SCP: Find Us Alive - 05: Dash Two

Episode Date: February 7, 2020

Confined spaces can have strange effects on things, people and otherwise. Lancaster makes a reveal. Harley connects some dots. Love needs some space. This episode was written by Anna Maguire and features the voices of Ian "Zynd" Charles (Harley), Jackson McMurray (Lancaster), Tabi Bardall (Agent Love), Taschia Ritter (Klein) and Anna Maguire (Raddagher). Original theme by Jackson McMurray. Follow us on Twitter @Site107 for updates, info, art, and more. CONTENT WARNINGS: violence, death mention, torture mention, panic attack, claustrophobia, hyperventilation, unreality, loud noises, mental illness, monster, spiders. Join us on Patreon for exclusive behind-the-scenes content! Word of mouth is the best advertising, so be sure to share with your friends if you like the show! CONTENT WARNING: hyperventilation. This podcast and all content relating to the SCP Foundation are released under a Creative Commons Sharealike 3.0 license. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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No. No? Engineering? Worse. Worse? Medical. Medical? Gravid is out there?

Dr. Gravitt is willingly being a part of the scavenging? Maybe. I didn't see her, but most of medical is, so it's not like she isn't close by. Interesting. What happened? They completely decimated the rogue faction. What is the rogue faction? Well, since some of us don't have a department.

The field agents made up their own department. And medical killed them? No, they just booby-trapped the whole medical wing and zip-tied everybody to chairs. They're foundation medical doctors. Most of them have a lot of the same training. We do. I'm the only one that made it out. Is it because you're so small?

And now they're after me because they think I did it. Did what? Stole Gravitz Lemon Tree. Did you? No. We're really all going to die, huh? Harley, flashlight. Oh, come on.

She can't be that. This is Dr. Gravistocci. Oh, fuck. That kind of seems like a waste of printer toner. Your office is fucking time. I know. I don't even know why they bothered to give it to me. Like her name and birthday are the only things that are not black box.

They might as well have just given me a sticky note. Hey, can you turn that damn light off? I feel like I'm stuck in an elevator in here. And people are going to. to see in through the window. Oh, right. I think, fuck. Oh, wait, wait a second.

Medical going agro doesn't have something to do with your theory, does it? Theory? Oops. What theory? Nothing. Asshole. Actually, you might be able to help us. I've never helped anyone in my entire life.

I'm going to stay in here and not move and not watch a ton of more people die. Fuck that. You might want to start getting used to watching people die. What? Have you felt significantly different since the shift? You mean like the walls are closing in? No, like, what? Are you...

Never mind. What are you talking about? Have either of you ever experienced the effects of a memetic hazard? Harley, we need to... Shut up! Shush! Quiet, down, damn! Dr. Klein, all do respect.

You can't just walk in like that. They upped my card to level four. I can walk in wherever I want. That does not mean you should. Klein, thank God. I need to talk to you. Harley, is there any possibility we could get the all-site calm working.

Very little. Damn it, are you certain? It's wired through the whole building. So, unless you have a generator that can reach all the way to... Shit, point taken. Already tried it. All right, then we need to think of something else. I'm estimating we only have about six hours of oxygen left.

Shit, really? Feels likeless. Unrelated. How many people do you have in here? Way too many. Four, counting you now. Cool, I can work with four. Have you seen medical out there?

No, why? Well, apparently they're scavengers now. There what? According to Agent Love, it's basically Mad Max out there. This is a fucking night here. It's getting really stuffy in here, right? It's just because somebody stole Gravett's plant. What?

Why? Scratch that. It doesn't matter. They're dead for sure. Shouldn't we try to stop her from killing people? Shit, I was hoping she didn't have it. Hoping she didn't have what? Something I've been looking into.

I can't tell you. Okay, are you saying like it's confidential? or are you saying that you can't tell me? Like every time I try to talk about it with somebody, I get all... Wait a second. Okay, you keep forgetting what you're saying and you're getting all off topic. Yes! Wait, oh my God, it's been happening to you too? You are the first person I've actually been able to tell.

I don't know, second, because it hardly. Lack of focus, minor short-term memory loss, forgetfulness, stuff like that. Yes. What class are we thinking? Mimetic, right? My working theory was cognito hazard, but if it's affecting you too and you don't work in close proximity to 60 through 20, memetic is more likely.

But it's not, it's different with me, I think. I'm not forgetting stuff. I just can't, uh, Harley's the only person I've been able to tell about it. Yeah, we're going to need to review this in some more detail because I am very lost. Love, how about you? Feeling foggy? I'm, I'm sharp as attack.

Klein, I didn't experiment with my patience. You're experimenting on your patience. No, not like, I, don't do that. I just gave her something to write on, that's all. And, well, look. It's getting really stuffy. Whoa. Is that?

And this happened frequently. I don't even think they knew they were doing it. And obviously I always stopped them before they finished a whole instance. Fuck. Fuck, can we? Oh, this sucks. You were trying to test me for this, huh? Yeah, I don't think you had quite enough time for it to work.

But yeah, I was. Can we at least turn the light off? All right, this is mine. This is yours. And where's Harley's... and loves. Loves from off-sites. I don't have hers.

Mine should be at least near the department heads. Why? Because I'm... I'm the head of the communications department. Harley. Yes. You're the only person in the communications department. You are the communications department.

I can't read... Oh, this is his. This is his right here. I'm hypothesizing that... Because none of us have the same... sort of focus problems and that we can openly talk about it to each other without anything weird happening that or somehow unaffected or at least differently affected? What usually happens when you try to tell people? I just keep forgetting what I'm trying to say or getting distracted from it and it's happened every single time except for this one.

Everybody know their psychic resistance index. I thought you only got one of those if you were working on a memetic thing. I don't think I have one. Yeah, you do. It's part of your psych intake. It should be on the back of your. I need to get out of here. Whoa, whoa, hang on. Ow. Fucking hell. Holy shit.

Oh my God. Okay. How long have you been standing right there? Are you all right? It's too. Can't breathe. Dr. Lampaster. Love, are you claustrophobic?

Shut up. Why didn't you tell? Never mind. It's not important. Come on. Lancaster. What's your P.R.I? Can you hold on?

Because I'm kind of dealing with something right now. Everybody needs to be quieter. Who are you, by the way? Surveillance. Are you wearing sunglasses? Yes. Why? Okay.

Seriously, I need everybody to shut the hell up for a second. Love, hey, look at me. Okay, I want you to breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth with me. Okay, are you ready? Good, yes, perfect. Keep that up. Just keep your eyes closed and I'm going to ask you some questions, okay? Okay.

Are you on any medication for this or for? anything else. Okay, I'm gonna need you to keep breathing like that. Count to five, reach inhale, all right? One, two, three, four, five. Just like that. That's perfect. Okay, how's a feeling? Better? Fuck off. And you're seeing chapel, right? I'm not seeing a fucking shrink. Okay, well, you're going too soon if you don't want to melt down like this again. We good? Um, I hope so. I need to go over something with you though. Hey, surveillance? Yes. Can you just keep an eye on her for a second? Yeah. I don't need

a fucking babysitter. That's the spirit. Lancaster, your psychic resistance. Oh, it's 14B. My card says 14B. Me too. And her? 14B as well. That's a start. Everybody grab a stack. Department heads first. Love, keep your eyes closed, okay?

Put 14Bs in this pile. This is all of ours, minus agent loves. Anything else to look for? If you spot any other correlations, it would be worth mentioning. But for memetic stuff, it's Usually the PRI, isn't it? Usually. Maybe something else, though. 12A, 15C, 10C, 11B.

Rabbits just says yes. No, no, no, wrong line. This one, 15A. Found one. Oh, God, Simmons is a 14B. What about Simmons? I really don't want to be the first person to say it, but like... Fuck Simmons.

Not to be a dick, but he's honestly the worst. Yeah, he sucks. I don't know who Simmons is. Yeah, what did Simmons do? I guess he just have to. to meet him. I'll put him in the pile, I guess. Okay, let me know if I'm right about this.

Okay. The skip might have a memetic effect that's making people spacey and forgetful. Just a theory. And it's also making them draw dash ones? And maybe it's making it impossible to actually bring attention to the effect. Wait, you, your surveillance. What's your name again? Radiger.

You've caught a few dash ones by now, haven't you? Yes. Have you noticed anything else? Yes. Such as? Oh. isolation people interact less

okay that could be something is there anything else botany is stealing barley from storage and using it to make bathtub moonshine in their eyewash sink what fucking knew it okay that is

is not really what we meant Records has toilet wine oh of course they do Jesus can you see like everywhere no most of the dorms don't have cameras in them most of the dorms

I was trying to put batteries and some of the cameras so I could get a feed on what's happening. Why are you in here then? I came in when Klein came in. Yeah. Okay, but why? Oh, I'm hiding from the monster. The what?

There's a huge lemon plant monster out there. And you didn't think to fucking lead with that? Uh, Harley? Did you say lemon plant monster? Yes. Harley. You're certain it was lemons. It smelled like lemons.

Harley. What? Dash 1. Spiderweb up in the corner. Shit, when did that one happen? I don't know. I didn't feel a tremor, did any of you? I don't think it did a tremor.

Then what did it do? Didn't there used to be a spider in it? Holland? Episode 5 was written and produced by Anna McGuire. The voice of Harley is Ian Charles. The voice of Lancaster is Jackson McMurray. The voice of Agent Love is Tabby Bardol. The voice of Klein is Tasha Ritter.

The voice of Radiger is Anna McGuire. If you'd like our show and want to support us, follow us on Twitter at Site 107 or email us at Find Usalivepodcast at gmail.com. This podcast, along with all content relating to the SCP Foundation, is released under a Creative Commons share-a-like 3.0 license. Thank you for listening.