As we all know SCP-096 is famous for the
extremes
it is capable of when looked at and has
already shown it will stop at nothing on
its path towards its victims many of us
have probably wondered however what
would happen if SCP-096 looked at a
mirror or if someone on an airplane
looked at its face in this SCP
exploration episode we attempted to
answer these hypothetical questions
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Firstly we will explore what would
happen should a human look at an SCP-096
photograph while on an airplane when we
explore the SCP-096 wiki we come across
an incident report when SCP-096 was
triggered by a D-class located in the
Tongass trench the second deepest ocean
trench after the Marianas Trench when
the D-class looks at the photograph the
shy guy immediately breaches containment
and begins travelling towards its victim
the exact distance is redacted but
consists of three numbers and is written
out in kilometers so we can assume a
median value of around 500 kilometers or
310 miles and in the document it is
stated that the shy guy requires around
40 minutes to reach the D-class's location
so we calculate an average speed of
around 750 km/h or around 500 miles per
hour running at that speed is quite
astonishing and requires huge amounts of
energy in the SCP Wiki it isn't mentioned
that SCP-096 eats and drinks so this
means the anomaly receives its energy
via anomalous means which explains how
it is able to generate such power
moreover after reaching the ocean
surface 096 swims the 11 kilometers or
35,000 feet needed to reach the
submarine located in the trench diving
35,000 feet underwater takes time even
for the shy guy and the anomaly has no
direct oxygen supply during that time so
we can assume that SCP-096 either doesn't
need to breathe at all or can hold its
breath for extended periods of time also
as we discussed in our SCP-096 backstory
video the shy guy likely originates from
Mount Everest which at a height of
around eight thousand eight hundred
meters or 29,000 feet is quite close the
the standard cruising altitude of an
airplane at around 11 kilometers or
35,000 feet All this means that should
SCP-096 attack an airplane it would most
definitely survive being at this
altitude so back to our little plane
experiment when the D-class looks at the
photograph 096 reaches
containment immediately and tries to get
as close to its victim as possible this
means going directly under the airplane
and moving as it moves airplanes can
move at speeds of around 500 miles per
hour or 850 kilometers per hour a speed
that SCP-096 is likely to be able to
reach
however the plane is also located far up
in the sky
and SCP-096 has never been tested so
extremely as we've seen from the 096
and 682 test when the two anomalies are
put against one another
and battle till they both stop 096 has
in the past not been able to kill its
victim and in such cases calms down
eventually but appears very distressed
for an extended period of time
so it's possible SCP-096 simply rages
for a while unable to reach its target
far above however the plane can't stay
in the sky indefinitely and must at some
point land to refuel and in this case
the shy guy would probably be very happy
to welcome its friend directly on the
runway but this is assuming SCP-096
can't somehow get up to it and as we've
seen from the submarine test 096 has
been able to generate vast amounts of
energy running at speeds of around 500
miles per hour or 850 kilometers per
hour so one of the first things 096
could try to do is jump as high as it
can and see if it can reach the D-class
this would require huge amounts of
energy for obvious reasons but SCP-096 is
as we've already seen an indestructible
anomaly which doesn't eat and drink
produces energy from nowhere and can run
as fast as an airplane so it will
definitely be possible that SCP-096
simply jumps up to the plane and reaches
it 096 would also need to
analyze the trajectory of the D-class to
know just how fast and in which
direction to jump the shy guy
anomalously knows by whom and where his
face was looked at however so
intercepting a plane would probably be
within its capabilities
and should the shy guy fail he can simply
try it again and again if the plane
doesn't land beforehand just imagine the
D-class's face when he sees a jumping
096 through a window
who tries again and again to grab the
plane mouth wide open
certainly not your typical SCP
foundation experiment which is also why
it has never been tested another totally
different possibility is that the shy
guy adapts to the situation as he has
already adapted to the terrain on Mount
Everest this may include for example the
shy guy growing longer and more powerful
legs in order to jump higher or even
wings in an attempt to fly up to its
victim and we would consider this
believable because 096 is capable of
regeneration as we've seen from the 096
and 173 tests during which the shy
guy's neck is snapped
multiple times but regenerates
effortlessly and regeneration and quick
adaptation are scientifically very
similar both require vast amounts of
energy which 096 certainly has as
we've seen from its feats of strength
and specific genes which enable it to
grow its body further which the shy guy
also has as his body can regenerate or
perhaps SCP-096 would attempt a
combination of both growing skin between
its arms and body and between its legs
like a wingsuit jumping and then trying
to fly up to its victim should the jump
proof insufficient the idea that
SCP-096 can down planes is further
supported by the fact that an SCP-096's
incident log a confiscated CNN
broadcast is played in which a downed
military plane without any US military
insignia as shown with a large hole in
the side
of the fuselage it is also mentioned
that only three bodies were found in the
plane despite it requiring a crew of 20
which supports the idea that as few men
as possible were used to minimize
casualties right after an MTF unit
arrives in military helicopters and
demands that the camera is turned off
and though it is not written directly
that SCP-096 was the cause of the
incident all hints lead to this
conclusion in any case should a D-class
on a plane look at an SCP-096 photograph
he will be killed
sooner or later either in the air or
when the plane lands
so in this SCP-096 plane test the entity
doesn't disappoint and shows us once
again how unstoppable it becomes when
enraged perhaps the only thing that can
stop the entity is itself An entity
which attacks anyone that looks at its
face looks at a mirror what happens the
first logical thing to do is look for
such experiments in the SCP wiki
unfortunately we do not find any such
tests we do however find an SCP-096
mirror test in the SCP sandbox wiki
where one posts his or her SCP entry to
be critiqued and if it is positively
assessed it can be posted on the
official SCP wiki there it is
reported that the shy guy doesn't react
at all to the mirror suggesting he is
blind being in the SCP sandbox wiki
however this test isn't considered canon
and we don't find the idea that SCP-096
is blind to be very logical because we
believe in the SCP-096 backstory we
talked about in our SCP-096 theory video
and no part of the adaptation process
requires the mountaineer to become blind
in this case the mirror will most
definitely induce the shy guy to react
as from 096's general behavior
crying for extended periods of time
hiding its face and
attacking people that see it the entity
finds something disturbing about itself
and seeing just that with its own eyes
would probably disturb the entity even
further in this case ones first impulse
would be to break the mirror to avoid
seeing this disturbance any longer
which SCP-096 would most likely do as
well but this wouldn't remove the
emotional damage and suffering induced
let's not forget 096 was formerly a
mountaineer who was attacked by a SCP-1529 an SCP which tortures you if you
refuse it killing you quickly and spent
decades on Mount Everest suffering and
adapting to the terrain freezing and
starving the whole way unable to get off
the mountain nobody outside of the SCP
foundation would survive an encounter
with the entity and be crazy enough to
put a mirror in front of it so this
would most likely be the very first time
the entity sees itself after its
transformation just imagine yourself
being tortured in a cell for sixty years
looking at a mirror and seeing that you
have become
SCP-096 this would undoubtedly cause
disbelief grief and if you're someone
with a temperament similar to 096's uncontrollable rage and
possibly self-harm so SCP-096 would
probably start clawing away at its face
screaming and raging like never before
and possibly breach containment so what
scp-096 attempted to kill itself in this
situation probably but as we've seen
from the 096 and 173 tests the shy guy
is capable of very quick regeneration
which would probably nullify all damage
induced to itself and knowing that
according to our theory the shy guy was
originally a normal mountaineer who had
his life prolonged by SCP 1529 in order
to suffer as much as possible this could
very well have made him immortal and
even if he wasn't
his survival instinct would kick in
at some point preventing any more
self-harm so an entity which has
suffered its whole life has just seen
what it has become in the process and
wants to finally end its suffering but
finds out it can't kill itself so only
one natural reaction remains a
containment breach and uncontrollable
rage after breaching distressed like
never before it would run around and
kill anyone it comes across and to
destroy everything it finds destructible
and as we know SCP-096 is capable of
battling it out with SCP-682 one of the
most powerful anomalies in the SCP wiki so
such a containment breach would be
devastating which is why an SCP-096
mirror experiment has never been
attempted in the SCP foundation and
hopefully never will be this concludes
our video on the SCP-096 mirror test so
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