Addendum 1346-A: Blueprints of the facility include the 
subbasement and the hallway, as well as both vault doors, but 
nothing beyond the far doorway. Interviews with former staff indicate 
that while there was some awareness that the hall was, “odd,” it was 
ignored. Observation of staff suggests that most people, left to their 
own devices, have no curiosity about the subbasement and seem to 
unconsciously avoid it. Sonic imaging has revealed the presence of 
several rooms beyond the far vault door, but the nature and contents 
of these are unknown. 


Addendum 1346-B: Testing has revealed the presence of a strong 
electromagnetic field in the anomalous region of the corridor, 
including an unusual pattern of rapid microwave pulses. These 
probably account for the persistent electronic malfunctions, and may 
also play at least a partial role in the psychological reactions of test 
subjects. These wave and pulse patterns appear similar to those 
studied in Project Pandora, a military research program dealing with 
the effects of electromagnetic radiation. The source of this radiation 
is unknown and it continues to be generated unabated even when 
power to the subbasement is severed. 


Document # EL-1346-011: Log 
Experiments involving fear dampening chemicals. 


Date: - - 

Subject: D-2245-1 

Procedure: Subject administered diazepam, instructed to attempt to 
walk length of hallway. 

Details: Subject reported feeling anxiety at the 65 meter mark. 
Subject began to report feeling ‘tremors’ at about the 75 meter mark. 
Subject shows symptoms of panic. At 85 meters the subject elects 
to retreat, sprinting back along the corridor. Subject reports certainty 
that the hallway was about to collapse. Feeling vanished after 
exiting. Subject showed no interest in returning. 


Date: - - 

Subject: D-0357-2 

Procedure: Subject undergoes week of propranolol therapy 
instructed to attempt to walk length of hallway. 

Details: Subject reports uneasiness with environment at about 60 
meters. At 80 meters, subject reports seeing movement. At 85 
meters subject becomes extremely agitated, claiming to be 
surrounded by thousands of spiders and insects, immediately 
retreats from corridor. Subject reports immediate drop in anxiety 
and, upon request, reenters the passage. Traverses about 45 
meters before again turning and retreating from the room. 


Date: - - 

Subject: D-0867-2 

Procedure: Subject administered [DATA EXPUNGED], instructed to 
attempt to walk length of hallway. Subject under threat of termination 
for failure to obey instructions. 

Details: Subject shows signs of anxiety at the 70 meter mark. Pace 
slows considerably and subject becomes more hostile towards staff. 
At 90 meters, the subject reports disembodied voices threatening 
and mocking him. Subject becomes irrational, arguing with the 
apparent voices. Further instructions by staff are ignored. Shortly 
afterward, subject lets out a yell and retreats. The vault door is 
barred, and the subject is warned that unless he returns down the 
hallway, he risks termination. Warnings go unheeded and the 
subject hurls himself against the door repeatedly until giving himself 


a concussion. Experiment ends. 


Date: - - 

Subject: D-1118-1 

Procedure: Subject administered general anesthetic and placed, via 
mechanical cart, at foot of far door. 

Details: Upon regaining consciousness subject immediately begins 
to scream and thrash, then enters into cardiac arrest. Subject 
retrieved and successfully revived. Subject recollects nothing about 
the exposure, but subsequently subject becomes extremely agitated 
and aggressive towards anyone who brings up the topic. 


(Note: For whatever reason, once experienced, the anxiety 
produced by the corridor is not limited to the anomalous zone, and 
only appears to abate upon passing beyond the near door.) 


Document # EL-1346-030: Log 
Experiments involving animals 


¢ Rat: Animal refused to approach the zone. This is consistent 
with both healthy and drugged rats. Rats placed against their 
will within the zone will immediately attempt to leave it. 


¢ Finch: Finches avoid approaching the zone. Those that enter, 
either through force or accident, immediately attempt to leave. 
Some suffer cardiac arrest from exposure. 


* Cat: Cats panic immediately upon being placed in the corridor, 
and will try to escape, battering themselves against any 
obstacle blocking their attempts to do so. 


* Dog: In the presence of a trusted human, dogs fare marginally 
better, and some have managed to remain in the zone for 
several meters before retreating. Without a human 
companion, dogs behave identically to cats. 


Reptiles, fish and insects: Appear unaffected, showing neither 
a fear response nor any other unusual reaction to their 
environment at any point in the corridor. 


Document # EL-1346-047: Log 


Experiment using electromagnetically shielded, direct wire remote 
control device to traverse corridor. 


Remote vehicle succeeds in reaching far door, although is unable to 
open it. Audio taken from the vibrations of the door detected sounds 
similar to heavy footsteps moving beyond the door, with a series of 
metallic crashes occurring midway through the recording. At about 
20 minutes of exposure, the remote vehicle began to malfunction 
and was recalled. Further experiments pending. 


Proposals to blast through the far door, or burrow into the area from 
above have so far been rejected. 


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SCP-1347: Box Full of Questions 


Item #: SCP-1347 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1347 is to be kept ina 
standard containment storage unit with two different sets of locks. 
Each set is to require a key card and a password. The passwords 
and the keys are to be kept separately by SCP-1347's lead 
researcher (currently Dr. Thane) and their research assistant. Said 
passwords are not to be shared with personnel other than members 
of the O5 council under any circumstances. 


SCP-1347 is to be kept isolated from other anomalous items/ 
phenomena and must be guarded at all times by two (2) armed 
security personnel who are oblivious to its nature. Said personnel 
are tasked with preventing any unauthorized access to SCP-1347, 
and are permitted to use lethal force if necessary. 


All testing of SCP-1347 requires written approval from the head 
researcher of the object. The request submitted must contain the 
exact wordings of the inquiry that would be inserted into SCP-1347, 
the intention of the said inquiry and a hypothesis of SCP-1347's 
reply. All testing of SCP-1347 must be supervised by the attendant 
security personnel. 


In the event that a submitted inquiry does not result ina Type A 
event within ten minutes, all research personnel assigned to 
SCP-1347 are to be informed immediately. Mobile Task Force 
Psi-13 is to cease their current assignment, if any, and to be fully 
committed to ascertaining the nature of the Type B event by any 
means necessary unless otherwise commanded. 


It is strictly forbidden to insert an inquiry into SCP-1347 that refers to 
paradoxes, time travel, the Foundation, or any anomalous object/ 
phenomenon in any manner. 


Description: SCP-1347 is a pine box measuring twenty centimeters 
on each side with a hinged lid. There is a slit on one side measuring 
seven centimeters by one centimeter. The phrase "All answers are 
born from questions." is written below the slit in black ink. 


SCP-1347's anomalous properties will only become active in the 
event that writing of an inquisitive nature (designated as an "inquiry") 
is inserted into SCP-1347 via this slot. Every inquiry inserted will 
cause either a Type A or Type B event to occur. This is believed to 
be primarily dependent on whether the answer to the question could 
be answered with minimal experimentation or alteration of reality. 


When the inquiry is sufficiently simple to answer, a Type A event 
occurs. In a Type A event, the item on which the inquiry was written 
disappears, replaced by an object that is identical save for the 
inquiry being replaced by SCP-1347's reply. SCP-1347 gives a reply 
to every inquiry, regardless of the inquiry’s nature. This response will 
occur to both subjective inquiries as well as inquiries that require 
some degree of specialized knowledge, so long as they are simple 
to ascertain. 


An occurrence of Type B event takes place when the inquiry 
inserted is adequately complex or thought-provoking. Note that a 
Type B event is not always distinguishable from a Type A event, and 
that the only consistent way to determine which has occurred is the 
amount of time that elapses between the insertion of an inquiry and 
the appearance of a reply. 


A Type B event is a situation in which SCP-1347 manipulates events 
in the real world to perform an experiment, apparently utilizing any 
method it deems necessary, which will provide it with the information 
to formulate a reply to the inquiry. Depending on the nature of the 
input, the resultant experimentation varies. Once the experiment is 
over, the reply will appear in a manner identical to that of the 
appearance in a Type A event. There is no known limit to 
SCP-1347's capabilities while a Type B event is in progress. 


SCP-1347 retains knowledge learned through Type B events and 
inquiries. At time of writing, it is deemed to possess slightly above 
average intelligence and a very large knowledge base, although 
exact measurement of its intelligence level is not currently possible 


due to its nature. 


+ Test Log 1347-Gamma 


Inquiry: What is your purpose? 
Occurred Event: Type A event 
Reply: | answer questions. 


Inquiry: What is your exact nature? 
Occurred Event: Type A event 
Reply: | believe 'l answer questions’ is exact enough. 


Inquiry: What's good for dinner? 

Occurred Event: Type A event 

Reply: You're asking a box about dining? | think the 
tomato stew would be your best bet. 

Note: Interviewed staff members who consumed the 
tomato stew that evening indicated higher levels of 
satisfaction on average than those who did not. 


Inquiry: What is the current location of Mobile Task 
Force Sigma-31? 

Fact of Interest: This inquiry was inserted prior to the 
prohibition of Foundation-related inquiries. 

Occurred Event: Type A event 

Reply: Gone, mate. Might wanna call for some clean-up 
to aisle [REDACTED]. 

Note: Mobile Task Force Sigma-31 was found by 
SCP- at the stated location. 


Inquiry: How can we obtain an unlimited source of 
energy? 

Occurred Event: Type B event 

Nature of Type B event: was incinerated by an 
explosion which continued for seven days. Upwards of 
exajoules of energy were released during this time. 
Despite the fact that this amount of energy would have 
been capable of destroying an area roughly forty 
kilometers in diameter, the explosion was contained to a 
sphere five kilometers in diameter. The source of the 


explosion, if any, disappeared after the explosion 
ceased. Reply produced after the cessation. 

Reply: | got really close, but | doubt it's actually possible. 
I'll think on it some more, maybe try again if you ask in 
future. 

Note: Object reclassified from Safe to Euclid. 


Inquiry: How can we fix Agent Mcintyre? 

Occurred Event: Type B event 

Nature of Type B event: SCP- _ released Agent 
McIntyre one hour after the inquiry was submitted. 
Medical personnel on scene immediately began 
treatment. 

Reply: Whoa, that was nasty. Anyway, since this seems 
to [DATA EXPUNGED] that's all you got to do. 

Note: Seven days later, Agent McIntyre spontaneously 
suffered trauma normally associated with SCP- __, albeit 
to a lesser degree. Agent McIntyre recovered fully with 
application of SCP- _counter-measures obtained from 
the reply. 


Inquiry: What do you know of Eros, the mythological 
entity? 

Occurred Event: Type A event 

Reply: Son of Aphrodite and much better known as 
Cupid, his Roman counterpart. Other than having the 
golden arrows of love, he also had the bronze arrows of 
hatred, as Apollo had learned the hard way. 

Note: The error in knowledge has been noted. 


Inquiry: How good is Dr. Ashe in bed?! 

Occurred Event: Type B event 

Nature of Type B event: Dr. Ashe reported that she 
spent the night in Agent Gene's quarters due to 
emotional distress over her recent assignment to 
[REDACTED]. 

Reply: She's really warm, and her skin is nice and soft. 
Good hugs, too. She hogs the blankets, though. 

Note: When interviewed eight days later, while Dr. Ashe 
recalled the event, Agent Gene was unable to. 


Ashe and Carmichael are damn lucky that it didn't 
choose to interpret that differently. That being said, this 
has certainly given us some interesting insight into how 
1347 works. - Dr. Thane 


Inquiry: What is the nature of SCP-  ? 

Occurred Event: Type B event 

Fact of Interest: This inquiry was inserted prior to the 
prohibition of Foundation-related inquiries. 

Nature of Type B event: SCP- _ breached 
containment. SCP- did not pose any harm to 
Foundation personnel, in contrast with its normal 
behavior. SCP- __ was returned to containment seven 
days later after it inexplicably ceased to resist 
containment. 

Reply: So this thing basically does [DATA EXPUNGED]. 
Good luck with that, | guess. 

Note: Investigation indicates that the containment 
breach was caused by a momentary lapse in 
concentration on the part of attendant personnel. 

Note: Al/ future inquiries that mention the Foundation will 
not be permitted on grounds of sensitive information and 
potential containment breach. - Dr. Thane 


Inquiry: What is my next question? 

Occurred Event: Type B event 

Nature of Type B event: No reply was produced until 
the next inquiry was submitted. 

Reply: What is your opinion of Aleister Crowley and his 
works? 

Note: SCP-1347 does not appear to possess telepathic 
nor predictive abilities. 


Inquiry: What is your opinion of Aleister Crowley and his 
works? 

Occurred Event: Type B event 

Nature of Type B event: Unknown A personal copy of 
biography of Aleister Crowley owned by Research 
Assistant Jacobs disappeared, as evidenced by camera 
investigation. The copy reappeared in its previous 


location seven days later. The reply was produced after 
the reappearance of the book. 

Reply: Well, he was kinda nutty, but he hit a few points 
pretty spot-on, particularly [REDACTED]. 

Note: Unless we're missing something big, that's 
bullshit.- Dr. Thane 


Inquiry: How can the problem of poverty be solved? 
Occurred Event: Type B event 

Nature of Type B event: While it is most likely 
unknowable the exact extent to which events were 
influenced by SCP-1347, genocide occurred in 
[REDACTED]. A totalof , casualties were recorded, 
corresponding to % of the population. The majority of 
the casualties occurred in poverty-stricken regions. 
When the United Nations intervened and forced the 
cessation of the genocide, SCP-1347's reply appeared. 
Reply: Killing 'em off seems to be one option. Weapons 
sales helps too. 

Note: A week after the massacre ceased, immigration to 
[REDACTED] surged, restoring the population size to 
roughly % of its original value. The national GDP of the 
country experienced minimal deprecation compared to 
the most recent statistics prior to the event; additionally, 
the Gini-coefficient fell by 0.25 compared to before. 
Media coverage of the event became negligible after one 
week at approximately the same time. 

Note: Dr. refused amnestic administration and 
required four months of psychological therapy before 
being considered fit to return to work. 


Footnotes 

1. Dr. Carmichael was reprimanded for unprofessional conduct and 
reassigned accordingly for permitting this inquiry. Dr. Thane is Dr. 
Carmichael's replacement. 


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SCP-1348: Inner Sanctum 


Item #: SCP-1348 
Object Class: Keter