Elijah: |...| want to... Laura was my best 
friend. But why did | forget her face for so 
long? And why does it hurt to remember it? It’s 
like I’m being woken up before the end of a 
dream. 


Dr. Vaile: | want to find out with you. Let’s end 
this session here, and come back to this next 
week. I’m very proud of the progress you’ve 
made so far. You’ve opened up so much, and | 
can feel us getting closer to the source of this 
frustration for you. 


Elijah: Yeah I’m... I’m really tired right now. | 


SCP-413: THE BUILDINGS NEXT DOOR AND 
ACROSS THE STREET DONT BELIEVE IMA 
PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF SOCIETY AND THAT | 
WILL GIVE AWAY THEIR PLANS 


Dr. : What plans? 
SCP-413: THAT WE ATTACK TOMRROW 
Dr. : (visibly pales) 


SCP-413: HA HA HA JUST KIDDING DID YOU SEE 
THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE ITS HILARIOUS 

Dr. : | think we're done for today. 

SCP-413: YOURE NO FUN 


Video Logs: The following video logs were recorded by security 
cameras before SCP-413 was discovered and contained. 


Video Log 1 

Subject: Family of Six Tourists 

Description: SCP-413 proceeds to thwart any attempt for the 
subjects to find their vehicle. It continually changes signs and 
markers to mislead and confuse the subjects for the next twenty 
minutes. 


Video Log 2 

Subject: Neglectful Mother and her child 

Description: Subject is continually led around in circles, with every 
path she takes eventually leading her back to her car, where she 
was keeping her child locked in. The cycle continues for seven 
minutes before the subject finally gives up and leaves SCP-413 with 
her child. 


Video Log 3 

Subject: Businessman 

Description: By manipulating ramp and sign placement, SCP-413 
leads the subject around in circles and forces him to drive through a 
complex and confusing path before letting him exit. 


Video Log 4 

Subject: Group of Five Teenage Vandals 

Description: Subjects enter SCP-413 and begin vandalizing 
vehicles and the interior of SCP-413. [DATA EXPUNGED]. 


need some time to try to... to try to piece this 
together. 


Dr. Vaile: Of course, that’s what I’m here for, 
to help you get through this. It will be tough, 
Elijah, but | know you can pull through this. 


Elijah: Thanks, I’m uh... I’m going to go get 
some rest. 


< End Log> 


Note: / think this is an important turning point 
in Elijah’s treatment. The more | can get him to 
open up, the closer | believe we are to 
understanding what has caused his 
dissociative state. If we can pinpoint the 
memory that Elijah is suppressing we can 
unlock that lost time, and hopefully the other 
pieces will fall into place. Causing Elijah to 
come to terms and work through that is the 
next step. | don’t know if effects from 
SCP-3234 will become worse at that point, but 
it’s a definite possibility. —Dr. Vaile 


+ Open Dr.Welligo evaluation 


Before the third session with 1A, they were 
found in their room, there was significant visual 
noise present on their face and torso. 1A was 
immediately brought in for examination at this 
point. Their eyes had shown slight amounts of 
visual noise, which was a major concern that 
1A was devolving into the final stages. Dr. 
Vaile had tried to converse with 1A, though 
their ability to communicate had deteriorated 
significantly. The loss of time, fragmented 
memories and a general unfocused thinking 
pattern have intensified. I’ve been informed by 


Dr. Vaile that this isn’t necessarily a worst 
case scenario and I'll defer to her judgement in 
regards to treatment. —Dr.Welligo 


+ Open 1A-Session-3 
Subject 1A session log-3 
Therapist: Dr. Vaile 


Forward: Elijah’s symptoms have become 
increasingly agitated. This session is a critical 
point in determining the effectiveness of 
therapy as a means to halt and reverse 
SCP-3234. While the risk is still severe, 
attempting to reverse the symptoms from this 
point onward could lead to discovering the 
cause of Elijah’s disassociation. 


Elijah’s speech was heavily impaired. 
Instances of voice distortion have been 
recorded and Elijah’s intended speech will be 
denoted by italics. 


<Begin Log, [ / / ]> 
Dr. Vaile: Elijah? Are you with me right now? 


Elijah: [No response. Elijah stares with a blank 
expression towards the ceiling.] 


Dr. Vaile: Elijah | need you to focus on me, 
Elijah? Can you hear my voice? 


Elijah: [Elijah clears his throat. The sound of 
white noise can be heard during this.] Why am 
| here? 


Dr. Vaile: You're here because you're sick, 
Elijah. Do you remember, coming here for 


treatment? 


Elijah: You sound weird. Everything sounds a 
bit weird right now. 


Dr. Vaile: How do | sound to you? 


Elijah: Like you’re yelling down a well. Why do 
| have to be here? 


Dr. Vaile: Like | said before Elijah, you’re here 
for treatment. 


Elijah: You said before? /Elijah pauses, eyes 
flicker with visual noise before taking a heavy 
breath.] Why am | here? 


Dr. Vaile: /Dr. Vaile is quiet for a moment 
before leaning closer to Elijah.] Where is here, 
Elijah? 


Elijah: Here? | was at home a second ago. 
Wasn't |? | don’t want to be there, either. Or 
am | at home right now... where am |? 


Dr. Vaile: [Dr. Vaile puts her hands on the 
sides of Elijah’s head and moves his head to 
force eye contact.] Treatment. 


Elijah: Treatment? / thought that was a dream. 
Your face, | can’t put your face it together. Do / 
know you? | can’t remember your face, | keep 
seeing faces in my mind and | can’t find their 
names. It’s hard to see. Everything’s so dark | 
might know your face, but | can’t tell. 


Dr. Vaile: What's the last thing you 
remember? 


Elijah: The last thing / remember? It all feels 
so far away. | don’t feel like... going after 
them. 


Dr. Vaile: Going after what? 


Elijah: Anything. It’s all drifting out of reach. | 
tried chasing them for so long. It's empty now. 


Dr. Vaile: Doctor Vaile. Repeat after me. 
[Elijah tries to move out of eye contact, Dr. 
Vaile doesn't let go.] 


Elijah: Doctor... Vaile? 


Dr. Vaile: My name, is Doctor Vaile. You are 
here for treatment. 


Elijah: Your name is Doctor Vaile. I’m here... 
[A brief flicker of visual noise crosses Elijah’s 
eyes before he begins looking around with a 

confused expression.] 


Dr. Vaile: ...For treatment. 


Elijah: Yeah. | can remember it now. [Elijah 
lowers his head into his hands. Heavy 
breathing can be heard.]] 


Dr. Vaile: What happened to you Elijah? 


Elijah: | don’t know. | went away. | felt like | 
was floating for a while. Too much thinking. | 
didn’t feel like, like myself. It felt like needles. 


Dr. Vaile: Are you okay now, Elijah? 


Elijah: Yeah, | think I’m... okay right now 
[Elijah appears to be half awake at this point.] 


Dr. Vaile: Just remember to keep looking 
forward. Each day is a new day, it'll get better. 


Elijah: I've never been very good at looking 
forward. | shoulda watched... shoulda kept my 
eyes off you... [Elijah is assumed to fall asleep 


due to exhaustion.] 


[Dr. Vaile sat in silence for a few minutes 
before helping Elijah back to his room.] 


<End Log> 


Notes: Elijah was monitored for another 
agitation of SCP-3234 following this session. 
Symptoms had subsided following my 
intervention, returning Elijah to a non-critical 
state. The next session will tell us if this was a 
step towards a conclusion or a setback in 
SCP-3234 treatment.- Dr. Vaile. 


+ Open 1A-Session-4 
Subject 1A session log-4 
Therapist: Dr. Vaile 


Forward: This is the fourth session with Elijah. 
The goal of this session will revolve around 
unpacking the memories of Laura. 


<Begin Log, [ / / ]> 


Dr. Vaile: Alright, Elijah are you ready for 
today? 


Elijah: | think so... 


Dr. Vaile: You seem to have had some issues 
while you were alone. The first thing I'd like to 
know is what happened then? 


Elijah: |... | tried to remember as much as | 
could. | kept forcing it and eventually it was... 
just really painful. | just... | started to get the 
feeling that | should just stop trying. | just laid 


there and | could feel my mind going blank. | 
felt this... tingling and then | went numb. It was 
like a dream, | was looking up and | could feel 
the walls coming in. | could feel that but, | 
just... | didn’t care? It felt like | was falling, it 
didn’t feel real. | forget how long | was like that 
before someone found me. But...| guess | got 
better, right? 


Dr. Vaile: It looks like you did. What do you 
think stopped you from thinking further? 


Elijah: I’m not sure. | felt like | was pushing 
against my own brain. | couldn’t overpower it. 
It sucked me in and | just kept falling. 


Dr. Vaile: Well, | want to try to dig deeper now. 
I'll be here to stop you if you start to feel numb 
again. | believe you got close then, closer than 
we have so far. If we push just a little bit more, 
| think we can find the trigger for your illness 
Elijah. Do you feel comfortable trying? 


Elijah: | think so, what do you want me to do? 


Dr. Vaile: Just lay down, Elijah. | want you to 
close your eyes and think of Laura. 


[Elijah lays down and closes his eyes. Dr. 
Vaile leans forward slightly. A few seconds 
pass before Elijah starts to speak.] 


Elijah: | see her... Laura looking at me. This is 
when | started feeling sick. | feel it right in my 
stomach. God It’s churning, somethings 
spinning it doesn’t feel right. [Elijah grabs his 
stomach and winces.] Why am... | remember 
why | feel this... why was | looking at her? | 
shouldn't have been... | shouldn't have looked 
at her. Shit. Shit. It feels...It feels like it’s going 
faster. My head feels like it’s cracking. 


[Elijah grabs the sides of his head and 
squeezes tightly. he sighs and holds his eyes 
closed tightly. Dr. Vaile puts her hand on his 
shoulder. ] 


Dr. Vaile: That's good, Elijah. That’s good. Tell 
me, what is going faster? Why don’t you think 
you should be looking at her? 


Elijah: The car. 
Dr. Vaile: The car? 


Elijah: | was... | was driving, why was | 
looking at her? | don’t understand. | see it, the 
bright light behind her smile. It was sunny out. 
It was so... so damn bright it hurt my eyes. | 
wasn't looking at the road, why was | looking 
at her? | see it... |... Dammit | saw it coming. | 
winced and | missed it. | remember her smile. | 
remember it so clearly and then just a flash. 


Dr. Vaile: You were in a car crash, Elijah. Is 
that what happened? 


Elijah: Yeah... | took my eyes off the road for 
a second. That... [Elijah hits his chest.] One 
second that... felt like forever. 


Dr. Vaile: Elijah, It wasn’t your fault. Elijah, | 
need you to realise it wasn’t your fault. 


*[Elijah begins to tear up. Gasping noises and 
shallow breathes can be heard coming from 
him.] 


Elijah: It was my fault. | didn’t... | remember 
now. After that, when | woke up and saw what 
had happened it froze... it all froze. That... 
[Elijah motions his hand over his chest.] That 
pang in my heart started. | don’t remember 


how | got home. | don’t remember what | did 
for... what feels like a lifetime after. 


Dr. Vaile: You shut yourself off, is this when it 
started? The illness? 


Elijah: | think so. | remember the colour 
draining out of everything. That much | can put 
together. | didn’t want to do anything. | wanted 
to forget, | think. | don’t know why, | should 
have remembered. | think... | think | missed 
her funeral. | don’t remember going. | shut it all 
out and... | lost the chance to remember her. 


Dr. Vaile: | know this is hard for you Elijah. | 
know you’ve been holding this in for a long 
time. But | also Know how strong you are, 
Elijah. You can confront this, it wasn’t your 
fault. 


[Elijah begins to laugh, while still crying 
heavily.] 


Elijah: God dammit. What | would give, right 
now to feel numb. | just... | can’t. | can’t stop 
this pain. It was easier to... it was easier to 
forget. It... [Stammering through heavy inhales 
can be heard.] hurts and | can’t shut it out. 


Dr. Vaile: Don’t try to shut it out again, Elijah. 
You are strong, you can face this. You can 
remember, and keep remembering. Don't 
forget Laura, she wouldn’t want you to forget 
her, would she Elijah? 


Elijah: No, no she wouldn't. That smile... is 
the last time | saw her alive. | made a mistake 
and... Do you think she would forgive me? If 
she was looking down on me right now, could 
she forgive me? 


Dr. Vaile: | think so, Elijah. | also think, you 
can forgive yourself. | think you did great 
today. 


Elijah: | think | need to be alone for a bit. | 
need time to...think. 


Dr. Vaile: | understand. I’m glad you were able 
to remember her, Elijah. | think this is a great 
step towards overcoming this illness. 


Elijah: | hope so. 
[Elijah spent a few minutes composing himself 
before leaving the office. ] 


<End Log> 


+ Open continuation of treatment 


The treatment for SCP-3234 in Elijah has so 
far been a success. After our breakthrough in 
session four, | was able to get Elijah to open 
up further. The sessions directly following have 
shown Elijah to be in a significantly better 
mental state than at the beginning of 
treatment. It is my suggestion that Elijah be 
considered for return to the general population. 
A Class-A amnestic should be administered. 
The cover story should be significant therapy 
sessions about the traumatic experience he 
had been through that caused disassociation 
and depression within Elijah. An agent is to be 
placed in Elijah’s life to act as a friend, to help 
lessen the chance of a possible relapse. It’s 
currently believed that Elijah is in complete 
remission from SCP-3234’s effects and should 
not be deemed a threat. —Dr. Vaile 


Footnotes 

1. Candidates for MTF ETA-62 are to be screened prior to 
recruitment. Candidates with a resulting history of depression or 
similar mental health issues are non-eligible. 


Addendum 2: The five teenage youths seen in Video Log 4 were 
foundon / /20 by a Foundation exploration team. The teens were 
still alive, though exhausted, malnourished, and dehydrated, despite 
being declared missing for over three months. Before being 
administered Class A amnestics and returned to their families, the 
five teenagers revealed that they were locked in an inescapable 
labyrinth created by SCP-413, and were kept alive only by several 
water fountains and vending machines that would conveniently 
appear. They also stated that [DATA EXPUNGED]. The five 
teenagers were apparently inside SCP-413 for the entire exploration 
phase, somehow eluding our deep sensing equipment. Further 
exploration suspended pending further review. 


Containment Protocol 413: Due to the inability to plant demolition 
charges within SCP-413, contingency in the case of a major 
containment breach will instead be carried out via cruise missile or 
air strike. As such, either the USS — , SCPS Defender, or fighters 
from Air Force Base or NASA must be kept on standby. 


« SCP-412 | SCP-413 | SCP-414 » 


SCP-3235: The Baba-disease 


Item #: SCP-3235 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Samples of SCP-3235 are to 
be stored in refrigerated BSL-3 storage at Biological Containment 
Site- . 


Removal of samples for study requires the approval of at least 2 
Level-4 personnel. Testing of SCP-3235 on D-Class personnel 
requires the approval of at least 3 Level-4 personnel. Direct 
interaction with material originating from SCP-3235 requires the use 
of a Level-A hazmat suit. 


Any subject infected by SCP-3235 is to be considered lost. The 
resulting cadaver is to be incinerated, and the area they had 
inhabited is to be decontaminated.