Item #: SCP-2565
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: A single compatible device, containing a copy of SCP-2565, is to be stored in a secure electronics storage container. Access is restricted to Level-4 or higher personnel. Testing SCP-2565 on D-class any personnel is strictly forbidden, pending review. New copies of SCP-2565 uploaded to the Internet are to be removed via containment procedure IRONWALL-1. Foundation sleeper agents will facilitate rejection or removal from central software repositories.
Description: SCP-2565 is a puzzle game, originally released for the ███████ platform, under the title “N-Gram: Expand Your Mind”. The game is a collection of spatial puzzles, requiring the player to re-arrange spacial components into specific configurations, similar to tangram puzzles. After completing a series of two-dimensional puzzles, the game shifts to three dimensional puzzles. After the 3D puzzles have been completed, an “Expert” mode is unlocked in which the anomalous properties of SCP-2565's become apparent.
SCP-2565 was first discovered after a number of unsolved disappearances closely following SCP-2565’s inclusion as an “Editor’s Choice” entry in the publication ████████. The only similarities between missing persons were determined to be 1) Above average intelligence, and 2) Missing persons possessions include a multimedia capable cellular telephone, with the software package eventually classified as SCP-2565 installed. Upon discovery of the anomalous properties of SCP-2565, the software was cloned, with the “Expert” level collection removed, and released as an “update” to the existing package. A cover story was circulated that the “Expert” levels were simply too hard, and have been removed pending a rewrite. It is currently unknown how many original copies remain in public hands.
Upon starting the Expert puzzles, the following symptoms have been identified:
1st stage: Subjects report vastly improved sense of proprioception, three dimensional awareness, and spatial reasoning.
2nd stage: Subjects display perceptual powers exceeding the theoretical capabilities of their sense organs. This manifests as an ability to “see” around corners and obstacles. Testing has demonstrated that this ability requires an unobstructed path to the area observed. For example, a subject can accurately “see” the back of a sheet of paper held in front of them, but are unable to “see” the contents of a similar page while it is sealed in an envelope. In addition, while actively playing SCP-2565, subjects report a sense of being watched.
3rd stage: Subjects are able to move their perceptual “center” to an arbitrary position, up to 9 meters from themselves. While in this perceptual state, subjects seem unaware of visual stimuli in their physical location, while being completely aware of visual stimuli in their chosen perceptual “center.” Subjects now report a sense of of being watched at all times. In roughly half of subjects tested to date, this sensation leads to a deep-seated paranoia. In addition, subjects become completely unwilling to progress further in SCP-2565.
4th stage: Subjects demonstrate the capability to manipulate objects remotely, becoming capable of moving them instantaneously to a new locations as wells as translating or rotating them in three dimensions. The range of these abilities vary from subject to subject, with a maximum effective range of 78 meters observed in testing. Subjects at this stage demonstrate a steadily growing desire to complete the remaining puzzles. Some subjects report a sense of dialog with SCP-2565 itself.
5th stage: Subjects develop the ability to “teleport” anywhere within 675 meters. Subjects universally describe this process as simply walking from one location to another. Subjects reaching this stage tend to withdraw from relationships and isolate themselves, focusing only on completing the final puzzles remaining. Once allowed to progress this far, subjects are, for all intents and purposes, uncontrollable.
Upon completion of the final puzzle, subjects typically return to their normal routines, utilizing none of the powers they have developed. When questioned, most will indicate that the abilities are "not needed here,” or will express an apathy towards the use of those powers. Subjects will report that they are “waiting for their window” or “just watching the clock.” Approximately 85% of subjects vanish without a trace within 23 days of completing the final puzzle.
Subjects report euphoria at passing their evaluation and excitement at their upcoming recruitment shortly before they disappear. Analysis of containment cell footage reveals subjects vanish between frames. To date, no subjects disappearing in this manner have been recovered.
All of the approximately 15% of subjects who remain after 23 days begin to exhibit symptoms of late-stage depression.
Interviewer's Note: Subject was initially unwilling to participate in this interview and in each case teleported directly to the test chamber and continued work on SCP-2565. Subject recently completed SCP-2565, and no longer has any objections to being interviewed.
Interviewer: Dr. █████
Interviewee: SCP-2565-74
Dr. █████: Good morning, ███████, thank you for taking the time to meet with me.
SCP-2565-74: Morning, Doctor. I'm sorry for keeping you waiting. Now that my evaluation is complete, I have some time.
Dr. █████: Well, yes. Apology accepted. However, you are a member of this Foundation, and you have responsibilities. As such, I have made a note in your disciplinary file regarding your blatant disregard of your duties.
SCP-2565-74: (chuckling) Sorry, Doc. I know it's important to you. I just have bigger things on my mind. I really hope I get chosen.
Dr. █████: Chosen by whom, ███████?
SCP-2565-74: I don't really have the words to explain it, Doctor. I can feel them in my mind, probing. I think they're looking for something, but I don't know what.
Dr. █████: ███████, you are a scientist! Be specific! You've trained for this. Please be specific.
SCP-2565-74: Doctor █████, I've been patient with you. I've answered your questions, to the best of my ability. I know that you're frustrated. Angry, even. I just don't have any way to describe it to you. There aren't any words, and even if there were, your mind isn't capable of processing the concepts. If you would just complete the evaluation yourself, I'm sure we could come to an understanding.
Dr. █████: That will be all, ███████, thank you for your time.
Note: Dr. █████ was initially recommended for SCP-2565 testing. After completing the non-anomalous sections, he proved incapable of completing even one "level" of the expert section. Dr. █████'s request to lead research on SCP-2565 was granted upon appeal.
Amended to add: 3 days after this interview, subject 2565-74 disappears from her containment cell. After an extensive search, subject 2565-74 has been declared missing, presumed dead.
Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: All known samples of SCP-XXXX are to be kept in a standard biological sample container. Sample should be stored with chemical desiccant to preserve sample integrity and prevent decomposition. A minimum of two (2) armed guards are to be posted at all times. Testing of SCP-XXXX on human subjects is only permitted following a rigorous psychological screening, overseen by Dr. Gronth. Additionally, testing is to be performed in a neutral setting, with a handler trained known to the subject and trained in the handling of delusional individuals. During testing, all subjects must be fitted with a standard failsafe explosive collor, wired in a deadman-switch configuration, the detonator is to be carried by the lead researcher.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a 1 litre tin container, currently containing 57 grams of dried mushrooms, similar in appearance to Psilocybe Semilanceata. SCP-XXXX's anomalous effects become apparent 30 - 45 minutes after ingestion. In addition to hallucinogenic effects similar to intoxication with psylocibin, the subject temporarily gains limited reality-warping powers. In short, reality is altered to conform to any and all hallucinations experienced by the subject. These alterations are fluid while the subject is intoxicated, becoming permanent as SCP-XXXX's effects wear off. This process takes 6 to 8 hours, depending on the subject's individual metabolism.
Addendum: After the permanent disfigurmen of Dr. ██████ and Dr. ████, the near-destruction of testing lab K-11-J, and the apparent escape of D-XXXX-112, testing on D-class suspended pending review.
Subject: D-075324
Dosage: 3.5 grams
Test Procedure: Test chamber configured in to resemble a "living room" from a typical civilian domicile. Due to the unpredictable nature of SCP-XXXX, the test chamber was constructed 250 meters away from all containment cells, living areas, and other test chambers. In addition to subject D-075324, Dr. ██████ in attendence. Test overseen by Dr. ███████ via closed circuit video.
1500: Dose administered.
1510: Subject complains of intestinal distress.
1530: Walls of chamber begin to undulate. Analysis indicates undulations are in time with D-075324's breathing.
1611: Music recorded on video monitors, identified as a previously unheard version of a popular bar song. Dr. ██████ indicates that she is unable to locate the source the music.
1649: Subject begins giggling uncontrollably, pointing at Dr. ██████, exclaiming "Look at her tiny, tiny head! It's hilarious!" Video records show Dr. ██████'s head has shrunk by approximately 75%. Dr ██████ starts screaming, while using her hands to feel her head.
1650: Subject's laughing intensifies. The sonic frequency of Dr ██████'s screams fall 2 octaves over the course of 15 seconds. The walls begin to bleed.
1652: D-075324's laughter stops abruptly, and he holds his hands up to his face and begins to scream. His fingers have transformed into tentacles approximately 20 cm. long.
1653: D-075324 begins to panic. Dr. ██████ has melted partway into the blood pooling on the floor from the bleeding walls. Cracks develop in the floor, and widen to several feet. Bright red light begins to emanate from the beneath the floor.
1654: Six naked humanoids, hereby collectively designated SCP-XXXX-1, crawl out of the floor. SCP-XXXX-1 samples are red in coloration, possess horns approximately 12 cm in length and each carries a pitchfork. SCP-XXXX-1 advance upon D-075324, who is now cowering in the corner of the room.
1655: SCP-XXXX-1 stand in a semicircle around D-075324 and begin taunting and prodding him with their pitchforks.
1656: Subject D-075324's failsafe collar detonates. Security personnel enter the test chamber, the humanoids dive back into the hole. Dr. ██████ is sedated.
Test Results: Dr. ██████ permanently disfigured, reassigned to psychiatric ward. Test chamber's final dimensions altered by 4%. Test chamber's walls continue to bleed at a rate of approximately 4 liters per hour. Fissure's in test chamber floor continue to emanate red light. To date, no further samples of SCP-XXXX-1 have appeared.
Test chamber sealed, pending review.