My Crate of Dirt

Squirbs - Supplement

CLASSIFIED

By Order of Maritime Regional Director, S. Kojcewska

UPDATE: Clearance has been restricted to Maritime Regional Director, S. Kojcewska only.

Logs concerning Dr. █████████ Redford's involvement with the Charybdis organism are restricted to Command and investigative personnel. Unauthorized review of its contents is punishable under Command Law 24.

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This entry is SECRET. The information below contradicts the official statement made on █████████.

I'll provide the abridged text of my evaluation of Dr. Redford's mental status as written in my official report to his supervisors below:

Results from the examination reveal that Dr. Redford was an introverted, but highly personable individual, free from any sociopathic quality whatsoever. He was particularly keen on caring for animals and their offspring - unfortunate, considering his duty. He arrived to the interview neatly groomed, and in working attire. Nothing extraordinary was found in his mannerisms. His overall conduct during the examination suggests a high intellect. Patient was courteous and rather subdued. He responded to my questioning without hesitation. Questions of note included: his opinion of the Chaos Insurgency; his opinion of the Charybdis experiment; his overall view of the unorthodox experimentation on marine fauna, including its research into avenues for weaponization; and his personal life. His answers indicate the prevalence of loyalty to the organization above moral values. Patient showed little difficulty in recalling required information, and disclaimed any errors in his answers. Overall presentation suggests that the patient had prepared answers for possible questions before the meeting.

[REDACTED] was inconspicuously placed near the patient, posing as a mundane piece of furniture. I had it installed a day before the interview, as a precaution to saccharine-sweet, saintly and potentially deceptive examinees - a response to my last encounter with manipulative snakes. [REDACTED] is a crude lie-detecting machine, [REDACTED] any lies made by whoever casts a shadow upon it. A light fixture on the wall opposite the Item had been installed for that purpose as well.

Patient was not lying. He appeared to be a milquetoast researcher, attentive to animals and his fellow personnel. Analysis indicates he was not naïve, nor was he blissfully ignorant to the traumatic experiences and borderline-sadistic behavior of a number of his co-workers. Given his line of work, the patient has maintained a reputation to his co-workers as a meek, reliable, but ultimately task-oriented individual. Simply put, he is a sheep that is getting along fine with the wolves… and the sheep in wolf's clothing.

In light of the purpose of this evaluation, the patient has been examined to be in good working order with a personality appropriate for his task. It is the opinion of the psychologist that the patient be allowed to continue his assignment with the Charybdis experiments.

I fabricated two items on his evaluation. One, he was certainly disgusted with the Insurgency, and remarked that were it not for his ██████████, he would have reneged due to perceptions of animal cruelty in breeding Charybdis candidates. Two, he was lying, and he had been practicing his responses for three days before my interview. He was a pretty good actor, to his credit, before I told him to drop the act.

I don't know what you want to get out of this, Steffanie. But I hope you'll repay me for this. This is the truth, and we're certainly truth-seekers in this organization. Just don't forget, you never have just one shadow in the Insurgency. Reach out to me first when we talk again.

- Dr. Martin Caduceus
β - Psychiatry Department - B6MED
This is an encrypted message.

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The following excerpts have been collected from Dr. Redford's personal computer. Dates have been redacted but are listed in chronological order.

I held #49 in my hands today, it's just a little larval spawn but I think it's taken a liking to me because it always sticks out a tentacle to stick at my hand as I work on it, and it insists on staying on my palm even when I try to return him to his home. All the others have behaved like the usual spawn, but this new one shows a particular intelligence. Affection, perhaps. As if it has an attachment to me. It's a recurrent behavior and that makes me want to keep it for myself. I don't have an actual choice, but I secretly want to help it survive the tests and experiments that will be happening to the entire pool soon. I'm worried that he'll have a hard time against his bigger siblings. I'll try manipulating the conditions as subtly as I can when it comes down to it.

My dad took me to the zoo one time, a park for aquatic fauna where I met creatures I thought were so strange at that time, like the lionfish, the box jellyfish, and the porpoise. I remember the wondrous feeling of witnessing their peculiarities. But the highlight of that trip was when I had the chance to feed the animals. There was also the place where you let little fishes nip on the dead skin of your feet. Dad loved that place.

#49 survived. And together with the others that have successfully navigated the battery of tests that killed more than a hundred young octopuses, he'll be placed into the pool of fifty test candidates for the Charybdis experiment that will officially begin tomorrow. The head researcher says the purpose of Charybdis is to synthesize a new species of octopus with the help of a few anomalies. The project hopes to create a specimen with a superior version of the bio-regenerative properties that regular octopuses possess. The potential that this has for the medical field can already be seen, so I'm excited.

The secondary objective is to engineer a creature that could roam around our perimeter and defend the facility from attackers, which doesn't sit well with me… I just hope a US Navy warship or a Russian submarine doesn't come face-to-face with the specimen once we release it into the wilderness. The team promised to condition it into isolation so that the chances of that happening become slim. Regardless, and this goes without saying, I don't trust them.

As a treat, I took #49 out of his tank last night and went to the beach outside the facility. The research head should know how difficult it is to raise baby octopuses in captivity, but they're not paying half the attention they need to the tankwater's pH levels and temperature. All his life he lived in an artificial environment for marine life, eating synthetic bio-enhancers and chum, which his batch of hatchlings don't always eat. The second I stepped out, I went to look for something that'd resemble real octopus food. I found a baby crab and thought it'd make a great meal but it didn't seem right, then I remembered keeping a packet of amphipod paste which I put on my hand for him to dine on. Then I waded towards the ocean and sat on the sand where the water lapped up to my knees and let the little thing swim around. The instant that his tentacle poked the seawater, he slid right in and never swam so energetically. I stayed there for about an hour. I have a feeling #49 has begun to grow on me. So now, I've decided to call him Squirbo.

Needles have an erratic relationship with babies. Some kids don't mind it too much. When my niece got her booster shot, she squirmed for a bit but calmed down soon after. It's not so different with these young octopuses. As usual, #49 clung to my hand as I gave him the precursor that'll acclimate him to the Charybdis serum. He seemed to shrink into himself when the needle pierced his tissue, but he was okay. The actual serum will be administered tomorrow. It will be very busy in the next week as we monitor how they'll respond to it.

My spare time nowadays is spent watching my little monster swimming among his brothers in the communal tank. He is still smaller than the others, but in a few days that will change. For now, I'm satisfied just watching the fifty, little, baby octopuses grow slowly like tiny, aquatic tumors. Excuse my morbidity, but to spend time with these people, I must be able to seem a bit psychopathic on a whim. We're doing some truly unethical things in the name of biological research, but our research will save lives. The cells ultimately taken from the growing Charybdis will be cultured and analysed. I look forward to trying its properties as an injectable to enhance the wound healing factor of soldiers.

Something very extraordinary had happened. #34 and #36 have merged into one single organism last night; they've been close companions and always fed and swam together all the time. Byron even called them Castor and Pollux. There's no other explanation for the anomaly aside from the dance-like ritual the cameras recorded, which slowly ended with them fusing together. The resultant creature has twice of everything a regular octopus has.

[Last two entries involve Dr. Redford's concern over Squirbo as Charybdis Prime.]

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The following transcripts log Dr. Redford's involvement with the Charybdis during experimentation.

[After becoming the candidate for Charybdis augmentation, Squirbo is taken from his tank to live in a much scarier part of the marine lab.]

[Nightmarish start of Charybdis involving torture. Reveal that Dr. Redford was still hoping to lessen his subject's pain, and was overall less evil than what the Item report would claim.]

[I want to get really down and dirty with this. Poor Squirbo.]

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Video transcript at09-X-103: Final incident between Dr. Redford and security personnel:

[Climactic last move in desperation to release Charybdis from becoming a tool for slaughter. Ends with Dr. Redford becoming fully reprogrammed.]

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Now editing document…

The following excerpts have been collected from Dr. Redford's personal computer. Dates have been redacted but are listed in chronological order.

[Evil Dr. Redford.]

[Evil Dr. Redforf drafts the first Charybdis operation. Mass civilian slaughter is expected.]

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I woke up expecting the apocalypse had already happened, that everything was lost. Instead, everyone around seems fine.

http://ci-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-1813649/matchmaker-aka-romantic-ferris-wheel-the-2nd - Matchmaker Draft thread

Discord Drips Down From Our Mouths

Co-authored with DrCaduceus

The Insurgency acted with swift force.

At a hotel room in Dusseldorf, a young child named Wladimir sat beside Opa and watched the sun rise upwards from the roof of the cottage across the street.

Dr. Adalgar Braunschweig spent his three weeks of vacation in Germany. The aging senior researcher only had days remaining until he was to return to his Site. Per standard procedure, everything was left behind back at his facility.

He had taken nothing the Foundation valued with him. No SCP documents. No files or reports. His laptop's hard-drive was untouched. There were no photos, IDs, nametags, anything that could have been a liability to the secret organization.

He was utterly worthless.

Or so, the Foundation thought.

Within earshot of the church's early morning bells, a dark, crucifix-shaped figure was flying under the immaculate white sky, entering a dark storm cloud as it flew past the bell tower. The already cloaked Black Hawk disappeared a second time.

People were shuffling into the chapel, unaware of the agents of malice above their heads.

The helicopter carrying Dr. Adalgar's assassin moved quickly, engulfed by the Ward of Zephyr.

The world around the stealth aircraft was dark and malevolent, truly the manifestation of a tempest. Amid the rumbling of the Black Hawk trying to maintain itself, Dr. Nowak remained standing and shut his eyes in order to listen to the Ward at work.

He could hear low, grim sounds of thunder every second. Foreboding, like a distant threat steadily approaching. The bass bellowing of static discharge was relentless, playing like a rhythm.

Nowak listened to the thunder more closely, since it was indeed playing a rhythm. A song of heartbeats.

"The Ward is in a heightened state of emotion. It may be reacting to the cloaking material in its transfigured state." The doctor said.

"There is no need to act." The thunder began to increase in volume. "The agent will handle himself."

In ten minutes, a man clad entirely in black will have entered through the window. In fifteen minutes, In thirty minutes, two knocks will have sounded from the door. In thirty-two minutes, the sound of keys will have followed. Thirty-three minutes after Opa Adalgar called his son and daughter-in-law, the door opened to the clatter of the room service cart as it went in.

Thirty-four minutes did not pass before the cart was hastily abandoned by its serviceman.

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The Insurgency stung like slow poison.

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The Insurgency killed and destroyed like nothing Man had ever seen.

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Bloody Wings (unedited)

Item:	Bloody Wings
Type:	Abnormal disease
Living:	Yes
Sentient:	Undetermined
Potential/Current Hazards	Contact to samples of the item are to be prevented. Normal clothing is not fit to ensure protection.
Required Wear/Weaponry	During Storage LV 1 hazard suit, during deployment normal weather resistant weare and full face masks.
Location:	Bathtub-05
Reported Anomaly:	Bio-hazard

Usage

The items primary use is as a terror weapon, capable to wipe out large mammal or human populations, it is secondary used as an emergency containment measure against humanoid anomalies. Its treetiere use is the deployment as a secondary field weapon via Waters prayers and smoke bombs. The item is activated by direct contact to a subjects tissue.

Report

The item is a sample of the blood of anyone infested by the item. In this regard it is self replicating. No other anomalies were found in invested mammal blood than the effect of the item. Two to three minutes after a subjects blood has become the item, the blood will force open two exit at the back of the subject and will proceed to leave the body. During this process the subject will die from rapid blood lose, thou it is not sure if the blood in the body started to compromise brain and muscle functions prior to activation. The blood will form a pattern similar to spread wings on the ground or walls near the subjects corps. Once all of the subjects blood has left the body the blood will seas to show further activity. Tests with other species returned mixed results.

Samples of the item are to be stored in two containers at site and two of site.
Two container have to contain at least one liquid liter of the item (of only one specimen as to not taint the blood), will the other containers are said to keep 200 gram of dyed item samples each.
Adding water to a dehydrated sample has shown to reactivate its abnormal properties partly.
Samples that were dehydrated showed a rapid decrease in infection rates and outburst time.
This handicaps proceed to stain future samples created out of dyed blood.
The liquid needs to be sustained by keeping chemicals in the blood that prevent it from hardening out.

The item was discovered by the Foundation in 1923 and was stolen by an unknown party in 1928. The item entered the Insurgency possession in the same year throw not documented means.

The item specimens are stored in standard metal-glass containers.
Glass on the inside, metal on the outside of the container.

Beta clearance required for further access

Clarence accepted

Stage 2 activation

Once the item has resigned in open air the blood will not form the typical form of dry blood instead staying liquified indefinitely.
The Chemicals mentioned above are unnecessary and need not to be deployed.
The Article was altered as to not reveal the true destructive potential of the item.

Once the blood of three infested subjects mix, the item will enter a second activation phase.
The blood will form a large humanoid with wings.
Thees entities are designated as "Bloodangel".
The Insurgency will deny the existence of thees entities when possible as to not discourage the use of the item as a combat weapon.
Bloodangels have been proven to be extremely depended on the kinds of blood used during there creation, with human blood being the most consisted, if used as a majority part.
Entities made entirely out of human blood will engage in direct combat with any other humanoid in there near vicinity.
The test results regarding tests with snakes and other reptiles have shown a high instability in there behavior, ranging from heightened aggression to partly deactivation during darkness.
Entities entirely out of Cold blooded animals blood have shown a complete deactivation if not probably headed and a non humanoid appearance will keeping the wings.

The destructive capability of a Bloodangel entirely out of anomalies blood is currently only speculated.

There are no further official records on tests regarding Bloodangels and the unofficial tests have been classified under the "Hells Gate Protocol".

Tests regarding Bloodangels are strongly encouraged, but any documents regarding thees tests are to be classified under the HGP.
Researchers willing to further thees experimentation will gain access to all test documents under the HGP.
Should the tests show further potential the researcher is ordered to join the HGP-Special section to further there experiments.

The discouraging of the use of the item as a secondary weapon is prohibited, as is the not denying the existent of Bloodangels to subordinates.

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Romantic Ferris Wheel rewrite

Item:	Matchmaker
Size:	19.28 meters in height. Wheel radius is 8.12 m
Location:	Containment Facility-214
Reported Anomaly:	Human Generator

The Ferris Wheel upon discovery at ██████, ██████████.

Usage

Object's ability to generate ideal partners for human subjects makes it a useful attraction for specialized clients. The pricing range is controlled by Doctor Kaye ($500,000 - $850,000).

Operatives are tasked to observe the enterprising client for a period of four months before their request can be acknowledged. Within this timeframe, the client must be complicit with all requirements for item usage, including their containment in a quarantine cell for one week before their Activation Date.

Contacts found in the Archives may be surveyed for likely candidates to the Matchmaker. Operatives are allowed to coerce any potential buyers into purchasing an opportunity for companionship. Rewards will be given to the operative(s) who successfully persuade people of interest to the Insurgency.

Bought Companions must be discreetly attached with a tracking chip. However, psychological testing shows that they are too uniformly suited to their partner, and more relevantly, loyal, to ever become a threat. As only successful instances are allowed to be released, their separation from their partner is highly unlikely. If any are found attempting to compromise the Insurgency, the tracking chip will release a kill-switch that will orally release 10 g of cyanide when the Companion and the subject next kiss. Shade Response Team ("Eros' Embalmers") is responsible for covering any deaths attributed to such cases.

The cart's interior has proven resistant to video surveillance, and recording devices stored inside disappear after operation. Occupants are given audio recorders with a link to IRUC control before boarding.

Report

The item is a Ferris wheel of standard design. It has silver spokes and cherry pink carts. It was found as a carnival attraction operating in the ███████ Carnival in ██████, ██████████. The amusement park has since been bought by an Insurgency front and has been relocated to an open field within Zone-4 of Base Ninety-Nine.

The following conditions are known to help activate the Object's primary anomaly:

• Only one of the forty carts are to be occupied, and the Occupant must be alone. This is the only condition that must be primarily satisfied. All other conditions provide a statistically better chance of the phenomenon in the object to happen
• Music of the romantic variety to be audible within the interior of the cart occupied.
• Sunny skies
• Clear weather
• Light rain or drizzle
• Presence of bouquets, candies and chocolates, balloons, or any romantic paraphernalia within a 20m radius
• Presence of menstruating women
• Confetti, bubbles, rose petals, etc. in the wind

Object's anomaly manifests as soon as the Occupant boards a cart alone and the ferris wheel is activated. The Occupant will immediately enter a deep sleep¹ until approximately forty seconds after the ferris wheel is operated, usually around the time when the boarded cart is at the highest point of the ride, where it will abruptly stop.

Upon waking up, the occupant will find another human being seated beside them ("the Companion"). This subject will invariably embody the occupant's desires in a mate or partner, and the two will rapidly develop an affectionate relationship, often consummating their love while within the cart.

If the Occupant has a pre-existing relationship when the Companion manifests, the latter will show signs of anxiety and be markedly less persuasive to the Occupant.

There have been cases where the Companion and the Occupant do not enter a relationship at all. Abandoned or untaken companions vanish after twelve hours, leaving no trace behind. Multiple entries to the ride all see different manifestation of the Companion, but it is unclear whether it is the same consciousness inhabiting each instance.

Additionally, Occupants rarely report seeing or hearing previous companions while inside the cart. There have been cases where scorned companions attempt to kill themselves, to varying degrees of success. Personnel are not to attempt rescue on dead or dying subjects. Deceased instances do not disappear on their own.

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Test 3104-a:

Subject 3104 is a 25-year-old single male with no previous relationships.

Subject enters cart. Ferris wheel begins operation as usual.

Subject begins to enter deep sleep. At 00:41, the cart reaches the highest point and the subject wakes up.

Subject: Wha-?

Female vocalization detected.

Companion: Boo.

Subject is silent. Slight increase in heart rate detected.

Companion: Hey.

Hey, are you alright?

Darryl?

Subject: Jesus, who… how'd you get inside the cart?

Companion: I… don't know. We came here together, remember?

Subject: No, we didn't. I came here alone.

Companion: Aww, that's kinda sad. Going to a ferris wheel by yourself?

What's wrong?

Subject: Nothing… I'm okay.

Companion: Do you need something? You look kinda messed up.

Oh, I got a cookie. I bought it at the booth before we rode that carousel. Want it?

Subject heart rate continues to increase.

Companion: Darryl?

Subject: No, no, it's okay. I mean, thanks.

Companion: You're not afraid of heights, are you? 'Cause I'd feel really bad bringing a wuss here with me on this forty-foot carnival ride.

Subject begins to cry.

Companion: (short silence) Hey. Hey… No, hey, stop. (She appears to have taken hold of the subject)

It's alright. It's okay … C'mon. Come here. You got me. You're going to be fine. Look at me.

Hey.

Look at me.

The two become silent.

They kiss.

Subject: (sobbing) It's just, you're just so beautiful…

Long silence. They proceed to disrobe and kiss.

Intimate event happens until 09:08.

Companion: (after silence, punctuated by heavy breathing, chuckles) … Hmm.

Subject: (heavy breathing) Yeah?

Companion: I was wondering… Are you really afraid of heights?

Subject: (short exhale) Absolutely terrified.

… But hey, we got to conquer our fears eventually, right?

Companion: Hmm, what might've led you to that idea?

Both laugh, followed by silence.

Companion: Promise me you'll feel better, okay?

Subject nods.

They kiss.

At 12:10, cart begins to start again. Upon exit, Subject 3401 is separated from his Companion, who was terminated after standard quarantine procedures.

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Test 0521-a:

Subject 0521 is a 28-year-old single female, recently ended a relationship.

Subject enters cart. Ferris wheel begins operation as usual.

Subject begins to enter deep sleep. At 00:41, the cart reaches the highest point and the subject wakes up.

Subject: Where.. am I?

Male vocalization detected.

Companion: Yeah, baby?

Subject gasps. Sharp increase in heart rate detected.

Subject: Y- (abrupt silence)

Companion: Yeah? (short delay) What, did I get ice cream on my-

Subject begins to shake. Bio-analysis indicates she is heavily disturbed.

Subject: N-n-n… N-Nathan…

Companion: Whoa, baby, hey…

Are you getting sick?

Subject is silent.

Companion: You're pale. I'll need to get you down so t-

Subject screams, then begins to cry.

Subject: No, no, no, Nathan. Y-you, you, you're not supposed to be here!

Nathan, why are you here?!

Companion: Baby, I need to find you somewhere to rest. You're…, I don't know what's going on with you.

Subject: Nathan (pained coughs, followed by audible sobbing), Nathan…

Companion is silent.

Subject: Nathan, please, please, please, please. Don't do this to me. Please, don't!

Subject breaks down into fits of hysterical sobbing.

An attempt by the Companion to reach the Subject is heard. She pushes him away.

Subject: No! Nathan, no, please! You're al-already gone!

Get OFF!

I said GET AWAY FROM ME!

Companion is silent.

Subject begins to rock lightly.

Subject: (barely audible) I know, I know, I know I-I said I wanted you back. I know. I know that. You didn't have to. Y-you can't do this. You're already gone… You're already gone…

Companion: (barely audible) Baby…?

No further interaction between the two subjects is detected for the remainder of the test.

At 15:00, cart begins to start again. Upon exit, Subject 0521 and her Companion are seated apart from each other, the former in a state of heavy distress. Her Companion appears to have become depressed, refusing to speak. Subject 0521 was escorted away by staff, while the Companion was terminated shortly after.

Observation: Object is able to generate deceased individuals (copies?) to certain subjects.

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Test 4459-e:

Subject 4459 is an assistant supervisor of Containment Area 214, where the Object is based. He is a 34-year-old married male, partner deceased. Subject was found passing Site intelligence to a rival group. It was decided that he be intimidated into obedience, instead of killed, as he was deemed valuable to the Director. He has requested multiple uses to the Item, where his Companion took the form of his deceased spouse. On his fifth use (Test 4459-e), a sniper equipped with thermal sight was positioned at a nearby vantage point and ordered to kill the Companion before commencement of intimate events.

Subject enters cart. Ferris wheel begins operation as usual.

Subject begins to enter deep sleep. At 00:41, the cart reaches the highest point and the subject wakes up.

Female vocalization detected.

Companion: Oh, thank God you're back.

They kiss.

Subject: I always miss you, sweetie.

Companion giggles.

They kiss again.

Companion: I'm glad I can still be here for you, you know.

Subject: (pause) … I'm so lucky I can still see you. Even if it's just here.

Companion: What? (laughs) Are you kidding?

Darling, of all the places I'd pick to stay with you forever in, trust me… This Ferris wheel's definitely up there.

Subject: (sighs) Yeah, sweetheart. I want to stay here with you forever, too.

They kiss.

Companion: So, want to… (she begins to advance on the Subject)

Subject: (softly) Can't we just talk? For a while longer? (sighs) I'm sorry, Bree, I'm just, I…

Companion: (hushes) Babe, it's okay. I… understand. I'm sorry.

What's bothering you?

Subject: I don't know.

(long pause)

I guess I just want you back. A lot.

Companion: Adam… you know I'll always, always be there with you.

It was too late at night. Stop blaming yourself for what I did.

Subject: What if I just followed you. I could've been right behind when…

Companion: No, Adam. Please… It's already… it's already happened.

Just know I thought of you when God picked me up.

Subject: (weeps) Bree… you're my golden sunflower. I never thought… it'd be so soon…

Please… Don't go.

Companion: As long as this place is here, Adam, I'll always come back to you.

I love you.

And I miss you, too, so very much.

They kiss.

The shot is fired. It hits the Companion just below the cheekbone. She is killed instantly.

Armed guards wait outside the cart as it is forcibly lowered. As the Subject, bloodied and in severe trauma, is removed by the security team, Eros' Embalmers moved in to remove the dead body. The Subject was then taken to an armored van to begin the actual interrogation. During the subsequent trial, the Companion's corpse was infected with "Agony" (VA-190C) and left inside a non-soundproofed containment cage.

Subject confessed to his crime and was re-educated and eventually re-installed as assistant supervisor. The information extracted was enough to eliminate two medium-priority threats. Director Lydian was commended for her ingenuity in handling the operation.

Charybdis

CLASSIFIED

By Order of Maritime Regional Director, S. Kojcewska

Specimen Codename "Charybdis" Item Report is restricted to selected personnel of facilities belonging to Region At09. Unauthorized review of its contents is punishable under Command Law 24. Access to this file has been logged to QuasiNet.

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Item:	Charybdis
Size:	20.7 m
Type:	Offensive Sea Asset
Living:	Artificially Prolonged Life - Bio-Mechanical (currently aged █ years)
Sentient:	Yes
Potential/Current Hazards:	Massive - Extremely Venomous - Sociopathic - Cybernetic
Location:	Naval Open Field-At15.1
Reported Anomaly:	Biologically-Altered Sea Octopus
Weapon Potential Index:	550 (Proto-Superweapon, Level II, Class B)
Kill Grade:	III
Attack Usage Priority:	1st

Usage

Previous Iteration of Usage Procedures, Containment Section (04/09/17):

Specimen is kept inside a Large Marine Habitat with live prey. A secure enclosure adjacent to the habitat is connected to a shaft through which personnel could exit and attend to the Item. Supervisors are discouraged from using the Charybdis as a form of termination as the entity appears to recognize individuals purposely slated to die and spares them.

Current Iteration of Usage Procedures, Containment Section (09/09/17):

Specimen is kept inside a Large Marine Habitat with live prey. A heavy-duty cage placed at the northeastern section of the habitat is stocked with live human subjects slated for termination by the Site Director, and may be accessed by the Charybdis at its pleasure. A secure enclosure adjacent to the habitat is connected to a shaft through which personnel could exit and attend to the Item. Additionally, another enclosure beside the termination cage houses a brood of the Aquatic Terrorbite Swarm to be loosed upon any threat to the immediate surroundings upon Alpha clearance.

The Charybdis is implanted with two separate sub-items meant to enforce submission to its handlers:

• SBI-CHRYB-001 - "Martian Misery:" Colony of extra-terrestrial microbes taken from the infected brain tissue of Agent [INSERT BLACKBOXES PLEASE DON'T FORGET THIS]. Neuropathic effect on humans; causes melancholic thoughts and disposition. Effect on marine octopus more profound; initially overloads pain receptors, triggering a state of agony. The pain eventually gives way to anger.²
• SBI-CHRYB-002 - "Impaler Protocol:" Fragment of the "Avatar of Kratos" mechanized anomaly surgically attached to the head and beak of the Charybdis, as well as four of its current nine tentacles. Material of the fragments has been previously confirmed to incite extreme aggressive behavior in human and simian subjects.

Specimen functions as a prime offensive naval asset: in over fifty major military engagements in the Northern and Southern Atlantic Ocean, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean, it is responsible for the sinking of six high-value enemy ships, and the destruction of approximately 253 other vessels and approximately 1 053 lives. Notable kills of enemy assets have been tabulated as follows:

Kill Subject	Engagement	Notes
USS Taylor	Seventh Occult War (19██-19██)	Specimen was temporally displaced as a result of American thaumaturgic ritual, transporting it into the 19██s where it immediately seized the ASCO3 observer ship, drowning 136 of the 138 personnel, with only Captain Remus G. Bailiwick and Second Mate ██████ █ ███ escaping. The Charybdis dealt considerable damage to two other ships (one American, one British) before a modification of the ritual returned it to our present time.
HMS Franklin	Nueva Argentina-British Falklands War (2012)	Mobilized to assist the Nueva Argentina naval defense against the British ███ Fleet, in order to enforce the secession of the fledgling state from its parent country and maintain our positions in South America's East Coast. Specimen captured, rather than terminated, a Special Boat Service unit dispatched against the Ludovigo dockside installation by pinning each of the four members onto one of its arms' hooks, managing to keep them living until they were retrieved by the NVC Emerson.
SCPF Eisenhaupt	Operation 1119 - Action 543 - 2nd Naval Skirmish (2013)	Arose 10 km from the Foundation's naval base in Northern Germany as part of experimentation with the newly-discovered Passageways of Atlantis, the particular passage linked to a reef that we control in the Carribean. The ambush, calculated to have been conducted under sixty seconds, took five minutes longer at the command of Alpha Ulrich, as a threatening message to the Foundation's local officers.
NVC Cornelius	Falchion Resurgence - Action 670 - Battle for Scimitar Point (2013)	Released by then-Field Specialist S. Kojcewska from its holding pen at Area-At09.██ right as Loyalist forces advanced on the Scimitar Point Research Facility. Took out the Cornelius and its traitor commander (notably bringing the corpse to a nearby shore, where it was further mutilated (see Incident report)) and laid waste to the four enemy vessels accompanying it.

Specimen's offensive capabilities focus on the synergy between its massive size (eclipsing entire submarines and some surface naval vessels), the long reach of its deadly arms, its ability to affix onto material and thus intercept fast-moving targets, the penetrative power of its armored beak, and its sociopathic capacity to rampage against anything that moves. Records indicate a broad range of causes of death for a sample of 100 of the specimen's human casualties: impalement, consumption, forced entry from a number of the specimen's arms, forced entry from beak, impact with arm at 100 kph underwater, strangulation, and suffocation by envelopment.

Clearance for the specimen's deployment is given to Director Kojcewska, Atlantic Region Nine's military commander, and the IRUC adjunct officer-in-charge. The IRUC Department shall be tasked with the maintenance and repair of the Charybdis. Under no circumstances should the Specimen Well-being Rating (SWbR) be lower than 30. Should the minimum rating threshold be breached, the "Myrmidon" operative embedded into Region At09's command structure shall execute Procedure Iago as concordant with Command Law 10.

The NVC Disidria continually monitors the specimen at a 1 km distance during excursion. The Disidria is a Bering-class ShADES stealth submarine vessel capable of sustaining Type-2 Cloaking at a rate of 10 L of human blood per twenty-four hours, with four captive agents from the SCP Foundation currently used for aforementioned requirement.

Report

The Charybdis is a mutated specimen of Enteroctopus dofleini (Giant Pacific octopus) enhanced with anomalous cybernetics, roughly as large as a blue whale. The organism's phenotype was derived from genetic experimentation of octopi at Naval Research Area-At09.1.

Among the biological differences distinguishing the Charybdis from baseline Giant Pacific octopi are the following:

• In comparison with other Cephalopoda species, the Charybdis is considerably massive.
• The number of arms it can grow can vary from five to fifty-two, with an average of twenty arms.
• Each arm is covered with inch-wide thorny hooks, that secrete a highly venomous compound. When present in the bloodstream, effect manifests similarly to symptoms of Hay fever, variably leading to anaphylactic shock and death.
• At least two arms terminate into a distal club containing numerous suckers, for attaching to objects. Specimen limb will remain affixed to the exterior of an Atlantis submarine moving at 115 kph underwater, even when detached.
• The regenerative factor for replacing lost tissue, including extremities, is about four times as effective compared to regular octopi. Analysis suggests that the Charybdis possesses an extremely fast-acting response of protein acetylcholinesterase, a chemical involved in cell growth, that triggers whenever the specimen becomes aggressive.
• The brain-to-body mass ratio of the specimen is higher than that of the Sperm whale.
• The absence of an ink sac, traditionally located underneath the digestive gland.

Attached to the head of the specimen is a mechanical fragment belonging to the Avatar of Kratos anomaly, connected to its cerebrum and brain stem. The fragment induces a perpetually alert demeanor into the organism's mind, and augments its endocrine system's release of aggression-related chemicals.

The beak of the organism has been structurally altered to resemble an enlarged mouthpiece of the Pithecophaga jefferyi, itself cybernetically implanted with a bio-mechanical hydraulics system intended to maximize the subject's mandibular strength when biting or tearing into sturdy material. The modified beak is able to fully contain twenty individuals in itself, and is powerful enough to puncture military-grade submarine plating.

Cybernetic additions in general have effectively increased the specimen's combat quality by 37%. As of ██/██/2017, its Career Destructive Index is measured at 230 000 ChF (Chaos factor).

The Charybdis is theorized to possess extreme sociopathic tendencies. It has been observed to kill its fellow brethren - including juvenile instances of Charybdis-derived octopi spawn - and human beings even without prompting.

Appendix: Excerpts of Deployment

2012: 20th Deployment - Cuban Liberation Front engagement against Black Lambda militia

Situation:

Four CLF-affiliated merchant vessels containing anomalous cargo and one escort patrol found themselves surrounded by thirteen armed frigates identified as the Black Lambda pirate ano-militia, 13 km of the east coast of Cuba. While ridiculously outclassed in technology, Black Lambda's firepower remained enough to threaten the CLF and the cargo. Don Polorico, the militia captain and leader, issued an ultimatum demanding that all vessels join him in sinking to the bottom of the ocean.

Deployment:

Upon deployment, the specimen immediately rocketed towards the contact zone, ██ kilometers away from its holding pen at the time. By the time it arrived, moving into position underneath the Black Lambda flagship, Don Polorico was reportedly threatening to deploy a massive sea-based anomaly of their own, culminating in the specimen initiating attack right after the militia leader declared to "Release the Kraken."

Aftermath:

All thirteen of the Black Lambda's ships returned to sea with all crew terminated. Flotsam recovered and incinerated after testing. Skeletal remains of █ crew members kept by At09 personnel as decoration.

Don Polorico reported to have been crushed by engorged arm during the initial strike. The same strike also broke the Lambda flagship into two halves from starboard to portside. Video review of all hostile ships banking away suggest the absolute disappearance of crew morale at the sudden destruction of their command element. Ships' retreat farther than 1 km from the specimen was not achieved. Black Lambda deemed destroyed.

2015: 13th Deployment - Ward of Zephyr-assisted engagement against unidentified SCPF Mobile Task Force(s)

Situation:
Foundation armed task force specialized for maritime excursions, with amphibious APC access and accompanying corvette, was discovered occupying Item discovery site three hours after our units found and retrieved the anomaly. Research personnel discover a critical component missing in the contents retrieved, and believe said 'key' remained at the dig site.

Due to the high-value priority of the Item's primary anomaly, the Enemy aimed to secure the missing component from capture, entrenching themselves on the island whereupon the dig-site was located. A blockade was established around the island, composed of three Foundation frigates and no fewer than twelve patrol gunboats. Two platoon-strength groups, purportedly MTF-units, reinforced the island from an airborne transport, and defensive positions were placed over the course of twelve hours.

The prospect of a naval incursion proved too difficult to execute with the heavy artillery emplacement in the island and the larger Enemy naval presence near the engagement zone. Teal-Command cleared the usage of the Ward of Zephyr in a combined-anomaly assault with the Charybdis. A localized thunderstorm was induced wherein the Ward positioned himself discreetly over the base while the Charybdis was prepared. For about an hour, the Ward produced heavy rains that reduced battlefield conditions for the defenses. Shortly afterwards, he materialized and landed on top of the watch tower, signalling the commencement of the assault.

Deployment:

The Charybdis' assault was initiated by the Ward of Zephyr's positioning at the watchtower. The Ward was instructed to conserve his energy to assist the Charybdis' insertion: a massive burst of the Teal operative's power caused a storm-surge to move in on all sides of the island, carrying the organism with it.

The Charybdis commenced its attack along with the surge, the momentum of the waves carrying it deep into the island, where it demonstrated its adaptability, quickly learning how to traverse land and strangle enemy agents to death. Visual records even indicate the object was capable of 'leaping' and latching onto enemy vehicles.

Both Items were shown to possess synergy with each other: the Ward's control over aquatic environmental factors afforded the Charybdis with mobility even on land, and it is theorized that the Charybdis was capable of becoming an extension of the Ward's powers, as the level of synchronization between the organism and the Ward's usage of his 'Sea-Stingers', 'Wavebeasts', and 'Wind-Wyrms' (pseudo-sentient artificial constructs created from Water vapor and air) are remarkable.

After creating a thick fog which crippled visibility and interfered with heat-detecting equipment, enemy ranks were reported to abandon posts.

Aftermath:

While slaughter was favored above a Foundation retreat, Command deemed the retrieval of the missing key to be more important. A total of thirty-seven hostile forces retreated successfully through an apparent anomaly, reaffirming the Foundation's hypocritical policy on Item usage. Barskey-12 SF exfiltrated the Teal asset, while IRO recovered the component.

Charybdis was found at one beach, previously housing a fortified position. Specimen was seen dragging itself around, suspiciously leaving a trail of blood in its wake. When a support unit enticed the speciment to return to water, they noticed that it had been dragging six enemy personnel underneath its bottom. All enemy agents were still alive. Operatives securing the island were ordered to ignore the agents for twenty-four hours. Survivors were brought to Base Command for interrogation.

Appendix: Research and Development

Research Priority: Lifespan extension/full cybernetic augmentation.

[Dr. Caduceus placeholder. Cad cameo woohoo.]

Observations by Dr. Redford (audio log):

The Charybdis is one of the most powerful living weapons we've ever controlled. There is simply nothing like it: a sea-beast of Leviathan proportions. Perhaps not in scale. Still large, though. But in potency. It's strong enough to take on the USS Nimitz, were it to come to that…

I was one of the researchers responsible for raising the specimen ever since it was larval. I was, in fact, the researcher responsible for taking care of it throughout its early developmental phase. Back when it was small enough to get crushed in my fist. Back when I could put both hands on its head and squeeze the life-juice out of it and have it erupt through its mouth… Back when I fed it tiny snails I found at the beach. Kelp. And fish food. Damn, that was so stupidly funny to see.

We released it into captivity after a few months, just to have its enhanced natural weaponry tested and observed in the wild. It was still completely biological by then. It was about as big as my torso. Not the main body, I'm talking about the extremities too. From the head to the tip of its arm. Bigger than a lot of octopi species already, but we had him engineered to grow very, very huge. So his skin, the tissue, it was basically still embryonic. I honestly didn't think it would survive.

Yes, I grew fond of that thing. It was cute when it was still sorta sentient jelly… When it returned, we had it locked down inside out deepest, darkest holding cell and did experiments on it on what might have approximated violent brainwashing in human terms. I think so. I had the Kratos implant fitted when we were forcibly growing brain tissue. The Martian virus, we injected when the new organs were still developing from stem cells. To our surprise, a reaction formed between them and the augmented cells, which ended up engulfing the virus and adding it to their cell structure, as a sort of new type of organelle. That was… very interesting, so we took samples and we're currently observing that in lab conditions. We've connected this new structure to the specimen's extreme aggression, venomous compound, and metabolic capacity. We plan on learning enough to introduce it to the next batch of super-octopi as soon as they could hatch.

Talking about successors, though, the primary problem we encounter is that the only extant specimen derived from At09.1's experiments is the creature we currently have in our Item Arsenal. The rest died to natural causes or were consumed by the Charybdis in the communal tank, when that was still allowed. The data we had on the experiments leading to Charybdis was, quite unfortunately, rendered irretrievable, along with most of the research team, during the Falchion rebellion. Dot one was hit hard, after all. Really hard.

The average lifespan of Enteroctopus dofleini is about three to five years. Our experiments with the subject's cells, especially with the Martian microbes, allowed it to reach six years to date. The cybernetic additions, also, no doubt further increased the specimen's survivability. But, for its size, you'd expect something as big as a blue whale to live for a few decades. I imagined it so too, once. However, we need to be reminded that, for something that rivals the largest vertebrate animal in size alone, the Charybdis is still, sadly, an invertebrate. The squishy kind. And is thus susceptible to mortality more than most would like to think.

So, it's with a heavy heart that I must admit, the Charybdis is dying. And what a shame, if it were to die… This is honestly the greatest creation I've ever had a hand in. The greatest contribution to the new world order I could ever give. For as little as six years, the Charybdis was THE terror of the ocean. Technology and good maintenance might carry it a bit farther, but until we can introduce a suitable life-extending anomaly… and I don't think we have one, because Creed died, and the old Alpha Command all died in captivity… or turn it into a cyborg, which may come with its own problems, we're going to have one of our greatest naval assets disappear before the new decade. And we may be outclassed by then.

Modifications requested:

SECTION LOCKED.

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PRIORITY MESSAGE INTERCEPTED. Appending to Item Report.

α-███████-019084: "Whittaker Cephalia"
Alpha-Clearance Confirmed

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Severed appendages, filth. What will die will instead be torn to pieces. We shall become as starfish, and from the ribbons of flesh - cut - the root organism shall reveal itself anew in countless lifeforms. And each shall be like appendages in themselves, but also they shall beget arms of their own. For we are resourceful. We shall cut and eviscerate ourselves. Then we will multiply until the seas are filled with our poisonous flesh.We cannot lose this asset. The Enemy is stronger than we previously anticipated. They have sailors to combat our Leviathan, but they are still inexperienced. With time, they will kill Charybdis. Only the birth of a newer, stronger organism can slaughter the Enemy's hunters. We will find a way. We will not lose hope.

Under orders of MIDIER, the immortal Discord.

Footnotes

1. Stage 3 NREM, or non-rapid-eye-movement sleep, as characterized in being a state where the subject is unresponsive to the environment and unaware of any outside stimuli.

2. Experiment SBI-CHRYB-001-b showed a 100% death-rate among 50 marine octopi after introduction to a specimen infected with the microbes and left in observation for 72 days.

3. American Scientific Coalition - Occultism:
United States Armed Forces offshoot of the defunct American Secure Containment Initiative (ASCI) after it was incorporated into the SCP Foundation. The ASCO would later itself become one of the 108 initial organizations to form the Global Occult Coalition.