Chapter Text
Interviewer: Dr. Jean Gunnhildr, Site-17
Interviewee: SCP-7109
Date: 6/10/2023
[Begin log.]
SCP-7109: Good morning, Dr. Gunnhildr.
Dr. Gunnhildr: (Hesitantly) Good morning, SCP-7109. Do you mind me asking how you know my name?
SCP-7109: Even if I did mind, there’s not very much I could do about it. And as for how, I simply know things, Doctor. It’s why I was contained.
Dr. Gunnhildr: You understand why your containment was necessary.
SCP-7109: (Laughs) Oh, certainly. Tell me, do you imprison everyone who knows of this organization, or did I pose a unique threat?
Dr. Gunnhildr: Normally, the procedure is to amnesticize, but of course that didn’t work on you. Your anomalous properties prevented it. (Scans entry) What exactly do you define your powers as?
SCP-7109: I asked for knowledge, and the universe granted that wish. I wished to know the mysteries of the world, and the world revealed itself to me. It’s simple, really.
Dr. Gunnhildr: That’s— a very romantic way of putting it.
SCP-7109: Before I was… (pauses) contained here, I was an English professor. Old habits, I’m afraid.
Dr. Gunnhildr: Don’t apologize. The technicality here gets grating at times. It’s nice to hear a change.
SCP-7109: (Smiles) Yes, I was rather tired of hearing ‘phase-3 reality bender’ and the like as well. It becomes repetitive after the dozenth time or so.
Dr. Gunnhildr: (After a pause) You really don’t know how you became anomalous?
SCP-7109: I didn’t say I don’t know. I told you exactly what happened.
Dr. Gunnhildr: You just… wished it into existence? Spontaneous manifestation of reality bending abilities is exceedingly rare. That shouldn’t have been possible, not without some other anomalous condition.
SCP-7109: Yes, I’m aware of that.
Dr. Gunnhildr: (Somewhat awkwardly) Ah. Yes, you would be. I apologize.
SCP-7109: That’s all right. I imagine it isn’t particularly easy to adjust to speaking with me.
Dr. Gunnhildr: What exactly did you mean when you said that the world revealed itself to you? Can you read minds? Predict the future?
SCP-7109: Nothing of the sort. I just… know things.
Dr. Gunnhildr: Would you mind demonstrating?
SCP-7109: (Leans forward on the table) To start… You’re the daughter of O5-12. There are three guards stationed outside this room, and none of them are armed with anything more than an SRA. SRAs fail to work 57% of the time. You prefer coffee to tea, though the reason for that is likely that you haven’t slept more than six hours in over a month. Your sister is in New York City right now, performing for a crowd of 14,586 fans, and you haven’t spoken to her in—
Dr. Gunnhildr: (Flustered) Thank you, that’s enough.
SCP-7109: Of course.
Dr. Gunnhildr: And you didn’t make any sort of… pact with a god? Were you in contact with Marshall, Carter & Dark?
SCP-7109: None of your gods could give me this gift. Let alone those… incompetent capitalists.
Dr. Gunnhildr: (Laughs quietly) Incompetent capitalists?
SCP-7109: Oh, please. Selling off hand-me-down anomalies for exorbitant amounts of money? It’s pathetic.
Dr. Gunnhildr: (Smiles) Some in the Foundation would disagree with you on that. I gather that you weren’t in contact with them?
SCP-7109: No, I was not. Besides, again, I was an English professor. I wouldn’t have been able to afford anything they offer.
Dr. Gunnhildr: That leaves your reality bending a mystery, then.
SCP-7109: I told you how it happened. It’s not a mystery— you’re just making it one.
Dr. Gunnhildr: Manifesting reality bending out of nothing is not an explanation. It doesn’t make any sense.
SCP-7109: (Dryly) That’s why it’s called an anomaly, I would imagine.
Dr. Gunnhildr: (Flustered) I suppose you’re right.
SCP-7109: You’re very cute when you blush, Doctor.
Dr. Gunnhildr: I— well— thank you, I think.
[Intercom message. Dr. Alberich informs SCP-7109 that flirting with Foundation personnel is generally not permitted.]
SCP-7109: Well, I suppose I understand Tantalus a bit better now.
Dr. Gunnhildr: Tantalus?
SCP-7109: Greek mythology. Don’t worry about it, Doctor. At least Dr. Alberich thought it was funny.
[Intercom message. Dr. Alberich discourages SCP-7109 from reading his, or any other personnel’s, thoughts.]
SCP-7109: Honestly, how many times do I have to repeat myself? I’m not psychic. I just knew that he tried not to laugh.
Dr. Gunnhildr: Your power might be called omniscience, then?
SCP-7109: Well, I don’t want to seem supercilious, but yes, I suppose so.
Dr. Gunnhildr: Could you describe SCP-055?
SCP-7109: SCP-055 is an anti-memetic object that is not a sphere.
Dr. Gunnhildr: Well, you’re technically right. There’s nothing else you can tell me about it?
SCP-7109: Not even I can know what is inherently unknowable.
Dr. Gunnhildr: That’s… enlightening. (Gets up from her chair) Thank you for your cooperation, 7109. I’ll see you again.
SCP-7109: Wait, Doctor. Could I make a request of you?
Dr. Gunnhildr: Of course. What is it?
SCP-7109: You wouldn’t happen to have any novels you could send to my cell, would you?
Dr. Gunnhildr: (Smiles) I’ll see what I can do.
[End log.]
Interviewer’s notes: SCP-7109 is cooperative with the Foundation and poses no obvious threat, but seems to be dissatisfied with her current conditions. While her power is limited in that she cannot perceive antimemes, she is capable of understanding anything else, demonstrating a high degree of intelligence. She has requested reading materials be sent to her containment chamber. Further questioning is recommended.
It might be prudent for another researcher to take over the interviews, as she is distracting beyond belief.
Appended note from Dr. Alberich: Honestly, seven years with the Foundation and you blush at being called cute. I would be embarrassed if it wasn’t beyond amusing.