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SCP-5409 "Unpacified" by:DrAkimoto
91.16%
(+134)8.84%
(-13)Crit Credit:
MalyceGraves,
Hexick,
DianaBerry,
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Special Containment Procedures
SCP-5409 is contained within Botanical Containment Field-3 at Site-51. The standard water and fertilizer allotment required for its species will be administered to SCP-5409 via automated systems that are maintained by on-site Botanical Specialists.
Description
SCP-5409 is a sweet birch tree (Betula lenta) with a total of 200 abnormal growths resembling pacifiers (designatated SCP-5409-1). SCP-5409-1 instances have the physical appearance and texture of hard plastic and rubber, but are composed of a previously unknown organic polymer. The faux-rubber "nipple" on each SCP-5409-1 instance is filled with a liquid compound consisting of sap, water, fat, proteins, and lactose. Growth analysis indicates that all 200 SCP-5409-1 instances grew over an estimated 24-hour period during September or October of 2012.
Discovery
SCP-5409 was discovered on 2013/04/20, by a hiker on the Big Heat Trail in South Mills, Arkansas. The hiker posted detailed pictures of SCP-5409 and a video of himself picking and dissecting an SCP-5409-1 instance to his Facebook account, which were subsequently flagged and removed by WebCrawler 0/FB-44. Assets within the Arkansas State Police were able to verify the anomalous nature of SCP-5409, and cordoned off the area until Foundation personnel could arrive.
A Foundation botanical containment team was dispatched to exhume and transport SCP-5409 to Site-51. During this process, the skeletal remains of a one to seven day old infant male was found entangled in the roots of SCP-5409. The degraded remains of a wicker basket and cotton sheet were also recovered from the roots. A small non-organic pacifier matching the physical appearance of SCP-5409-1 was discovered near the remains.
A small envelope was located in the wicker basket; though the index card within was degraded, the following hand-written message was deciphered through analysis:
I'm sorry, I'm just not ready.