Notes: Axon Industries brand light emitting 
diode (LED). Luxlosidae minor is the smallest 
discovered species of SCP-3184, however 
they have been observed to reproduce more 
efficiently than other species. This is theorised 
to be due to lower energy usage in production 
of bioluminescent material. When placed into 
functional electrical circuits, Luxlosidae minor 
individuals rupture and explode in a similar 
manner observed when normal LEDs have a 
current passed through them that exceeds 
their ampere limit. 


Addendum 3184-A: SCP-3184 came to Foundation attention when 
local news reports of a primary school classroom in , United 
Kingdom claimed that a light fixture had begun to wilt and rot. 
Foundation personnel were dispatched to investigate and 
discovered a dying instance of Lux/osidae scola. A cover story was 
perpetuated that a chemical had leaked in the ceiling above the light 
fixture, leading to its corrosion. The local parish later started a 
successful frundraising effort to refurbish the school after the news 
of a chemical leak. In the process of refurbishment, an embedded 
Foundation agent within the community discovered 6 more 
individuals of Luxlosidae scola. 


Addendum 3184-B: Modification to Standard Flora Maintenance 
3184 has been put in place due to two separate incidents on / / 
Dr injured herself while tending to an individual of Luxlosidae 
fetor when an electrical surge exceeding — volts arced from the 
individualto Dr __, causing moderate electrical burns on her right 
forearm. Intriguingly, other individuals appeared to surge 
immediately after the initial surge. Tests into possible SCP-3184 
communication methods is currently under approval. 


Onthe same day as Dr _ 'saccident,aDr _ was injured by an 
individual of Lux/osidae scola. While removing insect husks from the 
individual, it began to excrete large amounts of digestive enzymes 
that it would have otherwise used for digesting insects. The 
digestive enzymes formed a fine film around Dr _'s right hand, 
causing moderate chemical burns. 


As a result of these two incidents, Standard Flora Maintenance is 
divided into A and B sections, with A being for docile individuals and 
B being for hazardous individuals. Investigations into SCP-3184 
intelligence are currently under approval. 


Addendum 3184-C: An investigation into Botanilite Labs! 
underwent upon discovery of Luxlosidae scaphi. Through analysis of 
the paper and adhesive on branding labels found within Luxlosidae 
scaphi, the investigation team was able to trace production of the 
labels to a printing company in , United States. Foundation 
agents searched the premises of the printing company under the 
guise of police investigating tax fraud to search for any evidence of 
dealings with Botanilite Labs!. Though no evidence of any dealings 


were found, scraps of a résumé pertaining to one Brandon Brokovic 
were found to have Botanilite Labs! listed as previous work 
experience, along with a phone number for the group. Tracing of the 
phone number led the investigation team to a small house in rural 

, United States. Upon arrival the house was seen to be 
uninhabited. The interior of the house was mostly devoid of furniture 
and infrastructure was heavily damaged due to extensive infestation 
of perished SCP-3184 individuals. A thorough search of the house 
was conducted, and several documents were discovered in a 
damaged microwave. Many of the documents were comprised of 
genetic analysis data and incoherent scientific abstracts, however 
one document was found to be a letter to an individual named 
from a sender that is believed to be Brokovic. The letter is as 
follows: 


Hey , 


Just wanted to let you know that I'm going to need to 
head out of here soon and find someplace else to hunker 
down. It just got a bit out of hand. 


Hope to see you again soon so we can get back to work. 
Send my love to the kids. | hope they like the nightlight. 


B 


Asof //_ , the investigation is ongoing. 


SCP-3185: The Public Domain Protection Service 


Item #: SCP-3185 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Under Containment Protocol 
89B (“NOFREEBOOKS’), Foundation agents embedded in the 
United States Postal Service are currently managing all major USPS 
branch offices in Los Angeles, Ventura, and Orange County, 
California. Any mail directed to salaried individuals employed with 
the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the 
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), as well as any mail 
sent to CEOs or members of the Board of Directors of any major 
American film company in Southern California are to be screened by 
Foundation agents. Any mail associated with SCP-3185 is to be 
removed from and confiscated for study. 


At the discretion of the Region 02C (Southwest/Southern California) 
Director, a small number of SCP-3185 instances may be delivered 
and monitored for control tests. 


Description: SCP-3185 is a phenomenon associated with a group 
or entity known as the “Public Domain Protection Service”. 
SCP-3185 takes the form of a business letter addressed to an 
individual currently living in Southern California and employed by 
one of the organizations listed in the containment procedures in the 
affected job positions. The letter (which lacks a return address) 
briefly criticizes the addressee for their associations with their 
current employer before stating that they have been “drafted” on 
behalf of the Public Domain. A letter can be opened by anybody; 
however, the countdown to its primary effect does not begin until the 
addressee has read the letter and understands the contents of it 
(see Supplemental Log 3185/A for detailed SCP-3185 activation 
requirement parameters). 


Sample SCP-3185 Instance 


Upon comprehension of the letter, SCP-3185’s primary effect 
begins. Twelve hours after reading it, the subject will 
instantaneously vanish from their current location and apparently 
find themselves transported back in time to New Years’ Day of the 
following year that the book in their “assignment” was published 
(e.g. for a 1921 mission, the subject finds themselves transported to 
1 Jan 1922). Subjects find themselves wearing period-appropriate 
clothing, but without any contemporary currency or identifying 
information. 


No discernible pattern has been found in book topic, but time period 
transportation follows a “cutoff” rule: subjects have been transported 
as far back as 1876, but in no instance has any subject been 
transported to any period beyond 1 Jan 1923. It is theorized by 
SCP-3185 researchers that this cutoff date is linked to United States 
copyright law, as all works published prior to 1923 are in the public 
domain in the United States as of 2018. The location that the subject 
is transported to is identical to the city in which the assigned edition 
was published (as such, New York City is the most common 
SCP-3185 affect location). 


The subject has twenty-four hours local time to retrieve the book 
using a legal method: books cannot be stolen from stores or people 
in the time period, or the mission is considered a failure. As subjects 
possess no currency upon their transportation, they must find a way 
to legally gain enough money to purchase the book within a single 
day. Once the subject retrieves the book, they will vanish and 
reappear in the present. After this, they are obligated to send the 
book to the literary preservation foundation mentioned in the letter; 
currently, the most common foundation assigned for delivery is 
Project Gutenberg. Once the book has been delivered, SCP-3185's 
anomalous properties cease; no recorded subject has been affected 
by more than one instance. 


If the subject fails to retrieve their book within twenty-four hours, 
steals or damages the book, or fails to send it to the literary 
foundation mentioned within forty-eight hours, they will disappear 
and cannot be recovered. 


Addendum 3185.A: On 1 Jan 2019, all works published in 1923 will 
enter the public domain in the United States, and annual copyright 


expiry for 1923-1977 works will continue until 2073. Researchers are 
currently working with the hypothesis that SCP-3185’s “cutoff” date 
will continue to advance with the public domain and transport 
subjects beyond 1923; this document is expected to be updated 
once a subject has experienced a 1924 transfer. 


Addendum 3185.B: On 14 Oct 2004, an instance of SCP-3185 was 
recovered by Foundation agents addressed to Jack Valenti 
(1921-2007), the creator of the MPAA rating system and a noted 
pro-copyright lobbyist. The letter was fifty-seven pages long and 
noticeably more detailed than a normal 3185 instance: 


¢ The first ten pages of the letter are devoted to attacking 
Valenti’s career and moral character, calling him “The greatest 
ANTI-PUBLIC threat in American history.” 

Valenti is drafted for a 1922 “CULTURE-class’ retrieval 
mission, and a duration of six months for the mission is given 
in the letter. 

Valenti is tasked with retrieving at least a hundred books and 
silent films from the period, and unlike other 3185 subjects, it 
is stated he will be given a starting salary and an apartment in 
his name. 

The letter frequently emphasizes that he will be monitored and 
that he will be “held to a higher standard than normal ANTI- 
PUBLIC draftees given [his] history.” 


The letter was never received, and was removed from postal 
circulation for study as per the containment procedures. Valenti is 
not known to have received any other SCP-3185 instances before 
his death in 2007. 


SCP-3186: These Words Of Ours, Written So Deftly 
Across The Sky 


Item #: SCP-3186 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3186 is to be contained 
behind a perimeter of two meter tall electrical fencing and kept under 
guard by two covert security personnel at all times. Any individuals 
attempting to gain access to SCP-3186 are to be interviewed and 
administered amnestics as is appropriate for their level of exposure. 


Description: SCP-3186 is an area, referred to by locals as 'Roger's 
Hill’, located on the outskirts of Tursley, Massachusetts. Prior to its 
development of anomalous properties, SCP-3186 was used by local 
teenagers as a location for romantic socialization. 


When an individual is within SCP-3186 and looks up at the night 
sky, they will perceive the stars as moving to spell out a sequence of 
messages. There are nine messages in total, and the stars will 
move through this sequence on a loop until the viewer leaves 
SCP-3186. Note that this phenomenon is purely visual in nature, 
and no actual alteration of the stars is taking place. 


Analysis of SCP-3186 suggests the use of thaumaturgy was 
involved in its creation using techniques described in several occult 
texts known to currently be in circulation. 


Addendum 3186-1 (Message Sequence): 
HI BECKY 
ME + YOU FOREVER 
WILL YOU GO TO THE PROM WITH ME? 


COMPLETE MESSAGE 
MESSAGE COMPLETE 
CANCEL 

CANCEL MESSAGE 
PLEASE CANCEL MESSAGE 
FUCK 


random. Thoughts about the subject are most common. 
Subjects rarely realise that the heard vocalisations are not 
spoken. 


Secondary stage: 7-10 days after exposure. Subject now 
hears all conscious thoughts of nearby individuals. Subject will 
become aware of their telepathic nature. In some subjects, 
thought projection is first observed here. Subject will usually 
complain of ear ache and express a desire for silence. Sleep 
patterns typically become disrupted due to perceived noise 
levels. 


Escalation stage: 10-14 days after exposure. Over this period 
the range of the subject's abilities increases, typically to about 
200 m but occasionally far further. In a few rare cases where 
the subject has pre-existing telepathic capacity (as measured 
on the Mechevik-Luntan scale) range has been shown to grow 
exponentially out to several kilometres, leading to the early 
onset of Terminal Stage. Subject hears all conscious thoughts 
of humans within this range, as loudly as if the individuals 
where speaking directly in the subject's ear. The first suicide 
attempts typically occur at this point as a result of sleep 
deprivation and perceived noise levels. Subject also begin to 
uncontrollably project their thoughts to nearby individuals. MRI 
scans taken at this stage indicate several significant 
deformities in the audio cortex. 


Plateau stage: 14-28 days after exposure. No noticeable 
change in symptoms is evident at first, although many 
subjects begin to detect unconscious thoughts towards the 
end of this phase, including autonomic responses and reflex 
actions. Subjects typically exhibit a wide range of dementias 
such as [REDACTED] consistent with sensory over- 
stimulation and sleep deprivation by this stage and most ( %) 
attempt suicide, often frequently and with increasing levels of 
creativity and desperation. Restrained subjects will typically 
beg for termination or other extreme measures. One Agent at 
this stage requested being used to examine SCP-_, normally 
reserved for D class personnel. To date all subjects have 
been observed to attempt to deafen themselves if able, most 


SCP-3187: Honu 


Item #: SCP-3187 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Containment of SCP-3187 is 
primarily focused on suppressing public knowledge of it. Foundation 
satellites are to scan the Pacific Ocean for the appearance of new 
island-like bodies in unexpected locations and are to log these 
occurrences as potential SCP-3187 sightings. If the sighting is 
confirmed by surveillance drone, all non-Foundation satellite images 
of the sighting are to be digitally altered to remove evidence of 
SCP-3187. Furthermore, Foundation nautical vessels are to be 
deployed to form a 10-kilometer perimeter surrounding SCP-3187 
and prevent unauthorized entry. 


Description: SCP-3187 is an anomalously large sea turtle, 
belonging to the Cheloniidae family and genetically similar to the 
green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas). While SCP-3187 is proportioned 
normally, its body covers an area of approximately 500,000 m2. 
Although the amount of sea grass and algae it consumes is large 
(approximately 8000 kg/day), it is not sufficient to non-anomalously 
sustain an organism of its size and it is unknown if it requires this 
diet to survive. Furthermore, it has been observed to remain 
underwater for months at a time, suggesting that it may not require 
oxygen. Its shell is covered in trees, grass, and moss. While this 
vegetation undergoes a normal life cycle, it is not damaged when 
SCP-3187 is submerged. 


SCP-3187’s habitat covers the majority of the Pacific Ocean. 
Historical records recovered by Foundation anthropologists indicate 
that its age is, at minimum, 1578 years, and that other members of 
its species also existed, although SCP-3187 is believed to be the 
only extant member today. Prior to the 18th century, most societies 
in Oceania and on the Pacific coasts of the Americas and Asia knew 
of SCP-3187. The efforts of European paranormal organizations, 


including Foundation precursors, to create and maintain consensus 
reality and a lack of SCP-3187 sightings led to its disappearance 
from cultural memory.