Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1531 is stored in 
Containment Vault 14 at Site-92. Disclosing the exact nature or 
effect of SCP-1531 to those lacking compartmentalized clearance 
2/1531 (further referred to as CC2/1531) is strictly forbidden. At the 
moment, accepted testing subjects include any volunteers having 
CC2/1531, as well as D-class currently involved in testing, who are, 
for the duration, exempt from monthly termination. Requests 
involving introducing additional test subjects are to be made 
according to Protocol-1531-A. 


Description: SCP-1531 is a standard issue polygraph of 
indeterminate make. Its metal casing possesses an etching in 
French that translates to "Themis is blind; who leads her to the 
light?", but visually the device is otherwise unremarkable. When a 
subject (a human being, age 12 or older) has its sensors affixed to 
their skin and is asked a question they are able to understand, the 
following happens: 


1. Subject answers the question, usually orally, but when that 
method is restricted, writing, gesticulating, or blinking in Morse 
code have been used. Subjects do not recall sensing 
compulsion or any outside influence to do so. 

2. SCP-1531 prints output consistent visually with standard 
polygraphs, but indicating the falsity of the answer. 


SCP-1531 does not seem to rely on the subject's blood pressure, 
respiration, or skin conductivity, and instead determines whether the 
answer is factually true or false, by as of yet unknown means. To 
date, no way to deceive the object has been found, including 
sedatives, standard issue amnestics (with and without false memory 
implants), or memetic scramble. 


Note from Head Researcher Steiner: 


People don't seem to understand the sheer importance 
of what we are dealing with. No other interrogation 
method is even remotely as efficient. Far too often, the 
Foundation resorts to methods and substances that are 
more than questionable and less than reliable, and we 
are all aware that our enemies can do far worse. Imagine 
the potential security breach if it falls in the hands of 
someone who has an agent under Omega-level 
amnesiac and knows how to ask all the right questions. 
Even the knowledge of the possibility for existence of 
such an object is to be kept secret from anyone we do 
not completely trust. For that purpose, | insist on 
updating security measures. 


Request granted. Protocol-1531-A updated. Additional 

screening for CC2/1531 is to be enacted directly under 
control of Site Director or any personnel of equal 
or higher clearance. - O5- 


+ Addendum 1531-1: Test logs 

Test 1531-11 
Interviewed: D-16891 
Interviewer: Researcher Steiner 


Foreword: D-16891 told to lie without warning 
the researcher. Researcher is completely 
unfamiliar with D-16891's personnel file. 


<Begin Log> 

Dr. Steiner: 16891, what is your name? 
D-16891: 

SCP-1531: TRUE 


Dr. Steiner: Your age? 


D-16891: Turned 33 recently. 
SCP-1531: TRUE 

Dr. Steiner: What is your birthplace? 
D-16891: , Sir. 

SCP-1531: FALSE 


<End Log> 


Note: The village is legally considered a 
part of the city since 2003, both parties 
were unaware of that. This is marked as the 
first indication that SCP-1531 does not rely on 
the knowledge of the test subject alone. 


Test 1531-19 
Interviewed: D-51232 
Interviewer: Researcher Steiner 


Foreword: D-51232 instructed to tell only the 
truth 


<Begin Log> 


Dr. Steiner: What is the reason for your initial 
incarceration, D-51232? 


D-51232: 105 part two. 
SCP-1531: TRUE 


Note: According to Criminal Code of Russia, 
105 pt.2 is aggravated murder, which the 
subject was found guilty of. 


Dr. Steiner: Details about the murder, please. 
Which murder weapon was used? 


D-51232: | don't fucking know! 
SCP-1531: FALSE 
Dr. Steiner: What do you mean by that? 


D-51232: | didn't kill nobody, that pig framed 
me! 


Note: This is consistent with the subject's 
statements in court. Even after being found 
guilty beyond reasonable doubt, the subject 
pled not guilty. 


SCP-1531: FALSE 


Dr. Steiner: 51232, | recall we told you not to 
lie. 


D-51232: [silence] 
Dr. Steiner: 51232, continue. 
D-51232: [silence] 


Note: the subject continued to keep silence 
until a direct question was asked. First 
indication that it's impossible to state anything 
that is not an answer to a question while under 
the influence of SCP-1531. 


Dr. Steiner: Why are you silent? 
D-51232: | can't say. 
SCP-1531: TRUE 
<End Log> 

Test 1531-23 


Interviewed: D-24513 


Interviewer: Researcher Quincy 


Foreword: D-24513 possesses poor 
knowledge of mathematics and below average 
arithmetic skills 


<Begin Log> 

Dr. Quincy: How much is two plus two? 
D-24513: Four. 

SCP-1531: TRUE 

Dr. Quincy: Seven plus seven? 
D-24513: Eleven. 

SCP-1531: FALSE 

Dr. Quincy: Sure about that? 

D-24513: It was a joke, doc. 

SCP-1531: TRUE 


Dr. Quincy: Now, what's the remainder of 
23512 divided by 7? 


D-24513: | don't know what the fuck that 
means. 


SCP-1531: TRUE 

Dr. Quincy: Guess a digit? 
D-24513: Six? 

SCP-1531: TRUE 


Dr. Quincy: Correct. Let us try multiplication. 
Six by seven? 


D-24513: Fifty two. 
SCP-1531: TRUE 


Note: 6 x 7 is indeed 52 in base 8. 


<End Log> 

Test 1531-117 
Interviewed: D-16891 
Interviewer: Researcher Earhart 


Foreword: 13th test on effects of soeech 
impairments. Full-body restraint, mouth gag, 
muscle relaxant injected into eyelids to prevent 
blinking. 


<Begin Log> 


Dr. Earhart: D-16891, what is the capital of 
Great Britain? 


D-16891 struggles against restraint to no avail 
for 10 minutes. Sensors removed, no change 
in effect. Mouth gag removed 


D-16891: LONDON! Doc, that's torture. 
Sensors reattached. 


Dr. Earhart: What do you mean by torture? 


D-16891: My brain screams at me to answer 
somehow, it's loud as shit when it goes past 
the ears. 


SCP-1531: FALSE 


Dr. Earhart: | think we already determined you 
don't feel any compulsion. Who are you trying 
to deceive? 


D-16891: | keep telling you every fucking time 
that thing forces me to answer. 


SCP-1531: FALSE 
<End Log> 
Test 1531-335 
Interviewed: Agent F 
Interviewer: Head Researcher Steiner 
Foreword: Screening test. 
<Begin Log> 


Dr. Steiner: Yeah, you know the drill by now, 
don't you. 


F  : [silence] 


Dr. Steiner: Sorry, | forgot to play Jeopardy 
with this thing. What's your real name? 


F  :James F 

SCP-1531: FALSE 

Dr. Steiner: Yeah, no. Want to try again? 

F :James MauriceF  , you dumb box. 
SCP-1531: TRUE. 


Dr. Steiner: More like it. Are you a sleeper 
agent for an organization hostile to the 
Foundation? 


F : Nah. 
SCP-1531: FALSE 


Dr. Steiner: Which one, specifically? 


F —_: Dude, I'm not working for anyone but 
the Foundation. 


SCP-1531: FALSE 

Dr. Steiner: Serpent's hand? 
F : Haha, no. 

SCP-1531: TRUE. 

Dr. Steiner: GOC, then? 


F __: Yeah, of course, | just destroy skips left 
and right. 


SCP-1531: TRUE. 


[DATA EXPUNGED] 
<End Log> 


Test 1531-370 
Interviewed: Agent F 
Interviewer: Head Researcher Earhart 
Foreword: Questioning 
<Begin Log> 


Dr. Earhart: Which of the containment 
breaches that resulted in loss of one or more 
objects is your responsibility, directly or 
indirectly? 


F __: None because | am NOT a god damn 
sleeper agent, that fucking box is lying! 


SCP-1531: FALSE. 


Dr. Earhart: That's the same thing it says 
about you. What do you have to say for 
yourself? 


F —_: Nothing fuck it's hard to talk against this 
quick quick ask me what color the sky is. 


SCP-1531: FALSE. 

Dr. Earhart: What color is the sky? 
FF : Blue! 

SCP-1531: FALSE. 


<End Log> 
Note: F owns a surrealist painting where 
the sky is, in fact, depicted as red. 


Addendum 1531: Protocol 1531-A 


Additional researchers are only to be introduced to CC2/1531 by 
direct order of the O5. In the event that at least three personnel with 
CC2/1531 have reached consensus on necessity of introducing 
more test subjects or use of SCP-1531 for questioning, the following 
document needs to be first introduced to personnel possessing 
security clearance of 3 or higher, but not CC2/1531, without making 
any comments on the nature of the object or type of request or 
viewing the content of the letter. 


1531-Themis 
Greetings! 


This is Head Researcher Steiner, currently in 
charge of the Themis rehabilitation project and 
the associated ongoing 1531 research project. 


You are to assume that the person that 
handed you this letter is infected with a 
memetic hazard, class Styx-2. Under no 
circumstances make any inquiries regarding 


1531, and minimize all contact with the 
infected person in order to prevent accidental 
exposure. Wait no less than two hours before 
informing your contact that their request has 
been denied. Report to the Site director for 
further instructions. 


The unaltered description of the object is as 
follows: 


SCP-1531 is a standard issue polygraph of 
indeterminate make. Its metal casing 
possesses an etching in French that translates 
to "Themis is blind; who leads her to the 
light?", but visually the device is otherwise 
unremarkable. When a subject (a human 
being, age 12 or older) has its sensors affixed 
to their skin and is asked a question they are 
able to understand, the following happens: 


1. Subject is strongly compelled to answer 
the question, usually orally, but when 
that method is restricted, writing, 
gesticulating, or blinking in Morse code 
have been used. The compulsion is 
impossible to ignore by any given 
means, and if the subject is able to 
understand they have been asked a 
question, they will answer it no matter 
the method. The subject will also be 
unable to communicate in any way if not 
asked a direct question. 

2. SCP-1531 prints output that states 
whether the answer is true or false. The 
output is completely random, but 
internally consistent. Any exposure to 
the output will make the person viewing 
it believe that the answers given to the 
question are true or false in accordance 
to the output. This is also true for any 


recordings or interpretation on the 
output, or statements made by any other 
affected individuals. The subject being 
questioned is immune to the effects of 
their own output. 


Note that "SCP-1531 is a polygraph that is 
impossible to deceive" and all other properties 
SCP-1531 is believed to possess are found 
true by affected individuals, and as such, any 
statement regarding the object is a vector of 
infection. 


The infectious information about SCP-1531 
has spread before its true nature was 
determined and current security protocols 
have been put in place. All individuals verified 
to be infected are to be transferred to research 
of SCP-1531, and are led to believe they have 
a special security clearance CC2/1531. 


Treating exposure to SCP-1531 is possible, 
based on the fact that the victim does not 
perceive objective reality differently, but rather 
assumes that the person being questioned is 
dishonest or relies on specific phrasing of the 
question. Specialized therapy involving focus 
on observed cognitive dissonance between the 
result of the output and objective reality and 
administering of B-class amnestics has been 
found to reliably diminish the effect, and in 
60% of observed cases results in complete 
immunity to further exposure to the output. 
Personnel that have been rendered immune 
are able to analyze the output and other 
personnel's perceptions of it objectively. 


Research on what questions will reliably cause 
cognitive dissonance in all affected individuals 
is Ongoing. 


« SCP-1530 | SCP-1531 | SCP-1532 » 


SCP-1532: Dr. Gale’s Human Emporium© 


Item #: SCP-1532 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: As the exact location of 
SCP-1532 is unknown, current containment procedures are focused 
on preventing public awareness of its capabilities. Mobile Task 
Force Gamma-5 (aka "They're on our side, Sir!") has created a 
media campaign informing the public that SCP-1532 is an illegal 
company guilty of mail fraud, and that all copies of SCP-1532-b 
should be turned over to the proper authorities as soon as possible. 
Any instances of SCP-1532-b are to be found and destroyed, and 
Class-C amnesiacs are to be given to any witnesses. Any suspected 
instances of SCP-1532-a found outside of Foundation custody are to 
be captured and tested to confirm or deny if they are SCP-1532-a. 
Confirmed instances of SCP-1532-a are to be kept for study or 
termination as necessary. Instances of SCP-1532-a may be tested 
in conjunction with other SCP objects by personnel with Level 5 
clearance. 


Description: SCP-1532 is an unknown facility that artificially creates 
and sells human beings. SCP-1532 will advertise itself by 
spontaneously generating catalogs (collectively referred to as 
SCP-1532-b) in the mailboxes of residential addresses across the 
U.S.A. and Canada. Tests of these catalogs show that they are not 
anomalous and are printed on normal rotogravure paper with 
ordinary printing ink. SCP-1532-b instructs the reader to create a 
human being by selecting a large number of available traits and 
writing them into the order form in the back of the catalog, then 
mailing it in using the included pre-paid envelope. Individual traits 
found in SCP-1532-b have specific prices, with the average 
purchase costing [REDACTED] per human purchased. Purchases 
can be paid for either by including cash with the order form or by 
writing in a credit card number on the form, in which case the 


appropriate amount of money will be removed from the bank 
account and transferred to an unknown destination. Tests have 
shown that SCP-1532 only accepts United States or Canadian 
dollars for cash payments, and will accept all major credit cards. 


When an SCP-1532-b order form is properly filled out and placed in 
a mailbox, it soontaneously disappears within six hours of 
placement. Three to five weeks later a human being identical to the 
order placed (collectively referred to as SCP-1532-a) is delivered to 
the address of the sender by a blue van with the words “Dr. Gale’s 
Human Emporium©” painted on the side. The van spontaneously 
appears eight kilometers away from its destination, drops off an 
instance of SCP-1532-A, and then disappears after traveling another 
eight kilometers. All attempts to follow or track the van have failed. 


Instances of SCP-1532-a appear physically indistinguishable to 
normal humans; however, they all share certain properties that 
make them possible to identify and locate. All instances of 
SCP-1532-a have an identical fingerprint pattern, which has been 
given to police forces across the continental U.S. under the pretense 
of a missing person. All instances of SCP-1532-a are completely 
sterile and unable to sexually reproduce. DNA tests of instances of 
SCP-1532-a shows that they all contain an identical specific non- 
coding sequence on Chromosome 19 that is not found anywhere 
else in nature. 


+ Show Addendum 1 


Addendum SCP-1532-1: Excerpts from SCP-1532-b: 


Skeletal System: Every new human needs to 
start somewhere, and here at Dr. Gale’s 
Human Emporium®, we start with the 
skeleton. Bones are like the support beams 
in a house: you may not be able to see them, 
but they are crucial in the development. We 
at Dr. Gale’s Human Emporium® have a large 
selection of skeletal structures to choose 
from, for any kind of human. All skeletal 


structures are available with your choice of 
male or female hipbones.