Note to Attending Personnel: Although "fully 
disposable, opaque materials" covers a wide range of 
substances, that does not mean the normal properties of 
the infected instance can be disregarded. Styrofoam 
packaging may seem reasonable for some things, but it 
is not suitable for containing a full mug of coffee or a 
living rodent for 48 hours. Use discretion. 


Description: SCP-2038 is an infectious pathogen with no 
detectable causative factor. Transmission occurs when an infected 


subject — designated SCP-2038-1 — establishes new! direct 
physical contact with an uninfected subject. SCP-2038 may pass 
between both animate and inanimate subjects. The sole effect of 
infection is not immediate. 


After infection by SCP-2038, a period of up to 48 hours passes 
during which SCP-2038-1 will experience no abnormal feelings or 
symptoms. At any time during the period, if two criteria are met, the 
effect manifests. The first criterion is that SCP-2038-1 is at physical 
rest. The second criterion is that attention must be paid to 
SCP-2038-1 by only one observer, SCP-2038-2, who is also at 
physical rest, thereby viewing SCP-2038-1 with only one point of 
observation. SCP-2038-1 instances who do not meet these criteria 
within 48 hours are no longer contagious and can be considered 
uninfected. Reinfection is within possibility. Incineration has been 
proven to eliminate SCP-2038 infection. 


When the criteria are met, a brief lapse in attention by SCP-2038-2 
causes SCP-2038-1 to undergo a spontaneous physical 
transformation into a two-dimensional cardboard standee. Its 
appearance is perfectly photo-realistic, with its depicted perspective 
taken from the point of view of SCP-2038-2. The standee will then 
fall forward onto the ground. The transformed SCP-2038-1 has a 
cardboard easel stand attached to the back similar to that of a 
picture frame, the intended purpose of which is to keep the standee 
upright. The easel stand is apparently unable to fulfill this purpose. 
Any clothing worn by SCP-2038-1 is consistently included in the 
transformation, as are any implements that connect it with the 
ground. The cardboard standee remains contagious until the 48- 
hour period is over. 


SCP-2038 originated from an unauthorized looping black fax which 
was received and printed in Site-41's mail room on 19 - - . The fax 
contained several frames from various cartoons produced by 

Cartoons. SCP-2038 then spread to anyone who handled 
the printed pages. Within 7 days, over 200 inanimate objects and 20 
personnel were infected. Containment was implemented after the 
contagion was traced back to its source. The fax itself was traced to 
a United States Postal Service office in southern New Hampshire. 


SCP-2038 appears to only be virulent on days commonly defined as 


"business days," i.e. the days of the work week. This excludes 
federal and national holidays of its current location. 


Footnotes 


1. No effect has been noted when the subjects are already in 
contact. 


« SCP-2037 | SCP-2038 | SCP-2039 » 


SCP-2039: Pikes 'n' Wagners 


Item #: SCP-2039 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Presently, Foundation efforts at 
Research Facility-2039 are focused on two fronts: prevention/ 
minimization of collateral damage to the area outside the valley, and 
analysis of the phenomenon's history and behavior. 


Containment assets stationed at Research Facility-2039 have been 
given the primary directive of containing - or neutralizing the 
possibility of - any collateral damage caused by SCP-2039 during an 
active state. This team has been given the secondary objective of 
monitoring the perimeter of the valley, to ensure that no civilians 
enter the area. During an active state, if personnel determine that 
the potential for collateral damage extends beyond the valley, the 
containment team will be mobilized. Direct elimination of subjects 
has proven impossible thus far; currently, subjects are only capable 
of physical harm through direct confrontation with other subjects. 
Operatives will therefore focus their efforts on disarming subjects, to 
neutralize the threat of further collateral damage. 


The long-term goal of the staff at Research Facilty-2039 is to 
discover a method with which to neutralize the phenomenon. To this 
end, Foundation sociologist/physician Dr. Wilkes has been selected 
to act as an undercover liaison between SCP-2039 and the 
Foundation. Dr. Wilkes has been able to gather information on both 
groups' histories, as well as the nature of the phenomenon itself, by 
performing periodic house calls for both groups under the guise of a 
local physician. Due to the subjects' sedentary history and apparent 
inability to exit the valley alive, researchers currently believe that 
subjects will not attempt to leave the area. However, the potential for 
collateral damage - should SCP-2039 become capable of leaving 
the valley - has been deemed too high to dismiss as a possibility. 
Therefore, Mobile Task Forces across the region have been briefed 


on the nature of SCP-2039, to assist local assets with capture and 
restraint of subjects should it become necessary. 


Description: SCP-2039 collectively refers to two distinct families of 
humans residing in a mountainous area near __, North Carolina. 
The groups currently reside on opposite sides of a tributary that runs 
between two small, forested mountains. The predominant cultures 
and behaviors exhibited among SCP-2039 are typical of families 
who resided in the southeastern United States during the early 20th 
century; each family produces its own sustenance through hunting 
and basic agriculture, using weapons and tools indicative of the era. 
Subjects from opposing families are generally unfriendly towards the 
other, but rarely ever initiate direct conflict unless provoked. During 
interviews, subjects from both groups claim that their families have 
been in this state of incivility for as long as they can remember; 
however, most accounts of the feud's origins are either wildly 
inconsistent or extremely vague (with the exception of the 
explanation given by SCP-2039-P01; see Interview Log 2039- 

P01-19 for details). 


Since the Foundation's discovery of SCP-2039 in 1904, none of the 
subjects have shown any signs of physical aging, nor have they ever 
attempted to leave the valley in which they reside. Attempts to 
remove subjects from the area by force have been met with extreme 
distress and violence, followed by cardiac arrest and death. Subjects 
remain deceased until returned to the area, where they will awaken 
at the end of the next active state. Researchers theorize that, until a 
solution is found, the phenomena associated with SCP-2039 will 
continue indefinitely. 


SCP-2039-P refers to the "Pike" family, located on the southern 
mountain. This group consists of thirty-six individuals of varying age 
who reside in a number of small shacks and cabins scattered along 
the hillside. The group has no apparent chain of command, but all 
SCP-2039-P subjects generally defer to the instructions and advice 
of acertain elder member of the group (designated SCP-2039-P01). 
SCP-2039-P01 is a white female who appears to be between the 
ages of 50-75 years old. Subject claims its name is Dixie Mabel 
Pike, and prefers to be addressed by its given middle name, 
"Mabel". 


SCP-2039-W refers to the "Wagner" family located on the northern 
mountain. Unlike SCP-2039-P, the twenty-nine subjects that 
comprise SCP-2039-W reside together in one large plantation-style 
home built into the hillside. SCP-2039-W also seem to have a 
designated leader (SCP-2039-W01), a white male who appears to 
be between the ages of 60-80 years old. SCP-2039-W01 claims its 
name is Blaine Randolph Wagner, and prefers the name "Blaine". 


Occasionally, subjects from either group will enter an active state, 
characterized by violent tendencies and a compulsion to harm/ 
murder all opposing subjects. A subject will only enter an active 
state if it believes that one of its family members has been harmed 
or threatened by a subject from the opposing group. Once this 
occurs, the subject becomes extremely agitated and hostile, and will 
immediately seek out other subjects from its group, causing them to 
enter active states as well. Once the majority of the group has 
become active, they will begin gathering weapons and tools from 
their homes, with the intent to engage in direct conflict with the 
opposing group. From this point on, these weapons and tools are 
collectively designated SCP-2039-A. 


SCP-2039-A instances vary from one active state to the next; 
however, the level of technology demonstrated by these objects is 
usually anachronistic to the time period to which SCP-2039 adheres, 
and they frequently exhibit anomalous properties. Regardless of the 
nature of the weapons, subjects will always have full working 
knowledge of their operation. It is unknown from where in their 
homes subjects obtain instances of SCP-2039-A, or how they gain 
the knowledge required to operate the objects. Attempts at direct 
observation inside of these residences during an active state are 
inevitably met with extreme hostility and violence. (See SCP-2039-A 
Partial Log for selected examples) 


+ SCP-2039-A Partial Log 
SCP-2039-A Partial Log 


Date of observe SCP-2039-A Notes 
active state = objects acquire 
- -1910 Winchester Model Notable for being 


1912 pump-action weapons of choice 


- -1932 


asl ke All 


shotguns and 
M1917 Enfield 
rifles, modified 
with M1917 
bayonets; British 
"Mills bombs" (a 
type of grenade) 
Slings, consisting 
of either flax or 
hemp 


Aerosol cans 
which spray a 


for Allied trench 
soldiers during 
World War One, 
seven years later. 


Subjects used 
various small 
objects as 
projectiles, 
including stones, 
small pieces of 
wood, chicken 
eggs, pieces of 
cow manure, twist- 
off crown cork 
bottle caps (circa 
1963), lead sling 
bullets (with the 
inscription 
"CwogiAoc" 
engraved on one 
side) 

When substance 
comes into contact 


substance visually with a physical 
identical to Wham- object, it rapidly 


O brand Silly 
String; cans are 
labelled "Solid 
String" 


expands to 
approximately 
twenty-five times 
its normal volume, 
and becomes as 
hard and dense as 
concrete. Most 
deaths during this 
active state were 
caused by 
suffocation and 
massive 


Se As 


= =1967 


- -2003 


aeeunly 


Objects 
resembling 


esophageal 
rupture. 

Object capable of 
completely 


handheld satellite dehydrating a 


dishes; when 
activated, 
[REDACTED] 


human body in 
approximately 
forty-five seconds, 
from a range of up 
to 750m. 


3L capacity Super-Subjects use 


Soaker brand 
water guns 


SCP-2039-A 
instances as 
simple - but 
effective - 
bludgeon 
weapons, after 
realizing that they 
are merely filled 
with water. 


3L capacity Super-Objects are 


Soaker brand 
water guns 


MGM-140 


physically identical 
to SCP-2039-A 
instances from - 
-1987, however 
they are now filled 
with military- 
standard napalm 
B. 
SCP-2039-W 


ATacMS surface} becomes active; 
to-surface missiles all instances 


retreat into main 
residence instead 
of advancing 
southward. Entire 
front face of house 
is demolished from 
the inside, 
revealing an 


M270A1 Multiple 
Launch Rocket 
System. Local 
containment 
assets are 
immediately 
mobilized, using 
localized EMP 
weapons to 
disable electronic 
targeting and 
launch systems. 
Subjects advance 
southward, and 
proceed to engage 
SCP-2089-P in 
hand-to-hand 
combat. Missiles 
are later 
discovered to 
contain nuclear 


payloads. 
- -2013 Thick woolen Once active state 
gloves which ends, remaining 
[DATA subjects discard 
EXPUNGED] gloves into river, 
where they 


dissolve into an 
opaque black 
liquid. Subsequent 
testing of water 
reveals [DATA 
EXPUNGED]. 


Once the active subjects have retrieved SCP-2039-A, they will 
advance towards the opposing group's residence, using the objects 
to attack all opposing subjects. This initial assault will cause the 
opposing subjects to also enter active states, at which point they will 
procure their own instances of SCP-2039-A, and begin retaliating. If 
a subject is disarmed at any point, it will continue the assault 


unarmed, attempting to eliminate other subjects through hand-to- 
hand combat. The conflict will continue until either SCP-2039-P or 
SCP-2039-W is completely eliminated (including SCP-2039-P01 and 
SCP-2039-W01). Once this is accomplished, remaining subjects will 
retreat into their respective homes and fall asleep, regardless of the 
time of day. 


After a dormancy period of 12-36 hours, all instances of SCP-2039- 
A will vanish, all collateral damage caused by SCP-2039 within the 
valley will instantly be repaired, and all subjects (living and 
deceased) will awaken, completely devoid of injury. The subjects will 
then resume their daily routines and activities, behaving as if no 
conflict has taken place. Interviews conducted immediately after an 
active state reveal that subjects retain no memory of the conflict, 
with the exception of SCP-2039-P01 and SCP-2039-W01, who 
apparently retain the memory of every active state since the 
phenomenon's inception. 


+ Interview Log 2039-P01-19 
Interview Log 2039-P01-19 
Interviewer: Dr.B Wilkes 
Interviewed: SCP-2039-P01 "Mabel Pike" 


Note: This informal interview takes place in 
the residence of SCP-2039-P01, during one of 
Dr. Wilkes's undercover house calls. Three 
operatives are stationed in the forest nearby, 
in case extraction is needed. Through multiple 
visits and conversations, SCP-2039-P01 has 
grown comfortable enough with Dr. Wilkes to 
reveal the nature of SCP-2039 (see Interview 
Log 2039-P01-15). The purpose of Wilkes's 
line of questioning during this visit is to 
determine the origins of the SCP-2039 
phenomenon. 


[IRRELEVANT DIALOGUE EXPUNGED] 


Wilkes: So Mabel, what started this conflict 
with the Wagners? 


P01: [subject sighs] You're gonna have to be a 
little more specific, dear. 


Wilkes: What do you mean? 


P01: Well, you know damn well what | mean. 
Which conflict are we talkin' about? The one 
where them Wagner twins burned down Sal's 
hay shed? Or that time where Blaine Wagner 
hisself killed three of our dairy cows just for 
spite? Or maybe you mean the time Judy 
found Arvil Wagner with a chicken- 


Wilkes: -I'm sorry, | mean in general. The way 
you describe it all, seems to me that this feud 
has been going on for a very long time. What 
started it all those years ago? 


P01: Aww doc, you don't wanna hear about all 
that mess. It's such a long story, and you must 
be a busy man. 


Wilkes: You're my last house call of the day, 
dear. I've got nothing but time if you want to 
talk about it. And people say I'm a pretty sharp 
guy; | might be able to help with this "cycle" 
you told me about. 


P01: Well, | doubt that, sweetheart; but if you 
really wanna know, I'll tell you what | can 
recall. [subject closes its eyes for about ninety 
seconds, sighs deeply, then begins] Blaine 
Wagner and me used to be real close, back 
when we was kids. Thick as thieves, they 
called us. And for good reason. Our families 
used to call us "the Wild Bunch", after Butch 
Cassidy's old gang; we had a knack for 
snaggin' all sorts of sweets and whatnots from 


our neighbors around the valley. 


Wilkes: Sounds like you two were as close as 
family. 


P01: Well, what's family, really? The people 
you share blood with? Or the people you grow 
up with, eat dinner with, steal candy with, 
wade through shit with? So, yes. Blaine was 
my brother. Closest thing to a brother | ever 
had, anyway. 


Wilkes: So what happened that drove you 
both to hate each other so much?