Summary: SCP-016 is, at first glance, a disease that causes the victim to develop symptoms similar to the common cold, fill the lungs partly with blood, to further spread the pathogen, then cause the victim to die of massive blood loss at stage three, bleeding out of every orifice. At second glance, and when given a life or death scenario, 016 with mutate the body of who it infects to best survive the situation its presented with. If the room slowly fills with water, it will give the victim gills, or any extra organs needed for escape. Victim has no control over these mutations.
Usefulness: Not useful. If you could control the organism, and not eventually die of blood loss, it would be.
Against 682: Nope. Mutated 682 that can adapt to more situations, and can't die on top of that? Bad idea.
SCP-016 as seen through a microscope.
Artist's rendition of an SCP-016 manifestation.
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SCPs Summarized (001-100)
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