Item number SCP-412 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures SCP-412 is currently contained within storage unit 11 at Site-19. Removal of the item requires authorization by no fewer than 3 personnel with level 3 clearance and may be vetoed by Site Security. Gloves should be worn when handling SCP-412, and the item should be transported in an opaque container. Staff interaction must be carried out with full observance of Hazmat Protocol 7R. Any and all staff making physical contact with, or direct observation of, SCP-412 will submit to a full physical examination. Anyone found to exhibit physical alteration will be remanded immediately to quarantine. Description SCP-412 is an antique silver hand mirror measuring 18 cm by 7 cm. The mirror has a 4 cm crack in the top left hand corner and has an etched motif of roses and vines. Around 0% of subjects with a direct line of sight of SCP-412 report a compulsion to pick up the item and view their reflection in it. There does not appear to be a discernable pattern to the... selections. Testing for possible genetic, mental, or other selection markers is ongoing. Simultaneous observation and contact with SCP-412 causes the item to connect with the subject, regardless of whether they have been coerced into doing so by SCP-412. Tests using restrained subjects have shown that both actions, touching and viewing the reflection, are necessary for a connection to be made. No means of severing this connection have been found, short of complete isolation for a period of no less than two years. Connected subjects are compelled to repeatedly view their reflection in SCP-412, initially only once or twice a day. Viewing frequency increases over a period of several weeks. By around day 55, the amount of time subjects spent viewing their reflection typically begins to exceed all other activities, including sleep. Each viewing causes biological alterations to the subject, beginning with minor physiological changes, such as enlarged lymph nodes, facial rash, or skin discoloration. Although the exact pattern differs between subjects, by day 90, almost all subjects show downward extension of the ribcage, fixed open jaw by way of large cysts, towards the rear of the mouth, and severely compromised reproductive and immune systems. Subjects also show a continual loss of memory recall ability and emotional response. fMRI scans have shown a marked decrease in activity in subjects amygdala and parietal lobes. Interviews have shown that subjects appear to have an obsession with an...other, for whom they are being made...ready. Subjects who survive to the advanced stages of alteration begin to exhibit marked changes in behavior, and more drastic physical alterations. These include the reorganization of internal organs, leading to the creation of a small empty area inside the chest, increased mucus production, and changes in hormone production and data expunged. Autopsies on advanced stage subjects have shown that the cavity could theoretically support a separate life form. This led researchers to speculate that the alterations caused by SCP-412 intend to turn the human body into an environment suit for a life form unaccustomed to Earth's atmosphere. Authorized personnel should refer to Addendum 4122 for further details. Addendum 4121 – Circumstances of Retrieval SCP-412 came to the attention of the Foundation following five unexplained deaths and matching the pattern described above. Three of the deceased owned a hand mirror of a similar age. The design varied considerably. Only one mirror had reasonably intact glass. Once it had been established that the mirror was responsible for the mutations, it was taken into Foundation custody. The remains of the other two mirrors showed no unusual properties and were disposed of. Testing and observation has led researchers to theorize that SCP-412 is not the mirror itself, but is in fact an outside force that anchors to mirrors. This theory is unproven, but any mirrors suspected of exhibiting similar behavior must be acquired and contained. Addendum 4122 – Event 412A On date expunged, Subject D-56653, 201 days after initial connection to SCP-412, ceased viewing his reflection and sat calmly in the corner of the quarantine room. Three hours later, the subject began convulsing and clutching his chest. This continued for three minutes, after which time the subject lay immobile, apparently deceased. Once death had been confirmed, subject's corpse was taken for analysis. Pathologists found a small 8cm vaguely humanoid within the artificial chest cavity. Organism had connected to the subject's blood supply and nervous system, and had begun to extend tendrils upward, puncturing the subject's trachea. Cells in the top 5cm of tendrils showed similarity to those in the optic organs of copepods, although with a much more complex structure. The origin of the organism and its cause of death are currently unknown. Item number SCP-430 – Object Class – Euclid Special Containment Procedures SCP-430 is to be kept in a humanoid containment cell on Site-17, placed on a wooden pallet or equivalent loose support at least 20 cm above ground to prevent rusting. The cell containing SCP-430 is to be fitted with an adjustable table, a sand basin, a controllable two-position hook conveyor system, and a master-slave control system, as specified in document 430 gamma construction details. One cell adjacent to SCP-430 is to house a live D-class subject, designated SCP-430-C, whose suitability was ensured by an acting protocol Prometheus-11 prior to their internment. SCP-430-C is to be treated in accordance with Foundation Humanoid Containment Guidelines section NP-1. Suitable SCP-430-C candidates are non-violent, introverted, and capable of carrying out simple tasks without supervision, with claustrophobia being a disqualifying factor. Other cells adjacent to SCP-430 containment are to be designated long-term low-value item storage. The set of cells adjacent to SCP-430 is designated SCP-430-3. While SCP-430 contains a living subject, designated SCP-430-2, such SCP-430-2 is to be treated in accordance with Foundation Humanoid Containment Guidelines section NP-5, except as following. Routine medical examinations of SCP-430-2 are to take place weekly rather than monthly. SCP-430-2 is to be fitted with a heart rate monitor. Due to restricted movement, SCP-430-2 is to be fed an individualized diet, as per recommendations of a qualified member of Site-17 medical staff. SCP-430-2 is to be administered daily doses of aspirin to prevent vein thrombosis. SCP-430-2 is to be encouraged to perform light exercise within the limits of SCP-430's allowance. While no Foundation staff is present in the containment cell, SCP-430-2 is to have control of the table position, the lighting, and the hook conveyor system by means of the slave controller, which is deemed otherwise by staff of clearance 1-430 or higher. This controller is to be disabled from the main control panel prior to staff entering SCP-430 containment. SCP-430-2 is to be explained the functioning of the controls, and be ordered to transport their cell above the sand basin prior to urination or defecation. The sand basin is to be cleaned daily. In the case of SCP-430-2 expiring, as represented by the lack of signal from SCP-430-2 heart rate monitor, coupled with visual confirmation, no personnel is to enter SCP-430-3 until visual feed confirms the presence of former SCP-430-C inside SCP-430. Subsequently, the remains of previous SCP-430-2 are to be removed from SCP-430, and the new SCP-430-2 briefed. Protocol Prometheus-11. Prior to being classified SCP-430-C, chosen D-class personnel is to sign a printed copy of the following document. Note. Following incident 431, personnel are to ensure SCP-430-C has signed the document with their own name. Researcher Eisenberg. I hereby of my own will declare that I reject the divine mandate of our monarch, holding them to no more esteem than the lowest of peasants. For all men were born equal, and that high support, and urge my countrymen to rise against futile tyranny, and fight for freedom, brotherhood, and equality. Description. SCP-430 is a cylindrical gibbet, approximately 3 meters tall, and 0.7 meters in diameter, weighing CA-800 kilograms, composed of an unknown material. SCP-430 resists attempts to obtain bulk material samples, and attempts at indentation testing resulted in hardness values inconsistent with other properties. Vickers indentation test resulted in measured hardness values between 18 to 35 HV-5, while subsequent attempts at sampling showed the bulk material being capable of causing significant abrasive wear of the diamond-coated cutting disc. Samples of surface corrosion are obtainable, and are chemically identical to hydrated ferrous oxide. On the lower rim, the numeral 1772, and name, Hans Dreschler, are carved. While SCP-430 is occupied by a living individual, designated SCP-432, it persists in a passive state. SCP-432 can interact with their environment outside SCP-430, subject to the imposed physical constraints. Even if feasible for their size and dexterity, SCP-432 will deny having the ability to exit SCP-430. If forced to exit, SCP-432 shows signs of mental distress, and reappears within SCP-430 within three hours of removal. SCP-432 shows no other anomalous properties or traits. Individuals with indirect sight range of SCP-430 form false memories, consisting of alleged reason for SCP-432's presence within SCP-430 in the form of a transgression SCP-432 has committed. The memories are consistent among test subjects. When SCP-432 expires, SCP-430 enters active state. During active state, SCP-430 attempts to locate a suitable individual in its vicinity, with a radius of effect expanding by CA 10 meters an hour, with unknown upper limit. Testing aborted after radius of effect exceeded 300 meters. A suitable individual, defined as one who has transgressed against laws and regulations of the royal city of the city council, valid during the period of 1766-1780, and who is within the effective range, will be instantaneously transported into SCP-430 through an unknown mechanism, becoming the next SCP-432. SCP-430 appears to show strong preference for individuals who have committed crimes against church or feudal authority, such as blasphemy, treason, and poaching. Recovery Log SCP-430 was recovered from western Germany, following a police raid on a compound owned by members of Dyson von Magdalena, or Sons of Magdalene. As a result of witness reports detailing Hans, a member of the task force, appearing inside SCP-430 after attempting to aid its previous occupant, who was wounded in the firefight, and subsequently expired. A modified report detailing his death during the operation was published, and members of the task force were administered Class A amnestics. Addendum 431. Sons of Magdalene A fringe Christian sect led by a Johann, members of Sons of Magdalene venerated SCP-430 as a living manifestation of God's judgment, and considered SCP-432 holy martyrs, usually providing them with drinking water, honey, and insects, as a reflection of the fasting of St. John the Baptist. In its original location, SCP-430 hung from the roof, behind the altar of the compound's church, with a sheet of worked sheepskin with the following inscription covering its lower half. For Mary Magdalene was sinful, but she knew of her sin, and repented in the face of our Lord, and was thus blessed. And the scribes and Pharisees who brought her forth in will to stone her knew of her sin, but they were sinful, and did not know of their own sin, and thus were damned. And Lord Jesus said to them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her, and blessed were the men and women for they learned of their sin, for they have walked the path of salvation. Addendum 432 Incident 431 On date expunged, SCP-430-C failed to appear within SCP-430, following expiry of then current SCP-432, even after one hour since event. 153 minutes after event, researcher A. Novikov disappeared from his office, becoming the next SCP-432, with observers citing charges of sedition, and less majesty. When interrogated, SCP-430-C admitted to signing the document with researcher A. Novikov's name, claiming to have overheard it from security personnel, and citing, I've never signed shit with my own name, and not gonna start now, as a reason. Examination of the signed sheet confirmed this finding. SCP-430-C was terminated on disciplinary charges. Researcher A. Novikov was provided with a computer and continued his work until death. Item number SCP-445 Object Class Special Containment Procedures Access to and testing of SCP-445 must be approved by staff with level 2 security clearance or higher, and each request must include a list of tests to be carried out. Any testing must be done with the accompaniment of no less than 2 guards for the entirety of testing. Any deviation from the pre-approved list of tests will result in immediate termination of testing, and a severe reprimand. Addendum As of 6... 2000... SCP-445 is to be kept permanently separated from all samples of SCP-445 Alpha, as described in isolation protocol IP-445-1. The access and testing regulations given above for SCP-445 apply equally to SCP-445 Alpha. Description SCP-445 consists of 3 stacks of white 11 inch by 17 inch paper. Each individual leaf has the text Dr. Wondertainment Super Paper stamped on the bottom left corner. While in its natural state, SCP-445 cannot be torn or burned, water has no adverse effect on it, and glue or tape will not stick to SCP-445. Observation of SCP-445 has found that its fibers are much denser than normal paper fibers, at 3,000 kilograms a cubic meter, and a micro layer of an unidentifiable substance is coated on each individual fiber. When SCP-445 is folded into a representation of an object, SCP-445 takes on the qualities of the object in question. While in its folded state, SCP-445 can only be unfolded into its original state by the person who originally folded it. SCP-445 can also be rolled, and it will stick to itself if slight pressure is applied. Drawing on SCP-445 does not produce any unusual effect, with the exception of any details illustrated for folded or rolled objects. A variant of SCP-445, designated SCP-445 Alpha, was created on 6 f*****g 2000 f*****g via exposure of SCP-445 samples to SCP-73. Physically, SCP-445 Alpha is almost identical to SCP-445, the only difference being a slight reddish tint to SCP-445 Alpha. However, SCP-445 Alpha behaves differently to SCP-445 when folded. Addendum 1015 Dr. R. testing log Folded into a paper tube When observed through one of the open ends, SCP-445 acted as a handheld telescope, enhancing the view of objects within a 25-foot distance. Folded into a Christmas tree, remained stable when stood upright. When green and red lights were drawn onto the tree, they lit up, despite the lack of a physical light source. Folded into a small knife, became very sturdy and sharp, giving several researchers paper cuts when attempting to hold it, able to hold its own against actual metal weaponry. Folded into a conical paper tube, acted as a megaphone, though amplified only the folder's voice. When a volume control was drawn onto the side, the folder was able to change the volume of the megaphone. Folded into a paper cup, became very rigid, able to hold extremely hot or volatile liquids without any sign of tearing or melting. Folded into a paper crane, became animate, much like SCP-368, though much slower and easily catchable, recommended research into a possible connection between the two. Folded into a paper boat slash hat When placed in water, became self-propelling at speeds of up to 60 km an hour. When inverted and placed on head, subject's physical attractiveness was greatly increased in the eyes of viewers. When both were performed simultaneously, both effects were achieved, with subject reported as looking dead sexy, while scooting around the water upside down. Folded into a crumpled wad of paper, data expunged, leaving 3D-class personnel dead. Testing session ended. Folded into origami copy of SCP-682, animated halfway through folding process, causing Dr. G considerable injury. Testing session ended. Notes. Let's not try that again. Dr. G. Addendum 6. 2000. Dr. S has requested permission to test samples of SCP-445, in conjunction with SCP-85. He has also requested permission to expose samples of SCP-445 to SCP-73, to determine whether SCP-73's ability to destroy ordinary paper by touch extends to SCP-445. Document 445-1. 6. 2000. Approval for testing SCP-445 in conjunction with SCP-73, granted. SCP-73 is placed in a room with one sheet of SCP-445, and instructed to touch the paper. SCP-445 sample exhibits no loss of structural integrity upon contact with SCP-73. However, the sample does change color, exhibiting a slightly reddish tinge within approximately 30 seconds of initial contact with SCP-73. Modified SCP-445 sample designated SCP-445-Alpha. Dr. S recommends further investigation into physical and chemical composition of SCP-445. SCP-445-Alpha stored in separate isolation chamber, to prevent potential cross-contamination. 6. 2000. One sheet of SCP-445 introduced to SCP-445-Alpha. SCP-445 sample begins exhibiting visible coloration consistent with SCP-445-Alpha, within 90 seconds of initial contact. After approximately 600 seconds of contact, introduced sample of SCP-445 is physically indistinguishable from SCP-445-Alpha. Formal isolation protocol IP-445-1 established to prevent cross-contamination between SCP-445 and SCP-445-Alpha. 7. 2000. 8 sheets of SCP-445 introduced to SCP-445-Alpha. Conversion occurs as before, bringing total number of SCP-445-Alpha sheets to 10. Dr. S begins testing on SCP-445-Alpha, following the experimental protocol utilized on 10-15-W- by doctors W and G. Fold it into a paper tube. When observed through one of the open ends, SCP-445-Alpha acted as a handheld telescope, enhancing the view of objects within a 25-foot distance. However, subject using the telescope reported that objects viewed through it seemed somehow off. When asked to elaborate, subject was unable to specify any specific visual issue, noting only that objects viewed through the telescope appeared sinister. Fold it into a Christmas tree. Remained stable when stood upright. When green and red lights were drawn onto the tree, they lit up, despite the lack of a physical light source. Test results identical to those of SCP-445. Fold it into a small knife. Became very sturdy and sharp, causing injuries to all subjects who attempted to pick it up, ultimately severing subject D's right index finger at the proximal interphalangial joint. Eventually, subject using reinforced gloves was able to unfold SCP-445-Alpha sample into its original neutral shape. Fold it into a conical paper tube, acted as a megaphone, though amplified only the folder's voice. The amplified voice was subject to significant distortion, exhibiting what was described as a demonic growl by observers. Though in all cases, the speaker's voice was still identifiable. When a volume control was drawn onto the side, the folder was able to change the volume of the megaphone. Fold it into a paper cup. Became very rigid, able to hold extremely hot or volatile liquids without any sign of tearing or melting. However, samples of water added to the cup became opaque and dark red in color within 15 seconds of contact. Chemical analysis of the resulting fluid revealed it to contain large quantities of human hemoglobin and other blood proteins. No other liquid added to the cup exhibited this change, including water-based solutions and concentrations higher than 50 mm. Fold it into a paper crane, became animate much like SCP-368. Sample displayed aggressive and territorial behavior, repeatedly dive-bombing researchers and attacking with its beak and wings, causing minor injuries. After being caught and killed by crushing the paper crane, sample was able to be unfolded into its original neutral shape. Fold it into a paper boat slash hat, when placed in water, became self-propelling at speeds of up to 60 km an hour. Again, sample displayed aggressive behavior, repeatedly attempting to ram nearby subjects and even propelling itself out of the water to do so. When inverted and placed on head, subject began to act erratically, threatening researchers and security personnel with violence. Subject terminated. In light of these results, Dr. S. elects to suspend further testing on SCP-445 Alpha. SCP-73 declines to comment when questioned on these findings. Note, in light of these findings, I would like to formally request that SCP-445 be reclassified as a Euclid-class object. Dr. S. Item Number SCP-449 Object Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures All instances of SCP-449 are to be stored in a standard containment vault outside of testing. To minimize additional production, between 3 and 5 kg of SCP-449A will be available for testing in a low-risk chemical storage container. Excess SCP-449A generated in testing of SCP-449 must be incinerated. A network of D-class spaced no closer than 1,500 km apart are to consume one grain of SCP-449A per day to monitor for use of SCP-449. Should used by parties other than the foundation be detected, agents are to follow the dragnet procedure outlined in document 449-5 to locate and confiscate the SCP-449 instance. Description Each instance of SCP-449 is a twisting aluminum cone, loosely resembling a cornucopia. Each is 40 cm long with a mouth approximately 15 cm in diameter, weighing slightly more than a kilogram. On the side of each is stamped the word joy. For unknown reasons, all instances tarnish very easily. When squeezed by a human, SCP-449 instances produce SCP-449A. The user may control the rate of production by thought, ranging from single grains to about 6 liters per second. SCP-449A is a clear crystalline substance resembling sand and texture. It may be shaped, crushed, or dissolved in water or alcohol, though not in bodily fluids other than blood. It is odorless and tasteless. Eating large quantities of SCP-449A may cause erosion of tooth enamel, damage to the elementary lining, and diarrhea or vomiting, consistent with the consumption of other abrasive substances. If consumed in any quantity, it causes the consumer to enter a stage of extreme pleasure and euphoria for up to a day, as long as it remains within the digestive tract. This effect is not modulated by dosage, and takes effect immediately. SCP-449A is neither digested nor externally damaged by its passage through the elementary canal, though when excreted or removed through other means, it no longer exhibits anomalous properties. The euphoric effects of SCP-449A cease immediately, if any person within approximately 1,300 kilometers has more SCP-449A by mass within their digestive tract. To date, all individuals SCP-449 instances have been recovered from had gone to extreme lengths to retain the effects of SCP-449A, including killing at least four other users of SCP-449, permanently residing in a boat far away from any population centers, undergoing radical gastric surgery to add an additional estimated three cubic meters to their digestive tract. In almost all cases, the SCP-449 users had abandoned activities other than producing and consuming SCP-449A. To date, 83 instances have been recovered out of an estimated 100. Addendum 449-2. Several SCP-449 instances were accompanied by the following note. Joy from the factory. Any will let you have joy. Interfers within 761 miles. Very unfortunate, regrettable, apologies, etc. Happy way for you to be one to feel joy. Joy, joy, joy. Better than joy. As much joy as you like. How much joy to have joy, how much to have sorrow without joy.  You use. Factory only provides. Item number, SCP-539. Object Class, Euclid. Special Containment Procedures. SCP-539 is to be kept in a padded case to remain locked at all times, unless a supervisor with a minimum security clearance level of two is present to observe, and only during potential testing of its phenomena. Physical contact with SCP-539 is forbidden, unless approved testing is being conducted. Description. Object is a thin round disk, composed of an undetermined material. While there appears to be corrosion around the edges, testing is determined that the marks are not the result of oxidation. When thrown, an event will occur in the immediate vicinity that will draw attention away from its thrower. These distractions have no observable pattern of any sort. However, it has been determined that the distraction will be more overwhelming in proportion to the difficulty of removing attention from the user. Due to the unpredictable nature of SCP-539's effect, testers are currently advised to throw it as far as possible from themselves. Addendum. Test Notes. Test 539-1. Security personnel ordered to line up all with clear lines of sight on tester, with instructions to not break eye contact with tester under any circumstances. When the disk was thrown, the security personnel experienced a sudden wardrobe existence failure, causing all of them to lose eye contact with the tester, being more concerned with the loss of clothing, and the issue of the climate being rather uncomfortable to a nude security guard. Test 539-2. Tester was dressed in bright and eye-catching clothing for this test. Tester was alone with security personnel in an empty office. Security personnel ordered to maintain constant eye contact with tester. When the disk was thrown, the entire building's fire alarm triggered but could not be turned off until the disk was retrieved and the computer security system reset. Test 539-3. Class D personnel given instructions to attract the attention of the local authorities, then make use of the SCP. Personnel chased by police after smashing in a law cruiser's window. When thrown, a large animal of the species, Karcharinus Lucas, bull shark, appeared in the way of the pursuing police cars, which were forced to stop and investigate. After Class D personnel were debriefed, both the shark and the SCP were retrieved by field agents. It is worth noting that the police officers involved have remained firmly silent to their superiors about the incident. Test 539-4. This test was unauthorized and disciplinary action of varying degrees of severity has been taken with the parties involved. As a prank, a group of research staff decided to see if they could distract Dr. Who is notorious for becoming very involved in his work. When thrown, a pack of at least 10 Varanus Komodoensis, Komodo dragons, burst from the ceiling vent and proceeded to chase the doctor out of his lab. The reptiles proceeded to run unchecked throughout the facility until the disc was picked up, after which they were impossible to locate and had apparently left the premises. This test may indicate that use of animals is the predominant method of distraction. Look, I appreciate a good laugh as much as anyone, but perhaps this could have ended better if the research staff had gotten permission? Furthermore, I find it highly likely that the method of distraction will involve animals, given the way that they almost always attract the attention of humans. Dr. Who. Test 539-5. Test to determine objects' effectiveness on proxy observers. Testing personnel set up an observation camera linked to a computer monitor in a different building. The computer would both record and display the video feed to observers. Camera was focused on test subject and the remaining personnel moved to the monitoring computer. When the disc was thrown, the computer suffered a fatal error, caused by the deletion of the hardware drivers needed to use the camera feed. Recorded video was corrupt and beyond recovery. Item number SCP-568. Object Class. Safe. Special Containment Procedures. SCP-568 requires no unique considerations and is stored in Storage Locker 28-002, in Sector 28. Testing with SCP-568 must be authorized by Level 3 personnel. Description. SCP-568 has the appearance of a flexible white strap, 70 x 8 x 0.2 cm. One broken seam on one side runs down its length, precisely along the center. The other side of SCP-568 is smooth and identical in texture to the seamed side. The material SCP-568 is made of is unknown, with some similarities to leather. When the smooth side comes into contact with the seamed side, the two surfaces will adhere firmly to each other, as if glued. The surfaces can be peeled apart with moderate effort, and no damage to SCP-568. When SCP-568 is wrapped around an object, with both ends overlapping at a minimum of 1 cm, the object may be split along the seam. To bisect the object, one half must be twisted counterclockwise one half turn, as if loosening a screw. The surface of the cut does not display a cross-section of the object, only an impermeable white surface. To reassemble the object, the cut ends must be in contact and twisted clockwise one half turn. SCP-568 cannot be removed when split in this fashion. Experiment log number 568-1. Tests conducted by Dr. Weiss and J. Candle. Item 1 Steel Rod Result Item bisected and reassembled, with no observable damage. Item 1 Steel Rod Result Item bisected and reassembled, one half at 180 degrees. The bisected area joined seamlessly. Interestingly, SCP-568 could be removed even when both halves ended up misaligned in this experiment. Item 2 Steel Rods Result SCP-568 wrapped around both items, care taken not to leave air pockets in the edges. Bisection failed. SCP-568 removed. Item 2 Steel Rectangular Prisms Result SCP-568 wrapped around both items. Bisection failed. SCP-568 removed. Item 1 Glass Container Filled with water. Result Item bisected and the lid removed. The white surface on the bisected region was not visible when one looked through the cylinder. Instead, one saw whatever the other half of the cylinder was pointing towards. Tilting either, half showed water draining out of the container. Similarly, refilling the container showed a stream of water entering the bottom half. Item reassembled. Application of SCP-568 as a portal window, under consideration. Item 1 Hollow Plastic Container Result Item bisected. Subjects placed through the cylinder, objects including water, a steel rod, an HB pencil, Dr. Vice's arm, and a glass marble were observed to smoothly pass through. Item reassembled. Item Subject D1617 Result SCP-568 wrapped around D1617's lower left arm and bisected. Subject reported no pain and was fully capable of manipulating his hand, even from a distance of 20 meters. Subject's arm reassembled. Item Subject D1618 Result SCP-568 wrapped around D1618's lower left arm and bisected. Subject's arm reassembled at 180 degrees. When SCP-568 was removed, the subject lost all sensation in his hand and complained of a sharp stinging in the bisected area. While the subject's arm had reattached seamlessly, deep bruising quickly developed under the skin. Pain rapidly increased until the subject had to be sedated. Close examination of the subject's arm showed the blood vessels and nerve endings no longer met, and it was effectively cut off from the rest of the body. D1618 terminated. Item Number SCP-581 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures Except for approved testing, SCP-581 must be kept a minimum of 1,000 meters from all members of all equine species. SCP-581 is to be kept in locked climate-controlled facilities. No firearms are allowed in proximity to any examples of SCP-581-2. Description SCP-581 is a horse's nose bag made from leather. Any equine subjects, horses, mules, and donkeys have all been confirmed to be susceptible. Zebras, onagers, and other non-domesticated hybrids have not been tested due to budgetary reasons. Within 500 meters is potentially an instance of SCP-581-1. SCP-581-1's sole motivation appears to be inserting its muzzle within SCP-581. This is strong enough to override instinctual reactions to predator urine or females in heat, and has caused instances of SCP-581-1 to harm themselves in the process of attempting to free SCP-581 from within steel safes. Only one instance of SCP-581-1 is known to exist at any time. Examples of SCP-581-1 will actively resist being removed from SCP-581's range of effect, and will sicken and 90% die within a week of SCP-581 being forcibly removed. If SCP-581-1 succeeds in inserting its muzzle within SCP-581, it will become an example of SCP-581-2. SCP-581-2 is an equine characterized by several anomalous behaviors. These behaviors seem to indicate that SCP-581-2 believes itself to be a human. Observed anomalous human-like behaviors include attempts to walk on its hind legs, attempts to attack its head with its front hooves, attempts to enter the driver's seat of unoccupied vehicles, fascination by and then hostility towards reflective surfaces, attempts to clasp firearms with its front hooves, extended periods of aberrant modulated vocalizations. These are believed to be SCP-581-2's attempts to speak. Data expunged. To date, all specimens of SCP-581-2 have been euthanized due to multiple limb fractures. No specimen has survived longer than two hours. Item number SCP-595 Object Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures SCP-595 is currently stored in either enclosed dry dock 2, Virginia or a secure foundation warehouse district in Philadelphia, depending on SCP-595's current state. Both sites are restricted without Level 3 access clearance or higher. Access to SCP-595's interior is restricted to specially selected Class D personnel or mobile task forces with approval from either site's local administration. Due to the nature of SCP-595's effects, it is imperative that no personnel or sensitive equipment be located within the storage sites after SCP-595 has been dormant for over two hours. Normal research activities may resume at one of the two sites after SCP-595's documented effects have subsided. Description SCP-595 is a cannon-class destroyer escort, DE- USS- commissioned by the United States Navy in late 1942. It is no different from any other vessel of its class, with the exception of several munitions' magazines filled with data expunged of unknown manufacture. These devices cause the vessel and a limited surrounding area to be permeated with abnormally high levels of electromagnetic radiation. Periodically, the devices induce a tremendous spike in the amount of electromagnetic radiation, resulting in effects outlined in Document 595-1. While these spikes are mostly regular in their timing, they can result in severe damage to surrounding equipment and personnel, if safety precautions are not strictly adhered to. The ship is tied to reports of a secret US Navy experiment, Project Philadelphia, purportedly investigating principles of teleportation and possibilities of camouflaging naval vessels by bending light around them, rendering them invisible to the naked eye. The failure of the experiment resulted in the loss of nearly the entire crew. As they were unable to contain it, the US Navy agreed to turn SCP-595 over to the Foundation for further study. Unfortunately, information relating to the experiment has been made public. Cover-up efforts are detailed in an addendum below. Document number 595-1 SCP-595 self-contained ****** devices are known to cause varying spikes in radiation levels at regular intervals approximately every three to four hours. When the Foundation acquired SCP-595 from the United States Navy, little was known of the device's side effects, as the Navy had already destroyed almost all relevant documentation. As such, testing commenced in earnest, producing the following known results. The foremost effect of SCP-595's tremendous levels of electromagnetic radiation is that the ship can exist in one of two locations, varying randomly and requiring two teams of researchers to fully monitor SCP-595. The vessel has been observed, with lower bursts, to appear translucent and in some cases almost completely transparent to the naked eye, while remaining in place at its current dry dock. Any personnel located on or within a radius of ****** meters of the vessel while it is undergoing a radiation burst can be subjected to the following effects. Personnel not located aboard the ship, but still within its area of effect, display effects similar to that of SCP-595 itself, sometimes reappearing in place, but sometimes showing up at the other secure facility. There have also been occasions where these personnel have disappeared completely and did not reappear in any Foundation-controlled sector. An incident of this nature occurring in 19 ****** resulted in the loss of ****** US Navy personnel prompting the current containment agreement. Persons in physical contact, either on deck or inside, with SCP-595 are subject to the effects listed above, but with markedly increased danger. These properties were discovered when agent ****** was trapped on the ship, faded out of sight, and upon returning was fused to the bulkhead he had been standing near. Inspections showed a perfect molecular bond of tissue to metal, cleanly severing the entire lower portion of the agent's abdomen, which protruded from the opposite side of the bulkhead. When questioned, the agent reported feeling no pain, but was unable to move his lower extremities, and exhibited signs of extreme nausea and early stages of acute radiation poisoning. Attempts to recover the surviving portion of the agent's body from the ship ultimately resulted in his death. During the same incident, three-class D personnel had been assigned to clean the engine room. Most of D-12074 was found in a crankshaft, with his legs fused to the ceiling over a meter away from him. D-23574 was fused to a deck plate, and his lower extremities were never located, nor was D-75224, who simply vanished. Other cases have seen personnel molded into solid steel doors while still conscious, or alternatively missing limbs that are incorporated into the structure and other locations of the vessel. Standard operating procedure calls for termination of these victims, as all efforts to sever them from the ship have resulted in death of the affected. Addendum. As of the late 1950s, numerous books and eyewitness accounts have surfaced in attempts to shed light on the Navy's failed experiment, further complicating containment procedures. Thanks to the efforts of well-placed field agents, the Foundation has managed to mostly discredit these sources, leaving the experiment as a well-known but officially debunked urban legend. All published accounts have been doctored to indicate DE-173, USS Eldridge, as being the testbed for the experiment, thus drawing attention away from SCP-595. All previous records of the experiment have been successfully obtained, or were destroyed by the United States government. Addendum. Attempts to disable the devices located within SCP-595 have all met with failure, as the shutdown procedures documented in Manual 3A require more than the allotted safe margins of time. The use of electromagnetically shielded remote vehicles is currently being investigated.


You have water sign, Cancer Scorpio Pisces. So let's take a look and see what's going on with the water sign. Now you could have Cancer Scorpio Pisces in your chart, but you could also have a connection to a water sign. So let's take a look. So there's a water sign who's extremely anxious, having anxiety, nightmares, conflicts, mental conflicts, it's affecting their heart, their ability to speak, and their ability to think. This person might have like a mental struggle that affects their ability to speak, maybe affects their ability to have compassion, or be empathetic, or to think clearly. Okay. Oh, here's the five pentacles here again, okay. So this water sign, it looks like no matter how hard things get, they will follow you anywhere, even through ten feet of snow on crutches, out in the cold.  Let me see. Oh, here you go, I feel like this might be a continuation here. Oh my gosh, they just said this person is, they're stressing about the fact that you might be thinking about abandoning them or leaving them, or they're aware they give you some kind of struggle or problem. I do feel like they are trying to take a look at that here, okay, trying to see like, it's more like, are they able to make a change? What can they do about this? Can they make a change? Are they even aware of what, see, I feel like whatever's going on up in the mental, like the brain, has an effect on their ability to communicate clearly, to be direct, and to communicate from the heart. Because if you see those three swords right there going through the head, the crown chakra, right through the throat, and right through the chest, through the heart area, okay, and all the rest are just all of their anxieties up above. This person's like really trapped. Tell Virgo more what's going on with this water sign. Could be you too. You could be having this issue as well, Virgo. As well, like I said, you could be trying to figure out what you're going to do here. You might be stressing about the fact that you need to make a decision. Contemplating whether the struggle is worth it, and it could be giving you some anxiety.  Is that the word I'm trying to find? Depth of holistic, you know, medicinal, whichever, pharmaceutical. I feel like you're going to be able to have some communication and or this person is going to have some communication with someone to give it to him straight. Somebody's going to tell him straight or you might, they might ask you and you might give it to him straight, like, how can I help you, you know, I don't know if there's, if this person, they might have like depression and anxiety. They might have other things going on, like I'm not a doctor, but the first thing I could think of anything that has an effect, they might be like neurodiverse, they could have stuff like that going on, they could have like anger issues and stuff like that that they need help with, whether that's like an opportunity to go speak with someone or you, right, but you know, and that's only, and that's not for just straight up Virgos, that's for a Virgo that has heavy water in their, in their chart, okay, if you don't, you're like predominantly fire and air, then I'm not talking to you here, okay, I'm talking about a water sign, so I feel like for the most part though, Virgo, this person, either you're going to say something or have communication with them or they're going to talk to somebody about how to get some help, I just heard how to get some help to be more empathetic and giving towards you, because maybe they were cold and they weren't, you know, acting that way, not by just, not by choice, but because of a lack of capability to do something like that, okay, so I mean, freaking psychological read man, what's going on here, let me see, all right, so the King of Wands is here, wow, Aries Leo Sagittarius, why is the King of Wands here, oh, two of cups, okay, so there's someone in their life, the fire sign, also who, there's a male, a masculine and a feminine in their life that maybe they're friends with, that's going to, it feels like give them this good advice, some kind of good advice about a relationship that they have with you, oh, and there's even an Empress here, yeah, I feel like Virgo, this person is going to be like seeking some kind of advice, because they're kind of on the the end here where they've, I'm getting this message, they're saying that they feel like they have to fix something or if they don't, then like the Ten of Swords is gonna be the next card to fall out and it's gonna be done, it's gonna, some things, oh my god, right when I said that, there it is, yeah, they know that this is, this kind of feels to me like same, a little bit like same as the last, the reading that I just recently did, so this person knows they're aware that this is it, this is like the end here, it's coming close to the end, wow Virgo, I mean I don't think you, I feel like we were talking about you in the previous reading there with the caution, because I really feel like you needed to really get some more information and figure out, you're on the brink here of either calling it quits or making a decision to never return, as well as whether or not you should stay, like you're kind of like alright, I need to figure out what's going on here, and there, I feel like this person is aware of it, so either they're aware of it or that you make them aware in like this time period, January through February, they have some conversations with some people about you, maybe even with a mother figure, or discussing about you, how they see you, Virgo obviously sees themselves as just the queen of pentacles, but this person sees you as like an empress, they see you as like home to them, okay, like when they're with you, maybe you're their mother, maybe this is about, you know, a child you have, but when they're with you, they feel the most comforted, they feel at home, because you are reliant, of course, and stable, and you can take care of yourself, I don't know if this person is capable of taking care of themselves very well, they might have that inability to, they might have help taking care of them, you know, just the daily tasks, or, you know, even like cooking for themselves, or to, you know what I mean, they might have somebody else helping them, this is crazy, this message is just, it feels very specific, so I won't get offended if some of you are like, no, this is not for me, I don't feel like this person is an a-hole, I don't, I feel like they, maybe they have like mind blindness, or an inability to connect in some way, yeah, look at that, four pentacles, right when I said that, this person has a lot of blocks, a lot of blockages, head, heart, even their feet, inability to move, they struggle, I mean, even still, Virgo, I mean, like, everybody has something, right, so, you know, whatever this person has, or whatever's going on with them, you know, if they are going to try to find ways to make accommodations, to try to make your partnership be better, that's great, but if they're not, you, you know, have to do what's best for you at the end of the day, you know, I mean, it's really up to you, what are you willing to, what are you willing to do, are you willing to stay and help them love you, are you willing to stay and because you love them so much, like, it's up to you, what do you want to do, you know, because I do feel like this is kind of like the second portion here, because I see you, Virgo, as just on your own being single, no attachments, yeah, no attachments, so you're, you're good, you're good either way, but I think there's a lot, what's going on for you, Virgo, just wants to be happy, Virgo's like, I just want to be happy, that's not too much to ask, I just want to stay happy, it's not even be happy, I just want to stay happy, enjoy us and enjoy my life and have fun and, you know, do the things that I like to do and be, have that playful energy and once, I feel like you're kind of like, you know, that's Leo energy, you know, it's vibrant and I feel like you might have some vibrancy about you and you do best, perhaps in warm climate, you focus on that beach scene, you know, or being by the water or some 11 had me up last, let me say, yeah, Virgo just wants to be happy and stay happy. Okay, you've got Pisces, September 8th, you have Aries here, I'm also hearing August 28th, you have cancer, let me see what, oh, you have A again and this said November and then when I touched it, it flipped to February, so there could be someone that you have a connection with whose birthday is in November or February, September 18th, someone was born in 1988, okay, you have the letter Z, okay, somebody might have an alcohol problem, is going to AA, someone is age 30 and I'm also picking up August 30th and then the letter M, someone's name might be, I don't know if it's a name or a nickname, Maz or Mazzy or Mazza, there's also like the Z for someone's first name, Zachariah, Zelda, someone, there's a connection to Zimbabwe as well, their strength, I don't know why I pulled that other card, but strong Leo energy here, which is all about the confidence and let me just get you a charm, okay, so you have, oh, you have an eagle, all right, this could have, this is an American symbol, so that could be connected to America, it could also be connected to Eagles football, so you know when I call out these charms, this just gives more of a significator that this reading may be resonating or might be more for you specifically, but the eagle pretty much is a bird that is very versatile and is very capable of getting what it is that it wants, you know, it's a very strong grip, some of you might need to let your grip go a little, some of you might need to strengthen your grip, but the eagle soars very high, high above the rest and they're just telling me now that whoever this water sign is, they view you as someone who is way higher above the rest, you are almost practically out of this world to them, I don't know how high an eagle can fly, but I mean you're not like an alien or a spaceship, but you're definitely someone that they've viewed as like way above them, like in terms of like who you are and just they're amazed, just like an amazing eagle, somebody else might be bald, somebody might have no hair, all right, so let's move on to the next message you're gonna have, they'll be back, I'll be next. 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Today, more and more people are escaping the pace of city life and moving to the country. They enjoy being closer to the serenity of nature, but with nature's serenity comes nature's risk, including the risk from wildfire. Our desire to be closer to nature and our desire to preserve nature actually leads us to be more vulnerable to wildfire.  It's a scenario that we call the wildland-urban interface. It's where nature and man come together. Don Connolly, a Florida homeowner, is retrofitting her home to protect it from wildfire. And it's certainly something that we thought about over the years, never knew really how at risk the property was. We live in the middle of the woods. We're surrounded on three sides by a state forest. I just feel like if a wildfire were to start in the state park or even in a surrounding yard, my home just has no chance. So Don has decided to make her home fire-wise. With a few easy-to-do modifications to her property, she'll make her home able to withstand a wildland fire, even without the help of firefighters. Through landscaping, proper design and maintenance of our homes, we can still enjoy living in the woods, living in this interface without necessarily requiring the fire department to respond to us in a wildfire situation. Don is taking her family's home and safety into her own hands. A fire-wise retrofit begins with a basic fire risk assessment. Here, local fire chief Will May is evaluating many things, including the frequency of local wildfires, the land's topography, and most important, its condition. The Connolly property is not unusual. This is what you see throughout Northern Florida. It's the kind of environment that really thrives in a wildfire condition or a prescribed fire condition, and the fact that this home was built here in this area without the usual protections that you would normally see, which is a large setback, makes it a really prime candidate to be destroyed by wildfire. A risk assessment requires seeing property as more than a yard and home. It's also potential fuel to feed a devastating fire. In Don's case, the fuel has virtually taken root on her doorstep. It's not hard for forestry professionals Don West and Jim Harrell to anticipate a wildland fire scenario. We've got a site that's got all the characteristics of what you don't want to have if you're concerned about fire entering your home from outside the home. There's plenty of fuels that are volatile that have chemicals in them. They've got ladder fuels where they go from the ground up into the canopy. And should a fire get started in here, it would easily burn into the house. Some of the more dangerous things from the fire standpoint are the dense clusters of palmetto and the brush and shrubs that have what we call needle drape of pine needles. It would be very flammable. So one of the first things and most important things for us is that homeowners think about defensible space around that home. Something to break up the continuity of that fire when it approaches the house. The job of redesigning the yard with a defensible space falls to fire-wise landscape helper Jane Chiquetti. There's no reason why you can't make your landscape fire-wise and at the same time aesthetically pleasing. In talking to the homeowner, one of the first things I wanted to point out was that the wooded area is too overgrown and the landscape plants are just kind of scattered all over. Our biggest goal here is to clear out and open up the area around the house. Jane has drawn up a new landscape design that divides the Connolly yard into three fire-wise zones. The size of these three zones varies from house to house, depending upon the kind of terrain and vegetation specific to each property. The first zone is the most critical because it's nearest to the house. In Dawn's case, it extends roughly 30 feet from the home. On other properties, this area could reach 100 feet or more. This is where you will have low-growing shrubs and try to be very careful about which plants are chosen to be here so that they are not too flammable. We want to put in sod and grass areas, which would be good for fire prevention, and also make the house look more attractive. The good news is that being fire-wise doesn't require wholesale stripping away of vegetation. Jane's goal is to create a buffer or a defensible space that will prevent fires from coming right up to the house. It also gives firefighters plenty of room if they need to defend Dawn's home. To accomplish this, Jane will follow fire-wise guidelines. She'll thin out the trees and plants and install a well-irrigated lawn. She'll also plant indigenous shrubs in small clusters to create a series of fuel breaks, and she'll carefully select a mulch for the garden. During wildfires, cypress mulch and other very light, very flammable mulches actually increase fire spread to the home. By using those types of mulches that are not prone to that rapid fire spread, we can still landscape with natural materials providing a very aesthetic view around the home, but do not contribute to flame spread. Jane suggests replacing the existing combustible mulch driveway with a paved one to act as another fuel break. But the price tag becomes a sticking point and the decision is postponed until later. Dawn is also debating whether or not to replace her wooden fence with a more expensive, non-combustible one. These will be the first of many cost versus safety decisions that Dawn, like all homeowners, will have to make. It's all part of the learning curve. Just beyond the defensible space is zone 2, which extends out another 20 feet on this particular property. This area may contain more vegetation than zone 1, but it too has to be thinned out. And in Florida, that means clearing out a particularly annoying and ubiquitous plant. We have the sawpalmetto here, which is highly flammable, and we're trying to move that back and this would be another way of opening up the landscape. The resin in sawpalmetto makes it especially volatile. Florida isn't alone in this regard. Every region has similar resinous vegetation, from long leaf pines in the south to ponderosa pines or Douglas fir in the west. In each case, deciduous plants or succulents with high moisture content provide lower combustibility. Sawpalmetto, however, isn't Jane's only headache. What a nightmare, all these trees, especially pine trees in the leaf litter, they can cause. What we are going to do is go through the trees and one by one selectively thin out the trees. Some of the trees will need to be removed for other reasons, they're hazardous, they're half dead. Here, the landscaping crew is spacing the trees at least 10 feet apart and cutting away dead or dying limbs. This should halt or slow a fire's advance. At the same time, it will improve the health of the remaining trees. They're also pruning any branches within 6 feet of the ground to prevent the dangerous ladder fuel effect of a ground fire climbing into the tree crowns. The final zone is an outer ring stretching 50 to 100 feet beyond Don's house. The third zone, which is more or less a transition into the natural landscape where we can have is probably as much planting as we want or the native surroundings. The landscaping crew is only thinning out the dead trees and plants. While they work, Chief May has identified one of the easier improvements homeowners can make. What we need to do is just make sure that we build a protective cover for the pump and the well head. So if we can protect the well, we will probably have a continuing water supply here that could support something like a yard sprinkler system that could keep wetting the area down around the house so that the vegetation more than likely would not burn. Fitting a property makes a dramatic difference, but it is not a one shot deal. It requires an ongoing commitment to upkeep. Don will continually trim her plants and remove pine litter. Fortunately, Jane's firewise design will make Don's home safer and a whole lot easier to maintain over time. Landscaping isn't the whole story. Even as Jane was developing her landscape design, a local contractor began making firewise improvements to the house. The most perfectly designed firewise yard can't prevent burning embers from landing on or near a home. And a quick look at the siding on the house indicates a fire risk that needs attention. This is a cedar plank. It is very lightweight and burns very easily. All it takes is for a fire to transmit across the ground or through fuels from bushes or plants to this structure. And it's exposed to this and the exterior of the home will ignite. The crew is replacing the cedar plank with a non-combustible concrete composite siding. Ron Peebles, the contractor, has determined that the existing fire-resistant soffits from Don's house don't need to be replaced. It's just a, I believe it's 26-gauge aluminum and it does have striations in it and it's penetrated so that the air travels freely through it and it vents the attic area. These are not fireproof, but they are a much more fire-resistant material than a standard wood soffitin fascia. The windows will also be kept, but for a different reason. New tempered glass windows that won't fracture when exposed to the heat of a wildfire would clearly give her home superior protection, but they're not cheap. We're not going to be replacing the windows. They are a standard single-strength window, which is a non-insulated glass, not tempered just a standard single-glaze window. Offers some protection against fires, but not the best. New window screens, however, are affordable. The existing nylon screens would melt quickly if hot embers touched them. The new metal screens won't. Don has decided to spend money instead on the most vulnerable part of the home, the roof. We're going to be replacing these standard shingles with a class A fire-rated shingle, which will offer a greater protection. From the surrounding vegetation, if they had a tree-to-tree fire, it would dump copious amounts of lit sparks and burning embers onto this surface, which would easily ignite in this condition, but the new shingles will prevent that. That's why it's absolutely critical to install fire-resistant roofing. Ron's crew is also replacing the plastic skylights. This is an aluminum frame, which is fire-resistant, but the plastic dome is not. The intense heat of a fire could easily melt the plastic and allow embers into the house. The new one will have a tempered glass window, which will be very, very fire-resistant. Back up on the roof, Ron is replacing the old cladding around the chimney with the new non-combustible siding and adding a spark arrester. This 12-gauge metal device will prevent embers from floating up or down the chimney. In a matter of weeks, the crew has finished and Don is thrilled with the results. She's particularly pleased that she went ahead and installed the safer driveway and a new metal fence around her property. My two favorite things, and one I did not think I was going to like at all, was I liked my paved driveway. It's really wonderful. And the wrought iron fence. I was very, very skeptical about replacing my picket fence, and I absolutely love it. It's one of my favorite things. The sense of openness, particularly around my home and the grass, is just so beautiful. And the idea that it's more safe to boot is just really such a plus. It just is absolutely gorgeous. We now have a structure here where the fire department can come in and protect this. If you were to have a wildfire coming in and approaching and threatening this particular development, this community, this is a home where we feel fairly certain the fire would not get to. Improving a property to make it fire-wise involves making many decisions. Most homeowners, like Don, can't make all the upgrades they like. As we've seen, through improvements to landscaping, siding, roof, and windows and skylights, Don made great strides in making her home fire-wise. With every improvement you make, no matter how small, your home is more likely to survive the next wildland fire. I feel so much more at ease now in my home. I never believed that making a home fire-safe would enhance the appearance of it to the extent that my home has been enhanced. I feel like even if there were a wildfire surrounding me, that my home would be perfectly safe and that's a great feeling.