Exploration Video Log Transcript
Date: 1997-11-26
Exploration Team: MTF Epsilon-6 ("Village Idiots")
Subject: SCP-6717
Team Lead: E6-1-C
Team Members: E6-2, E6-3, E6-4
NOTICE FROM SCP-6717 RESEARCH TEAM
This exploration was the first ever performed into SCP-6717, and as such, MTF Epsilon-6 knew next to nothing regarding the nature of SCP-6717 or SCP-6717-1 instances.
— Dr. Mohammed Hafeez, Lead Researcher, Observation post 249-C
[BEGIN LOG]
E6-1-C: Microphone check.
E6-3: Check.
E6-4: Check.
E6-2: Check.
E6-1-C: Video check.
Command: All clear, we see you.
E6-1-C: Weapons check.
E6-3: Clear. Locked and loaded.
E6-2: Clear.
E6-4: Clear.
E6-1-C: Good. Command, we are all clear. Requesting permission for entrance.
Command: Granted. You're free to go. Remember, we don't quite know if the residents here are aggressive, or even anomalous. Approach with caution.
E6-1-C: Always.
MTF epsilon-6 begins moving towards SCP-6717.
Video feed shows a sign at the entrance of SCP-6717. The sign reads "Header. Text Text Text Text Text."
E6-3: look at this.
E6-3 points to the sign.
E6-3: You read that?
E6-4: weird.
E6-3: Looks like a placeholder.
E6-4: Yeah, it kind of does.
Epsilon-6 enters SCP-6717
E6-3: Looks like where I grew up. (pause) Brings back memories.
E6-1-C: Looks can be deceiving. Remain alert.
E6-3: Of course, of course. All I'm saying is that this is a nice break from some of the stuff we've been through recently.
E6-4: Like [REDACTED]?
E6-3: Yeah. Fuck, I wish I could forget that, especially the [REDACTED].
E6-4: Don't make me think about it.
Epsilon-6 moves forward for five minutes, extraneous dialogue removed.
E6-4: Look, in there, there's someone inside.
E6-4 gesticulates towards one of the houses. An SCP-6717-1 instance is visible inside, standing still.
beta-3: Oh shit, yeah, Hafeez mentioned these guys during briefing. One, should we engage?
E6-1-C: Stand by. Requesting permission from command.
Command: Clear.
E6-1-C: let's go. Raise your guns.
E6-3: Raised.
E6-4: Raised.
E6-1-C: E6-2, you open the door.
E6-2: Yes ma'am.
Epsilon-6 enters the building with the SCP-6717-1 instance inside. No furniture or illumination is present within the building.
E6-1-C: E6-3, engage with it.
E6-3 nods.
E6-3: Hello?
SCP-6717-1: Hello.
the SCP-6717-1 instance does not move its head or body when talking.
E6-3: Who are you?
SCP-6717-1: My name is Name Smith.
E6-3: Name smith?
SCP-6717-1: Yes.
E6-3: Alright, uh, do you live here?
SCP-6717-1: This is my home. I am happy with my home.
E6-3: I see. Do you just stand here all day?
SCP-6717-1: I do not. In 14 minutes I will go to my job. I work there.
E6-1-C (Quietly): Timer set for 14 minutes.
E6-3: Okay, and what do you do at your job?
SCP-6717-1: Work.
E6-3: And what does work mean, to you?
SCP-6717-1: Doing my job.
E6-3: But like, wha–
E6-1-C: Stop. Try something else.
E6-3: Alright, uh, are there more people like you?
SCP-6717-1: Everybody is like me. I am normal.
E6-3: Are there more people in this town?
SCP-6717-1: Everyone lives in this town.
E6-3: What do you mean by everyone?
SCP-6717-1: Me, and you, and everybody else.
E6-3 (silently, turned towards the rest of Epsilon-6): Should i continue? Im thinking this won't go anywhere.
E6-1-C: I think y–
SCP-6717-1: I don't recognize you.
All team members turn towards the SCP-6717-1 instance.
E6-3 (whispering): Fuck no
E6-1-C: We're leaving. Now.
Epsilon-6 moves out to the street outside
E6-1-C: Everybody, let's hold off the interactions for now.
E6-4: Yes ma'am.
E6-2 nods.
E6-3: Yeah I'm with you, one. Better not to anger them.
E6-4: Hey, look. There is one of those guys in like every house.
E6-3: Oh shit, yeah.
E6-1-C: Hafeez mentioned an estimate of one to five hundred.
E6-3: Right, yeah, I remember.
E6-4: Alright, team, what's the game plan from here?
E6-1-C: To follow our mission: recon the area, set up cameras, GTFO.
E6-3: Yes. Four, you're the camera person, do you think this would be a good spot for a camera?
E6-4: Might as well. Remember the satellite map? All identical houses, arranged in a grid.
E6-3: Right. You should point the camera to that window.
E6-3 points to the window of the building with the previously encountered SCP-6717-1-instance inside.
E6-4: That's what I'm thinking. Cover me while I set this up.
E6-4 set's up one of their security cameras. Extraneous dialogue removed.
E6-4: Should be working now. Command, do you see anything?
Command: Stand by for a sec. (pause). Yeah, we see you.
E6-4: Great. One, what do we do now?
E6-1-C: Remember how the guy you talked with mentioned he was going to work in 14 minutes? That's in about two minutes. We'll wait until then.
E6-3: Yes ma'am.
E6-4: Guns?
E6-1-C: No guns, unless they directly engage. Let's not try to provoke them.
E6-3: Good idea.
E6-2: Hey.
E6-2 moves towards a fire hydrant.
E6-2: Look at this. Styrofoam.
E6-4: Huh. Should I take a sample?
E6-1-C: Go for it. I'll watch your back.
E6-4 takes out a small knife, and cuts a piece of the fire hydrant. The styrofoam has been confirmed to be entirely non-anomalous.
E6-1-C: You done?
E6-4: Yes.
E6-1-C: Eyes on the doors. Act neutral.
Every door visible in the video feed opens simultaneously. An SCP-6717-1 instance exits every door and begins walking down the street.
E6-3: Holy shit.
E6-4: Perfectly synchronised.
E6-1-C: We'll follow them. Do not let your guard down.
Epsilon-6 moves along with the SCP-6717-1 instances for ten minutes. Extraneous dialogue removed.
The SCP-6717-1 Instances continue into the center of SCP-6717.
E6-2: Here we are.
E6-1-C: This is it. The town square. Hafeez mentioned it.
E6-3: And that's the building he talked about, the big grey one.
E6-4: Ominous.
E6-3: One, should we enter?
E6-1-C: I'm not seeing any entrance. We should recon the area first. Plus, research got some weird readings off it. I don't trust it. We'll take that later.
E6-3: Understandable.
E6-4: Hey, uh, look.
E6-4 points towards a smaller office building, five stories high. SCP-6717-1 instances are shown entering the building.
E6-4: That's gotta be where they work.
E6-1-C: Must be.
E6-3: Should we go in? Seems like an important place.
E6-1-C: Yes.
E6-2: What about that?
E6-1-C: What about what?
E6-2 points towards a building to his left resembling a grocery store.
E6-2: Says "Grocery Food Market" on it.
E6-3: Huh.
E6-1-C: Right. How about we split. Me and two, we go to the office. Three, Four, you check the Grocery store.
E6-3: Aye.
E6-2: Yes ma'am.
E6-4: Yes, rendezvous when?
E6-1-C: It's not a big place, tell me when you're done and we'll meet here.
E6-4: Got it.
E6-1-C, and E6-2 move towards the office building, and E6-3 and E6-4 move towards the grocery store.
E6-3: Here we go.
E6-3 and E6-4 enter the grocery store.
Video feed shows a small grocery store, with shelves of wares, and an SCP-6717-1 instance behind the checkout counter. The store is devoid of artificial illumination.
E6-4: Three, how about you engage with that employee there. I'll set up some cameras and take some pics.
E6-3: Aye.
E6-3 moves over to the SCP-6717-1 instance.
E6-3: Hello, uh, do you work here?
SCP-6717-1: Yes. Do you need help?
E6-3: I'd uh, like to purchase (pause)
E6-3: picks up a bottle from a shelf next to him.
E6-3: this.
SCP-6717-1: That item is not for sale.
E6-3: Alright, what about that one them?
E6-3: picks up another bottle.
SCP-6717-1: That item is not for sale.
E6-3: What do you sell then?
SCP-6717-1: Products.
E6-3: What kind of products?
SCP-6717-1 takes up a small aluminum can
SCP-6717-1: I love eating delicious products. Do you want to purchase this product?
E6-3 (Over intercom): Hey, E6-1-C, should I purchase something in the grocery store?
E6-1-C: (Over intercom): Unless you think it's dangerous, go for it.
E6-3 (Over intercom): Copy that.
E6-3: Yeah, I'll buy that.
E6-3 walks up to the register.
SCP-6717-1: Give me your dollar so you can get your product.
E6-3 (Quietly): Fuck.
E6-3: I don't have any money on me currently.
SCP-6717-1: Take this now. Pay for your product.
The SCP-6717-1 instance hands E6-3 a green piece of paper similar in color to an American one-dollar bill, though lacking any markings except for the text "dollar" in the middle.
E6-3: I, uh, what? (pause) Uh, thank you.
E6-3 hands the "dollar" back to the SCP-6717-1 instance.
SCP-6717-1: Thank you for purchasing a product at the Grocery Food Store. I love this product. This is my favourite product. I like eating it.
E6-3: Thank you, sir. Also, uh, excuse me, but do you know anything about the grey building outside?
SCP-6717-1: There is no grey building.
E6-3: What about that one?
SCP-6717-1: There is no grey building.
E6-3: Alright, (pause) thank you.
E6-4: Hey three, how's it going?
E6-3: Just bought this thing.
E6-4: What is it?
E6-3: Some sort of can. Only thing that guy wanted to sell to me.
E6-4: Got any idea what's inside?
E6-3: None in the slightest. Is the camera ready?
E6-4: Should be, command, do you see anything?
Command: Crystal clear.
E6-4: Also, three, have you seen the products here? All the fruits are plastic, every box is empty. Every label says something like "brand name" or "product".
E6-3: Yeah, that's kind of a thing here I suppose. Weird. Should we head out?
E6-4: Yeah. We're done here.
E6-4 (Over intercom): E6-1-C, were done. Waiting in the middle.
E6-1-C: (Over intercom): We're almost done here. See you soon.
E6-4 (Over intercom): Copy that.
E6-3 and E6-4 move out of the building.
E6-1-C: Let's see what all this is about.
E6-1-C and E6-2 enter the office building.
The video feed shows a sparsely furnished office space. An estimated 50 SCP-6717-1 instances are seated in front of computer monitors.
E6-1-C moves over to one of the SCP-6717-1 instances. before it is a cathode ray tube display terminal and a keyboard with numbers. The SCP-6717-1 instance is inputting random numbers into the terminal.
E6-1-C: Excuse me miss, what are you doing?
SCP-6717-1: I am working.
E6-1-C: And what do those numbers mean?
SCP-6717-1: They are important numbers.
E6-1-C: I see. Why do you input the numbers?
SCP-6717-1: Because it's my job.
E6-1-C: Who gave you your job?
SCP-6717-1: My boss.
E6-1-C: And where is your boss?
SCP-6717-1: He's not here.
E6-1-C: I see.
E6-1-C moves across the room. All SCP-6717-1 instances perform the same actions.
E6-2: See that?
E6-1-C: Where?
E6-2: Over there. Elevator. I suggest we go there.
E6-1-C: Good call.
E6-1-C, and E6-2 move towards the elevator.
E6-1-C, and E6-2 enter the elevator. There are six buttons. All buttons are devoid of numbers.
E6-1-C: No numbers huh? Let's take (pause) this one.
E6-1-C, and E6-2 travel in the elevator for two minutes. No dialogue is recorded.
The elevator arrives at an unknown floor, estimated from the views out of the windows to be the fifth floor.
E6-1-C: Move out.
E6-1-C, and E6-2 move out into the room.
E6-1-C: Same as the first floor. isn't it?
E6-2: Seems to be. Should we do another survey?
E6-1-C: Might as well. Wait, I'm getting something over the intercom. Two, go examine the floor in the meanwhile.
E6-3 (Over intercom): Hey, E6-1-C, should i purchase something in the grocery store?
E6-1-C: (Over intercom): Unless you think it's dangerous, go for it.
E6-3 (Over intercom): Copy that.
E6-1-C, and E6-2 examine the floor, it is identical to the ground floor.
E6-2: One, look.
E6-1-C: What is it?
E6-2: There's text over here.
E6-1-C: Can you read what it says?
E6-2: Barely, looks like a tag.
E6-1-C: Like a grafitti tag?
E6-2: Yes.
E6-1-C: Shit, did someone get here before us?
E6-2: Maybe.
E6-1-C: Command, you got that?
Command: Sure did. We'll leave that for future research.
E6-4 (Over intercom): E6-1-C, were done. Waiting in the middle.
E6-1-C: (Over intercom): We're almost done here. See you soon.
E6-4 (Over intercom): Copy that.
E6-1-C: Alright. Two, let's move out. We've got everything we can here.
The two halves of Epsilon-6 have exited their respective buildings, and reassemble near the grey building at the center of SCP-6717.
E6-1-C: Alright, final thing before we GTFO. Let's see if we can crack open this thing. Four, you've got tools for this right?
E6-4: Yes ma'am. Cover me, and cover your ears.
E6-4 takes out a small Foundation issue explosive breaching charge, and places it on one of the "windows".
E6-4: I'll need everyone to back off just in ca–
E6-1-C: Four! Turn around, weapons up!
E6-4: What's happening?
E6-1-C: All doors are open.
E6-3: Look! There!
Video feed shows a large mob of SCP-6717-1 instances exiting the office building. All instances are walking towards Epsilon-6
The SCP-6717-1 instances repeat the phrase "I don't recognise you" over and over again, perfectly synchronized.
E6-2: Everyone! We need to get the fuck away!
E6-1-C: Two's right, move! Past the store, nine o'clock!
E6-3: They're so fucking many.
E6-1-C: Command, what's the best path out of here?
Command: Stay on your current route. It's too late to turn around.
E6-1-C: Can we expect backup?
Command: Not at this time, you're the only team currently assigned to this Site.
E6-3: Shit, we'll have to make it out on our own.
Epsilon-6 continues moving down the street. Suddenly their movement is halted by another mob of SCP-6717-1 instances rounding the corner into the street they were moving along. All instances repeat "I don't recognize you" repeatedly.
E6-4: What do we do?
E6-1-C: Open fire.
E6-4: Yes ma'am!
All Epsilon-6 members open fire on the SCP-6717-1 instances. The instances collapse almost immediately after being shot.
E6-3: Fucking hell (gunfire) they're so fucking (gunfire) many!
E6-4: I know!
E6-3: I'm not sure how long I'll be able to hold 'em off!
E6-2: Three! Your back!
An SCP-6717-1 instance is walking towards E6-3, and is roughly a meter away. The instance raises its arms towards E6-3, before being shot down by E6-2.
E6-3: Christ! That was close. Thank you Two!
E6-2: I'm almost out of ammo now, Four, do you have any combat explosives?
E6-4: I– (gunfire) I do! Cover me for a second and I'll blow these fuckers to kingdom come!
E6-1-C: Copy, I got you Four.
E6-4 throws a small Foundation issue grenade towards the SCP-6717-1 mob, neutralizing several instances, and blocking several others with the debris of the neutralized.
E6-4: Boom!
E6-3: Woohoo!
E6-1-C: That'll give us some time. Everyone, move!
E6-3: Copy!
E6-2: Copy!
Command: Everyone, there is a foundation helicopter on its way to your location. Keep moving and we'll get you out of there in just a minute.
E6-1-C: Roger that.
E6-3: Oh thank you Jesus!
as Epsilon-6 turns a corner, they are met with another SCP-6717-1 mob.
E6-1-C: Oh fuck.
E6-2: Shit! My ammo's out!
E6-3: I'm almost out too, I got only like eight shots left!
E6-1-C: Everybody, retreat!
E6-4: No! I got a better idea!
E6-1-C: Four! I order you! Retreat!
E6-4: One, we'll take the roof! We can climb through that window! I'm betting my left leg these things can't climb!
E6-3: Four's right, the only way is up!
E6-1-C: Alright, change of, plans! Three, you're shortest, you go first!
E6-3: Aye!
E6-3 breaks open the window, and uses it to climb up on the roof. He reaches out his hand over the edge.
E6-1-C: Four, you're next!
E6-4: Roger!
E6-3: Take my hand!
E6-4 takes E6-3:s' hand and pulls themself up.
E6-3: Up you go.
The SCP-6717-1 mob is closing in from all sides, suppressed only by the fire of E6-1-C and E6-4. The closest instances are less than eight meters away.
E6-1-C: Two, you're next, I still got ammo left!
E6-2: Copy!
E6-3 and E6-4 pull E6-2 up together. The SCP-6717-1 mob is now less than three meters away.
E6-3: Your turn, one. Let's get you up here!
E6-2: One! Take my hand!
E6-1-C: Ok, I'll t– Aaargh! Fuck!
An SCP-6717-1 instance has grabbed onto E6-1-C:s' leg, holding it with both its' hands. E6-1-C attempts to shoot it, but is out of ammunition.
E6-1-C: I'm out of ammo! Fuck!
E6-4: Me too!
E6-2: We all are! Try ta–
E6-1-C: Aaargh! Another (pant) one, another o– Hargh! Fucking grabbed me! It's holding my leg!
Another SCP-6717-1 instance has grabbed onto E6-1-C, and the combined strength of both instances is pulling her down. The rest of Epsilon-6 is attempting to pull her up, to no success.
E6-3: Come on now!
E6-1-C: No, this is it, you're gonna have t–
In the midst of her sentence, E6-1-C is cut off by a loud bang. Both the heads of the SCP-6717-1 instances are torn apart nearly instantaneously, and their arms are letting go of E6-1-C.
E6-1-C: I–, huh!?
E6-3: What the fuck!?
Command: Epsilon-6, look behind you.
Epsilon-6 turns around, and E6-1-C crawls up over the edge of the roof. About ten meters diagonally above them is a military helicopter, with one of the side doors open. A person stands by the side door wielding a rifle, aimed at the SCP-6717-1 mob.
Command: Saved your ass, didn't we?
E6-3: Right on fucking time. Jesus.
Command: Side door's open. We'll descend a bit further and then we'll get you in.
E6-1-C: Roger that.
The Foundation helicopter descends near the rooftop, unable to make a landing due to the limited area. Epsilon-6 climbs into the helicopter using a descendable ladder.
[END LOG]