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| “ | I don't think any of them like it, to have their lives shaped this way. That the clock should deny them respite, or any kind of honor. It can leave someone more than slightly bitter, to have every opportunity for a semblance of normality. Instead, they watch as they die, and their friends die. The enemies die too, but there's nobody to celebrate with, because you outlived them all. I don't blame Chester for hitting me… what else could he do? | „ |
| ~ Excerpt from research document by Stanley J. Gillespie in "Skipping Time". |
SCP-011, also known as "Sentient Civil War Memorial Statue", is a character in the SCP Foundation. It is a statue build as a memorial for the soldiers of the Civil War, but later gained sentience of its own and became a Safe class anomaly currently left uncontained by the Foundation.
Biography[]
According to SCP-011, it was originally a man named Chester Smith who was born in Woodstock, Vermont but eventually went to Kentucky in order to escape the civil war to no avail. He joined as a private in April of 1864 and began training with several harsh officers for months in the barracks only for him to be first of his regiment to die during the start of a battle. In another account he a man named William, the son of a bootlegger and had four brothers.
When a statue depicting him was created in Woodstock as a memorial for the fallen soldiers who had participated during the civil war he went on to possess it, making the statue into his new body. On March 12, 1995, residents witnessed it moving its eyes. On September 30, 1995, the statue used its functioning musket for the first time and on December 9th of the same year it began using the musket to shoot at the birds which attempted to land or defecate on it. On January 25, 1996, the SCP Foundation became aware of the anomalous statue and designated it as SCP-011. The Foundation decided to leave SCP-011 at its current location and have two personnel clean it and the area around it 30 minutes after sundown, but when the statue was unable to be cleaned for more than two days then the local residents were prohibited from viewing the statue. In April 14, 1997 SCP-011 began to also casually move and look around its location.
On May 3, 2000, when its caretaker Elizabeth Perez jokingly congratulated SCP-011 after using its musket the statue for the first time spoke and thanked her. On October 22, 2001, SCP-011 began having conversations with its caretaker and in the same year it stopped shooting at birds. On February 6, 2002, after the caretaker implored SCP-011 to step down from its pedestal it complied and in the span of the following two years it reached human level of self-awareness. Seeing that the caretaker was doing a good job at taking care of SCP-011 the Foundation decided to drop the containment procedures on November 10, 2004 and transferred the statue to her custody, while also keeping a constant observation on it. On May 17, 2005 SCP-011 became romantically attracted to its caretaker and on March 12, 2007, the two got married, but their marriage was not officially recognized.
On May 25th of the same year the caretaker retired from the Foundation and began living happily together with SCP-011, until December 31, 2010 in which the caretaker fell ill and soon died leaving SCP-011 alone and with a broken heart. One day SCP-011 was visited by Foundation employee Stanley J. Gillespie who wanted to interview it. SCP-011 explained to him its origin as Chester Smith, but when Gillespie began insisting to talk about its life with its caretaker it shot him in his eye, forcing Gillespie to understandably leave. Around February 29, 2012, SCP-011 was observed becoming less mobile and intelligent and often went to the caretaker’s grave in a cemetery. On March 12th of the same year while resting at the caretaker’s gravesite it lost all of its anomalous properties and became a normal statue once again, and was then taken to Site-19. After the entire site was abandoned due to the Pulse neutralizing all anomalies, two young kids began exploring it and eventually came across the normal statue that was SCP-011 before proceeding to leave the site.
Appearance[]
SCP-011 was a statue resembling fallen soldier Chester Smith holding his musket and carved out of granite quarried.
Powers & Abilities[]
Despite being a statue SCP-011 was able to function and behave exactly like a normal human without receiving any structural damage or requiring any needs. SCP-011 was able to use its musket like it was real despite filling it with granite ammunition and powder which didn’t cause any serious damage to the receiver. When tested with a psych test SCP-011 scored an IQ of 133.
Personality[]
| “ | Truth is, that was a long time ago. No one cares about it anymore. I may carry myself like a soldier, but it's for a war no one today is alive to remember. It's ancient history. Before your people found me, nobody cared about me one way or the other. And before you, no one was around to talk to me. I was just another thing they had to clean up. You were different. I don't know why you responded to me, that day - usually, your people brush me off. But you didn't. I thought….I was afraid, rather, that you only did this because it was your job, but…. | „ |
| ~ SCP-011 to Elizabeth in "A Promise To Live For". |
SCP-011's personality as Chester Smith or William prior to his death is unknown apart that after he got killed in the war he became bitter over this but not mad due to the enemy who shot dying himself shortly after. Following his death SCP-011 felt himself as his soul left his buried body which was decaying, which he described the process as uncomfortable and confusing until he woke possessing the statue depicting him after some birds began bothering him. Seeing the world around it had changed it decided to ignore all of that and focus on the bothersome birds which would land and defecate on it, causing it some distress. SCP-011 would also shoot at people who were being too much disrespectful to it by bothering it or touching sore subjects. When it began living with Foundation caretaker Elizabeth Perez it developed romantic feelings towards her and were soon married but after she died of an illness SCP-011 became seemingly depressed as it visited her grave from time to time until the rest of its life.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- When the Foundation used SCP-978 to take a photo of 011, the picture showed it with its caretaker embracing each other.
External Links[]
- SCP-011 — SCP Foundation Wikidot
- SCP-011 at the SCP One Canon Project Wiki
