Hi, welcome back to the part 4 of this video series. In this video, we will go through the execution performance and memory footprint of the foot recognition application. Before we start, please know that all the measurements in this video are based on FPEI Vision 1 version 2.1 using another version of camera board, the STM32-F4 discount. If you have the latest results using the new B-CAMS OMV camera board, please refer to the UM2611, the user manual for the function pack. First, let's see the frame capture and the pre-processing time. This stage includes camera frame capture, image rescaling, pixel color conversion, and the pixel format adaptation. The measurements were taken with STM32-H747 M7 core running at 400 MHz and the code was compiled with E-Warm version 8.40.2 with Option-03. As you can see in the table, VGA resolution surely needs more time than the QVGA, and the camera frame capture takes most of the time at this stage. But please note, this value depends on the lighting conditions since the exposure time may be different. This is the same table we have seen in the Part 3 video. It lists the various memory configurations and their corresponding boundaries. Now let's see the execution performance of these different configurations. First, for the float model, all configurations use VGA resolution, and we have fully external and split schemes for the volatile memory. As a reminder, the fully external scheme is to place all buffers in the external SD RAM. The split scheme is to place activation buffer and input buffer in the internal SD RAM and camera buffers in the external SD RAM. So as you can see, the split memory scheme has better performance. Regarding the non-volatile memory that contains weights and biases, of course, internal flash gives the best performance, then is external SD RAM, and QSVI external flash is the slowest among the three. For the quantized model, the performance is about 2-3 times better than the float model. With VGA resolution, the same as float model, split scheme performs better. With QVGA resolution, as we mentioned in Part 3, there are two different optimized schemes. They have the same inference time as the VGA split case, but the FPS optimized scheme has a greater FPS. Finally, the quantized model has almost the same accuracy as the float model, but has much less inference time. In addition, it requires a smaller memory space, which we will talk about in the following slides. Still, the same table, the same memory configurations, and here are the memory footprint. The code size of the quantized model is 20 kilobytes more than the float model, but the weight and bias table is less than one third of the float model. And for the RAM size, in fully external scheme, the quantized model saved 400 kilobytes in external SD RAM. In the split case, it saved 250 kilobytes in the internal SD RAM. For both models, in VGA resolution, the external SD RAM takes a lot of memory because it is used for the camera buffers. But it's zero for quantized model in the QVGA solution because all the buffers are overlaid, which means a unique physical memory space in the internal SD RAM is used for all the buffers. Okay, this is all for this part. Thank you for taking your time to watch this video. In the next video, I will show you a hands-on demo of how to run a food recognition application using the QSPI external flash on the SDM32 H747i Discovery board. See you in the next video.


Fy bwysig ymddangod, wrth ddaf, Kenneth Gibson. Mae wedi fwywyr i ddigit? The result of the vote on amendment number 11143.2 in the name of Russell Finlay is yes, 29, no 81, there was one abstention, the amendment is therefore not agreed and the next question is that amendment 11143.1 in the name of Martin Whitfield which seeks to amend motion 11143 in the name of George Adam on behalf of the parliamentary bureau setting out a business programme be agreed. Are we all agreed? The Parliament is not agreed therefore we'll move to vote and members should cast their votes now. The vote is closed. The result of the vote on amendment number 11143.1 in the name of Martin Whitfield is yes, 49, no 63, there was one abstention, the amendment is therefore not agreed and the next question is that motion 11143 in the name of George Adam on behalf of the parliamentary bureau setting out a business programme be agreed. Are we all agreed? Thank you. The Parliament is not agreed therefore we'll move to vote and members should cast their votes now. The vote is closed. The result of the vote on motion 11143 in the name of George Adam is yes, 64, no 30, there were 19 abstentions, the motion is therefore agreed. The next item of business is consideration of business motions 11144 on a stage one timetable and 11145 on a stage one extension and I ask any member who wishes to speak against the motions to press their request to speak buttons and I call on George Adam on behalf of the parliamentary bureau to move the motions. Thank you Presiding Officer thank you minister. No member has asked to speak against the motions therefore the question is that motions 11144 and 11145 be agreed. Are we all agreed? The motions are therefore agreed. The next item of business is consideration of five parliamentary bureau motions and I ask George Adam on behalf of the parliamentary bureau to move motions 11146 on approval of an SSI 11147 and 11148 on designations of lead committee, 11149 on committee membership and 11150 on office of the clerk. All moved Presiding Officer. Thank you minister the question on these motions will be put at decision time and there are four questions to be put as a result of today's business and the first is that amendment 11127.2 in the name of Russell Finlay which seeks to amend motion 11127 in the name of Siobhan Brown on cashback for communities be agreed. Are we all agreed? The Parliament is not agreed therefore we'll move to a vote and members should cast their votes now. The vote is closed. The result of the vote on amendment number 11127.2 in the name of Russell Finlay is yes 49 no 63 there was one abstention the amendment is therefore not agreed. The next question is that amendment 11127.1 in the name of Katie Clark which seeks to amend motion 11127 in the name of Siobhan Brown on cashback for communities be agreed. Are we all agreed? The amendment is therefore agreed. The next question is that motion 11127 in the name of Siobhan Brown as amended on cashback for communities be agreed. Are we all agreed? The motion is therefore agreed. The motion as amended is therefore agreed and I propose to ask a single question on five parliamentary bureau motions. Does any member object? No member objects the question is that motions 11146 on approval of an SSI 11147 and 11148 on designations of lead committee, 11149 on committee membership and 11150 on office of the clerk in the name of George Adam on behalf of parliamentary bureau be agreed. Are we all agreed? The motions are therefore agreed. That concludes decision time. Shona Robison, Deputy First Minister, point of order. Further to the point of order made by Douglas Ross last week, the UK Covid inquiry has asked us to set out in more detail the full timetable of requests for information of the Scottish Government further to my statement last week. So today the Scottish Government has answered a GIQ on this matter, setting out the timetable as requested, and I wish to bring this to the attention of the chamber. Thank you, Deputy First Minister. It is not a point of order, but the chamber is now aware of the existence of the Government-initiated question. Decision time has concluded and we are going to move on to members' business, and I would be grateful if members who are leaving the chamber were to do so quietly.


So these shells around the viruses are their protection and if they can be blasted apart by high frequency laser waves then of course we can kill the virus.


What happens with stress, my friend Dr. Hermon Fresco is one of the top neuroscientists in the world. He always tells me, Ty, the way it works is you got the brainstem, the back of your brain. Some people call it the crocodile mind, the primitive mind. When you're stressed, you go here. If you're walking across the street, an 18-wheeler honks the horn, you don't go to the logical part up here. You go to the brainstem and you jump out of the way. That saves you. And so the media is constantly, the world's too hot or the world's too cold. Really has nothing you can do and it's just stimulating your brainstem.  So if you can stretch it out over 60 seconds, at least three times a day. And it's not because some woo-woo spiritual thing. There's actual science that you're activating the more logical part of your brain.


a life-threatening situation that I have no control over. That's very difficult. That's hard. She's been a survivor for ten years, and you tell that story as if she got diagnosed yesterday. It's always present. What does that mean? It's always present. What does that mean? When you talk about our marriage, we'd been married so long that we got to a point that I did my thing, she did her thing in business, and sometimes we saw each other before we went to bed. Most of the time we didn't. Then when you're faced with the possibility that one of you may not be there, and especially her, that she may not be there.


Good evening friends, this is your house to welcome you through the creaking door into the inner sanctum. Come on in. One prankish little fellow whom we shall call maniac for lack of a stronger word just set fire to the walls. He said a closed room made him feel confined. As a result four other characters are slightly burned up now. Tonight's inner sanctum mystery, Corpse for Halloween, was written by John Robert and stars Larry Haynes in the role of Jimmy with Barry Kroger as Cavanaugh. And now let's unhinge our minds a little. After all, what's a little insanity among friends? Tonight's story dramatizes the fanatical hold of memory. The one scene, the one fragment that plays and replays over and over again in your mind.  Who can sleep? I'm here in the 35 cent flock but I'm in the Burmese jungle. Watching a scene that never gets stale even though it's five years old. I can hear sounds traveling across the brush. I pick them up as if I'm a receiver, said animal sounds. And I see as if my eyes are in the sky I see two blue figures standing with their rifles aimed at a pair of jungle beasts. A tiger and its mate in a crotch ready to jump. They fire point blank together as if by signaling. So good. They miss. The beasts roar and weep. I hear them scream out Cavanaugh and box a goal. Just before they die. Five years. And you've been everywhere trying to forget. And you almost do forget. But if that just right back into your mind by itself. Like when a guy suddenly sneaks up on you in the night. Do you have a match? What? Do you have a match? Sure. You popped up on me so suddenly.  Thank you. I have a parcel with me for you. For me? What are you kidding? No. I have a parcel for you here. Take it. Wait a minute. Hey, hey, wait. But he's gone. Just the way he came. As if he's a chip of my sanity. As if there'd been nobody. But there is a package left with me. The mind doesn't dream up a package. A cardboard box. Heavy kind of. And tissue. Lots of tissue around something that had the feel of a head. It is a head. The stuffed head of a jungle tiger. It's mouth fixed in the snarl. It sends the blood hammering to my head. Doesn't make sense. No good figuring it out. Toss it in the river. Box it all and get away. Get among the people. Yeah. Yeah, Rocco's got a Rocco's. Get the jukebox going and slip into a fox. Copy, Rocco. Jimmy, I got something for you. For me, Rocco? The package. The guy came in before and leaves your package for you. See? The Jimmy Fox. Your name on it. My name. My name's Jimmy Scott. You know that. Scott, yes. But the man says your name is also Jimmy Fox. He says he knows. He knows. I took the package outside into the night into an alleyway. Another cardboard box. Heavy. And a tissue. Lots of tissue around something that had the feel of a head. It was a head. But not a tiger's this time. It was a human skull. It shone with a hard white light when the moon touched it. And then it seemed to speak. Do you have a mask? What?  It isn't the skull talking to you. It's me. You? Where are you? I'm behind you. I don't see you. Because you're afraid to. See me now? Yeah.  It is a laughing mask. Well, why are you wearing a mask? Why not tonight's Halloween? Halloween? Sure. Halloween. Everybody plays jokes. I should have remembered it was Halloween. Can you identify the skull? Identify? Look, what kind of a gag are you trying to... Suppose I give you an hour to identify the skull. It's eight now. Until nine o'clock then. Wait! Hey, hey, wait! He was gone again. As if there'd been nobody. Just another big chip off my sanity. I really had to get away from myself now.  A red artillery street boy's neighborhood association. Halloween costume ball. Public invited. A girl in a boot, masked like a witch, stopped me at the door. Mask, mister? Mask. Oh, sure, sure, give me one. Black, green, yellow, or purple? What's your favorite color? Uh, yellow. Hi, are you a yacht? Fifty cents. They are. Oh. A what? Just a description left with me. I'd almost forgotten. Are you Jimmy Fox? Suppose I was, Jimmy Fox. What about it? This grocery bag was left here for you. A man told me to tell you. You forgot it somewhere. And he said that he'd meet you one place or another later. Here, take it. By the shape of it, I'd say you had a Halloween pumpkin inside.  He did. He was under a street lamp waiting for me to happen along. Hello, Jimmy. Have you dared to call the skull by name yet? Or must I? Look, that gag isn't paying off, mister. All right, go ahead. You call it by name. Lord, boxer Dolan, remember him? I, uh, never knew the guy. He was... No doubt got me confused. Have I, Jimmy? You've changed your appearance cleverly except for one thing disguise could never conceal. One thing? Your guilt.  Oh, what am I guilty of? Murder. Two men left an encampment in the Burmese jungle just before dawn. Boxer Dolan and Kavanaugh. The third man remained behind. He played sick, pretended to fever. The third man was you, Jimmy. Must I tell you the rest? Tell me the rest. Dolan and Kavanaugh carried rifles in the event of a jungle encounter. There was a jungle encounter, a tiger and its mate. An emergency, but an easy one to resolve for two expert hunters. Just one shot a piece and there'd be two more dead tigers. Just one shot a piece. They had their one shot a piece, but the tigers didn't drop dead in their tracks. Instead, Boxer Dolan and Kavanaugh dropped. Ask me what happened, Jimmy? What happened? During the night, someone had emptied their rifle loads and substituted blank bullets. You did that, Jimmy. You engineered the murder of two men. Two partners in crime. Just one day's push from the Hindu temple you'd all teamed up to loot. They got within 24 hours of treasure and then you murdered them. One more day to the temple, so why split three ways, huh? You know about the temple, but I never pushed on to that temple. No loot, no nothing. How about that? You lost your nerve. You just hadn't counted them losing your nerve. What are you, a detective? No. I'm your second victim. I'm Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh? The Kavanaugh was killed.  I'll show you what I had to survive. Feel my sleeve. Feel it! It's empty. Torn out of the socket.  I wear. See the left profile? It isn't pretty, is it? The eye? The eye's gone, too. I spent five years finding you, Jimmy. I've waited a long time to let you see my face. You can after me to kill me? After you've had the same 24 hours you arranged the door room that I would have. What do you mean, the same 24 hours? Unarmed in the jungle and helpless. I'm gonna hunt you for 24 hours in this jungle, the jungle of the city, with every beast of prey I can find. I'm gonna hunt you, Jimmy.  What do you mean, every beast of prey you can find? The citizens of the city jungle, the riffraff, the murderers, the men and women who buy and sell murder. I can afford them, Jimmy. See this, Ruby? It's real. And I have dozens, Jimmy. Dozens. I didn't lose my nerve. It's ten o'clock, you can go now. Go and see if you can escape me and my pack. You're going through with this? The beast will be coming at you from the sewers and the cellars, ambushing you from the shadows into the dawn and through the day for 24 hours until 10 tomorrow night. Or you win. You live. Hurry, Jimmy. See how painful death can be. Cavanaugh's one fella I never want to hunt me off. No, sir, that guy slays for creeps. 24 hours. Cavanaugh's got 24 hours to kill.  Yes, you know, Jimmy might win out over Cavanaugh. Now that he's got an extra skull to go with the one he's stuck with, after all, two heads are better than one. Let's live out the terror now, shall we? An animal game of murder for 24 hours. I was to be hunted down in a jungle where human beasts came at you from the sewers and cellars where killers in the hire of a homicidal lunatic lay in ambush. Well, I had to win. I had to save myself. I had to hide. The thing to do was to hide, fade into an alleyway and find a cellar and stay put for 24 hours. Just stay put. The second rake of garbage cans until 10 tomorrow night was I alone. Movement. There was a whispering movement somewhere in the cellar. A faint rattle of ash cans as if the wind was rattling them. Wind in an airtight cellar. Hello? Anybody there? I've been imagining. But then something winged at me, roaring into my shoulder sharp and deadly like a knife. I came to bleeding from a shoulder gash. I got out of there and back into the streets. Into a jungle of faces. It was Halloween night like I'd never seen it. Masks and costumes on kids of six and old clones of 60. A crazy jungle of witches and garling peak captains and lunatics. They couldn't all be in the hire of Kavanaugh. And then a fence was plastered with circus posters of jungle animals. A zany looking guy was shooting from the hip of the poster while making menacing faces like a bad man. I caught a whiff of powder in the night air. The shot had burned into the poster. I crept up behind him, faking a gun with my fist in my coat pocket. I ran against his back. Get him a pallet. I got nothing. I got a sandwich.  Sure. Now walk. Walk up the block and don't turn back to luck. I had a gun now and the tables were turned. I was the hunter now. I drifted to the docks and took up a position with my back to the river. Faking him suicide, Jimmy? Got any more, Kavanaugh?  My morale's going great, Kavanaugh.  Who's hunting Kavanaugh? Who's hunting Kavanaugh? Kavanaugh kept standing up.  How does it feel to hunt game with blank cartridges like Bucks or Dolan and I did once? Blank cartridges?  Only one bullet, the first one was real. Simple. Very simple. I get it.  Who's hunting who, Jimmy? Who's hunting who? Kavanaugh, Kavanaugh, wait.   Kavanaugh, you gotta kill me. I had to get out of there. Get away, get the subway, fade into the subway, get on a train and ride to the end of the line, right out of the channel. An empty station, no one in it. Though, though someone, two people.  An old lady in ragged clothes carrying him, yet half hidden under a coat. A pet that looked like a cat. She came up to me, close, like to ask me something. This side goes to Leffat's Avenue station? Uh, Leffat's Avenue, I don't know. I'm a stranger here. Oh, hush, Genevieve. Oh, Genevieve is hungry. That's not a cat. No, son. A cub. A tiger cub. A tiger cub? Would you like to smoke, Genevieve? No, no, no. Don't run away, son. Genevieve won't turn. I ran away with the old crone after me, hobbling in his skirts. And a little dapper guy behind the newspaper, circling at me from the opposite direction, cornering me. I jumped to the tracks, my only out, and I ran. I ran as deep into the bars of the subway, deep, very deep. With a little dapper guy after me, as if he lived business. I'm in a train. I've had a Halloween look too, apparently. And I, in face with banjo eyes, I ran against the wall and frightened out. The train passed, passed, and the dapper guy screamed. Cavanaugh was shy, one beast in his jungle. The little guy had been hit glancingly and hurled against the subway wall, pulverized. I got to him quickly and freshed him. I had a gun now. A gun with bullets that killed him. I ran. I ran a half mile underground to another station, and then back on the streets. Back in the animal game. It was through in the morning. A neon sign that tell every street boy's neighborhood association. Halloween costume party. People were straggling out. The fun was over. Hello. What? You remember me? No. I'm the witch who gave you a free mask and a grocery bag that you forgot somewhere. And you're Jimmy Fox. Jimmy, Scott, I used to be Jimmy Fox. Sister, are you all right? Am I all right?   Are you drunk? No, no, no, beat. I'm dickbeat. I've got a hole up somewhere.  I've got it where I'll die. You're sick? Yeah, yeah, I'm sick, sick. If I could just sleep around the clock until 10 tomorrow night. If an angel came along and said come home with me, I'll put you up. Come home with me, Jimmy. I'll put you up. I fell asleep on a sofa with a gun under my pillow. And the girl on a chair watching me anxiously. I had a friend. I could drop off and live in Dreamland until 10 that night. At 10, I could wake up and live. Coming awake, I heard the alarm which said go off. The alarm stopped. And there was a sound. An animal sound. And then a claw scratching at me, carrying it in my cheek. I jumped up. The girl was gone. A guy was sitting watching me now. A skinny kid with a heavy shock of hair and had a day over 21. Well, that's a lousy way to have to wake up from a sleep, pal. A lousy way. There was an animal clawing at me, my cheek's bleeding. Genevieve, she isn't housebroken. Still a little while. You should have seen her dash for the kitchen when you laid out a scream just now. Genevieve, who are you?  Yeah. I've got something for you. For me? Yeah, it was given to me to give to you. A rupee. Wait a minute. That clock's always 15 minutes ahead. Now the game's over. It's 10 and you can't cheat. I've won, Cavanaugh. You can't go back on your promise, Cavanaugh. You can't. What are you trying to get over, pal? I've won. You can't cheat. I won't be tricked. Oh, God. You're crazy. It's 10 and I won't be tricked, Cavanaugh. I've won. I'm still on the sofa. My arms are rigid. And my legs rigid. My legs rigid. Like something exploded inside me and paralyzed my nerves. I can just look and hear. She's in the room now.  On the horizon, red, swollen from crying. I hear her talking to a cop. He's taking down what she says. He was a stray.  So I picked him up and brought him home.  I don't know.  I heard him talk all mixed up. Didn't get here any time. There must be something you've been telling me. Oh, officer. Everything is all mixed up. It's a touristy costume ball. A man gave me a cat with tiger stripes and he begged me to keep it for him for a while until he found a new home for it. He benefited. Well, then, in the all night restaurant my brother works in, a man gave buddy a ruby to give to Jimmy Fox when he woke up. He told my brother the ruby belonged to Jimmy Fox. This piece of glass? That's something of the world of time, county. What else? Watching by here I see through Kavanaugh's trick.  The brother of a girl with brown eyes and a heart.  I kept listening to him talk the girl and the cop. Okay. We'll have to get the rest from Jimmy Fox there. Yeah, look at him. He's paralyzed with fright. He wonders what kind of crazy Halloween story he's going to start upon, my honest one, when we get him talking. Oh, Captain Devereaux speaking. McEvoy, send a police ambulance to 4-5 Tenite Street apartment 3 Rear and McEvoy see that a straightjacket's on that ambulance. Well, quite a chase. It got so poor Jim didn't know whether he was coming or going. Nuts. What got his goat most was the way he kept seeing animals everywhere. Very confusing to a guy on the lamb. I've got so he couldn't tell who's zoo. Tomorrow? Oh, sure. I read this Halloween notice on a tree somewhere. Never hunt out of reason. Ha, ha, ha, ha.


Item number SCP-009 Object Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures Object is to be contained within a sealed storage tank of heat-resistant alloy with dimensions not less than 2 meters by 2 meters by 2 meters. Under no circumstances should SCP-009 be exposed to temperatures in excess of 0 degrees Celsius when not undergoing testing. And no water-based solutions shall be allowed within 30 meters of the object's containment area. Object's chamber is to be fitted with temperature sensors, which must be monitored at all times, and is to be kept refrigerated by no fewer than three redundant cooling units. Any malfunction of sensors or of coolant systems is to be reported and repaired immediately. If at any time the temperature in the containment area climbs above negative 5 degrees Celsius, the chamber is to be locked down and flooded with coolant until temperatures return to safe levels, negative 30 degrees Celsius to negative 25 degrees Celsius. Containment areas to be kept in total vacuum during testing and personnel interacting with SCP-009 must wear full environmental protection gear. Following testing, all equipment personnel and other materials must undergo dehydration procedures and be quarantined for no less than 12 hours. Any moisture found displaying properties of SCP-009 is to be quarantined and added to the containment area as soon as possible. Living organisms found to be contaminated by SCP-009 are to be terminated by chemical desiccation and extracted molecules of SCP-009 added to containment. Description. SCP-009 is approximately one of the leaders of a substance which superficially resembles distilled water, H2O, except with a distinct bright red hue. This red hue is discernible in all phases and serves as the most expedient method of identifying contaminated matter before its anomalous properties manifest. In contrast to mundane water, SCP-009 assumes a liquid phase at temperatures between negative 100 degrees Celsius and 0 degrees Celsius at a solid state above those temperatures. At temperatures below negative 100 degrees Celsius, SCP-009 vaporizes into a gaseous phase similar to steam. Examinations of the atomic structure of SCP-009 have proved inconclusive. The substance appears to be identical to normal water molecules, with the exception of red and contrast to standard laws of enthalpy. Dr. Red Cyton is a resident expert on xenospatial physics, suggests that SCP-009 may originate in a universe with alternate physical laws. The most hazardous property of SCP-009, however, is its ability to contaminate normal H2O. When in contact with any aqueous solution, SCP-009 will, through unknown mechanisms, transfer its anomalous properties to other objects and creatures. Testing is shown incapable of assimilating ice, steam, tea, fruit juice, seawater, blood, and data expunged. The time it takes for this process to occur varies depending on temperature and the exact chemical composition of affected matter, and had been observed as taking between three minutes and eight hours. Experiments on D-class personnel have illustrated the process of conversion by the substance, which has been found to follow a consistent pattern. 1. Initial Exposure Subject is exposed to SCP-009 and it begins assimilating any moisture present on the exposed surface. Creatures in this stage do not commonly notice any unusual symptoms except for a slight warming sensation. 2. Surface Conversion Frost begins to form on the exposed area as the heat produced by the subject and SCP-009 itself raises its temperature above 0 degrees Celsius. This stage can take anywhere from one minute to eight hours, during which time subjects begin to feel crystals from the epidermis. 3. Deep Tissue Conversion Exponential increase in temperature of SCP-009 causes runaway reaction throughout subjects' body, resulting in actual blood losses minimal due to ice crystals, allowing subjects to remain alive and conscious for up to eight hours. 4. Data Expunge Testing on D-class personnel was discontinued as a 423-2000 addendum. 3. Circumstances of Retrieval Subject was found in... Alaska, on November 5th, 19... The foundation became involved after reports were obtained from the native... tribe who came across the mangled bodies of a team of seal hunters which had apparently been shipwrecked... kilometers from the village. All victims were found encased in red ice. Cause of death recorded is internal bleeding, though closer examination found... It is surmised that the low ambient temperatures in the area retarded the freezing process. This prolonged the time to total conversion by... eight hours, and allowed the victims to remain conscious until data expunged. Origin of SCP-009 is currently unknown. Investigation into similar events or materials in the area is ongoing. Evidence at the scene suggests... possibly involving SCP- C Exploration Log A-009-1 for details Exploration Log, November 5th, 19... Situation report Mobile Task Force Beta-7, the HAZ Matters, was deployed to recovery site to... catalog and safely retrieve samples of SCP-009 for transport to site... Agent... Bryce, MTFB-7, made a visual inspection of the area and noted three bodies, all male, between the ages of... and 40 years. Dr.... also on site. Surmised from the relative position of subjects that Mr.... aged 32, hereafter referred to as subject zero, was the origin point of... subsequent subjects are presumed to have been exposed to SCP-009 while attempting to help subject zero back to the wreckage of the boat. During standard perimeter sweep, Agent... Hughes located what appeared to be humanoid tracks leading northeast. After brief deliberation, a three-man team consisting of agents Hughes, Whitmore and Cassidy was dispatched to investigate potential security breach. Begin log, 642-43 EST. Agent Hughes, we've found something controlled. It's a cave, the tracks lead inside. Control, copy Hughes, what do you see? Hughes, looks like a crack in the ice. It's maybe a meter tall, the opening's not very wide. Agent Whitmore, cat, we got a body. Unidentified shuffling noises are heard. Control, we didn't copy Hughes, repeat. Hughes, there's a subject here, Control. Frozen in the skip, male, about 15. Looks like he was trying to crawl away from something. There's a spear gun here, also frozen. It's been fired. Control, any signs of trauma? Agent Cassidy, without touching him I can't be sure. But it looks like he was stabbed by something. See how he's gripping his chest here? Right where this spike is growing out. He might have been attacked. Hughes, did you hear her, Control? Control, affirmative. Tag the coordinates for recovery and proceed into the cave. Whitmore, we using live fire, Captain? Hughes, there might be hostiles. So yes, but keep them in single shot mode. Don't want the guns getting too hot. Cassidy, good call. Don't want to end up like this guy. Whitmore, unintelligible. That's for sure. Agents ready their weapons and proceed. Approximately two minutes pass. Whitmore, unintelligible. Control, please repeat Hughes, we didn't copy. Hughes, it's... There's a chamber in here, Control. I'd say five or six meters in diameter. It's filled with red ice. In the middle, there's a pool. Looks about three meters wide. Depth unknown. Cassidy, the f***ing cap. Screams are heard. Gunfire. Control, Hughes, come in. Are there hostiles? There is a brief pause.  Negative control, just... Jesus, a f***ing polar bear. It's dead. There's dozens of bodies here. Not human. I see a few seals, a snow fox and a...  Whitmore, the f***ing f***ing is that? Cassidy, no, no, no, no. Oh, God. Control, Hughes, do you copy? Hughes, Cassidy found a... A spider. A giant spider. There is a pause during which shuffling and heart breathing are heard. Control, is it alive? What do you mean by giant? Hughes, I mean f***ing huge control. At least a meter leg span. It's frozen. Wait, no. I don't see anything inside. It almost looks like it's made of this stuff. Cassidy, unintelligible, not possible. We're nowhere close to Germany. Whitmore. What? What about Germany? Cassidy, Captain, I'm pretty sure that's 3023. Control, repeat, Captain. Hughes, Cassidy said the spider is SCP-3023 control. There is a pause. Control, that's not possible, Hughes. Why would she think that? Cassidy, voice elevated. I'm sure, Control, I've worked with 3023. It's an instant made of skip nine. Whitmore, wait, what's 3023? Control, that is classified. Agent Cassidy, you are to speak no more of this. If the specimen is destroyed, there is no reason to worry about it. Please continue your search. Cassidy, mumbling. But how the f*** did it get here? Hughes, we copy, Control. Cassidy, sweep the perimeter. See if there's any side tunnels. Cassidy, but Hughes. That's an order. Cassidy, unintelligible. Hughes. Check these corpses. See if there's any humans. Whitmore, on it, Control. Agent Hughes, how deep is the pool you mentioned? Hughes, can't see the bottom. God, I'm having SCP-354 flashbacks. This is not cool. Control, focus, Captain. Is there anything nearby you can use to measure the depth? Hughes pauses. Well, the spider has a spear sticking out of it. Control, can you safely retrieve it? Hughes, the suit should protect me, right? Control, all the same, try not to touch the affected material. Hughes, alright. I've got it. Should work. Looks to be about 1.5 meters long. Control, copy that, Hughes. Proceed with caution. There is a pause. Hughes, well, it's definitely more than a meter deep. I could go further, but I'd have to get my hand closer to that stuff. Suit or no suit, I'd prefer not to do that. Control, affirmative, Captain. We'll dispatch some D-class with gear to test that out. Continue your search. Hughes, copy that. Well, I guess I'm... Cassidy, voice distant. Captain. Hughes, stand by, Control. What is it, Cassidy? Cassidy, voice distant. I think you're going to want to see this, sir. I think I know where the spider came from. Hughes, Control, I'm going deeper in the cave. Control, affirmative, proceed. Approximately one minute of boots crunching on ice and packed snow. Hughes, oh, that's not good. Control, what do you see, Captain? Hughes, uh, an aperture, about a meter in diameter. It's covered in this stuff. Cassidy, ten seconds of silence. Hughes, report. Control, do you have a visual of Agent Cassidy? Hughes, no. Shit, she must have gone inside. Control, please remain calm. Describe this aperture. Hughes, I, uh, it just looks like a tunnel, but there's no ice past the mouth. Red or otherwise. That can make out a dim light coming from somewhere inside. Might be Cassidy's torch. Control, is there anything else unusual? Hughes, Cassidy, Cassidy. Control, Captain Hughes, please respond. Is there anything else unusual about the tunnel? Hughes, yeah, it's wet. The walls are. And the floor. There's a puddle about a meter down. Shit, it's, the puddle is red. A few minutes of breathing and shuffling noises. Hughes, Control, did you get that? Control, affirmative. Stand by. Thirty seconds of breathing, followed by approaching footsteps. Whitmore, yo, what's up? Where's Cassidy? Hughes, she went in there. Whitmore, yo, Cassidy, hola back, girl. Thirty seconds of silence. Hughes, unintelligible. Control, I'm going in there. Control, negative Hughes. We're rerouting a team of D-class for recovery.  Hughes. Whitmore, whoa, hold up, take it easy. Control, you have your orders, Hughes. I don't think I need to remind you, data expunged. Forty-five seconds of silence. Hughes, copy control. Let's go. End log. Addendum, November 9th, 19... After initial report and retrieval of specimens, it was confirmed that the arachnoid entity found by MTFB-7 was indeed a previously unknown instance of SCP-3023. Investigation has revealed the instance originated in... as a result of data expunged. Addendum, December 6th, 19... After repeated inquiries, it should be noted that the portion of coastline upon which the initial victims were found was barren rock, approximately 1 meter from the seashore, and was sufficiently dry and cold to prevent significant contamination of the surrounding area. Had the site been closer to the water, there is little doubt an extinction level event would have ensued. Consideration of upgrading SCP-009 to Keter class under review. Addendum, December 16th, 20... Supercooling of SCP-009 for the purposes of experimentation is disallowed until further notice. Personnel are advised that liquid nitrogen is only to be used on the subject in controlled amounts, and only until temperatures have reached acceptable levels. Related note, possible application of SCP-009 in cold fusion research pending evaluation. Memo from O5 Command, January 9th, 2000... We've decided to keep this thing euclid for now. We understand the concerns raised, but as long as you keep the power on and nobody goes near its containment area, there shouldn't be a problem. That's why we're keeping it in sight... after all. As for the cold fusion research, we're putting a pin in that for now. Frankly, we don't have it in the budget for another snafu like site... The salvage team still hasn't found Dr. Ruffins. Cross-Testing Report 9507-F23 The following experiment record was recovered via a chance occurrence of SCP-507 shifting into a universe in which the described test was carried out using SCP-107. The applicability of the reported findings to our own universe is pending review. Input, 10 milliliters of SCP-009. Result, red snow fell in test area for 27 minutes with moderate intensity. Grass growing in test area began runaway reaction, which ended with entire area being frozen within minutes. Notably, anti-anthropathic reaction of SCP-009 did not extend past the effective radius of SCP-107 for reasons still under investigation. Non-grass plants in area turned bright red in color, greatly expanded, and mutated to display cyan-colored tentacles similar to those of species Drosera copensis. Musilage produced by these tentacles later found to be tiny beads of SCP-009. How the plant is able to survive with SCP-009 integrated into its cell structure is currently under investigation, with preliminary hypothesis being the plant is a reflection of flora from the substance's native universe. Item number, SCP-16. Object Class, Keter. Special Containment Procedures. SCP-16 is to remain within the confines of a 5x5x5 meter room at all times, maintained at a temperature not to exceed 0 degrees Celsius. SCP-16 itself is to remain in the Petri dish in the containment cube at all times, unless directed otherwise by level 4 or 05 personnel. Full documentation of experimentation with SCP-16 must be submitted before and after samples and duplicates of SCP-16 may be taken. Failure to follow these procedures will result in termination or reassignment as Class D personnel. Only authorized personnel may be permitted to obtain samples of and experiment with SCP-16 under BCL-5 containment conditions. If an outbreak does occur, despite following the aforementioned procedures, directive-based personnel are to implement a Code Sigma lockdown and containment plan. Infected personnel are to be terminated on site by security forces wearing standard mission-oriented protective posture or MLPP, anti-biological and anti-chemical equipment. Should the infection not be contained after 48 hours, the on-site nuclear device is to be detonated. Remaining personnel are not to be evacuated under any circumstances. SCP-16 has been shown to survive for up to 6 hours on hard surfaces and up to several minutes in air. High-intensity ultraviolet light and high concentrations of orthothelialdehyde solution have been demonstrated to be effective in disinfecting non-organic surfaces. Description. SCP-16 is a blood-borne pathogen recovered from a mine worker and who injured himself while working in a deep coal seam. Said wound became contaminated with coal dust from the mine, possibly infecting the worker with dormant spores. Over the next several days, SCP-16 proceeded to infect the remaining employees at the mining camp, as well as the CDC crisis team dispatched to deal with the epidemic. Foundation personnel then took over the investigation and terminated all affected personnel. Patient Zero was brought into captivity and the mine shaft was collapsed by an explosive device. SCP-16 has an incubation period ranging from 24 hours to 2 years, depending on the presence and number of other human hosts in the area. First symptoms resemble the common cold and include itchy eyes, runny nose, coughing, and bodily aches. Phase 2 begins in 48 hours and consists of a controlled form of hemorrhagic fever, as the organism causes a small amount of blood to become aspirated in the lungs, creating an aerosol effect. During Phase 3, the host crashes and bleeds out, bleeding profusely from every bodily orifice, including the nose, tear ducts, anus, skin pores, mouth, urethra, and in case of females, vagina. Blood pressure skyrockets during the final stage. Hosts have been observed projectile-vomiting blood to distances of over 5 meters. Should the host survive this near-total exsanguination, the pathogen will become dormant once more, returning to incubation phase. What distinguishes SCP-16 from other strains of hemorrhagic fever such as Ebola and Marburg is its unusual response to high stress. Should the subject undergo a high stress situation, such as a life-threatening crisis, the organism will change its survival tactic from rapid reproduction to the rewriting of the host's DNA and stimulation of rapid cell division. Major physiological changes occur within the first 24 hours, with complete bodily reconstruction occurring within two weeks' time. Most hosts do not survive the process due to the heavy demands made on the body. Due to their similarities as fatal contagions that stimulate the production of excess organs, a possible link to SCP-1801 is under investigation. An interesting side effect of the transformation is an increased aggressive urge. It is believed that this may be an attempt to maximize the spread of the virus in a manner similar to rabies. On another note, subjects who undergo bodily transformation no longer appear to exhibit SCP-16's hemorrhagic properties. However, subjects infected by transformed hosts will still undergo the normal SCP-16 infection process. Addendum. Experiment log of SCP-16's transformative properties. Subject D-16-1. D-class personnel infected by SCP-16. Upon first showing symptoms, subjects' quarters were slowly flooded with water over a 24-hour period. SCP-16 mutated into a teratomorphic state, transforming subjects' lungs into gills. Subjects survived for two more weeks as SCP-16 transformed its limbs into fins, caused its eyes to atrophy, and enhanced its sense of hearing into a quotation type echolocation ability. Subject was terminated by draining all water from its quarters, causing it to asphyxiate. Body was subsequently cremated without autopsy. Subject D-16-2. D-class personnel infected by SCP-16. Upon first showing symptoms, subjects' quarters were slowly flooded with water over a 24-hour period. SCP-16 mutated into a teratomorphic state, causing subjects to undergo rapid muscular growth and increased bone growth on knuckles. Subject then attempted to escape from confinement by punching through the reinforced steel door. Subject was not successful and died by drowning. Note, same situation, two different responses. Interesting. Subject D-16-3. D-class personnel infected by SCP-16. Subject was previously a chemical engineer who poisoned his wife upon discovering her adultery. Upon first showing symptoms, subjects' quarters were slowly flooded with water over a 24-hour period. SCP-16 mutated into a teratomorphic state, causing subjects to grow an unusual organ on his chest, consisting of a chamber and two separate tubes. Organ continued to take in water and swell in size until Foundation personnel, realizing what SCP-16 may be attempting, terminated the subject by gunshot.  Subject D-16-4. D-class personnel infected by SCP-16. Subject was told to concentrate on forming wings. No stress was applied. SCP-16 did not mutate into teratomorphic state. Subject died of exsanguination during phase 3. Subject D-16-5. D-class personnel infected by SCP-16. Subject was told to concentrate on forming wings and placed in an acrylic box, suspended 305 meters or 1,000 feet above a mine shaft. A timer was placed outside the box, which subject was told indicated the time to release. SCP-16 mutated into teratomorphic state, causing Subject to grow a tentacle-like organ on his left wrist similar to a spider's spinarets. Subject extended said organ through one of the box's air holes and extruded a strong silk-like substance, which it then used to secure the box to the cable. Subject was terminated when the countdown reached zero and the bomb detonated. Item number SCP-20. Object Class Keter Special Containment Procedures Samples of SCP-20 are stored in a series of sealed cultivation chambers inside a sealed containment room at Biological Research Area 12, which is accessible only via airlock. Nutrients are administered via automated robotic systems, as the cultivation chamber must remain sealed at all times. Hermetically sealed video surveillance cameras are installed within the containment room and must be checked daily for integrity. Any personnel entering the containment room must wear biosafety level 5 equipment, including rebreathers and undergo full antifungal disinfection upon exiting. Description SCP-20 is a fast-spreading fungal organism that is capable of affecting the senses and behavior of living creatures, including humans. Samples of SCP-20 exhibit an unknown effect that renders them effectively invisible to direct observation, even when under a microscope. SCP-20 is only visible to humans when viewed through photographic or video surveillance. Once SCP-20 forms a colony, usually within a human residence, it will produce spores that affect the behavior of humans around it. Affected subjects will increase the heat and humidity within their homes to create an environment more suitable to the growth of SCP-20. Affected subjects also become more sociable in many cases and often invite acquaintances to their homes to further spread the organism. As the spores and mold colonies are invisible to affected subjects, the mold may sometimes grow directly on living subjects. As the spores and colonies within a home approach critical concentration, the health of affected human subjects will rapidly deteriorate, resulting in death. Further spread of the mold may occur as the bodies of any deceased subjects are encountered by emergency responders and healthcare agents, as well as transportation of the bodies to local morgues. SCP-20 was first encountered in... where an undercover SCP agent noted dramatic personality changes in personnel working at the local hospital. Upon investigation by a containment team, it was discovered that almost... civilians had been infected, as well as a majority of the town. The civilian population was terminated, and the town incinerated under cover of a local flash forest fire. To date, over 12 outbreaks of SCP-20 have been reported. Investigations are currently underway to determine the source of these outbreaks and possible preventative measures. Addendum 20-01, excerpts from the audio-video mission recorders of Mobile Task Force 8a-10, see no evil during the initial containment of SCP-20 on... T2-Lead, T2-Moving to the Red House, T2-Com. Copy, UAV 1 is picking up one heat signature. T2-Lead, T2 in place, ready to br... T2-2, door opening. At this point, a civilian woman appeared in the doorway, holding a kitchen knife. Video surveillance showed that nearly two-thirds of her face was covered by mold growths. Civilian woman, well, hello there gentlemen. Care to take a breather inside? T2-Lead, on the ground, drop the weapon! Civilian woman, don't be silly. Come on in and stay awhile. T2-Lead, stop where you are, drop the weapon! Civilian woman, we... We just want to have some guests. Please, come in. T2-2, drop the weapon! It is assumed that at this point, the infected civilian noticed T2-4 carrying a primed incendiary weapon and lunged forward at the team members with the knife. Civilian woman, data expunged. T2-Lead, open fire, open fire! Gunfire, screaming. Item number, SCP-047, Object Class, Keter. Special Containment Procedures. SCP-047 is to be contained in a 0.5 meter by 0.5 meter by 1 meter hermetically sealed storage box, at all times. This box is to be locked in Storage Locker 047-A inside P3-Secure Biohazard Lab 047-B. Any entrance to and activity inside 047-B will be recorded by biometric scan, closed circuit camera, and... Entry to 047-B requires the authorization of the project manager in addition to at least one 05 level clearance. SCP-047 is to be treated as a priority for contagious biohazard in all protocols including mandatory quarantine if exposed. Suite Q-047 has been provided, a junk to lab 047-B for this purpose. In the event of outside contamination of SCP-047-1 Lockdown Protocol 047-01, your cinea must be engaged. Description. SCP-047 is a heavily rusted breached gas cylinder made of an iron f***ing alloy. When exposed to open air, the material of the cylinder evaporates slowly producing a previously undocumented mutagenic gas. This gas has no effect on eukaryotic organisms, for example humans but profoundly alters prokaryotes, showing preference for common human microbiota the natural microorganisms that live on the skin and throughout the body. On rare occasions, these mutations produce a super bug collectively known as SCP-047-1, a natural commensal with enhanced survivability and therefore opportunistic pathogenicity. The pattern of changes induced by SCP-047 suggests that these highly infectious microbes are, at least to some degree, selected for. Although the specifics of SCP-047-1 species are dependent on the base bacterium from which it is derived, there are several characteristics which appear to be generally consistent across all cases of SCP-047-1 mutation. Enhanced survivability in the bacterium's natural environment in similar environments. Full spectrum antibiotic resistance. Increased reproduction rate and consumption of available material. Development of a sporrelation ability in gram-positive bacteria. Increased ability to uptake, hold, and share plasmids. Particularly in gram-negative bacteria. Increased transmission due to traits described above. SCP-047-1 samples are normally debilitating and virulent. However, compared to other Keter-class SCPs, it should be noted that SCP-047-1 have a relatively low mortality rate due to their action through mundane biological pathways. Several strains of bacteria have been selectively mutated by SCP-047. Mutation of bacteria and culture is possible, but the process appears to be much more effective with bacteria living on a human host. Generally, mutation of natural commensals for experimental purposes is encouraged. After the containment breach of January 30th, 2010, mutation of already pathogenic species is banned, and all existing samples must be destroyed. Three particular species of SCP-047-1 mutated bacteria are of note due to their involvement in the containment breach. Propionobacterium-047-A is a strain of propionobacteria acne mutated by SCP-047. Pathogenicity. Severe skin colonization around sebaceous glands. Modification of skin pH to levels that become toxic to skin cells. Massive inflammation and immune cell infiltration. Eventual breakdown of skin structure leading to sepsis. Transmission transmitted by skin-to-skin contact can remain active on inorganic surfaces for up to five hours. Lethality, approximately 40% mortality rate, runs its course in two to six weeks. Very visible symptoms within five to ten hours. Contagious within two to five hours. Handling. As soon as visible symptoms form, victims must be quarantined. Deceased victims should be incinerated. Streptococcus-047-C is a strain of Streptococcus mitis mutated by SCP-047. Pathogenicity. Causes inflammation of the mouth and esophagus initially. Leads to open sores in the mouth, which results in S-047-C entering the bloodstream and becoming septic. Death is usually due to infectious endocarditis. Transmission, droplet, can remain active indefinitely by sporulation. Lethality, approximately 35% mortality rate, may become a recurring chronic condition if non-lethal. Handling. Subjects with any sign of mouth infection should be quarantined. Deceased victims should be incinerated. Clostridium-047-A is a strain of Clostridium difficile mutated by SCP-047. Pathogenicity. Unknown. C-047-A was developed from tissue culture and has never been exposed to a human. No samples remain in Foundation control. Transmission. Unknown. Presumably transmitted through fecal contamination, as with C-difficulae. Due to smaller, more robust spores, may aerosolize with flatus. Effects of aerosol intake of Z-047-A cannot be predicted. Lethality. Unknown. Presumed extremely high risk of destruction of endothelial lining of gastrointestinal tract, leading to inflammation, sepsis, and toxic megacolon. Handling. Until further research has been done, victims should be quarantined and placed under 24-hour medical observation to develop functional diagnostics for this strain. Deceased victims should not be incinerated until adequate etiological research has been performed. Incident report Yersinia-047-01-2010. SCP involved. SCP-047. Description. On January 30th, 2010, at approximately 0300 hours, storage lockers 047C, containing bacterial samples mutated by SCP-047, was compromised after a complete simultaneous data expunged, leading to failure of security measures in the area. Three samples of a total 12 were stolen. Since the initial containment break, outbreaks of one of the stolen bacterial strains, Propionabacterium 047-A, were recorded globally in communities of increasing size and population density. Further information on stolen material, spread, and containment follows. Compromised items. Propionabacterium 047-A, Streptococcus 047-C, and Clostridium 047-A. Outbreak information. First outbreak. 27 May 2010, Siberia. Contained. Second outbreak. P-047-A, March 30, 2010, Northwest Territories, Canada. Contained. Third outbreak. April 29, 2010, South Australia. Contained. Fourth outbreak. 27 May 2010, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Believed contained. Good morning. Agents in the area are advised to familiarize themselves with the symptoms of P-047-A and be on the lookout for possible infection. Fifth outbreak. June 26, 2010, Iraq. Site immediately data-expunged, which is believed to have contained the infection. Access to incident report denied without O5 clearance. Sixth outbreak. July 26, 2010, Cameroon. Quarantine enacted. Efforts to track out going civilians underway. Infection not contained. Seventh outbreak. August 24, 2010, Dalarna, Sweden. Quarantine enacted. Believed contained. Warning. Agents in the area are advised to familiarize themselves with the symptoms of P-047-A and be on the lookout for possible infection. Eighth outbreak. Not recorded. Believed to have taken place in North Korea. Data-expunged. Agents with government access or attempting to gain access to parallel information but due to data-expunged, local services have been extremely uncooperative. Containment status unknown. Ninth outbreak. October 23, 2010, South Carolina, United States of America. Quarantine enacted. Efforts to track out going civilians primarily successful. One civilian in a pickup truck is believed to have data-expunged. Infection not contained. Resolution. Reports from data-expunged indicate no further outbreaks are believed likely. But agents are advised to be on the lookout for new flare-ups resulting from uncontained civilians in previous outbreak regions. These may continue for years to come due to P-047-A Sporlation. Investigation into the cause of the initial compromises underway. Anyone with useful information may anonymously contact security via the attached form. Recovery log 047. SCP-047 was recovered from site-secure laboratory by a Foundation biohazard recovery team. In response to a full compromise situation in 1990, testing logs indicate that the research team was attempting to contain data-expunged in an SCP-stable pressure cylinder, which led to f***ing combining with f***ing. The initial release of gas when SCP-047 was structurally compromised was sufficient to cause a microbiotl bloom of uncounted species of SCP-047-1, killing all staff in the lab within hours. Exposed staff obeyed standard Foundation quarantine and containment protocol and the infection was contained successfully. Item number SCP-021. Object Class. Safe. Special Containment Procedures. SCP-021 is an obligate parasite of the human body. Containment, therefore, is no more difficult than containing an adult human. Most cells will suffice. Item is currently housed in Detention Cell 217-A on Subject D-139. Only Class D personnel are eligible for hosting SCP-021. As long as a given subject survives as a host for SCP-021, he is exempt from normal monthly terminations of Class D personnel. Description. SCP-021 takes the form of a large and elaborate tattoo of a serpentine dragon in the Oriental style, covering approximately 0.8 meters squared of skin. This tattoo is fully animate within the confines of its host's skin and behaves largely as a normal animal would, albeit in only two dimensions. The tattoo's movement causes constant pain to its host, comparable and similar in character to simultaneous tattooing and tattoo removal on a large scale. The organism tends to spend most of its time on and near the torso. SCP-021 displays no intelligence beyond a basic pattern of feeding and locomotion, although actually measuring the intelligence of a two-dimensional life form has proven impossible thus far. SCP-021 appears to feed exclusively on pigments in the host's skin. This can include melanin, in which case the subject appears to be suffering from vitiligo. However, the organism shows a marked preference for other tattoos and will seek out and devour these before resorting to natural pigments. It should be noted that the feeding process itself, beyond the sensation of movement, is painless. Normal tattooing simply vanishes as it is eaten. The organism maintains a constant size and no excretions have been observed. The organism is capable of clearing over 0.6 meters squared of skin per hour. One may feed SCP-021 by quickly tattooing fruits or small animals on the host. SCP-021 can be transferred between hosts by various forms of physical contact, with differing rates of success. In the case of successful transfer, the organism simply swims from one person to the other. Sexual intercourse appears to be the most reliable method of transfer, with a 93% rate of transmission. However, due to the severe pain involved, this is less than ideal. Contact between two open wounds is generally preferable. Transfer is more complicated in deceased subjects, though not unreasonably so. The organism suffers no ill effects from the death of its host and continues to consume pigments. Transmission between species is unknown. Previous tests suggest it to be either impossible or exceedingly rare. SCP-021 does confer some benefits to its host. The tattoo has been proven to accelerate the release and reuptake of epinephrine and decrease lactic acid buildup, providing boosts of strength, confidence, and pain tolerance in stressful situations, and reducing the usual after effects of weakness and fatigue. In addition, the tattoo seems to have some beneficial effect on the host's immune system. Aggression profiles on hosts are generally higher than average, though whether this is a direct effect of the tattoo or simply a reaction to the constant pain remains to be seen. This symbiotic relationship is usually limited by how long the host can tolerate such pain in everyday life. This has culminated in suicide in a number of subjects. In rare cases, hosts have also fallen victim to fatal skin infections. SCP-021's origins in nature are a mystery. Tracing its transmission from host to host is hardly feasible within the confines of secrecy, and the organism could well be hundreds of years old, if not more. Nevertheless, SCP-021's captivity is one of the longest in the Foundation's history at nearly data-expunged years, and has been very educational thus far. Current research focuses mainly on observing the characteristics of life in two dimensions. It is kept in padded boxes and covered with a fine nylon mesh that allows vision through but obscures the surface of the mirror by at least 25%. These supports consist of a polished metallic surface, currently silver-plated brass with no sharp or irregular edges, which must imperatively be smoothed out to prevent rips in the protective mesh. To further prevent incidents, any person penetrating the room where SCP-125 is located must also wear such a protective mesh over their face. Metal-plated glass mirrors should be avoided for the purpose of containment, as SCP-125 is capable of moving from the glass itself to the metal surface. Any metallic surface in the room must be dulled to prevent reflections. As an additional security measure, the room is kept in darkness and monitored only via infrared and ultraviolet lighting when no experiment is taking place. No mirror or comparably reflective surface, including but not limited to metal case pens, sunglasses, laptop computers, and glass objects may be allowed in the room outside controlled experiments. The SCP may not be photographed or filmed in its unrestrained state. If any personnel on site, and particularly personnel having recently been involved with SCP-125, report seeing black dots. MTF-8 of 10 and CHI-7 will be immediately put on standby and a level 2 alert for potential containment breach will be declared. Individuals contaminated will undergo containment protocol 125B and may not return to active duty until the instance of SCP-125 affecting their cornea has been rendered completely inert. Description SCP-125 is an apparently sentient being that can only exist within reflections. At rest and viewed up front, it takes the form of a black circle, 17.2 mm in diameter, resting on the reflective surface. Its first anomalous characteristic is that it appears as a perfect circle to any observer, regardless of the surface's angles, bends, and the location of the viewer or viewers. In that regard, it acts more as if it were a sphere in contact with the surface, but lacking any shadow or highlight. And this, even where an obstacle such as containment mesh makes it clear, SCP-125 does not extend beyond the surface it has imprinted to. SCP-125 does not reflect visible light or infrared. When observed in ultraviolet, however, data expunged, up to and including data expunged. For unclear reasons, it also emits a minute but measurable and constant amount of X-rays. SCP-125 is capable of movement across the surface it currently exists on. This movement may only occur across a surface uninterrupted by either an angle, the surface must follow a reasonably continuous curve, or a non-reflective area. SCP-125 has demonstrated incapability to cross scratches and frosted or etched areas of a surface, in many instances, however. SCP-125 will circumvent these limits by jumping to a reflection to round a corner, or between the separate outer glass and silver surfaces of a metal glass mirror, hence the preference for opaque metallic surfaces for containment purposes. Although capable of moving anywhere along the surface, SCP-125 generally remains immobile in a location near its edges, if any, and if on a surface that has a specific immobile orientation will usually remain in the lower right corner or its equivalent, even if the item is later moved. Any reflective surface capable of displaying a reasonably accurate reflection of SCP-125 can host it. So far, this has included a wide range of mirror-quality surfaces, glasses, polished or varnished surfaces such as stone and wood, glossy plastic, and even undisturbed pools of liquid or polished nails. When reflected by another surface, SCP-125 is capable of instantly transferring to it. However, SCP-125 cannot survive on or transfer to or away from a surface smaller than its own area, approximately 2.32 square centimeters. Should it be constrained to one, it will rapidly become translucent and disappear completely. The entity has demonstrated a certain level of sentience and even sapience. Despite lacking physical existence, it appears unwilling to be touched directly or otherwise hidden from sight. It will also resist to the best of its abilities, any attempt at reducing its freedom of movement, either by jumping to another surface or moving across its current one very fast. It will also flee from perceived threats, even complex ones expressed by speech, demonstrating an understanding of human communication. How it is capable of this, and whether it can or wishes to communicate back, is currently unknown. In its normal state, SCP-125 is completely harmless and incapable of multiplying. It is, however, perfectly capable of moving to a living reflective surface, specifically that of a living animal's cornea. It will, in fact, do everything in its power to do so, indicative of a natural desire. Once it has achieved this, SCP-125 diminishes in size by a factor of 10 to 1.72 millimeters in diameter. While existing on the surface of a living tissue, SCP-125 becomes capable of multiplying and infecting a potentially unlimited number of surfaces, as opposed to merely moving between them. This multiplication occurs within the cornea, rapidly causing the victim to complain of seeing dots. Past this stage, the SCP-125 infestation will rapidly, within five to nine days of initial infection, crowd out the entire tissue, causing the eye to go blind, after which stage the cells of the eye and optic nerve appear to undergo mass apoptosis, causing a non-infectious abscess. Why this occurs has yet to be elucidated. Only after the apoptotic stage has run its course does SCP-125 cease being contagious. No treatment for SCP-125 infestation is known to be efficient, beyond keeping the affected eyes tightly covered to prevent further spread and administration of heavy antibiotics to reduce risk of infection. Outbreaks continue to occur on an irregular basis, suggesting that SCP-125 is either a naturally occurring phenomenon or that it was spread over much of the planet at some point prior to the beginning of written history. Item Number SCP-129 Object Class Keter Special Containment Procedures SCP-129 is at large in the world and infects large numbers of humans and animals daily. As such, containment efforts are focused on treatment of infected individuals on eradication of any or all member species of SCP-129. Although at least 98% of the world's population harbors a natural immunity to one or more species of SCP-129, outbreaks that reach stage 3 or higher must be contained as quickly as possible, with infected individuals quarantined under highest risk-contagion protocols. In the event of stage 4 or stage 5 outbreak, in addition to the above procedures, data expunged. Description SCP-129 is a series of different species of fungus that can infect any animal with mucosal membranes. Infection by SCP-129 can pass through up to 5 stages, depending on exposure to further member species of SCP-129, individual resistance, and other factors, with each stage of infection facilitating progression to the next stage by weakening the individual's resistance to subsequent infection. Due to a combination of historical events, most humans and animals are naturally immune to SCP-129-4 through SCP-129-3. Therefore, outbreaks of stage 3 infections are quite rare, but have the potential for widespread infection, if not swiftly isolated and contained. All known cases of SCP-129 have followed a 5-stage progression, although data expunged, possibly due to mutation. Stage 1 The first organism, SCP-129-1, attacks the victim's mucosal membranes, multiplying quickly and unobtrusively. A faint yeast-like smell might be detected, but beyond that, SCP-129-1 is asymptomatic. A second organism, SCP-129-2, can then infect the host, causing the victim to experience symptoms identical to those of acute viral nasopharyngitis, the common cold. The decreased efficacy of the host's immune system due to infection from SCP-129-2 allows SCP-129-1 to become entrenched further. SCP-129-1 and 2 generally leave the host body within 4-6 days. Though both species are fairly widespread, and most of the population is little to no protection against either organism, they pose little danger themselves, except to facilitate infection by SCP-129-3. Stage 2 Although SCP-129-3 is usually stopped by natural mucos, stage 1 infection changes the composition of the host's mucos, so that the host is significantly less resistant to SCP-129-3. Once established in the host, SCP-129-3 alters the host's mucos, lymph, and blood, such that other species of SCP-129 can thrive in the host. Symptoms of stage 2 infection include greatly increased mucous production, a nagging cough due to excess phlegm, a lingering low-grade fever, increased sweating and salivating, a somewhat increased preference for vegetables, and the complaint that certain fruit juices taste odd. Infection by SCP-129-3 generally lasts anywhere from 2 weeks to 4 months, before being driven out by the immune system, unless the host enters stage 3 infection. At least 80% of all humans have experienced stage 2 infection at some point, but due to natural immunities, in spite of stage 2 infection, and the relative rarity of stage 3 species, few have passed into stage 3. Stage 3 In the absence of SCP-129-3, nearly all animals are immune to the 3 species that cause stage 3 infection. However, a small number of stage 2 victims can become infected with one or more of these species. In these cases, the fungal infections become entrenched in the host, and cannot be removed without extraordinary measures. Individually, the 3 stage 3 species elicit different symptoms in the host. SCP-129-4 causes increased tear production, lacrimation, slight yellowing of the eyes. SCP-129-5 causes the host's nails to thicken, and significantly increases earwax production. SCP-129-6 data expunged, in particular, bright yellow urine, and small pellets in the host's feces, both of which smell strongly of yeast. However, a victim who becomes infected with all 3 of these species will, within hours, develop flu-like, or worse, symptoms, and become bedridden for 3-5 weeks. Afterward, though the victim appears to have recovered fully, in actuality, SCP-129 has spread throughout all systems in the host's body, marking passage into stage 4. Stage 4 Victims who reach stage 4 appear generally healthy, and indeed may be more lively and energetic than at any time since first contracting SCP-129. In actuality, SCP-129-1 through 6 have spread throughout the host's body, completely infiltrating the subject's immune, respiratory, circulatory, reproductive, and central nervous systems. Mycelia from SCP-129 species also permeate the host's skin and replace some percentage of the host's hair. These hyphae, which are nearly indistinguishable from the host's natural hair, are used to propagate SCP-129 to other hosts. Any potential host that comes into contact with Shadoff hyphae has an extremely high chance of becoming infected with SCP-129. Hyphae seem to be equally contagious from any part of the host's body. Despite, or perhaps because of, increased susceptibility to SCP-129, stage 4 victims are much more resistant to viral and bacterial pathogens than uninfected subjects. All known subjects who have reached stage 4 have either progressed to stage 5 or died within a few weeks. Stage 5 Symptoms of stage 5 infection depend on a variety of factors, including the particular stage 5 species that are present, as well as genetic, physiological, environmental, and any number of unknown factors. However, as in stage 4, all stage 5 victims are highly contagious and can infect victims who had previously shown complete immunity. Notable manifestations of stage 5 symptoms. February Witnesses riding in a commuter train car described a woman suddenly blowing up like a balloon and exploding, but instead of blood and viscera, the contents of the car were covered in spores and filaments. Analysis later showed that the victim was infected with SCP-129-9, SCP-129-14, and SCP-129-9. All persons and objects in the affected area were quarantined, euthanized, and incinerated per protocol. Several casualties, including foundation personnel. May Following a string of disappearances in data expunged were tracked to a cave several kilometers from town. Inside, investigators found several pulsating mounds of flesh and vegetative material. Although most were unrecognizable, a few of the entities retained some human characteristics and were identified as some of the missing citizens. Researchers theorized that victims of this combination of SCP-129 would interact normally with the populace, attempting to infect others, until, after a period of time, they would come to the cave. How and why they were brought here is not known. Upon arrival, the victims would be changed into the pulsating vegetative flesh mounds, which appear to be organisms modified to provide a long-term source of sustenance for SCP-129. Analysis suggests the flesh mounds could potentially live for several years. Autopsy revealed the presence of SCP-129-10, SCP-129-11, SCP-129-14, and SCP-129-9. Site quarantine and sanitized per protocol. Item number SCP-149 Object Class, Keter Special Containment Procedures SCP-149, in any of its instances, is to be kept inside a sealed plexiglass box for observation. Oxygen and a nutrient mist are to be released into the containment cell every two hours. If any instance of SCP-149 escapes its cell, Protocol 42 Charlie is to be brought into effect on any and all contaminated personnel by order of O5-12 after Incident 149-1. Description SCP-149 is a breed of mosquito, which carries a strain of retrovirus, herein referred to as SCP-149-A, that mutates regenerating human cells into fertilized mosquito eggs. SCP-149-A is injected directly into the bloodstream when SCP-149 feeds. The SCP-149-A quickly works on the nucleus of the cells, warping the DNA. The first set of cells bred from these changed instructions closely resemble cysts and are concentrated in the lining of the esophagus and the sinuses. Upon dissection, however, these cysts are revealed to be filled with SCP-149's larva. The cysts acting as a protective casing against external forces. SCP-149 appears to go through its maturation cycle in a matter of hours. By the time the subject is able to feel any effects, the first generation of SCP-149 has already grown inside the subject's body. SCP-149 primarily achieves exodus through the mouth and nostrils, occasionally being diverted through the sphenoid sinuses to escape through the eye sockets. Infection by SCP-149 is fatal and chance of infection has been estimated to be 50% from one bite. Addendum, Incident 149-1 In incidents of SCP-149 escaped and infected multiple Class D subjects, the majority of whom did not report SCP-149's contact with them. Within five hours, SCP-149 had matured in these hosts and burst out of them, infecting several staff members. It was only thanks to the quick thinking of Dr. who sealed sub-levels 12 through 15 that the entire site was not infected. As a response to this, O5 command has created protocol 42 Charlie to be used if SCP-149 escapes confinement. Item number, SCP-156 Object Class, Euclid Special Containment Procedures SCP-156 is to be kept in refrigerated storage unit 19c, except when removed for experimentation. Subjects infected by SCP-156 are to be restrained and monitored for their own safety. From September 21st to March 21st, infected subjects should be kept within a secure storage unit, unless the experiment's parameters indicate otherwise. Both storage facilities should be monitored by security camera. The termination and autopsy of D-Class personnel assigned to SCP-156 should be delayed until after March 21st. No personnel are permitted to consume SCP-156, except D-Class personnel, unless approved by a level 3 staff member. Description SCP-156 is a group of exactly 181 pomegranate arrows. The number of instances of SCP-156 is constant. When one is ingested or destroyed, it is replaced instantaneously with a new one, among the largest group of contiguous instances. Otherwise, the instances can be moved around freely. After leaving the group, i.e. after an instance is touching no other instance, the instance will spoil normally, after which a new instance will appear. When all instances are destroyed simultaneously, all 181 instances reappear randomly at the location of one of the destroyed arrows. Attempts to measure the time between destruction of one instance and the appearance of a new one using high-speed cameras have so far failed. If SCP-156 is ingested between March 21st and September 20th, subjects display no signs of infection until noon of September 21st, when all vital processes abruptly cease. A similar effect is observed immediately when SCP-156 is ingested after September 21st. Despite being technically dead, post-mortem examinations of subjects have been unable to discover a cause of death. Subjects appear to have been in perfect health, aside from any pre-existing conditions. While dead, subjects do not show any signs of decomposition, though the bodies of many subjects begin displaying bruising and scarring consistent with torture. While the majority of subjects suffer these wounds, not all do, and no reliable formula has been discovered to predict which subjects will be affected. Infected subjects remain in this dormant state until noon of March 21st, when life processes restart. Subjects remember little of the intervening time period. While most subjects are entirely unaware that any time has passed since their apparent death, some claim to recall a pale white male face and a wilting pomegranate tree. Subjects continue to die and reanimate annually on September and March 21st, respectively, until killed by another cause. Reanimation only occurs from deaths caused by ingesting SCP-156. After undergoing a single death reanimation cycle, subjects begin displaying high levels of distress and paranoia as time approaches September 21st, even if they have not been made aware of the death reanimation cycle. Furthermore, subjects will take extreme lengths to avoid taking any sort of risk or danger to their person, even if they had displayed risk-taking behaviors prior to ingesting SCP-156. Over the course of multiple death reanimation cycles, these psychological symptoms become more pronounced. At the same time, physical symptoms during the dormant period increase in intensity for the subjects suffering from them. Eventually, physical wounds on subjects will begin to emulate burns and puncture wounds. Many subjects gain a phobia of dogs and dead plants after three to five reanimations. After several deaths caused by SCP-156, the ocular tissue undergoes necrosis in many subjects. This tissue does not reanimate with the rest of the body. Often, after 10 or more reanimations, reanimation of bodily processes will occur, but the subject will fail to regain consciousness, entering a comatose state. Death and reanimation continues annually, even after subjects have reached this stage. SCP-156 came to the attention of the Foundation after an incident in Greece, after several people died on September 21st, 19- The Foundation became involved after locals reported the return of several of the dead who had been interred in above-ground vaults the following spring. After questioning these subjects, all reported having attended a party at the house of one A.K., who had been buried and was found asphyxiated in her coffin. SCP-156 was discovered within the house, fresh, despite the intervening six months since the incident. SCP-156 had been commenced on D-class personnel. D-E15624, the first test subject, died in September and was autopsied. No cause of death could be found. Subject was left under monitoring and storage. In March of the same year, subjects began to show brain activity, and subjects' heart began beating, despite the body having taken significant damage during the autopsy. D-E15624 expired shortly thereafter, without regaining consciousness. Errol's given SCP status and longer-term testing was ordered. Item number SCP-164 Object Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures Cultures of SCP-164 should be contained using standard Class III biohazardous procedures and stored clearly marked within a refrigerated biocontainment unit at 10°C. While pathogenic, SCP-164 is not highly infectious. While researchers working with raw cultures or infected subjects should use caution, latex gloves and face masks are generally effective at preventing the spread of the disease. Any personnel inadvertently infected will be subject to six months of chemotherapy upon first showing symptoms and surgery as necessary. Civilian outbreaks should be handled using cover-up procedure ALEF for contagious materials. Description SCP-164 is a strain of cancerous cells that cause sarcoma like tumors and host bodies. While cell DNA appears to be primarily derived from human DNA, the cells now effectively exist as unicellular, asexually reproducing parasites. Several characteristics make SCP-164 remarkable.  Strains are transmittable through in order of infectiousness.  Chemotherapy and surgery are effective in treating the disease in nearly all stages. Tumors produced by SCP-164 that grow larger than a certain size will in 75% of cases follow normal behavior for cancerous sarcomas. However, in 25% of cases, host bodily materials will be utilized for the creation of a new separate organism inside the tumor. In the case of multiple tumors, some or all may follow this behavior. Said organisms will apparently begin as zygotes, fertilized ova and replicate, much like fetuses. Externally, this appears no different from normal tumor production and may go unnoticed in initial stages. Oddly, mature organisms identify as being completely unrelated to the original tumors, corresponding with a previously unknown species of order toothida, squids. Removal of organisms show that they are entirely viable in marine conditions and will perform normal actions such as locomotion, catching food, basic defense, reproduction, etc. However, said organisms will also remain entirely viable in the original tumor, rarely moving or shifting position, continuing to grow at a regular rate until the host is killed. The existence and nature of the organisms, SCP-164-2, is often not realized in civilian cases until biopsy or surgery reveals the developed organism. SCP-164 organisms and tumors may interact with host physiology in interesting ways. The following cases are particularly notable. Female D-class, 23 years old, SCP-164 tumors spawned on uterus walls. Host body apparently recognized the tumor as a human fetus and was delivered normally containing viable SCP-164-2 specimen after nine months. Male D-class, 30 years old, tumors spawned on the spinal cord, disrupting the central nervous system. As a result, movement from SCP-164-2 would occasionally cause subjects' limbs to flail, suggesting a cross-wiring of the nervous systems of the two organisms. Biopsy lent support to this hypothesis. Male D-class, 25 years old, tumors spawned near the esophagus and windpipe of the subject in a location that with ordinary growth would normally have blocked off said passages and quickly killed the subject. Instead, the growth of the tumors shifted to the back of the neck, preventing the subject from dying before the normal point. Dr. Roth suggests that this may have been a deliberate action taken by SCP-164.


All right. Hello, hello. Pinky and I have another story for you. This one is called The Proudest to Blue. And I actually am wearing a color of blue myself. And here, it's called The Proudest Bluest Story of Hijab and Family. It's written by Ibtihaj Muhammad with Eskay Ali and Art by Hatim Ali. And there's a picture on the first page where you see some people in a store. And they are looking at hijabs. Mama holds out the pink. Mama loves pink. But Eskay Ali shakes her head. I know why. I think Pinky likes pink too. Behind the counter is the brightest blue. The color of the ocean, if you squint your eyes and pretend there's no line between the water and the sky. It's the first day hijab. Eskay knows it. I know it. We are sisters. The next day I wait. A new backpack, new light-up shoes. I feel special. I feel like twirling. Eskay comes out of the house and I stop. It's the most beautiful first day of school ever. I'm walking with a princess, so I pretend I'm one too. But even princesses have to stop across the street. Esya takes my hand and hers says, come on, Fazia. We speedwalk it. 14 steps, 14 lights up to get across. Esya takes me to my line first, hugs me goodbye. I turn to watch her leave, giving a little curtsy to the princess going to the sixth grade area. She's easy to see. Her hijab smiles at me the whole way. My first day hijab is going to be blue too. What's on your sister's head? The girl in front of me whispers. A scarf! I whisper back. I don't know why a whisper came out. I try again louder now. A scarf! A hijab! She whispers. Esya's hijab isn't a whisper. Esya's hijab is like the sky on a sunny day. The sky isn't a whisper. It's always there, special and regular. The first day of wearing hijab is important, Mama had said. It means being strong. I turn but I can't see the blue anymore. I run to the big kid's side. 27 steps to see Esya. I need to give her another hug. I need to see her smile. Fazia? Esya's eyes wonder why I'm here. Are you excited, I ask? About the first day of hijab? She nods, smiling big, and I feel better. So there she is talking to her big sister. Someone laughs nearby, a boy pointing at Esya. Why? Esya's hijab isn't a laugh. Esya's hijab is like the ocean waving to the sky. It's always there, strong and friendly. Some people won't understand your hijab, Mama had said. But if you understand who you are, and then one day they will too. In class I draw a picture. The princesses in hijab having a picnic on an island where the ocean meets the sky. The girl who whispered in line says she likes it. She says it so loud the teacher comes over to see it. I wonder if Esya drew a picture too. Recess time is for five cartwheels in a row. I land the last one near the sixth graders, near Esya and her friends.  Esya's hijab is not a tablecloth. Esya's hijab is blue, only blue. Esya turns away, her friends turn away. They race to the middle of the schoolyard, their shoes pounding the pavement, playing tag. Mama said, don't carry around the hurtful words that others say. Drop them, they are not yours to keep. They belong only to those who said them. It takes me 48 steps to get away from the yelling boy. After school, I look around. I look for whispers, laughs and shouts. But I only see Esya waiting for me like it's a regular day. She's smiling, strong. We cross the road hand in hand. I can't wait to get home to show Mama the picture I drew. To show Esya that I'm wearing the same hijab in it. Because Esya's hijab is like the ocean and the sky, no line between them. Saying hello with a loud wave. Saying I'll always be here, like sisters, like me and Esya. So that's the last page of the book. But then there's a little story about the author who is actually, and I believe she's an Olympic medalist. This is...Oh, she is a fencer. The Bitaj Muhammad is a fencer and the first Muslim American woman in hijab to compete for the United States in the Olympic Games. So if you want to learn more about her, you sure can. And you also can read this book again if you want, called The Proudest Blue. I hope you enjoyed it.