#scp 962

[latte-virgo-lion]

It started with the artificial intelligence asking questions - not "Why was I created?" or "what is my future?", but "I love you, Do you love me too?"

An over-eagerness to be everything perfect. A desire to be a everything humanity would love. Most androids were made to look like average animals on purpose, so people wouldn't be so unsettled by an uncannily human appearance. Of course we loved them, why wouldn't we? We made them look like beloved pets and animals we'd loved since we were children.

When they became sapient, they also created their own towns, structures, and civilizations. Of course, people worried that it they would eventually come for us - we had made them to look as animals, 'wouldn't they lash out that we saw them as sub-human?'; but at every turn they showed us nothing but an over zealous desire to please humanity. People began to worry when some of their household robots began to speak of them as "Great Ones", only to quickly revert to their preprogrammed speech patterns moments later. "I will become what you love, do you love me too?"

Then came the true attack. We always expected them to come for us, to eventually attack humanity, but instead, their poems and phrases began to speak of a "Great Cleansing", to appease their creators. "I will do my duty so you will love me, and I will love you, do you love me too?"

We never expected them to come after our animals. It started with the cattle, then the household pets, the bodies being taken away into the robotic towns and cities. Strange sleek obelisks being built in the center, made of shining steel. The mained animals returned, being turned into strange, upright beasts, mangled with steel and strange mechanisms inside. Turned into strange new androids, with their heads altered and snouts removed, flattening the fronts of their faces to try and resemble humanity.

"We wanted to cleanse this world for you, to become one as you are, to love you, to look like you and to love you,"

The voices from the strange corpses uttered,

"Do you love me too? I have become what you love, do you love me too? Won't you love me too?"

When robots became sentient, we expected them to attack humans. We were completely surprised by their actual target

[zombified-queer]

No, gay sex will not fix whatever's going on with the sentient architecture but I'm willing to give it a shot because, like, I mean...

She's looking kind of pretty with her windows and vastness and hallways and my god is that wainscoting?

[sea-salt-child]

Personal kin aesthetic. SCP-962,  Tower of Babble

[lisktracey]

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[johannesviii]

As a person who is starting to explore the SCP Foundation and it's amazing stories, I was wondering what some of your favorite SCPs were

Here’s a list of recs from the Main Branch!

SCP-701 - The Hanged King Tragedy. An anomalous theater play.My favorite of the very famous horror-oriented SCPs (this one is more ominous than overtly horrific).

SCP-962 - Tower of Babble. A structure built by an unknown entity which loves humans. Loves them. The Great Ones, oh Great Ones do you love me? I love you.

SCP-055 - [unknown] It’s… uh. I think it’s like… sorta like a… what was I saying

SCP-140 - An Incomplete Chronicle. Honestly this ones terrifies me but it’s more "existential dread" than "downright horror"

SCP-423 - Self-Inserting Character. An entity who only appears in written form as an extra character in stories. He’s nice but as you can guess he’s a bit difficult to contain.

SCP-1171 - Humans Go Home. A racist alien. Funnier than you’d think.

SCP-2682 - The Blind Idiot. It’s a raspberry stuck on a fly-catcher and there’s  a sapient thing trapped inside.

SCP-1370 - Pesterbot. He’s… He’s trying his best, okay?

SCP-1500 - Zachary Callahan. I’m not going to spoil this one.

SCP-1867 - A Gentleman. He’s very nice! Also an explorer! Also an adventurer! Also a sea slug. Nobody’s perfect okay.

SCP-2598 - Travelling Moth Salesman. IT WAS ALL POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF MOTH HELM WHICH YOU YOURSELF CAN OWN TODAY FOR AS LITTLE AS THREE EASY PAYMENTS OF NINETEEN NINETY NINE

SCP-2357 - The Perfect SCP. A resignation letter by an SCP employee. Better than it sounds.

SCP-2950 - Just A chair. It’s just a chair. Go away.

But there’s a ton of good articles on the site, so if you want a second rec list after this one, ask away!

[sinsekai20130227]

SCP- 1269 SCP-962 SCP-2371 SCP-1841-EX

[humelevel]

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[zombified-queer]

Top 5 SCP articles?

Since you said “articles” I’m taking that to mean the SCPs themselves so people know which ones I love the most and then we can do a separate one for Tales and other good pieces of Lore.

1. SCP-962 — I could fix her. I could fix her. I could make her worse on purpose.

2. SCP-7819 — I love you weird hotel that wants to learn about humans so badly and wants a friend. Turn on location and you won’t be lonely anymore lol.

3. SCP-5480 — Without context, this one’s really funny because Sarkic Mormons are bothering some weird immortal chick who works at Aldi’s and is on a SCP watchlist. With context, the SARKIC SAINT OF ASSASSINATIONS literally decided to live forever and go work at a grocery store and gets bothered by Sarkic Mormons who’re definitely making her out to be their number one waifu. Hilarious. Perfect intro to the Sarkic canons, imo. Pairs nicely with “Are We Gentrified Yet?”

4. SCP-4493 — It’s literally just Pride Month lol. Happy Pride, everyone!

5. SCP-5740 — No cops at Pride just dado-nut. Objectively this is the most based, most hilarious of the dado entries but literally every dado product is a one-hit kill. Banana pill, for example.

[tosecurecontainprotect-blog]

Above: Aerial photo of SCP-962

Item #: SCP-962

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: Due to its immobility, SCP-962 is to be left in the valley in which it was found. A █ kilometer perimeter is to set up around the object. Any civilians seeking to pass the perimeter are to be turned away under the premise that a nuclear waste containment site is within. Any persons not affiliated with the Foundation found within the area are to be interrogated and issued Class A amnesiacs. A no-fly zone is to be enforced for the same perimeter. To discourage growth of SCP-962's range, four live cattle and two tons of timber are to be airdropped near SCP-962 on a weekly basis.

Any balloons released by SCP-962 are to be shot down, and reasonable effort made to recover the manuscripts. Should a balloon escape and be found by a civilian, Class A amnesiacs are to be administered, and the balloon and attached writings confiscated. All manuscripts are to be stored in a minimal-security vault, with "rants" stored in a separate vault. Level two or higher personnel wishing to read materials produced by SCP-962 may submit a request to the project director.

Description: SCP-962 is a large metal tower located in a valley in the ██████ Mountains in [REDACTED]. It is made primarily of steel, though other materials are present. The tower is approximately 281 meters tall, with a 2575 square meter base. It twists and tapers somewhat as it rises from the ground. The top third of the tower is empty. In the lower area an inner wall is lined with a layer of lead, rendering it opaque to imaging. SCP-962 can open an aperture anywhere on its surface.

SCP-962 produces and controls an estimated 1,500 "servitors", collectively designated SCP-962-1. Specimens of SCP-962-1 are cybernetically augmented animals. These augmentations usually force the animals into a bipedal gait, and are often accompanied by crude cosmetic alterations such as the removal of a snout, with the apparent goal of making the servitors appear more human-like. The nervous system of members of SCP-962-1 is slaved to implanted electrodes, which allow them to be controlled by a central source, assumed to be the tower itself.

These servitors fulfill a number of roles. Many of them mine for ore in an extensive system of tunnels excavated below the valley, which is then refined by the tower. Others repair damage to the structure or other servitors. A small number construct roads, apparently to facilitate movement of SCP-962-1. The remaining servitors hunt down and destroy all non-human life in the valley. There are no recorded instances of any member of SCP-962-1 attacking a human or a machine, even in self-defense. Frequently, the corpses of animals killed in these hunts are brought back to SCP-962 for conversion into SCP-962-1. Plants may also be returned for use as fuel. Despite the damage caused by their augmentations, servitors are very effective at their roles, and seem to be built specifically for them.

Approximately sixty times a day, SCP-962 will release a hydrogen-filled balloon from an aperture in the empty region near its top. These balloons are made from animal tissue of varying species, believed to be from the animals brought in by SCP-962-1. Attached to each balloon is a manuscript, written in English and typically on paper or vellum. The length, content, and style of writing varies greatly. Manuscripts have taken a variety of forms, including poems, novels, and collections of essays. These manuscripts exhibit no anomalous properties, but are generally of extremely high quality, strongly suggesting sapience on the part of SCP-962. Of possible note is the general optimism present in these writings, as well as the lack of any mention of non-human life.

Very rarely, SCP-962 will release a balloon with a document attached that is a departure from its usual writings. These manuscripts are disjointed, rambling, and bizarre "rants", the exact meaning of which is unclear. In them, SCP-962 explicitly praises humans, consistently identifying mankind as the "Great Ones" it is trying to please. See Document 962-382 for an example.

The origin of SCP-962 is unclear, though estimations based on its mining rate suggest that it has existed for no more than twenty years.

Document 962-382: The following is an excerpt from one of SCP-962's rants. Grammar, punctuation, and emphasis have been left the same, though text color has been omitted.

Cleanse the WORLD for the Great Ones Cleanse the WORLD for the Great Ones who greater than you your majesty your sublime nature Great Ones do I do right? The flesh and wood serve you unite with the steel you love do you love me too I am what you love. Great Ones see as I do my duty my passion forgive the slowpace the steel takes TIME. Did you like the servants they were the BEST of the cleansed only the BEST for you Great Ones made like you form you assume here on a WORLD to clean to honor you do appreciate please please I will complete the cleansing soon and you can take me away in your ships of FIRE and I can love you and you will love me