SCP-2040: To prevent a Messenger from affecting a 
response, it is against protocol for a Messenger to reveal 
classified information about a Primary Message and the 
Primary Message's senders. All inquiries must be 
addressed directly to the sender. 


Kinoshita: What? How is that related to your Primary 
Message? 


SCP-2040: To prevent a Messenger from affecting a 
response, it is against protocol for a Messenger to reveal 
classified information about a Primary Message and the 
Primary Message's senders. All inquiries must be 
addressed directly to the sender. 


Kinoshita: Fine. | thought we were finally getting 
somewhere. | suppose this interview is over. 


SCP-2040: Human. | have a statement to make. 
Kinoshita: Oh? What is that? 


SCP-2040: Please inform your leaders: Time passes 
differently in the Restricted Zone. Therefore, | am able to 
wait for a response. However, | cannot wait forever. We 
need your help. 


<End Log> 
« SCP-2039 | SCP-2040 | SCP-2041 » 


SCP-2041: Merry-Go-View 


Item #: SCP-2041 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2041 is currently being 
kept in Mobile Research Lab 48-M under the supervision of a 
temporary investigative research team headed by Dr. Darritz. 


Description: SCP-2041 is a playground-style merry-go-round, 
approximately 2.3 meters in diameter. It is composed of galvanized 
steel, and coated in red acrylic paint. It was discovered in the 
playground of School, in , Denmark. The school itself had 
closed years previously due to budget cuts, but children in nearby 
neighborhoods still used the playground equipment regularly. 
Numerous reports of children in the area disturbed by hallucinations 
led to the recovery of the object, which was in notably better 
condition than the other equipment. It is suspected it was added to 
the playground after the school shut down. 


SCP-2041's effects are not experienced unless it is used outside, 
uncovered. If a person has been spinning on it for a duration of 10 
seconds or more at a speed of at least 9 km/h, they will begin to 
experience hallucinations. Initially, descriptions of these 
hallucinations recorded from D-Class and several researchers were 
consistent and benign in nature. Researcher Paasio tested the 
object after it was deemed safe, and was able to give the most 
cohesive and detailed account of the object's effects. Below is a 
transcript of his description: 


Normally on these things you just hold tight, and don't 
pay much attention to the blurry world spinning around 
you. But on this thing, you feel like you want to look up 
and around after its effects kick in, like the illusion is 
drawing your attention, almost forcefully. You can tell 
that the world is still spinning quickly around you, but 


somehow you're able to focus on individual details like a 
person or object in the background. Some things start to 
look like they're out of an old cartoon, like the sun will 
have a big smiley face, and the trees appear to swaying 
back and forth happily, like they're dancing. Any people 
in the area appear to look damn near euphoric, though 
they don't look like cartoons. | know it might sound 
creepy, but it doesn't feel sinister at all. It just feels like... 
dunno, manufactured fun? Like a misguided Walt Disney 
wannabe thought it up. I'm not sure if that's what freaked 
out all those kids that used it, but | don't have any other 
explanation for it. The only thing that seemed off was 
that Agent Bjerre had a yellow tinge to his skin, and he 
looked...grumpier than usual | guess. 


Further testing revealed no other anomalies, and Agent Bjerre was 
the only person reported by a test subject to appear yellow while 
they were riding. 


Addendum-01: Request for additional testing approved by Dr. 
Darritz. Researcher Paasio provided several new ideas for variables 
that were overlooked in the initial testing of SCP-2041. 


Addendum-02: Testing was concluded, with no new results. 
Researcher Paasio inquired about interviewing the children who 
were frightened by their experience with SCP-2041. Agent Bjerre 
was in charge of those interviews, and was asked to provide their 
recordings, as he had not initially relinquished custody of the tapes 
to the research team assigned to SCP-2041. The tapes had been 
damaged due to mishandling, though Foundation sound engineers 
were able to recover excerpts from two of the interviews. Agent 
Bjerre was reprimanded for not following proper procedure, as he 
was also unable to find his notes from the interviews. 


+ Interview Recording SCP-2041-C1 


Foreword: Excerpt of Interview with : 
age 12. 


Agent Bjerre: Was that scary to you? 


: No, that wasn't scary, but | thought it was 
kinda weird. 


Agent Bjerre: Weird in what way? 


: Um, well I'd never had that happen to me 
on a merry-go-round before. It was kinda cool, 
too. 


Agent Bjerre: Then what did frighten you? 


: Um, well usually when | was spinning on 
it, my friends all looked happy. Then one time 
there was this kid at the playground already 
when we got there. None of us liked him, so 
we just ignored him. When | was riding the 
merry-go-round, he looked yellow. 


Agent Bjerre: Yellow? Yellow how? 


: Um, his skin was yellow, almost a little 
orange, and he had a yellow-orange glow 
around him. And he looked, um, angry. He... 
he didn't look normal. He looked sorta scary. 
Like he was a little taller than normal, and 
skinnier, and | coulda swore he had a little bit 
of a beard. When he was there, the sun didn't 
look as happy, and the birds looked a little 
scared. After my friends took their turns, they 
said they saw the same thing | saw. We didn't 
say anything to the kid about it though. 


Agent Bjerre: I'm guessing that didn't cause 
your...episode, either. 


: No, it didn't. We used the merry-go-round 
a lot, so we would see different yellow people 
sometimes. And sometimes orange people, 
too. They looked even scarier than the yellow 
ones. They looked even taller and skinner, 
with mean looking eyes and really big mouths. 


When they were around, the sun looked sad, 
and the trees stopped dancing. 


Agent Bjerre: What did these yellow and 
orange people look like when you weren't 
riding the merry-go-round? 


: | dunno, they were all different. | guess...| 
guess | didn't see many girls. Maybe just one 
or two who were old ladies. Well, um, not 
really old ladies or anything. Older than my 
mom, | guess. The rest were all guys. The 
orange ones were usually older. 


Agent Bjerre: Son, that is actually very 
helpful. But | can tell you really don't want to 
talk about what caused you to go to the 
hospital. Unfortunately | do need you to tell 
me, as it might save lives. | need you to be 
brave for me. 


: Um...| saw a red m- 


Remainder of recording could not be 
salvaged 


+ Interview Recording SCP-2041-E5 


Foreword: Excerpt of Interview with ; 
age 8 


: -did that too. | don't like that. Please, | 
want to go home. 


Agent Bjerre: You can go home soon, | 
promise. What color was he? | need to know. 


: He was orange at first. Then my friend 
Marcus dis- 


Remainder of recording could not be 
salvaged 


Addendum-03: Researcher Paasio committed suicide by hanging 
himself shortly after he had completed the new round of testing. An 
investigation is ongoing to determine if SCP-2041 contributed to his 
death. Additional testing of the object has been authorized. 


Addendum-04: Additional testing results have been deemed 
inconclusive. Though a link could not be made between SCP-2041 
and Researcher Paasio's death, one of the children interviewed after 
the object's recovery was recently reported to have committed 
suicide by purposely walking into the path of an oncoming truck. 
Normal testing has been suspended, as Agent Bjerre has proposed 
a hypothesis for the intended function of SCP-2041, which is 
currently being investigated using Mobile Research Lab 48-M. That 
operation is currently classified due to its nature, though results will 
be added to this report once the operation is over. 


Addendum-05: A file entitled "pdf file" was emailed to Dr. Darritz on 
/ /  . \t contained the following message: 


Doctor, do you know what kind of people gravitate 
towards schools, towards playgrounds, towards 
children? Whoever invented that thing was a genius. I'd 
like to shake his hand someday. For now, you may want 
to watch your back better than | watched my own. 


The file was sent from a temporary email address which could not 
be traced. 


Addendum-06: Agent Bjerre has been suspended from duty 
pending an investigation into possibly tampering with SCP-2041 and 
the research surrounding it. Dr. Darritz has requested that testing be 
continued using Mobile Research Lab 48M, and has submitted a 
new hypothesis to support this request. 


« SCP-2040 | SCP-2041 | SCP-2042 » 


SCP-2042: One-man Opera 


Item #: SCP-2042 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2042 subjects are to be 
held in a standard humanoid containment cell, with cushioned 
cabinets for SCP-2042-2-1 through 20. They are to be fed three 
times as much food as an average build human would normally 
require in total. SCP-2042 is allowed to make requests for items and 
musical samples as reward for good behaviour. All personnel with a 
security level of 2 or higher are allowed entry into SCP-2042's 
containment area for interviewing purposes. 


Description: SCP-2042-1 is a Caucasian male, in its late fifties. The 
appearance of the subject is otherwise unremarkable, with slight 
balding and grey hair and beard, but they are lacking a mouth orifice 
of any sort. MRI footage has shown that its pharynx is cut off right 
after the attachment point of vocal cords, which are also missing. 
Respiratory organs have been left unaltered, as well as the digestive 
system and other internal organs. Subject is fluent in French, 
German and English and passable in Italian. 


SCP-2042-2 are a series of 20 humanoids, which have been shown 
to be genetically identical to SCP-2042-1 and each other. All 
instances lack their cardiovascular and digestive tracts with acute 
abnormalities to their nervous system and autonomous functions. 
Their muscles are composed of particularly fibrous tissue, 
resembling plant matter in architecture. EEG scans have proved that 
the brain of SCP-2042-2 sustains a pattern consistent with a 
persisting vegetative state until prompted into action by 
SCP-2042-1, resulting in a spike in activity. Aside from a mouth, all 
instances lack any other distinguishing features. 


SCP-2042-1 appears capable of controlling SCP-2042-2 to a certain 
degree, with distance and number of "clones" being used making 


the task more difficult. Vocalising appears to be the only task all 
instances are capable of despite the full number of them being used 
simultaneously. 


All instances of SCP-2042-2 exhibit a wide vocal range. The voices 
of the instances are all male, but SCP-2042-2 is capable of 
producing a female voice, albeit SCP-2042-1 claims that it "hurts his 
throats". Subject is normally compliant and will often propose to 
perform to anyone, the performance consisting mainly of vocal 
music produced by SCP-2042-2, lead by SCP-2042-1. 


SCP-2042-1's main way of communication and interaction is through 
instances of SCP-2042-2, and it has been authorized to have one 
instance of SCP-2042-2 with it for communication purposes. Subject 
has shown mild preference of using SCP-2042-2-1 for speaking. It is 
notable that vocalisations made through SCP-2042-2 instances by 
SCP-2042-1 are in the form of singing in various styles. 


All edible matter that passes through the mouths of SCP-2042-2 will 
be transported into the digestive system of SCP-2042-1 through 
unknown means. SCP-2042-1 requires approximately three times as 
much sustenance as an average male of his age and build. The 
amount increases relatively to the amount of activity that 
SCP-2042-2 instances are used in. To compensate this, 
SCP-2042-1's digestive system appears to function 300% faster. 


Recovery: SCP-2042 was recoveredin / /19 in , France. 
SCP-2042 had formed a singing group known as "La Conférence 
Gangréne" and was on a tour around France and neighbouring 
countries. All of the subjects were wearing top hats, theatre masks 
and wigs, as was customary to their performances. During a 
performance of opera, the mask of one the SCP-2042-2 instances 
fell off, causing widespread panic in the audience. MTF-Gamma-769 
(My Little Friend) was deployed on the scene, and SCP-2042 was 
contained without incident. Amnestics were deployed to the 
audience and false memories were planted. A coverup story of a 
group member being injured was deployed shortly afterwards. 


The following is an audio transcript of an interview of 
SCP-2042-1 and SCP-2042-2-1. 


Interviewed: SCP-2042-1, SCP-2042-2-1 
Interviewer: Dr. N 


Foreword: SCP-2042-1 is questioned about the origin of 
his anomalous properties. SCP-2042-1 requested to 
speak in French during this interview, due to it being their 
native language. The following transcript has been 
translated from French. 


<Begin Log> 


Dr.N =: Opening interview of SCP-2042-1. An instance 
of SCP-2042-2 has been brought from containment to 
function as a mediator. 


Dr.N_— : So, if you could try and explain how you ended 
up in your current state? 


SCP-2042-2-1: | do not remember much, | am afraid. 
Dr.N _ : Please, tell us what you can. 


<SCP-2042-1 ponders for a duration of 2 minutes before 
answering.> 


SCP-2042-2-1: ... | was born a mute man, as you 
probably already know. Since a little boy, | dreamed of 
being able to sing. Then, decades later, | was offered the 
voice of my dreams. Who cares if I'm horribly mutated 
into something that this is? | am what was promised to 
me. 


Dr.N =: How exactly did you acquire your... "Friends"? 


SCP-2042-2-1: Oh, my little friends? That was some 
time ago, but that day | remember correctly. | was 
chugging along with my life as usual, living in a world of 
silence and despair. Intention to off me, if you 
understand what | mean by that. 


Dr.N :Goon. 


SCP-2042-2-1: Well, one day while | was at my favorite 
cafe, enjoying my croissant in peace, two men in dark 
clothing approached me. They started talking to me; 
obviously, | could not answer, so | wrote an apology ona 
napkin. They said they saw hidden talent in me and 
hoped that | would be interested in what they had to 
offer. They told me that all they wanted was a good 
performance of the opera. Naturally, | told them to get 
the — of my face, thinking they were just there to tease 
an old silent, but they said they had a way to give me 
speech, a voice of the whole choir, as a matter of fact. 


Dr.N :Goon. 


SCP-2042-2-1: Well, as | tried to understand the hook 
they had already taken out a contract. | read the small 
print: they are my managers, and | would have the voice 
I've always wanted. | told myself that | had nothing to 
lose, | guess | might as well see where it takes me ... 
And all | remember is having my friends. 


Dr.N — : Who were those men? 


SCP-2042-2-1: They said they were ... Representatives 
of a group of gentlemen. They said they provided luxury 
goods. They had strange names. 


Dr.N  :Do you remember their names? 
<SCP-2042-1 ponders for a minute> 


SCP-2042-2-1: ... |... Believe that there was a Mr. 
Cartier and D'arc. Wonder if the other was related to that 
D'arc. 


Dr.N_~ :... 1 believe that is highly unlikely. 
<End Log> 


Closing Statement: Following the interview SCP-2042-1 
requested access to the rest of SCP-2042-2 instances 
for rehearsal purposes. Rest of the day transpired 


unremarkably.