SCP 70-70 Amaranthene

Humans are ultimately fallible, and they make mistakes.

Some make more than others, and some make bigger mistakes than others, but to air is a universal trait.

When the SCP Foundation makes mistakes, people die, or worse, and it stands to reason that they

may occasionally look for alternatives to fix these mistakes.

One solution that comes up, on occasion, to varying degrees, is the use of an artificial

intelligence in handling information or making decisions to help with containment.

SCP 7070 involves perhaps the most extreme use of an AI that the foundation could resort

to, but desperate times call for

desperate measures.

In the wake of a horrific apocalypse, sometimes it's easier to let a machine take the wheel,

even if that may not be the best approach in the long run.

Let's take a look.

The article begins with an image of a large, spherical object in the sky,

dripping a black substance,

and a caption reading,

The black moon howled, and the earth heard its screams.

We're then provided a file from the personal recordings of 05-5, dated as December 12th, 2098.

It's a transcript of an encounter between 05-5 and 05-13, taking place on the observation deck of the Tilda Moose Memorial Hall in Neosite 19.

05-5 stands on a balcony overlooking a forest, suffering from the black blight.

Small amounts of dark ash occasionally break away from the scene, displaced by the wind.

Ash floats towards the balcony, but it disintegrates on contact with the force field surrounding Neosite 19.

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