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===== [[include component:preview text= “He should not be here. He should not be about. He should not be here when your mother is out!” - a maned wolf ]] ===== [[>]] [[module Rate]] [[/>]] **Item #:** SCP-9588 **Object Class:** Euclid **Special Containment Procedures:** SCP-9588 is kept in a standard humanoid containment cell at Site-390. SCP-9588-EVE instances are kept in animal enclosures appropriate for their biology. SCP-9588's van is located in the Site-390 parking lot, despite attempts to remove it. **Description:** SCP-9588 is a semi-humanoid entity capable of inducing anomalous procreation in any animal. The entity's body consists of a grey trench coat, six arms, and a large mouth. It is 2 meters tall and speaks French and English. When given small, circular objects,[[footnote]]Such as coinage, bottle caps, and plastic plates used for dollhouses.[[/footnote]] SCP-9588 will compel two animals of differing species to procreate. Those that take part in this will give birth to an animal which carries features of both parents; these offspring are designated SCP-9588-EVE. The age at which SCP-9588-EVE reaches maturity, as well as incubation, decreases with each generation. SCP-9588 was discovered outside a Jiffy Lube, standing beside a white van it claims to own. **Interview:** [[div class="blockquote"]] **SCP-9588:** Hello, hello, and welcome! **Dr. Gowler:** Hello. My name is Dr. Gowler. **SCP-9588:** Ah! A fellow doctor. Professor of the sciences and socials. **Dr. Gowler:** Oh? What field are you in? **SCP-9588:** PhD in L-O-V-E! **Dr. Gowler:** I see. Is that somehow related to the location we found you at? **SCP-9588:** Oh, that was just for an oil change. But, I thought it would be as good a spot as any to start collecting donations. **Dr. Gowler:** Donations for what? **SCP-9588:** For the //war// of course! **Dr. Gowler:** Which war? **SCP-9588:** The only one that matters. [[/div]] [[=]] **__Testing:__** [[/=]] ||~ Mother ||~ Father || ||Domestic Cat (Felis catus) ||Dog (Canis familiaris) || ||||||~ SCP-9588-EVE || |||||| A litter of two. One instance matches the appearance of a mane wolf, with a fur pattern similar to that of its mother. The other instance features a body of a cat with the head of a short snouted dog. || ------ ||~ Mother ||~ Father || ||Domestic Cat (Felis catus) ||Common Parrakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) || ||||||~ SCP-9588-EVE || |||||| Instance stands two feet tall. Head matches the mother's, but is covered in feathers. Midsection of body is covered in fur, lower body transitions back into feathers. Two legs, both digitigrade. Two wings on its midsection. Instance walks on its legs, using its wings to balance. || ------ ||~ Mother ||~ Father || ||Dog (Canis familiaris) ||Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) || ||||||~ SCP-9588-EVE || |||||| Body's skeletal structure matches the mother. Increased body fat for arctic environment. Head matches father's. Instance is adept at swimming. || ------ [[div class="blockquote"]] **Dr. Gowler:** I see... Where is this war located? **SCP-9588:** Oh, everywhere, and nowhere. It depends... uh... on how you see things. Out of curiosity, does the word 'surrealistics' mean anything to you? **Dr. Gowler:** Not to me, no. What does it mean to you? **SCP-9588:** Oh, I don't actually know! I only heard it in passing, I was hoping you knew. Hah! [[/div]] ------ ||~ Mother ||~ Father || ||SCP-9588-EVE (horse and otter) ||Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) || ||||||~ SCP-9588-EVE || |||||| Litter of six. Each share identical body plan, which resemble an otter's more than a horse's. Half the size of their mother at full maturity, with skin covered in scales matching those of the father. || ------ ||~ Mother ||~ Father || ||Star-Nosed Mole (Condylura cristata) ||SCP-9588-EVE (mane wolf) || ||||||~ SCP-9588-EVE || |||||| Instances' appearance matches that of a mane wolf, with black fur similar to its mother. Instance is adept at digging, able to dig a twenty foot hole in under five minutes. || ------ ||~ Mother ||~ Father || || SCP-9588-EVE (cat and parakeet)||Fancy Rat (Rattus norvegicus domestica) || ||||||~ SCP-9588-EVE || ||||||Spine is two feet long. Body is covered in feathers, mouth ends in a beak. Three pairs of wings line its back. Thin body. || ------ [[=]] **__Update #1:__** [[/=]] On 15/03/25, the recently born SCP-9588-EVE organism escaped from Site-390. Its cage was found chewed open, as well as the nearby wall in the room. Prior to exiting the site, the EVE made its way to Wing-B, in which the laboratory mice are stored. Inspection afterwards revealed the EVE had impregnated two mice prior to its departure. MTF-Zeta-9 ("Midnight Trackers") was mobilized to locate and recapture the instance. ------ [[div class="blockquote"]] **Dr. Gowler:** Can you explain to me how you get two different animals to do what they do? I’m not well versed in love. **SCP-9588:** Ah! All it is is a little change in perspective. A flip of the switch and a turn of a knob. And voilà, your kid is done. **Dr. Gowler:** I’m unclear on how the child is able to live at all. //SCP-9588 taps at its tooth.// **SCP-9588:** It’s all in the eye of the beholder, my friend. [[/div]] ------ [[=]] **__Testing:__** Continued [[/=]] ||~ Mother ||~ Father || ||Laboratory Mouse (Mus musculus) ||SCP-9588-EVE (cat, parakeet, rat) || ||||||~ SCP-9588-EVE || |||||| Litter of twelve. Bodies are shaped like enlarged rat heads, with the anterior of the head facing skyward. Face is located on the side of the head. Bipedal. A single wing, coloration matching that of a common parakeet, is located on the back. || ------ ||~ Mother ||~ Father || ||Laboratory Mouse (Mus musculus) ||SCP-9588-EVE (cat, parakeet, rat) || ||||||~ SCP-9588-EVE || |||||| Instance resembles its father, with the addition of three heads and three necks. Only one head resembles a parakeet, with the other two resembling a cat and a mouse. || ------ ||~ Mother ||~ Father || ||SCP-9588-EVE (second generation mane wolf) ||SCP-9588-EVE (horse, otter, iguana) || ||||||~ SCP-9588-EVE || |||||| Instances' appearance matches that of a mane wolf, with fur a dark brown coloration. Testing showed the instance is proficient in digging and swimming. It is additionally capable of extending its tail into a pointed tip, and increasing its size to allow humans to ride it. This lineage of mane wolf SCP-9588-EVE is hereafter designated SCP-9588-ADAM. || ------ ||~ Mother ||~ Father || ||SCP-9588-ADAM (third generation) ||SCP-9588-EVE (cat, parakeet, rat, mouse) || ||||||~ SCP-9588-ADAM || |||||| Litter of two, an EVE and ADAM. The SCP-9588-EVE is a large, grey worm, with a three-pronged mouth. The instance is adept at swimming, similar to a sea snake. The SCP-9588-ADAM displayed no visible changes. || ------ [[=]] **__Update #2:__** [[/=]] As of 18/03/25, the offspring of the escaped EVE specimen have displayed an additional property: the three-headed instance is capable of commanding its smaller siblings through unknown means. It has used this to carry away nearby objects, most often coinage, as well as attempt to gain access to the other animal enclosures. Security has been increased for all EVE and ADAM instances. MTF-Zeta-9 has located and recaptured the escaped EVE specimen, found in Chicago, IL. However, during transport, additional EVE organisms were seen flying towards Southside, bearing features resembling the local pigeon population. These organisms were seen carrying dinner plates. The city of Chicago is currently under quarantine. ------ [[=]] **__Testing:__** Continued [[/=]] ||~ Mother ||~ Father || ||SCP-9588-EVE (frog and electric eel) ||SCP-9588-EVE (dog and penguin) || ||||||~ SCP-9588-EVE || |||||| Instance is quadrupedal, with slick, slippery skin and a large amount of fat. It retains the electrogenesis ability and viscoelastic tongue of its mother. || ------ ||~ Mother ||~ Father || ||SCP-9588-ADAM (seventh generation) || SCP-9588-EVE (bear, frill lizard, eagle, horse, otter, iguana) || ||||||~ SCP-9588-ADAM || |||||| Litter of four, one of which is a SCP-9588-ADAM. SCP-9588-EVE instance's body plan resembles that of a vampire squid, with an otter head on the top of the mass. On their underside is a variety of mouths from different animals. Both instances of SCP-9588-ADAM displayed aggression towards the EVE offspring after the latter attempted to attack observing researchers. The offspring ADAM showed increased skin, muscle, and bone durability. || ------ [[=]] **__Update #3:__** [[/=]] 63 instances of SCP-9588-EVE have been exterminated in the wild. The Foundation has been unable to locate more. However sightings of specific instances are known: * A vlog uploaded to YouTube by user DannyVeeLogs, in which the user bumps into an individual wearing a trench coat and hat on the street. The individual turns to the vlogger and removes the hat in a 'hats off' gesture, revealing its face to be that of a rat. Of note was a smaller rat on the top of its head. * Reports of a humanoid creature spotted at night, with large spider legs protruding from its back. The creature has been seen stealing manhole covers and placing them in a burlap sack, before running out of sight. SCP-9588-EVE have infested 20% of the city's water pipe network. ------ **Exit Interview:** [[div class="blockquote"]] //Dr. Gowler walks into SCP-9588's containment cell.// **SCP-9588:** Hello, hello, and-- **Dr. Gowler:** Reign them in. **SCP-9588:** What do you mean, good doctor? **Dr. Gowler:** The animals. The ones //you// made. Get them to stop. We know you're controlling them. **SCP-9588:** Ah, deeply sorry, but things don't work that way. Could you imagine telling a medical professional to undo a surgery? Why, my hippocratic oath would be in-- //Dr. Gowler shoots SCP-9588 in the head. The anomaly falls. Dr. Gowler discharges the firearm three more times into its body.// //The sound of tires screeching is heard in the distance.// [[/div]] Footage shows SCP-9588's white van leaving the Site-390 parking lot. ------ [[=]] **__Update #4:__** [[/=]] Despite orders to halt testing from O5-11, the SCP-9588 research team has continued to do so. MTF-Alpha-1 ("Red Right Hand") proceeded to raid Site-390 to forcibly halt testing, discovering that the lead researcher had been replaced by an EVE instance. The Chicago quarantine has failed. Recovered footage showed scenes of SCP-9588-EVE flooding the streets in a water-like mass, bursting from windows while vomiting coins onto the ground, and piloting boats into Lake Michigan. ------ [[=]] **__Update Log:__** [[/=]] [[div class="blockquote"]] **1 April 2025:** Boats carrying SCP-9588-EVE crash onto the shores of Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Foundation military forces engage in open combat on the anomalies. 80% EVE casualty rate, 40% Foundation casualty rate. Remaining EVE escape. Site-390 is overrun by SCP-9588-EVE and sealed off. SCP-9588-ADAM cannot be accounted for. **2 April:** SCP-9588-EVE breach remaining Chicago blockades and spread through the rest of the Chicagoland area. Foundation military opposition halts dissemination of EVE. SCP-9588's white van is reported driving down Interstate 90. A blockade is set up to prevent its travels. Before reaching the blockade, the white van began moving at a 45-degree angle into the air and continued into the sky. **3 April:** SCP-9588-EVE populations resurface in select areas of Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois. Organisms emerged from the ground as tree-like structures, with smaller EVE resembling feline-arachnids crawling out from the trunks. Due to the unexpected appearance and delayed reporting of the anomaly, the Foundation was not able to mobilize and contain the threat in a timely manner. However, packs of SCP-9588-ADAM arrived to the locations prior to the Foundation, eliminating the majority of the EVE. The Foundation is to utilize ADAM to locate and destroy extant instances of EVE. **4 April:** ADAM instances tracked EVE activity to several different zoos within the American Midwest. Over 100 new EVE hybrids were seen escaping the zoos. ADAM packs confronted EVE, resulting in massive property damage. EVE experienced a 63% casualty rate, ADAM experiencing a 9% casualty rate. Ranks were replenished during the battle, 11% for ADAM, 87% for EVE. All anomalous animals fled the premises, with a quarter of ADAM returning to Foundation personnel. Inspection of the zoos revealed anomalies present where they were not before: * Spheres of electromagnetic energy, pulling and pushing debris and corpse parts in rhythmic cycles. * All Mold-A-Ramas replacing their figurine presets with models of SCP-9588-EVE. Any money inserted into the machines could not be found afterwards. **5-16 April:** SCP-9588-EVE have spread across the majority of the United States, with only the shorelines currently free from their presence. Extreme property and environmental destruction caused by EVE. Majority of civilian population either dead or missing. Reports of wooded areas bereft of EVE or other animals, with a white van the only out of place feature; people reported entering the vehicle do not come out. Areas of Manitoba and Ontario, Canada have been invaded. Standard weaponry has been ineffective at combating EVE, therefore the Foundation is to funnel all efforts towards increasing the ADAM population. **17 April:** EVE approach the shorelines of the United States. Herds of ADAM are directed along the shorelines, stampeding and eviscerating the EVE. ADAM is successful at defending the shores of the world, with one in specific guarding Mexico from being invaded. At the same time, Canada experiences region-wide blizzards: reports struggle to differentiate SCP-9588-EVE from buildings. **18 April:** Aerial EVE converge on a cumulonimbus cloud and infect it; resulting EVE organism has semi-humanoid torso protruding from top of cloud. Lightning strikes produce worm-like EVE which grow towards the sky. The massive aerial organism begins travel towards the Northeastern United States. **19 April:** A 240m tall ice structure resembling a Canadian one-dollar-coin emerges from the region. It rolls towards the southern border of the United States, leaving a deep trench in its trail. EVE emerge from the trench dirt. The aerial EVE reaches New York, NY, and fires lightning onto the Empire State Building repeatedly. The structure mutates into a worm like organism, which stretches into the lower half of the aerial EVE. The cloud becomes darker. **21 April:** The aerial EVE rains down hundreds of offspring, resembling miniature Empire State Buildings with arms and legs, which attack the city. The ice structure reaches Louisiana and begins crushing the defending ADAM herd. Hundreds of EVE push through the opening, escaping into the ocean; multiple ADAM pursue. One ADAM located in Maine launches itself through the aerial EVE and into the ice structure, killing one and shattering the other. Within the center of the structure is a common loon, which is promptly mauled by SCP-9588-ADAM. A miniature white van is found in the remains of the loon, but could not be located afterwards. **22 April:** ADAM scour the ocean, eliminating EVE at increased ease due to new generational adaptations. Packs repopulate where needed, killing off any resulting EVE. On the North American continent, ADAM gain the upper hand in the conflict, chasing escaping EVE into the ground and destroying their nests. SCP-9588-EVE either retreat into the Great Canadian Blizzard, or into the center of Nebraska, congealing into a massive superorganism. The resulting creature dies by exsanguination. **23 April:** No more EVE can be found in the ocean, though 50% of the ADAM population remain there in case of a resurgence. 30% of the population patrols the edge of the Great Canadian Blizzard. The surviving humans begin recovery and rebuilding, expedited greatly with the help of ADAM. A "Lifted Veil" Scenario is posthumously enacted. **24 April:** During the reconstruction of the government, the civilian population have a majority vote in favor of SCP-9588-ADAM having full control of the judicial branch. Due to the deaths of all governing bodies and politicians who would oppose this, the vote was passed without issue. **27 April:** Giant EVE, resembling whales on longs stilted legs, exit the ocean and land upon every continent on Earth. The militaries of the world launch all artillery at the invaders; SCP-9588-EVE respond by firing explosive ordnance out of their blowholes, and superheated lasers out of their ventral orifices. The Great Canadian Blizzard increases in range, encompassing both Alaska and the northern half of the United States. Supermassive ADAM are deployed to defend against the EVE and evacuate regions encroached by the Great Canadian Blizzard. **28 April:** The Great Canadian Blizzard increases its range at a rapid rate. The family of ADAM guarding Mexico perform an unknown act that results in the disappearance of the country. Radio communications with personnel living there remain connected for 2 hours after disappearance. Due to the cooling global temperature, humanity is forced to retreat beneath the Earth for warmth; the EVE follow. Time dilation occurs after passing the middle Lithosphere. **28 April:** EVE begin manifesting themselves through flat circular shapes, ambushing subterranean pilgrims. Measures are taken to decrease the usage of flat circles in everyday life. Depictions of ADAM become more prominent in artwork. **28 April:** After the 296th wave of the EVE hoard is repelled, the Republic of New Lapland successfully activates its forcefields. The EVE hoard retreat back into the mantle depths, leaving behind large replicas of old world coinage. Lapland ministers begin brainstorming folklore and cautionary tales to disseminate among the masses, in order to ward them against temptation. **28 April:** During the Maned Wolf War, Mexico reestablishes contact with baseline reality. However, after detailing the state of their ADAM population, they are accused of undermining the holy authority of New Osiris upper class, who claim divine connection over all ADAM. Contact with the old world country is forcibly terminated, which leads to elevated hostilities towards New Osiris by United Hampshire and Paris. **28 April:** During an EVE siege against the Sleeping City of 12-Star, the unconscious population fuse their minds together to produce a psionic avatar, taking the form of a human / maned wolf hybrid. The EVE retaliate by fusing their minds into a psionic avatar, taking the form of a white van, which runs over the other avatar. The population of 12-Star die due to mass brain hemorrhage. **28 April:** The last of the human species combine with the remaining ADAM, piloting their bodies to defend the fortress of History's End. The EVE, encapsulating the raw entirety of all DNA on Earth, attacks the fortress. The two armies continuously die and repopulate, with each new generation of Human-ADAM fusing their biology closer together. One of the EVE strikes a Human-ADAM, launching them through the lithosphere and towards the surface. **28 April:** All Human-ADAMs, humans, and ADAM are killed. The EVE dig through the corpses of their adversaries to find one singular penny. The luck of this find is transferred back to the EVE at the beginning of the battle. **29 April:** The launched Human-ADAM breaches the crust of the Earth, arriving in Illinois, United States. They traverse the worldwide blizzard until coming across Site-390. Entering the site, they find all EVE quarantined to have died from hypothermia. Upon exiting into the parking lot, a pile of objects is found in the snow. Directly across from it is a white van with its rear doors open. All life signs from the Human-ADAM immediately cease. **30 April:** The continent of Australia grows legs and walks around Oceania. It dies due to hypothermia. [[/div]] ------ [[=]] **__After:__** [[/=]] [[div class="blockquote"]] //A white van parks in the Belʹkovich crater of the Moon. The Doctor steps out, stretching its limbs.// **Doctor:** (//Sighs//) Ah, what a week. (//Clears throat//) One piece got away, but, eh. It'll return to the fold eventually. [[collapsible show="+ A job well done" hide="- Close"]] [[include component:image-block name=CrowCatFlip.gif|caption=Another day, Another...|align=center]] [[/collapsible]] //The Doctor reaches out and plucks it from the sky.// **Doctor:** One more step towards quota. //It flips the coin through its hand while entering the white van. 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