Incident 096-1-A

“So containment has been attained?”

“Yes, doctor.”

“Let me see the security footage.”

“Echo Romeo-Actual was assigned to immediate containment breach. When we realized just how big a breach we were dealing with, we were completely overwhelmed. Funny, how even the best and brightest minds in the world can be so unprepared.”

“So you are saying it is your own fault?”

“Absolutely not. This was a new discovery in SCP-096’s behavior. We had no way to know, and we are lucky it did not turn into an XK.”

“The first three elements of Tau-1 succeeded in gathering the townsfolk in the first three towns without incident. SCP-096-1 was confirmed to not be in any of these when SCP-096 ran through each in turn without stopping. However, a video log in MTF-Tau shows SCP-096-1 being identified in the town of [DATA EXPUNGED], and the ensuing incident.”

“Show it.”

Picture secured by MTF-Tau. SCP-096 circled in yellow, blocked out.

“Just a quick question, doctor. Um, what exactly were you planning on doing, there? Major Jack Wilford was top-notch SBS when we recruited him.”

“I was also a Recon medic, sir, and was deployed in the Caucasus. Marines beat SBS.”

“No, they don’t.”

“Enough, both of you. Moving on.”

“I don’t see what that has to do with me.”

“There is no reason to play dumb, doctor. He’s told us everything.”

“…Well then, I guess there’s no use feigning anything, is there?”

“That is horrible, doctor. How could you knowingly-”

“It worked. There was only a matter of time until that happened in a major population center, and its face spread over the world news. I can kill 096, but I’ve killed myself in the process.”