Hi chat, meet the LOGOS096 AU! It's basically an AU of 096 being sapient after being put into 914 (and also my interpretation of some of the characters)
For now, Let me ramble a bit about few of the characters, I'll most likely probably refine them lol, if the writing seems like shit I'm lowkey just brain-farting the characters' backstories as I type this all out. keep in mind, they may be subject to change!
So, This is Zeph (A.k.a. 096), which is my main AU version of 096 (If it wasn't obvious). He thinks he doesn't deserve to be named as anything, but Laurent calls him such. He did gave him that name after all
(Tbf, Zeph is fine being called such by Laurent) The guy beside him is Himesh! (A.k.a. SCP-1529). Well, The locals call him that, and he decided to take that name instead.
It's basically a mix of the 1529 fan theory and the "There is comfort in not seeing. There is bliss in not knowing." Tale!
Basically, He was originally from an orphanage. It's unknown who his parents are. (probably will never know) He was often mistreated and outcasted by the other kids at the orphanage due to his strange appearance. He kinda dipped out of the orphanage and into the wilderness, ending up in the mountains where he met Himesh. Himesh kinda did raise him (if you can call it that), and it kinda screwed up Zeph's development even more. Hence how he ended up how he is before the events of the 914 incident.
Himesh saw him more as an animal he raised and tamed if anything, using him as a "tool" to take care of humans who climbed the mountain. As much as Zeph hated doing such. Himesh conditioned Zeph into doing so by using his own anomalous abilities to his advantage to basically punish him, if he doesn't kill the mountaineers that step foot near the death zone. Even though, Zeph is fully capable of sliming him out. He's scared of him for that reason. More tragic is that, Himesh is the closest thing to a parental figure Zeph ever had.
The Foundation saw 096 and captured him, which Himesh was livid about it when he found out a few weeks later.
For a recap from Zeph's shyguyverse description: He is a variation of SCP-096 that came out of SCP-914 from Universe-[Redacted], due to the infiltration of the Chaos Insurgency. They accidentally put it on the "Fine" setting instead of "Very Fine", as a result caused SCP-096 to gain sapience. Afterwards, killed the rest of the Chaos insurgency and the Foundation personnel who were inside 914's containment chamber after looking at its face. After a week. The foundation decided to conduct an interview on SCP-096, whom had it face covered by a bag the entire interview. Its seems that SCP-096 deep remorse for what it did stating that, even after its victim had died and the anger subsided. It felt like it was still looking at him. It had a one-on-one conversation with Dr. Daniels, but is indifferent to the creature's plea for forgiveness. Changes were made in its file, but its termination still went on as is. Despite being put on to an equivalent to death row, SCP-096 wasn't against it at all. For some reason, Dr. Daniels seemed rather annoyed that it wasn't against its own termination.
Now to Laurent! Laurent had a bit of an huge ego when it came to being a doctor, he especially wanted to express that to his previous head researcher, Dr. Hamm. Hamm, as much as he wasn't really convinced of Laurent's reasoning for the pestilence, he at the very least tried to understand him. Which lead to the death of Hamm , and 049's ego.
After Dr. Hamm's death, He attempted to cover his emotions from the whole ordeal up to professionalism (saying "his death was for the great or good", and such examples), so he hasn't really gotten to grieve him properly. This drove him to persistently work on trying to find a cure for the pestilence and paranoia surrounding it only really worsened because of it. Ignoring all his own needs to tend to others whom were infected by the pestilence. So others would not end up how Dr. Hamm did.
These rare crosstests were the only chances of him getting close to curing the pestilence, ever since he got his permissions of requesting subjects to "cure" were revoked of him. He was given a chance to try and cure a humanoid, which gave him a sense of hope... Until he met him in person...
He did not have the pestilence, but he was definitely sick...
SO, RECAP (and a few bits of retcons lol): The relationship with Laurent and Zeph is rather sad actually. He was not just a patient to the creature, He was like the son he never had. After a couple of cross tests with 049 attempting to "cure" 096. He was supposed to give the scarf to 096 on their next meeting but they ended the crosstest because, in Dan's words, "- ended up becoming fruitless". So, he was left to grieving about the creature he could not save, he doesn't even know whether the creature was dead or not.
Until one faithful security breach which happened a few months after the last crosstest, this gave Laurent the chance to see Zeph for one last time. They managed to say their final goodbyes to one another. Zeph said that Laurent tried is best to make his life less of a living hell, even if it was for a moment and it was good enough for it. Even though Laurent didn't really think it was enough. Worse part, Laurent felt like he was grieving for a son who already had a terminal illness and was at his final moments... Just like Raymond did. So, him saying these things hurt it on the inside even more. Zeph finally said goodbye to Laurent while 049 says goodbye to him, and hopes that he could meet him in another life.
