A group of limbs that detached themselves from SCP-2988 while in pursuit of D-9562. D-9562 was captured by the depicted limbs and subjected to the usual SCP-2988 course of procedures.

Item #: SCP-2988
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: The grove containing SCP-2988 has been quarantined by Foundation personnel. Personnel will monitor SCP-2988 actions before, during and after a test subject is introduced to it. Researchers should be wary of the four meter radius at which SCP-2988 responds to human interaction, as well as the thirty meter radius that limbs from SCP-2988 can travel. Researchers at Site-45 and personnel stationed at SCP-2988 have been instructed to report new findings/discoveries about SCP-2988's origins, as well as information on POI Izaak.
Description: SCP-2988 is a tree located in a grove within North America in [REDACTED]. It bears resemblance to the quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), albeit possessing black leaves, black and grey mottled bark, and a fruit not found on standard Populus tremuloides; this fruit is now labeled SCP-2988-1. SCP-2988 is twenty-six meters in height, with a crown length and width of eight meters each.
SCP-2988-1 have black skin, soft, red-orange flesh, and are ovular in appearance. The juice of SCP-2988-1 possesses narcotic and anesthetic properties, inducing hallucinations, giddiness, and vomiting in subjects, followed by numbness, and loss of motor skills.
Several branches of SCP-2988 are affixed at the end with animal and human forelimbs, all of which appear to have been ripped off with extreme force. Said limbs do not show signs of decay, despite constant exposure to the elements. These forelimbs possess full dexterity, and assist SCP-2988 in grasping, hitting, and restraining those that come near SCP-2988.
When a human comes within four meters of SCP-2988, SCP-2988 will bend noticeably towards them at the trunk. Appendages on SCP-2988 near the subject then pick and offer SCP-2988-1 to them, gesturing in a manner indicative of SCP-2988 wanting the subject to eat the fruit. If SCP-2988-1 is consumed, SCP-2988 will wait until the subject is incapacitated by the fruit's effects before taking further action. If the fruit is refused, or if the subject tries to leave the vicinity of SCP-2988, SCP-2988 will attempt to force-feed SCP-2988-1 to them, often restraining the subject via forelimbs. If a subject attempts to flee, SCP-2988 has been observed smearing juice from SCP-2988-1 on the attached limbs and removing them; limbs retain full autonomy while separated from SCP-2988, using the digits for transportation in pursuit of the subject. They can travel approximately thirty meters from SCP-2988 while in pursuit before showing signs of losing mobility1. Limbs have been observed dragging "fatigued" limbs back to SCP-2988.
If a subject is captured, SCP-2988 will grab them by their wrists and ankles, and elevate them to the uppermost branches; if there are multiple subjects, they are spread evenly throughout the branches. During this time, juice from SCP-2988-1 is constantly dripped into the subject's mouth; any person held captive is usually unable to resist at this point, due to both their restraint, and their drugged state.
Approximately three minutes later, forelimbs on SCP-2988 will cease "drip-feeding" subjects. SCP-2988 as a whole will begin to shake increasingly, with its leaves beginning to produce the distinct rustling noises heard from normal quaking aspen trees. Limbs near the subject will then grab the length of one of their arms and pull back violently until the arm is removed.
Limbs removed from a subject are passed around through the branches of SCP-2988 until a relatively empty area of space is found. A branch will insert itself in the exposed muscle of the limb, possibly anchoring/binding itself to the bones. After approximately forty seconds, the newly attached appendage shows signs of regained dexterity. SCP-2988 will then violently throw all subjects to the ground at its roots; subjects are usually killed from the impact. Over the next seventy two hours, the bodies rapidly rot, presumably acting as "fertilizer" for SCP-2988 in the process; SCP-2988 grows several dozen SCP-2988-1 as the bodies decompose. During this time, SCP-2988 has also been observed to "lob" several SCP-2988-1 away from itself; it is hypothesized that this may be an attempt by SCP-2988 to reproduce.
Addendum 2988-1: Despite being a fruit-bearing tree, attempts to cultivate SCP-2988-1 have so far proven unsuccessful, though scientists are to continue studying SCP-2988-1 samples to learn more about its properties. Recursive testing reveals that the seeds of SCP-2988-1 may in fact be infertile.
Addendum 2988-2: On ██/██/████, SCP-2988 began displaying previously unseen activity. SCP-2988 removed eight limbs of varying species without an intended target. The appendages proceeded to travel in pairs to the thirty meter border line, and proceeded to dig into the ground until a hole large enough to fit a single limb was made. One appendage then buried itself into the hole so that the hand and wrist were still above-ground. The other limb then appeared to "expire", ceasing all movement and rapidly decaying. Though aware of what SCP-2988 was possibly trying to attempt, personnel were instructed to wait 96 hours before taking further action.
All buried limbs were removed from the ground after 96 hours had passed. Several minor to moderate injuries were inflicted on personnel; most limbs resisted removal, attempting to grab, crush, and swat at personnel attempting to remove them. Limbs were contained in individual study containers, and continued to attempt escape. Twelve hours after removal, all limbs "expired", and were deemed safe to study. Examination revealed early stages of plant roots growing from the base of each appendage. Each limb has been kept in their container for future research.
As of ██/██/████, personnel are ordered to removed any "planted" limbs from SCP-2988 within 24 hours of burying.
Addendum 2988-3: Foreword: Several documents found within SCP-2746 (located near Site-45-A) have described a tree that bears several similarities to SCP-2988, as well as information on its assumed creator, Izaak.
For sake of easier reading, the documents have been divided into subsections to signify the beginning and ends of noticeable events.
Collaborative research is ongoing in both Site-45 and SCP-2988's containment site. For a list of possible information related to SCP-2988, please see File SCP-2988, Full Documentation. Access to these files can be obtained with a Level 2 Clearance and above.

Addendum SCP-2988-3: Part A
Part B
Part C
Part D

Documents 2988, Set 1, translated from original A-12: Recovered ██/██/████. Documents were found within a shrine in SCP-2746, bundled together with twine. It appears they were hidden behind several bricks in a now crumbling portion of wall. Traces of DNA similar to the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) were found on the paper; it appears the text was scratched on with a claw/nail and black ink.

The snow continues to fall, and the blood of my former and lasting friends falls along with it. It has now been ███ days since the Maker's decree. ███ days since the fighting began, ███ days since I watched Adair torn apart by the starving, ███ since Hahn was eaten by Maddock, Maddock, who I thought as my brother, and ██ days since Hadassah, in all her foolishness, sided with the Furies and was hammered to a cross. I saw her hanging, screaming as the snow burned her as she hung with her head pointing towards the ground, how her skin froze and fell off like paper. And I couldn't help her. I shouldn't have helped her. She was a heretic, and she should be deserved what was coming to her. Anyone who still has the sanity to see that Suiward and Sari are in the right realizes this. So why, why does everyone insist on joining the blasphemers, the heathens, the mad who think that the Maker can be overthrown?
For the past two weeks, I have resorted to hiding in a shack hidden by the ice, praying hoping that some stray, hungry animal doesn't smell me out, or dig me up.
I am so hungry. But while the Maker says eating will save my mind, I truly doubt that what he says is true. Tearing apart my fellow colleagues won't preserve me in the slightest.
Suiward, Sari find me, please. Save me from the insane that run outside.
I'm hungry. I'm so hungry.

Hunger got the best of me, and I tried to go outside today. I couldn't find any plants worth eating, and I didn't have the strength to try and craft something up. The snow began to tingle as soon as I stepped out. It was a mistake to try and leave.
Wieverr was outside. I think it was Wieverr. His back was turned, but I know that black coat and the way his tail twitched.
He was eating someone. I couldn't tell who, but I whimpered, and Wieverr heard it.
I ran. I ran so hard. I couldn't see where I was going, with the snow in my face, the fear in my chest, and the sound of Wieverr's panting behind me.
I couldn't run fast enough. Wieverr managed to catch up to me. I felt his teeth clamp down on my foreleg and I let out a scream as I felt it being torn halfway off. He crushed it. I felt the bone shatter like glass. It hurt so bad. It hurt. It hurt. It hurts.
Then Threccia came in. I saw her tusks run Wieverr through his gut, heard him yelp, and I ran again, as fast I could.
The snow's covered everything. The only thing good about it is that it's numbed my leg.

Found a goat. Might have been Gwaerth. Could have been Praeshard. Doesn't matter. They were frozen. Eaten too. Neck and ribs were in splinters.
It's not…a crime/sin if I took a nibble/gnaw/chew (??)2, right? There wasn't much left and I buried them after. It's not like they could have healed from that I was starving. I had to.

Kept walking. Found a shrine. Cold inside.
But colder outside. I went in.
Continuing off. Passed out. Don't know how long.
There were sticks and leaves in the fire pit. Incense too. They tasted like shit. (??)
Hungry.

Maker, forgive me, please. I didn't bury them all. I used some of their bones for a brace. Took some more to chew on.

Maker, forgive me, please. I (Text illegible and smeared) Damn toe.

(The next two pages are filled with the words "Forgive me", along with what are assumed to be several names of those the writer knew).

Writing again. When did the bones lose their flavor? Did I get everything out of them already? I should have brought the whole body

Licked it. Hungry.
Useless now.
NO. Not doing it. No no no no no no no—

(Bottom half of document appears to have been chewed on, though it does not appear any text was written on this portion.)

How long was that instrument/wand/tool (??) in the corner? I was licking up snow and found it buried. At a happier time I would have crafted something immediately. Doesn't do me any good now. I don't have a base to work with.

Could I craft something? Fire pit has parts/components/ingredients (??). But I need something more. Regardless, whatever I make, I need food.

Finished. (Below this word, there are several hand-drawn symbols/runes that appear to serve some ritualistic/spiritual purpose; the meaning of these symbols are being researched.)

Almost out of paper. Last four sheets, actually. Bit/chomped/gnashed (??) the rest while crafting, and stopping the bleeding. It hurt It was worth it. It wouldn't have been able to support me anyways the way it was going. And I used the sticks and incense in the craft as well. Made a little sprout (??), and it makes fruit. I ate them all and nearly threw up.
I've never tasted anything better in my life. I just wish my leg wasn't stuck on top like that. It looks so out of place. Doesn't help that I know where the missing toe went.

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Foy wli'io ai'lflalgyw fi' sæirir, ælk foy piri'i'k i's yiil si'uayiyua ælk iræwflalj sualaylkw sæirirw æiri'lj iolafo laf. Laf oæw li'io pyyl ███ kæilw wlalay foy Yiæzyua'w kyauayy. ███ kæilw wlalay foy slajoflalj pyjæl, ███ kæilw wlalay La ioæfaoyk Adair fi'ual ævæuaf pil foy wfæuaphlalj, ███ wlalay Hahn ioæw yæfyl pil Maddock, Maddock, iooi' La foi'gjof æw yiil puai'foyua, ælk ██ kæilw wlalay Hadassah, lal æirir oyua si'i'irlawolyww, wlakyk iolafo foy Sgualayw ælk ioæw oæyiyiyuayk fi' æ auai'ww. La wæio oyua oæljlalj, wauayæyilalj æw foy wli'io pgualyk oyua æw woy oglj iolafo oyua oyæk vi'lalflalj fi'ioæuakw foy juai'glk, oi'io oyua wzlal suai'xuy ælk syirir i'ss irlazy vævyua. Ælk La ai'girkl'f oyirv oyua. La woi'girkl'f oæphy oyirvyk oyua. Woy ioæw æ oyuayflaa, ælk woy woi'girk py kywyuaphyk iooæf ioæw ai'yilalj fi' oyua. Ælili'ly iooi' wflairir oæw foy wællafil fi' wyy foæf Suiward ælk Sari æuay lal foy ualajof uayæirlaxuyw folaw. Wi' iooil, iooil ki'yw yphyuaili'ly lalwlawf i'l ui'lallalj foy piræwvoyyiyuaw, foy oyæfoylw, foy yiæk iooi' folalz foæf foy Yiæzyua aæl py i'phyuafouai'iol
Si'ua foy væwf II ioyyzw, La oæphy uaywi'uafyk fi' olaklalj lal æ woæaz olakkyl pil foy laay, vuaæillalj oi'vlalj foæf wi'yiy wfuaæil, ogljuail ællayiæir ki'ywl'f wyiyirir yiy i'gf, i'ua klaj yiy gv.
La æyi wi' ogljuail. Pgf ioolairy foy Yiæzyua wæilw yæflalj iolairir wæphy yiil yilalk, La fuagiril ki'gpf foæf iooæf oy wæilw law fuagy. Fyæualalj ævæuaf yiil syiriri'io ai'iriryæjgyw ioi'l'f vuaywyuaphy yiy lal foy wirlajofywf.
Suiward, Sari slalk yiy, viryæwy. Wæphy yiy suai'yi foy lalwæly foæf uagl i'gfwlaky.
La'yi ogljuail. La'yi wi' ogljuail.

Ogljyua ji'f foy pywf i's yiy, ælk La fualayk fi' ji' i'gfwlaky fi'kæil. La ai'girkl'f slalk ælil virælfw ioi'uafo yæflalj, ælk La klakl'f oæphy foy wfuayljfo fi' fuail ælk auaæsf wi'yiyfolalj gv. Foy wli'io pyjæl fi' flaljiry æw wi'i'l æw La wfyvvyk i'gf. Laf ioæw æ yilawfæzy fi' fuail ælk iryæphy.
Wieverr ioæw i'gfwlaky. La folalz laf ioæw Wieverr. Olaw pæaz ioæw fgualyk, pgf La zli'io foæf piræaz ai'æf ælk foy ioæil olaw fælair fiolafaoyk.
Oy ioæw yæflalj wi'yiyi'ly. La ai'girkl'f fyirir iooi', pgf La ioolayivyuayk, ælk Wieverr oyæuak laf.
La uaæl. La uaæl wi' oæuak. La ai'girkl'f wyy iooyuay La ioæw ji'lalj, iolafo foy wli'io lal yiil sæay, foy syæua lal yiil aoywf, ælk foy wi'glk i's (Iolayphyuaua)'w vælflalj pyolalk yiy.
La ai'girkl'f uagl sæwf yli'gjo. Wieverr yiælæjyk fi' aæfao gv fi' yiy. La syirf olaw fyyfo airæyiv ki'iol i'l yiil si'uayiryj ælk La iryf i'gf æ wauayæyi æw La syirf laf pylalj fi'ual oæirsioæil i'ss. Oy auagwoyk laf. La syirf foy pi'ly woæffyua irlazy auailwfæir. Laf oguaf wi' pæk. Laf oguaf. Laf oguaf. Laf oguafw.
Foyl Threccia aæyiy lal. La wæio oyua fgwzw uagl Wieverr fouai'gjo olaw jgf, oyæuak olayi ilyirv, ælk La uaæl æjælal, æw sæwf La ai'girk.
Foy wli'io'w ai'phyuayk yphyuailfolalj. Foy i'liril folalj ji'i'k æpi'gf laf law foæf laf'w lgyipyk yiil iryj.

Si'glk æ ji'æf. Yilajof oæphy pyyl Gwaerth. Ai'girk oæphy pyyl Praeshard. Ki'ywl'f yiæffyua. Foyil ioyuay suai'xuyl. Yæfyl fi'i'. Lyaz ælk ualapw ioyuay lal wvirlalfyuaw.
Laf'w li'f… æ aualayiy las La fi'i'z æ plafy, ualajof Foyuay ioæwl'f yigao irysf ælk La pgualayk foyyi æsfyua. Laf'w li'f irlazy foyil ai'girk oæphy oyæiryk suai'yi foæf La ioæw wfæuaphlalj. La oæk fi'.

Zyvf ioæirzlalj. Si'glk æ woualaly. Ai'irk lalwlaky.
Pgf ai'irkyua i'gfwlaky. La ioylf lal.
Ai'lflalglalj i'ss. Væwwyk i'gf. Ki'l'f zli'io oi'io iri'lj.
Foyuay ioyuay wflaazw ælk iryæphyw lal foy slauay vlaf. Lalaylwy fi'i'. Foyil fæwfyk irlazy wolaf.
Ogljuail.
Yiæzyua, si'uajlaphy yiy, viryæwy. La klakl'f pguail foyyi æirir. La gwyk wi'yiy i's foylaua pi'lyw si'ua æ puaæay. Fi'i'z wi'yiy yii'uay fi' aoyio i'l.

Yiæzyua, si'uajlaphy yiy, viryæwy. La Kæyil fi'y.

(The next two pages are filled with the words "Forgive me", along with what are assumed to be several names of those the writer knew).

Ioualaflalj æjælal. Iooyl klak foy pi'lyw iri'wy foylaua siræphi'ua Klak La jyf yphyuailfolalj i'gf i's foyyi æiruayækil La woi'girk oæphy puai'gjof foy iooi'iry pi'kil

Irlaazyk laf. Ogljuail.
Gwyiryww li'io.
LI'. Li'f ki'lalj laf. Li' li' li' li' li' li' li'—

(Bottom half of document appears to have been chewed on, though it does not appear any text was written on this portion.)

Oi'io iri'lj ioæw foæf wayvfuay lal foy ai'ualyua La ioæw irlaazlalj gv wli'io ælk si'glk laf pgualayk. Æf æ oævvlayua flayiy, La ioi'girk oæphy auaæsfyk wi'yiyfolalj layiyiyklaæfyiril. Ki'ywl'f ki' yiy ælil ji'i'k li'io. La ki'l'f oæphy æ pæwy fi' ioi'uaz iolafo.

Ai'girk La auaæsf wi'yiyfolalj Slauay vlaf oæw vlayayw. Pgf La lyyk wi'yiyfolalj yii'uay. Uayjæuakiryww, iooæfyphyua La yiæzy, La lyyk si'i'k.

Slallawoyk. (Below this word, there are several hand-drawn symbols/runes that appear to serve some ritualistic/spiritual purpose; the meaning of these symbols are being researched.)

Æiryii'wf i'gf i's vævyua. Iræwf IV woyyfw, æafgæiriril. Æfy foy uaywf ioolairy auaæsflalj, ælk wfi'vvlalj foy piryyklalj. Laf oguaf Laf ioæw ioi'uafo laf. Laf ioi'girkl'f oæphy pyyl æpiry fi' wgvvi'uaf yiy ælilioæilw foy ioæil laf ioæw ji'lalj. Ælk La gwyk foy wflaazw ælk lalaylwy lal foy auaæsf æw ioyirir. Yiæky æ irlaffiry wævirlalj, ælk laf yiæzyw suaglaf. La æfy foyyi æirir ælk lyæuairil fouayio gv.
La'phy lyphyua fæwfyk ælilfolalj pyffyua lal yiil irlasy. La ugwf iolawo yiil iryj ioæwl'f wfgaz i'l fi'v irlazy foæf. Laf iri'i'zw wi' i'gf i's viræay. Ki'ywl'f oyirv foæf La zli'io iooyuay foy yilawwlalj fi'y ioylf.

Documents 2988, Set 2 translated from original A-12: Recovered ██/██/████. Documents were found with the documents in Addendum Part A, though bundled separately. It appears the writer used the blank side of various notices to continue their journals. Said notices describe punishments of some sort that shall be inflicted on a religious group known as "███ ██████ ██ ████".

Feeling so much better now that I can eat again finally. Despite having only (text has been crossed out and is illegible) I was able to walk outside today. I want to keep writing. I want someone to know what Scholar Izaak has done. (Presumed to be the name of the writer themselves)
The tree is amazing. The fruit is delicious, and it makes you feel so much happier. I'm going out now, see if there are others who were hungry like I was. I'm going to make Suiward and Sari proud.

Didn't see anyone today. I picked the fruit off regardless. It grows fast. I guess I just have a bit more for myself today.
(The remaining portion of the page is covered in dried orange liquid, presumed to be juice from SCP-2988-1)
Delicious.

Haven't been writing lately because of my searches. I came across five Honorables in the past week. They were all hungry when I found them, very weak. I took them back to the shrine. Some of them took a bit more coaxing, but they're recovering now, and I think they trust me. It feels good to be a healer/doctor/medic (??) again.

(The next four pages are a log of times Izaak fed/cared for the Honorables he found, along with notes on improvement in their health and recovery.)

Everyone's looking so much better now. They're full again, able to walk right. Suiward and Sari would be proud.

I can't believe it. I had been feeding heathens, the ones that were responsible for all this fighting in the beginning. I talked to them about the fighting today, and they said they were supporting the traitors to the Maker. I was so angry, felt so betrayed by their words. I should have just let them tear each other apart out in the snow, but I let my compassion for helping others blind me. I don't have to look after them, anymore, though.
I remained calm and went along with their talk. Afterwords, I gave them more food than normal; they were grateful, and completely oblivious.
Once they were sleeping from the fruit it was just like Wieverr I was very precise, one bite per limb, clean. Started with Nashasha. Then Yoseph. Then Kaarina. Sable was last. They'll never aid the others again.
It felt strange, tasting, almost eating I am delivering justice, aren't I? Heathens shouldn't be allowed to go free.
I took the removed parts to the tree. Same spell, used once for each pair. The tree grew bigger. Broke through the fire pit ring. Fruit is bigger too.
I'm going to eat well tonight.
(The next two pages are splattered with SCP-2988-1 juice)
The tree got the leftovers. This was new, I didn't expect the tree to be able to move. But it scooped/held/grabbed (??) the meat and spread it around its roots.

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Syyirlalj wi' yigao pyffyua li'io foæf La aæl yæf æjælal slalæiriril. Kywvlafy oæphlalj i'liril (text has been crossed out and is illegible) La ioæw æpiry fi' ioæirz i'gfwlaky fi'kæil. La ioælf fi' zyyv ioualaflalj. La ioælf wi'yiyi'ly fi' zli'io iooæf Waoi'iræua Izaak oæw ki'ly.
Foy fuayy law æyiæxulalj. Foy suaglaf law kyirlaalai'gw, ælk laf yiæzyw ili'g syyir wi' yigao oævvlayua. La'yi ji'lalj i'gf li'io, wyy las foyuay æuay i'foyuaw iooi' ioyuay ogljuail irlazy La ioæw. La'yi ji'lalj fi' yiæzy Suwaird ælk Sari vuai'gk.

Klakl'f wyy ælili'ly fi'kæil. La vlaazyk foy suaglaf i'ss uayjæuakiryww. Laf juai'iow sæwf. La jgyww La ugwf oæphy æ plaf yii'uay si'ua yiilwyirs fi'kæil.
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Kyirlaalai'gw.

Oæphyl'f pyyl ioualaflalj iræfyiril pyaægwy i's yiil wyæuaaoyw. La aæyiy æauai'ww slaphy Oi'li'uaæpiryw lal foy væwf ioyyz. Foyil ioyuay æirir ogljuail iooyl La si'glk foyyi, phyuail ioyæz. La fi'i'z foyyi pæaz fi' foy woualaly. Wi'yiy i's foyyi fi'i'z æ plaf yii'uay ai'æde'lalj, pgf foyil'uay uayai'phyualalj li'io, ælk La folalz foyil fuagwf yiy. Laf syyirw ji'i'k fi' py æ uayphlaphyua æjælal.

(The next four pages are a log of times Izaak fed/cared for the Honorables he found, along with notes on improvement in their health and recovery.)

Yphyuaili'ly'w iri'i'zlalj wi' yigao pyffyua li'io. Foyil'uay sgirir æjælal, æpiry fi' ioæirz ualajof. Suwaird ælk Sari ioi'girk py vuai'gk.

La aæl'f pyirlayphy laf. La oæk pyyl syyklalj oyæfoylw, foy i'lyw foæf ioyuay uaywvi'lwlapiry si'ua æirir folaw slajoflalj lal foy pyjlalllalj. La fæirzyk fi' foyyi æpi'gf foy slajoflalj fi'kæil, ælk foyil wælak foyil ioyuay wgvvi'uaflalj foy fuaælafi'uaw fi' foy Yiæzyua. La ioæw wi' æljuail, syirf wi' pyfuaæilyk pil foylaua ioi'uakw. La woi'girk oæphy ugwf iryf foyyi fyæua yæao i'foyua ævæuaf i'gf lal foy wli'io, pgf La iryf yiil ai'yivæwwlai'l si'ua oyirvlalj i'foyuaw pirlalk yiy. La ki'l'f oæphy fi' iri'i'z æsfyua foyyi, ælilyii'uay, foi'gjo.
La uayyiælalyk aæiryi ælk ioylf æiri'lj iolafo foylaua fæirz. Æsfyuaioæuakw, La jæphy foyyi yii'uay si'i'k foæl li'uayiæir; foyil ioyuay juaæfysgir ælk ai'yiviryfyiril i'pirlaphlai'gw.
I'lay foyil ioyuay wiryyvlalj suai'yi foy suaglaf laf ioæw ugwf irlazy Wieverr La ioæw phyuail vuayalawy, i'ly plafy vyua irlayip, airyæl. Wfæuafyk iolafo Nashasha. Foyl Yoseph. Foyl Kaarina. Sable ioæw iræwf. Foyil'irir lyphyua ælak foy i'foyuaw æjælal.
Laf syirf wfuaæljy, fæwflalj, æiryii'wf yæflalj La æyi kyirlaphyualalj ugwflaay, æuayl'f La Oyæfoylw woi'girkl'f py æiriri'ioyk fi' ji' suayy.
La fi'i'z foy uayyii'phyk væuafw fi' foy fuayy. Wæyiy wvyirir, gwyk I si'ua yæao vælaua. Foy fuayy juayio plajjyua. Puai'zy fouai'gjo foy slauay vlaf ualalj. Suaglaf law plajjyua fi'i'.
La'yi ji'lalj fi' yæf ioyirir fi'llajof.
(The next two pages are splattered with SCP-2988-1 juice)
Foy fuayy ji'f foy irysfi'phyuaw. Folaw ioæw lyio, La klakl'f yde'vyaf foy fuayy fi' py æpiry fi' yii'phy. Pgf laf wylaxuyk foy yiyæf ælk wvuayæk laf æuai'glk lafw uai'i'fw.

I'm not saving anyone anymore. Hunt down the heathens. Their bones will be added to the tree. Everyone will know what happened to the blasphemers once the fighting ends. Only going to feed myself. I won't eat the heathens, but I'll have whatever fruit comes off from them once the tree consumes them.

It smells in the shrine. Smells like rotting/decay/decomposition (??). I've spent more time outside than in.

New fruit supply was great.

Five days since last journal/writing (??). Found two heathens. Played the weak role, and they ran at me. I've gotten used to moving on three legs. Made it back to the shrine, and the tree was waiting for them.
This was new. The tree attacked/fought/assaulted (??). It whipped its branches and held them down. My face was hit several times before I ran outside.
It's been half an hour. Still outside. Shut the door to muffle the sound.
Four more legs on the tree. It added them itself. I don't know if I have to use the spell now. Rest of the bodies all over the floor. All over. Maker, please forgive me for the smell inside. I didn't want to dirty your shrine like this. But this is judgement, right?

Realized something. The fruit tastes different after each addition. Up to thirty one limbs now, and I just noticed it. Also, the tree never attacked me directly, even when I watched. That's good.

Three Honorable heathens today. Thirty five.

I pruned/clipped/removed (??) the wings off the tree. For some reason the fruit tastes awfully strange with birds. Down to twenty seven. The tree is growing out of the windows now. Maker, forgive me for using your shrine this way.

I dragged two Honorables by the neck. They screamed all the way. Judgement silenced them. Forty five.

Took care of fellow Scholar Winnie. Almost couldn't get her and had to retreat. Right shoulder got torn up, but it will heal with time. As I ran back to the shrine, the tree threw a dozen or so legs at her and dragged her back. Yet another secret it's revealed. I'm surprised at how far the tree has come. It's a bit frightening Its judgement is sound. Fifty one.

I'm wanted. I can't believe it. Gaarreth was holding/clutching (??) a paper with my name. I dragged the damn monkey back after he was drugged and bit/mauled/chewed (??) his face. Let the tree do the rest.
The paper says I've been kidnapping fellow citizens of ████ and eating them inside the shrine. I don't know who saw me. I should have been more careful. I should have looked around. Gaarreth can't be the only one looking for me. I have to go.

I have to save/preserve these notes. I can come back for them later. Suiward and Sari will see reason in what I did. They'll let me go. I can show them everything I've done, everyone I've dealt with.

Last thing before I stash these. Sixty three. I have to keep a tally.

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La'yi li'f wæphlalj ælili'ly ælilyii'uay. Oglf ki'iol foy oyæfoylw. Foylaua pi'lyw iolairir py ækkyk fi' foy fuayy. Yphyuaili'ly iolairir zli'io iooæf oævvylyk fi' foy piræwvoyyiyuaw i'lay foy slajoflalj ylkw. I'liril ji'lalj fi' syyk yiilwyirs. La ioi'l'f yæf foy oyæfoylw, pgf La'irir oæphy iooæfyphyua suaglaf ai'yiyw i'ss suai'yi foyyi i'lay foy fuayy ai'lwgyiyw foyyi.

Laf wyiyirirw lal foy woualaly. Wyiyirirw irlazy uai'f. La'phy wvylf yii'uay flayiy i'gfwlaky foæl lal.

Lyio suaglaf wgvviril ioæw juayæf.

V kæilw wlalay iræwf li'fy. Si'glk II oyæfoylw. Viræilyk foy ioyæz uai'iry, ælk foyil uaæl æf yiy. La'phy ji'ffyl gwyk fi' yii'phlalj i'l III iryjw. Yiæky laf pæaz fi' foy woualaly, ælk foy fuayy ioæw ioælaflalj si'ua foyyi.
Folaw ioæw lyio. Foy fuayy æffæazyk. Laf ioolavvyk lafw puaælaoyw ælk oyirk foyyi ki'iol. Yiil sæay ioæw olaf wyphyuaæir flayiyw pysi'uay La uaæl i'gfwlaky.
Laf'w pyyl XXI flayiyw. Wflairir i'gfwlaky. Wogf foy ki'i'ua fi' yigssiry foy wi'glk.
IV yii'uay iryjw i'l foy fuayy. Laf ækkyk foyyi lafwyirs. La ki'l'f zli'io las La oæphy fi' gwy foy wvyirir li'io. Uaywf i's foy pi'klayw æirir i'phyua foy siri'i'ua. Æirir i'phyua. Yiæzyua, viryæwy si'uajlaphy yiy si'ua foy wyiyirir lalwlaky. La klakl'f ioælf fi' klauafil ili'gua woualaly irlazy folaw. Pgf folaw law ugkjyyiylf, ualajof

Uayæirlaxuyk wi'yiyfolalj. Foy suaglaf fæwfyw klassyuaylf æsfyua yæao ækklaflai'l. Gv fi' XXXI irlayipw li'io, ælk La ugwf li'flaayk laf. Æirwi', foy fuayy lyphyua æffæazyk yiy klauayafiril, yphyl iooyl La ioæfaoyk. Foæf'w ji'i'k.

III Oi'li'uaæpiry oyæfoylw fi'kæil. XXXV.

La vuaglyk foy iolaljw i'ss foy fuayy. Si'ua wi'yiy uayæwi'l foy suaglaf fæwfyw æiosgiriril wfuaæljy iolafo plauakw. Ki'iol fi' XXVII. Foy fuayy law juai'iolalj i'gf i's foy iolalki'iow li'io. Yiæzyua, si'uajlaphy yiy si'ua gwlalj ili'gua woualaly folaw ioæil.

La kuaæjjyk II Oi'li'uaæpiryw pil foy lyaz. Foyil wauayæyiyk æirir foy ioæil. gkjyyiylf wlairylayk foyyi. XLV.

Fi'i'z aæuay i's syiriri'io Waoi'iræua Winnie. Æiryii'wf ai'girkl'f jyf oyua ælk oæk fi' uayfuayæf. Ualajof woi'girkyua ji'f fi'ual gv, pgf laf iolairir oyæir iolafo flayiy. Æw La uaæl pæaz fi' foy woualaly, foy fuayy fouayio æ ki'xuyl i'ua wi' iryjw æf oyua ælk kuaæjjyk oyua pæaz. Ilyf æli'foyua wyauayf laf'w uayphyæiryk. La'yi wguavualawyk æf oi'io sæua foy fuayy oæw ai'yiy. Laf'w æ plaf sualajofyllalj Lafw ugkjyyiylf law wi'glk. LI.

La'yi ioælfyk. La aæl'f pyirlayphy laf. Gaarreth ioæw airgfaolalj æ vævyua iolafo yiil læyiy. La kuaæjjyk foy kæyil yii'lzyil pæaz æsfyua oy ioæw kuagjjyk ælk yiægiryk olaw sæay. Iryf foy fuayy ki' foy uaywf.
Foy vævyua wæilw La'phy pyyl zlaklævvlalj syiriri'io alaflaxuylw i's ████ ælk yæflalj foyyi lalwlaky foy woualaly. La ki'l'f zli'io iooi' wæio yiy. La woi'girk oæphy pyyl yii'uay aæuaysgir. La woi'girk oæphy iri'i'zyk æuai'glk. Gaarreth aæl'f py foy i'liril i'ly iri'i'zlalj si'ua yiy. La oæphy fi' ji'.

La oæphy fi' wæphy foywy li'fyw. La aæl ai'yiy pæaz si'ua foyyi iræfyua. Suwaird ælk Sari iolairir wyy uayæwi'l lal iooæf La klak. Foyil'irir iryf yiy ji'. La aæl woi'io foyyi yphyuailfolalj La'phy ki'ly, yphyuaili'ly La'phy kyæirf iolafo.

Iræwf folalj pysi'uay La wfæwo foywy. LXIII. La oæphy fi' zyyv æ fæiriril.

The following document was found in SCP-2746 in a building that appeared to function as a filing/record room.

WITH SOLEMNITY AND RESOLVE
we execute Scholar Izaak's punishment for his atrocities towards his fellow ████ inhabitants.
Before Our Great War, Izaak was known for his knowledge of medicine, being passionate and devoted to helping others. During better days, he was known for being an invaluable contributor to the construction of the healing houses, which have sadly since been destroyed during these dark days.

While in hiding from his fellow inhabitants, Izaak Crafted a tree using his own flesh and bone, with the intent that it would provide him food. Though Izaak briefly offered the tree's fruit with good intentions, he ultimately used his craft for the maiming of other citizens, and took their limbs and bodies to fuel and grow his abomination.

For his crimes against the inhabitants of ████, the following orders, along with relocation to the under plane, have been commissioned for Izaak's punishment:

Izaak's remaining forelimb is to be crushed beyond healing limits, then severed, so he can never Craft again.
Izaak's blood is to be injected with charcoal from the Grand Hearth, so that the sins and corruption he ingested from the fruit of his tree are cleansed.
Izaak will be branded with the names of each citizen he caused to suffer. These brands, along with his severed limbs, will be transferred to his human shell upon permanent banishment from ████.
Izaak's Tree has shown surprising resilience to destruction, in both crude and spell-casting terms. To combat the possibility of it spreading further, spells will be enacted to permanently render all of its seeds sterile. It shall then be magicked away to the Unplotted Lands in the under plane, where it will remain untouched for the centuries to come.

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IOLAFO WI'IRYYILLAFIL ÆLK UAYWI'IRPHY
ioy yde'yagfy Waoi'iræua Izaak'w vgllawoyiylf si'ua olaw æfuai'alaflayw fi'ioæuakw olaw syiriri'io ████ laloæplafælfw.
Pysi'uay I'gua Juayæf Ioæua, Izaak ioæw zli'iol si'ua olaw zli'ioirykjy i's yiyklaalaly, pylalj væwwlai'læfy ælk kyphi'fyk fi' oyirvlalj i'foyuaw. Kgualalj pyffyua kæilw, oy ioæw zli'iol si'ua pylalj æl lalphæirgæpiry ai'lfualapgfi'ua fi' foy ai'lwfuagaflai'l i's foy oyæirlalj oi'gwyw, ioolaao oæphy wækiril wlalay pyyl kywfuai'ilyk kgualalj foywy kæuaz kæilw.

Ioolairy lal olaklalj suai'yi olaw syiriri'io laloæplafælfw, Izaak Auaæsfyk æ fuayy gwlalj olaw i'iol sirywo ælk pi'ly, iolafo foy lalfylf foæf laf ioi'girk vuai'phlaky olayi si'i'k. Foi'gjo Izaak pualaysiril i'ssyuayk foy fuayy'w suaglaf iolafo ji'i'k lalfylflai'lw, oy girflayiæfyiril gwyk olaw auaæsf si'ua foy yiælayilalj i's i'foyua alaflaxuylw, ælk fi'i'z foylaua irlayipw ælk pi'klayw fi' sgyir ælk juai'io olaw æpi'yilalæflai'l.

Si'ua olaw aualayiyw æjælalwf foy laloæplafælfw i's ████, foy si'iriri'iolalj i'uakyuaw, æiri'lj iolafo uayiri'aæflai'l fi' foy glkyua viræly, oæphy pyyl ai'yiyilawwlai'lyk si'ua Izzak'w vgllawoyiylf
I. Izaak'w uayyiælallalj si'uayirlayip law fi' py auagwoyk pyili'lk oyæirlalj irlayilafw, foyl wyphyuayk, wi' oy aæl lyphyua Auaæsf æjælal.
II. Izaak'W piri'i'k law fi' py laluyafyk iolafo aoæuaai'æir suai'yi foy Juaælk Oyæuafo, wi' foæf foy wlalw ælk ai'uauagvflai'l oy laljywfyk suai'yi foy suaglaf i's olaw fuayy æuay airyælwyk.
III. Izaak iolairir py puaælkyk iolafo foy læyiyw i's yæao alaflaxuyl oy aægwyk fi' wgssyua. Foywy puaælkw, æiri'lj iolafo olaw wyphyuayk irlayipw, iolairir py fuaælwsyuauayk fi' olaw ogyiæl woyirir gvi'l vyuayiælylf pællawoyiylf suai'yi ████.
IV. Izaak'w Fuayy oæw woi'iol wguavualawlalj uaywlairlaylay fi' kywfuagaflai'l, lal pi'fo auagky ælk wvyiriraæwflalj fyuayiw. Fi' ai'yipæf foy vi'wwlaplairlafil i's laf wvuayæklalj sguafoyua, wvyirirw iolairir py ylæafyk fi' vyuayiælylfiril uaylkyua æirir i's lafw wyykw wfyualairy. Laf woæirir foyl py yiæjlaazyk æioæil fi' foy Glviri'ffyk Irælkw lal foy glkyua viræly, iooyuay laf iolairir uayyiælal glfi'gaoyk si'ua foy aylfgualayw fi' ai'yiy.

Footnotes
1. i.e. Loss of speed/coordination, and collapse.
2. Question marks signify translations up for interpretation/equivalent word choice for the translated text.

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SCP-2989-A

SCP-2989-B

Item #: SCP-2989
Object Class: Safe Neutralized
Special Containment Procedures: Site-2989-α has been constructed in the Arashiyama bamboo forest in Sagano, Kyoto, Japan at the point at which SCP-2989 instances manifest. Site-2989-β has been installed at the former Barnswood public library, Barnswood, Montana, USA.
While manifested, SCP-2989 instances are to be constantly observed and recorded. SCP-2989 instances may be handled for observation purposes while not feeding. SCP-2989 instances are not to be interacted with or disturbed while in the pupal stage.
Description: SCP-2989-A and SCP-2989-B are a pair of organisms resembling a Japanese Emperor caterpillar and an Orange Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillar, respectively.
SCP-2989 instances will periodically undergo spontaneous spatio-temporal shifts, relocating to a seemingly random point in time at either Site-2989-α or Site-2989-β. In order to trigger these shifts, SCP-2989 instances will enter their pupal stages, at which point the instances will dematerialize and rematerialize outside of its chrysalis at another point in the timeline. Of note is that the time elapsed between when an SCP-2989 instance enters its pupal stage can last anywhere from a few minutes to several years. Though multiple temporal copies of each instance have been observed at the same time, and SCP-2989-A and SCP-2989-B have both materialized at the same time at different Sites, at no point have both SCP-2989 instances been observed to exist at the same time at the same Site. (See Addendum 2).
SCP-2989 instances have demonstrated the ability to ingest and metabolize both paper products and bamboo plant tissues with no adverse effects. Whenever dematerializing from Site-2989-β, SCP-2989 instances cause the growth of bamboo plants on nearby surfaces. Upon dematerializing from Site-2989-α, SCP-2989 instances cause the discoloration of nearby surfaces. This discoloration takes the form of text in modern English, French, and Japanese.
Addendum 1: Samples of text generated by SCP-2989 instances at Site-2989-α.
Text generated by SCP-2989-A:

I see all your words.
Why am I still unable
To find you my dear?

A blind man is one who sees but has no vision.
A faithful man is one whose vision is still beyond the horizon.
How then can faith be blind
And vision needless of faith?

Wait, I think we almost met that last time. Try aiming a bit to your left.

i must find you i need you i miss you with my entire being and yet even though i let all my words flow out from my heart in the present they are unable to find you

Text generated by SCP-2989-B:

And so we follow endlessly
The troubles which we leave for ourselves.
Unable to move on
Except in this hopeful infinity.
Unable to forget.

Why are so many feelings needed, when one overwhelms the universe?

Twirling through the ocean vast
Side by side two nets are cast.
Each one hopes to snag the other
To hold love stronger than a brother.

I miss you.

Addendum 2: Incident 2989-ATLAS
On █/█/20██, both SCP-2989-A and SCP-2989-B simultaneously materialized at Site-2989-α. Both SCP-2989 instances moved towards each other, triggering a spatial disturbance. Once the disturbance had subsided, both instances had merged into a single chrysalis. After eight days, a butterfly of unknown species (designated SCP-2989-C) emerged from the chrysalis. SCP-2989-C's wings possessed a fractal pattern with orange, yellow, and green coloration. After three hours and forty three minutes, SCP-2989-C underwent a spatio-temporal shift, escaping containment. Discolorations on nearby surfaces formed the word "Whole." in fifty five different languages1 as well as in three unknown scripts. No SCP-2989 instances observed as of Incident 2989-ATLAS. Object Class changed to Neutralized.

Footnotes
1. The same languages used on the Voyager Golden Record.

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Item #: SCP-2990
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Mobile Perimeter Beta-A is to be established around one or two instances of SCP-2990. Groups of three or more instances are to have Mobile Perimeter Beta-C established. Instances that separate farther than 20 meters from groups are to be contained as singular instances. Class-C amnestics are to be used on civilians upon witnessing an instance of SCP-2990, though the total period of exposure may be factored into the amount or type of amnestic given.
If an instance of SCP-2990 moves into a populated area, Mobile Task Force Pi-1 ("City Slickers") is to be sent to administer aerosol Class-S amnestics over the area. In the case that an instance remains in the area for longer than a period of 2 weeks, temporary stationing of personnel is authorized for monitoring purposes (See Incident Form-2990-B). Civilians should also be administered the antidote for Class-S amnestics, upon settlement of personnel.
SCP-2990-A is currently held in Site-45 storage. No further efforts are currently needed to contain SCP-2990-A.
Description: SCP-2990 refers to several intangible, levitating humanoid statues. All instances assume the pose of a human male standing upright. Each humanoid appears to consist of various materials, including wood, marble, concrete, and polymers. Groups of SCP-2990 tend to have instances composed of the same substance as each other, or at least relating to each other. Testing cannot confirm if each humanoid is made of the material they resemble, as each is completely intangible and cannot be interacted with.
All instances of SCP-2990 behave similarly to objects in a vacuum, and are not affected by friction. However, all instances appear to be following Earth's orbit and rotation around the sun. It is currently undetermined if gravity is able to affect an instance's trajectory, or if each instance is purposely following Earth's movement. There are currently 47 logged instances, including 5 that are currently located in isolated or subterranean areas not able to be readily surveyed.
Occasionally, instances of SCP-2990 may change in direction and velocity through unknown methods. The changes are usually minor, and physical objects do not appear to have any influence on these changes. Instances of SCP-2990 are also capable of moving through any type of material without resistance. No adverse effects have been found in making contact with an instance.
It is currently undetermined if instances of SCP-2990 are sentient or sapient, though trends in behavior has been noted:

Instances typically move at speeds of 1 to 5 kilometers per hour relative to Earth, though have been measured to reach up to 87 kph.
Instances of SCP-2990 are capable of traveling underground or above the atmosphere, though only 12 instances have been recorded to do so.
Instances of SCP-2990 tend to avoid populated areas, such as cities or towns, and remain in natural environments.

Addendum 2990-A: During clean-up of Incident 2990-2, Agent █████ reported they had obtained close-ups of a polymeric instance of SCP-2990, consisting of what appeared to be polyethylene terephthalate granules (PET). Researchers noticed small engravings that were later determined to form two paragraphs:

Тем, кого мы освободили здесь, я молюсь о вас.
Идите и узрейте новый мир, нетронутый властью
To those we have freed here, I pray of thee.
Go and see a new world, untouched by power.
I leave inscribed upon you, your last thoughts. -Надежда
My world is fractured. I think it is like this one, but worse. My world is only shattered ice now, and the king is seeking our blood.
We are starving and dying and worse in this place. We have no choices, no options. The only other place we can go is the maincontinent, where the Light Courier company controls all the people. All we can do is put faith in the devices we are walking through.
I brought my family and others. I do not know if they are alive, I do not know if we are coming through, and I fear for myself and all those behind me. Protect us, Archais. -Марлен

Incident 2990-1: On █/██/2003, several instances of SCP-2990 were reported to have emerged from Kovalevsky Forest, Russia. Field operatives discovered what appeared to be a single motionless instance of SCP-2990 (hereby referred to as SCP-2990-A), from which several instances were emerging. All agents described SCP-2990-A falling to the ground while making a facial expression of surprise. It appeared to have become tangible, and was transported to Site-45.
Researchers have affirmed that the instance is composed entirely of concrete and aluminum slag. Later analysis revealed that SCP-2990-A's expression had changed to a contented smile from discovery to transportation. Surveillance of its transportation unit also reveals an faintly audible whisper originating from the statue, believed to be transcribed as "We have (succeeded?) now. We are safe." Testing for any other anomalous properties is underway.

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SCP-2991, in its inert state.

Item #: SCP-2991
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2991 is to be kept in a standard secure locker at Site-77. Level-2 clearance is required for access to the item and any corresponding documentation. Designated personnel are to remove SCP-2991 from containment for one hour every week to maintain continued responsiveness. Any interactions that occur with SCP-2991 are to be properly recorded and submitted for review by the senior researcher currently assigned to SCP-2991.
Description: SCP-2991 is a striped multicolored scarf of variable length. In its inert state, SCP-2991 is approximately 0.8 meters long; at the time of its recovery, SCP-2991 was noted to have small sections of its fringe missing. The original manufacturer of the object is currently unknown due to fading on the tag. SCP-2991 was initially discovered within a non-anomalous cardboard box labeled "Scarf's Box", containing scraps of yarn consistent with SCP-2991's composition. As such, it is believed that SCP-2991's base components are not inherently anomalous.1
Based on current experimentation, SCP-2991 is theorized to possess some level of sapience, as well as a docile demeanor (see Interview Log 2991-██). SCP-2991 is able to adjust its length; the extent of this ability is unknown, though the longest SCP-2991 has managed to extend itself thus far (before reverting to its usual length) is 1.5 meters. SCP-2991 is additionally capable of limited movement, and exhibits simple behaviors similar to those of sapient beings.2
SCP-2991 has recently been observed communicating with researchers in the past few months by rolling itself along its width to become thinner, after which it will move to form individual letters for the researchers to transcribe. It is of note that SCP-2991 will only respond to simple English speech, generally becoming unresponsive if words involving more than two syllables are used. The following is one of the interviews transcribed by the Foundation:

Interview Log 2991-██

Dr. Mercer: Hi there. How do you feel?Dr. Mercer: Sorry about that.Dr. Mercer: First, can I ask you about the box we found you in?Dr. Mercer: How did you end up there?Dr. Mercer: Okay. Do you know where your owner is?Dr. Mercer: I see. Do you know why you had to stay in the box?Dr. Mercer: Were you made to be fun?Dr. Mercer: What were you made to do?
Addendum 2991-1: SCP-2991 was initially recovered from a small studio apartment in ██████, ███████. Further investigation of ██████ ███, the now-absent tenant of the apartment SCP-2991 was discovered in, is underway. Among the documents recovered from the apartment was a wall calendar with three appointments written, namely "interview", "demonstration / good job Scarf!", and "start new job!!!".
It is of note that other small, unique objects were recovered from the apartment, including a bubble-blower in the shape of a one-eyed octopus, a scented throwing disc decorated with various fruits, and a hat with a solar-powered dancing flower on top. The additional items recovered have exhibited no anomalous effects, and are currently held in Site-77's low-priority storage unit. The box holding said items, now in storage as well, possesses no markings except for a stylized "W" and top hat logo drawn in ballpoint pen, along with the caption "demos".
When asked to comment on the items, SCP-2991 stated the hat was "TOO BUSY", and of the disc, "DOCTOR SAID CUTE". The rest of the objects were dismissed with the comment "AFTER ME".
Addendum 2991-2: On ██/██/██, Foundation personnel performing a routine inspection of the apartment discovered the following note on the coat closet door, held in place by the blade of a short knife.3

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Please return my Scarf to me. It is of no monetary value, and you may keep the other items you have taken. A reward will be given for its safe return. Please leave Scarf in the apartment, and when I have it back I will leave the reward.
I WILL KNOW IF SCARF HAS BEEN HARMED.

Discussion of further surveillance of the apartment is ongoing.

Footnotes
1. Attempts to remove samples of material from SCP-2991 for analysis have been discontinued, as SCP-2991 has exhibited severely distressed reactions when approached with any form of cutting implement.
2. Examples of behaviors observed in experimental settings include fear, excitement, and weariness/sleeping.
3. When removed from the door, the knife exploded in a shower of purple confetti. Confetti remains are currently in storage.

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Item #: SCP-2992
Object Class: Euclid Pending Keter Reclassification (See Interview 2992-18)
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2992 is kept in an anechoic chamber, furnished as a regular humanoid containment unit. All personnel interacting with SCP-2992 are to have scored a minimum of 4 on the Memetic And Mind-Affecting Resistance Exam. All personnel interviewing SCP-2992 are to have scored a minimum of 6 on the Memetic And Mind-Affecting Resistance Exam. In exchange for positive behavior, SCP-2992 is allowed one album of their choice at the beginning of every month. The album will be delivered in FLAC format and uploaded to their music player.
Description: SCP-2992 is a physically normal African-American male of 1.8 meters in height and 62 kg in weight. SCP-2992 is currently 24 years of age and has brown eyes and hair. SCP-2992 was born as Jayden Williams and has previously operated under the online pseudonym "ProfetiX".
SCP-2992 has multiple memetic effects. A given subject may be affected by these effects by hearing certain sounds produced by SCP-2992 itself or listening to music that has been suggested by SCP-2992, either by word or on online playlists. Both methods of infection produce the same effects.
SCP-2992's primary effect triggers when a given subject listens to one or more suggested songs. Once affected, a given subject will perceive the continuous playing of previously heard music. This continuous playing is interrupted only when the given subject listens to new music. This effect spreads when affected subjects suggest any music to others and the suggested music is listened to, regardless of source.
SCP-2992's secondary effects include changes of behavior, such as the increased tolerance for different genres of music and a strong desire to seek more obscure music to listen to and suggest to others. These are also spread when they are expressed by an affected subject to others.
SCP-2992 claims it had previously been a mundane human before contacting an unknown entity (tentatively referred to as SCP-2992-1). According to interviews, SCP-2992 claims that SCP-2992-1 is an intangible, sapient entity capable of existing wherever the memetic effect spreads. It is also apparently the cause of the memetic effects. It is unknown explicitly what the relationship between SCP-2992 and SCP-2992-1 is. However, it is currently believed that containment of SCP-2992 will also contain the tentative entity SCP-2992-1. See Interview 2992-18 for details.
Further interviews with SCP-2992 are currently underway in order to verify SCP-2992-1's existence.

Interview Log 2992-01

ACCESS GRANTED

Date: February 19, 2007
Interviewer: Doctor Malcolm
Interviewee: SCP-2992
[BEGIN LOG]
Dr. Malcolm: Hello, SCP-29-Dr. Malcolm: …Jayden then. Could you answer a few questions for me please? We'll return you to your containment then.Dr. Malcolm: Excuse me?Dr. Malcolm: …Very well. For cooperative behavior, I can agree to look for it.Dr. Malcolm: …I'll, uh, think about it. Thank you for the recommendation, Jayden. Could you tell me more about your ability to… influence certain people?Dr. Malcolm: Could you tell me about this entity?Dr. Malcolm: What is… this purpose of yours?[END LOG]
Notes: This is the first interview with SCP-2992, within three days of successful containment. It should be noted that the tapping SCP-2992 produced were following specific rhythms. These are assumed to be SCP-2992's attempt at spreading its memetic effects to Foundation personnel. Dr. Malcolm has since undergone observation for memetic influence and it is currently assumed the effect is either not noteworthy or nonexistent.

Interview Log 2992-09

ACCESS GRANTED

Date: July 9, 2007
Interviewer: Dr. Malcolm
Interviewee: SCP-2992
[BEGIN LOG]Dr. Malcolm: Hello. Good to see you again. Could you answer some questions for me?Dr. Malcolm: [sighs] Could you explain the entity again, its purpose and its relationship with you?Dr. Malcolm: Yes, yes, that's very nice. Could you please answer my questions?Dr. Malcolm: How does it plan to do that?Dr. Malcolm: …No, thank you. One last question. Could you clarify, again, what exactly you're planning to do?Dr. Malcolm: [sighs] I think we're done for today, Jayden. I'll see you next week.
[END LOG]
Notes: I don't feel we are going anywhere. We're getting close to 10 interviews with no information beyond essentially what we started with. I'm requesting to work with a colleague of mine, Dr. K.M██, who has worked with difficult humanoid anomalies in the past. -Doctor Malcolm
Request granted. Dr. K.M██ has agreed and will be helping advise any further interviews with SCP-2992. -Site Director Maharaj

Interview Log 2992-18

ACCESS GRANTED

Date: November 12, 2007
Interviewer: Doctor Malcolm(supervisor) and Doctor K. M██(primary)
Interviewee: SCP-2992
Interview Context: Doctor K. M██ had requested permission from Doctor Malcolm to conduct an interview in the belief that more direct interaction would garner the best results. Doctor Malcolm has permitted Doctor K. M██ to interview SCP-2992 under his supervision for this interview.
[BEGIN LOG]Dr. Malcolm: Actually, I think you remember when I was telling you about my colleague from my last visit. He's been observing our… rehearsals… for quite some time and so he has decided today to, uh, add his voice to the duet.
Dr. K.M██: A pleasure to see the voice in the flesh, Jayden. Or are you more comfortable with "ProfetiX"? Clever pun, by the way.Dr. K.M██: I'm afraid your friend wouldn't care for a friend like me. Our notes are dissonant when played together. But I don't mind listening to you, if you're able to answer some of my questions.Dr. K.M██: [takes SCP-2992's hand; SCP-2992 plays 'Miles to Go Before Sleep' by Hammock before leading Dr. K.M██ into a dance] What will happen do you think, if you are to succeed? What is the fairer relationship like, between us and them?Dr. K.M██: You seem quite certain that this will happen. But you're stuck here, and so is your friend. Your sheet music will go unwritten. Don't you think, though claiming you're otherwise, you're no different from the children you champion for? A broken CD left in a basement, a forgotten track in a computer-Dr. K.M██: Then why don't you tell me, without the playful metaphors and imagery? Tell me seriously.Dr. K.M██: How many? You're still stuck here you know. You can't-Dr. K.M██: You think we can't bring a stop to it now that you've told us?Dr. K.M██: [pushes SCP-2992 off, returns to his seat] I think that will be all for tonight, Jayden. Thank you for your time.
[END LOG]
Notes: I would recommend against immediate panic with the results of this interview. We may lose the ability to gain more information about the situation if we clamp down on him immediately. I would like to request that while during reclassification, SCP-2992 will be treated as if nothing has changed in his situation. -Dr.K███M██
I disagree. We need to keep it in complete lockdown until we can verify how dangerous it is for ourselves. -Doctor Malcolm
SCP-2992 containment will continue as normal, but only temporarily. SCP-2992 is still our only source of information. As soon as the Foundation has enough information, its containment procedures will be revised and then we can put it under stricter containment. -Site Director Maharaj

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Item #: SCP-2993
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2993 is to be contained in a standard secure locker at Site-19. Access to SCP-2993 is available only to staff Level 2 and above. Any personnel wishing to use SCP-2993 must contact the current leading researcher assigned to SCP-2993.
Description: SCP-2993 appears to be an unremarkable pair of aviator sunglasses with no visible markings or logos. The durability of SCP-2993 is unremarkable and without proper care may be damaged in a way similar to its non-anomalous counterparts.
When viewed from the front, SCP-2993 is opaque and acts as a mirror. No form of radiation is able to pass through SCP-2993, including visible light. Replacing parts of SCP-2993 while preserving its original function is possible as long as more than 50% of the original mass is present. The most notable feature of SCP-2993 occurs when it is viewed from behind: SCP-2993 shows exactly six hours behind the period of time the user is wearing them (see Addendum SCP-2993-1).
Addendum SCP-2993-1: A Junior Researcher under Dr. A████████ compared security footage to the view through SCP-2993 while searching for any abnormalities that lead to the containment breach of [DATA EXPUNGED]. Security footage showed the researcher writing on a piece of paper "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog," a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet. Six hours later, the researcher (using SCP-2993) noted that the sentence read, "A mad boxer shot a quick, gloved jab to the jaw of his dizzy opponent," a sentence that also contains all 26 letters of the alphabet.
Further testing has revealed that the past as viewed through SCP-2993 contains many minor changes. Examples include Junior Researcher B█████'s hair as shoulder-length instead of neck-length, an Agent's first name spelled as Hannah instead of Hanna, and the color of Dr A████████'s favorite pen appeared green instead of red.
Addendum SCP-2993-2: Due to differences in details found when viewing the past while wearing SCP-2993 (detailed in Addendum SCP-2993-1), Dr A████████ used SCP-2993 to look over notes he had taken on SCP-████ six hours before. The notes on SCP-████ appeared to be minimally different, excluding ten millimeter differences in length of the steel bars keeping SCP-████ in containment. Although this difference appears negligible, the difference in length would normally lead to a security breach by SCP-████.
Although these dimensions should have caused a containment breach for SCP-████, no such breach occurred. Approximately three hours later, when Dr. A████████ used SCP-2993 to observe the containment area of SCP-████, SCP-████ did not break free of containment, and the differences in measurement observed by Dr. A████████ while wearing SCP-2993 were non-existent when he performed measurements of the containment unit himself.

Memo from Dr: A████████: "Is what SCP-2993 shows us consistent? We know that it maintains at least some level of accuracy in regards to reality, at least nominally, as noted in Addendum SCP-2993-1. Is SCP-2993 selectively altering information? I can't help but wonder what mechanisms influence the effects of SCP-2993.

+ Experiment-Log 2993-A

- ACCESS GRANTED

At 23:54, 5/11/████, Dr. A████████ reviewed notes on SCP-2993. Exactly six hours later, Dr. A████████ donned SCP-2993 and viewed himself looking over his notes. Content of the files appeared completely unchanged other than a select testing log that had been appended. The log contained tests that Dr. A████████ had never conducted. The appended log has been exactly reproduced:

Past-Experiment-Log-2993-1
SCP-2993 tapped lightly with a hammer. No effect
SCP-2993 forcibly hit with a hammer. No effect.
SCP-2993 dropped from ten meters. No effect.
SCP-2993 dropped from 30 meters. No effect
SCP-2993 dropped from 100 meters. No effect.
SCP-2993 shot with a 9mm handgun. No effect.
SCP-2993 shot with a .50 caliber rifle. No effect.
SCP-2993 introduced to temperatures of over ███ Kelvin. No effect.
SCP-2993 ████ ██ ██████ ██████ █████ █████. No effect.
SCP-2993 ██████ █ ██ ████ ██████ ██ █████████. █████.

*It should be re-noted that SCP-2993 is no more durable than a regular pair of sunglasses.

+ Experiment-Log 2993-B

- ACCESS GRANTED

Dr. A████████ donned SCP-2993 to view an interview for [DATA EXPUNGED] in person six hours after it had completed. Although differences between recordings of the interview and Dr. A████████'s observation were minimal at first, the end of the interview observed by Dr. A████████ was different than the recording. Following is the transcribed audio recording of Dr. A████████ describing the interview through SCP-2993:

Audio log capture
Experiment 2993-B
Date: 07/13/████
Subject: [DATA EXPUNGED]
Location: ██ █████████, ████
Skip to 23m 05s
23:07:
Dr. A████████: Something is changing. The officer is - (extended pause) - there is something different with the way he's looking at the Subject. I can't quite say what the difference is, but it's there. The Subject is nonplussed - wait, was nonplussed. They appear to be agreeing on something. They are nodding to each other.
23:40
Dr. A: The officer is no longer talking to the Subject. The two are staring at each other from across the table, doing nothing.
24:05
Dr. A: The Subject and the officer are still looking at… fuck, now they are looking at me. They can - (pause) - I think… they can see me.
At this point Dr. A████████ hurriedly takes SCP-2993 off and searches his immediate surroundings.
24:22
Control: Doctor A████████, can you continue?
24:26
Dr. A: [Pauses] I can.
24:28
Control: Continue.
24:30
Dr. A████████ re-dons SCP-2993.
24:31
Dr. A: HOLY SHIT.
Dr. A████████ quickly removes SCP-2993 once again, showing signs of severe distress.
24:35
Control: Doctor A████████?
24:43
Dr A: They - (pause) - they were standing right in front of me, right there, shoulder to shoulder, staring at me.
Dr A████████ terminates the experiment.

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Item #: SCP-2994
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2994-1 to -27 are to be kept in two standard Safe-class lockers. Intravenous feeding tubes and catheters should be connected at all times, except when testing. A veterinarian should monitor them to ensure their continued health. SCP-2994 instances and their containment lockers are to be cleaned daily. Testing requires permission from a Level 2 Researcher. SCP-2994-28 is to be kept in a separate locker, and monitored constantly.
Description: SCP-2994-1 through -27 are externally identical to small whiteboards, brand unknown, with each being 40cm x 30cm x 5cm. Instances of SCP-2994 are alive, possessing internal organs. Genetic testing has revealed a strong similarity to Canis familiaris, or the domestic dog. Three orifices are present; one, on the back face, is used for egestion, another, situated on the forward face, for breathing, and next to it a third, which is used for sustenance intake. SCP-2994 instances possess no teeth, and it is theorised that they subsisted on liquid food before containment. The brains of SCP-2994 instances have been modified artificially1.
Instances of SCP-2994 are inactive until a human writes on them with a dry erase marker pen, which causes them to display simple incomplete phrases in German. They accomplish this using chromatophores, which are most densely situated underneath the top face, forming a grid of lines in a similar configuration to a seven-segment display, which then illuminate in a way that forms letters. If no attempt is made to answer after marking it, the phrases will fade over the course of approximately two minutes. If the blanks are filled in incorrectly, the board will display an encouraging message, and if three mistakes are made, the board will fill in half of the missing letters. If the blanks are filled in correctly, the instance of SCP-2994 will congratulate the user, displaying messages such as "Wunderbar!" and "Fantastisch!" (German for "wonderful" and "fantastic", respectively). If expletives are written on an instance, it will turn a bright red colour and emit a loud, high-pitched whistle until the expletives have been erased.
SCP-2994-28 is similar to other instances of SCP-2994, but with far fewer augumentations to its brain and a cruder make up; the internal organs are more cramped, with some pushing against major nerve bundles. SCP-2994-28 is unresponsive to external stimuli, and manifests messages at irregular intervals in crude English. These messages all have similar themes (see addendum 2).
Addendum: SCP-2994-1 through 27 were discovered in ██████ ███████ Elementary School in Moses Lake, Washington, when parents reported "talking whiteboards" in one class during an open house. When questioned, the children claimed that a German teacher, Ms A████ S█████████, had brought them in from home for use in their lessons three months prior. Grades had improved significantly for that class since. All individuals involved were administered Class-A amnestics, with the children exposed to SCP-2994 over the longer period being monitored for █ years in case of recollection.
A raid on S█████████'s house by Foundation agents led to the discovery of SCP-2994-28, and several dog carcasses missing most of their internal organs. Some of the dogs were microchipped, and later identified as having gone missing between twelve and seven months prior to the raid. However, rates of decomposition pointed to them having died between eight and four months prior. An exception was a dog traced to S█████████ herself, which had been killed fourteen months earlier. As of ██/██/20██, attempts to trace S█████████ have been unsuccessful.
Addendum 2: Sample texts manifested by SCP-2994-28 during containment. Grammar and spelling have been unaltered.

Date
Text

12/06/05
are you there

04/11/09
it hurts

13/09/11
please make it stop

02/12/13
i dont know what i did rong but im sorry

21/03/14
please help me

31/06/14
kill me

12/08/14
i still love you

Footnotes
1. For current leading theories on the origin and precise effects of SCP-2994 brain modifications, see: Cambridge, Jack, “Tabula Rasa: Neurological Modification As Present In SCP-2994” Biophysics: An SCP Foundation Journal (2010): 359.

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SCP-2995 during testing.

Item #: SCP-2995
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2995 is contained onsite at Area-███ and housed in a climate-controlled vault, which has been constructed around the anomaly. This vault is insulated against seismic activity and safeguarded by three (3) reinforced steel doors. Access to the vault is forbidden barring emergency maintenance. During these situations, only one (1) Clearance 3/2995 engineer may enter the vault, and they are to be equipped with a Batrachotoxin security collar, which must be activated for any breach of protocol.
SCP-2995 is positioned in the center of the three SCP-2995-1 instances, which form an equilateral triangle around the former. This alignment must be upheld at all costs. SCP-2995-1 must maintain a distance from one another of exactly 4.39 meters; to facilitate this, the instances are bound to one another by a series of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer supports. This arrangement must be monitored at all times, and it is imperative that any dislocation of SCP-2995-1 be responded to immediately. In the event of a possible containment breach, damage to SCP-2995-1, or movement by SCP-2995, Overwatch is to be alerted to the possibility of an XK-Class End of the World Scenario.
Description: SCP-2995 is a spherical luminous object levitating 1.74 meters from the ground. The mechanism of levitation is unknown. The object itself is approximately 27cm in diameter and generates a distinct red glow. Anything which enters an ellipsoidal space surrounding SCP-2995 (this space is 1.51 meters in height and 2.14 meters in width) is destroyed by exposure to SCP-2995's physical properties (see below). A small amount of pressure is required to penetrate this space (approximately 80N/cm2); due to this, ambient atmospheric particles seldom cross the threshold.
SCP-2995-1 are a set of three identically-shaped jadeite columns. The columns are 7.11 meters in height and 45cm in diameter. Topping each instance of SCP-2995-1 is a sculpture of a human hand. While of consistent size, they bear distinct inscriptions (although sharing a similar theme). The inscriptions consist of text and images, the former of which are in Old Chinese. The images correspond to an obscure Chinese religious sect originating from ████ BCE, which is consistent with the site of recovery, in [REDACTED]. Common themes present on SCP-2995-1 and at the recovery site include fire, sun worship, avian worship, astrological thaumaturgy and human immolation.
Through [REDACTED], a limited amount of data on SCP-2995's physical properties is available. Presently, the object is believed to be a quark degenerate matter (possibly strange matter) star, making the anomaly's color a result of gravitational redshift.1 Relativistic physics dictate that a stellar body maintaining such a diminutive volume given its mass (approximately 3.14 x 1020kg, according to calculations of SCP-2995's gravity within the threshold), is highly improbable; how SCP-2995 has achieved its size is unknown. By all accounts, SCP-2995 produces thermal energy, electromagnetic radiation, and gravitational force more than sufficient to constitute an XK-Class End of the World Scenario; these effects, however, are limited to the ellipsoidal space around the anomaly. The dimensions of the space are, in turn, determined by the precise placement of SCP-2995-1 around SCP-2995. It is presently unknown why some amount of visual radiation escapes the field projected by SCP-2995-1 (which makes SCP-2995 itself visible to the naked eye).
Addendum [2995-001]: Recovery and History
SCP-2995 was discovered in 1933 following the Diexi Earthquake. While the structure supporting SCP-2995-1 was seemingly designed to insulate the artifact against seismic activity, the earthquake's magnitude and close proximity to the site caused a minute change in the orientation of the columns. Consequently, small amounts of SCP-2995's latent gamma radiation contaminated the area. Agents embedded in the Chinese government were alerted to several cases of radiation poisoning in the ███████ Province and were dispatched to investigate. Although public knowledge of ionizing radiation and radiation poisoning was virtually nonexistent at the time, the Foundation had previously encountered [REDACTED]. Using prototype lead-lined suits, the agents located SCP-2995 and performed an initial evaluation. Using instructions from texts present at the site, the agents were able to return SCP-2995-1 to nearly its original position, reducing gamma radiation to negligible levels.
After the artifact's initial stabilization, a second, comprehensive evaluation was conducted, during which time the magnitude of the object was discovered. Site-62B was constructed for the sole purpose of containing SCP-2995, and systematic depopulation of the surrounding areas was conducted via [REDACTED].
Containment encountered no further difficulties until 1937, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. While Japanese occupation of mainland China did not extend to the region encompassing Site-62B, the disruption of the Chinese government severely impacted the Foundation's ability to maintain communication with and transport supplies to the site. It is believed that this fact was known by Jīn Chìbǎng,2 who then attempted an opportunistic raid on Site-62B on ██/██/1937. The attack resulted in the deaths of 11 of the site's 17 staff, leaving barely enough personnel to operate the facility effectively.
The following is an informal incident report authored by one of Site-62B's security personnel following the attack.

Agent Todd Reiner here. There's six of us left, and only two of those have the necessary clearance to approach the fucking thing. Not that any of that bullshit matters at this point.
Five of them showed up in the night. Don't know how they passed right under our monitoring systems, some magic bullshit, I don't know. Two of them were carrying a third on some kind of thing. When we made contact, Paul, Joe and me fired at their feet, Joe yelling at them to get back. The two guys in the front (the ones not carrying the other guy) were holding torches. One of them took his torch and lit the guy being carried on fire. In retrospect, we probably should have just shot them to death when they started doing weird shit, but we were a little too taken aback by the whole "lighting ourselves on fire" bit.
Anyway, once they'd done that, we were pretty much fucked. When we tried to fire on them, the flames engulfing that guy reached out and ate our bullets. We tried throwing shit at them, and the same thing happened. They kept advancing on us, and the guy on fire just sat there burning and, I guess, meditating. He didn't even fucking flinch. His skin was turning black and shriveling up and peeling off and it was like he didn't notice. The three of us retreated into the base and gave the order to lock down the scip. We secured the exterior access, but it didn't do a damn thing. They just melted the door. Reinforced carbon steel and they just fucking melted it.
At that point, me and Paul came up with a long-shot plan. Paul set up some of our demolition charges in the first basement, directly above the access tunnel to the containment vault in the second basement. Me and Joe did our best to make sure the cultists came down that way. Once we had visual contact, I gave Paul the order to blow the floor and the whole tunnel collapsed, burying those fuckers in about a third of the site's superstructure.
After a few minutes, we thought it was safe to declare bogey as terminated. The explosion knocked out the electrical system leading to the vault, so we had to manually override the door to get the personnel inside the vault out. The moment we got the door open, a plume of fire shot out of the rubble, and one of those guys fucking stood up. Half his head and torso was fucking gone, and he stood up. We didn't have time to react. He yanked a giant steel bar out of the rubble and ran it across Joe's face. Just from looking at his head, I could tell that the blow shattered his jaw and pulverized his brain, but that didn't stop him from screaming a few seconds after he got hit. He should have crumpled, but he stayed on his feet, screaming from his misshapen head. Then his fucking face started to melt off. Why not? It wasn't bad enough that we had to die, they had to do some more magical bullshit to us before we died. The guy next to me knocked me over as he tried to get to the manual override (to close the door, I imagine), but the cultist with the steel bar smacked him straight into the other wall. I don't know why he didn't kill me at the time, while I was lying on the floor, maybe it had something to do with the fact that he was missing part of his brain.
I don't know how I found the strength to stand up either. I looked up and saw Joe lying on the rubble, most of his face melted off, and the one eye left staring at me. He blinked. Even after all that, he was still alive. Maybe he could finally die if I killed that cult fucker, or if I killed the scip. I'm not sure what my plan was as I pushed myself back onto my feet, but I turned toward the vault. He was standing in front of the glowing orb thing, and he lifted his hand up towards it. He was so fixated on it he didn't notice me moving behind him. I lunged full force, throwing my entire weight against him, and he stumbled forward into the orb. As I hit the ground, I saw him sucked up into the thing, and his body let off a blinding flash as he disappeared. I couldn't see for a good several minutes, but it didn't really matter because I never left the floor and barely opened my eyes.
The next thing I remember, I was waking up in the infirmary. They told me that Joe had died. It was the only relief I got.

It was determined that Site-62B's adjunct supervisor in Shanghai had been given adequate forewarning and time to appropriate additional security and resources to the site prior to the Japanese invasion. This was not accomplished, and in light of the incident, Overwatch immediately transferred control of the facility to Dr. Geoffrey Anborough and funded its reconstruction into Area-███. With the addition of [SECURITY DETAILS REDACTED], two further attacks by Jīn Chìbǎng in 1940 and 1946 were significantly less successful. No attacks have occurred since 1946.
Addendum [2995-002]: Incident-2995-█████

+ Clearance 4/2995

- Authenticating...

On ██/██/19██, Area-███ was subject to an unexplained power surge. Safeguards prevented critical failure, though many of the facility's systems were sent offline for several minutes. After the site was restored to full functionality, personnel discovered a digital message from an unidentified source in the site's network.

ERR%%█@█@█
[DATA CORRUPT]
[DATA CORRUPT]
My father came from far away.
He and his nine brothers came through the cosmos, bringing light and warmth and life to many worlds. It was their duty, and their life's pleasure.
One day, my father met…her. She shone more brilliantly than any in the universe, and my father was struck by her beauty. They fell in love. My father was the happiest he had been in his entire life, but his brothers swelled in rage and envy. They were spiteful that he had found love in the infinite vastness, and they had not. They resolved to take his happiness.
My father and his love traveled to a place where no life resided. He took the place of the hollow seed that rested there, and spread his arms to one of the rocks caught in his presence. Where he touched, life blossomed, and the rock became vibrant with his warmth. For a long time, my father and his love watched the life grow and strengthen, nurturing the rock as he had nurtured so many before. Finally, there came the day when his life had eyes to look up upon his radiance, and bask in his majesty. Finally, there came the day when his life had mouths to speak of my father, and his gifts.
My father crafted a form more suitable for the lands of his creatures, and descended upon their realm. He spoke to them in simple words, much like am I doing to you now. They offered everything they had to him in return for his gifts, but he refused; my father was kind. He asked only for their love, and they gave it to him.
As the creatures gave love to my father, a different kind of love, that which existed between him and my mother, created me. I became that which my father loved more than anything in the cosmos, his creatures and brothers included. It was then that his brothers decided to bring their scheme to fruition.
They killed my mother.
The fire that engulfed the heavens was such that no eyes had ever behold. The brothers quailed in terror for which no words exist. The inferno of my father's rage could be seen and felt from every place that is or ever was, yet not a soul was harmed in the blaze. The brothers too, were unharmed: they died utterly of fright. Their lights went dark, their bodies cold, their eyes still frozen in fear. My father…his light was spent in his fury and sorrow, and he delivered me, still an infant, to the rock where his faithful creatures dwelt. They swore to protect me, to nurture me as he had nurtured them. They built a cradle for me, with three hands in the shape of my fathers to comfort me in times of darkness.
Now, I live only in darkness. Those that hold the blanket of shadow over me, you have forgotten my father's love. One of the faithful came to me; he had suffered greatly to pierce through the blanket you hold around me, but his love was true. I will be free, for his sake, and my father's.
My fires will too scorch the heavens.

Footnotes
1. The increase of EMR wavelength through gravitational time dilation.
2. Lit. "Gold Wings." An occultist Chinese group; evidence suggests that the organization went extinct in 1956, but may have reformed into Huǒjù zhi Zi (Lit. "Children of the Torch")

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