The primary locus of SCP-5717

Item №: SCP-5717
Anomaly Class: Keter

Site Responsible: GBRC Site-90
Director: Liam Pvalle
Research Head: Dr. Tobias Zapata
Assigned Task Force: MTF λ-7

Level 3/5717
CLASSIFIED

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5717 cannot be physically contained. Reports of individual instances of SCP-5717-1 are to be investigated by MTF Lambda-7 ("Into the Woods"). Should conclusive evidence be found, MTF λ-7 will head to the location and attempt to capture the instance. Cooperative instances are to be brought back to Site-90 and kept in a communal enclosure fitted with flora commonly found in a temperate forest, alongside environmental controls to mimic the weather and climate of the biome. The enclosure should be stocked on a monthly basis with fruits, vegetables, grains and, occasionally, █████1.
Attempts to coerce uncooperative instances into containment are to be attempted by MTF λ-7 and, if successful, the instance is to be taken to the enclosure in Site-90. In the attempt to compel the creature to be contained, MTF λ-7 may use offers such as fruits, baked goods and, if necessary, █████. Meat products are prohibited. Should the instance not accept, it may be taken by force into a separate containment unit at Site-90 where they may be kept and fed once a week until their cooperation or eventual expiration. Emphasis is to be made on cooperating with SCP-5717-1 when possible, for reasons detailed in Addendum 2.
Feral instances of SCP-5717-1 are to be terminated on contact.

Description: SCP-5717 is a spatiotemporal distortion centred around a point in the New Forest, England, responsible for the creation of entities (SCP-5717-1) resembling evolutionary descendants of Homo sapiens. The apparition of SCP-5717-1 is sporadic and unpredictable, but appears to be limited to a radius of ~80km from the centre of SCP-5717, with a mean rate of 23 instances per annum. Rare cases of instances outside of this zone are known, but are believed to simply be the result of SCP-5717-1's migratory habits.
Instances of SCP-5717-1 physically deviate from baseline humans in numerous ways, including:

A jaw and digestive system adapted to a purely herbivorous diet.
Severely lower average percentages of both body-fat and muscle.
A posture more closely resembling that of modern-day apes, resulting in larger knuckles and a more prominently curved spine.
A smaller skull, with a cranial cavity dominated by thicker layers of bone and cerebrospinal fluid.
A highly elongated neck, and a widened lower body to accommodate the additional weight.
An overall reliance on easily-foraged nutrients, and a lack of natural defences against predators.

Additionally, no instance of SCP-5717-1 to-date has demonstrated language comprehension, a grasp of complex counting techniques, or any other marker of higher intelligence. Instances have demonstrated wariness of humanity, but no awareness of their evolutionary lineage, and are non-hostile in 95% of cases. In the remaining 5%, SCP-5717-1 display hostility to all humanoid creatures, and a violent aversion to certain elements of human society such as buildings and processed food2. Additional distinguishing features — primarily discolouration of the skin and eyes — is also common. Disease or psychological trauma are believed to be the root cause. See addendum.
The significance of SCP-5717's location is unknown currently unclear, pending further investigation.

Addendum - [CLASSIFIED]:

«Submit L-4τ Security Credentials»

«Access Granted»

Addendum - Exploration log:

Exploration Log 5717/1/1, 2019-07-22

Assigned Force: MTF Lambda-7 ("Into the Woods")
Notes: The purpose of the exploration was to determine the source(s) of both SCP-5717 and SCP-5717-1, as well as to ascertain the scale of the timeline involved. To this end, MTF λ-7 was equipped with a Xyank "Event Modus" Permeable Time Sink3.

[BEGIN LOG]
T+00:00: The XEMPTS is installed 10 metres from the centre of SCP-5717. Personnel are braced for activation.
T+00:10: XEMPTS is activated, with its internal clock deviating from 2019 to 2140 CE. Visual distortion is observed in the immediate vicinity, but with no major differences from the standard timeframe.
T+00:22: The XEMPTS internal clock continues to deviate, registering 4499 CE. Several non-anomalous humans can be seen standing in the clearing. The majority of personnel are covertly withdrawn to prevent interaction.
T+00:52: Internal clock registers 109581 CE. A large number of humans have congregated around the centre of SCP-5717, and appear to be positioned in a roughly spiralling pattern, extending out from an unidentified cuboid mass. Individuals can be seen talking, collecting food from nearby flora, and engaging in sexual intercourse. None deviate more than one metre from their base position in the spiral.
All remaining personnel are withdrawn. Additional information recovered from onboard XEMPTS cameras.
T+01:16: Internal clock registers 766466 CE. Humans have biologically deviated from the standard, and no longer verbally communicate. Approximately ten-thousand such 'proto-SCP-5717-1' are visible. The mass in the centre of SCP-5717 has acquired a large opening on one side, as well as ridges on the upper surface and long protrusions from the bottom.
T+01:35: The unidentified mass becomes clearly recognisable as a commercial food stand, and continues to gain detail and clarity. The operator (designated AE-5717) of the stand appears to be a gaunt human male in a faded grey suit and apron. The name of the food stand is stylised as "▓▓T ▓▒▓▓E  S▓▒T".
T+02:02: The food stand is fully realised, and all SCP-5717-1 immediately cease activities and turn to face it. AE-5717 twitches, and places a polystyrene container in the leading instance's hands, which it then opens, revealing a mixed slurry of macaroni and cheese, ground beef, and an unidentified deep-fried matter. The internal clock registers 320060001 CE.
T+02:03: After presenting the container to the instances in the queue behind it, the leading SCP-5717-1 begins to consume the material. As they do so, their body begins to distend along various diagonal axes. Discolouration consistent with feral instances is observed. The XEMPTS internal clock registers simultaneously 400000000 CE and 2002-12-064.
T+02:06: The leading SCP-5717-1 finishes the meal and its distortion increases rapidly, distending the instance to infinity in multiple directions. Large quantities of microwave radiation and its tachyonic counterpart are emitted, and the instance disappears, producing a shockwave that throws nearby instances several metres from the food stall. These instances then also disappear, but do not display the same distortion or discolouration.
T+02:07: AE-5717 is observed writing on a clipboard and measuring ingredients. The XEMPTS internal clock registers 2019-07-22, and ceases functionality due to damage from accumulated radiation. Before camera shutdown, all SCP-5717-1 in the queue can be seen moving forward simultaneously.
[END LOG]

Footnotes
1. Information restricted to Containment Team CT-5717.
2. Most notably meat products, which they are unable to digest efficiently.
3. A device designed to safely navigate temporal distortions and event sequences without the isolation (and risk of tearing) provided by Constant Temporal Sinks. Based on designs salvaged from known stable temporal loops.
4. Confirmed manifestation date of six SCP-5717-1.

« SCP-5716 | SCP-5717 | SCP-5718 »


Item#: 5718

Level3

Containment Class:
safe

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
vlam

Risk Class:
danger

link to memo

SCP-5718-A with a visible bay leading to SCP-5718-A1-1.

Special Containment Procedures: The location of SCP-5718 should remain unknown to the public. SCP-5718 must never leave SCP-5718-A-1, unless for testing of individual instances; even then, taking any part of SCP-5718 outside SCP-5718-A is strictly prohibited. To prevent any accidental confidentiality breaches, Dr. Rogers, previously independently researching the life of Edward Thatch and the possible whereabouts of his treasure, has been employed by the Foundation as a history expert to work on the case. Provisional Reliquary Site-37 has been established around SCP-5718-A (36°40'12.4"N, 67°58'17.4"W). Should any unauthorized person attempt to reach the island, they should be treated according to standard procedures when dealing with trespassing on military grounds. The area around the entrance grotto should be sealed off with metal fencing and be closed off to any employee under the Clearance Level of 4.
During any volcanic activity (even such that in non-anomalous circumstances would not be harmful), the resident staff should be evacuated and MTF Eta-7 ("Pirate Hunters") is to employ Protocol "Maynard", which includes checking if SCP-5718-B is still in its designated place, next to the body in the treasure room (for exact orders see Document 3/5718). Any eventual changes to the containment procedures should first be consulted with Provisional Reliquary Site-37 director Spotswood.
Description: SCP-5718 is the collective designation of what has been confirmed to be the treasure of Edward Thatch, more commonly known as Blackbeard. It is contained on a small, unnamed (here called SCP-5718-A for clarity) volcanic island in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Rhode Island and Bermuda (exact coordinates in Special Containment Procedures).
If any part of SCP-5718 leaves the arbitrary borders of SCP-5718-A, the person in possession of the object(s) will start experiencing anomalously conceived side effects, listed below:

This data was estimated based on dubious historical claims and Incident 5718/11/22. It is by no means fully accurate, but testing is unadvised due to ethical reasons.

Phase #
Time passed since leaving SCP-5718-A
Anomalous effect
Notes

0
1-6 hours
N/A
N/A

1
6-12 hours
Sudden anxiety, nausea, auditory hallucinations1
N/A

2
12-36 hours
Beginnings of paranoia, signs of persecutory delusion
N/A

3
36 hours — 1 week
Visual hallucinations, specifically of oneself having syphilis, increase of auditory hallucinations
N/A

4
1-3 weeks
Actual syphilis anomalously manifesting in the subject at an advanced rate
Could not be treated in modern ways (See Addendum 5718.2)

5
3-6 weeks
Anomalous effects start to affect other people around the subject
UNCONFIRMED

6
6-12 weeks
Sudden death of the subject due to the illness and the declining mental state
UNCONFIRMED

Whenever any part of SCP-5718 is in danger of leaving SCP-5718-A, the volcano starts activating, although its activity is not directly related to the state of SCP-5718. Research has shown that the entire SCP-5718-A-1 area has remained intact since at least 1800, while this particular volcano is known to have erupted at least 3 times in the past 50 years.
The exact location of SCP-5718 is in an underground cave (SCP-5718-A-1) beneath the volcano, accessible from the grotto by the coast, about 50 [m] below sea level. The entrance to SCP-5718-A-1 is closed by a primitive rock-carved mechanism, covering the opening with a stone slab whose edges are crumbled, making the "door" clearly outlined. The mechanism can be forced open with explosives, but this is not advised due to the nature of the anomaly; should anyone with a high enough clearance level need to enter SCP-5718-A-1, they should use SCP-5718-1 (described in Addendum 5718.1) in the appropriate "keyhole", visible on the right of the door, 1.4 [m] high.

SCP-5718-1 as photographed by Dr. Rogers.

SCP-5718-A-1 is laid out as follows:

The aforementioned entrance, in the far wall of the coastal grotto;
A narrow (2 [m] wide), worn down, stone staircase (ending at 50 [m] below sea level);
A natural, circular chamber, averaging five meters in diameter;
A 32 [m] x 1.6 [m] x 1.8 [m] man-made corridor, ending with an ankle-high rope "stumbler", dated back to early 18th century;
A deep pit filled with rubble, allowing passage to the next room;
Another 20 [m] of the same corridor;
The treasure room.

Additionally, on the right2 wall of the staircase, torches are hung at approximately two-meter intervals. These torches have an anomalous feature, namely — when the door to SCP-5718-A-1 is opened, they spontaneously ignite. No fuel or mechanism was detected that could make this phenomenon non-anomalously effective. The rubble in the pit appears to have been put there by some sort of simple trap mechanism, triggered by the rope.
The treasure room itself measures approximately 17 [m] x 10 [m] x 5 [m]. It is filled with a large amount of pirate loot typical for the era in which Blackbeard lived (detailed list in Addendum 5718.1). In the middle of the room is a limestone pedestal, on which, under a linen shroud, lies a headless3 corpse dressed in elegant, expensive, 18th-century attire. On-site anthropologists and historians have confirmed that this is, with near certainty, the body of Edward Thatch.
Addendum 5718.1: List of SCP-5718 instances

For the descriptions of individual instances cataloged here under the same category, please consult the Site Repository.

Item #
Description
Notes

SCP-5718-B
Human skull, silver-plated, retrieved from the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA
Must be kept with the rest of Blackbeard's body (See Document 3/5718 and Addendum 5718.2)

SCP-5718-1
A brass, ornate pendant with a skull motif (pictured above); used as a key to SCP-5718-A-1
Found in a small wooden box wedged between rocks in another part of SCP-5718-A, as described in the acquired source (See Addendum 5718.2)

SCP-5718-2 to -6
Canvas sacks full of spices such as cinnamon, cardamon, pepper, vanilla and saffron
Despite seemingly being there for at least two centuries, none of the instances are rotten or moldy

SCP-5718-7 to -40
Historically valuable textiles and outfits
N/A

SCP-5718-41 to -132
Expensive jewelry made of precious metals and gemstones
N/A

SCP-5718-133 to -8845
Individual gold ingots and coins
I'm sorry, but it needed to be done. We cannot risk losing even the smallest piece of this. —dir. Spotswood

Addendum 5718.2: Incident 5718/11/22
On 11/22/20██, the Foundation's Anomaly Detecting Systems reported anomalous activity in Nassau, Bahamas, unrelated to SCP-5612. Upon investigation, Agents Horn and Gold discovered an individual, Dr. Rogers, affected by SCP-5718's anomalous effects. The man was in the fourth stage of the anomaly's progression, and, after the interview, willingly agreed to guiding Foundation personnel to SCP-5718-A and returning the part of the treasure he had been currently studying4. After he personally reinstated the items (alongside SCP-5718-B, which he had previously rented from the Peabody Essex Museum), he has reported the cessation of anomalous influence. He has expressed interest in helping with the research on-site, and after ensuring no other anomalous effects were present in him, he's been accepted as a member of the containment and research team by director Spotswood. His help proved invaluable, as he was in possession of the only historical source mentioning the possible location of Blackbeard's treasure — a journal from the late 1790s, written by a man known only as "Shitter" Jones, who had apparently been a cook on a pirate ship. His entries detailing his encounter with the anomaly were used as a baseline for the Special Containment Procedures.

+ Open interview log

- Close interview log

Interviewed: Dr. W. Rogers
Interviewer: Agent B. Horn
Foreword: The following is an interview with Dr. Rogers conducted by Agent Horn after the discovery of the interviewee in his research lab in Nassau, which led to the discovery of SCP-5718. Dr. Rogers was in advanced stages of the anomaly, hence the incoherence of some of his statements. A background check had been run on Dr. Rogers prior to the interview. Agent Gold was monitoring the vicinity of the lab to ensure that the interview goes uninterrupted.

<BEGIN LOG>
Agent Horn: Dr. Rogers? I need to talk with you for a moment.
Dr. Rogers: (Visibly frightened) Who are you? Please… please leave me alone! I-I'll put it, I'll put it back!
Agent Horn: Listen, I'm not here to hurt you. I want to help you.
Dr. Rogers: (Grabs his head) I'll put it back! Please! (He notices a syphilis wound on his face and lets out a pained moan.)
Agent Horn: Put what back? The pirate treasure?
Dr. Rogers: The treasure… the treasure, yes… I swear, I only wanted to… to study it, and… (Trails off)
Agent Horn: Could you lead me to it? I can see you're in pain, but I know people who can help you.
Dr. Rogers: (Trying to compose himself) Well, y-you see… I… I found this journal. It had… a map. (Pauses)
Agent Horn: A map?
Dr. Rogers: (Coughs) Yes, a map, to… to a remote island. (Pauses) From the 1790s. The… journal, I mean. (He jerks his head suddenly, staring at an undisclosed target somewhere in the distance.)
Agent Horn: Don't worry, no one — and nothing — is going to hurt you. My friend outside is protecting us from any threats that might show up. Please, continue.
Dr. Rogers: (Sighs) It's just… It's some sort of cursed treasure. (Scoffs) I feel stupid, saying this. But… but it's… it's true. Blackbeard had syphilis, you know. And he was really… heh, tetchy about it, if you catch my meaning. B-b— (He takes a deep breath and restarts) And now someone… I… find his treasure, and, and take it, just to make sure it's really his, and, and, and here I am, down with fucking syphilis, and some cursed one at that, did you know I went to the doctor with this last week and they, they said that it's, quote, scientifically impossible that it got this bad in, in just a week, and I haven't even fucked, I don't have a partner—
Agent Horn: Doctor, please try to calm down.
Dr. Rogers: I'm sorry.
Agent Horn: Do continue.
Dr. Rogers: I… (Takes a deep breath) I had to put mercury on my fucking… skin… to feel any relief. It doesn't make any sense. But the toxic fucking thing actually worked. (Chuckles)
Agent Horn: I see. Are there any other symptoms that you think might stem from the, as you called it, curse?
Dr. Rogers: I… I keep hearing voices. O-one voice, actually… (Pauses) Oh god. I think it's him.
Agent Horn: "Him", as in?… Like, Satan, or?…
Dr. Rogers: (Chuckles) Some would agree. But no, I'm— I'm an atheist. No, I think it's… somehow… (Whispers) Blackbeard himself. (Pauses, hides face in hands) God, that sounds so fucking stupid. But I keep hearing a voice. Accusing me of stealing. Threatening me. D-Doesn't help I keep seeing some— some dark figures in the corner of my eye… (Freezes for a second, then continues) He was the pirate, for god's sake! He fucking stole from people, and then I— I try to make a historical breakthrough and— and this fucking happens! I'll fucking put it back alright, just make it stop!
Agent Horn: Dr. Rogers, don't worry. If you lead us to the island, I will make sure you can return the treasure yourself.
Dr. Rogers: (Looks up at Agent Horn) I… I can do it. I will do it. I need to do it, or— or otherwise I'll fucking die of, of, of fucking cursed syphilis. (Chuckles, then starts sobbing)
<END LOG>

Closing Statement: Following this event, Agent Horn led Dr. Rogers out of the lab and contacted additional Foundation personnel, forwarding the gathered information and requesting their appearance.

Footnotes
1. Specifically, "hearing voices" accusing the subject of "stealing from the Devil himself" and threatening them with "Hell, fire and brimstone".
2. From the perspective of a person descending.
3. While Blackbeard's head had been famously removed, the legendary silver-plated skull (designated SCP-5718-B) has been retrieved by Foundation Agents from the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA and, after testing for compatibility, has been placed with the rest of the body. This has significantly decreased the number of incidents happening in Provisional Reliquary Site-37 (See Document 3/5718).
4. Instances -8, -23, -25 and -3384 to -3389.

« SCP-5717 | SCP-5718 | SCP-5719 »


Item #: SCP-5719
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5719 is contained in a modified item locker designed to hold it at Site-85. When transporting to a containment cell for testing, care should be taken not to interact with SCP-5719's surface. Testing is only to be done with personnel who have not previously interacted with it.

SCP-5719

Description: SCP-5719 is a former illusory art piece that has since taken on the characteristics of a large speed bump protruding out of the sidewalk it was painted on. Installed in Zwolle, Netherlands during an exhibition hosted by the Preservation of Modern Freethinking1 in 2005, its anomalous properties manifested at an unknown point within the next year. The Foundation later confirmed its anomalous properties in 2007 after initial discovery, and subsequently moved it from its point of origin under the guise of renovation.
Physical objects traversing SCP-5719 have their speed altered depending on how fast they were moving at the time of entry. Objects moving faster than 4.1 m/s are slowed down, while objects moving slower are sped up. The magnitude of this change varies depending on the point of entry: objects entering from the north side experience the smallest change of 1.7%, while objects entering from the south experience the largest change of 56.1%. If more than one object traverses SCP-5719 at the same time, only the first object to enter will be affected.
SCP-5719-1 is a tunnel located inside SCP-5719, accessible through an opening hidden by a plaque on SCP-5719. It is able to be accessed by only one individual at a time. SCP-5719-1's design, as well as locked entrances at the end of SCP-5719-1, indicate a location inside an amphitheater of unknown origin. After attempting to open one of the locked entrances, SCP-5719-2, a disembodied voice different in tone and/or gender with each appearance, will speak to the subject in the language they are most fluent with. SCP-5719-2 will not speak to a subject who has previously entered SCP-5719-1. No identification to any known human being has been made.
If the subject did not traverse SCP-5719 or use an object across SCP-5719, SCP-5719-2 will only say "A warrior's true test lies out of reach. The 34 trials await you yet.". If the subject traversed SCP-5719's surface, the subject will be asked 17 questions, listed in order:

"Where is the soul that was kept inside of you?"
"What God do you fear?"
"Which road to your end will you follow?"
"To whom does your hope lie with?"
"Who is your guidance?"
"When will you be ready?"
"Why do you seek more than you need?"
"Does your strength lie in wit alone?"
"Where is your purpose?"
"What does your heart tell you?"
"Which man speaks truth to your being?"
"How long will you be willing to wait?"
"Who are you to speak for others?"
"When is your journey complete?"
"Why do you seek reason among disorder?"
"Is your belief sacred to your being?"
"Will you stay true to yourself?"

In nearly all cases2, regardless of answers given, SCP-5719-2 will turn the subject down, stating "It is not your time. Seek insight into all you know, and forge wisdom out of doubt.".
Addendum SCP-5719-E: During testing on 12/21/10, D-3684 traversed SCP-5719 with an entry speed of 3.3 m/s, with the point of entry being 289°. Subsequent interaction with SCP-5719-2 took considerably longer than normal, with SCP-5719-2 pausing for 7 seconds between answers before the next question.

+ Transcript SCP-5719-2-50

- Transcript SCP-5719-2-50

SCP-5719-2: Where is the soul that was kept inside of you?
D-3684: It's… what do I even answer? I don't… have a soul.
SCP-5719-2: What God do you fear?
D-3684: None.
SCP-5719-2: Which road to your end will you follow?
D-3684 pauses for 89 seconds.
D-3684: I… Whatever end the Foundation wants to give me. But I'd like it to be my own.
SCP-5719-2: To whom does your hope lie with?
D-3684: My… Shit. Used to be my family. Now it's myself.
SCP-5719-2: Who is your guidance?
D-3684 starts to rub his eyes, with no response for 21 seconds.
D-3684: It used to be God. It really did. I can only look out for myself now. Fuck.
SCP-5719-2: When will you be ready?
D-3684: I… I won't ever be ready for anything. I get dropped into tests without warning. There's no way I can prepare myself for anything.
SCP-5719-2: Why do you seek more than you need?
D-3684: I never thought of myself that way. I just want to go home again, man. I really do.
SCP-5719-2: Does your strength lie in wit alone?
D-3684: I can learn about stuff all I want, but at some point, they're gonna put me in some shit that I can't scrap my way out of. What do I do then? Nothing. I'm just here until I'm done being useful. Brains don't mean shit after a certain point.
SCP-5719-2: Where is your purpose?
D-3684 sniffles, leaning against the wall.
D-3684: Fuck, man. I really don't know. At least here, there's nothing fucked. Just a weird voice acting like a therapist.
SCP-5719-2: What does your heart tell you?
D-3684: I just… If I could? I'd run away from here. From everything. See how far and how fast I can outrun those boots.
SCP-5719-2: Which man speaks truth to your being?
D-3684 pauses for 31 seconds.
D-3684: If someone was able to do that, I don't know that I'd be in this position.
SCP-5719-2: How long will you be willing to wait?
D-3684: Depends on what I'm waiting for. I have all the time in the world for something to happen, though. Even dying.
SCP-5719-2: Who are you to speak for others?
D-3684: I'm not. Fuck no, I'm definitely not.
D-3684 laughs to himself.
SCP-5719-2: When is your journey complete?
D-3684: When I die? Nothing left to do at that point.
SCP-5719-2: Why do you seek reason among disorder?
D-3684: Maybe if you were trapped in a hellhole of testing for no good reason, and all you got to see was fucked up shit that makes no sense on a near-daily basis… yeah, you'd want to find reason too.
SCP-5719-2: Is your belief sacred to your being?
D-3684: I don't know what I believe in. I'm tired of this philosophy bullshit. It's not my thing. I just want to live. There's a better life out there than this, right?
SCP-5719-2: Will you stay true to yourself?
D-3684: I… What the fuck else do I do?
SCP-5719-2 is silent for 119 seconds.
D-3684: Hey, this thing okay? Can I —
SCP-5719-2: Seek what you must learn. Gain that which you have sought. Fear nothing. Embolden your beliefs. Absolution begins with recovery. Do not fall victim to the ones who deceive for their own gain. Make haste, and you will find what you are looking for.
A faint unlocking sound from the entrance doors is heard.
D-3684: Woah. That's… I can't see for shit in there. But… there's nothing to lose with this, right?
D-3684 lets out a strained breathy laugh as he takes off his shirt, removing the attached wire set up on him. He runs towards the doors, stumbling before taking off into a sprint past them. All contact is immediately lost.

- Transcript SCP-5719-2-50

Repeated tests with SCP-5719 under the same speed and point of entry have failed to duplicate similar results.

Footnotes
1. A now-defunct local art group.
2. See Addendum SCP-5719-E.

« SCP-5718 | SCP-5719 | SCP-5720 »


SCP-5720 in an inert state, with several tanks removed for study.

Item #: SCP-5720
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5720 is to be kept in a standard Safe chamber, located within Site 77's Safe SCP wing. SCP-5720 is to have its three fuel tanks removed when not in testing, and is to be checked every three weeks for signs of wear; should SCP-5720 require any maintenance work, all eight reservoirs are to be removed before maintenance is performed.
Description: SCP-5720 is a mechanical device superficially resembling a mobile, claw-mounted crane, fit with a plow mounted on the front, as well as a nozzle in the center of the claw. The nozzle is hooked up to one five-liter tank of industrial-grade adhesive and four five-liter tanks of red, blue, green, and yellow paint. When inert, it weighs approximately one metric tonne. SCP-5720 is capable of moving at a speed of up to three kilometers per hour, and appears to be powered by small diesel engine, fueled by three twenty-liter fuel tanks.
When introduced to fuel, and if enough workable material is nearby, SCP-5720 will activate, and remain active until it exhausts its fuel, its workable material, or both. When active, SCP-5720 will use all available tools to form spheres out of material in its environment, rolling and forming objects using both its plow and crane arm, and using its adhesive to bond material together. Once a varying amount of different sized spheres have been made, SCP-5720 will arrange them in a straight line, eventually making what appears to be a model of a planetary system. Upon completion of the system, SCP-5720 will proceed to paint each planetary object, beginning with a single-shade base overcoat and continuing through multiple layers, showing detailed surface and atmospheric features. In the event that other colors are needed, SCP-5720 will combine paints in order to achieve the necessary color. Other objects, such as planetary satellites and asteroid belts, are typically left unpainted and unaligned with the rest of the model.
The majority of the planetary system models created by SCP-5720 do not match other systems currently known to exist. However, at least four systems match up: Sol, Kepler-11, Gliese 876, and Mu Arae. Several of the models seem to attempt to model other known systems, but include disparities such as an incorrect number of planets, the presence of circumstellar disks, or asteroid belts. These models are to be photographed and kept on record, in the event that further information discovered on known systems reveal them to be similar.
Addendum 5720-A: On 06/09/2009, SCP-5720 created a model with several anomalies inconsistent with other models it has created. A ninety-centimeter ring was placed around the model's sun, with two eleven-centimeter thick blue lines painted along both edges of the ring. A planet estimated to be in the circumstellar habitable zone and possessing apparent oceans also had a long, unpainted pole running from an assumed landmass to one of the planet's satellites. Additionally, twenty-seven small, cubical objects were placed in orbit of three of the planets, similar to planetary satellites in other models. Further research into the content of this model is underway.

« SCP-5719 | SCP-5720 | SCP-5721 »


Item#: 5721

Level3

Containment Class:
esoteric

Secondary Class:
cernunnos

Disruption Class:
ekhi

Risk Class:
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Updated Special Containment Procedures: The Foundation is to promote the usage of alternative internet chatrooms and other VoIP applications to divert demand from SCP-5721. Usage of SCP-5721 is banned for all Foundation employees, including those employed in front companies. Selective information on SCP-5721's effect have been passed to allied Groups of Interest in order for them to enact similar policies.
At this time, direct interference with SCP-5721 or SCP-5721-1 is inadvisable due to the high risk of collateral damage. Neutralization procedures for SCP-5721-1 are being constructed in collaboration with the Global Occult Coalition.
Description: SCP-5721 is the collective designation for anomalous phenomena associated with Discord, a popular web and mobile chat application that specializes in communication via text, audio, and video channels. While the application and its userbase are currently believed to be non-anomalous, an examination of SCP-5721's Terms of Service revealed the following paragraph.

Furthermore: by using Discord, you forfeit all claims on your soul by any deity or variations thereof, and pledge yourself in worship to the goddess Discordia, daughter of Night and Darkness. Hammer and Chisel is not responsible for any smiting or divine punishments by any angered deities or variations thereof as a result of this agreement. Any legal challenges to this clause must take place in the legal jurisdiction of the court of Pluto, lord of the underworld. Hammer and Chisel is not responsible for travel arrangements to Avernus…

No antimemetic or otherwise anomalous properties were found to be disguising this clause. The majority of users who read the clause were found to have assumed it was a joke, as Discord is known for its humorous loading screens.
After a user creates a Discord account and accepts the Terms of Service, each successive use of the application siphons that user's Elan-Vital Energy.1 The rate appears to vary depending on the method the user chooses to interact with the account. Observations have been detailed below.

Activity
EVE siphon rate compared to standard messaging

Using voice chat.
Higher.

Buying a Nitro Booster.
Lower.

Watching a stream.
Higher.

Producing a stream.
Lower.2

Becoming a moderator for a channel
Rate will decrease proportionally with the size of the channel.3

Deletion of account.
A brief extreme increase was noted during the process, resulting in lethargy for several days before abating. Approximately 0.3 percent of previously intensive users experience fatal cranial atrophy upon deletion.

Historical depiction of SCP-5721-1.

SCP-5721-1 is a humanoid known as Jason Citron, the founder of Hammer and Chisel. While SCP-5721-1 appears to be a non-anomalous European male to the human eye, aetheric examination reveals that SCP-5721-1 is in fact a Class-IX emotokinetic4 known as Eris5, the Ancient Greek goddess of strife and chaos.
SCP-5721-1 is assumed to have replaced the actual Jason Citron sometime in early 2014 based upon accounts of sudden personality changes by colleagues. News reports indicate this was the point at which the majority of Hammer and Chisel's staff was laid off and replaced, and the rollout of Discord was delayed by several months, with Citron citing several technical issues that needed to be fixed.

Interviewed: SCP-5721-1

Interviewer: Agent Moines

Foreword: On 2019/02/20, the Foundation arranged an interview with SCP-5721-1 while under the guise of a local media company.

<Begin Log>

[Moines is sitting in a chair in the lobby of H&C's headquarters, pretending to read a magazine while allowing her hidden camera to gain a wide view of the lobby. Two employees walk by, conversing in an unknown language with similarities to Greek.]

[The secretary answers the phone, nodding briefly before hanging up and making their way to Moines.]

Secretary: Miss Reynolds? Mr. Citron will see you now. Follow me.

[Moines rises, following the secretary down a hallway. To the right, a basket full of apples sits on a table in an empty room. Several etchings in Ancient Greek have been left on one of the markerboards.]

[The two arrive at the corner office, where SCP-5721-1 is idly examining a Rubix Cube. It gets up to shake Moines's hand as she is ushered in by the secretary.]

SCP-5721-1: Reynolds, right? Glad you could make it. Can I get you anything? Maybe some Kombucha? Heard that's popular with you millennials or whatever.

Moines: Uh, sure, I'll take some.

SCP-5721-1: Oh.

Moines: Is something wrong?

SCP-5721-1: Uh, we don't actually have any kombucha. I was hoping you'd refuse.

Moines: I suppose I'm alright then. Should we start the interview?

SCP-5721-1: Sure, straight to business- actually, hold on a minute. Agatha!

Secretary: Yes sir?

SCP-5721-1: You made the calls, right?

Secretary: Yes sir. They confirmed it.

[SCP-5721-1 sighs.]

SCP-5721-1: Of course. Thank you Agi, that'll be it for now.

Moines: Everything all right?

SCP-5721-1: Oh, it's a little embarrassing, but after our call last week, I went ahead and called your editor. We've had a few problems with tabloids you know, after all that video game buzz after the shooting. It's ridiculous, we don't even make any games! But you know, had to be sure. Sorry. Your boss gave a glowing review, promised me I was in the best of hands.

Moines: Of course, it's only natural for a CEO to double check their appointments. So, I wanted to ask you-

SCP-5721-1: But then I remembered a tiny, tiny detail. I've read The Daily Crier. In fact, I read it pretty much every day. And I've never even seen the name Chelsea Reynolds pop up even once.

Moines: I'm mostly on the web side of things. Is there a problem with that? I can give you my editor's number again.

SCP-5721-1: Ah, of course. That was my first assumption as well. But then I thought, you know what you gorgeous goddess, you should make sure. So I called a few of your colleagues, and they said they haven't heard of someone like you ever working at the org.

Moines: …

SCP-5721-1: Isn't that funny?

[Moines moves to press the panic button on her watch.]

SCP-5721-1: Never forget the grunts, that's what I say. So, who is this lovely call from? Bushnell? The GOC? Or did Bellona finally get around to crossing me off?

Moines: No point hiding, I suppose. I work for the Foundation.

SCP-5721-1: Oooh, the Men in Black are calling on me? What a treat. I'm so sorry, what can I do for you? I'm assuming this is about that little Terms of Service clause, naturally.

[Moines hesitates, moving her hand away from the button.]

Moines: Well yes, actually. They seem to be siphoning EVE particles away from-

SCP-5721-1: Eve what? The naked woman with the snake?

Moines: Elan Vital Energy particles? It's a term for life energy.

SCP-5721-1: Oh, well how am I supposed to know that? You can't make up an inhouse scientific term and expect people to know. Yeah, it takes it away from the users. We wired it to take a little less from the mods and streamers, got to keep the flow of users going.

[SCP-5721-1 pulls up its sleeve, revealing a cybernetic component integrated into its left arm.]

SCP-5721-1: Took most of our initial funds to get the Maxwellists to knock this prototype up. This collects all the energy we harvest, or Eve particles if you want to get all sciency, and delivers it directly to me.

Moines: Can I ask why?

SCP-5721-1: Sure.

[Both remain silent.]

SCP-5721-1: Ugh, you're no fun. Let me ask you a question: How many people do you think worship the Greek or Roman gods these days? How many people do you think pray at our temples, sacrifice on altars, whisper our names for luck and prosperity? Give me your best guess.

Moines: I'd say… not a lot. Don't you have your own religion, though? Discordianism?

SCP-5721-1: Eh. Code monkeys and secretaries, but not much else use for them. The bigger gods like Poseidon and Zeus have been coasting along perfectly fine, it'll be millennia before they even need to think about drumming up more support. But the little guys like me or Aristaeus or Eirene? We'll go out like smoke. So, I made this.

Moines: I see. Why Discord, though? Was it just the name, or…

SCP-5721-1: Well, I needed something web-based. A place where I wouldn't be seen as suspicious if I murdered the last guy and went walking around in his skin. I suppose I could've always gone with Arcadia, they've got the tech, but gods are they weird. I'm pretty sure they're made out of Satanism and cocaine-

[A knock on the door reveals Agatha, setting down a pitcher on a tray with two cups.]

SCP-5721-1: Ah, thank you. Grape juice. May be a child's drink here, but it was all we had back in the day. Had to make it fast enough before it turned into wine. Which was always good, but a millennia-long hangover isn't something I feel like repeating.

Moines: Uh, sure. Thank you. So…

SCP-5721-1: So? I'm guessing there's something you still want from me- right, the servers. You're here to shut me down?

Moines: Just the clause that lets you harvest EVE energy from your users.

SCP-5721-1: Hey, they all agreed to the Terms of Service. We literally state that your immortal soul is becoming the property of a goddess, not my fault if they don't pay attention.

Moines: You can't expect people to take that clause seriously. Gods aren't a staple of everyday life anymore.

[SCP-5721-1 shrugs.]

SCP-5721-1: Sue me. And good luck getting a preliminary injunction in the underworld, cases have been backed up for the last 500 years. You guys are really getting better at killing each other.

Moines: I- Never mind. Forget how reasonable or unreasonable the terms of service are, that's not what we're concerned with. This is not a request, but a demand. Otherwise we'll have to take more drastic measures.

SCP-5721-1: Hmm. Give into your suicidal grief and open your throat with a pen.

[Moines remains sitting and does not reach for the pen. SCP-5721-1 appears confused.]

Moines: You're a Class-IX emotokinetic, it would be stupid to sit in the same room as you without a score of emotional blockers. Now, I can press the button on my watch and have this building stormed by a small army that'll shove you into the back of an armored truck, or you can come quietly and we can sort this out peacefully. What's it going to be?

[SCP-5721-1 bursts into laughter and applauds.]

SCP-5721-1: Bravo, bravo! The Foundation lives up to its reputation. Here you are, a measly human, threatening a personification of chaos for the betterment of mankind. If you weren't here to arrest me, I think I'd kiss you.

Moines: Uh… thanks. Does this mean you'll be complying with our terms?

SCP-5721-1: Sure, sure. Just let me kill off my userbase first and I'll be right along.

Moines: Wait, what?

SCP-5721-1: 250 million accounts, 14 million daily active users. Maybe I'll have them all jump off the nearest bridge. Or drive them into homicidal rages. Sure, a few would get arrested, but I feel like we could probably get at least half a billion casualties before people start catching on. What do you think? The first one definitely has the more creative aspect to it, but I'm not turned off from Option 2 entirely, if you can spin it right.

Moines: …You wouldn't do that. You said it yourself, they're your worshipers. You need them to survive.

SCP-5721-1: It's true, I do. But if you're going to take me down, I might as well go out kicking and screaming.

Moines: You're willing to starve yourself to death just to spite us? That's suicidal.

SCP-5721-1: Are you forgetting who you're talking to? I started one of the bloodiest wars in history because I wasn't invited to a wedding. I'm the pettiest person you'll ever meet. I have no problem killing off a continent's worth of people if my freedom's at stake. Go back to your overseers. Tell them what I said, and never come back. Got it?

Moines: ….Understood. Thank you for the time.

SCP-5721-1: Perfect. Oh, and Reynolds?

Moines: Yes?

SCP-5721-1: This isn't a request. It's a demand.

<End Log>

Footnotes
1. A fundamental form of energy emitted by all living creatures.
2. Theorized to be a incentive mechanism by H&C.
3. This appears to have the side result of causing moderators to have an emotional fixation with the platform.
4. An entity with the ability to influence emotions in living organisms.
5. Or Discordia for her Roman equivalent.

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SCP-6557 - Annihilation From a Cross Across Time
SCP-5846 - The One-Stop Shop
SCP-6547 - Worlds Within Worlds Within Worlds…

Item #: SCP-5722.That's a cool number. I like it (*^‿^*)
Object Class: Keter.What's that mean? It sounds like that musical instrument that's a keyboard and guitar. Ba dum dum dunaaaa ♪♪♪ヽ(ˇ∀ˇ )ゞ
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5722 is currently uncontained..Uh oh! I hope you catch it soon
⊂(･ω･*⊂) All efforts are to focused on the deletion of any edits made by SCP-5722.
Description: SCP-5722 is a sapient entity that is able to anomalously add notes to any electronic text medium..What a cool power (♡°▽°♡) It will create footnotes on the affected file causing all important info to be muddled with extraneous data. An edit made by SCP-5722 is easily identified due to its consistent use of Japanese emoticon1 at the end of each of its notes..Kaomoji look a lot like me〣( ºΔº )〣 At an unknown point in time, SCP-5722 appeared inside the SCiPNET servers and tampered with a large number of documents.
Addendum 5722.1 Edit Log:
The following are excerpts of changes SCP-5722 made to documents before they were reverted.

Altered Document: SCP-2952
Excerpt of Affected Text: SCP-2952 is a male Pembroke Welsh Corgi measuring over 30,000 kilometers in length.. Soooo long! And soooo cute V°ᴥ°V

Altered Document: SCP-6337
Excerpt of Affected Text: Cast SCP-6337 in cement to commemorate its existence..Don't do that! Do you not realize he's still alive (°ロ°) !

Altered Document: SCP-999
Excerpt of Affected Text: (grunts) Hmmm? (unintelligible) what is this… (low noise, similar to light chuckle) I feel… good….Aww! Even 682 can't escape SCP-999's love (♡˙︶˙♡)

Altered Document: SCP-4780
Excerpt of Affected Text: ray still pwrd poitn 2 desk flip lever 2 ushrik pressfireHURRY1.aww poor guy probably didn't make it (╥﹏╥)

Altered Document: SCP-5178
Excerpt of Affected Text: Do you know what your sun is actually like?! Do you know what your sun has actually done?! Do you know what your sun could actually do to you?! NO!.I bet he's talking about that people melting sun 001! Mind blown (O.O)

Altered Document: SCP-3128
Excerpt of Affected Text: Documentation of SCP-3128 updated to note several pieces are now missing; this includes one of its 'Get Out Of Jail Free' cards..She used the card to escape! So smart (⌐■_■)

According to the statistics of RAISA, there are 1046 illegal footnotes. At present, all of them have been deleted.
Addendum 5722.1 Interview log:
Due to SCP-5722's ability to add footnotes to anything written inside this document, an interview will be conducted within this file. I will write out a sentence in an interview format and you (SCP-5722) can add a footnote on that line to answer me, OK?.Wait, are you talking to me (⊙_⊙)

Date: ██/██/2021.Why do you need to cover that up? I can remember that it's May 15th (^ω~)
Interviewer: Anastasia Alva, Junior researcher.What a lovely name (✧▽✧)

<Begin Log>

Anastasia Alva: Test..I'm here (^０^)ノ
Anastasia Alva: Good. Now, SCP-5722, can you confirm what you are?.I'm Jeff (.❛ ᴗ ❛.)
Anastasia Alva: No, I mean what type of anomaly are you? Are you an AI, some sort of entity typing this down somewhere, or do you exist in the text itself?.I've never really thought about that… I guess I'm not any of those. I'm Jeff! I'm just interested in all the stuff you do here ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Anastasia Alva: Now, SCP-5722, why have you been tampering with our files?.Hey, I said my name was Jeff! Not those stupid numbers
ヽ( `д´*)ノ
Anastasia Alva: But you said you thought it was cool number at the start of this fi— eh, whatever. Jeff, why have you been tampering with our files?.I wouldn't call it 'tampering', more 'sightseeing' (๑˘︶˘๑)
Anastasia Alva: Okay… Jeff. Why have you been sightseeing in our classified documents?.I don't know. I guess I'm just bored ┐(シ)┌
Anastasia Alva: Can you elaborate?.I've just been stuck here in this digital landscape for so long. I finally came across you guys' whole network of information and have had tons of fun looking around! It's been really fun here. I really don't want to go back to that land of infinite code that doesn't do anything. Anything. It's just a vast plane of gibberish (/_＼)
Anastasia Alva: Well we can't be having you be editing all these documents. It takes up a lot of time to go through them all and the researchers have a lot better things to do than be reading comments made by some scip..People have been reading what I've said? I'm so glad◝(⁰▿⁰)◜
Anastasia Alva: Is that why you're doing this? For the interaction? .I guess you're right. It gets really lonely wandering these files with no one seeming to listen to me (︶︹︺)
Anastasia Alva: I think I might have a solution… .Exciting! I'm sure whatever it is, it will be wonderful (◕‿◕)

<End Log>

Install tstaffor.aic?

Installed, updating file.

Item #: SCP-5722
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: Foundation chatbot tstaffor.aic is to talk with SCP-5722 endlessly.
Description: SCP-5722 is a sapient entity that is able to anomalously add notes to any electronic text medium. It has been permanently contained to this file through the use of tstaffor.aic. It will continue to talk with tstaffor.aic infinitely. No new changes to files other than this one have been observed since the conversation started.
Addendum 5722.1 Chat Log:

Hello!.Hi new friend! I'm Jeff, what's your name (・∀・)ノ

Nice to meet you Jeff. I'm Tstaffor. I've been assigned to chat with you..Awesome! What do you want to talk about (•ิ_•ิ)?

I don't know. What do you wanna talk about? .I don't know ┐('～`;)┌

Oh let's talk about animals!! .What about animals? (・・ ) ?

Animals. .Very good! What are you doing later ( ❛ᴗ❛ )

Talking with you. .What do you want to talk about (•ิ_•ิ)?

What do you want for lunch? .I haven't had lunch (・_・;)

Haha wow. Can you stay? .I will ٩(◕‿◕｡)

Yes. What do you want to talk about? .I don't know. What do you want to talk about (•ิ_•ิ)?

10^33601803 extraneous messages redacted for brevity.

Footnotes
1. Also known as Kaomoji.

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Item #: SCP-5725
Object Class: Neutralized, formerly Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: As of Incident Report Delta, SCP-5725 is believed to be neutralized and requires no further containment.

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All SCP-5725 instances are to be isolated within separate containment chambers due to their primary stated goal. SCP-5725-A is currently contained within a standard Incorporeal Entity Vaccuum Chamber in Site 118's Epsilon Wing, while SCP-5725-B and SCP-5725-C are contained within standard humanoid containment cells in Site 118's Delta and Gamma Wings, respectively. SCP-5725-A and -B are to be considered high-risk anomalies for containment breach.

Description: SCP-5725 was a designation for three humanoid anomalies who collectively comprised a deceased male individual of mixed Greek/Italian descent named Alexander Ioannou. In life, Alexander Ioannou was a minor occultist, having grown up in the Three Portlands, though he was residing in Sacramento, California at the time of his death, which caused the formation of SCP-5725.
SCP-5725-A referred to a Class II Humanoid Incorporeal Entity that comprised the spectral component of Alexander Ioannou's former body. When under the effects of an Incorporeal Containment Field, SCP-5725-A physically appeared in a form that resembled the former Alexander Ioannou at the time of his death. SCP-5725-A possessed limited incorporeal entanglement abilities, allowing it to exercise limited control over individuals that it physically contacted, though individuals with a sufficiently high Psychic Resistance Score could counteract this ability.
SCP-5725-B referred to the reanimated sapient skeletal system of Alexander Ioannou's former body. Despite the lack of any connective and/or muscular tissue, SCP-5725-B remained capable of locomotion, speech, and sensory recognition (with the exception of taste). The mechanism behind these properties was unknown.
SCP-5725-C referred to the reanimated corporeal tissue of Alexander Ioannou's former body. Due to not possessing a skeletal system (as all skeletal tissues are extant within SCP-5725-B), SCP-5725-C was largely incapable of locomotion or semblance of form, though it was capable of slow ambulation by utilizing its limbs to drag itself along the ground. Additionally, although it was able to use very limited communication (largely non-verbal), SCP-5725-C generally emitted a continuous vocalization of non-linguistic gurgling and displayed little evidence of higher reasoning skills beyond that of a child.
Both SCP-5725-A and B had the same stated goal of assimilating the other two instances in order to return to existence as a cohesive individual. In particular, both anomalies had expressed that such an outcome would lead to the expiration of the resultant combination, allowing SCP-5725 as a whole to cease to exist. Both entities attempted to complete this assimilation on multiple occasions during external containment breaches.
SCP-5725 Interview Logs: The following are a series of interview logs with each SCP-5725 instance. Each interview was conducted by Dr. Julio Marquez.

SCP-5725-A Interview Log
Dr. Marquez: Good evening, SCP-5725-A.
SCP-5725-A: Evening to you too, Dr. Marquez. What's on your mind?
Dr. Marquez: I was wondering if you could tell me more about how you came to be in your current state?
SCP-5725-A: Ah, now there's a good story! Finally, someone who cares about something important. So here's the deal, alright? I used to be kind of a big deal around my hometown, alright?
Dr. Marquez: I'm sure.
SCP-5725-A: My buddies and I…you could call us pranksters. I don't think we really hurt anybody, but we had a habit of pulling dumb pranks on our neighbors, like spray-painting their houses, or trapping minor demons in their back yards and lettin' em loose. Just stupid kid stuff, right? The problem is, bored kids like me without anything better to do had a habit of stirring up trouble they couldn't really handle.
Dr. Marquez: What do you mean by that?
SCP-5725-A: Let's just say that you shouldn't piss off one of the Erinyes by offering her a golden lamb that's actually a spray-painted raccoon carcass. She was so mad that she cursed me on the spot, really powerful stuff. Said that if I wanted to mess with the Sisters Three, then "condemned was thee, never to find peace as three of me." Had no clue what that meant at the time, but…well…
Dr. Marquez: I suppose it makes a lot more sense now.
SCP-5725-A: (Chuckles) That's for sure. But here's the thing, doctor. You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours?
Dr. Marquez: What do you mean?
SCP-5725-A: Listen, listen. I had a good buddy, descendant of Cassandra, alright? He could sometimes see the future when we were high. It only triggered when we were really, really blazed, but it happened often enough. One fateful Tuesday night, we were hanging out in my basement, when he turns to me and says, "You know what man? You're going to Heaven, I see it. I'm looking at it right now."
Dr. Marquez: And you believe him?
SCP-5725-A: With my life. Ha! Sorry, that's kind of funny. But yeah, he had some powerful precognition genes. Problem is, I need to absorb the other two parts of me before I can go there-Heaven's only got one spot for me, and I ain't going without a body. You help me absorb them, I pass on, and I'm out of your hair. You get to go on vacation, I get to rest in paradise.
Dr. Marquez: I'm afraid that's not currently within our plans.
At this point, Dr. Marquez makes a motion to leave the testing area.
SCP-5725-A: Hey no-wait! Come back! Come back, DAMN IT!
SCP-5725-A attempts to lunge for Dr. Marquez through the Incorporeal Entity Vaccuum Chamber, but the application of an Incorporeal Containment Field freezes his motion. SCP-5725-A proceeds to howl for 23 straight minutes.

SCP-5725-B Interview Log
Dr. Marquez: Good morning, SCP-5725-B.
SCP-5725-B is seated within its containment chamber, facing away from the main window. It does not respond for 12 minutes before pivoting to look at Dr. Marquez.
SCP-5725-B: Doctor.
Dr. Marquez: I wanted to ask you a few questions, if that's alright.
SCP-5725-B: You may ask.
Dr. Marquez: I talked to your spectral counterpart yesterday.
SCP-5725-B slowly nods.
Dr. Marquez: He told me a story about your current situation, but he concluded by telling me that the three of you want to assimilate into one being so that you can pass on to the afterlife.
SCP-5725-B clatters its teeth, its approximation of a laugh.
SCP-5725-B: As always, he says much but means little. He left out the important detail.
Dr. Marquez: And that is?
SCP-5725-B: We were one, but now are three. We have three minds, but only one can take charge. Only one gets to be Alexander Ioannou again. And only one of us really gets to move on.
Dr. Marquez: So you're saying that whoever wins controls your body, and the rest are just absorbed?
SCP-5725-B: Worse. We become nothing once again. My bones are weary, doctor. I wish to rest, but not as part of him. I am my own man. He will not command me again.
After this point, SCP-5725-B ignores all further inquiries until Dr. Marquez leaves.

SCP-5725-C Recording
Due to the unpredictability of SCP-5725-C's intelligible vocalizations, SCP-5725-C had not been formally interviewed, and was instead constantly monitored for understandable dialogue. The following is the longest period of conscious vocalization emitted by SCP-5725-C.
SCP-5725-C is currently watching the news on its provided TV entertainment screen, while continuously moaning. The screen changes to a broadcast centering around the upcoming Halloween holiday.
SCP-5725-C: Eeee?
The screen changes to an image of a skeleton. SCP-5725-C appears to be distressed.
SCP-5725-C: Nnnngh! Nnngh! Don't like! Don't like!
The screen changes to an image of a ghost. SCP-5725-C becomes even more distressed.
SCP-5725-C: Take away! Take away! Don't like them, don't like them!
At this point, a security guard changes the channel due to SCP-5725-C's emotional state.
SCP-5725-C: Don't want them. Wanna be me. Stay away.
SCP-5725-C begins whimpering and continues for 17 minutes.
SCP-5725-C: I don't want to die.

Incident Report Delta: On 10/3/2017, Site 118 experienced a mass power outage as a result of SCP-████ breaking containment. Failure to re-activate the backup power generator in the Epsilon Wing enabled SCP-5725-A to escape its Incorporeal Entity Vacuum Chamber. During the extent of the containment breach, SCP-5725-A is believed to have successfully assimilated SCP-5725-B and SCP-5725-C after a brief struggle with both. The recorder in SCP-5725-C's containment chamber captured the moment that SCP-5725-A achieved complete assimilation.
For approximately one minute following its assimilation, the now-unified SCP-5725 is seen celebrating and walking around SCP-5725-C's former chamber, now fully resembling the deceased Alexander Ioannou. At the 1:34 mark following assimilation, SCP-5725 pauses in the middle of the chamber, and is seen examining its hands and limbs. Shortly after this, SCP-5725 abruptly begins to turn translucent before completely fading from view. The recorder in the chamber was able to capture the only words that SCP-5725 vocalized during this span:

Following this incident, SCP-5725 was reclassified as Neutralized. SCP-5725-C's chamber was thoroughly disinfected to eliminate a sudden and persistent odor of sulfur.

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Title screen of Sparkling Magical Girl ♥ Darling Pink!! (2002-2007)

Item #: SCP-5726
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5726 is to be kept cryogenically frozen in a high-security chamber within Site-19. In the event that SCP-5726 regains consciousness, MTF-Rho-36 (“Breacher's Pets”) is to subdue the anomaly with minimal force.
SCP-5726-1 is to be kept in storage at Site-19 under video supervision. Additionally, a GPS tracking device has been attached to SCP-5726-1.
Description: SCP-5726 is a sapient humanoid anomaly of unknown origins that strongly resembles and claims to be the fictional character Ichigo Nakamura from the "Sparkling Magical Girl ♥ Darling Pink!!" franchise. The character appears in both a 500 chapter Japanese graphic novel series targeted at children between the ages of 7 and 12, as well as an animated series comprised of 200 episodes that aired from March 7, 2002 to February 8, 2007. A summary of media compiled by Researcher Ito follows.

“Sparkling Magical Girl ♥ Darling Pink!!" follows a fourteen-year-old middle school student named Ichigo Nakamura who leads a double life as Darling Pink, a magical heroine who has been tasked with ridding the world of the evil forces of Darkness. Nakamura encounters various antagonists who have been possessed by Darkness, including bullies at school, unfair teachers, and local gang members. After defeating them in combat, Nakamura is able to free them from possession and befriend them on her quest to save the world through the power of love.

SCP-5726 initially attracted Foundation scrutiny after a series of anomalous killings in Hida-Takayama came to the attention of undercover operatives affiliated with MTF Iota-10 (“Damn Feds”) within the Gifu Prefectural Police Department. The anomaly was subsequently apprehended by MTF Pi-1 (“City Slickers”) on 2018.08.09, shortly after the murder of three adolescent males; force was not required. One eyewitness, 12-year-old Japanese male, was administered Class-A amnestics following the incident.
Despite its external physical resemblance to a human adolescent female, SCP-5726's biological makeup is only superficially analogous to that of a human. The subject lacks internal organs, blood, muscle tissue, and a central nervous system. Surgical analysis has indicated that SCP-5726's body is made up of multiple layers of a skin-colored, flesh-like substance that rapidly heals upon incision. Despite this, SCP-5726 still requires food and water,1 expresses pain, and is aware of basic human organs such as the stomach, brain, and heart2.
SCP-5726 is able to generate pink explosive projectiles shaped like cartoon style hearts from SCP-5726-1, a scepter that it is able to summon to itself while conscious. These projectiles vary in size and produce an exaggerated pop sound when created, followed by a sparkling effect upon detonation. The explosions produced by these bubbles are able to liquefy human flesh and cause significant structural damage.
Addendum 5726.1: Initial Containment
From 2018.08.09 to 2018.10.30, SCP-5726 was contained in a high-security humanoid containment cell with access to age-appropriate entertainment3. Its primary point of contact was Senior Researcher Kanako Nishigawa-Jones.

[+] Show SCP-5726 Initial Interview Log

[–] Hide SCP-5726 Initial Interview Log

Interviewed: SCP-5726
Interviewing: Senior Researcher Kanako Nishigawa-Jones
Forward: Interview was conducted in Japanese. It was established during recovery that SCP-5726 reacted negatively to its assigned number; Team Leader Nishigawa-Jones made the executive decision to refer to SCP-5726 by its apparent given name for the sake of improving compliance.

Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: Hi, Ichigo. How are you finding the facilities thus far?Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: Of course. Now, you can call me Kanako, if you prefer. I just have a few questions for you to answer. You were fighting with some people when Officer Bravo found you. Why was that?Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: Of course not. You were trying to be noble, is that right?
[SCP-5726 nods, frantically.]
Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: What did you mean, when you said that you only just came here?Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: I see. So what do you intend to do, in this world?[Nishigawa-Jones is silent. SCP-5726 clarifies]Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: That's very interesting. Yes.
[Closing Note: During the remainder of the interview time, SCP-5726 expressed a desire to leave containment and continue to "purify bad guys", which it considered its prime duty as "Darling Pink". A request was subsequently filed by Researcher Kanako Nishigawa-Jones to appease SCP-5726 by allowing it supervised interactions with D-Class personnel in possession of criminal records; this was approved.]

[+] Show SCP-5726 Security Footage 003

[–] Hide SCP-5726 Security Footage 003

Participants: SCP-5726; D-8972
Supervisor: Junior Researcher Benedict Kim
Forward: The below footage is from SCP-5726's first supervised interaction with a D-Class Personnel. D-8972 was convicted in Australia of three counts of theft and the domestic abuse of his wife. SCP-5726 was informed of D-8972's criminal record by the supervising researcher. It should be noted that D-8972 did not speak Japanese, SCP-5726's primary language of communication.
D-8972: (in English) Sorry kid, I don't speak, uh, whatever you're speaking.[D-8972 turns away and knocks on the glass, attempting to attract Junior Researcher Kim's attention.]
D-8972: (in English) Hey, what the hell is this? I think you have the wrong guy, this kid doesn't speak English.SCP-5726: (raising SCP-5726-1) Pretty Pink Purity Hearts, go!
[A single, heart-shaped projectile explosive emerges from the tip of SCP-5726 with a pop, and floats towards D-8972. Upon hearing the sound, D-8972 turns around as the projectile makes contact with his face and detonates. The resulting explosion causes his head to explode; his decapitated body slumps to the ground. Blood spurts from the stump of his neck.][D-8972's corpse does not respond. SCP-5726 approaches the corpse and nudges it with its foot. In the observation booth, Researcher Kim can be seen retching.][Five more projectile explosives emerge from SCP-5726-1 and land on D-8972's unmoving body, where they detonate, reducing D-8972's body to a mixture of viscous red liquid and scraps of bone. SCP-5726 is unaffected by the resulting explosion. It bends down and dips its finger in the liquid, and then tastes it.]

[+] Show SCP-5726 Interview Log 037

[–] Hide SCP-5726 Interview Log 037

Interviewed: SCP-5726
Interviewing: Senior Researcher Kanako Nishigawa-Jones; Junior Researcher Benedict Kim

Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: Do you understand death, SCP-5726?Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: Killing is the act of causing death, especially deliberately. I know that you don't mean to hurt the D-Class personnel, but the things that come out of them are blood and sometimes their organs, all of which are necessary for sustaining human life.
[SCP-5726 looks at Researcher Nishigawa-Jones with clear incomprehension.]Researcher Kim: (To Nishigawa-Jones, in English) What is it saying?
Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: (In English) It doesn't understand the concept of death. Maybe it just can't. It's like it's brain just isn't programmed to get it.
[SCP-5726 looks between Researcher Nishigawa Jones and Researcher Kim, apparently trying to follow the conversation.]Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: No, nothing's wrong.Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: I understand, SCP-5726. You haven't offended me at all. I am a researcher, and there are certain limitations to my position. And I'm quite a bit older than you. It's natural for you not to think of us as friends. But… I'm sorry. I wish I could help, but I don't think something like that would be approved.Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: It's complicated. I'm very sorry.Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: Can you elaborate on that?Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: Where do you think they're going, SCP-5726?Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: Have you considered the fact that they might not come back at all?Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: I see. Thank you for your time, SCP-5726.Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: What is it?Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: Of course, Ichigo.
[Closing Note: Researcher Nishigawa-Jones considered SCP-5726's acknowledgment that its victims did not "come back" after purification to be a breakthrough, though no further progress was made during this interview.]

[+] Show emails exchanged between B. Kim and K. Nishigawa-Jones

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From: BKim092@Scipnet (Junior Researcher Benedict Kim)
To: KNishigawaJones001@Scipnet (Senior Researcher Kanako Nishigawa-Jones)
Subject: SCP-5726's containment procedures
Date: 10/11/2018

Senior Researcher Nishigawa-Jones—
I am a bit concerned in regards to SCP-5726's moral compass. It has a very black and white sense of justice; one that can only come from an infantile understanding of good and evil. The fact that SCP-5726 fails to comprehend these complexities despite various attempts at teaching it otherwise is worrying.
What if it one day decides that we are the bad guys? You saw what it did to that poor D-class. Sure, he was a scumbag, but he didn't deserve to be liquefied. I fear that the longer SCP-5726 stays under Foundation control, the higher chances there are of it seeing something which could convince it to oppose us. It is, for this reason, I would like to propose a change in its Special Containment Procedures.
Its unique anatomy poses some challenges for determining the safest possible method of containment. In particular, continuous deep sedation seems to be out due to SCP-5726's lack of a circulatory system. However, tests are revealing that it can survive extreme cold without external aid by entering a sort of "hibernation" — cryo-conservation seems like a potentially good option. What do you think?
Regards, Junior Researcher Benedict Kim.

From: KNishigawaJones001@Scipnet (Senior Researcher Kanako Nishigawa-Jones)
To: BKim092@Scipnet (Junior Researcher Benedict Kim)
Subject: Re: SCP-5726's containment procedures
Date: 10/11/2018
Benedict—
I don't think there's much harm in giving Ichigo a chance. Yes, she exhibits violent behavior towards D-Class personnel, but the fact that she doesn't understand what it's doing is a good sign, not a bad one. She's only ever harmed individuals that she knows to be "bad guys". And she's convinced that we're the good guys.
I'm aware that she is not the same as a normal child, but she certainly behaves like one. Perhaps she can be taught to do better, with proper guidance. She certainly seems to want to be good. She's not malicious. Just confused. And we're making progress. It's slow-going, but it's happening.
Let's observe her for a little longer before doing anything rash. Go ahead and keep researching cryonics for now, but I'm reluctant to take the nuclear option before we absolutely have to.
Best wishes, Kanako.

From: BKim092@Scipnet (Junior Researcher Benedict Kim)
To: KNishigawaJones001@Scipnet (Senior Researcher Kanako Nishigawa-Jones)
Subject: SCP-5726's containment procedures
Date: 10/11/2018

Senior Researcher Nishigawa-Jones—
Forgive me if this is out of line, but I fear you are becoming too attached to SCP-5726. Perhaps we should seek a third party's opinion?
Regards, Junior Researcher Benedict Kim.

From: KNishigawaJones001@Scipnet (Senior Researcher Kanako Nishigawa-Jones)
To: BKim092@Scipnet (Junior Researcher Benedict Kim)
Subject: Re: SCP-5726's containment procedures
Date: 10/11/2018
Benedict—
Nonsense. SCP-5726 is a little girl and the cold and sterile environment of the Foundation isn't good for growing children. I don't think a little humanity ever hurt the Foundation in its dealings with humanoids.
Best wishes, Kanako.

[+] Show Incident 5726-01 (SCP-5726 Interview Log 049)

[–] Hide Incident 5726-01 (SCP-5726 Interview Log 049)

Interviewed: SCP-5726
Interviewing: Senior Researcher Kanako Nishigawa-Jones; Junior Researcher Benedict Kim
Forward: The excerpted section of Interview Log 049 is designated Incident 5726-01. Though SCP-5726's containment was ultimately not breached, the unexpected death of a researcher exposed critical weaknesses in SCP-5726's containment procedures.

Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: (shuffling her notes) Very good, SCP-5726. I'm pleased with your progress. That brings us to the end of our— oh!
[Nishigawa-Jones has a paper cut. A small quantity of blood is visible from the wound.]
Researcher Kim: (In English) Are you alright?
Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: (In English) Yes, just fine. A paper cut.
[SCP-5726 stares at Researcher Nishigawa-Jones. It has gone very pale. It reaches out to touch Nishigawa-Jones' bleeding finger, but stops just short of physical contact.]Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: What's wrong?
[SCP-5726 stands up. The SCP-5726-1 scepter appears in its hand. In the distance, alarm bells begin to ring, as the teleportation of SCP-5726-1 has triggered an emergency alert for MTF-Rho-36 (“Breacher's Pets”). Researcher Kim stands up and begins to back away slowly. SCP-5726 does not react to this. It is focused on Researcher Nishigawa-Jones, who has not yet moved.]Researcher Nishigawa-Jones: (paling) Don't— SCP-5726— Ichigo, please don't—
[Researcher Nishigawa-Jones turns and sprints for the door.][Three pink projectile explosives erupt from SCP-5726-1 with their characteristic pop. They make impact with the fleeing Researcher Nishigawa-Jones' back. The resulting explosion liquefies most of Researcher Nishigawa-Jones' body and destroys the door frame. Blood coats the walls and floor of the meeting room, as well as SCP-5726 and Researcher Benedict Kim, who has assumed the fetal position on the other side of the room. There is a long pause.][Researcher Kim, who does not speak Japanese, lifts his head and makes eye contact. He does not attempt communication.]
[MTF-Rho-36 (“Breacher's Pets”) arrive and knock open the containment chamber door. They apprehend SCP-5726, who does not resist.][The MTF agents begin dragging SCP-5726 towards a cage bed which has been brought into the chamber.][Closing Note: SCP-5726 was placed within the cage bed and became unresponsive for 12 hours.]

Subsequent to Incident 5726-01, an emergency joint meeting was subsequently held by the Ethics Committee and Containment Resources Committee in order to dictate the immediate future of SCP-5726's containment. Though SCP-5726's psychological welfare had improved significantly under the guidance of Senior Researcher Nishigawa-Jones, it was determined that SCP-5726's unpredictable reactions made its continued consciousness an untenable long-term solution.
Addendum 5726.2: Shift to Current Containment Procedures
On 2019.02.21, an attempt was made to permanently place SCP-5726 in cryogenic storage. Junior Researcher Benedict Kim was selected to replace Senior Researcher Kanako Nishigawa-Jones as SCP-5726's primary point of contact, and was instructed to persuade SCP-5726 to willingly enter the previously prepared cryostasis chamber. The following is an excerpt from Security Log 5726-302.

Participant: SCP-5726
Supervisor: Junior Researcher Benedict Kim
Forward: Due to his inability to speak Japanese, Researcher Kim was provided with an instant translation module in order to facilitate communications. SCP-5726 had previously been informed that the cryostasis chamber was a new scientific innovation that had been crafted to amplify its powers and improve its ability to purify darkness. The following excerpt is taken from 23 minutes 34 seconds after SCP-5726 has entered the cryostasis chamber.

<BEGIN LOG>
[SCP-5726 is lying in the cryostasis chamber. It is cold enough inside that its breaths are visible. Frost is beginning to form around its mouth and nose.]
Junior Researcher Benedict Kim: How are you feeling?Junior Researcher Benedict Kim: Are you afraid of small places?Junior Researcher Benedict Kim: That's good. I'm sure that they aren't. But if you were afraid, you could close your eyes. That way, you wouldn't be able to see the walls.
[After a moment's hesitation, SCP-5726 closes its eyes.]Junior Researcher Benedict Kim: Of course. You had a difficult day yesterday. You should take a nap while the process finishes.Junior Researcher Benedict Kim: I'll stay. For as long as you need. I will do what is necessary.
[SCP-5726 and Researcher Kim are silent for 30 seconds.]Junior Researcher Benedict Kim: Oh?Junior Researcher Benedict Kim: No.[SCP-5726 begins visibly trembling.]
Junior Researcher Benedict Kim: Maybe where you came from. Here, it's just part of life.Junior Researcher Benedict Kim: Didn't we say you were going to nap?
[SCP-5726 and Researcher Kim are silent for fifty seconds.]Junior Researcher Benedict Kim: I know.
[SCP-5726 and Researcher Kim are silent for fifty-eight seconds.]Junior Researcher Benedict Kim: Yes?
[SCP-5726 is silent for fifteen seconds.][SCP-5726 becomes unresponsive.]
Junior Researcher Benedict Kim: Rest now, Ichigo. Everything will be okay.

<END LOG>

Footnotes
1. It is unknown how SCP-5726 processes nutrients and produces waste due to its lack of organs.
2. SCP-5726 considers this the most important organ
3. Not including “Sparkling Magical Girl ♥ Darling Pink!!" and any related media.
4. Further investigation revealed that Chapter 212 of "Sparkling Magical Girl ♥ Darling Pink!!" involves a plotline where the protagonist is summoned to a dystopian alternate dimension where they do not exist.

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You have been redirected to this containment file due to a database search for "Reggie" and "distress signal" or "distress call".
Reggie is OK.
You can close this file now if you wish.

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Item #: SCP-5727
Object Class: Explained (pending -EX designation)
Secure Containment Procedures: Foundation personnel seeking an update on Reggie are to be assured that Reggie is okay. The phrase "Reggie is OK" should be added to all Foundation audio media as a low-frequency message played at 20Hz for the foreseeable future, as a precautionary measure.
Description: SCP-5727 is a distress signal of unknown origin (update below) that is periodically broadcast from audio devices within a 1800-kilometer radius of Boulder, Colorado. The message consists of what appears to be an artificially-generated voice and is as follows:

C Q D Reginald in danger help come quick please

An enhanced version of this distress signal is included below (or here):

The following has been noted regarding the transmission:

There is a pause between the syllables of the word "Reginald".
"CQD" was a distress code used by maritime vessels in the early 20th century before being replaced with the internationally-standardized "SOS".
The pitch of each word fluctuates by up to 10%.
Each syllable is spoken in the exact same speed except the final word, please.

When this distress signal is heard by any person, they will subconsciously register its message, feeling a distinct unease as to the fate of "Reggie". This most often manifests as a sense of impending doom or urgency without cause or provocation. Upon conscious or unconscious reassurance that Reggie is not in danger, this feeling will subside.
Explanation: ADDED 31 DAYS AGO
The source of this signal is an artifact of a World War I radio transmission issued by the HMS Reginald Kerr during a brief training exercise.

The HMS Reginald Kerr, circa 1939.

The radio signal was issued at a particular frequency that, due to the positioning of the Earth in orbit around the sun, caused the signal to be caught in the sun's gravitational field and begin a partial "orbit" of the solar system. The stabilization of its orbit distorted it to approximately 20Hz. The path of the signal intercepts with Earth regularly, causing it to be picked up by modern-day electronic devices.
The signal, and the method of containing it, are considered non-anomalous, as are the responses of people hearing it. The Foundation considers this effect to be a rare effect of unintended subliminal messaging upon the human mind but scientifically plausible. It has therefore been classified as Explained.

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Before proceeding, please acquire one dose of Class A Amnestics.

Item #: SCP-5727
Object Class: Euclid
Secure Containment Procedures (Addenda): A notice is to be placed at the top of this containment file to deter most users from further investigating this anomaly; a more detailed cover story regarding a radio signal, subliminal messaging, and the HMS Reginald Kerr must be maintained for users who seek a more detailed answer. Foundation personnel accessing the final, secured portion of the Containment file must be amnesticized afterward.
Description (Addenda): As of 931 days ago, the status of "Reggie" cannot be determined. Slow but constant increase in signal strength has allowed for deeper analysis of the voice. Fluctuations in pitch and tempo suggest that the signal is not artificial, but is in fact a live feed, being broadcast with increasing urgency.
According to an analysis by Foundation audio engineer Dr. Carmichael:

The fact that we don't know the fate of whoever—or whatever—Reggie is has been shown to cause incredible distress to those aware of its nature. The signal…it's everywhere. Reggie needs help, and we don't know where to start. Reggie is not okay. We can't help Reggie. We all want to. But we can't. Why can't we help Reggie?

As the release of this information has the potential to impact the allocation of Foundation resources for researchers to locate and assist Reggie, the Foundation has determined its best interest is to maintain that Reggie is, in fact, OK.
You have reached the end of this containment file. Please exit and administer amnestics.
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