Dr Bobs Nightmare

Draft 4 - Motown Bouda

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures:

SCP-XXXX-017 - during interview detailed below

SCP-XXXX are currently housed in humanoid containment cells scattered throughout Site 17. Floors and all walls are constructed of 25mm [~ 1 inch] steel. A drain covered with a steel grate is in the floor. Once a week both the cell and all SCP-XXXX instances are hosed down for purposes of sanitation. All cells have a combination toilet and sink. All cells must be kept clear of anything that can be turned into a dangerous object. This includes bedding, tooth brushes, tooth paste, toilet paper, etc. All instances must be strictly monitored 24 hours a day by security cameras.

Per standard Foundation protocol SCP-XXXX instances are not allowed to have any communication with any other SCP-XXXX instance. This and complaints by other instances about noise from SCP-XXXX instances has required that all cells be thoroughly acoustically deadened and sound proofed. The resulting cells are approximately 5m by 5m. [~ 17 feet by 17 feet]

Description:

As of ██/██/████, SCP-XXXX consists of 59 instances that self identify as bouda.¹ They can appear human or turn at will into spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). The degree of transformation varies at will from being bipedal and appearing mostly human to appearing entirely hyena. Males from SCP-XXXX resemble people from the Horn of Africa region and are dimensionally within the human norm. Females average ten to fifteen centimeters taller, weigh 20% more than the males and are far stronger and deeper voiced. Both sexes exhibit extremely pronounced unibrows and facial hair, long body hair, pronounced nasal voices and red eyes. Ages of SCP-XXXX vary from infants to apparent middle age.

Genetic testing shows that SCP-XXXX instances have a mixture of human and hyena DNA. This has been coupled with a yet not fully understood mechanism, allowing SCP-XXXX to alter their form in an example of at will Lamarckism.

SCP-XXXX will kill and eat people if given the opportunity. The observed strength of SCP-XXXX instances at containment appeared to be similar to that of a fully mature bear. At that time all adult instances demonstrated fluency and literacy in Spanish and English. Use of a total of sixteen other languages was observed by individual SCP-XXXX instances. A sample of adults randomly tested at initial containment all scored far above average in standard Foundation tests on artistic and spatial reasoning, creativity and imagination, kinaesthetics, linguistics, logic, mathematics and memory.

The strengths of SCP-XXXX have become tremendous weaknesses in standard Foundation containment. Of the 93 instances captured, 33 died in their first six months of containment. Seven deaths were by suicide and nineteen more have made one or more attempt.

The long term outlook for the remaining SCP-XXXX instances is not encouraging. Standard protocol solitary confinement of intelligent SCP instances that can be dangerous to man has produced the same effects suffered by human beings in solitary confinement only more quickly. All adult SCP-XXXX instances examined have suffered the physical, psychological and intellectual damage equivalent to years of solitary confinement. Instances examined on day 197 of containment showed that their ability to complete the simplest tasks had greatly deteriorated. When asked to think of words beginning with the letter F not one instance could.

The problem is even more pronounced among the adolescent instances. Containment has reproduced Harry Harlow's segregated monkey experiments. The behavior of all instances observed via security cameras has been characterized by compulsive nonnutritional sucking, repetitive stereotyped movements, blank staring, stereotyped repetitive circling in their cells and self-mutilation. Instances observed face to face exhibited a state of emotional shock, characterized by autistic self-clutching and rocking.

In his report to the 05 Council on SCP-XXXX, Dr. Eric Welsch, MD, Chief Psychiatrist of Site 17 stated:

The Foundation is sworn to not terminate contained instances unless it is absolutely necessary but that is exactly what we are doing by following standard protocol with SCP-XXXX. We are watching the actions of the Foundation terminate them an inch at a time. Global Occult Coalition protocol of killing them all at once would have no different an outcome and would be far less cruel.

The alternative is to participating in the genocide of SCP-XXXX is to immediately and vigorously commit to the social recovery of SCP-XXXX.

The time to decide is right now.

Addendum XXXX-A: Containment

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Detroit Police Department Artist Rendering of SCP-XXXX-017

SCP-XXXX first came to the Foundation's attention on 11/20/████ after reports by Agent Orange , a member of Mobile Task Force Iota-10 ("Damn Feds") who had been previously embedded within the Detroit Police Department. Orange learned by chance that the only witnesses to a series of routine and seemingly unrelated disappearances of drug addicts, prostitutes, the homeless and gang members in the Warren Avenue neighborhood had said that victims were murdered by demons or monsters that came in the night.

Orange interviewed the informants and investigated their reports. Eventually he learned of the Queen of Africa Automotive, Body Repair and Machine Shop. The business had been established in an abandoned and overgrown shopping center shortly before the start of the disappearances. Night time observation by infrared and starlight cameras recorded hyena-like forms leaving the establishment, killing and then completely devouring a known prostitute.

Elements of MTF Iota-10 arranged for police to stay out of the area and to keep out all civilians. Ground elements of Mobile Task Force Nu-7 ("Hammer Down") infiltrated the area through the overgrown foliage. With armed helicopter elements circled overhead, a total of 93 instances of SCP-XXXX surrendered. After the operation, Class A amnestics were administered to the Detroit police and all witnesses and memories of a minor DEA raid were implanted.

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Addendum XXXX-B: Initial Six Months Death Logs

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Table 1 - Summary of Deaths - All Causes

Cause of Death	Number of Deaths
Accidents During Experimentation	2
Side Effects of Medication	10
Natural Causes	4
Nutrition Related Issues	6
Suicide	7
Filicide	5
Total Deaths	33

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Under the direction of Dr. Jack Bright , a series of experiments were conducted on instances of SCP-XXXX. This proved fatal to two instances. Full autopsy report details are unobtainable. .

Four instances of SCP-XXXX died of natural causes. All instances died of infections that resulted from self inflicted wounds. Autopsy reports also are mysteriously missing. .

Site 17 leadership was not prepared for such a large number of new instances. Site security was also unprepared to deal with almost 100 instances on active suicide watch. In particular Security has stated that the cameras normally used in a cell do not have sufficient detail to show that an instance is attempting suicide. They request additional staff and improved cameras with highly detailed infra-red capability so they aren't dependent on keeping all parts of all cells brightly lit at all times.

Instances of SCP-XXXX also showed remarkable ingenuity and dedication to purpose in ending their lives. Even after the removal of all items from their cells instances managed to continue committing suicide. Full details of autopsy reports supervised by Dr. Bright also can't be found.

Instances of SCP-XXXX rapidly became verbally abusive to guards and hurled feces at them given any opportunity. Flooding their cells and smearing viewing windows and the lenses of monitoring cameras with their own blood has become a nightly form of protest. Because of the difficulty in handling SCP-XXXX and the high suicide rate among SCP-XXXX instances in containment, Site 17 security requested that SCP-XXXX be administered behavioral modification medication. Foundation protocol psychiatric and amnestic medications were administered but the rate of side effects was unacceptably high. Each medication proved fatal to at least one SCP-XXXX instance.

Despite being fed full meals from the site cafeteria all members of SCP-XXXX exhibited a drop in the protein content of the blood and severe anemia. By day 45 all instances showed symptoms of starvation including shrinkage of such vital organs as the heart and lungs, chronic diarrhea, reduction in muscle mass and consequent weakness, immune deficiency with poor healing of even minor wounds, hallucinations, convulsions and disturbed heart rhythm so protocol refeeding formula (42% dried skim milk, 32% oil/fatty Acids, 25% sucrose, with multivitamins and electrolytes) was administered to all instances. This did not halt the onset of starvation.

The surviving instances insisted that they needed human organ meat, particularly liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, bone marrow, brains and hearts to survive. On day 62, Site 17 leadership granted permission to feed each SCP-XXXX instance a ten pound bag of raw chicken a day. This led to a slowdown in deterioration but the SCP-XXXX continued to suffer, particularly from disturbed heart rhythm, hallucinations, convulsions and severely compromised immune systems.

On day 50, SCP-XXXX-031 was found to have eaten her two children, verbalized to the guards that the hungers and cravings had become too much for her and she had snapped and began begging for the guards to kill her. She was administered a Class A amnestic and as happened too often with SCP-XXXX and amnestics went into cardiac arrest and died.

On day 58, SCP-XXXX-038 ate one of her two children. She then attempted suicide. The surviving child was removed.

On day 67, SCP-XXXX-045 ate her two children. She penned an apology note in her own blood on the wall stating that she was so hungry that she could not help herself and then committed suicide. Later on day 67, Site 17 leadership removed all SCP-XXXX children that were in cells with their mother and took them to the medical wing. The medical wing was completely overtaxed with the effort of caring for eleven unweaned infants.

On day 90 Site 17 leadership authorized the use of cadavers from Class D subjects that had reached their routine termination date. All instances given this diet recovered. As all substitutes to this diet would be prohibitively expensive SCP-XXXX have continued to be fed on terminated Class D subjects.

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Addendum XXXX-C:

Effects of Solitary Containment on SCP-XXXX:

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Description of Containment

As per standard Foundation protocol, no face to face interaction or any other contact with other instances of SCP-XXXX were allowed. The only exception that had been allowed was nursing mothers and their infant or toddler aged children.

Effects During Containment

Even though all treatment by staff was according to US Federal Prison standards, instances of SCP-XXX reported various physiological symptoms as quickly as day two of containment. These initial symptoms were similar to those of hypertension, such as chronic headaches, trembling, sweaty palms, extreme dizziness and heart palpitations. By day seven SCP-XXXX instances also began to experience dramatic drastic weight loss accompanied with diarrhea. This left them dangerously underweight and dehydrated.

SCP-XXXX instances also complained of issues caused by the containment enforced inactivity. Common complaints included abdominal pain and muscle pains in the neck and back. Instances also reported symptoms of sensory deprivation such as anxiety, hallucinations, illusions, and a persistent belief that they were being persecuted. This problem only grew worse after Security soundproofed SCP-XXXX’s cells because so many other SCPs complained about SCP-XXXX’s screaming verbalizations.

The majority of SCP-XXX instances held in solitary containment experienced adverse emotional effects that ranged from acute to chronic. Confined instances reported feelings of panic and rage, including irritability and hostility towards the Foundation. Isolated instances universally experienced symptoms of depression, such as hopelessness, withdrawal and thoughts of self-harm and suicide.

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Interviewed: SCP-XXXX-017

Interviewer: Dr. Eric Welsch

Forward: SCP-XXXX-017 was interviewed on containment day 197. The interview was conducted through the observation slot in the cell doorway.

Interviewer: Please identify yourself.

SCP-XXXX: My name’s Shahor Hazak.

Interviewer: How are you feeling today, SCP-XXXX-017?

SCP-XXXX: I still feel like [EXPLETIVE REDACTED].

Interviewer: Still don’t feel very good.

SCP-XXXX: No.

Interviewer: Can you tell me a little more about— you feel like [EXPLETIVE REDACTED]. What does that mean?

SCP-XXXX: Down here, it’s like being buried alive. You’re, like— you’re someplace alive, but we're not real anymore - just numbers not me no more noplace nobody wants you.

Interviewer: Why is that?

SCP-XXXX: This place is like an insane asylum. I don’t even know how many times I’ve seen this tier filled with blood from these guys cutting their arms and their necks and their balls, cutting their ball sacks out, all types of crazy— craziness, and that’s because they’re stuck in here with nothing to do.

Interviewer: Do you know why you are in containment?

SCP-XXXX: They’re trying to punish me for bleeding because it’s blood on their floor. They want me to suffer for it.

Interviewer: Is containment bothering you?

SCP-XXXX: (shakes head) Some of them can't take it. Not me.

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Addendum XXXX-D:

SCP-XXXX Ethics Committee Report:

On ██/██/████, the ethics committee issued their report.

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ALERT
Internal Security Access Violation

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Footnotes

1. An Ethiopian term. Beta Israel who have the ability to change into a hyena and rob graves at midnight and are referred to as bouda. The ability reportedly is acquired originally from an elemental source of evil via the paternal lineage and have been reported among healer, blacksmith and wood cutter lines. Instances are reported to be 'magically powerful' at their profession.