Item #: SCP-5165
Object Class: Safe Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5165 is to be kept in a small locked container. Any testing involving SCP-5165 must be performed in an area suitably sized for the individual test.
UPDATE 07/24/2016: SCP-5165-B is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment cell. It is to be allowed access to any non-hazardous instances of SCP-5165-A, and a limit of one ream of paper every two weeks upon request.
Description: SCP-5165 is a ream of printer paper produced by the company Botezatu Hârtie, based in Romania. The anomalous effects of SCP-5165 occur when any amount of SCP-5165 is folded into an origami figure. Once it has been folded, the portion of SCP-5165 will transform into the physical form of the folder's intended creation (henceforth referred to as SCP-5165-A). SCP-5165-A acquires the properties of the object it resembles, and is no longer composed of paper.
In some cases, however, the instance of SCP-5165-A will take the form of an item that appears to have very specific properties that are unrelated to what the folder intended to create. Many of these items have been dated to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There is no apparent relation between these items. (See Addendum 5165.2)
Addendum 5165.1: To determine the true nature of SCP-5165, the following tests were performed.

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Experiment Log 5165.EL-01:
Subjects: SCP-5165, D-21957
Preface: D-21957 was instructed to fold a paper boat out of an instance of SCP-5165.

Results: The instance of SCP-5165 morphed into a full-sized sailboat. D-21957 suffered minor physical trauma due to the rapid growth of the object.

Experiment Log 5165.EL-02:
Subjects: SCP-5165, D-61071
Preface: Just as in Experiment Log 5165.EL-1, D-61071 was instructed to fold a paper boat out of an instance of SCP-5165.

Results: The instance of SCP-5165 morphed into a small toy boat, of circa 1937 manufacture. Faded writing is seen on the side, but is indistinguishable.

Experiment Log 5165.EL-05:
Subjects: SCP-5165, D-45699
Preface: D-45699 was instructed to attempt to fold a knife out of an instance of SCP-5165.

Results: The instance of SCP-5165 morphed into a survival knife, resembling late 1880s production. The letters "M.G." are carved into the handle.

Experiment Log 5165.EL-07:
Subjects: SCP-5165, D-22908
Preface: D-22908 was instructed to fold an instance of SCP-5165 into the shape of a cup.

Results: The instance of SCP-5165 morphed into a white vase with yellow floral patterns. It appears to be in poor condition, with many cracks and missing pieces. The vase was dated to the mid-1910s.

Experiment Log 5165.EL-11:
Subjects: SCP-5165, D-35135
Preface: D-35135 was instructed to fold an instance of SCP-5165 into the shape of a box to the best of his ability.

Results: The instance of SCP-5165 morphed into a small metal box with the faded letters "T.G." painted on the lid. Inside the box were seven cigars and an unopened box of matches.

Experiment Log 5165.EL-12:
Subjects: SCP-5165, D-13559
Preface: D-13559 was instructed to fold an instance of SCP-5165 into any shape, then completely unfold it with the intention of returning it to the shape of the original paper.

Results: The instance of SCP-5165 morphed into a large, wrinkled poster, with text urging Romanians to protest the rights of Jews. The poster was dated between the years 1941 and 1942.

Experiment Log 5165.EL-16:
Subjects: SCP-5165, D-85297
Preface: D-85297 was instructed to fold an instance of SCP-5165 into a "paper airplane." Note: A larger testing chamber was used for this experiment to minimize the chances of destruction.

Results: The instance of SCP-5165 morphed into a full-sized airplane, identified as a Dornier Do 217, which was designed in Nazi Germany in 1937 and 1938. The instance of SCP-5165-A was removed to Area-██ for safer storage. D-85297 was instantly killed by the growth of the object.

Experiment Log 5165.EL-21:
Subjects: SCP-5165, D-16179
Preface: D-16179 was instructed to roll an instance of SCP-5165 as though it were a newspaper.

Results: The instance of SCP-5165 morphed into a rolled-up newspaper. When it was unrolled, it revealed several faded headlines and articles from July of 1940. Legible portions of the faded text reveal details of a bombing, listing the names of many casualties. Contrasting the rest of the newspaper, three names are completely intact and are circled in red ink. The names are Theodor Gheorghe, Anamaria Gheorghe, and Silvia Gheorghe.

Experiment Log 5165.EL-23:
Subjects: SCP-5165, D-43586
Preface: D-43586 was instructed to fold an instance of SCP-5165 into the shape of a shirt.

Results: The instance of SCP-5165 morphed into an Eastern European school uniform. A name tag on the uniform reads "Gheorghe." It appears to be from the late 1950s.

Experiment Log 5165.EL-26:
Subjects: SCP-5165, D-66391
Preface: D-66391 was instructed to cut an instance of SCP-5165 into the shape of a heart using a provided pair of scissors.

Results: The instance of SCP-5165 morphed into a dark red heart-shaped assorted chocolate box. One chocolate is missing. The box was dated to the late 1950s.

Experiment Log 5165.EL-32:
Subjects: SCP-5165, D-32299
Preface: D-32299 was instructed to fold an instance of SCP-5165 into the shape of an envelope.

Results: The instance of SCP-5165 morphed into a yellowed envelope, containing a letter. The letter is heavily crumpled, and it contains text in Romanian. It seems to detail the ending of a romantic relationship between two people. It is addressed to "Marius."

Experiment Log 5165.EL-39:
Subjects: SCP-5165, D-97225
Preface: D-97225 was instructed to cut an instance of SCP-5165 into a long, thin, strip.

Results: The instance of SCP-5165 morphed into a rope, tied into a noose. There is blood staining the loop. DNA testing reveals that the blood belonged to a young male of Romanian descent.

Addendum 5165.2: Due to the importance of this experiment log and the following interview, it has been designated an independent addendum.

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Experiment Log 5165.EL-50:
Subjects: SCP-5165, D-99802
Preface: D-99802 was instructed to cut and fold and instance of SCP-5165 into the shape of a human to the best of his ability.

Results: The instance of SCP-5165 morphed into a living human. This instance has been designated SCP-5165-B.

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Interview Log 5165.I-1:
Note: The following interview has been translated from Romanian.
Interviewer: Dr. Cezar Moldovan
Interviewee: SCP-5165-B

[BEGIN LOG]
Moldovan: Hello, sir. May I have your name?
SCP-5165-B: Marius Gheorghe. Who are you?
Moldovan: That's not important.
SCP-5165-B nods, then scratches his throat, seemingly feeling for something, then coughs.
Moldovan: Is something the matter?
SCP-5165-B: N-no, sir. May I have some water?
Dr. Moldovan gestures for an assistant to retrieve water.
Moldovan: So, Mr. Gheorghe, does origami or paper hold any importance to you?
SCP-5165-B: Yes, sir. I… started folding origami in university, and kept doing it from then.
Moldovan: Interesting. I have some objects for you to look at. Do you mind telling me if any of them remind you of something?
SCP-5165-B: Of course, sir.
An assistant hands SCP-5165-B a glass of water. He drinks all of it quickly.
Dr. Moldovan puts the toy boat and survival knife on the table.
Moldovan: Could you please tell me what importance these items have?
SCP-5165-B: (seemingly agitated) How did you-
Moldovan: Mr. Gheorghe, please answer the question.
SCP-5165-B has a shocked expression on his face, then appears to swallow.
SCP-5165-B: (quieter) Th-the boat was my… favorite toy as a boy. I, um, used to love playing with it in the lake nearby. The… the knife, I used to carry it with me when I went hunting with my father.
Dr. Moldovan removes the items and replaces them with the poster and an image of the bomber. SCP-5165-B begins to seem very uncomfortable.
SCP-5165-B: That… poster. They put them all over my town. They said they were our friends. They said we would win the war. I saw that plane fly over, and there was something that came out of it. I don't remember what happened next. All I know is that it was scary.
Dr. Moldovan removes the items and replaces them with the cigar box and vase.
SCP-5165-B: M-my father used to smoke cigars all the time. He kept that box in case he ever ran out and was unable to get more. I never understood that.
SCP-5165-B pauses for a moment.
Moldovan: (calmly) Please continue.
SCP-5165-B: The vase was my mother's favorite. She used to keep very pretty flowers in it. I remember it being clean, though.
Moldovan: What happened to your parents?
SCP-5165-B: The plane. When I saw that plane and woke up, there was nothing. My parents, my sister, my house, my town. There was nothing. I had to leave. Germany… they…
SCP-5165-B falls silent.
Moldovan: I understand.
Dr. Moldovan removes the items and replaces them with the chocolate box and letter.
SCP-5165-B visibly swallows, and his skin appears to go pale.
Dr. Moldovan: Is there a problem, Mr. Gheorghe?
SCP-5165-B: I'd… prefer not to answer about these.
Dr. Moldovan: Very well. That will conclude your interview. These guards will escort you to your living quarters.
[END LOG]

Addendum 5165.3: SCP-5165-B is a humanoid entity resembling a Caucasian male, measuring approximately 174 cm tall with an estimated age of 34 years old. SCP-5165-B claims to be named Marius Gheorghe. It seems to enjoy origami, and commonly uses it as a means to pass time. SCP-5165-B possesses no anomalous properties.
Further study reveals that the town that SCP-5165-B originated from was completely destroyed in a Nazi bombing, and the site of the town was eventually used to construct the Botezatu Hârtie Paper Company.

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Item #: SCP-5166
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5166 is to be kept in a sealed case in Storage Unit-27 of Site-22, which is kept under guard by two security personnel at all times. Once a day, janitorial staff are to retrieve any paper attached to this case for recycling purposes.
Description: SCP-5166 is a small notebook with illegible text written on its surface in pencil.
At variable intervals, scraps of paper similar in appearance to SCP-5166 will appear stuck to any object in its immediate vicinity. To date, these objects have included:

SCP-5166's containment unit.
Instruments being used to inspect SCP-5166.
Personnel inspecting SCP-5166.
Vermin passing SCP-5166's containment unit1.
Itself.
Scraps of paper created by itself.

In contrast to the illegible writing present on SCP-5166, legible writing is present on the additional paper scraps it creates. This writing invariably takes the form of a supposed message from an individual or group claiming responsibility for the creation of the object the paper is stuck to, along with an explanation for where the object came from or what its purpose is. Without exception, all of these explanations to date have been incorrect.
SCP-5166 was purchased by Agent Green during his annual mandated attendance of the Andersen Auction of Abnormalities in Yorkshire, England. A full list of anomalies which were brought into containment at this time is available in the Site-22 archives.

Addendum 5166-1 (Message Log):
The following is a record of the messages that have appeared on objects in proximity to SCP-5166. Any additional messages produced by SCP-5166 are to be submitted to research staff for archival purposes prior to recycling.

Object: An empty coffee cup.

FROM THE INTERSTELLAR CABAL ARCHIVES
WEAPON ULTRA 646: "The Heat Catcher"
PURPOSE: The Heat Catcher is the ultimate weapon our thought-scientists have produced in our endless war against the Void Demons. It is capable of absorbing all heat within a star into its basin, firing said heat into the metaphysical realm and obliterating its foe.
We thought that nothing could stand against us while we had this behemoth … but the Void Demons were too strong.
Beware! They are coming for your planet now! Argh! I am going mad!

Object: A fountain pen.

Rest assured, Master Darstelmouth, that the item you requested has been completed according to your gracious demands…the "Devil's Arithmetic" will make you the pride of our esteemed society, haha…with but a stroke of the inkblade, you will stand among the gods…
From your faithful servant…
Caliupus of the Dark Orchestra…

Object: A common rat.

So … you fools finally realized. Indeed, this specimen is my most powerful child, a dreadspawn of the Violet Inferno. You may think you have him contained…but perhaps he is containing you?2
Professor Kaleidoscope

Object: A copy of the SCP-5166 file.

THE DIVINE MIROR [sic]3
Researchers have noted that this divine miror has the power to perfectly imitate any enemy that crosses its path! Dr. Paper, known memeticist, theorizes that it has an ultimate power we can barely control, and then proceeds to fight the ultimate SCP enemy.
"Disregard previous reports," says Dr. Paper, straightening his glasses. "I am inspired!"

Object: Junior Researcher Darnell

Item #: SCP-ULTIMA
Object Class: Dark Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Impossible…!
Description: SCP-ULTIMA is the first destroyer4 of the next dimension, an ambassador of the seventh dimension "Grobold" where noone dares to tread. Even the most powerful of SCP items have failed to destroy SCP-ULTIMA! It was created by a terrible Doctor with a horrible project. Perhaps you've heard of him … Johnson Smith.
Nobody can discover the existence of our ULTIMA Foundation… - O6-1

Addendum 5166-2: Since 13/09/2019, all messages produced by SCP-5166 have been crude imitations of official Foundation documentation, and the rate of their appearance has severely increased. In addition, personnel have noted an apparent increase in the excitement and investment of the writer, although due to the subjectivity of the claim this cannot be confirmed.

Footnotes
1. See Infestation Report 22-2020.
2. First allusion to knowledge of the Foundation's existence.
3. Note that [sic] was included in the original message, and has not been added after the fact.
4. Note that Junior Researcher Darnell has failed basic combat training several times.

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Item #: SCP-5167
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Foundation web-crawlers are to monitor online communities for mentions of potential SCP-5167 sightings. In cases where these sightings are confirmed, all direct witnesses are to be apprehended and all secondary evidence removed from the platform in question.
Apprehended witnesses are to be held until symptoms of SCP-5167 abate, and are then to be amnesticized and released under a standard 'mental breakdown' cover story.
Description: SCP-5167 is an entity known to manifest as a player of the online multiplayer game Among Us under the username of 'Phthonus'.
SCP-5167 will randomly join multiplayer lobbies of the game and participate as an ordinary player would, with the majority of its anomalous effects only becoming obvious following the initial encounter. During this initial encounter, SCP-5167 has been observed to communicate using the in-game chat function, although the majority of its speech consists of lengthy diatribes produced at little prompting from other players.
Individuals who interact with SCP-5167 in-game will subsequently begin to exhibit symptoms of paranoia and Capgras delusion1. The severity of these symptoms varies from person to person, but in initial cases was significant enough to prompt acts of perceived self-defense from those affected2. These symptoms persist for a period initially believed to encompass several months, but has lessened to one or two weeks as observation has continued.
SCP-5167 was initially discovered by the Foundation after a period during which the player 'Phthonus' was a minor urban legend in the Among Us community. Although interest in the figure died down fairly quickly, Foundation web-crawlers flagged recorded accounts of player encounters with the entity as potential anomalous phenomena. Learning Computer Psi-2 ("Meville") was assigned to track sessions of the game until SCP-5167 was encountered — and when the other players in said session were tracked down, they exhibited the symptoms now associated with SCP-5167.
Foundation efforts to track the individual behind SCP-5167 have thus far proven unsuccessful — all attempts to locate the internet access point used by the anomaly have led to deserted home addresses in rural Greece.

Analysis of Impending SCP-5167 Neutralization

As requested by Head Researcher Abrams, I've had the Site-22 analysts look into the progress of SCP-5167's anomalous effects over the period we've observed it — and the results are much as I expected.
When we first discovered SCP-5167 — for the sake of argument, let's say this is when SCP-5167 first came into existence — the impact it had on its victims was severe. I don't think I have to remind you of what Billy Heth did to his family's faces.
But since then — almost immediately, really, since that first couple of manifestations — the potency of its effects has started to decline. Full detachment from reality became delusion, and delusion has now become paranoia - and the intensity of that paranoia is lessening in each new case.
This is all conjecture, of course, and shouldn't be taken as gospel — but based on what we've observed of this anomaly thus far, our estimation is that SCP-5167's anomalous effects will become inert by the end of the year. Whether it'll keep popping up in these video game matches is another story, though.
Site-22 Intelligence Director,
Michelle Ross

Observation Log 5167-1

The following is a log of SCP-5167 as observed by Learning Computer Psi-2 in a game of Among Us. SCP-5167 participated in the game without communicating until specifically addressed by other players. Following the game, all participating players were tracked down and treated as containment procedures dictate.
Communication is logged below:

<Begin Log>
JonArbucle: red, where were you when we were doing reactor?SCP-5167: I was there when the mountains were newborn, and the oceans virginal.SCP-5167: I was there when mankind was capable of legends.SCP-5167: I find myself in a world that has forgotten even the taste of life, even the very concept of life beyond existing from one day to the next. Mere continuance. Where all the world is wasted away in idle play of emotions that once rang true.SCP-5167: I thought my time had come again. I thought this could be the new me. But this is nothing. Let me stay dead this time.(No activity for twelve seconds.)
your mom: red is sus
xg1200: yeah, vote red
<End Log>

Footnotes
1. A psychiatric disorder in which an individual comes to believe that those around them have been replaced with identical impostors.
2. Full record of recorded SCP-5167-related homicides available in the Site-22 archives.

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Item #: SCP-5168
Level 3/5168

Object Class: Euclid
Confidential

SCP-5168.

Special Containment Procedures: The house containing SCP-5168 has been purchased by a Foundation front company, and is to be barred from civilian entry. Civilians attempting to gain access to SCP-5168 or the house it is contained within will be deterred.
SCP-5168-A groups escaping captivity are to be recaptured and terminated. Any witnesses will then be given the cover story of the SCP-5168-A group being a delinquent gang all dressed in the appearance of the character "Jeff the Killer", who have since been arrested. Families targeted by SCP-5168-A are to be placed through cognitive detail suppression measures, with property damages being attributed to a common burglary.
To stop the uncontrolled manifestation of SCP-5168-A instances, various measures have been constructed to slowly vacate all families bearing children from Kitchover, Iowa. These include the shutting down of a local school district under the guise of budgeting issues, removal of multiple children's play areas, and the methodical offering of better housing to child bearing families by Foundation real estate front companies. Remaining families are to be placed under Foundation surveillance.
The prominence of fairy circles1 in the area will be deemed typical to any civilians inquiring on it. All civilian digging efforts in Kitchover are to be monitored heavily to prevent the further discovery of SCP-5168-A corpses.

The house containing SCP-5168.

Description: SCP-5168 is a modified Tandy 1000 RL computer, which constantly flashes artwork of the fictional horror character "Jeff the Killer" across its monitor, located inside of a suburban house in Kitchover, Iowa. SCP-5168 functions in this manner even when separated from a power source or internet access. Internal wiring contains fungal hyphae strands instead of normal conductors.
SCP-5168 cannot be removed from the household, as its external wiring has been altered with several cords of unknown purpose, which run through the entire house and into the ground below. Subterranean image viewing shows this wiring leads to a large unidentifiable mass approximately 3000 meters below the ground. This mass marginally changes shape between viewings.
When a prepubescent child in Kitchover awakens as a result of a nightmare or night terror, SCP-5168 shuts itself down. This is immediately followed by the manifestation of 7-15 humanoid entities identical to common depictions of Jeff the Killer (designated SCP-5168-A) within the premises. After the manifestation of SCP-5168-A instances, SCP-5168 promptly restarts and returns to its normal behavior.
SCP-5168-A are primarily composed of tightly interwoven networks of mycelium and sclerotium, with pale external pigmentation and facial structure abnormalities, giving them the appearance of Jeff the Killer. Instances manifest with a kitchen knife affixed to their left hand, which is significantly dulled and functionally useless. SCP-5168-A express no signs of complex sentience nor sapience.
After manifestation, SCP-5168-A instances will leave the premise and slowly advance towards the awoken child's location, avoiding or destroying any obstructions as necessary. SCP-5168-A will nonfatally incapacitate any individuals hindering their advance, usually overpowering them with their group strength. Once they have reached the child, the SCP-5168-A group will huddle around them quietly while repeating the phrase "Go to sleep". Several SCP-5168-A instances will tuck the child under any available blankets and sheets.
Once the child is in bed, other instances perform various actions in presumed attempts to make the child return to sleep, these commonly include:

Giving the child cookies and a warm glass of milk if such items are available,

Making the child sandwiches using available ingredients, utilizing their knives to spread condiments and cut foods as needed,

attempting to read the child any books in the vicinity, this consists of the instance repeating "Go to sleep" with tonal variations while holding said book,

singing "Go to sleep" repeatedly to the tune of various lullabies.

Despite the mental trauma these events would subsequently entail, children targeted by SCP-5168 are not scared by their arrival, the cause of which is undetermined. Once the child is asleep, the SCP-5168-A instances will retreat outside the child's location, then proceed to bury each other in a circular formation around the residency whilst humming lullabies. SCP-5168-A then expire and degrade at an increased rate.
While undergoing decomposition, SCP-5168-A grow excessive amounts of Amanita muscaria fungi across their body. These fungi are notably capable of causing drowsiness and unconsciousness if ingested, eventually inducing a comatose state if consumed in high enough quantities.
Addendum 5168-1 — Incident 5168-A: On 2021/2/3, following the manifestation of SCP-5168-A instances and their advance towards the targeted household, the target child, Kaden Noham, underwent a fatal allergic reaction after being given a peanut butter and jelly sandwich by an SCP-5168-A instance. While the SCP-5168-A group appeared more distressed after this event, they otherwise continued their normal pattern of behavior.
This event resulted in previously unrecorded phenomena at the location of SCP-5168. The following is a transcript of the occurrences at the containment site:

<BEGIN LOG>

LOCATION: SCP-5168 CONTAINMENT SITE
FRONT YARD — 23:40
(Tremors begin to resound from underneath the house, and cracks form across the lawn. Massive fungal structures emerge out from these cracks, they grow to approximately 3 meters in height and eventually cease motion. A single large eye opens across each of their caps, which moves rapidly and appears to be crying. The eye contorts into a toothless mouth, which opens and produces an infantile scream. The mouth on the structures contort back into the eye. This process repeats itself indefinitely.)

CONTAINMENT ROOM — 23:42
(The cords on SCP-5168 begin moving vigorously. SCP-5168 rapidly shuts itself back on and off, causing SCP-5168-A instances to appear in unprecedented amounts. These entities immediately run out of the house, trampling each other to leave as quickly as possible.)

FRONT YARD — 23:45
(SCP-5168-A begin emerging from the house and throwing themselves onto the ground, their arms outstretched. They mutter "Go to sleep" repeatedly. SCP-5168-A are occasionally seized and consumed by the fungal structures when their mouths are present. Agent Janeson returns from the Noham residence after calling Foundation medical personnel to the house and further containing the situation.)
Janeson: (Exiting her vehicle.) The hell is—?
(SCP-5168-A instances collectively shush Janeson, and then resume previous behavior.)
Janeson: (Silence, then whispering) What the fuck?
(Janeson leaps over several SCP-5168-A lying in her path, she observes the fungal structures, and they observe her when eyes are present. Janeson enters the containment site.)

CONTAINMENT ROOM — 23:54
(The cords of SCP-5168 continue to move vigorously. A humanoid entity with pale orange skin and no facial features emerges from the floor of the containment room, floating towards SCP-5168. Small orifices across its chest open periodically and release yellow spores. Several external wires from SCP-5168 appear attached to the base of its neck, while some wires still remain feeding into the ground. The entity makes typing motions slightly above the keyboard of SCP-5168, which causes a computer menu to appear on its screen. It rapidly types various strings of letters into this menu, the exact language of which are unknown. The ground tremors, and the entity spasms momentarily before resuming typing.)

HALL TO CONTAINMENT ROOM — 23:57
(Janeson stumbles over several deceased SCP-5168-A instances. One suddenly grabs her leg and shushes her, causing her to stomp on its head instinctually. The head explodes into spores. Janeson covers her mouth and continues her way towards SCP-5168.)

CONTAINMENT ROOM — 23:59
(Janeson enters the containment room, and the entity turns towards her. Janeson withdrawals her firearm.)
Janeson: What— ? Get on the damn ground!
(A mouth appears sideways on the entity's face. Janeson's mouth disappears, she drops her weapon and puts both hands over her lower face. The entity speaks in Jameson's voice.)
Entity: Get on the damn ground! Go to sleep.
(Janeson falls unconscious. Her mouth returns and the entity's mouth disappears. It promptly resumes typing. The entity presses on the keyboard's enter key, and multiple archaic sigils appear across the entire screen of SCP-5168, followed by it shutting down and promptly rebooting. The entity descends back into the floor.)

FRONT YARD — 24:05
(The mouths on the fungal structures cease screaming, they morph into eyes, the eyes close. The structures slowly shrink back into the ground, which reseals itself. Surviving SCP-5168-A immediately stand and disperse towards multiple different target houses, as the screams of the fungal structures caused multiple children in the area to awake from nightmares.)

<END LOG>

Janeson's sudden loss of consciousness caused alerts to be sent to Foundation agents already responding to Kaden Noham's death. These agents requested further backup, and all SCP-5168-A instances were found and terminated accordingly. Janeson later made a mostly full recovery, except for acute dysgeusia2 and insomnia, which has yet to subside.
Updates to the containment procedures for SCP-5168 are pending following this incident.

Footnotes
1. A common pattern of fungi in a ring formation.
2. An impaired sense of taste.

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Item#: SCP-5169

Level1

Containment Class:
safe

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
dark

Risk Class:
danger

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An SCP-5169 instance.

Special Containment Procedures: Fifty-one SCP-5169 instances are stored within a Safe class containment locker in Site-7. The remainder are in the possession of Marshall, Carter, and Dark Ltd., or potentially their clientele. Proposals regarding the use of SCP-5169 instances as assassination devices are pending.
Description: SCP-5169 is a series of sex dolls, developed for commercial sale by Charles Maximune, an anartist and entrepreneur formerly employed by Marshall, Carter, and Dark, Ltd. Both male and female configured SCP-5169 instances are available, and may possess various accessories.
Each SCP-5169 instance is physically indistinguishable from a comparable non-anomalous product. However, when used to climax by one or more human beings,1 SCP-5169 instances will spontaneously explode. Forensic examination of SCP-5169 detonations reveals no apparent chemical or other physical cause, suggesting that SCP-5169 instances function by ectoentropically generating explosive force.
Addendum 5169-1: Discovery
The SCP-5169 instances presently contained were recovered as part of a sting operation conducted by MTF Mu-3 ("Highest Bidders"), in order to confiscate any anomalous products possessed by Mr. Maximune. Initially, Mr. Maximune and any locations or persons he was known to be associated with were to be kept under surveillance until Director McBride2 gave the green light for his agents to take action.

Home of Charles Maximune.

However, on 3/9/2020, two weeks into surveillance, an explosion at Maximune's North Andover, Massachusetts residence called for immediate intervention. In the guise of FBI agents, Mu-3 personnel raided the house and confiscated all confirmed or suspected anomalies. One human corpse was recovered and identified as Maximune's romantic associate, Lawrence Kistler.
Additionally, Marshall, Carter, and Dark security staff took Mr. Maximune into custody regarding an incident in their Quality Assurance Department. He was then fired and remanded to the Foundation for interrogation and amnesticization.

Interviewer: Director Jacob McBride
Interviewed: Charles Maximune

Interviewer: What exactly was the nature of your work at MC&D?
Interviewed: Well, I worked in anart acquisitions for a while. But that had nothing to do with why I got fired.
Interviewer: Why did you get fired?
Interviewed: It was the dolls. We had, uh, just received our shipment at London HQ. Testing was just starting up. The first tester, well, fucked one of them, and… boom. Chain reaction.
Interviewer: I take it the damage was serious?
Interviewed: You could say that. There is no more QA department at London headquarters.
Interviewer: So, why do the dolls explode?
Interviewed: Well, I can tell you that wasn't my fault. Dark gave me this project a few weeks ago, told me it would be convenient if we could move into the synthetic sex trade just like the real one, and that she wanted me to see what sorts of anomalous features we could give to regular inflatable dolls. The thing is, I had a lot on my plate when I was asked to take over. So I gave the work to someone else.
Interviewer: Who?
Interviewed: Some drug dealer operating out of the states. He was recommended to me by a colleague.
Interviewer: And he made the dolls to explode when people… finished with them? Why?
Interviewed: Well… maybe it was a little my fault. I told him I wanted "blow up dolls," and he's, well, not the most literate person.
Interviewer: He thought you wanted lethal sex toys?
Interviewed: Yeah. Like I said. Not the most literate.
Interviewer: ...I think I know exactly who you're talking about.

Footnotes
1. Testing with non-humans has yet to be carried out.
2. The intelligence chief in charge of Mu-3.

Hi, I'm Max. I work for Iris Dark. Are you this dado guy she mentions sometimes?

yes is this dado

Oh, nice.
I'm a huge fan of your work, and I was wondering if you might listen to a business proposal.

dado have time. what is prompt seal

I mostly work in MCD's underground hospitality department. If you know what I mean.

underground hospital? u want dirt medicine

What? No.
This isn't about drugs.
(The drugs are great though.)
I'm talking about what goes on in red light districts. That's my job.

oh dado see
u are bat man in hammered and sick eel superman comic
u need crypt tonight for kill soup man

I'll just spell it out. I'm working on prostitution, Except, without the prostitute part.
The idea is to get MCD in on the inflatable sex toy market.
You get me?

no

I'm talking about blow up dolls, dado.

oh
dado can do blow up dolls for u. dado being fine capitalist have much experience to deliver top quality sex experience for many customer. guaranteed customer come then doll blow up. also dado have amazon prime for give and take blow up doll orders and porter tapes

Sweet. Here's my email so we can get in touch ███████@mcd.bz

So, the London trip is going to take me a bit longer than I expected.
Some things came up and the boss shifted around our itinerary a bit. I'm not going to be in Andover in time for your shipment.
But it won't be a problem.
I've called a buddy of mine and he's going to be house-sitting there. I've told him to go ahead and test out the merchandise and text both of us about it. His name's Larry.
It's been great working with you. Can't wait to start rolling these babies out. 😊

DADO YOU FUCKER
i just tried calling larry at home and guess fucking what
the second floor is FUCKING EXPLODED
larrys FUCKING DEAD
FBI are crawling all over it
AND THAT'S NOT THE WORST PART
dark called me into her office about the QA department
THERE IS NO MORE QA DEPARTMENT
THEY'RE ALL FUCKING DEAD TOO

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Item #: SCP-5171
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: All photonics processing and storage units associated with SCP-5171 and SCP-5171-A are to be vacuum-sealed and stored in secure containment lockers. Testing of SCP-5171 is currently suspended.
Locating PoI-9414 has been assigned as a priority mission for MTF Alpha-7 ("Surpassing Tindalos").
Description: SCP-5171 is an artificial intelligence built by PoI-9414, formerly O5-9, as an administrative assistance and memetic screening system. SCP-5171 operated on a 3rd-gen photonics processing platform allocated for all Level 5 personnel at the time, with heavily modified interfaces. While these technologies are ahead of mundane equivalents, no part of SCP-5171 was inherently anomalous at the time of its creation.
Originally designated Rhyme.aic, SCP-5171 had developed total self-awareness after PoI-9414 intentionally exposed it to a multitude of anomalous memetic agents, collectively designated SCP-5171-A. It is currently unknown how PoI-9414 acquired the skills necessary to create and utilize anomalous memetic agents in this way. While the Foundation retains a full copy of SCP-5171-A, the technical and ethical risk posed prohibits further experimentation.
According to the log recovered after PoI-9414 defected from the Foundation (see Addendum 5171.A), SCP-5171 believed that it was a human female named "Rima", and that it had grown up with PoI-9414 since their childhood. Due to the mandatory data expungement procedure applied to the personal data of O5 members, this information cannot be confirmed.
Addendum 5171.A: Log recovered from SCP-5171 interface cache, temporal metadata irretrievable. The format indicates a speech-recognition interface log.

PoI-9414: Hello Rima, how are you today?PoI-9414: I'm so sorry, the meeting got late, I kept getting in arguments with those pesky fossils.PoI-9414: I know. I'm sorry, I wish I could've brought you outside.PoI-9414: But I could've done more, if only I stopped trying to fight my way through every little thing.
PoI-9414: If only I listened to your parents back then.(Strings of periodic data pattern follows, with no known meaning. Presumed to be environmental noise falsely parsed as speeches by the interface.)PoI-9414: That was so long ago, I'm surprised that you still remember it.PoI-9414: I was so sure he'd be so angry at me. Those rolls were expensive. Instead, he started teaching me how to properly photograph a shooting star.SCP-5171: Oh wow, he's not angry that you used something for its intended purpose, how surprising.
PoI-9414: When do you think was the last time I started a conversation without fighting intent?PoI-9414: …okay I'm not that controversial. I could hold a somewhat proper and neutral conversation with my subordinates.SCP-5171: Not that I want to, mind you. But it just feels so bizarre thinking about you having just normal conversations about accounting or something.PoI-9414: Yeah, I guess I changed quite a bit since way back then.PoI-9414: Sorry.PoI-9414: I…
(brief periodic data/silence, gaps in noise pattern indicate removed data)
PoI-9414: Did you meet the doctors today?PoI-9414: Don't worry, we'll be out of this place in no time.

Footnotes
1. Of note, SCP-5171 had never ceased functioning as administrative assistance and memetic screening system, up until its deactivation upon PoI-9414's defection.
2. A large portion of SCP-5171-A incorporate photographs, often collages arranged in certain patterns. It is theorized that these photographs affected the memory retained by SCP-5171.
3. The nature and significance of these alleged "tests" and "doctors" is unknown.

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Item#: 5172

Level2

Containment Class:
keter

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
vlam

Risk Class:
critical

link to memo

Special Containment Procedures:
Social media, SMS, and telephone traffic are to be monitored for mention of "ice machines" from devices connected to hotel1 wi-fi networks within North America.
Due to the prevalence of false memories related to SCP-5172, no attempt at correcting public beliefs pertaining to "hotel ice machines" is to be undertaken at this time. Research is focused on uncovering memes and anti-memes that may counter or remove such widespread false memories.

Photograph taken by a test subject during a Zalmunna Event. Subject claimed that they were being observed by an unidentified individual obscured by the fifth door on the right. See file data for more information. Hover to enlarge. Click here to see full size.

Containment is to focus on the detection and disruption of Zalmunna Events. See Addendum 2 for more information. MTF Mu-9 ("Weary Travelers") will be dispatched to the location of suspected Zalmunna Events in progress to remove detected instances of SCP-5172-1 and bring specimens back for further examination. All ice machines found at locations affected by SCP-5172 are to be removed and relocated to Site-30.
Foundation personnel whose work requires them to stay in hotels in North America are to be briefed on SCP-5172. Personnel will be provided with the materials indicated in Addendum 4, "North American Hotel Protocol for Foundation Personnel."
Description:
SCP-5172 is a phenomenon that affects guests at North American hotels. Affected individuals will perceive a machine that serves the sole function of dispensing ice. These ice machines, while otherwise non-anomalous, are typically located in the hallway of the guest's floor, in close proximity to an elevator lobby or a storage closet. Ice machines are not common amenities in North American hotels; in fact, they do not appear in any contemporary hotels outside of those affected by SCP-5172. Nonetheless, a false memory of having perceived an ice machine is estimated to affect roughly 80% of the North American population. See Addendum 1 for more information.
Individuals who perceive and then use these ice machines will initiate a Zalmunna Event. This is likely to cause an instance of SCP-5172-1 to materialize, and it is very likely to result in the individual's injury or death.
Addendum 1. History of hotel ice machines.
In the 1950s, Holiday Inn founder Kennon Williams attempted to distinguish his hotel chain from competitors by offering more amenities to travelers, free of charge. Standard practice among hotels at the time was to charge travelers an additional fee if they requested ice. Williams believed that leaving out an ice machine for guests to freely use would be a welcome amenity. The expense incurred by purchasing this equipment and other amenities2 was not offset by a sufficient increase in customers. As such, the practice was discontinued by the mid-1960s. Ice is now readily available in many North American hotels through in-room miniature refrigerator ice dispensers or included in ice trays. Using or consuming ice found in these contexts has not been shown to cause or have any connection to the SCP-5172 phenomenon.
Despite the fact that hotel ice machines only existed for a brief period, members of the public in Canada, the United States, and Mexico widely hold the belief that these machines are ubiquitous to this day. Empirical testing has consistently demonstrated that hotel ice machines do not exist outside of those associated with SCP-5172. Only about 40 ice machines associated with the phenomenon are recovered per year. Yet a poll of the general public found that 82% of adults recalled memories of seeing a hotel ice machine. Of those who had stayed in hotels in the last year, 33% reported memories of having used said machines without incident.3 The source of these false memories, as well as their method of transmission, are still under investigation.
Discovery:
SCP-5172 was discovered in 1973 when Foundation personnel responded to what appeared to be a series of unsolved murders occurring at hotels in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Extensive testing inside of the hotels led researchers to discover the false memory related to ice machines. The investigation led to the placement of hidden cameras in each of the hotels' rooms; evidence collected here uncovered the connection between the ice machines, the SCP-5172 phenomenon, and Zalmunna Events.
Addendum 2. Zalmunna Events.
Initialization. The Zalmunna Event is triggered when a hotel guest (hereinafter "the target") perceives and subsequently uses a hotel ice machine.4 At this point, the only way to terminate the Event is to leave the building and sleep in a private residence.5 The ice does not actually need to be used or consumed for the Event to progress.
Stalking behavior and/or hallucinations. The target will almost immediately begin to perceive an individual (or individuals) watching them from elsewhere in the hotel. Typically, these individuals first appear on the far end of the hallway where the Zalmunna Event was initiated. Third-party observers are unable to perceive any individuals observing the target. Attempts to seize, record, or photograph the individuals supposedly watching the target have not produced evidence of their existence. Accordingly, the "watchers" are believed to be hallucinations. Descriptions of the individuals are fragmentary and do not show any consistent traits.
Confusion and fatigue. Within two hours of Event initialization, the target will display symptoms similar to those seen in early-stage dementia. If the target does not immediately return to their hotel room, they begin to demonstrate signs of confusion, difficulty completing everyday tasks, and short-term memory loss. After two hours have elapsed, the target also begins to feel a gradually increasing sense of fatigue.
Within four hours of Event initialization, the fatigue typically reaches the point that it becomes difficult or dangerous for the target to perform activities such as driving or swimming. Zalmunna Event survivors report feeling as if their mind is "too active" to fall asleep anywhere other than in a hotel bed. This typically leads the target to seek out their hotel room. In spite of this sensation, the target is not compelled to follow this course of action. The target may still seek out a bed located in a private residence if they are aware it is an option. Targets will not fall asleep outdoors or in public places, but will experience the standard health consequences associated with increasing sleep deprivation. Targets can only fall asleep in hotels or private residences; if they do fall asleep in a private residence, the Event is terminated. (See Addendum 4).
Sleep. When the target does reach a hotel bed, they immediately enter the hypnagogic state associated with the normal transitional period between wakefulness and sleep. Under normal conditions, the room's temperature begins to drop until it reaches approximately 11 degrees Celsius (51.8 degrees F).
After a brief period of hypnagogia, the target proceeds as normal through the sleep cycle until they enter slow-wave sleep.6 This typically occurs within one hour of laying in bed.
Appearance of SCP-5172-1. An instance of SCP-5172-1 appears after the target enters slow-wave sleep. It will generally phase through the door connecting the target's hotel room to the hallway. SCP-5172-1 is not perceptible to a person who is in the room with the target at the time of this entry, but can be observed through cameras and other devices.
The target returns to the hypnagogic state, but is unable to move. This results in a condition resembling sleep paralysis. SCP-5172-1 crawls towards the bed on all fours before assuming a "sitting" position on the target's chest. SCP-5172-1 inserts a thin, proboscis-like appendage into one or both of the target's eye sockets for several seconds. This does not cause physical damage, but it is theorized to be a way for SCP-5172-1 to transmit a paralytic agent or other substance to the target's brain to aid in the harvesting process that follows.
Harvesting behavior. After retracting the appendage, SCP-5172-1 opens its own chest cavity and retrieves a pair of unidentified tools. It then begins applying the tools and extracting cubes, measuring approximately 4 cm x 4 cm x 4 cm (1.57 inches), from the target's body. The cubes may consist of tissue, muscle, bone, semi-solid blood, or a combination thereof. SCP-5172-1 uses the tools in a "cutting and scooping" motion which appears to make all of these organic substances equally easy for it to collect; that is, bone is no more difficult to cut through than any other organic matter of the target. Each cube is placed into SCP-5172-1's open chest cavity before it repeats the process and collects another cube. The chest cavity is capable of containing more matter than its appearance would suggest.
SCP-5172-1's motions during harvesting begin slowly, collecting cubes at a rate of about two per minute. It gradually increases its pace until it is collecting approximately 50 cubes per minute. SCP-5172-1 typically completes the harvesting process after two to three hours of activity. After completion, SCP-5172-1 returns to the hallway door and phases into it, dematerializing.
Survival of Zalmunna Event: Restricted to Clearance Levels 4 and above only.

+ SECURITY LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE AND ABOVE ONLY

- ACCESS GRANTED.

Photograph of the remains of a target of a completed Zalmunna Event, recovered moments after the harvesting event concluded. Subject survived for two hours prior to expiration.

After the harvesting process begins, SCP-5172-1 can be interrupted in order to prevent the death of its targets. (See Addendum 3). If the process is interrupted before SCP-5172-1 harvests a sufficient amount of any vital organs, targets can survive with limited (but permanent) injuries. Targets do not experience normal blood loss during the harvesting process, an effect that lasts for about six hours following the start of the process. Accordingly, prompt medical attention can allow targets who have been partially harvested to stabilize and recover.
Individuals who have survived partial harvesting report being conscious and aware throughout the process. This experience is marked by an elevated heart-rate, difficulty breathing, and subjective feelings of terror.
SCP-5172-1 collects all of the organic matter of the target except for the major elements of the central nervous system—the spinal cord, peripheral nerves, the retinas, the eyes, and the brain. In the case of a completed Zalmunna Event, these elements will be the only ones that are not removed as SCP-5172-1 "scoops" around them.
Targets will continue to display signs of consciousness for longer than should be possible, even in the case of a completed Zalmunna Event. Should a harvesting process be interrupted after the target loses a vital organ, the target will live for one to two hours.
Update - 2020-12-30. The proboscis-like appendage used before harvesting is no longer believed to be used to administer a paralytic agent. Repeated observation shows that targets already demonstrate symptoms of paralysis by the time an SCP-5172-1 instance materializes. Efforts are underway to explore the theory that the appendage is introduced in order to ensure that targets remain conscious throughout the process.

Addendum 3. SCP-5172-1.
SCP-5172-1 is an individual instance of a humanoid entity approximately 122 cm (48 inches) in height and 28.6 kg (63 lbs) in weight. Its arms are about twice the length of what would normally be expected of a human of these dimensions. It also has pronounced frontal and parietal bones, creating the appearance of an elongated forehead. The proboscis-like appendage measures approximately 90 cm (35.4 inches) and extends and retracts from the "mouth" on the instance's face.

SCP-5172-1. Image captured by hidden camera during Zalmunna Event.

If a Zalmunna Event is interrupted by an individual's sudden entry into the hotel room, the SCP-5172-1 instance will cease harvesting and attempt to attack the individual. Its strength is comparable to that of a human of its stature, but the tools that SCP-5172-1 uses during harvesting are capable of cutting through protective gear and causing serious injury. While it is not particularly strong, it is capable moving at an advanced speed as it approaches the end of the harvesting process. Extreme caution is advised for personnel attempting to neutralize an SCP-5172-1 instance that has almost completed a harvesting process.
If multiple people enter the room during the harvesting process, SCP-5172-1 will attempt to hide from sight. If it can escape the sight of all people in the room, the SCP-5172-1 instance will dematerialize.
SCP-5172-1 has several biological systems analogous to that of humans. Accordingly, it can be killed through the application of force that would typically be lethal for humans, such as stabbing or gunshots. Autopsies of recovered specimens show that SCP-5172-1 has circulatory systems, though the central circulatory organ (akin to a heart) is located in the head. As a result, SCP-5172-1 can expire from "blood loss" or sufficient head trauma. SCP-5172-1 does not appear to have respiratory or digestive organs. Recovered instances may possess male or female reproductive organs. These organs are misshapen and diminutive, corresponding to symptoms of human hypogonadism. These organs are likely vestigial, having no role in the reproduction of SCP-5172-1 instances. Killing an SCP-5172-1 instance, but leaving an ice machine in a hotel under the effect of SCP-5172, means that future Zalmunna Events can still occur on the premises.
Efforts to capture a live SCP-5172-1 instance have thus far been unsuccessful. Instances that do not have their hands bound are capable of spontaneously materializing their tools and cutting their way through containment chambers. Instances whose hands are bound or are otherwise rendered incapable of using its tools die within several minutes; similarly, the instance's tools disappear upon death. Research is underway regarding alternatives for close-up live study of SCP-5172-1 specimens.
Addendum 4. North American Hotel Protocol for Foundation Personnel.
Foundation personnel whose duties require them to stay in hotels are required to familiarize themselves with documentation surrounding SCP-5172. A log of confirmed SCP-5172 manifestations will be made available to personnel whose duties require regular hotel stays.
All personnel staying in hotels will be given single-purpose communication devices for reporting suspected SCP-5172 phenomena. Awareness of SCP-5172 is not enough to avoid triggering a Zalmunna Event. Several Foundation personnel, as hotel guests, have found themselves "absentmindedly" using an ice machine, despite being fully aware of the consequences. Personnel who have triggered a Zalmunna Event must report it to Command immediately in order to receive instructions for extraction. Personnel are not permitted to return to their hotel rooms without express approval from Command. If feasible, personnel will be given directions to a nearby Foundation safe-house where they can fall asleep in a way that terminates the Zalmunna Event.
As a final precaution, all personnel staying in hotels are required to wear heart-rate monitors at all times while on the hotel premises. In the event that personnel initiate a Zalmunna Event and are unable to notify Command prior to falling sleep, algorithmic detection of sudden increases in heart rate can be used to detect a Zalmunna Event in its early stages. Command will be notified of heart-rate irregularities and dispatch the nearest available MTF if personnel do not respond to communications. MTF response will occur in any situation where it is possible for a team to arrive prior to the completion of the Zalmunna Event.
Update - 2021-1-11. As of 2021, one confirmed instance of SCP-5172 has been located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Foundation personnel have recovered an ice machine and human remains indicative of a completed Zalmunna Event. This is the first known instance of SCP-5172 to occur outside of North America. Notably, the Netherlands had no prior public perception of "ice machines" as a common hotel amenity. At present, it is unclear if this is an isolated incident or if it signals that the anomaly is in the process of spreading to other locations. All available Site-30 resources are being shifted into investigating the possible reasons for SCP-5172's spread. Countering or mitigating the spread is now considered highest priority for 5172 research team personnel.

Footnotes
1. This effect also applies to motels; for the sake of simplicity, each mention of "hotels" should be understood to include motels, as well.
2. For instance, Mr. Williams did not charge extra for children, as was customary for hotels at the time. At one point, Mr. Williams also insisted on his franchises purchasing trampolines and making them freely available to his guests' families. This practice was discontinued after several children suffered serious injuries inside his hotels.
3. Margin of error ±3%. Sample size and questionnaire information available from 5172 Project Head upon request.
4. Statistical analysis suggests that Zalmunna Events occur to completion approximately 50 times per year. It is still unclear what causes an individual to perceive an ice machine in the first place, or what causes an ice machine to appear in a particular hotel. Due to the prevalence of false memories, there is no way of knowing how many individuals actually perceive a hotel ice machine connected to SCP-5172 but simply decline to use it.
5. The Zalmunna Event will still proceed if the target only relocates to a different hotel, or sleeps in a different bed in the same hotel.
6. Often referred to as "deep sleep."

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Brainwave analysis of SCP-5174 infection, spike at t=1.5 indicates botnet activation

Item #: SCP-5174
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Due to the irregular nature of the manifestations of SCP-5174, containment is to be focused on observation and investigation.
Foundation employed scouts within neutral and pro-Foundation collectives are to report activity involving host abnormalities and rapid-onset hivemind collapse to MTF Omicron Rho ("The Dream Team") for inquiry.
Physical sites of SCP-5174 generation are to be examined, then disassembled by Foundation security personnel. Instances of SCP-5174-1 are to be stored in standard object containment once decommissioned.
Description: SCP-5174 is a brain-based bot network that is intended to terminate selected hosts in Oneiroi Space1.
The mechanism of SCP-5174 involves the involuntary exploitation of "non-dreamers," in order to create a specific desired effect; of which the most common are tasks that require significant cognitive function to process.
Note that victims of SCP-5174 are not actually accessing Oneiori dream worlds (such a process requires the completion of the Oneiori Joining Technique), rather their mental energy2 is rerouted to a central attacker who then focuses on a Oneiorific node.
The transmission method of SCP-5174 is an autonomous drone (refered to as SCP-5174-1) which emits malicious, infected brainwaves to physically compromised individuals.
The combined mental energy is then collated through SCP-5174-1 which then prepares SCP-5174 for activation. The amount of "non-dreamers" that are used for SCP-5174 is limited to the spatial distribution of SCP-5174-1 for that particular instance.
In Oneiroi Space, the botnet manifests in several ways, the most common of which is as millions of SCP Foundation Researchers armed with glitter-guns. The intense cerebral load placed, often, kills the host of the collective and causes critical infrastructure loss for the dream group3 of that particular host.
It is theorized that multiple varieties of SCP-5174 currently operate within Oneiori Space. However, the development of mobile collectives and "jumping" hosts within the noosphere in recent decades has made precise identification difficult.
The first and most widespread variation known in Oneiori West4 as the "TFFS5 brain parasite," was dismantled in 2018.
Before deconstruction, the first instance of SCP-5174 is believed to have killed 38 hosts and their associated collectives.
The following is an abridged list of dreamworlds destroyed by this initial version of SCP-5174.

Host Name: Imperator Aiaoai Zurchol Oiiit
Hivemind Name: The Glorious Emirate of Oneiroi East
Human Population #: ~15,000,000
Physical Location: Within a trashcan on the beach of Random Island, Canada
Metaphysical Description: “The Glorious Emirate of Oneiroi East” was a uber-fantasy, low-concept hivemind that was the sister collective to Oneiroi West. Investigation showed that most of this particular collective was constructed of and worshipped the Daevite spirit "Hahgwehdaetgan.
Circumstances Regarding Collapse: Imperator Oiiit, the host of “The Glorious Emirate of Oneiroi East,” received a message on 3/1/2018 detailing steps of an ultimatum to either shut down operations or to face complete destruction.
According to after action reports, the ultimatum was attached to a manifesto describing the "cowardice of death" and "the strength of 'real' flesh."
Oiit ignored the message and later that day the collective was shutdown by SCP-5174.

Host Name: Real Name Unknown
Hivemind Name: AAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGHHHHH (12 A's, 6 U's, 5 H's)
Human Population #: ~???
Physical Location: Variable. The location of the hivemind would change depending on the visitor. The location would jump to the visitor's mother's brain.
Metaphysical Description: “AAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGHHHHH” was an indetermined, high-concept collective that would alter itself depending on the mind that would enter it. The space within the collective would transform into a space resembling the inhabitant's childhood. Infamous as a hideout for Daevite pacifists during the Third Occult War.
Circumstances Regarding Collapse: Real Name Unknown, the host of “AAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGHHHHH,” was sent a similar ultimatum by SCP-5174.
The attached manifesto was slightly altered and contained reference to "the unnatural lengthened lives led by dreamers who hang to their pasts."

Host Name: SCP Foundation Dreamer Azmaray Marwat
Hivemind Name: Sanctioned Site √-2
Human Population #: ██████████████████████████████████████████
Physical Location: Site-02
Metaphysical Description: Semi-infinite pink containment planet, often used for non-humanoid mental viruses. For more details, contact Foundation Dreamer Overseer Maider Berezi.
Circumstances Regarding Collapse: Marwat received a message from SCP-5174, calling for help in their mission to "kill and destroy everything within all dream-worlds for the benefit of those tempted by its whispers and false bodies. None shall escape physical form."
After Marwat responded with a reaffirmation of Foundation ideology to not harm anomalous entities, SCP-5174 invaded Site √-2 and collapsed the planet.

Discovery: SCP-5174 was brought to the Foundation's attention by the "All Being's Collective of Xiupania," which sent envoys into the dreams of various Foundation researchers. The message was the following pseudo-limerick.

You are always a bad group.
But we need some help, nincompoops!
An evil thing has come.
And will cause us to succumb.
Hey dumbass, you will find the culprit in Guadeloupe.

A team of Foundation security personnel was sent to Basse-Terre, the capital city of Guadeloupe. There it was discovered the brains of patients admitted to Vieux Habitants National Hospital were compromised by SCP-5174 and were being co-opted for the purposes of the central brain. The compromised individuals were de-anomalized through a severing of the forced Oneiorific connection.
During the dismantling of the first SCP-5174 network, a document was found taped to a computer monitor.

AUTOMATED LETTER: DO NOT DISCARD
Dear Karcist Tuuslar,
Thank you for ordering from our organization! Your requested item has been shipped. The following software features are listed below.

Incorporeal, infectious terminal

Cross-dimensional

Custom brainwave pattern creation

For any questions on the programs specifications, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Note: It appears that your group intends to interact with certain faculties within psionic or dreams based universes or realms. We humbly request that you do not affect our other products or headquarters specifically within Oneiori Space.
-Anderson

Footnotes
1. Oneiroi Space is the colloquial name for the set of hiveminds that are connected through organic hosts in physical space.
2. Mental energy refers to the ability or willingness to engage in cognitive work.
3. Dream groups are clusters of hosts that are physically nearby and/or interact with each other frequently.
4. Oneiori West is the largest and most stable cluster of hiveminds. It is notable for its complex security system and autonomy, in contrast with other collectives.
5. "The Foundation Fucking Sucks"

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by J Dune

SCP-5175 -

DEATH KNIFE

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Item#: 5175

Level3

Containment Class:
esoteric

Secondary Class:
integrated

Disruption Class:
keneq

Risk Class:
danger

link to memo

SCP-5175

Assigned Site
Site Director
Research Head
Assigned Task Force

Provisional Site-████
R. Joseph Barrow
J. Thomas Dune
Ω-5 "Damien's Angels"

PoI-3445 upon initial interview session. Note the subject's 'backup knife'

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5175 is to be contained in anomalous item locker 5175, located at Area-179.
Due to the symbiotic relationship between SCP-5175 and PoI-3445, as well as the beneficial nature of the anomaly, PoI-3445 has been integrated into the Foundation's internal command structure. Mobile Task Force Ω-5 "Damien's Angels" has been created to assist PoI-3445 in their missions, under the auspices of Project SECRET-SHOPPER.
Upon authorization by Mobile Task Force Lieutenant Samuel Deangelo, PoI-3445 is to retrieve SCP-5175 for the purposes of carrying out missions assigned to them.
Description: SCP-5175 is an ornate knife of Moroccan design and unknown origin. SCP-5175 displays no anomalous abilities when handled by an individual who is not symbiotically bound to the object. The criteria by which SCP-5175 becomes bound to a user is apparently under the discretion and personal favor of SCP-5175-1. Presently, PoI-3445 is the only individual capable of handling SCP-5175 in a way that manifests its anomalous properties.
When handled by its host, SCP-5175 is capable of removing any form of life from baseline reality upon laceration. This effect has proven to be applicable to incorporeal beings who would otherwise have no physical presence. Upon piercing a target, a black mist will begin to emanate from the object. This mist will envelop the target, causing them to disappear. According to unverifiable information provided by SCP-5175-1 and PoI-3445, victims of SCP-5175 are transported to an unknown extradimensional space that has been colloquially referred to as "The Realm of Unsaved Souls", "Land of the Forsaken Suffering", and "Kanashī Ringo no Akuma no Ryōiki"1.
SCP-5175-1 is a being that claims to be the consciousness of Kuroitanken Hanzo, a Japanese samurai who, according to the entity, was born in 1800, and served as a supporter of the Imperial Court in the Boshin War.2 When SCP-5175 is handled by its host, SCP-5175-1 will manifest itself as an animate ethereal figure that hovers above or near the subject. SCP-5175-1's physical appearance is that of a human skeleton wearing a suit of black and purple dō-maru armor. SCP-5175-1's silhouette constantly emanates black mist, similar to the vapor produced by the object itself. SCP-5175-1 is capable of communicating with its host, regardless of apparent language barriers. Likewise, a host is capable of comprehension of SCP-5175-1's speech, despite being spoken in 19th century Japanese. SCP-5175-1 is capable of interacting with physical objects.
PoI-3445 is Damien Lawrence Woodcock, a resident of Scranton, Pennsylvania. PoI-3445 was a security officer who had been employed for 8 years at The Marketplace at Steamtown3. PoI-3445 exhibits no anomalous characteristics, but is considered integral to the containment and handling of SCP-5175 due to being the only individual SCP-5175-1 agrees to work with.
PoI-3445 has been integrated as a Foundation employee as a part of Project SECRET-SHOPPER, and currently operates as a specialized Foundation agent. See addenda for further detail.
Addendum.5175.1: Discovery

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Cutlery Collection, the discovery site of SCP-5175

According to PoI-3445's personal accounts, SCP-5175 was discovered on 2009/8/03, at 'Cutlery Collection', a storefront located at The Marketplace that specializes in the sale of edged weapons. PoI-3445 reported hearing the voice of SCP-5175-1, urging him to enter the store and purchase the object.
Over a period of two months, PoI-3445 became familiar with handling SCP-5175 through the construction of a 'training ground' in the woods behind his parents' residence. As such, PoI-3445 has attained cursory skill in knife combat. It is during this time period in which PoI-3445 and SCP-5175-1 developed their relationship.
On 2009/10/27, PoI-3445 attempted to use SCP-5175 in an altercation with a shoplifter, resulting in the appearance of SCP-5175-1. While the event occurred in public, the low traffic of the shopping center resulted in only a handful of witnesses. Amnestics were administered as appropriate, and PoI-3445 was detained by local law enforcement before being brought into Foundation custody.

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Addendum.5175.2: Interview Log

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AUDIO LOG

DATE: 2009/10/27

»BEGIN LOG«
Dr. Trenton: You look a little tense, Mr. Woodcock. There's a cooler out back if you need a water or something. I understand this is… a lot to take in at once.
PoI-3445: (Distressed) This is some Men In Black shit. Please, all I'm asking is for an easy hearing. I can't do mind games, I can't do another interrogation.
Dr. Trenton: Mind if I call you Damien? Damien, we're not here to arrest you. That already happened. And you're clean, at least with the law. We just want to ask you some questions.
PoI-3445: Did you call my parents?
Dr. Trenton: I — erm, no, we didn't call your parents.
PoI-3445 sighs and rubs his hands over his face.
PoI-3445: Thank god. Okay, okay. I guess you wanna know about DEATH KNIFE, right? I'm assuming the ghost knife is why the Men in Black would kidnap me. You want the Kai version or the Z version?
Dr. Trenton: What?
PoI-3445: Short or long. It's a reference, god.
Dr. Trenton: Yeah, references aren't my strong suit. From the beginning, please. Take as much time as you need.
PoI-3445: Alright, so, I'm a mall security guard. Have been for the past 8 years. I've always had an interest in, like, weapons and stuff. I have my uncle's katana hanging over my bed, and I do pretty cool knife tricks sometimes. Watch this —
PoI-3445 brandishes an ordinary kitchen knife from his sweater pocket, and stabs it into the table.
Dr. Trenton: (Distressed) Where the hell did you get that? I thought they frisked you.
PoI-3445: Backup knife. I always keep it on me. I can make it balance on any surface.
PoI-3445 removes his hand from the knife, it stands upright.
Dr. Trenton: Can — Can you just continue the story?
PoI-3445: Anyways, yeah. I like weapons and stuff. There's this really cool store at the mall called Cutlery Collection. I make sure to check every shipment they get in if they have anything I want. I was doing that, and I saw this sick Japanese knife. I heard this voice in my head telling me I had the resolve of a warrior, and that I had to buy it. I freaked out really bad, but it was so badass. Like something out of the first chapter of a manga. That's Japanese for —
Dr. Trenton: I'm aware, Damien.
PoI-3445: Oh, what have you read?
Dr. Trenton: No, I — please continue.
PoI-3445: Alright, so I bought it. When I got home, the voice told me to grip the knife in a certain way. Like this.
PoI-3445 picks up the knife from the table and gestures using it.
PoI-3445: And then this fuckin' metal skeleton guy wearing Shinobi armor came out. If you've ever seen JoJo, he's kind of like a stand. He told me his name was Hanzo, and he was an ancient samurai ghost. He said he chose me as a host because of my insatiable blood lust, knowledge of his culture, military background, and years of combat experience. It was so goddamn cool.
Dr. Trenton: Your service record says that you went AWOL one month into basic training.
PoI-3445: You can learn a lot in a month.
Dr. Trenton: Years of combat experience?
PoI-3445: Well, I eventually figured out he was talking about how good I am at certain video games. Like, you ever hear of Assassins Creed? I learned a lot of street tactics from that. I've also done legendary on Halo 3 four times. I showed him my skills for a week straight, just playing games and watching anime together. He thought it was magic, and that I was fighting in other worlds, or something. I kind of just let him think that, because it was kinda badass.
Dr. Trenton: Can you elaborate more on this entity?
PoI-3445: Hanzo's, like, 800 years old or something. After he was confident enough that I was a suitable host, he told me his tragic backstory. A witch-woman from a foreign land came to Japan a long time ago, and started blowing shit up with her magic! So Hanzo and a bunch of his ninja students had to fight her, but she killed them all. Hanzo felt so guilty that he begged her to kill him on the spot. Instead, she sealed his soul to her cursed blade, and locked it away in a chest. Things move over the years, blah, blah, blah, and eventually DEATH KNIFE ends up in the mall I work at!
Dr. Trenton: I'm assuming DEATH KNIFE is the name of the blade.
PoI-3445: I came up with it myself! It's spelled in all caps, so put that on your clipboard. I call it that because the blade completely kills anything it touches completely!
Dr. Trenton: And let me clarify, you haven't used… the object prior to today's incident, right?
PoI-3445: Hanzo told me what it would do, but no, I never used it before today. He said that whoever is pierced by the blade is sent to the Land of the Forsaken Suffering, like the Shadow Realm from Yu-Gi-Oh! It's a forsaken dimension of shadows and suffering! If his blade doesn't relinquish 1,000,000 lives to the Realm of Unsaved Souls, he'll never be free from his metal prison. He needed my help to do that, and to reclaim his honor by teaching a student once again.
Dr. Trenton: And how did you feel about this?
PoI-3445: I thought it was a badass backstory and all but it was way too much for me. 1,000,000 souls is a lot of souls, and I genuinely don't have time to do all that. I tried to tell him I could, like, teach him to be good at Space Hulk instead, but he was insistent on training me. I think it was to make up for the students he failed hundreds of years ago.
Dr. Trenton: And you accepted the entity's training?
PoI-3445: Can we talk about this more tomorrow? I'm really tired.
Dr. Trenton: Uh, sure, Damien. My team's going to run some tests on the object anyways. We'll pick up where we left off in the morning.
PoI-3445: Can I have my phone back?
Dr. Trenton puts his hand up to his ear, pressing his communication device.
Dr. Trenton: I'm afraid not. And, we're done. You can put away the Class-Bs, we won't need them.
PoI-3445: I have to get a daily log-in bonus. Can I have it back for just for a second?
Dr. Trenton gets up from his seat.
Dr. Trenton: We're done for the night. Hand over the backup knife on the way out.
»END LOG«

Researcher's Note: Subject demonstrated an almost unheard of level of acceptance and confidence despite being an ordinary citizen in an anomalous situation. I'm not sure whether to attribute it to stupidity or legitimate fortitude. Still, there's a slight issue. Considering PoI-3445 was in possession of SCP-5175 for a period of over two months, as well as corresponding with SCP-5175-1 during that time, regular amnestics aren't going to work here. Subject is currently being detained in Cell C007 until a specialized amnestic treatment can be agreed upon. Interviews continue tomorrow. Perhaps consideration for a D-Class position? - Dr. Trenton

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Addendum.5175.3: Interview Log II

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AUDIO LOG

DATE: 2009/10/28

»BEGIN LOG«
Dr. Trenton enters the room where PoI-3445 had been waiting and takes a seat.
PoI-3445: Ohayou, Trenton-san.
Dr. Trenton: (Pauses) Uh, morning, Damien.
PoI-3445: That bed sucked.
Dr. Trenton: I'm very sorry about that. We ran some tests on the object last —
PoI-3445: On DEATH KNIFE?
Dr. Trenton: Yeah, on… the knife. For whatever reason, we're unable to trigger its anomalous properties. It's just an ordinary blade.
PoI-3445: Well duh, you can't do anything with it. Hanzo only comes out when I use it. That's why I'm the host. (Laughs) I thought you guys were supposed to be smart!
Dr. Trenton: We figured that out. I was just informing you that, depending on approval from the research head, you might have to undergo testing.
PoI-3445: Like, dangerous testing? Don't I have to sign something for that?
Dr. Trenton: (Laughs) Not here. It won't be anything too bad. Using the object on animal subjects, allowing us to speak with the entity. Don't worry about it for now. Want to pick up from last night?
PoI-3445: Oh, right. I was talking about how Hanzo wanted to train me. I tried distracting him with more games, because technically I was training competitively, but he started getting super serious. Hanzo only activates when I wield DEATH KNIFE, so I threw it in the back of my closet and left it there for a week.
Dr. Trenton: Was this out of fear or apathy?
PoI-3445: I just didn't have time to train! It was cool he chose me and all but I already have — I mean, I know how to use a weapon. If the situation called for it, I could disarm a man.
Trenton coughs, clearly holding back laughter.
Dr. Trenton: Excuse me. (Pause) What drew you back to the object?
PoI-3445: I was leaving work one day, and I — wait, I haven't told you about Emily yet. She works at Auntie Anne's, the pretzel place. She's this really hot goth girl — more Lydia Deetz than one of those pathetic Ramona Flowers pastel scene kids. Like, she listens to The Cure instead of some shitty pop punk garbage like post-American Idiot Green Day. You know what I mean?
Dr. Trenton: No.
PoI-3445: Alright, well I've been trying to talk to her for years now. That's besides the point. I was leaving work, and I saw some dude breaking into Emily's car. I went for DEATH KNIFE, but I was like, shit, it's at home. It didn't matter though, because I immediately rushed him and started beating the shit out of him. Like, when I get mad — I lose all composure and see red, man. I see red.
Dr. Trenton: You stopped car theft?
PoI-3445: I didn't actually stop him. Like, he took some stuff, but I went crazy for a second. He lost 3 teeth, and there was blood everywhere. Emily was so thankful. After that, I realized I need to start training. I had this awesome gift in my hands and I was letting it go to waste.
Dr. Trenton: Let me stop you. You learned how to handle the knife… because you successfully stopped a robbery?
PoI-3445: I beat the guy up. I realized I could reach my full potential if I became Hanzo's student.
Dr. Trenton: Are you sure that's what happened? This is a judgement-free zone, Damien.
PoI-3445: Yeah.
Silence.
Dr. Trenton: Carry on.
PoI-3445: There's a lot of bad people in this world, and I realized I could do some good with this thing. I apologized to Hanzo for leaving him in my closet, and he took it pretty well. As punishment, he said he was going to be relentless in my training, but he was glad I agreed. At first we were in the woods behind my house, but I got my dad to help build specialized training devices. Soon I had the whole place loaded with traps, test dummies, and targets.
Dr. Trenton: Your parents, do they know about the entity?
PoI-3445: Obviously not. What's the point in having a secret ability if it's not a secret? I told you, I'm going for the full experience here.
Dr. Trenton: Right, I forgot.
PoI-3445: Over the next couple weeks, Hanzo put me through the wringer. He's a bit of an asshole, and I disagree with a lot of his teaching methods, but he's improved my ability to fight tenfold, which is impressive considering my natural aggression. I was decent before with a knife, but now I can do some serious damage. If you give me the other knife back I can sh —
Dr. Trenton: No can do. What type of training did you perform with Hanzo?
PoI-3445: How to throw, basic fighting stances, doing backflips by having him lift me up. I'm pretty much combat ready at this point. You know what happens next. I catch a shoplifter, Hanzo does his thing, and then I'm arrested.
Dr. Trenton: What was going through your head there? What was the best possible way that scenario could've played out?
PoI-3445: I was trying to impress Emily. I made sure to get him right in front of Auntie Anne's. Then I remembered it was Tuesday, and she was off. I don't know, I just really wanted to do something good for once. I've been working there for 8 years. There's a whole mall out there to protect, and I've never done that once.
Dr. Trenton: Interesting. Well, my request to reintroduce the object to you should be approved by tomorrow. Would you believe me if I said this wasn't my first time interviewing an 200-year-old samurai?
PoI-3445: Seriously?
Dr. Trenton: (Laughs) No, but I'm looking forward to it. Thank you for your time, Damien.
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Researcher's Note: Request approved. Testing with PoI-3445 and SCP-5175-1 begins within the week. - Dr. Trenton

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Addendum.5175.4: SCP-5175-1 Interview Log

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AUDIO LOG

DATE: 2009/11/06

»BEGIN LOG«
Dr. Trenton: Sorry about the delay, Damien. Been busy the past week. The tests earlier went well. Let's get the interview underway, hm?
PoI-3445: Fukōda to omowanaide4.
Dr. Trenton: Yep. I'm going to hand you the object. You're able to act as a translator?
PoI-3445: Of course. Our bond is like steel folded a thousand times, doctor.
Dr. Trenton hands SCP-5175 to PoI-3445. Subject's pupils dilate. SCP-5175-1 appears, hovering behind PoI-3445. The entity begins speaking in its local dialect as PoI-3445 translates. Extraneous dialogue detailing the translation process has been removed.
Dr. Trenton: Mr. Kuroitanken?
SCP-5175-1: 'I understand I have been awoken for the purpose of questioning. Again, I thank you for returning me to my host.'5
Dr. Trenton: Of course. I only have a few questions. Can you verify the account Damien gave about your soul being bound to the object?
SCP-5175-1: 'Yes. Yes, I can. While most men I fought against in the war were of my own nation, the shogunate would make use of mercenaries from far away lands, some of whom possessed unnatural abilities. An accursed girl who has apparently been lost to the ages sealed me away hundreds of years ago. Pay her no mind. I do not wish to speak of her, but know this. It is because of her curse that I am bound to the fulfillment of the Land of Forsaken Suffering. If I do not relinquish 1,000,000 lives to the Realm of Unsaved Souls, I can never leave my prison. This is why I must fight. This is why I require my host.'
Dr. Trenton: And has Damien used the object in this way? How many souls has he claimed?
SCP-5175-1: 'One raccoon. I told him it was needlessly cruel but Damien was insistent on seeing how it worked.'
PoI-3445: I didn't believe you! I said I was sorry!
Dr. Trenton: Why Damien? Why choose him over everyone else? Especially to the point where you refuse to cooperate with anyone else. Surely there are more capable fighters?
PoI-3445: What does that mean? I fight perfectly fine!
SCP-5175-1: 'I sensed Damien's thirst for blood the moment I inhabited the marketplace. His strong moral code, his experience with sorcery. I felt it all, and I called to him. He is the vessel I require to navigate these uncertain waters.'
PoI-3445: Told you.
SCP-5175-1: 'For awhile, I thought I had made a mistake. I may be blind in this new world, but I am not a fool. While your knowledge of the arts and cultures of my homeland and mastery in the commonplace magics impressed me, I slowly realized that your simulated games are exactly that - games. What I interpreted as the heart of a warrior was instead a sheet of sorcery pulled over my head. I sensed something else, the desire to contribute something of worth to someone else's life. Death alone make not a samurai. This is why I stayed with you.'
PoI-3445: I mean, the games kind of helped me. And you even enjoyed them! You liked all the shows we watched too.
SCP-5175-1: 'That I did. Your conjuring of moving drawings that act as if they were players on a stage has provided me with great insight and enjoyment.'
Dr. Trenton: I'm assuming you're talking about cartoons.
SCP-5175-1 brandishes a sword and points it at Dr. Trenton. Trenton jumps back in shock.
Dr. Trenton: Whoa—!
SCP-5175-1: 'Damien insists you refer to them as their proper name — anime.'
Dr. Trenton: Anime. My apologies, Mr. Kuroitanken. (Clears throat) That still doesn't answer my question.
SCP-5175-1: 'Because I have not reached that point yet. Damien's fighting spirit came from his resilience and fortitude during training. It was his drive to overcome his desires to constantly lounge and engage in games all day that has earned him respect. What I interpreted as fighting experience from his simulated magic was instead a deep-rooted drive to acclimate to a new environment. While Damien may not be a capable fighter by any means, he is an exceptional student, and has the heart required to succeed as one.'
Silence.
PoI-3445: (Pause) Wow, thank you. That's probably the best compliment anyone's ever given me.
SCP-5175-1: 'You have proven yourself, above all else, to be a worthy and honorable host, Damien Woodcock. I am glad to have chosen you.'
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Researcher's Note: Interview continued for another half hour. Mostly confirming PoI-3445's claims about SCP-5175-1 and gaining new information regarding the specifics of the object. Forwarding results to research head. There are a number of ways we can tackle this. Earlier testing with the object has proven PoI-3445's incompetence with a weapon, but what you have in mind doesn't exactly require much skill. - Dr. Trenton

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Addendum.5175.5: Project Proposal: SECRET-SHOPPER

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PROJECT PROPOSAL: SECRET-SHOPPER

Dr. J. Thomas Dune

Project Overview: SECRET-SHOPPER is an attempt to expand the research potential of SCP-5175. As operating on human subjects is inhumane and resource-intensive, an alternative is proposed involving SCP-████. The primary benefits of this project are the solution to a longstanding annoyance for our personnel, as well as an opportunity to test SCP-5175 in an effective way.
Of course, considering the nature of SCP-5175-1, this would require employing PoI-3445 as a specialized Foundation operative. I've already worked out the paperwork with recruitment. PoI-3445 will not be assigned any tasks outside of their weekly operations under Project SECRET-SHOPPER, which exists solely to combat the excess of SCP-████-A. Lieutenant Samuel Deangelo and a proposed small-scale task force under the name Ω-5 "Damien's Angels" has agreed to oversee PoI-3445 and their assignments. Overall, this would be an extremely limited and controlled environment.
I've attached a summarized file regarding SCP-████ below. I believe my reasoning will become evident.

The interior of SCP-████

Item #: SCP-████
Special Containment Procedures: All entrances to SCP-████ have been sealed. Research is currently underway to determine a method of SCP-████-A extermination.
Description: SCP-████ is a building known as the Prism Center, a former shopping mall located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. SCP-████ demonstrates zero anomalous properties beyond its ability to create SCP-████-A. Approximately 15 SCP-████-A instances are generated inside SCP-████ daily.
SCP-████-A are hostile, ethereal figures resembling horned humanoid silhouettes, officially classified as Type-Yodh Faustian-Class Tartarian entities. SCP-████-A possess an anomalous resistance to nearly all types of weaponry typically used in the extermination of similar entities. There are no other discernible anomalous properties of SCP-████-A, providing little incentive for further research.
There is no current method of containment for these entities. Usual Faustian containment methods such as occult weaponry, thaumaturgy, and theological invocation have failed. Presently, SCP-████ contains 27,375 SCP-████-A instances.

Afterword: Despite SCP-5175's short testing window, I have reason to believe the object will be the solution to our problems regarding the rapid and unending creation of SCP-████-A. There have been multiple incidents over the past three years involving attempted trespass into SCP-████.
SCP-████ has long been regarded as a location of low priority, but I disagree. Having this many entities with limited research potential endlessly spawning in one location is a ticking Veil bomb waiting to explode. The sooner we're able to clean out the place, the better.
Please consider Project SECRET-SHOPPER for approval.
- Dr. Dune

Notice from Area-179 Director Joseph R. Barrow:

STATUS RE: PROJECT SECRET-SHOPPER

APPROVED

Proposal approved. Please forward all documentation to the appropriate parties.

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Addendum.5175.6: Performance Overview

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INCIDENT LOG

DATE: 2009/12/25

Forward: Over one month into the operation of Project SECRET-SHOPPER, PoI-3445 has demonstrated capabilities far exceeding expectations. The change in combat ability from their first assignment to the latest is astounding. The number of entities residing inside SCP-████ has decreased from 27,375 to approximately 14,000. Visual recordings of these weekly extermination missions are available upon request. The most recent operation, occurring on 2009/12/25, has been transcribed below as a cumulative performance overview of PoI-3445, and the effectiveness of Project SECRET SHOPPER.

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Four MTF operatives open the skylight entrance to SCP-████. They begin to lower themselves to the ground using a pulley system. PoI-3445 forgoes a rope and dives head first into the building, brandishing SCP-5175. SCP-5175-1 materializes, holding PoI-3445 by the shoulders and cushioning his fall. PoI-3445 lands upright, directly in the center of one of the mall's water fountains. Several SCP-████-A instances approach.
PoI-3445: Prepare to be vanquished by DEATH KNIFE, bitches!
PoI-3445 runs up to an entity and pierces the being with SCP-5175. The entity disappears. Another entity attempts to jump PoI-3445 from behind, but is stopped by SCP-5175-1. PoI-3445 swiftly turns around and wounds the entity.
Lt. Deangelo: Damien, watch your flank!
Two entities leap towards PoI-3445. In a swooping motion, PoI-3445 pierces both of them. The MTF Team begins to cover PoI-3445, scouting the surrounding area for entities. The team moves into a food court area. PoI-3445 gestures for the team to slow down.
PoI-3445: Halt. I'm familiar with this terrain.
Suddenly, a large SCP-████-A instance bursts from behind the nearby salad-bar. PoI-3445 performs an SCP-5175-1 assisted back flip, avoiding the small amount of debris. PoI-3445 reaches the ground, and charges the entity. As he pierces the being with SCP-5175, four entities drop from the ceiling.
Lt. Deangelo: Damn it, they're getting smarter!
An entity leaps onto PoI-3445's back before disappearing, as PoI-3445 held SCP-5175 backwards in anticipation of the attack.
PoI-3445: A fitting end for demon scum. And for the rest of you?
PoI-3445 throws SCP-5175 into the air. SCP-5175-1 catches the object and fires it from its palm like a projectile. The object pierces all three entities in succession, causing them each to disappear.
PoI-3445: Kuchi no naka de kinō shinai burēdo no watashi no aji6.
With the assistance of SCP-5175-1, PoI-3445 vaults over a gate, rushing a large cache of entities in the distance. PoI-3445 disposes of them with ease.
»END LOG«

Researcher's Note: Mission continued uninterrupted for three more hours. Extraneous portions are available upon request. Number of SCP-████-A instances exterminated during the 2009/12/25 assignment totals at 666, an intentionally consistent record with PoI-3445.

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Footnotes
1. Roughly translates to 'demon realm for bad apples'
2. Sometimes referred to as the Japanese Civil War. The conflict lasted from 1868 to 1869, and was fought between the Tokugawa Shogunate and those who intended to restore power to the Imperial Court.
3. A shopping mall in Scranton
4. Loosely translates to 'do not think unhappy'
5. Translated by PoI-3445 following the interview
6. Loosely translates to 'taste mine of the blade nonfunctional in your mouth'.

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