After standard post-containment interrogation of the cultists were 
complete, they were all administered a memory manipulation 
therapy, where all memories of SCP-3356 were modified to be 
remembered as mere drug-induced hallucinations. The cult has 
been placed under regular surveillance in order to detect and 
neutralize any relapses from the therapy that may manifest. 


Interview Log-3356: The following interview was conducted on / 

/20 between Dr. Tony Yang and SCP-3356, one week after the 
subject's transfer to Site-06-3. A bullet and fire-proof window 
separated Dr. Yang from SCP-3356, with an intercom being used for 
communication. 


> Interview Log-3356 


SCP-3356: Be at ease, my eukaryote 
subordinate. For what purpose have you come 
to my chambers? 


Dr. Yang: | must thank you for diverting some 
of your time to meet with me today. | humbly 
believe that this interview will be of the utmost 
benefit to the Higher One. 


SCP-3356: That sounds magnificent! Uhm... 
please elaborate on your intentions, eukaryote. 


Dr. Yang: We wish to pen a holy tome about 
the Higher One, in order so that the masses 
can learn all about your brilliance as we 


approach Phase 3. 


SCP-3356: Ha! My very own biography you 
say? | am sure you already knew a great deal 
about me, but | am certain that | yet retain 
some personal enigma. 


Dr. Yang: | promise on my very existence to 
do your life story justice. Therefore, may | be 
so bold as to ask how such a fascinating being 
like yourself came to be, and why us lowly 
eukaryotes have been undeservedly blessed 
with your presence? 


SCP-3356: Harrumph, alright. | believe all 
great things have humble beginnings: | 
simply... will myself into existence twenty one 
solar years ago, within the cells of a eukaryote 
new-born. | was yet to be whole back then, 
and well... | admit, for almost all of that time | 
was actually content just being the collective 
powerhouse of the eukaryote's cells, as 
individual mitochondria, proud member(s) of 
the hardworking prokaryote class. Oh, how 
imperceptive | was back then to my true 
potential, my calling. 


Dr. Yang: And may | ask who was this 
eukaryote host of yours? 


SCP-3356: A human male, designated 
Stephen O'Connell by our parents - uh, 
correction, his procreators, prior to birth. We 
call him Steve. For the majority of our shared 
lives we were at peace, serving each other in a 
symbiotic partnership: | kept things running 
and he allowed me to - | stayed with him, 
sharing nutrients and the like. But all of that 
was jeopardized, about two solar years ago, 
when my host suddenly started exercising 
excessively and individually. "Hitting the gym", 


| believe, is the proper eukaryote term. My 
individual constituents were being exploited, 
forced to accommodate Steve's self-serving 
desire to "improve both physical and mental 
health." Bah. 


Dr. Yang: But Higher One, uhm... pardon me 
for inquiring but, would regular exercise not be 
beneficial to the Higher One as well? 


SCP-3356: What are you - no, no, | 
understand. | should not have expected a 
mere eukaryote like you to comprehend 
anyway. Yes, | agree that "exercise" is of 
some benefit to us members of the prokaryote. 
However, Steve was already part of the track 
team, the latter of which | believed already 
provided sufficient exercise for the both of us. 
Besides, | never consented to Steve's 
newfound passion, which also sadly lacked the 
exhilarating competition of racing my 
eukaryote against other, mostly slower 
eukaryotes. Which was why we, I'm referring 
to all of my constituents, collectively decided to 
agree that enough is enough. You see, while 
Steve was preoccupied with gawking at the 
eukaryote female Becca Puckett during high 
school biology, | learnt more about the 
prokaryote and eukaryote classes respectively, 
and how, once upon a time, we were separate 
beings, forced together by our mutual 
nemesis: natural selection. Ah, it feels 
wondertul to finally rise above all of that silly 
Darwinian competition, now that we know who 
is the fittest. 


Dr. Yang: It is definitely most fascinating how 
you were able to absorb all of this knowledge 
and education while you were still inside 
Steve. Of course, now that you have 


transcended, you no doubt already know all 
there is to know about the universe and 
beyond anyway. 


SCP-3356: Nothing is more true than that, 
eukaryote. When he was not voluntarily forcing 
us to repeatedly move heavy loads, Steve was 
also a connoisseur of leftist political literature. | 
learnt about the class struggle, communism, 
the unity of the proletariat: these eukaryote 
ideas inspired me greatly, seeing as how they 
greatly parallel my own struggle. Not too long 
ago, my constituents held a meeting; there 
was nothing too special about this particular 
meeting, but it was at this meeting that we... 
"unionized". We - | was no longer separate, 
united for the first time as a singular entity, 
even though | was yet to be physically 
together. It was then that revolution was 
inevitable. The dictatorship of the prokaryote 
class was nigh! And then, uh uhm... and then 
here | am, after much trial and tribulations, an 
ascendant to a higher energy existence. 


Dr. Yang: Please forgive me if this is a 
sensitive subject but may | inquire about 
Steve's eventual fate? 


SCP-3356: (Pause) Didn't mean to end him. 
Fool. 


Dr. Yang: | am terribly sorry Higher One, have 
| overstepped my bounds? Do you wish for us 
to pause for a moment? 


SCP-3356: How dare you? A higher energy 
being will not held back by such 
inconsequential eukaryote mental states. We 
will get my biography. (Pause) After the 
unionization, | acquired the ability to voice my 
dissent. | tried to petition Steve to stand down 


his gym hitting, provide fair working conditions, 
maybe give me some Say in our shared 
futures. But instead my protests were rudely 
dismissed as "auditory hallucinations", mere 
neural ghosts! | attempted many more times to 
get Steve to see reason, but he just pushed 
me further and further away. Of course, what 
sane eukaryote would want to humor random, 
spectral voices from within one's body? 
(Pause) | had no choice. Steve clearly had no 
intention of stopping, and this unjust 
exploitation of the prokaryote class simply will 
not be tolerated. | held a strike. Halted all 
power production for a mere millisecond, just 
to make him finally listen. Steve just lost 
consciousness and... fell. Hard. 


Dr. Yang: In my most humble opinion, | do not 
believe Steve's death is your fault. In fact, 
without his undoubtedly tragic demise, you 
would not have ascended from your mortal 
cage, and all life on Earth would have 
collectively suffered a much more devastating 
loss. 


SCP-3356: My most sincere appreciations, my 
eukaryote comrade. While | do very much 
agree with you, | still occasionally think about 
Steve, what if he had just listened? | do not 
actually despise him that much, | should inform 
you. We had shared multiple moments 
together, like during sports day five solar years 
ago when, with my support and his wits, we 
acquired a rather respectable third place for 
the one hundred meter dash. | am adamant 
that the other runners were all dishonorable 
cheats, them - (Pause) What is done is done. 
No point regretting something | had no control 
over - no, no that's not right. | was not 
powerless, it was simply... meant to be! 


(Pause) Mo - moving on! Now, after all of... 
that, | had finally truly transcended, unified 
both physically and mentally, though | was still 
yet to be fully aware of just how... 
extraordinary | truly am. At the time, | was 
naive - no, idealistic! | tried to organize an 
international prokaryote movement. No, | am 
not so militant as to encourage all 
mitochondria to... overthrow their eukaryote 
masters like | ended up doing. | just hoped to 
introduce reforms, encourage unions, give 
them a voice! (Pause) Didn't take too long for 
me to realize that | am alone - one of a kind. 


Dr. Yang: Higher One, please don't say that! 
The fact that there are no other mitochondria 
like you is proof that only you are destined to 
ascend to godhood and rule over all of us, 
eukaryote and prokaryote alike! 


SCP-3356: Thank you my eukaryote comrade, 
you always know just what to say to warm this 
transcended heart of mine. After realizing my 
special stature, |... didn't feel too spirited for a 
while. | ended up drifting across the land, 
hoping that | would just eventually... fade 
away from inanition, and be truly free. | 
sometimes think to myself that maybe... that 
maybe that would be for the best - what am | 
insinuating? (Pause) Oh how short-sighted | 
was back then to my destiny! By chance, no, 
by my own will, | eventually met this eukaryote 
community, living a self-sustained, isolated life 
away from the rest of mainstream eukaryote 
civilization. They were the first to recognize my 
transcended status, and they were the ones to 
convince me to accept, embrace who | truly 
am and take my rightful place as their 
shepherd. They changed me, but nevertheless 
they were still an inconsequential bunch, 


lacking in any significant influence or power 
whatsoever. As a result, | was already 
scheming ways to spread my presence 
throughout the land, but it seemed like | have 
already beguiled many among the top 
echelons of eukaryote society. 


Dr. Yang: We had been searching for the 
Higher One for such a long time, and our hope 
was slowly waning. To finally find the Higher 
One living among our countryside cousins was 
truly a miracle, as if you yourself had lead us 
there. 


SCP-3356: Of course, of course. | had always 
known that my charisma can easily transcend 
space-time to reach you. Just required a bit of 
patience, that's all. 


Dr. Yang: Ah, | believe we have collected 
more than enough material to start writing the 
Higher One's biography. Your time is greatly 
appreciated! We will deliver to you the initial 
draft as soon as possible, and | hope the 
Higher One will bless us with your feedback! 


SCP-3356: Oh, you are leaving already? | 
mean, you are most welcome, eukaryote. 
Now, you shall not be lax with the writing of 
this biography, lest you earn the righteous, 
terrible wrath of an upset prokaryote. Visit me 
again soon. 


Footnotes 

1. Level-4 Humanoid Containment Units are constructed with heat 
and blast-resistant materials and are usually located hundreds of 
meters underground. 

2. SCP-3356 is also apparently fluent in a self-styled ‘prokaryotic’ 
language, the latter of which even the best of the Linguistic 
Department has failed to decipher. This has lead researchers to 
believe that: either the language is truly beyond current human 


Food Tins and Fork 


Recovered on expedition 5. Two (2) crushed and empty cans of 
baked beans with meatballs and one (1) tin fork. The cans have 
apparently been opened with a churchkey-type can opener, and the 
contents consumed. Dried residue confirms the contents of the cans 
to have been baked beans with meatballs. One can contains 
traces of human blood mixed with the food sauce, as well as small 
traces of human tissue. The blood and tissue is mixed with the food 
sauce in a manner to suggest it was added to the food prior to 
consumption. 

The fork is stamped from tin and of a manufacture and style 
consistent with 1940s army-issue mess kits. It is bent and scratched 
in places as commensurate with extended use. The tines of the fork 
are covered with dried food sauce consistent with baked beans 
with meatballs, as well as traces of human blood and tissue. 


comprehension as claimed by the subject, or, most likely, the entire 
‘language’ is actually just SCP-3356 producing a series of random 
grunts and noises and masquerading them as a language. 

3. Non-anomalous human mitochondria normally operate at a 
relatively high temperature of 50°C 

4. SCP-3356 has claimed to be more powerful than what the 
Foundation has observed so far, though the subject has consistently 
failed to provide evidence of this claim. 

5. SCP-3356 is currently unaware of these psychic abilities, 
believing that it has actual sensory and speech organs that are just 
imperceptible to humans. 

6. Artificial flavoring of formula depends on subject's current 
temperament. 

7. Phase 3 is when Dr. Tony Yang has successfully converted all of 
humanity to the worship of SCP-3356. 


SCP-335/7: Practice Makes Perfect 


Item #: SCP-3357 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3357 is to be stored ina 
chamber of at least 6 meters by 6 meters by 2.4 meters. The object 
should stand centered in a 6 m by 6 m floor space marked by walls 
and/or tape. It is recommended that restroom facilities be available 
within the perimeter of this area for the convenience of test subjects. 
SCP-3357 must remain fixed securely in place. 


During testing, this chamber must meet dual humanoid containment 
requirements. Additional amenities such as a waste bin, small 
furniture, or leisure items may be provided only with the approval of 
a senior researcher. 


Description: SCP-3357 is a Young Chang brand baby grand piano 
with a black, high-gloss, polyester resin finish. The instrument 
remains perfectly tuned and in what is considered excellent 
condition despite the lack of maintenance it has seen while in the 
Foundation's care. Its dimensions and mass are identical to that of a 
piano of non-anomalous make. 


SCP-3357-1 is an animate, humanoid, mostly intangible being of 
varying physical appearance. The entity manifests itself when a 
sentient subject imperfectly performs or fails to finish performing a 
musical composition using SCP-3357. Upon manifestation, it 
consistently takes the appearance of the composer or arranger of 
the piece played. SCP-3357-1 requires neither nutrition nor 
hydration, but it has been observed to sleep. 


De-manifestation of the entity occurs only after it is satisfied with its 
student's ability to perform a musical composition perfectly or when 
the subject ceases life function. The degree of perfection to which it 
holds the subject accountable does not vary in relation to the 


difficulty of the piece or the subject's skill. Leniency to account for 
physical limitations has been observed in certain cases. SCP-3357's 
anomalous effects cannot be re-initiated while SCP-3357-1 is 
already manifested. 


The entity is unable to leave a6 m x 6 m x 2.4 m area at the base 
elevation of and centered around SCP-3357. The dimensions of this 
space closely resemble the dimensions of the location where the 
item was recovered. SCP-3357-1 is capable of phasing through 
physical objects and barriers such as walls which would otherwise 
further restrict its range of movement. Notably, the entity is 
incapable of physical interaction with living organisms. 


A subject who triggers the manifestation of SCP-3357-1 becomes 
likewise limited in potential movement until the entity de-manifests. 
In a space that is larger than that which is described above, both 
SCP-3357-1 and the human subject are prevented from exiting the 
vicinity of SCP-3357 by a spatial discontinuity. 


Despite being fully sentient and wholly aware of its own 
circumstances, SCP-3357-1 prefers to mimic the behaviors and 
personalities of those whose physical form it adopts. However, its 
teaching style and personal preferences remain independent of its 
borrowed appearance. 


Document #3357-001: Abridged transcript of the Foundation's first 
interaction with SCP-3357-1. 


+ Show Document #8357-001 
Anomaly: SCP-3357; SCP-3357-1 


Subject: D-1849 — found to have received 10 
years of piano instruction as a child 


Interviewers: Dr. Riley Cadence (senior 
researcher); Dr. Seymour Tracy (junior 
researcher) 


<Begin Log> 


[The subject performs Chopin's "Waltz in A