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[Item Number: Pending]
[Item Name: Malice Perceiver]
[Object Class: Pending]
[Description: Partial]
Humanoid anomaly (gender unknown).
Apparel: Green jacket, white shirt. Obsessed with pie.
Abilities:
Malice Perception: Detects hostile intent within 100m.
Adaptive Armament: Pie transforms into weapons matching the most lethal tool perceived in the vicinity (even if not physically present).
Containment Challenge:
Standard force met with equal/mirrored resistance.
Non-lethal approaches still trigger aggression (baseline human malice unavoidable).
[Addendum - Experimental Log]
Test 1: Unarmed Approach
Result: MP5 manifestation.
Conclusion: Subjects' latent aggression (e.g., desire to subdue) registered as "hostile intent."
Test 2: Meditative State Attempt
Result: Failure.
Note: Even trained personnel exhibit subconscious hostility during containment ops.
Luo Shu's Gambit
Luo Shu entered the apartment alone, arms raised.
No weapons. No armor. Not even a harsh thought.
(Or so he pretended.)
The Malice Perceiver twitched, its pie shimmering—but no weapon formed.
"It's working?"
Then—a butter knife materialized.
"Seriously? A butter knife?!"
Luo Shu nearly laughed. His subconscious had fixated on "needing a tool to cut pie" earlier.
Even suppressed malice leaks through.
But a butter knife was manageable.
He inched closer, murmuring: "Just here to talk. Nice weather, huh?"
The Perceiver hesitated, knife wavering.
Breakthrough
Luo Shu's wrist terminal buzzed—a message from the Compendium:
[Pro Tip: Malice Perceiver's "pie" is SCP-XXXX-1, a cognitohazard. It doesn't "read" minds—it reflects the collective aggression of all humans in range. Solution: Isolate it from human presence entirely.]
"So... no people = no malice = no weapons?"
He radioed Jack: "Evacuate the block. Everyone. Then send in D-1141."
D-1141's claim to fame? A lobotomy left him incapable of hostility.
The Perceiver's knife vanished upon D-1141's entry.
Containment achieved.
Post-Op Notes
Final Designation: SCP-XXXX "Malice Perceiver."
Containment Protocol:
Automated drone deliveries (food/pie ingredients).
Monthly D-class "visits" (lobotomized or chemically pacified).
Oddity:
The pie tastes like regret (per D-1141).
Luo Shu's Epiphany:
"This thing's a living guilt trip. Maybe the Foundation's next ethics committee chair?"