Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1550 has caused several 
disasters already, by significantly altering humanoid SCPs' 
personalities and abilities which confuses new researchers, messes 
with records, and poses a very real physical danger. Because of 
this, all research on 1550 has been halted, and it is kept in a small 
storage locker, triple-locked, under express orders not to be 
removed. 


Description: 1550 is a stylish metal wheelchair, with electronics in 
both armrests. It is motorized and can reach speeds up to 15 miles 
per hour. On a molecular and tangible level it is completely normal; 
however, when a humanoid SCP sits in on the seat, six things will 
happen instantaneously: 


¢ They will lose all the hair on their head. The scalp is often 
described as "soft" and "baby smooth" 


They will be paralyzed from the waist down as long as they 
remain in 1550. 


They will develop telepathic abilities. 


¢ Adramatic change in disposition will occur; they will become 
calm and highly intelligent, although manipulativeness and 
slight ruthlessness have been noted as well. 


They will refer to themselves as Professor, and then the first 
letter of their last name. 


They will begin calling all other humanoid SCPs metahumans, 
mutants, or homo superior, and will believe that either the 


not yet noticeably different from most other North American forested 
areas. The flora show slight alterations only, due to the long 
generation time of larger plants. The area's fauna show a steady 
increase in alteration as time goes on. At this time any animal life 
conceived in the radius of SCP-561 has a fair chance of producing 
Pliocene-era offspring. 


Testing to see which Pliocene species are produced as offspring 
from modern species has yielded impressive, if sometimes unusual, 
results. It appears that evolutionary relationships are not preserved 
by the anomaly, as offspring may be on separate branches of a 
phylogenetic tree. The strongest predictor of the species of the 
offspring is morphological similarity to the parent. DNA testing has 
shown no genetic inheritance from parents in the altered offspring, 
as though the female were only a host-mother. The direct 
comparison of DNA from SCP-561-affected offspring to their 
Pliocene counterparts has not yet occured, due to difficulties in 
obtaining genetic samples directly from Pliocene-era life using 
Foundation assets such as SCP-__. Testing with samples of DNA 
taken from fossils dating to the Pliocene era has proceeded in the 
interim; current results suggest that affected offspring may be 
assigned to Pliocene-era species, not novel species, with 99% 
confidence. 


It appears that prokaryotic life is unaltered by the anomaly. After 
nearly 50,000 generations cultured of E. coli, no mutations or 
changes to DNA have occurred which can not be attributed to 
normal genetic drift. 


Surprisingly, the ecology of the area has adapted well to the 
appearance of precursor species. This may be a result of the 
morphological selection displayed by the anomaly, or may be 
otherwise unrelated. It is not uncommon to see deer the size of 
moose with large antler racks, or saber-toothed cats hunting. 
Photographs from the area of SCP-561 reveal cougars nursing their 
own cubs alongside Smilodon cubs from the same litter, and similar 
occurrences. Avian species do not seem to experience obvious 
alteration. 


Animal husbandry of precursor species has been approved; see 
Addendum 561-2. 


facility they reside in is a "school for gifted youngsters", was a 
school, or the people inside used to be students but were 
kidnapped by The Foundation. In this case, 1550-1 will 
attempt to coordinate an escape. All other circumstances lead 
to them training the "mutants" and trying to form them into 
"superhero teams". If task forces exist that utilize certain 
humanoid SCPs, the professor will attempt to assume 
leadership of these teams, and make the SCPs more central. 


1550-1 will begin wheeling around whatever site they are contained 
in, speaking with scientists and workers. As they pass by rooms of 
humanoid SCPs they will engage them in conversation, and certain 
alterations to reality will begin to manifest. This does not require 
contact; if 1550-1 remains in the chair for a long enough time, The 
X-Men Syndrome, as it is called, will spread in a radius further and 
further out. Certain similarities can be observed every time: 


All humanoid SCPs on location will gradually become more 
handsome and appealing. They will all drop in age until they 
are teenagers. Women's breast sizes will grow. Men will 
become fit and tan. For example, 661 lost all of his belly fat, 
and became a trim and muscled hunk. 


Perhaps because of the loss of age, humanoid SCPs will 
suddenly become slightly depressed and moody, often times 
lamenting their fate and complaining of hardships in their life. 
However it should be noted that SCPs that were completely 
suicidal originally fare better; their depression is lessened, and 
they either begin writing poetry, making long speeches, or 
“hinting at a dark past". 


Relationships between the SCPs will increase dramatically. 
Almost everyone will be friends with everyone else, anda 
good percent are paired up with a member of the opposite or 
same sex. It is hard to tell the exact amount however, 
because these relationships frequently shift; there are often 
fights, and what the teenagers refer to as "drama". 


Each humanoid SCP will insist on being called a made up 
nickname in some way pertaining to their power. These 
monikers are often cheesy, but the SCPs don't seem to notice 


this and use them with pride. For example, 202 would 
frequently charge into battle (why and how a safe SCP with 
abilities that only affected himself could fight will be explained 
later) after shouting his name out, which is "Rewind". 
However, the SCPs do also allow, if only given a choice 
between their number and actual personal names, to let staff 
use that instead, which has led to the discovery that their legal 
names have somehow been altered on all records and birth 
certificates into a name that somehow relates to their power, 
no matter how large of a coincidence this would be. 
(SCP-182's name changed from to Brian Mind, and 
SCP-693's from to Electro Shock.) 


The SCP's morals will either shift firmly to the side of "right" or 
at the very least, "anti-hero with a dark past". Most of this 
time, this happens only in cases when the SCP was only 
apathetic or mildly sociopathic. If the SCP has beforehand 
decided that they are a villain, or has a history of murder, they 
will start out good, and then experience a "tragic" fall to the 
dark side, as is the case of Vector, who betrayed the "A-Men", 
and Ogre, a handsome blond haired pretty boy (the altered 
form of 082) who gave into his vicious cannibalism-powered 
growing abilities, and fled into the wilderness. 


The SCP's abilities will become vastly oversimplified, and lose 
all scientific basis. Often times, the most useful explications 
will become the full power, and everything else will fade away. 
There is a focus on defensive and offensive capabilities. In 
other cases, if the ability is too complex to be useful, it will 
change almost completely, into something very basic. No 
abnormalities will exist that only have harmful effects on the 
owner; every single one seems to be able to be utilized as a 
weapon or tool. For example, SCP-__, who previously was 
involved in an incredibly sophisticated interplay between 
energy, matter, and the environment, simply gained the ability 
to "throw tornado balls". It often seems that one word out of 
the description of the SCP will be appended to the word 
"beam", and that will become their power. For example 114 
shot "war beams" and 336 suddenly gained the gift of "love 
lasers". 132 started launching "sorrow beams" as well, that 


inexplicably were green and sometimes caused people's 
heads to explode. 


* Escape rates in non-humanoid SCPs will increase rapidly, and 
humanoid SCPs will attempt to recapture them. 


The changes in reality begin first around the person sitting in 1550 
and SCPs in their cells, each one a small pocket of reality that 
contradicts the rest of the world. But soon, the entire dynamic of The 
Foundation begins to change. After a week, SCPs will be free to 
leave their rooms, and wander around, and most requests are 
granted. Reports will consist of nothing but lists on their likes and 
dislikes, and inventories of all the cool music and movies they own. 
Research will be halted because it is inhumane. Class designations 
will not be how dangerous or hard to contain they are, but simple 
power levels, with Keter class bragging about their potential and 
how much better they are than everyone else. These will often be 
replaced with simple numbers, or categories that indicate how far 
along they are on the "evolutionary scale". Soon, in no less then a 
month, SCPs will be on every task force, and all major operations 
will consist of them. Often they will create their own team, and 
attempt to be "superheroes". They will begin dressing in leather 
jackets and pants, although some do prefer older more retro 
uniforms like capes and tights, and inordinate amounts of money will 
begin draining from The Foundation in order to build special bases, 
homes and school grounds, equipment, and virtual reality simulation 
facilities. The Professor will begin training them in karate and the 
martial arts, although this will also begin happening spontaneously, 
in the confines of their own room (they will all of a sudden for no 
discernible reason begin kicking and flying through the air) if 1550-1 
does not meet them in time. (Iris became a black belt in one day.) 
Beast and artifact SCPs will fade away, and become all but 
forgotten. It is often at this time that some backlash is noted; 
whether this is rational or part of 1550's effect is unknown. Scientists 
will slowly begin trying to sabotage and rein in the team, or use them 
towards their own nefarious ends. SCPs will often discover The 
Foundational is still experimenting on someone, and be shocked 
and dismayed, causing more conflict and friction. In the end, several 
large scale termination attempts are approved. In addition to these 
fairly logical responses, several irrational ones appear as well. 


Scientists will lose their sanity, and attempt to take over the world 
using the task forces. Overseers will order the building of giant 
robots. Well meaning level four personnel start working on a "cure", 
even though it should be patently impossible. 


It is unknown what happens if it would be allowed to progress 
beyond this, point but it is theorized that it would result in the 
complete destruction of The Foundation, and the eventual victorious 
emergence of some kind of benevolent "mutant" organization, with 
SCPs as agents and staff, traveling around the world, fighting crime 
in a stealth jet. 


Addendum 01: 


During a Chaos Insurgency attack on Sector , 076's legs were 
blown off during helping repulse the assault. An agent pulled the 
SCP and managed to sit him down in a wheelchair that had been 
pulled out of the closet, so Able could continue fighting. "/ expected 
him to start throwing swords from a seated position, or attach 
rotating saws to the wheels and start Zooming around on them." 
Instead as soon as Able touched the seat of 1550, he said, softly 
"They're attacking because of intolerance" and then took a rocket to 
the head. Later tests confirmed the anomalous properties, although 
Able is unique in the fact that despite the pacifistic mind that is 
created, he still will attempt to maliciously kick and trip people by 
grabbing a hold of his pants leg and swinging the disabled limbs at 
them. 


Addendum 02: 
Log 1550-13 


(Three scientists are walking down the hallways with 
Able on 1550. They briefly meet up with 2 scientists 
talking to a young girl, who was about to be categorized 
as SCP- .) 


Scientist: So welcome to Site 17- 


Able: the school for gifted youngsters. 


Scientist 2: What? 


Girl: Why do | have to be here? Oh, why am | cursed 
with this- 


Able: You must not think of it that way. With great power 
comes great responsibility. In time you will learn to 
control- 


Girl: But my power is that my imaginary friends and 
whatever else | fantasize about comes alive and turns 
evil and tortures me in my mind. How is that- 


Able: (continues) You will find here the finest facilities at 
your service. You are free to go wherever you like and— 


Scientist 2 and 3: (they just shake their head whenever 
the girl looks at them) 


Able: —and soon in time, you will meet others of your 
kind. This is a safe haven for mutants, where you will not 
be persecuted. 


Scientist 1: (sighs) 

Guard 3: (puts palm to head) 

Able: My name is Professor A, and - 
(suddenly, 132 bursts out of her room) 
132: | feel the world's sorrow! 

Girl: Wow, she's cool! 


Able: Yes. Her name is Sorrow. She is one of the select 
few.. An A-man. 


Scientist: What...the...fuck... 


Able: Ah, and here are the quarters of 415. He's a 
lovable rogue. 


415: Hey, | told you | don't like doctors. Get away from 
me. (three medical assistants are attempting to look him 
over) 


415: Back off, bub. 
Doctor: Now, 415... 


415: It's Steve. OK. Either Steve or my codename. OK? 
Got it? Hey. Seriously. Don't come near me! You know 
I'm going to stab you with one of my claws. 


Doctor: What in God's name are you talking about? 


415: Well look at all these modifications. You don't think 
they'd give me claws or something? 


Doctor: But why? They were harvesting your organs. 
What purpose would it serve- ah! He really does have 
claws! 


Doctor: Jesus, when did he get those?! 


Able: We have quite a motley crew here. But we all love 
each other like family. (a young Asian girl jumps down 
from a balcony overhead, and slowly lifts out of a crouch. 
she is wearing a leather jacket and motorcycle boots) 


Scientist: 231! 

Able: You mean Marvel Woman? 
Girl: What's her power, mister? 

231: Well, | can [DATA EXPUNGED] 
[DATA EXPUNGED] 

[DATA EXPUNGED] 


Scientist 2: (mouth wide open, shocked expression on 
his face) 


231: | also like shopping. 


(This is a transcript of a conversation between Able and 
Iris, when someone else besides 076 was sitting in the 
chair) 


Iris: Hey! Stay away from Alice, Computra, OK? 


Able: You're not the boss of me, Triclops! (he is referring 
to Iris as Triclops because of a mechanical device 
strapped on top of her head) 


Iris: She's my girlfriend. Stop trying to butt in- 
Able: Shut your face! 


Iris: You think you can say whatever you want just 
because you have stubble and sideburns? 


Able: Mutton chops! 


Mediating researcher: | don't want to interrupt, but Able, 
aren't you incapable of feeling love? 


Able: No... | just have a dark past. 
Researcher: Huh? 


Able: I'm generally good at heart. I've had a tough life, 
though. 


Researcher: I've seen you stab a kid in the face! 


Able: No. | only fight against those who seek to harm 
me. 


Researcher: You've devastated an entire base with one 
sword before! 


Able: Must have been under mind control, bub. Used to 
be in a super soldier program, after all. “chews on cigar* 


Explained Phenomena 


SCP-4023-EX: A Chemical Compound 


Item #: SCP-4023-EX 
Object Class: Euclid