WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.269 --> 00:00:01.560 A haunted house? 00:00:01.560 --> 00:00:06.640 It seems like a fun idea for a date, although the Model is type to jump at everything. 00:00:06.640 --> 00:00:11.519 He knows everyone in the fake blood and clown makeup are just out of work actors, or students 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:15.980 looking to make some easy money, but any loud screams are enough to get him leaping out 00:00:15.980 --> 00:00:17.279 of his own skin. 00:00:17.279 --> 00:00:22.160 Then again, he expects that’s part of his date’s plan: get him scared so he seeks 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:23.580 shelter in his arms. 00:00:23.580 --> 00:00:25.359 It’s quite sweet, actually. 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:27.220 So, he agrees. 00:00:27.220 --> 00:00:29.099 The place is hardly the stuff of nightmares. 00:00:29.099 --> 00:00:34.090 In fact, it’s all pretty home sprung, and being there with company makes it easier to 00:00:34.090 --> 00:00:37.490 giggle at all the half baked attempts to incite scares. 00:00:37.490 --> 00:00:42.469 The distinctly ketchup scented ‘blood’ stains are a particular highlight that leaves 00:00:42.469 --> 00:00:44.910 the Model and his date in stitches. 00:00:44.910 --> 00:00:48.890 Then they spot a hall of mirrors, and can’t resist heading inside. 00:00:48.890 --> 00:00:53.040 It’s even cheaper than they’re expecting, multiple standing mirrors that seem to have 00:00:53.040 --> 00:00:58.010 been taken straight out of people’s homes and set up in an easy to navigate maze. 00:00:58.010 --> 00:01:01.879 Still, it ends up being fun, for the most part. 00:01:01.879 --> 00:01:07.240 Until the Model spots something in his reflection in one of the mirrors: a tiny blemish. 00:01:07.240 --> 00:01:09.930 That wasn’t there yesterday, and he’s certain of it. 00:01:09.930 --> 00:01:12.830 His whole job is centred around how he looks. 00:01:12.830 --> 00:01:17.270 But he tries to brush it off; after all; even he gets insecure about his appearance from 00:01:17.270 --> 00:01:19.909 time to time, it happens to everyone. 00:01:19.909 --> 00:01:22.869 But in the next mirror, it seems to look even worse. 00:01:22.869 --> 00:01:25.869 Maybe it’s the lighting, he thinks. 00:01:25.869 --> 00:01:27.500 Then he starts to worry. 00:01:27.500 --> 00:01:28.970 Has his date noticed? 00:01:28.970 --> 00:01:32.960 It plays on his mind, and the rest of the way through the hall of mirrors, he avoids 00:01:32.960 --> 00:01:34.740 looking at his reflection. 00:01:34.740 --> 00:01:38.579 A few days later and he’s sitting in the makeup chair, getting ready for a photoshoot. 00:01:38.579 --> 00:01:43.220 He doesn’t dare open his eyes, trusting the makeup artists to cover up the things 00:01:43.220 --> 00:01:46.690 he’s been seeing on his face every time he looks in the mirror. 00:01:46.690 --> 00:01:51.280 He’s tried to cancel the shoot, calling his manager and telling her that he just can’t 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:52.630 be on camera right now. 00:01:52.630 --> 00:01:56.810 But she comes racing over to his apartment to get a look at him for herself, and tells 00:01:56.810 --> 00:02:02.640 him she can’t see anything wrong, to just get over himself and not be a diva. 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:06.810 He tries to settle into the familiarity of the photoshoot, the outfit changes, the rapid 00:02:06.810 --> 00:02:11.770 flashing of the cameras, while he tries desperately not to let his concern show on his face. 00:02:11.770 --> 00:02:16.830 A few times it slips out, the Cameraman telling him to look less worried. 00:02:16.830 --> 00:02:21.110 It’s hard to be, especially with how he thinks he must look. 00:02:21.110 --> 00:02:24.220 Seeing the photos afterwards, it’s even worse than he thought. 00:02:24.220 --> 00:02:29.629 It barely looks like him, the person in the pictures is unrecognizable to the Model. 00:02:29.629 --> 00:02:34.250 He argues with the Cameraman and Manager, telling them they need to photoshop the images. 00:02:34.250 --> 00:02:36.650 Neither of them can see what’s wrong with them. 00:02:36.650 --> 00:02:42.300 A few passes, and the Model is cowering in his apartment. 00:02:42.300 --> 00:02:46.069 The thing he sees in the mirror doesn’t look like him anymore. 00:02:46.069 --> 00:02:48.459 It doesn’t even look human. 00:02:48.459 --> 00:02:53.300 He’s seen it everywhere, looking back at him in the glass pane of windows, out of the 00:02:53.300 --> 00:02:57.280 corner of his eye in the TV, shuffling in the place where his own reflection should 00:02:57.280 --> 00:02:58.280 be. 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:03.180 It creeps into every photo, takes his place, standing in the spots he’s supposed to be. 00:03:03.180 --> 00:03:08.799 The Model’s even started having nightmares about seeing… whatever he’s become. 00:03:08.799 --> 00:03:15.159 There’s something very wrong with all this… and it all started in that hall of mirrors. 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:21.680 Held in a secure storage locker at Site 19, SCP-4682 is to remain wrapped in an opaque 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:26.670 material at all times, in accordance with its special containment procedures. 00:03:26.670 --> 00:03:30.769 Under no circumstances are any personnel permitted to view SCP-4682 directly. 00:03:30.769 --> 00:03:36.239 If they do, then they likely won’t like what they see. 00:03:36.239 --> 00:03:42.470 SCP-4682 is, or at least appears to be, a common silver and glass mirror. 00:03:42.470 --> 00:03:46.940 Upon closer inspection, there appears to be nothing immediately or obviously anomalous 00:03:46.940 --> 00:03:53.170 about the mirror, even down to having been constructed with entirely ordinary materials. 00:03:53.170 --> 00:03:58.290 The anomalous properties of SCP-4682 will only manifest from the moment a person observes 00:03:58.290 --> 00:04:00.959 their own reflection within the mirror itself. 00:04:00.959 --> 00:04:05.989 After which point, any individual that is subjected to the effects of SCP-4682 must 00:04:05.989 --> 00:04:12.489 avoid any and all reflective surfaces effective immediately after looking at SCP-4682. 00:04:12.489 --> 00:04:16.540 An affected individual will be advised by the Foundation to avoid being depicted in 00:04:16.540 --> 00:04:21.350 any and all visual mediums, including never having their picture taken or allowing themselves 00:04:21.350 --> 00:04:25.940 to be recorded on video, either through the use of digital or film cameras. 00:04:25.940 --> 00:04:31.030 Psychologists working for the firm Schuyler & Crane Psychiatry, a front for the SCP Foundation’s 00:04:31.030 --> 00:04:35.440 psychological research and analysis department, will conduct therapy sessions with affected 00:04:35.440 --> 00:04:40.250 individuals on a monthly to weekly schedule, determined on a case by case basis, depending 00:04:40.250 --> 00:04:45.510 on the severity of the side effects they experience after looking directly at SCP-4682. 00:04:45.510 --> 00:04:51.440 This, of course, leaves the lingering question of what actually happens when a person observes 00:04:51.440 --> 00:04:53.150 their reflection in SCP-4682? 00:04:53.150 --> 00:04:57.810 Do they find themselves trapped in an inescapable mirror dimension? 00:04:57.810 --> 00:05:02.750 Does it impart an anomalous effect that removes them from photographs, leading them to question 00:05:02.750 --> 00:05:05.410 their own sanity and existence? 00:05:05.410 --> 00:05:06.410 Not quite. 00:05:06.410 --> 00:05:09.270 But it’s arguably just as cruel. 00:05:09.270 --> 00:05:14.340 Any human being that observes their own reflection on SCP-4682’s surface will experience a 00:05:14.340 --> 00:05:18.669 permanent and irreversible shift in their perception. 00:05:18.669 --> 00:05:23.970 Whenever viewing themselves in SCP-4682, they will immediately notice physical differences 00:05:23.970 --> 00:05:29.060 that are not actually present on their real face or body, but only appear in the anomalous 00:05:29.060 --> 00:05:30.600 mirror. 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:35.160 These have been known to include a mix of the following discrepancies in reflections. 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:39.280 For one, they might perceive themselves as having incorrect proportions of the face, 00:05:39.280 --> 00:05:44.590 such as their eyes being further apart or closer together than they are in reality. 00:05:44.590 --> 00:05:48.710 This can also extend to the proportions of the rest of their body too, as the reflection 00:05:48.710 --> 00:05:53.910 might depict them as being inaccurately taller or shorter than they actually are, or show 00:05:53.910 --> 00:05:57.910 them having a significantly different body mass or shape. 00:05:57.910 --> 00:06:03.111 Many of the D Class test subjects deployed during experimentation with SCP-4682 have 00:06:03.111 --> 00:06:07.311 also reported seeing various blemishes and skin conditions on the mirror’s inaccurate 00:06:07.311 --> 00:06:13.110 reflections, from acne to facial scars, eczema to even conditions as severe as first degree 00:06:13.110 --> 00:06:18.130 burns, all of which are not present on the test subjects’ actual faces. 00:06:18.130 --> 00:06:23.460 Dental hygiene of the test subjects is often depicted as being much worse in their SCP-4682 00:06:23.460 --> 00:06:28.750 reflection than it is in real life, with yellowed or rotting teeth appearing, as well as cavities 00:06:28.750 --> 00:06:33.479 that do not correspond with the subjects’ actual dental records. 00:06:33.479 --> 00:06:38.321 Reflected in SCP-4682 are also often the addition of facial features that are considered, at 00:06:38.321 --> 00:06:41.569 least by conventional standards, to be unattractive. 00:06:41.569 --> 00:06:46.470 Some test subjects have reported seeing themselves sporting unibrows or uneven facial hair, regardless 00:06:46.470 --> 00:06:47.979 of gender. 00:06:47.979 --> 00:06:52.000 The same also further extends to the rest of their body, with numerous instances of 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:56.919 D Class seeing themselves with excessive body hair that isn’t present outside of the reflection. 00:06:56.919 --> 00:07:03.139 Following a person’s direct exposure to the mirror’s surface, the effect of SCP-4682 00:07:03.139 --> 00:07:05.400 will become unavoidable. 00:07:05.400 --> 00:07:10.050 While not possible for anyone else to observe any noticeable change in said person, they 00:07:10.050 --> 00:07:16.139 themselves will notice the perceived imperfections in their appearance in other reflective surfaces. 00:07:16.139 --> 00:07:20.860 This extends not only to conventional, non anomalous mirrors, but also to television, 00:07:20.860 --> 00:07:25.330 computer or cell phone screens, windows and other glass surfaces, as well as anything 00:07:25.330 --> 00:07:28.890 that is polished sufficiently enough to produce a reflection. 00:07:28.890 --> 00:07:33.380 Additionally, these inaccurate anomalous differences to an affected person’s appearance will 00:07:33.380 --> 00:07:37.830 be present in any photographs or video footage of them, meaning that there is virtually no 00:07:37.830 --> 00:07:42.710 proven way to convince them that these imperfections are actually present, beyond pointing this 00:07:42.710 --> 00:07:43.710 out. 00:07:43.710 --> 00:07:46.990 The differences to a person’s appearance are not present when they are viewed by others, 00:07:46.990 --> 00:07:49.500 or when they view themselves, with the naked eye. 00:07:49.500 --> 00:07:53.410 However, naturally, it will be impossible for them to view their own face without the 00:07:53.410 --> 00:07:57.520 assistance of a reflective surface, which will always depict them as having inaccurate 00:07:57.520 --> 00:08:00.710 imperfections that are not actually physically present. 00:08:00.710 --> 00:08:06.460 As if triggering this perceptual shift wasn’t bad enough, SCP-4682’s anomalous effect 00:08:06.460 --> 00:08:13.210 is also cumulative; as in, it only gets worse every time a person sees themselves again. 00:08:13.210 --> 00:08:18.590 When viewing their reflection after exposure to SCP-4682, whether using the anomalous mirror, 00:08:18.590 --> 00:08:24.960 a normal one or any other method, another new imperfection will seemingly have appeared. 00:08:24.960 --> 00:08:28.620 Any reflective surface or method of visual recording around them will appear to make 00:08:28.620 --> 00:08:32.099 more and more differences present in their appearance. 00:08:32.099 --> 00:08:35.830 Anyone around that observes the altered reflection of the affected person, particularly on a 00:08:35.830 --> 00:08:40.890 surface or through photographs will also be able to view the same imperfections that they 00:08:40.890 --> 00:08:45.100 perceive, however, they will be aware that these are not actually present when they view 00:08:45.100 --> 00:08:46.980 the person directly. 00:08:46.980 --> 00:08:53.410 There is currently no known way to circumvent or cure the perceptual anomaly caused by SCP-4682, 00:08:53.410 --> 00:08:55.980 or negate the lasting effect of it. 00:08:55.980 --> 00:09:00.240 Even the administering of memory altering amnestics have no effect, as even if an affected 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:05.430 subject forgets what they originally saw in SCP-4682, or even forgets ever the moment 00:09:05.430 --> 00:09:07.100 they looked into it to begin with. 00:09:07.100 --> 00:09:13.200 In some cases, using amnestics to treat exposure to SCP-4682’s anomalous perceptual alteration 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:17.150 can irreparably affect a person’s view of themselves. 00:09:17.150 --> 00:09:22.200 One member of D Class that was given amnestics after viewing SCP-4682 began believing the 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:27.360 imperfections they saw in their reflection had always been part of their natural appearance. 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:32.270 For a time, this led to a degree of acceptance in this individual, being unable to recall 00:09:32.270 --> 00:09:37.740 their encounter with SCP-4682 meant they had no inclination that their reflection had previously 00:09:37.740 --> 00:09:40.440 appeared any differently before being altered by the mirror. 00:09:40.440 --> 00:09:44.839 However, as they began to notice additional inaccuracies when subsequently viewing their 00:09:44.839 --> 00:09:48.920 reflection in the mirror above the faucet within their living quarters at the Foundation. 00:09:48.920 --> 00:09:54.899 The cumulative nature of SCP-4682 perceptual anomaly gradually led to this affected D Class 00:09:54.899 --> 00:09:58.600 developing outlandish theories about their own identity. 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:01.860 One such train of thought revolved around the belief that the Foundation had replaced 00:10:01.860 --> 00:10:07.170 their ‘real’ self with some kind of clone, believing themselves to be a replica of the 00:10:07.170 --> 00:10:11.970 original, inaccurately mimicking their appearance and possessing all their memories. 00:10:11.970 --> 00:10:16.589 After being dissuaded of this belief by Foundation psychiatrists, the affected D Class later 00:10:16.589 --> 00:10:21.260 adopted a new theory that the Foundation had been intentionally applying sophisticated 00:10:21.260 --> 00:10:26.500 visual effects makeup and prosthetics to his face and body each day until he noticed. 00:10:26.500 --> 00:10:30.830 When they raised this theory with his fellow D Class personnel, many dismissed it, saying 00:10:30.830 --> 00:10:35.230 that they looked no different from when they’d first arrived in Foundation custody. 00:10:35.230 --> 00:10:40.670 This then led to a growing mistrust of other members of D Class, the affected subject believing 00:10:40.670 --> 00:10:44.690 that those around them were secretly privy to the continuing changes they noticed in 00:10:44.690 --> 00:10:48.750 their reflection, and had been instructed to lie by the Foundation. 00:10:48.750 --> 00:10:54.930 Gradually, the SCP-4682 affected D Class personnel member developed an uncontrollable paranoia 00:10:54.930 --> 00:10:57.470 towards all Foundation staff. 00:10:57.470 --> 00:11:02.590 Unbeknownst to anyone else at Site 19, they began to believe the SCP Foundation had intentionally 00:11:02.590 --> 00:11:07.620 stolen their face, and was deliberately changing their appearance every day as some means of 00:11:07.620 --> 00:11:10.450 sadistic psychological torture. 00:11:10.450 --> 00:11:14.709 At one point, the fact that this had been the side effect of looking at an anomalous 00:11:14.709 --> 00:11:19.550 mirror was revealed by their appointed psychologist, but this explanation was rejected by the D 00:11:19.550 --> 00:11:24.160 Class as being nothing more than an attempt by the Foundation to mislead them. 00:11:24.160 --> 00:11:28.399 Having been drawing up an escape plan in secret, the affected individual eventually experienced 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:32.680 a psychotic break, and shattered the mirror in their holding cell, both to prevent them 00:11:32.680 --> 00:11:36.899 from being able to observe the continuously worsening changes in their reflection, and 00:11:36.899 --> 00:11:40.839 in order to hide one of the sharper fragments of glass on their person, in order to use 00:11:40.839 --> 00:11:42.810 it as a makeshift weapon. 00:11:42.810 --> 00:11:47.370 During recreational time, the D Class caught a member of Foundation security by surprise 00:11:47.370 --> 00:11:51.670 and took them hostage, threatening their safety with the shard of their mirror. 00:11:51.670 --> 00:11:55.040 Holding it to the throat of their hostage, the D Class was still able to catch momentary 00:11:55.040 --> 00:11:58.790 glimpses of their altered reflection in the glass. 00:11:58.790 --> 00:12:02.800 Additional Foundation security officers attempted to intervene, but could not get close enough 00:12:02.800 --> 00:12:07.090 to the D Class without risking potential harm to their captured colleague. 00:12:07.090 --> 00:12:12.910 When asked by officers attempting to peacefully negotiate, the SCP-4682 affected D Class made 00:12:12.910 --> 00:12:17.250 continuous requests for the Foundation to return their ‘real face’. 00:12:17.250 --> 00:12:22.579 Further attempts were made to explain the effects of SCP-4682 to the D Class, however 00:12:22.579 --> 00:12:26.250 they once again refused to believe what they were being told. 00:12:26.250 --> 00:12:30.149 Growing more and more agitated, witnesses state that the affected individual caught 00:12:30.149 --> 00:12:34.290 another glimpse of themselves reflected in one of the facility’s tinted windows. 00:12:34.290 --> 00:12:40.570 Upon seeing further alterations to their reflection, they became enraged, and released their hostage, 00:12:40.570 --> 00:12:45.579 before attempting something drastic with the mirror shard to get rid of this false face… 00:12:45.579 --> 00:12:49.980 They were subsequently transferred to the medical wing of Site 19, where they remained 00:12:49.980 --> 00:12:52.959 alive but unconscious for several weeks. 00:12:52.959 --> 00:12:58.709 As a form of compensation for the mental anguish imposed on them by being made to look at SCP-4682 00:12:58.709 --> 00:13:03.769 and then being forced to forget about it, the Foundation offered to perform facial reconstruction 00:13:03.769 --> 00:13:07.899 the affected D Class, as well as applying skin grafts to repair some of the lasting 00:13:07.899 --> 00:13:09.070 facial trauma. 00:13:09.070 --> 00:13:14.380 However, the D Class instead refused, opting to keep their face wrapped in bandages and 00:13:14.380 --> 00:13:19.350 sterile wound dressing indefinitely, requesting that the Foundation instead develop some method 00:13:19.350 --> 00:13:22.550 of preventing them from ever seeing their reflection again. 00:13:22.550 --> 00:13:27.590 At present, there are several proposals to reengineer the technology behind the SCRAMBLE 00:13:27.590 --> 00:13:30.250 goggles to serve this purpose. 00:13:30.250 --> 00:13:35.220 One includes developing electronic contact lenses that either blur or completely remove 00:13:35.220 --> 00:13:38.639 an individual’s reflection from their vision in real time. 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:44.029 However, these proposals are still awaiting review and approval by Foundation higher ups. 00:13:44.029 --> 00:13:48.350 A number of other D Class personnel used during testing of the anomalous mirror have reported 00:13:48.350 --> 00:13:53.750 suffering major psychological difficulty after witnessing their altered reflections, in particular, 00:13:53.750 --> 00:13:58.010 those who have seen the cumulative effects of multiple imperfections being added thanks 00:13:58.010 --> 00:14:00.560 to SCP-4682. 00:14:00.560 --> 00:14:05.080 Many report being unable to recall what they originally looked like before seeing the inaccurate 00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:10.380 changes in their reflections, with some even developing severe depression, anxiety and 00:14:10.380 --> 00:14:13.060 insecurity connected to their appearance. 00:14:13.060 --> 00:14:17.139 In addition to this, there have been numerous documented cases of test subjects suffering 00:14:17.139 --> 00:14:20.980 from severe body dysmorphia following testing with the object. 00:14:20.980 --> 00:14:24.440 Given that this is one of the more common outcomes that can be caused by looking at 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:30.310 SCP-4682, and in order to discourage personnel from doing so, the anomalous mirror is often 00:14:30.310 --> 00:14:34.550 widely referred to simply as the Body Dysmorphia Mirror. 00:14:34.550 --> 00:14:38.200 The Foundation first encountered the mirror while investigating a missing persons case 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:39.910 in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. 00:14:39.910 --> 00:14:45.490 A civilian, referred to simply as Rob, had reported to police that his boyfriend had 00:14:45.490 --> 00:14:50.209 been out of contact for a concerning amount of time, and an investigation into his whereabouts 00:14:50.209 --> 00:14:52.050 was subsequently launched. 00:14:52.050 --> 00:14:56.870 While this would typically be solely the concern of local law enforcement, a member of an SCP 00:14:56.870 --> 00:15:01.050 Foundation Mobile Task Force happened to be operating undercover within the area’s police 00:15:01.050 --> 00:15:02.050 force. 00:15:02.050 --> 00:15:05.250 This agent belonged to MTF Iota 10. 00:15:05.250 --> 00:15:09.670 Members of this task force do not strictly operate as a cohesive unit, but are instead 00:15:09.670 --> 00:15:14.070 a number of undercover operatives spread out across various international, federal and 00:15:14.070 --> 00:15:16.600 local law enforcement agencies. 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:21.160 This includes the Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ministry 00:15:21.160 --> 00:15:24.350 of Intelligence and various police departments. 00:15:24.350 --> 00:15:28.550 The primary goal of this Mobile Task Force is the transferring potentially anomalous 00:15:28.550 --> 00:15:32.819 evidence recovered during investigations into Foundation hands, as well as reporting any 00:15:32.819 --> 00:15:37.610 anomalies discovered in connection to criminal acts to the SCP Foundation. 00:15:37.610 --> 00:15:41.670 From there, they then allow Foundation response or containment teams to step in and take over 00:15:41.670 --> 00:15:46.160 jurisdiction of these cases from local law enforcement or federal agencies. 00:15:46.160 --> 00:15:52.670 This has led to MTF Iota 10 being more colloquially known by their nickname: the ‘Damn Feds’. 00:15:52.670 --> 00:15:56.839 One of these Damn Feds within the local Oklahoma police department investigating the disappearance 00:15:56.839 --> 00:16:00.700 of Rob’s missing boyfriend was present when they searched his apartment. 00:16:00.700 --> 00:16:06.259 Immediately, this embedded Foundation operative noticed something was wrong; all of the mirrors, 00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:10.380 screens, windows, every reflective surface in the apartment, seemed to have been shattered 00:16:10.380 --> 00:16:17.959 or painted over… except for one: SCP-4682, which was laying intact on the carpet of the 00:16:17.959 --> 00:16:18.959 bedroom. 00:16:18.959 --> 00:16:22.790 Even worse, the cause of the boyfriend’s disappearance quickly became apparent upon 00:16:22.790 --> 00:16:26.440 the discovery of a mixture of Jack Daniels and cough medicine… 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:28.750 next to a body, with a note. 00:16:28.750 --> 00:16:32.829 Believing the apartment to have been the site of a potential anomalous incursion, the undercover 00:16:32.829 --> 00:16:37.759 MTF Iota 10 operative contacted his superiors at the SCP Foundation, and requested that 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:42.519 members of Mobile Task Force Eta 10 be dispatched to assess the situation. 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:46.560 The operative was commended for making an accurate assessment of the situation, especially 00:16:46.560 --> 00:16:49.759 in requesting MTF Eta 10, otherwise known as ‘See No Evil’. 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:56.019 Of all the Foundation’s numerous deployable task forces, Eta 10 specialize in the investigation, 00:16:56.019 --> 00:17:00.680 acquisition and containment of anomalies that cause visual cognition hazards or memetic 00:17:00.680 --> 00:17:01.680 effects. 00:17:01.680 --> 00:17:05.929 In short, anything that cannot (or shouldn’t) be directly observed in order to be safely 00:17:05.929 --> 00:17:06.929 handled. 00:17:06.929 --> 00:17:11.449 Through the use of anomalous means available to only MTF Eta 10, they were able to safely 00:17:11.449 --> 00:17:16.680 secure SCP-4682 and bring it to Foundation containment. 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:20.780 Also recovered from the scene in the apartment was the note left by Rob’s boyfriend. 00:17:20.780 --> 00:17:25.721 This note revealed little about how he had come to have SCP-4682 in his possession, nor 00:17:25.721 --> 00:17:30.789 shed any light on its origins, or when he first began to notice its anomalous effects. 00:17:30.789 --> 00:17:35.440 However, it did contain insight as to how the mirror functioned, through the harrowing 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:38.669 testimony of the man who had been found dead alongside it. 00:17:38.669 --> 00:17:43.230 He had reportedly started seeing his altered reflection more frequently, so much so that 00:17:43.230 --> 00:17:46.289 it had started affecting his day to day life. 00:17:46.289 --> 00:17:50.059 He recalled accidentally colliding with his neighbor’s car after he hadn’t been using 00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:53.600 his vehicle’s rear view mirror, because he couldn’t stand the sight of his own eyes 00:17:53.600 --> 00:17:55.490 looking back at him. 00:17:55.490 --> 00:17:59.840 It had seemingly become so bad that he had smashed the bathroom mirror in his apartment, 00:17:59.840 --> 00:18:02.250 unable to look into it for more than a second. 00:18:02.250 --> 00:18:06.540 However, still being able to see himself in the broken fragments, he tried throwing them 00:18:06.540 --> 00:18:12.570 away, only to still catch his inaccurate reflection on the metallic surface of his dishwasher. 00:18:12.570 --> 00:18:18.690 Every time a reflective surface showed imperfections on his face thanks to SCP-4682, he destroyed 00:18:18.690 --> 00:18:23.510 it, smashing his phone when he saw his reflection in the glass screen protector. 00:18:23.510 --> 00:18:27.710 According to his note, he even took a hammer to a hand mirror that Rob had given him as 00:18:27.710 --> 00:18:31.890 a gift, destroying it so thoroughly that there were only tiny shards and splinters of glass 00:18:31.890 --> 00:18:32.890 left. 00:18:32.890 --> 00:18:37.070 And he could still see himself in those too. 00:18:37.070 --> 00:18:41.309 Desperation had long since set in, and he was considering somehow inducing blindness 00:18:41.309 --> 00:18:45.871 in himself, before eventually deciding that there was only one way to be rid of the sight 00:18:45.871 --> 00:18:48.330 of his own face for good. 00:18:48.330 --> 00:18:53.110 He had been seeing himself with crooked teeth and chewed fingernails, and had started to 00:18:53.110 --> 00:18:56.549 believe that Rob’s feelings had enabled him to look at his boyfriend with rose tinted 00:18:56.549 --> 00:18:57.549 glasses. 00:18:57.549 --> 00:19:03.360 He felt unworthy of his partner’s love, and felt that Rob deserved better, unaware 00:19:03.360 --> 00:19:08.039 that the imperfections he was seeing in himself weren’t really there, and had only appeared 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:12.070 as a result of looking into SCP-4682. 00:19:12.070 --> 00:19:16.090 This tragic outcome of the effects of the Body Dysmorphia Mirror are a large part of 00:19:16.090 --> 00:19:20.790 the reason that the SCP Foundation have since discontinued testing with it, opting to keep 00:19:20.790 --> 00:19:24.650 it in storage where it can no longer hurt the way people look at themselves. 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