//------------------------------// // SCP-1000 — White Horse // Story: Site 16 - The Tartarus Gate // by Journeyman //------------------------------// Item #: SCP-1000 Object Class: Euclid Special Containment Procedures: Containment Area 24 surrounds the ██████████ █████ ██████ area and is to be quarantined under the cover story of dangerous terrain. Any unauthorized personnel attempting to enter the grounds is to be detained for questioning and given a Class-A Mnemonic Enchantment. Should the perpetrator be prepubescent or younger, questioning is suspended and the subject shall be immediately escorted off site after the enchantment has been cast, as SCP-1000 hunts children with a greater tenacity than it hunts for adults. Bi-hourly patrols containing no less than four (4) agents must patrol the grounds. Recording devices are attached to all agents at all times with all feeds backed up on external and on site sources. Device corruption is used to predict SCP-1000 proximity. If there is any fault with the equipment, replacement equipment must be obtained immediately. All equipment must be tested for faults every half hour. No weapons of any kind are permitted inside or near the border of Containment Area 24. No Foundation staff are allowed to enter Containment Area 24 alone unless granted approval by an O5 majority; failure to comply makes the risks punishment in of itself. All staff must pass rigorous psychological examination. Those with high resistance to psyonic manipulation or reality shifts are given preference. All instances of amnesia, paranoia, audio or visual hallucinations, violent or atypical behavior, anxiety, panic attacks, nightmares, or acute insomnia must be reported immediately. No D-Class are allowed on site at any time in order to decrease exposure to SCP-1000’s cognitohazardous effects. No one is allowed to look near SCP-1000’s general direction, regardless of the situation. Anyone discovered in the presence of SCP-1000 is officially MIA and no rescue must be attempted. Should anyone deemed MIA ever be recovered, they must be placed under suicide watch and questioned about their experiences. Even if the missing agent or researcher is deemed sound of mind, he or she must not be released into active service until a minimum of six (6) months have passed. Every eight (8) days, a single D-Class must be deposited near the geographical center of ██████████ █████ ██████. A visual and auditory recording device must be placed on each D-Class offered to SCP-1000. No agent or researcher may observe SCP-1000’s behavior by any direct or indirect means. Should SCP-1000 ever venture out of its habitat, protocol is to locate a █████████████ orphanage and deposit 1-5 children into the Area’s geographical center. This has proven to decrease lengthy containment breaches by 68%. Should any agents on patrol hear abnormal sounds up to and including: laughter, crying, shouts, screams, begging, humming, or moaning, they are to investigate the source. Should they encounter any civilians, they are to be detained and questioned prior to receiving a Class-A Mnemonic Enchantment. If agents discover SCP-1000 or any personnel in its presence, agents are to evacuate immediately and log all in the vicinity as MIA. Description: SCP-1000 is a pony of unknown race or type. To date, SCP-1000 has not communicated with the Foundation or any known sources. No physical description can be made, as its inherent cognitohazard and corruption effects make observation nearly impossible. No further attempts are to be made to determine SCP-1000’s physical appearance. The subject has a corrosive effect on the mental state of all life forms that come into its presence. Prolonged exposure to the subject has increasingly damaging effects regardless of time between incidents. Deleterious mental conditions increase at a logarithmic rate the closer one approaches the subject. Until more data can be compiled, it is unknown if such an effect is a deliberate act by SCP-1000 to not be seen, or a passive ability of its physical form. SCP-1000’s aura has an equally hazardous effect on technology. All complex devices, especially those that operate on electricity, suffer corruption when it is near, yet operate at normal efficiency outside its area of influence. SCP-1000 must be “fed” routinely to prevent it from preying on the public or Foundation agents. Most life forms in its habitat have long since perished and those that remain instinctively flee its close proximity. Geo-locators attached to offered D-Class vanish as soon as SCP-1000 abducts them. No remains have ever been found. The subject enters a state of languor or vanishes from sight for approximately 2-9 days after feeding. Subject has shown increased docility and decreased assaults on Foundation personnel if presented with children instead of D-Class. A possible alteration in its feeding is undergoing review. The subject has the ability to selectively choose who sees it and who doesn’t, effectively rendering it invisible to all but its prey. Such behavior is likely a tactic to induce fear, but the nature and desires of SCP-1000 remain a mystery, as are the reasons behind why it hunts. This is the clearest photograph of SCP-1000. Note its effects corrupting the film negative. SCP Foundation Homesite Image Location: LINK Editors: Trachyon