WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:01.420 --> 00:00:06.980 Cackling fills the air, underscored by bolts of lighting crackling across the sky. 00:00:06.980 --> 00:00:13.330 A crazed man stands in a grubby lab coat, one Doctor Viktor Lasarevitsch, whose license 00:00:13.330 --> 00:00:19.680 to practice medicine and storm-powered reanimation has long been revoked. 00:00:19.680 --> 00:00:24.449 The Mad Scientist is surrounded by bubbling containers, beakers, and flasks overflowing 00:00:24.449 --> 00:00:26.859 with smoking chemicals strewn around the room. 00:00:26.859 --> 00:00:31.300 He checks his cracked watch: it’s nearly time. 00:00:31.300 --> 00:00:35.379 He darts across the room, passing between slabs covered in sheets. 00:00:35.379 --> 00:00:40.820 Underneath are his specimens, each one made exactly to his specifications (and serving 00:00:40.820 --> 00:00:45.500 as perfect examples of why the medical and scientific communities have made efforts to 00:00:45.500 --> 00:00:48.399 excommunicate Doctor Lasarevitsch). 00:00:48.399 --> 00:00:52.760 The Scientist eyes the Tesla coils that he had affixed to the roof through an open skylight 00:00:52.760 --> 00:00:57.780 that lets in the howling, freezing October wind and brings the rain from outside pouring 00:00:57.780 --> 00:00:59.210 through. 00:00:59.210 --> 00:01:04.110 His makeshift laboratory is already a mess; he doesn’t care. 00:01:04.110 --> 00:01:08.330 Checking his watch again, he reaches for a lever on the wall, waiting with bated breath 00:01:08.330 --> 00:01:10.640 for the right moment. 00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:14.830 Any second now, he tells himself, heart drumming against his ribs. 00:01:14.830 --> 00:01:18.830 He looks over at his covered creations, almost with sentiment. 00:01:18.830 --> 00:01:24.790 He’s worked tirelessly to create them all, and soon, the power of the storm will course 00:01:24.790 --> 00:01:29.280 through their veins and compel them to stand. 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:34.310 Some were visible out from beneath their sheets: a patchwork arm made from fingers, a palm, 00:01:34.310 --> 00:01:39.470 a forearm, and a bicep, all taken from different cadavers and recycled. 00:01:39.470 --> 00:01:43.780 Another lies perfectly still on the slab, arms crossed over its chest. 00:01:43.780 --> 00:01:48.470 One’s webbed, scale-covered hand is just poking out from underneath. 00:01:48.470 --> 00:01:54.409 They, and all the others, were wired up to the coil, standing on the roof above. 00:01:54.409 --> 00:01:58.600 The Mad Scientist’s watch beeps: it’s time. 00:01:58.600 --> 00:02:02.969 He pulls down on the lever just as a bolt of lightning rockets through the air, striking 00:02:02.969 --> 00:02:04.350 the coil on the roof. 00:02:04.350 --> 00:02:09.470 An enormous shower of sparks erupts from the ceiling, the lever, spraying over the thin 00:02:09.470 --> 00:02:12.680 sheets on the slabs, burning holes in some of them. 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:16.300 Electricity flows down the cables and into each of the bodies. 00:02:16.300 --> 00:02:22.080 Gradually, they begin to awaken, met by the sound of more maniacal laughing and triumphant 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:24.750 yells from Doctor Lasarevitsch. 00:02:24.750 --> 00:02:27.360 They’re alive! 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:33.850 Before it became the site of an annual anomalous Anthology of Horrors, SCP-6531 had previously 00:02:33.850 --> 00:02:38.050 been the manufacturing center for Lasarevitsch Wearables. 00:02:38.050 --> 00:02:43.100 Investigations into this company by the SCP Foundation yielded little in the way of actionable 00:02:43.100 --> 00:02:44.480 intelligence. 00:02:44.480 --> 00:02:48.440 All that could be learned about Lasarevitsch Wearables was that they used to be a small-scale 00:02:48.440 --> 00:02:54.430 clothing distributor, their specialty being Halloween costumes and masks, as well as horror-themed 00:02:54.430 --> 00:02:57.420 streetwear and everyday clothing. 00:02:57.420 --> 00:03:00.769 Very few business records from Lasarevitsch Wearables still exist. 00:03:00.769 --> 00:03:06.370 After falling victim to bankruptcy in December of 1996, any information about the company, 00:03:06.370 --> 00:03:13.170 its operations, and distributors all seems to have been thoroughly and mysteriously expunged. 00:03:13.170 --> 00:03:17.360 Efforts are still being made to track down and interview any former employees of the 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:21.170 costume-making company to determine if any of them were aware of any connection between 00:03:21.170 --> 00:03:25.500 Lasarevitsch Wearables and various known anomalous Groups of Interest. 00:03:25.500 --> 00:03:30.700 However, there also exist no records of any employees who might have worked at the manufacturing 00:03:30.700 --> 00:03:31.700 centre. 00:03:31.700 --> 00:03:36.610 Similarly, no costume stores, either smaller local businesses or larger national chains, 00:03:36.610 --> 00:03:41.390 have ever reported to have sold costumes or clothing made by Lasarevitsch Wearables, neither 00:03:41.390 --> 00:03:44.319 as seasonal items nor all year around. 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:48.879 The only thing the Foundation has been able to ascertain is that Lasarevitsch Wearables 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:53.500 fell into bankruptcy approximately ten months before the first anomalous incident recorded 00:03:53.500 --> 00:03:55.050 there took place. 00:03:55.050 --> 00:04:00.159 Still, that knowledge does little to explain exactly why these incursions manifest there 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:06.080 every year, at roughly the same time, on the same day: October 31st, Halloween. 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:11.360 One leading theory among Foundation researchers is that these anomalous incursions were triggered 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:16.100 in the wake of Lasarevitsch Wearables’ bankruptcy as part of some attempt by Lasarevitsch’s 00:04:16.100 --> 00:04:19.150 owners to continue the company’s legacy. 00:04:19.150 --> 00:04:23.520 Alternative explanations have ranged from the company’s Halloween costumes being anomalously 00:04:23.520 --> 00:04:29.170 possessed or haunted, now acting as vessels for demonic entities, deceased spirits, or 00:04:29.170 --> 00:04:31.919 some otherworldly force. 00:04:31.919 --> 00:04:39.090 All the Foundation knows for certain is that, after sundown, every October 31st since 1997, 00:04:39.090 --> 00:04:45.650 SCP-6531 has been the site of an anomalous incident involving multiple entities, designated 00:04:45.650 --> 00:04:49.889 as SCP-6531-1. 00:04:49.889 --> 00:04:54.280 These entities can vary drastically in terms of their abilities and appearance but seem 00:04:54.280 --> 00:04:59.580 to be restricted to only resembling the Halloween costumes formerly created and sold by Lasarevitsch 00:04:59.580 --> 00:05:00.930 Wearables. 00:05:00.930 --> 00:05:05.260 One year, they might appear as vampires; the following year could see a group of zombies 00:05:05.260 --> 00:05:07.280 emerging from SCP-6531. 00:05:07.280 --> 00:05:13.000 Werewolves, ghosts, and multiple instances of typical depictions of Frankenstein’s 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:15.759 Monster have also been documented. 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:19.690 Of the few scraps of information regarding Lasarevitsch Wearables that the Foundation 00:05:19.690 --> 00:05:24.300 has been able to recover, they have been able to obtain a complete catalog of the costume 00:05:24.300 --> 00:05:28.539 company’s inventory to better prepare engagement countermeasures and containment procedures 00:05:28.539 --> 00:05:30.400 for each year’s manifestation. 00:05:30.400 --> 00:05:34.530 All recorded incidents, as well as details of effective countermeasures are available 00:05:34.530 --> 00:05:38.729 upon request to all Foundation personnel assigned to SCP-6531. 00:05:38.729 --> 00:05:46.560 The group of SCP-6531-1 entities that manifest at Halloween can total a maximum of a hundred 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:48.050 identical costume creatures. 00:05:48.050 --> 00:05:52.880 They will never emerge later than midnight and will immediately dematerialize once dawn 00:05:52.880 --> 00:05:55.020 arrives on November 1st. 00:05:55.020 --> 00:05:59.669 Whether this is caused by an aversion to sunlight or some other anomalous factor that temporally 00:05:59.669 --> 00:06:03.990 binds their existence to the night of Halloween is still unknown. 00:06:03.990 --> 00:06:08.949 These emergences can occur at any time between sundown and sunrise from any of the there 00:06:08.949 --> 00:06:11.949 entrances to SCP-6531. 00:06:11.949 --> 00:06:16.259 There is also no other known limitation to the amount of emergences that can occur each 00:06:16.259 --> 00:06:17.509 Halloween. 00:06:17.509 --> 00:06:22.910 Some years have passed with only a single group of SCP-6531 entities manifesting; other 00:06:22.910 --> 00:06:27.560 years have been considerably more challenging for on-site personnel overseeing containment 00:06:27.560 --> 00:06:29.620 efforts. 00:06:29.620 --> 00:06:35.020 Since learning of SCP-6531, the SCP Foundation has enacted standard regional containment 00:06:35.020 --> 00:06:40.120 procedures, securing the anomalous manufacturing centre and the surrounding area. 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:43.700 Civilians are barred from entering the former Lasarevitsch Wearables facility and either 00:06:43.700 --> 00:06:47.490 turned away or amnesticised if they are found approaching. 00:06:47.490 --> 00:06:52.030 Although, at present, nobody has come forward with relevant information regarding the company, 00:06:52.030 --> 00:06:57.080 should a civilian present themselves as having some foreknowledge of Lasarevitsch Wearables, 00:06:57.080 --> 00:07:03.790 then they are to be detained and interrogated by Foundation agents on site at SCP-6531. 00:07:03.790 --> 00:07:09.039 Every Halloween, Mobile Task Force Eta 13 – also known under the codename of the ‘Horror 00:07:09.039 --> 00:07:13.490 Hosts’ – has been tasked with responding to the annual manifestation events. 00:07:13.490 --> 00:07:20.069 These operatives, and them alone, are permitted to neutralize instances of SCP-6531 in accordance 00:07:20.069 --> 00:07:24.229 with the effective countermeasures the Foundation has devised for each different possible type 00:07:24.229 --> 00:07:26.530 of costume creature that can appear. 00:07:26.530 --> 00:07:31.210 At present, there exists no way of predetermining which of the Lasarevitsch Wearables’ costumes 00:07:31.210 --> 00:07:35.500 will appear ahead of manifestation, meaning that the Horror Hosts have to be prepared 00:07:35.500 --> 00:07:39.780 for any and all eventualities ahead of Halloween. 00:07:39.780 --> 00:07:44.389 Possible countermeasures involve using ultraviolet lights to eliminate vampires, electro-magnetic 00:07:44.389 --> 00:07:52.030 pulse grenades to deactivate robots, and explosive ordinance for undead SCP-6531-1 instances. 00:07:52.030 --> 00:07:59.099 On the 31st of October 2021, MTF Eta 13 operative John Plumber reported for his first assignment 00:07:59.099 --> 00:08:03.360 to the task force’s post overseeing the containment of SCP-6531. 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:08.450 For their own safety, the remainder of Foundation personnel had been evacuated. 00:08:08.450 --> 00:08:12.020 The other three hundred and sixty-four days of the year, they were normally involved in 00:08:12.020 --> 00:08:16.430 researching the anomalous building, trying to examine the exact properties of the former 00:08:16.430 --> 00:08:20.870 Lasarevitsch Wearables’ manufacturing center, and hoping to determine the actual cause of 00:08:20.870 --> 00:08:22.669 the annual emergences. 00:08:22.669 --> 00:08:28.040 But on Halloween, everyone apart from Horror Hosts One, Two, and Three was granted the 00:08:28.040 --> 00:08:30.290 treat of a night off. 00:08:30.290 --> 00:08:36.360 At 7:15, the three members of MTF Eta 13 reported for one more check-in with SCP Foundation 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:40.050 Command ahead of the night’s inevitable anomalous incursions. 00:08:40.050 --> 00:08:45.190 Alongside Operative Plumber, their latest recruit were the other two Hosts, Alfred Snagrod 00:08:45.190 --> 00:08:50.150 and Wesley Timid, designated as Hosts One and Two, respectively. 00:08:50.150 --> 00:08:54.149 Each of them performed their radio checks with Foundation Control, Host One in position 00:08:54.149 --> 00:08:56.970 with eyes on the north entrance to SCP-6531. 00:08:56.970 --> 00:09:02.870 A few feet away, Host Two checked in at the west entrance, and Host Three did the same, 00:09:02.870 --> 00:09:05.370 with a clear line of sight to the east entrance. 00:09:05.370 --> 00:09:09.459 Control issued one more reminder to the trio, instructing them that they were to call in 00:09:09.459 --> 00:09:16.560 each emergence of SCP-6531-1 and confirm a containment method for each one before deploying 00:09:16.560 --> 00:09:17.690 countermeasures. 00:09:17.690 --> 00:09:22.520 Host Two, Wesley Timid, welcomed his fellow Horror Host, letting the newly recruited Plumber 00:09:22.520 --> 00:09:26.570 know that he could rely on his teammates and to put out a call over the radio if he needed 00:09:26.570 --> 00:09:27.630 anything. 00:09:27.630 --> 00:09:32.890 The first night working at keeping emergences contained could, by his admission, get a little 00:09:32.890 --> 00:09:33.890 freaky. 00:09:33.890 --> 00:09:38.220 Host Plumber was grateful and appreciative of his new comrade being so welcoming, and 00:09:38.220 --> 00:09:42.300 Host Timid explained he saw it as passing along the favor that former agent, Willard 00:09:42.300 --> 00:09:47.339 Baller, had done for him and Snagrod when they had first joined the Horror Hosts. 00:09:47.339 --> 00:09:52.591 Baller had been previously stationed at SCP-6531 until his departure from the Foundation, at 00:09:52.591 --> 00:09:55.970 which point Host Plumber was assigned as his replacement. 00:09:55.970 --> 00:10:00.820 However, when Plumber asked about his predecessor and why he was no longer an active member 00:10:00.820 --> 00:10:07.070 of MTF Eta 13, Host Snagrod interjected before Timid could offer any answers, commanding 00:10:07.070 --> 00:10:11.210 the other two Hosts to maintain radio silence and stay alert. 00:10:11.210 --> 00:10:15.240 Within twenty minutes, the night’s first recorded emergence took place, witnessed by 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:16.950 Host Plumber at the east entrance. 00:10:16.950 --> 00:10:23.790 He observed a group of undead shambling out of SCP-6531 in numbers of around a hundred. 00:10:23.790 --> 00:10:28.329 Startled by the sudden appearance of so many zombies, the Horror Hosts’ new recruit immediately 00:10:28.329 --> 00:10:32.839 began preparing explosive ordnance countermeasures, readying a rotary grenade launcher to thin 00:10:32.839 --> 00:10:34.550 out the encroaching horde. 00:10:34.550 --> 00:10:40.300 Immediately, Host Snagrod spoke up over the radio, commanding Host Plumber to stand down. 00:10:40.300 --> 00:10:43.650 The courtyard beyond the east entrance had already been readied for the emergence with 00:10:43.650 --> 00:10:48.430 the deployment of landmines, something Plumber got to witness firsthand as some of the decrepit 00:10:48.430 --> 00:10:51.649 undead stepped their rotten feet in the wrong spot. 00:10:51.649 --> 00:10:56.860 A rapid series of explosions lit up the courtyard brighter than any seasonal Halloween decorations, 00:10:56.860 --> 00:11:02.649 pieces of zombies scattering everywhere as each of them was splattered almost instantly. 00:11:02.649 --> 00:11:06.580 Plumber radioed Control, informing them that the night’s first emergence had been dealt 00:11:06.580 --> 00:11:09.760 with, leaving behind quite the mess. 00:11:09.760 --> 00:11:16.440 Another twenty minutes passed before the next emergence of new SCP-6531-1 instances. 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:21.310 This time Host Snagrod, at the north entrance of the manufacturing centre, observed a trio 00:11:21.310 --> 00:11:25.170 of figures dressed in historical period clothing. 00:11:25.170 --> 00:11:30.420 It was clear that they were a group of European vampires, meaning Snagrod had only a few moments 00:11:30.420 --> 00:11:31.420 to act. 00:11:31.420 --> 00:11:35.760 Given their abilities to turn into bats or travel at speeds nearly imperceptible to the 00:11:35.760 --> 00:11:40.990 human eye, if these vampires weren’t neutralized quickly, they’d be free to wreak havoc, 00:11:40.990 --> 00:11:44.589 no doubt attacking civilians and draining them of their blood. 00:11:44.589 --> 00:11:49.510 Fortunately, Host Snagrod had enough prior experience of manifestations like this and 00:11:49.510 --> 00:11:53.790 had just the countermeasure prepared: birdseed. 00:11:53.790 --> 00:11:57.710 Radioing Foundation Control to confirm his plan, they gave him the command to engage, 00:11:57.710 --> 00:12:03.110 and the MTF operative hurled open bags of birdseed in the vampires’ direction, causing 00:12:03.110 --> 00:12:05.930 it to scatter in all directions. 00:12:05.930 --> 00:12:10.930 Much to Host Plumber’s confusion, this seemed to stop the three vampires in their tracks, 00:12:10.930 --> 00:12:15.580 as they became fixated on the seed strewn over the ground before them. 00:12:15.580 --> 00:12:19.920 But they were trapped, standing still long enough for Host Snagrod to activate a series 00:12:19.920 --> 00:12:21.769 of ultraviolet lights. 00:12:21.769 --> 00:12:27.120 As the lamps came on, the vampires screamed vulgarities in Romanian before exploding, 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:31.010 making soft popping sounds as they were immolated. 00:12:31.010 --> 00:12:35.230 Still baffled by the strategy, Plumber asked what the birdseed had been for. 00:12:35.230 --> 00:12:39.830 Snagrod, being slightly more forthcoming when it came to sharing containment tactics, explained 00:12:39.830 --> 00:12:44.690 that European mythology describes vampires as having a form of arithmomania. 00:12:44.690 --> 00:12:49.389 This is often an expression of obsessive-compulsive disorder wherein individuals feel a strong 00:12:49.389 --> 00:12:54.280 compulsion to count their actions or any objects within their immediate surroundings. 00:12:54.280 --> 00:12:59.360 Using birdseed, Snagrod successfully used this counting compulsion to force the vampires 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:02.890 to stay in one place while counting every seed. 00:13:02.890 --> 00:13:07.459 Thirteen minutes past eight, just short of twenty minutes after the previous incident, 00:13:07.459 --> 00:13:09.110 another emergence began. 00:13:09.110 --> 00:13:14.120 This time, approximately two dozen skeletons began striding out of the east entrance, some 00:13:14.120 --> 00:13:17.000 of them armed with swords and axes. 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:21.639 Once again, Host Plumber braced himself for a direct fight against the undead, but before 00:13:21.639 --> 00:13:26.690 he could engage, Snagrod intervened once more, telling him to stand down. 00:13:26.690 --> 00:13:31.010 No sooner had he said this did Plumber see why: the moment that the oncoming skeleton 00:13:31.010 --> 00:13:37.240 army stepped outside of the boundary of SCP-6531, they all fell apart. 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:41.660 Host Timid chimed in and pointed out that these bony creatures had no muscles, tendons 00:13:41.660 --> 00:13:46.020 or any of the other bodily material that keeps bones together, meaning there was nothing 00:13:46.020 --> 00:13:49.680 for the Horror Hosts to do but let them disassemble. 00:13:49.680 --> 00:13:53.440 Plumber noticed that the various skulls now strewn about the courtyard were vibrating, 00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:55.430 their teeth still chattering. 00:13:55.430 --> 00:13:59.700 Timid was quick to assure him they would likely shut up after about half an hour, although 00:13:59.700 --> 00:14:03.500 it did little to make it seem less messed up. 00:14:03.500 --> 00:14:07.880 Only eleven minutes later, Host Timid witnessed the first emergence from his post of the night. 00:14:07.880 --> 00:14:13.029 Out of the west entrance, a group of three robots were marching into view, moving slowly, 00:14:13.029 --> 00:14:16.490 but each armed with hefty, futuristic-looking weaponry. 00:14:16.490 --> 00:14:21.019 Snagrod asked if they were sporting any visible shielding, but Timid replied, saying they 00:14:21.019 --> 00:14:23.180 looked to be old-school, retro robots. 00:14:23.180 --> 00:14:27.670 He told Control he was readying an electromagnetic pulse grenade to take the three anomalous 00:14:27.670 --> 00:14:32.940 automatons out, but then stopped, claiming he wanted to try an alternative. 00:14:32.940 --> 00:14:37.390 He leaped out in front of the three robots and yelled at them, ‘this statement is a 00:14:37.390 --> 00:14:38.390 lie’. 00:14:38.390 --> 00:14:43.540 Immediately, the robots opened fire, prompting Control to ask Timid to report his status. 00:14:43.540 --> 00:14:47.519 All three of the robots had completely missed him; he already knew that, given they were 00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:51.449 older models, their shots weren’t being aided by any guidance system. 00:14:51.449 --> 00:14:55.470 The safest spot for him to stand was directly in front of their guns. 00:14:55.470 --> 00:15:00.649 Over the radio, Snagrod urged Timid, trying to state a logical paradox in order to confuse 00:15:00.649 --> 00:15:05.959 the robots was pointless, and instructed him to just arm and launch the EMP grenade. 00:15:05.959 --> 00:15:10.839 Laughing, clearly not taking much of this seriously, Timid tried again and asked the 00:15:10.839 --> 00:15:15.440 robots the confusing question of ‘Does the set of all sets that don't contain themselves 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:17.440 contain itself?’ 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:21.720 Not waiting to see how the three machines reacted, Host Snagrod invoked what he referred 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:24.699 to as the ‘Baller Clause.’ 00:15:24.699 --> 00:15:28.920 Despite protesting that the robots probably wouldn’t hit him, Timid eventually did as 00:15:28.920 --> 00:15:35.420 instructed and launched the grenade, instantly deactivating all three of the robotic SCP-6531-1 00:15:35.420 --> 00:15:37.459 instances. 00:15:37.459 --> 00:15:42.720 Plumber chimed in to ask about the aforementioned Clause, and Snagrod explained. 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:48.389 Since the Horror Hosts had been assigned to SCP-6531 for quite some time, they were afforded 00:15:48.389 --> 00:15:53.250 considerable leeway by Foundation Control when it came to addressing each of the costume 00:15:53.250 --> 00:15:54.250 creatures’ emergences. 00:15:54.250 --> 00:16:00.130 If, at any point, one of the trio felt another of their teammates was being reckless, jeopardizing 00:16:00.130 --> 00:16:04.740 the mission or their own safety, then they could invoke the Baller Clause. 00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:09.199 Which Plumber was quick to notice seemed to be named after his suspiciously ‘retired’ 00:16:09.199 --> 00:16:12.170 predecessor, Willard Baller. 00:16:12.170 --> 00:16:17.389 The next emergence didn’t occur until just over an hour later, at 9:29. 00:16:17.389 --> 00:16:23.519 Once again, Plumber was on the receiving side of a group of SCP-6531-1 instances, all of 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:25.620 them scaled humanoids with fins. 00:16:25.620 --> 00:16:31.139 Yet again, he was ready to enact countermeasures and told to stand by, with Timid even remarking 00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:34.139 that Host Plumber seemed to have beginner's luck. 00:16:34.139 --> 00:16:37.990 The moment that the half-fish creatures emerged from the building, they dropped and began 00:16:37.990 --> 00:16:43.029 flopping around on the ground, rendered harmless thanks to asphyxiation, since none of them 00:16:43.029 --> 00:16:44.399 were underwater. 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:49.399 Plumber was still unsettled by having to watch the fishy humanoids’ bodies flop around, 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:50.399 slowly dying. 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:53.579 Compared to the skulls, this seemed to be much worse. 00:16:53.579 --> 00:16:59.370 A full hour and a half passed before Plumber witnessed his next emergence, sighting six 00:16:59.370 --> 00:17:05.650 people brandishing various dangerous melee weapons, ranging from knives and axes to chainsaws. 00:17:05.650 --> 00:17:09.600 According to Snagrod, these were slashers and could be dealt with by using standard 00:17:09.600 --> 00:17:10.600 ammunition. 00:17:10.600 --> 00:17:16.589 However, when Plumber opened fire, the six approaching slashers seemed to keep coming. 00:17:16.589 --> 00:17:22.100 Timid pointed out that these were likely sequel slashers, making them slightly more robust. 00:17:22.100 --> 00:17:26.240 Upping the countermeasures to explosives, Plumber armed a single grenade and hurled 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:27.990 it towards the slashers. 00:17:27.990 --> 00:17:32.320 All of them were caught in the blast, rendering them neutralized. 00:17:32.320 --> 00:17:36.590 As Plumber declared the emergence contained, Timid pointed out to not take his eyes off 00:17:36.590 --> 00:17:43.170 the bodies – as in slasher movies, not seeing the body could mean that the slasher survived. 00:17:43.170 --> 00:17:47.309 Judging by the disconnected heads and limbs left in the area, Plumber told him it was 00:17:47.309 --> 00:17:50.309 safe to withdraw that particular concern. 00:17:50.309 --> 00:17:53.960 Ten minutes later, at a quarter past eleven, the next emergence occurred. 00:17:53.960 --> 00:18:00.210 A group of ectoplasmic entities emerged from SCP-6531’s west entrance. 00:18:00.210 --> 00:18:04.590 These were, as Timid observed, the goopy kind of ghosts. 00:18:04.590 --> 00:18:09.090 Radioing Control for assistance, he asked if the Spenglers had been properly checked. 00:18:09.090 --> 00:18:13.230 Still learning the lingo on the job, Host Plumber asked what Timid was referring to 00:18:13.230 --> 00:18:15.240 by Spenglers. 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:19.760 This was the nickname given to a series of large vacuum devices set up around each entrance 00:18:19.760 --> 00:18:24.960 by Foundation technicians, specially designed to capture ephemeral entities. 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:29.570 Upon activating, within minutes, there were no ghosts left; the latest of the night’s 00:18:29.570 --> 00:18:32.880 emergences having been successfully contained. 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:38.350 The next came almost half an hour later, as three hairy humanoid entities in ripped clothing 00:18:38.350 --> 00:18:39.350 emerged. 00:18:39.350 --> 00:18:43.929 Plumber readied himself to engage using incendiary rounds, only for Snagrod to tell him that 00:18:43.929 --> 00:18:45.720 there was no need. 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:49.260 Timid pointed out that the ground in front of the werewolves was covered in a veritable 00:18:49.260 --> 00:18:53.700 meat buffet, thanks to the leftover slasher and fishmen remains. 00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:58.080 Normally, the arrival of werewolves this late on Halloween meant that all the creatures 00:18:58.080 --> 00:19:02.790 would want to do was eat and would likely fall asleep shortly after, until the sunrise 00:19:02.790 --> 00:19:05.170 caused them to dematerialize. 00:19:05.170 --> 00:19:09.309 Although they could be disposed of easily, the werewolves posed no threat, but could 00:19:09.309 --> 00:19:11.260 be interesting to observe. 00:19:11.260 --> 00:19:16.240 Doing so was even something of a tradition among the Horror Hosts that baller had started. 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:20.600 As Plumber watched the group of werewolves, he noticed one picking up the discarded bones 00:19:20.600 --> 00:19:24.340 from the skeletons and throwing it for another to chase after. 00:19:24.340 --> 00:19:29.330 With the werewolves eventually falling asleep, and no further signs of any anomalous activity, 00:19:29.330 --> 00:19:34.700 the annual emergences at SCP-6531 had come to a close. 00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:38.530 Control dispatched clean-up and auxiliary containment crews to the site to take care 00:19:38.530 --> 00:19:42.679 of the mess left behind, while a transport was sent to pick up the three members of the 00:19:42.679 --> 00:19:44.039 Horror Hosts. 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:48.549 Timid suggested the three of them enjoy a nightcap of pumpkin vodka back at base, and 00:19:48.549 --> 00:19:53.059 while he was happy to join, Plumber felt the need to ask a question that had been bothering 00:19:53.059 --> 00:19:54.059 him. 00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:58.090 It was bout Baller, former Host Three of MTF Eta 13. 00:19:58.090 --> 00:20:02.680 Plumber had noticed that his new teammates seemed sentimental about their former comrade, 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:07.690 not to mention the Baller Clause being invoked whenever one of them was being reckless. 00:20:07.690 --> 00:20:13.020 Although Plumber had made it through his first Halloween at SCP-6531, he’d been concerned 00:20:13.020 --> 00:20:16.360 that his predecessor had died at this post. 00:20:16.360 --> 00:20:20.310 But both Timid and Snagrod explained that they were only sentimental about Baller because 00:20:20.310 --> 00:20:22.900 they liked him so much, he’d been a good friend to them. 00:20:22.900 --> 00:20:28.240 He had only left the Foundation after receiving a publishing deal for a series of horror novels. 00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:32.169 Relieved that this job wasn’t likely to cost him his life, Plumber then asked why 00:20:32.169 --> 00:20:34.500 the Baller Clause was named after him. 00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:38.920 Barely holding back laughter, Timid explained that a few years prior, Baller had attempted 00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:41.809 to train one of the werewolves that had emerged from SCP-6531. 00:20:41.809 --> 00:20:48.190 The encounter led to an embarrassing encounter between Baller and a six-foot-tall wolf creature 00:20:48.190 --> 00:20:50.390 being caught on security cameras. 00:20:50.390 --> 00:20:55.470 Fortunately, Timid pointed out, not everything involving the SCP Foundation resulted in blood 00:20:55.470 --> 00:20:56.650 and pain. 00:20:56.650 --> 00:21:01.450 Occasionally, they could be nicer than expected, with personnel able to do their jobs and go 00:21:01.450 --> 00:21:06.169 home safely, living their lives without the risk of being killed by anomalies. 00:21:06.169 --> 00:21:11.029 With that, the three Foundation operatives headed off together to enjoy what was left 00:21:11.029 --> 00:21:12.920 of their Halloween. 00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:16.929 Check out the Dr. Bob Patreon and become a junior researcher today! 00:21:16.929 --> 00:21:22.780 Now go and watch another entry from the files of Dr. Bob, like SCP-6096 – Blanket Ghost!