The references to the traditional style of surrealism are 
most pronounced in the usage of inks composed of 
blood samples from Picasso, Dali, and Masson, 
combined with sweat from the artist himself. 
Petrakovich's use of synaesthetic effects is given full 
freedom here, with gustatory-tactile and auditory- 
proprioceptive responses most often reported. Also note 
the unique use of ocher and crimson in order to provoke 
the sensation of drunkenness, a cognitive effect 
Petrakovich used to great effect in later pieces. 


The secondary and more infamous effect has been 
described by the artist as "fuck copyright" and consists of 


any indirect representations, including photography, 
video feed, hand-drawn sketches, clairvoyance, astral 
projection, and scrying, to only produce an altered copy 
of this descriptive plaque with the majority of the text 
replaced by the following phrase: "Suck it bitches. You 
got to see to believe." 


Snippets From The Serpent 


-» You joined channel #booksudontread 

-» Topic is: Welcome to #booksudontread - RULES: Don't be an 
ass. Don't out your fellows. If you're here, it's because you've been 
invited. If you get kicked, it's because the ops think you've been 
doing something that could endanger yourself or others. Don't come 
back without their approval. 

-» Topic set by MisterKitty on 1/23/2013 12:33:27 PM 

* ChanServ sets mode +v no1uno for #booksudontread 
<@MisterKitty> So he says, 'First assume a spherical Chicken! 
<Vet> Hahahaahhahahahahaha 

<vodkanono> lol 

<crankshaft> hehehe 

<~8rdSister> Oh lordy Mid, that's an old one. 

<@Misterkitty> Still good. 

<no1uno> Sounds like a good time being had. 

* Jagerman rolls some dice, and opens up a door. 

<no1uno> It's nice you all can laugh at a time like this. When things 
are so rough. 

<romeoohromeo> whaddya mean no1? 

<@Misterkitty> | haven't seen you around before, no1uno. When 
did you join? 

<Vet> Ha, new blood! Let's ask him the questions! 

<@MisterkKitty> Oh lord, do we have to go through with this? 
<vodkanono> Why not? There are traditions that keep us strong. We 
shall continue. 

<no1uno> If this is how things are done, then let them continue as 
such. 

<@MisterkKitty> Fine, go ahead, ask the damn questions already. 
<romeoohromeo> al right, question one: how'd ya find us? 
<no1uno> Oh, | have my ways. 

<crayweed> Oh no! That's a cop out! Come on, we've all done the 
questions, you gotta answer. 

<no1uno> Well, to be prefectly honest, | just typed in ‘Serpent 
Hands Secret Chat room’ and this is what popped up. 


<romeoohromeo> ... 

<crayweed> ... 

<Vet>... 

<romeoohromeo> i don't believe you 

<no1uno> To be fair, I'm not actually using a regular computer. | had 
this one special built to do most of the work of tracking you people 
down. You're almost as hard to find as | am. But now | have you. 
<destructiveMouse> ... 

<crankshaft> ... 

<~38rdSister> ... Okay, let's get this joker out of here. 

-» You were kicked from #booksudontread by 3rdSister 
(Bork@borkdeborkbork) Reason (You were not invited.) 

<no1uno> and Yet, | am still here. 

<romeoohromeos> is... is that supposed to be possible? c, i thought 
you had this on lock down. 

<~3rdSister> That shouldn't be possible. But hanging aroudn you 
guys | know possible is a big field. You kids talk to him, I'm gonna... 
work my magic. 

<no1uno> | believe there was a second question? 

<crayweed> Okay, right, | got this. What are you lookign for here? 
<no1uno> Succor. Release. | seek the one who will free me from my 
torment, and let me once more pass on to the next. | seek the 
knowledge of the past, and the wisdom of the future. 

<vodkanono> ... 

<@Misterkitty> ... 

<romeoohromeo> ... the fuck, man? 

<~38rdSister> Got you now! Suck it asshole. 

* 3rdSister sets mode +b *!*@no1uno for#booksudontread 
<~3rdSister> Wait, what? That wasn't a name ban... Fuck it. 

-» You were kicked from #booksudontread by 3rdSister 
(Bork@borkdeborkbork) Reason (Eat it creep.) 

* 3rdSister wipes her hands of it. "Asshole dealt with." 
<vodkanono> *Applauds* Well played, oh web mistress of 
awesome. 

<no1uno> | believe such applauds would be out of line, as | am still 
here. 

<~3rdSister> MOTHER FUCKER! Give me a moment. 

* 3rdSister (Bork@borkdeborkbork) has left #bookudontread () 
<Vet> All right asshole, as long as we've got you here, let's finish 
this. Last question. What's your power?" 


<@MisterKitty> Don't feed the noobs guys. 

<crayweed> Well, you gonna answer or what 

<no1uno> Ah, now you come to the crux of this operation, the nub, 
the epitome of what | wish to speak on.You see, | am unknown, | am 
unseen, | am not. Those who are aware do not believe, and I, | sit in 
the cracks, and watch the world turn. And | am here with an offer. 
<@MisterkKitty> What do you offer us? 

<no1uno> You? Absolutely nothing. You have the power you seek. 
<romeoohromeo> aw yeah, romeo is coming into power now give it 
to me bitches 

<no1uno> Let us say no. 

<crayweed> Then why ARE you here? 

* vodkanono checks his watch. 

<vodkanono> Why must the evil villains go on and on and on and 
on.. 

<no1uno> | resist the label of evil. 

<crankshaft> So you're a good guy? 

<romeoohromeo> he reisists the label of good 

<no1uno> | resist the label of... yes. 

<crayweed> So your nothing. 

<no1uno> | am me, is that not enough? 

* 3rdSister (Bork@borkdeborkbork) has joined 
#booksudontread 

<noluno> And my target returns. 

<~3rdSister> Right, you want me? Fine. Let's do this. 
<@MisterKitty> C, are you sure you want to do this? 

* 3rdSister sets mode +i for #booksudontread 

* romeoohromeo was kicked by 3rdSister 
(bork@borkdeborkbork) Reason (Personal Safety. Get the 
Docents.) 

* crayweed was kicked by 3rdSister (bork@borkdeborkbork) 
Reason (Personal Safety. Get the Docents.) 

* crankshaft was kicked by 3rdSister (bork@borkdeborkbork) 
Reason (Personal Safety. Get the Docents.) 

* Jagerman was kicked by 3rdSister (bork@borkdeborkbork) 
Reason (Personal Safety. Get the Docents.) 

<@Misterkitty> Claire, no, let me stick around and help you! 

* Misterkitty was kicked by 3rdSister (bork@borkdeborkbork) 
Reason (Love you too. I'll deal with it.) 

* vodkanono was kicked by 3rdSister (bork@borkdeborkbork) 


Reason (Personal Safety.) 

* Vet was kicked by 3rdSister (bork@borkdeborkbork) Reason 
(Personal Safety.) 

* destructiveMouse was kicked by 3rdSister 
(bork@borkdeborkbork) Reason (Personal Safety.) 

* OldMan was kicked by 3rdSister (borkK@borkdeborkbork) 
Reason (When the hell did you get here?) 

<~3rdSister> And now it is down to me, and it is down to you. 
<no1uno> It has always been thus. You just resisted it. There's still 
one person watching, you know. 

<~3rdSister> | have no idea what the fuck you're talking about. 
There's no one else in the room! How did you bypass my security? 
Why are you cracking my site? What the fuck do you want from me? 
<no1uno> | want to make you an offer. I'm tired. I've been doing this 
for... for too long. It has taken a toll on my mind as well as my body. 
<~3rdSister> What makes you think | want it? 

<no1uno> Because you asked for it, Claire. Because you want to be 
the ultimate thorn in the side of the Jailers. 

<~3rdSister> ... 

<~3rdSister> ... Oh. 

<~38rdSister> You. 

<notuno> Me. 

<~3rdSister> What do you offer? 

<no1uno> Everything. All my files, all my tools, everything you need 
to make them fail. 

<~3rdSister> And what does it cost? 

<no1uno> Everything. You will be unable to make yourself Known, 
even to those who were your closest friends. You will be me. Will 
have always been me. 

<~3rdSister> My...family? 

<notuno> Will never have had a third little sister. 

<~3rdSister> Never again... 

<no1uno> But you'd fulfill the family goal. 

<~3rdSister> You're an asshole. Very well. | accept. 

<notuno> Turn around. 

* chanserv sets mode -i for #booksudontread 

* MisterKitty has joined #booksudontread 

* chanserv sets mode +qo MisterKitty MisterKitty for 
#booksudontread 

* romeoohromeo has joined #booksudontread 


<~MisterKitty> Huh, that was odd. 

<romeoohromeo> whut 

<~MisterKkitty> | was locked out of the room for a minute. Weird. oh 
well, looks like nothings wrong. 


Postlude: A Terminus 


She looked at herself in the mirror and inspected her uniform for the 
day. Gray cloche hat, unadorned; gray dress suit, well-tailored; white 
shirt, pressed and starched; black scarf, tight as a garotte. She 
loosened the knot slightly and idly thought, "It's always black. Never 
green or navy blue or red. Hmm." 


She paused, concentrated briefly and the scarf turned royal purple 
with gold thread subtly hinting at strange and hidden patterns. 
"That's better. Off to work | go." 


She straightened her skirt one last time, smirked, and sketched a 
curtsy to the empty room. Nobody stepped through the doorway, 
and nobody was left behind. 


I'm nobody! Who are you? 
Are you noboay, too? 
Then there's a pair of us 
Don't tell—they'd banish us, you know. 


-l'm Nobody! Who are you?, by Emily Dickinson, 1891 


S & C Plastics Hub 


Sloth's Pit, Wisconsin 


By most accounts, Sloth's Pit is one of the weirdest places in the 
continental United States, but you won't find anything as mundane 
as a mystery house or a gravity hill here. Instead, we have apple 
orchards planted by John Chapman himself, where cider flows 
instead of sap. Every house is haunted, and ghost tours are 
available, provided by the Sloth's Pit Historical Society and the City 
Council. Camping equipment is always available to rent, should one 
be brave enough to venture out and spend a night in the woods, 
under the cover of starlight and looming trees. - Sloth's Pit Tourist 
Guide, 2016 edition. 


A tiny town in a big state, right on the border between Minnesota 
and Wisconsin. To the west you'll find Duluth, Minnesota, and 
somewhere to the east, you'll find Superior, Wisconsin. It's located in 
the backmost part of Douglas County, and is one of twenty-three 
Nexuses in the United States of America, and the third most-active, 
behind Roadkill County, Oregon and Daleport. 


Sloth's Pit is essentially what pops into the mind when you think 
"Midwestern Town". It has a main street that curves like a bow 
without a string, and branches off in several different directions; to 
the south, you have King Circle, Clark Avenue, and Maple Street, 
the more suburban areas. Also here are the two secular high 
schools: Jackson Sloth Memorial High and Jackson Sloth Senior 
High. Northward, heading towards Duluth, you have Bray Road, with 
the highway office on one side, and an abandoned farm on the 
other, home to a portal through time hidden in a well. They say that 
this well was struck by a meteor at one point, and that the land 
around it was barren for decades after inedible fruit grew in the 
orchards. 


Main Street, going westwards, is the downtown, filled with all sorts of 


Experiment Log 731 


Selected experiments pertaining to SCP-731: 
Experiment 731-12: 


An attempt was made to drill into SCP-731-1 to recover samples 
and assess its durability. SCP-731-1 immediately transposed to the 
farthest available manhole in the containment network, preventing 
any damage. A repeat attempt while leaving no local manholes 
available for retreat is on hold pending the development of an easier 
way to track and recapture SCP-731-1 than was employed initially. 


Experiment 731-19: 


A tracking device was fastened to SCP-731-1 via a cable looped 
through the object's two pick holes. SCP-731-1 transposed to a new 
location within containment as soon as the technicians who had 
performed the task left the area. The cable was severed and both 
pieces remained at the original location. It is likely that any similar 
attempt to "tie down" SCP-731-1 through its pick holes would prove 
unsuccessful. 


Experiment 731-40: 


An ordinary domesticated cat was introduced to the street level of 
SCP-731 containment. When it eventually wandered onto 
SCP-731-1's surface it fell through in the same manner as a human 
subject, but no rat was disgorged from the underside. It appears that 
the cat was destroyed. 


Experiment 731-87: 


An ordinary domesticated cat, experienced in rat control, was 
introduced to the sub-street level of SCP-731 containment. The 
SCP-731-2 rats populating that level appeared terrified by the cat 
and fled in a normal manner, and the cat succeeded in catching and 


small business, from Rudy's Cafe to the Black Garden pub to Berry's 
Restaurant. In addition, you have all sorts of tourist traps that are 
open seasonally; John Henry's blacksmith shop still gets plenty of 
business, despite its antiquated nature, from tourists wanting 
authentic old-timey goods. Tourist traps sell all sorts of baubles 
related to the supernatural, from hodag eggs! to genuine alien 
metal. A camera shop that still develops film sits next to a music 
store that sells sheet music in bulk, and rents instruments to 
everyone who's in the orchestras at the high schools. 


Also located in the west is a dog park, accessible to all who wish, 
and flanked by two churches — one Episcopalian, one Catholic. 
Further out of town going west, there's a synagogue, and in town, 
several smaller shrines and houses of worship. 


The eastern end of town is home to one place of note: the S & C 
Plastics building. Or, as it is known to some... 


Site-87 


Site-87 is one of the more oddball sites in the Foundation; not as 
extreme as Site-19 was circa 1990, but those who live and work 
within its walls are more prone to have bizarre things happen to 
them, as is the nature of the nexus. As a result of the unusual 
happenings, the psyches of the staff have adapted in various 
manners. They are some of the most diligent workers among the 
Midwestern Foundation sites, but at the same time, they aren't afraid 
to have morale building exercises such as prolonged camping 
excursions to study the anomalous nature of the forests surrounding 
the town. 


- Dr. Philip Verhoten, The Crossroads: A Study of Urban Anomalous 
Nexuses in the United States. 


Site-87, as of 2015, is the place of work for 834 Foundation 
researchers and administrative staff. It is home to the administrative 
center of the Department of Multiuniversal Affairs, as well as the 
headquarters of the Foundation's Nexus Research Initiative (NRI). 
The NRI classifies Sloth's Pit as Nx-0018, and has specific Nexus 
Interaction Protocols, which can be summarized as such: 


1) Erasing the knowledge of the anomalous amongst the townsfolk 
would be detrimental to their lives. Only intervene if the integrity of 
the site or the lives of the populous of Sloth's Pit are in danger. 


2) Foundation Personnel are to treat all members of the community 
in Sloth's Pit as E-Class personnel, and may interact with them as 
such. Knowledge of anomalies outside of Sloth's Pit are known to 
the general populous, but these are not to be further propagated 
unless under extreme circumstances. 


3) Foundation personnel have privileges including the 
commandeering of vehicles, right to investigate, and right to detain 
individuals that are a threat to the town. 


4) All major anomalies- particularly Unclassed Anomalous Entities 
(UAEs) Chapman-341 ("The Goatman"), Chapman-342 ("Sinning 
Jessie"), Chapman-343 ("Lovebird the Lizard Man"), Chapman-344 
("The Hook-Handed Man"), Chapman-345 ("Joseph Macek, the King 
of Knives"), Chapman-346 ("Queen of the Hoop Snakes"), and 
Chapman-347 ("Latsi, the Latia River Monster")- are to be captured 
and contained by any means necessary. UAE-Tryon-001 ("The 
Hidebehind") is to be captured and neutralized by any means 
necessary, if sighted. 


Site-87 was established in 1976, following what was, quite possibly, 
the Foundation's biggest fuckup in the 1970s: the Camp Krakkow 
incident. 


Camp Krakkow and the anomalies