Item #: SCP-VVVV
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-VVVV is contained by a host termed SCP-VVVV-H. One D class personnel selected for docility will be exempted from monthly terminations and placed on reserve for transferance of SCP-VVVV. All instances of SCP-VVVV-H are to be held in isolation cells equipped to contain a level 4 biohazard.
Every three months SCP-VVVV-H must be moved to a new location at least 500 km from its previous holding facility, and where it has not started a containment cycle for at least one year. For transportation, SCP-VVVV-H should be restrained, sedated, and placed in a biohazard container with custody given to Mobile Task Force Alpha-2 for delivery to the next site in rotation. See Document-VVVV-SL-12 for listing of available cells and current rotation schedule.
If onset of phase II symptoms begins to appear in SCP-VVVV-H, then that site's director should determine whether to immediately begin transport of SCP-VVVV-H ahead of the posted schedule or allow escalation to phase II. In case of advancement to phase II of SCP-VVVV, the reserved D class personnel should be exposed to a blood sample from SCP-VVVV-H, reclassified as the containment host, and relocated as soon as possible to the next site on the rotation schedule. The previous SCP-VVVV-H instance and isolation cell should be purged and decontaminated. The posted rotation schedule should then be updated based on new travel dates.
At all times there must be at least one living host of SCP-VVVV. In the case of attempted containment breach of SCP-VVVV-H, nonlethal force must be used to reestablish containment. In case of death of SCP-VVVV-H with no other confirmed hosts, containment should be considered breached and the site locked down until staff is evaluated for possible SCV-VVVV infection and designation as SCP-VVVV-H.
Any staff involved with SCP-VVVV experiencing auditory or visual hallucinations should be quarantined until confirmation of infection can be made.
Description: SCP-VVVV functions similarly to a viral infection, though no biological basis for the illness has been found. During initial infection SCP-VVVV begins phase I of its life cycle by laying dormant in its host. In this phase SCP-VVVV does not appear to be airborne and experiments have shown low to no risk of spreading infection through casual contact during this phase. However, exposure to an infected individual's blood has so far had perfect efficacy at spreading the infection.
Hosts have few physical symptoms during phase I. Reports of myalgia or an occasional light fever have been attributed to a SCP-VVVV infection, though those symptoms are not always present. However, those infected will suffer from visual and auditory hallucinations of a consistent nature. See document HSL-VVVV-B for a list of common hallucinations.
Phase II of the infection occurs after a host remains in one geographical location for an extended period of time. Experimentation has shown spending approximately 14 to 16 weeks in a region triggers an escalation. There appears to be a correlation between distance traveled between stationary periods and time till onset, with 500 km appearing to be the optimal distance between containment cells to delay onset of phase II symptoms.
Before the full onset of phase II hosts experience an increase in intensity of hallucinations and will begin running a mild fever, usually accompanied by feelings of being tired or myalgia. Rashes or small blisters may also form in this transitory period. Hosts in the transitory period will frequently express a desire to travel or attempt to escape confinement, usually blaming outbursts on demands received from hallucinations. Moving the host a sufficient distance can cause a remission of the infection.
Within 2 days of initial phase II symptoms appearing in a host, SCP-VVVV will become highly contagious and functions as a level 4 biohazard. Transitory symptoms will increase in intensity to debilitating levels. As the infection progresses, a large number of blisters will begin forming on hosts. The blisters will burst and begin bleeding within several hours of formation. Death of host follows shortly after, either from exsanguination or systemic shutdown due cellular degeneration due to fever.
Attempts to halt this process or mitigate the effects once phase II has manifested have so far proven ineffective.
A final anomalous effect occurs when no living host is infected by SCP-VVVV. Upon death of the last instance of SCP-VVVV-H, SCP-VVVV can infect anyone nearby despite any safety equipment or lack of actual direct access. This effect has transmitted through containment walls, and in one case infected an observer watching a live video feed. Requests to test the limits of this effect are still pending.
SCP-VVVV was recovered from a refugee camp located in [REDACTED]. A group of ethnic Roma were reported as sick by ███████ military forces. Two days later the camp reported an epidemic and contact was lost. MTF Beta-7 was dispatched to the camp and recovered two survivors suspected of carrying the unknown infection for testing. The ███████ government provided a cover story for the [REDACTED] performed by the military forces located at the camp, and its subsequent decontamination.
Recovery and Investigation Log-VVVV-1 ██/██/19██:
Incident: IL-0241-047/RU-76
Foreword: The following are excerpts of transcripts of audio logs made by Dr. S█████████ for his personal use. The logs cover the examination of materials recovered and transported to site ██ before determination of SCP-VVVV's anomalous nature.
03/15/19██: Case file IL-RU-76. Although it's a waste of resources for the Foundation to check every hemorrhagic fever that pops up, here we are again doing our due diligence. So far none of the recovered samples have tested positively for any pathogens. Subject 1 is a female, mid twenties, generally poor health and suffering from malnutrition. Tests are negative for pathogens. Subject 2 is a prepubescent male, generally poor health and suffering from malnutrition. Also tested negative for pathogens. Both appear to be suffering from PTSD.
The ████████ have already torched the encampment, so recovery of an actual sample is unlikely at this point. I'm going to keep the two under observation in quarantine for a few weeks, then pass them on to the ethics committee to deal with.
03/30/19██: Case file IL-RU-76. The health of our two subjects appear to be improved, with no apparent physical illness. The psych report says their PTSD has led to several delusions and hallucinations, with strong suggestions of amnestic treatment and reuniting the two. I'm going to close the file out and hand them over to Dr. H████. I'm sure he'll appreciate having something to do.
06/08/19██: Case file IL-RU-76. That bastard made me open this file again and stuck me with his patients. Apparently the PTSD didn't clear up following amnestic treatments, and subjects 1 and 2 continued to suffer from hallucinations. Dr. H████ convinced the site director that obviously there must be something anomalous working as the source. He argued the delusions were too consistent despite a nearly complete wipe followed by no contact with each other.
Subject 1 continues to report a young man with smoke coming out of his clothes, while subject 2 reports visits by an elderly man covered in holes. It's disturbing, maybe even our kind of disturbing, but it's a stretch to say it was related to this incident. Fine. If they want it reopened under this file, I'm going all the way. Biohazard isolation chambers, lab assistants, and twenty four hour monitoring. We'll see how long this file stays open.
06/12/19██: Case file IL-RU-76. Site security reported subject 1 became violent in her cell last night and attempted to breach the door. She quit after an hour when she collapsed. That's when they called me. Subject 1 appeared flushed and had visible lesions on her face, so I sent in Piotr and Tracee in bio-suits to transfer her to a med-bay. Subject 1 expired shortly after the examination began when her blisters burst and she bled out. We haven't found anything on the pathogen screens so far. We've sedated subject 2 and placed him into a med-bay in case something similar happens. This matches the original incident too closely.
06/13/19██: Subject 2 has slipped into a coma. We're attempting to treat him and prevent his blisters from doing what they did to his mo.., to, er, subject 1. He's not responding well to treatment and will likely pass soon.
06/13/19██: Case file IL-RU-76. Subject 2 has died. We are still unable to locate a cause for the illne..
Recording is interrupted by several loud crashing sounds. Recording stops then restarts.
I, I don't know what's happening. They're on the ground. Piotr collapsed first, then they were both down. I looked through their visors. They've got blisters. Christ. We were in a sealed environment. How did they get infected? I don't understand. There has to be a breach somewhere.
Alarms can be heard on the recording as the breach alarm for the bay is manually triggered.
I see no breaks in the suits, the seals look good. We've followed protocol. This shouldn't be happening.
What the hell. You. Hey you. Little girl. How did you get in here? Oh. Oh Christ.
Final recording terminates.
Afterword: Dr. S████████████ fled Site-██ following the breach. He was recovered ██ kilometers from the site when he contacted Foundation security to report his location on the condition that he be transported to a different site for observation. The anomalous nature of SCP-VVVV was confirmed following review of his personal logs, and his death on 09/27/19██ during his quarantine at Site-██.
Document HSL-VVVV-B: The following is a listing of several hallucinations reported by those infected by SCP-VVVV.
HSL-VVVV-B-03: Female, age approximately 8-10 years old. Carries the remains of a rag doll that looks to have suffered extensive fire damage, with smoke sometimes emitting from the remains. Reported as often crying and asking to be be taken to her mother.
HSL-VVVV-B-09: Male, age approximately 40-50 years old. Visible contusion on right side of face. Clothing has visible holes with blood stains. Frequently begs for his family to be let go.
HSL-VVVV-B-15: Female, age approximately 30-40 years old. Possible gun shot wound on back. Usually observed to be crying, and loudly vocalizing for infected individuals to get away from her son.
HSL-VVVV-B-23: Male, age approximately 16-20 years old. Abrasions on knuckles, multiple contusions on face, chest wound of some kind. Observed to be angry, and insistent that infected individuals escape confinement.
HSL-VVVV-B-24: Female, age approximately 16-20 years old. Subject has visible contusions on face, and usually has damaged clothing. Has been reported as frequently attempting to escape containment and cowering around Foundation staff.
HSL-VVVV-B-30: Male, age approximately 40-50 years old, eurasiatic features wearing a white lab coat and sweating profusely. Reporting SCP-VVVV-H instance shown a picture of [REDACTED], and confirmed photograph was of the observed figure.
