There are two certainties in this world.
Death - and Taxes.
And I’m pretty certain that this guy in question has no intention of rectifying the
latter.
If you know anything about the SCP Foundation - you’ll know that this guy is kind of a
big deal amongst the terrifying ranks of anomalous entities.
He’s been around from the beginning, slinking in the shadows - working on his projects - making
his way toward his ultimate goal through meticulous scientific processes and a sprinkle of barbaric
necromancy.
In this video, we’re going to paint the picture of a pretty bleak landscape - a geopolitical
theoretical timeline with one man - or, well, creature - pulling the strings.
SCP-049.
The Plague Doctor.
In a world where WE are its pestilence.
Hello internet - and once again welcome back to the most inquisitive channel on YouTube
- Life’s Biggest Questions.
As per usual, I’ll be your disembodied floating voice Jack Finch - as today, we dive once
again into the murky and mysterious world of the SCP Foundation - and theorise on one
of it’s most renowned subjects - as we curiously, and painfully ask the question - What If SCP-049
Was Real?
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As the record states, SCP-049 AKA The Plague Doctor - is a Euclid class anomalous entity
of humanoid identity, roughly 1.9 meters in height, which bears the appearance of a medieval
plague doctor.
You know, pointy mask - spooky hood - you get the picture.
Curiously though, while SCP-049 appears to be wearing the thick robes and the ceramic
mask indicative of the Plague Doctor profession, the garments instead seem to have grown out
of SCP-049’s body over time, and as a result - are nearly indistinguishable from whatever
form is beneath them.
SCP-049 is capable of speech in a variety of languages, though tends to prefer English
or medieval French.
Yeah, that’s kind of a one-way conversation.
On an unknown timeline, the Plague Doctor was discovered during the investigation of
several unknown disappearances in the town of Montauban in Southern France.
During a raid of a local home, investigators found several instances of SCP-049-2 - AKA,
the corpses that he skillfully reanimates into shambling undead golems that do his bidding
- as well as SCP-049 himself, probably lurking in a corner.
During the encounter, while law enforcement personnel engage the hostile 049-2 instances,
the Plague Doctor was noted as intensely watching the engagement and taking notes in its journal.
You see - the Plague Doctor’s whole shtick is that, just like any scientist - he observes,
and adapts - and that’s why potentially, he’d be a very terrifying and real adversary
if he ever reached his full potential.
After his discovery in Southern France, SCP-049 willingly entered the Foundation’s custody,
where he remains to this day, working on his cure against - what he refers to as - The
Pestilence - and to cut a long story short, we are the Pestilence - by means of our proficiency
to die.
As in the collective we.
Humanity.
And this guy wants to cure us all.
Of death.
But - not in a good way.
Let me explain.
Throughout the course of his containment, SCP-049 has only ever shown a desire to work
on corpses in an effort to develop his cure for the Pestilence, often reanimating the
dead into shambling monstrosities.
But the thing is though - as he often states on numerous occasions - the scientific process
is exactly that, a process.
And it is rarely perfect right off the bat.
So let’s slide the timescale a little bit - and fast forward to a theoretical timeline
where SCP-049 has had the time to develop his cure to near perfection - and instead,
in this timeline - instead of shambling monstrosities - we had a different version of the undead.
A much more, presentable version - shall we say?
Something that didn’t appear undead at all - but instead, appeared exactly like you and
I.
You see where I’m going with this?
Yeah.
I’m talking zombie sleeper agents.
Let me explain.
You see - the thing that makes SCP-049 so terrifying is that he has a cause.
He has one simple function that he will go to great lengths to ensure is carried out.
And as we’ve learned time and time again throughout these series of SCP based LBQ videos
- you can’t kill an idea - and in the case of SCP-049 - you can’t kill death.
Because as we all know, what is dead may never die.
So picture this.
SCP-049 has cured death and at his disposal has a horde of lifelike sentient humans that
are highly capable and proficient puppets to carry out his bidding.
Would The Plague Doctor simply stop once he’d discovered the perfect cure to Death?
No, of course he wouldn’t - because his work would never be complete unless every
lifeform on the planet had been cured of the Pestilence.
So instead of slinking in the shadows, working away in the confines of the SCP Foundation
- SCP-049 would seek to be unleashed on the planet with the vile intention and machination
to ensure that Death’s long reign came to an end.
But without Death - the undead would be insidious puppets of The Plague Doctor.
It wouldn’t be heaven or paradise - it would be the literal embodiment of Hell on Earth
- an eternal servitude to SCP-049.
Picture a zombie apocalypse - but instead of shambling corpses, picture an organised,
regimented global army of the undead - led by Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini all rolled
into one - that won’t stop until every last man, woman, child - whale, mouse, elephant
- everything - was suspended for eternity in undeath.
Yeah.
That’s a pretty bleak scenario.
Let’s thank our lucky stars that the SCP Foundation is just fiction.
Right?
Ha ha … yeah, right.
Well, unfortunately folks, that’s all we’ve got time for in today’s video - cheers for
sticking around all the way till the end.
Before we depart, let’s read out some of your more creative comments from over the
past few days.
Beyond Tubular says -- What if 2019 was renamed 2018 part 2? -- and please, dude.
Please Beyond Tubular.
Don’t even joke.
In all caps - Kemar Palmer says - PLEASE DO WHAT IF THE DEAD COULD BE REVIVED.
-- Well Kemar Palmer, don’t shout too loud - but I think I may have kind of covered that
one is this one - so I hope that helps.
It’s not good.
And finally - Frog nun Gun says - SOMEONE CALL THE BLOODY DOCTOR -- In all caps again,
alright I get the point.
But hopefully you don’t mean this doctor - because, I’m pretty much certain it would
be a very bad thing.
No Plague Doctors please, guys.
Alright, you get the point.
Unfortunately folks that’s all we’ve got time for in today’s video - cheers for sticking
around all the way to the end.
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