Item #: SCP-ES-388
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Due to SCP-ES-388 nature, direct containment methods are currently unavailable. Instead, the Foundation web crawlers will prioritize the monitoring of social media and virtual communities related to the paranormal.
The posts with information regarding SCP-ES-388 (partial or complete) are to be deleted and its nature to be delegitimized by all possible means. Those responsible for the spreading will be detained, subject to interrogation and subsequently receive standard amnestic treatment.
SCP-ES-388-1 its confined in a standard humanoid cell, located in subterranean floor of Site-51. In addition to the perpetual surveillance system, the entity is surrounded by a circle made of bone powder and salt. It is imperative that all personnel assigned to the project be certified with a Cognitive Resistance Value (CRV) of no less than 8.2.
Description: SCP-ES-388, also known as The Tearing Game, is a ritual of unknown origin popularized on the internet. The first registered mention dates from 2007. An anonymous user of the Horror Table Talk forum created a thread on 04/09 at 21:42:04 hours. The excerpt is attached below these lines.
Document ES-388, Section I: Evidence of No registered Anomaly
𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕿𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕲𝖆𝖒𝖊
𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:
- 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞
- 𝐀 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭.
- 𝐀 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.
- 𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐧.
- 𝐀 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞.
- 𝐀 𝐤𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞.
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝.
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞:
- 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝟗 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬/𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.
- 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝’𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬: “𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐡, 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭.”
- 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭; 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦’𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫. 𝐃𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫.
- 𝐀𝐭 𝟏𝟏:𝟓𝟎 𝐩𝐦, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞’𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞. 𝐀𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦. 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫.
- 𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟒 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟓 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬. 𝐀 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧.
- 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.
Addendum-A: SCP-ES-388-1
The objective of SCP-ES-388 is the manifestation of an entity, hereafter referred to as SCP-ES-388-1. It measures 2 meters in tall and exhibits vaguely humanoid features, barely distinguishable since his skin is an advanced stage of gangrenous necrosis, with malformations that resembles epidermodysplasia verruciformis, suggesting that it is rooted in position.
Its upper limbs were replaced by two pairs of branches, on which hang numerous groups of hands “reassembled” to simulate the aspect of clocks. The skull presents a transversal cut at the height of the jaw, in which lays an obsidian symbol suspended on the air. Around the neck it wears a collar made of human heads in a perpetual expression of distress, whose eyelids have been stitched. All of them have an roughly carved eye on their foreheads.
SCP-ES-388-1 shows high cognitive properties, including the sense of identity, referring himself as “The Tearing”. The creature es capable of hold fluid conversations through the multiple mouths on its collar. While the voices vary in intensity, they tend to converge in a deep tone voice, described often as: “A person trying to imitate the human talk”.
- Modus Operandi:
SCP-ES-388-1 initiates the conversation offering an exchange with the player. The item to obtain in each iteration is a revelation concerning the near future of the subjects. For this, SCP-ES-388-1 will use persuasion and data written on paper to get at least one (1) deal successfully done.
The payment method variates and depends on the value perceived from the player with respect to the desired forecast. During the first exchanges is possible to discuss the prices to obtain fair deals. After completing the first exchange, SCP-ES-388-1 will enter in a resting estate, hiding in the periphery of the subject's vision1. The entity could be summoned again inside the room in which the ritual has been performed, as long as the player is alone.
In case the subject wants to finish the game, it should perform a similar ritual, skipping the listing and replacing the invitation for the word: Ušburrudû. There is an additional condition; for the exorcism to be effective it is imperative that the player must not have had any dealings with the entity for at least 72 hours. Psychosomatics sequels are not considered anomalous.
Addendum-B: Case 388-19/ES
The last recorded case prior to the current containment procedures is that of ████ ██████ █████ ██████, a 19-year-old male. A compiled record is presented below. Most of the information has been documented by the victim in a dairy. Its important to note that all the assets offered as payment have been removed by anomalous means.
| Date | Proposed event | Payment made |
|---|---|---|
| 08/22/12 | Results of an exam. | A monkey plushie.2 |
| 08/25/12 | Results of a soccer match. | A pencil case. |
| 08/27/12 | Results of an online gamble | Three screws.3 |
| 08/29/12 | Results of the accident.4 | The twenty nails from his foots |
| ENTRIES OMITTED FOR BREVITY | ||
| 09/24/12 | Results of the lottery. | Missing a relative's birthday for the next 3 years. |
| 09/27/12 | Results of the exam. | Sleep 3 hours a day for a month |
| 09/28/12 | Results of the accident5 | Little finger of the left foot. |
| 09/29/12 | Results of the accident | Hair. |
| 10/01/12 | Results of the accidents | Pet.6 |
| ENTRIES OMITTED FOR BREVITY | ||
| 12/11/12 | Results of the following 2 years. | Accentuated symptoms of Body Integrity Identity Disorder, focused on the left arm.. |
| 12/13/12 | Results of the following 2 years. | Teeth. |
| 12/14/12 | “When will the clocks stop ticking?” | Sense of smell. |
| 12/15/12 | “When will the clocks stop ticking? Please” | Sense of taste. |
| 12/16/12 | Results of the following year. | Sense of view. |
| 12/18/12 | Results of the following 6 months. | Both feet. |
| 12/20/12 | Results of the following month. | Right arm. |
| 12/22/12 | Results of the following 4 days | Right leg. |
| 12/23/12 | Results of the following day. | Left leg. |
| 12/24/12 | Results for today | Special Guarantee. Free. |