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Item#: 5421

Level4

Containment Class:
euclid

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
dark

Risk Class:
danger

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A photograph of the interior of SCP-5421-A as captured from the camera of Psi-7-2. A part of SCP-5421 can be seen.

Special Containment Procedures: The entrance to SCP-5421-A is to be secured at all times. By no means are personnel allowed entry into SCP-5421-A unless express permission is given by at least two members of the O5 council. Should personnel enter SCP-5421-A, they must not make eye contact with SCP-5421.
As knowing the details of SCP-5421's existence is infohazardous, any articles of knowledge about SCP-5421 outside of the Foundation database are to be immediately destroyed. Under no circumstances are personnel allowed to view these articles. Should any personnel view the aforementioned articles, they are to be immediately apprehended and given Class A amnestics before they return to their place of residence. Should amnestics be unavailable, salt is to be sprinkled at the entrance of the aforementioned place of residence before the afflicted person enters.
Description: SCP-5421-A is a standard condominium one bedroom unit at the ███████ Luxury Apartments building located in Nagoya, Japan. Until 9/17/2018, the condominium unit harbored no signs of anomalous activity. The first records of the aforementioned anomalous activity at the condominium unit began when a 22-year-old woman named Aiko Fujiwara took up residence within the unit.
SCP-5421 is [DATA EXPUNGED].

NOTICE FROM THE FOUNDATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

The following file has been classified as an infohazard. All personnel viewing it must submit themselves to Class A amnesticization before returning to their place of residence. Any deviation from this mandate will be met with severe punishment.
— Maria Jones, Director, RAISA

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Discovery Log: On 9/22/2018, five days after Fujiwara's arrival, the condominium unit's door was found to be ajar. Residents in the adjacent rooms complained of a smell emanating from SCP-5421-A. A few hours later, employees at the hotel opened the unit, and found Fujiwara's bloating corpse on the floor of SCP-5421-A, showing signs that the subject had died of exsanguination1 from self-inflicted wounds. Subsequent investigations by local police estimate that Fujiwara had been dead for ten days, the peculiar time window of which prompted operatives from the Foundation's Japanese branch to arrive on the scene.
Shortly after the arrival of Foundation personnel, the ███████ Luxury Apartments building that contained SCP-5421-A was closed down, with Foundation personnel citing Cover Story 18 (Health Concerns) in order to evacuate all residents and employees from the building. The scene of the incident, including Fujiwara's corpse, was left untouched on the request of Foundation personnel. The structure was then designated as Containment Site 44. Due to the suspected presence of a temporal anomaly, the deployment of an investigation team was bypassed. Three members of MTF Psi-7 ("Home Improvement") arrived on the scene seventeen hours after the building was closed.
Exploration Log:

Foreword: At 11:12 PM, under the oversight of the Provisional Director of Site 44, the operatives of MTF Psi-7 made preparations to enter SCP-5421-A. All video footage of the exploration was broadcast live to HQ, located in the lobby. The surrounding hallway leading into SCP-5421-A was cleared beforehand.

<Begin Log>
HQ: Psi-7, you are cleared to enter.
Psi-7-1: Affirmative, HQ.
Psi-7-1 slowly opens the door leading into SCP-5421-A. Psi-7-2 and Psi-7-3 enter. Psi-7-1 follows.
The interior of the condominium unit is disorderly. Several pieces of plastic wrapper are strewn all across the floor. The refrigerator unit is ajar. Three empty one-liter bottles of water are placed on the center table. A flat-screen television lays broken on the floor.
The Mobile Task Force team comes across the corpse of Aiko Fujiwara. Her eyes and ears show self-inflicted damage using a sharp object. Dried blood is pooled under her body.
Psi-7-2: Damn, that's our dead girl. She looks bad.
Psi-7-3: Never seen a decomposing body before, Arnie?
Psi-7-2: Afghanistan never had us dig up any rotten corpses.
Psi-7-3: Well, looks like there's a first time for everything.
Psi-7-2: Ha-ha. You were a cop, Yel, we get it. You don't need to rub it in.
Psi-7-3 crouches down to get a better view of the corpse. She turns the body over, and finds that there is a crumpled piece of paper held loosely in her hand. Psi-7-3 retrieves it with some difficulty.
Psi-7-3: Found something. Keep watch for me, please.
Psi-7-3's video feed shows a crumpled piece of paper, which she unfurls. Most of the paper has been rendered unreadable by marker ink.
Psi-7-2: Can you read Japanese, Yel?
Psi-7-3: Limited amounts.
Psi-7-3 pauses to read.
Psi-7-3: The… House Man? It says the House Man. There's an illustration here that shows a face, but that's it.
Psi-7-2: You think that that's our bogey?
Psi-7-3: I don't jump to conclusions, but I think it is. There's an inscription here on the top left, too.
Psi-7-3 pauses to read again.
Psi-7-3: Obaa… chan. She got it from her grandmother? It says something like that.
Psi-7-2: What did she get from her grandmother?
Psi-7-3: Don't know.
The sound of a churning liquid is heard above them. Psi-7-2 looks up.
Psi-7-2: The hell was that?
Psi-7-1 raises a hand to signal silence.
Psi-7-1: Shh.
Psi-7-1 scans his surroundings.
Psi-7-1: Comb the rooms.
Psi-7-2 and Psi-7-3: Affirmative, Sir.
All three operatives move in separate directions. Psi-7-1 secures the kitchen. Psi-7-2 secures the bathroom. Psi-7-3 secures the bedroom.
Thirty-seconds transpire.
Psi-7-2: Negative bogeys on the kitchen. Fridge seems to be empty, though.
Psi-7-1: Clear in the bathroom. Looks like she couldn't flush, though. Yelena?
Psi-7-3: Clear in the bedroom. I see a laptop. There's a phone on the bed.
Psi-7-3 pauses.
Psi-7-3: I feel like we're being watched.
Psi-7-3 turns around quickly.
Psi-7-1 and Psi-7-2 enter.
Psi-7-3: You hear that?
Psi-7-1: Hear what, Yelena?
Psi-7-3 looks up, and then around her.
Psi-7-3: I felt… eyes. Up there.
Psi-7-3 points up, above the doorway to the bedroom.
The wall contains nothing out of the ordinary.
Psi-7-1: Nothing's there.
Psi-7-2: You think it's something hallucinatory, Boss?
Psi-7-1: …perhaps. We don't know what the hell we're dealing with here.
Psi-7-1 turns to the laptop, then looks at the diary.
Psi-7-1: Alright. No more messing around. Two, I want you to open that phone. Connect it to your gear and transmit the files back to HQ.
Psi-7-2: Affirmative.
Psi-7-2 picks up the smartphone, using a USB cord to connect it to the port in his helmet.
Psi-7-1: Three, take a look at the laptop, see if it's still on.
Psi-7-3: Got it, One.
Psi-7-3 takes a seat at the desk and opens the laptop.
Twelve seconds pass.
Psi-7-1: How's progress, Two and Three?
Psi-7-3: The laptop seems to be open. Thank God it's still got some juice in it. Running through files now.
Psi-7-2: Transfer's completed. Found some audio files too. Looks like she kept a diary.
Psi-7-1: What did you see-
Suddenly, the bedroom door creaks open. A deep masculine groan is heard.
All operatives of Psi-7 look in the direction of the door.
Psi-7-1: That's definitely our bogey. Three, keep on that laptop. Two, what did you say?
Psi-7-2: There's audio, but I can't understand it. It's in Japanese.
Psi-7-1 keeps firm watch on the door. His weapon is at the ready.
Psi-7-1: Two, exchange places with Three. I need her to listen to it.
Wordlessly, both operatives exchange positions.
Psi-7-3: Alright. Alright. “He's in the walls, he's in the ceiling, I can hear him laugh.”
Psi-7-2: What the fuck does that mean?
Psi-7-3: I don't know, alright? “He's watching me. He's playing with me. I don't know what he is but he's playing with me.”
Psi-7-2: Fucking hell.
Psi-7-1: Professionalism, Two. Three, continue.
Psi-7-2: Sorry boss, but I… I found something. In the Videos folder.
Psi-7-1 looks in the direction of the laptop screen.
Psi-7-2 opens the laptop. The video shows blurry hidden camera footage of Fujiwara in her bedroom. What looks like black eyes watch her from above her bed. Fujiwara then wakes up, making eye contact with them. Immediately, the eyes contort into an expression of anger, disappearing three seconds later.
The same flowing sound from earlier is heard. Psi-7-1 turns around.
Psi-7-2: Boss. It's behind you, isn't it?
Psi-7-1 gulps.
Psi-7-1: Keep calm, now. Keep calm.
A laugh from above is heard.
A silence intervenes for 3 seconds.
Psi-7-1: …three. What have you heard so far?
Psi-7-3: Nothing! Just don't look up all over again. “Don't look up. Don't look up.” She says that if you know, don't look up. It's how she was trapped in here. She says not to… go home after you know, or else he'll haunt you too.
Psi-7-2: We know, don't we, boss? Like she said?
Psi-7-3 looks straight into Psi-7-1's eyes.
Psi-7-3: One. We need to get out of here.
Psi-7-1 nods.
Psi-7-1: Run. Now.The bedroom door closes. Psi-7-1 tries to open it, but it refuses to move.
The door to the hall outside closes with a loud bang.
Psi-7-3: No. He said no.
Psi-7-2: Fuck. Fuck. Fuck!
Psi-7-1: Look down, now! Yelena, Arnie, look fucking down!
All operatives look down.
Psi-7-1: Stop. Don't look up. Don't look up. Don't look up. Don't look up.
The same flowing sound is heard behind Psi-7-1. Heavy breathing is soon heard.
Psi-7-2: Boss. Boss?!
Through Psi-7-2's camera, a finger can be seen tracing a long line down Psi-7-1's back. At the same time, through Psi-7-3's camera, a long black arm could be found caressing Psi-7-2's spine. They both retreat after several seconds.
SCP-5421 speaks in Japanese in a playful manner.
Psi-7-3: “Look up, my… Pretties." he says. “Look up. Look up.”
Psi-7-2: Go fuck yourself!
Psi-7-1: Two, stand the fuck down! Three, can you bargain with it?
Psi-7-3: I'll try.
Psi-7-3 begins to speak in Japanese.
A rippling sound is heard again, this time behind Psi-7-3. A long, dark arm comes out from the wall, caressing Psi-7-3's cheek. Psi-7-3 shivers, but keeps speaking.
SCP-5421 responds. A giggle is heard.
Psi-7-2: Jesus Christ.
Psi-7-1: What did he say?
Psi-7-3: That we're so beautiful… that… that we shouldn't have caught him, that he can't wait to starve us, to watch us wither, and…
Psi-7-3 bites her lip.
Psi-7-3: To torment us.
Psi-7-2: Jesus fucking Christ almighty.
Psi-7-1: Okay. Okay. So long as we don't look up, we're okay.
SCP-5421 laughs. He begins to speak again. Flowing water above is heard.
Psi-7-3: He says…
Psi-7-3's knees are quivering.
Psi-7-3: He says “Fine.”
Psi-7-1: Oh dear… God.
Psi-7-1 raises his right hand.
Psi-7-1: Everyone. Arm.
Psi-7-2 and Psi-7-3 reach for their weapons.
The flowing sound begins to increase in volume.
Psi-7-1: Ready?
Both Psi-7-2 and Psi-7-3 stamp their feet to signal their affirmation.
Psi-7-1: Don't look up. Fire at will!
The Mobile Task Force operatives begin firing into the ceiling.
The gunfire persists for several seconds.
Psi-7-2: Is it dead, Boss?
Psi-7-1: Hope so.
A notification is heard from the laptop. Psi-7-2, keeping his head low, begins to investigate it. A window without a close button pops up on the screen.
Psi-7-1: Arnie. Turn it off.
Psi-7-2: I can't read anything, wait.
Psi-7-2 presses a random button.
The window gives way to a live camera feed of the bedroom.
The sound of running water is heard again.
Psi-7-1: ARNIE, LOOK AWAY-
Psi-7-2 is unable to look away from the screen as the face of SCP-5421 comes into full view. The sound of a door locking is heard before the recording abruptly stops.
<End Log>

Afterword: Foundation personnel arrived at the entrance of SCP-5421-A two minutes after the video feed cut out. The door was found to be ajar. All three members of the exploration team were found to be lying dead on the ground, having committed suicide with their weapons. No other marks have been found on their bodies, which were still fresh by the time that they were found.
Foundation researchers have later theorized that SCP-5421 has full control of SCP-5421-A, and has the ability to isolate it within its own pocket dimension for as long as it wishes to once a person makes eye contact with it. As of the time of writing, no other personnel have been given the clearance to enter SCP-5421-A. All personnel who oversaw the operation have been amnesticized to prevent the transfer of SCP-5421 outside of SCP-5421-A.

Addendum 5421.01: The following file is the audio journal of Aiko Fujiwara, as sent to HQ by Psi-7-2 prior to the deaths of all three members of MTF Psi-7. All entries have been transcribed from the audio files and translated from Japanese, with extraneous entries unrelated to SCP-5421 being removed for brevity.

9/11/2018
God, I still can't believe she's gone, and so suddenly… Grandmother was such a kind soul. What a thing to take with me to Nagoya next week, right? Mom made sure to give me some of her keepsakes. Her old journals, her old necklace… damn, that necklace really fit her. No matter. Mom said Grandmother got the necklace from when she went to Hokkaido when she was twenty-one, some top secret mission for the post-occupation government or something. Brought the necklace back with her. Who knew that Grandmother was some secret spy, right?
(…) I took a look at the journals earlier, though, and some of them seemed to be stuck with some kind of glue. I'll work on separating them when I get the time. The other entries seemed to be really interesting on their own.
[Extraneous entries removed]
9/16/2018
(…) In other news, finally got the damn pages separated. Mom's old paper knife came in handy for the first time in thirty years. Entries in the journals detailed some scary shit. Apparently, Grandmother heard about some sort of henge2 called a House Man(?) up in Hokkaido, some kind of really obscure folk tale with the Ainu3.
He was said to live in ceilings and swam(?) in them, peeking on young men and women and playing with them like some old… pervert. He'd lock them in and watched them die too, once they found out he was there. Grandmother said that the people she talked to made that clear. The Ainu used to sprinkle salt at their door whenever they remembered or were told about him, for fear that he'll come after their children once they remember him.
Oh, crap, is that where Grandmother got that habit? Mom and I always wondered why.
I don't know how that fits in with all the things Grandmother did over there, but she seemed to have a knack for collecting folk stories. Wonder why the pages were stuck together, though. (…) That sweet damn kiss from him was the last thing I got before I set out for Nagoya. Goodbye, Ibusuki! You were so good to me. Thank you so much for all the memories. Goodbye too, Grandmother.
9/17/2018
Hello, Nagoya! Just finally entered my new home. Moved in all of my stuff, put up the picture frames. Ate out at a ramen place to celebrate. New place seems to be noisy, though. I think there's a leaking pipe around here, keep hearing water. I thought Mom checked it over? Neighbors over in the next room are noisy as hell, too. I wonder why she rented it out for me. (…)
(…) Huh. So I just took my clothes off earlier and put them in the hamper and… They don't seem to be there? Do we have a rat problem here, too?
9/18/2018
(…) Right after I came home from teaching, something strange happened, though. When I came in, something brushed up against my leg? It was solid and cold, like dead fingers. I'm shivering just thinking about it. Leaky pipe's getting worse too. Keep hearing water all around the condo. Here. [Fujiwara appears to lift her hand. The sound of running water is heard.] I'll keep recording after I wash up.
(…) God, is this place haunted? Lightbulb kept turning on and off in the shower. Went right back after dressing up, and it seems to be working fine, but now the lightbulb in my bedroom is acting up too.
Doesn't help that I had a nightmare, too. A voice whispering in my ear. Something breathing down my neck. Fingers tracing lines down my legs. My face. It makes me shiver when I think about it.
Fuck this. I'm checking the assignments and heading to sleep.
9/19/2018
Goddamn that leaky fucking pipe! Woke up in the early morning with warm water dripping on my face. It was hard to go to sleep after that, so I took a shower. Bulb was acting up again. I thought I heard… breathing, too. Heavy breathing. Went back to the bedroom. Same damn thing. Found some pitch black stains on the clothes in my closet too, smelled like bleach or something. I know this is a new place and all, but… I wanna move out of here already. This is creepy as all hell. Doesn't help that the neighbors are still noisy too. When I come back home later, I'll get a member of the maintenance staff to check it.
(…) Hina-san, the maintenance lady, said that there were no leaky pipes in the unit. Bulbs were fine, too. I told her it was impossible. The bulbs were acting up, and the pipes were leaking since I got here. She just shrugged, joked that it was an oni haunting me, and bid me farewell.
That got me wondering, though. About the henge in Grandmother's journal. What if…
No, I don't want to think about it. Regardless, I've decided to sleep over at Rina's place tomorrow. If it really is some henge following me, I do hope he leaves when I come back. I've installed a camera in my bedroom, too. I want to get to the bottom of this tonight.
9/20/2018
Oh dear God. Save me. Save me. I woke up suddenly at night and saw him and the door closed and he is there. The eyes. They've always looked at me while I slept… He always watches me. He took my clothes from the hamper, too. The warm water from the ceiling… It's saliva. He is… he is…
[The sound of heavy breathing is heard. Fujiwara's voice lowers.]
He is breathing next to me right now.
The door is locked. He locked it. I can't get out.
Everything's silent and the power's off and I can't hear the neighbors anymore.
He's not allowing me to sleep. Every time I try to eat or drink he harries me. Springs from the wall and makes sure I can't keep my food down… Or summons his hand from the floor to grab my leg or my arm.
But he doesn't kill me. He doesn't dare do anything worse than scare me.
I know what he is. He's a fucking coward. Can't do anything else than look at someone helpless. That's what you are, aren't you?! A fucking coward!?
[The shuffle of fabric is heard.]
No! Get away from me. Get away from me!
[The sound of a knife hitting the floor is heard.]
GET AW-
NO DATE DISPLAYED
He's in the walls, he's in the ceiling, I can hear him laugh! He's watching me. He's playing with me. I don't know what he is but he's playing with me.
I shouldn't have looked up. That's what allowed him to trap me in here like all his other victims.
His hands can go all around the house, but his face… His face is only on the ceiling. Did he watch me all the time since I got here? For how long? Was he the one responsible for the black stains? Was…
No. He can only scare me. That's all he does. I've tried fighting back but he can retreat so fast…
[Fujiwara begins to sob.]
I'm so sorry, Grandmother. I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have looked in your journals. You hid them away for a reason.
[A playful singing is heard.]
Whoever's listening to this… please stay away. He's already onto you. Don't look up. Don't look up. Don't look up.
Don't try to find out what he is.
If you can hear this, sprinkle salt on your doorstep every time you head home. It's your only chance.
[The singing gets closer.]
He will trap you. You know about him now, too. Don't go home without sprinkling salt. Don't look up.
He says… he says that he will watch me die. I know he's there. He'll watch me die. He can't do anything worse, but he'll… watch… me… die.
[Rushing water is heard again. SCP-5421's voice is heard in the distance. It is inaudible.]
No, stay away. STAY AWAY! STAY AWAY FROM ME, YOU FUCKING BASTARD!
[The sound of a knife being taken from a countertop is heard.]
I DON'T WANNA SEE YOU ANYMORE! I DON'T WANNA KNOW YOU'RE HERE!
[Fujiwara screams. The sound of stabbing is heard four times. Fujiwara falls to the ground.]
[The audio recording continues for several minutes, then a deep masculine voice is heard.]
Shame. She didn't last long.
[A door creaks open. Rushing water is heard, then a tap on glass, presumed to be on the smartphone. The recording abruptly ends.]

Footnotes
1. Commonly known as bleeding out.
2. Changed things or mutants, related to yōkai (spirits)
3. An indigenous culture from the island of Hokkaido

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Item#: 5422

Level3

Containment Class:
esoteric

Secondary Class:
cernunnos

Disruption Class:
vlam

Risk Class:
caution

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Special Containment Procedures: Due to the location and nature of SCP-5422 direct containment is not currently possible, although the nature of the anomaly means it is primarily self-containing. Efforts will focus on the study of the anomaly and mitigation of its growth, however complete prevention of SCP-5422's growth is currently considered impossible1.
Agents imbedded within anomalous organizations and communities will actively discourage the use of intangibility for tactical or recreational purposes and will make efforts to prevent any experiments involving such, to the extent that it does not interfere with their other duties. Foundation experiments involving intangibility will only be carried out when there is judged to be a minimal risk of the creation of a SCP-5422-1 instance.
Analysis of SCP-5422 is to be performed via use of thaumaturgical scanning equipment and Intangible object detection devices. SCP-5422 is to be continually monitored to detect the arrival of SCP-5422-1 instances at SCP-5422.
Proposals regarding SCP-5422 are to be reviewed and accepted/denied on a case-by-case basis by all relevant parties. Any feasible proposals pertaining to the permanent neutralization of SCP-5422 are pre-emptively approved by the Ethics committee.
Description: SCP-5422 refers to a mass of intangible objects located at the approximate gravitational center of the earth. While this mass consists partially of various chunks of earth, small objects and animals, the vast majority of the mass is composed of human bodies, hence after referred to as SCP-5422-1 instances.
SCP-5422-1 instances appear to have no singular source, rather originating from a variety of sources over the course of several centuries. All SCP-5422-1 instances have been measured to be between 0.2-0.3 on the Yempit opacity scale2. There are currently believed to be over ████████ SCP-5422-1 instances within SCP-5422.

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SCP-5422-1 instance
Description

SCP-5422-1-20
A Caucasian male of approximately 30 years of age. The instance is dressed in clothes consistent with those of the 13th century and emits mild amounts of Akiva radiation. The instance appears to have suffocated.

SCP-5422-1-537
A young, heavily disfigured female of apparent Asian descent. The instance show wounds consistent with those typically inflicted by SCP-███, believed to be the cause of their presence within SCP-54223. These wounds do not appear to have been fatal.

SCP-5422-1-4035
Instance is identical in appearance to D-15480 prior to test 4035-27. Instance appears to have died from starvation.

SCP-5422-1-11037 through 11043
Instances wear armory consistent with that of the Allied Occult Initiative4. A piece of machinery held by one of the instances is believed to be responsible for these instances' presence in SCP-5422. It is unknown whether the instances are aware of or have ascertained each others' presence.

SCP-5422-1-███████ through ████████
All instances are identical to a person confirmed to be alive as of 1980. As all the vast majority of these people are confirmed to still be present on the earth's surface, it is unknown how these instances exist, although they have been confirmed to be present in SCP-5422 as a result of unstable Hume fluctuations. Due to this, the status of the instances is unknown.

SCP-5422-1-1
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Addendum-1: Discovery:
SCP-5422 was discovered in the aftermath of Incident-██-35. Incident-██-35 involved several assailants from the Chaos Insurgency attacking Site-██, presumably with the goal of securing SCP-048. While the attack was successfully repelled, the assailants activated a device while on the retreat to prevent their capture. The activation of the device cast what is believed to be a modified version of thaumaturgical ritual D5-24, resulting in a large portion of the Site, along with the device, SCP-048 and numerous personnel becoming intangible, and subsequently falling through the ground5. Among these personnel was Researcher Bradbury, who was in his office at the time of the device's activation.
Approximately 3 hours after the incident, during cleanup and repair operations, the following message was received on several co-workers' computers:

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HELP HELP IM A FOUNDATION RESEARCHER WE WERE ATTACKED SOMETHING HAPPENED AND NOW I CANT SEE OR HEAR OR FEEL ANYTHING [Redacted for brevity]

Signal tracing located the origin of this message to be approximately 44km beneath Site-██. It is believed that Researcher Bradley was in contact with his personal work computer at the time of transformation, and that the anomalous augmentations of the computer6, along with his training in non-visual typing7, allowed him to continue to communicate with his surface colleagues. It was considered likely that Researcher Bradbury was experiencing extreme sensatory deprivation as a result of his location and intangible nature.
The signal from Bradbury's computer continued to be tracked for several hours before coming to rest at the approximate gravitational center of the earth. The use of thaumaturgical ritual B9-73 was authorized, resulting in the discovery of SCP-54228.
Addendum-2: Communication:

SCP-5422 Research Proposal
Attempt two-way communication with Researcher Bradbury via a Foundation standard computer, as so to ascertain more about the nature of his situation.
Status: Approved by O5 command
Reason: Two-way communication would allow active analysis of Researcher Bradbury's situation and the nature of SCP-5422 along with the status of lost objects and personnel.

Following the approval of the above proposal, communication was attempted with Researcher Bradbury (Hence after referred to as SCP-5422-1-1) via his computer, which was still believed to be in his possession. The following interaction resulted:

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Interviewed: SCP-5422-1-1
Interviewer: Dr Carlson
Foreword: This interview was conducted via Dr Carlson's email account. Dr Carlson was chosen for the interview due to being a prior co-worker of SCP-5422-1-1 and receiving the multiple emails from it. These emails have been placed into an interview format for easy reading with spelling and grammar corrections.
<Begin Log>
SCP-5422-1-1: Is anyone there? I'm sorry for typing in all caps, I just needed to attract your attention. Anyone?
Dr Carlson: Bradbury? Researcher Bradbury? Can you see this?
SCP-5422-1-1: Anyone at all?
Dr Carlson: Can you see this Bradbury?
SCP-5422-1-1: The Site Director said this would work.
Dr Carlson: You can't see this can you.
SCP-5422-1-1: "Extradimensional technology" they said. "It will never fail, even pocket dimensions and rooms with impossible geometry!". Even if no-one saw my messages you'd think an AI would pick it up.
SCP-5422-1-1: Yet I've been typing at this god damn thing for hours, days even! And no reply. Guess they never accounted for wherever the hell I am. I can't see, or hear, or feel anything except this computer! And it DOESN'T EVEN WORK!
Dr Carlson: Stay calm Bradbury, we'll figure out a way to retrieve you.
<End Log>
Closing Statement: It is currently believed that SCP-5422-1-1 was unable to perceive that he had been contacted due to sensatory deprivation.

Shortly after this interview, communication from SCP-5422-1-1 ceased. This is believed to be due to SCP-5422-1-1 falling asleep.

Addendum-3: Research & Analysis:
Following initial communication attempts, research through alternate methods was proposed.

SCP-5422 Research Proposal
Deploy a deep-earth probe for the analysis of SCP-5422 and the retrieval of lost personnel.
Status: Denied by O5 command
Reason: The cost and risks of such a project would far outweigh the potential benefits.

Research and analysis was eventually authorized via further use of thaumaturgical ritual B9-73 and other relevant thaumaturgical processes along with recently developed technology for detecting intangible anomalous entities9. The anomaly was determined to not be from a single original source, cause or event, but rather a multitude of sources, causes and events, which collectively resulted in the formation of SCP-5422 due to their similar natures and outcomes. Current containment procedures were implemented shortly thereafter.
Around this time, SCP-5422-1-1 resumed communication.

+ Recovered communication

- Close

Note: Grammar and spelling corrections have been made.

SCP-5422-1-1: Hello? I just woke up. Or at least I think I woke up. Hard to tell when you can see just as much awake as asleep.
SCP-5422-1-1 Still have this computer though, so that's something. Found it floating against my chest if you'd believe that. Guess the gravity in this place is kinda funked up… Come to think of it, I don't even know which way is down.
SCP-5422-1-1: Guess this is how Scranton must have felt. At least he had some idea of where he was. Don't think I am where he was though, cause I still feel hungry. And thirsty.
SCP-5422-1-1: Why am even still writing these? I guess because of the slight chance that the Foundation, or heck anyone at all will see these. No sure how, but that sort of stuff seems to happen surprisingly often. I mean, I know they're not getting it, else they would have rescued me by now. Or at least sent a response.
SCP-5422-1-1: As it is, I'm just sitting here, in a empty void, sending messages that no-one will see. And no-on knows where I am. I'm going to die here, aren't I ?

These messages was followed by several similar message strings over the course of several hours before once again ceasing (Consult Addendum-5422-B for a full list of recovered transmissions). This is believed to be due to SCP-5422-1-1 fainting from sleep deprivation.
Addendum-4: Ongoing Containment:
Due to the remote location and difficult to contain nature of SCP-5422, multiple proposals to contain it more securely were submitted.

SCP-5422 Containment Proposal
Deploy a deep-earth probe for equipped with an incorporeal entity vacuum chamber for the containment and transportation of SCP-5422, along with the recovery of lost personnel.
Status: Denied by O5 command
Reason: Once again, the cost and risks of such a project would far outweigh the potential benefits. Furthermore, incorporeal entity vacuum chamber partially solidifies all intangible objects placed within it, making it impractical for transporting a large number.

SCP-5422 Containment Proposal
Use SCP-██ to teleport SCP-5422 to a suitable Foundation holding site, as so to allow for the recovery of lost personnel.
Status: Denied by O5 command
Reason: SCP-██ is too valuable to risk for an objective like this. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that the SCP-5422-1 instances will be affected by it.

The following communication was received from SCP-5422-1-1:

+ Recovered communication

- Close

Note: Grammar and spelling corrections have been made.

SCP-5422-1-1: So here it is, my last-ditch attempt for rescue. And yes, it's just more of the same, because there isn't much to do in this void of a place is there?
SCP-5422-1-1 I've kind of made peace with the fact that I'm almost certainly going to die down here. Hey, at least I get to write some poetic stuff before I go! Thank goodness for touch-typing.
SCP-5422-1-1: The again, I might be typing gibberish. Who knows?
SCP-5422-1-1: Well, if anyone does see this, let this be my dying request. Stop this. Stop whatever happened to me from happening to someone else.
SCP-5422-1-1: When I entered the Foundation, I kind of already made peace with the fact I was more than likely going to die on the job. I mean, I would have been crazy to work with cognitohazards if I hadn't.
SCP-5422-1-1: But what if this happens to someone else? Someone totally unprepared for the experience? Someone with a family to go back to, who desperately doesn't die in a place like this? Someone who has to spend much longer in here? If it happened to me it could happen to others, and I know I have a slightly higher chance than most of people knowing what happened to me.
SCP-5422-1-1: Stop this. If not for my sake, for theirs.
SCP-5422-1-1: God, I'm so thirsty.

Following this, communication from SCP-5422-1-1 ceased and has not since resumed. This is believed to be due to SCP-5422-1-1's death from dehydration.
Addendum-6: Neutralization Proposals:

SCP-5422 Neutralization Proposal
Use of an intangible explosive device to neutralize SCP-5422.
Status: Denied by O5 command
Reason: This is unlikely to resolve the issue for any significant length of time.

SCP-5422 Neutralization Proposal
Use of an intangible explosive device to neutralize all SCP-5422-1 instances still alive within SCP-5422.
Status: Approved by O5 command
Reason: We're not cruel, we just know when we can't stop something from happening.

Footnotes
1. Functional containment procedures exist for Cernunnos-class anomalies, but are unable to be implemented due to ethical and/or logistical reasons.
2. The Yempit opacity scale is used to measure the amount of intractability that an intangible or partially intangible object has upon the physical world, with 0 having no intractability and 1 being fully intractable, the baseline amount for most objects. Objects with a Yempit opacity rating of between 0.2-0.3 are capable of being acted on by the forces of gravity but not by electro-magnetism to any significant degree and therefore are capable of passing through solid objects.
3. The implications of SCP-███ existing within Asia is currently under investigation.
4. A precursor to the Global Occult Coalition formed during the 7th Occult War.
5. Thaumaturgical ritual D5-24 causes intangibility in the caster or people in close proximity that the caster targets. While the ritual is intended to lower the target's Yempit rating to 0.5, allowing egress through solid objects only with sufficient momentum, the ritual is structured in such a way that minor mistakes can lower the target's Yempit rating to under 0.3. This ritual saw widespread usage among the anomalous community throughout the 1970s and is believed to be responsible for the existence of no less than ████ SCP-5422-1 instances.
6. The non-Euclidean geometry of the majority of the anomalies contained at Site-██ meant that all communicatory devices at the Site operate by first sending communication to an extradimensional location, after which it is sent to the appropriate recipient.
7. Researcher Bradbury is assigned to the analysis of digital cognitohazards.
8. Thaumaturgical ritual B9-73 allows the caster to project an image in the caster's vicinity of any person within a precise location targeted by the caster. These projections take the appearance of the target and emit the same amounts of heat and radiation (both anomalous and non-anomalous) despite being intangible and disappearing after a variable amount time.
9. These newly developed technologies send out various types of anomalous and non-anomalous radiation, utilizing a process similar to sonar to detect intangible objects.

« SCP-5421 | SCP-5422 | SCP-5423 »


SCP-5423-1-S
Item #: SCP-5423
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: The door associated with SCP-5423 is to remain open outside of scheduled testing, and personnel will not enter the room except as required by testing protocols. A block will be placed in the doorframe to make sure it does not accidentally shut, while a barrier will be placed around the door to deny unauthorized entry.
Any personnel who experience SCP-5423's anomalous effects will be removed from the site and isolated for at least one week as part of standard decontamination procedures after exposure to unreality.
Description: SCP-5423 is a spatial anomaly manifesting in a room in Site 98. When the door to this room is closed, the room, its contents, and the space it occupies ceases to exist to all measurements currently available to the Foundation.
Sonar and electromagnetic radiation act as though there is no space between the walls when the door is closed.
Persons inside the room experience no time between the door's closing and its opening again. When the door opens, objects in motion have the same position and momentum they had when the door had closed, no matter how far they should have traveled.
The room in which SCP-5423 manifests was previously a storage room on the second sub-level of Site 98. There were no anomalous objects inside when it was discovered and it is presently unknown how it manifested.
O5 Command has approved the installation of a window to observe the effects of SCP-5423 directly. Installation has been scheduled for 24/MAR/30.
While testing of the anomaly's properties is underway, a Directed Task Force led by Dr. Matson has been commissioned to investigate its origins.

+ From Dr. Matson's Notes

- Findings

A full inventory of the anomalous storage room is currently being undertaken. While records indicate that no anomalous objects have been stored there, numerous pieces of equipment and records relating to the observation, testing, and containment of anomalous objects have been. I am convinced that cross-contamination is the root of this. Someone failed to follow procedure. I'm going to learn who and nail them to the wall.
I've advised against the testing of SCP-5423 until we have a handle on the origin of the anomaly. The loss of Doctor Scranton should be a warning to us all.

Complaint Lodged by Dr. Verne: With due respect to Dr. Matson, he's not in charge of investigating this anomaly. It ultimately doesn't matter where the anomaly came from. What matters is what it is. As Site Director Alvarez agrees with me and has placed me in charge of testing, I find it extremely inappropriate for Dr. Matson to comment on my testing procedures.

WARNING: THIS VERSION HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED BY SCP-5423-2-S

« SCP-5422 | SCP-5423 | SCP-5424 »


Item#: 5424

Level2

Containment Class:
euclid

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
vlam

Risk Class:
danger

link to memo

Special Containment Procedures:
SCP-5424 is to be contained within the roughly 6m x 3m x 2m chamber which has replaced humanoid containment chamber HC-5424 by virtue of SCP-5424's primary anomalous effect.
No Foundation personnel are to approach the chamber's entrance closer than nine meters. Items delivered to SCP-5424 (i.e. basic sustenance, sanitary supplies etc.) are to be delivered via the installed automated trolley system.
Description:
SCP-5424 is a human female, aged 36. Prior to incident IN-5424-01, the subject's designation was Doctor Hillary Weaver, posted at the Suspected Anomalous Materials Analysis Division (SAMAD) at Site-81.
The subject's primary anomalous quality is the periodic alteration of its immediate surroundings. The radius of these changes is not consistent and has been observed to fluctuate between one and seven meters. While the deployment of Scranton Reality Anchors has proven ineffective, the primary anomalous effects of SCP-5424 appear not to manifest within the same area on multiple occasions. Therefore, in the aftermath of incident IN-5424-02, SCP-5424 was not relocated to a standard humanoid containment cell.
While locations previously affected by SCP-5424 do not appear to be altered repeatedly, individual items have been observed to materialize within SCP-5424's vicinity. In addition, objects transferred to the immediate vicinity of SCP-5424 (including Foundation personnel) subsequent to an alteration, have sporadically ceased to exist. Aetheric Resonance Imaging has consistently shown no levels of Aspect Radiation above the accepted one hundred Casper background radiation baseline during these events.
Cognitive testing of SCP-5424 has established no impairment of cognitive function with the exception of the dissociative issues speculated to be linked to SCP-5424's anomalous properties. Specifically, no indications of cerebral atrophy or cerebrovascular damage have been detected.
Despite detailed analysis of available data, including detailed medical and thaumaturgical scans of SCP-5424 as well as materials analysis of the locations of incidents IN-5424-01 and IN-5424-02, no plausible hypothesis explaining the onset or nature of SCP-5424's anomalous properties has as yet been put forth. While SCP-5424 itself has produced an explanation (see interview transcript IVT-5424-05) of the events, inconsistencies between SCP-5424's narrative and the observed properties of other Type Green entities would seem to indicate the provided explanation to most likely be a result of the subject's established dissociative/confabulative episodes.
Prior to the initial manifestation of SCP-5424's anomalous effects during incident IN-5424-01, the subject had sought medical assistance at Site-81's medical wing. Transcripts of interviews performed by Site-81 personnel, as well as relevant incident reports, are attached to this file.

Appendix A - Interview transcripts prior to incident IN-5424-01

Appendix A - Interview transcripts prior to incident IN-5424-01

Appendix A - Interview transcripts prior to incident IN-5424-01

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT IVT-5424-01

DATE: 01-03-2019
NOTE: Interview conducted by Doctor Roberta Ibanez, Site-81 general practitioner

[BEGIN TRANSCRIPT]
Dr. Ibanez: Hi, Hill! So, what seems to be the problem?Dr. Ibanez: Huh. Well, as far as I know there haven't been any changes to the mess recently. You know what, it's probably just stress-related, with all those new potential anomalies Zeta-9 brought in from that op last week. I hear Blanchard is running you ragged over at SAMAD.Dr. Ibanez: Tell you what: I'll write you up for light duty next week. You give yourself a break and take it a little slower. If weirdness persists, I'll run a full diagnosis the following Monday. Speaking of weirdness: How did your date with that guy from SITESEC go? Does he really never blink?[ 14 MINUTES OF EXTRANEOUS DIALOGUE OMITTED]

[END TRANSCRIPT]

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT IVT-5424-02

DATE: 17-03-2019

[BEGIN TRANSCRIPT]
Dr. Ibanez: Commencing interview of patient Doctor Hillary Weaver, currently posted to SAMAD at Site-81. Interview being conducted by Dr. Roberta Ibanez, science staff general practitioner at Site-81 medical. Okay Hill, repeat what you just told me.Dr. Ibanez: Have you had any other instances of places seeming unfamiliar?[ 12 MINUTES OF EXTRANEOUS DIALOGUE OMITTED]
SCP-5424 voices further distress about perceived changes to Site-81 architecture and personal effects. Dr. Ibanez schedules an appointment for neurological testing.

NOTE: Subject's recollection of events and locations appears compromised. Suspected neurodegenerative disorder. Subject subsequently remanded to neurological staff for detailed diagnosis.
[END TRANSCRIPT]

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT IVT-5424-03

DATE: 28-03-2019

[BEGIN TRANSCRIPT]Dr. Ibanez: Who's gone, Hill?Dr. Ibanez: I understand this is difficult. But could you please explain where they have gone?Dr. Ibanez: Hill, we've known each other for what, nine years now? I… you… you've never mentioned being married before.[ 17 MINUTES OF EXTRANEOUS DIALOGUE OMITTED]Dr. Ibanez: Like what, Hill?Dr. Ibanez: Did you or your team discover anomalous properties in any of the items you examined lately?[ 12 MINUTES OF EXTRANEOUS DIALOGUE OMITTED]
SCP-5424 is insistent that the onset of dissociative episodes is caused by heretofore undiscovered anomalous properties of one or more items analyzed by SAMAD.

[END TRANSCRIPT]
NOTE: Subject shows major confabulation pertaining to autobiographic facts in addition to previous symptoms. However, neurological test suite Sigma-2 administered by Doctor Ibanez and Doctor Vasilij Korsakov show no signs of cerebral atrophy or related ailments. Site-81 medical staff urgently suggests transfer of patient to dedicated neuromedical facility at Site-19.
ADDENDUM: Subsequent re-analysis of all items processed by SAMAD between 01-02-2019 and 01-03-2019 has failed to uncover any previously hidden anomalous attributes.

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT IVT-5424-04

DATE: 12-04-2019
NOTE: Patient is currently detained at Site-81 medical.

[BEGIN TRANSCRIPT]Dr. Ibanez: I'm sorry, Hill. We have to keep you here for your own safety. Vassja has put in an urgent transfer request to Site-19. He says they'll be able to help you there.Dr. Ibanez: I'm sorry, who?Dr. Ibanez: Hill… I.. I've been treating you. Together with Vassja.Dr. Ibanez: Hill it's me.. Bobby…
[END TRANSCRIPT]
NOTE: In addition to the serious confabulation shown previously, patient now exhibits dissociative symptoms pertaining to recollection of Site-81 personnel. Doctors Ibanez and Korsakov urgently request immediate priority transfer of patient to specialized facility at Site-19, regardless of current occupancy.
ADDENDUM: Site-81 personnel files show a Doctor Fredricks is not currently posted at Site-81. However, a Doctor Sonequa Fredricks has been posted at Site-76 SITEMED since 01-08-2010. Doctor Fredricks has been contacted and claims no recollection of patient.

Appendix B - Incident reports IN-5424-01, IN-5424-02

Appendix B - Incident reports IN-5424-01, IN-5424-02

Appendix B - Incident reports IN-5424-01, IN-5424-02

INCIDENT REPORT IN-5424-01

DATE: 14-04-2019
FILED BY: Captain Tariq Kassad, Site-81 Security Division (SITESEC)

At 23:41 on 12-04-2019, SITESEC received a code brown alert from SITEMED. It was reported that Patient Hillary Weaver had escaped confinement to SITEMED and injured medical technician Hamada Ichiro in the process. Doctor Weaver was described by SITEMED staff as mentally unstable and potentially dangerous. Intelligence gathered from previous statements by Doctor Weaver indicated the non-anomalous artifacts depot at SAMAD as a likely objective. SITESEC issued code brown for SAMAD, SITEMED as well as annexes Gamma through Epsilon. At 00:13 on 13-04-2019, Corporal G. Eisenmann and Private L. Svenson located Doctor Weaver within the Gamma Annex gymnasium. Corporal Eisenmann reported Doctor Weaver as prone, within a circular area of ceramic flooring, which had apparently replaced the EPDM flooring in that part of the gymnasium. Doctor Weaver was in considerable emotional distress and did not resist apprehension by SITESEC. Doctor Weaver has been detained within the SITESEC brig, pending investigation of the incident.

ADDENDUM (15-04-2019): Analysis of the anomalous flooring within the Gamma Annex gymnasium has revealed it to consist of standard P27 high endurance tiling, used extensively at Site-87 within SAMAD and MTF deployment bays.
ADDENDUM (16-04-2019): While the evaluation of Doctor Weaver's account of events concerning incident IN-5424-01 is currently pending, it has been determined that she is likely the focus of a hitherto unknown anomalous phenomenon. Doctor Weaver is reclassified as SCP-5424 and has been scheduled for transport to Site-06-03 for containment and further analysis.

INCIDENT REPORT IN-5424-02

DATE: 12-05-2019
FILED BY: Doctor Hannah Rubin, Site-06-03 Humanoid Containment and Research Division (HUMCON)

At 09:41 on 11-05-2019, live video feed from containment chamber HC-5424 was lost. Subsequent investigation by class-D personnel revealed the containment door to apparently have been cut off from Site-06-03's power supply. It was later determined that the electrical and fiber-optic conduits within two meters of the door had apparently "moved" vertically by approximately twenty-five centimeters. After conduit reconnection, live video feed was restored. Several anomalies have been observed within SCP-5424's containment chamber, the most notable being:

Increase of the chamber's width by approximately fifty centimeters
Inversion of the placement of bunk and toilet
Appearance of a bookshelf containing several paperback books. Based on visible titles, the books are presumed to encompass: "The Forever War" by Joe Haldeman, "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein and "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe.

SCP-5424 appears oblivious to any alteration of its surroundings. However, the subject seems aware of anomalous activity. After restoration of video and audio feeds, audio feed transmitted the following: "It happened again, huh? Thanks for getting the light back on. It's kinda hard to read in the dark."

ADDENDUM: Permission to enter HC-5424 in order to sample anomalous items and materials has been requested. Approval by Lead Researcher Hammerschmitt currently pending.
ADDENDUM: Deployed Scranton Reality Anchors deemed ineffective on SCP-5424's anomalous characteristics. Decommissioning and return to Site-06-03 equipment depot have been scheduled for 15-05-2019. - Containment Technician C. Ramirez

Appendix C - Interview transcript IVT-5424-05

Appendix C - Interview transcript IVT-5424-05

Appendix C - Interview transcript IVT-5424-05

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT IVT-5424-05

DATE: 15-05-2019
NOTE: Interview conducted by Doctor Hannah Rubin, research assistant at Site-06-03 HUMCON. In accordance with containment procedures, Doctor Rubin was not physically present within SCP-5424's containment chamber. The interview was conducted via HC-5424's internal comms system.

[BEGIN TRANSCRIPT]
Dr. Rubin: Hello, Doctor Weaver. If you don't mind, I have a few questions for you.Dr. Rubin: I understand. However, considering your… condition, we have determined it to be best for me not to enter your quarters.Dr. Rubin: I would like to hear your account of events leading up to incident IN-5424-01.Dr. Rubin: The incident report states you were found in a gymnasium.Then I opened up another crate and there it was. PAA-35927. That number. I've handled hundreds of potential anomalies, and not one of the numbers stuck. Not even my first one, that silly little doll from New Orleans. But that one, PAA-35927, I'll remember that number until the day I die.
Dr. Rubin: What was it? Can you describe the artifact?Anyways, I open the box and lift it out. There's this flash. It was like I could see an enormous anthropomorphic hummingbird, holding a snake. And something else. A mirror, maybe?
Dr. Rubin: And you didn't report this at the time?Dr. Rubin: That's when you started… not remembering things?Dr. Rubin: Dr. Hammerschmitt believes your memory has been corrupted by the anomalous…[approximately 20 seconds of silence]
Dr. Rubin: We can continue at a later time, if you would like.Dr. Rubin: The translations?Dr. Rubin: So you decided it was PAA-35927 causing the changes to your reality?Dr. Rubin: Then why did you go to the gymnasium?[approximately 10 seconds of silence]
Dr. Rubin: What happened then?Dr. Rubin: So, to summarize: An ancient Mayan artifact with undetected powers started changing your reality, and after you destroyed it, it began changing the space around you, to?Dr. Rubin: That's a very interesting hypothesis, Doctor Weaver. Now, I think this concludes the interview. Would you mind if we spoke again tomorrow?Dr. Rubin: I have every intention of continuing to exist, Doctor Weaver.Dr. Rubin: Who's Doctor Eisenhower?
[END TRANSCRIPT]
ADDENDUM: Inquiries to the inventory of Site-81 NAAD has shown that item PAA-35927 is a Cheyenne war bonnet confiscated by MTF Beta-777 on 02-11-2014 with no registered anomalous properties. No item matching SCP-5424's account has been processed by Site-81 SAMAD to date.

« SCP-5423 | SCP-5424 | SCP-5425 »


Item #: 5425
Object Class: Euclid
Clearance Level: Five

EE-5425.

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5425 is to be contained at its current developmental level utilizing two Scranton Reality Anchors, and an OBELISK correctional system. SCP-5425's growth is to be minimized via localized reality restructuring.
Description: SCP-5425 refers to a spherical singularity with a current event horizon of 3 centimeters in diameter created by EE-5425, located in an OBELISK correctional system in the Jornada Del Muerto desert. SCP-5425 constantly expands, reconstructing reality by replacing baseline matter with its own. SCP-5425's gravitational field is localized around SCP-5425, displaying a strength similar to supermassive black holes.
EE-5425 was the detonation of the "Trinity" bomb as part of the Manhattan Project. The fission of uranium atoms located within "Trinity" led to a spatial rift, creating SCP-5425 and permitting SCP-5425's matter generation. EE-5425 and the existence of SCP-5425 was withheld from the US Government by Foundation agent Julius Robert Oppenheimer, operating on the Foundation's behalf to ensure SCP-5425 posed minimal threat to the Veil. Agent Oppenheimer recorded data concerning SCP-5425, attached below.

Assorted Documentation From Agent Oppenheimer

We plan to detonate "Trinity" today. I've warned the project leads, but sadly, it must be televised. It poses a major threat, but the Veil is somehow not at the forefront of my mind. What concerns me is the possibility that this weapon proposes.

It is true that we know not what rending atoms asunder will do. It is undeniable, however, that it will wreak untold havoc. Death. Destruction. At the moment, what threat it poses to us is terrifying to me. And that is an image I shall not be able to erase from my mind any time soon, no matter the amount of amnestics I use.

It is an understatement to say I fear what is to come. Humanity's undying urge is to destroy, deep down. That is what this war has shown me. And I am expected to end destruction with a final flame of death? Death so unimaginable no one dares defy it? You cannot douse fire with flame, nor heat snow with ice. It will keep going. Newer, more dangerous, more anomalous and destructive.

That is what I fear.

Agent Oppenheimer

| ENTER LOG_IN INFORMATION
| CREDENTIALS: WHAT IS THE FINALITY OF DEATH'S SCREECH?
|
| RESPONSE: IF NOT FOR THE LAST ECHO OF LIFE?
|
| WELCOME, OPPENHEIMER
|
| VIEWING: "PROJECT_CORE_RUNLOG"
|
| T: 00:00 "DETONATE"
| T: 01:12 "DETONATION COMPLETE: RUNNING DIAGNOSTICS"
| T: 01:13 "F: 10,300 DEG RNTGN_LVL: <2 LIFE_SIGNS DETECTED: ~0"
| T: 01:14 "SHOCKWAVE: MINIMAL FALLOUT: TRINITITE_PENDING"
| T: 01:20 "VEIL THREAT: MINIMAL, DISINFORMATION COMMENCED"
| T: 01:24 "ALERT: UNIDENTIFIED MASS DISCOVERED; DIAGNOSTICS COMMENCED"
| T: 01:24 "LIFE_DETECTED: ~1. IDENTITY: OPPENHEIMER"
| T: 01:25 "OBELISK_ENGAGED. VIEW RIGHT FOR ACTIVE FEED"
| T: 01:25 "APPROACH NOT SUGGESTED. FALLOUT ANALYSIS NEEDED."
| T: 01:25 "APPROACH NOT SUGGESTED. FALLOUT ANALYSIS NEEDED."
| T: 01:26 "APPROACH NOT SUGGESTED. GRAVITATIONAL ANALYSIS NEEDED."
| T: 01:26 "APPROACH NOT SUGGESTED. GRAVITATIONAL ANALYSIS NEEDED."
| T: 01:26 "SAFETY MEASURE ENGAGED. DANGER: MINIMAL. VEIL THREAT: PLAUSIBLE."
| T: 01:27 "THREAT: INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MEANINGFUL ANSWER."
|
| CLOSE_LOG
| CLOSING…
|
| GOODBYE, OPPENHEIMER.

Imagine my surprise when I find a localized singularity present right where Trinity was.

My predictions were true. The OBELISK is currently in position, keeping it at bay. To be a bit more specific, totally containing it. It is quite humorous, in a twisted way, that humanity is now the master of the total consumption of the Earth itself.

In watching that small black dot, I am reminded of something I was told by the Bhagavad Gita. "The Supreme Lord said: I am death, the mighty destroyer of the world, out to destroy. Even without your participation all the warriors standing arrayed in the opposing armies shall cease to exist." We are now Death. And that terrifies me. For we are fallible. Is it not true we were cast out of Heaven for the attainment of knowledge? What of the attainment of pure and total killing itself? Life is a beautiful thing. Yet most of mine has been devoted to utmost destruction of what lies before me. They tell me the war will end. This is the second one. I've no guarantee that it shall. I know they wish for me to create these weapons to drop on humans themself. Why would I do such a thing? I shall monitor Trinity, and create two more, neither of which shall have such destructive power - it is not as if they can tell.

Agent Oppenheimer

| ENTER LOG_IN INFORMATION
| CREDENTIALS: WHAT IS THE FINALITY OF DEATH'S SCREECH?
|
| RESPONSE: IF NOT FOR THE LAST ECHO OF LIFE?
|
| WELCOME, OPPENHEIMER
|
| VIEWING: "EVENT_ALERT_TAU57_53RD_OCCASION"
ALERT! ALERT! UNIDENTIFIED MASS WITHIN TRINITY FALLOUT LOCATION. OBELISK ADJUSTING. IMMEDIATE UPKEEP NEEDED.
ALERT! ALERT! UNIDENTIFIED GRAVITATIONAL FORCE WITHIN TRINITY FALLOUT LOCATION. OBELISK ADJUSTING. IMMEDIATE UPKEEP NEEDED.
ALERT! ALERT! UNIDENTIFIED LUMINOSITIES DETECTED.
IMMEDIATE UPKEEP NEEDED.
UPKEEP PERFORMED. ANOMALIES CULLED.
CHANCES OF 54TH LIKEWISE EVENT REOCCURRING: 100%.
|
| CLOSE_LOG
| CLOSING…
|
| GOODBYE, OPPENHEIMER.

At this time, I find this will likely be a much shorter entry than my typical writings. I have not much time.

It is true that the OBELISK is doing exceptionally well at containing the Trinity being. This is undeniable fact - however, it is exceptional at containing something within. Something as of yet unknown to me, though I have a small inkling as what it could be. What has grown most concerning to me I have attached in a small log, which I shall ensure of its truth.

However, I must append my previous claims.

I have sinned for partaking in the destruction of the human. This is not what I, a man of science, truly wished to be in. Death is final. It is true I have a hand in death. My sins are thus, final.

They have told me that following Noah's sailing upon the Ark, or Deucalion, or any of the prophets which stood upon the rollicking waves, truly believed their actions were final. That the Earth was razed. It was torn asunder, washed under a tidal power.

However, life began anew. I know it shall following Trinity.

I named Trinity not after the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit - I named it after Shiva, Brahma, and Vishnu, from the glorious land of India. I was always quite fond of it. All are aspects of the same ideal; creation.

Four-armed Vishnu, in his Nine Avatars, protects creation from meddling. Wise Brahma, keeper of the Knowledge of the Vedas creates. Shiva, however, the completion of the Trimurti, the aspect of destruction, is the antithetical one, or so it seems.

In destroying he creates space for life anew. So death doth touch the Resurrection, as the poet
Donne so says. This is what I know shall occur. For death is not final. It resounds throughout the space it has left, until a being rises from the ashes.

Life does not go so gently into that good night.

Allow me to append my previous statement.

I am not become Death.

I? I am become Life. Creator of worlds.

| ENTER LOG_IN INFORMATION
| CREDENTIALS: WHAT IS THE FINALITY OF DEATH'S SCREECH?
|
| RESPONSE: IF NOT FOR THE LAST ECHO OF LIFE?
|
| WELCOME, OPPENHEIMER
|
| VIEWING: "UPKEEP RESULTS"
|
| LIFE_SIGNS: OPPENHEIMER, NULL
| LIFE_SIGNS: OPPENHEIMER, UNIDENTIFIED
| TRIGGER_OBELISK
| LIFE_SIGNS: OPPENHEIMER, NULL
| ANOMALIES CULLED. LUMINOSITIES SNUFFED.
| OPPENHEIMER, DATING RESULTS ARE IN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO VIEW?
|
| Y
|
| FALLOUT HALF-LIFE: COMMENCED… EXPECTED TO FINISH IN 30.17 YEARS.
|
| PRINT: MATERIALS
|
| BOMB MATERIALS: SINGULARITY, DEBRIS, POWER, STRUCTURE, DEFENSE, CONCRETE_STRUCTURE, OBJECT1
|
| VIEW: SINGULARITY - HEATMAP
|
| VIEW: OBJECT 1 - DATE
|
| THIS OBJECT APPEARS TO HAVE SUFFERED A MISCALCULATION ERROR: VIEW?
|
| Y
|
| OBJECT1: OPPENHEIMER-RECOVERED METAL DEBRIS COLLECTED FROM CONSTRUCTION OF TRINITY: DATED ~13.6 BIL. YRS.
|
| CLOSE_LOG
| CLOSING…
|
| GOODBYE, OPPENHEIMER.

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Effected Cliff Face During On-Set of Phenomenon

Effected Cliff Face After On-Set of Phenomenon

Item #: SCP-5427
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Carried out under the guise of enviromental conservation, the cliffs affected by SCP-5427 are to be regularly sprayed with erosion agents via boat and should any change in the effect of SCP-5427 on the cliffs be recorded, these erosion efforts are to be halted to enable observation. Publicly, storms caused by SCP-5427 are to be attributed to unique seabed formations in the Strait of Dover.
Description: SCP-5427 is a phenomenon - which started in 1950 - regarding periodic oddities in localized weather and its effects on a 13km stretch of chalk cliffs off of the coast of Kent, England. During the phenomenon a thick fog with no apparent cause will form around the edge of the coastline in the region; at the same time the coastal tide will intensify greatly, producing waves reaching heights of up to 300 meters despite no geological support for such tides. The resulting 'storm' may last anywhere between a few hours and 3 weeks and will deposit vast amounts of pure chalk sediment onto the coastline which will in turn quickly solidify and merge with the existing cliff-face. Due to this the coastline in the region expands at an extremely-high rate of 20-40 meters per month; if the phenomenon is allowed to occur uninterruptedly, only the forward facing/original cliffs will be affected. This produces a narrow land bridge growing directly toward Calais, France.
Addendum:
Annual Archive of SCP-5427 activity and its effects

Observation Report Jan 1 1951: No alteration to the usual occurrence and effects.
Expansion before operation: 26 meters.
Notes: N/A

Observation Report Jan 1 1952: No alteration to the usual occurrence and effects.
Expansion before operation: 32 meters.
Notes: N/A

Observation Report Jan 1 1953: No alteration to the usual occurrence and effects.
Expansion before operation: 30 meters.
Notes: N/A

Observation Report Jan 1 1954: No alteration to the usual occurrence and effects.
Expansion before operation: 24 meters.
Notes: N/A

Observation Report Jan 1 1955: No alteration to the usual occurrence and effects.
Expansion before operation: 32 meters.
Notes: N/A

Observation Report Jan 1 1956: No alteration to the usual occurrence and effects.
Expansion before operation: 39 meters.
Notes: N/A

Observation Report Jan 1 1957: Slight alteration to usual occurrence and effects.
Expansion before operation: 60 meters.
Notes: Increase of activity, corrosion efforts paused for one week to allow for observation.

Observation Report Jan 1 1958: No alteration to the usual occurrence and effects.
Expansion before operation: 67 meters.
Notes: Activity has stayed at a higher rate than previous years for the last twelve months -adopted as new norm.

Observation Report Jan 1 1959: No alteration to the usual occurrence and effects.
Expansion before operation: 70 meters.
Notes: N/A

Observation Report Jan 1 1960: Major change to occurrence and effects.
Expansion before operation: 0 meters.
Notes: Steady decrease in average activity along the coastline over the last few weeks, major increase in one section of the coastline but with little to no expansion toward sea. Erosion efforts ceased.

Subsequent Reports:
Jan 2 1960 - A small ship has been run-aground by cliff expansion under the surface of the water, the hull has been covered in rock.
Jan 3 1960 - Expansion has ceased, fog is rolling in and clearing up daily.
Jan 6 1960 - It has been noticed that the international alphabet flags present on the boat have been changing every time the fog comes and goes, recording of the flags present has begun.
Jan 6 1960 - Lima
Jan 7 1960 - Oscar
Jan 8 1960 - November
Jan 9 1960 - Echo
Jan 10 1960 - Lima
Jan 11 1960 - Yankee
Jan 12 1960 - Sierra
Jan 13 1960 - Tango
Jan 14 1960 - Oscar
Jan 15 1960 - Papa
Jan 16 1960 - India
Jan 17 1960 - Tango
Jan 18 1960 - Papa
Jan 19 1960 - Lima
Jan 20 1960 - Echo
Jan 21 1960 - Alfa
Jan 22 1960 - Sierra
Jan 23 1960 - Echo

Observation Report Jan 24 1960: Major change to occurrence and effects.
Notes: New behaviors have ceased, expansion along the coastline has restarted.

Observation Report Feb 24 1960: No changes to occurrence and effects.
Notes: Coastline has expanded 600 meters across the strait.

Incident Report 5427-1:
Date: Feb 27 1960
Event: Series of massive waves similar to that of the SCP-5427 phenomenon generated off of the coast of Calais, France. The waves directly impacted the cliffs and caused massive deterioration. Cover up operation is ongoing.

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The following file depicts a recently discovered anomaly, and therefore may have inconsistencies and/or a lack of information.

Item #: SCP-5429
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5429 is held in a standard humanoid chamber.
An investigation into the nature of SCP-5429 is underway.
Description: SCP-5429 is former Senior Researcher Jason Vatili of Site-72's Alchemy Department Wing. Theoretically, when a portion of SCP-5429 is dismembered, a new growth will appear as if the injury never occurred. This effect is yet to be directly observed and thus can not be confirmed as of writing.
Notably, a buildup of flesh can be seen bulging from around SCP-5429's shoulder and upper arm. Though it was once a prominent researcher, it is now barely capable of advanced thought nor is it able to hold conversations. SCP-5429 is unable to recall any of its memories prior to 17/03/20211.
Addendum: Discovery and Containment
Prior to discovery, an unrelated containment breach occurred at Site-72. Though the anomaly was a Safe Class and there were no deaths, minor structural damage led to SCP-5429's left arm being dismembered from its body. Emergency surgery to reattach the arm was unsuccessful.
The dismembered limb was placed in cold storage per SCP-5429's request, which was to be used for any containment procedures requiring human flesh.
The following day, however, SCP-5429 returned to Site-72 with both arms intact. SCP-5429 was immediately detained and moved to the Safe Containment Sector. Investigation of SCP-5429's residence took place shortly thereafter. Blood, mucus and torn organ tissue had been spread throughout the home. Furniture and belongings were discovered in a state of disarray.
At the same time, the limb was reported missing from cold storage. The following message was found scratched from within its freezer unit:

arm back you — one only. space no two — bye

The limb is yet to be located.

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Footnotes
1. The day that SCP-5429 was discovered and contained.

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Item #: SCP-5430
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5430 currently inhabits the grounds of Area-12, and has been given an electric fence collar and implanted with three subdermal trackers to ensure that it remains within the perimeter of the area. The anomaly's non-hostile demeanor means that it may otherwise be left alone outside its bimonthly medical checkup. Because its feet are intended for dry, sandy terrain, they are to be measured by a reptile veterinarian every two months so that protective footwear can be manufactured and fitted on it.
Description: SCP-5430 is a male Eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis), approximately 6.7 meters long, that has had 48 legs from an eastern blue-tongued lizard (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides) thaumically grafted onto it. Its length and legs are its only anomalous attributes. Aside from its predilection to use these legs for locomotion and increased appetite, the anomaly behaves like a non-anomalous male Eastern garter snake.
SCP-5430 was discovered in New York City's Central Park on ██/██/██, following reports of hysteria in the park and sightings of a massive centipede-like lizard in the area. Mobile Task Force Lambda-12 ("Pest Control") were dispatched to contain it. The anomaly was found hunting frogs on the western side of the park and restrained with minimal difficulty.
During containment of SCP-5430, Lambda-12 were accosted by one Jared McBraddock: an unlicensed, untrained thaumaturge that attempted to control the anomaly and have it attack the task force. SCP-5430 ignored McBraddock and chose to walk laps around the pond instead. McBraddock was promptly subdued and brought into custody.
A background check revealed that McBraddock had been arrested and released on bail one week previously for attempting to break into the Central Park Zoo's Tropic Zone. In addition, interrogation of McBraddock and a search of his residence revealed that he had been mutating commercial pet snakes with legs, fitting them with miniature bootleg sneakers, and selling them for at least one year prior to his capture. The apartment was thus confiscated by the Foundation and McBraddock was given Class-A amnestics and released. At this time, Mobile Task Force Alpha-4 ("Pony Express") is reviewing his records to locate all such mutated specimens.
Addendum: During its most recent checkup, SCP-5430 was observed to respond positively to the attending physician's music player, undulating and moving its legs in a manner recognizable as dance. Loudspeakers have been set up near its current nesting site (a pond in the corner of Area-12) to play pop music at a low volume during its basking hours.

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SCP-5432, with two non-anomalous golden apples used to confirm the strain comprising the object's filling.

Item #: 5432
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5432 is kept frozen in a standard anomalous objects locker in the low temperature containment area of Overwatch Command, for the sake of item preservation.
Description: SCP-5432 is a cooked apple pie that was formerly a 102 year-old human male by the name of Herman Fry. Based on residual subatomic ontological1 particle emissions in SCP-5432, Fry is estimated to have had the highest recorded internal Hume level to date at 25 times standard human baseline.
Discovery: SCP-5432 was discovered on 2020/02/10 at 5:32 am, following a series of highly anomalous events and a spike in universal Hume levels. The sequence consisted of alterations to baseline reality across known existence centered around a point 27 km southwest of Overwatch Command. Further investigation discovered a two room cottage owned by Herman Fry at the sequence's epicenter. Ontological levels reached a maximum of seven times baseline at 6:32 am before reverting to their initial, non-anomalous state. None of the local civilians possess any memory of the events despite drastic alterations to reality made in the area during their duration.
Fry's home was found deserted by responding Mobile Task Force Alpha-1 ("Red Right Hand") who discovered SCP-5432 in a rocking chair on the cottage's seaside-facing porch. The team reported the cabin to be "littered with literature from multiple non-existent self-help groups and new age religions", as well as sufficient personal effects to determine Fry's identity2. The oven was left on and preheated to 200 centigrade.
Addendum 5432.1: Discovery Event Log
Note - The following was compiled by both direct witnessing by Foundation personnel during the event sequence and a global mapping of reality fluctuations following its conclusion. Recorded data was utilized to statistically map previous reality states using the Turing-12 supercomputer located within Overwatch Command.

TIME
LOCATION
EVENT SUMMARY

5:32 am
Cottage of Herman Fry
Herman Fry's cottage materializes southeast of Helston with its oven preheated at 200 centigrade.

5:48 am
The Channel
A fleet of 81 civilian-flagged motor yachts appear 5 km off the southern coast of Falmouth. Their appearance is accompanied by the sounds of gunfire emanating from the southeastern seas. The ships sail towards the source of the noise at a speed of 135 knots until they circumnavigate the world and reappear off the northern coast 44 minutes later.

5:54 am
Harbour Road Pub, Porthleven
The windows of the building all vibrate in harmony to the tune of Slow Boat to China, a song about two individuals taking a solitary and romantic journey to a fictional land. The piece is sung in duet by two voices inherently identified as Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney. No such persons exist within known history.

5:59 am
Falmouth Hospital
The ground beneath the facility rises due to a sudden tectonic shift until it is 6.3 km above sea level. The brickwork of the building glows with a composite brightness of 1,500,000 lumens.

6:04 am
Porthleven Community Graveyard
A total of 10,000 Gordon's Gin bottles and 10,000 MG Magnette ZA automobiles fall from the sky and onto the cemetery grounds.

6:06 am
Royal Psychiatric Asylum of Cornwall
Entering the asylum via its front entrance transports the person to the top and edge of the seaside cliffs at Lizard Point 63 km away.

6:10 am
Fistral Beach, Newquay
A previously abandoned warehouse is instantaneously decorated with advertisements for 32 different non-existent religions. Examples include "The Process Church of the Final Judgment", "The Church of Scientology", "Buddhism", and "The Church of the Second Hytoth".

6:13 am
Bodmin
A 1 km tall and 100 m wide hermetically sealed cylindrical prison appears above Bodmin. The structure's interior consists of stacked rows of cells encircling a pillar spanning its height. The pillar's structure resembles a Scranton reality anchor constructed from human remains.

6:18 am
Global Event
All video monitors across Cornwall play episode nine of a nonexistent television series named "Cosmos" hosted by an entity that self-identifies as "Carl Sagan". The episode discusses multiple hypothetical cosmological structures such as "quasars" and "galaxies". The prison structure above Bodmin evaporates as water vapor.

6:19 am
Lizard Point
Two unmarked graves, one 25% the size of the other, appear at the cliff edge. The ground around the grave plots collapses into the sea, leaving two stone pillars on the coastline.

6:21 am
Universal Event
Cornwall vibrates to produce Slow Boat to China at a constant volume of 60 decibels. Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney's voices are replaced by one woman and an adolescent of unknown identities. A layer of human placental tissue forms around reality's outer surface, making a embryonic shell 120,000 km in diameter.

6:25 am
St. Ives
The town is replaced by a massive astronomical observatory taking up its incorporated area. The telescope inside has a maximum magnification factor 1,256 times stronger than necessary for total universal viewing.

6:27 am
Truro
The populace (19,260) is replaced by identical instances of an unidentified woman approximately 28 years of age. Each is dressed in a wedding gown and holds an ingredient for apple pie. The instances converge on the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Truro. All instances return to their original state, location, and identity following entry.

6:29 am
Universal Event
The terrain within a 5 km radius of the cottage is transformed into pie crust which rises to cover and consume Fry's home. The figures of one man, one woman, and one child holding hands together decorate the puff-pastry surface. Tears spread across the placental layer encapsulating known reality.

6:32 am
Cottage of Herman Fry
The pastry crust around Fry's cottage retreats to the front porch. An additional rocking chair materializes on either side of the one already present with one being appropriately sized for a child between 5 and 8 years of age. SCP-5432 appears in the center rocking chair. The cottage's oven is left on and preheated to 200 centigrade.

Footnotes
1. Reality altering.
2. Collected items include wedding photos, a lifetime membership to the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships, and an Arctic Star campaign medal for service guarding convoy routes during WWII.

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SCP-5433 during initial containment.

Item #: SCP-5433
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5433 is stored in a standard item locker at Site-19.
Description: SCP-5433 is a 1960s era Love Tester arcade machine, the manufacturer of which is currently unknown. All identifying information (including ID number and brand name) on SCP-5433 has been forcibly removed. SCP-5433 operates similarly to a normal machine of its type; an individual must insert the necessary currency (0.25 USD) and grip the activation handle, at which point the machine will determine the user's "sex appeal."1 SCP-5433's primary anomalous traits will appear upon activation.
SCP-5433 possesses a Class-V "sapient" intelligence; it is capable of self-awareness and advanced communication on par with typical human interaction. Examination of its internal structure reveals no unusual technology. SCP-5433 communicates verbally through a small speaker located on the front of its chassis. Questioning as to the nature of its anomalous capabilities has been inconclusive (See Addendum 5433.1).
SCP-5433 was recovered from the Bendiz Diner, New Jersey, USA, on 18/10/2020 by covert operatives investigating unrelated anomalous activity. After questioning, the owners of the diner admitted to both being aware of SCP-5433's properties and using it to attract customers to their business. The diner's staff was then amnesticized and the item was confiscated. SCP-5433 was moved to Site-19, documented, and placed in temporary storage. Primary examination of the object is scheduled for 08/11/2020 currently underway.
Addendum 5433.1: Preliminary inspection of SCP-5433.

Interview Log-001

Date: 08/11/2020
Subject: SCP-5433
Supervisor(s): Researcher Marco Peña, Researcher Mariana San Elia
Foreword: The following is a transcript of Researcher Peña's interview with SCP-5433 while it was held in a temporary holding cell under low security.

[BEGIN LOG]
Researcher Peña: This is Marco Peña, conducting an initial interview with SCP-5433. (Adjusts microphone) Are we set?
Researcher San Elia: Mics are good, cameras are running. Time is… (checks watch) nine o'clock, standard time. You can start whenever you're ready. I'll be taking care of some work in the other room, just me know if anything goes wrong.
Peña: All right. (Pause) Beginning interview now.
(Researcher Peña inserts 0.25 USD into SCP-5433 and grips the handle. SCP-5433 activates.)Peña: No, thank you. I'm here to ask a few questions, if that's possible.Peña: It's not about love, I'm afraid. I need to know a little about you.Peña: Can you tell me about—Peña: What can you tell me about your manufac—Peña: I'm single, but I'm—Peña: Listen, I've been asked to find out who built you and how you can talk, that's it. No love, no romance. Got it?Peña: My name's Marco.Peña: I work for uh… a research company.Peña: How do you know—Peña: Are you gonna answer the question or no? I can always mark you down as "non-cooperative" and they can haul you off to deep storage.Peña: I appreciate the gesture but all I need is for you to answer the question. Now, do you know who built you?Peña: (Taking notes) Okay, and do you know anything about the identities of your cr—Peña: Listen, I work ten-hour shifts six days a week, I haven't had a day off since college, I've spent God-knows-how-long having conversations with talking bears and, oh I don't know, dancing peach cobblers. The last thing I need right now is to have you talk back to me every time I have to check off a box!
(Silence for several seconds.)
Peña: Okay, I may have overstepped the line.Peña: What? No, it's just me.Peña: I'm not sure what you—Peña: You heard that? She—she's my supervisor, she's in the other room.Peña: Wait a minute. You know all of this is recorded, right? I—I don't want to lose my job over this.Peña: I—I can't.(Silence.)
Peña: Fine. I'll do it. But don't screw it up, okay?(SCP-5433 begins to shake violently. After a moment, sparks are seen flying out of various points on its chassis. A loud grinding noise plays over its speaker.)
Peña: Okay, okay. (Louder) Mari? Mari, can you come here for a second? Something's up with 5433.
San Elia: (Distant) Okay, give me a second.
Peña: (Quietly) This better work.
(Researcher San Elia enters the room.)
San Elia: Wha— Jesus, Marco, what the hell happened?
Peña: I—I don't know. I was going over the sapience checklist, then it… it started doing this.
San Elia: Okay, okay. We need to call someone.
Peña: N—no, we might be able to wait it out—
(Researcher San Elia reaches for the emergency telephone.)
Peña: H—hold on a second! It's stopping.
(SCP-5433 ceases movement. A soft whirring sound is heard as its components stop rattling.)Peña: Yes, yeah. We were just talking about my job and uh, your name came up.
San Elia: What the hell Marco! You know we're not supposed to talk about that with skips.
Peña: I didn't say anything confidential, don't worry.Peña: I'd do what he says. This is the most cooperation I've got out of him so far.
(Researcher San Elia sits across from SCP-5433.)
San Elia: Well… did you cover its manufacturer yet?
Peña: Yeah, but… I couldn't get a straight answer.San Elia: Well, what about sapience?
Peña: I got it right h—Peña: What? Cut it out, I never said anything like that. (To San Elia) Oh come on, you're gonna believe him?
San Elia: I—I uh, I don't know—(SCP-5433's display highlights the word "Wild", then "Burning".)
Peña: Hey, stop that! Turn it off!
San Elia: (Laughing)Peña: It's not what it looks like! I—he—this is… (pause) well shit. He's telling the truth.
San Elia: Marco, this—this is too much. Don't tell me you planned this out.
Peña: (Pointing to SCP-5433) It was his idea. No, it was, I swear!
San Elia: (Laughing) You think I believe you? After you broke that coffee machine just so I'd have to ask you to buy me some?
Peña: I can't believe you still think I did that! We checked the security tapes, remember? Wasn't me!
San Elia: You probably paid off the techies to doctor them, didn't you.
Peña: You think I have that kind of money? You're crazy.
San Elia: Says the one who made a skip their wingman! That's what you are, aren't you?
Peña: No way, tell her about th—
San Elia: Hey, wait a second… I think something happened to the skip.
(SCP-5433 is silent. Its display is stuck on the words "Hot Stuff".)
Peña: …What happened?
San Elia: I… I think it ran out of juice.
(The words "Insert 25 Cents" appears on SCP-5433's coin slot.)
Peña: I'll… uh, call up security. Get this thing moved downstairs.
San Elia: Yeah, yeah. Good idea. I can take care of the transcripts and… you think maybe we can grab a coffee after this?
[END LOG]

Footnotes
1. This has later been found to be determined by a combination of random chance and grip strength.

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Item#: 5434

Level2

Containment Class:
euclid

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
dark

Risk Class:
notice

link to memo

SCP-5434's logo

Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-5434 in digital storefronts outside of containment are to be removed. One instance of SCP-5434 is to be installed on Dr. Simon Glass' company cellular phone at all times in order for the subject to remain in correspondence with SCP-5434-1.
Description: SCP-5434 is an anomalous smartphone application called “Ask a Love God” which spontaneously appears in digital storefronts whenever a user suffers from problems related to romantic intimacy. When opened, it presents a digital chatroom seemingly (See Update 5434-01) connected to an sapient intelligence named "Himeros".
When spoken to about the aforementioned romantic problems, the entity will attempt to repair the issues via a therapeutic dialog1. During its "sessions", SCP-5434-1 has been seen to use tactics such as psychological examination and empathetic suggestion in order to remedy these issues. No sign of anomalous compulsion was detected during these sessions.
Addendum 5434.01: Shortly after its discovery and containment by the Foundation, SCP-5434 began to send notifications to users with it installed, asking “if there was anything I could do to help you.” This allowed Foundation operatives to better isolate and remove SCP-5434 instances out of containment, which caused the notifications of SCP-5434 to increase in frequency. A list of SCP-5434 notifications can be found below.

6 days after beginning of containment, reported to show once every week.
Hello! Is there anything that ails you? Remember that Himeros is always here for you.

14 days after beginning of containment, reported to show once every four days.
If there's anything you need to talk about, don't hesitate to come to me.

20 days after beginning of containment, reported to show once every three days.
Not doing much over here. Send me a PM if you guys need help with anything love-related.

22 days after beginning of containment, reported to show once every two days.
Heya, is anyone out there? I've only gotten a few people in the last few days. If you need help, tell me, alright?
Note: Shortly after this, it was reported that SCP-5434 instances have been seen in greater numbers than before. Due to this, Foundation containment efforts have increased.

25 days after beginning of containment, reported to show twice every day.
Oh gods, is anyone there? Just send me a text or something, yeah? I'd love to see if you guys still need… help.

Shortly after, the notifications from SCP-5434 ceased.
Update 5434-01: Two months after the onset of initial containment, Foundation liaisons to the Serpent's Hand began to receive requests to assist an entity named "Himeros". Shortly after, a message from the Wanderer's Library was sent to Site-19.

To the Heads of Site-19,
Regrettably, we have recently been informed that your Jailing efforts have sadly deprived the Erotes2 love god Himeros3 of his pastime and comfort. Himeros has assisted many people in the past, and after the deaths of his brothers and mother has tried to seek comfort in assisting mortals- namely, us. We'd like to ask you to allow him some sort of recourse, to comfort him in his time of need.
Kindly keep in mind that this is not a demand, but a request. Himeros is a benevolent force; and though we know that you may not have intended to deprive him of what he wishes to do, we beseech you to correct it in the near future. We acknowledge that relations between our organizations have not been cordial, but we hope that you can do the right thing in this regard.

Sincerely,
The Keepers of the Wanderer's Library

Shortly after the arrival of the message, Site-19's director conferred with Dr. Glass of the Ethics Committee on the condition of SCP-5434-1, and if Foundation intervention is needed to assist the anomaly even if it is not actively in containment.
An excerpt of the meeting is included below.

Foreword: This excerpt takes place fifteen minutes into the meeting, where the members discuss the heart of the issue.

<Begin log>
Director Bright: Keep in mind, the Serpent's Hand just asked us to do this. They don't ask us to do anything. Why the hell should we comfort this god in lieu of them? This isn't some powerful eldritch being bent on the world's destruction. It's just a minor entity that we've contained, like a lot of others.
Dr. Glass: The Wanderer's Library is still in recovery after recent run-ins with the GOC, which definitely explains why they're asking us to do this. They themselves said that the anomaly is benevolent, and we don't have any evidence to suggest that what they're saying is false.
Director Bright: I just don't get why we need to be concerned about it. What we're talking about is the SCP, the app, and not the entity that's behind the app. You're right in that it needs help, but does it need our help?
Dr. Glass: Relatively speaking, this is one of those anomalies that actively need it. We, the Foundation, took away its only means of connecting with people outside of its own dimension.
[Dr. Glass leans forward]
Dr. Glass: Shouldn't we be doing something to remedy that? Plus, something like this is bound to help us keep it contained in one place, without the need for containment efforts elsewhere. If we can convince it to stop spreading the SCP, that would definitely help.
Director Bright: It still feels like something out of our jurisdiction to me, and it definitely still doesn't feel like we should expend resources on something that may not need it- especially when the Hand requests it.
Dr. Glass: Think about this. We've always felt the need to have company. We've always felt the need to try to connect with other people. This is a powerful extradimensional entity, yes.
Director Bright [crossing his arms]: Your point?
Dr. Glass: But just because it's a god doesn't mean it doesn't need a friend.
[A ten second silence follows]
Director Bright: I mean… fine. If it really doesn't take that much and we're willing to get a trial, I'm fine with it. As head of Psychology, you'd be the best candidate for it.
Dr. Glass: Thank you, Director. I'll… make sure to do it immediately.
<End log>

Shortly after the end of the Ethics Committee meeting, Dr. Glass' company cellular phone was installed with an instance of SCP-5434. A transcript of their first conversation can be seen below.

Oh, hello. You're the first one that's logged on in a while. You don't know how happy that makes me! What do you need help with?
hello, himeros. are you doing well?
Me?
yes. you, himeros.
Ah, I'm fine. Let's talk about you, though. What romantic troubles ail you, friend?
well
Yes?
you're someone who helps people right?
Yep! I'm someone who just wants to help people. Less people seem to need my help now, but… hey. I can get over it.
well I'm someone who likes to help people, too. I'm a psychologist, someone that wants to help people get past their troubles.
Woah. That is amazing. Are you something like a therapist? I've heard people talk about that, too.
I can be a therapist, yes. people need a lot of help, don't they? that's why people like us want to them to get past all that.
A kindred spirit, finally! I've never talked to someone like you before. Does your world have a lot of people like you?
there are a lot like me, yes
are there a lot like you?
I have a bunch of people like me, yes. I haven't gotten in touch with them in thousands of years, though. I wasn't close with them before, either.
damn, I'm sorry. why weren't you close with them?
Me and my brothers… we do a lot of stuff about love.
can you tell me who those brothers are?
I mean, sure. Er is our oldest brother. He isn't around much- he's usually with Mom or taking care of his wife. Hedy is always off sweet-talking people. I meet a bunch of his kids sometimes. Herma is a really good person, but after he merged with his girlfriend, we never really talk much. Hyme has always been off at the pantheon ever since Mom died. Poth and Ant… they died a long time ago, too. We were always the closest.
why are you doing this, though, himeros? this love advice thing?
Love advice? Heh, I'm the god of unrequited love. I can't do anything like my brothers when it comes to all that. But you guys… you always have a chance. I guess that's why my mom (rest her vain divine soul) always took an interest in you.
Just a shame that it seems like no one wants my help anymore, I guess. What's that saying of yours? “I guide others to a pleasure I cannot address?”
”I guide others to a treasure I cannot possess.” yes. that's from a movie that just came out a few years ago. :) do you think it describes your plight accurately?
I'm not bitter, don't get me wrong. It's just that… it can get a bit lonely. I tried courting a few titans and goddesses and even a few dryads and satyrs over the years but… well, what did I expect was gonna happen?
For a god of love, it can get pretty lonely not having anyone to love at all.
I can understand that, yes, but… have you ever had a friend before, himeros?
A friend? Well, no. I only had my brothers.
then this should be perfect for you. do you want me to be your friend? I can talk to you when I'm available, we can speak about everything that crosses your mind, and… yeah.
I've never had a friend, before. What's uh… what's your name?
simon glass. you can just call me simon.
Simon it is. I hope I can be a good friend to you, Simon. :)
woah, a smiley face. where did you learn that?
From you, just now. Friends learn from each other, right?
…right on XD

Shortly after, a proposal was created for SCP-5434-1 to regularly correspond with Dr. Glass. In line with the Ethics Committee's recommendation, the proposal was approved by Site Direction and Director Bright. As of the time of writing, Dr. Glass is still in regular correspondence with SCP-5434-1.

Footnotes
1. From the statistics of previous Foundation tests, the success rate of these attempts range from 98% to 99% percent effectivity.
2. Winged Greek gods associated with love and desire
3. The Greek god of unrequited love.

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