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// SCP-EQ-019 - Cold Wind Blows 
// Story: SCP Foundation - Equestrian Files 
// by DagaYemar 
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Item #: SCP-EQ-019

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-EQ-019 is to be kept in a 30m diameter clear crystal sphere ensorcelled to be impervious to cold temperatures and ice buildup, placed in the center of an empty 100m square chamber in Site 66. The sphere is to be checked for damage daily. A minimum of twenty-one guards made up of a equal measure of pegasi, unicorns, and earth ponies are to be stationed at Site 66 at all times. Guards must be on good terms with each other and are required to submit to psychiatric evaluations every five days, rotated out on a morale scoring 85% or lower. Aside from visiting researchers, no other creature or object is permitted access to Site 66.

As public knowledge of SCP-EQ-019 is essential to repressing the worst of its anomalous effects, secondary containment is focused on campaigns of misinformation centered around the belief that SCP-EQ-019 is merely superstition or an old foals story, albeit one whose morals should be upheld. Witnesses to uncontained instances are to be questioned thoroughly, then given a class A amnesic spell and a cover story of panicked hallucinations during the crisis. 

Should a Disharmony Event occur, MTF Eta 6 (Frosty Friends) are to be dispatched to locate and capture new instances. A detailed population survey is to be continuously updated to facilitate identifying possible hosts. In the event of a Major Disharmony Event, [REDACTED].

Description: SCP-EQ-019 is the group designation for three entities resembling spectral horses. All three instances are identical and there is as yet no way to differentiate between them.

Instances of SCP-EQ-019 resemble full grown horses from the torso forward, with bodies made entirely of a mix of cold air and mist. Each instance has long, thin facial features and eyes of a solid mass of light with no discernible pupil, iris, or cornea. The back half tapers off into a long vapor trail continuously flickering as if in a strong wind. SCP-EQ-019 bodies maintain a constant temperature of -15oC, regardless of outside temperatures. Samples separated from the main body will slowly vanish, while any damage will regenerate at a commensurate rate. Reduced to nothing, an instance will have completely regenerated in _ hours.

Each instance of SCP-EQ-019 is constantly in motion, seemingly content to gallop in circles endlessly when not drawn toward sources of food. Due to their ethereal bodies and negligible body weight, SCP-EQ-019 has the ability to fly through the air despite lacking wings or any other sort of propulsion method. It is unknown whether SCP-EQ-019 is sapient or not, as no instance has ever responded to any Foundation attempt to make contact, though instances have been known to target certain important ponies over others to maximize division and lie in waiting for centuries when needed. All three instances are capable of moving and reacting in unison, working together to trap prey or fly in formations. Whether this is the result of silent communication or a shared mental connection is being researched.

SCP-EQ-019 is capable of phasing through most solid materials and magical constructs, the sole exception of which is clear crystal. The reason for this is currently unknown. Sources of heat are capable of scattering an instances' physical form for a limited time, though constant exposure to its cold internal temperature will frequently result in the heat source extinguishing long before any real damage can be done. A single powerful spell called ___ _____ __ __________ appears to be the only way to deal significant damage to SCP-EQ-019, and is capable of completely immolating an instance.

SCP-EQ-019's primary motivation is to cause conflict and animosity between ponies of different tribes and feed off the resultant negative energy produced. As SCP-EQ-019 does not metabolize and therefore does not need to feed to survive, their reasoning for doing this is unknown. SCP-EQ-019 is able to siphon these emotions unobserved by their prey and from up to ___m away, so prey are often unaware they are being fed upon. SCP-EQ-019 are incapable of creating these emotions in ponies by themselves and must rely on the actions of their prey to produce appropriate feed. Conversely, feeling of friendship and other positive emotions are extremely irritating to SCP-EQ-019, and no instance will willingly fed on a community if the positive energy outweighs the negative. When not feeding, wild SCP-EQ-019 can be invariably found biding their time in [REDACTED].

Each instance is capable of using this negative energy to lower the surrounding temperature over an effectively unlimited expanding area, though centered around where each instance is presently located. The primary purpose of this seems to be to make ponies miserable, thus increasing the generating of animosity to feed upon. If left unchecked, it is predicted that an XK-Class Extinction Event Scenario due to Equestria becoming too frozen to support higher life will result in _ months.

Each SCP-EQ-019 is also capable of using stored negative energy to create ice, snow, and winds up to 30 mph. Precipitation produced this way is generally expelled though the instances' mouth, though it is capable of growing ice over surfaces and into structures such as walls by focusing its attention on an area. When this ice fully encases a creature, the creature is placed into a state of suspended animation. Experiments have shown that ponies enveloped this way can remain in this state indefinitely without succumbing to hunger, dehydration, or suffocation. Ponies also retain whatever mental state they had at the moment of encasement, potentially producing enough negative energy to feed SCP-EQ-019 should all other life die out.

Should sufficient animosity be generated to cause a schism between the three tribes, a Disharmony Event will occur. During a Disharmony Event, or should at least one instance of SCP-EQ-019 be destroyed, all remaining instances will slowly dissolve over the course of _ hours. During this time, one pegasus, one unicorn, and one earth pony somewhere in Equestria will transform into new instances of SCP-EQ-019 through an undocumented process. Hosts subjected to this are always among the most isolated and friendless ponies in Equestria, making locating them in the case of a Disharmony Event difficult. The first action of new instances is always to seek out the other two before heading out to capitalize on the Event.

Despite several attempts, predicting new hosts of SCP-EQ-019 using D-Class subjected to horrid living conditions has so far failed to work. Somehow, they know we're watching and always picks somepony we know nothing about. Since we can't test this over and over without creating unacceptable numbers of containment breaches, all further testing along this line is suspended. - O5 Council






{The following Addenda are sealed to all below Level 5 clearance.}

ANY NON-AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ACCESSING THIS FILE WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED THROUGH MEMETIC KILL AGENT. SCROLLING DOWN WITHOUT PROPER MEMETIC INOCULATION WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE CARDIAC ARREST FOLLOWED BY DEATH.
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MEMETIC KILL AGENT ACTIVATED

CONTINUED LIFE SIGNS CONFIRMED

REMOVING SAFETY INTERLOCKS





If you are reading this, then we've reached a tipping point. In recent years, the number and intensity of Disharmony Events has increased dramatically. Despite Foundation efforts, the frequency of Events has eroded the trust ponies have in each other to a point where each subsequent Event is easier to start than the last. A feedback loop is being created, with Friendship being worn away in a war of attrition. A big one is coming, strengthened by all the Events before it. This Major Disharmony Event is projected to strip the last bit of trust the three tribes have left.

Our goal remains the same, to safeguard all of Ponykind and spread the message of Friendship throughout the land. But if a choice must be made between the two, emphasis must be placed on the former over the later. Fortunately there is a last ditch option available to us. SCP-EQ-019 feeds not on animosity between ponies, but specifically animosity between ponies of different tribes. 

Three separate communities have been prepared and covered in a protective anti-attention spell. Powerful runes are prepared to instantly teleport all denizens of Equestria to these locations, wherein Class-Z amnestic spells will be dispersed through the populace to eliminate all memories of co-mingling with the other tribes. Time and certain memes spread throughout each city will take care of the rest.

May the ponies of the future forgive us for what must be done, and may someday the power of friendship grow anew.




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