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The plan had sounded so simple, the Thief thinks 
to himself, one of many thoughts that rings loudly  

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in his panicking brain. He wishes he could hit a 
magic ‘undo’ button, to take everything back from  

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the second it all starts to unravel. Anything 
to reverse what happened to the Prisoner. 

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Except it’s too late.
The Beast lumbering through the dark lab is no  

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longer the person that the Thief once knew; it’s 
not even human anymore. And what makes that fact  

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even worse is knowing that it’s all his fault. As 
he hears the heavy step of something more closely  

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resembling a blob than a foot, the Thief wishes 
he’d never found out about that cursed locket. 

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Little more than a few months earlier, 
the would-be Thief isn’t quite ready  

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to enact his plan yet. In fact, the 
idea hasn’t even entered his mind,  

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and won’t until a chance meeting. It’s during 
this time that he’s just an average Researcher,  

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working in the ranks of the SCP Foundation. Well, 
as ‘average’ as someone in that line of work can  

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be. Which is to say, he’s a Researcher who doesn’t 
have the power to nullify reality-warping powers  

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around him and is just an ordinary human 
rather than a talking dog in a lab coat. 

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Chances are, if he avoids the encounter he’s 
about to have, then our Researcher could have  

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a long-lasting future at the Foundation ahead 
of him. Not as the head of any of the major  

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research departments, of course, more as an upper 
middle management type, never really experiencing  

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the safety and fulfillment that comes from 
making it to the top of the food chain,  

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but still having a few researchers below his 
station that he can boss around whenever he’s  

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having a bad day. That course of action will all 
be averted, though, when he meets the Prisoner. 

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Sent to deliver a file to another 
member of personnel in the medical bay,  

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the Researcher catches the eye of 
the Prisoner, a D Class personnel,  

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denoted by the uniform. They get to talking, 
a perfectly innocent conversation. Then,  

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as the days and weeks pass, the two of 
them see each other again and again. 

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The Prisoner never leaves the medical wing, 
confined to an uncomfortable bed. But despite  

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all the discomfort he’s exerpeincing, conversing 
with the Researcher soon becomes the highlight  

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of his days. It doesn’t ease the pain, but 
it distracts him from it, at least for a few  

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moments. After some time passes, the two’s 
topic of conversation eventually turns to  

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what landed the Prisoner on this gurney in the 
first place. That’s when everything changes. 

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The Prisoner explains his predicament, and it’s 
quite a sorry story. He’s got a terminal illness,  

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and worse, the Foundation gave it to him. They 
want to test out the capabilities of an anomalous  

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locket, that apparently has nearly limitless 
healing properties. But in order to do so, the  

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Foundation knowingly contaminated the Prisoner’s 
bloodstream. Now he’s in agony, his cells  

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practically destroying themselves as he approaches 
the late stages. It’s only when he reaches death’s  

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door that he’ll be brought in for testing with 
the locket, however that could mean weeks, or  

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even months of excruciating pain in the meantime.
Hearing about all of this makes the Researcher  

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start to well up. He’s only ever heard rumors of 
this anomalous locket, and knows that he’d receive  

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disciplinary punishment if he acted against 
the Foundation. And that would be the best-case  

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scenario, worst case, he’d probably find himself 
dosed up with amnestics and left on a sidewalk  

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somewhere. But seeing the Prisoner in so much pain 
and knowing there was something on site that could  

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help him, the Researcher couldn’t deny his own 
sense of empathy. And so, he vows to help. It’d  

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be the kindest, most well-intentioned mistake he’d 
ever make. It’s just a shame that, like they say,  

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the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
The Thief tries to sneak through the corridors of  

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the facility as naturally as possible. Nobody 
can know what he’s just done, how he’s just  

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betrayed the Foundation. It’ll cost him his job, 
his future, his whole life. His trembling fingers  

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grip the cool metal of the locket as it sits in 
the bottom of his lab coat pocket. He catches  

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the eyes of everyone he walks past, the fear 
that someone’s onto him thumping in his chest. 

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Does he know? What about her? They 
looked too, what if they found out? 

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With the stolen locket firmly in his hand and his 
hand buried in his lab coat, he retraces his steps  

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back towards the medical bay. One good deed for 
the Prisoner, he'd use the locket to heal him up,  

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then hurry back to the containment case to 
put it back where it belongs. That’s the plan… 

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Seeing the Prisoner change before his very eyes 
somehow isn’t the worst part. The formless mass  

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of flesh that his body rapidly reforms into 
is certainly a horrific sight to behold. But  

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to the Thief, who could have just carried on 
as an uncaring Researcher, the worst part is  

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somehow the knowledge that the Prisoner is gone. 
All that’s left in his place is the monstrosity.  

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And it’s his fault, his good intention hasn’t 
saved the man from his illness at all. Instead,  

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Hell is stalking the Thief through the medical 
bay, in the form of a terrifying Flesh Beast. 

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And, because no good deed goes unpunished, 
the unfortunate Researcher turned Thief  

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doesn’t live to see himself disciplined by 
his superiors at the Foundation. Instead, this  

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newly-created Flesh Beast reaches out and wraps 
its terrible claw around the researcher’s throat. 

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It tosses him across the room, the way a 
child might carelessly throw a doll. And  

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before he can stand, the creature is upon him, 
tearing into him with all its disgusting new  

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appendages. It’s the only ending you can expect 
when dealing with the Lovecraftian Locket. 

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Jewellery, it’s one of humanity’s strange little 
quirks. Nowhere else in the world will you find  

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another species, be it a mammal, an amphibian, a 
reptile, or otherwise that finds joy in adorning  

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its body with pieces of metal or precious stones. 
For some, jewelry is a signifier of wealth and  

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status, and it’s been that way for centuries. 
The crown jewels worn by kings in centuries gone  

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by are just the precursor to someone wasting 
six months of their salary on a Rolex, just  

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to show off to their co-workers, who I guarantee 
aren’t as impressed as they might pretend to be. 

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Sorry, Gerald.
Of course, in either case, there’s  

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nothing inherently special about any of these, 
they’re all just material objects to be bought or  

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sold. But let’s say you were to possess a piece 
of jewelry that was actually special – perhaps  

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even anomalous – then you can bet that’d set it 
apart. In fact, anyone who’s anyone would most  

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likely pay top dollar to get their hands on 
something like that. Sadly, you’ll never find  

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SCP-427 up for auction, or being appraised at a 
pawn shop. Although, that might be for the best… 

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To understand exactly what SCP-427 is, where 
it came from and what it can do, you’ll need  

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to first become familiar with another pair of 
anomalies that the SCP Foundation currently has  

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in containment. First and foremost, SCP-500. 
While the origin of these seemingly mundane  

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little pills isn’t known – or is, at least, kept 
classified by the Foundation – what they can do  

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has been well-documented over the years. 
SCP-500 is a small plastic container that  

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contains a remaining forty-seven anomalous 
red pills. These pills are known to have  

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near-instantaneous healing properties, able to not 
only treat but outright cure any and all diseases. 

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The potential of SCP-500’s use is nearly limitless 
when it comes to remedying various dangerous  

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afflictions, even anomalous ones. However, the 
limited number of pills available forces the  

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Foundation to use them as sparingly as possible. 
They have conducted a number of cross-tests  

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using the SCP-500 pills, particularly for 
correcting anomalous conditions such as SCP-008,  

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otherwise known colloquially as the Zombie Plague. 
Given its name, you can probably imagine what this  

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disease can do. However, a dose of SCP-500 is 
able to offer a subject infected with SCP-008  

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a full recovery, even if suffering from the 
advanced stages of this zombifying disease. 

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Perhaps as a result of seeing how effective 
SCP-500 was at treating anomalous ailments,  

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one Foundation researcher puts in a request 
to use one of the pills in an experiment  

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involving a second SCP. This researcher is none 
other than Doctor Charles Gears, a respected,  

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long serving and high-ranking member of Foundation 
personnel, albeit a man known to have a little  

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trouble when it comes to expressing any sort 
of emotional response in any given situation. 

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Nonetheless, it is Doctor Gears’ suggestion 
for an SCP-500 cross-testing experiment that,  

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although he has no idea, is inevitably going to 
lead to the creation of SCP-427. And in order to  

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do so, will involve the use of another anomaly: 
SCP-914, better known as the Clockworks. SCP-914  

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is a collection of various clockwork components, 
a mass of springs, gyros, gears and cogs, all  

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forming one giant machine with two booths labeled 
‘input’ and ‘Output’ respectively. There is a dial  

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between both of these booths, denoting a number 
of settings ranging from ‘Rough’ to ‘Very Fine’. 

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The purpose of this clockwork contraption? 
Well, that’s simple: based on what setting the  

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dial is turned to, SCP-914 will either, destroy, 
dismantle, recreate, or refine any item or being  

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placed within the Input booth. And when set to 
the highest setting, Very Fine, the item being  

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improved is usually given anomalous properties.
So, can you guess what Doctor Gears’ suggestion  

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was? He puts in a request for one of the 
SCP-500 pills, for testing with SCP-914.  

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Not all requests are approved, given how limited 
the number of pills are. But knowing what the  

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Clockworks is capable of, and that refining 
SCP-500 has the potential to create a more  

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effective version of the all-curing red pills, the 
Foundation higher-ups grant approval for Doctor  

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Gears’ request. He’s cleared to go ahead with his 
experiment, and so is given one of the SCP-500  

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pills to place into the Clockworks’ Input booth.
Turning the dial of SCP-914 to the ‘Fine’ setting,  

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which usually improves an item but rarely adds any 
anomalous properties to it, Doctor Gears takes a  

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step back to a safe distance as the machine whirs 
to life. Components start turning and ticking,  

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the Clockworks refining the little red pill it’s 
been given, turning it from just one single dose  

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into… well, not what anyone has been expecting. 
Doctor Gears perhaps most likely thought that  

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SCP-914 would produce a new, more effective 
version of the SCP-500 pills. It’s hard to  

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see how a pill that curse all diseases could 
be improved upon, of course, but regardless;  

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what the Clockworks turned that one pill into was 
perhaps the furthest thing Doctor Gears or anyone  

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else thought they’d get out of this experiment.
After the noise of the Clockworks grinding to  

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life dies out, sitting in the Output 
booth is an entirely new object. It’s  

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like the machine conjured it from out of thin 
air, and made it brand new out of nowhere.  

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It’s not a pill, not even a serum, a 
topical ointment, or any other form of  

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new and improved wonder drug. It’s a locket. A 
piece of jewelry, an item that will henceforth  

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be classified as SCP-427 once the Foundation 
learns exactly what this anomalous object can do. 

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Naturally, Doctor Gears is eager to inspect and 
test out the capabilities of this new anomaly of  

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his own – albeit accidental – creation. The 
locket itself is quite a beautiful thing;  

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a small metallic sphere, made of a polished 
silver substance, decorated with ornate carvings.  

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As quickly becomes evident, the carvings on 
the surface of SCP-427 don’t actually serve  

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any inherent purpose, they just make the locket 
itself look more like an elegant piece of jewelry. 

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As Doctor Gears and his research team examine 
the locket, they notice no unusual or abnormal  

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qualities presenting themselves, aside from the 
anomalous nature of SCP-427’s creation. Although,  

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that’s only as long as the small silver locket 
remains closed, when it is then opened up for  

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examination purposes, that’s when they find 
something curious inside. Within SCP-427,  

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visible when it’s opened up, is a small, glowing 
orb contained in the center of the locket. Worried  

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this orb might be dangerous, Doctor Gears 
orders an immediate test of the anomalous  

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item’s radiation levels, but luckily it is quickly 
discovered that the object at its center emits no  

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radiation or energy of any kind, beyond the 
visible light energy that causes it to glow. 

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But having SCP-427 open, that’s when something 
strange happens. One of Doctor Gears’ research  

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assistants possessed some rather severe burns on 
his skin, the result of an accident that occurred  

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when The Assistant was a child. However, upon 
opening SCP-427, it quickly becomes evident that  

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the scarring left behind from The Assistant’s 
unfortunate burns have been rapidly healed. 

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Doctor Gears is astounded and instructs 
another of his colleagues to open up  

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SCP-427. The hand-picked Researcher has 
been suffering with the common cold,  

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sniffling and coughing all over the facility. 
Normally, a minor infection like that takes  

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between three to ten days to make its way through 
the immune system and eventually leave. But as the  

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phlegmy Researcher stands in the presence of 
SCP-427 while the locket is open, his cold is  

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rapidly cured in the space of only a few minutes.
It is soon determined that the healing properties  

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of SCP-427 are emitted directionally, meaning 
that someone has to be standing within direct  

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line of sight of the glowing orb at the locket’s 
center. And of course, it doesn’t take long for  

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additional testing to take place. Only a short 
while later, Doctor Gears is placing requests  

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to his superiors within the Foundation for any 
and all members of D Class personnel with any  

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long-term illnesses, physical afflictions, or 
any otherwise damaged biological tissue, to be  

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reassigned to serve as test subjects for SCP-427.
Much like the SCP-500 pill it was refined from,  

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the anomalous locket seems to have near-limitless 
regenerative capabilities. But unlike the little  

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red pills, there is no finite number to 
worry about, just stand in line with the  

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glowing orb within, and all that ails you 
is cured. With an object like SCP-427,  

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the world could truly be healed of all disease and 
injury, illnesses could be removed from human life  

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entirely. Maybe that’s Doctor Gears’ intention, 
despite how cold and emotionless he seems. 

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After all, who wouldn’t want to heal the world?
But like with a certain Thief and a certain  

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prisoner, sometimes the noblest of intentions 
can lead to some nasty, unforeseen outcomes. 

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The Foundation records don’t indicate which 
was the first experiment with SCP-427 to  

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produce the more undesirable side effect to 
its anomalous healing capabilities. Although,  

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knowing Foundation protocol, it’s highly likely 
the subject of this experiment is a member of  

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D Class. And it’s a safe bet that the outcome of 
such a disaster is what will give SCP-427 its new  

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ominous nickname: the Lovecraftian Locket.
The thing is, SCP-427 doesn’t just heal,  

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it improves. As it repairs cellular damage, acting 
in much the way SCP-500 does when taken orally,  

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the Locket also optimizes the natural systems of 
a person’s body. And in one subject in particular,  

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the Foundation soon observes the risks that 
come with the overuse of SCP-427. We’ll call  

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this subject. our mystery member D Class 
personnel, The Patient. Following exposure  

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to the Lovecraftian Locket, the Patient’s natural 
resistance to diseases, toxins, and other dangers  

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to their immune system is increased. By five 
hundred percent. And that’s only after ten  

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minutes of healing time from SCP-427. Better than 
full immunization against anything and everything. 

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Curious to see how much further the Locket 
can improve a subject’s natural resistances,  

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if it even can at all, Doctor Gears and his 
researchers place the Patient within the range  

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of SCP-427’s regenerative effect once again.
This time, the exposure goes on for an extra  

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five minutes, taking the duration up to 
fifteen. Monitoring all of the Patient’s  

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vitals and charting any internal or external 
bodily change, the research team noticed the  

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Patient seems to be getting stronger. Their 
muscular system is optimized as if someone  

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has programmed their body to its peak level of 
performance. Conducting further testing, Doctor  

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Gears determined that the Patient’s pain tolerance 
and overall physical strength shows an increase of  

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between two hundred and three hundred percent.
Then they try exposing the Patient again  

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for over an hour this time. And 
that’s when everything goes wrong. 

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Before the researchers’ very eyes, the 
Patient’s muscle and flesh start to mutate,  

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rapidly and uncontrollably. They shift from a 
normal human to a thing ripped straight out of  

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a nightmare. What the Foundation scientists are 
only just realizing, in the most horrific fashion,  

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is that the effects of SCP-427 are cumulative, 
they stack on top of one another, and continued  

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exposure accelerates the amount of time it takes 
for the human body to apply the changes granted  

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by the locket. Meaning that, after so much 
exposure to SCP-427, the Patient is converting  

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at a rapid rate into a sickening, shapeless mass 
of tissue, until they’re not even human anymore,  

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but a terrifying beast of nothing but flesh.
These Flesh Beasts, as the researchers take  

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to calling the creatures, thanks to their horrific 
appearance, quickly prove to be highly aggressive.  

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The security personnel that move in to contain the 
beast that was once the Patient learn this in a  

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quick, brutal fashion, as the newly formed Flesh 
Beast attacks the guards on sight. With messy,  

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fatal results. Drawing their weapons, the 
surviving security officers open fire at  

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the creature, which shows itself to be highly 
resistant to conventional firearms. Despite being  

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comprised of flesh, the beast shrugs off bullets 
like they’re little more than minor annoyances. 

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Fortunately for the security personnel who haven’t 
yet been slaughtered, they have a few other  

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less-conventional weapons on hand that might just 
do the trick. It takes a few unsuccessful tries,  

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and a lot of wasted ammo, but soon a successful 
way to neutralize the Flesh Beast is deployed.  

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It turns out that a sufficient 
excess of heat – in excess of two  

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thousand degrees Fahrenheit – is enough to 
cause the Flesh Beast’s bodily mass to combust. 

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Given how aggressive the creatures are towards 
Foundation personnel during subsequent,  

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intentional attempts to recreate them, Doctor 
Gears and his fellow researchers can’t gauge  

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exactly how intelligent the Flesh Beasts are.
But by mapping the biological optimizations that  

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SCP-427 grants a subject, Foundation researchers 
have determined that the Lovecraftian Locket  

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causes a significant enhancement to the brain as 
well as the muscle and immune systems. After all,  

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the brain is responsible for regulating 
all bodily functions. This means that the  

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intelligence levels of a fully transformed Flesh 
Beast could exceed that of the average human. 

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For now, despite the risks of mutation,  

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SCP-427 is used as a partial replacement for 
the SCP-500 pills, given their limited number.  

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While the Locket is able to cure any ailment 
that the pills can, total exposure time must  

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be recorded, as the optimizations granted 
by SCP-427 are cumulative in all subjects. 

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Given the potentially adverse side effects of 
continued SCP-427 use, only medical staff with  

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a Class 3 clearance level are permitted to handle 
or use the Lovecraftian Locket. The O5 Council  

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deems this to be an acceptable risk, and should 
anyone show any signs of sufficient mutations,  

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they are to be terminated before they transform 
into a Flesh Beast. Any instances of a full  

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mutation, now referred to as SCP-427-1, 
are to be killed immediately through means  

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of incineration since they are considered too 
aggressive to communicate with or experiment on. 

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On second thoughts, perhaps I was a 
little too harsh on the Rolexes earlier… 

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