due to vibrating of the eyes, however the resonance 
emitted by Zone-622 is incapable of cause any physical 
damage to sensory organs. 


Tracing of the sound leads to the epicentre of Zone-622, 
suggesting that the alleged object UTE-9839 situated at 
the centre of Zone-622 is the source. Investigation 
pending. 


END OF EXTRACT 


The exact purpose of this perception-alteration influence is 
unknown. As the zone expands, it is noted that the time until total 
desensitisation delays. Measurements have concluded that the 
relationship between these two factors maintain so that time until 
total desensitisation is equal to the time it takes to reach the centre 
of Zone-622. Early hypothesis suggests that the perception- 
alteration influence has two theorised purposes: to prevent human 
interaction with or understanding of an object (UTE-9839) within the 
epicentre of Zone-622, or remove human influence from the area. 


Rules of Engagement: 


UTE-9839 is interminable due to our lack of whereabouts or 
understanding of the object. If the exact nature of UTE-9839 is 
determined, further means of liquidation may be approved. 
Research efforts are currently underway; the proposal of co- 
operation with the SCP Foundation is currently pending review. 


History 


Zone-622 was originally discovered by Romanian Police in 2012, but 
began rapid expansion in early 2017. On March 4th, Zone-622 
expanded unknowingly into the rural town of Neagra. Reaction from 
the authorities was slow and hindered, despite previous knowledge 
of the existence of Zone-622 for many years in the nearby wildlife 
reserves (notably Calimani National Park), existing in folklore but 
mostly nameless in the public domain. 


described in this narrative (such as the confinement in Willoughby 
Sanitorium’ and the meeting with Findlay) did in fact occur and were 
never documented by official biographers, while others (the murder 
trial, and claims of contracting a case of malaria) have proven 
demonstrably false. The veracity of much of the narrative, however, 
is impossible to confirm or deny at this time. 


Notes: Following a long period of inactivity, the coded text 
comprising this section of narrative began manifesting in 1975, and 
continued appearing until concluding in 1982. 


Pages 657-678 


Summary: This portion of SCP-986 (titled "What's to be Done?" in 
accordance with the first line of text transmitted) is a dialogue 
between two (possibly three) nameless characters. 


Synopsis: Two unnamed characters speak to each other for an 
extended period. The dialogue follows a pattern, wherein the first 
character will posit a question or statement, followed by the phrase 
"what's to be done?". The second character will offer a nonsensical 
solution, followed by the first character asking another question. 


EXCERPT OF SCP-986 PAGE 661 


"How would you go about convincing a friend that they 
need to take care of themselves too? What's to be 
done?" 


"Line his pockets with quarters. Make all times feel like 
the second time." 


"Aunt Marta wrote me a letter today. What's to be done?" 
"Wait." 


From Page 669 onward, the second character will always answer 
the first character by suggesting an act of self-harm, e.g. self- 
mutilation, a humiliating action, or some form of suicide. A possible 
interpretation of this development is that the second character has 
been replaced by a different speaker. 


ROMANIA POLICE SERVICE 
SENDER: (TEL: - - 
RECIPIENT: INSPECTOR GENERAL 


REPORT CONCERNING THE SITUATION WITHIN NEAGRA. 
(7/3/18) 


Neagra has been isolated for 3 days. Many of the 
residents who have not exited through coincidence are 
now unknowingly dying from dehydration. They cannot 
communicate with us. Rises in the local bear population 
are suggested to be due to the abundance of a human 
food source. The birds are eating them as they stand. 


The Foundation is nonetheless closer to finding it's so- 
called 'blackbox' which they claim will supply the answer 
to all of this. Meanwhile evacuation is occurring but not at 
a sufficient speed. We do not have a large enough 
workforce to undertake this operation. | am requesting 
more assistance for the evacuation process. We lost 
several teams who entered the town of Neagra before we 
were made aware of its indescribable effects. We current 
understand that while within the zone we are operating 
within a narrow timespace, suggested by the GOC to last 
2 hours before all primary senses are lost. This means 
each man can withstand 2 hours within Neagra before 
we need a replacement. Volunteers are hardly abundant. 
Please, send more personnel. The people in there are 
being eaten as we speak. 


Evacuation of Neagra was ceased on 9/12/18 (5 days after the 
alienation of Neagra) after reports confirmed that 70% of residents 
were deceased. The highest cause of death was due to mauling, 


presumably from bears or other animals from the local area. 


TRANSCRIPT COMPILATION 


FOCUS: UTE-9839 


[8/3/18] (00:00 - 58:38) 


Recording Transcript of GOC Intervention Expedition Into 
Zone-622. 


Involved: 93320001/431 (Pvt. Lewis Kolawski), 
76760225/431 (Pvt. Franko Ardinez), 01065219/431 
(Cpt. Alfred ‘Alfie’ Anderson) 


[Start: (00:00)] 


Anderson (00:00) "Yeah- area is dead. Most of the 
bodies... still in early putrefaction." 


Ardinez (00:06) "You see anyone alive?" 


Kolawski (00:10) "There were some still left in the forest. 
Shuffling into the trees and waving their arms around. | 
don't know why. It's not like they can feel them or 
anything." 


Anderson (00:18) "You saw some of them still alive?" 
Kolawski (00:21) "Yeah, the forest is full of them." 


Ardinez (00:24) "Shouldn't- [pause] shouldn't we be 
evacuating them?" 


Anderson (00:29) "Not our mission, Ardinez. | don't want 
to touch them either, if I'm honest with you." 


Kolawski (00:33) "[Pause] ...why are they still alive in 
the forest?" 


Anderson (00:36) "Waiting for dehydration to kill them? 
Or the bears. Exposure killed the ones on the streets. 
The trees must've offered some protection. Still, dead or 
alive, it's not a life worth living.” 


[break]. 


Kolawski (25:42) "-mauling, his arm. His wristwatch. 
Parts of... [pause] yeah parts of his hair and scalp inside 
the stomach. | reckon the body is nearby." 


Anderson (25:50) "Where is he?" 


Kolawski (26:01) "[Incoherent] -over here. Reporting to 
confirm the finding of Paule Aldulescu's body. | haven't 
got a certification in forensics, but we can't perform a 
necropsy on this." 


Anderson (26:12) "Does he have a recording device? 
Anything to suggest he found the blackbox?" 


Kolawski (26:16) "[Pause] -no sir." 
Anderson (26:32) "State?" 

Kolawski (26:34) "Sir?" 

Anderson (26:35) "What state is he in?" 


Kolawski (26:38) "Most of his clothes are missing, along 
with his... [pause] ...cause of death, probably crushing of 
the skull. He's dead, sir. That's the most important-" 


Ardinez (26:47) "Man, this is disgusting. Should we be 
filming this?" 


Anderson (26:50) "Look out for any more. Collect 
anything you find of the body. Check the stomachs of any 
grizzlies you find." 


Ardinez (26:59) "He's dead, alright? Why the hell are we 
piecing his body back together [incoherent] -jigsaw. He 


wasn't carry a recorder. He didn't find the blackbox. We 
shouldn't be-" 


[break]. 
Anderson (44:44) "How long until we scuttle?" 
Ardinez (44:47) "15 minutes. Maybe less than-" 
Kolawski (44:50) "Hey, you see that?" 
Anderson (44:55) "Christ, he's still alive." 

[break]. 
Anderson (48:01) "Stop- Lewis put the rifle down!" 


Kolawski (48:05) "You said it yourself! It's not a life worth 
living!" 


Ardinez (48:10) "So you're going to kill all the survivors?" 


Kolawski (48:13) "They're not survivors, Frank. They're 
dead already. Are you just going to leave them?" 


Ardinez (48:17) "He was saying something." 


Anderson (48:20) "Lewis, he knows where the blackbox 
is. He saw it. He saw it, you heard him. He was talking 
about a gavel.” 


Kolawski (48:26) "A gavel? You're telling me he's been 
muttering this whole time, just waiting for someone to 
hear him? Bullshit." 


Anderson (48:30) "Lewis put your rifle down!" 

Kolawski (48:33) "I didn't hear him speak! He didn't hear 
himself! How the hell could he speak? How the hell could 
he-" 


[break]. 


Ardinez (57:00) "We've lost him. I- [pause]. | can't see 
anymore." 


Anderson (57:05) "Yeah. Shit- how did this turn itself-" 
[break]. 

Ardinez (58:14) "Slow down. We need to turn back." 

Anderson (58:14) "[Unresponsive.]" 

Ardinez (58:22) "Alfie, slow down." 

Anderson (58:22) "[Unresponsive.]" 

Ardinez (58:29) "Alfie come back- where the fuck-" 

Anderson (58:32) "Frank? Frank!" 

Ardinez (58:34) "I'm here. | can't see you." 

Anderson (58:37) "Frank!" 


Ardinez (58:38) "Can you hear me? [Pause]. Alfie! 
[Pause]. Alfie can you hear me?!" 


[END 58:38] 


Assessment-Division- were recovered alive from 
Zone-622 by supporting teams, however had suffered 
severe sensory loss and entire desensitisation. The 
recording device offers insight into the situation within 
Zone-622, but is inaccurate regarding the current 
situation following the death of the last official resident of 
Neagra. 


Following failed attempts to enter Zone-622 and locate UTE-9839 by 
joint effort of the Foundation and GOC, Cl intervention was 
inevitable. Due to the involvement of multiple dangerous factions, 


attempted neutralisation of UTE-9839 was performed. 


Quartermasters Division-AOD : #4 — 
[10-05-18]/[29-05-18] 


item Designatio Titie Qty 
1 +1Gen-NAPE Incendiary 3 
Device 
(Napalm 
Bomb) 
Notes: Used 
as an 


alternative to 
explosives to 
prevent 
significant 
disturbance 
and altering of 
the public to 
the existence 
of Zone-622. 
Device burnt 
sections of 
woodland 
outside of 
Zone-622 and 
required 
efforts to 
control, 
however it 
appears that 
the fire did not 
spread within 
Zone-622 as 
observed 
through 
smoke 


tracking. 

Results are 

pending 

review 

whether 

UTE-9839 

was 

successfully 

destroyed 

there has 

been no 

movement of 

Zone-622, 

suggesting 

that the cause 

stil/ remains] 

2 +1Gen- BLU-82B/ 1 

BLU82 C-130 "Daisy 

Cutter" 

Notes: 

Levelling & 

clearance 

explosive. 

Device failed 

to detonate 

once inside 

Zone-622. 

Currently Out 

Of Stock, 

suggest using 

a similar 

device. 

3 +1Gen-MOABGBU-43/B 1 
Massive 
Ordnance Air 
Blast (MOAB) 

Notes: 

Employed for 

frequent use 

against Large 


Scale 
Aggressors 
(LSAs). 
Explosive 
device also 
failed to 
detonate, and 
appeared to 
land in a river 
inside the 
zone and was 
carried 
downstream. 
The device 
was 
recovered 
and 
examined. It 
appears the 
timer on the 
detonator had 
been reset 
immediately 
upon entry of 
Zone-622, 
causing the 
device to 
detonate 
approximately 
30 minutes 
after exit from 
Zone-622 
[REMOVED]. 
Conclusions 
suggest 
Zone-622 
may bea 
protective 
barrier 
against 


human 

intervention 

4 +1Gen0-1MTW-Megaton 
tactical 
warheads 
(Grandma's 
List and 
Safety Pin) 

Notes: 

Warhead 

dropped on 

UTE-9839 to 

no effect. The 

device was 

recovered 

partially- 

defused, as 

the 

connection 

between the 

fission 

projectiles 

failed to 

provoke a 

reaction. 

Reasons 

unexplained. 

The device 

was 

disassembled 

and returned 

safely to 

storage. It is 

concluded 

that 

UTE-9839 

cannot be 

influenced 

through 

external 


devices. 
Current 
understanding 
of UTE-9839 
prevents us 
from taking 
appropriate 
action. 
Recommend 
contacting 
external 
sources for 
assistance on 
this matter. 


The Foundation was unsupportive of both nuclear tests, indicating 
that removal of UTE-9839 may hinder further access to Zone-622. 
Events have recently escalated, and the Foundation has temporarily 
discontinued cooperation with the GOC. It is expected that due the 
breaking of this alliance the Cl may attempt to intervene with the 
Romanian Government. To prevent further harmful interference, 
additional nuclear tests are awaiting deployment. Diplomatic efforts 
to lower hostilities from the SCP Foundation and Romanian 
Government are underway. 


EVENTS IN PROGRESS 


Notes: "What's to be Done?" was transmitted by SCP-986 from 
1982 to 1984. It is the first example of text transmitted by SCP-986 
that conclusively does not match Faulkner's writing style. 
Cryptanalysts currently analyzing this section for evidence of 
additional ciphers. 


Pages 679-798 


Summary: Pages 679-798 represent the current "narrative" being 
transmitted by SCP-986, and consist of an exegesis of the Book of 
Thomas the Contender, a non-canonical document related to the 
biblical New Testament. 


Synopsis: The majority of this section at the present time consists 
of a reproduction of passages from the text of the Book of Thomas, 
followed by lengthy commentary on each passage. The commentary 
offered in SCP-986 has proven difficult to interpret, as it will often be 
written in poetic verse, meaningless sequences of letters resembling 
the original book cipher the text is decoded from, or a dialogue 
between characters resembling those in "What's to be Done?" (the 
Book of Thomas is itself a dialogue for the most part). 


At Page 796, the style of the section abruptly changes, and is 
replaced with sentence fragments, usually consisting of between 1-3 
words. As of 11/02/2010, this has been the modality of SCP-986 
transmissions. 


EXCERPT OF SCP-986 PAGE 796 


"The writer of this passage can't seem to make up his 
mind as to whether the lower self or the higher self is 
speaking. It's possibly related to an inexpert translation, 
a common problem among the early Gnostic scholars. 
What's to be done?" 


"Put it in fourth. The road will be less 
Who. 
These eyes. 


No hands. 


Utter Depravity 


The Utterly Bazaar was a very cliche location for a murder. With its 
foggy haze, cobblestone buildings and spectral flames that vaguely 
resembled gaslights, one could easily imagine Jack the Ripper 
stalking the alleys. 


The still warm body of a freshly eviscerated prostitute made the 
cliche complete. 


Morose and Grindle, a pair of the Utterly Bazaar's guardsmen, 
towered over the body. Their featureless masks made it impossible 
to tell whether they were disgusted or utterly numb to the gruesome 
scene. 


"Girl's a local, isn't she?" Grindle asked, his voice imparted with a 
metallic echo by his mask. 


"Yeah. She worked at the Door Bell'O Bordello. Looks like the 
bastard that gutted her took her uterus," Morose said, kneeling down 
to examine the spilt viscera on the dingy ground. 


“There's your motive. The womb of a whore will fetch a handsome 
price at the Flesh Market. It's all about virgins and whores with those 
animals." 


"Great. So we've got a strung out Bloom junkie desperate enough to 
kill on the loose. But why here of all places? There's no way in or out 
of the Bazaar but the Ways, all of which are guarded twenty-four/ 
seven." Morose rose to his feet, shaking his head. "The Doormen 
swear everyone who got out before the lockdown passed under the 
Aetherscope?" 


"If any of them had just committed murder, it would have gone as 
red as a Tartarean lake. Either the murderer's still here, or they can 
make their own Ways." 


"The Circus can do that, but this isn't their MO. Same for Micky D's. 
No one able to come in and out of here undetected would commit 
such a senseless crime." 


"So what do you want to do? Round everyone up and walk them 
under the Aetherscope?" 


"No. | think | have a way to narrow down the suspects. Let's go 
consult an alchemist." 


Less than an hour later, the rapidly cooling and stiffening body was 
lying on a slab in the morgue with a tarp draped over her. Morose 
and Grindle maintained a vigil over the body, waiting for their special 
guest who might provide them with their first lead.