Doug Bradley(SWTOR)-'The Circle Closes, The End Begins.' Screen will also freeze and turn red.
Xion starts playing the next file, not looking too happy about it.
The screen shows a man in his mid-20s who has fair skin, black hair and facial hair and his eyes are covered by a pair of sunglasses. He dresses in a red button-up shirt under his lab coat, though his right hand is bandaged up. "Hello, this is Dr. Grim Warlock, newly appointed Chief Researcher of the newly made Facility Remnant Alpha. Today, I shall be read a SCP that must be kept under protection…" He leans forward with his brow narrowing while giving a serious tone. "No matter what."
"So this is the infamous Dr. Grim." Weiss glared at the doctor only to get one from Xion, this caught Nora's attention.
'Seven Seals, Seven Rings. Seven Brides for the Scarlet King.'
Everyone in the room jumped at the sight of the red screen and the haunting voice. As the room was silent, Nora noticed Xion's face had a small look of fear. Jaune was the first to speak. "What was that?"
Item #: SCP-231-7 (See Addendum re: SCP-231-1 through SCP-231-6)
'They gather round the natal bed, the foolish and the wise. they fear the child yet to be born, whose voice shall rend the skies.'
"This doesn't even sound like Dr. Grim, who is taking?" Pyrrha asks as Xion is typing on her laptop only to have a concerned look.
"I don't know."
Object Class: Keter
"Oh, come on!" Ruby shouted as the others agreed.
'The faithful watch the forest for the coming of the King. Their lanterns bright, they wait at night for the new world he shall bring.'
"This sounds like some occult shit." Yang said out loud getting some agreements from the others.
Site and Personnel Requirements: Under special order of O5-██, the following addendum is attached to the beginning of the file for SCP-231-7.
'The dragon waits in the shadows, his breath will scorch the land. The hero in the castle draws his sword and makes his stand.'
As everyone thought back to their childhood story, Salem felt a shiver goes down her back as memories of the genocide from the Brothers.
All personnel assigned to SCP-231-7 must rotate out for one month of psychological counseling after two months on-site. SCP-231-7 is to be kept at an undisclosed location. All personnel assigned to SCP-231 will be transported there blindfolded from Site-19 by a route including no fewer than seven different forms of transportation, including but not limited to aircraft, automobile, underground tunnel, and ████████████. Removal of the blindfold during the transport process is grounds for immediate termination.
"That seems a little extreme don't you think?" Nora asks.
"Remember the GOC?" Xion asks, gaining some nods throughout the room and a low growl from Pyrrha. "Well, there are other groups who would hit a foundation facility if given a chance. And with this and the other in it, it makes sense to take no chances." Xion's words weighed heavy in the room, making them wonder what they have in the facility.
'The princess in the tower is hidden far away. But nothing under heaven can keep The Groom at bay.'
Salem's eyes widened a bit, a flash of memories almost long forgotten came back from that one line.
Personnel assigned to SCP-231-7 must undergo heavy psychological testing before being cleared to enter the site. Individuals must score at least 72 points on the Milgram Obedience Examination, be unmarried, have no offspring, and express nothing less than total loyalty to the Foundation. Normal psychological screening procedures against Axis II disorders are waived, so long as the Class-D personnel in question has the mental capacity to carry out Procedure 110-Montauk as needed.
At this point they understood why loyalty is needed, but why is it that they can't be married or have children? But the thing that was in their mind the most was this 'Procedure 110-Montauk', which started making an effect in the room.
Personnel who express sympathy towards SCP-231-7's plight and/or express a desire to rescue or sympathize towards SCP-231-7 will be transferred to another project without delay. Any actual rescue attempts will be met with immediate termination. Personnel who have served on the staff of SCP-231-7's Containment Team are not required to divulge that information to others. No official record shall be kept of the names of any staff assigned to SCP-231-7, nor will said service appear in the personnel files of said staff.
"So this is a classified project, then." Weiss said out loud.
"What do you mean, they have a file of whatever this thing is… Also I'm pretty sure everything else is classified." Yang said to the platinum blonde. Weiss remained quiet, everything felt off for some reason, as if something far worse is going on.
'They gather round with leering smiles, the soulless and the dead. Though her soul unwinds, the cruelest minds will keep her in her bed.'
"Okay, that is making me think I know what is going on. And I pray that I'm wrong." Jaune said with the most concerned tone his second family ever heard from him, which didn't help much.
While on-site, individuals assigned to SCP-231-7 will be issued concealing helmets with integrated voice changers to protect their identity. On-site staff are not to remove said uniforms in the presence of other staff members. Off-duty hours are to be spent in private quarters alone.
Six Class D Personnel are to be assigned to SCP-231-7 each month for the purposes of carrying out Procedure 110-Montauk. Violent criminals are not to be used for this purpose due to the possibility of accidental fatality during the 110-Montauk process.
The mere mention of '110-Montauk' now started making the individuals of the room slightly panic for an unknown means. While the Remnants don't understand why, Xion was whispering a prayer in multiple different languages and religions.
Special Containment Procedures: Following repeated escape and suicide attempts, and based on the failure of containment for SCP-231-1 through 6, containment of SCP-231-7 has been amended to the following: SCP-231 is to be contained within a soundproof holding cell, adjacent to holding cells for six Class D Personnel assigned for the purposes of Procedure 110-Montauk. Cameras will monitor every inch of the cell at all times, and must be manned 24 hours a day. Malfunctioning monitoring equipment will be replaced without delay by psychologically screened staff. Doors will be magnetically locked, openable only by positive action by the control and monitoring facility. This includes all doors linking the main holding cell to those of the six Class D Personnel.
"Sounds like any standard room, wonder what they have in the room?" Ruby said with a shaking voice.
SCP-231-7 is to be kept restrained to a hospital bed at all times except for the purposes of Procedure 110-Montauk. Hydration will be provided through IV drip. Feeding will be carried out twice per day through the feeding tube by approved medical personnel who have not taken the Hippocratic Oath. Under no circumstances are narcotics, anesthesia, or other unapproved medications to be administered to SCP-231-7.
Hearing this made the Remnants angry at some of the medical personnel refusing the Hippocratic Oath, but are now concerned just how far they have gone with this SCP.
'The potter told his apprentice to prepare him seven jars. Six he made with grace and skill, the last his hands did mar.'
This made more confusion than clues to the viewers.
Procedure 110-Montauk is to be carried out at least once every 24 hours by Class D Personnel. During Procedure 110-Montauk, at least one Security Clearance 4/231 staff member must monitor the procedure by camera at all times, although the sound may be turned off if the vocalizations of SCP-231-7 become too distressing. Following the procedure, all Class D Personnel must return to their holding cells or explosive collars will be detonated.
'They aren't playing around. Not even the SDC was that extreme.' Blake thought around figuring this entity was too important for minimum effort.
'The cretin moon no more is howling, gone it's mourning black. In their dreams its face is prowling, come to take them back.'
While others thought of the grimm, Salem thought of the moon from their world.
[DATA EXPUNGED PER ORDER OF O5-██ ON ██-██-████. INFORMATION MOVED TO EYES-ONLY DOCUMENT 231-110-MONTAUK. ACCESS TO 231-110-MONTAUK IS LIMITED TO PERSONNEL WITH SECURITY CLEARANCE 4/231]
Several of the students cover their ears as they heard screaming in the background of the message. Though that wasn't the disturbing part, it was the fact it was a woman's voice.
Description: SCP-231-7 is a █████ female between █ and ██ years of age, with [DATA EXPUNGED].
At first no one noticed anything out of the description until a quick image of 7 women showed on the screen, two of which look too young to have a certain part of the body.
'The King is in his courting clothes, the brides are in their beds. The unborn princes wait in sleep to raise their eager heads.'
The room had an echo of clenching fists throughout the room.
SCP-231-1 through 7 were retrieved from ██████████, ██, following a police raid on a warehouse owned by an organization called the Children of the Scarlet King (see article on ██-██-████ in the ████████████ ██████ newspaper, "Police Raid Satanic Sex Cult, Save Seven"). 24 hours after the rescue, SCP-231-1 (real name ████████████ ████████████) went into labor pains, giving birth three minutes later to SCP-██ (█████████ ██████████), causing a ██████████ event resulting in over ███ confirmed casualties. Foundation Personnel immediately took possession of remaining SCPs 231-2 through 231-7 and, based on notebooks recovered from the cult, instituted Procedure 110-Montauk to prevent future occurrences.
"So the crazy cultist rape this girls and that made them have SCPs that kills a lot of people?" Yang questions out loud which Jaune gave her the same look he had earlier which was an answer for all that Yang was concerned for. "That's fucked up."
'The hens were in the henhouse and seven eggs did lay, till the fox crept in by dark of night and stole the eggs away.'
"Okay, why is the foundation called the fox at this moment?" Blake asks, getting no answer from the doctor not boding well for anything coming up.
Addendum 231-a: Current Status of SCP-231 units.
'Six were broken by their bindings six no more shall sing. Comes the seventh full unwinding and all the bells will ring.'
Several individuals felt a chill while others were almost frozen already figuring out where this is going.
SCP-231-1 (deceased ██-██-████): Killed during initial recovery operations while giving birth to SCP-██. See Casualty Report for Event 231-Alpha for more details.
A 17 year old woman with blonde hair and green eyes is shown on a hospital bed giving birth to an infant. The woman would hold her child with tear stain eyes before going slack, this causes the infant to cry as the room is filled with light. Surprising the viewers, not only those from Remnant but also the Doctor, who at that moment freed herself from her paralysis and started checking the file for the added files.
'When the first had given birth, then all the birds did sing. Her screaming cries did shake the skies, as she called out for her King.'
Salem felt the string of fear, she had no idea why she felt it after all these years. But is now figuring it out, and it made her pale.
SCP-231-2 (deceased ██-██-████): Killed during attempt to remove fetus of second SCP-██ specimen, resulting in immediate ██████████ event. See Casualty Report for Event 231-Bravo for more details.
A 16 year old with wavy brown hair laying dead on the table as a dark misty figure with glowing eyes kills the staff before escaping. This made Nora and Pyrrha jump to their partners in fear.
'By doctor's blade the second bade a life into the world. Untimely hewn neath a silent moon, the King's red flag unfurled.'
"That thing didn't look red though." Ruby pointed out with a shaking voice.
"Most likely because they removed it before it was ready." Salem reasoned as she too was shaking, but for different reasons.
SCP-231-3 (deceased ██-██-████): Self-terminated following a prolonged period of distress caused by implementation of Procedure 110-Montauk. SCP-██ immediately underwent a ████████████ event. See Casualty Report for Event 231-Charlie for more details.
A 21 year woman with short black hair and dark eyes looked out in space as her wrist was cut open, and her abdomen split open as a large reptile tore everything apart. This causes Ruby, Weiss, Nora and Pyrrha their mouths in shock. Salem looks at the young woman's eyes with a pity look, knowing first hand what can drive someone to go that far.
'His bride the third remained unheard, her cries for help ignored. She stopped her life with a surgeon's knife, and gave it to Our Lord.'
The confirms what Salem had fear, as it hits her she feels a stabbing pain in her head.
SCP-231-4 (deceased ██-██-████): Attempted to administer SCP-500. Although successful in that all traces of SCP-██ were expelled from the system, expelled remains immediately underwent a █████████████ event, causing numerous casualties including SCP-231-4 herself. See Casualty Report for Event 231-Delta for more details.
A 9 year old girl with lengthy auburn hair and brown eyes tries to shield herself as a burst of flames come in and consume the poor girl. Though everyone was seen upset at seeing the act, none more so than Yang, Jaune and Salem who had a murderous look in their eyes.
'The fourth prepares a dagger and places it at her heart. The perfect cure cannot make pure what the King has set apart.'
"You damn god." Salem said in a low growl that the young reaper heard which had her turn to the now deathly pale woman with a hint of glowing red in her eyes.
"God?" She whispers back in confused concern.
SCP-231-5 (deceased ██-██-████): Botched application of Procedure 110-Montauk resulted in SCP-231-5 giving birth to SCP-██ one hour later, which then underwent a ██████████ event. See Casualty Report for Event 231-Echo, and Report on Destruction of Site 231-Aleph, for more details. Recruitment profile of Class D personnel was revised to minimize possibility of a second botched Procedure 110-Montauk.
An 18 year old woman with long black hair and gray eyes with tears down her face with choke marks are seen at her neck. This made several of the viewers to look at the terror look in her eyes with a haunting disturbance.
'The fifth one's crown was bearing down upon the fox's set. The den was sundered with mighty thunder, an apocalypse beget.'
"I still don't like whoever is talking." Weiss said as she feels her head feeling pressure.
SCP-231-6 (deceased ██-██-████): Killed during escape attempt aided and abetted by Agent ██████████. ██████████, who had been exhibiting heightened stress levels due to prolonged exposure to SCP-231, obtained possession of SCP-[REDACTED] and attempted to use said weapon to rescue SCP-231-6 and SCP-231-7. Agent ██████████ was killed in the resulting firefight, but a stray round resulted in the termination of SCP-231-6 as well. Fetus of SCP-231-6's SCP-██ then underwent a ████████████ event. In the wake of this incident, O5-level personnel voted by unanimous decision to amend personnel policies. See Casualty Report for Event 231-Foxtrot for more details.
A 19 year old woman lay dead as a strange looking MFT started killing security personnel with another woman behind them. This confused everyone in the room, more so Xion than the rest.
'On the sixth's day, the walls gave way, and the oceans turned to ash. Her birth gave work, as the earth shook, underneath the King's fell lash.'
"I'll just assume that the strange looking person is the child and he is weaker because it wasn't born normally." Blake said, hoping that she was right.
SCP-231-7: As of ██-██-████, SCP-231-7 is successfully contained at Site ██████.
A 18 year old woman with brown hair and blue eyes is seen screaming at an unknown force. This caused everyone a small desire to help the poor girl, even Salem felt the need to do so.
'The seventh bride will break the tides the moon no more will shine. There comes a day not far away she'll birth the death of time.'
"Bastard god." Salem almost shouted as her scleras darken and her hair goes white, surprising the students.
Addendum 231-b: Text of missive by O5-██
Dear Friends,
It has come to my attention that recently, certain rumors have surfaced regarding SCP-231. Due to the drop in staff morale, I have decided to address some of the more prevalent points.
"You have a lot to answer for." Salem said in her scolding tone, which made everyone move their desk away from the grimm woman.
Yes, Procedure 110-Montauk is as horrible as you have heard, which is why only Class D Personnel are authorized to carry it out. Yes, it does involve brutal [REDACTED].
Jaune and Yang's eyes turn away from Salem and turn from fear to primal rage.
No, assignment to SCP-231 is not intended to test your loyalty to the Foundation, your tendencies towards ██████████, or anything else.
No, SCP-231 is not a punishment detail.
"Couldn't have fooled me." Weiss said dryly while glaring at the screen.
Yes, there are staff members who have been on SCP-231 and have successfully transferred out by their own request. No, not everyone who's worked on SCP-231 is terminated upon leaving the project.
"At least they aren't that wasteful." Weiss quietly said with a hit of venom in it.
Yes, staff members who have been assigned to SCP-231 are allowed to take a Class A Amnesiac before leaving the project if so desired. Yes, false memories are then implanted. No, none of the supposed methods for recovering or detecting false memories work. Yes, there are some of you who've worked on SCP-231 and don't remember it.
"So, does that mean our doppelgangers have gone through this SCP?" Nora questions which didn't feel right to the others in the room, even Xion.
No, we have not given up trying to save SCP-231-7, but research in that field must be carried out with the utmost of caution. Based on the increased potency of each subsequent ████████████ event associated with each subsequent SCP-██ specimen, there is a strong possibility that SCP-231-7's ████████████ event could result in an XK class end-of-the-world scenario. This information is corroborated in notebooks recovered from the cultists (see document "Seven Brides, Seven Seals," SCP-231-Adjunct B).
"And you believed a crazy cult?" Blake questions with a hateful tone.
No, putting the poor girl out of her misery is NOT an option. Neither is drugging her. She has to be aware of what is going on for 110-Montauk to work.
"Well, guess that makes you the true side of just, isn't it." Yang growled with crimson eyes.
One final note: The Foundation does many distasteful things in the completion of our mission, but our mission is important enough that the price is one we must pay. Containment of SCP-231 is one of our most dangerous duties, not because of any direct danger to ourselves (like SCP-682) but because of the danger that our resolve will fail, that we will allow ourselves to either let down our guard due to sympathy for the suffering of an innocent, or that we will allow ourselves to become monsters through the performance of monstrous acts. Just do your jobs, and save the philosophizing for the shrink.
Sincerely,
O5-██
"They should still try to find a way to save." Ruby pleaded.
"There is a way." Salem said with a determined look. "We just have to kill a god."
'Don't believe it when they say they're trying to save her. Why would they bother? They've got exactly what they want exactly where they want it.'
This stops the room before everyone turns to the surprise doctor, who is now on the verge of tears.
Addendum 231-c: Update
231-07's emotional response to Procedure 110-Montauk appears to be reduced recently, despite proper execution of said procedure, increasing danger of SCP-██ undergoing a ████████████ event. Two options have been proposed.
1. Development of a new containment procedure with higher emotional response than Procedure 110-Montauk.
"Please don't." Pyrrha begged out.
2. Administration of a Class A Amnestic to SCP-231-7, allowing for a return to base emotional response state. Said memory modification is to be administered during execution of Procedure 110-Montauk to maintain heightened emotional state following memory reset.
"Go back to option 1!" Pyrrha shouted in fear.
Please advise.
'The doctor never tells his god which one he really seeks. Instead he hides himself away, and quietly, he weeps.'
Salem felt her own magic coursing through her veins as flame, electricity and frost begin to show around the surface of her skin.
Dr. ████
Addendum 231-d: Decision
Proverbs 1:32
Carry out Option 2 at the first available opportunity.
"No!" The students shouted their displeasure.
'Their god's own voice, he makes the choice, declaring with their word. "in fear and pain let her remain, lest she be like the third."'
At this point they all agreed that it would be merciful for the poor girl.
O5-██
Addendum 231-e: Aftermath
Ezekiel 6:14
Option 2 was carried out. SCP-231-7's emotional state returned to 100% efficacy. Dr. ████ subsequently committed suicide due to heightened emotional stress. Will continue analysis of efficacy of treatment.
"Coward." Said a slowly calmed down Salem, though her voice also held more venom then most could pull out of their lips.
'The doctor's gun ended his run, as he put it to his ear. As she was defiled, the pitied child, he gave it to his fear.'
The Remnants were only pleased before their hatred returned at the mention of 231-7's defilement.
Dr. ██████████
Addendum 231-f: Continued Analysis of Efficacy of Treatment
Revelation 18:21-24
After some analysis, I have determined that it is not necessary to perform memory modification every time Procedure 110-Montauk is carried out. In fact, it is better to delay for some time before re-administering the agent. Analysis of Subject 231-7's emotional response indicates that efficacy of Procedure 110-Montauk seems to peak between the third and fourth performance of the procedure: the dread of anticipation of events seems to heighten emotional response for a time, before familiarity with the procedure begins to lessen the efficacy of treatment. My recommendation is that Class A Amnestics be administered once a week during Procedure 110-Montauk. The calendar has been modified accordingly.
"These guys are just monsters." Weiss sighed as she lowered and shook her head.
'Her memory is a fickle thing, the strongest shall endure. When her weeping starts to waver, their drugs make her mind pure.'
"You're not helping, asshole!" Yang yells, which made Salem gain a smile.
Dr. ██████████
Dr. Grim returned on the screen looking somewhat angered. "I hope you understand why we must do this. I have no pleasure in enacting this on the poor girl, but it must be done… Less he returns." Dr. Grim's face softened before speaking. "I hope you have a good day… for her sake." The screen cuts to black.
This causes confusion more than rage, more so for the doctor in the room. Though Ruby noticed one thing before saying questionly. "'He'?"
The screen shows Dr. Grim in his personal quarters standing in front of the mirror above the sink. Dr. Grim looks to be talking to himself, using the mirror to comm with. This seems to happen for a while until he smashes his bandage arm at the mirror, shattering it. Dr. Grim's arm begins to make a darken red mist out of the injuries. He sighs before looking straight up to the camera which shows glowing crimson irises and black scleras.
"Okay, what the fuck?" Yang said out loud. "First, Salem. And now him." Yang pointed to the screen.
"So, anything we need to know-" Before Jaune could finish his sentence the next file played on it's own without Xion even looking for it. The strangest thing was, it showed a pizza box of all things.
Grim walks in before looking at the screen. "Huh, someone already wrote the review... Weird, but okay." Turns to the viewer. "Hi guys, FEV Grim the writer here. So I hope you'd enjoy the first 10 files of the story, and now with these files being done I can go back to focusing on my other stories. But before that happens, let's read the reviews.
From doomqwer: True, but let's face it. There are way more Edge Lords in later files, so this wasn't some much a problem.
Thanks for writing doomqwer
From Wombag1786: I'm aware of the rumors, my favorite is that you wear it because your hiding from the world government for causing ██████████. Yeah, you never did told me about the other ones.
Thanks for writing Wombag1786
From Combine117: At least it will calm his shit. Next chapter, I swear. I know for a fact this chapter will be heavy... Even though it wrote it self...
Thanks for writing Combine117
From jetjedi: Thank you.
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"So the next chapter will come on Thanksgiving. See you then... Now what did this wrote."