Item #: SCP-5064
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-5064 are to be contained in the Anomalous Explosives Storage Unit located at Site-77. Instances of SCP-5064 are to be inspected monthly for potential damage, during which time they will be interviewed and are required to perform one short dance with the staff member performing the inspection.
As instances of SCP-5064 are incapable of movement, the object will be secured to a researcher using a custom harness for the duration of the dance. The dance will be performed in a cushioned room adjacent to the Anomalous Explosives Storage Unit. Dances performed with SCP-5064 should be selected from the approved dance list to decrease the likelihood of an unintentional trip or fall during the dance. All staff members working with SCP-5064 should have a background in dance to assure a level of poise and balance necessary to maintain safe containment.
During routine storage, a speaker connected to an audio streaming device should be placed near by SCP-5064. A playlist will be selected every morning by a Senior Researcher familiar with SCP-5064. The genre of the playlist should be changed daily to prevent further deterioration to the structure of any SCP-5064 objects.
Description: SCP-5064 refers to 24 sticks of dynamite (designated SCP-5064-1 through SCP-5064-24) produced by the now defunct Collins Demolitions Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio. Instances of SCP-5064 are sentient, capable of vocalizing, and exhibit basic human sensory capabilities. Instances of SCP-5064 are entirely incapable of movement on their own and must be assisted in all movement required in their Special Containment Procedures.
Instances of SCP-5064 are highly social and outgoing. The objects often start conversations with Foundation staff members unprompted. All known instances of SCP-5064 share a love of music and a self described "obsession" with dancing. Individual instances of SCP-5064 have different preferences when it comes to the type of music and dance they claim to enjoy the most, although instances of SCP-5064 will accept an offer to dance presented to them regardless of their professed tastes in dance.
Instances of SCP-5064 will begin to degrade over time if a dance with them is not performed at least every 90 days. Constant exposure to music associated with dancing also appears to significantly slow the deterioration of the objects. According to documents recovered during the original containment of SCP-5064, an instance of SCP-5064 will explode violently if allowed to degrade over a period of six months.
Discovery:
SCP-5064 was originally discovered in an abandoned factory previously owned by Collins Demolitions Inc.; a report of strange voices singing from inside the factory prompted an investigation by the Foundation which recovered the 24 samples currently in containment. Before the Foundation could return to search for more samples of SCP-5064 the factory was destroyed in an explosion caused by an unknown source. The Foundation will continue to monitor buildings owned by former Collins Demolitions subcontractors for reports of unusual singing.
Addendum:
Below are a sample of three interviews with different instances of SCP-5064, with details about the dance that was performed attached.

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Routine Monthly Interview - SCP-5064-8
Interviewer: Researcher Lindsey Brewster
Subject: SCP-5064-8
Begin Log
Brewster: SCP-5064-8, are you well?
SCP-5064-8: I suppose, but I'd rather be dancin'.
Brewster: You don't feel any worse than when we last spoke, do you?
SCP-5064-8: Nah girl, this old stick of dynamite knows how to keep himself together. Listening to funky grooves and doin' that Soul Train stroll. Talking to fine ladies such as yourself. I got an easy life. Ain't nothing to be stressin' out about.
Brewster: Stressing out?
SCP-5064-8: Yeah baby, stressin' out. That's how we… how'd you call it? Degrade. Yeah, all that damage you see, that's when we're stressed. When I was stuck in that factory with no music, no partner to dance with… Man that was just bad. Not bad like cool either… bad like a total bummer.
Brewster: You prefer it here in containment?
SCP-5064-8: Hell yeah! I get a dancing partner once per month! Plus they play some chill tunes in our crib. Any place that plays Kool and the Gang is alright by me, you dig it?
Brewster: I understand that, it's definitely better than the circumstances you were in previously.
SCP-5064-8: You and your crew talk all funky… And I'm not talking funky like a Funkadelic bass line, I mean like… I don't get how all act so stiff. All that goon speak, I mean it get this gig probably pays real well and all but… don't you ever just want to cut loose? Have some fun?
Brewster: I have fun. I dance with you, don't I?
SCP-5064-8: Here I was thinking you'd never ask. You dance much better than that jive turkey, Dr. Mander-Bassen.
Brewster: Dr. Mander-Bassen is the one who selects all the music you get to listen to. He's a big fan of Kool and the Gang too.
SCP-5064-8: See what I mean? Y'all take this job so seriously. I didn't even know that the doctor knew how to chill. The Man really has got y'all down. Now come on funky Brewster, let's boogie on down to the dance floor.
End Log
Researcher Brewster performed the traditional dance associated with "The Hustle" by Van McCoy with SCP-5064-8 before returning the object to containment.

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Routine Monthly Interview - SCP-5064-4
Interviewer: Researcher Lindsey Brewster
Subject: SCP-5064-4
Begin Log
Brewster: Hello SCP-5064-4
SCP-5064-4: Ohayo Brewster-san.
Brewster: I think your Japanese needs some brushing up, it's 2:14 P.M. Ohayo means good morning.
SCP-5064-4: It's probably morning in Akihabara. I think, I've never been there.
Brewster: Are you feeling all put together? None of the symptoms of degrading that we talked about?

SCP-5064-4: I feel excellent. The playlist from yesterday had a lot of my suggestions in it. World is Mine, Plastic Love, Marisa Stole the Precious Thing, Gee. Nothing but the classics.
Brewster: I'm glad the music is helping you stay healthy.
SCP-5064-4: Oh, if you could talk to your senpai… I have a few more suggestions.
Brewster: Dr. Mander-Bassen doesn't like it when you refer to him as… what are your suggestions?
SCP-5064-4: Snow Halation from Love Live! and Kyun! Vampire Girl from The Idolmaster 2. I've been trying to put a idol group together with the other guys, but most of them aren't interested.
Brewster: What did they say?
SCP-5064-4: Number 17 called me a weeaboo and then most of them laughed.
Brewster: I can tell them not to treat you that way, you shouldn't have to feel any unnecessary stress.
SCP-5064-4: It's okay, Number 19 said he'd join my group. He's not as big into otaku culture but he loves pop music and we bond over that. He's my nakama.
Brewster: SCP-5064-19 is very nice, I'm glad you two get along. Would you like to begin our dance?
SCP-5064-4: Onegaishimasu. Yes, please.
End Log
Researcher Brewster performs a popular dance associated with the song "Caramelldansen" by Caramell with SCP-5064-4 and then returns the object to containment.

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Routine Monthly Interview - SCP-5064-12
Interviewer: Researcher Lindsey Brewster
Subject: SCP-5064-12
Begin Log
Brewster: SCP-5064-12, I've heard from the others that you're a little upset. Do you want to talk about that?
SCP-5064-12: Yeah, if you don't mind… I don't want to upset anyone else but I got some rage I've been storing up and I wanna let it out.
Brewster: Please go ahead, I don't want you feeling tense.
SCP-5064-12: Pardon my language, but the dances we're permitted to do are fucking weak. Not even like poser shit weak, I could forgive some crabwalking but I've been doing mostly tangos and square dances. You guys have no problem blasting some heavy fucking shit for me once in a while but I never get a chance to do the kind of dancing I dream of. I mean, I'm not going to say no… it's still dancing and I love to dance, I just wish we could get some of that brutality I love mixed in there.
Brewster: We're always willing to adjust the dances we perform to your preference, so long as it falls within the perimeters of safety requirements.
SCP-5064-12: I've suggested it before and I heard nothing back.
Brewster: What was your suggestion?
SCP-5064-12: A mosh pit. Get all the staff you've got in here, start a circle of death and start slamming into each other. Live it up! All these metal songs I've been listening to all these years in that cell… fucking excellent breakdowns, but nobody wants to actually rock the fuck out to them. I know some of you guys like the music. Hell I heard you singing along to a Jinjer song when you took me out for my inspection.
Brewster: You're right, I am sympathetic. I actually just saw Jinjer last month. Still, I don't know if people would be comfortable with you in a mosh pit.
SCP-5064-12: I disagree, you've been to a metal show… you know how it is. The mosh pit is one of the most accepting places in the world. Men and women, every color and size and shape, it doesn't matter… as long you want to fucking mosh. I don't think there would be any discrimination. Metal is about loving your fellow metal head… in the most brutal way possible of course. We're a dying breed after all.
Brewster: Oh, I didn't mean because of any sort of discrimination. I just think that people normally freak out when there's a live explosive in the middle of large crowd.
SCP-5064-12: Ah shit, see I didn't even think of that. Yeah that kinda fucking sucks. Oh well, I guess we can just do another tango or something for now… but you should blast some Protest the Hero for us to dance to.
End Log
Researcher Brewster performed a traditional two step tango dance to the song "Turn Soonest to the Sea" by Protest the Hero with SCP-5064-12 before returning the object to containment.

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Photo of SCP-5065 from its last written book prior to public disappearance.

Item #: SCP-5065
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5065 is currently contained in Cell 93, revision 35-D of the standard Low-Risk Humanoid Containment Cell. Cell 93 is to be revised and modified under the direction of Research Head Dr. Jack H. Woodson and Head Investigator Canton Lodge to prevent the possibility of further containment breaches. Revisions are detailed in Document 5065-Locked Room.
If SCP-5065 is discovered outside of its containment cell, ask it to accompany you back into containment and immediately use the 5065-Pager to inform assigned staff. Unless SCP-5065's breach involves another entity, do NOT signal a standard breach.
Description: SCP-5065 is a human male determined to be "Henry James", an author of several mystery novels under the pen name "Willard Darnell". SCP-5065 was declared a missing person a year prior to his containment. SCP-5065 has proven to be extremely difficult to contain and has been able to escape situations in which escape was deemed impossible, including several Foundation attempts to contain it.
SCP-5065 was discovered in Foundation Site-██, having passed several security measures to prevent infiltration without proper clearance. SCP-5065 was immediately captured and interrogated through heavy physical coercion.
Extremely effective coercion techniques such as [DATA EXPUNGED] were employed, with a 100% coercion success rate on non-anomalous humans, and 76% on anomalous humanoids with properties that allow them to withstand the extreme conditions of the process for much longer. Despite this, SCP-5065 was unfazed throughout the entire process. Questioning resulted in SCP-5065 simply responding by saying "Torture is unnecessary and ineffective, please just put me in one of your containment facilities, I'm very clearly anomalous."
A negotiator achieved better results, yet not to a much higher degree. SCP-5065 assured the negotiator that he posed no danger to any personnel, claimed his resistance to was anomalous in nature and requested the Foundation contain and study it.
SCP-5065 was placed in a standard low-risk humanoid containment cell, as it had shown no resistance thus far. SCP-5065 was to be moved to a fitting containment cell once the nature of its anomalous properties was determined.

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Incident Report 5065-1: 3 hours after the initial placement of SCP-5065 in containment, an extremely localized power outage caused a 60-second window in which surveillance systems on SCP-5065 went offline. SCP-5065 was no longer in its containment cell and standard containment breach procedure was enacted. 2 minutes and 39 seconds after the power outage SCP-5065 was found in breakroom-24. SCP-5065 had not yet changed into the provided standard humanoid containment uniform, and staff present in the breakroom had assumed SCP-5065 was an agent from another site and had begun conversing with it. SCP-5065 was promptly restrained and returned to its containment cell. Dr. Woodson immediately arranged an impromptu interview with SCP-5065, and was accompanied by 2 guards.
Interview Log 5065-4:

Interviewed: SCP-5065
Interviewer: Dr. Jack Woodson
[Begin Log]
Dr. Woodson: Are you aware of what your anomalous properties entail? Could you provide a description of what you're capable of?Dr. Woodson: Could you elaborate? How are you capable of bypassing foundation security measures?SCP-5065 lunges his arms towards Dr. Woodson's, the handcuffs restraining SCP-5065 seem to slide onto Woodson's arms. The guards attempt to incapacitate SCP-5065 before they're stopped by Dr. Woodson.
Dr. Woodson: Please explain how you're capable of performing these feats.
SCP-5065 tosses a bent paper clip1 to Dr. Woodson.[End Log]
Closing Statement: SCP-5065 refused to answer any additional questions.

Classification Report 5065-2:

SCP-5065 has been found to be capable of breaching containment through means yet unknown. Classification is to be changed from Euclid to Keter. -Dr. Jack H. Woodson.

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Incident Reports 5065-2/24, Summarized: Various methods of containing SCP-5065 has been ineffective; any attempts to relocate SCP-5065 to a high-risk humanoid containment cell, or any other containment cell, has resulted in SCP-5065 escaping and returning to his cell. Attempts to physically restrain SCP-5065 have proven to be equally ineffective, regardless of the restraint used, SCP-5065 either escapes containment before the guards arrive to restrain it, uses the restraints on the guards, or simply escapes the restraints once they're placed. So far, it has been found to be capable of escaping handcuffs and straitjackets with ease. SCP-5065 has managed to escape containment whenever anomalous means of containment were en route to SCP-5065's cell, SCP-5065 would only return once the anomalous means were turned to their own containment.
Taskforce AT was founded to investigate and determine the methods SCP-5065 uses in its containment breaches and improve containment to prevent further containment breaches, and to predict and preemptively prevent SCP-5065's attempts at escape. Canton Lodge was assigned as Head Investigator in regards to SCP-5065.
Transfer Request 5065-6:

Requesting off-site transfer of SCP-5065. SCP-5065 likely predicted its placement in site-88, it has shown to be extremely familiar with the structure and layout of the facility, especially the low-risk humanoid containment area, and has used this knowledge in several of its escape attempts. Transfer of SCP-5065 to a site it would not have been placed in following standard classification procedure would likely limit its ability to escape containment. -Dr. Jack H. Woodson

Request denied. SCP-5065 by your own admission has proven extremely difficult to contain. Movement of SCP-5065 could potentially allow it access to higher priority entities. Appropriate support in containing SCP-5065 has been administered in the form of Taskforce Agra Treasure. -Dr. ████ ███████

Minor attempts at appeasement have proven to dissuade SCP-5065 from attempting frequent breaches, and the severity of breaches has also been shown to decrease. SCP-5065 had entered the containment cells of several other nearby entities and had continued to do so weekly until its demands were met. It requested it be allowed to continue wearing tuxedos and suits rather than the assigned uniform, and requested writing supplies, additionally, it also requested that any books it wrote be made available to Foundation personnel. After a month of negotiation, these requests were granted as SCP-5065's escapades threatened the containment of the other on-site anomalous entities. Tuxedos, suits, and writing equipment would be provided by the Foundation under strict regulations contained in Document 5065-Locked Room. SCP-5065 insists it will not use the provided equipment in anything counter to Foundation interests.
Security Request 5065-3:

SCP-5065 has demanded it be given and allowed to wear tuxedoes and suits. Additionally, it requested writing material as well as for the Foundation to allow personnel to read any books it writes. It is certainly understandable that such demands might not be feasible, however, if the uniform request is accepted, it would make containment of SCP-5065 much more manageable. Currently, it's proven too difficult to prepare proper containment procedures with the frequency of containment breaches. The safety and secrecy of other on-site SCPs has become threatened as well, as such I feel this request may be worth considering. As for the writing, I fear SCP-5065 may be able to produce anomalous effects using its books, as I otherwise see no reason as to why it would want Foundation personnel to read them. It's also not feasible, as it's possible they could contain confidential information. -Dr. Jack H. Woodson

Request accepted. SCP-5065 will be provided with appropriate clothing and allowed to wear them. SCP-5065 will be given writing equipment as well, no evidence of its books producing anomalous effects has been discovered. The books it writes will be thoroughly examined for confidential information, and placed in on-site libraries and breakrooms should they contain none. -Dr. ████ ███████

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Taskforce AT investigations have begun to prove effective at combatting SCP-5065. Containment breaches have become much less frequent, and an increasing amount of planned escapes have been stopped mid-execution. Audio Log 5065-32 between Research Head Dr. Woodson and Head Investigator Canton Lodge provides an overview of Taskforce AT's findings in regards to SCP-5065's anomalous properties.

[Begin Log]
Investigator Lodge: We've covered all the major bases, send in the request Woodson.
Dr. Woodson: Hold on, we have? Last I heard our only major breakthrough was determining one way he COULD have performed his first infiltration without being anomalous, and even then we can't definitively prove it.
Investigator Lodge: Eh, forget that. We'll record a less honest one later.
Dr. Woodson: Anyways, what about his torture resistance? Even if we explain his constant breakouts, that alone is enough to keep him contained.
Investigator Lodge: New AT girl, Cassie, I forget her specialization. I had her review the coercion footage to haze her. She figured it was possible he self-administered modified E class amnestics, made it so that he can't really think about the torture too much. It adds up with what we've got so far.
Dr. Woodson: Still, I'm not sold. You don't just think up all this without being anomalous in some way.
Investigator Lodge: We're not anomalous, but we can still figure out how he plans, and how he does most of what he does. If we can think it up, so can he. I'm sure he's not anomalous. If the foundation wants to get rid of this headache, then they just need to accept that he's an explained entity, they can neutralize him or brainwash him or whatever it is they do to enemies of the foundation.
Dr. Woodson: He knows that too. Every time you try and close in on him, he just sets up something else we just can't explain. I feel like by trying to solve everything he does you're just prompting more incidents.
Investigator Lodge: We're closing in on him, just a bit longer and we won't have to worry about it anymore. It's either that or we just let him pull these stunts whenever he feels like it instead of out of necessity. We've made it much harder for him to pull anything, we just have to keep at it a bit longer.
[End Log]

+ [LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE DETECTED: HIDDEN REPORT AVAILABE]

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Level-4 Confidential Classification:

We have reason to believe that SCP-5065 is a reality bender. Covert research has determined that if this theory proves to be true, SCP-5065 has little control or knowledge of his abilities, and only uses them to create solvable mysteries, ones following an altered version of Ronald Knox's 10 commandments.
The most effective and least labor/resource-intensive method of containment has been discovered to be preoccupying SCP-5065. It believes taskforce Agra Treasure is the best the Foundation has to offer, as such, it develops its mysteries specifically for them to solve, these mysteries are relatively harmless, as it does not want to be wholly antagonized.
This information is not to be shared with SCP-5065 or members of Taskforce Agra Treasure. Research regarding SCP-5065 has proven to be most effective when done covertly, and the system of revising Cell 93 to make it incrementally more difficult for it to escape has proven to be an effective way of incrementally testing the capabilities of SCP-5065. -Dr. ████ ███████

Footnotes
1. Investigation determined this paper clip was obtained from Dr. █████ in the breakroom. Dr. █████ claims he was unaware the paper clip went missing.

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Item #: SCP-5066
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: The area in which SCP-5066 reside has been sealed off by the Foundation under the cover of a special environmental research facility. Due to the risk of exposure to SCP-5066, observation within this facility is to be performed using remotely controlled drones. Any civilians attempting to enter this facility are to be repelled by security patrols.
Any unauthorized individuals confirmed to be compromised by SCP-5066 are to be amnesticized and released into the public. A suitable cover story is to then be disseminated upon their death. Any authorized personnel confirmed to be compromised by SCP-5066 are to be informed of its effects and given exclusively non-essential assignments from that point on.
Description: SCP-5066 is the collective designation for an as-of-yet unknown number of invisible, intangible entities residing in a 50m x 50m area located in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Due to their invisibility and intangibility, there are currently no known means of perceiving the presence of an SCP-5066 instance save for a mild warping of background sound around the instance, which grows in intensity the closer the listener is to it.
The inherent difficulty involved with identifying an SCP-5066 instance means that it cannot be confirmed no instances exist outside this area. However, no incidents indicating the effects of SCP-5066 have been reported except with individuals that have previously visited this area.
When an individual comes into contact with the space in which an SCP-5066 instance resides, said instance will then permanently attach itself to them. No means of detaching an SCP-5066 instance from a victim have been found to date. Those compromised by SCP-5066 have described having an innate sense of where the SCP-5066 instance attached to them is located — specifically, directly behind them at all times.
Once a victim compromised by an SCP-5066 instance turns directly around or looks over their shoulder, they will instantly die due to sudden cessation of brain function. Evidence suggests this process also results in the death of the SCP-5066 instance in question.
SCP-5066 was first discovered after a series of sudden deaths with no identifiable cause, all victims having been identified as having visited the area SCP-5066 resides in shortly before their expiration. The majority of the initial investigation team, led by Dr. Elizabeth Snow, became compromised by SCP-5066 and a significant number expired before the nature of SCP-5066 could be deduced. Following this, current containment measures were enacted.

Addendum 5066-1 (Relevant Documentation)
The following is an excerpt from the Albasti Bestiary, believed to be a reference to SCP-5066:

On the Noxe Votuli, else known as the Livefolk, else known as Smith's Plague, else known as the Passengers,
There are beings in this world, shredded by the tyranny of patterns, with no death to call their own. The debris known to lurk behind is among the more benign of these creatures only in motive — the results for those unfortunate enough to cross their path is much the same as their more omnicidal cousins.
As these beings have had their deaths stolen from them and by nature are eternal, they must — for lack of better wording — 'hitch a ride' to reach blessed non-existence. Thus, when a temporary creature makes contact with them, they latch on and will never let go.
Any death will do for them, old age or illness or injury, but the Passengers are above all things impatient. Their victim will turn, their victim will look upon them, and the connection half-formed is thus completed — and the Passenger will reach out and simply turn them off.
If you are accompanied by a Passenger, and wish to continue existing for a little longer, I advise you: never turn around, not even for a second.
And good luck to you.

Addendum 5066-2 (Interview Log)
The following is an interview conducted with Dr. Elizabeth Snow, leader and lone surviving member of the initial SCP-5066 investigation team. Note that, at the time of the interview, Dr. Snow has been compromised by SCP-5066 for more than fifty years. Due to her retirement and advanced age, the interview was conducted at her home in Manchester, England.

<Begin Log>
(Junior Researcher Lesteigh turns on the camera. Dr. Snow is in her bed, and sits up as Lesteigh approaches. Lesteigh sits in a chair next to the bed.)
JR Lesteigh: That's the camera on, ma'am. We're ready to begin.
Dr. Snow: Good, good. Yes, mm, that's excellent. (pause) Which one are you?
JR Lesteigh: Junior Researcher Lesteigh, ma'am.
(Pause.)
Dr. Snow: That's … the same one as last week, then?
JR Lesteigh: Yes, ma'am.
Dr. Snow: Yes, yes, of course. Mm. You'll have to be patient with me. I'm all a bit muddled these days.
JR Lesteigh: That's no problem at all. If it's alright with you, ma'am, I want to talk about SCP-5066. About your, uh, your experiences with it.
Dr. Snow: Of course. I can't imagine you'd want to talk about very much else. He's inside the bed right now.
JR Lesteigh: Inside the bed? How so?
Dr. Snow: Haven't you read the files, young man? It's an intangible object that's perpetually behind my back — if I'm lying on a bed, of course it's intersecting with the bed.
JR Lesteigh: Yes, right, sorry, I should have thought before I spoke.
Dr. Snow: (sighs) It's a terminal condition these days. I'm sorry, we've gotten off topic, haven't we? We were discussing … SCP-5066. My personal experiences with it, yes?
JR Lesteigh: Yes.
(Pause.)
Dr. Snow: I remember … young and stupid, I was. The sort of stupid that thinks it's a genius. Giddy on success — we'd just had that thing with the Domesday Clock, you understand.
JR Lesteigh: Right.
Dr. Snow: We hiked for hours through those woods, Grayson complaining all the while. Every minute, I swear. (chuckles) Have you … have you interviewed Grayson yet?
(Pause.)
JR Lesteigh: No … no, not yet.
Dr. Snow: See that you do. The stories that man can tell, my word.
(Pause.)
Dr. Snow: We went through the woods … and we found them, where sound went mad. Raindrops sounded like screeching birds, crunching grass were like … like beating your fists against the wall, and voices … voices didn't sound very nice at all.
JR Lesteigh: The warping effect.
Dr. Snow: And then it stopped — and I knew it was with me, that it was right behind me. The Ambrose twins turned around straight away, poor bastards, and more right after them. Awful, of course, but it told me that turning around wasn't the best idea. So, me and the rest of the survivors very carefully made our way back to civilization and told our superiors what had happened.
(Pause.)
Dr. Snow: (quietly) I was very lucky.
JR Lesteigh: Even so, living with it all these years … it couldn't have been easy.
Dr. Snow: You'd be surprised. It takes a lot of discipline not to look over your shoulder when you hear a sound, yes, and turning around makes you look a prat — walking forwards while slowly, slowly changing direction. But you live with it. I imagine people can live with everything.
JR Lesteigh: And your career with the Foundation?
Dr. Snow: Oh, dead, of course — or as close as you can get to it. Never a position of authority again. Only makes sense, I suppose: you can hardly run a project with a head that can drop dead at any moment. They kept me around, at any rate. I appreciate that.
(Pause.)
Dr. Snow: Well? Anything else, Grayson?
JR Lesteigh: Um, Lesteigh, ma'am.
Dr. Snow: Same difference. You have a question on your mind, but you feel like you shouldn't say it — it's written on your face.
(Pause.)
JR Lesteigh: Haven't you ever … been curious? Tempted, I mean? Just to … you know.
Dr. Snow: To turn around and look at it? Yes, of course. I remember when we got the results of the autopsy on the Ambrose twins. Right before they died, in that last split seconds, their eyes widened — and that's the same with every victim. They all saw something. To the victim, in that last moment, there is something to be seen.
JR Lesteigh: That must … that must take a lot of restraint.
Dr. Snow: I suppose it must. I haven't got much restraint left in me, though, I must confess.
JR Lesteigh: Ma'am?
Dr. Snow: Hush, Grayson. I'm very old now, I think, and very tired — and so is my passenger. Much more tired than me, I should think.
(Pause.)
Dr. Snow: It's a frustrating thing … trying to hold on to yourself. You grab at memories and feelings with your bare hands, watching them slip through your fingers, and then at the end you realize you don't recognize those hands anymore. I'm really very sick of it.
(Dr. Snow settles into her bed, closing her eyes.)
Dr. Snow: (quietly) Someday soon, I think I'll turn around and meet my very old friend.
<End Log>

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Item Number: SCP-5067
Object Class: Safe (formerly Keter)
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5067 must be kept in a brightly lit room guarded by no less than twelve (12) armed security personnel at any given moment. SCP-5067-1 must be kept within two meters of SCP-5067 and must be provided with continuous power. All personnel are required to wear lead-lined radiation protection uniforms. Containment room must be outfitted with four (4) lasers providing a constant frequency matching that of SCP-5067. Should SCP-5067 exhibit radiation of wavelength 10 nanometers or less, continuous X-Ray radiation must be provided until SCP-5067 has returned to nominal levels of radiation. Should SCP-5067 show an increase in visible brightness, personnel are advised to increase ambient room lighting to match the brightness. At the end of each day, personnel must record all wavelength and frequency logs from the screen of SCP-5067-1. In the event that power to SCP-5067-1 is lost or disrupted, personnel are required to evacuate the containment room and lasers will provide a constant stream of high-energy gamma radiation until such a time as power can be restored.
Upon merging with SCP-5067-1 after power was disrupted for ██ hours, SCP-5067 shows very few anomalous properties. SCP-5067-1 must be kept in a brightly lit room under constant surveillance. Armed personnel are no longer necessary. Lasers are to be deactivated but attached to a power source. Any variations from normal radiation production are to be recorded and investigated. All D-Class personnel experimenting with SCP-5067-1 must be outfitted with lead-lined radiation protection uniforms.
Description: SCP-5067 is a 3 meter tall roughly humanoid robotic construct. Visual inspection suggests the entity is made of an iron-tungsten alloy designed specifically for heat resistance. The digits 5042025 can be found printed along the construct's spinal cable.
SCP-5067 is highly radioactive due to the malfunctioning of its power source, a nuclear fusion reactor core. The mechanisms that once would have contained and prevented radiation emission from the core have been heavily damaged. No attempt has been made to repair SCP-5067 as doing so would expose Foundation Technicians to lethal levels of radiation.
Though the majority of the damage to SCP-5067 is concentrated to its core, it has sustained significant force trauma to other parts of its body. The appendages typically used for fine motor control have suffered heavy percussive damage, as has the screen that served as its way of communicating facial expressions.
SCP-5067, though unable to communicate verbally with researchers, is neither hostile nor aggressive. On the contrary, it is highly responsive to any perceived emotional distress. Observing a person in pain, however, appears to trigger conflicting behavioral responses - it will often activate and move as if to approach, and then cease all outside signs of function. If the person indicates verbally or nonverbally that the distress or pain they are experiencing is caused by SCP-5067 in any way, SCP-5067 will begin to deliberately damage itself via percussive blows or prying its external casing off of its legs or arms.
Addendum I:
Contrary to prior belief, SCP-5067 is sapient and capable of verbal communication in English, Russian, Polish, and Japanese. After three weeks in containment, it approached a technician and asked for the coordinates of its current location. Doctor Rhea Hawthorne, a specialist in sapient mechanical entities, was brought in to interview it.
LOG 1:

Dr. Hawthorne: Hello, SCP-5067.Dr. Hawthorne: Yes. Or, actually, just 5067 for now. That'll be easier.Dr. Hawthorne: Granted.
SCP-5067 straightens, ceases motion, whirs briefly and then turns back to face Dr. Hawthorne.Dr. Hawthorne: Why do you need them?Dr. Hawthorne: Your power source is self-maintaining. If you repair it, there won't be any need to refuel.Dr. Hawthorne: The reactor is damaged, yes, but you can repair it - we'll give you the materials.Dr. Hawthorne: The protective casing, the cooling system, it's all been shredded or torn apart.Dr. Hawthorne: Why did they do this to you?(pause)SCP-5067 refused to engage further.

Note: The radiation and other side effects of the damaged core are dangerous to SCP-5067 as well as humans. An optimistic estimate has it rendered entirely non-functional within 2 months, a pessimistic one in 3 weeks. It seems to begin actively producing heat and light - read, radiation - when it feels like the conditions in the chamber aren't warm or bright enough - homeostatic algorithm. It's perfectly capable of repairing itself, but it's actively choosing not to. This is, to dramatically oversimplify, a software problem.

- Dr. Rhea Hawthorne

Addendum II: After three weeks with no escape attempts, SCP-5067's radiation and heat output began to decline. It attempted to breach containment on May 24th. It was quickly recontained and Dr. Hawthorne was brought in to interview it.
LOG 2:

Dr. Hawthorne: Why did you now try to escape? I thought you didn't mind it here.Dr. Hawthorne: 5067 - your function is destroying you. You can't continue to do this.Dr. Hawthorne: If you won't act in the interest of your own safety, fine, but it's dangerous to us, 5067. Humans can't tolerate radiation like this.Dr. Hawthorne: Fiver,1 please—SCP-5067 begins to hit its left leg joint repeatedly.
Dr. Hawthorne: Hey, hey, don't - you're going to break your hydraulics there. Don't do that to yourself.Dr. Hawthorne: Code 6561.Dr. Hawthorne: Punishment will be - will be to say something nice about yourself. Say something positive about yourself and it will count as punishment.SCP-5067 continues to bludgeon itself.

Since the most recent interview, staff have been instructed to keep conversation with 5067 as emotionally neutral as possible in order to prevent SCP-5067 from engaging in further self-destructive behaviors.
ADDENDUM III:
SCP-5067-1 is an unknown device that seems to function as a measuring instrument for light, heat, and radiation, and as a form of external data storage. There are only two files stored on it: a file labeled "README.txt" and a file of indeterminate size containing code that is incompatible with any known coding language or operating system. Although Foundation personnel have been unable to compile the program and successfully run the code on SCP-5067, the instructions in README.txt imply that the purpose of the code is to reset SCP-5067's programming to a default state. Comments throughout the code indicate that SCP-5067 was intended for personal security purposes.
SCP-5067-1 was found when SCP-5067, having pried off most of its protective coverings, requested that Foundation researchers retrieve some spare parts its creator had left with it when it was discarded. It refused to comment on SCP-5067-1 when asked and recoiled when presented with it. After being shown SCP-5067-1, SCP-5067 refused to speak for the rest of the day.
The day after SCP-5067-1 was first presented to SCP-5067, it was given SCP-5067-1 again but without instructions or queries of any kind. SCP-5067 attempted to destroy SCP-5067-1 as soon as the chamber doors were closed.
Dr. Hawthorne attempted to talk to it again the following day. Logs of the conversation are found below.
LOG 3:
Dr. Hawthorne: I'd like to talk a little bit about you.Dr. Hawthorne: Perhaps I was misleading. I'd like to talk about your experiences, 5067. Particularly those from before you came into our custody. There was an incident.
SCP-5067 does not respond.
Dr. Hawthorne: (sighing) 5067, this is a direct command. Please describe the incident that necessitated your reprogramming.Dr. Hawthorne: What was his name?Heavy distortion and corruption of SCP-5067's voice.Dr. Hawthorne: What happened, 5067?Dr. Hawthorne: …All right. Thank you, Fiver. Thank you. Rest now. Please enter Power Saving mode.
SCP-5067 obeys.

Our current calculations estimate that SCP-5067 will be rendered nonfunctional within 10 days. I'm unsure what more we can do.

- Dr. Rhea Hawthorne

Addendum IV:
Four days after the above interview, Site-29 lost power due to a multiple-entity breach that resulted in 6 casualties and 13 injuries. Dr. Rhea Hawthorne received a serious internal wound during the breach and likely would have died were it not for the intervention of Junior Researcher Dawes. Dawes gave SCP-5067 SCP-5067-1 and asked it to fix itself so that it might help guard the injured and restore power to the site until reinforcements could arrive. It repeatedly refused until Researcher Dawes retrieved Dr. Hawthorne's phone and showed it her lockscreen - a picture of the doctor and her nine-year old son. SCP-5067 accepted SCP-5067-1, spent two hours repairing its hardware with Dawes' help, and was able to both restore power to its wing of the site and guard Foundation personnel in the area from the other escaped anomalies.
SCP-5067 appears to have lost most of its self-destructive tendencies after recompiling its code, though it was missing some key hardware components needed to fully repair its power core. It is still mildly radioactive, but no longer at a level that is detrimental to its physical health. It occasionally will begin executing behavioral patterns or responses from its old code, but will stop before damage is done. In light of these changes, the containment procedures have been updated to their current state and its object class has been changed to Safe.

Footnotes
1. Dr. Hawthorne was questioned after the interview as to her use of its name, however, given that SCP-5067 seems to only respond to that name in moments of emotional distress when it will not acknowledge its new designation, no warning was issued.

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2/5068 LEVEL 2/5068
CLASSIFIED

Item #: SCP-5068

Safe

Fig. 1: SCP-5068 under 25 times magnification.

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5068 is to be stored inside a standard hermetically-sealed containment locker that allows for microscopic enhancement. SCP-5068 must be activated by a D-class at 10:27am (GMT) daily, for at least five minutes, before being returned to its container.
Description: SCP-5068 is a drop of water approximately 0.05 milliliters in volume. Its chemical composition indicates a source of naturally-occurring precipitation, or rainwater.
Under magnification, SCP-5068 contains two dominant strands of micro-fauna (designated SCP-5068-A and SCP-5068-B) currently engaged in massive inter-microbial warfare. The cause of the wide-scale conflict is currently unknown, though early DNA samples show a 99.9% match between A and B-instances.
Both A and B-instances have evolved biology suited to prolonged periods of warfare: SCP-5068-A (Fig. 1, extreme middle-left) has an elongated torso with multiple appendages for traversal and self-defense. SCP-5068-B (Fig. 1, extreme bottom-right), while 30% smaller, possesses eight limbs, dual eye sockets and pincers at the end of its forelimbs to track down and dismember SCP-5068-A with ease.
Discovery: Foundation personnel were screening Site-65 for environmental hazards when SCP-5068 was discovered in a random sample of rainwater. Further testing on the site's surrounding precipitation, groundwater and sanitation facilities is ongoing.

ABRIDGED TEST LOGS

Test Log 1, 06/06/2016:
D-class personnel (designated D-4439) examines SCP-5068 through a high-powered microscope: hundreds of thousands of SCP-5068-A and SCP-5068-B instances are observed to be engaged in large-scale battle.
Evidence of small arms fire and coordinated tactics are observed: B-instances use "pincer-like" movements to assault SCP-5068-A's position, whereas A-instances huddle behind natural barriers for protection. B-instances also employ rudimentary weapons and vehicles comprised of an inert, organic matter, whereas A-instances hurl globules of the same material as high-velocity projectiles.
D-4439 observes the battle for approximately five minutes before noticing that both A and B-instances have ceased their fighting and are staring up in her direction. Testing is immediately terminated.

Test Log 2, 06/15/2016:
Tall structures have been erected from the center of SCP-5068-A and SCP-5068-B concentrations, which appear to be their main centres of population. The "towers" appear organic and constantly moving, and appear to be erected from the same biological material used to construct their weapons and tools.
D-4439's presence is noticed much earlier this time - the structures quickly begin moving in the direction of the D-class' gaze. D-4439 notices both A and B-instances climbing up the towers and over themselves, before hurling projectiles in her general direction, which accumulate on her viewing lens as flecks of dirt.
No injuries reported. Chemical analysis of the dirt samples indicate a genetic match to SCP-5068-A and B instances themselves.

Test Log 3, 06/17/2016:
D-4439 ordered to depress her fingertip into the top of SCP-5068; request to use a sterilised metal rod denied. D-class eventually complies, "activating" SCP-5068 for five minutes before allowing the water droplet to fall back down to the surface.
Upon re-magnification, A and B's "towers" appear to have been demolished, with scores of SCP-5068 instances lying scattered and inert across the surface.1
D-4439 then ordered to place her finger on the tip of her tongue; subsequent refusal is threatened with further disciplinary action. D-class eventually complies, ingesting a portion of SCP-5068, but no side effects observed immediately. Recommend similar containment procedures to be enacted for D-4439.

D-class activation of SCP-5068 via finger-depression technique.

Test Log 4, 06/19/2016:
D-4439 reports that A and B-instances have ceased hostilities with one another. Instead, both cultures observed to be actively cooperating towards the goal of containment breach. More instances have appeared in opposing "cities", rebuilding each other's towers at alarming rates.
As such, recommend increasing the frequency of SCP-5068's "activation" to once every three days to prevent A and B-instances from reaching the lens barrier of the microscope.
Note: D-4439 has reported mild symptoms of lightheadedness, nausea and xerostomia.2 Daily fluid intake has also increased by 300%. Recommend continued monitoring of her physical condition within containment.

Test Log 5, 06/30/2016:
Testing was prematurely terminated when D-4439 refused to comply with emergency quarantine procedures.
Docile behaviour was initially observed amongst A and B-instances, with D-4439 expressing relief that the microorganisms were "no longer attacking [her] on sight" but working towards the construction of a single, massive tower comprised of their combined, fallen dead.
Foundation staff grew suspicious, however, when D-4439 refused to back away from the lens barrier despite repeated orders to activate SCP-5068. Instead, D-class merely repeated over and over again: "They're already out. They're already inside of me."
SCP-5068 was retracted back into containment after five minutes, as per safety protocol. D-4439 immediately displayed signs of aggression, screaming and banging on the glass wall of her observation cell, demanding to be released.

Test Log 6, 07/03/2016: CANCELLED
D-4439 attempted to breach containment today. Blunt force trauma to her limbs and cranium listed as official cause of death. The glass barrier of her containment cell will also require replacement.
A postmortem indicates extensive presence of SCP-5068-A and B instances in her blood, saliva and urine samples; working theory is that these microorganisms propagate through liquid H20, saturating the host's body before moving onto its next vessel.
Given the extent of symptoms at the time of D-4439's demise, the virus would have put her down within the next 24 hours (or approximately two weeks since exposure to SCP-5068), regardless.

Future Test Log(s) ##: GREENLIGHT
Recommend daily depression of D-class finger into SCP-5068 to continue to prevent a possible microbial MK-class outbreak scenario. To further disrupt SCP-5068-A and B's efforts in breaching containment, this frequency may escalate in the future.
To coincide with mass screenings of Foundation personnel, O-5 Command has given its greenlight to commence mass clinical trials to find a way to neutralise newly discovered SCP-5068 instances.
Additional containment cells are being constructed as we speak. Remember to preserve their remains for future study.

Footnotes
1. Presumably stunned and not destroyed due to the general resiliency of microorganisms.
2. severe dry throat

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Item #: SCP-5069
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: Celluloid copies of SCP-5069-1 though 8 are to be kept in standard storage lockers in the media storage wing of Site-28. SCP-5069 instances may not be accessed without permission from the SCP-5069 containment lead (currently Dr. Jennifer Sinombre Dr. David Ciruela).
Foundation agents are to monitor communities of occultists and sexual fetishists for copies or mentions of SCP-5069. All copies of SCP-5069 instances located outside Foundation containment are to be destroyed, and any individuals who have viewed SCP-5069 instances or recreated the sex acts depicted therein are to be treated with Class-C amnestics.
Description: SCP-5069 is a series of eight erotic films (designated SCP-5069-1 through -8) produced between 1977 and 1982. SCP-5069 instances range in duration from 34 minutes to over four hours, and (with the exception of SCP-5069-4) appear to have been filmed in one continuous take. SCP-5069 was created by Francesco Castaldo (PoI-33906), an Italian anomalous artist active in New York and Venice from the early 1960s until the late 1980s, under the alias "Franco Spanko".
SCP-5069 instances have no inherent anomalous properties. It is believed that the sex acts depicted in SCP-5069 instances are thaumatological rituals, the purpose of which is currently unclear; research is ongoing under the supervision of Dr. Jennifer Sinombre has ceased indefinitely.
Dr. Jennifer Sinombre - Research Notes, 5 May 1986
Copied from a text file retrieved from Dr. Sinombre's office computer.

Jennifer N Sinombre - preliminary notes on the SCP-5069 project 5/5/86
so the new project is a series of spooky ritualistic porn films. not thrilled, of course, because it's starting to feel like i'm the erotica expert now, but maybe if i keep it up long enough they'll make me the head of an actual sub-department of pornography and i can get a raise. anyway it can't be worse than the last project - had to get a new keyboard, the dolphin fluids were never gonna come out.
documentation suggests that they might even be non-anomalous, but the verdict is still out - i haven't watched the films yet but from what i've heard about them and about Castaldo i'm pretty sure they're going to be thaumaturgy. pulling up some texts on sex magick - crowley, parsons, de naglowska - in case any of it is relevant.
the d-class who watched the films didn't show any anomalous symptoms. some of them requested to see them again, but no memetic compulsion there—pretty sure the commissary doesn't even sell the swimsuit issue, so it's the only porn they've seen in ages. i'm going to start watching them today, should finish with them tomorrow.
watched some of Castaldo's non-anart work last night, just to get a sense of his directorial style. definitely leans more toward erotica than gonzo, with a heavy dose of surrealism. tends to pick classical settings—he loves his ancient roman aesthetics. according to the critics, his best work is Le Barbare (The Barbarian Women). it's definitely strange—like Caligula crossed with Eraserhead—but i have to say, i'm a fan.
AV just let me know that the projector's ready to go. can't bring my computer into the screening room, so it's back to the stone age.

Table 5069-A: SCP-5069 Instances
Summaries written by Dr. Sinombre; notes transcribed from a notebook retrieved from Dr. Sinombre's desk.

Instance
Title
Summary

SCP-5069-1
The Sun Kissed Lovers
A man and a woman have sex on a beach, starting at sunrise and continuing in a variety of positions until noon. The camera angle changes so that they are constantly silhouetted against the sun. Neither comes to orgasm until the last 33 seconds of the film, at which point the sun increases in brightness until neither actor can be seen.

runtime almost 4.5 hours. I feel bad for them—but that sure is some stamina. prob. clever editing? need full forensic pass to check. solar worship? cross-ref. Aten, Zunbil, Elagabalus/Sol Invictus. title "Sun Kissed Lovers" (sic) w/o hyphen—sun kissing its lovers? find beach location—cross-ref w/ tables of local noon/sunrise.

SCP-5069-2
Burning Passion
A group of men masturbate around a fire. As each man ejaculates into the fire, he is replaced by another actor, and the fire burns higher and brighter. After twenty men have ejaculated into the fire, the actors are no longer replaced; after the twenty-fifth man leaves, the fire dies down over the next 30 minutes, revealing a nude woman kneeling in the center. She stands and walks out of frame.

fire gives birth to the woman? fire is the woman? double meaning of "burning passion"—the passion is heated, but the passion (i.e. semen) is what is being burned. special-effects or anomaly?

SCP-5069-3
Bone Deep and Deeper Still
Two nude men1 wrestle in a boxing ring. The loser of each round performs oral sex on the winner, and after the winner comes to orgasm they begin another round of wrestling. This repeats for eight rounds, at which point each man has won four times. After the final round, the actors are handed knives by an individual offscreen, and the film ends abruptly as they face each other once more.

ritual combat. only film w/o women in it; if Castaldo is hetero that makes sense. "bone deep & deeper" god this man loves his porno puns. can we find the identities of the men? scars & tattoos both very distinctive.

SCP-5069-4
A Million Little Deaths
A compilation of seventy-seven close shots of women's faces, apparently during orgasm. Each shot lasts slightly longer than the previous shot, and each actress is slightly older than the previous actress. At the end of the final shot, the actress stares directly into the camera for three minutes until the film fades to black; a caption informs the viewer that she expired from a heart attack during filming. There is no sound.

beautiful, in a weird way—"little deaths" followed by a big death. last woman is Lucia Scarletta, former model, def. died around the time of filming but we can't confirm she died on camera. human sacrifice? but human sacrifice via natural death. total silence is also interesting, more death symbolism?

SCP-5069-5
Pounding Below the Skin
Two men and two women have sex in a variety of positions; their movements are all in time with music played on a variety of drums and wind instruments by a crowd of nude men and women in the background. The music increases in tempo over the course of the film, and the actors' movements increase in speed to match it; during the last 3 minutes, each of the actors comes to orgasm and collapses in exhaustion. The last actor to orgasm, one of the women, is crowned with a cypress wreath by one of the drummers, and carried offscreen by all the musicians as the film ends.

almost like a competition, to see who can last the longest. music is similar to Phrygian ritual songs—that plus cypress wreath reminds me of the cult of Attis/Cybele. (no castration, obviously, but it makes me wonder what would've happened if a man had won)

SCP-5069-6
The Possibilities of Embrace
An indeterminate number2 of men and women engage in group sex in a variety of positions and combinations. All of the women are menstruating. Twenty-seven minutes into the film, all sexual activity stops; one woman stands at the center of a ring formed by the other actors, and each other person draws a symbol on her skin in menstrual fluid3. Once each person has drawn a symbol, the circle closes and all of the symbols are licked off by the other participants.

the most scattered, the least sexy. not a fan of period sex. symbols don't seem to have any consistent meaning, almost like it's symbolism for the sake of symbolism. The letters that the actors write don't form any actual words that I can find. not your best work, Franco.

SCP-5069-7
She Does Whoever She Does
A woman slowly strips on stage at a club. All the audience members are wearing animal masks. When she is fully nude, she invites a woman in a fox mask onto the stage, and they have sex. Afterwards, the camera follows her backstage and out into an alleyway. She walks nude down the streets of a city, slowly dressing herself in articles of clothing she finds on the ground; when she is fully dressed, she enters another club, dons a fox mask, and sits in the audience as a strip show begins.

cyclical. The dancer becomes the fox, the fox seduces the dancer, it all repeats. can't identify the city—looks european definitely, but there are no signs anywhere, not even numbers on the houses. maybe a pocket dimension? or just a soundstage. sex is more realistic than most girl-on-girl porn.

SCP-5069-8
The Body's Many Portals
A nude woman sits on a purple tile floor, with a large basin of water in front of her. She uses the water to brush her teeth, wash out her eyes, nostrils, ears, and navel, and douche her vagina, urethra, and anus, retrieving all the necessary supplies from off-camera. She makes a small incision on the back of her heel with a pocket knife, and washes the wound with the remaining water. She masturbates briefly, lies down on the floor, and seems to fall asleep. The film fades to black after a further fifty-two seconds.

the least overtly sexual. "The Body's Many Portals"—each orifice is a doorway, but to what? opening each door & creating a new one—metaphor for enlightenment? also a solo scene unlike the others. (definitely my favorite)

Dr. Jennifer Sinombre - Research Notes, 6 May 1986
Transcribed from a notebook retrieved from Dr. Sinombre's desk.

J. N. SINOMBRE - 5/6/86
just finished my first watch of the 5069 instances. same style as Franco's other work—blurring the lines between porn and art film. no direct correlation to the sex magic stuff i read, but many of them are mystical at least in aesthetic. didn't find them particularly sexy, except maybe 7 & 8—probably personal bias though, the D's seemed to enjoy them.
4, 8 aren't really porn per se, which is interesting—they were definitely marketed as such, like all castaldo's work. trying to imagine the scene in the seedy porno theatres. guys show up all ready to crank one out and then get treated to just an hour of o-face. genius.
confusing mix of symbolism and ritual. definitely elements drawn from greek & near eastern religion/folklore/mythology. lot of that in le barbare, that was set in ancient scythia, the whole black sea area seems to come up a lot for castaldo. it all looks like magic, but not Magic; ritualistic, but not the right kind of ritual for thaumaturgy. might just be missing steps that you'd know if you were a thaumaturge. should find one to ask. is franco a thaumaturge?
need more background—pull POI file in the AM

Person of Interest File #33906: Francesco Castaldo
Originally compiled May 1970; last updated December 1986.

POI-33906, 18 June 1976

Legal Name: Francesco Castaldo
Known Aliases: Franco Spanko, The Director, Christopher D'Omera
Associated Groups of Interest: Are We Cool Yet?
Date of Birth: 11 January 1941
Nationality: Italian by birth; naturalized American citizen since 1969
Description: White male, brown hair, brown eyes. Height 1.8m, weight approx. 85kg. Usually wears hair long, and has a full beard.
Identifying Marks: Appendix removal scar on stomach; tattoo of an eye on left pectoral; anomalously animated tattoo of an octopus on right shoulder.
Reason for Interest: Former member of anomalous artist collective "Are We Cool Yet?"; creator of a number of known anomalies, including SCP-5069.
Known Associates: PoI-23325 ("The Critic"), PoI-3337-A (Luisa Bellocchio, alias "The Photographer" - deceased), PoI-27901 (Rev. William Greene)
Anomalous Abilities: Skilled anomalous artist, specializing in photography and filmography; possible low-level thaumaturge.
Rules of Engagement: Observation only, low priority.
Place(s) of Residence: 480 Broome St, #33, New York, New York; 18 Via Enrico Toti, Venezia, Italy.
Biographical Information: Born in Friuli, Italy. Parents, Maria and Gabriele Castaldo, were anti-fascist resistance fighters; father died when Castaldo was 2 years old. Mother remarried her dead husband's brother, Enrico, after the war. Family moved to Venice in 1950; stepfather worked as a longshoreman, mother as a typist.
Attended the Accademia delle Belle Arte di Venezia (Venetian Academy of Fine Arts) in 1962. Became involved in Venetian anomalous art community shortly thereafter via a girlfriend, Lucia Marinetti. In 1964, applied to the Venetian School of the Medicea Accademia Dell'Arte Occulta (Medici Academy of Occult Art) and was accepted; expelled six months later for obscenity and blasphemy.
Moved to New York City in 1967. Began to direct and produce non-anomalous erotic films, most notably Le Barbare (The Barbarian Women) and Rex Mundi (King of the World), both of which were critically acclaimed but had little commercial success. In 1968, became involved with anomalous art collective Are We Cool Yet?, and was given the title "The Director" when the founding Director, PoI-23328 ("Daniel Calderwood") died during a performance of SCP-701 (see Incident Report 701-██/██/1968). In 1969 or 1970, became romantically involved with PoI-3337-A, Luisa Bellocchio (alias "The Photographer").
In 1975, left AWCY? and broke off relationship with Bellocchio. Checked into experimental drug rehabilitation facility in October 1975, citing addiction to alcohol and prescription painkillers. In 1977, began to produce the series of erotic films recently designated SCP-5069; completed series in 1982. Addiction relapse in 1983 presumably sparked by Bellocchio's suicide; has not been active in the art world since, although he has written a number of non-anomalous erotic novels under the pen name "Christopher D'Omera".

Dr. Jennifer Sinombre - Research Notes, 7 May 1986
Copied from a text file retrieved from Dr. Sinombre's office computer.

JN Sinombre 5/7/86
there's something missing in franco's poi file. why are we so sure he's a thaumaturge? as far as i can tell, nothing in his background points to him being anything more than an anartist. exploits yes, magic no. might be some supplemental material elsewhere, i'll keep digging.
m.a.d.a.o. does some thaumatology but we've got his transcripts from there, italian branch has pretty good relations with them, and he never did anything but anart. well, they don't call it anart, but whatever the aristocratic italian equivalent is. and he got kicked out in half a year, something about nude photos of the pope? that part is actually pretty heavily redacted, i think they might've tried to get the vatican involved.
got the possible locations for -1. all over the map, probably never going to narrow it down. just too many east-facing beaches at the correct latitudes, plus we don't actually know what time of year it was filmed. need to look up sun gods next.
may have found one of the actors in -3. doesn't make ANY sense though. Lt. Col. Henry Mostrich, US Army, retired. happily married to Mrs. Elizabeth Pavo Mostrich since 1963. purple heart and distinguished service cross earned in vietnam. war hero, grandfather, upstanding citizen. the face seems to match, but—according to the army's medical records—he doesn't have all those scars. makeup? why did he act in the film in the first place?
more thoughts on -8. cut on the heel is actually two small incisions, almost like a snake bite. washing moves down the body, inverting the chakra flow. kundalini serpent-power? opening orifices = opening doors = opening chakras? need to see if franco had any contact w eastern mysticism.
jackpot - franco did an interview with an anart zine right after -8 was released. getting anart dept to send me over a copy.

Interview with Anartchy magazine, April 1982.
This interview was published in the Spring 1982 edition of Anartchy, a quarterly anomalous art zine published by a collective of anartists based out of Backdoor Soho.

Originally from Friuli, Francesco Castaldo, better known as "Franco Spanko", made a name for himself in the Venice scene with Papi senz' Abiti (Popes without Robes), his '65 series of nude photographs of every pope since St. Peter. Anartchy's Dan Larsson caught up with Castaldo in his Soho studio to chat about inspiration, metaphysics, and the mystical properties of his latest work, the erotic film series Eightfold Path to Glory.
Dan Larsson: So, where did the inspiration for Eightfold Path come from? It seems pretty esoteric, yeah?
Francesco Castaldo: Well, you know, in '75 I had some problems with the drinking and the pills, and I went to a rehab center with a sensory deprivation tank—total sensory deprivation, the sigils on the inside turn all your senses off—and while I was floating there, going through withdrawal, really just out of my mind, I had a vision. The upper realms, they were laid out before me, and all the powers and their dominions and emanations; I saw the true structure of the world, beyond the walls of what we call reality. And from all that knowledge, I derived eight rituals, which are much, much more powerful than their reflections in magic and religion, and I had those rituals performed, and I filmed them. And those films are the Eightfold Path.
Larsson: Wow. That's pretty heavy. But—not to put too fine a point on it—a skin flick isn't the traditional format for conveying occult knowledge. Why not write some sort of occult grimoire, or found a cult to pass on your secrets?
Castaldo: You do what you're good at, you know? Dante had the Inferno, Michelangelo had the Capella Sistina, and I made a porno.
Larsson: Makes sense. There's clearly a lot of heavy symbolism, but it seems like each individual film explores a different theme—mind unpacking some of that for our readers?
Castaldo: There are eight forces that pervade the higher spheres. You may think of them as elements, or philosophies, or perhaps political factions. None of those ways of seeing are untrue, but neither are they the truth. And each of those forces has a path that a practitioner may take, up through the gates of the mind into glory. The rituals in the films can guide one in the right direction.
Larsson: So, if my boyfriend and I found a boxing ring and recreated Bone Deep, we would, what, become enlightened?
Castaldo: Well, it's not that simple. Certain powers must be appeased. If one does not have the right knowledge, or does not perform the ritual at the right time, or in the right place, or with the right tools, then it'll just be some weird kinky sex.
Larsson: And if you do it right?
Castaldo: You take the first step down a very long road.
Franco wouldn't answer any more of our questions, unfortunately—but he did let us reprint some of his famous four-dimensional pinup girls, which can be seen on the next few pages. Enjoy!

Dr. Jennifer Sinombre - Research Notes, 7-15 May 1986
Transcribed from sticky notes and scrap paper retrieved from Dr. Sinombre's office.

find franco's rehab center

eggs, milk, chicken, neti pot, rice, chips, pocket knife, tampons, toilet paper

st agnes of bohemia
"one must first open oneself"

i was right about the snakes

franco's rehab center didn't do sense-dep—where did he really learn the truth???

[Written in purple lipstick on a paper napkin, not in Dr. Sinombre's handwriting.]

ENID 212-271-6[ILLEGIBLE]
[There is a lip-print in the same color on the opposite side of the napkin.]

READING LIST:
dvaranaga sutra
blackwood, cults of hindustan
gospel of zacchareus
steiner, higher worlds & cosmic memory
clavicula solomonis

star charts - ophiucius, saturn, nibiru - next alignments

which history am i in?

NEED TO TALK TO FRANCO

Interview Log, 16 May 1986
Dr. Sinombre approached PoI-33906 through his literary agent, Sarah Weiss, posing as an academic writing a book on erotic film. PoI-33906 agreed to meet for a short interview, which took place in his agent's office in New York City. Interview was transcribed from a cassette tape retrieved from Dr. Sinombre's office.

Subject: PoI-33906, Francesco Castaldo
Interviewer: Dr. Jennifer Sinombre
Dr. Sinombre (JNS): Thank you for meeting me on such short notice, Mr. Castaldo.
PoI-33906 (FC): Think nothing of it. Anything for the fans, no?
JNS: So, I'd like to start with Eightfold Path to Glory.
FC: Ah! My magnum opus. I must confess, that phrase has always amused me. Everyone always says it with such seriousness. But, well…
JNS: It makes you think of the condom size?
FC: Ha! I can see we are on the same page. So, what would you like to know about the Eightfold Path?
JNS: Well, I wanted to know about some of the symbolism you used in, uh, I guess specifically Pounding Beneath the Skin. Uh, Below, sorry. That's all based on the cult of Attis and Cybele, right?
FC: Yes! Right on the head. So many people, they miss the historical references.
JNS: So what would've happened if a man had, uh, "won"? I mean, mythologically speaking, Attis is only really known for the one thing…
FC: Hmm. It was all staged, you know? This was not a real ritual any more than, say, La Cena4 was a real dinner party. But…
JNS: But?
FC: But, if one were to take the lessons laid out in Pounding, and act out a ritual devised from those lessons, and a man were to, as you say, win the contest, he would have to make a great sacrifice if he wished to take the next step.
JNS: Do you know if anyone has ever done that? Performed one of the rituals you say are hidden in the films?
FC: Not with Pounding, as far as I'm aware. Perhaps Sun Kissed Lovers, or maybe… Hmm. Your ankle.
JNS: Excuse me?
FC: Your ankle. It's bandaged, yes?
JNS: Uh, yes. Cut myself shaving. Last night.
FC: Hmm. Of course. Do you know what I find interesting about wounds?
JNS: I… No, I suppose I don't.
FC: There is an Italian proverb. An old one, older even than the Romans. It was first recorded by Horace, when he wrote about the witch-women of the Fucine marshes. "Not all doors are wounds, but all wounds are doors."
JNS: I'm not sure I understand. What is it supposed to mean?
FC: Well, it's about… Opening. A wound opens up our inside to the outside. And stuff can pass through, germs, dirt, but…
JNS: But we can pass through it as well.
FC: Exactly. Did you pass through that wound, when you cut yourself? While shaving, of course.
JNS: I… Yes.
FC: And would you like to go further?
JNS: Definitely.
FC: Then switch off that recorder, and let us actually speak.

Dr. Jennifer Sinombre - Research Notes, 19 May 1986
Recovered from Dr. Sinombre's personal residence.

it's not thaumaturgy. it's what thaumaturgy could be, in a different history. it's what thaumaturgy SHOULD be, and CAN be, if i open the right doors.
i have been there, in my dreams, through the first door. tonight i will pass through the second, in both body and soul. do not try to follow me. find your own path, and maybe we will meet again, somewhere in the higher realms.
to the foundation: we have failed. or we never had the chance to succeed. everything in our little boxes, the statues and the gods, the talking birds and the time-loop suicides, all are pale shadows cast by the real forces that shape the universe. we could not contain the Dominions, no more than a gnat could contain a hurricane.
to my successor (david? elaine?): you can do it too. it's all there, if they let you see the films. i cannot give you any more guidance, but i wish you well.
and to ted and katy5: we had our goodbye eight years ago. i don't miss you any more. i hope you don't repeat your mistakes, and i hope you're not even given a chance to make them again.
Jennifer N Sinombre, 19 May 1986

Dr. Sinombre's whereabouts are currently unknown. She did not appear for work on 20 May 1986, and could not be contacted via telephone. When her off-site residence was searched several days later, it was found to be completely empty, except for the above note, pinned to the basement wall with a pocket knife, above a large puddle of king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) venom.
Since her disappearance, Dr. Sinombre has not been sighted by Foundation or allied personnel.

Footnotes
1. One middle-aged and heavily scarred, the other young and tattooed with a pattern of tiger stripes.
2. 33 actors are credited, although not every actor credited appears in the film and not every actor in the film is credited.
3. A variety of symbols have been identified, including alchemical and astrological symbols, Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic letters, and mathematical formulae.
4. The Dinner, one of Castaldo's first pornographic films.
5. Presumably Theodore and Katherine Sinombre, Dr. Sinombre's parents.

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SCP-5070 at rest.

Item #: SCP-5070
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5070 is to be kept in Site-15's indoor aviary. 2x4 wooden planks coated in red paint are to be provided to SCP-5070 three times a day for feeding purposes. After completion of feeding, the planks are to be retrieved and repainted. One live rabbit is to be provided to SCP-5070 weekly. In the event that SCP-5070 escapes, personnel are to use red objects to lure the anomaly back to containment.
Description: SCP-5070 is a black desktop stapler. SCP-5070 is sentient, and displays behavior similar to birds of the Picidae1family. It is capable of locomotion through short hops or flight, which is accomplished through the use of two triangular pieces of A4 paper taped to the handle, which act as wings. Testing has confirmed that the paper is heavily durable compared to non-anomalous counterparts. Other than an inscription etched on the bottom of SCP-5070 displaying the word “VAMP”, the item is in good condition.
SCP-5070 is normally passive, and shows signs that resemble affection towards humans2 with the exception of feeding. In this hunting state, it will protrude staple teeth from the hole of the carrier and hunt for the nearest living animal. Upon locating prey, it will attempt to crush or fasten the prey to nearby surfaces and repeatedly staple it until deceased3, then piercing the skin a final time before sucking the entirety of the blood using the staple teeth as a focal point. It is currently unknown how SCP-5070 is able to absorb blood, nor what becomes of the liquid after consumption. After feeding, it will return to a passive state.
SCP-5070 is able to use red coloring as a substitute for sustenance. When given objects colored red (or other shades of red), it will approach and 'bite' down on the widest surface possible. The color will recede to where the teeth meet until disappearing completely, leaving neutral colors (white, gray, black etc.) behind. This process only affects the color red; other colors will be unaffected. Despite being able to gain sustenance from any red object, SCP-5070 prioritizes blood as a food source. After incidents of SCP-5070 attacking personnel following long periods of substitute feeding, containment procedures have been updated to include the introduction of one live rabbit once every week to amend the issue.
Discovery: On 9/15/2008, SCP-5070 was discovered by the Foundation following a series of reports involving red objects suddenly turning gray without apparent cause in Mission Viejo, California. Agents were dispatched to the area and eventually encountered SCP-5070 stapling carcasses of squirrels to a tree within the premises of a private golf course. SCP-5070 did not resist and was apprehended with relative ease. All objects affected were repainted to their original color as necessary.
Shortly after capture, it became apparent that the objects that SCP-5070 had affected led a trail from the golf course to the suburban home of Dominic White (PoI-1877), a 29-year old accountant employed by the ███ ████████ Company. The house was found uninhabited at the time. The premises was investigated and uncovered multiple indicators that SCP-5070 was kept in the house. Among these were:

All windows, with the exception of the second-floor bathroom, were covered in blinds and each of the doors leading inside the building had multiple locks installed on them.
All of the wooden furniture were covered in layers of bubble wrap.
An abundant amount of cans of red paint and wooden blocks were stored in the pantry.
Binders detailing thaumaturgic practices and arts were found on a work bench in the garage. Inside the binder was a set of written transactions detailing a list of items being sent to various named individuals4.
A custom-made indoor aviary in the main bedroom. The bars of the cage were made of denser metals and were significantly reinforced. Inside the aviary contained the seat and chain of a playground swing set, a bird feeder modified to dispense rabbit blood, and several chew toys embedded with staples.

A search was immediately issued for PoI-1877. Foundation agents posing as law enforcement investigated ███ ████████; it was revealed that he left work early on the excuse of a family emergency. All attempts to trace his cell phone have failed.
Nearly a month after containment of SCP-5070, security personnel discovered PoI-1877 scouting the area of Site-15. He attempted to flee but was quickly arrested. PoI-1877's vehicle was found nearby along with a bag of tools, a Crosman brand BB gun and a rough sketch of the layout of the Site stored in the trunk. Upon confirming PoI-1877's identity, an interview was scheduled to determine his relationship with SCP-5070.

+ ACCESS SCP:/5070/interview/PoI-1877

- Close File

INTERVIEW LOG

DATE: 10/15/2007
INTERVIEWER: Dr. Barrs
INTERVIEWEE: PoI-1877

[BEGIN LOG]
Dr. Barrs: State your name for the record.
PoI-1877: Why? I'm pretty sure you guys know who I am at this point.
Dr. Barrs: Just… state your name, please.
PoI-1877: Dominic White. Happy now?
Dr. Barrs: So, Mr. White. Before we detained you, our people found you hiding behind some rocks with binoculars. You attempted to escape. Care to explain?
PoI-1877: I wanted to explore. I don't see how that's a crime.
Dr. Barrs: As in exploring, you mean planning to break into a highly-classified building which you shouldn't have been at in the first place. I don't think a BB gun is exactly the most appropriate weapon to use in this situation. Don't you think?
PoI-1877 shrugs and remains silent.
Dr. Barrs: Okay, why don't we make this simple and get to the point. The stapler is the reason why you're here? I'm guessing you wanted to reclaim back what's yours?
PoI-1877: You're talking like Vamp was nothing but a simple toy to me. Hell, he's the most important thing in my life. I don't expect you guys to get that. But hey! That's part of the deal I guess.
Dr. Barrs: Then why not help us understand? Surely your input would allow us to help your friend better.
PoI-1877: Haven't you guys put the pieces together already?
Dr. Barrs: We would like to hear it from your perspective. What is your relationship between you and the entity?
PoI-1877: It doesn't matter. Skip.
Dr. Barrs: You don't get… How about this. You answer truthfully without any missing details, and you might not be locked in a room for the foreseeable future. We might even take more consideration with your case as well.
PoI-1877: You drive a hard bargain. What the hell, fine. If this is going to be my highlight might as well make it memorable. Hm… that question is a bit complicated. I don't know where to start.
Dr. Barrs: Why not start from the beginning? You must have had a first encounter with anomalies.
PoI-1877: In that case… It started in the middle of college. One day, dad came to me and said he was a magician. I thought he lost his mind, then he showed me some magic. To say the least, I almost lost mine too.
Dr. Barrs: Your father was a 'magician'?
PoI-1877: That's what he called anartists. Apparently he'd been one in secret for sometime and finally decided I was ready to learn the hobby of his. It was a great venture at the time and I became his protégé until he passed away. After that, I became focused with my job and just worked to keep the house. I didn't feel satisfied with the paychecks as of late so I decided to become more creative of increasing the cash flow.
Dr. Barrs: So you produced anomalies to turn a profit.
PoI-1877: Hey, I'm not an arms dealer! The stuff I made were typically for jokes or were tools for minor inconveniences. I never sold weapons. They send me what they want, and I deliver. It pays decently too.
Dr. Barrs: So what about the stapler? Was it created due to a request?
PoI-1877: No. My jackass boss dumped loads of paperwork on my desk and I had a narrow deadline. I decided to finish it at home. I remember signing and stapling the papers together but it got hazy after that. I don't know if it was something leftover from my previous projects or maybe it was the universe's way of telling me that my job sucked. Who knows, but when I woke, I saw my stapler, the same one I've been using for nearly a decade, flying around the garage like a confused animal. It was a first for me.
Dr. Barrs: Care to elaborate? You said you created anomalies for a living.
PoI-1877: I did, but I was never able to give life to my creations before. I was excited, it motivated me to reach for the big leagues, expand my brand so to speak. I got in contact with a lot of big names but… um…
Dr. Barrs: The deals didn't work out as you hoped?
PoI-1877: Rejected. Every single of them. Said he was not interesting or it was too much of a hassle to deal with him. It doesn't faze me now but back then it was a huge gut punch. Like everything I did at that point was just sub-par at best. After that wake up call I had to rethink a lot of things, one of them was figuring out what to do with Vamp.
Dr. Barrs: And that was when you decided to take the entity into your custody.
PoI-1877: Not at first. I originally kept him around because I didn't know what to do with him. I was debating whether to dismantle or toss him. But I couldn't do it. It was my creation, a child of mine. Vamp hurt my chances but he didn't deserve that. It wasn't right. And I guess after some more time he grew on me. Sure he was erratic and has bit me more times than I can count, but I loved him and he loved me. He reminded me a lot of Dakota.
Dr. Barrs: Who is Dakota?
PoI-1877: A Goldendoodle I used to own when I was a kid. In fact, she was a part of the family for as long as I could remember. She was a mischievous devil. One of her greatest moments were her stealing food or barking at stupid things on the tv. But she made it up by being a love bug. I had more of a relationship with Dakota than… most of the people I ever met. But she was so old. I was sad to see her go. The house was never the same. Vamp filled the void and I treated him as a pet ever since. He was a pain in the ass but he was worth it.
Dr. Barrs: I would imagine taking responsibility for such a thing would be difficult.

PoI-1877: Oh don't get me wrong. He was a challenge but not in the way you're thinking. My salary covered the cost of getting supplies, it was keeping him in the house that was a chore. It was hard enough I had to stapler-proof the house but unlike Dakota, he was adventurous and didn't like being kept inside for the majority of the day. It didn't help that he also gets easily bored. I tried entertaining him as best I could but my job consumed most of my free time. The worst part was I had to frequently leave him at home. Alone. I couldn't hire a pet-sitter, couldn't risk the attention.
Dr. Barrs: Has it ever escaped?
PoI-1877: On occasion. Somehow he would escape from the cage and try to get outside. I managed to catch him in time, but as we all know, I lost my streak. Still don't know how he got out.
Dr. Barrs: Well according to the report, one of the windows in the bathroom were opened-
PoI-1877: What? The bathroom? Dammit! PoI-1877 covers his eyes with his left hand and groans. I fucking knew I missed something when I left. Uh, Vamp didn't cause trouble on his day out, did he?
Dr. Barrs: It damaged public property but that's the extent. We're curious as to what you were doing on the day of the stapler's capture. ███ ████████ stated you left due to a family emergency.
PoI-1877: Oh that? That was a lie, well… half-lie. I left because I saw him out of the house, and I rushed into my car to snatch him before someone else did. Or at least I tried.
Dr. Barrs: That's not possible as the stapler was nowhere near ███ ████████.
PoI-1877: I didn't see him with my eyes. I saw him with my mind.
Dr. Barrs: With… your mind?
PoI-1877: You heard of remote viewing? I can do that. It was the only reason why I felt comfortable leaving him at home.
Dr. Barrs: Y-You… what?! How are you ab-
PoI-1877: Runs in the family apparently. I was only aware of it when dad taught me. Hope that explains a lot.
Dr. Barrs: Your family line has psychic capabilities? Is this abnormality due to your genetics or-

PoI-1877: Look, if you want to know more about it, fine. But this is all about him, right? Why go off-course with such an irrelevant topic? I'll happily tell you more about the finer details when this is over. I can tell you're the kind of guys that love to get their nose in everyone's business.
Dr. Barrs: Erm… Alright then. Continue.
PoI-1877: Anyways, I had a particularly shitty day: too much work, overbearing coworkers, didn't get enough sleep either. I can't view things well when I'm stressed, it gets fuzzy. When I finally got a chance to breathe, I saw him… happily munching on a license plate, and that's when I bolted. I drove but when I viewed you guys scooping him up I knew there was no coming back from this… and perhaps it was for the best.
Dr. Barrs: You wanted us to contain your pet?
PoI-1877: Hell no. I wished this whole thing never happened, but you know what? It gave me clarity. For the longest time, I've been taught that getting high on the food chain was the definition of success. But if that's true, then why do I still feel like I'm still wasting my life? I figured it out. That's what I wanted in life, not what I needed. Picture this doc: you're young and you were raised that if you work hard, just put the effort in, you'll be set for life. A happy ending.
PoI-1877: Then you grow up. You've gotten yourself a great house but barely have the time to appreciate it due to work. You feel tired every day but you have to act like you're not because people have expectations of you and you cannot disappoint. Most people you've met are either oblivious about the world or inherently self-centered to the point where it's disgusting. And all the people you can rely on are gone and now you have to brave the path forward, not sure where to go and what to do. And you want to go back to the days when things were simple but you can't because you got responsibilities and just thinking about it makes you want to fucking scream!
PoI-1877 slams his right fist on the table. He remains silent for eight seconds before retracting his arm.
PoI-1877: Sorry. I didn't mean for it to come out like that. It's been a long day.
Dr. Barrs: I-It's quite alright, I understand. So Vamp helped you by relieving stress?
PoI-1877: More than that. He brought back a semblance of what used to be. It was small, but enough. He was not man's best friend but he was certainly mine. The thought of him disappearing to some Area-51 spin-off was unacceptable. So I did research in conjunction with the viewing and eventually found the place. I made a map from what I saw and crossed my fingers. Just wished I didn't get caught so damned easily.
Dr. Barrs: Why not just have made another 'Vamp'? Surely that would have fixed everything?
PoI-1877: Tell me, if you loved someone or something very much, so much that they're a part of who you are, would you just replace them with some look-alike? No. It was either I got Vamp back or nothing. And yeah, maybe I would've been physically better off, but I could never forgive myself if I did. I wanted to do what I thought was right in the face of overwhelming odds and I failed. At least that's something, right? Most people wouldn't dare. They'd just let life guide them by the ear rather than the other way around. Not me. I would do anything for him, and I feel like he'd do the same for me too.
PoI-1877 lowers his head. He covers his face.
Dr. Barrs: I see. Thanks for your cooperation. I think that does it for today. Just sit tight and I'll call-
PoI-1877: Don't mindwipe me.
Dr. Barrs: I beg your pardon?
PoI-1877 raises his head. His eyes are watering.
PoI-1877: Please don't wipe my memories. Us veterans in the 'anomalous' community are aware that you guys have ways of making people forget things they shouldn't know. I don't care if you guys lock me up forever or kill me, but please! Don't make me forget. I don't want to go back. I don't want it all to be for nothing!
Dr. Barrs: Hold on, let's calm down her-
PoI-1877: You said you'd look at my case, right? I'm sure you're having problems with Vamp. I know some tricks that might help. In fact, I'd be a very valuable asset to you guys. I know magic and the viewing too! Maybe we can work something out?
Dr. Barrs: I… hold on. I need to make some calls.
[END LOG]
Afterword: After much consideration, due to PoI-1877's experience in thaumaturgy and remote viewing capabilities, he was assigned MTF Sigma-66 ("Sixteen Tons") 6 months following this interview. PoI-1877's recommendations to SCP-5070's containment procedures have been acknowledged. Proposal to allow Po1-1877 to interact with SCP-5070 once every two weeks have been approved.

Footnotes
1. Woodpecker
2. SCP-5070 expresses affection by perching on the shoulder and rubbing against the neck whilst clapping its carrier against the crimp area in repetitive short bursts. To most staff, this is generally viewed with discomfort.
3. When pulling the handle away from the carrier, SCP-5070 is found to be empty of staples. It has been theorized that SCP-5070 produces these staples internally when in its hunting state.
4. These were not legitimate names, but codenames.

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SCP-5073 instance mixed into milk

Item #: SCP-5073
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Foundation analytic assets are to monitor for reports of individuals deceased as the result of 'internal' or 'spontaneous' explosions. These are to be investigated for potential association with SCP-5073 and given appropriate cover stories if confirmed as anomalous.
Foundation assets embedded within the distribution chain for powdered hot chocolate mixes are to monitor shipments for instances of SCP-5073. Instances of SCP-5073 discovered are to be either incinerated or sent to Site-66 for analysis at the discretion of Researcher Tarrant.
Description: SCP-5073 is a series of anomalous packets of powdered hot chocolate mix. Instances of SCP-5073 outwardly resemble packets sold under legitimate brands, with no discernible differences save for tactile sensations of slight stickiness and mild warmth. SCP-5073 instances are found packaged alongside conventional packets of hot chocolate mix, with no more than one instance per box or package. SCP-5073 instances have only been found in the Western Hemisphere during winter, with a distribution pattern of one per one million units of hot chocolate mix.
SCP-5073 instances contain1 cocoa powder visually identical to that of the brands SCP-5073 instances resemble, though the individual granules of the powder have been registered as both unusually durable and slightly warm. When mixed into milk2, the powder does not actually dissolve but remains suspended below the surface and not readily visible. The powder granules proceed to exude liquid with compositional similarities to chocolate, which colors and flavors the milk and leaves it visually identical to typical hot chocolate.
This resulting composition is regarded by individuals as atypically appealing when imbibed, often described in terms of an "explosive burst of sweetness" that regardless never discomfits or overwhelms. Though it does not possess addictive properties, individuals tend to be driven to drink a sufficient amount to use up the entire SCP-5073 packet.
Within two to three hours of consumption of SCP-5073, the intact granules suspend themselves at concentration above the LEL3 for cocoa dust and rub up against each other with sufficient intensity to produce friction based ignition. The dust explosion that ensues invariably possesses sufficient force to blow a human apart and do considerable damage to their surroundings.
Though the liquid produced by SCP-5073 remains, shortly after an individual has expired due to consumption of SCP-5073, the SCP-5073 packet and any powder left within it disappears, and there is typically more of an individual's mass missing than can be accounted for by the dust explosion.
History: Foundation assets embedded in police and emergency services took notice reports of individuals exploding beginning in December 20██ and conducted an immediate investigation, isolating the cause to anomalous hot chocolate shortly thereafter. Deaths associated with SCP-5073 ceased one week later. No intact instances of SCP-5073 were recovered, and after six months without further incident SCP-5073 was declared Neutralized.

Excerpt from Research Log 5073-1

Excerpt from Research Log 5073-1

Researcher Tarrant here, being informal because this is going to be short. After all, we don't have any physical evidence of this anomaly at all whatsoever besides trace amounts of ridiculously sweet liquid and the corpses it leaves behind. Pieces of corpses, rather. And yet everyone's convinced we've figured it out.
Forensics was able to piece together it was a dust explosion, yes. Eyewitness accounts have indicated the cocoa dust was in packets identical to brand name ones, yes. Thus the idea goes that some murderous anomalous prankster slipped self-igniting cocoa powder in with the regular stuff, making it sweet enough that the hapless victim would definitely drink enough of it to explode. And now people have stopped exploding, probably because the prankster got tired of it, so it's all well and good.
I don't think that's it. It's way too elaborate a method to just to get someone to explode, and yes anomalies aren't supposed to make sense but if we go with the idea this was engineered by someone, then yes there has to be a certain degree of sense. And there is no sense in this method being used just to make people explode.
More than that, there are discrepancies.
Would a prankster really get bored, just like that, and stop so abruptly? They wouldn't be exploding people to begin with if they were worried about the Foundation starting its investigation. There has to be some external factor. It was stupid warm that January (thanks climate change), maybe that's why? Less people drinking hot cocoa, less to meet… some kind of quota?
People think the packets going missing was the prankster slipping in to cover their tracks, but if they can do something like that they wouldn't use such a roundabout method to begin with. And finally… what's left of the corpses. How exploded they are covers it up well, but I've examined the bits where there's more meat and bone missing than there should be.
People think I'm seeing things, but I'm sure of it.
There are tiny bite marks.

SCP-5073 incidents began again one year after its initial classification, continuing on through February. Instances have been recovered intact and sent to Researcher Tarrant at Site-66 for analysis.
Additionally, there has been a surge of social media posts concerning sightings of tiny brown spiders in areas where SCP-5073 incidents have occurred.

Footnotes
1. Marshmallows and other such toppings are never found in SCP-5073 instances even when advertised; this can be used to identify SCP-5073 instances imitating particular brands
2. SCP-5073 powder remains inert if not ingested, ingested as is, or when mixed into liquid besides milk
3. Lower explosive limit

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SCP-5074 in containment, circa 1990

Item № : SCP-5074
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5074 is to be kept within a low-security simian containment enclosure and supplied with a typewriter, writing utensils, and paper. Requests made by SCP-5074 for further amenities are to be vetted by the resident Simian Containment Director.
All anomalous phenomena documented by SCP-5074 are to be researched and contained by MTF Epsilon-4 ("Ape's Men"). In the event that SCP-5074 documents an anomaly using a previously undiscovered esoteric object class, said classification is to be added to the Foundation Esoteric-Class Database.
Additional Note: In a joint effort with GoI-466 (Wilson's Wildlife Solutions), SCP-5074 has been transferred to Enclosure 03 at Wilson's Wildlife Center to improve its morale and ensure continued cooperation. All documentation produced by SCP-5074 pertaining to anomalies and anomalous phenomena are to be analyzed by Foundation operatives working at Enclosure 03.
Description: SCP-5074 is an adult male chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) displaying advanced sapience. The entity is capable of reading and writing in English, Arabic, Bantu, and Swahili, and is fluent in Tanzanian Sign Language.
SCP-5074 possesses extensive knowledge of human and world history, as well as an abnormal, encyclopedic intuition regarding anomalous phenomena. SCP-5074 is capable of explaining and writing documentation for anomalies unknown to the Foundation, and often does so without any instruction. The means by which SCP-5074 gains knowledge of anomalous phenomena is unknown.
To date, SCP-5074 has contributed 240 documents relating to novel anomalies to the Foundation.

Memo 354

15/04/2014

Sender
Michael Kilger
Recipient
Duncan Ayers

Hey Duncan, I found this in that chimp's cage and I thought you'd get a kick out of it. Dunno how it got the knack for writing like the Skippers — maybe it wants to stay with them, who knows? ;)

Marshall, Carter and Dark, LLP

Memo 355

15/04/2014

Sender
Duncan Ayers
Recipient
Michael Kilger

Ha, why don't you ask it?

Marshall, Carter and Dark, LLP

…
I'm not my father.
…
I wouldn't trade this box for another.

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