SCP-████: "The Architect of Oblivion" – Part II
Project NEMESIS – The Forbidden Inquiry
In the wake of Site-13's disappearance, the O5 Council authorized an emergency directive—Project NEMESIS—to investigate SCP-████ beyond standard containment procedures. This initiative was led by Dr. Elias Crowley, one of the Foundation's foremost theoretical anomaly researchers. His hypothesis was unprecedented:
"SCP-████ is not an external entity. It is an intrinsic function of our reality—an editor rewriting existence itself. If we can understand its rules, we may predict its next move."
However, uncovering the truth would come at a cost.
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The Lost Archive
Dr. Crowley and his team stationed themselves at Site-17, working in an underground sublevel designated "The Vault." Their research focused on memory anomalies across Foundation history, cross-referencing incidents where records inexplicably vanished, locations ceased to exist, and personnel were erased retroactively.
One pattern emerged.
Each disappearance followed a mathematical sequence—a Fibonacci-like progression, increasing in complexity. But more terrifyingly, the numbers did not end. The sequence pointed to a future event, a moment when SCP-████ would reach its next threshold.
The projected date? Three weeks from now.
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The Black Site Experiment
To test their theory, the team conducted a containment experiment at a classified black site known only as "Oblivion Point." Using recovered materials from Site-13, they attempted to force an interaction with SCP-████ by fabricating a non-existent person within Foundation records.
They created "Agent Conrad Holloway"—a synthetic identity with a full personnel file, falsified mission logs, psychological evaluations, and even deepfake surveillance footage. Every database, every record, every classified report was modified to remember Conrad Holloway.
Then, they waited.
Seventy-two hours later, Dr. Crowley awoke to find his own name replaced in the system.
"Error: No records found for Dr. Elias Crowley."
The experiment had worked too well.
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The Architect Speaks
Cameras in The Vault captured the only known direct manifestation of SCP-████. The footage, lasting precisely 4 minutes and 17 seconds, depicts the underground facility distorting—walls stretching, corridors warping into infinity.
A figure emerges.
It is neither human nor machine, but an abstract, shifting mass of architecture—a constantly shifting framework of doorways, windows, staircases leading to nowhere. Within its structure, glimpses of erased places can be seen: flickering images of ancient cities, forgotten civilizations, and missing persons.
Then, it speaks.
"You do not belong."
The voice is layered, reverberating with countless forgotten languages. The researchers in The Vault scream as their bodies begin unraveling, their forms rewriting into nonexistence.
Dr. Crowley, the only survivor, records his final log before his inevitable erasure:
"SCP-████ is not a destroyer. It is a custodian. It does not erase at random—it corrects violations in reality. We, the Foundation, are its greatest anomaly. We built walls to contain the uncontainable, but in doing so, we made ourselves a target. Our existence is the contradiction SCP-████ must resolve."
"It is coming."
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The Final Directive
The following day, Foundation security discovered The Vault in pristine condition. No evidence of Dr. Crowley or his team remained—except for a single terminal displaying an urgent directive from O5 Command:
> "Initiate Protocol VANTA. Purge all records of SCP-████. This anomaly must not be remembered."
However, an encrypted message was later found within a secure database—left by an unknown source, containing only two words:
"Too late."
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Epilogue: The Fading Foundation
Since that incident, personnel across various Foundation sites have reported fading memories—not just of SCP-████, but of entire classified projects. Documents are vanishing, entire facilities are being forgotten, and even high-ranking officials are struggling to recall their own pasts.
The last surviving copy of Dr. Crowley's research was sealed under Omega-Level Security Clearance, known only to the O5 Council. But according to an anonymous leak, his final hypothesis was more than a warning—it was a prophecy.
"The Architect does not act without purpose. We are approaching a final erasure. Not of a facility, nor of personnel… but of the Foundation itself."
"One day, we will look upon this w
orld, and we will see nothing at all."