SCP-6010: “Carcinization”

Item number SCP-6010.

Containment class Esoteric.

Secondary class Enochian.

Disruption class Amida.

Risk class Critical.

Object class Enochian.

Special containment procedures.

Currently, containment of SCP-6010 is not possible due to its widespread influence over the civilian population.

Preservation of the veil is no longer a priority.

Efforts are instead to be focused on the rehabilitation of SCP-6010-A instances and the preparation of the global population for future SCP-6010 alterations.

Foundation staff altered by SCP-6010 may continue their existing roles in the foundation following a two-week adjustment period.

Description.

SCP-6010 is the global restructuring event that has currently impacted roughly one-third of all animal life on Earth.

Since June 21st, 2021, life forms in the Animalia Kingdom unpredictably undergo rapid transformation, developing into decapodial crustaceans, with typical subjects being around forty centimeters in height.

These subjects, hereafter referred to as SCP-6010-A instances, develop a pair of claws on their frontmost limbs, as well as a thick chitinous exoskeleton over a flat disc-like body.

Instances of SCP-6010-A are primarily aquatic, but can survive out of water indefinitely as long as their gills hold a layer of water.

Their middle six legs are typically used for walking on the seafloor, while their backmost legs are flatter and used for swimming.

Despite these extreme biological changes, SCP-6010-A instances that were previously human retain a human level of consciousness and all memories formed before the transformation.

There is no known way to revert SCP-6010-A instances back to their previous forms.

Since SCP-6010 began, animal life on Earth has been transformed into SCP-6010-A instances at an exponential rate, with current estimates placing the completion of SCP-6010 around the middle of 2028.

Addendum one, introductory footage.

The following was taken from the video series The New Carcinized World, made by Dr. Francis Hernandez, the lead researcher for SCP-6010.

Hernandez communicated using a text-to-speech program and a keyboard specially designed for their claws.

Episode title, Coming Out of Your Shell.

Hello.