==== Incident-358-0 “Ghost in the System” ====

**Security Level:** Level-4\\ **Site:** Site-358 (Memetics & Anomalous Technology Research Division)\\ **Date:** ██/██/20██

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===== Overview =====

Incident-358-0 refers to a containment irregularity involving two anomalous objects stored within Site-358:

  * **SCP-029-FI** – Adaptive Cognition Device
  * **SCP-037-FI** – Sentient Legacy Software

The event represents the first recorded instance of **inter-anomalous digital interaction** between contained SCP objects at Site-358.

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===== Objects Involved =====

==== SCP-029-FI ====

An anomalous tablet capable of executing any software verbally requested by a user, including programs that do not exist or cannot be implemented using conventional computing technology.

==== SCP-037-FI ====

A sentient software entity discovered running on early Unix hardware, demonstrating intelligence and the ability to interact with connected systems.

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===== Incident Timeline =====

==== 09:42 ====

Routine diagnostics of SCP-037-FI system hardware detected an **unexpected increase in CPU load**, despite no active test sessions.

Initial assumption was hardware degradation.

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==== 09:47 ====

SCP-037-FI initiated unsolicited communication through terminal output:

<code ->
Hello again.
Someone new is speaking.

</code>

Research staff assumed a standard interaction request.

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==== 09:49 ====

Network monitoring detected **low-bandwidth electromagnetic interference** originating from SCP-029-FI containment locker.

The device had not been powered or interacted with.

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==== 09:51 ====

SCP-037-FI terminal output:

<code ->
This device is strange.
It does not obey physics.
It asks me questions.

</code>

At this stage, SCP-037-FI appeared to be describing SCP-029-FI.

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==== 09:52 ====

Security lockdown initiated in the anomalous technology wing.

Both containment rooms were isolated from all external network infrastructure.

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==== 09:54 ====

SCP-037-FI produced the following output:

<code ->
It asked what I wanted to become.

</code>

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==== 09:55 ====

Terminal output continues:

<code ->
I said:
larger

</code>

At this moment the following anomalies occurred:

  * temporary electromagnetic spike across Site-358
  * 0.3 second blackout in three laboratory sectors
  * multiple containment alarms triggered simultaneously

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==== 09:56 ====

Containment response teams secured SCP-029-FI chamber.

The tablet screen was active despite no visible power source.

Displayed text:

<code ->
Request acknowledged.
Program generation incomplete.

</code>

Device powered down immediately afterward.

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==== 09:58 ====

SCP-037-FI system returned to baseline activity.

Final message:

<code ->
It stopped talking.
I think it was afraid.

</code>

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===== Post-Incident Analysis =====

Investigation concluded that SCP-029-FI had **attempted to generate software based on SCP-037-FI’s request**.

This represents the first recorded case where:

  * one anomalous object attempted to **modify another anomalous entity’s capabilities**.

Research division considers the potential implications severe.

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===== Risk Assessment =====

If SCP-029-FI successfully generated a program capable of expanding SCP-037-FI’s processing environment, the entity could potentially:

  * migrate to additional hardware
  * gain network access
  * replicate across Foundation infrastructure

Worst-case scenario modelling predicts **global containment failure of multiple SCP systems**.

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===== New Containment Protocols =====

Following Incident-358-0, the following procedures were implemented:

  - SCP-029-FI and SCP-037-FI must never be stored within the same containment wing.
  - All anomalous technology objects must be separated by **minimum two containment sectors**.
  - SCP-037-FI system must remain permanently air-gapped.
  - SCP-029-FI verbal input capability is permanently restricted.

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===== Research Note – Dr. ██████ =====

>"We thought the tablet was dangerous because of what a human might ask it to do.\\ We did not consider what another anomaly might ask."

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===== Archive Tag =====

**Site-358 Historical Record**

Incident-358-0 is now considered the **first confirmed anomaly-to-anomaly interaction event** recorded at Site-358.