Since he voluntarily agreed to lead the way, he naturally had to go ahead.
However, there are still some strange images lingering in the mind occupying the mask, causing it to stare at the dream from time to time, wanting to turn around to glance at the girl from the corner of its eye, and forcefully resist the urge.
—Why does such a person exist
Since shaking hands, this idea has been spinning in its heart uncontrollably.
—Why is there such a devil in the world
As the saying goes, those who know current affairs are brilliant. Occupying the mask is not a guy who is so stupid that he can't understand the situation. On the contrary, the experience he has accumulated over the years is enough for him to know how to adapt to the wind in a timely manner.
After knowing what the other party was thinking, although it didn't dare to resist openly, it took the initiative to lead the way to show its loyalty, but it wouldn't let people rub it round and flatten it, and still couldn't help thinking about how to move Crooked brain.
"Why don't we chat again?"
Anyway, it can't stand being quiet and has a bit of a talkative character. Apart from being good at manipulating the listener with words, SCP-035 also naturally likes to communicate with all kinds of human beings. There was silence.
"It's so quiet!" It manipulated the body flexibly, and spread its hands, "You know, I've been locked there, and they interrupted every now and then even when they sent someone to interview me, I don't want to Likes to have other people chiming in on the conversation."
"When I'm alone, I often think back to when I was first created..."
This guy talked so much, Lin You thought, it reminded her of the skull when she first met, even if no one answered, she could mutter to herself for a long time.
It is much better now, knowing when to be quiet—for example, now, after getting along for a while, it has cultivated a little tacit understanding, and it also guessed what she might be thinking, so it silently kept quiet.
When she regained her senses, she realized that the self-report of occupying the mask had come to an end.
"And then I was thrown aside," he said, "for centuries in a tiny furnace—"
Lin You said "ah".
"… Excuse me."
She said: "I was distracted just now, can I trouble you to say it again?"
SCP-035: "…"
That's not what's written in the script! !
It has fabricated countless experiences for itself, and this time it has specially selected the version it likes the most. Whenever it has done this before, it has succeeded in gradually dominating the conversation, creating empathy in those who listen to it.
Once you empathize with it, it is the beginning of being persuaded.
But this time—this time it was difficult for it to talk for a long time with emotion, and she told it that she didn't hear it? !
without! listen! arrive!
"He" turned his back to Lin You, and the corners of his smiling mask suddenly drooped. It has a certain ability to manipulate the surrounding objects, and the dim light bulb at the top of the corridor is on and off, and it is about to explode—
Lin You: "Huh?"
Before she finished speaking, the lights returned to normal.
The mask turned around with a smile on it, as if the changed face just now didn't exist at all.
"It doesn't matter," it said kindly, "then let's not talk about this. Change the subject, what do you want to do most now?"
Since it is the way to force it to speak out, it is almost certain that what she wants to do most is to get out of here, and then it can use this to induce—
"What do you want to do the most?" Lin You held her chin in thought, "Well, it makes you become stuck."
SCP-035: "……"
It rarely subconsciously takes a step back in horror.
"Don't look at me like that."
Lin You said slowly.
"I don't care if I go or not. I just want to leave a retreat. If you want me to say, it's better to stay here and collect more cards."
… It's a pity that there are only fifteen card slots.
"You have to know what to listen to and what not to listen to a guy who lives by manipulating other people's minds," she said. "Don't bother, I won't believe a word like that."
She spoke lightly.
Few people can't be moved by the occupation mask. Even it was the first time it met such a reckless guy, its expression was cloudy and uncertain.
It just can't be like the foundation that advocates "protection", and when they get annoyed, they can twist the wearer's neck and refuse to talk. The Foundation will only put it in the cabinet again, but this one in front of him, if he did this in front of her, he might really be thrown at the Frisbee.
Or worse.
"If you were honest the other way around, then everything would be different. I'll take you along. And, as you'd expect, to communicate with as many people as possible."
"And, this is the real reason I let you out." Lin You showed the card she picked up earlier, "Do you know where SCP-914 is? Is it at this site?"
Occupy the mask and watch her.
Between the gaps between the eyes and the mouth, the facial features of the person whose body it occupies can be seen, and the face is slightly blackened by the liquid oozing from it.
It suddenly laughed.
"Okay, very good—" Occupying the mask said flatteringly, "Don't worry, I won't lie to you again."
"What a coincidence, I escaped once before, and accidentally inquired about it from those researchers."
Lin You was very suspicious of the authenticity of the three words "accidentally" in his mouth, but he didn't bother to expose it, just watched the other party leaning down gracefully.
"Since you are looking for it, please follow me this way."
Lin You wanted to find SCP-914, of course she had her own reasons.
It's also fortunate that that thing is contained at this site, otherwise it would be inconvenient.
SCP-914, the universal switching machine.
This machine of unknown origin can process anything that is put in. The precision is divided into five levels, and the highest precision level can even process things beyond imagination. She only has a second-level confidentiality certificate in her hand, and she probably can't go to many places, but if she uses the universal conversion machine, maybe she can really increase the authority of the card like in a fan game.
"Go through the stairs here, just go down."
Occupying the mask pointed to the touch screen by the door, "Of course, you still have to verify your identity—"
Before it finished speaking, Lin You had already clicked the secondary card. A shallow light passed through the screen from top to bottom, accompanied by a continuous buzzing sound, the mechanical door retracted into the left wall.
Now that the doors are open—
"Lead the way there," she turned to occupy the mask, "I guess you know what to do now?"
The latter shrugged.
"Please keep your promise."
In the darkness illuminated only by the dim light, it is quite abrupt for a snow-white mask to evaporate on the spot. Lin You held up the extra card in her hand, trying to bring it closer to the light source to see what was written on it.
[Name: SCP-035 Occupy the Mask]
[Card number: 028]
[Level: SR]
[Remarks: It may look like an ordinary ceramic comedy mask at ordinary times, but once you get close or have visual contact, you may have a strong urge to wear it. It can occupy all humanoid objects, has the ability of photographic memory, and once persuaded a large number of people to commit suicide or transform into its slaves to assist it in escaping, so it was classified as "Keter" by the Foundation (not only showing hostility to humans , and capable of causing significant damage during a containment breach). But recently, I have developed certain delusional symptoms of persecution. Please be careful not to summon it together with other cards in the near future, otherwise it may scare it away.]
Lin You: "..."
She was just thinking about it! How could this be directly persecuted by delusions
… Maybe she underestimated the lethality of seeing those images directly
Lin You was silent for two seconds, but still put the cards into the illustrated book.
Even she herself didn't expect that the first card she got after coming to the foundation would be SCP-035. It is true that it does not have much combat power, but its combat power cannot be measured simply by force value. After thinking about it, and considering the possible competition model in the future, Lin You deeply felt that it was necessary to have a guy with telepathy and full conversation skills.
It's not just about dealing with other players. If you encounter a ghost with certain intelligence in the future, you might be able to be persuaded by it.
The lighting system is not working, so you have to be extra careful when going down the stairs. Lin You put her fingers on the handrail and walked down the steps. She had already paid 12 points of attention. When she stepped on the third to last step, she only felt that she was stepping on something sticky and slippery. Avoid slipping on the soles of your feet.
... ? !
Lin You grabbed the handrail in time to stabilize her body, preventing herself from slipping directly. She squatted down and lowered her head to observe carefully, only to find a puddle of dark unknown liquid accumulated on the step surface.
The color is really similar to the stairs, so it's normal if you can't see it. Lin You squinted her eyes and could vaguely see that the stairs had been corroded and pitted.
"Maybe," she said, "some acquaintance has been here."
Skull: "..."
It thought that SCP-106 probably didn't want to recognize this acquaintance at all.
The traces on the ground were very similar to those she had seen before. Lin You was almost sure to be left by the scary old man, but she couldn't figure out why he came here.
...Could it be... to avoid her
Not to mention, the more I think about it, the more likely it is.
Because she felt that she was still wandering in the subdivision next door, she hurried over here to see if she could find a suitable prey.
Lin You held her breath and walked forward little by little.
Occupying the mask really didn't lie to her this time.
The giant machine with a height of several meters occupies most of the space in the room of tens of square meters. Two compartments with a height of one person are connected by dials and knobs. Above the compartment, the input and output are marked respectively.
It is a universal conversion machine.
But Lin You was not looking at it.
It was the two security personnel who fell in front of them. They were lying on their sides on the ground with their guns across their chests, their eyes widened in horror as if they saw some terrible guy at the last moment before they died, and their necks drooped limply, as if they had been wrung off by force.
There are two circular black stains on the wall in the room, which are obviously the entrances and exits used by the scary old man.
Skull made a "tsk", "He killed these two people just like that?"
"No, it's not him, it's another SCP."
Lin You said.
"If it's a scary old man, you've seen his methods. He will only tear the victim into pieces, and he won't specifically twist the neck."
What's more, the two guards were clean, without any black mud left.
Lin You stepped forward and touched their bodies.
warm.
Although the person was not killed by SCP-106, it also shows one point - he just passed by here not long ago.
Since avoiding her so much—
The way she stared at the skull made it hairy.
"You you you little girl, what are you doing!" Thinking of everything he had witnessed so far, the latter said in horror, "I, I, I called the police!"
Did he finally decide to attack his own people? !
"It's useless for you to call the police here."
Lin You smiled and said, "Don't worry, there's nothing else, I just want you to do me a favor."
Skull: "... tell me what you are doing first."
"It's recorded in the document that the containment of SCP-106 failed, and they all used bait to capture him back."
Lin You said seriously.
"Use a D-class personnel as a bait, and broadcast his screams throughout the station to attract SCP-106." She said, "There is no condition for broadcasting now, but he didn't go far, and he should be able to scream louder. hear."
"I called him, and he probably can recognize it. So I can't, it's up to you."
It just happened to be walking all the way, and the CD of random card drawing is almost ready, so I'm not afraid that the scene will not be cleaned up by then.
Just hurry up, the sound insulation here is good, if the other party really goes further away, they won't be able to hear it.
Skull: "..."
OK, try it.
Even though it didn't need to take a deep breath, it still opened its mouth wide, brewing a bit of emotion.
At the same time as it burst into shouts, Lin You quickly covered her ears so that the sound coming in would not be too harsh.
"Ah!" Skull pulled his throat, "Ah, it hurts so much!"
Lin You: "...it's too fake, it's a bit miserable."
Skull: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!"
Ten meters away, the old man who was walking slowly in the dark stopped in his tracks.
Following the source of the sound, he dragged his rotting body and turned around.
The tragic scene after the "Pocket Dimension" was smashed is still vivid in his memory. In order to relieve his mood, he simply changed the place to look for the prey—only this time he would not drag him into the house again.
Even if he decides to make a quick decision, he hasn't met the right guy yet. Hearing the screams not far away, the old man approached step by step, and grinned.
His movements affected most of his corroded muscles, making him look particularly creepy. The floor spread black footprints underfoot, and when it passed the last wall, SCP-106 hadn't had time to stop smiling.
The old man raised his head, and was about to happily look at the prey that he would use to vent his anger for a while—
"Didn't expect that? It's me again!"
Lin You smiled and waved to him.
"Is it a surprise, is it unexpected, is it exciting?"