On 21/7/2008, Overwatch approved a project to research 
and neutralize SCP-2700, and Site-64T was selected for 
the operation to be carried out. As transportation of 
SCP-2700 to Site-64T proved impossible (due to the 
dimensions of SCP-2400), the research relied entirely on 
Nikola Tesla's notes regarding the device, and the 
Foundation's own in-house analysis. This resulted, 
unintentionally, in the creation of the Tesla-Anborough 
Ectoentropic Reactor (TAER), which now serves as the 
primary power source for Site-64T. 


The reactor's core, in essence, contains a self- 
sustaining paradox wherein the vacuum state 
is simultaneously energetically null and 
infinitely energetic. The former case, as you 


might guess, should trigger a vacuum 
metastability event (by default a YK-Class 
Scenario). The latter case, however, seems to 
actively neutralize this reaction. Unusually for 
a paradox, the interaction here is rather 
fortunate. 


Dr. Thaddeus Xyank 


The TAER can theoretically be reproduced, however, 
attempts to do so are suspended indefinitely. While the 
artifact is stable, it must remain at Site-64T until further 
notice, due to the ongoing risk of a YK-Class Vacuum 
Decay Scenario. 


Containment Update: The TAER is contained in 
Site-64T's Generator Room, which is constructed of 
reinforced lead-lined concrete and safeguarded by a 
reinforced steel door. This room can only be accessed 
by a Clearance 4/2400 technician upon order from the 
Site-59 Director. The status of the TAER should be 
examined weekly by the technician, or every sixty-three 
(63) minutes if SCP-2400-A is in use (coinciding with the 
weekly reports). The artifact is also safeguarded by an 
automated system linked directly to the Site-64T-side 
demolition charges attached to SCP-2400. In the event 
of any detected malfunction of the TAER, the charges 
will be automatically detonated. 


ENTER 5/2400 CLEARANCE 
« SCP-2399 | SCP-2400 | SCP-2401 » 


Audio Transcript, 2400-2700 Anborough-Xyank 


Detailed below is a communication between Site-59 Director 
Charles Anborough and SCP-2400 Temporal Anomalies Adviser 
Thaddeus Xyank describing an urgent proposal regarding 
containment of SCP-2700. 


Xyank: You're fucking crazy. 
Anborough: Good morning. 
Xyank: You-are-insane. 


Anborough: What you're saying has been hypothesized, tested, 
and proven, and is therefore boring. My proposal, on the other hand- 


Xyank: No, shut up for a moment. This is stupid, deranged, and it's 
going to destroy the universe. 


Anborough: You're calling my experiments stupid? Also, destroy 
the universe? Do you want me to print you a copy of my daily 
schedule? 


Xyank: So help me, Chuck- 
Anborough: It's going to work, Thad. /t will work. 


Xyank: So you figured out what went wrong when Tesla made 
2700, that's great, but you can't fix it. 


Anborough: Why not? 
Xyank: You can't disassemble the machine. 
Anborough: 2700 can be converted into another TAER, it just- 


Xyank: You can't disassemble the machine. The moment you do, 
you'll breach 2700-Omega, and we're on our merry way to YK town. 


Anborough: If it's done precisely, that won't happen. 


Xyank: One mistake, one tiny, minuscule error, and we're screwed. 
There's no way we can be that precise. 


Anborough: We can increase the safety margin, though. The 
central components of 2700-C have causal immunity to the temporal 
effects of Omega, we reconstructed that causal immunity with the 
TAER- 


Xyank: That's spectacular, we don't know how we did that. 


Anborough: But we know we can. If we could establish the same 
kind of causal immunity, on a larger scale, around the whole device, 
we could- 


Xyank: We don't have enough material to make a causal shell of 
that size. 


Anborough: There are other ways to reach that result. 
Xyank: ...What do you mean? 

Anborough: | need one of your temporal sinks. 
Xyank: You can't be serious. 


Anborough: It would give us enough of a buffer to complete the 
process with reasonable safety. Come to think of it, didn't you finish 
development of the XACTS at 64T? | know you used data from 
2400's dilation to perfect it... 


Xyank: ...Okay, first of all, you'd need at least four XACTS, 
arranged in a pyramidal orientation and centered around 2700-3, 
but... 


Anborough: But? 
Xyank: You think Overwatch is going to go for this? It might work, 


but without some kind of test that doesn't involve jeopardizing the 
universe, they're never going to approve. 


Anborough: Let's do that, then. 

Xyank: ...What? 

Anborough: We'll test it. 

Xyank: And how the hell are we going to do that? 


Anborough: Well, we didn't only figure out how to turn 2700 into the 
TAER...we also know how to do the reverse. 


Xyank: ...Chuck, are you actually suggesting what | think- 


Anborough: All the pieces are already sitting inside 2400. We'll put 
in the sinks, close the door, then put everything together and take it 
apart again. Thad, we're going to make another 2700. 


Proposal 2400-2700 Thaumiel-Q is currently pending O5 
approval. 


SCP-2401: Mary Had a Little Lamb 


Item #: SCP-2401 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2401 and SCP-2401- 
Alpha are to be stored together in Cell-22 at Research Site-45. 
Cell-22 must be stocked with 3m2 of potted wildflowers with an 
automated drip irrigation system to maintain them. 


A small electric incinerator designed for burning pine needles! is to 
be installed near Cell-22 so that it can be supplied and operated by 
attending staff. The exhaust of the incinerator is to be piped directly 
into Cell-22 whenever SCP-2401 becomes excited or agitated. 


Plans for combining adjacent Cell-23 with Cell-22 are currently 
awaiting approval. SCP-2401-Beta is to be held as a reserved 
designation until further notice. 


Description: SCP-2401 are a previously unknown species of honey 
bee that exhibit parasitic or symbiotic traits depending on the sex of 
the human host. To date, a sustainable colony of SCP-2401 has 
only been observed in one human female host. 


In all observed cases, male hosts expire typically within 9 to 12 days 
post-colonization from inflammatory complications caused by routine 
stinging and gross modification of dermal tissue. This also 
compromises the immune system, leaving male hosts vulnerable to 
anaerobic infection. After death of the male host, SCP-2401 will 
leave the body in search of another human host. 


Colonization does differ slightly in female hosts, whereas there is a 
much lesser risk of infection due to higher levels of propolis@ 
production. Once 30-50% of the dermis is modified into a keratin- 
based honeycomb, the colonization reaches a stable state and does 
not expand further. After this process is completed, SCP-2401 


exhibits standard protective behavior toward the host, treating them 
as the nest. SCP-2401 adopt host scent markers, adjusting colonial 
odor markers to match the host. This process sensitizes SCP-2401 
to the emotional and physical condition of the host. 


The female host also undergoes rapid changes to both 
accommodate and protect SCP-2401 which include increased tissue 
regeneration, higher amphetamine output, and lack of dependency 
for food or water. In the majority of cases the female host retains 
their personality and memories which usually results in 
psychological trauma related with the ongoing symbiosis of 
SCP-2401. This is seen to result in a high rate of suicide in cases 
where the host outright rejects symbiosis. 


Only one surviving case has shown a distinct interest in maintaining 
the symbiotic relationship between itself and SCP-2401. For all 
intents and purposes, she has been designated as SCP-2401- 
Alpha. 


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DOCUMENT poc-2401-T1 


NOTE: The following written entries were 
confiscated from Dr. Kenneth Lamb's hard 
drive. They contain sensitive information 
regarding SCP-2401-Alpha and are to remain 
on the high security data server. 


Date: 01/04/2015 
Time: 16:32 


D-6780 and D-9343 have both been exposed 
to SCP-2401. This is the second trial study as 
to the effects of SCP-2401 on a human host. 
Thus far we have not been successful in 
sustaining a host for more than a period of 
thirty days. A viable host able to survive the 
colonization process will be the first step into 


discovering a way to reverse the process and 
revert the host back to normalcy. 


It has been difficult to requisition female D- 
class because of their scarcity. It's the only 
option since SCP-2401 and male D-class 
hosts can not coexist without killing the host 
body. Due to issues in previous tests, the two 
female hosts will be kept on suicide watch 
while symptoms progress. 


Date: 01/08/2015 
Time: 09:44 


Both D-6780 and D-9343 are progressing 
quickly with SCP-2401 and are in relatively 
good health. Today however, D-6780 had to 
be sedated via aerosol before the host caused 
further self-injury. D-9343 has been minimally 
responsive during this period. I've asked 
repeatedly for the medical records of both D- 
class hosts prior to testing. The paperwork 
seems to be conveniently missing in 
administration. 


Date: 01/15/2015 
Time: 22:01 


4 hours ago, D-6780's attempt at drowning in 
the cell's commode proved successful by 
clogging it with daily food rations and filling it 
up with water. Cell-21 is currently under 
quarantine until the decontamination teams 
can assemble in the morning. I'm hoping for a 
more viable autopsy than the previous ones. 


D-9343 seems to be much calmer during this 
process. So far, the host is the only one who 


has made it this far in SCP-2401's 
colonization. I've requested from maintenance 
and from the Site Director to modify Cell-22 as 
to help better accommodate SCP-2401 and 
the host. I'm also still waiting for released 
medical records. 


Date: 01/26/2015 
Time: 12:55 


D-9343 and SCP-2401 have successfully 
achieved full symbiosis. D-9343 has been 
designated as SCP-2401-Alpha and has been 
observed to be much more active. After 
reviewing video footage, I've noticed that 
SCP-2401-Alpha does not eat or drink it 
seems. 


Administration has finally delivered records on 
D-9348, but they are from her previous 
institution of incarceration. Unfortunately, the 
information is severely lacking in detail, with 
the exception of her criminal record. I'll review 
this information and perhaps use it during my 
upcoming interviews with her. 


Date: 01/27/2015 
Time: 14:03 


| conducted my first interview with SCP-2401- 
Alpha. She seemed relatively eager to see 
another face after nearly a month of solitary 
confinement. | asked her about her symptoms 
and she explained while in the beginning she 
was experiencing a great deal of pain, most of 
that has been curtailed and she feels much 
better. 


A quick physical examination conducted 


Item description: Unknown. Item that was dispensed carried a 
minor antimemetic effect that caused subjects to not be able to 
perceive it. Subjects under Grade Y amnestics describe the taste as 
"colorless". 


Money entered: 50 and a half yen 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 

Item description: Paper note with the words "This paper is edible." 
Class-D was sent to taste it. After it was ingested, the subject 
reported a feeling of nausea and tiredness. Subject was sent to the 
medical ward, where it was discovered that the "edible" paper 
contained trace amounts of organic mercury. The subject expired 
the day after. 

Note: This was a test to see if SCP-261 counts half yen (Not real 
currency.) We took a yen coin and sliced it in half. - Researcher 
Mikk 


Money entered: 95,000,000 yen 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Unpowered 

Item description: Gold bar. Lab results indicated that instead of 
gold, the bar was made of theobromine. The "gold" bar had the 
same melting temperature as that of real gold and the same weight. 
The bar was inedible if not melted, which made actually eating it 
very difficult. Finally, we came to the conclusion to take of small 
chunks (The size of a millimetre) and eat it that way. We took three 
Class-D (D-261 -0, -1, -2) and fed it to them in different ways. 
D-261-0 ate the bar melted, D-261-1 ate it fully and D-261-2 ate it in 
small chunks. -0 couldn't eat it because of the heat, -1 couldn't eat it 
because it was too hard, but -2 ate it without a problem. The taste 
was described as "A very rich chocolate rabbit in easter." 

Note: We know about the pun, Jeff. 


Money entered: 400 Yen 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 

Item Description: "Bostonian Molasses Soda", text in English, 
albeit with British spelling and linguistic conventions. Molasses- 
flavored carbonated "drink" with a very high viscosity, in a glass 
container. The top half of the container screws off, and instructions 


through the observation window concluded 
that she is estimated to have 50% of her body 
surface converted into honeycomb like 
structures, many of which contain SCP-2401 in 
various stages of maturity. | questioned about 
where SCP-2401 originates from, but 
SCP-2401-Alpha could not answer. 


Date: 01/30/2015 
Time: 09:12 


| went over SCP-2401-Alpha's criminal records 
with her. She had trouble recollecting much of 
her past for some reason. Most of which had 
to deal with abusive relatives at a young age 
before being placed in foster care till she was 
15. | was unable to continue with the rest of 
her background as | noticed she was growing 
more and more agitated. 


| used the newly installed smoker for the first 
time to help her calm down. She was 
effectively suppressed and | concluded for the 
day. 


Date: 02/02/2015 
Time: 13:47 


Before | was able to conduct the interview, 
SCP-2401-Alpha was adamant about 
apologizing for her behavior in the previous 
interview. She introduced herself by her first 
name, Mary, and asked me mine. | introduced 
myself as well. Her intentions seemed 
harmless. Afterwards she tried multiple times 
to derail the interview with small talk. | was 
able to keep her focused on explaining her 
symptoms. 


Mary attempted to explain a dream she had 
involving me, but could not recall specific 
details. | asked her questions regarding her 
mental state and wrote some additional notes 
to discuss with the on-site psychologist. 


Date: 02/03/2015 
Time: 22:25 


Mary has stated in her interview today that she 
is experiencing a recurring dream, though 
upon waking up, she can't recall any of it other 
than | am in it as well. | asked her if she would 
like writing supplies in order to keep a dream 
journal. She agreed, however the request was 
denied by my superior. 


Mary spends her time preoccupied with her 
own thoughts. At times she appears rather 
lucid and unresponsive. I've requested for 
additional items to help improve stimulus, 
however they are repeatedly denied. 


Date: 02/04/2015 
Time: 01:10 


Mary and | have been meeting on a daily basis 
now. Her demeanor has been deteriorating it 
seems. Off-shift guards have informed me that 
she has to be smoked nightly. When | 
confronted Mary with this information, she 
stated that it was because of her dreams. She 
still maintains that she can't recall them after 
awakening. 


My recent discussions with the on-site 
psychologist over my notes are still 
inconclusive as to Mary's mental condition. I'll 
continue to visit Mary daily to gain more details 


on improving her mental state. Aside from that, 
the SCP-2401 colony appears to be thriving 
and in optimum health. 


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INCIDENT REPORT FORM 


Incident Date: 02/14/2015 

Incident Time: 11:15 

Site/Location: Research Site-45, Secured 
Humanoid Containment Wing, Cell-22 
Unique Identifier (Auto-fill): 2401-021415 


Civilians Involved (Y/N): N 
Personnel Involved (Y/N): Y 


¢ Number of Personnel Involved: 3 

¢ Injuries/Deaths: 1 minor injury, 2 major 
injuries