and , , Which was projected to enter 
SCP-3087. The goals of their entry were to 
gather information on SCP-3087-1, explore the 
locations visited by affected vehicles, and 
determine if these vehicles could be reliably 
recovered. Operatives Alfa and Bravo were 
equipped with video and audio recording 
devices. These devices were recovered when 
operative Bravo reappeared after thirty-nine 
hours. The following is a log of their 
recordings. 


The recording begins at 0113; there is initially 
no video. Alfa is speaking into his microphone. 


Alfa: —contact with Control. Are you getting 
anything on your end? 


Bravo: Nothing, no. Think we’re in? 
Alfa: Yeah. 


Three minutes pass before Alfa begins 
recording video. The camera is directed 
outside the bus window; Alfa pans it across 
and then points it upwards. No light can be 
seen. 


Alfa: Most of the passengers are asleep. | 
count three, besides us, still awake. There 
might be more. 


Fifteen minutes later, the bus slows to a halt 
and the bus doors open. A humanoid entity 
rises from the driver's seat while another 
enters the bus; both are designated instances 
of SCP-3087-1a. Each carries a large, wooden 
briefcase and wears a long coat with many 
pockets. Their faces are indistinct. 


Bravo: I’m going to try to get off. 
Alfa: Are you sure? 
Bravo: Yeah. Let’s see where we are. 


Bravo approaches the bus door. However, 
when she attempts to exit, an instance of 
SCP-3087-1a stops her. Upon closer 
inspection, its skin and face are colored pale- 
yellow and have a soft, wax-like texture. It 
extends a hand, as if in expectation of 
payment; when Bravo presents nothing, it 
continues to block her path. Bravo returns to 
her seat. 


Bravo: Hard to see outside. Got a glimpse of 
what looked like redwoods. We’re nowhere 
near a highway. 


never refer to SCP-384 as a "door" or "the exit," but instead as "the 
light." Furthermore, SCP-384-1 will gauge personnel’s location 
relative to SCP-384 by the sound of an individual’s footsteps or 
breathing: personnel who walk away from SCP-384 apparently 
sound softer to SCP-384-1. 


Once an individual is positioned directly in front of SCP-384, he or 
she will be instructed to “reach forwards.” At this point in 
conversation, most individuals report that SCP-384-1 has taken ona 
pleading tone of voice. It is impossible to conventionally open 
SCP-384 without otherwise damaging or destroying it, but 
individuals who at this point attempt to open SCP-384 are 
encompassed by an abrupt explosion of [DATA EXPUNGED]. No 
recorded alternate dimensions correspond to the location observed 
through SCP-384, though personnel who have been to the Los 
Angeles La Brea tar fields have reported similarities. Retrieval 
attempts have been deemed by Dr. F__ to be too risky, given that 
the only personnel lost so far have been D-Class. SCP-384-1 will 
express confusion at this event and will repeatedly ask why the light 
has vanished. Interviewers noted increased signs of distress after 
this event occurs. 


Twelve minutes after the commencement of the second stage, 
SCP-384-1 will cease talking, and all tar will drain from the room. 


Addendum-384A: When asked for information about Marshall, 
Carter, and Dark Ltd., SCP-384-1 refused to answer. This is the only 
recorded instance of uncooperative behavior on SCP-384-1's part. 
When the on-duty psychiatrist asked further, SCP-384-1 revealed 
that Marshall, Carter, and Dark Ltd. clients who expressed "special 
interests" were permitted to converse with it. SCP-384-1 has refused 
to elaborate.P C_ , captured during the same raid in which 
SCP-384 was captured, was one such client. Psychological 
interviewers report high levels of sociopathic and sadistic behavior. 
Given the previous activities of Marshall, Carter, and Dark Ltd., Dr. 

F has assumed that all other clients expressing "special interests" 
are in a similar mental state as Mr.C .Dr.F has discouraged 
researchers under his command from pursuing this line of inquiry. 


Incident Log-384-1: On 3/22/20 , Assistant C was interviewing 
SCP-384-1. He was the only individual in the room. Two minutes 


Alfa: We could try exiting another way. 
Bravo: I'm not sure. 
Alfa: It might be dangerous staying here. 


Bravo: But it’s still a bus, it’s still providing a 
service. | think we should play by the rules. But 
I'll follow your call, 


Alfa: Okay, | give. Let’s sit back and enjoy the 
ride. 


The two instances of SCP-3087-1a remain 
standing at the front of the bus. The video 
continues uneventtully for several minutes until 
Alfa turns it off. 


+ Show Exploration Log Excerpt 3087-02C 
Exploration Log Excerpt 3087-02C 


The footage resumes at 0315. A constant, low, 
rushing sound can be heard in the 
background. The surroundings of the bus 
remain too dark to be observed. 


Bravo: here. The situation’s deteriorated. 


There is a loud rattling sound as the bus 
begins to shake. Bravo pans the camera to 
show that most of the passengers, despite the 
violent movement, remain asleep. 


Bravo: Thankfully the sleep-inducing effects of 
the skip are working in our favor. But there are 
other problems. 


Alfa walks into the camera’s view. 


Bravo: No good? 


Alfa: No. Here, look. 


Bravo and Alfa move towards one of the 
passengers, a tall man in his forties. His neck 
is unusually bent such that his head is pressed 
to the top of the seat. His eyes are open 
unnaturally wide, and he does not blink. The 
skin surrounding his eyes is stretched radially 
outwards. When the operatives approach, he 
begins to moan softly. 


Alfa: This one asked for sedatives. Turns out 
that was a bad idea. He said he felt like all his 
blood was rushing to his head, complaining 
about the sound. Then he got like this. 


Bravo: No drugs, then. Are the others still 
panicking? 


Alfa: It’s died down. 
There is a loud, creaking sound. 
Alfa: Another one. Here, get a shot of this. 


Alfa and Bravo move the camera so that it is 
facing a pair of passengers; one is sleeping 
and the other is awake. Initially, the sleeping 
passenger's face appears to be distorted. A 
tear begins to develop down the ventral 
midline of the passenger’s body. A humanoid 
with spindly limbs and an anomalously large 
number of joints, designated SCP-3087-1f, 
emerges from the inside of the passenger, 
whose remains form a baggy, cloth-like skin. 
The passenger who is awake indicates signs 
of distress. 


The instance of SCP-3087-1f conducts a 
transaction with one of the instances of 
SCP-3087-1a; it receives sewing supplies and 


a large barrel, produced anomalously from the 
pockets and briefcase of the SCP-3087-1a 
instance, in exchange for an unidentified 
currency. It proceeds to use the sewing 
supplies to repair the tear produced in the 
passenger from which it emerged, creating a 
sock-like tube, approximating a human figure 
and incapable of supporting itself. It then fills 
the cavity of the tube with a green liquid from 
the barrel, which inflates the passenger. After 
the process is complete, the passenger 
appears to be unharmed and, apart from the 
stitching travelling down the former tear, 
otherwise unaltered. The instance of 
SCP-3087-1f then takes a seat. 


Alfa and Bravo return their seats and begin 
discussing possible return strategies. As they 
do so, they are interrupted by a loud crunching 
sound. Bravo turns the camera towards a 
passenger, who has been decapitated. 


Alfa: Fuck. 
Bravo: Wait. Maybe... 


The passenger's head, which has fallen to 
their lap, sprouts legs from the base of its neck 
and approaches the front of the bus. It 
attempts to conduct a transaction but is 
refused; the instance of SCP-3087-1a 
gestures, in apparent anger, at the 
passenger's decapitated body, which is 
slumped over in its seat and bleeding 
profusely. The head, designated an instance of 
SCP-3087-1g, produces more currency, at 
which point it is allowed to sit. 


Bravo: Guess not. 


The heads of the two SCP-3087-1a instances 


ignite, producing a candle-like flame. The 
flame is unusually bright and illuminates the 
surroundings of the bus, revealing an 
underwater setting. Large schools of fish swim 
around the bus, which is travelling in between 
tall, underwater vegetation, resembling kelp. 


Alfa: Do you, uh, think we need to take care of 
that body ourselves? 


Bravo: | guess. 
Alfa and Bravo look at each other. 
Alfa: | got it. 

+ Show Exploration Log Excerpt 3087-02F 
Exploration Log Excerpt 3087-02F 


The footage resumes at 1850. Alfa begins by 
speaking into the camera. 


Alfa: This is. Travelling for a while now; we 
haven't tried to catch every paranormal thing 
that happens. We've taken written notes which 
we'll, uh, hopefully get the chance to share in a 
debrief. 


Bravo: | like the optimism. 


Alfa: Thanks. Staying awake has gotten weird. 
It's been almost twenty-four hours now. When 
the skips—the candle ones at the front of the 
bus—light their flames, it produces this smell. 
and | noticed a few hours ago that the 
smell makes us want to sleep. It’s very 
powerful. But even when we try, we can't. 


Alfa: We got out of the water some time ago, 
and we turned the camera back on to record 
whatever it is we’re seeing out there. 


Alfa points the camera out of the window. 
There is light in the distance, growing in 
intensity over time. The light covers much of 
the horizon. 


Bravo: If | had to make a non-anomalous 
association, they remind me of city lights. 


Alfa: Yeah. | mean, judging by the distance, 
whatever it is has to be pretty big. 


The bus continues to approach the lights. As 
they grow closer, it becomes apparent that 
they are bobbing up and down. Bravo uses a 
pair of binoculars to observe them. 


Bravo: It’s the candles. 
Alfa: What? But... 
Bravo: There's a lot of them. 


Eventually, the bus reaches the lights. The 
lights are produced by a massive crowd of 
SCP-3087-1a; the boundaries of the crowd 
cannot be observed. Every SCP-3087-1a has 
its head ignited. The light produced by the 
SCP-3087-1a crowd is of sufficient intensity to 
illuminate much of the bus’s surroundings; 
pointing the camera upwards and using the 
Zoom function, Alfa reveals that an extremely 
high, rocky ceiling, dotted with stalactites, 
covers their surroundings. 


Alfa then turns the camera to display the 
ground. The stone floor is carved into many 
rectangular recesses, forming a grid pattern 
which occupies most of the floor. 
SCP-3087-1a instances are walking on 
wooden walkways which cross over the 
recesses; the bus Is travelling on a larger 


walkway. 


The bus stops. Several instances of 
SCP-3087-1, including both instances of 
SCP-3087-1a, exit. 


Bravo: Should we try again? 


Alfa: If for no other reason than to stretch our 
legs, yeah, let’s go. 


Bravo and Alfa exit the bus. Instances of 
SCP-3087-1a turn to look at them as they step 
out. Alfa points the camera at the ground. 


Alfa: Are those...? 


The footage shows that each stone recess is 
occupied by a naked, non-anomalous human 
being, all of whom are asleep. Some 
SCP-3087-1a instances are tending to the 
humans; Alfa records them producing food and 
water from their briefcases and inserting them 
into the humans’ mouths. 


Alfa: Try taking a sample, see if they let you. 
The lab might want one. 


Bravo: On it. 


Alfa: Then we can get back on the bus and 
get out of here. 


Some instances of SCP-3087-1a enter the 
bus; it is unclear if these are the same ones as 
before. Alfa and Bravo board, and the bus 
begins to move. 


+ Show Exploration Log Excerpt 3087-02J 


Exploration Log Excerpt 3087-02J 


The recording resumes near the end of Alfa 
and Bravo’s expedition. They have been 
travelling for more than a day and a half. 


Alfa: We need an exit. 


Alfa pans the camera to show that several 
passengers, who were awake at the beginning 
of the recording, have now entered a catatonic 
state. 


Bravo: Got any ideas? 
Alfa: Well, I've got this. 


Alfa opens his hands to show a piece of the 
currency with which instances of SCP-3087-1 
conduct transactions. 


Bravo: How? 


Alfa: Back in the cave, when one of the 
candles wasn’t looking. But we don’t know 
what the right way to use it is. 


Bravo: What do you mean? 


Alfa: It’s just one coin. How’re we going to get 
everyone out with just one of these? There’ve 
been some cases when the bus reappears, 
right? Why won't this one? 


Bravo: Look outside. See, we're back in the 
redwood forest. Just like any transit, these 
lines run in loops. Some stop by our reality, but 
most, like this one, don't. 


Alfa: So, the coin... 
Bravo: We still need to try. 


Alfa: Right. 


Alfa and Bravo approach one of the instances 
of SCP-3087-1a at the front of the bus. Alfa 
presents his coin. 


Alfa: We want out. Take us back. 


The instance of SCP-3087-1a raises a single 
finger. 


Bravo: That’s pretty clear. Only one. 
Alfa: Let's work this out, then. 


Bravo: You have the experience. You're more 
valuable back there than me. 


Alfa: All that means is I'm close to the end of 
my run, but you've still got your years to put 
into the Foundation. And, | got the coin in the 
first place. I'll just do it again. 


Bravo: No. | don't like it. 


Alfa: I'll make the call even if this entire unit 
isn't on board. But | don't want to. 


There is silence for approximately thirty 
seconds. 


Alfa: — . You're smart. Even if it isn't today, 
one day you'll learn that it isn't worth it to get 
broken up over stuff like this. Stuff you can't 
control. 


Bravo: All right. Okay. 
Bravo exhales into her microphone. 
Bravo: Don't order me off the bus. I'll go. 


Alfa gives the coin to Bravo, who presents it as 
payment. The bus slows to a halt, and the 


doors open. 
Alfa: Take this. 


Bravo receives Alfa’s recording equipment. 
She exits the bus, stepping onto a freeway 
roadside. 


Alfa: Have fun in quarantine. 
Bravo: Thanks, 
Alfa: See you when | see you, 


The door closes, and the bus leaves; the 
recording shows it disappearing at some point 
in the distance. Bravo points the camera at the 
sky, showing the stars. The recording ends. 


Afterword: Operative Bravo was successfully 
recovered and debriefed. Although consistent 
recovery of entire vehicles affected by 
SCP-3087 has been judged to be unrealistic, 
procedures to reliably recover operatives 
deployed into affected vehicles are being 
developed. Operative Alfa has yet to be 
recovered. 


SCP-3088: Law Of The Land 


Item #: SCP-3088 
Object Class: Keter Neutralised 


Special Containment Procedures: Following its neutralisation, 
containment of SCP-3088 is to focus purely on the removal of its 
existence from public knowledge. All public roads leading to the 
former location of SCP-3088 have been rerouted, and maps and 
public information listings are being edited following standard Lost 
City protocols. 


Show Archived Containment Procedures 


A perimeter extending 100m beyond the outer limits of 
SCP-3088 is to be established; civilians attempting to 
cross this perimeter are to be turned away, or detained 
and amnesticised if necessary. In the unlikely event that 
an individual leaves SCP-3088, they are to be thoroughly 
debriefed and then detained indefinitely. 


Any public news releases or internet content mentioning 
the anomaly, the town itself, or missing people in the 
area are to be censored. 


Description: SCP-3088 is the town of Cullen, Nebraska, and the 
area contained within the town limits. SCP-3088 is subject to an 
alteration of reality in which any law, bylaw or town ordinance 
passed by a legally empowered individual becomes an immutable 
law of reality itself.