WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.550 --> 00:00:05.000 The homeless man in the alley looks down at his arm, wide-eyed in horror. 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:06.980 Is his skin… 00:00:06.980 --> 00:00:08.200 Moving? 00:00:08.200 --> 00:00:12.059 It almost seems to bubble, like water coming to a boil. 00:00:12.059 --> 00:00:16.779 He's experiencing a kind of pain he can’t even imagine - He can feel something moving 00:00:16.779 --> 00:00:19.449 up against his bones, chewing through the calcium. 00:00:19.449 --> 00:00:24.570 He can’t move; they’re everywhere inside him, just eating. 00:00:24.570 --> 00:00:28.320 He opens his mouth to scream, but they’ve already chewed too many holes through his 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:31.090 lungs for him to make a sound. 00:00:31.090 --> 00:00:33.810 Within the hour, he will be dead. 00:00:33.810 --> 00:00:36.140 But what’s killing him? 00:00:36.140 --> 00:00:40.380 The store owner pulls a gleaming, serrated-edge knife from the knife block, and with deft, 00:00:40.380 --> 00:00:41.550 practiced hands… 00:00:41.550 --> 00:00:44.899 He slices a delicious Ciabatta roll in two. 00:00:44.899 --> 00:00:49.879 From there, he butters the bread, slices a juicy pair of New York Steaks into thick, 00:00:49.879 --> 00:00:55.470 medium-rare chunks, adds in some diced vegetables and lettuce leaves, sprinkles on just a pinch 00:00:55.470 --> 00:01:00.910 of lime zest, and hey presto, he’s got a delectable Caribbean-style Sandwich. 00:01:00.910 --> 00:01:06.450 It’s a thing of beauty, but he can’t help but feel it’s missing something… 00:01:06.450 --> 00:01:07.799 Oh, that’s it! 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:09.570 The thought hits him like a lightning bolt. 00:01:09.570 --> 00:01:13.030 This sandwich would be delicious, but it’d also be far too dry. 00:01:13.030 --> 00:01:16.110 How could he have made such a rookie mistake? 00:01:16.110 --> 00:01:19.979 He saunters across the kitchen and reaches into one of the many luxuriously appointed 00:01:19.979 --> 00:01:23.659 cabinets, feeling around for one of the many jars of mayonnaise he’s got stowed away 00:01:23.659 --> 00:01:24.659 in there. 00:01:24.659 --> 00:01:29.560 He twists off the cap with a pleasing “pop”, and spreads a little mayo onto the sandwich. 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:34.729 It looks positively delicious - And he wastes no time in placing it pride of place in the 00:01:34.729 --> 00:01:36.020 display case. 00:01:36.020 --> 00:01:38.380 Everything is moving along perfectly. 00:01:38.380 --> 00:01:39.799 Boston is a foodie town. 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:43.460 That’s what the store owner tells himself as he flips around the sign on the door from 00:01:43.460 --> 00:01:47.380 “CLOSED” to “OPEN” for the very first time. 00:01:47.380 --> 00:01:51.510 After years working as a chef in other people’s restaurants, the Store Owner has racked up 00:01:51.510 --> 00:01:56.049 the experience to strike out on his own and achieve his dream: A boutique sandwich store 00:01:56.049 --> 00:02:00.580 on the Boston waterfront, where tourists from hither and yarn would be able to enjoy artisanal 00:02:00.580 --> 00:02:04.469 sandwiches while browsing the city’s many historic locales. 00:02:04.469 --> 00:02:08.330 His employees are busying themselves around the store - They’re all people he personally 00:02:08.330 --> 00:02:09.619 interviewed and selected. 00:02:09.619 --> 00:02:14.050 They all aligned with his mission and had a passion for sandwiches. 00:02:14.050 --> 00:02:17.500 One wipes down the tables in prep for the inevitable rush of customers when it turns 00:02:17.500 --> 00:02:18.560 lunchtime. 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:22.160 Another is artfully posing a selection of pre-made sandwiches behind a sheet of glass 00:02:22.160 --> 00:02:28.220 at the counter: Leg ham and strong cheese, BLT, tuna mayo, and, of course, lobster - We 00:02:28.220 --> 00:02:31.000 can’t forget that this is Boston, after all. 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:35.430 But as the hours creep on, something horrible happens… 00:02:35.430 --> 00:02:37.020 Nobody shows up. 00:02:37.020 --> 00:02:39.760 The store owner doesn’t know what he’s done wrong. 00:02:39.760 --> 00:02:43.629 He managed to pay for an ad about the grand opening in one of the local papers and released 00:02:43.629 --> 00:02:46.129 some coupons in a local food magazine, too. 00:02:46.129 --> 00:02:50.470 He even put a grand opening sign and garland in the window, showing off the grand opening 00:02:50.470 --> 00:02:55.580 discount - For every sandwich a customer buys, they’ll get another half-off. 00:02:55.580 --> 00:02:59.849 But it seems that none of this conventional business wisdom actually shook out. 00:02:59.849 --> 00:03:03.739 His optimism wanes as the course of the day passes, and though they’re all keeping up 00:03:03.739 --> 00:03:07.760 brave faces, he can see the doubt in the eyes of his employees, too. 00:03:07.760 --> 00:03:12.590 All of their minds are bubbling with the same terrifying thought, too awful to ever be spoken 00:03:12.590 --> 00:03:13.930 aloud: 00:03:13.930 --> 00:03:17.640 This whole thing has been a complete bust. 00:03:17.640 --> 00:03:21.670 When closing time comes, the store owner gathers his employees together to give them a pep 00:03:21.670 --> 00:03:25.570 talk, hoping to assuage all their fears about potentially losing their new jobs the same 00:03:25.570 --> 00:03:26.720 week they got them. 00:03:26.720 --> 00:03:31.320 He gives an inspiring speech about the importance of perseverance, and grit, and sticking to 00:03:31.320 --> 00:03:36.190 their dreams, despite the fact that there may be discouraging setbacks along the way. 00:03:36.190 --> 00:03:40.150 As he listens to himself talking, it occurs to him that these are the words he needs to 00:03:40.150 --> 00:03:43.030 hear as much as they are the words he needs to say. 00:03:43.030 --> 00:03:47.890 But after they’ve all gone home, he’s left alone - Looking at the uneaten sandwiches 00:03:47.890 --> 00:03:49.549 in the display case. 00:03:49.549 --> 00:03:54.709 The anxiety of the day has killed any hope of his appetite, and then it dawns on him: 00:03:54.709 --> 00:03:57.110 Those sandwiches are going to be stale by tomorrow. 00:03:57.110 --> 00:04:01.909 All his hard work, all his passion, and he’s going to need to throw them out. 00:04:01.909 --> 00:04:06.680 He takes the Caribbean Sandwich first and morosely exits out of the back door. 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:10.709 He sees the dumpster around the back of the building, but he also sees something else: 00:04:10.709 --> 00:04:16.139 A homeless man, looking cold and hungry, wrapped in dirty sheets deep in the alley. 00:04:16.139 --> 00:04:21.850 And in that moment, he has an idea - Perhaps he can still serve a hungry person today! 00:04:21.850 --> 00:04:26.820 The store owner offers his precious sandwich to the homeless man, who gratefully accepts. 00:04:26.820 --> 00:04:30.580 Deciding it would be a terrible waste to just throw food away while there was a man going 00:04:30.580 --> 00:04:34.570 hungry behind his building, he gives all the sandwiches from the display case to the homeless 00:04:34.570 --> 00:04:40.380 man, who acts like it’s the first time someone has been kind to him in many, many years. 00:04:40.380 --> 00:04:44.210 He eats every single sandwich and tells the store owner that it’s one of the tastiest 00:04:44.210 --> 00:04:45.949 meals he’s ever had. 00:04:45.949 --> 00:04:50.440 Clearly, when it comes to making sandwiches, the store owner has a gift. 00:04:50.440 --> 00:04:56.470 In one moment, he’s reminded of why he does this: Making people happy with food. 00:04:56.470 --> 00:05:01.770 He has no idea that, in a sense, he’s just murdered the man who rekindled his passion. 00:05:01.770 --> 00:05:04.060 The next day, things change for the better. 00:05:04.060 --> 00:05:07.580 With renewed passion and vigor for the art of making and selling delicious sandwiches 00:05:07.580 --> 00:05:11.970 to tourists and the Boston public, he puts his all into the sandwich business, and Lady 00:05:11.970 --> 00:05:13.160 Luck responds. 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:18.790 A few customers each day at first, then the place becomes a local curiosity - the subject 00:05:18.790 --> 00:05:22.560 of online write-ups and “Must Visit in Boston” lists. 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:26.759 There are familiar faces that he sees every single day, and It’s only a matter of weeks 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:30.750 until he needs to start implementing a waiting list for customers. 00:05:30.750 --> 00:05:35.250 Business is booming, and despite his sudden and miraculous success, the store owner never 00:05:35.250 --> 00:05:37.440 forgets what sparked his second wind. 00:05:37.440 --> 00:05:43.479 He owes it all to the homeless man out behind the store, who reminded him of his true purpose. 00:05:43.479 --> 00:05:46.070 One day, he decides he needs to repay his old friend. 00:05:46.070 --> 00:05:50.470 He whips up a delicious tuna mayo sub and steps outside to give it to the homeless man… 00:05:50.470 --> 00:05:52.380 But the man is gone. 00:05:52.380 --> 00:05:57.120 It’s strange; he’s left some crumpled clothes behind, and the piece of cardboard 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:00.430 he’d always sleep on, but the man is gone. 00:06:00.430 --> 00:06:04.590 The store owner steps forward, concerned for the man’s safety - it had been a particularly 00:06:04.590 --> 00:06:10.160 cold and unforgiving winter, after all - but he sees something instead that utterly disgusts 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:11.340 him. 00:06:11.340 --> 00:06:14.960 In amongst the scattered clothes, there’s a worm-like creature. 00:06:14.960 --> 00:06:20.000 Glistening white and about a foot long, it lays there in the pile of clothes, mercifully 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:21.320 dead. 00:06:21.320 --> 00:06:25.310 But the mere sight of it so revolts the store owner that he drops the tuna mayo sub onto 00:06:25.310 --> 00:06:27.650 the ground, splattering it across the asphalt. 00:06:27.650 --> 00:06:32.550 It’s a terrible waste of food, but after seeing that disgusting worm thing, he doesn’t 00:06:32.550 --> 00:06:35.500 have any kind of appetite for the rest of the day. 00:06:35.500 --> 00:06:39.690 If that’s as terrible as this whole thing got, it would have been bad enough. 00:06:39.690 --> 00:06:45.250 But the floodgates of terror are about to open, and when it does, only a certain organization 00:06:45.250 --> 00:06:47.910 has the tools to close it. 00:06:47.910 --> 00:06:51.630 The store owner starts noticing strange things at work after that. 00:06:51.630 --> 00:06:55.849 Something about the regulars - Some of them seem kind of strange and doughy. 00:06:55.849 --> 00:07:00.270 They’ve got pallid skin and a vacant look behind their eyes. 00:07:00.270 --> 00:07:04.050 Some of them who’ve ordered the same sandwich day after day, who’ve memorized the menus 00:07:04.050 --> 00:07:08.300 by heart, are taking full minutes to decide what they want to order, as though the workings 00:07:08.300 --> 00:07:11.129 of their very minds have been gummed up. 00:07:11.129 --> 00:07:15.520 As disturbing as these strange little signs are, they’re nothing compared to the nightmarish 00:07:15.520 --> 00:07:19.660 things a number of Boston EMTs and emergency room doctors were encountering around that 00:07:19.660 --> 00:07:21.410 same time. 00:07:21.410 --> 00:07:25.569 People collapsing in their homes in a state of extreme pain, their panicked friends and 00:07:25.569 --> 00:07:30.400 spouses calling in, crying and unable to explain what’s happening to their formerly healthy 00:07:30.400 --> 00:07:31.400 loved ones. 00:07:31.400 --> 00:07:35.319 This, of course, would be disturbing enough - But what happens to these people after being 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:39.009 taken in takes it to a whole other level. 00:07:39.009 --> 00:07:42.620 In every single case, the technicians see something moving under their skin. 00:07:42.620 --> 00:07:47.970 They take X-rays, ultrasounds, or, in some cases, even make incisions, and the result 00:07:47.970 --> 00:07:54.129 is always the same: The bodies of the people experiencing these symptoms are full of thousands 00:07:54.129 --> 00:07:59.710 upon thousands of white worms, eating their innards from within, slowly killing them in 00:07:59.710 --> 00:08:02.909 perhaps the most painful way imaginable. 00:08:02.909 --> 00:08:07.370 Even seasoned doctors are passing out from sheer horror when they see the masses of impossible 00:08:07.370 --> 00:08:10.410 white parasites wriggling within their patients. 00:08:10.410 --> 00:08:14.830 The one piece of vital information they don’t have is that all these victims had recently 00:08:14.830 --> 00:08:19.930 eaten at a certain up-and-coming sandwich store on the Boston Harbor… 00:08:19.930 --> 00:08:24.360 After ten weeks of business, things are starting to cool down again for the sandwich store. 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:29.440 The owner thinks that is to be expected - That opening FOMO hype can’t go on forever. 00:08:29.440 --> 00:08:33.910 But the mysterious absence of some of his most loyal repeat customers is undeniably 00:08:33.910 --> 00:08:35.370 a little disturbing to him. 00:08:35.370 --> 00:08:37.089 Is it something he did wrong? 00:08:37.089 --> 00:08:40.140 Did he somehow alienate them? 00:08:40.140 --> 00:08:43.550 These thoughts are plaguing his mind when he’s alone in the store one evening, cleaning 00:08:43.550 --> 00:08:45.540 up after everyone else has gone home. 00:08:45.540 --> 00:08:49.830 His thoughts are so occupied that, as he’s preparing to screw the top back onto a jar 00:08:49.830 --> 00:08:54.860 of mayonnaise, he accidentally drops it - the jar stays intact, but a large, disgusting 00:08:54.860 --> 00:08:58.340 blob of mayo splatters out onto the floor. 00:08:58.340 --> 00:08:59.340 Great. 00:08:59.340 --> 00:09:00.790 Now he has to clean that up. 00:09:00.790 --> 00:09:04.570 He picks up the jar and takes it into the back alley, where he intends to throw it into 00:09:04.570 --> 00:09:05.570 the dumpster. 00:09:05.570 --> 00:09:09.450 With half of it spilled out onto the ground, it’s too much of a hygiene risk for him 00:09:09.450 --> 00:09:11.910 to keep it in the restaurant anymore. 00:09:11.910 --> 00:09:16.800 But before he can throw it into the trash, his arm freezes in a moment of inexplicable 00:09:16.800 --> 00:09:18.350 hesitation. 00:09:18.350 --> 00:09:22.529 In that strange moment, it occurs to him that it’s the only one in the cabinet of that 00:09:22.529 --> 00:09:23.870 particular brand. 00:09:23.870 --> 00:09:27.960 He’s used it on so many sandwiches before, and yet, he’s never needed to buy a new 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:29.300 jar of it, either. 00:09:29.300 --> 00:09:32.600 On a pure whim, he decides to inspect it closer. 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:35.310 The label on the back of the jar reads: 00:09:35.310 --> 00:09:38.779 “Water, vegetable oil, vinegar, eggs. 00:09:38.779 --> 00:09:39.779 Eggs. 00:09:39.779 --> 00:09:40.779 EGGS. 00:09:40.779 --> 00:09:41.779 EAT. 00:09:41.779 --> 00:09:42.779 EGGS. 00:09:42.779 --> 00:09:43.779 BE. 00:09:43.779 --> 00:09:44.779 EGGS. 00:09:44.779 --> 00:09:50.200 YOURE FLESH IS BUT THE NURSERY AND SUSTINENCE OF OUR INCALCULABLE RAVENOUS MOUTHS. 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:51.810 EAT EGGS. 00:09:51.810 --> 00:09:52.880 CONSUME US. 00:09:52.880 --> 00:09:58.100 LET US BE REALIZED WITHIN YOU, sugar, salt, lemon juice, and love.” 00:09:58.100 --> 00:10:00.510 Oh, he thinks to himself. 00:10:00.510 --> 00:10:02.150 That isn’t good… 00:10:02.150 --> 00:10:06.000 Without a second’s delay, he runs back into the sandwich store, wondering with horror 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:09.410 just what exactly he’d been feeding his customers all this time. 00:10:09.410 --> 00:10:13.720 But these thoughts are interrupted when he sees that the mess of mayonnaise is somehow 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:15.269 gone from the floor. 00:10:15.269 --> 00:10:17.820 He didn’t clean it up, did he? 00:10:17.820 --> 00:10:19.000 Something is terribly wrong here. 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:20.880 That’s the only thing he knows for certain. 00:10:20.880 --> 00:10:23.470 He may not even be safe in here… 00:10:23.470 --> 00:10:27.610 He lunges out and grabs a frying pan - the one he uses to sizzle up the steak for the 00:10:27.610 --> 00:10:32.560 store’s famous Boston-style cheese steak sandwiches - and assumes a defensive position. 00:10:32.560 --> 00:10:37.890 His instincts might just save his life here, as something watches him from the shadows. 00:10:37.890 --> 00:10:40.480 Without warning, something comes squealing towards him. 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:45.120 About the size of a rat, with shiny smooth, white skin, propelling itself along the ground 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:47.100 on a collection of horrid little tendrils. 00:10:47.100 --> 00:10:52.490 It makes a horrific shrieking sound and lunges for him - Almost instinctually, he whacks 00:10:52.490 --> 00:10:56.320 it with his frying pan, sending it flying across the kitchen, where it lands against 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:58.420 the wall with a SPLAT! 00:10:58.420 --> 00:10:59.420 Did… 00:10:59.420 --> 00:11:02.920 Did he just get attacked by a living blob of mayonnaise? 00:11:02.920 --> 00:11:07.029 Before he can even contemplate all the implications of that, he sees the splat slithering down 00:11:07.029 --> 00:11:09.890 the wall and gathering in a puddle on the floor. 00:11:09.890 --> 00:11:15.250 This puddle then twists and warps, taking the exact same horrible shape it had before, 00:11:15.250 --> 00:11:17.690 tendrils sliding out of its shimmering skin. 00:11:17.690 --> 00:11:22.370 It must have formed out of the contents of almost the entire mysterious jar. 00:11:22.370 --> 00:11:26.490 And it dawns on him all at once: In every single sandwich his shop had served which 00:11:26.490 --> 00:11:30.820 contained mayonnaise, he’s been putting these little monsters into people’s bodies. 00:11:30.820 --> 00:11:35.050 And as the beast shakes off the shock and prepares to charge again, he’s starting 00:11:35.050 --> 00:11:38.640 to worry that he might be in for the same fate. 00:11:38.640 --> 00:11:40.950 Only in Boston, right? 00:11:40.950 --> 00:11:47.540 Whether you love or despise mayonnaise, it’s likely that SCP-2484 - aptly titled the Parasitic 00:11:47.540 --> 00:11:51.040 Mayonnaise Worms - made you feel a little queasy. 00:11:51.040 --> 00:11:54.830 But if you’re anything like the Foundation Field Agents who first discovered this caustic 00:11:54.830 --> 00:11:59.110 condiment, you likely have some pressing questions about what exactly you just witnessed. 00:11:59.110 --> 00:12:03.459 Thanks to my research into a number of classified files, I’m able to give you the answers 00:12:03.459 --> 00:12:08.149 - but I’m afraid I can’t tell you that it won’t get any less repulsive. 00:12:08.149 --> 00:12:14.510 To the untrained eye, SCP-2484 is a mayonnaise jar of indeterminate brand, containing approximately 00:12:14.510 --> 00:12:20.619 1024 grams of a substance that, to all chemical tests, seems to be identical to regular mayonnaise 00:12:20.619 --> 00:12:28.579 - this substance, for the sake of avoiding confusion, will be referred to as SCP-2484-A. 00:12:28.579 --> 00:12:35.350 While inside the jar, SCP-2484-A poses no threat to anyone - But the second the anomalous 00:12:35.350 --> 00:12:40.089 mayonnaise leaves the jar or is consumed by a vertebrate animal, the disturbing effects 00:12:40.089 --> 00:12:42.860 you’ve already witnessed take hold. 00:12:42.860 --> 00:12:46.240 The jar contains an infinite quantity of this mayonnaise, too. 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:51.410 When the contents of SCP-2484 is removed, it will begin to refill by two milliliters 00:12:51.410 --> 00:12:53.040 every hour. 00:12:53.040 --> 00:12:59.220 Luckily for the Foundation’s biohazard control units, SCP-2484-A can be destroyed in any 00:12:59.220 --> 00:13:01.720 manner that non-anomalous mayonnaise can be destroyed. 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:05.870 Personally, I’ve never contemplated ways of destroying mayonnaise, so I’ll leave 00:13:05.870 --> 00:13:09.230 the devising of these methods to greater minds than my own. 00:13:09.230 --> 00:13:15.400 Any quantity of SCP-2484-A less than 5 grams doesn’t seem to display any anomalous properties 00:13:15.400 --> 00:13:19.820 - So if you’re content with a tiny quantity of mayo on your food, you may encounter this 00:13:19.820 --> 00:13:22.100 anomaly and live to tell the tale. 00:13:22.100 --> 00:13:26.450 But masses between 5 grams and 63 grams are another story. 00:13:26.450 --> 00:13:31.980 These masses will develop a repulsive congealed membrane, a kind of smooth, glossy skin over 00:13:31.980 --> 00:13:36.480 their body, as well as crude, tentacle-like pseudopods. 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:40.150 These creatures will slither and crawl around without any real direction. 00:13:40.150 --> 00:13:45.600 These won’t pose any threat to other organisms so long as they don’t touch or ingest them. 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:49.320 If only the same could be said for the larger ones... 00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:55.560 Slightly larger creatures formed out of SCP-2484-A - specifically ones weighing between 63 grams 00:13:55.560 --> 00:14:00.570 and 235 grams - will move with more direction and purpose. 00:14:00.570 --> 00:14:04.730 They will seek out solid foods and potable liquids, diffusing themselves into them and 00:14:04.730 --> 00:14:09.230 infecting them with their secondary anomalous quality, which we’ll discuss shortly. 00:14:09.230 --> 00:14:14.779 Needless to say, one should avoid consuming food infected in this matter at all costs. 00:14:14.779 --> 00:14:22.089 Masses of SCP-2484-A ranging from 235 grams to 804 grams take a more direct and aggressive 00:14:22.089 --> 00:14:23.940 route to infecting their hosts. 00:14:23.940 --> 00:14:28.030 They will use their pseudopods to actively seek out vertebrate animals and try to enter 00:14:28.030 --> 00:14:33.570 their body through any means necessary - from all major bodily orifices and even more novel 00:14:33.570 --> 00:14:37.620 methods of intrusion, such as pores and open wounds. 00:14:37.620 --> 00:14:43.380 But this is nothing compared to the danger presented by masses of SCP-2484-A ranging 00:14:43.380 --> 00:14:47.660 from 804 grams to 1024 grams. 00:14:47.660 --> 00:14:52.199 These creatures are highly violent and aggressive, stopping at nothing to attack and enter vertebrate 00:14:52.199 --> 00:14:56.209 animals, going as far as forcing themselves through the victims’ skin. 00:14:56.209 --> 00:15:00.120 It goes without saying that these are the most dangerous types to encounter of any of 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:03.920 them, and you may need to brush up on your methods of destroying mayonnaise that we mentioned 00:15:03.920 --> 00:15:05.529 earlier in order to survive. 00:15:05.529 --> 00:15:10.070 But let’s say, for the sake of argument, that your greatest anti-mayonnaise contingency 00:15:10.070 --> 00:15:16.540 plans have failed - The anomalous SCP-2484-A mayonnaise has entered your body in a dangerous 00:15:16.540 --> 00:15:21.120 quantity, which is to say, three grams per every kilogram of body weight. 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:25.350 If this describes your experience, then you’re about to undergo the secondary effects of 00:15:25.350 --> 00:15:30.810 this anomaly - Which I’m sorry to tell you are even more unpleasant than the primary 00:15:30.810 --> 00:15:31.810 effects. 00:15:31.810 --> 00:15:37.130 At first, the effects will appear to be relatively benign - including higher blood sugar levels, 00:15:37.130 --> 00:15:41.030 increased heart rate, slower cognition, and higher body heat. 00:15:41.030 --> 00:15:45.940 Not dissimilar to the effects of consuming a large quantity of non-anomalous mayonnaise. 00:15:45.940 --> 00:15:50.610 Within the body, however, things will be taking a considerably more drastic turn. 00:15:50.610 --> 00:15:56.610 The SCP-2484-A in the victim’s body will begin to turn into small, gamete-like cells 00:15:56.610 --> 00:15:59.350 through some kind of anomalous force of metabolization. 00:15:59.350 --> 00:16:04.550 Then, things will accelerate considerably - Within three to six hours, the cells will 00:16:04.550 --> 00:16:08.970 develop into tiny nematodes, around a millimeter in length, that begin swimming through the 00:16:08.970 --> 00:16:09.970 body. 00:16:09.970 --> 00:16:16.120 A single gram of SCP-2484-A can become around 500 of these parasitic nematodes. 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:21.259 If that’s already making your skin itch, it’s going to get an awful lot worse from 00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:22.259 there. 00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:28.310 Between 5 and 40 hours after SCP-2484-A infects its hosts, whether through consumption or 00:16:28.310 --> 00:16:33.100 forceful entry, the parasitic nematodes will begin eating the host’s tissues - Giving 00:16:33.100 --> 00:16:37.980 them the mass to grow up to twelve centimeters long, at which point, the host is likely to 00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:42.199 experience horrific pain as they’re eaten from within. 00:16:42.199 --> 00:16:46.370 When the host has been entirely devoured, the parasitic mayonnaise worms will turn on 00:16:46.370 --> 00:16:48.810 each other and start eating. 00:16:48.810 --> 00:16:54.890 After all this, only one worm will be left, measuring from 20 to 30 centimeters in length. 00:16:54.890 --> 00:16:58.899 It will then enter a dormant state and die within four days. 00:16:58.899 --> 00:17:04.539 As obligate parasites, the creatures spawned by SCP-2484-A are not designed to survive 00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:07.319 outside the host body after they’ve developed. 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:11.689 Any worms removed from the victim’s body will die within 5 hours, but no attempts thus 00:17:11.689 --> 00:17:17.160 far to save anyone infected with SCP-2484-A have been successful. 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:20.720 Infection is, sadly, invariably lethal. 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:25.990 Our opening tale was also the first recorded case study of SCP-2484 encountered by Foundation 00:17:25.990 --> 00:17:27.309 Field Agents. 00:17:27.309 --> 00:17:31.410 The source was an independent Sandwich Store in Boston, Massachusetts, triangulated after 00:17:31.410 --> 00:17:35.760 a series of reports of strange parasite behavior over a ten-week period. 00:17:35.760 --> 00:17:40.490 The SCP-2484 jar had been in the store’s refrigerator with a number of non-anomalous 00:17:40.490 --> 00:17:44.520 mayonnaise jars, though the store’s owner, when questioned by Foundation operatives, 00:17:44.520 --> 00:17:48.250 could not remember ever having bought this particular jar of mayo. 00:17:48.250 --> 00:17:52.470 How it made its way into the store is, to this day, a mystery. 00:17:52.470 --> 00:17:56.309 Once the Foundation had contained the threat, all surviving Sandwich Store employees were 00:17:56.309 --> 00:18:01.210 given amnestics, along with a number of medical personnel who’d also encountered the parasites. 00:18:01.210 --> 00:18:04.789 All the hosts were, of course, lost. 00:18:04.789 --> 00:18:07.750 SCP-2484 is currently classified as Safe. 00:18:07.750 --> 00:18:12.730 It is kept in a standard refrigerated perishables unit - essentially a kind of high-security 00:18:12.730 --> 00:18:13.809 fridge. 00:18:13.809 --> 00:18:18.180 No more than 400 grams of the anomalous mayonnaise is allowed to be removed for experimentation 00:18:18.180 --> 00:18:22.470 at any time, and no destructive tests are authorized at this time. 00:18:22.470 --> 00:18:28.850 Any personnel hoping to access SCP-2484 need to have Level 3 Access Clearance or above. 00:18:28.850 --> 00:18:32.970 Condiments can be a loaded issue - I’ve personally witnessed arguments on the merits 00:18:32.970 --> 00:18:36.600 of ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise that’ve reached greater intensity than some Keter 00:18:36.600 --> 00:18:38.330 Class containment breaches. 00:18:38.330 --> 00:18:43.430 But I’d advise you to exercise caution - Next time you make yourself a delicious BLT, and 00:18:43.430 --> 00:18:47.270 you’re preparing to spread some mayo across the bread, or you’re wondering which flavor 00:18:47.270 --> 00:18:51.110 will perfectly accompany your next hotdog, take a second to think. 00:18:51.110 --> 00:18:54.570 You may not know what you’re really putting into your body... 00:18:54.570 --> 00:18:58.690 Check out the Dr. Bob Patreon and become a junior researcher today! 00:18:58.690 --> 00:19:03.030 Now go and watch another entry from the files of Dr. Bob, like SCP-2611 - 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