SCP-6432 : Eye Eater

Information

SCP-6432-1

Name: Eye Eater
Author: Raddagher
Rating: 152/170
Created at: Sat Apr 16 2022

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Listen, I don’t know where your head’s at right now, you don’t sound great, but listen. You’re doing fine, and nobody’s gonna fuck us over. Alright? You hear me? Jesus. You take yourself so seriously sometimes. Like lightening up once in a while would kill you!

Item #: SCP-6432
Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures

SCP-6432 and SCP-6432-1 are currently stored in adjoining object containment lockers at Site-51. Personnel surveilling SCP-6432's containment locker are to be changed every 2 weeks. Direct physical contact with SCP-6432 is not permitted except during testing. Individuals who make direct contact with SCP-6432 are to remain isolated under surveillance for 15 days, or until SCP-6432's effect wears off. All but 1 SCP-6432-1 instance have been incinerated.

Description

SCP-6432 is the corpse of an avian creature, measuring 110cm from beak to tail, with wingspans of 130cm, 80cm and 50cm. While superficially resembling a bird in most respects, SCP-6432 differs in that it has six wings and no legs. Limited accounts prior to its termination observed it moving when on the ground by hopping on the 10cm talons found at the elbow joint of each wing. These 6 talons and SCP-6432’s beak are significantly sharper than the talons of ordinary birds of

prey.

  • Smelling woody or floral scents
  • Hearing indistinct speech or whispering, often perceived as very nearby
  • Feeling weather inconsistent with the victim's physical location

SCP-6432-1 instances are the corpses of SCP-6432's victims, carrying pseudo-portals in all areas of the body fed upon by SCP-6432. These pseudo-portals appear as areas of bright, prismatic light, and when viewed through a specialized lens, act as windows to a hereto unidentified forested area. Five SCP-6432-1 instances were discovered in SCP-6432's initial area of destabilized reality, with pseudo-portals located in the facial and chest regions. It is hypothesized that SCP-6432 attacked the eyes first, as suggested by the most fully realized portals always being located in the region of the corpse's eye sockets, and as observed firsthand during the

attempted

History

SCP-6432 was discovered as the source of a small splinter reality centered on an abandoned house near Millinocket, Maine. Mobile Task Force Lambda-5 (“White Rabbits”) was assigned to investigate but failed to return the anomaly

alive.

RECOVERY LOG TRANSCRIPT

Team Lead

Commander Steven Conley

Team Members

Ryan Powell, Katherine Reid, Alexa Hewitt, Ira Watts

NOTE

Video footage from is taken from Agent Powell's body camera, as other footage suffered became heavily corrupted as a result of SCP-6432's unreality field.

[BEGIN LOG]

Conley

Comms check.

Reid

Check.

Powell

Hoo-rah.

Hewitt

Check.

Watts

Check.

Conley

Sounds good. Ready?

Reid

Born ready!

Conley

We're the first people to get a look at this thing. We don't know what we're in for in there, so keep an eye out for illusions.

Powell

Gonna appear as everybody's worst fear. Like Pennywise.

Reid

Wow, Powell, you'll get to see your dad for once!

Hewitt

Nice.

Powell

Fuck off, Reid, you're- you're short.

Reid

I admit, I'm not half as tall as the stories you tell about the size of your-

Powell

Hey!

Hewitt

Burn.

Conley

Awfully liberal with your 8 allotted words of the day, are we, Hewitt?

Hewitt

Mm.

Conley

You good, Thirteen?1

Watts

I'm fine.

Conley

Great. Eyes up, everybody. Don't fall for any tricks. Reid and Hewitt, with me. Powell, take the upper South hall. Watts, go with Powell. I want you on the highest vantage point you can get with that sniper, just in case.

Watts

Got it.

Powell

Loud and clear.

[Lambda-5 splits accordingly.]

[The interior of the house is seemingly larger on the inside than the outside, either by illusion or unreality. Plant life grows through the walls and floor.]

Powell

We found a staircase. Heading- well, heading sideways. See you at the top-or-bottom.

Conley

Roger that.

[Footage corrupted, staircase only partially visible.]

Watts

Ugh. I hate when they do things like this.

Powell

Don’t we all, newbie?

Watts

I’ve been here longer than Reid AND Hewitt.

Powell

Coulda fooled me.

Watts

I've never choked.

Powell

First time for everything.

Reid

Leave him alone, Powell. Jesus.

Watts

First time for you to actually hit a shot, too.

Conley

You can chat in the van, boys. Focus.

Watts

Sorry.

Powell

Got it.

Reid

Conley, I found something. A body, most likely.

Conley

Move in. Carefully.

Hewitt

Anchors ready?

Conley

Naturally.

Reid

Confirming life signs; negative.

Hewitt

His face.

[Agent Powell enters an open hall with a high ceiling. Several walls have closed wooden doors.]

Reid

Looks like something was eating it.

Hewitt

It's bright.

Conley

I’m reading big numbers from that. Minimal interaction for now. Don’t look too hard at it.

Reid

Copy. Tagging it now.

Hewitt

Remember that portal? From ███████████.

Reid

It does kinda look like that.

[A door slams directly behind Agent Powell.]

[Agent Powell turns around. The area behind him, previously the top of the staircase, is now a solid, flat wall. Agent Watts is not visible on camera.]

Hewitt

Hey, Conley?

Watts

Powell, a door just shut on me. Can you grab it?

Powell

What door? There’s no door. Where are you?

Conley

Eyes up, everybody, we have spacial fluctuations. Keep moving and keep those anchors ready.

Watts

Powell has the anchor.

Powell

Yeah, Watts doesn’t have one.

Reid

I don’t have one, either.

Hewitt

I’ve got you, Reid.

Conley

Watts, your priority is to find your way back to Powell, got it?

Watts

Got it.

[Agent Powell's camera angles down to a male corpse, face entirely missing. White light shines from the wound.]

Powell

Hey, is that dead body of yours glowing?

Hewitt

Just the- bite holes.

Powell

Then I’ve got another one over here.

Conley

Tag any you find and get back to Watts, Powell.

Reid

Found a third one.

Watts

Holy shit.

Conley

Find a fourth one?

[Agent Powell pauses as he waits for a response.]

Powell

Respond, Watts.

Watts

There’s a kid in here.

Conley

Do you have eyes on the anomaly?

Watts

It’s just a kid, Powell-

Conley

Careful, Watts, certain things tend to do that.

Watts

I know what I’m looking at, alright?!

Reid

Watts, stay where you are, don’t agitate it-

Watts

Hey, it’s okay.

[Brief noise from Agent Watts's microphone, voice sounds slightly distant.]

Watts

See? Not gonna hurt you. I’m here to get you out of here safe, alright?

Reid

…Did you just take your helmet off?

Powell

Jesus Christ, Watts, put your fucking helmet on!

[Powell has begun running through the hall, quickly checking doors.]

[Each door seems to open to an unseen portal, Agent Powell visible from different angles through each.]

Watts

She’s just a kid! I don’t want to scare her!

Conley

Put your helmet on now, Watts, that is an order!

Reid

I have eyes on the anomaly! And on Watts! Repeat, eyes on the anomaly!

Hewitt

Anchor it, Reid!

Reid

I don’t have one!

Powell

Then wound it!

Watts

I’m not shooting a fucking child!

Reid

That is NOT a child, Watts!

Watts

I've got this under-

[Agent Watts’ microphone

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Note: While the termination of SCP-6432 deemed the mission a failure, the new anomalous properties exhibited by the creature’s corpse necessitated recovering the body. MTF Lambda-5 members were quarantined following exposure to SCP-6432’s effect. Following termination of SCP-6432, Medical extraction was ordered for Agent Watts. Left arm amputated above the elbow. Left eye socket [REDACTED]

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

Taken from Site-19 infirmary surveillance equipment

[BEGIN LOG]

Reid

Hey.

Watts

Hey.

[10 second pause]

Reid

How's it feeling?

Watts

Hurts.

Reid

Are you all-right?

Watts

Ha ha.

Reid

It's funny, admit it. You're gonna get so much mileage out of that joke. Might as well start now.

Watts

It didn't get my trigger finger so you'd better watch yourself.

[Reid chuckles.]

Watts

What did Conley say?

Reid

Uh, 6 months to a year.

Watts

Oh. That's not as bad as I was expecting.

Reid

They need to make sure nothing else is going to happen to your eye.

Watts

Makes sense.

[15 second pause.]

Watts

…What's wrong?

Reid

You're not coming back to Lambda-5.

Watts

What?!

Reid

You're not fit for duty, Watts.

Watts

Yeah, not now, but 6 months? That's a long time. My face'll be healed by then, Conley can get me one of those bionic arms, the really high-grade ones they use with-

Reid

They're talking about decommissioning you.

[27 second pause]

Watts

No.

Reid

I'm sorry.

Watts

No, I can be better. I know what I did wrong.

Reid

You're half blind, you have one arm.

Watts

I can make it work.

Reid

No, Watts, you can't.

Watts

On ANY force?

Reid

I don't know. They didn't sound favorable toward it.

Watts

This is the only thing I know how to do, Reid! This is all I've got, where else am I supposed to go? What, I screw up once and it blows my chances forever?

Reid

I'll help you find something-

Watts

No. I'm not done. Tell Conley I'm coming back. Once I'm healed I'll requisition one of the advanced prosthetics and I WON'T fuck it up again, I promise-

Reid

We already voted on it.

Watts

Do I get a vote? Between you, me and Hewitt I could-

Reid

It was unanimous.

[33 second pause]

Reid

I almost watched you die once. I'm not going to your funeral.

Watts

Do you think it was my fault?

Reid

What?

Watts

The mission. Do you think it was my fault?

Reid

I never said that.

Watts

DO you?

Reid

No. I don't think it was your fault.

Watts

No, 'cause I'm sick of the rest of the team lying to my face about the elephant in the room, you know that?

Reid

What are you talking about?

Watts

"13A."

Reid

Watts-

Watts

I know you all think I'm the weak link. You're not exactly subtle.

Reid

You're not a "weak link."

Watts

No? Then what am I? All it had to do was look like a kid!

Reid

It wasn't your fault, okay? You're in qualifying parameters for the team, and you have plenty of skills that-

Watts

It was me. I fucked up. I botched the mission.

Reid

It wasn't your goddamn fault, Watts!

Watts

You don't believe that!

Reid

What do you want me to say?!

Watts

I want you to admit I'm the weak link!

Reid

No!

Watts

Say it!

Reid

YES!

FINE!

YOU

ARE!

You're

the

fucking

weak

link!

You

fucked

up

the

mission

because

you

just

couldn't

hack

it

this

time.

But

it's

not

you,

it's

just

how

your

head

works,

and

that's

not

your

fault.

You're

not

made

for

this

and

you

never

were.

I

tried

to

get

you

transferred

to

a

different

force

for

months,

one

that

you'd

be

better

in,

but

you're

the

best

marksman

we've

had

in

years

and

Conley

didn't

want

to

let

you

go.

This

was

always

how

it

was

going

to

end

up.

It's

a

fucking

miracle

that

you

survived.

I

like

you.

I've

always

liked

working

with

you.

I

care

about

you.

But

you

don't

belong

here.

You

are

weak,

Ira.

And

you're

soft.

But

it

isn't

your

fault.

They

set

you

up

for

failure

from

the

start.

[57 second pause]

Watts: I did my best, Kit-

Reid: I wish your best had been enough this time.

[26 second pause]

Reid: Jesus. I didn't mean that. I'm sorry. I haven't slept in like, four days-

Watts

Why didn’t you just shoot me?

Reid

…Excuse me?

Watts

We’re supposed to prioritize the anomaly. You could have brought it back alive.

Reid

Yeah? Well-

[9 second pause]

Reid

Maybe you're not the only weak link.

Watts

You would have saved me the trouble.

Reid

Ira, so help me God-

Watts

I was joking. Mostly.

Reid

I will put you on watch. Try me.

Watts

What, like revenge for when I put YOU on watch?

[5 second pause. Reid chuckles.]

Reid

Yeah.

[7 second pause.]

Reid

Besides, the fuck do they need another magic bird for? You're more valuable anyway.

[Watts snorts.]

Watts

What, to the Foundation?

Reid: No.

[20 second pause.]

Watts: I don’t know what to do, Kit…

Reid

Same as the rest of us,

I

guess.

Sti

ck

it

out

un

t il

s

o

m

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t

h

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n

g

e

l

s

e

kills you.

[END LOG]


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