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SCP-1234: An Abandoned Bakery 


Item #: SCP-1234 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: Ownership of the building 
housing SCP-1234, designated Site 602, is currently held by a 
Foundation front company. All other former tenants of Site 602 have 
been evicted. The Foundation is to liaise with local government and 
business interests to prevent any attempts to purchase, redevelop, 
or condemn Site 602. Plainclothes security personnel are to monitor 
SCP-1234 when inactive to prevent unauthorized access. 


Electronic monitoring equipment is to be installed in SCP-1234 and 
throughout Site 602. Whenever monitoring indicates that an 
SCP-1234 event is imminent, all Foundation personnel are to 
evacuate Site 602. A Foundation front company, Southside 
Commissary Products, is to make a delivery to SCP-1234 within 6 
hours containing at least 50 kg each of all-purpose white flour and 
vegetable shortening, as well as 200-400 kg of any other available 
products approved as per Document 1234-746-C. 


Following conclusion of an SCP-1234 event, Foundation personnel 
may reenter Site 602. All instances of SCP-1234-1 are to be 
identified and removed for study and disposal. All monitoring 
equipment is to be examined and replaced as necessary following 
confirmation that SCP-1234 has been fully secured. Concurrent to 
reentry, Southside Commissary Products shall canvas all purveyors 
of baked goods within a 5 km radius of SCP-1234 and confiscate 
any uncontained instances of SCP-1234-1. 


In the event that a delivery is not made by the time SCP-1234 enters 
active phase, mass distribution of amnestics to the civilian 
population is authorized, and Procedure Queen-of-Hearts may be 
enacted, as necessary, at O5 discretion. 


Description: SCP-1234 is the former premises of "Schmidt's Swiss 
Pastries", a bakery and tea room that operated in Chicago, IL from 
1947 to 2003. The interior of SCP-1234 remains fully furnished and 
possesses working electricity, hot and cold running water, and 
natural gas. SCP-1234's ovens and kitchen equipment remain fully 
functional, though appearing to be in a severe state of disrepair due 
to age and neglect. All attempts to remove or disconnect 
SCP-1234's kitchen equipment or utilities have been unsuccessful. 


Under normal circumstances, SCP-1234 is inert. On an irregular 
basis, ranging from an observed minimum of 2 days to an observed 
maximum of 17 months, 12 days, SCP-1234 becomes active. Prior 
to becoming fully active, SCP-1234 exhibits a "warmup" period 
lasting from 12 to 36 hours. Phenomena indicating the onset of an 
SCP-1234 event include: 


¢ Heavy electromagnetic fluctuations within a 100m radius of 

Site 602 

Interference and malfunctioning of monitoring equipment 

¢ Electrical blackouts/brownouts on the city block Site 602 is 

located on 

Lights and electrical devices within SCP-1234 activating and 

deactivating spontaneously 

¢ Unexplained disappearances of humans and animals within a 
300m radius of Site 602 

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SCP-1234 will become fully active within no more than 36 hours of 
the commencement of the warmup phase. To date, active phase 
has always initiated between the hours of 23:00 and 03:30 local 
time. Once fully active, SCP-1234's windows become fully opaque, 
all doors and windows become completely impenetrable, and all 
monitoring equipment located within SCP-1234 ceases to function. 
All attempts to enter SCP-1234 during an active phase have failed 
and no persons inside SCP-1234 when an active phase commences 
have been found alive at its conclusion. 


Active phase has been documented to last from 4-10 hours, but will 
always conclude by 09:00 local time. Upon conclusion of active 
phase, the shelves, counters, tables, and display cases of 
SCP-1234 will have been stocked with approximately 200-500 


freshly baked, shortbread-crust pies designated SCP-1234-1. All 
instances of SCP-1234-1 measure 22.8 cm in diameter and weigh 
approximately 0.75 kg each. Pies produced by SCP-1234 will make 
use of any biological ingredients provided to it, whether living or not 
at time of event, including fruits and vegetables, non-edible plants, 
insects, fish, poultry, red meat, and human beings. SCP-1234 will 
not, however, make use of any ingredients that are spoiled, stale, or 
are of unsatisfactory condition for use in baking. Instances of 
SCP-1234-1 will not be recycled into new instances when a new 
event begins. All instances of SCP-1234-1 are, at time of discovery, 
cooled to room temperature, contained in a disposable aluminum pie 
plate, and covered with a transparent plastic lid. Aside from the 
means by which they are produced, SCP-1234-1 bear no 
anomalous properties and may be eaten safely providing that the 
ingredients used in its manufacture are safe to eat. 


On 17 occasions since observation began, instances of SCP-1234-1 
have been found outside SCP-1234 following conclusion of active 
phase. On all such occasions, the pies were found on the shelves of 
supermarkets, convenience stores, and other food vendors within a 
5km radius of SCP-1234, and had been labeled with a UPC 
readable by the vendor's point-of-sale system. No determination has 
been made as to how the pies were transported from SCP-1234 to 
the locations where they were found. 


If there is not a sufficient supply of ingredients available within 
SCP-1234 when active phase commences, SCP-1234 will consume 
ingredients stored outside itself. Flour, shortening, and other 
biological matter is relocated into SCP-1234, beginning with the 
closest matter available and being attracted from an increasingly 
greater distance until the necessary amount of ingredients has been 
acquired. The means by which material is acquired or transported 
into SCP-1234 is unknown; due to the population density of the area 
in which SCP-1234 is located, no uncontained events have been 
allowed to occur since containment began. 


Foundation containment of SCP-1234 began in 2006, following 
several reports of dozens of persons and animals disappearing 
within the downtown Chicago area. Local police traced the 
disappearances to the neighborhood in which SCP-1234 is located. 


Upon noticing an unusual scent emanating from the abandoned 
storefront now identified as SCP-1234, police breached the front 
door and discovered approximately 7,300 instances of SCP-1234-1 
within, many of which were several months old and had spoiled. 
When police attempts to determine the identity of the persons 
responsible reached a dead end, a police liaison contacted the 
Foundation, which assumed jurisdiction and, following an additional 
event which resulted in several more disappearances, placed 
SCP-1234 under containment. Interviews with persons who worked 
at SCP-1234 prior to 2003, and with the previous owners of Site 
602, stated that the cause of its closing abruptly in April of that year 
was not known to them and that they had never observed any 
unusual or anomalous events occurring within the property prior to 
2006. 


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SCP-1235: Atlas Microcosm 


Item #: SCP-1235 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1235 currently occupies a 
laboratory desk in Examination Room 3, which has been converted 
into a containment cell. SCP-1235 should be kept under high- 
resolution video surveillance and any developments catalogued. Any 
expansion of the Austrian installations around SCP-1235 or other 
macroscopic activity should be considered a breach attempt in 
progress and the area locked down immediately. 


In the event of a breach attempt by one or more international actors 
within SCP-1235, all ventilation systems throughout Site-25 are to 
be shut down. During a breach event SCP-1235 should be 
considered a chemical, biological and as of Containment Breach 
1235-3 radiological hazard. 


SCP-1235-1 is to be kept in secure storage when not in use. 


Description: SCP-1235 is a large illustrated German-language atlas 
of the world (Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas). The title page claims 
the atlas to have been printed by Velhagen & Klasing in 1903 as the 
3d revision of the 1899 4th edition; the publisher has no record of 
this printing. 


Initial recovery indicated that pages handle normally and otherwise 
appear non-anomalous. Under microscopic analysis, however, 
details such as state names, city locations, and shading for discrete 
political entities fail to appear. Instead, at higher magnifications the 
atlas depicts a photorealistic satellite view of the magnified area. 


SCP-1235-1 is a brass achromatic microscope outwardly consistent 
with equipment contemporary to SCP-1235's stated date of 
publication and stamped with the legend 'ADLERAUGE MCMVII'. Its 


internal workings, however, are highly complex and constitute an 
innovative method of magnification that relies on superposition of 
light via a microscopically perforated baffle. The construction of this 
baffle is beyond known manufacturing methods at the time of 
SCP-1235-1's ostensible construction. In normal operation 
SCP-1235-1's maximum magnification is approximately 1,000X - 
when viewing SCP-1235, however, its instrumentation permits far 
greater increases in magnification. No upper limit has been 
established on SCP-1235-1's magnification while viewing SCP-1235 
- under experimental conditions it has proven capable of excellent 
clarity at over 300,000,000X magnification. 


Analysis of SCP-1235 using SCP-1235-1 indicates that SCP-1235 
represents a microcosm: nations within SCP-1235 are composed of 
apparently sentient beings at a scale of approximately 1:25,512,400. 
A typical microcosmic individual is approximately 700 angstroms tall 
and as far as can be ascertained is composed of microcosmic 
particles on a similar scale to their non-anomalous counterparts. 
When SCP-1235 is opened to any given page, time begins to pass 
at a highly accelerated rate (approximately 1:300) in the world it 
portrays, beginning from the atlas' supposed date of publication 
(1903). Closing and re-opening the page resets the world within 
SCP-1235 to 01/03/1903; the inhabitants of SCP-1235 seem to 
retain awareness through this reset, and have made several 
attempts to prevent further interference, culminating in Incident 
1235-01. 


Although microcosmic events chronologically prior to 01/03/1903 
apparently proceeded historically, significant diversions from 
historicity have been noted following extended observation. Shortly 
after recovery, SCP-1235 was left open to pages 7-8 - a full-page 
spread of Atlantic Ocean trading routes - for 7 days. During this 
time, geopolitical/geosocial disturbances were observed throughout 
the area covered by the map. It appears that, as soon as time 
begins to pass within SCP-1235, its inhabitants become aware of 
macrocosmic reality — though it is uncertain to what extent they are 
able to resolve images from macrocosmic light and thus accurately 
perceive the nature of the wider world. 


The rapid rise to hegemony in Europe and Africa of a federated 


Austro-Hungarian state - possibly predicated on the proposal for a 
‘United States of Austria’ floated in macrocosmic history by Aurel 
Popovici - seems to be a common and inevitable outcome of 
iterations of the microcosmos viewed via Pages 7-8. 
Experimentation on other pages has been suspended following 
Incident 1235-01 and subsequent breach attempts. 


Several attempts have been made to contact contemporaneous 
Foundation assets in Britain and the United States through 
microstenography - microdots measuring under 1nm were dropped 
onto unpopulated areas of Canada and African wilderness under 
British control. Thus far it is unclear whether these objects have 
been correctly interpreted - the hostile nature of the Central 
European powers makes close observation increasingly difficult. If 
communication with a microcosmic Foundation is established, the 
fate of Site- in the western United States (not depicted on the map) 
is to be determined as a priority; containment breach of a 
microcosmic version of SCP- constitutes a possible XK-class 
event and it is not at all clear that this would be confined to the 
microcosmos. Until its status can be ascertained, attempts to 
neutralise SCP-1235 via removal of light sources or destruction of 
part or all of the atlas cannot be countenanced. 


Recovery Log 1235 


SCP-1235 and SCP-1235-1 were recovered from the Cambridge 
offices of Dr Arnold , a Bavarian-born historian and known 
cartographic enthusiast who had been previously used as a 
consultant by Sector-30 in matters relating to SCP-  . The 
whereabouts of Dr are currently unknown and he has since 
been reported missing. A hastily written note was found near the 
objects; handwriting analysis indicates this to have been penned by 
Dr . The note, translated from German, reads ‘both quality and 
detail are incredible’. It is uncertain whether this missive refers to 
SCP-1235, SCP-1235-1, or both. 


Incident 1235-01 


On / /20 SCP-1235's object class was upgraded to Euclid 
following unprecedented activity by microcosmic state actors in the 
third week of sustained observation. The Austrian Empire, supported 


by German and possibly Belgian and Romanian allies, launched a 
significant fleet of vessels into macrocosmic space, apparently 
powered by glucose harvested from dust falling onto SCP-1235. 
Professor was attacked by a number of these objects, which 
used several milligrams of high explosive to destroy his eardrum - it 
appears their intent was to enter his brain and cause life-threatening 
damage; fortunately the Austrian forces appear to have 
underestimated the extent of this explosion in the confined space of 
Professor 's ear, disabling the portion of the fleet assigned to the 
attack. The remainder of the force, however, was successful in 
rapidly constructing makeshift clamps from surrounding material to 
prevent further manipulation of the pages of SCP-1235. Examination 
Room 3 was designated a high-priority containment area and sealed 
off from the surrounding facility. The central European alliance has 
since reinforced their beachhead with pressurised habitat domes 
and artillery emplacements based around the clamps, which have 
been progressively strengthened. 


Several attempts have since been made at resetting Pages 7-8 or 
closing SCP-1235; in each case this has resulted in an increasingly 
lethal counterattack by forces from the microcosmos, usually 
attempting to breach containment or attack researchers assigned to 
SCP-1235. During Containment Breach = -03 it became evident 
that at least the Austrian state has developed atomic weaponry: 
though these devices are generally less hazardous to personnel 
than previous attempts by various state actors to modify 
macrocosmic viruses, SCP-1235 military assets have proved highly 
capable of targetting these weapons towards eyes, eardrums and 
other sensory apparata where they are able to do damage ona 
macroscopic scale. En masse, they have also been successful in 
breaching Chemturion suits. The americium pellet in Examination 
Room 3's smoke alarm has also been seized, apparently in the 
belief that this mass will be fissionable via microcosmic explosives. 
The increasing sophistication and hostility of agents within 
SCP-1235 is a matter of extreme concern to sector management; 
reclassification to Keter-class is pending. 


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SCP-1236: Four Paintings 


Item #: SCP-1236 
Object Class: Safe