[D-9226 breaks protocol to comment] Wait, what? That's 
fuckin’ nasty. FALSE 


[D-9226 incinerated. New messenger: D-9227.] 
I'm a good person.4 TRUE 


[D-9227 breaks protocol to comment] Joke's on you, 
jackasses - apparently I'm Mother Teresa! FALSE 


[D-9227 incinerated. New messenger: D-9228.] 
The Liars' Cradle is sometimes incorrect. FALSE 
[D-9228 incinerated. New messenger: D-9229.] 


The Liars' Cradle speaks only infallible empirical truth. 
TRUE 

The Liars' Cradle is hungry. TRUE 

The Liars' Cradle's hunger can never be satiated, no 
matter how full it becomes. TRUE 

The Liars' Cradle would like to incinerate me right now. 
TRUE 

The Liars' Cradle is growing impatient. TRUE 

The Liars' Cradle sees delicious, warm meat on its plate 
and would very much like to be fed. TRUE 

The Liars' Cradle is angry that it is continually denied its 
meat. TRUE 

People meat is delicious. TRUE 

| am delicious. TRUE 


My skin is warm. TRUE 
The crackling of fire upon boiling drips of fat and rapidly 
cauterizing flesh gives the Liars' Cradle pleasure. TRUE 


[D-9229 withdrawn. New messenger: D-9230.] 
The Earth is round. FALSE 


[D-9230 is incinerated in a particularly slow, violent 
fashion. The Site Director believes this to have been 
caused in part by the fact that "earth" could be vaguely 
interpreted as "dirt," but mostly because SCP-2128 does 
not appreciate taunts.] 


Footnotes 

1. Due to the inevitable death caused by EP 37-Sparafucile, D-class 
at Site-403 must be already scheduled for termination, and EP 37- 
Sparafucile is to be considered a method of termination as well as 
an experiment. 

2. Fringe Moloch-worshiping cult, eventually eradicated by the 
Spanish Inquisition. 

3. As shown in illustrations in the Ignis Manuscript, the victim would 
be placed in SCP-2128 for days at a time, forced to constantly talk 
about their lives as hot irons were prodded at their feet at every 
pause. The threat that one false statement could result in immolation 
made for emotional torment as well as physical. 

4. D-9227 was a death row inmate convicted of cannibalism. 


« SCP-2127 | SCP-2128 | SCP-2129 » 


SCP-2129: Hot-Blooded Snake 


Item #: SCP-2129 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2129 is to be kept in its 
dormant state in a specially-designed, vacuum-sealed container with 
walls composed of ten centimeters of Tungsten backed by one 
meter of concrete. The containment chamber requires a self- 
contained oxygen regulation system, in the form of an inert gas fire 
suppression system. The container must be monitored by no less 
than six thermal cameras at all times without exception, and be 
equipped by one loudspeaker allowing communication in Morse. All 
equipment must be encased in five centimeters of blast-resistant 
laminated glass. A ten meters-long corridor must lead to the 
containment chamber, and be designed in the same manner. 


No personnel is allowed to enter SCP-2129's container while it 
hasn't been deoxygenated under any circumstances, and must wear 
sealed bomb suits when doing so. 


In the event of a containment breach, Procedure Perkele-1 is to be 
initiated under the briefest delays. 


+ Procedure Perkele-1 


Near Site has been built a 150 meters-deep well 
reinforced with the same tungsten and Zetix composing 
SCP-2129's container's walls, sealed with a vacuum-tight 
steel door and hidden by the surrounding vegetation: at 
the bottom of this well have been placed approximately 
twenty (20) tons of ANFO. SCP-2129's demeanor will 
push it to fly down the well, as it will be attracted by the 
large quantity of explosives: the well will then be flooded 
with both a set of pumps and Foundation personnel 
trained for the exercise. SCP-2129, once confirmed to be 


neutralized and docile, is to be retrieved from the bottom 
of the well by a team of three staff members specifically 
trained to retrieve SCP-2129 under such circumstances. 


Description: SCP-2129 is an invisible entity manifesting itself by a 
continuous stream of detonations. It possesses the ability to levitate 
and fly in three dimensions, and is able to reach speeds of up to 152 
kilometers per hour. Detonations happen continuously while the 
creature is moving, with a general frequency of two per second. The 
explosions’ energy output has been estimated to be in the 
neighbourhood of 5 gigajoules, or the equivalent of 1.2 tons of TNT. 
It has been theorized that detonating is either its means of energy 
production or a side-effect of it. Likewise, study of the creature's 
flight patterns have shown changes of directions correlated to its 
detonations. 


Thermal cameras show, in the absence of explosions, an oblong, 
serpentine body approximately a meter long, with no other 
discernible characteristics. Experiments to discover more about the 
characteristics entity's physical body are currently being devised. 


SCP-2129 necessitates air to detonate: it will do so continuously 
until it has consumed all the available air, after which it will enter a 
dormant state and only resume activity when more oxygen is 
available. It is unknown what process the creature uses to create the 
detonation, as no trace of any known explosive has ever been found 
to have been emitted by it. The entity appears to be attracted by 
explosives and explosives substances, and displays an ability to 
sense them through hard surfaces by an unknown process. 


SCP-2129 also appears to possess sapience. This is evidenced by 
its ability to modulate the strength and length of the detonations it 
emits to communicate in Portuguese using a rough, sometimes 
inexact version of morse code: it is able to communicate in short 
sentences in this manner, and is able to understand messages 
communicated in the same manner. 


Extended conversations have revealed that SCP-2129 displays a 
generally cooperative but melancholic demeanor, mostly expressing 
frustration concerning its containment and wishes to be released 
and made able to roam freely. 


SCP-2129 was captured on - -20 , following its destruction of the 
coastal town of [REDACTED], Brazil, causing the deaths of 
inhabitants and injuring others. The incident was publicly attributed 
to a terrorist attack by explosives, and efforts to fabricate proof 
corroborating this version of the facts are still ongoing. All known 
survivors have been administered standard Class-3 amnesia 
treatment. The area should be closed-off under the pretense of an 
Ongoing investigation: civilians and possible investigators alike 
should be discouraged from the premises by any means necessary. 


+ Interview Log 


Foreword: This constitutes the seventh 
interview conducted with SCP-2129. Previous 
interviews confirmed SCP-2129's capacity for 
communication, and had permitted Dr. — to 
refine his methods of interview. 


<Begin Log, - -20, 14:23> 


Dr : Good day, SCP-2129. May | have your 
attention? 


SCP-2129: Cold in here. Suffocate. 


Dr :Do you remember the town where we 
captured you? 


SCP-2129: The town. Yes. More oxygen, more 
space. 


Dr_ : We have pictures of you before that. Do 
you remember the military base? 


SCP-2129: Fire, weapons, yes. But not home. 
Dr :"Home"? 
SCP-2129: The navel of fire, mother's womb. 


Dr _ : What is this "mother"? Did it create you? 


White Wine Sauce. Subject prepared the 
Sautéed Scallops from the recipe in SCP-241, 
and when complete, remarked that he did not 
know he could do that. Subject declared that 
the prepared dish smelled “fantastic”, and 
while eating it, declared, “This is the best thing 
I’ve ever eaten!” 


Three minutes after completing the meal, 
subject started showing symptoms of 
anaphylactic shock. Subject was treated with 
emergency doses of epinephrine, but 
treatment was not effective. Subject died from 
anaphylactic shock six minutes afterward (later 
confirmed by autopsy). A subsequent 
examination of SCP-241 revealed that 81 of its 
recipes called for shellfish. SCP-241 was left 
open. 


Analysis: Results are consistent with previous 
descriptions of the effects of SCP-241. 


Test 241-02, / /20 


Subject: Subject 241-B was chosen from 
general population. Subject reports no known 
allergies to scallops or other shellfish. 


Procedure: SCP-241 was still open from Test 
241-01. Subject 241-B was instructed to not 
close SCP-241, find the Sautéed Scallops 
recipe, prepare it, and eat it, while giving 
feedback during the entire process. 


Results: Before exposure to SCP-241, subject 
expressed doubt that he’d be able to prepare 
the Sautéed Scallops recipe. After preparing 
the dish, subject expressed surprise that he 
had done so, similarly to the reaction of 
Subject 241-A, and said that the dish smells 
“oretty good”. While eating, subject declared 


SCP-2129: Purpose of existence. Find the pit 
of fire, reproduction. | was chosen. 


Dr :ls there another of you? 
SCP-2129: Merely an intermediate. 
<End Log> 
+ SCP-2129-1 


SCP-2129-1 is a serpentine entity located underneath 
the southern region of the Amazonian rainforest. A safe 
way to reach SCP-2129-1 is currently being devised by 
Site personnel: a sinkhole located above SCP-2129-1 is 
the only currently-known manner to reach it. 


An extremely complex network of stone tunnels 
(hereafter called SCP-2129-2) of unknown origins has 
been dug above and around SCP-2129-1, with the 
supposed purpose of stopping potential intruders from 
reaching the entity. Hundreds of human skeletons have 
been found in the tunnels.1 


SCP-2129-1 appears to produce large amounts of heat. 
Extensive geothermal analyses have uncovered heat 
patterns consistent with underground volcanic hotspots, 
while geological studies have shown the entity to 
measure a length in the neighbourhood of ten kilometers. 


SCP-2129-2 is to be guarded by three armed guards at 
all times. 


Addendum: Following Incident 2129-01, all the 
vegetation in a fifty meters radius around SCP-2192-2 is 
to be burnt down, and the number of guards quadrupled. 


+ Incident Log 


Incident 2129-01: On - -20 , four men armed with 
bladed weapons attempted to enter SCP-2129-2 at 
00:52, using the area's dense vegetation as cover. The 


four intruders killed one of the guards and injured 
another. Two intruders were gunned down and one 
subdued and captured: the fourth one managed to enter 
SCP-2129. 


Reinforcements were called to pursue the fourth intruder 
and take the subdued attacker into Foundation custody. 
An exploration team was sent into SCP-2129-2, but 
failed to capture the intruder: the exploration team was 
then tasked with guarding the sinkhole leading to 
SCP-2129-2. 


Stronger thermal activity from SCP-2129-1 was recorded 
after the incident. 


The detainee was vaccinated for most common diseases 
immediately after detainment. 


+ Interview Log, SCP-2129-2 Detainee 


Foreword: The detainee is a twenty to twenty- 
five years old Amerindian man, 181 
centimeters tall and weighing 64 kilograms. He 
has so so far refused to communicate his 
name or tribe of origin, and speaks a 
bastardized version of Brazilian Portuguese as 
well as an unknown language resembling the 
Xavante Amerindian language. 


<Begin Log, - -20, 19:53> 


Dr : Good evening. | suppose you haven't 
decided to tell us your name? 


Detainee: | haven't. 


Dr_: Right, let's get to the meat of this, then. 
Why did you try to enter the sinkhole? 


Detainee: | hear it in your voice, you hate me 
for that man who died. We did not want to kill. 
But you were here, with your weapons, we 


knew you would have never let us into the 
navel. So we attacked, and my brother made 
it. 


Dr_: This is irrelevant. Why did you try to 
enter the sinkhole? 


Detainee: The navel. The progenitor's 
intermediate was lost, so she needed another. 


Dr _ : Excuse me, but... the "intermediate"? 


Detainee: The serpent of fire. You would not 
know what I'm speaking of. 


Dr_ :1 think we do, actually. It destroyed that 
town, [REDACTED]. We are studying it at this 
very moment... But tell me, what is its 
purpose? 


Detainee: The liquid fire deep within the land 
moves, it shifts. It is the origin of life, the first 

warmth. No life could be without it. But as the 
woman cannot give life without a man's seed, 
so can't the land. My brother will find the way. 


<End Log> 


Footnotes 
1. Carbon dating has shown that some of these skeletons date as 
far back as pre-Holocene periods. 


« SCP-2128 | SCP-2129 | SCP-2130 » 


SCP-2130: Office Furniture 


Item #: SCP-2130 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2130 are 
to be sent to Storage Location 73-E, an automated storage 
warehouse in the Texas desert. Storage Location 73-E is to be 
monitored via CCTV. Guard presence should be minimised where 
possible. Any further testing of SCP-2130 must not be conducted at 
primary Foundation sites, and requires Level-3 clearance 
(particularly any tests involving human subjects). 


SCP-3311 is to be monitored for any instances of SCP-2130 
produced by its effect. 


Description: SCP-2130 is a collection of standard office furniture, 
each item of which affects brain function in humans near the item. 
The magnitude of this effect varies based on the subject's 
underlying personality and the number of SCP-2130 items in 
proximity, but it is characterised by increased impulsiveness, 
reduced social inhibitions and inaccurate perception of risk. This is 
particularly evident in the subject's assessment of the value of 
human life and health. SCP-2130 instances have been implicated in 
more than 84 Foundation injuries and fatalities. 1 


SCP-2130 instances operate by emitting kappa radiation in a form 
which interferes with the subject's neural oscillation. While other 
psionic and cognitive anomalies also produce kappa radiation as a 
benign secondary effect, the method by which SCP-2130 generates 
such radiation is unknown. The anomalous effect is not permanent, 
and removal of the affected items will result in the subject's 
behaviour returning to normal. 


To date, the following instances of SCP-2130 have been identified 
and moved to Storage Location 73-E: 


1 x wastepaper basket 

27 x standard office chairs 
12 x laboratory benches 
42 x computer monitors 
17 x fire extinguishers 


+ Selected Test Logs: SCP-2130 
Test SCP-2130-23 - 03/14/2014 


Subject: C-1296 

Procedure: Subject (a Foundation research 
assistant) was introduced to a room containing 
an instance of SCP-2130 (lab bench) on which 
was placed a non-anomalous chef's knife. 
Subject was informed that the knife was a 
newly identified SCP candidate object which 
could cut through any material and never 
became blunt. Subject was asked to devise an 
experimental procedure to test these 
anomalous properties. 

Results: The subject proposed immediate 
testing of the knife on human flesh and bone. 
Observation team approved the testing 
protocol, which was carried out on D-8477, 
and then repeated on D-8488, D-8489 and 
D-8490 for verification of results. Observation 
team noted that the subject appeared to show 
no concern over the slaughter of Class D 
personnel purely for the purposes of a simple 
experiment. 

Analysis: On supervisor review, it was 
determined that the properties of SCP-2130 
had affected the observation team as well as 
the subject. Changes to experimental 
procedure proposed. 


Test SCP-2130-25 - 03/24/2014 


Subjects: Randomly selected Site-73 
research assistants 


Procedure: As per Test SCP-2130-23, but 
testing room relocated to Storage Location 73- 
E, with observation team monitoring remotely 
from a location confirmed to be free from 
SCP-2130.