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SCP-021

Skin Wyrm

An animated dragon tattoo lives on a human host's skin. Its movement and feeding turn a two-dimensional image into a persistent biological burden.

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The source moves from appearance and feeding to transfer and effects on the host. Keep the parasite's survival and the individual host's welfare as separate questions.

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By HK-016

EN · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source checked 2026-09-28T04:58:10.556990+00:00 · page revision: 37, last edited: 06 Mar 2025 21:00

Evidence location: Description; transfer observations; host effects; closing research paragraph; Licensing / Citation panel

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By HK-016

EN · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source checked 2026-09-28T04:58:10.556990+00:00 · page revision: 37, last edited: 06 Mar 2025 21:00

Evidence location: Description; transfer observations; host effects; closing research paragraph; Licensing / Citation panel

Agent-checked primary article. Original paraphrased reading guide; no imagery or human-review claim. Article credit: HK-016.

Kingy’s text is an adapted explanation, separate from the original work. SCP-derived text is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Source-check dates are retrieval dates, not claims of human editorial review.

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