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Article: SCP-362-DE - Loyal to the sea
Original: May be found here
Author: Lexikon_Scp Lexikon_Scp
Translator: Karpfisch Karpfisch
Item #: SCP-362-DE
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-362-DE is to be stored inside security custody container 13 in Site-DE22. The surface of SCP-362-DE is to be covered with shatterproof safety class. Approaching SCP-362-DE more than 1 meter is not permitted to personnel outside of tests. All tests involving SCP-362-DE are to be approved and supervised by Dr. Bach.
Description: SCP-362-DE is an oil painting measuring 3 meters in width and height. The frame of SCP-362-DE is ornamented with gold leaf and jewels. Furthermore, the frame shows depictions of ships, sailors, and persons being swallowed by waves. The image portrayed by SCP-362-DE changes in a 24 hour cycle, but consistently shows a ship of differing type and design and an island. Color samples could not be extracted due to SCP-362-DE's nature.
The anomalous effect occurs once an individual approaches SCP-362-DE within 50 centimeters. The subject will feel a strong urge to touch SCP-362-DE's surface. Once contact has been established, the surface of SCP-362-DE bends and encloses the body of the subject. After having been enclosed by SCP-362-DE, the subject gets drawn into and absorbed by the painting of SCP-362-DE. Subjects will have an intense emotional affection to the sea and develop a phobia of the mainland after absorption. Symptoms resulting from the absorption are episodes of anxiety, general discomfort, and panic attacks. Following absorption, subjects will find themselves in another time period and locality, depending on the depictions of SCP-362-DE. Tests revealed that every video transmission device loses contact to its recipient after absorption through SCP-362-DE.
Foundation personnel suffering from deadly, incurable illnesses are permitted to participate in tests with SCP-362-DE as voluntary subject. They are to be given information about the anomalous effects of SCP-362-DE, before being classified as subjects and authorized. This act of selflessness to support the Foundation during their tests will be honored, with the employee's family members being disbursed a monthly compensation.
| Depiction of SCP-362-DE | Subject | Sequence |
|---|---|---|
| An English carrack anchoring in front of the Isle of Man | D-8563 | The subject approaches SCP-362-DE and gets subsequently absorbed. Contact to the subject could not be established. |
| A berime travels along the west coast of the Greek island Crete. | D-6756 | The subject was equipped with a live-feed transmission camera. After absorption, contact with the camera was lost. Contact with the subject could not be re-established. |
| A Scandinavian longship in front of the German island Rügen. | D-3651 | The subject was equipped with a video recording camera and survival rations for 1 week. All contact was lost after absorption. 3 weeks following the test, a village with 26 skeletons was found during an archaeological excavation on the Rügen island. In addition, a Foundation video recording camera was recovered. The content of the recording shows a village from the 9th century being attacked by Scandinavian buccaneers. Screams can be heard in the background and the recording ends, after a part of a burning house falls on the camera's carrier. Following later analyses, one of the skeletons could be identified as D-3651. |
| The passenger ferry „Wilhelmshaven" sailing towards the German island Heligoland | Agent Lotz | The subject was equipped with a video recording camera and a GPS device. Following absorption by SCP-362-DE, contact with the subject was lost for 12 days, until the GPS device was reactivated. The signal was located 2 km off the coast of Heligoland. MTF-██ was thereupon dispatched to determine the signal's origin. The subject could be recovered unharmed with the equipment. The recorded video shows that the subject immediately swam in water after absorption. |
Remark: After the fourth test with SCP-362-DE, Dr. Bach established the theory that individuals absorbed by SCP-362-DE are transferred depending on the depiction of the respective time period and locality. All test subjects will now be provided with a combat knife, a 1-week ration, a GPS device, and a hidden recording camera, from now on. As of today, islands located in or near the German Foundation's zone of influence are systematically searched for to make localizations and recoveries easier.
| Depiction of SCP-362-DE | Subject | Sequence |
|---|---|---|
| A Dutch bilander in front of the Dutch island Terschelling | Agent Rauer | The subject was ordered to make video recordings of the events, then seal the GPS device in an airtight container and bury it at the coordinates [REDACTED]. The container could be recovered at the coordinates given. The recordings show the subject being present in water after absorption and pulled out of the water by a ship. After 3 days, the subject reported that it is on a pirate ship and joined the crew. It is further reported to feel great affection towards seafaring and feels unease outside of the boat. 9 months after the subject was absorbed by SCP-362-DE, the former buried the camera and the GPS device at the specified coordinates, as instructed. Gold coins worth € 10,000 were also recovered. No further communication with the subject occurred hereafter. |
| The "██████" fishcutter in front of the Danish island Zealand. The haven of Copenhagen can be seen in the background. | Agent Rüger | Agent Rüger was assigned to SCP-362-DE testing as a disciplinary measure for his culpability in the breach of SCP-███-DE and the death of 8 staff members. Due to the fact that the ship depicted by SCP-362-DE was identified as the "██████", the date was estimated to be between 1962 (the "██████'s" year of construction) to 1983 (the year of fragmentation). The subject was ordered to stay in Copenhagen and transmit his position on the "██/██/1998, using a provided transmitter. The subject was subsequently localized and questioned (See Addendum-2). |
| A hooker of late-medieval design in front of the German island Wangerooge | Agent Jörgers | The subject was outfitted and was instructed to burry both the video recording camera as well as the GPS device in an airtight container at the instructed location. Following the subject's absorption, could not be recovered at the ordered location. On the ██/██/2001, during construction work on a building in Hamburg, old house ruins were exposed, later analyzed to be from the late 14th century. In its inside, the container given to the subject was discovered. Shortly after the discovery, the property was purchased by the Foundation, whereafter all involved civilians were amnestitized. The container's content could be recovered inside the house ruin. It contained an extensive description by the subject about ██████ (See Addendum-3). |
Interrogation Begin
Dr. Bach: How are you today, Rüger?
Agent Rüger: A bit uneasy to work for the Foundation again after 17 years.
Dr. Bach: 17 years? So must have been stranded in the 80s.
Agent Rüger: At the ██/██/1981, to be precise. The fishermen who pulled me out of the water were baffled by why I swam so far away from port in the first place. I was able to convince them that I had fallen from a boat and drifted out.
Dr. Bach: I would like to have the fishermen's names noted at the end of our talk to conduct research, if necessary.
Agent Rüger: Of course. By the way, how is my transfer to the Foundation's North Sea fleet going?
Dr. Bach: It is still being reviewed. Why do you want to be transferred to the North Sea fleet in the first place? According to your file, you get seasick easily.
Agent Rüger: That's already years ago. Since I stepped through SCP-362-DE, I almost always lived near the ocean and on the sea. I've felt uneasy since then to not see, hear, or smell the sea.
Dr. Bach: How does it feel to have no contact to the sea?
Agent Rüger: Anxious episodes, nightmares, and the intense desire to be near the sea once again. Me and my family traveled to Ringsted in the midst of Denmark for a single and the last time. The dreams of waves swallowing me and the abundance of the wave's sound have almost driven me mad. I haven't left Copenhagen since then.
Dr. Bach: Does this mean you feel this way right now, too?
Agent Rüger: Not as worse as back then, but I would like to be transferred. I have never been away from the sea for such a long time.
Dr. Bach: But Site-DE16 isn't so far away from the Baltic Sea.
Agent Rüger: I have worked on the fishing cutter in those 17 years and was casting for fish most of the day. It was balanced well enough that I felt uneasy once again.
Dr. Bach: Ok, I see. Well, then we're done here for today. I will address the transfer with site lead.
Agent Rüger: Thank you very much. Have a nice day.
Dr. Bach: You too.
Interrogation End
Agent Rüger has been subsequently re-integrated into Foundation personnel and assigned to the North Sea fleet of the German Foundation.
Remark: SCP-362-DE seems to give absorbed subjects a strong reluctance to dry land and simultaneously an attraction to the ocean. This anxiety can lead to severe panic attacks and discomfort. Subjects affected by this SCP-362-DE-induced affection will often be inclined to seafaring to get closer to the sea. The interrogation could therefore prove my theory in relation to the tests on how SCP-362-DE changes absorbed subjects. -Dr. Bach
Access to this file is limited to level 3/362-DE.
Any unauthorized personnel accessing this file will sanctioned.
The document found by subject "Agent Jörgers" describes the events it experienced after its absorption by SCP-362-DE. Water could enter the container through damages, causing some records by the subject to be destroyed or difficult to decipher.
The following is a collection of reconstructed pages found by the subject:
[No date given]
Approximately 3 weeks have past since I entered the painting. I keep this journal now, instead of continuing to rely on the camera. The latter is slowly going belly up, seems as if the solar loading function has been damaged. I hope my attempts aren't in vain and someone eventually finds this book.
May 19, 1398
Today, I found a small village. I was told it was May 19, 1398, which is why I'll try to count the date. The professor told me pre-test that I should attempt to wander inland. So I will hit the road tomorrow.
May 23, 1398
I can't go on. I can't take another step inland. It hurts, not in the body but head. Since this morning, I'm having a migraine, which is getting more painful with every step I take away from the sea. I'm scared of going further. I'm scared of what is going to happen when I distance myself from the sea's safety and proceed further into the unknown land. I am sorry, but I can't go on. I'm turning back, to the sea.
August 9, 1398
I was granted a chance. For the last few weeks when I've been out fishing with the residents, I've just about been able to make a living. Some said I should conduct inland trade with the fish, but that's out of the question.
A man visited the village and asked for sailors to undertake longer journeys. I agreed, as the payment is said to be pretty nice.
August 16, 1398
I can't believe it. This is piracy! I met 9 other persons in ██████, where a man introduced himself as Magnus. He explained that we are all here to serve under the great Störtebecker. Anyone dare enough to lead a life of danger and robbery should follow him and be rewarded richly in return. I have time until tomorrow to decide.
August 19, 1398
We're now heading out to sea. I do not know if it was the right decision, but I have to survive somehow and be close to the sea at the same time. I can see the captain from my post. Although many horror stories surround him in the village and they call him a barbarian, I must admit that he appears like a normal man from up close.
February 5, 1399
After you have settled in a little, being pirate isn't that bad. Most just surrender right after boarding anyway, and the few who do not overestimate their abilities in combat. Unfortunately, the sea's illnesses torment us a lot. We had to inter three more comrades. We'll probably search for more members at the next port.
February 16, 1399
I could have never imagined I would manage to survive in the past, but here I am. Either way, I can sleep peacefully knowing my wife and children are well provided for in the 20th century. Marta, in case you may ever read this, be sure that I will always think of you when gazing upon the starry skies at night. I'm sorry I went away, but I didn't want to be a burden with my illness. And even if I don't live much longer here in the 14th century, I will try to survive as long as possible! Tell Peter I love him and I also love you, my darling.
April 2, 1399
What a huge success! We plundered 3 merchant ships this week! You can already see the haven from here. As soon as we arrived, there shall be a banquet in the pub.
April 3, 1399
It's kind of funny. My mates call me „junior captain", given that I, like him, don't leave the ship very often. They say he would be on land even rarer and fool around that I'm a misbegotten child of Störtebecker. I dismissed it as wolly thoughts by some drunk buccaneers. But I might look in this matter nevertheless. Just to be sure.
July 7, 1399
I asked him today. As Störtebecker was sitting in and drunk beer his cabin at night, I asked him why he rarely goes ashore. He answered: "The sea is the only safe place for me. On land lurks only the unknown darkness of distance." This diction immediately sounded familiar to me. I then asked him if he has also stepped through the painting, to which he replied with a visage filled with fright and amazement. It was true, he was also a test subject by the Foundation. We talked a lot about our lives, friends, family, the Foundation, and why we were here. Apparently, he is a D-class personal named ██████. Before he became a member of D-class, he robbed a jeweler and killed 2 cops during escape. After he was caught, he got recruited as D-class at the Foundation. A result was not what I expected, but at least it sounds like the truth. I'll go to sleep for now, I'm worn out enough after this conversation.
September 28, 1399
Is this the end? After all this time, I now perish on a leg injury? Stabbed in the leg by an enemy sailor whippersnapper; you really don't want to leave like that. The fight was tough, but I could give everything at least. But I can't die now. I made a promise to my wife! This won't be my ending.
October 2, 1399
I'll probably leave the ship. My leg had to be amputated. I cannot fight or properly work on the ship in this condition. I will be disembarked near Hamburg. Dangerous territory, but I'm given a nice load of money at least. Maybe I can still do something without loosing my sanity on land.
February 19, 1400
The book's running out of space, which is why I won't contribute much more. I acquired a house in Hamburg now and work as a fisher again. Trade is running well and I can stay here without problems, without being too far away from the sea. For a few days, I live further upstream to catch fish for several days at a stretch, afterwards I drive home again. But now I notice how cancer catches up. I feel weaker by the month. This could become my last entry. I deposit the book under my house with the container, hoping it's being found some day.
The D-class personal mentioned by the subject could be identified as D-3618 after the page's restoration and was added to the SCP-362-DE test. To prevent time paradoxes, information may not be disclosed to D-3618. With the exception of level 3/362-DE personnel, contact with D-3618 is forbidden and will be punished accordingly.