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[ Title: SCP-254 is a rectangular wooden plaque measuring 22cm x 30cm and weighing approximately 1.; Genre: Scientific; Tags: 3rdperson; Style: Dark ] |
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Item #: SCP-254 |
Object Class: Safe |
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-254 is to be kept in a standard storage locker when not in use. When in storage, it must be placed face-down on the floor of the locker and secured with straps to prevent accidental activation. Use of SCP-254 may be requested by any department head, and must be approved by at least two (2) level-3 personnel. SCP-254 may not be used in a capacity that will result in SCP-254-1βs contact with SCPs posing a memetic contagion hazard. Under no circumstances is SCP-254 to be active in a single department or area for longer than twenty-six (26) days. Reuse is permitted only if the area in question has undergone a complete personnel rotation (i.e. no employees remain who have had previous contact with SCP-254). |
Description: SCP-254 is a rectangular wooden plaque measuring 22Β cm x 30Β cm and weighing approximately 1.5Β kg. On the front of the plaque is an empty brass picture holder, as well as a printed metal plate with a black background and gold-colored letters reading βEmployee of the Month.β Affixed to the back of the plaque is a standard hanging device. |
SCP-254 was discovered in the rubble of a Texaco gas station in ββββββ, Kansas, on ββ/ββ/195β. A Foundation agent secured SCP-254 after discovering that it had sustained no damage in the explosion that had leveled the gas station and resulted in the deaths of β employees and ββ civilians . |
When SCP-254 is hung on a wall in a work area of 4 or more people, SCP-254-1 will appear soon afterward. SCP-254-1 will arrive either at the end of the next designated break period, or at the beginning of the following work shift. SCP-254-1 is an incorporeal human of variable gender, age, race, name, and appearance, able to manipulate objects in the manner similar to that of a normal human of average strength and coordination. SCP-254-1 will adopt the appearance and persona of a model employee, based on an areaβs memetic consensus. Once SCP-254-1βs appearance has been established, an image of SCP-254-1 that appears to be an 8 x 10 glossy photograph fills the empty picture holder, and it will not change until SCP-254 is moved to a new location. Across the bottom of the photograph, in print, is the newly assumed name of SCP-254-1. The photograph cannot be removed from the picture holder by any known means, but it can be torn or ripped. Doing so in an aggressive or purposeful manner results in a violent reaction from SCP-254-1 (see attached recording SCP-254-a: [DATA EXPUNGED] the ββ/ββ/ββββ incident). |
Regardless of appearance, SCP-254-1 maintains a cheerful demeanor at all times. SCP-254-1 is able to carry on conversations about the weather, traffic, the previous nightβs TV shows, sports, and other such topics, although SCP-254-1 will never discuss topics of which present individuals have no knowledge. Personnel assigned to work in an area where SCP-254 is in use do not appear alarmed by SCP-254-1βs incorporeal nature or sudden appearance, stating that SCP-254-1 βworks here.β Due to local personnelβs reluctance to remove the plaque, or inability to remember to remove the plaque, removal is to be scheduled and performed by off-site personnel. |
SCP-254-1 is capable of performing menial tasks quickly and efficiently. When given tasks that require specialized training, although SCP-254-1 does not possess the required expertise, (s)he will attempt them with the usual good attitude, but will perform as well as an average person could be expected to perform. SCP-254-1 will continue to perform as exemplary an employee as possible for a length of time between 28-46 work days, usually ending at the conclusion of a calendar month. If SCP-254 is placed in a workplace several days into a calendar month, SCP-254-1 will act as an effective employee until the end of the following month, although due to the dangers posed by shifting memetic consensus, no use of SCP-254 for longer than 26 days is permitted. |
After the βmonthβ has passed, if SCP-254 is not removed, SCP-254-1 will begin to degrade in performance, beginning with an unhelpful attitude and forgetfulness. If SCP-254 is not removed, SCP-254-1 will become a worse and worse employee until βfired.β Firing can be represented by removing SCP-254 from the wall, or by informing SCP-254-1 of its termination. If SCP-254-1 is fired within approximately 20 days from the start of its decline in performance, SCP-254-1 simply leaves the area and disappears. Following cessation of employment after this point, SCP-254-1 will actively sabotage the work area in the most destructive manner possible, posing severe hazard to any nearby personnel. |
And the WORLD, people. We work with SCPs here, and if proper removal arrangements are not made with off-site security and documented with on-site security, the offending employee will find themselves jobless or worse. -O5-β |
Addendum: Following Incident 254-0210g, all tests on employing SCP-254-1 beyond 26 days must be conducted at a separate site containing no other SCPs. NO EXCEPTIONS. -O5-β |
Audio Log 254-a13: |
Dr. βββββ: βThis is Doctor [REDACTED]. This is experiment #13 on SCP-254. I am using a standard phillips-head screwdriver, to attempt to remove the brass fitting from SCP-254.β |
[There are 15 seconds of tool-working sounds.] |
βIt appears that these screws are affixed by means beyond the normal. Perhaps glue, or something else.β |
SCP-254-1 (going by βGusβ this iteration): βWould you like me to get you some solvent, sir?β |
Dr. βββββ: βNo thanks, Gus, no need. Would you hand me that box cutter? Iβll try cutting this picture out.β |
Gus: βReally? Why would ya wanna do that? I think that plaque looks jim-dandy right where it is.β |
Dr. βββββ: βNow now. This isnβt an insult to you, Gus, youβre a great employee. This is an experiment.β |
Gus: βOkay, Doc, I trust ya.β |
[There is a slight paper ripping noise.] |
Gus: βWhacha doinβ Doc? Would ya please not do that?β |
Dr. βββββ: βJust a little bit fur-β |
[The audio of the two cuts out, and there are 5 hard banging sounds - presumably SCP-254-1 slamming Dr. βββββ's head against the table. Then there is a wet sound as the box cutter is [DATA EXPUNGED].] |
-end of tape- |
Experiment Log 254-b: Testing on extended employment of SCP-254-1 as a janitor at Sector-ββ. |
Day 26: End of standard employment period reached. SCP-254-1βs performance continues to meet high standards. |
Day 32: First sign of performance degradation noted. SCP-254-1 leaves a dirty rag on Research Assistant ββββββs desk. Apologetic when rag is noticed and returned. |
Day 34: SCP-254-1 is mopping the floor in Sector-βββ when a hurrying technician trips over the bucket of cleaning solution. SCP-254-1 recorded cursing at the technician. |
Day 35: End of the calendar month. SCP-254-1 described as βsullenβ by a late-working researcher. Break room kitchen in Sector-βββ left uncleaned, coffee spilled around Dr. ββββββs garbage can. |
Day 36: SCP-254-1 reprimanded by supervisor for apparent drunkenness. (Note: Very odd; SCP-254-1 has never been seen to eat or drink.) |
Day 39: SCP-254-1 fails to return cleaning solutions to the janitorial closet. Near-disaster when mentally disturbed test subject (see Experiment Log [REDACTED]) finds a bottle of ammonia-based cleaner in a bathroom. SCP-254-1 reprimanded for carelessness. Fellow janitor βββββ βββββββ observed in a verbal altercation with SCP-254-1; both parties are somewhat vague on the cause of the quarrel. |
Day 43: SCP-254-1 again observed to be apparently drunk on duty. Cleaning is becoming noticeably more erratic. |
Day 48: Fire alarm goes off in Sector-βββ. False alarm. Ink markers fail to pinpoint a culprit, but SCP-254-1 was observed near the tripped alarm a few minutes prior to the incident. Security footage unavailable due to an unidentifiable object blocking the cameraβs view of the hallway. |
Day 56: Dr. ββββ upbraids SCP-254-1 for removing perishable items from the lab refrigerator and shredding irreplaceable experiment logs. SCP-254-1 calls Dr. ββββ [REDACTED] and threatens to [REDACTED]. Security called. |
Day 58: Kitchen knife found stabbed deeply into Dr. βββββs whiteboard. Dr. βββββs locked secure document safe has been opened and rifled. Guard posted at the door to Dr. βββββs office. SCP-254-1 and βββββ βββββββ recorded arguing in raised voices in the staff break room. |
Day 59: Janitor βββββ βββββββ signs in to work, but fails to report to supervisor. Located by accident several hours later trapped in the cold storage rooms attached to [REDACTED] autopsy theater, suffering from severe hypothermia. Guard on duty at Dr. βββββs office incapacitated by a blow to the head; crude human figure formed from a mop head impaled on a broken mop handle driven through Dr. βββββs desk chair. SCP-254-1 nowhere to be found. |
Day 60: At Dr. βββββs request, and with approval from [DATA EXPUNGED], SCP-254 removed from the wall. SCP-254-1 leaves the building and vanishes. |
Day 61: SCP-254-1 caught on camera in Sector-βββ late at night. Power failure and multiple backup system failures cause ββ containment breaches, resulting in ββ direct casualties and ββ further losses from sterilization of an outbreak of SCP-βββ (see Incident Report 254-0210g). |
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[ Title: SCP-262 is a light brown, European military-style greatcoat from a period between the late 1500s to the early 1900s.; Genre: Scientific; Tags: 3rdperson; Style: Dark ] |
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Item #: SCP-262 |
Object Class: Euclid |
Special Containment Procedures: Currently, SCP-262 is undergoing review and research to see if it is capable of being used by field agents in the acquisition of other SCPs. Monitored use by commander level authority is preferable. It is inadvisable to allow agents unsupervised usage of SCP-262 at this time. When not in use, SCP-262 is kept in a climate-controlled room at Site ββ, guarded by at least two Level-2 Security personnel. |
Description: SCP-262 is a light brown, European military-style greatcoat from a period between the late 1500s to the early 1900s. It is without any specific designations or markings, leading researchers to believe it was an original archetype sample, intended to be submitted to military officials for approval as part of a new uniform design. The pattern was either rejected or lost because it was never implemented. It is made of wool and extends below the knee on most individuals. Carbon dating of the coat fibers has been inconclusive, placing the age of SCP-262 in the range of 6,200 to 6,400 years old. One explanation is that the wool used to create SCP-262 is perhaps thousands of years old, but the coat itself was cut, sewn, and assembled recently. |
SCP-262 is capable of manifesting numerous arms from within the dark inner lining. When worn, any subject wearing SCP-262 needs only to open the coat to materialize hands and arms which are somewhat under the subject's control. Most limbs are human in nature and vary in skin tones, length, and strength. A noted few include: |
A reptilian-like scaled tentacle some 4Β m (13 ft) long |
4 semi-transparent arm-like appendages made of cellulose, over 10Β m (33 ft) long, with 4 fingers, 2 elbow-like joints, and no wrists |
The clawed paw of a large cat, possibly a cougar or mountain lion |
Several feet and legs that appear randomly |
The space under SCP-262 is considered to be non-Euclidean in nature and the coat itself divergent from normal dimensions. In one instance, test subject 402M was told to put SCP-262 over his head. Upon doing so, SCP-262 fell to the ground as the Class-D personnel disappeared under it. Some time later, fingerprinting of objects that have come into contact with the limbs of SCP-262 have identified one of the arms as that of subject 402M. |
Subjects properly wearing SCP-262 are able to manipulate these arms with a varying amount of control. Test subject 301F was able to perform multiple tasks at once even while unaware and blindfolded, leading researchers to believe that SCP-262 has both perception and awareness of its surrounding even when the subject does not. Some believe SCP-262 to be fully sentient, due to observing SCP-262: |
playing a piano with two or more hands, though the test subject has had no formal training in music; |
defending itself/subject from multiple attackers; |
several limbs "fighting" one another or even going against the subject's will. |
At times, when a subject attempts to smoke, a particular limb will remove the cigarette from the subject's mouth and then throw it away. At other times, a different hand will place a cigarette into the subject's mouth and light it though the subject dislikes smoking. |
Acquisition: SCP-262 came into the Foundation's care when "The Administrator" relinquished his ownership of the coat in the late 20th century. Because of his status, "The Administrator" is granted special rights which effectively allow him to remain silent about the origins of SCP-262, how he came to possess it, and how he has used it in the past. "The Administrator" released SCP-262 to the Foundation, stating, "In the right hands, it could be extremely useful. In the wrong hands, it could be extremely dangerous. In my hands, it was becoming extremely dusty and moth-ridden and taking up far too much space in my closet." |
Addendum 01: Selected notes from further research regarding the properties of SCP-262 |
Case Study 262-11: Inversion of SCP-262 |
Trial 7 - After putting on SCP-262 properly, Subject-722M attempts to turn the right arm sleeve inside-out as he removes his arm. Many disembodied voices cry in apparent pain. Subject-722M is instructed to continue inverting the sleeve. Multiple arms emanating from within the lining of SCP-262 reach out and attack Subject-722M. In an attempt to remove the coat, Subject 722M tries to retract his arm but in doing so, inverts the sleeve of the coat. A long cellulitic arm appears from the opposite inner lining, reaches around and up through the inverted sleeve, grasps Subject-722M's caught hand, and pulls violently, the force of which dislocates the subject's shoulder and amputates the arm at the elbow. With SCP-262 in typical position, all emanating arms retreat and audible wailing of voices cease. Subject-722M's wounds are treated, and his condition is inconsequential. |
Case Study 262-42: Placement of SCP-262 on a mannequin |
Trial 1 - SCP-262 is placed on an anatomically-correct human male mannequin dressed in typical SCP personnel attire. After several minutes, a single human arm emanating from the inner lining of SCP-262 reaches up towards the mannequin's face. After several prods of apparent curiosity, the arm retreats and no further movement is recorded for the duration of the test. |
Trial 4 - SCP researchers place SCP-262 over the head and shoulders of a similar, but different mannequin. After a few moments, SCP-262 fell to the ground with the entirety of the test mannequin disappearing below it. |
Addendum: It has been noted that a rigid wooden arm resembling that of the test mannequin has been witnessed emanating from SCP-262 since this Trial. |
Case Study 262-307: Placement of SCP-262 on a recently deceased human being |
Trial 1 - Research personnel put SCP-262 on to the body of a recently deceased Class-D personnel, recently terminated in an experiment with SCP-[EXPUNGED]. The body is whole, unscathed and mounted into a seated position on a chair. After a few moments, a single human arm emanating from the inner lining of SCP-262 reaches up towards the body's face. After several prods of apparent curiosity, the arm retreats. After several more moments, the body which SCP-262 is on begins shaking violently. A popping and snapping sound is heard and the deceased's hands, visible at the end of the sleeves, suddenly retract. The body then stills. A human hand reaches up the back of the deceased neck from the collar and pulls the head up into an upright position. Numerous hands and arms criss-cross the chest and abdomen and straighten the body. Two cellulitic arms reach down the body's legs and grip the ankles. SCP-262 pulls the body into a standing position as other arms of cellulose come down each sleeve. |
SCP-262 continues by breaching containment and overpowering security. At the time, MTF Epsilon-9 (aka "Fire Eaters") were present in the facility to provide reinforcements. Discharging their flame accelerators in an aggressive fashion, members of MTF-E9 were able to corner SCP-262 in a blind hallway. When cornered, a hand from within SCP-262 pulled the coat up and over the head of the body it was using. SCP-262 collapsed to the ground with the body of the Class-D personnel disappearing beneath it. It is unknown if the incident was caused by the will of SCP-262 or the will of the body of the recently deceased Class-D personnel used. |
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