History TearJerker / SCPFoundation

** One of the modifications was removing her ovaries and uterus to "provide extra space by removing ''non-vital components''." Several of the modifications to her seem to have been done ''just to see if they were possible.''

* The voice of [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2316 SCP-2316]], the bodies in the water, is revealed in later articles to not be lying about how the Foundation let the students die and how it promises to make them pay for doing so. Despite the nightmarish occurrences it lends its assistance to, there's also subtext that suggests it also absorbed the world's sorrow of losing the students, meaning [[TragicMonster it's just incredibly lonely & grief-stricken and doesn't know what else to do with its powers]] -- much of its needling in SCP-7676 is because it thinks the reader is Julia Locke, who had also lost a loved one long ago, leading it to empathize and offer an outlet. In Project Isorropia, a cross-test between Class of '76 anomalies SCP-7076 and SCP-7676 simply has the voice and Syncope's conspirators move on after Neil Leinnes tells them [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre there's more to grief and life itself than anger at the past]].

--->He remembered the constant struggles against 682. He remembered the puzzlement and amusement from testing 914. He was feeling quite uncomfortable now. He remembered the break room with the other researchers, how they would laugh and make jokes and have a great time while he would sit, stoic as always. He remembered the fun they would all have together. He could feel his breathing becoming labored. He remembered, shortly after the discovery of the loss of the anomalies, Bright finally achieving his final wish. He remembered Clef being unable to cope with normalcy and taking his own life. He remembered Rights, normally mischievous and joyful, cleaning out her office with a distinct look of sorrow on her face. He remembered how even though it was a stressful, terrible place to be, how it was home to more demons and horrors than any other place in the world, perhaps even the universe… it was still home.

--->[[NotSoStoic For the first time in many, many years, Gears felt a tidal wave of emotions.]]

--->And for the first time in many, many years, [[ManlyTears Gears began to cry.]]

--->"To the O5 Council (and the rest of the Foundation, too!) -

--->Thank you all for being [[ArtifactCollectionAgency my very best collectors]]! Sadly, it is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that I do not think I will continue with my work any longer. I've done my part here, and I hope that my products have made people happy (I especially hope that they made YOU all happy as well!). As part of my final goodbyes, I have included a special, one-of-a-kind collectible that I wish for you to have. It may not be as impressive as [[MyLittlePanzer my other creations]], but I hope you find it wonderful in its own right.

--->Sincerely,

--->Doctor Wondertainment"

--->This was the note that was attached to a rather large package wrapped in glimmering purple wrapping paper. When opened, the package contained a rather large replica of Site 19, made out of ordinary plastic. When opened, the model building contained detailed figurines of each of the site personnel, from the O5 personnel down to the lowliest janitors, each poseable and each with noticeable smiles on their faces, but otherwise nothing anomalous about them. Each individual figurine has been sent to its appropriate counterpart along with a copy of the note.

-->The entity pushed the button, ordering the machine to stop.

-->With one final silent motion, the jaws of the rat snapped shut.

-->0.

-->'''2662''': '''''[[RageBreakingPoint MEKHANE, Yaldabaoth, and St. Alagadda, is that what this is? Are you trying to fucking worship me? After everything I've said? AFTER FUCKING EVERYTHING??????]]'''''

---> Such was the end. Quiet, small, bereft of heroics and great deeds, free of pretensions of great meaning. One night, there was human race on the planet Earth. The next, there wasn't. And that was that.

--> '''SCP-1548''': [[PleaseDontLeaveMe I don't want to go.]]

--> No. But I will remember you.

--->'''Addendum SCP-348-4:''' SCP-348 was once used in a test involving a 60-year-old man suffering from a terminal illness. The subject, a grandfather with multiple grandchildren, stated that the soup produced by SCP-348 was “the best he’d ever tasted”. Following the test, the subject reported feeling a sense of “satisfaction” and noted that the pain caused by the illness seemed to have faded. [[GoOutWithASmile The subject passed away peacefully a week later.]]

-->Subject: [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-451 SCP-451]]\\

* Speaking of [=SCPs=] that want to die, there’s [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-607 SCP-607]], Dorian the Grey Cat, a suicidal cat named Dorian. It can form symbiotic relationships with people and whoever it’s bonded with will receive any injury the cat receives. Basically, if the cat breaks a front leg, the bonded individual will receive a broken arm. If the cat dies, so does their ‘owner’. And the cat reanimates after 24 hours. It will even deliberately harm itself or put itself in fatal situations, behavior which ''real life cats will exhibit when suicidal''. Some people have even vouched for it to be exposed to SCP-999 out of sympathy for the damn thing.

-->''This is our harbinger. It brings good tidings.''

-->''"We will be dead when it reaches you. Our planet is dying. We do not have time to save ourselves. We only have time to ready ourselves, and to send a message.''

-->''"We have seen the signals from those who came before us. They were different, and we still don't really understand them. But if there were those who came before, there may be those who come after. It is in this hope that our harbingers travel.''

-->''"One has found you and learned your language so it can relay this message. Please listen.''

-->''"The galaxy is dark, and empty, and cold. It spins inevitably toward death. You will die too, one day. Perhaps you will have longer than we have. We hope so. But one day you too must vanish.''

-->''"[[TheAntiNihilist Before that time comes, you must light the darkness. You must make the night less empty. We are all small, and the universe is vast. But a universe with voices saying "I am here" is far greater than a universe silent. One voice is small, but the difference between zero and one is as great as one and infinity.]]''

-->''"We waited too long. Our voice is gone to echoes. Find others while there is still time. Make a chorus.''

-->''"And if this finds you too late, and your time is also passing, please [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture send this message on]], so the next voice can speak against the darkness."''

--> '''08/17''' OPERATION SUCCESSFUL. MISSION COMPLETE. REQUEST FURTHER ORDERS OR EXTRACTION.
--> '''08/18''' F SUSPICIOUS. MOVEMENT RESTRICTED. REQUESTING EXTRACTION.
--> '''08/19''' ORDERS NOT FORTHCOMING. REQUESTING NOTIFICATION.
--> '''08/20''' CONFINED TO SINGLE ROOM. WAS PROMISED EXTRACTION UPON COMPLETION OF MISSION.
--> '''08/21''' MOVED TO NEW SITE. UNCLEAR ON STATUS OF MISSION. REQUESTING FURTHER ORDERS.
--> '''08/22''' WAS REFERRED TO W SCP DESIG. F KNOWS. REQUEST IMMEDIATE EXTRACTION.
--> '''08/23''' UNCLEAR IF LAST MESSAGE RECEIVED. EXTRACTION REQUESTED. PLEASE.
--> '''08/24''' [[CryForTheDevil THERE IS NO EXTRACTION IS THERE?]]

--> ''Following the 08/24 broadcast, [[DespairEventHorizon SCP-1316 has ceased regular broadcast.]] Other anomalous properties remain.''

---> Hailey: Hello, you've reached Playland, the perfect place for family fun! How may I help you?
---> Unidentified Male Voice: I want my daughter back.
---> Hailey: I'm sorry sir, but I'm afraid your daughter wanted to stay with us. You can always visit, though. Just let us know and we'll send you two complementary tickets! I think she wants to stay, though.

--> Courage, Publius. This too shall pass. When rust claims your soul at last, valor will make you into Aeneas, and carry you beyond these shores, to rest among your fathers.

--> They were happy, before the end. Not all ships have to pass in the night.

--> This is why we have Special ''Containment'' Procedures instead of Special ''Destruction'' Procedures. If you break something, it's broken forever. When you try to destroy an anomaly, you can't take back your mistakes. That's what SCP-1609 has to tell us. This is why we're right and the GOC is wrong, people.

---> KTE-0937-Velveteen is an object lesson in the importance of following proper operating procedure. Due to the lack of vigilance by the agent on the scene, the object's threat level was escalated, the object itself was not successfully disposed of, and it has since fallen into the hands of a hostile agency. A single failure by a single operative resulted in the deaths of six. Remember this the next time you think about cutting corners.

--> ''9/23/5█: I'm all alone now. Sam died this morning.''
--> ''He could barely sit up or see towards the end. He asked me if we were there yet. [[LetThemDieHappy I told him yeah, man, we'll be there tomorrow, just you get your rest. I didn't have the heart to tell him the truth.]] He asked me to read him "And Death Shall Have No Dominion" one last time. His eyes were closed by the time I finished. They never opened up again. I pushed him out the airlock after he was gone. There's not gonna be anyone left to push me out.''
--> [...]
--> ''11/3/5█:''
--> ''The stars are so fucking beautiful out here, man.''

--> "IT'S SO DARK"
--> "CAN I COME HOME WITH YOU?"
--> "PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME HERE"
--> "I'M SO SORRY"

--> "I trust that you're familiar enough with the rest of the Determinative Sets ''[the ones other than XN]'' to understand why we're going this way."

--> The Plan: Use that one corner in the bedroom. It's just like folding paper. Remember: just like folding paper. Messing with people's heads is trickier but you can do it. It's for the best. Don't make them worry about you. Make sure they won't miss you.

-->''im so sorry''
-->''i didnt mean to hurt anyone i really didnt i just forgot to make it so wherre they can breathe if youre reading this please you government guys have to stop it youu guys can do it right please''
-->''i just thought it was funnny it was just supposed to be a stupid j oke i thought they would let me into the chatroom fi i made a good meme or something please just hurry up andstop it i cant stop] crying''
-->''imi shaiking so bbad pleasde i cnat even typ[e right now just fi x it im so sor ryt''
-->''all my freidns are dead and they;re stilll lauhging''

-->'''Dr.Dietz''': More importantly, why did you create the gun?
-->'''POI-6897''': Oh the Nerfing gun. Classic. Yeah, I thought it would be funny.
-->'''Dr.Dietz''': ...That's all?
-->'''POI-6897''': Look, what to do you want me to say? That it's a symbol of guns making the world worse or something? Not everything has some grand purpose man. It's just something I thought of while smoking. I mean come on, a Nerf gun that makes things shitty. It's hilarious! I didn't even think of the obvious pun until later. Eventually I got bored of it and gave it to my bro as a birthday gift. Probably should have warned him to be more careful, but live and learn am I right?
-->'''Dr.Dietz''': You honestly expect me to believe that? Despite your group's supposed pacifism, the anomalies you all have produced can be lethal. This little joke of yours has changed steel into balsa wood and people into invertebrates. You clearly intended this as a weapon.
-->'''POI-6897''': [[ArmorPiercingQuestion ...You, you used it on]] ''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion people]]''?
-->'''Dr. Dietz''': Our testing history is not relevant to-
-->'''POI-6897''': It… It was supposed to be a ''joke''. It was ''funny''. I changed Mass Effect 2 into Mass Effect 3, My neighbor's SUV into a Smart Car, ''I didn't use it on people''! You bastards, why the hell would you do that? ''[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone I'm not a murderer damn it]]''! Why, why would you turn a joke into a torture device? Just… [[GetOut just get out of my cell. I'm done talking.]]

-->"What can I do? What can I do? The strangers are still outside, watching me, waiting for my choice. Because they know what my choice will be, don’t they? There’s only one way this can end. I can wait and starve or shoot myself or slice my wrists or walk out into the rain but it’s all going to end the same way. The water is eternal. The water will remain no matter how polluted it becomes. At the end we all become rain.
-->I don’t want to go back."

--> '''Addendum 3737-2B''': Dr. Katherine Rostova was placed into quarantine following her return under the suspicion she was suffering from memetic effects. She was released a week later after clearing several cognitohazard screenings. Dr. Rostova is to meet with Site-24's psychiatrist on a weekly basis until such a time where she is deemed emotionally stable.

-->'''Lester''': There are still dragons in the mountains.

-->'''Subject:''' Eric\\

--> '''22:02:38:27 04-06-2019'''
--> SCP-4252 manifests and tackles the figure. They wrestle for 30 seconds, at which point the intruder grabs SCP-4252's arm and breaks it. SCP-4252 screams, kicks the figure's head, and continues to do so until it stops moving. SCP-4252 steps away to breathe, then collapses on the ground in front of the figure's body and begins to sob heavily.
-->'''22:04:13:10 04-06-2019'''
--> SCP-4252 collects itself and leans over the body of the figure. It gingerly closes the body's eyes, whispers something inaudible, grabs the corpse, and demanifests.

--> ''And these ghosts will sing. They don't know anything else other than to just sing as they would in any other time, not knowing why they will never receive a song in return. An unanswered call, that will last until the Earth is ready to snap its own fingers, and let them go too into the void.''

--> The contents of the leftmost room are listed below:

--> A 16-pack of Crayola crayons and a Disney Princess activity book. All images of Prince Adam (from Beauty and the Beast) have been colored over and scratched out in red. The red crayon has not otherwise been used.

--> A Webkinz plush black labrador retriever. [[FridgeHorror In several places, fur is crusted over with an unidentified substance]].

--> A white wooden dresser. Contents of the dresser include a charm bracelet with one attached charm resembling a birthday cake [[WouldHurtAChild with seven candles]]. Also found inside were several opened and partly emptied packages of Pull-ups disposable training pants, and three identical Disney princess t-shirts in a child’s medium size. [[FridgeHorror All three shirts are heavily stained.]]

--> A plastic cup sits on the bathroom counter. The contents have congealed, but chemical analysis revealed it to be a mixture of apple juice and [[ChildByRape mifepristone.]]

---> ''And to answer the question that I keep getting: it doesn't matter what the stuff is on her doggie's fur. It could be semen, tears, vomit, anything. All that matters is that her only soft toy was dirty, and no longer soft.''

--> '''Dr. Wildcat''': I became convinced that there was only one way to save it: the infection must be cut away, whatever the cost. Regrettably, I knew I would need the oppressor’s help to do this. So I exchanged the new master for the old and helped the Foundation regain the Tree. Then I cut away every inch of infection I could find, and much more, deeper and deeper into the wood until I was sure that no blight could remain. I knew the harm that this would do, but I also knew that I had saved the Tree.

--> [[AllForNothing Last week, I discovered that I was wrong. The blight remains. I murdered trillions of creatures across the world, for nothing.]]

--> That, perhaps, I could have lived with. But when I fled again into the Tree this week, to hide before I could be ordered to continue cutting, I found a truth I cannot face.

--> Its branches have gone silent. The Tree will no longer sing to me.

--> [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Vúluandsham… Mother… Amara… Forgive me.]]

--> ....

--> COGNITOMOLE WARNING: [[DrivenToSuicide LIFE SIGNS NOT DETECTED. BIOSIGNATURE LOST.]] FOR SECURITY PURPOSES, FILE WILL CLOSE AUTOMATICALLY.

--> But a single man saw that past. That single moment in which a prince ate a child and he stretched it into eternity. He made it the past of the country — that slavery was the backbone of our entire past — and the present. The revolution wasn't salacious enough for him, so he took the moment in time that was, and he made it the only image of the country, the only one that could exist. But without the release of revolution. Depravity, but without consequence. And it spirals from there, becoming worse and worse. Because we had no voice, nothing to say "Stop. It wasn't like that." \\
It was nothing but tragedy, what he did. So I come before you today, and I have to beg you: do not repeat what he did. Do not do the same things. Do not force us back into the dark. \\

---> Quiet days are upon us.

---> One would be forgiven for viewing this as a desirable goal. To be free from the anomalous. To usher in a new age of reason, where there can exist nothing outside our realm of understanding. A world where we would not have to watch our brethren die in the dark, unaccomplished and forgotten.

---> One would be forgiven for wanting to go home to their family, to look them in the eye and assure them everything is going to be okay. That there is nothing left to go bump in the night.

---> One would be forgiven.

---> Since our inception, countless generations of noble men and women have dedicated their lives to the suppression of that which eludes understanding. They have stood stalwart on the precipice of the unknown, staring defiantly into the abyss. They mocked its gaze.

---> Why then, should we not honor their tradition? Why spurn their sacrifice? Why should we move to proliferate that which we've so stubbornly locked away?

---> SCP-6500 represents the end of magic. The end of stories, and of dreams. The utter desolation of countless sapient, feeling lives. The destruction of communities. The fracturing of whole cultures and religions. It is an unnatural and intolerable eradication of untold worlds.

---> It is condemnation, unforgiving in its totality and unflinching in its march towards oblivion.

---> To allow for it to continue on its course is to fail in our mission to Protect. To cede to its influence would be to permit it to rob our world of wonder. To stand by would be tantamount to genocide.

---> And that, that cannot be forgiven.

-->'''SCP-073''': If it is not too much to inquire, in Audapaupadopolis you might have found a... a man. Perhaps just one man, or even... or even his remains. If you... if you have found this man, perhaps you could let me know? I just — there was myself, and Able, but our youngest brother... it has just been such a long time, and I can't help but wonder if I could...
-->'''Dir. Light''': I'm sorry, Cain. You know I wouldn't be able to do that, even if I wanted to.
-->'''SCP-073''': Ah, yes. Of course, I- I understand. ''(Pauses)'' I would've quite liked to have... to have apologized to him, my little brother. Ah. But we all have regrets, yes?

--> "Mommy."
--> "Yes, honey?"
--> "Mr. Smiles suddenly stopped moving. Mr. Calculator is acting sleepy, and I can't find Threaddy anywhere."
--> "Eric, I think it's just that you are growing up. You've always had a vivid imagination, but now-"
--> [[GrowingUpSucks "I don't want to grow up Mommy. I just want my friends."]]

--->Doctor Gears stayed longer than any of the other personnel (with the exception of the O5 council, of course), assisting others with their re-adjustment into society. He noticed a wide variety of emotions from the leaving staff: some were overjoyed that they were finally done working with such dangerous objects and eager to start a new, normal life; some were angry that they basically had to start over from scratch, claiming that spending the last few years in a facility that according to official record did not exist was shit for their resumes; and, most curious of all, a fair amount of sadness from people who, as far as Gears was concerned, should have been glad everything was back to normal.

--->Days passed and people left, and eventually, it was time for Gears himself to go. As he walked away from the now empty Site 19, he stopped and looked back for a moment, remembering all the time he had spent in that building. He still couldn't believe it was over, that protecting humanity, the job that he had committed himself to for longer than he could remember, was finished. As he gazed back at the facility, a strange thing began to happen: he began to feel rather odd. It was small at first, just a slight discomfort in his gut.

--->Then, the memories began to fall.

-->'''En:''' "Even if you die like you say, you will be remembered. You would be viewed as a pioneer, the one to step into the unknown and tread new ground where none had yet been. Even if your story never ends, you will pass knowing that you had a great one."
--> '''Adm:''' "And so will you. You may not have always led the charge, but you are the one who started it. It is because of you that I stepped forward into the unknown. It is because of you that I became what I am."

* [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7686 SCP-7686]], R is for Reshape, focuses less on a horriffying drug that allows people to change their bodies as they wish, and more on tragic case of SCP-7686-A, a father and daughter whose bodies merged together as a side-effect of overdose of said drug. As we learn from files gathered by the Foundation, the two of them seemd to live in destitude after the divorce. The father tried to use his daughter's smarts to make her win various competitions to support them, but after she failed to win money in huge game show, he showed himself to be emotionally abusive and controlling, imposing incredibly stright rules on her as a punishment and acting increasingly distant and resentful of her, especially as with puberty she begun resembling her mother. The girl tried to use SCP-7686 to stop her natural changes, in a desperate bid to make him love her again. This resulted in her overdosing and becoming fused to him in a manner that rendered her brain-dead and him comatose, right after he finally understood the damage he has caused. The file ends with the father suddenly waking up and singing his daughter a lullaby, before comitting suicide.

* [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7795 SCP-7795]], Ð is for Ðirteen, is a twelve-year-old girl named Mia who dies on her thirteenth birthday and is then resurrected. Upon revival, she is twelve again and the process repeats every time her birthday arrives. No matter how much the Foundation tries to support and protect her, she retains all memories of her lost years and still dies horrendous, unlucky deaths. The repeated trauma takes a toll on Mia and she eventually begs the research head to kill her. The Foundation's attempts to contain and protect Mia run into particularly cruel HopeSpot when they seemingly find a loophole to exploit by putting Mia down with a painless lethal injection on her thirteenth birthday. This actually works, and her mental state improves considerably... for only three years. The fourth time they try this, she instead dies an agonizing, drawn-out death, and she plunges off the DespairEventHorizon. The research head follows suit a few years later after [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone being forced to shoot Mia dead in order to stop the on-site nuke's anomalously-triggered detonation]]. In the end, the Foundation's most ethical way to neutralize her is by putting her in non-dimension, as her cessation of existence does not constitute a death, and the last line of the article is an apology from said research head for not being able to save her.

** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/true-trans-soul-rebel "True Trans Soul Rebel"]]. A transgender female member of the Gamers Against Weed has to deal with transphobia from her parents and dysphoria, with a bit of anomalous stuff because this is, after all, an SCP tale.

* [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2118 SCP-2118]] is a young and mute girl who only communicates in American Sign Language or through writing... unless in the presence of an adult who has [[OutlivingOnesOffspring dealt with the death of their own child]]. When that happens, SCP-2118 will start uncontrollably speaking in the deceased child's own voice, mimicking their last words and death throes, all while still being fully aware of her actions and usually apologizing through signage. This is definitely distressing for both her and whoever she's with, especially due to the physical assault that she'd receive -- she's tried to glue her mouth shut just so that she can't anger her previous carers. The third interview log involves a researcher trying and failing to use SCP-2118 to speak with his late son, all while the girl angrily tries to dissuade him.

* [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7795 SCP-7795]], Ð is for Ðirteen, is a twelve-year-old girl named Mia who dies on her thirteenth birthday and is then resurrected. Upon revival, she is twelve again and the process repeats every time her birthday arrives. No matter how much the Foundation tries to support and protect her, she retains all memories of her lost years and still dies horrendous, unlucky deaths. The repeated trauma takes a toll on Mia and she eventually begs the research head to kill her. In the end, the Foundation's most ethical way to neutralize her is by putting her in non-dimension, as her cessation of existence does not constitute a death.

* [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1316 SCP-1316]] a.k.a Lucy the Cat, was seemingly just a CuteKitten who was classified as an SCP because its an ''unaging'' kitten. Then it turned out that [[TheFakeCutie the creature was actually a spy working for the Chaos Insurgency]] who was sending info via radio broadcast, leading to a massive security breach, some unnamed SCP getting stolen and several deaths. The pitiable part of the entire thing is that Lucy was not among the SCPs taken by the Insurgency, and was instead left abandoned at the Foundation. Lucy kept up sending them distressed broadcasts afterwards, with no one ever answering back. [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves The implications are obvious]].

** Everett Mann [[AimlesslySeekingHappiness tried to find some shred of happiness in his work, but never did]]. Much like how his self in SCP-5500 became the new Nobody, he vanished and never came back.

* [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6556 SCP-6556]], DINOVLOGS!, is a [=YouTube=] channel that contains SliceOfLife vlogs from a sapient T-Rex named Ty, and later his girlfriend Penny. The metadata attached to these videos, which marks them as impossibly ancient and from the actual Cretaceous era, indicates Ty and his adventures were in fact real to some extent, and a cognitohazard in all of the videos imparts this knowledge onto most viewers. Things are largely comedic as [[FurryReminder modern YouTuber culture is juxtaposed against the normal animal behavior of dinosaurs]], until the Foundation [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/supplement-bonebed launches an investigation into Ty's final video]], where he claims he found a UFO. We get a look into the video's transcript and what the "UFO" actually is... and it turns out to be the meteor from the K-T extinction. It goes about as well as you'd expect, except Ty ''[[FateWorseThanDeath survives]]'', as indicated by a private 38th video the Foundation discovers. What follows is a harrowing transcript of Ty (a ''child'') wandering around in an apocalyptic wasteland after losing everyone he loves, trying to hide his grief through his instincts and his persona and clearly failing. His last known recording has him return to the ruins of his home, dying of hunger and still hoping his parents or his viewers are still alive. [[ForegoneConclusion Alas, there was never any hope]].

* [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6415 SCP-6415]], [ACCESS DENIED], is a [[LizardFolk reptilian man]] who is the LastOfHisKind thanks to the Foundation [[NiceJobBreakingItHero inadvertently killing its family and species as collateral damage in an attempt to recontain another SCP]]. When first encountered, it attempted to commit suicide by drowning. 6415 is not hostile to the foundation and often breaks down in loud, uncontrollable sobbing. It revealed its sapience by scratching the words "PLEASE BRING THEM BACK", and even drew an image of its former home along with its family when they were still alive. Even the D-class who read its words expressed sympathy for the poor guy.

* The image on [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2000 SCP-2000]], Deus Ex Machina, is surprisingly sober. [[{{Minimalism It's a simple landscape photo, rather beautiful, with small, white text saying "Remember us..."}}]]

* The image on [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2000 SCP-2000]], Deus Ex Machina, is surprisingly sober. It's a simple landscape photo, rather beautiful, with small, white text saying "Remember us..."

'''Book Keeper:''' [[WhamLine …200 years]], Doctor. I did my best but I could only hold onto him for 200 years. As sweet as dreams may be, eventually we all have to wake up.

'''Book Keeper:''' …200 years, Doctor. I did my best but I could only hold onto him for 200 years. As sweet as dreams may be, eventually we all have to wake up.

* [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5470 SCP-5470]], Why, 2K?, was a primitive VirtualReality simulation that temporarily uploaded its users' minds to its environment. As is typical of many VR stories, the world attracted many troubled youths to the point where it was often all they had for themselves while facing problems at home. However, it quickly became apparently that it would be lost to [=Y2K=], to the point where its creator comes begging to the Foundation to find a way to "contain" and preserve its data. The rest of the article consists of STF Omicron-4 exploring SCP-5470 to talk to its users and try to save the world - [[DownerEnding but it's clear nothing can be done, as Omicron-4 and the kids using the simulation can only tearfully watch as it crumbles to pieces]], and with it, the connection to their TrueCompanions. Then there's the ending monologue which turns the whole thing into AnAesop about living in the moment, as one last gut-punch before the STF wakes up understandably depressed:

** Jasmine, a girl who desires to be a firefighter, discovering how risky such a career can be, especially with [[MyGreatestFailure how many people she discovers she would fail to save]]. However, [[BittersweetEnding this does not sway her from wanting to pursue it regardless]].