Item Class: Safe
Containment Procedure: SCP-038-OT is to be guarded by armed personnel of MTF No. 7 (“The Lucky Ones”) throughout the day. Any unauthorized personnel or citizens found within 2 km of SCP-038-OT’s perimeter is to be apprehended and administered Class C Amnestics.
Staff are to avoid interaction with all entities (labeled SCP-038-01-OT to SCP-038-05-OT) unless authorized by overseer of Site OT.
All interviews held in SCP-038-OT must be approved by Dr. False before being held. Any D-class interacting with SCP-038-OT is to be cleared for cognitohazards after said interview.
Description: SCP-038-OT is designated to a former taxidermist research lab located in [REDACTED], Georgia formerly owned by SOUL Compounds. SCP-038-OT was brought to Foundation attention after MTF No. 7 brought reports of “talking animals” in their specified location. SCP-038-OT was quickly put under surveillance, and lead member of MTF No. 7 was brought in for interviewing (See Interview 038-01-OT).
SCP-038-OT’s anomalous properties manifest within the stuffed corpses of various animals situated inside the building, designated SCP-038-01-OT to SCP-038-05-OT. Chart describing designations can be found below:
- SCP-038-01-OT: Stuffed Honey Badger attached to an EKG monitor. Monitor shows steady heart rate, healthy for a human around the ages of 20 years. Subject can communicate in modern English, and constantly refers to other stuffed fauna as its community. Voice is similar to a male around 17 years of age.
- SCP-038-02-OT: Stuffed instance of SCP-021-OT. Instance displays no anomalous properties save for its erratic pulse when connecter to an EKG. SCP-038-01-OT claims to communicate with subject.
- SCP-038-03-OT: Stuffed Crane suspended in a glass showcase. Incomprehensible noises can be heard from inside the glass. SCP-038-01-OT states that subject is “crying”.
- SCP-038-04-OT: Stuffed Fox propped in a normal standing position. Subject communicates in modern English, and holds a likeliness towards pranks. Voice is similar to a male around 40 years of age.
- SCP-038-05-OT: Stuffed Mouse found limp on an examination table. Speaks in a high-pitched voice, but subject also communicates in modern English. Voice is estimated to be similar to a female around 70 years of age.
Interview 038-01-OT
[quote] Following discovery of SCP-038-OT by MTF No. 7, leader designated with callsign “Tiger” was brought in for interviewing.
Interviewer: Agent Chelle
Interviewee: Tiger No. 7 (hereafter referred to as Tiger)
Date: 10/22/02
Agent Chelle: Good evening [REDACTED], designation MTF No. 7 Tiger.
Tiger: I assume you brought me here for questioning ay?
Agent Chelle: Well... yes. We can start whenever you’d like.
Tiger: Let’s get to it then.
Agent Chelle: Would you describe the entities housed within SCP-038-OT to be hostile?
Tiger: No, not in the least. Hell, the badger- Whatever the hell they call him now- started cracking jokes.
Agent Chelle: How many entities were located inside the building?
Tiger: Damn... I think we counted... five? Oh, there was this one albino moose lookin’ thing we found.
Agent Chelle: Do clarify.
Tiger: Yea, SCP-021-OT? That what you guys call it? Apparently there’s a stuffed specimen of it in there.
Agent Chelle: Did you notice any anomalies originating from the SCP-021-OT instance?
Tiger: Same badger said that it was trying to communicate in a language that he didn’t understand.
Agent Chelle: Hmmm... I heard reports of the crane. Lot of discomfort coming from your unit.
Tiger: I think that screwed with our brains the most. That crying... Goddamn... I don’t know if I wanna even remember it....
Agent Chelle: We can end the interview here if you ‘d like.
Tiger: Yea... I’d like that.
[i]Interview log showed a potential cognitohazard in SCP-035-03-OT. Containment Procedures updated following interview.[/i]
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Interviews held with SCP-038-01-OT, 038-04-OT, and 038-05-OT
[quote]Interviewer: Agent Chelle
Interviewee: SCP-038-01-OT
Date: 10/23/[]
Agent Chelle: Good evening SC-
SCP-038-01-OT: Hold up, did you name me after some sort of chemical equation? I’d prefer to be called [i]Borris.[/i] Borris [REDACTED]. Look, I know you folk like to be all clinical but c’mon, cheer up!
Agent Chelle: Uh, very well Borris. May I ask some que-
SCP-038-01-OT: Ask away.
Agent Chelle: Were you always in this state?
SCP-038-01-OT: As a badger? Hell no! What, you think a talking badger’s been naturally produced?
This badger form doesn’t feel familiar at all... and it stinks. Like, it stinks a [i]science[/i]-ey stink.
Agent Chelle: So you are aware of your current anomalous properties?
SCP-038-01-OT: Aware and making the best out of it. I mean, check out these claws lady! Maaan, it feels like I’ve always wanted them! So cool!
Agent Chelle: You can communicate with the other SC- entities around here?
SCP-038-01-OT: Sure can. Understand them as clear as day, well, except for that moose guy. He’s kinda creeps, talking about entry to our world and what-not. Weird shit.
Agent Chelle: Can you provide us any information on what SC- the white moose has said?
SCP-038-01-OT: Sure can. Last time I heard he was talking about [REDACTED]
Agent Chelle: Oh my... Oh my God...
SCP-038-01-OT: Yeaaa... I thought he was creepy enough until I heard that.
Agent Chelle: Do you happen to know when you were born?
SCP-038-01-OT: 7/21.... uh... sorry lady but... I can’t recall the year....
Agent Chelle: It’s alright, Borris. Our Mobile Task Force reported uncomfortableness around the crane here. Any idea what she’s saying?
SCP-038-01-OT: You mean Jennie? Man... she has a... a tragic story. I would go ask Mary, the mouse. She’s got a higher tolerance. Much older too, better at explaining.
Agent Chelle: Very well. It was nice chatting with you SC- erm, Borris.
SCP-038-01-OT: Hey, anytime lady. Been a while since I talked to somebody human down here. Others provide company, but Hector man... that fox just won’t stop tingling our fur. Never caught your name, by the way.
Agent Chelle: I’m afraid that’s classified Borris
SCP-038-01-OT: Wait... what do I call you then? I dunno, seems kinda rude to be callin’ you lady all the time.
Agent Chelle: Uh... how about Shelly?
SCP-038-01-OT: Works for me!
[i]Further interviews with SCP-038-01-OT are to be conducted by Agent Chelle until further notice.[/i]
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[quote]Interviewer: Agent Rich
Interviewee: SCP-038-04-OT
Date: 10/23/[]
Agent Rich: Good evening SCP-038-04-OT. I’m here to as- HOLY [EXPLETIVE REDACTED]
[i]SCP-038-04-OT can be heard giggling[/i]
Agent Rich: Goddamn... did you [i]plan[/i] that?
[i]Agent Rich holds a plastic spider in between his fingers[/i]
SCP-038-04-OT: Oh, f[i]u[/i]ck yea. What, you expect old-ass Mary to do that? Young innocent Borris? Sob-struck Jennie? Hell no! I’m the one with the mind here! Name’s Hector [REDACTED], at your service.
Agent Rich: You seem to be full of yourself...
SCP-038-04-OT: Oh yea... just wait till I see your face when you look above yo-
[i]Agent Rich is doused in water from an overhead bucket[/i]
Agent Rich: Goddamn... I’m done here...
SCP-038-04-OT: Man... priceless.
[i]Subsequent attempts at interviewing SCP-038-04-OT have proved to gain no further information. Interviewing of SCP-038-04-OT is to be discontinued.[/quote]
[b]Continued BELOW[/b]
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[quote]Interviewer: Agent Chelle Interviewee: SCP-038-05-OT Date: 10/23/[] Agent Chelle: Good evening SCP-038-05-OT. By what name would you like me to refer you as? SCP-038-05-OT: Oh dearie... call me Mary [REDACTED]. Agent Chelle: Very well Mary. Do you mind if I ask you a few questions? SCP-038-05-OT: No, not at all. Been so long since I’ve talked to any youth. Borris here is a curious mind but... he can be [i]too[/i] curious. Agent Chelle: Were you always in such a state? SCP-038-05-OT: Doesn’t feel like it. It feels like an out of body experience. It doesn’t feel right, but you don’t know what doesn’t feel right. Agent Chelle: Do you remember when you were born? SCP-038-05-OT: 12/7/[], and I was the first one to come here in this place too. I can tell you all about the others if you’d like. Agent Chelle: That would be greatly appreciated Mary. Thank you. [i]SCP-038-05-OT shares DOBs of SCP-038-04-OT and SCP-038-03-OT, which are to be remained as classified[/i] Agent Chelle: SC- [i]Damnit[/i]- Borris, told me to come to you for some knowledge about Jennie. SCP-038-05-OT: Ah... yes... Jennie... she doesn’t remember much about her past, but she does remember a grief, a loss in her heart, a hole.... she doesn’t know [i]what[/i] it is either. Can you believe it? Experiencing loss, but not knowing what it is? Agent Chelle: Yes... I can.... SCP-038-05-OT: Well, dearie, that’s all I know about Ol’ Jennie. Oh, wait! She rambled on about a ‘George’. Last name.... hmmm... [REDACTED], yea, that was it. Claims that’s the only name she knows by now, aside from Jennie. Agent Chelle: That’s.... that’s.... [i]Agent Chelle experiences severe discomfort. [/i] Agent Chelle: It’s sad.... Uh... do you know anything about Hector and the Moose? SCP-038-05-OT: Not anything new. Borris told you all about the moose. He never talks, just through gibberish I can’t understand. Hector is a sleezy -blam!-. I would keep away from his kind. Agent Chelle: Very well... thank you for your time Mary. You may refer to me as Shelly from hereafter. SCP-038-05-OT: Very nice to meet you Shelly. [i]After interviews were conducted, further interviews with both SCP-038-05-OT and SCP-038-01-OT have been approved by Site Director of Site OT.[/i] [/quote] Addendum 038-01-OT [quote] Following newspaper article was found by Agent Rich while off-duty. BREAKING NEWS: FOUR DISAPPEARANCES IN [REDACTED], GEORGIA! Police say that four disappearances occurred on 4/23/[], following the grand opening of the SOUL Compound’s newly established taxidermist lab. Individuals Borris [REDACTED], Jennie [REDACTED], Hector [REDACTED], and Mary [REDACTED] all reportedly disappeared at the same location at the same time. Police say the group gathered at a local cemetery at approximately 17:40, 2 hours before the disappearances were noted. Interviews were held with relatives and close friends of each supposedly deceased individual. “He was mourning the [u]loss[/u] of his dad...,” says mother of Borris [REDACTED] through teary eyes, “Always held onto the idea of being strong ‘like a badger’, as his dad always said.” “Oh God... she went to visit our baby’s grave... George was his name,” says husband of Jennie [REDACTED], “God... why did you have to take two beautiful souls from me?” “He [u]lost[/u] his job, home, money, all ‘cuz of some stupid debt at a casino,” says Fernandez [REDACTED], close friend of Hector [REDACTED], “His inner human came out in those days, I could see it man.” “She was a humble old lady, always visited the graveyard, pitying those who were [u]lost[/u] to time, trying to help the young,” says husband of Mary [REDACTED], “I... I can’t believe she’s gone...” SOUL Compound held the funeral for all four individuals, free of charge. “To [u]lose[/u] someone important in life is tragic...,” Says CEO of SOUL Compound, “I hope one day we can solve the issue of [u]loss[/u].” Further investigation is pending, but as of now, police have filed all individuals as deceased. [/quote] Addendum 038-02-OT [quote] On 4/23/[], SCP-038-02-OT spoke in fluent english and was recorded doing so at 17:40 of the same day. Following phrase was recorded. “We are all lost by loss.” [/quote] [spoiler]WOW, I absolutely loved writing this one. Might actually work around with this idea, I gotta hand it to you PacerGram, this is one SCP I am sincerely proud of. I took the taxidermy and ghost aspect of Haunting of Connecticut and mashed it with animals. Hope you all like it![/spoiler]