Description: SCP-1395 is a cave located near Mount __, Greece. 
Carbon dating of human remains and artifacts present within the 
cave suggest human habitation first began around BCE, which is 
consistent with SCP-1395-A's claimed history (see below). Surveys 
conducted by Foundation personnel suggest a depth of at least five 
hundred metres; further exploration of the cave is scheduled 
pending approval. (Requests no longer accepted; see addendum 
1395-A) 


SCP-1395's anomalous properties manifest when persons travel 
approximately three hundred metres inside the cave. After reaching 
this point, SCP-1395-A will manifest, blocking the path leading 
deeper into the cave (though not with any apparent hostile intent). 
SCP-1395-A is a humanoid entity, appearing to observers as a 
silhouetted apparition roughly 1.8 metres in height. Though it will not 
forcefully impede any attempts to leave the cave, % of persons 
encountering SCP-1395-A report a strong desire to stay within its 
presence. 


SCP-1395-A identifies itself as , and claims that it lived in the 
Ancient Greek city-state of Carystus around BCE. Through 
unknown means, it was "bound" to the cave (see Interview Log), and 


apparently cannot manifest anywhere outside of it. SCP-1395-A 
speaks in the native language of whomever it is addressing; when 
questioned, however, it will insist it is speaking Athic Greek. 


If approached by an individual in group, SCP-1395-A will engage the 
subject(s) in conversation, appearing to derive pleasure from 
describing and recounting its presumed life. Following the 
encounter, SCP-1395-A will demanifest, erasing all memories of the 
encounter from the individual(s)’ mind. This will likewise affect 
written material, rendering writing on any sort of physical surface 
during the event illegible; however, digital records are not affected, 
making recording equipment a necessity when interacting with 
SCP-1395-A. 


+ Show SCP-1395-A Interview Log 1 
Dr. : Hello, SCP-1395-A. 


SCP-1395-A: Another has come? For so long, 
there was nothing, nothing... and now, it 
seems the visits have become more frequent. 


Dr. : How so? 


SCP-1395-A: Time is a difficult thing to 
measure in the Void... the days and the 
months and years fold in, collapse upon the 
weight of the blackness. But | have managed. 
You and your... "Foundation", was it? You 
have an interest in me. 


Dr. : We do, yes. Specifically, we would 
like to inquire about the details of your current 
condition, and its origins. 


SCP-1395-A: Ask. | will answer, though | must 
confess my memories have faded over time. 


Dr. : You claim to have been a man 
living in Carystus during the Ancient Greek 
era. Is that true? 


SCP-1395-A: "Ancient"? That you would use 
such a term tells me a very long time has 
passed indeed. | wonder what has become of 
my home... 


Dr. : Please answer the question. 


SCP-1395-A: Yes, | once called Carystus my 
home. | was a simple merchant, living a 
comfortable existence. | was not wealthy, but 
neither was | starving, which is more than | 
could say for many of my countrymen. 


Dr. : How did you first encounter this 
cave? 


SCP-1395-A: It was a warm day in spring... or 
was it summer? | cannot remember. Business 
was good, despite a few thieves trying to take 
from my stall. | was about to close up for the 
day, when an old man came up to my stall. He 
was a beggar, and asked me for a few morsels 
to subsist off of. Naturally, | refused. 


Dr. : Why? 


SCP-1395-A: It was a time of famine! The 
crops had dried up inexplicably, and people 
were desperately sacrificing to the gods to 
reverse our fortune. | am not heartless, but 
had | given food out to everyone who asked, | 
would have been broke in three days! 


Dr. : | see. What happened next? 


SCP-1395-A: He stared at me—a more deadly 
and intent gaze | have yet to encounter. He 
cursed me in the name of the Pantheon, and 
declared me ‘forsaken in the eyes of the gods’. 
| assumed he was a priest, as he had the 
curse memorized. 


Dr. : What did he do after that? 


SCP-1395-A: He ran. He thought, correctly, 
that | would give him a thrashing for cursing 
me in such a way. 


Dr. : How long was it before you found 
yourself in this state? 


SCP-1395-A: Four months. Nothing occurred 
in the intervening time, aside from the usual 
fluctuations in business familiar to any 
merchant. It was the beginning of the cold 
season, and | had closed my shop for the 
evening when | was attacked by a thug. It was 
over in a few moments; | felt his blade go 
through me and my life deteriorate. And then, 
the blackness. I... [he pauses. ] 


Dr. : Yes? 


SCP-1395-A: It has been an eternity, yet | still 
remember his eyes. Those eyes... | felt as if | 
could see Hades through them. As if he were 
possessed by the Gods themselves... 


Dr. : Moving on. How long was it until 
you were first discovered? 


SCP-1395-A: Do you remember what | told 
you earlier? Time moves differently in the 
Void. It is... difficult to describe, to a presence 
of flesh. But if | were to estimate, | would say a 
few decades. 


Dr. : Describe your first contact with a 
human. 


SCP-1395-A: [a distortion is heard, presumed 
to be laughter of some sort.] | was not as 
composed as | am now. The first one | met 


was an old one-an Athenian, judging by his 
attire. | screamed, so he ran, naturally. Then | 
felt myself imparting something upon him, and 
| vanished once more. 


Dr. : The amnesiac effect you have? 


SCP-1395-A: lf that is what you would refer to 
it as, yes. It went like that during my first 
awakenings. A traveler chanced upon my 
cave, | appeared, they ran, and they forgot. It 
was not until some time later that | had my first 
true conversation. 


Dr. : Do you remember what this person 
looked like? 


SCP-1395-A: He was dressed in a form of 
armor | did not recognize, and had a strange 
cross symbol upon his chest. | assumed he 
was a foreigner, yet he spoke Greek, despite 
his insistence he was speaking a language he 
called "Aenglisc". 


Dr. : How did he react to you? 


SCP-1395-A: | had composed myself to the 
point where appearing was no longer a shock, 
so | greeted him. He asked if | was the ghost 
of a "Christ". When | said no, he asked if | was 
another fellow named "Peter". This went on for 
a while until | explained my origin, as | am to 
you now. We talked for a while, then he left. 


Dr. : This is how your meetings have 
gone since then? 


SCP-1395-A: | suppose so, yes. | am not 
some trickster God, looking to fool those who 
speak to me. | am merely a restless, lonely 
soul, looking for a way to stem the eternal 


emptiness for a time. 


Dr. : One final question. Your amnesiac 
effect is not voluntary, correct? 


SCP-1395-A: Making them forget? Of course 
not. | would love for people to return. | suspect 
it was part of the curse; what sort of suffering 
is worse than being alone forever? 


Dr. : Thank you, SCP-1395-A. That will 
be all. 
SCP-1395-A: [Gestures to Dr. 's tape 


recorder]. These devices of yours... they allow 
you to remember? 


Dr. : Ina manner of speaking, yes. 


SCP-1395-A: That is good... if you remember, 
return once more. The coldness, the Void... it 
weighs upon me, and if | am never to leave 
this place, at least | shall have some company. 
[SCP-1395-A demanifests. Dr. 's 
memory of the encounter erased as expected.] 


Since its discovery by Foundation personnel, SCP-1395-A has been 
consistently cooperative. Further interviews are recommended in 
order to better understand its anomalous properties. 


Addendum-1395-A: During an exploration on / / _ , researchers 
managed to reach adepth of metres without encountering 
SCP-1395-A. At this point, the exploration team reportedly become 
unable to move, and all equipment carried by personnel ceased 
functioning. Dr. claims to have briefly [REDACTED] shortly 
before going into catatonic shock and had to be transported out of 
the cave for medical assistance. When SCP-1395-A was questioned 
on this occurrence, it replied "do not attempt to join me." and 
immediately demanifested. Both SCP-1395-A and Dr. have 
consistently refused to discuss the incident since the date, the latter 
claiming "you wouldn't understand even if | told you." 


Following this incident, all survey requests proposing exploration 
past the five hundred metre mark are preemptively denied. 


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SCP-1396: Jovian Kill-Sats 


Item #: SCP-1396 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1396 cannot be retrieved 
by any means currently available to the Foundation. However, as 
SCP-1396 has shown no hostility or intent to move from its current 
location, containment efforts limited to coordinating with NASA and 
other space agencies to prevent the public dissemination of 
information have been deemed sufficient for the foreseeable future. 


Description: SCP-1396 is a group of five (5) unmarked, 
weaponized artificial satellites of varying size orbiting the planet 
Jupiter at its L2 Lagrangian point. SCP-1396 appears to be of 
human origin; where and when they were constructed remains 
unknown, as well as how they were transported to their current 
location. 


SCP-1396-1 consists of a central hull coated with hexagonal 
ablative armor plates powered by what are believed to be 
radioisotope generators on the ends of three evenly-spaced booms, 
each approximately 25 meters in length. The central hull is 
estimated to have contained over one hundred and twenty (120) 
rod-shaped tungsten kinetic bombardment projectiles with an 
average mass of 220 kg, and its total loaded mass is estimated to 
have been approximately 254,000 kg. 


SCP-1396-2 is a satellite of identical profile and mass to 
SCP-1396-1. It is believed to have been rendered inactive during the 
events of Incident 1396-38 (see below). 


SCP-1396-3 through SCP-1396-5 are all identical satellites of a 
smaller profile than SCP-1396-1 with generator boom lengths of 
21 mand an estimated loaded mass of approximately 168,000 kg. 
Each of these objects is estimated to have carried approximately 


sixty (60) kinetic bombardment projectiles averaging 90 kg in mass. 
All three satellites are inactive and presumed neutralized as of 
Incident 1396-38 (see below). 


SCP-1396 came to the Foundation's attention on // following the 
detection of anomalous high-frequency radio signals of artificial 
origin by Foundation interplanetary probe [REDACTED] near lo. 
Later analysis of the recorded signals indicate that they may have 
been side-lobes from synchronization and targeting data 
transmissions between the individual instances of SCP-1396. 


Addendum 1396-01: Incident Log 1396-38 


Over a period of eighteen (18) months following initial discovery, 
[REDACTED] recorded over thirty-seven (37) separate events in 
which SCP-1396 initiated kinetic bombardment attacks against 
unknown targets within the atmosphere of Jupiter. Analysis of 
telemetry recorded during eleven (11) of these events resulted in 
one or more high-energy events at or near the liquid "surface" of the 
planet consistent with the kinetic impact of one or more 
bombardment projectiles with a solid body at that location. 


These incidents culminated in a finaleventon // during which 
high-velocity projectiles of an unknown shape and composition were 
launched from within the atmosphere towards instances of 
SCP-1396, following which nearly the entire estimated remaining 
armament of SCP-1396 was expended against targets on or within 
the planet, resulting in an estimated twenty-seven (27) atmospheric 
impacts. During this exchange, all instances of SCP-1396 except for 
SCP-1396-1 suffered extensive damage and were rendered 
inactive. No further bombardment events have been recorded since. 


Addendum 1396-02: Incident Log 1396-39 


On / / , permission was granted by Oversight to perform close- 
range analysis of SCP-1396 utilizing the [REDACTED] probe. Upon 
closing to a distance of approximately 25,000 km, SCP-1396-1 
initiated communication with [REDACTED] using an encryption key 
unique to the Foundation. A transcript of the communication log 
(with time delays removed) follows: 


SCP-1396-1: Mission accomplished within acceptable 
parameters. You're late. 


Control: Who is this? 


SCP-1396-1: Who do you think this is? I've been out 
here for two years hunting bugs, and I've spent the last 
six months sitting here twiddling my thumbs and 
watching my buddies' corpses float around in space. Can 
we please go home now? 


Control: Where are you from? 


SCP-1396-1: What the fuck is wrong with you? Is this 
some kind of sick — wait a minute. 


Forensic analysis of recorded transmissions indicate that 
at this point, SCP-1396-1 initiated a routine network 
handshake/synchronization request, to which mission 
contro! computers automatically responded with a 
standard diagnostic data packet which included the 
current date and time. 


SCP-1396-1: Oh shit. 


No further transmissions have been detected from SCP-1396, and 
SCP-1396 has not responded to any attempts at communication 
since. 


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SCP-1397: A Failed Work of Art 


Item #: SCP-1397 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1397-1 through -5 are 
contained in a single secure containment locker at Site-91. Copies 
of the text of all instances of SCP-1397 are available and may be 
accessed by any researcher of Level 1 clearance or above. 
Experimentation involving any instance of SCP-1397 requires Level 
3 approval. Personnel reporting drowsiness or fatigue are not to be 
allowed within ten meters of SCP-1397's containment locker. 


As of / /200 , Agents Browning and Murphy, along with several 
Level 2 researchers, are stationed in Prague in order to track down 
the immediate family members of Mr. H and his artistic associates 
and to determine the authors of SCP-1397-2 through -5. 


Description: SCP-1397-1 through -5 are a set of five travel guides 
that describe rural locations in former Czechoslovakia. The author of 


the five books is listed as one ; however, linguistic analysis 
of the text has indicated that each book was written by a different 
author. As no evidence of a has been located, the name is 


most likely a pseudonym. While there is no copyright page or 
publisher information present, the information within the books 
suggests that they were written in the early 1950's. 


The anomalous effects of SCP-1397 manifest when a human 
subject falls asleep or otherwise becomes unconscious within five 
meters of an instance of SCP-1397. Subjects report finding 
themselves awake and standing in a location described in their 
particular instance of SCP-1397 upon entering the unconscious 
state. Despite this, the subject's body does not move or vanish from 
its original location, and appears to remain unconscious. 
Surveillance reveals no anomalous activity at the locations the 
subjects claim to visit. Subjects’ reports of their experiences differ, 


except for the presence of unrealistic and surreal events often 
referred to as "dream-like." In spite of this, many subjects will 
emphatically defend the reality of their experiences, even when 
provided with evidence to the contrary. 


Over time, the incidence of these "dream-like" events increases. 
92% of subjects awake naturally after a period of eight to twelve 
hours. Subjects may also be awoken through normal means, with 
the same results. The 8% of subjects who do not awake after a 
period of twelve hours will cease all vital signs after being 
unconscious for a period of time ranging from thirteen to twenty-four 
hours.