SCP-008-FW

SCP-008-FW

Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures:

•Should be encased in a 5m x 5m x 3m space, with lightly cushioned walls, and a constant water supply flowing through the containment.

•Containment should be checked every few days through an observation window, preferably bulletproof in the event of something going wrong.

•Containment must be heated at roughly 15°C at all times.

•The door of the containment should be fireproof.

Description: SCP-008-FW (“Terror root”) is a long, somewhat thin vine approximately two meters long. It is extremely durable for it’s thickness, as no known weight or pressure has been able to break it. The vine appears to be burnt in certain areas, mostly around the top, and is a dark olive colour. SCP-008-FW is shown to significantly affect one’s mental state, causing a severe loss of a subject’s sanity and drive for self-preservation. All tests conducted have one way or another concluded the same: If the subject is in the vicinity of the vine, it causes the aforementioned to lock their vision onto it, and not look away unless physically restrained. After anywhere from ten minutes to two hours later (depending on the subject’s initial mental state), they (now referred to as SCP-008-FW-2), will break the visual contact, and proceed to beeline towards the nearest writing tool. If SCP-008-FW-2 manages to acquire anything it can use to write comfortably with, it will scribble a suicide note on whatever surface is closest, usually in incomprehensible English, and return to the vine. When back in the containment, the vine will proceed to shape itself into a noose, which SCP-008-FW-2 will hang themselves with without any hesitation. At this point, the vine [REDACTED] to any other part of the containment. If SCP-008-FW-2 is unable to obtain an object to write with, through being locked in the room, it will proceed to [REDACTED] against the door, often killing itself in the process, to break it open (this also appears to happen if it’s path back to the containment is obstructed by any means).

Additional Notes:
 * 1) •SCP-████ appears to be discovered by several hikers to be growing through a crack in the ceiling of a cabin located in southwestern Canada. Mobile Task Force Eta-10 was sent after [REDACTED], and promptly found, and relocated it to Site-██.
 * 2) •Requests to access the containment, whether for testing, or [REDACTED], must be filed a week in advance.
 * 3) •Under no circumstances may SCP-703 come within 20 feet of SCP-████, for obvious reasons.
 * 4) •SCP-████ seems to be composed of compressed cellulose, graphene, and traces of mercury.
 * 5) •SCP-████ has been observed to slowly move on its own via hidden cameras.
 * 6) •The vine has been observed to change colour depending on the season, albeit only being slightly.