#scp 1003

[harveywritings92]

[Irma walks into her kitchen one morning and finds Clef in there sitting at the breakfast table on a laptop.]

Irma: Hello person who doesn't live here.

Clef, sipping coffee: Mornin...

Irma, walking to her fridge: Gave you that key for....Wait, I never gave you key?

Clef: You made the mistake of leaving your locks pickable, *holding a large McDonald's bag* I bought egg-Mcmuffins .

Irma, staring at an empty juice carton annoyed: You also drank all my peach passion Five Alive...Why are you here? Oh shit, did 106 escape again??

Clef: No. I just didn't feel like driving all the way home, has Gia made any friends at her new school?

Irma: A Few why? *look at the Laptop screen* Oh, Alto... You're not doing background checks on the kids Georgia talks to again, are you?

Clef: Better safe than sorry, especially after last time.

[One of the boys at Georgia's old school she was briefly sweet on turned out to be an instance of SCP-1003 and infected half the school. Georgia was the reason they discovered it 'cos she got infect too and started complaining about stomach aches and numbness in her hands, luckily her infection was in the early stages and could be treated with medication; everyone else who'd been infected longer weren't so lucky. Since then Clef has been a little paranoid about who hangs around with his foster niece.]

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[opheliajupiter99]

D-Class #402 Interview: SCP 1003 AKA 'Tapeworm Child'

Dr. {REDACTED}: Good afternoon #402. How are you feeling today? D-Class #402: Hungry...so fucking hungry. Doc, just...for fuck's sake, please, what's happening to me? Please tell me. Dr. {REDACTED}: I can't disclose that information, we've been over this. D-Class #402: Please! Please, just tell me... Dr. {REDACTED}: The directors believe telling you would highly increase your anxiety. D-Class #402: Pff, oh yeah, cause I -totally- ain't dealing with the constant threat of death every day anyways. Look doc, I'm a dead man anyway, you're gonna keep throwing shit at me until I croak, what's it matter if I know or not? Dr. {REDACTED}: ...F-Fine, fine. We're...using you to test SCP 1003. D-Class #402: Which one's that? Dr. {REDACTED}: It has been nicknamed 'The Tapeworm Child'. D-Class #402: The Tapeworm- wait...is that...is that why- Dr. {REDACTED}: Yes. It's why you're so hungry. D-Class #402: ....Did you fucking knock me up?! Dr. {REDACTED}: I...wouldn't put it so crassly, but...in terms of there being a living being gestating inside you, yes. D-Class #402: ...Well fuck....what's gonna happen then? Dr. {REDACTED}: It's going to spend most of its growth cycle resembling a common tapeworm, then, near the end, it will mutate to near perfectly resemble an ordinary human fetus. Once it reaches that point, it will...well... D-Class #402: Lemme guess - it'll bust out my guts? Dr. {REDACTED}: ....Yes. D-Class #402: ...How long I got left? Dr. {REDACTED}: Given the starting time of the gestation period, we estimate a little over a week. D-Class #402: ..... Dr. {REDACTED}: I'm sorry. This is why I didn't want to tell you. You already have little hope here as is, I didn't want- D-Class #402: *chuckles* Dr. {REDACTED}: ...I mean it, I'm truly sorry. I know that can be hard to believe but- D-Class #402: Oh no, no, it ain't that doc. I ain't sad - I'm happy. Dr. {REDACTED}: ...You are? Why? D-Class #402: *chuckles again* Why? Doc, I've been here for months, thinking that not only was I gonna die, but I wouldn't die for any better damn reason than lab rat - tossed out, dies, bring in the next one! But now you're telling me, that I'm gonna have a kid? That I'll be giving my life so my kid can live? Ha, why the fuck shouldn't I be happy? Dr. {REDACTED}: Well...I'm glad you're happy then, I suppose. *Shrugs* D-Class #402: What's it need? To like, grow and be healthy? Dr. {REDACTED}: Our research shows that the higher the fat content of the host, the more developed the creature is at birth. D-Class #402: Well fucking fatten me up then! I don't give a shit if I'm crazy - I'm not gonna get to meet the kid, so the least I can do is give it all I can right now. Hehe - no dying a worthless nobody for me. Like this, least I can die a father.

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Above: Decayed instance of SCP-1003-2 recovered from taxidermist's shop in [REDACTED]

Item #: SCP-1003

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: The Foundation currently has 10 instances of SCP-1003-2 (designated SCP-1003-2-a-k) in its possession, all of which are held in separate heavily guarded high-security cells at Bio-Research Area ██. All personnel at Bio-Research Area ██ are to undergo regular compulsory testing for signs of SCP-1003 infection. Personnel wishing to access SCP-1003-2-a-k may only do so for the express purpose of research, must be Level 5, and must have written permission from O5-█ beforehand. They are to wear biohazard suits when entering SCP-1003-2-a-k's cells, and go through an intensive disinfection process afterwards. No animals of the order Carnivora are to be allowed at Bio-Research Area ██ under any circumstances.

Description: SCP-1003-1 is an adult tapeworm of the species Echinococcus granulosus, known for causing hydatid disease. Like others of its species, SCP-1003-1 inhabits the small intestines of carnivores (typically canids), where it produces eggs that are passed in the host's faeces. The eggs can survive up to ██ years in the outside environment.

When the eggs enter the gastrointestinal tract of a human subject (hereby designated the intermediate host) via consumption of contaminated food, they hatch into larvae, which burrow into the host's tissues. It is at this stage that SCP-1003's anomolous properties begin to manifest. Instead of developing into cysts, the larvae develop into creatures which resemble human embryos (hereby designated SCP-1003-2). The vast majority of SCP-1003-2 specimens die before they have a chance to develop. Those that survive are usually those that are embedded in nutrient-rich tissue, such as hepatic tissue. As they develop, they absorb nutrients from the surrounding tissue, which often causes problems for the intermediate host.

SCP-1003-2's development mostly follows the pattern of normal human prenatal development, but at a faster rate. By 8 weeks, it is as mature as a 3-week-old neonate, although it is similar in size to an 8-week-old embryo (around 5 or 6 inches). Once it has reached this stage, it will actively consume the intermediate host from within. It does this with sharp, hooked teeth. SCP-1003-2 growth is accelerated to an even greater extent as it is doing this. By the time it has fully consumed the intermediate host (usually after ███ minutes or so), it will have developed into a child. The physical age of the child typically ranges from 10 months to 11 years, depending on the mass of the intermediate host, though in extreme cases (where the intermediate host is morbidly obese) it can be as high as 13-15 years.

Once SCP-1003-2 is finished, it will lose its hooked teeth, along with its cannibalistic tendencies, from whereon it will be functionally indistinguishable from a human in every respect, with no knowledge or memory of having been a parasite. It will even possess learned skills (e.g. language) that would be expected of a child its apparent age, despite there being no way it could have learned them. Instances of SCP-1003-2 are usually taken into orphanages and sometimes adopted by foster parents. Their only anomalous properties at this stage are that their DNA is somehow still identical to that of Echinococcus granulosus, and that their body fluids (including sweat and saliva) contain tapeworm protoscolex, which infect carnivores and develop into SCP-1003-1, thus continuing the cycle.

Addendum: Testing of SCP-1003 with animals such as cattle and sheep (which are common intermediate hosts of Echinococcus granulosus) have found that its anomalous properties only manifest in humans, and in all other cases, its life cycle is normal and causes hydatid disease in the intermediate host.