[SCP-1788-1-863 stops attempting to break 
restraints.] 


SCP-1788-1-863: You think they're children? 
[SCP-1788-1-863 laughs.] | can't believe we 
came from you. 


Director Mandeville: Explain what you mean 
by that, 863. 


[SCP-1788-1-863 does not speak. Director 
Mandeville activates the shock collar. 


SCP-1788- 1-863 does not visibly react. 
SCP-1788-1-863 laughs.] 


SCP-1788-1-863: That's what | mean. You 
think you can hurt me with that? You're a 
failure, doctor. You don't even know what you 
are. 


Director Mandeville: Would you care to 
elaborate, 863? 


SCP-1788-1-863: You wonder why your 
scientists haven't found any anomalous 
implants in our bodies? Why we have no 
surgical scars? Why our genes are pure, 
unmodified human? Because we are human, 
doctor. 


Director Mandeville: Your X-rays don't look 
very human, 863. 


SCP-1788-1-863: We don't look like you. 
We're not failures. We're not children. 


Director Mandeville: You regard us as 
children? 


SCP-1788-1-863: You still look like children. 
You aren't finished. 


Director Mandeville: What do you— 


SCP-1788-1-863: You're stunted. Incomplete. 
You're like the amphibian that grows up to 
breathe water instead of air. The eggs | 
watched, they must hatch into us. They need 
to be finished. 


Director Mandeville: So you abduct them to 
complete their ... metamorphosis? 


SCP-1788-1-863: We don't need 


companionship. We don't live like you, in 
herds. Each one of us knows what we need to 
do. And each of us is capable of it. 


Director Mandeville: And what do you want 
us to do? 


SCP-1788-1-863: Grow up. Or die. 
<End log> 


Footnotes 

1. Notably, they will usuallynotseek employment in a job where they 
would work directly with children. Presumably this is to limit 
suspicion. 

2. More detailed observations are difficult to make, as instances 
refuse to take standardized exams, become aggressive and 
uncooperative when forced to answer questions, or are otherwise 
unwilling or unable to comply with tests. 

3. This behavior is similar to that of apex predators. 

4. Note that theiractualweight is often closer to two hundred and fifty 
(250) kilograms, due to higher muscle and bone density. 

5. Logs of this incident have not been fully cleared. In summary, a 
team of agents were able to lure an SCP-1788-1 instance into the 
range of a sniper, who was able to destroy most of the instance's 
head, including the entirety of the "main brain,” with several shots 
from a high-caliber rifle. However, the instance still displayed full 
mobility and partial lethality, disabling two agents, one fatally, at 
close range. It is unknown how the instance was still able to sense 
the agents with most of its primary sense organs destroyed; 
research is ongoing. 


« SCP-1787 | SCP-1788 | SCP-1789 » 


SCP-1789: Irate Finger 


Item #: SCP-1789 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1789 is contained in 
Storage Chamber 34, located in Site 17. Storage Chamber 34 is to 
be equipped with audio and video monitoring devices. SCP-1789 is 
to be suspended via harness above a collection trough at all times. 
Collected samples of SCP-1789-1 are to be disposed of within three 
hours as a biohazard, unless samples are required for testing 
purposes. 


Any personnel found to be engaging in unauthorized communication 
with SCP-1789 are to be given a formal reprimand. Any personnel 
found to be attempting to carry out one of SCP-1789’s commands 
are to be terminated. All changes in SCP-1789-1's flow rate are to 
be monitored and recorded. 


SCP-1789 is to be subject to regularly scheduled interrogation. 
Mentions of the “Cradle for the Kings” are to be immediately 
forwarded to the overseeing Level 4 researcher. 


Description: SCP-1789 is an enlarged humanoid finger, 
approximately one meter long and severed at the base. It is sapient 
and capable of telepathic communication. In interviews, SCP-1789 
has demonstrated megalomania and a general hostility towards 
Foundation personnel. It is capable, through unknown means, of 
movement but not locomotion, and convulses rapidly when agitated. 


SCP-1789-1 is a golden liquid of unidentified composition 
hemorrhaged from SCP-1789 at a variable rate. The current flow 
rate is approximately one liter every thirteen days. Chemical 
analysis of SCP-1789-1 remains non-conclusive. 


SCP-1789-1 is a powerful hallucinogen. It is not addictive and has 


no side-effects. Upon consumption, users begin to experience 
hallucinations which often include the empowerment of the user, 
approval from the user’s peers, and success in all undertakings. 


When SCP-1789 communicates, any demands it makes have 
anomalous compulsory properties. This compulsion is weak and can 
be resisted with extremely minor concentration. Common demands 
include: 


* the furnishing of ceremonial incense inside its containment 
chamber. 


the provision of a trough, with measurements of two by two 
cubits (approximately one by one meters), filled with the blood 
of cattle. 


the provision of a ceremonial piece of gold jewelry to decorate 
its fingernail. 


the provision of ceremonial rings of varying composition, 
usually the spinal vertebrae or rib cages of household 
animals, to decorate it. 


to be bathed in a mixture of sea salt and SCP-1789-1. 


to be transported to a non-specific location, described as a 
“Cradle for the Kings". SCP-1789 expressed the desire to be 
reunited with what it described as “the multitudes of flesh 
ascendant, where the scattered remains of the King shall once 
again establish their domain over the beasts of this Earth.” 
The initial hypothesis that SCP-1789 was referring to the 
Valley of the Kings in Egypt was disproven when a covert 
Foundation archeological expedition to the region found no 
anomalous activity. However, due to the size of the target 
area and the ambiguity of SCP-1789's statements, it has been 
deemed impossible to determine the veracity of SCP-1789's 
claims. Furthermore, the same archaeological team 
discovered [DATA EXPUNGED] with outstretched finger 
[DATA EXPUNGED] near the original dig site. All of 
SCP-1789’s statements regarding the “Cradle for the Kings” 
have been recorded in Document-1789-19c (Level 4 


Clearance required to access.) 


Of particular note is that SCP-1789’s demands commonly 
necessitate the slaughter of various domesticated animals. 


While the compulsory properties of SCP-1789’s demands are 
ordinarily extremely weak, consuming SCP-1789-1 drastically 
increases the potency of the compulsions. After consuming a 
cumulative volume of approximately six liters of SCP-1789-1, the 
consumer’s autonomy becomes irreparably compromised when 
subjected to SCP-1789’s demands. 


Addendum-1789-A: SCP-1789 was initially retrieved on / /2012, 
from the residence of in , - Local law enforcement had 
been investigating an abnormal increase in missing dog reports. 
After tracing the disappearances to __, police presumably 
discovered SCP-1789 and brought into their custody. The 
situation came to the Foundation’s attention during a regular radio 
scan of North American law enforcement. All involved police 
personnel were given Class A Amnestics. After interrogation, 

was given a Class A Amnestic and subsequently entered 
Foundation employment as a D Class personnel. 


SCP-1789 was foundin  ’s basement. SCP-1789-1’s flow rate 
was measured at approximately one liter per twelve hours. The 
remains of several domesticated dogs were found scattered 
throughout the basement (pictures and after-action reports can be 
found in Document-1789-2b). The dogs’ bones had been first 
splintered with a butcher knife, and then strung together with twine 
to form a crude ring, which was found decorating SCP-1789. 
SCP-1789 was resting on the minimally-decayed body of one of the 
slaughtered dogs. 


After SCP-1789 was contained in Foundation custody, the flow rate 
of SCP-1789-1 dramatically decreased, and SCP-1789 began to 
undergo superficial necrosis. The remains foundin ’s basement 
have not displayed any anomalous properties. The O5 council has 
elected not to reintroduce the remains recovered from _'s 
basement or any previously constructed ornaments to SCP-1789’s 
environment. 


« SCP-1788 | SCP-1789 | SCP-1790 » 


SCP-1790: Layla 


Item #: SCP-1790 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1790 is to be housed in 
isolation in a modified standard humanoid containment cell. 
SCP-1790 is to be blindfolded at all times, and fitted with vocal 
restraints whenever it is outside its cell, except for testing or as 
medically necessary; staff are to make no attempt to directly 
communicate with SCP-1790 except for the issuance of orders and 
directions. SCP-1790 is to be monitored at all times for any attempt 
to injure or kill itself and any attempt is to be responded to with 
prompt and comprehensive medical attention. Any communication 
with SCP-1790 is to be conducted via an asynchronous text-based 
medium and all communications from SCP-1790 are to be reviewed 
simultaneously by at least three staff members possessing Level 4 
clearance. All personnel responsible for handling of SCP-1790 are 
to be screened regularly for indications of SCP-1790 influence and 
are to be reassigned as necessary. 


If and when SCP-1790 dies, the Foundation is to canvas all 
hospitals and licensed midwives within a 500 km radius of the 
location where death occurred and identify all persons born within 
one hour before or after declared time of death. All persons so 
identified are to be covertly monitored until such time as the new 
instance of SCP-1790 can be identified, at which time it is to be 
taken into custody immediately and contained as per the above 
paragraph. 


In the event that any monitored individual dies of self-inflicted or 
violent injuries before SCP-1790 can be identified, a secondary 
canvas and identification of potential subjects is to be made. In the 
event that SCP-1790's death occurs in a region where the identities 
and locations of newborn infants cannot be accurately compiled, or 
when the number of potential subjects exceeds the Foundation's 


ability to track, Procedure Antipas may be enacted at O5 discretion. 


Description: SCP-1790 is an accumulation of human memories and 
an associated personality, capable of preserving its existence after 
death by transmitting itself into the mind of a newborn infant. 
SCP-1790 currently inhabits the body of a Hispanic female, 33 years 
of age. SCP-1790's current state is the seventh instance that has 
been identified to date; in interviews, it has claimed to have existed 
as atleast distinct individuals since its first incarnation in 
[REDACTED]. Interviews and testing have determined that all 
instances of SCP-1790 possess full recall of the known memories of 
each prior instance and share similar personality traits. 


The means by which SCP-1790 transmits to a new instance at the 
time of death is unknown; all attempts to block transmission have 
failed to date. Transmission of consciousness appears to occur at 
the time when brain activity ceases in the current instance, and is 
not prevented by keeping the instance clinically alive after brain 
death. In all documented transmissions, the new instance has been 
identified as a person with a documented time of birth less than one 
hour after the assumed time of brain death, born within a 500 km 
radius of the location where the previous instance died. SCP-1790 
has shown no preference for infants of any specific gender or 
ethnicity. 


All instances of SCP-1790 have been noted to possess a high 
degree of natural charisma and rhetorical skill, and have been 
demonstrated to be highly capable of convincing others to follow 
their instructions. SCP-1790 has demonstrated an expert ability to 
"cold-read" individuals within seconds of beginning a conversation, 
and determine how to converse with that individual in order to 
coerce their agreement. No indication of a memetic or hypnotic 
effect has been associated with this ability; persons interacting with 
SCP-1790 have reported no compulsion or involuntary urge to obey 
or agree with SCP-1790, except in that they find its rhetoric highly 
convincing. SCP-1790's persuasive abilities are maximized when it 
is able to converse with another person face-to-face; covering 
SCP-1790's eyes, removing the second party from its physical 
presence, or conducting a conversation in writing rather than 
verbally inhibit its ability to read and persuade other persons. 


In all instances where SCP-1790 has remained outside containment 
for a significant period of time, it has taken advantage of its 
charismatic abilities to establish itself as the leader of an insular and 
self-contained religious movement, whether by establishing one 
itself or assuming leadership of an existing group. Once in a position 
of leadership, SCP-1790 will induce the evolution of rites within the 
sect idolizing mass murder and ritualized human sacrifice, and will, if 
not taken into containment, eventually organize and carry out a 
large-scale covert campaign of ritualized murders targeted against 
the general population within its area of influence. This campaign 
will continue until SCP-1790 is either killed or apprehended, the sect 
collapses due to the arrest or death of its members, or the locale in 
which the sect operates has been depopulated, at which point 
SCP-1790 will abandon the sect and establish a new movement 
elsewhere. In all documented instances of SCP-1790 related 
campaigns, pregnant women and children under the age of 8, as 
well as members of associated sects themselves, have been 
excluded from those individuals targeted. 


SCP-1790 was first identified in 1868, when , the ringleader 
of a group of Thuggee cultists operating in the area of Rajmahal, 
India, was apprehended by British authorities and sentenced to 
death. Prior to execution, claimed to be the reincarnation of 

, a Thuggee leader who had been executed during the 
first wave of British anti-Thuggee activities in 1832. 's comments 
were dismissed at the time. In 1893, 22 years after British authorities 
in India had declared the Thuggee movement extinct, a new 
Thuggee cell was found to be operating near Delhi, lead by : 
who similarly claimed to be the reincarnation of and 
was transported to Great Britain and placed in custody there until his 
death of natural causes in 1899. In 1916, a string of murders in 
London with a methodology similar to that used by the Thuggee was 
traced to an Irish-born woman, , who told police upon 
apprehension that "| have lived a thousand years and will return and 
kill again and again until | kill my Majnun, and he rises anew from 
the slaughter"; after the connection was discovered between and 
the previous subjects, she was surrendered into Foundation 
custody. 


The name "Majnun" referenced by SCP-1790 has been identified by 


Foundation historians as referring to Qays ibn al-Mulawwah, a figure 
from Persian folklore who was involved in a forbidden romance with 
Layla, the daughter of a man who refused to allow their marriage. 
The degree to which SCP-1790 identifies with this figure has not 
been determined. 


Memo from Dr. Samesh: | am concerned that SCP-1790 is getting 
better at hiding itself from us each time it is reborn. We did not 
apprehend its most recent form until it was nearly 30 years old and 
had killed several dozen people. SCP-1790 has had nearly a 
century to learn the way the Foundation operates and what we look 
for when it reincarnates, and its natural charisma goes a long way 
towards stopping its parents and family suspecting that anything is 
amiss. | recommend that we relocate SCP-1790 to a more isolated 
region and establish a more severe revision of Procedure Antipas so 
that future instances can be identified in their infancy.