Noting that new site member Aldo Portillo (account age 490 days, site membership 59 days) recently coldposted the following page, which has some indicators of AI-generation: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-8163 page title, "SCP-8163 "Canvas of Dread""
**Item #:** SCP-8163
**Object Class:** --Euclid-- -> --Thaumiel-- Keter/Uncontained
**Special Containment Procedures:** --SCP-8163 is not to be contained, as he serves as a critical asset to the Recordkeeping And Information Security Administration (R.A.I.S.A.) in the development of cognitohazards. However, SCP-8163 is strictly prohibited from leaving Site-07 unless requested by R.A.I.S.A.'s Founding Director, █████ ██████ █████, and approved by O5-2, █████ █████. To prevent the unauthorized spread of memetic and hermeneutic cognitohazards both within and outside the facility, Mobile Task Forces Kappa-10 "Skynet" and Rho-9 "Technical Support" are to operate alongside Mobile Task Force Eta-10 "See No Evil". The Cognitohazards Monitoring Division [Cog Haz] holds overriding authority in all matters concerning SCP-8163’s security and containment, with the power to overrule decisions made by Mobile Task Forces or R.A.I.S.A. personnel below a Level 5 clearance in the following scenarios:--
- --Cybersecurity breaches.--
- --Cognitohazardous contact of any class.-- **[View Addendum 4]**
- --Facility raids and/or riots.--
- --Sector/Site lockdowns.--
- --Attempted escapes.--
- --██ █████ █████████--
--SCP-8163 must be escorted at all times by no fewer than two armed MTF Eta-10 operatives. Mobile Task Forces Rho-9 "Technical Support" and Kappa-10 "Skynet" are responsible for monitoring all network activity and transmissions initiated by SCP-8163. Any detected communication must be immediately reported to R.A.I.S.A. and Eta-10 high-ranking officials, in which case a Site-wide network lockdown is to be started, and a Class-3 H.S.A. is to be uploaded to Site-07 servers before any information is sent out until the existence of a cognitohazardous agent is either confirmed and neutralized, or disregarded.--
The Foundation has been unaware of SCP-8163's whereabouts since GOI-012 "Marshall, Carter & Dark, Ltd." acquired it by force on ██/██/████.
**Description:** SCP-8163, originally known as Dustin Grey, is a Caucasian male of young adult age, standing 6'3" tall and weighing 191 pounds. SCP-8163 possesses the anomalous ability to create memetic and hermeneutic cognitohazards at will **[catalogued as SCP-8163-01]**, both through traditional hand-drawn methods and digital means. Testing has confirmed that these cognitohazards can induce specific effects in those exposed, with outcomes directly influenced by SCP-8163’s intent. Additionally, some cognitohazards produced by SCP-8163 have triggered entirely new effects not previously observed in any known memetic or hermeneutic phenomena. This has led to the creation of a new cognitohazard classification system, useful for both R.A.I.S.A. and MTF Eta-10. **[View Addendum 4]**
It is unknown whether SCP-8163 acquired his anomalous abilities or if he was born with them. However, it is evident that his powers have grown stronger over time, with an expanding range of possible effects corresponding to the improvement of his drawing skills. Through multiple interviews conducted by Foundation researchers, as well as recovered interview logs from the █████████ █████ ██████ psychiatric hospital, it has been determined that SCP-8163 first manifested his abilities in 2004 during childhood.**[View Interview Log 03/21/2004]**
**Addendum | Initial Containment:** SCP-8163 was contained in ████ following a joint effort by Mobile Task Forces Eta-10 (“See No Evil”) and Kappa-10 (“Skynet”) to trace the origin of cognitohazards distributed earlier that year, incident later designated as I-8163-01 **[View Addendum 4]**. The cognitohazards were being distributed through what could be described as a live auction on the dark web, facilitated by an auto-changing proxy algorithm. Despite extensive efforts, only the proxy { ██████████████████████████████████████ } was detected after several hours, and SCP-8163 was identified as the source. An MTF Eta-10 squad was dispatched to the location to apprehend SCP-8163, while MTF Kappa-10 deployed a cybermemetic agent purposed to amnesticize all participants of the auction. SCP-8163 was captured on the same day and initially contained at Site-38. Due to his humanoid nature, he was later transferred to Site-06-02, and subsequently to Site-07 to collaborate with R.A.I.S.A. **[View Addendum 3]**
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[[collapsible show="SCP-8163 : Interview Log (██/██/████)" hide="ACCESS GRANTED"]]
> **Interviewed:** SCP-8163 [Dustin Grey]
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> **Interviewer:** Dr. Judith Strickland
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> **Foreword:** The interview took place a few days after SCP-8163's transfer to Site-06-02, and several weeks before his relocation to Site-07 and subsequent reclassification from Euclid to Thaumiel. Throughout this period, SCP-8163 displayed no signs of anxiety or distress, suggesting that he wasn't surprised by his capture or containment.
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> **{Begin Log}**
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> **Dr. Strickland**: Let’s begin. I suggest you cooperate in this interview, it’ll make this process easier for both of us. State your full name and age.
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> **SCP-8163**: [Unresponsive.]
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> **Dr. Strickland**: Is something wrong?
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> **SCP-8163**: So you tracked me down, sent a goddamn convoy after me, locked me in this fortress, and you don’t even know my name?
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> **Dr. Strickland**: I know exactly who you are. I simply asked to evaluate your cognitive state. So far, you seem lucid, if not a bit dramatic.
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> **SCP-8163**: Yeah, well… hard to be surprised when you’ve seen this play out a hundred times in movies. Lock up the freak, study the freak. What’s next, observation chambers? Or do you wanna skip the pleasantries and start dissecting?
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> **Dr. Strickland**: You’re unusually calm for someone in your position.
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> **SCP-8163**: No, I’m just realistic. I drew pictures and sold them to the right people. You outsmarted me, so here we are. No point in losing sleep over it.
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> **Dr. Strickland**: You call it ‘drawing pictures.’ We call it a potential EK-class scenario.
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> **SCP-8163**: Well, for starters, I don't know what the fuck that is. Secondly, I call it talent. And people paid good money for it. I initially assumed that's what scared you.
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> **Dr. Strickland**: Talent...let's talk about that. When did you first realize your… work was abnormal?
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> **SCP-8163**: [Pauses] It’s always been there, like breathing. I never had a realization moment, it's just been a part of me for longer than I could recall.
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> **Dr. Strickland**: Yet at some point, you leaped from casual doodling to black-market commissions. That doesn’t happen overnight. What changed?
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> **SCP-8163**: [Unresponsive]
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> **Dr. Strickland**: I'm waiting for your answer.
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> SCP-8163: It’s too unclear of a memory to rely on it as fact…
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> **Dr. Strickland**: What is?
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> **SCP-8163** : [Sighs] I don’t know… Maybe I can’t explain it. I just remember walking out of that psychiatric hospital, and everything unfolded from there slowly. But hell, maybe you can find out for me.
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> **Dr. Strickland**: How did you decide to start auctioning your drawings on the black market? What made you-
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> **SCP-8163**: [Interrupts] Even if you force me to talk, I’ll just lie to you. This conversation is pointless. You’ve already captured me, so do what you must.
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> **Dr. Strickland**: [Pauses, then gestures toward the officer outside] If he wants to be treated as an anomaly, he shall be treated as one.
**<End of Log>**
**Conclusion**: The interview was forcibly terminated following intervention by a Senior Enforcer of the Ethics Committee due to a recorded violation of the Code of Ethics (Psychiatric torture).
[[/collapsible]]
**Test Log SCP-8163**
**Foreword**: All SCP-8163-01 instances were run through countermemetic cognitohazardous protocols conveyed by **Cog Haz** after the exposure of Class-D subjects. Testing researchers must be evaluated with a Cognitive Resistant Value of 16 or above before any contact with SCP-8163.
Format:
> Drawing: [Describes the picture SCP-8163 has been requested for **[SCP-8163-01]**]
> Time: [States the time it took SCP-8163 to realize the drawing]
> Subject: [Describes the person or entity exposed to SCP-8163-01]
> Results: [Describes the outcome of exposure]
Testing researchers: Dr. ████ ███████, Dr. █████ ████, and Dr. Judith Strickland.
> Drawing: A mountainous landscape with a lake.
> Time: 23 minutes.
> Subject: One Class-D subject [D-5320].
> Results: Subject not affected by SCP-8163-01.
> Drawing: A subacuatic deep abyss.
> Time: 16 minutes.
> Subject: One Class-D subject exhibiting thalassophobia [D-5584].
> Results: Subject not affected by SCP-8163-01.
Subjects continued to be unaffected by SCP-8163-01 instances. Site-06-02's Board Director approved using electrode stimulation therapy to manipulate SCP-8163's emotions into feeling hatred towards the Class-D subjects participating in the tests.
> Drawing: A subacuatic deep abyss.
> Time: 37 minutes.
> Subject: One Class-D subject exhibiting thalassophobia [D-5584].
> Results: SCP-8163 was non-compilant to the order, as the recovered drawing showed an abstract image that was later described by SCP-8163 as "A twisted circuit". D-5584 suffered a violent epileptic reaction in which he began convulsing and ██████ off his own forearm. The subject couldn't be controlled and had to be terminated.
Electrode stimulation was changed to manipulate SCP-8163's emotions into compassion towards the Class-D subjects participating in the test.
> Drawing: N/A **[SCP-8163 was given creative freedom for this procedure]**
> Time: 1 hour and 4 minutes.
> Subject: One Class-E personnel diagnosed with severe PTSD [Post Traumatic Stress Disorder] after being exposed to SCP-████.
> Results: SCP-8163-01 consisted of a blurry flower field. When inquired about the drawing, SCP-8163 referred to it as "Safety". The Class-E's psychological evaluation after the test showed drastic improvement and showed no diagnostic criteria, however, his Class-E status was unable to be removed as he now became affected by SCP-8163-01.
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[[include :scp-wiki:component:license-box-end]]Excerpts of note:
The Cognitohazards Monitoring Division [Cog Haz] holds overriding authority in all matters concerning SCP-8163’s security and containment, with the power to overrule decisions made by Mobile Task Forces or R.A.I.S.A. personnel below a Level 5 clearance in the following scenarios:
- —Cybersecurity breaches.
- Cognitohazardous contact of any class. [View Addendum 3]
- Facility raids and/or riots.
- Sector/Site lockdowns.
- Attempted escapes.
- ██ █████ █████████
SCP-8163 must be escorted at all times by no fewer than two armed MTF Eta-10 operatives. Mobile Task Forces Rho-9 "Technical Support" and Kappa-10 "Skynet" are responsible for monitoring all network activity and transmissions initiated by SCP-8163. Any detected communication must be immediately reported to R.A.I.S.A. and Eta-10 high-ranking officials, in which case a Site-wide network lockdown is to be started, and a Class-3 H.S.A. is to be uploaded to Site-07 servers before any information is sent out until the existence of a cognitohazardous agent is either confirmed and neutralized, or disregarded.
Addendum | Initial Containment: SCP-8163 was contained in ████ following a joint effort by Mobile Task Forces Eta-10 (“See No Evil”) and Kappa-10 (“Skynet”) to trace the origin of cognitohazards distributed earlier that year, incident later designated as I-8163-01 [View Addendum 4]. The cognitohazards were being distributed through what could be described as a live auction on the dark web, facilitated by an auto-changing proxy algorithm. Despite extensive efforts, only the proxy — ██████████████████████████████████████ — was detected after several hours, and SCP-8163 was identified as the source. An MTF Eta-10 squad was dispatched to the location to apprehend SCP-8163, while MTF Kappa-10 deployed an amnestic memetic agent to neutralize all participants of the auction. SCP-8163 was captured on the same day and initially contained at Site-38. Due to his humanoid nature, he was later transferred to Site-06-02, and subsequently to Site-07 to collaborate with R.A.I.S.A. [View Addendum 2]
Drawing: N/A [SCP-8163 was given creative freedom for this procedure]
Time: 1 hour and 4 minutes.
Subject: One Class-E personnel diagnosed with severe PTSD [Post Traumatic Stress Disorder] after being exposed to SCP-████.
Results: SCP-8163-01 consisted of a blurry flower field. When inquired about the drawing, SCP-8163 referred to it as "Safety". The Class-E's psychological evaluation after the test showed drastic improvement and showed no diagnostic criteria, however, his Class-E status was unable to be removed as he now became affected by SCP-8163-01.
SCP-8163: [Interrupts] Even if you force me to talk, I’ll just lie to you. This conversation is pointless. You’ve already captured me, so do what you must.
Dr. Strickland: [Pauses, then gestures toward the officer outside] If he wants to be treated as an anomaly, he shall be treated as one.<End of Log>
Conclusion: The interview was forcibly terminated following intervention by a Senior Enforcer of the Ethics Committee due to a recorded violation of the Code of Ethics (Psychiatric torture).
Of note, user is a member of the sandbox site, but has no sandbox activity. The coldposted work was fully formed in the initial page creation; the author has the following edits:
- changed formatting for object class
- changed "when" to "whether", "whether" to "if" in second paragraph of description
- changed "deployed an amnestic memetic agent to neutralize" to "deployed cybermemetic agent purposed to amnesticize"
- removed a [[/collapsible]] and added a >
- corrected quote box formatting
- changed test log/addendum numbers, added text " [catalogued as SCP-8163-01]", added the fully formed test logs
- removed a colon from the "Format:" text in the generated log
- removed the rating module code
Compare writing with user's forum comments:
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17058203/scp-8163#post-6847512 (reply to comment, "Was AI used in any way while making this? It seems non-AI, don't worry, I just saw a few odd parts and wanted to confirm.")
nope, it wasn't
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17058203/scp-8163#post-6847514 (self-reply)
also, I'm not done yet with it, I had to verify the collapsible worked fine
Also, an application on file for the user:
I have a side lore that I would like to put out there, see if y'all like it and if you want to make it official
Membership revoked, PM sent.