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Contain. Protect. Item

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number SCP-7840. Object

2:50

Class, Euclid. Special

2:53

Containment Procedures. SCP-7840

2:56

is to be kept in

2:58

a guarded humanoid containment chamber

3:00

at Site-91. All

3:03

interactions with the anomaly are to be

3:05

recorded. Requests made

3:07

by the anomaly are subject to the approval

3:09

of the Site Director. Description.

3:13

SCP-7840 is an animate

3:15

wooden marionette named Gazeem.

3:19

The anomaly exhibits clear signs of

3:21

sapience, even mimicking human mannerisms and

3:23

facial expressions despite being made entirely

3:26

of wood. Additionally,

3:29

SCP-7840 exhibits all the neurological

3:32

sensibilities of a human being,

3:34

with the exception that it

3:36

does not feel pain. Reflex,

3:39

tactile sensation, olfactory senses

3:42

and involuntary movements are

3:44

all consistent with human

3:47

physiology. As

3:49

containment, SCP-7840 has

3:51

shown signs of aging such

3:53

as hair loss and wrinkles.

3:57

SCP-7840 can communicate. communicate

4:00

and grasp abstract conceptual

4:02

frameworks, however, it

4:05

frequently fails to respond cogently to

4:07

queries. Gazeem

4:09

does not need to eat or

4:11

sleep, but it pantomimes

4:14

the actions of human necessity,

4:16

including bowel movements on a consistent

4:19

basis. Finally,

4:21

it frequently asserts that it will one

4:23

day become a real boy. This

4:27

is ongoing. Discovery

4:31

Log Edinburgh, Scotland,

4:34

August 17, 1987 Intelligence

4:38

placed agents of unrelated group of

4:41

interest at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, prompting

4:44

O5 Command to order on-site

4:46

surveillance. The following

4:48

recording originated from the body camera

4:50

of Foundation Special Agent Ding Fen

4:52

during their investigation of Theater No.

4:55

3. Begin

4:57

Log This

5:01

is Special Agent Fen. I'm in Theater 3. Looks

5:04

empty. No signs of posters

5:06

or circus members so far. Acknowledged.

5:10

Proceed. It was fine.

5:15

Everybody loved it.

5:17

Someone's here. A

5:21

show ended about half an hour ago. Probably

5:24

performers hanging out backstage. Check

5:26

it out. As always, be

5:29

careful. No problem. I'm

5:31

on it. I'm

5:38

just worried that if you keep wailing like

5:40

that, folks are going to realize what

5:43

you are. Nonsense. It's

5:45

a marionette show. Everyone

5:48

thinks we're great performers. Besides,

5:50

I need to do my best if

5:52

I'm going to be a real boy.

5:55

Command, be advised. I've got signs of

5:57

an unusual, possibly anomalous entity. is

6:01

intoxicating. We hear your

6:03

agent. Containment team, what's

6:05

your status? We're

6:08

on standby near the tech office. You

6:11

get that, Agent Fen? Loud and clear.

6:14

Proceed with caution. Someone's

6:21

coming. Don't move. I'll

6:24

handle them. Hello,

6:27

everything okay back here? Oh

6:30

yes, absolutely. Who

6:32

are you? Security, can I

6:34

see some identification please? Of

6:37

course, just a minute. Well,

6:40

I'll leave my wallet. Is

6:43

this puppet yours? Are you a puppeteer? Gizem

6:46

is a marionette. Our

6:49

show is marvelous, you must see it. I

6:51

don't get a lot of time to check out the shows here. Did

6:54

you make this little guy yourself? Oh,

6:57

no, I'm no carpenter. I

7:00

inherited Gizem from my grandfather. Oh

7:03

yeah? He does have a little bit of a rustic

7:05

look about him. Kind of ugly though if you

7:07

ask me. Who are you calling

7:09

ugly? Did

7:11

your puppet just speak? Looks like

7:14

he moved a little bit too, despite

7:17

having no strings on him at all. That's

7:21

kind of weird. I

7:24

take the strings off him after each show. And

7:28

of course he can't speak,

7:30

it's just ventriloquism. Trick

7:32

or the trade? Neat. Here's

7:36

my idea in festival bar, showing

7:38

that I'm a performer. I

7:41

trust that'll be all. I'd

7:43

like to have a closer look at this puppet

7:45

if you don't mind, Mr. Magnus

7:48

Freelie. A

7:50

marionette, sir. I'm afraid

7:53

I do mind. He's quite

7:55

fragile. I understand.

7:57

No need for me to be fooling

7:59

around with an ugly old man. puppet

8:01

anyway. I'm a marionette, not a puppet

8:04

you imbecile! Can't you tell

8:06

the difference? Call

8:10

me a puppet again. I'll

8:14

claw your eyes out.

8:16

Whoa! Facy little guy aren't you? Please

8:20

just leave us alone! I'm

8:22

afraid that won't be possible. Command

8:25

requesting containment team in theater three.

8:27

Presence of anomalous object confirmed. Repeat

8:29

anomalous object confirmed. It's a wooden

8:31

puppet. Acknowledged.

8:34

Containment team, you are go for deployment.

8:36

Target is a wooden puppet backstage.

8:38

Could be hostile. Theater three.

8:41

We're audio move. Agent five, ETA two

8:44

location is 30 seconds. Stand by. Damn

8:47

it Gizem! All you had to

8:49

do was keep still and quiet! I'm not

8:51

gonna sit around and listen to this glue-snipping

8:53

paint liquor and salt me. I'm

8:56

gonna be a real boy you know. What do

8:58

you say to that? I think you'll

9:00

be even uglier as a boy than you are as a

9:02

puppet. Why you little...

9:04

Listen to me Gizem! They're coming

9:07

for us! We have to

9:09

get out of here now! You

9:14

must behave if you want to be

9:16

a real boy! Is that

9:18

all you got? Containment team

9:21

target is hostile. I say again target

9:23

is hostile. Don't hurt him!

9:32

Stay down, asshole! I'll

9:36

kill you! Ow! Get

9:42

this thing off me! Cuff the civilian.

9:45

You two, grab the puppet. I'm not

9:47

a puppet! Hey, hey, let go

9:49

of me! I'm a

9:51

marionette, you worthless shit puppet, pig-lickers!

9:54

I'll kill you! I'll kill all of you!

9:57

Stick the puppet in that box over there. We'll carry it

9:59

out. You okay,

10:01

Fenn? Oh,

10:03

yeah. He just bit me in the

10:05

shoulder, little bastard. Lucky for me,

10:07

he has no teeth. It's gonna

10:09

bruise, but I've had worse. Pretty

10:12

ballsy. Talking

10:14

shit to an unknown anomaly like that?

10:17

How else was I supposed to draw it out? Command,

10:19

the situation is under control. Anomaly is

10:22

secure and ready for transport. Agent

10:24

Fenn needs treatment for a bruise, but

10:27

is otherwise uninjured. Good

10:29

job, everyone. Addendum

10:59

7840.1. Initial

11:03

statement of SCP-7840. Site

11:06

91. Containment wing.

11:10

August 18, 1987. The

11:13

following is the first recorded interview with

11:15

SCP-7840. Performed

11:18

by Dr. Rebecca Douglas. Begin

11:21

log. Hi,

11:24

Gizm. My name is Rebecca. Hello.

11:28

My name is Gizm. I like to

11:30

sing and dance. You can call me

11:32

Gizzy. It's nice to

11:34

meet you, Gizzy. I want

11:36

to ask you a few questions, if you don't mind. A

11:40

strong mind is a weapon finally

11:42

honed. Where's Magnus?

11:45

He's had to go away for a while.

11:48

Don't worry. We'll take care of you from

11:50

now on. I

11:52

hope he's all right. I need

11:54

to be looked after. I wouldn't want

11:56

to hurt myself before I became a real boy.

12:01

I wanted to ask you about that. The

12:04

people who saved you said you want

12:06

to be a real boy. Could

12:09

you tell me what that means? I

12:12

didn't like them, especially the

12:14

one called Finn. They

12:17

hurt Magnus. Oh,

12:20

I'm sorry to hear that. Are

12:22

you okay? Yes, you're

12:24

much nicer than they were. You

12:27

didn't answer my question. Could

12:29

you tell me how you're going to become a real

12:31

boy? What's there to tell, silly?

12:34

My father told me that if I behaved,

12:36

that I would become a real boy. The

12:39

Azur Pixie said so too. The

12:42

what? The Azur

12:44

Pixie. She's kind of

12:46

like my mom, I guess. She

12:49

knew my father was sad and lonely

12:51

and wanted a son. So

12:54

she stole into his workshop one night

12:56

and gave me life. Could

12:59

you tell me about your father? His

13:02

name was Herbert, and he

13:04

loved me very much. Where

13:07

is he now? The

13:09

Azur Pixie took him away to live with her,

13:12

waiting until I could be a

13:14

real boy. He was old, and

13:16

she wanted him to live long

13:18

enough to see my purpose completed.

13:22

I understand. When was this? Oh,

13:26

ages and ages ago. You went and

13:29

shriveled up into dust had you been

13:31

around then. I

13:34

bathed in the glory of the Azur

13:37

Pixie's light and was

13:39

found wanting. So I

13:41

had to stay around until I could prove I was

13:43

worthy of becoming a real boy. Could

13:48

I have some water, please, Rebecca? You

13:52

need to drink water? Of

13:55

course. I haven't had a drink since 1943. How

13:57

else am I? How

14:00

am I going to be strong like a real boy?

14:02

Hydration is important for growing

14:05

organisms. Right, of

14:07

course it is. Okay, hold

14:09

on one second. Here

14:34

you go. Oh,

14:44

thank you. And praise the

14:46

usurped pixie. May our

14:48

worth be found in the gleaming

14:50

light of her many eyes. You

14:57

were telling me about your father and the

14:59

uh, azure... The

15:02

Azurpixie. SCP-7840

15:04

pretended to drink the water. The

15:09

liquid poured out of its mouth and splashed

15:11

on the ground. The

15:13

entity did not appear to notice. Ah,

15:16

that's better. Anyway,

15:19

when my father made me, he put

15:21

in his best work. The

15:24

workshop under Presula was his sanctum.

15:27

All the things he could do with

15:29

those tools. I wish you could

15:32

have seen him work. There were many

15:34

before me, but none after.

15:38

Ah, those halcyon days and

15:40

father's workshop in the undercroft were

15:43

like a dream. Hard

15:45

to say when it was. Must

15:48

have been a really long time ago

15:50

now. At least a year.

15:54

Anyway, the Azurpixie would speak to

15:56

both of us, appearing

15:58

in our dreams and telling us... of

16:00

her plans. Oh,

16:02

the world she would create

16:04

was glorious. But I failed

16:06

her and father both. She

16:10

would say, be like

16:13

a real boy and you shall

16:15

become one. Speak with truth,

16:17

respect me in all that you

16:20

do and open the way. Is

16:23

that so? My

16:25

father had traveled far in his mercenary

16:27

years, learning much of

16:29

the wider world, away from the

16:32

constrictions of his Catholic upbringing. And

16:34

when he came home to Germany, he

16:37

endeavored to bring that wisdom to his

16:39

family and his community. But they wouldn't

16:41

have it. So instead

16:43

of abandoning those that came

16:45

before, he practiced in secret,

16:48

working on his projects with

16:50

chiseled and hammer, ritual and

16:52

devotion. Then

16:54

she came to him and

16:56

granted him her favor. And

17:02

I could not

17:04

meet her expectations.

17:08

I'm sorry to hear that Gizm. Well,

17:10

I think that's enough for today. Thank

17:14

you so much for speaking with me and

17:16

telling me your story. It

17:18

was so nice to meet you. It was

17:21

nice to meet you too. Hope to

17:23

see you again soon. End

17:26

log. Based

17:31

on SCP-7840 statements,

17:35

Breslau was cross referenced with

17:37

locations in Germany. Breslau

17:39

Hall was identified as a point of

17:42

interest in the city of Cologne. Originally

17:45

built in 1485, the hall

17:47

was a meeting place for the

17:49

local woodworkers' guilt and was active

17:52

until the mid 17th century. The

17:55

hall was built outside the old city limits,

17:58

next to the remains of the Roman

18:00

era. Eiffel Aqueduct. Initial

18:03

exploration of the structure did not

18:05

reveal any workshops under the building. It

18:08

was not until nearly 20 years

18:10

later that improvements in deep scanning

18:12

technology allowed investigators to find the

18:14

door hidden behind a brick wall.

18:18

Exploration Log, Cologne, Germany, December

18:21

2, 2006 Eiffel

18:28

Aqueduct. Command,

18:33

this is Special Agent Amina Hamdi. I'm

18:36

inside the Eiffel Aqueduct and approaching the hidden

18:38

door. You're reading me?

18:43

Yes, we're seeing the UH2. Remember,

18:46

this is just reconnaissance. If

18:49

you encounter anomalous activity of any kind,

18:51

you are to withdraw. Acknowledged.

18:56

The door is cut from a single block

18:58

of stone. Looks

19:00

heavy. The

19:03

surface is covered in sigils and other

19:06

strange carvings. Looks

19:09

like it was done by hand. Hammer

19:11

and chisel type of deal. How's

19:14

the video feed? The

19:17

video's coming down. The

19:19

siches look similar to what Gizem has crept into his

19:21

arms. Agreed. I

19:27

did not know you were on a first name

19:29

basis with SCP-7840, Commander. Gizem

19:33

and I go way back, Agent. I

19:36

was the one who found them and brought them in. That

19:39

was around 20 years ago. You'll

19:43

have to tell me the story over a beer sometime.

19:46

Were these sigils checked? Don't

19:49

match any known language or images

19:51

in the archives. I

19:53

meant for some sort of trap. Yes,

19:56

they were. No thaumaturgical residue or

19:58

cognitive hazard. effect from the door or

20:01

those carvings. That's

20:03

something at least. Alright,

20:08

I'm opening the door. This

20:13

is heavy as fuck. I'll

20:16

remind you that you're being recorded, Agent. I

20:21

know. Just

20:23

wanted to let our friends at Reissa have

20:27

the opportunity to use those fat black markers

20:30

they love so much. The

20:43

air is extremely stale

20:45

and thick with dust. Looks

20:51

like a stone passageway. While's

20:55

our big smooth bricks held

20:58

together by mortar. Any

21:00

problems, Brayden? I want you to withdraw. Yes,

21:04

Doctor. Oh

21:08

boy, I must be as young and belligerent as

21:10

you. I've

21:15

reached another door. This

21:18

one is fitted with rusty brackets for a

21:20

crossbar. And

21:22

they're on the outside, so it

21:25

must have been placed here to keep

21:27

something in. That's

21:31

ominous. The

21:33

actual bar itself is gone. Hopefully

21:36

that means this place is empty. Looks

21:42

like some kind of workshop. I

21:45

see several high wooden worktables cluttered

21:47

with old tools. Lining

21:51

the back wall, there's a

21:53

series of shelves stuffed with puppets,

21:57

dolls, or something. Where

22:00

is it? The dolls. They're

22:03

creepy. Also

22:08

picking up a strange smell. Copper

22:11

and slight tinge of

22:13

rot. Probably

22:15

something rotted down here and it ruined

22:17

the wood. I'm

22:21

gonna check out the work area. These

22:26

are typical woodworking tools. This

22:30

one has blood on it. What?

22:32

I'm looking at it both through the feet. I don't see any blood.

22:35

Really? It's

22:37

still wet. Also,

22:40

the smell is getting worse. Smells

22:44

like a butcher shop or a killing yard on a farm.

22:48

I grew up on a farm. Something

22:53

died in here. Ugh.

22:59

What is it? More

23:03

gore. Green

23:08

matter too. What is it

23:10

that turned out? What is this in the middle? Besides

23:12

the tools, we've got these puppets. I

23:17

count 23. None

23:19

of them are finished. Looks

23:22

like they were abandoned at some point in their construction.

23:26

Some are painted. Others

23:29

are unfinished wood. They

23:32

give me the creeps. Just

23:35

a minor correction agent. Those are marionettes,

23:37

not puppets. Who cares? What's

23:39

the difference? Okay,

23:47

fuck this place. Holy

23:49

shit! You

23:53

just jumped. What's going on? Why did

23:55

you go on your side? I'm... The

23:57

puppets, they're looking at me. They

24:01

turned to look at me. I'm

24:03

going to listen to me. I

24:06

want you to back out of the room and go back down the hallway. Go

24:09

back through the heavy door and close it

24:11

behind you. I'm sending in the containment team.

24:15

Hamina, can you hear me? H2, are you

24:17

reading me? She's not responding. Containment

24:19

moved to the outer threshold. I

24:21

want you ready to move on

24:24

my command. Acknowledged, mission command. Containment

24:26

team advancing to Ingress Point. It

24:31

was here my dreams became reality. Am

24:34

a terrible child born. In

24:37

blue light and deep shadow,

24:40

she came to me. I

24:43

would be her instrument in the baking

24:45

world, and she would bear

24:48

my child. Sorry?

24:52

What? I got it back. You

24:54

didn't hear that? No. I

24:56

heard it. Someone was speaking in a

24:58

little voice. German accent, I think. You

25:01

sure you're alone in the room? Hamina

25:03

turns and scans the room. The

25:06

camera pans around the workshop. She

25:08

is alone. Pretty sure. I

25:11

want an analysis on the origin of that voice.

25:13

It obviously came through our comms, so hopefully the recording

25:15

picked it up. Okay. Hamina, your job

25:17

is done. Mission complete. Fall back

25:20

to your insertion point. Hamina

25:22

stops panning around the room and

25:25

moves away from the marionettes, approaching

25:27

a section of bare stone wall. That's

25:30

an odor, Agent. What are you doing? There's

25:33

another passage here. Hamina,

25:37

I strongly suspect you're under the influence of

25:39

a cognitohazard. We don't see

25:41

anything on this end just a while. Get

25:44

out of there. What?

25:46

No. My

25:48

conditioning will protect me. That's not

25:50

how that works every minute. There's

25:53

a tunnel here. A

25:55

bunch of debris and there's

25:57

cobwebs, but it goes back

25:59

pretty well. There's

26:01

no passage there, Agent. Hold

26:04

back, but scan the map. Hamina

26:06

continues moving towards the wall. Did

26:09

you hear me, Agent? Do not approach that

26:12

wall. You're under the influence of an anomaly.

26:15

Containment team, probable cognitive hazard on site. Agent

26:17

Hamina is no longer responding to commander like

26:19

this. You are go for deployment. Get it

26:21

out of there now. Acknowledged.

26:23

Entering the site. Hamina

26:26

reaches out a hand. Her

26:29

fingertips are only centimeters from the

26:31

stone. Agent Hamina, this is an

26:33

order. Do not

26:36

touch that. I

26:39

made my workshop from

26:41

the stones of that long

26:43

abandoned coin. The

26:45

man who cut these stones were

26:47

long dead, but their

26:50

devotion still lingered. It

26:52

was these stones that made

26:54

notice me. Hamina?

26:59

Ancient as the black granite used

27:01

to build temples to her majesty

27:04

in the times before. Before

27:07

humanity came to rule this

27:09

world. Before we

27:11

forgot, giants walked the

27:13

earth. Agent

27:15

Hamina, stand down! H2,

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stop! Hamina places

27:21

a hand on the stone and

27:23

then passes through it. As

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the camera passes into the material of the

27:27

wall, the feed cuts out. Shit.

27:33

Sorry, command. We just missed her. She walked straight through

27:36

the wall. Son of a

27:38

bitch! I know now

27:40

we have access to her video feed, and

27:42

I'm not getting anything on audio. The

27:45

light is dead. End

27:48

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All right, thanks so much for listening. And now, back

28:19

to the show. Agent

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Hamina did not return to the workshop

28:29

and was listed as missing in action.

28:32

The wall she passed through was

28:34

scanned and showed several hundred meters

28:36

of stone and sediment behind it.

28:39

There was no indication of thaumaturgy

28:41

or any other anomaly beyond the

28:43

events portrayed in the exploration log.

28:47

The following footage was retrieved from

28:49

Hamina's camera. Begin

28:51

log. Command,

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I've entered a rough-hewn semicircular tunnel.

28:59

There's a thin haze of blue smoke or

29:02

mist here. It's about ankle

29:04

high. Command?

29:09

Where the hell is the workshop? Command,

29:13

can you hear me? Containment?

29:18

Shit, I'm going

29:20

back. It's

29:24

solid on this side. Command?

29:32

Command? Containment? Can

29:36

you hear me? Shit,

29:39

I screwed up. All

29:43

right, better continue my recon.

29:53

It's cool down here. The

29:56

stones making up the walls are rough. The

38:00

man, limbs wrapped in blue

38:02

strands, descends from the

38:04

webbing until its feet softly

38:06

touch the mist-trouted floor. Above,

38:10

the azure pixies limbs

38:12

twitch and vibrate as

38:14

it directs the marionette

38:16

forward. Nice puppet. There

38:19

he is. What

38:22

have you done with my son? The

38:25

man's jaw is untethered, unlike his

38:27

limbs. Here he

38:29

spoke of his own accord, where the

38:31

direction of the spider is still unknown.

38:34

Okay, who in the hell are you? I'm

38:37

Hebe, Gethim's father. This.

38:40

Herbert raises his hand to indicate the

38:42

giant spider above their heads. He's

38:45

Gethim's mother. The azure

38:47

pixies. Now tell

38:49

us, where is he? He's

38:52

locked up tight. We found him at

38:55

a festival in Edinburgh a couple of decades ago. Took

38:58

us a hell of a long time to find this place.

39:02

You've done a great job hiding it. It's

39:05

cock beetle gazers all the way down.

39:10

Even your little minions are

39:12

part of the facade. Give

39:16

us our son back and we'll let

39:18

you leave. Come on.

39:21

We both know that neither of us are

39:24

getting out of here alive. Are

39:28

you sure about that? Let

39:33

me answer your question with a question.

39:37

Do you know what this is? Amino

39:40

reaches into a pocket of her harness

39:42

and pulls out a small round object

39:44

the size of a baseball. Now

39:48

I know what you're thinking. No,

39:51

it's not a grenade. Although

39:55

I like to think it

39:57

looks a little like the thermal detonator Leah pulls

39:59

on Java. I'm returning the Jedi. So

40:03

don't get me wrong. I'd

40:05

love nothing more than to stuff a

40:07

frag up your wife's big blue ass.

40:09

Believe me, I would. And

40:13

no, it's not a spread in reality,

40:15

anchor. I know

40:17

you're a cognitore answer. Not

40:20

a reality bender. No.

40:25

This is something I got from the Department

40:28

of Tactical Theology. It

40:30

creates a thaumacognitohazard suppression field

40:33

that temporarily nullifies all

40:35

mind effect and bullshit, and what I'm

40:37

hoping will be a very wide radius.

40:41

For about ten minutes. That's

40:44

just long enough for my friends to get a fix

40:46

on where you live, and

40:49

send in pest control. I

40:53

might not survive, of course. A

40:56

thaumac field of this strength could replace all

40:58

my thoughts, dreams, and memories with... cat

41:01

pictures. But

41:04

that's a risk I'm willing to take. By

41:09

the time the effect fades, containment

41:11

will be in here giving you an injection

41:13

of 5.56 right to her abate, and

41:18

her parents will be

41:20

out of her. Command,

41:29

this is containment team lead. We've just

41:31

finished bagging the anomalous marinettes in the workshop. Nothing

41:33

left to do here. Any

41:36

word from H2? Not

41:38

yet. She's

41:41

a highly qualified special agent. Her

41:44

training prepared her for this. If

41:47

anyone can get out of this, it's her. Command,

41:51

be advised. We've just detected a burst of thaumic

41:53

energy, and a weird semi-circular

41:55

tunnel just appeared in the workshop.

41:58

How should we proceed? This is

42:01

Agent... Hold on, I think

42:03

I hear H2. I say again. This

42:07

is Special Agent Hamina Hamdi. I'm

42:10

being chased by a 20 foot arachnid that wants to

42:12

turn me into a fucking sock puppet. Hamina,

42:16

where the hell have you been? What's going on?

42:20

I got trapped down here and found the source

42:22

of the anomaly. I

42:25

detonated that experimental hot needle hazard suppressor in

42:27

its face. And now it's

42:29

trying to kill me! Containment

42:32

team, each two is being chased by an

42:34

unknown hostile. You are both for deployment. Roger

42:37

that command. Containment team, double time. We have an

42:39

agent in need of assistance. Hamina's

42:44

video feed bobbed and swung

42:46

erratically as the agent ran

42:48

down the rough hewn corridor, her

42:51

feet leaving streaks in the blue mist at

42:53

her feet. Is

43:03

that all you've

43:07

got? You ain't

43:09

making it break!

43:13

Hamina reaches the stairs and begins

43:15

to climb. Despite her fatigue, she

43:17

makes good time. Unfortunately,

43:21

the creature has no need

43:23

for stairs. Agent Hamdi turns

43:25

in time to see Herbert

43:27

lies over the lip of

43:30

the stairs, armed a

43:32

corpse raised by unholy powers.

43:36

The colossal, aberrant carapace of the

43:38

Azur-Pixie follows, pulling

43:40

itself inexorably upward on limbs many

43:43

times longer than the agent's entire

43:45

body. Hamina

43:49

collapses, paralyzed, and the camera

43:51

feed begins to rotate as

43:55

the Azur-Pixie lifts her body and

43:57

wraps her in blue silk. Oh,

44:01

fuck you, too. Yeah,

44:05

we've reached the edge of a deep shaft. I have

44:08

eyes on the anomaly. Some

44:11

kind of huge spider with

44:13

a face like a fly-glide.

44:17

It's got H2. It's wrapping her up

44:19

in blue silk, and I think it just stabbed her with

44:21

something. What about

44:23

me? Protecting Cologne is

44:25

our first priority. Put it down. Contain

44:29

the team. Weapons free. Fire at

44:32

will. Fire at will! Don't

44:47

you think you can kill her? She's

44:50

so vie for Iain. See

44:52

the feast on your flesh and

44:54

turn your ass into playthings. Ah,

44:58

the escape you'll feel from the surface

45:01

of the ass. The

45:04

three-headed spider drops homie on the

45:06

steps and turns, careening towards the

45:09

containment team at top speed. M2-03,

45:12

here we go. Fire at the wall! You

45:16

can't kill me! Command,

45:30

this is containment team lead. Be

45:33

advised. Anomaly down. I

45:36

say again. Threat neutralize.

45:39

Great work, team. Can

45:41

you recover H2? She's

45:44

on the steps below us. Moving down

45:46

to recover her now. End

45:51

log. Agent Homde

45:53

was recovered from the steps of

45:55

the well and immediately remanded to

45:57

an isolated observation cell at Site-91.

46:01

On December 24,

46:04

2021, Amina escaped confinement. She

46:06

assaulted two security guards, leaving

46:09

them with severe cognitive impairment

46:11

consistent with cognitohazard exposure. A

46:15

site-wide search was initiated, and

46:17

shortly thereafter a breach alarm

46:19

was triggered at SCP-7840's containment

46:21

chamber. When

46:24

security personnel arrived on scene, they

46:27

discovered the containment cell empty, and

46:29

SCP-7840 missing. Security

46:32

footage of the event was heavily corrupted.

46:36

Only a single frame was recovered. A

46:38

grainy image of Special Agent Hamina

46:41

Hamdi, wreathed in blue

46:43

light, walking away from

46:45

the containment cell, hand in

46:47

hand, with SCP-7840. This

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week's episode is possible thanks to our patrons.

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Joining us this week was Baba

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Yaga, Benjamin Dyson,

47:18

Cody Loose, Reese Berkey,

47:21

Clint Arnold, Amanda

47:23

Nix, Robas, K.M.,

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for your support guys, we couldn't do what

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we do without you. SCP

47:36

Archives was created by Pacific S. Obadiah

47:38

and John Grills. SCP-7840

47:41

was written by Grigori Carpin.

47:45

Our script was by Kevin Whitlock. Our

47:48

narrator was Brandon Nguyen. Hamina

47:50

was Rissa Montaniez. Fen

47:53

was Melissa Lusk. Ghazim

47:55

was B. Nar. Herbert

47:57

was Nate DeFort.