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Object Number: SCP-9203
Object Class: **Euclid**
**Special Containment Procedures**: All 7 anomalous street lamps associated with SCP-9203 (designated SCP-9203-1-1 through SCP-9203-1-7) are to be relocated to a sealed test chamber within the Site-42 Containment Zone. The test chamber is to be surrounded by a 3-meter-tall metal fence, with infrared motion sensors and 24-hour surveillance cameras (capable of low-light shooting) installed on the outside of the fence. SCP-9203-1 instances must be kept powered on and illuminated daily from 18:00 to 06:00 the next day, and their power supply lines shall be connected to an independent emergency power source to prevent power outages caused by external grid failures. During all other periods, power supply must be forcibly cut off. After power cut, personnel with Level 2 or higher clearance shall conduct hourly inspections to confirm that SCP-9203-1 has no abnormal activation. No personnel are allowed to enter within 50 meters of the test chamber during non-testing periods. For any tests related to SCP-9203, testers must wear full-body reflective protective suits, be equipped with high-intensity flashlights and time-calibration devices, and their single stay time shall not exceed 15 minutes. In case of unplanned power outage of SCP-9203-1, power supply must be restored through the emergency power source within 10 minutes. Meanwhile, Mobile Task Force Gamma-12 ("Street Lamp Repairmen"), equipped with high-intensity flashlights and riot gear, shall be dispatched to cordon off the area and set up a temporary high-intensity light isolation zone until SCP-9203 is confirmed to have completely dissipated. If SCP-9203 is detected showing signs of moving toward the test chamber fence, the full-chamber high-intensity illumination system must be activated immediately to raise the ambient light intensity to over 500 lux, and cut off the power supply of all SCP-9203-1 instances at the same time, until the anomalous entity disappears.The independent emergency power source shall undergo 3 full-load discharge tests every month to ensure that it can maintain continuous power supply for at least 72 hours when the external power grid is interrupted.
**Description**: SCP-9203 is a humanoid anomalous entity that manifests exclusively within the illumination range of specific old sodium vapor street lamps (designated SCP-9203-1). It stands approximately 2.1 meters tall, with its body covered by a warm yellow translucent film similar to the light emitted by SCP-9203-1 (currently known to be related to the luminous color of SCP-9203-1). SCP-9203 has no obvious facial features, with a warm yellow halo in the head area. The proportions of its limbs are extremely disproportionate, with arms and legs each about 1.5 meters long; its limb movements are slow and stiff, with a moving speed of approximately 0.3 meters per second.
The anomalous properties of this item are manifested as follows: SCP-9203 will only manifest within a 5-meter circular area directly below the street lamp when SCP-9203-1 is in an activated state and the ambient light intensity is below 20 lux. The manifestation process lasts about 5 seconds, showing a gradual transition from transparency to materialization. If the light source is turned off, the ambient light intensity exceeds the threshold of this item, or SCP-9203-1 is physically damaged, this item will dissipate within 3 seconds without any residual substances or energy reactions. In addition, the manifestation duration of SCP-9203 is positively correlated with the service life of SCP-9203-1. SCP-9203-1-7, which has the longest service life, can support its continuous manifestation for 8 hours, while SCP-9203-1-3, the newest one, can only support it for 1 hour.At present, SCP-9203 shows no active aggressive behavior, but will slowly move toward the target entering its activity range after perceiving the presence of humans. If it makes physical contact with a human, the contact person will instantly fall into a state of temporal perception distortion—the subjective time flow rate will become one-tenth of the normal rate, and the duration of this state is exactly the same as the contact duration. According to the descriptions of contact persons, when in contact with an SCP-9203 individual, they will experience a large number of hallucinations related to "waiting", "loneliness" and "fear" during the distortion period, and the content of the hallucinations is mostly the solitary scenes they have experienced. After about 15 minutes, SCP-9203 will forcibly break off contact with the contact person, and at this time, the contact person's temporal perception will immediately return to normal, but the memory of the hallucinations will remain in the brain for 1–3 days, and some sensitive individuals may experience transient insomnia and anxiety symptoms. If a certain SCP-9203-1 instance remains unlit for 72 consecutive hours, the street lamp will automatically extinguish at midnight, and SCP-9203 will transfer to the illumination range of the nearest other SCP-9203-1 instance within 10 minutes, with no physical trace during the transfer process; the original street lamp will permanently lose its anomalous properties and become an ordinary old sodium vapor street lamp, which can no longer trigger the manifestation of SCP-9203 even if it is powered on again. Test records show that the maximum migration range of SCP-9203 can reach 12 kilometers, and it will preferentially select SCP-9203-1 instances with longer service life during the migration process.
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**SCP-9203-1: Recovery Log**
SCP-9203-1 instances were first discovered in Wenxing Alley, an old urban area of ███ City, in ██ 20██. Local residents had filed multiple reports to the police, claiming to have seen a "faceless yellow human-shaped shadow" beneath the street lamps in the alley at night. Some witnesses stated that after approaching the shadow, they felt "one minute seemed as long as an hour" and suffered from insomnia and anxiety symptoms. After Foundation field agents intervened in the investigation, they confirmed the anomalous properties of SCP-9203 through ambient light intensity tests and physical contact experiments; subsequently, under the cover of the "old urban area circuit renovation project", all 7 anomalous street lamps in Wenxing Alley were removed and relocated to the Site-42 Containment Zone. During the recovery process, because one SCP-9203-1 instance had been powered off for more than 72 hours in advance, the street lamp automatically extinguished on the night before relocation, and SCP-9203 transferred to another SCP-9203-1 instance in the recovery time.
**Addendum 9203-2: Test Logs**
Test Designation: 9203-A
Test Subject: D-20381
Test Procedure: D-20381 was escorted into the illumination range of SCP-9203-1-7, and the surrounding auxiliary light sources were turned off to reduce the ambient light intensity to 15 lux; SCP-9203 manifested within 10 seconds and moved toward the test subject, with the contact duration lasting for 2 minutes. Testers monitored the entire process through surveillance and found no other abnormal behaviors of SCP-9203.
Test Results: D-20381 perceived 20 minutes subjectively during the contact period, claiming to have "seen countless versions of himself standing beneath the street lamp waiting for a long time, with no one coming around all the while"; after the test, D-20381 showed a catatonic state lasting for 3 hours, with slow responses to external stimuli, and no long-term mental damage was found through psychological evaluation.
**Test Designation: 9203-B**
Test Subject: D-20991
Test Procedure: D-20991 was escorted into the illumination range of SCP-9203-1-3, with the ambient light intensity maintained at 18 lux; after SCP-9203 manifested, testers irradiated the contact area with a high-intensity flashlight, raising the local light intensity to 30 lux.
Test Results: SCP-9203 dissipated instantly under the irradiation of high-intensity light. D-20991 only had physical contact with the entity for 5 seconds, with a subjective perceived time of 50 seconds, and only experienced mild hallucinations of "waiting for a while beneath the street lamp", without any other discomfort symptoms.
**Addendum 9203-3: Interview notes**
Interviewee: █████, former resident of Wenxing Alley, ███ City, who had witnessed SCP-9203 multiple times. During the recovery process, he was discovered by Foundation personnel and underwent memory screening. Due to abnormal memory residues detected during the screening, he was temporarily contained for an interview.
Interviewer: Dr. █████
Interview Time: 14:00, ██/██/20██
Location: Temporary Interview Room, Site-42
Recorder: Dr. █████
* Dr. █████: Hello, we would like to ask you about the "human-shaped shadow" beneath the street lamp in Wenxing Alley. Do you still remember it?
*
* █████: (The interviewee paused for a moment, with glazed eyes) I remember... At night, especially on rainy days, there would be a yellowish shadow beneath that street lamp, with no face, just standing there. The first time I saw it was last winter. I worked overtime until midnight and walked home through that alley. When I passed by, I felt like it was looking at me, but it had no eyes.
*
* Dr. █████: Did you ever approach it? Did you feel anything special when you approached it?
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* █████: I did... Once my phone ran out of power, and I wanted to use the street lamp light to check the time, so I walked over. When I was still one meter away from it, it suddenly walked toward me and touched my hand. (paused, fingers trembling) At that moment, I felt... as if the sky turned bright and dark repeatedly. I stood there waiting for a long, long time—waiting for my wife to pick me up, waiting for my colleagues to get off work, waiting for the breakfast lady to open the door... But there was only me around all the time, and that shadow stood opposite me, looking at me.
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* Dr. █████: How long did it feel like you were waiting?
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* █████: I don't know... It felt as long as an entire night, but when I checked my watch, less than a minute had passed. After that, I never dared to walk through that alley again. As soon as I closed my eyes, I would see that street lamp and that shadow. I always wondered—was it waiting for someone?
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* Dr. █████: Have you ever seen anyone else approach it?
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* █████: Yes... █████ at the alley entrance. He got drunk once, shouted insults at that shadow, and even tried to push it. As a result, █████ said the next day that he felt like he had stood beneath that street lamp for the entire night, shivering from the cold, but when he woke up, he found himself lying in his own bed at home. Later, █████ moved away, saying that the place was too weird.
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* Dr. █████: Alright, thank you for your cooperation. We will arrange some examinations for you next, and you will be able to go home soon.
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* █████: (The interviewee suddenly grabbed the researcher's hand) Is it still there? That shadow... Is it still waiting?
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* Dr. █████: We have dealt with that street lamp, and no one will ever see it again. Please have a good rest.
Post-Interview Note: After the interview, █████ underwent a second round of memory screening to eliminate all the interviewee's memories related to SCP-9203, and was then released. Subsequent follow-up investigations showed that █████ had no more abnormal symptoms and had returned to normal daily life.
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+ **Addendum 9203-4: Containment Breach Incident Log 9203-Ω**
Incident Class: Minor
Incident Time: 02:17, ██/██/20██
Incident Location: Test Chamber, Site-42 Containment Zone
Incident Cause: On that day, the external power grid of Site-42 suffered a sudden failure due to extreme weather. The independent emergency power source had not been reset after monthly maintenance, and only maintained power supply for 19 minutes before automatically shutting down, resulting in the simultaneous extinguishment of all SCP-9203-1 instances.
Incident Timeline:
* 02:17: The emergency power source shut down, all SCP-9203-1 instances went out. Surveillance showed that SCP-9203 dissipated from beneath SCP-9203-1-7; the infrared alarm system was not triggered, and no personnel were active around the test chamber.
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* 02:20: Security personnel detected the power supply abnormality and attempted to restart the emergency power source according to the plan, only to find that the power source was in an unreset state, and the restart process required at least 25 minutes.
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* 02:25: Surveillance captured an abnormal warm yellow halo appearing on the eastern side of the test chamber fence. Analysis confirmed that SCP-9203 had migrated to the location of SCP-9203-1-2, but since SCP-9203-1-2 was in an extinguished state, the entity did not fully manifest, with only weak energy reactions detected.
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* 02:38: The emergency power source was reset successfully and restarted, all SCP-9203-1 instances resumed illumination, and the ambient light intensity dropped to 18 lux; SCP-9203 fully manifested beneath SCP-9203-1-2, and for the first time showed behavior of moving toward the fence, with its moving speed increased to 0.8 meters per second compared with the normal state, only 2 meters away from the fence.
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* 02:40: The on-duty researcher activated the full-chamber high-intensity illumination system, and the ambient light intensity instantly increased to 600 lux; SCP-9203 dissipated immediately; Mobile Task Force Gamma-12 arrived at the scene and conducted a comprehensive inspection of the test chamber, with no traces of entity escape found.
Incident Consequences:
• SCP-9203 showed a proactive tendency to breach containment for the first time, with its moving speed exceeding the previously recorded test data.
• SCP-9203-1-7 had been powered off for 23 consecutive minutes, only 49 hours away from the 72-hour critical threshold, narrowly avoiding permanent loss of anomalous properties.
Incident Handling and Corrective Actions:
1. Hold the power maintenance personnel of Site-42 accountable, requiring that all emergency power sources must undergo a 1-hour full-load test after maintenance to confirm successful reset.
2. Adjust the containment procedures, increase the frequency of emergency power source full-load tests to once a week, and install a backup diesel generator in the test chamber to form a triple power supply guarantee.
3. Install independent high-intensity spotlights next to each SCP-9203-1 street lamp, linked to the emergency power source, which will automatically turn on when the power is cut off to maintain the ambient light intensity above 30 lux.
Incident Analysis:
The migration behavior of SCP-9203 is not completely passive. When it perceives that all SCP-9203-1 instances are in an extinguished state, it may attempt to move toward the light source outside the test chamber. This property has not been observed before, which further confirms its Euclid-class uncontrollability.Excerpt of note:
Incident Handling and Corrective Actions:
1. Hold the power maintenance personnel of Site-42 accountable, requiring that all emergency power sources must undergo a 1-hour full-load test after maintenance to confirm successful reset.
2. Adjust the containment procedures, increase the frequency of emergency power source full-load tests to once a week, and install a backup diesel generator in the test chamber to form a triple power supply guarantee.
3. Install independent high-intensity spotlights next to each SCP-9203-1 street lamp, linked to the emergency power source, which will automatically turn on when the power is cut off to maintain the ambient light intensity above 30 lux.
Incident Analysis:
The migration behavior of SCP-9203 is not completely passive. When it perceives that all SCP-9203-1 instances are in an extinguished state, it may attempt to move toward the light source outside the test chamber. This property has not been observed before, which further confirms its Euclid-class uncontrollability.
Example of change:
Dr. █████: Hello, we would like to ask you about the "human-shaped shadow" beneath the street lamp in Wenxing Alley. Do you still remember it?
█████: (The interviewee paused for a moment, with glazed eyes) I remember… At night, especially on rainy days, there would be a yellowish shadow beneath that street lamp, with no face, just standing there. The first time I saw it was last winter.
Compare:
Dr. █████: Hello. We would like to inquire about the "humanoid figure" you reported seeing beneath the street lamp in Wenxing Alley during █████.
█████: (responds after a 5-second silence) When I went out at night—especially on rainy days—there was this yellowish shadow under that street lamp. No face, just standing there. Fuck, I never want to go through that again! It was so goddamn terrifying.
Revision 20 retained:
Object Number: SCP-9203
Object Class: **Euclid**
**Special Containment Procedures**: All SCP-9203-1 instances are to be contained in a sealed test chamber at Site-42 Containment Zone, surrounded by a 3 m metal fence fitted with infrared motion sensors and 24/7 low-light surveillance cameras.
SCP-9203-1 units must remain powered on nightly (18:00–06:00) via an independent emergency power supply to avoid grid-related outages. Power is to be forcibly cut during all other hours, with Level 2+ personnel conducting hourly checks to verify no anomalous activation.
No personnel may enter the 50 m exclusion zone around the chamber during non-testing periods. For SCP-9203-related tests, personnel must wear full-body reflective suits and carry high-intensity flashlights plus time-calibration devices, with single exposure limited to 15 minutes maximum.
In the event of an unplanned SCP-9203-1 power outage, restore power via emergency supply within 10 minutes. Concurrently, deploy MTF Gamma-12 ("Street Lamp Repairmen")—equipped with high-intensity flashlights and riot gear—to cordon the area and establish a temporary high-light isolation zone until SCP-9203 is confirmed fully dissipated.
If SCP-9203 is detected approaching the chamber fence, immediately activate the full-chamber high-intensity lighting system (raising ambient light to >500 lux) and cut power to all SCP-9203-1 instances, maintaining these measures until the entity vanishes.
**Description**: SCP-9203 is a 2.1 m tall humanoid anomaly manifesting exclusively within the illumination range of specific aged sodium vapor street lamps (designated SCP-9203-1). Its body is covered in a warm yellow translucent film matching SCP-9203-1’s glow; no facial features are present, only a faint warm yellow halo around the cephalic region. SCP-9203 has dysmorphic limbs (1.5 m each for arms/legs) with slow, stiff movements at a maximum speed of 0.3 m/s.
Manifestation occurs solely within a 5 m radius under an active SCP-9203-1, when ambient light intensity is below 20 lux. The 5-second materialization progresses from full translucency to corporeality; SCP-9203 dissipates entirely within 3 seconds if SCP-9203-1 is deactivated/damaged, or ambient light exceeds the threshold, leaving no residual matter or energy. Manifestation duration correlates positively with SCP-9203-1’s lifespan: SCP-9203-1-7 (oldest documented unit) sustains it for 8 hours, while SCP-9203-1-3 (newest) supports only 1 hour.
SCP-9203 is non-aggresive. It will slowly approach humans entering its range. Physical contact induces temporal perception distortion in the subject—subjective time slows to 1/10 the normal rate for the exact contact duration. During distortion, subjects experience hallucinations of waiting, loneliness, and fear, drawn from their own memories of solitude. After 15 minutes, SCP-9203 will breaks contact immediately, restoring the subject’s temporal perception; hallucination memories persist for 1–3 days, with sensitive individuals reporting transient insomnia and anxiety.
If an SCP-9203-1 unit remains unlit for 72 consecutive hours, it permanently loses anomalous properties at midnight. SCP-9203 then migrates within 10 minutes to the nearest SCP-9203-1 (max range 12 km), preferring units with longer lifespans, with no physical trace of transfer.
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SCP-9203-1 instances were first discovered in Wenxing Alley, an old urban area of ███ City, in ██ 20██. Local residents had filed multiple reports to the police, claiming to have seen a "faceless yellow human-shaped shadow" beneath the street lamps in the alley at night. Some witnesses stated that after approaching the shadow, they felt "one minute seemed as long as an hour" and suffered from insomnia and anxiety symptoms. After Foundation field agents intervened in the investigation, they confirmed the anomalous properties of SCP-9203 through ambient light intensity tests and physical contact experiments; subsequently, under the cover of the "old urban area circuit renovation project", all 7 anomalous street lamps in Wenxing Alley were removed and relocated to Site-42 Containment Zone. During the recovery process, because one SCP-9203-1 instance had been powered off for more than 72 hours in advance, the street lamp automatically extinguished on the night before relocation, and SCP-9203 transferred to another SCP-9203-1 instance during the recovery period.
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++++ Test Designation: 9203-A
**Test Subject**: D-20381
**Test Procedure**: D-20381 was escorted into the illumination range of SCP-9203-1-7, and the surrounding auxiliary light sources were turned off to reduce the ambient light intensity to 15 lux; SCP-9203 manifested within 10 seconds and moved toward the test subject, with the contact duration lasting for 2 minutes. Testers monitored the entire process through surveillance and found no other abnormal behaviors of SCP-9203.
**Test Results**: D-20381 perceived 20 minutes subjectively during the contact period, claiming to have "seen countless versions of himself standing beneath the street lamp waiting for a long time, with no one coming around all the while"; after the test, D-20381 showed a catatonic state lasting for 3 hours, with slow responses to external stimuli, and no long-term mental damage was found through psychological evaluation.
++++ Test Designation: 9203-B
**Test Subject**: D-20991
**Test Procedure**: D-20991 was escorted into the illumination range of SCP-9203-1-3, with the ambient light intensity maintained at 18 lux; after SCP-9203 manifested, testers irradiated the contact area with a high-intensity flashlight, raising the local light intensity to 30 lux.
**Test Results**: SCP-9203 dissipated instantly under the irradiation of high-intensity light. D-20991 only had physical contact with the entity for 5 seconds, with a subjective perceived time of 50 seconds, and only experienced mild hallucinations of "waiting for a while beneath the street lamp", without any other discomfort symptoms.
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**Interviewee**: █████, former resident of Wenxing Alley, ███ City, who had witnessed SCP-9203 multiple times. During the recovery process, he was discovered by Foundation personnel and underwent memory screening. Due to abnormal memory residues detected during the screening, he was temporarily contained for an interview.
**Interviewer**: Dr. █████
**Interview Time**: 14:00, ██/██/20██
**Location**: Temporary Interview Room, Site-42
**Recorder**: Dr. █████
> Dr. █████: Hello. We would like to inquire about the "humanoid figure" you reported seeing beneath the street lamp in Wenxing Alley during █████.
>
> █████: (responds after a 5-second silence) When I went out at night—especially on rainy days—there was this yellowish shadow under that street lamp. No face, just standing there. Fuck, I never want to go through that again! It was so goddamn terrifying.
>
> Dr. █████: When did you first see it?
>
> █████: The first time was █████ last year. I worked overtime until midnight and had no choice but to take that alley home. I glanced at the street lamp nearby and saw it. It felt like it was watching me, but it didn’t have any eyes.
>
> Dr. █████: Did you ever approach it? If so, did you experience anything unusual?
>
> █████: Yeah. Once my phone died, so I walked over to check my watch by the street lamp’s light. When I was about a meter away, it suddenly stepped toward me and touched my hand. (pauses, fingers trembling) At that moment, I felt like… the sky kept turning bright and dark, over and over. I stood there waiting for what felt like forever—waiting for my wife to pick me up, waiting for my colleagues to finish work, waiting for the breakfast lady to open her stall… But I was alone the whole time. That shadow just stood opposite me, watching. Honestly, if I’d known that would happen, I never would’ve checked the time.
>
> Dr. █████: How long did it feel like you were waiting?
>
> █████: I don’t know. It felt like an entire night, but when I looked at my watch, less than a minute had passed. After that, I never dared to take that alley again—no matter what. Because every time I close my eyes, all I see is that fucking street lamp and that terrifying shadow. I can’t help but wonder… was it waiting for someone?
>
> Dr. █████: Did you see anyone else approach it?
>
> █████: Yeah. I remember it was █████ of █████. █████ got drunk once, started yelling and swearing at the shadow, and almost got into a fight with it. The next day, █████ said he felt like he’d stood under that street lamp all night, shivering from the cold. But when he woke up, he was lying in his own bed at home. Later, █████ moved away, saying the place was too cursed.
>
> Dr. █████: Alright, thank you for your cooperation. We will arrange for some examinations next, and you’ll be able to go home soon.
>
> █████: Okay. But I’m still curious—Is it still there?
>
> Dr. █████: I’m sorry?
>
> █████: You know, that shadow… Is it still waiting?
>
> Dr. █████: We have disposed of that street lamp. No one will ever see it again. Please rest well.
>
> **Post-Interview Note**: After the interview, █████ underwent a second round of memory screening to eliminate all the interviewee's memories related to SCP-9203, and was then released. Subsequent follow-up investigations showed that █████ had no more abnormal symptoms and had returned to normal daily life.
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**Incident Class**: Minor
**Incident Time**: 02:17, ██/██/20██
**Incident Location**: Test Chamber, Site-42 Containment Zone
**Incident Cause**: On that day, the external power grid of Site-42 suffered a sudden failure due to extreme weather. The independent emergency power source had not been reset after monthly maintenance, and only maintained power supply for 19 minutes before automatically shutting down, resulting in the simultaneous extinguishment of all SCP-9203-1 instances.
**Incident Timeline**:
1. 02:17: The emergency power source shut down, and all SCP-9203-1 instances went out. Surveillance showed that SCP-9203 dissipated from beneath SCP-9203-1-7; the infrared alarm system was not triggered, and no personnel were active around the test chamber.
2. 02:20: Security personnel detected the power supply abnormality and attempted to restart the emergency power source according to the plan, only to find that the power source was in an unreset state, and the restart process required at least 25 minutes.
3. 02:25: Surveillance captured an abnormal warm yellow halo appearing on the eastern side of the test chamber fence. Analysis confirmed that SCP-9203 had migrated to the location of SCP-9203-1-2, but since SCP-9203-1-2 was in an extinguished state, the entity did not fully manifest, with only weak energy reactions detected.
4. 02:38: The emergency power source was reset successfully and restarted, and all SCP-9203-1 instances resumed illumination, with the ambient light intensity dropping to 18 lux; SCP-9203 fully manifested beneath SCP-9203-1-2, and for the first time showed behavior of moving toward the fence, with its moving speed increased to 0.8 meters per second compared with the normal state, only 2 meters away from the fence.
5. 02:40: The on-duty researcher activated the full-chamber high-intensity illumination system, and the ambient light intensity instantly increased to 600 lux; SCP-9203 dissipated immediately; Mobile Task Force Gamma-12 arrived at the scene and conducted a comprehensive inspection of the test chamber, with no traces of entity escape found.
**Incident Consequences**:
1. SCP-9203 showed a proactive tendency to breach containment for the first time, with its moving speed exceeding the previously recorded test data.
2. SCP-9203-1-7 had been powered off for 23 consecutive minutes, only 49 hours away from the 72-hour critical threshold, narrowly avoiding permanent loss of anomalous properties.
**Incident Handling and Corrective Actions**:
1. Hold the power maintenance personnel of Site-42 accountable, requiring that all emergency power sources must undergo a 1-hour full-load test after maintenance to confirm successful reset.
2. Adjust the containment procedures, increase the frequency of emergency power source full-load tests to once a week, and install a backup diesel generator in the test chamber to form a triple power supply guarantee.
3. Install independent high-intensity spotlights next to each SCP-9203-1 street lamp, linked to the emergency power source, which will automatically turn on when the power is cut off to maintain the ambient light intensity above 30 lux.
**Incident Analysis**: The migration behavior of SCP-9203 is not completely passive. When it perceives that all SCP-9203-1 instances are in an extinguished state, it may attempt to move toward the light source outside the test chamber. This property has not been observed before, which further confirms its Euclid-class uncontrollability.
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[[/collapsible]]Of note, the user also posted the following obviously AI-generated concept critique thread: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17493919/seeking-greenlights:scp-9203-lamplight-shadower thread summary "SCP-9203 is a humanoid shadow entity that manifests under old sodium vapor street lamps in low-light conditions, inducing temporal perception distortion and loneliness-themed hallucinations in anyone it touches. Its manifestation duration is tied to the lamp’s service life, and it can migrate between lamps during power outages—revealing a proactive instinct to seek places to "wait". The narrative follows its recovery from a small urban alley, D-class tests uncovering its light vulnerability, and a containment breach that hints at the entity’s nature as a physical embodiment of collective human waiting. This concept leans into atmospheric, emotional horror rather than typical violent SCP tropes, focusing on the quiet weight of unfulfilled expectation."
Hello everyone, I’m a new author looking for greenlights for my first SCP draft, SCP-9203. Here’s a concise breakdown of the core concept and narrative:
Core Concept：SCP-9203 is a humanoid entity that manifests exclusively under old sodium vapor street lamps (designated SCP-9203-1) when ambient light levels drop below 20 lux. Its key anomalous effect is temporal perception distortion—anyone who makes physical contact with it will experience subjective time dilation (1 real second = 10 subjective seconds), accompanied by vivid hallucinations centered around themes of "waiting, loneliness, and unfulfilled expectation". The entity’s manifestation duration is positively correlated with the service life of the associated SCP-9203-1 lamp; older lamps allow longer manifestation times.
Narrative Hook—The narrative unfolds through three layers:
1. Recovery Log: The entity was discovered in an old alley after local residents reported a "faceless yellow shadow" that made time feel "endlessly long". Foundation agents recovered 7 anomalous street lamps under the cover of a circuit renovation project.
2. Test Logs: Two D-class tests reveal the entity’s temporal distortion effect and its vulnerability to high-intensity light (dissipates instantly when exposed to over 30 lux). A notable detail: in Test 9203-A, the D-class reported hallucinating "countless versions of himself waiting together"—hinting at the entity’s possible connection to collective human loneliness.
3. Containment Breach Incident Log 9203-Ω: An emergency power outage leads to the entity’s migration between SCP-9203-1 instances, marking the first time it shows a proactive containment breach tendency (moving toward external light sources). The incident reveals that the entity is not just a passive manifestation, but a being driven by an instinct to "find a place to wait".
Central Theme：The core theme explores the universal human experience of waiting—for people who never come back, for things that never happen, and the quiet loneliness hidden in ordinary urban alleys. The entity itself is a physical manifestation of this accumulated waiting emotion.
Author’s Note：As a new author, I’ve followed the site’s formatting guidelines and ensured the draft avoids clichés (no overly violent effects, no world-ending threats). The narrative focuses on subtle, atmospheric horror rather than shock value.
I’d greatly appreciate any feedback on the concept’s originality, narrative structure, and potential issues I might have overlooked. THK U for your time and consideration!Excerpt of note:
Central Theme：The core theme explores the universal human experience of waiting—for people who never come back, for things that never happen, and the quiet loneliness hidden in ordinary urban alleys. The entity itself is a physical manifestation of this accumulated waiting emotion.
Author’s Note：As a new author, I’ve followed the site’s formatting guidelines and ensured the draft avoids clichés (no overly violent effects, no world-ending threats). The narrative focuses on subtle, atmospheric horror rather than shock value.
Compare with user's other forum posts:
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17493919/seeking-greenlights:scp-9203-lamplight-shadower#post-7473609 (after being told their thread description was far too long; of note, the comment was 12 hours old, and the user had not edited the content)
ok！I got it!
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17493565/scp-9203-lamplight-shadower Draft Critique thread with link to mainsite article not sandbox, no greenlights. Thread description was "https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-9203 I want to get some advice. THX"
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-9203
I would like to hear your suggestions. I have revised some parts that were difficult to read and understand. I hope you can all offer me some advice to help me improve.
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17493565/scp-9203-lamplight-shadower#post-7473530 (after receiving feedback on their incorrectly posted thread)
ok I got it!
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