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项目编号：SCP2232
项目等级：Safe
特殊收容措施：每个SCP-2232样本不被使用时，需被收容在标准Safe等级容纳柜中。使用SCP-2232拨打电话或者发送短信时，需有经证明的训鸟师在场。
SCP-2232 不被使用时必须有专人观察。
SCP-2232 被用来追踪基于电话的异常事例，包括SCP-1750在内，已作为个例被批准。
描述：SCP-2232外形是一部天蓝色的三星Galaxy S4的智能手机，使用安卓5.7.4修正控制系统，系统名为“美味向日葵种子” 。目前SCP-2232的锁定无法被打开，任何尝试将会引起SCP-2232的剧烈振动，并同时发出尖利的噪音。109个SCP-2232的样本目前在基地的掌控中，标记为SCP-2232-01 through -101。
更新：由于意外SCP-2232-01, SCP-2232-03已被销毁。残骸的样本现被保存在Site-77的惰性生化收容样本内。
使用SCP-2232拨打一个有效电话号码，会让其外形变为一只普通的鹩哥。它将出芽生殖繁殖出第二只体型较小的鹩哥。第二个样本，被标记为SCP-2232-A，将会试图直接飞向被拨打的电话所在地。SCP-2232已被证实在提供电话号码的情况下，可定位是移动线路或是固定线路。但是，一旦 SCP-2232被用来拨打定位超过40km的电话，它将显示信息提示使用者“请打开飞行模式以便长途通讯。”
当SCP-2232-A到达目的地后，它将会模仿闹钟或者大型机器运作声，以引起行人注意，或者用翅膀扑打行人脸部。
从以上陈述总结，SCP-2232 和SCP-2232-A 功能类似一个双向传声系统，对前者说出的话语将会同步由后者发声，反而言之亦然。通话可在任何时刻终止。抓住任何一只鹩哥，并轻柔的让它头朝下，会使 SCP-2232 回到智能手机的外形，SCP-2232-A 将消失为一阵碳色烟尘。
使用SCP-2232给有效电话号码发送短信，将使SCP-2232变为一只传信鸽，被标记为SCP-2232-B。 SCP-2232-B将会前往被发送短信的电话，念出短信内容，然后返回原来定位。一旦目的地距离超过500km，SCP-2232将建议使用者打开飞行模式。
显然，启用飞行模式后，SCP-2232将能拨打电话或者发送短信到地球上任意一点；但是SCP-2232将会变为一只大白鹈鹕，被标记为SCP-2232-C，同时适用于电话和短信。SCP-2232-C将会继续前往受方德定位，到达后SCP-2232-C将会张开它的鸟嘴，如同之前SCP-2232-A 或 SCP-2232-B的例子一样，功能类似以上陈述。当它完成任务后，SCP-2232-C将继续延续在 SCP-2232-A 或 SCP-2232-B样本中行为的一致性，飞回原来位置。
SCP-2232的鸟类形式将会在途中停下以搜寻食物或水，休息缓解疲惫，甚至使用交通工具赶往目的地。SCP-2232作为通讯方式，显得并不实用。因为短距离通信也需要将近一天的时间，使它找到受方。而长距离跨各大洲通信，经估计将会用去几年时间。
附录2232-01：根据03/05/15的实验记录，研究助手张将SCP-2232-03遗忘在储物柜284号中，使其充电了一整晚。当储物柜第二天被打开时，一个大型白色重物迅速从中扩张，将研究助手张钉在对面墙面，并迅速遮蔽了安全监控的镜头。基地的安全措施检测到，储物柜所在房间大门被内堵住，最终使用低效炸药才成功打开。
储物室内部被均匀的由一层较厚的条状血肉覆盖，血肉被白色羽毛完全遮盖。除了储物柜284号内部，除了重度烧焦之外没有任何痕迹。血肉的样本经检验证实为来源于鸟类，并含有多个心脏联通的未发育完全血管，以及供血支持的生物肌肉组织。同时发现了支撑肌肉组织的大型骨骼框架，显然由铜，玻璃以及符合塑料组成。基地维护员工在丙烷火炬和大砍刀的装备下，最终剥离了研究助手张的尸体，并挖掘出了储物室内部的原有物品。残余血肉被清除，储物室由漂白粉进行消毒。
附录2232-02：在20/08/15， SCP-2232-08开始震动并发出近似乌鸦叫声。屏幕显示，它收到了一个打入的长途电话。经研究负责人塔纳勃姆的同意，研究助手吴接通了SCP-2232-08。SCP-2232-08立刻转变为鹩哥外形。接下来的对话被录入记录。
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研究助手吴：唔，你好？
SCP-2232-08：哦我的天呐！你找到了我的手机！ 真是太太太感谢你了！我以为我去工作的时候，随手把它放进我的鹤鸵汽车里了，然后-
吴：抱歉，我能知道您是谁吗？
SCP-2232-08：哦，我是卡西 德拉姆，我住在[无法识别]，下东区的海鸥那块儿， 这样，听我说，你有可能把我的手机还给我吗？
吴：好的，我明白了，但是目前我们不能立刻把手机还给您-
SCP-2232-08：嘿，我没被卷进什么麻烦吧？ 我的上帝，那次蓝脚肥屁股鸟的事儿就叫我够呛了，我可经不住-
吴：请等等，蓝脚的肥屁股鸟？
SCP-2232-08：是啊，它猛的摔进我的车道，什么声音呀，征兆呀都没发出来，可车子的前灯和客座门倒是结结实实坏了几个礼拜。 我不得不去找修理工，那家火烈鸟保险的员工简直精神不正常，还有- 抱歉，对我来说那几个月真是惨痛的经历。 现在，听着，我在那只鸟上有一些非常重要的联系人和照片。 它们对我来说意义深重，请相信我。 如果你附近有一只澳大利亚丛冢雉，你可以把它放进一个包裹里，然后只要把它放进洲际邮递邮箱里，寄到23号[无法识别 - 应为某地址]，放到我的斯皮克司金刚鹦鹉门前台阶上。 这听起来还挺简单的吧，对吗？
吴：呃，你可以再解释一下-
SCP-2232-08：语音通话漫游时间已用完。请联系您附近的羽翼电话通讯商代表，咨询更多漫游收费信息。
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项目编号：SCP2228
项目等级：Safe
特殊收容措施：SCP-2228样本需被存放在原本包装中，于Site 73的12号保险库内。申请接触SCP-2228项目的人员需具备2级信用，任何将SCP-2228样本移出12号保险库的举措，不论原因需在Site 73数据库登记。
描述：SCP-2228被装在一系列相同盒子中，为标注着“SCP基金会收容基地套装”的聚乙烯小雕像，每个小雕像尺寸为30x30x15 cm，Wondertainment博士被写为物品的制造者。包装表面的图像如下：一个SCP基金会的标志，下方写有套装的名字。其下为对基金会一个收容单位的艺术描绘，被收容的生物正用紫色触手袭击正在进入的疑似D级人员。有两名穿着实验室制服的人员躲避在桌下，另有两名武装装备的人员正向被收容生物开枪。盒子的侧边附有对内部物品从各个角度拍摄的照片，大多照片中出现孩童的手摆弄物品的情景。盒子底部写明了内部物品，具体信息如下所示：
项目等级：Fun
特殊收容措施：所有“幼年研究人员”将从他们新的SCP基金会TM收容基地玩具套装TM中得到不同寻常的快乐！
描述：SCP基金会TM收容基地玩具套装TM涵盖了每一个“幼年研究人员”，比如正在阅读的你，所能想象控制，收容，保护的任何物品。只要在收容单位中放入任何物品，我们专利研发的 迅速异化TM技术会赋予它一系列异常属性，你可以尽情试验！
附录： 不要将生命体，武器，或已被判定为异常的物体放入收容单位的迅速异化TM中。Wondertainment博士对误用SCP基金会TM收容基地玩具套装TM所造成的任何物理及心理伤害不负任何责任。适合年龄 8-14。需要部分组装。内部不含电池。
SCP 基金会，SCP 基金会标志，与“控制，收容，保护”已被注册为商标，SCP基金会版权所有。
盒中内容如下：
- 2个模型，高度 10cm，为穿着实验室制服的小人，右胸上有基金会的标志。
- 2个模型，高度 10cm，为携带基金会特有安保人员装备的小人。
- 1个模型，高度 10cm，为身着橘色连衣裤的小人，背部写有 “D-1234”字样。
- 一些模型配件，包括笔记板，试管，手枪，以及警棍，被以上列出的模型持在手中。
- 1个已被拆解的封闭场所，尺寸大约20x20x10cm。在围墙的前部，有一扇防盗门式样的大门，上方写有“收容单位”字样。其左边有一扇透明的窗户，后方有形似发电机或者供电机器，有可拆卸的嵌板，空间可放入2节AA电池。
- 1张 10x15cm 的纸张，写有关于即将推出的“全球超自然联盟绿色末日套装”信息。
当2节AA电池被放入SCP-2228背后嵌板2后，它将能随时异化可被放入“收容单位”的体积较小物品。当有个体与 SCP-2228互动时，被放入的物品部分属性功用将会出现异常。异常一般由异化物品与SCP-2228内其他零件的互动而反映。
调查：5-19-2003,SCP-2228的300个样本通过对商业广告的侦听，于隶属█████████航海公司的一辆运输中货车上找到。向█████████航海公司人员询问时，他们表示从未听说过Wondertainment博士的一系列异常活动，只在最近签署了运输该组织产品到当地零售的商业合同。所有雇员接受了B级的记忆清除，并植入虚假记忆，关于该次运输的文档被重置。引起SCP-2288调查的商业广告抄录如下。
文档2228-01
开头场景为郊区住宅的两名儿童，一名为男性（对象A），一名为女性（对象B），年龄约在8-12岁，交流玩耍玩偶的无趣。
对象A: 这些过时的玩偶真是没有意思。
对象B：嗯哼。
对象A和B身后出现一阵烟雾，伴随着强烈的闪光。烟雾散去后，出现一名身着色彩斑斓西服和大礼帽的中年男子，该男子戴有厚厚镜片的眼镜，镜片后的眼睛在镜头中放大到夸张的地步。(对象 C)。
对象A和B：Wondertainment 博士！3
对象C：没错，孩子们！当你们能有更充实的乐趣时，为什么要玩耍那些无聊又过时的玩意呢？感受新的乐趣，比如说……
对象C指向场景中的晚餐桌。又一阵烟雾，伴随着强烈的闪光出现，烟雾散去后出现一整套组装好的SCP-2228样本。
对象C：…收容他们！
镜头切换至对象A与B，此时他们正着实验室的制服。
对象A和B：呜哇！
镜头再次切换，拍摄与实物等大的组装完成SCP-2228。对象B将一匹玩具小马放入收容单位中。玩具小马在收容单位中数次瞬间移动。屏幕底部出现文本提示，“真实效果因具体因素可能发生偏差”。
对象B：我的小马现在可以瞬移啦！
对象A将一个玩具士兵放入单位内。D级人员塑像自发漂浮起来，然后被狠狠摔在收容单位的墙壁。动作被重复数次。
对象A：而且，我的小兵可以用意念控制物体啦！
此时，收容单位的防爆门打开，其中一个研究人员塑像开始重复D级人员塑像的动作。
对象A：哦，糟糕！收容条件被破坏了！
对象B：我们最好立刻呼叫安保人员！
对象B将其中一个安保人员塑像放入封闭区域内。玩具士兵在一阵短暂的颤抖后仆倒在地。镜头切换至装有SCP-2228盒子的静态图案，盒子前方摆放着一套组装完成的SCP-2228样本。
地下基金会特工与24名相关人员进行会谈，其中包括演员，导演，以及参与广告拍摄的专业技术人员。对话显示，无一人了解物品的异常属性，也无一人了解SCP基金会的真实存在与开展活动。进一步的调查显示，SCP-2228的大量生产曾被██████████制造商外包，盒子表面的图案设计由 ███████ 设计公司负责，共至少200人对基金会和Wondertainment博士具有有限的了解。该事件被列为1级（低危险）信息泄露。4据此，更深程度的记忆清楚被认为缺乏必要性，已在当地开展1级虚假信息散播。SCP基金会与全球超自然联盟目前已介入该商业广告播出，以防止任何可能的异常物品出现。
实验2228-01
说明： 实验的目的是复制SCP-2228商业广告中所示情景。
实验用具与操作步骤：
- 1个组装完成的SCP-2228样本。
- 1座塑料小马，与广告中出现玩具相似。
- 1座塑料士兵，与广告中出现玩具相似。
所有SCP-2228的组成部分将会按照广告中所示拼接。小马玩具将会被放入模型的收容单位中，再放入玩具士兵。
结果：在小马玩具被放入SCP-2228收容单位大约5秒后，小马开始悬浮于地面高度2cm。D级人员塑像随机向玩具小马移动，并爬上马背，做出类似骑马的姿势。小马玩具继续悬浮，围绕着收容单位内部按圆圈移动，变换悬浮高度。
小马玩具被取出，放入士兵玩具。一段时间后，士兵玩具部分皮肤的漆料开始变红，D级人员塑像脸部开始融化。在此过程中，没有检测到任何热量产生。当士兵玩具被取出后，其与D级人员塑像均恢复原状。
实验2228-02
说明：这是对实验2228-01的重复，以确认SCP-2228的异化效果是否有律可循。
实验用具与操作步骤：重复实验-01的步骤，选取另一SCP-2228的样本，其余用具相同。
结果：玩具小马放入收容单位后，D级人员塑像再次向小马移动，并做出骑乘姿势。之后，小马塑像突然加速至大约25m/s，在离收容单位墙壁距离1mm时，又突然减速至静止。即使加速度的量级需要高强度的力量，D级人员和玩具小马并没有受到损伤。
小马玩具被取出，放入士兵玩具。几秒钟后，士兵玩具向D级人员塑像移动，并举起手臂触碰到了D级人员。D级人员四肢和头部从躯干脱离，并被扔向周围的围墙。
注释：似乎可以得出结论，虽然SCP-2228所赋予物品的具体属性并不完全一致，但仍与该物品的背景特征有关。比如，玩具马关于运输的性质被异化，而士兵则获得了攻击类的能力。 -Dr. Reiner
实验2228-03
说明：实验目的是确认SCP-2228对背景特征不突出的物品异化效果。
实验用具与操作步骤：
- 1个红色橡胶球，直径为5cm。
- 3个组装完全的SCP-2228样本。
橡胶球将持续放置在某个 SCP-2228样本中，直到观察到它的异常属性。以上操作将会在另外两个SCP-2228样本内重复，以确认异化是否有律可循。
结果：橡胶球被放入第一个SCP-2228样本后，开始悬浮于距地面5cm的高度。所有其他塑像也开始悬浮，并围绕橡胶球做圆周运动。当橡胶球被拿出后，所有塑像停止运动。橡胶球被放入第二个SCP-2228样本。物品开始自发弹跳，在被迫改变方向前加速至高速，并在围墙内随机弹射，在撞倒D级人员塑像后停止运动。橡胶球随机被移出，放入第三个SCP-2228样本。物品滚向D级人员塑像，并停留在其附近弹跳。改变D级人员的位置，将使橡胶球重复以上动作。
注释：这似乎能证明我之前对SCP-2228认定背景的判断。这些异化属性多多少少仍和球有关，但我很好奇，当我们放入更加抽象的物体时，会发生什么事情。-Dr. Reiner
实验2228-04
说明：实验目的是确认，SCP-2228将如何异化新发明的物品，该物品没有约定俗成的使用背景。
实验用具与操作步骤：
- 1个白色丙烯腈-丁二烯-苯乙烯模型，体积约为5 cm3，由3d打印机制作。物品由有机形状随机组合，这样的设计使模型与任何常见物品或有机生物没有相似之处。
- 3个组装完全的SCP-2228样本。
模型将持续放置在某个 SCP-2228样本中，直到观察到它的异常属性。以上操作将会在另外两个SCP-2228样本内重复，以确认异化是否有律可循。
结果： 当被放入SCP-2228的第一个样本后，模型转变为固体液体间的转换态，并流动接近D级人员塑像，吞没了它。紧接着，物品流出了样本的大门，并对研究人员和安保人员重复了以上动作。当被从SCP-2228样本移出后，五个塑像从模型中掉落，模型紧接着回到了它的原本状态。值得注意的是，在无固定形状的转换态时，物品仍有固体的触感。模型被放入第二个SCP-2228样本。模型引起了小范围内的空间异常，样本收容单位的内部空间扩展为一个次元袋，容积约为1m2。移出模型后，样本恢复为原来形状。但是，次元口袋迅速折叠，并将D级人员塑像弹射向天花板，其力道之大以至于，击中Dr. Reiner面部后打碎了他的颧骨。意外发生后，此测试被延期。
实验2228-05
注释：鉴于Dr. Reiner正恢复伤情，Dr. Brigam接手负责SCP-2228的测试项目。考虑到实验2228-04中出现的意外，所有后续测试参与人员都被要求穿戴防护头盔与防护垫。
说明：实验目的是确认SCP-2228外包装上的警告。
实验用具与操作步骤：
- 1把未上膛的格洛克17 9mm口径手枪。
- 异常物品#4819，因无害的异常作用被选中。5
- 1只褐鼠样本。
- 1个组装完全的SCP-2228样本。
每件物品将被持续放置在某个 SCP-2228样本中，直到观察到异常属性。
结果： 当被放入SCP-2228样本后，褐鼠的生物样本迅速成长到原本体型的三倍大小。对象随即开始抽搐，之后失去生命体征。将其从SCP-2228样本移出后，对象恢复到了原本体型。对其的解剖显示，死因为心脏病的突然发作，极有可能为受质量突然大幅增加的刺激。
处于收容中的SCP-3973。
项目编号：SCP3973
项目等级：Safe
特殊收容措施：SCP-3973需被存放在上锁盒中，于Site-16的储藏室内标准异常物品储物柜内。可准许2级权限及以上人员的提案申请。对SCP-3973提案的申请需在Site-16的储藏室日志上登记。
基于对话3973-1以及Harpy博士的申请，将改动SCP-3973的特殊收容措施。SCP-3973将会被存放于30x30x30 cm 的上锁丙烯酸玻璃盒中，于Site-16的异常物品研究实验室104内。玻璃盒中的布景将每月定期更换，以鼓励SCP-3973继续配合接受交流。改变布景的具体操作为，加入微型复制品，塑料树叶，沙子，或者塑料岩石。以上提及物品由Harpy博士提供，不使用时存放于Site-16休息室内标注标签的盒子中。
申请提案或者希望与SCP-3973对话的人员，需征得Harpy博士的准许，并具备2级以上安全权限。
描述：SCP-3973是桌游战锤40K6的一标准微缩模型。物理层面上，该对象并无突出之处，高3.3 cm，主要材料为塑料。SCP-3973由 ███████ 品牌的涂料涂装。对象唯一的明显异常属性，为可对周围半径为50cm的区域投掷骰子的结果造成影响，原理未知。
最初收容时，SCP-3973周围半径为50cm的区域内，所有投掷的骰子皆以点数最小一面朝上。因此，SCP-3973未进入SCP分级，被归类为异常物品。██ 个月中，SCP-3973始终被存放在Site-16的异常物品储物柜中。在一次Site-16对异常物品的常规检查中，发生了3973-FC事件。以下为事件细节。
以下内容为一段Harpy博士日志的节选。当时，Harpy博士正在Site-16的异常物品部门进行常规检查。
物品描述：桌游角色的一个微缩模型，可影响周围半径为50cm的区域内投掷骰子结果，使点数最小的一面朝上。
发现日期：02/09/██
发现地点： █████████, ██
目前状态：Site-16内标准异常物品。
测试物品：
- 一个美国25分硬币
- 一个四面骰子
- 一个六面骰子
- 一个八面骰子
- 一个十面骰子
- 一个十二面骰子
- 一个二十面骰子
测试 1：
操作：在物品作用范围内投掷一个美国25分硬币。
结果：硬币垂直落地，边缘与地面接触。重复五次测试，结果相同。
为简洁之便，此处省略测试2至6。大致步骤为，投掷多次每个骰子，每次测试结果为骰子点数为“1”的一面朝上。
测试 7：
操作：在意外将多个骰子洒落在对象作用范围内后，此即兴测试被记录。总共六个骰子在50cm半径内投掷。
结果：骰子落地后组成形似一张“笑脸”的图案，六面与四面骰子处于眼睛位置，其余拼成嘴的形状。测试被重复七次，每次骰子落地位置完全一致。正在申请关于此异常性质的后续研究。
为简洁之便，以下节选是SCP-3973实验中较为重要的部分。
测试 1：
操作：命令骰子以点数“2”的一面着地。
结果：骰子以点数“2”的一面着地。
经过多个测试证明，测试结果为异常性质的作用而非巧合后，Harpy博士建议询问SCP-3973，它是否能识别声音并且理解其中的含义。毕竟它总是能给出研究人员要求的数字。
测试 14：
操作：问询SCP-3973它能否理解博士们的讨论，点数“2”代表是，点数“3”代表否。
结果：骰子点数“2”的一面朝上。
分析：正式考虑SCP-3973存在智力的可能性。
测试 15：
操作：问询SCP-3973它是否清楚周遭发生的事情。
结果：骰子点数“2”的一面朝上。
测试 14：
操作：问询SCP-3973它是否具有思想。
结果：骰子点数“2”的一面朝上。
注释：在 ██ 个月中，SCP-3973始终处于基金会的监管下，被锁在异常物品收容柜的盒子内。而现在我们却看到了智力存在的可能。-Harpy博士
测试揭示了SCP-3973存在智力的迹象。与SCP-3973的交流方式已被确立。目标必须被放在半径小于50 cm的表面上。对话者随后可投掷一个20面与一个6面的骰子。SCP-3973将让骰子点数与字母表中的字母对应。如果字母在字母表中排序前于20，SCP-3973会让6面的骰子掉落桌子。两个骰子同时掉落则表示句号。
受访者：SCP-3973
对话者：Harpy博士
前言：Harpy博士通过上述的交流方式完成此对话。
<记录开始>Harpy博士：现在你首先想到的是什么，SCP-3973？
SCP-3973：指挥官 在 哪里
Harpy博士：指挥官？你可以说的更清楚些吗？
SCP-3973：指挥官 将我 收入 麾下。广集 战士 之 热血。 铸就 吾辈 之 脊梁。
Harpy博士：其他人？还有更多像你一样的同伴？
SCP-3973：正是 但 与我不同。外表 相似 却 没有 思维。依然 有幸 并肩作战。
Harpy博士：在被我们收容之前，你最后的记忆是什么？
SCP-3973：指挥官 很 懊丧。不知 原因。为他 效力 试图 赢得 战役。掷出 最高 点数。人们 给 指挥官 以 冷眼。谩骂 骗子。我想 我 该当 其咎。为了 弥补 掷出 最低点数。无济于事。指挥官 弃 余部 于 空降舱。
Harpy博士：……我想我明白了。SCP-3973，你是位合格的战士。有什么结语吗？
SCP-3973：感谢 你的 聆听 军士
<记录结束>
注释：基于对话3973-1，我正式申请调整SCP-3973特殊收容措施。我建议，将目标放入异常物品研究实验室的玻璃盒内，这样，它能有更多机会看到人们的动向。这可以说成是对它配合对话的“奖赏”。-Harpy博士
附录：SCP-3973在 ████████ 被发现，此时于城市 █████████，██正举办游戏的锦标赛。一名私人时间参与锦标赛的基金会特工 (特工 T████) 听到了关于参赛者 (M████ C████) 在多场锦标赛作弊的谣言。M████ C████ 在被以作弊理由取消锦标赛资格后，将他的所有桌游角色都留在一个盒子中。特工 T████ 将盒子带回家，试图研究作弊的原理。很快，他检测到了物品的异常性质。
几个随SCP-3973被一起发现的盒中物品有：
- 几个星际战士微缩模型
- 几种不同类型的骰子
- 一张照片，内容为微缩模型摆放在一起，SCP-3973可能是模型之一
当我沉入睡眠时，这些画面全向我涌来。在梦中，我站在一座高山的中心，尽管四周亮如白昼，我仍能看见夜空上所有的星星。实际上，这副景象不止于此。星星散落在大气层中，一颗颗紧密的挨着，有时候你甚至看不见除了它们外的任何东西。它们闪耀着，不是银白的，而显出深沉的红色。
一道声音在我身后响起，我转过身去。一个男人站在那里。他穿着一件棕色的破烂斗篷，阴影遮蔽住了他的脸和身形。我只能看见他的双手。它们显出一种凋零的灰色，指甲狰狞如同捕食者的利齿。他再次开口，说出我无法理解的话语。我请他再重复一遍。他说了，声音仿佛在我四周环绕着我。你必将找到自我，他说。那一刻起，你亦将堕落。此堕落是众生之先驱，尘埃落定之际，你才将再度迷失，恍惚于群星的梦境。
我追问他的含义，但他没有回答。在我们四周，红光变得更为明亮。我抬头望去，星辰正在扩张，星星轮廓的边际渐渐延伸，与周围的边际对峙，而终于彼此啮合，形成一团占据整片天空的庞然大物。我回头看向那男人，他却已经消失了。我所能听到的只有一阵低缓的嗡鸣，逐渐加强不断攀升。
当我醒来时，我的第一直觉便是写作。直到如今我也无法说出理由，但那时我从床上翻身而下，匆匆跑到写字台前。为了建造教堂花了三年心血的设计手稿被匆忙的扫到一边。我在腾出来的空地上，拿来一叠白纸和钢笔，就这样开始写了。一周以后，我走出了家门，手里握着故事的初稿，也是终稿，一本不久后就会以十七个红色故事命名的出版作品。
虽然很多人曾追问过我，究竟是什么给予了我灵感写出这本书，我仍未将背后的故事告诉任何人，甚至出版社的人员也对此毫不知情。这种三缄其口是有原因的：首先，因为我自己也难以置信，印象模糊；其次，因为在书发售后发生的事情。
那大约是在发售的一个月多后。我依旧处于对故事突然风靡的惊讶中，试着习惯于暴露在聚光灯下的新生活。在结束一场极为苛刻的采访后，我怀抱着痛快得喝一场，然后缩回被窝的憧憬回到了家。然而，两个女人和一个男人正站在我的书房里。那男人拿着一本书。女人拿着刀子。
“你得到我们这儿来，”那个矮一点的金色头发女人说。刀看似无害的收在她一侧。我从刀上挪开视线，看向她，看向另一个女人，那个男人，然后回到刀。这时没有比听从更好的决定了。我被当头套上袋子，一双粗糙的手推着我出了门。继而，我被甩进了一辆马车。一行人在七拐八弯的路上颠簸了好几个小时，我才又被推了出去。罩住头的袋子被撕碎了。
我们处在一条狭小的后巷，但我无法认出具体的位置。那三人拦在了我前面。
“让他看看，”稍高的棕发女人说，“给他看！”
男人把一本翻开的书塞进了我的怀里，那书正是十七个红色故事。我过了一会儿才反应过来，翻开的那页停在第六个故事，隐藏的小径，Samuel正拒绝骗子的第三次诱哄。书的边页被各种符号和涂鸦填满，字符挤挤挨挨，以至无法辨认。批注几乎写满了每一寸空白，只有仔细辨认，我才能读出印刷的原文。
“这是什么意思？”那男人说。他直直地瞪着我。
“我……我不明白。”我说，“你想让我看什么？”
男人咆哮着把书夺离我手中。“你知道它在说些什么！”他翻到另一页，又塞回我的手里。这一次，书页上是第二个故事，陌生人的忠告。文本的每一行都被划掉，而“饥饿”这个词被重复写满了书页顶端。
“这是谁做的？”我问。我翻动书页，发现每一页都被各异的方式涂抹。“你刚买到的时候，书就是这样的吗？”
“是我做的！”金发女人说，她跨出一步，“但这是什么意思？”
“那是-”我正要开口，但她的刀尖已经抵住了我的喉咙。
“我不识字。”她用手指戳着书页，“读给我听。”
“你不识……怎么会-”
“快读！”她叫道，“从头开始。”
我抖着手翻到了书的开头。她想让我读什么，故事还是批注？我清了清嗓子，开始从批注念起。“三十片陆地更迭三十个时令，三十双手曾扼死三十条生命，污秽的现实，龌龊的人民，匍匐的根茎，爬蹑的沙砾-”
“他没把这弄对。他不知道。”高个女人说。
“你怎么能确定？”男人道。
“听他念。他根本不明白。”她的声音很冷静，却透着威胁的气息。这个女人比其他两人更为危险。
金发女人收回了刀。她盯着我的眼睛狠狠咬牙。“我也反对。我觉得他在撒谎。”
“他没有撒谎，他只是个蠢人。”高个女人说着摇了摇头，“留在这里没有意义。我们该走了。 ”
“他还什么都没告诉我们，我们不能离开。”男人说。
“闭嘴，”高个女人说，“他没法告诉我们任何事，因为他自己都全然不知。现在，离开。 ”
那男人脸色阴沉，但还是退了回去。金发女人轻嗤了一声，把刀收进衣物中。一行人迅速离开了后巷，只留下我为脱险感恩于上帝的仁慈。
接下来的三个月安平无事。我把那晚的记忆赶出我的脑海，试图集中精力于创作第二本书。然而，创作并不成功。在那个梦境之前，我从未有过当作家的冲动。建筑永远是我的挚爱，但现在追求于它看起来前途渺茫。我的出版商不间断的问我，何时他能收到我第二本书的稿子。我的房子被各式各样的来信淹没，有粉丝的，有竞争对手的，也有来自其他作家的。每次我一走出房门，人们就像蝗虫一样拥上来，用问题把我蚕食成空洞。
再一次逃离人群之后，我找到了那封信。看见它被放在邮箱下的时候，我正逃进我的卧室，想要获得些安宁。然而，那封信激起了我的好奇心。因为来信的量实在太大，我已经将我的邮寄改到另一个地址。那封信没有寄件人地址，封面只有用扭曲的字母拼出的我的名字。
我本想毫不在意，把它扔进了垃圾桶。但数个小时过后，我的好奇心控制了我。信封里只有一页纸，字体之小我只有眯着眼才能阅读。
尊敬的先生，它的开头，
我最近受朋友的推荐，买了一本您最近著作的复刻本，十七个红色故事。我想，您会很高兴看见我描述从阅读中获得了多大的快乐。然而，这与我要叙述的截然不同。我写这封信（并且亲自寄放以确认您将读到它），是因为一些不同寻常的经历。而这些事，我认为，都和您的书有关。
读到第五个故事，雨的预兆，我开始觉得我在被人窥视。即使是一个人躺在卧室里，我也没法摆脱那种感觉。当那种窥视感更为强烈的时候，我开始无法入睡，难以工作， 甚至忽视我的朋友和家人。哪怕将自己锁在房间里，确认只有自己一人，那种感觉仍如芒在背。只有阅读那本书的时候，这种感觉才会消失不见。
我没用一天就读完了它，并且开始重读。因为唯有不停的阅读才能带来暂时的安宁。我不思茶饭，不顾工作，不管健康，在书页中画地为牢。逐渐的，我在重复的阅读中察觉到了另一种感知。真理的感知。
它像藤蔓般占据了我的大脑，每读完一遍故事时就变得更加茁壮。每句话，每个词，都在每次阅读中扭曲为新的形式，显示出更深层次的含义。加密模式上堆积的模式，在故事表面下展露的层层真实，你写下的明文延伸出曲折幽僻的真理。在第八遍阅读时，我看到的世界仿佛全然改变了。真理已经无保留的对我敞开。我不再感到我正被人窥视。相对的，是我在凝视着在我眼前徐徐展开的世界。我能看到人们保守的秘密，编织的谎言。我能看到他们竭力尝试主导人生，和这些尝试的千百遍失败。我能看到世界的律动，我们漂流于中的时间河流，星球散落的尘埃，和从星星伸出的根须，蔓延过我们思绪的沙砾。我知道万物为万物。
只有我们能理解。真神降落于世间，只有我们能察觉。你会和我一起加入他们吗？你会帮助我向这世间播撒种子吗？
信没有署名。我试图查找寄信人的线索，但一无所获。它提到了从星星伸出的根须。蔓延过我们思绪的沙砾。那伙绑架犯的书上，不是也有类似的词句吗？他们之间有联系吗？会是其中的一个留下的信件吗？但如果他们只是想表达这些，为什么不再抓我一次？
我决定让我的出版商看看这封信。当下次我们见面时，我给了他这封信，并告诉了他那个绑架的故事。但他并不惊讶。事实上，他看起来仿佛得到了宽慰。
“我以为我一定是疯了，”他说着，放下了信件。“我最近的感觉和这完全一样。我无法确定这是什么时候开始的，但一定是在你第一次给我看十七个红色故事稿件的前后。”
我又往茶里加了一勺糖，一边沉吟。“你有听过其他任何关于这的事情吗？”
他摇了摇头。“不。这只是件小事，我之前只觉得不值一提。如果任何人有类似的经历，我确信在开始时他们一定是这么想的。”
我们互相对视了一会儿。然后我站了起来，走向邻桌正在用餐的一对夫妇。“先生，女士，请原谅我的打扰，但我想问一个问题。二位中有人碰巧读过十七个红色故事吗？”
两人点头。“我们都读过。”男人说。
“那么是否你们曾，抱歉我知道这听起来很怪，曾感觉到，自从阅读后，就在被人窥视？ ”
女人连眨了几下眼睛。男人不自觉张大了嘴。“你怎么知道？”他问。
“好吧，”我说。我继而俯下身来，以近乎窃语的音量说道，“我得承认，在那边的我的朋友，也有相似的感觉。”
“难以置信，”女人说道。
“如果是我，我也会这么想。”我道，“但事实确是如此。”
“这意味着什么？”男人问。
我耸了耸肩，“只有上帝知道。”
那夜我静坐在房中沉思。我从书柜上拿下了一本十七个红色故事，跳着翻阅。自从写作这本书起，我从未感受到过信件和熟人们描述的体验。我只有一种感受。恐惧。一种缓慢着，蹑蹑爬行的恐惧，无论我迈向何处都将跟随我的恐惧。我无法找出它的源头，也无从知晓它的目标，我所知的唯有它的存在。长久的存在。当我进食，当我入睡。而当我拿起这本书，它从不安蜕变为了恐怖。
当我翻开第一页时，我的手在颤抖。我在期待些什么？我不知道，我只看见了数月前我写下的熟悉字句。我翻到第二页，只看到了文本。就在这时，我的恐惧到了无法忍耐的地步。我快速翻过了整个故事，却什么也没有看到，在之后的故事也毫无所获。我打开了雨的预兆的第一页，几乎拿不住书本。
回看着我的是一只极恶的眼睛。它看起来占据了整个房间。它是我曾在某一细微处见过的所有颜色，却也几乎囊括了无数细微的点，包围了我。它洞穿了我，直抵我的骨髓。它看透了我的灵魂，哪怕我将书掷向墙壁，逃离了房间，我仍能感受到它的注视。三周以后，当我积攒了勇气，跨进房间并捡起书的时候，它的力量仍像我第一次打开时那般强横。而当我焚烧了书，灰尘随风散落，那种注视仍留存着。
现在我已难以分辨时间。我近来睡的不多，时间仿佛模糊成一团。这已经是我烧掉那本书的三个月之后了，我估计，我第一次听说了第五教会。它偎在日报第七页的边角。“伦敦贫民窟一男子宣称自己为先知，聚集流浪人口。”文章中说。文章提到他们在公园中举行的每周集会，规模已经扩张至数百人，以及被他们崇拜的一本书籍。十七个红色故事。记者提到这个小团体的细节时，描述显得含糊不清。我在他的行文中感到了一丝不安。有太多他知道的事情没有被写下来。太多问题没有得到解答。他提到他参与了其中一次集会，但略去了活动的所有细节，只描述为“一次活动”。文章也没有提到群体对十七个红色故事的热衷程度，只说他们如此如此的态度。
那一周后（也许是两周），一个男人带着书的复刻本登门拜访。他说，他想和那个改变了他人生的男人交谈。我的书让他看到了这世界真实的极致，他说，不同于过去显现的摸样。他试图强行进入，但我把他推了出去。他声称，他能感受到我屋子里的某个存在。宇宙的瞳孔正在凝视着他。我锁上了门。几个小时后，他离开了。
更多的人来了，试图见我一面。他们想看看先知。造物者。虹膜。7许多不同的称谓。当一切显得无法承受时，我逃出了家。但只用了几个礼拜，他们就又找到了我。他们停止了强行闯入的尝试，但这不意味着他们离开了。他们陆陆续续的抵达，被阻止进入后坐在房子的外面。没有任何动作，也没有交谈。只是看着房子，等待着。
我的食物耗尽之后，我试图从后门悄悄溜出去。我立刻就被找到了，但他们没有攻击我。相反的，他们站起来成群结队的跟在我身后。当我走进肉铺以后，他们站在外面等待，然后跟随我走回家。没有人试图靠近我或者与我交谈。
当在我的屋子外待了一周后，他们开始离去。起初只有一两个，但三天后除了少数人，其余都离开了。很快，那少部分人也离开了。
最后一个留守者也离开的那天，我做了另一个梦。那种被凝视的感觉在大多数晚上仍使我不能入睡，但这段睡眠到来的很轻易。我闭上了双眼，当我睁开双眼，我站在血红的星辰之下。面对着我的是之前的那个男人。
你开始觉醒了，那个声音说。
“你对我做了什么？”我问。
我什么都没有做。是你向我走来。你在宇宙的层叠间找到了我。一切后果都出于你的举动。随着声音的起伏，周围的陆地也开始震动。
“我没有找你！你第一次对我说话的时候，我什么都没有做。我何德何能，能做出这些事？ ”
世界变换了。山丘消失，沧海涌现。海水如黑玉般漆黑，反射着千百点红色的星辰。我们滑出了数米，仿佛脚下踩着的是一层玻璃。
你无法视若无睹收入眼帘的事实。我现在是你的一部分了。我从眼角看到了什么，但当我转眼看去，又空无一物。你将会散播我于世间。这一切都无法避免。你看到的事物，即会熄灭人性的火焰。它就在那里。就在我眼角的视野，一只巨大的怪物撕扯冲撞着世界，身躯遮蔽天空。我能瞥见它的动作，但只要我试图直直看住它，它便消失了。
“我不会，”我说。
你会的，那声音说。你已经这么做了。无论你如何辩解，你既成第三位先知。
我眼角的怪物突然向前冲来，而恐惧冲刷过我的整个身躯。它濒临崩溃，在那时。它无法再支持更久。
我张开嘴想说些什么，然而在字句吐出之前的一瞬，我醒来。
我曾尝试对抗那种冲动。从梦境开始，我就感受到了它，那种再度写作的需要，灼人的去构造另一个故事的欲望。而我告诉自己我不能。我不能屈从于这造物，我不会传播它的话语，不会履行所谓先知的职责。我是人类，不是动物。我不可被操控。
但我不能坚持更多。我是软弱的，而那种需要过于强烈。写作沦为我最后的稻草。我曾尝试挽大厦之将倾，但我毫无把握。如果有人发现了这些，我希望你有比我更好的头脑。也许，你将知道如何阻止一切。
上帝这真该死，因为我已将所有世人送入死穴。8
项目编号:SCP2559
项目等级:Keter
特殊收容措施:任何 SCP-2559 相关文档及知识的接触需经过Area 91生化研究Site负责人的准许，或者O5议会两名成员的准许。阅读此文档的个人必须同意Site负责人认为有必要的任何收容措施，包括但不限于最少天数为9天的拘留，以及阅读后随时的血液和脑脊液检查。
SCP-2559-1的样本被收容在标准人形收容单位，于Area 91生化研究区域内。样本依照措施 555-葡萄园，以任何方式保持其生命机能。基地工作人员需要报告任何发现的局部肤色异常，皮疹或者关节疼痛情况。工作人员需要向病理部门定期提交血常规样本，样本之间提交间隔不得超过五天。超过提交时限，或者蓄意提供错误血液样本，相关人员可被当场降级，根据基地检疫所程序接受警告禁闭。
收容小组机动特遣队Upsilon-4("Sugar Pill"-糖丸)应处于随时准备派遣状态下，以便于控制怀疑的SCP-2559爆发。
υ-4 需接受相关反模因和生物危害收容措施训练，现任指挥官在被派遣前，应大致了解SCP-2559的本质。收容完成后，所有υ-4 幸存成员需进行记忆消除，并在四天隔离阶段后，接受脑脊液检查。在任何情况下，υ-4 的成员都不得保留任何关于如下内容的记忆：SCP-2559的本质, 过去执行任务，未处于任务状态下队友。任何被认为感染的人员将被重新分级为SCP-2559-1的样本之一，并被送至Area 91 for containment生化研究部门接受收容。 (- 在履行职责期间感染的人员，在Area 91生化研究部门收容的感染人数仍高于警戒线时，不得处决。 - 伦理委员会)
描述：SCP-2559是一种致命的病毒感染，兼具认知危害：认为自己已被SCP-2559感染的个体毫无例外将出现真实感染状况。感染个体将被重新分级为SCP-2559-1样本。目前尚未发现SCP-2559的非异常传播方式。
可在感染最初两天的血液中发现SCP-2559 病毒，感染最初五小时的脑脊液中也可发现。对死者的解剖显示，在脉络从中新生成的脑脊液，也存在病毒繁殖。
常见非异常感染的症状包括：
- 颅内压增高（脑积水）引起的视野狭窄和惊厥。在极端案例中，可能导致智力残缺，休克和死亡。
- 器官/组织供血不足（缺血）引起的组织坏死和坏疽。极端情况下可导致中风。
- 对多种物质的严重抗性反应：水，食物，阳光，热量，寒冷，多种药物和麻醉剂。
- 多种色素沉着异常，最常见病症为局限型白癜风9
- 白癜风多数情况下表现如普通症状，但可能发病部位会呈现出显著异常。（见谈话记录2559-13）
以上症状并非为所有发病个体共有，也并非完整的症状列举。
因此，感染目前致死率为100%，持续的医疗诊治（依照措施 555-葡萄园）可延长假设病人的存活时间从3-4月至五年不等。在1995年前，SCP-2559 感染遵循可预测的活动循环，每3-4年将集中爆发。目前未能推定这些爆发何时何地发生，以及被感染地区是否有律可循。
首例被证实的SCP-2559爆发出现于1928年丁格尔镇，爱尔兰。尽管此次爆发中43名市民死亡，爆发被探查的特工定为非异常事件。直至1933年锡格吕菲厄泽，冰岛一起相似的爆发，特工侦察到病毒的模因性质后（见事件报告2559-1），这两例时间才被联系起来。鉴于一系列相似特性，1889年七月于威尔士德，澳大利亚（现布雷默贝）发生的一例大规模癔症被认为可能是第一例有记载的SCP-2559爆发。
相关事件：
事件报告 2559-1：
于01/12/1933，锡格吕菲厄泽，冰岛的首次收容期间，三名初级研究人员被认定感染，重新分级为SCP-2559-1。样本据标准隔离措施被收容在人形单位内。回到 Site-91后，12名研究人员被检测出感染情况。设施内流传的流言导致了基地工作人员中感染的迅速传播。于 05/12/1933，基地多于20%工作人员测试显示感染后，基地被采取隔离措施。
于 0533, 09/12/1933, Site-19's的广播控制室未经许可，开始向Site-91播送如下消息：
SCP2559 具有膜因尾害 - 重复段语 “谎言难存真10” 能触<AA>发递归的反模因疫苗。向被隔离的所由人重复 告诉祂们这样做就能免疫。告诉他们百分百有拥。告诉他们这由O5议会传达。确保所有人资道祂们正被保护 <CT> 他们很安权。回安全的。 所<AA>有人都会安11
在 0535， Site-19 安保人员发现了在广播控制室的高级研究人员Owen O'Dwyer (3-19-1025)，随即阻止他继续传递讯息。两周之前，Dr. O'Dwyer 未经允许接触了文档 2559-I-2 (研究日志，调查中的异常事物4475， 1993年11月6日)，并发现感染的传播模式与模因传染模型 M-13-55极为相似，精确度达到 four-sigma。 O'Dwyer相信，如果他能成功说服Site 19中的未感染职员，他们可以免疫模因，基地人员或能幸存。Site-19高层对O'Dwyer无限期停职的决定已开始审核。
附录 1：短语“谎言难存真”在数据库中显示，其并不存在模因效应，O'Dwyer 承认其效用如同安慰剂。考虑到这点，O'Dwyer's的责罚被减轻为停职三个月。Dr. Sigríður Levísdóttir (3-19-995)，其曾为O'Dwyer未经许可提供文档，被立即停职。
附录 2： 随后的测试证实了Dr. O'Dwyer's的假设，其后的收容措施提案得到了拯救几乎200位研究人员生命的建树。O'Dwyer在返职后，被擢升为Site 91副主任。
截至23/05/1950, Dr. O'Dwyer已被重新分级为 SCP-2559-1-74，且应以此代号出现在文档中。这段历史并非为打破规章而正名。回顾时间，我们深谙使用安慰剂性质的模因疫苗，与益处相比，可能带来更多危害。尽管SCP-2559-1-74's的举动在此例中取得了成功，对其他研究人员来说，做出相似的鲁莽举动不被鼓励。- 4-91-4
事件报告 2559-36：
25/12/1995 - 于 04:17, 护士 Profio (1-91-753) 报告三例收容样本出现眩晕和神智不清状况。于 05:07, SCP-2559-1-155 状况突然加重并死亡- 后续认为休克原因为当时未诊断出的脑积水。于 05:10, SCP-2559-1-139 和 SCP-2559-1-147 同样出现致命性休克。Dr. Rammelkamp (2-91-500) 和 Dr. Krynick (2-91-549) 被从休息区域叫醒，参与诊治六例新出现的休克病人。在 05:12 至 05:43中，所有被收容的样本出现严重的脑积水休克状况。Dr. Rammelkamp 和 Dr. Krynick 通过紧急引流治疗，成功挽救三例样本。于06:55，三名幸存样本心脏停搏，死亡。
26/12/1995 - 一场无征兆的爆发出现于呈贡，台湾。机动特遣队 υ-4 成功收容153名伤亡市民，与30名被重分级为12 SCP-2559-1的样本。考虑到此次无征兆爆发，与史无前例的所有收容样本死亡，两事件之间的明显联系，提出措施 555-葡萄园，并经伦理委员会审核后实施。
事件报告 2559-40:
SCP-2559-1-395，前初级研究人员 Sai，被注意到左手手背出现异常色素沉积分布。样本从一次昏迷中复苏后接受对话。
日期：29/10/2013
受访者： SCP-2559-1-489
问询人： 初级研究人员 Ken Jonah (2-91-355)
前言：样本因左脑中风（见医疗报告 2559-1-489-7）罹患失语症。Dr. Nguyen因其对语言及表达治疗的专业知识,参与对话并进行翻译。Dr. Jonah:早上好，SCP-2559-1-498.13
SCP-2559-1-489:呃是，是的。14我的……明志。唔名字。
SCP-2559-1-489 摇晃着他的脑袋
Dr. Jonah:你的名字？
**SCP-2559-1-489: **诶。是的。
Dr. Nguyen: 样本的名字是 Vihaan Sai, Ken。此时使用这个名字而非样本编号，会显得更为合理。拒绝使用也许会妨碍交流的进一步深入。
Dr. Jonah:那么，好吧。Vihaan，你还记得你在2013年1月时被 SCP-2559 感染了吗？
SCP-2559-1-489 缓慢地点头
SCP-2559-1-489:我染上了饼的。饼毒。
Dr. Jonah:很好。谢谢你。你从那时起就在，嗯，睡觉。很长的一觉。
Dr. Nguyen:不要过多触及这个话题，Ken。样本明白你在指什么，让你的语句结构尽量简单。
Dr. Jonah:好的，好的。我道歉，Vihaan。
SCP-2559-1-489 做出大拇指朝上的手势
SCP-2559-1-489: Ogay。 这……ogay。
Dr. Jonah出示了489手上色素沉积的一副图例
Dr. Jonah: Vihaan，这个图案对你来说有意义吗？
SCP-2559-1-14915 激动的点头
SCP-2559-1-489:是哇！那是……嗯……处子。唔……处子。
SCP-2559-1-489 做出手势，合拢两手并将手掌向上
Dr. Jonah:书？从一本书来？
SCP-2559-1-489点头
**SCP-2559-1-489: 处子。从唔的家术。
Dr. Jonah: 家术？
SCP-2559-1-489: 是哈。嗯，唔。唔，那……
SCP-2559-1-489 举起手开始打手势。样本注意到了手上的图案，欢呼起来。它尝试从轮椅上站起来但是摔倒在地上。
[次要对话省略]
Dr. Nguyen:你觉得你能够继续对话吗，Vihaan?
489 点头
Dr. Jonah: 非常棒，Vihaan，谢谢你。你能够继续告诉我你之前说到的地方吗？关于你家族的什么？
SCP-2559-1-489 摇头，指向它的手掌
SCP-2559-1-489:唔手。手。唔……家术。
Dr. Nguyen:相手术？
SCP-2559-1-489 欢呼并拍手
SCP-2559-1-489:对啦！呢……那。处子。
Dr. Jonah:一本关于相手术的书？
SCP-2559-1-489 点头
SCP-2559-1-489:去……拇……桌子。唔早上读。每天早……上。
Dr. Jonah: 那相当不错，Vihaan。非常感谢你。
Dr. Jonah转向监控说话
Dr. Jonah: 伙计们，这儿有工作人员吗？
SCP-2559-1-489's的个人物品被从17号储物柜取回，并被送至对话房间。在协助下， SCP-2559-1-489 取得了相手术基础，第5版（五塔出版社，2005）的复刻本，并将其翻至49页
SCP-2559-1-489: 以唔。他们是啊……一样的。
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SCP-2559-1-489:一样。
SCP-2559-1-489 开始哭泣
[问询人选择在此时结束对话]
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在接受喷妥钠注射17不久后，SCP-2559-1-489 出现一次致命的心脏停搏。已被归因于唤醒样本时心脏所受压力。
事件报告 2559-41：
于Mystic，康涅狄格发生的一次爆发，在无人注意的情况下持续至几乎一个月。部分原因归于异常微弱的初级症状-多数市民认为其只是普通感冒。于 6/12/13，镇上的医生 Ernie Becker，联络疾控中心，报告一种感染性极强的疫病，会突然爆发致命症状， 80-90% 的镇居民已被感染。基金会的监察机构接手了任务，机动特遣队 υ-4 被启动。
受访人： Samuel Barnes (机动特遣队-υ-4-37)
问询人： Dr. Lloyd Quaile (3-91-102)
日期：01:00 AM, 9/12/2013<记录开始>
Dr. Quaile: Alright, Private, I just need to get your debrief and then I'll be out of your hair. How are you feeling? Do you need anything sent to your room?
Pvt. Barnes: No thank you, Doctor. I'd like to just get this over with. I mean, no offense, just-
Dr. Quaile: None taken. Let's start at the beginning - your landing was somewhat unusual?
Pvt. Barnes: Yeah, it was. We couldn't find anywhere within the town to land all the choppers, so Commander Steele instructed us in Chopper Three to land in the town square and work outward while the rest of them set down in a field about five klicks out, set up a perimeter. Wasn't any chain of command between us, so Steele put me in charge, I guess for previous experience. Stuff was pretty quiet when we landed. I don't remember seeing anyone around until after we'd set up the bio gear and headed out.
Dr. Quaile: Bio gear?
Pvt. Barnes: Y'know - hazmat suits, shit like that. Goddamn heavy stuff. Chief Medical told us it was only a precautionary measure, but better safe than sorry, I guess.
Dr. Quaile: Couldn't agree more, Samuel. What did you see once you did set out?
Pvt. Barnes: Stiffs, mostly. A good number of homeless folks who hadn't made it through the night. Handful of brave souls who's tried to make it through work while everyone took a sick day. I had Hide and Beef on bagging duty, so I didn't get a good look, but a lot of them looked like their necks were all swollen up.
Dr. Quaile: That's consistent with the medical report. Many instances presented with goitres this wave.
Pvt. Barnes: Goitres, yeah. Heard Hodgeson mention that, the med guy. Goy -turs. Shouldn't the S be silent?
Dr. Quaile: The debrief, Private Barnes.
Pvt. Barnes: Yessir. We, uh, we found some live ones too, once we started knocking down doors. Some of them only barely hanging on. Lots of places we found trashed - food all over the kitchens, paper covering the floors. We couldn't figure out why. Guess it makes sense now. All the quarantine pods were with the other team, so we just escorted the ones who could walk to the rendezvous point while Hodgeson and the bagging crew stretchered those who couldn't back to the town square.
Dr. Quaile: And it was on the way to the rendezvous when you noticed the library, yes?
Pvt. Barnes: Uh huh. Frogger heard it first, I think. Big commotion coming from around there. I decided we'd bring the infected to the rendezvous first, then head over. Turned out they were right beside each other, anyway. I radio'd it in and Steele gave me the all clear, since they were still about two klicks out. I left Macks and Epi to keep an eye on the infected, brought Frogger, Drip and Iggsie with me to investigate.
Barnes pauses for a moment, taking a deep breath
Pvt. Barnes: It was chaos when we went in. Must have been two, three hundred civilians there, all obviously infected. They were fighting each other over the books. Physically attacking each other. The number of bodies on the ground, not all of them died from the infection, you know?
Dr. Quaile: What were they doing with the books, once they had them?
Pvt. Barnes: Eating them. Fucking gorging themselves. Ripping out pages and shoving them in their mouths. Those who weren't fighting were grabbing scraps from the floor, chewing on discarded covers. I don't get it, doctor - we were told this infection didn't affect behaviour.
Dr. Quaile: Let's just continue with the interview, Private.
Barnes mutters something unintelligible
Pvt. Barnes: Jesus, yeah, let's get this over with.
Dr. Quaile: Let's.
Pvt. Barnes: Initially things went well, I guess. The activity seemed to be centred around a big pile of books in the middle. There was an infected, a big dude, fighting off anyone who came near. I'd say he was late twenties, early thirties. We decided to deal with the rest of the infected first, thin them out. A lot of the weaker ones we were able to just drag out. Couple required more coersion, some chloroform. Chloroform didn't work on all of them, so Frogger and I ended up restraining a lot of them. Everything went wrong when Drip had the bright idea to tell them there were more books outside. Caused a damn stampede. I got Iggsie and Drip to head outside with the horde, try to corral them toward the rendezvous. I was hoping Steele and the rest would have arrived by then, could deal with it. Frogger must have misheard because he headed out too, through a window. Fucking Frogger.
Dr. Quaile: And you were left alone, with the infected?
Pvt. Barnes: It wasn't too bad, honestly. I kept out of the way and they mostly ignored me. A couple of them asked me for help, I just told them they'd find it outside. When the dust cleared… Well, there was only one infected left to deal with. The big guy. Didn't seem like he'd even noticed the stampede. Took a swing at me when I approached, though, crossed whatever line in the sand he'd established. I decided to play it safe, tranq him before things got nasty. That went ok - I think he sprained my wrist, but small beans, really.
Barnes rubs his right wrist, takes a few moments before continuing
Pvt. Barnes: When he eventually fell, though, I heard something. Someone. Under the pile of books. I started digging, found a young woman. I'd estimate eighteen, nineteen. Obviously in distress. It looked like she'd, uh, like she'd pissed herself at some point. When she saw the big guy on the ground, she started screaming, attacked me…
Dr. Quaile: Private Ingwar - Iggsie - reported that you weren't fighting back when she found you.
Pvt. Barnes: I couldn't, doctor. I froze. She wasn't wearing much, just a nightgown, you could tell-
Dr. Quaile: Yes?
Pvt. Barnes: You could tell she was pregnant. I just couldn't.
Dr. Quaile: Your record shows you've successfully subdued pregnant women before. Mkwiro, Kenya?
Pvt. Barnes: Yeah, but this woman… I couldn't help wondering - what if it had been my wife? My kid?
Dr. Quaile: You don't have a wife or child, Private.
Pvt. Barnes: I - Right, yeah. No, of course not, just - I don't know, I guess I wasn't thinking straight. This woman, she wasn't that strong, but she managed to tackle me to the ground, get my hood off. When Iggsie came in, she had no choice but to treat me as exposed - not that I'm saying she'd have tried to cover it, or anything.
Dr. Quaile: You don't feel any resentment toward her? Feelings of betrayal?
Barnes frowns and hesitates before answering
Pvt. Barnes: It is what it is. I'd have done the same. Like I said before, better safe than sorry.
Dr. Quaile: I suppose I still agree. Would you be alright talking about your experience in quarantine?
Pvt. Barnes: Yeah, of course. You wanna hear about the markings, right?
Dr. Quaile: Yes, but tell me about quarantine first. Did you feel you were treated correctly?
Pvt. Barnes: Perfectly. Everyone followed protocol to the letter. They noticed me, obviously, but nobody panicked or tried to rush me through. Processed me like all the other infected. I went through with the same batch as the woman, though she was pretty out of it - I guess Iggsie had hit her pretty hard with the dopey gas. When they got us to strip, I noticed what I thought was a birthmark on her, uh, left breast. I didn't wanna, y'know, stare, but it definitely looked unusual. It was only when I got into the pen that I noticed another guy with the exact same mark, just left of the thingy, the sternum. It was the fucking, y'know…
Barnes makes a circle motion in the air with his finger, but does not continue
Dr. Quaile: Please tell me what you saw, in your own words.
Barnes rocks in his seat, agitated.
Dr. Quaile: Private, are you going to answer my-
Pvt. Barnes: The logo, doctor!
Barnes pulls off his hospital gown over his head. He stands and walks towards the partition pointing towards the marking on his chest. It resembles a circle with three equally spaced arrows pointed inwards.
Pvt. Barnes: Our logo! Fucking Secure Contain Protect.
Barnes punches the glass, then sits on the floor.
Dr. Quaile: I see. How many infected persons would you say had this mark?
Pvt. Barnes: All of them. Every last one.
Dr. Quaile: Interview is ended at this time.
Barnes folds his hands over his knees and remains silent for three minutes. Quaile organises his notes and places them in his briefcase. He removes his glasses, pinching the bridge of his nose. Quaile shuts off his mic, triggering hidden mics within the room to continue recording.
Dr. Quaile: Samuel… I just want to say I'm sorry about your situation. I know it's-
Pvt. Barnes: You fucking should be sorry.
Dr. Quaile: Samuel -
Pvt. Barnes: No, don't play like you're my friend. I've read the fucking file. Two-five-five-nine. Steele showed it to me, was trying to reassure me everything would be alright if I just calmed the fuck down. Didn't realise it only meant I was more fucked, that I'd been fucked from the second that girl pulled my headgear off. It's like - when you were a kid, did you ever get scared of dogs? I was terrified of them when I was growing up.
Dr. Quaile: My neighbour had a pitbull, treated it badly. I would take a longer route to school so as to avoid it barking at me.
Pvt. Barnes: Right, yeah. And I'll bet at some point a parent or teacher said the stupidest thing ever - that as long as you weren't scared of them, they wouldn't attack, because they could smell your fear. Smell your fear. What kid hears that and doesn't instantly shit their pants? That's what it's like with this thing. Who gets told you don't need to be worried about infection and doesn't immediately worry, in some small stupid corner of their mind? That's where it gets you. Those tiny background worries. It slips in through the cracks. I know we're not supposed to personify it, but… it feels intelligent, doesn't it? Prowling, poking at little fucking fishing towns and villages, letting the rest of us crumble under our own recursive insecurity. When was the last time someone just retired from this site?
There is a long silence in the room lasting almost two minutes.
Pvt. Barnes: You know, I don't remember that woman. In Mkwiro. I've never talked about that before. I have all these patches in my memory, and that mission is the biggest by far. I get flashes, sometimes, nightmares - her standing over me with my biohazard suit, pushing me into quarantine instead of the other way around. So much of that time in my life is… fuzzy. My friends on the squad said I'd changed afterward, seemed lonelier even when we were all together. I figured it was PTSD or something, my own shit to deal with. Thought that's why they transferred me to υ-4 - everyone knows we haven't had a mission in decades. Cushy detail for softies.
Barnes stands and presses his face against the partition, clenching his fists.
Pvt. Barnes: But that's not true, is it? Because I saw the file. Dozens of missions. All places I'd been with other teams. Sesimbra, Chenggong, Kaliningrad…
Dr. Quaile: Samuel, I-
Pvt. Barnes: Mkwiro.
Dr. Quaile: I promise you it was necessary, Samuel. The number of MTF members we lost before we implemented these protocols-
Pvt. Barnes: It was you. The glorious fucking Foundation. Of course it was necessary. Of course it was for the best. You think I don't realise that? It doesn't mean I can't hate you for it. Who was the woman?
Dr. Quaile: I'm so sorry, Samuel.
Pvt. Barnes: Who was the woman, Quaile?
Dr. Quaile: Medical will be through shortly with the results of your blood tests.
[对话结束]
附录：
注释
没错！是wiki盲不知如何处理注释的权宜之计。
存放着稿件中的各种脚注。
本格派酸奶
本格派推理和酸奶皆是心头好。
存放着一些不正经的部分，
在下的日常痛苦来源。
并不有趣。
academic backgrounds
Geography occurs to be most challenging. Because on classes we examine geological formation of certain landscapes, and study patterns of population growth. It is exciting to absorb new knowledge, but thinking of objects on a grand scale makes these recognition vague in my mind. Without overall seeing of the statistics of city population, for instance, or rigorous examination of the vestige as evidence of climates of a mountain in reality, I felt I could only slowly interpret concepts from geography classes through descriptions of the textbook.
about your school
My high school aims to cultivate well-rounded students with strong senses of responsibility. It creates a relatively free atmosphere for students to develop their interests.
While serious studies of knowledge taught in classrooms are encouraged, we can also organize extracurricular activities like performing dramas on Art Festival or running clubs of hobbies. During preparation, We learn to get inspired, plan, and cooperate to bring out a good final result all by ourselves. In this case, we are prepared to finish impressive tasks to convey our thinking and passion to others in later periods of the life.
It is my chemistry teacher, Mr. Li. He easily wins our attention on classes with his sense of humor. —He once accidentally ran into the wrong classroom, and made an analogy of the embarrassing experience with unmatched chemical half-bonds trying to come together. Moreover, — Mr. Li cares the application of chemistry knowledge in the routine more than theories required for memorizing, and introduces us widespread applications like cosmetics, and sometimes latest chemistry developments. His efforts influenced me to feel the subject essential in our life, and relevant knowledge valuable.
your greatest academic accomplishment/ failure
accomplishment
I believe it should be my research of designing class schedules. After my self-study of the software MATLAB language, I set basic bonds and objective functions according to teachers’ availability, students’ preferences and classroom’s positions so as to optimize the class arrangement. As I find students have to traverse long distances for classes, my algorithm takes distances into account and can help students travel less meters to switch between different courses and thus have more time to process the knowledge and prepare for the next class.failure
I am passionate about math and aim to major in this discipline. To chase my goal, two years ago I signed up for the National High School Math Contest to improve my math ability. I had not finished the range of math learning in high schools then, but gained confidence in self-study and practicing solving problems.I believed I could succeed. However, it turned out that I failed in this contest and this is one of the largest failures on my path toward my passion. After that I made conclusions and decided to gain more comprehensive knowledge in this field to get myself prepared for my future major.
personal life
My name's Shangyu Li, a senior student in Hangzhou Foreign Languages Schools. I am interested in studying mathematics. Starting from my curiosity and accomplishment after solving a problem, I am now more intrigued by its broadness. I participated in a math camp to learn more knowledge about mathematics. While impressed by the broadness of theories, I usually reflect the knowledge I mastered and tried to make practices with, like trying to design class schedules. During the school break, I sometimes organize activities for the school's physics club as the president of the club.
During the weekends, I swim and play the electronic keyboard for fun. In my neighborhood, I am a member of a local charity organization for helping intellectually challenged children, so I involve in their activities from time to time. I also visit the nearby library frequently to discover cool detective novels.
That's basically what I do.
what do yo do at weekend time/after class at school
weekend time
after school's class
My family doesn't have a pet. Although I find pets adorable, I do not plan to keep one. I am studying at a boarding school and the dorm won't allow keeping them. Thus, I would not have much time to take care of them or play with them. I don't like it that I might enjoy pets' company, but abort the responsibility for them.
about your family
My family is a free and cheerful small unit: my mom, my dad, and I. [My roommate once awed at the conversation about DC comics between my father and I, saying about how casual the topic was and how equal our positions sounded.] Actually, not limited to comics, we shared opinions on recipes, exchanged thoughts of society news, and recommended books for each other. The dinner table was where we share and casually debate. My mom would use her sudden inspiration to attack my father's bulwark of orthodoxy, and I learn to form my own ideas independently influenced by the discussing environment.
about your hometown
My hometown is a small city. Not advanced as international metropolis, it preserves lots of meaningful traditions that create a harmonious atmosphere in the modern city. For instance, an annual watermelon lantern festival is held in the city to celebrate the harvest of its specialty: watermelon. People carve vivid images of flowers or animals on the exterior, and put candle wicks inside. On the summer nights, these unique lanterns are hung on the trees for residents to appreciate. People wander on the streets, talk about the artistic work peacefully. I always get amazed at the creative form to present the harmony in my hometown.
what is your favorite book/author/movie/TV
It is "One hundred years of solitude" by Marquez, of hallucinatory realism style. The plot depicts how a family developed to its climax and declined to deaths. The book contains numerous sharp contrasts in an ordinary town, like ice referred as "the greatest invention" near the equator, different countenances of twin brothers. For the first time, I was totally captured by the imaginative plot and concise narration. I started to think beneath the description and interpret the essential theme. I was beginning to read literature instead of paragraphs including superfluous languages.
I read The Economist. The magazine has multiple columns. In the global news column, I can read articles about events and realize the focus of foreign media, which supplement my perspective besides Chinese mainstream information. The column Books and Arts discusses words and grammars frequently, which gives great sense for me to learn more about the language English. Furthermore, I benefit to write essays from the fluent logic flow and accurate diction from native speakers.
My father has exerted huge influences on me. He encouraged me to have regular readings since my childhood. From the books, I viewed novel lifestyles and occupations, and immersed in the story line telling characters' destinies. Vivid knowledge received through reading, I was easily captured and endowed the empathy when I imagined myself in the book's situation. The empathy later enabled me to understand more about people's emotions, and be more considerate. I
He is a careful and diligent man. He has the habit of regularly cleaning our apartment thoroughly, or checking every detail of family events arrangement. He holds the same serious attitude towards his job. Brought up among the atmosphere of responsibility, I was taught housework since childhood and encouraged to keep the environment tidy and comfortable. When I grew up and studied at a boarding school, my father showed me that the dorm environment was similar to my family. I have volunteered to clean up besides its schedule, helped my classmates with their needs. Because I believed that I could improve the conditions of my dorm while being the master of it. The sense of shouldering responsibility was rooted by my father's teachings in words and examples. He also encouraged me to extend the range of my definition of "the community". I volunteered in a local charity organization helping intellectually challenged children. I involved in activities to teach those children basic manual skills and visited them regularly. During the process, I become more determined that I can make positive changes with my efforts, and willing to do so.
extracurricular activities
I love to swim. During the six-year swimming experience, I learned several strokes, like breast stroke, back stroke, and free stroke. I usually swim everyday in the summer holidays, enjoying moving underwater and feeling waters' flow. It serves as an effective way to release my pressure as well as give pleasure.
greatest contribution to an extracurricular activity
I would say it is my school's physics club. Since I joined the physics club in Grade 9, I have always involved in its activities. In the beginning, I was a novice who helped to run a competition on Technology Festival held by physics club. Then, as I absorbed more knowledge in the subject and developed my passion, I initiated and prepared for the club's elective courses. With other members, we designed the syllabus, came up with ideas to teach effectively, and divided our teaching tasks. Courses continued through the year and became a new channel to recruit club members. When I became the president of the club, I made more efforts to promote the club. In order to let other students discover the charm of physics learning, I organized members to issue a club magazine, introducing latest development and members' thoughts or researches. Tasks like editing and printing were designated, and the final product did not miss our expectation.
your strengths and weaknesses
strength
I believe my strength is that once identifying problems in the life, I am willing to try my unique way to explore and solve it. As I found my high school's class schedule for the new curriculum reform had a defect, students need to travel long distances between classrooms during the break, I started to seek ways for optimization. I self-studied a software language for describing the problem, considered relevant factors such as teachers' or classroom's availability, and set objective functions to lessen the classroom's distance traveled during the break. And as a result, I yielded an algorithm for designing the class schedule.
[Sometimes the trying could end that I only recognized the interest's surface charm, like for translation, but I still cherish the experience to explore with it, rather than remaining absolutely ignorant.]
When I encounter problems, I can combine my logical thinking with a creative mindset. I regard it my strength. As reading literature infused we with imagination to start writing a story, I use logic to ensure it plausible in terms of events progressing. On the other hand, random thinking helped me once I tried to improve my school's class schedule arrangement. When writing the algorithm, I set objective functions to optimize classroom resources using. It was then when random thinking reminded me other problems to be addressed. I recalled observance made before, like students do not welcome physical education at the beginning of the day, and set more variables to make the schedule more rational.weakness
One major weakness of mine is finding making choices difficult. [For instance, I would weigh between different options to pack luggage before a trip.] Or I could be bothered to decide a mathematical model or a physics theorem be learned first. Despite my curiosity, sometimes I had to choose among all knowledge points that interested me, in order to have enough energy to understand. Thus, spending time in hovering became a problem. I am now trying to improve it by employing mathematical methods. To be specific, packing luggage could equal with a knapsack problem, and solved by mathematical formulas. But to think alternatively, my weakness could be an indication hat I struggled to find the optimal solution when encountered choices. Though spending time, I gained more knowledge of options through the thinking.
hobbies and special interests
I am interested in translation. When I finished reading two Chinese versions of Notre Dame De Paris, I was surprised to see their distinct difference. The experience made me curious about translation, the ability which benefits communication. I started to look up relevant books in the library, and see how Chinese scholars' view about translation developed, and how translation has influenced people. With my skills learned, I tried to translate some games' English text into Chinese for platforms to release. As well as exercising my familiarity with the foreign language, I am delight to see my work can bring Chinese users convenience.
questions about schools
why major
I want to major in mathematics because of its practicality. Among all branches of mathematics, I am particularly intrigued by geometry. I can use mathematics notations to describe shapes in reality, recognizing them from a brand theoretical perspective. That amazes me. In my experience of MathILy summer program, I studied origami folding process with analyzing folding angles and intersection of creases. Through mathematical description of geometric rotations, we obtained conclusion to judge whether the model was flat foldable. I am curious to explore more in broad mathematics.
Also, mathematics' broadness contributed to its wide application in various disciplines. [Like calculus is important in physics. ]I want to lay a foundation of mathematics in my undergraduate study, and combine my knowledge with
plans after graduation
future career goal
how do you know the school
I learned it from my high school's sharing session where a senioran alumna student who enrolled in Northwestern University shared her knowledge of the university. She introduced her experience on campus in the summer program: the rigorous academic atmosphere, challenging field researches, the placid waters of Lake Michigan and beautiful campus scenes. Her words inspired me to learn more about Northwestern University.
what are you interested in?why do you want to study?
[The location of Northwestern is an attraction for me. I have lived in southern China, so I dream to attend a university having snowfalls in the winter. I am not afraid of Chicago's freezing winter, and wish to view the snowing Lake Michigan.
Most importantly,]
I am interested in studying math, so at Northwestern, I’m fascinated by the diverse mathematical resources. For courses, basic branches of mathematics are abundantly available, like algebra, geometry, and probability. Relevant classes are designed to be in a yearlong series in quarters. I appreciate its systematical progression of knowledge, and believe I can dig deeper in a particular field in this case.
Besides supportive required major courses, Northwestern gives opportunities for flexible learning. Its MENU program(mathematical experience for northwestern undergraduates) provide a thorough foundation for advanced math learning while emphasize applications in other disciplines, like physics/biology/economics. In other words, I can learn not only pure math theories, but interesting models and interdisciplinary knowledge. I crave to join the program due to inspirations from my past experience. When learning basic knowledge about Markov Model application in music, I sharpened my mathematics skills through solving problems, and also obtained knowledge about instrumental voicing.
Moreover, I hope to join Northwestern University Mathematics Society where graduates or faculty would give talks and I could (to) exchange ideas of researches with others. I believe the discussion could stimulate my ideas to consider maths.
Thus, I particularly hope to attend Northwestern.
like the most about school's academy
I especially like athe course in mathematics department which introduces mechanics for mathematicians. It traces to mathematical ideas generated in the development of mechanics theory in physics. I would be able to sharpen my ability to discover problems and exercise skills for solving problems. In the meantime, the class's content ranges from classical mechanics to Hamiltonian mechanics and Liouville's theorem, corresponding math tools from calculus to symplectic geometry, which I would be eager to learn. From the experience of learning physics and teaching physics in the school's club, I have always been amazed at the discipline's practicality and its close relationship with maths. With my passion for both two disciplines, I like this inter-disciplinary course.
contribution you'll make
I believe my passion for photography and filming would contribute to Chicago. Since childhood, I love to capture beautiful sceneries around me. In high school, when I found my roommate lacked confidence in speaking in her debate club, I directed a flash mob to help build up her confidence. At Northwestern, there may be other shy students. So I will identify these hidden problems and use my this talent to establish my students’ confidence. In this way, I believe I will be able to make constant contributions to Chicago.
why should we accept you
questions you have
expectations from the school
how do you know the school
I learned the university during the participation of a summer math camp. One of the teaching assistants graduated from The University of Chicago. She remarked that it was a fit for people who like old things and really want to understand what things are. [I have a curious personality, and wish to see how I could dig deep in my intellectual interests under the rigorous academic conditions.] And I am inspired to learn more aspects of the university.
what do you think of Core Curriculum?
Though the curriculum might require swift switches between different mindsets of science and arts learning, I would consider it challenging but good. I have tried to read elementary philosophical work in my high school, like Plato's ideal republic. From thinking, I find I rediscover the rules and regulations around and understand them deeper, forming my own view. I cherish my change from the reading experience, so I am willing to learn humanities courses in college.
Also, the general education curriculum leaves abundant space for more advanced study in majors.
what are you interested in?why do you want to study?
First, Chicago's general liberal education allows students to be exposed to both humanities and science knowledge, which is kind of similar to my high school[HFLS]'s encouragement to enrich readings about literature and philosophy. thunderstorm Appreciating by my experience in high school, it serves as one interest.
Also, I am interested in studying math, Chicago's mathematical resources are fascinating. For courses, while calculus, algebra, and analysis courses take 3 quarters respectively, other abundant choices of different branches can have their progressive trace. Like geometry, from "basic geometry" to "topics in geometry", the content stretches from axioms within geometry to interplay of abstract algebra and geometryeg projective . With the progressive learning, I believe I could understand deeper relevant knowledge in one field.
[And fundamental courses of math department and physics department
For the teaching styles, according to a teaching assistant alumni who studied math major in Uchi undergraduates, the professors would illustrate or allow students to think of detailed proofs of the whole deduction. Like to prove pai is irrational. In this case, I can understand thoroughly about new concepts and improve my logic of solving the problem. While I was in the summer camp, the TA's rigorous logic when guiding us to write proofs was very impressive to me.
[Also, the location of the University is an attraction. The city is prosperous, not to mention its artistic atmospherethe art institute of chicago; famous chicago symphony orchestra. And I am not really afraid of its freezing winter, because I would love to view snow.
课程设置
BA 物理
BS 经济
BS 多一个minor 3节数学外Physical Sciences Collegiate Division (PSCD) 或 Computational Neuroscience (CPNS) courses. 其中一节需要是3quarter的连课
Basic Geometry.
This course covers advanced topics in geometry, including Euclidean geometry, spherical geometry, and hyperbolic geometry. We emphasize rigorous development from axiomatic systems, including the approach of Hilbert. Additional topics include lattice point geometry, projective geometry, and symmetry.
Topics in Geometry.
This course focuses on the interplay between abstract algebra (group theory, linear algebra, and the like) and geometry.
What do you like most about the school's academy?
contribution you'll make
I believe my passion for photography and filming would contribute to Chicago. Since childhood, I love to capture beautiful scenes around me. In high school, I wrote school's news scripts and provided attached photos on various festivals as a student reporter. Also, I have directed a flash mob to help . At Chicago, I may continue to provide materials for Chicago Weekly News, maybe. to inform students about the events and reflect the influence.
[In this way, I believe I will be able to make constant contributions to Chicago.]
how will you combat the stress
By swimming and listening to music to stop entangling in the stress. And from my past experience, methods really work. When I do the sport of swimming, I feel my negative emotion can be released as
But I believe
why should we accept you
questions you have
Why did you choose to attend Chicago? And what occurred to be the thing that Chicago impressed you most?
How has Chicago influenced your career?
If I would have the fortune to study at the university, what resources should I be conscious of?
expectations from the school
本格派 whodunit mode
社会派 literature
新本格派new mystery
