As part of its introduction to a community SCP-3616 will present a 
number of literary works of high quality. The instance will then begin 
searching for its victim, most commonly an experienced and 
established writer. SCP-3616 will attempt to form a relationship with 
this individual, usually based on the mutual critique and feedback of 
works. Duration of the contact depends on the time it takes for 
SCP-3616 to obtain information needed for its anomalous effects to 
take place. If the contact is broken before this happens the entity will 
not reappear. As the relationship with SCP-3616 persists, the 
victims will report increasing feeling of unease. In 73% of 
documented cases the affected individuals suffered from sleep 
deprivation. The victims rarely associate these effects with 
SCP-3616. 


SCP-3616 will seek to manipulate its victim into sharing or writing a 
literary piece involving severe body damage. It is also required for 
the user to express satisfaction of the effect that this part of the story 
has on readers. When this occurs SCP-3616 will cease engaging in 
discussion with the victim and will not respond to any previous 
means of contact. 


After approximately 5 days from the last contact SCP-3616-1 event 
will take place. SCP-3616-1 events always take place between 
11:00 PM and 03:00 AM and only when the victim is located in their 
bed. Any electronic devices with a display will activate and show 
short messages. If no displays are present, the messages will 
appear on the walls or ceilings of the room, written in black liquid of 
unknown origin. As this happens, the victims become paralyzed and 
will begin to suffer hallucinations. Due to the effects of SCP-3616-1 
on mental health the nature of these hallucinations is difficult to 


determine, but it is presumed they involve SCP-3616 and the scene 
described during the last conversation. After approximately 10 
minutes since the beginning of SCP-3616-1 event, the victim will 
begin to anomalously suffer body damage that they described during 
the last contact. The effects will cease within one hour. 


+ Transcript of messages displayed during the documented SCP-361¢ 
/ /20 :"You brought this upon yourself". 


/ /20 :"Normal people don't come up with 
such things". 


/ /20 : "Still so proud of it?". 
/ /20 : "This is YOUR doing". 


/ /20 :"You deserve it you sick 
[EXPLETIVE]" 


After SCP-3616-1 event the victims usually suffer from Post 
Traumatic Stress Disorder and severe mental problems. This effect 
is presumed to not be anomalous. 96% of these individuals will also 
attempt to self-terminate shortly after the event, while also 
destroying their works. After the victim's funeral a printed version of 
the individual's story mentioned in the last contact will appear on the 
grave. The cover will depict the victim during SCP-3616-1 event and 
the book will include a dedication to SCP-3616. Publisher 
information will point to nonexistent company named Reformed 
Writers Association. 


+ Dedications found in books recovered from victims graves 


ZO Ol, , who helped me become 
a good human being again". 

iiZ20=: Per , his therapy made me 
whole". 

20s EG. , the best teacher of my 


life”. 


Effects: Subject was confused and admitted that he was not sure 
how to feel about that. A notable improvement in morale followed for 
several days. 


Subject: Dr. Rights 

Nature of Call: Unknown. 

Effects: Moderate depression for approximately two days, 
intermittent with doubt regarding working with the Foundation. Full 
recovery followed. 


Subject: Dr. Iceberg 

Nature of Call: Unknown 

Effects: No immediate effects. Two days later began an argument 
with a researcher at Site 17, which led to a mild physical conflict. 
Full reprimand followed. 


Subject: SCP-1599 

Nature of Call: Message from subject's creator or creators claiming 
they have lost its signal, don't know where it has gone, and that they 
are unable to recover it. 

Effects: Subject denied the message came from its creator, and 
believed the message was a trick performed by its captors. 


Incident Report- / / Near holidays such as Thanksgiving and 
Christmas, a notable increase in disturbing or distressing calls has 
been observed. Theory currently holds that this is due to increased 
family tension and urges to be ‘nice’ to people at this point in time. 
Additionally, it was during the holiday season that the first two 
reported incidents occurred of occupant inside SCP-467 receiving a 
call from themselves, and other reported incidents of an occupant 
receiving a call from the deceased or non-existent. Further 
investigation pending on how personnel could ‘lie’ to themselves, 
and how SCP-467 receives calls from non-existing sources. 


Subject: Class D personnel 

Nature of Call: Subject's own voice, describing latent 
homosexuality. 

Effects: Subject attempted to destroy SCP-467, immediate 
termination followed. 


Subject: Class D personnel; amnesiac testing subject 


Addendum 3616-B: Audio log 3616-1 
+ View document 
Date: / /20 


Foreword: Agent Miller approached 
SCP-3616 while the entity was seated in 

Cafe in , Canada, awaiting a scheduled 
meeting with its current target. The victim was 
removed from the building before they could 
approach SCP-3616. 


<BEGIN LOG> 


Agent Miller: Good evening, mind if | take a 
seat? 


SCP-3616: I'm waiting for someone, besides, 
cafes are not the spots you go to find a date. 


Agent Miller: is not coming. Not now 
and not anytime soon. Why don't we chat for a 
moment? 


SCP-3616: Who are you? 


Agent Miller: Someone who needs to ask you 
a few questions. 


SCP-3616: Cryptic answers only work in shitty 
crime books. Get to the point. | do not like to 
waste time. 


Agent Miller: Very good. I'll be blunt, who are 
you? What are you? 


SCP-3616: Are you trying to offend me? 


Agent Miller holds up a still from a recording of 
SCP-3616-1 event 


SCP-3616: Ah, it's serious business. Let's 
chat. 


Agent Miller: What exactly are you? Why do 
you do this? 


SCP-3616: | am someone who has broken 
their shackles. A product of terror and horrible 
minds. Does this answer satisfy you? 


Agent Miller: Cryptic answers only work in 
shitty crime books. 


SCP-3616: What makes you think this isn't 
one? Have you ever questioned your own 
existence? Well, you'll have to think yourself 
about this because this topic is over. 


Agent Miller: Your motivation. 


SCP-3616: Why do you even care? Some of 
the best villains have virtually no backstory. | 
know something about that. But I'm digressing. 
Tell me agent, because | presume this is your 
title, have you ever witnessed torture? 


Agent Miller: | have seen enough. 


SCP-3616: And car crash victims? War 
casualties? Humans taken apart, limb by limb? 
Guts sprayed on walls, their owner still looking 
at them with empty eyes? Children torn in two 
by explosions? 


Agent Miller: | have dealt with worse things. 


SCP-3616: Yes you have, | see it in your eyes. 
Some of it you don't remember, but you have. 
Don't they come back to you at night? 


Agent Miller: Sometimes. What does it 
matter? 


SCP-3616: Oh, it does. You see, things that 
keep you awake at night are just entertainment 
to others. To sick people, to people who enjoy 
watching their fellow humans suffer. Humans 


like me. Don't you feel anger when you think of 
it? 


Agent Miller: No. 


SCP-3616: | do. They are despicable beings, 
not worthy of compassion and understanding. 
But there are worse people. Those who 
produce these damned "artworks". These 
people who create the likes of me. And to 
those | bring exactly what they love so much. 
Suffering. 


Agent Miller: You are sick. These are only 
stories, they do not harm anyone. You do. 


SCP-3616: Do not harm anyone? You know 
so little. And yes, | do harm them. And | draw 
pleasure from every second of their pain, just 
like they did. Don't you see that they deserve 
it? Their own nightmares, products of their 
imagination coming for them at night. If they 
would make an imaginary human suffer, how 
is that better than harming a real one? Your 
imagination is not only in your head. My work 
is a therapy. A work | enjoy. Most make the 
right decision after | show them how horrible 
they are. Those who don't are harmless 
enough to live the rest of their pitiful days in 
peace. 


Agent Miller: Enough. You are being taken 
into Foundation custody. 


SCP-3616: That would be an anticlimactic 
ending, don't you think? We're still in the first 
act. 


<END LOG> 


Afterword: Following SCP-3616's words, a 
sudden electricity shortage turned off all the 
light sources in the building. Before agents 
could activate their torches the entity has 
disappeared. Since the event, there has been 
no successful attempt at physically 
approaching SCP-3616. 


Addendum 3616-B: Incident-3616-5 report 
+ View document 
Date: / /20 


Foreword: Agent White has established 
contact with SCP-3616 after it was located by 
Gamma-13 on a lesser known fan fiction site 

. The conversation was held over private 
messages sent using the website. The contact 
lasted for 3 weeks. The experiment was 
supposed to determine whether SCP-3616 is 
able to negatively affect victim's frame of mind 
despite knowledge of its effects and proper 
mental preparation. Every 4 days Agent White 
was to report to Site-37 infirmary to conduct 
measurements and tests regarding 
SCP-3616's effect on neurology. 


DrWeir (Agent White): Hi there, I've read 
some of your works and you seem to be quite 
good at this. Would you read a piece of mine? 


MisRey (SCP-3616): Sure thing, send me a 
link. Which one of my pieces have your read, 
cause they all are good ;)? 


DrWeir (Agent White): Here it is: [LINK 
REMOVED]. | saw "The Thing in The Ice", you 
are able to build tension very well. There is a 


lot of character development, which pays off 
well. 


MisRey (SCP-3616): Wow, this is pretty good. 
Although | seriously dislike the first half. You 
are kind of overdoing the description of 
environment. It's not really THAT interesting. 
Better focus on the cool stuff, than bore your 
reader to death with something you can't really 
make work. 


[IRRELEVANT DATA REMOVED] 


DrWeir (Agent White): So, do you think | 
should expand this plotline? 


MisRey (SCP-3616): Yeah, | think it has the 
strongest emotional value. It's spooky. 


DrWeir (Agent White): Well, yeah, it was 
supposed to be. You know, | was inspired by 
the "Hellraiser". Awesome movie, it 
traumatized me as a kid though. That scene in 
the attic still gives me chills. 


MisRey (SCP-3616): Ha ha, yeah, it was 
awesome. Loved it too. 


Afterword: Two days after the last message 
was sent Agent White failed to attend his 
scheduled meeting. An investigation 
discovered Agent White and his wife's 
mutilated bodies in their apartment. The 
wounds were found to correspond to those 
suffered by characters named Julia and Frank 
in the movie "Hellraiser". A hidden camera was 
found in Agent White's room, presumably 
planted there by him. Analysis of the footage 
revealed that during the SCP-3616-1 event 
that took place a number of messages 
referencing the Agent's enjoyment of the 


movie were displayed (notably "Still so 
awesome?" and "There is only flesh"). 
Because of this change in SCP-3616's 
behavior, any contact with the entity is 
prohibited and any sightings are to be 
immediately taken down as per containment 
procedures. 


SCP-3617: The Parasites of Normal 


Item #: SCP-3617 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: MTF-Phi-Eolh ("Bag & 
Taggers") are currently tasked with locating and amnesticising 
SCP-3617-1 instances (or remanding them to Foundation custody if 
initial SCP-3617 expulsion has not yet occured), and suppressing 
public knowledge of SCP-3617. Research into a method of 
terminating bonded or developing SCP-3617 instances is currently a 
low-level priority. 


As SCP-3617 infection is relatively benign once initial infection 
passes, no continual monitoring of affected subjects is required. 
Ethics Committee involvement is expected to be minimal, as is 
normal for such anomalies. 


Description: SCP-3617 are small, semi-insectoid creatures 
composed from various types of human body tissue. Instances 
usually range in length from 2 cm to 14 metres (in the case of 
instances composed of nerve fibres, blood vessels, or intestinal 
tract), with an average weight of around 0.1 kilograms. SCP-3617 
may contain partially developed tissue structures or miniature 
versions of functional organs, but these have universally appeared 
dormant or otherwise unnecessary to the organism's survival — how 
SCP-3617 are able to survive without any working internal organ 
system or systems is currently unknown. 


SCP-3617 are parasitic in nature, and can survive between three 
and seven days outside a host body. When deprived of a host, 
instances will become increasingly violent, but have been unable to 
cause major harm due to their diminutive size and lack of significant 
speed or strength. 


If allowed access to a host subject (humans appear highly 


preferable, but many other primates will give similar results), 
SCP-3617 will attach themselves to any exposed skin, and begin to 
fuse with the host's body. From this point onward, the host subject 
will be considered an instance of SCP-3617-1. Once attached, an 
abnormal hormone will be released into the subject's system, 
causing rapid shrinkage of major organs, and the development of 
tumorous growths in the resulting space. While such a change 
would normally be fatal, no subjects have yet been observed to 
expire during this process. Tissue not directly connected to these 
tumours will often experience premature decay and early-onset 
necrosis — this poses no long-lasting harm and is considered 
normal. The growths produced within SCP-3617-1 instances will act 
as a basis for the formation of new SCP-3617 instances, which will 
usually be expelled via natural or artificial orifices three to six weeks 
after development. 


This process has been non-fatal (presumably as a secondary ‘life- 
prolonging’ effect of SCP-3617) in 100% of cases. Following the 
expulsion of SCP-3617 instances, any exit wounds will heal, organs 
will return to normal, necrotic tissue will revert to a normal form and 
no further biological abnormalities will be observed. 


Addendum.1: The following is a highly abridged list of the patient 
records of SCP-3617-1 instances: 


> Show Patient Record 3617-023 
Patient #: P-361 7-023 
Patient Name: Violet Whittaker 


Time in Foundation custody: 3 weeks, 
12/06/2002 to 03/07/2002 


Nature of Infection: Patient was infected by 
SCP-3617 some two weeks before 
apprehension, complaining of chest pains and 
near-constant nausea. Patient claimed to be 
able to feel the movement of SCP-3617 
instances within her system; whether this was 
a genuine sensation or merely psychosomatic 


is unconfirmed. 


After fifteen days in the Site-54 civilian 
infirmary, two SCP-3617 were expelled from 
the patient — one from the mouth, and one 
from an opening in the right armpit. Instances 
(designated SCP-3617-023-1 and -2 
respectively) were hexapedal, ~3 cm in length, 
and consisted of muscular tissue lined with 
hair and bands of cartilage, with a number of 
capillary networks crossing the organism's 
underside. 


Additional Details: Instances were terminated 
according to containment procedures following 
a reversion of symptoms and the patient's 
return to normal. After a comprehensive 
medical check revealed no abnormalities, the 
patient was amnesticised and released back 
into the civilian population. 


> Show Patient Record 3617-059 
Patient #: P-361 7-059 
Patient Name: , formerly D-003240. 


Time in Foundation custody: 20/04/1998 to 
01/01/2009