At sundown local time during a full moon, when SCP-1284-1 is 
under high stress, or when SCP-1284-1 is exposed to direct 
moonlight (see above), one or more of its limbs will dislocate out of 
its ball joints, and sphincters in the surrounding blood vessels will 
close. This provokes the onset of apoptosis of tissues distal to the 
closed sphincters, followed by immediate detachment of the afflicted 
limb. Over the course of approximately five seconds, a new 
SCP-1284-2 instance will assemble itself from each shed limb. 


Instances of SCP-1284-2 are carnivorous, quadrupedal masses of 
flesh with rudimentary mouths and teeth. When viewed directly, 
instances of SCP-1284-2 give the visual illusion of being 
domesticated rabbits, but indirect viewing (such as in a mirror or via 
video feed) or tactile examination reveals that they are in fact 
hairless and mostly skinless, as well as lacking a distinct head, tail, 
or discernible sensory organs. SCP-1284-2 instances will invariably 
attack and attempt to consume any living being other than 
SCP-1284-1 or other SCP-1284-2 instances that they have an 
unobstructed path to.2 As it consumes tissue, an SCP-1284-2 
instance incorporates it into its own mass, increasing in size until it 
reaches a total weight of 6.2 kilograms. At that point, it will begin to 
rapidly reorganise its constituent tissue, and, over a period of 7 
seconds, split into two 3.1-kilogram instances of SCP-1284-2. One 
out of every 8 instances of SCP-1284-2 formed in this way will 
attempt to path its way back to SCP-1284-1 and feed itself 
piecemeal to SCP-1284-1. Even when instructed to the contrary, 
SCP-1284-1 will invariably cooperate to the best of its ability with 
SCP-1284-2's attempts to feed it. Imaging tests have indicated that 
SCP-1284-1's stomach becomes internally larger as needed to 
accommodate tissue from SCP-1284-2, without changing in external 
measurements. 


If exposed to a sunlight-equivalent light spectrum, SCP-1284-2 
instances spontaneously undergo liquefication, and SCP-1284-1 will 
begin to regenerate lost limbs at a rate of 0.2 kilograms an hour if it 
has consumed enough biomass to do so. While SCP-1284-1's limb 
regeneration has not been observed to violate conservation of mass, 
the replacement cells form spontaneously, rather than being divided 
from existing cells by mitosis. 


Menarche has been invariably fatal to instances of SCP-1284-1, 
resulting in continuous, rapid hemorrhaging of the endometrium until 
death by exsanguination. Attempts to stop or slow the bleeding have 
to date all been unsuccessful due to anomalous drastic increases in 
blood pressure and spontaneous thrombolysis. SCP-1284-1 
instances indicate awareness that this will occur, with expressed 
feelings about it varying from slight nervousness to eager 
anticipation. SCP-1284-1 instances are actively uncooperative with 
Foundation attempts to delay or prevent menarche. 


In the event of the current SCP-1284-1 instance expiring, a female 
child between the ages of 2 and 5 living in a rural community of less 
than 1000 people becomes a new instance of SCP-1284-1, and will 
begin to exhibit SCP-1284-1's abnormal behaviours. 


The current instance of SCP-1284-1, SCP-1284-1/8, is a human 
female of Indian descent, yearsoldasof // _ . It invariably 
introduces itself as "Candrani", contrary to its birth certificate, which 
indicates its given name is " "e 


SCP-1284-1/8 suffers from an additional psychosis similar to 
Depersonalisation Disorder without successful reality-testing, 
ultimately forming a personal narrative in which unpleasant events 
and stimuli are derealised entirely. Although this disturbance is not 
standard amongst SCP-1284-1 instances and is not considered 
anomalous at this time, staff interacting with SCP-1284-1/8 are to be 
discouraged from challenging this narrative. 


Addendum: / /_ : Transcript of interview attached. 
Interviewed: SCP-1284-1/1 
Interviewer: Dr. 


Foreword: First attempt to obtain information from 
SCP-1284-1 regarding the nature of SCP-1284-2. 
Translated from German. Note that SCP-1284-1 is, at 
the time of this interview, 6 years old. 

<Begin Log> 

Dr. : What do you know about SCP-1284-2? 
SCP-1284-1/1: [tilts head to side] What? 


Dr. : What do you know about the... rabbits that 
appeared earlier? 


SCP-1284-1/1: [rights head] Oh! [smiles] You mean my 
king's subjects. 


Dr. : [hesitates] ... Yes. Could you describe what 
they were doing? 


SCP-1284-1/1: [still smiling] My king ordered that they 
hold a feast in my honor. 


Dr. : | see. What was the occasion? 


SCP-1284-1/1: [frowns, tilts head] | don't know what you 
mean. 


Dr. : Why did your king order them to hold a feast? 


SCP-1284-1/1: [rights head] It is his right. 


Dr. : That doesn't really answer my question. 


SCP-1284-1/1: It is his right. 


Dr. : Is there a reason he wanted them to hold a 
feast in your honour specifically? 


SCP-1284-1/1: | am his bride, although our marriage is 
yet to be consummated. 


Dr. : [shifts uncomfortably] ... Right. Can you tell me 
more about your king? 


SCP-1284-1/1: [looks down, extended pause, looks back 
up] He is my king. 


<End Log> 


Closing Statement: This line of inquiry did not reveal 
further information. 


Addendum: / /_ : Research into a connection between SCP-1284 
and other leporine anomalies associated with the moon, such as 
SCP-1282 and SCP-1640, is ongoing. A connection between the 
"king" mentioned by SCP-1284-1/1 and SCP-2686 has been ruled 
out. 


Addendum: / /_ : Attempt to prevent menarche through surgical 
removal of SCP-1284-1/3's uterus and ovaries failed. Subject 
regenerated organs in the same manner as limbs. Second attempt 
denied approval. 


Addendum: / /_ : Attempt to prevent menarche through 
malnourishment of SCP-1284-1/3 failed. Subject experienced 
menarche despite condition and expired at age 12. 


Addendum: / /_ : Attempt to prevent menarche through hormonal 
treatment of SCP-1284-1/4 failed. Subject experienced menarche 
and expired at age 12. Postmortem testing indicates that subject's 
hormone levels were corrected to within expected unmedicated 
levels by unknown method. 


Addendum: / / _ : Attempt to prevent menarche through hormonal 
treatment and regular blood monitoring of SCP-1284-1/5 failed. 
Subject unexpectedly experienced menarche and expired at age 13. 
Blood sample taken during menarche indicated correction of 
hormone levels inconsistent with previous tests. 


Addendum: / /_ : Hormonal treatment not started on 
SCP-1284-1/6. Subject was suffering from severe pneumonia as a 
complication of a measles infection when initially secured, and, 
despite the best efforts of Foundation and local medical personnel, 
expired 35 hours later at age 4. 


Addendum: / /_ : Blood sample taken from SCP-1284-1/7 24 
hours ahead of the regular sampling schedule indicated a higher 
rate of hormone correction than previous tests had indicated. 
Preliminary randomisation of sampling schedule approved. 


Addendum: / /_ : Transcript of interview attached. 


Interviewed: SCP-1284-1/7 
Interviewer: Dr. 
Foreword: Excerpt from psychological assessment after 


SCP-1284-1/7 began exhibiting signs of depression and 
resistance to taking medication. Translated from 


Mandarin. Note that SCP-1284-1 is, at the time of this 
interview, 14 years old. 


<Begin Log> 

Dr. : Can you describe to me why you feel this way? 
SCP-1284-1/7: You are denying my king his right. 

Dr. :Howso? 


SCP-1284-1/7: We were meant to consummate our 
marriage, but you prevented it. 


Dr. :And how did we do that? 


SCP-1284-1/7: Your pills. 


Dr. _: If we didn't give you those pills, you would bleed 
to death. 


SCP-1284-1/7: It is his right. 
<End Log> 


Addendum: / /_ : Attempt to prevent menarche through hormonal 
treatment and irregular blood monitoring of SCP-1284-1/7 
successful. Subject punctured own carotid artery with pen and 
expired at age 16. 


Footnotes 

1. For full list of languages tested so far, see Document 1284-05- 
A.For full list of confirmed working appellations, see Document 
1284-05-B.For partial list of confirmed non-working appellations, see 
Document 1284-05-C.To suggest a language or appellation for 
testing, contact Dr. Stoker during office hours.As of Incident 
1284-1/5-009, testing with non-natural (invented) languages must be 
signed off by SCP-1284-1's psychologist and at least two linguists of 
Level 3 clearance or above familiar with SCP-1284-1's 
circumstances. 

2. SCP-1284-2's pathing abilities are incompletely understood, but 


do not appear to be based on smell, line-of-sight, echolocation, 
electrical signals, or the detection of vibration. If presented with a 
maze and two possible targets, one physically closer but with a 
longer required path and the other physically farther away but with a 
shorter required path, SCP-1284-2 instances will invariably navigate 
the maze to the target at the end of the short path with no wrong 
turns. The possible use of SCP-1284-2 in locating lost operatives in 
spatially-inconsistent locations is being looked into. 

3. See Document 1284-01-A for full behavioural profile. 


« SCP-1283 | SCP-1284 | SCP-1285 » 


SCP-1285: The Wooden Movie Prop 


Item #: SCP-1285 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: When not in testing, SCP-1285 
is to be placed in a fenced off 3 m X 3m plot of land outside of Site 
56. While testing, SCP-1285 is to be contained ina6mX6mX3m 
concrete containment area, unless testing protocols require 
otherwise. While indoors, SCP-1285’s roots are to be inspected and 
trimmed on a daily basis to prevent potential degrading of the 
containment chamber. Testing is to be conducted only after Level 4 
approval, and must be submitted two (2) weeks in advance to allow 
proper growth, if necessary. After testing, all instances of 
SCP-1285-1 are to be removed and incinerated. 


Following Incident 1285-AB, no instances of SCP-1285-2 are to be 
refined. Personnel found attempting to produce refined SCP-1285-2 
are to be reassigned to a different project. Should this fail, the 
offender is to be terminated, and resulting instances of SCP-1285-3 
are to be destroyed with extreme prejudice. 


Description: SCP-1285 appears to be a wooden sculpture depicting 
an armless and headless humanoid sitting on a concrete pedestal. 
Projecting from its shoulders are root-like structures. “Nature's 
Embrace” is engraved on the back of the pedestal. It is currently 
unknown whether the object is sentient or follows pre-defined 
behavior. 


The object’s anomalous properties manifest when placed in an 
indoor environment. The roots of the sculpture will begin to grow, 
with a rate of one (1) meter per day being observed when 
unobstructed. Should the roots reach a surface composed of non- 
organic materials, they will begin production of pigments to match 
the surface and will attempt to grow through any cracks present. 


Experimentation shows that SCP-1285’s roots grow towards the 
nearest “bedroom”, defined as any room containing an implement 
used for sleeping!. Once inside, the roots will not continue to grow 
until a human subject falls asleep in said room. At this point, 
SCP-1285’s roots will begin a period of rapid flower growth, followed 
by an attempt to dislodge one of the subject's eyes, leaving a flower 
(hereby designated SCP-1285-1) in its place. MRI scans show that 
SCP-1285-1 connects directly to the subject's brain2. Survivors of 
this process report it as “mildly unpleasant” and will show a marked 
decrease in aggressive behavior. This process has been observed 
to take between sixteen (16) and thirty-two (32) seconds. 


SCP-1285-1 will attract nearby insects, which will "pollinate" 
SCP-1285 through use of SCP-1285-1. This will cause the 
production of sap, hereby designated SCP-1285-2. SCP-1285-2 can 
be refined into an alcoholic beverage by utilizing [DATA 
EXPUNGED]. When consumed, side effects do not appear for six 
(6) hours, at which point stomach pains, headaches, hemorrhaging, 
and vomiting have been known to occur, increasing in intensity over 
a 72-hour period. Should the afflicted survive, root-like structures will 
rapidly begin to grow out of available orifices, eventually covering 
the afflicted's entire body. The subject in question is now considered 
an instance of SCP-1285-34. 


Instances of SCP-1285-3 are hostile towards any mammalian life, 
and will attempt to wound them to the point of immobility. At this 
point, SCP-1285-3 will reveal a "mouth" and proceed to bite the 
target. Affected targets will then display symptoms identical to those 
caused by SCP-1285-2, but at a highly accelerated rate9. 


Addendum: SCP-1285 was discovered in a back roomin“  ’s Bar 


and Grill” in , Colorado on / /19 after reports of “tree-people” 
(revealed to be instances of SCP-1285-3) in the area. The owner of 
the bar, , Was recruited as D-1285-1 for his part in the 


incident. Class-A amnestics were distributed to the remaining 
witnesses, and all instances of SCP-1285-3 were eliminated. A note 
(Document 1285-A) was found among "Ss possessions. 


Document 1285-A: 


To my dearest fan, 


A sincerest thank you for your help in making my latest 
movie, "Attack of the Root Men!"6, a reality. | hope you 
understand how much your acting brought out. You were 
the perfect lead, and for that, | sincerely thank you. But 
look at me go on! As a token of my gratitude, I'll 
relinquish ownership of the main prop (The Statue of the 
Forest God, if you weren't aware) to you, and let you in 
on alittle secret. 


Do you remember how the dastardly Dr. Arhbour 
extracted the Forest God's sap to create his tree- 
creatures? Well, just between you and me, you too can 
produce it, all with the help of my darling prop. All you 
need do is place that statue somewhere you can sleep, 
invite someone into that room, and let the magic unfold! 


Now all you have to do is take the resulting sap, [DATA 
EXPUNGED] 


C'est magnifique! 


Be careful with that stuff, though. It's alcoholic, and | 
wouldn't want a young man such as yourself driving their 
career into ruins so early! 


| can assure you that your talent will make you go far. | 
am entrusting you this marvelous art in hopes that you 
can bring out it's full potential, just as you did on the set. 


Expect a package in the mail soon! 


Best regards, 
[ILLEGIBLE] 


Footnotes 

1. If placed in a bedroom, no growth will be observed. 

2. It is currently not known how the connection occurs, as no stems 
have been observed on instances of SCP-1285-1 before being 
applied. 

3. Insects have been observed to appear even in areas previously 
free of them. 


4. Testing reveals this process occurs when any mammal drinks 
SCP-1285-2, but humans appear to be the most suited to the 
change. 

5. No consistent rate was found, with the observed process taking 
anywhere from nine (9) to thirty-six (36) hours. 

6. No evidence of this movie has been uncovered. 


« SCP-1284 | SCP-1285 | SCP-1286 » 


SCP-1286: Sad Man 


Item #: SCP-1286 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1286 is contained in its 
original installation. The basement of “ ”, an entertainment 
venue located in Manhattan, New York that contains SCP-1286 has 
since been retrofitted with standard containment procedures outlined 
in this document. 


The appearance outside of Area-1286 has not changed and should 
not change since it has been retrofitted, save for the removal of 
advertisements on the building, and window galleries which have 
since been removed and replaced with solid walls. The front doors 
to Area-1286 lead into another hallway where screening procedures 
and identification protocols must be carried out each time personnel 
leave and enter the facility. Only one individual may be screened at 
any time.