SCP-9988 by Some Reference and
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ITEM CLASS: III
Item #: 9988⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Type: Entity
Chamber: 23-A⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Station #: 01
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Protocols for Containment: Item/9988 is to be fully suspended in a static-inducing hydrogel substance filling its chamber in order to prevent the risk of minor external disruptions to the greatest degree possible. Chamber 23-A's silo walls are to be paneled with fitting mirrors as to allow for operations by staff when alteration to containment is necessary without necessitating direct eye contact with the object.
Item/9988. Photograph taken during recovery process.
Item Description: Item/9988 is a standard glass eye, 2.3 centimeters in diameter and 4 grams. The object does not appear to possess major aberrant properties when dormant: unusual paranoia has been repeated in individuals exposed to it in close proximity for extended periods of time, though whether this correlation represents any anomalous effect is unknown. Occasional reports by guards have also alleged the object to be capable of a limited degree of autonomous movement by rolling, though this has yet to be reproduced in a controlled environment.
When moved or otherwise disturbed by an outside force, Item/9988 is considered "irritated" and becomes at risk of leaving the dormant state. If the object is not immediately brought to rest and re-stabilized, it activates. "Activation" comprises the spontaneous appearance of an H/NS-class entity — hereafter Item/9988/β — from assorted tissue, bones, cartilage, and tendons, among other muscle materials, upright and vaguely resembling an extremely disfigured skin-less human being, with the original Item/9988 remaining as its left eye. Item/9988 constructs this form over the course of three (3) to five (5) seconds from apparent nothingness, manifesting first veins and an unknown film-like material followed by the appearance of musculature and the ossification of some muscle tissue: when complete, it possesses an apparent rudimentary intelligence and is fully ambulatory, if shambling due to its disfigured limbs. Activation of Item/9988 can also occur without physical disruption if sustained eye contact is made with the object by a living subject for over ~140 seconds.
Item/9988/β appears to be approximately 2.5 meters in height, as observed in video footage of prior activation events. For as long as it remains active the object is hostile, as well as anomalously mobile, particularly considering its impractical anatomical form. Its joints are apparently capable of rotation up to a full 360 degrees without inflicting lasting tissue damage. Additionally, no evidence would appear to suggest Item/9988/β is deterred by a pain response.
The entity will remain active until destroyed with overwhelming physical force or until it is able to acquire an eyeball from a biological subject to fill its missing eye socket, at which point Item/9988/β reverts to Item/9988.
Acquisition: Item/9988 was first recovered by Consortium Officer Sean Jacques on 10/11/2014, who had purchased it to replace an eye recently lost in a Class-II containment breach. After inserting the object into their socket, it entered an active state. Item/9988/β manifested within and around their body, decapitating them instantly. Permanent containment was established on 10/14/2014; Item/9988 is the 64th object contained by the Consortium.
Update 9988/1: Breach and Aftermath (9/18/2015)
On 18 September 2015, Consortium agents discovered a forum post on a fringe paranormal enthusiast internet "wiki" named Parawatch, containing an un-redacted version of Item/9988's primary document. All servers have since been shut off as the Consortium switches to a temporary fully analogue system to prevent further leaks. The following log is an excerpt from the crisis-response meeting which took place immediately following incident:
[Excerpt Begins]
Professor Julia Utrecht: I'm sorry, I'm not sure I'm really following-
Donovan Kutching: I don't know what to tell you! I've got no fucking clue! I use the site to scout out objects, and on the "recent posts" it was just… there.
Dr. Alfred Ölund: Was it just the description? Or-
Kutching: All of it! The station, chamber number; our fucking name was written over the top — big bold letters.
Caleb Truman: Have you taken it down yet?
Kutching: Does it look like I run the site? The staff are a bunch of conspiracy theorists and apocalypse preppers, this is the kind of shit they live for. It's not coming down unless we mass report it.
Amelia Cabot: Reporting it would just make it all appear more credible.
Utrecht: How many people have seen this?
Truman: Considering it's on their trending tab, upwards of 1000?
Utrecht: I…
[Silence on recording for several seconds.]
Truman: God, they think it's real, too.
Dr. Ölund: Who let this happen?
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Cabot: Chris maintains the network, no?
Christopher Baker: I didn't leak it.
Dr. Ölund: But it did come from your networ-
Baker: Our network. We outsourced the whole development process…
Dr. Ölund: Leaving a backdoor to the entire site.
Baker: …Yes.
Truman: Who made that decision?
Chairman Ivan Keiler: It doesn't matter anymore. What's done is done.
[…]
Chairman Keiler: Christopher, is the server still operational?
Baker: I shut it down the second I heard.
Dr. Ölund: Would the source of the leak not have just downloaded any other files along with 9988?
Baker: They…
Kutching: Fuck.
Utrecht: And they think it's real just off the one page?
Truman: Considering the moderators pinned it… and God, these comments…
Cabot: Christ.
Kutching: All the station coordinates were stored on the server. Every single one. Anything else leaks and—
Chairman Keiler: [Cough.]
[…]
Chairman Keiler: It's bad. I know it's bad — I'm not going to act like it isn't. But it isn't over. For now, they've got our name and a number. And no proof of the thing either.
Kutching: For now.
Chairman Keiler: Well what do you suggest we do, eh? If you really think it's over, that this is how they get us — this random heap of viscera — are we just going to give up then?
Kutching: I…
Chairman Keiler: There's a reason we do this. There's a reason we keep the world's shades underground.
[…]
Chairman Keiler: 'Cause no one else can fucking handle it.
[SUPERFLUOUS CONTENT ELAPSED // T-MINUS 3:01 HOURS FROM INCIDENT]
Truman: Wha-
Utrecht: Caleb?
Truman: I-It's gone.
Baker: Is… are you…
Truman: I don't know. The whole thing, it's just not there. Refreshed the page and, I mean, its…
Dr. Ölund: Are the, em, comments-
Truman: It's all gone. The link is broken, there's nothing here.
Kutching: The site is down. Full stop. Front page won't even load.
Baker: I think we have a guardian angel.
[…]
Chairman Keiler: Oh god.
[Excerpt Ends]
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