, 200 
It’s uncanny just how many unique memories 
SCP-1457 seems to have “stored”. Since its 
age has yet to be determined, it’s quite 
possible that it’s been around for many years, 
decades even. 


, 200 
| was seated at a desk. Three deadlines 
tomorrow, four mouths to feed. It had always 
been this way, but if | have to drag myself 
through early waking hours to make sure they 
can sleep soundly another night, even if they 
don’t know, it'll be enough. It'll have to be 
enough. | can’t let them worry. 


, 200 
I’ve gone through the testing logs. These 
memories have been given out before. It 


seems that if SCP-1457 makes contact with 
the same human multiple times in succession, 
the memories given will be in reverse order of 
SCP-1457’s acquisition of them, with the most 
recently acquired memories being transmitted 
first. So if | Keep this up long enough, will there 
be a point where the memories end? Will | 
know when | receive the memory that started it 
all? 


, 200 
| was eating dinner alone. This was his first 
birthday Dad wasn’t around to celebrate. 
There were still funeral arrangement papers 
scattered across the table, and the radio is 
chirping the song he liked to sing to Mom. 
Outside the sky is gray and miserable and 
pouring cold rain, but | know at least they're 
not alone anymore. 


, 200 
[DATA REDACTED] 


, 200 
| can’t help but wonder how it transfers 
emotions as well as the memories. | also 
wonder about the vividness; | wonder why the 
memories linger. | know they’re not mine, but 
nevertheless, these are common scenarios, 
common sob stories. At any given time in the 
world there is always despair, and as much as 
| try not to think of it, | feel sorry for them all, 
but | don’t know what SCP-1457 wants from 
me, because every time it passes a memory to 
me, | don’t feel anything. 


, 200 
It talked to me. It actually talked to me. | don’t 
quite remember how, | just heard a voice in my 
head when it landed on my hand. Sounded like 
a child, whispering, “There is no giving or 


taking. There is only sharing.” 


, 200 
| saw a residential area. It was fairly nice, with 
neatly-trimmed lawns, healthy trees, flowers 
on the bushes. But then | saw someone using 
a hose to remove something from one of the 
walls of the house—! think it may have been a 
chrysalis? There were a few scattered on the 
roofs and ledges. | saw children on bicycles, 
and I saw unmoving caterpillars on the 
sidewalks. 


, 200 
Why do | even bother writing these records... 
There’s no point in feeling sorry for all these 
people since there’s nothing | can do... Too 
many people... 


, 200 
“Let me share with you. Please.” 


, 200 
| saw what seemed to be a forest, what was 
left of a forest. A tree was falling down, no, 
being chopped down. | think | remember 
hearing the sound of machinery. | felt like my 
sensory perception was off somehow, it was 
confusing. | couldn’t think of what sort of 
person the memory would belong to. 


, 200 
Today SCP-1457 didn't fly to me like it 
normally did. All this time, all this sorrow, and it 
refuses to fly to me today. Doesn’t it feed off 
suffering? Isn't that what it wants? The worst 
of it comes when | leave the containment area, 
| can barely feel the slightest bit of empathy 
anymore. Who cares about all those 
memories? Why should anyone bother caring? 
I’ve tried... 


, 200 
“You still don’t understand.” 


, 200 
“Still, thank you.” 


« SCP-1456 | SCP-1457 | SCP-1458 » 


SCP-1458: The Tired Mother 


Item #: SCP-1458 
Object class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1458 and its current host 
(Designated SCP-1458-1) is to be contained in a standard humanoid 
containment unit modified to contain 2 subjects. A paediatrician is to 
be kept on call in addition to normal medical staff. In the case that 
SCP-1458-1 expires, contingencies to provide SCP-1458 with 
another suitable host may be considered if SCP-1458 becomes 
uncooperative or poses a risk to safe containment. Separation of 
SCP-1458 and SCP-1458-1 is to be kept to a minimum to reduce 
stress and anger of both subjects. All staff working with SCP-1458 
should be informed of its effect. Any requests for items or 
sustenance should be directed to the current Head Researcher to be 
approved. 


Description: SCP-1458 is a humanoid entity with vestigial arms 
whose lower body terminates in a flipper-like appendage. The 
organism can vocalize similarly to a human female and has an IQ of 
132. The organism's main anomalous effect is shown when in the 
direct line of sight of a subject between the age of 3-16 years whose 
mother or both parents are expired. Anyone who meets the criteria 
and is put under the effect of SCP-1458 will have their pre-existing 
memories of their own maternal figure replaced with the organism. It 
is able have multiple subjects under its effect simultaneously but will 
stay in a pacified state unless all are removed from its presence, 
however subjects remain under the effect and will want to return to 
SCP-1458. 


It will attempt to feed, play with and educate the subjects under its 
effect. Its attempts at education are usually oriented around ancient 
history. SCP-1458-1 was the only child under its effect when 
retrieved, and due to complications relocating said subject due to no 
records of a subject named [REDACTED] and SCP-1458's co- 


operative and calm behaviour when in the presence of the subject, 
SCP-1458-1 shall be left in the care of SCP-1458 until specified 
otherwise. 


While it generates revulsion in anyone who has been informed of its 
effect, anyone not informed of its effect will see the organism as a 
female human, with facial and bodily deformation and scarring. 
When questioned, the subjects describe SCP-1458 differently, but 
all are human females and subjects who have had their memory 
affected by SCP-1458 will describe it similarly. The organism was 
discovered in [REDACTED] after being caught on a security camera 
in a shopping mall in [REDACTED]. When questioned SCP-1458 
informed researchers that it had been living in the town of 
[REDACTED] for years and had usually made SCP-1458-1 shop 
for groceries. People viewing SCP-1458 through electronic devices 
are not affected by its influence and when questioned about this 
SCP-1458 informed researchers of its aversion to modern 
technology. 


Interview SCP-1458 7 


Interviewed: SCP-1458 
Interviewer: Researcher 


Foreword: Interview was questioning to determine 
where SCP-1458 originated. Researcher was also 
instructed to attempt to discover SCP-1458 intentions 
with the subjects under its influence. Researcher had 
had contact with SCP-1458-1 before and was familiar 
with it. 


<Begin Log> 
Researcher : Who are you? 


SCP-1458: My name is [REDACTED] and | was born as 
a daughter of the king of Libya. 


Researcher : Were you born looking like this? 


SCP-1458: No. | was cursed into this. You see, when | 
was still young and naive | fell in love with a great and 
powerful man, but he was already married to a woman 
as mighty and powerful as he was. The wife found out 
and so as a cruel revenge his wife took all of my 
children, and in anger, killed them. After that | was turned 
into the body you see now as a twisted attempt at a gift 
from the man | once loved. 


Researcher : Your children? Who were they? 


SCP-1458: My children? They were innocent. She killed 
them and it was my fault. 


Note: At this point in the interview SCP-1458 began 
vocalizing a low pitched rumbling noise 


SCP-1458: | gave birth to those children, Only to fail 
myself and cause them to die. My love for a man was so 
foolish that | almost forgot about them until they were 
gone. | was dead with grief. | attempted to tear out my 
own eyes to stop the images | was seeing of them. He 
attempted to calm me by turning me into this and 
allowing me to exact my revenge on her children. 


Researcher : Your revenge? What was that? 


SCP-1458: | killed so many of them. So many parents 
left without their children. | only wanted them to feel the 
pain | felt but they were not feeling as | had. | had killed 
without reason known to them. While my children died 
out of my own mistakes | had killed theirs out of pure 
anger. | had become worse than she in my anger. 


Note: At this point the rumbling vocalization is much 
louder and more aggressive. 


Researcher : Please calm down SCP-1458-1. Who 
is she? 


SCP-1458: She is the woman who caused it all and | 


have begun to find her descendants 


Note: At this point SCP-1458 ceased speaking and 
laughed for about 5 seconds 


SCP-1458: But they are my children now and | will make 
them live. 


Researcher : Who are her children? 


<Interview terminated due to outside stimuli> 


Closing Statement: Before the interview was 
terminated, SCP-1458-1 began shouting names of 
children. When researched it was shown that all names 
said met the known criteria of to be affected by the 
organism's main effect. Despite warnings from guards 
the subject did not stop vocalization and was subdued. 
After this event SCP-1458 ignored all requests made for 
24 hours. 


Addendum 1: After the events of Interview SCP-1458-7, 
SCP-1458-1 is to be closely monitored for any sudden changes in 
behaviour or mental state to assess what causes them. 


Addendum 2: Due to apparent telepathic or mind-influencing affects 
on SCP-1458-1, precautions must be taken in the event that the 
effect is not limited to children under its influence. 


« SCP-1457 | SCP-1458 | SCP-1459 » 


SCP-1459: The Puppy Machine 


Item #: SCP-1459 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1459 is to be kept within a 
standard containment vault in Safe Wing-C of Sector-25. As of 
05/16/ , only Level-1 Maintenance Technician Valera may view and 
interact with SCP-1459. MT Valera is to be presented with the 
opportunity to receive a mild amnestic to ameliorate emotional 
escalation between testing sessions. In the event that MT Valera 
becomes unavailable to perform further tests, a new individual is to 
be selected by the presiding on-site counselor. 


By executive order, testing is to continue indefinitely. 


Description: SCP-1459 is a modified claw crane arcade game 
machine that stands 2.3m x 1.2m x 1.5m. Like most machines of this 
variety, it has a central rectangular space with three clear walls on 
its front and sides with a black, opaque wall on its back. However, 
SCP-1459 is unique in that the inner chamber has a solid wood 
panel floor and no chute where a prize would normally be 
dispensed. 


The front panel features two coin slots, a large red button, a 
microphone, a digital numeric display, a sign that reads "WIN A 
COOKIE",! and a thin horizontal slot from which the aforementioned 
baked goods are dispensed. There is no power cord attached to the 
back of the machine, nor is one needed, as it is presumably 
powered via anomalous means. When SCP-1459 is inactive, the 
central chamber is completely bare. SCP-1459 cannot be forcefully 
opened or damaged by any known means. 


When one (1) US quarter-dollar coin is deposited into SCP-1459, a 
hatch will open in the ceiling of the central chamber and a claw 
carrying an instance of SCP-1459-1 will descend from it. 


SCP-1459-1 and other materials produced by SCP-1459 are often 
too large to normally fit in the upper section of the machine; it is 
unknown if these materials are manifested by SCP-1459 at the 
beginning of game sessions or if they are teleported from another 
location. 


After depositing the instance of SCP-1459-1, the digital numeric 
display will present the number of games that have been played 
previously, and a voice recording will play, urging the player to 
press the button and describe a way SCP-1459-1 can be destroyed. 
After this message has been played, the button on the front panel 
will glow and the numeric display will initiate a 15-second 
countdown. The player may then press the button and dictate into 
the microphone any lethal action that can be performed upon 
SCP-1459-1, with the only restriction being that players cannot 
choose a method used in a previous game. 


SCP-1459-1 are juvenile domestic dogs (Canis /upus familiaris), the 
breed and gender of which varies. SCP-1459 typically selects a 
breed that individual players holds the most affection toward. Aside 
from the seemingly infinite quantity that SCP-1459 contains, 
instances of SCP-1459-1 do not appear to display any innate 
anomalous properties and generally behave in a manner consistent 
with animals of their variety; however, SCP-1459-1 instances may 
occasionally be subjected to anomalous changes to their physiology 
or behaviors in order to facilitate the method of destruction dictated 
by the player. 


If the player states a method of extermination within the allotted 15 
seconds, the hatch in the ceiling of the inner chamber will open and 
an array of mechanical arms will descend, carrying whatever is 
necessary to carry out the player's suggestion. Requests for deaths 
that are not possible within the confines of the chamber will cause 
SCP-1459 to display additional anomalous properties to carry out its 
orders (see Experiment Log). 


Once the instance of SCP-1459-1 is deceased, one (1) cookie will 
be dispensed to the player via the slot in the front of the machine. 
Cookie flavors dispensed have included chocolate, vanilla, oatmeal, 
raisin, strawberry, lemon, white chocolate, and peanut butter. The 
exact variety dispensed to a given player is often the one that the 


player has the lowest preference for. 


If the player fails to state a method of extermination or the method 
proves insufficient, a robotic arm will descend from SCP-1459's 
hatch and bludgeon the SCP-1459-1 instance until it is deceased. 
No cookie will be dispensed following this event. 


SCP-1459 automatically cleans its interior chamber after every 
game. First, an arm holding a broom descends and sweeps the 
remains of SCP-1459-1 into a trapdoor. Next, SCP-1459 wipes 
down the surfaces of the chamber by deploying arms equipped with 
flat rubber implements, spray bottles containing a soapy solution, 
and clean white towels. While this process is taking place, a 
recorded message will tell the player, "Yeah, you're totally going to 
hell for this. Play again?". 


+Experiment Logs 


Experiment #: 0001 

Player: Dr. Yeatley 

Statement: "Stabbing." 

Result: SCP-1459 played a sound effect 
indicating the method of extermination had 
been previously used. 


Experiment #: 0002 

Player: Dr. Yeatley 

Statement: "Chainsaw." 

Result: Same as previous experiment. 


[SUPERFLUOUS TEST LOGS REDACTED] 


Experiment #: 0048 

Player: Dr. Yeatley 

Statement: "Shark bite." 

Result: The hatch anomalously elongated and 
produced a great white shark (Carcharodon 
carcharias), which proceeded to bite off 
SCP-1459-1's head and recede back into the 
machine. 


Experiment #: 0049 

Player: Dr. Yeatley 

Statement: "Run it over." 

Result: SCP-1459 produced a tire attached to 
a spinning mechanism. After the mechanism 
accelerated to an estimated 2000 rpm, it made 
contact with SCP-1459-1. 


Experiment #: 0050 

Player: Dr. Yeatley 

Statement: "Drop it from a great height." 
Result: SCP-1459-1 fell through SCP-1459's 
trapdoor. Fifteen minutes later, it fell through 
the top hatch at high speed, and was instantly 
killed. 


Experiment #: 0051 

Player: Dr. Yeatley 

Statement: "Reality TV." 

Result: A 1958 General Electric television set 
fell on SCP-1459-1. The set then powered on 
and replayed the event. 


Experiment #: 0052 

Player: Dr. Yeatley 

Statement: "Death by blender." 

Result: SCP-1459 produced and lowered 
SCP-1459-1 into a brand blender. 
SCP-1459-1 sat unharmed inside the device 
for 3 minutes, after which a robotic arm 
pressed "puree". The blender was uncovered 
when this transpired. 


Experiment #: 0053