SCP-1260 is adrift in the South Indian Ocean. 
Exploration Team 1 consists of 9 Foundation 
Agents. Each is equipped with a headset 
providing an audio feed to Control aboard the 
SCPS Melampus. A video feed from aboard 
the Melampus captures the exploration in 
progress. The exploration team approaches 
SCP-1260 in a raft. 


Team Leader: Attention Melampus, we have 
just made contact with the Tiresias. Preparing 
to board now. 


Exploration team boards SCP-1260 from the 
starboard side. 


Team Leader: Alright Melampus, we are now 
aboard the vessel. We have visual on several 
sets of human remains. All skeletal. 


SCPS Melampus: Do we have a count on 
how many bodies? 


Team Leader: From an estimate I’d say over 
twenty on this deck alone. We will need more 
time to provide a more accurate count. 


SCPS Melampus: Roger that. Please 
continue to search the ship. Report any 
anomalous findings. 


Exploration team begins to search SCP-1260, 
venturing into the vessel’s interior. 15 minutes 
pass since boarding. 


Team Leader: Alright Melampus, we have a 
count. There appear to be 288 total bodies 
scattered throughout the ship. 224 appear to 
be a mixture of period sailors and Royal 
Marines. We also count 64 other individuals 
from a variety of eras. At least 8 of these guys 
are French marines from the same period. We 
also have a variety of fishermen. 


SCPS Melampus: Very good. Have you 
searched the cargo hold yet? 


Team Leader: We have. It is completely 
emptied of food though all other supplies are 
untouched. Nothing appears to have aged a 
day. | wouldn’t be surprised if you could still 
light the gunpowder. 


SCPS Melampus: Strange, is this effect only 


concentrated on the cargo hold? 


Team Leader: Negative, it’s the whole ship. 
The entire vessel appears to have taken no 
damage despite how long it has been at sea. 
It’s in perfect sailing condition. Even the 
clothing and weapons we found on the bodies 
haven’t decayed. 


SCPS Melampus: Roger. Have any other 
anomalies been spotted? 


Team Leader: None yet, but the entire interior 
of this place is covered in carved messages. 


SCPS Melampus: Noted. Please make sure 
to document those messages you deem 
important. Have you located the captain’s log 
yet? 


Team Leader: Negative. We’re combing the 
ship for it now. We'll let you know when we 
find it. 


Exploration team continues to search 
SCP-1260. 30 minutes pass since boarding. 
Fog has begun to gather around SCP-1260 for 
the past 15 minutes. 


Team Leader: Hey Melampus. Do you know 
anything about this fog? We are beginning to 
lose visual on you. 


SCPS Melampus: Affirmative. Our equipment 
detects that it has so far gathered only around 
the ship. Return to the Melampus when the 
captain’s log has been found. 


Fog continues to gather around SCP-1260 
until it is fully encased. At this time, all of the 
exploration team transmitting devices go dead. 


Attempts to regain contact fail. Ten minutes 
later the fog dissipates. SCP-1260 has 
vanished. 


Exploration 2: 


SCP-1260 is adrift in the North Atlantic. 
Exploration Team 2 consists of 6 Foundation 
Agents. Each is equipped with a headset 
providing an audio feed to Control aboard the 
SCPS Polyeidos. A video feed from aboard the 
SCPS Polyeidos captures the exploration in 
progress. The exploration team approaches 
SCP-1260 in a raft. A GPS tracker has been 
provided for attachment to SCP-1260’s hold. 


Team Leader: Attention Polyeidos, we have 
just made contact with the SCP-1260. No 
signs of Team 1 are visible. Preparing to board 
now. 


SCPS Polyeidos: Roger, Team 2. Team 1’s 
tracker is still active according to our 
equipment. Please board the ship and locate 
any remains of Team 1. We will have you 
abandon ship in the event that the fog 
reappears. 


Exploration team boards SCP-1260 from the 
port side. 


Team Leader: Alright Polyeidos, we are now 
aboard the vessel. The message “Beware the 
fog,” has been carved across a majority of the 
deck. This was not reported by Team 1, 
correct? 


SCPS Polyeidos: Correct. That is new. 
Please document this and any other changes 
in the ship that you discover. 


Team Leader: Roger. We have also located 
Team 1 Leader’s remains propped against the 
mainmast. His beacon is active and he is 
holding what appears to be the captain’s log in 
his hands. 


SCPS Polyeidos: Excellent. Recover the log 
for study. Have your team continue to search 
the ship for the remainder of Team 1 and 
attach the GPS tracker to the ship’s hold. 


Exploration team continues to search 
SCP-1260, venturing into the vessel's interior. 
25 minutes pass since boarding. Fog has 
begun to appear around the ship 


Team Leader: We have located all 9 agents. 4 
were found on the top deck, 2 in the cargo 
hold and 3 in the various gun decks. All bodies 
have now been recovered and the GPS 
tracker has been fixed to the cargo hold. 


SCPS Polyeidos: Roger. Fog has become 
visible. Please have your team return to the 
boarding craft immediately. 


Exploration team returns to their boarding 
craft. 30 minutes pass since boarding. Fog has 
begun to gather around SCP-1260 for the past 
10 minutes. Exploration team returns to SCPS 
Polyeidos without incident. SCP-1260 is fully 
encased in fog an additional 5 minutes later. At 
this time the GPS tracker ceases to issue a 
signal. Ten minutes later the fog dissipates. 
SCP-1260 has vanished. 


Addendum: 1260-02: Agent Bell’s Log : 
+ Agent Bell’s Log 


The following was recovered written in the back of the 


Captain’s log by Agent Gideon Bell, Team Leader, 
Exploration Team 1: 


<6/20/2005> I’m writing this in the event that 
we aren't able to provide a debriefing in 
person. We found the damn thing stuffed in a 
pot in the Crew’s mess. We remained encased 
in fog god knows how long before it dissipated. 
We were then spit out in a different place, 
though | can’t say where. The sea is black as 
ink. Our lights don't penetrate the surface so 
we have no idea what the fuck lurks below. 
The sky is also pitch black. No stars or moon. 
The only light source available aside our 
flashlights is a bright glow coming from the top 
of the main mast. Hammond climbed up there 
to take a look, but there was nothing there. For 
the time being we are going to explore the 
ship. Maybe we'll find something that'll give us 
an idea of what to do next. 


<6/21/2005> We heard whispers today. They 
were very soothing at first, but now they seem 
off. None of us can make out where they are 
coming from, but what they say to us is crystal 
clear. They called to James by name. They 
asked him about his family. He attempted to 
respond, but they never replied. We can see 
another light in the distance. The voices are 
coming from that direction. There is a breeze 
here, so maybe we'll try to sail. 


<6/22/2005> James is dead. The poor bastard 
started vomiting and began to wither away 
before our eyes. There was nothing we could 
do to help him. We didn’t know what the fuck 
was going on. His body rotted away a few 
hours later, leaving only clothing and bones 
behind. The whispers have now started calling 
to Hammond. 


<6/23/2005> Hammond and Gray are now 
dead. Both had their names called and both 
withered away. There’s not a fucking thing we 
can do. They just fell apart in front of me. Now 
the whispers have started laughing. The light 
in distance is getting closer, beyond that four 
other lights have appeared. I’m hoping we 
arrive before those things begin to call me. 


<6/24/2005> We arrived at the light today. It 
was another ship, some merchant frigate from 
the 20th century or something like that. We 
managed to board it. Skeletons. Just like with 
the Tiresias, there were only skeletons. It was 
then the whispers became cackles and we 
saw at least another ten lights begin to burn in 
the distance. They seem to come from every 
god damn direction now. Even worse, the 
whispers have started to call my name. The 
rest of team is staying away from me. | don’t 
want to die. 


<6/25/2005> They ask me about my daughter 
and my wife. They ask me if | miss them and if 
I’m strong enough to see them again. | have 
tried to respond, but they don’t reply. | don’t 
know what the fuck they want from me. | 
screamed at the fucking sky for hours. They 
never responded. 


| have personally flipped through the Captain’s 
log, but there is absolutely nothing here to 
indicate the captain or the crew had anything 
to do with this. The final log puts the crew ona 
mission to investigate pirate attacks in the East 
Indian Ocean, with good conditions. It’s always 
nice to know what you're looking for had all the 
answers. 


| have placed myself against the mainmast 
with the log in my hands. | hope the 


Foundation learned something. | hope our 
deaths expanded that scientific horizon. God 
damn you. God damn all of you. 


« SCP-1259 | SCP-1260 | SCP-1261 » 


SCP-1261: Memetic Emu 


Item #: SCP-1261 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: A recording capable of infecting 
human subjects with SCP-1261 is to be stored on network-isolated 
electronic storage station 2 at Site 108. In the event of failure, 
redundant analog backups of this recording are to be stored at 
Archive Site . All experimentation on SCP-1261 is to be performed 
in Black Cloister type soundproofed testing chambers. Following 
experimentation, human subjects affected by SCP-1261 are to be 
treated with class A amnestics prior to release from the testing 
chamber. Foundation personnel are not to interact with individuals 
affected by SCP-1261 without DC-grade hearing impairment gear. 
Communication with affected subjects is to be limited to electronic 
transcription, typed or written methods, and sign language (where 
applicable). 


Description: SCP-1261 is a highly virulent Type October memetic 
contagion’ propagated through aural vectors. SCP-1261 deviates 
slightly from other memes of its class in that transmission is not 
limited to the expression of specific phrases or ideas; instead, an 
individual is infected by the meme when he or she hears and 
understands an infected individual mentioning or referring to the 
hallucinations caused by SCP-1261. 


Subjects affected by SCP-1261 suffer from the persistent delusion 
that they are accompanied at all times by a sapient adult bird of 
order Struthioniformes (hereafter instances of SCP-1261-1). 
Instances of SCP-1261-1 are almost exclusively members of the 
Dromaius novaehollandiae (Emu) species, though several 
occurrences of Struthio camelus (Common Ostrich) and a single 
instance of Apteryx haastii (Great Spotted Kiwi) have also been 
reported. Subjects typically express close familiarity with the 
perceived animal, with roughly 78% of subjects expressing the belief 


that SCP-1261-1 has accompanied them since the age of 132, with 
the remainder unable to provide specific details. 


Descriptions of SCP-1261-1 behaviour provided by affected subjects 
are uniformly consistent and indicate that the supposed birds 
understand and react in response to human speech, demonstrate 
affectionate gestures (e.g., nuzzling) towards their corresponding 
SCP-1261 subject, and behave in a manner similar to trained 
assistance animals. Though all instances of SCP-1261-1 are visible 
to all individuals infected with SCP-1261, the creatures rarely 
interact with one another or with other SCP-1261 carriers. 
SCP-1261-1 are also described as maintaining consistent age and 
health throughout their subjects’ infection. Reports suggest no 
anomalous behaviour from SCP-1261-1 beyond their apparent 
intelligence and constant presence. 


Class A amnestics effectively neutralize SCP-1261 infection, with 
retained class D personnel showing no signs of spontaneous 
relapse through 18 months of observation. Subjects treated in this 
way exhibit no lasting side effects save for an increased fondness of 
birds over other animals, especially as pets. 


Addendum 1261-01: On 8/14/2001, Foundation operatives 
intercepted reports of a GOC raid on a settlement in , Peru 
“infested with Harvey-Greens’”. Details in GOC reconnaissance 
reports suggested wide-scale SCP-1261 exposure among the 
populace, which was corroborated by after action reports from the 
GOC raid. MTF Beta-2 (“Glass Houses”) were dispatched to 
investigate the remains of the settlement following the raid. Forensic 
analysis of the site suggests that 300-500 individuals had resided in 
the village, all of them infected with SCP-1261. Irregularities in and 
around the settlement include: 


¢ Feeding troughs exhibiting wear patterns consistent with large 
beaks 

« Large nests in most dwellings, typically padded with blankets 
or other bedding and visibly worn 

¢ Tracks and clawprints throughout the compound consistent 
with adult members of Dromaius novaehollandiae 

¢ Scratch marks on doors and other objects suggesting 
manipulation by adult members of Dromaius novaehollandiae 


In spite of the observations described above, Beta-2 recovered no 
samples of biological or genetic material belonging to members of 
Dromaius novaehollandiae on site. Additionally, intercepted after- 
action reports from the GOC raid mention no encounters with any 
wildlife save for the human residents of the settlement. Attempts to 
determine and/or reproduce the circumstances leading to the 
observed state of the site are ongoing. 


Footnotes 

1. Formerly a "Dancing Bear" meme; see document MEM-C_ 28962 
for additional information on the revised classification system. 

2. Infected subjects younger than 13 years of age are able to 
perceive the SCP-1261-1 instances of other affected individuals but 
do not "receive" their own instances until their 13th birthday. Such 
occasions are treated by other SCP-1261 sufferers as a rite of 
passage similar to a quinceafera or "sweet sixteen" celebration. 


« SCP-1260 | SCP-1261 | SCP-1262 » 


SCP-1262: Seed of Destruction 


Item #: SCP-1262 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: In the event of a catastrophic 
failure of the primary containment system or a breach in the cube 
itself, 6 pneumatic drills will extend from the walls and penetrate 
each face of the cube to deliver a powerful synthetic auxin (2,4,5-T) 
directly into SCP-1262. If this secondary system fails, 50% of Silo-4 
will be filled with boiling paraquat and SCP-1262 will be released 
into the liquid. If this tertiary system fails, a series of controlled 
incendiary explosions using a combination of thermite, napalm, 
white phosphorus, and TNT will be used to suppress SCP-1262. In 
any case, Mobile Task Force Theta-4 (aka 
"Gardeners") will respond and remain onsite to provide additional 
security during the reestablishing/reconstruction of the containment 
system(s). 


At no time should water, water vapor, organic tissue, or visible light 
(with a frequency between 400-790 THz) be introduced into Silo-4. 
Outside of containment, SCP-1262 is extremely lethal in direct 
contact to organisms and should only be approached after being 
fully suppressed back into a dormant state. 


Due to potential dangers associated with cross-contamination, at no 
point are SCP-831 colonies to be contained at the same facility as 
SCP-1262. 


At no time should water, water vapor, organic tissue, or visible light 
(with a frequency between 400-790 THz) be introduced into Silo-4. 
Outside of containment, SCP-1262 is extremely lethal in direct 
contact to organisms and should only be approached after being 
fully suppressed back into a dormant state. 


Description: SCP-1262 is a mass roughly 30cm in diameter that is