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The live broadcast chat room was now smothered in a chilling silence. Even though many believed that the contents of the file might not be entirely real, that did little to ease the collective anxiety crawling up everyone's spine.
"WTF? This is beyond cruel!"
"Are they trying to contain SCP-3999, or destroy this poor researcher Talloran?"
"Whoever wrote this file has to be a psychopath. This is monstrous."
S.H.I.E.L.D Headquarters.
These sentints were echoed across the entire monitoring facility. Most agents and top personnel stared at the screen, disturbed and confused.
"So... this is all just a prank?" Natasha Romanoff murmured, her tone uncertain.
"...I don't know," Nick Fury admitted grimly.
That in itself was telling. For a man like Fury to hesitate, to doubt—it ant sothing serious was brewing beneath the surface.
He felt it. A strange contradiction—a clash between truth and unreality. Logic and madness.
Suppressing his discomfort, Fury continued watching. Onscreen, Jas was still calmly flipping through the pages of the SCP-3999 file.
"Do you feel anything?" he asked the others.
Zyn looked pale. The file had clearly gotten under her skin. Lois wasn't faring much better. He forced a laugh but failed to hide his unsettled expression.
"What do you an? Feel what?"
Jas replied calmly, "Inconsistency. Conflicted logic. Multiple perspectives fighting to define reality."
"Yes!" Lois exclaid suddenly, "That's exactly how it feels!"
Jas nodded. "I have two possible theories."
Lois blinked in surprise. "Wait—you figured sothing out?"
Jas continued without flinching. "First possibility: the person who wrote this file suffers from severe schizophrenia. The contradictions are the result of wildly different ntal states writing at different tis."
Lois froze for a mont, then nodded slowly. "Damn... that actually makes a lot of sense. What's your second idea?"
Jas took a deep breath. "I need to see more before I say anything."
Right on cue, the screen displayed more of the file.
[What is the classification of SCP-3999?]
[Researcher Talloran's colleagues must be executed, one by one.]
[Cafeteria staff are to poison als with arsenic, targeting all individuals who interacted with Talloran—including mbers of the O5 Council.]
[[SCP-3999 cannot be contained.]]
[SCP-3999 and Researcher Talloran are to be delivered as gifts to the Serpent's Hand.]
[Talloran will be given amnestics and assigned a new identity as a high-ranking mber of the Fifth Church.]
By now, the live chat was utter chaos.
"What the hell is this? None of it makes sense anymore!"
"Is this containnt procedure or psychological warfare?"
"It just keeps contradicting itself!"
Onscreen, Jas squinted slightly. "Interesting..."
"Interesting?!" Lois nearly shouted. "I'm losing my mind here and you think it's interesting?!"
Zyn shot him a look. "Let him finish."
Jas tapped the printed pages. "These paragraphs share a common trait. Haven't you noticed?"
Everyone, both onscreen and off, paused.
Jas continued, "The author is desperate to define SCP-3999. But that definition constantly shifts. Each rewrite isn't just a correction—it's an act of self-destruction."
Zyn leaned forward. "And?"
"Each revision increases the tornt directed at Talloran. This isn't just about the anomaly—it's about punishing soone."
He closed his eyes and spoke with finality. "I no longer believe the author was schizophrenic. I think... SCP-3999 and Talloran are the sa."
That revelation sent the live chat into an uproar.
"WHAT? SCP-3999 IS TALLORAN?!"
"No way. That's insane. Or... is it?"
"Wait, two entities in one file... That explains the contradictions!"
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Natasha gasped. "That's... that's too wild to believe."
Nick Fury didn't dismiss the idea. Instead, he ntally replayed the earlier parts of the file—separating lines with and without strikethroughs. The contradictions, the attempted definitions, the horrifying punishnts...
Suddenly, it all clicked.
Jas might be right.
Then the next wave of data hit:
[RESEARCHER TALLORAN [FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM SCP-3999]]
[RESEARCHER TALLORAN [SHALL BE KEPT ALIVE BY ANY ANS NECESSARY]]
[RESEARCHER TALLORAN [IS NOT SCP-3999]]
[THERE IS A DEEP CONNECTION BETWEEN TALLORAN AND SCP-3999]
Everyone froze.
Lois read aloud, "There's no strikethrough on that last one..."
He turned to Jas. "So... that part's true?"
"Yes," Jas confird calmly. "The connection is real."
Gasps echoed through the livestream.
S.H.I.E.L.D Command Center
"If everything without strikethroughs is true..." Natasha began.
Nick Fury clenched his jaw. "Then Talloran's friends and family... they're really dead."
Just then, Zyn jumped in with a logical counterpoint. "Hold on! If they died... why do later sections still ntion them?"
She pointed to a segnt of the file:
[Talloran's mission is to accompany SCP-3999 for life, living a happy life surrounded by loved ones.]
"How does that make sense?" Zyn asked. "If they're dead, how can they reappear later?"
Jas didn't answer right away.
Instead, Lois—usually the loud one—spoke quietly.
"What if... SCP-3999 is a reality bender? Like SCP-239?"
Zyn froze.
The realization slowly dawned on her. She turned back to the file, rereading the disturbing passages.
[All of Talloran's colleagues [are to have their hands cut off and eyes gouged out in front of him.]]
[SCP-3999 is allowed to visit Talloran's sister. It will brutally tear her apart... then reverse the damage. Then take her out for ice cream.]
No one could speak.
The grotesque cruelty was overwhelming. It wasn't hypothetical. It was described in detail—like a mory replayed, not a theory.
The horror was unbearable.
Then, the cafeteria scene shifted.
Several new figures entered. Dr. Kondraki stood among them, eyeing Jas with a mixture of exasperation and awe—as if to say, "You always find a way to surprise ."
But all attention was drawn to the woman in the lead.
She radiated power. Authority. Control.
Then she spoke:
"Please continue."
The live audience recognized the voice instantly.
An Overseer of the O5 Council.
Even Zyn and Lois, still processing the horrors of the file, stood at full attention.
The woman raised her hand to calm them and turned to Jas again. "Please, go on."
Instead, Jas asked a simple question:
"Does the Foundation have any personnel records of Researcher Talloran?"
That one sentence stunned everyone.
It was such a basic idea—but no one had thought of it until now.
Of course! If they could check the files, they could verify the truth. If Talloran existed, the Foundation would have records.
Everyone leaned forward.
The Overseer hesitated.
"I... forgot."
"Forgot?" Zyn echoed in disbelief. "How can you forget sothing like that?!"
Lois looked equally baffled. "Isn't it a simple yes or no?!"
But Jas remained calm.
"You forgot... that kind of 'forgot,' huh?"
The chat exploded.
"What kind of answer is that?!"
"There are different types of forgetfulness now???"
S.H.I.E.L.D
"This is driving crazy," Natasha muttered. "Are these people just ssing with us?"
Nick Fury's expression suddenly darkened. "No. This reminds of sothing..."
Everyone turned to him.
"The Yellowstone incident. Rember the TK-level reconstruction scenario? Everyone forgot about the 'cosmic flower' afterward."
"Wait, you an...?"
"Yes," he said gravely. "This might be reality-bending-induced amnesia."
The screen focused again on Jas and the Overseer.
She didn't speak for a long ti.
Finally, her voice returned—but now it was strained, heavy with emotion.
"My instinct tells ... I once interviewed Talloran."
She paused, scanning Jas's face.
"But I forgot everything. Who he was. What we talked about. When it happened. Where it happened. I have no concept of him at all. If you hadn't reminded , I wouldn't even have known he existed."
The silence afterward was complete.
Then Jas spoke softly.
"ZK-Class end-of-reality scenario."
The Overseer didn't argue. She instead reached into her pocket, retrieved a device, and pressed a hidden switch.
Her voice was quiet but absolute.
"This is O5-[DATA EXPUNGED]. We are in big trouble."
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