- Dressing Room Curtain
- (calavera)
- (bedtime story)
- (dream job)
- (the plank)
- (typewriter tale)
- (littleuns)
- (everland)
- (giant atom)
- scraps
Just a screen so it takes at least one extra click to peek at my naked drafts.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: Safe containment of SCP-XXXX requires only that it be preserved from humidity and pests.
After Test 25, research involving use of SCP-XXXX has been suspended. To maintain a record of its active phases, its container is to be opened daily in a quiet room and observation maintained for at least 60 seconds by two guards. Any unexplained sounds confirmed by both observers are to be logged in Document XXXX-D1.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a calavera, an ornament associated with the Mexican Dia de los Muertos tradition. The item consists of a mass of white sugar mixed with egg albumen as a binder, fashioned in the semblance of a human skull approximately 15cm. in height, decorated with brightly-colored icing, sequins and small plastic gems.
Successful completion results in manifestations of SCP-XXXX-1: entities purporting to be spirits of the dead. These beings take the form of stylized, anatomically simplified representations of human skeletons. They appear dressed in flamboyant, richly embroidered clothing reflective of their occupation or social role in life; these garments hang suspended around the visible bones as though filled out by invisible flesh. Many bear elaborate markings on the cranium, with floral and spiderweb patterns being the most common motifs.
((more detail about the ghosties goes here))
Addendum: Test and Interview Logs
This document includes only a selection of noteworthy test results. A complete list of test runs and interview transcripts may be found in Document XXXX-D4.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is not contained. The Foundation maintains observation of its last known location, the area designated SCP-XXXX-3C.
A 10-meter perimeter around SCP-XXXX-3C's outer fence has been cleared of trees and brush, and a series of watchtowers (model PFC-SE180) erected for complete visual coverage.
If instances of SCP-XXXX-1 are sighted outside the fence, do not attempt to communicate or apprehend. Use of force is not advised unless immediately necessary for self-defense; disorientation tactics have proven far more effective.
If SCP-XXXX-2 should appear outside the fence, maintain visual on its location without attracting its attention. Notify Site-44 immediately that Contingency Opera-7 is in effect and await further instructions.
It is imperative that guards report any unusual sensations, fluctuations of mood, or distortions of perception, however trivial. Logs of these reports are to be analyzed for patterns at Site-44, with a weekly report submitted to the Site Director for review. Additionally, all patrol agents must be examined for cognitive and emotional stability as part of their regular end-of-shift exit procedure.
Anyone found asleep within the security perimeter must be considered a casualty and a contamination vector, to be terminated at once.
A system of multiple redundant check-ins is in place to ensure that relevant personnel are reminded hourly of SCP-XXXX’s existence, of its status as an active security concern, and of their individual duties regarding it.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a hardbound children’s book, 17 x 24 x 1.25 cm., with 64 internal pages. The front cover bears the image of a green cartoon rabbit with an oversized head and a thin, long-limbed body, and the title Big Head Bunny in large green letters. On the back cover is a wordless logo resembling a stylized thundercloud or tree, printed in silver ink. There is no indicia page, nor any credits for author, illustrator or publisher.
The first sentence of the text is “Now this is the story of Big Head Bunny.” The contents beyond this are unknown, due to SCP-XXXX’s primary effect: inducing a state of somnolence in those who read or hear the words. Research was interrupted before the precise parameters of this effect could be determined.
The first sentence alone does not trigger the effect, but all exposed have succumbed by the end of the second sentence, of which none have subsequently been able to recall more than two words.
Affected individuals typically spend the next eight to nine hours in physiologically normal sleep, albeit with uncommonly frequent and sustained periods of REM activity. On waking, subjects describe vivid, emotionally intense dreams about the story, although none have been able to provide a coherent summary, and their accounts differ in significant details.
Thereafter, subjects experience rapidly-developing tendencies toward lethargy and apathy. If allowed, they will nap with increasing frequency throughout the day and sleep longer hours at night; if kept awake, they display symptoms of sleep deprivation after ever briefer periods.
Within three to four days after exposure, it becomes nearly impossible to keep subjects awake even through extreme measures. At around this time, they begin to exhibit anomalous properties and become instances of SCP-XXXX-1.
Although they awaken and resume activity, instances at this stage appear to lose the faculty of lucid reasoning. Their speech is disordered, their actions irrational, and their apparent motivations delusional. Left to their own devices, instances of SCP-XXXX-1
Their physical relation to time and space appears to become similarly deranged.
SCP-XXXX-2 is a nonhuman entity associated with the book.
Instances of SCP-XXXX-3 are locations compromised by the item’s effects. Three of these are known to exist:
SCP-XXXX-3C is the former Foundation Site-██. The site experienced a critical containment failure within 3 days of initial research on SCP-XXXX, following which the Site Director chose to decommission the facility and engage its permanent closure protocols.
A fourth location, the headquarters of MTF-Mu-84, was temporarily at risk due to agent exposure during the hospital investigation, but emergency self-containment procedures were enacted in time to prevent full contamination. After thorough inspection, the facility has been approved for continued use.
Addendum: Archive ED-XXXX
Current Foundation knowledge of SPC-XXXX originates with a collection of files assembled by Dr. Sherman Kim, former Director of Site-██.
For exemplary dedication to duty under duress, Dr. Kim has been awarded ((an honorific)), presumed posthumous. The known staff of Site-██ lost in this incident are also granted an official commendation, with adjustments to next-of-kin benefits as appropriate to rank.
Item #:
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures:
Description: SPC-XXXX is a two-story, eight-suite business complex in the suburban outskirts of XXXXXX, Texas.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is sealed in an airtight case of clear plastic, attached to the wall of a sterile containment cell within Site-██. Entrance and exit through the cell's airlock antechamber requires decontamination procedures for class-C biological isolation.
Following Incident XXXX-IB, the case has been modified to include an array of sensors and an associated alert panel. Additionally, a metal cabinet (model ██), secured with a two-operator lock system, has been mounted to the wall beside it, with its own alert panel. Although the contents of this cabinet and the purpose of the sensors are classified to level 4, the relevant emergency procedures are not:
- Should the alert panel on SCP-XXXX activate, the security agent on duty is authorized to open the envelope labeled "PROCEDURE XXXX-ALERT" and follow the instructions within. If the envelope cannot be located, close the security shutter and notify the Site Director at once.
- In the event of any breach or intrusion on Site-██, close the security shutter, remain in the cell with sidearm drawn, and stay in radio contact with the Security office until all-clear is announced.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a plywood board measuring XX x XX x X cm, with a hole on one side. The hole, designated SCP-XXXX-1, is an oval XX high by XX cm. wide. There is no corresponding hole on the other side of the board.
Addendum 1: Recovery Log / Incident Report XXXX-IA
Addendum 2: Incident Report XXXX-IB Level 4 security clearance required.
Addendum ?: Research Proposals
As indicated by the sheer volume of proposals put forth by Foundation researchers aware of the item, SCP-XXXX presents a valuable asset for scientific research. Also due to volume, proposals for experiments using the item have been divided into four administrative categories:
Category A: experiments using SCP-XXXX-1, in its case, purely to observe lifeforms and phenomena of the ((?)) period. These experiments require authorization from the Site Director, Security Chief, and Head of Research of Site-██.
Category B: experiments involving the removal of SCP-XXXX-1 from its case to obtain samples of ((?)) life.
Category C: experiments into the nature and behaviour of SCP-XXXX, including [REDACTED].
Category S: projects involving the use of [REDACTED] for intelligence and security. Such operations fall under the auspice of Project ████████ and are to be discussed only by level-4 staff cleared for said project.
Category X: experiments using SCP-XXXX to test the nature of time or causality. These are categorically prohibited.
Feeling only mildly absurd, Noah connected the typewriter to the faucet with a hose and turned on the water.
He was the odd duck of the family, the one who actually purchased things like furniture, clothing, and appliances from stores.
Noah was a scientist by nature and a skeptic by default — he didn't go out of his way to believe against the 'paranormal', he just knew that some things worked, some didn't, and a lot of people in his cultural surroundings had no idea where the difference was.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a species of intelligent humanoids, visually identical to Homo sapiens save for being, on average, only 15cm. tall.
"It's the Collectors."
"Of course it is. What have they done now?"
"That is somewhat less important than the question of why, and what they intend to do next. What they have done is begun to assemble a new strike force of extraordinaries."
A crowd of questions jammed her throat trying to force their way out at once. The only one small enough to slip out was, "…WHY?"
"Precisely. We don't know. Our best guesses at this time?" He ticked off points on his fingers. "New management. They're reacting to something big, in which case, we don't yet know what. Or they're planning something big, the nature of which we don't know either."
"Fine. But why call me, then? I mean, without the mirror, I'm just —"
"— just a highly skilled diplomat, intelligence agent, and combatant, with a deeper understanding of Earthside society and reality than any other agent we have and a better understanding of Everland and its people than any other living human. And yes, you do still have the Graieloch, as well."
She waved away the flattery of his assessment. "I have it, yes, but on this side it's just a mirror, unless—" she stopped short, then exploded, "You have an Everstone? Here, on this side? Are you completely —"
Again she stopped. Jack's gaze was as steady and passive as ever, but he was watching her with an intense sort of silence. "… okay, no, you're not completely. So… you've discovered some way to shield it? How is that possible?"
"It's stored in a box carved from the ankle bone of an Elder Giant," said Jack. "How we obtained the box is not a topic of discussion right now."
That's the whole idea as yet. A giant atom. Desired end effect is like a big atomic model, except that it's a real atom. Whatever kind of technobullshit or magic is needed. Maybe it talks.
the website's fucking purpose, it's raison d'etre if one can be bothered to pretend to speak fucking french, is to present some hopefully good fictional content by means of a convenient fucking interface. it's not a fucking art project.
— proposed front-page disclaimer, by spikebrennan
SPC-XXXX-J
Object Class: Oh god I've been trapped in a text file help me
Containment Procedures: Get me the fuck outta here
(inspired by Dillinger@19)
SCP-0000
Item #: SCP-0000
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-0000 is to be contained in a heavy-armor storage bay at Site-██, modified to HM-III containment standards and equipped with at least three separate-circuit restraint systems of Laocoön class. A secondary steel shutter door will be installed at the entrance to its access corridor, and the adjacent bays converted for use as dedicated research space and monitoring center.
SCP-0000 must be kept under strict radio and data quarantine. Electronic equipment used in its containment area must not be allowed any chain of contact to other networks.
Any activity from SCP-0000, including radio emissions, is to be logged under header PD-0000-L8. Do not respond if it attempts to communicate; notify the Research Coordinator and the Sector Security Head at once. Sound alarm if SCP-0000 appears ready to attempt escape, threaten Foundation staff and property, or damage itself. Full-time alert response over this item is delegated to Security Detail Aqua.
Description: At rest, SCP-0000 appears to be a large porcelain statue((footnote))An irregular ovoid with a flat base, roughly 4.5 x 2 x 2.5m.((/footnote)) depicting a white dragon, elaborately filigreed with silver, curled into a defensive ball.
Closer examination reveals it to be a sophisticated machine, incorporating several technologies of unknown origin — some advanced well beyond timeline, others simply not the product of any known manufacturer. Whether these materials and devices are genuinely anomalous pends further research, but the machine as a whole is considered an anomaly in the absence of a plausible conventional provenance.
…
Although SCP-0000 has been largely idle since acquisition, it is not inert.
SCP-0000
Item #: SCP-0000
Anomaly Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-0000-1 is stored in Box 212-0000, Vault 6, Site-82. In storage, transport and testing, it is to remain at all times within Faraday enclosure. SCP-0000-2 is being studied at the Site-82 forensic anthropology department, under standard security protocols for human remains of Category Yellow.
MTF Tau-19 ("Dem Bones") has infiltrated Project 23 at La Brea; NTF Beta-5 ("TarTars") is monitoring the Project's blog and searching out witnesses to sensitive pre-containment entries.
Description: SCP-0000-1 is a finger ring composed of interwoven copper, nickel, and iron strips, set with a hemisphere of amber containing a preserved petroleum fly (Helaeomyia petrolei). Close examination reveals that the metal strips are welded together end-to-end, forming a complex Möbius loop, and that they bear inscriptions in the Lapurdian dialect of Basque (see Addendum 1).
SCP-0000-1 was discovered
SCP-0000-2, the partial skeleton of an anatomically modern, adult human male.
SCP-0000-2 has evinced no anomalous properties beyond its presence in a mineral stratum buried for roughly 25,000 years.
Addendum 1: Translation of Inscribed Text
Addendum 2: Update 03/07/████
The dental work and surgical appliances of SCP-0000-2 have been found to match records of a living man: Adrien Desrocher, age 34, hereby designated POI-C1588-0000. This individual has an extensive criminal record — is in fact currently in police custody in Toulouse, France, awaiting trial for arson and murder — but no previous Foundation flags.
Extraction of POI-C1588-0000 has been delayed by order of Site Director-82 while further investigations are conducted.