<00:47> A mechanical entity resembling a 
shop mannedquin (designated SCP-2856-2) 
enters the room. Note that the entity's head 
had been replaced by a -brand toaster, 
with a crude ‘face’ scratched onto the front 
surface. Upon observing the subject, 
SCP-2856-2 leaves the room. D-030172 
attempts to follow, but is unable. 


<00:48> Screams from the adjacent room 
cease, accompanied by the sound of grating 
metal. D-030172 is heard breathing heavily, 
and endeavors without success to open the 
door. 


<00:50> An entity resembling an arachnoid 
gas-powered water heater is seen passing the 
window, carrying what appears to be a human 


refused feeding for two consecutive weeks. 
SCP-337’s former handler, Dr. Solomon, 
was killed one month prior in an unrelated 
incident. 


4:58 PM: All personnel enter inner chamber. 
SCP-337 is spread out in a loose pile in center 
of room, braiding and unbraiding three tendrils. 
Dr. approaches object. 


4:59 PM: Dr. extends a large bottle of 
[REDACTED]-brand “herbal” shampoo toward 
SCP-337. SCP-337 stops braiding and retracts 
tendrils into itself. 


5:00 PM: A thick bulb-shaped extrusion of hair 
emerges at a 45 degree angle from the top of 
SCP-337. Hair contorts and intertwines on the 
bulb until detail begins to emerge. 


5:01 PM: Dr. drops the bottle. SCP-337 
has produced a crude but recognizable 
likeness of the late Dr. Solomon. 


5:01 PM: Dr. stumbles back from the 
object. Both guards rush to support him. 
SCP-337 turns to follow , so that the 
“head” formation continues to face him. 


5:02 PM: The researcher appears severely 
distraught. “She’s gone, okay! She’s gone!” 


5:02 PM: Guards attempt to usher Dr. to 
the exit. grabs the handle portion of a 
guard’s flamethrower and directs it at 
SCP-337. 


5:02 PM: Nearest guard punches Dr. in 
the jaw. He crumples. Guards restrain the 
researcher and drag him to the exit. SCP-337 
remains still, continuing to direct the “head” 


corpse. Large quantities of steam are emitted 
from both the entity and the body. 


<00:53> SCP-2856-2 returns, carrying two thin 
squares of serrated metal. The entity appears 
to notice the camera embedded in D-030172, 
and emits a low humming for approximately 30 
seconds, before reaching towards the 
subject's forehead. Visuals are lost. 


<01:05> According to the timestamp present 
on the footage, twelve minutes have passed. 
The camera is positioned on a table, facing 
SCP-2856-2, which emits a series of rapid 
clicks. D-030172 is seen on the work surface 
behind the entity, with all limbs removed and 
cauterised. 


<01:06> SCP-2856-2 is seen turning away 
from the camera. The entity proceeds to 
forcibly open the abdominal cavity of 
D-030172, inserting the two squares of metal 
on either side of the lower spine. This opening 
is then re-sealed using what appear to be a 
combination of nails, screws, and human 
teeth. The subject is observed moaning quietly 
during this period, and footage analysis shows 
the subject's tongue and soft palate have been 
removed, as well as much of the esophagus. 
The expelled blood is collected in a number of 
buckets and pots of various size and shape. 


<01:08> D-030172 is observed repeatedly 
bringing their head into contact with the work 
surface, and attempting to speak. This 
continues for approximately 3 minutes, with 
SCP-2856-2 moving closer to the camera and 
gesturing emphatically. The sound of heavy 
machinery is heard from the room adjacent, 
accompanied by laughter. 


<01:11> SCP-2856-2 moves away from the 
camera and forcibly presses their hand against 
D-030172's forehead, causing massive 
structural damage to the subject's skull. The 
abdominal cavity of the subject bursts open, 
and smoke is expelled from the mouth, nose 
and ears. At no point is the subject observed 
to expire during this process. 


<01:12> The two pieces of metal, now glowing 
hot, are removed from the subject. They are 
placed to one side and coated in a mixture of 
butter and the subject's collected viscera. 
SCP-2856-2 turns back to the camera, 
brandishing a standard kitchen knife. No 
further movement other than a slight twitching 
is observed from the entity. 


<01:27> D-030172, coughing loudly, is seen 
moving from the work surface to the floor. At 
this point they are presumed to have expired. 


<02:14> SCP-2856-2 points repeatedly 
towards the camera, and emits clicks and 
hums of various tones and frequencies. Video 
footage is lost. Audio continues recording for a 
further seven minutes before the camera shuts 
down completely. 


<End Log> 
No further testing with SCP-2856 is being permitted at this time. 


Footnotes 
1. All forms of testing attempted to date remain inconclusive as to 
the origin and/or composition of this substance. 


« SCP-2855 | SCP-2856 | SCP-2857 » 


SCP-2857: Dr. Ji Fan, PhD SOCA 


Item #: SCP-2857 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2857 is to be placed ina 
standard humanoid containment cell at Site-17. SCP-2857's dietary 
requirement is limited to Hainanese chicken rice. 


During designated tests, SCP-2857 is allowed to prepare 
SCP-2857-A instances under the supervision of at least one guard. 
During which, it is to be moved to an adjacent cell equipped with 
standard kitchen appliances and tools when preparing instances of 
SCP-2857-A. Ingredients for SCP-2857-A are to be prepared prior to 
said tests; a list of necessary ingredients is detailed in Document 
2857-Lor. 


Civilians which have consumed SCP-2857-A are to be instructed in 
the preparation of Hainanese chicken rice for personal consumption. 
A Level 0 culinary personnel is to serve as instructor. Mobile Task 
Force Epsilon-65 ("Shadow Stalkers") is tasked with monitoring 
civilians affected by SCP-2857-A. In the event wherein said civilians 
are unable to prepare, purchase or procure Hainanese chicken rice 
on their own, they may be placed in a medically-induced coma and 
fed via intravenous (IV) drip. 


The dietary requirements of D-class personnel who have consumed 
SCP-2857-A are limited to Hainanese chicken rice. These D-class 
personnel are provisionally held at Site-17. As such, at least one 
cook at Site-17 is to be proficient in the preparation of Hainanese 
chicken rice. 


Description: SCP-2857 is the dominant consciousness inhabiting 
the body of a Chinese male human named Mr. Ji Fan (Chinese: ¥% 
#, pinyin: ji fan) who self-identifies as Mr. Ji's biological son.1 It 
possesses memories attributed to itself and Mr. Ji. Additionally, 


SCP-2857 claims that it is born in the year 2029 CE and that it 
possesses a doctorate in "Chicken Rice Preparation" from an 
education institution called the "School of Culinary Arts" (SOCA).2 


SCP-2857 is the only known source of SCP-2857-A, referring to 
Hainanese chicken rice? prepared by it. SCP-2857-A has no 
physical or chemical differences from Hainanese chicken rice sets 
prepared by selected civilian hawkers and Foundation cooks. 


Individuals who have consumed SCP-2857-A (hereon referred to as 
‘subjects’ and inclusive of SCP-2857's host) will display preference 
to consume solely Hainanese chicken rice (inclusive of SCP-2857-A 
instances) and are unwilling to consume other types of food. 
Subjects frequently describe non-Hainanese chicken rice foods to 
be bland, and will vomit said foods approximately an hour after 
consumption. Analysis of vomited food indicates that they are mostly 
undigested, with the exceptions of rice and chicken meat prepared 
via "white cutting".4 


The only known methods of feeding the subjects and SCP-2857 are 
through SCP-2857-A instances, non-anomalous Hainanese chicken 
rice or IV drip. Application of amnestics is unable to eliminate the 
anomalous effects of SCP-2857-A. 


SCP-2857 was recovered from the in 
Singapore on / /2016, where it established a shop selling 
SCP-2857-A instances to civilians. When the anomalous properties 
of SCP-2857-A were identified, SCP-2857 was tracked down and 
taken into Foundation custody. Additionally, affected civilians were 
rounded up for questioning and treatment. Treatment of SCP-2857- 
A's anomalous effects was not possible, thus amnestics were used 
to suggest a strong preference for Hainanese chicken rice among 
the affected civilians. 


Addendum 2857-1: Interview Log 2857-01 
Interviewee: SCP-2857 
Interviewer: Agent Harry Lee 


Foreword: The following interview is a preliminary 


interview to discuss SCP-2857's anomalous properties. 
<Begin Log> 
Agent Lee: Mr. Ji, do you know why you're here? 


SCP-2857: | did nothing wrong, okay! I'm just a harmless 
hawker. Not some Opposition fella. 


Agent Lee: We are not from the government. Anyway, 
how would you like to be addressed? 


SCP-2857: Dr. Ji Fan, PhD. 
Agent Lee: Hmn,, in which field? 


SCP-2857: Chicken rice preparation. But | understand, 
SOCA's not opened in 2016, so you won't know about 
the programme and all. 


Agent Lee: What is SOCA? 


SCP-2857: School of Culinary Arts, where the region's 
finest hawkers learn the trade of preparing the finest of 
local food. 


Agent Lee: One of which being chicken rice, | presume? 


SCP-2857: Of course. It's the undisputed national dish of 
Singapore by 


Agent Lee: You're from the future? 


SCP-2857: If you're into predestination. Under the many- 
worlds interpretation, mine would be one of the possible 
futures or our timelines are branches of an even earlier 
point of divergence. 


Agent Lee: I'm open to either. So, how did you end up 
here? 


SCP-2857: Yeah, about that... Fuck those chilli 


crabbers! They sent their- 
Agent Lee: Excuse me, but what are chilli crabbers? 


SCP-2857: You don't know? [pause] Oh yeah, we're in 
2016. Let me explain. Chilli crabbers is what people from 
my timeline call the folks who have bachelors and above 
in making chilli crab. People like me are called chicken 
ricers, FYI. 


Agent Lee: Thank you. Please continue. What did the 
chilli crabbers do? 


SCP-2857: Uh, they sent their confederates on me and 
have me dumped into the temporal anomaly at 5 


Agent Lee: Wait, there's a temporal anomaly at ? 


SCP-2857: Yeah, it was all over the news in my timeline, 
th of 


Agent Lee: So it will be made public knowledge by ? 


SCP-2857: Maybe? | am only one of the many outcomes 
in the greater scheme of things, not necessarily the sole 
outcome. God, you're really into predestination. Are you 
a Social Calvinist by chance? 


Agent Lee: Please allow me to ask the questions here. 
SCP-2857: My bad, officer. 


Agent Lee: Anyway, did you know why they tried to 
dump you in the temporal anomaly you have alleged? 


SCP-2857: | did convince PM Lee to revoke the chilli 
crab stall's license to operate in the Parliamentary 
Cafeteria. That could be a reason why. Those chilli 
crabbers definitely did not take it well. 


Agent Lee: | see. If the temporal anomaly is on ; 
how did you end on Singapore itself? 


SCP-2857: It's the properties of the anomaly. Having 
experienced it firsthand, it's definitely typical of the 
Einstein-Rosen-Li bridge, especially [Full transcript 
redacted for brevity and sensitive information; see 
Document 2857-Lah for full transcript, access restricted 
to Level 4 and above] And that should account for my 
current situation as a disembodied consciousness 
latched onto my father here. 


Agent Lee: That's very elaborate for a PhD holder in 
chicken rice making. 


SCP-2857: Thank Google. It's an excellent teacher and 
deliverer of knowledge, but no algorithm can tutor the 
finesse and techniques of cooking. You know, it's one of 
the few things that still matter to the people from my 
timeline. 


Agent Lee: | see. But how did you feel when you realise 
your current situation? 


SCP-2857: Lucky. | could've end up in anywhere. Guess 
my old man is the closest thing to me in this world, 
especially since I'm not born yet. But | have troubled my 
father so much, you know. That's why | applied to be a 
hawker, at least he can benefit from being merged with 
me. 


Agent Lee: But won't that have any adverse effects on 
the spacetime continuum? 


SCP-2857: Again with your Social Calvinist cock talk! I'm 
only creating an alternate pathway in spacetime. 


Agent Lee: Okay, | get it. Let's talk about the chicken 
rice you've made instead. 


SCP-2857: Definitely. I'm more than happy to share my 
knowledge. 


Agent Lee: Why do they cause those who have eaten it 


to only eat chicken rice? 


SCP-2857: Officer, once you taste truly good food, 
everything else is dog food by then. My dishes are the 
pinnacle of fine hawker cooking, and | come from a dog- 
eat-dog world. Us hawkers have to fight over supremacy 
in the Parliamentary Cafeteria, not just to simply make 
ends meet like our predecessors. But the hawkers today, 
they have to work up quite a sweat everyday. History 
clearly romanticised our industry. 


Agent Lee: Dr. Ji, can you describe the difference 
between your chicken rice and those made by the people 
from this time period? 


SCP-2857: Mine is crafted with true heartware gained 
from seven years of academic experience, as validated 
by my doctorate. If you would like, | will be more happy 
to prepare a sample for you. 


Agent Lee: We can arrange for that on another day 
when we have the necessary resources. But is it 
possible to recover from this addiction? 


SCP-2857: Don't compare my craft to drugs, smoking or 
serial queuing. That said, it is possible for my rivals from 
other departments at SOCA to be drugged by their 
respective signature dishes. That's why we sometimes 
resort to drastic measures to maintain relevance. 


Agent Lee: Drastic measures? 


SCP-2857: Remember that temporal anomaly I've 
mentioned earlier. It's a rather common way to dispose 
of our rivals. When | was an undergrad, | get extra 
credits for throwing a few chilli crabber professors into it. 


Agent Lee: You seem rather unfazed at the fact that you 
threw people to an unknown portal. 


SCP-2857: Back in the day, peer pressure and grades. 


But now... Look, I'm proof that you can live through the 
Einstein-Rosen-Li bridge, if that's what that anomaly 
really is. For all you know, those chilli crabbers have 
already forged their little monopolies across the 
branches of spacetime. 


Agent Lee: We caught you, so what makes you think 
that those chilli crabbers will be free to do whatever they 
wish? 


SCP-2857: We all need coping mechanisms, officer. 
<End Log> 


Footnotes 

1. To date, Mr. Ji is unmarried and has no known offspring. 

2. SCP-2857 alleges SOCA to be a Singapore-based tertiary 
education institution, and Chicken Rice Preparation is supposedly 
one of the programmes offered there. No such tertiary institution or 
doctoral degree are known to exist. 

3. A dish consisting of rice, cucumber slices and slices of either 
white chicken or roasted chicken meat prepared via "white cutting". 
A soup of chicken broth and spring onions is typically served to 
compliment the dish. 

4. The traditional way of preparing Wenchang chicken — a dish in 
which Hainanese chicken rice is derived from — which involves 
immersion of the chicken in almost boiling water and cooked to 
preserve its softness and tenderness. 

5. An islet offshore of Singapore. Scouting parties report no 
indication of any temporal anomalies. An observational outpost has 
been established on as a preventive measure. 


« SCP-2856 | SCP-2857 | SCP-2858 » 


SCP-2858: As Though The Wasps Themselves Had 
Worked It There 


Item #: SCP-2858 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2858 instances are to be 
stored in individual lockers located in Site-43's Low-Value 
Anomalous Items wing. MTF B-2 ("Bubble Trouble") are currently 
responsible for monitoring the appearance of SCP-2858 instances, 
following the criteria supplied by the Department of Meta-Analysis 
study.