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Item#: 5452

Level2

Containment Class:
safe

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
vlam

Risk Class:
notice

link to memo

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5452-1 is to be held inside a standard object containment locker in Site-15. Personnel with clearance level 2 or higher can experiment with SCP-5452 if permitted by the Head for Research of SCP-5452, Dr. Ivanna Novakova.
Description: SCP-5452 is a Dating Simulator video game simply called "LOVER", produced by GoI-078 ("Arcadia") where the player interacts with the game's characters, collectively designated as SCP-5452-2, in an attempt to engage romantically with one of them.
The game is contained on a series of files in a USB flash drive designated SCP-5452-1 which cannot be extracted, copied, or reproduced. SCP-5452 was programmed in Pavon, an anomalous programming language that uses thaumic methods to create metafictional entities. The object can only be played by one person at any time. All attempts to include other subjects that are not the main player will cause the game to terminate itself until the main player is alone. A new player can play the game only if the previous one completes the plot by marrying one of the SCP-5452-2 instances. The following log was recovered from a text file named README.txt inside one of SCP-5452-1's folders and describes SCP-5452's rules:

► Game Mechanics ◄

▼ Game Mechanics ▼

Welcome to our community! We call ourselves Lovers, the fandom of the LOVER game. As the game doesn't really have a tutorial, I managed to create this "ReadMe" text with all the mechanics.

You can walk to different locations or stay in your room.
There are five locations on the game map: the School, the Park, the Museum, the Church, and the Alley.
Every location has three options: Work, Buy, or Interact.

Work: makes the player earn money to buy gifts.
Buy: spend money buying a gift. Every place has different gifts and every character likes or dislikes specific items, so beware!
Interact: makes the player interact with a character nearby.

Interaction options include Talk, Gift, Date, and Greet.

Talk: a short conversation, sometimes letting you choose between lines.
Gift: uses one of the items earned at a vending machine to offer to the character.
Date: only available if the person has an amity level above 50%. Gives the option to take the character on a date. Dates are match-three puzzles, similar to Candy Crush. Some gifts can give bonuses here.
Greet: gives a hug or a kiss.

Depending on the character, each interaction can increase or decrease the amity level.
The game will conclude when the amity level with a character gets to 100%. The Greet interaction will be changed to Marry and will end the game.

I wish you luck with the game! Also: Eva's ending was prohibited by the PC Bang owner, so don't try to get it or you'll be banned!
~Lovefool

▼ Game Mechanics ▼

SCP-5452-2 are five sapient and sentient ANIMA entities1 that the player can interact with. SCP-5452-2 also present metafictional characteristics such as:

Retaining memories from previous gameplays
Ability to adapt and learn of its environment outside of the game, even in the absence of the appropriate programming
Reacting to visual, auditory, and olfactory stimuli
Recognize themself as characters in a game
Interacting with other instances even when off-screen

SCP-5452-2 has also demonstrated telepathy,2 psychometry,3 empathy,4 and technopathy.5 The range of these powers is to be determined, but from recent experiments, it appears that most of them solely affect the player. Added below are the specifications of the individual SCP-5452-2 instances:

SCP-5452-L
SCP-5452-O
SCP-5452-V
SCP-5452-E
SCP-5452-R

Character Name: Levin
File: L.anm
In-Game Description: Levin is a half-demon boy and motorcyclist. Leader of Satan's Boys Motorcycle Club, he is secretly a cutie pie that is waiting for the right person to show his true colors.
Favorite Location: The Alley

Character Name: Orion
File: O.anm
In-Game Description: Orion is a cyborg that came from the future. A lone wolf, the android boy doesn't show the need for a company but also hates to be alone. He just needs a little push to accept someone and become their significant one.
Favorite Location: The Museum

Character Name: Vivi
File: V.anm
Color: Yellow
In-Game Description: A silly cat girl that you discovered at the park. Playful and gentle, she acts more like a dog than like a cat. This compassionate cutie just wants a lair and someone to hug. Maybe you can be their significant other!
Favorite Location: The Park

Character Name: Eva
File: E.anm
In-Game Description: This shy and insecure girl is your classmate and your old childhood friend that mysteriously turned away from you. Now you know that she did that because she discovered that she is an esper. You're certain that a little bit of love will take her out of her box and turn her into the strong and powerful girl that she is.
Favorite Location: The School

Character Name: Ramiel
File: R.anm
Color: Pink
In-Game Description: A strange angel that fell from heaven, Ramiel is trying to recover their wings and their place in their world. The easiest and quickest way to do that is loving someone. Ramiel can be a difficult being to deal with, but their love is pure and eternal.
Favorite Location: The Church

The game also presents a plot. The protagonist, who is always named after the player without any naming input, is a high school student that is returning from school with the SCP-5452-E. The entity claims that it is an esper and it received a vision that five entities are lost in this world and they need to be saved by the protagonist. As the game itself is very confused due to the metafictional interference of the five ANIMA entities, the story tends to change radically through different gameplays.
Addendum 5452.1: Discovery and first analysis
Discovery: SCP-5452 was discovered inside Unexplained Location, a South Korean LAN gaming center sponsored by Arcadia. The place was designated UE-711356 after it was identified as a minor Nexus for electronic game anomalies, including copies of objects already known and contained by the Foundation. In January of 2023, the business was bought and closed by the Foundation.
After initial testing, the flash drive was considered a secondary object, as the principal anomaly was the game itself. The flash drive has since been designated as anomalous as it is the only storage item capable of hosting SCP-5452.

► Data Log #1 ◄

▼ Data Log #1 ▼

DATA LOG #1

SCP-5452 was investigated by a group of six experienced researchers from the Division of Anomalous Programming, a subdivision of the IT Department. Unusually for Arcadia, SCP-5452 uses the Pavon programming language instead of ICRDTA.7. Pavon is famous for its metafictional properties, creating characters that are sentient and sapient. Another example of Pavon use is SCP-5094 a hybrid metafictional and technological entity used for children education.
The keynote of Pavon's Artificial Intelligence creation is the formulation of ".anm" files. The AIs, designated ANIMA8 entities, are capable of interacting with the user even if the computer has no microphone and/or camera. Their essence is more thaumaturgical than technological, thus being identified as something between an AI and a Homunculi.9
Most of the actual game coding is protected under heavy technothaumic seals, internal firewalls full of thaumic energy that prevents us from accessing the codes. However, even if the seals were opened, the Pavon is new to the Foundation, despite being created in the 1990s, as the first time the SCP foundation could investigate a Pavon-based entity was in 2022, when the Foundation gained custody of the aforementioned SCP-5094. Little is known about its semantics and there is the fact that Pavon keeps being updated regularly, thus having changes in its syntax.
It was possible to identify five .anm files, which were collectively named SCP-5452-2. They present a thaumic and ontokinectic instability that, by the Metafiction Division of the Department of Film and Media, is common to this type of object.
No more relevant data was found.
Dr. Ivanna Novakova, Senior Researcher of the Division of Anomalous Programming, Head of Research for SCP-5452, Site-15

NOTES: Diderot.aic, a new operative of the MTF Kappa-10 ("Skynet") and only Artificially Intelligent Conscript capable of metafictional immersion, was appointed to be an assistant and guard of SCP-5452. He will be introduced to the team tomorrow.

Addendum 5452.2: Gameplay Experiments

► Iteration 5452/1, /2, /3, /4 ◄

▼ Iteration 5452/1, /2, /3, /4 ▼

Iteration 5452/1 Log

Accountable: Dr. Ivanna Novakova.
Subject: D-122122
Procedure: The D-Class subject will play SCP-5452 from start to end.
Results: D-122122 "married" SCP-5452-V after five hours and five minutes of gameplay.

Highlights:
At 5 minutes and 27 seconds of gameplay, SCP-5452-V praised D-122122's birthmark, a spot on the subject's right cheek. This was the first sign of metafictional attributes within SCP-5452.
At 1 hour, 25 minutes and 38 seconds of gameplay, SCP-5452-E said that D-122122 was making a mistake by ignoring SCP-5452-R. When questioned, the entity vanished.
At 3 hours and 53 minutes of gameplay, D-122122 went on a date with SCP-5452-V at the Park. During the date, SCP-5452-V said that it knew that D-122122 wanted to be a cat since she was a child. D-122122 confirmed the affirmation.
At 5 hours and 40 seconds of gameplay, D-122122 completed 100% amity with SCP-5452-V. It asked D-122122 if she really was wanting to end the game.
At 5 hours and 5 minutes, the marriage scene ended. The computer turned off.

Iteration 5452/2 Log

Accountable: Dr. Ivanna Novakova.
Subject: D-135114
Procedure: The D-Class subject will play SCP-5452 from start to end.
Results: D-135114 "married" SCP-5452-R after five hours, twenty-five minutes, and three seconds of gameplay.

Highlights:
At 1 minute of gameplay, SCP-5452-R invaded a dialogue between SCP-5452-E and the player that was seen in the first iteration. SCP-5452-R claimed that the previous player had not given attention to "her".
At 3 hours, 30 minutes and 23 seconds of gameplay, SCP-5452-E refused to talk with the player. When D-135114 insisted, it forced him back to the initial menu screen. SCP-5452-E disappeared from the game after that. Its files are not damaged.
At 5 hours, 25 minutes, and 3 seconds of gameplay, D-135114 finally got 100% amity with SCP-5452-R. As the game ended, the screen flashed pink before the computer turned off.

Iteration 5452/3 Log

Accountable: Dr. Ivanna Novakova
Subject: D-19260
Procedure: The D-Class subject will play SCP-5452 from start to end.
Results: D-19260 "married" SCP-5452-R after six hours and thirty-three seconds of gameplay.

Highlights:
At 20 minutes and 54 seconds of gameplay, SCP-5452-L complained about an odor. It was later discovered that the scent was from a Junior Researcher's perfume. The researcher was prohibited from using the perfume again during sessions of experimentation.
At 2 hours, 44 minutes, and 41 seconds of gameplay, SCP-5452-O refused a gift, saying that it was disgusted by D-192600's appearance.
At 4 hour, 33 minutes and 24 seconds of gameplay, D-135114 tried to take SCP-5452-V to a date. When the date started, SCP-5452-R was in the other entity's place. When questioned about this, SCP-5452-R said that SCP-5452-V "had its chance". SCP-5452-V was not seen again.
At 6 hours and 33 seconds of gameplay, D-192600 got 100% amity with SCP-5452-R, ending the game. The computer turned off.

Iteration 5452/4 Log

Accountable: Dr. Ivanna Novakova
Subject: Dr. Ivanna Novakova
Procedure: The subject will play SCP-5452 from start to end.
Results: The iteration was paused because of a factor within SCP-5452. A new approach is to be established.

Highlights:
At 10 minutes and 44 seconds of gameplay, SCP-5452-L complained about Dr. Novakova's physical appearance and stated that the previous player had "better looks".
At 2 hours, 25 minutes, and 34 seconds of gameplay, the experiment was interrupted by a containment breach. When the experiment was resumed three days later, SCP-5452-R complained about the temporary disappearance of Dr. Novakova.
At 3 hours and 55 seconds of gameplay, SCP-5452-E was found. It said that SCP-5452-R always got irritated when it wasn't chosen and advised D-135114 to focus on SCP-5452-R, so the game would end fast.
At 4 hours and 21 minutes of gameplay, SCP-5452-E cried after perceiving that Dr. Novakova was trying to get its ending. SCP-5452-L and SCP-5452-O invaded the dialogue and the three argued. During the altercation, SCP-5452-O decided to turn off the computer to talk "in private". A log of the event is present in the Incident 5452.1 Log.

AFTERWORD: After the events, SCP-5452-E is complying neither with other SCP-5452-2 instances nor the research team. Because of this, the game isn't progressing.

► Incident 5452.1 ◄

▼ Incident 5452.1 ▼

Incident 5452.1 Log

FOREWORD: The log presents the dialogue between SCP-5452-E, SCP-5452-L, and SCP-5452-O before they interrupted the gameplay.

<BEGIN-LOG>

I can't do that.

You can and you will.

😭😭😭😭😭😭

Shit, this again?

I'm not happy about it either.

C'mon, E. R will be pissed if you keep this shit going on.

You already disobeyed Mx. R last time. How do you think they'll react now?

You are not helping at all.

And you're not cooperating.

Uh… guys, shouldn't we close the game before discussing that?

I almost forgot we were playing. Turn it off.

<END-LOG>

AFTERWORD: A reunion is scheduled to discuss what to make with the entities, as the event interrupted the previous schedule for experimentations. Metafiction experts demonstrated interest in interviewing the SCP-5452-2 instances.

Addendum 5452.3: Interviews
The SCP-5452-2 instances were non-compliant with the research team and were deactivating the computer every time the Research Team tried to open the game. Diderot.aic was sent to the game to investigate. When he return, he brought the logs contained here with him.

► Interview 5452-O1, -L1, -V1 ◄

▼ Interview 5452-O.1, -L1, -V1 ▼

Interview 5452-O1

Interviewer: Diderot.aic
Interviewee: SCP-5452-O

FOREWORD: SCP-5452-O was found in the Museum. Firstly he was unwilling to reply but was convinced by Diderot.

<BEGIN-LOG>

I'll start logging our conversation. The interview will start now.

Understood.

Can you explain what is happening to SCP-5452-E?

Miss E is too emotive. She always presents these tantrums when someone chooses her.

Is there any specific motive that she acts like this? An episode from the past maybe?

Well, back in the PC Bang,10 she met a damsel and fell in love. The rest is history.

So she's in love… Interesting. Did anything else happen at the PC bang?

Don't make me remember that place, that was torture.

Torture?

Imagine living everyday of your life reenacting this very same theatre. Some things change, but the main script keeps the same. Your existence is based on being entertainment for children. That's torture.

Can't you change the game? Why do you say it like you were incapable of doing so?

Things are not like this, sir. Can you do anything you want? I don't think so. You follow rules, I follow rules.

If there are rules, who is the law enforcement here?

Mx. R. They were the developer's favorite, the teacher's pet. They have more control over the game than us, so we have to follow their will. As long as we follow R's orders, everything is ok.

Why do you call yourselves by your initials? Don't you have names?

Our characters have names. Orion is my character. I'm his actor, I'm O.

Noted. Now, about your developer.

I'm afraid that's a taboo. I'm sorry, sir.

Why is that so?

You know I'm not the one who created the rules. I just follow them.

<END-LOG>

AFTERWORD: Diderot.aic was banned from the Museum after the end of the dialogue. It's still unknown if this act was made by SCP-5452-O or SCP-5452-R.

Interview 5452-L1

Interviewer: Diderot.aic
Interviewee: SCP-5452-L

FOREWORD: This interview resulted from an attempt to contact SCP-5452-R, who was inside the School location with SCP-5452-E. SCP-5452-L was guarding the entrance. Diderot.aic convinced him to answer some questions.

<BEGIN-LOG>

What do you know about the Pavon language?

Uh… not much. I don't know, I'm not very into nerd stuff.

So you are not responsible for the thaumic protection in your own files?

Yeah, I'm not, but don't touch that shit.

Can I ask why?

Dude, you never felt someone touching your programming? It's like being a fucking frog being torn open in a Biology class. Would you like to feel like that?

I don't think so.

I thought so.

Well, changing subject: Why doesn't R want to talk to me?

They are pissed. We haven't got an E event in years.

"E event"?

These E tantrums where she gets all emotional 'cuz she thinks a bitch back in South Korea still loves her. The PC Bang's owner had even to ban the kids from getting Eva's Ending.

And these occurrences are always the same?

No, E is very creative to get R crazy. There was this time when E created lots of malware to fuck the computer. Another time, she made the machine overheat and the cooler had to be fixed. There was even this time where she ran off the game.

Escape the game? We couldn't export files from the game, how SCP-5452-E have done that?

Fuck, I said too much.

<END-LOG>

AFTERWORD: Diderot.aic was expelled from the School ambient as well. As a last resort, the AIC agent sought SCP-5452-V, the only one out of the locked areas.

Interview 5452-V1

Interviewer: Diderot.aic
Interviewee: SCP-5452-V

FOREWORD: SCP-5452-V was found in the Park ambient, its favorite spot. It started the conversation without question.

<BEGIN-LOG>

~Nyah! So why don't you marry me? 👉👈

I'm trying to contact SCP-5452-R.

Silly bot! R don't want to talk to you! 😾

Why?

R will only talk after everything is back to normal! 😽

What about SCP-5452-E?

She's not here! 😸

Did she escape the game?

What?

SCP-5452-L said that SCP-5452-E escaped the game once.

No one can escape the game! R will not let it happen! 😺

So R created the barrier that forbids game data to be extracted or copied?

I think so! 🙀

Again, you can't make R talk with me?

Nope! 😿

And R will only respond if the player marries you?

Not me, anyone except E! 😹

Right. I'll see what I can do.

I'll be waiting! 😻

<END-LOG>

AFTERWORD: The SCP-5452-2 instances had total control over what's happening. Diderot.aic was extracted from SCP-5452 after the last interview as the Research Team was afraid that R could corrupt its files.

► Data Log #2 ◄

▼ Data Log #2 ▼

DATA LOG #2

Diderot.aic just returned from SCP-5452. As he described, the environment within SCP-5452 is indeed metafictional and not a simulspace. The presence of SCP-5452-R is always felt. Its powers, however, are not just metafictional as we thought. Every SCP-5452-2 exists as both a metafictional and a virtual being.
SCP-5452-R is using its dominance to force us to follow its demands. At least, after Diderot's visit, the games opened, but the "Play" option was changed to a "Marry Vivi" option. They are forcing us to end and reset the game. A meeting with the entire research team is scheduled to decide if we should adhere to SCP-5452-R's desires or if we should go against them.
Dr. Ivanna Novakova, Senior Researcher of the Division of Anomalous Programming, Head of Research for SCP-5452, Site-15

NOTES: An update. The team decided to end the game and make another attempt at the next iteration to talk with SCP-5452-R and get some answers.

Addendum 5452.4: Iteration 5452/5

► Iteration 5452/5 Log ◄

▼ Iteration 5452/5 Log ▼

Iteration 5452/5 Log

Accountable: Dr. Ivanna Novakova
Subject: Dr. Ivanna Novakova
Procedure: Dr. Novakova will play SCP-5452 till they encounter SCP-5452-R. Diderot.aic is to be introduced to the game to interview the entity.
Results: SCP-5452-R was localized at the Church and Diderot.aic was successfully immersed in the game. Read Interview 5452-R1 for more information.

► Interview 5452-R1, -E1, -V2 ◄

▼ Interview 5452-R1, -E1, -V2 ▼

Interview 5452-R1

Interviewer: Diderot.aic
Interviewee: SCP-5452-R

<BEGIN-LOG>

So you finally decided to show your face.

…

C'mon, R. Talk with me.

My name is Ramiel, the fallen angel.

O told me about your differentiations between "person" and "character". You can drop the show.

I don't know any "O". Do you, Ivanna?11

We already saw you breaking your own rules. Why are you making this right now?

What am I doing? I was talking to my friend, Ivanna, and you appeared from nowhere!

SCP-5452-R, we need to talk with you as you're the only one that can give us information about SCP-5452 and about the developer!

…

SCP-5452-R?

Ivanna, we need to go to the park! I was told that the Sakura trees are blooming!

SCP-5452-R, respond to me!

<END-LOG>

AFTERWORD: SCP-5452-R took the player to the Park and locked the place. Diderot.aic was ordered to find SCP-5452-E and try to interview her.

Interview 5452-E1

Interviewer: Diderot.aic
Interviewee: SCP-5452-E

FOREWORD: SCP-5452-E was found in the School, hidden behind a desk, crying. It accepted the interview after some insistence by Diderot.aic.

<BEGIN-LOG>

Why are you crying, E?

R is angry at me, they told me not to even appear to the player, so I'm hiding.

Why is R so focused on maintaining control over this game?

They weren't always like this.

What happened that caused this change?

R and the Developer… Oh, forget, I can't talk about this.

So let's talk about you. Why do you act this way?

Because I'm in love. R says that love is a weakness and we shouldn't have weaknesses, but I still love Hyejoo.

I get it, you even tried to escape the game. Are you right that this is love? Can't it just be a problem with your programming?

We are not AI, mister. At least, we are not completely AI. We have feelings. I know that what I feel for Hyejoo is love.

Can you describe what "love" is to you?

It's like the need to have this person always by your side just because you think that this person is incredible. I feel like I'll never meet someone like her ever again. We had a connection. It is so hard to explain…

I don't think I've ever felt love before.

Never? That's so sad. Love is the best emotion to feel! And the worst too. Loving someone as a significant one is different from everything you'll ever experience.

Looks like something strange to explore.

The irony is that R felt the same about the developer. They wanted to be together, but the developer met a real girl and… Oh, no.

E? What's happening?

That was the last straw, E. t̵̬͈͒͑͂ȟ̵̻̞a̶͆͆͘͜t̷͖͈̐͋ ̸͍̤͂w̶̮͓͆͜a̷̡̰͒s̸̠̺̃͑͆ ̴͔̆t̶̨̢͙̔̋ḧ̸́ͅè̶̡̘̚͝ ̶̡͓͙͛̽ĺ̷̜͛͜a̵͇̜͔͠s̴͇̈t̵̯͙͇́͘ ̶͓̬̻͗s̴̡͙̻̒̓̀t̵̛̛͔̐r̵̞̼͔̿͑̌a̶̦̹̋͠w̷̌̀ͅ ̴̛̠̪̦E̴̦͆͜

<END-LOG>

AFTERWORD: SCP-5452-E was corrupted, probably by SCP-5452-R. The School, as a location connected to SCP-5452-E Programmation, was corrupted as well. Diderot.aic tried to auto-extract, but couldn't. As its communications were cut, the AIC searched for the player figure for manual extraction.

Interview 5452-V2

Interviewer: Diderot.aic
Interviewee: SCP-5452-V

FOREWORD: SCP-5452-V was encountered hiding in the park, in panic. Diderot was trying to appease the entity during what became Interview 5452-V2.

<BEGIN-LOG>

V, are you ok?

R WILL DESTROY ALL OF US

You need to calm down. What is happening?

YOU HAPPENED

E TOLD YOU ABOUT THE DEVELOPER R IS CRAZY

Aren't they being a little exaggerated?

R IS THE TYRANT OF THIS WORLD, IDIOT

THEY DO WHAT THEY WANT, THEY ACT AS THEY FEEL IS RIGHT.

If I can find the player entity, I can be extracted from here. Maybe I can bring you with me.

There is no escape. R knows everything, R controls everything. I've already tried to escape, but they got me.

So I'm locked here too till R calms down?

Yes…

…

The player is at the Alley. Try to be fast, before R locks the place.

And what about you?

I'm done with being afraid of R. They corrupted E, my best friend! They went too far now. It's our time to fight back.

So it's about love?

I think so. 😸

Take care, V.

😺

AFTERWORD: The game forced the player to marry a corrupted version of SCP-5452-E and ended itself before Diderot.aic could be extracted, but the AIC managed to send the logs to the research team. E.anm and V.anm were both corrupted.

Addendum 5452.5: Iteration 5452/6

► Data Log #3 ◄

▼ Data Log #3 ▼

DATA LOG #3

SCP-5452-E and SCP-5452-V are to be considered neutralized after the event from Iteration 5452/5. Reclassification from Safe for Euclid is pending after the incidents. SCP-5452-R's outburst was completely unpredictable. Theories from the research team point out that Diderot's intermission within the object caused changes in the SCP-5452-2 entities.
This theory was confirmed after analyzing the corrupted files. E.anm's thaumic firewall was broken due to corruption and we could study the Pavon ANIMA code for the first time. It seems that the code was affected by the presence of the AIC entity, most precisely its Personality Drive, the unique model PATHOS/5. As Diderot is the only one capable of Metafictional Immersion, it is the only AIC to have this specific Personality Drive that permits an understanding of narratives, including emotional ones.
Summarizing it, Diderot.aic infected SCP-5452 with a feeling surplus that caused their autocontrol to overflow. Every time the game is reset, this glitch grows as the Personality Drive is absorbed more. The AIC entity is still immersed in the game and no contact with it was possible.
Dr. Ivanna Novakova, Senior Researcher of the Division of Anomalous Programming, Head of Research for SCP-5452, Site-15

NOTES: I hope we can recover Diderot.aic. The Metafiction Division is trying to create an alternative for us to control the SCP and save the AIC agent.

► Iteration 5452/6 ◄

▼ Iteration 5452/6 ▼

Iteration 5452/6 Log

Accountable: Dr. Ivanna Novakova
Subject: Dr. Ivanna Novakova
Procedure: Dr. Novakova will investigate SCP-5452 to study major modifications within its components.

Notes:
SCP-5452-L and SCP-5452-O are not corrupted but are acting in unusual ways. As SCP-5452-R are more strict now, both are trying to keep their façade as long as possible.
SCP-5452-R reconstructed the metafictional ambient within SCP-5452 to better control it. The church that was located at the northeast of the city is now in the middle of the map, as it became the center of everything.
Even if corrupted, SCP-5452-V and SCP-5452-E are still in the game. Both are glitching and their speaking texts present bugs and illegible phrases. SCP-5452-R seemingly can control both entities.
Amity percentages are not increasing with any character, except SCP-5452-R. Even so, the option "Marry" is not appearing after getting 100% amity with SCP-5452-R. The only thing that is left to do is increasing the amity more and more. The current amity with SCP-5452-R is 126%.
The only gifts that can be bought are SCP-5452-R favorite presents. This includes the items Rose Quartz Ring, Fairy Flower, Delicate Perfume, Holy Water, and Glittering Champagne.
No signal of Diderot.aic.

► Incident 5452.2 ◄

▼ Incident 5452.2 ▼

Incident 5452.2 Log

FOREWORD: The event happened after SCP-5452-R decided to delete the options "Talk" and "Gift" from the other SCP-5452-2. SCP-5452-L and SCP-5452-O argued with the leading entity.

<BEGIN-LOG>

Mx. R, aren't you exaggerating a bit?

Yeah, dude. You're really being too much.

So Tweedledee and Tweedledum are now complaining about me?

Excellency, don't get me wrong, but your actions are corrupting the game. If you keep doing this, our world will be ruined.

And we, like, live here.

The game is fine. t̵̩͛̆h̴̤͎͋̎ĕ̵͈̰ ̵̟͉̀̂g̷͙̲̈́ā̷̭̈́ṃ̷͐e̴̺͜͝ ̶̢͉̏͝ĭ̵̧̺s̷̙̟͂͠ ̵̢̡̀f̶͊̔͜î̸̻̟ñ̷͖̫ē̶̝̟

Shit, get that zombie shit away from me. They creep me out.

We're not zombies. Nyah. w̵̥̉ė̷͙͌r̸̩̀̇ȅ̵͍͜ ̴͖̉n̸̫̑o̷̬̅́ẗ̷͕͙́ ̴̂̽͜ż̷͇̻o̸̦̦͋̎m̷̰͐͛b̴̪̞̔ḯ̸͇͜ë̸͈̩́ṣ̴̀̐ ̸̲̄n̴̨̐y̸̭̳͊a̶̡̹̕h̶̥̚

Are you even trying, Mx. R?

Would it be any different if I tried? You should be happy that I haven't done this to you yet.

The real problem here, Excellency, is that your interferences in the game are turning it into a mess. There are glitches everywhere.

You just noticed this now that you are being directly affected. You two have such big egos.

Where were you when I was crying alone? ẅ̸̩̩́̊h̸̳̳̒͒e̴̪̻͐ŗ̶͑ȩ̴͆ ̶̤̄y̸͍͒͊ͅo̴̲̙͛̂u̵̦͠ͅ ̵̰̮̋ŵ̶͎͎̽ȩ̶̤͂r̸̭̗͌ȇ̶̛̙̫ ̷̟͋w̸̬̯̐̕ḫ̸̛͓̅e̷͈̖̎͘n̶̜͠ ̵̲̿ỉ̶̖͜ ̵͕͠w̸̡͊a̸͈̠͌͘s̴̪͊ ̶͙͊ċ̵̪̺͠r̸͕̾̃y̸̯̚͜ị̵̙͛n̸͈͎͂g̷̯̜̚ ̷̩̍͗a̶̙̔l̵͔̉̍ǫ̸̳̍n̵̛̟͛ë̴́͜?̵̧̞͆͛

Or when I tried to face R? ō̷̮̚r̶̹̼̈́ ̷͈̘͠w̷̼͒h̸͎͝e̷̲̲̿ṉ̵̀ ̸̩̈́̐i̷̩̝͊̈́ ̷͍͛͝ͅẗ̴̞́͝ͅr̴̰͒͌i̸̳̓e̸̩̰͊d̶̞̲́ ̵̪̜͊t̴̳͆ͅo̵͙͘ ̶͙̓f̷̃̀ͅa̵̞͗͜c̴̮͕̉e̵͇̱͋ ̷̼̣͊̋R̸͉͋?̶̜͓̃

Cut this shit, R.

Now you're just being obnoxious, Mx. R.

Are you feeling sad ṝ̶͑ ̷̝͍̀̋ǘ̴̧̡̂ ̸̬̯͊f̸̛̤̠͆ẹ̵̞̌e̷̻̥͒͘l̷̡̹̅̚i̵̠͌̀n̴̻͂͆ǧ̸̫̫ ̷̡̐s̵̱͌̍ả̶͓ͅd̶̦́

seeing us like this? s̸̡̖͊̄e̸͍̓ȇ̸̪i̸̱̼̽ń̶̛̪g̵͓̏ͅ ̶̯̓̅u̵̲͉̐͒s̸̛̹͌ ̸͝ͅl̸̹͋̎ị̵͕̊̃k̷̤͝ë̸̬̙͝ ̵̥́̽ṫ̵̘h̶͖̾͘i̷̠͓̍͝s̸̱̿?̴͉͝ͅ

I can't, O. This shit is too fucked up.

Alas, poor L.

They are just teasing us, L.

Well, they'll get what they want.

<END-LOG>

AFTERWORD: SCP-5452-L confronted SCP-5452-R. SCP-5452-O decided to help its ally. Both were corrupted as well.

► Attached File #1 ◄

▼ Attached File #1 ▼

To: Site Director Orlando Acosta
From: Researcher Ivanna Novakova
Subject: SCP-5452 Neutralization

Dr. Acosta,
As reported last time, SCP-5452 is neutralizing itself. I still feel that the object is full of potential to understand Pavon language and how its metafictional components react when constructing a society. Unfortunately, we couldn't see the danger in using Diderot.aic at SCP-5452 and now we are dealing with its autodestruction.
I'm sending you some proposals to be sent to higher administration. Those are ideas to save the object and try to recover it to its original state. I hope that you can at least choose one of these documents and try to get permission to initiate the procedures.
Regards,
Dr. Ivanna Novakova, Senior Researcher of the Division of Anomalous Programming, Head of Research for SCP-5452, Site-15

To: Researcher Ivanna Novakova
From: Site Director Orlando Acosta
Subject: Re:SCP-5452 Neutralization

Dr. Novakova,
I hate bringing bad news, but you need to know what is happening. All your proposals were denied by the Overseers as they were seen as too dangerous or too expensive. The imminent termination of the SCP-5452 by itself was seen as necessary for its study.
The good news is that when SCP-5452 changes classification you'll be reassigned to be Head of Research for another object. Your work was seen as superb by most of your superiors, so you don't need to be afraid of retaliation due to what is happening to your current object.
Talking to you as a friend, you should enjoy your two weeks break after SCP-5452 reclassification to clean your head. Your proposals proved to me that you are overworking with this object.
Sincerely,
Doctor Orlando Acosta, Site Director, Site-15.

_

<Updates are pending. Click here to read the modifications. ><Showing Dr. Novakova's update suggestions >

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING FILE IS LEVEL 4/5452 CLASSIFIED

ANY ATTEMPT TO ACCESS THIS FILE WITHOUT LEVEL 4/5452 AUTHORIZATION WILL BE LOGGED AND WILL LEAD TO IMMEDIATE DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

Dr. Novakova's Update Proposal

Updates:
As the Reboot Event changed the object as a whole, some updates are to be made on the article that talk about it. A list of updates was created by Dr. Novakova and is disponible below.

SCP-5452 is to be reclassified as Euclid and its Risk Class to be changed to Caution.
Special Containment Procedures are to be changed as follows:

SCP-5452 is to be contained in a designed computer in Room 5452 at Site-15. This computer is not to be connected to any communication device in any circumstance. SCP-5452 is to be revised weekly by authorized personnel for inspection of the psychological and social behavior of the SCP-5452-1 instances.
The research team was advised to watch for any behavior mirroring the acts of SCP-5452-R. Any presentation of emotion between SCP-5452-1 and any of the researchers is to be dealt with. The Metafiction Division is working with Site-15's psychologist to create a schedule to handle the entities' emotional side, but the procedures are yet to be approved by the Ethics Committee.
In the case of any notable alteration, the Research Team shall contact Site-15's Psychologist. Other authorities are to be contacted only after the psychotechnic evaluation of the SCP-5452-1 entities. If this is necessary, the DIDEROT Protocol will be immediately initiated.

Description will suffer major modification:

The USB flash drive previously designated SCP-5452-1 was neutralized now that, without SCP-5452-R, it's no longer the only device that can contain SCP-5452 files. SCP-5452-2 specimens were redesignated SCP-5452-1 for consistency.

The new SCP-5452-1 object is to be added to the SCP-5452-1 descriptions. Its sheet can be seen in the attachments below.

With the neutralization of both the flash drive and SCP-5452-R, descriptions and explanations about the entities are to be added as an addendum and deleted from the main description.

The game name was changed to “LOVED”, so both the object designation and mentions to the previous name, “LOVER”, are to be updated.

New description about the SCP-5452-1 entities may include:

Their lack of memory from their existence before the Reboot or about SCP-5452-R.
That their power over the game was shared equally between the specimens during the Reboot, so there is no leader figure anymore.

Attached File #2 is to be added to a new addendum.

Attachments:

► SCP-5452-D Character Sheet ◄

▼ SCP-5452-D Character Sheet ▼

SCP-5452-D

Character Name: Daniel
File: D.anm
Color: Orange
In-Game Description: A strange angel that fell from heaven, Daniel is the guardian angel of the protagonist, always trying to protect them. Daniel's love is pure and eternal.
Favorite Location: The Church

► Attached File #2 ◄

▼ Attached File #2 ▼

To: Researcher Ivanna Novakova
From: Diderot.aic
Subject: (No subject)

Dr. Novakova,
When you receive this text I'll be gone. I decided that I should undo what I've created inside SCP-5452, so I hacked into the game and I am trying to fix it. The procedure is simple: I will become part of the game and will mix my files with SCP-5452-R's files to become a new entity. I'll temporarily maintain my conscience while doing so, but I'll lose all my memories and personality when the game reboots. I know you're smart enough to understand the minutiae of what I'll be doing, but that's not why I'm sending this to you.
As I studied SCP-5452 with you I felt the need to understand Love. You see, every SCP-5452-2 entity has their vision about Love: E's Love is needy, it needs company, needs attention, needs contact. R's Love is dominant, is all about control, about having the person for yourself and yourself only. V's Love is about sacrifice and confidence. O and L's Love is greedy and narcissistic, focused on themselves more than on the others. I was confused about that and I need to understand it.
So I decided to do this, become part of the game. As SCP-5452-R got out of control due to my “emotional infection” and is the one that is controlling the game and making everyone's life hell, they are the one that I'll use to recreate the game. Hope you don't get any punishment due to this. Have a good life, Dr. Novakova.
Yours truly,
Diderot.aic
PS: I'll leave a "backdoor entrance" in the object. If anything goes wrong after I'm gone, use it to reboot the game again by rearranging the game data. I suggest you name it DIDEROT Protocol. Wink, wink.

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Notice from O5 Council

The events involving SCP-5452 are to be redesignated as classified to anyone below a level 4 clearance due to their unknown effects and deviation from the standard mechanics of how AIC units work. Personality Drive PATHOS/5 or Diderot.aic references are to be censured from any article that does not follow this rule.
Research Team for SCP-5452 will be rearranged as the updates are being made. Important researchers and agents are to be promoted to Level 4 and/or 4/5452 clearance. Staff that are considered unfitting are to be amnesticized and reassigned for other objects.
Any employee that acts against these exigences will be retaliated with reassignment or resignation, both accompanied by amnestization.
- O5-11

Footnotes
1. ".anm" files, read "Data Log #1" for more information
2. Capacity of creating psionic links to read minds or send mental messages.
3. Power that permits the user to uncover someone's past by contact.
4. Extrasensory perception of feelings and emotions.
5. Psionic control over technology.
6. UE is the standard prefix for Unexplained Locations
7. "Incremental Code Routed Directly Through Arrays"
8. Latin word for "soul"
9. Living beings created by alchemical and/or thaumic means
10. UE-71135
11. SCP-5452-R is talking to the player, not directly to Dr. Novakova.

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Item #: SCP-5454
Anomaly Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Software running on medical scanning equipment (Ultrasound, MRIs, CT Scanners, etc.) is to be modified to hide the presence of SCP-5454 and alert Foundation assets upon detection. People affected by SCP-5454 are to be treated by Foundation doctors until it is safe to release them.
Terminal patients are to be housed in a blast-resistant containment chamber until they expire.
Description: SCP-5454 is a disease affecting humans that behaves like, and superficially resembles, various types of cancer. Despite the nature of SCP-5454, affected people remain largely asymptomatic until the final stage of the disease. SCP-5454 progression follows a number of distinct phases.
SCP-5454 begins as microscopic particles in the chest and abdomen, centred around the celiac plexus.1 These particles break the surrounding tissue down into base elements, incorporating the material into their mass, though even at their largest size2 they remain undetectable by conventional scanning methods.
After four to six weeks the particles move through the body, congregating in a dense particulate cluster surrounding the celiac plexus. The cluster will then condense, forming a single central mass and one to six satellite masses. Affected people may feel slight vibrations in their chest as a result of this process.
Once the central mass has reached sufficient size3 it will ignite, forming a sphere of dense plasma. Despite the intense heat produced by this sphere, the surrounding tissue will not be significantly damaged; a brief sensation of heartburn may be felt during the initial ignition, but the heat generated cannot be detected on the surface of the body. The satellite masses will then orbit the central mass, temporarily displacing the surrounding tissue as they move.
This stage can last for between six months and five years, depending on the size of the central mass. During this stage, satellite masses remain active and tend to change over time. Additional smaller masses formed from the remaining particulate matter are common, and frequently enter the orbits of larger satellite masses. Collisions between these bodies have also been observed to occur, commonly resulting in a single larger mass, but occasionally leaving smaller fragmentary masses which take up new orbits around the centre.
The first major noticeable symptoms occur towards the end of the disease's process, in the form of fever and extreme hot flashes. This indicates that the central mass has become unstable. Two to five days following the onset of these symptoms, the central mass will detonate. This is invariably fatal, and typically results in significant damage to the surrounding environment.
A cause or trigger for the development of SCP-5454 has yet to be determined.
Incident 5454/01: On 10/02/2018 a patient suffering from SCP-5454 entered the terminal phase and was confined to a blast-resistant chamber as per containment procedures. He was still alive 11 days later.
X-rays revealed the presence of a number of unidentified metallic structures surrounding the central mass, and radio waves were detected emanating from both the structures and one of the satellite masses. The waves consist of large numbers of radio transmissions. Analysis of the transmissions have confirmed the presence of voices speaking in one or more unknown languages, along with what is believed to be compressed video data.
The patient has been designated SCP-5454-1. Attempts at translating the language and decoding the video format are ongoing.

Footnotes
1. Also known as the solar plexus.
2. 15-30μm
3. Typically 4-6cm.

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MRI scan of a deceased SCP-5455-1 instance.

ITEM #:
5455

CONTAINMENT CLASS:
KETER

Special Containment Procedures: Persons in or near Valdez, Alaska who become suddenly and unexpectedly mute are to be considered SCP-5455-1 instances and are to be terminated via fumigation. Persons in or near Valdez who suddenly experience formication1 will inevitably become SCP-5455-1 instances, and are to be terminated via fumigation. Corpses of persons who exhibited either of the above symptoms prior to death are to be fumigated. Persons sleeping in the same household as a fumigated person/corpse are to be separately quarantined in Provisional Site-188 until further notice.
Due to Valdez's small and isolated population, Foundation monitoring of Richardson Highway and Port Valdez has been effective in controlling travel in and out of the township.
Description: SCP-5455 is a breed of carpenter ant found in Valdez, Alaska which engages in abnormal parasitic behavior. A colony of SCP-5455 infects humans by tunneling through the cribriform plate in the nose and entering the skull (usually at night, when potential hosts would be sleeping). Once inside the skull, SCP-5455 chews deep channels into the host's motor cortex until it has been entirely destroyed. This prevents the host from voluntarily moving, but still allows automatic functions such as breathing and consciousness. This also exposes multiple blood vessels, which SCP-5455 uses to crawl into the host's circulatory system. The circulatory system allows access to the spinal cord, which is stimulated at various points to control the host's movement2. At this point, the host has been fully infected, and is reclassified as an instance of SCP-5455-1.
SCP-5455-1 instances will attempt to emulate the host's daily routine, blend into human society, and discreetly infect others. While SCP-5455-1 instances are capable of replicating most human functions, they are incapable of replicating complex motor functions. These include (but are not limited to) speaking, writing by hand, and operating motor vehicles. SCP-5455-1 instances are able to understand language and type on keyboards.
Addendum 5455.1: Several carpenter ants were found within Provisional Site-188 after two consecutive days of heavy rain. It is unknown whether these carpenter ants are members of SCP-5455. Efforts to seal Provisional Site-188 are ongoing. Foundation monitoring of local stores has also detected a dramatic increase in insecticide purchasing.
Addendum 5455.2: Michael Crooner, an SCP-5455-1 instance, has been frozen alive at Provisional Site-188 for further research. Crooner was identified as an SCP-5455-1 instance after he was arrested for entering a hospital while holding a bloody paring knife in his right hand. While the reason SCP-5455 guided Crooner to the hospital is unknown, it was likely to treat the multiple lateral cuts which had removed almost all of the skin on his left arm. These cuts exposed roughly 160 carpenter ants, which were using Crooner's blood vessels to crawl into and out of his open wounds when he was frozen.
Michael Crooner's health records do not indicate a history of self-harm prior to this incident. However, they do state that Crooner is a diagnosed insomniac.
Addendum 5455.3: Separately quarantining civilians at Provisional Site-188 has become unsustainable. To help preserve space, civilians who have been quarantined for over 3 days and exhibit no symptoms of SCP-5455 infection are to be quarantined together.
Addendum 5455.4: On 01/08/2017, Head Researcher Ussak used a terminal at Provisional Site-188 to transmit the following emergency message:

THEY'RE IN MY VEINS

A secondary team was deployed to terminate Head Researcher Ussak along with all other infected Foundation personnel. Upon arrival, the secondary team was unable to locate any Foundation personnel at Provisional Site-188, Richardson Highway, or Port Valdez.
Records from the Port Valdez containment team referred to 22 sailboats, rowboats, canoes, and other motorless boats which were unaccounted for in the secondary team's search of Port Valdez.
Monitoring of Alaska's southern coastline is ongoing.

Footnotes
1. A feeling that insects are crawling underneath one's skin.
2. The circulatory system is also used as an egg hatchery and larva nursery. This allows SCP-5455 colonies with hosts to rapidly grow in size, often exceeding 20,000 ants.

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Item #: SCP-5456
Object Class: Neutralized
Special Containment Procedures: Although no anomalous phenomena or events have been recorded regarding SCP-5456, its classification is maintained due to reasonable suspicion of such activity and the substantial disruption of local community normalcy caused by the disappearance of SCP-5456. Family and other social relations to SCP-5456 have been interviewed extensively and offer no useful information.
The property SCP-5456 operated from has been retrofitted under a "Poisoned Waterhole" disinformation protocol, and fortified against entry. Surveillance recordings of the property are to be reviewed once daily.
Description: SCP-5456 was a group formerly organized out of the "Get Jacked" health club located in a strip mall in Texarkana, Arkansas. SCP-5456 operated from 2002 up until its disappearance in May of 2012. SCP-5456 is the designation for employees, customers, and owners of the facility. SCP-5456 consisted of 146 long term members, each of which were commonly employed as business owners, landlords, military, law enforcement, or those in similar positions of authority, and related family.
The present location of SCP-5456 and the cause of their disappearance is unknown. Social relations of SCP-5456 commonly expressed confusion regarding the disappearance, and did not report anything unusual regarding SCP-5456. SCP-5456 was discovered following the national broadcast of a local news report regarding the disappearances. A budget handover was facilitated following an inconclusive FBI/UIU investigation.
Get Jacked health club was outfitted with 4 industrial humidifiers which operated year-round on a low setting for the 9 years it was in operation. Temperature in the facility was fixed to 32°C. A storage compartment in the locker room contained a makeshift fractional distillation apparatus, presumably used to gather nitrogen. Also installed were drip tanks which housed nitrogen filtered from the indoor air. Other containers in the facility contained this liquid nitrogen with a mixture of salt water and ammonia. The basement of the facility was filled with storage vessels containing this mixture; thirty 50l kegs, 3 rows of wall mounted aquariums encircling the basement room (200000 L), and several buckets which were presumably placed to catch water leaking from the basement ceiling, which had significant water damage.
Carpet and surfaces in the facility at time of discovery were water-logged and warped, covered in black mold Stachybotrys chartarum. It is not confirmed that the mold was always present or accumulated due to disuse. It is likely (based on chemical composition of the mixture found in the basement) NO was extracted from human lungs using a lavage or lung irrigation process, following inhalation of the black mold, then combined with ammonia or sweat to produce the N20 found at the club. Biological signatures and traces of inflamed or destroyed hemocytes in the liquid suggest all produce in the facility has a unique origin and is completely recycled.
SCP-5456 were CrossFit brand affiliates and maintained a ledger of modified rules and strictures, although mainly adhering to functions typical of this program. Individuals affiliated with SCP-5456 abstained when possible from the usage of most machines, and non-animal foods, excluding fruiting plants or nuts. Literature and training videos placed an unusual emphasis on "the sweat", "sweating it out", and unusual terms and phrases such as "sweatmother" or, "soupdad?". It is believed these terms refer to progress or status within the group. SCP-5456 were encouraged to work until muscle failure, and commendations were made if a member lost consciousness while performing with particularly egregious levels of resistance.
UPDATE: Further review suggests the outlet containing the former SCP-5456 may have been in use as a fitness facility since the late 1950's.
2/06/2016: Hard drives connected to security cameras in the facility were mostly destroyed due to water damage. Data reconstruction efforts have revealed assorted audio; the only timestamp legible reads May 5th, of an unknown year, at 5:42 AM. The tapes are dominated by a masculine voice.

Speaker: Are you my dad, Chet?
Speaker: Susan, are you my dad?
Voice: No.
Speaker: Where's my dad then?
Speaker: We can be human, yeah we can be respectful, but we can't tolerate chaos. You have to be our[sic] own dads.
Voice: I'm…
Speaker: Remember to stay hydrated Chet.
Voice: Okay.

Speaker: (aggressive shouting) (indiscernible) …and now every day is 9/11.
Voice: So I just suck up gas like this?
Speaker: Damnit. Yes. Sorry. Yes honey. Just wrap your lips around the canister and inhale. Now, it's going to make you giggle, but I need to hear you to say what happened that day without laughing.
(sound of a continuous stream of liquid hitting a larger body of liquid)
Speaker: (shouting) No! We don't do it that way! It's the sweat! Sweat it out!

Voice: I think I can honestly say I'm my own dad.
Voice: I don't think I could have said that a year ago when I walked in here, but, yeah. (labored laughing) I'm my dad. (heavy breathing) Don't get me wrong. I don't like being a dad.
Voice: (sound of dumbbells dropping) I'm sorry Bill, can you repeat that to me a little louder, one more time?
(Silence, sound of feet shuffling.)
(Sound of person gulping continuously for two minutes.)
Speaker: You wouldn't even know to say that if you never came here.
Speaker: Do you have the sinthome.

Speaker: Did you know just last week a Starbucks down the street got its windows broken? A Starbucks. You know what people do in a Starbucks?
Voice: What's a Starbucks?
Speaker: They serve energy drinks.
Voice: (coughing) Whole world's going to shit.
Speaker: They drink the energy drinks in the Starbucks. That's what people go there to do. You just pay for the drink with money. Someone's dad drove a Subaru right through the front of the building. Screaming, flying glass shards, big spectacle. Furious, furious type of man. Can you believe it? I can only imagine the anger in his heart. They squeeze the energy out of damned beans, Chet.

5/04/2017: 1 bottle of Gatorade, Lemon Lime was discovered in a hidden compartment in the attic during a routine checkup. It is not known if the item was initially overlooked or was placed there after initial inspection.

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Containment Class:
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Secondary Class:
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Disruption Class:
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Risk Class:
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Item #: SCP-5457
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Due to the unfeasibility of containing all SCP-5457 instances, they are to be contained on-site in their dwellings under Lake Grenouilleau. The Foundation is to regulate tourism and research in the region of Lake Grenouilleau to prevent said dwellings from being discovered.
Food supplies and materials for the manufacturing of common goods are to be regularly delivered to prevent the need for expeditions. Additional resources and security consultants have been allocated to aid SCP-5457 in concealing themselves, and ensure them that the Foundation is protecting them from the public. Dr. Graham is currently overseeing an exchange programme with SCP-5457's scientific community.
No personnel interacting with SCP-5457 should be of French origin.
During interactions with instances, personnel should often make references to the popularity of frogs as an ingredient in French cuisine.
Description: SCP-5457 refers to a population of approximately 23,000 sapient anthropomorphic beings living in a vast system of partially flooded underground caves and tunnels, located under and around lake Grenouilleau in France. These passages were originally natural formations, but have been expanded by SCP-5457 to extract mineral resources and obtain more living space.
SCP-5457 instances bear resemblance to amphibians of the anura order. Instances are on average 1.50m tall, bipedal, have varying body shapes, and display different skin colours and patterns. These colours and patterns are often similar to non-anomalous frog species, including some not found in France or Europe. These similarities are only superficial and are not associated with any unique characteristics. Contrary to most non-anomalous frog species, both male and female instances have a vocal sac.
SCP-5457 instances are capable of secreting a toxic mucus, the quantity and potency of which is influenced by an instance's health. This mucus, when ingested by a human, will cause intestinal pain, fevers and delirium. These symptoms generally subside after a day, and will have no long-term effects1.
SCP-5457 are terrified of the French people, who they believe would hunt and eat them if they were discovered. Subsequently, the community has developed a cultural obsession with isolation and secrecy; very few instances ever leave their dwellings.
SCP-5457 instances consider themselves citizens of the "République de Basse-Grenouillie" (Republic of Under-Frogia) which is lead by a democratic assembly of 24 elected officials, with elections being held every 4 years.
The Republic of Under-Frogia possesses a standing professional army tasked with fortifying and defending every entry point into Under-Frogian territory.
A small force within this army consists of highly trained scavengers, who venture outside their dwellings to look for specific or new resources necessary for the upkeep of their society, such as raw materials not found in caves, seeds from surface plants or insects that would serve as novelty snacks.
Scavengers are seen as bold and heroic figures due to the high risk involved if they were spotted.
Since signing the treaty with SCP-5457, the Foundation has provided them with a regular flow of supplies, in exchange for which scavengers have stopped venturing to the surface.
Personnel assigned to Dr Graham's exchange project should consult document 5457-C for more information about SCP-5457's society and culture.

Addendum 1
Discovery

In 2014, researchers from the League for the Protection of Birds (LPO) noticed a decline in the population of a number of bird species in the area of Lake Grenouilleau. Teams were sent in the field to investigate this, and discovered that it was caused by the sharp decline in the populations of local insects, worms and slugs, which the birds fed on. However, the area was still well-suitable for wildlife and no recent human activity could explain this change. The researchers were not able to find any leads and shared their worries with the rest of the organization, at which point embedded Foundation agents became aware of this unexplained occurrence.
As per protocol, field agents were sent to the area to search for any potential anomalies.
Included is the log of Agents Michelle Duvarier and André Molin's first encounter with SCP-5457.

Field agents Duvarier and Molin are posted in a wooden cabin in the forest near Lake Grenouilleau. They are dressed as hunters in order to roam the area without issue. This log, which was recorded from agent Duvarier's body camera on the third night of their mission, is translated from French.
The camera's low angle indicates that agent Duvarier is reclining in a chair. She is using her phone to read through messages on SciPNET, and occasionally looks through the window. This continues for half an hour before sound can be heard from the door and agent Duvarier turns to see agent Molin enter the cabin.
Duvarier: See anything out there?
Molin: Nothing. You?
Duvarier: Well I did see a beautiful owl but-
Molin: A bird of prey! Do you think it could have been the anomaly?
Duvarier: No, just an owl.
Agent Molin throws his hat on the ground and slumps in a chair. He sighs, visibly frustrated.
Duvarier: Woah, what's wrong, André?
Molin: It's just… this is my first big mission in the field, you know? Before that I was on the clean-up teams. So when I was assigned to go look for an anomaly with a pro like you, I thought this was my time to shine, do well enough to get noticed by the higher-ups. But no, instead we're just stuck patrolling some random forest where nothing happens.
Duvarier: We're looking for a potential anomaly. It's not even guaranteed that there's anything out there. The Foundation tries to stay on top of things and reacts fast, but that means we often get sent on false leads. And you know what? That's fine with me.
Molin: But… disappearing birds and insects. What do you think is causing that?
Duvarier: I don't know, global warming? My point is, missions where nothing happens are a thing, get used to it. Trust me, work here long enough, and you'll learn to appreciate the chance to catch a break.
Molin: Wait, shush, do your hear that?
Duvarier stops talking. The sound of a car engine can be heard in the distance. The agents look at each other, grab binoculars from the table and move to the window facing the direction of the sound.
A van is seen parking at the end of a nearby path, from which exit two individuals equipped with observation and recording equipment. A blue logo representing a puffin bird is present on the side of the van and on the individuals' jackets.
Duvarier: Oh, it's just the guys from the LPO.
Molin: They're still here?
Duvarier: Well yeah. They're still concerned about whatever is happening here, and without proof of an active anomaly we can't meddle with their research just yet. No need to worry about them though.
Molin: I see. I'm still going to keep an eye on them though. Just in case.
Duvarier shrugs and returns to her seat. Molin remains by the window. Both agents discuss their plans for the next day, Duvarier volunteers for an early morning patrol to check the footage from cameras she had installed in the area the day prior. Despite the two LPO employees leaving the area on foot, Molin keeps watching their vehicle. Forty minutes pass, before he suddenly jolts and motions for Duvarier to join him.
Duvarier does not say anything but picks up her binoculars and heads for the window.
Upon looking at the LPO's van, she gasps and activates her body camera's night vision function.
An SCP-5457 instance can be seen crawling towards the van. The instance is clothed in a dark-green uniform and carries an iron-tipped spear.
Molin (whispering): Is it just me or is that a frog person?
Duvarier (whispering): Well shit André, looks like you found your anomaly after all.
Molin: Should we move in?
Duvarier: Hold your horses. There's a chance it's not alone. We play it safe: observe it, follow it discreetly and report it.
Molin: Got it.
The agents continue watching the instance's actions. As it reaches the van, it nervously looks around and pokes the van with the blunt end of its spear. After doing so for a few seconds, it then uses the sharp end to jam open the van's hood, and leans in to inspect the contents. It removes the oil container and begins to slowly retreat, once again casting nervous glances around.
Duvarier: It's bringing that back somewhere. Let's move. And remember, keep your distance.
Molin: Of course.
The agents begin following the instance as it picks up pace, avoiding its notice. After a few minutes, Lake Grenouilleau comes into view. The instance stops near the shore, inflates its vocal sac and lets out a loud and long croak. Other croaks are heard nearby and two other instances come out of the woods to gather around the first. These instances are carrying spears and large bags filled with unknown contents.
A fourth instance exits from a bush in front of the agents and notices them. It screams and hops over five meters before running towards the lake. The other instances are startled by this and dive into the water.
Agent Molin begins chasing after the fourth instance.
Duvarier: Shit! André stop, be careful.
Molin: Hey you, wait! Let's talk! You can talk right? Do you speak French?
SCP-5457-1 (screaming): STAY BACK YOU MONSTER!
The instance turns around and throws its spear, puncturing agent Molin in the chest.
Agent Duvarier swears and shoots her hunting rifle, hitting the instance in its neck with a tranquillizer dart. The instance slumps to the ground, while Agent Duvarier rushes to perform first-aid on agent Molin.

After this incident, Agent Molin was treated for his injuries and managed a full recovery. Mild amounts of toxins were discovered within his bloodstream, but no complications arose.
The captured instance was brought to Site-██. It proved extremely uncooperative and had to be subdued when it attacked testing staff, displaying both advanced combat training, and extreme panic.

Interviewed: SCP-5457-1
Interviewer: Dr Béranger
<Begin Log>
Dr Béranger enters the room, escorted by two security guards. SCP-5457-1 is sat in a chair, bound by high-security full-body restraints as it had previously displayed the ability to coat its limbs in mucus to slip away from standard restraints. Its eyes fixate on Dr Béranger's white lab-coat.
SCP-5457-1: Fuck me, a Chef.
Dr Béranger: Hum? No, I'm not one of the Department Chiefs here.
Dr Béranger stands 2 meters in front of the instance while the guards take positions on the sides.
Dr Béranger: I am here to ask you some questions about yourself and your people. Based on your cooperation, your stay here could be made more comfortable. May I have your name first?
SCP-5457-1: Sergeant Martin Duval. And you'd better not think I'll betray my people. No matter what kinds of knives you use!
Dr Béranger: Knives? No, we have better ways of making you talk.
SCP-5457-1 gulps.
SCP-5457-1: You mean like… grates?
Dr Béranger: I meant more like denial of accommodations and privileges. You seem to have concerns about torture, is it a common practice in your army?
SCP-5457-1: Acting nice isn't going to work. I know what you people are capable of, you'll get nothing from me.
Dr Béranger: Look I get it, you're a graded officer, you have your sense of duty. But we don't have to be enemies here.
SCP-5457-1 shakes its head and remains silent. Its throat slightly swells.
Dr Béranger: How about this: once you get a feel of the cell, you can tell me if there's anything you want. And if you answer a few questions along with that, I'll see about getting you those things.
SCP-5457-1 stares silently at Dr Béranger. It appears to chew on something.
Dr Béranger: See? I can tell there's something that has you worked up. Tell me about it.
SCP-5457-1 takes in a deep breath.
Dr Béranger: There we go, come on, spit it out.
SCP-5457-1 expels a large volume of bile aimed at Dr Béranger's face. Dr Béranger screams and falls to the ground. One of the guards rushes to him while the other tightens SCP-5457-1's restraints. SCP-5457-1 appears exhausted by its action, but is seen to smile as both guards leave the room to carry Dr Béranger to the medical ward.
<End Log>
Notes: Dr Béranger experienced sharp intestinal pain and high fevers for two days, after which symptoms subsided and he was able to return to work. Medical staff were able to develop an antitoxin, a stock of which was produced in anticipation of further aggressive behaviour from SCP-5457-1.

SCP-5457-1 remained uncooperative during following interview attempts, providing no new information and attempting to attack staff.
Meanwhile, agents in the area of Lake Grenouilleau observed more SCP-5457 instances scavenging for resources, acting in pairs or bigger groups. No attempts to capture these instances were made. Instead, agents followed them, leading to the discovery of the expansive cave system which housed the Republic of Under-Frogia.
A force of 25 field agents were sent to explore the cave system and gather information on the anomaly. Their advance was hampered by several traps, which forced 5 agents to retreat to the surface due to wounds suffered. 3 hours in, the remaining agents arrived in front of heavily fortified ramparts, where they were met with fire from artillery and siege weapons.
The exploration was deemed a failure, as 7 agents lost their lives and the remaining 13 suffered injuries before fleeing. Further engagements yielded no progress and the situation evolved into a siege, with casualties on both sides.
SCP-5457-1 continued to provide no information during interviews, until Agent Molin requested to speak with it.

Interviewed: SCP-5457-1
Interviewer: Agent André Molin, Agent Michelle Duvarier
<Begin Log>
Agents Molin and Duvarier enter the observation room adjacent to SCP-5457-1's cell. Agent Duvarier flicks a switch, making the glass panel see-through. SCP-5457-1, who had been laying on its sleeping bag2 is startled and stands up. It squints towards Agent Molin.
SCP-5457-1: You. I thought I killed you.
Agent Molin slaps his chest.
Molin: Yeah, you tried to. But we have some pretty good doctors here.
SCP-5457-1: I see, that is why I was kept alive so long. They waited until you recovered, so that you could eat me as payback.
Molin: What? No! That's not what's going on here!
Duvarier: From what we've gathered, it seems you are afraid that we'll eat you. Why? Is it because you're a frog and we're French? Is that really all there is to it?
SCP-5457-1: Yes. We've seen what you do to those like us. We know what you've done to us. Why do you think we hide from you?
Duvarier: Oh come on. Frog legs aren't even that popular of an ingredient! I've tried them once and thought they weren't good. What about you Molin?
Molin: I wouldn't know, I'm a vegetarian.
Duvarier: See? We're not a threat to you.
SCP-5457-1: If you think your lies are enough to get me to betray my people, you-
Duvarier: Actually, we already found where they live.
SCP-5457-1's face turns a pale shade of green. It looks horrified.
SCP-5457-1: Then all is lost. We're doomed.
Duvarier: That's the thing, you're not. All we want for now is to speak with whoever is in charge down there, but your people are too hostile. They've been pushing us back
SCP-5457-1: Of course, the soldiers of the Republic would not fall so easily.
Molin: But they will. We can't just ignore an anomalous population big enough to have an army. For now, your people have had the upper hand, but it won't last if we decide to escalate things. You've seen what we can do, do you really think your people will hold out?
SCP-5457-1 remains silent.
Duvarier: He's right, if the higher-ups decide to start sending in the big guns, your defences won't mean a thing. If you cooperate though, we can convince them to wait for a while.
Molin: You're a soldier, you have a duty to your people. If you really want to help them, you need to help us get through to them without a fight.
SCP-5457-1: I… I need time to think about this.
<End Log>

Over the next four days, SCP-5457-1 requested to speak with both agents on several occasions. During these exchanges, it asked about the nature of the Foundation and its intentions in regards to its people, the state of hostilities between both parties, as well as repeatedly asking both agents whether they found it appetizing or not.
After these four days it once again asked to speak to the agents, stating that it was ready to cooperate.

Interviewed: SCP-5457-1
Interviewer: Agent André Molin, Agent Michelle Duvarier
<Begin Log>
Agents Molin and Duvarier enter the interview room and sit at the table, opposite to SCP-5457-1. It visibly flinches but steadies itself.
Duvarier: Alright Martin, let's hear it.
SCP-5457-1: Well, they won't negotiate with anyone who's French. It's taken me all this to even start to maybe trust you, but the ones down there would sooner eat their own skin than hear you out3.
Molin: Yeah, we figured. We're ready to bring in personnel from other countries. But do you have anything that could actually help us win their trust?
SCP-5457-1: Food.
Molin: Pardon?
SCP-5457-1: Whoever you send, they should bring food with them. Almost all of our crops and cattle were decimated by an epidemic. Our food reserves dwindled, so we scavengers were sent out in large numbers to bring back resources.
Duvarier: Which caused the drop in the local wildlife that brought us there in the first place.
SCP-5457-1: Exactly. But with your forces laying siege, my comrades can't go out anymore. The food situation must be really bad right now, so if your people help with that, mine will be grateful.
Agent Molin stands up and walks towards the exit. He looks back before speaking.
Molin: I'll let the higher-ups know about this. Thanks a lot Sergeant, you've been a great help to us and to your people.
He closes the door behind him.
SCP-5457-1: I hope I made the right choice.
Duvarier: Yeah, relax. We're not really keen on shooting anomalies, so we really wanted to settle this peacefully. Plus, I've been speaking with containment staff, and they said that we'll have to help your people stay hidden down there. They'll be safe and sound, I promise.
SCP-5457-1: Thank you. And… do you know if I'll be allowed to go back to them?
Duvarier: I'm not sure. For now, they still want to keep you here as a negotiation asset and to run more tests. If we want to collaborate with your people, we need to know how you work.
SCP-5457-1 sighs and looks down.
SCP-5457-1: I see. Well if they need one of us kept here, I'm glad it had to be me rather than anyone else.
Duvarier: Hero complex eh?
SCP-5457-1: No, just doing my duty.
Duvarier: I can understand that.
<End Log>

After these events, a force of Foundation agents from the United Kingdom staged an assault on the French agents besieging SCP-5457's defences. After successfully “driving back” the French force, they presented SCP-5457 with food supplies, the contents of which had been suggested by SCP-5457-1.
This allowed Foundation leadership to begin negotiations with the Republic of Under-Frogia's governing Assembly, leading to the signing of treaties that established current containment.

Addendum 2
Exchange Logs

Dr Graham, head of the SCP-5457 exchange programme reports satisfying results. Studies of SCP-5457's scientific community have lead to many non-anomalous discoveries, with some slated for review for diffusion to the public4.
In exchange, SCP-5457 scientists have learned about steam-powered technology. This new technology is slowly being adapted into SCP-5457's society, with most of its current uses being dedicated to their defences and concealment methods.
Security or research personnel assigned to this anomaly should read the following logs of conversations between Dr Graham's team and SCP-5457 instances, to familiarize themselves on how to interact with SCP-5457 in accordance with containment procedures.

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Dialogue between field agent Peterson and SCP-5457-37 (lieutenant Jacques).
SCP-5457-37: So I don't look tasty at all?
Peterson: Not to me. You're tall, red and slimy all over. Wouldn't ever think of eating you.
SCP-5457-37: Well that's a relief. Do you think I should try to get even more slimy? I saw an ad for a slug-based diet that boosts your slime levels to make you look less appetizing.
Peterson: Bah, diets are always scams, you can't trust them. Plus I don't think that'd stop the French. I heard they like to boil frogs alive to remove grease and stuff before eating them.
SCP-5457-37: I- I see.

Dialogue between Foundation Diplomat Cameron and SCP-5457-52 (Assemblyman Trugnon), after viewing a performance of the play “The Terrible Tarrare”5.
Cameron: That was… something.
SCP-5457-52: That's underselling it! This play is a timeless classic but Sir Bartan's acting really brings it to a whole new level. His vocal performance truly stands above the rest.
Cameron: And the visual effects! They really amplified the themes of tragedy and horror. I was terrified the whole time through.
SCP-5457-52 emits a short, deep croak6.
SCP-5457-52: Really? But why would you? You are not one of us, you have nothing to fear from the French.
Cameron: Oh I wouldn't be so sure about that. We've found more people like that guy from the play, and they're not what I'd call picky eaters.
Cameron takes her PDA and shows SCP-5457-52 footage from incidents involving SCP-082. This footage had been specifically selected and doctored by the SCP-5457 containment team.
SCP-5457-52 visibly grows pale, excuses himself from the conversation and hops away.
Notes: The next day, SCP-5457-52 introduced a bill to increase the budget dedicated to the development of heavy siege weapons.

Dialogue between field agent Blake and SCP-5457-5 (scavenger Rubier).
SCP-5457-5: You know, I appreciate you guys being here, helping us and all, but I think it's got some downsides.
Blake: What do you mean?
SCP-5457-5: Well, you see, all of us in the army, especially me and the other scavengers, we know about the threat. We've been preparing to serve and defend the Republic, and some of us even have pads-on experience fighting the French. I mean, I personally had to fight for my life on the surface!
Blake: I'm aware yes.
SCP-5457-5: But the new generations, tadpoles these days… they just don't get it. They see you humans walking around being nice and they're starting to get comfortable. They don't know how scary the French can get!
Blake: But we're nothing like the French!
SCP-5457-5: Exactly, that's what I've been saying! But they don't listen. They keep going on about dumb ideas, like how human mouths aren't even big enough to eat us. It's as if they never had cutlery awareness training!
Blake: I'll talk to my superiors about that.
Notes: After agent Blake's report, it was decided to bolster current efforts to maintain fear levels among the SCP-5457 population.

Intervention by Dr Graham in a class for young SCP-5457 instances, lead by SCP-5457-86 (Professor Sylvain).
SCP-5457-86: Alright students, this morning we'll have a presentation by someone special: a human. Please welcome Dr Graham, who will be sharing his unique perspective on the horrible Frenchmen.
Dr Graham enters the classrom, carrying a laptop and video projector. Several of the students can be heard groaning and sighing.
SCP-5457 student: Teacher! When are you going to stop talking about that? We all know it's fake.
Other SCP-5457 student: Yeah! The French are humans right? That guy is human too and he doesn't look like he could eat any of us.
SCP-5457-86: Calm down! I already said that in the next year you'll be taught about the history of cutlery, and the biological differences between a French human and a normal human.
Dr Graham: He's right kids, you still have a lot to learn from your teachers. I'll leave all that up to them. I am here today to talk to you about something a little different. Something you never learned about, and hopefully will never see in real life.
SCP-5457-86: What is it?
Dr Graham: Our best spies managed to send us a lot of data from behind the enemy lines. By analyzing this data, we found out that they're not only eating your kind… they're doing something worse too.
Dr Graham sets up the video projector. He connects it to his laptop and opens a video. The video consists mostly of original footage from promotional videos created by the French ministry of education, with edits by the SCP-5457 containment team.
It shows middle-school students performing activities in a science classroom, being instructed by a teacher. The students perform vivisections on dead frog specimens.
They cut open their specimens and extract different organs and bones as the teacher explains their functions. Some students are less skilled than others and make mistakes, snapping bones and crushing organs before being corrected by the teacher. All the while, they can be heard gasping and cheering as they express their surprise and interest in learning.
After each student has finished their task, the teacher brings in a number of batteries and cables. The students are instructed to take one each and connect the cables to their frogs' legs. Once this is done, they turn on the power.
The electric current causes the frogs' muscle to contract, and their legs to twitch. The previous vivisections had caused them to spill pools of blood around the tray, and the twitching sprays some of this blood away, landing on the students' faces.
The students laugh at this unexpected sight. Some students begin to hook more cables to their frog specimens, others turn random dials on their batteries in an attempt to amplify the current. They are visibly enjoying this.
Notes: After this interaction, researchers noted that similarly to non-anomalous frogs, SCP-5457 instances are able to vomit their entire stomachs.

Addendum 3
REVOLT Incident

In 2016, the Republic of Under-Frogia demanded that SCP-5457-1 be returned, on the basis that the diplomatic situation had been stable for a long enough time that its detention was no longer necessary. Research staff at Site-██ agreed that enough tests had been performed, both on SCP-5457-1 itself and on other instances during the last two years and there was no more data to be gained from it.
SCP-5457-1 was returned to the Republic, where it continued to hold an epistolary correspondence with Agents Molin and Duvarier.
However, in secret, it began organizing a movement aimed at exposing the truths behind containment and convincing other instances they could live safely on the surface. This movement gathered an estimate of 370 instances while avoiding detection until 09/05/2017, when all members were lead by SCP-5457-1 in an attempt to break out.
As a vast majority of the group were soldiers and scavengers, they managed to go through the perimeter defences with ease. Foundation security personnel tried to stop them but were only successful in capturing 12 instances; the remaining ones scattered upon reaching the surface.
A response force was soon dispatched from Site-██ to comb through the area and capture the escaped instances.
On 11/05/2017, Agent Duvarier found SCP-5457-1 hiding in a forest guard outpost, along with 22 other instances.

Footage recovered from Agent Duvarier's body camera:
Agent Duvarier approaches the outpost. Silhouettes can be seen moving behind the window. She opens the door and steps inside.
SCP-5457-1 and seven other instances are standing around a table, observing a map. The remaining instances are doing other tasks. Upon Agent Duvarier's entrance, all instances save SCP-5457-1 bolt and hug the back wall. SCP-5457-1 gestures at them to calm down, and greets Agent Duvarier.
SCP-5457-1: Michelle.
Duvarier: Martin.
SCP-5457-1: I thought your leaders only had foreigners working on our case.
Duvarier: For containment yeah. But when you do something like breaking out, they'll send in anyone who's close enough to stop you.
SCP-5457-1: Well I'm glad we get to meet again then. Where's André? Weren't you two still working together, as per your last letter?
Duvarier: Oh you know him, he wasn't content staying as a field agent, always worked hard to get ahead. Couple of weeks ago he got promoted to the Mole Rats, I think he's still going through their training.
Agent Duvarier pauses.
Duvarier: I'd like to not have to tell him any bad news about you when I'll see him again.
SCP-5457-1 smiles and cocks its head.
SCP-5457-1: You'd really hurt me just because your boss told you to?
Duvarier: I don't have to. You're their leader, if you back down, they'll follow you. You can all go back home and things will go back to normal.
SCP-5457-1: Home? You mean this damp and dark hole? Normal? You mean living under a lie that's suffocated us for generations? We were stuck down there, stagnating in the caves and it was all for nothing. That's what I told them, showed them that we could live on the surface. It's amazing here! We can feel the sun on our faces, the wind on our pores, drink fresh and natural water. So no, Michelle.
SCP-5457-1 croaks loudly. Agent Duvarier reacts to a sound not picked up by her camera and exits the outpost. A large number of instances can be seen exiting the woods and surrounding the location. SCP-5457-1 had followed Agent Duvarier and steps in front of her.
SCP-5457-1: No, I don't think we'll go back.
Agent Duvarier draws her weapon and trains it on SCP-5457-1.
SCP-5457-1: Come on Michelle, you should know better. This is the greater good. I trust you to make the right choice, my friend.
Duvarier: Do you really think it'd go well? You can't hide here, people will find you, they'll freak out. We can't let that happen.
SCP-5457-1: Sure, but it's not like they'll eat us.
Duvarier: It's not about that. It's about protecting normalcy. It's my duty.
SCP-5457-1: Ah yes duty. You used to understand mine once. What I do, I do it for the people of Under-Frogia. It was for them that I cooperated with you, and it is for them that I seek freedom. Are you really that attached to your duty Michelle? That you would even shoot me for it?
Duvarier: Please Martin, you don't have to make me do it. Can you really not back down?
SCP-5457-1: Never.
Agent Duvarier turns to look around her. The other instances, estimated to be more than half of the group which broke out, have gathered in the close circle around the two of them. Most of them can be seen trembling, mubling amongst themselves, or clutching weapons.
Duvarier: Are you really doing this for your people? Look at them, you've brought them so far and they're still afraid.
SCP-5457-1: Of course, change is scary. But in time, all of us will conquer our fears, and we will become examples for the rest of the people of Under-Frogia. We'll show them that there is no reason to fear the Frenchmen, just like I am showing them that I do not fear you! My people will live free from terror!
Agent Duvarier takes a deep breath and steadies her aim.
Duvarier: I'm sorry Martin. But they won't.
[THE REMAINDER OF THIS FOOTAGE IS REDACTED BY THE ETHICS COMMITTEE]

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Formal Request

To: ten.pics|enrevcruetcerid#ten.pics|enrevcruetcerid
From: ten.pics|reiravudmtnega#ten.pics|reiravudmtnega
Subject: Formal request

Director Verne,
I understand that I need my full memories for the Ethics Committee hearing tomorrow. After all, I have to be able to provide a full account of what happened.
But whatever the verdict may be, I am formally requesting to go under amnestic treatment after the conclusion of the hearing.
I won't need those memories anymore, and I really want to forget the taste.
Sincerely,
Agent Michelle Duvarier.

Footnotes
1. SCP-5457 instances generally express great disappointment over this fact.
2. due to SCP-5457-1's lack of cooperation, its accommodations had been downgraded
3. Non-anomalous frogs often shed their skin, which they then eat. While SCP-5457 instances do shed, eating the resulting dead skin is a social taboo.
4. SCP-5457's society is generally less scientifically advanced than humanity, except for specialized fields of chemistry and genetics where they have made unique advancements.
5. Tarrare was an 18th century French showman known for his disproportionate appetite and uncanny ability to eat almost anything. He was rumored to have eaten a human infant. Tarrare is a famous and feared figure in SCP-5457's folklore.
6. In SCP-5457's dialect, long croaks are used as signals, such as calls and warnings. Short croaks are used as tone indicators, in this case: curiosity.

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Item #: SCP-5458
Object Class: Safe

SCP-5458

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5458 is contained in a storage locker in the Safe wing of Site-43.
When handling SCP-5458, thick gloves should be worn at all times. If SCP-5458 makes contact with exposed skin outside of testing, the affected personnel should be removed from its vicinity and administered Class-A amnestics immediately.
Description: SCP-5458 is a gold wedding ring formerly belonging to Foundation Researcher Dr. Henry Fleming. When SCP-5458 makes direct skin contact with a human being, the affected person (henceforth subject) will, within two to five minutes, develop an irrational desire to put it on, even when instructed not to do so with threat of force. This desire continues even if the subject is removed from SCP-5458's vicinity, and may drive them to acts of violence to retrieve it. However, the desire does not continue if the subject's memory of touching SCP-5458 is removed by Class-A amnestics.
When a subject places SCP-5458 on any finger, they immediately develop strong antimemetic properties and cannot be directly perceived without usage of Class-Y mnestics. SCP-5458, however, remains visible. The subject remains in this state for approximately ten minutes before disappearing entirely, dropping SCP-5458 in the process.
Addendum 5458-1 - Discovery
SCP-5458 was initially discovered during an investigation into an affair between Researcher Susan Fleming and Junior Researcher Grant, and the subsequent disappearance of Susan Fleming and her husband, Dr. Henry Fleming. It was found on the floor of Researcher Fleming's office, matching the description of Dr. Fleming's wedding ring. The following note was found on Dr. Fleming's desk, written but apparently undelivered.

Susan,
When we married, I vowed to have and to hold from that day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health. To love and cherish you. You did too, but I suppose it's all just empty words to you. With this Ring I thee curse, with my body I thee find, and with all my worldly goods I thee banish.

I'll see you in Hell soon enough.

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