After several attempts Dr. 's research group 
successfully recreated a specimen of SCP-2195-1 using 
genetic material from SCP-2195 and D-39207 as a 
surrogate mother. Despite several complications and the 
need for a cesarean section delivery, the specimen was 
fully formed and quite healthy, save for some minute 
anatomical deviations. 


A series of tests and experiments was conducted, 
culminating in a successful bombing of a target in the 
firing range, which completely confirmed the information 
contained within SCP-2195. 


However, the test committee pointed out the immense 
financial and labor costs to reproduce the sample and its 
life support system, as well as the sample being 
generally effective but having no outstanding features, 
SCP-2195-1 was declared having no practical value to 
the Foundation. 


Footnotes 
1. Original documents use a specific philosophical term which, 
according to the context, should mean predetermination or being 


destined by a higher force, whose will it is immoral and unnatural for 


a human being to resist. 


« SCP-2194 | SCP-2195 | SCP-2196 » 


SCP-2196: The Deep Mote 


Item #: SCP-2196 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2196 is to be kept in 
secure storage locker 37 at Site-66. In order to prevent accidental 
exposure to its properties, the object must be locked in an opaque 
tamper-proof case, with the combination available only to level 4 
staff members. 


Outside of testing, SCP-2196-b must not be viewed by any staff 
member. Any personnel suspected of exposure to SCP-2196-b are 
to be suspended of all authority until administered a class B 
amnestic. In addition, any personnel requesting the destruction of 
SCP-2196, attempting to reclassify SCP-2196, or in any way modify 
its containment procedures are to be treated as if under the effects 
of exposure. 


Description: SCP-2196-a is a disk approximately 18 cm across and 
3 mm thick. The front side of SCP-2196-a is smooth to the limits of 
detection, while the back is lightly etched with a fractal pattern which 
shrinks below the measurable level near the center. SCP-2196-a 
absorbs all radiation directed at it, giving ita completely black 
appearance with the exception of SCP-2196-b. SCP-2196-b is a 
small light point on the front surface of SCP-2196-a, which moves 
toward the edge as viewing angle decreases, following what 
appears to be a logarithmic deceleration toward the edge of 
SCP-2196-a as it is viewed from lower angles to SCP-2196-a's 
surface. 


Subjects observing SCP-2196-b begin to experience a strong 
curiosity about its nature, along with a minor compulsion to magnify 
it, typically requesting telescopes or similar devices in order to 
clearly see SCP-2196-b. As magnification is increased and 
perceived arc-diameter expands, subjects show signs of dread, 


apprehension, and paranoia, along with an increased compulsion to 
magnify the object, typically reporting that they are unwilling or 
unable to look away. At this point, subjects are still able to cease the 
process under coersion. As subjects begin to approach a perceived 
diameter of one arc minute, they become mute and unresponsive, 
only continuing magnification. Brain scans of subjects at this stage 
show intense activity in the amygdala and occipital lobe. As subjects 
zoom to an estimated angular diameter of 30 arc-minutes, (including 
digital magnification and telescopic photographs) they seize and 
lose consciousness, waking after a short period with no memory of 
what SCP-2196-b looks like. 


Recovery Log: 
SCP-2196 was delivered anonymously to the home of researcher 
on 3/24/19 , accompanied by the following note: 


Oh jailors to your chosen task, ere distance passes by, 
We pray that you find true success, where we could only 


try. 


Due to researcher 's previous encounter with the GOI known as 
The Serpent's Hand, it is believed she was used as a contact point 
for the Foundation. Further investigation is ongoing. 


Addendum 2196-1 A faint radiation pulse was detected from 
SCP-2196-b years after initial containment, of a similar frequency 
to that of a high intensity cutting laser used on the object during 
initial durability tests. 


Addendum 2196-2 The weak coloration of SCP-2196-b, initially 
slightly red, has shifted toward blue during containment. 


« SCP-2195 | SCP-2196 | SCP-2197 » 


SCP-2197: Shop Class 


Item #: SCP-2197 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Because neither SCP-2197 nor 
the lot on which it is built are recorded on any official documents, the 
Foundation has been able to effectively assume legal ownership of 
SCP-2197 by purchasing the buildings on either side of it, the lots of 
which legally encompass SCP-2197’s location. A small contingent of 
Foundation personnel have been permanently assigned to manage 
these properties (a small filling station with automotive repair shop, 
and a five-unit motor lodge). 


Civilian motorists lured into the proximity of SCP-2197 are to be 
intercepted by these personnel and given whatever assistance they 
require in order to leave the area. Once a week, a D-class personnel 
wearing a remote surveillance kit is to enter SCP-2197, engage in 
conversation with SCP-2197-1, and make a purchase. 


Due to local residents’ length of exposure to SCP-2197, and their 
habitual reticence regarding it, mass administration of amnestics has 
been ruled out (see Ethics Committee Report 2197-901). As 
residents have observed Foundation personnel steering visitors 
away from SCP-2197, they have become increasingly accepting and 
even friendly toward the members of the permanent contingent. 
These social relationships are to be used in conjunction with 
monitoring of mail and electronic communications, in order to 
identify and isolate individuals who pose an unacceptable risk to 
containment. 


Description: SCP-2197 is a one-story structure located in __, 
Maine, an unincorporated township between U.S. Route 1 and the 
Atlantic coast. The words “Anziano’s Curio Shoppe” are etched in 
stylized lettering on a large storefront window displaying what 
appear to be various second-hand goods. 


Individuals traveling by motor vehicle in or near experience a 
greater than expected rate of mechanical difficulties, GPS 
malfunctions, flat tires, unexpectedly low fuel, and loss of cellular 
reception. Affected motorists frequently seek assistance in _, and 
while delayed they often enter SCP-2197, due to its location 
between the township’s only mechanic and its only lodgings. 
Residents of and the surrounding area do not appear to 
experience these travel-related difficulties, and will sometimes 
obliquely warn those affected away from SCP-2197.! 


Those entering SCP-2197 are greeted by a humanoid entity 
resembling a stooped, elderly man in a leather apron, designated 
SCP-2197-1. The entity will introduce itself as “Mr. Anziano,” engage 
in small talk, and encourage the visitor to browse. If an individual 
expresses interest in an item, SCP-2197-1 will speak highly of the 
effort involved in its manufacture and the good character of its 
maker, often remarking that “he tried his best.” 


Most items purchased from the shop display anomalous properties.@ 
Somewhere on each item (typically the back, underside, or interior) 
is a single small glyph, written in a hemoglobin-like substance, the 
design of which differs from item to item. Foundation linguists have 
concluded that the glyphs are backward renderings of the first, 
second, third, fourth, and sixth letters of the Aramaic alphabet. 
Some glyphs are appended with a plus or minus sign. 


The permanent contingent in has compiled a representative 
sample of items purchased by D-class personnel from SCP-2197 
(see Document 2197-101). 


+ Show Document 2197-101: Log of items obtained from SCP-2197 


SCP-2197-5 

Description: A green Western Electric Model 
2500 landline telephone, which rings from 1 to 
6 times a month, regardless of whether it is 
connected to an active phone jack. If an 
individual picks up the receiver, a staticky 
voice resembling that of a young girl will 
whisper “seven days” and the call will 
disconnect. Exactly seven days later, whatever 


phone happens to be closest to the subject will 
ring. If the subject answers, an identical voice 
will whisper, “it’s been seven days” and the call 
will disconnect. No further effects have been 
noted. 

Glyph: Gamal-minus 


SCP-2197-10 

Description: An irregularly-shaped, concave 
object, with several notches in its outer rim, 
apparently made of clay containing flecks of 
ash. When any individual with a history of 
tobacco use, who has not consumed any form 
of tobacco since the last full moon, comes 
within approximately 6 m of the item, a lit 
cigarette emerges from the item and slides into 
one of the notches, with the filter side pointed 
toward the individual. The cigarettes are 
reported to possess an intensely unpleasant 
smell and taste. Approximately 65% of test 
subjects who smoked the cigarette required 
hospitalization for sulfur dioxide poisoning. In 
all such subjects, the traumatic experience 
caused an extreme aversion to subsequent 
tobacco use. 

Glyph: Gamal-minus 


SCP-2197-13 

Description: A poorly-constructed birdhouse 
with no Known anomalous properties. 

Glyph: Waw 


SCP-2197-16 

Description: A small antique desk lamp 
operated by a toggle switch at its base, with 
the “on” and “off” positions labeled. When 
operated by an individual unfamiliar with the 
lamp, the functioning of the switch is reversed, 
so that the “off” position turns the lamp on, and 
vice versa. Once a particular user becomes 


SCP-253: The Cancer Plague 


Item #: SCP-253 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: At this time, SCP-253 poses a 
substantial threat to humanity. SCP-253 is to be kept under 
Biosafety Level-4 protocols at all times. All research is to be 
conducted at a site where incineration and irradiation protocols can 
be swiftly enacted, that is geographically isolated, and does not 
possess a diverse biosphere. The sterilization protocols shall be 
enacted following the occurrence of any event on this list: 


* Communications blackout lasting longer than forty-eight (48) 
hours. 

* Power disruption lasting longer than one (1) minute during any 
active experiments involving SCP-253. 

¢ Abnormal rise in average temperatures beyond a change of 6 
degrees Celsius (11 degrees Fahrenheit) or rise in humidity 
levels to 90% relative humidity. 

¢ Manifestations of unusual electromagnetic phenomena during 
testing of SCP-253. 


At the conclusion of testing, any subjects exposed to SCP-253 are 
to be disposed of, and their remains are subject to the sterilization 
protocol. 


Any researcher leaving the facility is to undergo two weeks of 
mandatory chemotherapy, followed by a 15-day quarantine. 


Description: SCP-253 is a cluster of undifferentiated human cells, 
matching the physiological traits of cancer. As per cancerous cells, 
cultured samples of SCP-253 will grow indefinitely if given an 
adequate source of nutrition. SCP-253 is contagious, able to pass 
from human to human, as well as to some animal species. SCP-253 
is not an airborne contagion, but physical contact with surface 


accustomed to the reversed function, the 
switch begins to operate correctly. This 
process repeats each time the user forms an 
ingrained habit regarding how to operate the 
switch. 

Glyph: Dalath 


SCP-2197-22 

Description: Two unadorned 20cm x 60cm 
pieces of sheet metal, sold together as 
“bookends.” Each one has two 90 degree 
bends equidistant along its longer axis, 
forming a squared “U” shape resembling three 
sides of a cube. When one of the items is 
picked up, it begins to grow in size, doubling in 
volume every ten seconds, until it becomes too 
heavy or unwieldy for the subject to hold. Upon 
slipping out of the subject’s grasp, the item 
instantly reverts to its original size. Holding 
both pieces at the same time, or fitting them 
together into a cube, appears to produce no 
additional effect. 

Glyph: Dalath-minus 


SCP-2197-25 

Description: A 32-page coloring book. The 
picture on each page is rainbow- and/or 
unicorn-themed. Any individual who fully colors 
in at least one page of the book experiences 
increased good luck thereafter, as confirmed 
by Foundation statisticians using a random- 
number generator. Within a week of coloring in 
the page, the subject invariably meets an ideal 
romantic partner and enters into a long-term 
relationship. On both occasions on which D- 
class personnel were used to test the item, an 
unusual confluence of events led to the subject 
escaping Foundation custody shortly before 
scheduled termination, along with a D-class of 
the opposite sex with whom the subject had 


recently formed an attachment. 
Glyph: Waw 


SCP-2197-27 

Description: An item which appears to be a 
normal wooden cuckoo clock, aged but in 
good condition, until it is mounted to a wall of a 
structure owned by the purchaser, at which 
point it reveals its true form and cannot be 
removed short of demolishing the wall on 
which it is mounted. The cuckoo clock is made 
from a human head, neck and chest cavity, 
apparently still living, with a brass pendulum 
and clockface. The lungs have been removed 
and the ribs spread to display the swinging 
pendulum inside the chest cavity, which has 
sharp blades designed to pierce the 
individual’s sides with every swing. The 
clockface is wedged into the mouth, the jaw 
having been stretched open to accommodate 
it. The eyes constantly dart about and grunts 
of pain may be heard from the throat. At the 
top of every hour, the pendulum and clockface 
rapidly heat to [REDACTED] degrees 
Centigrade, causing the throat to emit cries of 
pain reminiscent of the sounds of a non- 
anomalous cuckoo clock. The number of cries 
has been observed to be consistently 
appropriate to the hour being struck. 

Glyph: Alap-plus 


Footnotes 

1. Foundation personnel briefed on SCP-2197 also appear to be 
unaffected by this phenomenon. Site-11’s Shamanic Analysis Unit 
has concluded that the effect targets only unsuspecting individuals. 
2. SCP-2197 first came to the Foundation’s attention when routine 
monitoring of Vatican email traffic flagged an inquiry from the 
Archdiocese of Boston on behalf of a parishioner who claimed that 
an antique doll she had purchased on a trip to Maine had been 
“harassing” her with ineffectual attempts to harm or inconvenience 


her. The doll was retrieved and is currently designated SCP-2197-2. 
It has proven capable of movement and vocalization, albeit with a 
severe speech impediment. Class-B amnestics were administered to 
the purchaser, her parish priest, and the Archbishop of Boston. 


« SCP-2196 | SCP-2197 | SCP-2198 » 


SCP-2198: Mourning The World 


Item #: SCP-2198 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Outposts 93-A, -B, and -C have 
been constructed within the Antarctic, directly beneath SCP-2198's 
original site of manifestation. The area, however unlikely the 
formation of future instances of SCP-2198 are, is to be continuously 
monitored both terrestrially from said outposts, and aerially via 
geosynchronous satellite. 


Limited samples of both lacrimal fluid and saliva manifested via 
SCP-2198 have been collected and amassed at Storage Site-109, 
within separate containment vats. 


Description: SCP-2198 collectively designates several 

nimbostratus clouds observed to form directly above the Antarctic 

Circle, and limited areas of China, India, the USA, the UK, Russia, 

Japan, and South Korea, between the dates of / /2006 and / 
/2007. All instances of SCP-2198 have since dissipated.