Item#: 5824

Level4

Containment Class:
keter

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
keneq

Risk Class:
notice

link to memo

SCP-5824

Special Containment Procedures: Due to the collapse of Site-25, Site-32 has been designated for SCP-5824's containment. On the first day of each month, SCP-5824 is to be removed from its safe and brought to Sector 111 alongside an appropriate candidate for SCP-5824-1. Upon reaching the correct location, class-A amnestics are to be administered to the candidate, who is to immediately touch SCP-5824. For the safety of all individuals involved, no direct contact is to be made with SCP-5824 at any other point in its handling.
Containment of SCP-5824-1 is to be exclusively assigned to Mobile Task Force Epsilon-7 (“The Twelve Labors”). This task force is not to have the Foundation logo anywhere on their uniforms nor are they to proclaim their association with the Foundation in any way. They are to be assigned the goal of killing SCP-5824-1. Their belief of this is important to guarantee that they will become an instance of SCP-5824-2. When they inevitably fail their believed goal they are to be disbanded immediately in order to prevent lasting consequences to the members. Afterwards, a new, identical, task force can be made with different members.
When Site-32 recruits D-Class, some are to be designated as candidates for SCP-5824-1. One candidate is needed for each month, but additional should be selected as a safety measure. Candidates selected for SCP-5824-1 are not to be given any information about the Foundation or the existence of the anomalous. They are to have no interaction with other D-Class or unapproved Foundation personnel. A candidate may only be used for the containment of SCP-5824 once. Afterwards, they are to be amnesticized and used as D-Class.
If SCP-5824-1 escapes containment, conflict is not to be initiated. Instead, a clear surrender is to be announced by a nearby personnel member with the highest authority.2 If the highest authority is not certain, any personnel may attempt to issue the surrender.
Description: SCP-5824 is a large, leather bound book weighing approximately one kilogram. The cover is unmarked aside from signs of weathering. Approximately 20-30 pages at the beginning have been torn from the spine, leaving SCP-5824 entirely blank when it was first discovered.
If any individual makes contact with SCP-5824, they become an instance of SCP-5824-1. Instances of SCP-5824-1 will begin to pursue a specific individual or organization that they consider immoral that they have a strong dislike of. The exact criteria for how the target, henceforth referred to as SCP-5824-2, is selected have yet to be determined (see testing logs for more details.) As of yet, all attempts to stop the two from meeting have ended in failure. So far, instances of SCP-5824-1 have destroyed any methods of restraining them. SCP-5824-1 also appears to have an innate knowledge of the location of SCP-5824-2, preventing any attempts at concealment. Once they meet, SCP-5824-1 will initiate a physical conflict with SCP-5824-2 or its members, always leading to a “victory condition” in favor of SCP-5824-1.3
After the condition is met, SCP-5824-1 will lose all anomalous properties except for a significant increase in self-confidence. SCP-5824-2, in most cases, will have a permanent effect placed on it. The effect may be anomalous or mundane, but anomalous means will always prevent the effect from being counteracted. While SCP-5824-1 seems to decide the effect, SCP-5824 likely influences the decision. Examples of effects include:

A public apology on behalf of SCP-5824-2.
If SCP-5824-2 has violated state or federal law, ensuring the associated law enforcement officers successfully apprehend them.
If SCP-5824-2 is an individual, removal from their position of status and/or power.
If SCP-5824-2 is an organization, implementation of policies to restrict their functionality, or complete disbandment.

While SCP-5824-1 holds SCP-5824, the pages fill with text describing its actions. All text in SCP-5824 appears to be handwritten, with the handwriting remaining the same across all holders. Attempts to determine the origin of the handwriting are ongoing. No other method of writing in SCP-5824 produces any visible result. SCP-5824 is seemingly unable to run out of pages, generating new ones whenever it would become completely full. Despite this, SCP-5824's size and mass never change.
SCP-5824 has never directly caused death or permanent injury to an individual. Even in circumstances where such a consequence would be expected, such as being beaten to unconsciousness. If SCP-5824-2 dies, all effects placed on it will go away. The same goes if all members of SCP-5824-2 leave the organization, even if an identical organization is formed.
SCP-5824-A is a probabilistic phenomenon that follows SCP-5824. Due to SCP-5824-A's effects, some individual will touch SCP-5824 within 1-12 months of its last contact. All events caused by SCP-5824-A appear to be non-anomalous (e.g. locks failing or equipment breaking) but its existence is implied by the frequency of these events.

+ Testing Logs and Incident Reports

- Testing Logs and Incident Reports

Incident-5824-1 - 02/08/2010

Subject: Agent Forrest
Procedure: At this time, SCP-5824-A was undiscovered. Agent Forrest was guarding SCP-5824 when a locking failure caused it to fall out during transport. Agent Forrest picked it up, becoming an instance of SCP-5824-1. In an interview afterwards he claimed to have “forgotten the danger” of such an action.
Excerpt From SCP-5824: “Upon touching the leather-bound pages, the agent felt a calling. A calling long dormant within him. A calling to do the right thing. A calling for vengeance…”
Results: SCP-5824-1 left its post immediately, attempts by nearby guards to restrain it proved unsuccessful. It went to the residence of SCP-5824-2, an individual later found to have kidnapped SCP-5824-1's child three years prior. SCP-5824-1 initiated a conflict with SCP-5824-2, near the end of the conflict, SCP-5824-2 said “there's something I need to tell you about your son. He's…” before falling unconscious. Upon regaining consciousness SCP-5824-2 showed no memory of their statement during the conflict. Afterwards, SCP-5824-1 made SCP-5824-2 confess to the local police. Despite this confession clearly being under duress, it was held up in court and SCP-5824-2 is now serving a 20 year sentence in prison.
Notes: After a thorough investigation, I believe we can safely assume that SCP-5824-2 was bluffing. I can't answer why, but I suppose some people just like to cause drama. -Head Researcher Garcia

Redundant testing logs cut for brevity

SCP-5824-1 Termination Test - 05/11/2012

Subject: D-374103
Procedure: D-374103 was given SCP-5824, with armed personnel standing by to terminate them on contact.
Excerpt From SCP-5824: “…He saw the guns facing him, in their barrels the Grim Reaper. He vowed this wouldn't be the day he died. With a lunge he took out the first gunman, bullets flying by his head…”
Results: SCP-5824-1 restrained all personnel firing upon it with steel cable left over from a previous, unrelated, test.4 SCP-5824-1 then issued the command “Stop shooting.” The restrained personnel afterward showed an anomalous property to make any firearm they attempted to use misfire. They are to be transferred to assignments where such weaponry is not required.

SCP-5824-2 Candidacy Test 1 - 15/01/2013

Subject: Agent Wilson
Procedure: Before Agent Wilson was given SCP-5824, she was given a baseline morality exam. The exam showed expected results (e.g. strong preferences against murder, theft, etc.) D-928461 was then identified to them as possessing multiple charges of homicide.
Excerpt From SCP-5824: “Rachel saw the man in front of her. His crimes were heinous, yes. He had committed cruel acts. There was no way to forgive him for this. But she needed to focus on the true villains. The insidious masterminds behind this whole plot…”
Results: SCP-5824-1 began to move towards the researchers, but they surrendered upon noticing this. SCP-5824-1 showed dissatisfaction at this, but stopped its pursuit. The researchers were forced to send out memos “publicly apologizing” to the site for “trapping Rachel with a murderer”.
Notes: SCP-5824's language is significantly different from what it writes during containment. Whether this is a good or bad sign is yet to be discovered. -Head Researcher Garcia

SCP-5824-2 Candidacy Test 2 - 04/06/2013

Subject: D-739271
Procedure: Head Researcher Garcia authorized the use of external personnel for an attempt at containment. Freelance guards experienced in anomalies were brought in with the plan to reimburse them for damages caused by SCP-5824-1. They were given the directions to contain SCP-5824-1 “by any means necessary”.
Excerpt From SCP-5824: “…Upon restraining her assailants, she realized that this wasn't her fight. For these were no ordinary mercenaries. They were the Halifax brothers, a pair of notorious arms dealers. They were wanted far and wide for their despicable transgressions. She began to think back to tales she heard of these people. (sizable portion cut for brevity) It all added up to one thing. These people didn't belong to her. They belonged to the cops…”
Results: The freelance guards were convicted on multiple counts of arms trafficking. However, no other details written about them in SCP-5824 were accurate. In prison, the freelancers began to try to use anomalous means to escape. In order to avoid public knowledge of these techniques, the Foundation has begun attempting to transfer them to a prison experienced in containing anomalies. However, no attempts to move them from their prison have succeeded. This includes both the Foundation's attempts and the freelancer's attempts.
Notes: I'm not seeing any of these long tangents when SCP-5824 is being contained. There's a problem here, but I don't know if it's in the tests or the containment. -Head Researcher Garcia

SCP-5824 Weaponization Test - 06/05/2017

Subject: Agent Grey
Procedure: Extensive research was done in order to locate an appropriate target. Two criteria were used. First, no negative consequences were predicted from their disappearance. Second, they would attempt to kill SCP-5824-1 on sight. The target chosen was an organized crime group known as “The New Kids.” They are very hostile to any person entering their “territory,” particularly Foundation Agents. They have also acquired multiple anomalous weapons, which were to be retrieved after the test. Agent Grey was taken near this organization's headquarters, given SCP-5824, and told to reveal himself to them.
Excerpt From SCP-5824: “Rage is not an emotion Adam was used to. He knew kindness, with all the joy it caused. He knew sorrow, with the way it sapped his will. But he felt neither of these. In this moment he was defiant, he wasn't going to sit down and let others live his life for him. He felt rage…”
Results: SCP-5824-1 did not follow Foundation directions. Instead of revealing itself to the group of interest, it ran back to Site-25. Site-25 was informed ahead of time by the researchers nearby SCP-5824-1. Therefore, when it arrived, Director Brown immediately announced a surrender. SCP-5824-1 did not acknowledge the statement. Instead, it went to the nearest containment cells and opened them.5 This caused the nearby guards to fire upon it, consistently missing. SCP-5824-1 ignored the guards and continued to open cell doors. As an evacuation of Site-25 was ordered, SCP-5824-1 announced to the Director Brown, “Now, you can surrender.” SCP-5824-1 ordered the director to “disband” Site-25. All attempts to rebuild a site within one kilometer of Site-25 have been met with complete failure due to incidents such as technical failures or structural collapses. Attempts to recapture SCPs that escaped during this breach are ongoing. SCP-5824's containment has been moved to Site-32.

+ Interview-5824-1

- Interview-5824-1

Interviewed: Agent Grey
Interviewer: Head Researcher Garcia
Foreword: After causing the collapse of Site-25, Agent Grey was taken into custody. This interview was done to conclude whether or not he could be held accountable for the actions he performed under the influence of SCP-5824.
<Begin Log>
Researcher Garcia: Please state your name and occupation for the record.
Agent Grey: I am Adam Grey, a second level agent for the Foundation. But you should already know that.
Researcher Garcia: Yes, I've done my research on you, but you know how the procedure is. What's interesting is that, while looking, I didn't find any disciplinary records. I'm struggling to understand why you would choose to attack the Foundation.
Agent Grey: I wouldn't exactly say it was my choice. I did touch an SCP known to influence people's minds after all.
Researcher Garcia: Oh don't give me that. I promise you I know this SCP better than you do. No other subject has hurt someone they didn't want hurt, broken something they didn't want broken, done anything they don't, deep down, want to do.
Agent Grey: Well I don't know what to tell you. I didn't want to hurt anyone.
Researcher Garcia: Well then, let's take this one step at a time. What did you feel when you first touched SCP-5824?
Agent Grey: The book felt cold. At least, it made me feel cold. And, I guess, hungry?
Researcher Garcia: You felt hungry?
Agent Grey: Well, not exactly. Maybe lonely is a better term. You know how kids act up? The way they look for attention? It was something like that.
Researcher Garcia: Interesting. That's quite the outlier compared to what the other subjects have reported.
Agent Grey: What did they report?
Researcher Garcia: They distinctly said that there was a calming warmth. A feeling of satisfaction.
Agent Grey: I know what they're talking about. I got a similar feeling. It was like destiny. Do you believe in destiny?
Researcher Garcia: Not particularly, no.
Agent Grey: Well I didn't before then either. But now I feel there's some things that just, have to happen, you know?
Researcher Garcia: A breach of some of the most dangerous beings on the planet “had to happen?”
Agent Grey: I know it sounds bad, and I certainly regret doing it. But at the same time, it felt satisfying.
Researcher Garcia: Go on.
Agent Grey: Well, maybe I didn't feel like a hero, but I felt like the main character. I liked having the spotlight on me. I needed to have the spotlight on me.
Researcher Garcia: Have you ever felt this feeling before?
Agent Grey: Yes, actually. When I first joined the Foundation. I was told this place was the last line of defense against some cosmic threat. I had very high hopes.
Researcher Garcia: So, you feel disappointed?
Agent Grey: Possibly. Every so often I feel I could be doing something more. But that's normal. I don't think about it much.
Researcher Garcia: What were you thinking during the test?
Agent Grey: I guess I felt kind of upset. It was nothing major, I just got to work late and my superior was mad at me. And I was stressed because I had a lot of work to do. I was just having a bad day, you know?
Researcher Garcia: And yet, you continued with the test, even when you were informed that your emotional state could affect the SCP?
Agent Grey: Like I said, it was minor. I didn't think anything would happen.
Researcher Garcia: Good to know. I believe we have all the information we need. Thank you.
<End Log>
Closing Statement: Despite pressure from Head Researcher Garcia, Agent Grey has not been found guilty of any offenses on the account that he was under anomalous influence. Head Researcher Garcia's appeal request has been denied.

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Re:SCP-5824

To: Head Researcher Garcia
From: Director Brown
Subject: SCP-5824

I cannot be the only one who has noticed a pattern in SCP-5824's tests. The consequences have been getting much stricter. I would like to propose a cause for this pattern. It is clear that SCP-5824 is attempting to produce a traditional story. In essence, a “hero” fights a “villain”. I would like to propose more than that. This book appears to have a reliance on these stories. Perhaps feeding on them. Whatever the reason, there seems to be a correlation between the intensity of the consequences and the duration of the SCP-5824-1 instance. The current containment procedures are quite short and uneventful. From a personal perspective, the writing in SCP-5824 becomes very boring when it's contained. I find it likely that these containment procedures are causing the extreme effects. As such, I would like to propose a change to the containment procedures. Give SCP-5824-1 more freedom. If it can choose its own “story” to some extent, it will likely satiate SCP-5824. I understand the risk involved in this. But if this thing makes a hero, we can't afford to let ourselves become a villain.

To: Director Brown
From: Head Researcher Garcia
Subject: Re:SCP-5824

Your proposal has been rejected.
Amanda, I get it. You came face to face with the largest containment breach I've heard of. It's the kind of experience I shiver to think about. But your proposal is based on pure speculation. Our containment works. Yes, some flaws with SCP-5824-1 spiraled out of control, but changing the containment will only add unnecessary risks.

To: Head Researcher Garcia
From: Director Brown
Subject: Re:SCP-5824

When this thing escapes, I don't want to be there to see it. I just want you to know that it'll be on your watch, not mine.

Footnotes
1. An external sector approximately one kilometer from Site-32.
2. Do not hesitate to make an unconditional surrender. This is no time for pride. -Head Researcher Garcia
3. Victory conditions include, but are not limited to, restraining SCP-5824-2, accepting a surrender from SCP-5824-2, and performing either of these actions to a member of SCP-5824-2 with sufficient authority.
4. This cable was supposed to have been removed from the testing chamber. Whether this is the doing of SCP-5824 or simple negligence is unclear.
5. The doors appeared to be unlocked. An investigation into the cause of this is ongoing.


Item #: SCP-5827
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5827 is to be contained within a humanoid containment cell at Site-39. The cell is to be lined with 20 cm of concrete with the density enhanced by the inclusion of minimum 33% lead pellets by volume. Present research does not predict the type or rate of SCP-5827's radiation emission; therefore, personnel must follow Class 3-Omicron radioactive source safety procedures when in the vicinity of the cell. Solid or liquid material removed from the cell is to be treated with precautions appropriate to medium-level radioactive waste.
SCP-5827 is to be provided with reading material from the Site-39 library on request, with the mass not to exceed 10 kg or more than 4 books per month. Higher masses may be authorized by the supervising researcher in consultation with Site Psychiatry. SCP-5827 is not to be provided with any additional electronic devices.1

A Self Portrait of SCP-5827

Description: SCP-5827 is a solid, condensed nebula with the physical appearance of a 12-year-old human female; it is 138 cm tall and weighs 29.4 kg. SCP-5827's body is composed of a translucent gray matter which illuminates its immediate surroundings. Despite being visible to the human eye, SCP-5827 is unable to appear in photography.
SCP-5827's secondary property is the ability to move and create stars outside of Earth's solar system. This causes SCP-5827 to produce outbursts of up to 3⋅1022 neutrons within one second. During an outburst, radiation constantly discharges out of SCP-5827's body at a rate of 3⋅1019 neutrons per second on average. SCP-5827's neutron bursts often spike if SCP-5827 reads more than its allotted amount due to the creative nature of SCP-5827.
The earliest documents related to SCP-5827 date back to the 4th century BC. In these documents, SCP-5827 is depicted as a young child possessing the same properties it does currently. Historical records indicate SCP-5827 was known as "Nebula.”
Addendum 5827-1:

Foreword: The following is not a formal Interview with SCP-5827. Junior Researcher Kassidy Kara started a conversation with SCP-5827 on January 27th after complaints from SCP-5827 about recurring pain.
<Begin Log>Dr. Kara: Sure! What type of books have you been reading recently?Dr. Kara: Yeah, journals are very fun to read. Did you know that I keep a journal?Dr. Kara: (They giggle.) You could say that. What other types of books do you like to read?Dr. Kara: Yeah, I had that issue too when I was first starting out.Dr. Kara: I had some people to help me, and I practiced a lot.Dr. Kara: (Nods.) Of course.Dr. Kara: What do you mean?Dr. Kara: Oh… What did you do when you were free?Dr. Kara: So you would make things that were pretty?Dr. Kara: That's cool, I enjoy looking at the stars too.Dr. Kara: I know. I'll try to work something out for you, is that alright Nebula?<End Log>
Closing Statement: SCP-5827 continues to express pain when its radiation is present. Currently there is no plan to research the effects of SCP-5827 on the outside world despite previous proposals.

Star Journal-1:

Jan, 29th, Nebula

Dear Journal,

Doctor Kara is a kind person. Although, they can't stop feeling like they're talking to a ten-year-old. They've read my file and know that I'm over 800,000, but it still feels weird. It's very understandable, since I'm very very young even for a star. They're always super kind when they hang out with me. They even got me this journal! Unfortunately, they go somewhere else after April, some sort of Junior Researcher rotation or something. I dislike it because they've been so nice.

But I worry about them… Doctor Kara is stressing out about a lot. They have a girlfriend who's going through a rough time with the Foundation. I hope they work it out. It would suck to have that type of thing happen.

I recently asked them about it, and they acted surprised and asked me how I knew. We were both surprised, since I didn't know how I knew that. I just did?

Anyway, it's kind of lonely in containment. I miss the stars, I don't even get to see them anymore. They pull me to them, but every time I try to play with them or give them more friends my room gets all hot and my body feels like it's being torn apart. It's not fun.

Lights out! Night night journal, sleep good.

Addendum 5827-2:

Foreword: Follow-up on SCP-5827's complaints that pain has gotten worse in the last month from.
<Begin Log>
Dr. Kara: Nebula, can I ask you a few questions?Dr. Kara: (They pull out a laminated pain chart.) What number would you say is the pain you feel right now?Dr. Kara: Alright, that's bearable. (They frown and look at their notes.) So when you try to move the stars and can't, what number is it then?Dr. Kara: Hmm, where does it hurt?Dr. Kara: Alright, how often does this happen?Dr. Kara: Oh! Ok, ok. Let's get you cleaned up. It's going to be ok. (They stand up to help SCP-5827.)<End Log>
Closing Statement: SCP-5827 continues to express extreme pain while experiencing its properties. SCP-5827 has not been observed to bleed before; this bleeding has continued from its nose, mouth, ears, eyes, and palms. Site psychiatry and medical staff have been investigating possible solutions.

Star Journal-2:

Date: March, 17th, Nebula

Dear Journal,

I'm so tired… It's really hot in my room, but I haven't been trying to make stars. I haven't seen many people around recently. The stars need me. They need something…

I started bleeding again… I have to go clean up.

Ok. I'm back. Things have been stupid. I don't like reading anymore… I can't focus on anything but my body breaking. The stars want me back. I'm not doing my job.

I always thought I was going to go to the beach or Japan or some pretty place. I think they want me back. I miss them so much, but I can't get to them. Time feels like it's stopped, this isn't fun anymore. I really want out. They still don't know how to help me, but they think this is something that just happens. I can't read anymore.

I'm sorry Journal, I can't stay up much longer. I'm very sorry.

Star Journal-3:
Date: March, 24th, Nebula

Dear Journal,

They started to allow me nightly visits to the courtyard. I'm very tired still, but I can see the stars again! They missed me so much they came down to me!!! I played with them, and started working on some new friends for them!

Anyway, that granted me a sketch book and a mirror so I've been working on!!! THIS:

I draw things now. It also turns out that I'm turning red now! I didn't think this was going to happen for at least 20,000 years! I'm turning red early! This is super cool! I'm also a bit taller than how I remembered myself. My eyes are still grey, but that's gonna change soon. I've stopped bleeding so that's good, I also don't hurt as bad. Gaaaaaaaahhhh! I'm super excited that I'm turning red! It means that I'm turning into an adult!

Dr. Kara's been promoted and stopped being a junior researcher for me. That's sad, but they're much happier now! I loved them, I hope they don't forget me! ♡ I miss them.

Anyway, I'm gonna go to sleep. Night Journal!!

Footnotes
1. Radiation pulses from SCP-5827 have rendered all provided tablets, e-readers, laptops, etc. inoperable within a median time span of 4 hours.

« SCP-5826 | SCP-5827 | SCP-5828 »


NOTICE TO ALL RESEARCHERS: The following SCP article deals with issues involving emotional abuse. If you are sensitive to that topic, please speak to me about assignment to a different SCP. The Foundation cares about its researchers and their mental wellbeing, so please proceed being fully aware of this SCP's contents. Thank you, and stay safe!
-Dr. Amy Hopewell

Item#: SCP-5828

Level3

Containment Class:
keter

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
ekhi

Risk Class:
danger

link to memo

Special Containment Procedures: Due to the random nature of SCP-5828-B manifestations, full containment is not currently possible. All public sightings of SCP-5828-B are to be dismissed as fraudulent urban legends.
An exclusionary perimeter has been established around SCP-5828-A. Civilians are barred from entering this area under the cover of an ongoing biological survey. At least one agent of MTF Mu-13 ("Ghostbusters") is to remain stationed by SCP-5828-A at all times. All manifestations of SCP-5828-B are to be immediately reported to Site Directors Caraway and Darry, and monitored for unusual activity until they reach SCP-5828-A.
Should SCP-5828-B's area of anomalous effect extend further than 3km2, all agents assigned to SCP-5828 are to perform emergency evacuations in all cities bordering the Great Dismal Swamp under the cover story of an out of control wildfire. Should SCP-5828-B not demanifest before the area of anomalous effect reaches Portsmouth, Virginia, agents are authorized to use Class A Spectral Stabilization devices to attempt to force SCP-5828-B to demanifest.
Description: SCP-5828-A is an entity resembling the corpse of Jeremy Gorman, a former citizen of Suffolk, Virginia. Further Foundation investigations have revealed that the actual corpse of Jeremy Gorman is buried in Suffolk's Cedar Hill Cemetery, and has been buried there since May 19th, 20██. SCP-5828-A currently hangs from a scarf slung over the branch of a dead tree located in the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia. The scarf is not tied to the tree. The body is instead supported by an unseen weight hanging from a noose knot tied with the scarf on the other side of the branch. All attempts to identify where this weight originates from have failed, as have attempts to remove the body from the tree.
SCP-5828-B refers to the manifestation of an incorporeal humanoid anomaly, identical to Marianne Edenberg, former citizen of Suffolk, Virginia. SCP-5828-B manifests at seemingly random intervals in random locations within Suffolk, Virginia. Regardless of where it manifests, SCP-5828-B will invariably make its way towards SCP-5828-A. Upon reaching SCP-5828-A, SCP-5828-B begins to verbally berate and scream at SCP-5828-A. While the entity engages with SCP-5828-A, oxygen is removed from the area surrounding SCP-5828-A in a sphere that expands at a rate of 16m3 a minute, creating a sensation of suffocation in all living creatures trapped in the area of anomalous effect. On average, SCP-5828-B demanifests after approximately 30 minutes. The longest manifestation currently recorded was ██████, requiring evacuation of the surrounding area as an emergency precaution. Currently it is unknown what the maximum potential radius of SCP-5828-B's area of effect is.
Addendum 5828.1: Local News Report
Foundation investigations following the discovery of SCP-5828 revealed the appearances of SCP-5828-A and -B to be identical to Jeremy Gorman and Marianne Edenberg of Suffolk, Virginia. Upon discovery of this connection, Foundation agents in the area obtained permission to exhume both bodies. While Gorman's corpse was successfully exhumed and investigated, Marianne Edenberg's corpse was revealed to have never been discovered. It is believed that both individuals died in a double suicide within the Great Dismal Swamp. A local newspaper article covering this incident, published on May 13th, 20██, has been transcribed below.

Local Resident Found Dead in Dismal Swamp
By █████████ | May 13th, 20██
For the past four weeks Suffolk City Police have been searching for Jeremy Gorman, who went missing on April 15th. Police say that the investigation has finally come to a close, with Mr. Gorman's body being found in the Great Dismal Swamp. Authorities currently rule the cause of death as suicide.
Mr. Gorman had last been seen leaving town by Mrs. Natasha Edenberg, mother of his girlfriend Marianne Edenberg. At the time of writing, Marianne's body has yet to be found. Mrs. Edenberg continues to cooperate with authorities in their ongoing investigations.
Mr. Gorman was a well-known local sports star, having graduated from ███████ High School in 20██. He is remembered for his athletic talent and service to the community, having started a local group dedicated to performing simple home repairs for Suffolk's elderly community. A vigil for Mr. Gorman is planned for this Wednesday at 8pm at ███████ Church, followed by a funeral service at the same location at 11am Sunday.

Following the publication of this article, rumors regarding an "angry ghost" manifesting in front of ███████ High School and walking through the city began to spread through Suffolk.
Addendum 5828.2: Interview with Jeremy Gorman's Mother
Once a clear connection had been made between SCP-5828-A and Jeremy Gorman, Foundation agents were able to track down the Gorman family for further information relating to the subject's suicide. The following is an interview conducted with Mrs. Elaine Gorman.

Interviewed: Mrs. Elaine Gorman
Interviewer: Agent Basil Sias1
Foreword: The following interview was conducted with the intent of gathering further information relating to the suicide of Jeremy Gorman and his relation to Marianne Edenberg.
<Begin Log>
Agent Sias: Thank you for your time, Mrs. Gorman. I promise we'll make this as quick as possible. I just have a few questions relating to your son, Jeremy. I know that this is a difficult subject to discuss, but-
Mrs. Gorman: Anything that helps with the investigation. I just…I just don't understand why this all happened. I can't promise that I'll be all that helpful but I'll do what I can.
Agent Sias: Whatever information you can give us is more than enough, Mrs. Gorman. Thank you for giving us your time. What can you tell me about your son?
Mrs. Gorman: He was…a bright boy. So smart and energetic. Once he started walking he was all over the place! And he had such a caring heart. Did you hear about the charity group he started? It wasn't anything big, but it was this fundraising effort to support the SPCA. He was always doing things like that, helping people that is. Never had many girl friends or…girlfriends, not until Marianne that is.
Agent Sias: Really? Were the two close, then?
Mrs. Gorman: They were…oh I'm not sure how to describe what they were. He was head over heels for her. He was always asking things like what he could do to impress her, or show her how much he loved her. I don't know exactly what she thought of him, honestly. Every time I met her she was so…aloof. Cold? I'm not really sure how to describe it.
Agent Sias: Could you expand on that a bit?
Mrs. Gorman: She was kind enough, but she always struck me as distant. Jeremy thought she was amazing and wonderful, so I always held my tongue when he asked me what I thought of her. I didn't like that girl at all, now that I think about it some.
Agent Sias: Gotcha. Now, would you be willing to tell me a bit about the night he vanished?
Mrs. Gorman tenses up and inhales sharply
Agent Sias: I understand that this is hard, Mrs. Gorman, but if you could-
Mrs. Gorman: I'm sorry. It's just…difficult to think about that night.
Agent Sias: I understand. Again, anything you can share is helpful. We just want to understand what happened.
Mrs. Gorman: Yes…yes. That night, that night he was actually going to propose to Marianne. He had spent two months learning how to knit a scarf for her to propose with- she loved scarves, he said. It would be better than a ring, more heartfelt. He had actually made the thing much too long by mistake, but he was so proud of it. He just knew that she'd love it. There was a hiking trail that she loved along the edge of the swamp he was going to take her to. It was about…oh I think it was around five or so in the evening when he left. That was it, I never saw him again.
Agent Sias: Thank you for sharing. Again, I know it's hard to go through all that, but anything helps. I only have one more question for you. Did anything seem off about him that night?
Mrs. Gorman pauses for a moment.
Mrs. Gorman: No, nothing. He was so happy, that was it. I don't understand why…why he went and did that. Why they both did.
Agent Sias: It's ok, Mrs. Gorman. Thank you for your time. You've been a great help to the investigation.
<End Log>
Closing Statement: Shortly after this interview was conducted, SCP-5828-B manifested outside of Elaine Gorman's home and moved towards SCP-5828-A. The manifestation lasted for two hours. All vocalizations made by SCP-5828-B were recorded as being a mixture of screaming and choking sounds.

Addendum 5828.3: Interview with Marianne Edenberg's Mother

Interviewed: Mrs. Natasha Edenberg
Interviewer: Agent Basil Sias
Foreword: This interview was conducted with the intention of gathering more information on Marianne Edenberg. Foundation agent Basil Sias was able to get in contact with her mother Natasha Edenberg and conduct the following interview in her home.
<Begin Log>
Agent Sias: Thank you for your time, Mrs. Edenberg. I just want to ask you a few questions about your daughter Marianne, if that's alright. I know all of this is hard, but anything helps our investigation.
Mrs. Edenberg: Of course, anything to help find my Marianne.
Agent Sias: Of course. What can you tell me about your daughter?
Mrs. Edenberg: My Marianne was such a ray of sunshine you know? She had the brightest smile, that's the thing I will never forget about her. When her father died, she didn't cry once. She just smiled at me and said "Mommy, I'll be strong so you don't have to". And she was, God bless she was. She basically raised her little sister. She was a mother to her when I couldn't be.
Agent Sais: Do you remember when she first met Jeremy Gorman?
Mrs. Edenberg: She was…oh I'd say around nine or so? It was a meet-cute, honestly. Like something from a cheesy romantic comedy. We had taken her to a local rec club football game her sister was cheerleading at. Jeremy was playing that day as a kicker, and he kicked the ball right into the stands! Poor Marianne nearly took that ball to the face, but she caught it. She ran it down to the field and the two started talking. They were so distracted the ref basically had to drag that boy back into the game!
Agent Sias: That's a wonderful memory. So it sounds like they had a romantic relationship right from the start then?
Mrs. Edenberg: I want to say yes but…that doesn't feel entirely correct. He certainly asked her out a few times but she always turned him down because she was “too busy”. They were certainly very good friends if nothing else. I think towards the end…towards the end they were romantic, yes. Marianne took her time finally admitting she liked him, I think.
Agent Sias: Gotcha, gotcha. Thank you for your time so far, Mrs. Edenberg, I just have one more question for you. Again, I know this is hard to reflect on, so any information you have for me is enough. What do you remember about the night Marianne went missing?
Mrs. Edenberg: Jeremy came to our house around…5pm, I think it was. He said he had a surprise for Marianne and wanted to take her to that hiking trail she loved. When she saw him at the door she made a face, but the two headed off right after. She didn't seem like she was in the best spirits that night, honestly. I didn't think it was bad enough to…do…that, but maybe….
A frustrated sigh can be heard from the staircase
Mrs. Edenberg: Oh, my apologies Detective. That would be Marianne's sister.
Mrs. Edenberg turns and shouts towards the stairs.
Mrs. Edenberg: Jessie go back to your room! I told you I was busy with the police!
A voice is heard from the stairs.
Jessica Edenberg: Well then tell the police it's a crock of bullshit! My sister would never kill herself.
Mrs. Edenberg: Jessica, you know as much as-
Jessica Edenberg: No, no! Don't you dare cut me off! I knew Marianne. I knew her better than you ever did. Detective…whatever your name is, if you want to talk to someone who actually knew Marianne, talk to me. If you care at all about this whole mess I'll tell you.
Jessica Edenberg stomps back up the stairs.
Mrs. Edenberg: I'm really sorry about that, I didn't think she would interrupt like that.
Agent Sias: No, not a problem Mrs. Edenberg. Thank you for your time. Take care, ok?
<End Log>
Closing Statement: At the recommendation of Agent Sias, Jessica Edenberg will be contacted in order to conduct a private interview.
Following the interview with Mrs. Natasha Edenberg, SCP-5828-B manifested at the █████ Rec Club football field and proceeded towards SCP-5828-A. This manifestation lasted for one hour. SCP-5828-B is recorded repeating the phrase "Leave me alone" throughout the entire duration of its manifestation.

Addendum 5828.4: Interview with Jessica Edenberg, sister to Marianne Edenberg

Interviewed: Jessica Edenberg
Interviewer: Agent Basil Sias
Foreword: Following the interview with Mrs. Natasha Edenberg, Jessica Edenberg was contacted and interviewed in a private location. The goal of this interview was to gain her account of her sister, Marianne Edenberg, and address any potential contradicting testimony received in prior interviews.
<Begin Log>
Agent Sias: Thank you for your time, Ms. Edenberg. Based on what you told me prior there are some errors in the interview we had with your mother, correct?
Jessica Edenberg: Jessica is fine, and yeah there are.
Agent Sias: We want to make sure that all the information we have about your sister is correct. What can you tell me about her?
Jessica Edenberg: There's only two things that mom got right. One, my sister was one of the happiest people you could ever know, and two, she basically raised me. I know her better than anyone else, and I know what she was going through with that guy. I meant it when I said she would never kill herself. She told me literally everything, and not once did she even imply a little that she was suicidal, she-
Agent Sias: Apologies for cutting you off, but I would like you to elaborate on something. What did you mean by "what she was going through with that guy?" Are you referring to-
Jessica Edenberg: Jeremy, yeah. That asshole. Everyone thinks he was so great just because he was some sports star or some shit. He was a two faced asshole is what he was. You know why everyone thinks he and Mary were a couple? Because he made everyone think he and Mary were a couple.
Agent Sias: How so?
Jessica Edenberg: Mary was too nice for her own good. Every time he gave her some gift, sent her a text, or basically forced himself into her life she just sat there and smiled. She didn't want to be rude, she'd say. She'd always say he was a friend who just doesn't get it. The longer things went, though? The more aggressive he'd get. It went from "haha we'd make a great couple" to "go out with me or I'll kill myself". Mary just took it all with a smile. She never told him no, but she'd never say yes either. I remember, though, about a week before she vanished she told me that she regretted it all, being so nice to him all the time. She was scared of being seen as a bitch, but she just wanted to scream at him to get lost and get out of her life.
Agent Sias: Do you know why she went out with him the night she vanished?
Jessica Edenberg: …I don't, no. I told her before she left that she shouldn't and that she should just ghost him. I think she really wanted to honestly, but she went anyway. I…went out after her, actually.
Agent Sias: Really? Why was that?
Jessica Edenberg: She had left her phone behind. I didn't want her to be out in the woods at night alone with that creep. I looked for her for hours, but…
Jessica Edenberg is silent for several moments.
Agent Sias: Ms. Edenberg?
Jessica Edenberg: I'm sorry, it's just…I never told anyone. I should have, but I didn't. I…found the body, detective. I found Jeremy's body hanging from that tree. I was so scared, so…sick that I didn't know what to do. And then I heard something. It sounded like Mary but it was so…angry. It was this horrible shouting and the next thing I knew it was like I was being suffocated, like something was wrapping around my neck. I got out of there and got back home. I never told anyone until now.
Agent Sias: Why not?
Jessica Edenberg: I… was scared, mostly. Scared of what I saw. But I think…I think another part of me just wanted to leave him to rot there. I wanted him to suffer for what he put Mary through. Whatever I saw then felt like something I needed to let happen, you know?
Agent Sias: I think I get where you're coming from, yeah. Did you ever see your sister's body?
Jessica Edenberg: I'm not sure. I think I did, for a moment. Hanging on the other side of the tree from something. But she didn't kill herself. I know she didn't. …Anything else, officer?
Agent Sias: I just have one more question, and then you're free to go. I'm mostly curious as to why you didn't tell anybody before today. I understand why you wouldn't tell someone about seeing a ghost, but everything you told me about Jeremy? Why keep it all to yourself?
Jessica Edenberg: I tried to tell people, at least after Mary died. Everyone told me not to "speak ill of the dead" or just dismissed me entirely. They'd rather remember the Jeremy they thought they knew rather than the real one. Funny, they tell me not to speak ill of the dead when they talk shit about Mary every time they say how in love she was.
<End Log>
Closing Statement: Marianne Edenberg's phone was recovered following this interview. Notable contents are contained in the following addendum.
Notably, there were no SCP-5828-B manifestations for 12 hours following this interview.

Addendum 5828.5: Texts from the phone of Marianne Edenberg
The following are text messages recovered from the phone of Marianne Edenberg. The timestamps present reflect when the texts were originally sent.

Addendum 5828.6: Incident Report
After the SCP-5828 researchers received and investigated the text messages found on Marianne Edenberg's phone, a report came in from the agent stationed at SCP-5828-A's location that there had been a change in the anomaly. MTF Mu-13 was dispatched to the location. Upon arrival they discovered that a corpse matching the description of Marianne Edenberg had erupted from the earth below the tree and that the weight supporting SCP-5828-A appeared to have vanished, causing SCP-5828-A to fall to the ground. Agents were still unable to move the body from its location. The body of Marianne Edenberg was able to be recovered, and was taken into Foundation custody for an autopsy.
The autopsy revealed the body to be nearly perfectly preserved. The body contained severe bruising around the neck and right arm, with the right arm's bruising appearing to match the shape of a human hand. The neck bruising was consistent with strangulation with an object that had been wrapped around the throat. The pattern of bruising implied that the primary force of the strangulation came from in front of the body, and not behind as is expected in cases of suicide by hanging. For a full autopsy report, please report to Dr. Caraway.
Upon completion of the autopsy, the body was held in a Foundation morgue while agents watched for changes in SCP-5828-B activity. During this time, the body decomposed as normal. The only manifestation of SCP-5828-B recorded during this timeframe was following a television broadcast of the ongoing investigation into the missing person's case of Marianne Edenberg, and was notably less violent than standard manifestations. SCP-5828-B vocalizations recorded during this manifestation consisted solely of sobbing.
After a month in Foundation care, the body was temporarily surrendered to custody of the Edenberg family alongside an autopsy report, under the cover of having been discovered by local authorities investigating Marianne's case. The family was allowed to perform a funeral and last rites with the Foundation intending to recover the body a month later while monitoring SCP-5828-B activity.
Immediately following the funeral there was a manifestation of SCP-5828-B. The entire length of the manifestation was logged by the bodycam of Agent Jackson Carrington, who had been stationed at SCP-5828-A. The video's contents are transcribed below.

SCP-5828 VIDEO LOG

DATE: August 18th, 20██
NOTE: The following events occurred immediately following the funeral of Marianne Edenberg.

[BEGIN LOG]
11:34 SCP-5828-B manifests approximately 2 meters directly in front of SCP-5828-A
11:35 SCP-5828-B approaches SCP-5828-A. The subjects grow more distant as Agent Carrington removes himself from the immediate area. Agent Carrington keeps the camera focused on the anomalies. SCP-5828-B is seen staring at SCP-5828-A for several minutes.
11:43 SCP-5828-B appears to say something, but the camera's audio fails to pick it up. Later video reviews reveal the entity to mouth something along the lines of "As long as someone knows."
11:44 SCP-5828-B removes the scarf from around SCP-5828-A's neck and drapes it across its body. SCP-5828-A appears to smile.
11:45 SCP-5828-B demanifests. SCP-5828-A appears to disintegrate into ash.

[END LOG]

In the month following the funeral, no further SCP-5828-B manifestations have been recorded. Per O5 council decision, the body of Marianne Edenberg is allowed to remain in the custody of the Edenberg family. The scarf has since been recovered and placed into low risk anomalous items storage.
Classification of SCP-5828 to Neutralized is pending.

« SCP-5827 | SCP-5828 | SCP-5829 »

Footnotes
1. A representative from the Foundation Department of Anomalous Ambassadors, a department dedicated to facilitating communication between Foundation personnel and those involved in anomalous phenomenon.


Item#: 5830

Level4

Containment Class:
esoteric

Secondary Class:
thaumiel

Disruption Class:
ekhi

Risk Class:
caution

link to memo

Special Containment Procedures: The 15 km by 15 km region containing the entrance SCP-5830 is to be staffed by no fewer than twenty armed guards at all times carrying 12 gauge shotguns, stationed across the area to monitor any and all attempted breaches, while also maintaining sufficient distance from the entrance to SCP-5830 to not allude to its location. Admittance to the surrounding Northeast Greenland National Park is to be restricted to this end.
Access to SCP-5830 is to be restricted to personnel with security clearance level 4 or higher, and is to be mediated by no fewer than one armed guard and precisely two personnel cleared to navigate SCP-5830. Due to the temporal anomalies present in SCP-5830, exploration attempts are to be limited to three days in length.
The nearby research station of Daneborg is to be monitored for any attempts to explore northward toward SCP-5830; such attempts should be initially deterred and terminated if necessary. To this end, an anonymous outpost is to be erected in or near Daneborg. During the summer, similar procedures are to be enacted to deny access the area surrounding SCP-5830 via Zackenberg station1. Any person(s) which successfully enter SCP-5830 must be tracked and either detained, terminated, or verified dead by local personnel. Wildlife is to be also kept from entering SCP-5830.
Any objects or person(s) which attempt to exit SCP-5830 are to be immediately detained if not authorized, or terminated should they present immediate and effective hazard to site personnel or civilians. All objects found within SCP-5830 are to be recorded for Foundation review.

Description: SCP-5830 is a large glacial cave located at 7█°██' N, 2█°██' W along the eastern coast of Greenland. Its entrance is located beneath approximately 62 m of ice along a narrow inlet of the Arctic Ocean, being roughly semicircular with a diameter of 19 m. Meltwater from the glacier regularly runs through SCP-5830, though attempts to trace the water's flow via dissolved dyes and buoyant tracking devices have been unable to determine any point of exit. The entirety of SCP-5830 also seems immune to calving, and changes only minimally in size and relative integrity with seasonal periods of melting and freezing.
When entered, SCP-5830 continues to resemble a glacial cave, with an upper dome-like wall composed entirely of ice containing fragments of dust and rock, and floor made of a brown-black mixture of gravel and silt. The temperature within SCP-5830 consistently measures -2°C, with little variation due to external temperature or depth within the cave. The initial cavern (called Depth 0 for navigational purposes) of SCP-5830 extends downward beneath the glacier, arriving at a depth of 17 m before branching into two tunnels which diverge at an angle of 120° (each of which is Depth 1).

Entrance to and initial branch of SCP-5830.

Each branch strongly resembles the initial cavern in size and shape, making navigation of SCP-5830 rather challenging (see Document SCP-5830-A for navigation procedures). Proceeding down either of the two branches will lead to another branch point, which again splits into two tunnels of identical size and shape; each branch then leads to another two branches, which lead to another two, and so on. Exploration attempts have confirmed the existence of all Depth 9 branches, with the furthest exploration of any single path arriving at a point at Depth 57; despite this nomenclature, however, branches of equal Depth may not be located at the same distance below sea level, with some paths actually rising above the initial cavern in altitude. The total area spanned by SCP-5830 is at least 24,000 sq. km., and the maximum recorded depth is ████ m below sea level.
There exist at least seventeen paths within SCP-5830 which, amazingly, terminate; these termination points are designated SCP-5830-1, and appear as large, circular caverns measuring 10-20 m in diameter. No further tunnels or crevices extend from these caverns, and meltwater which would accumulate at these points appears to completely seep into the gravel and silt floor, unable to be traced. It also appears time does not pass within the confines of SCP-5830-1, at least not in the usual sense; instruments which rely on mechanical or natural means to determine the passing of time stand still, and attempts at radio communication to external sources fail. Personnel who enter SCP-5830-1, however, are able to keep time by counting aloud, tapping, or other similar means.
Among the known instances of SCP-5830-1, seven are entirely empty and devoid of any further anomaly or artifact. The ten remaining termination points, however, contain instances of SCP-5830-2: replicas of other known SCP objects completely frozen in time and space. Each instance of SCP-5830-2 is visually indistinguishable from the anomaly which they emulate; composition, texture, radiation signatures, and even odor are furthermore identical. Attempts to interact with or stimulate response from instances of SCP-5830-2 yield no results, and specific experimentation for each instance is detail below. Each instance of SCP-5830-2 cannot be removed from the SCP-5830-1 cavern which contains it and indeed cannot be moved or relocated within the cavern by any means.

SCP-5830-1-1
SCP-5830-1-2
SCP-5830-1-3
SCP-5830-1-4
SCP-5830-1-5
SCP-5830-1-6
SCP-5830-1-7
SCP-5830-1-8
SCP-5830-1-9
SCP-5830-1-10
SCP-5830-1-11
SCP-5830-1-12
SCP-5830-1-13
SCP-5830-1-14
SCP-5830-1-15
SCP-5830-1-16
SCP-5830-1-17

Navigation: LLL█████
Depth: 8
Contains: empty

Navigation: LLLRL█████
Depth: 10
Contains: polar bear fur tufts; traces of seal blood

Navigation: LLLRL█████
Depth: 10
Contains: SCP-5830-2-1; corpse of Daniel Moorhouse; corpse of Kuupik Inaliktuk; human feces
Emulated SCP: SCP-073
Description: SCP-073 is shown sitting on the floor in grief, knees raised with its head in its hands. The mechanical augmentations to its arms, legs, spinal cord, and shoulder blades known to exist on SCP-073 do not appear, and are instead replaced by flesh and skin identical to the remainder of its body. The decay-inducing effects of SCP-073 are also present in SCP-5830-2-1 with identical capacity and radius.

Navigation: LLL█████
Depth: 8
Contains: empty

Navigation: LLLR█████
Depth: 9
Contains: SCP-5830-2-2
Emulated SCP: SCP-4964; single human clavicle
Description: SCP-4964 appears identical to its usual state in containment, notably suspended in mid-air approximately 1 m off the ground. Due to the inability to remove SCP-5830-2-2 from SCP-5830-1-5 (or even open the container and remove the DVD), tests to determine the exhibition of identically anomalous properties to SCP-4964 cannot be conducted.

Navigation: LLLR█████
Depth: 9
Contains: empty

Navigation: LLLRLL█████
Depth: 11
Contains: SCP-5830-2-3
Emulated SCP: SCP-1341; traces of silty loam; organic material of unknown origin
Description: SCP-1341 appears identical to its usual state in containment. Attempts to remove the lid of SCP-5830-2-3 have been unsuccessful.

Navigation: LLR█████
Depth: 8
Contains: SCP-5830-2-4
Emulated SCP: SCP-1974; traces of bar soap
Description: SCP-1974 appears identical to its usual state in containment. The water contained in SCP-5830-2-4 does not freeze, and when drained behaves identically to SCP-1974. Communication with SCP-1974-1 nor SCP-1974-2 (nor emulations thereof) is unsuccessful; personnel who have entered SCP-5830-2-4 instead hear an incessant droning sound akin to an American nuclear warning siren.

Navigation: LLRR█████
Depth: 9
Contains: SCP-5830-2-5
Emulated SCP: SCP-172
Description: SCP-172 is shown in a near-dormant state, appearing to have just recently exhausted the energy in its mainspring. The key used to wind up SCP-172 is not present anywhere within SCP-5830-1-9 or on the body of SCP-5830-2-5, and all mechanical processes expected from SCP-172 have ceased operation.

Navigation: LLRR█████
Depth: 9
Contains: SCP-5830-2-6
Emulated SCP: SCP-1281; small chunks of rock with composition akin to Kuiper Belt Objects
Description: SCP-1281 is shown as it appeared when first discovered during the standard containment of SCP-2362. Lights along the surface of SCP-5830-2-6 glow steadily and faintly, and weak infrared radiation signatures have been detected. It does not, however, respond to radio waves as SCP-1281 did before its decomposition.

Navigation: LLRRR█████
Depth: 10
Contains: SCP-5830-2-7
Emulated SCP: SCP-3967
Description: SCP-3967 is shown partially deflated, with the majority of its component gas concentrated in its torso and legs; its head and arms flop slightly over its back. The position gives the impression that SCP-5830-2-7 is in the process of being inflated from an unseen inlet in its rear or one of its legs. Attempts to puncture SCP-5830-2-7 have been unsuccessful.

Navigation: LL█████
Depth: 7
Contains: SCP-5830-2-8
Emulated SCP: SCP-323; single caribou antler, blood
Description: SCP-323 appears identical to its usual state in containment, hovering 1.8 m above the ground, with the notable exception of additional patches of flesh and skin adorning its skull; DNA testing of these organic components fails to identify the cervid of origin. The memetic effects of SCP-323 are not present to their full extent in SCP-5830-2-8; degree of severity is still being determined.

Navigation: █████
Depth: 4
Contains: walrus tusk fragments

Navigation: RR█████
Depth: 7
Contains: empty

Navigation: ██████
Depth: 5
Contains: SCP-5830-2-9
Emulated SCP: SCP-3035
Description: Eleven instances of SCP-3035 appear on the floor of SCP-5830-1-15; they cannot be crushed or destroyed by any means. It cannot be determined if SCP-5830-2-9 exhibits the mimicry properties evident in SCP-3035 due to their lack of locomotion or response to stimuli.

Navigation: RRRLLLLLLL█████
Depth: 14
Contains: Inuit spearhead

Navigation: RRRLLL█████
Depth: 11
Contains: SCP-5830-2-10
Emulated SCP: SCP-294; fragments of adult human teeth; tip of a human tongue
Description: SCP-294 appears identical to its usual state in containment. No cup has been dispensed or can be dispensed by SCP-5830-2-10, with instead a frozen stream of unknown liquid flowing from its nozzle and forming a small ice puddle on the ground of SCP-5830-1-17. This liquid cannot be melted, and attempts to request this liquid from SCP-294 have been unsuccessful. Attempted queries include:

"liquid found in SCP-5830-1-17" (produces pure water)
"liquid components of SCP-5830-2-10" (OUT OF RANGE error)
"SCP-5830-2-10" (OUT OF RANGE error)
"puddle found in SCP-5830-1-17" (produces water mixed with silt and sand)
"object in SCP-5830-1-17" (produces human blood, chilled to 29°F)

Many personnel who have studied SCP-5830 suspect that more instances of SCP-5830-1 and SCP-5830-2 can be found within the caverns, and some have conjectured that all known and unknown anomalous objects possess an emulation within SCP-5830 (though current investigations provide little support for this hypothesis, and if it were true such objects would necessarily be located at extremely great Depths).
At this time, the complete inertness of instances of SCP-5830-2 cannot be fully verified. Ongoing experiments have inferred amounts of anomalous activity prior to discovery to SCP-5830 in the majority of instances.

Discovery: SCP-5830 was first discovered on ██/██/20██ by Dr. Hans Knudsen and Dr. Daniel Moorhouse, both climate scientists working from ██████████ University (as visiting and associate professors, respectively) to measure ice sheet melting and calving in the far northeast of Greenland. Both Knudsen and Moorhouse joined an expedition with five additional researchers and a handful of crew from the village of Daneborg north to begin their research; nine days later, only Knudsen and four others returned. The bodies of two researchers were found near the entrance to SCP-5830 under collapsed ice. Moorhouse & a Tunumiit Inuit man were found dead in SCP-5830-1-3, with Moorhouse lain against the body of SCP-5830-2-1; Moorhouse's journal was recovered from the corpse, and a transcript of the relevant legible pages is contained in Transcript 5830-B.
Addendum 0.1: Eight days after the discovery of SCP-5830, a woman suffering severe frostbite and malnutrition stormed the Daneborg airstrip during the boarding of a Danish military biplane. Dr. Knudsen, one of the passengers, was attacked by the woman, receiving minor lacerations to his left arm and shoulder before the woman was killed by Danish military personnel. The autopsy report of this woman can be found in Report 5830-E.
Following this incident, Dr. Knudsen committed suicide in a Swedish jail while awaiting trial.

Document 5830-A: Navigation Procedures

Approved on ██/██/20██ by Dr. Wainwright
On file at Site-███

Preparation
Direction sheets will be given to navigators by personnel following a request by a Foundation researcher to enter SCP-5830 with an allotted time to be spent in SCP-5830. Once given directions by the appropriate personnel, immediately note its length and sequence of turns. Commit the length to memory, and say it aloud often if you must. Before departing, prepare a pack containing:

no less than three days worth of food, water, and cooking fuel
at least 60 m of coiled rope
a sleeping bag rated for at most 20°C
a tarp and four wooden stakes
no less than four emergency flares
two full rolls of reflective tape
a pocket knife or similar multitool
a progress log and a writing implement

Navigation
When navigating SCP-5830, always take care to note what directions you've taken and which one you have left to take. Personnel have died lost within SCP-5830 far too often due to improper record-keeping, despite the best efforts of the Foundation to maintain a simple navigational infrastructure for its study.
At each branch point, find the first letter of your direction sheet not struck- or blackened-out; call out this direction to those in your party (L for left or R for right) and proceed in that direction. All branch points should have two strips of tape along some wall to identify the direction of the exit. If you encounter an unmarked branch point, act in your own accord and mark the branch with your tape.
Once you have entered the next branch, strike the letter from your direction sheet and prepare to repeat the procedure again. This amounts to progressing one Depth level into SCP-5830; the entrance is at Depth 0. No amount of mental tracking of distance or altitude can assist in orienting oneself; only the maintenance of the direction sheet and your Depth along it can guarantee survival.
Following the completion of the necessary research (most often at a terminus), begin navigating using the tape markings at each branch point to exit SCP-5830; do NOT attempt to move between two different locations within SCP-5830 without first exiting and re-entering the cavern.
Emergencies
If you have found yourself lost within SCP-5830, halt your exploration party and begin returning to the surface via the exit markings; do NOT attempt to determine and/or correct the point of error while within the cavern. If you have found yourself in a location without sufficient markings, do NOT attempt to navigate out by guesswork. Instead, drive a stake into the ground where you currently stand and tie a length of rope to it; walk in some direction while holding the rope until you either a) arrive at exit markings, at which point you may proceed to escape SCP-5830 or b) exhaust the rope. Backtrack along the rope and attempt a different path.
If, even after exhausting all escape routes within your rope's allowance, you are still unable to exit SCP-5830, set up a small outpost to survive until location personnel are sent to find you and your party. In the event of injury or death, be sure to write as many details as possible about the event in your personal log. If you encounter any previously undocumented anomalous component of SCP-5830, including but not limited to an instance of SCP-5830-1 or SCP-5830-2, log its presence and location. Do not engage with any wildlife or other entities encountered in SCP-5830.

Transcript 5830-B: Personal Journal of Dr. Daniel Moorhouse

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Jun 15, 20██
Knudsen's gone off north to check logs from the weather station. I planned to join him, of course, but I couldn't deny my inner spelunker a chance like this. This glacial cave is quite large and doesn't seem to have been impacted too bad from the recent heat wave. A real treat.
We've agreed to meet back up at the cave entrance tomorrow morning. Erica and Kuupik have joined me as well, which is nice. Kuupik's always been quiet so maybe I'll get the chance to talk with him a bit more; he's lived in Tasiilaq his whole life and knows the land better than anyone. His English isn't great, though, but who can blame him? Guy's always got a stoic look to him too. And Erica, well, she's the polar opposite most of the time. Been quiet today, though.
It's actually a bit warmer in here than I would've expected. Ice is a good insulator and all but the warmth is almost unnatural. Might be due to geothermic activity. I'll ask Knudsen if Zackenberg picked up on anything seismic.
To be frank, I am a bit disappointed I couldn't convince him to join us. Apparently being ahead of schedule isn't enough to justify popping off into a cave for the day. To each his own. He insisted I enjoy the day.
Jun 15, 20██
We've set up a small camp about a mile into the cave. We've run into three different forks in the tunnels along the way. Pretty strange, actually, since a lot of the cave walls look very similar. If you took photos of three different spots and told me two of them of were the same I'd probably believe it. I would have guessed some more variation in the caverns and such, but I can't say that these "ice tubes" aren't cool either.

Kuupik's been whittling some kind of spear thing for a while now. I've tried to make some small talk, but he doesn't give much by way of answers. Erica's already asleep, and I can't say I don't enjoy the tranquility. More time to write, think to myself. Just me and the water dripping from the ceiling. Hell, I wouldn't even know if there's a blizzard storming outside right now. Probably is given Knudsen's luck the past few days.
Jun 15, 20██
Erica woke up all of a sudden. Had her head up near the wall and said she heard some sort of rattling, like a stone sliding on ice. I'd've said it were nothing to worry about if the same sound didn't echo again right after. Kuupik looked worried too, and without speaking he started to pack up what little we sprawled out. Strangely Erica and I didn't think twice to helping him do so and get moving.
I don't know what is about this place that has me spooked. I might just be jittery about heading home; ship back to Tromsø leaves in four days.
Jun 16, 20██
We're holed up even deeper now; I'm not sure how far down.
We were trying to make our way out when Kuupik spotted a streak of blood smeared on the ice wall. I didn't think much of it, maybe a polar bear that brought a fresh kill in to eat, but he seemed far more squeamish than would be warranted. Erica was shocked too, but insisted we press on. Something about it didn't sit well with Kuupik, but he either couldn't or chose not to really tell us what it was.

Jun 16, 20██
We came to the next branch, and the lantern went out. I fumbled for my back-up flashlight, and in mean time Kuupik struck a match on his belt. We get re-situated and suddenly we're all turned around. Any of the three ways looked viable, at least to me. Erica was sure we had to head uphill, but Kuupik reminded us we had actually gone up quite a bit to get to where we were. I seconded Erica, though, and I'm pretty sure that was the wrong move.
We passed blood again, but not the same smear. That weird rattling still echoes down here, if not a bit louder too. I've gotten used to it, but it keeps Kuupik up. I don't know if Erica is asleep or just exhausted; probably both. Morale isn't great, and I'm not doing anything to help it, really.
Jun 16, 20██
We still haven't moved, and the rattling hasn't stopped. It's a bit rhythmic, actually, in a strange sort of way. Kuupik has started humming what sounds like a folk song of his to it.
Beyond old winter's heart
And the passing of the moon
Where Sedna treads her hands
Where Sedna treads her kin
Deep within the stone
And the edge of water's flow
Where Anguta will walk
Where Anguta will end
I know a place of old
That stands eternally
Where spirits stand alone
Where spirits go to sleep

There's some Inuit in there too, but I can't transcribe it, so I'm going to hope the English lines are just the Inuit translated or something.
Jun 16, 20██
Erica is gone.
There must have been some short hour where Kuupik and I were both asleep and she fled. I don't like her odds of making it out, but they can't much be different from my own at this point. Kuupik's keeping calm enough, even though we ran out of food last night. We've both agreed to stay put and hope that Erica makes it out and sends help or Knudsen does after he realizes we haven't returned.
I'll be honest, I really getting nervous now. Panicking is obviously still the worst thing to do right now, but it's hard not too when you're lost in an ice cave with traces of blood on the walls. Not a situation I would have ever expected to find myself in, even after my first Arctic expedition. Or my second, or third.
I hope Knudsen and the rest of the crew are doing alright. Forecast said we'd get hit by a sizable blizzard on the return to Daneborg.
Jun 17?, 20██
Kuupik is dead, and I might be dying. We heard the rattling get close, real close, almost on top of us. Kuupik wasn't having any of it and started down the tunnel, not stopping even after I called. I had to follow, and he led us both into a dead end.

Giant cavern, at least 50 ft. tall and wide, and the both of us nearly fainted when we arrived. There's this "man" sitting in the middle of it, but I don't really want to call it a man. It sure looks like one, specifically Middle-Eastern of some kind, but it doesn't move. It just sits with its head down in its hand; I thought it was someone crying at first, but it makes no noise either.
Kuupik wanted to kill it. He said we could eat it, whatever it was, and last a bit longer. It was truly uncharacteristic of him, a mellow and well-mannered man. Hunger does strange things to people, and in the moment I more or less agreed. Kuupik unsheathed a knife; its handle looked hand-carved. He crept up behind the man, but of course it didn't move. He lunged in to stab its back, only to suddenly collapse onto the floor.
When I got to him, he was already dead. It looked like his own back had been stabbed right where he aimed on the man still sitting on the floor. I can't explain it. I don't want to.
Jun 19?, 20██
Its bones that are rattling. Bones. They creep along the floor, and I don't know how.
I'm seeing things. I must be. I don't see them, but I do. Things that aren't real. Well, are they? This thing can't be real, and it killed Kuupik. No, no, my eyes see things. Real things.
Jun 20?, 20██
I'm sorry Kuupik. This is all my fault, I know it is. Maybe you didn't care that it was my fault, but it was.
Knudsen isn't coming. Nobody is. Just this thing behind me.
Jun 23?, 20██
If there be a God, let him be merciful. This place was not merciful to me.

Interview Log 5830-C: Interview with Dr. Hans Knudsen

-Begin interview-
Dr. Wainwright: Dr. Knudsen.
Dr. Hans Knudsen: Yes.
Wainwright: How are you feeling?
Knudsen: Tired. Very tired.
Wainwright: Apologies, doctor. We'd like to tidy up this whole fiasco quickly, if you can understand.
Knudsen: Yes, of course.
Wainwright: Let's start from the beginning, then. When did you arr…
Knudsen: May 29th. We came from Tromsø, with another crew that stopped off in Reykjavik.
Wainwright: And who all were members of your crew?
Knudsen: It was Moorhouse's crew, really. He organized the expedition back in March.
Wainwright: And who…
Knudsen: Five research assistants from ██████████ University; two of them my students, three of them Moorhouse's. We had an additional three crew members from Zackenburg station, and one local from Daneborg to serve as a navigator and translator.
Wainwright: How do you know Dr. Moorhouse?
Knudsen: Professional colleague, though I've known him since graduate school. We both studied at ███████ College and went on to pursue academic positions in the States. He got a spot at ██████████, while I had to settle for a position in Sweden. We met up again when ██████████ invited me as a visiting professor. Nice guy, though a bit…pretentious at times.
Wainwright: You took up some students during this time. Who were they?
Knudsen: Erica Parsons and Alek Oltosky.
Wainwright: Do you know Moorhouse's students?
Knudsen: Yes, though not well. Kevin Zheng, David Carlisle, and Victoria… oh, I don't remember her last name.
There is a pause Knudsen continues to try to remember the name.
Wainwright: That's fine. Can you talk about what happened after arriving at Daneborg?
Knudsen: Yes. We made a small station just outside of Daneborg; the locals didn't really care for us but didn't mind us either. We told them what we were there to do through a man called Kuupik, and they lent us some supplies and a shotgun for polar bears.
Wainright: What were you there to do?
Knudsen: The original goal was to set up some weather stations up north to track warming over the next six months and collect some ice samples.
Wainwright: Your 'original' goal?
Knudsen: Well, we still succeeded in it, for the most part. Some of the stations got knocked out by a blizzard, but for the most part we did what we needed to do.
Wainwright: So why do you say…
Knudsen: Moorhouse insisted on some additional studies. We saw signs of massive calving in the area, and lots of glacial caves and alcoves and such. Moorhouse is a geologist at heart and was adamant that we dedicate at least a bit of our extra time to them.
Wainwright: Did you?
Knudsen: Yes, of course. Moorhouse led a few parties with Erica and David to examine some rock samples along the glacial cliffs. Erica's primary background is geology too, and I would guess David's as well. I kept the others for our usual operations.
Wainwright: How did Moorhouse come to arrive at…that cave?
Knudsen: We both spotted it on one of our last days out of Daneborg. We stopped by it to look around, and saw that it was rather large. We all took a look around the entrance, and Moorhouse said he'd love to spend a day or two here if it could be allowed. Erica agreed.
Wainwright: And I take it you obliged?
Knudsen: Yes. I asked Kuupik if he could join them in case they needed to navigate back to Daneborg on their own, and he agreed. The three of them set out and the rest of us went to secure the last weather station. We gave them from that morning until we returned the evening tomorrow. I think it was a bit of a non-professional adventure for them, too.
Wainwright: Did you want to join them?
Knudsen: Yes, a part of me did…more parts of me are glad that I didn't.
Knudsen's speech begins to sound more forced and creaky.
Wainwright: What happened when you returned to the cave?
Knudsen: We waited. We hoped they were making their way out. David insisted on looking in a bit farther to find them, or maybe a trace of them. Victoria followed him in, and Alek and Kevin and the rest of the crew and myself elected to stay outside. I told David before he went searching to call out to us every few minutes, and we'd call a reply. If we weren't in earshot, turn around.
Wainwright: Seems sensible.
Knudsen: It is if you obey it. They didn't. After half an hour, I called and received no reply. We tried six more times with no luck. None of us were about to do the same thing again and go in after David and Victoria, so we continued to wait.
Wainwright: For how long?
Knudsen: Three hours, until a blizzard began to roll in. We couldn't keep waiting around, and we weren't about to hole up in a cave and worry the crew back in Daneborg. We elected to trek out, and work to form a search party later when the weather was in our favor.
Wainwright: When did the search party set out?
Knudsen: The Sirius Patrol2 set out with their dog sleds two days ago. You and your crew showed up only five hours in.
Wainwright: Lucky that we did at all.
Knudsen: I suppose.
There is a pause as Wainwright reviews his recent notes.
Wainwright: Dr. Knudsen, if I might be so frank, I do believe your handling of the past three days is best described as 'careless'. We've only recovered corpses, after all.
Knudsen: Are you a police officer, Dr. Wainwright?
Wainwright: No. I do, however, have permission from authorities from the Danish government and Naalakkersuisut3 to conduct all sufficient methods of investigations during my time here. Four scientists and an Inuit tracker don't just die only miles from their station, especially with radio tracking available the entire time.
Knudsen: Not to be insolent, doctor, but our GPS capabilities were interrupted during the trip back to Daneborg. We probably hiked about five miles while off the grid.
Wainwright: Records from Zackenberg show otherwise.
Knudsen is silent, appears nervous
Wainwright: Doctor?
Knudsen attempts to run from the room, is immediately apprehended in the hallway.
-End of interview-

Transcript SCP-5830-D: Selected Radio Logs from Zackenberg Station

0301:03 Feb 13, 20██
*static*
Cannot see home. It is dark. I am…
I was told I must perform my function. I must.
I am…
Message.
*static*
1644:22 Jun 16, 20██
GPS received @ █████04240.955: 7█°██' N, 2█°██' W
GPS reply @ █████04240.0: 74º28' N, 20º34' W

GPS received @ █████04300.305: 7█°██' N, 2█°██' W
GPS reply @ █████04302.0: 74º28' N, 20º34' W
*static*
1723:14 Jun 16, 20██
*static*
Numbers. What are they? I do not know what they mean.
I know them. 7███ and 2███.
Message. I must…
This is not my Message.
*static*
1855:46 Jun 16, 20██
GPS received @ █████11500.003: 7█°██' N, 2█°██' W
GPS reply @ █████11502.0: 74º28' N, 20º34' W
0216:33 Oct 22, 20██
*static*
It is long. It is dark. I must…
Message.
Harbinger must tell…
*static*

Report 5830-E: Autopsy Report of Erica Parsons

Decedent: Erica Loretta Parsons
SSN: ███-██-████
Home Address: ████████████████████, TN
Age: ██ years
DOB: 5/██/19██
Sex: Female
Last Known Occupation: Student
Race: White
Hispanic?: No
Marital Status: Never Married
Medical Examiner Authority: Violent
Police Notified: Yes Investigator: ███████ █████████████████

Date
Time
Location
City/County
By Whom

Last Known Alive
6/24/20█
1205
Daneborg Airstrip
Daneborg
Danish Officers

Event/Injury/Acute Illness
6/24/20█
1206
Daneborg Airstrip
Daneborg
Danish Officers

Found
6/24/20█
1206
Daneborg Airstrip
Daneborg
Danish Officers

Death/Pronounced
6/24/20█
1210
Daneborg Airstrip
Daneborg
Military Doctor

Examination of Body
6/28/20█
0900
603 17th Ave N.
████████
███████████, █████

Autopsy (Y/N)? Y
Authorized by: Chief Medical Examiner
Location: █████ ████████
Cause of Death: Gunshot to chest and lower abdomen
Manner of Death: Self-defense
Notes from Medical Examiner: Decedent showed signs of previous blunt force trauma to head and neck, with small lacerations around the base of the neck. Toes and finger tips severely frostbitten. Majority of upper teeth chipped away partially or entirely. Decedent has no previous history of mental illness or violence.
Name of Chief Medical Examiner: █████ ███████████
Name of Reviewing Medicolegal Death Investigator: ████████ ███████

Footnotes
1. Zackenberg station is only occupied during the summer.
2. A branch of the Danish navy in charge of maintaining and enforcing Danish sovereignty in northern Greenland.
3. The government of the constituent country of Greenland.

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Item #: SCP-5832
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: A Foundation front company has purchased the building containing SCP-5832 and falsely classified it as condemned to discourage trespassing. A single guard is to be stationed on-location to ensure security. The entrance to SCP-5832 is to be monitored via remote surveillance.
Description: SCP-5832 is an apartment consisting of a hallway with two opposing rooms at its end. Those who enter the area are entirely unable to vocalize. Other deliberately-generated forms of noise like clapping or playing an instrument are possible, and other sounds are not affected. Evidence suggests that the anomaly was at one time inhabited, though the apartment seems not to have been entered for at least two years. A small metal placard under the apartment number reads “Department of Abnormalities.”
The leftmost room appears to be a child's bedroom, painted pink. The paint has no anomalous properties, but contains dangerous amounts of lead and has peeled heavily.
The contents of the leftmost room are listed below:
A 16-pack of Crayola crayons and a Disney Princess activity book. All images of Prince Adam (from Beauty and the Beast) have been colored over and scratched out in red. The red crayon has not otherwise been used.
A Webkinz plush black labrador retriever. In several places, fur is crusted over with an unidentified substance.
A Nintendo DS and a cartridge for Animal Crossing: Wild World. The game was functional in all aspects save that when an NPC was engaged in conversation, no dialogue would appear in the resulting bubble. The player character's personal commentary on achievements or actions was also missing. Other text was not affected. Based on the presence of certain time-locked features in the game, it had been played continuously for at least nine months.
A white wooden dresser. Contents of the dresser include a charm bracelet with one attached charm resembling a birthday cake with seven candles. Also found inside were several opened and partly emptied packages of Pull-ups disposable training pants, and three identical Disney princess t-shirts in a child's medium size. All three shirts are heavily stained.
The rightmost room is a small bathroom with linoleum flooring. It contains a pink toothbrush and a tube of Crest children's toothpaste, as well as a plastic “booster” stool under the toilet seat. No toilet paper or other hygiene products are present. There is a large crack in the bathtub's sealant. The sink and bathtub faucet are functional and non-anomalous. Water samples taken from the toilet reveal trace amounts of amniotic fluid. These traces persist despite multiple flushes.
A plastic cup sits on the bathroom counter. The contents have congealed, but chemical analysis revealed it to be a mixture of apple juice and mifepristone.

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Item#: 5834

Level1

Containment Class:
safe

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
vlam

Risk Class:
caution

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SCP-5834

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5834 is held in a standard aquarium at Site-19 along with a collection of non-anomalous fish to provide detritus.
All personnel are required to take a neural blocker before coming in visual contact with SCP-5834, and anyone affected by SCP-5834 must be placed under confined surveillance until the effect wears off.
Description: SCP-5834 is a black sea cucumber (Holothuria forskali). People who view SCP-5834 will begin to regard it as their ideal romantic partner. Affected persons will often go to great lengths to spend time with and court SCP-5834 in various ways. They are unable to recognize the anomalous effect on themselves, believing their actions to be fully rational. This behavior will continue until the individual goes a week without visual contact with SCP-5834.
By all other means, SCP-5834 appears to be a standard member of its species.

▶ Addendum 5834.1 ◀

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Acquisition Record: The following is a record of requests and purchases for SCP-5834's containment, as comprised by the lead researcher, Doctor Jacob Ducrotay.

Date
Price
Description
Reason
Status

08.03.20
10$
An inlet guard for the tanks pump.
An unprotected pump inlet can pose a danger for SCP-5834.
Approved

17.04.20
60$
Additional betta fish.
A few of the fish in SCP-5834's tank died recently and the current amount cannot produce enough detritus to feed SCP-5834.
Approved

26.04.20
154.95$
A bigger tank.
SCP-5834 has seemed a little depressed lately. I suspect that their current tank is not big enough for water to flow freely enough for its vascular system.
Approved

03.05.20
73.84$
An assortment of decorations for the new tank.
5834's aquarium is awfully bleak. They deserve some color in their life.
Denied

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Incident Report 5834.1: Due to the suspicion raised by Dr. Ducrotay's unorthodox purchase requests, an inspection of his work was ordered by Human Resources and authorized by the Site Director. As part of the inspection, a neural scan was performed on Dr. Ducrotay, revealing that he had fallen under the effects of SCP-5834. Combing through containment logs revealed that Ducrotay had forgotten to take a neural blocker on 20.04.20, while bringing in the new fish.

▶ Interview 5834.1 ◀

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INTERVIEWER: Doctor Sarah Serafis
INTERVIEWEE: Doctor Jacob Ducrotay
FOREWORD: The following is a transcript of a post-inspection interview done immediately after the influence of a cognitohazardous effect on Dr. Ducrotay was discovered.

Dr. Serafis: Hello Jacob. How are you doing?
Dr. Ducrotay: Not well. Not well at all, Sarah. I've been cooped up in this room for 5 hours without anyone giving me any information on when I can see 5834 again!
Dr. Serafis: (stifles a chuckle) You really got yourself charmed by an invertebrate, then? That's so unfortunate, you're never gonna live this down.
Dr. Ducrotay: I'm not ashamed. I'd scream it from the mountaintops! I'd paint their visage on the Central Park Tower. I'd-
Dr. Serafis: We'd prefer if you didn't, though. And if that's the case, why didn't you report it?
Dr. Ducrotay: I'm in love, not dumb, Serafis. I knew you'd think that I've been affected by an anomaly.
Dr. Serafis: That's exactly what's happened, though. You've been researching SCP-5834 for a good while now, you know this is exactly what it does.
Dr. Ducrotay: Not to me. What we have is real.
Dr. Serafis: You know it doesn't even have a brain, right? It can't think, and certainly not love.
Dr. Ducrotay: This is a matter of the soul, not the brain.
Dr. Serafis: It breathes through its anus, Jacob.
Dr. Ducrotay: I know, isn't it sophisticated?
(Dr. Serafis sighs and opens an image file on her infopad and sets it in front of Dr. Ducrotay.)
Dr. Serafis: These are the results of your neural scan. Your brain shows clear signs of anomalous alteration. You wrote your thesis on mind-affecting creatures, you know this.
Dr. Ducrotay: Well it's not an exact science now, is it? Scans like this are easily misinterpreted.
Dr. Serafis: (sighs) If you say so. Regardless, I'm gonna have to put you on unpaid leave. You're also gonna have to stay on-site until this blows over. We can't risk yourself running around making yourself look like a crazy person.
Dr. Ducrotay: Very well. At least I'll be close to 5834.
Dr. Serafis: Oh, no. Your access to SCP-5834 has been revoked and you'll be transferred to another project once you're back to normal.
Dr. Ducrotay: What? This is outrageous! A travesty! When has the SCP Foundation become an authoritarian regime? Does love mean nothing anymore? Is-
(Dr. Serafis gets up and walks away)
Dr. Serafis: I need a drink.
[END LOG]

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Incident Log 5834.2: A few days following the beginning of his leave, Dr. Jacob Ducrotay took advantage of his knowledge about site protocol to sneak out of his quarters and into the Biological Containment Sector during a moment where site security was weakened due to overlapping guard shifts.
He gained access to SCP-5834's containment cell, apparently having hidden a keycard on his person. He was found shortly afterwards, submerged in SCP-5834's aquarium and holding on to the anomaly, covered in viscera after SCP-5834 had seemingly eviscerated itself on him due to distress1. Dr. Ducrotay had to be forcibly removed from the containment cell, during which he was heard shouting to SCP-5834 that "[he would] come back for [it]" and that "they can't keep us separated forever". Security on Dr. Ducrotay has been tightened accordingly.

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Incident Report 5834.3: On 27.04.20, Dr. Jacob Ducrotay orchestrated a site-wide emergency under anomalous influence. The following is the transcript of a surveillance log following the events of the incident:

                                              [BEGIN LOG]
[07:06] - Dr. Ducrotay exits an air ventilation shaft leading into an armory adjacent to the Biological Containment Sector. He had likely entered the ventilation system from his quarters in order to circumvent the guard placed outside his door.
[07:08] - Dr. Ducrotay removes an Electric Incapacitation Tool from the shelf, inputs a charge pack, and hides it in his coat. He then exits the armory.
[07:12] - Dr. Ducrotay is seen roaming the halls of the Biological Containment Sector, seemingly searching for something and trying to remain inconspicuous. A security guard walks past Dr. Ducrotay, they nod to each other. Once the guard is past him, Dr. Ducrotay turns around and shoots the guard with the EIT, rendering them unconscious. He then steals their keycard and quickly walks away.
[07:20] - The doctor uses the keycard to open the cells of 16 anomalies of various containment classes. All released SCPs have been deemed to pose little to no risk to human life. The site's automatic security systems kick in, indicating an on-going containment breach. Dr. Ducrotay begins making his way towards the northern part of the Containment Sector.
[07:25] - While the rest of the site is distracted by the breach, Dr. Ducrotay enters SCP-5834's containment cell. He removes a plastic bag from storage.
[07:26] - Dr. Ducrotay: I told you I would come back for you, my love.
[07:27] - Dr. Ducrotay removes SCP-5834 from its aquarium and places it in the bag, along with some water.
[07:43] - Due to the on-going emergency and a few uses of the IET, Dr. Ducrotay manages to make it outside with SCP-5834.
[07:44] - Dr. Ducrotay: Freedom, it is almost ours. Then we can live our own terms, free from their judgemental gazes!
[07:46] - Dr. Ducrotay enters his car with SCP-5834. He starts up the engine, and drives through the checkpoint of the site.
                                                [END LOG]

Afterword: A security patrol was quickly sent after Dr. Ducrotay and SCP-5834 once their absence was noticed. Dr. Ducrotay was apprehended a few kilometers away from the site, where he had tried to run into the woods after the road was blocked. SCP-5834 fell out of the bag it was held in when Dr. Ducrotay was tackled to the ground by an operative, but did not suffer notable injuries.
Dr. Ducrotay has been brought back to the site, and will be held in a holding cell under constant surveillance until the influence of SCP-5834 wears off.

▶ Addendum 5834.5 ◀

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Human Resources Department
Back To Action Fitness Review

Employee ID Number: 78693342
Employee Name: Doctor Jacob Ducrotay
Job Position: Senior Researcher specializing in biological anomalies with mind-affecting properties.
Reason For Review: Sloppiness on duty, exposure to an anomaly, wasting Foundation resources, causation of a large scale containment breach and overall unacceptable behavior.

Due to recent events pertaining Dr. Jacob Ducrotay and SCP-5834, Dr. Ducrotay's fitness as a Foundation employee has been called to question. Within a timespan of only two weeks, he has caused a series of events that could be referred to as disastrous. It should be noted, however, that these actions were performed under the influence of an anomaly that was clouding his judgement. Thus not all blame can be placed on Ducrotay himself.
The real question here then is, whether the instigating event, forgetting or ignoring to follow an item's containment procedures to their full extent, hints at a grander inadequacy. After careful consideration, Human Resources has come to the conclusion that Dr. Ducrotay is not unfit for duty, but that this incident should be remembered if his performance comes to question in the future, and that his work should be put under increased scrutiny for the time being. We are also cutting his pay to amend for the financial drain caused by his transgression.
This conclusion was reached due to multiple factors, but the main points to raise are the influence of human error and the fact that no lives were lost in the containment breach.

Additional Notes: Dr. Jacob Ducrotay has requested amnesticization. This request has been denied.

Footnotes
1. Evisceration refers to some holothurians' ability to eject their organs through their anus as a means to distract predators. This process is harmless for the animals, which can regenerate lost organs in a matter of days.

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Item#: SCP-5835
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Containment of SCP-5835 can only be achieved through the designation of a human subject in Foundation custody as SCP-5835-A (currently, D-69273 at Site-59 has been designated SCP-5835-A-27.)
In the event of SCP-5835 being released from SCP-5835-1, either through a Forgiveness Event or the subject's death, a new host is to be designated through the following procedure:

A D-class staff member will be selected.1
The candidate will repeat the statement "Yellow is the ugliest color in the world, and I wish I could never, ever, ever see it again." (This statement has been determined to be the most effective in initiating SCP-5835-A.)
Following the initial SCP-5835 manifestation event, the SCP-5835-A instance will be given preventative anger management seminars to ensure long-term containment.

Description: SCP-5835 is a tutelary parasite2 that takes the form of a male domestic canary3. It is capable of speech and answers to the name "Mr. Cadmium Charleston Conrad Cole the Canary-Colored Canary, Esquire", or "Cadmium" for short.
SCP-5835 appears only when a human subject expresses a desire to no longer see the color yellow. When this happens, SCP-5835 will manifest before the human subject, remove their ability to perceive yellow, then disappear. (The location of SCP-5835 between manifestation events is unknown.) Subjects have described yellow objects appearing to be white or gray.
While the perception of the color yellow is not necessary for human life4, SCP-5835 will continue to manifest before the subject, harassing them with facts about the color and its apparent importance. During this time, the subject is designated SCP-5835-A.
SCP-5835 will continue its binding to SCP-5835-A until either the apology or death of the subject. Multiple instances of SCP-5835-A cannot exist at the same time.
Additionally, as demonstrated by SCP-5835-13 and corresponding behavioral citations, SCP-5835 is unaffected by blunt-force trauma and gunfire.
Addendum: Manifestation Logs for SCP-5835-16
First Manifestation:

Date: 7/12/2017
Location: Site-59, Testing Room B12
Time: 09:35 EST
<Begin Log>
Dr. Mundy: Read from the sheet of paper.
D-29583: Um… "I hate yellow."
Dr. Mundy: Use the exact wording.
D-29583: What?
Dr. Mundy: Your cooperation is mandatory.
D-29583: I said I hate yellow. This says basically the same thing. The fuck's your problem?
Dr. Mundy: You need to — [hesitates.] Actually, fine. Use that energy, really resent the color.
D-29583: Sure. Fuck yellow. Yellow's a piece of shit. I hope someone comes along and kicks yellow in the dick.
[SCP-5835 manifests.]D-29583: Uh…D-29583: I mean, I was just saying what that guy over there told me to—[D-29583 becomes SCP-5835-A-16. SCP-5835 disappears.]
SCP-5835-A-16: The fuck was that?
<end log>

Second Manifestation:

Date: 7/16/2017
Location: Site-59, D-Class block, Cell 1594
Time: 13:40 EST
<begin log>
[SCP-5835-A-16 eats from his provided lunch tray. SCP-5835 manifests on his mashed potatoes.]
SCP-5835-A-16: Oh, fucking Christ—SCP-5835-A-16: Get off my food. Now.[Approx. ten seconds of silence.]SCP-5835-A-16: It's oatmeal, now fuck off.SCP-5835-A-16: Go. Away.[SCP-5835 aggressively defecates on the mashed potatoes, then disappears.]
SCP-5835-A-16: [incoherent screaming]
<end log>

Final Manifestation

Date: 7/25/2017
Location: Site-59, D-Class block, Cell 1594
Time: 01:45 EST
<begin log>
[SCP-5835-A-16 sleeps in his cot. SCP-5835 manifests on his nose.]SCP-5835-A-16: [stirring from sleep] …huh?SCP-5835-A-16: I'm trying to fucking sleep!SCP-5835-A-16: Look, I don't even hate yellow anymore. I hate you. GO AWAY!
[SCP-5835 hums to indicate thinking for approximately 15 seconds. SCP-5835-A-16 feels around for his shoe.][SCP-5835-A-16 moves his hands as indicated.]SCP-5835-A-16: Yes. Fine.SCP-5835-A-16: Sure. I swear. Are we done here?SCP-5835-A-16: Yes, I — wait, what?[SCP-5835 demanifests in an explosion, causing minor facial burns to D-29583.]
<end log>

Footnotes
1. As of Incident-5835-51, in which Junior Researcher Jacobs was killed when a SCP-5835 manifestation interrupted her maintenance check of the SCP-████ enclosure, only D-class personnel are to be used as SCP-5835-A.
2. "…while none of these types of reality-bending entities can be traced back to a single source, tutelary parasites all share a common purpose: defenders of abstract concepts from dissent. Though apparently omniscient, their potential for direct hostility is limited…" Dr. Isaiah Henderson, Advanced Classification of Reality Benders, 1987
3. Serinus canaria domestica
4. It should be noted that Junior Researcher Jacobs became an instance of SCP-5835-A by writing this article.

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