SCP-2273: Crow, do you not have engineers 
here, in this world? They are very much not 
like us. They fear the sun and have coats like 
beasts, but are smarter than any man; skinny 
or armored; crow, dog, or Soviet Patriot; any 
man you may ever meet. They are what has 
made the modern war possible, for both sides. 


Dr. Friedrich: | see. What else can you tell me 
about them? 


SCP-2273: They weren't truly known to Man 
until the years of the Great War and the 
Revolution. The French found them, in buried 
cities where the Western Allies were digging 


their trenches. Eventually, they were made to 
build weapons for the war, by both sides. This 
war led to the Revolution, and to the end of 
Germany. | can see by the look in your eyes 
that you know something of what I'm talking 
about. This is good. Perhaps your world and 
mine aren't so different, then, da? 


Dr. Friedrich: It would seem not. 
End Transcript 


Closing Statement: SCP-2273's request for 
musical media has been submitted. Approval 
is pending. 


Open SCP-2273 Interview 119 


Interviewed: SCP-2273 

Interviewing: Dr. Friedrich 

Forward: Interview was conducted in German. 
This interview took place as part of standard 
weekly interviews. At this point in time, 
SCP-2273 had been in containment for 
approximately two years. 

Transcript: 


Dr. Friedrich: Hello, Alexei. How are you 
feeling this afternoon? 


SCP-2273: Well enough, Doctor. The last 
books you've given me have been interesting. 
This traveler through time, from the 
Englishman's novel, he reminds me of myself. 


Dr. Friedrich: How so? 


SCP-2273: He has seen many things he did 
not think he would ever see. His travels have 
taken him to dark places he wishes he had not 


been. He saw the world die. And he has gone 
somewhere he cannot return from, leaving 
friends behind. This is true for me also. 


Dr. Friedrich: | see. Do you want me to let 
you keep that one for your collection, then? 


SCP-2273: Yes, Doctor, thank you. 


Dr. Friedrich: Ok. I'll see what | can do. Is 
there anything else you'd like to talk about? 


SCP-2273: Yes, Doctor Friedrich, there is. I've 
been having trouble sleeping at night. | know 
you don't have technicians here, but I'm afraid 
my armor might be malfunctioning. If you could 
somehow remedy that, it would be 
appreciated. 


Dr. Friedrich: Malfunctioning? How? 


SCP-2273: Well, it keeps dragging up old 
memories as I'm trying to sleep. That's one of 
its functions; it lets me remember details I'd 
otherwise forget, in order to keep me safe 
while on the front. But now, it's showing me 
scenes from the war, things |... don't need 
anymore. Actually, forget it, Doctor. This is a 
problem for a technician, and you don't have 
any here. I'll learn to cope. 


Dr. Friedrich: Alexei, | don't think that's the 
armor. Are you sure you don't want to talk 
about this? How long has this been going on? 


SCP-2273: | said don't worry about it, Doctor 
Friedrich. It will be fine. 


Dr. Friedrich: Alexei, | am a doctor. I'm 
trained to make sure people in your... 
predicament stay healthy. If something is 


bothering you, you need to let me know. Now, 
what sort of things are you remembering 
before you go to sleep? 


SCP-2273 (after approximately 30 seconds of 
hesitation): | told you where | was before your 
men found me, da? 1— | see my men's faces, 
staring up at me from the dirt, Doctor. Asking 
me why | didn't keep them safe. Why | was 
allowed to live while they had to die. | trained 
alongside those men for years before they put 
us back on the surface, since we were all 
young children. We were brothers. And | gave 
the order to surrender, and got — got them 
killed. | should have died with them. | am no 
better than the American dogs who shot them. 
| don't want to feel this way anymore. Please 
make this stop. (At this point, SCP-2273 rose 
from its seat and approached the interview 
window. As it did so, radio white noise began 
being recorded by all radio receiver equipment 
within SCP-2273's containment unit and 
interview room. This static continued for the 
remainder of the interview.) | was only trying to 
keep them safe, Doctor. Why couldn't | have 
died with them? 


[FURTHER STATEMENTS REDACTED AS 
PER HIPPOCRATES PROTOCOL; ACCESS 
REQUIRES ETHICS COMMITTEE OR 
OVERSEER PERMISSION] 


Closing Statement: Dr. Friedrich has 
recommended downgrading SCP-2273 to an 
ECT C sapient anomaly, granting it limited 
social privileges for the sake of relieving 
stress. This proposal is currently under review 
by representatives of the Ethics Committee 
and Site-17 security staff. 


Footnotes 

1. Medium Standard Humanoid Anomaly Containment Cell 

2. Ethics Committee Type; a system of classification for sapient 
anomalies based on threat to Foundation personnel, other sapient 
anomalies, and the general public. 

3. Colloquially known as the common housefly. 

4. These include but are not limited to: Flag insignias, rank insignias, 
name identifiers, and unit insignias. 

5. AS SCP-2273 is incapable of normal speech, AM radio receivers 
must be used in order to conduct interviews. 

6. No such unit exists or has ever existed within the Soviet Union or 
Russian Federation militaries. 


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SCP-2274: He Stands 


Item #: SCP-2274 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2274 is to be kept within 
its box in Standard Secure Locker #56. Under no circumstances 
should any personnel directly view SCP-2274. No testing is 
permitted at this time. 


Description: SCP-2274 is a statue, 46 cm in height, made of metal 

of an indeterminate color. It depicts a humanoid figure, with a clearly 
defined torso and head and limbs that taper to points, without hands 
or feet, standing upright on a square base. 


Any human being who views SCP-2274 will halt all activity and 
assume a neutral standing position, staring fixedly at SCP-2274. 
These subjects cannot be persuaded to assume a seated or prone 
position, nor to have SCP-2274 leave their line of sight. Subjects 
seem incapable of autonomously performing any task other than 
remaining upright, including the basic requirements for living. If left 
alone, subjects will expire of dehydration. Subjects under the 
influence of SCP-2274 show extremely limited ability or willingness 
to communicate. They do not respond to questioning, unless asked 
one of two questions: when asked “what do you do?”, subjects 
invariably respond “I stand, as he stands.”! When asked “what does 
he do?”, with reference to SCP-2274, subjects invariably respond 
“he stands because he must.” 


Photographs and video footage of SCP-2274 have the same effect, 
as does viewing any portion of the object, whether in a photograph 
or directly. Viewing SCP-2274 in silhouette does not have any effect, 
nor does viewing the shape of the object while it is completely 
wrapped in cloth or paper. 


If the subject is forced to assume a seated or prone position, or if 


SCP-2274 is removed from a subject’s line of sight, the subject will 
react violently, attacking whomever is instigating the change until 
that person either views SCP-2274 or is incapacitated (See 
Interview Log 2274-1). No supernatural strength or unusual 
speed has been observed in subjects during these outbursts. 


At present, no observed subjects have recovered from the effects of 
SCP-2274. 


Addendum 2274-1: The object was recovered from the home of 
Kerry in , Texas on / /20 , when a friend who had gone 
over to have dinner dialed 911, stating that Ms. was “just 
standing there saying nothing except ‘I stand as he stands.” 
Remaining on the line with the 911 operator, he tried to force her to 
turn towards him as they waited for first responders. She responded 
by delivering a blow that seemed to cause him to lose 
consciousness. He was later found under the influence of 
SCP-2274 alongside her. 


The police officers who responded to the call were found also under 
the effect of SCP-2274. This development led to widespread fear 
amongst the police force, which alerted Agent and led the 
Foundation to launch an investigation. After the loss of Mobile Task 
Force Nu-12, the object, along with a cardboard box in which it was 
contained, and two typed notes within the box (documents 2274-| 
and 2274-Il) was recovered by drone and brought to Site-19. Neither 
the box nor the notes have exhibited any anomalous properties. 


Addendum 2274-2: Personnel with Level 2 security clearance or 
higher may refer to documents 2274-| and 2274-Il, which were 
recovered along with SCP-2274. 


+ Document 2274-| 


Kerry- 

| honest-to-God hate you, you know that? You 
don't know shit about what you're talking 
about. You don’t understand art and you will 
never be an artist. Fuck you. 

This is the piece you wanted. | promise you'll 
find it more interesting than the last few. 


nutrients for adult humans. Researcher ingesting the water reported 
stomach cramps two hours later, but no other effects. 


“<Unknowns” — Aluminum box with a small glass window on the 
side, and a large round button on the top, packaging in an unknown 
language. Box is seamless, and appears to be filled with small, 
round animals covered in fur, each with three small paws and a 
single large eye. Pressing the button causes the inside of the box to 
rapidly become super-heated, cooking the small animals alive. 
Muffled noises and scratching were heard for several seconds 
during the cooking process. After one minute, thirty seconds, the 
front panel opens and gives access to the now-cooked animals. 
Professor Kain volunteered to eat the animals, with no other 
researchers willing to do so. Taste described as crunchy and very 
spicy, with a small hint of beef. 


“<Unknowns” — Tall, thin aluminum can, packaging in an unknown 
language. Opening the can caused a chemical reaction with the 
liquid inside the can. Liquid was apparently not intended for an 
oxygenated atmosphere, and detonated violently, causing several 
injuries and killing two researchers. Testing discontinued, and area 
cleared. Testing area observed to smell like citrus for several days. 


Note: subsequent testing recorded in Experiment Log 261 Ad De 


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I'll come by tomorrow to pick up my payment. 
| hope you enjoy it. 

Kisses, 

[ILLEGIBLE] 


+ Document 2274-Il 


Footnotes 


To the Foundation- 

Since | know you'll get your grubby hands on 
my art, | might as well address you, too. 

You disgust me. You don’t look for meaning. 
You don’t see beauty. You don’t care about 
the “why,” you care about the “how.” Like it’s a 
drug. You need it. | don’t understand the 
obsession. 

Your dependance on the “how” makes you 
bloated. You are lazy. You don’t think, you 
observe. You don’t create, you define. You 
categorize. You sterilize. You sit around on 
your collective derivative ass all day and 
destroy meaning through analysis. 

So, when you eventually do find my piece, this 
will be a fun one for you. For him, the “why” is 
the same as the “how.” He stands. He is his 
own. He is free of definition, and meaning 
does not burden him; it gives him strength. 
There’s no more understanding to be had. 
You do not stand as he stands. You are not 
free. 

You will never be cool, and you will never 
understand true meaning. 

| weep for you. 


1. Asking “what are you doing?” also procures this response in 22% 


of cases. 


2. An autopsy of the man revealed a significant recent contusion and 
moderate amounts of bruising on the scalp. 


« SCP-2273 | SCP-2274 | SCP-2275 » 


SCP-2275: Where Muses Go 


Item #: SCP-2275 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Site-67 is to maintain a cover 
organization (see Asset File FO-4228/19/67/78, "Zdruzenje 
Zbiralcev Znamk Vzhodne Slovenije") dedicated to covertly 
identifying philatelists of Slovenia and surrounding regions. 
Individuals flagged for heightened probability of contact by 
SCP-2275 are subject to interception of all postal mail for 
monitoring. 


Flagged individuals that are subsequently contacted by SCP-2275 
are to be provided with a wide variety and number of postage 
stamps through Zdruzenje Zbiralcev Znamk Vzhodne Slovenije 
under the auspices of member appreciation efforts until such a time 
as all anomalous phenomena occurring in the vicinity of the 
individual cease. 


At the discretion of the Research Director, a Designated Research 
Subject residing at Site-67 is to be periodically made available as a 
potential SCP-2275 contactee for the purposes of studying 
correspondence and phenomena generated by the anomaly. 


All SCP-2275 correspondence is to be maintained in the Site-67 
Archives. 


Description: SCP-2275 is an unobservable entity capable of 
generating posted mail to certain recipients and affecting localized 
changes to currently understood reality in the vicinity of these 
recipients. After review of archival documents from the defunct 
Imperial Commission on Transgressive Occurrences (obtained 
pursuant to the Debrecen Agreement of 1990) and subsequent 
experimentation and analysis, researchers believe SCP-2275 to be 
a Class Keres thoughtform entity. 


SCP-2275 generates and sends correspondence to individuals in 
the vicinity of Ljubljana, Slovenia with a demonstrated interest in 
philately!. To date, 61.5% of persons contacted by SCP-2275 in this 
manner have resided within a 75 km radius of Ljubljana, with the 
remaining cases scattered throughout the region of Southern 
Europe. Prior to establishment of current containment protocols, as 
many as 800 individuals were believed to have been receiving 
SCP-2275 correspondence. 


Correspondence sent by SCP-2275 always bears a Kollwitz Stamp2, 
along with sufficient Slovenian postage for delivery to the intended 
recipient. No return address Is present. In each case, the contents 
are a single sheet of paper, folded into thirds, featuring a 
handwritten phrase or series of words in Slovenian. The handwriting 
in each sample is consistent with that documented in Imperial 
Commission on Transgressive Occurrences Dispatch No. 37. Refer 
to Addendum 2275.1 for a representative sample of SCP-2275 
correspondence. 


Individuals who are intended recipients of SCP-2275 
correspondence are subject to a series of local disturbances in 
reality. These phenomena decrease markedly in frequency and 
intensity if the affected individual continuously obtains and catalogs 
postage stamps. Most documented subjects intuitively grasped this 
relationship upon the initiation of these disturbances, and 
established or increased their stamp collections accordingly. 


Subjects receiving correspondence from SCP-2275 have been 
recorded experiencing the following anomalous occurrences: 


* Kollwitz Stamps appearing spontaneously in subject's pockets 
and personal belongings 

¢ Faint vocalizations emanating from plumbing fixtures and air 

vents, in all cases unintelligible and belonging to a female. 

Most observers have characterized these vocalizations as 

being fearful or distressed 

Manifestation of human bones’ within the residence of the 

subject, usually in closets and storage spaces 

Letters addressed to the subject, apparently originating from 

the Austro-Hungarian Imperial Office of Bookkeeping arriving 

with no content 


Existing stamps within the subject's residence spontaneously 
changing to feature portraits of Lovrenc KoSsir for brief periods 
of time 

Markings in black ink (intepreted by researchers to be 
attempts at handwriting) appearing on sheets of blank paper 
in the vicinity of the subject 

¢ Spontaneous and brief episodes of ambient conditions in the 
vicinty of the subject, such as atmospheric temperature, air 
movement, and sounds, matching those documented in real 
time at the burial site of Lovrenc KoSir