Face Stealer

just another scp... don’t mind me...

[scp-61302]

SCP-61302, known in files as “face stealer”.

Class: Euclid

It appears to be a floating female human with dark chocolate colored hair that measures 6 feet in length, almost white skin, wearing an old fraying black sweater, black leggings, an almost featureless white mask it claims to have made for the purpose of retaining the form they favor being in. Itstates they change genders (read:pronouns) a lot. How they were contained is quite the mystery as in the years of 2000s reports of corpses randomly appearing with their faces torn off entirely along with their eyes having been removed. reports also had claimed the person had been walking around the day before the weeks old appearing body had been found. Scp-61302 had been found once a retrieval crew had been sent to [redacted] they had come across it fixing “masks” that were made of the corpses’ face including the eyes. When confronted it requested that it was at least allowed to bring its belongings as well. when it had been contained it had gotten out in the form of one of the corpses seeming to excitedly explore the compound.

It was placed back in its containment room before being explained that doing such things again it not allowed. Shockingly it can change genders with its masks. This has led to much confusion upon entering to find it appearing as another human floating above the ground.

containment procedure:

Scp-61302 is not allowed to wear masks besides the one for its “favorite” form, it is to remain occupied by crafts, daily activities and leisure activities such as reading, making masks with non-living materials, eating, listening to music, and sleeping. Media such as the internet is not to be permitted unless by a class C personnel, containment cell is designed to be the most enjoyable as to make it so leaving is less than desired. This has worked and may continue to work until Scp-61302 is attached to one of the personnel. If attached to personnel it is allowed to follow and enter other rooms of personnel along with other SCPs classified as “Safe”. If out of cell it must be with some form of musical device and three class C personnel.

notes: it has been witnessed eating, drinking, and sleeping. it has not been witnessed using the bathroom unless it is wearing a mask made from a person’s face or to bathe. It actively seems to collect random objects it has found to make small simple crafts. researchers are allowed in the containment cell with it but not allowed to take more than a recorder.

[scp-61302]

Log-135 on SCP-61302,

“We had run tests to find a limit with it and the masks it makes.

We have retrieved the bodies of the two masks made of faces it enjoys to wear. What happens to it (SCP-61302, “face stealer”) while wearing the mask in a form similar to the body before its demise, it alters the dead body. This could be changing clothes to cutting hair.

We had brought the bodies to SCP-61302 to see what would happen once the face- now a mask, was placed back where it should have been. SCP-61302 seemed worried about everyone else. It insisted that everyone left the room, bodies and it moved to an empty containment cell. Everyone felt unnerved that SCP-61302 was taking such precautions, it had told me before entering it did not remember doing something like this before.

When it had placed one of the masks on the body of “Plum”,(we shall address this as SCP-61302-002, and SCP-61302-“face stealer” as SCP-61302-001). SCP-61302-002 is a reanimated corpse that looks extraordinarily alive, SCP-61302-001 seemed afraid as it watched SCP-61302-002 act as if it had just woken up from sleeping. It seemed safe, at least until it saw us through the window, it had turned from seeming as intelligent as a human to as aggressive and primal as a large wild animal. SCP-61302-002 had gotten on all fours, seeming ready to run at the window until SCP-61302-001 had grabbed the face, tearing it off SCP-61302-002, rendering it a faceless corpse again.

If I were honest SCP-61302-001 seems to have been relieved it was a corpse again, I believe it might be afraid of the dead coming back to life. Further testing will be needed to confirm…”

A long pause from the researcher who seemed almost out of breath from saying all that without much of a pause between words.

“The next test SCP-61302-001 consented to was making a mask of a creature, we had let it use as much ink as it wanted to complete a drawing and planning before it made the mask. It had taken three days for the mask to be completed. SCP-61302-001 had requested blood from a corpse, adding “not one that I had the mask of,” eliminating two dozen bodies we had kept for further testing involving SCP-61302. Once we were in the containment room our experiment founding SCP-61302-002 had been. Someone had placed a bucket of blood in front of SCP-61302-001 who held the mask and drawings of it along with the creature the mask belonged to.

It was captivating to watch SCP-61302-001 place the mask in the bucket of blood for it to rise and slowly form into the inky creature it had drawn on the paper. This inky creature will be further known as SCP-61302-003.

SCP-61302-003 is a rather large cat of sorts, despite the only cat-like thing about its appearance being the front legs having large paws and the lengthy tail, its personality seems to mimic a cat towards strangers. It has two displaced eyes- one on its chest and one on the end of its tail. Its hind legs, unlike the front set, have hooves. It is unknown what type of hooves, SCP-61302-001 said it thought mountain goat legs would help the creature it created if needed. SCP-61302-003 has a white mask making up a muzzle, which lacked a nose, and a pair of horns near where the reddish black pointed ears had formed. The mask making its face somehow seems malleable despite being solid.

When SCP-61302-003 had spotted the personnel in its vision it had attempted to attack. SCP-61302-001 had, rather unexpectedly, stood in front of the personnel. This seemed to deter SCP-61302-003 from attacking anyone. It seemed to turn to give SCP-61302-001 affection, much like a cat, rubbing against it and making a loud rumbling sound.

It had been agreed that SCP-61302-003 would stay in the same containment cell as SCP-61302-001. Further testing is needed to-”

A rather androgonous voice perked up

“[redacted]! Are you logging again about us?”

A chuckle, “Yes SCP-61302-001, it’s a part of my job to do such… Why are you out of your cell?”

The other voice spoke again “I’m out to try and see all the pretty people! And Binx is with me too, mostly so I can make sure they don’t ruin our room digging… oh that reminds me! Do you think we can go outside today? I wanna make sure Binx knows everyone who I know is okay!”

“Binx? You mean SCP-61302-003?”

“Mhm!”

“Ah- I don’t think you two will be allowed outside today, there has been an influx of containment breaches so the keter class ones might end up being out attacking you later…”

A small “oh” could be heard before a door being opened and shut sounded, a sigh came from the researcher.

“SCP-61302-001 seems inpatient, unable to be in one place for long. Sometimes I see it jolt at things, the simple alarms for example… I have a feeling, if they were human, they would be “neurodivergent”. SCP-61302-001 has shown plenty of signs for it but refuses to do the testing. No one seems to-”

They were cut off by an alarm, a small “shit” before gunshots then.. The recorded log ended…

[scp-61302]

Log-50 on SCP-61302,

“It has been viewed consuming an irregular amount of edible items that contain sugar or caffeine. Doctor [redacted] believes this is a sign that if they had been human or were one they would not have the normal comprehension of the average population. I disagree with them on the matter SCP-61302 had even been human, it clearly has some unknown motive, from how it reacts to certain words and phrases I believe it might be running from something. It won’t tell us what though… I have a feeling it’s something involving that mask it favors wearing to hide its face from us. It’s so weird, the thing refuses to show us all its face, even refuses to show the cameras, making sure to have it covered all the time.

It rarely bathes even with the access to do so. For some reason whenever it changes clothes it changes into something similar, at least combination or color wise, always dark and covering its legs and arms. When I had asked why it responded with ‘the real question is, “why are other types of fabrics less tolerable?”’ I swear something is up with it. I just can’t figure out what- Doctor [redacted] seems to be getting too close to it emotionally, further investigation needed on how attached they are to it.”

A bit of scribbling, presumably pencil on paper, could be heard before a sharp noise sounded then silence...

[scp-61302]

Log ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️on SCP 61302.

It has been noted to refuse to leave its cell when security breaches happen. When asked why it stated “unless I wish to play someone else there is no reason to leave until requested…” Scp-61302 had requested to “walk” in the outdoors of the compound, when doing so it seemed to be happy despite the lack of facial expressions. Seems curious about others it has seen when having escaped as “Cheri” or “Plum”, its version of a young pair of friends named ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ and ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ it had killed to create masks of their faces. It seems mostly curious about Scp-5829, who goes by the name “Doctor Slime”. When caught it had put up a normal human struggle (besides baring its teeth and biting personnel like an animal). I expect it to start growing bored soon of crafting masks, seems it's there all day plotting and crafting to make the damn things, unlike the masks made from the actual person the ones made from supplies like paper and plaster do not allow Scp-61302 to shift, at least not to a full extent, into that person. Just a few traits like hair being shorter and a different color and clothes changing every so slightly.

Note to next researcher: try to find why it does this and why only the blank ones don’t seem to make it change at all.

end of log.

[scp-61302]

Loud crashing could be heard from another room as the recording started.

“it is the year ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️, the current date being ⬛️⬛️⬛️. today I had permission to remove something from Scp-61302’s room. I removed its normal mask. so far it has almost literally torn the room appart in its search for it, wearing one of the masks it has removed from a human’s body to have. seeming to refuse any other masks while running about as a almost black-purple haired asian woman.”

the crashing suddenly stopped, an “oh shit” can be heard from some other personnel while a sudden thunk, then a few screams.

the being who had started the recording seemed to mutter something before speaking again “Scp-61302, what has you so upset?”

“givemeblankwannabeblanknotothersneedblankneedblank,” it seemed to continue to mutter about wanting “blank” as the researcher muttered “well shit,” before a shatter greeted the recording. more screams before silence.

then.

static...

[scp-61302]

a recorder could be heard playing in the distance...

“I am entering the containment cell of Scp-61302. it is supposedly dangerous to interact with, however it has just arrived at the site.”

the recorder crackled some as a woman’s voice, a young adult as far as anyone can tell,

“who are you?... no one is supposed to be allowed here...”

the person who started the recording chuckled,

“I’m ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️,⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️. your researcher as of now. what is your name?”

there was a shuffle as the Scp’s voice seemed to lower.

“I’m... not deserving of a name doctor... hope you understand...”

“alright, that’s okay, do you know why you’re here?”

another shuffle,

“is it because I killed the pretty people?... they weren’t all nice people, still looked pretty like they were... they didn’t deserve to have such cute faces those ones and- ohgoshI’mramblingaren’tI?sorry...”

a few moments of silence.

“what do you mean but ‘pretty like they were’?”

“I don’t wanna talk about it, you should go.”

sounds of footsteps before the words came.

“I have left SCP-61302’s containment room. seems it’s emotionally unstable. will do further research on interactions with it tomorrow, this has been ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️, end log.”

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