Link to article: Found in the Cell of the Condemned Prisoner.
:scp-wiki:component:license-box
:scp-wiki:component:license-box-end
[[>]] [[module Rate]] [[/>]] Young ladies wore gowns and flowers in bloom Young gentlemen preened and wandered the room Anxiously waiting for her to arrive With the crowd we thought we’d never be missed Two fools engaging in a lovers’ tryst Risking the wrath of the Queen of the Hive One suitor above all she wished to claim Blessed with fortune and charm and ancient name For his hand and his heart did she connive But he was immune to all of her charms And sought his refuge in my loving arms The poor cousin of the Queen of the Hive Under the apple tree we met in hope Determining there that we would elope This did her sudden appearance deprive Caught in the garden on that fateful eve By she who we had hoped most to deceive We stood shamed before the Queen of the Hive Then she produced under teasing banter Crystal wineglasses with matched decanter Refreshment to make our spirits revive Handing us glasses carved with bloom and bee She bade us both drink and complying we Fell to the spell of the Queen of the Hive She was determined to punish and shame For him to die and to me go the blame Against her dark magic we could not strive With a smile of ice she bade him stand still Then turned to me and commanded I kill With grief we obeyed the Queen of the Hive He stood like a statue and did not flinch As I smashed my wineglass against the bench From our struggles a thrill did she derive As I embedded a shard in his chest And a crimson bloom appeared on his breast In mock alarm cried the Queen of the Hive As her crocodile tears began to roll I saw that my glass on the ground was whole For a breath I thought he might be alive A drugged wine’s visions and not a spell cast Then I saw his corpse as they seized me fast So thus was revenged the Queen of the Hive One thought has sustained me through all my trials Through her accusations and secret smiles When it was decreed I should not survive She destroyed our lives but never our love I know we will join in heaven above While here alone dwells the Queen of the Hive ------ **Email exchange between Dr. Kate Greenaway, Lead Researcher SCP-3876 and Archivist Erina Carson, January 20, 2017:** > //Dr. Greenaway,// > > //The attached poem, written on the back of an envelope, was attached in [http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-3876 SCP-3876-2] along with a series of newspaper clippings detailing the arrest, trial, and conviction of one Maria Duchamp. On succeeding pages were a sketch of a decanter with a set of wineglasses and a description of certain mind-affecting properties: when an individual pours an alcoholic beverage from the decanter into one of the wineglasses, other individuals who consume the beverage from one of those glasses will obey any spoken command of the first individual.// > > //We did some investigating in the database, and found the following:// > > **Anomalous Item:** Crystal decanter with four matching wineglasses > **Location:** Site-81 Anomalous Item/Safe Object Long Term Storage > **Description:** Ornate crystal decanter and wineglasses carved with an intaglio of a bee on a flower. Glasses and decanter will spontaneously reassemble/reform upon damage. > > //In light of the information in 3876-2, further testing of this item might be in order.// > > //Erina Carson, Site-81 Archives// > //Agreed. I’ll contact the Director and see if we can get that item back to the Classification Department.// > //-Dr. Kate Greenaway// @@ @@ [[include :scp-wiki:component:license-box]] [!-- N/A (No Images) --] [[include :scp-wiki:component:license-box-end]]