DrMorris

Path to Valhalla

Item #: SCP-2088

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: A 4km² area of land centered around SCP-2088 has been established as Provisional Site 2088, and is fenced off from the general public under the guise of a nature preserve for endangered species. The perimeter is to be patrolled by guards, and any civilians who enter are to be evicted. Any civilians who witness a Bardagi Event should be amnesticized and released.

Ten motion-sensor video cameras are to be placed around the perimeter of SCP-2088 to capture footage of Bardagi Events. All recorded footage of Bardagi Events is to be labelled and stored for archival purposes, and notable examples may be used in the training of field agents.

Notice: As of 2/12/2011, all footage of Bardagi Events is to be entered into the face-recognition algorithm, and the results cataloged as according to Document-2088-A.

Description: SCP-2088 is a small area of land located near Karasjok, Norway. It is marked by a stone ring 20m in radius. The area's sole anomalous property is the occasional manifestation of incorporeal entities.

Such manifestations are referred to as Bardagi Events, and always appear as follows:
At random intervals¹, two to four entities will manifest inside SCP-2088. These entities are visible but intangible, and do not emit sound or heat.

One of these entities (designated SCP-2088-1) will appear as a soldier from seemingly any era in history², and will be dressed and armed appropriately. All other entities (designated SCP-2088-2) will appear as decaying corpses, and are equipped with heavily damaged armor and weapons typical of the Vikings. SCP-2088-2 are stronger and more durable than a human of similar size and build would be. Their equipment also seems to be unusually durable. After all entities manifest, SCP-2088-1 will proceed to engage in battle with all instances of SCP-2088-2 until either SCP-2088-1 or all instances of SCP-2088-2 appear to be fatally wounded. All entities present will then disappear, leaving no trace of any activity.

+ Document 2088-A

All Bardagi Events should be cataloged as follows:
From the recording of the Bardagi Event, take a clear image of SCP-2088-1's face, and enter it into the face-recognition algorithm. Then, record the generated ID number, and fill out the battle record form (details below). Save both the video log and the battle record form into the appropriate databases.

Battle record form:

Battle ID: [ID number of SCP-2088-1]-[number of SCP-2088-2 manifested]-[W (win) or L (loss) of SCP-2088-1]
Date: [Date]
SCP-2088-1: [Description of SCP-2088-1 instance]
Notes: [Notes]

Addendum 1: Face-recognition technology has been utilized on the entities dressed as modern-day soldiers. Current results indicate that each entity strongly resembles a real soldier who has been killed in the line of duty.

Addendum 2: On 12/3/2010, an instance of SCP-2088-1 matching Agent William Jackson's appearance manifested in SCP-2088. Agent Jackson had been killed two weeks prior in the line of duty.

Addendum 3: Facial-recognition technology was employed to catalog each entity that appeared, and the subsequent results were studied in hopes of finding a pattern. See Addendum 4 for further details.

Addendum 4:

+ SCP-2088 Research Log

Battle ID: 1312-1-W
Date: 12/3/2010
SCP-2088-1: Agent William Jackson, deceased Foundation field agent
Notes: First manifested SCP-2088-1 matching a Foundation employee's appearance. The SCP-2088-1 instance acted in a manner consistent with Agent Jackson's skills and abilities.

Battle ID: 1312-2-W
Date: 2/5/2011
SCP-2088-1: Agent William Jackson, deceased Foundation field agent
Notes: First recorded instance of the same SCP-2088-1 manifesting twice. Once again, the instance's skills matched those of Agent Jackson's.

The repeat appearance of this SCP-2088-1 instance led to further research into repeat appearances of other SCP-2088-1.

2/27/2011: So far, we have found nearly 300 cases of repeat manifestations. There has to be some sort of pattern to these. -Dr. Wilson

3/11/2011: I think we've got something. Of the 40 repeat manifestations we've studied so far, there are the same number of, or more, SCP-2088-2 than there were during the first manifestation. This warrants some further investigation. -Dr. Wilson

3/25/2011: One of the researchers decided to look through the files of any soldiers who have had SCP-2088-1 matching their appearance manifest, and compare the soldiers' fighting styles to that of the SCP-2088-1. The results are still inconclusive, but what we have now is interesting. In each and every case, the SCP-2088-1 acted exactly like their real-life counterparts. This feels important, but we have more pressing concerns right now. I will take a look at this when we've finished with the repeat manifestations investigation. -Dr. Wilson

4/2/2011: We're still working on the repeat manifestations, but something odd has come up. When an SCP-2088-1 wins against three SCP-2088-2, it appears to permanently cease manifesting. Usually the average time between repeat manifestations is 2-4 months, but SCP-2088-1-0674 won against three SCP-2088-2 in February last year, and it's never appeared since then. 0674 isn't the only one, either. We currently have 34 cases that are practically confirmed, and 22 more that we're still waiting on. -Dr. Wilson

6/7/2011: It's all coming together now. We think the SCP-2088-1 are participating in some sort of structured combat, almost a competition of sorts. When an SCP-2088-1 wins against one SCP-2088-2, it goes on to fight two. When it wins against two, it then fights against three. And if it loses at any point, it'll appear later and fight against the same number of SCP-2088-2 it had lost against. Then, when it wins agains three, it just disappears. -Dr. Wilson

6/8/2011: Well there's the "what", but where's the "why"? What the hell are these things? How come they all resemble dead soldiers and nobody else, and why are they practically mirror images of their real-life counterparts? The battle is clearly some sort of competition, but why? What are they fighting for? -Dr. Lan

6/10/2011: My job's just to find facts and crunch numbers, not explain the anomalies. Hell, most of the things we study have no explanation. But if I had to hazard a guess, I'd say that they're gathering an army. I don't know what they're preparing for, but what happens at this site is some sort of entrance exam. As for why they look like real people… Maybe that's what they are. -Dr. Wilson

Addendum 5: On 7/15/2011, an engineer sent to inspect the cameras noticed an inscription one of the stones in the ring around SCP-2088. Further investigation revealed that the inscription was in Old Norse, and that each stone in the circle has been similarly inscribed. When all the inscriptions are read together, they translate to the following message:

The final day of Ragnarok approaches
And the warriors stand strong in Valhalla
Let us pray that they are ready

The significance of this message in relation to SCP-2088 is currently unknown.

Destroy v2

We are the Foundation. We secure, we contain, we protect.

Even the newest of recruits know those words by heart. The Foundation is Earth's first line of defense against the anomalous. We find the things that should not be and capture them, study them, learn from them. We discover all that we can in order to make the world a safer place.

But if you go through our main list of SCPs, you might notice a strange pattern. Each and every object we have in containment is interesting. Every one has some incredible ability or some captivating story, something that truly makes it special. But what are the chances of that? Why don't we have a twelve-foot-long, acid-spewing turtle? Or what about a sentient plant that enjoys the taste of human flesh? Why don't we have any generic monsters, the kind we read about in bad horror novels?

The truth is, we do. Or at least, that's what they tell us.

A long time ago, we kept these monsters in regular containment. We captured the acid turtle, the flesh-eating plant, and thousands more just like them. We housed them in our sites, in steel-and-concrete cages. We studied them like we would any other object. We devoted countless hours and millions of dollars to keeping them contained.

But at some point, we realized something. Those monsters were far too dangerous, and not nearly interesting enough. We poured in time and money, but we received nothing. Yes, every single one of them broke well-established laws of physics and chemistry and biology. But that was it. None of them were special. They were just a little weirder and a little scarier than what we were used to.

So one day, all the O5s got together for a long and important meeting, and at the end it was decided that these monsters were not worth what we were investing in them. They took far too much and gave back far too little. The Foundation may seem like some supernatural, godly force, but at the end of the day we still have bills to pay, and these creatures simply weren't paying up. So what were we going to do with thousands upon thousands of these things?

Why, destroy them, of course.

Nobody was very happy with this plan. After all, we exist to contain, not kill. We exist to create knowledge, not destroy it. We should be keeping everything in a cage, just in case another one pops up. In fact, the opposition to this plan was so great that after just two months and twelve destroyed SCPs, the entire project was shut down and we went back to the good old days of containing each and every object we found.

But I've done some digging of my own over the past few years, and I've noticed some interesting things. If you go through our site list, we have a few, like 124 and 57 that are listed as being for "containment of dangerous anomalies". When we encounter something too dangerous to contain, but too useless to study, we're supposed to send in a transfer request. Then it goes through some paperwork, and few days later the SCP is gone, sent off to one of these specialized containment facilities. Then after a few months, the file for that SCP mysteriously disappears. And this isn't just a few isolated incidents, either. Within the past five years, at least fifty SCPs that I've been assigned to have been transferred and erased like this.

That got me thinking. What exactly was happening to these SCPs that we had sworn so long ago to secure, contain, and protect? Over the past year, I pulled a few strings and called in some favors, and despite being only a level 3 researcher, I think I've figured this all out.

It turns out that the O5s never stopped destroying SCPs. They just amnesticized everyone who didn't need to know, and wrapped the thing up in so many layers that nobody would ever realize that this project even existed.

These "containment" facilities don't contain anything but a big room with reinforced walls and a lot of weapons. When the SCPs get sent in for "containment", it's really for destruction. They throw the SCPs in, bring out all their big guns, and a few hours later whatever's left get tossed into the incinerator or the acid bath. Then after a while, the containment procedures are "lost", and the SCP fades from existence forever. And when a new one comes in, it's just rinse and repeat.

Now, why am I telling you? Why would I risk my career and my life to send you this message? Why would I dig so deep into one of the Foundation's biggest secrets, and then just throw my findings into the crowd?

Well, I'm really not risking much. By the time you receive this letter, I will have disappeared. I've contacted certain individuals, and paid them to completely wipe me from existence. I no longer exist in any records - government, Foundation, or otherwise. If I'm lucky, they'll never find me. If I'm not, I'll at least be able to hide for five or ten years. But that doesn't quite answer the question of "why".

I'm doing all this because I believe you deserve to know. I believe we all deserve to know. The Foundation is not some deity, it is not some power that has existed since time immemorial. The Foundation is just as human as the hundreds of thousands of people staffing its facilities, and so it is flawed. But if we are flawed, we deserve to know. After all, acceptance the first step on the road to recovery.

Maybe they'll try to amnesticize you. But I've sent this letter to everyone I could, and they can't amnesticize all of them. People know now, and nothing the O5s do will change that. The veil has been torn down, the secrets exposed. And the bell cannot be unrung.

Perhaps after reading this you've lost faith in the Foundation, come to regard them as cruel and secretive, keeping secrets from the very people whose hard work they rely on. But remember that we are an organization dedicated to lying to the world, and so we must inevitably lie to each other as well.

This does not make us evil. We are still the Foundation. We still secure, contain, and protect.

But sometimes, we must destroy.

Backslash

Item #: SCP-BBBB (temporary designation)

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: Inapplicable.

Description: No details about SCP-BBBB are currently known, or theoretically knowable. All information regarding SCP-BBBB, whether verbal, textual, or otherwise, immediately becomes obfuscated by a type-Lear antimemetic agent³ upon creation. This has rendered research nearly impossible, as there are no known counteragents to type-Lear antimemetics other than natural-born resistance.⁴ Current attempts at research take one of three routes:

• Attempts to extract details about SCP-BBBB from what little obfuscated information is available. This has been largely unsuccessful, as there are no known methods capable of consistently recovering information distorted by a type-Lear antimemetic.
• Attempts to deduce details about SCP-BBBB from information about information about SCP-BBBB, as such information is not affected by the type-Lear antimemetic. Once again, this is largely unsuccessful, due to both the limited amount of such information, and the natural difficulty of such a process.
• Attempts to take action against, and hopefully gain information about, SCP-BBBB by using individuals immune to type-Lear antimemetics to direct personnel with no knowledge of SCP-BBBB or the significance of their actions. This is currently the most successful of the three research options, though progress is still limited.

The primary source of information on SCP-BBBB is a document titled SCP-\̅\̅\̅\̅, which is currently disguised as a satirical article.

Ideas

The dark
Curse of immortality
Skywriter chalk
Salami that's actually pepperoni
Scpgoat
Reset (176)
Resurgence (The price we pay)

Living Cloud

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: Due to the harmless nature of SCP-XXXX, the low probability of its discovery, and the difficulty in capturing and containing it, wild instances of SCP-XXXX do not require containment. Any civilians who become aware of SCP-XXXX's existence may be amnesticized as necessary.

One instance of SCP-XXXX is to be contained for research purposes at Site-66, in a 50m X 50m X 5m room designed to emulate atmospheric conditions at 900m above sea level. Air in this room must be constantly circulated to ensure an adequate concentration of CO₂, and artificially created clouds are to be released as a source of water once per day.

Description: Each instance of SCP-XXXX is a collection of microorganisms that is virtually indistinguishable from a cumulus cloud, except under close microscopic observation. Instances of SCP-XXXX typically range from 5m to 8m in length, though the largest recorded instance is 11.7m long. They attach themselves to fully-formed cumulus clouds, typically on the top or the sides. SCP-XXXX will detatch itself from the cloud when the cloud's length becomes less than approximately 25m. It is currently unknown how SCP-XXXX determines the size of the cloud.

The microorganisms that make up SCP-XXXX are referred to as SCP-XXXX-1, and resemble cyanobacteria in their structure. SCP-XXXX-1 produce energy via photosynthesis, collecting CO₂ from the surrounding air and water from the attached cloud. SCP-XXXX-1 do not use chlorophyll for photosynthesis; instead, they use a previously unknown compound that absorbs light from the ultraviolet spectrum rather than the visible spectrum, and therefore appears white in colour.

SCP-XXXX-1 achieve flotation with large vacuoles filled with hydrogen gas, which is synthesized from water in the cloud. They are capable of expelling the hydrogen gas as a method of propulsion, though this behaviour is only seen when SCP-XXXX is migrating towards a new cloud. SCP-XXXX-1 also have multiple flagella, which they use to hold on to other SCP-XXXX-1. SCP-XXXX-1 reproduce very slowly, with a total growth rate of only about 5% per year.

SCP-XXXX's most notable feature is its hive mind. All SCP-XXXX-1 in an instance of SCP-XXXX are able to communicate to one another in order to coordinate their movements and maintain the appearance of a cloud. SCP-XXXX-1 do not have to be in contact with each other for this to take place, and an effective range of about 15m has been established during testing. If an instance of SCP-XXXX is split into two, and the two halves are separated past the effective range of the hive mind, each half will move towards a different cloud and form separate instances of SCP-XXXX. Conversely, if two instances of SCP-XXXX are brought within range of each other, they will join into a new, larger instance of SCP-XXXX.

SCP-XXXX was discovered during a study conducted by a team of NASA scientists. The unique characteristics of SCP-XXXX were noted by an undercover Foundation agent, who alerted the Foundation. All researchers involved were amnesticized without incident, and all related data was confiscated.

Addendum: From an evolutionary perspective, there isn't much of a chance that something like this could have developed. Yet from a human perspective, this is exactly the kind of thing that would benefit us the most. It really makes you wonder where this thing came from… -Dr. ██████

Untitled

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: On the night of every new moon (as seen from ███████, Germany), Procedure ???-7 is to be carried out as follows:
One D-class with no religious beliefs is to be introduced into SCP-XXXX. Once possession has been confirmed, the D-class (hereby "the host" or "SCP-XXXX-2") is to be taken to Site-███. During the following lunar month, the host may be subject to interrogations or experimentation with the consent of at least one or two Level 3 researchers respectively. At the end of the lunar month, Procedure ???-7 is to be carried out again if SCP-XXXX-1 has left the host.

Currently, the cover story for these operations is _.

Note: As of incident XXXX-1, the host is to be restrained and gagged before entering SCP-XXXX-1, and is to be actively monitored by video surveillance and guarded by at least two guards as long as possession is confirmed. Termination is authorized if the host demonstrates suspicious behaviour (see Document XXXX-1 for details).

Description: SCP-XXXX is a church in the small town of ███████, Germany. The church itself is completely ordinary and non-anomalous. However, the church contains an incorporeal entity referred to as SCP-XXXX-1.

SCP-XXXX-1 will manifest itself in the twelve hours of the night of a new moon by possessing the human subject nearest the church. Testing has demonstrated that SCP-XXXX-1 "prefers" those with weak religious convictions. When SCP-XXXX-1 has selected a host (SCP-XXXX-2), it gains full control of the actions of said host.

Addendum 1: Interview log XXXX-1/Incident XXXX-1

+ Interview log XXXX-1

The purpose of this interview was to obtain more information about SCP-XXXX-1's origins and past, for research purposes. At this time, SCP-XXXX-1 had not yet been designated a hostile entity.

Interviewer: Dr. Morris
Subject: SCP-XXXX-1, in the body of O████ S████
Dr. Morris: So, who exactly are you?
SCP-XXXX-2: Why, I'm O████ S████, of course.
Dr. Morris: No, that's who you're pretending to be. Who are you?
SCP-XXXX-2:
Dr. Morris:
SCP-XXXX-2:
Dr. Morris:
SCP-XXXX-2:
Dr. Morris: I'm sorry, that's all the time we have for today. We will continue this discussion tomorrow.
SCP-XXXX-2: Wait. Before you go, I have a question for you.
Dr. Morris: Yes, what is it?
SCP-XXXX-2: Do you fear me?
Dr. Morris: I'm afraid I'm not at liberty to answer that.
SCP-XXXX-2: You don't fear me, do you. Well, maybe it's time to teach you why you should.
Dr. Morris: Wait, what the hell are you drawi- security!
//At this point, the window separating SCP-XXXX-2 from Dr. Morris spontaneously explodes outwards. SCP-XXXX-2 breaks free from its restraints and attempts to escape, but is quickly subdued by the guards.

Dr. Morris was admitted to the infirmary with lacerations across his forearms and face caused by glass shards. He has since recovered, and has been commended for his quick thinking.

Video footage of Interview XXXX-1 shows that the language SCP-XXXX-2 spoke and drew in corresponds to [REDACTED]. This has prompted further research into that area, and though results are still uncertain, it is likely that SCP-XXXX-1 is related to [DATA EXPUNGED].

Tale

Audio Transcript of Video Log 12/5/20██

Dr. Winslow: Log entry number 2701, date 12/5/20██. SCP-████ has breached containment. The automated nuclear warhead has been triggered, and will detonate in five minutes unless the on-site MTF succeeds in recontaining SCP-████. Current success rate is estimated at ten percent. Current casualties sustained are fifteen deaths and twenty-seven injuries. End log.

(Dr. Winslow pauses for a few seconds)

Dr. Winslow: I… I guess that's it. Listen, if you guys find this, could you give it to Tracy for me? I want to talk to her one last time.

So… Tracy, if you're listening to this, I'd just like you to listen. I said ten percent, but there's no way the MTF's going to make it. It's a bloodbath out there, more and more people dying every second. The nuke's going to go off, all of us are going to die. Maybe we'll kill that damned monster, maybe not. Who knows.

You know, before I came here, my life was so incredibly different. Back then, the rest of my life meant thirty or forty years, now, it's maybe four minutes. It really makes you appreciate the little things in life.

Remember when we first met?

Crack Fiction

Son of Fritz Williams: The Administrationing
"And here we have Bob Williams, son of the late Fritz Williams, the founder of the SCP Foundation and the Supreme Lord of all. Bob has inherited his father's title and power, but he also has to take over his father's duties - something he is VERY unhappy about."

"Wait a second, who the heck are you? And how come I can't see you?"

"Oh, don't mind me, I'm just the invisible narrator, a poorly thought out plot device conjured to bypass the 'all dialogue or no dialogue' rule. Just keep going about your day as usual."

"…All right then…"

"Suddenly, a researcher bursts in through the door of Bob's office. What could he possibly want?"

"Mr. Williams, sir! We have a situation!"

"What is it this time, Fredrick? Let me guess, Keter-class scip breached containment? Or Chaos Insurgency attacks again?"

"Actually sir, it's neither. Site 19 just spontaneously lost all power. Everything is offline now. It's almost as if somebody is trying to create the setup to a really bad story."

"And what do you want me to do about it?"

"Well you see, everything has escaped. Every last scip has busted out of its cell and they're all running around wild. We've got fifty dead and two hundred injured already. Current calculations suggest a mass breach of Veil protocol in one and a half hours."

"Can't we just nuke the whole place? We've got plenty of nukes, don't we?"

"With all due respect, sir, we stand to secure, contain, and protect, not to destroy. All these SCPs kept in containment because we need to study them, to learn from them. We are humanity's-"

"All right, all right, I don't need the whole "we protect the world from weird stuff" speech again. Run along now, and I'll see what I can do."

"Thank you, sir.

"And with that, Mr. Fredrick Genericname left the office, leaving Bob to his own thoughts."

"AAAAH WHAT THE HECK! Could you not do that invisible talking thing? Also why is he a 'Mr.' but I'm not?"

"Well it sure sounds like SOMEBODY isn't ignoring me like he's supposed to!"

"Stupid invisible narrator… I should toss you in a cell with the rest of those scips…"

"Bob sat down in his incredibly expensive dragon-leather chair, handcrafted by a fifth-dimensional Elder God using only the finest of unicorn hair as thread, and began to think about how he could once again save the world from complete and utter destruction."

"I really should just nuke them, can't believe those stupid O5s won't let me do that. This is all your fault, dad. You could have used the Armageddon Protocol at any time you wanted, but noooo, the safety of all humanity came first. And now you're dead and you took the activation code with you. Why the hell did I even take this job?"

"Suddenly, a voice burst through the intercom. Mr. Genericname was back with updates… Bad updates."

"HOLY ACTUAL FECES PLEASE STOP DOING THAT"

"Mr. Williams? Is something the matter on your end?"

"No, no, everything's fine. What happened now?"

"Well, things certainly aren't fine on this end. Over 80% of the Site 19 staff are dead or injured, and we already have reports of wild scips running into populated areas. We've mobilized all our available agents to distribute amnestics, but we're not working fast enough. You really need to do something, sir."

"Once again, can't we just nuke them all?"

"I've told you already, sir. We can't risk that right now. We need a different solution."

"We have some sort of mass memetic amnestic thingy don't we? Cape Protocol or something?"

"Well, we do, but…"

"But what? All we have to do is toss that at them and wipe all their memories, right?"

"You see, the Cloak Protocol is satellite-based, so if we use it, it's either the entire country, or nobody at all."

"So? Safety of humanity first, right? Anyways, it's only like a week's worth of memory wiped, nobody's going to miss anything important."

"I suppose we don't have any better options now… I'll tell the O5s."

"Good. And after that, nuke them all. There's no need to waste time on recapturing all those scips."

"We'll see about that, sir."

"After some discussion with the O5s, the Cloak Protocol was activated, every citizen in the United States of America lost a week's worth of memories, and several small towns were suddenly struck by nuclear weapons and completely annihilated."

"Ha! What did I tell you, Fredrick? The nukes worked after all!"

"They did, but we've lost over 500 SCPs, Site 19 is still destroyed, and we've killed a few million innocent civilians."

"Yes, but it still worked, didn't it?"

"I guess they did, sir."

"Haha! I was right all along! Score one for Bob Williams!"

"And so, once again, the world was safe from the anomalous, at the cost of millions of lives and trillions of dollars. Thus ends another typical day in the life of Bob Williams, the son of Fritz Williams, the founder of the SCP Foundation and the Supreme Lord of all."

Footnotes

1. Typically between three to eight hours

2. Examples include Roman legionnaires, Japanese samurai, and modern-day soldiers.

3. Type-Lear antimemetic agents distort the affected information, rendering it structurally sound but meaningless. Research shows that there are tangential links between the information and its distorted counterpart, though the nature of such links varies significantly depending on the information itself.

4. Natural resistance occurs in approximately 1 in 15,000,000 people. The Foundation currently has 27 such people in its employ, all of whom work in the Antimemetics Department or a branch thereof.