Noting that 
Dr Dustin Lee Miller (account age 15 hours) recently applied for site membership. They have the following sandbox, which has many obvious common indicators of AI-generation:
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Documented by Dr Miller and Dr Hobbs
# SCP-8736 — "Denali, the Ever-Changing Figure"
**Item #:** SCP-8736
**Object Class:** Safe
## Special Containment Procedures
SCP-8736 is housed in a standard humanoid containment suite at Site-[REDACTED].
Due to SCP-8736's cooperative nature and consistent refusal to intentionally harm Foundation personnel, SCP-8736 has been granted privileges comparable to those afforded to SCP-999 and Josie the Cat.
SCP-8736 is permitted supervised access to approved recreational and research areas.
SCP-8736 may designate one room within Site-[REDACTED] as its preferred location. Only one room may be designated at any given time.
When SCP-8736 selects a new preferred room, anomalous alterations affecting the previous preferred room cease, and the room gradually returns to its pre-anomalous state. Foundation personnel are not to intentionally interfere with this process.
Personnel entering SCP-8736's preferred room are advised to avoid leaving irreplaceable equipment or materials inside without authorization.
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## Description
SCP-8736 is an apparently immortal humanoid anomaly that refers to itself as **"Denali."**
SCP-8736 changes its physical appearance **once every second**, with each transformation causing it to assume the physical appearance of a human being who has existed at some point in human history.
The individual selected appears to be random. SCP-8736 cannot consciously select or influence which individual it will become.
SCP-8736 cannot assume the same individual twice consecutively.
SCP-8736 retains its own personality, memories, identity, and mindset throughout every transformation. It does not acquire the personality or behavioral characteristics of the individual whose appearance it assumes.
SCP-8736 has demonstrated no apparent upper limit to the number of historical individuals it can assume.
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## Identity Recognition
SCP-8736 possesses knowledge of every individual it has previously transformed into, including their faces and identities.
However, SCP-8736 cannot determine **which individual it currently resembles** without visually observing its current appearance.
The transformation produces no apparent internal sensation that identifies the resulting form.
Consequently, SCP-8736 requires a mirror, reflective surface, camera display, or another individual capable of observing it in order to determine its current appearance.
Because SCP-8736 changes once every second, identifying its current form provides information only about that particular moment.
SCP-8736 has described this limitation as an inconvenience but does not appear significantly distressed by it.
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## Memories of Other Lives
SCP-8736 claims to have "lived every life" corresponding to the individuals it has transformed into.
Interviews indicate that SCP-8736 possesses first-person memories and experiences corresponding to these lives.
The memories do not appear to replace or overwrite SCP-8736's own identity.
When asked how it can remember the life of an individual without becoming that individual psychologically, SCP-8736 responded:
> "I lived their life. I didn't become them."
The mechanism by which SCP-8736 possesses these memories remains unknown.
SCP-8736 has also stated that it remembers individuals whose lives are completely unknown to modern historians.
The Foundation has been unable to independently verify this claim.
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## Deceased Individuals
SCP-8736 is capable of assuming the appearance of individuals who have died.
SCP-8736 has no control over when or whether it will assume the appearance of a deceased individual.
SCP-8736 has expressed particular discomfort when assuming the appearance of individuals who died shortly before the transformation occurred.
SCP-8736 has clarified that it does not intentionally select deceased individuals.
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## Associated Weapon
SCP-8736 manifests a weapon corresponding to its current form.
The weapon changes simultaneously with SCP-8736's physical appearance and appears to be historically or contextually associated with the individual currently represented.
SCP-8736 does not appear to control which weapon manifests.
The weapons produced can range from relatively simple historical implements to weapons capable of causing severe injury or death.
Despite this capability, SCP-8736 has consistently demonstrated a refusal to intentionally use its weapons against Foundation personnel.
SCP-8736 has voluntarily surrendered weapons when requested by personnel.
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## Preferred Room Anomaly
When SCP-8736 becomes sufficiently attached to a room, the room begins undergoing anomalous alterations.
SCP-8736 refers to its selected room as its **"home."**
Observed alterations include changes to:
* Architecture
* Furniture
* Lighting
* Decorations
* Windows and doors
* Wall and floor materials
* Objects within the room
* Objects associated with SCP-8736's current form
The room appears to continuously adjust according to SCP-8736's current appearance and the historical context associated with that appearance.
Only one room can be affected at a time.
If SCP-8736 selects another room as its preferred location, the anomalous effects affecting the previous room cease and the room eventually returns to its original state.
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## Historical Material Conversion
Objects located within SCP-8736's preferred room are subject to an additional anomalous effect.
When SCP-8736 assumes the appearance of an individual from a historical period in which a particular manufactured object would be technologically or materially inconsistent, the object may be converted into a simpler form consisting of its constituent materials.
Examples include:
| Object | Observed Result |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| Modern shirt | Raw textile material |
| Candy | Refined sugar |
| Modern lantern | Constituent materials |
| Electronic device | Constituent materials and components |
The resulting material appears to represent a simplified form of the original object compatible with the historical context associated with SCP-8736's current form.
The process has not been observed to cause explosive or otherwise dangerous reactions.
The Foundation has not determined whether SCP-8736's room anomaly is actively changing the objects or whether the objects are being temporarily reinterpreted by the anomaly.
## Behavioral Profile
SCP-8736 is consistently cooperative, polite, and non-aggressive toward Foundation personnel.
Although SCP-8736 can assume the appearance of individuals historically associated with violence, warfare, crime, or other dangerous behavior, it does not inherit their psychological characteristics.
SCP-8736 has stated:
> "I can look like someone terrible without being terrible."
SCP-8736 voluntarily surrendered itself to Foundation custody.
When asked why it chose to surrender voluntarily, SCP-8736 responded:
> "You people seemed like you'd have a room for me."
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## Immortality
SCP-8736 demonstrates no observable biological aging and has survived injuries that would be fatal to baseline humans.
The mechanism responsible for SCP-8736's apparent immortality remains unknown.
SCP-8736 has described its condition as follows:
> "I've never managed to die yet."
Attempts to determine whether SCP-8736 can be permanently killed have been suspended due to SCP-8736's cooperative status and the absence of an operational need to conduct such experiments.
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# Addendum 8736.1 — Discovery
SCP-8736 first came to Foundation attention following multiple civilian reports concerning an unidentified individual who appeared to change identities approximately once per second.
Foundation agents investigating the reports initially believed they were dealing with multiple individuals.
This assumption was disproven when surveillance footage showed a single individual continuously changing appearance.
Foundation personnel approached SCP-8736 for questioning.
SCP-8736 cooperated immediately.
### Initial Contact Transcript
**Agent:** "Sir, we're going to need you to come with us."
**SCP-8736:** "Are you with the Foundation?"
**Agent:** "...What makes you think that?"
**SCP-8736:** "You have that look."
**Agent:** "What look?"
**SCP-8736:** "The secret organization look."
*SCP-8736 changes appearance.*
**Agent:** "Are you going to cooperate?"
**SCP-8736:** "Yes."
*SCP-8736 changes appearance.*
**Agent:** "You aren't going to run?"
**SCP-8736:** "No."
*SCP-8736 changes appearance.*
**Agent:** "Why?"
**SCP-8736:** "I've been looking for you."
*SCP-8736 changes appearance.*
**Agent:** "Why were you looking for us?"
**SCP-8736:** "I figured you probably had better answers than I do."
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# Addendum 8736.2 — Initial Psychological Interview
**Interviewer:** Dr. Dustin Lee Miller Jr.
**Interviewed:** SCP-8736
**Dr. Miller:** Do you know who you are right now?
**SCP-8736:** No.
**Dr. Miller:** You don't know?
**SCP-8736:** Not without looking.
**Dr. Miller:** You know who you are in general.
**SCP-8736:** Denali.
**Dr. Miller:** But you don't know which historical person you're currently resembling.
**SCP-8736:** Correct.
**Dr. Miller:** Does it feel different when you change?
**SCP-8736:** No.
**Dr. Miller:** Nothing?
**SCP-8736:** Nothing that tells me who I am.
**Dr. Miller:** Yet you remember every person you've been.
**SCP-8736:** Every face.
**Dr. Miller:** Every life?
**SCP-8736:** Every life.
**Dr. Miller:** How many?
**SCP-8736:** I don't know.
**Dr. Miller:** Thousands?
**SCP-8736:** Probably.
**Dr. Miller:** Millions?
*SCP-8736 pauses.*
**SCP-8736:** I stopped counting.
**Dr. Miller:** Do you remember what it's like to be every one of them?
**SCP-8736:** Yes.
**Dr. Miller:** Does that ever bother you?
**SCP-8736:** Sometimes.
**Dr. Miller:** Why?
**SCP-8736:** Imagine remembering everyone's childhood.
**Dr. Miller:** ...I think I understand.
**SCP-8736:** No, Dustin. You don't.
*[Interview concluded.]*
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# Addendum 8736.3 — Room Observation
SCP-8736 was permitted to select an unused office as its preferred room.
Within approximately 17 minutes, the room began exhibiting anomalous alterations.
A Foundation laptop located inside the room subsequently changed into several separate components consisting primarily of plastic, metal, glass, and other materials.
When SCP-8736 observed the resulting objects, it stated:
> "Oh."
**Dr. Miller:** What?
**SCP-8736:** "I think I'm someone from before computers."
**Dr. Miller:** You could have warned us.
**SCP-8736:** "I didn't know."
**Dr. Miller:** You were standing right there.
**SCP-8736:** "I didn't know who I was."
**Dr. Miller:** Right.
*SCP-8736 changes appearance.*
**SCP-8736:** "Oh. I really wasn't supposed to have a laptop."
**Dr. Miller:** "You think?"
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# Addendum 8736.4 — Foundation Privileges
Following extensive behavioral evaluation, the Ethics Committee approved SCP-8736 for privileges comparable to those granted to SCP-999 and Josie the Cat.
These privileges include supervised access to recreational areas, interaction with cleared personnel, and significant freedom within its assigned containment environment.
Dr. Hobbs has described SCP-8736 as:
> "The safest person in the Foundation who can potentially become almost anyone."
Dr. Miller subsequently remarked:
> "That's probably why I'm worried."
SCP-8736 responded:
> "You worry too much, Dustin."
Dr. Miller has since requested that SCP-8736 stop doing this.
Excerpts of note:
## Behavioral Profile
SCP-8736 is consistently cooperative, polite, and non-aggressive toward Foundation personnel.
Although SCP-8736 can assume the appearance of individuals historically associated with violence, warfare, crime, or other dangerous behavior, it does not inherit their psychological characteristics.
SCP-8736 has stated:
> "I can look like someone terrible without being terrible."
SCP-8736 voluntarily surrendered itself to Foundation custody.
When asked why it chose to surrender voluntarily, SCP-8736 responded:
> "You people seemed like you'd have a room for me."
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## Immortality
SCP-8736 demonstrates no observable biological aging and has survived injuries that would be fatal to baseline humans.
The mechanism responsible for SCP-8736's apparent immortality remains unknown.
SCP-8736 has described its condition as follows:
> "I've never managed to die yet."
- Addendum 8736.4 — Foundation Privileges
Following extensive behavioral evaluation, the Ethics Committee approved SCP-8736 for privileges comparable to those granted to SCP-999 and Josie the Cat.
These privileges include supervised access to recreational areas, interaction with cleared personnel, and significant freedom within its assigned containment environment.
Dr. Hobbs has described SCP-8736 as:
> "The safest person in the Foundation who can potentially become almost anyone."
Dr. Miller subsequently remarked:
> "That's probably why I'm worried."
SCP-8736 responded:
> "You worry too much, Dustin."
Dr. Miller has since requested that SCP-8736 stop doing this.
Permanently banned, PM sent.
