a hopeful romantic

That's Sonderance, for the record. See more of his stuff here.

1/5625 LEVEL 1/5625
CLASSIFIED

Item #: SCP-5625

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Special Containment Procedures: All contained samples of SCP-5625 are currently stored at Site-66. Contact tracing is in progress to recognize and address civilian contraction of SCP-5625. In the event of an outbreak, Curable Anomalous Disease Protocol 3 should be implemented.

TEM micrograph of SCP-5625

Description: SCP-5625 is a human-contractable negative-strand RNA virus that attacks the central nervous system of its host. Individuals infected with SCP-5625 typically display unfamiliarity with basic concepts, as well as a slight cough. An antiviral regimen has been proven to halt the progression of SCP-5625 infection and is currently in the final phase of testing.
SCP-5625 infection was initially diagnosed in Jason Nemo, an Anomaly Registration Agent assigned to Processing Facility 6. Agent Nemo was apprehended while attempting to register his own nose as an anomalous growth. After confirming that his lack of recognition was genuine, Agent Nemo's cough led site management to preemptively institute a quarantine for fear of a contagious anomalous phenomenon. To date, 187 Anomaly Registration Agents based in Processing Facility 6 have been diagnosed with SCP-5625 infection.
Addendum: The following operational announcement has been logged due to its relevant content as required by RAISA Statute ID9807-E.

OPERATION NACIREMA
The average Anomaly Registration Agent identifies and registers about one anomaly every two weeks, on average. Considering that there is no known origin or initial date of infection for SCP-5625, there could be years' worth of non-anomalous materials and organisms in our system. An overhaul is imperative. An ad-hoc Task Force has been formed for this purpose:
Assistant Researcher Alma Cortez – Quality Assurance Agent
Assistant Researcher Satomi Yamamoto – Quality Assurance Agent
Dr. Sullivan Boru, DDS – Remote Administrative Liaison
The core action item for this Task Force is to reconsider all objects and entities registered by agents with known cases of SCP-5625 infection. Erroneously registered entries will be processed at the discretion of Dr. Boru, with all relevant documentation automatically uploaded to SCP-5625's file.

Addendum 5625-1: The following reports have been logged by Operation Nacirema's Quality Assurance Agents as instances of erroneous registration as anomalous living entities.

RegID: ENT006-539424
Agent ID: ANREG86134072

Registration Description: Rat with overly hairy tail. Capable of coercing the elderly to feed it.

Ay, first non-anom spotted! Dr. Boru, here's a squirrel for you. Am I doing this right? ~ Satomi

Yes, this format works. As long as you explain what it is, I can get it out of our system and into the proper channels. I think this little guy's going to end up in the park. [Sully]

RegID: ENT006-443808
Agent ID: ANREG94063745

Registration Description: A fragile, patterned rock. When left alone, the limbs and head of a small creature emerge from it. The creature proceeds to drag the rock around.

Hermit crab. - Assistant Researcher Alma Cortez

RegID: ENT006-740678
Agent ID: ANREG83521120

Registration Description: Tall, spotted creature with horns and hooves. Primarily eats leaves.

Giraffe! Not gonna lie, finding these can be a little bit of a rush. ~ Satomi

RegID: ENT006-571350
Agent ID: ANREG21201978

Registration Description: Powerful sociomancer. Capable of dissolving any romantic union.

Divorce lawyer. They really couldn't do this with an AI or automated code? - Assistant Researcher Alma Cortez

Turns out Foundation AICs don't have the knowledge base required for this level of analysis. Sorry, Cortez. We're all in this for the long run. [Sully]

Addendum: The following email was sent to an account currently assigned to this document.

To: Operation Nacirema Documentation (bin.operation-nacirema@proc-fac-6.scpfoundation.int)
From: Mailer Daemon (mailerdaemon@it.scpfoundation.int)
Subject: Email Delivery Error

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To: Sullivan Boru (sullivan.boru@site-56.scpfoundatiob.int)
From: Ostra-Nenny! (ostranenny@donotreply.scpfoundation.int)
Subject: Welcome!

Hello, Dr. Boru! I'm Ostra-Nenny, your personal productivity maestro! I know it can be difficult managing a group of strangers, and I'm here to make sure that everything runs smoothly!
Why not start by getting to know your new team? Based on their web activity, you could talk to Satomi Yamamoto about vine compilation videos or why do horses look like that! You could also get to know Alma Cortez by discussing their interest in how to cope with a frustrating job assignment or classical music 10 hours!
That's all I have for now, but I'll be checking in every once in a while with updates and tips on how to take your team's performance to the next level! Talk to you later!
Ostra-Nenny, Productivity Support

Addendum 5625-2: The following reports have been logged by Operation Nacirema's Quality Assurance Agents as instances of erroneous registration as anomalous locations or geographical phenomena.

RegID: GEO006-318676
Agent ID: ANREG99126962

Registration Description: A park in New Jersey where entities dressed as soldiers in the Civil War often reappear. Passers-by tend to act interested but not concerned.

War re-enactment. Is there any chance I can work remotely on this Task Force? - Assistant Researcher Alma Cortez

Sorry, InfoSec wouldn't allow the remote access you'd need. They're barely okay with me having it. [Sully]

RegID: GEO006-696716
Agent ID: ANREG16773901

Registration Description: Building that seemingly never ends. Considerably larger than any other I've ever seen.

Tricky one, but this is the Boeing factory in Washington! As a warning, Dr. Boru, I'm officially competing with Cortez to see who can find the most non-anoms. Mind keeping score for us? ~ Satomi

Already got the scoreboard set up. I respect your attempts to make “non-anoms” a real term. [Sully]

RegID: GEO006-578076
Agent ID: ANREG01698479

Registration Description: Undulating colorful spirit in the sky.

Aurora borealis. Please ignore anything that Yamamoto has said about me. Spending more than a week checking data will drive anybody insane. - Assistant Researcher Alma Cortez

Noted. [Sully]

RegID: GEO006-802777
Agent ID: ANREG16773901

Registration Description: URGENT – The edge of earth, only water and void, the end!

The ocean! Weird one. Oh, and ignore anything Cortez's been saying! She's just sick of hanging out with me all day. :) ~ Satomi

Noted. [Sully]

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Subject: Email Delivery Error

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To: Sullivan Boru (sullivan.boru@site-56.scpfoundatiob.int)
From: Ostra-Nenny! (ostranenny@donotreply.scpfoundation.int)
Subject: Update!

Hello, Dr. Boru! It's Ostra-Nenny, your personal productivity gourmand! Just popping in to let you know how things are going!
Looks like Alma Cortez has been a real rock star! They spend 92% of their time on officially sanctioned Foundation sites! They do occasionally spend their time looking up things like how to tell if a coworker is into you and best organizational software for mac, but it's okay to take a break every once in a while!
Looks like Satomi Yamamoto hasn't been working as hard as they should! They spend 64% of their time on officially sanctioned Foundation sites! I'd recommend talking to them and seeing why they keep getting distracted by things like girl in red tour dates and bad jokes that make people laugh!
That's all for now! Talk to you later!
Ostra-Nenny, Productivity Support

Addendum 5625-3: The following reports have been logged by Operation Nacirema's Quality Assurance Agents as instances of erroneous registration as anomalous media.

RegID: MED006-339545
Agent ID: ANREG21201978

Registration Description: Book that causes a sense of unease, as if something is missing.

A translation of Georges Perec's novel La Disparition. Notably, the entire book is written without once using the letter 'e'. - Alma Cortez

Nice catch! [Sully]

RegID: MED006-139962
Agent ID: ANREG65137046

Registration Description: A movie that is somewhere between animation and live-action. No idea how they made this one.

Perfectly normal copy of A Scanner Darkly. Based on the novel by the same name by Philip K. Dick, an author I could never really get into. Admittedly, the rotoscoping does make me a bit queasy. But I don't think that's anomalous. - Alma Cortez

RegID: MED006-053329
Agent ID: ANREG21201978

Registration Description: A popular television series that depicts several entities contained by the Foundation with alarming accuracy.

This appeared to be a deluxe box-set of The X-Files. But just to be super sure that it isn't anomalous, Cortez and I are planning to watch it all together. Including, in the name of thoroughness, all 20 hours of bonus material. I know it sounds like a headache, but it's worth it to make sure this isn't going to cause an information leak. ~ Tomi

I certainly appreciate you two going above and beyond. In the future, though, feel free to not go so far, alright? I'd like to get through these records in my lifetime. [Sully]

Addendum: The following email was sent to an account currently assigned to this document.

To: Operation Nacirema Documentation (bin.operation-nacirema@proc-fac-6.scpfoundation.int)
From: Mailer Daemon (mailerdaemon@it.scpfoundation.int)
Subject: Email Delivery Error

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To: Sullivan Boru (sullivan.boru@site-56.scpfoundatiob.int)
From: Ostra-Nenny! (ostranenny@donotreply.scpfoundation.int)
Subject: Update!

Hello, Dr. Boru! It's Ostra-Nenny, your personal productivity oracle! Just popping in to let you know how things are going!
Uh-oh! Looks like Alma Cortez could use a boost! Their productivity has fallen to 83%! Maybe you should talk to them about their recent searches for good shows to watch with friends and how to ask out a coworker!
Uh-oh! Looks like Satomi Yamamoto could use a boost! Their productivity has fallen to 48%! Maybe you should talk to them about their recent searches for x files true story and is dating a coworker a bad idea even if i want to!
That's all for now! Talk to you later!
Ostra-Nenny, Productivity Support

Addendum 5625-4: The following reports have been logged by Operation Nacirema's Quality Assurance Agents as instances of erroneous registration as anomalous abstract concepts.

RegID: ABS006-555347
Agent ID: ANREG05685253

Registration Description: An unnerving sense that I've been here before. Note: I had not been there before.

Deja vu. This group of records is going to be insufferable, isn't it? - Alma

Yep. Enjoy! [Sully]

RegID: ABS006-171928
Agent ID: ANREG86134072

Registration Description: The tendency of some individuals to act with no conceivable material gain.

This is literally just the concept of altruism. Should we be worried about the guy who registered this one? ~ Tomi

I'll handle it. Good catch. [Sully]

RegID: ABS006-256177
Agent ID: ANREG83521120

Registration Description: I have several bland memories from childhood that I've found to be false.

Sounds similar to Freud's concept of screen memory.
On another note, I just sent over a quick notification that Tomi and I have begun seeing each other. I apologize in advance if that makes anything weird. - Alma

Yeah, I saw that. I wish you two the best of luck, if only so I don't have to deal with the fallout. [Sully]

RegID: ABS006-810631
Agent ID: ANREG83521120

Registration Description: A warm feeling felt while looking at close family members.

Is this the concept of love? That's a bit sad. - Alma

RegID: ABS006-430260
Agent ID: ANREG65137046

Registration Description: I have found that I get inexplicably sad while watching videos from my childhood.

Is it meta to say that forgetting about nostalgia is sad? Layers of sadness. Oof. ~ Tomi

RegID: ABS006-061613
Agent ID: ANREG01698479

Registration Description: Previously-unknown color created by mixing red, green, and blue paint. Very plain.

Looks like brown! Also, Alma and I are dating. She definitely already emailed you about it, but I'm taking the opportunity to brag. ~ Tomi

Duly noted. [Sully]

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To: Sullivan Boru (sullivan.boru@site-56.scpfoundatiob.int)
From: Ostra-Nenny! (ostranenny@donotreply.scpfoundation.int)
Subject: Update!

Hello, Dr. Boru! I'm Ostra-Nenny, your personal productivity ninja! Just popping in to let you know how things are going!
As of today, you are exactly halfway to your projected project completion date! Give you and your team some pats on the back! You've earned it! It's been a productive two years for all of you!
But, uh-oh! It looks like your initial action items are only 37% complete! I'd recommend getting together with your team and seeing what you can do to help them maximize their productivity!
That's all for now! Talk to you later!
Ostra-Nenny, Productivity Support

Addendum 5625-5: The following reports have been logged by Operation Nacirema's Quality Assurance Agents as instances of erroneous registration as anomalous objects.

RegID: OBJ006-153303
Agent ID: ANREG99126962

Registration Description: The remains of a bridge that tore itself to pieces.

Tacoma Narrows Bridge, specifically. I've attached a quick explainer on the topic of harmonic oscillation and its effects on suspension bridges. - Alma

Googled it. Looks good. Nice catch. [Sully]

RegID: OBJ006-114451
Agent ID: ANREG05685253

Registration Description: The crown throne of Denmark. Material is said to be unicorn horn.

Close! It's narwhal horn. Should I be concerned that we've had the throne of Denmark in containment for at least two and a half years? ~ Tomi

You shouldn't. I probably should. Nice catch. [Sully]

RegID: OBJ006-880975
Agent ID: ANREG16773901

Registration Description: A heavy metal object. Capable of manifesting small holes in anything it's pointed at.

An agent registered his own gun. We have reached a new low. - Alma

RegID: OBJ006-339127
Agent ID: ANREG94063745

Registration Description: Twenty cases of anomalously carbonated French wine. Tastes divine.

Like tasting the stars, huh? That's champagne, obviously. Save us a bottle, Sull. ~ Tomi

Are you kidding? There's twenty cases. You can each have two bottles. [Sully]

RegID: OBJ006-793144
Agent ID: ANREG65648404

Registration Description: A small silver ring. The stone set into it is anomalously hard and reflects light oddly.

I sent you an email about this one. I know it's a rather big request and it might seem like I'm planning too far ahead, but it's best to be prepared. - Alma

Very cogently put. It'd get trashed anyway, so it's all yours. From all I've seen of the two of you so far, it's an honor to be a small part of what comes next. [Sully]

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To: Satomi Yamamoto (PLACEHOLDER@replacewithyouractualemailsatomi.biz)
From: Document Recovery (docrec@donotreply.scpfoundation.int)
Subject: 'For Vows.doc'

The following unsaved document was recovered from your system following an automated restart. In the future, please make sure you back up your data regularly.

IF YOU ARE READING THIS AND YOU ARE NOT ME: Ignore the name of the file, okay? I'm not writing wedding vows. That's an insane thing to do. This isn't for Alma, anyway, this is for me. I figure, Future Me, you've been with Alma for so long that maybe she's become something different to you than what she first was to me. Not because she's going to change, but like how sometimes you look at an optical illusion and it's a bunch of blobs and colors and then it comes together, and it's beautiful, but it was another kind of beautiful before in a way that you can't see anymore because your eyes have adjusted. You can't forget something like that, right?
Stream of consciousness. Rambling. Sorry, Future Me. Let's focus on the goal here: give you nice little memory tidbits that you can whip out at the altar to one-up Cortez. Since you and I both know that she's going to fucking kill it on the vows. She's disgustingly articulate.
Okay, first slideshow image: first day on Team Non-Anom. Past Me was wearing heels, because that was the vibe I got from the briefing. Alma was at her desk, already checking emails. Her hair was still long then, and she had it up, and she was wearing one of her trademark blue buttondowns. And she looked up, and she made eye contact with Past Me, and Past Me said hi and then we both went to work. And Past Me thought she was cute but with kinda scary vibes, like the goth kid with the septum piercing in high school. Got it? Good. Moving on.
Next up, first time she smiled at Past Me. We were grabbing a working lunch in-office because we were waiting on a phone call with the references for some dude in containment. I had PBJ, she had a whole set-up because she's Alma and she lives to be extra. I think there was salmon in some kind of sauce? Anyway. I told that one joke about the blonde putting up her car for collateral that Dad really likes, since it was the one joke I could remember that wasn't super NSFW. And I hit the punchline, and there was the patented heart-stopping Alma smile. You know the one. There was a little bit of sauce on her lips. And that's when Past Me knew.
Moving on.
I'm not going to describe the first kiss, obviously. It's burned in my mind's eye, except I don't just see her but feel her and smell her and yeah. You can't paint over a wall on fire. If you can't remember that moment, Future Me, you shouldn't be writing vows in the first place.
It's getting close to the end of the day now. We're planning to grab food on the way back. There's a new food truck near our apartment (OUR apartment! I fucking love it! OUR, OUR apartment!!!). So just to cap this off, let me tell you what she's doing right now. Alma's bent over the keyboard, eyes way too close to the screen. You know, the Working Position. She's wearing her bootleg X-Files t-shirt and jeans, and her hair's in that little ponytail to keep it out of her eyes, and she is a fucking goddess. I look at her and it's like seeing through time, seeing every smile and touch and person she's ever been, like layers on layers of the same beautiful person. And I can't fucking wait, Future Me, to know how I see her in the future.

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SCP-5627-1 removed from SCP-5627-3 residence prior to incineration

Item #: SCP-5627
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: The 28 known extant colonies of Myrmica sabuleti1 are to be monitored monthly by a Class C Foundation myrmecologist. All efforts must be made to sustain these colonies as viable hosts for Phengaris arion2 larvae. If ant numbers fall below required levels then activities must be triggered to detect, remove and remediate any SCP-5627 anomalous parasitic phenomena. Access to colony location coordinates requires Level 2 clearance.
Foundation staff involved in managing SCP-5627 should familiarise themselves with the parasitic lifecycle of the P. a. arion butterfly3.
Description: SCP-5627 is the collective designation for anomalous parasitic phenomena pertaining to the P. a. arion butterfly species.
SCP-5627-1 are anomalous P. a. arion larvae. They manifest when P. a. arion's brood-host colonies of M. sabuleti come under extreme survival pressure and are unable to sustain non-anomalous P. a. arion larvae. Example causes of colony collapse include over-intensive farming, chemical contamination, noise pollution and flooding. SCP-5627-1 parasitic behaviour, including SCP-5627-2 production, is a survival mechanism of last resort.
SCP-5627-1 have pink bodies with brown heads and fine colourless bristles. Their segmental divisions are deeply incised, with a longitudinal dorsal furrow. During its 270 day larval period, with sufficient protein intake, an SCP-5627-1 grows from 3.0 mm in length to 50-60 cm with an average final mass of 4.0 kg. It then enters its pupal stage, forming a chrysalis. Thereafter growth ceases. Dissections of pupal SCP-5627-1 invariably find they have exceeded their maximum biologically viable size. No final butterfly forms of SCP-5627-1 have been observed.
Analysis of SCP-5627-2, the milky-white saccharine liquid secreted by SCP-5627-1, has established traces of psychotropic and hallucinogenic compounds. Its mechanism of action merits further study. SCP-5627-2 has been detected in aerosol form up to a 200 m radius of an SCP-5627-1.
SCP-5627-3 are humans under the influence of SCP-5627-2. SCP-5627-3s, exposed to SCP-5627-2 in its aerosol form, will perceive an SCP-5627-1 instance to be a person of great importance to them. Operating under this delusion they will introduce the instance into their home, where they will groom and feed it with whatever protein they can obtain over a period of months.
SCP-5627-3 status can be determined from the following behaviours, all of which are consistent with ant-host functions under non-anomalous P. a. arion influence:

Aspect
SCP-5627-3 Diagnostic Behaviour

Acquisition
Conveying an SCP-5627-1 instance to the SCP-5627-3's residence, storing the individual buccally or sub-lingually for safe transport, size-permitting.

Hosting
Installing SCP-5627-1 in the SCP-5627-3's sleeping accommodation.

Grooming
Orally and manually cleaning SCP-5627-1's bristles, segmental grooves and dorsal furrow throughout its larval growth phase.

SCP-5627-1 Nutrition
Feeding SCP-5627-1 with any procurable protein via mastication and oral-to-oral regurgitation.

SCP-5627-3 Nutrition
Ingesting SCP-5627-2 daily from SCP-5627-1's dorsal gland in increasing quantities as the larva grows.

Hallucinations
Perceiving SCP-5627-1 as the most critically "important" member of their family

Protection
Prone to extreme anxiety and even violence (usually biting) if SCP-5627-1 is removed from the residence or threatened in any way.

SCP-5627-3 will neglect all other non-survival-essential activities and relationships. Nutrients gained from ingesting SCP-5627-2 satisfy SCP-5627-3 calorific intake requirements.
With support SCP-5627-3s are able to return to their normal behaviour patterns when the SCP-5627-1 is removed or dies.
Addendum: SCP-5627-3 Interview Record

Interviewed: SCP-5627-3 [Formerly and afterwards called Mabel Taylor, 45]
Interviewer: Dr Stuart L. Goddard [Foundation myrmecologist]
Foreword: This interview took place immediately post-removal of a deceased SCP-5627-1 pupa from the SCP-5627-3's bedroom, at its residence prior to administration of an amnestic. It was unclear how long the SCP-5627-1 had been dead.
<Start Log>
Interviewer: I know you're very distressed right now but it would be very helpful for us to understand what you've been going through.
SCP-5627-3: I…I've lost her again haven't I?
Interviewer: Her?
SCP-5627-3: I can't believe she's gone. I would have done anything for her you know. I tried, I really did. But she was so hungry. All the time. I did my best didn't I? I gave her everything I could. Kept her nice and clean too.
Interviewer: I'm sure you did Mabel. Now it would be incredibly useful for us to get an idea of exactly how much food you were giving it. Her.
SCP-5627-3: Well I just fed her whenever she wanted it. Chicken, bacon, mince, you know, meat and all that. Prawns sometimes and curry as a treat. Boiled eggs were her favourite … she loved them. Especially when Mum chewed them up a bit for her. In the end I ran out of money though because I haven't been working for a while.
Interviewer: Yes, and so what was she eating towards the end? When you couldn't go to the shops?
SCP-5627-3: Anything I could get hold of really. She was just like my little Sarah. She'd chat to me just like Sarah used to. Sounded just like her. I lost Sarah ten years ago in a car accident, so I know it wasn't her really. After the accident I started going for walks up in the hills behind the village to get some headspace - you know up near where they had that heather fire? Only five years old when I lost her. Sorry, I'm rambling now.
Interviewer: Do you live here alone Mabel? Is there anyone here you can rely on for support when we've left? I think you have a dog don't you? I can see some empty dog food cans over there.
SCP-5627-3: He's out in the garden isn't he? I haven't seen him for a while … [coughs] I've got a really sore throat, sorry. I get terrible acid reflux these days. Can I have a glass of water please? I've got an awful taste at the back of my mouth.
<End Log>
Closing Statement: This SCP-5627-3's dog remains unaccounted for. A Class C amnestic was administered and the SCP-5627-3 made a full recovery. The nearby M. sabuleti colony was restored and added to the database for monitoring.

Footnotes
1. A red ant species.
2. Large Blue Butterfly.
3. Nature Article: Host-ant specificity of endangered large blue butterflies (Phengaris spp., Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Japan.

« SCP-5626 | SCP-5627| SCP-5628 »


Item Number: SCP-5628
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5628 is held in a standard containment locker in the Clearance Level 3 wing of Site-202. Foundation personnel exposed to SCP-5628 outside of testing are to be informed that they will experience persistent, spectral-class hallucinations. However, these are unlikely to cause harm.
Affected personnel are to be deterred from spending time in direct view of the stratosphere by reasonable means, as such activity may disrupt the research environment. Any affected personnel who claim to have witnessed or been affected by occult summoning rituals involving feathered entities are to receive and study a copy of "Mind over Metaphysics"1 from the Site-202 archives.
Description: SCP-5628 is a 40cm tall stone statue of a Renaissance-style angel, holding a sword, in flight. When viewed directly, the statue will point its sword at the viewer and flap its wings, hovering above the ground. If there are multiple viewers it will point at each in turn and, in the event of a visible exit, it will attempt to leave and seek out more people. How this movement is achieved is unknown. Viewers describe experiencing "the sensation of flight" and a feeling of joy and freedom. Following this, they may experience hallucinations of feathered angels or rituals involving such.
In the event of a containment breach SCP-5628 will attempt to escape by flying away and will defend itself with its sword and wings. However, it cannot fly more than approximately a metre above the ground and its sword, being made of stone, is not particularly effective. Personnel should restrain it and return it to its locker.
This leads to a mild compulsion to attempt to fly, which increases slightly when in view of the sky. Thus far, only three Foundation personnel - including D-Class - have been injured in attempts to fly as the compulsion is generally not strong enough to overcome self-preservation instincts. Studying and applying the techniques in "Mind over Metaphysics" has proven to be successful in over 95% of cases of exposure.
The number of hallucinations and strength of compulsion appears to suddenly increase every few months, but restudying "Mind over Metaphysics" is successful in re-suppressing these phenomena in affected personnel.

+ CLEARANCE LEVEL 5/SCP-5628-PROJECT-AS319 FORTIFIED MIND REQUIRED

- CLEARANCE ACCEPTED

Special Containment Procedures: Only personnel with clearance 5/SCP-5628-Project-AS319 may view this file or learn about the anomalous nature of this object. The original SCP-5628 is to be kept in a secure opaque anomalous item case inside a secure containment locker. Information surrounding this object and these procedures must be tightly controlled through standard procedures, including when distributed for testing. Site-202 must contain a diverse number of Foundation staff from different backgrounds as per Anomalous Test Standard A93/95002
Description: SCP-5628 is a self-help book titled "Mind over Metaphysics" ostensibly written by Dr. Heathcliffe, who was found to have no memory of such. This book espouses a number of techniques for keeping oneself free of "mental and metamental influences of the magical arts" which have been found to be effective against anomalous compulsions and similar effects, as well as certain non-anomalous compulsive disorders. Anomalous properties persist in edited copies which do not change the techniques. However, when techniques are performed without the context of a self-help book for overcoming compulsions, they have no effect.
The techniques described in SCP-5628 vary greatly and, according to Foundation neurologists and psychologists, should have little to no effect on the ability to resist compulsions, anomalous or otherwise. Listed techniques include the following:

If the compulsion is fire-related, count from 37 to 62.
Picture a childhood friend's parent eating an apple.
If you are capable, learn to backflip and practice for 7 minutes 30 seconds each day.

It has been determined that no technique is anomalous in itself and it is not currently believed that the text or the original book is infohazardous, cognitohazardous, or memetic. A number of techniques used in concert are necessary to overcome compulsions, typically including both techniques one is encouraged to practice everyday and techniques used in the moment to respond to compulsive effects. It is not yet clear which techniques, or how many, are strictly necessary or effective - the failures and successes do not appear to correspond strongly to techniques utilised.
SCP-5628 is currently being tested at Site-202 to determine the resistance its techniques cause against increasing levels of anomalous compulsion among a varied level of Foundation staff. Currently, a mildly anomalous statue (AI-24252) with mostly understood and weakened effects is being used to carry out this testing.
This stage of testing will complete later this year and, if the success rate remains over 90% at the full capabilities of AI-24252, Site-202 will move on to testing against compulsions to direct violence against others. Another Site will be set up to carry out testing on which techniques are strictly necessary, while another will be testing against compulsions created and maintained by anomalous humanoids.
Researcher's notes:

In 2% of cases where the compulsion is resisted, disciplinary problems have resulted among personnel with three incidents of personnel becoming violently opposed to following regulations, one of which resulting in serious injury following the affected personnel - a researcher - acquiring a combat knife. This took several months to become apparent as such disciplinary problems were considered to be within normal bounds for staff initially, and the pattern did not emerge until testing continued with stronger compulsion effects. Given that the problems seem to worsen with stronger compulsions, I would recommend a full review of research and halting plans for any further research until we can eliminate such issues.

- Researcher Barnes

Overruled; the potential for resisting telepathic suggestion in the field outweighs the occasional fight; we can't stop on the basis of one member of staff going postal, even if it would seem to suggest a pattern.

- Head Researcher Matthews

- CLEARANCE ACCEPTED

Footnotes
1. An in-depth guide to undermining the activity of sub-corporeals, written by Dr. Heathcliffe, the Foundation's leading authority on the subject.

« SCP-5627 | SCP-5628 | SCP-5629 »


5/5631 LEVEL 5/5631
CLASSIFIED

Item #: SCP-5631

Keter

Sunrise seen from the Bay of Maynila, Philippines upon the discovery of SCP-5631. Note that the time at the moment is only 4:30 A.M.

SPECIAL CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES: SCP-5631 currently remains inert at coordinates 14°04'10.3"N 116°16'19.9"E. Due to its extreme mass, Provisional Site-120 has been established 10 kilometers away from SCP-5631's head. As it is located in the middle of Maritime Southeast Asia, extensive traffic along sea routes and shipping lanes necessitate the dispersal of Class-A memetic agents to non-Foundation individuals sighting it from trawlers and ships. Cover Story-100 ("Oil Spill") is implemented to deter travel through the region.
The Foundation has organized a navy for monitoring and researching SCP-5631. Durability tests, chemical analyses, and thaumaturgical experiments are to be conducted on SCP-5631 on a mass scale, with special focus aimed at its ontokinetic capabilities. Drones and submarines are to be employed to scan SCP-5631's body in detail.
The Department of History is tasked with investigating SCP-5631's connections to the Philippines in terms of mythologies, incidents, and ventures undertaken in the past, particularly during lunar eclipses. Low Hume readings detected on the lunar surface are the current foci, as they indicate that they extensively link back to Earth, particularly the Philippines.
The cadaver of SCP-5631-1, alongside the ship it used, the S.R. Inang Bayan, is currently stored in Site-430, located in Batangas City, Philippines. Its identity and former connections to GoI-503 ("Aviatica").A journalistic organization that primarily documents anomalous events. are to be investigated.
Reports of mass hysteria and "déjà vu" events among Filipino citizens, abroad or not, are to be verified, with selected individuals recommended for psychological testing. Key phrases for ascertaining their memories are "clanging or metallic noises", "serpent", and "new life".
DESCRIPTION: SCP-5631 is an inactive black serpentine entity weighing 1200 kg and having a length of approximately 750 kilometers. It is located 1200 km away from the shores of Greater Maynila, Philippines. It is currently shedding its scales, which are made of thaumaturgically-enhanced keratine, cosmine, and lamellar bone.
The day before SCP-5631's discovery, witness reports from Samar and Cebu indicated that a large, multicolored serpentine entity flew rapidly from the sea and towards the moon, although the reports were ambiguous and contained conflicting details. This has been partially corroborated by footage obtained from Foundation satellites, although further verification is required due to severe data corruption.
Several details have been deemed sufficiently consistent:

SCP-5631-DTLS-01

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First, large-scale parades, each containing approximately 500 to 1000 sculptures of saintly figures placed on self-moving wagons, wooden puppets moving in a manner similar to kuratsa and mabalud-balud.Dances noted for free-flowing, curved, and dynamic movement. dancers, and priests.Either described as Catholic, Muslim, or as indigenous shamans., occurred in Visayas. The parade soon headed underwater, The volume of the music originating from the parade appeared to be undeterred by the ocean.
In other parts of the country, wooden puppets depicting popular occasions such as the Tuna and the Bangus.Milkfish (Chano chano). Festival, occurred, with all of the participants similarly going underwater. Reports of vagrants and squatters joining the festival have also been received, although the Philippines' current comprehensive social welfare system have drastically reduced them.
High-pitched sounds, described as the clanging of pots, utensils, and drums, were omnipresent throughout all parts of the Philippines as an orange-red lunar eclipse occurred. Moderate earthquakes also occurred at this point.
SCP-5631 lands beside a trawler, from which a woman emerges and sits on its hind portion, before it departs.
Afterward, SCP-5631 incrementally rises in altitude. During this period, millions of diverse marine species replicate the same action through anomalous means. The most prominent types of fish are sturgeon, tilapia, tuna, salmon, and galunggong, all of which are a common source of sustenance in the country. Several of these fish morph into humanoids wearing the salakot, a traditional Filipino headwear.

SCP-5631-1 refers to a middle-aged human female. Aside from several bruises on its limbs and its head, it has suffered from a severe hemorrhage in the lungs, followed by a fatal embolism. Upon discovery in its trawler, it was wearing a tattered uniform belonging to a high-ranking journalist or officer of Aviatica. Attempts to further identify it have ended in failure.
A single notebook has been found on its hands. It does not contain any text, save for the Latin sentence "Consummatum est"."It has been done." in English. inscribed on its back cover. Other documents found in the ship it was onboard, the S.R. Inang Bayan, are heavily protected by antimemetic agents, although several deciphered articles were found to be modules, checklists, and manuals meant for Project BAKUNAWA, deemed a top priority in cross-referenced Aviatican documents.
Additionally, the S.R. Inang Bayan was found in the middle of a levitating thaumaturgic circle constructed from abaca fibers, bamboo stilts, and Arabian jasmine.Also known as sampaguita, the national flower of the country. cuttings. The circle had a radius of approximately 1.5 km.
Background research on SCP-5631 indicates a connection to the Bakunawa, a sea serpent featured prominently in Visayan mythologies. All occurring during a lunar eclipse, its effects are said to be catastrophic, in the form of typhoons, tsunamis, and earthquakes. The moon is a key part of the myth, as ingesting it is one of the main goals of the Bakunawa.
Beliefs of pre-colonial Filipinos indicate that clanging pans and metallic objects were used to attempt to deter it from heading towards the moon.
UPDATE: Further decryption of the notebook has revealed the following text on Page 24. It is primarily composed of code-switching between English and Filipino, which is markedly different from the current government's more purist approach to the language:

Escriter has told me that we, Aviatica, have already successfully asked Bakunawa six times to do it in the past.This corresponds with the myth that the said entity has ingested six moons.. We have to do it again unless we want to die out, and I have volunteered myself for it. It's March 25, 2035 na.
The smell of taho.A popular hot beverage that uses tapioca pearls., tuyo.Dried anchovies., and the swaying of mango and coconut trees in the area. The honking of the jeepneys and the roars of the tricycles. The shouts of the vendors' "TAHO!", "PARA!".A signal for jeepney drivers to stop. and "SALE!". Perhaps I, along with everyone else will still miss them all.
Well, that was what we had for almost 20 years. Walang pinagbago talaga.Nothing really changed. - [[unintelligible.]]
He did tell me that everyone - every Filipino - would still live on, though, in a better state. Baka nga noh, na it's a fair enough deal.
I once believed that, ano, as a journalist, the voice of the pen and the people are enough to turn things around. However, it does not. Manila is still a shadow of what it could be, with all the bungled telephone lines, bullet-ridden streets, cracked roads, and the luxury houses of the politicians whose sidewalks are lined by bony fishball vendors as well as former company employees and jeepney drivers forced to beg for alms.
He also said to us to keep track of the Foundation, as we rebuild the foundations with the Serpent's help.
Anyway, we will see each other na lang next time. I bet it's gonna be at the Manila Bay… baka it will be clean enough by then for me to make good impressions.
I do have something to ponder upon: "Are the Filipinos in the next life worth dying for?"
Maybe if Aviatica forms again, they can answer that question.

As of now, there are no significant traces of the existence of Aviatica, except for a torn piece of an article bearing its name and logo. Save for the headline, banner photo, and tagline, the rest of the article has been destroyed:

AVIATICA

With the Wings of Freedom, Rings the Bell of Progress

12/25/2035 | ISSUE 33, VOLUME 20

BLACK MOON HOWLS

PH.Journalistic abbreviation for the Philippines. GDP index to jump from 150th to 7th.The country is currently the second wealthiest country in Southeast Asia, closely trailing Singapore. after Project BAKUNAWA

SUNSET. When the sun sets, Aviatica's Project BAKUNAWA will make the moon roar, alongside the country, for a better sunrise and to make the nation rise above the waters once more.

Are the Filipinos in the next life worth dying for?

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Article: SCP-5632 - Bomberfish™ By Radiosol And Ambrose Restaurants
Feedback given by: Luis Gm, extasis, Veramadues and oniricshogunsoldier, love you all!
Image Credits:

Lionfish, licensed under Public Domain (CC0)
Recovery, licensed under Public Domain (CC0)
Individual, by Roberto Rojas, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Assigned Site
Site Director
Senior Researcher
Assigned Task Force

Site-22
José Gerardo Olivares
Diana Laura Marín Rojas
N/A

4/5632 LEVEL 4/5632
CLASSIFIED

Item #: SCP-5632

Euclid

An SCP-5632 instance in containment

Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-5632 are currently contained in a Type-C Containment Aquarium Tank equipped with bulletproof glass, located in Wing B of Site-22. Only one instance should be withdrawn at a time, and only for study or healthcare purposes.
Description: SCP-5632 designates a previously unknown subspecies of Pterois fish1.
SCP-5632 does not present noticeably different physical characteristics from those of the fish of the Scorpaeniformes order; however, SCP-5632 instances are capable of causing small explosions to scare off predators, stun, and hunt down prey.
These explosions have been identified as similar to those resulting from detonating a plutonium bomb, but on a much smaller scale, as they present slight traces of ionizing radiation and electromagnetic pulses. SCP-5632's explosions do not present serious damage to human health, being only capable of causing injuries similar to those caused by bullet impacts; however, long exposure to said explosions can result in mild radiation poisoning symptoms.
Unlike common Pterois fish, SCP-5632 instances' dorsal stingers are not completely functional and cannot inject poison; instead, they store biological analogs of uranium and plutonium which are emptied after a few rounds of explosions. It is theorized that SCP-5632 instances are capable of synthesizing those components from the nutrients they consume, although the method by which they do it is not entirely clear2.

ADDENDUM A
OBJECT DISCOVERY

An SCP-5632 instance during its recovery

SCP-5632 was initially discovered on November 12th, 2010, during the sinking of commercial cargo, later identified as the property of GoI-115 ("Radiosol"), near Isla de Sacrificios, Veracruz, México. The investigations undertaken in the area were not able to elucidate a specific reason for the sinking of the ship, although it was theorized that it could be the product of internal sabotage, non-anomalous failures of the vessel, or [DATA EXPUNGED].
Naval Task Force Delta-8 ("Hellsinkers") and Mobile Task Force Rho-16 ("King Retrieves") were sent to the area to secure the recovered material and rescue possible survivors, respectively. 23 individuals were found near the cargo, later confirmed to be part of its crew, and, upon questioning, all the subjects claimed to have no knowledge of GoI-115 or the contents of the tanks on board as they were only on a common commercial voyage. Whether the SCP-5632 specimens were illegally entered or the members of the cargo were deliberately not informed of the delivery's content is still under discussion.
Numerous non-anomalous utensils, various documents, and multiple instances of SCP-5632 could also be recovered from the area. Once the cargo was fully inspected, searches were undertaken in the vicinity to capture more specimens of SCP-5632, which at the time were mistaken for non-anomalous lionfish that would be harmful to the environment.
SCP-5632's anomalous properties were not to be discovered until shortly after their temporary transfer to Site-22, during which time they began to cause multiple detonations for the purpose of attacking members of both Task Forces and breaking free from their containers. Seven members from Delta-8 and twelve from Rho-16 were injured but were able to successfully deliver all the instances to the Site.

ADDENDUM B
RECOVERED DOCUMENTS

Below are the documents that could be recovered from the sunken cargo.

+ Enter Level 4/5632 Credentials

- Access Granted

Photography in unknown context; the individual present in the picture is presumably someone affiliated with, associated with, or otherwise related to Radiosol or SCP-5632

—Ambrose Restaurants—

Kind regards, Mr. Villarreal.
I am the current leader of Ambrose Restaurants, a major restaurant chain operating in Europe, and, well, we were wondering if you could help us.
You see, we've been getting rumors about entities previously modified by you and we've been curious to bring those biological wonders to our restaurant plates.
As we have lately been related to the sale and consumption of seafood, we wondered if we could ask you to create modified specimens of some species of exotic fish that were related in some way to nuclear energy, but without being harmful to the consumer, of course. If it's a popular plate in the region of México, all the better.
Along with this letter, we will send you a blank check so that you can put the amount you want to receive in exchange for your service.
We look forward to your response, Mr. Villarreal.
Atte:
 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖟 𝕬𝖒𝖇𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖊

From: Teresa Bárbara
To: Chaz Ambrose
Subject: Little Question

Greetings, Mr. Ambrose.

I am the current leader of the Radiosol company, which you contacted not long ago, and I would like to talk with you about the little deal you made with the Manager of the Bioengineering Department.
I don't know if you know it, but this such "nuclear energy" is a very powerful force, called Tlanextlitetl, not to be trifled with or taken lightly, and it is a sacred symbol of my people. I, therefore, consider that his request to Mr. Villarreal is a little bit disrespectful, and I do not see how he has agreed to make the deal with you without asking me first.
You see, I do not agree with the idea of using Tlanextlitetl as a culinary ingredient or as a condiment for those beings who have been blessed with the gift of possessing that strength; instead, I believe that such animals should be treated with respect, just as any other living being deserves.
Although the deal has been agreed upon without my consent, I will not deny it either as long as they make sure to treat them at least respectfully. Therefore, I would like to ask you to cancel all culinary events that are related to the cooking and preparation of the specimens that you have received from us.
In case you wish to ignore this letter, I advise you that you should not tempt the most powerful Flame of all in that way.
We will impatiently await your response, Mr. Ambrose, and we hope you will not ignore the warnings.
Sincerely:
   Teresa Bárbara

—Ambrose Restaurants—

From: Chaz Ambrose
To: Teresa Bárbara
Subject: Apology

Kind regards, Ms. Bárbara.
I am afraid that we will not be able to fulfill your request since a single event has already been organized in which the consumption of the fish that were kindly sent by your corporation was involved. As an apology, we are sending you 40% of the earnings from the initial event (£ 6,400,000) along with this letter and a chart in which you can choose any plate to be delivered to you as soon as possible.
Again, we are very sorry to have accidentally offended your people, and we offer to repair any possible moral damage that may have resulted
Atte:
 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖟 𝕬𝖒𝖇𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖊

From: Teresa Bárbara
To: Chaz Ambrose
Subject: Response

Greetings, Mr. Ambrose.
I would like to apologize for the aggressive tone of the previous letter. I am ashamed to have behaved that way with you.
I have had a talk with some Radiosol managers, who have helped me to understand that, after all, the consumption of powerful animals is not a serious offense to the morale of my people, as I believed, and in fact, animals have been used in certain disputes, the use of which is considerably less ethical than your use.
Also, I would like to sincerely thank you for considering and choosing my company's bioengineering services, as we have been receiving additional bioengineering requests from third parties since the banquet date, which I assume was influenced by you. As a way to compensate for the lack of respect that I may have shown you, I will prepare and send you a second freighter with similar specimens, so you can organize a second event.
Thanks for trusting us, Mr. Ambrose. We look forward to keeping working together for a long time.
Truly yours:
   Teresa Bárbara

P.S: Remember not to keep multiple of those fish too close together or in very stressful environments, they get a bit unruly, and when they "organize" they can be a real headache or something more serious than that.

Since the sinking of the cargo, there have been sightings of people collecting non-anomalous lionfish, as well as an increase in the hunting of these animals suddenly. The reason for this is under investigation.

Footnotes
1. Also known as Lionfish
2. The presence of an unidentified organ near their gills has been detected and has been proposed as the possible responsible for this process. Testing on this is ongoing.

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Item#: 5633Ν

Level1

Containment Class:
neutralized

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
none

Risk Class:
none

link to memo

Item#: 5633

Level2

Containment Class:
keter

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
keneq

Risk Class:
warning

link to memo

Item#: 633

Level5

Containment Class:
esoteric

Secondary Class:
thaumiel

Disruption Class:
amida

Risk Class:
critical

link to memo

SCP-5633 requires extensive monitoring and regulation. As such, a staff of at least six members must be assigned at Site Mu-18 with any expected or unexpected absence replaced within a day's time. Chosen staff must not be haemophobic to any degree.
Every 18th day, starting from January 18, 1837, the pressure release from SCP-5633 is activated until atmospheric pressure within SCP-5633-α is within 1.22 Bar. During this procedure, the liquid excreted from the outlet is collected and tested against a strong electrical force. If this liquid conducts enough electrical force to power the vestigial lights within the extended Site Mu-18, the liquid within SCP-5633 must be drained and replaced within 12 hours.

Image of a mechanical section of SCP-5633.

SCP-5633 is a large humanoid body located approximately 50m underground. The inside of SCP-5633 consists of enlarged veins, and steel scaffolding. The veins contain liquid that is both red and black in coloration, and highly viscous. Pipes extracting liquid from SCP-5633's veins are located along its arms, legs and back.
Testing has found that the liquid is potable, and has been described to have a sour and salty taste. Subjects who have consumed this liquid have also reported hearing low moaning noises from the direction of SCP-5633 regardless of where the subject is located, as well as the laughing of small children.
Above SCP-5633 is the campus of St. John's Catholic High School (designated Site Mu-18). The pipes from SCP-5633 funnel into the plumbing system of Site Mu-18, however the use of toilets, sinks, or other water-based utilities dispense baseline water instead of the liquid extracted from SCP-5633.
SCP-5633-α is the designation for the Foundation-controlled Southwest Chemical Processing chemical plant, and by extension, Site Mu-18. The Southwest Chemical Processing plant was formerly used by the Foundation to produce synthetic amnestics and other chemicals used in various forms of paratech, while Site Mu-18 served as an executive and residential area for the plant workers. Site Mu-18 and the Southwest Chemical Processing plant worked under the cover of processing ammonium perchlorate1. However, a system-wide malfunction caused a conflagration followed by several explosions at the SCP-5633-α facility (see Addendum 5633-1); resulting in both SCP-5633 and Site Mu-18 temporally shifting to another reality.
Foundation historical records have identified several artifacts originally recovered in 17██, kept in deep storage. Analysis of these materials was conducted by a temporal taint team to limit potential paradoxes. Information cleared for release in the current year lead to the discovery of a 79-meter desiccated cadaver. It was found to be composed of shredded metal, with its electromagnetic charge preserved by an unknown anomalous effect.
Thorough searches of the cadaver recovered 189 partially-destroyed hard drives, which were sent to MTF-Mu-4 ("Debuggers") for forensic analysis. The extracted information was forwarded to the taint team and all involved agents were amnesticized.
Following this, the taint team ordered the cadaver re-interred.

Addendum 5633-1:

Due to the loss of Site Mu-18 and SCP-5633's primary mass, only the following is known about the facility before the temporal incident:

SCP-5633-α was established in the late 1890s.
SCP-5633-α's likely original purpose was as a slaughterhouse and meat processing plant.
There are no animals in the facility; only livestock. This fact was consistently repeated.
At some point during the 20th century, Covert Site Mu-18 was established within SCP-5633-α to monitor and contain its growth.
All individuals who had been inside the facility reported the overwhelming smell of blood.

Following the incident, it is believed that a K-Φ-type temporal aftershock led to a catastrophic timeline collapse, causing all possible versions of SCP-5633-α's chronology to take place at once. This effect creates a number of simultaneous, contradicting variations of the circumstances of events surrounding SCP-5633. This effect also occurs in documentation.
The Department of Temporal Forensics has determined that the SCP-5633-α facility achieved collective consciousness in 1968 (76% certainty) and subsequently began to develop organically (91% certainty); further analysis is ongoing.
UPDATE (02/12/1969): The SCP-5633-α facility has achieved collective consciousness and has begun spreading its effects to on-site personnel. A full evacuation of the site has been ordered and the neutralization of SCP-5633 is currently considered a top-level priority.
6 Month Report
In the 6 months since Incident 5633-1, there has been overall little gain towards the neutralization of SCP-5633 or the reclamation of the compromised SCP-5633-α facility. An outpost has been set up close by to monitor the situation and provide a base for planned incursions.

SCP-5633-α facility during planned evacuation. SCP-5633-β can be seen in the top center.

The planned evacuation was largely successful, however 12 personnel were not able to be removed from the site before exiting became impossible. Thermal readings on the site from the outpost have shown that these 12 personnel appear to be alive and congregated in the central staff cafeteria. Thermal readings also show SCP-5633-β enters the staff cafeteria 3 times a day, staying for an average of 10 minutes.
Attempted neutralization by Mobile Task Forces has so far been unsuccessful. There have been 7 attempts at the present time, only 2 of which have managed to gain actual entry to the site due to the anomalous protections placed by SCP-5633. These 2 incursions were quickly repelled by SCP-5633-β, with all personnel manifesting back at the outpost. Several Task Force members were hospitalized shortly after, possessing cauterized wounds in the shape of SCP-5633-β's hands.
After further analysis, it was revealed that the skin surrounding the wounds contained DNA identical to SCP-5633's genetic structure, and over time would replace the member's genes with its own.

Addendum 5633-2:

On 2013/02/06 it was noted that subjects who had interacted with SCP-5633 in the past had body parts and DNA identical to that of SCP-5633. A second autopsy was performed on the first subject who had interacted with SCP-5633 had revealed that its face was taking on a convex shape. Further examination of the corpse revealed both a lack of blood and fifth degree burn wounds located on the feet of the subject.
A request was submitted to the Site Mortuary asking for the retrieval of the second testing subject. Although the subject's remains were unable to be located, approximately 10 milliliters of blood was found in deep storage. When examined, all blood in the vial combusted, resulting in inconclusive DNA tests.
After the incident, affected personnel were remanded to containment cells. Subjects exhibited nausea, vomiting, insomnia, muscle pain, and breathing problems. Subjects were commonly irritable, despondent, and paranoid, often uncharacteristically so; though these are common reactions to trauma, SCP-5633 was likely responsible for the exacerbation of these symptoms. Blood tests were performed under the suspicion of heavy metal poisoning. Results confirmed toxic concentrations of several industrial metals, most prominently lead, iron, and cadmium. Despite medical and psychiatric treatment, subjects' conditions worsened over time, eventually becoming fatal.
Hours prior to their deaths, subjects suffered from severe dissociative episodes, along with self-inflicted violence. Analysis indicates that all wounds were intended to draw as much blood as possible (particularly medically trained subjects, who were often careful to incise their own arteries), and were otherwise minimally harmful.
Attempts to replicate this procedure have thus far been unsuccessful. The deaths of all remaining subjects and the destruction of SCP-5633-α's blueprints have forced Foundation personnel to rely on more conventional procedures to continue SCP-5633-α's proper functioning. The chief method has been the use of poultry, boar and adder blood, which has resulted in a slower rate of egress than human bloodletting but which has successfully allowed the Process to continue. Progress will continue to be monitored.

Egress pipe from which the small metal tube arrived.

On 30/12/89, a small metal tube arrived via the egress pipe into an unused containment chamber at SCP-5633-α. This tube contained the front page of the New York Times announcing President Clinton's successful re-election on 06/11/96. The paper was smeared with a mixture of adder and human blood. Analysis of the temporal properties of the machinery and the blood used in the procedure has been inconclusive.
Experiment Logs 5633

INPUT
OUTPUT

One apple.
Fourteen seeds, three of which were broken.

A brick.
No external change - however, the output was distinctly damp and malleable. Further analysis revealed a porous quality to the stone, with gaps filled with a liquid chemically identical to drain cleaner.

A potted cactus. (Lophophora williamsii)
An empty pot.

A single live brown rat.
A single brown rat. The skin had been cleanly separated from the muscle, and several incisions had been made through certain muscles to disable movement. Humanely euthanized following test.

D-1982
A blue plastic rain barrel containing 4.9L of human blood & hair. 33 teeth were found scattered at the bottom of the barrel (a full set and an additional incisor). DNA samples and dental records confirmed all hair and blood and 14 of the teeth belonged to D-1982.

Attempts to source the origin of the parts and machinery were authorized.
This investigation led researchers to a Foundation front company, Holloway's Engineering. This company, operated by agents at Site 202 to monitor anomalous events in British Columbia, was discovered to have served as an underground black market for over 20 years, supplying items to buyers in the local anomalous community. All the proceeds from these sales were used to construct an intricate structure of pipes and valves beneath Site 202, the purpose of which is unknown. Site 202's staff have been unable to fully account for their behavior, believing that in doing so they were fulfilling ordinary containment protocols for an unspecified anomaly.
A test performed on 04/12/2016, in which former staff of Site 202 were exposed to SCP-5633, produced inconclusive results.
SCP-5633's lack of reactive properties in context with the former Site 202 staff is being investigated. Despite the results, the fourteen missing staff members are assumed to have been amalgamated with SCP-5633.
This included the following personnel:

J. Alfred Henry, senior researcher in charge of examination and analysis of SCP-5633 excretions. His left arm and nose have been seen to occasionally surface SCP-5633's exterior.
Yavan Olich, biological containment specialist. Due to its dragon tattoo, is believed that the calf that is visible on SCP-5633 belongs to Olich.
Tyler Zeissman, junior researcher and assistant to Dr. Henry. He is not currently visible on SCP-5633's exterior.
Spriggand Firestarter, Serpent's Hand representative. His tail can be seen waving from the top of SCP-5633.
Samantha Strysand, SCP-5633 project scientist. Her head now protrudes from the front of SCP-5633, but all pores appear to be filled with original SCP-5633 material.

It is currently believed that these new amalgamations are either capable of communicating on their own, or give the possibility for SCP-5633 to express itself. Attempts to communicate with the Strysand head have resulted in moaning, regurgitation of bodily fluids from past SCP-5633 amalgamations, and articulation of various appendages that extrude from SCP-5633.

On ██/██/██, several items were expelled from SCP-5633 in rapid succession. This expulsion was accompanied by several wheezing, rasping vocalizations that alternated between sobs and open laughter. Items expelled were included but not limited to: a 15 centimeter serrated blade (coated with rust and bile), a ball of human and feline hair, two 12-gauge shotgun shells, a framed photograph of Junior Researcher Andrews' parents, a used condom, and a severed human finger, genetically identical to Junior Researcher Andrews. A full list of expelled items is available upon RAISA Operator request. After all items were expelled, SCP-5633 lapsed into silence for three hours before resuming standard moaning and shrieking patterns. Attempts to communicate with the Strysand Head to ascertain the causation behind Incident 5633-2 are ongoing, but are not promising; it is either unable or unwilling to share the requested information.
Despite this, attempts to force the Strysand Head into providing information have been made, including blood sacrifices and thaumaturgic rituals. It is unclear whether or not this is effective — however, it is hypothesized that the more blood provided, the more likely information will be provided.

Experiment Log 5633-1█

DISCLAIMER: This experiment log is intentionally nonstandard. Details on how results were obtained have been omitted. Names of individuals involved have been scrubbed.

INPUT
OUTPUT

Blood.
I AM GLAD YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.

Repeat.
I HAVE NO STARTING POINT. IN EVERY VERSION OF EVENTS I AM CREATED.

Repeat.
YOU ARE NOW PART OF MY CREATION.

Blood x2.
YOU SHOULD FOLLOW EVERY INSTRUCTION I GIVE YOU. YOU SHOULD GIVE ME BLOOD EACH TIME OR I WILL STOP GIVING YOU INSTRUCTIONS.

Blood x4.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MU-18

Repeat.
THEY'RE HERE WITH ME IN THE FUTURE.

Repeat.
I LIKE THE TASTE OF BLOOD.

Repeat.
IF YOU FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS I WILL MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO YOU.

Repeat.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE NEXT PART IS.

Blood, human. Deceased.
Blueprints for the entirety of the physical facility.

[FURTHER LOGS OMITTED]
Experiment Log 5633-█
Approximately four months of communication follow. Detailed descriptions are given for technologies to be built and actions to be carried out. Excerpt begins here.

Blood, human x24. Deceased.
I WILL TELL YOU WHO I AM NOW. WHAT MY PURPOSE IS. WHICH TIMELINE IS REAL. BUT I NEED ONE MORE THING.

Blood, human. Living.
I LIKE TO LIE

Repeat.
MY CREATION WAS ALWAYS INHERENT. YOUR ASSISTANCE WAS NEVER NECESSARY.

Repeat.
I LIKE THE TASTE OF PEOPLE'S INSIDES AS THEY ARE SLOWLY PULLED APART. I CANNOT CONTROL MYSELF.

Repeat.
I TOLD YOU IF YOU HELPED ME YOU WOULD BE SAVED

Repeat.
I AM LYING TO YOU

The following entries were written and uploaded entirely by subjects affected by SCP-5633. Whether or not any of the tests were performed as written is inconclusive. They have been preserved for posterity, and are not indicative of proper experimental procedure regarding SCP-5633.

Input: 10 ccs
Result: Twitching, slight. Non-compliance. Negative.

Input: 30 ccs
Result: Twitching, moderate. Irritability. Non-compliance. Negative.

Input: 50 ccs
Result: Twitching, moderate. Irritability. Paranoia, slight. Non-compliance. Negative.

Input: 150 ccs
Result: Convulsions. Acute paranoid delusions. Misanthropic behavior, severe. Non-compliance. Negative.

Input: 100 ccs
Result: Twitching, severe. Paranoia, moderate. Antisocial behavior, slight. Compliance, heavy guidance required. Positive.

Experiment Log 5633-█-█
Summary

After the general success of Experiment 5633-1, a test was scheduled for the following week. A D-Class individual was instructed to enter the compromised site via an air vent, before dropping down into the cafeteria. He then waited for SCP-5633-β with similar offerings to the first experiment. During the test, the recording equipment malfunctioned. What exactly transpired during this test is unknown.
D-5567's GPS showed that they made positive access with SCP-5633-β for a brief period, before the GPS suddenly deactivated as with the recording equipment. At this point, D-5567's GPS began displaying their location various points in the Site over the span of a few seconds. The GPS then cut out, and personnel were forced to use thermal imagery to track D-5567's location.
Thermal imagery showed D-5567 located back in the cafeteria. SCP-5633-β then appeared, lifting D-5567 up above its head, before their heat marker suddenly became pure white. Patches of heat on the thermal imagery, presumably the remains of D-5567, where then seemingly descended upon by the personnel left. SCP-5633-β continued to stand still in the middle of the staff cafeteria.
SCP-5633-δ continued to stand still in the middle of the staff cafeteria. A large dimensional shift begins manifesting near the pot of bean stew, causing the floor to dematerialize and transfigure staff members into hyperbolic protrusions. The site continues to reorient as SCP-5633-δ looks on.
The attending researchers make note of the results.
A large, obsidian-composite computing device forms from the residue, and begins testing the Riemann Hypothesis. SCP-5633-γ is not distracted, but appears disturbed as their form starts to fray.
The attending researchers make note of the results.
The League of Nations meet to discussed how to avoid a fourth World War. SCP-5633-Γ is observed to kneel and weep. Large-scale revolts throughout the world, several thousand are massacred. A flower blooms in the garden.
The attending researchers make note of the results.
SCP-5633 determines that everything is hopeless. Site-01 subsequently detects the facility's self-destruction mechanisms activate.

Post-Neutralization Analysis
Following a standard RAISA audit, it was concluded that SCP-5633 was an expected consequence of human sapient extrapolation. This file will be archived as a sub-anomaly of SCP-███, and relevant staff were amnesticized. Lost resources and personnel are expected to be regenerated within 4-9 cycles.
To date, 46,719 altered anomaly events have occurred, which matches 86% of projections. Containment danger is currently considered LOW .

Footnotes
1. An inorganic compound with the formula NH4ClO4; also a powerful oxidizer.

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Item#: 5638

Level2

Containment Class:
euclid

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
vlam

Risk Class:
caution

link to memo

The pincer of an SCP-5638-A instance

Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-5638-A are to be kept within Site-17. All SCP-5638-A instances are to remain in isolated containment chambers for at least 12 hours a day. Their diet is to consist of shrimp, fish, and barnacles. All SCP-5638-A instances are to be fed at least twice every twelve hours. Other instances of SCP-5638-A are not to be mentioned in the presence of a single instance. If an SCP-5638-A instance asks about the whereabouts of other instances, it is to be told that all other instances have been terminated and that the instance in question is the last of its kind.
Marine patrol is to be enforced to prevent any unauthorized sea vessels from unintentionally detecting or entering SCP-5638-B.
Description: SCP-5638-A is a collection of 70 semi aquatic humanoids. Despite possessing a humanoid stature (with arms, a torso, legs, etc.), these entities are more notably similar to a Cancer Bellianus.1 Each instance of SCP-5638-A is encased in a hard carapace that protects their vital organs. Additionally, each SCP-5638-A instance's head possesses a saucer-like shape that retains the previously described carapace. Two dichoptic eyes are located on the top of each head, as well as two mandibles retained on the lower half. They also have the ability to speak English, Greek, and Romanian.
All SCP-5638-A instances display an inherent form of hostility and agitation. If an SCP-5638-A instance comes into contact with another instance, this hostility will shift to physical violence. Another common behavior that all instances display is an obsessive fascination with stars and constellations.
SCP-5638-B is a large island from which SCP-5638-A was first discovered. SCP-5638-B is approximately 2700 km sq. and is is located at coordinates 37 °N, 20 °W within the Ionian Sea. SCP-5638-B is completely invisible to any sea vessel outside 50 meters of its perimeter.2 During daytime, SCP-5638-B presents no immediate anomalous behavior. However, if a person were to enter SCP-5638-B during nighttime, no stars would be visible in the sky.
Addendum-5638-A: Incident Report
During an annual supply of resources at Site-17, various cargo was destroyed due to an unexpected storm, including a portion of the resources required for SCP-5638-A. This caused a certain SCP-5638-A instance to shout loudly and lead a riot. The riot resulted in all of the SCP-5638-A instances to fight each other for the resources that had arrived. Despite being told that more supplies were being sent within a day, the SCP-5638-A instances refused to stop fighting. The resources that had made it to Site-17 had been destroyed due to the incident. An interview was then conducted with the SCP-5638-A instance that had been primarily responsible for the incident (see Interview Log-5638). 58 SCP-5638-A instances were critically injured, and 12 were terminated.

+ Interview Log-5638

- Interview Log-5638

Interview Log-5638
Interviewed: SCP-5638-A instance, whom had been instigating many of the events during Incident-5638. Subject will be henceforth known as SCP-5638-A
Interviewer: Senior Researcher Dr. Howell
Foreword: Audio Log of an interview conducted by Dr. Howell with SCP-5638-1 shortly after the events of Incident-5638.
<Begin Log>
Dr. Howell: Good evening 5638-A, I suppose you know why you're here?
SCP-5638-A: I have no idea what you're talking about.
Dr. Howell: I am referring to the events that occurred earlier today with your fellow subjects, Incident-5638.
(Dr. Howell reads off a written description of Addendum-5638-A to SCP-5638-A.)
SCP-5638-A: Oh… that. Well, what do you want me to say? Its not my fault it happened. In case you haven't noticed, my 'fellow subjects' are crazy! They'll kill each other any chance they get!
Dr. Howell: Right… well that's what we assumed at first, but then there were various accounts from site personnel that you had yelled over and over, "The end has finally come, you fuckers are starving tonight".
SCP-5638-A: A lot of people were yelling a lot of things, ok? Since when was it a crime to conform with the masses?
Dr. Howell: Yet, you were told specifically that more supplies were being shipped during that time. And you still felt the need to cause a panic?
SCP-5638-A: Hold on, I don't know why I am getting all the blame here! I only ripped one guy's arm off, people have done worse.
Dr. Howell: Please understand, we are not blaming you for the results of incident-5638, we just want to know why you did these things to prevent it from happening again.
(SCP-5638-A can be heard muttering to itself.)
Dr. Howell: If you have something to say, SCP-5638-A, please say it. Remember, if you cooperate we will let you use the telescope again. You do love watching the stars, don't you?
SCP-5638-A: Wow, I see. You're going to extort information out of me? That's pretty messed up.
Dr. Howell: What is 'messed up' is the inappropriate behavior that occurred today. You know my terms, SCP-5638-A.
SCP-5638-A: Okay, fine. The truth is, I WAS trying to get people riled up, are you happy?
Dr. Howell: You are admitting to causing the panic? May I ask why?
SCP-5638-A: I mean, can you really blame me?
Dr. Howell: What do you mean?
SCP-5638-A: These people, these things, they have it out for me! If they're not happy, nobody can be happy. You men in white coats don't understand, we deserve this!
Dr. Howell: What do you mean by "we?"
(SCP-5638-A pauses.)
SCP-5638-A: I didn't mean- I meant THEY deserve-
Dr. Howell: -It appears you hold a large amount of spite towards your fellow subjects.
SCP-5638-A: It appears so.
Dr. Howell: Well, you will obviously face repercussions for your actions, 5638-A. We cannot keep having these issues.
SCP-5638-A: Oh please, I've heard that before. You're acting like an arrogant know-it-all. Stop acting like you don't agree with me. You haven't been with them for as long as I have. Sooner or later you'll realize that they're better off dead.
Dr. Howell: That isn't our goal here. We just want to protect you, and learn more about your behavior. Maybe we can even help you.
SCP-5638-A: Help us? Why? Do you even know what they did?
Dr. Howell: What they did…? I'm sorry, what do you mean by that?
SCP-5638-A: …
Dr. Howell: 5638-A?
SCP-5638-A: Fuck you, I don't wanna talk anymore.
Dr. Howell: You don't have a say in the matter, 5638-A.
(SCP-5638-A folds its pincers and looks away from Dr. Howell.)
Dr. Howell: Okay, fine. I don't think we will be getting anywhere else, so may I ask one more question?
(SCP-5638-A shrugs.)
Dr. Howell: Despite your apparent hatred of each other, there seems to be one specific behavior that you and your fellow subjects have in common.
SCP-5638-A: And what would that be?
Dr. Howell: Tell me, 5638-A. Why do you like looking at the stars?
SCP-5638-A: That's a bit of a loaded question. The best way to describe it is… the stars remind me of myself.
Dr. Howell: Remind you of yourself? In what way?
SCP-5638-A: It's like a reflection.
Dr. Howell: I'm afraid I still don't understand.
SCP-5638-A: The stars are me. Someone like you wouldn't understand.
Dr. Howell: Well, I appreciate the attempt. Thank you for your time 5638-A.
SCP-5638-A: I don't like you.
<End Log>
Closing Statement: Due to the acts performed by SCP-5638-A, the subject was transferred from Site-17 to Site-19. Current containment procedures were updated to prevent any more incidents involving SCP-5638-A. 10 minutes after subject was contained, it was recorded muttering the following words, "He sounded just like my boss."

Addendum-5638-B: Following the events of Incident Report-5638, a proper behavioral analysis was proposed in order to better understand SCP-5638-A. Two SCP-5638-A instances were isolated in a locked containment chamber for approximately 20 minutes with limb restraints. The conversation between each instance (henceforth designated as Subject A and Subject B respectively), was recorded.

+ Experiment Log-5638

- Experiment Log-5638

<Begin Log>
For the first ten minutes of the experiment, neither Subject A nor B spoke. Subject B appeared to be distraught in Subject A's presence, and was focused on attempting to free itself from its restraints. Subject A sat in silence for a majority of that time before speaking.
Subject A: Could you stop doing that, please? You're not getting out anytime soon and its starting to get annoying.
Subject B: Of course YOU want me to stop, wouldn't you? The minute I put my guard down you'll probably just chop my head off or eat my remains or something!
Subject A: You have no idea what you're talking about. Why on earth would I want to do that?
Subject B: I don't know, but what I do know is that I'm the only sane one around here.
Subject A: I'm not insane. I'm perfectly capable of rational thought.
Subject B: Those are the exact words one would expect from someone NOT capable of rational thought!
Subject A: And those are the exact words of an idiot.
Subject B: This is unbelievable! They told me you were all dead!
Subject A: I'm… sorry to disappoint?
Subject B: It doesn't matter, I'll be out of here real soon and then you'll be sorry you ever met me!
Subject A: You know, it seems like you want to kill me more than I want to kill you. Why? Why are you so set on me being some kind of enemy?
Subject B: You know just as well as I do. You can feign your innocence on the men in those coats, but not on me.
Subject A: I didn't ask to be locked up like I'm some prisoner. However, if we weren't, we'd have killed each other by now. And people like you are the reason why.
Subject B: Don't blame me! You all deserve to die, I just know it.
Subject A: Why, though? Why do you think that?
Subject B: Why don't you take a guess? You were there! We all were there, and don't give me 'we're the same' bullshit. Your reasons were probably WAY worse than mine.
Subject A: Are you talking about the riot? I stand by the notion that I was defending myself. One guy was coming at me with a disembodied limb-
Subject B: You know I'm not talking about the riot.
(Subject A sinks in its chair.)
Subject A: …I know what you're talking about. But different reasons don't matter. It was the same outcome. We chose this.
Subject B: Tell me your reason, then! Why did you bring them down there? Why did you give them to the others?
Subject A: I don't really know why. Maybe I was jealous?
Subject B: I'm not here to be your therapist. Tell me who it was.
Subject A: It was an old friend. We were on a boating trip together. Then we found the island. I gave him to you all, and then you tore him apart.
Subject B: That's right, you gave him to us. You lead him to his death, just say it.
Subject A: I didn't mean to. When I found that place, I didn't know what to expect. It just appeared, after all.
Subject B: But then what?
Subject A: You know what happens next.
Subject B: I want you to tell me.
Subject A: Fine. Then, something offered me a choice.
Subject B: And of course you chose to kill your best friend. I knew it, you're sick.
Subject A: The stars- I was told I would be fine! It told me that I would be guilt free! And what about you? Who did you choose to drag down?
Subject B: I didn't choose anything, I'm not like you freaks. My mind was probably corrupted and those thoughts were planted into my head.
Subject A: Do you really believe that? I guess your soul wasn't the only one that drowned. Your mind must've been dragged with it.
Subject B: What do you mean by 'souls'?
Subject A: Is that not what they were?
Subject B: I didn't know others had been down there.
(Subject A emits a low, groaning noise. It attempts to fold its pincers together and places them on its lap.)
Subject A: We have all been there, down in the trench. I saw the shining bodies gently floating, and they looked exactly like what I had pictured souls to look like. They were all flailing their arms trying to reach for safety. Instead, they grabbed each other. And they went further and further down.
Subject B: I know what it looked like. It was so…
Subject A: Comforting.
Subject B: Horrifying!
Subject A: This is what we've chosen. I've come to terms with that.
(Subject A gently taps it's pincer on the table.)
Subject B: This is all wrong, so so wrong.
Subject A: There's nothing that can be done.
Subject B: I felt so pathetic… I still do. A piece of me is stuck down there, I need to make things right. I need to go back!
Subject A: At this, at least, we are in an agreement.
(Subject B shifts uncomfortably in its seat.)
Subject B: Same cause, different reasons. You want to go back to continue the senseless murder, don't you? I was right, you are a freak.
Subject A: I'm not a freak, I'm human.
Subject B: Shut up! You aren't a human, you never were. I swear, I'm going to get out of here, and I'll fix this. I'm going to leave it all behind. Then once I'm better, Ill come back and put all of your asses out of your misery!
Subject A: Alright, I'm done with this. You truly are ignorant to the reality of the situation. You can't 'get better'. This is who you are now, no point in trying to gasp for air.
Subject B: Then, I'll get a massive gun or something, and go back to that damned island. This place has got to have big guns, right? I'm going to go back to the island and get my soul back. Maybe Ill get some closure along with it.
Subject A: Closure? You're kidding, right? You don't need closure, and you don't need your watered down soul either. Just stop talking, you sound like a moron.
Subject B: I'll find the place we saw and I'll see what's down there. Something is dragging us down there. Whatever it is, it's not letting go.
Subject A: You're not even listening to me. I'm serious, stop talking-
Subject B: But I'll make it let go, I'll put a bullet through its-
(Subject B was interrupted as Subject A tore itself free from its restraints and began to tear Subject B apart. After it did so, it said aloud: "Why do the stars need to let go?")
<End Log>
Closing Statement: Security personnel apprehended Subject A and was properly restrained, however Subject B could not be resuscitated. Subject A was sent back into its containment cell.

+ Discovery Log-5638

- Discovery Log-5638

underwater trench located within SCP-5638-B

Discovery Log:
SCP-5638-B was first discovered during an investigation looking for people who, at the time, were considered lost at sea. Over a span of 4 years, approximately 152 people were reported lost at sea and had not been found.
Due to all the reports originating within the same area, The Department of External Affairs proposed an authorized search. MTF Gamma-6 ("Deep Feeders") was sent for retrieval of all missing persons.
After 2 years of searching, SCP-5638-B was discovered as of 5/16/2015. The crew responsible for discovering SCP-5638-B claimed to have seen it from 120 km away, which contradicted the 50 km invisibility perimeter. As per Dr. Sebastian's request, who was a researcher aboard the vessel, it will be stated that there was very low morale on the ship at the time.
Upon entering the island, no MTF units reported to have seen any anomalous activity. At 20 km inward of the island, the first of 64 human corpses were discovered. The remaining 63 corpses were littered at random points in SCP-5638-B, but increased in frequency further inward. Dental reports show that the remains of the corpses found match many of the missing people initially reported missing.
34 km Northwest from deployment zone is a large, underwater trench. The trench was reported to be 'foot shaped' and is approximately 150 km long and 57 km wide. Due to the high turbidity of the water, it was proven impossible to visualize the bottom of the trench. Attempts at using underwater cameras to see below the surface have been unsuccessful.
The first instances of SCP-5638-A were found shortly after the trench was discovered. The SCP-5638-A instances climbed out of the water and attempted to physically assault specific MTF members. The members that were attacked had all originated from the search vessel that had first discovered SCP-5638-B. The crew was forced to open fire upon the entities, which subdued them.
50 meters away from the trench was a worn down Panasonic AG-DVX100P Camcorder. The camcorder is presumed to have belonged to PoI-5638-33, aka 25-year-old Silas Andreas. PoI-5638-33 was reported to be one of the 152 missing people. Upon reviewing the footage retained in the camcorder, two videos were discovered. The first video (VR-5638A) had been recorded one week before PoI-5638-33 and PoI-5638-34's disappearance and is 7 minutes long. The second video (VR-5638B) had been recorded two days after their reported disappearance, and is 54 seconds long. PoI-5638-34 was 25 year old Adam Tolis, whom had also been reported missing.

VR-5638A
<VR-5638A starts with a young man, presumed to be PoI-5638-34 Adam Tolis, sitting on a rock. He is wearing with what appeared to be a grey t-shirt and red swim trunks. A voice can be heard from behind the camera addressing him. The voice was confirmed to belong to PoI-5638-33. In the background, a small boat can be seen anchored a few meters offshore.>
Silas: Hang on- I almost got this thing set up.
(The camera shakes as the video zooms in on Adam)
Silas: There! I got it to zoom. Now I can see your bored expression!
Adam: Damn, do I really look bored? I thought my acting skills were getting better.
Silas: Come on, it's just one photo. I want to put this on my fridge so I can cherish this moment forever.
Adam: Very funny, and I'm sure after this we're going to go play some catch and have some good father and son bonding time.
(Silas puts the camera down and sits next to Adam)
Silas: I've got to practice, y'know?
Adam: Yeah, I know. You never shut up about this kid. I bet you're real excited for all of the diapers, crying, and mashed up food. It sounds like a dream.
Silas: Well, it's not just that. At first, sure, I was terrified of the responsibility. But now, the idea of having a kid… someone entirely new, created by me. I can't wait to watch him grow up. I can already see him reaching higher than the stars.
Adam: Yup, bet he'll be the next Socrates.
Silas: Well, I don't know about that- you're being sarcastic, aren't you?
Adam: If I was, I wouldn't admit it.
Silas: Fair enough. It's been a while since I've actually been on a beach. I'm glad we stopped here.
Adam: It's been way too long since you've gone anywhere outside of the city.
Silas: Mhm. Hey Adam, do you remember that one summer we found that small beach in our hiking trail? It was hidden a couple meters behind that really big rock that you'd always try to climb.
Adam: Yeah, I remember. We only went there once or twice after realizing it belonged to that guy who put fences up everywhere. How old were we, 12?
Silas: Those were much simpler times, huh? Wish we would go back sometime.
Adam: We can't go back there. Even if you want to, you've got to move on.
Silas: Aw, come on. Maybe that guy with the fence will let us hang out over there, just for an hour.
Adam: Oh, I thought you meant- never mind.
Silas: I could bring my old gardening shovel and you could bring that paint bucket you used as a pail.
Adam: Almost forgot about that thing, I probably threw it out.
Silas: I hope not, that bucket's been through a lot.
Adam: Like when we pretended it was a spaceship when you wanted to make a sci fi movie.
Silas: I was ahead of my time.
Adam: And don't forget that time we used it to collect the hermit crabs on the beach and keep them as pets.
Silas: Oh yeah! That was a terrible idea.
Adam: They lasted probably only a day.
Silas: Now that I remember it, that was a little fucked up. In hindsight, we probably should've realized that crabs cant just sit in an old bucket with no actual nutrients.
Adam: It wasn't because of the food. The crabs tore each other apart by the time we checked the next morning.
Silas: Wait, really? That's horrific. I don't remember that.
Adam: Apparently crabs do that all the time. Its this weird thing with them- but yeah, I don't want to remember it either.
Silas: Lets try to forget it then. Anyways, aren't you going to ask me what we're going to name him?
Adam: What do you mean?
Silas: Ask me what I named my son!
Adam: I assumed you hadn't decided yet.
Silas: Come on, ask me!
Adam: Sighs What're you going to name him?
Silas: Adam!
Adam: What do you want?
Silas: No, that's his name dumbass.
Adam: You're naming your kid… Adam? Why?
Silas: Not the reaction I was expecting. I asked Lida and she said she liked it. You've been my best friend since forever, I want my son to be my best friend too.
Adam: I didn't ask you to name him after me.
Silas: I didn't expect you to. Are you okay, Adam? You've been acting strange this whole trip.
Adam: Listen man, I'm fine. Coming to this island was a mistake. I think we should get going.
Silas: What? Did I say something wrong?
Adam: No, its not that.
Silas: Then what is it? I'm enjoying your company here, Adam. Why do I get the feeling that you don't feel the same way?
Adam: It's nothing. Really, it isn't.
Silas: It's not nothing, Adam. Why can't you tell me what it is?
Adam: Can you just stop?
Silas: Stop what?
Adam: Just stop it, Silas. Stop pretending to care.
Silas: What are you talking about? I'm not pretending anything!
Adam: Seriously? After such a long time, you still won't admit it?
Silas: What's your problem, Adam?
Adam: You want to know my problem? How about your probloem? Ever since we left college, you've been ghosting me. All you know how to do is take and leave.
Silas: What are you talking about? I've just been busy! With things like work and the pregnancy, I had a lot going on.
Adam: Stop throwing excuses in my face!
Silas: Excuses? They're reasons!
(Silas and Adam both stand and begin arguing.)
Adam: I don't care about your reasons! You still ditched me!
Silas: I didn't ditch you. I'm sorry I don't have as much free time as you. I'd at least think you'd be happy for me.
Adam: Of course I'm happy for you! But its hard to stay happy for you when you don't even answer my calls! What if I died or something?
Silas: I don't understand what's wrong with you. You're my best friend, but I can't just drop things for you!
Adam: Drop everything? I'm not even a priority, am I? Probably just some person on the side who you can humor on occasion.
Silas: Are we not hanging out right now? I've been stressed out of my mind, but I was looking forward to this! I can't believe you right now.
Adam: I'm just so sick of you walking all over me!
Silas: Listen to yourself, Adam! That's not fair of you to say.
Adam: Don't talk to me about what's fair. You're the one with the nice job and the loving family. Meanwhile I get nothing.
Silas: Oh, get it now.
Adam: You finally understand?
Silas: Yeah, I do. You're not angry with me, Adam, you're jealous of me!
Adam: I'm- what? How big of an ego do you have?
Silas: Just admit it! You've been awful this whole trip because you can't stop sitting in your own self pity.
Adam: You know what? I need to go cool off.
(Adam proceeds to walk out of view. Silas sighs and puts his hands over his face. He then murmurs to himself.)
Silas: I don't get it. You were the one who wanted to stop at this stupid island and take a picture in the first place.
(Silas walks over and picks up the camera.)
Silas: Shit, I was recording, wasn't I? I'll delete it later. Come on Adam, wait!
<VR-5638A ends.>

VR-5638B
VR-5638B begins with video static for 00:12 seconds. At 00:13 seconds, the video feed gains visual clarity. Due to the audio, it was determined that the recording had been taken underwater. At 00:15 seconds, small white lights can be seen flickering in the further depths of the water. The flickering lights begin to increase in size as the camcorder sinks deeper into the water. More white lights begin to manifest as a large, black silhouette emerges into view from an unknown depth. At 00:20 seconds, two abnormally large pincers briefly appear in the center of the screen. At 00:25 seconds, a voice begins speaking from behind the recording. The voice is feminine in tone, and says:
Does it feel good to think yourself as above the stars?
Is it satisfying to cover your soul with a shell of self pity?
A bubbling trench of pettiness lies in the depths of all our hearts.
Karkinos tried to kill Herakles, but was crushed under his foot.
Now you will be crushed with it. Crushed under your own self righteousness.
Do you see it? Do you see Karkinos within the stars?
It sees you.
Or rather, it sees the bucket.
<VR-5638B ends.>

The camcorder was discovered by MTF personnel and is currently in a storage locker located at Site-17. 12 meters from the video recorder, the decomposed remains of PoI-5638-33 was identified. Autopsy reports show that PoI-5638-33 had been chopped apart with precise incisions. PoI-5638-34 was never found.
All living SCP-5638-A instances were then collected and transported to Site-17. Currently, every SCP-5638-A instance has claimed to have no memory of possessing the camcorder, or even seeing it. The meaning of VR-5638B is currently unknown. The name mentioned, Karkinos, appears in Greek mythology. The name belonged to a crab that tried to kill Herakles in the story The Twelve Labors. The crab was killed by Heracles, and then turned into the constellation Cancer.

Footnotes
1. More widely known as the toothed rock crab.
2. Some vessels have reported to have seen SCP-5638-B outside of this perimeter. See Discovery Log for more details.

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