Item #: SCP-5781
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: All buildings that appeared as a result of SCP-5781 are to continue operating, with discreet supervision. PoI-94707 should be monitored for any further suspicious activity.
Description: SCP-5781 refers to an event that began on November 26th 1999, wherein multiple buildings spontaneously appeared on the coasts of Florida, United States over a 3 day period. Branding indicates that these buildings belong to Alan Investigations, a private detective firm which lacks any record of existence prior to the date SCP-5781 began.
Following these appearances, Alan Investigations began receiving exorbitant monetary investments from residents in the area, as well as multiple corporate entities globally. Interviews with these investors show that these investments were voluntary, as all were motivated by predictions of the company's future success, as well as "the founder's charisma".
Alan Ghayter, founder of Alan Investigations and hereafter referred to as PoI-94707, has denied any suspicion of money-laundering to authorities in the area, and is currently battling various legal disputes.

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PoI-94707

Interview Log 5781-A
Date Conducted: 03/01/2000
Interviewer: Dr. Trevelyan Veil
Interviewee: PoI-94707 ("Alan Ghayter")
Foreword: Throughout the interview, PoI-94707 spoke with an intense lisp, as well as an accent atypical of a Floridian, in spite of his claims of being raised in the state. When asked, the subject claimed the reasoning was due to "Atlantic descent".
Additionally, PoI-94707's physical appearance was incredibly disheveled, for reasons the subject claimed was due to his ongoing legal battles.
BEGIN LOG
Dr. Veil: Good evening, Mr. Ghayter.
PoI-94707: (Does not respond, vaguely gestures)
Dr. Veil: I assume you understand why you're here?
PoI-94707: Yes. Legal bullshit.
Dr. Veil: Rest assured, Mr. Ghayter, nothing here will be related to your on-going legal trouble. We're much more interested in certain… events that have transpired recently.
PoI-94707: Hurrrh?
Dr. Veil: Mainly, in regards to your business, or until recently, lack thereof. To my understanding, you run a private detective firm, correct?
PoI-94707: Not detective. Investigator.
Dr. Veil: Yes, well… simply put, your business - or even you - has no record of existence prior to the 26th of November of last year.
PoI-94707: Yes. I changed my name.
Dr. Veil: I see. If you don't mind, what was your old name?
PoI-94707: Al.
Dr. Veil: Al… Ghayter?
PoI-94707: Yes.
Dr. Veil: (Writing) …thank you, Mr. Ghayter. Now, about the business, would you mind sharing an explanation for its sudden appearance?
PoI-94707: Very stupid question, doctor. It didn't exist until I started it.
Dr. Veil: That's precisely the issue - there is no record of you ever starting it. I'd imagine that's where a fair share of your legal trouble is stemming from.
PoI-94707: I did, long time ago. In my homeplace. Humans blame me when they never saw it. Aaaaaall humans are stupid.
Dr. Veil: Excuse me, Mr. Ghayter? Humans?
PoI-94707: Gragh- people. All people are stupid.
Dr. Veil: …okay. So you did start Alan Investigations, just not under any actual official guidelines or personnel who could've verified it for you?
PoI-94707: Yes.1
Dr. Veil: The buildings' sudden appearances?
PoI-94707: Efficiency.
Dr. Veil: Right. And do you have anything to say about the various investments you've received from local residents and corporations alike?
PoI-94707: People like to invest in gators.
Dr. Veil: Hm?
PoI-94707: Guhh- people like investigators.
Dr. Veil: (Sighs) Alright. That'll be all, Mr. Ghayter. Thank you for your time.
END LOG
Closing Notes: "People certainly aren't investing for his charisma, I'll say that much. I wonder if he'd consider looking into skincare routines some time. Or even picking up a razor." - Dr. Veil

Footnotes
1. PoI-94707 refused to elaborate.

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Item #: SCP-5784 (Formerly SCP-$0.99-J)
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5784 is to be kept within a standard humanoid containment chamber or within the premises of the Site-19 public cafeteria. SCP-5784's containment chamber is to remain free of sharp objects or surfaces which SCP-5784 could utilise to cut into its own skin. Should SCP-5784 be harmed in any way, it is to be examined for purposeful injury. SCP-5784's arms and hands are to be restrained without Level-2 Clearance and approval from The Department of Other The Thaumaturgical Department.
Should SCP-5784 retain its record of good behavior, it may be allowed a limited amount of free-roaming and socialization time with accompaniment by at least one security officer.
Description: SCP-5784 is a 19 year old human male of French-Canadian descent, standing 190cm tall and weighing 88kg. SCP-5784's back is covered in tattoos, including several images of food items surrounded by Roman and Chinese characters. The ink used to create these tattoos is composed of several anomalous materials, which allow SCP-5784's anomalous properties to manifest when activated with intricate command movements of the arms and hands.
SCP-5784 is capable of manifesting a variety of food and drink products through its anomalous effects, though the amount manifested is limited based on the product, typically based on the standard serving size recommended by the Canadian government. Food and drink manifested through SCP-5784's anomalous effects is wholly non-anomalous. The types of food and drink that SCP-5784 can manifest are limited by the tattoos on its back, though some slight alterations may be made to each product.
The following is a list of example alterations SCP-5784 can control:

The temperature of the product.
The portion size, ranging from half a standard portion to four standard portions.
The addition or removal of seasonings and sauces, limited by the subject's tattoos.
The primary protein, limited by the subject's tattoos.

All alterations SCP-5784 makes to food and drink it manifests must result in an edible dish, though the overall quality may vary. For example, the subject may not make a plastic facsimile or a version made with rotten or expired food, but they may manifest a version that contains common allergens such as peanuts, or a frozen version of a dish.
Addendum 5784-01: Below is an interview with SCP-5784 on 08/25/2013 soon after containment.
Transcriber's Note: Due to the heavy accent of the subject, the original interview transcribed words based on pronunciation. Below is a re-transcribed interpretation.

<Begin Log>
Researcher Jacques clears his throat.
Researcher Jacques: Comfortable?
SCP-5784 scoffs.Researcher Jacques: Fair. I don't even know why I asked. Even as far as interrogation rooms go this one's pretty low quality.
SCP-5784 scoffs.Researcher Jacques: What was that?
SCP-5784 scoffs.Researcher Jacques: No, I understood that. I more meant the implications of what you said.
SCP-5784 scoffs.Researcher Jacques: Ah, so you're the leader of some kind of… cult? Organization? …LARPing club?
SCP-5784 scoffs.Researcher Jacques: And this power is infinite noodles?
SCP-5784 scoffs.Researcher Jacques: I'm at least a decade older than you…
SCP-5784 scoffs.Researcher Jacques: Right, right, but-
SCP-5784 scoffs.Researcher Jacques: You… you know you just have a Chinese menu tattooed on your back, right?
SCP-5784 scoffs.Researcher Jacques: Right…
SCP-5784 scoffs.
<End Log>

After the interview, Researcher Jacques retrieved the subject's cell phone and opened the photo gallery. The most recent image was an image of a scroll inscribed with several runes, which if evoked, would give its caster the ability to create and destroy matter at large scales. The second most recent image was a picture of Wok The Line's full menu, a Chinese restaurant in Montreal, Quebec.
Addendum 5784-02: After SCP-5784's initial containment, in spite of its initial hostility, the subject has since been cooperative with the Foundation, has given information on GoI-2228, "The Brotherhood of Ink" and willingly participated in several tests and experiments. As such, SCP-5784 was granted limited free roaming time within the Department of Other along with other low-threat anomalies, which included preparing food in the Site-19 cafeteria once per week.
On 01/28/2015, the O5 Council sent a request to the Department of Other head Dr. Gerald to end custody of SCP-5784 and transfer containment responsibilities to the Thaumaturgy Department. Below is the memo from O5-3 detailing their reasoning for this transfer request.

Anomaly Custody Transfer Request

From the Desk of O5-3

Anomaly In Question: SCP-$0.99-J
Reason For Request: Due to the subject's significant connection to GoI-2228, SCP-$0.99-J should be relocated and studied by researchers who are more familiar with the group and its capabilities. While the Department of Other may deem SCP-$0.99-J as "low-threat", other members of GoI-2228 have proven capable of causing significant damage to civilian populations. It stands to reason that while SCP-$0.99-J's anomalous properties may not be as obviously destructive as its counterparts, it must be contained by a facility more capable of dealing with its potential. Frankly, without handling SCP-$0.99-J in person, any information gathered from experiments and interviews regarding its anomalous effects may be lacking in credibility without a Thaumaturgy Specialist's expertise.
Furthermore, while SCP-$0.99-J may have demonstrated good behavior, GoI-2228 has a history of violent insurrections and, for lack of a better term, a lack of mercy. Allowing SCP-$0.99-J free roaming time may have been acceptable in the past, but certain anomalies, regardless of their behavior, should not be allowed such amenities due to risk. As long as SCP-$0.99-J is within your care and allowed these freedoms, they pose a greater risk to Site-19 as a whole.

On 01/30/2015, Dr. Gerald gave the following response:

Anomaly Custody Transfer Response

From the Desk of Dr. Gerald, Department of Other

Request Response: Denied.
Reasoning: Firstly, the Department of Other has been more than happy to relay all information gathered from interviews and experiments with Mr. de Rochechouart to the Thaumaturgy Department; your dissatisfaction with the lack of what you believe is credible information is not our fault. If there has been any information that is contradictory to what the Thaumaturgy Department already has on file, it has not been brought to my attention. If there is any sign in Mr. de Rochechouart's actions that he is more powerful than he has demonstrated, it has also not been brought to my attention. Need I remind you that thanks to Mr. de Rochechouart's cooperation with the Department of Other, that 3 more members of the Brotherhood of Ink have been contained. Transferring custody based on assumptions that the very department you wish to transfer responsibility to has not conveyed to anyone in the Department of Other feels unnecessarily paranoid.
Secondly, in accordance to the Huever "If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It" Agreement, Mr. de Rochechouart is well within their ethical rights to earn certain freedoms, given a history of compliance and provided they are still monitored by Foundation staff. The fact that you bring in the history of The Brotherhood of Ink is entirely irrelevant if they, the individual, have proven themselves otherwise agreeable. Do not be mistaken by the fact that we allow some freedom that we are relaxed with protocols, however. Mr. de Rochechouart is still under extreme scrutiny due to their relative recency with the Department of Other, and we will not hesitate to revoke their earned freedoms should they cease their cooperation with us.
Mr. de Rochechouart has thrived in our care, and is well-integrated into our established guidelines of allowing anomalous expression, within reason. Transferring custody at this time would be disruptive, and ultimately it may result in a worsened relationship with Mr. de Rochechouart and a lack of the information that we both desire.

Addendum 5784-03: On 09/16/2015, a containment breach involving SCP-TTKU-J injured numerous personnel within the Department of Other as well as some anomalies, SCP-5784 included. After SCP-5784's release from the Site-19 Anomaly Care Infirmary, it was determined that the back scars left from the subject's injuries altered its anomalous properties, in that certain items of food could no longer be manifested properly. On 09/29/2015, O5-3 sent yet another memo requesting SCP-5784's custody transfer.

Anomaly Custody Transfer Request

From the Desk of O5-3

Anomaly In Question: SCP-$0.99-J
Reason For Request: After the events of SCP-TTKU-J's breach and the resulting damage to not just Site-19, but the anomalies contained within, it is within our right to revoke custody of anomalies that we believe have been mistreated or improperly handled under your care. SCP-$0.99-J's anomalous properties have clearly been impacted significantly by your negligence, and had it remained within their containment chamber at the time of the breach, it would not have been injured in the first place. Allowing SCP-$0.99-J to come into harm's way, regardless if they survived or not, is irresponsible.
This is no longer a question of if you are up to the task of maintaining order within the Department of Other, but how little damage your department can cause. Had SCP-$0.99-J, or any other anomaly or researcher for that matter, perished in the containment breach, you would be facing a demotion and a decrease in funding. Since you at least managed to quell the breach without casualties, this is our offer.

On 10/02/2015, Dr. Gerald gave the following response:

Anomaly Custody Transfer Response

From the Desk of Dr. Gerald, Department of Other

Request Response: Denied.
Reasoning: As generous as your offer may be, I will insist that we retain custody of Mr. de Rochechouart. Researcher Jacques, his primary researcher, has more experience with his anomaly, and his personality, than anyone else in this facility. To request a transfer while Mr. de Rochechouart is at his weakest mentally and physically will only serve to make the jobs of those in the Thaumaturgical Department harder.
Consider this instead: given the funding allocated to Other, we have done an exemplary job of containing many of this organization's most dangerous, inexplicable, and otherwise obtuse anomalies. Applications for additional security and research staff within the basement were rejected by the Council for the last six months, and funding that would have been reallocated by the department was instead required for the containment of SCP-\̅\̅\̅\̅-J, an anomaly that's difficult to comprehend, let alone contain. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to prevent a breach of the veil while simultaneously allowing an anomaly total control over the Gulf of Mexico?
The fact that there were no casualties in this recent breach is a testament to our staff alone, and should not be viewed as slacking on our end. I'll be drafting a request for additional security and funds formally in a separate memo, but please be aware that negligence on our part is not the cause of the breach.

After several further memos between Dr. Gerald and O5-3, the Department of Other retained their custody of SCP-5784, though as part of an agreement, limited its free-roaming time to once every two weeks, and only to serve as cafeteria staff.
Addendum 5784-04: On 12/24/2015, during an on-site Christmas celebration, several researchers in the Site-19 cafeteria suddenly began vomiting after consuming food manifested by SCP-5784. Upon attempting to detain SCP-5784, the subject resisted security personnel by manifesting food products as obstacles and improvised weaponry. By the time the situation was resolved and SCP-5784 was re-contained, 36 Foundation personnel had been injured, and 4 personnel had died of arsenic poisoning. Below is an interview with SCP-5784 after the event.

<Begin Log>
Researcher Jacques: Henri, what's going on here? Care to give any insight to why all of your food was laced with poison?
SCP-5784 scoffs.Researcher Jacques clicks his tongue.
Researcher Jacques: That doesn't answer my question.
SCP-5784 scoffs, then takes out a clove cigarette from his pocket and puts it in his mouth.Researcher Jacques: Wha… where did you even get that?
SCP-5784 scoffs.Researcher Jacques: God, just… Henri, what did you do? What did you have to gain from this? We had security watching you from the moment you were out of your cell, and not a single one of them saw you taint the food.
SCP-5784 scoffs.Researcher Jacques: But your injuries dampened your powers, they didn't cause you to manifest poison.
SCP-5784 scoffs.Researcher Jacques turns to Security Officer Bolthouse.
Researcher Jacques: In case anything happens, non-lethal. I've had enough death today.
Security Officer Bolthouse nods. Researcher Jacques approaches SCP-5784 and lifts up the back of its shirt.
Researcher Jacques: Is there something I should be looking for? This is about the same as it was the last time I saw it.
SCP-5784 scoffs.Researcher Jacques is quiet as he continues to examine SCP-5784's back. SCP-5784 scoffs.Researcher Jacques: I can't- Oh my god… no, yeah, I can see that now…
Researcher Jacques puts SCP-5784's shirt back down.
Researcher Jacques: Are you telling me that you somehow, without any mirror, accurate cutting equipment or hands, carefully carved parts of your own back tattoo off?
SCP-5784 scoffs.Researcher Jacques returns to his seat.
Researcher Jacques: Well, thank you for telling me all of this, then. I'll make sure the first thing we do is put you in a straight jacket and keep you locked up for as long as you live.
SCP-5784 scoffs.Researcher Jacques: Okay, you can stop the monologuing. Bolthouse, please escort SCP-$0.99-J back to his containment chamber.
SCP-5784 scoffs.<End Log>

Addendum 5784-05: On 01/01/2016, O5-3 sent a memo to Dr. Gerald regarding SCP-5784's custody transfer once again.

Anomaly Custody Transfer Request

From the Desk of O5-3

Anomaly In Question: SCP-$0.99-J
Reason For Request: It has come to my attention that SCP-$0.99-J was not only the cause of the disaster during the Site-19 Christmas Eve Party, but had been planning said disaster for several months. It is clear at this time that the Department of Other is not fit to contain SCP-$0.99-J anymore, and as such it should be transferred effective immediately to the custody of the Thaumaturgy Department.
Perhaps there, they'll actually treat it like a threat rather than staff.

Five hours later, Dr. Gerald gave the following response:

Anomaly Custody Transfer Response

From the Desk of Dr. Gerald, Department of Other

Request Response: Accepted.
Terms: Following discussion with the Thaumaturgy Department and Anart Department, SCP-$0.99-J is to be released into the custody of the Thaumaturgy Department with special input from the Anart Department regarding SCP-$0.99-J's tattoos. Furthermore, for sake of consistency with the primary Foundation database, SCP-$0.99-J is to be renamed to SCP-5784 in all official documentation. The Department of Other's custody of SCP-$0.99-J ends 01/10/2016.

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Item #: SCP-5785
Object Class: Keter Safe
Special Containment Procedures: Following the events of Incident.5785.IV, SCP-5785's containment procedures have been amended in accordance with Ethics Committee Mandate #109 in regards to comatose anomalies.
SCP-5785 is to be held within a standard humanoid containment cell within Site-80's medical wing. This chamber is to be outfitted with medical devices necessary to maintain life support. SCP-5785 is to be kept on an intravenous diet and monitored for notable changes in its health conditions. A constant stream of morphine is to be administered to SCP-5785 to alleviate the pain from its severe cranial trauma.
Should SCP-5785's state of consciousness change, MTF-Lambda-71 ("Rather Nice Cadaver") are to sedate the anomaly and relocate it to the nearest vacuumized containment chamber, although this occurrence is considered unlikely given SCP-5785's current condition.
Description: SCP-5785 is Daniel Chesed, a twenty-five year old human male originally from Newark, New Jersey. SCP-5785 is capable of manifesting two connected portals of equal size with the sole limitation that one portal must be located within its body. When conscious, SCP-5785 has full control over the creation, size, and location of both portals; in its current comatose state, however, the portals manifest and demanifest at random intervals, with the external portal appearing within 5 feet of SCP-5785 and the internal portal replacing a random sphincter within SCP-5785's body1.
SCP-5785 was brought to the Foundation's attention on April 4th, 2016 due to reports of several prominent United States politicians defecating in public. Cell tower records from the areas of all incidents indicated the presence of B'nai Horin, a Jewish left-wing activist group with a focus on prison abolition. Recovery forces apprehended SCP-5785 and other members of the group at a political rally for the re-election of █████ ███████ on April 9th, 2016 after it transferred its excrement into the pants of Mr. ███████ during his speech. DNA analysis of said excrement was used to identify SCP-5785 as the culprit.
Video Transcript of Incident.5785.I:

NOTICE FROM THE FOUNDATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
The video transcript previously found in this report has been fully redacted as a result of ongoing negotiations with the government of the United States of America. Individuals with legitimate reasons to view the transcript may file a standard R-194J form for access.
Thank you.
— Maria Jones, Director, RAISA

Intake Interview:

Interviewed: SCP-5785
Interviewer: Alan Smithy2, Intake Specialist for Non-Hostile Humanoid Anomalies
Foreword: SCP-5785 was brought immediately to Site-80 following its apprehension. Due to its cooperation with the retrieval team and a perceived lack of aggression, minimal restraints were applied.

<BEGIN LOG>Dr. Smithy: To the best of my knowledge, they have all been released.Dr. Smithy: May I ask why?Dr. Smithy: I'll see what I can do to assuage your concerns. For now, would you mind stating your full name for the record?Dr. Smithy: I'm afraid that's not possible at this point in time, Mr. Chesed.Dr. Smithy: You'd be waiting a pretty long time. I really would suggest you cooperate at this point.Dr. Smithy: I'm glad. Now, may I ask what exactly brought you to the rally celebrating Mr. ███████?

[SCP-5785 does not respond, instead displaying an expression of intense focus. A moment later, Dr. Smithy stands up abruptly, holding onto the back of their pants.]
Dr. Smithy: Security! Get him out of here, now!
[SCP-5785 is escorted back to its containment cell.]
<END LOG>

Closing Statement: Considering its apparent dislike for figures of authority, in-person interactions with SCP-5785 should be kept to an absolute minimum.

Transcript of Incident.5785.II:

VIDEO LOG

DATE: 2016-04-11
NOTE: To preserve the authority of affected parties, segments of this transcript have been redacted.

<BEGIN LOG>
11:25: SCP-5785 lies down on its bed and covers its left eye with its hand.
11:31: A small black shape is recorded manifesting in Secure Hallway 27H, dematerializing a few seconds later.
11:43: A small black shape is recorded manifesting in Personnel Hallway 18B, dematerializing a few seconds later.
11:58: A small black shape is recorded materializing outside the office of Vidkun Amaleki, the Site Director.
11:59: SCP-5785 smiles.
12:01: [REDACTED]
12:03: [REDACTED]
<END LOG>

Closing Notes: I'd like to posit that SCP-5785's abilities are focused on interlaying portals over its internal sphincters. What we've seen today, then, was it applying this ability to the iris sphincter of the eye, allowing it much wider visual range than previously assumed. As such, the current containment procedures are inadequate to prevent SCP-5785 from targeting staff. Immediate revision is an absolute necessity. - Dr. Nehorai

Containment Testing Logs:
In light of Incident.5785.II, revision of SCP-5785's containment protocols was redefined as a top priority. All tests were overseen and annotated by Dr. Lev Nehorai, Head Researcher.

CONTAINMENT DESCRIPTION
RESULT
NOTES

Scranton Reality Anchors installed within range of SCP-5785
No effect on directed relocation of excrement
As far as we can tell, there's no actual reality-bending occurring here. This is a fully biological phenomenon. The implications are rather daunting, to say the least.

SCP-5785 restrained and placed on an IV drip for 24 hours
No effect on directed relocation of excrement
It appears that SCP-5785 can import solid food anomalously much as it exports its waste products. Intriguing, but deleterious to containment efforts.

SCP-5785 sedated for 24 hours
Appearance of external portals is now random in placement
Randomly appearing waste products is only marginally better than the targeted equivalent. This works as a stopgap, but we need a less messy solution for long-term containment.

SCP-5785 placed in a vacuumized containment cell
Successful; directed relocation of excrement ceases entirely
I hypothesize that since there are, in fact, no sphincters in the respiratory system, SCP-5785's anomalous import of oxygen takes much more focus than most of its transferences. If it's still capable of importing nutrients, this has real potential as a permanent containment strategy.

Addendum as of 2016-04-16: Incident.5785.III:
After several days without incident, SCP-5785 resumed its aggression towards Foundation staff by targeting a security guard in a nearby hallway. A few seconds later, SCP-5785 collapsed due to oxygen deprivation, requiring immediate medical attention. Immediate revision of SCP-5785's containment protocols was once again deemed necessary due to its apparent disregard for its own well-being.
Containment Testing Logs cont.:

CONTAINMENT DESCRIPTION
RESULT
NOTES

In-person request for SCP-5785 to stop targeting Foundation staff
See Interview 5785-2016-04-16

Interview 5785-2016-04-16:

Interviewed: SCP-5785
Interviewer: Dr. Lev Nehorai
Foreword: The following interview took place approximately two hours after Incident.5785.III. No security personnel were present at Dr. Nehorai's insistence.
<BEGIN LOG>
Dr. Nehorai: Mr. Chesed, I'd like to discuss a truce of sorts. If you stop targeting our staff, we would be able to amend your containment to be much more comfortable.Dr. Nehorai: Yes, really. I know it might be hard to believe, but I'm here to find a common ground for both us and you.Dr. Nehorai: Torture seems like a strong word. We were trying to protect our people.
[SCP-5785 snorts in a derisive fashion, crossing its arms.]Dr. Nehorai: All to keep you from, well, doing what you do to anybody else.[SCP-5785 places its forehead on the table. Approximately twenty seconds of silence.]
Dr. Nehorai: Mr. Chesed? Are you alright?Dr. Nehorai: Day of the week, you mean?Dr. Nehorai: Saturday. The 16th, specifically.
[SCP-5785 snorts. Approximately five seconds of silence.]Dr. Nehorai: I'm guessing “Mazel Tov” isn't exactly the response you're looking for here.Dr. Nehorai: We're about eight people short of a minyan3, but I'd be happy to daven4 with you in his honor, if you'd like.
[SCP-5785 raises its head from the table and glares at Dr. Nehorai.]Dr. Nehorai: Excuse me? What exactly is a ‘Jew like me'?Dr. Nehorai: We're, uh, we're getting off-track. Let's focus on that last point. Is there another way I could get you to stop targeting staff members? A way that you'd be comfortable with?Dr. Nehorai: I'm afraid that's not a possibility at this point in time.Dr. Nehorai: If this vindication is so important to you, then why not…
[Dr. Nehorai stops talking mid-sentence.]Dr. Nehorai: I doubt you would.Dr. Nehorai: You just admonished me for not adhering to pikuach nefesh. I don't think you're hypocritical enough to not respect the sanctity of life after that.Dr. Nehorai: I'm sorry, killing won't make a difference? Someone would be dead.Dr. Nehorai: That's…Dr. Nehorai: So, what, you're just going to keep trying to embarrass us for the rest of your life?
[Two seconds of silence. SCP-5785 sighs.][SCP-5785 smiles.]Dr. Nehorai: Well, uh—<END LOG>
Closing Statement: I know he puts on an aggressive front, but I sincerely believe I made inroads with SCP-5785 here. He was joking with me by the end! It is my professional opinion that there's room for some sort of middle ground here. – Dr. Nehorai

Addendum as of 2016-04-17: Incident.5785.IV:
At 11:09 PM on April 16th, 2016, medical personnel were summoned to SCP-5785's containment cell in response to a reported suicide attempt. Emergency surgery was able to save SCP-5785's life; however, it does not seem likely that SCP-5785 will regain consciousness. Its relocation to Site-80's medical wing has been approved. Containment procedures will be updated to reflect its change in consciousness and location.
Addendum as of 2016-04-20: Relevant Internal Correspondence:

To: Vidkun Amaleki (director@site-80.scpfoundation.int)
From: Lev Nehorai (levnehorai@site-80.scpfoundation.int)
Subject: Request for Formal Investigation

Dr. Amaleki,
This is a formal request to open an investigation into the April 16th incident involving SCP-5785. I doubt I need to tell you how many discrepancies there are between the reported events and SCP-5785's actual condition.
Dr. Nehorai
Current Head Researcher of SCP-5785

To: Lev Nehorai (levnehorai@site-80.scpfoundation.int)
From: Vidkun Amaleki (director@site-80.scpfoundation.int)
Subject: RE: Request for Formal Investigation

Lev,
Request officially denied.
Off the record, don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Your research subject has gone from an aggressive Keter anomaly with a persecution complex and an elementary schooler's sense of humor to a Safe anomaly whose main daily expense is a few dollars' worth of janitorial overtime. Both of our lives just got quite a bit easier. Don't ruin it for yourself.
Dr. Vidkun Amaleki
Site Director

Footnotes
1. Lev Nehorai, "Portals as Biological Pathways", Foundation Journal of Biophysics, vol. 76 (2019): 115-117.
2. The interviewer in this log has requested that their name be removed from the following interview. Due to the sensitive nature of its contents, their name has been replaced with a pseudonym.
3. A minyan is a gathering of at least ten of-age Jewish individuals. Some prayers are traditionally not said without a minyan present.
4. Yiddish for "pray"
5. Hebrew for "saving a life". Commonly refers to the Jewish principle of prioritizing sanctity of life over almost all other religious restrictions.
6. Hebrew for "pursuer" or "murderer". Most commonly found in Jewish laws regarding self-defense.

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Item #: SCP-5788
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: The apartment complex containing SCP-5788 has been purchased by a Foundation shell corporation. The unit containing SCP-5788 is not to be rented.
Description: SCP-5788 is a standard InSinkErator Evolution Compact 3/4 HP Compact Garbage Disposer. The integration of SCP-5788 into the plumbing of the kitchen makes removal and characterisation difficult. Nonetheless, in situ x-ray measurements reveal an unidentified mass of flesh and hair inside of SCP-5788 and running through the plumbing system of its apartment. Probing of the sink has turned up both auburn and blonde hair. Attempts to access the circuitry of SCP-5788 have revealed complex neural tissue of unknown origin.
SCP-5788 was discovered when a new occupant reported screams coming from their sink while draining boiling water. The previous owners, Mark Theros and Sarah Johnson (formerly Theros), were investigated by Foundation resources. Both were reported missing four weeks before the discovery of SCP-5788. Credit card records indicate that Sarah Johnson had been staying at a nearby hotel two weeks before her disappearance.

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⚠ SCP-𝕐 is registered as a Class F Infohazard. Proceed with Caution.
Attempts to access this file from any system not compatible with Numsafe RGU-𝕐 protocol will be automatically rejected and logged.

Click here to connect to The RGU-𝕐 system via remote session.

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SCP-𝕐
(Formerly SCP-⬜⬜⬜⬜)
Object class: Euclid

No numerals, ordinals, or other words indicative of a singular, finite value may be used in any documentation related to this anomaly. SCP-𝕐 is not to be assigned any numerical metrics, even for cataloguing purposes, including Disruption and Risk Classes. This also includes the standard numerical classification, which has been replaced with the Unicode character described as "Blackboard Bold Uppercase Y" (𝕐).
Information about this anomaly must be stored inside a virtual software box built to utilize a non-numerical coding system and rendering engine specifically built for this purpose, known as the RGU-𝕐 system. This system is to be installed at Foundation Infohazard Containment Site-♃, which specializes in containment via alternative-text and non-textual methods.
The knowledge of the nonexistence SCP-𝕐-A is to be monitored in the general population. Individuals who discover the nonexistence of SCP-𝕐-A must be treated with amnestics. The use of memetic textual deterrents ("mipsum") may be utilized to hide discovered discrepancies.
Within the period approximately equal to a full rotation of the Earth, The RGU-𝕐 system must be activated, which will generate a random number of sufficiently large value as to be statistically improbable that this number will be utilized for any purpose by humans in the foreseeable future. This number will then be added to the end of this containment file.
If several days pass without being "fed", SCP-𝕐 consumes a number at random, resulting in potential catastrophic consequences for financial, computing, and other mathematics-derivative fields of science.
In effect, the processes protecting this containment file are the same processes containing SCP-𝕐.

SCP-𝕐 is a finite mathematical set of numbers. The most accurate definition of SCP-𝕐 can roughly be defined as "All numbers which do not exist."
SCP-𝕐's existence is intrinsically tied to baseline reality. The anomalous effect of RGU-𝕐 manifests when numbers of any value are associated with it. When a number is exposed to SCP-𝕐, the number is added to the set in question, causing it to cease existing. A number which ceases to exist is unable to be processed, displayed, or even conceptualized. This missing number can easily be overlooked as the human consciousness will often fill in the missing data involuntarily. Discovery of the absent number will, however, induce some manner of mental strain and should be avoided if possible.
SCP-𝕐's relationship to other anomalies is under investigation.
The effect of exposure to SCP-𝕐 appears to have some limitations, as discovered through informal and formal testing:

When a number is given a non-numerical symbol to represent it, such as g, SCP-𝕐 will still affect the underlying value, but the symbol itself will remain unaffected.
SCP-𝕐 affects only the full number, not its individual digits. For example, if a several-digit number ABCD were to be affected by SCP-𝕐, only ABCD would cease to exist; the digits A, B, C, and D would not.

SCP-𝕐 was initially theorized by famous mathematician ███████ ███ in the same year the Summer Olympics were held in Atlanta, Georgia. In a mathematics essay distributed among the Mathematics department of the University of Calgary, Dr. ███ theorized the following:

The universe abides by rules, which are represented by the laws of physics and calculated by mathematics. There is a set of every countable thing: the number of atoms in the Empire State Building, the period between each crash of waves on the shore. If there are infinite numbers of these countable sets of things which exist, then it serves to reason there is a countable set which contains things which do not.

As of yet, it has not been determined whether this theory, or Dr. ███'s work afterward, induced the subsequent manifestation of SCP-𝕐, but operatives in the University later uncovered the anomalous set and its effects, and developed protocols to contain it.

NOTE

During containment, a very small amount of numbers were affected by SCP-𝕐. The total amount is unknown. See section titled "SCP-𝕐-A".

Testing process consisted of the following:

Querying the RGU-𝕐 system for a number consisting of an enormous amount of digits, the practical use of which is astronomically unlikely to exist at any point in the future
Adding or subtracting variables to this number to give it certain attributes, such as being a fraction, decimal, or have certain divisors
Designating this new number as a lowercase alpha character, usually g
Allowing the RGU-𝕐 system to simultaneously place it into an offsite text file as well as appending ("feeding") it to the metadata of the SCP-𝕐 containment file
Querying the offsite file to check for data loss indicative of being affected by SCP-𝕐

INITIAL LOG

Loading testing logs…
INPUT: g is an unmodified number. g is fed to SCP-𝕐.
RESULT: Full data loss detected: g ceases to exist.
RESEARCHER NOTE: Baseline result.

SUBSEQUENT LOG

INPUT: All the digits of a certain number, gg, followed immediately by the digits of another number, hh, are concentrated into a combined number, gghh. gghh is fed to SCP-𝕐. The smaller numbers are not fed to SCP-𝕐.
RESULT: Partial data loss detected: gghh ceases to exist. gg and hh are unaffected.
RESEARCHER NOTE: It's safe to assume that constituent digits are not impacted. That's a relief.

SUBSEQUENT LOG

INPUT: g turned into an ordinal number by appending "th" to the end of it. go is fed to SCP-𝕐.
RESULT: Full data loss detected: g ceases to exist.
RESEARCHER NOTE: It appears the result is tied to the value, rather than cardinality, of the number.

SUBSEQUENT LOG

INPUT: g is described without numbers, using non-numerical words. The description, which is incredibly long, is fed to SCP-𝕐.
RESULT: No data loss detected.
RESEARCHER NOTE: It seems that if you use enough non-numbers to describe the value you're referencing, SCP-𝕐 cannot affect it. This is useful for the completion of this containment file.

SUBSEQUENT LOG

INPUT: The name of an individual, whose surname is also a relatively low-value number, is to be fed to SCP-𝕐.
RESULT: Test not performed
RESEARCHER NOTE: I theorize SCP-𝕐 would have been able to differentiate between when a numerical term is being used to represent a numerical value, and when it is not. But we can't take that chance.

SUBSEQUENT LOG

INPUT: A D-Class personnel is assigned a large number, g. D-g is made aware, through an audio recording lasting several hours, that this is her new designation. g is fed to SCP-𝕐.
RESULT: Full data loss detected: g ceases to exist. D-g suffers a violent █████████.
RESEARCHER NOTE: Tests are suspended until further notice.

END LOG

RESEARCHER: DR. TREYVON BUCKHANON
During the initial containment of SCP-𝕐, a Foundation operative assigned the anomaly a standard item designation, ⬜⬜⬜⬜, thinking that as long as the number was not added to the containment file, it would be safe to do so. He was wrong.
When this number ceased to exist, it caused extensive infrastructure outages worldwide for a short time. Foundation digital response teams were able to restore functionality to many systems before too long, by creating an algorithm that sort of…rounds everything upward or downward by a certain increment so computers don't notice it's missing. It is incredibly more complex than that, but I am hesitant to go into further details and risk associating SCP-𝕐 with any other numbers.
It is good at what it does, but it is an imperfect solution. ⬜⬜⬜⬜ is missing, and every day that algorithm's attempt to patch the hole causes system errors and rounding problems in every computer system in the world. Crashes and malfunctions in everything from calculators to mobile phones to nuclear weapon silos. Cleaning up the loss of this number takes round-the-clock work of a team of mathematicians and digital engineers.
If SCP-𝕐 were to breach again, we simply don't know if the world's infrastructure could take it.

Exit System

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Item №: SCP-5790
Anomaly Class: [DATA EXPUNGED]

Nonhazardous contextual imagery.

Special Containment Procedures: [DATA EXPUNGED]
Operational Purview: Records And Informational Security Administration; Memetics and Infohazards Division; Department of Spectral Phenomena; Office of Applied Necromancy; Department of Miscommunications
Information Handling Procedures: Information about SCP-5790 (designated 𝐢5790) is to be purged in its entirety no more than 7 days after creation, as per Protocol ICON. The following purge methods have been approved:

Information source
Purge method(s)

Official Foundation database
Automated expungement by file management programs, verified periodically by Information Technology Team ITT-𝐢5790.

Official Foundation physical records
Creation of new physical records is prohibited. All known physical records containing 𝐢5790 have been incinerated in ritualistic ovens and pyres.

Unauthorised records by Foundation personnel
Documents are to be incinerated as above (if physical) or deleted without archival (if digital), and the staff member(s) in question amnesticised, demoted and quarantined for a minimum of three months. If no anomalous activity occurs within this time, the employee may be reassigned. If said quarantine is not possible, termination is deemed a satisfactory alternative.

Brains of Containment Team CT-5790
Bimonthly amnesticisation and biannual rotation of personnel to prevent memory resurgence. If [DATA EXPUNGED] has already manifested, the site is to be quarantined and MTFs Mu-13 ("Ghostbusters") and Theta-0 ("Antihierophanics") are to be dispatched to the location. [DATA EXPUNGED] potential delayed manifestation, any persons with non-atheistic religious beliefs are to be terminated shortly thereafter. Any realised iconography is to be extracted from the cerebellum and incinerated.

Brains of assigned mediums
Memory may be removed following communications depending on the methods used. If this does not occur, a week-long course of deep amnestics is to be used to prevent the possible retention of spiritually-obtained information.

Preexisting literature
Search and destroy via dispatch of MTF Chi-9 ("Page Turners"). If found, documents containing 𝐢5790 are to be incinerated on-site, alongside the relevant relics, [DATA EXPUNGED], and civilian corpses. For this reason, all members of MTF χ-9 have been provided with portable exorcism equipment and trained in its usage.

Brains of MTFs μ-13, χ-9, and θ-0
Amnestics administered following each SCP-5790- or 𝐢5790-related dispatch. Relevant personnel are to attend no more than two incidents invoking 𝐢5790 per annum, with the exception of θ-0, for whom [DATA EXPUNGED] core duties. A series of planned neurological surgeries are expected to allow θ-0's members to better cope with their resultant psychological disorders, and lower turnover dramatically.

[DATA EXPUNGED]
[DATA EXPUNGED] widespread theistic belief systems. Protocol MATTHEW (long-term global-theological cultural shift) has been put in place to facilitate this. Subtle short-term procedures are also planned, [DATA EXPUNGED] increase biological similarity between cerebrospinal fluid and holy water to lower death toll.

First Foundation-led 𝐢5790 retrieval effort.

Additional methods of destroying 𝐢5790 may be used contextually following approval by assigned mediums. If no persons with a spiritual connection or second sight are available, consultation with a member of Level-4 personnel with "First Principles" emergency response training is advised. All persons involved are expected to seek amnestic treatment and reassignment shortly thereafter.
Information Retrieval Procedures: Thanks to a focused effort by Foundation personnel to execute Protocol ICON, 𝐢5790 has been purged globally from the realm of the living. In the event that knowledge of SCP-5790 or its containment procedures is required, the following actions are to be taken:

The personnel requiring the information are to submit a formal request to Senior Researcher Grahams, the current Hazardous Information Containment Liaison for SCP-5790. Requesting the information either out of personal curiosity, or for low-priority matters, is strictly prohibited.
Contingent on said request being approved, SR. Grahams is to schedule an appointment between the personnel submitting the request and an assigned medium. Proxies may be used if the former displays an aversion to postmortem communications.
𝐢5790 is to be retrieved from the informational afterlife by the assigned medium, through use of dowsing, talking boards, or other permitted forms of negligible-risk necromancy.
𝐢5790 is to be treated as detailed under Informational Handling Procedures.

Personnel are to note that the use of occult communications for information storage does not have any bearing on SCP-5790 or its properties, beyond eliminating the risk [DATA EXPUNGED] false idol. The above sections cannot and should not be used to attempt to discern the nature of SCP-5790.
As per its official policy, the Foundation remains opposed to the use of non-human afterlives for personal or organisational gains. In the case of SCP-5790 and its ability to realise [DATA EXPUNGED], however, the use of actualised occultism to release the spirits of incinerated documents poses too great a benefit to containment to be discounted.
The use of Protocol ICON as standard info-containment for infohazardous objects is under consideration, pending the development of a method of expanding the scope of SCP-5790's secondary properties.
Description: [DATA EXPUNGED]

« SCP-5789 | SCP-5790 | SCP-5791 »


Item #: SCP-5791
Object Class: Neutralized
Special Containment Procedures: Biohazard Wing 03 of Site-201 is storing the remnants of SCP-5791. The incidents surrounding its manifestation have been explained by faulty terrain causing the collapse of construction equipment, with the damage to Belmont House explained by a structural failure. All witnesses to either event have been amnesticized.
Description: SCP-5791 was an organic aperture that opened in a construction site in the North York City Centre of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At 20:02 on 30/06/2019, terrain in the site collapsed and exposed a 9m wide structure bearing resemblance to a human larynx and windpipe, extending downwards for an unknown distance. No workers were harmed and all equipment remained intact. Foundation crews were dispatched when panicked police calls regarding a "massive, spasming asshole" were intercepted.1
On arrival to the scene, Foundation specialists observed the anomaly convulsing violently, expelling clouds of aerosolized blood and non-organic dust into the air. Fearing a potential biohazard emergence, specialists began evacuating all workers from the scene, preparing to call in backup to prevent the spread of any infection vectors. This was interrupted when the anomaly was heard gasping in pained, erratic moans. The sounds matched those emitted during human speech, though the absence of a full vocal tract prevented their conversion into interpretable audio. Muffled mechanical sounds2 and background conversation could be heard emanating from an unknown point.
Moments later the anomaly convulsed with enough force to destabilize the entire construction site. Damage to a crane boom's lattice caused the machine to buckle onto the main entrance, and cracks in the site's foundation caused the area to sink downwards, forming an emergent sinkhole centered on SCP-5791. Clouds were expelled throughout these events, slicking the terrain in enough viscera that climbing out became an impossibility. One worker, Sylvaine Berger, entered a roller for shelter, but the collapsing ground under the vehicle sent it tumbling into the anomaly. Reinforcements were called for.
At 20:45, convulsion ceased. Lacerations formed along the anomaly's interior and the aperture collapsed inwards. Dirt and debris quickly spilled in to bury the anomaly.3 Shortly thereafter an emergency call was intercepted from the Belmont House retirement home. According to the caller, a roller had burst from the body of a resident.
The resident in question was retired heavy machinery operator Kosta Walker, whose body had been laterally eviscerated after the vehicle exited the left side of his torso. Two staffers supervising Walker were killed as the vehicle collided through a wall, scattering debris, and came to a rest in the building courtyard, with the previous impacts causing further structural damage. Berger, having only suffered chest fractures and arm injuries, survived the event.4
The background conversation heard from SCP-5791 was presumably from the two staffers in question, with the mechanical sound being from Walker's ventilator. Prior to his retirement, Walker had developed silicosis from the repeated inhalation of dust at construction sites.

Footnotes
1. Toronto Police Service handlers did not act on the calls; owing to the phrasing, they were presumed to be pranks.
2. As no construction equipment was being operated, this was ruled out as a potential cause.
3. Following later excavation, the only remnants of SCP-5791 were ~600 kg of assorted human windpipe tissue.
4. While amnestics were administered, Berger has since shown an aversion to all forms of construction work, and has developed an irrational fear of internal organs.

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Item#: 5792

Level2

Containment Class:
safe

Secondary Class:
none

Disruption Class:
dark

Risk Class:
caution

link to memo

SCP-5792

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5792 is to be kept in the unused janitorial closet at the east wing of Site-164. Cameras around the halls of Site-164 should be monitored regularly as SCP-5792 follows its route. Personnel should be familiarized with the standard route SCP-5792 takes, and report any major deviations.
Description: SCP-5792 is an iron shortsword believed to have originated in the Czech Republic. Prior to Incident-5792/A, SCP-5792 was contained in a small storage locker at Site-164 following POI-5792's apprehension by the Foundation. It showed no anomalous effects before Incident-5792/A1.
SCP-5792 is capable of levitation from as high as 1 meter. At most times, SCP-5792 is facing hilt upwards with its point occasionally dragging on the ground. All attempts to make physical contact with SCP-5792 are met with light to heavy resistance in the form of swings and thrusts. If left unimpeded from its usual route, SCP-5792 will not perform any actions to harm any personnel near it. All attempts to communicate with SCP-5792 result in failure.2
If locked in a room, SCP-5792 has been noted to begin to scrape at the door or entrance, gradually making a breach big enough to fit itself through. After, it will trail the halls of Site-164 scaping the ground in various sweeping motions. Site-164's floor was reinforced with metal following an unrelated breach, thus it was deemed a more efficient use of resources to let SCP-5792 follow its normal route under supervision.3
When SCP-5792's daily route through the facility is completed, it will hang itself on the tool rack of the janitorial supply closet of Site-164's east wing, where it will remain until 9:00.4
As of writing, multiple written messages have been observed by SCP-5792. All are communicated by various scrapes and marks to the office carpet via SCP-5792 and are typically written as stereotypical questions many working adults make to one another. Examples include “WHENS THIS SHIFT OVER?” and "HOWS THE WEATHER TODAY?" and "DID YOU SEE THE GAME LAST NIGHT, I WISH THE PACKERS WON". It is unknown if this shows any type of sentience on SCP-5792's part.

Addendum 5792-1: Incident 5792/A: On 09/08/2007, POI-5792 attempted to breach containment utilizing SCP-5792. POI-5792 was successful in evading the notice of nearly all personnel on the site as a result. Only one personnel was a casualty outside of Site-164.
Charles Madison, a new janitor hired by Site-164, observed POI-5792 escaping, eventually leading to a struggle as POI-5792 attempted to enter the individual's vehicle. During the struggle, Madison was believed to have been killed by a stab through the heart using SCP-5792 and thrown out of the vehicle with the anomaly.
While dealing with the breach of containment, Madison's body remained there for ██ days. After recovering SCP-5792, agents were unable to locate the victim's corpse. SCP-5792 was placed into its storage again where it remained for ██ days.
Madison was 47 when he was killed. When personnel were dispatched to inform Madison's family of his passing in a road rage accident, the Agents recalled a family member stating that "Charlie was from a different time, he was always a little grumpy on Mondays." Further review of the similarities between SCP-5792 and Madison is ongoing.

Addendum 5792-2: Incident 5792/B: On 08/09/2007, a routine inventory check for the items in storage at Site-164 found that SCP-5792 was missing from its locker. A large number of scratches at the roof and door of the locker were present when it was breached.
SCP-5792 was later located in the mess hall, using its point to press the buttons of the vending machine located there. After ordering a cola, SCP-5792 lifted the can by using its grip and crossguards, anomalously moved it into the air, opened and mimicked a drinking motive, and after a moment, threw the can into the nearest wastebasket, causing it to spill. It then proceeded to carve out "I LIKED THE OLD COKE BETTER. TOO SWEET FOR ME NOW".
SCP-5792 proceeded to enter an unused workspace5, and stab through the chair. Agents attempted to grab and secure SCP-5792 but were met with resistance and light injury via SCP-5792's hilt and fuller. After the struggle, SCP-5792 carved "YOU DOING A RUN? ILL TAKE A DOUBLE-DOUBLE". Before the agents exited the space, SCP-5792 additionally carved "NO CREAM AND 1 SUGAR".
Agent Raymond, who was present for Incident-5792/A, suggested bringing SCP-5792 the demands it requested. After performing its same display of "drinking" the beverage, SCP-5792 proceeded to write "THANKS TOOTS, IM NOT ME WITHOUT MY COFFEE". After Incident-5792/B's conclusion, SCP-5792 has been considerably more amicable and communicative to personnel approaching and interacting with it, despite those actions interrupting its route. Further attempts to give various beverages to SCP-5792 as a means of communication are pending review.

Footnotes
1. It is to be noted that POI-5792 was heavily affiliated with the occult, and was brought to the Foundation regarding spiritual matters in ████████, ████████.
2. See Incident-5792/B for recent developments.
3. As of 10/11/2007, a group of personnel have tied the end of a broom to SCP-5792 following complaints of the distractions SCP-5792 made. SCP-5792 is unable to remove the broom end and complaints regarding the noises have ceased.
4. This behaviour shows similarities to Madison's agreed terms of employment prior to Incident-5792/A, including the stipulation that Madison was to not enter any containment chambers for cleaning.
5. Formally set up for Madison.

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SCP-5793 following a Si-ling event

Item #: SCP-5793
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5793 is self-contained. Foundation agents are to set up sound barriers around SCP-5793, reinforced by safety barricades under the pretense of renovation works.
No personnel are to enter or interact with any of SCP-5793 components.
Description: SCP-5793 is a supermarket situated on floor B2 of a JUSCO1 department store, Shenzhen, China.
SCP-5793 operates indistinguishably from its non-anomalous counterpart until the arrival of a Si-ling event. A Si-ling event denotes any occasion that is widely celebrated across the country, such as Chinese New Year or the Lunar New Year. At midnight of the event, promotional banners and posters, stylized corresponding to the thematic scheme of the occasion of the day, materialize on the external glass panes at the entrance, citing large discounts2 on its items.
Naturally, customer intake proliferates as people patronize SCP-5793 in droves. Supply and free space diminish, encouraging people to be increasingly intolerant of minor inconveniences, correlating to discordant attitudes towards any customer who has made bulk purchases or acquired expensive items that are marked down in price.3 At this point, the entrance to SCP-5793 closes and dematerializes. Blinds are pulled down to obscure its interior.
Audio recordings indicate repeated calls to barter with other items among the customers, escalating in demand for each successful exchange. For example, customers are heard to barter daily commodities with items affordable by citizens in a higher socio-economic position, before exchanging these for luxury products such as TV sets and mobile phones. None appear to be aware of the missing entrance.
After a period of time4, the blinds are retracted, and customers begin exiting; nearly all are unaffected, save for several bruises and other minor injuries. All bystanders do not recall any abnormality associated with SCP-5793, possibly due to a memetic filter.
Addendum: SCP-5793 was discovered on 02/11/2003 after Foundation agents (trained against memetic effects) stationed within the vicinity of the mall spotted posters appearing into existence, promoting items sold in SCP-5793. Upon reaching, SCP-5793 underwent a Si-ling event, with customers streaming out of the entrance; one of them, Jia Huolong, a 24-year-old pharmacist operating within SCP-5793, exited with a stitch scar on his stomach, along with a cane whose price tag remained attached.
Upon interviewing, Jia Huolong commented that he "felt good for helping a person in dire need". He refused to elaborate further.

Footnotes
1. Acronym for Japan United Stores Company, founded in 1969; it currently has expanded to regions including Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and China.
2. Observations reveal that the percentage of the discounts spontaneously increases when customer intake is low.
3. It is unknown if these attitudes are related to natural or anomalous processes.
4. The duration of each Si-ling event varies across every occurrence.

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Item#: 5794

Level2

Containment Class:
safe

Secondary Class:
{$secondary-class}

Disruption Class:
vlam

Risk Class:
caution

link to memo

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5794 has been closed permanently under the pretence of public safety concerns. Security equipment has been installed to prevent unauthorised access. Testing is currently suspended indefinitely following Incident-5794-B.

SCP-5794 in 2009, prior to manifesting anomalous properties.

Description: SCP-5794 is the main pool of Greencliff Community Recreation Centre, located in Greencliff, Wisconsin. Initially opened in 1998, the pool operated normally until a series of drowning deaths occurred in 2017. Three weeks following the first death, a pool employee retrieved the first instance of SCP-5794-1 and Foundation agents embedded in local law enforcement were alerted.
SCP-5794-1 instances are paper slips containing brief messages. Each message identifies the sender and a recipient, followed by varying lengths of text. All recovered SCP-5794-1 instances have listed a drowning victim of SCP-5794 as the sender and have been addressed to close friends or family members. SCP-5794-1 instances are fully waterproof but display no other anomalous properties.
Following the death of Researcher Victor Kato in Incident-5794-A, Foundation personnel are prohibited from entering the main pool of SCP-5794 until further notice.

+ Video Log Incident-5794-A

- Close Log

Video Log Incident-5794-A
Date: 09/06/2017
Subject: SCP-5794; GREENCLIFF, WISCONSIN
Team Lead: H. Alvarez
Team Members: M. Turner, V. Kato, S. Sharpe

[BEGIN LOG]
Alvarez, Turner, Kato, and Sharpe stand outside the main door to SCP-5794. The team activates their recording equipment.
Alvarez: Everything on?
Turner: Yep.
Sharpe: No problems here.
Alvarez: Let's roll.
Kato coughs.
Alvarez: Sorry. Are you all set too?
Kato: (very quiet) It's alright. Yes.
The team opens the door and sets up beside the pool.
Alvarez: Anything on the chemical analysis?
Turner: Just water, some remaining chlorine, and trace amounts of human urine. Nothing unexpected.
Sharpe: (facing away from the pool, glancing at Turner's laptop screen) Yeah, all looks normal. I don't see why it shouldn't be safe to touch.
Alvarez: Good, this should be pretty straightforward then. Just grab a couple samples that we can analyze more carefully back in the lab. Any of you want to check for more of the slips?
Sharpe: Whats-his-name-
Alvarez: Kato.
Sharpe: Kato hasn't done anything yet, he could do it.
Alvarez turns away from the group to face Kato, who nods and walks to the edge of the pool, kneeling to get a better look at the surface.
Alvarez: (to Sharpe, at a loud whisper) Sharpe, you can't speak like that on-duty.
Sharpe: Sorry sir, it's just… well you know how he is. I don't think he's spoken to me once so it's kinda hard to remember his name.
Alvarez: You'll get away with it now as a junior researcher on low-level anomalies, but be careful alright? You're a good kid.
Faint splashing can be heard in the background, but the source is not visible on Alvarez's camera.
Sharpe: Sorry.
Alvarez: It's fine. Kato's not that bad, really. He's just shy. Guess he's just not a people person, you know? Then again, neither are we.
Sharpe chuckles and Alvarez smiles briefly before turning back to the laptop's readout.
Turner: Can't I get any work advice?
Sharpe: Haven't you been here for four years?
Turner: So? I need it more.
Alvarez, Turner, and Sharpe continue to chat for several minutes. The conversation has been removed for clarity.
Alvarez: Say, shouldn't Kato have found something by now?
Alvarez turns back towards the pool. A dark shape is visible on the water's surface.
Alvarez: Kato? Shit! Is that him?
Sharpe: Oh my god.
Turner: (shouting) Wasn't anyone watching him?
Sharpe: I didn't think we would need to!
Sharpe runs towards the edge of the pool but is stopped by Alvarez.
Alvarez: Don't get in the water. Turner, call Site-392 and get a drone over here!
Sharpe: They'll never make it in time!
Alvarez: In time for?
Sharpe: (alarmed) To save him?!
Alvarez: I think we're a bit beyond that point.
A retrieval team from Site-392 arrived shortly after and successfully recovered the body of Researcher Victor Kato via remotely controlled drone. The following investigation concluded that Kato likely slipped on the wet floor while reaching for an instance of SCP-5794-1 and fell into the pool, where he drowned. Testing to determine whether SCP-5794's effects contributed to the drowning was not approved.
[END LOG]

Three weeks after Incident-5794-A, the first SCP-5794-1 instances relating to the death of Researcher Victor Kato appeared within SCP-5794. They were addressed to SCP-5794's Lead Researcher, Dr Hadrien Alvarez. Testing is currently focussed on using Researcher Victor Kato's previous experience in the Foundation to provide further information on the anomaly via SCP-5794-1 instances.
Addendum 06/07/2017: In a test conducted by Junior Researcher Sabrina Sharpe, it was determined that leaving paper slips similar to SCP-5794-1 in the water of SCP-5794 influenced the responses on instances of SCP-5794-1.

+ Initial Testing Log

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Procedure: Messages are delivered by drone to the main pool of SCP-5794. The pool is monitored for instances of SCP-5794-1, which are retrieved for analysis.

Test 1
Date: 07/07/2017
Foundation Message: Are you receiving this message?

From: Victor Kato
To: Hadrien Alvarez
Message: Yes! Who are you?

Test 2
Date: 08/07/2017
Foundation Message: This is Researcher Sharpe of the SCP-5794 research team.

From: Victor Kato
To: Sabrina Sharpe
Message: Oh thank god, I was getting worried nobody would find my letters. Hello, Sharpe. I heard what you said in the pool…

Notes: Researcher Sharpe became emotional after viewing the SCP-5794-1 instance and requested another researcher complete the remaining testing for the week. SCP-5794 Lead Researcher Dr Alvarez granted the request, citing Sharpe's inexperience at the Foundation.

Test 3
Date: 08/07/2017
Foundation Message: This is Alvarez. Can you tell us a bit more about SCP-5794?

From: Victor Kato
To: Hadrien Alvarez
Message: It's dark in here. I think it's like one of those dimension things I read about. It smells like chlorine and it's wet, but I can't really describe it in a way that makes sense. There's paper, stacks and stacks of paper, and sometimes what I write makes it out to you, I guess. Why do you need to know?

Notes: SCP-5794-1 instance recovered on 15/07/2017.

Test 5
Date: 16/07/2017
Foundation Message: This is Researcher Sharpe. Research Lead Alvarez is unavailable at the moment. We need the information for the SCP-5794 file.

From: Victor Kato
To: Sabrina Sharpe
Message: They meant it when they said the job never ends.

Test 6
Date: 16/07/2017
Foundation Message: They did.

From: Victor Kato
To: Sabrina Sharpe
Message: I've already told you everything useful. Are you going to stop talking to me now?

Test 7
Date: 16/07/17
Foundation Message: Testing hasn't concluded yet.

Message: That's not really an answer… I guess I just wish someone would actually want to talk to me. It's very lonely in here, you know. There's nothing but me and the water. Though you didn't talk to me when I was alive either.

Test 8
Date: 17/07/2017
Foundation Message: We're talking to you now.

From: Victor Kato
To: Sabrina Sharpe
Message: Only because you have to.

Test 9
Date: 18/07/2017
Foundation Message: None

From: Victor Kato
To: Sabrina Sharpe
Message: If you talked to me earlier, wouldn't I still be alive?

Addendum 18/07/2017: Junior Researcher Sabrina Sharpe called a meeting for the SCP-5794 research team to discuss concerns surrounding the contents of SCP-5794-1 instances originating from Researcher Victor Kato's death. Testing involving SCP-5794-1 instances was temporarily halted.

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Date: 18/07/2017
Subject: SCP-5794 Research Team Meeting
Team Lead: H. Alvarez
Team Members: M. Turner, S. Sharpe, X. Zhou

[BEGIN LOG]
Alvarez: So, SCP-5794-1?
Sharpe: Yes, sir. I just have some concerns.
Alvarez: I see. Haven't gotten a chance to see any of them yet. Are they logged anywhere?
Sharpe: They're um… recorded on the file, sir.
Alvarez: Give me one second. (pause) Are you alright? You look a bit pale.
Sharpe: Y-yeah. Just shaken up a bit from the messages, I think, which is why I called this meeting.
Alvarez: (skimming SCP-5794's file) If you want, we can transfer Zhou onto message analysis and shift you onto something more lab-side.
Zhou: Yeah, I can do it if you want.
Sharpe: No no, it's fine. I wouldn't want to bother you. You don't have to-
Alvarez: It's not him, you know. The messages — they aren't from Kato. It's the anomaly speaking.
Sharpe: (mumbling) How do you know that?
Alvarez: I mean, it doesn't really sound like him.
Sharpe: Do we even know what he sounded like?
Alvarez: (Alvarez shrugs) I did at least, somewhat. Sometimes there's no way to know for sure, but you sleep better this way, trust me.
Sharpe: I want to believe it, Dr Alvarez! It's just so hard when you're sitting there and reading them and-
Alvarez: I know you're new Sharpe — but you can't think like that here.
Sharpe: I know, I know, I'm trying! It's just… whenever I read one of the messages it doesn't sound like an anomaly, it sounds like him.
Alvarez: I thought he never spoke to you?
Sharpe: You know what I mean! (Sharpe appears visibly distressed) I just can't stop thinking about how lonely he must've been, how lonely he still is-
Turner: (quietly, from the back of the room) It's not your fault, Sabr- Sharpe. We all should've been-
Alvarez: Turner, not now. Sharpe, it's in your best interest not to dwell on it. The messages are from the anomaly. Keep logging them but if this keeps bothering you I will not hesitate to have you transferred. Sound good?
Sharpe: Alright.
[END LOG]

Notes: After the meeting concluded, testing on SCP-5794-1 instances was cleared to resume.

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Test 10
Foundation Message: You previously stated that you were in an alternate dimension. Can you provide a further description? Can you see things, feel things, etc.?

Date Recovered: 20/07/2017
From: Victor Kato
To: Sabrina Sharpe
Message: Not really. You can't understand it without being it. It's a state of existence and a location rolled up into one. The others are here too, the people that drowned before they called in our team, but they don't understand it. Without exposure to the anomalous, they just sort of float, if that makes sense. They aren't cognizant enough to speak, so it's still just me and the water. It's almost lonelier, in a way, to be so close to company. You'd think I'd be used to this by now though — it's always sort of been just me. I wasn't popular in school, though I suspect that's not unusual for anyone that works here, and my parents never thought I was good enough. They still don't, because I couldn't tell them what I truly do — did — for a living. My friends always had someone better. I hoped the Foundation might be different.
It wasn't.

Test 10
Foundation Message: I'm sorry. -Sharpe

Date Recovered: 21/07/2017
From: Victor Kato
To: Sabrina Sharpe
Message: They say drowning is the worst way to die. I remember splashing, calling — and you guys just kept going and going, caught up in your own world until the water closed over my head. I'm still underwater, even here, the water's still choking out my lungs and chlorine is still burning through my eyes. You can say your apologies now, but why didn't you look over? Why didn't you notice me?
You're the reason I'm dead.

Foundation Message: What's done is done. -Sharpe

Date Recovered: 22/07/2017
From: Victor Kato
To: Sabrina Sharpe
Message: Is it? I may be gone, Sabrina, but you could still help me. I'm not an SCP, I'm not an anomaly — I know what they've been saying to you. I'm just using one to talk to you. The others don't understand, they will never understand, they didn't understand me either. But you do. You could join me here, and I'll finally have my company.
Your mistake cost me my life, isn't it only fair that I get yours?

+ Level 4 Credentials Required: Incident-5794-B

 - Credentials Accepted

Video Log: Incident-5794-B
Date: 01/08/2017
Subject: SCP-5794; GREENCLIFF, WISCONSIN
Team Lead: H. Alvarez (offsite)
Team Members: M. Turner (offsite), X. Zhou (offsite), S. Sharpe

[BEGIN LOG]
Sharpe stands in the observation area of SCP-5794. The remainder of the team is nominally assigned to observe from Site-392, but only Turner is actively tuned into the communication channel. Fifteen minutes elapse in silence while Sharpe conducts a survey of the area for new instances of SCP-5794-1.
Turner: Nothing?
Sharpe: (quiet) Nothing in the last week.
Turner: It's not unusual for anomalies to be sporadic, plus I think we're mostly done with active testing anyway. Might be time to ask Alvarez to move to weekly checks.
Sharpe: (distant) Yeah, maybe.
Turner: Alright, I'm gonna head out to grab lunch then. You got a ride back to the site?
Sharpe: Yeah.
Turner: Cool, I'll see you at the weekly debrief tomorrow then?
Sharpe: (brief pause) Mhm.
Turner disconnects from the communication channel, leaving Sharpe alone on the observation deck. Instead of heading for her designated Foundation vehicle, Sharpe remains in the observation area. She stares through the observation glass for several minutes before beginning to speak. This behaviour was initially disregarded by the Foundation automatic monitoring program as Sharpe was noted to have a history of talking to herself.
Sharpe: They didn't warn me about this, you know, when I signed up. I mean, I knew that people would die, but I didn't think about it, you know?
Sharpe pauses, fidgeting with her pen.
Sharpe: Alvarez is right, I'm not cut out for this job. He is, he can make himself believe that it's the anomaly speaking — and maybe he's right, maybe it is. We've been testing it for a month and nobody has a clue, but they're all just so- so cold, and I'm not.
Sharpe reaches down and retrieves various instances of SCP-5794-1 from her field backpack. While technically authorized to handle instances of SCP-5794-1, Sharpe had not notified the rest of the research team that she had removed the instances from their storage locker.
Sharpe: I can't do this. I can't do this job; why did I take this job? (speaking faster) Should've done something the first time, in the pool. What could I have done?
Suddenly, Sharpe looks back over the water. An SCP-5794-1 instance is visible, and Sharpe quickly collects it and brings it back onto the observation deck. She inspects the instance, visibly distressed, and starts crying. The video quality is too low to determine the text, but later video analysis would detect a minor cognitohazardous effect originating from the instance. It is unknown if the effect was dampened by the video, but similar effects have not been observed in any other instance.
Sharpe: (partially coherent, sobbing) I could have saved him the first time, couldn't I? Alvarez stopped me but I could've fought him off, I could've jumped in — and even if the anomaly drowned me, at least Kato wouldn't have been alo-
Sharpe suddenly stops. A few seconds of rapid breathing are audible before the recording equipment is manually deactivated.
[END LOG]

Notes: The sudden deactivation of the recording equipment was flagged as a breach of protocol by the equipment's automatic monitoring program. When Foundation personnel arrived at SCP-5794 approximately 15 minutes later, Researcher Sabrina Sharpe was found dead in the pool, presumably drowned. All remaining members of the SCP-5794 research team are facing disciplinary action for their negligence in both Incident-5794-A and Incident-5794-B. An investigation is ongoing.
No further instances of SCP-5794-1 related to the death of Researcher Victor Kato have been recovered.

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