History: SCP-1138 attracted the Foundation's attention in 19 when 
, the leader of the Communist Party of Hungary, released a 
harsh criticism of V.I. Lenin, claiming that he had found a collection 
of letters in which Lenin defined Marxism as a fallacious and harmful 
theory and proposed cooperation with the Capitalist West. 
Everybody who spoke against his criticism died in 24 hours, making 
the situation especially suspicious. 's house was searched; 
the only anomalous item found was a book that changed its 
appearance and contents when passed from one person to another. 


Later, it was found that the object disappears if there isn't an article 
that references it written in a month. Employees responsible for 


SCP-1138 got lucky, as the book always reappeared in Sector 
library and was easily found. There are no known cases of the 
book's appearance before it attracted the Foundation's attention. 


Addendum: Some of the most interesting instances of SCP-1138 
are listed here: 


¢ Marcus Tullius Cicero's letters in which he claims that every 
conflict should be resolved through brute force; the search for 
compromise based on laws and morality was deemed 
unnecessary. "Cedant arma togae" was claimed to be "a 
stupid joke." 

¢ Niccolé Machiavelli's letters that explain negative economical, 
political and cultural consequences, should the medieval Italy 
become a united state. He also claims that a ruler should act 
within the law and ethics and never break these rules. Note 
that The Prince (the book which inspired the term 
"Machiavellianism") is generally thought to have been political 
satire by scholars. 

¢ Blaise Pascal's letters, describing Christianity as "a faith most 

vile, false and abhorrent to human dignity.” 

Friedrich Nietzsche's letters, claiming that Christianity and 

Buddhism are the reason for all humanity's achievements. He 

also harshly denounces some people's aspiration to "be 

themselves" and not belong to the social mass. 

« Fyodor Dostoyevsky's letters in which he claims that a decent 
and happy life can only be achieved through denial of the 
existence of souls and a lack of compassion and beneficence. 

¢ O5-'s letters, in which he requests that all humanoid SCPs 
within Foundation custody either be released or terminated. In 
addition, he claims to have [DATA EXPUNGED] 


Dr.  ‘'s preliminary conclusion: Currently, we cannot determine if 
the object is sapient. Maybe it is sapient and creates information that 
contradicts our beliefs in order to provoke us to argue and become 
its victims. If that's the case, killing is a way of sustaining its life and 
the object's behavior is the way it hunts. Maybe the object is not 
sapient and simply re-translates thoughts from another reality in 
which philosophers and thinkers came to different ideas. Further 
study is necessary. 


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SCP-1139: The Broken Tongue 


Item #: SCP-1139 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: By authorization of O5- , object 
is housed at Research Area_ . Following Incident 1139-1, object 
moved to Research Area_ . When not being used for testing, object 
is to be enclosed in a seventy-five (75) by twenty (20) by twenty (20) 
centimeter block of rubber, molded into two pieces, with a Faraday 
cage surrounding the block, placed on a static-free workbench. The 
containment room for the object shall be made of unreinforced 
concrete (minimum thickness of three (3) meters) and shall be 
illuminated at all times by gas lamps. The humidity level shall remain 
between 70% and 80% at all times. 


The door to SCP-1139's containment room shall be made of non- 
conductive, high impact ceramic materials. Following Incident 
1139-1, access is via three (3) containment doors, the outermost 
door consisting of steel, with a metallic threshold grounded in case 
of electrical discharge. The two innermost doors are to be 
constructed of non-conductive, high impact ceramic materials. 


No electrical devices, including pacemakers, watches, or recording 
devices are to be brought into the containment room except for 
testing purposes. In no event may an electrical device capable of 
producing more than one thousand watts (1000 W) be introduced to 
the containment room without written authorization of two (2) O5 
personnel. In no event may an electrical device capable of creating 
an alternating current be introduced to the containment room without 
authorization of two (2) O5 personnel. 


Research Area _— shall remain equipped with two lightning rods at all 
times, neither of which shall be grounded within 200 meters of 
SCP-1139. 


Following Test-1139I, and by order of O5- , the staff of each 
Foundation Site must include one level 3 staff member previously 
affected by SCP-1206. 


Description: SCP-1139 consists of a metallic grey rectangular 
block, roughly twenty (20) centimeters high and five (5) centimeters 
square at its base. The overall density of the object is roughly 
double that of iron, and the object is denser near the top. The object 
has thus far proved impervious to both deterioration and damage, 
making a determination of the object's age impossible. The sides 
are patterned with square protrusions in an unrecognized pattern, 
which can be confirmed by touch. Viewers of the pattern or of 
photos of the pattern observe the protrusions as block letters in a 
language they are familiar with, but this is merely a visual illusion. 
No subject has reported any subsequent change in the appearance 
of the letters. On the bottom of the object, there are four (4) 1 mm x 
5 mm crevices, each coated in a copper-colored substance. No new 
effect has been observed through the manipulation of or application 
of electricity directly to the crevices. 


Upon application of electricity a direct current, the object affects all 
individuals within a given radius through unknown means. Any 
person within the radius of effect begins speaking and writing a new 
language, though they apparently believe they are speaking their 
native tongue. Subjects lose the ability to soeak or comprehend any 
prior known language(s). Linguistic analysis indicates that the new 
languages are fully formed languages, but all attempts at translation 
have been met with complete failure. Attempts at translation 
continue. Subjects have proven incapable of learning or re-learning 
any real world language after exposure to SCP-1139. Class AA 
amnestics successfully counteract the effect, though subjects are 
thereafter of little use to the Foundation, and Class AA amnestics 
are not advised in future testing. See Experiment Log 1139-1. 


The radius of the effect is exponentially proportional to the wattage 
applied to it, with a "static shock" creating a radius of eight-tenths 
(0.8) meters and a direct lightning strike estimated to create a radius 
reaching beyond [DATA EXPUNGED}, potentially resulting in a 
[REDACTED] scenario. Developing practical methods of containing, 
controlling, or reversing the effect is ongoing and should be 


considered a Level Chi priority. Possible use as a "worst case 
scenario" planetary defense is under consideration. 


SCP-1139 was recovered during Incident 98564/k. Mobile Task 
Force Delta-5 ("Front Runners") raided a Church of the 
Broken God outpost in Normal, IL. A basement contained an 
apparently demented and violent elderly man holding SCP-1139, 
who was quickly terminated. In this room were over handmade 
documents, including stone tablets over years old and modern 
paper showing minimal wear. Note that the earliest documents 
predate the Church of the Broken God by over years. The 
documents do not appear to be written in any known languages, and 
different languages have been identified. 


+ Document SCP-1139a (regarding incident 1139-01): 


At 4:30 pm / / ,over scattered civilian vehicles 
approached Research Area_ from both access roads. 
Research Area_ was put on Blue Alert, and Procedure 
Theta Tau was implemented. The four (4) ground level 
Foundation personnel were initially able to maintain their 
cover identities when speaking with the trespassers and 
discovered that the latitude and longitude of Research 
Area_ was distributed as the location of a youth 
“Jamboree.” Pursuant to Procedure Theta Tau, the 
trespassers were told that Research Area wasa 
hunting lodge and that they had been sent to the wrong 
location. The departure of the trespassers was stalled 
due to aconstant stream of new arrivals. Approximately 
adults and youths arrived in total. 


At precisely 4:52, approximately of the adults and of 
the children pulled weapons from camping gear and 
attempted to breach Research Area_ ina coordinated 
attack. Battle cries consistent with rhetoric of the Church 
of the Broken God were heard, as well as references to 
"The Tongue" and "The Voice." A perimeter breach 
occurred and lockdown was implemented. Mobile Task 
Force Rho-5 ("Bee Sting") converged on Research Area 
, countering the assault and containing the fleeing 
civilians with acceptable casualties. The surviving 


civilians indicated that revised coordinates were 
distributed via e-mail a week prior, though the source of 
such information could not be effectively determined. 
The survivors were given Class C amnestics and re- 
questioned, using known Church of the Broken God 
"secret" codes. Three additional members of the Church 
were detected and terminated. Area Command utilized 
Cover Story Beta Zeta, and the remaining civilians were 
provided grief counseling. Research Area 
decommissioned. 


C _. This is unacceptable. | don't care that the damn 
Church broke silence first; we cannot allow this much 
attention to come down on one of our locations. You had 
better pray this media hype about gun wielding scouts 
dies down and reporters don't find Research Area_ .O5- 


Request upgrade to Keter status. Area Supervisor C 
Request denied. O5- 


+ Experiment Log 1139-1 


Addendum [SCP-1139c]: 

Subject: D-02638 

Linguist: Dr. A 

Wattage: 200 W of alternating current 

Subjects exposed to active SCP-1139. Subject grabbed 
his head and screamed, making a noise that 
[REDACTED] included Foundation staff, and Dr. A 
suffered from a broken wrist and persistent headaches. 
Remaining staff placed in quarantine for fear of memetic 
properties. No such properties evidenced themselves, 
and staff were released from quarantine and returned to 
duty without incident. Containment and testing 
procedures revised. 


Addendum [SCP-1139e]: 

Subject: D-18394 

Linguist: Dr. A 

Wattage: 200 W of direct current 

Subject is semi-literate prior to test. Subject is told to 


recite "alphabet" song during activation of SCP-1139 to 
confirm exposure. Exposure to SCP-1139 is followed by 
only non verbal communication. Subject shows no signs 
of distress, though displeased by the researcher's 
silence. Dr. A, after seeing the mild success in 
rudimentary non-verbal communication, grabbed the 
closest thing to a picture book from his office, giving the 
subject a copy of the Voynich Manuscript. Subject 
ignored the pictures and began attempting to read the 
book, sounding out words as he went. Notably, he read 
the book backwards and from the middle of each page 
outward. All observations indicate that subject 
understood the book and found it to have a sad ending. 


Well, this one we have the alphabet for and a text. It 
should be simple enough to learn how to speak it. Dr. 
A 


Two months after testing, Dr. A — placed on voluntary 
administrative leave due to stress. Subject D-18394 
terminated and all documentation locked in long term 
storage. 


Addendum [SCP-1139f]: 

Subject: D-18328 

Linguist: Dr. A 

Wattage: 200 W of direct current 

Subject asked to write a long, memorized phrase down 
on paper, followed by the alphabet and numbers from 
zero to fifty, reading each word or number aloud. While 
walking to the table, subject exposed to SCP-1139. 
Subject writes out a text of unknown language, speaking 
as she does so and showing no notice of her change in 
language. Subject is incapable of speaking English, and 
no effort at reintroduction to the English language is 
made. It is noted that the language from SCP-1139f is 
different from all prior instances. 


We have a Rosetta Stone for this one. This should be 
simple to decode or prove as nonsense. Dr. A 


Four months after testing, Dr. A placed on mandatory 
administrative leave due to stress. Subject D-18328 
terminated and all documentation locked in long term 
storage. 


Addendum [SCP-1139k]: 

Subject: Dr. A 

Linguist: Dr. A and Dr. L 

Wattage: 200 W of direct current 

Without approval or oversight, Dr. A exposed himself 
to SCP-1139. It is notable that Dr. A = spoke eight 
languages fluently prior to the experiment. Dr.L took 
over as linguist for experiment SCP-1139k. 


Dr.A exhibits the same symptoms of prior subjects, 
though he seems shocked by the verbal and written 
communications of Foundation staff. It appears that Dr. 
A now knows eight new languages, and by pointing at 
different places on an unlabeled map of the world, each 
new language has been associated with the language he 
is trying to speak. Dr. A has been unable to 
communicate beyond non-verbal pantomime, and has 
since lapsed into inactivity and depression. Dr. A 

moved to a long term care medical facility and kept 
under suicide watch. 


Addendum [SCP-1139l]: 

Subject: D-17618 and D-14568 

Linguist: Dr. L 

Wattage: 200 W of direct current 

D-17618 exposed to SCP-1206 prior to standard 
exposure to SCP-1139; SCP-1139 had no effect on the 
Subject. 


D-14568 exposed to SCP-1206 after standard exposure 
to SCP-1139; SCP-1206 had no linguistic effect on the 
Subject. 


Addendum [SCP-1139m]: 
Subject: D-18818 
Linguist: Dr.L (acting remotely and assisted by Dr. F 


to avoid memetic contamination) 

Wattage: 200 W of direct current 

After standard exposure to SCP-1139, Subject infected 
with SCP-444. SCP-444 infection continued as normal, 
with Subject able to converse with other SCP-444 
infected individuals. Dr.L andDr.F cleared of 
memetic contamination and remain assigned to 
SCP-1139. Further use of SCP-444 in testing approved. 


Addendum [SCP-1139n]: 

Subject: D-18818 

Linguist: Dr.L (acting remotely and assisted by Dr. F 
to avoid memetic contamination) 

Wattage: 200 W of direct current 

Subject infected with SCP-444 days prior. After 
exposure, Subject spoke a new language with no 
immediately apparent anomalous properties. Continued 
observation revealed [REDACTED]. Fatalities included 
Foundation personnel and contamination necessitated 
termination of an additional Foundation personnel. Dr. 
L cleared of memetic contamination and remains 
assigned to SCP-1139. Use of SCP-444 in testing 
suspended by order of O5- . 


Addendum [SCP-1139q]: 

Subject: D-29374, D-93847, D-20375, D-20384, and 
D-29384 

Linguist: Dr. L 

Wattage: 400 W of direct current 

SCP-1139 activated carefully to affect four of the five 
subjects. Subjects quickly realized that none of them can 
understand the others. The unaffected subject acted 
virtually identical to the others, despite still speaking 
English. 


Long term remote surveillance commenced. Without 
meaningful external verbal stimuli, subjects exhibited 
typical reactions, analogous to solitary confinement and 
development of a crude, hierarchy based society. 
[REDACTED]. D-20375 terminated following experiment 


and corpses incinerated. 


Request upgrade to Keter status. Dr. L 
Request denied, and pull the plug on this sideshow. If 
you want a long term test subject, use Dr.A  O5- 


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SCP-1140: Gurgles 


Item #: SCP-1140 
Object Class: Safe