SelsVoodoo

SCP-1848

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: Due to the immobile nature of SCP-1848, Provisional Site-307 has been built around it. Site-307 is built to appear as a small campground with 10 cabins used to house members Containment Task Force Theta-7. Each Cabin has room for 4 MTF members. Each cabin also includes a small cellar for use in containing firearms. The cabins are arranged to surround SCP-1848 to ensure complete containment. Site-307 is surrounded by a 3 meter high electric fence to deter civilian trespassing.

No civilians are to enter Site-307 and by extension, SCP-1848. Any civilians trespassing on Site-307 are to be interrogated on site. If they are deemed to not pose a threat they are to be treated with Class-A amnesiacs, and removed from the grounds of Site-307. Any civilian that enters SCP-1848 and does not return within 10 minutes is to be considered deceased and is not to be rescued under any circumstances.

Site-307 also contains a bunker located adjacent to SCP-1848. This bunker serves as the Site HQ and research labs. The research labs contains seismographs to be monitored at all times by the on site research staff. If at anytime seismographs read higher than a magnitude 2.5 activate Containment Protocol Hammerdown-Theta-7. SCP-1848 is to be monitored 24/7 with motion sensors and CCTV cameras to detect any civilian trespassing and any organisms entering or leaving SCP-1848. Motion detectors will be activated by any organism more than 1 meter tall to avoid being activated by wild life. Any activity on these sensors not created by site staff will activate Protocol Perseus-Theta-7 or Protocol DiamondCatcher-Theta-7. The use of each protocol is to be approved by site head researcher Dr.██████ and the acting Theta-7 commander.

In the event of any active on site infohazards, all afflicted individuals are to be contained in the on site bunker until the all clear. After the all clear, all afflicted individuals will be treated with Class-A amnesiacs. The site is to go into alert mode and any non personnel activity on the seismographs or motion sensors will activate Protocol Hammerdown-Theta-7.

Description: SCP-1848 is a 10’ by 20’ cabin at ██.██████ degrees North, ███.██████ degrees West in the northwest Canadian wilderness. It is partially caved in in the northwest corner and is in a dilapidated condition. It contains 4 bunk beds, one in each corner, and two chests of drawers. It also contains 1 large table on the north wall of the room.

In the center of the room is 3’ by 3’ square hole in the floor that is approximately 20’ deep. On the far side of the hole there is a rusted ladder that descends to the bottom of the hole. The passage empties into a circular room approximately 15’ in diameter with the ladder descending into the center. The room has a 6’ high dome ceiling. The walls, floor and ceiling are all made of a green-grey stone. The stone is engraved with writing in an unknown language that is not currently understood. Above the writing are base relief murals of four large rhomboid shapes floating above pedestals. The pedestals are also covered in this unidentified language, with each pedestal having a distinct passage written on it. The pedestals are arranged to line up with the cardinal directions.

Located in the center of the room, directly underneath the entrance, is a circular grate 5’ in diameter. This grate lets light from the cabin above travel down a 100’ shaft into a much larger chamber. This chamber is also connected to the first circular room through a descending spiral staircase that follows the outer wall of the first room.

The larger chamber (known to the residents of Site-307 as the Main Hall) is 67 feet in diameter and has 30 foot high walls covered in the unidentified language, that transition into a dome ceiling that is an additional 10 feet high. In the center of the floor of the Main Hall there is four rhomboid slots about 1 foot long, each oriented towards the cardinal directions. The slots are located in a 1 foot deep and 5 feet across circle directly under the vertical shaft to . Branching out from the center of the Main Hall in the cardinal directions are 4 tunnels that are 6 feet wide and 7 feet tall. Above each tunnel there is a base relief mural of the main pedestal, identical to the corresponding one in the main entrance. The entirety of the main hall is in ruins with large amounts of plant life growing on the stone.

Each of the Cardinal Tunnels extends 100 feet outwards from the Main Hall, ending in a descending spiral staircase. No Personnel are permitted past this point without direct O5 approval for a scientific expedition, and an accompanying team of MTF Theta-7 personnel. These four areas are designated Quarantine areas 1848-A, B, C, and D. The off limits area has many known infohazards. See Expedition Safety Briefing 1848-A for full list of safety procedure in quarantine area 1848-A through D.

Small amounts of seismic activity are detectable at all times and should not cause alarm. Each quarantine zone rearranges itself every 36 hours for a 12 hour period. The quarantine zones do this sequencing counter clockwise, one zone rearranging itself at a time. It is not known how this is performed as all walls and floor seem to be sealed together and immovable. No expeditions to stay in a quarantine zone while it rearranges are planned as it was deemed to risky by the O5 council.

Amendment 1848-A: As of █/██/██ there have been ██ civilian disappearances and Protocol Perseus-Theta-7 has been activated a total of ██ times and Protocol Hammerdown-Theta-7 has not been activated. To date there have been a total of 7 expeditions into Quarantine Areas 1848-A through D. See Expedition log files 1848-logs for all significant expeditions.

Amendment 1848-B: In Quarantine zones 1848-A,B,C, and D the unidentified language remains on the walls of all passages. After entering the Quarantine zones all of the text on the walls is considered a local on site infohazard. Through unknown means all text in the unidentified language. During all expeditions, the text is NOT TO BE READ ALOUD.

If a subject reads the text aloud, The vines on the walls of all the tunnels will seek out the subject who read the text. Upon reaching the subject the vines (referred to as SCP-1848-1) pull the subject deeper into the Quarantine zone. To date █ individuals have been captured by SCP-1848.

After the next rearrangement cycle, the subject will emerge from SCP-1848 into Site-307 with bluish gray crystals coating the outside of the subject. The subject (here on referred to as SCP-1848-2) is extremely hostile and will attack any sentient being it finds. Upon the emergence of any instances of SCP-1848-2 Protocol DiamondCatcher-Theta-7 is to be activated.

Amendment 1848-C: The infohazardous text can be stuck in the minds of those who encounter it. In the affected subjects sleep they will sometimes speak the text aloud, causing the infohazard to activate. After every expedition, all expedition members are to be treated with Class-A amnesiacs. See Incident Report 1848-A for more information.

Incident Report 1848-A

Date:██/█/██

Time: 12:37 am Incident Report:

12:37 am the day after the first expedition into SCP-1848: The motion detectors at Provisional Site-307 went off. After the approval of the lead researcher and the acting MTF Theta-7 captain, Procedure Perseus-Theta-7 is activated. The alarms go off. 12:38 am: Theta-7 teams exit their cabins to find assistant researcher Dr.Joseph Conway being dragged into SCP-1848 by seemingly sentient vines (dubbed SCP-1848-1). Teams A and C grab onto the Doctor in an attempt to slow his descent. Team B retrieves fire axes from the on site maintenance shed to cut SCP-1848-1. Teams D-J enter SCP-1848 in an attempt to find the source of the SCP-1848-1. The Doctor is muttering “[INFOHAZARD EXPUNGED]” between screams. 12:40 am: Half of the instances of SCP-1848-1 are cut. Teams D-J find the SCP-1848-1 source at the north tunnel in the Main Hall. More SCP-1848-1 emerge to start to drag members of teams D, B, F, and H into SCP-1848. The affected members had repeated the infohazard that Dr.Conway was saying. 12:45 am: Dr.Conway is completely free of all SCP-1848-1 instances and escapes into the forest. 3 members of MTF Theta-7 have been dragged into the north tunnel (now Quarantine zone 1848->A). 12:50 am: A total of 3 personnel have escaped the SCP-1848-1 and 7 have been dragged into Quarantine Zone 1848-A. 1:13 am: All SCP-1848-1 have retreated into SCP-1848. Dr.Conway is retrieved. All remaining personnel are given Class-A amnesiacs to wipe the infohazards from their minds. Conclusion: See Amendment 1848-C.

Expedition Logs:

+ Expedition Log XXXX-A-1 - Expedition Log XXXX-A-1 Expedition Log XXXX-A-1 Researcher: Dr.Joseph Conway

4 members of MTF Theta-7 are present

Doctor Conway and MTF team enter Main Hall

TODO

The Five substantial expeditions into the quarantine zones

List of on site local infohazards (these infohazards are only considered dangerous while on site)