SCP: Find Us Alive - 41: Love’s Room

Episode Date: May 5, 2023

Lancaster is out of containment. Raddagher is still angry. Harley and Klein are sensing a disturbance around the site. This episode was written by Anna Maguire and features the voices of Logan Laidlaw (Harley), Jackson McMurray (Lancaster), Tasch Ritter (Klein), Anna Maguire (Raddagher). Original music by Jackson McMurray. Follow us on Twitter @Site107 or visit findusalivepodcast.com for updates, info, art, and more. Join us on Patreon for exclusive behind-the-scenes content! CONTENT WARNINGS: Hospitalization, mentions of torture, human experimentation, injury, death. Word of mouth is the best advertising, so be sure to share with your friends if you like the show! 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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One cream, two sugars for you, and plain hot water for you. Thank you. Any movement? Anything new? No. Any interesting topics of conversation? I'll take that as a no. How were you feeling? I...

I don't know how many different ways I can keep answering that. I only wanted to. You can read all about how I am in the report. Sorry. No, it's fine, really. I think you've earned a little bit of... Irritability? Yeah.

Well, I think you should suck it up. Klein. I was kidding. I was kidding. It was funny. Like, I'm sure. You're sick of people telling you what to do, but shouldn't you be resting? Yeah, you really should go take a nap or something.

It's getting late anyway. I'm not tired. You didn't get me decaf, did you? No, Harley Got... Did you get decaf? It's late. Is yours a decaf? No.

Clain, I'll give you $20 if you go get me a red bowl from the... Alves confiscated the Red Bull. Excuse me? Gravett told her it was gonna give you all heart problems. I am very surprised to hear that Gravit cares about our hearts. Are they with the rest of the stockpile? You can ask maintenance if you want. She's not giving them out to anybody.

She can't keep us from drinking unhealthy shit. We're not children. Tell that to her. What is her angle? Is she doing this to piss people off on purpose? Might as well be. Great. Do you want me to get you another?

No, no, it's fine. You're right. I need to get some sleep. I shouldn't have yelled. No, no, it's all right. I know you've had a hell of the day. I mean, so have I, so I get it. Yeah, you shouldn't have.

I'm just glad everyone's alive. Me too. Not everyone. Yeah. To put it lightly, engineering isn't happy with how Alves is running things either. She really should have let us keep that shrine up. There was a shrine.

Oh, yeah. Alves did not appreciate it. What do you mean? What kind of shrine? A pile of stuff in the hallway. For security, too. Yeah, you lined up all their badges along the wall. It looked nice.

I wish I could have seen that. Eh. Maybe we'll figure out how to put it back up sometime. How's movie night going? No movie nights. We really miss it. It's an unprofessional use of our resources. Why don't you just do it anyway?

What's the word she's going to do? She's going to fire you? Oh, she can do plenty of shit. Like what? Like make our jobs harder? Stop doing your jobs. Oof. Do you know what they did to him?

Taser. I am right here, okay? You need to get some sleep, like. I don't feel like it's fair for you to go from thinking I'm one kind of crazy to thinking I'm a completely different kind of crazy. Didn't you get tortured half an hour ago? Yes? You need to sleep.

She's okay, Link. She'll be okay. Yeah, man. You can visit her again tomorrow. You're right. Yeah. I know you don't want us asking how you are, but do you need anything or want anything?

Is there something I can, I don't know, do? No, right, no. Honest. You're right? I just need to. gets in sleep. Good. And I'll see you guys tomorrow.

Yeah. I know Alves is going to run me ragged tomorrow because she's not happy I dodged overseeing your test. But yeah, I'll try. I will as well. Radiger? What time? I don't know.

I'll probably be in around noon, lunch. I'll be there before then. Okay. There seems to be somewhat of a stirring among the various departments of Site 107, and Overwatch Command. Under all of this supervision, security has been more on top of breaking potential dash ones than they've ever been. They're reporting far more successful breaks in the last cycle than the previous several cycles under Dr. Klein. I would have expected our security personnel to be happy with this. I thought it pointed to an increase in their ability to safely

handle the problem. But security has been quieter than usual. I don't think I've ever seen them Shoes whispering over shouting to each other quite so much. I heard this morning that botany was reprimanded for one member getting caught, hauling another bucket of grain from storage down to the greenhouse. I'm sure they intended to use it for distillation. Although this close to the cycles end, I'm not sure how much they would really be able to accomplish. Well, it doesn't matter now. Giametti from records saw them and informed upper management of their infraction. came as a bit of a surprise to me.

Who would have thought that botany would be on this side of a snitching incident, the bastards? Not this guy. I'm happy she's all right. She's in a coma. Well, then I'm happy she's not dead. I know that you'd rather not see me. I thought the others would be here. I thought you'd be on shift.

Then leave. I have just as much of a right to be here as you do. You know, she... I'm not surprised she's fighting through it. Gravett says not to count on it. Well, good for her. I'm gonna hope for the best. It's not realistic. I don't care if it's not realistic. I'm doing it anyway.

How come you aren't on shift? I don't want to leave you alone around her. I'm not going to hurt her. So, Alves is just letting you skip? I'm not leaving. Not trying to get you to leave. I just, I thought she wasn't letting anybody skip work. Huh. What?

You heard me. Yeah, but how? How? What are they actually doing? I don't know. I haven't figured it out yet. They're being very secretive. I think there's something bigger going on. I would assume, because they're not going to be able to take containment on by themselves, even with Lancaster. That's what I'm worried about.

If psychology tries to mutiny, they're going to crash and burn, and everything is going to get a hell of a lot harder for the rest of us. Can you slow down? Nope. Medical needs these samples in the next 15 minutes. Samples from yesterday? Yep. What's, uh, and it? Blood, mostly.

want to apologize. I think it's long overdue at this point. While I was a three, before everything went down, I wasn't acting right. You lied to me. I know. I know I did. Anomily or not, I still hurt you, and I'm sorry. And I hope you can forgive me eventually, and however long that takes. I don't want to. Okay. I don't blame you. You made me feel like I was crazy. I did, yeah. And you're not. You were right the whole time. You hurt Harley and Norrie. I did. You, she looks better than yesterday.

Personal log, Dr. Harley. Klein has informed me that the psychology department might be taking some drastic measures in the near future. It's not entirely because of the energy drinks, although I'm sure the caffeine withdrawal headaches are not doing them any favors. They're overwhelmed. Recent events have caused a sharp increase in appointments and without Lancaster's help, They're taking overtime hours nearly every day. They're not happy about it. Klein is investigating.

I'm not certain it stops with psychology, though. I fear there may be whispers happening all over. Lancaster's report has been sitting on my desk. I know I should get it over with, but maybe I'll keep investigating other things instead. She does? That's good. What did they do?

What do they do to me? Well, you know, Haldi's Taser, the yellow one? Well, that, you know, a few seconds on, a few seconds off, about 45 minutes. Oh, sounds bad. Yeah, yeah, it was. It was almost the most painful thing I've ever been through. Almost? Well, I was being dramatic.

obviously. I mean, this was worse... Okay. Okay. I'm trying to be more honest about myself. And so, yeah, I got frostbite. The first winter

on my own. My dad kicked me out after he found out I'm gay and I lived in my car for a while and nobody told me not to put my fingers in hot water to get rid of it. It hurt a lot. I had blisters all over my hands.

Looks fine to me. Yeah, it was young. I think it healed the best that it could have. They get sore when it's cold, but, I mean, I don't know. Not much. The temperature doesn't change much in here. Even the water during the flood was warm. Yeah, yeah.

And, you know, the tasing was not great either. I got stung by a bark scorpion once. No kidding. It hurt. Yeah, yeah, I bet. I would do it again. What? If it meant she would wake up.

Oh, I would too. I bet she'd do it for us, too. Both. She'd get tased and she'd get stung by a bark scorpion. Or maybe it'd get tased by a bark scorpion. A big one. It would have to be to hold a taser. I want her back.

Do you need someone to talk to? No. I still want to be mad at you. Are you going to be? Yes. Okay. But you can't be mean. Okay.

And I'd really like. for you not to be mad at me. I want... I hope you can forgive me someday. Hmm. Okay. All right. I'll take it. That's all I need. When she wakes up. Hmm? I'll forgive you when she wakes up.

Well, let's count on that then. Can I ask you something? Depends. Doesn't all of this seem like bullshit to you? Huh? Like, just whatever we're doing in here. In the site. We're trying to get out. What did Klein and Harley have to do today?

Instead of coming up here with us, what was so important? Research is finalizing the cure for... He's not in research. He had to read the report to Saito 1. Why? Why? Why? They can't hear him, or they don't care. Whatever. Why does all this still make him do it? He likes doing it.

And why does she let you stay here for so long? I don't know. Hi, again. Are you okay? You read the report. I read the report. I'm okay. I mean, I'm not okay, but...

You're going to talk to chapel about it? Yes, I am going to. Cross my heart. He got frostbite. What? When? In high school. We were... It was something we were talking about earlier. For the play you were in? No. What? What?

Has Klein stopped by? No. No. Why? Is something going on? No. Nothing's going on. Not yet, anyway. You're being shady. I'm not being shady. I just don't want to put too much... on your shoulders too fast. Okay, I get why...

Hey! I thought you were going to be too busy for this. I solved our little conundrum. And? Psych has agreed to back off. For now. What are you doing to psychology? They were going to rebel. Fantastic. I'm very proud of them.

No, do not be proud. It would have been very bad. For us. They're only agreeing to suspend things until the reset. Oh, right. That's soon, isn't it? It's in two days. Well, that sounds like more than enough time for me, to figure out whatever it is you guys are talking about. Welcome back to the Loop 3B.

Don't. Two days? It's not just them, but hopefully I can keep things civil until I can figure out a long-term solution. Allvis will put us all on nutrient paste. That's not beneath her. How'd you manage calming them down? I gave Rivera an exclusive invitation

to the rabbit subterrain. Say those words to me again. No, you're not invited. The reset is only in two days. Oh, the fight club. The rogue faction named it. and it's a little more than a fight club now. They should have been in charge with naming this organization.

Then we could have ended up with a better title than The Foundation. No snitching, any of you. Rivera's going to tell us everything when she comes out. As long as she's only telling psychology, just keep the details away from Alves and containment in general, and most of records. Yeesh.

What about the reset? I think it'll go smoothly. It's after that we have to worry about. No. What do we do about it? love. She's going to reset in a coma.

Oh, right. Shit. Episode 41 was written and produced by Anna McGuire. The voice of Harley is Logan Laidlaw. The voice of Klein is Tosh Ritter. The voice of Lancaster is Jackson McMurray. The voice of Radiger is Anna McGuire. Original music by Jackson McMurray.

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