| fear for my life, for last night one of the great 
lords came and visited me. We welcomed two 
travelers from the east before we closed the 
gates. They had no caravan, and barely any 
baggage. 


As | let them in, a worm flashed in one's 
clothes. | went up to him, and said "Brother, 
watch your clothes, for there are worms. Get 
them washed, that you may not get sick." He 
smiled, and said to me, "Your accent is that of 
Athens, is it not?" 


| said "Yes, Lord, my family maintained a 
temple to Mercury there. | left to seek my 
fortune with his blessing." He nodded and said 
no more. 


Later that night, | awoke to find the stranger in 
my room silencing me. He held up a staff, 
golden and intertwined with snakes, and | 
knew him to be my lord Hermes. He said "For 
your family's loyalty, | will let you know of a 
calamity that is coming, for | have done the 
greatest theft of all time. For years, | pretended 
to be content to rule with the others in the 
Confederation, but now it will all come down. 
The worm of silk, the great pride of the central 


kingdom, has been stolen by me." And he 
showed the inside of his cloak, filled with the 
valuable worms, and other treasures of the 
east. "Of course, the gods will be shaken and 
rage against the theft. But | have made a new 
alliance with the Northern tribes, and as the 
gods blame each other the Golden Hordes will 
sweep down as a storm and conquer, with me 
as their sole sponsor. None, god or merchant 
will be spared, of the South or the East, but 
Bynzantine will be my chosen city, and | will 
rule the world's trade networks from there. 
Flee while you can." And Hermes left. 


| write this now, as a record, should | not make 
it home to write it again. Any god which 

remains would surely call for my head, but this 
is one time | think my lord Hermes does not lie. 


Recovered Material 2765-1C-647 

Discovered Location: Floor of the central market area 
Description: A 15 m by 15 m glass panel. When viewed, 
subjects will hear the same message translated into their 
primary language, as spoken by a female. 

Decipherable Contents: 


The thief may have had his merry laugh, but 
he cannot sustain this forever. One day, the 
gold will run out, as will his luck. But until then, 
the rats will be carried along with his victory, 
the pestilence with his profit, and the hordes 
shall be less friendly than he hoped. We will 
find another way to trade, without him, without 
his route, and his vanity shall dissolve. Thus 
says the Confederation. 


Footnotes 

1. Kuroco, Aliye "Detection and Containment of Anomalous Trends 
in Middle Eastern territories"Considerations: A Foundation journal 
(1976): 394 

2. Zhang Qian was a notable Chinese Ambassador and explorer 


of view as if drag was acting upon it. In a similar sense, the mass of 
SCP-320 slows its acceleration, but does so in an unexpected, 
unique way. At rest, the mass of SCP-320 is normal and thought to 
be acclimated to the rotation of the Earth around the Sun and the 
rotation of the Sun around the Galaxy. However, moving SCP-320 
(i.e. accelerating it from any stop or constant velocity) causes the 
mass of the sphere to increase at an exponential rate, increasing its 
relative gravity but not momentum. 


This means that while in accelerated motion, normal matter in the 
general area of SCP-320 is pulled toward, and in the direction of 
motion of the sphere, often resulting in violent winds and large scale 
devastation in the wake of SCP-320's trajectory. Though it has been 
too dangerous to accelerate SCP-320 towards its speed limit, 
through mathematical extrapolation it is believed that the fastest 
SCP-320 is able to travel would be a maximum of 125.5 km/h (78 
mph) to an observer before its own mass halts its acceleration. 
Though the observed increase in gravity is attributed to an increase 
of mass of SCP-320, the effect is considered to be only relative as 
SCP-320's momentum is not representative of a mass greater than 
that observed during its resting state. 


In other words, any object being struck by SCP-320 while it is in 
motion, experiences a simple collision as if it was a hollow marble 
and not the effects of being struck by a small singularity. 


Spectrometer testing of the glass composition of SCP-320 reveals a 
high concentration of manganese oxide, reminiscent of Cristallo 
glass. Calcium oxide has helped protect the clarity of SCP-320 from 
corrosion over the last few hundred years. 


« SCP-319 | SCP-320 | SCP-321 » 


who traveled west to find allies against the Xiongnu raiders. 
Although he failed to create military alliances,he did make contact 
with western nations and convinced the Chinese emperor to defeat 
the Xiongnu to open up trade. 

3. See Edwards, Jade "Bibliography of Deities, by Aspects and 
Kingdoms"Legendary: A Foundation journal (1968): 394 

4. 35 lines have been extensively damaged by fire. Writing over 
them states "Though your roads be empty and your cities burned, 
you will not be forgotten, honored members" 


« SCP-2764 | SCP-2765 | SCP-2766 » 


SCP-2766: Aqua Caligula 


Item #: SCP-2766 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: Between astronomical dawn 
and dusk on the first of each month in the Julian calendar, 
SCP-2766 is to be supplied with a constant flow of water measuring 
no less than 4.5 million liters per hour; a series of channels diverting 
water from the nearby Aniene river to the entrance of SCP-2766 has 
been constructed for this purpose. During this period, SCP-2766 is 
to be drained into the pipeline at its outlet; its products are filtered, 
diluted and then released into the Aniene at a Foundation facility in 
the San Lorenzo hydroelectric dam. 


Description: SCP-2766 is a section of aqueduct tunnel, 
approximately 180m long!, near the source of the Aqua Claudia, an 
ancient Roman aqueduct which brought water from springs at 
Sublacensis (modern Subiaco) to the city of Rome. When water 
passes through SCP-2766, it is transmuted into an equivalent 
volume of a mixture of wine and another liquid. The liquid produced 
varies by the month of the Julian calendar; see Table 2766-1. 


Tabie 2766-1: SCP-2766 Products by Month 


Month Product Notes 
January River water; water January 1st was 
lacks modern celebrated by the 


industrial pollutants,| Romans as the feast 
but in all other ways| day of Janus, god of 
matches the borders, doorways 
particulate and bridges. 
composition of the 
Tiber River around the 
city of Rome. 

February Solution of salts and) The Roman 
minerals similar in purification festival of 


March 


April 


May 


June 


July 


composition to human 
sweat. 


Human blood; DNA 
analysis indicates that 
blood comes from a 
number of individuals, 
both male and femaig. 
Wine is mixed with 
pomegranate juice, 
considered an 
aphrodisiac by the 
Romans, and spiced 
with an unidentified 
herb (possibly 
Silphium, a now- 
extinct variety of 
fennel used by the 
Romans as a 
seasoning anda 
contraceptive). 
Menstrual fluid from a 
number of female 
individuals. 


Cow blood from two 
distinct individuals, 
both female. 


Human blood from a 
single male individual. 


Februa occurred 
during the month of 
February, and was 
strongly associated 
with Sweat and fever. 
March 1st was the 
feast day of Mars, god 
of war. 


April 1st was 
celebrated as the 
feast of Venus, 
goddess of desire. 


May 1st was 
celebrated as the 
feast of Bona Dea, a 
fertility goddess and 
protector of women. 

A pair of cows was the 
traditional sacrifice to 
Juno, whose feast day 
falis on June 1st. 

DNA analysis 
indicates that there is 
a close familial 

relation between blood 
produced in July and 
August; it is currently 
hypothesized that 
during these months 


August 


September 


October 


November 


December 


Human blood from a 
singie maie individual. 
Wine produced is 
undiluted, and has a 
higher alcohol 
concentration than 
other months. 


Horse blood from a 
single male individual. 


River water; 
particulate 
composition matches 
the Nile river near 
Philae. 


Wine is sweetened 


SCP-2766 produces 
the blood of Julius 
Caesar and his grand- 
nephew Augustus, for 
whom these months 
were named. 

See July. 


The feast of Liber, a 
Roman wine god 
equated with the 
Greek Dionysus, took 
place during 
September. 

During the month of 
October, the Romans 
celebrated the Equus 
October, a festival 
culminating in the 
sacrifice of a horse to 
Mars. 

Philae was an 
important cult center 
of Isis in antiquity; the 
festival of Isis, first 
introduced under 
Caligula, was 
celebrated in Rome on 
November 1st. 

This mixture was 


with honey and spiced known as conditum 


with a blend of black 
pepper, saffron, and 
fennel. 


paradoxum?, and was 
a popular winter 
beverage in ancient 
Rome, associated with 
the Saturnalia solstice 
festival which 
occurred in 

December. 


lf SCP-2766 is not supplied with a sufficient amount of water? during 
daylight hours on the first day of each month, it will begin to produce 
whatever wine mixture would normally be produced that month at a 
flow rate of approximately 7.5 million liters per hour, the rate at 
which water flowed through the Aqua Claudia while it was 
operational; the liquid pours from niches in the walls originally used 
to hold oil lamps during the tunnel's construction, and from holes 
and cracks in the hydraulic cement along the floor and walls. This 
flow will continue until the last day of that month, at which point the 
flow rate will gradually decrease over the course of the day, coming 
to a stop at dusk. 


The section of the Aqua Claudia which includes SCP-2766 was built 
in 38 CE under the emperor Caligula, and the remainder of the 
aqueduct was completed in 52 CE by his successor Claudius; 10 
years after its completion, due to SCP-2766's effects, the Aqua 
Claudia was abandoned. In 70 CE, under the emperor Vespasian, 
containment of SCP-2766 was established by the Praetorian Office 
of Secret Wisdom‘ and a secondary channel of the Aqua Claudia 
bypassing SCP-2766 was created; after the fall of the Western 
Roman Empire, SCP-2766 was uncontained until the Vatican Holy 
Office of Secrets and Prophecy reestablished containment in 786 
CE. 


Recovered Document 2766-1: Dedicatory Inscriptions, 
SCP-2766 Repair Access Tunnel 

Latin, circa 39 CE. From the records of the Vatican Holy Office of 
Secrets and Prophecy. Trans. Sebastian Miller, 1957. 


Caius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus®, son of 
Tiberius, Pontifex Maximus®, consul five times, in his 
third year as emperor, father of his country, saw to it that 
the Curtian and Caerulean waters’ be brought into the 
City of Rome. 


Manius Curius Ater, Superintendent of Secrets8, by 
decree of the Divine Caius, the New Sun’, saw to it that 
the Curtian and Caerulean waters be transformed, so the 
baths and fountains of Rome might run with whatever is 
most pleasing to the emperor and the gods. 


Recovered Document 2766-2: Cura Praetoria Sapientae 
Occultae Record of Containment for the "Aqua Caligula" 

(Circa 70 CE. From the records of the Vatican Holy Office of Secrets 
and Prophecy. Original in Latin.) 


In the second year of the imperium of Titus Flavius 
Caesar Vespasianus Augustus!9, the Praetorians were 
sent to investigate rumors of the Anio™! running with 
blood and wine. Arriving at Sublacensis, it was found by 
Prefect of Hidden Wisdom Caeso Iccius Candidus that a 
part of the Aqua Claudia, which had been closed on 
account of it producing fouled waters and had been 
diverted into the Cloaca Maxima to aid in the cleansing 
of sewage, had collapsed in an earthquake, and was 
now pouring out blood and wine into the Anio. 


And with the matter having been investigated further, it 
was learned that the spirits bound to the aqueduct by 
Manius Curius Ater, Curator Arcanorum for the emperor 
Caligula, so that the emperor might have his fountains 
pour forth whatever might be appropriate for the holiday, 
had become confused by this destruction, and were 
already angered by their long lack of employment in the 
task set forth for them by Ater (for the Divine Claudius 
had not known of the miraculous properties of his 
aqueduct, and so had not used the powers of the spirits). 
And in their anger, these spirits had decided that they 
would pour forth whatever would be most fitting for the 
whole of the month, unless during the Kalends'2 they 
were well-employed for the whole of the day. 


And with these things learned by the augurs and 
haruspices!3, the Prefect decided that for the whole of 
the Kalends of every month the spirits would be given 
their employment, so the Anio might run clean for the 
rest. 


Footnotes 

1. 1 Romanstadium 

2. "A wondrous spiced drink" 

3. Minimum flow seems to be approximately 3.5 million liters per 


hour—about half of theAqua Claudia's maximum flow rate while 
operational. 

4.Cura Praetoria Sapientae Occultae, a division of the Praetorian 
Guard dedicated to the containment and/or destruction of 
anomalous creatures and objects that were a threat or 
inconvenience to the Roman empire. 

5. Full regnal name of the emperor more commonly known as 
Caligula. 

6. The emperor's title in his role as high priest of the Roman state 
religion. 

7. The springs that were the source of the Aqua Claudia. 

8. "Curator Arcanorum" — an appointed position in the Roman 
government, attested in only a few places; the existence of the office 
itself seems to have been a state secret. Individuals with this name 
are attested intermittently asCurator Arcanorumfrom the rule of 
Caligula until the fall of the Western Roman Empire; see Person of 
Interest file POI-378. 

9.Divus Caius Neos Helios, a title associated with the worship of 
Caligula as a living god. 

10. The full regnal name of the emperor Vespasian 

11. The Latin name of the Aniene. 

12. The Latin term for the first day of the month. 

13. Seers who predicted the future through the flight of birds and the 
livers of sheep, respectively. 


« SCP-2765 | SCP-2766 | SCP-2767 » 


SCP-2767: Oppression Blue 


Item #: SCP-2767 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2767, in its tins, is to be 
kept within a storage locker at Site 15. SCP-2767 is not to be 
painted onto the walls of a room any number of rooms 
simultaneously without permission of the SCP-2767 head of 
research. Any wall treated with SCP-2767 must be cleared 
completely within 48 hours of application. 


Description: SCP-2767 is an unbranded type of ‘Prussian Blue’ 
paint contained across 12 8 unlabelled 1-litre tins. The tins which 
contain the paint display no anomalous properties and as such the 
quantity of paint is finite, and any paint produced by colour matching 
to SCP-2767 is non-anomalous 


When a subject is placed within a room painted with SCP-2767, they 
begin experiencing feelings of claustrophobia, specifically that of the 
walls being extremely close. This effect occurs regardless of the 
actual distance between the subject and the walls. During testing, 
subjects are still able to converse and describe their feelings; 
however, they are physically incapable of moving from what they 
perceive as being a tightly enclosed space. The dimensions of this 
space are invariably (see Incident Report 2767-A) in almost all 
cases equal to their arm span, taken from the point where the effect 
initially manifests. 


The anomalous effects of SCP-2767 manifest from between 20 
minutes to 6 hours after the subject has entered the room. At this 
point, subjects perceive the walls as shrinking to the aforementioned 
dimensions instantly. In 90% of cases, subjects with moderate-to- 
severe diagnosed claustrophobia experience effects within the first 
hour. 80% of subjects with moderate-to-severe agoraphobia, 
however, take from three to six hours to be affected. If psychological