCP-5082-A: (Less distorted.) Something… a hole? There's so much… malice.
Entity: That's it! Now, feel the next layer, and step!
SCP-5082-A: (Mildly distorted.) Like…
(SCP-5082-A grunts and glows. Both entities suddenly become translucent, and their voices grow quieter.)
Entity: Perfect! Again!
(The figures slowly grow more and more transparent and their voices quieter as SCP-5082-A appears to be concentrating on something.)
SCP-5082-A: (Slightly distorted.) I can almost see it, the tangle, the chaos is sorting out.
Entity: You're getting there, but you have a lot to learn. Here.
(Both entities forms flicker violently again, then stabilize. The space around SCP-5082-A is no longer distorted and the images have disappeared.)
SCP-5082-A: (Undistorted.) I see. I–I think I'm ready.
Entity: Good, we're going to need all the help we can get. Now come on, we've got a war to win.
(The entity and SCP-5082-A promptly demanifest in a flash of static and light.)
[END LOG]

Scans of residual energy and multiversal mapping have determined the entity and SCP-5082-A have retracted from baseline reality and are currently ascended upwards through the multiverse. Mapping also revealed the unidentified entity likely originated from approximately 500 universes upwards.
While still active, localized Hotspot activity in the Crater Lake area appears to have decreased slightly, though SCP-5082-1 instances still continue to manifest.
Further monitoring of SCP-5082-A and the Hotspots is ongoing.

Footnotes
1. A high-ranking U.S. government official who has historically held several positions within the Department of Energy, and is currently its Deputy Secretary.
2. The term "nearby universes" refers to universes near our present "level" in the multiverse. Refer to Dr. McMurtery's Our World and Theirs: On The Structure of the Layered Multiverse (2011) for additional information.
3. A set of SCP-5082 instructions discovered in Hatra, Iraq, that were used by the US government to organize Project Blackline
4. Thought to be a rip in spacetime.
5. A K-Class scenario in which the spacial integrity of our universe is compromised to the point where other universes and their aspects begin to mix with our own in a manner considered irreversible.
6. PMK-97 is a highly complex series of kinetoglyphs that halts the flow of time within a variable distance of the performers when completed; the performers are unaffected, and the effect will persist until the performance ends. PMK-97 can only be completed by a pair of individuals with strong personal and emotional attachments to each other (in this case being siblings) and is extremely physically taxing on performers. Researchers Victor and Emil Huic did not survive their performance of PMK-97.

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