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Article: SCP-078-DE - Is this an SCP?
Original: May be found here
Author: Robini Robini
Translator: Karpfisch Karpfisch
What is it called? The name of the object is SCP-078-DE.
How do you classify it? Well, we still disagree on this, but many are content with the "Safe" class.
How can it be contained? That's not so hard! In fact, you can't really contain SCP-078-DE. It is inactive as long as no one describes it verbally. So, apart from the fact that one should not describe it verbally, there are no containment procedures. Oh yes, I almost forgot. You must not know about the existence of this thingy if you have a security level beneath level 3. This should ensure that it doesn't escape by accident. And if anything leaks, find the person responsible and amnestitize them.
How does it look? The SCP is a type of infohazard that turns all information existing about it into a kind of FAQ, which appears quite unprofessional and sounds like talking to a colleague, or something like that. But this only applies to written formats. Should someone say something about SCP-078-DE, after a while they will hear voices asking each other questions. The psychic condition will only worsen the longer it is described. You're probably asking yourself "But why don't you just stop talking about it? Then the effect would stop too, right?", that's the trick, once you start to describe it, you won't be able to stop. This may sound crazy, but it's the truth, the longer you talk about it, the more worse you feel, but at the same time you can' stop because you're being practically forced to talk about it. But at some point this effect seems to diminish and you can stop talking about it and everything's back to normal. The voices in your head will also be gone.
However, this effect only really seems to get going there. After around a day, you can see that the person becomes more and more inattentive and appears to be lost in thought. After about two more days, you can see the persons becoming more and more stressed and aggressive. Affected persons describe their own situation as an infernal agony. They say that two voices continually talk to each other in their thoughts by asking each other questions and answering them. Even dreams are said to be plagued by these voices. It is therefore understandable if you are stressed all the time and quick to anger… Especially in response to questions. By the way! In addition, the questions the voices ask each other become increasingly intimate and disturbing after every question. There are even said to be questions about their own body or questions about things the afflicted has never heard about. Furthermore, many say that when they asked the voices something, they replied and then just continued to ask back and forth. We once wanted to conduct an interview with the affected… He wasn't thrilled to be invited to an interview and also declined. But why do we have D-class? The one we had "invited" this time was also someone from D-class. He accepted the "offer" too. The interview can viewed below.
We once tested whether the effect stops with amnestics, but it doesn't. It is forever, as it seems. We once asked the person affected to write some questions the voices are asking each other. But they couldn't write down those questions, as they couldn't really focus because of the voices in their head. That's why this test only resulted in jumble. Besides, we found parts of a diary owned by one of the affected. That guy must have been highly focused when he wrote that… But given that the parts don't fit within the description, you can open it up below with some blurbs and read it. Some affected persons wanted to commit themselves when they went mad. We fulfilled their wish and put them into solitary confinement where D-class usually go in.
How was it found? It was initially noticed within the data of our files, which suddenly looked like an FAQ. Then, when a staff member wanted to talk about it with someone else, they couldn't stop and developed the effects already mentioned above. We came to the conclusion that it constitutes an infohazardous anomaly that is related to this "FAQ format" of our files. We assume that the anomaly has been smuggled in through ways we don't understand, but we are currently working on the case and investigate it. And since we have locked the access to the files about this thing and forbade everyone to talk about it, nothing has happened. Not even in our files. But we have no idea why.
Has something already happened that has to do with it? No, not yet, except perhaps during its discovery. But we have ran some tests with D-class.
Is there anything more to say? As previously stated, we've "invited" a D-class to an interview. The interview can be viewed here.
Foreword: Dr. Klein asked questions by writing them on a slip of paper and handing it over to the D-class employee.
<Interview Start>
Dr. Klein: Good day.
D-7298: Hello.
Dr. Klein gives the D-class the paper.
Dr. Klein: So, we invited you to this interview because you're being influenced by… You know what. Now, can you talk to us about it?
D-7298: Starting with a question straight away…? Idiot… clears his throat Well, I heard something about it when some researcher babbled about it, then I told my friends about it… And since then- Man! Shut the fuck up for once! You stupid bitch!
Dr. Klein speaks up.
Dr. Klein: How dare you?!
D-7298: Oh… Sorry, sorry… had to do with the voices in my head, not you… I apologize for becoming louder from time to time.
Dr. Klein: Well, I can imagine the rest of your answer…
Dr. Klein begins to remain silent and gestures the D-class to continue answering the questions on the paper.
Dr. Klein: Can you describe the voices in your head?
D-7298: Sure! I can describe that [REDACTED] in my head in my sleep… So, one sounds like you… And the other sounds like a man's voice… Have you… to himself What's the name of that asshole…? Oh yes! turns back to Dr. Klein Do you know Dr. Bockfeld?
Dr. Klein speaks out again to answer the question of the D-class.
Dr. Klein: Er… No, haven't seen him before.
D-7298: That's what it sounds like. The voice.
Dr. Klein: Remains silent
D-7298: So, are there any other questions? D-7298 looks back at the paper to answer the next question.
Dr. Klein: Yes. To what extent do the voices influence your daily life?
D-7298: What? Oh yeah, you mean the voices! What daily life? Never mind… Well, they are very annoying when they're asking each other questions… I can barely focus. And I get aggressive more often! You stupid turd! Can't you be quiet for once? Oh, you avoid this questions quite skillfully, little princess… Just like that… Sometimes it goes on like this the whole day…
Dr. Klein: We have noticed that the voices of the affected pose each other questions. This likely also applies to you. So, what kind of questions are we talking about?
D-7298: Lately, the questions they're asking each other became more and more disturbing! It was normal at the beginning, but by now I'm learning things I don't wanna know about! Or about things I didn't know about in the first place.
Dr. Klein: Tell me more!
D-7298: I don't want to go into details in my case, but I hear about things related to celebrities and political things than I would like. Or more about the researchers here… Sends shivers down my spine every time I think about it…
When the D-class lays the paper aside because all questions have been answered, Dr. Klein says goodbye to him and orders the guards to return the D-class to his cell.
<Interview End>
Is there anything else to say? Yes! As said before, we discovered the diary of an affected person. It can be read here. Some of the diary entries could not be found, which is why the entries are numbered irregularly from the third entry onward.
Dear diary,
today I am going insane from these FUCKING VOICES IN MY HEAD to write everything that happened to me over the last few days. Actually, it's the only option if I don't want to get crazy…
So. I wanted to tell my colleague something about that SCP which has nested within our database. And somehow… ARE THESE FRIGGING VOICES IN MY HEAD NOW somehow I couldn't stop talking. After what felt like hours a few minutes, I stopped talking and everything was back to normal. So I thought!
So I go to bed and had a dream. The dream was about two unknown persons, or god knows what, who had a conversation and were asking each other questions. I thought it was normal when I woke up. But for some reason the FUCKING VOICES incessantly followed me through the next day. And the next too. And the next. And the next. Until today. The questions are becoming increasingly perverted and disturbing the longer and the more often they ask each other. I think I'm going to loose it soon…
Dear FUCKING diary,
these fucked up voices still won't leave my head! I tried everything. Even with amnestics, they won't get out of your head. It wasn't worth it at all. Now I don't know what I did the last 5 days. Why am I even writing this diary? I think as to not get insane. But given the fact I've seen that I had already written something before, I'll save myself the trouble.
So, these voices have pondered some very disturbing things. Now I at least know how Dr. Henging's cat has passed. That sick bastard. On the other hand, we don't earn near enough to feed Henging's family. I mean, that guy has 13 siblings and his parents on his shoulders! Why does he even put up with it? Anyway, I deviate from the topic. I once tried to FUCKING DAMMIT DON'T RAZZ ME ask those voices something… They even answered me… I think this will come in handy later.
Yesyes, "come in handy". I think I'll become all dorky from those voices!
When I ask them stuff, answers come that I don't even want to get.
I asked those devils why there are always feces laying on my bed and why my blanket is always so sticky when I wake up in the morning… I hate that bitch… "I'm very neat and emphasize hygiene". Yesyes James stop breaking into my crappy room and- Why am I writing this? I mean, he will never read it anyway, so…
Tomatoes!
The solution to all our problems are TOMATOES!!!!! I asked those voices what the solution to the formula for containing [Illegible] is tomatoes! I knew it. I knew it. I knew it. I knew it. I knew it. I knew it. IT'S TOMATOES!! TOMATOES!!!
WOW!!!
Today, I broke into the enclosure of SCP-046-DE! It wanted to play tag with me. But then those stupid guards came and put me into a cell. For whatever reason, I mean I just WANTED TO PLAY!!! The voices also said that SCP-046-DE just wants to cuddle!
TODAY I MADE IT!
Today, for whatever reason, the electricity fell out AND SO I MADE IT. I got past the guards, who were busy being mauled or re-containing free SCPs, and past the cameras! I felt like an undercover agent!! Then I stopped at the D-class cells and saw a really preeettyyyyyy woman! When I asked if it was okay, the voices said "Yes" and now I'm looking forward to all the maaaaaaaanyyy children I'll have!
Dear diary!
We had a lot of fun today. Me and the voices answered questions today, all in fact! Everyone was happy and wanted to play "Catch the high-speed projectiles" with me!
Life can be so much fun! Especially because my companions Frederick and Jeremias are with us now! That's how I named the voices! They tell me such wise things when I ask them stuff. But those dumb guards always put me back in that stupid cell… After all, I'm not a doctor doctor anymore, but E-class perso- Person? PERSONAL! I'm E-class personal now! They think because they administered that shitty thingy, I'll forget what I'm doing! HA! DUMB THEY ARE! DUUUUUMB!!!
NO
MY BORING SIDE WANTS TO WIN THROUGH!!! I WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN!! FREDERICK AND JEREMIAS ALSO SAY IT'D BE BETTER IF I STAYED THIS WAY!!!
I should relax… What am I even writing here? What did I actually NO!! IT'S TAKING OVER!!! I WANT TO STAY THIS WAY!!!
Dammit…
What have I done? I literally went insane… They still follow me around. I can't remember what I've done to make everyone hate me, but according to the entries, I lost control over myself. I should make amends and lock me and those voices away for good. To ensure I'll never do anything like this again. Why am I sitting here with a diary and wear an E-class overall and am inside an isolation cell? And why can I recall everything? What has this strange site done to me?
Suffering diary.
It was hard. I submitted the request to amnestitize me again and described the situation. The request was approved… This will probably be my last entry… Those damn voices… They took everything from me… My life, my friends, my family, my income what never existed in the first place. I will forget everything now and hopefully those voices too… Also, I will give this diary to the person who amnestitizes me. Maybe they can do something with it…
Farewell.