SCP International

Audio Log - Last Words of Previous Observer
Site-19, 10/02/2021

<Begin Log>

O5-1: How ​​is he doing?

Medic: It's about time...He can still talk, but he won't make it through the day...I'm sorry, sir, (sobs) We've tried our best...

O5-1: Don't be sorry, Sibyl, we all knew this would come, and no one will blame you. (pause) He can still talk, right?

Medic: Um... he can, do you need to see him alone?

O5-1: Yes, Sibyl, thank you, you can go back first, I'll be fine here.

Medic: Yes, sir...

Sound of electric door opening and closing.

O5-1: Can you see me?

(Silence.)

Observer: (heavy breathing) I can... child... just the same... just like when you were born.

O5-1: (laughing) My mom said I gave her a hard time when I was born.

Observer: Yes, I saw you. I watched you being born... watching you grow... watching you love, hate, step by step, to where you are today, at this moment... just like everyone else, just like all life, just like all... all...

(Coughing.)

O5-1: I'm sorry... we screwed up, all of us screwed up, it didn't have to be like this. This is all our fault, my fault...

Observer: (interruption) Don't apologize, don't... say such things.

(Silence.)

O5-1: Can you still see now? What do you see?

Observer: I... I see a fish swimming in the ocean. It... its body is blue, its red fins are like fans... it slowly exhales a bubble... I see a magnet the size of a finger trembling... I see St. Peter's Basilica under the clear blue sky... I see a citrus tree bearing fruit, the green fruit slowly ripening... I see thirty-four grams of gold melting... I see a spider in the Amazon rainforest spinning its web... I see roses, roses are roses, are roses... are roses...

(Coughs.)

O5-1: No... no more.

Observer: Don't worry about me, child... I will do my duty until my last moment.

O5-1: I never doubted it. It's just that we have to deal with this, after you—and we don't have time.

Observer: I believe you can do it.

O5-1: But we are too slow. We need more time.

Observer: Not right away. The world will not forget me so quickly.

O5-1: Less than two years… I am afraid we will be too late.

Observer: Are you abandoning your faith, Aaron?

O5-1: Maybe. I have been in this position for a long time… This is the worst I have ever expected.

Observer: But you can always handle it. Always have faith in your men, Aaron… They need you, the decisive you… You will find a way to replace me, and the world will continue… The world will continue to be beautiful.

O5-1: Do you really think so?

Observer: Child, I have never made a mistake.

O5-1: What if I did?

(Silence.)

Observer: The world would have ended long ago, child, not until now.

<End Log>

Meeting Record - Emergency O5 Command Meeting
Site-19, 10/02/2021

<Begin Log>

O5-1: Good morning everyone. I believe you have received the news that the Observer passed away three hours ago. Relevant instructions have been issued to all branches. All non-emergency work is suspended and all MTFs are on standby. I don't think I need to emphasize that we don't have much time. We need to deal with a ZK-Class Reality Failure Scenario caused by the death of the Observer. At this meeting today, we will immediately decide on the next step…

O5-2: (interrupts) Before that, Aaron, please let me clarify one thing.

O5-1: ...Of course, Sophia, what is it?

O5-2: I would like to resign from the O5 position, effective immediately.

O5-1: What?

O5-2: I think it's obvious, isn't it? I take full responsibility for what has happened. It was me and the Strategic Theology Department that I led that made this unforgivable mistake. It was us... no, it was me, who broke down the door to the Temple and brought the Observer down from his throne. It was me who ignored the warning to "Thou shalt not put the Lord thy God to the test," and on me shall be the blood that is to be shed. This is it, Aaron. I am unworthy of the position of O5 any longer, and I... I must leave, while I still can.

(Silence.)

O5-1: He never blamed you.

O5-2: He?

O5-1: He never blamed you, Observer. Even without you, this would still have happened, just a hundred years later at most, and he told us so long ago.

O5-2: But we could have had more time to prepare...

O5-1: (interrupts) We always need more time. We always work well under tight conditions, and I don't think this will be an exception. Sophia... I don't want to hear you talk about resigning again. We need you now more than ever. We can't make it through this without you continuing to use your talents in your position.

O5-9: He's right, Sophia, we need you.

O5-5: Oh, it's not the first time we've screwed up. It's nothing, Sophia, stay strong.

(Silence.)

O5-1: If there is nothing else, let's resume normal procedures. (pause) Omar, have we observed any "loss of focus" events?

O5-12: Yes, unfortunately, there are four suspected. The first was in Antarctica, at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, where a researcher discovered that his coffee had turned into oil. The second was in Brasilia, where a kid just walked out of a mall onto the street, and his newly bought soccer ball turned into a barred owl in front of everyone. The third - and this one resulted in casualties - a 14-year-old girl in Omaha had her dental braces turn into nitroglycerin, which immediately exploded, and she was not recovered. The fourth was just before a meeting, when the dial of my Rolex watch turned into expired blueberry-flavored jelly. There may be more, but they happened in remote areas and cannot be found for the time being.

O5-1: Can we confirm that they are indeed "out of focus" events, and not caused by other anomalies?

O5-12: I can't say for sure yet, but my instinct tells me that they are.

O5-1: Trust your instinct. Where are these objects now?

O5-12: They are being moved. I asked Red Right Hand to retrieve them as soon as possible. I will move them all to Provisional-Area-3706. Donna suggested it.

O5-9: It's in the middle of the Sahara Desert, nowhere in the world, and we'll use the best adaptive containment chambers, the largest. But if it's really a "defocus" event, it won't contain them for long. No one knows if one of them will suddenly turn into a black hole of equal mass or something.

O5-1: It won't turn into a black hole. The observer said it was out of range.

O5-9: You know what I mean. There are enough things in range to end the game right away.

O5-1: I know. Thanks, Omar, Donna. (pause) How's the veil now, Sam?

O5-11: No problem yet. Those four incidents were just a piece of cake, just a little cover story and some fogging to get by. (pause) I know what you're thinking, Aaron, what you have to worry about is what happens next. According to the predictions given to us by the Observer before his death, with the resources we have now, we can only keep it a secret for one to two years, at most two and a half years, that's it.

O5-1: I don't intend to keep it that long, the risk is too great, and it's a waste of resources. I propose to declare "The Veil Broken" immediately, does anyone have any objections?

(Silence)

O5-13: Have we finally come to this point, haha.

O5-7: This has always been a possibility, as we saw clearly more than a decade ago.

O5-6: That's right. Fortunately, we are not empty-handed and unprepared.

O5-2: There will be resistance… There will be people who don't want us to take over like this.

O5-6: What's the saying? "It's not a dinner party", no, it seems different in this context… Never mind, it's not important. We have enough military power to ensure that there will be no problems.

O5-1: Looks like everyone is on the same page. Jean, you know what to do.

O5-4: Got it. I'll call the UN when this meeting is over.

O5-1: Don't rush it, but don't let them dwell on it for too long, lest they think they can handle it.

O5-4: Got it.

O5-1: Next item, then. (pause) We need to conserve our resources, and delay or even eliminate their "defocus" as much as possible. We need to prioritize. Diane, what do you think?

O5-10: You're asking a question you already know the answer to, Aaron.

O5-1: I need your confirmation.

(Silence.)

O5-10: SCP-2000. This is top priority. If it's "defocused," nothing we can do will help.

O5-8: I thought you were going to say us.

O5-10: You know it all, Leeman. Our bodies don't matter. If it's gone, even if we solve the observer problem, we alone won't be able to restore normalcy. Besides, Yellowstone can always produce a batch of us if needed, and this wouldn't be the first time.

O5-8: Okay, okay, stop it, Diane, the thought still keeps me up at night sometimes.

O5-10: Shh. (pause) The only problem is, fast, the faster the better.

O5-1: Just as I thought, thanks, Diane. Kid? How's your side? How's the progress on the replacement observer?

O5-3: The answer to that question is the same as I gave you last week: artificial intelligence. There's no other way.

O5-1: Has human body modification been confirmed to not work?

O5-3: It was confirmed two weeks ago that it wouldn't work, and there's a lot of experimental data. No body can withstand this level of thought intensity, and that's not even considering eating, drinking, defecating, and urinating. Homo sapiens is not developing in this direction. It's no easier to turn a living human into an observer than to build an AI that meets the requirements. It may even be harder.

O5-5: Then why was our lovely former observer fine?

O5-3: Stupid? He's not human.

O5-1: Got it, Kid, just do what you want. The first goal is to stabilize SCP-2000, and we should prioritize development in that direction. It's a non-living thing, and developing an observer AI for it should have fewer restrictions. But we still have to deal with observing everything, including ourselves. (pause) We have to make a new observer, it's up to you, Kid.

O5-3: Oof.

O5-1: That's all I have to say, does anyone have anything to add? (pause) Okay. I know this is a difficult time, and it's just the beginning. As Sam said, we can only withstand "out of focus" for two years at most. While the Observer Effect has not completely dissipated, we must seize these two years and not waste a single minute. I need everyone to be at their best. Do what needs to be done, and I wish you all good luck. Meeting adjourned.

<End of Log>

Type: Human Settlement Broadcast
HS-EU-01, 04/03/2021

[Electronic Synthetic Music]

Attention residents of the settlement. If you find that any object around you has transformed into another object, please immediately call on people around you to stay away from the object and immediately inform Foundation security personnel of the matter. Objects that experience a "loss of focus" event may be harmful. For the safety of you and your family, please inform security personnel of any findings in a timely manner. Thank you for your cooperation.

[Electronic Synthesized Music]

Type: Communication Record
HS-CN-03, 13/04/2021

Man A: Just received a "loss of focus" report. A man said that 10 kilograms of rice he stored at home turned into air and disappeared.

Man B: How ​​many kilograms?

Man A: Ten kilograms.

Man B: It's unlikely… No "defocus" that has been recorded so far has exceeded two kilograms. Is there any evidence?

Man A: No, he lives alone. He's making a lot of noise here now.

Man B: I think it's likely that he's trying to cheat for supplies.

Man A: I think so too, there are similar things happening in other settlements. We told him that the Foundation will not compensate for any losses caused by "defocus", whether there is evidence or not. It seems that this will soon become a new measure broadcast globally.

Man B: So you still can't trust human nature…

Man A: Don't think so. The situation is really bad now, you can't blame people for having a sense of self-preservation.

Man B: But you will still report it, right?

Man A: Of course, just in case.

Type: Text fragment
HS-US-01, 17/06/2021

Today my Switch turned into a gold necklace in my hand, in the blink of an eye. After thinking about it, I reported it. They took the gold chain. I asked them if they could give me a Switch back, but they said I had no proof that it was a Switch before, and even if they could, they wouldn't give me a replacement. Damn it, the whole week of Pokémon protein was incubated.

It's been almost four months, and it feels like yesterday. I still remember that day. Suddenly, all social media stopped. The Internet and TV were all filled with that big logo, three arrows inserted into a circle. The group of people who called themselves the Foundation suddenly became the Big Brother of the world, and everyone who tried to resist was wiped out. I heard that it was so clean that it was as if they had never appeared in history. There are so many conspiracy theories, saying that they were the ones who caused the "loss of focus", saying that they are the Freemasons, or the Communists, or the Great Magicians, and their goal is to destroy the United Nations and all political systems and take control of the order of the earth.

Although to be honest, life in the settlement is not that bad, the food is okay, and there is some entertainment occasionally, but you can't go online and there is a curfew at night. But anyway, my Switch is gone, and my gold chain is gone. What a shitty day.

Type: Research Memo
Site-RU-17, 24/10/2021

It is believed that the subject was originally a notebook, and when it arrived at the lab it was a bathroom duck approximately 6cm in length. It has experienced a total of six "out of focus" events, with the interval between each event ranging from four hours to eighteen days. They are:

• A Hong Kong Octopus card with HK53ドル.8 in value
• A hand cream from The Body Shop, about half used
• A cube with a side length of 8.2cm, the surface of which is about 5mm thick purple plastic with 3D-printed patterns, hollow
• About 240ml of guava juice, in a metal container
• A skeleton of an American badger (Taxidea taxus)
• A Spanish version of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", only the first 12 pages

As before, no connection was found between the things before and after the "out of focus" event.

Type: Internal message of the Foundation site
Site-19, 14/02/2022

My ukulele turned into a PPSh-41 submachine gun. A very well-maintained PPSh-41 submachine gun, almost like a new one. But it's not a ukulele. No matter how good the "Bobosha" is, it can't replace my ukulele. Oh shit, it's now a coconut cupcake! The ukulele is gone! Even the submachine gun is gone!

I have to find Konny. I can't live like this.

Research Memo - Observer Classifier
Dr. Kacper Darlin, 20/03/2021

The basic research direction has been determined: the main body of the artificial intelligence observer will be a classifier. It makes sense, after all, this is the responsibility of the observer: his observation understands the category of the observed object, thereby stabilizing the existence of the observed object. In terms of specific hard conditions, according to the information provided by O5-3, the previous observer gave four:

1. The observer must be able to understand the observed object.
2. The observer must be able to achieve complete semantic classification.
3. The observer must spend no more than 42ms to classify.
4. The candidate observer must ascend to the throne in no less than 33 minutes.

The third is a hard time requirement, which is easy to understand. After the current observer effect completely dissipates, the object without the observer can be 100% stable for 42ms, and then there will be a probability that it will transform into something else due to "loss of focus". We can optimize it after we get the design done, and at worst the hardware will be hard-coded, so there is no need to worry about it now. The fourth item is not within our authority, that is the responsibility of O5-2, we just need to hand in the machine, and the higher-ups will return the observer who has ascended the "throne" to us. Our primary goal now is to figure out the first two items.

Regarding the first point, "understanding", we have not yet established specific parameters. This seems to require the classifier to have "consciousness", a true "artificial intelligence". This is very difficult to do, as our research on human consciousness is difficult. As for the "complete semantics" mentioned in the second point, O5-3 unlocked the SCP-1539 permissions for our research team. It seems to be related to "description of things", but there is too much confusing information, and it is a cognitive hazard. We are still trying to understand it. According to the previous observer, this seems to be a very emotional thing, and he has no way to give a better explanation. This has become instinct for him, and instinct is difficult to explain.

In short, we still have to continue researching, and transform this kind of emotional understanding that is difficult to describe in words into rational design. I hope there is enough time.

Research Memo - Recent Research Findings
Dr. Kacper Darlin, 05/09/2021

There is one direction that is absolutely not acceptable: a classifier that cannot give any other classification. We tried to make a machine that would classify everything it saw as "apple", and only let it see apples. The probability of them "losing focus" did not change at all (one of them turned into an Akita dog and became my pet for two weeks). In the end, we found that the classifier model needs to have a certain degree of complexity, it must not be a simple few layers, and it must be able to output more than one label. If we think in this direction, it means that as long as the output of the classifier is obtained after a series of analysis and reasoning, it is considered to be "understanding" the observed object.

We have also deepened our understanding of "semantics". We successfully prepared a prototype machine that can output the label "apple" in accordance with the requirements. It can indeed stabilize "apple", but it does not stabilize a specific apple, but everything that can be related to "apple". We can let it observe an apple, but this apple will still be "out of focus", but it will become various things related to the concept of "apple", most of the time it is another apple, bigger, smaller, green, with wormholes, half-eaten, and sometimes it is something else, such as an oil painting with an apple, apple juice, or apple-red cardboard.

If the same prototype is used to observe a snow pear, its probability of "out of focus" will not change. But if it is "lucky" to become an apple, then its subsequent performance will be the same as the original apple. Based on these words, we can draw the following conclusion: wrong and incomplete semantic classification will lead to the occurrence of "out of focus" events. Wrong classification is no different from no classification, and incomplete classification will affect the probability of transformation to a certain extent. But in any case, our goal is still the "complete semantic classification" mentioned by the previous observer. The example of apple is unacceptable.

Moreover, the result that the "out-of-focus" pears look like apples is consistent with the original apples further confirms our understanding that "out-of-focus" is not a change in the appearance of the object, but a change in its essence. What has changed has changed, and the past can never be restored.

Research Memo - OBSR-1 Observer Prototype
Dr. Kacper Darlin, 01/10/2021

The results of the OBSR-1 prototype are out, and they are not satisfactory, but now is not the time to be picky. The input of the classifier is now 480p, the network has 847 layers, and there are 102 layers of convolution. It has been a long time for us to solve the problem of error back propagation. As for the "complete semantics", our temporary approach is to make the output labels as detailed as possible. To use the example of the apple I mentioned earlier, it has to be "an apple with a mass of so-and-so, an average RGB value of the surface color of blah blah, and a 3cm Foundation logo drawn with a Paint Pen, and blah blah". But I believe there is room for optimization. Now we write the labels ourselves, and the longest one seems to be 80KB, which is barely enough for now, but it is definitely not a long-term solution. I have already divided a group to study GAN of semantic labels, and I will see what they do.

Of course, there are still many problems to be solved. To ensure accuracy, the classifier cannot support too many labels, and it is best to have only two: A and non-A. This means that we cannot stabilize active things at the moment. Once they move, the results given by the classifier may be wrong. Once they are wrong, there is a probability of "losing focus". OBSR-1 can only stabilize dead objects, and they are completely inactive dead objects. But we have to do it. A few days ago, one of SCP-2000's SRAs "lost focus" and turned into a large group of plastic pink flamingos. I heard this is the largest "loss of focus" ever recorded. O5 is concerned that the previous observer effect will dissipate faster than expected, and we can't delay any longer.

We have already started preparing the training set for stabilizing SCP-2000. Almost all of it has to be typed by hand, which reminds me of my first PhD, which happened yesterday. Everyone is working overtime, but no one is complaining. Also, now is the apocalypse, even if we don't work overtime, where can we go?

RESEARCH MEMO - OBSR-1 OBSERVER YELLOWSTONE ARRAY
Dr. Kacper Darlin, 20/11/2021

We did it. The Yellowstone Array, 3,500 OBSR-1s, watching every corner of SCP-2000. We stabilized Yellowstone, the first step to success.

Unfortunately, we had to put it into hibernation. Only able to stabilize inanimate objects. No one is allowed to set foot in Yellowstone again until the stabilization issue is resolved, O5 orders. In a limited time, we used BZHR to clone 50 batches of Foundation employees in preparation for possible future needs. They are now dormant in the newly built basement of Site-19, and the OBSR-1 array responsible for them is already being prepared. Humans in hibernation are not actually dead objects, but OBSR-1 can still play a role to some extent, and it is better to have it than not. But yesterday, the oxygen storage liquid in a hibernation machine "lost focus" and turned into corn paste. The staff spent nearly three hours digging in the pipe…

There are still many things to do, such as preparing arrays for stabilizing sites and settlements, and investing in the research and development of OBSR-2. GAN is still behind schedule… There is no time to rest.

Type: Human Settlement Broadcast
HS-CN-03, 18/05/2023

[Electronic Synthetic Music]

Attention residents in the settlement, please make sure your weight is over 80 kilograms. If necessary, you can go to the medical center in the settlement. After confirmation, you can apply for special high-fat and high-carb supplements from Foundation personnel. Too low weight will increase the probability of "out of focus" events. For the safety of you and your family, please cooperate actively. Thank you for your cooperation.

[Electronic synthesized music]

Type: Text fragment
Site-19, 02/09/2023

It "lost focus"… We don't know what it became. Judging from the mixture after the reaction with hydrochloric acid, we speculate that it is something like metal.

Different people have different opinions on this. Some people think it has finally died, some people think that "losing focus" cannot be called death, and some people think that it planned it by itself and it escaped.

Reports of abnormal "losing focus" are received every day. Most of the time, it can be regarded as a kind of "neutralization". It has never been tried that "losing focus" becomes another anomaly. Most of the responsible employees are happy because there is one less thing to worry about. But this time… This time is different. Any idea is good, I know that everyone feels bad. How to say it? When the thing that you thought would never die "dies", you will always feel… something is wrong with this world.

And this is a very large "losing focus"… It will come to us, sooner or later.

TYPE: HUMAN SETTLEMENT RECORDING
HS-BR-02, 30/11/2023

MAN A: Where's my baby?

MAN B: Please calm down, sir.

(Sounds of glass being smashed.)

MAN A: I'm very calm! Am I not calm enough? Where's my baby?

MAN B: We told you, your baby is born "out of focus". This is what it becomes, if you will…

(Sounds of objects being knocked over, accompanied by several people shouting.)

MAN A: (shouting) Who the hell would believe that! You guys…you guys just go in there for a little while and then come out and tell me that this messed up mess is my baby? Is that how you do doctors? Huh? You bastards… sons of bitches… give me my baby back!

MAN B: Oh my God! Security!

(Shouting, followed by the sound of beatings.)

Man A: (Sobbing) You guys… You guys are a bunch of bastards… My child… My… My…

Woman: Oh my god! Look!

Man B: That's… That's a lamb?

Man A: That's… My child, that's my child!

(The sound of an object being overturned, followed by a period of silence.)

Man B: Sir, this is the second "out of focus", we must report it…

Man A: Shh… Don't talk, you're disturbing my child… I want to see my wife, can I? I want to show her our child, what a pure child, my child.

Type: Communication Record
HS-EU-01, 18/08/2024

Woman: Mark! Great, we're finally connected! The signal here is so bad, what happened to Settlement No. 2?

Man: Forget it, Lisa, one of the guys was "out of focus" while fixing the generator and turned into some corrosive liquid that blew up the power plant. A few OBSRs lost their backup power, and then four houses lost focus, one of which was almost as much water as the other, which washed out half the camp, and then a few more OBSRs lost their stability… chain reaction. Long story short, we barely made it out.

Woman: Jesus…

Man: Stop praying… We have two truckloads of survivors here, portable OBSRs… fuck me!

Woman: Mark? Mark!

Man: Hoo… hoo… It's okay, a buffalo just rushed out, it… it's now a green phone booth. Anyway, our OBSRs are running low. We'll be there in about 20 minutes, so get your OBSRs ready, I'll call you at the gate.

Woman: Got it. Have a safe trip, Mark.

Man: You too, Lisa.

Type: Text Fragment
HS-RU-02, 23/09/2024

I thought this was a trial. I thought there was some logic to all this. I was wrong. There is no logic to it all. People die every day, and their endings are all random farces. A kind nun may become a two-headed masturbation cup, and a despicable criminal may become a gilded saint. I used to think of myself as a devout believer, but when I think of the filth I may become, I really can't believe that this is the will of my Lord.

I can't trust the bed I sleep in, I can't trust the wine I drink, I can't trust the bread I eat.

I am already in hell. Hell is a place where my Lord no longer looks.

Research Memo - OBSR-1β Artificial Observation and Training Site
Dr. Jesse Fang, 28/07/2024

The artificial observation and training site is located in Area-303. There are currently 1,500 OBSR consoles, and we expect to increase this to 5,000 within three months. The early test results are not good, with stability improvement of only 37.2%, but we can't give any other solutions. The development of OBSR-2 requires a massive data set, and this is only the development stage. When it comes to the formal training stage, the amount it requires will definitely increase by several orders of magnitude. There are only eight human settlements left, and the global population is less than 200,000. We urgently need to find a way to bridge the gap from OBSR-1 to OBSR-2.

This is the solution given by Dr. Darlin. In the final analysis, what we need is an "artificial intelligence", and the most intelligent thing on this planet is us humans. The human body cannot bear the intensity of the observer's thinking, but we can transfer the difficult part to OBSR-1 and use human intelligence to give it the final improvement. It is not as simple as it sounds. Difficulty is only relative. The work assigned to people will still bring an extremely heavy burden to the mind. They will sit in front of the operating table, fix the nutrient delivery fluid, wear the electrode cap that stimulates and enhances brain waves, and then start working, twenty hours a day, and rest with anesthetics for the remaining four hours. They have to work until they "lose focus" or we solve everything before that. I sincerely hope it is the latter, but the actual experimental data tells me that this is wishful thinking.

OBSR-1β is a very basic improvement of OBSR-1. We added an additional module at the end of the model. The core part is an RNN, which can accept additional inputs, expand the input into a sequence combined with old records, and use this to continuously adjust the parameters of the entire model. RNN is used because no matter how fast a person's processing speed is, it is impossible to reach 42ms, but we can use algorithms to expand and supplement it, just like predicting the following text based on a word. The console is equipped with a manual labeler and a series of trained GANs. Each person is responsible for 50-100 OBSR-1βs, expanding, processing and labeling their raw data, and then sending them back. In this way, OBSR-1β can modify its parameters to a certain extent based on the actual situation observed, stabilizing the moving objects, rather than giving fixed labels. At the same time, the data generated in this process is also good training material, and we will compile it as a data set for R&D. But I have written that the results are not good at all.

We have already invested in the first batch of backup employees. People from all departments must participate, regardless of rank. All employees are very cooperative, and the amnestics prepared in advance are unnecessary. They know why we serve and remember the oath we have memorized on our first day of work. I am exempt because I am in the development team, but to be honest, it makes me feel guilty. I have seen them. The moment the training ground started, they trembled, as if someone threw a nearly suffocated fish into a pond, and the console glowed blue. I went back a few days later and — I've never seen so much bloodshot in the whites of someone's eyes — I'm sorry, I shouldn't have written that in a research memo.

I'm so tired, sorry, there's so much to do.

Research Memo - In Memory of
Dr. Jesse Fang, TIMESTAMP MISSING

Kacper is gone. The last of him. He is now a two-meter-tall cluster of copper sulfate crystals. I took it upon myself to place it at the front of the training grounds, on a cylindrical marble block, covered in glass, with an OBSR-1. No one objected. He's given so much. I can't even remember what he was like before he got involved in all this. I sometimes wonder what Kacper is like now. I always think of dragonflies. Kacper used to like dragonflies. But even if he did, it wouldn't be for long.

O5-2 came. I lost my temper. I grabbed her and asked her a lot of things. She didn't blame me. She told me everything, didn't hide anything. There are only six O5 left. There are two more in the human settlement. I'm not the Jesse Fang from the beginning, I'm the sixteenth.

There are out of focus in the training grounds every day. There were eight the day before yesterday, six yesterday, and twelve today. We still have nine backup staff left.

I don't want to write about this.

Research Memo - OBSR-2
Dr. Jesse Fang, TIMESTAMP MISSING

OBSR-2 is done, — its model is — no need to explain, just read the documentation. Accuracy is good, but not enough. Its observer effect can stabilize moving objects, but they can only have fixed behavior patterns. Go wrong if you cross the line. No need to worry about the machine losing focus anymore, it works well in stabilizing the machine. It can also protect us, as long as we treat ourselves as robots and only do things described by the parameters, research can continue. Jacob had a breakthrough last night, yelled "Eureka", out of parameters behavior, he lost focus. Security stabilized him with an OBSR-1, the thing that used to be his, and swept him into a shoe box. I don't know where they're taking him.

There are no human settlements anymore. The training ground is closed. If OBSR-2 could be completed a little earlier, we might have twice as many people as before. But it doesn't really matter, whether it's fast or slow.

Only the last batch of backup staff is left. There may be survivors out there, people with extremely good luck, but it doesn't matter. The outside world has nothing to do with us.

We just need to complete OBSR-3. That's all we can do now.

Type: Human Settlement Broadcast
HS-US-02, TIMESTAMP MISSING

[Electronic Synthetic Music]

Attention, surviving humans, if you can hear this message, please immediately follow the Foundation sign on the wall and go to the nearest shelter. There you will find a pre-trained OBSR-2 stabilizer, and we will arrange (pause) zero (pause) medical personnel to serve you. Please stay safe, we need your presence, and thank you for your cooperation. Secure, contain, and protect. This message will continue to repeat…

[electronic synthesized music]

Surviving humans please take note… [repeated content omitted]

Type: Research Memo
Site-DE-21, TIMESTAMP MISSING

Diesel generator, African lion, full drum set, statue of Aphrodite, bus, stalactite, one of three camels, green slime, astronomical clock, ebony coffin, passion fruit tree, carved classical mirror, projector playing The Revenant, searchlight, rusty cannon, red liquid, tombstone, Aureliano Street sign, oxygen.

Fountain, abstract painting, park bench, one of a large group of earthworms, Japanese fountain pen, melted pink candy, nail clippers, ladybug, can of cat food dated tomorrow, black headphones, sports headband, leech, colorless slime, unidentified explosion.

Researcher, cardboard box, large LED screen, costume doll, Komodo dragon, one of six pairs of jeans to choose from, PS5 controller, folding desk lamp, 42-inch LCD TV, shrub, two pieces of wood nailed into a cross, Half-Life 3 is fucked and I want to play it, book without a cover, podium, cute cat, half of a corpse with half of its face rotted away, irregular obsidian, compressed hydrogen, a bunch of roses, an SRA.

Type: Video Log
Site-104, TIMESTAMP MISSING

(The video appears to be from a head-mounted camera. The person filming can be seen running through the site and coming to the site's gate. A person stands in the middle of the gate with his back to the camera. The scenery outside the gate can be seen changing constantly, such as a bush turning into a street lamp, then turning into a flock of birds, a bird turning into mud and falling to the ground, then burning, and then turning into a seal struggling.)

(The woman who is suspected to be filming speaks to the person.)

Woman: Misha…Misha! Don't do this!

(The man turns around and sees a bald man with a haggard face, wearing a one-piece work suit covered with various unknown instruments. There is a small device on the man's neck that flashes white light irregularly.)

Man: Elina…Don't talk anymore…

Woman: Don't do this, Misha, come back quickly! Desmond and Vera are trying their best to hold you steady! They can't hold on for too long! Don't stand there, come back quickly! Come back quickly!

Man: Don't bother…You know I can't help.

Woman: (sobs) No… You can help, we need you… Please, Misha, I beg you, don't give up, without you we will lose another one… (sobs) I love you, I love you! Please, Misha, for my sake, don't do this, don't…

Man: But I didn't love you.

(Several giant white cubes flash outside the door, and then one cube turns into a crimson liquid, then turns into a grizzly bear roaring, and then turns into a ceramic vase. The sky rains briefly, and then quickly clears up.)

Woman: I don't care… I don't care, I don't want you to leave, I can't watch… Damn it, Misha! Why?!

Man: I just… can't do it anymore… I'm not in charge of scientific research, I'm just a burden. Why are resources being spent on me? I can't stand it, and… I'm tired, I'm really tired, I want to rest, and rest is easy to do.

Woman: No… Misha… (Sobbing) Don't…

(A passenger plane crashes outside the gate and caught fire. The flames turn into scattered paper, some turn into butterflies, some turn into pebbles scattered on the ground, some begin to bloom, and then turn into wires connected to the sky.)

Man: Don't say anymore, Elina, I've made up my mind. (Pause) Go back, don't take risks for me, don't look.

Woman: Misha…Misha…

(The man raises his hand and pressed the device at his neck. The white flash went out. The man trembled slightly, then walked out the door.)

Man: Eric, look, it won't even hurt…

(The man turned into a chair, then a fountain, then a giraffe, staring blankly at the camera, then a light green flame, then a crocodile, then several soap bubbles, which burst. The woman screamed loudly.)

Type: Communication Record
Site-CN-04, TIMESTAMP MISSING

CN: IN site, IN site, this is CN, please reply if you receive it.

IN: [Request timed out]

CN: IN site, IN site, this is CN-04 Dr. Lu Wenguang, please reply if you receive it.

IN: [Request timed out]

CN: Anu… please, can you hear me? Please reply as soon as possible. Thirteen sites have been offline. I am here now…

IN: [Research materials have been accepted. This is automatically sent by the system, please do not reply]

CN: …Fuck!

TYPE: HUMAN SETTLEMENT BROADCAST
HS-EU-02, TIMESTAMP MISSING

[electronic noise]

Is anyone here… Is anyone here, can anyone tell me… who am I… why am I here… so many memories, so confusing… was I born, am I the me I was born to be… something's going on in my head… Poincare regression… why did I think of this word… I was a man… I was also a woman, what am I now… is anyone here… is anyone here… OBSR, it's watching, I can't pass the test, I don't… who am I… what am I… do I exist… ah…

[electronic noise]

TYPE: FOUNDATION SITE INTERNAL MESSAGE
SCP-2000,TIMESTAMP MISSING

It is coming soon, the last darkness before the dawn. All roads are paved, everything will go smoothly, I have no doubt about it. It just takes time, the last bit of time, but we have such time. Everything will end, everything will end eventually.

I came to Yellowstone to make the final arrangements to welcome the arrival of the dawn. OBSR-3 alone is not enough, we must make it visible, to be able to overlook this entire blue planet from the throne, to see the growth of every flower, the love and hate of every person, the ebb and flow of every sea, the ripening of every fruit, the vibration of every string. Everything is ready, all the steps have been arranged, and reinforced with OBSR-2. As long as the last data of OBSR-3 is transmitted in, the observer array here will be stable and complete the update, and then the rocket carrying the array will automatically ignite and launch. The human gene sequence of the BZHR control unit has also been implanted with a biochip, a heritable implant, this is our proud invention, and all human beings in the future can receive the gaze of the Great Observer. It's all arranged, this is the movement of automation, it will play.

Aaron, I know you'll see this. I may not be able to hold on for much longer, leaving a message here is outside the parameters of OBSR-2. This is my last, Aaron, my last atonement. Don't give up hope, Aaron, I believe in the Foundation, I believe in y

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So, they succeeded?

Yes. Now the Observer is completely under the control of the Foundation.

That means they can monitor everything in this world, and no secrets can escape, right?

In principle, yes.

Why "in principle"?

Depends on whether they can resist the temptation.

Can they?

Historically, no.

What a shame.

No need, Doug, you know it well enough. This is their sin from the beginning, and sin breeds sin.