SCP-2882: Overwriting Myself For A Faraway Dream 


Item #: SCP-2882 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2882 is housed in a 
regular humanoid containment unit. Containment of SCP-2882 is 
watched over by at least one guard at its entrance. SCP-2882 may 
speak with the guard and hold conversation. It is to be periodically 
checked for signs of self harm. SCP-2882 is to attend bi-weekly 
therapy sessions with the on-site therapist, currently Dr. Larsen. 


Dr. Larsen has tasked the subject with a daily diary, for which it has 
been granted a notebook and pen. SCP-2882 is also to have at least 
15 minutes of discussion with any Foundation personnel at least 
once every 48 hours. All personnel interacting with SCP-2882 are to 
provide accounts of their own lives when requested to and are 
recommended to share accounts of exclusively mundane daily 
activities such as meals or leisure time. If SCP-2882 becomes 
distressed or demands accounts of greater significance, the on-site 
therapist is to be contacted immediately. 


SCP-2882 is allowed access to a 3 hour session with a member of 
D-class personnel once every 7 days. The D-class personnel is to 
recount their life experiences before their arrival to the Foundation 
for SCP-2882. Due to SCP-2882's deteriorating mental state, Dr. 
Larsen has recommended no further sessions. To help with 
stabilization, SCP-2882 has the privilege to request objects instead, 
though the total worth of requests may not exceed 85 US Dollars 
within a 30 day period. This limit may be raised or lowered 
depending on behavior. 


Description: SCP-2882 is a humanoid male of indiscriminate 
ethnicity and age with no name’, of approximately 1.8 meters in 
height and 62 kilograms in weight. SCP-2882 is physically normal, 
with the exception of an abnormally thick dermis. This is likely a 


* A perception of increased darkness of the sky outside the 
vehicle (fog, premature night, or, most frequently, dreary 
depressing weather). 

Auditory hallucinations: most frequently, misperception of 
normal announcements by drivers and passengers: i.e. an 
announcement of the next stop is heard as a declaration that 
the user will never stop. 

Normal objects, such as other passengers and non- 
threatening items, suddenly taking a threatening tone or 
appearance. 

An almost pathological fear of the drivers/conductors/other 
transit staff. 

* Strange occurrences completely preventing the rider from 
getting off of the vehicle. 

The absolute knowledge that it is impossible to get off. 
Inability to perceive other passengers exiting and entering the 
vehicle: users report that other passengers appear to simply 
appear and vanish from their seats, and, in some cases, 
cannot perceive that a passenger has exited the vehicle, 
continuing to see them in their seats. 

Inability to hear or perceive attempts to calm or reason with 
them. 


Although the most acute experiences are limited to the user only, 
bystanders (including agents assigned to observe the subject) do 
report feelings of uneasiness, and will be compelled to exit the 
vehicle early, seeking other means of transportation. 


Addendum 342 A: Object was discovered in Chicago, during 1936 
by [DATA EXPUNGED]. Case was reopened several years later, as 
it was hoped that advances in technology would allow for a deeper 
understanding of [DATA EXPUNGED]. 


Addendum 342 B: The importance of retrieving SCP-342 after it is 
validated for travel cannot be understated: please see report re: "Dr. 
Lank Incident," in which SCP-342 was not successfully retrieved 
after validation, resulting in a six-month long containment breach 
causing the disappearances of several New York City civilians. SCP 
Foundation personnel are requested and required to use any means 
up to and including: impersonation of a peace officer, intimidation, 


consequence of its anomalous properties and currently does not 
harm SCP-2882. It is generally cooperative with the Foundation. It 
will often request to hear recounts of personal experiences, even 
though it appears fully aware of the detrimental effect it has on its 
mental health. 


SCP-2882 is capable of speaking in any language fluently, so long 
as it is first spoken to in the language. It is also competent at reading 
in any language but can only write in a language when instructed to. 


When a person recounts any personal experience to SCP-2882, 
SCP-2882 will claim to be capable of remembering the experience 
as if it was its own. This has been confirmed with SCP-2882 being 
capable of recounting certain details of the surroundings and context 
of the experience that weren't previously mentioned in the 
recounting. Each individual experience coincides with the 
appearance of a tattoo on SCP-2882's skin. There is likely no upper 
limit on the amount of experiences SCP-2882 may remember and it 
doesn't forget any shared experiences, although it is capable of 
forgetting memories of its own life. 


SCP-2882's skin is approximately 97% covered in tattoos2, with 
several layers of tattoos in certain places. These tattoos are 
apparently capable of shifting locations and between layers outside 
of SCP-2882's control. When SCP-2882 recounts an experience 
spoken to it, the corresponding tattoo will glow faintly. 


SCP-2882's mental state has degenerated significantly since 
coming into Foundation acquisition, partially due to its anomalous 
properties and partially due to SCP-2882's strong desire to be 
returned to an unknown entity that created it. Dr. Larsen has been 
assigned to SCP-2882 as its psychologist and has been authorized 
to refer to it colloquially during interviews, counseling sessions, and 
in SCP-2882's general presence. 


Interview 2882-001 


Date: August 18, 1998 
Interviewer: Doctor Larsen 
Interviewee: SCP-2882 


[BEGIN LOG] 


Dr. Larsen: Hello, SCP-2882. Are you okay 
with that designation? 


SCP-2882: I'm ok with whatever you want to 
call me. I'm not mentally ill, Doctor Larsen. 
You can see I'm fully lucid and have not 
harmed myself or others in any manner. | don't 
know who called you to pick up some random 
homeless guy, but I'm fine and | don't need the 
charity. Please let me leave. 


Dr. Larsen: I'm afraid we can't do that right 
now. Could you tell me where you get your 
tattoos? We've heard reports they're quite 
unusual. 


SCP-2882: Oh. | didn't think you guys actually 
existed. Are you going to kill me now? Keep 
me for horrible experiments? Are you head 
baddie, Doctor Larsen? 


Dr. Larsen: [laughs] | can assure you we're 
nothing like the movies. If you can answer a 
few questions for me, we'll have your room set 
up right away. 


SCP-2882: [sighs, rubs a tattoo on his cheek] 
Well, ok, | can tell you everything | remember, 
Doctor Larsen. My memory isn't what it used 
to be... 


Dr. Larsen: That's okay. Could you tell me 
who you are, what do you do that's different 
from others? Were you always like this? 


SCP-2882: Mmn... tell me your story first. If 
you do, I'll tell you mine. | don't need your 
career in your super secret organization or 
anything. Just give me some stories of your 


childhood. 


Dr. Larsen: Well, | had two parents who were 
very kind to me. | used to read a ton of books. 
| had a pretty average childhood, | think. 


SCP-2882: [closes eyes and leans back in 
chair] Mmn... Thanks, Doctor Larsen, you are 
really nice. But there was one | want to hear 
more, it happened on a 4th of July. The family 
always made a big meal to celebrate; they 
always seemed to have such a good time and 
I- | mean, you were- 


Dr. Larsen: Jealous, yes. For a long time, | 
was so jealous. And on the year | was old 
enough to join in on the festivities, | was 
tasked to- 


SCP-2882: Cut onions. We didn't know any 
better, you were so Cute, they were so happy. | 
remember it well, Dad was smiling that slightly 
crooked smile when you knew he pranked you 
and you didn't know it yet, and then your eyes 
started to water- 


Dr. Larsen: [in a higher pitched voice] Dad, 
why'm onions make cry? It hurts! [laughs] He 
was laughing so loudly, then mom saw and 
joined in. My older brother told me to be tough 
and go through it, since he went through it last 
year- 


SCP-2882: So then | turned back to the onions 
and everything was blurry, but everyone was 
laughing, but then- [sharply inhales and holds 
the palm of its left hand with a wince; a new 
tattoo depicting an open cut can be seen] It 
was really deep, there was so much blood- 


Dr. Larsen: That's enough for now, 


SCP-2882. [tentatively rubs over the scar on 
her own left palm] 


SCP-2882: ... The family never was quite the 
same whenever you were in the kitchen. For a 
while I... you thought... 


Dr. Larsen: ...that | had ruined the 4th of July 
forever. 


SCP-2882: | wish | could say sorry to them all. 
Especially dad. He never pranked you again. | 
still want to see his crooked smile, sometimes, 
even after all these years. [opens eyes again] 
You had questions? 


Dr. Larsen: Yes, about your own childhood? 


SCP-2882: Not as emotional as yours, | think. 
| don't remember much of it, now. | was made, 
not born. Sculpted out of the leftovers of a 
star's corpse by something big and wonderful 
and wise. Perhaps not God like humans know 
it, but maybe something a bit like it. It sent me 
here, so that | could help it learn even more, 
when | come back with all these new 
experiences of what it means to be human. 


Dr. Larsen: How are you sure you'll "come 
back"? 


SCP-2882: Sometimes my parent sends me 
messages. It's been getting harder lately, but | 
can hear their voice if | can clear my head and 
listen enough. They say they're proud of me 
and that I'll be home soon. It's all anyone could 
ever want, right? To make their parent proud? 


[END LOG] 


Notes: This was the initial interview upon 


containment. SCP-2882 displayed noticeable 
emotional distress and Dr. Larsen was tasked 
with calming and interviewing SCP-2882. 


Excerpts Document 2882-01: The following are excerpts of 
Document 2882-01, SCP-2882's diary. 


August 18, 2002 


Doctor Larsen told me to make a journal today. | He said 
they | needed to work on my pronoun use. He says if | 
recover enough we can have our D-class sessions 
again. They | really want that. It's the best chance | have 
to go home. | hope he I'm picked up soon. 


| really want to do good for my mum. I'm going to call it 
my mun; that's quite human. | think my mum would be 
proud. 


April 4, 2005 


The decision today has been that she | will write 
memories here in hopes | they will be less hard on me 
them me. 


A little while ago, | remember being at the mall being told 
about being at the mall. There was a girl | the person 
really liked. | felt so strongly about loving her, but | was 
they were so afraid of her rejection that | never told my 
true feelings to her. 


| still regret it to this day It never happened to me. It's just 
a story. | have to remember what Doctor Larsen said to 
do my thinking exercises so | can get better and... and... 
| had to check my other diary but it's having something 
called D-class sessions. | don't remember them but, | 
remember they we they? were really important. 


| remember. | remember my mom. Keep her in mind. 
She'll bring me home and then be so proud of me. 
Maybe we can celebrate an Easter together. | think mum 


would like hearing all | learned about families and family 
holidays. 


The following page is a rough sketch of an unknown 
nebula. It is labeled 'home’. 


October 31, 2005 


Halloween always brings a lot of memories. We'll try to 
keep some down. 


When | this person was very young, this one Halloween, 
my parents couldn't come follow me because they 
worked so long and were so tired. It was ok, because 
mom bought me a costume right before the big night. | 
got a grocery bag to collect candy with, because | knew 
this would be the only time of year | could get sweets, 
because dad and mom only made enough to keep us 
housed and fed. 


The night was really cold and my mask was too big. | 
remember it was so, so cold. My fingers were numb and 
each stair to the houses were so big compared to my tiny 
body. Some people were asking where my parents were, 
so Il- Damn. Damn! It's too difficult for him me. 


My stomach hurts from all the candy | never ate. The 
cavities were worth it, though. At least | 1? We all thought 
they were. 


My favorite was the chips! My favorite was the lollipops! 
My favorite was the chocolate! My favorite was the 
bubblegum! My favorite was jawbreakers! Cotton Candy! 
Licorice! He doesn't like- I 

don't 

even 

like 

sweets. 


It's really hard to sleep with a stomachache. 


Dr. Larsen's Note: October 31, 2005 was the first 
documented incident in which SCP-2882 displayed self- 
harming behavior. The next morning, SCP-2882 was 
found to have deep, self-inflicted bite marks in its 
forearms, several of which broke skin. It could not 
explain itself upon interview. 


August 19, 2010 


| had The agent had my coffee black today. | don't like it 
black much, it tastes bitter. Why did | have it black when 
| 


Illegible text, presumably random scribbling as 
suggested by Dr. Larsen when SCP-2882 is frustrated. 


There is a feeling that there should be a voice that 
should be there. Is it mine? Is it me? It is someone 
important, | am waiting for the important person. Make 
them proud. Someone all embracing, but | don't 
remember their face. 


The previous journals, but these are his memories, why 
aren't | remembering her own? Giving up on pronouns 
now, their head hurts, it's too hard. Shouldn't stay up so 
late. 


August 20, 2010 


| remember who | was listening for. | haven't heard from 
them in over ten years. 


The following page is presumably an extremely rough 
copy of the unknown nebula sketch in the journal dated 
April 4, 2005. The copy is covered in question marks. 
The paper shows signs of water damage. 


December 24, 2010 


Christmas is coming up. 


He they | wanted to show his her ? mMother, far away, 
what family was like. 


And maybe see it through her my its one's own eyes. 


Dr. Larsen's note: This entry is the last time SCP-2882 
produced an entry in words and sentences. Every 
following entry has been a series of highly detailed 
pictures, presumably memories that have been shared 
with it. SCP-2882's mental health rapidly deteriorated 
after Christmas. 


Footnotes 

1. SCP-2882 will respond to any designation as if it was its name, so 
long as it is directed towards it. 

2. This includes skin inside of the mouth, such as the inner lips, 
cheek, tongue, and gums. 


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SCP-2883: A Rainbow, Holographic, Crystal 
Dinosaur 


Item #: SCP-2883 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2883 is held in a small 
storage container manufactured out of opaque plastic. To avoid 
potential damage to SCP-2883, the container must be padded with 
standard packaging materials. During transport, SCP-2883 is to be 
kept in its container. 


Staff in charge of conducting any experiments involving SCP-2883 
must have immunity to its anomalous effect. Any personnel with 
vision properly obscured! or previous exposure to SCP-2883 are 
considered immune to resultant cognitive failure and are thus 
permitted contact with SCP-2883 outside of testing conditions. 


Any physical or digital copies of photographs depicting SCP-2883 
must be incinerated or erased as necessary. Personnel and test 
subjects in contact with SCP-2883 that begin to exhibit symptoms 
associated with migraine, ischemia, or stroke must be treated as 
non-anomalous stroke patients until symptoms subside.