Smith: Yeah, sorry. I'll get over it. Ok guys, 
let's go into the woods about 20 yards, then 
two of you will split to each side of me and go 
until my light is just at the edge of your vision. 
Then one more guy will break off and do the 
same thing. Then we'll go forward and try to 
drag up our people, or at least find some 
monsters to kill. 

Smith: OK, Base, we're proceeding. 
Everyone, switch your radios to broadcast and 
report directly to the doc if you see something. 
Everyone else, if someone reports a sighting, 
converge on his position. Now move! 

[NOTE: 2 minutes of silence] 

Smith: | see lights! I'm not waiting for them to 
hunt us down this time. I'm going to them! 

2: Hey, hold up! Shit, doc? He just took off 
without waiting for us to converge. 

Arcia: Smith? Smith, respond! 

Smith: The torches, Cap and Tenny are 
carrying torches now. They're not monsters at 
all, they want to show me their light! My light! | 
couldn't understand their speech before but it's 
so clear now. 

2: Fuck. Guys, I'm taking the lead. Everyone 
run slant routes to close on Lead. That shrink 
was fucked himself if he thought Joe was 
ready for this. Don't worry doc, we'll bring him 
back too! 

4: Hey, I'm pretty close to him and I'm not 
seeing any torches. 

Smith: They're not for you. They're my light, 
they're my girls. My family. | have to take my 
place with them. You're dirtying this place! 


a non-human in narratives where humans are absent or rare. At no 
time is his appearance remarked on as being unusual by other 
characters. 


SCP-423 is able to move from one narrative to another voluntarily, 
provided the two works are within one (1) meter of each other. The 
process takes up to three minutes, depending on the length of the 
new narrative. The entire narrative changes at once, the text on all 
pages seeming to move. Occasionally, the length of the narrative 
changes; in these cases, the text grows smaller or larger to fit the 
page count of the book. It is only able to appear in physical textual 
narratives. It cannot enter electronic storage, or affect purely visual 
narratives. If placed in proximity to a graphic novel or other form of 
sequential art, it will change the text boxes and dialog bubbles, but 
will not affect the pictures. Similarly, illustrations in a textual 
narrative do not change, even if they no longer match up to the 
narrative as affected by SCP-423. 


It prefers fictional narratives. However, it can enter any narrative that 
has characters, including anecdotes, biographies, and research 
notes (See Addendum 423-1). 


It can re-enter a narrative that it has already exited. If it does so, the 
new narrative typically differs from the last time SCP-423 entered 
the story. However, it has displayed a preference for narratives it 
has not yet entered. 


It is currently unknown what effect dying in a narrative would have 
on SCP-423, despite the best effort of researchers. SCP-423 
displays a strong grasp of narrative principles, and is usually able to 
predict the best response in a given circumstance to avoid danger to 
itself. It has, however, displayed minor injuries. However, these 
seem to vanish when it enters a new narrative. 


SCP-423 can be communicated with by coaxing it into a journal. It 
responds to questions written within, with SCP-423's responses 
appearing underneath the questions. When it transfers to another 
narrative, its responses disappear from the journal. 


It has been largely cooperative since its containment. Its only 
requests so far have been for more narratives. It has expressed a 


[NOTE: Gunfire is heard and 4 is heard 
screaming] 

4: I'm hit! He fired at me. Guys, he's lost it. 
Treat him as hostile. He might have done in 
the other two himself for all we know. 

[NOTE: One more shot is heard] 

Smith: | can see where they gather. They're 
so beautiful. They've left everything behind. 
They wear light now. This is our kingdom. My 
kingdom. They're waiting for me, around the 
heart fire. 

2: His light just disappeared. Either he lost me 
or he turned it off. I'll Keep closing on the last 
trajectory | spotted him on. 

5: | just got to Seung. He's dead. Smith shot 
him right in the head while he laid there. 

2: Cold, but we don't have time to worry about 
confirmed corpses. Keep trying to track down 
Smith. 

[NOTE: Gunshots] 

2: Russel? 

2: Shit! Ok, Marcus, let's get the fuck out of 
here. Can't rescue anyone if we're dead. Start 
running and don't stop til you get to the door. 
1: Copy. I'm running. 

[NOTE: Approximately 2 minutes of heavy 
breathing] 

2: Whoah! He just ran right by me! He's 
freaking naked! He's wearing like a crown 
made out of sticks or something like that. 
There's horns made out of sticks on it too. 
What the hell? 

1: | see him, he's closing on me. 

[NOTE: Many gunshots] 

1: | fired at him but either | missed or they 
went right through him. He returned fire and 
I'm hit on the shoulder. Still running. 

1 I'm down, he got me in the leg. I'll try to hold 
him off, get the hell out of here Johnson! 
Smith: [faintly heard through 1's radio] | am 


resurrected. | have dominion. | am the light 
and the bringer of light and the light is in me 
and mine. | protect mine and my domain. 
[NOTE: A long exchange of gunfire] 

2: | think I'm the only one left doc. Get the 
duck tape off that fucking switch and try not to 
flip it. Get ready. I'm in sight of the house. 
Arcia: Copy. Do | hear gunfire? 

2: Confirmed. He's a ways to my side but he's 
taking potshots. | can hear him shouting some 
kooky chant too. Something about light. He's 
closing on me way too fast. | should be in 
visual range of you in 10 seconds. 

Arcia: Confirmed, we've got visual on you. 
Look out, he's right behind you! 

2: Damn, I'm hit. My arm's dead, | don't think | 
can shoot back. Doc, I'm to the door in 10, 9, 
8, 7,6, 5. 

Arcia: Johnson? Shit, he's here! 

[NOTE: The slamming of SCP-3283-1 is 
heard] 


show | flipped the switch just as what we 
presume to be Smith reached his arm through. 
Tech has shut and secured SCP-3283-1. 
Smith's arm appears to be adorned with 
geometric drawings in mud. There's a ring 
made of woven grass on his finger. 

Tech: Whoah! 

Arcia: OK, the arm just sorted of turned into a 
black chalk and sunk through the floor. It's 
totally gone. 


By Order of O05 
SCP-3283 is to be permanently transitioned to 
containment-only. SCP-3283-2 shall be bolted 
permanently off and covered with a locking security box. 
Perform the necessary tests to ensure SCP-3283-2 
cannot be broken through by physical assault or gunfire, 
and determine the most direct way to bar the door 


permanently 


Literary analysis of SCP-3283-A 


Object is a Book of Mormon, dating to approximately the 
same time frame as the estimated age of the house 
containing SCP-3283. It appears of ordinary make and 
wear for a book of its age, though no publication 
information can be found inside. It is extensively 
underlined and annotated in the margins. The notes are 
mostly interpretations common at the time, though the 
note taker does seem to take the conception of the 
afterlife rather more literally than his or her 
contemporaries. 


The book is largely unremarkable in the standard 
sections aside from a few rather morbid sketch 
interpretations of passages found stuck into the book on 
folded loose paper. The most notable (and possibly 
anomalous) feature of the book is a new final section, 
titled "A New New Testament". It contains a single book, 
"The Book of Hezekiah", which tells the story of a man's 
journey into the afterlife, and a history of the events he 
experiences in the afterlife. Here's a brief rundown: 


Hezekiah is an old man who has dutifully lived his life 
according to the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ 
of Latter Day Saints, but in the classic polygamist 
fashion. One day, while in prayer with his wives and 
children, he receives a testimony from God telling him he 
has earned his afterlife and laying out instructions on 
how he and his family will make the transition’. 


Hezekiah passes with his family through a portal and 
arrives in their afterlife. The text is unclear on whether 
they actually die first or simply get to go straight there. 
The book states that the afterlife is pastoral and 
"untainted by Mankind's depridations" save for a few 
familiar sights for the comfort of Hezekiah's family. At 
God's command, they seal the portal behind them. 


According to the text, they make their home in the woods 
of their new world, where "they are never blind for they 
bear their inner light to illuminate all." 


For a while Hezekiah and his family are at peace, but 
eventually they begin to feel lonely and wish for more 
people to join them in their afterlife. They want to hear 
new stories, have new friends, and grow their eternal 
family. Hezekiah feels that this afterlife is his dominion@ 
and he makes the decision to unseal the portal. 


God's wrath is immediate and painful. He turns them into 
"creatures as twisted up outside as within" and curses 
them so that "their light shall not illuminate but pervert 
all." The book comes to a rather abrupt close noting only 
that they flee into the woods to hide from God's wrathful 
eye and that they never again knew peace. 


My conclusion is that this is not dissimilar from other 
apocalyptic texts in the Christian tradition. Similarly to 
books such as Revelation, it was written well after the 
rest of the work it accompanies and pays little mind to 
the language and formalisms of the rest of the work. If 
not for the rather strange way this came into our 
possession I'd categorize this as religious fiction or 
possibly outsider art. I'll leave it to the folks up top to 
draw the appropriate larger conclusions. 


By Order of O05 
This order is a requisition by O5 Administrator for 
SCP-3283-A. Given recent events, the Administrator 
feels the book warrants closer inspection. Perhaps Dr. 
Arcia got what he wanted after all. 


Footnotes 

1. [In the Mormon tradition, a faithful man is rewarded in the afterlife 
with his own planet to rule over where he will be joined by his family. 
This makes remarriage after the death of a spouse rather 
controversial in the Mormon community, as the doctrine doesn't 
clearly explain how the afterlife accounts for this situation.] 

2. [This is a pretty justified position, actually. Mormon doctrine 


describes the faithful man as a god of his afterlife.] 


SCP-3285: creative comas 


Item #: SCP-3285 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3285 is stored ina 
standard high-value containment locker in Site 73, and can be 
obtained with the approval of the current project head. Testing on 
any subjects other than D-Class requires the approval of the Site 
Director. 


Following Incident 3285/007, testing on any subjects who have 
worked as intellectual property attorneys is now forbidden. 


Description: SCP-3285 is an orange plastic medicine bottle 
containing between five and twenty-five orange pills (hereafter 
SCP-3285-A)! labeled "creative comas"; the logo appears to be a 
slightly altered version of the Creative Commons logo. One side of 
the label depicts the illustration pictured above, and the reverse side 
contains the following text: 


creative comas 


ENTERTAINMENT & EDUCATION DIVISION - Public 


Domain Protection Service2 
CCC COMPLIANT - A-P INDIVIDUALS DO NOT USE UNLESS MANDATED 


When an instance of SCP-3285-A is consumed by a subject, it will 
initially display properties similar to non-anomalous sleeping pills; 
subjects typically lose consciousness within an hour of SCP-3285-A 
consumption. Afterwards, however, they will display symptoms 
consistent with a persistent vegetative state for between forty-eight 
and seventy-two hours; MRI scans conducted during SCP-3285 
effect periods show no brain activity that would indicate the subject 
retains awareness. 


Despite the medically verified status of subjects affected by 
SCP-3285-A, all nonetheless report having extremely vivid dreams 
that they can afterwards recall with near-eidetic clarity. All dreams 
begin with a visible white title card on black background covering the 
subject's entire perception, always consisting of the words "The Free 
Story of __". The contents of a given dream vary, but all make use 
of intellectual property that is in the public domains or licensed under 
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0/3.0. 


Subjects affected by SCP-3285-A do not require sustenance to 
survive, and will awaken at the conclusion of an SCP-3285-A 
episode without displaying any expected negative physical side 
effects such as dehydration, malnourishment, or muscle atrophy. 
Long-term effects of SCP-3285-A exposure vary, but usually consist 
of the subject expressing a greater desire to pursue altruistic or 
intellectual endeavors (see test log). No negative effects have been 
noted from repeated SCP-3285-A testing, and all subjects react to 
repeated uses of SCP-3285-A in the same manner as their first 
usage, albeit with a different dream experienced per each instance 
of SCP-3285-A. 


SCP-3285-A Test Log 


The following is a record of SCP-3285-A instances, as reported by 
test subjects. 


Subject SCP-3285-A Summary Effects of 
Information, Title Instancé SCP-3285-A 
Exposure 

D-37245, The Free Story An extended Subject 
standard subject of Mark Twain's dialogue expressed a 
taken from Stupidity between writers strong desire to 
normal pool of Mark Twain and read novels and 
D-Class. Subject William requested 
is a 26-year old Shakespeare, | reading material 
female with high apparently from 
school education located in an researchers, 
and criminal afterlife despite showing 
convictions resembling the} no great interest 
related to motor traditional in literature prior 


vehicle theft. Western version to the test. No 


of Heaven. other long-term 
Shakespeare | effects. 
angrily criticizes 
Twain for 
questioning the 
authorship of his 
plays, 
punctuating his 
outbursts with 
passages read 
out loud from 
Twain's /s 
Shakespeare 
Dead? (1909). 
Mark Twain 
responds with 
characteristic 
humor and wit, 
asking for 
Shakespeare to 
produce ready 
evidence of his 
authorship and 
defending his 
support of the 
Baconian theory. 
The story ends 
with Francis 
Bacon entering 
the scene and 
denouncing both 
Twain and 
Shakespeare as 
"silly dreaming 
children," saying 
that he 
considered the 
theatre a waste 
of time and 
would never 


D-37245, same The Free Story 


as previous 
experiment. 


of King Lear the 
Author 


have written 
plays. 
Shakespeare 
laughs at 
Twain's expense 
as the dream 


ends. 
Adaptation of | Subject 
William expressed 


Shakespeare's, extreme distaste 
King Lear onto|a for the works of 
modern setting, author George 
depicting Lear) R.R. Martin, and 
as a famous displayed in- 
author who is in depth knowledge 


the terminal of his A Song of 
stages of Ice and Fire 
pancreatic series despite 


cancer. As he |_ not having 
writes out the | previously read 
final version of| it. 
his will, planning 
to divide his 
assets between 
his three 
daughters, he 
asks them what 
they plan to do 
with the rights to 
his works. 

Goneril and 

Regan proclaim 
their desire to 

sell the rights of 
film and 

television 
adaptations, 
whereas 

Cordelia 
expresses her