Absolute Johannes factotum
- SCP-3706 (?)
- SCP-3706 refers to a collection of anomalous vehicles that resemble various sea creatures, ranging from small crabs to a giant cuttlefish over 200 meters long, and are capable of traveling underwater or along the seafloor. These vehicles are made of unique organic-metal materials, with older ones carved from stone, and are powered by a special crystal that creates a spatial distortion. When active, they hum and display glowing patterns and ancient Nordic-like writing on their surfaces, which include instructions and historical depictions. Some larger instances, like SCP-3706-380, are massive warships with powerful energy weapons, one of which accidentally vaporized a village during its test run, resulting in numerous civilian casualties. These vehicles are contained by monitoring potential discovery sites, administering memory-wiping drugs to witnesses, and moving them to secure facilities for study or destruction, with the largest and most dangerous instances undergoing strict control due to their destructive potential.
- Boiling frog (?)
- The boiling frog is a metaphor that describes a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise suggests that if a frog is placed in tepid water that is gradually heated, it will not notice the danger and will be cooked to death, whereas if placed directly into boiling water, it would jump out. This story is often used to illustrate people's inability or unwillingness to react to threats that develop gradually rather than suddenly, serving as a caution against creeping normality, inaction on issues like climate change, or the slow erosion of liberties. While some 19th-century experiments suggested the premise might hold true with extremely slow heating, modern biologists largely dispute the literal truth of the story, stating that a frog would attempt to escape gradually heated water or die immediately in boiling water.