SCP-4420

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|comments=**SCP-4420:** A Potato Thirst  
**Author:** [[*user Lt Flops]] 
**Published on 20 Aug 2018** 
 
This article is set in the **[*/apotheosis-hub Apotheosis]** canon. 
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SCP-4420
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**Special Containment Procedures:** SCP-4420 is situated in a secure position in the Site-82 Arboretum. Tentative Containment Module #819 regulates the entrance to an artificial pocket dimension large enough to confine SCP-4420. Containment technicians have installed four synchronized Scranton–Marlowe Topology Stabilizers, which maintain dimensional stability inside the module.
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**Description:** SCP-4420 is a red Idaho potato with a current mass of 400 million kg and external dimensions of 150 metres by 65 metres by 55 metres. SCP-4420 displays the following ectoentropic properties:

# SCP-4420 responds to moisture shrinkage (~5% every two weeks) by generating a new amount of moist potato matter. During this event, a random Idaho citizen's drinking water transforms into starch-rich potato-flavoured water, which grants the ability to commune with potatoes for 3 to 10 hr after consumption.
# Exposure to electromagnetic radiation in the human visual spectrum (λ = 400 nm to 700 nm) produces potato matter of a randomized form. This matter relates to potatoes at various conceptual levels, be that immediate or vague. The new matter grows alongside SCP-4420 and attaches itself via esoteric means beyond current agricultural understanding. Observed forms include:
 * Any variation of the 5 000 potato varieties grown globally.[[footnote]]Including other anomalous potatoes like [[[SCP-3342]]].[[/footnote]]
 * Types of cooked potatoes such as mashed potatoes, French fries, and potato chips.
 * 1996 Idaho County Junior League Potato Sack Race champion Michelle Brown, age 6.
 * A species of Jerusalem cricket (colloquially known as the potato bug) composed of sweet potato. These insects have infested ~8% of SCP-4420 to date.
 * Memetic ennui affecting 10% of persons within a 5-km radius.
# SCP-4420 displays evident immunity to decay. SCP-4420 consumes most organic irregularities almost immediately after their growth, and produces healthy potato matter in their place.
# [[span style="margin: 0;"]]SCP-4420 consumes food and organic waste within 20 metres of its surface. Any nearby organic material transforms into a potato tuber of equal mass and teleports into SCP-4420. This includes small animals up to 5 kg in mass.[[/span]]

As of current documentation, SCP-4420 has been growing for 22 years.
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**I. 10 May 2019**

Field researchers discovered foreign fluid with trace amounts of thaumic contaminants in the local groundwater. The Site-82 Operations Command Office initiated [[[scp-3731|Mandate 3731-Ov91]]], which calls for immediate lockdown and destruction of foreign substances. Security staff considered the lockdown successful within the hour.

Because of its containment location, however, SCP-4420 remained unaccounted for.

At 21:51 CDT, SCP-4420 absorbed thaumic fluids and developed sapience lasting for 32 hours. During this time, it displayed the ability to manipulate informational constructs. SCP-4420 then disseminated 362 SMS messages to on-site staff.

A series of received messages is as follows.

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can you see me
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pls look at me
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im big
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look at me
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do you think im pretty
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is that what i rly look like
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no way
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is that how you see me ☹️
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you cant see me like this
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im not good enough am i
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not for you
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how could i be
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leave me alone
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im a monster
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im sorry i look this way
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**II. 12 May 2019**

At 05:51 CDT, SCP-4420 ceased all anomalous growth and displayed signs of accelerated decomposition.

SCP-4420 has been reclassified as NEUTRALIZED.

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> **Filename:** tater-tot.png
> **Name:** Mr. Red Potato.jpg
> **Author:** [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tequask Tequask]
> **License:** [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)]
> **Source Link:** [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mr._Red_Potato.jpg Wikimedia Commons]
> **Note:** Edited by [[*user Gekkoguy]]. Cropped, saturated, and mirrored.
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