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] [/quote] 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] [/quote] [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]