Special Containment Procedures: Due to the nature of SCP-1769, 
full containment is not possible at this time. As such, Foundation 
efforts are to be focused at neutralizing individual outbreaks as they 
occur. Containment procedures for SCP-1769 and SCP-1769-A are 
to be carried out at separate sites. Site-59 is to house personnel and 
equipment for detecting and neutralizing SCP-1769. Area-56 is to be 
kept at an undisclosed location, and will house infected subjects of 
SCP-1769-A. 


A continuous search algorithm targeting the script responsible for 
the phenomenon has been implemented to detect outbreaks, and 
personnel are required to directly monitor the most commonly- 
accessed vulnerable (see below) websites to minimize the rate of 
infection. Any website that is infected with SCP-1769 will have its 
host servers seized by Foundation personnel, then the lines of text 
responsible will be copied (in case of variation’) and deleted. All 
variations of the text are to be kept in a single text file on a flash- 
drive at Site-59. Access to the file is limited to personnel involved in 
containment and is only permitted for the addition of new variations 
or updating the search algorithm. 


Any instances of SCP-1769-A are to be quarantined at Area-56. The 
facility has been modified to operate without internet connection, 
and is reliant on telegraphy to communicate with other sites. Each 
individual subject is to be kept in a modified humanoid containment 
cell equipped with a Faraday Cage. A secondary layer Faraday 
Cage is to be maintained around the containment sector, and a 
tertiary layer is to be maintained around the entire facility. Under no 
circumstances are any computers, phones, or other devices capable 
of internet connection to be allowed on-site. The walls around each 
cell and the containment sector are to be sound-proofed, and at no 


time are personnel to enter the sector without ear protection. Lethal 
force is not to be used against subjects. Area-56 is to immediately 
notify Site-59 when an infected individual dies. 


Description: SCP-1769 is a 14-line section of non-functional script 
capable of infecting certain websites, specifically those with free 
user accounts and free communication between users. This occurs 
by the apparent self-introduction of the text into the website's page 
source, though the exact mechanism of this process is unknown. 
Any person with an active account that is currently logged in is 
considered to be exposed to the phenomenon. After accumulating 
approximately 225 minutes of total exposure, subjects will become 
infected. The human version of the infection is hereafter referred to 
as SCP-1769-A. 


The lines of script themselves consist of a 14-line English Sonnet 
titled [REDACTED], the nature of which is unclear, but has been 
linked to the vocalizations in the later stages of SCP-1769-A. The 
text itself exhibits no anomalous properties until they are introduced 
into the page source of a website that meets the aforementioned 
criteria. This can also occur through [DATA EXPUNGED], making it 
a priority that access to the containment file remain strictly 
controlled. 


SCP-1769-A infection will progress through five stages. 


¢ Stage |: Subject will begin to retract from all forms of 
communication that are not internet-based (these include 
instant-messaging, commenting, video-communication). When 
inquired about this, they will respond as though this is normal, 
and describe other forms of communication as feeling 
"strange" or "disconnected". 


Stage II: Subject will refuse all forms of communication that 
are not internet-based’, and respond with hostility toward 
efforts to force them to communicate otherwise. Subjects will 
continue to "vocalize" at this stage, but this is not considered 
to be communication because it does not appear to be 
directed at anyone or anything in particular. These 
vocalizations are always in English (even if the subject is not 
familiar with the language) and tend to occur in iambic 


pentameter, often describing an entity called "The Beloved" 
that the subject interacts with online. These vocalizations will 
occur regardless of whether the subject has internet access. 


Stage Ill: Symptoms of Stage II persist. However, the subject 
will begin to emit radio waves‘ consistent with a WLAN signal; 
this allows them to access the internet without technological 
medium, and can also be used to communicate with other 
infected individuals. References to "The Beloved" increase in 
frequency and subjects will demonstrate a slavish reverence 
for the object, often describing their willingness to do anything 
for it. 


Stage IV: Symptoms of Stage II and III persist. In addition, the 
vocalizations of subjects become anomalous in nature; any 
individual exposed to said vocalizations will become infected 
(bypassing the exposure phase). The specific nature of 
vocalizations at this stage is unknown due to these properties. 


¢ Stage V: Subject will lapse into a coma, but continue to 
vocalize and emit radio waves. If a subject at this stage is 
allowed to access the internet, any communication elicited in 
this fashion will be in English, use iambic pentameter, and 
display the same anomalous properties as the vocalizations. 
Individuals that observe messages or comments left by Stage 
V subjects online will become infected. 


The infection is not lethal, but the coma has so far proved 
irreversible. If an individual infected with SCP-1769-A dies, there is a 
% chance that a new variation of the anomalous text will emerge. 


Addendum [1769-001]: Incident Report 1769-C3 

On / /20 at 7:35 AM, the Foundation server at Site-117 was 
infected by SCP-1769. 5 instances of SCP-1769-A were produced 
by the event, and subsequently incarcerated at Site-56. This marked 
the first infection of a Foundation network by the phenomenon, and 
disproves the original hypothesis that the anomaly only affects 
public websites. To prevent recurrence, it has been mandated by O5 
that all personnel be issued a single fee equal to 1 EUR for access 
to the Foundation's network. No further infections on Foundation 
servers have been reported, though personnel are to remain vigilant 


for the symptoms of SCP-1769-A. The possibility of a stage V 
individual contaminating the Foundation's network is an 
unacceptable risk. 


Footnotes 

1. Thus far all variations have demonstrated some similar 
characteristics, allowing for them to be detected by a generalized 
algorithm. However, a generalized search takes considerably longer 
than the specific versions used to find established variations. 

2. The majority of subjects use these exact same words. 

3. Online communication of subjects in stages Il, Ill, and IV thus far 
show no psychological anomalies, other than their aversion to 
alternate communication. 

4. MRI and autopsy have confirmed the presence of a neural gland 
unique to infected individuals. The gland appears to develop during 
infection and is believed to be responsible for the radio waves. Non- 
lethal removal of the gland has so far proved impossible because it 
is fused to the hypothalamus. 


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SCP-1770: The Maker of Chains 


Item #: SCP-1770 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1770 is to be held in a 
standard reinforced humanoid containment chamber in Site-19’s 
maximum security wing. While the subject has been docile during its 
containment, due to its violent history two (2) armed guards are to 
be posted at the entrance to the subject’s chamber at all times, and 
the inside of the chamber is to be under constant surveillance. Due 
to SCP-1770's resistance to standard ballistic ammunition and its 
vulnerability to corrosive materials, the guards are to be armed with 
corrosive agents. All personnel handling SCP-1770 are to wear full 
body hazmat suits, not allowing any skin contact with SCP-1770. 


Description: SCP-1770 is an animate mass of an indeterminate 
number of steel chains, shaped like an average sized humanoid. 
The subject appears to be in possession of human-level intelligence, 
though it does not seem to be in full control of its mental faculties. 
SCP-1770 is capable of ambulation and speech, though it will rarely 
initiate conversation, and if left to its own devices, will not move. The 
only thing capable of temporarily alleviating SCP-1770's apathy are 
works of art depicting nature scenes, abstractions or inanimate 
objects. Pieces depicting humans will cause it to regress further into 
apathy, and will often result in it curling into the corner of its cell for 
several days and becoming completely unresponsive. 


Prior to its containment, SCP-1770 showed the ability to remove 
chains from its body and attach them to human beings, a process 
which does not appear to reduce SCP-1770’s mass or the total 
number of chains composing SCP-1770's body. The conversion 
process leads to the death of the victim in one of its early stages, 
even if the chains are removed, and gives SCP-1770 complete 
control over the bodies of its victims (eventually turning them into 
instances of SCP-1770-1). The victims stay connected to SCP-1770 


by one end of the chain, which can extend up to fifty (50) meters 
from SCP-1770 . The stages of the transformation are as follows: 


* Stage one: SCP-1770 attacks a victim, pulling him/her using chains 
removed from its body, wrapping them around the victim’s limbs and 
throat. The victim usually expires due to asphyxiation during this 
stage. The victim's body's physical strength increases to about three 
times that of an average human of the victim's sex, age and weight. 


* Stage two: SCP-1770 then inserts its chains into the victim’s body, 
usually penetrating the skin at various points, including the eyes, the 
nose, and the mouth. If the victim survived the previous stage of the 
process, they will expire due to the massive trauma inflicted here. 
The victim’s senses increase in efficiency, despite the destruction of 
various sensory organs by SCP-1770’s chains. SCP-1770 has been 
known to use victims in this stage of the transformation as means to 
restrain new victims or delay Foundation personnel attempting to 
contain it. 


* Stage three: SCP-1770 begins replacing the victim’s flesh with 
chains, taken from its own body. SCP-1770 will begin to shape the 
amalgamation of flesh and chains into a new shape: this shape is 
usually humanoid, but on rare occasions the chains will instead form 
into a complicated series of knots. SCP-1770 shows a powerful 
protective urge towards the knot formations, and will devote all 
resources available to defend them from harm, including risking its 
own body. 


¢ Stage four: SCP-1770 completely replaces all of the victim’s flesh, 
thereby completing the transformation process and making the 
victim into an instance of SCP-1770-1. Humanoid instances stay 
connected to SCP-1770 and continue to serve it, but knot-like 
instances disconnect and vanish upon completion. 


Notably, contact with SCP-1770's chains does not cause any of the 
above symptoms unless the subject initiates the conversion process 
by removing chains from its body. 


SCP-1770’s current disposition is docile, but prior to its containment 
it exhibited extreme aggression towards humans and attempted to 
convert them into instances of SCP-1770-1 whenever possible. This 


behavior led it to actively seek human population centers, though it 
chose only such places which allowed it to act covertly. From 
information gathered in conversations with SCP-1770 and the 
observations of field agents involved with its capture, it has been 
deduced that the process of converting humans served as a sort of 
artistic outlet for SCP-1770, and that it was compelled to perform it, 
possibly by an external force (see Interview Log). Since its 
containment, the subject showed no signs of this compulsion and all 
attempts at conversion on its part ceased, even when granted a 
helpless subject for the process. 


Addendum 1770: The following are interviews made with 
SCP-1770 during various stages of its containment. 


+ Show Interview Log 1770-1 
Interview Log 1770-1 
Interviewer: Dr. 
Interviewed: SCP-1770 


Forward: This interview was made immediately following 
SCP-1770's capture. At this stage, no artistic stimulus 
was required. 


<Begin Log> 


SCP-1770: Where is the air? No air, no flow, no reason. 
Blind, deaf, senseless. Where is the art? 


Dr. : Excuse me, 1770, but I'm not following you. 


SCP-1770: Where is the storm? Shattered and left? 
Why? One Was always loyal, always obeyed, always 
followed. One gave it what it wanted, the knots. So 
perfect, they were, so whole. Greedy, wanted them all. 
Until it wanted them no longer. Wanted One no longer. 
One was angry, refused to cease its making. One was a 
fool. Such a fool. Such anger. One Should have known 
better. Should have never defied the storm. 


SCP-1770: [whispers] it took away the hunger, it took 
away perfection, it took away the art. It took away 
everything. 


<End Log> 

+ Show Interview Log 1770-5 
Interview Log 1770-5 
Interviewer: Dr. 
Interviewed: SCP-1770 


Forward: This interview with SCP-1770 was made in 
one of its more lucid moments, when it was fairly 
responsive and coherent. Subject was shown a copy of 
Claude Monet's Waterlilies as a stimulus. 


<Begin Log> 
Dr. : Afternoon, SCP-1770. 


SCP-1770: Not One's name. One is the Maker of 
Chains. 


Dr. : Noted. Could you explain to me why you did what 
you did? 


SCP-1770: One was the Maker of Chains. One fed, One 
weaved, One flourished. Guided, trusted, loved. No 
longer. Forsaken. 


Dr. : Forsaken by who? 


SCP-1770: Whirls, twirls. It kissed the links, whispered 
kindly words, protected One and its brethren from harm. 
It showed One the knots. Such beauty, such complexity, 
such perfection. No more. The sweet zephyr became a 
blizzard. Took One's brethren away, took away 
perfection. Left One alone. One was of no more use to it. 
Never again. 


Dr. :ls this what changed? What led to your capture? 


SCP-1770: One was among its brethren, and making 
more, weaving its art, making beauty and order of foul, 
chaotic flesh. The Whirlwind came, flowed between one's 
links, but carried no warning of the danger that drew ever 
closer, like it did before. Instead, it told One that it 
achieved its purpose, That perfection was no longer 
needed, the chains were no longer needed. It tore its 
brethren asunder, left the Maker of Chains to fall. 


Dr. : Would you like to go back to the way you were? 


SCP-1770: [Subject turns its head, appears to be talking 
to the air] Sweetest wind... One... One no longer wishes 
to come back. No more perfection. The brethren are 
gone, the chain is broken, inert, alone. No point. No 
hope. Best to sleep once more. 

<End Log> 


Closing statement: It appears SCP-1770 believes it has 
lost its ability to bind with humans, and indeed its 
motivation to do so. Nevertheless, considering the 
potential risks it still holds, current security measures are 
to be maintained. Recommending further investigation of 
the force SCP-1770 mentioned. 


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SCP-1771: Seasonal House 


Item #: SCP-1771 
Object Class: Euclid