EXPERIMENT-4299-1:

Foreword: Subject D-5341 was selected for the experiment due to a background of severe depression. D-5341 was introduced into SCP-4299 to test the immediate effects of the anomaly. D-5341 was outfitted with a radio transmitter as well as a body camera. The following is an audio transcript of D-5341 interacting with SCP-4299.

<BEGIN LOG>

D-5341: Alright, I'm ready to go.



Dr. Carter: Please walk around the garden. Do not touch the lapel microphone or any roses unless prompted by SCP-4299. You are to inquire upon its origin and engage it in conversation. Keep it talking as long as you can.



D-5341: Alright, Doc.

D-5341 rounds the garden, looking around and pausing before the fountain. He looks in, then approaches a rosebush.



SCP-4299: Bonjour, jeune homme! N'est-ce pas une belle journée?



(D-5341 jumps.)



D-5341: It's a fucking talking rose.



SCP-4299: Oh, l'anglais? Ça fait un moment mais je suppose que je peux essayer… Please, take a seat!



D-5341 takes a seat on the ground before SCP-4299.



D-5341: …Okay. This is officially the weirdest thing that has ever happened to me.

SCP-4299: I'm sure it can be a tad strange, but I promise you the weirdest things in life are usually the ones you won't forget!



D-5341: Uh…yeah.



SCP-4299: I'm sure you must be a little co- Oh, goodness where are my manners! I am the Queen of Roses, my dear. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance!

(SCP-4299 mimics a curtsy.)



D-5341: …huh.



SCP-4299: Why so stiff? Je ne mords pas!



D-5341: I uh… I know it isn't my business, but could you please tell me how you became the way you are? Or at least how you can, uh…talk?



SCP-4299: I'm not sure what you mean by that. I've been watching over the roses for as long as I can remember. That's what makes me happy, and that's honestly all I could ask for.



D-5341: I see… Um… could you maybe explain a little more about that? Like, what it is you do exactly?



SCP-4299: My boy, you are a guest in my lovely garden, and we take turns here! I'd like to ask you a question too. How did you become the way you are?



D-5341: That isn't exactly something that I'm willing to go into. It's a bit of a sensitive topic.

SCP-4299: We all have some skeletons in our closet, non? Perhaps it would help you if you talked about it a bit? I'm open ears!

(D-5341 sighs.)

D-5341: Okay, I get, I get it… I mean… I'm already this deep in, so I guess whatever I say doesn't matter… I did something that I regret. I made some decisions that I really shouldn't have. When I was in my teen years, I became friends with some shady people. Whenever I was around them, I would feel like I was someone, you know? I did anything to get their attention and to be accepted by them… And they just started asking me to do more and more and… I killed someone. I killed someone and I got caught, and I regret it. Not because I got caught, but… because I was so stupid to let myself get strung along so far! (D-5341 begins to choke up.)



SCP-4299: Darling, you're too hooked on the past. "Qui n’avance pas, recule, oui?" On the outside, your experiences have made you think that you don't belong anywhere. But I can see inside of you. You have a heart longing for joy, but you do not let yourself move ahead. You don't have to forgive yourself right now, but you never will unless you start doing something!



D-5341: Gosh… I… I guess you're right. Man, I feel good right now…Why am I feeling like this?



SCP-4299: It's because you finally let go of your chains, you silly boy. Talking about your ails is the first step in becoming well.

(D-5341 sniffles.)



D-5341: God… I… I'm… so glad I could talk to you…



(D-5341 continues to weep. SCP-4299 leans forward towards the subject and caresses his leg with its leaf.)



SCP-4299: Shh, it's okay young one, let it all out. The happiness you are feeling at this very moment is beautiful, is it not?

D-5341: Y-yeah, it is…

SCP-4299: Well, let me tell you something, dear. (SCP-4299 reaches for its petals, producing one and offering it to D-5341.) If you take this leaf and make it into a tea and drink it, you will be able to feel the joy you're feeling right now for as long as you want.

(D-5341 takes the petal and is silent for a moment.)

SCP-4299: What do you say, dear? Will you join me in seeing life in pink?

<END LOG>

Result: D-5341 exited the garden and asked for the necessary tools to make tea. They were permitted to accept SCP-4299's offer and become an instance of SCP-4299-1. In the following weeks, D-5341 displayed a notable shift in attitude and disposition.