More heavy makeover to suppress the clunkyness
Partially done, at some point, need some feedback on the presentation on the first few parts (before everything went all clunky again) so i can see if this goes well so far.
Item #: SCP-1972
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: To suppress auditory contact with SCP-1972, acoustic de-coupling method through air flow control proves to entirely eliminate its frequencies. The use of noise cancellation generators is as effective. Generators should be equipped with a receiver that analyzes the waves SCP-1972 emits as it switches from one to another. In case of power outages, a sound-proofed locked container exceeding the 550 x 61 x 366 cm dimension is sufficient. Due to the nature that SCP-1972 perpetually emits inconsistent sound waves, daily rotation of spare containers should be exercised when using this method. Assigned personnel should use hearing protections when replacing containers. Personnel who show any response to SCP-1972 are not fit and should be reassigned to another sector.
Description: SCP-1972 is a blank wall-scale painting measuring about 550cm in length, 366cm in height , and 20cm deep with a copper frame adorned with depictions of demons (circ. 1480). Frame consists of four demonic heads placed on each corners and an eye at the top-most center. Undecipherable characters are etched on the spaces between the heads, possibly of Proto-Germanic origin.
SCP-1972 was brought in to the Foundation by a third-party agency known as ███. A crime report is provided:
On April ██,████, Kurou ████████, a painter and head of the ████████ household, was found performing a ritual involving the painting and one of his adoptive daughters in a hidden basement of the residence. The suspect was seen torturing the bound victim with a pair of ██████ to the point where cognitive functions are overwhelmed by pain. Suspect was reciting the phrase “Once there was a painter; A painter who sells lies” during the ritual. The painting’s “eye” was observed to animate (blinking, to be specific) when the victim is upon her limits.
Suspect was immediately neutralized before he can recite further; interception of the ritual was successful.
A fire of unknown source occurred during the event, burning the ████████ household along with the painting.
Due to the lack of amnesiacs, one of the two surviving victims who witnessed the ritual firsthand undergoes a crude hypnosis procedure.
A third survivor was also rescued from the incident but is unaware of the crime; no procedures are performed on the said survivor.
Forensics team found the painting intact from the rubble, with the exception of its original image.
The canvas had an original painting, a red sunset countryside scene full of female individuals in various torture devices.
<End of Report>
SCP-1972 is observed to constantly emit frequencies audible only to a specific demographic profile. Auditory volume seems to be high on individuals with right-brain hemisphere superiority.
A security communication record is provided to enforce the said observation:
Personnel A: [Doodling with your ears plugged on to a player, very professional…]
Personnel B: [Hey! I’m not the one who’s late in cleaning duty and has his designated partner waiting without the briefing! And it’s not a doodle, it is called art!]
Personnel A: [Fine! Whatever… I won’t tell if you won’t tell. Let’s head to the location, okay?!]
<End Log>
Personnel A: [Well, here we are. Oh… It’s dust-the-boring-thing day, lucky us… I guess, you’re gonna be doing that shit again…]
Personnel B: [Did you say sumthin?] *scribbling sound*
Personnel A: [I said~ Whoah! First time I’ve seen that one, much better than your usual crap.]
Personnel B: [Nonono! This is not the expression I’m looking for?! Is it?! Dammitdammitdammit!!! Should I make it looked like the █████ is pierced from her ███ and through her █████? Hihihihihi~ Funny word… █████! Yes! I know I am the painter you’re describing! Don’t take no genius to figure that one out! Stop repeating yourself!]*scribbling cycle becomes faster*
Personnel A: [Ok, Beavis! Looks like you need some time out on tha~]
Personnel B: [Don’t touch that! Hers is mine alone! I’m gonna come for you my little, little sheep… Ooooh~ the expressions you make… How it will soothe us…]
Personnel A: [Security! We have a situation on sector ████████! Over.]
<End Log>
Whether or not SCP-1972 is sentient or an instrument of sadistic propaganda is still arguable. Interviews are prohibited due to the object’s violative nature towards individuals who are able to pick up its frequency.
Performing an analysis on the remains of Kurou ████████ may shed light into understanding SCP-1972 more.
Subject 1972-A: Kurou ████████
Description 1972-A is a mongoloid male in his 40’s, possessing heavily modified anatomy of unknown genetic structure hidden inside its human shell. Modified portions bear the appearance of black-skinned skeletal figure that comes out of the subject’s human mouth. Collapsible ribs and multi-jointed spine enables it to retract into the human vessel.
Skull of the human portion seems to be missing, though the nerves of the eyes seem to extend up to the modified head. Several other nerves from the human portion are also observed to extend to the modified head, indicating that central motor function is located in that area.
Modified portion will be labeled as 1972-A-1, while the human portion will be labeled as 1972-A-2.
A-1 and A-2’s spines, though anatomically dissimilar, are conjoined. Bone analysis suggests A-2 exists longer than A-1, indicating 1972-A originally is of human origin.
Position of A-1 indicates that it comes out of A-2’s mouth hands-first. Skin elasticity on A-2’s facial area is above standard, probably to compensate the torso diameter of A-1’s ability to retract into A-2’s cavity.
A notable observation is that A-1 eyes have different mechanics. Instead of light receptors, it is constructed to receive auditory inputs. Some parts function are unidentifiable.
EMS test results show that the A-1 eye receptors seem to only respond to SCP-1972’s frequencies.
Reanimation tests need to be administered to verify SCP-1972 and subject 1972-A’s relation.
<End of Report>
Addendum 1972-A : Early speculations suggests a symbiotic mutualism between the object and subject-1972-1. Interviews from the ████ incident reevaluated that SCP-1972 is parasitic. It is also a common behavior that
Interviewed: [Security Personnel A]
Interviewer: [Dr.███████]
Foreword: [Observations of the prime witness involving ████ incident in Sector ████████]
<Begin Log>
Dr.███████: [Good evening, Mr. ███████, you and your partner were tasked to do some maintenance work in Sector ████████. I’m sure you know why you’re~]
Personnel A: [Yeh I know as of why I’m here! I got nuthin to do with it! I barely even know the guy! I don’t even~]
Dr.███████: [Relax, Mr. ███████, you are not being suspected of anything, I’m just here to know what you observed when Mr. █████ went… out of hand.]
Personnel A: [Oh you mean that?! Yeh I saw everything! Security arrived a couple of minutes after I saw him acting all weird. It’s those two bimbos again.]
Dr.███████: [Ehem* Tell me about what happened when security arrived, Mr. ███████.]
Personnel A: [Sure, He’s doin nuthin before they arrive, and when they approached him, he just turn around without looking and slugged them both, like, it was on instinct, you know what I mean?]
Dr.███████: [Not exactly, but that’s why we’re here. Please, continue.]
Personnel A: [Okayokay! So after slamming them to the ground, he took one of their tasers grabs one of them by the hair, SHOVES IT IN HER MOUTH AND FRIED the █████!!!]
Dr.███████: [Calm down, Mr. ███████, Officer ███ survived the~]
Personnel A: [I dun care bout no █████! But seeing that kind of ████ pulled in front of ya is very disturbing! Let’s see how calm you are if you’re~]
Dr.███████: [I understand, my apologies. Now, tell me what happened right before the special suppression team came to your rescue.]
Personnel A: [He was laughing when he was doin it to her, that is, until she fainted. Then he shifted sights on that other █████, it’s like an automatic next-best-thing sense of movement, you know what I’m saying? Cuffed the girl high, took the █████’s tonfa, beat her like a piñata, RAMMED IT ALL THE WAY IN HER █████, AND HANDLED IT LIKE IT WAS SOME FREAKIN AIRCRAFT STICK IN A DOGFIGHT!!! She’s all derp-faced when that’s happening. Can’t even tell if the █████’s in pain or enjoyi~.]
Dr.███████: [Ehem* I see… Aside from these sudden acts of violence, did you notice anything else that is… unusual?]
Personnel A: [You mean aside from that ████?! Well…I guess he also started talking to himself at first, arguing like he’s talkin to someone, but that was before he became all silent an’ passive-like when the guards came in, like a total different person, the calm before the ██storm! Oh yeah, did you know about the drawing? Of course you do!]
Dr.███████: [Thank you, Mr. ███████, you are dismissed.]
Personnel A: [My pleasure, doc. It’s the first time I felt sorry for them lesbos. Do me a favor and don’t interview me ever again!]
<End Log]>
Closing Statement: [Personnel B, the prime suspect, was observed to have contact with SCP-1972. It is a notable observation that Personnel B turned to a passive state before he attacked indicating a switch of persona. Evidence shows that Personnel B is hostile towards a specific group. Further observations are needed to support the statement]
Interviewed: [Lt. ███]
Interviewer: [Dr.███████]
Foreword: [Special suppression team leader observations involving ████ incident in Sector ████████]
<Begin Log>
Dr.███████: [Good day, Lieutenant, we are here to discuss the incident that occurred in Sector ████████ in your point of view. First, I read in the reports that there are two casualties in your team before you are able neutralize the target.]
** Lt. ███:** [That is correct, sir. Two of my members were injured during the mission.]
Dr.███████: [Yes, Sgt. Kyla ██ and Pvt. Gustav████, Am I correct?]
** Lt. ███:** [Affirmative, sir.]
Dr.███████: [And would you describe how they were attacked?]
** Lt. ███:** [By the time we arrived Point A, two security officers were already unconscious, one personnel is in a state of trauma, target was nowhere on sight. It was until the Sergeant was extracting the last victim when the target ambushed her from above. She wasn’t able to fire a single rubber slug from her shotgun. It was fast, she wasn’t able to respond when it advanced towards her, took her weapon, and used it against her. It was a disgraceful scenario as the target recites a poem of some sort. The baton rounds were fired at the Sergeant in a manner not to instantly neutralize her.]
Dr.███████: [Would you say it was torture, Lieutenant?]
** Lt. ███:** [Yes, sir.]
Dr.███████: [Would you care to explain on how you come up to that conclusion?]
** Lt. ███:** [Pvt. ████ was already firing tranquilizers at him when it happened. It was not until the Sergeant became unconscious that it shifted its eyes on him, and instantly broke his neck.]
Dr.███████: [I see… Thank you for your time, Lieutenant.]
<End Log]>
Closing Statement: [It is observed that Personnel B is gender-specific when it comes to his behavior towards his victims. Personnel A was never attacked, indicating that all male casualties were caused by the subject’s defensive reaction. An indifferent prolonged hostility towards the female casualties indicates that the said gender, are one of the subject’s conditions of selecting its target.]
Addendum 1972-A-1 : Reanimation tests on subject 1972-A resulted to a security breach in Sector ████████ , a total of three casualties including the Director in charge was reported. Tests were discontinued; the assigned AAR team was disbanded.