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REMEMBERED THIS ACCOUNT EXISTS. I GO BACK TO SCHOOL IN TWO WEEKS BUT I WANNA START USING THIS AGAIN REGARDLESS!

I will be redoing my meet the artist post at some point soon:) Until then though!

HI! I'm Holly, or Frog, or REDACTED, or whatever the hell. Im in college studying zoology. My pronouns are she/her, I'm 19, and I'm here to creature around the place.

WILL LIKELY BE PRIMARILY DRAWING:

SGUIDE!!! (Campaign I've been in for 5 ish years? 6?? loosely based off of homestuck but off the walls bonkers. Makes me crazy all interests I have lead back to this one)

DND THINGS?? (Love character design love the concept of dnd.. haven't been in an official campagn but boy do I have schemes)

CREATURES!! (Woe! Beasts be upon you)

PROBABLY SOME FANDOM STUFF AS WELL MAYBE! IF I MANAGE TO KEEP POSTING ON HERE!

I use procreate, and have been recently getting into small animatic adjacent projects! Also have been learning how to use Blender for 3d miniatures, so I'll probably end up posting those here too.

need to revamp my tag system. lets ummm

#REDACTEDFILES will be talking tag. for the yapping

████████ (05-08), 10/07/2013: The O5 Council formally directs the leaders of SCP-731 and the related projects to cease any and all activity and report to the Foundation's headquarters. After sufficient revision of the files, the Council wishes to speak directly to those in charge and involve them in the decision process regarding 731's continued existence. The Ethics Committee has filed a complaint about deliberate misleading and ommitted files and facts about 731 that would have otherwise brought the SCP to the council's attention long ago. 

We expect you have proper explanations for this.

Addendum 073-h:

Attn: Task Force O-__ ("Debuggers") CC: ████████ (05-03) ████████ (Dr ████ ), 13/07/2013: Following the review with the O5 Council yesterday and the decision being mulled over, it is with regret I inform you that Dr ████ and Agents ████, █████, and ███ will no longer be working with SCP 731 or continuing with the project. It has come to the attention of the Ethics Committee and the O5 Council that the above Foundation employees were colluding in providing misinformation and obscuring other facts in order to proceed with certain facets of the project. Some of the members of our team have also been kept in the dark, so it is an order from the Council that all higher ranking members be filled in.

SCP 731 has not only broken through the Debuggers' security but continued to use Foundation technology in order to increase its processing power and memory, as well as update and backup its current data. While it has spread greatly throughout our system (as well as using the few external connections we have to connect to outside systems, the number of which we do not yet know), it seems to have no interest in the other electronic SCPs or damaging the servers in any way. In fact, it seems to be doing very little with what its spread to, showing no inclination to attack our systems, absorb other SCP, or even fight back much the few times we've gone on the offensive. It has even made a point to make itself as discreet as possible, attempting not to affect the operations of the systems it infects or gain any notice. Its sole intent is to spread and hide, it seems, despite the revelation that this constant upgrading has in fact been negatively affecting SCP 731-1's stability, as some of you may have noticed. 731-1 does not seem to be compatible with this level of processing power.

While relatively docile for the time being, hiding this new development puts everyone in the Foundation who deals with technology at risk. We cannot assume the SCP will remain nonhostile forever. As well, should it gain the inclination to contact any of the other SCPs (particularly those showing signs of AI or TI and those with hostile purpose), results could be catastrophic. Security breaches of this extent should come to the immediate attention of the O5 Council and all other researchers dealing with electronic SCPs, so that they may take necessary precautions as well.

The second development recently revealed to be obscured by misinformation involves the means of spreading. SCP 731 no longer requires a definite internet connection or the possibility to create a connection. All hardwired connections can now sustain 731. However, as all of us involved already know, disconnecting 731 would cause great damage to 731-1, the extent of resulting effects as of yet unknown.

Finally, it seems the O5 Council was not informed of SCP 731-1's innovation in file compression. Upon (finally) realizing that this was not simply "something the nerds fanboy over", but a technological advancement that could potentially endanger us all should it come in contact with SCP 079, or if SCP 682 were to show the same interest in 731 as it did 079.

Considering all of the above information being kept from them and the traitorous intents that would have led to this, Agents ████ and ███ have had their memory altered and been transferred to a different complex. Dr ████ and Agent  █████ will receive more severe punishment. The results of the Council's eventual decision are not of our concern.

The O5 Council had every intent of shutting the project down and directing the immediate elimination or containment of both 731 and 731-1, but after extensive deliberation, a compromise has been reached. The O5 Council also understands the scientific and innovative potential in this project, and has thus allowed us to continue.

Individual assignments will be updated, some of you recieving orders directly from the O5 Council proxies until they are once more confident in our team leaders' reliability and loyalty. If you receive no missives, consider your assignment unchanged and to continue as you were. Some of you may be questioned regarding the disciplinary case for our ex-colleagues; do not be concerned and simply co-operate with the Ethics and Disciplinary Committees, for they do not intend to reprimand innocent or unwitting employees.

Thank you for your time.

Addendum #073-i:

FROM: Cop. ██████ ███ TO:  Dr. █████ █. █████ SUBJECT: Continuation of SCP-731 Project

You lucked out, you sly son of a bitch. Expect O-23 to contact you within the week.

Tell your guys to remove that first bit when they submit this to the records.

███

Addendum #073-j:

To: Dr. ████

CC: Special Task Force O-23 Subject: Your end of the deal

████████ (05-03), 14/07/2013: O-23 has chosen an Agent to be assigned to 731. They're already scouring this.. tumblr deal, and getting her set up with the beta and blog. She'll be ready within the next two days, they said.

Addendum #073-k:

To: ████████ (05-03)

CC: Special Task Force O-23 Subject: RE: Your end of the deal

Dr. ████ 14/07/2013: Who is the assigned Agent?

Addendum #073-l:

To: Dr. ████ CC: ████████ (05-03)

Subject: RE: Your end of the deal

████ O-23 14/07/2013: Priestess.

Addendum #073-m:

To: ████████ (05-03) Subject: RE: Your end of the deal

Dr. ████ 14/07/2013: ██, you have got to be shitting me. Travis, don't include this in the transcripts please.

Addendum #073-n:

Attn: Task Force ___ ("Debuggers") CC: Special Task Force O-23, ████████ (05-03), ████████ (05-08)

Dr. ████ 22/07/2013: Special Task Force O-23 has assigned an Agent to SCP 731 to interact directly with 731-1 for monitoring and research purposes, as well as record other encounters. Transcripts show that 731-1 has consistent interaction with numerous SCP potentials, many of which were previously unknown, and continues to meet more despite the impossible odds. O-23 has shown interest in monitoring these acquaintances of 731-1's, to better understand whether they too should be declared SCPs and assigned teams to contain them.

“Fourth core's overheating this time. Mean temperature of 38 degrees celsius and rising, range of 13 degrees.”

“Kim, end all external processes and programs so you can ice them; you might have to locate which files they're running on and manually disengage them, they were--”

“39.”

“--being stubborn earlier and refusing to let go once they'd gotten their teeth in something, but I haven't gotten her display up and running yet, and the doctor doesn't want any more cloud--”

“40.”

“...Clouds popping up until we can--”

“41”

“Shut up, Crowder, we get that it's-- Kim what are you, STOP--”

Crack

“...Fourth core's processes ended.”

“...Cain and Able, Kim, you can't just pull the fucking plug to end them.”

“It works.”

“40.”

“What if they'd been working on something important? If there were autonomous functions in there? You could've shut it down.”

“Are you kidding me?! There wasn't enough time to close them all down manually, there are infinite files each one could've been accessing. I'm not gonna sit around and let it cook. And now they're all Iced, so it'll be fine.”

“39.”

“Alright, so you're saying I have permission to pistolwhip you the next time you've got a headache?”

“..What are you even--”

“38, processes back online.”

“I'm saying you don't knock someone out like that.”

“...” Kim leaned back in his chair, his arms crossing over his chest. He kicked his legs up to rest his feet on one of the empty chairs-- there were at least half a dozen in the dimly lit room, but only three of them were on duty at the moment. Three was the most they got nowadays. 731 wasn't a big project or well-funded, but being sponsored by a high profile researcher kept it going. The Debuggers certainly didn't mind a calmer project. Monitoring one system and keeping it from crashing was a lot less stressful than dealing with possessed video games, chasing learning AI through the internet, or having to answer to the military about why that missile's co-ordinates had been set for Microsoft Headquarters.

Agent Freyhan didn't like that look that his colleague was giving him. He rolled his eyes, turning back to his own collection of monitors. He'd been assigned to work on creating some displays for 731. While co-ordinates and the system's status were visible, and they could decipher 731-1's status from how hard the SCP was working, the higher ups weren't satisfied with a bunch of binary and print-outs when it came to a possible TI. The blog had kept them at bay for a while, but now they wanted more. Freyhan was tasked with creating a display for inner dialogue; quite plainly, they wanted her thoughts, or at least the loudest ones. His skin crawled whenever he thought too much about what he was doing-- they'd all seen at least one screenshot or clip from various security cams, and saw the young girl deemed 731-1. “Vel”. She'd become more of a person to some of the squad members, particularly those who spent long hours having to monitor her progress. Knowing that he was tapping into her inner thoughts and displaying them to a bunch of researchers and superiors encroached some grey morals areas. He was starting to wish he'd never reported finding this live stream in the first place, but he knew those were some dangerous desires. They were the kind that got Agents demoted, fired, or shot.

The Ethics Committee wasn't fond of Agents forming attachment to SCPs. Humanoid ones were the most difficult to keep steady researchers for that very reason.

“You're personifying it.”

“What?” He didn't bother keeping the irritation out of his voice as he turned around again, rolling the office chair back away from his keyboard. Kim was still staring at him, gaze as steady as a soldier's. It would have to be; they'd both been through a lot, and even if other Task Forces might laugh behind their backs and make jokes about tech support, the Debuggers had faced just as much horror and ideology-morphing doomsday devices as any of the other Agents. They'd had just as many close calls, had to make just as many crucial and sickening split-second decisions. His squad-mate probably had the same fitful nights as he did from time to time. Everyone in the Foundation did.

“You're personifying the SCP. Equated turning it off with attacking a person, your teammate. Me.” Freyhan's stomach sank, though he wouldn't have gotten very far if he couldn't keep those thoughts off his face. His own expression remained as even and hard as Kim's did. In the background, Crowder's typing filled the silence as he tried quite hard to ignore the tension behind him. This wasn't the first argument he'd seen between his teammates, and it certainly wouldn't be the last. The Debuggers worked in dark, isolated environments often for long stretches at a time, and it got to the best of them. Kim had a hard-ass kind of approach to the job as it was, strict as any of the offensive military Task Forces and raised in that classic asian household; nothing less of perfection, to the letter, was unacceptable in Kim's eyes. Sympathy was one of his biggest triggers.

“It was just a fucking metaphor, Kim, get back to work.” He tried to brush it off nonchalantly, acting like he could care less about the project, his colleague's reproach, and the entire concept. He would've turned back around to his keyboard too if he didn't know that'd just piss Kim off more. He'd never get anything done if Kim was railing on him the whole time about stuff he could've read in the Employee's Handbook on his first day. “I'm just saying, it's unstable as it is and you pulling wires is just asking for something to corrupt or fail, and I don't want Doc on my case.” He muttered under his breath. “I thought the threat might've been easy enough for even you to pick up on, but I guess it was too subtle again.” Crowder chortled behind them, choking the laugh and trying to pass it off as a cough when he felt Kim's glare on the back of his head.

Kim was having none of it though. The bluff didn't fool him. “This isn't someone's daughter. This is an SCP. Just like that wasn't a person, it was a game; that wasn't WALL-E, that was a robot; and that wasn't homicide, they were justifiable casualties to save a fucking country. Like our job description says.” There was a whirring as a fax came in behind them, an old fashioned means of communication that kept some of the AI they dealt with from keylogging or intercepting anything. All computers were offline unless specially given clearance, so email wasn't common. Kim turned around to wait for the documents to come through, holding out a hand to catch up, but kept up his smug tirade. Even if it was technically correct. “We're keeping these things contained, we're working to protect the entire fucking world and getting absolutely no credit for it, 'cause mass-hysteria and introducing more idiots to the supernatural or paranormal is the last thing we need. But for some stupid reason, you keep making it harder for yourself by likening these things to your mom or your dog or your fucking bank teller or something.” The sheet of paper fell into his waiting hand, and the fax machine whirred for another few seconds before clicking off. It was only the one piece of paper. Kim looking obviously exasperated, likely hoping for some kind of update that would permit them a break from these rooms in the basement. He at least had no attachment to their current project. “Which is ridiculous, 'cause you work exclusively with electronic SCPs and don't even have to face the shape-shifting son b--”

He trailed off, his expression falling into a steely look. As hard as it looked, Freyhan knew better. He'd been working with Kim long enough to know that he only tried that hard to hide his thoughts when he was caught off guard. Freyhan rolled his chair across the room, snatching the piece of paper from Kim's hand. Crowder had stopped typing and turned around as well, looking curiously between the both of them.

Freyhan's lips moved as he mouthed out the words, reading through the missive quickly. There wasn't much to read; it was incredibly direct and to the point. He felt his skin crawl again, and Crowder picked up on the reaction. He started pestering them both for an answer. It took a moment before Freyhan answered.

“They've assigned O-23 to the project. They've already set up contact.”