attempting to enter "some sort of carnival 
thing, looks really fucking awesome, with the 
lights and rides and the smell of fried food". 
The man was declined entrance by a security 
guard. When asked for the reason for the 
guard's refusal, D-1321-3 hypothesized that it 
was because he thought he was "too greedy, 
and will eat everything and cut in line and be 
an asshole to the kiddies. He said I- the man 
had to promise to be nice, but he couldn't. He 
didn't know how. So he just wandered off 
outside, and it wasn't so bad. The stars were 
all pretty, and there was an ice cream truck." 


Subject: D-1321-12, thirty-five (35) years old 
female, convicted of two accounts of first 
degree murder, her sister's children. 


Test: Subject was instructed to touch 
SCP-1321 and describe what she sees. 


Result: Subject reported seeing a young 
pregnant women attempting to enter a 
maternity ward in an unspecified hospital. The 
woman was declined entrance by a nurse, who 
D-1321-12 claimed refused to let the woman in 
because "that baby inside her was sick, you 
see, and that nurse said that now it won't be 
born. She said the mother was at fault, that 
she didn't take her medicine to prevent that. 
She couldn't, though, she didn't know which 
medicine was the right one. She can't read. | 
think that nurse was full of shit, though. | felt 
the baby. It was okay." 


Subject: Junior Researcher __, twenty-seven 
(27) years old male. Volunteered. 


Test: Subject read SCP-1321 in its entirety. 


Result: Subject reported observing a small 


child attempting to gain entrance to a 
classroom in which a lecture is in session. The 
child was refused by a teacher due to "not 
doing his homework and slacking off. He's too 
young for that, | don't understand why that 
teacher needs to be so harsh with him. That 
lecture was about advanced economics, he 
couldn't possibly have understood the 
material. I'm not sure why he wanted to attend 
it in the first place. It really sounded 
interesting, though, | wish | could go. There 
was other stuff going on outside, in the 
hallway, kids talking, playing, things like that. | 
just wanted in though." 


Addendum SCP-1321-B: In the year 2, only one name remained 
on the list. An anonymous tip led the Foundation to the location of 
, a physician living in the town of , France. Agents were 

dispatched to bring to questioning. Upon arriving to 

's place of residence, the agents’ vehicle suffered a malfunction 
in the steering system, causing them to lose control of the vehicle 
and run over , who was busy working in his garden. 

was pronounced dead on the spot. Upon death, 
SCP-1321 began to show signs of increased aging, finally 
disintegrating completely two hours later. SCP-1321's remains 
displayed no anomalous properties. Object reclassified as 
Neutralized. 


Junior Researcher _ , who had previous contact with SCP-1321, 
attempted to use it again during its final hours. He reported a brief 
vision of the same child he observed previously banging on the door 
of a locked classroom, but receiving no reply, not even a rejection. 
, when asked for his opinion on what he saw, replied that the 
child was expelled from school for his bad behavior, and that he 
could never go back there again. expressed signs of extreme 
emotional stress following his final contact with SCP-1321, and 
developed signs of nihilism and severe depression in the following 
weeks. The following log was recorded during a physiological 
examination three weeks after SCP-1321's neutralization: 


+ Interview Log SCP-1321- 
Interviewer: Dr. (psychologist) 
Interviewed: Junior Researcher 
<Begin log> 


Dr. : Your behavior has been rather concerning 
these last few weeks. Could you explain your reasons for 
refusing to eat? 


Junior Researcher — : Not much point, is there? 
Dr. : Do you not wish to keep on living? 


Junior Researcher — :| hardly have a choice, now do 
1? Not anymore. | don't eat because | can't really die. 


Dr. : Please, do explain. 


Junior Researcher _ : I'll just come back as something 
else, as another meat marionette, dancing to the flesh 
god's music. No one is left to cut the strings. I'll never be 
allowed inside, none of us will. 


Dr. : But surely there is still some joy to be found in 
living? Some purpose? What about those children you 
saw outside? They were happy, weren't they? So could 
you, so could we. 


Junior Researcher _ : |... | don't know anymore. 
<End Log> 
« SCP-1320 | SCP-1321 | SCP-1322 » 


SCP-1322: Glory Hole 


Item #: SCP-1322 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1322 is to be contained in 
a sealed spherical Class-VIII containment chamber with ablative 
inner surface, hardened against particle beams, nuclear and 
conventional explosions, and corrosives, and regularly inspected for 
damage and monitored for viral and bacterial contamination. 
Atmospheric pressure within the containment chamber should be 
maintained at as low a level as practical, and Procedure 
1322.CD.S311 is to be initiated if atmospheric pressure should 
exceed 6.00 x 10-2 Pascal. As an anti-pathogenic measure, 
radiation levels within the containment chamber should be 
maintained at no less than 4.50 roentgens per second. Consult 
document 1322-C-SSR-V-0886 for addenda to containment 
protocol, as protocol is updated on a daily basis. 


Description: SCP-1322 is a stable spacetime anomaly, presently 
hypothesized to be an interdimensional aperture to a parallel 
universe. The anomaly occupies a fixed location, around which 
Site-122 has been constructed in order to study and contain it. 


The anomaly is roughly ellipsoid in shape, measuring approximately 
2.5 cm along its longer (horizontal) axis and approximately 1 cm 
along its vertical axis. The anomaly is two-dimensional and coplanar 
with a plane perpendicular to the horizon and oriented approximately 
36 degrees west of true north. 


Matter and energy are capable of passing through the anomaly in 
the manner of a traversable wormhole. When lighting conditions in 
the space in the near vicinity of the other side of the wormhole 
permit, the space on the other side of the wormhole can be directly 
observed. Particles and objects of a cross-section not exceeding the 
anomaly's dimensions are capable of being inserted into the 


anomaly and thus transported into the parallel universe. The 
anomaly does not conduct sound. 


The parallel universe on the "other side" of the anomaly has been 
officially designated SCP-1322-A, although the term "Hartle"! has 
also been colloquially used. The anomaly appears to have been 
artificially and deliberately generated from the SCP-1322-A side. 
The population of SCP-1322-A does not appear to have been 
successful in generating additional instances of SCP-1322, nor in 
altering SCP-1322's dimensions or closing it (notwithstanding 
extensive efforts on their part to do so). 


The anomaly appears to have emerged in the standard universe in 
approximately the year 1952, with the Foundation promptly 
establishing control over the anomaly's location. Although the 
Foundation had initially conducted an extensive study program of 
SCP-1322, including communication with the civilization on the other 
side of SCP-1322, recent Foundation efforts have focused on 
containment. See containment and observation log excerpts below. 


+ SCP-1322 Containment and Observation Log 


Time Reference Remarks 
08.1952 Anomaly discovered. 
09.1952 Foundation obtains custody 


over SCP-1322. 
Containment chamber 
constructed (see Document 
1322.v.SRD3006 for plans 
and technical 
specifications). 

10.1952 Metallic cylinder emerges 
through anomaly. Cylinder 
is retrieved and subjected to 
quarantine and sterilization. 
Following clearance, 
cylinder is examined and 
found to be hollow, with 
screw cap. Cylinder 
contains triangular sheets of 
paper-like substance, upon 


11.1952 


12.1952 


07.1953 


which glyphs are inscribed. 
Artifact referred to 
Linguistics Unit. 
Experimentation with 
SCP-1322 progresses, 
including introduction of 
various (string-tethered) 
objects through anomaly. 
Samples taken of 
atmosphere in SCP-1322-A 
space; found to resemble 
Earth atmosphere but with a 
higher concentration of 
argon. 

Several additional cylinders, 
containing documents, 
emerge through SCP-1322 
and, after quarantine, are 
subjected to analysis. 
Linguistics and mathematics 
personnel report 
breakthrough in analysis of 
documents obtained from 
SCP-1322-A. Message on 
glyphs interpreted as 
representations of 
geometric principles and 
texts apparently composed 
with a deliberate purpose of 
establishing cordial contact 
with the discoverers of the 
message. Linguistics Unit 
composes reply message 
using same writing system, 
prints same on paper, 
places paper in a metal 
cylinder of Foundation 
manufacture but resembling 
those used by SCP-1322-A 
culture and inserts cylinder 


09.1953 


10.1953 


into anomaly. 

Light activated on "far side" 
of anomaly. Close 
observation of anomaly 
indicates that "far side" of 
anomaly is located in what 
appears to be an artificially- 
constructed containment 
chamber, broadly similar to 
that constructed by 
Foundation for containment 
of anomaly. 

Approx. start date of 
extensive communication 
with SCP-1322-A 
civilization. Communication 
initially consists of reciprocal 
delivery of text messages 
on paper, first in glyphic 
system in which initial 
messages were composed 
(which is determined to be a 
simplified form of the 
standard written language of 
the SCP-1322-A 
civilization), and 
subsequently in a mutually- 
developed blend of said 
glyphic system and English. 
Communication accelerated 
when SCP-1322-A 
civilization proposes the 
construction of a telegraphic 
system involving a specially- 
shielded cable traversing 
the anomaly, with reciprocal 
equipment for the encoding 
and decoding of 
communications on both 
ends. 


11.1953 


Communications with 
SCP-1322-A civilization 
indicates that the civilization 
is composed of Homo 
sapiens (or a species not 
meaningfully different 
therefrom). Organization 
with whom communication 
has been established is a 
scientific institute associated 
with the polity comprising 
the geographic area 
surrounding the SCP-1322- 
A-side location of the 
anomaly (approximately 
analogous to a nation- 
state). Details of political 
organization and 
technologies of the 
SCP-1322-A civilization are 
disclosed. SCP-1322-A 
civilization has attained an 
advanced degree of 
technological and 
engineering sophistication, 
particularly in the fields of 
mathematics and high- 
energy physics in which that 
civilization's achievements 
surpass those of Earth (viz. 
the creation of the anomaly 
as an unintended 
consequence of an 
experiment to investigate 
the properties of quantum 
foam), but with less 
sophistication in biological 
science. SCP-1322-A 
civilization expresses strong 
interest in sharing samples 


01.1962 


of music, visual arts, 
literature (particularly 
metered poetry in various 
languages, with a particular 
interest in Indic and Sinic 
cultures) and mathematics, 
but no interest in medicine 
or religion. Reciprocal 
deliveries of data from 
SCP-1322-A civilization are 
archived and undergo 
analysis. 

SCP-1322-A civilization 
provides detailed log of 
astronomical observations 
and suggests that 
Foundation reciprocate. 
Analysis of provided data by 
Foundation's researchers 
suggests strong probability 
that there is no position 
within our observable 
universe that can correlate 
to the provided data. 
Foundation personnel 
assemble data file for 
delivery to SCP-1322-A; 
data is altered at direction of 
Site-122 administrator citing 
security concerns. Within 9 
hours following delivery of 
data file, SCP-1322-A 
civilization identifies the 
false information and 
suggests that Foundation 
personnel proceed with 
more candor in the interest 
of mutual scientific and 
cultural development. 
Suggestion forwarded to 


11.1972 


12.1972 


01.1973 


03.1973 


O-5 for consideration. 
Telegraphic cable through 
SCP-1322 temporarily 
disconnected and withdrawn 
into containment chamber 
for routine maintenance. 
Following maintenance, 
SCP-1322-A cable end is 
re-inserted into SCP-1322 
where SCP-1322-A 
personnel re-connect it to 
equipment on their side. 
Communication received 
from SCP-1322-A, 
indicating that a temporary 
degradation in the 
customary response time to 
signals from Foundation 
would be experienced due 
to personnel shortages on 
SCP-1322-A side. In 
response to a query, 
message sent by 
SCP-1322-A side indicating 
that the organization having 
custody of their side of 
SCP-1322 is experiencing a 
higher-than-normal 
incidence of personnel 
illness resulting in 
absenteeism. 

Message sent by 
SCP-1322-A side reporting 
that its personnel situation is 
back to normal, but that 
illness is becoming 
widespread in the 
geographic area of the 
SCP-1322-A facility. 
Message sent by 


04.1973 


06.1973 


SCP-1322-A side indicating 
that local government is 
imposing quarantine 
measures in an effort to 
arrest spread of what is 
evidently a viral outbreak on 
their side. In response to a 
Foundation offer to render 
assistance, SCP-1322-A 
civilization delivers data 
package containing 
pathology data. 

After appropriate quarantine 
measures are taken at 
Site-122, Foundation 
requests that SCP-1322-A 
civilization deliver a sample 
of the virus. Sample is 
delivered through SCP-1322 
in appropriately shielded 
ampule, which is then 
secured and analyzed 
subject to Class V 
Contagious Disease 
Protocol (see document ref 
033234098). Upon analysis, 
virus found to be a harmless 
flu variant. Foundation 
researchers send analysis 
data to SCP-1322-A, 
together with suggestions 
on synthesizing a vaccine 
and administering 
inoculation protocois. 
SCP-1322-A reports at least 
8 million worldwide 
casualties attributable to 
virus (approximately 0.091% 
of their global population), 
and that Foundation- 


08.1973 


10.1973 


12.1973 


05.1974 


08.1974 


01.1975 


05.1975 


developed vaccine has 
been distributed and 
administered on widespread 
basis. 

SCP-1322-A reports that 
spread of virus appears to 
have been arrested and that 
the number of new incidents 
of illness from the virus is 
dramatically decreasing. 
SCP-1322-A reports 
worldwide inoculation 
against the virus. 

In the course of normal 
communications, 
SCP-1322-A reports an 
unexpected decrease in 
new pregnancies. 
SCP-1322-A reports a 
dramatic drop in birth rate. 
SCP-1322-A reports that its 
analysis indicates that 
decreases in fertility appear 
to be a side effect of the 
Foundation-provided 
vaccine. 

SCP-1322-A reports 
widespread social disorder 
attributable to fertility issues 
and corresponding stresses 
on family life. In response to 
Foundation offer of 
assistance, message 
received stating “NO 
THANK YOU. YOU HAVE 
DONE ENOUGH” 

Change in management 
structure of SCP-1322-A 
organization with custody of 
their side of SCP-1322. 


O7,1975 


09.1975 


10.1975 


12.1976 


Ou aes 


Communications received 
from their side are 
frequently belligerent and 
accusatory in tone. 
SCP-1322-A organization 
unilaterally discontinues 
communications dealing 
with scientific and cultural 
exchange. 

SCP-1322-A organization 
reports massive, ongoing 
worldwide upheaval 
attributable to drop in 
fertility. Message received 
indicating fewer than 1,000 
live births reported globally 
in the past 72 days.