Hey guys, TheDoctor1998 here with another chapter! This time, we're going to do the Heart of Darkness, SCP-058.

Now, on with the show!

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Dr. Nori appeared on the screen again. "Good afternoon everyone, my name is Dr. Nori, and today we're going to be studying SCP-058, AKA the Heart of Darkness."

"Well, that sounds lovely." Lucifer sarcastically said.

"Why indeed it does!" Alastor agreed, though without any of the sarcasm.

Item #: SCP-058

Containment Class: Keter

Secondary Class: None

Disruption Class: Keneq

Risk Class: Critical

"Oh God." Charlie breathed. "It's like 682."

"Or at the very least as dangerous and hard to contain as it." Sir Pentious agreed, remembering all the classifications.

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-058 is to be kept in isolation i by 5 m by 5 m containment chamber at all times. Walls are to be constructed of 3 m (10 ft) of reinforced heat-resistant steel, backed with a further 10 m (33 ft) of reinforced concrete. SCP-058 is to be fed a live cow every three days. Maintenance is to be conducted every sixty (60) minutes while SCP-058 is dormant and every fifteen (15) minutes when SCP-058 is active. Under no circumstances is SCP-058 to be allowed out of its containment area. SCP-058 is to be audio recorded at all times. No personnel are to listen to SCP-058 for more than thirty (30) minutes at a time. In case of escape, facility is to be considered compromised and detonation of on-site nuclear weaponry is to commence. To date, SCP-058 has been responsible for the death of at least one hundred and forty-nine (149) Class-D personnel and fourteen (14) Agents at its current site.

"Jesus!" Angel Dust exclaimed. "Overkill much?"

"If it's as dangerous as 682, there's no such thing as overkill." Lute grunted, wishing she could pierce this Heart of Darkness with her spear.

Description: SCP-058 resembles a bovine heart, with four (4) arthropod-like legs used primarily for movement, and four (4) tentacles of adjustable length, covered with razor sharp spines. It has a single sharp 'stinger' on its rear, where the hole for the superior vena cava would be in a typical organ. SCP-058's tentacles can be "whipped" to a distance of 3.2 m (10.5 ft) at speeds in excess of 320 km/h (200 mph). SCP-058 is extremely hostile and will use every opportunity afforded to it to inflict damage on its surroundings. SCP-058 has been shown to be highly resilient to trauma, and should be approached with caution even when apparently incapacitated.

Vaggie simply looked disgusted at the creature. "Okay, that thing's just creepy as fuck."

"Yeah, I'm not even gonna disagree with that one, bitch." Adam nodded.

"Sir?" Lute was somewhat shocked, considering who he just agreed with.

"Hey, I may hate the traitor, but I'm not gonna disagree with the cunt if she's making a good point for a change just because I hate her." Adam shrugged. "If all your ethics are just the exact opposite of someone you hate, that's all it is. My opinions are my own and no one else's, bitch."

SCP-058 is highly mobile and capable of rapid movement on both horizontal and vertical surfaces. It has been recorded reaching a speed of approximately 90 km/h (55 mph) in short bursts, covering distances up to 200 m (656 ft), and has the ability to accelerate from 0 to 90 km/h (55 mph) in less than two (2) seconds. It has been shown to use its tentacles for increased leverage and stability, as well as utilizing them to pull itself to other surfaces at high speeds.

"Can't outrun or outmanoeuvre it, then." Alastor smirked. "A true predator, it seems."

Niffty simply giggled again. "I can't wait to add that bug to my collection!"

SCP-058 'speaks' in a human voice, though no method of producing sound has been observed in its physiology. It speaks with vocal tone and accent of an elderly British male with a slight lisp and deep voice. SCP-058 talks constantly, regardless of conditions: even when attacking, SCP-058's voice and pace of speech are unchanged. The speech of SCP-058 lacks any detectable correlation to events, persons, or exterior locations involved with SCP-058 (see Transcript of Interview 058-04).

Several people looked over at Pentious. "What?" The serpentine angel asked.

"I think they're wondering if you've got something to do with this thing." Emily whispered to him.

"Preposterous!" Pentious scoffed. "Just because I'm British and have something of a lisp doesn't mean I've done anything involving this Heart!"

Notes:

SCP-058 was first encountered at Site XX as it came out of [DATA EXPUNGED]. SCP-058 was extremely hostile and appeared to be very agitated. Initially SCP-058 attacked Stie XX, which resulted in the death of XX faculty and XX Agents. SCP-058 went on to attack the nearby town of XXXXXXXXXXX, resulting in the death of over [REDACTED] citizens and the destruction of seventy percent (70%) of the surrounding buildings.

"Oh no." Charlie winced, seeing the devastation.

"That freaky thing is impressive." Cherri whistled. "Haven't seen that kind of devastation anywhere outside the Doomsday District."

Post-Breach analysis determined a majority of the deaths are attributable to fire and fire-related injuries, resulting from a wide spread of "stinger fluid" by SCP-058 from a large structure. This is also blamed for a majority of structural damage. XXXXXXXXX by SCP-058 accounts for only 8% of total deaths, with major evidence [DATA EXPUNGED]

"It shoots fire." Lucifer sighed. "Of course it shoots fire."

"Didn't you try to introduce animals with that kind of power?" Sera asked.

"That was before there was such a thing as malice, Sera!" The Devil defended.

SCP-058 was finally contained after being crushed and incapacitated by a large amount of masonry from a building that had collapsed on top of it. SCP-058 was then extracted and transported to XXXXXXXX by Agents and MTF teams. SCP-058 was contained at XXXXXXXX for three weeks, during which it made minimal attempts to move, attributed both to physical damage and bloating from XXXXXXXXX during the initial breach incident. Testing during this period was limited, with SCP-058 still maintaining a high threat level even in its impaired state.

"Tough little bastard, isn't it?" Husk grunted, being way too sober for this kind of shit.

SCP-058 breached containment on XX/XX/XXXX during an attempted transfer to an SCP Containment Site, causing multiple deaths and injuries. SCP-058 was eventually incapacitated by Agent XXXXXX, who managed to subdue SCP-058 by running it over with an M1 tank, pinning it beneath the armored vehicle. SCP-058 was subsequently secured and transported to Armed Bio-Containment Area 14.

"And that explains the numerous Foundation deaths it caused." Alastor grinned.

Addendum:

The SCP-1175 containment team has observed significant agitation in SCP-1175-2 on a number of dates that coincide with prolonged breaches of SCP-058's containment. Additionally, personnel assigned to AI-2471GH2's maintenance have reported inexplicable heart palpitations during similar timeframes. Investigation into possible connections is pending RAISA approval.

Pentious started scribbling. 'Possible connection? Need to learn more about SCP-1175 and AI-2471GH2.'

Transcript of Interview 058-04:

SCP-058: I had dreams of the queen wonders that lived inside the hearts of love and silent treatments of all the elderly that I knew were once whole.

"What?" Angel simply said.

"Looks like a classic word spewing madman." Cherri shrugged. "We see them all the time here in Pentagram City."

Alastor, meanwhile, was unsure. If it was just a word salad, why did the Foundation prevent people from listening to it for more than half an hour? Besides, there could easily be a hidden meaning in those words, even if such a meaning eluded him.

Dr Johnston: What is your name?

SCP-058: I seek the revelations of all that the holy told to the unwise in the dreams of cold embers in sunlight that fade across lakes of black blood and snakes that eat the loaves of children from lamb trees in autumn.

Dr Johnston: What is your name?

SCP-058: Endless suffering is the woe of ignorant men who never lack to seek the depth of their own hearts and only see the wealth of a poor world suffering to flay its own back in knife wounds of silver and brutal gladness.

Dr Johnston: Where are you from?

SCP-058: The nightmare is a dream to the nameless slug that wanders across minefield and the remains of deer and kings.

Personnel D-067: This is some creepy ass- (D-067 cuts off into screaming)

That caught people off guard for a moment. "Why did they even put him there?!" Emily screeched.

SCP-058: Nightshade is shadows in all honest blinks that sort through the bile of newborn plagues, instant warmth is a mother's milk in dreams before anything was ever evil.

Personnel D-067: (Continues screaming)

Dr Johnston: Let him go!

"Interesting." Alastor muttered. Did this Johnston care for this D-Class?

SCP-058: In seconds the sun is beating like drums in all hearts eat the ear of noise.

Personnel D-067: (Screaming is cut short abruptly)

SCP-058: The sensual violence of lust is all the assurance you will ever need to know the worth of life.

End Log

"Definitely some hidden message in there." Alastor said, recognizing some of his own mindset in those words.

Excerpt of Experiment Log T-99816-OC108/682:

"Huh, so they tried to kill the murder lizard with this fucker." Adam noted, his eyebrow raised.

"Makes sense." Lucifer shrugged. "After everything they threw at it before, I'd use other anomalies too."

"I should note that the original file was extremely long." God said. "That said, I did cut out the other SCPs for later introduction, as shown here."

Charlie, meanwhile, was not looking forward to the inevitable violence.

Item: SCP-058

Tissue Test Record:

SCP-058 XXXXXXXXX the tissue sample.

Termination Test Record:

SCP-682 was dropped into SCP-058's containment chamber. SCP-058 immediately set upon SCP-682 with its tentacles, spines, and stinger. Although SCP-682 was able to inflict some damage to SCP-058 with its teeth and claws, it was rapidly dismembered and XXXXXXXXX. 46 minutes later, a mostly regenerated SCP-682 clawed its way out of SCP-058, severely injuring it. SCP-058 continued to attack the emerging SCP-682 with its remaining limbs until SCP-682 began to speak. While the object was speaking, SCP-058 stopped attacking it and, for the first time since its containment by the Foundation, fell silent.

Begin Log

SCP-682: You are that which lies unknowing upon the foggy palisade of spatial apostasy.

SCP-058: I am the spoke of a maudlin centrifuge beneath the black papers of blood and masochism.

SCP-682: You have borne subtle witness to the silver kings that track and prophesy the curdled calling.

SCP-058: Deep I drank from that apathetic amygdala. Lucidly I dove above the unknown gyre.

Both in unison: We have walked empty down drooling path.

End Log

At this point, the two objects began attempting to escape SCP-058's containment chamber, both attacking the same wall of the room. Armed Bio-Containment Area-14 was placed on red alert and its nuclear failsafe armed. Multiple anti-personnel explosives were dropped into the chamber; after their detonation, the aperture at the top was opened so that MTF Nu-7 ("Hammer Down") could lay heavy gunfire on both objects. 3 Nu-7 agents were non-fatally injured by a spray of SCP-058's flaming stinger fluid before it was damaged to the point of immobility. Agent XXXX then volunteered to descend into the chamber, where he attached a hook to what remained of SCP-682 so that it might be retrieved. This agent was terminated by SCP-682 in the process, but it was successfully recovered and returned to containment with little further difficulty, given its highly damaged state. Agent XXXX's remains and the fragments of SCP-682 remaining in the chamber were XXXXXXXXX by SCP-058 while it recovered from its injuries.

The practice of "feeding" SCP-058 periodically has since become noticeably less effective at pacifying it. Further cross-testing between these objects is forbidden.

Sera couldn't help but grow suspicious again. 'Did 682 adapt to be able to speak to the Heart, or does the Heart have a connection with the Pale Horse?'

Dr. Nori appeared on the screen again. "And that's SCP-058, a moving cow heart with various limbs and a penchant for destruction. And possibly some memetic hazards. Thank you all for listing, if you still are, and goodbye."

Charlie sighed. "I just know I'm gonna have a few nightmares after watching these." Vaggie simply patted her back, earning herself a smile from her girlfriend.

"Don't you live in Hell?" Adam scoffed. "This shit should be normal for you."

"Some of these, yes." Alastor agreed. "We do have psychopaths running around slaughtering people 24/7, but these anomalies are a tad different. The mind control of some Sinners isn't as thorough as Bobble's, Sinners don't adapt to damage the same way 682 does, we can't inflict curses that transfer from person to person, and we don't have something like the Heart running around."

"Unless they're a really fucked up Sinner." Angel shrugged. "You'd be surprised what you'd find down here. Met a guy who turned into a giant walking grenade once."

"Oh yeah, that guy was the bomb!" Cherri joked, causing a few chuckles in the room.

Dr. Nori was shown observing recordings of SCP-058. "So, what's this drooling path business?"

"Something about a trail of memetic breadcrumbs leading to several anomalies." The researcher next to her said. "The guy who tried solving it went completely insane."

"Was there any connection made by them?" Nori asked.

"Only that the term "drooling path" was repeated in their various word salads." The other researcher shrugged.

"I wonder how 682 managed to communicate with it." Nori mumbled.

"So do I, Nori." Sera mumbled.

Pentious started scribbling again. 'Possible relation between 682 and 058?'

"Alrighty then." God grinned. "I think we'll do one more today before heading off to bed. What do you say?"

"Let's just get this over with." Vaggie sighed.

"Very well." God nodded, hitting the shuffle mode again, smiling as he showed the next file. "Speaking of dreams, Charlie, I think you're going to enjoy this one."

SCP-990

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And that's a wrap. Took a while due to me reading through pretty much the entirety of the Drooling Path canon for this just for that little interaction at the end, but I think I did okay.

Also, like I've shown here, I'm going to add the 682 termination attempts at the end with the various SCPs, both to add a little extra content in the chapters, and to allow the Hazbins to see the entirety of that file without it becoming ridiculously long.

TheDoctor1998 here, signing out!