WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.340 --> 00:00:02.060 It started with a woman. 00:00:02.060 --> 00:00:06.760 We’ll call her Valerie - It doesn’t matter whether or not that it’s her real name, 00:00:06.760 --> 00:00:10.260 since her real name is lost, even to herself. 00:00:10.260 --> 00:00:14.430 Valerie was a young woman but what many would describe as a very old soul. 00:00:14.430 --> 00:00:19.430 She’d been to strange places, seen awful things, and gotten in touch with some dangerous 00:00:19.430 --> 00:00:20.430 people. 00:00:20.430 --> 00:00:25.520 Like a lot of people with hard lives, Valerie tried to find relief wherever she could: Partying, 00:00:25.520 --> 00:00:28.539 gambling, buying herself expensive things. 00:00:28.539 --> 00:00:33.230 After all, she was here for a good time, not a long time, and she wanted to eke out any 00:00:33.230 --> 00:00:35.590 pleasure she could while she was still able. 00:00:35.590 --> 00:00:40.090 That’s how she ended up in the high roller’s section of a very exclusive private club in 00:00:40.090 --> 00:00:41.370 New York City. 00:00:41.370 --> 00:00:46.260 They had the finest drinks, the most attentive waitstaff, and the strangest entertainment. 00:00:46.260 --> 00:00:49.940 But that’s the kind of exceptional service you can expect from a club run by one of the 00:00:49.940 --> 00:00:54.960 most powerful and influential clandestine enterprises in the world: Marshall, Carter, 00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:56.560 and Dark Ltd. 00:00:56.560 --> 00:00:59.430 Valerie had no idea who the club’s owner was though. 00:00:59.430 --> 00:01:04.129 She had come here with a wealthy friend, well calling them a friend might be pushing it… 00:01:04.129 --> 00:01:08.420 she was here with someone she had met earlier that night, but now as she sipped her drink 00:01:08.420 --> 00:01:12.670 and played another hand of blackjack, she realized that he was nowhere to be seen. 00:01:12.670 --> 00:01:13.929 Oh well. 00:01:13.929 --> 00:01:18.079 She didn’t have anybody to please but herself, and the clubs of Marshall, Carter, and Dark 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:20.229 can provide plenty of pleasure… 00:01:20.229 --> 00:01:21.939 As long as you can pay. 00:01:21.939 --> 00:01:25.429 Valerie’s problem was that she didn’t have the money to keep living large off of 00:01:25.429 --> 00:01:30.249 their largesse, and she was about to get a rude awakening as to just how much these mysterious 00:01:30.249 --> 00:01:32.399 businessmen value their bottom line. 00:01:32.399 --> 00:01:36.289 If she took a second to think about it, she may have noticed she was out of place among 00:01:36.289 --> 00:01:41.279 the rest of the clientele - wealthy businessmen and shady moguls in fine suits. 00:01:41.279 --> 00:01:43.950 What was a girl like her doing in a place like this? 00:01:43.950 --> 00:01:48.219 Unless, of course, she was here to fulfill another purpose entirely. 00:01:48.219 --> 00:01:51.070 Eventually, a bill was presented to Valerie. 00:01:51.070 --> 00:01:55.289 “Oh this isn’t for me,” she told the waiter, “my friend is taking care of everything.” 00:01:55.289 --> 00:01:59.179 When she went to motion towards the wealthy man who had brought her here, she realized 00:01:59.179 --> 00:02:01.079 that he was nowhere to be seen. 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:05.429 “I’m afraid the gentleman I believe you’re referring to left some time ago,” the waiter 00:02:05.429 --> 00:02:06.630 told her. 00:02:06.630 --> 00:02:10.700 Valerie was disappointed, but this kind of thing had happened to her before. 00:02:10.700 --> 00:02:14.640 She reached for her purse, it looked like she’d be paying for herself that night. 00:02:14.640 --> 00:02:16.540 “Alright, how much do I owe you?” 00:02:16.540 --> 00:02:19.210 she said as she grabbed a handful of chips from her stack. 00:02:19.210 --> 00:02:23.650 “I’m afraid you might be a little confused,” the waiter told her, eying what at most could 00:02:23.650 --> 00:02:25.930 be a couple hundred dollars in casino chips. 00:02:25.930 --> 00:02:28.860 “Are you not aware of what you’re drinking?” 00:02:28.860 --> 00:02:31.900 Valerie glanced at the bottle of champagne sitting next to her. 00:02:31.900 --> 00:02:35.379 And then at the two other identical empty bottles sitting next to it. 00:02:35.379 --> 00:02:38.470 “It’s the champagne he ordered,” Valerie answered. 00:02:38.470 --> 00:02:42.530 “Yes,” said the waiter, but that isn’t just any champagne.” 00:02:42.530 --> 00:02:45.680 Valerie’s eyes began to grow wide as he went on. 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:49.310 “Those are from a very rare, and very expensive vintage. 00:02:49.310 --> 00:02:50.819 “How rare?” 00:02:50.819 --> 00:02:52.360 Valerie nervously asked. 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:55.060 “Extremely rare,” the waiter told her. 00:02:55.060 --> 00:02:57.340 “Each bottle you were drinking cost…” 00:02:57.340 --> 00:03:00.650 It felt like the room suddenly filled with rushing water. 00:03:00.650 --> 00:03:05.060 The edges of her vision dimmed as a roar filled her ears, as she heard the last thing the 00:03:05.060 --> 00:03:10.230 waiter said - each bottle she had drank cost $20,000. 00:03:10.230 --> 00:03:14.629 When Valerie regained her senses she was being escorted by a group of tall gentlemen in dark 00:03:14.629 --> 00:03:20.650 business suits into a soundproof back room, where they explained the severity of her situation. 00:03:20.650 --> 00:03:24.060 As the fear continued to set in, she started to beg. 00:03:24.060 --> 00:03:27.090 She said that if they just gave her a little more time, she could earn back the money she 00:03:27.090 --> 00:03:28.090 owed them. 00:03:28.090 --> 00:03:32.360 The solemn-faced representative explained to her that Marshall, Carter, and Dark Ltd. 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:34.330 doesn’t operate like that. 00:03:34.330 --> 00:03:38.580 However, there would be other ways that she could pay back her debt to them, but it would 00:03:38.580 --> 00:03:40.280 be their way. 00:03:40.280 --> 00:03:44.639 They gave a brief explanation that providing luxury private clubs to an esteemed clientele 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:46.900 was only one part of their enterprise. 00:03:46.900 --> 00:03:51.780 The other side of their business was even more exclusive: An auction house, where truly 00:03:51.780 --> 00:03:55.139 unique products are sold to the highest bidders. 00:03:55.139 --> 00:03:59.620 And come to think of it, there was a hole in the market that seemed to be just Valerie’s 00:03:59.620 --> 00:04:00.620 size. 00:04:00.620 --> 00:04:04.239 All they asked for was for her to spend a period of time in their service, and when 00:04:04.239 --> 00:04:07.319 the debt was repaid, her life would be hers once more. 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:09.480 And there was more to it as well. 00:04:09.480 --> 00:04:13.260 Although she would have to work for them, time would not actually pass for her during 00:04:13.260 --> 00:04:14.260 her service. 00:04:14.260 --> 00:04:18.269 She’d get to keep her youth, it would be as if she never worked for them at all, a 00:04:18.269 --> 00:04:21.669 blink of an eye and she’d be right back where she was. 00:04:21.669 --> 00:04:24.250 Valerie took just a moment to consider it. 00:04:24.250 --> 00:04:27.660 She wasn’t sure she believed what these men were telling her, but she’d heard and 00:04:27.660 --> 00:04:31.870 seen some very strange things in her life, was this really so hard to believe? 00:04:31.870 --> 00:04:34.830 And after all, what choice did she have? 00:04:34.830 --> 00:04:37.430 She didn’t have $60,000. 00:04:37.430 --> 00:04:42.270 So she agreed to repay her debt to Marshall, Carter, and Dark, and do whatever that entailed. 00:04:42.270 --> 00:04:47.430 The representatives assured her that all she’d need to do is lay back and relax: They’d 00:04:47.430 --> 00:04:49.530 take care of the rest. 00:04:49.530 --> 00:04:53.610 Valerie didn’t remember much after that moment, but she awoke in the dark. 00:04:53.610 --> 00:04:56.580 She couldn’t move any part of her body other than her eyes. 00:04:56.580 --> 00:05:01.160 The next time she saw the light, she remembered being up on stage, looking down at a crowd 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:05.840 of people wielding auction paddles while an animated auctioneer reeled off the many advantages 00:05:05.840 --> 00:05:08.199 of some product she couldn’t see. 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:10.310 Certain words and phrases stuck out: 00:05:10.310 --> 00:05:12.360 “Fully articulated and posable… 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:13.360 Warm to the touch… 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:14.509 Not a blemish on her… 00:05:14.509 --> 00:05:15.509 Never talks back… 00:05:15.509 --> 00:05:17.620 She’ll always look you right in the eye…” 00:05:17.620 --> 00:05:22.000 Eventually, someone won, and she was placed back in the darkness. 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:26.770 Years went by, being taken in and out of the dark by strangers, wearing different clothes 00:05:26.770 --> 00:05:29.280 and being referred to by different names. 00:05:29.280 --> 00:05:31.430 Moving only when she was permitted. 00:05:31.430 --> 00:05:34.910 Little by little, she forgot the person that she once was. 00:05:34.910 --> 00:05:36.280 One day ran into the next. 00:05:36.280 --> 00:05:41.290 It all became a blur of darkness punctuated by brief flashes of light. 00:05:41.290 --> 00:05:43.389 Years turned into decades. 00:05:43.389 --> 00:05:44.690 She never said a word. 00:05:44.690 --> 00:05:47.169 She forgot what it even felt like to be able to speak. 00:05:47.169 --> 00:05:52.410 But then one day, out of the darkness appeared a pair of strangers in black tactical gear 00:05:52.410 --> 00:05:56.889 who looked at her with an expression somewhere in between pity and disgust. 00:05:56.889 --> 00:06:01.419 From that moment on, she finally found a new name to replace that empty void. 00:06:01.419 --> 00:06:04.460 Now, she was SCP-446. 00:06:04.460 --> 00:06:10.900 The files on SCP-446 are as mysterious as they are deeply disconcerting and we can only 00:06:10.900 --> 00:06:16.530 speculate as to the exact process that led to the creation of SCP-446, since the duplicitous 00:06:16.530 --> 00:06:20.560 salesmen at Marshall, Carter, & Dark Ltd. don’t seem eager to share their secrets 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:23.270 with anyone outside of their organization. 00:06:23.270 --> 00:06:29.470 But what SCP Foundation researchers have learned from solid, empirical observation is that 00:06:29.470 --> 00:06:36.250 SCP-446 is a humanoid mannequin 1.75 meters tall and weighing 52.16 kilograms. 00:06:36.250 --> 00:06:41.509 She is - or perhaps, was - a pale-skinned Caucasian woman who appears to be in her early 00:06:41.509 --> 00:06:42.940 twenties. 00:06:42.940 --> 00:06:48.629 She has brown hair that measures 17.78 cm at its longest point, brilliant, bright blue 00:06:48.629 --> 00:06:53.420 eyes, and the distinctive Marshall, Carter, & Dark Ltd. logo tattooed on her lower back. 00:06:53.420 --> 00:06:57.820 In many ways, she has all the hallmarks of a living human being - She’s superficially 00:06:57.820 --> 00:07:02.340 anatomically correct, with realistic skin tone and texture, eye coloration and sclera 00:07:02.340 --> 00:07:06.680 clarity, and researchers who’ve dealt with her directly claim that she has the warmth 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:08.860 of a real human being. 00:07:08.860 --> 00:07:14.240 Despite seeming to be alive though, SCP-446 doesn’t respond to verbal communication, 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:17.919 has no pulse or heartbeat, and doesn’t even appear to breathe. 00:07:17.919 --> 00:07:23.430 Whether SCP-446 can truly be considered alive is still an open question among Foundation 00:07:23.430 --> 00:07:25.870 researchers. 00:07:25.870 --> 00:07:29.750 SCP-446 is stored in the same hinged metal box she was found in, which is plain save 00:07:29.750 --> 00:07:33.180 for a series of clothing measurements for those wishing to purchase their own custom 00:07:33.180 --> 00:07:34.419 accessories. 00:07:34.419 --> 00:07:38.470 When Foundation field agents first discovered her, they attempted to sit her up. 00:07:38.470 --> 00:07:42.780 However, what they found was that she responded to their touch, sitting up on her own. 00:07:42.780 --> 00:07:46.930 All it took to get her to lay back down was a gentle push on her shoulders from the front. 00:07:46.930 --> 00:07:51.030 Through further study, it was discovered that selective touch cues can induce different 00:07:51.030 --> 00:07:53.840 types of movement in SCP-446. 00:07:53.840 --> 00:07:57.349 She could be induced to stand up on her own, and through gentle pressure applied to the 00:07:57.349 --> 00:08:01.940 top of the head, she could be induced to sit or lay back down on her own. 00:08:01.940 --> 00:08:07.200 You may have also noticed the somewhat uncanny quality of SCP-446’s eyes. 00:08:07.200 --> 00:08:10.099 Please don’t be alarmed, it isn’t anything out of the ordinary. 00:08:10.099 --> 00:08:13.720 Her eyes will follow the nearest person to her around the room, and she’ll try to make 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:15.199 eye contact if possible. 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:16.919 Don’t let it bother you. 00:08:16.919 --> 00:08:18.820 Everyone gets used to it eventually. 00:08:18.820 --> 00:08:23.370 Her limbs can also be posed and manipulated as required, even into positions requiring 00:08:23.370 --> 00:08:25.620 balance, like standing on one leg. 00:08:25.620 --> 00:08:29.800 However, if pushed over, she will immediately lose balance and fall. 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:33.570 It seems almost as though her actions are defined as much by the toucher’s intent 00:08:33.570 --> 00:08:35.590 as the touch itself. 00:08:35.590 --> 00:08:40.890 Essentially out of any more ways to learn about SCP-446, an in-depth medical examination 00:08:40.890 --> 00:08:42.450 was authorized. 00:08:42.450 --> 00:08:47.190 Given the humanoid nature of 446, the doctor conducting the examination decided to proceed 00:08:47.190 --> 00:08:51.880 in a manner similar to the kinds of autopsies given to non-anomalous human corpses. 00:08:51.880 --> 00:08:56.610 The doctor noted being disturbed by the fact that 446’s eyes kept following them, even 00:08:56.610 --> 00:08:59.340 as they prepared the tools for the autopsy. 00:08:59.340 --> 00:09:03.460 They also remarked on the almost freakish clearness of the subject’s skin. 00:09:03.460 --> 00:09:07.950 There wasn’t a single detectable mark or blemish, almost like a porcelain doll. 00:09:07.950 --> 00:09:13.270 There was no rigor or livor mortis, nor any signs of damage or injury to the body. 00:09:13.270 --> 00:09:17.150 Examination of the mouth revealed an obstruction at the top of the throat - A metal plate fixed 00:09:17.150 --> 00:09:20.070 to the back of her mouth, bonded to the flesh on all sides. 00:09:20.070 --> 00:09:24.150 The plate shifts slightly when touched, but couldn’t be removed. 00:09:24.150 --> 00:09:28.650 Similar plates had been installed in the ear canals, nostrils, and all other body orifices, 00:09:28.650 --> 00:09:33.390 as if to ensure that nothing can enter or exit 446’s body. 00:09:33.390 --> 00:09:39.550 The doctor then moved on to the internal examination of SCP-446, beginning with a number of x-rays. 00:09:39.550 --> 00:09:44.390 These revealed several irregularly-shaped masses inside 446’s body, covering major 00:09:44.390 --> 00:09:48.350 organs such as the heart, brain, kidneys, and liver. 00:09:48.350 --> 00:09:52.650 Dissection revealed these masses to be boxes of various shapes and sizes, constructed from 00:09:52.650 --> 00:09:55.550 the same metal that comprises the obstructive plates. 00:09:55.550 --> 00:10:00.690 These boxes are connected to the corresponding organs through a series of wires and tubes. 00:10:00.690 --> 00:10:05.190 The doctor notes that neither their scalpel nor their wire saw could cause any meaningful 00:10:05.190 --> 00:10:09.670 damage to the boxes and that it’s possible the boxes not only keep the body preserved 00:10:09.670 --> 00:10:12.910 but also allow for its limited set of movements. 00:10:12.910 --> 00:10:17.020 Certain barriers presented themselves during the dissection process, both physical and 00:10:17.020 --> 00:10:18.460 psychological. 00:10:18.460 --> 00:10:23.660 SCP-446 exhibited an extraordinary healing factor, fully repairing her own skin minutes 00:10:23.660 --> 00:10:26.760 after having her chest fully opened in a Y-incision. 00:10:26.760 --> 00:10:31.030 This made sustained internal observation difficult, and the doctor declined to perform any more 00:10:31.030 --> 00:10:35.030 extensive mutilations for fear that the damage would be irreparable. 00:10:35.030 --> 00:10:38.060 This limited the progress that could be made in the procedures overall. 00:10:38.060 --> 00:10:42.020 However, it wasn’t the worst thing to occur during the dissection. 00:10:42.020 --> 00:10:47.520 The doctor noted that SCP-446 stared at them the entire time while they were making incisions 00:10:47.520 --> 00:10:50.830 into the body, making them extremely uncomfortable. 00:10:50.830 --> 00:10:55.650 And during the several-minute healing process of the Y-Incision in her chest, SCP-446’s 00:10:55.650 --> 00:11:00.180 mouth moved, as if speaking silently, the entire time. 00:11:00.180 --> 00:11:04.640 The doctor left a note that this may suggest a level of sapience in 446, though nothing 00:11:04.640 --> 00:11:07.370 could be proved conclusively on that front. 00:11:07.370 --> 00:11:12.600 The file for SCP-446 is a relatively sparse one, given the minimal containment requirements 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:14.060 of the anomaly. 00:11:14.060 --> 00:11:16.300 Between studies, she is simply kept in her box. 00:11:16.300 --> 00:11:22.170 There has, however, been one notable incident involving SCP-446, documented by Foundation 00:11:22.170 --> 00:11:25.680 researcher Dr. Sunderland back in 2010. 00:11:25.680 --> 00:11:30.750 The event, labeled Incident 446-1, took place in Storage Room 6. 00:11:30.750 --> 00:11:35.200 In the interest of preserving the anomaly’s modesty, she was dressed in a standard D-Class 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:38.590 uniform before being placed back into her box for the night. 00:11:38.590 --> 00:11:43.520 A guard reported a strange thumping noise later that evening, and investigated himself 00:11:43.520 --> 00:11:47.460 and found it was coming from the inside of SCP-446’s box. 00:11:47.460 --> 00:11:52.090 Dr. Sunderland was called in at this point and oversaw the opening of the box. 00:11:52.090 --> 00:11:57.250 It turned out that SCP-446 was repeatedly attempting to rise to a sitting pose inside 00:11:57.250 --> 00:12:00.950 the box and was banging her head against the lid. 00:12:00.950 --> 00:12:05.440 Finally freed, SCP-446 rose to her feet of her own volition for the first time since 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:07.470 the start of her containment. 00:12:07.470 --> 00:12:12.290 She assumed a strange pose: Her head bowed and her wrists touching above her head, as 00:12:12.290 --> 00:12:16.990 though her hands were bound at the wrists, or she was desperately praying or begging. 00:12:16.990 --> 00:12:21.750 Her facial expression also shifted for the first time, taking on a look of sadness and 00:12:21.750 --> 00:12:22.750 fear. 00:12:22.750 --> 00:12:28.010 Dr. Sunderland was able to make SCP-446 return to a more neutral standing position, but nothing 00:12:28.010 --> 00:12:31.980 could make her permanently assume the laying position again until the D-Class uniform was 00:12:31.980 --> 00:12:33.040 once again removed. 00:12:33.040 --> 00:12:38.730 There is still not a confirmed explanation as to why exactly this happened, but the answers 00:12:38.730 --> 00:12:41.400 may be too horrible to even consider. 00:12:41.400 --> 00:12:45.350 For this particular anomaly, which has been given the Safe Class designation, perhaps 00:12:45.350 --> 00:12:50.410 the kindest thing to do is leave her in the box - That’s at least a more humane fate 00:12:50.410 --> 00:12:53.350 than whatever Marshall, Carter, and Dark had planned. 00:12:53.350 --> 00:12:59.830 Now go and watch another entry from the files of Dr. Bob, like SCP-054 the Water Nymph, 00:12:59.830 --> 00:13:03.880 for another SCP that the Foundation has gone to great lengths to try and better understand, 00:13:03.880 --> 00:13:08.590 and make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications, so you don’t miss a single anomaly, as we 00:13:08.590 --> 00:13:11.920 delve further and further into the SCP Foundation’s classified archives.