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SCP-7458’s containment chamber must be connected to both an emergency backup generator and the facility’s main power grid. If the primary industrial lighting system fails, emergency backup lighting will be activated.
At least two armed security personnel, equipped with industrial-grade flashlights, are to be stationed outside SCP-7458’s containment chamber at all times to monitor for potential containment breaches.
Personnel are to take caution as this will be one of the first sentient anomalies contained at site-85 Description: SCP-7458 currently appears as a Caucasian male, approximately 188 cm in height. Its true form, however, seems to be composed of a concentrated darkness, henceforth referred to as 7458-A. 7458-A is capable of taking the form of any weak- minded individual and rarely travels without a host. When not possessing a host, witnesses have described SCP-7458-A as resembling a "wispy shadow." The individual currently controlled by 7458-A is referred to as 7458-B.SCP-7458-B exhibits two primary behavioral states: Stage 1 ("Non-Aggressive") and Stage 2 ("Aggressive").
• Stage 1 (Non-Aggressive): SCP-7458-B remains passive and docile while within a well-lit environment. The intensity of its passivity increases with the brightness of the room, reaching its most tranquil state at 1200 lumens.
Stage 1 is further divided into four substages: o Stage 1-A (150-300 Lumens): SCP-7458-B avoids contact with personnel and displays a strong aversion to human interaction. During an encounter when D-7832 was sent into SCP-7458-B’s cell SCP-7458-B commented on how D-7832 should be “sleeping by now” and inflicted non-lethal physical harm, commenting that the pain was "Necessary discipline." o Stage 1-B (400-600 Lumens): SCP-7458-B becomes mildly hostile, displaying passive-aggressive behavior and engaging in acts of physical aggression that it deems "joking." It will defend itself violently when provoked but generally avoids serious harm.
Often commenting that its “almost time to go to bed” o Stage 1-C (750-1100 Lumens): SCP-7458-B becomes protective, intervening in physical conflicts and preventing harm to those unable to defend themselves. It will forcibly remove aggressors from its vicinity and expresses strong disgust toward any form of violence, physical or verbal.
o Stage 1-D (1200+ Lumens): At this light level, SCP-7458-B becomes entirely pacifist and will not harm personnel, even if attacked. It has been described as "charming" and "approachable." SCP-7458-B is allowed to roam well-lit areas of the facility when accompanied by at least one security officer.
Note: Following Incident blackout, SCP-7458-B is prohibited from roaming the facility and is restricted to its containment chamber. Personnel with clearance lower than Level 3 may not enter SCP-7458's cell or interact with it without supervision by a clearance Level 3 researcher.
Stage 2 (Aggressive): When light levels fall below 50 lumens, SCP-7458-A takes full control and enters Stage 2, becoming highly aggressive. It will attack all conscious personnel within its proximity but will ignore unconscious or sleeping individuals. SCP-7458-B is capable of generating sand from its fingertips, which it will launch at conscious humans, the human eye coming into contact with this sand results in either permanent blindness or the victim's optical nerve being cleanly severed and the eyes will fall out of the head. SCP-7458-B can also teleport through areas of complete darkness, even passing through transparent barriers such as glass. The mechanism behind this ability remains unexplained.
Addendum: Recovery Log: SCP-7458-A was discovered in the town of Bled, Slovenia, while using the form of a Hispanic male following numerous local reports of children losing their vision.
Foundation agents, embedded within the local police force, tracked SCP-7458-B to a storehouse around 7:30 PM. SCP-7458-B was apprehended and placed in a transport vehicle. As night fell, SCP-7458-B repeatedly asked the driving agent if he knew it was "time for bed." When the agent jokingly responded that he “didn’t have a bedtime,” SCP-7458-B seemed unconcerned. However, a lighting malfunction caused the vehicle to go completely dark for 20 seconds, during which time SCP-7458-B disappeared. The agent failed to notice this until three hours later. After a subsequent search lasting another 9 hours, SCP-7458-B was found and recaptured.
The following interview was conducted after initial containment at Site-85: Interviewee: SCP-7458-B Interviewer: Dr. Trent Roberts of Site-85 <Begin Log> SCP-7458-B: Umm, can someone please explain where I am?
Dr. Trent Roberts: (entering room) Why, you're in an interview room.
SCP-7458-B: You! Sir, something is terribly wrong here!
Dr. Trent Roberts: (flipping through papers on clipboard) Uh-huh, and what would that be?
SCP-7458-B: Shouldn't it have gotten dark by now? It’s been bright for 26 hours!
Dr. Trent Roberts: Well, that’s probably due to the industrial lighting fixture above you.
SCP-7458-B: Ah! Yes, lights. Sorry, those often confuse me.
Dr. Trent Roberts: Anyway, my name is Dr. Trent Roberts, and I just have some questions for you.
SCP-7458-B: I have questions for you! You can’t just kidnap me!
Dr. Trent Roberts: You will get all the answers you want, I just need yours first. Now, what were you doing in Slovenia?
SCP-7458-B: Umm, I live there?
Dr. Trent Roberts: Okay. And how exactly did you manage to leave our high- security van without opening the door?
SCP-7458-B: Do you mean the van that brought me here? I don’t recall much after the lights went out. My narcolepsy kicked in, and out I went. And thank goodness for that—I’m terrified of the dark.
Dr. Trent Roberts: Narcolepsy? And how long has that been going on?
SCP-7458-B: Umm, around 6-8 years?
Dr. Trent Roberts: Okay, well, it’s still interesting because we have footage of you inside the van, and when the lights came back on, you were nowhere to be seen. That gives me a small idea.
SCP-7458-B: And what’s that, Doctor?
Dr. Trent Roberts: (reaching for the light switch) This.
SCP-7458-B: I’d prefer if the lights stayed on. I’m scared of the dark—like, terrified.
Dr. Trent Roberts: Relax, i wont be the one doing it (over speaker) please send in D-73271 SCP-7458-B: PLEASE, sir… I’m scared of the dark.
D-73271: umm hi?
Roberts over cell intercom: D-73271 please reach for the light switch and flick it D-73271: um ok? (Lights go off) SCP-7458-A: shouldn't you be in bed by now?
D-73271: AAGH, MY EYES THE- <End Log> Post-Interview: Security personnel entered the cell to turn the lights back on. After doing so, the corpse of D-73271 was discovered on the floor with his eyeballs lying next to him. There was sand residue left in his sockets.
This sand was taken for further analysis. SCP-7458-B who claimed he had "just woken up" was apprehended and taken to a holding cell.
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