Ari appears in a flash of gold light in front of the sign that says SCP Foundation.
They look at it before looking around. “DREWWWW WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS YOURE GASLIGHTING ME,” they shout.
A hologram pops up. "Welcome to the SCP Foundation. How many I direct you today?"
Ari tries to sweep at the hologram, “I KNOW YOU CAN MAKE HOLOGRAMS, DREW!”
"Please stop that, I may be just a hologram but I do have feelings you know," the hologram stated.
Ari punches at it, “SHUT UP! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS DREW?”
"There is no "Drew" in my directory. Please state an inquiry."
“HOW DO I LEAVE?”
"The door is just behind you,” the hologram told them. “Thank you for visiting Site 26."
“WAIT UH UH- TAKE ME TO A CELL??”
"Which cell would you like?"
“Ummm, any of them? I don’t care just show me one-“
"Routing you to the nearest containment cell. Turn left at the corner, down the stairs, down the hall and through the double doors. It'll be the first door on the left."
Ari follows the instructions and opens the door, “HELLO??” They see a giant machine near them with a small door and a dial that reads "Rough, Coarse, 1:1, Fine, and Very Fine."
Ari walks up and turns the dial all the way to the right.
"You now need to place something in the input door," the hologram says, appearing in the doorway. "I do not recommend putting yourself in though, the results on humans can be quite.... Nasty."
Ari digs through its pockets and finds a breath mint, “Guess this’ll work…” It sticks the wrapped mint in.
The machine lights up as the door closes. Machine noises can be heard for a minute, then the machine dings and a door opens on the other side of the machine. What looks like the same mint came out, still in the same wrapper.
Ari looks at it, disappointed, “What did it even do???”
"It appears that you have refined the mint. The sweetness and minty flavor have been increased. You can taste it if you want, it should be safe for human consumption."
“What if i…” Ari scoops the contents out and puts them back into the other side, turning the dial all the way to the other side, rough.
The machine goes through the same process again, and this time a large pile of sugar and mint extract comes out the other side.
“?!??? I DONT GET THIS- DREWWWWW I WANT TO GO HOME” A gold light envelops Ari as they disappear again.