Nature of Infection: Patient began to develop 
symptoms of SCP-3617 infection after 
volunteering for extended high-risk janitorial 
duties in the Site-54 infirmary as part of the 
Foundation's experimental Eurydice 
Programme. 42 days after initial reports, 
numerous (>200) SCP-3617 instances began 
to be expelled from every orifice. Instances 
appeared to consist of individual, quadrupedal 
teeth, with mucus-producing tissue on the rear 
surface (the 'root' of the tooth). Staff were 


understandably unable to terminate all 
instances, and the Site was quarantined for 15 
days following the event. 


Additional Details: All physiological and 
psychological qualities returned to normal 
within 3 days. The patient was deemed to 
have fulfilled the requirements of the Eurydice 
Programme, and was released into the civilian 
population after heavy amnesticisation and 
memory-realignment. 


> Show Patient Record 3617-138 
Patient #: P-361 7-059 
Patient Name: Nicholas Peters 


Time in Foundation custody: Four days, 
14/11/2012 to 18/11/2012 


Nature of Infection: Patient had recovered 
from SCP-3617 infection prior to 
apprehension, and so detailed reports are 
unavailable. Eyewitnesses report a single 
SCP-3617 instance emerged from the 
subject's abdomen, several metres in length, 
covered with raised areas of ocular tissue and 
irregularly spaced teeth. The instance 
apparently possessed numerous legs, similar 
in appearance to the skeletal structure of 
human fingers. 


Additional Details: An interview was 
conducted with the subject, in which they 
described the effects of SCP-3617 infection. 
An extract from said interview is included 
below. 


Researcher Doyle: So, we have 
reports you were infected prior to our, 


Nature of Call: Subject's own voice, explaining forgotten events 
prior to amnesiac testing. 

Effects: Subject seemed moderately confused, but showed no other 
effects. 


Subject: Class D personnel; convicted of multiple counts of 
homicide 

Nature of Call: Victim of subject, angrily screaming for five minutes. 
Effects: Subject attempted to destroy SCP-467, immediate 
termination followed. 


Subject: Dr. Rights 

Nature of Call: Voice was described as that of a young child; Dr. 
Rights shut off the recording equipment after voice revealed to 
belong to [DATA EXPUNGED]. 

Effects: [DATA EXPUNGED] 


Subject: Secretarial/Security Staff Break 
Nature of Call: Dr. Iceberg [REDACTED]. 
Effects: [REDACTED] 


« SCP-466 | SCP-467 | SCP-468 » 


ah, involvement? 


P-3617-059: If that's what you want 
to call it, yes. 


Researcher Doyle: Can you 
describe the sensations you 
experience while under the effects of 
the creatures? 


P-3617-059: Sure. It wasn't pleasant. 
| felt sick pretty much all the time, 
and near the end of it | had trouble 
breathing. 


Researcher Doyle: | see. 


P-3617-059: The worst part, | think, 
was feeling it inside me. I'm not one 
to jump at every little twinge, but it 
wasn't nice. | could feel it sort of 
rubbing up against my ribs whenever 
| moved my chest. Subject gestures 
with their right hand. Sort of around 
there. 


Researcher Doyle: Alright, that'll do 
for now. We'll get a full examination 
and discharge you in a few days 
time, provided there's not a 
resurgence of symptoms. How are 
you feeling now, if | may ask? 


P-3617-059: Pretty much... normal, | 
think. Yeah. Nothing special, nothing 
to complain about. Must be whatever 
drugs you've got me on!. | don't think 
I've ever felt this uninteresting. In a 
good way, of course. 


Researcher Doyle: Good to know, 


thank you. Take care, and the nurse 
will be round shortly. 


P-3617-059: You too. 
<End log> 


Three days following this interview, with no 
signs of any further anomalous activity, 
P-3617-059 was amnesticised and released 
back into the civilian population. 


Addendum.2: Incident 3617-BASKING: On 03/12/2019, Patient 
3617-354 (Mr. Johan Auerbach) was undergoing amnestic treatment 
following an SCP-3617 infection when a partially assembled 
Conceptual Restabiliser malfunctioned. The following document is a 
notice issued by Site Director Tarrow shortly thereafter. 


From: Site Director Imogen Tarrow 

To: Site-54 Personnel, Metaphysical Department 
personnel, General Archive personnel, O5-1, O5-2, and 
[11] more... 

Subject: Incident-3617-BASKING, and the events 
therein 


As many of you are no-doubt aware, Site-54 acts as one 
of the Foundation's largest civilian infirmaries, and is 
therefore considered the central research hub for 
SCP-3617. Additionally, the east wing of the Site is 
designated primarily for investigations into metaphysical 
manipulation — in layman's terms, the application and 
removal of specific concepts from objects and entities. 
Until today, it was never expected that the two purposes 
would intersect — SCP-3617 was, for all intents and 
purposes, a standard biological anomaly. 


Today, however, the first test of our Conceptual 
Restabiliser (intended to revert abnormal changes in 
abstract qualities) coincided with the treatment of one 
Johan Auerbach, an instance of SCP-3617-1. We 
expected a null result from the device; all documented 


metaphysical anomalies are stored at other sites, far 
from the range of effect. Full documentation on the event 
is available from the archives, but the crux of the issue is 
that an abnormal application of Concept C-000908 
(NORMALITY) was detected and reverted. Specifically, 
with regards to Mr. Auerbach and the SCP-3617 
instances within. How SCP-3617's conceptually- 
manipulative qualities have flown under the radar for so 
long is concerning, and most likely to do with the nature 
of 'normality' as we define it, and the general 
consideration of metaphysics as an esoteric study even 
by our warped standards. 


We're currently performing the same reversion on the 
concept of SCP-3617 as a whole, so we should be able 
to sort the issue out within a few days, providing 
everything goes smoothly. 


Following the incident, it was revealed that the Mr. Auerbach had 
not, in fact, recovered from infection, and in actuality contained 
several dozen more SCP-3617 instances, of various sizes and 
compositions. Large quantities of necrotic flesh were reported on the 
face, lower torso, and extremities, and the patient appeared to be in 
great distress and pain, repeatedly asking for assistance and 
questioning the lack of response from surrounding personnel. 


Following an impromptu decision by Ethics Committee staff, and the 
patient's own request, Mr. Auerbach was terminated, and SCP-3617 
was upgraded to Keter class. Containment procedures will be 
updated accordingly, referring to the need to terminate all previously 
suspected SCP-3617 instances, and the presently unknown 
(possibly global) reach of infection. 


Addendum.3: Update (04/12/2019): The Conceptual Restabiliser 
responsible for the triggering of Incident-3617-BASKING 
malfunctioned due to design imperfections, and several involved 
personnel underwent variable construct emesis and expired. The 
proposed changes to SCP-3617's object class and containment 
procedures have been denied, due to a lack of evidence for the cited 
effects and the disbelief of all persons involved that such events 
ever actually occurred. All staff questioned about the incident report 


01/12/2019 as a normal work-day. 


Investigations were made into the contents of the Site-54 morgue, 
revealing entirely normal contents. No abnormalities were detected 
in Mr. Auerbach's remains, and all changes in physiology were 
deemed normal for SCP-3617-1 instances. Their corpse has since 
been amnesticised and released back into the civilian population. 


Footnotes 

1. It is worth noting that the patient was not, nor has ever been, on 
any kind of Foundation-administered medication other than standard 
painkillers. 


SCP-3618: Supply and Demand 


Item #: SCP-3618 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: Due to its stationary nature, 
SCP-3618 is contained on site. Provisional Site-67 has been 
constructed in close proximity to the anomaly and imitates a military 
base. All civilians attempting to access the restricted area are to be 
administered Class-A amnestics. 


Foundation personnel are not to remain within SCP-3618 between 
23:00-01:00. A permanent research team specializing in sociology 
and economics has been stationed on Provisional Site-67 in order to 
study the effects of the anomaly. 


Description: SCP-3618 is a town locatedin County. The road 
signs read Janowsky-White Model, but no records of such a 
settlement exist prior to its discovery by the Foundation. The town's 
area varies depending on the iteration, but it has been observed to 
fluctuate between 112 km2 and 67 km2. The layout of the town as 
well as the architecture also changes, to the point that SCP-3618 
has no defined characteristics and is unrecognizable between its 
separate iterations, except for the location and presence of 
SCP-3618-1. Inhabitants of SCP-3618 are non-anomalous while 
inside the affected area, but are unwilling to leave SCP-3618. If 
forced to leave the town premises the instance will rapidly decay 
until no physical matter remains. The same process takes place 
when any object is removed from SCP-3618. 


SCP-3618-1 is a small shed located on the outskirts of SCP-3618. 
The exact position of the building changes depending on the current 
iteration, but it is always present. The most important object within 
SCP-3618-1 is a control board, like that present in 20th century 
voltmeters. Knobs and switches number 1583 and are each labeled 
with a socio-economic variable. Examples of labels include: 


* Unemployment rate (set to auto to allow for this variable to 
naturally adjust), 

* Marginal propensity to consume - entertainment, 

¢ Marginal propensity to import - entertainment, 

¢ Infant mortality rate, 

¢ Wealth distribution (in development), 

¢« Human reasonability rating (in develooment - Homo Economicus is 
finished, but Homo Sapiens still needs work), 

¢ Real GDP growth rate, 

¢« Human spirit rating (avoid setting to "dystopia", equivalent to real- 
life around 50%), 

¢ Inflation rate, 

* Greed, 

* Same-sex marriage acceptance rating (in development - full effects 
on price discrimination not yet modelled). 


Position of the switches controls the behavior of SCP-3618 
inhabitants as well as the political and economic systems of the 
town. At 0:00 local time a transformation event takes place. 
SCP-3618 and all objects and individuals including those not 
consituting part of SCP-3618 present within it will start to rapidly 
decay. This process lasts about 10 minutes. Next, a large number of 
cylinders composed of unidentified’ grey matter, varying in radius 
and height2 will emerge from the ground, before separating into 
smaller objects that begin to take shape of buildings, roads and 
vehicles. The process is complete within 5 minutes. All human 
instances are believed to be formed within the buildings from which 
they begin to emerge after the transformation event is complete. 


After the transformation event concludes, SCP-3618 will change its 
properties according to the settings present in SCP-3618-1. All time- 
measuring equipment will reset, indicating the present date as 20th 
of July 1987. The current on-site research team is tasked with 
determining the possible applications of the anomaly for real-world 
economies. Testing has proven difficult, especially due to the 
amount of time necessary to obtain the necessary settings for every 
test. 


Inside of SCP-3618-1 multiple hand-written notes and diaries were 
found. Those describe the work of Dr. George Janowsky, who is 


believed to be the creator of SCP-3618. Notes also include settings 
that according to the author best represent existing and theoretical 
economic systems. Those include "Rothbard libertarianism", 
"communist utopia", “Stalinism”, "anarcho-primitivism", "anarcho- 
capitalism", "crony capitalism", "crypto-currency based imitation of 
Sweden ", “free-market utopia” etc. Multiple other items of everyday 


use, such as coffee cups, pencils and notebooks were located.3 
Addendum 3618-A: Test logs 

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Test A1- - - 


SCP-3618-1 Configuration: "anarcho- 
capitalism" 


Human spirit setting: 80% 


Observations: little deviation from the 
previous size was observed. Mostly even 
income distribution occurred with multiple 
quick changes to one's financial status. The 
hiring was found to be mostly based on skill 
and hard-working individuals held important 
positions. High turnover of workers was 
observed, but relatively low amounts of 
unemployment. Large amount of public goods 
present in private hands, managed effectively 
and provided at low prices. High levels of 
industrialization, significant negative effect on 
environment. 


Test A2- - - 


SCP-3618-1 Configuration: "anarcho- 
capitalism" 


Human spirit setting: 20% 


Observations: SCP-3618 drastically 
increased in size, reaching a total area of 


95 km2. Most of the population were low- 
income earners living in poor conditions. 
Majority of the buildings were low-quality 
single houses and some large buildings 
providing similar low-income dwelling. Great 
amounts of factories were present. Low 
numbers of educational facilities observed. 
Exploration team has reported that multiple 
monopolistic companies led to heavy price 
increases. Roads and public goods and 
services were in various state of disrepair, 
except for a few profitable areas, accessible 
only after paying expensive fees. Multiple 
crimes and self-defense homicides were 
observed. Many well-off citizens were able to 
afford military-grade weaponry, including air 
vehicles located on private airfields. During 
one of the exploration attempts Foundation 
managed to infiltrate lower levels of one of the 
rich inhabitant’s mansion. Inside the agents 
found [DATA REDACTED]. Agents and 
were administered amnestics at their own 
request. 


Test B1- - - 
SCP-3618-1 Configuration: "communism" 
Human spirit setting: 80% 


Observations: SCP-3618 took form of 
multiple largely self-sufficient districts, each 
offering different living conditions. Some were 
composed of large apartment buildings, while 
others included multiple single houses. 
Democratically governed companies were the 
primary means of employment and were 
largely effective at providing the necessary 
goods and services. Effective distribution of 
wealth observed contrary to test B1. Low 
amounts of crime but very well-developed 


police system present and sizeable prison 
population of dissenters present. Few black- 
market organizations present, of note was the 
use of sugar-based products as a currency. 


Test B2- - - 
SCP-3618-1 Configuration: "communism" 
Human spirit setting: 20% 


Observations: SCP-3618 took form of a small 
and concentrated settlement, mostly 
composed of large, uniform apartment 
buildings. Over 95% of the population 
composed the working class, living in 
conditions equivalent to the present day 
poverty line. Large amounts of resources 
wasted as a result of productive inefficiency. 
Economy controlled by the centralized town- 
management. Most decisions taken by the 
town management were arbitrary and based 
on short-run gains. Product prices were 
similarly mismanaged, separated from the 
demand and efficiency in producing the 
individual good. Heavily developed police and 
strict legislation. Very well-developed black 
market present and wide-spread corruption 
among all levels of society. Foundation agents 
were successful in bribing a law enforcement 
officer with a cake. 


Test C1- - - 


SCP-3618-1 Configuration: "crypto-currency 
based imitation of Sweden" 


Human spirit setting: 80% 


Observations: SCP-3618 was composed of 
well-planned and designed living, commercial