BassoeG [2017-02-08 00:39:48 +0000 UTC]
I'm vaguely reminded of SCP-2510-1-Beta Activation .
Cpt. Hadley: How do you read, Site Command?
Site Command: We read you loud and clear. Receiving video feed. Significant interference. Your eyes will still have the best viewing. We'll try to clean up the video later.
Cpt. Hadley: Copy that. Area looks to be artificially constructed. Superficial resemblance with a subway tunnel. Honestly? I think we exited from a washroom. Bloody disgusting in there. Saw a few humans, tend to ignore us and keep to the shadows. Look pretty sick from the few real glimpses I've had.
Site Command: We've received readings. Air seems polluted but breathable. Pressure looks to be normal. Temperature might be a bit chilly but tolerable. Alter life support to air filtration and feel free to remove the heavier equipment. Keep two attached and equipped. Maxwell and Armitage? Hold the portal. The rest of you get properly mobile and see what you can find.
Several minutes of silence.
Cpt. Hadley: We're ready. We'll rendezvous here in two hours. Maxwell will keep you updated. We'll then compile our reports.
Site Command: Copy that. Godspeed. Maxwell? Keep filming. Still trying to find any discrepancies. Look for any writing; billboards, graffiti, and so on.
Dr. Maxwell: Copy that. No billboards, far as I can see, but plenty of writing. I'd call it graffiti but it just coincides with the architecture too well. See what I mean?
Video focuses on a nearby wall, appears covered in scratches.
Site Command: Can't make sense of it on our side. What do you think you see?
Dr. Maxwell: Looks Greek. We'll get some proper photos made. Have Low check it out post-operation. A lot of spiral symbols. Most common icon displays three curves emanating from a central point. Looks a bit sloppy but I see the exact same motif all over the place. Guessing that is how it is meant to look.
Site Command: Any tech?
Dr. Maxwell: You know, that is the strangest part. I thought we were in an underground station but no rail tracks. Surface of the floor and walls are red brick and cement but has a glossy reflection. Like everything is moist and slimy. Then again, not much different from the London Underground. [chuckles] Hold. We've got vibrations. Locals are gathering at the edge of the platform. Holy shit… [static]
Site Command: Losing you. What do you see?
Dr. Maxwell: Probably should have kept Cronenberg with us.
I see an object. Hold on, there seem to be entities. [15 seconds of silence] Looks like we're not alone, Command. I'm attempting to hide, but this suit is making it difficult. Are you receiving this?
Camera focuses on a large, fleshy entity covered in gaping pores.
Looks a bit like a grub. Big as a… well… train? I think it might actually be some form of transportation. Pale white, countless legs - like an insect? Yeah. Black chitin in contrast with a soft, flabby body. Quite sure it's alive. Think I heard it chatter and hiss.
Native denizens, dressed in cowled robes, walk barefoot in and out of the holes. Large entity crawls into the tunnels.
And there it crawls off. In a blink and it's gone. Some people came out of it, covered in slime. A few have gathered around us.
Site Command: Are you safe? Do they seem hostile?
Dr. Maxwell: I'd almost call them curious but their eyes are blank; almost dead - like they're in a trance. Skin fairly jaundiced, can see that now. Just staring at us.
Site Command: Attempt communication.
Dr. Maxwell: Greetings… Do you understand me?
Camera set on the gathered crowd, focusing on the face of one individual; entity opens its mouth, displaying more than sixty needle-like teeth, its jaw appearing to unhinge; entity proceeds to vocalize a screech registered at >150 dB; all entities fall into a quadrupedal gait and scatter into the darkness
Site Command: Maxwell! Do you read me? Report!
Dr. Maxwell: Yeah. Jesus Christ. They looked human. Still think they are. They're gone now. Think it covered our equipment in saliva.
Site Command: We'll gather a sample upon return then get you all cleaned up. Hold your ground. Get out as soon as the team regroups.
Dr. Maxwell: Copy that.
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