Item #: SCP-5403
Object Class: Euclid Neutralized (see Addendum 5403-4)
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5403 has been removed from all civilian databases. Foundation webcrawler ALPHA-03-TYCHO is to monitor web traffic for SCP-5403-relevant keywords.
Archived Containment Procedures (last updated 09/12/1998):
SCP-5403's IP address has been rendered inaccessible via standard internet providers, with any unauthorized access redirecting users to the default front page for its hosting service.
Efforts to disable SCP-5403 entirely are ongoing. STF Chi-11 ("Don't Like Don't Read")1 are to execute weekly DDoS attacks on the address, and continue to monitor its content and report any unusual fluctuations in activity. Communication with SCP-5403 is to be attempted when deemed necessary by Site-15 directors. If content posted on SCP-5403 is an information security risk, compromised researchers below Level 4 clearance are to be administered Class-A amnestics and transferred to another team. Under no circumstances should STF Chi-11 be disbanded.
After review by the Ethics Committee, members of STF Chi-11 are permitted to request voluntary transfer after a minimum of two weeks.
Description: SCP-5403 is a website accessible at the address www.g███████.com/██████/MyFandationWorld. Attempts at tracing the website's IP address have yielded invalid results; evidence2 suggests that an artificial intelligence or some other sapient, non-biological entity is responsible for the site's content.
SCP-5403 has displayed the capacity to access comprehensive audiovisual surveillance of the Foundation through unknown means. The content of the site exclusively relates to observations derived from this surveillance. Despite the scope of SCP-5403's surveillance capabilities, it does not demonstrate awareness of its classification and containment by the Foundation.
SCP-5403 is similar to a weblog in structure, including a "guestbook" where visitors can post public messages. These messages may be responded to by SCP-5403, deleted, or simply displayed without comment.
The posts made on SCP-5403 vary in content. The majority (approximately eighty-five percent) consist of commentary on current events relating to Foundation interests. SCP-5403 has not displayed the capacity to affect Foundation infrastructure directly, but it appears to have a vested interest in breaches of containment. Commentary posted on SCP-5403 is occasionally accompanied by photographic footage; metadata analysis shows that these photos do not originate from Foundation surveillance infrastructure.
The remainder of SCP-5403's content is highly derivative in nature, generally presented in the format of a narrative. These narratives often depict Foundation personnel engaging in excessively dramatized and unprofessional behavior.
Addendum 5403-1: Since the formation of STF Chi-11 ("Don't Like Don't Read"), SCP-5403 has fixated almost exclusively on its members. Due to the high stress levels reported by STF Chi-11 and other personnel made aware of SCP-5403's nature, the Ethics Committee has permitted staff referenced in its posts to record personal notes regarding their mention in this documentation.

Addendum 5403-2: The following is a log of excerpts from SCP-5403's posts, presented with commentary from the personnel discussed, if applicable.

+ Archived data: SCP-5403

- Access Granted

xX~Welcome To My FanDation~Xx
on 08/17/1998, 12:04
Haiii~
Welcome to my corner of the web! =(^.^)= I made this fanpage to talk about teh SCP foundation > and how cool it is!!! I watch it every day and i think dr. Bright is a TOTAL HOTTIE!!!!!!! *nosebleeds*
It's sooooo obvi that he and Clef-sama are soulmates xD even if bright-sama is a tsundere sometimes >w< ClefxBright is sooooooo smexy they're so kawaii together
This page is still under construction but i'll post some smexy slashfic soon ヽ(´ω｀○)ﾉ.+ﾟ*｡:ﾟ ALL UR YAOIZ ARE BELONG TO US!!!!!!1! haterz back off
…I'm totally addicted to scp xDDDDDD

Note: Six minutes after the post above was uploaded, Foundation webcrawlers isolated the address and automatically alerted Site-15 to a possible BK-Class "Broken Masquerade" scenario due to the extremely high keyword density. Emergency World Wide Web Suppression Protocol α-KALYPTO was enacted successfully, and no civilian information leak occurred.
Following a three-day period of study, it was determined that the event was an isolated phenomenon to the webpage. SCP-5403 was then classified and issued its current containment procedures.

xX~A Bright Day~Xx
on 08/17/1998, 3:27
A/N: Just a cute uke!Bright and seme!Clef thingy xD THIS IS SLASH (BOYXBOY!!!!) don't like DON'T read!!!! I do not own the scp foundation!!!! Plz don't sue meh >_<
Clef chuckled, looking deeply into Dr. Brights crimson-red orbs. "Whats wrong Jack?" He smirked.
"I-I dont know" The shorter stated in reply. "I-Ive just never felt this way about another boy before…" He blushed "Isnt Our love…… forbidden?"
Clef smirked and chuckled. "Your mine Jack." He postitulated. And then he leaned in and their lips met, tongues battling for dominence.

[EXTRANEOUS DATA REDACTED]

Note - Commentary:
If this is a prank, it's more sad than it is funny. And if it isn't, this is below my pay grade. - Dr. Clef
Dr. Bright declined to comment, citing "less creepy things to worry about".

Image included with post, alt text "Laraske =(^.^)=".
Hover to enlarge.

xX~^.^ New Team!!!~Xx
on 08/20/1998, 11:383
A brand new task force? O_o omgwtflolbbq
COMMENCE THE SHIPPING!!!!!1! xDDDD maybe kami-sama will bless me with some fresh shipping meat
the leader lady looks super boring but i bet she and teh cute megane researcher are secretly in LUUUUURRRVVVV~~
omg forbidden romance o_O *pushes them in the closet* NOW KISS!! xD

Note - Commentary:
I'd like to have it on record that I'm not interested in men, including my coworker Researcher Harrison, who spent twenty minutes sweeping the room for cameras after we were cleared to leave. - Senior Researcher Laraskë, STF Chi-11 Command
Requesting that Dr. Nyota be transferred to STF Chi-11, to see how 5403 will react to a preexisting relationship. - Dr. Laraskë
Approved. - Site Director Jaeger

xX~Laraske X Harrison~Xx
on 08/21/1998, 2:12
They held hands today >w<;;;; so kawaiiii

[PHOTO REDACTED]4

OK so they were just passing a floppy disk btween each other but stil UBER KAWAIII!!! I can dream
their height difference is so CYOOT too i'm jelly xDDD i want him to sweep her off her feet liek a knight in shining armor!!! i hope therez a containment breach so he can keep her safe and shell fall in love with him for being a gentleman hehehehe
just hurry up and smooch already .3.

Note - Commentary:
It just completely ignored her. Not even a passing mention of my girlfriend joining and sitting next to me for the entire work day.
Maybe we need to start running tests on this thing. - Dr. Laraskë

Note 08/22/1998: Researcher Harrison was sent to work remotely from the rest of STF Chi-11 in his office in an effort to discern the scope of SCP-5403's surveillance.

xX~Trouble in Paradise~Xx
on 08/22/1998, 10:24
Cute megane boy isn't with his waifu today!!!! S!MT!!OE!!!
he'z in his office and he looks so sad and moe… maybe its cuz he got sick so she can make him soup (๑♡3♡๑)

[PHOTO REDACTED]

Anyway lemme post the cute laraske x harrison fic i wrote  Even though they're far apart it can't stop the shipping!!!! u3u star crossed lovers O3O
A/N: this is an AU where they're married xD I know it's not canon yet but I can dream… and fanwank xDDD
[EXTRANEOUS DATA REDACTED]

Note - Commentary:
This is fucking inane. - Dr. Laraskë

xX~Ship SUNK!!!!!!!~Xx
on 08/23/1998, 6:58
That ugly BITCH anais didnt even make him soup or check up on him or ANYTHING!!! >:(((( needless 2 say this ship is OVER!!! -__-
it was never gonna be canon cuz she's boring anyways he's wayyyy too hot for her
But i need to ship researcher Harrison with SOMEONE xD he's toooo cyoot!!!!
oh well yaoiz make everything better  i bet he'd be cute with teh ex MTF guy he's a total seme >w<
MY SHIP SAILS AGAIN!!!! >:D

Note - Commentary:
So, Ethics said we can comment on these for "catharsis" or something. Said it'd help with the paranoia we're getting. Usually Dr. Laraskë does this, but it seems like it's obsessed with me now, and she didn't want to comment on this one.
I think it'd help more if we just didn't have to log these at all. Get a crawler to do it or something. - Researcher Harrison
Denied. The information being dealt with here is too sensitive, and we're still in the preliminary stages of studying this anomaly. Make no mistake, this is an extremely dangerous situation, and it's best handled by experienced hands. - Site Director Jaeger

xX~Sugoi desu yaoiz~~~Xx
on 09/04/1998, 11:57
My new ship is getting along so well ^w^ They work together every day so kawaii~~ ^w^ So kawaii I can hardly stand it ^w^
Dr harrison-chan even calls researcher hoffman-sama by his first name!! o_O omgomgomg It'z only a matter of time before teh yaoiz
P.S.: When are they gonna figure out that SPC-████ is obviously just a [DATA EXPUNGED]
P.P.S.: dr laraske should GTFO my otp!!!!! >:((((

Note: Following the most recent post, further testing of SCP-5403 has been ordered by Site Director Jaeger. STF Chi-11 is to attempt to communicate with it directly via the "guestbook" and log the results.

Date
Content input
Response
Notes

09/04/1998
"Please inform on how you were able to discern the nature of SCP-████."
None; submission was deleted.
Dr. Laraskë suggested talking to it with its jargon, so I'll see if that changes anything. - Researcher Harrison

09/05/1998
"omgwtf how did u figure out wat ████ was x3"
"It'z super easy IMO xDDD No spoilers but look closely!! :P"
This is pointless. - Researcher Harrison

xX~TROLLS GTFO >:(~Xx
on 09/06/1998, 7:23
Some annoying troll got into my guestbook >:/ Unless it was teh FBI or something then: GTFO!!!!!! I SAID I DON'T OWN THE SCP FOUNDATION!!!!! F OFF HOMOFOBES >:((((( YOU CAN'T GET RID OF YAOI
ANYWAY… look how cute my OTP looks :3
[PHOTO REDACTED]

SO KAWAIII~~~ harrison is my kawaii baby (●♡∀♡) i wanna squish his cheeeeeksss >w< Butttt for now check out my new harrisonXhoffman fic~~ :333
A/N: Yes I KNOW I forgot about researcher Hoffman's leg5 just pretend he grew it back because of an scp or something xDDD Actually that's my new headcanon x3

[EXTRANEOUS DATA REDACTED]

A/N: I wanna push them into 3651 so they'll make out xDDD that would make such a smexy lemon!!!!

Note - Commentary:
Do I have to keep reading these? Can you please just put me back on transcribing interview logs or something? - Researcher Hoffman
I'm sending this, and the documentation for this thing, back to Ethics. Hoffman's been through enough, they shouldn't have to put up with this shit. - Dr. Laraskë
Containment procedures have been updated. You'll receive a reassignment memo in a day or two. - Mallory Gleason, Ethics Committee

Addendum 5403-3: Recurring psychological evaluation of any STF Chi-11 members not requesting transfer was ordered after Ethics Committee evaluation.

+ Interview Log 5403-1

- Access Granted

Interviewed: Senior Researcher Anaïs Laraskë
Interviewer: Head of Psychology Simon Glass

<Begin Log, 14:15:28 09/22/98>
[Both are silent for approximately half a minute.]
Dr. Glass: …So—
Dr. Laraskë: I'm not bailing.
Dr. Glass: I wasn't going to ask if you were "bailing". How are you doing, Doctor?
Dr. Laraskë: [Brief pause.] How do you think?
[Silence.]
[Dr. Laraskë sighs.]
Dr. Laraskë: I'm not going to lie to you. We're all pretty fucked up, Simon.
Dr. Glass: I understand it's stressful, working with 5403.
Dr. Laraskë: Is that what they're calling it now? Stressful?
[Silence.]
Dr. Laraskë: Look, I know from the outside it must look like the stupidest possible situation for researchers to be dropping out like flies, but… none of this shit is easy. None of us talk to each other anymore, but that doesn't make a damn difference to this thing. [Pause.] Nothing's sacred.
Dr. Glass: Could you… elaborate on what you mean by that?
Dr. Laraskë: Found one of the junior provisional researchers crying at their workstation for the second time last night, after that thing about 2678. He'd seen the video, heard the logs, apparently. Used to be assigned to it. Poor kid nearly lost his lunch seeing it again. I told him to take the rest of the day off.
Dr. Glass: That's kind of you.
Dr. Laraskë: [Scoffs.] It's humane, is what it is. That's how people are supposed to treat other human beings. [Pause.] Can I smoke in here?
Dr. Glass: No. You seem to be very concerned about your team.
Dr. Laraskë: Shit. Well, we all found out A███████'s cheating on his wife the other night. 5403 posted all the juicy details. Like I said, nothing's sacred. We don't need to know all his personal shit, you know? Especially not written by a hyperactive—
Dr. Glass: I'm asking about you, Doctor. How this is affecting you. I know you care about your team, but…
[Silence.]
Dr. Laraskë: Like I said, Simon. How do you think? I'm at the epicenter of all this bullshit. I'm just keeping my head down, okay?
Dr. Glass: [Sighs.] You've been the head of Chi-11 for over a month now. You're well within your right to transfer out or take a break from the project if it's troubling you.
Dr. Laraskë: The thing is, I don't want to. Everyone here is—they've… they've been in the field at some point. Seen shit. Not that I haven't, but… I'm just straight out of MIT, holed up in Site-15 in my cushy little cubicle, you know?
Dr. Glass: Well, that isn't necessarily—
Dr. Laraskë: So I can put up with this stupid website taking pictures of me, and ignoring what I have with Dr. Nyota so it can pretend I hook up with every man I work with. I can live with it, because it's even worse for the people who've actually been through the shit 5403 thinks is funny, or sexy, or cute, or whatever. If I'm not around to understand how this thing operates, and to give it someone to obsess over, then they'll have to get someone else to do it.
[A chair scrapes audibly, and Dr. Laraskë sighs.]
Dr. Laraskë: And, Simon, this sucks. I'm not putting anyone else through this.
<End Log, 14:21:19 09/22/98>

Closing Statement: Dr. Laraskë has stated the intent to remain at her leadership position in STF Chi-11 indefinitely. Psychological evaluations should continue as planned.

The following post was uploaded to SCP-5403 shortly after the evaluation concluded.

xX~HATECLUB~Xx
on 09/22/1998, 2:35
UGHHHHH!!!! THAT UGLY BITCH LARASKE FUCKING RUINED MY OTP!!!!1!!

[PHOTO REDACTED]6

I HATE her so much she's such a stupid WHORE >:((((( all she does is get in the way of my ships!!!! I hope she gets trapped in her stupid office when an scp breaches containment and she DIES!1!!! or at least the foundation figures out that she's a slut who keeps getting in the way of my precious babies falling in love and GETS RID OF HER 4EVER!!!!! >:PPP
PLZZZZ JUST KILL HER OFF ALREADY!!!! S!MT!!OE!!!

Addendum 5403-4: On October 26, 2009, G███████, the hosting service for SCP-5403, was shut down permanently by its parent company. Archives of SCP-5403 do not retain its anomalous properties, and no new posts have been made. Public archives of SCP-5403 have been removed under the cover story of copyright infringement. SCP-5403 reclassified as Neutralized.
STF Chi-11 has been disbanded. SCP-5403's research team lead, Dr. Laraskë, has recused herself from continued observation of pages flagged by SCP-5403's former dedicated webcrawler. She has been granted an extended leave of absence.

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Footnotes
1. A stationary task force in Site-15 formed for the purposes of containing, documenting, and communicating with SCP-5403.
2. A Berryman-Langford sleep agent submitted to the guestbook section was removed after 6 minutes, suggesting that its primary effect failed to activate.
3. Posted approximately two hours after STF Chi-11 began operations.
4. All images of personnel have been redacted by request due to privacy concerns.
5. During their tenure with MTF Epsilon-11 ("Nine-Tailed Fox"), Researcher Hoffman sustained critical injuries while in the line of duty. As a result of these injuries, their left leg was amputated at the knee during a lifesaving operation.
6. Identified by Dr. Laraskë as an image of herself lying in bed at her residence. Notably, the image has been crudely defaced with red pixelated markings.

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PeppersGhost

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

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

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

Thing to make happen
Happened?

special containment procedures
Bad

s pec ial conta inment proced ures
Bad

$p3cial c0ntainm3nt pr8cedure5
Bad

spesh cont pro
Good1

ecialspay ontainmentcay ocedurespray
Bad2

explosive
Bad

word
Good

sentence
Bad

detonate
Bad

boom
Bad

boom-boom
Good

be careful
Bad

be making safe
Good

word
Bad3

More Thing:

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

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

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A tree found within SCP-5405.

Item #: SCP-5405
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: The area surrounding SCP-5405 is to be monitored at all times for signs of anomalous flora or fauna. The perimiter of SCP-5405 should be surrounded by a six meter high wall. Area 12-5405 is positioned on the north end of the barrier, to provide an entry point to SCP-5405 and also to serve as a base for personnel.
If any unidentified lifeforms are detected, security stationed at Area 12-5405 are to be dispatched to check for possible anomalous threats. Should a confirmed breach have occured, MTF Umbra-6 "Harsh Critics" are to be deployed to the area immediately to search for signs of breached flora or fauna.
Any personnel entering SCP-5405 should wear protective equipment suited to a toxic environment. Should any spread of SCP-5405 be detected, a squad of MTF Umbra-6 should be deployed to the area, equipped with a Scranton Reality Anchor, and necessary equipment to remove a section of SCP-5405. Should the breach be flora, flame-based suppression is effective. If anomalous fauna breaches, standard anti-personnel weaponry should be used. Any personnel returning from SCP-5405 should receive a full decontamination, and their protective equipment should be checked for breaks and tears.
SCP-5405-1 should be kept within a sealed containment chamber, and all contact is to be made only with protective gear suited to dealing with a class-3 infectious object.
Description: SCP-5405 is a 50 square kilometer area of northern Canada. Subjects who enter SCP-5405 often find that once within the radius of its effect, the zone grows considerably, suggesting a non-euclidean space. An entirely different ecosystem has developed inside SCP-5405, often conflicting with logic or nature in impossible ways.
The sky inside of SCP-5405 follows the same day cycle as Earth, albeit with no visible source of light. The light within SCP-5405 is considerably brighter than natural sunlight during the day, with transitions to night within a very short period. At night, the only source of light is bioluminescent flora, which reveals a blue fog that fills SCP-5405.
The weather system within SCP-5405 is chaotic and random, often changing from high pressure fronts to low pressure within seconds. Rain and wind occur seemingly at random. Winds are often strong, and the weather can go from still to around 60km/h winds in seconds. Any rain that occurs within SCP-5405 occurs with no visible source, as no clouds have been observed in the sky of SCP-5405.
The geography of SCP-5405 is unsuited to plant life, with few sedimentary layers. Analysis of the area shows that there is a thin layer of soil above bedrock. This prevents detailed root structures required for standard flora inhabiting SCP-5405 from forming, thus resulting in many fallen trees or plants due to the strong winds. However, whenever personnel find an example of a fallen tree or plant, the affected flora always disappears within 24 hours, even when observed. Soon after such an event, personnel often find fully grown trees that should have taken years to grow fully formed within a single day. In this way, the population of flora within SCP-5405 seems to never change dramatically. This majorly affects personnel's ability to map SCP-5405, as the layout of flora, and even of landmass, is always shifting.
The inside of SCP-5405 is populated by many species of anomalous flora and fauna, varying considerably in type. Many species within are seemingly unsuited to their environment, and in a non-anomalous situation would quickly become extinct. Many fauna expire within SCP-54051, but through unknown anomalous means, the population never seems to decrease.
Some examples of flora documented within SCP-5405 include:

A species of tree that seemingly grows roots upwards as well as downwards, wrapping the trunk in odd extrusions.2
Threat Level: Low to none

A species of small fungi that reacts negatively to water, seemingly relying on a dry environment to survive. The fungi seems to have difficulty remaining healthy due to the non-arid environment of SCP-5405.
Threat Level: Low to none

A type of shrub that has razor-edged leaves, able to slice through most material.3
Threat Level: Moderate

A type of shrub that grows stems from the ends of its leaves, creating long, fragile branches in many directions. This often results in many snapped branches, which leak a clear green liquid.
Threat Level: Low to none

A grass that becomes bioluminescent upon nightfall. Tests have revealed that it requires nightfall, not darkness, suggesting a natural way for the flora to record time.
Threat Level: Low to none

Some examples of fauna documented within SCP-5405 include:

A carnivorous bipedal species, seemingly adapted to ambush hunting. It stands at approximately 7 feet tall, and has no other limbs apart from its legs, which end in footless stumps. Tests have confirmed it to be vaguely canine in nature. Strangely for a carnivore, it seems to have difficulty walking and often fails to catch food or cause any serious damage. The species seems to frequently injure itself when it falls, and has difficulty righting itself. Subjects are often found extremely malnourished due to failure to catch prey.
Threat Level: Moderate

A quadrupedal omnivore, avian in nature. Oddly enough for an avian species, it has no sign of wings or vestiges of wings. No feathers have been noticed on the creature, instead it has lumpy, soft skin similar to that of birds. It has a single camel-like hump in the centre of its back, which seems to be without purpose. No aggression has been noticed, suggesting it is supposed to be a scavenger. What it scavenges is unknown due to the high decomposition rate within SCP-5405.
Threat Level: Low

A small round species with no visible limbs, features, or orifices. Its diet is unknown, and it is covered in scales similar to those of a snake or reptile. The creature's only source of movement is its ability to roll at high speeds. With no visible way of breeding or eating, it is unknown how these creatures survive, but they seem to live in complex underground burrows.
Subjects taken into captivity die in a matter of hours, and subterranean scans have revealed huge piles of decomposing corpses within these burrows, suggesting that the species has a very short lifespan.
Threat Level: Low to none

A large mammalian species, unknown diet. Octopedic in nature, the creature has legs over nine meters long. Due to a fragile bone structure, it seems to often break its bones, although they heal in a matter of seconds, resulting in twisted, unique structures to their bodies. These strange formations often cause extreme pain and discomfort for subjects, and they are often noted to lack motivation to move or flee from predators. No mouth or other orifice is visible through which food could be consumed, although the tips of its legs seem to absorb nutrients from soil in a manner similar to plant roots.
Threat Level: Low

A bipedal species, diet unknown. Its only limbs are its two legs, there is no sign of any other growths or extrusions. Tests have revealed it is incredibly light, weighing only 830 grams. Upon sighting another lifeform, it will unfurl several flaps of skin from its body, creating large surface areas which provide lift upon movement. Due to its light weight, it is at the mercy of winds and weather, often resulting in injury due to impact against trees or rocks. Oddly for a living species, it has no way of naturally healing itself. Several subjects have been taken into custody for further testing.
Threat Level: Low

A bacterial species, found in extremely high numbers within SCP-5405. Tests show that the bacteria consumes dead material at a vastly accelerated rate compared to that of regular bacteria. This results in corpses or bodies decomposing in as short a time as several hours. The bacteria is also responsible for manifesting a slight toxin, that seems to affect fauna only, resulting in open sores that bleed profusely.
Threat Level: High

No sentient creatures exist inside of SCP-5405. Only one sentient creature has been discovered inside of SCP-5405. To date there have been no other examples of sentient life, and no sign that the subject, designated SCP-5405-1, is part of a larger species or group.
SCP-5405-1 is a humanoid entity, approximately 6ft tall. The creature has approximately human proportions, with a few exceptions. The subject's bone structure appears to lack cartilage or joint cushioning. This results in jolting and painful movement, although SCP-5405-1 appears to be accustomed to this. SCP-5405-1 has a single finger in place of multiple, greatly thicker than a normal human finger, resulting in a primitive claw-like hand. SCP-5405-1's facial features are very similar to that of a human, with only a few differences. SCP-5405-1 has no sign of a nose or other olfactory organ, and its ears are set several inches further back on its head. This seems to serve little purpose, and only weakens its frontal hearing. SCP-5405-1 also shows signs of advanced infection from the aforementioned anomalous bacteria.
Communication with SCP-5405-1 has been established through spoken language. The subject seems to have a spoken language very similar to English, although very simplified and poorly structured. SCP-5405-1 shows knowledge of complex concepts such as leadership, hunting, and writing, even though it has had no exposure to such ideas.

Interview with SCP-5405-1

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SCP-5405-1 interview
Interviewer: Dr. Malloc
<Begin Log, [2210 hours, 9/21/████]>
Interviewer: Sighs. Good evening SCP-5405-1. How are you?

SCP-5405-1: Cold. Bright. Scared.
Interviewer: That's nice. We'd like to ask you a few questions, so let's get this over with before it gets too late. How would you describe your time within SCP-5405?
SCP-5405-1: Want stick. Draw stick and bark.
SCP-5405-1 is provided with a pencil and paper.
Interviewer: Alright, let's try again. How would you describe your time within SCP-5405?
SCP-5405-1: Scared. Fight. Run. Many hunt. Angry.
Interviewer: You hunted, or were hunted?
SCP-5405-1: Hunted by things. Big things. Many things. Scared. Angry.
Interviewer: Did you ever find any creatures that didn't attack you?
SCP-5405-1: Yes. Small. Big. Legs.
Interviewer: Did you hunt those creatures?
SCP-5405-1: No. No hunt.
Interviewer: What did you eat?
SCP-5405-1 shows visible confusion.
SCP-5405-1: No eat. No hunt.
Interviewer: You didn't eat? How did you survive?
SCP-5405-1: Not eaten.
Interviewer: What about food for you? Where did you find food?
SCP-5405-1: No need food. Food for hunters.
Interviewer: [To personnel away from mic] Can someone get me some damn coffee? Might as well be comfortable. [To SCP-5405-1] Can you clarify? Why didn't you need food?
SCP-5405-1: King give food. King give bad food.
Interviewer: King? What do you mean?
SCP-5405-1: King. Big king. King not like me. King strong. SCP-5405-1 uses the pencil to draw a crude circle, with a man standing below it. SCP-5405-1 gestures to the circle. King. King strong but stupid. Angry at king.
Interviewer: I don't understand. Was this king with you there?
SCP-5405-1: Yes. No. No understand. King always there and never there.
Interviewer: Was he… imaginary?
SCP-5405-1 becomes visibly frustrated, banging its hands on the ground.
SCP-5405-1: No! No imaginary! Real! No there but real! If no real, no here!
Interviewer: Okay, okay, calm down. What did this king do?
SCP-5405-1: Make. King make things. King make trees and animals. King bad at make. King stupid. King things hurt. When animals hurt King make more. When plants hurt King make more. King make hunters. King make plants. King make everything. SCP-5405-1 pauses for a moment. King make me.
Interviewer: I see. Was there anything the king didn't make?
SCP-5405-1: You. This. SCP-5405-1 taps the ground, then the paper and pencil. This place. King make and make but can't make right. King things break. So he make more but more things bad too. SCP-5405-1 seems frustrated.
Interviewer: Why does king- sorry. Why does this king make things?
SCP-5405-1: King want this. This. SCP-5405-1 gestures to the room. King want make this. King want make you and other things. King can't. So King try make new things. New things no work. King try again. Things no work again. King no understand these things. Once again, SCP-5405-1 taps the pencil and paper, then points at the interviewer. King make more, make me. I angry at king. King-
Interviewer: [Interrupts] Let me rephrase; what does the king want?
SCP-5405-1: King want be like other kings. King want make things. But king stupid, king bad at making.
Interviewer: Okay, that's all we need for today. We'll see you again with some more questions, SCP-5405-1.
SCP-5405-1: SCP-5405-1 becomes agitated. No go! No go! King take! Me no go back!
SCP-5405-1 lunges at the glass, and is subdued. Noted was a sudden increase of activity from the various sores across SCP-5405-1's body.

Note: I want a transfer. I have a goddamn Ph.D, I shouldn't be babysitting some creature with the brain of a toddler.
- Dr. Malloc

Following this, security was doubled on SCP-5405-1's cell. Despite this, by the following day, SCP-5405-1 was reported missing. Full searches of the site revealed no sign of forced exit, and no sign of SCP-5405-1. Should SCP-5405-1 be detected in SCP-5405, it is to be detained again and questioned.

Footnotes
1. Corpses decompose at a vastly accelerated rate due to extremely high levels of bacteria.
2. See image above
3. This has resulted in the loss of approximately $████ worth of important research equipment to date.

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SCP-5413.

Number: 5413
Clearance: Three
Containment Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5413 has been condemned by Punjabi officials and is under Foundation ownership. References to SCP-5413 are to be scrubbed from all print and online media. Two guards are to be posted outside SCP-5413 at all times. Under no circumstances is any civilian to travel into SCP-5413, and authorization has been given for the use of Class-A amnestics.
Description: SCP-5413 is an abandoned Gurdwara1, located outside the city limits of Ludhiana, Punjab. A sign outside of SCP-5413 reads "Rabb da Shabad Gurdwara,"2 though no records of construction of a Gurdwara named as such exist in the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee's3 files. Inhabitants of the surrounding village are incapable of relaying or unwilling to relay information about SCP-5413.
SCP-5413 contains no natural light, despite having windows, cracks, and other holes in its structure that would typically permit light inside. When viewed from outside, these spaces appear to be covered with a metallic surface with near-total absorption of light, and cannot be passed through. Artificial sources of light, however, function inside SCP-5413. Knowledge of SCP-5413's layout obtained by viewing SCP-5413 in person carries a mild compulsory and amnestic effect, attracting individuals into unknowingly performing repeated visits. Furthermore, entering SCP-5413 for extended periods of time causes subjects to undergo the following symptoms:

Mild sedative and euphoric effects.
Motor issues, such as a loss of balance and poor coordination.
Digestive and excretory issues, such as vomiting and dehydration.
Respiratory and circulatory issues, such as aspiration pneumonia, cyanosis, and respiratory depression.

Due to these effects, SCP-5413 has been deemed an active hazard to enter. Exploration of SCP-5413 via unmanned drone has displayed a layout and contents similar to other Gurdwaras. The origin of the items within SCP-5413 is currently unknown.
The main entrance of SCP-5413 leads to a small hallway, with doors to the left, right, and front. Moss can be seen growing throughout the hallway, alongside patkas4 laid on the floor, all tied. A rusted child's Kara5 is on the floor, underneath a large sword, of which only the hilt remains.

An approximate layout of SCP-5413, used to confirm locations during unmanned exploration.

The door to the left leads to the Diwan hall, or main sermon hall. The carpet that covers the hall's entire floor is stained, and rotting meat, milk, and butter is present. A half-torn dollar bill is present in the collection box. The only set of human remains in SCP-5413 is a male child's skeleton, approximately seven years of age, in a prostrated position in front of the box. Syringes jut out of its arms. Human feet and gluteal imprints are left on the carpet in many places, all oriented forwards. A small harmonium and tabla can be seen next to the collection box. The tabla's bindings are wrapped around the harmonium, and it is physically impossible to remove either one from the other. The single copy of the Guru Granth Sahib is open and has a large hole in the middle of it; viewing it causes a reported feeling of "emptiness."
The door to the right leads to the Langar6 hall. Seven vats for food are present in the sitting area. Two are filled with hot, cooked meat, and two others contain yeast, barley, and grapes. Attempts to consume the meat present in the vats left subjects reporting a sense of "blissful ignorance." Chairs take up the rest of the seating area, showing signs of use. Attempting to empty a nearby water pitcher causes a rose-colored mixture to dispense, able to flow past what the pitcher can contain. Testing has revealed it to be a mix of Amrit, goat's milk, and blood. Footprints from an unidentifiable animal lead to small cupboards intended for containing dishes, around which claw marks are present. Small human hand-prints, oriented as if something were pulled out of the cabinet, are present around its edge, along with shreds of a manila folder.
The door in front has a small sign to its right, labelled "Office." The door is locked. Flight-capable drones entered through the ventilation system, revealing a desk, bookshelf, and two houseplants. The desk has a ledger atop it, the bookshelf is empty with the exception of a copy of the Rehat Maryada,7 and both plants are dead. The ledger has a single order of Chardonnay wine from an unknown supplier, worth 300,000 rupees, as well as shreds of a manila folder. A disciplinary paddle and ruler are present on the desk, both still warm. There is a name which cannot be verbalized listed on a paper on the desk, next to "ਰਾਜ਼ ਦੇ ਭਾਸ਼ਣਕਾਰ"; it is that of a child.
A single unmarked bottle lays near the back wall, filled with syringes. Claw marks, similar to those of a large animal, are shown around its neck, and two sets of deep animal tracks can be seen entering and exiting its opening. Tests have revealed trace amounts of diamorphine, ketamine, and Chardonnay wine around the bottle. A child's screams and sounds of a liquid being consumed can be heard, and are the only details early subjects were able to recall.
SCP-5413's effects are theorized to extend to the surrounding village; according to census and public health data, the percent of the population of those experiencing SCP-5413 exploration symptoms is currently increasing, though this is theorized to be due to an as-of-yet unidentifiable reason for a repeated, spontaneous decline in the adult population.

Footnotes
1. Sikh place of worship.
2. A direct translation of "Word of God."
3. Head committee that handles Gurdwara affairs.
4. Turbans, in a style specifically worn by children.
5. A Sikh's iron bracelet.
6. A location in which free vegetarian food is given out, at any time of day. Those who partake must sit down on the floor.
7. Sikh code of conduct.

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Item#: 5414

Level2

Containment Class:
euclid

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
vlam

Risk Class:
danger

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Still from instance SCP-5414-C21. Typical features shown here are the silhouetted foreground and reddened clouds.

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5414 instances are contained on a network-isolated hard drive in Standard Storage Locker #1264 at Site-51. Foundation webcrawlers are to screen for and delete SCP-5414 instances found on video sharing sites in order to reduce exposure risk.
SCP-5414 footage is only to be viewed by Class-D personnel. Current testing parameters require that a GPS transponder implant be placed in subjects prior to exposure.
All reported deaths due to high impact falls are to be investigated for possible SCP-5414 involvement.
Description: SCP-5414 instances are videos containing footage of the sky taken from nondescript vantage points. Each video contains cognitohazardous cloud formations throughout their runtime. These formations primarily evoke feelings of calm and a sense of nostalgia in viewers.
Exposure to SCP-5414 constitutes an inherent risk for a RED-SKY Event as detailed below.
RED-SKY Events: These events occur subsequently to SCP-5414 exposure, typically after 2-6 weeks. They follow this sequence:

Upon entering REM sleep, the subject starts to dream. This dream begins from the point of view of the SCP-5414 footage to which they were exposed.

The subject's perspective in the dream begins to rise into the sky without any feeling of force initiating or resisting the movement. This has been reported as occurring at various rates of acceleration, but most recovered subjects described their ascents as “gradual” and “serene."

After reaching a variable altitude1, the subject's body will materialize at the position that they arrived at during their dream. They will then begin to fall under the now present effect of gravity and eventually collide with the ground beneath them.

From known RED-SKY Event survivor interviews, a voice is reportedly heard prior to impact. The voice has been consistently described as belonging to someone with a close personal relationship to the subject2. The source of this is not currently understood.

+ SCP-5414 Testing -- LEVEL 3/5414 CLEARANCE REQUIRED

- CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED

Testing is ongoing at this time. Presented below is an example RED-SKY Event test.

SUBJECT PREPARATION

Procedure: Subjects are exposed to SCP-5414 in order to induce a RED-SKY Event. The procedures are conducted by Head Researcher Dr. Emilia Carlson.

Subject: D-4982

Still from instance SCP-5414-B21.

Dr. Carlson: We are going to play a video for you. If you feel anything out of the ordinary, we want you to let us know. Do you understand?
D-4982: Yep. Go ahead.
Dr. Carlson: Beginning playback now.
[Footage begins showing a nondescript foreground silhouetted against a light blue sky with a mixture of large clouds as well as thin clouds at a higher elevation.]
D-4982: Sunsets always get me. They're so beautiful.
Dr. Carlson: Are you feeling anything watching this?
D-4982: I feel like I'm home. I had a west facing window after I moved into my grandparent's place. I loved to watch those oranges fade into reds and the blues grow darker and darker until the stars started to pop in.
Dr. Carlson: Do you have any other memories that this is bringing up for you?
D-4982: The day my mom died. Cancer. That night I sat there watching the sun set and just cried and cried. It had been a rainy week, but that night it was clear. Not a cloud in the sky. Just watching the big blue fade away and that tiny point of light dim for the last time
[Video finishes.]
Dr. Carlson: Thank you. That'll be all for today.

RED-SKY TEST

Procedure: Subject receives a dermal transponder implant capable of tracking his position. A body camera attached to a harness is secured to the subject and additional implants are placed in the subject's brain which allow for communication during the experiment without interference.

Subject: D-4982

On post-exposure day #22, the subject materialized at an altitude of 14,956 m over Shoshoni, Wyoming, USA3. The experiment was conducted by Head Researcher Dr. Emilia Carlson and research assistant Dr. Carl Schroeder.

Video transmission preview. Timestamp: 28/09/2020 - 18:16:41 [local time].

D-4982: What the fuck is happening?! I'm falling! What the fuck?!
Dr. Carlson: It's going to be alright. Tell us what you see.
D-4982: It's some town and trees and lakes and shit. Am I gonna die!?
Dr. Carlson: Don't worry. Is anything that is going on feel odd to you?
D-4982: I'm falling from the sky you asshole!
Dr. Carlson: I understand that. Is there anything besides that?
D-4982: What the fuck is happening to me?
Dr. Carlson: That's what we're trying to figure out. We're here with you, don't worry.
D-4982: Stop telling me not to worry! That doesn't make me feel any better. This whole thing is your fucking fault.
Dr. Schroeder: (To Dr. Carlson) He's now at free fall velocity. At this rate we expect impact in 4m30s.
Dr. Carlson: It's okay that you're afraid, but we need you to keep talking to us about what is going on so we can help you.
D-4982: Fine. There's — uh, I — I'm starting to feel something weird.
Dr. Carlson: What is it?
D-4982: I'm feeling like it's okay that I'm up here. I'm sorry about what I said before.
Dr. Carlson: Don't worry about it, we expect that kind of reaction to what you're going through.
[Pause]
D-4982: Is this happening because of that video you showed me? I kind of felt similar when I was watching it.
Dr. Carlson: That is what we think is happening. How are you doing now?
D-4982: I was worried at first because I thought I was still dreaming and now I'm falling through the sky, but it's all good now. It feels like I'm going home.
Dr. Carlson: Is there anything else that you can see or feel?
D-4982: Things just look normal up here. Actually, it feels like something is trying to hold me up here. Like when my mom held my hand keeping me safe.
Dr. Carlson: I want you to know that our team will be in place to get you soon after you land.
D-4982: You don't have to do that, I'll be okay.
Dr. Schroeder: (To Dr. Carlson) Impact in 30 seconds.
Unknown Voice: Is… is that you Mark?
D-4982: I — yes. I missed you, so much.
Unknown Voice: Everything is going to be alright. Don't worry.
D-4982: I knew I felt you up here.
Unknown Voice: Come on, Mark, come here. I love you.
D-4982: I love you too.
[End feed]

Impact occurred 4m50s after materializing. Recovery teams were successful in securing the subject's remains and transporting them to Site-51 for analysis. Injuries and markings consistent with a high velocity impact were present. The only finding of note was an injury resembling a burn in the shape of a hand print being found on the subject's right hand.

Footnotes
1. Typically between 10,000 and 15,000 m.
2. This includes persons both alive and dead.
3. Depicted in instance SCP-5414-B21.

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Item#: 5415

Level4

Containment Class:
keter

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
ekhi

Risk Class:
danger

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The cover art of SCP-5415-1.

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5415 containment procedures are currently reactive in nature, as opposed to preventative. Foundation agents embedded at major publishing houses are to check submitted material for SCP-5415 as part of their daily responsibilities. Foundation webcrawlers are to conduct automatic searches for SCP-5415 instances, prioritising fiction-writing websites and resources.
Upon encountering any new references to SCP-5415, agents are to initiate a high-priority alert to the containment team, MTF-Psi-2 "Invitation Revoked", and the instance is to be contained immediately.
Description: SCP-5415 is the designation for a series of incomplete novels entitled The 120 Days of Gomorrah. SCP-5415 are sequels, either direct or thematic, to the novel "The 120 Days of Sodom".1 Each instance of SCP-5415 is produced independently from one another by authors that have no currently identified connections linking them.
As the author of an SCP-5415 instance progresses through writing the novel, they will become a conduit for anomalous phenomena, and exhibit steadily increasing signs of mental duress. This effect has become more pronounced with successive SCP-5415 instances. SCP-5415 instances are designated SCP-5415-#, with the numerical component incrementally increasing. The author of an instance is designated SCP-5415-#-A.

ADDENDUM 5415.1: INSTANCE DETAILS

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SCP-5415-01
Author (SCP-5415-01-A): Edward Henry Forest
Description: An epistolary novel and a direct sequel. The novel takes the form of letters sent from Father Bertrand, a priest living near Metz, to an unnamed friend. Bertrand regularly takes confession from a cook who survived the events of The 120 Days of Sodom.
The cook relays, in great detail, the tortures he witnessed to Bertrand, who, in turn, relays this to his friend. The nature of the acts described cause Bertrand to frequently contemplate the nature of humanity, and whether it was made in "God's own image". A subplot involves Bertrand hearing knocking from within the church's sealed crypt, but he is unable to locate the source of the sound.
At the conclusion of the novel, the cook commits suicide by jumping from the church steeple. Bertrand leaves the clergy, believing that if God does exist he is a "cruel and lecherous creature". Before departing his church, he notices a small hole has been knocked through the crypt wall from the inside.

Notes: SCP-5415-01 was posted as a PDF document online on multiple forums concerning fiction writing. Medical records indicate SCP-5415-01-A committed suicide a few hours after -01's posting. When questioned, 01-A's family failed to recall any information regarding -01 and were unable to provide details regarding 01-A's death, attributing the latter to psychological repression. Further investigation found medical staff and coroners had similar difficulty recalling 01-A's expiration - the cadaver has yet to be located.

SCP-5415-02
Author (SCP-5415-02-A): Jessica Turner
Description: A science-fiction novel set in the year 7,356 A.D. The four primary characters are wealthy individuals who have extended their lifespans to the point of immortality through technology only affordable to the richest in society. Having each been alive for over a millennium, they find themselves unable to feel emotion, and purchase a cohort of slaves to torture in the hope of regaining their humanity. Each main character occupies a position within the "Government of Allied Galaxies" — a universe-wide governing body. The first quarter of the novel contains various allusions to multiple, ongoing political crises and an "encroaching darkness" . The characters are purposefully ignorant and refuse to acknowledge or remedy any of these situations.

At the climax of the novel, despite progressing through increasingly violent and depraved acts, the main characters have yet to feel any form of emotion. Planetary Governor Keyes, the primary organiser of the event, and whose ship is being used to stage the debauchery, accidentally rips out the cybernetic implants in his left arm during a particularly violent interaction with one of the slaves. Upon doing so he feels pain, and hurriedly encourages his co-conspirators to "discard your false adornments". They tear their cybernetic components, including eyes, limbs, primary organs and genitalia, out and find they are able to gain full pleasure from the torture, and praise themselves for "returning to Flesh" as they do so. Their mission accomplished, Keyes sets the ship's course to collide with the nearest star. The final scene of the novel is the mangled conspirators running amok amongst the remaining slaves as the stars in the distance go dark one by one.
Notes: SCP-5415-02-A was reported missing by her employer after being absent from work and uncontactable for three consecutive days. Foundation personnel became involved after two local law enforcement officers were dispatched to SCP-5415-02-A's residence and only one returned five hours later. The returning officer suffered from exhaustion and signs of malnutrition, and described the house as a "labyrinth".2
Foundation agents discovered the residence's architecture had developed non-Euclidean features, with the interior layout being constantly in motion. The centre of the house's new architectural structure remained consistent, and contained a spherical mass of a flesh-like substance, with a diameter of 1.23m and weighing 151kg, levitating 0.8m above the floor. The sphere excreted a liquid composed primarily of water, blood, █████, and honey at a rate of 0.5L per hour. Analysis of the sphere's composition found traces of DNA from both SCP-5415-02-A and the missing law enforcement official.
Thirty-six printed copies of SCP-5415-02's manuscript were located. Instances were also found to be have been sent via postal mail to five publishing houses in the United Kingdom.

SCP-5415-03
Author (SCP-5415-03-A): Avery Harper
Description: A retelling of the original novel, with the story transposed to a college campus in 1990s America. The four main characters are all students at an unnamed university and belong to the same fraternity. Three of their fathers have the occupation of one of Sade's characters3. Details of the fourth boy's parents are never given, but it is implied throughout the novel he arranged their murder to inherit their fortune.
Feeling constrained by the norms of society, the students decide to "unmask" themselves and "explore [their] desires"; to do so, they kidnap members of sororities and other fraternities on campus before the Winter Holiday break. Midway through the novel, another fraternity member, Avery Harper, returns to the chapter house early. Upon witnessing the activities underway, he willingly volunteers as a victim.
The narrative is interspersed with dream sequences in which they await the arrival of their fathers to judge their "work". The final dream sequence, described in the penultimate chapter, has the four main characters experience a shared fantasy in which they have the same father4 who arrives and judges their work to be worthy of his attention and visitation.

Notes: SCP-5415-03 was discovered after its publication online via the self-publishing service of technology company Amazon, with the title triggering an alert via the Foundation's online watch-list. Upon arriving at SCP-5415-03-A's residence, MTF-Psi-2 discovered the author deceased with anomalous disfigurations. SCP-5415-03-A's limbs had been elongated to lengths of over 110m and fused to the residence's walls and ceilings. Periodically, the limbs were arranged into one of five thaumaturgical summoning symbols, with eighty-two symbols in total.

SCP-5415-04
Author (SCP-5415-04-A): Wayne Atkin-Clerk
Description: A meta-fiction in which an author afflicted by writer's block attempts to write a sequel to "The 120 Days of Sodom". Chapters alternate between the author's daily routine written in third person, first person stream of consciousness depicting his attempts to write the novel, and extracts from it.5 From the 22nd page onwards, the name of the protagonist is substituted for the author's.
Notes: After the neighbours situated below 04-A's apartment complained about water damage to their ceiling, building maintenance were called to investigate. 04-A was discovered deceased in his residence, with a slit throat that was continuously haemorrhaging. The wound is estimated to have bled approximately 24L of blood before alerted Foundation agents arrived and cauterised it. The corpse was disfigured, with 6 bone protrusions, 0.4m each, erupting through the scalp in a circular arrangement. A thaumaturgical summoning symbol had been branded upon the centre of the scalp. SCP-5415-04 was discovered, unfinished, on 04-A's personal laptop.

SCP-5415-05
Author (SCP-5415-05-A): David Carter
Description: A direct sequel. Set an undisclosed number of years after the original novel, the King of France contacts the Duc de Blangis6 upon hearing rumours of the events of "The 120 Days of Sodom".
The King is organising a masquerade banquet in honour of a visiting foreign ambassador, and recruits the Duc to arrange the evening's entertainment. The novel primarily follows the Duc's daughter, Claudette, as she attempts to dissuade her father from assisting the King.7 She is ultimately unsuccessful and, after an evening of abuse and torture of the King's courtiers, the novel culminates in Claudette being cannibalised by her father and the banquet attendees.
From the beginning of the novel, the Duc is assisted by his servant, David. At the beginning of the third act, a comic interlude occurs between the two characters. During this, David ponders aloud why he assists the Duc with his crimes. The Duc responds that, whilst David serve the Duc, the Duc serves the King, the King serves the ambassador, and the ambassador serves "The Truest King of All", who shall "reward us all with infinite glory when he breaches this land".
Notes: A draft of SCP-5415-05 was sent via mail to twenty publishers globally, alerting Foundation personnel. MTF-Psi-2 were dispatched to SCP-5415-05-A's residence; a log of the incident is included in the next addendum.

ADDENDUM 5415.2: INCIDENT 06/08/2019

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The floor plans of SCP-5415-5-A's residence.

Video Log Transcript
Date: 06/08/19
Team: MTF Psi-2 "Invitation Revoked"8
Team Lead: Melissa Crane9
Team Members:

Dr. Rajendra Pyne10
Dr. Pham Văn Danh11
Evelyn Hayle12
Father Owen Callahan13

[BEGIN LOG]

(The team approach SCP-5415-05-A's residence.)
Crane: Alright team, check your weapons. Anomaly's been inconsistent in the past, we can't rule out hostiles. We've got three floors: ground, second, basement. Pham, ground floor. Hayle and Pyne, take the property exterior and the basement. Callahan and I will take the top. Any sign of topological abnormalities in the architecture, radio it through, we'll regroup and re-plan. Capisce? Capisce. Let's go.
(The team run up the steps to the residence's front door. Crane opens it in with one precise kick; her team, bar Hayle and Pyne, enter single file into the entrance hallway.)

[At this point, Psi-2 splits into the three aforementioned groups. Each group's actions over the next five minute period are transcribed below.]

[GROUND FLOOR]
(Pham makes his way into the entrance hallway and turns left, into the lounge. The room is in a state of disarray: the powered-on television and a large mirror set over the fireplace have both been smashed numerous times. As Pham looks into the fireplace, the charred remains of family photos containing SCP-5415-05-A are visible. Cardboard has been haphazardly taped over the windows.)
(Pham sweeps the room for signs of anomalous activity. He unplugs the television, compares his surroundings to the reflection shown in the mirror, and then lifts it up to examine the underlying wall. Satisfied, he moves on to the kitchen, where he is immediately hit by the putrid smell of rotten goods.)
Pham: Anyone else seen signs of life yet? This place seems abandoned — fridge is turned off, contents are putrefying.
(Unwashed dishes pile up in the sink. Fragments of ceramic litter the floor at the other end of the room, indicating crockery has been thrown at the wall. A table in the centre of the room is covered in seemingly innocuous maps and photographs of individuals conducting their daily affairs.)
Crane: We've got signs of something upstairs for sure, but I'm not-
(Another voice interjects, interrupting the team lead mid-sentence.)
Pyne: I need all of you down in the basement, right now!

[SECOND FLOOR]
(Crane and Callahan make their way into the entrance hall, and run up the flight of stairs to the top floor. Crane pushes open the first door they come to, leading to a small bathroom. The state of the bathroom matches that of the kitchen: the room is filthy, black mould covers the ceiling, faecal matter stains the toilet basin.)
Crane: Oh Christ — sorry Father.
(Callahan laughs.)
Callahan: Are ya ever going to tire of that piss poor joke?
(The two agents make their way down the landing, and take the door on their right. They enter the study, where a laptop and printer sit on an office desk. The floor is littered with the packaging of ink cartridges and printer paper. Crane approaches the laptop, and moves the attached mouse.)
(The screen lights up; the laptop is on, and logged in to SCP-5415-05-A's profile — which Crane finds she can access without a password. The profile loads, and lands in to an open Microsoft Word document. "120 Days of Gomorrah", emboldened and underlined, entitles the 400 page manuscript.)
Crane: Well, there goes any chance we're in the wrong house. You found anything?
(Crane closes the laptop, places it into a plastic evidence bag, and stores it in her backpack as Callahan scours the bookshelves set against the west wall, calling out the book titles as he does.)
Callahan: Stein on Writing, King's Danse Macabre, Overcoming Anger, Where Nightmares Come From, Letting Go Of Rage, 101 Ways to Beat Writer's Block. Nout that looks anomalous in nature. Let's move on.
(Crane and Callahan exit the study, and cross the landing to the bedroom. Crane opens the door, and walks in first.)
Crane: Christ.
Callahan: Come off it Mel-… oh.
(Callahan follows Crane into the bedroom. The walls are completed covered with pages from SCP-5415-05, imprecisely affixed through a variety of methods: pins, staples, tape, and glue. The surfaces of the walls are uneven, where pages have been pasted over each other, in some places over thirty sheets thick. The majority of the pages are covered in frantic, barely legible scribblings.)
(A pair of legs protrude from an alcove on the bedroom's north wall. Crane draws her weapon and moves around the bedroom to obtain a better perspective. A headless corpse, with a mangled upper torso, is slumped on the floor.14 A shotgun lies adjacent, and the residue from its use splatters the wall behind the corpse. As the blood and viscera has dripped down, it has dried in the pattern of a thaumaturgical summoning symbol, over a meter in diameter.)
(A voice crackles through their radios.)
Pham: Anyone else seen signs of life yet? This place seems abandoned — fridge is turned off, contents are putrefying.
(Still staring at the symbol, Crane reaches down to her radio.)
Crane: We've got signs of something upstairs for sure, but I'm not-
(Another voice interjects, interrupting the team lead mid-sentence.)
Pyne: I need all of you down in the basement, right now!

[BASEMENT]
(As the rest of the team swarm into the property, Hayle and Pyne perform a cursory sweep of the front yard, before walking along the side of the house to the back garden.)
Hayle: There's an ill wind blowing. The aura of this place… it's foul.
Pyne: Are the auras telling you if we'll all make it home in one piece?
Hayle: You'd be wise not to mock that you don't understand, Dr. Pyne.
Pyne: Just doing what I need to do to get through the day.
(Arriving at the shed at the property's exterior, Pyne pulls open the door. The wooden structure is filled with gardening equipment. All of it is covered in a thick layer of dust — with the exception of a bundle of rope, on the floor by the entrance. Hayle kneels down, closes her eyes, and picks up a section of rope.)
Hayle: We need to get to the basement. Fast.
(The agents walk from the shed towards the house, to a padlocked hatch leading into the basement. Pyne draws a handheld buzzsaw and attempts to cut through the lock. It glows red, and shows no signs of damage.)
Pyne: Thaumaturgically sealed. I don't need the spirits to know that someone didn't want us getting in here. There's another entrance in the house.
(Pyne and Hayle run up to the residence's back door; Pyne smashes the door's glass and reaches through to unlock it. They enter the house, turn left, and walk down the stairs to the basement antechamber. A rhythmic pulsing sound begins to be heard.)
Pyne: That sure doesn't sound good.
(As the pair approach the door to the main basement chamber, a red light can be seen shining through from underneath it, in time with the pulsing sound. A voice crackles through their radios:)
Pham: Anyone else seen signs of life yet? This place seems abandoned — fridge is turned off, contents are putrefying.
(The pair push open the door to the main basement chamber, and walk through.)
Hayle: Oh no. Oh no, no.
(A large thaumaturgical symbol, the same as in the bedroom, has been drawn thickly with chalk across the majority of the floor. The red pulsing light emanates from the source, periodically illuminating the room.)
(Four identical, smaller symbols have been drawn over the base shape's thaumaturgical focal points. Above these four symbols float four individuals, suspended and rotating in the air. They all display disfiguration of the scalp similar to that experienced by SCP-5415-04-A.)
(At the centre of the room, a metre and a half above the floor, an incredibly bright bead of light shines, no bigger than the head of a pin.)
(Pyne hurriedly throws his backpack to the floor, and grasps at his radio as Crane responds to Pham.)
Crane: We've got signs of something upstairs for sure, but I'm not-
Pyne: I need all of you down in the basement, right now!

(The body cameras of Crane, Pham, and Callahan capture them making their way, at speed, to the basement. Upon arriving, they find Hayle finishing erecting portable flood lights to provide extra visibility, and Pyne standing by the light in the centre of the room.)
Crane: Tell me that's not what I know it is.
Pyne: Genuine interdimensional rift. What's causing this wants to get through and it's decided to kick the door in. Getting measurements now.
(Pyne deploys four microscopic drones, which hover around the rift. They beam information regarding it to a tablet held by Pyne.)
(Crane walks over to the thaumaturgical symbol and displaces the chalk on the floor by rubbing it with her boot. With the chalk now gone, the glowing red light continues to emanate out of the room's flooring.)
Crane: Well, shit. Symbol's taken hold, so disrupting the ritual that way isn't an option. What have you got for me, Pyne?
Pyne: Rift is small, but growing. It's acting like an infection — each unit of our world breached infects the surrounding space, and so forth. I'm estimating… five minutes until we're at a point of no return.
Crane: Oh wonderful. Command, I need an immediate evacuation of the surrounding area.
(She turns and addresses her team.)
Crane: Listen up! Pham, get vitals on the casualties, see if you can move them off the focal points. Callahan, bless the symbols, try to reduce their potency. Hayle, what do you make of this?
Hayle: Symbol is familiar to those seen in Goetian demonology, yet heavily deviated in certain places. Certainly a summoning symbol. The energy in this room is rancid, I can't sense anything willing to aid us.
Crane: There's a bedroom on the top floor, walls are plastered in manuscript pages. Burn them.
Hayle: Understood, Captain.
(Hayle leaves the basement to complete her orders.)
(Pham moves between the suspended individuals, reaching up and taking their pulse. As he approaches each one, their eyes dart downwards and stare at him, indicating they are aware of their situation.)
Pham: Captain, they're all alive, but each time I try to remove them from the symbol, their pulse rockets and they start haemorrhaging from their eyes. I can't safely remove them whilst the ritual is active.
Crane: Understood. Callahan, any luck?
Callahan: Nothing I've done seems t' be having any effect. I'm running out of options fast.
Crane: Pham, get those people delinked from the symbol. We need to slow this down.
Pham: But Captain-
Crane: Just get it done.
(Pham grabs the legs of the individual levitating closest to him. He begins to pull them away from the centre of the symbol, to the side of the room. Pham encounters significant resistance in doing so, but is eventually able to detach them from the focal point. As this happens, the civilian begins to spasm, and haemorrhaging intensifies, covering Pham in a spray of blood. The agent attempts to stabilise them, but to no avail. He moves on to the next civilian.)
(Pyne walks over to Crane, and hands her the tablet tracking the size of the rift as he pulls another tablet from his backpack.)
Pyne: Removing them from the symbol has slowed the growth rate — it's bought us time, but not enough. Four minutes left. Rift is big enough to deploy a microdrone through.
(One of the microdrones approaches the centre of the rift, before disappearing into it.)
Pyne: Readings are showing an atmospheric composition similar to our own — gravitational force is significantly higher though. Visuals are coming online…
Pyne's tablet begins to show the drone's camera output. The drone floats through a nondescript environment, covered entirely in a dark green fog. Every few seconds, a crack of thunder illuminates the area.
Pyne: Looks like an ideal place for my next vacation. Just over three minutes left.
Crane: Command, widen the exclusion zone, I'm officially requesting backup. As many combat teams as you have in the area. We've got a hostile entity due for imminent entry into our reality. We're struggling to impede its efforts here.
(A large maroon tentacle rises up through the fog, covered densely with suckers on all sides. A low-toned moan accompanies its appearance. It swings through the air, striking the drone and disabling it.)
(Pyne sighs.)
Pyne: Just once, why couldn't The 120 Days of Gomorrah be about a pillar of salt who learns about the power of family and how to love her new form?
(Crane stares down at her tablet, tracking the size and the growth rate of the rift.)
Crane: No, that can't…. Pyne, say that again!
Pyne:…say that I wish The 120 Days of Gomorrah was a heart-warming tale about love and body positivity?
(Crane throws her backpack to the ground, and pulls out the laptop she retrieved from the study. She flips the lid open, and starts rapidly editing the SCP-5415-05 manuscript, glancing up to check the readings on the machine every few seconds. She grabs at her radio.)
Crane: Hayle! Get back down here now, I need you. Command, I've got an idea on how to fight this thing, but it's going to sound crazy. How many Literature grads are in the room right now?

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Footnotes
1. "The 120 Days of Sodom" is a novel written in 1785 by French nobleman Marquis de Sade during his imprisonment in the Bastille. It follows four central characters, all men of wealth and power, in their quest for gratification via the torture and abuse of abducted victims. The novel was first published in 1904.
2. Planning records show the residence as a non-anomalous, two-storey detached house. This has been corroborated with past residents, and acquaintances of SCP-5415-02-A.
3. A banker, a judge, and a bishop.
4. Consistently stylised throughout the relevant chapter as "THE FATHER".
5. The latter contain a variety of author comments, sentences and paragraphs structured in multiple ways, and text written in strike-through to signify deletion.
6. One of the primary four libertines in Sade's novel.
7. Claudette does not appear in Sade's original novel, and is a creation of SCP-5415-05-A's.
8. A multidisciplinary team specialising in the neutralisation of extradimensional threats attempting to enter our universe.
9. Specialism: Field experience and team leadership.
10. Specialism: Interdimensional Studies.
11. Specialism: Biological hazards and medical expertise.
12. Specialism: Spiritualism, Occult and Paranormal studies.
13. Specialism: Theology, Eschatology, and Demonology.
14. Identified post-incident as SCP-5415-05-A.

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Item #: SCP-5418
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5418 is to be kept within a standard containment chamber and lain horizontally on a 1.8 metre plinth at all times. As an incentive for further cooperation, SCP-5418 has been given limited access to amenities following staff review. As of 01/01/21, the current provisions are:

A voice controlled audiobook system with a curated library of influential works.
A voice controlled, roof mounted television with access to local televised broadcasts.
Weekly visits from an on-site Rabbi.

Description: SCP-5418 is the skeleton of an adult male of Middle Eastern descent. The subject's bones are covered in flakes of gold, which has been affixed via the use of beeswax. SCP-5418 is adorned with a number of gold pieces of jewellery in the form of serpents, the largest of which are coiled around both arms and legs. Also present is a rope made from hemp fibre, which has been wrapped around the subjects neck, and a white robe. Dating has shown that both the rope and skeleton date to within the 1st century CE, while all other decorative items date to the 2nd century CE.
SCP-5418 was recovered from a crypt discovered approximately half a mile beneath the Catacombs of Callixtus in Rome, Italy. The passage to the crypt was uncovered following restoration efforts, which was followed by an archaeological study of the site. As efforts continued, reports of supernatural events within the crypt escalated, primarily records of an unknown voice. SCP-5418 entered containment following Foundation investigation. Early investigation has suggested the crypt itself is non-anomalous. Observation is ongoing.
SCP-5418 is capable of vocalisation despite lacking organs. These vocalisations manifest as male, and speak fluent Classical Hebrew. Though willing to engage in interviews with staff, the subject seems to be unable, or unwilling, to identify themselves, and claims to have forgotten who they were. Nevertheless, the subject has offered multiple variations of events within their life. Though variable, several consistent elements have been identified:

The subject was once a young warrior1 who lashed out at an occupying force in their homeland.
They lost this spark with age, and instead began to follow a local Rabbi.
The Rabbi sought the aid of the subject for a ceremony.
The subject did the 'unthinkable' avoided doing the 'unthinkable' (See Addendum-01)
For this, the subject was punished by 'HaShem'2. Following his death, they resuscitated, incapable of anything but thought and speech.

SCP-5418 shows no sign of further anomalous ability beyond their continued vocalisations. Due to dialogue with the subject suggesting a duplicitous nature, observation and studying of cell samples are to continue unless further anomalous activity is definitively proven absent.
ADDENDUM-01
On ██/██/██, an interview was conducted by Dr. ██████ Kohen. He was instructed to identify further information on 'HaShem', and was encouraged to pursue the question of the subject's continued faith. This interview is logged below, translated to English:

[BEGIN LOG]
Dr. Kohen: Good afternoon, 5418. How are we feeling today?Dr. Kohen: I'm glad to hear that you are keeping yourself stimulated. You'll be pleased to hear that I don't believe your studies will be disrupted for long then. My superiors would just like me to go over a couple subject areas with you again.Dr. Kohen: Right. In prior interviews, you've discussed your relationship with a Rabbi. You note how it ended poorly and led to HaShem cursing you. Yet you continue to ask for sermons from ██████ each week. If your last experience with the faith went so poorly, why do you continue to follow HaShem?Dr. Kohen: This would be contrary to information you've given us before. Now I know we've allowed you to have some quality of life items, but lying is an easy way to-Dr. Kohen: 5418, Jah and HaShem are one and the same according to scripture. I don't exactly believe-Dr. Kohen: … Could you elaborate?Dr. Kohen: I see. This worship was part of the Rabbi's… 'plan', then?Dr. Kohen gestures for the subject to continue.Dr. Kohen: I see. If it's alright with you, I'd like to take the conversation back to these deities. I notice their name's are identical to titles for Yahweh. Are you saying that-Dr. Kohen: T-Dr. Kohen: … Thank you for your cooperation. I think we're done here.
[END LOG]

Further interviews were conducted with the subject, asking near identical questions as to the above. The subject responded in similar ways each time, with little to no deviation of information. Future interviews should focus on gathering more information on the worship of the 'Faces' and 'The Father'.

Footnotes
1. Ostensible; the subject has also consistently stated they were a freedom fighter, murderer, and soldier, amongst a number of other vocations.
2. Translated as 'The Name'. Used by certain Jewish groups to refer to Yahweh outside of liturgical context.

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Item#: 5419

Level2

Containment Class:
euclid

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
vlam

Risk Class:
danger

link to memo

SCP-5419-A following procurement

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5419-A (and by extension SCP-5419) is to be contained within a standard humanoid containment cell at Site-22. No less than three ultraviolet sensors are to be installed in the cell to monitor SCP-5419's presence.
Amenities appropriate for a young humanoid are to be supplied to the subject, including (but not limited to) drawing books, art materials, reading material appropriate for children six years old and below, a mobile DVD player, and disks containing videos of educational children's programs. Amenities and outdoor privileges are to be removed or added at the discretion of the head researcher.
At no point are personnel allowed to physically or verbally harm SCP-5419-A. Should the subject need to be reproached for unacceptable behavior, reprimands are to only be done at the discretion of the head researcher.
Research personnel who are in charge of interacting with SCP-5419 and SCP-5419-A are required to refer to each subject as "Wind" and "Quincy" respectively in order to engender familiarity with either subject. Should SCP-5419-A enter a state of an emotional outburst, physical contact in the form of an embrace is to be immediately made with SCP-5419-A.
Description: SCP-5419-A (formerly named Quincy Koothrapali) is a six year old boy of South Asian descent. Aside from SCP-5419-A's connection to SCP-5419, the subject has been remarked upon as non-anomalous. Prior to its procurement by the Foundation, the subject was noted to have escaped from an orphanage in [REDACTED], Canada, living in the forests near the city. How SCP-5419-A survived living in the wilderness is unknown (See Interview Log).
SCP-5419 is an incorporeal, amorphous organism made purely of ultraviolet light and so is imperceptible to the naked human eye and invulnerable to conventional weaponry. Despite its composition, SCP-5419 has been known to exert control over its form, becoming corporeal in limited amounts of time in order to exert force on an object (See Discovery Log). Foundation testing has revealed SCP-5419 to be capable of this through the concentration of an intense volume of ultraviolet light, though how SCP-5419 does this is unknown.
SCP-5419 has also been recorded to possess sentience and is known to be “attuned” to the emotions of SCP-5419-A through unknown means. SCP-5419 has been remarked to follow SCP-5419-A at all times, disregarding physical barriers in order to do so.
Discovery Log: SCP-5419 was first discovered by the Global Occult Coalition, who first detected a “hidden entity” stalking SCP-5419-A at all times. Following standard organizational procedure, twelve operatives from the group moved to secure SCP-5419-A, aiming to apprehend the subject for transfer to one of its secure facilities and to neutralize SCP-5419 on-site.
Believing SCP-5419 to be reality-bending in nature, the operatives deployed with miniature reality anchors1 together with ultraviolet sensors, meeting SCP-5419-A and SCP-5419 at a clearing in the forest where SCP-5419-A lived. According to Foundation informants within the GOC, the operatives moved to secure SCP-5419-A first, with three agents apprehending the subject. As the operatives did so, SCP-5419 began attacking the agents nearest to SCP-5419-A, leaving the subject unharmed. Subsequently, the agents opened fire upon SCP-5419 to no avail, ending with all twelve agents being neutralized by SCP-5149.
Information about the entity and the subject were immediately sent to the Foundation following the failed GOC operation. This prompted the Foundation to dispatch Mobile Task Force Phi-3 (“Bears Grilled”) to the scene.
Recovery Log:

Time: 9:24 PM, Eastern Standard Time
Foreword: After six hours of tracking the footprints of SCP-5419-A, all four members of MTF Phi-3 arrived on the scene on foot so as not to alarm SCP-5419-A or SCP-5419. Each operative's equipment houses an ultraviolet sensor and a miniature Scranton reality anchor.

The ultraviolet sensors on the operatives' headgears begin to show readings of a low ultraviolet signature. SCP-5419-A is sighted leaning on a nearby tree, asleep. SCP-5419 is found fifteen meters away.
Alpha: Alright boys and girls, standard procs. Move to apprehend the kid but make no aggressive moves toward the entity. We don't want the same thing that happened to the Gocks to happen to us.
Bravo, Charlie, Delta: Affirmative, Ma'am.
Alpha: Charlie, Delta, head to the right. Begin approach towards the kid.
Charlie and Delta advance slowly and quietly across the field towards SCP-5419-A. Alpha and Bravo stay back, watching for signs of activity from SCP-5419.
Charlie and Delta come to a stop five meters away from SCP-5419-A. SCP-5419 shows no activity.
Delta: Orders, Alpha?
Alpha: Delta, wake the kid up. Convince him to come with us. Your expertise should serve here. Make no sudden movements. If the entity makes a hostile movement, shoot it on my command.
Delta advances towards SCP-5419-A, stretching out a hand towards the subject's shoulder. He pats the subject four times.
Delta: Hey, kid. You awake?
SCP-5419-A stirs
SCP-5419-A: Yeah… what?
The subject's eyes widen.
SCP-5419-A: Are you the bad men? Are you the ones who shot-
Delta: We're not, we promise. We're people from the cops. The good cops.
SCP-5419-A: But you look almost like them! You're scary!
SCP-5419's ultraviolet signature begins to rise.
Bravo: I think the blob's stirring. Keep it down, C and D.
Delta raises both his hands, putting his assault rifle on the ground in a show of harmlessness.
Charlie (whispering): D, calm him down.
Delta (soothing): Hey, little boy. We aren't here to hurt you, alright? See? I put my gun down.
Alpha: Delta, Charlie, make it fast. I don't want this to turn ugly.
Charlie (to Delta): D, you heard her. Make it fucking fast!
SCP-5419-A: You're lying! You look like them! You want to kidnap me!
Delta: We won't. Trust us, please?
SCP-5419's ultraviolet signature continues to rise. An amorphous shape begins to rise from the ground. Growling is heard.
SCP-5419-A: You're going to beat me, aren't you? You're going to beat me and shoot my puppy and-
Delta (continuing to speak in a soothing voice): What's your name?
Charlie: Christ, Daryl. Get a move on!
SCP-5419-A looks in the direction of Charlie.
SCP-5419-A (quivering): The woman beside you is scaring me. Please stop shouting!
Delta (to Charlie): Nina, stop shouting.
Charlie: For fuck's sake, Daryl. It's about to be right on top of us.
Delta: Nina, stand down, please. Put the gun down.
Alpha: Charlie, put the damn gun down. That is an order.
SCP-5419 begins to slowly move in the direction of Charlie and Delta. Barking is heard in the direction of the entity.
SCP-5419-A: I'm scared. Stop, stop, please!
Bravo: Hurry up, you two. Shit is about to hit the damn fan.
Charlie (to Delta): Alright, I'm taking it off, I'm taking it off!
Charlie lowers her gun to the ground.
SCP-5419 continues to advance on the operatives.
Delta: Alright, see? We're safe. We mean you no harm.
Delta reaches his hand out to touch SCP-5419-A.
SCP-5419-A shrinks away.
SCP-5419-A (fearful): No! I don't believe you. You're here to hurt me like the nuns!
Alpha: Calm him down!
SCP-5419 begins to run in their direction.
Charlie: Son of a fucking bitch!
Charlie begins to pick up her gun.
SCP-5419 turns its attention to Charlie, closing the distance between it and the operative.
Alpha: Shit. Present!
Operatives Charlie, Bravo, and Alpha raise their weapons.
SCP-5419-A (crying): You'll hurt him again! Please, please!
SCP-5419 starts to materialize to strike Charlie.
Delta: Wait, fuck it!
Delta embraces SCP-5419-A.
SCP-5419-A immediately stops crying. SCP-5419 stops mid-materialization.
SCP-5419-A: I…
Delta: Shh, it's alright. We aren't gonna hurt you.
SCP-5419-A: Promise?
Delta: I promise.
SCP-5419 immediately turns to walk in the direction of SCP-5419-A. Barking is heard.
SCP-5419-A: I'm so scared. Please don't hurt him anymore.
Delta: We won't hurt you, alright? What's your name?
SCP-5419-A: Quincy.
Delta: Alright, Quincy, do you promise the entity won't hurt us?
SCP-5419-A: No, I swear. He just doesn't want me to be scared.
Delta: Don't worry. We won't scare you anymore, alright?
SCP-5419 comes into physical contact with SCP-5419-A . More excited barking is heard from the entity. Delta steps back.
SCP-5419-A (embracing SCP-5419): Aww, Wind! Don't hurt them anymore, okay? They didn't meant to hurt me, I promise.
SCP-5419 barks again, then its ultraviolet signature gradually lowers.
SCP-5419-A: Thank you so much.
Delta: We're going somewhere far away, okay? Somewhere were no one else can hurt you.
SCP-5419-A nods.
SCP-5419-A: Will I be safe there? From the nuns?
Delta: Yes you will, kid. Yes you will.
Alpha: Send a heli for retrieval.
HQ: Affirmative.
Operatives Alpha moves past SCP-5419 and towards Delta.
SCP-5419-A's eyes widen.
Delta strokes SCP-5419-A's hair. SCP-5419-A calms down.
Alpha (To Delta): Good fucking work. I almost thought you couldn't do it.
Delta (To Alpha): It was a near run thing. I'm glad the kid cooperated.
Alpha: How did you know?
Delta: How'd I know that…?
Alpha: How did you know that hugging would work?
Delta is silent.
Delta: I just… wanted to comfort him. He didn't seem like the type of kid to have been hugged much. Hugging seemed like the best thing I could do. You couldn't have killed the skip, anyway.
Alpha gives no reply for several seconds.
Alpha: Good work.
<End Log>

Afterword: After the operation, SCP-5419-A was taken to Site-22, with SCP-5419 following closely behind. Two days after the procurement operation, SCP-5419-A was interviewed by head researcher Rand.

Interview Log:

<Begin Log>
Head Researcher Rand: Heya, what's your name? Quincy, was it?
SCP-5419-A nods.
Head Researcher Rand: You feeling alright?
SCP-5419-A: K-kinda.
Head Researcher Rand: Kinda, huh? How is uh…
He points in a random direction, referring to SCP-5419.
SCP-5419-A: Wind is okay. He wasn't hurt by what the bad cops did to him.
Head Researcher Rand: Really? Good to hear. So his name is Wind, huh?
SCP-5419-A nods.
Head Researcher Rand: Can you tell us what Wind is, Quincy?
SCP-5419-A: I don't know what he is, but he's my… puppy, forever and ever. He said he came from the sun to protect me from the nuns.
Head Researcher Rand: The sun? Can you please ela- explain, that?
SCP-5419-A: I found Wind in the meadow. The one beside the orphanage.
Head Researcher Rand: Ah, the Shelter of Our Holy Child orphanage, in the city?
SCP-5419-A: Y-yeah. The nuns said I was a very bad boy, so they often sent me outside so that I can repent for my sins. They forced me to sleep outside, and then I prayed really really hard for something to come and take me away from here…
SCP-5419-A swallows.
SCP-5419-A: After that, in the night, my chest felt really really heavy.
Head Researcher Rand: Heavy how?
SCP-5419-A: Heavy and really hot. It was the feeling I get when I know Wind is close. He said he was from the sun, in my mind somehow.
SCP-5419-A smiles.
SCP-5419-A: And then he gave me a hug. A really really tight hug- I'd never been hugged before! And then he started licking my face. It's why I call him a puppy.
SCP-5419-A smiles sadly.
SCP-5419-A: He doesn't want me to be hurt. It's why I escaped from the orphanage- so he wouldn't hurt anyone else. He gave me food and we played fetch and… he's just like a real dog!
Head Researcher Rand: Do you know that he's not a dog?
SCP-5419-A puts a finger on his lips.
SCP-5419-A: I do, but please don't tell him that I know. He really likes being a puppy.
Head Researcher Rand: We heard him bark when we first met him. Can you tell him to bark?
SCP-5419-A turns to his side.
SCP-5419-A: Wind, bark!
SCP-5419 barks. It is indistinguishable from a real dog.
Head Researcher Rand: Fascinating. Does he always stay with you?
SCP-5419-A: Forever and ever.
SCP-5419-A looks up.
SCP-5419-A: I always wanted a dog, you know, doctor? A dog to keep me warm and company and to bark at strangers that want to hurt me.
SCP-5419-A looks at SCP-5419 fondly.
SCP-5419-A: I guess that's why God sent him down to me when I prayed really really hard that night. My very own dog, to always keep me company.
Head Researcher Rand: Well, we have some time, and Site-22 has a garden you and… Wind could play in.
SCP-5419-A's face lights up.
SCP-5419-A: Really? Really really really?
Head Researcher Rand: Yes. I am at liberty to decide what amenities you have access to, including your outdoor time.
SCP-5419-A jumps from his seat. An excited bark is heard within the containment chamber.
SCP-5419-A: Thank you so much! Thank you so so so much!
Head Researcher Rand: No problem, kid, just remember-
SCP-5419-A: Can the good cop join us too?
Head Researcher Rand: The uh… Good cop? The one who hugged you?
SCP-5419-A: Yeah! Dalta! He gave me the best hug in the world, and only Wind's hugs are bester.
Head Researcher Rand: I'll uh… I'll see what I can do.
<End Log>

Afterword: At the request of Head Researcher Rand, SCP-5419-A and SCP-5419 were given one hour of outdoor time following the interview, with Site Security being posted along all entrances to avoid a containment breach. For thirty of those minutes, SCP-5419-A and SCP-5419 remained lying down together, assuming physical contact in a way similar to “hugging”. Daryl Langley, MTF Phi-3's Operative Delta was approved to visit SCP-5419-A a few hours after.

Footnotes
1. A device used in order to counter the reality-bending effects of a specific entity

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