It was brought to staff attention that ZadderOflalies (account age 390 days, site membership 385 days) posted the article:https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-8178, which contained multiple indicators of AI-generation.
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Item #: SCP-8178 [[image [[image https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG2.sy_Lua52L.ahN2vxCtCy?pid=ImgGn]]source]]
Object Class: Apollyon [[image https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG2.sy_Lua52L.ahN2vxCtCy?pid=ImgGn]]
Special Containment Procedures:
SCP-8178, known as "The Smiling Menace," is beyond containment by any known means. All attempts to restrain SCP-8178 physically, metaphysically, or otherwise have resulted in catastrophic failure. Global Protocol Delta-9 ("Scorched Earth") is to be immediately enacted upon SCP-8178 manifestation to mitigate casualties and prevent mass panic.
A global surveillance network is continuously monitoring for signs of SCP-8178 activity. Any reported sightings are to be investigated by Mobile Task Force Omega-13 ("Reality Anchors") without delay. In the event of an SCP-8178 sighting, all civilian populations within a 500 km radius are to be evacuated, and affected areas are to be placed under martial law.
Description:
SCP-8178 is a humanoid entity approximately 3 meters tall, always appearing in a black trench coat and a wide-brimmed hat. SCP-8178's face is characterized by an impossibly wide, sadistic grin and glowing, icy blue eyes. The entity's skin is a deep, crimson hue, intensifying in the presence of fear or psychological distress.
SCP-8178 possesses an array of overwhelmingly powerful reality-altering abilities, including but not limited to:
Absolute Psychological Domination: SCP-8178 can induce extreme psychological distress, vivid and horrifying hallucinations, and intense paranoia in individuals within a 5 km radius. Victims experience their worst fears in an unbearably realistic manner, often leading to permanent psychological damage or death.
Omnipresent Teleportation: SCP-8178 can instantaneously appear and disappear at will, with no known limit to its range. It often uses this ability to stalk its victims, appearing suddenly to maximize fear and psychological torment.
Total Temporal Control: SCP-8178 can manipulate the flow of time on a global scale, causing localized time loops, accelerating or decelerating time, or trapping entire regions in endless cycles of torment. Time manipulation can extend to halting time entirely or reversing it within a localized area.
Unrestricted Physical Manifestation Control: SCP-8178 can alter its physical form and the forms of surrounding objects and beings at will. This ability is often used to create nightmarish environments and monstrous apparitions to terrorize its victims. SCP-8178 can also disassemble and reassemble matter on a molecular level.
Ultimate Mind Control: SCP-8178 can dominate an individual's mind entirely, forcing them to act against their will or experience their worst memories repeatedly. Victims under SCP-8178's control often perform acts of extreme violence, mass destruction, or self-harm without any possibility of resistance.
Reality Warping: SCP-8178 can alter the fabric of reality itself, creating spatial anomalies, distorting physical laws, and rewriting the fundamental principles of the universe within its area of influence.
SCP-8178 appears to feed off the fear and suffering of humans, growing more powerful and terrifying as it inflicts psychological distress. Its abilities escalate exponentially with the emotional and psychological trauma it causes.
Addendum 8178-1:
SCP-8178 was first identified in the city of [REDACTED], following reports of mass hysteria, unexplained disappearances, and sightings of a "demonic figure." Mobile Task Force Omega-13 was dispatched to investigate and suffered complete operational failure with 100% casualties. Survivors reported experiencing intense and realistic hallucinations of their worst fears, leading to several fatalities due to heart attacks or severe mental breakdowns.
Addendum 8178-2:
Incident Report 8178-45: On ██/██/20██, SCP-8178 manifested in the densely populated metropolis of [REDACTED], leading to the immediate implementation of Protocol Delta-9. The resulting evacuation and containment efforts resulted in over ███,███ civilian casualties and the total destruction of the area. SCP-8178 was last seen dematerializing after a confrontation with MTF Omega-13, leaving behind a trail of psychologically devastated survivors.
Interview Log 8178-7:
Interviewed: Agent David Carter
Interviewer: Dr. Maria Vasquez
<Begin Log>
Dr. Vasquez: Can you describe the encounter with SCP-8178 during the incident in [REDACTED]?
Agent Carter: It was like nothing we've ever faced. One moment, it was standing there with that horrific grin, and the next, reality itself was breaking down. Time warped, the ground shifted, and people were caught in endless loops of their worst nightmares. It thrives on fear, growing stronger the more terror it creates. We couldn't touch it, couldn't hurt it. It was like fighting a living nightmare. Even the strongest-willed agents were reduced to gibbering wrecks within seconds.
Dr. Vasquez: Do you believe SCP-8178 can be contained?
Agent Carter: No, it's too powerful, too unpredictable. It's not just a physical threat; it attacks your mind, your very perception of reality. All we can do is try to limit the damage and protect as many people as possible. We're dealing with something beyond our comprehension, beyond our capabilities.
<End Log>
Conclusion:
SCP-8178 represents an existential threat to humanity and reality itself. All Foundation resources are to be directed towards understanding and, if possible, neutralizing SCP-8178. Until such time, global containment and evacuation protocols remain our only means of mitigating the devastation caused by SCP-8178's manifestations. The continued existence of SCP-8178 poses a threat not just to individual lives, but to the fabric of reality as we know it.
Notes: No sandbox exists for this draft, though there are sandboxes by this user (https://scp-sandbox-3.wikidot.com/scp-0009998, https://scp-sandbox-3.wikidot.com/scp-7159512), both of which contain hallmarks of AI usage.
Disc Team, please weigh in.