Item #: SCP-5232
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: Civilian attempts to access SCP-5232 are to be redirected toward another website at all times to prevent purchases from consumers unaware of its anomalous effects. Known locations of SCP-5232-1 are to be monitored at all times for appearances of signage and for changes to their interiors.
Description: SCP-5232 is a website known as the.perfectdate.now. The website appears similar to a dating service from the mid-2000s and was first brought to Foundation attention after several positive reviews across various relationship forums in 2017. Many of these reviews described features such as spatial and temporal anomalies. Where the website is hosted is currently unknown.
Upon accessing the website, the user is presented with a simple form asking several questions about a potential date between the user and another individual. Once the form is filled out, the website asks the user to pay a fee that varies in price, seemingly dependent on the information input by the user. Upon payment, the user will be sent to a page containing a nearby address and two "tickets" to an event or activity at that location.
SCP-5232-1 is the location given by SCP-5232, usually a large abandoned building within 15 minutes of residence of the person selected by the user for the date. Upon the date and time requested for the date, all doors on the building become unlocked, a sign appears out front denoting it as the location, and the interior changes drastically to suit the attendees. In multiple explorations, the interior of SCP-5232-1 has been observed to be substantially larger than would be possible considering the size of the building, and in some instances the interior of the building appears to function as if outdoors, complete with unique weather systems.
SCP-5232-1 is inhabited by other individuals or beings as necessary to maintain the functionality of a date in the location. These manifestations do not seem to exist outside of SCP-5232-1 and have been designated as SCP-5232-2. Instances of SCP-5232-2 have appeared as waiters, bowling alley attendants, zoo animals, gondoliers, as well as famous actors, comedians, and musicians. Some selected examples are detailed below.

SCP-5232 Testing Memo 04/26/2017
To: Site Director, Site-94
From: Dr. Gary Mander-Bassen
With HR clearance, we are now approved to send two researchers out to explore SCP-5232 and report back on their findings. It was determined that a researcher from the Ectoentropics department and the Digital Media department would be an ideal combination. A list of volunteers were pruned through to find two people qualified who would be comfortable navigating through what may be a romantic scenario with an unknown potential for a memetic or otherwise inexplicable effect, if the concerns about SCP-5232-1 are found to be legitimate.
Interviews were conducted by myself, with the assistance of Dr. Ted Xavier and Researcher Krona Midaeus. We determined that the best researchers for the job are Researcher Raz Chearypark and Researcher Sage Hargyana. They were selected for their excellent research, well-documented friendly demeanor, and for having no prior relationship with one another before testing. They were introduced briefly before I wrote this memo. I can personally vouch for Raz; she is a true professional who has helped me with some important work in the past. Sage was also highly recommended by Krona and gave me a similar impression during her interview.
The two have been instructed to fill out the form on SCP-5232's web page and to enter SCP-5232-1 with video equipment. I'm asking that some leeway be given to the two of them for any romantic gestures toward each other, they're basically guinea pigs in studying this anomaly. I should stress, we're pretty sure it isn't memetic but we can't rule it out without a direct test. The two of them were picked because I trust them to be honest with the information they present. I'll keep you posted on any developments.

SCP-5232 Form Input, 04/30/2017 (Test #1)

                                                    Your Name

                                                    Your Date

                                                    When will the date take place?

                                                    How many dates have you been on previously?

                                                    Describe your last date with this person, if any:

N/A

                                                    How excited are you about this date?

Interested in exploring the anomaly if nothing else. Sage seems like a solid research partner in this endeavor as well.

                                                    Is there anything else you think we should know?

N/A

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SCP-5232 Form Results, 04/30/2017
Fee: $40 USD.
Output: A prepaid reservation for Funky's Funhouse, a bar and restaurant.

SCP-5232-1 Exploration Video Log
Researcher Chearypark and Researcher Hargyana approach an abandoned gas station located at the address listed on the reservation. The exterior displays a sign reading "Funky's Funhouse". Both enter the building. The lighting is low and disco music can be faintly heard in the background. An instance of SCP-5232-2 appearing as a hostess approaches.
Hostess: Hello there, welcome to Funky's Funhouse! Do you have a reservation?
Chearypark: Uh, yes, two under Chearypark for 2:30. We're a little bit early.
Hostess: Hey, that's totally cool. Groovy, even. We've got a table for you two right this way, and your meals are covered through your reservation.
The hostess leads the researchers towards a table. The two sit down and the hostess hands over menus.
Hostess: Your waitress will be over shortly. Have fun, you two.
Hargyana: Looks largely like a normal pub. Plenty of instances of SCP-5232-2, people at the bar and everything. If I wasn't on the clock I could mistake this for the kind of bar me and my friends might try out.
Chearypark: Inside is definitely larger than the exterior, ceiling is higher too. I think we can confirm reports that this is a spatial anomaly pretty easily.
Hargyana: I guess the reviews were accurate then. Either that or we're under the effects of some sort of memetic hazard and we'll know when we look at the footage.
Chearypark: Should we be looking around and exploring the anomaly?
Hargyana: I mean, we ought to verify the, uh… information from all the people who mentioned the anomaly online. They only gave rave reviews to the venues they went into, might as well try out the food and drink and make sure they live up to expectations.
Chearypark: I guess I can't argue with that.
Hargyana: So I guess the best thing I can do is see how well they make a mojito… y'know, for science.
Chearypark: Well, I guess if we're getting in trouble we might as well both get in trouble. I might as well figure out what an anomalous cosmopolitan tastes like… for research purposes. Might as well inspect the menu too.
Hargyana: Hey, that's the spirit.
Both spend around a minute reading the menu.
Hargyana: Oh my god! You can make your own melt! I'm going to do that.
Chearypark: Wait, what's a melt?
Hargyana: It's like a grilled cheese but with like, other stuff in it.
Chearypark: Oh, like a hot ham and cheese?
Hargyana: Yes. Exactly like that.
A waitress walks over to the researchers. She pulls out a notepad as she approaches the table.
Waitress: Hello there ladies, my name is Marci, how is your day going?
Chearypark: Pretty good.
Hargyana: Yeah, we're doing pretty good.
Waitress: That's good! Can I get you two anything to drink?
Hargyana: Oh, I'm definitely trying your mojito.
Chearypark: And uh… I guess I'll have the cosmopolitan.
Waitress: Excellent, excellent. I'll get those for you. Do you know what you want to eat or do you need another minute?
Chearypark: Oh, I was wondering, can I just like, make a melt that is just all cheese, just like five different kinds of cheese?
Waitress: Absolutely you can.
Chearypark: Alright, can I have a melt on garlic bread with provolone, swiss, mozzarella, gouda, and manchego.
Waitress: Alrighty, can do. And you ma'am, if you're ready?
Hargyana: Can I get a melt with pulled pork, grilled onions, jalapenos, provolone cheese. Oh, and can I have that on garlic bread also?
Waitress: Yes, you can. I'll get that right in for you.
The waitress walks away with the order and heads behind the bar, handing the order to a chef through a window to a kitchen.
The two pause for several seconds as they both look around the area.
Hargyana: So, uh, how has work been for you?
Chearypark: Good, mostly… I usually have my head buried in research so it's very quiet. The loudest my office normally gets is when Dr. Mander-Bassen walks in singing old disco songs. It was kind of funny to me that we're at a funk themed bar. There's something a little familiar about it.
Hargyana: Sounds like my dad, he was a funk music kind of guy. Kind of reminds me of home a little bit.
Chearypark: Are you from around here?
Hargyana: Nah, I'm a Cali transplant.
Chearypark: I'm also not from the area, not as far though. I'm from Baltimore. I moved out here for work and traded in crab cakes for chicken wings.
Hargyana: I'm a San Francisco girl who got too deep into coding, got a job that shipped her off to the tail end of the rustbelt, and now I hang out at my apartment and try to get good at video games. I sort of have the opposite problem at my office. It's all people with computer science degrees. Nobody wants to socialize. I've been here for three years and this is the first time I'm out somewhere with a coworker.
Chearypark: I mean, this is my fifth year and same. It's not like I haven't been invited, Gary invites everyone out to karaoke once every blue moon but, I don't know. I can't go up on stage alone. I'd need someone with me. I did duets with my friends back in college, but I've never performed solo. Makes me a little nervous.

Hargyana: Don't worry, performing solo sucks anyway. I still do it, because I can hold a room full of people hostage while I sing dated indie hits, but it is way better doing duets. Hey, maybe you just need someone like me to crash karaoke with you.
Chearypark: I'll take that into consideration. I used to be a hell of a singer.
Hargyana: Maybe you still are.
Chearypark: Maybe so. If you don't mind me asking, how'd you get into coding? Most people who code aren't exactly social butterflies, like you said.
Hargyana: Well, I'm only an aspiring social butterfly, and really it's a hold over from my artsy days. I get the same sort of satisfaction from writing a functional line of code that I get from like, finishing a drawing or a song. I figured it had a better chance of paying the bills too.
Chearypark: I understand that, kind of the opposite for me though. Ectoentropics… really just physics in general, there's a right answer eventually. When I write poems, I can't tell if I did it right or not and half the time I'm just too apprehensive about it being bad to get criticism.
Hargyana: Hey, it can't be any worse than the fan fiction I wrote in high school.
The waitress returns with their meals.
Waitress: Here's a mojito and a cosmo… two make your own melts, one for you ma'am, with all the cheeses… and one for you ma'am, with the pulled pork.
Chearypark: Thank you! That was fast.
Hargyana: Yes, thanks. This looks awesome.
Waitress: Enjoy you two!
The waitress walks away as both begin to eat their meals and drink their beverages. Both display a surprised reaction.
Chearypark: Oh, wow.
Hargyana: You said it. This is all… damn good.
Chearypark: Agreed. I did not expect the perfect thing to actually be, like, true. I understand why this place caught on. I originally thought maybe the posts were like, lightly memetic, but it seems like it works exactly as advertised. Gary did want to rule out memetics; maybe we can.
Hargyana: Yeah, I was going to say, I was prepared for this to be like scary or disappointing, but this is just like it said. We totally just ate this food not knowing if it was going to kill us. Not like we see the reviews from people if they died in here, though. "They poisoned my melt, 0 stars."
Both laugh.
Chearypark: Alright, we should probably finish our meals and at least write something down on our tablets, right? We haven't written a word since we entered.
Hargyana sighs.
Hargyana: You're right, this is still work. I mean, we do have the body cameras, though, we can just watch later, right?
Chearypark: Well, I mean, yes. I guess we can take our time. There's supposed to be a temporal anomaly in our favor anyway.
The two do not speak for a period of about one minute as they both finish their meals. They then look at each other again and begin to laugh.
Hargyana: I see we both just sort of had that animal like instinct to just stop talking and eat because there's food in front of us.
Chearypark: My goodness, if that isn't me like, every day at the café back at Site-94.
Hargyana: That's me on a good day where I actually remember to take a lunch. I can get tunnel vision pretty bad. Nice when a day of work has me both eating food and socializing, two problems solved at once.
Chearypark: And drinks!
Both hold up their glasses and quickly finish their drinks. The waitress approaches as they are finishing.
Waitress: Well, it looks like you two liked everything.
Hargyana: Yes ma'am, we did!
Waitress: If you're all set, there's no check today since everything was covered. Hope you two have a good day.
Chearypark: Thank you Marci.
The waitress walks back towards the kitchen.
Hargyana: No one back at work is going to believe this, how great everything was.
Chearypark: I mean, we will at least have our reports and video evidence. Although you're right, that's not going to do justice to the other senses. The food, the drinks, just the general vibe in here. Wish we could come back, but I'm pretty sure that's not how this anomaly works.
Hargyana: Yeah, all the data I have says it'll be a different place if we're able to come back, and that's gonna depend on whether we're greenlit for a second date.
Chearypark: Oh my goodness, I almost forgot this is technically a date. I was worried I was going to make everything super awkward while we were walking in and instead we just talked about food for the last almost an hour.
Hargyana: Hey, don't worry, I'm having a good time and so are you. That's a good date in my book.
Chearypark: Everything was amazing, honestly. It's kind of a shame we have to contain this anomaly. This is the kind of place I'd use if I was the type to go out on a bunch of dates. I guess a huge part of my nerves about that is me worrying that I'm going to disappoint someone.
Hargyana: Hey, zero percent disappointed over here. You're a regular old lady-killer as far as I'm concerned.
Both laugh.
Chearypark: Hey uh, question before we head out. We should probably tip the waitress, right?
Hargyana: Well, normally I would say yes, but in this instance I think the waitress ceases to exist the moment we walk out those doors. So… uh, probably not?
Chearypark: I'm just going to leave a ten on the table anyway, because it makes me feel better.
Both stand up and prepare to exit the building.
Hargyana: Oh wow, I haven't stood up since drinking that mojito… that was a little stronger than I thought… you wouldn't mind helping me walk to the door, would you?
Hargyana extends her hand. Chearypark reaches out to hold it.
Chearypark: I don't believe you, but sure.
Hargyana: You think I have ulterior motives? I'm shocked, Raz, shocked.
The two laugh and exit the building, holding hands.
The two stand outside the building taking notes for over an hour before an instance of SCP-5232-2 exits the building and removes the signage for Funky's Funhouse. It returns the signage to the interior of the building and seems to lock the door. Researcher Hargyana approaches the building again. The door is locked and the interior has changed back into an abandoned gas station.
Hargyana: It's gone. That's our exploration all done.
Chearypark: What a shame. Oh, well. Easily the best day of work I've ever had.
Hargyana: Same here.
Video ends.

To: Gary Mander-Bassen <ten.pics|ssaB#ten.pics|ssaB>
From: Raz Chearypark <ten.pics|kraP.C.R#ten.pics|kraP.C.R>
Subject: SCP-5232 Request

Gary,
I'm following up after the exploration of SCP-5232-1. I will be requesting further explorations, as we have been able to confirm several qualities about the anomaly that were only speculative before. Playing back the video, we can confirm the temporal anomaly (footage is 40 minutes long, our entrance and exit were reported as being only 15 minutes apart), and the footage and my reports also confirm the spatial anomaly. Psychological tests on both Sage and myself seem to dismiss the idea of a latent memetic hazard, meaning that that the anomaly seems to create an environment for both subjects of the date with the goal of enjoyment.
I'm requesting further testing on this anomaly, seeing what we can find out as far as the particulars go. I'm still curious about several things, like if an object taken from within SCP-5232-1 can be brought back outside. I'd also like to potentially confirm the reports of outdoor venues contained within SCP-5232-1.
I'd also like to request that the video recordings be only of notable findings from within the anomaly. I will write a detailed post-exploration report for any further visits.
I'd also like to request that Sage Hargyana continue to be my research partner for more explorations. I've already run the idea past her, and she's enthusiastic about the prospect as well.
Thanks,
Raz Chearypark

To: Raz Chearypark <ten.pics|kraP.C.R#ten.pics|kraP.C.R>
From: Gary Mander-Bassen <ten.pics|ssaB#ten.pics|ssaB>
Subject: Re: SCP-5232 Request

Raz,
You have my permission to continue research as you see fit. Please make sure that you leave detailed notes of your exploration and recount anything that stands out for further review. There is still quite a bit we don't know about this anomaly. Please also continue to keep track of SCP-5232 form inputs so we can better understand the nature of the anomaly as it relates to the website.
You and Sage have full clearance to further explore SCP-5232-1. I look forward to your further research.
Thanks,
Gary Mander-Bassen

SCP-5232 Form Input, 05/04/2017 (Test #2)

                                                    Your Name

                                                    Your Date

                                                    When will the date take place?

                                                    How many dates have you been on previously?

                                                    Describe your last date with this person, if any:

We went to Funky's Funhouse. It was amazing, the food was great and the atmosphere was fantastic. The staff were awesome and Sage and I had a great time. She's real easy to get along with, she's funny, and I feel a lot more comfortable being myself around her than I am around most coworkers.

                                                    How excited are you about this date?

I'm really excited to see where we go this time, the last date was a solid adventure and I've been waiting for another chance to go and do something fun with Sage.

                                                    Is there anything else you think we should know?

One of Sage's coworkers said she talks about going to concerts all the time so maybe something with music would be fun for her.

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SCP-5232 Form Results, 05/04/2017
Fee: $70 USD.
Output: Two tickets to Suri's, an indoor concert venue with a bar.

SCP-5232-1 Post-Exploration Report 05/08/2017
Report authored by Researcher Raz Chearypark
The anomaly was located within the same abandoned gas station as the previous venue. The signage on the exterior reflected the tickets acquired from SCP-5232. SCP-5232-2 in the form of security staff outside the building asked for the tickets and let Sage and I into the building. The interior was significantly larger than was possible considering the exterior, and the large number of SCP-5232-2 inside should have been audible from the exterior of the building, but were not.
The venue was decorated with blueprints of several prominent art deco buildings as wallpaper. I found this of note because of my childhood aspirations to become an architect, which I explained to Sage upon entry. Sage was especially fond of the faux gas lantern lamps that were hanging from the ceiling, which gave the venue incredibly moody lighting. After entry we were lead to a VIP booth, where we received menus for drinks and desserts. As with our prior exploration, the tickets we presented at the door covered all of our expenses for the evening.
Sage and I talked for several minutes after our drinks and food arrived, discussing the anomaly, work, and interesting things happening in our lives. During a pause in our conversation, a musician took the stage. Sage and I both identified the musician as Jeff Mangum, lead vocalist and guitarist for Neutral Milk Hotel. He was playing an acoustic set. We both expressed excitement, as we are both fans of Mangum's work. During the music, we conversed lightly in between songs. Sage mentioned her hobby of playing drums and I brought up my admittedly light training as a bassist. After a set of about a dozen songs, Mangum headed back stage for an intermission.
A staff member checked in during the intermission and asked if there was anything we needed. Sage, having previously expressed interest in having an extended conversation with an instance of SCP-5232-2 for further research, asked if there was any way for the two of us to meet Mangum. After briefly leaving our booth, the same staff member returned and led us backstage to Mangum.
We talked to Mangum for maybe twenty minutes, asking various questions about his work with Neutral Milk Hotel, touring, albums that we like, and the venue. He declined to be recorded, so we don't have any footage of this. Unexpectedly, Mangum invited us on stage to play the first song of his second set with him. He lent us some spare instruments he had backstage. Mangum switched over to an electric guitar and we rolled some amps out with the instruments. We joined him on stage for a performance of "Holland, 1945". I was nervous at first, but Sage convinced me to go along.
We went back to our booth. Jeff Mangum let Sage keep the drumsticks she used. I kept a pick that Mangum dropped.
Sage and I stayed through the second set and the encore. The food and drinks, if I haven't mentioned before, were incredibly well received by the two of us. We ordered the same drinks as our previous exploration but the taste was noticeably different, though still of great quality. We exited the building about twenty minutes after Mangum's final song. The timer we brought inside with us said we had been in the building for over three hours, while the timer we left in outside in my vehicle said we'd only been there for 40 minutes. The venue reverted to its normal state as an abandoned gas station 35 minutes after our departure. The drum sticks and guitar pick are still existent and were brought back to Site-9 for testing. They were found not to possess any anomalous properties, although the fingerprints on the guitar pick were a match for Jeff Mangum. Mangum was giving an interview in a different state at the same time we saw him at the anomaly, which seems to confirm our notion that all instances of SCP-5232-2 are created along with SCP-5232-1.
Sage has requested that she be the one to submit the next response to the form, to see how the anomaly reacts. We're planning another test later this month.

SCP-5232 Form Input, 05/18/2017 (Test #3)

                                                    Your Name

                                                    Your Date

                                                    When will the date take place?

                                                    How many dates have you been on previously?

                                                    Describe your last date with this person, if any:

I went over to Raz's apartment. She cooked a really good chicken curry dish and we watched a couple horror movies. I showed her Suspiria because she had never seen it before. She got really scared at the end. We stayed up until 2 AM. We woke up the next morning and cooked breakfast together, then I went home.

                                                    How excited are you about this date?

Oh my god I'm so nervous. I know I act all flirty around her and she says I'm the confident one but she's so awesome and I really like her. I just kind of want her to be my adventuring buddy, me and Raz against the universe. I feel like this date is going to be a big one, for both of us.

                                                    Is there anything else you think we should know?

I don't know where else to put this but Raz looks adorable when she's asleep.

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SCP-5232 Form Results, 05/18/2017
Fee: $150 USD.
Output: Two weekend passes to Adventure Palace, an indoor theme park, as well as a reservation for a suite in an adjacent hotel.

SCP-5232-1 Exploration Log 05/19/2017
Report authored by Researcher Sage Hargyana
The building was the same as the previous two explorations. We were led in by two instances of SCP-5232-2 who check our weekend passes and gave us wristbands for entry. Raz and I were automatically upgraded with a VIP pass that allowed us to skip the lines on all the rides. Raz told me that she really likes roller coasters, so we immediately went on the biggest roller coaster there. She definitely had more fun than I did, but the look on her face when she got off was priceless. We rode on a few more roller coasters, and then decided to slow things down and ride on the Ferris wheel. It was a rather quick trip up to the top, but once we were up there we stayed up there for a little while. It was nice just to lean on each other and talk for a little bit.
We played several carnival games, which were also free with the VIP pass. I won at ring toss and picked out Raz a giant stuffed red panda because that's her favorite animal.
I should note that we ran into several hundred unique instances of SCP-5232-2 during our first few hours, and that's probably a conservative estimate. The size of this place was massive; it was sprawling and the roller coasters went several stories high. The hotel, when we reached it after a long day of rides, was 20 stories tall. Our room was on the top floor and we had a view of the entire park from our outward-facing window. I think we agreed the whole place was probably about 3 square kilometers. We decided to test the temporal anomaly by staying the full duration of our weekend pass, so we stayed in the hotel. The channels on the television were seemingly created by SCP-5232-1, but all the movies and television shows we could find on there were real, to the best of our knowledge. We decided to test this by watching a movie both of us had seen multiple times before, The Road to El Dorado, but halfway through the two of us became distracted, so if there were any minor differences, we were not in a position to notice them.
The next day we went around talking to various instances of SCP-5232-2 under the guise of being a documentary crew. We interviewed several, who gave details about where they came from, how many times they've been to the park, and several other personal details. That data has been submitted to find any matches, but there don't seem to be any thus far. It is likely the instances of SCP-5232-2 here are entirely fictional. We tried to keep a specific count that day of unique SCP-5232-2 instances and while we lost count at a few points, we're confident in saying it was upwards of two thousand.
I believe that considering the functionality of the rides within SCP-5232-1, as well as the functional television and other technological devices, it is safe to say that SCP-5232 is an anomaly with a lot more potential to learn from than our research had previously considered.
On our final day I told Raz to try and draw up blueprints of the different rides so that we could compare them to rides in other parks. She required some encouragement, but her sketches were excellent and are being examined by the engineering department. So far the designs look to be unique and the physics of the rides do not seem anomalous. After that was complete we collected several souvenirs to bring back for testing. All were given free of charge after the staff noticed our wristbands.
As we were going to check out of the hotel, they informed us we still had an extra night, as the reservation included Sunday night as well. We elected to stay for the extra night, to further test the temporal anomalies encountered in previous explorations. We left the anomaly the following morning, and returned to our vehicle. The timer in our vehicle said we had only been inside the anomaly for less than five hours, while the timer we brought in with us stated that we had been in SCP-5232-1 for over sixty-six hours.

SCP-5232 Form Input, 06/01/2017 (Test #4)

                                                    Your Name

                                                    Your Date

                                                    When will the date take place?

                                                    How many dates have you been on previously?

                                                    Describe your last date with this person, if any:

It was a date in three parts, I guess. Sage and I ate lunch together at Site-94 like we have been for the past several days, then after we got out of work we met up and went to her favorite barcade. She taught me how to play Street Fighter II and I showed off my Tetris skills. We went back to her apartment and put on a stream of The Joy of Painting while we laid down on her couch. We went to bed after a few episodes. We woke up early in the morning and made breakfast together again. After we showered and got dressed, I drove the both of us to work.

                                                    How excited are you about this date?

Unbelievably excited! The last date we made through this website was the best weekend of my life, and it somehow only took six hours so it was immediately followed by the second best weekend of my life, which I also spent with Sage.

                                                    Is there anything else you think we should know?

I asked Sage if she was my girlfriend last night and she kissed me and said that was her answer. Pretty sure that's a yes.

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SCP-5232 Form Results, 05/18/2017
Fee: $90 USD.
Output: Two passes to the Leanan Sídhe Zoo.

SCP-5232-1 Exploration Log 06/02/2017
Report authored by Researcher Raz Chearypark
This was our first outdoor instance of SCP-5232-1. The door of the abandoned gas station led to the door of a front office, but the bulk of the venue was outdoors. After checking in with our first of many SCP-5232-2 sightings, we were informed our passes were all-access passes to not only the zoo, but also the nearby nature trails, a nearby dark sky park, and an overnight stay in a cabin at a connected campground.
All-access was a quite literal interpretation of the phrase, as we were given badges that notified the zookeepers we were allowed to interact with animals when it was safe for us to do so. We watched the sea lions occasionally knock each other in the water for a better place to lie down for what must have been an hour. We were just laughing the whole time. We walked around and watched all sorts of animals. Meerkats, anteaters, tortoises, it was the biggest zoo either of us had ever been to.
We eventually found a capybara exhibit and Sage was incredibly excited because capybaras are her favorite animal. She approached a zookeeper and they let us into the exhibit. We were able to feed and pet the capybaras. Sage just kept grinning the whole time. About an hour later, after walking by several other exhibits, we found a red panda exhibit and it was my turn to freak out. We were let inside and had the chance to feed and play with some very excited red pandas. We went to the aviary, where we fed pelicans and and sun canores. We have footage of most of the animals; while our zoologists noted that the animals did not behave in any manner outside of the ordinary, the ones we interacted with were noted to be far more docile and responsive to humans than is considered ordinary. This could be an extension of the general friendly nature of other instances of SCP-5232-2
We took a break from exploring to take some readings of SCP-5232-1. The temperature was slightly cooler than it was outside the gas station where we entered. The air is also some of the cleanest the lab had ever seen. The Hume scanner found nothing abnormal as well. I suppose it says something about the anomaly that relatively run-of-the-mill findings are very curious.
The nature trails were relatively easy to walk. The plant samples we collected were largely unremarkable, according to botany. We spent several hours in our cabin afterwards, waiting for the dark to gather data on the astronomy of SCP-5232-1. We ventured out to the dark sky park at around 10:30 PM and set the cameras to record the night sky. We stayed there for several hours stargazing together, and the video agrees with our assessment that the placement of the stars was largely accurate, with the only notable exception being a much larger than normal meteor shower for the duration of the night. After about two hours of watching the sky we went to readjust the position of the cameras and must have accidentally turned off the audio capture. We stopped stargazing at around 3 AM and returned to our cabin for the night.
We exited SCP-5232-1 at around 7 AM the next morning. Our timer that we brought with was around 19 hours; the timer left in our vehicle only recorded an hour and a half. It seems as though there's not much difference in the reality inside of SCP-5232-1 and the reality we're used to experiencing outside of it, other than SCP-5232-1 being curated specifically for the people inside of it. Sage and I want to increase testing to ensure our results are consistent.
I don't know if we're still looking into the possible psychological impacts of SCP-5232-1, but I want to note that while the camera definitely picked up my first "I love you" to Sage when we were stargazing I do not believe this is a side effect of SCP-5232 usage. I first felt that way about her in my apartment, watching Suspiria and acting a little more scared than I really was because I wanted her arms around me. While I'm not an expert, it is my opinion that SCP-5232 has no effect on its users. Sage agrees with me, and stated that she had felt the same about me for a while and came to that realization outside of SCP-5232-1.

Tests 5 through 59 have been delisted from this page to save data. Please contact Researcher Raz Chearypark for access to any data acquired during these tests.

To: Raz Chearypark <ten.pics|kraP.C.R#ten.pics|kraP.C.R>
From: Gary Mander-Bassen <ten.pics|ssaB#ten.pics|ssaB>
Subject: SCP-5232 Testing

Raz,
Just got out of a meeting with the Site Director. She's looking at the reports of your SCP-5232 explorations and she's disappointed at the frequency and the lack of any real new data about the anomaly. She says you're basically going on date nights on company payroll and I, unfortunately, cannot disagree with that argument in good faith. I did, however, manage to get her to agree to allow one final exploration for you and Sage before we shut down testing entirely.
You've got your chance.
Good luck,
Gary Mander-Bassen

SCP-5232 Form Input, 04/30/2019 (Test #60)

                                                    Your Name

                                                    Your Date

                                                    When will the date take place?

                                                    How many dates have you been on previously?

                                                    Describe your last date with this person, if any:

Sage and I took a day trip out to Cleveland to see a Jeff Mangum concert, which was especially nostalgic for us. While we were there we found a bar that served melts which we thought was hilarious. We also went to the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame while we were there. We spent the whole drive there and back making duets out of every single song on our road trip playlist.

                                                    How excited are you about this date?

I'm always excited to go on an adventure with Sage. Meeting her is without a doubt the best thing that has ever happened to me. She's sassy, funny, and inspires me to live my dreams and achieve all my goals. She's the best.

                                                    Is there anything else you think we should know?

I bought a ring.

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        f02838f96f36c2fe64e0f0ab1c241a29_1706539261

SCP-5232 Form Results, 04/30/2019
Fee: Free of charge.
Output: A prepaid reservation for Funky's Funhouse, a bar and restaurant.

SCP-5232-1 Exploration Log 06/02/2019
She said yes.

« SCP-5231 | SCP-5232 | SCP-5233 »


Instance of SCP-5233-1, perched upon SCP-5233's left thumb.

Item #: SCP-5233
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: The location of SCP-5233's initial manifestation has been purchased by a Foundation front company, Scientific Curiosity Projects, posing as a philanthropic organization that organizes various presentations for elementary students. The aboveground building has been refurbished into a learning center with a set of living quarters; these quarters are to be occupied by SCP-5233, its SCP-5233-1 attendants, and two Foundation handlers (one Level-2 researcher, and one Level-3 security officer or containment specialist) assigned to the area.
The basement area housing the summoning circle SCP-5233 is tied to is to remain off-limit to all unauthorized personnel. Foundation thaumaturgists studying the circle may request access during hours the learning center is closed to the public.
Each week, SCP-5233 is to receive coaching for presentation skills, conflict resolution strategies, and tactics for consuming food in a humanlike manner. As a reward for progress in its studies, an assigned dietician may allocate a weekly supply of treats1 for both SCP-5233 and SCP-5233-1. SCP-5233 is currently permitted to host three offsite school presentations each month, with up to 10 "face appearances" at the learning center during monitored educational sessions with visiting groups of schoolchildren.
SCP-5233 must fast for at least two hours before any interactions with civilians and is not permitted to transform during presentations. SCP-5233 must be constantly reminded that it is not permitted to steal footwear from guests, and that it is to alert its handlers rather than dealing with unruly children by itself.
SCP-5233-1 instances have been allocated twenty terrariums of various size and setup, with customizable nametags. SCP-5233 may request additional resources as desired; these requests are to be processed by SCP-5233's learning center handlers. Deceased SCP-5233-1 instances are to be buried in the flower patch in the learning center's rear garden; SCP-5233 may handle the burials unassisted if under supervision.
Description: SCP-5233 is a humanoid entity similar in appearance to a middle-aged human male, able to transform its right hand into a structure that resembles the abdominal pincers of a male common earwig (Forficula auricularia). On its back, SCP-5233 possesses a vestigial set of beetle-like elytra, covering a set of small hindwings. SCP-5233 is not capable of flight.
SCP-5233 is additionally capable of spontaneously generating various species of earwigs by opening and closing its pincer-hand. These earwigs, designated SCP-5233-1, are non-anomalous save for their unique behavior of "flexing" their abdominal pincers when given a verbal cue ("are your pincers working?") from SCP-5233.
While it only consumes raw materials consistent with an earwig's diet, SCP-5233 can be persuaded to ingest these materials when prepared as granola bars or salad bowls. SCP-5233 demonstrates a preference to be active during late evening, and will rest during daylight hours if not occupied with other tasks.
Upon original Foundation discovery, SCP-5233 was confirmed able to understand human speech in various languages, but unable to speak fluently itself. With additional speech coaching, SCP-5233 now possesses a vocabulary of several thousand English words, and will consistently respond to the name "Mr. Wiggy".
It was later observed that while SCP-5233 does not appear to age, it will exhibit various symptoms of illness and fatigue if not allowed human interaction for educational purposes. Interviews with SCP-5233 about this condition have proven inconclusive for the most part; answers of particular note from the first interview conducted with SCP-5233 are listed below:

Question: Do you know why you are tired?
SCP-5233 Response: "Can not live with incomplete order."
Question: Does making your little friends [referring to SCP-5233-1 instances] make you tired?
SCP-5233 Response: "No they make company look out for humans and food."
Question: What can we do to you make you feel better?
SCP-5233 Response: "Close to humans make humans no harm insects."
Question: Do you remember where you came from?
SCP-5233 Response: "Ground close to dead harm abdomen parents give living."

Addendum SCP-5233-1: Prior to Foundation intervention, SCP-5233 was initially discovered reportedly terrorizing the population of various cities in the state of Arizona, specifically stealing shoes2 that had previously been used to crush insects. When questioned about these actions, SCP-5233 stated that it was fulfilling the "purposely order from parents" [sic].
Foundation investigators assigned to the case eventually tracked SCP-5233 to an infrequently used school storage building, the basement of which contained a diagram similar to summoning circles used by associates of the Serpent's Hand. Footprint sweeps of the surrounding area seem to indicate that only entities wearing child-sized footwear had recently entered the basement.
Foundation thaumaturgists examining the figure noted that the workmanship seemed to have been done by two individuals; some of the sigils were crudely drawn, while the rest were refined. Study of the circle's enchantment criteria has identified runes pertaining to the concepts of "insect", "guardian", "human form", and "elusive". The English phrases "teach all the bug bullies a lesson" and "bring Wiggy back" are present seven times in the circle, written in the same handwriting.
The center of the summoning circle currently houses several items: a deceased adult male earwig missing its pincers, a set of pincers presumably torn off the aforementioned adult earwig,3 and a DK Eyewitness series Insects children's encyclopedia.4 To maintain SCP-5233's current existence and compliance, these items have not been disturbed. However, the containment team was able to determine the original owner of the encyclopedia based on a nameplate on the front cover; the student in question (Hayden Montgomery) was noted to have left the school district approximately one week before the SCP-5233 sightings became common.
Addendum SCP-5233-2: Archived disciplinary paperwork indicates Hayden was a 3rd grade student who frequently exhibited truancy issues, and would often attempt to leave school boundaries with his neighborhood friend Jean-Pierre Lefèvre. Both Hayden and Jean-Pierre required additional attention due to "not being able to get along well with peers". Furthermore, an unusually high interest in bugs was noted, in conjunction with a report on an incident that resulted in suspension of both children after they violently assaulted an older student. The older student in question (whose name was not recorded), had allegedly removed the abdomen of an earwig, intending to keep it as a "souvenir". Hayden and Jean-Pierre had demanded that it be returned, as they had been attempting to raise the earwig as a pet.
Foundation undercover agents within the Serpent's Hand have made inquiries with the anomalous community, and have determined that Jean-Pierre Lefèvre was a recent initiate into the Insect Mages guild, following the teachings of his father5 who had been a summoning prodigy. Hayden Montgomery, having taken part in the ritual that resulted in Jean-Pierre's qualifying for the guild, was granted the protection of said guild and his family was moved elsewhere.
It is currently believed that SCP-5233 may have potential use as an ambassador to the Serpent's Hand, should members of the group seek to reunite it with its creators. Containment thaumaturgists are continuing to study SCP-5233's summoning circle, to determine additional loopholes in its contract criteria and ensure SCP-5233's continued association with the Foundation.
Addendum SCP-5233-3: Approximately six months after the renovations on SCP-5233's containment were completed, Foundation custodial staff uncovered what seemed to be a small gravesite in a remote corner of the basement. Buried within a pile of dirt, marked with a computer printout of a picture of an earwig, was a Tupperware container labeled "Wiggy's House". When presented with the container, SCP-5233 recognized it as "my home" and requested to keep it. SCP-5233's handlers agreed to fulfill the request.
SCP-5233 was then asked if it recalled any events pertaining to when it lived in the Tupperware container, and if it desired to seek out its original caretakers. After a slight pause, SCP-5233 responded that it did not remember anything important, and that it "was not worried" about Hayden and Jean-Pierre. SCP-5233 then redirected the conversation to happily discussing the enthusiasm of its most recent visitors, particularly a trio of students who inquired about assisting with the feeding of the SCP-5233-1 instances.

Footnotes
1. Fresh soft fruits, leafy vegetables, and wilted sprouts.
2. According to background investigation, while the majority of stolen footwear seems to have been obtained from front porches or shoe stores, a small number of incidents involved SCP-5233 knocking down civilians to steal their shoes.
3. SCP-5233 displays extreme discomfort when questioned about the pincers.
4. After obtaining a non-anomalous copy of the same encyclopedia, Foundation personnel noted that SCP-5233's initial vocabulary consisted solely of words found in the book's text.
5. Foundation agents were unable to uncover any information regarding Lefèvre's mother, aside from the insistence that she was "very human", and "long gone after the family couldn't adjust".

« SCP-5232 | SCP-5233 | SCP-5234 »


Refinery 133-L, recently acquired by a Foundation front company, Arabian Desert.

Item #: SCP-5234
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: Embedded agents are to monitor all oil refineries in the vicinity of SCP-5234, confiscate outgoing assets resultant of the anomaly and transport them to Provisional Site-A. All assets are to be secured within a blast-resistant chamber in sub-level 1, cooled to a temperature of 0℃. Clandestine operations to seize exported assets are underway.
Agents are to report any physical and/or psychological discrepancies in SCP-5234. Annual reports produced by Saudi Aramco, ExxonMobil, Chevron and their corporate clients must be confiscated for statistical abnormalities.
Description: SCP-5234 is a 1-meter high humanoid entity that is permanently affixed in the ground through unknown means, located in the Al-Qassim province of Saudi Arabia. Its external features share common traits of a human adolescent, although SCP-5234 does not require any sustenance to maintain itself. SCP-5234 is completely unresponsive to external stimuli, and remains immobile in an upright position.
SCP-5234, however, possesses the ability to autonomously generate infinite quantities of crude oil from its skin pores. X-ray scans of its body unintentionally generated electric discharges of up to 0.5mC to its surroundings, suggesting that most of its chemical composition is composed of crude oil, possibly produced by a combination of anaerobic bacteria and primordial zooplanktons in a perpetual cycle of rapid regeneration and death. For such a process to take place, SCP-5234 apparently is able to self-induce significant quantities of internal pressure and heat.
Discovery: Due to this anomalous ability, SCP-5234 had gained considerable attention from the local populace and subsequently, major oil companies. Eventually, Foundation agents sensed possible anomalous activity in the region, and dispatched a reconnaissance team under the guise of land surveyors, headed by Agents Qalim and Yusof.

Addendum 5234.1
TRANSCRIPT LOG 1

«OPEN LOG»

«CLOSE LOG»

INVOLVED: Agent Qalim, Agent Yusof, Imran Abdurlum, Gottur Libermann
DATE: 06/21/2018

[BEGIN LOG]
(Both agents reach the undisclosed location in Al-Qassim province, and alight the jeep, parked in front of a fenced entrance to a large, residential compound fitted with a 15-by-15 meter long concrete perimeter, patrolled by five guards in light military gear.)
QALIM: Brother, why do I not have a great feeling about this already.
YUSOF: Relax, shaqiq1. It's just the usual protocol.
QALIM: I know that, but —
(The agents are interrupted by a guard, wearing sunglasses and has a mobile phone to his ear.)
GUARD: (Arabic) Okay, you wait here. He will be here soon.
QALIM: …Shukraan lak2.
(The guard nods, and puts the mobile phone to his ear, before walking back to the guard post.)
QALIM: See — see what I mean? I forgot to pick up my kids at the school today, and I got a good yell from my wife. And now this.
(Silence.)
YUSOF: You forgot you had kids?
(Silence.)
QALIM: I —
(A black jeep arrives in front of the compound. Two men: one in thaub3, one Caucasian in corporate attire, exit the vehicle.)
QALIM: (Whispers) I can tell how this is going to work out. Classic rich guy. Or… uh, guys. What, I bet he has a hundred yachts and five mansions.
YUSOF: Want to bet? Like for real?
QALIM: No.
YUSOF: Heh. True Hollywood connosseiur. My shaqiq has grown to be such a fan.
QASIM: (Whispers) Shush — (Normal voice) Oh, greetings, sir. I hope we weren't late.
MAN 1: (Laughs) No worries, no worries. The name is Imran.
(Imran exchanges handshakes with the agents. The man in business attire fidgets with his pants.)
YUSOF: And this is…?
IMRAN: Ah, Mr. Libermann. A valued investor.
LIBERMANN: Uh… nice to meet you two. I met Mr. Imran here after hearing about this "miracle", so I had to see for myself.
IMRAN: Mm, yes. I'm a man of convenience, so I figured it would be better to just have a… a group tour — you two take a look at the land, while Mr. Libermann here — (Pats Libermann's shoulder) — takes a look at the… less tangible. (Imran winks)
YUSOF: Ahahaha. (Nudges Agent Qalim)
QALIM: Ow. Uh, ahahaha! Yes, uh, let's get going, perhaps.
IMRAN: Certainly!
(The four men enter the black jeep, with both agents sitting side-by-side, Libermann beside the two in the passenger seat, and Imran at the driver's seat. The jeep then heads for the location of interest.)
[END LOG]

Addendum 5234.2
TRANSCRIPT LOG 2

«OPEN LOG»

«CLOSE LOG»

[BEGIN LOG]
(Silence for the first two minutes, except for the occasional muffled thumps as the jeep drives on rugged terrain over the sand dunes.)
YUSOF: Uh…
QALIM: (Whispers) Shut — (Nudges Agent Yusof)
YUSOF: (Whispers) Ow, okay, okay, calm down, brother.
(Silence. A single inhale.)
QALIM: (Whispers) Don't.
YUSOF: Okay.
(Silence.)
YUSOF: So, Mr. Imran, how did you find this "miracle"?
(A loud sigh.)
IMRAN: Ah, you wish to know more about him, yes? The boy — the boy was special, and nothing short of miraculous, hence the nickname. Our oil industry was booming, then came all these, uh, bad things.
YUSOF: What sort of bad things?
(Imran shakes his head dismissively.)
IMRAN: Ya lilhul, where do I even start? Market fluctuations, internal disputes, et cetera.
YUSOF: Oh, Iran?
IMRAN: (Tuts) No, no, no, don't get me started on Iran. My country and theirs — will never be on the same face of the coin, Mr. Yusof. Oh, and my god, the green initiative — [EXTRANEOUS DATA TRUNCATED]
YUSOF: …interesting.
IMRAN: And yes, one day, I was out in Riyadh for vehicle repairs, until one of my branches out in the desert called me. They said it was some earthquake — I didn't believe them at first, but I guess it would hardly inconvenience me to take a look. And then that was when I found him, in the center of it all, dripping the same invaluable assets that my company is known for today.
QALIM: Just curious, you didn't question this, this, uh, boy appearing out of thin air?
IMRAN: Well, I did. But, he didn't seem alive, didn't seem dead either. But, I trust this will be kept between us, right?
QALIM: Right. Thanks.
(Snoring sounds, before a gasp.)
LIBERMANN: Wait, what? Did — did I miss something?
[END LOG]

Addendum 5234.3
TRANSCRIPT LOG 3

«OPEN LOG»

«CLOSE LOG»

[BEGIN LOG]
(The men arrive at Refinery 104-F. Churning and clanking sounds of machinery echo off the oil tanks, while workers in construction gear shout out to one another as they carry wooden planks and toolboxes on towering scaffolds. Whirs, hisses and beeps of forklifts, cement and dump trucks are heard in the distance. Pillars of smoke billow from pipes and towers. Imran leads the agents and Libermann into the refinery grounds.)
IMRAN: (Shouts) Welcome. This was built quite a long while ago — more like 15 years, ever since my father handed it down to me. This plot of land was meant to be empty two months ago, but well — as you can see, it's still up and running.
(Agent Qalim coughs.)
LIBERMANN: Oo, quite a large refinery, Mr. Imran.
IMRAN: (Smiles) Indeed. Now, gentlemen, I'm pretty sure all of you are waiting to see the big thing.
LIBERMANN: Of course, Mr. Imran!
IMRAN: Follow me.
(Imran leads the agents and Libermann to a large, 10-meter featureless steel dome in between two oil tanks. Two guards stand at attention beside the entrance. Imran nods to the guards, one of whom then inputs a passcode on a number pad beside the door. A loud beep, before the door opens. Several flights of metal stairs greet the men. They begin walking down, surveying the interior of the dome.)
YUSOF: A little chilly in here.
IMRAN: Can't have the risk of anything catching fire here, especially during this time of the year. (Laughs)
LIBERMANN: Mr. Imran, what is this?
QALIM: (Whispers) God, he sounds like a twelve-year-old.
YUSOF: You sound like one right now. Chill out.
QALIM: Was that a pu —
YUSOF: (Whispers) You can, uh, sneak in some laxatives to the guy when we wipe them, okay?
(Agent Qalim nods.)
YUSOF: …you're not actually thinking of doing that, right?
QALIM: I — huh?
YUSOF: I was — I was joking.
(Silence.)
YUSOF: You know this is all going to be on the logs, right.
QALIM: Yes.
(After walking down seven flights of stairs, they arrive at the lowest level. SCP-5234 is seen at the center, immobile. Hundreds of intravenous tubes extend from the dome's exterior into its arms and face. A viscous brown liquid continuously travels within these tubes.)
LIBERMANN: Are — are you sure this is ethical, Mr. Imran? Just — just to check.
IMRAN: Of course. You can run a check of his pulse, if you wish. He isn't, uh, decomposing either, after all this time, so… relatively ethical. Now.
(Imran briefly strides over to a rack affixed to the nearest wall, and brings a patterned carpet for each person. Imran then gently places the carpet on the ground and stands on it. He gathers his hands in prayer, and closes his eyes.)
IMRAN: Follow me.
(Both agents look at each other, while Libermann frantically follows suit. Libermann gathers his hands in prayer and mumbles indecipherable phrases.)
YUSOF: Well, uh.
(Agent Yusof does the same. Agent Qalim shakes his head and sighs, before he stands over the carpet and enters the same stance as the rest, establishing a semi-circular formation around SCP-5234.)
IMRAN: Now, we begin. Repeat after me. Bless the oil.
LIBERMANN: Bless the oil!
IMRAN: Shhh. Quietly. He would need a tranquil environment to focus on his blessings to us.
LIBERMANN: Uh, yes, yes — bless the oil.
YUSOF: Bless the oil.
QALIM: Bless — bless the oil.
(Imran faces up and slowly opens his arms to the side.)
IMRAN: Blessed oil. Blessed wealth.
LIBERMANN: Blessed oil. Blessed wealth.
YUSOF, QALIM: Blessed oil. Blessed wealth.
(Imran slowly opens his eyes and steps off of the carpet. The others do the same. SCP-5234 remains immobile.)
IMRAN: And it is done. His blood is ours, and so we will repay him with prayers of gratitude. Look how pleased he is!
(SCP-5234 remains immobile.)
IMRAN: Soon, you'll see the magic. The magic across the stock exchange boards. You'll come right back here to thank him again.
QALIM: Thank you, Mr. Imran. It has been… quite an enlightening experience.
IMRAN: My pleasure. It's been such a delight to have ourselves be graced by our possible founding fathers of a new, prosperous nation our kingdom sought to have rebuilt.
LIBERMANN: Wow, Mr. Imran. This is fantastic. I shall let the others know straight away.
(Libermann walks up the stairs with his mobile phone to his ear.)
YUSOF: Thank you, Mr. Imran. Could we perhaps, keep in touch? Our higher-ups may be quite interested in this plot of land.
IMRAN: Of course, of course. Here.
(Imran hands a white business card to Agent Yusof. Both agents proceed to exit the dome. Agent Qalim coughs.)
QALIM: Another day in smog land.
[END LOG]

AFTERWORD: Agent Qalim was issued a formal reprimand for unnecessarily confrontational attitude after their return to Provisional Site-A. Containment procedures are currently in effect.

Addendum 5234.4
INCIDENT LOG

«OPEN LOG»

«CLOSE LOG»

INCIDENT 5234.1 SUMMARY
One month and 12 days after the containment procedures of SCP-5234 had been implemented, Incident 5234.1 occurred, resulting in the total destruction of Refinery 104-F and an explosion with a force equivalent to 2 kilotons of TNT, causing 24 casualties and 82 injured.

Civilian mobile phone recording, following Incident 5234.1

According to relevant transcripts of routine visitations to SCP-5234 conducted by Foundation agents, on the day of the incident, Imran Abdurlum invited 30 investors and venture capitalists (including the agents) to Refinery 104-F to showcase SCP-5234.
Seconds before the incident, a major tremor occurred in the vicinity, before SCP-5234 was forcibly jolted upwards, revealing its lower body terminating in a single, fleshy appendage connected to an enormous mass. Subsequent civilian witness reports testify that an instance of a Diceratias trilobus4 leaped out of the subsequent explosion in an arc, opening its mouth to ingest all 30 individuals (including Imran Abdurlum and Gottur Libermann) mid-air before re-entering the ground. Minor tremors persisted, but subsided 10 minutes later.
Six minutes after this event, Saudi Aramco, ExxonMobil and Chevron stock prices declined by a margin of 72%.
The search for SCP-5234 is underway. Containment procedures are pending revision.

Footnotes
1. Arabic for "brother".
2. Arabic for "thank you".
3. A traditional white tunic, usually worn by men in Saudi Arabia.
4. A type of anglerfish, usually observed in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

« SCP-5233 | SCP-5234 | SCP-5235 »


Item #: 5235
Object Class: Neutralized
Special Containment Procedures: A satellite dish aimed towards the nearest known Way1 has been erected at Site-64 due to its proximity to Nexus FP-01 (Three Portlands). All transmissions are to be logged and scanned for mentions of "the Foundation" or "Thaddeus Xyank". These records are only to be made available to staff with level 5 (or Δ) access.
Due to SCP-5235 appearing to civilian grade satellite dishes as a burst of static, no further containment is necessary.
Description: SCP-5235 was an anomalous broadcast on 16/6/2035 that originated from all currently known Ways. This broadcast was picked up by a Foundation monitoring station in Portland, Oregon. The contents of the transmission are located below.

If you see this, it's Xyank. We fucked up.
Something… else, found us somehow. Some kind of predatory entity. We're pretty much done for; the world is warping and tearing around us as I type this. Things from the Other Place are pushing their way through the gaps in reality. The First Hytoth wants its space back, and we're in the way.
By the time you see this, we will be gone. Dead probably, depends if I can find a way out of the causality mess. Both timelines seem to be ripping themselves apart.
If this happened to us, it can happen again.

The following attached file requires 05 clearance. Any access to this file will be logged.
<< SCP-5235.txt >>

Footnotes
1. A Way is a thaumaturgically created doorway utilizing wormholes to allow travel between each end.

« SCP-5234 | SCP-5235 | SCP-5236 »


LiterallyMechanical

Ethics Committee Inquest, by LiterallyMechanical
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A few of my favorites:

SCP-4170 — The Dark
SCP-3163 — The Almanack
SCP-4357 — Slimelord

From the Office of the Ethics Committee
Draft and review packet for document SCP-5236

SEALED to the Ethics Committee under Article III of the Foundational Mandate
Level-E5 clearance required for access
Level-O5 clearance may be accepted by petition on a case-by-case basis.

SCP-5236-DRAFT-01
ECR-5236-01
SCP-5236-DRAFT-02
INQ-5236
SCP-5236

Provisional Document: Special Containment Procedure

Ethics Committee Approval

DENIED

Author(s): Senior Researcher Lee Corbett
Revision #: 1

Item #: SCP-5236
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5236 is to be contained in situ, as relocation of the anomaly has proved to be highly impractical. Laboratory S19-12B has been cleared of all research materials and reconfigured into a containment cell/observation area. A standard blast enclosure has been constructed around SCP-5236, monitored both internally and externally for thermal, optical, and audio emissions.
Description: SCP-5236 is an unstructured discontinuity in Einsteinian spacetime, encompassing a roughly 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 meter 4-polytope of disordered space. The rapidly-shifting four-dimensional topology of SCP-5236 is inhospitable to ordinary matter, causing destructive malformations to instruments inserted through the boundary layer. While safe transit into or out of SCP-5236 is impossible with presently available technology, visible light is able to escape the interior, albeit heavily distorted.
SCP-5236 is located in a room in the Site-19 Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, formerly designated as Laboratory S19-12B. The three-dimensional volume of the discontinuity surrounds the space formerly occupied by a portion of a laboratory bench, a desk chair, and the bodily remains of Senior Technician Sasha Elliot1, all of which are intermittently visible through its rapidly-shifting surface topology. As SCP-5236 is spatiotemporally fixed to the reference frame of Senior Technician Elliot, and there is no known method by which her remains could be transported to a standard containment chamber, Laboratory S19-12B has been repurposed for containment of SCP-5236.
SCP-5236 manifested at 10:29 PM MST on the evening of 03-02-2023, as documented in Incident Report 5236-A. Though Senior Technician Elliot was alone at the time of the incident, the event was captured on video by the Site-19 CCTV system.
Incident Report 5236-A, as documented by the Site-19 CCTV system on 03-02-2023

7:00 PM — S19-12B: Senior Technician Sasha Elliot and Junior Technician James Wnoroski are present, engaged in materials analysis and research.

7:16 PM — S19-12B: Junior Technician Wnoroski closes his workstation and departs the laboratory. He subsequently exits the building.

8:25 PM — Hallway 12: Senior Technician Elliot departs the laboratory and proceeds to the nearby women's restroom. Senior Technician Elliot is subsequently out of view of the Site-19 CCTV system for six minutes.

8:31 PM — Hallway 12: Senior Technician Elliot leaves the women's restroom and returns to S19-12B. She appears agitated, and her movements are erratic.

9:38 PM — S19-12B: Senior Technician Elliot falls asleep at her workstation after a prolonged period of inactivity. Her sleep is restless.

9:55 PM — S19-12B: Senior Technician Elliot abruptly awakens. She is observed to scream, and falls out of her desk chair. Senior Technician Elliot makes several failed attempts to regain her footing over the next 34 minutes.

10:29 PM — S19-12B: Senior Technician Elliot exhibits signs of a grand mal seizure for 13 seconds. A bright flash of light overwhelms the optics of the Site-19 CCTV system for an additional 4 seconds. By the time visibility is restored, SCP-5236 has manifested in the space previously occupied by the technician.

During investigation of Incident 5236-A, illegal narcotics were discovered in Senior Technician Elliot's Foundation-issued laptop bag. Junior Technician Wnoroski admitted that he was aware of Sasha Elliot's ongoing drug abuse, yet chose not to notify his superiors. He further testified that Elliot made a habit of working late at night, unsupervised, in contravention of the Foundation's safety policies against solo laboratory work. Junior Technician Wnoroski has been reprimanded by the Internal Security Department.

Footnotes
1. See Incident Report 5236-A.

Ethics Committee Review for SCP Database Entry

Document #: SCP-5236-DRAFT-01
Proposal Status: Denied
Ethics Committee Review: The underlying cause of SCP-5236's manifestation has not been elucidated in the draft proposal. If the origin is unknown, this must be made explicitly clear. Mention of illegal narcotics implies a causal relationship between their presence and SCP-5236, but insufficient information is given.
Special Containment Procedures must describe whatever measures are necessary to prevent further instances of SCP-5236 from manifesting in the future.

Provisional Document: Special Containment Procedure

Ethics Committee Approval

DENIED

Author's Note: Containment procedures updated to indicate response to hypothetical further manifestations of SCP-5236, in the unlikely event that any arise. References to unsanctioned activities of Technicians Elliot and Wnoroski have been removed, to avoid confusion and over-saturation with unnecessary information.
Author(s): Senior Researcher Lee Corbett
Revision #: 2

Item #: SCP-5236
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5236 is to be contained in situ, as relocation of the anomaly has proved to be highly impractical. Laboratory S19-12B has been cleared of all research materials and reconfigured into a containment cell/observation area. A standard blast enclosure has been constructed around SCP-5236, monitored both internally and externally for thermal, optical, and audio emissions.
Similar containment procedures are to be implemented in the event that any further instances of SCP-5236 manifest in the future.
Description: SCP-5236 is an unstructured discontinuity in Einsteinian spacetime, encompassing a roughly 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 meter 4-polytope of disordered space. The rapidly-shifting four-dimensional topology of SCP-5236 is inhospitable to ordinary matter, causing destructive malformations to instruments inserted through the boundary layer. While safe transit into or out of SCP-5236 is impossible with presently available technology, visible light is able to escape the interior, albeit heavily distorted.
SCP-5236 is located in a room in the Site-19 Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, formerly designated as Laboratory S19-12B. The three-dimensional volume of the discontinuity surrounds the space formerly occupied by a portion of a laboratory bench, a desk chair, and the bodily remains of Senior Technician Sasha Elliot1, all of which are intermittently visible through its rapidly-shifting surface topology. As SCP-5236 is spatiotemporally fixed to the reference frame of Senior Technician Elliot, and there is no known method by which her remains could be transported to a standard containment chamber, Laboratory S19-12B has been repurposed for containment of SCP-5236.
SCP-5236 manifested at 10:29 PM MST on the evening of 03/02/2023, as documented in Incident Report 5236-A. Though Senior Technician Elliot was alone at the time of the incident, the event was captured on video by the Site-19 CCTV system.
Incident Report 5236-A, as documented by the Site-19 CCTV system

7:00 PM — S19-12B: Senior Technician Sasha Elliot and Junior Technician James Wnoroski are present, engaged in materials analysis and research.

7:16 PM — S19-12B: Junior Technician Wnoroski closes his workstation and departs the laboratory. He subsequently exits the building.

8:25 PM — Hallway 12: Senior Technician Elliot departs the laboratory and proceeds to the nearby women's restroom. Senior Technician Elliot is subsequently out of view of the Site-19 CCTV system for six minutes.

8:31 PM — Hallway 12: Senior Technician Elliot leaves the women's restroom and returns to S19-12B. She appears agitated, and her movements are erratic.

9:38 PM — S19-12B: Senior Technician Elliot falls asleep at her workstation after a prolonged period of inactivity. Her sleep is restless.

9:55 PM — S19-12B: Senior Technician Elliot abruptly awakens. She is observed to scream, and falls out of her desk chair. Senior Technician Elliot makes several failed attempts to regain her footing over the next 34 minutes.

10:29 PM — S19-12B: Senior Technician Elliot exhibits signs of a grand mal seizure for 13 seconds. A bright flash of light overwhelms the optics of the Site-19 CCTV system for an additional 4 seconds. By the time visibility is restored, SCP-5236 has manifested in the space previously occupied by the technician.

During investigation of Incident 5236-A, illegal narcotics were discovered in Senior Technician Elliot's Foundation-issued laptop bag. Junior Technician Wnoroski admitted that he was aware of Sasha Elliot's ongoing drug abuse, yet chose not to notify his superiors. He further testified that Elliot made a habit of working late at night, unsupervised, in contravention of the Foundation's safety policies against solo laboratory work. Junior Technician Wnoroski has been reprimanded by the Internal Security Department.
Footnotes
1. See Incident Report 5236-A.

ETHICS COMMITTEE INQUEST

WHEREBY suspicion of malfeasance among Foundation staff has been established in the proposed Special Containment Procedures of a provisional SCP Database document, the Office of the Ethics Committee has established a formal inquest.

THE MANDATE OF THE ETHICS COMMITTEE IS IN EFFECT

Under the Foundational Mandate, the Ethics Committee is granted final arbitration on the wording, implementation, and revision of any and all Special Containment Procedures. In the matter of SCP-5236, the Ethics Committee invokes Article III, Section VII of the Mandate, Unrestricted Powers of Deposition. All testimonies are sealed to Level-E5. Level-O5 access may be granted by petition to the Ethics Committee.

Does the black moon howl?

Inquest Testimony and Analysis
Ethics Committee Investigator: E5-2

► Testimony of Senior Researcher Lee Corbett

▼ Testimony of Senior Researcher Lee Corbett

E5-2: —This recorder switched on, it's— okay, there we go. Ahem. This is Mallory Gleason, Ethics Committee. Please state your name and title, for the record.

S.R. Corbett: Doctor Lee Corbett. Senior Researcher and Director, Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department.

E5-2: Great! Thanks. Okay, first of all, sorry to bring you in on short notice like this. We'd like to get 5236 approved as soon as possible, and these things are always done faster in person.

S.R. Corbett: It's quite alright. I'm happy to get the matter squared away quickly. This isn't the first time things have gotten caught up in Ethics. I do have another meeting at three, though, so I apologize if I have to cut things short.

E5-2: That should be plenty of time. This is more of a formality than anything — much faster than bouncing a million memos back and forth. We're cleared for Level-3 information, unrestricted, so you can speak freely.

S.R. Corbett: Huh, okay. Go on.

E5-2: You are the sole author of this document, correct? The provisional draft for SCP-5236.

S.R. Corbett: That's right.

E5-2: SCP-5236 is a spatiotemporal rift, not a biological or chemical anomaly. Now, I'm not a physicist, but from what I understand, that sort of thing wouldn't normally be in your department.

S.R. Corbett: Well, it's an unusual situation. The skip literally is in my department, one of my old labs. I did a lot of the early investigation and cleanup, and started drafting the document as I did so.
E5-2: Ah, sure.
S.R. Corbett: It was such a tragedy. Just… horrible. It felt only fitting that I at least write up the incident report. The math isn't exactly the most complicated thing in the world, either, so I decided to keep going and take care of the full document. I'm more than capable of doing a bit of advanced topology. It wasn't much trouble.

E5-2: I'll take your word for it. This stuff is beyond me. Did you consult with anybody in the Extranormal Physics Department, though?

S.R. Corbett: We didn't need to. I assure you, it's far simpler than you'd think. Once you have a good grasp of linear algebra, the rest falls into place.

E5-2: If you say so! I've never had a head for numbers. Does the black moon howl?

S.R. Corbett: The clouds hush her cries. Is there anything else?

E5-2: That's all for now. I might have more questions later, but I see that it's almost three, and—

S.R. Corbett: Yes, I do need to get going. Please let me know if you need anything else.

E5-2: Will do! Have a good one.

► Analysis and Investigation

▼ Analysis and Investigation

S.R. Corbett: I'm more than capable of doing a bit of advanced topology.
E5-2: A cursory look at Senior Researcher Corbett's authorship shows that he has never written any SCP Database entry on subjects other than chemistry or chemical biology. My consultation with the Extranormal Physics Department confirms that Corbett's description of SCP-5236 bespeaks a marginal understanding of the subject material at best, and borders on sheer technobabble at worst.

E5-2: Does the black moon howl?
S.R. Corbett: The clouds hush her cries.
E5-2: Senior Researcher Corbett's negative reply to the black moon indicates falsehood and deception. Poetic analysis suggests a deliberate lie on Corbett's part, with knowledge of wrongdoing.

E5-2: That's all for now. I might have more questions later, but I see that it's almost three, and—
S.R. Corbett: Yes, I do need to get going.
E5-2: It was 2:43 PM, which would give Senior Researcher Corbett more than enough time to get to his budget meeting. He was just as eager to leave as he'd been to fill the silence. If this was a police interrogation and I were his lawyer, I'd duct tape his mouth shut before he talked himself into a felony conviction.

► Testimony of Junior Technician James Wnoroski

▼ Testimony of Junior Technician James Wnoroski

E5-2: —Testing, one two, testing… okay! And we're rolling. Voice of Mallory Gleason, Ethics Committee. Please state your name and title, for the record.

J.T. Wnoroski: Jim. Uh, James Wnoroski, junior technician.

E5-2: And your department?

J.T. Wnoroski: C.C.B. group. Chemistry and Chemical Biology.

E5-2: There's no need to be so nervous, James. We're just trying to get some containment procedures approved.

J.T. Wnoroski: I mean, I'm just… not sure why I'm here? Like, what else is there to talk about? I already had my Internal Security hearing.

E5-2: Yes, so they tell me, but I'm Ethics Committee, not Security. This isn't a disciplinary hearing, and you're not in any trouble. Any more trouble, I should say. Internal Security already had their way with you, from what I understand.

J.T. Wnoroski: Yeah, I.S. was… uh, well, they had a lot to say. I'm on probation, now.

E5-2: And nothing you say here can jeopardize that. If you don't mind, I'd just like you to tell me about Sasha.

J.T. Wnoroski: What do you want to know?

E5-2: What do you want to tell me?

J.T. Wnoroski: Uh. I don't know.

E5-2: In that case, what don't you want to tell me?

J.T. Wnoroski: What?!

E5-2: Jesus, James, your coffee— calm down. I told you, you're not in trouble, and I mean it. This interview is sealed to E5 clearance. That means only the Ethics Committee can see it, and we don't have any say in disciplinary action. Our whole job is just to approve Special Containment Procedures. Nothing you talk about here will get back to your boss.

J.T. Wnoroski: Doctor Corbett?

E5-2: The man himself. Please, tell me about Sasha.

J.T. Wnoroski: She… she was good. She worked hard. I mean, we all work hard, but when you're a Senior Tech, you're on a whole new level. She practically lived in lab.

E5-2: Was that why she started using?

J.T. Wnoroski: Look, I don't… you gotta understand. We're all pulling seventy, eighty hour weeks, but Sasha was working herself into the ground. The number of samples we have to run is insane— I nearly got fired for taking a sick day, okay? So, yeah, that's why she started using, and I didn't blame her. So you can take your self-righteous—

E5-2: Me neither.

J.T. Wnoroski: What?

E5-2: I don't blame her either. James, I'm not Security. If somebody is high on the job, I'm not interested in punishment. I just want to know why. In other words, I'm not a narc.

J.T. Wnoroski: I mean, you say that, but…

E5-2: I'm not going to pull the good-cop "I'm on your side" routine, because, frankly, this isn't about you. And also because I'm not a cop. James, what was Sasha taking?

J.T. Wnoroski: I already told all this to Internal Security.

E5-2: Not quite. You never actually said what she took.

J.T. Wnoroski: I mean, I answered what they asked.

E5-2: Well, now I'm asking. Humor me.

J.T. Wnoroski: It's… shit, well, it's called "thumper." Like, the rabbit? It's a nootropic, and a stimulant. A mixture of modafinil, methamphetamine, and… something else. I'm not sure what, but it's like nothing I've ever seen. One pill will keep you on your feet all night, and you stay sharp. Focused.

E5-2: You've taken it?

J.T. Wnoroski: Yeah. It works, but you get the craziest nightmares when you come down.

E5-2: Who sold it to you?

J.T. Wnoroski: Sasha did.

E5-2: Was she manufacturing it?

J.T. Wnoroski: No, she bought it. It's a home-pressed pill, no markings.

E5-2: Where'd she get it?

J.T. Wnoroski: Look, this isn't… I don't know. I don't know.

E5-2: Does the black moon howl?

J.T. Wnoroski: The winds crushed our throat. What?

E5-2: Did you know Sasha was going to get high that night?

J.T. Wnoroski: How am I supposed to answer that?
E5-2: That's a fair point.
J.T. Wnoroski: Are we done here?
E5-2: We're done. Please, try and get some rest.

► Analysis and Investigation

▼ Analysis and Investigation

J.T. Wnoroski: It's… shit, well, it's called "thumper." Like, the rabbit? It's a nootropic, and a stimulant. A mixture of modafinil, methamphetamine, and… something else. I'm not sure what, but it's like nothing I've ever seen. One pill will keep you on your feet all night, and you stay sharp. Focused.
E5-2: Site-19 records show technicians in the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department are working nigh-impossible hours, have statistically improbable numbers of heart attacks and nervous breakdowns, and they're still getting some exemplary work done. This “thumper” sounds a lot like something out of the early studies on mixing Class-X mnestic memory-retention drugs and mundane stimulants. Wnoroski looks like a walking skeleton.

E5-2: Where'd she get it?
J.T. Wnoroski: Look, this isn't… I don't know. I don't know.
E5-2: Does the black moon howl?
J.T. Wnoroski: The winds crushed our throat. What?
E5-2: A strong negative reply to the black moon, indicating a deliberate lie. Poetic analysis (first-person pronoun, violent action against subject) indicates that while Junior Technician Wnoroski is lying about the source of "thumper," his attempt at deception is due to fear of personal reprisal. Something deeper than disciplinary action.

► Testimony of O5-10, collected incidentally

▼ Testimony of O5-10, collected incidentally

O5-10: Mallory. Do you have a moment?

E5-2: Jesus, Lauren, you scared the heck out of me. Knock next time, will you?

O5-10: Apologies. I would have sent you an email, but I figured it would be faster to—

E5-2: Sneak down to my office and ambush me, sure. I have to inform you that you're on camera, by the way. E5 sealed, Ethics Committee only.

O5-10: Right, of course. I don't suppose I could persuade you to come for a walk?

E5-2: Sure! Give me a sec to set up the body cam. I think it's on the bookshelf somewhere.

O5-10: Never mind.

E5-2: Oh for— you might as well sit. You're very good at looming, but my neck is starting to hurt.

O5-10: Very well.

E5-2: For goodness sake, spit it out already. This is about the inquest?

O5-10: This is about the inquest. You have authority over Special Containment Procedures, and only Special Containment Procedures. You're interviewing technicians now? I don't see how there was even an ethical issue in the first place.
E5-2: Is that so?
O5-10: Sasha Elliot didn't survive the incident, and there's nothing unethical about shutting a dead body up in a cell. It's tragic, but ethically— look, can I be honest with you for a moment?

E5-2: Prior evidence suggests that no, you absolutely cannot.

O5-10: Funny. To be frank, we think it's ridiculous that you called an inquest at all. There are more important things on your desk.

E5-2: You squint when you're trying to be subtle, did you know that?

O5-10: Excuse me?

E5-2: Are you serious? How long have we worked together, Lauren? When was the last time you actually managed to strong-arm me into dropping something once I got my teeth in?

O5-10: If I recall correctly, I once managed to convince you not to eat a yoghurt cup that had clearly expired.

E5-2: Damn, she's grown a sense of humor. The world must be ending.

O5-10: Mallory, you don't know what you're digging into.

E5-2: Oh, please. I'm not an idiot. Elliot overdosed on a cocktail of stimulants and Class-X mnestics while sitting in a thaumically active research complex. She had a nightmare, and it cracked through the noosphere hard enough to leave an exit wound in spacetime.

O5-10: Well. That does seem possible.

E5-2: Class-X drugs are for remembering things that really, really want to be forgotten, demonic antimemes and cold pattern screamers. Not for daily consumption, even at a low dose. You can't exactly wander down to your friendly neighborhood drug dealer and get a baggie of esoteric super-meth, and you can't exactly walk out of the Site-19 pharmacy with a bottle in your purse either.

O5-10: What are you saying?

E5-2: I'm saying that your Chemistry and Chemical Biology Director is dealing. He can get his hands on the raw precursors to mnestic drugs before they're slated for the pharmacy. I went through a few filing cabinets' worth of old research proposals, and it looks like the CCB Department worked on mnestic no-doz, back in the day. Corbett was a junior researcher on that project. He also entirely blew his interview. I used to think your poker face was bad, for a sociopath, but this guy? Wow.

O5-10: That's a very serious accusation.

E5-2: I'm a very serious person. You can tell because I do things like call a sorceress a sociopath while looking her in the eye. Come on, none of this is difficult detective work. Did you see the 5236 revision he sent back? It was basically a thousand-watt neon sign strobing "IT'S A COVERUP." Not to mention his research staff is terrified of him. Wnoroski all but had a stroke when I brought him up.

O5-10: If Doctor Corbett is manufacturing narcotics, then this is definitely a matter for Internal Security, not the Ethics Committee. The Mandate shouldn't hold.

E5-2: Huh. Does the black moon howl?

O5-10: The stars burn too bright.

E5-2: And there you go. If I have the power to howl and make you sing along…

O5-10: You— I— did you seriously just invoke the black moon on me?

E5-2: I did, and she says you're lying. You know this shouldn't go to Internal Security. That's not my point, though. My point is that it worked. The Mandate holds.

O5-10: I think you might be the only person in the world who actually has the nerve to try that.

E5-2: Does the—

O5-10: Oh for gods' sakes, give it a rest. That was a truthful statement. Please, just… take my word for it.

E5-2: Look, Internal Security had Wnoroski in for a hearing, and never asked what drugs they found in Sasha's bag. They tried to sweep it under the rug before anybody could say the word "mnestics." Given how sloppy Corbett is, there's no way he could have kept his side gig under the radar without help from above. When we're done here, I might need to go pry the truth out of Corbett's brain, but I actually don't get the sense that I.S. is on the take.

O5-10: I should certainly hope not.

E5-2: Yeah. If Internal Security was dirty, they'd have to be doing something way more high-reward than selling arcane stimulants to overworked techs. I.S. is where you want to worry about your Chaos Insurgency sleeper agents, not your drug dealers. Are any of them Chaos Insurgency sleeper agents, by the way?

O5-10: Two of them, yes.

E5-2: Cool. Anyway, it's pretty damn obvious that Internal Security has some compelling reason to look the other way, and you thought this was too far out of the Mandate for the howl to work. It's also true that Corbett's lab has been getting some amazing research done, even though his techs keep having nervous breakdowns and heart attacks. So, is the Council handing out designer drugs to keep technicians perky all night, or are you just turning a blind eye when Corbett does it?

O5-10: Well. How very bold of you.

E5-2: Bingo?

O5-10: Fine. We knew about his side project, and we were keeping I.S. off his back, but it's always been Corbett's operation. Top to bottom. Not ours. Do you really think I'd do that?

E5-2: You? No. I don't think you would, and for that I'm taking you at your word, but I hate that you're just letting it happen. You're a stone-cold witch, Lauren, but I've never once seen you be cruel. Hell, you came down here to intimidate me in person instead of just sending a flunky, and I truly appreciate that. But I don't think the same can be said for the rest of the O5's.

O5-10: I can't say I disagree.

E5-2: That's… honest of you. You don't sound particularly heartbroken that I uncovered your sinister plot.

O5-10: It was never my plot, sinister or otherwise.

E5-2: Right, right. I bet it was Three's idea, or the twins', maybe. O5-3 came out of CCB, and this plays right into Seven and Eight's fetish for ruthless optimization.
O5-10: Correct on all three counts. This was O5-3's directive, with support from both O5-7 and O5-8. That was a very clever deduction, Mallory. You claim it's not difficult detective work, and yet nobody else had put all of it together.
E5-2: You're just… admitting it?!
O5-10: I am. This is an official inquest, after all. We're supposed to cooperate and speak truthfully. So, truthfully, I can say you did an admirable job of gloating yourself right into some very embarrassing information about some very dangerous people. Good thing this recording is E5-sealed. Of course, if I were to petition to release it to the O5 Council, it would certainly raise eyebrows if you refused.
E5-2: Ugh. You're the worst.
O5-10: And I don't appreciate having the black moon invoked on me so frivolously. I'm fond of you, Mallory, but that was insulting. You have a bad habit of overstepping. Don't do it again, and I won't let on to the rest of the Council just how good a detective you are.
E5-2: Okay, okay, you've made your point. Well played. I'm sorry about the geas, and let's leave it at that.

O5-10: Hm. That's not quite good enough. In return for the insult, I'm also invoking the Writ of Recompense. You owe me a favor in kind, to be fulfilled at a later date.
E5-2: Oof. Gods spare me from clever O5's.
O5-10: I'll put in a good word. Regardless, I'm not sure what you intend to do with the inquest from here. The Ethics Committee only has authority over Special Containment Procedures and research protocols, not discipline. I'm honestly surprised that whatever leaps of logic you're taking are sound enough to keep the Mandate in effect.

E5-2: Go back and re-read the first Ethics Committee Review doc. 'Special Containment Procedures must describe whatever measures are necessary to prevent further instances of SCP-5236 from manifesting in the future.'

O5-10: Oh. Oh. Well played by you as well, Mallory.

E5-2: Thanks. That really means a lot, coming from you.

► Analysis and Investigation

▼ Analysis and Investigation

O5-10: I'm fond of you, Mallory, but that was insulting. You have a bad habit of overstepping. Don't do it again, and I won't let on to the rest of the Council just how good a detective you are.
E5-2: Okay, okay, you've made your point. Well played. I'm sorry about the geas, and let's leave it at that.
O5-10: Hm. That's not quite good enough. In return for the insult, I'm also invoking the Writ of Recompense.
E5-2: Note to self: stop getting so casual with the sidhe. She has a solid case for claiming Recompense under the Old Law. I'm probably going to be dragged into some inane O5 infighting and get myself cursed. Dammit. I'll have to get her a box of that tea she likes, or maybe an infant to devour. Uh, that last one was a joke.

O5-10: Oh. Oh. Well played by you as well, Mallory.
E5-2: Thanks. That really means a lot, coming from you.
E5-2: On the record, I wish to note that these are both truthful statements.

Final Draft: Special Containment Procedure

Ethics Committee Approval

APPROVED

Author's Note:
The full name of the deceased is redacted. New protocols for mitigating further events are implemented, and a clarified description of Incident 5236-A is added.
Author(s): E5-2 (final draft), Senior Researcher Lee Corbett (initial drafts)
Revision #: Final

Item #: SCP-5236
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5236 is to be contained in situ, as relocation of the anomaly has proved to be highly impractical. Laboratory S19-12B has been cleared of all research materials and reconfigured into a containment cell/observation area. A standard blast enclosure has been constructed around SCP-5236, monitored both internally and externally for thermal, optical, and audio emissions.
Audits of employee schedules and work hours are to be conducted on a quarterly basis, coupled with a random selection of anonymized surveys from employees working more than 50 hours per week. Laboratories found to be over-working employees beyond a 50 hour work week on a regular basis are to be investigated for abusive working conditions. Employees are forbidden from working more than 60 hours in any 7 day period, and are forbidden from working more than 13 sequential days without a day off.
An official Foundation "Good Samaritan" amnesty policy for medical emergencies is to be drafted by the Ethics Committee. Any employee who in good faith reports a medical emergency resulting from the use of illicit narcotics is not to face disciplinary action, even in cases where the reporting employee had prior knowledge of drug use. Disciplinary action is to be taken only when the reporting employee provided said narcotics, or was otherwise engaged in illicit activities.
Addiction treatment and management policies are to be drafted by the Ethics Committee. A program for esoteric drug rehabilitation is to be established at the Foundation. Rehabilitation is to be offered free of charge to current and former Foundation employees, particularly in cases where their term of employment was terminated due to esoteric drug use.
Laboratory Directors or senior personnel of any rank found to be encouraging drug use among their employees, whether implicitly or explicitly, are to face severe and immediate disciplinary action.
Description: SCP-5236 is an unstructured discontinuity in Einsteinian spacetime, encompassing a roughly 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 meter 4-polytope of disordered space. The rapidly-shifting four-dimensional topology of SCP-5236 is inhospitable to ordinary matter, causing destructive malformations to instruments inserted through the boundary layer. While safe transit into or out of SCP-5236 is impossible with presently available technology, visible light is able to escape the interior, albeit heavily distorted.
SCP-5236 is located in a room in the Site-19 Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, formerly designated as Laboratory S19-12B. The three-dimensional volume of the discontinuity surrounds the space formerly occupied by a portion of a laboratory bench, a desk chair, and the bodily remains of Senior Technician █████ E█████1, all of which are intermittently visible through its rapidly-shifting surface topology. As SCP-5236 is spatiotemporally fixed to the reference frame of Senior Technician E█████, and there is no known method by which her remains could be transported to a standard containment chamber, Laboratory S19-12B has been repurposed for containment of SCP-5236.
SCP-5236 manifested at 10:29 PM MST on the evening of 03/02/2023, as documented in Incident Report 5236-A. Though Senior Technician E█████ was alone at the time of the incident, the event was captured on video by the Site-19 CCTV system.
Investigation of Incident 5236-A indicates that Senior Technician E█████ experienced a fatal overdose of methamphetamine and mnestic drugs, the combination of which caused a physical manifestation of psychic trauma. For a full description of the symptoms of stimulant/mnestic overdose, emergency treatment protocols, and the Foundation's "Good Samaritan" amnesty policy, please see the 2023-q2 edition of the Foundation Employee Handbook.
Incident Report 5236-A, as documented by the Site-19 CCTV system

7:00 PM — S19-12B: Senior Technician █████ E█████ and Junior Technician █████ W███████ are present, engaged in materials analysis and research.

7:16 PM — S19-12B: Junior Technician W██████ closes his workstation and departs the laboratory. He subsequently exits the building.

8:25 PM — Hallway 12: Senior Technician E█████ departs the laboratory and proceeds to the nearby women's restroom. Senior Technician E█████ is subsequently out of view of the Site-19 CCTV system for six minutes.

8:31 PM — Hallway 12: Senior Technician E█████ leaves the women's restroom and returns to S19-12B. She appears agitated, and her movements are erratic.

9:38 PM — S19-12B: Senior Technician E█████ falls asleep at her workstation after a prolonged period of inactivity. Her sleep is restless.

9:55 PM — S19-12B: Senior Technician E█████ abruptly awakens. She is observed to scream, and falls out of her desk chair. Senior Technician E█████ makes several failed attempts to regain her footing over the next 34 minutes.

10:29 PM — S19-12B: Senior Technician E█████ exhibits signs of a grand mal seizure for 13 seconds. A bright flash of light overwhelms the optics of the Site-19 CCTV system for an additional 4 seconds. By the time visibility is restored, SCP-5236 has manifested in the space previously occupied by the technician.

Footnotes
1. See Incident Report 5236-A.

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