2. According to texts written about Vasilica, the author died after 
attempting to summon Nergal himself, but failing to complete the 
ritual. His final words are recorded as "O, Doamne, Doamne, ce am 
facut. Simt caldura (Oh god, oh god, what have | done. | can feel the 
heat.") 

3. "Appeal to Ereshkigal" 

4. Described literally as Nergal being completely unable to 
comprehend the "lesser" human speech. 

5. It is implied very heavily that the two speak different languages, 
and are only capable of communicating by utilizing the method listed 
above. 


6. Although referenced and described in other volumes within the 
set, to date Foundation assets have been unable to locate any 
portions of Volume 6, or any knowledge of the text therein that is not 
otherwise described elsewhere. 

7. Subsequent Foundation tests of SCP-2270's capabilities have 
been unsuccessful. 

8. This impact force estimation is based solely on the observations 
of particle states at the exact point of impact, and a circular area 
with a 50m radius around it. The energy contained within the impact 
appeared to rapidly dissipate, mostly as light and heat. 

9. Notably, Mr. Hubert had previously made several calls to law 
enforcement for minor domestic disturbances, but no charges were 
ever filed. 


« SCP-2269 | SCP-2270 | SCP-2271 » 


SCP-2271: Factory Loans 


Item #: SCP-2271 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2271 is unable to be 
directly contained. Current indirect containment efforts focus on 
mitigating damage caused by SCP-2271 to affected individuals and 
communities. Foundation Task Force Mu-14 "Forgive and Forget" is 
currently spearheading efforts to contain SCP-2271. 


Although the effects of SCP-2271 are believed to be irreversible, 
evidence has shown that removing affected individuals from large 
populations and isolating them decreases the rate at which the 
population as a whole is affected. Additional Foundation mobile task 
forces have been utilized to quickly separate affected individuals 
from their families and move them to High Security Containment at 
Site-91 the Solitary Containment Facility at Site-09. Appropriate 
cover stories and Class B amnestics have been authorized. 


Any and all Foundation personnel who become affected by 
SCP-2271 are to be considered KIA. Under no circumstances are 
affected Foundation personnel to come in contact with any other 
unaffected Foundation personnel after confirmation of their affected 
status. Necessary self-termination resources are to be supplied to 
these personnel as requested. 


Description: SCP-2271 is a poorly understood phenomenon 
currently affecting small populations in the American midwest. 
SCP-2271 manifests directly as a plain white envelope containing a 
letter detailing collections on a student loan account. While the 
envelope and letter are themselves non-anomalous, the manner in 
which they are delivered are, and as such they have been jointly 
classified as SCP-2271-1. 


SCP-2271 takes effect on an individual in three distinct steps, each 


categorized by a regression of the subject's mental state, as well as 
aggression on the part of entities classified as SCP-2271-2 
instances. The steps are as follows. 


Phase 1: Initial Exposure 


Subject receives a personalized version of SCP-2271-1. 
Typically this occurs through regular postage routinely 
received by the subject, although this can take place 
through a variety of different avenues. SCP-2271-1 
instances have been found slid under doorways, inside 
of locked rooms, within articles of clothing, and in one 
case, within the excrement of a prisoner in solitary 
confinement. 


All instances of SCP-2271-1 refer to a "Factory Financial 
Management" group, and provides phone numbers and 
addresses used to contact the company. To date, none 
of these numbers or addresses have shown any 
indication of being affiliated with the company in 
question, or any group whatsoever, but if used to mail a 
package or make a phone call, will result in some kind of 
communication with the company. Packages do not 
require a mail carrier; applying an address label of some 
kind will result in the parcel disappearing shortly 
afterwards. 


The individual receiving the instance of SCP-2271-1 
does not need to open the envelope or read the letter to 
be affected. As soon as they receive SCP-2271-1, they 
become an instance of SCP-2271-A. 


Phase 2: Payment of Debt 


In 100% of all reported cases, the letter within 
SCP-2271-1 will demand payment of a monetary amount 
that absolutely cannot be repaid, even if the subject had 
access to the total amount of all of Earth's liquid assets. 


During the second phase, SCP-2271-A subjects 
universally become extremely agitated and obsessed 


with the repayment of the amount owed. Subjects will 
begin to sell all of their personal belongings and assets, 
and attempt to mail the collected cash to an address 
listed on their letter, or call the company and make a 
credit transaction. Attempting to hinder SCP-2271-A 
subjects from making these payments will often lead to 
violent outbursts by the subject. Subjects will 
aggressively maintain that they must meet an impossible 
repayment schedule, or face consequences from the 
collection agency. 


During this phase, SCP-2271-A instances will begin to 
claim that they can see unclear, humanoid entities on the 
edge of their vision, which are "fast-moving" and 
"clouded in thick smoke". No other distinguishing 
characteristics have been reported. These entities have 
been classified as SCP-2271-2. 


Phase 3: Liquidation of Assets 


During the final phase of affliction, SCP-2271-A will 
begin to dramatically sell off the remainder of their 
perceived belongings in order to pay off their debt. 
During this and the previous phases, SCP-2271-A 
instances will receive additional instances of 
SCP-2271-1 as updates to the status of their debt 
repayment. In no reported cases has the amount owed 
ever decreased. 


SCP-2271-A instances have been observed shipping the 
remainder of their material possessions, the possessions 
of those around them, their teeth, hair, excrement, blood 
(and other bodily fluids), pets, children/spouse/close 
relatives', and finally, with no other alternatives, the 
remainder of their own body. This behaviour will continue 
until the subject expires, or is no longer capable of 
making payments, after which they will disappear (after 
the second missed payment). 


SCP-2271-A subjects who are restrained from making payments will 
claim that the instances of SCP-2271-2 that had previously existed 


food or beverage items. The keypad, while connected and operating 
correctly, does not activate any of the dispensing mechanisms. 


When money is placed into SCP-261 and a three-digit number is 
entered on the keypad, SCP-261 will vend a random item. SCP-261 
has not accepted any currency other than Yen, with rejected 
currency being deposited in the coin return slot. It is unknown how 
these items appear; however, SCP-261 will not operate when the 
door is open, or when recording devices are placed inside. The 
number entered on the keypad has no effect on the item vended, 
nor has any pattern been detected. Items are always some form of 
“snack food”, and typically have bright, attention-grabbing 
packaging. 


SCP-261 is capable of operating with no external power supply, but 
operation in this state will cause “unstable” vending to occur much 
more quickly than normal. If SCP-261 is used several times in a 
short period of time and/or large amounts of money are entered 
before an item is vended, SCP-261 will start to dispense bizarre 
items. While still “food”, their suitability for human consumption is 
often non-existent. 


Log of items vended during Testing Phase 8: 
800 yen entered for each item, items being dispensed every 2 
minutes. SCP-261 is attached to power. 


“Coke Zero” — A can of diet Coke, packaging in English. 


“Cheetos” — A small bag of Cheetos snack food, packaging in 
English. 


“Black Black” — A single pack of caffeinated chewing gum, 
packaging in Japanese. 


“Yan Yan” — A single Yan Yan cone, with peach dipping frosting, 
packaging in Japanese. The Meiji Seika Company does not produce 
this flavor. 


“Pepsi: Dragon Twist” — A can of Pepsi cola, with a trace of fruit 
flavor, packaging in English. Flavor identified as Dragon Fruit. 


only on the edges of their vision will become more prominent and 
threatening, and begin to repossess items themselves. These claims 
are corroborated by observation of the subject and the belongings in 
question, which will begin to disappear if the subject does not 
personally make payments. SCP-2271-2 instances have not been 
photographed, but thermal surveillance has ascertained that there is 
always a significant drop in local temperature whenever SCP-2271- 
A subjects claim SCP-2271-2 instances are near, often as much as 
25° C. 


SCP-2271-A subjects are universally in a state of constant fear 
regarding SCP-2271-2 instances, and will show immense hesitation 
to avoid any stimuli that they relate to SCP-2271-2, including the 
sound of metal on metal, fire, strong wind, and the smell of burning 
rubber and petrol. 


Addendum 2271/1: Discovery 


The SCP-2271 phenomenon was first discovered in the town of 

, Nebraska, after local law enforcement ceased responding to 
attempts at communication by all outside groups. Foundation agents 
were mobilized to the town where they discovered that, despite 
signs of particularly graphic violence and struggle, the entire 
population had disappeared. The first instance of SCP-2271-1 was 
discovered during this investigation, albeit unknowingly, by the late 
Agent Sandra McCoy, during the sweep of an abandoned home in 
the area. 


Two days later, another report surfaced of a family of fanatics in 
nearby __, Nebraska, who had sold all of their possessions and then 
violently attacked their elderly neighbors. Foundation personnel 
arrived on the scene and managed to apprehend the subjects. It 
was during this initial investigation that SCP-2271-1 and -2 were 
originally classified. 


However, during Foundation occupation of __, several other 
members of the primary containment team became affected by 
SCP-2271, as well as a large number of townspeople. The situation 
soon become unmanageable, and all unaffected personnel were 
ordered to move back to a 5km perimeter and wait for further 
instruction. The situation resolved after two weeks, when all affected 


personnel had either disappeared, expired, or become too 
incapacitated to continue making payments. The remaining 
inhabitants of | were amnesticized and held for observation, then 
transported to Spain with different identities. The town itself was 
demolished, as was 


Incident Report: 01/03/2014 


On the third of January, 2014, Overwatch Command received a 
distress call from Site-91, the previous holding facility of all 
individuals contained in relation to SCP-2271. After the initial call, 
Site-91 staff did not respond for an additional eight hours, during 
which MTF Alpha-1 "Red Right Hand" was mobilized. Due to 
the remote location of Site-91, MTF A-1 was not able to reach 
Site-91 before it suddenly detonated its on-site nuclear device. 


In the wake of this event, it was discovered that Site-91 had sent 
one additional message, timestamped only two minutes before the 
detonation of the on-site nuclear device. The message, a single 
scanned image, was sent with no additional explanation. 


Investigation into this incident is still ongoing. 


Footnotes 
1. Often these individuals have been brutalized and arranged in 
such a way that would result in more efficient packaging and 


shipping. 
« SCP-2270 | SCP-2271 | SCP-2272 » 


SCP-2272: Ellis Canastota, P, Pensacola Blue 
Wahoos 


Item #: SCP-2272 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Foundation contacts within 
Major League Baseball will work to replace the Pensacola Blue 
Wahoos’ general manager with Agent Rob Potsdam of Local Mobile 
Task Force 352-Dalet (“Dixieland Nightmare Magic”). Upon 
appointment as general manager, Agent Potsdam will trade Ellis 
Canastota to a Foundation-controlled summer league team in St. 
Petersburg, Fla., at which point containment procedures will be 
further revised. Following Incident 2272-Domino (see Addendum II 
below), SCP-2272 is to be monitored for anomalous activity outside 
its known effects, and officials in the Cincinnati Reds franchise will 
be advised to retain Ellis Canastota at the Double-A level or below.1 
At least one member of Local Mobile Task Forces in the region of 
Pensacola Blue Wahoos away games at which Ellis Canastota is 
scheduled to start shall attend. Regional Command will revise 
containment procedures if new information or activity is 
demonstrated. 


Description: SCP-2272 is a phenomenon currently affecting the 
Double-A minor league baseball team known as the Pensacola Blue 
Wahoos. The phenomenon manifests as a player who does not 
exist, Blue Wahoos starting pitcher Ellis Canastota, appearing in 
game records, statistical compilations and in memories of Blue 
Wahoos games since mid-201 . All attendees of Blue Wahoos 
games in which Canastota is purported to play experience an 
apparent collective visual hallucination of Ellis Canastota pitching, 
batting and fielding, and a baseball game proceeding as normal. 
This effect also applies to visual recordings, photographs or audio 
recordings of Blue Wahoos games. (See Addendum | below for 
attempts at computer analysis of purported photographs of 


Canastota.) 


Double-blind analysis of aerial sonar readings from Vince J. Whibbs 
Sr. Community Maritime Park during a game in which Canastota 
was purported to pitch confirm that no being or object existed in the 
space in-person observers or observers of photographs and video 
suggest. In addition, despite audiovisual recordings indicating 
baseballs being hit, thrown and otherwise manipulated, sonar 
tracking was unable to verify the objective presence of a baseball on 
plays in which Canastota was a factor. When Canastota is not "on 
the field," no anomalous effects are indicated. 


Ellis Canastota, according to scouts with the Cincinnati Reds 
organization and his listing on the Blue Wahoos website, attended 
“Oneiroi3 High School” in “Utica, WO.”"4 No memories, recordings or 
statistics of any baseball performances by the player exist prior to 
his signing with the Blue Wahoos in 201 . 


Addendum | - Analysis of images: Multiple images affected by 
SCP-2272 were passed to a Foundation-developed program which 
subjects an image to a number of Fourier transforms and 
convolutions to obscure the resulting output from human recognition 
while simultaneously analyzing its structure and providing a 
summary of its contents by statistical analysis.> An example report 
(SCP-2272-IMG310): 


Date: 1st July 201 

Location: SPORTING EVENT at BASEBALL STADIUM (99% 
certainty) 

Type: FULL COLOR PHOTOGRAPH 

Subject: 

The image contains one (1) ADULT PERSON standing in 
foreground and seventy to eighty (70 to 80) ADULT PERSONS 
seated in the background. With 100% certainty the PERSONS in the 
image have CLOSED EYES. 


Addendum II - Incident 2272-Domino: Initial containment 
procedures for SCP-2272 orchestrated the appointment of Field 
Agent Robert Potsdam as general manager of the Pensacola Blue 
Wahoos, with the intent to trade Ellis Canastota to a Foundation- 
controlled summer league baseball team to contain SCP-2272’s