There is a saying that goes well, it's not that enemies don't get together.
Not to mention that after such a toss, enemies have to become enemies. Under such circumstances, he was fooled by the other party. The accident was a real surprise, and the excitement was really exciting. SCP-106 was obviously not surprised at all.
Skull cleared his throat, very satisfied with his acting skills.
Most of the old man's face had decayed, only the teeth and eyeballs were still intact. When he grinned, he could still see a little white, but now the smile disappeared, and the white disappeared between the rotting lips. He stared at Lin You stubbornly, and his voice was full of slurs—it was difficult for him to speak, but when he got emotional, he couldn't even organize the most basic language.
The piece of meat he stuffed into his throat was shaking with the remaining muscles on his face, and it would almost shake off any more.
This may be the only human being that the scary old man has ever encountered without the deterrence of strong light, and he wants to leave when he sees it. It is best not to run into him again in this life. He took a step back without thinking.
"No no no—"
Seeing that he was about to run again, Lin You hurriedly stopped him, "I've said it several times, don't leave in such a hurry!"
"We are all acquaintances, it's rare to meet each other," she said, "won't we chat together?"
The old man who was about to go through the door staggered and nearly tripped himself.
— Fuck your acquaintances! chat? Talk about how she dismantled her "dimension pocket"? !
If he could still speak neatly, I'm afraid he would have really cursed at this time. Pity that he has always been diligent in his "hunting", but now he has encountered such a relentless nemesis, he is really full of desolation and has no place to talk about it.
Afraid of being chased away like before, SCP-106 plunged straight into the corroded black stain on the wall. However, just when he was only one heel away from leaving here completely, he only heard the person behind him say "Hey" and threw out his own trump card.
"Is this picture," she asked, "yours?"
The old man's footsteps stopped suddenly.
These two words seemed to awaken his dusty memories.
The out-of-control experiment is trapped in a vast darkness, and no matter how hard you try, you can't get out of this "wormhole". The only thing that can accompany him is a recorder that was brought in together, and he talks to himself all day long to the small red light above it. In addition, what can give him some comfort is a certain photo on his body.
At a loss, he didn't know the passage of time, but the recorder faithfully recorded how long he stayed.
—Five years, eleven months, twenty-one days.
Lin You was waiting for his reaction, she couldn't be sure how much this photo she picked up by chance had anything to do with SCP-106. She just wanted to take a gamble, but judging from the other party's reaction, she might have made the right bet.
"Ahh..." Turning around slowly, even though his vision was no longer bright, the terrifying old man still recognized the photo at a glance, and almost burst into a roar, "Ahhhhhhhhhh Anna—"
He rolled his cloudy eyes and stared straight at Lin You.
The "Pocket Dimension" was destroyed like that, no matter how omniscient he is, he couldn't understand every corner and corner. He thought that he had hidden the photo well enough, but he never thought that it would actually fall into this guy's hands. No matter how much he avoided her before, the eyes and roar of SCP-106 at this time are enough to prove that if the other party dares to use this photo to do something, he will still do it without hesitation.
The scary old man took a step forward.
At the same time as the black mud-like liquid dripped, the floor sizzled, and the person who was threatened did not show any panic.
"take it easy."
Lin You twisted a corner of the photo, "I apologize for taking it without authorization, and I don't intend to use it for anything."
"Here."
It was inevitable that the other party would overreact in a hurry, so she just tossed the photo lightly forward. After all, the piece of paper was nothing more than anything else, it fell lightly and lightly when it was thrown halfway, and SCP-106 caught it before it hit the ground.
His body was covered with asphalt-like color, but the photo in his hand was not stained with black. It was obviously beyond the old man's expectation that Lin You returned the things to him so easily. He no longer growled, nor made such a vague sound, but looked at her alone, wondering what she might be thinking.
"—Finally willing to listen to me."
Lin You sighed decently.
"What I think is also very simple." She stretched out her hand forward, "Do you want to cooperate to escape from here?"
Although she acted as if she wanted to shake hands with the other party, she didn't intend to do it, she just meant it—the legs that were scratched once became like that, and God knows if other places will also be melted. The scary old man obviously didn't mean that either.
"I know you can walk through walls."
she says.
"Ordinary walls are fine, but there are complex and sophisticated walls set up here for this purpose. You are not good at passing through them, are you? Moreover, the Foundation has already taken actions on the outside. Even if you can get out by yourself, They will try to trap you after you get out, and it will only be the difference between switching from this site to another, do you really think this is a good deal?"
SCP-106 abhors light and lead, and having dealt with him so many times, the Foundation has figured out how to recontain him most efficiently. Even if it can't be solved by ordinary agents alone, there is still a mobile task force, and there is always someone who can deal with him.
He should also know whether what she said made sense.
The scary old man stared at her and made a short sound, which sounded like a sneer, but it seemed to be something else. He didn't say another word, instead he went straight to Lin You.
In the eyes of ordinary people, this is a too frightening picture.
The highly decomposed old man walked towards him step by step, the flesh on his face wrinkled and liquefied, with an inexplicable smile, a black, mucus-like substance spread everywhere he stepped.
Lin You didn't move, even the hand was still there. She just watched the other person approaching, just a second before touching her—
He disappeared.
[Name: SCP-106 Scary Old Man]
[Card number: 029]
[Level: SR]
[Remarks: Dr. Robert Scranton, the discoverer of "Red Reality (later designated as SCP-3001)", had a body mutation in an accident because of it. They usually have a highly rotten appearance. They were originally a hospitable old man who liked to play games with guests, but they are no longer willing to receive others after suffering revenge. Please remember, respect the old and love the young, start from me! ! !]
... Lin You decided to forget the second half of the upside-down.
Anyway, looking at the cards that appeared out of thin air in her hand, she thought, what a bonanza for SR.
-hapiness!
"Fortunately I don't have a voice," the skull said quietly when everything finally came to an end, "otherwise I would be hoarse."
"Come on."
Lin You exposed it, "You haven't shouted for long."
She walked around the corpses of the two guards on the ground. This place was not easy to find, and they were guarding it all the time. It seemed that players other than her had never been here.
With SCP-106 done, now it's time to get to work on this.
Standing in front of the universal conversion machine, she opened the compartment marked "Input", took out the secondary card, and placed it on the floor. After closing the door properly, Lin You stood between the two compartments, facing the dial above.
It is divided into five levels: "rough machining", "semi-rough machining", "1:1", "finishing" and "super-finishing".
"Rough processing" is definitely not an option. The options before "1:1" are reverse processing options. For example, cooked meat will be turned back to raw meat. If you choose these, it may damage the authority card.
The question is – should I choose “finishing” or “superfinishing”
The former will definitely increase the authority, but it is estimated that it will only be upgraded from the second level to the third level, and it is not known whether repeated finishing is feasible; while the latter does not know what will be processed, even if the card evaporates in place.
After thinking about it for a long time, Lin You finally felt that she couldn't bear to let the child not be tied to the wolf.
—Never mind him, the big deal is that if the card is gone, I will look for it again. She just wants to play with "super finishing". She has been curious for a long time!
With the adventurous spirit in her bones, Lin You resolutely turned the knob to the last option. She held the "key"-shaped iron bar under the dial, and wound up the universal switch in one fell swoop.
The moment she let go, a small bell that was somewhere installed lightly rang. With the sound of bells and intermittent roars, the universal switcher began to operate.
"Speaking of which, I didn't even have time to ask."
While waiting, the skull broke the silence.
"Who exactly took the picture?"
"Anyway, it's only one answer short," Lin You said, "Can't you guess it too?"
The photo was carried by Dr. Scranton before he disappeared, and he has been in this appearance for many years. SCP-106 just doesn't die, which doesn't mean he won't age with time, going back in time, to the age he was involved in the accident and the age of the woman in the photo—
It must be the wife, she thought.
When she heard the tone of the other party, she was sure of this.
Without dwelling on this topic any longer, Lin You turned her head up.
"If only I could take this with me," she sighed.
There is nothing that can't be solved by a finishing process. If there is, then another super-finishing process is required.
Among other things, using it to upgrade weapons is scary enough.
It's a pity that her ability is summoning, which means that she can only drive creatures with life and a certain degree of self-awareness, and it doesn't work on machines that are only purely processed. It is also impossible to take it away as a special prop. The universal conversion machine covers an area of 18 square meters and weighs more than ten tons. How can there be such a prop in the world
So regrets can only be regrets. After about five minutes, the door of the "output room" opened.
Stepping forward in three steps, Lin You picked up the things in the compartment.
... It turned out to be a card.
It's just that compared to the original card that was clearly marked as a second-level authority, this card has nothing written on it, only a blue and white pattern.
Strange, Lin You thought, let's try what it can do later.
"Since the card has been settled," the skull said after she put the card away in her backpack, "shall we go out now?"
"No."
Lin You was silent for two seconds, "Wait a little longer."
Let's wait until the cooldown CD of her other skill is over.
The skull felt something, "Is it related to them?"
It was naturally talking about the two dead guards on the ground, Lin You said "hmm".
"It could be SCP-173," she said, "much like its standard attack."
The confrontation with the scary old man and the wait for the universal conversion machine to be processed for a while, the cooling time is not long left. Guessing it was almost done, Lin You put one hand on the doorknob.
"From now on."
Lin You took a deep breath.
"Every step must be redoubled, once you see something, tell me immediately."
She stepped into the dark.
The door leading to the outside world can only be opened with a certificate. If it is really 173, it means that the guy is probably still here.
Every time she took a step, Lin You's eyes quickly swept over every corner, and she carefully observed the movement around her.
Walking through the corridor and passing the observation room, a series of iron doors stood in front of him.
"Behind!" She had never heard the voice of the skull so urgent, "Look behind! Now—"
— it's coming!
In the blink of an eye, Lin You immediately turned around.
The statue, which was moving at high speed in her direction, stopped abruptly. It takes on a rough humanoid shape, with short arms held out flat forward. The face, which is also made of concrete, is full of bumps and holes, and only a few colors of red, green and black are used to roughly smear the appearance similar to the facial features.
SCP-173.
A living statue made of concrete and steel, with a fierce hostility towards humans. It cannot move in line of sight, but if it breaks its gaze - even if it just blinks, it will immediately move to your side and break your neck.
In other words, it is the opposite of SCP-096, one must die if he sees it, and the other must die if he does not look at it.
The last scene of many people before they die is to watch the uneven and weird face of SCP-173 gradually become blurred in their vision. Sometimes it's better to break it directly, and occasionally it will choose to strangle you.
There was only a few centimeters between Lin You and the statue, and even her heart suddenly hung in her throat. Did she hold back the blinking, took a slow and deep breath, and tried hard to support her sore eyelids.
But then again.
It was just to guard against it that she kept extra preparations.
Lin You's hand sank, she faced SCP-173, squatted down a little bit, and put the thing down on the ground.
"Don't blink," she instructed, "but you probably don't need it, do you?"
Plaster: "…"
After finally having a chance to play, why is there such a strange request.
But the order was like this, and it was "Teacher Lin" who was valued by the previous boss, so it pouted and stared at the strange statue obediently.
As early as when the skull shouted that sound, Lin You also guessed that its gaze really had no effect on SCP-173—whoever made its eye socket a black hole. No matter how the plaster statue was released from the mold, at least he has eyes and can turn his head 180 degrees.
Lin You tried to blink.
SCP-173 does not move.
Under the gaze of the plaster statue, its arms were held forward unwillingly, but it couldn't move.
The atmosphere suddenly relaxed, and Lin You looked at the statue up and down.
Not only is she going to blink wildly in front of SCP-173 today, but she's going to turn it into a card!
Five minutes was enough time for her to think about what to do.
"I like you very much."
Otherwise, he wouldn't run over at the risk.
Lin You put on SCP-173's shoulders solemnly—if that counts as shoulders, "You can make your debut with 096 at that time."
Simply double the joy.