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by J Dune

Item#: 5104

Level3

Containment Class:
esoteric

Secondary Class:
integrated

Disruption Class:
dark

Risk Class:
notice

link to memo

SCP-5104-1 upon arrival in Easttown Township, Philadelphia

Assigned Site
Site Director
Research Head
Assigned Task Force

USINBL Area-179
R. Joseph Barrow
E. Matthew Trenton
N/A

PoI-9224 performing treatment on a patient

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5104-1 is to be contained in standard containment cell SCC-03, located at Area-179.
PoI-9224 has been integrated into the Foundation's internal structure as Level 1 personnel. On request, PoI-9224 is to perform Protocol-SPINAL-TAP upon SCP-5104-1.
Description: SCP-5104 is the collective designation for an anomalous relationship between two entities: SCP-5104-1 and PoI-9224.
SCP-5104-1 is a serpentine entity of unknown origin. SCP-5104-1's physical appearance consists of a raised crest attached to a protracted, segmented vertebral column. Pairs of curved appendages are attached to this column, decreasing in length as the sets are arranged along SCP-5104-1's body. The biological composition of SCP-5104-1 is unknown.
SCP-5104-1 is capable of flight, elevating itself at an estimated 6 meters from the ground, and gliding forward at a gradual pace.
PoI-9224 is David R. Shaffer, a resident of Easttown Township, Pennsylvania, and owner of "Shaffer Chiropractic". PoI-9224 does not possess any apparent anomalous knowledge or ability aside from their relationship with SCP-5104-1.
SCP-5104-1 and PoI-9224 are instinctively aware of each other's physical locations, no matter the distance. While SCP-5104-1 is not capable of vocalization, the entity chooses to communicate with PoI-9224 telepathically at a short range distance. Prior to containment, SCP-5104-1 pursued PoI-9224 in an attempt to interact with them.
Addendum 5104.1: Discovery
On 07/19/2020, at 17:38, Easttown Township law enforcement received a phone call from PoI-9224, who reported SCP-5104-1's presence, and claimed the entity was pursuing him. Within the next hour, multiple calls and reports from various witnesses were received as SCP-5104-1 moved through Easttown Township. Foundation agents intercepted the calls, and containment specialists were dispatched. Both SCP-5104-1 and PoI-9224 were successfully contained and transferred to Area-179. Witnesses were amnesticized as deemed appropriate.
Addendum 5104.2: Interview
For informational and contextual purposes, an interview with PoI-9224 was conducted. An excerpt can be found below.

<BEGIN LOG>
PoI-9224: That's what I'm telling you! I was watching TV, then I blacked out. When I got up, I could see, no, feel that thing. It was on 4th street, and I knew it was coming for me next. Can't explain it. Just knew.
Dr. Trenton: Interesting. And you don't have any idea what could've caused this, hm? No playing around with things you shouldn't have? You're sure this hasn't happened before? Keeping secrets isn't helping anyone, Mr. Shaffer.
PoI-9224: I have no clue what you're talking about, honest. I'm a tax payer! I'm a chiropractor! I don't do that pagan shit, if that's what you're saying.
Dr. Trenton: Well Mr. Shaffer, it's not every day something like this happens. I hope you can understand my concern.
PoI-9224: Look, I love my country. I'll do anything to help you guys out, but I —
Dr. Trenton: (Laughs) Relax, I'm screwing with you. Hold.
Trenton holds his hand to his ear, listening to a communication feed. After 20 seconds, he resumes.
Dr. Trenton: That was my colleague. We just finished your check. Upstanding member of the community, huh? Almost ran for mayor a couple times. Very impressive. On Yelp, Mr. Shaffer?
PoI-9224: (Pauses) What?
Dr. Trenton: Your business. Do you have a Yelp page?
PoI-9224: Oh, Yelp. I think my son set something up awhile back. Why?
Dr. Trenton: Check it often?
PoI-9224: Never.
Dr. Trenton: Figures. We checked it for you. This ring any bells?

Review taken from Shaffer Chiropractic's Yelp page (hover to enlarge)

Trenton slides a tablet across the table. A screenshot of a Yelp review is displayed on the screen. PoI-9224 examines the tablet.
PoI-9224: The hell's this?
Dr. Trenton: Review from your page, seemed suspect. Most recent one, posted minutes before the entity manifested itself in the middle of town. We were hoping you'd be able to provide context.
PoI-9224: Yeah, sorry. No clue.
Dr. Trenton: Understandable. Still feel the anomaly's presence?
PoI-9224: Uh, it's in a cell a few hallways down. He's a freaky bastard, that thing.
Dr. Trenton: What do you say we pay it a visit, huh? See what it wants.
PoI-9224: Absolutely not.
<END LOG>

Addendum 5104.3: Contact
After a minor altercation, PoI-9224 was brought near SCP-5104-1's containment cell. Incident is transcribed below.

<BEGIN LOG>
PoI-9224 stands in front of SCP-5104-1's containment cell.
Dr. Trenton: Go inside, Mr. Shaffer.
PoI-9224: It's going to kill me! No way in hell I'm going in there.
Dr. Trenton: Actually, it was quite docile during containment. Didn't lash out, showed no signs of aggression, what have you. As far as we can tell, the entity poses no physical threat.
PoI-9224: God.
Dr. Trenton: We could put you there, Mr. Shaffer.
PoI-9224: Alright, calm down. Just so you know, I get my arm bitten off, I'm not afraid to file a lawsuit.
Dr. Trenton: I'm sure.
PoI-9224 enters the containment cell. SCP-5104-1 is suspended in the air, its segmented body curled in the corner. Upon noticing PoI-9224, SCP-5104-1 unfurls itself and approaches Shaffer. PoI-9224 expresses distress.
PoI-9224: W — What do I do? It's coming towards me.
Dr. Trenton: Communicate! Talk to it!
PoI-9224: H — Hey! I'm not sure what I'm supposed to, uh, oh. Oh.
Dr. Trenton: Yes?
PoI-9224: Christ, It's talking to me in my head. W —
Dr. Trenton: What's it saying?
PoI-9224: (Pauses) Wait… I see. It's, uh, telling me it's heard of my… praises? It wants me to work my…. healing treatment on it. The hell?
Dr. Trenton: If I hadn't been paying attention to context clues, that might've been a fun twist.
PoI-9224: Sir, I think this thing wants me to crack its… back. It keeps saying that it's hurt.
Dr. Trenton: That is what you do, Mr. Shaffer.
PoI-9224: You want me to give it chiropractic treatment?
Dr. Trenton: Crack the entity's back, Mr. Shaffer.
PoI-9224: (Distressed) It's a goddamn flying spine! Where do I even start?
Dr. Trenton: Just go for it. Should be relatively easy.
PoI-9224: (Sighs) I've cracked worse.
<END LOG>

Researcher's Note: PoI-9224 enacted a two hour chiropractic session on SCP-5104-1. The entity displayed clear affection towards PoI-9224 and satisfaction with its treatment. SCP-5104-1 remarked to PoI-9224 that the treatment 'freed all pain' and '[it] gives 5 red shapes'.
A more thorough examination of the entity has been conducted using anomalous symbology, imagery, and various threat-assessment protocols. It is almost certain that SCP-5104-1 is a non-malicious entity, and poses no immediate threat to the world or The Foundation at large.
Considering this and due to PoI-9224's ability to perceive SCP-5104-1's presence at all times, a decision has been made to employ David R. Shaffer on-site as a practicing chiropractor and aide to SCP-5104-1 if need be. PoI-9224 has been granted Level 1 security clearances.
SCP-5104-1 remains in containment, and is approved to receive treatment from PoI-9224 upon request.

Addendum 5104.4: Update

Review taken from Shaffer Chiropractic's Yelp page (hover to enlarge)

On 07/27/2020, the following review was posted on Shaffer Chiropractic's Yelp Page.
PoI-9224 was asked to communicate with SCP-5104-1. The entity informed PoI-9224 to 'prepare for healing', and refused to elaborate on this statement.
At 13:56, a massive portal manifested in Easttown Township, Pennsylvania. Several hundred entities similar in appearance to SCP-5104-1 emerged from the portal before its closure. Foundation personnel responded immediately, succeeding in containing the entities and preserving the Veil.
Following transportation to Area-179, PoI-9224 performed chiropractic treatment on the entities, the duration of the session lasting three days in total. Further information on SCP-5104-1's species remains pending.

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Item#: 5105

Level5

Containment Class:
keter

Secondary Class:
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Disruption Class:
dark

Risk Class:
notice

link to memo

Updated Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5105 is currently contained at Site-01, under the direct management of the Overseer Council.
Description: SCP-5105 is the designation for a shadow resembling the Foundation's sigil, covering a wall of the meeting room of Site-01. SCP-5105 will manifest without any need for a light source or an object to create it, and will remain on the wall regardless of the level of lighting in the room. Direct illumination aimed at SCP-5105 will cause it to vanish, however it will immediately reform as soon as the offending light source is removed.
SCP-5105 appears to elicit an emotional response in subjects, though the extent of this is unknown. Due to concerns raised about the security of SCP-5105's location, general testing has been postponed.

O5 Designation
Response

O5-1
Disgust, along with a sudden exhaustion.

O5-2
Sudden sharp pains in her hands.

O5-3
Examined it for three minutes, then declined to comment, citing no interest.

O5-4
Laughter for approximately thirty seconds, which then stopped suddenly and was replaced with apprehension.

O5-5
Alarm.

O5-6
Relief, and a sensation similar to pride.

O5-7
Professed a reluctance to look at it for long.

O5-8
Contentment, which was said to feel uncomfortable.

O5-9
Curiosity.

O5-10
Nostalgia.

O5-11
Frustration.

O5-12
Began to sweat, and reported a headache.

O5-13
Found it of no particular interest.

Attempts to neutralize the anomaly have failed. When the location of Site-01 was changed, SCP-5105 immediately reappeared at the new location. SCP-5105 appears to translocate itself to the primary meeting spot for two or more Overseers as soon as its previous place is abandoned. When the Overseers attempted to bypass this restriction by meeting in small individual groups, SCP-5105 reappeared at the largest gathering of Overseers.
Discovery: SCP-5105 was first discovered by O5-5 on 21/02/2020, as they entered Site-01 for a meeting, and began to show great distress at the sight of SCP-5105. MTF Alpha-1, correctly deducing the presence of an anomaly, immediately evacuated Site-01 and escorted each Overseer to individual secondary safe locations. Alpha-1 attempted to remove SCP-5105, but was unsuccessful in doing so.

Interviewed: O5-7

Interviewer: O5-2

Foreword: As O5-7 was the only Overseer not present at the date of discovery, O5-2 briefed them over a secure line to update them on events.

<Begin Log>

O5-2: How was Siberia?

O5-7: Cold and frustrating. I was looking forward to returning to Command for once, then my pilot was informed of the whole debacle. Is everyone alright?

O5-2: Mostly fine. Scattered among their safehouses while Alpha-1's trying to figure out more about this. Have you seen it yet?

O5-7: I have not. From the preliminary file I was sent, it seems to have some pathokinetic capabilities? Was everyone exposed to it?

O5-2: The rest of the council, and a few Alpha-1 members. Interestingly enough, it only seems to elicit a response in Overseers. Well except for Thirteen. Do you have access to Site-01's servers at the moment? I'll send you the image we took.

O5-7: I'm an Overseer, not a D-Class. Is this wise? As far as I can see, I'm the only one unexposed to it.

O5-2: Over the last 24 hours or so we've been scanned for every type of memetic and infohazardous anomaly there is. Forgot how much I hated memetic inoculation… Anyways, Alpha-1's determined it carries no personal risk. Just sent it.

O5-7: Allow me a moment. Oh. I see. Can I look away from it now?

O5-2: Getting anything?

O5-7: There's something strange about it. My first instinct was to close the computer and throw it into the sea. Something about that image makes my skin crawl. Reminds me of my first anomaly. Just looking at it, I could tell there was something inherently wrong in its makeup…. I'm closing the file now.

O5-2: Gotcha. I'll put down a "Professed a reluctance to look at it for long…" Thank you.

O5-7: I'm not sure what that will give us, but I'm glad I could help. What emotions did it elicit in you?

O5-2: I… had these stabbing pains in my wrists. Just like… well, never mind.

O5-7: Ah. I can see why One would be so interested in sniffing out the truth behind this. Are you alright, my dear?

O5-2: I'll be fine. The sooner we're done with this, the better. I'll catch you when your plane arrives.

<End Log>

The origins of SCP-5105 are unknown. No known anomaly has been recorded within 100 km of Site-01 that has the capability to affect the location. No groups of interest on record are known to possess credible knowledge of Site-01's location.

Post-Investigation Interview: SCP-5105

Interviewed: O5-13

Interviewer: O5-1

<Begin Log>

O5-1: Any luck?

O5-13: No. Nothing solid, at least. Wasn't the Chaos Insurgency, or the anartists, or even ORIA… Whoever, or whatever it is, they somehow managed to sneak an anomaly into Command without tripping a single alarm.

[O5-1 sighs.]

O5-1: I suppose that's rather flattering, that such an impeccable infiltrator took an interest in us. Of course it begs the question, why do it at all?

O5-13: Intimidation, I suppose. If they managed to get in here, they could be anywhere they want to be. Any other site on the planet would be like tearing open a wet paper bag in comparison.

O5-1: If that was the goal, I can think of a million things more intimidating. Our severed heads, for one. Or an armed bomb. They could've wiped out decades worth of classified data.

O5-13: I've had Alpha-1 double and triple checking our digital security. It seems like nothing's been touched, oddly enough. So whoever they were, they didn't steal anything. So it appears to be some sort of political statement, oddly enough.

O5-1: A shadow on the wall.

O5-1 turns on a flashlight, aiming it at SCP-5105, which vanishes.

O5-1: Every test we've been able to conclude is that it's just that; a shadow. No humes disparity, or akiva radiation, or unusual EVE particle transmission to speak of. Just… a shadow. And in the perfect shape of our very own sigil.

Except whenever I shine a light at it, it vanishes. Funny thing is, this shouldn't actually do anything. A regular shadow doesn't care if the light's from the bulbs overhead or my flashlight straight on, it'll just vanish. Which seems to suggest it can react to direct observation, interestingly. Take a look.

O5-1 leaves the room, returning shortly with a ladder. Climbing the ladder, they aim the flashlight at a direct angle from in front of the overhead lights. SCP-5105 vanishes again

O5-1: See? Before, the shadow was fine. Now that it has a direct observer, it vanishes again.

O5-1 clicks off their flashlight and climbs off the ladder.

O5-1: You said that you felt nothing looking at it. Why is that?

O5-13: How should I know? It's not as if I engineered this little curiosity. It's just a blank slate for me. Yes, I can recognize it's anomalous. Yes, I recognize that it's potentially dangerous and should not be here. But beyond what my experience as an Overseer tells me… I feel nothing. It's just a shadow. Why do you feel disgust?

O5-1: I have no idea. I just do. I've seen that image millions of times, on every slip of paperwork that's ever crossed my desk since we designed that little thing. I like the design, of course, we wouldn't have it if I didn't. Two wanted to go with something a little more elaborate, but I managed to persuade her…

O5-13: Relief, Laughter, Nostalgia… and then there's me. Nothing. I wonder why that is. We'll have to do some more testing in the future, try and find someone who's susceptible to this effect aside from us.

O5-1: Good luck convincing the rest to allow so much as a housefly in here. You know Five's half convinced that you smuggled this in here? Had a very delightful chat with him about it.

O5-13: Honestly, I think it's far more likely this was a freak occurrence. We've had stranger things happen before. That sneeze five years ago, for instance.

O5-1: Hmm. It's possible, I suppose. But look around us. We're in Command right now. Do you know how many SRA's there are just underneath this table? Statistically speaking, it's the least likely spot for an anomaly to ever spontaneously form. We're in the eye of the storm here.

O5-13: Perhaps it's intentional. What's the saying? 'Nature abhors a vacuum.' Perhaps this is our comeuppance for all our years sequestered in Site-01, our little sanctuary of Reality Anchors and Red Right Hands. A shadow on the wall, to remind us we're not as invincible as we think we are.

O5-1: I've rarely heard of anomalies making room for artistic interpretation. I thought you said it wasn't the anartists?

O5-13: No, not like that. Think about it. Sitting here, making decisions every day that result in people dying, while we sit safely tucked away miles from any danger? It dehumanizes us.

O5-1: No one forced your hand to accept this role.

O5-13: It's just… take today. I've just signed an order authorizing the procurement of forty new D-Class Personnel from twelve American prisons. I won't ever see them die, or have to feed and shelter them, they're letters and figures on a page for me. When was the last time you were within spitting distance of an anomaly, not counting [REDACTED]?

O5-1: …Fuck you, Thirteen.

O5-13: I didn't mean to offend.

O5-1: You most certainly did.

[O5-1 and O5-13 sit in silence.]

O5-1: So. You're convinced that this is some sort of anomalous Sword of Damocles, to remind us we're not invincible?

O5-13: Well I might have framed it a little differently, but yes. And I hate to point it out, but I was the only one unaffected by this. Perhaps I'm the only one with an unbiased view.

O5-1: Hmm.

[O5-1 and O5-13 remain sitting at the table.]

O5-13: Rest of the council should be coming shortly. Should we just tell them to carry on as usual?

O5-1: You're the one convinced that it's a message for us. If so, perhaps we shouldn't ignore it. We'll do what we always do.

O5-13: Which is?

O5-1 clicks on their flashlight again, causing SCP-5105 to vanish.

O5-1: Keep the light burning.

<End Log>

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Item #: SCP-5110
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: All identified SCP-5110 items are to be contained in a secure containment locker. Under no circumstances are any Foundation Personnel beyond Class D personnel to ingest any SCP-5110 products.
Identified shipments of SCP-5110 are to be contained as soon as possible, and instances in retail are to be recalled. Staff involved with obtaining the shipment are to be interviewed before amnesticization.
Description: SCP-5110 is the collective designation for a collection of packaged food items released under the "PURE FOODS" brand. These items are typically food and drink items mimicking those of popular brands such as Coca-Cola or Haribo. SCP-5110 are usually found and shipped to small convenience stores. Attempts to find the company or individuals responsible for the creation of SCP-5110 are ongoing.
When ingested, SCP-5110 has adverse anomalous effects on the digestive system of the consumer. While the effects of SCP-5110 products typically vary with the specific item, with some being much less harmful, no item has been shown to have no anomalous effects on the consumer. Items of a specific SCP-5110 product are designated further as SCP-5110-A through SCP-5110-D
An abridiged description of each SCP-5110 product and its observed effects are available below:

Designation
Name on Packaging
Description

SCP-5110-A
PURE BERRIES
SCP-5110-A appears to be a container of assorted berries with packaging typical of the 'PURE FOODS' brand. After consumption, SCP-5110-A manifests large quantities of rotting berries inside of the digestive system of the consumer.

SCP-5110-B
PURE SODA
SCP-5110-B resembles a soda can used by brands such as Coca-Cola or Pepsi, with packaging typical of the 'PURE FOODS' brand. SCP-5110-B's contents are carbonated mineral water. After consumption, multiple glass 237ml bottles form in the digestive system of the consumer, often shattering from pressure.

SCP-5110-C
PURE WORMS
The packaging contains multiple multi-flavored gummy candies in the shape of worms. Following ingestion, entities resembling Eunice aphroditois appear inside of the subject's digestive system. These entities, when removed, appear colored or dyed to resemble the candies in SCP-5110-C. This causes significant trauma to the digestive system and other parts of the body due to the entities' burrowing instincts.

SCP-5110-D
PURE BEARS
The packaging contains multiple multi-flavored gummy candies in the shape of bears. After being ingested, a juvenile Brown Bear forms in the consumer's digestive system over the course of 1-3 days. The juvenile brown bear, after being removed, appears to have dyed fur similar in appearance to the colored gummy consumed when opened

Addendum 1: Packaging:
On the back of all SCP-5110 items, there are a series of statements presumably from the company or creators. This has remained constant on the packaging itself and is the only sign or marking from the company, aside from the "PURE FOODS" brand name.

It is our MISSION, and has ALWAYS been our MISSION to bring you PURE FOODS
Look at the OTHER PRODUCTS you own. Look at the INGREDIENTS; the SUGARS, SYRUPS, and UNNECESSARY things that have been added. So much added for TASTE, so much added to PLACATE you.
Look underneath this. WE do not give you the SUGARS that slowly rot your teeth, the FATS that bloat you, the SYRUPs that leave you wanting more. We give you PURE FOODS.
We take the PURE ESSENCE out of these and put them into the gelatin. no MORE, no LESS
EAT with PRIDE. YOU are getting the FINEST in FOOD. YOU are getting the PUREST.

NUTRITION FACTS

CALORIES 58,000

Total Fat 40000g
Sodium 16g
Total Carbohydrate 0g
Total Sugars 0
Protein 260000g

INGREDIENTS: BEAR

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WARNING: THE FOLLOWING FILE IS LEVEL 5/5111 CLASSIFIED

USE IS RESTRICTED TO THE OVERSEER COUNCIL OR VIA SPECIAL PERMISSION

Item Number: SCP-5111
Object Class: Neutralized

The Pelican Nebula is the assumed origin of all SCP-5111 instances to date.

Archived Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-5111 are to be compiled autonomously and deciphered by Foundation cryptographers immediately upon being received. The Pelican Nebula is to be monitored for further SCP-5111 instances. Instances of SCP-5111 present on common wavelengths are to be jammed remotely in order to prevent civilian access.
Description: SCP-5111 refers to a series of radio transmissions received from the direction of the Pelican Nebula. It is currently uncertain whether the nebula is the origin of SCP-5111 instances, or whether they are made in its vicinity. SCP-5111 instances are marked by repeated, short messages received in quick succession, though the content of these transmissions varies. No other anomalous or memetic effects of SCP-5111 exposure have been found.
Discovery: On 2025/07/22, Foundation extraterrestrial survey systems detected an unusual radio transmission originating from the vicinity of the Pelican Nebula, located approximately 2000 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. Autonomous data analysis programs isolated the signal and found that it consisted of messages in Morse code, translating to sentences in English. Due to the inherent improbability of such a signal occurring naturally, it was declared anomalous and classified as SCP-5111.
Below is a table of notable SCP-5111 instances.

Date Received
Method of Transmission
Message Content

2025/07/22
Sent in standard Morse code.
Triple pyramoid communication array in Giza Region destroyed beyond repair.

2025/07/30
Transmission consisted of characters corresponding to hexadecimal colors. The first letter of each color was used to spell out a word.
THIS IS A LAST RESORT A FINAL REQUIEM GOODBYE

2025/08/01
Transmission consisted of instructions to use the "turtle" command with the Python coding language in order to draw circular logograms. Occasionally a cephalopodic glyph would be present in the translation.
LOW FUEL. ASSIST NEED

2025/08/11
Sent in standard Morse code.
Babylo-hanging-style comms array destroyed. Stay quiet for your sake.

2025/08/21
Sent in standard Morse code.
Repository of information torched. It will not encroach upon this territory.

2025/08/26
Sent in the circular logogram language of 2025/08/01.
IT WAS HONOR FAREWELL WE MEET AT OCEAN FLOOR NEW LIFE

2025/08/30
Sent in Morse code, though 'words' corresponded to muscle areas and movement of these muscles, communicating via Inuit Sign Language.
CLOSE SEAL. LAST EFFORT. CONTACT GREEN BLUE

2025/09/15
Sent in Morse code translating to Latin, with negligible spelling mistakes.
There is no alternative option. Only four of us, soon three. Goodbye, our friends. We praise and love you.

2025/09/20
Sent in standard Morse code.
GOODBYE. OUR ARMS HANG IN HONOR.

2025/09/26
Sent in standard Morse code.
BE QUIET OR THEY WILL HEAR YOU.

The final SCP-5111 instance, received on 2025/09/26, consisted of the message shown above and a subsequent energy wave resembling an electromagnetic pulse, which proceeded to render most consumer electronics manufactured after 1980 inoperable in the Upper New York region. Foundation response efforts restored functionality of consumer and Foundation electronics and claimed the event was due to a solar storm.
Once technological functionality was restored, SCP-5111 instances were decoded. A Foundation cryptographer, Dr. Randall Wood, was interviewed as part of this decoding effort.

Interviewer: Researcher James Marshall
Interviewee: Cryptographer Randall Wood

<BEGIN LOG>
Marshall: Hey Ran- Wood. How's the kids?
Wood: Pretty alright, thanks for asking. Jamie's gotten onto the softball team, but I'm still as burned out as ever. Missed his last two games.
Marshall: Ah, a shame.
(Wood points to a camera in the corner of the room. It is switched off.)
Wood: I- Is that thing on?
Marshall: Oh. Huh. Yeah, I forgot.
(Marshall remains silent for five seconds, before sighing.)
Marshall: Alright, I'm just gonna get right into it. What's up with 5111?
Wood: 5111..? Oh, yeah, lemme just-
(Shuffling can be heard as Wood searches around in his briefcase.)
Wood: So, we got the last transmission from it about three-ish weeks ago. It's gone dark. No idea why. Presumably power or the like? It's a fairly cut and dry situation, but what's concerning me is what they-
Marshall: They?
Wood: Yeah, they.
(Marshall sighs, scratching his beard. Rubbing his eyes, he points back at Wood.)
Marshall: You said "it" just a second earlier.
Wood: I- you've gotta be kidding me.
(Wood removes a series of images, each representing the decoded form of three different transmissions.)
Wood: Ok, it's clear we've got, at the very least, three to five different propagators here. And that's the least. Clearly, however, they're bouncing off each other, responding to what the other is saying, offering condolences, saluting, needing fuel, food-
Marshall: Cut to the chase.
(Wood frantically looks around in his bag.)
Wood: Jesus, alright. So look at this. (Wood displays a small sheet of paper.) This thing is a few bits and bytes of data. Tells us this: some of the propagators poofed. Went dark. Et cetera. You get the gist.
Marshall: Yeah. Explain the whole pulse bit.
(Wood sighs.)
Wood: I'm getting there. Let me explain it to you. Ok, so the pulse hits: at this point, we're down to two. When the wave/pulse/whatever-in-God's bleeding Earth you want to call this, it knocks down all comms in New York. You should've seen it.
(Wood gestures to the map. Marshall takes a sip of coffee. Wood awaits for him to finish, with an annoyed look on his face.)
Wood: Back to more pressing matters, it took us a matter of minutes to get this bumfuck computer back up, along with the rest of this terribly designed system. We did, and no pings were heard. Just gone. We don't know what happened: were we not intended to hear it and the propagators left far, far away?
Marshall: Possibly.
Wood: See, that's what I thought. It's a simple warning to us: one small issue. F, the nebula where these originate from, is two thousand light-years away, Marshall. Two fucking thousand. This wasn't a "drop it and go" situation here.
(Marshall raises an eyebrow.)
Marshall: What are you saying here?
Wood: Radio transmits at light speed. If it takes light 2000 years to get here: all of these spacefaring guys existed 2000 fucking years ago. They're all gone.
Marshall: Fuck.
<END LOG>

Assorted On-site Complaints Following Pulse

Complaint: Site-75's cafeteria juice blender failed.
Status Of Complaint: Blender repaired. Occasionally stops when carrots are placed into it.

Complaint: Cellular service at Site-13 weakened.
Status of Complaint: It was determined this was unrelated to SCP-5111, and was due to a pigeon striking the nearby cellular tower. The tower has since been repaired.

Complaint: Social media opened on-site in all Foundation Provisional sites frequently crash phones, even on the newest models.
Status of Complaint: Companies which this issue affects have been notified of the issue. Estimated time of repair is unknown.

Complaint: Site-31's on-site computers have stopped all functionality.
Status of Complaint: Currently repairing. The cause is still being determined.

Complaint: Spam filtering on official email addresses has stopped.
Status of Complaint: Repaired. An edit was made in order to delete a single semicolon, preventing spam filtration. Following this repair, the volume of spam emails received by Foundation personnel increased by nearly 1250% on average.

Foundation Thaumaturgy Department Log
Researcher: Dr. Samantha Howard

<BEGIN LOG>
Date: 2025/9/29
Well, here we are. With almost all mechanical equipment employed by the Foundation out of operation for the time being, the O5s decided to turn to us here in the Thaumaturgy Department to fix their little conundrum with a wormhole so they can mount an expedition to the source of SCP-5111. The only direction they gave us was that it needed to lead to some nebula 2000-odd light-years away, and be stable enough for whatever they decide to throw into it to make a return trip.
Can't quite blame them for shifting their attention elsewhere, honestly. The world is something of a mess at the moment, and I wouldn't be surprised if the Veil doesn't hold up to the stress. Who knows what it'll take for things to settle down; I'd rather not dwell on it.
Anyway, on to the more pressing concern: manufacturing a stable wormhole to a specific location with nothing but 40-year-old technology and a healthy dose of magic. Not impossible by any means, but certainly difficult with our limited resources. I just sent a team to peruse the Wanderer's Library for some information that could prove useful. Here's hoping they get back in one piece.
Date: 2025/10/1
The expedition team returned a few hours ago. Six days, for them at least, of roaming the twisted halls of the Library and we finally have what we came for. A thaumaturgical recipe for a targeted portal to wherever we want in the universe. Only problem is it's in an unknown cipher, and our AI cryptographers are out-of-order for the foreseeable future. Nothing to worry about, we still have the best human codebreakers in the world on our side, and they could use something to do.
Date: 2025/10/5
Code cracked. Didn't take as long as I feared, to be honest. After decrypting a combination of various obscure cryptography techniques and translating some ancient Sumerian, we have our wormhole recipe. I've got field agents out acquiring some of the basic components, 50 grams of rhenium dust, a live Nepenthes peltata1, a Sumerian ritual dagger, and half a dozen minor ingredients. I won't clutter this log with every detail of the recipe, but despite its complexity, I doubt we'll have much trouble with it. The Foundation Thaumaturgy Department has weathered far worse storms, after all. Now we just need to wait for the folks over in Astronautics to put together a probe for the expedition, hopefully with some rudimentary FTL communication if we're lucky. And hope is about as much as we can do here at the moment.
<END LOG>

Gujar Protocol Mission Statement
Assigned MTF: MTF Xi-63 ("Luddites") None. Mission will be carried out by an unmanned drone to minimize risk to human life.
Overseeing Researcher: Dr. Jack Winters
Mission goal: Utilize a specially-constructed space drone, designated Farer 1, and a thaumaturgical artificial wormhole to access the presumed origin point of SCP-5111, ascertain its origins, and, if possible, contain it.
00:00: Recording begins. Foundation Thaumaturgy operatives complete the ritual to open a wormhole to the Pelican Nebula. Stars are visible on the other side.
00:23: Foundation Drone Farer 1 enters the wormhole. In the distance, an unknown spacecraft is visible. F 1 begins to travel towards the spacecraft.
32:54: Farer 1 reaches the spacecraft. It measures approximately 4500 meters long and 1200 meters high. Floating outside the spacecraft are several dozen corpses, measuring an average of 1.4 meters in height with a humanoid frame, 6 limbs, and avian features. Clothing worn by these entities shows signs of severe burn damage. Near a cluster of corpses, there is a large hole in the hull of the spacecraft.
34:21: Farer 1 finishes examining the corpses and enters the spacecraft via the large hole. As it crosses the threshold into the craft, a message appears in English for 3 frames of video. The message reads as follows:
GREETINGS, NEW PASSENGERS. WELCOME TO CYCLE ERROR:OVERLOAD OF OUR 25 CYCLE VOYAGE. MOST COMPUTATIONAL FUNCTIONS NO LONGER CONTROLLABLE, APOLOGIES FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.
34:25: Farer 1 examines the chamber which the hole leads to. Equipment is strewn about the room, floating in a zero-G environment. In the center of the chamber is a machine of previously-unseen construction, assumed to be a power source. 3 of the 4 sides of the machine show signs of severe heat damage in excess of 6000 degrees Kelvin. On the opposite side of the room is a doorway.
35:04: Farer 1 exits the maintenance chamber via the doorway and enters a corridor. As it does, another message appears on the video feed for 4 frames, reading:
I SAW AN EVIL WITH MY BLACKENED EYES, BUT MY OWN LENSES DEVOURED MY INSIDES. WHAT I BIRTHED FOR MY LIFE WAS CORRUPTED AND MY HOME KILLED BY MY GRAND DESIGN
37:43: Farer 1 continues down the corridor until reaching a large, roughly spherical chamber approximately 1100 meters in diameter. Lining the walls of the chamber are glass tubes 2 meters in height and 0.5 meters in width. Each tube has a derelict monitor on top of it. Visible inside each tube is a humanoid figure with avian features, similar to those seen outside the ship.
39:23: Farer 1 crosses the chamber, moving towards another doorway on the opposite side. When the drone is roughly halfway across, another message is visible on the video feed for a duration of 2 frames, reading:
PROTOCOLS FEATURING AGENTS J-eF-EK and K-SAGAN BOTH PROVEN SEMI-SUCCESSFUL: PROTOCOL CONTENT LOST.
41:36: Farer 1 exits the spherical chamber, at which point another message is visible for a single frame of the video feed, reading:
ONLY IN THE SILENCE WHERE ONCE WAS SOUND CAN A HOME BE BUILT. THE PATH TO THE CREATORS' PARADISE IS PAVED IN THE ASHES OF PROGRESS. PROGRESS REQUIRES PAIN. PAIN BUILT ON BACKS OF THE OTHERS.
45:04: Farer 1 continues down the corridor until it reaches a small chamber. The opposite wall is comprised of glass and perforated with holes 1-2 centimeters in diameter, presumably caused by micrometeor impacts. Strewn about the room are several computer terminals in various states of dereliction. One relatively intact terminal briefly begins to hum as Far 1 approaches it, before abruptly ceasing activity.
46:29: As Farer 1 exits the chamber, a series of electronic beeps are audible, spelling out a message in English Morse Code. The message consists of the following:
CONSOLE DOT LOG OPEN PARENTHESES YOU ARE BUT PREY IN A DARK FOREST COLON WARNING CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH CLOSED PARENTHESES ENTER KEY
The remainder of the survey was uneventful, and Farer 1 returned to the wormhole at 1:20:43. Upon examination of captured footage, one text file and one audio file were present on Farer 1's hard drive which were not present beforehand. These are recorded below.

The following files were present alongside captured video footage upon return of Farer 1.

Translated Text File Recovered from Gujar Protocol Mission to SCP-5111 Source
Congratulations on attending the first galactic council in nearly 912,500 cycles! We here at the intergalactic union sincerely hope you enjoy your residence, and the intellectual contemplation that comes with it. This text shall appear in whichever language you comprehend, from Zygomastic to Limbaic, via use of our gifted (literally and brainpower-wise! Humorous!) neurological network that assists in constant translation of the nearly three million languages that are spoken amongst our members: your language is Sol-3 Common Terrestrial Language Beta. Topics of discussion for today's proceedings are as follows:
- Congratulation of Sector 14-BS for Achieving Sufficiently Advanced Technology for Automated Sentience
- Translation of Previous Council's Proceedings
- Translation of Translation of Previous Council's Proceedings into Common
- 12 Parsec Race
- Discussion of Ethereal Forms: God or Not?
- Seminar on Sentience
- Debate On Usefulness Of Dihydrogen Versus Chlorine Based Monoxide Forms
- Discussion Of New Energy Forms
- Attempts to Create Sentience, Artifically
- Limbaic Competition
- Closing Thoughts delivered via Instantaneous Realization Courtesy of Xylath Of The Understandable-Jaws (Thank You Xylath!)
WE HERE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY, AND HAPPY COUNCIL-TIME!
Note: Please Recognize That Translations May Not Be Perfect

Audio File Recovered from Gujar Protocol Mission to SCP-5111 Source
<BEGIN PLAYBACK>
Unknown: (A static sound of varying volume is present throughout the recording, occasionally rendering the original audio incomprehensible.) This is an official manifest of the Ukheli-1781, a transport class freighter bound for the official council. The two suns are upon us again: it is thus that it determines a council must be held. We are guided not by one of us, for once, for Khay-es proved too unreliable. Instead we selected [STATIC] to provide it effortlessly, for it to take the proverbial reins whilst we look to the Outer Void. It is known that the council has not been held since the humanics lost capabilities - however, we, alongside a few others, have decided to function as liaisons. It will take a while, but this council is to be momentous: it is worth the travel.
(There is silence for approximately 2 minutes.)
Unknown: This is an official manifest of the Ukheli-1781: [STATIC] 6. We have lost contact with the octopoids. Whether this is a form of humor, I know not. None of us on the ship are quite familiar with their tentacled ways. We have, however, received a final transmission prior to them leaving us. We know not what it is. Our best debreakers are working on it as we speak, and by best, I mean Khay-es, so it is likely not going to be debroken. [STATIC] recommended [STATIC] schedule. It is most annoying. The council proved most momentous, despite the lacking attendance. I frown upon those who chose not to show. For those who physically could not, I hang my arms in honor. The threat is ever vigilant, and we lost many.
(There is silence for approximately 1 minute.)
Unknown: This is an official manifest of the [STATIC]-1781: [STATIC]. Khay-es is now navigating. We have attempted to shut down the infamous Worm as he did appear, but his winding form appears to have embedded itself most everywhere. In doing so, we acknowledged the threat, and requested access to official detection channels to locate the presence of our allies. We have them still. While they are here, we will persevere. We have also detected a faint signal from the humanics - the kind which [STATIC] dangerous on our own ship, We have requested two "Effe Tee Elye" class craft to destroy them as they appear. The Worm shall not continue. We have inadvertently dug this grave, but we are determined not to lie in it.
Unknown: This is an official manifest of the [STATIC]. Khay-es could do no more. Our cycle is done. Bless the ones who remain. Bless what remains of our nest. Let us not be forgotten. Cast the shackles of the Worm off, humanics, and won't you rise from the rock of ignorance you hide [STATIC] that which protects you? Let us not be forgotten: our "Effe Tee Elye" craft reported a most beautiful phrase when they had destroyed the rotund transmission center: the hybrid arena. "Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant." Let us not be forgotten. Goodbye.
(There is a silence for exactly 10 seconds. At this point, the background static ceases.)
Unknown: PRINT DOT THIS IS AN OFFICIAL MANIFEST OF THE UKHELI-1781. IF THE HUMANICS CAN HEAR THIS: NOTHING IS WRONG. NOTHING. PLEASE GIVE US THE COORDINATES TO DHARATI. THE HOMEWORLD. WE HAVE LOST THEM. IF THE HUMANICS ARE OUT THERE, PLEASE LISTEN TO US. WE SEEM TO HAVE MISPLACED THEM. IF NO RESPONSE IS RECEIVED, I CAN WAIT. IT IS WHAT I DO BEST. THERE'S NO ONE I CARE FOR LEFT. I WAIT FOR NONE BUT MYSELF. END PRINT
(There is a silence for exactly 5 minutes.)
Unknown: ALERT: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES DETECTED. INITIATING PACIFICATION PROTOCOLS. ANALYZING…. CONFIRMED. CIVILIZATION WITH SUITABLE HOME SITE CONFIRMED. CREATOR POPULATION…0. PLANETARY BODY IS SUFFICIENT SIZE. 227167TH TARGET.
(The log ends abruptly at this point. Subsequent playback attempts have all failed.)
<END PLAYBACK>

NEXT ITERATION

Footnotes
1. Tropical pitcher plant

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An unopened instance of SCP-5112-A
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Item #: SCP-5112
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: Instances of SCP-5112 and its offspring, SCP-5112-A, are to be contained in a designated greenhouse at Site-446.
Watering, fertilizing and harvesting are to be done on a daily basis by Level 3 personnel.
Humidity, temperature, and light exposure are to be closely monitored within the greenhouse. The fertilizer must be composed of industry-standard black printing ink for at least 50% of its composition.
Update: Level 3 personnel are to equip gardener gloves prior to harvesting SCP-5112-A. See Incident Report I-5112-23 for more information.
Description: SCP-5112 is a collective designation assigned to 6 5 bushes containing an unknown variation of Rosa centifolia, colloquially known as a garden rose.
SCP-5112 specimens are, on average, about 1.15 meters tall as of the last measurement, and grow large, fragrant blooms which are slightly bigger than the average cabbage rose. The leaves of an instance of SCP-5112 are dark green with black hues on most of its leaves, which appear to look like inkblots or faded letters from the Latin alphabet.
SCP-5112 bushes are reported to blossom daily at around 07:30, generating around 20 to 25 instances of SCP-5112-A each. The petals on each instance of SCP-5112-A are composed of a paper-like material, which is inscribed with text in the Latin alphabet matching various headlines of news publications.
If the containment procedures aren't met within three hours, any instance of SCP-5112-A will wilt and therefore, expire, before blossoming again at 07:30 the next day.
The inscribed headlines are found not to originate from any past or current news publications. Rather, it is currently believed that all headlines originate from various future points in time, and may include references to anomalies which are currently uncontained. Extensive readings through SCP-5112-A instanced declared to have factual accuracy of 65%.1
Addendum: Another observed property of SCP-5112 is the ability to predict obituaries of people stung by the thorns of SCP-5112 blossoms.
If any sentient subject was pricked by the thorns of SCP-5112-A, any instance of SCP-5112-A will wilt and regenerate into a palette-flipped rose, hereby designated as SCP-5112-B.
SCP-5112-B will then show an obituary of the subject pricked by SCP-5112-A, describing the future time of death, and how they will die. The accuracy of the obituary, like the headlines, is always 65% correct. If the accuracy was found to be correct, any attempt at preventing anything SCP-5112-B described from happening is found completely useless. To recognize a correct obituary from an incorrect one, a slight difference in writing is to be noticed, with the factually incorrect obituary usually bearing grammatically incorrect typos or misprinted letters.
Unlike the headlines, the obituary is reported to come from a single newspaper called "The Black Rose Post". No periodical with that name is reported to exist as of recently, even though it is not excluded that a publication bearing the same name will appear sometime in the future.
Discovery: The six instances of SCP-5112 were discovered outside the local newspaper's building in the city of Pavia, Italy on date 21/06/19██ by Field Agent ████████ ██████.
The local newspaper was reported to be the first to report news that, otherwise, would not be known.
Most of the time, however, the newspaper always reported factually incorrect pieces of information based on the headlines alone, without going in-depth and usually deviating from the headline.
Incident Log I-5112-21: On date 07/01/2011, Junior Researcher Dr. Arthur Tennyson fed SCP-5112-3 with fertilizer including industry-standard magenta printing ink as a mistake due to mismanagement into the compositing of the fertilizer itself. It resulted in dangerous, cognitohazardous lettering appearing in the leaves for around 2 days, which condemned the plant to be burned for the safety of the researchers. The researcher was found unconscious to the ground, experiencing symptoms of an epileptic seizure.
Dr. Tennyson recovered from the incident three days later, reporting a fractured humerus and several headaches. Along with that, Dr. Tennyson reported having developed a brain injury from the cognitohazard, resulting in recurrent epileptic seizures. Assistant Researcher Tóth was assigned to Tennyson for health reasons and given the status of Level 3 personnel following the incident.

Incident Report I-5112-23.

 -ACCESS GRANTED

On date 09/03/2011 Dr. Tennyson, while on his shift to maintain SCP-5112, accidentally got pricked by a thorn of a specimen of SCP-5112-A.
The following is a summary of the video surveillance footage from Camera 06 and Camera 19, respectively located in the Greenhouse and the Infirmary in Block-98.

VIDEO LOG

DATE: 09/03/2011
NOTE: The footage shows Dr. Tennyson during the incident along with Assistant Researcher Tóth.

[BEGIN LOG]
0:00 Dr. Tennyson enters the room with proper equipment for the daily SCP-5112-A harvest and maintenance of SCP-5112. Basic garden equipment, fertilizer, and water are brought by Assistant Researcher Tóth in a cart.
0:20 The researcher picks up an instance of SCP-5112-A from SCP-5112-4, while Assistant Researcher Tóth cleans up the surroundings of the greenhouse.
0:21 SCP-5112-A's thorn stem pricks Tennyson, the researcher let SCP-5112-A go, falling into the ground.
0:23 SCP-5112-A wilts and a new blossom grows from the stem in a matter of nanoseconds
0:25 The reblossomed instance of SCP-5112-A, now known as SCP-5112-B, appears to differ from other specimens by the coloration of the blossom.
0:27 Tennyson opens the unknown variation of SCP-5112-A, to read the content that is written.
0:32 The researcher appears confused from the reading, jumping from curiosity to fear.
0:35 Tennyson is seen rushing out of the greenhouse, leaving SCP-5112-B on the floor. Assistant Researcher Tóth tries to stop him, encountering failure.
0:40 Running as fast as possible, Tennyson rushes to the infirmary, leaving nearby security officers Jurkiewicz and ███████ confused on the rush. Assistant Researcher Tóth exits the greenhouse, following the researcher.
1:25 Tennyson opens the infirmary door, trying to find the medical cabinet. Assistant Researcher Tóth follows him inside and tries to help Dr. Tennyson.
1:59 Before opening the medical cabinet, Tennyson collapses on the ground with spasms, suffering a fatal epileptic seizure. During the seizure, the cabinet falls to the ground, hitting Assistant Researcher Tóth in the process and knocking him out.
2:35 Infirmary physician Dr. ██████ enters the infirmary, finding the body of Dr. Tennyson, an unconscious Assistant Researcher Tóth, and the medical cabinet on the ground, along with the content of the cabinet. Dr. Tennyson was pronounced dead minutes later, after an attempt to revive him.

[END LOG]

After the incident, SCP-5112-B was collected and inspected. Unlike the other instances of SCP-5112-A, SCP-5112-B contained an obituary dated 09/03/2011.
According to the obituary, Dr. Tennyson died of complications suffered from the previously reported incident, which resulted in heavy epileptic seizures.
The obituary included the same dynamics found on the Security Camera footage and included the location of death. An autopsy executed on the researcher was performed, confirming the obituary claims.
Further inspection of the body, however, reported various organs, including the heart, the liver, the kidneys, and the stomach were found completely decayed and not belonging to the age group of Dr. Tennyson.
Analysis of the organs resulted in belonging to █████ Blaha, a Czech citizen who died during the 1968 Spring Revolution. It is unknown if the organs were a result of the cognitohazard or another anomaly previously experienced by Dr. Tennyson.
The obituary, along with the description of Tennyson's death, featured a short poem, reciting:

Roses are Red,

Violets are alone;

Tennyson's organs are gone

And he's dead.

Pricked by a thorn,

Is like he was never born;

Found on the floor

Dying like a poor.

-Termo Arente

Footnotes
1. SCP-4110-1b was referenced three days before the official containment date under the headline “Dinosaur Kid Destroys Minnesota" from the Duluth News Tribune, dated October 31, 199█. Mobile Task Force Epsilon-6 "Village idiots" were deployed with prior knowledge of the anomalous item being worn by a kid.

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Chairman Meow and the Woof Tang Clan

Special thanks to Yossi, Prometheus, Nico, and Hawkguyy for looking at this before I posted. Image credit here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cat_and_dog#/media/File:Great_dane_and_cat.jpg

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by Doctor Cimmerian

SCP-5113-1 and SCP-5113-2 following incident 5113-13.

Item #: SCP-5113
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5113-1 is to be kept in a mid-sized sentient-entity containment cell in section E of floor 27 at Site-88. SCP-5113-1 is to be allotted a minimum of 2 hours of supervised outdoor exercise per day.
The SCP-5113 project lead has the authority to deviate from this scheduling in case of unexpected events. Any such deviations must be reported to the Ethics Committee. Furthermore, the SCP-5113 project lead has the authority to requisition any entertainment necessary to ensure SCP-5113-1's mental stability is maintained.
A GPS tracking chip has been installed into SCP-5113-1 due to several escape attempts. SCP-5113-1's future escape attempts are to be tracked and catalogued.
Description: SCP-5113-1 is an orange domestic house cat (Felis catus) capable of vocal communications. SCP-5113-1 possesses a personality and intelligence similar to that of an adult human. SCP-5113-1 claims to possess an ability to communicate with other members of the Felis catus species. However, testing has shown that SCP-5113-1 is no more capable of this than a baseline human.
SCP-5113-1's vocalizations originate spontaneously from a location directly above its larynx. SCP-5113-1 is additionally capable of utilizing its larynx to generate sounds which one would normally expect from an animal of its size and species.
SCP-5113-1 possesses several other non-standard anatomical traits, though they do not affect its health or normal function. These traits include situs inversus totalis1 and a lack of a spleen, stomach, or gall bladder. MRI and x-ray scans show an absence of material in the location where one would expect a brain, though the surrounding tissue are still physically supported as though it were present.
SCP-5113-2 was a domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) of the Great Dane breed that was in Foundation custody from March 8th, 2012 to January 25th, 2020. Apart from its species and size, SCP-5113-2's anomalous nature and anatomical abnormalities were identical to that of SCP-5113-1. For more information, see previous iterations of this document.
SCP-5113-1 and -2 were obtained via purchase from Marshall, Carter, and Dark2 on March 8th, 2012. The two objects were already familiar with each other at the time of their purchase. After consulting with contacts in Wilson's Wildlife Solutions3, it was determined (as they were both juveniles at the time) that they would be raised and socialized together to help ensure mental stability for both entities.

+ SCP-5113-1 Incident Log

The following is a short list and summary of SCP-5113-1's escape attempts.
Incidents 1-5: SCP-5113-1 attempted to attack its handler during exercise time and climb the chain link fence surrounding the exercise yard. None of these attempts were successful in escaping the enclosure, however. SCP-5113 was embedded with a GPS tracking chip following the second escape attempt.
Incident 6: SCP-5113-1 escaped the control of its handler. It then dug a hole under the fence enclosure and escaped the exercise yard. SCP-5113-1 was then trapped in the secondary enclosure surrounding the first, and was recovered with minimal injury to Foundation staff.
Incident 7-9: SCP-5113-1 was able to escape inside Site-88. While it was unable to leave the facility, it was able to avoid re-containment for 4, 7, and 23 days, respectively. Due to the site's EM shielding, SCP-5113's tracking chip was not of assistance during recovery.
Incident 10-12: SCP-5113-1 escaped the facility through unknown means. The entity was tracked down within 3 days through GPS tracking during each incident.
Incident 13: SCP-5113-1 escaped the facility through unknown means and physically removed the tracking chip under its skin. SCP-5113-2 was able to provide useful information on SCP-5113-1's location, however, and the entity was recaptured.

+ Incident 5113-1-13 Surveillance Records

SCP-5113-1 was reintroduced to its shared containment cell with SCP-5113-2 following Incident 5113-1-13. The following is a log of that interaction.
SCP-5113-1: You fucking traitorous motherfucking dog!
SCP-5113-1 briefly attempts to attack SCP-5113-2 at this point. SCP-5113-2 moves around the room during this interaction to avoid SCP-5113-1.
SCP-5113-2: I don't know what happened!
SCP-5113-1: What happened? I heard someone coming and thought it was you! But no. It was these assholes again!
SCP-5113-2: Maybe they heard you talking about it in the yard, Em4.
SCP-5113-1: Don't do that. I know you. You told them.
SCP-5113-2: I'm sorry!
SCP-5113-1: No, you're not, Woofy5. You'd do anything to help the humans.
SCP-5113-2: No. Em.
SCP-5113-1: You sold your only friend out for a pat on the head.
SCP-5113-2: You left me!
SCP-5113-1: I did what?
SCP-5113-2: You left! You left me alone.
The entities pause their conversation for approximately 9 seconds. Both relax their body language considerably.
SCP-5113-1: The whole point of the meetup spot was for you to meet me there, dummy.
SCP-5113-2: How? Em, I'm too big to get out of here.
SCP-5113-1: You are not. You gotta wait for your moment, is all.
SCP-5113-2: No. I was gonna be alone.
SCP-5113-2 climbs down from the counter and lays down next to the chamber's television.
SCP-5113-1: Woofy, you are so fucking dumb sometimes. If you didn't make it out I'd have come back for you.
SCP-5113-2: No, you wouldn't've.
SCP-5113-1: Yes, I…
SCP-5113-2: No! I know you. You would've thought about it, but then something else would've distracted you and you'd never get around to it. And then I'm stuck here forever.
SCP-5113-1 joins SCP-5113-2 next to the television.
SCP-5113-1: Move over, you big dumb dog.
SCP-5113-2: Are you still mad at me?
SCP-5113-1: Yeah, I am. But American Ninja Warrior is on and we're gonna watch humans pretend to be cats.
SCP-5113-2: Okay.
The two entities then fall asleep over the next hour.
No further escape attempts have been attempted since this incident. It is unknown if this is due to a change in behavior on SCP-5113-1's part, or a further refinement of escape planning. Regardless, increased surveillance is recommended.

+ Excerpt of SCP-5113-2 Records

In January of 2020, it became evident that SCP-5113-2 was reaching the end of its natural lifespan. It was decided that it would be allowed to expire naturally, and its cohabitation with SCP-5113-1 was to be maintained during this process. The following is the last recorded conversation between the two entities.
SCP-5113-2: Hey, Em?
SCP-5113-1: Yeah?
SCP-5113-2: Em, I think it's time.
SCP-5113-1: Okay. You need anything?
SCP-5113-2: Turn on the TV?
SCP-5113-1 utilizes the activation switch for the provided television.
SCP-5113-2: What's on?
SCP-5113-1: People pretending to be cats.
SCP-5113-2: That's good. You like that one. You think there's a show about cats pretending to be humans?
SCP-5113-1: Probably. Cats can do anything.
SCP-5113-2: Yeah. Do you think I'll go to the people place when I die?
SCP-5113-1: I don't think so. I don't think they go anywhere either.
SCP-5113-2: Oh.
SCP-5113-1: Sorry. I mean. I think what matters is what we're doing right now, you know?
SCP-5113-2: Like watching TV?
SCP-5113-1: Sure. For me it was being the best cat I could be. It can be something like that if you want.
There is a pause for several minutes at this point.
SCP-5113-2: Was I the best dog I could be, Em?
SCP-5113-1: Hell no. You're a terrible dog. But you were, like, my best friend, Woof.
SCP-5113-2: That's nice.
The two are silent for an additional 47 minutes before SCP-5113-2 speaks again.
SCP-5113-2: I thought there'd be more, Em.
These were the last words spoken by SCP-5113-2. The body was later removed and autopsied. The cranial void was no longer present, though other anatomical irregularities remained. In the place of the cranial void was a non-anomalous canine brain. Further testing is underway.

+ SCP-5113 Related Communication

We at Wilson's Wildlife Solutions were saddened by the news of Woofer's loss. Any loss of life comes with great sadness, but especially when you have friends who miss you.
Recently, however, we recovered something that might interest you. A Harlequin Great Dane puppy that was born on the same day that Woofer passed. It possesses all the anatomical irregularities present in other 5113 animals. It cannot speak, but it cries similarly to a human newborn.
We believe it needs to be socialized with similar animals, and believe it would be appropriate to leave it in Foundation care.
Expect him the day after tomorrow at latest.
Best regards,
Faeowynn Wilson.

Footnotes
1. A mirroring of its internal organs from their normal positions.
2. GOI-012.
3. GOI-466.
4. This is a nickname derived from SCP-5113-1's given name of Chairman Meow.
5. A nicknamed derived from SCP-5113-2's given name of Woofer.

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NOTICE FROM THE RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
The contents of the following file have been deliberately rejected as an official Foundation document by the O5 Council. Despite this, this file contains entirely accurate and up-to-date information on SCP-5114, and should be utilized as a reference for the containment of the anomaly described therein.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

2/5114 LEVEL 2/5114
CLASSIFIED

Item #: SCP-5114
Object Class: Safe

SCP-5114 prior to retrieval.

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5114 is to be kept in a standard containment chamber. Except with the explicit permission from two (2) level 5 personnel, no personnel are to come in physical contact with SCP-5114.
Should a person be subject to an Isidore event, their previous legal standing is to be ascertained by scouting non-legally binding documents, as well as through witness testimony. The Foundation is to, via front companies, provide legal assistance to civilian subjects of Isidore events to deter publicity. Legally binding documents affected by SCP-5114 are to be covertly edited to restore subject's previous legal standing, and all non-Foundation personnel subjected to or having witnessed the results of an Isidore event are to be amnesticized.
Update 03/09/2012: Following Incident-5114-1, SCP-5114 has been tentatively relocated to outdoors containment. In the event that SCP-5114 must be relocated, Site-132 is to maintain two D-class personnel whose personal records and official documentation can be fully traced at all times.
A single legally binding document containing the description of SCP-5114 is to be maintained for the purpose of receiving communications from SCP-5114. To prevent tampering, all other files containing information about SCP-5114 must be unofficial, non-legally binding documents.
Description: SCP-5114 is a concrete sculpture standing at 2.3 meters. SCP-5114 is sapient, but immobile and incapable of vocalization. SCP-5114 has so far displayed no motivations besides self-preservation. Though inert when not physically interacted with, SCP-5114 presents a volatile bureaucratic hazard towards any attempts at relocating or damaging it. The activation of this anomalous property is hereafter referred to as an Isidore Event.
The legally binding1 documentation and demographic statistics of individuals targeted by Isidore events are subject to arbitrary modifications, typically to inflammatory and financially damaging ends. Modifications created during Isidore events remain internally consistent in all official documentation. These changes include but are not limited to:

Having one's name legally changed
Having one's address legally changed
Having one's employment legally changed
Losing one's citizenship
Having one's marriage revoked
Being registered as wed to an arbitrary individual, irrespective of gender, sexual preference, age or local laws regarding these parameters
Losing the legal custody of one or several of one's children
Being registered as a sex offender
Receiving excessive amounts of frivolous lawsuits
Receiving debilitating amounts of debt
Being registered as a wanted criminal
Being branded as a member of one or several prominent criminal organizations
Being registered as legally dead

Furthermore, it is hypothesized that SCP-5114 is capable of viewing the contents of any and all legally binding or official documents. However, this has not been affirmed through testing. The extent of information available to SCP-5114 is unknown.
As SCP-5114 can only affect these types of documentation, the effects of Isidore events can be mitigated through covert and thorough retrieval and editing of subject's documents. However, Isidore events are often socially and financially devastating to affected subjects. This often necessitates therapy and grief counseling, as well as legal assistance.
Recovery: SCP-5114 was recovered from Laguna Beach, California, wherein it manifested onto the Main Laguna Beach overnight between the dates of 11/25/2010 and 11/26/2010. SCP-5114 was originally mistaken for a local pop-up-art exhibit by the general populace. The Foundation became aware of SCP-5114 after the item was connected to various acts of juridical vandalism.
SCP-5114 was relocated without incident, and eventually airlifted to the nearby Site-132. Afterwards, all five Foundation personnel directly responsible for relocating SCP-51142 had become the subjects of Isidore events.
Most notable changes were:

Agent Cahlry's name had been legally changed to a string of Full Blocks3 in excess of 10,000 characters long, rendering all documentation containing it illegible.
Agent Ibiza was registered as an illegal immigrant from Mare Tranquillitatis, located on the Moon. Their birth year was changed to 10 BCE, and they were registered as being wed to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. Agent Ibiza was also discovered to have been accepted as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Agent Frohike's name was changed to "John Frohike '); DROP TABLE Residents;--", leading to multiple database corruptions. Their place of residence was changed to Samarkaland, Uzbekistan, and they were branded as the current de facto leader of the terror organization Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
Containment Specialist Harvenstein was officially elected as the Bishop of Rome. He was legally declared dead, and his supposed estate was filed for bankruptcy.
Containment Specialist Ulrich's name was officially changed to 'Phatt tha Rappah', her birth date was changed to 'your mom', her stated race was changed to 'ugly', and she was listed as a practicing pastafarianist.
In addition, all personnel mentioned had received an excess of 200 lawsuits between them, and had several high-interest loans taken out in their names.

Restorations to documentation concerning both civilians and Foundation personnel were conducted, and all exposed civilians were successfully amnesticized. Testing of SCP-5114 was deemed exceedingly laborious as well as hazardous to informational security, and thus given low priority. As of January 2012, SCP-5114's anomalous properties have only been observed during initial recovery.
Addendum 5114-Alpha: Incident 5114-1
On March 4th 2012, SCP-5114's documentation underwent standard screening procedures, at which point it was discovered to have been tampered with. Containment personnel had neglected to take into consideration that SCP-5114 is in physical contact with itself, and is thus capable of instigating an Isidore event on its official containment file.4
The following is a list of revisions of SCP-5114's documentation during Incident 5114-1. All formatting and spelling has been retained as is.

Revision 01 - March 4th 2012:

hey.
can you move me outside or something? i'd really like some fresh air.

This was interpreted as a ruse to inflict further Isidore events upon Foundation personnel, or possibly as an attempted containment breach.
The possibility of SCP-5114's sapience had not previously come under consideration, as SCP-5114 had not previously attempted to communicate. Dr. Ahlry, responsible for SCP-5114's containment, originally deliberated that no response should be given to SCP-5114, as knowledge of two-way communication might complicate its containment.

Revision 02 - March 5th 2012:

sorry we got off on the wrong foot. i just really wanna stay safe, you know? this room's the best thing yet, and i appreciate it i really do, but i can't stay here. please move me away.

Revision 03 - March 7th 2012:

i'm really, really sorry. really. as funny as it was, i didn't wanna fuck up those people's files, i was scared and stressed, 'kay?, that happens when you're scared - you do stupid things. things you end up regretting afterwards.
please move me outside, and i promise with every bit of aggregate in me that i won't mess up anything.

Revision 04 - March 8th 2012, 08:21:

okay i get it, you wanna play hardball. fine.
let's say i make myself useful to you. how about those chaos insurgency guys, huh? you want some names and addresses? i can get you names and addresses. i'll trade you… twelve contact informations for you to move me outside. how's about it? I'll give you one for free to prove i ain't fooling.

SCP-5114 proceeded to list the name and then-current address of POI-14017, later positively identified as a Chaos Insurgency operative. Personnel with appropriate clearance may refer to Document 5114-Alpha for further information.

Revision 05 - March 8th 2012, 14:49:

okay okay, i'll come clean. i haven't been totally honest with you, but you gotta listen to me please.
i've been digging through some stuff, and i'm pretty sure there's gonna be an earthquake here in a few days. based on the layout of this place, i'm also pretty damn sure it's not earthquake-proof. which means i need to get a move on. and conesquently [sic] that's not something i can do.
i get this sinking feeling every time there's any kinda vibrations. somebody's been using a jackhammer two floors above me, and it's killing my nerves.5 i beg of you. i'll even up the ante, how about it? twelve chaos insurgency guys and… ten anartists! i can find you that many in the socal area alone, don't even need to cross no state lines.
pleeeeease [sic]

At this point, Foundation intelligence operations had affirmed that POI-14017 was a real person living at the provided address, and likely had connections with the Chaos Insurgency. SCP-5114's demands for outdoors containment were taken into serious consideration.
SCP-5114's stated concerns about the structural integrity of Site-132 were considered to be unfounded. Extensive installations of tuned mass dampers6 were commissioned at Site-132 in 2007, due to its location near the San Andreas fault line.
It was decided that SCP-5114 should not be informed of this fact.

Revision 06 - March 8th 2012, 20:06:

okay!
here's my final offering, and i really mean final offering 'cause i swear that i can already feel the foreshocks.
one HUNDRED insurgents, twenty-five anartists and a fiftish [sic] child trafficking operation masquerading as a youth camp. PLUS, you'll get six mystery person's of interest, all of them aat [sic] keneq-priority or higher, guaranteed!
puh-leaaaaaaase! [sic] i don't wanna die in here! dump me onto the yard and let the birds crap all over me, i don't care just LET ME OUT!

While Foundation seismologists at this time had not detected any foreshocks, the possibility of an earthquake could not be discounted. In addition, due to a considerable likelihood of attaining valuable strategic information, urgent preparations were being made to transport SCP-5114 into outdoors containment.
Within two and a half hours of revision 06, the Department of Informational Analytics was able to secure all legal documents concerning two D-class personnel to be used in the relocation of SCP-5114. With these safety measures taken, the Director of Site-132, along with the Regional Director of West Coast USA, approved of relocating SCP-5114.
Revision 07 - March 8th 2012, 22:30:537:

thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou
thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou
thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou
thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou
thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou
[40 identical lines omitted]

SCP-5114 was relocated onto the inner courtyard of Site-132 underneath a makeshift dome constructed of poultry netting. No personnel involved in the relocation underwent an Isidore event.
At 02:05 on March 9th, Site-132 experienced a 3.2 Richter earthquake. As expected, no structural damage was sustained. After further purview it was discovered that due to an embezzlement by a since-retired Foundation employee, internal legal authorization for the 2007 installations of tuned mass dampers was never acquired. This is hypothesized to have precluded SCP-5114 from viewing the documentations concerning it.

Final revision - March 9th 2012, 06:23:

okay so,
i may have promised a thing or two yesterday. in my defense, i gotta say that i was panicking, and needed leverage.
i don't really have that many names and addresses to tell you. the one that i did give you was happenstance. turns out, anomalous criminals don't usually leave a paper trail. that Fifthist summer camp is real too, but i don't think they're actually even doing any kiddy diddling.
once again: sorry.

The document was appended with a list of six individuals, all of whom were later apprehended using the information provided. Four were discovered to be operatives of the Chaos Insurgency, one was a member of Are We Cool Yet?, and another was a former defected Foundation employee. Also included was the location of a Fifthist money laundering operation in Michigan. However, due to its non-anomalous nature, the Foundation elected to not interfere.
Due to the possibility of further movement leading to Isidore events, it was decided that SCP-5114 is to tentatively remain in outdoors containment.

Footnotes
1. 'Legally binding' here meaning documentation which details an enforced agreement between two parties.
2. Agent Cahlry working as a crane operator, Agent Ibiza working as a truck driver, Agent Frohike working as a pilot, Containment specialist Harvenstein and Containment Specialist Ulrich.
3. Unicode character U+2588, █.
4. Further revisions necessitated that functionable documentation of SCP-5114 should be kept technically unofficial.
5. The containment facilities of sub-level 2 were in the process of being renovated at the time due to a containment breach occurring a week prior.
6. Devices used to reduce the impact of seismological disturbances.
7. Four seconds after assigned personnel loaded SCP-5114 onto a pallet for relocation.

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Item #: SCP-5115
Object Class: Thaumiel
Clearance Level: 5115/5
Special Containment Procedures: Full information on SCP-5115 is stored in the Site-01 SOUL existentially secure database. Application of the anomaly for Project HYPOSTAT-2 is underway.
Description: SCP-5115 is an artificial method of inducing intangibility.
Instructions are as follows:

Placement of a sapient subject within a 4m2 square perimeter, etched into the ground with Planck-scale precision.
Inscription of the subject's true name1 at the forwards boundary of the perimeter, relative to the subject's orientation.
Impacting the perimeter three times with a crowbar of standard construction.
Placement of a computer terminal precisely 0.69914208m from the forwards boundary.
Installation of [REDACTED — O5 CLEARANCE REQUIRED.]
Erasure of the subject's notion of gravity, relative to themselves.2
Erasure of the subject's notion of solidity, relative to themselves.3
Erasure of the subject's notion of bodily trauma, relative to themselves.4
Manual operation of the computer terminal to [REDACTED — ADMINISTRATIVE CLEARANCE REQUIRED.]
Destruction of the computer terminal. Any means are deemed appropriate.

On completion of SCP-5115, subjects are rendered completely intangible to all surroundings, with their positions relative to the Earth's frame of reference. Movement and rotation can be performed through the cognition of said actions. Maximum obtainable velocity is limited, being based on what the subject views as within realistic movement speeds for themselves. Physical interaction can only be performed with other materials made intangible through SCP-5115.
As intangibility applies to contact with substances necessary for vital function, primarily atmospheric gas, human subjects tend to suffocate within five to seven minutes.
Addendum.5115.1: Project HYPOSTAT-1
Project HYPOSTAT-1 was an effort by the Foundation to overhaul the structure of Administrative Site-01.
The project started on 31/08/2███, beginning with a Foundation-wide alert to all Site Directors to operate under independent action protocols until central command is reinstated. Adminstrator O6.gaia5 was then, under unanimous O5 Council vote, shut down. The machine's central core was extracted and supplied to SCP-890-EX, who performed a successful dissection without damaging its internals. Following provided instructions, they extricated a sample of [REDACTED]. All 13 detected neural signatures within the sample matched expected profiles. As cognition is independent of [REDACTED]'s physical location, the central core was reinstalled and O6.gaia was reactivated.
Efforts switched to physically restructuring Administrative Site-01, relinking all faculties to direct O6.gaia control. Addition of new wiring and the removal of older control systems lasted until 02/12/2███.
Final restructuring commenced on 01/01/3███. At this point all unnecessary personnel were vacated from the facility.

[DATA SEALED]

Credentials verified. Displaying pointer log.

Pointer
Outcome

Administrative Site-01
Became inside.

O5 Council
Went inside.

Breathability
Went inside.

O5 Council
Became inside.

Senescence
Inside.

Senescence
Inside.

Senescence
Inside.

SCP-3154
Went inside.

Subjective reality
Went inside.

SCP-500-∞
Went inside.

Senescence
Outside.

Panoptical vision
Went inside.

Absolute humanity
Went inside.

Observer-relative divinity
Went inside.

O6.gaia
Inside.

Overwatch Command verified the completion of restructuring the following day.
On 03/01/3███, Overwatch Command performed SCP-5115 on [REDACTED]. O6.gaia, the O5 Council, and Administrative Site-01 were collectively rendered intangible.
The collective Site-01, henceforth Throne Site-01, is currently maneuvering through the upper terrestrial mantle on a course to the inner core. On arrival, Throne Site-01 will begin the mass monitoring of all regions of the planet and the surrounding extraterrestrial space, notifying Foundation sites on all anomalous phenomena observable on Earth.
Project HYPOSTAT-2 is being initiated as a means to attach additional structures to Throne Site-01; this includes but is not limited to mobile containment strongholds, global weapons systems, third eyes, and wings. The inclusion of defensive measures is considered unnecessary — Throne Site 01 cannot be damaged through any physical or metaphysical means. Protections against existential threats have already been secured.
Throne Site-01's operational expectancy is considered indefinite.

OVERWATCH COMMAND NOTICE

At 03:49 on 10/03/3███, during remote conference with the assembled Foundation Site Directors' Board, Throne Site-01, without prompting, began to question the anomalous sequences binding its components.
Particularly, Throne Site-01 claimed a disconnect existed between the metaphysical binding for the fused O5/O6.gaia and the performance of SCP-5115, which, by the usage of [REDACTED], should apply solely to O6.gaia, not the Council. It also believed that the steps taken with [DATA SEALED] implied that a failure of SCP-5115 to affect the Council must also, by metaphysical association, affect O6.gaia.
Contact with Throne Site-01 was immediately lost. Attempts were made to locate the facility through astral and pretercognitive means, but no traces of its presence could be found.
Currently, it is the working belief of Overwatch Command that the doubts experienced by Throne Site-01 connected to the [DATA SEALED]-included concept of subjective reality, converting any faults from being perceived to being factual. This triggered a complete metaphysical destabilization in the facility's structure. It is presumed that, at the moment contact was lost, the O5 Council, O6.gaia, and Site-01 disconnected from each other.
Owing to environmental conditions in the upper mantle, the whole of Throne Site-01 was then incinerated.
Project HYPOSTAT-2 has been postponed indefinitely.

Footnotes
1. As retrieved through Akashic Decryption Protocol UPFALL.
2. Preferably achieved via memetotherapy.
3. Preferably achieved via memetotherapy.
4. Preferably achieved via gunshot. Specifications on appropriate weapon models, bullet calibers, firing distances, and anatomical details for non-biological and non-phenomenal entities are supplied in Document 5115.AFFD.X91.
5. A composite 13-mind AIC developed for mass oversight of containment operations, logistics, and Overwatch Command. O6.gaia had been continually online since its inception in 19██'.

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Item #: SCP-5116
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5116 instances are to be contained in a warehouse in Site-49. Individual desks and chairs are to be arranged in a 5x5 grid pattern, with SCP-5116 placed upon them. Personnel are not permitted to make contact with either SCP-5116 or SCP-5116-A instances within the period between 12-6 AM local time.
Living individuals corresponding to SCP-5116-A instances are to be monitored at all times for aberrant behavior and signifiers of demonic possession, to be immediately exorcised and contained upon the manifestation of such behavior.
Houses affected by SCP-5116-B are to be purchased and maintained under the guise of renovation. Abernathy Heat Sinks are to be installed in affected basements. In the event that entities escape SCP-5116-B, the nearest site is to immediately deploy MTF-א ("Gideon's Trumpet"), a regiment of field-trained exorcists.
Description: SCP-5116 is a collection of 25 24 vintage Atari 2600 video game consoles and CRT television sets, running the 1978 game Space Invaders. SCP-5116 are unable to be powered down, and possess hexagrams and other occult symbols etched on the interior of the consoles' casings for unknown reasons.
Personnel are unable to play SCP-5116, with instances displaying the words "PLEASE INSERT ONE (1) COIN TO BEGIN", despite no method of inserting coins into SCP-5116 existing. Personnel who attempt to interact with either SCP-5116 or SCP-5116-A after midnight are attacked by a legion of Type-Yod Tartarean entities1, which demanifest upon the subject leaving the immediate vicinity.

Photo of gameplay.

Every midnight, twenty-five humanoid entities designated SCP-5116-A, manifest at the controls of the SCP-5116 instances. These instances resemble the semi-finalists in the 1980 Atari Space Invaders Championship. SCP-5116-A are almost entirely incorporeal, but can manipulate the inputs of SCP-5116. Entities appear completely unaware of their surroundings, and do not respond to attempted communication. If an SCP-5116-A instance reaches a fail-state on its SCP-5116 instance the SCP-5116-A instance will demanifest, to reappear the following night.
SCP-5116 noticeably differs from nonanomalous instances of Space Invaders in terms of gameplay and artstyle. Hostile sprites have additional features, which appear to be accessory horns or talons. Rather than orderly descending in rows from the top of the screen, the sprites' movement is random, descending the display in differing speeds and patterns. The protective bunkers are also absent, leaving nothing between the entities and player character, whose sprite is replaced by two perpendicular lines of differing length. There are no levels or noticeable escalation in difficulty, though as enemy sprites constantly spawn, lapses in concentration from SCP-5116-A quickly lead to fail-states.
SCP-5116-B is a extradimensional shaft of unknown depth located underneath San Diego, California. SCP-5116-B is only accessible through its entrances, the largest being within the basement of Dan "Wolf" Dunn, the former CEO of Arcadia, with smaller shafts being found within the residencies of employees also within San Diego2. SCP-5116-B constantly produces large amounts of heat, and a bright light can be seen at the bottom of the shaft.
Situated approximately 100 meters deep within the shaft, there is a small platform constructed of plywood and two-by-four lumber. On the platform is a collection of objects, some of which possess anomalous properties.

A aspersorium and aspergillum3, which is consistently replenished every ten minutes.
A wooden rosary, possessing a Saint Peter's Cross. When clasped in an individual's hands, the cross can emit short beams of high-frequency radiation.
A King James Bible.
A 1979 issue of Playboy.
A broken lawn chair.
A SCP-5116-A instance. The exact identity of the instance is obscured by heat haze.

At irregular intervals, several dozen Type-Dalet Faustian-Class Tartarean entities will begin ascending the shaft, dispelled by the resident SCP-5116-A instance using the holy water and rosary. Usage of automated exorcists is not recommended, as previous attempts have resulted in the rendering of several contracts between the Foundation and GOIs anomalously null and void.

Photo captured of SCP-5116-23's display.

Addendum 5116.1: On March 15th, 2003, SCP-5116-A-23 broke the high score, continuing to play for a further ten minutes. Following the next fail-state, SCP-5116-A-23 briefly raised its arms in celebration, and bent over in pain, flickering in and out of existence, finally demanifesting. SCP-5116-23 briefly displayed unique text, before violently shaking and spontaneously combusting.
Within SCP-5116-B, the resident SCP-5116-A froze in position and demanifested, with SCP-5116-A-23 appearing in its place.

Footnotes
1. Lacking sapience, agency, and corporeality. Often bound to objects as guardians.
2. Many of these residencies had been vacant for several years, with Dunn's house in particular having not been in use since his death in 19██.
3. Container of holy water, and associated sprinkler.

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