Interview conducted on / /20 , two days after 
the report on the inquiry into SCP- 's 
containment breach was published. 


<Begin Log, 13:04 / /20 > 


Researcher Yuji: Good afternoon, D-4423. | 
have been requested to ask you a few 
questions about your testing with 
[REDACTED] and SCP- 


D-4423: | don't wish to discuss [SCP- _ ]. 


Researcher Yuji: Yes, | understand you had 
an adverse psychological reaction when 
exposed to the object. Very well, we will begin 
with [REDACTED]. You were part of Dr 
Wilson's tests on prolonged contact with 
[REDACTED]. From what | can see, you did 
not suffer any ill effects from this testing. 


D-4423 scoffs. 


Researcher Yuji: Is there something you 
would like to add? 


D-4423: After twenty-four hours with that thing 
| couldn't sleep for five nights. | saw it 
whenever | closed my eyes. | heard it speaking 
in the dark after the lights are put out. | would 
lie down and feel it on my chest, choking the 
breath out of me. 


Researcher Yuji: You made no mention of 
this at the time, or in subsequent psychological 
profiling. We could have administered 
amnestics to you. 


D-4423: And end up with a bullet in the back of 
my neck come the end of the month? I'm only 
telling you now because I've been dragged in 
here. If these are my last words | might as well 
say what | want. 


Researcher Yuji pauses for 6 seconds and 
looks down at his papers. 


Researcher Yuji: Site medical records 
indicate that you obtained a tattoo of 
[REDACTED] shortly after testing. From your 
previous interviews | am given to understand 
that you... ‘collect’ tattoos. Is this for symbolic 
reasons, or simply to remember events in your 
life you consider important? 


D-4423: Most of these are jobs | did. People | 
killed. | thought... 


D-4423 pauses for 4 seconds. Researcher 
Tange gestures for him to continue. 


D-4423: | thought that if | could get it out of my 
head and onto my skin | could... ‘kill’ it. It could 
join the others. 


Researcher Yuji: Our records show that 
[REDACTED] disappeared from containment 
shortly before your monthly check-up, at which 
the new tattoo was first noted. Before now, did 
you have any knowledge of [REDACTED]'s 
loss? 


D-4423 expresses shock at the statement, 
and nervously glances at his right arm, 


currently covered by a grey jumpsuit. 
D-4423: No, | was not aware. 


Researcher Yuji: Similarly, you obtained 
another new tattoo around the time of SCP- 
's loss from- 


D-4423 rises from their seat and is clearly 
expressing fear. He has reflexively grabbed 
his left forearm and is squeezing it tightly. 


Researcher Yuji: You did not know? 
D-4423: Where is it? Am | safe? 


Researcher Yuji: Please, sit back down. SCP- 
has... been lost from containment. We 
have reason to suspect you are the cause. 


D-4423 refuses to co-operate further with 
the interview and begins pounding on the 
door to be let back into D-Class habitation. 


<End Log, 13:08 / /20 > 


Closing Statement: Interview terminated and 
subject was forcefully pacified by security staff. 
While short, this interview establishes 
D-4423's fear of SCP- and [REDACTED], 
and verifies that he had no prior knowledge of 
their escape from containment. 


SCP-3253-A was given a medical check-up the following 
day and the tattoos representing SCP- and 
[REDACTED] were identified and photographed. In 
another interview, A revealed the identity of SCP-3253-B 
(D-8779) under duress. B was subjected to interview by 
Researcher Yuji. 


+ Interview Log SCP-3253-003 


Interviewed: D-8779 (SCP-3253-B) 
Interviewer: Researcher Yuji Tange 


Foreword: Interview originally conducted in 
Japanese owing to D-8779's fluency compared 
to English. Original transcript available on 
request. 


Interview conducted on / /20 , seven days 
after the report on the inquiry into SCP-'s 
containment breach was published. 


<Begin Log, 10:20 / /20 > 


Researcher Yuji: Good morning, D-8779. The 
purpose of today's interview is to discuss your 
artistry. | understand you were a horishi prior 
to your arrest and transfer here? 


D-8779: Yes. 


Researcher Yuji: | also understand you have 
continued this profession while in custody. 


D-8779: lt satisfies me. 


Researcher Yuji: The report | have here 
indicates that you perform these services for 
not only other D-Class personnel, but also 
some of the security staff. You must 
understand that this is a breach of multiple 
security protocols. 


D-8779 smiles. 


Researcher Yuji: ... Very well. Before your 
incarceration, have any of your clients 
displayed anomalous behaviours? 


D-8779: No. 


Researcher Yuji: Your art? 
D-8779: No. 


Researcher Yuji pauses for 10 seconds and 
looks down at his papers. 


Researcher Yuji: What is the nature of your 
relationship with D-4423? 


D-8779: Tadahashi has been my client a 
number of times. 


Researcher Yuji: And that is all? 
D-8779: That is all. 


Researcher Yuji: His statement in our last 
interview implied otherwise. D-8779, | am sure 
you understand that this process is facilitated 
by giving me truthful responses to my 
questions. If you and D-4423 are lovers it may 
be a vital part of the anomalous process we 
have identified, and it is similarly vital that it is 
documented. 


D-8779 does not initially respond. Video 
footage shows D-8779 adopting defensive 
body language and refusing to meet 
Researcher Yuji's eye. 


Researcher Yuji: Very well. Perhaps at 
another date. The last questions | have to ask 
you are regarding the nature of your 
instruments, your tebori. Security obtained this 
from your cell. How did you come by the 
materials for these objects? 


Researcher Yuji places a bag on the table 
containing tattooing implements used by 
D-8779. 


D-8779: Perhaps you should spend less time 
investigating my relationships and more time 
watching your cameras. 


D-8779 refuses to respond further beyond 
this point. Researcher Yuji terminates 
interview. 


<End Log, 10:23 / /20 > 


After further interviews with A and B, and preliminary analytical 
testing on SCP-3253-C Researcher Yuji submitted his initial report, 
concluding that none of the three objects were themselves 
inherently anomalous, but only became anomalous when brought 
together. The phenomenon was granted classification SCP-3253 
and permission was granted for further testing. Extracts from the 
testing logs are reproduced below. 


+ Extracts from SCP-3253 Testing Logs: 


SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 01 

Date: / /20 

Subject: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A), D-8779 
(SCP-3253-B), SCP-3253-C, one (1) rabbit. 


Procedure: D-4423 was seated and secured 
opposite a caged white rabbit. D-8879 was 
made to tattoo an image of the rabbit on 
D-4423 using SCP-3253-C. Subjects coerced 
to proceed despite initial noncooperation. 
Process lasts four hours. At the precise instant 
D-8779 considers the tattoo to be complete, 
the rabbit disappears from the cage. 
Disappearance observed to be instantaneous. 
Analysis of individual frames of security 
footage show the exact disappearance occurs 
at 14:43:23, with the rabbit disappearing on 
the 23rd frame of that second. 


Conclusion: Test proves that SCP-3253 is 
reproducible. 


Recommendation: Further testing should be 
undertaken to prove Researcher Yuji's 
hypotheses about the linked nature of 
SCP-3253-A, -B and -C. 


Subsequent testing (Experiments 02-04) confirms the 
need for all three parts of SCP-3253 to be present and 
used for the anomaly to manifest. 


SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 05 

Date: / /20 

Subject: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A), D-8779 
(SCP-3253-B), SCP-3253-C, one (1) mouse. 


Procedure: D-4423 was blindfolded and given 
earplugs. After ensuring that D-4423 could 
neither see nor hear anything, a caged mouse 
was brought into the room and D-8779 was 
made to tattoo an image of the mouse on 
D-4423. The mouse did not disappear when 
the tattoo was completed. 


Conclusion: Test indicates that SCP-3253-A 
must be aware of the subject for the 
anomalous effect to occur. 


SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 06 

Date: / /20 

Subject: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A), D-8779 
(SCP-3253-B), SCP-3253-C, D-5754. 


Procedure: D-4423 was seated and secured 
opposite D-5754, an adult female of Latin- 
American origin. D-8779 was requested to 
work with D-4423 to create a symbolic image 
representing D-5754, and to then tattoo that 
image onto D-4423. The image was requested 
to be no larger than 5cm x 5cm and to be 
placed on D-4423's right wrist. The intent was 
to observe SCP-3253's effect on a non- 
anomalous sentient being in preparation for 


further testing. 


Both D-4423 and D-8779 refuse to co-operate 
with the test. Security personnel subdue 
D-8779, and in doing so harm him. D-4423 
pleads with security personnel and agrees to 
undergo testing, despite D-8779's continued 
refusal. D-8779 is taken away and the test 
abandoned. 


SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 07 

Date: / /20 

Subject: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A), D-8779 
(SCP-3253-B), SCP-3253-C, D-5754. 


Procedure: This experiment was intended to 
complete the test attempted previously. 
D-4423 and D-8779 discuss in Japanese the 
form the tattoo should take, settling ona 
design after twenty-three minutes. Once the 
outline is completed, D-5754 falls 
unconscious. D-8779 pauses work, but is 
urged to continue once it is determined by 
Researcher Yuji that D-5754 is still alive. 
D-5754 disappears from the room as expected 
when the tattoo is completed, although her 
clothes remain. 


Conclusion: SCP-3253 can potentially be 
utilized in the containment of anomalous 
objects or entities. Further testing scheduled. 


SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 08 
Date: / /20 
Subject: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A). 


Procedure: D-4423 was subjected to laser 
tattoo removal to remove the image created in 
Experiment 07. D-4423 is initially unwilling to 
undergo the process, but is convinced by 
Researcher Yuji. When the process begins, 


D-4423 exclaims in pain and interrupts the 
procedure. He describes the sensation as 
similar to being shot, and that the pain is 
concentrated at the forehead. 


Researcher Yuji calls a temporary halt to 
testing. D-4423 is relocated to a medical 
facility on site where he is placed in toa 
combined EEG/MRI instrument and the test is 
resumed. 


D-4423 continues to experience extreme 
sensations of pain until he passes out two 
minutes into the procedure. EEG data 
indicates abnormal activity in the frontal lobes 
throughout the process. 


When the removal is complete, a corpse 
suffering what appear to be third-degree burns 
across 100% of their body appears in the 
room. DNA testing is partial but indicates that 
the body is that of D-5754. D-4423 is removed 
from the room and regains consciousness 
three hours later. 


Conclusion: Removing the tattoo reverses the 
effect of SCP-3253, but with unexpected 
consequences. Other means of removal 
should be tested. 


SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 09 
Date: / /20 
Subject: D-4423 (SCP-3253-A). 


Procedure: D-4423 was anaesthetised and 
the tattoo of the rabbit from Experiment 01 was 
surgically removed via removal of the dermis 
and epidermis of the affected area. Fresh skin 
was transplanted from a donor to replace that 
taken. No effect is observed in the room when 
the skin is completely removed. The removed 


¢ Asingle black millipede, five meters long, curled into a ball 
inside the fruit. 

¢ Thousands of tiny fruit-fly-esque creatures that emitted a high- 
pitched buzzing. 


« SCP-416 | SCP-417 | SCP-418 » 


skin is placed on ice and kept in storage. 


Conclusion: Merely removing the skin but 
leaving the image intact did not reverse 
SCP-3253. It is therefore hypothesized that the 
effect of SCP-3253 is only reversed when the 
image is destroyed. 


SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 10 

Date: / /20 

Subject: Section of skin removed from 
SCP-3253-A in Experiment 09. 


Procedure: The skin is flash frozen with liquid 
nitrogen and shattered with a blow froma 
hammer. Immediately, fractured and frozen 
fur, skin, bone and viscera appear in the room. 
The appearance of the fur and total mass is 
consistent with that of the rabbit from 
Experiment 01. 


Conclusion: Destroying the image reverses 
SCP-3253 but induces a sympathetic effect in 
the subject of the original image. 


SCP-3253 Test Log - Entry 11 

Date: / /20 

Subject: Section of skin removed from 
SCP-3253-A, depicting a bird. 


Procedure: SCP-3253-B was made to tattoo 
an image of a bird on SCP-3253-A. Once the 
bird had disappeared, the image was 
surgically removed from SCP-3253-A and 
desiccated. When the moisture content of the 
section of skin reached <1%, the desiccated 
body of the bird appeared in the room. 


Conclusion: At this time, the only way to 
reverse SCP-3253 seems to be detrimental to 
the subject of the image. 


Further testing was suspended after Experiment 11. Researcher 
Yuji's proposal for a series of tests that would enable SCP-3253 to 
be utilized in the containment of objects classified Safe was under 
consideration by senior staff until the occurrence of Incident 3253-3 
on / /20 .Asummary of the key events is included below. 


+ Incident 3253-3 


On 14/08/20 SCP-3253-A was admitted to 
emergency medical care at Site- , suffering 
severe blood loss arising the self-amputation 
of its left forearm. After two hours of 
emergency medical treatment, A was 
stabilized, although unconscious. Also 
detained was one Jeffrey Garrett, a member of 
Site- security who, it was found, had been in 
close contact with A and B for over three 
months in the course of his duties. 


An internal tribunal heard how Mr Garrett had 
obtained a meat cleaver from Site- 's kitchens, 
from an acquaintance on the catering staff, 
Fariha Layan Asfour. Ms Asfour and Mr 
Garrett both expressed sympathy for A and B, 
who, they claim, had ‘suffered too much’. Mr 
Garrett admitted that he had severed A's left 
forearm at its request, and had then called for 
medical aid to prevent A's death. 


A's forearm, containing the tattoo of SCP-_, 
was recovered from its cell and placed in cold 
storage to prevent containment loss of SCP- 


Upon recovery, A was interviewed and it 
became apparent that despite monthly 
psychological profiling overseen by 
Researcher Yuji, none of the reports had been 
filed with Site- medical staff. It was therefore 
not noticed that A was suffering from 
depression and paranoia regarding SCP- 


Researcher Yuji was questioned and admitted 
failing to file the psychological reports. He 
justified his actions by stating his belief that 
‘the SCP-3253 project was potentially too 
valuable a tool to let the Ethics Committee put 
a stop to it’. 


Researcher Yuji was reassigned to Site-36 
and continues to be under scrutiny by the 
Ethics Committee for possible future breaches 
of trust. 


After A had recovered, Site- Administration decided that the 
continued safe containment of SCP- was of paramount 
importance, and requested that its image be once again tattooed 
onto A, as a safeguard in case its severed forearm was no longer 
sufficient means of containment. The proceedings form Incident 
3253-4. 


+ Incident 3253-4 


On 07/01/20 SCP-3253-B was requested to 
tattoo the image of SCP- _ back onto 
SCP-3253-A. A and B were both emotionally 
distraught at the time of the procedure. At the 
beginning of security footage relevant to 
Incident 3253-4, A and B can be seen 
conversing in Japanese. They are both upset 
and exchange apologies and comfort to each 
other for past events. After two minutes, B is 
urged to continue with the procedure. 


It is at this point that B can be seen to pause 
and stare at SCP-3253-C, with body language 
indicating revulsion of the object. B is once 
more heard to apologize, and bids A before 
swiftly bringing C to its temple and embedding 
it in the region of the pterion. 


B immediately collapses to the ground and 
loses consciousness as A screams and rushes